page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 147  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Kelley vs I Ivanisevic   1-0 54 2012 National Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 2. T Gareev vs T Taylor   1-0 50 2012 National Open A52 Budapest Gambit 3. K Wallach vs S Shankland   0-1 118 2012 National Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 4. G Lapid Shafriri vs Kaufman   0-1 34 2012 National Open A65 Benoni, 6.e4 5. D Bacus vs A Diamant   0-1 21 2012 National Open B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 6. E Yanayt vs M Molner   1-0 70 2012 National Open A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 7. E Sevillano vs R Kensek   ½-½ 44 2012 National Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 8. M Perunovic vs A Belakovskaia   1-0 21 2012 National Open B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 9. A Sharma vs A Bachmann   ½-½ 17 2012 National Open E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 10. M Kekelidze vs M W Brown   1-0 58 2012 National Open D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted 11. K Kavutskiy vs Lenderman   0-1 58 2012 National Open A40 Queen's Pawn Game 12. Y Liou vs T Gelashvili   0-1 82 2012 National Open B06 Robatsch 13. N Raptis vs A Bykhovsky   0-1 39 2012 National Open D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 14. S Vibbert vs V Mikhalevski   ½-½ 52 2012 National Open C67 Ruy Lopez 15. M Anzis vs P Karagianis   0-1 51 2012 National Open A57 Benko Gambit 16. S Foisor vs E Formanek 1-0 36 2012 National Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. A Ramirez vs C Collyer   ½-½ 24 2012 National Open A92 Dutch 18. M Helfst vs A Lebovitz   1-0 33 2012 National Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. Robson vs Bradford 1-0 37 2012 National Open C18 French, Winawer 20. I Ivanisevic vs C Von Krogh   1-0 27 2012 National Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 21. M Foisor vs E Hansen   0-1 30 2012 National Open D85 Grunfeld 22. S Zierk vs D Kelley   1-0 29 2012 National Open C45 Scotch Game 23. L Harmon-Vellotti vs Akobian   0-1 86 2012 National Open E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 24. P Karagianis vs M Kekelidze   0-1 27 2012 National Open E10 Queen's Pawn Game 25. E Hansen vs T Mc Entee 1-0 51 2012 National Open B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 147    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jun-27-12    PhilFeeley: A good reason why open Swiss tournaments are dangerous for strong players: W J Stewart vs Robson, 2012 Jun-27-12    Jossy: nice! Jun-28-12    LIFE Master AJ: I played in the National Open back in the 1990's ... Jun-30-12    HeMateMe: This was somewhat ignored by the kibitzers. I guess the games got dropped in at the same time as a bigger event. Jul-30-12    zoren: Past years ago usually generated a lot more interest with Nakamura, return of Kamsky, Loek van Wely, Ray Robson making a splash, and the rise of a number of Filipino GM's. In a way it's a stepping stone for strong (American) players, few of the above mentioned players had a lot of interviews and it was a good way for them to get on a good footing. Congrats to Lenderman!

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