[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Boskovic, Drasko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Ne1 0-0 8. Nc2 d6 9. Ne3 Be6 10. d3 h6 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. a3 a5 13. Ned5 Rab8 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. Rxb4 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Be3 Kh7 22. Qb1 b5 23. Rc1 Rfe8 24. Rc5 Qd7 25. Rcxb5 Rxb5 26. Rxb5 Qc6 27. Rb6 Qd5 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 e4 30. dxe4 Rxe4 31. Kg2 Re7 32. f3 h5 33. Kf2 Rd7 34. Ra3 Be5 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. Bxa7 Bd6 37. e4 Kg7 38. Bd4+ Kf8 39. h3 Ke7 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Ke6 42. Ke3 f5 43. gxf5+ gxf5 44. exf5+ Kxf5 45. Ba7 Bf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Ezat, Mohamed Mahmoud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. a3 Nd4 12. Be3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Bxf6 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Qg4 Rc8 22. Qg3 Kg7 23. Qd3 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Ne3 Be7 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 Kh8 28. Kg2 Rf4 29. Rh1 h6 30. Rh3 Rcf8 31. Rc2 Bg5 32. f3 e4 33. Qc3+ Bf6 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Qxf6+ Rxf6 38. Ne7+ Kg5 39. Nd5 exf3+ 40. Kf2 Rxg4 41. Nxf6 Rg2+ 42. Kxf3 Rxc2 43. Ne4+ Kf5 44. Nxd6+ Ke5 45. Nxb7 Rc3+ 46. Ke2 Rxa3 47. b5 axb5 48. cxb5 Kd5 49. Nd8 Rb3 50. Nf7 Rxb5 51. Ng5 Kc4 52. Ne4 Re5 53. Kf3 Kd4 54. Nf2 Re8 55. Kf4 Rf8+ 56. Kg3 Rf7 57. Ng4 Rf1 58. Nf2 Ke5 59. Kf3 Ra1 60. Ke3 Kf5 61. Nd3 Ra4 62. Nf2 Ra3+ 63. Ke2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Ljukin, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Nh4 0-0 10. f3 Bg6 11. Qb3 a5 12. Na2 Bd6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e4 e5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rad1 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. Nc3 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Ne5 21. Bb3 c5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 b6 25. Rd1 g5 26. Qb3 Rd6 27. Qc3 Rh6 28. Qe3 Rd6 29. Qd2 Rh6 30. Qe3 Ng6 31. Bc4 Qe5 32. h3 Qxb2 33. Qxg5 Nf8 34. Rd8 Qc3 35. Qe7 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Provaznik, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Nf6 4. Bb2 e5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. Bxd4 Bxb4 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 Re8 10. 0-0 c5 11. Bc3 Bc6 12. Bxb4 cxb4 13. d4 Ne4 14. f3 Ng5 15. d5 Bd7 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. h4 Qxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 19. Kf2 Rae8 20. Bd1 Ne4+ 21. fxe4 R3xe4 22. Nd2 Rd4 23. Nf3 Rxc4 24. Bb3 Rf4 25. Rfe1 Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Rc1 h6 28. Ke3 Rg4 29. Rc7 Rxg2 30. Rxb7 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. d6 g4 33. Nh4 Rh2 34. Nf5 Rg2 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Rxd7 Ke8 37. Rxf7 g3 38. Re7+ Kd8 39. Rg7 a5 40. Rxg3 Rb2 41. Be6 a4 42. Rg8+ Kc7 43. Ra8 b3 44. axb3 axb3 45. Nd4 Ra2 46. Rxa2 bxa2 47. Bxa2 Kd6 48. Ke4 Kc5 49. Nc2 Kd6 50. Kd4 Ke7 51. Ke5 Kf8 52. Be6 Kg7 53. Kf5 Kh6 54. Bf7 Kg7 55. Bg6 Kh6 56. Nd4 Kg7 57. Ne6+ Kh6 58. Nf4 Kg7 59. Kg5 Kf8 60. Kf6 Kg8 61. Ne6 Kh8 62. Ng5 Kg8 63. Nf7 Kf8 64. Bh7 Ke8 65. Ne5 Kf8 66. Bd3 Ke8 67. Ke6 Kd8 68. Nd7 Kc7 69. Ke7 Kc6 70. Be4+ Kb5 71. Kd6 Kc4 72. Ne5+ Kc3 73. Kd5 Kb2 74. Kc4 Ka3 75. Kc3 Ka2 76. Nd3 Ka1 77. Nc5 Ka2 78. Nb3 Ka3 79. Bb1 Ka4 80. Nd4 Ka5 81. Kc4 Kb6 82. Bf5 Kc7 83. Kd5 Kd8 84. Kd6 Ke8 85. Ke6 Kf8 86. Kf6 Kg8 87. Ne6 Kh8 88. Ng5 Kg8 89. Be6+ Kh8 90. Bf5 Kg8 91. Nf7 Kf8 92. Bh7 Ke8 93. Bd3 Kd7 94. Ke5 Ke7 95. Nd6 Kd7 96. Be4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Sahil, Tickoo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. 0-0 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. d3 c5 10. a4 Qb6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Na3 Bc6 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. e4 Nb4 16. Nc2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Be7 18. b3 0-0 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Ra1 Ra8 21. Qb1 Bf8 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Qa1 Bb7 24. h4 Qa6 25. Qxa6 Bxa6 26. Kf1 f6 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Bh3 Nb8 29. Nf3 Nc6 30. Kd2 Bd6 31. d4 cxd4 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Tokman, Ariel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Nb3 Nc4 14. Bd4 Bg4 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. Qd4 Qd6 19. Rcd1 Red8 20. Nd2 Ne5 21. Ne4 Qc7 22. Nd2 Nc6 23. Qa4 Rac8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Nd4 26. Nd2 b5 27. Qa6 Rd6 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. Bxb7 Rcd8 30. Rb1 Nc2 31. Ne4 Nxe1 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxe1 Rd2 34. Ra1 Rxa2 35. Rd1 g6 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Bc6 b4 38. Rb8 b3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bryakin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. Kb1 b5 10. f4 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 h5 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Rhe1 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Be7 16. e5 fxe5 17. fxe5 d5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Rb6 20. e6 Bf6 21. exd7+ Kf8 22. Qc5+ Kg7 23. Re8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Djordjevic, Dejan N"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. h3 Nge7 8. d3 0-0 9. f4 f5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. Kh2 Kh8 14. Rf2 Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Bd7 16. Raf1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bc6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. exf5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Bd4 23. Rf3 gxf5 24. Rxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Rg8 26. Ne4 Be5 27. c4 Qd7 28. Rf3 Qxa4 29. h4 Qb4 30. Qh6 Qxb2+ 31. Rf2 Bg7 32. Qxd6 Qe5 33. Qd7 Qd4 34. Rf7 Qxd7 35. Rxd7 Ra8 36. Ng5 a5 37. Ne6 Bc3 38. Ng5 a4 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Rb7 a3 41. Ne4 Bd4 42. h5 a2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perez Gormaz, Matias Ariel"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. c3 Kh8 13. Qd3 f5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Nc7 fxe4 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Rae8 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Rad1 d5 20. Rfe1 d4 21. Bb5 Bxa2 22. Rxe4 Bb3 23. Rde1 Bd5 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 dxc3 27. bxc3 Kg8 28. f4 Kf7 29. g4 h6 30. g5 hxg5 31. Rxg5 b5 32. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yonal, Timur"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rb1 Bg4 11. b4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. Be2 Nd4 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Bb2 Nec6 16. a3 Ne6 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Rb8 19. f4 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. f5 Ned4 22. f6 exf6 23. Qh6 f5 24. exf5 Ne5 25. f6 Ne6 26. Rc2 Nxd3 27. Nc7 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Rbc8 29. Re7 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zaichenko, Daria"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. 0-0 a6 10. a4 Ne5 11. Be2 Be7 12. Qd4 0-0 13. h3 Rb8 14. a5 Bd7 15. f4 Nc6 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb6 Rfc8 18. Bf3 Nb4 19. Rf2 e5 20. f5 Bc6 21. Rd1 h6 22. g4 Nd7 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Be3 Rab8 25. Ba7 Ra8 26. Be3 Rab8 27. Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Araujo Filho, Luiz Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. dxe4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ng5 g6 7. h4 d5 8. h5 Bg4 9. Be2 gxh5 10. Bxg4 hxg4 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Rxh7 Nxh7 13. Qg6+ Kd7 14. Qe6+ Ke8 15. Qf7+ Kd7 16. Qe6+ Ke8 17. Qf7+ Kd7 18. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Bashirli, Saadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1320"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. e4 h6 12. e5 Nh7 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rab1 b6 15. Rfc1 bxc5 16. bxc5 Ba6 17. Rb2 Rab8 18. Rcb1 Rxb2 19. Rxb2 Rb8 20. Nb3 Bc4 21. Nfd2 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Ng5 23. f4 Nh7 24. Bf1 f6 25. Bd3 f5 26. g4 g6 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Qxf5 Rf8 30. Rg2+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Nb8 32. Qxh6 Qf7 33. f5 Nd7 34. e6 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Ndxf6 36. Na5 Ne4 37. e7 Re8 38. Nxc6 Nhf6 39. a4 Nh5 40. Ne5 Nf4 41. Ng6+ Nxg6 42. Rxg6 Rxe7 43. c6 Kh7 44. Rg2 Rg7 45. c7 Rxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Nd6 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. h4 Nc8 50. h5 Ne7 51. h6 a5 52. h7 Kg7 53. f6+ Kxf6 54. h8Q+ Ke6 55. c8Q+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Obolentseva, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Rad1 Re6 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. c5 Ne8 17. Bc4 Rf6 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. e5 Rxf4 20. exd6 Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Rxc4 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato Rodrigues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Be4 15. Qd1 Qc7 16. Nfd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 a5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qc6+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Seletsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. 0-0 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Re1 Nc6 10. a3 a6 11. Qd3 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nh5 14. Bb1 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Ba2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qd7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rb8 23. Bd5 Na5 24. g3 Qf6 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kg7 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Qe5 Nd6 29. b3 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 Kf6 31. Nd7+ Ke7 32. Nc5 a5 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 Kd8 35. Kf1 Kc7 36. Ke2 Kc6 37. Nb3 Nb7 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. f3 f6 40. Kc3 h6 41. Kd3 g5 42. Kc3 h5 43. Kd3 Nc5+ 44. Nxc5 Kxc5 45. Kc3 f5 46. h3 h4 47. gxh4 gxh4 48. f4 Kd5 49. Kd3 Kc5 50. Kc3 Kd5 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boskovic, Drasko"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. c3 Be7 6. Bb3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Re1 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nf1 b5 11. Ng3 b4 12. d4 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rb8 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Bc3 Na5 19. Nd2 Rdc8 20. Qf3 Nc6 21. Nh5 Nxh5 22. Qxh5 Bf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. dxe5 Be7 25. Ne4 Nb4 26. Re3 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxc3 28. Rf4 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 g6 30. Qg4 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. e6 Bd6 33. exf7+ Kg7 34. g3 Bxf4 35. Qxf4 Rf8 36. Rxc1 Rxf7 37. Qe5+ Kh6 38. Rc2 Qf3 39. h4 Qf5 40. Qe3+ Kg7 41. Rd2 Rd7 42. Qd4+ Kf7 43. a4 h6 44. Qh8 h5 45. a5 Qe6 46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. Qd4 Qf6 49. Qc5 Kg7 50. Re2 d4 51. Rd2 Qf3 52. Qe5+ Kh7 53. Qe6 Qf7 54. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dahanayake, Isara Banidu"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. c4 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. b3 Rb8 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. Bb2 b5 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. Rxb2 bxc4 16. Bxc4 e6 17. Nc3 Nde5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Na4 Nd4 20. f4 Bd7 21. Nc3 Rfc8 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd2 Nb5 24. Rxd7 Nxc3 25. Rfxf7 Nxe4 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Rxh7+ Kg8 28. Rhg7+ Kh8 29. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ferguson, Randal"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 e6 7. Bf1 Ne7 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 0-0 10. d3 d5 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qb6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. a4 a5 15. b3 Rac8 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. f4 Be8 19. Qf3 Bh6 20. f5 exf5 21. exf5 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Bc6 23. Qg4 Qc5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qxc8+ Kg7 26. Qg4 Re5 27. Rf1 Rg5 28. Qh3 Qe5 29. Rae1 f5 30. Rxe3 dxe3 31. Bc4 f4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gulkov, Igor A"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Ndb5 e5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 0-0 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. e3 Rd8 15. Nd6 b6 16. Bd3 h6 17. a3 Ne7 18. Be4 Rb8 19. b4 f5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 d5 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxd5 b5 24. e4 bxc4 25. Kc3 a5 26. Rab1 axb4+ 27. Rxb4 Ra8 28. Ra1 Be6 29. Rxc4 Bxd5 30. exd5 Rxd5 31. a4 Rad8 32. a5 Rd3+ 33. Kb4 Rd2 34. a6 Rxf2 35. a7 Rb2+ 36. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. Na3 b4 7. Nc4 d5 8. Nce5 Nbd7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Ng5 Bd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 10th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Parkhov, Yair"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. 0-0 Ndf6 15. a4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Nd6 17. Ne5 Be4 18. Qe2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc7 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rfd1 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. a5 Rdc7 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rac1 g6 27. h4 h5 28. g3 Kg7 29. Rc3 Rc6 30. Rdc1 Rd8 31. d5 exd5 32. cxd5 Rxc3 33. Qxc3+ Kh7 34. Rd1 Qc5 35. Qf6 Rd7 36. d6 Qc6 37. Rd4 b5 38. g4 hxg4 39. h5 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qh6 41. Rxg4 gxh5 42. Qf5+ Kh8 43. Qe5+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kh8 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasik, Ilya"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 0-0 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3 12. Bf4 e6 13. Qb3 Bg7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Bb5 Rc8 21. Rd6 a6 22. Bc4 b5 23. Be6 Rf8 24. Be3 Ra7 25. Bxc5 Rc7 26. Rc1 Re8 27. f4 Bf6 28. Be3 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Kg7 30. Be3 Be7 31. Rb6 Rd8 32. Kf2 Rd6 33. Ke2 Nc6 34. Bd5 Nb4 35. Rb7 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Herman, Matthew J"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2 Nge7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. g3 Bd7 11. h4 f6 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qd3 Kf7 14. Nbd2 Bc7 15. 0-0-0 Ne7 16. g4 a6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. g5 f5 19. Qc3 Rh7 20. h5 d4 21. Qxd4 Nc6 22. hxg6+ Kxg6 23. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Krasik, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qc2 Ng4 13. Bd2 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rfd1 Rfb8 16. Be1 Ra7 17. a4 Bc8 18. b3 Bf5 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qa6 21. Nc3 Qc8 22. Kg2 Raa8 23. Nb5 h5 24. h3 Ra6 25. Bc3 Qb7 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Na3 h4 28. g4 e6 29. Qd3 c4 30. Nxc4 exd5 31. Qxd5 Qe7 32. a5 Rb4 33. Rd3 Ra7 34. Re3 Qc7 35. Rd1 Rxc4 36. Qxc4 Qxa5 37. Qd5 Qb6 38. Rf3 Kg7 39. Rc1 Re7 40. Qc4 f6 41. Qc6 Qb4 42. Qd5 Bb2 43. Rc8 Rf7 44. Qe6 Qb7 45. Qe8 Kh6 46. g5+ Kxg5 47. Qe3+ Kh5 48. Rh8+ Rh7 49. Rxh7+ Qxh7 50. Qe6 Qc7 51. Qg4+ Kh6 52. Qxh4+ Kg7 53. Qc4 Qb7 54. b4 Be5 55. b5 Qb8 56. Qc6 Bd4 57. Ra3 Qd8 58. Ra8 Qe7 59. Qd5 f5 60. Qxd4+ 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Zimmer, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 0-0 11. 0-0 Nb6 12. b3 Ne8 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Nh4 Ra7 15. Qc2 e6 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. e3 Rd8 19. Ne4 d5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qb2+ f6 22. Nc3 d4 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nd2 Qf6 26. a4 Nc5 27. Nhf3 Be2 28. a5 Rxa5 29. Nc4 Bxd1 30. Nxa5 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Nd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Nc4 Ne4 34. Rd1 Nc3 35. Rd3 Rd8 36. Qd2 Re8 37. Kg2 Qc6+ 38. Kh3 Ne2 39. Qd1 g5 40. Rxd4 g4+ 41. Rxg4+ fxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Qe6+ 43. Kf3 Qe4# 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.08.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Francisco"]
[BlackTeam "Philadelphia Masterminds"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. 0-0-0 0-0 13. Rhe1 c5 14. Bc3 Qc7 15. dxc5 Nbd7 16. Qc4 Nxc5 17. Kb1 Rac8 18. Ne5 Ncd7 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Braylovsky, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. 0-0 Ngxe5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Nf3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 0-0 12. Qd3 Bf6 13. Bf4 c6 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. b3 Qc5 16. Be4 Qh5 17. Bf3 Qc5 18. Be4 Qh5 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Kg2 Rfe8 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Rad1 g5 24. Bc1 c5 25. h3 Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Kf3 Rde8 28. Rd3 h5 29. g4 hxg4+ 30. hxg4 Bd8 31. e3 Rf4+ 32. exf4 Rxe1 33. Bd2 Rd1 34. Ke4 gxf4 35. Bxf4 Re1+ 36. Kd5 Re2 37. Rd2 Rxd2 38. Bxd2 Bh4 39. f4 Bf2 40. Ke4 Kg7 41. Kf3 Bh4 42. b4 b6 43. Ke4 Kf6 44. a4 Bf2 45. b5 Ke6 46. a5 bxa5 47. Bxa5 Kd7 48. Bd2 f6 49. Kf3 Bh4 50. Ba5 Kd6 51. Ke4 Bf2 52. g5 fxg5 53. fxg5 Be3 54. g6 Bh6 55. Be1 Bg7 56. Bg3+ Kd7 57. Bb8 a6 58. bxa6 Kc6 59. Be5 Bxe5 60. Kxe5 d3 61. a7 Kb7 62. a8Q+ Kxa8 63. g7 d2 64. g8Q+ 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Jones, Craig W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. Nxc3 0-0 9. b3 Nc6 10. b5 Ne7 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Qc1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b6 16. f3 Nf5 17. 0-0 Bb7 18. Re1 Nh4 19. e4 h6 20. Qe3 Nh5 21. Ne2 Ng6 22. Rec1 Qe7 23. Ra2 Rd7 24. g3 Qd8 25. Raa1 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Nd4 g4 28. Nc6 gxf3 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Kf2 Nf6 31. Kxf3 a6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Nxd8 Ne5+ 35. Ke3 axb5 36. Bxb5 Rc3+ 37. Kd4 Rxb3 38. Be2 Rb4+ 39. Kc3 Rxe4 40. Bb5 Bd5 41. Ra6 Re3+ 42. Kd2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Espino, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 d6 6. Qf3 e6 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Qg3 a5 13. Qh4 Ra7 14. a3 Na6 15. Be3 Rb7 16. a4 b4 17. Nb1 c5 18. Nd2 Rb6 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3 c4 22. Bxc4 Nc5 23. Be3 Nxa4 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. Ba2 Ba6 26. Rfe1 Na4 27. Nb1 Nc5 28. Nc1 Rb8 29. Rd2 h5 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. Na3 Bh6 32. Rc2 Bxc1 33. Rexc1 Nxe4 34. Qe3 Nd6 35. Rd1 e4 36. Qc5 Bd3 37. Rcd2 Rd8 38. Bd5 Rc8 39. Nc4 Nxc4 40. Bxc4 Ne5 41. Qxc7 Rxc7 42. Bxd3 Nxd3 43. Ra2 Rxc3 44. Rxa5 Rc2 45. Rf1 f5 46. Ra8 h4 47. h3 Kh6 48. Re8 Kg5 49. f3 exf3 50. Rxf3 Nf4 51. Rf2 Rc1+ 52. Rf1 Rc2 53. Rf2 Rc1+ 54. Kh2 Nh5 55. Rfe2 Ng3 56. Re1 Rc2 57. R8e3 Rb2 58. Re6 Rc2 59. R6e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op 31st"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2004.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Na6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. a3 c6 15. b4 Nh5 16. c5 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op 31st"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2004.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Snell, Christopher"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2004.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. a4 d6 9. c3 h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nf1 f5 12. Nh4 f4 13. gxf4 exf4 14. Nf3 g5 15. h4 g4 16. N3h2 h5 17. Bd2 Ng6 18. Rb1 Nxh4 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Nxg2 21. Kxg2 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Washington Eastern op 31st"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minear, Peter"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reeder, Andrew"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 g6 6. f3 Nd6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Nh3 0-0 11. Be2 Na6 12. 0-0 Nc7 13. Kh1 Qb4 14. Ne4 Qd4 15. c3 Qxd5 16. Qxd5+ Nxd5 17. Bc4 e6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxc5 d4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nf4 b6 22. Ncd3 Ba6 23. Rd1 Rae8 24. Nb4 Bb7 25. Nfd5 a5 26. Be3 Nf5 27. Bxb6 axb4 28. Nxb4 Re2 29. Rxd7 Rxb2 30. Bc5 Rc8 31. Rxb7 Rxc5 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nd3 Rbc2 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35. a4 Ra5 36. Kg1 Nd4 37. Kf2 Ne6 38. Ke3 Nc5 39. Rc1 Kf6 40. f4 Ke6 41. g4 Nxa4 42. Rc7 Nb6 43. Rc6+ Kf7 44. Rxb6 Ra2 45. Rb7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. e4 e6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. e5 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Qg4 Bxe5 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. dxe5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rae8 21. Qd6 Qg7 22. e6 Qh6 23. e4 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 g5 25. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Vermont CCA op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adamson, Robby"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 b5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qe7 15. Nxd6+ Kf8 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. b4 e5 19. Nf5 Qa7 20. Rd6 g6 21. Rxc6 Bxc6 22. Qxe5 gxf5 23. Qxf6 Rg8 24. Qxc6 Rg6 25. Qd5 Qxa2 26. c4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd8 28. h4 Qd2 29. h5 Rg8 30. Qxh7 Rd4 31. Ra1 Qg5 32. Ra8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qh6+ Rg7 35. Qh8+ Rg8 36. Qh6+ Rg7 37. g3 Qd4 38. Kg2 Qxc4 39. Qh8+ Rg8 40. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia National op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0-0 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. 0-0-0 Nd7 10. e5 Nb6 11. Qc5 f6 12. Be3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e6 14. f4 Ne7 15. h4 Qd7 16. h5 Nbd5 17. Bd3 Qc6 18. Qa3 a6 19. Kb1 f5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bd2 Kf7 22. Be2 a5 23. Qg3 Ne7 24. Bc3 Qe4+ 25. Bd3 Qd5 26. Qg5 Rh8 27. h6 Bf8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bb5 c6 30. Bc4 Qxc4 31. d5 Bxh6 32. Qxe7 Bxf4 1-0

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Nd2 Re8 16. Qc2 Be6 17. Rab1 Rad8 18. f3 Qd7 19. Rb5 b6 20. Rbb1 Na5 21. Rbe1 Nb3 22. Bb2 Bf5 23. e4 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 dxe4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Qf4 exf3 27. Qxf3 Bd3 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Ba3 h6 31. Qg3 Qb3 32. Bc5 Qxc3 33. Rd1 Qb3 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 c3 36. Qc1 c2 37. Ba3 Be4 0-1

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. f5 0-0 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. dxe6 Qe8 11. Nf3 Qh5 12. Qf2 Ng4 13. Qh4 Qxh4+ 14. Nxh4 Bxh2 15. Nf3 Bg3+ 16. Kf1 Nc6 17. Nc3 Nd4 18. Rh3 Nh2+ 19. Kg1 Nhxf3+ 20. gxf3 Rxf3 21. Kg2 Rf2+ 22. Kxg3 Raf8 23. d3 R8f3+ 24. Kh4 Nf5+ 25. Kg4 h5+ 0-1

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Angel, Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rd1 Rfb8 13. Rb1 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 15. Ne1 Qa5 16. b3 Nf3+ 17. Nxf3 Qxc3 18. Qe4 Re8 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Bxc3 Bxe2 22. Re1 Rxa2 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. Rb2 Ra3 25. Re3 Nxd5 26. Rxd3 Nxc3 27. Rc2 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Nd4 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Re3 Ra2 31. Rd1 Kf8 32. Kg1 Rb2 33. h4 Nxb3 34. Nc4 Rc2 35. Rb1 Rxc4 36. Rexb3 Rcb4 37. Bd5 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Bxb3 e6 40. f3 d5 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. g4 Kd6 43. f4 c4 44. Bd1 e5 45. fxe5+ Kxe5 46. Ba4 Bf6 47. g5 Bg7 48. Be8 Ke6 49. Kf3 Bf8 50. Bb5 Bb4 51. Ke2 Bc3 52. Be8 Be5 53. Kf3 c3 54. Ba4 Kd6 55. Bd1 Kc5 56. Ke3 Kc4 57. Bc2 Bg3 58. h5 gxh5 59. Ke2 h4 60. Kf3 d4 0-1

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 0-0 12. 0-0-0 Nd7 13. g4 b5 14. g5 Nb6 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc4 19. Bc1 a4 20. f5 Ne5 21. Qg3 Re8 22. f6 Bf8 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. h4 Ra5 25. h5 Kg8 26. g6 fxg6 27. hxg6 Nxg6 28. e5 Rxe5 29. Bf4 Bg7 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Qg4 a3 32. Rh5 d5 33. Rdh1 Re7 34. Rxh7 Rxh7 35. Qxg6+ Qg7 36. Qe8+ Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rxh7 Bxd4 39. Rc7 Ba6 40. bxa3 bxa3 41. Rc6 Bc4 42. Rxe6 Bb2 43. Rc6 Ke7 44. Bh3 Bd4 45. Bf5 Bb5 46. Re6+ Kf7 47. Rd6 Bc4 48. Bd3 Ke7 49. Rg6 Bb2 50. Rg4 Bxd3 51. cxd3 Kd6 52. Kc2 Kc5 53. Kb3 Kb5 54. Rg2 1-0

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Garcia, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. Bg4 Nc6 18. Rxe4 Ne5 19. c5 Qf6 20. cxd6 Nxg4 21. Rxc7 Qh4 22. Qd4 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 f3+ 25. gxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kd2 Nf6 27. Rf4 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. e7 Ra8 31. Rd7 Nxe7 32. dxe7 Re8 33. Rxb7 a6 34. Ra7 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Rxe7 36. Ra3 h5 37. Re3 Ra7 38. a3 g5 39. Ke2 g4 40. Kf1 h4 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. b5 Kg5 43. b6 Rh7 44. Rb3 h3+ 45. Kh2 Rb7 46. a4 Kh4 47. a5 Rf7 48. Rb2 1-0

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zupa, Daoud G"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. e4 Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Qb3 d4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. Bd2 h6 14. Rfc1 a6 15. Qa3 Be6 16. b4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Na5 Rb6 19. Rc5 Qd6 20. Rac1 Nb8 21. Rc7 Na6 22. Nb7 Qxc7 23. Rxc7 Nxc7 24. Nc5 Ra8 25. Qc1 Kh7 26. h4 Bc8 27. Kh2 Rbb8 28. h5 Rb6 29. Nh4 gxh5 30. Qd1 Bg4 31. f3 Bc8 32. f4 Bg4 33. Qb3 Ne6 34. Nf5 Nc8 35. fxe5 Ra7 36. Qd5 Ne7 37. Nxe7 Rxe7 38. Nd7 Nc7 39. Qc5 Rxd7 40. Qxb6 Re7 41. Qxd4 h4 42. Bf4 Ne6 43. Qe3 hxg3+ 44. Bxg3 Rd7 45. Bf3 Bxf3 46. Qxf3 Kg8 47. Kg2 Rd4 48. Be1 Rxd3 49. Qf5 Re3 50. Bf2 Rb3 51. Bc5 Rb2+ 52. Kf1 Rb1+ 53. Ke2 Rb2+ 54. Kd3 Rb3+ 55. Kc2 Rg3 56. Bd6 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Duncan, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 0-0 6. b4 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qb3 e5 10. c5+ Kh8 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 Nb6 15. Nd5 Nfxd5 16. exd5 Rd8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rae1 Kg8 19. Bxe5 Qf7 20. Ba1 Bd7 21. Qc3 Kf8 22. Qc5+ Kg8 23. Re7 Qf8 24. Qd4 Qxe7 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ Ke8 27. Qg8+ Qf8 28. Re1+ Be6 29. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Rubenchik, Rodion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. c4 0-0 14. c5 Bc7 15. 0-0 Nd5 16. Bd3 a5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Bb1 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Qc1 f6 21. h4 Qd7 22. a4 Kh8 23. Ra3 Ne7 24. Bd2 Nd5 25. Re4 Qf7 26. Nh2 Bc8 27. Ng4 e5 28. Nh6 Qg7 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. h5 g5 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 Qe7 34. Rd3 Bc7 35. g3 Rd8 36. Qe1 Qxe1+ 37. Bxe1 Kg7 38. Kf1 Ne7 39. Rxd8 Bxd8 40. Bd7 h6 41. Ke2 Kf7 42. Kd3 Bc7 43. Ke4 Kf8 44. g4 Kf7 45. f3 Kf8 46. Be6 Kg7 47. Bc3 Bd8 48. f4 gxf4 49. Kxf4 Bc7+ 50. Ke4 Bd8 51. Be1 Bc7 52. Bd2 Kh7 53. Bc3 Kg7 54. g5 hxg5 55. h6+ Kxh6 56. Bxf6 Bd8 57. Bf7 g4 58. Be8 g3 59. Kf3 Kh7 60. Bh4 Kg7 61. Bxg3 Kf6 62. Bd7 Nf5 63. Bb8 Nd4+ 64. Ke4 Nb3 65. Ba7 Be7 66. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nc3 d6 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. f4 Ngf6 11. Qh3 h5 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Bg1 Bb7 17. Rae1 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nxe5 20. Ndb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qd7 22. Rxe5 Ra5 23. a4 Rxa4 24. Bxb6 0-0 25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Bc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxb2 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. dxe4 Qd4 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Rd8 32. h3 Rdd2 33. Rc7 Rf2 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Kg1 Rf4 36. e5 Rf5 37. Rc5 h4 38. Rc4 g5 39. Re4 Kg7 40. g3 hxg3 41. Kg2 Rf4 42. Re3 Kg6 43. Kxg3 Kf5 44. Re1 g4 45. hxg4+ Rxg4+ 46. Kf3 Rf4+ 47. Kg3 Re4 48. Rf1+ Kg6 49. Rg1 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nf4 13. Rfd1 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qg5 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Rf8 23. Rd4 f5 24. Ke3 a5 25. a4 Kg7 26. Rdc4 Rff7 27. b3 Kf6 28. R1c2 h5 29. f4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Kf5 31. Rxe7 Rxe7+ 32. Kf3 Re4 33. Rc4 Re1 34. Rxc7 Rf1+ 35. Ke3 Re1+ 36. Kf3 Rf1+ 37. Ke3 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zaremba, Andrie"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Bf3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. g3 Nf6 12. Rd1 Be5 13. Bg2 0-0 14. f4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 16. e5 c5 17. Be3 Bxg2 18. Qxg2 Nb6 19. Rd6 Nd5 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 h5 23. a4 Rd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bf2 Qc6 26. Ra1 g6 27. Qe1 Nb6 28. Rd1 Rd5 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Qe2 Qc6 31. Qd3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 e5 6. Nbc3 Nge7 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2 Be6 9. Ne4 f5 10. Ng5 Bg8 11. f4 h6 12. Nf3 Bf7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. d4 e4 15. Ne1 d5 16. Rc1 dxc4 17. bxc4 Na5 18. Qa4 a6 19. Ba3 Bxc4 20. Bxc5 Bxe2 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rf2 Nc4 23. Rxe2 b5 24. Qb3 Kh7 25. Kh1 Rfd8 26. Nc2 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 cxd5 9. Nxd5 a6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Qc3 Rb8 12. Rxa4 Ngf6 13. Nc7+ Kf8 14. Nxa6 Bxa6 15. Rxa6 Ra8 16. Qa3 Rxa6 17. Qxa6 d5 18. Nd2 d4 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Kg8 21. 0-0 Qc7 22. Qc4 Qa7 23. b4 Nh5 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Qc6 Kh7 26. Ra1 Qb8 27. Ra6 Na8 28. Qc4 Nc7 29. Rc6 Ne6 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Nf4 32. Rc7 Rf8 33. Be7 Re8 34. Bd6 Re6 35. Qc5 Nxd3 36. cxd3 Qd8 37. Be7 Qa8 38. Ra7 Qb8 39. Qa5 Rc6 40. Bc5 Qe8 41. Qb5 Qe6 42. h3 Kg8 43. Re7 Qf6 44. Rxe5 Kh7 45. Rd5 Rc8 46. Qb7 Rc6 47. f3 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Rose, Richard1111"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2001.02.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 0-0 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. 0-0 Nb4 12. Qd1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 c4 14. Qc2 Be6 15. b3 Rc8 16. bxc4 Rxc4 17. Ne5 Rc7 18. Qb2 Qc8 19. Rfc1 a6 20. a4 Nd7 21. Bxe7 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rexe7 23. Ne2 Rc4 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. a5 Bf5 26. Qc3 Qc5 27. f4 Rd7 28. Nd4 Be4 29. Rc1 Rc7 30. Rd1 b5 31. axb6 Qxb6 32. Rd2 Qg6 33. Rb2 Rb7 34. g3 Rxb2 35. Qxb2 Bd3 36. Kf2 Qe4 37. Nf3 Qc6 38. Qc3 Qc5 39. g4 a5 40. f5 Be4 41. Nd2 Bd5 42. Ke2 Qc6 43. e4 Bxe4 44. Qxc4 Bf3+ 45. Ke3 Qxc4 46. Nxc4 Bxg4 47. Kf4 Bd1 48. Nxa5 Kf8 49. Nc4 Ke7 50. Ne3 Bb3 51. h4 Ba2 52. f6+ gxf6 53. Nf5+ Ke6 54. exf6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Geist, Mark J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nh3 d5 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Bf4 0-0 8. Qc2 Bxf4 9. Nxf4 g5 10. Nd3 g4 11. Nf4 Qd6 12. Nd2 Kg7 13. a3 Na6 14. b4 Nc7 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. a4 Rac8 17. Qb2 a6 18. f3 Qe7 19. Nd3 h5 20. Ne5 h4 21. fxg4 Nxg4 22. Nxg4 fxg4 23. gxh4 Qxh4 24. Qc3 Rh8 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 e5 27. e3 exd4 28. exd4 Ne6 29. Rbe1 Rce8 30. cxd5 Nxd4 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. dxc6 Bxc6 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Nc4 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Ng5 36. Re1 Nh3+ 37. Kf1 Rf8+ 38. Ke2 Ng5 39. Ne5 Nf3 40. Nxf3 Rxf3 41. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2000.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Strenzwilk, Denis"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2000.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Ne7 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Bd2 0-0 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. 0-0 Bxc5 12. Qh5 Nce7 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Chesswise int op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Bb2 Na5 10. Nbd2 Nc4 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. Rc1 a5 13. Nd2 axb4 14. Nxc4 Qd8 15. axb4 Bxb4+ 16. Bc3 Bxc3+ 17. Rxc3 Kf8 18. Qa1 Bc6 19. Nd6 Ra8 20. Ra3 Rxa3 21. Qxa3 Ne7 22. h4 h5 23. Rh3 g6 24. Rb3 Kg7 25. Qc5 Bd5 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Rxb7 Nc8 28. Nxf7 Qd5 29. Nd6+ Kh6 30. Qxc4 Qa5+ 31. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Chesswise int op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mac Intyre, Paul"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bd3 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Ne5 17. Bb3 Kf7 18. f4 Ng4 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. 0-0-0 Rad8 21. Rhe1 Rhe8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kg6 26. h3 Ngh6 27. g4 Nd4 28. Bc4 f5 29. Bb2 fxg4 30. Bd3+ Kh5 31. hxg4+ Kxg4 32. Bxh7 Ndf5 33. Be5 Rd7 34. Bg6 Ng3 35. Bd3 Nhf5 36. Kb2 Rh7 37. Rg1 Rf7 38. Be2+ Kh3 39. Bc4 Re7 40. Bd3 Kh2 41. Rb1 Kg2 42. Kc3 Kf3 43. Rb3 Ne4+ 44. Kb2 Ne3 45. Rb4 Ng3 46. Rd4 Ne2 47. Bxe2+ Kxe2 48. c4 Kf3 49. Kc3 Nf5 50. Rd8 Ke4 51. Bb8 Ke3 52. Rf8 Ke4 53. Rd8 Ke3 54. a5 Ke4 55. Rd5 Re6 56. Rd1 Re7 57. Re1+ Kf3 58. Rxe7 Nxe7 59. Kd3 Nc6 60. Bc7 Ne7 61. Kd4 Kg4 62. Ke4 Nf5 63. Ke5 Ne3 64. c5 a6 65. Ke6 Nf5 66. Kd7 Nd4 67. Kc8 1-0

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1999.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1999.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1999.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Hoekstra, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Qe1 Qd7 15. Nh4 g5 16. f3 Be6 17. f4 gxh4 18. f5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. fxe6 Rxe6 21. Qxh4 Rae8 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qf5 Nb8 24. Qxf7 Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Rb6 26. Bc5 Rb3 27. d5 Rg8 28. Raf1 Na6 29. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1999.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Figler, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1999.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Ne2 Na5 9. Bc2 Qd7 10. Nbc3 Nac4 11. Bc1 0-0-0 12. a4 Na5 13. 0-0 e6 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Qc2 Be7 16. Rd1 f6 17. Nf4 g6 18. e6 Qc6 19. d5 Qc4 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Nb3 22. Rb1 c6 23. Be3 g5 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Nh5 Nc5 26. Rdd1 Ne4 27. Nxe4 fxe4 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. Ng3 e3 30. fxe3 Bc5 31. Nf5 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Re8 33. Nd6+ Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Kc7 35. Rd7+ Kc8 36. Rxh7 Rxe6 37. Kf2 Re4 38. Rf7 Rxa4 39. Rxf6 Kc7 40. Kg3 Rb4 41. Rf2 Kd6 42. Re2 Re4 43. Kf3 Ke5 44. h3 c5 45. g3 Kf5 46. Rd2 Rb4 47. e4+ Rxe4 48. Rd5+ Re5 49. Rxe5+ Kxe5 50. Ke3 b5 51. Kd3 Kf5 52. h4 g4 53. h5 Kg5 54. Ke4 Kxh5 55. Kd5 Kg5 56. Kxc5 Kf5 57. Kd5 b4 58. b3 Kf6 59. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1999.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boudreaux, Floyd"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Be2 a6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qb8 15. Qf2 Bd8 16. b3 Bc7 17. g3 Ne5 18. Bg2 Rfe8 19. Nde2 Ba8 20. h3 Ned7 21. a4 Bb7 22. Kh1 Qa8 23. Nf4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1999.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Weeramantry, Sunil"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. 0-0 Bb7 8. Bf3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. g3 Nf6 12. Bg2 e5 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Rad1 Nc5 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Bh3 Rd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Bc8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qh5+ Qf7 23. Qxe5 0-0 24. f4 Qa7+ 25. Kg2 Qe3 26. Rf2 c5 27. Re2 Qc1 28. Qxc5 Qxb2 29. f5 b4 30. Na4 Qf6 31. Qxb4 exf5 32. Qb6 Qg5 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Qb4 Kg8 35. Rf2 f4 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Qc5 f3+ 38. Rxf3 Bh3+ 39. Kxh3 Qxc5 40. Nxc5 Rxf3 41. Nxa6 Re3 42. Nc5 Rc3 43. Nd3 Rxc2 44. Kg4 Rxh2 45. a4 Ra2 46. Nc5 Rc2 47. Nd7 Rc4 48. Kf5 g6+ 49. Ke5 Rxa4 50. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. f4 Qc7 6. Qf3 Nc6 7. Nb3 d6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. g4 h6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. 0-0-0 Be7 13. Rhg1 0-0-0 14. h4 Kb8 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 g6 19. Rg3 Na5 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qd8 22. Bd2 Nc6 23. Ba5 Qf8 24. Bc3 e5 25. f5 f6 26. fxg6 fxg5 27. Rf3 Qe8 28. Rf7 Rh4 29. Bb4 Nc5 30. Nxc5 dxc5 31. Bxc5 Rf4 32. Bd6+ Bxd6 33. Rxb7+ Kxb7 34. Nxd6+ Ka8 35. Qe2 Qd7 36. Nxc8 Qxc8 37. Qc4 Rf6 38. g7 Rg6 39. Qf7 Nb4 40. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1998.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. 0-0 Ne7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 0-0 14. Qd2 f5 15. exf5 g5 16. Bg3 Nxf5 17. Be4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. Bd3 Nd4 21. Bb1 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1998.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Formanek, Edward W"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. 0-0 Rc8 11. Rb1 Na5 12. d5 0-0 13. Qc2 b5 14. e4 Nc4 15. h3 Qa5 16. Qb3 a6 17. f4 e6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. e5 Qc7 20. Qc2 Bc6 21. Be4 Qb7 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. h4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qh1+ 26. Kf2 Nxe5 27. Nf4 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1998.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Qc1 Bg7 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Ne4 c6 14. Bh6 Qa5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. a3 Nf6 17. b4 Qc7 18. Qc3 Bf5 19. Nc5 Rad8 20. b5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rc1 Kg8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. h3 Bc8 25. Nd3 Bb7 26. Ne5 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 26th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. 0-0 exd4 10. Bxd4 0-0 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rae1 Bb7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 Nc5 18. Nce4 Qe7 19. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 Nc7 21. Bc4 Rad8 22. Qc3+ Qd4 23. Rxf8 Qxc3 24. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "World op 26th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Traldi, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1998.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 fxe4 14. Ngxe4 Nf5 15. Bg4 Be5 16. c5 Qh4 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. f3 a6 19. Qd2 g5 20. h3 Rae8 21. Nd1 h5 22. Ndf2 g4 23. fxg4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Rc7 f3 27. Qg5+ Qxg5 28. Nxg5 Bd4 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. gxf3 Bf5 31. Kf1 Re5 32. Rxb7 Rxd5 33. Nge4 Be6 34. Ng4 Rb5 35. Rxb5 axb5 36. Nxd6 Bxa2 37. Kg2 Bc3 38. Nxb5 Bxb4 39. Nd4 Bd5 40. Nf6+ Kf7 41. Nxd5 Bd6 42. Kh3 Be5 43. Nf5 Ke6 44. Nfe3 Bb8 45. Kg4 Be5 46. Nf4+ Kf7 47. Kf5 Bb8 48. Ng4 Kg7 49. Ne5 Ba7 50. Ne6+ Kg8 51. Kg6 Be3 52. Nf7 Bc1 53. Nh6+ Bxh6 54. Kxh6 Kf7 55. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "World op 26th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1998.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Qe7 8. Bd2 Ba6 9. Ng3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 0-0 12. b4 Rc8 13. b5 Bb7 14. Bb4 d6 15. a4 a6 16. Rb3 axb5 17. axb5 Qc7 18. f3 Nbd7 19. Bd3 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Rc3 Qf4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd2 Nh5 24. Ke2 Ndf6 25. Nxh5 Nxh5 26. Qe3 Qh4 27. Bd6 Qd8 28. Be5 f6 29. Bg3 Ra8 30. Rd1 Nxg3+ 31. hxg3 Qd6 32. Kf2 h5 33. Be2 Qb4 34. Qd2 Qb3 35. Qd3 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Ra2 37. Rc3 Ra7 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Rc8 Ke7 40. Rc2 Kd7 41. Rc1 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2 43. Ke3 f5 44. Rc3 g5 45. Bf1 h4 46. gxh4 f4+ 47. Kd3 gxh4 48. Rc2 Ra1 49. Ke2 Rb1 50. Kf2 Rd1 51. Be2 Rxd4 52. Rc1 Ra4 53. Rc2 Kd6 54. Ke1 Ke5 55. Kf2 Kd4 56. Rd2+ Kc5 57. Rc2+ Bc4 58. Bxc4 Rxc4 59. Re2 Kd5 60. Rb2 e5 61. Ke2 Rc3 62. Rb4 Re3+ 63. Kf2 Kc5 64. Rb1 Rc3 65. Rb2 Kd4 66. Rd2+ Rd3 67. Re2 Rb3 68. Rd2+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "World op 26th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miller, Rubin J"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. 0-0 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. e5 Nxe5 13. Bb3 Ng4 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Be5 Rad8 17. Qg5 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Bc4 19. h4 Rfe8 20. Nf4 Bxb3 21. axb3 Qxc3 22. Rec1 Qxb3 23. Rxc7 a5 24. Re1 a4 25. h5 Kh8 26. Nh3 Nxh5 27. Qg4 Nf6 28. Qg3 0-1

[Event "World op 26th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Edelman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. Bd3 exd5 10. exd5 a6 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. f4 b5 13. cxb5 Nb6 14. f5 c4 15. Bc2 axb5 16. 0-0 b4 17. Bxf6 bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxd5 19. Qf4 Bxf5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxd6 Qa5 23. Nd4 h6 24. Rae1 Nd5 25. Nc6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Rad8 27. Qe5+ f6 28. Qe6 Rfe8 29. Nxd8 Rxe6 30. Nxe6+ Kf7 31. Re2 c3 32. bxc3 Nxc3 33. Ree1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 0-0 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Bg5 Bb5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc8 17. Rfb1 Qc2 18. Rc1 Qxd3 19. Rxc8+ Bf8 20. Bh6 Nd7 21. Rxa8 f6 22. e5 Kf7 23. Re1 e6 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. exf6 Nd7 26. Rd8 1-0

[Event "World op 24th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Fenster, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1996.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Be3 exd5 10. exd5 a6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Re8 14. g4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. 0-0 Re8 17. Kg2 Nd7 18. f4 Nf6 19. Rac1 Kg8 20. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harvard-MIT m"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Gelman, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.02.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Ne7 9. e4 0-0 10. 0-0 f5 11. Bd2 Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Qc2 Qh5 14. Qb3 f4 15. d4 Bg4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. a4 Rf6 18. a5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxd4 21. Rac1 Ng6 22. Bg4 Ne5 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Kh1 Nf3 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Nd2 27. Re1 c6 28. Re2 cxd5 29. exd5 Nb1 30. Rb3 f3 31. Rc2 1-0

[Event "World op 24th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bick, John D"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. 0-0 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Qd6 12. f4 Na5 13. Bd3 e6 14. c4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 f5 17. Ng3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Rxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxd5 21. Qc2 Re8 22. Rfe1 Nc6 23. Rcd1 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 cxd4 26. Qe2 d3 27. Qe8+ Bf8 28. Ne4 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Bd5 30. Qd8 Kg7 31. Qd7+ Kh6 32. Qh3+ Kg7 33. Qd7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harvard-MIT m"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelman, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.02.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Re1 Ne5 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qc5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Bd3 Na5 19. Qa4 e5 20. b4 Qxc3 21. Nb5 Qc6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rc5 Qg4 26. h3 Qe2 27. Rdc1 Bd7 28. Nc3 Qe6 29. Qc2 b6 30. Rc7 Rfc8 31. Ne4 Rxc7 32. Qxc7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "World op 24th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jenson, Errol"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. exd5 Ng4 11. 0-0-0 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Re8 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Rde1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd7 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Bb5 Bh6 19. Kb1 Ne5 20. Re4 f5 21. Ra4 Nxf3 22. Qd3 Nd4 23. Bc6 Rb8 24. Rxa7 Qh4 25. a4 Qxf4 26. Nb5 Qc1+ 27. Ka2 Nxc2 28. Qe2 Be3 29. Re7 Rf8 30. Bd7 Kh8 31. Be6 f4 32. Qg4 Nb4+ 33. Kb3 c4+ 34. Ka3 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "World op 24th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ward, Alfred"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Bc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qc2 a6 13. a4 e6 14. Qb2 Rb8 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 exd4 17. Bxd8 Qxd8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Bd5 dxc3 20. Nxc3 Nd4 21. Qb6 Be5 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Ne2 d3 24. Ng3 Qa3 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qg5 Qd6 27. Rd1 h6 28. Qc1 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Harvard-MIT"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1995.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Cheiner, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1995.05.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 c6 6. Bg5 0-0 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nf3 b5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. Rb1 bxc4 12. Bxc4 axb4 13. axb4 d5 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qb6 17. 0-0 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rfc1 Bb7 20. Rc4 Ra6 21. Ne5 Rd8 22. Qc3 Ra2 23. Rb2 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Ba6 25. Rc5 Bb5 26. Qb3 e6 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Qc3 Rd6 29. g3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harvard-MIT"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1995.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheiner, Oleg"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.05.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 c6 8. g3 cxd5 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. 0-0 e6 12. e3 b6 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Rdc2 a6 19. Nc3 Nb4 20. Rd2 b5 21. a3 Nc6 22. b4 Nd8 23. Rdc2 Nf7 24. Nb1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nd6 26. Ne5 Nc4 27. f4 Be8 28. Qd3 g5 29. Nd2 Bh5 30. Ndf3 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 g4 32. Bg2 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Qg5 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Rc1 h5 36. Ke2 h4 37. gxh4 Qxh4 38. Rh1 f4 39. exf4 Rxf4 40. Qg3 Qxg3 41. hxg3 Rxd4 42. Rd1 Rxd1 43. Kxd1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Harvard-Yale m"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Mukharji, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qe7 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bg2 Qe6 9. Nh3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. f5 Qd6 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. g4 Re8 15. g5 Nd5 16. Be4 f6 17. Qf3 Nb6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Qh5 Bf8 20. Nf2 fxg5 21. f6 g6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Harvard-Yale m"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mukharji, A."]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d3 0-0 8. e4 d6 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Ne2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. f5 Bg7 15. Rf4 Nf6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. b3 Nh5 18. Rh4 Bxa1 19. Rxh5 Bf6 20. Qg4 gxh5 21. Qxh5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh7 23. Bh3 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Providence"]
[Date "1994.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Giarobbe, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 Nce4 9. Qc2 h6 10. f3 Ng5 11. e4 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. h4 Nh7 14. f4 Qc7 15. Bd3 Nhf8 16. c5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nf3 e5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. 0-0 Ne6 21. Bb2 Rg8 22. Rae1 e4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Ndf8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Nxe6+ Bxe6 28. Qxe6 Rg7 29. Rf1+ Rf7 30. Qxh6+ Ke8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Qd4+ Kc6 34. Re6+ Kb5 35. Qd3+ Ka4 36. Qc2+ Kb5 37. a4+ Kxb4 38. Qc3+ Kxa4 39. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Providence"]
[Date "1994.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. h3 b6 12. d5 e6 13. c4 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 exd5 15. exd5 Re8+ 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Be3 Bb2 18. 0-0 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Bd7 20. Bd3 Kg7 21. Bd2 f6 22. Bc3 Kf7 23. g4 h6 24. Nh4 Rg8 25. Re1 Na6 26. Bxg6+ Rxg6 27. Nxg6 Kxg6 28. Re7 Ba4 29. f4 h5 30. f5+ Kg5 31. Bd2+ Kh4 32. Kg2 Bd1 33. Be1+ Kg5 34. Kg3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Rg7+ Kxf5 37. Rxg4 Re8 38. Rf4+ Kg6 39. Kf2 Nb4 40. Bxb4 cxb4 41. Rg4+ Kf5 42. Rg7 a5 43. Rc7 Re4 44. d6 Ke6 45. Re7+ Kxd6 46. Rxe4 Kc5 47. Ke3 b5 48. cxb5 Kxb5 49. Kd3 Ka4 50. Kc2 Ka3 51. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Providence"]
[Date "1994.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maldonado, Oscar"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1994.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nfd7 7. Qxc4 0-0 8. Bg2 Nb6 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Qf3 c6 13. Rd1 Bg4 14. Qf4 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Rfd8 16. h3 Be6 17. a4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxa4 20. c4 Nc3 21. Rd2 Bxc4 22. Bf3 Bd5 23. Be5 Bxf3 24. Bxc3 Bd5 25. f3 Kf8 26. g4 Ke8 27. e4 Bc4 28. h4 a5 29. h5 b5 30. Rh2 Kd7 31. Rd2+ Ke6 32. f4 f5 33. exf5+ gxf5 34. g5 b4 35. Be5 Rg8 36. g6 Bd5 37. Kf2 h6 38. Rc2 a4 39. Bd4 a3 40. Bc5 Rb8 41. Re2+ Be4 42. Rd2 Rb5 43. Rd8 Rxc5 44. g7 Rc2+ 45. Ke3 Rg2 46. g8Q+ Rxg8 47. Rxg8 b3 0-1

[Event "World op 22nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trubman, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nc2 Ng4 8. h3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nge5 11. e4 f6 12. Be3 d6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Bf3 Be6 16. 0-0 Bxc4 17. Rfe1 0-0 18. Nb4 Rad8 19. h4 e5 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Ne5 24. Bd4 Ncd3 25. Qxe4 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Rd7 27. Nd5 Rg7 28. Nf4 Rg4 29. Qe3 Qxa2 30. g3 Kh8 31. Ne6 Rfg8 32. Ng5 Qd5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Ne4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "US Open-94"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Black "Shapiro, Daniel E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1993.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 0-0 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 h6 10. e4 Ne7 11. Nf3 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. 0-0 Qc8 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. c4 Re8 16. Bd6 Qc6 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qa4 21. e5 Nd7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. Re4 Qa5 24. Rae1 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. h4 Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Rd8 29. d6 Rd7 30. Qf5 Re6 0-1

