National Open (2007)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Hikaru Nakamura, Viktor Korchnoi, Alexander Shabalov, Jaan Ehlvest, Varuzhan Akobian, Sergey Erenburg, Grigory Serper, Julio Becerra-Rivero, Benjamin Finegold, Atanas Kolev, Mikheil Gagunashvili, Dimitri Gurevich, Joshua E Friedel, Melikset Khachiyan, Enrico M Sevillano, Bosko Abramovic, Dashzeveg Sharavdorj, Renier Gonzalez, Irina Krush, Emil Anka, Andranik Matikozian, Amon Simutowe, Enkhbat Tegshsuren, John Daniel Bryant, Tibor Weinberger, David Pruess, Alan Stein, Vladimir Mezentsev, David E Vigorito, Hans-Joachim Hecht, Faik Aleskerov, Mark Ginsburg, Alexandre Kretchetov, Emory A Tate, Kazim Gulamali, Stephen Dishman, Elliott Liu, Robby Adamson, David Filipovich, Andrew Boekhoff, Eugene Yanayt, Batchimeg Tuvshintugs, Curt Collyer, Pedram Atoufi, Gregg H Small, Michael Aigner, Dale R Haessel, Alessandro Steinfl, Joshua Sinanan, Andrew L Mack, Viktors Pupols, Glenn Bady, Ronald Bruno, Jeffrey Haskel, Cornelius Rubsamen, David J Kerman, Okechukwu A Iwu, Song Yi, Erkin Gurbanzade, Kenneth Wallach, Jerome B Hanken, Tom Brownscombe, Kalin Nonchev, Christian Tanaka, Allen J Becker, Vaishnav Aradhyula, Robert Akopian, Dana N Mackenzie, Lawrence Wolfley, Kenneth Thomas, Stanley Yang, Robert Tanner, Robert L Lau, James C Little, Paul Chaplin, Carleton Williams, Norberto Vela, Lew Cohen, Mark Erickson, Alexander London

page 2 of 6; games 26-50 of 127  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. L Wolfley vs E Anka   ½-½ 18 2007 National Open B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 27. J Friedel vs M Erickson   1-0 26 2007 National Open C67 Ruy Lopez 28. Song Yi vs M Khachiyan   0-1 29 2007 National Open B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 29. O Iwu vs D Gurevich   0-1 31 2007 National Open A46 Queen's Pawn Game 30. K Wallach vs Akobian   0-1 32 2007 National Open B07 Pirc 31. V Mezentsev vs P Chaplin   1-0 33 2007 National Open B06 Robatsch 32. G Bady vs D Sharavdorj   0-1 56 2007 National Open B44 Sicilian 33. B Abramovic vs D Kerman   1-0 26 2007 National Open A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 34. E Sevillano vs T Brownscombe 1-0 26 2007 National Open C02 French, Advance 35. J Hanken vs Serper 0-1 32 2007 National Open A13 English 36. J Bryant vs Nakamura 0-1 34 2007 National Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 37. M Gagunashvili vs G Small   1-0 23 2007 National Open D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 38. Korchnoi vs E Gurbanzade ½-½ 82 2007 National Open E81 King's Indian, Samisch 39. R L Lau vs E Tegshsuren   0-1 56 2007 National Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 40. I Krush vs C Williams   1-0 37 2007 National Open D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 41. J Becerra-Rivero vs T Weinberger   1-0 62 2007 National Open B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 42. B Finegold vs C Collyer 1-0 27 2007 National Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 43. C Rubsamen vs Shabalov 0-1 46 2007 National Open B89 Sicilian 44. C Tanaka vs E Tate   1-0 41 2007 National Open A50 Queen's Pawn Game 45. J Haskel vs D E Vigorito   0-1 42 2007 National Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 46. K Thomas vs A Stein   0-1 31 2007 National Open A07 King's Indian Attack 47. A Simutowe vs D Mackenzie   1-0 35 2007 National Open D06 Queen's Gambit Declined 48. E Yanayt vs T Brownscombe   1-0 43 2007 National Open E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 49. B Finegold vs S Dishman   ½-½ 50 2007 National Open D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 50. A Kolev vs J Friedel   1-0 53 2007 National Open C45 Scotch Game  page 2 of 6; games 26-50 of 127    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jun-19-07    Timex: Congrats to Nakamura!! For a stunning 5.5/6!!! Jun-19-07    pacelli: I think Korchnoi was the 'real' winner:-) look at his score! Jun-19-07    THE pawn: Yeah, but look at his opponents' ratings. Jun-20-07    WannaBe: Especially in the last round, where Korchnoi 'played' Serper: Serper vs Korchnoi, 2007 =) Jun-20-07    Resignation Trap: Some players were exhausted as early as round three: B Finegold vs D Sharavdorj, 2007 . Jun-20-07    dabearsrock1010: was there some sort of no draw rule in effect, loking at the first 25 games all but 1 was decisive... Jun-20-07    wanabe2000: With the Krush victory over Shabalov, and scoring 4 1/2-1 1/2, does this qualify as a GM norm? Does that even apply in this tournament? Jun-20-07    whiskeyrebel: evidently it doesn't count in a tournament this short... Jun-20-07    WannaBe: Ms. Krush won $739.50 http://www.lvchessfestival.com/resu... Which may (not) have covered her total expenses... Jun-21-07    Ashram64: finally.. cg has posted these games! Jun-22-07    NimzoKing: <Which may (not) have covered her total expenses...> GM's get paid to enter tournaments - all her expenses will already be paid for her, with a little bonus. The money she won is just all profit so to say Jun-28-07    Timex: <THE pawn> You are correct, but Korchnoi drew with E Gurbanzade, who is rated 2166! If he won that game, he would have one the toruanemtn. Jun-28-07    whiskeyrebel: Timex, technically if he had won that game he would have been paired differently. Not that I don't have confidence in Mr. Korchnoi..he simply would have faced different opponents.

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