[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Khodjimatov, Sherzod"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. 0-0 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. c3 0-0 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 f6 12. Bf4 g5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be5 Ng6 15. Nc3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 c6 17. Bc2 Bf5 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Ne2 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Qxe5 21. Nd4 Qf6 22. Rce2 Rf7 23. f3 Nf4 24. Re5 c5 25. Nf5 c4 26. Ne7+ Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Qxb2 28. R1e2 Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 d4 31. Re5 Rc8 32. Rxg5+ Kh8 33. Qe1 Qd6 34. Re5 c3 35. Re6 Qd5 36. Kf2 Rg8 37. g4 c2 38. Re2 Qc5 39. Re5 c1Q 40. Rxc5 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2022.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Doknjas, Neil"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 N8d7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Ng3 c6 12. Bf4 g6 13. Rad1 d5 14. c5 Nbd7 15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nxh5 gxh5 18. Be5 Ng6 19. f4 Bg4 20. b4 Bf8 21. Rde1 Qh4 22. Re3 Bh6 23. g3 Qd8 24. Bf5 a5 25. Na4 axb4 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Nb6 f6 28. Nxa8 Qxa8 29. Rb3 fxe5 30. fxe5 Rf8 31. Rxb4 Be3+ 32. Kg2 Rxf1 33. Kxf1 Qf8+ 34. Ke1 Qf3 35. Qb2 Qxg3+ 36. Kd1 Qf3+ 37. Kc2 g3 0-1

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Arruebarrena Rodriguez, Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Na4 e5 13. Bd2 Bd4 14. c3 Ba7 15. b3 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Kh1 Be6 18. f4 f6 19. Qe2 0-0 20. Rad1 b5 21. h4 Rad8 22. Kh2 Qc8 23. Bc1 Kh8 24. f5 Bf7 25. g4 Qb7 26. g5 d5 27. exd5 1-0

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2022.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaufman, Raymond"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h4 Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. g5 Be7 15. Rhg1 hxg5 16. hxg5 g6 17. f5 e5 18. Nb3 gxf5 19. exf5 0-0-0 20. Na5 Kb8 21. Qe4 d5 22. Nxd5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Nxd5 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Bf3 Qb6 26. g6 fxg6 27. Qe4 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Nxe3 29. Rde1 Bc5 30. Rxg6 Rh2 31. Rxa6 Rxc2+ 32. Kb1 Rdd2 33. Rg1 Rxb2+ 34. Ka1 Nc2+ 35. Kxb2 Bxg1 36. Kc3 Rh2 37. Be4 Bd4+ 38. Kc4 Ne3+ 39. Kb5 Rb2+ 40. Kc6 Nc4 41. Kd7 Nb6+ 42. Ke7 Rb4 43. Bc6 Kc7 44. Be8 Kb7 45. Ra3 e4 46. Bg6 e3 47. Be4+ Kb8 48. Bf3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Bai, Jinghui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nde2 Bf5 13. Rc1 Ra6 14. a3 Rd6 15. axb4 axb4 16. Qd2 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxd5 19. Bh6 f6 20. Bxf8 Re5+ 21. Kf1 Kxf8 22. Re1 Rd5 23. g4 Bd7 24. Rg1 Rd2 25. Rg2 Rd4 26. Kg1 Qb6 27. Qe3 Qd6 28. Rge2 e5 29. g5 Bb5 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. gxf6+ Kxf6 32. Qh6 Qc5 33. Kg2 Bc6 34. h3 Rf4 35. Kg3 Qe7 36. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Banff op"]
[Site "Banff"]
[Date "2022.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dorn, Paris"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qb3 0-0 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. c4 e5 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Rd5 Na5 18. Qb4 Rfb8 19. Kf2 b6 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Rc1 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qd8 23. Nc3 Rc8 24. Bxb6 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Nc4 26. Bf2 Qh6 27. Ne2 Qa6 28. Ra1 Nxa3 29. Ng3 Nc2 30. Rxa6 Nxb4 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. h4 g6 33. Bc5 Nd3 34. Be7 Kg7 35. Ne2 f6 36. g4 Kf7 37. Bd6 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Ra2 39. Kf1 Rc2 40. g5 f5 41. exf5 gxf5 42. f4 exf4 43. Nd4 Rf2+ 44. Kg1 f3 45. Nxf5 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nge2 Na6 9. 0-0 c6 10. Ng3 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Qd2 d5 14. c5 Nd7 15. Re3 Bf6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Re1 Nf8 18. Bc2 Ne6 19. Be3 b6 20. b4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Ba6 22. Nce2 N8c7 23. f4 Rb8 24. f5 Ng7 25. Bf4 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 Rb2 27. Qc3 Rxa2 28. Qb3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Nxf5 30. Rb1 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Kh1 Nb5 33. Re1 h5 34. Qe2 Bxc5 35. Qe8+ Qxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kg7 37. Rc8 Bb6 38. Rxc6 f6 39. g3 Kf7 40. Kg2 Ke7 41. h4 Nd4 42. Rd6 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Be5 Nf5 45. Rg6 g4 46. Kf1 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Nf1 fxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. h3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. b4 Ne6 16. a4 Nf4 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. g3 Nxh3+ 19. Kg2 g6 20. Kxh3 gxf5 21. exf5 d5 22. g4 e4 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rxf5 25. gxf5 Bxf5+ 26. Kg2 Qh4 27. Ra3 Rg8+ 28. Kf1 Bg4 29. f3 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 Ba5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qd4 Qg5 17. f4 Qh6 18. Qxd5 Bc6 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. fxg5 Re5 21. Rf5 Rxf5 22. Bxf5 a6 23. Rd1 Re8 24. b4 Bc7 25. Bd3 Ba4 26. Rf1 Bb5 27. Rf3 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Ra1 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Ra3 h5 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. h4 Be5 33. Ra5 h5 34. Ke3 Re1+ 35. Kf3 Ra1 36. Ke3 Re1+ 37. Kd3 Ra1 38. Ke4 Bf6 39. Kd5 Bxh4 40. Kc6 Rc1 41. Kxb5 Rc2 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. a4 Rxg2 44. a5 Bf2 45. Rc8 h4 46. a6 Bxc5 47. Rxc5 Kh6 48. a7 Rg8 49. Ka6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. 0-0 Nh5 14. g3 g6 15. c4 a5 16. Nc1 f5 17. Nd3 f4 18. gxf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bf6 21. Kh1 Qb6 22. Rab1 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Bh4 24. Rf1 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Rxf4 26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. f4 Nc5 28. Qh3 Qd8 29. f5 g5 30. Rf3 Qf6 31. Rg1 Kh8 32. Qg4 Re7 33. b3 Ne4 34. Qg2 Qd4 35. f6 Nxf6 36. Rgf1 g4 37. Rf4 Qe5 38. h3 h5 39. Qc2 Qe3 40. Qg6 Qxh3+ 41. Kg1 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Qh3+ 43. Kg1 g3 44. Rxh4 Qxh4 45. Qxf6+ Qxf6 46. Rxf6 Kg7 47. Rf3 h4 48. Rf4 Re1+ 49. Kg2 Re2+ 50. Kg1 Rh2 51. c5 dxc5 52. d6 Rd2 53. Rxh4 Rxd6 54. Rg4+ Kf6 55. Rxg3 Rd1+ 56. Kf2 Rd2+ 57. Ke3 Rxa2 58. Ke4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Qc8 13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. b3 a6 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nf3 Re7 20. Rd5 Qc6 21. Rfd1 Rae8 22. Qd3 Bf6 23. Rd2 Re6 24. Rc2 R6e7 25. b4 Re4 26. Qb3 Kg7 27. a4 Rb8 28. Qd3 Re6 29. b5 Qa8 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4+ Kg8 32. e4 Rbe8 33. f3 a5 34. Qd2 Re5 35. Qf4 Qc8 36. Rcd2 Qe6 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. h4 h5 39. Rd1 Qe7 40. Kg3 Qe6 41. Rxe5 dxe5 42. Qc1 c6 43. c5 bxc5 44. Qxc5 Qb3 45. Rc1 cxb5 46. axb5 Re6 47. Ra1 a4 48. Kh2 Re8 49. Ra3 Qd1 50. Qc3 Re6 51. Ra1 Qd8 52. Rxa4 Qxh4+ 53. Kg1 Qd8 54. Rc4 Qb6+ 55. Rc5 g5 56. Kh2 Kf6 57. Qc4 h4 58. Qc3 Qb8 59. Qd2 Qb6 60. Qd5 Qa7 61. Qd8+ Kg6 62. Qg8+ Kf6 63. Qh8+ Ke7 64. Rc8 Qd7 65. Qf8+ Kf6 66. Qh6+ Ke7 67. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Na5 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qf3 b5 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bb7 14. 0-0 Be7 15. Ng3 0-0 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Bg5 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Bg5 20. f6 g6 21. Qg4 Bxc1 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxc1 Qb6+ 24. Kf1 Qe3 25. Rc7 Rab8 26. Ngf5 Qd3+ 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Kf1 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 gxf5 30. Qxf5 e4 31. Qxe4 Qxb2 32. Qh4 Qa1+ 33. Kf2 Qxa2+ 34. Kf1 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Rbe8 36. Rc4 d5 37. Rg4 Qc2+ 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf3 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Rc8 43. Rg7 Rc3+ 44. Kg4 Qxg2+ 45. Kf5 Rf3+ 46. Ke5 Qb2+ 47. Kxd5 Rd8+ 48. Kc5 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Bc5 7. e3 d5 8. Be2 0-0 9. cxd5 exd5 10. 0-0 Re8 11. b4 Bb6 12. Ncb5 Ne5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Nfd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qd7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Rfd1 f6 21. Rc2 Nd6 22. Nf3 Qb7 23. Bd4 Nc4 24. Qd3 a5 25. h3 axb4 26. axb4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Kh8 28. Qc3 Ra8 29. Ra1 h6 30. Rca2 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ne5 6. d4 Nxf3+ 7. gxf3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. h4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Qxc5 Rxc5 15. b3 a6 16. Ke2 Rc6 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. h5 Ke7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rxh8 Bxh8 22. a4 Bd4 23. Bg5+ Kd7 24. Rd1 e5 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Ke6 27. Kd3 Rc8 28. Rh1 a5 29. Ke2 b6 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2022.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Bg3 0-0 9. Qe2 e5 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 exd4 12. exd4 Re8+ 13. Kf1 Nf8 14. Bh4 Qd7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qd3 Ne6 17. g3 d5 18. c3 c5 19. a4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Bxg5 22. Kg2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Re4 24. a5 Rae8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rhe1 Qe6 27. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Kg1 Kg7 29. Qc3 Re6 30. Rc1 h5 31. h4 Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Vorontsov, Pavlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Ned2 c5 9. Nb3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. 0-0-0+ Kc7 13. g3 Nc6 14. Bg2 e5 15. Nfd2 Be6 16. Nf1 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Rad8 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 h5 21. Nc5 h4 22. gxh4 Rxh4 23. h3 e4 24. a3 Rh6 25. Bf1 Rg6 26. Kc1 Ne5 27. b3 Kc6 28. Na4 Rg3 29. Kd2 Ng6 30. Nc3 Kd6 31. Ne2 Rg5 32. Ke1+ Ke5 33. Rd4 f4 34. h4 Rh5 35. Rb4 Rxh4 36. exf4+ Nxf4 37. Rb5+ Kd6 38. Nxf4 Rxf4 39. Rxb7 Ke5 40. Rxa7 Kd4 41. a4 Rh4 42. a5 Rh1 43. Re7 Rh5 44. a6 Ra5 45. Kf2 e3+ 46. Kg3 Rg5+ 47. Kh4 Rg4+ 48. Kh5 Rg8 49. a7 Ke5 50. Rb7 Bd5 51. Rb8 Rg1 52. Rb5 Kf4 53. Kh6 Bf3 54. Bd3 Ra1 55. Rf5+ Kg3 56. Rxf7 e2 57. Bxe2 Bxe2 58. b4 Bc4 59. Rc7 Be2 60. Kg5 Bf3 61. b5 Ra5 62. c4 Be2 63. Kf6 Kf4 64. b6 Bf3 65. c5 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Wang, Xiexin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Be2 Ba4 9. 0-0 Nbc6 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Re1 c4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 0-0-0 14. Nf4 g6 15. g3 Nf5 16. Bf1 Qe7 17. Bg2 Ng7 18. Bf3 Kb8 19. h3 g5 20. Ng2 f5 21. Be2 Ne8 22. Bd2 Nc7 23. Qc1 Rdf8 24. Kh2 Rhg8 25. Rg1 b6 26. Qb2 Qh7 27. Rbf1 Qe7 28. f3 Kb7 29. Rh1 Rf7 30. Kg1 Rfg7 31. Kf2 f4 32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Rfg1 Qf7 34. Nxf4 Qf5 35. Bd1 a5 36. Ng2 Nb5 37. Ne3 Rxg1 38. Rxg1 Rxg1 39. Nxf5 Rxd1 40. Ke2 Rh1 41. Nxh6 Rh2+ 42. Ke3 Rxh3 43. Nf7 Rh1 44. Kf4 Nc7 45. Kg3 Ne7 46. Kg2 Rd1 47. Bg5 Nf5 48. Bd8 Rd2+ 49. Kh3 Rxc2 50. Qa1 Nb5 51. Bf6 Rxc3 52. Nd8+ Ka6 53. Nxe6 Rd3 54. Qg1 Nbxd4 55. Qg8 Bc6 56. Nc7+ Kb7 57. Qh7 Rxf3+ 58. Kh2 Rd3 59. Nb5+ Ka6 60. Nc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Feinstein, Michael"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qe2 Nab4 13. a3 Nc6 14. Ne4 Rc8 15. Bd2 h6 16. Rfd1 d6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 d5 19. h3 Qd7 20. Rd3 b5 21. Nh2 a5 22. Bd2 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nf3 Rfe8 25. Bf4 a4 26. Qd2 Qa7 27. Bd6 Na5 28. Bc5 Qa6 29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Qc2 Rxc5 31. dxc5 Nxb2 32. Rb1 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Rb8 34. Nd4 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Qc6 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Qd4 e5 39. Qxe5 d4 40. Kf1 d3 41. Qe3 d2 42. Rd1 Qd5 43. f3 Qc4+ 44. Kf2 Qc2 45. Qe7 Rd4 46. Ke2 Qd3+ 47. Kf2 Qxa3 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qxb5 Qc1 50. Ke2 a3 51. c6 Qc2 52. c7 Qxc7 53. Qb1+ Kh8 54. Rxd2 Qe7+ 55. Kd1 Rxd2+ 56. Kxd2 Qg5+ 57. Kc3 Qxg2 58. Qb8+ Kh7 59. Qb7 a2 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.06.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.06.24"]
[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. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. a3 a5 7. 0-0 d6 8. d3 Nge7 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 13. Nc4 0-0 14. Qa4 Rb8 15. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Atoufi, Pedram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.06.24"]
[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 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 d5 11. exd5 e4 12. Ng5 Nxd5 13. Nxe4 f5 14. b4 fxe4 15. bxa5 Bc5 16. d4 exd3 17. Bxd3 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Bxe1 19. Qxe1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxd3 21. Qc1 g5 22. Nd2 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2016.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.24"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. Qxe8 Rxe8 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Rec8 17. Rc6 Nd5 18. Kd2 Ne7 19. Rc4 c6 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nf3 Kf7 22. Ke2 Ke8 23. Rfc1 Kd7 24. Ne1 a5 25. Nd3 Nf5 26. Nf4 Ne7 27. Kd2 Rc7 28. e4 g5 29. Nd3 Rac8 30. Ke3 Ng6 31. g3 e5 32. f3 exd4+ 33. Rxd4+ Ke7 34. b4 Ra7 35. b5 Rac7 36. bxc6 Rxc6 37. Rb1 Nf8 38. e5 Nd7 39. exf6+ Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes op"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[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 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes op"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2016.03.26"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Gandrud, Vegar Koi"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. h3 0-0 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Ne8 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Re1 f5 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. a5 Kh8 17. Bf1 Nfd7 18. Bh2 g5 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nc4 gxf4 21. exf4 Qd8 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Re2 Rb8 24. Nb6 Nh6 25. Rae1 Bd7 26. Qc2 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Bg3 Nc7 29. Nxd7 Qxd7 30. Bh4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes op"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Re1 b6 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rad1 a6 15. h4 Nf8 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20. f4 h5 21. Re3 Bd5 22. Bb1 b5 23. Rf1 Re7 24. Qf2 f5 25. Qe2 g6 26. Rg3 Rg7 27. a4 Qd8 28. Ba2 Be4 29. Bb1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes op"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Getz, Nicolai"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 Be7 11. Bh3 Nc5 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. 0-0 0-0 15. b4 Nd7 16. f4 Re8 17. Qf2 Bf8 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rad1 a5 20. f5 exf5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 axb4 23. Bxf5 Ne5 24. axb4 Ra3 25. Bf4 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 g6 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. cxd3 gxf5 29. Qxf3 fxe4 30. dxe4 Qe7 31. Bxd6 Qxe4 32. Bg3 Bxb4 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rf5 Be1 35. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kg2 b4 37. Rb5 Re4 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Rb6 Re3+ 40. Kf4 Rb3 41. Kf5 Rb1 42. h5 h6 43. gxh6+ Kh7 44. Ke4 b3 45. Kd3 f6 46. Rxf6 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes op"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes op"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Ng3 c5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. b4 Bd6 15. Rd1 Ke7 16. 0-0 Rhd8 17. Rfe1 Be8 18. b5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bc7 20. Nh5 Rab8 21. Bf1 Ng4 22. g3 Ne5 23. Kg2 Kf8 24. Nf6 Ng4 25. Nxh7+ Kg7 26. Ng5 Kf6 27. h4 e5 28. f3 exd4 29. fxg4 dxc3 30. bxc3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 fxg4 32. Rd4 a6 33. c4 axb5 34. cxb5 Ra8 35. Rxg4 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Ra3+ 37. Kg2 Kf5 38. Rd4 Rxg3+ 39. Kf2 Rb3 40. Rd5+ Kf6 41. Bd3 Rb4 42. h5 Kg7 43. Ne4 f6 44. Nd6 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Bxd6 46. Rxd6 Bxb5 47. Rb6 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fagernes op"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2016.03.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vovk, Andrey"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nd7 12. Qe2 e6 13. c3 N7b6 14. Bb3 c5 15. Bg5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc5 17. Nf3 h6 18. Bh4 Rac8 19. Bg3 Nc4 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Rd3 b5 22. Red1 Qb6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Ne7 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qxb5 Qd2 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qxa7 Qxb2 31. Bxe6 Qxc3 32. Bb3 h5 33. h4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. g3 Nf5 36. Kg2 Qc6+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Nh6 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Fagernes op"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hauge, Lars Oskar"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nd7 13. Bb2 Be4 14. Na4 e5 15. dxe5 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nc3 Qa5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qd5 Rad8 22. Qxe4 Rfe8 23. Qc4 Rd4 24. Qb5 Qd2 25. Bc4 Re7 26. f5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 a6 28. Qa4 Re2 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30. Bxe2 Rxa4 31. Rf2 Qc3 32. Rd1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Fagernes op"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Lobersli, Henrik Oie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.03.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.04.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nc4 h6 13. h3 Nh7 14. Be3 Ng5 15. Nfd2 Kh8 16. Ba4 Bd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne6 19. Be3 Bg5 20. Nf3 Bxe3+ 21. Nxe3 Nc5 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rf1 Qg5 25. Rf3 Qe5 26. c3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Ne6 28. Rf5 Qg3 29. Nf1 Qg6 30. Nf3 Nc5 31. Nh4 Qh7 32. Rf2 f5 33. Rb1 Rxb1 34. Qxb1 f4 35. Nd2 g5 36. Nhf3 Qg8 37. c4 Rb8 38. Qa1+ Kh7 39. d4 Nb3 40. Qc3 Nxd2 41. Nxd2 Qg7 42. c5 Bb5 43. cxd6 cxd6 44. e5 dxe5 45. dxe5 Re8 46. Nf3 h5 47. Qc2+ Kh8 48. Qf5 Rg8 49. Rd2 Qg6 50. Qxg6 Rxg6 51. Rd6 Kg7 52. Nd4 Bc4 53. e6 Rf6 54. e7 Bf7 55. Rd8 g4 56. e8Q Bxe8 57. Rxe8 f3 58. gxf3 gxf3 59. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Canadian op 51st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Cao, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Ba2 0-0 10. 0-0 h6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. a5 Rc8 13. Be3 Qc7 14. h3 Nc5 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Rec1 Rbc8 18. b4 Bxa2 19. Nxa2 Ncd7 20. c4 b6 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Nc3 Qb7 23. Qe2 Rc7 24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Rcd7 26. Rcb1 Qb8 27. Na7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Qxa7 29. Bxb6 Qd7 30. Bxd8 Bxd8 31. Qd3 Ba5 32. Nf1 Qc6 33. Ne3 Bb6 34. Nf5 Qc5 35. Rb2 Ne8 36. Qb3 Ba7 37. Kh2 Nf6 38. Qb7 h5 39. Ra2 Bb6 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Canadian op 51st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nh3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nf4 d4 12. Ncd5 0-0 13. Qf3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Ne5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. f4 Qd6 18. Qf3 Ne7 19. f5 Nd5 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 b6 23. h3 Rd8 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Qe4 Qd7 26. g3 Nf6 27. Qf4 Kg8 28. b3 Kh7 29. g4 Kg8 30. Qf3 Rc8 31. h4 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Kg3 Nf6 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Nd5 36. Qe4 Ne7 37. Kf4 Nd5+ 38. Kf3 Ne7 39. Kf4 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op 51st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[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 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Kc8 11. b3 h6 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 c5 14. Nd5 Ne7 15. Nf4 Bf5 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rfe1 Nc6 18. Nxe6 Bxc2 19. Rd2 Bf5 20. Bxg7 Bxg7 21. Nxg7 Bd7 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 a5 24. Re7 Rd8 25. f4 a4 26. f5 axb3 27. axb3 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Rf1 29. Rf7 b5 30. Rc2 c4 31. bxc4 b4 32. c5 Ba4 33. Rb2 b3 34. Ne6 Rd7 35. Rf6 c6 36. Rxh6 Rxf5 37. Rh8+ Kb7 38. Rh4 Bb5 39. Rxb3 Re5 40. Nd4 Rxc5 41. Rg4 Ka6 42. Nxb5 cxb5 43. h4 Ka5 44. Ra3+ Kb6 45. Kh3 Rd1 46. Rg6+ Kb7 47. Rg5 Rh1+ 48. Kg3 Kb6 49. Ra6+ Kxa6 50. Rxc5 b4 51. Rc8 Kb5 52. Kg4 b3 53. h5 Kb4 54. Rb8+ Kc3 55. Rc8+ Kd3 56. Rd8+ Kc3 57. Rc8+ Kd3 58. Rb8 Kc3 59. Kg5 b2 60. h6 b1Q 61. Rxb1 Rxb1 62. h7 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op 51st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leveille, Francois"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. a3 Re8 13. Re1 Nf8 14. Nc3 Ng6 15. Bg5 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qb3 Nf4 21. Re1 Qf8 22. Bb5 Qd6 23. g3 Ne6 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Qa4 Rc7 26. Kg2 g6 27. h4 Kg7 28. Re1 h5 29. Qd1 Qd8 30. Qd3 Qc8 31. Ba6 Qd7 32. Bb5 Qd6 33. Ba4 a6 34. Bb3 b5 35. Qd2 Qb6 36. Bxd5 Nxd4 37. Nxd4 Bxd4 38. Re4 Bf6 39. Re3 Qc5 40. Bb3 Qc6+ 41. Kh2 Rd7 42. Qb4 Rd4 43. Qe1 Qd6 44. Rf3 Rxh4+ 45. Kg2 Rd4 46. Qe8 Qd7 47. Qa8 Rd6 48. Rf4 Rc6 49. a4 Rd6 50. axb5 axb5 51. Qb8 Qc6+ 52. Kh2 h4 0-1

[Event "Canadian op 51st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.07.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Gentes, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[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. 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. a4 Rb8 15. Nf1 Ne8 16. axb5 axb5 17. N3h2 f6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nf7 20. Ne3 g6 21. Nhg4 Ne5 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Qd2 Ng7 24. Rf1 Bd7 25. Rf2 b4 26. c4 b3 27. Bd1 Rb4 28. Be2 Ne8 29. Qc3 Qb7 30. Bg4 Ra4 31. Raf1 Bxg4 32. Nhxg4 Nxg4 33. hxg4 Qb4 34. Qd3 Kg7 35. Bg3 Nc7 36. g5 Ne8 37. gxf6+ Rxf6 38. e5 Rxf2 39. Rxf2 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 dxe5 41. Bxe5+ Bf6 42. Rxf6 Nxf6 43. Ng4 Qe1 44. Bxf6+ Kf7 45. d6 Qh1+ 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kh3 Qh1+ 48. Nh2 Qd1 49. Qe4 Qxd6 50. Be5 Qe6+ 51. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Canadian op 51st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. c3 h6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nbc4 13. Bc1 d5 14. Nbd2 Nd6 15. Nb3 Nac4 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 Bf5 18. Nde5 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Rc8 20. Re1 b5 21. Qe2 e6 22. Nd3 a5 23. Nfe5 b4 24. cxb4 Nf5 25. Nf3 axb4 26. Be3 Qa5 27. g4 Nfxe3 28. fxe3 Rc7 29. Rec1 Rfc8 30. Qe1 Bf8 31. b3 Na3 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rc1 Rc3 34. Qd2 Qc7 35. Nfe5 f6 36. Nxg6 Rxd3 37. Rxc7 Rxd2 38. Rc8 Kf7 39. Nxf8 Nc2 40. Nd7 Nxe3 41. h3 Rxd4 42. Nc5 Ke7 43. Nxe6 Kxe6 44. Re8+ Kf7 45. Rxe3 Rd2 46. Rf3 Rxa2 47. Rf4 Ke6 48. Rxb4 Ke5 49. Rb8 d4 50. Kf1 Rh2 51. b4 Rxh3 52. b5 Rb3 53. b6 Kd6 54. b7 Kc7 55. Rf8 Rxb7 56. Rxf6 Rb6 57. Rf4 Rd6 58. Ke2 Kc6 59. Kd3 Kc5 60. Rf5+ Rd5 61. Rf6 h5 62. gxh5 Rxh5 63. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op 51st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Perez Rodriguez, Luis Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[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. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ne3 Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. Bd2 b4 15. c3 Rb8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 a5 18. Qb3 Re7 19. cxb4 axb4 20. a5 d6 21. Nh4 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Be3 Ra7 24. a6 Rba8 25. Nf3 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Nxe5 Re6 28. Ng4 Bxc4 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. dxc4 Qf5 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. h3 Qe4 33. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op 51st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Humphreys, Michael"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Nd2 0-0 9. Nf1 Rb8 10. Ne3 Nd4 11. Ned5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 d6 13. e3 Ne6 14. Bg2 Nc7 15. Qa4 b6 16. 0-0 Bd7 17. Bc6 Be6 18. Nb5 f5 19. Rb1 Nxb5 20. Qxb5 d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Rfc8 25. e4 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rb3 b5 29. Be3 Rc7 30. Rfb1 Rcb7 31. Bc5 Bf8 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Re1 Re8 35. Reb1 Reb8 36. Re1 Re7 37. Reb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op 51st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Rodriguez, Adrien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. f5 Bxb3 14. cxb3 Qa5 15. g4 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qd4 17. Qb1 Ne5 18. g5 Nfg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Qe1 gxf5 21. Rd1 Qb4 22. exf5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3 24. Qe2 Qc6+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rc3 27. Rf3 Rfc8 28. Kg3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. f6 exf6 31. gxf6 h5 32. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 33. Kh4 Rxb3 34. Kxh5 Rh3+ 35. Kg5 Rxh2 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Rd7 Rg2+ 38. Kh5 Rh2+ 39. Kg5 Rg2+ 40. Kh5 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anka, Emil"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 0-0 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bh2 Ne5 15. Be2 Kh8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qe5+ 19. g3 gxh5 20. f4 Qd4 21. Qe2 h4 22. g4 Bd7 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Qf2 b5 25. e5 dxe5 26. Ne4 Qxf4+ 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Nxc5 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rd8 30. Re7 Bc8 31. d6 Rxd6 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rxc8 Rd2+ 34. Kg1 Rxb2 35. axb5 Rxb5 36. Nd3 h5 37. gxh5 Rxh5 38. Kf2 Rb5 39. Ra8 Rb3 40. Nxf4 Ra3 41. Rc8 a5 42. Rc6 a4 43. Ra6 f5 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. Kh2 Kg7 46. Kg2 Kf7 47. Kf2 Kg7 48. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[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. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 0-0 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. 0-0 Kh8 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 e4 19. Nf4 Bc8 20. b5 Nd4 21. Bc4 axb5 22. Bxb5 Nxb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Be5 25. Ned5 Qg5 26. g3 Rg8 27. Rc1 Bb7 28. Rc7 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 Qd2 30. Ne3 f4 31. Qa7 Bg7 32. Nf1 Qxb2 33. Qb7 Qd4 34. Rc8 e3 35. Qa8 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. e4 Bg7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 0-0 12. Bd3 Re8 13. 0-0 Qc7 14. Bd2 c4 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. f4 Nxa4 17. Nxa4 b5 18. Nc3 b4 19. Qf3 Qc5 20. Rae1 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Ng4 22. Kh1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rab8 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Re2 Be6 27. dxe6 fxe6 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. e5 Rf8 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Rfe1 dxe5 33. Qxe5+ Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Rb2 35. R5e2 a5 36. h3 Ra2 37. Be4 Ra3 38. Rc1 Rd8 39. Bf3 Rd3 40. Rec2 Re3 41. Bd5 Ra4 42. Kg1 Rd3 43. Bc6 Ra3 44. Bb5 Rd5 45. Bxc4 Rc5 46. Ra2 Rxa2 47. Bxa2 Kf6 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. c4 Rg5 51. g4 Re5+ 52. Kd4 Re2 53. c5+ Kc7 54. Bd5 Rd2+ 55. Ke5 Rh2 56. Rb1 Rxh3 57. Rb7+ Kc8 58. Kd6 h5 59. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. 0-0-0 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 0-0 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bf6 20. Rd2 Rc4 21. g3 g5 22. Bd6 b5 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Re6 25. c3 a5 26. a3 Rce4 27. Rhd1 Be5 28. Bxe5 R6xe5 29. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2012.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. 0-0-0 Ngf6 16. Kb1 0-0 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Qe2 c5 19. Bc3 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. dxe5 Ne4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rf1 a6 25. a4 f5 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Re1 Nxc3+ 28. bxc3 Rd3 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Bxc3 31. Kc2 Bf6 32. Nd2 Kf7 33. Ne4 Be7 34. g4 Ke8 35. Kd3 Kd7 36. Nd2 Kc6 37. Ne4 Kb6 38. Kc3 Bg5 39. Kd3 Be7 40. Kc3 Ka5 41. Kb3 b6 42. Nc3 Bg5 43. Ne4 Be7 44. Nc3 Bf6 45. Ne4 Be5 46. Nf2 b5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Nd3 Bd6 49. e4 Kb6 50. Ne1 Kc6 51. Nf3 Bf4 52. Kc3 Be3 53. Kb3 Bd4 54. Ne1 b4 55. Nf3 Bc3 56. Ka4 Kd6 57. Kb3 Ke7 58. Ka4 Kf7 59. Kb3 g6 60. Ka4 Kf6 61. Kb3 g5 62. Ka4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 d6 7. 0-0 a5 8. Ne1 Be6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Nd5 0-0 11. Nc2 Rb8 12. Nce3 b5 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Bd2 a4 16. Rab1 bxc4 17. dxc4 Rb3 18. Bc3 f5 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Qd2 Nd4 21. Nd5 f4 22. e3 f3 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Bf1 Bxd5 25. cxd5 dxc3 26. bxc3 Rxa3 27. c4 e4 28. c5 dxc5 29. Bb5 Qf5 30. d6 Bd4 31. d7 Qh3 32. Bf1 Qxd7 33. Qc1 Rb3 34. Qc4+ Kg7 35. Rxb3 axb3 36. Qxb3 Qe7 37. Rb1 Rf7 38. Qd5 e3 39. Bc4 e2 0-1

[Event "Oslo op"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2011.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Qe2 g6 9. h3 Nh6 10. g4 Bg7 11. Bg2 0-0 12. Bd2 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. 0-0 f5 15. exf6 exf6 16. Qc4+ Nf7 17. Ne4 a5 18. Be3 Re8 19. Bc5 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxh3 21. Bg2 Qxg4 22. Qxg4 Bxg4 23. Rxb7 Nd8 24. Rb6 Bf5 25. Rfb1 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8 Ke7 29. c3 Bc2 30. Kf1 h5 31. Ke2 g5 32. Ra8 h4 33. Rxa5 g4 34. Ke3 f5 35. a4 Kd6 36. Kd2 h3 37. Bh1 Bb1 38. Ra8 Kc7 39. Ke1 Bd3 40. Ra7+ Nb7 41. Ra8 Nd8 42. a5 Ne6 43. a6 Nc5 44. a7 Kb6 45. f3 Ba6 46. Kd2 gxf3 47. Bxf3 Ne4+ 48. Kc2 Nf2 49. Rc8 Kxa7 50. Rxc6 Bf1 51. Rg6 Bd3+ 52. Kd2 Be4 53. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 54. Kc2 Nf2 55. Rh6 f4 56. c4 f3 57. Kd2 Ne4+ 58. Ke3 f2 59. Ke2 Nd2 60. Kxf2 Nxc4 61. Rxh3 Kb6 62. Rh5 Kc6 63. Ke2 Kd6 64. Kd3 Ne5+ 65. Ke4 Nc6 66. Rd5+ Ke6 67. Rc5 Ne7 68. Ra5 Nc6 69. Rh5 Kd6 70. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo op"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Gullaksen, Eirik Tvedt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Bb3 a6 13. Nc3 a5 14. Nb5 Be7 15. c3 Na6 16. Be3 0-0 17. 0-0 Nd7 18. Kh1 Nc7 19. Qd3 f5 20. Na7 Rb8 21. Bc2 Ra8 22. b4 e4 23. fxe4 Ne5 24. Qe2 axb4 25. cxb4 f4 26. Bg1 Qb8 27. Nb5 f3 28. gxf3 Nxb5 29. f4 Nc3 30. Qe3 Ng6 31. f5 Nh8 32. Qxc3 Bf6 33. Qg3 Bxa1 34. Rxa1 Nf7 35. Bd4 Ne5 36. Rg1 Rf7 37. Bb3 Qe8 38. Bxe5 Qxe5 39. Qxe5 dxe5 40. d6 Kf8 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 42. a5 Ra6 43. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Oslo op"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Welling, Gerard J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Be3 e6 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qb4 12. Bc7 Rc8 13. a3 Qe7 14. Ba5 Qd6 15. Bc4 Be7 16. Rhe1 Qb8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 0-0 20. Bd3 b5 21. Kb1 Nd5 22. Ka1 b4 23. Bxa6 bxa3 24. b3 Qa7 25. Qc4 Ra8 26. Qxc6 Qxa6 27. Qxa6 Rxa6 28. Bd2 Nb4 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Re3 Rc6 31. c4 g6 32. Ka2 Rd8 33. Red3 Rcd6 34. g4 Bc5 35. f3 Kf8 36. R1d2 Ke7 37. Rd1 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Bxd4 40. Kxa3 Kd7 41. b4 Kc6 42. Kb3 e5 43. Kc2 Bf2 44. Kd2 Bh4 45. Kd3 Be1 46. b5+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Oslo op"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 a6 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. 0-0-0 Bb7 14. Qh3 Nb4 15. Kb1 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. g6 Nxd3 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. cxd3 b4 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. f5 e5 22. Rhg1 Bf6 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Qxg5 Rd6 26. Ng3 Qe7 27. Qe3 Rc6 28. Nh5 g6 29. Qh6+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "Oslo op"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2011.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 b5 13. h4 a5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qf4 Ra7 16. g4 Ke8 17. Rhg1 Qe7 18. g5 hxg5 19. Rxg5 Rh7 20. Qg3 Qf8 21. Rg4 Ne7 22. Bf1 Nf5 23. Qf4 Rb7 24. Bh3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Ra8 bxc3+ 27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Rg1 g6 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Qe3 Rg7 31. Rxg7 Qxg7 32. Qxc3 Qg4 33. Qa3 Qe4+ 34. Kd2 Qf4+ 35. Qe3 Qg4 36. Qa3 Qf4+ 37. Qe3 Qg4 38. Ra1 Rc7 39. Kc3 f4 40. Qe2 Qh3 41. Ra3 Rb7 42. Ra1 Rb6 43. Qd1 Qg2 44. Qe2 Qh3 45. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo op"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2011.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ostmoe, Geir S Tallaksen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. 0-0 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nf5 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Bd3 g5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bc1 f4 16. b3 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rg8 18. Re1 0-0-0 19. Nd4 Rg6 20. Qd3 g4 21. Ne2 g3 22. Nxf4 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bc5+ 24. Kf1 Rh6 25. h3 Nb4 26. Qf3 Qf5 27. Re2 Rh4 28. g4 Rxh3 29. Qxh3 Qxf4+ 30. Kg2 Nxc2 31. Rc1 Rg8 32. Rcxc2 Rxg4+ 33. Kh1 b6 34. b4 Kb8 35. bxc5 Rh4 36. Qxh4 Qxh4+ 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 d4 39. Bxd4 Qxd4 40. cxb6 axb6 41. Rcd2 Qf4+ 42. Ke1 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo op"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2011.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 Bxc1 8. Rxc1 Nf6 9. Ne3 0-0 10. 0-0 a6 11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Ne7 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 Rf6 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Rxf4 18. Qxf4 Ng6 19. Qg3 Qe7 20. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo op"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Getz, Nicolai"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. d5 b5 13. cxb5 Bxd5 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. f3 d5 16. Rd1 c6 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Be2 Qb6 19. Bf2 Rab8 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. e4 Rfc8 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Qb1 Nb3 25. Rd1 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. 0-0 Nxd5 28. Rxd4 Qb6 29. Rfd1 Nc3 30. bxc3 Qxb1 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kf2 Rb2 33. Re4 Rxc3 34. a4 g5 35. h4 Kg7 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. g4 Rcc2 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. Bd1 Rc1 40. Rd4 Kf6 41. Rd7 Rh2 42. Rd8 Ke5 43. Rd7 f6 44. Kf1 Kf4 45. Kg1 Ra2 46. Rd4+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Oslo op"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2011.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Sousa, Ludy Helsio Paulo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.10.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Ba2 Be7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Nc4 g5 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Ne3 Ne6 19. Bf2 Nd4 20. Rc1 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Ne6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qd2 Nf4 26. Red1 Bf8 27. g3 Ne6 28. Nd5 Ra8 29. Be3 Bg7 30. c3 Ra2 31. h4 f6 32. Kg2 Qf7 33. Rh1 Nc5 34. Bxc5 dxc5 35. g4 Bf8 36. Kg3 c4 37. Qf2 Qe6 38. Ra1 Rda8 39. Nc7 Qc6 40. Nxa8 Qxa8 41. Rxa2 Qxa2 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Manhattan op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2011.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Be2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. b4 Qb6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ne4 18. Qd3 f5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Qxe4 Qxb4 21. Rb1 Qd2 22. Rxb7 Nd4 23. Bd3 Qh6 24. f4 Qh4 25. g3 Qh5 26. Kg2 Rf6 27. fxe5 Rxf1 28. Bxf1 Rf8 29. exd6 Nf3 30. h4 g5 31. Bd3 Ne1+ 32. Qxe1 Qf3+ 33. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Manhattan op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Qa5 6. Qd3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 0-0 13. Qc2 d5 14. 0-0 d4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nb3 Qe5 17. f4 Qh5 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. Qxd4 Qxe2 20. Rf2 Qg4 21. Qxa7 Rb7 22. Qc5 Rd7 23. Kg2 e5 24. h3 Qe6 25. f5 Qf6 26. Re1 Re8 27. Nd2 h5 28. Ne4 Qd8 29. Qe3 Rd4 30. f6 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 gxf6 32. Kh2 f5 33. Qxc6 e4 34. Rd1 Qe7 35. Qd6 Qa7 36. Qf4 Qxa2 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Rd8 Be6 39. Rfd2 Qa5 40. Qh6+ Ke7 41. R8d7+ 1-0

[Event "Manhattan op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 0-0 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Be3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Nf4 20. Re3 Rb5 21. e5 dxe5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd7 h6 24. Qxc7 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Ne6 26. Qc2 Qxf3+ 27. Qg2 Qxe3 28. Bc4 Nf4 29. Qb7 Qd4 30. Rc1 Kh7 31. b3 Re8 32. Rf1 f5 33. Qc6 Re3 34. Qa8 Qe4+ 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Rb1 g5 37. Bf1 Nd5 38. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. b4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 a5 15. Bf4 axb4 16. axb4 Qd7 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. Ra3 Ra4 19. Rfa1 Rca8 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Bxa4 23. Ng4 Bd8 24. Qg3 h5 25. Ne5 Qb5 26. Qf3 f6 27. c6 bxc6 28. Qxh5 fxe5 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qxd8 Qe2 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qh4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Nxd6 Bg4 14. a5 Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. axb6 Rbe8 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Bc7 Bd4 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. e3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Bh3 22. Qxc5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf6 24. Qd4 Ne4 25. h4 f5 26. Rad1 Rf7 27. f3 Nd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. e4 Rfe7 30. Rc1 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Rd8 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Rc7 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. d6 Kf7 36. Qd5+ Kf6 37. g4 h6 38. g5+ hxg5 39. hxg5+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qf6 Qe8 42. Kf2 a5 43. b3 a4 44. bxa4 Qxa4 45. Qxg6+ Kf8 46. Qf5+ Kg8 47. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 d6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. a4 Nb4 12. 0-0-0 Bc6 13. g4 d5 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Kb1 e6 20. Qc5 Qb7 21. Rhf1 Rfc8 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Be5 24. Rf2 Bf4 25. Rg2 Ng7 26. Rg4 Bxh2 27. f4 Ra6 28. Bf2 e5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Re4 Bd6 31. Be1 Nf5 32. Rd5 Rca8 33. Bc4 R6a7 34. Bd3 Bf8 35. Bd2 Ne7 36. Rb5 Nc6 37. Be3 Rd7 38. Be2 Re7 39. Rxe7 Nxe7 40. Bb6 Nf5 41. Bd3 Ng7 42. Rxa5 Rb8 43. Bd4 Ne6 44. Bf6 Nc5 45. Rb5 Re8 46. a5 Nd7 47. Bd4 Bg7 48. Bxg7 Kxg7 49. Rd5 Nb8 50. Bb5 Re1+ 51. Ka2 Re6 52. b4 h5 53. gxh6+ Kxh6 54. Rd8 Na6 55. Kb3 g5 56. Bc4 Rf6 57. b5 Nc5+ 58. Kb4 Nb7 59. Rd7 Nd6 60. a6 1-0

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ly, Moulthun"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 a6 7. a4 d6 8. Nf1 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Ne3 Nb4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. b3 0-0 14. 0-0 Nc6 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Ng3 b6 19. Be3 a5 20. Qe2 Rae8 21. Rae1 Qf7 22. Nf5 Qd7 23. Ng3 Rf7 24. Qd2 h6 25. Qd1 Ref8 26. Bc1 Ne8 27. Bb2 Re7 28. Qd2 Nd6 29. f4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Nh5 Nf5 32. Bxg7 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qf7 34. Bb2 Qxh5 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Kf2 Nce7 37. Bf6 Qg6 38. Qxb6 Ne3 0-1

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 a6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. a3 b5 13. Rae1 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bd4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 a5 19. Qg3 g6 20. f5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 a4 22. Nd2 Qxc2 23. Rf2 Qc7 24. exd6 Bxd6 25. Qg5 Rae8 26. Rff1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Bxh2+ 28. Kf2 Qf4+ 29. Nf3 Qxg5 30. Nxg5 Bf4 31. Nf3 Bd6 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Nd2 f6 34. Nb1 Kf7 35. Nc3 a3 36. Nb1 Ra4 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Nxa3 Be5 39. Rd1 Rb4 40. Nc2 Rb7 41. b4 h5 42. Bc5 g5 43. Nd4+ Kd7 44. Ra1 Bf4+ 45. Kd3 h4 46. Ra6 Be5 47. Nf3 Bg3 48. Rxf6 g4 49. Nd4 h3 50. gxh3 gxh3 51. Rf7+ Kc8 52. Rf8+ Kd7 53. Rh8 h2 54. Nf3 Bd6 55. Kd4 Rb8 56. Rh7+ Kc6 57. Bxd6 Kxd6 58. Rh6+ Ke7 59. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bierkens, Pieter"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Rb8 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. f4 0-0 9. f5 b5 10. Nf4 b4 11. Ncd5 e6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Nh3 a5 15. Kh1 a4 16. Bh6 Bxb2 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Rb1 a3 19. Ng5 Ne5 20. Nf3 Qg7 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. c4 Bd7 23. Bf3 Qh6 24. Kg2 Qe3 25. Qc2 Kg7 26. Bd1 Bd4 27. Bf3 Rh8 28. Qe2 Qh6 29. Kh1 Ba4 30. Qg2 Qg5 31. Bd1 Bc6 32. Bf3 Qe3 33. e5 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Bxe5 36. Kg2 g5 37. Rb3 g4 38. Rf2 f5 39. Rb1 Kf6 40. Re2 Bc3 41. Rh1 e5 42. Rf1 Bd4 43. Rh1 Kg5 44. h4+ gxh3+ 45. Rxh3 Rxh3 46. Kxh3 Bb2 47. Kg2 b3 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Aaron, Deepak"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 Bg4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 0-0 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 15. Na3 Ng6 16. Qd3 Nh5 17. Nc4 Nhf4 18. Nxb6 Rxb6 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qe3 Rxb2 21. Ba4 Qd8 22. Bd1 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Qc1 Rb8 25. c4 Qf6 26. Ne1 Qg6 27. Kh1 Bd3 28. Rg1 Qe4 29. c5 Nh3 30. Nxd3 Nxg1 31. Bc2 Nh3 32. f3 Rxf3 33. Nxe5 Qxe5 34. gxf3 Ng5 35. Qe1 Qf6 36. Rb1 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shen, Arthur"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. Bd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nb5 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qb6 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Bd3 a5 16. Qf4 Be6 17. a3 d4 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nac5 Bd5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 a4 23. Nd2 d3 24. cxd3 Qxf2 25. Rhf1 Qc5+ 26. Kb1 Rd7 27. Nf3 h6 28. d4 Qb5 29. d5 Rad8 30. Rfe1 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Qxa4 b5 33. Qe4 Qd6 34. Nh4 b4 35. Nf5 Qd2 36. Qe3 bxa3 37. Qxd2 Rxd2 38. bxa3 Rxg2 39. Rc1 Ne5 40. Rc2 Rg1+ 41. Kb2 g6 42. Nd4 Rd1 43. Ne2 f5 44. a4 g5 45. Kb3 f4 46. a5 Ra1 47. Ra2 Rxa2 48. Kxa2 Nc6 49. Kb3 Nxa5+ 50. Kc3 Kf7 51. h4 Kf6 52. hxg5+ hxg5 53. Kd3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. a3 a5 8. Ne1 Be6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 13. Nc4 0-0 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 b6 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. f4 Rab8 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. g4 Kh8 21. h3 h6 22. Rac1 Kh7 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 e4 26. Nxe4 Nd5 27. Bd2 Nf4 28. Bf1 Bd7 29. Qd1 Bc6 30. Qe1 Bxe4 31. dxe4 Ne6 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Bc3 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Qe5 35. Bg2 h5 36. Rb3 Rf7 37. e3 hxg4 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Qxg4 c4 40. Rb6 Re7 41. Rc6 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kg1 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Harmon, Leland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2011.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. 0-0 c4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 0-0-0 13. Nf4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Nh5 Rdf8 16. Bg4 Qc7 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Bh3 e5 20. Qxd5 Nce7 21. Qf3 e4 22. Qg3 f4 23. Bxd7+ Qxd7 24. Qh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Rhg8 26. Rxe4 Rf5 27. Ng3 fxg3 28. hxg3 h5 29. Rae1 Kd7 30. Rb1 b6 31. a4 h4 32. g4 Rf3 33. a5 Nd5 34. axb6 axb6 35. Ra1 Ngf4 36. Re5 Kd6 37. Bxf4 Nxf4 38. Rb1 Rxh3 39. g5 Ne2+ 40. Kg2 Nf4+ 41. Kg1 Kc6 42. Rf5 Rf3 43. Rf6+ Kc7 44. Rfxb6 Rxg5+ 45. Kf1 Rh3 46. Ke1 Rg1+ 47. Kd2 Rxb1 48. Rxb1 Rf3 49. Rb4 h3 50. Rxc4+ Kd7 51. Ra4 Rxf2+ 52. Ke3 Rf1 53. Ra7+ Ke6 54. Rh7 Kf5 55. c4 Kg6 56. Rh8 Kg7 57. Rxh3 Nxh3 58. c5 Ng5 59. d5 Kf6 60. c6 Ke5 61. c4 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "World op 38th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Bg7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. e5 dxe5 14. d6 Qe6 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 0-0 18. Nc7 Qf5 19. Be3 Rxb2 20. Nxa6 c4 21. Nc7 e4 22. a5 Rb3 23. a6 Rd3 24. Qc1 Rc3 25. Qd2 Rd3 26. Qa5 Bxa1 27. Qxa1 Qf6 28. a7 Qxa1 29. Rxa1 Kg7 30. Kf1 c3 31. a8Q Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Kf6 33. Ke2 c2 34. Ra1 Ke5 35. Nb5 Rb3 36. Nd4 Rc3 37. Rc1 Kd5 38. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Nxc2 Kxd6 40. Bf4+ Kd5 41. Ke3 f5 42. h3 Nb6 43. Bh6 Nc4+ 44. Kf4 Ne5 45. Ne1 Ke6 46. Bg7 Nc6 47. Kg5 Kf7 48. Kh6 Kg8 49. Bc3 Nd8 50. Kg5 Kf7 51. Kf4 Ke6 52. g3 Nf7 53. h4 h6 54. Ke3 Nd6 55. Bg7 h5 56. Ng2 Nc4+ 57. Kf4 Nd2 58. Bc3 Nf3 59. Ke3 Kf7 60. Nf4 Nh2 61. Ke2 Ng4 62. Bd4 Nh2 63. Kd2 Nf3+ 64. Kc3 Nh2 65. Kc4 Nf3 66. Kd5 Nh2 67. Kd6 Nf3 68. Bc3 Nh2 69. Nh3 Ng4 70. Bd4 Nh2 71. Ng5+ Kg8 72. Ke7 Ng4 73. Ke6 1-0

[Event "World op 38th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Gorman, Dov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Na5 12. h5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. 0-0-0 Rfc8 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Kb1 b5 17. g4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Qh2 Qe5 21. Bf4 Qf6 22. Bc1 Rc4 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6+ Kf7 26. Qd2 Rh8 27. Rxh8 Qxh8 28. b3 Rc3 29. Ne2 Rc5 30. Qxb4 Qe5 31. Nd4 Qe3 32. Qb7 Bc8 33. Qxa7 Qf2 34. Qb8 Ba6 35. Qh8 Re5 36. Nc6 1-0

[Event "New York Int op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2010.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. a4 Nc6 11. b3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Re2 Rfd8 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. h3 Ne8 17. Qe3 Qc5 18. Rd3 Qxe3 19. Rdxe3 Rc7 20. Nb1 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rc3 Ra8 23. Rxc7 Nxc7 24. Ba3 Kf8 25. Rd2 d5 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Nc3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 b4 30. Ne2 Nd5 31. Rd4 Rc8 32. Nf4 Rxc2 33. Nxd5+ exd5 34. Rxb4 Re2 35. Kf3 Re1 36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Rb6+ Kd7 38. Rb7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Int op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2010.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2010.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 e6 10. c3 c5 11. Bf4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nfd5 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Qc1 a5 17. Bh6 Nf6 18. a3 Bc6 19. Nd4 Nbd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qg5 Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Int op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. Nc4 0-0 10. Bf4 Ne8 11. Qd2 f5 12. h4 b6 13. h5 gxh5 14. Rxh5 Nd7 15. Rh1 Ndf6 16. e3 Rb8 17. Na3 Nc7 18. Nc4 Nce8 19. Na3 Qe7 20. f3 Nd7 21. Kf2 Ne5 22. g3 Nxf3 23. Kxf3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Qxh1 26. Nc4 Bb7 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. Nxd6 Rbd8 29. Ke1 Bxd5 30. Qe5 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Bc4 0-1

[Event "New York Int op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Ba2 Qc7 11. f4 Nb4 12. Bb3 g6 13. Kh1 e5 14. Nf3 Be6 15. Nd5 Nbxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. a5 exf4 18. Bxf4 Rac8 19. c4 Bg4 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. h3 Bh5 22. Qd4 Bd8 23. g4 Re4 24. Qc3 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Rxg4 26. Rae1 Qd7 27. Rf2 Nh5 28. Rg2 Rxg2 29. Kxg2 Qg4+ 30. Kf2 Bh4+ 31. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 32. Ke2 Ng3+ 33. Kd1 Qh5+ 34. Kc2 Nf5 35. Bd2 Qg4 36. Kb1 h5 37. Qf6 Qd4 38. Bc3 Qxf6 39. Bxf6 Kh7 40. Kc2 Kh6 41. Kc3 g5 42. Bc2 Kg6 43. Bd4 1-0

[Event "New York Int op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2010.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Williams, Justus D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 b5 8. Qe2 d6 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Rfe1 Be7 14. Be4 a5 15. c3 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nb4 17. Ncb5 Qd7 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Rad1+ Nd7 23. Rxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Furman, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. dxc5 Ba4 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Rb4 Bc6 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. 0-0 Ng6 15. Bd4 Qg5 16. g3 Nf4 17. h4 Qh6 18. gxf4 a5 19. Rb6 Qxf4 20. Qh5 h6 21. Re1 Kf8 22. Re3 f6 23. Rxe6 Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Bd7 25. Rxf6+ gxf6 26. Rxf6+ Ke7 27. Rf7+ Kd8 28. Rxd7+ Kc8 29. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Young, Gregory G"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 0-0 10. 0-0 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qg5 17. Rf2 a5 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. a3 Rab8 20. Rd1 Kh8 21. Rd3 e5 22. Rg3 Qc1+ 23. Rf1 Qh6 24. Bxe5 Rbe8 25. Re3 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxd6 27. Re1 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 h6 29. c3 Qf4 30. Kg1 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Qd2 32. Qe2 Rd8 33. Qf2 f5 34. Bc2 f4 35. Qe2 f3 36. gxf3 Qg5+ 37. Kf1 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. c4 1-0

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Piasetski, Leon David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. c4 Nb4 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nd3 e5 9. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Nc3 exd4 11. Bxd4 0-0 12. Be2 Na6 13. 0-0 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. f3 f6 18. Kf2 Kf7 19. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 g6 8. 0-0 Bg7 9. f4 Qe7 10. e5 0-0 11. Nd2 b6 12. Be4 Rb8 13. Qa4 a5 14. Bc6 Rd8 15. Ne4 d5 16. N4g3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 b5 19. f5 gxf5 20. Qxc7 a4 21. Qa5 Bf8 22. c4 dxc4 23. Qc3 Bg7 24. Nh5 Bh8 25. Qh3 Kh7 26. Neg3 Qg5 27. Rf4 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Bxe5 29. Rff1 Bxb2 30. Rce1 Rd3 31. Nf4 Rd6 32. Nfh5 Rd3 33. Nf4 Rd6 34. Nfh5 Kh8 35. Nxf5 exf5 36. Rxf5 Rd3 37. Ng3 Qg6 38. Ref1 b4 39. Qh4 Bd4+ 40. Kh1 b3 41. Qf4 Rd8 42. Qc7 Bg7 43. Qxc4 b2 44. Qxa4 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Haessel, Dale R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2010.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nf6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. a4 a6 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. Bh6 Qc6 21. Qc3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[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 Nbd7 10. a4 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Ng5 Nc4 13. f4 a6 14. e4 Rb8 15. Qc2 Na5 16. Kh2 b5 17. Nf3 Re8 18. axb5 axb5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Qb6 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxc5 Bd4 24. Bf4 Bf5 25. Qd2 Qxc5 26. Rxa5 Be3 27. Bxe3 Qxe3 28. Rf2 Qb6 29. Ra3 Be4 30. d6 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rbd8 32. Rd3 Re6 33. Qf4 Qc6+ 34. Kh2 Rexd6 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2010.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. 0-0 d6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 b6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 0-0 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Nh7 20. Kg2 Bxh4 21. Rh1 Be7 22. g5 Rfe8 23. gxh6 g6 24. Nde2 Bf6 25. Rcd1 Nd7 26. b3 Nc5 27. Kf2 Rcd8 28. Rhg1 Kh8 29. Rg4 Ba8 30. Rd2 Nf8 31. Rg1 Kh7 32. Rgd1 Bh8 33. Ng1 Bf6 34. Nh3 Kg8 35. Kg1 Nh7 36. Bg2 Be7 37. f5 Bf6 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. b4 Nd7 40. Rxd6 Be5 41. R6d3 Ndf6 42. Rxd8 Rxd8 43. Rxd8+ Qxd8 44. Nf2 Nh5 45. Ne2 N7f6 46. c5 b5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Qa2 Kf7 49. Bh3 Qc8 50. Bd4 Bxd4 51. Nxd4 Nf4 52. Bxe6+ Nxe6 53. Nxe6 Qxe6 54. Qxa8 Qc4 55. Qb7+ Ke6 56. Qc6+ Kf7 57. Qc7+ Ke6 58. Qd6+ Kf7 59. e5 Qc1+ 60. Kg2 Qg5+ 61. Kf1 Qc1+ 62. Ke2 Qc2+ 63. Qd2 Qc4+ 64. Qd3 Qe6 65. Qd6 Qc4+ 66. Kf3 Nd5 67. e6+ Kf6 68. e7+ Kf7 69. e8Q+ Kxe8 70. Qxg6+ Kd8 71. Qg5+ Kc7 72. Qe5+ Kc6 73. h7 Qb3+ 74. Kg2 Ne3+ 75. Kh2 Nf1+ 76. Kg1 Nd2 77. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[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 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Be3 Na5 16. b3 axb3 17. axb3 Qb8 18. Qd2 Qb7 19. c4 Nc6 20. d5 Nb8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qc3 bxc4 23. bxc4 c5 24. Ra1 Na6 25. Ba4 Bxa4 26. Rxa4 Qb7 27. Nd2 Ra8 28. f4 Nd7 29. Nf3 f6 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Kh2 Nc7 33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Qb3 Ne8 35. Bd2 g6 36. Qb6 Nf6 37. Ba5 h5 38. Qd8 Qxd8 39. Bxd8 Nd7 40. Ne2 Kf7 41. Kg3 Ke8 42. Bc7 Nf6 43. Kf3 Kd7 44. Ba5 Bh6 45. Be1 Nh7 46. Nc3 Bc1 47. Ke2 Bg5 48. Nb5 Bd8 49. Bd2 Bg5 50. Ba5 Be7 51. Ke3 Ng5 52. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2010.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. Nxd4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. 0-0 e6 9. a4 Be7 10. b3 0-0 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Qb8 16. Re2 b6 17. Qg3 Qb7 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. f3 Nh5 20. Qh4 Nf6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qg5 Nf6 23. Qg3 Nh5 24. Qg4 Nf6 25. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2010.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Porper, Edward"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 b5 8. a3 Qe7 9. g3 g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. e4 Nfd7 15. e5 dxe5 16. d6 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Nge4 Qd8 20. Nxc5 Nc4 21. b4 Ndb6 22. N3e4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 f5 24. Nc3 e4 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Rd1 Be5 27. d7 Nxd7 28. Ne6 Qe8 29. Nxf8 Nxf8 30. Qc2 Be6 31. Ne2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2010.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Day, Lawrence A"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.05.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[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 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Qc1 Ne5 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 b5 23. Rfc1 a5 24. a4 b4 25. Nd1 Bc8 26. Ne3 Ba6 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Nd7 29. b3 Nb6 30. Rc2 Rc7 31. e3 c4 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Nxc4 34. Be2 Rc8 35. Kf1 Nb6 36. Bb5 Rc3 37. Ke1 Kf8 38. Kd2 Nxd5 39. Rc1 Rxc1 40. Kxc1 Nc3 41. Bc6 d5 42. f3 Ke7 43. Kd2 Kd6 44. Be8 d4 45. exd4 Nd5 46. Kd3 Nxf4+ 47. Kc4 Nxh3 48. Bf7 Nf4 49. Kb5 Nd5 50. Kc4 Nc7 51. Bg8 h5 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. a4 Nc6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nb3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxb5 Ng4 15. Bxc6 Nxe3 16. Bxa8 Nxd1 17. Rxd1 Rxa8 18. Kf2 Rb8 19. Ke3 Be6 20. Kd3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. g3 Kf7 23. Nd4 Rxb2 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Re1+ Kf7 26. Ra1 Rb4 27. Ra7 Rd4+ 28. Ke2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bh5+ g6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rb3 e4 17. Qd4 Qd6 18. Bxf6 0-0 19. Be2 Rxf6 20. Qxd6 Bxd6 21. Nxe4 Be7 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rf1 Be7 24. Rb6 Bd8 25. Rxc6 Bb7 26. Rxe6 Bxg2 27. Rf4 Bc7 28. Rf2 Bd5 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 Bxa2 31. c4 Bb1 32. Bc8 Bd6 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. Be6 g5 35. Bf5 Ba2 36. Kd3 Bb1+ 37. Kd4 Bxf5 38. Rxf5 Kg6 39. Rf2 g4 40. c5 Bc7 41. c6 h5 42. Ke4 h4 43. Rg2 g3 44. h3 Kf6 45. Rd2 Ba5 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rd7+ Ke6 48. Kf3 Bb6 49. Rh7 Kd6 50. Rxh4 Kxc6 51. Rh6+ Kc7 52. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nc3 d5 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Bb3 Nb8 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf6 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. Be4 Qg4 22. Bg3 Rfd8 23. h3 Qh5 24. Qe2 g6 25. b4 Re8 26. Qd3 Rcd8 27. Qc2 Rc8 28. Qd3 Red8 29. Qe2 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxd4 33. Re3 Rd2 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rc3 36. a4 Rcc2 37. Rf1 Rd4 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Re7 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Re3 Rxa4 42. Rf3 h5 43. g3 Rc7 44. Rd1 Ra2 45. Rd6 Ra7 46. h4 a4 47. Kg2 a3 48. Rdd3 Ra1 49. Rb3 Kh6 50. Rfe3 Kg7 51. Red3 Ra5 52. Rdc3 Ra2 53. Rf3 Ra6 54. Rbc3 Ra1 55. Rfd3 Ra7 56. Rb3 f6 57. Rdc3 Kh6 58. Rd3 Ra6 59. Rdc3 g5 60. Rd3 g4 61. Rdc3 Kg6 62. Rd3 a2 63. Ra3 Rc6 64. Rd2 Rcc1 0-1

[Event "World op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Ne4 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bh6 Bf5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. b3 Bh3 19. f4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ng4 21. e4 Rae8 22. Rae1 f6 23. a5 Rf7 24. h3 Nh6 25. Re3 Rfe7 26. Rfe1 Nf7 27. Na4 f5 28. Nb6 Qc7 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Kf2 Re4 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Qf6 c4 34. Nxc4 Qc5+ 35. Ne3 Rc8 36. Re2 Qc3 37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Rb2 h5 39. b4 Rc1 40. Rc2 Rb1 41. Rc4 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 h4 43. g4 Rh2 44. Rxe4 Rxh3 45. g5 Rh1+ 46. Kf2 h3 47. Nf5 1-0

[Event "World op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5 17. Bh3 Bb7 18. Kb1 b4 19. Nd5 Qa5 20. Rg7 Nxe4 21. Bxe6 Bxd5 22. Bxf7+ Kd8 23. Nb3 Nd2+ 24. Rxd2 Bxf3 25. Nxa5 Rh6 26. Rg6 Kc7 27. Rf2 Bg4 28. Rg5 Rc8 29. Nc4 Kd8 30. b3 Rc7 31. Bd5 1-0

[Event "World op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Rensch, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Qe1 Kh8 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Qb4 17. Qd2 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qh4 21. g3 Qh3 22. Bg2 Qh5 23. Rd7 Ne5 24. Rxb7 Rfd8 25. Qa5 Rd1 26. Rbxf7 Qxf7 27. Rxd1 Nd3 28. Qxa6 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Rf8 30. Rf1 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsipanny"]
[Date "2009.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Mockler, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nh4 Qc7 12. Nf5 Rfe8 13. Qf3 Nf8 14. Bg5 Ne6 15. Nh6+ Kf8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Rad8 18. Ng3 gxh6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsipanny"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Pau, Johnson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 0-0 8. c3 Nd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. 0-0-0 Qe7 12. h4 c5 13. Nfg5 h6 14. Nh7 cxd4 15. Nexf6+ Nxf6 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. cxd4 Bd5 18. Kb1 Qd6 19. Rhg1 Qf4 20. g3 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. b3 Kf8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Ke7 26. Bc4 Nf6 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rc2 Kd7 29. Kd2 Nb4 30. Rc4 Nd5 31. a3 a6 32. Ra4 Nc7 33. d5 exd5 34. Rg4 Ne6 35. h5 Kd6 36. b4 Ke5 37. Kd3 Kf5 38. f3 Ke5 39. Rh4 Kd6 40. f4 f6 41. Rh1 a5 42. Re1 axb4 43. axb4 Nc7 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsipanny"]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Johnson, Ernest T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Bf5 11. Be2 Qd7 12. Bh5+ Bg6 13. Bxg6+ hxg6 14. 0-0 0-0-0 15. Re1 Qf5 16. Re6 c5 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Nd7 19. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Cummings, David H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 h5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Qf3 Qc6 17. Bd2 Nh6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Rac1 Be7 20. b3 0-0 21. Rxc4 Qd5 22. Ra4 Rc2 23. Rd1 Rfc8 24. Qxh5 Nf5 25. Qf3 Nh4 26. Qf1 Nf5 27. Qxa6 Rc1 28. Rg1 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Rc2 30. Qe2 Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Be3 32. Rc4 Bxd2 33. Rxc2 Ne3+ 34. Kf2 Nxc2 35. Nxd2 Qd4+ 36. Kg3 Ne3 37. Kf3 Nd5 38. g3 Nc3 39. Qe3 Qd5+ 40. Kg4 Nxa2 41. Ne4 Nb4 42. Nd6 f6 43. Kh3 Nd3 44. Nc4 fxe5 45. fxe5 Nc5 46. Nb6 Qd1 47. Qxc5 Qf3 48. Kh4 g5+ 49. Kxg5 Qf5+ 50. Kh4 Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. gxf3 Qh4 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bg4 f5 20. f4 Rae8 21. Bf3 g5 22. Bg2 gxf4 23. Qd3 Rg8 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. Rxa7 Rc8 26. Bd2 Nc4 27. Bc1 Nb6 28. Bd2 Nc4 29. Bc1 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Freeman, Nigel"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.01.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 Be7 12. e3 0-0 13. Bd3 c5 14. 0-0 Bb7 15. Rad1 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Rd3 Bc6 22. R3d2 Rd6 23. Ne2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Ng3 Qd5 28. h3 f6 29. Ne2 Kh7 30. Nc3 Qc4 31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. Nxe2 g5 33. g4 h5 34. Ng3 h4 35. Nf5 Bb5 36. Nd6 Bd3 37. Nb7 c4 38. Nc5 Kg6 39. Kg2 f5 40. f3 exf3+ 41. Kxf3 Bf1 42. gxf5+ Kxf5 43. Ne4 Bg2+ 44. Kxg2 Kxe4 45. Kf2 Kd3 46. a4 Kc2 47. e4 Kxb2 48. e5 c3 49. e6 c2 50. e7 c1Q 51. e8Q Qf4+ 52. Ke2 Qh2+ 53. Kd1 Qxh3 54. Qe5+ Qc3 55. Qxg5 Qc2+ 56. Ke1 Qc1+ 57. Qxc1+ Kxc1 58. a5 Kc2 59. a6 Kc3 60. Kf2 Kc4 61. Kg2 Kb5 62. Kh3 Kxa6 63. Kxh4 Kb5 64. Kg3 a5 0-1

[Event "Gjovik op"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Umudova, Nargiz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2008.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[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. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 0-0 14. Nce3 Bd7 15. Bd3 f5 16. Bc2 e4 17. Nf4 b4 18. Ned5 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qg5 20. 0-0 Ne5 21. Qh5 h6 22. h4 Qd8 23. Rab1 Be8 24. Qd1 Qxh4 25. g3 Qg5 26. Ne6 Nf3+ 27. Qxf3 exf3 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Bxf5 Bb5 30. Rfe1 Be5 31. Re3 Kh8 32. Rxf3 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Bd3 34. Rxe5 dxe5 35. Re1 Re8 36. Nf6 Re7 37. Ne4 g4 38. Nc5 Bc4 39. Re4 Bxa2 40. Rxg4 Bd5 41. Ne4 Rb7 42. f3 Rb6 43. Kf2 Rc6 44. Ke3 Bxe4 45. Kxe4 Rxc3 46. Rg6 a5 47. Re6 Rc7 48. Ra6 Rc5 49. Ra7 Kg8 50. g4 Kf8 51. g5 Rb5 52. g6 Rb6 53. Kf5 Rb3 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Kg5 Rb1 56. Ra7 Rf1 57. Kg4 Rg1+ 58. Kh5 Rh1+ 59. Kg5 Rf1 60. Kg4 Rg1+ 61. Kf5 Rf1 62. Ke4 Rg1 63. Kxe5 Rxg6 64. f4 Rh6 65. f5 Kf8 66. Rxa5 Rb6 67. Ra8+ Kf7 68. Ra7+ Kf8 69. Rd7 Ra6 70. Kf4 Rb6 71. Kg5 Ra6 72. f6 Ra1 73. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gjovik op"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. h3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Bb3 N7f6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nce5 Bf5 13. c4 Nb6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Qe2 Nfd7 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 a5 18. g4 Bc8 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Bc2 e6 21. Bg3 Nd7 22. h4 Qb6 23. Bb1 Nf6 24. h5 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Qf3 Ra6 27. Bh4 Ne8 28. Nd7 Bxd7 29. Rxd7 Qxc4 30. Be7 Qc6 31. Qxc6 bxc6 32. g5 Bxb2 33. Re3 Ng7 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. h6 Nf5 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Red3 Ra8 38. Rb7 Bc1 39. Rdd7 Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Gjovik op"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nf6 14. 0-0 Be7 15. Ne4 0-0-0 16. Qf3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

