[Event "San Francisco McLain Memorial g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.12.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. g4 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. gxf5 Nbd7 13. Rg1 Rg8 14. a3 Rc8 15. f4 Qa5 16. Bd3 d5 17. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Nxd5 19. exd5 f6 20. Be2 Bd6 21. Bh5+ Kf8 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Rdg2 Rc7 24. Bb6 Rc4 25. Bd8 Nd7 26. Re2 Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Ne5 28. d6 Rc8 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Capps Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Wanlass, Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "276"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxe5 0-0 7. Be3 d6 8. Nxf7 Rxf7 9. Bxd4 Qd7 10. Bxf7+ Qxf7 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Qd8+ Qf8 13. Qxc7 Nxe4 14. f3 Nf6 15. Rd1 Ne8 16. Qe5 Bf5 17. Nc3 g6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Qg7 20. Qxc5 Qxb2 21. Rab1 Qxa2 22. Rxb7 Qe6 23. Rdd7 Qxe4 24. h3 Qa4 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Rxh7# 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Capps Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vayntrub, Dmitry"]
[Black "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "1804"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.11.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Qg5 7. Bd3 Qxg2 8. Ng3 Bd6 9. Bf1 Qxh1 10. Nxh1 Bxh2 11. Qg4 Be5 12. f4 h5 13. Qd1 h4 14. Qg4 Nh6 15. Qf3 Bc7 16. d3 d6 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. c3 Bb6 19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. Bc3 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 e5 22. f5 g5 23. Nf2 f6 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Be2 Rac8 26. Rb1 b6 27. Qh3 Nf7 28. Ng4 Rhd8 29. Ne3 Bc6 30. Qf3 Nh6 31. Bd1 Rh8 32. Bb3 Rh7 33. Bd5 Be8 34. Be6 Rc5 35. d4 Ra5 36. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Bernardo Smith Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Young, Gregory G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nc3 Qh5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qa4 Rc8 9. Be3 a6 10. h3 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 Nf6 12. Ng5 Qg6 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qb3 Nd7 16. g4 Qg6 17. Qxb7 Rd8 18. Nd5 e5 19. h4 h5 20. f4 Rb8 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Qxc6+ Ke7 23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. Qxb8+ Ke7 25. Qxe5# 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Bernardo Smith Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schwarz, Daniel W"]
[Black "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Nf4 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. g4 Be6 12. Nce2 Bd6 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Qh4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxf4 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. g5 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Ne8 19. Bh3 Qb6 20. Rce1 Nc7 21. Qg3 Rae8 22. Qe5 Re7 23. f4 Ref7 24. c4 Qa6 25. f5 exf5 26. Rxf5 dxc4 27. Ref1 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxf5 Qc6 30. dxc4 b6 31. Kf2 g6 32. Be4 Qd7 33. Ke3 Qh3+ 34. Bf3 Qe6 35. Bd5 Nxd5+ 36. Ke4 Qxe5+ 37. Kxe5 Nb4 38. Kd6 Nxa2 39. Kc6 Nb4+ 40. Kb7 Nd3 41. b3 Nc1 42. Kxa7 Nxb3 43. Kxb6 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Stamer Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Chan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. Be2 Be7 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Qc3 Nfd7 15. Na5 Bg5 16. f4 exf4 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Kb1 Bf6 20. Qf3 Qe3 21. Qf1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxb5+ Kf8 24. c3 axb5 25. Qxb5 g6 26. Rde1 Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Kg7 28. h3 Rhb8 29. Qc6 Qc2 30. Rb1 Rxa2+ 31. Kxa2 Qb3+ 32. Ka1 Rb6 33. Qa8 Qb5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Stamer Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Ganbold, Odondoo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Qe7 7. Bg5 d6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 0-0 12. Nh2 Nh5 13. Ng4 Kh7 14. Bd3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qf3 Qg5 17. Rfe1 h5 18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Qe2 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Aiken, Joseph M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1478"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. h4 Ne5 12. h5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. g5 Nd7 15. g6 hxg6 16. hxg6 Rg8 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. b3 Qc7 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Qd5+ Kf6 21. Qf5# 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Bedoya, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Qc5 13. b4 Ncxb4 14. cxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Rc1 Qd4 17. Be2 Be7 18. 0-0 0-0 19. Bf3 e4 20. Be2 b5 21. Na5 Qf6 22. Nc6 Rfe8 23. Ba5 Nf4 24. Bg4 Qg5 25. Bd2 f5 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Qd5+ Kf8 28. Bxf5 Bf6 29. Bxh7 1-0

[Event "LERA Memorial Day op 32nd"]
[Site "California"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Childress, Jason W"]
[Black "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. exd5 Bxb5 8. Nxb5 a6 9. Nc3 Nxd5 10. Nde4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 0-0 13. Qg4 Nc6 14. 0-0-0 Qa5 15. a3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 Qxa3+ 17. Kb1 b5 18. Na2 b4 19. Bc1 Qa5 20. Bb2 g6 21. Qf3 Qb5 22. Qf6 e5 23. Rd6 b3 24. cxb3 Qxb3 25. Rxc6 Rfb8 26. Qxe5 Qd3+ 27. Ka1 Qb1+ 28. Rxb1 1-0

[Event "LERA Memorial Day op 32nd"]
[Site "California"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Lieberman, Donald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Qe3 Re8 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rae1 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. Ndxb5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Nxd6 Re7 17. Re3 a4 18. Bd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxd6 20. Bxe7 Qb6 21. Ba3 Ba6 22. Rfe1 Bxb2 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kg7 25. Bb4 Qb5 26. Re1 a3 27. c3 Qc4 28. h3 Bb7 29. Re7 Bc8 30. Qe3 Qxd5 31. h4 Bb7 32. f3 Bc6 33. h5 gxh5 34. Qf4 Kg6 35. Re8 Nf6 36. Re5 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Bc1 38. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "LERA Memorial Day op 32nd"]
[Site "California"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Livesey, R Nigel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. Bxf7+ Kd8 10. gxf3 Qe5+ 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Qc4 Qf5 13. Be6 Qxf3 14. 0-0 Qe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. d4 g6 17. f3 Nd6 18. d5 Ne5 19. Rb1 Bg7 20. b3 Rf8 21. Bb2 Bf6 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rbc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Rc1+ Kd8 27. Nd4 Ne5 28. Rc3 a6 29. a4 Rf4 30. Ne2 Rf6 31. b4 g5 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Nd7 34. Nd4 Rf4 35. Nc6+ Ke8 36. Nxe7 Nxb5 37. Rb3 Nd6 38. Rc3 Kd8 39. Nc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "LERA Memorial Day op 32nd"]
[Site "California"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Whitaker, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 Bd7 10. Bc4 Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3+ 12. cxb3 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. h4 h5 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Rdg1 Rc5 18. b4 Rc4 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. b3 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Nxe4 22. Qxa7 Nd2+ 23. Bxd2 Bf5# 0-1

[Event "LERA Memorial Day op 32nd"]
[Site "California"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Musselman, Ray"]
[Black "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b3 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rc1 a6 13. e3 Qd6 14. Qd2 Rad8 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Qc2 Nb4 17. Qd1 Nxa2 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Ned4 h5 20. h3 Bc8 21. Nh4 Qg6 22. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "LERA Thanksgiving op 28th"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Da Cruz, Michael"]
[Black "Withgitt, Carolyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. c3 Re8 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. h3 Be6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Nhf6 18. Ne3 Re4 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nf1 Rae8 1/2-1/2

