North American Open 2008

(1) Zierk,Steven (2258) - Akobian,Varuzhan (2671) [B07] North American Open Las Vegas (1), 26.12.2008 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.Ne2 exd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 c6 10.Nb3 b5 11.f4 Nbd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.fxe5 g5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Bg3 b4 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Be5 bxc3 19.Bxf6 cxb2 20.Rab1 Ba6 21.Rf2 Bxf6 22.Rxf6 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Nd2 Rb8 25.Nb3 Bc4 26.Rxb2 a5 27.Rb1 Bd5 28.a3 a4 29.Nd2 Rxb1+ 30.Nxb1 Be4 31.Kf2 Bxc2 32.Nc3 Kf7 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Kd4 Kf5 35.Ne2 Bd1 36.Ng3+ Kf4 37.Ne4 h5 38.g3+ Kf5 39.Nf2 Bc2 40.Kc3 Bb3 41.Kd4 Be6 42.Ne4 Bb3 43.Nc5 Bd1 44.Ne4 h4 45.Nf2 Bf3 46.Kc5 Ke5 47.Nh3 Kf5 48.Nf2 Bd5 49.Kd4 Bg2 50.Ke3 c5 51.Nd3 c4 52.Nf2 Bd5 53.Kd4 Bf7 54.Ke3 Ke5 55.Ne4 hxg3 56.hxg3 g4 57.Nc3 Be8 58.Ne2 Bd7 59.Nc3 Bc6 60.Nd1 Kd5 61.Nc3+ Kc5 62.Ne2 c3 63.Nxc3 Kc4 64.Ne2 Bd7 65.Kd2 Kb3 66.Kc1 Kxa3 67.Kb1 Kb3 68.Nf4 Bf5+ 69.Ka1 Kc3 70.Nd5+ Kd4 71.Nf6 Ke5 72.Nxg4+ Bxg4 73.Ka2 Ke4 74.Ka1 Kf3 75.Ka2 Kxg3 76.Ka1 Kf3 77.Ka2 Ke3 78.Ka1 Be6 79.Kb2 Kd3 80.Ka1 Kc3 81.Kb1 a3 1/2-1/2

(2) Tate,Emory (2390) - Agarwal,Rohan (2196) [C41] North American Open Las Vegas (2), 27.12.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 0-0 7.c5 Nc6 8.cxd6 Qxd6 9.0-0 a6 10.a3 Be6 11.Ng5 Nd4 12.Nxe6 Qxe6 13.exf5 Qxf5 14.Be3 Rad8 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Nb1 Nd5 17.Bf3 Nf4 18.Be4 Qg5 19.g3 Rd6 20.Nd2 Rh6 21.Bg2 Nxg2 22.Kxg2 Qf5 23.h4 Bxh4 24.g4 Qf4 25.Ne4 Bxf2 26.Rh1 Rg6 27.Kh3 h5 28.Qe2 Rxg4 29.Qxf2 Qxf2 0-1

(3) Liou,Yian (2065) - Irrzary,Juan (1924) [B02] North American Open Las Vegas (2), 27.12.2008 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ne4 3.d4 e6 4.Bd3 d5 5.Ne2 h6 6.c3 Ng5 7.Qc2 f5 8.Nf4 Kf7 9.h4 Nh7 10.g4 g6 11.h5 gxh5 12.gxf5 Ng5 13.f6 Ke8 14.Bg6+ Kd7 15.Rxh5 c5 16.dxc5 Nc6 17.Nd3 Nf3+ 18.Kf1 Rg8 19.Qe2 Rxg6 20.Qxf3 b6 21.b4 Ba6 22.a4 Bxd3+ 23.Qxd3 Qe8 24.cxb6 Rxf6 25.exf6 Qxh5 26.Bf4 Qh1+ 27.Ke2 e5 28.Qf5+ Kd6 29.Be3 axb6 30.Na3 Nd4+ 31.Bxd4 Qxa1 32.Nb5+ Kc6 33.Qe6+ Kb7 34.Qxb6+ Kc8 35.Qc7# 1-0

(4) Nita,Marian (2171) - Aigner,Michael (2272) [A83] North American Open Las Vegas (3), 27.12.2008 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qd4 Nf7 7.h4 c6 8.0-0-0 Qa5 9.Kb1 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 cxd5 12.Rxd5 e6 13.Rd1 Nxg5 14.hxg5 Be7 15.Rh4 0-0 16.Rxe4 Bxg5 17.Nh3 d5 18.Ree1 Bf6 19.f4 b5 20.g4 a6 21.g5 Bd8 22.Bg2 Ra7 23.Rf1 g6 24.Rd3 Raf7 25.Rdf3 b4 26.Rb3 a5 27.a3 Be7 28.axb4 axb4 29.Re1 Bd6 30.Rf1 Rc7 31.c3 Ba6 32.Re1 Bd3+ 33.Kc1 Bc4 34.Kc2 Bxb3+ 35.Kxb3 bxc3 36.bxc3 d4 37.Rxe6 Rxc3+ 38.Ka4 Bxf4 39.Bd5 Rxh3 40.Re3+ Kg7 41.Rxh3 Bxg5 42.Kb3 Rc8 43.Rf3 Bf6 44.Bc4 h5 45.Rg3 g5 46.Be2 h4 47.Rg1 Rc3+ 48.Kb4 h3 49.Bg4 h2 50.Rh1 Be5 0-1

(5) Hess,Robert (2544) - Shankland,Samuel (2425) [B20] North American Open Las Vegas (4), 28.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.0-0 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.Be3 b6 10.Bf2 Bb7 11.Na3 Qd7 12.Qd2 f5 13.Rad1 e5 14.b4 Rae8 15.Rfe1 exf4 16.gxf4 Bh6 17.Be3 Nd8 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Nc4 Ne6 20.Rf1 Ba6 21.Ng5 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxg5 23.fxg5 d5 24.Ne5 Qd6 25.Ng4 dxe4 26.Nf6+ Rxf6 27.gxf6 Nf5 28.Qg2 Kf7 29.dxe4 Bxf1 30.Rxd6 Bxg2 31.exf5 Nf8 32.Bxc5 Bh3 33.fxg6+ Nxg6 34.Kf2 Bg4 35.Bxa7 Ra8 36.Bd4 Rxa2+ 37.Kg3 Be6 38.Rb6 Bd5 39.Bf2 h5 40.h4 Rc2 0-1

(6) Shankland,Samuel (2425) - Ehlvest,Jaan (2646) [B42] North American Open Las Vegas (5), 28.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Kh1 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.f4 Qc7 12.Bd2 0-0 13.b4 Rfc8 14.Rac1 g6 15.Nb3 Nb6 16.Na5 Rab8 17.a4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Nxb7 Qxb7 20.Rb1 d5 21.exd5 exd5 22.Qe5 Rd8 23.Rfe1 Rd7 24.Qd4 Ne4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Qe3 Bf6 27.Bc3 Bxc3 28.Qxc3 Qd5 29.h3 Qd4 30.Qxd4 Rxd4 31.c3 Rd3 32.Rxe4 1/2-1/2

(7) Zierk,Steven (2277) - Tate,Emory (2371) [B40] North American Open Las Vegas (5), 28.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Nb3 e5 8.Bc4 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Nc6 10.Qe2 d6 11.0-0-0 Qc7 12.f3 0-0 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.Bb5 Qe7 15.Na5 Qe8 16.Nc4 d5 17.Nxe5 Qe6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qd4 Bb7 20.Ng4 Ne8 21.Rhe1 c5 22.Qxc5 dxe4 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Qxa7 Qc8 25.Qf2 Qc4 26.Qb6 Qc8 27.Ne3 exf3 28.Nf5 Qd7 29.gxf3 Bxf3 30.b3 Bh5 31.Nxg7 Qc8 32.Qxd8 Qxc3 33.Qxe8+ Kxg7 34.Qe5+ 1-0

(8) Agarwal,Rohan (2196) - Mackinnon,Keith (2244) [D00] North American Open Las Vegas (6), 29.12.2008 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Be3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qg3 c5 9.Nge2 cxd4 10.Bxd4 0-0 11.0-0-0 Qa5 12.Rhf1 e5 13.Rf5 Re8 14.Rdf1 Kh8 15.Qh4 Kg8 16.g4 Nc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.Qxh7+ Kf8 20.Qh6+ Ke7 21.Qxf6+ Kd7 22.Bb5+ Kc7 23.Bxe8 1-0

(9) Aigner,Michael (2272) - Haessel,Dale (2210) [A46] North American Open Las Vegas (7), 29.12.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qe2 Qd8 9.0-0 Be7 10.e5 0-0 11.Ne4 Nb6 12.c4 d5 13.c5 dxe4 14.Qxe4 g6 15.cxb6 c5 16.Qe3 cxd4 17.Qxh6 Bd7 18.h4 Re8 19.h5 Bf8 20.Qf4 gxh5 21.Ng5 Re7 22.Ne4 Bg7 23.Nf6+ Kf8 24.Qg5 Bc6 25.Qxh5 Rd7 26.Qg5 Rd5 27.Qf4 Rxe5 28.Qxe5 Bxf6 29.Qa5 Ke7 30.Rac1 Qh8 31.Rxc6 bxc6 32.b7 Be5 33.Qxe5 1-0