30th Annual Southern California Open

(1) Eng,R - Yanayt,E [B87] Southern California Open Pasadena (1), 30.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.0-0 b5 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Qg3 0-0 13.f3 Rd8 14.Bh6 Ne8 15.Rad1 Bb7 16.Rd3 Bf6 17.Red1 a5 18.a4 b4 19.Nb5 Ba6 20.Bg5 Bxb5 21.axb5 Qc5+ 22.Be3 Qxb5 23.Bd4 Bxd4+ 24.Rxd4 a4 25.Bc4 Qc5 26.f4 a3 27.bxa3 bxa3 28.Qf2 a2 29.Ra1 Ra4 30.Rxa2 Rxc4 31.Ra4 Rxc2 32.Qe3 Rb8 33.h3 e5 34.fxe5 Rb1+ 35.Kh2 Qxe5+ 36.Qg3 Rh1+ 0-1

(2) Higa,R - Borgen,R [A65] Southern California Open Pasadena (1), 30.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bg5 0-0 7.f3 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 h6 10.Be3 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Nh3 Nh7 13.Nf2 h5 14.Be2 Ne5 15.0-0 f5 16.f4 Ng4 17.Nxg4 hxg4 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.e5 Re8 20.Bc4 Nf8 21.Rad1 Kh7 22.Rfe1 Rb8 23.Kh1 Bh6 24.d6 Be6 25.Bxe6 Nxe6 26.Nd5 Kg7 27.b4 cxb4 28.Qxb4 Rf8 29.Rc1 Rf7 30.g3 Rc8 31.Ne7 Rb8 32.Rc2 b5 33.a5 Qd7 34.Rec1 Qb7+ 35.Kg1 g5 36.Nxf5+ Kg6 37.Nxh6 Kxh6 38.d7 Rxd7 39.Rc6 Re8 40.Qb3 1-0

(3) Khachiyan,M - Portwood,D [B23] Southern California Open Pasadena (1), 30.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.0-0 Bg7 7.d3 e6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Be3 b6 10.Qe1 Ne7 11.d4 0-0 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Qh4 Rfd8 14.f5 gxf5 15.d5 Ng6 16.Qh5 f4 17.dxc6 fxe3 18.Ng5 1-0

(4) Thompson,T - Peters,J [B11] Southern California Open Pasadena (1), 30.08.2008 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.0-0 e6 9.d4 Be7 10.Bf4 0-0 11.Rfd1 Qb6 12.Qd3 Rfc8 13.Ba4 Na5 14.Bb3 Rc6 15.Ba4 Rcc8 16.Bb3 a6 17.f3 Qc6 18.Rac1 Nc4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.Qe3 Rd8 21.Be5 b5 22.Ne4 Nd5 23.Qd2 f6 24.Bg3 f5 25.Nc3 Bf6 26.Nxd5 Rxd5 27.Qe3 Rad8 28.c3 e5 29.Re1 f4 0-1

(5) Zaloznyy,M - Kasliwal,P [B32] Southern California Open Pasadena (1), 30.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 5.Qxd4 d6 6.Bc4 e5 7.Qd3 a6 8.a4 Nf6 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Rd1 Bg4 11.f3 Bh5 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Bb3 Be7 14.Bg5 0-0 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Be7 18.Rd7 Bc5+ 19.Kf1 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Bd4 21.Rxb7 Bxc3 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.bxc3 Kf8 24.Rb6 Rd1+ 25.Ke2 Rg1 26.Kf2 Rd1 27.Rxa6 Rd2+ 28.Kg3 f6 29.Ra8+ Ke7 30.Rg8 Bg6 31.Rxg7+ Kf8 32.Rg8+ Ke7 33.a5 Rd6 34.Ra8 Rc6 35.a6 Rxc3 36.a7 Bxe4 37.Rh8 Bc6 38.Rxh7+ Kd6 39.Rh8 Bb7 40.a8Q Bxa8 41.Rxa8 1-0

(6) Naylor,C - Zaloznyy,M [B23] Southern California Open Pasadena (2), 30.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.d3 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Qe1 Qd7 10.b3 0-0 11.Bb2 b5 12.Qh4 Qg4 13.Rae1 Qxh4 14.Nxh4 Nd7 15.f5 a5 16.Nd1 a4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ne3 axb3 19.axb3 Ra2 20.Ra1 Rfa8 21.Rxa2 Rxa2 22.Nf3 c4 23.Nd2 cxd3 24.cxd3 Rxd2 0-1

(7) Peters,J - Zhang,K [B12] Southern California Open Pasadena (2), 30.08.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bf4 Ne7 6.Qd2 0-0 7.0-0-0 Nd7 8.a3 Ba5 9.h4 b5 10.Bd6 dxe4 11.Qg5 Nf6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxe4 Bd8 14.Bd3 Nxe4 15.Qxe7 Bxe7 16.fxe4 b4 17.axb4 Bxb4 18.Nf3 a5 19.Ne5 Bb7 20.Rhf1 Bd6 21.Nc4 Be7 22.g3 Rfd8 23.c3 c5 24.dxc5 Bxc5 25.e5 Ba6 26.Nd6 Bxd3 27.Rxd3 f6 28.Rfd1 fxe5 29.Ne4 Be7 30.Rd7 Rxd7 31.Rxd7 Kf8 32.Kc2 a4 33.Rc7 a3 34.bxa3 Rxa3 35.Kd3 Ra1 36.Rc8+ Kf7 37.Rc7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

(8) Hough,R - Khachiyan,M [D78] Southern California Open Pasadena (2), 30.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nd2 Bg7 6.Ngf3 0-0 7.0-0 Bf5 8.Nh4 Be6 9.b3 a5 10.Bb2 a4 11.e3 Na6 12.Nhf3 Qa5 13.Ne5 a3 14.Bc1 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.Nf3 Bf5 17.Bd2 Qb6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Qe2 Nb4 20.Bxb4 Qxb4 21.Rac1 Rfc8 22.Rfd1 Bd7 23.Qd2 Qxd2 24.Nxd2 e6 25.Nb1 Bf8 26.Nc3 Bb4 27.Ne2 Kf8 28.Rxc8+ Rxc8 29.Rc1 Ke7 30.Rxc8 Bxc8 31.Nf4 Kd6 32.Nd3 Bc3 33.Bf1 f6 34.f4 Bd7 35.Kf2 Be8 36.Ke2 g5 37.Kd1 gxf4 38.gxf4 Bg6 39.Kc1 b6 40.b4 Ke7 41.b5 Bf5 42.Kc2 Bb4 43.Kc1 Bd6 44.h3 Kf7 45.Kd2 Kg6 46.Ke2 Kh5 47.Kf3 Kh4 48.Nc1 Be4+ 49.Kf2 Bb4 50.Nd3 Bc3 51.Nc1 Bf5 52.Kf3 Bd2 53.Nd3 Bg6 54.Ke2 Bc3 55.Kf2 Be8 56.Nc1 Bb2 57.Nb3 Bg6 58.Nd2 Bc3 59.Ke2 Kg3 60.h4 Kxh4 0-1

(9) Khachiyan,M (2504) - He,T [B23] Southern California Open Pasadena (3), 31.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.f4 Bg7 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.d3 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.Qe1 Nb6 11.b3 c4 12.Ba3 Ba6 13.Qe3 Rc8 14.Rfd1 cxd3 15.cxd3 Re8 16.Rac1 f6 17.d4 Nd7 18.Na4 Bb5 19.e6 Nb8 20.Nc5 Na6 21.Bb2 Nxc5 22.dxc5 Qc7 23.Nd4 Ba6 24.h4 Bh6 25.g3 Kh8 26.Kf2 Rg8 27.Rh1 Rg7 28.Kf3 Rcg8 29.Rcd1 Rc8 30.Bc3 Rgg8 31.h5 g5 32.Nf5 gxf4 33.gxf4 Bxf4 34.Qxf4 Be2+ 35.Ke3 Qxf4+ 36.Kxf4 Rg4+ 37.Ke3 Re4+ 38.Kd2 Bxd1 39.Rxd1 Rxe6 40.Nxe7 Re8 41.Nf5 Re2+ 42.Kd3 Rxa2 43.Rg1 Rf8 44.Bd4 h6 45.Rg6 Rh2 46.Bxf6+ Kh7 47.Rg7+ Kh8 48.Rf7+ 1-0

(10) Zaloznyy,M (2019) - Peters,J (2408) [B40] Southern California Open Pasadena (3), 31.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nb3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.0-0 Be7 9.a3 0-0 10.c4 Nf6 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.c5 Nf3+ 16.Qxf3 Bxf4 17.g3 Be5 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Qe2 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 e5 21.Re1 Rfe8 22.Bb5 Bxb5 23.Qxb5 Rd5 24.Na5 a6 25.Qb4 Rb8 26.Rec1 h5 27.Rb3 b6 28.Rc4 b5 29.c6 Rd1+ 30.Kg2 Nd5 0-1

(11) Higa,R (1994) - Stevens,L (2068) [A83] Southern California Open Pasadena (3), 31.08.2008 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Nd4 7.f4 d6 8.Nge2 Bg4 9.Nxe4 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bh4+ 12.g3 Nf3+ 13.Kf2 0-0 14.Bg2 exf4 15.Bxf3 fxg3+ 16.hxg3 Rxf3+ 17.Kg2 Re3 18.Rxh4 Rxe2+ 19.Kg1 Rg2+ 20.Kxg2 Bxd1 21.Rxd1 Qe7 22.Re1 Rf8 23.Re2 Qe5 24.c4 Qf5 25.Rf4 Qh5 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rf2+ Kg8 28.Nc3 Qg4 29.b3 a6 30.Rf4 Qh5 31.Re4 Qf5 32.Re8+ Kf7 33.Re2 Qd3 34.Rf2+ Ke7 35.Ne2 g5 36.Ng1 b5 37.Nf3 bxc4 38.Rd2 Qxd2+ 39.Nxd2 c3 40.Kf2 c2 0-1

(12) Zuniga,I (2083) - Manukyan,G (2319) [E07] Southern California Open G/60 Pasadena (3), 31.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 c6 7.b3 Ne4 8.Bb2 Nd7 9.Nbd2 f5 10.Rc1 Qe8 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 b6 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.e3 a5 15.a3 Bc5 16.Rc2 Qe7 17.Qc1 Bd7 18.Rd1 Rfd8 19.Rcd2 Be8 20.Bf1 Bh5 21.Be2 Bxe2 22.Rxe2 Ra7 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Rd2 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Qc2 g5 27.Kf1 f4 28.gxf4 gxf4 29.exf4 e3 30.fxe3 Bxe3 31.Qe2 Qd2 32.Qxd2 Bxd2 33.f5 exf5 34.Ke2 Bf4 35.h3 Kf7 36.Kf3 Bg5 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 b5 39.cxb5 cxb5 40.Bc3 Ke6 41.Ke2 Bf4 0-1

(13) Sevillano,E (2505) - Khachiyan,M (2504) [C41] Southern California Open Pasadena (4), 31.08.2008 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.a4 c6 8.Ba2 Qc7 9.Re1 a5 10.Bg5 h6 1/2-1/2

(14) Peters,J (2408) - Matikozyan,A (2470) [B84] Southern California Open Pasadena (4), 31.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.f4 b5 9.Bf3 Bb7 10.a3 Rc8 11.Qe1 Rc4 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Be2 Nxe4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Nf3 Be7 16.Bd4 Ndf6 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxg7 Rg8 19.Bd4 f5 20.b3 cxb3 21.cxb3 Qc2 22.g3 Qxb3 23.Rb1 Qd5 24.Qb4 Bc6 25.Qb3 Kf7 26.Qxd5 Bxd5 27.Rb2 h5 28.Nd2 Nc5 29.Rc2 h4 30.Rc3 Nd7 31.Re1 Nf6 32.Kf1 Ng4 33.Re2 Rb8 34.Rc7 h3 35.Kg1 Ke8 36.Rc1 Kd7 37.Nb1 Bd8 38.Nc3 Bf3 39.Rd2 Ba5 40.Rd3 Bg2 41.Bc5 Ke8 42.Rxd6 Bxc3 43.Rxe6+ Kf7 44.Re2 Bf6 45.Rxg2 hxg2 46.h3 Rc8 47.hxg4 Bd4+ 48.Kxg2 fxg4 49.Rc4 Bxc5 50.f5 a5 51.a4 Kf6 52.Rxg4 Kxf5 0-1

(15) Kretchetov,A (2355) - Kurosaki,T (2114) [A44] Southern California Open Pasadena (4), 31.08.2008 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6 4.h3 Be7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.a4 a5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Qe2 Nb6 10.Nf1 Ne8 11.g4 Bd7 12.b3 Rc8 13.Ne3 Bg5 14.Nxg5 Qxg5 15.Bd2 Ra8 16.h4 Qd8 17.f3 Nc7 18.Kf2 Kh8 19.Raf1 Nc8 20.Kg1 b6 21.f4 f6 22.Rh2 Qe7 23.Rhf2 Ne8 24.Bc3 Ra7 25.Qf3 Nc7 26.Qg3 exf4 27.Rxf4 Ne8 28.g5 c4 29.Bxc4 Rc7 30.Bd4 b5 31.Bxb5 Bxb5 32.axb5 Qd8 33.c4 Rcf7 34.h5 Nb6 35.Ng4 Nd7 36.R4f3 f5 37.Nh6 Re7 38.Rxf5 Ndf6 39.gxf6 gxf6 40.Rg5 Ng7 41.Rxf6 1-0

(16) Stevens,L (2068) - Tanaka,C (2098) [B01] Southern California Open Pasadena (4), 31.08.2008 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Nbd7 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nbxd5 7.0-0 e6 8.d4 b5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne5 c5 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bd6 13.Bxd5 exd5 14.Qa4+ Kf8 15.Bf4 c4 16.Rfe1 Be6 17.Qc6 Bb4 18.Re3 Qc8 19.Qa4 a5 20.Nf3 h6 21.a3 Be7 22.Rae1 Kg8 23.Ne5 Bf6 24.Ng6 Bd7 25.Qc2 fxg6 26.Qxg6 Qf8 27.Qg3 Kh7 28.Rf3 Qf7 29.Be5 Rhe8 30.Ree3 Qg6 0-1

(17) Portwood,D - Zaloznyy,M (2019) [E06] Southern California Open Pasadena (4), 31.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 c5 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Qa4 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Rfd1 c4 14.Ne5 a6 15.e4 b5 16.Qc2 Rc8 17.a4 Bb4 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.axb5 Bxc3 20.bxc3 axb5 21.Qb2 Qe8 22.Re1 Rd8 23.Ng4 Qd7 24.Ne5 Qe8 25.Re2 f6 26.Ng4 Qd7 27.Ne3 Nxe3 28.Rxe3 Bd5 29.Bxd5+ Qxd5 30.Rce1 Rd7 31.Qb4 Ra7 32.Qb1 Kf7 33.Re4 h5 34.Rf4 g6 35.Re5 Qa8 36.Qe4 Qxe4 37.Rexe4 Ra3 38.Rf3 b4 39.d5 b3 40.Rxc4 b2 0-1

(18) Matson,D - Lagemann,N (1942) [B26] Southern California Open Pasadena (4), 31.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.Bh6 0-0 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.f4 d5 11.e5 Nd4 12.Nd1 b5 13.c3 Ndc6 14.Nf3 c4 15.d4 a5 16.g4 Rh8 17.Ne3 h5 18.h3 hxg4 19.hxg4 Rxh1+ 20.Bxh1 b4 21.Bg2 bxc3 22.bxc3 Rb8 23.Ke2 Qb6 24.Rh1 Bd7 25.f5 exf5 26.Nxc4 Nxe5 27.Qh6+ Kf6 28.dxe5+ Ke6 29.Ng5# 1-0

(19) Khachiyan,M - Yanayt,E [D01] Southern California Open Pasadena (5), 01.09.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 c5 5.dxc5 e6 6.b4 Be7 7.e3 0-0 8.a3 a5 9.Bb5 Qc7 10.Nge2 b6 11.c6 Nb8 12.bxa5 Rxa5 13.Nd4 Bxa3 14.0-0 Bc5 15.Rxa5 bxa5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.f4 f5 18.Rf3 f6 19.Nxf5 Bb4 20.Rg3+ Kh8 21.Nh6 e5 22.Qxd5 1-0

(20) Zaloznyy,M (2019) - Manukyan,G (2319) [B18] Southern California Open Pasadena (5), 01.09.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6