Nevada Chess, Inc.

Nevada Chess Player Earns Award

Congratulations to Philip Wang (age 16, rating 2323) of Reno on winning one of the Scholar Chessplayer awards.

The complete text of the U.S. Chess Federation press release follows:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Beatriz Marinello
June 9, 1999 (914) 562-8350
Press Release #14 of 1999

1999 SCHOLAR CHESSPLAYER AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The U.S. Chess Federation has announced the winners of the 1999 Scholar Chessplayer Award.

The Scholar Chessplayer competition is open to high school juniors and seniors who demonstrate excellence in academics, chess and sportsmanship.

The USCF Scholastic Committee selects the finalists. The U.S. Chess Trust sponsors the awards.

The 1999 winners are:

Philip Wang is a senior at Bishop Manogue Catholic High School in Reno, Nevada. Philip, 16, is a USCF National Master with a rating of 2323. He plans to attend Stanford University.

Jordy Mont-Reynaud is a junior at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto. Jordy, 15, is a USCF National Master with a rating of 2327. He plans to attend Stanford University.

Brandon Ashe is a senior at North Hollywood High School in Chatsworth, California. Brandon, 16, holds a USCF rating of 2079. He plans to attend Stanford University.

David Pruess is a senior at the College Preparatory School in Berkeley, California. David, 18, is a USCF National Master with a rating of 2276. He plans to attend the University of California Berkeley.

Anthony Rozenuasser is a senior at Cupertino High School in Cupertino, California. Anthony, 17, holds a USCF rating of 2136. He plans to attend the University of California Berkeley.

Steve Winer is a senior at Burlington High School in Burlington, Vermont. Steve is a USCF National Master with a rating of 2352. He plans to attend Haverford College.

On May 17th, 1999, the Nevada State Assembly honored Patrick Hummel for his accomplishments!

The complete text of the Assembly Resolution follows:

Assembly Resolution No. 8-Assemblymen Beers, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Berman, Brower, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Evans, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Segerblom, Thomas, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

May 17, 1999

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Read and Adopted

SUMMARY-Congratulates Patrick Hummel of Las Vegas for winning chess championship. (BDR R-1731)

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION-Congratulating Patrick Hummel, a ninth grader at The Meadows School in Las Vegas, for winning the 1999 National High School Championship of the United States Chess Federation.

1-1 Whereas, With over 80,000 members, the United States Chess
1-2 Federation is the official sanctioning body for tournament chess in the
1-3 United States and for United States participation in international chess
1-4 events; and
1-5 Whereas, At 12 years of age, and after only 32 months of playing
1-6 chess, Patrick Hummel attained the coveted chess title of United States
1-7 Chess Federation Master, an accomplishment achieved for the first time by
1-8 anyone that age in the history of chess in America and rarely equaled in the
1-9 world history of the game; and
1-10 Whereas, Patrick Hummel won three straight National Grade School
1-11 Chess Championships in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades and the 1997
1-12 National High School Action Chess Championship; and
1-13 Whereas, Patrick Hummel scored 6 1/2 out of a possible 7 points and
1-14 finished first in a championship field of 340 players to win the prestigious
1-15 1999 National High School Championship co-sponsored by the United
1-16 States Chess Federation held April 9 through April 11 in Sioux Falls, South
2-1 Dakota, a feat even more noteworthy as he is one of only three persons ever
2-2 to win this tournament at the age of 14 years; and
2-3 Whereas, The weekend following the tournament in South Dakota,
2-4 Patrick won the Nevada Scholastic Chess Championship in Reno which
2-5 was sponsored by Nevada Chess, Inc., the Nevada affiliate of the United
2-6 States Chess Federation, and as a result of this win, he will represent
2-7 Nevada at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions, hosted by
2-8 Nevada for the first time and scheduled to be held this August at the Sands
2-9 Regency Hotel Casino in Reno; and
2-10 Whereas, Winning the Nevada championship gained Patrick Hummel
2-11 enough rating points to earn him the title of Senior Master, the highest title
2-12 awarded by the United States Chess Federation, and by this achievement
2-13 Patrick became the second youngest Senior Master in the country; and
2-14 Whereas, Patrick Hummel is a freshman at The Meadows School in
2-15 Las Vegas where he is a straight A honors student who has also
2-16 distinguished himself in the field of mathematics by becoming the
2-17 MATHCOUNTS 1997 Southern Nevada Champion, the 1998 Nevada
2-18 Champion and a National Finalist at the 1998 competition in Washington,
2-19 D.C., and has also completed the American High School Mathematics
2-20 Examination which qualifies him to compete in the 17th Annual American
2-21 Invitational Mathematics Examination; and
2-22 Whereas, Patrick Hummel balances his life with a wide range of
2-23 activities, including swimming on The Meadows swim team, working out at
2-24 the gym, playing the trumpet and studying Mandarin Chinese; and
2-25 Whereas, Patrick’s parents, Paul and Carla Hummel, and the students
2-26 and faculty of The Meadows School are very proud of this outstanding
2-27 chess Master and multi-talented young man; now, therefore, be it
2-28 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, That the
2-29 members of the Assembly of the 70th session of the Nevada Legislature
2-30 congratulate Patrick Hummel on his achievements in the game of chess,
2-31 especially his most recent winning of the 1999 National High School
2-32 Championship; and be it further
2-33 Resolved, That this body hereby urges the residents of the State of
2-34 Nevada to recognize Patrick Hummel as a model of what can be
2-35 accomplished when a person of any age pursues a goal with determination
2-36 and dedication; and be it further
2-37 Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and transmit a
2-38 copy of this resolution to Patrick Hummel.

Disclaimer

This information is prepared as an informational service only and should not be relied upon as an official record of action. For official records, please refer to the printed version of the appropriate official publication which may be obtained from the Legislative Bill Room (775-687-3560)

The above was taken from the website of the Nevada State Legislature.

Congratulations to Patrick Hummel of Las Vegas, Nevada on winning the 1999 National High School Championship!

The complete text of the U.S. Chess Federation press release follows:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eric C. Johnson
April 12, 1999 (914) 562-8350
Press Release #12 of 1999

HUMMEL GAINS HIGH SCHOOL TITLE IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Patrick Hummel won the 1999 National High School Championship, held April 9-11 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.

The tournament attracted 929 players seeking to compete in the first USCF National Scholastic Championship ever held in South Dakota.

Hummel, 14, of Las Vegas, Nev., scored 6 1/2 out of a possible 7 points to finish first in a championship field of 340 players. Defending champion Marcel Martinez joined a 9-way tie for second place with 6 points, finishing in fifth place on tiebreak.

Stuyvesant High School, of New York, N.Y., won the team competition in the championship section with 21 1/2 out of a possible 28 points. Team scores were determined by the combined performance of each school’s top four scorers.

Leela Doppalapudi, 16, of Gilbert, Ariz., posted an undefeated 7-0 score to win the Under 1300 section. A total of 282 players competed. Gilbert High School, powered by Doppalapudi’s strong performance, won the team competition with 21 1/2 points.

Peter Bayliss, 16, of Overland Park, Kan., and Dan Sorg, 17, of Capron, Ill., each finished with perfect 7-0 scores to tie for first place in the Under 1000 section. A total of 307 players competed. Bayless finished first on tiebreak points, but each player is considered to be a co-champion. Shawnee Mission East High School, of Shawnee, Kan., won the team competition with 22 1/2 points.

The 1999 National High School Championship was co-sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation, local organizers De and David Knudson, and the Sioux Empire Chess Club.

Las Vegas, Nevada, April 8, 1999

Since the beginning of the year, John Brown, one of the most prominent players in Las Vegas had been expressing a desire to play a match with a premiere player and issued a challenge. Ron Gross, one of several masters who live here in Las Vegas (and who was once a good friend of Bobby Fischer!) agreed to meet John Brown’s challenge. Ron had gone 0-2 against John in tournament play and finally managed to win their third encounter last year at the Dave Trujillo Memorial. The parties agreed to two games at G/60 and money was put up for the match. John Currell was the host for the match and the match took place at his residence April 8th, 1999.

Your editor interviewed both players at the IRS Open in April 1999 and I asked them for their comments on the match. In the first game, Ron said that John had a cramped position and sacrificed a pawn to relax his grip in the center. “I had to play very accurate to squeek the passed pawn through.” In game two, Ron said that he played an opening that he knew John had played before. The game was a Petroff’s Defense. Ron also commented that he started off well but he simply blundered. John comments on the the second game was that Ron had played “the World War Two line of the Petroffs” and that they had played this line once before.

Ron Gross won the match 2-0 and added “this now brings our total score to 3-2 in my favor.”

John tentatively has schedule a one game match with Snapper McGauhey and has had a desire to play a match in Fresno, California, with a player to be announced in the future if this match comes off.

Below are the three 1998 tournament games that lead to this match and the two games themselves with contributions to the notes from John Brown, Ron Gross, John Trivett and the Chess Assistant 2.0 Dragon. I’d like to thank John Currell for hosting this important match.

Report by John Trivett

Games
1. Brown, John (A) – Gross, Ron (M)
1998, Rebel Open
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 ed 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.ed Nxd6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Qf4 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Bc3 Be6 12.h3 Qd7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nc3 Rad8 15.Nd4 Rfe8 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Qd4+ f6 18.Qxa7 Bc4 19.Qa4 Qxa4 20.Nxa4 Bxd3 21.cd Nb5 22.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Rxd3 24.Re7+ Kh6 25.Nc5 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Rd2 27.f4 {White constructs a mate net} Nd4 [27…Rxb2 28.Rxc7 Rxa2 29.Rxb7 Nd4] 28.Nd7 Nf3+ [28…g5] 29.Kg3 Ne1 30.h4 Rxg2+ 31.Kh3 g5 32.Rxe1 Rxb2 33.Re6 gf 34.Rxf6+ Kg7 35.Rxf4 Rxa2 36.Rc4 c6 37.Nc5 Rb2 38.Rc3 Rb4 39.Kg3 h5 40.Rb3 Rxb3+ [40…Rg4+ 41.Kh3 b5] 41.Nxb3 b6 42.Nd4 c5 43.Nb5 Kf6 44.Kf4 c4 45.Nc3 Ke6 46.Kg5 Ke5 47.Kxh5 Kd4 48.Na2 Kd3 49.Kg4 Kc2 50.h5 Kb3 51.h6 Kxa2 52.h7 b5 53.h8Q b4 54.Qa8+ Kb2 55.Qa4 Kc3 56.Qa1+ Kc2 57.Qa2+ Kc3 58.Kf3 b3 59.Qb1 Kd2 60.Ke4 1:0

2 Brown, John (A) – Gross, Ron (M)
1998, CCSN LV Open
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Re1 dc 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 c6 12.Qe2 Nbd5 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Nxf7 Bxf7 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Qxe7 Bxb3 18.Qxd8 Rfxd8 19.ab Rd7 20.Re4 a6 21.Rae1 Rad8 22.Re8+ Kf7 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Re4 c5 25.Kf1 cd 26.Ke2 Rd6 27.b4 d3+ 28.Kd2 Kf6 29.b5 a5 30.Ra4 b6 31.Rc4 h6 32.Rc3 Rd4 33.Rxd3 Rb4 34.Rd6+ Kf5 35.Rxb6 Rxb2+ 36.Kc3 Rxf2 37.Ra6 Rxg2 38.b6 Rg1 39.Rxa5+ Ke6 40.Rb5 Rc1+ 41.Kd4 Rc8 42.b7 Rb8 43.Kc5 Kf5 44.Kc6+ Kg4 45.Kc7 1:0

3 Gross, Ron (M) – Brown, John (X)
1998, Dave Trujillo Mem.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cd Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd2 Nbd7 7.e4 c5 8.e5 Ng4 9.h3 Nxf2 10.Kxf2 cd 11.Nb5 Qb6 12.Bd3 a6 13.Nbxd4 Nxe5 14.Be3 Qxb2+ 15.Be2 Nc4 16.Qa4+ b5 17.Nxb5 Qxb5 18.Qxc4 Qxc4 19.Bxc4 Bd6 20.Rhd1 Ke7 21.Rab1 Bd7 22.Rb6 Bc7 23.Bc5+ Ke8 24.Rb7 Rc8 25.Bxa6 Bc6 26.Ra7 Bxf3 1:0

4 Gross, Ron (M) – Brown, John (X)
1999, Challenge Match Brown Vs Gross
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cd Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Bd2 Nbd7 6.e4 c6 {John said that ..6 c5 is better if 7.Nb5 Qb6 8.Bf4 e5} 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Qh5 11.Rac1 e5 [11…Nb6 12.Ne5 Qxe2 13.Nxe2 Bd7] 12.Nxe5 Qxe2 13.Bxe2 Nxe5 14.de Ng4 15.Bf4 [ Ron considered 15.Bxg4] 15…g5 [15…f6 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.e6 b5 18.Bb3] 16.Bg3 [16.h3 Nxf2 17.Bg3 Nxh3+ 18.gh] 16…Be6 17.h3 Nh6 18.f3 [18.Rfd1 f6 19.ef Bxf6 20.Rd6]
18…Bc5+ 19.Kh2 [19.Bf2 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 f6] 19…Bd4 20.Rfd1 Rfd8 21.b3 Rd7 22.Nd5 {a very nice shot.} cd 23.Rxd4 Rad8 24.Rcd1 de 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Bxd7 27.fe Bc6 28.Bd3 Kf8 29.Bf2 b6 30.Be3 f6 [30…Kg7 31.Bxg5] 31.ef Nf7 32.Bd4 Nd6 33.e5 Ne4 34.e6 h6 35.Be3 1:0

5 Brown, John (X) – Gross, Ron (M)
1999, Challenge Match Brown Vs Gross
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bc 7.Bxe4 [7.Qe2 Qe7 8.O-O Nd6 9.Re1 Qxe2 10.Rxe2+ Be6 11.Nd2 Kd7 12.Nb3 Nc4] [7.O-O Bd6 8.Nd2 O-O 9.Bxe4 de 10.Nxe4 Bxh2+ Maljutin-Rosenkrantz St. Petersburg 1909] 7…de 8.O-O g6 9.Nc3 {John thought that 9.Re1 won a pawn and the
game.} [9.Re1 f5 10.f3 Bg7 11.c3 O-O 12.fe fe 13.Rxe4 Ba6 14.Nd2 c5] 9…f5 10.Be3 Bg7 11.Qe2 Be6 12.Qa6 Qd7 13.Na4 O-O 14.Nc5 Qf7 15.Qxc6 Bd5 16.Qa4 f4 17.Bc1 f3 18.Be3 c6 19.g3 g5 20.Bxg5 [20.h3 Bf6 21.Rfe1 a very tragic mistake] 20…Qf5 [20…Qf5 21.Rfe1 Qh3 winning hands down] 0:1

Two Nevada Chess Players Earn Spots

Congratulations to Philip Wang (age 15, rating 2243) of Reno and Patrick Hummel (age 14, rating 2259) of Las Vegas on qualifying for the 1999 Pressman All-America Chess Team sponsored by the Pressman Toy Corporation of New York, NY.

The complete text of the U.S. Chess Federation press release follows:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eric C. Johnson
February 5, 1999 (914) 562-8350
Press Release #2 of 1999

TOP U.S. JUNIORS EARN PLACES ON 1999 PRESSMAN ALL-AMERICA CHESS TEAM

The U.S. Chess Federation has announced the names of the junior players who have qualified for places on the 1999 Pressman All-America Chess Team.

The 38 players on this year’s team have met age and rating criteria that place them in the top one percent of more than 41,000 of their fellow scholastic members.

The Pressman All-America Chess Team is sponsored each year by the Pressman Toy Corp., of New York, N.Y. This year marks the seventh consecutive year of corporate sponsorship for the annual team contest.

Each team member will receive an official 1999 Pressman All-America Chess Team jacket, plus a special Certificate of Achievement.

Participation in the Pressman All-America Chess Team competition is open to all USCF members who meet age and rating eligibility criteria. For more information about how to qualify for next year’s team, check the USCF website at , or contact USCF Scholastic Director Beatriz Marinello through the USCF office in New Windsor, NY.

A complete list of current team members follows.

Age 18 Minimum rating 2400
Igor Shliperman 2565 Rego Park, NY
Eugene Perelshteyn 2495 Lynn, MA

Age 17 Minimum rating 2300
Jacob Chudnovsky 2403 Mason, OH
Harutyun Akopyan 2377 Los Angeles, CA
Justin Sarkar 2331 Scarsdale, NY
Steven Winer 2325 Burlington, VT

Age 16 Minimum rating 2250
Andrei Zaremba 2322 Dearborn Heights, MI
Vladimir Miloslavsky 2308 Brooklyn, NY
Andrew Wesley Whatley 2284 Pike Road, AL
Stanislav Ritvin 2281 Philadelphia, PA
Sean Nagle 2267 Plymouth, MN

Age 15 Minimum rating 2200
Raymond Kaufman 2257 Potomac, MD
David C. John 2249 Houston, TX
Philip Wang 2243 Reno, NV
Joan Santana 2223 Teaneck, NK
Noah Siegel 2216 New York, NY
William Surlow 2207 Pittsburgh, PA
Daniel Thomas 2203 Huntsville, AL

Age 14 Minimum rating 2150
Vinay Bhat 2329 San Jose, CA
Patrick Hummel 2259 Las Vegas, NV
Jordy Mont-Reynaud 2250 Palo Alto, CA

Age 13 Minimum rating 2100
Dmitry Schneider 2365 Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Daniel Fernandez 2239 Coconut Creek, FL
A.J. Steigman 2169 Coral Springs, FL
Matthew Traldi 2167 Easton, PA
Matthew Hoekstra 2151 Charlotte, NC
Samson Benen 2149 New York, NY

Age 12 Minimum 2000
Asuka Nakamura 2088 White Plains, NY
Brandon Burrows 2080 Old Greenwich, CT
Aaron Pixton 2067 Vestal, NY

Age 11 Minimum rating 1875
Joshua Friedel 2157 Goffstown, NH
Jack Stolerman 1946 Marblehead, MA
Ruixin Yang 1926 Tallahassee, FL
Cory Evans 1913 San Diego, CA
Adam Maltese 1895 New York, NY

Age 10 Minimum rating 1750
Hikaru Nakamura 2226 White Plains, NY

Age 9 Minimum rating 1650
Laura Ross 1689 Forest Hills, NY

Age 8 & Under Minimum rating 1550
Noah Belcher 1550 Bloomingburg, NY

Summer of fun for Nevada players

This past June to August, several masters from the state of Nevada have been playing thoroughout the U. S. and in Europe. At the World Open held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from June 27-July 5, 1998, David Vigorito, Patrick Hummel, and Dennis Monokrossous were three of 221 players to participate.

Patrick Hummel and Philip Wang were part of the U.S. chess team that won the 12-14 year division gold medal at the King Edwards School over in England. England took the silver, and Yugoslavia, the bronze. The point total of the U.S. was double that of England.

The U.S. Cadets Championship was held at the Nashville Chess Center in Nashville, Tennessee this past July 8-12 and among the eight participants of master strength in this round robin was our own Philip Wang from Reno. The event was won by Dmitri Schneider (trophy on tiebreak) and Vinay Bhat with 5/7. Philip was +=7/8 with Jordy Mont-Reynaud with 2/7. Philip drew with 4 of the top five finishing above him, but lost to Monte-Reynaud in the first round, lost to Andrei Zarembi in round 5, and lost to Schneider in round 6, but drew Bhat in the last round.

The Saitek U.S. Masters, held July 21-29, kicked off the 1998 Hawaii International Chess Festival as the first of four tournaments held there. Patrick Hummel, Earl Pruner, Ron Gross, and Dana Woods, all of Las Vegas traveled there and were four of the 77 participants. Patrick scored 5.5/9 and in 20th place, and was a prize winner with 5.5/9, Earl was 4.5/9, Ron was 4/9 and Dana was 2.5/9. Dana earned himself a FIDE rating by playing 9 FIDE rated players, and this from being a strong A player a few years ago.

In a recent update from Ken Horne, our man in Hawaii at the moment, Philip Wang of Reno scored 6.5/9 and tied with nine others for best U2300 score in the Cardoza U.S.Open. The Cardoza U.S. Open was held August 1-9, 1998 with one round per day. Philip was ranked 49th on the crosstable with a rating of 2243 out of total of 304 players for this event. See Philip Wang at the U.S.Open for more details.

What follows now is a selection of games, garnered from various sources.

Pruner Earl – Ashley M (1)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 d5 2.c4 d:c4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.B:c4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bd3 c:d4 8.e:d4 Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bg5 b5 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Bb1 Nc6 13.Re1 Rc8 14.Qd2 Nb4 15.Qf4 B:f3 16.Q:f3 Nbd5 17.Ne4 R:c1 18.R:c1 N:e4 19.Q:e4 g6
20.B:e7 Q:e7 21.Rc5 Rd8 22.a4 Nf6 23.Qd3 b:a4 24.Qc3 e5 25.Bd3 e:d4 26.Qa5 Rb8 27.Rc7 Qd6 28.Bc4 Nd7 29.g3 d3 0:1

Gross RJ – De Guzman R (1)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 a5 7.Nf3 c6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a3 Be7 10.Rd1 b6 11.e4 Bb7 12.Ne5 d:c4 13.N:c4 b5 14.Ne3 a4 15.Qa2 Qb6 16.b4 a:b3 17.Q:b3 Qc7 18.Bb2 Rfc8 19.Rac1 Qa5 20.e5 Nd5 21.Ne:d5 e:d5 22.Bh3 Nb6 23.Nb1 Rd8 24.Rd3 Nc4 25.Rcd1 Qa4 26.Bc1 Q:b3 27.R:b3 Bc8 28.B:c8 Rd:c8 29.Kf1 f6 30.f4 Kf7 31.Ke2 h5 32.Rdd3 Ra6 33.Kf3 Rca8 34.Rdc3 g6 35.h4 Ra4 36.Rd3 Ke6 37.Nc3 R4a6 38.Nb1 Bf8 39.Rdc3 Ra4 40.Rd3 Na5 41.Rbc3 Rc4 42.Nd2 f:e5 43.f:e5 R:c3 44.R:c3 Nc4 45.Nb1 Be7 46.Ke2 Ra5 47.Nd2 Ra8 48.Nf3 B:a3 49.Ng5+ Ke7 50.B:a3+ R:a3 51.R:a3 N:a3 52.Kd3 b4 53.Nf3 Ke6 54.Nd2 Kf5 55.Nb3 Nc4 56.Nc1 c5 57.d:c5 N:e5+ 58.Kd4 Ke6 59.Ne2 Nc6+ 60.Kd3 Kf5 61.Nf4 Kg4 62.N:d5 K:g3 63.Kc4 b3 64.K:b3 K:h4 65.Kc4 Kg3 66.Nb4 h4 67.N:c6 h3 68.Ne5 h2 69.c6 h1=Q 70.Kc5 Qg1+ 71.Kd5 Qg2+ 72.Kd6 Qd2+ 73.Ke6 Qc3 74.Kd5 Qa5+ 75.Kd6 Qb4+ 76.Ke6 Qc5 0:1

Gross RJ – Benjamin Joe (3)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d:e5 d:e5 4.Q:d8+ K:d8 5.Nc3 Be6 6.e4 Nd7 7.f4 e:f4 8.B:f4 Bb4 9.Nf3 Ngf6 10.Bd3 B:c3+ 11.b:c3 Nc5 12.O-O-O Kc8 13.Rhe1 N:d3+ 14.R:d3 B:c4 15.Rd2 Re8 16.e5 Nd5 17.Re4 Nb6 18.Red4 h6 19.g4 c5 20.Re4 Bd5 21.Re3 g5 22.Bg3 Nc4 23.R:d5 N:e3 24.R:c5+ Kd8 25.h3 Rc8 26.Ra5 R:c3+ 27.Kd2 Nc4+ 0:1

Hummel P – Wolfrink Frans (1)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.c:d5 N:d5 5.e4 N:c3 6.b:c3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.Bd3 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.d5 c4 14.Bb1 Nc5 15.Rfe1 e5 16.h4 Rc7 17.h5 Bc8 18.Nh2 Qd6 19.Bc2 g:h5 20.f4 f5 21.Nf3 f:e4 22.f:e5 B:e5 23.N:e5 Q:e5 24.B:c5 R:c5 25.R:e4 Qf6 26.d6 Rg5 27.Re7 Bg4 28.Rde1 Rg7 29.Qd5+ Kh8 30.R:g7 Qf2+ 31.Kh2 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Q:e1+ 33.Kh2 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 K:g7 0:1

Schiller E – Pruner Earl (2)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O d:c4 8.B:c4 Nbd7 9.a4 c:d4 10.e:d4 Nb6 11.Ba2 Nbd5 12.Ne5 Be6 13.Qf3 Rc8 14.Bg5 Qd6 15.B:f6 e:f6 16.N:f7 R:f7 17.B:d5 B:d5 18.N:d5 f5 19.Rad1 Rc4 20.Rfe1 R:d4 21.Re8+ Rf8 22.Ree1 R:d1 23.R:d1 Rf7 24.b4 Bf6 25.N:f6+ 1/2

Ardaman M – Woods Dana (4)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nd2 e5 5.e4 Qc7 6.Ngf3 Bg4 7.h3 Be6 8.O-O Bd6 9.d4 Nbd7 10.d:e5 N:e5 11.Nd4 Bc5 12.N2b3 Ned7 13.e:d5 B:d5 14.Re1+ Kf8 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.N:c5 N:c5 17.Nf5 Rd8 18.c4 Nce4 19.Qc2 Be6 20.B:e4 N:e4 21.Q:e4 1:0

Roods Scott – Gross RJ (2)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5 5.c:d5 c:d4 6.Q:d4 Be7 7.e4 Nc6 8.Bb5 O-O 9.B:c6 b:c6 10.B:f6 B:f6 11.e5 c5 12.Qe3 e:d5 13.Nge2 d4 14.Qe4 Ba6 15.Nd5 B:e5 16.O-O Re8 17.f4 Bf6 18.Qf5 B:e2 19.Rfe1 d3
20.N:f6+ Q:f6 0:1

Bhat V – Woods Dana (2)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 d:e4 4.N:e4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.f4 e6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.h5 Bh7 10.Bd3 B:d3 11.Q:d3 Nf6 12.Bd2 Nbd7 13.O-O-O Qc7 14.Ne5 c5 15.Rhf1 c:d4 16.N:d7 Q:d7 17.Q:d4 Qc7 18.Ne4 N:e4 19.Q:e4 Qc6 20.Qd4 Rg8 21.f5 e5 22.Qg4 Rc8 23.Bc3 f6 24.Rf3 Bc5 25.Rfd3 Ke7 26.Rd5 b6 27.Kb1 a5 28.R5d2 Rc7 29.Qh4 Be3 30.Rd3 Bf4 31.Qe1 Rgc8 32.g3 Bg5 33.Ka1 Qc4 34.Rd4 Qc6 35.R4d3 Qc4 36.Rd6 Qc5 37.Re6+ Kf7 38.Rdd6 Rc6 39.Rd7+ Kf8 40.Qd1 R:e6 41.f:e6 Qc6 42.e7+ Ke8 43.Rd6 Qb7 44.Qd5 1:0

Wolferink F – Pruner Earl (4)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 e6 6.c4 a6 7.Ba4 Be7 8.d4 c:d4 9.Q:d4 O-O 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.Bg5 Ne5 12.N:e5 d:e5 13.Qd3 Rd8 14.Qe2 h6 15.Be3 Bb4 16.Rad1 R:d1 17.R:d1 B:c3 18.b:c3 N:e4 19.Qd3 b5 20.c:b5 a:b5 21.B:b5 Bb7 22.a4 Q:c3 23.Qd7 Bd5 24.Rc1 Qb4 25.h3 Nf6 26.Rc8+ R:c8 27.Q:c8+ Kh7 28.Qc2+ Ne4 29.Be8 f5 30.Qe2 f4 31.Bc1 Nc5 32.Bb2 e4 33.Bb5 Kg8 34.Kh2 N:a4 35.B:a4 Q:a4 36.Qg4 1/2

Kahane G – Hummel P (2)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 c:d4 9.c:d4 f6 10.e:f6 N:f6 11.O-O Bd6 12.b3 O-O 13.Bf4 B:f4 14.N:f4 Ne4 15.g3 N:d4 16.B:e4 d:e4 17.Q:d4 e:f3 18.Q:b6 a:b6 19.Rfe1 Rd8
20.N:e6 B:e6 21.R:e6 R:a2 22.Rae1 Rdd2 23.Rf1 1/2

Hummel P – Boissonnier K (4)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 d:c4 5.a4 Na6 6.e4 Bg4 7.B:c4 e6 8.Be3 Nb4 9.O-O Be7 10.a5 O-O 11.Qb3 B:f3 12.g:f3 Qc7 13.Ne2 b5 14.a:b6 a:b6 15.Bd2 c5 16.B:b4 c:b4 17.Rac1 Qb7 18.Bb5 Rac8 19.Qd3 R:c1 20.R:c1 Rc8 21.Rc4 Rc7 22.Qc2 R:c4 23.Q:c4 Qa8 24.Ba6 Qd8 25.Qc6 h6 26.Kf1 Bf8 27.Qc8 Qe7 28.Qb7 Qd8 29.Qc8 Qe7 30.Qb7 1/2

Woods Dana – Shtern I (3)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.B:f6 e:f6 4.Nf3 g6 5.e3 c6 6.c4 d:c4 7.B:c4 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.b4 Qe7 11.Rb1 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bf5 13.Bc2 Be6 14.Nd2 f5 15.a4 Rad8 16.a5 Nd5 17.N:d5 B:d5 18.Bd3 f4 19.Re1 f:e3 20.f:e3 Rfe8 21.Nf3 Be4 22.B:e4 Q:e4 23.Qb3 Rd5 24.a6 b6 25.Qc4 Re6 26.b5 R:b5 27.R:b5 c:b5 28.Q:b5 Bh6 29.Ng5 Qh4 30.Nf3 Qe7 31.Ne5 f6 32.Ng4 B:e3+ 33.N:e3 R:e3 34.Qb3+ R:b3 35.R:e7 Ra3 36.R:a7 b5 37.Kf2 b4 38.Ke2 h5 39.d5 Ra5 40.d6 Re5+ 41.Kf3 1:0

Pruner Earl – Rupel D (3)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.g3 Bb7 8.d5 B:c3+ 9.N:c3 e5 10.Bg2 d6 11.O-O O-O 12.f4 e:f4 13.g:f4 Re8 14.b3 Bc8 15.e4 a6 16.Re1 Bg4 17.Qd3 Ra7 18.Qg3 Rae7 19.Bb2 Nbd7 20.Re3 Bh5
21.h3 b5 22.c:b5 a:b5 23.N:b5 Qb8 24.a4 Bg6 25.Rae1 Nh5 26.Qh4 Nhf6 27.Qg3 Nh5 28.Qf2 f6 29.Qh4 f5 30.e5 d:e5 31.d6 N:f4 32.d:e7 N:g2 33.K:g2 e4 34.Rf1 Ne5 35.B:e5 Q:e5 36.Qf4 Q:e7 37.Qc7 Qg5+ 38.Rg3 Qd2+ 39.Rf2 Qd5 40.Qd6 Qb7 41.Re3 Rf8 42.Rf4 Rf6 43.Q:c5 Qd7 44.Nd4 h6 45.a5 Rf8 46.Re:e4 Rc8 47.Qe7 Rc2+ 1:0

Woods Dana – Rupel D (1)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c6 3.B:f6 e:f6 4.Nf3 Qb6 5.Qc1 d5 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.e3 Na6 8.c4 d:c4 9.B:c4 Nc7 10.O-O Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.Bd3 Qa5 13.Qc2 Qh5 14.Ne4 g6 15.Rac1 Qh6 16.Nfd2 f5 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Bc4 Bd6 19.Nf3 Qg7 20.Rfd1 b6 21.Nd3 Bb7 22.Nde5 Rac8 23.b4 B:e5 24.N:e5 Nb5 25.Qa2 Nd6 26.Bb3 Kh8 27.Rc2 f6 28.Nd3 Rfe8 29.Nf4 Ne4 30.Rdc1 Qe7 31.Ba4 g5 32.Nd3 Ba6 33.Ne1 f4 34.B:c6 f:e3 35.f3 Nf2 36.B:e8 R:c2 37.Q:c2 Q:e8 38.a4 Bb7 39.Qc7 Bd5 40.Qc8 Q:c8 41.R:c8+ Kg7 42.Rc7+ Kg6 43.R:a7 Bc4 44.Rb7 Nd1 45.R:b6 1:0

Hummel P – Stevens L (3)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.d4 d5 2.c4 d:c4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.B:c4 e6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.e4 e5 10.g4 Bg6 11.d:e5 N:e5 12.N:e5 B:e5 13.f4 Qd4+ 14.Q:d4 B:d4+ 15.Kh2 B:c3 16.b:c3 B:e4 17.g5 Bd5 18.Re1+ Kf8 19.Ba3+ Kg8 20.g:f6 B:c4 21.Re7 h5 22.R:c7 b5 23.Bc5 g:f6 24.a4 Kh7 25.a:b5 Kg6 26.Bd4 B:b5 27.Rg1+ Kh6 28.R:f7 Rhf8 29.Rfg7 Bd3 30.f5 1:0

Caoili Arianne – Gross RJ (4)
1998, Hawaii USA
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bc5 6.Bg2 d:e4 7.d:e4 e5 8.O-O O-O 9.c3 a5 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Nc4 Rd8 12.a4 b6 13.Nfd2 Ba6 14.b3 Qd7 15.Re1 Qd3 16.Qb2 Ng4 17.Rf1 N:f2 18.R:f2 Qe2 19.Nf1 B:f2+ 20.Kh1 B:c4 21.b:c4 Q:b2 22.B:b2 Rd3 23.Bh3 Rad8 24.Kg2 Bc5 25.Bg4 Rd2+ 26.N:d2 R:d2+ 0:1

Mont Reynaud J – Wang P (1)
1998, Nashville USA
1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 Na6 9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Rb1 c6 11.b3 Nc7 12.Bb2 c5 13.Nf3 Rb8 14.Nd2 b5 15.e3 h6 16.Qc2 a5 17.c:b5 N:b5 18.a4 Nc7 19.Nc4 Ra8 20.Qd2 Qb8 21.Ne2 Qa7 22.Nf4 g5 23.Ne6 B:e6 24.d:e6 d5 25.Ne5 Qb6 26.Ng6 Rfe8 27.Qc2 Ne4 28.f3 Nd6 29.f4 c4 30.b:c4 Q:e3+ 31.Kh1 B:b2 32.Q:b2 Kh7 33.Qe5 g:f4 34.g:f4 Qd3 35.N:e7 R:e7 36.Q:d6 Rg7 37.Rb7 Q:c4 38.Qe5 Rag8 39.Q:f5+ Kh8 40.Qf6 Kh7 41.Qf5+ Kh8 42.Qe5 Kh7 43.R:c7 R:c7 44.e7 R:g2 45.K:g2 Qc2+ 46.Rf2 Qg6+ 47.Kh3 Qd3+ 48.Kh4 Rc3 49.Q:c3 Q:c3 50.e8=Q Qf6+ 51.Kg3 Qc3+ 52.Kg2 Qg7+ 53.Kf3 Qd4 54.Qe7+ Kh8 55.Qe5+ 1:0

Wang P – Ritvin S (2)
1998, Nashville USA
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 e:d4 9.N:d4 Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Re1 a5 12.b3 c6 13.Bb2 Qb6 14.Qc2 a4 15.Rad1 Nfd7 16.N:a4 N:a4 17.b:a4 Qb4 18.Re3 R:a4 19.a3 Q:c4 20.Rc3 Qa6 21.Bf1 Qa8 22.Re3 Nc5 23.Kh2 Bd7 24.f4 Qa7 25.Ree1 b5 26.e5 d:e5 27.f:e5 Ne6 28.N:c6 B:c6 29.Q:c6 Rb8 30.Kg2 Qb7 31.Q:b7 R:b7 32.Rd5 b433.Rb5 R:b5 34.B:b5 Ra8 1/2

Siegel N – Wang P (3)
1998, Nashville USA
1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6 4.h4 Bg7 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 c6 7.Bf4 Nf6 8.h5 Nbd7 9.h:g6 h:g6 10.R:h8+ B:h8 11.f3 Qa5 12.Rb1 c5 13.Qd2 Nh5 14.Nb5 Q:a2 15.Nc7+ Kf7 16.Rd1 N:f4 17.N:a8 N:d3+ 18.Q:d3 Qa5+ 19.Kf2 Qd8 20.Nh3 Bf6 21.Nf4 Q:a8 22.N:e6 c4 23.Qe2 K:e6 24.e4 f:e4 25.f:e4 Qf8 26.Kg1 d:e4 27.Q:e4+ Kd6 28.Q:b7 Qb8 29.Qa6+ Nb6 30.c3 Bg5 31.Re1 Kc6 32.d5+ Kd7 33.Qb5+ Kd8 34.d6 Bf6 35.d:e7+ B:e7 36.Rd1+ Bd6 37.Qg5+ Kd7 38.Q:g6 Qf8 39.Qh7+ Kc6 40.Qe4+ Kb5 41.Qh4 Bc5+ 42.Kh1 Qf5 43.Qh8 a5 44.Qh6 a4 45.Kh2 Qc2 46.Qd2 Qh7+ 47.Kg3 Qg6+ 48.Kf3 Qc6+ 49.Kg4 Qe4+ 50.Kh3 Be3 51.Qe2 Kc5 52.Qg4 Qh7+ 53.Kg3 Kb5 1/2

Wang P – John David (4)
1998, Nashville USA
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bg4 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.b3 Bd6 8.Bb2 Ne5 9.h3 Ne4 10.Qd2 Nf6 11.Qc2 Qd7 1/2

Zaremba A – Wang P (5)
1998, Nashville USA
1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Nd5 N:d5 9.c:d5 Qb5 10.Ng5 Qb6 11.e3 h6 12.Ne6 B:e6 13.d:e6 c6 14.d5 Na6 15.e4 Nc5 16.e:f5 R:f5 17.Qg4 Kh7 18.Be3 Q:b2 19.d:c6 b:c6 20.B:c6 Raf8 21.a4 Qb3 22.Rae1 h5 23.Qh4 Bf6 24.Qh3 N:e6 25.f4 Kg7 26.Bd7 Rd8 27.B:e6 Q:e6 28.Bb6 Qc8 29.B:d8 Q:d8 30.Qg2 Qa5 31.Qe4 Rc5 32.Rc1 Rf5 33.Rc8 Rd5 34.Rfc1 Rd4 35.Rg8+ 1:0

Wang P – Schneider D (6)
1998, Nashville USA
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 d:c4 5.Bg2 b5 6.O-O Nd7 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Rd1 Qc8 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Nbd2 c5 11.a4 a6 12.a:b5 a:b5 13.b3 c:b3 14.Q:b3 Bc6 15.d:c5 B:c5 16.Ne5 B:g2 17.N:d7 N:d7 18.K:g2 R:a1 19.R:a1 Qb7+ 20.Nf3 O-O 21.Rb1 b4 22.Qc4 Rc8 23.Bd2 Bf8 24.Qa2 Qe4 25.Qa6 Ra8 26.Qd3 Q:d3 27.e:d3 Rb8 28.Rb3 Nf6 29.Kf1 Nd5 30.Ke2 f6 31.Nd4 Kf7 32.Nc2 e5 33.Ne3 Ke6 34.Nc4 Ra8 35.Kd1 Ra1+ 36.Ke2 Ra8 37.Kd1 Bc5 38.Ke2 h5 39.Kf3 g5 40.h3 Rg8 41.Ke2 f5 42.Ne3 Ne7 43.Rb1 f4 44.Nd1 Nf5 45.Be1 Nd4+ 46.Kf1 Ra8 47.Kg2 Nc6 48.Nb2 Kd5 49.Kf3 Ra3 50.Ke2 Nd4+ 51.Kd1 Nf3 52.Rc1 Ra2 53.Rb1 Bd4 54.Nc4 N:e1 55.K:e1 B:f2+ 0:1

Wang P – Bhat V (7)
1998, Nashville USA
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.b3 e6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Bb2 Ne4 8.Qe1 f5 9.Ne5 N:e5 10.d:e5 Bh5 11.Be2 Bg6 12.Nc3 Bc5 13.N:e4 f:e4 14.Bd4 Qb6 15.Qd2 O-O 16.c3 a5 17.Qb2 Qa7 18.a3 b6 19.c4 Be7 20.Bc3 Bf5 21.a4 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 Bf8 23.Bd4 Rab8 24.Qc2 Rbc8 25.Rac1 Ba3 26.Bb2 Bc5 27.Bd4 Ba3 28.Bb2 Bc5 29.Bd4 B:d4 30.e:d4 e3 31.Bd3 e:f2+ 32.Q:f2 Rf8 33.B:f5 R:f5 34.Qe3 Qd7 35.c5 b5 36.a:b5 c:b5 37.Ra1 Ra8 38.Ra2 1/2

Hummel P – Ashley M (1)
1998, Philadelphia USA
1.d4 d5 2.c4 d:c4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.B:c4 a6 6.O-O c5 7.Bd3 c:d4 8.e:d4 Be7 9.Nc3 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.N:d7 N:d7 15.B:e7 Q:e7 16.Rc1 Rfc8 17.Qh5 B:e4 18.B:e4 g6 19.Qa5 R:c1
20.R:c1 Ra7 21.Rc6 Qh4 22.Bf3 Q:d4 23.Qd8+ Kg7 24.Rc8 Kh6 25.h4 Qf6 26.Q:f6 N:f6 27.a5 Rd7 28.Rc6 Rd2 29.b3 Rd3 30.R:a6 R:b3 31.Rb6 Ra3 32.a6 Nd5 33.B:d5 e:d5 34.R:b4 R:a6 35.Rd4 Rd6 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.Kg3 h5
38.Kf4 Kf6 39.Rd3 Rd7 40.Re3 Rc7 41.g3 Rc4+ 42.Kf3 Rc6 43.Kf4 Re6 44.Ra3 Re4+ 45.Kf3 Kf5 46.Ra7 f6 47.Rd7 Ke6 48.Rg7 Kf5 49.Rd7 Ke6 50.Rg7 Re5 51.Ra7 g5 52.Ra4 Re1 53.Ra6+ Kf5 54.Rd6 g4+ 55.Kg2 Ke5
56.Rd8 Kd4 57.Rd6 Kc5 58.R:f6 d4 59.Rf5+ Kc4 60.R:h5 d3 61.Rh8 d2 62.Rc8+ Kb5 63.Rd8 d1=Q 64.R:d1 R:d1 0:1

Vigorito D – Levine D (2)
1998, Philadelphia USA
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d4 Be7 5.d:e5 Ng4 6.e:d6 B:d6 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 c6 9.O-O Qc7 10.h3 Ne5 11.N:e5 B:e5 12.Qc2 Na6 13.a3 f5 14.f4 B:c3 15.Q:c3 Nc5 16.Bf3 Ne4 17.B:e4 f:e4 18.Rd1 Bf5 19.b3 Rad8 20.Bb2 Rd3 21.R:d3 e:d3 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Rd2 Re8 24.Qd4 Qe7 25.Q:a7 Q:e3+ 26.Q:e3 R:e3 27.Kf2 Re8 28.g4 Be4 29.a4 c5 30.h4 h5 31.g:h5 Re6 32.Be5 Rb6 33.Ke3 Bf5 34.Rg2 R:b3 35.R:g7+ Kf8 36.h6 1:0

Vigorito D – Blatny P (3)
1998, Philadelphia USA
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.B:f6 Q:f6 7.e3 Nd7 8.a3 d:c4 9.B:c4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.Qc2 a5 13.e4 e5 14.d5 Nb6 15.Nd2 Rd8 16.b:a5 R:a5 17.Rab1 c:d5 18.N:d5 N:d5 19.B:d5 R:a3 20.Nc4
Ra6 21.B:b7 B:b7 22.R:b7 Rc8 23.Qb3 1/2

Fang J – Hummel P (3)
1998, Philadelphia USA
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.c:d5 N:d5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Nc7 8.Bd2 Be7 9.a4 O-O 10.Na3 f6 11.a5 Bd7 12.Nc4 Ne6 13.Bc3 Rb8 14.Nfd2 Re8 15.Bd5 Kh8 16.Ne4 Qc7 17.e3 Rbd8 18.f4 e:f4 19.g:f4 Bc8 20.Qh5 Qd7 21.B:e6 Q:e6 22.f5 Qg8 23.Rad1 Rd5 24.Rf3 Red8 25.Nf2 Be6 26.Kh1 Bf7 27.Qh4 Qf8 28.Rg1 Bg8 29.Rfg3 R5d7 30.Ne4 Bd5 31.R:g7 Q:g7 32.R:g7 K:g7 33.B:f6+ B:f6 34.Q:f6+ Kg8 35.Ne5 B:e4+ 36.d:e4 N:e5 37.Q:e5 Rg7 38.h4 Rd1+ 39.Kh2 h6 40.f6 Rd2+ 41.Kh3 Rgg2 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qe7+ 1:0

Rowley R – Vigorito D (4)
1998, Philadelphia USA
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 c:d4 4.N:d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bb3 b5 9.Qf3 Qb6 10.Be3 Qb7 11.Qg3 b4 12.Na4 Nbd7 13.f3 O-O 14.Rfd1 Ne5 15.Nb6 Nh5 16.Qh3 Nf4 17.B:f4 Q:b6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Qg3 Kh8 20.c3 Nc4 21.B:c4 Q:c4 22.c:b4 e5 23.Rac1 Q:b4 24.Nc6 Qb7 25.N:e7 Q:e7 26.Bb6 f5 27.Rc7 Bd7 28.e:f5 Rac8 29.Qe1 R:f5 30.Qd2 Rf6 31.Qd5 h6 32.Qb7 R:c7 33.B:c7 Kh7 34.Qb4 Bc6 35.B:d6 Qe8 36.Re1 Re6 37.Bc5 e4 38.f:e4 R:e4 39.R:e4 Q:e4 40.Q:e4+ B:e4 41.Kf2 Kg6 42.g3 Kf7 43.Ke3 Bd5 44.a3 g6 45.b4 Ke8 46.Kd4 Bb3 47.Bd6 Kd7 48.Kc5 h5 49.Bf4 Ba4 50.Kb6 Bb5 51.a4 B:a4 52.K:a6 Kc8 53.b5 Bc2 54.b6 1/2

Hummel P – Owen S (4)
1998, Philadelphia USA
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Nge2 N:e2 10.B:e2 Ne8 11.O-O f5 12.c5 f4 13.Bf2 g5 14.a4 h5 15.a5 d:c5 16.B:c5 Rf6 17.Rfc1 g4 18.Kh1 Rg6 19.Bf1 Bf8 20.Bf2 Nd6
21.Nb5 N:b5 22.B:b5 a6 23.Bf1 Bd6 24.b4 Bd7 25.Rab1 g:f3 26.g:f3 Qg5 27.h4 Qe7 28.Kh2 Kh8 29.Bh3 Rag8 30.Rg1 R:g1 31.R:g1 R:g1 32.B:g1 Q:h4 33.Qg2 Q:h3+ 34.Q:h3 B:h3 35.K:h3 B:b4 36.Bf2 B:a5 37.Bh4 Kg7 38.Bd8 Bc3 39.B:c7 Kf7 0:1

Monokroussos D – Filatov L (3)
1998, Philadelphia USA
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.c5 Q:b3 7.a:b3 Nd7 8.b4 a6 9.b5 c:b5 10.N:b5 Rc8 11.Na7 Ra8 12.Nb5 Rc8 13.Na7 1/2

Bryan J – Monokroussos D (4)
1998, Philadelphia USA
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Qd7 8.b4 O-O 9.a4 a6 10.h3 Be6 11.b5 Na5 12.B:e6 Q:e6 13.Re1 c6 14.Nf1 c:b5 15.a:b5 a:b5 16.Bd2 b6 17.Ne3 g6 18.Rb1 Qd7 19.Rb2 Nb7 20.Qb1 Nc5 21.R:b5 Ra1 22.Q:a1 Q:b5 23.c4 Qb3 24.Bc3 Qa4 25.Q:a4 N:a4 26.Rc1 b5 27.Bb4 Nb2 28.N:e5 Rc8 29.Rc2 1:0

Monokroussos D – Hummel P (7)
1998, Philadelphia USA
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.c5 1/2

Privman B – Monokroussos D (6)
1998, Philadelphia USA
1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O e:f4 8.e:f4 O-O 9.f5 Ne4 10.f:g6 h:g6 11.Nbd2 Ndf6 12.N:e4 N:e4 13.Nd2 N:d2 14.B:d2 Be6 15.Bf3 c5 16.d:c5 d:c5 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Qa4 Be5 1/2

Wang P – Benjamin, J. ()
1998, US Open
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.g3 e5 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O h6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Rd1 Be7 10.h3 O-O 11.Be3 e:d4 12.N:d4 Nc5 13.Qa3 Bg6 14.b4 Nce4 15.Rac1 Rfe8 16.Bf4 Qc8 17.Qb2 N:c3 18.Q:c3 Ne4 19.Qb3 a5 20.b5 a4 21.Qf3 Bf6 22.b:c6 b:c6 23.Qa3 Ra6 24.Nb5 Be7 25.N:d6 B:d6 26.B:d6 N:d6 27.Q:d6 R:e2 28.Rd2 R:d2 29.Q:d2 c5 30.a3 Kh7 31.Kh2 Rb6 32.Rc3 Rb3 33.Bd5 Qf5 34.Kg2 Qb1 35.Re3 Qa1 36.Re7 Qd4 37.Qe2 R:a3 38.B:f7 B:f7 39.R:f7 Rc3 40.Rf4 Qd3 41.Q:d3+ R:d3 42.Rf5 Rc3 43.R:c5 a3 44.Ra5 R:c4 45.R:a3 1/2

Report by John Trivett

1998 U.S. Open, August, 1998

Pictures provided by Ken Horne