[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Petenyi, Tamas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. Be3 0-0 8. Qd2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Nd7 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. Be2 a6 15. a4 Rfe8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. f3 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qb4 19. Rfb1 Re7 20. a5 Rae8 21. h3 h5 22. Rd1 Qxb2 23. Na4 Qd4 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Rab1 Bc3 26. Qe2 Bxa5 27. Rxb7 Bb6 28. Bxa6 Ra8 29. Rb1 Kf8 30. Qd2 Kg7 31. R1xb6 cxb6 32. Rxe7 Rxa6 33. Qf4 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Qg1+ 35. Kg3 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qg1+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qd6 17. Rad1 Qb4 18. Ne4 Nxd5 19. Re2 e6 20. h4 h6 21. Bd2 Qd4 22. h5 g5 23. Ree1 Qxb2 24. Bc1 Qc2 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Ba3 Qc3 27. Qe4 Qxb3 28. Rd3 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stopa, Jacek"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. h3 c6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf1 Rc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Kh7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. c3 e6 19. Qd2 Bg7 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Bd4 Qg5 22. Re3 d5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Qf6 25. Qb6 Qe7 26. Rae1 Rc6 27. Qd4+ Qf6 28. Qb4 Rc7 29. Rf3 Qd8 30. Qd4+ Kh7 31. Bd3 Rc6 32. Rf6 Bd7 33. Rf4 Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Rxf8 Qxf8 36. Qb6 Qc8 37. Qd6 Qe8 38. h4 e5 39. Bxg6+ Qxg6 40. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Yi, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nd2 Qxb2 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bb3 Qa3 7. Ngf3 Bg4 8. 0-0 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nfd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Kg2 Nf6 14. c4 Na6 15. e4 dxe4 16. c5 Nb4 17. g5 Nfd5 18. Bg3 Nd3 19. Qg4 Qb2 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Qxe4 N5f4+ 22. Bxf4 Rxd4 23. Be3 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qe5 25. f3 Nxc5 26. Bc2 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghazaryan, Raffi"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be4 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. 0-0 Re8 13. h3 Ng3 14. Bd5+ Be6 15. Bxe6+ Rxe6 16. Re1 Nf5 17. Bf2 Rd6 18. Ne4 Rd5 19. c4 Ra5 20. d5 Ne5 21. Nc5 Qc8 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. b4 Rxc5 24. bxc5 Qd8 25. Re4 h5 26. Qd3 b6 27. Rf1 h4 28. d6 c6 29. Rg4 Kh7 30. Qe4 bxc5 31. Bxc5 Qd7 32. Be3 Qxd6 33. Rxg6 Qxg6 34. Rxf5 Bf6 35. Qf3 e4 36. Qf2 Rf8 37. Kh1 Kg8 38. Bxa7 Rf7 39. Be3 Bd4 40. Rxf7 Bxe3 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Yan, Rui Yang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. 0-0 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Be7 11. Qd2 d3 12. Qxd3 Be6 13. Qd4 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. Qxd5 0-0 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Qg5 Bc6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Rd8 20. Be5 f6 21. Bg3 Qd7 22. c4 Qd4 23. Nc3 Qxc4 24. Rfe1 Bf8 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. Bxf4 Kf7 27. Rad1 Bc5 28. Kf1 Rac8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. Rxe3 Rd2 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Nxe2 Bd5 34. Nc3 Ke6 35. f3 f5 36. f4 Kd6 37. b4 Bc4+ 38. Ke1 a5 39. a3 axb4 40. axb4 b5 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd4 Bf1 44. g3 Bc4 45. Nd1 Bd5 46. Ne3 Be6 47. h3 Bf7 48. Nf1 Bc4 49. Nd2 Bd5 50. h4 h5 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Nb1 Kd7 53. Na3 Bc6 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Nb1 Be4 56. Nc3 Bc6 57. Ke3 Bd7 58. Kd4 Bc6 59. Nd1 Bd5 60. Ne3 Be6 61. Nd1 Bd5 62. Nf2 Bc4 63. Nh3 Bb3 64. Ng5 Bd5 65. Nh7 Bg8 66. Nf6 Bf7 67. Nh7 Bg8 68. Ng5 Bd5 69. Ke3 Ke7 70. Kd3 Kd7 71. Nh7 Kd6 72. Nf8 Bf7 73. Kd4 Ke7 74. Nh7 Kd6 75. Nf6 Bc4 76. Ne8+ Kd7 77. Nf6+ Kd6 78. Nh7 Bg8 79. Ng5 Bd5 80. Nh3 Bb3 81. Nf2 Bc4 82. Nd1 Bd5 83. Nf2 Bc4 84. Nh3 Bb3 85. Ng5 Bd5 86. Nh7 Bg8 87. Ng5 Bd5 88. Nh3 Bb3 89. Nf2 Bc4 90. Nd1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gasparyan, Davit"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 d5 8. c3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Bc2 dxc3 13. dxc3 Bg7 14. Be3 Kc7 15. 0-0-0 Bd7 16. f3 Rad8 17. Bb3 e6 18. Nf4 Bc6 19. Bd4 Ne8 20. Be3 Nd6 21. Nd3 h5 22. Kb1 Bf6 23. Bf4 h4 24. h3 Rh5 25. Rhe1 Rf5 26. Bh2 a5 27. Nf4 Bg5 28. Ne2 a4 29. Bc2 Rd5 30. Nd4 b5 31. Be4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Bf6 33. Bxd6+ Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Kxd6 35. Bxc6 Kxc6 36. Re4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Ward, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 Be6 10. b3 Rd8 11. Re1 Bd5 12. Na3 g6 13. bxc4 Nxc4 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. d3 Nd6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rb1 Rd7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bg7 21. d4 0-0 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Bf4 Qa3 24. Bb3 a6 25. Qg4 Rcd8 26. Bxh6 e6 27. Bg5 Re8 28. Rbe1 Na5 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe6 Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Qe6+ Re7 33. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles 1000GM Inv 02"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2023.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. e4 e6 6. Bxc4 exd5 7. exd5 d6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. h3 0-0 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Nb6 12. b3 a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. Qd3 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Nd7 16. Nb5 Bf6 17. Ra2 Nb6 18. Re1 Bxb5 19. axb5 a4 20. Ra3 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Qc2 h6 24. Be3 Re8 25. Rxa4 Nxa4 26. Qxa4 Qb7 27. Nd2 Ra8 28. Qc2 Ra1+ 29. Kh2 Qa7 30. Qf5 Be5+ 31. f4 Bd4 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. b6 Qxb6 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American op 54th"]
[Site "Costa Mesa"]
[Date "2018.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mahajan, Rushaan"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nd2 0-0 6. Bd3 b6 7. Qe2 a5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb7 10. Nf3 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. 0-0 a4 14. a3 Nf6 15. Qe2 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qd5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. c3 Qh5 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Rd4 Kf8 22. Rad1 Ke8 23. Kf1 h6 24. Ke2 c5 25. Rd6 Rab8 26. R1d2 b5 27. Ra6 Nb6 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Nd2 Kc7 30. Ra7+ Rb7 31. Rxb7+ Kxb7 32. Ne4 Kc6 33. Nd2 Kd5 34. f4 Nc4 35. Nxc4 Kxc4 36. Kd2 Kb3 37. Kc1 h5 38. Kb1 f6 39. f5 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch 30th"]
[Site "Rancho Cucamonga"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Sheng, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 0-0 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Nf3 Rxf3 14. gxf3 Qxc3+ 15. Kf1 c4 16. Bxe7 cxd3 17. cxd3 Qxd4 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Bc5 Qf6 20. h4 e5 21. h5 g5 22. h6 Kh8 23. d4 exd4 24. Rh5 Bf5 25. Qd2 Rg8 26. f4 Re8 27. fxg5 Qe5 28. Rh4 Kg8 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Qh2 31. Rh4 Qxh4 32. Qxd5+ Be6 33. Qxb7 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch 30th"]
[Site "Rancho Cucamonga"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5 3. h4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bg2 a6 6. a3 d6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 0-0 11. b4 Ba7 12. b5 axb5 13. cxb5 Na5 14. Rb1 d5 15. Na4 e4 16. Bxa5 exf3 17. exf3 Bd7 18. Bd2 Nf5 19. Kf1 Qe8 20. f4 Bxb5 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Rxb5 Qxb5 23. Bc4 Qc6 24. Qxh5+ Nh6 25. Rg1 Qxa4 26. f5 Qe8 27. Qf3 Bd4 28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Qf4 Qh5 30. Qxd4 Qxf5 31. Kg2 Qe5 32. Qg4 f5 33. Qh5 Kg7 34. Rb1 b6 35. Rb5 Qe8 36. Qf3 Ra5 37. Rxa5 bxa5 38. Qf4 Qc6+ 39. f3 Qd6 40. Qe3 f4 41. Qe4 fxg3 42. h5 Qf6 43. Bd5 Rb8 44. f4 Kf8 45. Kxg3 Re8 46. Qc4 Re3+ 47. Bf3 Qd6 48. Qb5 Rxd3 49. Qxa5 Kg7 50. a4 Qe7 51. Kg2 c5 52. Qb6 Rd6 53. Qb5 Qe3 54. Qb2+ Qd4 55. Qb7+ Kf6 56. Qh7 Qxf4 57. Qh8+ Kg5 58. Qg7+ Kh4 59. Qe7+ Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch 30th"]
[Site "Rancho Cucamonga"]
[Date "2018.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Hilby, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Nh6 8. a4 b4 9. Ne4 0-0 10. 0-0 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Neg5 Nb6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qe2 Qd6 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Ne5 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Rxd6 exd6 20. Nxg6 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Rg4 22. Qf3 Rxg5 23. Qxa8 Rxg6 24. Qxc8+ Kh7 25. Qd7+ Kg8 26. Rf1 Nf5 27. g4 Nh6 28. g5 Rxg5 29. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch 30th"]
[Site "Rancho Cucamonga"]
[Date "2018.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Clawitter, Craig"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nbd7 6. h3 Qa5 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Rab1 Qb4 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be6 16. Bc2 Bxb3 17. Bxb3 Qxb3 18. Qxd6 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Qc7 Rae8 21. Rd8 h5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxa7 Qc2 24. Rf1 Qxb2 25. Bb6 Qb4 26. Qxb7 Qxa4 27. Rc1 Re6 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qd7 Qf4 30. Qd1 Rd6 31. Qe1 Bd4 32. Bxd4 Qxd4 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. fxe3 Kg7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Kf3 Re6 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. hxg4 Ke5 39. g5 Kd6 40. e4 c5 41. Ke3 Re7 42. Rd1+ Kc6 43. Rd8 Rd7 44. Rc8+ Kb5 45. Kf4 c4 46. Ke5 Kb4 47. Kf6 c3 48. e5 Kb3 49. e6 fxe6 50. Kxg6 e5 51. Kf5 Re7 52. Kf6 Rb7 53. Kxe5 c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southern California-ch 30th"]
[Site "Rancho Cucamonga"]
[Date "2018.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ge, Anthony"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bd3 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. c4 0-0 14. Re1 h6 15. h3 Rad8 16. Rc1 Rfe8 17. Bb1 Bf4 18. Rc3 Nf6 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Ra3 a6 21. g3 Bb8 22. d5 Qc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. dxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qxh6+ Ke8 28. Qg6+ Kd7 29. Rd3+ Bd6 30. Qf7+ Kc8 31. Qxe6+ Kb8 32. Qxf6 Rd7 33. Qd4 Qf5 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. Qxd7 Qe4 36. Qd8+ Ka7 37. Qxb6+ Kxb6 38. Rb3+ Kc5 39. Bxe4 Bxe4 40. Re3 Kd4 41. h4 Bd6 42. h5 Bb4 43. h6 Bd2 44. Ra3 a5 45. g4 Bxh6 46. Rxa5 Kxc4 47. Kh2 Bd5 48. Kg3 Bd2 49. Ra4+ Kd3 50. Ra7 Bb4 51. g5 Ke2 52. g6 Bc5 53. Ra5 Bxf2+ 54. Kf4 Bc4 55. g7 Kd3 56. Ra3+ Kc2 57. Ke4 Kb2 58. Rf3 Be1 59. a4 Ba5 60. Kf5 Bd8 61. Kg6 Bd5 62. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Loma Linda"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Aaron Demby"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Ng3 h5 9. h4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Be2 Nfd7 12. f4 d5 13. f5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nge2 Be7 18. g3 Rb8 19. Rb1 Rh7 20. 0-0 Nf8 21. e5 Rf7 22. Nf4 Rf5 23. Nh3 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rb7 25. Bg5 c5 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Kg2 Qc7 28. Ng5 cxd4 29. Qxd4 Qe7 30. Kh3 Nh7 31. Nxh7 Qxh7 32. Rf1 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34. Qb6 Qf5+ 35. Kg2 Qxc2+ 36. Kh3 Qf5+ 37. Kg2 Qc2+ 38. Kh3 Bc8 39. Nb5 Qf5+ 40. Kh2 Qf2+ 41. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "Irvine Orange Pumpkin op"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2016.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cuarta Garcia, Braulio"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Re8 13. g4 h6 14. h4 h5 15. g5 Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. e5 dxe5 18. f5 e4 19. Qxg4 Bd4+ 20. Kg2 e3 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Ne2 Nb6 23. Nf4 Re4 24. Qf3 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Qxd5+ 26. Qf3 Qe6 27. Bxe3 Bxe3 28. Rfe1 Nc4 29. Rad1 Rf8 30. Qd5 Qxd5+ 31. Rxd5 Bd2 32. Rxd2 Nxd2 33. Re7 Rf7 34. Re6 Kg7 35. Kg3 Nf3 36. Kg4 Nd4 37. Rd6 Nf5 38. Rd8 Re7 39. h5 Ne3+ 40. Kh4 Re4+ 41. Kh3 gxh5 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Rxb7 Ra4 44. a3 c4 45. Rb5 Nf5 46. Rb8 Kxg5 47. Rc8 Kf4 48. Rc5 Ke4 49. Rb5 Ne3 50. Rxh5 Nd1 51. Rh4+ Kd5 52. Rh5+ Kd4 53. Rh4+ Kd3 54. b3 Rxa3 55. bxc4 Rc3 56. Rh7 Kxc4+ 57. Kg2 a5 58. Ra7 Kb5 59. Kf1 Rc2 60. Ke1 Nc3 0-1

[Event "Irvine Orange Pumpkin op"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2016.10.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. 0-0 a6 6. Bd3 b5 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Qb6 9. c3 dxc3 10. dxc3 Bb7 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nf5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 g6 15. Bxb5 Nf6 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Rxf6 Kxf6 18. Qf3+ Kg7 19. Qxf7+ Kh6 20. Qf6 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Bxe4 22. Nf7+ Kh5 23. Be2+ 1-0

[Event "Irvine Orange Pumpkin op"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2016.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Yurenok, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Be7 6. Qg4 Bf6 7. Qg3 Nc6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bf4 e5 10. Be3 Nge7 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. Be2 b5 13. Rd6 Ng6 14. Rhd1 Qc7 15. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Irvine Orange Pumpkin op"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2016.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nd5 Ba7 8. d3 h6 9. b5 Na5 10. Ba2 d6 11. 0-0 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Ba2 0-0 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bxa2 18. Rxa2 Rb8 19. Raa1 c5 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. Nh4 Nc6 22. Nf5 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Kh7 24. Qc3 g6 25. Ng3 Rb8 26. Rb3 Kg7 27. Ne2 Rb4 28. Rxb4 cxb4 29. Qc4 Qb6 30. Kf2 Na5 31. Qa2 Qc6 32. Ke1 Nb7 33. Nc1 a5 34. Nb3 f5 35. Nd2 fxe4 36. Nxe4 d5 37. Nd2 Nc5 38. Nb3 Nxb3 39. Qxb3 h5 40. Kd2 h4 41. Qb2 d4 42. exd4 Qxg2+ 43. Ke3 Qh3+ 44. Ke4 Qf5+ 45. Kd5 exd4+ 46. Kc4 Qe6+ 47. Kc5 Qe5+ 48. Kc4 Qe6+ 49. Kc5 Qe7+ 50. Kc4 Qf7+ 51. Kc5 Qc7+ 52. Kd5 Qc3 53. Qc1 Qc8 54. Qf4 Qd7+ 55. Ke4 h3 56. Qe5+ Kh6 57. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Irvine Orange Pumpkin op"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2016.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cao, Joshua"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1994"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. 0-0 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Nxb5 Bg7 15. Nc3 e4 16. Bc4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 0-0 18. Qd4 Qc7 19. Bb3 Ng6 20. f3 exf3 21. Rxf3 f4 22. Ba4 Qe7 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. Rff1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Qg5 26. Kh1 h6 27. c4 Rc8 28. Rf1 Nh4 29. Qf2 Rxc4 30. Bb3 Rc3 31. Qd2 Re3 32. c4 Qe5 33. Qf2 Nf5 34. Bd1 Nd4 35. Qh4 Qg5 36. Qg4 Kg7 37. h4 Qxg4 38. Bxg4 Re4 39. Rb1 Nc2 40. Rb6 Rxc4 41. Rxa6 Ne3 42. Bf3 Nf5 43. Rc6 Rb4 44. Kh2 Rb2 45. a4 Nxh4 46. Kh3 Nf5 47. Kg4 Ne3+ 48. Kxf4 Nxg2+ 49. Bxg2 Rxg2 50. Rxd6 Ra2 51. Ra6 Rd2 52. d6 Kf6 53. d7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pacific Southwest op"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2016.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 0-0 14. f3 f4 15. Nc2 f5 16. 0-0-0 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. g4 Qe8 19. Qh3 e4 20. fxe4 fxg4 21. Qxg4 Ng6 22. Rhg1 Qc8 23. Qh5 Ra7 24. e5 dxe5 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rxg6 Qf5 27. Rg5 Qf7 28. Qg4 f3 29. Rxe5 Qf4+ 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Ree1 Re7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Ne3 b4 35. Kc2 f2 36. cxb4 Rxb4 37. Nf5+ Kf7 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 1-0

[Event "American op 51st"]
[Site "Orange"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qe3 Na4 14. Nxa4 bxa4 15. a3 a5 16. Bc3 Ba6 17. Qd4 Qb8 18. Qxa4 Rc8 19. Bxa5 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1 Rc5 21. b4 Raxa5 0-1

[Event "American op 51st"]
[Site "Orange"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lu, Albert"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 Nd7 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxd4 14. 0-0 Nc8 15. Rfd1 Bg7 16. Rd2 Nd6 17. Ne4 Rc8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe2 Rc5 20. Rc2 Rfc8 21. Rac1 Bd4 22. Rc4 Qf4 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25. Bc2 Qc1+ 26. Bd1 Qa1 27. Qc2 Bd4 28. b3 Be5 29. a4 b6 30. Qd2 h5 31. Qc2 h4 32. Qd2 Bd6 33. Kf1 Bb4 34. Qd3 Qe5 35. Kg1 Bd6 36. Kf1 Bc5 37. Bf3 Qa1+ 38. Qd1 Qb2 39. Be2 Qf6 40. Bf3 Qb2 41. Be2 Bd4 42. Qd3 Qc1+ 43. Qd1 Qc5 44. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American op 51st"]
[Site "Orange"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Diaz, Conrado"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 0-0 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. Nh4 Ne7 13. f4 Re8 14. g3 f5 15. e5 Bd7 16. a4 a6 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Ra2 Bb5 20. Rfa1 Rad8 21. Nf1 Nd5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Qb8 24. Qg2 c4 25. Kh1 Bf8 26. Ra8 Qb6 27. R8a6 Qb8 28. Ra8 Qc7 29. R8a7 Qc5 30. Qf3 Re7 31. R7a6 Kg7 32. g4 fxg4 33. Qxg4 Qc8 34. Qg3 Nc7 35. Rc6 Rd3 36. Qg2 Re6 37. f5 Rxe5 38. fxg6 Rg5 39. Qf2 Rd7 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Ng3 Bg7 42. Qf3 fxg6 43. Nxg6 Rf7 44. Qe4 Rxg3 45. hxg3 Qh3+ 46. Kg1 Qxg3+ 47. Qg2 Qe3+ 48. Kh1 Rf5 49. Qg4 Rg5 50. Rxc7 Rxg4 51. Ra8+ Kh7 52. Nf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American op 51st"]
[Site "Orange"]
[Date "2015.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taghizadeh, Rayan"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Ne7 19. 0-0 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qd5 Bg6 23. Qxa5 Bc2 24. Qd5 Qf6 25. Ra6 e4 26. Qd2 Bxb3 27. Rxd6 Rfd8 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qe2 Qxc3 30. Bxb3 Qxb3 31. Qxe4 Qd5 32. Qh4 Qd4 33. Qh3 Qd7 34. Qg3 Qd6 35. f4 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Qd3 37. Qe1 Qd2 38. Qh4 Qd4 39. h3 Rf8 40. Qg3 Qd6 41. Qg4 h6 42. h4 Qd3 43. Rf3 Qf5 44. Qxf5 Rxf5 45. g4 Ra5 46. Kg2 Kg8 47. Kg3 Ra1 48. Rb3 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Rh1 50. Rb8+ Kh7 51. h5 Rg1 52. Rb5 Kg8 53. g5 hxg5 54. fxg5 Rf1+ 55. Kg4 Rf8 56. g6 Ra8 57. Kf5 Rf8+ 58. Ke6 Ra8 59. Rb7 Re8+ 60. Kd7 Ra8 61. Ke7 Rc8 62. Rd7 Ra8 63. Rd8+ Rxd8 64. Kxd8 Kf8 65. Kd7 Kg8 66. Ke7 Kh8 67. h6 Kg8 68. h7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pacific Southwest op"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ronchetti, Niccolo"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 0-0 13. Bc4 a6 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Nxa6 Rc8 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Be5 Qd7 22. Bxg7 Rfc8 23. Bd4 Rc4 24. Re1 Qc6 25. h3 Qh6 26. Re3 Qh4 27. Rg3+ Bg6 28. Rg4 Qe7 29. Qd2 Re8 30. Qh6 Qf8 31. Qg5 f5 32. Rf4 Re6 33. Bc3 Qe7 34. Qg3 Rxf4 35. Qxf4 Re4 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Rd1 f4 38. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Pacific Southwest op"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peters, Jack"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 a5 14. g3 0-0 15. h4 a4 16. Bg2 Be6 17. b3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 axb3 19. axb3 Na5 20. 0-0 Nxb3 21. Rb1 Nc5 22. Rxb4 Qa5 23. Qb1 Bd8 24. Ne3 Qa6 25. Rc1 Ba5 26. Bf1 Qa7 27. Rb2 Rfb8 28. Bb5 g6 29. Qc2 Qe7 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rcb1 Bc7 32. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western Pacific op"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peters, Jack"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 0-0 14. Be2 Rb8 15. b3 Bg5 16. Bg4 Bb7 17. Qd3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd5 19. Nf5 Be6 20. h4 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Be7 22. g3 Qa5 23. 0-0 Rb6 24. Qd5 Qa3 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. Rac1 g6 27. Bg4 Qxa2 28. c5 Rb5 29. Qc6 Qb2 30. cxd6 Bxd6 31. Rb1 Qa2 32. Ra1 Qb2 33. Rxa6 Rc5 34. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Western Pacific op"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 d6 5. c3 Qf6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Nd8 9. d3 Bg4 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ne6 12. Bxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Qe2 Qh6 15. Qe3 Qxe3 16. fxe3 f6 17. c4 Ng6 18. d4 Nf8 19. Nh4 Kf7 20. Rac1 Rd8 21. h3 g6 22. Nhf3 Ke7 23. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Diego Dreaming King op"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2015.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.01.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. 0-0 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Nxe5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh2 Re8 18. Nb5 Bg7 19. e5 b6 20. d6 Bf5 21. Qc4 Be6 22. Qe4 cxd6 23. Nxd6 Re7 24. Rad1 Qf8 25. a4 Rd8 26. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Taghizadeh, Rayan"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Francisco"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qd3 0-0 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. f3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. f4 c5 16. 0-0 Kg7 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bh5 Qe8 19. Rf2 c4 20. Qe3 Kh6 21. Be2 Bd7 22. Raf1 Rg8 23. Rxf7 Rc8 24. Qf3 Rg6 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Los Angeles"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qh5 12. f3 Be6 13. e4 Qc5+ 14. Be3 Qxc4 15. Qd2 Qc8 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Bg5 b5 18. f4 b4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 a5 22. Rc6 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 Qd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Re1 Bxb2 26. Rxe7 a4 27. Bf1 b3 28. Bc4 Bf6 29. Rb7 Rfb8 30. Rcb6 Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Rc8 32. axb3 Bd4 33. Rb4 axb3 34. Bxb3 Bc5 35. Rb7 Kg7 36. Kg2 Ra8 37. g4 Ra7 38. Rb8 Re7 39. Bd1 Re4 40. Kg3 Re1 41. Bf3 Rg1+ 42. Bg2 h6 43. h4 Rd1 44. Rd8 Rd3+ 45. Bf3 Rd2 46. Rd7 Bf2+ 47. Kh3 Be3 48. Kg3 Bf2+ 49. Kh3 Be3 50. Kg3 Bf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.10.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Noble, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Los Angeles"]
[BlackTeam "Arizona"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qa8 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nbd2 Bd6 16. Rac1 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. e4 Nxa5 19. exd5 Nb7 20. Nd4 Nd8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc8 23. Nf5 Nb7 24. Qd4 Qxf5 25. Qxa7 Nd8 26. Qxa6 h5 27. Qxb5 Ne6 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smith, Shaun"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Manhattan"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 8. h3 c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. Re1 Qb4 11. Bf1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. a3 Qb6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bg2 Re8 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. Nb3 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Kh2 Bc8 22. f5 Nf8 23. Qd3 N6d7 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Qe2 gxf5 26. exf5 Nxc4 27. Qxc4 Rxe3 28. Nd5 b5 29. Qc1 Rxb3 30. Nxc7 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Schill, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Los Angeles"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Bd3 0-0-0 14. f5 Kb8 15. Qh6 Rc8 16. Ne2 Nb4 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Rxd3 exf5 19. Qf4 Rhg8 20. exf5 Rxg2 21. Nfd4 Qd8 22. Qf3 Rg5 23. h4 Rg7 24. Nc3 Qg8 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Qf4 Qf8 27. Re1 Rc5 28. Nb3 Rc4 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 h5 31. Qh6 Rg8 32. Qxh5 Qg7 33. Nb4 Bb6 34. Re7 Qg1+ 35. Ka2 Qxd4 36. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.09.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Miller, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Los Angeles"]
[BlackTeam "Boston"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 a5 9. 0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rad1 a4 13. Bc4 Bc6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc8 16. a3 Rd8 17. Nb5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Be2 Nf6 23. c3 e5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. f3 Rc5 26. Rd8 Nd5 27. Kf2 b5 28. Ra8 Nc7 29. Ra5 Rd5 30. Ke1 Kf6 31. c4 bxc4 32. Rxa4 c3 33. bxc3 Rc5 34. Rc4 Rxc4 35. Bxc4 Ke7 36. a4 f6 37. Kd2 Kd6 38. Bg8 h6 39. Kd3 Kc5 40. Bf7 g5 41. Ke4 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mateer, Amanda Rae"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Arizona"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nh3 c5 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 Qa5 11. Nf2 Nb6 12. a4 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. Ra3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nfd1 Rfb8 17. Ne3 Ba6 18. Kf2 Ra7 19. Rb1 h6 20. Bh4 Nh5 21. Bg3 Rab7 22. Qc2 Bd4 23. f4 Qb4 24. Kf3 Bxe3 25. Kxe3 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Qd4+ 27. Kf3 Bd3 28. Qd2 Bxb1 29. Nxb1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zheng, Andrew"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baltimore"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. 0-0 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 exd5 12. exd5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rae1 Be6 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Ne5 20. Bf1 Bf5 21. Qf2 Re8 22. Kh1 Qb4 23. b3 Rad8 24. c5 Qa5 25. Rd4 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Bxd4 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Qg3+ Kh7 29. Qf2 f4 30. Qc2+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serna, Jeffrey M"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.08.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rio Grande"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg5 d6 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 Rab8 15. Nd1 a5 16. Kh1 d5 17. b3 Rbd8 18. Ne3 Bd4 19. Rae1 Bc3 20. Re2 a4 21. Nd1 Bd4 22. c3 Bc5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. b4 Be7 25. Rfe1 Be6 26. Be4 Rd6 27. a3 Bc4 28. Rb2 Bf8 29. g4 Rxe4 30. Ne3 Bh6 31. Kg2 Be6 32. Kf3 Rf4+ 33. Kg3 Rd3 34. f3 Rxc3 35. b5 Bd5 36. Nxd5 Rcxf3+ 37. Kg2 cxd5 38. b6 cxb6 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Rxb6 Rb3 41. Rd6 Rxg4+ 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 Re4 45. Ra8 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 54th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2014.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Creger V, Leo Calvin"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c3 d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bf8 14. Bg3 Rad8 15. h3 Qb8 16. Nc4 a6 17. a4 Bc6 18. Ra1 h6 19. b4 Qc7 20. Ncd2 a5 21. b5 Ba8 22. Rac1 e5 23. Ne4 Nh5 24. Qd1 f5 25. Bh4 fxe4 26. Bxd8 Qxd8 27. Bc4+ d5 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Qd4 Qg5 31. Bf1 Bc5 32. Qd1 e3 33. fxe3 Rxe3 34. Kh2 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 54th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2014.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Peters, Jack"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rfb1 f5 13. Nc4 0-0 14. Kf1 fxe4 15. fxe4 Rf3 16. Ke2 Rxh3 17. Rg1 b5 18. Nd2 Rf8 19. Rg2 Rf7 20. c4 c5 21. Rag1 Kh7 22. Rg5 Nc6 23. Nb3 bxc4 24. dxc4 Nd4+ 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 d3+ 28. Ke1 Rh2 29. Rf5 Rxf5 30. exf5 a5 31. Rg5 a4 32. b4 h4 33. b5 h3 34. Rh5+ Kg8 35. c5 Rh1+ 36. Kd2 Rb1 37. Kxd3 Rxb5 38. Rxh3 Rxc5 39. Rf3 Kf7 40. Rf4 Ra5 41. Rc4 Kf6 42. Rxc7 Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 29th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Amerkeshev, Madiyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qb4 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Bg2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Rd8 14. Qe3 e6 15. Qxa7 c6 16. 0-0 Bc5 17. Qa4 Rd2 18. Qa8+ Rd8 19. Qa4 Qb6 20. Qb3 Rd2 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxb6 Bxb6 23. Bxe4 Ke7 24. Kg2 Bd4 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxe5 27. b3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 29th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bh4 18. Qd2 Bxg3 19. fxg3 c5 20. Nc3 Rc8 21. Ne2 Qb6 22. Rf2 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Rc4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qg5 Nf8 26. Bg6+ Kd7 27. Bd3 Kc8 28. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 29th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Atoufi, Pedram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 h6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. g3 fxg3 10. hxg3 Nge7 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Bc4 d5 13. exd5 Bh3 14. Ne5 Bxf1 15. Qh5 0-0 16. Rxf1 Ng6 17. d6 Nxe5 18. dxe5 cxd6 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Rf6 Rxf7 21. Rxf7 Qe8 22. Qg6 Qxe5 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Bf2 Ne7 25. Qxd6 Re8 26. Rxg7 Nf5 27. Qg6 Qxg7 28. Qxe8+ Kh7 29. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 29th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kudryavtsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. d5 Nc5 12. Rb1 a5 13. b3 Bd7 14. Be3 cxd5 15. cxd5 Nh5 16. a3 Qc7 17. Rc1 a4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Qa5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Rc4 Nf6 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Rb1 Red8 24. Qc2 b6 25. Rc3 Bh6 26. Bf1 Ne8 27. Bb5 Nd6 28. Bc6 Rab8 29. Rcb3 f5 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. Qc4 Kh8 32. Qe4 Bg7 33. a5 Nd6 34. axb6 Rxb6 35. Qe1 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 c4 37. Re3 Nf7 38. Nd2 Bh6 39. Re2 c3 40. Ne4 Ng5 41. Nxg5 Bxg5 42. Qxc3 Rxd5 43. Rc2 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Bf6 45. a4 Kg7 46. Bf3 Qxc3 47. Rxc3 Ra1 48. Rc7+ Kf8 49. Bd5 Be7 50. Rc4 Ra3 51. h4 Bd8 52. Kh3 Ba5 53. Rc8+ Kg7 54. Rg8+ Kf6 55. Bc6 Bb6 56. Rb8 Bc5 57. Rb2 Ke6 58. Rc2 Bd4 59. Kg4 Kf6 60. h5 Rc3 61. Rxc3 Bxc3 62. hxg6 hxg6 63. Kf3 Ke6 64. Ke4 Be1 65. Kf3 g5 66. Ke2 Ba5 67. f3 Kd6 68. Be8 Kc5 69. Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 29th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Peters, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. 0-0 e5 8. a3 Rb8 9. Rb1 f6 10. d3 Be7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Ne4 Na6 13. Rc1 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. h4 0-0 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Nfd2 Nc7 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 20. a4 Nb4 21. Ned6 b6 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc7 Bf7 24. Bh3 f5 25. Ne5 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 29th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2013.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[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. Be2 e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. 0-0 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Be3 c6 14. f4 Bg7 15. e5 Bf5 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. b4 Qa3 18. Bc5 Rfd8 19. Bd6 Be6 20. Qc5 b6 21. Qe3 Rd7 22. Qc1 Qa6 23. Ne4 Bd5 24. Nc3 Be6 25. Ne4 Bd5 26. Nc3 Bc4 27. Rfe1 Re8 28. h3 Bd3 29. Qd2 Bf5 30. Qd4 Red8 31. Qe3 Qa3 32. Nd5 Qxe3+ 33. Nxe3 Bf8 34. Bxf8 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Nxd1 Kxf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. g4 Bc2 39. Nc3 h6 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kd2 g5 42. Kxc2 gxf4 43. Kd3 Kxe5 44. Ne4 b5 45. Nd2 Kd5 46. Nf3 c5 47. bxc5 Kxc5 48. Ne5 f6 49. Nd7+ Kb4 50. Nxf6 Ka3 51. h4 Kxa2 52. g5 hxg5 53. hxg5 b4 54. g6 b3 55. Nd5 f3 56. g7 f2 57. Ke2 b2 58. Nc3+ Kb3 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 29th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Yankovsky, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
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1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 c5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. Nge2 Nec6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Be3 Na6 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. Rad1 Qc8 12. f4 Rd8 13. f5 Ne5 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 exf5 17. Rxf5 d6 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Bh3 Qe7 20. Rf2 Ne6 21. Rf5 g6 22. Rff1 Qg5 23. Qf2 Nc7 24. Qf4 h6 25. Bg2 Ne6 26. Qf2 Rf8 27. h4 Qe7 28. Bh3 Kg7 29. Nf4 Nd4 30. Qe3 Qd8 31. Rf2 Bc8 32. Bxc8 Qxc8 33. Rff1 Rb8 34. Kg2 Qg4 35. Nfd5 b5 36. Rf4 Qd7 37. cxb5 Nxb5 38. Nxb5 Qxb5 39. b3 a5 40. d4 cxd4 41. Qxd4 Qc5 42. Rf2 Rfc8 43. Qd2 h5 44. Qf4 Rb7 45. Ne7 Re8 46. Rd5 Qa7 47. Qf6+ Kh7 48. Nf5 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 29th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korba, Nicky"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qxb2 8. e6 fxe6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. 0-0 Ngf6 11. Nbd2 Qb5 12. Qg6+ Kd8 13. Bf4 Rh6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Rfe1 Ne8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Kd7 18. a4 Qa6 19. Nb3 b6 20. a5 Qb7 21. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 29th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shen, Arthur"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. d5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qd6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. 0-0-0 Nd7 14. Bb5 Ne5 15. Qc3 a6 16. Be2 f6 17. f4 Nd7 18. Qe3 c4 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Bg4 Rc7 21. Rhe1 Qc5 22. e5 f5 23. d6 exd6 24. exd6 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Rcc8 26. Bf3 Nc5 27. Re7+ Rf7 28. Rde1 Rd8 29. Rc7 Ne4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxd6 32. Ree7 Rdf6 33. Rxb7 Rxf4 34. Rxf7+ Rxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Kc2 Ke6 37. Kc3 Kd5 38. Kb4 g5 39. Ka5 Ke5 40. Kxa6 Kf4 41. Kb5 Kg3 42. a4 Kxg2 43. a5 Kxh3 44. a6 g4 45. a7 g3 46. a8Q 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wheeler, Cameron"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Francisco"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 Qd7 7. Rb1 b6 8. a3 Bb7 9. d3 Nh6 10. e4 0-0 11. Nd5 f6 12. b4 e6 13. Nc3 f5 14. Ne2 Rae8 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4 Rfe8 19. Re1 fxe4 20. dxe4 Qe7 21. Qc1 Nd4 22. a4 Qc7 23. Nh5+ gxh5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qxh6 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rf8 27. Bxh5 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. a5 Rd2 30. f4 Ba6 31. axb6 axb6 32. Rxb6 Bxc4 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Rd8 35. Bg4 e5 36. fxe5 Bd3 37. Rb7+ Kg8 38. Be6+ Kh8 39. Bf5 h6 40. Rc7 c4 41. e6 Re8 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 22nd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. a5 Ba7 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Na3 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nc2 Qg6 16. Rfe1 Kh8 17. Ne3 Qxe4 18. Rad1 Qf4 19. Qb4 Re8 20. Qb3 Kg8 21. Rd2 c6 22. Rde2 Rb8 23. Nf1 Bg4 24. Rd2 Re7 25. Ne3 Bh5 26. Qb4 Rbe8 27. Bb3 Qg5 28. Kh1 e4 29. Bd1 Bb8 30. Bxh5 Qxh5 31. Nf1 f5 32. Rde2 Qg6 33. Ng3 h5 34. Nf1 f4 35. Qc4+ Kh8 36. f3 e3 37. Rd1 Qf5 38. Qb4 Rd7 39. Qb3 Rxd1 40. Qxd1 Qxa5 41. g3 Rd8 42. Qc2 Qd5 43. Kg2 Qd3 44. Qxd3 Rxd3 45. gxf4 Bxf4 46. Ng3 Rd2 47. Kf1 Bxg3 48. hxg3 Rxe2 49. Kxe2 g5 50. Kxe3 Kg7 51. Ke4 Kf6 52. c4 c5 53. f4 g4 54. f5 b5 55. cxb5 axb5 56. Kf4 c4 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 22nd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Duckworth, William Mark"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 e5 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nd2 Qe7 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qd4 Bf5 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h4 g4 11. h5 0-0 12. h6 Bh8 13. Bh4 Qe6 14. Bf6 Nc6 15. Qc3 Bxf6 16. exf6 Rad8 17. Bc4 Qd6 18. Rh5 Bg6 19. Rd5 Qh2 20. 0-0-0 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 g3 22. fxg3 Bh5 23. Re1 Qxg2 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Qd2 Qxg3 26. Ne2 Qh4 27. Nf4 Bg6 28. Qc3 Qxh6 29. Qxc6 Qg5 30. Nd5 Bh5 31. Nf4 Qg3 32. Qc3 Bg4 33. b3 Rd8 34. Kb2 h5 35. Qxc7 Rc8 36. Qa5 Qh4 37. Nd5 Kh7 38. c4 Be6 39. Rf1 Qh2+ 40. Ka3 Qd6+ 41. Nb4 Rc5 42. Qxa7 Qe5 43. Na6 Rxc4 44. Qb6 Rc2 45. Qd4 Qa5+ 46. Qa4 Rxa2+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 22nd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nge7 6. cxd4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Ne5 0-0 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Ne7 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. Be3 Bd5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Ng3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Re6 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qb4 20. Nc5 Rd6 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Bxa2 23. Ra1 Bd5 24. Ra6 f6 25. Ned3 Bf8 26. Nb4 Bc4 27. Ra5 Kf7 28. f4 Bh6 29. g3 g5 30. Ne4 Re6 31. f5 Ree8 32. g4 Bb5 33. Kf2 Bf8 34. Na6 Rac8 35. Nac5 a6 36. Ne6 Bc4 37. N4c5 Rb8 38. Nxa6 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Ra8 40. Nexc7 Ra7 41. Ra4 Bf1 42. Re6 Be7 43. Kg3 Rg2+ 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. Ke3 Re2+ 46. Kf3 Rxh2 47. Kg3 Rg2+ 48. Kf3 Rc2 49. Ke3 Rxc3+ 50. Kd2 Rg3 51. Rxc6 Rxg4 52. Ra1 Rxd4+ 53. Ke3 Rd6 54. Rxd6 Bxd6 55. Rxf1 Bxc7 56. Nb4 Ra3+ 57. Ke2 h5 58. Rd1 Ke8 59. Nd5 Be5 60. Rb1 Ra2+ 61. Kf3 g4+ 62. Ke4 h4 63. Rb6 Kf7 64. Rb7+ Kf8 65. Nb6 h3 66. Kd5 Rd2+ 67. Ke6 Rd6# 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 22nd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Rd1 a6 8. Ba4 Bd7 9. Bc2 Re8 10. d3 d5 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf1 d4 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. g5 Nd7 18. Qxh5 g6 19. Qg4 Nf8 20. Nf3 Qc8 21. Qxc8 Raxc8 22. Ba4 Bc5 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. f4 Kg7 27. e5 Rb8 28. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 22nd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Amerkeshev, Madiyar"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Na5 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Qf3 g5 16. Bg3 Ne8 17. Rfe1 Ng7 18. d4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 exd4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Rad1 Ne6 22. Qh5 Qf6 23. Rd3 Qg6 24. Qd1 Bc5 25. Qb3 b6 26. Nd2 a5 27. a3 Rfe8 28. Qc4 Qg7 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bd4 31. Nf1 Re7 32. Red1 c5 33. Qb5 Qg6 34. Qc6 d5 35. exd5 Nf4 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. Nh2 Re2 38. Rxd4 Qxc6 39. dxc6 Rxd4 40. Ra1 Re8 41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Nf3 Rd5 43. Ra4 Rc8 44. Rxf4 Rxc6 45. Rc4 Kf8 46. g4 Rb6 47. Nh4 Rb4 48. Rc2 c4 49. Nf5 Rb1+ 50. Kg2 Rc5 51. Nxh6 c3 52. Nf5 Rb2 53. Rc1 Rd2 54. Ne3 Ke7 55. h4 Ke6 56. Kf3 Ke5 57. h5 Kd4 58. h6 Kd3 59. Rh1 Rc8 60. h7 Rh8 61. Rh5 c2 62. Rd5+ Kc3 63. Rc5+ Kb2 64. Rb5+ Ka2 65. Ra5+ Kb1 66. Rb5+ Kc1 67. Rh5 f6 68. Kg3 Kb1 69. Rb5+ Ka2 70. Ra5+ Kb3 71. Rb5+ Kc3 72. Rc5+ Kd3 73. Rd5+ Ke2 74. Rc5 Kd3 75. Rd5+ Ke4 76. Rc5 Kd3 77. Rd5+ Kc3 78. Rc5+ Kd4 79. Rd5+ Ke4 80. Rc5 Rxh7 81. Nxc2 Rd5 82. Rc6 f5 83. f3+ Ke5 84. f4+ Ke4 85. Re6+ Kd3 86. Nb4+ Kd4 87. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 22nd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 h6 7. 0-0 a6 8. a3 0-0 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Rc1 Ne7 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. e3 c6 14. h3 Be6 15. Ne4 Ne8 16. Ned2 Qd7 17. Kh2 Bb8 18. d4 f5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. c5 Qf7 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Nf6 24. Rd1 Bc7 25. Nd2 e4 26. Rcc1 Be5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Bf1 Rfd8 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4+ Kf8 31. Be6 g6 32. g4 fxg4 33. Bxg4 Ke7 34. Kg3 Rd3 35. Rxd3 exd3 36. Bf3 Rd8 37. Rd1 d2 38. Kg2 Rd3 39. Kf1 a5 40. Ke2 Rxa3 41. Rb1 Nd7 42. Bg4 Ne5 43. Kxd2 Nd3 44. bxa5 Nxc5 45. Bc8 Rxa5 46. Bxb7 Ra2+ 47. Kc3 Kd6 48. Bc8 Rxf2 49. Rg1 g5 50. h4 Kc7 51. Bg4 Kd6 52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Bh5 Rf5 54. Bg6 Re5 55. e4 Ne6 56. Bf5 Ke7 57. Bxe6 Kxe6 58. Kd4 c5+ 59. Ke3 Kd6 60. Kd3 Kc6 61. Kc3 Kd7 62. Kd3 Ke7 63. Ke3 Kf6 64. Kf3 Re8 65. Ra1 Re6 66. Ra8 Rc6 67. Rf8+ Kg6 68. Rg8+ Kf6 69. Rf8+ Ke5 70. Rf5+ Kd4 71. Rd5+ Kc3 72. Rxg5 c4 73. Kf4 Kb2 74. Rb5+ Kc1 75. Rh5 c3 76. e5 c2 77. Kf5 Kb2 78. Rh1 c1Q 79. Rxc1 Rxc1 80. e6 Kc3 81. e7 Re1 82. Kf6 Kd4 83. Kf7 Rf1+ 84. Kg7 Re1 85. Kf8 Kd5 86. e8Q Rxe8+ 87. Kxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 22nd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 a6 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Bd7 16. a5 Qxa5 17. g4 Nf6 18. f4 Nexg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. f5 h5 21. Bg5 c4 22. f6 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Bh8 24. Qd2 b5 25. Nc2 b4 26. Nd1 a5 27. Nd4 Re5 28. Bh4 Rbe8 29. Rf4 g5 30. Rxg4 Bxg4 31. Bf2 Qc8 32. Nc6 Bf3 33. Bxf3 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Qxf3 35. Nxe5 Rxe5 36. Ne3 Rxe4 37. Rxa5 Bxf6 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. Ra1 g4 40. Ng2 Re2 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 22nd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manukian, Garuch"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Ne5 Ng4 7. Nxg4 Bxg4 8. c3 c6 9. f3 Be6 10. e4 Nd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Na3 Rfd8 14. e5 a5 15. Nc2 b5 16. Bh6 c5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 Bf5 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. g4 Be4 21. f5 f6 22. exf6+ exf6 23. g5 fxg5 24. f6+ Kh8 25. Ng4 cxd4 26. Qxg5 dxc3 27. bxc3 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Nc4 30. f7 Qf8 31. Rae1 Rd6 32. Rf6 Rd7 33. Qf4 h5 34. Re8 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 22nd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Akopian, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Bd7 16. a5 Qxa5 17. g4 Nf6 18. f4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Qxa1 20. e5 Bb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Nxd6 Red8 23. Nxb5 Nd7 24. d6 Nb6 25. Nc7 Qa4 26. Qe2 Qc4 27. Qf2 Nc8 28. Rd1 Nxd6 29. Bd5 Qa4 30. b3 Qa1 31. Qxc5 Ne4 32. Qc4 Qa7+ 33. Qd4 Qxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Rbc8 35. Be3 Nc3 36. Rd3 Nxd5 37. Nxd5 Kh8 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 h6 40. Ke4 Rcc8 41. Bd4 Re8 42. f5 Rc6 43. h4 Rc2 44. Nf4 Kh7 45. fxg6+ fxg6 46. g5 Rh2 47. Rh3 Rxh3 48. Nxh3 Ra8 49. Nf4 hxg5 50. hxg5 Ra6 51. Kd5 Ra5+ 52. Ke6 Rb5 53. Nd5 Rxb3 54. Nf6+ Kh8 55. Kf7 b5 56. e6 Ra3 57. e7 Ra8 58. Bb6 b4 59. Nd7 Rg8 60. Nf8 b3 61. Bd4 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Swaminathan, Rahul K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D89"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Los Angeles"]
[BlackTeam "Carolina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. Rc1 Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qb4 b6 18. Ba6 Re8 19. Rfd1 Bc8 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 e5 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Ba1 Qe8 26. Qb2 f6 27. Rc7 Rc8 28. Rxa7 Qc6 29. Qa2 Qc5+ 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Nc6 32. Rad7 Rce8 33. Rb7 Na5 34. Rc7 Nb3 35. Bc3 Nc5 36. Ra1 R8e7 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Bxf6 Rb7 39. Ke3 b5 40. g4 h6 41. Bd4 Ne6 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Rh8 Rd7 44. Bb2 Nf8 45. Ba3 Ne6 46. Rh7+ Ke8 47. Rxh6 Rg7 48. Bb2 Rg8 49. Rh8 Rxh8 50. Bxh8 g5 51. Kd3 Kf7 52. Kc3 Nf4 53. Bd4 Ne2+ 54. Kd3 Nf4+ 55. Kc2 Ng6 56. Kd3 Ke6 57. Be3 Kf6 58. Bd2 Ne5+ 59. Ke2 Ng6 60. Bc3+ Ke6 61. Ke3 Nf4 62. Kd2 Ng6 63. Ba5 Ne5 64. Ke2 Ng6 65. Bd2 Kf6 66. Kf2 Nf8 67. Kg3 Ng6 68. Kf2 Nf8 69. Ke2 Ng6 70. Kf2 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Williams, Justus D"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. d3 c5 8. e4 Nc6 9. h3 d6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. b3 Nc5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Nde2 Rcd8 16. Qd2 Qc8 17. Bh6 Qa8 18. Nd5 e6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ f6 21. Ndf4 e5 22. Nd5 Ne6 23. Qd2 Ncd4 24. Nec3 Rd7 25. f4 Nc7 26. Ne3 Re7 27. f5 g5 28. Nc2 Nxc2 29. Qxd6 Ne3 30. Qxe7+ Rf7 31. Qa3 Nxf1 32. Rxf1 Rd7 33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. exd5 Qc8 35. Be4 Qc5+ 36. Qxc5 bxc5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Ke3 a5 39. Rh1 Ke7 40. d6+ Kd8 41. Bxb7 Rxb7 42. h4 g4 43. Ke4 Kd7 44. Kd5 Rb6 45. Kxc5 Rxd6 46. Kb5 Rd2 47. Kxa5 Kc6 48. a4 Rd8 49. Kb4 Rd3 50. a5 Rxg3 51. a6 Kb6 52. Ra1 Ka7 53. c5 Rf3 54. c6 Rf2 55. Rc1 Rf4+ 56. Kb5 Rf1 57. Rxf1 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 17th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Tatum, Kofi Odell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Re1 dxe5 8. Nxe5 0-0 9. c3 Be6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nc7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Nc4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd5 17. Nd6 Nf6 18. Nxe8 Ncxe8 19. c4 Be4 20. f3 g5 21. fxe4 gxh4 22. e5 Qb6 23. c5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Kh1 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Rxe7 Nd6 29. Rd7 Bxb2 30. Rd1 Ne4 31. Rxf7 Kh8 32. Rdd7 Ng5 33. Rf1 Re8 34. Rxb7 Bd4 35. Rb4 Bf2 36. Rf4 Be3 37. Rxh4 Ne4 38. g3 Bg5 39. Rh3 Nd2 40. Rd1 Re3 41. Bd5 Kg7 42. Bg2 Ra3 43. g4 Rxa2 44. Rd3 a5 45. h4 Bf4 46. Rd7+ Kf6 47. Bd5 Ra3 48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 17th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd3 e6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Re1 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. c4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxd4 15. Rad1 0-0-0 16. Bh2 Qh4 17. Re4 Qh6 18. Qg3 e5 19. Rh4 Qg5 20. Rg4 Qh5 21. Re1 Bh6 22. Be2 Kb8 23. Qf3 Bg5 24. h4 Bd2 25. Rd1 Qh6 26. Bg3 Na4 27. Qa3 Nb6 28. c5 Nc8 29. Qb3 Rd7 30. Bf3 Ka8 31. Rb4 Ne7 32. Ra4 Rhd8 33. Bg4 Rd5 34. Qb6 a6 35. Be2 Nc8 36. Qb3 Na7 37. Bc4 R5d7 38. Bxf7 Nb5 39. Bc4 Nc7 40. Qb6 Qf8 41. Rxd2 Rxd2 42. Qxc7 R8d7 43. Qb6 Qd8 44. Qb3 Ka7 45. Qa3 R7d4 46. Rb4 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Rc1 48. Be2 Qd5 49. Qe3 Rxb4 50. Qxc1 Qxa2 51. Qh6 Qxb2 52. Bd3 Qd4 53. Bxh7 Rc4 54. Qxf6 Rxc5 55. h5 Qd1 56. Qf3 Qa1 57. Qe3 b6 58. Qg5 a5 59. Qe7+ Ka8 60. Bf5 Qd4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 17th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Clawitter, Craig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. Nf3 e6 8. 0-0 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8 12. h3 Nh5 13. Nce4 Ndf6 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Nc4 Ne4 16. Kh2 Qc7 17. f3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. e4 Nd7 20. Re1 Nb6 21. Ne3 Bd7 22. Qc2 Qb8 23. Bg5 Bg7 24. f4 h6 25. Bh4 Nc8 26. a5 Na7 27. Nc4 Nc8 28. g4 Bb5 29. Nd2 b6 30. Nf3 bxa5 31. Bg3 Nb6 32. Rad1 Nd7 33. h4 c4 34. Nd4 Nc5 35. Nc6 Bxc6 36. dxc6 Nd3 37. Rxd3 cxd3 38. Qxd3 Qxb2 39. Rd1 Qb6 40. Rc1 Rac8 41. Qd5 Qd4 42. Rc4 Qb2 43. Be1 Qe2 44. Bg3 Qb2 45. Be1 Qe2 46. Bg3 Qb2 47. Be1 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 17th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. 0-0 c6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Be7 9. Qe1 0-0 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Ne3 Bh5 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Nh4 Qe6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Ba3 Nfd7 17. Qe3 b6 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. f3 Bg6 20. Bh3 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Bh3 Ne6 23. Rad1 Ndf8 24. Rd6 Rad8 25. Rxc6 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Nxg5 27. Bg2 Nfe6 28. c3 Rd2 29. h4 Rxa2 30. Bd6 Nd8 31. Rc8 Rd2 32. Bb8 Nge6 33. Bxe5 Nc5 34. Bf4 Rd3 35. b4 Nce6 36. Be5 Ng7 37. Bb8 Nc6 38. Rxc6 Rxb8 39. Rf2 a5 40. Bf1 Rd1 41. Kg2 Rc1 42. bxa5 bxa5 43. Bc4 a4 44. Ra2 h5 45. Kf2 Ra8 46. Ra3 Ra7 47. Rxg6 Rc2+ 48. Ke3 Rc7 49. Bd5 R7xc3+ 50. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 51. Kf4 a3 52. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 17th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akopian, Robert"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. b3 Ne8 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bb2 g6 18. b4 c4 19. Ra5 Ng7 20. Qe2 Nh5 21. Rea1 Nf4 22. Qe1 Bd7 23. Ra8 Rb7 24. Bc1 f6 25. Nf1 Nf7 26. Ng3 Ng5 27. Nh2 Rxa8 28. Rxa8+ Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Be3 Bd8 31. h4 Nf7 32. Qd2 Qa8 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Ne2 Qa1+ 35. Qd1 Qxd1+ 36. Bxd1 f5 37. exf5 Bxf5 38. Nd4 Bxh4 39. Nxb5 Bd7 40. Nd4 Bf6 41. Nhf3 g5 42. Nd2 Bxd4 43. cxd4 Bf5 44. Nxc4 Be4 45. Nb6 Kf8 46. f3 Bd3 47. Bb3 Nh6 48. Bc4 Bc2 49. Nd7+ Ke7 50. Nb8 Nf5 51. Nc6+ Kd7 52. Kh2 Ne3 53. Ba2 Ba4 54. Na5 Bb5 55. Bb1 h6 56. Be4 Kc7 57. Nb3 Bf1 58. g3 Bc4 59. Na5 Bxd5 60. Bxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 17th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Nbd7 10. Ng5 Ke8 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bh3 e5 13. Nd2 b5 14. a4 Nc5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Nf3 e4 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Be3 a6 19. Nc6 Ra8 20. Nd4 Na4 21. Ne6 Kf7 22. Ng5+ Kg6 23. Be6 Bc5 24. Nf7 Bxe3 25. Nxh8+ Rxh8 26. fxe3 Re8 27. Rd6 Nc5 28. Bh3 Re5 29. Bc8 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxa6 Nc7 32. Bc8 Na4 33. Ra2 Nd5 34. Bd7 Nb4 35. Rxa4 bxa4 36. Bxa4 Na2 37. Kf2 Kf5 38. Ke1 c3 39. bxc3 Nxc3 40. Bc6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 17th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Yankovsky, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. a3 d6 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. d3 0-0 9. Rb1 f5 10. Bd2 a5 11. Ne1 f4 12. Nc2 a4 13. Na1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nxa4 Nf5 16. g4 Ne3 17. Bxe3 fxe3 18. Nc3 h5 19. h3 Bh6 20. Nc2 Bf4 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Qe1 d5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Nc3 Bb3 25. Na1 Be6 26. Nc2 Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Ne4 Bd5 29. Rc1 b6 30. h4 Qe5 31. b4 c4 32. Rxc4 Bxc4 33. dxc4 Rxa3 34. g5 Rfa8 35. Bh3 d3 36. exd3 Ra1 37. Qe2 R8a2 38. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 17th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Visweswaran, Kameswaran"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2012.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. Nxd7 Nbxd7 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. 0-0 Rfd8 13. Qe3 e6 14. Qf4 Nh5 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 17th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2012.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Duckworth, William Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.03.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. h3 c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bc5 d4 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nd6 Qc7 16. Ba3 Nc6 17. f4 Rd8 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxc8 Raxc8 20. Nf4 Rd7 21. Qd2 h5 22. Rf2 Kh7 23. Raf1 b6 24. b3 Re8 25. Bb2 Qd6 26. Kh1 Bh6 27. Qd1 Bg7 28. Bc1 Rde7 29. Ne2 Nfd7 30. Bd5 Nc5 31. Bf4 Qd7 32. Bxe5 Qxh3+ 33. Rh2 Qg4 34. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 12th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Akopyan, Harutyun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Nce4 Bf8 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Nxe6 Qxf6 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. c3 h6 17. Bh4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bd6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qd3 21. Qg4 Kh7 22. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 12th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Haessel, Dale R"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. 0-0 e5 14. Qc2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rd8 17. Rc5 Nd7 18. Rh5 Nf8 19. Qc3 Qf6 20. Rc5 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rfc1 Rd2 25. R3c2 Rad8 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Ke1 R2d5 28. Ke2 Kf6 29. f4 h5 30. Kf3 Rd2 31. Ke4 R8d5 32. g3 b6 33. h3 c5 34. g4 g6 35. a4 hxg4 36. hxg4 g5 37. Rxd2 Rxd2 38. b3 Rg2 39. Kf3 Rb2 40. Rc3 Rd2 41. Ke4 gxf4 42. exf4 Rd4+ 43. Kf3 a5 44. Re3 Rb4 45. Rc3 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 12th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Bd3 a6 9. f4 d6 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qh3 b4 14. Ne2 g6 15. Rf1 Bg7 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Be5 19. Bc4 Ne7 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Bxf7+ Kd8 22. Qg4 Nf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Rxh2 25. Nd2 Rh1+ 26. Kf2 Rxb1 27. Nxb1 Qc6 28. g6 Kc7 29. Nd2 Rh8 30. Nf3 Qxf3+ 31. Qxf3 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 12th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. e4 Nb4 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Qg5 f5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 N8a6 20. Qe3 Rae8 21. Qb6 Re2 22. Qxb5 Qa7 23. Rf1 Nd3 24. Nxc4 Rxf2 25. Kh1 f4 26. Nb6 f3 27. Bh3 Rxb2 28. Qxd3 Qxb6 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Rxf3 Rf2 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Rf1 Rd8 33. Qf5 Qd6 34. Qg4 Nc5 35. Rf7 Nxe6 36. dxe6 Qd1+ 37. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Kg2 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 12th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. 0-0-0 Be7 11. g4 0-0 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Rc8 16. Na5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. g6 hxg6 20. Rxg6 Qc6 21. Rdg1 Bf6 22. Bh6 Qxd5 23. Rxg7+ Bxg7 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 12th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nxc4 e4 14. Nfd2 Qa6 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nb3 Rd8 17. a3 Rxd5 18. Qh5 Bd6 19. f3 Be6 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Qh4 Rd3 22. Nbd2 Bc5 23. Nxe4 Ng6 24. Qh5 Be7 25. Ncd2 Kh7 26. Nf3 Rd5 27. Nfg5+ Bxg5 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Nxg5+ Rxg5 30. Qe4 Bd5 31. Qd4 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 c5 35. Qc3 Rd5 36. Rf2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 12th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Qd3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nde4 Be7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Nc3 Bd6 18. Rfc1 a5 19. Nb5 Na6 20. Rc4 b6 21. Rac1 Nc5 22. h4 h5 23. b3 Rd7 24. R1c3 Kg7 25. a3 f5 26. Kh2 e4 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Na6 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. f3 exf3 31. Bxf3 Raa7 32. e4 fxe4 33. Bxe4 Rac7 34. Rc6 Re7 35. Bf3 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Re3 37. Bg2 Nxb4 38. Rxb6 Nd3 39. Rxd6 Ne5 40. Re6 Ng4+ 41. Kh3 Rxe6 42. dxe6 Kf6 43. Bd5 Ne3 44. Ba2 Nf5 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. Kxg4 Ng7 47. e7 Kxe7 48. Kg5 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 12th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 d6 7. gxf4 g4 8. Rg1 gxf3 9. Rxg7 Qh4+ 10. Rg3 Bg4 11. Qd2 Bh5 12. Qf2 Qe7 13. Be3 c6 14. e5 Nd7 15. 0-0-0 0-0-0 16. Ne4 d5 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Bh3 Nb6 19. Nf5 Qb4 20. a3 Qa4 21. Ng7 Bg6 22. f5 Bh7 23. Rxf3 Ne7 24. Bf4 Ka8 25. Bg3 Nc4 26. Bh4 Nc8 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Qh4 Rg8 29. Qxh6 Rh8 30. Qh5 b5 31. Qxf7 b4 32. Rb3 a5 33. Ne6 Bg8 34. Qg7 Rxh3 35. Qxg8 Rxb3 36. Qxc8+ Ka7 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 12th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Kudryavtsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2011.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. 0-0 Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Ng5 Qd7 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. e4 Bg6 12. d3 e6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Nf3 0-0 15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Nac4 Nfd7 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nc4 Bf6 20. Nd6 Qc7 21. e5 Be7 22. Ba3 Nb6 23. Qc3 Rfd8 24. d4 Nc8 25. Nc4 Bxa3 26. Rxa3 Rb8 27. b4 Rd7 28. g4 h6 29. f5 Bh7 30. f6 Qd8 31. fxg7 Rxd4 32. Nd6 Qb6 33. Kh1 Nxd6 34. exd6 Rxd6 35. Qf6 Bg6 36. Rh3 Qd4 37. g5 h5 38. Bf3 e5 39. Qe7 Qd3 40. Bg2 Qd4 41. Bf3 Re6 42. Qc7 Qd8 43. Qxd8+ Rxd8 44. Bg4 Red6 45. Bxh5 Bxh5 46. Rxh5 Kxg7 47. g6 Rxg6 48. Rxe5 Rd7 49. Re4 Rgd6 50. Rg4+ Kf8 51. Kg2 Rd4 52. Rff4 Rd2+ 53. Kh3 b6 54. Rc4 R7d3+ 55. Rg3 Rd4 56. Rxc6 Rxb4 57. Rc7 Rbb2 58. Rxa7 Rxh2+ 59. Kg4 Rhg2 60. Rb7 Rb4+ 61. Kf3 Rxg3+ 62. Kxg3 Kg7 63. Kf3 Kf6 64. Ke3 Ke6 65. Kd3 f6 66. Kc3 Rb5 67. Kc4 Rb1 68. Rb8 Ke5 69. Re8+ Kf4 70. Kd3 f5 71. Kc2 Rb4 72. Re6 b5 73. Rb6 Ke4 74. Re6+ Kd5 75. Rb6 Kc5 76. Rf6 Rf4 77. Rf8 Rf2+ 78. Kc3 Rf3+ 79. Kc2 Kc4 80. Rc8+ Kb4 81. Rb8 Rc3+ 82. Kd2 Rc6 83. Rf8 Rc5 84. Kd3 Kb3 85. Rf7 Rd5+ 86. Ke3 b4 87. Rf8 Rb5 88. Rc8 Kb2 89. Rd8 b3 90. Rb8 Rxb8 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.10.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sinanan, Joshua C"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Qxb7 Rc8 12. Nb3 0-0 13. Qa6 Bf5 14. 0-0 e5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. e3 Nb8 17. Qxa7 Rxc3 18. Rfc1 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Nc6 21. Qa4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxa3 23. Qxd5 Qb6 24. Qc6 Qb8 25. Bd5 Qe5 26. Qc5 Rd3 27. Bc6 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rc8 29. Rac1 Ra3 30. Bd5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Ra7 32. Bb3 Be6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Rc2 Kf7 35. Kg2 Ra3 36. h4 Kf6 37. Kf1 Kf5 38. Ke2 e5 39. Kd2 e4 40. Kc1 Rf3 41. Re2 h5 42. Kb2 g5 43. hxg5 Kxg5 44. a4 Kf5 45. Kb1 Ke5 46. a5 Kd5 47. a6 e3 48. Rxe3 Rxf2 49. a7 Rf8 50. Re7 Kc6 51. Rh7 Kb6 52. Kc2 Kc6 53. Kd3 Rf3+ 54. Ke4 Ra3 55. Kf4 Kd6 56. Kf5 Ra5+ 57. Kg6 Ke6 58. Rb7 Kd6 59. Kf6 Ra3 60. Rh7 Ra5 61. Rxh5 Rxa7 62. g4 Ra4 63. g5 Rh4 64. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sherer, Maximillian"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Jersey"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 0-0 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. f3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Na5 15. Bd3 e6 16. Bh6 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 Rd7 19. Bb5 Rc7 20. Qf4 a6 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Qe3 Rdc8 23. Ng3 b5 24. Qe1 Kg8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Qxa5 cxd3 27. Rxd3 cxd4 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Rxd4 Rc1+ 31. Nf1 Ra1 32. Ra4 Bc6 33. Rxa6 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Bb5+ 35. Ke1 Bxa6 36. a3 e5 37. Kd2 Kf8 38. Kc3 Ke7 39. a4 Kd6 40. Kb4 Kc6 41. g3 f6 42. f4 Bd3 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. a5 Bxe4 45. a6 Kd6 46. a7 Ba8 47. Kc3 Kc5 48. Kd3 Kb6 49. h4 Kxa7 50. g4 Kb6 51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5 h6 53. Ke3 Kc5 54. Kd3 Bf3 55. Ke3 Bxh5 56. Ke4 Kd6 57. Ke3 Kd5 58. Kd3 e4+ 59. Ke3 Ke5 60. Kd2 Kd4 61. Kc1 Kd3 62. Kb1 e3 63. Ka1 e2 64. Kb1 e1Q+ 65. Ka2 Qb4 66. Ka1 Kc2 67. Ka2 Qb5 68. Ka1 Qb8 69. Ka2 Qa7# 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Liou, Yian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Los Angeles"]
[BlackTeam "San Francisco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. 0-0 g6 6. Na3 Qd5 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Ne1 Qd4 9. e3 Qg4 10. f3 Qf5 11. e4 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 Na6 13. d3 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Bg7 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Qe2 0-0 17. Nec2 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Nc7 19. Nb3 Qa6 20. Qf2 b6 21. g4 Nd7 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Qh4 Qd3 24. Bg1 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxe7 Rc8 27. Rad1 Nd3 28. Qh4 Na6 29. Nc2 Qxb2 30. Rxd3 Qxc2 31. Rfd1 h6 32. f4 Nc5 33. R3d2 Qc4 34. f5 Nxe4 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kh7 37. fxe6 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Nxd1 39. Qxd1 Qxe6 40. Qa4 Qe3+ 41. Kf1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Los Angeles"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. Nge2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 d6 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. Qd2 e5 11. d5 a6 12. Rae1 Qe8 13. f4 f6 14. Bh4 Bh6 15. Nd1 b5 16. Ne3 bxc4 17. Ng4 Bg7 18. Qb4 Nc5 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Rf1 Qe8 22. Qxc4 a5 23. Bf6 Ba6 24. Qc2 h5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nf6 Qb5 27. Qd2 Qxe2 28. Qg5 Ng8 29. g4 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Rf8 32. gxh5 Rxf6+ 33. Ke1 Nxe4 34. Qg1 Nc5 35. Qe3 Ne7 36. h6+ Kh7 37. Qg5 Nxd5 38. h4 Ne4 39. Qg4 Rf1+ 40. Ke2 Rf2+ 41. Ke1 Rf1+ 42. Ke2 Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Nf4 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Los Angeles"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Bd3 Nd6 9. 0-0 f6 10. Re1+ Kf7 11. Bf4 Na6 12. a4 Nc7 13. axb5 Ncxb5 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Nc3 Nc7 16. Re2 Qb4 17. Qa2 Bb7 18. Rae1 Nce8 19. h4 a5 20. Nb5 a4 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nxd6+ Bxd6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxd6 Ra8 25. h5 a3 26. bxa3 Rxa3 27. Qe2 Kg7 28. h6+ Kxh6 29. Bf8+ Kh5 30. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Reader Memorial"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. Be3 b5 15. a3 Nb6 16. e5 Nc4 17. exf6 Nxe3 18. Qd3 Bxf6 19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Bd4 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Nf2 Rc2 25. Nd3 Qa5 26. Ne5 dxe5 27. fxe5 d3 28. Be4 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Reader Memorial"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. dxc5 d4 10. Na4 Bf5 11. Bf4 Be4 12. Rc1 Qd5 13. b3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Qh5 15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 g5 17. Bd6 Ne4 18. Qc2 Nxd6 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. h3 f5 21. Nb2 Rh6 22. Rh1 g4 23. Nbd3 gxh3+ 24. Kh2 Bd6 25. Nf3 Qg4 26. Rhg1 Rg6 27. Qd2 Qe4 28. Ng5 Qg4 29. Nxh3 Re8 30. Nhf4 Rh6+ 31. Kg2 Ne5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5 33. Rh1 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 Rxe2 37. a4 Re4 38. Rh5 d3 39. Rh1 Rxf4 40. Rd1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Reader Memorial"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yankovsky, Roman"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bc4 a6 9. d3 0-0 10. Qa3 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng5 Rc8 14. d6 e6 15. Nge4 Ne5 16. Bg5 Ned7 17. Qb4 b5 18. Bb3 h6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bh4 Qd7 21. Rad1 Qc6 22. Ne4 Nd7 23. Be7 a5 24. Qxa5 Nc5 25. f3 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Nxb3 27. axb3 f5 28. Qb4 Qd5 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Bxf6 Rc2 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. Bxd4 Bc6 33. Ra1 e5 34. Bxe5 Rd8 35. Ra7 Rd7 36. Rc7 Kf7 37. Bc3 Rxc7 38. dxc7 Bb7 39. b4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Reader Memorial"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. h3 b6 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 f5 15. f4 Nf7 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Kh2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nb6 Qa7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. e4 Nc7 23. Re1 Re8 24. exf5 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 gxf5 26. b3 Nh8 27. g4 fxg4 28. Ne4 gxh3 29. Bxh3 Qe8 30. Bd2 Nf7 31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33. Nxc3 b4 34. Na4 Nxd5 35. Qf3 Nf6 36. Bg2 c4 37. Nb2 c3 38. Nd3 Qe6 39. Nxb4 Qxb3 40. Nc6 Qc4 41. Na5 Qb4 42. Nc6 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Reader Memorial"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Atoufi, Pedram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c6 7. 0-0 Be6 8. d3 Qc8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Bh3 11. f3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Na6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. f4 Ng4 15. f5 Nxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qd7 17. Rf3 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Raf1 Nc5 20. b4 Na4 21. Nd5 Nb6 22. fxg6+ fxg6 23. Rxf8 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxf8 25. Rxf8 Bxf8 26. Nd4 Bg7 27. Nc6 Bf6 28. Qxa7 Qf5 29. Nxe7 Qxd3 30. Nf5+ Kg8 31. Qb8+ Kf7 32. Qc7+ Kg8 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qd7+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 4th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Banawa, Joel Cholo"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Nd2 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nc4 e4 15. f5 Nf8 16. Bf4 Bxf5 17. Nd6 Rc8 18. g4 Bd7 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bxh5 gxh5 21. Qxh5 f5 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Bg3 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 e3 25. Rf4 Qd2 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 4th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Steinfl, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 0-0 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. 0-0 e5 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Qd2 Nd8 12. Rac1 c5 13. b4 Bxd5 14. cxd5 b6 15. f4 h6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rxc5 Nb7 20. Rcc1 Nd6 21. Rc6 Raf8 22. Qc3 fxe4 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. dxe4 Qg4 25. Qe3 h5 26. h3 Qd7 27. Kh2 h4 28. gxh4 Qf7 29. Ng1 Qe7 30. Nf3 Rf4 31. Qc5 Bf8 32. Ng5 Rxh4 33. Ne6 Nxe4 34. Qc2 Qa3 35. Qb3 Kh7 36. Qxa3 Bxa3 37. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 4th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atoufi, Pedram"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. f4 0-0 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 13. g4 Bf8 14. g5 Nd7 15. Bg2 b6 16. Qe1 Bb7 17. Rd1 g6 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Bc1 e5 20. Nde2 Qc5 21. Qh4 Bg7 22. Rd3 exf4 23. Nxf4 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Bxe4 25. b3 b5 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bb2 Qd4 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 4th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Kudryavtsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. 0-0-0 e6 13. Ne4 0-0-0 14. g3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. c4 c5 17. Bc3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qc2 a6 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 21. Kb1 Nd7 22. Nb3 f6 23. Ba5 b6 24. Bc3 Ne5 25. Nd4 Bc5 26. Qe2 Rd6 27. f4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 Nd7 30. c5 b5 31. Qg4 Nf8 32. c6 Qe7 33. Bb6 Qb4 34. Rc1 Qe4+ 35. Ka1 g5 36. Qd1 Qd5 37. Qe1 b4 38. Qxb4 Qb5 39. Qd4 e5 40. fxe5 fxe5 41. Qf2 Qd5 42. Qf1 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 4th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nb3 0-0 9. Re1 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Bf1 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Ncb5 Rc8 15. c3 Nc6 16. Bg5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qb6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 b6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 e6 22. Ree1 Nd5 23. Red1 Rc7 24. Rd2 f6 25. Bh4 Bh6 26. Rd3 Rc4 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Be3+ 29. Bf2 Rc8 30. Nb5 Kf8 31. g3 Ke7 32. f4 e5 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Re1 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rf8+ 36. Kg1 Bxb5 37. Bxb5 Kd6 38. Bc4 Kc5 39. Bb3 Re8 40. Kf2 Nf6 41. Kf3 e4+ 42. Ke2 Ng4 43. h3 Ne5 44. Rb1 Rf8 45. Ke3 Nc4+ 46. Bxc4 Kxc4 47. Kxe4 Re8+ 48. Kf4 Kb3 49. Rd1 Kxb2 50. Rd6 Rb8 51. Rd7 b5 52. axb5 Rxb5 53. Rxh7 a4 54. Ra7 a3 55. c4 Rc5 56. h4 a2 57. g4 a1Q 58. Rxa1 Kxa1 59. h5 gxh5 60. gxh5 Rxh5 61. Ke4 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 4th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Nge2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11. Be3 Nc7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne6 14. Nde2 Bd7 15. f4 Na5 16. b3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f5 Nc5 19. Rb1 Na6 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 exf6 22. Qxd6 Nc7 23. Rd1 b4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxb3 26. Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Na5 28. Bf4 Rb7 29. Rd1 Nxc4 30. e5 Re7 31. Rb1 Nxe5 32. Rxb4 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 4th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Liou, Yian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nd7 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bf5 12. a4 e6 13. 0-0 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Kc7 16. a5 Nd7 17. Be3 Bb4 18. Ra1 Bc5 19. Bf4 Be7 20. Be3 Ra8 21. f4 h6 22. Ne2 Nc5 23. Ba2 Bxc2 24. Nd4 Be4 25. Rc1 Nd3 26. Rc3 Nb4 27. Bb3 Kd7 28. f5 Bd5 29. Ba4 b5 30. Bd1 Na6 31. Bh5 Bb4 32. Rc1 exf5 33. Bxf7 Bxf7 34. Rxc6 Nc7 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 4th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bc4 g5 5. Ne5 Rh7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. Qd3 Na5 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nxc4 13. exf6 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Bxf6 15. dxc4 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 0-0-0 18. Rd1 g4 19. Ne1 Be5 20. Nd3 Bd4+ 21. Kf1 f3 22. gxf3 gxf3 23. Ne1 Rxd5 24. Nxf3 c5 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Be3 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Metropolitan 4th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yankovsky, Roman"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Be3 Ke6 18. 0-0-0 Bb4 19. Rd3 Rhd8 20. Kb1 Rd7 21. Rc1 Rad8 22. Rc6+ Kf5 23. Rd4 Ba5 24. Rf4+ Kg6 25. Rg4+ Kf5 26. Ra6 Bc7 27. Rxa7 g5 28. h3 Bf4 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxf4 h5 31. Rg3 Kxf4 32. a4 h4 33. Rg4+ Kxf3 34. a5 d4 35. Kc1 Ke2 36. Re4+ Kd3 37. Re6 f5 38. f3 Rc7+ 39. Kd1 Rc2 40. Rb6 Rg2 41. Ke1 g4 42. fxg4 fxg4 43. hxg4 h3 44. Kf1 Rxg4 45. Rh6 Kc2 46. Rc6+ Kxb2 47. Rb6+ Kc2 48. Rc6+ Kd2 49. Kf2 d3 50. a6 Ra4 51. Kg3 Ke2 52. Re6+ Kf1 53. Rf6+ Ke2 54. Re6+ Kd1 55. Kxh3 d2 56. Rb6 Ra3+ 57. Kh4 Ra5 58. Kg3 Rg5+ 59. Kf2 Rf5+ 60. Kg2 Ra5 61. Kf2 Ra3 62. Rc6 Ra4 63. Rb6 Ra5 64. Kg3 Ra2 65. Kf2 Ra1 66. Rc6 Rc1 67. a7 Ra1 68. Rc7 1/2-1/2

