[Event "PAN-USA email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Osorio B, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Panama"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Rc8 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. exf5 0-0 17. 0-0 e4 18. Qxe4 Re8 19. Qa4 Re5 20. Rad1 Rxf5 21. Rfe1 Ra8 22. Qc4 Rc8 23. f4 Be6 24. Bxc6 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Qxc6 28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Re8+ Bf8 30. Rb8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PAN-USA email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "?.4"]
[White "Osorio B, Jesus"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Panama"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 c5 8. e4 Nc6 9. 0-0 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. a4 h6 13. Bd2 Nf4 14. Bc2 Qa5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qa6 17. g3 Nh3+ 18. Kg2 Ng5 19. h4 Ngh7 20. Bb3 Qa5 21. g4 Ne4 22. Be3 Qxc3 23. Rh1 Rfd8 24. g5 1-0

[Event "ICCF FM/2806 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Safont Balaguer, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Qb3 Bd6 9. Nh3 h6 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Nxa7 Rxa7 14. Qxb6 Ra6 15. Qb5+ Qd7 16. Qb3 0-0 17. 0-0 Qd6 18. Rfc1 Bf5 19. e3 1-0

[Event "ICCF FM/2806 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.05.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Safont Balaguer, Eduard"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "match (corr)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[SourceTitle "Corr 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Ne7 8. Be2 Nd7 9. 0-0 b6 10. Rae1 Bb7 11. b4 g5 12. d5 e5 13. Qd3 Ng6 14. g3 0-0 15. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 52nd"]
[Site "Woodland Hills"]
[Date "2012.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Stein, Jeremy A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 b4 15. Nd5 Nd7 16. Ra2 e6 17. Ndf4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. b3 Kh7 20. Nd3 Nde5 21. Rd1 Rb5 22. Ne1 Ra5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. f4 Nd7 25. e5 d5 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Ba6 28. Ra1 Qb5 29. Nd3 Bf8 30. Bf1 Qc6 31. Nxb4 Bxb4 32. Qxb4 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Ra8 34. c3 Ra2 35. Qe7 Kg8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. f5 gxf5 38. Rxf5 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 exf5 41. e6+ f6 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. exd7 1-0

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 52nd"]
[Site "Woodland Hills"]
[Date "2012.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yankovsky, Roman"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. f4 d6 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd7 10. c3 Qc7 11. a4 a6 12. Na3 0-0 13. f5 Rab8 14. Nc4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Ng4 Ne5 18. f6 exf6 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 20. g4 c4 21. d4 Nd3 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. g5 Ra2 25. Qg4 Qd8 26. Qh4 Bxf6 27. gxf6 Nd7 28. Bf3 g5 29. Bxg5 Qg8 30. Bg4 Nf8 31. Bh6 Qg6 32. Bxf8 Rxb2 33. Qh6 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur West"]
[Site "Woodland Hills"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Peters, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2011.02.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. g3 Rc8 10. N1c3 a6 11. Na3 Nd4 12. Qd3 d5 13. Bg2 Bxa3 14. bxa3 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Bxd8 Nxc3 18. Kd2 Ne4+ 19. Ke3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "American op 46th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2010.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Tanaka, Christian T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Nb6 10. a4 Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. f4 h5 14. f5 Bh7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qe5 e6 17. fxe6 Bb4+ 18. Kd1 Nf6 19. exf7+ Kf8 20. Nf3 Nxg4 21. Qe2 Be4 22. c3 Be7 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Ne5 25. Qf5 Bf6 26. Bf4 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. dxe5 Qxh1+ 29. Kc2 Bd8 30. Qd3 Be7 31. Bd5 Qe1 32. Qxb5 Qf2+ 33. Kb1 Qg1+ 34. Bc1 Qg6+ 35. Ka1 1-0

[Event "American op 46th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2010.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paragua, Mark"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. Be3 Bb7 9. Be4 Qc7 10. dxc5 dxe5 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qd5 Qa7 13. fxe5 Rc8 14. 0-0 Bh6 15. Bf2 Qc7 16. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch cand"]
[Site "Garden Grove"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Hughes, Austin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 b6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Re1 0-0 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. d5 Qf6 15. Qc2 h6 16. Ne4 Qf4 17. Rad1 exd5 18. cxd5 Rad8 19. g3 Qc7 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qd7 23. Qe2 Rfe8 24. a4 a6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qd3 Re5 27. h4 Qe8 28. Kg2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Bxd5+ 31. Kh2 Bc6 32. Qf1 Qb8 33. Rb1 Qb4 34. Qa6 Re6 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qd8 Rf6 37. Qd2 Qg4 38. Rd1 Qf3 39. Qd3+ Qxd3 40. Rxd3 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch cand"]
[Site "Garden Grove"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Nge2 Rc8 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 a5 11. 0-0 e6 12. Ndf4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. b3 Ne7 15. Nd3 0-0 16. Bh6 Ba6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 f5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Qb2 Kh6 22. g4 fxg4 23. f5 Nc6 24. Qc1+ g5 25. Nxc6 Bxd3 26. Rd1 Be2 27. Rd2 Bf3 28. Bxf3 gxf3 29. Ne5 Qe7 30. Nxf3 Qxe4 31. Rxd6+ Kg7 32. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 c6 6. Nge2 g6 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. d4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 e5 15. c3 f5 16. Bc2 c5 17. Bh6 f4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f3 Rad8 20. Rf2 Nb6 21. Bd3 a6 22. Rc1 g5 23. Qc2 h6 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Nc4 27. b4 Qb6 28. a4 Rd2 29. a5 Qa7 30. Rcf1 Rfd8 31. h4 Qe3 32. hxg5 Qxe4 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34. fxe4 Ne3 35. Nd4 Nxf1 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. h3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. 0-0 e6 8. Qe2 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. e5 0-0 11. Re1 Qb8 12. Nc4 b5 13. Na5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 dxe5 15. Be4 exd4 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxa8 Rxa8 18. Bd2 c5 19. a4 Nd5 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nb3 Ra4 23. Rec1 N7b6 24. Rxa4 bxa4 25. Nc5 Bf8 26. Nd3 f6 27. f4 Kf7 28. Kf2 Bd6 29. Rc6 Ke7 30. Ba5 Nd7 31. Bd8+ Kxd8 32. Rxd6 Ke7 33. Ra6 N5b6 34. Kf3 Kd6 35. Ra5 e5 36. g4 exf4 37. Kxf4 Ne5 38. Nxe5 fxe5+ 39. Ke4 Nc4 40. Rxa4 Nxb2 41. Ra6+ Kc5 42. Ra5+ Kc4 43. Rxe5 Nd3 44. Re7 Nf2+ 45. Ke5 d3 46. Rc7+ Kb3 47. Rxh7 d2 48. Rd7 Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Furman, Leonid"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. Re1 c5 9. Bf1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ngf6 11. f3 0-0 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 e5 15. Nb3 d5 16. Nxb4 dxe4 17. fxe4 a5 18. Nd5 Nxe4 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxc8 Bxc8 22. c3 Ndf6 23. b4 Qc7 24. c4 Ng4 25. Qc1 f5 26. h3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Bb7 28. a5 Rf6 29. b5 Bf8 30. b6 Qc8 31. Qb3 Bc5+ 32. Kh1 Bd4 33. Ra2 Nc5 34. Qb5 f4 35. Rd2 Qxh3# 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d3 a6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. a3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Ne8 14. d4 Nc7 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nce2 Nc4 18. Bg5 Ra8 19. Qc1 Re8 20. Rd1 Qb8 21. Qf4 f6 22. Bh6 g5 23. Bxg5 fxg5 24. Qxg5 Kh8 25. Nf4 Qb6 26. Nde6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Ra2 28. Kh1 Ne5 29. Rbc1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Mueller, Jason L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. h3 Nxb3 9. axb3 b4 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. Ng3 g6 12. 0-0 Bg7 13. Bg5 c5 14. Qd2 h6 15. Be3 Nd7 16. c3 a5 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxb3 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 23. f4 Kd7 24. Ne4 Bf8 25. Rf2 Be7 26. Rd2+ Ke6 27. Bc5 a4 28. g4 Rac8 29. Bd6 Rhd8 30. Re1 Rc2 31. Rxc2 Bxd6 32. Rc6 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur West"]
[Site "Woodland Hills"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Stevens, Lawrence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. Qf3 Qd5 9. Qg3 0-0 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Kd1 Bxc3 12. Nxd7 Bxd4 13. exd4 Qxd4+ 14. Kc2 Bxd7 15. Bg5 e5 16. Rd1 Bf5+ 17. Kc1 Nh5 18. Qe1 Bd3 19. Be3 Qd5 20. Qh4 g6 21. Bh6 Rfb8 22. g4 Qd4 23. a5 b4 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Rd2 c5 26. Re1 Rb5 27. Re4 Rxa5 28. Kb1 Qd5 29. Rf2 Qa2+ 30. Kc1 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb2+ 32. Ke3 Qc1+ 33. Rd2 Ra2 34. Kxd3 Rxd2+ 35. Bxd2 Nf4+ 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Qf6 Qd1+ 38. Kc4 Qc2+ 39. Kd5 Qd3+ 40. Kxc5 Rc8+ 41. Kxb4 Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles Century West op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2010.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. f4 f5 8. fxe5 Bxe5 9. Nf3 fxe4 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bd4 Bg4 12. Qxg4 exd4 13. Nxe4 Qxd5 14. Bg2 Qf5 15. Qh4 Qa5+ 16. b4 Qxb4+ 17. c3 Qb6 18. 0-0 Nf5 19. Qf4 dxc3+ 20. Kh1 Nge7 21. Rab1 Qd4 22. g4 Nd5 23. Qg5 Nfe3 24. Nxc3 Qxc3 25. Bxd5 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 Rf8 27. Rd1 c6 28. Rc1 Qf6 29. Re1+ Kd8 30. Qd2 cxd5 31. Qa5+ Kd7 32. Qxd5+ Qd6 33. Qxb7+ Qc7 34. Re7+ Kxe7 35. Qxc7+ Kf6 36. Qxh7 Rf7 37. Qh3 Kg7 38. Qc3+ Kh7 39. Kg2 Raf8 40. Kg3 Rf2 41. Qe3 R2f7 42. Kh4 Rc7 43. Kg5 Rb8 44. a4 Rb6 45. Qe8 Rc5+ 46. Kf4 Rc7 47. Ke5 Rb1 48. Kd6 Rcb7 49. a5 Rh1 50. Qe4 Rd1+ 51. Kc6 Rdd7 52. Qe5 Re7 53. Qd6 Rf7 54. h4 Rbe7 55. g5 Kg7 56. Kb5 Rf5+ 57. Kc4 Rff7 58. Kc3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Angeles Century West op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d3 Be6 5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. Ng5 Qd7 7. Qg4 Nd8 8. Nxh7 Nf6 9. Qg6+ Qf7 10. Qxf7+ Nxf7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nc3 0-0-0 13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 Bc5 15. Ke2 Rdg8 16. Bd2 Nd6 17. exd5 exd5 18. f4 Rh4 19. Raf1 Rgh8 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. h3 Rg8 22. Be1 Rh7 23. h4 Rg4 24. h5 Kd7 25. Rf6 e4 26. Rg6 exd3+ 27. cxd3 Re7+ 28. Kd1 Rxg6 29. hxg6 Ke6 30. Nh5 Nf5 31. Bd2 Ne3+ 32. Bxe3 Bxe3 33. g7 Re8 34. Re1 d4 35. Rf1 Ke7 36. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Century West op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Vera, Benjamin"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c5 6. e3 d5 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. 0-0 Ne4 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nh4 Nc6 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. Qh5 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. c3 Bg7 16. Qxf5 e6 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qe2 Rf3 22. Kg2 a6 23. b4 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rcxc3 25. Rab1 Qc7 26. Qe1 Rc2 27. Kg1 Rxa2 28. Rc1 Rc2 29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Qa1 Qc3 31. Qa5 Qf6 32. Rc1 Rxf2 33. Qb6 Rf3 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. Rxb7 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2009.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peters, Jack"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.10.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. e5 c5 9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. Bxd4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nh6 13. e6 Nf6 14. Neg5 Qd5 15. Qe2 0-0 16. exf7+ Nxf7 17. Ne6 Rfc8 18. 0-0-0 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Qc4 20. Rhe1 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Rc6 22. Bc5 Re8 23. Bb4 Rcc8 24. a3 Rc6 25. Ned4 Rc7 26. Re6 Nd5 27. Nxb5 Rd7 28. c4 Nd8 29. Ree1 axb5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Bf8 32. d6 Nc6 33. dxe7 Bxe7 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Pacific Coast op 14th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Kudryavtsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. h4 Qc7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Ne4 Bf4 11. Qf3 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Nd7 13. Bd3 Ngf6 14. Nd2 0-0-0 15. Be2 e5 16. Qa3 Kb8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf1 g5 19. h5 g6 20. h6 Nfg4 21. Qg3 f5 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Ng3 Nxh6 25. f3 Nf7 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Rd1 Ne5 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. b4 Ke7 31. Ke3 Kd6 32. Kd4 b6 33. Nf1 c5+ 34. bxc5+ bxc5+ 35. Kc3 f4 36. Nd2 g4 37. fxg4 Nxg4 38. Kd3 Ne3 39. g3 Nd5 40. gxf4 Nxf4+ 41. Kc4 Ne6 42. a4 Kc6 43. a5 g5 44. c3 g4 45. Ne4 a6 46. Ng3 Ng5 47. Nf5 Ne4 48. Ne7+ Kd6 49. Nf5+ Ke5 50. Nh4 g3 51. Ng2 Kd6 52. Nh4 Kc6 53. Kd3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "USA-chT Amateur West"]
[Site "Woodland Hills"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4 h6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Nb6 11. f4 Rc8 12. f5 Bd7 13. b3 Be7 14. a4 Bc6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qc7 17. Be3 Bd8 18. c4 Nbd7 19. a5 b6 20. axb6 Qb7 21. Qe1 Bxb6 22. Nc1 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Nc5 24. Rf2 Rb8 25. Rb2 Qb4 26. Bf3 a5 27. Ne2 a4 28. Nd4 Nxb3 29. Nc6 Qxc4 30. Rc1 a3 31. Rbc2 Qb5 32. Nxb8 0-0 33. Nc6 Nxc1 34. Qxc1 Ra8 35. Qa1 Qb3 36. Rf2 a2 37. Bg2 Qb6 38. Nb4 Qxb4 39. Rxa2 Rxa2 40. Qxa2 Qd4+ 41. Qf2 Qd1+ 42. Qf1 Qxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Kf8 44. Kf2 Ke7 45. Kg3 g5 46. fxg6 fxg6 47. Kf2 Kd7 48. Ke3 Kc7 49. Kd3 Kb6 50. Kc4 Ka5 51. Bf3 Nd7 52. Be4 g5 53. Bh1 Nb6+ 54. Kd3 Kb4 55. Ke4 Kc5 56. Kf5 Nxd5 57. Kg6 Nf4+ 58. Kxh6 Nxh3 59. Kg6 Kd4 60. Kf5 d5 61. Bg2 Nf4 62. Bf1 e4 63. Kxg5 Ke5 64. Kh6 d4 65. g5 d3 66. g6 d2 67. g7 d1Q 68. g8Q Qh5+ 69. Kg7 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "American op 44th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2008.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paulsen, Bryan S"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 h6 9. h3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 c6 15. Bf1 Nf4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Red1 Re8 18. Rd2 Ne6 19. Rad1 f5 20. f3 Bf8 21. a3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Rd8 Be6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. b4 Nd7 26. exf5 gxf5 27. g4 Nf6 28. Na4 Rf8 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. gxf5 Kf7 31. Ne4 Ke7 32. Ng3 Ne8 33. Re1 Kf6 34. Bd3 Ng7 35. Ne4+ Kxf5 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Rg1 Nf5 38. Rg6+ Ke7 39. Nc5 b6 40. Nb3 Rf6 41. Rg8 Bd7 42. Ra8 Nh4 43. Be4 Nxf3 44. Bxf3 e4 45. Nd2 exf3 46. Rxa7 Kd8 47. Nxf3 Bxh3 48. Ke3 Re6+ 49. Kf4 Rf6+ 50. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Calfornia-ch Cand"]
[Site "Garden Grove"]
[Date "2008.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Yurenok, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Nc5 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qf3 Be7 11. f5 0-0 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rae1 b5 14. a3 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Qh3 Ng8 19. Bd2 Rc4 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Nc1 Ne7 22. Nd3 exf5 23. exf5 Rh4 24. Qg3 Rh5 25. Ne4 Nxf5 26. Qf3 d5 27. Qxh5 dxe4 28. Rxe4 g6 29. Qd1 Bb7 30. Ref4 Qc6 31. R1f3 Rd8 32. Ba5 Rd5 33. Bb4 Bxb2 34. Qe1 Bf6 35. Rc4 Qb5 36. Rc7 Rd8 37. Rxf7 Re8 38. Qf1 Bxf3 39. Rxf6 Be4 40. Qa1 Kg8 41. Qa2+ Bd5 42. Qxa6 Qxb4 43. Rxg6+ hxg6 44. Qxg6+ Ng7 45. Qxe8+ Nxe8 46. Nxb4 Be4 47. Kg1 Kf7 48. Kf2 Ke6 49. Nd3 Kf5 50. h3 Nf6 51. g3 Bc6 52. Ke3 Bg2 53. Nf2 Ke5 54. Nd3+ Kf5 55. Nf4 Bc6 56. c4 Ne4 57. Ne2 Ke5 58. g4 Bd7 59. Nf4 Nd6 60. Nd3+ Kf6 61. Kd4 Kg5 62. Ne5 Be6 63. c5 Nb5+ 64. Ke4 Nc3+ 65. Kd3 Nd5 66. Kd4 Nf4 67. Nf3+ Kf6 68. Ng1 Nxh3 69. Nxh3 Bxg4 70. Nf2 Bf3 71. Nd3 Bb7 72. Nf4 Bc6 73. Nd5+ Ke6 74. Nb4 Bb5 75. Ke4 Ba4 76. Na2 Bc6+ 77. Kd4 Bb5 78. Nc3 Bc6 79. Kc4 Kd7 80. Kd4 Ke6 81. Ne2 Kd7 82. Ke5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "South Calfornia-ch Cand"]
[Site "Garden Grove"]
[Date "2008.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landaw, Julian W"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Be6 6. f4 exf4 7. Bxf4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Qd7 9. h3 Nd4 10. Ng5 Ne7 11. Qd2 Nec6 12. 0-0 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Nd1 e5 15. Be3 Nd8 16. c3 N4c6 17. Nf2 Nf7 18. h4 Qe7 19. Bh3 0-0 20. Ng4 h5 21. Nh2 Ncd8 22. Qc2 Ne6 23. Qb3 Nc5 24. Qc4 c6 25. a4 b6 26. b4 d5 27. exd5 cxd5 28. Qxd5 Rad8 29. Qc4 Rxd3 30. Bxc5 Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 bxc5 32. Kxg3 Bh6 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Be6 Bf4+ 35. Kh3 1-0

[Event "South Calfornia-ch Cand"]
[Site "Garden Grove"]
[Date "2008.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Richardson, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Re1 0-0 8. Bf1 a6 9. d4 b5 10. h3 e5 11. d5 Nh5 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Na3 Ba6 15. b4 Qc8 16. Be3 c4 17. Ra2 Nhf6 18. Nd2 Ne8 19. g4 Nc7 20. Bg2 Qd8 21. Nf1 Ra8 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Ng3 Rfb8 24. Rea1 Bb7 25. Bg5 Qf8 26. Be3 Ra4 27. Bf3 Rba8 28. Kg2 h6 29. h4 R4a6 30. h5 Kh7 31. g5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Kg8 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Bg4 Nf6 35. Bh3 Bc8 36. Bxc8 Qxc8 37. f3 Qd7 38. Nb1 Qc8 39. Qb2 Rxa2 40. Rxa2 Rxa2 41. Qxa2 Qa8 42. Qa5 Qxa5 43. bxa5 Kf7 44. Na3 Ke8 45. a6 Nxa6 46. Nxb5 Kd7 47. Nf1 Nh5 48. Nd2 Nc7 49. Nxc7 Kxc7 50. Nxc4 Nf4+ 51. Bxf4 exf4 52. Kh3 Bf6 53. Kg4 g5 54. Kf5 Be7 55. Na5 g4 56. Kxg4 Bf6 57. c4 Bc3 58. Nb3 Be5 59. c5 dxc5 60. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "South Calfornia-ch Cand"]
[Site "Garden Grove"]
[Date "2008.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tanaka, Christian T"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f3 b5 7. Nge2 Bb7 8. g4 Rc8 9. Ng3 c5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nc6 14. c3 Nce7 15. Bf3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rc7 17. 0-0 Ne7 18. Rae1 0-0 19. f5 Bc8 20. Be4 f6 21. g5 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Qc8 25. Rf2 fxg5 26. Bxg5 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Qg4+ 28. Qg3 Qxg3+ 29. hxg3 b4 30. Re6 bxc3 31. bxc3 Bxc3 32. Rxd6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT Amateur West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hall, Bobby"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. 0-0 Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Re1 Ne6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 Nd4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Ne4 0-0 14. Qf4 c5 15. Qh4 h6 16. Re2 Be6 17. Neg5 Qd7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nd2 f5 20. f4 Rfc8 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. Qf3 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. a4 g5 25. Rf1 gxf4 26. Rxf4 e6 27. g3 h5 28. Rf1 Bh6 29. b3 Rg8 30. Kh1 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 a5 32. Rdd1 Rc7 33. Rf2 Rcg7 34. Rf4 Rg4 35. Rdf1 R8g7 36. R4f2 Kg8 37. Rf4 Kf8 38. R4f3 Ke8 39. R3f2 Kd7 40. Re1 Kc6 41. Rc1 Kd5 42. Re1 Rg8 43. Rf4 Rxf4 44. gxf4 Rg4 45. Rf1 h4 46. h3 Rg3 47. Kh2 Kc6 48. Rg1 Rxg1 49. Kxg1 c4 50. dxc4 Kc5 51. Kf2 Kb4 52. Ke2 Kc3 53. Kd1 d3 54. cxd3 Kxd3 55. b4 Kxc4 56. bxa5 bxa5 57. Kc2 Kd4 58. Kb3 Ke4 59. Kc4 Kxf4 60. Kb5 Kxe5 0-1

[Event "USA-chT Amateur West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[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. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 0-0 14. Nc7 d5 15. exd5 Qxc7 16. dxc6 e4 17. Be2 Qxc6 18. 0-0 Rad8 19. Rad1 Bxa2 20. Qxf5 Bb3 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nb1 Qg6 23. Bg4 Rd5 24. Qc8+ Bf8 25. Be2 Rg5 26. g3 e3 27. Na3 exf2+ 28. Rxf2 Kg7 29. Kg2 Bc5 30. Rf4 Be6 31. Qd8 Rd5 32. Qh4 Rd2 33. Kf1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "USA-chT Amateur West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2008.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Gertmenian, Daniel A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.02.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 0-0 10. 0-0 a6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Ng4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Bd2 Bf8 19. Qe3 Rc7 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Re2 Qa8 22. f3 Rec8 23. Qh4 Ng8 24. Qh5 Nf6 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Nxh6+ gxh6 27. Qg6+ Bg7 28. Bxh6 Ne8 29. Rxe6 Bd5 30. Rxa6 Qb7 31. Re1 Bf7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Bg8 34. Bh7 1-0

[Event "Western Class-ch 15th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2008.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. e5 c5 9. Be4 cxd4 10. Bxb7 Ra7 11. Qxd4 Rxb7 12. Qe4 Nc5 13. Qe2 Nh6 14. Be3 Ne6 15. a4 Ng4 16. axb5 axb5 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 0-0 19. Ne4 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Qc7 21. Rae1 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qf3 Rbb8 24. c3 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. Re4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Rb6 28. Rf4 f5 29. Ra1 e5 30. Rb4 e4 31. Qd1 Rb7 32. Ra6 Re8 33. Rd4 Rbe7 34. Rd5 Qc4 35. Rd4 Qf7 36. Qe2 f4 37. Ra1 Qf5 38. Qf2 f3 39. Kh2 Rf8 40. Re1 Qe5+ 41. Kh1 e3 0-1

[Event "Western Class-ch 15th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2008.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Del Rosario, Francisco"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Bc4 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. Re1 0-0 9. d3 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. d4 b6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxe5 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Rad1 e5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. h4 Bg7 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qg3 Qb4 24. h5 gxh5 25. Nd4 Kh8 26. Na2 Qc5 27. b4 Qf8 28. Nf5 Ne6 29. Nc3 Rd8 30. b5 Qf7 31. Ra1 Bc8 32. Ra4 Nc5 33. Rh4 d4 34. b4 Ne6 35. Ne4 Rg8 36. Ned6 Qd7 37. Rxh5 Bf8 38. Qh4 Ng5 39. Rxh7+ 0-1

[Event "Western Class-ch 15th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Akopian, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qd2 h6 7. h3 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0-0 g5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bg3 dxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14. Bg6+ Kf8 15. Bh2 Nc6 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. c3 Na5 18. Re2 Nc4 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Rae1 e6 21. b3 Na5 22. g4 Rc8 23. Nd2 Qc6 24. Nf1 Kg8 25. Re3 Nb7 26. Bh5 Nd8 27. f4 gxf4 28. Bxf4 b4 29. cxb4 Qb5 30. Qd2 Kh7 31. a4 Qb6 32. a5 Qa7 33. Bd6 Nb7 34. Qd3+ f5 35. Bc5 Nxc5 36. bxc5 Bb5 37. Bg6+ Kg8 38. Qd1 Bxf1 39. Kxf1 Qc7 40. Qf3 Bxd4 41. Rxe6 Qxc5 42. Bf7+ Kg7 43. Qxf5 Qc2 44. Rg6+ Kf8 45. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Western Class-ch 15th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2008.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 Nd7 6. a4 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bc4 e6 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. 0-0 Ne4 16. Qc1 Kf8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Kg7 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Qd2 g5 22. Qc3 Kh7 23. a5 b5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Qe5 Rhd8 26. b3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Re8 28. h4 Kg6 29. g4 Bc6 30. h5+ Kh7 31. Bd4 Rd8 32. Re1 Qf7 33. Re3 Bd5 34. Rc3 Rc8 35. Rc5 Bb7 36. c4 bxc4 37. Rxc4 Bd5 38. Rc3 c6 39. b4 e3 40. Rxe3 Rf8 41. Rc3 Rc8 42. Rd3 Rg8 43. f3 Qf4 44. Qxf4 gxf4 45. Be5 Rf8 46. Kf2 Kg8 47. Rd4 Kh7 48. Rxf4 Rxf4 49. Bxf4 Bb3 50. Kg3 Bd1 51. Be5 Be2 52. f4 Bd1 53. Bc7 Kg7 54. Kh4 Be2 55. Be5+ Kh7 56. Bd4 Bd1 57. g5 Be2 58. Be3 Bd1 59. gxh6 Bc2 60. Kg5 Bf5 61. Bc5 Kg8 62. Kf6 Bg4 63. Bd4 Kh7 64. Kg5 Be2 65. Bg7 Bc4 66. Kf6 Bd5 67. Ke7 Bc4 68. Kd6 Bb3 69. Kxc6 Bc4 70. Kd6 Kg8 71. Ke7 Kh7 72. Kf8 Bd3 73. Kf7 Bc4 74. Ke7 Kg8 75. Bc3 Kh7 76. Bd2 Kg8 77. b5 Bxb5 78. Kxe6 Bc4+ 79. Kf6 Kh7 80. f5 Be2 81. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Western Pacific op 5th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "He, Tianyi"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 b6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rad1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Ba2 Re8 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. h3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. c3 Rae8 20. Be3 a5 21. Bb1 R4e6 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. Ra1 Qd7 24. Bc2 Bb7 25. Bd3 Qc8 26. Rfc1 c5 27. Qd1 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Bh6 29. Rc2 Qb8 30. Qg4 Rxe3 31. Bf1 Rg3 32. Qd7 Re3 33. Rf2 f5 34. Re2 Qg3 35. Qxb7 Rxe2 36. Qxd5+ Kf8 37. Bxe2 Be3+ 38. Kh1 Bf4 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western Pacific op 5th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yee, Michael Anthony"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. g3 Bxf3 7. exf3 0-0 8. a3 Be7 9. Be3 d5 10. b3 c5 11. Ne2 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nbd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15. Nc3 Qe7 16. Qb3 Bd4 17. Rc1 Qc5 18. Rc2 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Rac8 20. Qb4 a6 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Qb1 Qc5 23. Qc1 Qa5+ 24. Ke2 Rc5 25. Bh3 Re5+ 26. Kf1 Rd3 27. Kg2 g5 28. Rd1 Qxa3 29. Rxd3 Qxd3 30. Rd2 Qg6 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Qa3 Qb1 33. Qf8+ Kg6 34. Qh8 Re1 35. Rg8+ Nxg8 36. Qxg8+ Kf6 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qxg5+ Qg6 39. Qd2 Rb1 40. Qd4+ Qf6 41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Qe4 Qa1 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. Bg4 Rg1+ 45. Kh3 Qf6 46. Bh5 Qg5 47. g4 Qf4 48. Qe4 Qxe4 49. fxe4 a5 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Peters, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Bd3 Bf5 8. 0-0 e6 9. b3 Nd7 10. Ne2 c5 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 cxd4 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Bd6 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qa4+ b5 17. Qb3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 bxc4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Rab1 0-0 21. Rb7 a6 22. Rb6 Qa5 23. Qb2 c3 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Rfd8 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27. Nfxd4 Bf8 28. Rc1 Ba3 29. Rc2 Bb2 30. h3 Rc4 31. Kf2 Nf5 32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. Ke3 h4 34. g3 hxg3 35. Nxg3 Ra4 36. Nh5 Rxa2 37. Kd3 Kf8 38. Nf6 Ke7 39. h4 Ra1 40. h5 Rd1+ 41. Ke3 Bc1+ 42. Kf3 Rd3+ 43. Ke2 Rd2+ 44. Rxd2 Bxd2 45. h6 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nf3 Qc7 5. Bd3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. a4 b6 8. Na3 a6 9. b4 Bb7 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. d5 0-0 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. c4 Nh5 17. Bd2 Bc8 18. a5 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rab8 21. Bc2 Bd4 22. Ba4 e5 23. Qd3 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Be1 Rf8 27. Rb6 Qf7 28. Qd2 e4 29. Qc2 Qf4 30. Bd7 e3 31. Rb2 exf2+ 32. Bxf2 Bxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Kg7 36. Bb5 Qe1 37. Ra2 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qb3 39. Ra1 Qb2 40. Ra4 axb5 41. cxb5 Qxb5 42. Ra1 Qa6 43. Kg1 Nf4 44. Kf2 Nxd5 45. g4 Nb4 46. Kg3 g5 47. h4 Qd3+ 48. Kg2 gxh4 49. a6 Nxa6 50. g5 Qg3+ 51. Kh1 Qh3+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ 53. Kg2 h3+ 54. Kh2 Qe5+ 55. Kxh3 Qxa1 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Landaw, Julian W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Qe2 Qd6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 0-0 15. Qg4 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Re3 Bd6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 c5 22. Rae1 c4 23. Bc2 Rcd8 24. R1e2 Bc8 25. f3 Bf5 26. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Funderburg, John T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. Nh4 g6 8. Qg4 Qe7 9. Qh3 Bg7 10. f4 Nf8 11. Nhf3 Bd7 12. a4 a5 13. Bd3 0-0-0 14. 0-0 f5 15. b3 h6 16. Qg3 Qf7 17. Ba3 g5 18. b4 axb4 19. cxb4 g4 20. Ne1 h5 21. Nb3 h4 22. Qe3 Ng6 23. b5 Nb8 24. Rc1 Bf8 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 b6 27. Rc3 Kb7 28. a5 Rc8 29. Qc1 c6 30. axb6 Kxb6 31. Qa1 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Be3 e5 10. fxe5 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc6 15. e5 g5 16. Bd3 gxf4 17. Rxf4 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Nab4 19. Be4 Nxe5 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Qh5 f5 22. Rxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5 Qh4 24. Rg1 Ng6 25. Bg5 Qh5 26. Bf3 Ne7 27. Qe6+ Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Del Pilar, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Be2 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 c5 9. 0-0 e6 10. Nf4 Bb7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qd6 Rc8 13. Rad1 Rc6 14. Qd2 Bxb2 15. Bc4 Qc7 16. Ng5 Ngf6 17. Nfxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qb6 19. a5 Qxa5 20. Bg5 Bc3 21. Qf4 Be5 22. Qh4 Qb6 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Bd8 Rxe6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rd1 Rf6 27. Qh3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 Na5 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. h3 h6 11. Bd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nh7 13. g4 Nf8 14. Qe2 c5 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Kf1 Bb7 17. Rg1 g6 18. Ne1 h5 19. g5 d5 20. Nf3 dxe4 21. Nxe5 Qc7 22. f4 exf3 23. Nxf3 0-0 24. Nh4 Qe5 25. Bc1 Qd4 26. Qf2 Rae8 27. Nf3 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 f6 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch cand"]
[Site "Garden Grove"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Del Pilar, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. 0-0-0 Rc8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bd4 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Bb4 18. Rxd5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxd5 20. Qg3 Rg8 21. Rd1 Qe4 22. Rd2 Bb5 23. Kb2 f6 24. Bxf6 Qg6 25. Qxg6+ hxg6 26. Be5 Ke7 27. g3 Rgd8 28. Nd4 Kf7 29. Bxg7 Rd5 30. Be5 Bc4 31. h4 Rcc5 32. Rf2 Rd8 33. Rh2 Bd5 34. g4 Rdc8 35. Nb3 Rc4 36. Bd4 R4c7 37. h5 gxh5 38. gxh5 Be4 39. Nd2 Bd5 40. Nf1 Rg8 41. Ne3 Be4 42. Rh4 Rg3 43. f5 exf5 44. Nxf5 Bxf5 45. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southern California-ch cand"]
[Site "Garden Grove"]
[Date "2007.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Landaw, Julian W"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 b6 10. d4 Ba6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. a4 Rad8 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Bc3 d5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 dxe4 20. Qe2 Qxe5 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Rd7 23. Ra4 Rfd8 24. Bd3 Nc8 25. Rae4 Kf8 26. g4 Re7 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Re4 Rd7 29. Kf2 Nd5 30. Kf3 Nc7 31. Ke3 Nd5+ 32. Kf3 Nc7 33. h4 Kg7 34. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southern California-ch cand"]
[Site "Garden Grove"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dellaca, Roger D"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. 0-0 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Qe2 d6 11. c4 0-0 12. b3 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bb2 d5 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Rc2 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. a3 dxc4 19. Bxc4 d3 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Bxg7 dxc2 22. Bb2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch cand"]
[Site "Garden Grove"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Akopian, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Re1 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 f6 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Ba5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Rf6 17. Rac1 Re6 18. Qh3 Rf6 19. Nf3 Qd6 20. a3 Re8 21. Bb4 Qf4 22. b3 Kh8 23. Bd2 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Rc7 Nc8 26. Rxb7 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Bxd4 28. Be3 Bc3 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Bxa7 d4 31. Rd3 e5 32. Bc5 Rd5 33. b4 Rd8 34. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. 0-0 Qc5 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 0-0-0 12. Rad1 f6 13. f3 Nh6 14. Rf2 Nf7 15. Rfd2 Rhe8 16. Nde2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. 0-0 e5 6. d3 h6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. Re1 a6 10. Nxe5 axb5 11. Qh5 Ra6 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Qf4 Ke8 14. Qf7+ Kd8 15. Bf4 Rf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. d6 fxe5 18. dxc7+ Ke8 19. Bxe5 Rg8 20. a4 b4 21. Bd6 Kf7 22. Bxc5 Nd5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Re4 Nxc7 25. Rxb4 Nd5 26. Rd4 Nf6 27. Ra3 Re8 28. Kf1 d5 29. Rc3 Ke6 30. Rc7 Kd6 31. Rf7 Ke6 32. Rg7 h5 33. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Kitagami, Show"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. Ne2 Ne4 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. f3 Nd6 11. Nf4 Bg6 12. Nxd5 Nf5 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. c3 c5 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Be4 Nd6 19. dxc5 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxc5+ 21. Be3 Qc7 22. Re1 Nc6 23. Bf2 Rad8 24. Qa3 h6 25. Re6 g5 26. Qc5 Qf7 27. b4 a6 28. a4 g4 29. b5 Na5 30. bxa6 Nb3 31. Qb6 gxf3 32. Qxb7 Qh5 33. Qe4 fxg2 34. Qe5 Rf5 35. Rxh6+ Qxh6 36. Qxf5 Nd2 37. Be3 Qc6 38. Bxd2 Rxd2 1-0

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2007.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Richardson, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. a4 0-0 9. f4 Qc7 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Nb3 Rd8 12. Kh1 b6 13. Qe1 Nb4 14. Qf2 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Be3 Bb7 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rfc1 Rdc8 19. Nxa5 Nc5 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. f5 exf5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qd2 Rd8 24. Na4 Qa7 25. Rd1 Rac8 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. c3 Nc6 28. Qf4 a5 29. Qxf5 Ne7 30. Qg4 Rb8 31. Rd2 Rb6 32. Rad1 g6 33. Qg5 Qc7 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxb2 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Qf6+ Kh6 39. h4 Qxc3 40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. Rd7 Qb3 42. Qf6+ Kh6 43. Rxf7 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd2 45. Qg7+ Kh5 46. Qxh7+ Qh6 47. Kh3 Rb3+ 48. g3 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch cand"]
[Site "Los Alamitos"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Landaw, Julian W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Nc3 Na5 8. Bd2 c6 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Nd1 Nxb3 13. axb3 0-0 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 d5 16. Bc3 d4 17. Ba5 Qd7 18. Nf5 Rfc8 19. Bd2 c5 20. Qg3 g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Qxe5 c4 23. Ng4 h5 24. Bh6+ Kh7 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6+ Kxh6 27. Nxd7 cxd3 28. cxd3 Rc2 29. Nb6 Ra7 30. Rab1 a5 31. Rfd1 Rac7 32. Nd5 R7c6 33. Kf1 g5 34. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch cand"]
[Site "Los Alamitos"]
[Date "2005.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Moussa, Alaa Eddine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 c5 10. c3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Rad1 a6 15. a3 b5 16. Bb1 Bd5 17. Ne5 Ra7 18. Nh5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nxh5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxh5 g6 22. Qh6 Qf8 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Qh6 Qf8 25. Qf4 Rc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. h4 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qa8 30. f3 Qa7+ 31. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southern California-ch cand"]
[Site "Los Alamitos"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Clawitter, Craig"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 0-0 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. h3 Re8 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Re3 Qd7 17. Qe2 f5 18. h4 h6 19. Kh2 Rf8 20. Ng1 Nd8 21. Bb5 Qc7 22. Nh3 a6 23. Ba4 Qc4 24. Qd1 b5 25. Bc2 Qc6 26. Rg3 Bf7 27. Qd2 Kh7 28. h5 e6 29. hxg6+ Bxg6 30. Qe2 Rc7 31. Bd2 Rg8 32. Rg1 Bf8 33. Nf4 Qe8 34. Rh3 Kh8 35. g4 Qf7 36. Rhg3 Bh7 37. gxf5 Rxg3 38. Rxg3 Bxf5 39. Ng6+ Kh7 40. Bxf5 Qxf5 41. Nxf8+ Qxf8 42. Rh3 Nf7 43. Qd3+ Kg7 44. Qg3+ Kh7 45. Qd3+ Kg7 46. Rg3+ Kh8 47. Qg6 Re7 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 50. Rh3 Qxh3+ 51. Kxh3 Rd7 52. f4 Nd8 53. f5 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch cand"]
[Site "Los Alamitos"]
[Date "2005.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Landaw, Maximilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. 0-0 Be7 9. c3 0-0 10. Re1 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Qxe6+ Kf8 16. Bc4 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxg5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qxg5 dxc3 21. bxc3 Qe5 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Re1 Qc7 24. Nf5 Rd8 25. Qc1 Rc8 26. Qg5 Qd7 27. h3 Rc5 28. g4 Qc7 29. Re3 Rd5 30. Rf3 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Qb7 32. Nd4 Rd3 33. Qf4 Rxf3 34. Nxf3 Ke7 35. Kg1 Qc6 36. c4 Qd6 37. Qe3+ Qe6 38. Qa3+ Ke8 39. Qxa7 Qxc4 40. Qxg7 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qc6 42. Qh6 Qc3 43. g5 Nd5 44. Qe6+ Ne7 45. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 b6 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. Re1 Ngf6 8. h3 Be7 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nh2 d5 13. f4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rad8 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfe8 17. Ng4 Nd5 18. Bf2 Bf8 19. Ne5 g6 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. a3 Ne7 22. Ndf3 Nc6 23. c3 Ndxe5 24. fxe5 Rd7 25. b4 Rc8 26. Kh2 Qd8 27. Rad1 Ne7 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Qc2 Rd5 30. d4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Qa5 32. Ra1 Rd7 33. Qb3 Qd5 34. Qd1 Nc6 35. Qe2 Nxd4 36. cxd4 Rc3 37. Rf1 Rdc7 38. Ra2 a5 39. a4 Rb3 40. Rb2 Rcc3 41. Rxb3 Qxb3 42. Nd2 Qxa4 43. Qf2 Rc7 44. Qf4 Rd7 45. Nf3 Qc2+ 46. Kg1 Rb7 47. Nd2 a4 48. Ne4 a3 49. Rf2 Qb1+ 50. Kg2 a2 51. Nc3 a1Q 0-1

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 44th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Patraw, Michael G"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. g4 Nc6 11. 0-0-0 Nd7 12. g5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Be3 Be7 16. f5 Rc8 17. Rhg1 Qa5 18. Kb1 d5 19. g6 hxg6 20. fxg6 f6 21. Ng3 d4 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Bh6 Rg8 24. Qh5 Qc7 25. Bd2 Qb6 26. Qh7 Qe6 27. Bxb4 Bxb4 28. Nxg7+ Rxg7 29. Qxg7 Kd8 30. Qh8+ Kc7 31. g7 Rg8 32. h4 Nc5 33. h5 Nxe4 34. h6 Bd5 35. h7 Nc3+ 36. Ka1 Qe8 37. hxg8Q Bxg8 38. b3 Nxd1 39. Bc4 Bc3+ 40. Kb1 Qe7 41. Qxg8 Qa3 42. Qf7+ Kc6 43. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 44th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Small, Gregg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Nbc6 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Rb1 Na5 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rh3 Nc4 17. Rb4 0-0-0 18. h5 Bc6 19. Qd1 a5 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Na7+ Kb8 22. Nxc6+ Qxc6 23. Rbb3 d4 24. Qf3 Rd5 25. h6 Nce3 26. h7 Rh8 27. Bxe3 Nxe3 28. Bd3 Nxc2+ 29. Kf2 Ne3 30. Be4 Qc4 31. Bxd5 Qf1+ 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Nf1+ 34. Qxf1 Qxf1 35. Rxb7+ Kc8 36. Bf3 Qd3 37. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 44th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seada, Karim"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. g4 Nfd7 10. 0-0-0 Be7 11. g5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. h4 Rc8 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qg2 b4 16. Ne2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qb6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Be3 Qc7 21. h5 a5 22. g6 Bf6 23. h6 fxg6 24. hxg7 Bxg7 25. Rxh7 Bxd4 26. Qxg6+ Kd8 27. Rxh8+ Bxh8 28. Qg8+ Be8 29. Qxe6 Bd7 30. Qg8+ Be8 31. Qxh8 Rxc2 32. Qf6+ Kc8 33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Re2 35. Bb6 Bh5 36. Rf6 a4 37. Ba5 b3 38. axb3 axb3 39. Bc3 Rf2 40. Kc1 Bxf3 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42. Rc4 Rc2+ 43. Kb1 Re2 44. e5 Rf2 45. Kc1 Rc2+ 46. Kb1 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.05.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd2 0-0 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. Ncd5 f5 12. f4 Rae8 13. c3 Kh8 14. a3 fxe4 15. dxe4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Bf4 Qb5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qd2 c4 24. Rf1 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Bf3 0-0 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Nb3 Re8 12. Be3 Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. Bg3 Nc5 18. Nc1 Rbd8 19. Qf2 Nb4 20. Nd3 Ncxd3 21. cxd3 e5 22. d4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Qc4 24. Bg3 f6 25. d5 Qc5 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Rc1 a5 28. Na2 Qb8 29. Nxb4 axb4 30. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Ivanov, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[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. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 0-0 14. Nc7 Qxc7 15. exf5 d5 16. f6 h6 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc2 b4 19. c4 e4 20. cxd5 exd3 21. Ne3 Qa5 22. g4 Rfd8 23. dxc6 Qxh5 24. gxh5 Rac8 25. Kd2 Rxc6 26. Rhc1 Rb6 27. Rc5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vardanyan, Gevorg"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. g4 Be7 10. 0-0-0 Nfd7 11. Kb1 Nb6 12. Qf2 N8d7 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. g5 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Bd2 d5 17. Qg3 dxe4 18. g6 Bf6 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Bh3 Ndc5 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe6+ Ke7 23. Qh3 Qc7 24. Nf5+ Kf8 25. Rxg7 Bxg7 26. Nxg7 Naxc3+ 27. Ka1 Nxd1 28. Qf5+ Kxg7 29. Qg4+ Kf6 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western Pacific op 2nd"]
[Site "Burbank"]
[Date "2004.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Kurosaki, Takashi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 a6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nb6 10. d6 e6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. d7+ Nxd7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nexf7 Qa5+ 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rh7 19. Bd3 Bf6 20. Bxg6 Rg7 21. Bh5 e5 22. 0-0 exd4 23. Rfe1 Be7 24. Nf5 Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Bg5 26. Bg6 Nf6 27. cxd4 Bd7 28. h4 Bd2 29. Re2 Ba5 30. h5 Ng8 31. d5 Bb5 32. Re3 Bd2 33. Rb3 Rd8 34. Nd4 Rxd5 35. Nxb5 Rxb5 36. Rxb5 axb5 37. Rd1 Bc3 38. Rd7 Ne7 39. Rxb7 b4 40. Kf1 Nc6 41. Ke2 Nd4+ 42. Kd3 Ne6 43. Kc4 Nf4 44. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Western Pacific op 2nd"]
[Site "Burbank"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Lawrence, Danyul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Be7 11. f3 Qc7 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qf2 Qb7 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rab1 Rd7 19. Qe2 Ra8 20. Bf2 Bd8 21. Rdc1 Ba5 22. Nd1 Qc7 23. c3 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bg3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Nf2 c4 28. bxc4 Bb6 29. Kh1 Qc5 30. Rb2 Rad8 31. Re1 g6 32. g4 fxg3 33. hxg3 Qh5+ 34. Kg2 Bc7 35. f4 Qa5 36. Ne4 Kg7 37. Kh2 Qxa4 38. Nc5 Qa3 39. Nxd7 Rxd7 40. Rd2 Qxc3 41. Rxd7 Bxd7 42. Rd1 Bf5 43. Bg2 h5 44. Qd2 Qxc4 45. Rc1 Ba5 46. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Century West op g/40"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Gutman, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Rb1 0-0-0 14. Qd3 Kb8 15. Rg1 Nc8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nb6 18. g4 Rc8 19. h4 Nc4 20. h5 Nxa3 21. Bxa3 Qxa3 22. h6 Qa2 23. Qb4 Rc7 24. Bd3 d4 25. h7 Rh8 26. Rb3 a5 27. Qa3 Qxa3 28. Rxa3 a4 29. Kf2 b5 30. Rb1 Rb7 31. Rb4 Bc6 32. Ra1 Ka7 33. Rab1 Ka6 34. Rxa4+ Kb6 35. Rxd4 Kc5 36. Ke3 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Ra1 b4 39. Ra7 Be8 40. Ra8 Kb6 41. Rb8+ Kc5 42. g5 Kd5 43. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Century West op g/40"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2004.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Villa Giusti, Luis"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. c4 c5 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. Bxd4 e6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Ndc5 17. Qa3 a5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rfd1 Qf6 20. Ne1 Rfd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. b4 Nd3 23. Nxd3 Rxd3 24. Qa4 Qb2 25. Qc6 Qxb4 26. h4 Rd6 27. Qc7 Re6 28. g3 Qd2 29. Qc3+ Qxc3 30. Rxc3 h5 31. Kf1 Kf6 32. Ke2 Ke5 33. Rc7 f6 34. Kd2 Rd6+ 35. Kc2 Kf5 36. Rg7 g5 37. Rh7 Kg4 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Rf7 Rh6 40. Re7 0-1

[Event "Pasadena Foothills op 5th"]
[Site "Pasadena"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harshbarger, Robert"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Ne4 Bf5 8. Ng3 Bg4 9. Bd2 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Be3 f5 15. exf6 N7xf6 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Ng5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nd5 19. Nxe6 Nxe3 20. Qd2 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Rf6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Kh1 Re8 24. d5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Kh8 26. Ng5 Qd8 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Qc3 Rf5 29. Nf3 Qc5 30. Bb7 b4 31. Qd2 Qc7 32. Qd7 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Pasadena Foothills op 5th"]
[Site "Pasadena"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Chen, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Ne7 8. a3 Ba5 9. Be2 0-0 10. Qg3 Kh8 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. 0-0 Ng6 13. Bg5 Qb8 14. Qg4 h6 15. Bc1 Nf6 16. Qf3 Ne5 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Qxb8 Raxb8 19. b4 Bc7 20. f4 Rbe8 21. e5 Nd7 22. d4 f6 23. Bh5 Kh7 24. a4 a6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Ra8 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Nb1 Bb6 29. c3 fxe5 30. fxe5 Ngxe5 31. Rfe1 g6 32. Be2 Nf7 33. Bg4 Nf6 34. Bxe6 Nd8 35. Ba3 Re8 36. Bd7 Re4 37. Rxe4 Nxe4 38. Be7 Kg7 39. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Pasadena Foothills op 5th"]
[Site "Pasadena"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Be7 11. Qe1 0-0 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Rf2 Qc7 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. Rfd2 Qb8 16. Qg3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. Nb3 Rxc3 19. Bd4 Nxe4 20. Qh3 Ng5 21. Qh5 Nexf3+ 22. gxf3 Bxf3 23. Qh4 Bxd1 24. Kh1 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Western Class-ch"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 0-0 10. f3 Bf6 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Nbc3 b5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nf4 Nb6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Qf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. a3 a5 19. Qg3 Ne5 20. Bc5 Qf7 21. Rae1 Qg6 22. Qh4 Ba6 23. f4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 b4 25. c4 b3 26. a4 Rab8 27. Rb1 Red8 28. Qh3 Qf7 29. Rfc1 b2 30. Rc2 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Rc3 Rb4 33. Bxb4 axb4 34. Rb3 c5 35. R1xb2 Rd4 36. Kf2 f5 37. e5 Rxf4+ 38. Ke3 Rh4 39. g3 Rg4 40. Rf2 g6 41. Rf4 Rg5 42. Rb2 Rh5 43. d4 Kf7 44. dxc5 Ke6 45. Kd4 g5 46. g4 gxf4 47. gxh5 f3 48. Rxb4 f4 49. Rb3 Kf5 50. Rxf3 Bb7 51. Rf2 f3 52. a5 Kg5 53. a6 Bc6 54. a7 Kxh5 55. e6 Kg6 56. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Western Class-ch"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Buskirk, Charles Anthony"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Bd3 Nb8 10. Ne2 c5 11. d5 Nh5 12. g4 Nf6 13. Ng3 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. h4 g6 16. Ra2 Qc7 17. Rf2 Qa5 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. 0-0 f6 20. f4 fxg5 21. fxg5 Rf8 22. Be2 a6 23. Rxf8+ Nhxf8 24. Nxh5 b5 25. Nf6+ Ke7 26. Ng8+ Kd8 27. h5 bxc4 28. Qb2 gxh5 29. Bxh5 Kc7 30. Nf6 Nxf6 31. Rxf6 Bd7 32. g6 Nxg6 33. Bxg6 Rb8 34. Qc2 Rb3 35. Rf7 Rxc3 36. Bd2 Rg3+ 37. Kh2 Qxa3 38. Bf5 Rh3+ 39. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 40. Kg1 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Qh3+ 42. Ke1 Qh4+ 43. Rf2 Bg4 44. Ba5+ Kd7 45. Qxc4 Bf3 46. Bd2 Bxe4 47. Qa4+ Ke7 48. Bg5+ Qxg5 49. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Western Class-ch"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Pabon, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. Qf3 e6 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. Ne4 f5 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. Bc4 h6 16. h4 h5 17. Qb3 a5 18. Bf7 Rxf7 19. Nxf7+ Kh7 20. Nd6 Qf8 21. c4 Ba6 22. Qc3 Nc8 23. Nxc8 Bxc8 24. Rh3 d6 25. Qa3 dxe5 26. Qxf8 Bxf8 27. Bxe5 Be6 28. b3 a4 29. f4 axb3 30. axb3 Ra2 31. Bb2 Ra7 32. Rd8 Kg8 33. Re3 Kf7 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxe6 Kf7 36. Rxc6 Rb7 37. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Western Class-ch"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kerman, David J"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. 0-0 d6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Ng5 e5 13. Ndf3 h6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Ne4 Re8 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bc4 e4 19. Nh4 Qc8 20. g3 g5 21. b4 e3 22. bxc5 exd2 23. Qxd2 Qc6 24. f3 Qxc5+ 0-1

[Event "Western Class-ch"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2004.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. f4 Nf6 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. Qh3 h5 14. Kh1 Ng4 15. Bg1 Ndf6 16. Rae1 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe3 Nfd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 g6 21. Qe2 Qb7 22. Nd4 Bh4 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Nc6 0-0 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. c4 a5 27. Qc2 Nc5 28. Rf3 Kg7 29. Rdf1 Qd7 30. b3 Qe7 31. Qd1 Rae8 32. Bc2 Nd7 33. Qd2 Kg8 34. Rh3 f5 35. b4 axb4 36. Qxb4 Rb8 37. a5 bxa5 38. Qxa5 Rb2 39. Bd1 Qg5 40. Bf3 Rfb8 41. Qe1 R8b3 42. Qh4 Qxh4 43. Rxh4 Rb1 44. Be2 Rxf1 45. Bxf1 Rb1 46. Bd3 Rd1 47. Be2 Re1 48. Bf3 f4 49. g3 Bd4 50. Kg2 Rxg1+ 51. Kh3 Be3 52. gxf4 Bf2 0-1

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. h3 Qb6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bb1 Rfc8 13. 0-0 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Bb5 15. Qd1 Bxf1 16. Qxf1 Nc6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Ba3 19. Rd1 Bf8 20. e4 Ne7 21. Qd3 g6 22. Bg5 Bg7 23. Qa3 Nc6 24. Be3 Na5 25. Rc1 Nc4 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Ne8 29. e5 f5 30. Kf2 Bh6 31. g4 Kf7 32. Bd3 a6 33. Rc2 Ke7 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. e4 fxe4 36. Bxe4 Rb8 37. Bxh7 Kd7 38. Be4 Nc7 39. Ke2 b5 40. Rc6 Bf8 41. Rc1 a5 42. Bc6+ Ke7 43. Nh4 Bh6 44. Ra1 Rb6 45. Be4 Ra6 46. Kd3 a4 47. Nf3 a3 48. Kc3 Kd7 49. b4 Ra4 50. Ne1 Bf8 51. Nd3 Na6 52. Nc5+ Nxc5 53. dxc5 Bxc5 54. Bd3 Rxb4 55. Rxa3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5 Na5 9. Ne3 Nxb3 10. axb3 g6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Bc3 Qd7 13. h3 Bf8 14. g3 Bg7 15. Qe2 h6 16. b4 0-0 17. g4 Rfe8 18. Nf1 Nh7 19. h4 Nf8 20. Rg1 Ne6 21. 0-0-0 a5 22. bxa5 c5 23. b4 Nf4 24. Qe3 cxb4 25. Bxb4 d5 26. d4 Qc7 27. dxe5 Qc4 28. Qxf4 Qxb4 29. Rd4 Qa3+ 30. Kd1 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 dxe4 32. Rxe4 b4 33. N1d2 Ba6+ 34. Nc4 Qc3 35. Kf1 Rac8 36. Nfd2 Rxe5 37. Rg3 Rxe4 38. Qxe4 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 0-0 10. c3 Rb8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nf1 b4 14. Ne3 e6 15. Nc4 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nde5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. Qc2 Rb6 21. Reb1 Rfb8 22. Bd2 Qa3 23. Bf1 h5 24. Kg2 Kh7 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bf6 27. Be2 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rxb1 29. Qxb1 g5 30. Qb3 Qxb3 31. axb3 Be7 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke1 Kf8 34. Kd1 Ke8 35. Kc2 Kd7 36. Kb2 Kc7 37. Ka3 Kb7 38. Ka4 a6 39. Be3 f6 40. Bd1 Bd6 41. Bc2 Kc7 42. Bb1 Be7 43. Ba2 Kd7 44. Bd2 Kc7 45. b4 cxb4 46. Bxe6 bxc3 47. Bxc3 Bc5 48. f3 Nd4 49. Ba5+ Bb6 50. Bb4 Nxe6 0-1

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Stevens, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qd5 Bxc2 9. Qxb7 Nd7 10. Nd4 Ba4 11. Qf3 0-0 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Bb1 Bg5 14. 0-0 Qf6 15. Qh5 h6 16. Bg3 g6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. f4 Bh4 19. Bxh4 Qxh4 20. f5 Rae8 21. Qf3 Re1 22. Bc2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 g5 24. b4 g4 25. Qf4 Ne6 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Qg3 Qf6 28. Bd3 e5 29. Rf1 Qg5 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qf2+ Kg7 32. Nb3 1-0

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d4 d6 6. a4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. a5 Bf5 9. c3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bc2 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nfd2 Rab8 13. Na3 Ba4 14. Ndc4 b5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Bf4 Rbe8 17. Reb1 e5 18. Bg5 e4 19. Nd6 Re6 20. Nab5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Nd5 22. Rd1 N7f6 23. Ra6 Rb8 24. c4 Nb4 25. Ra7 Nc6 26. Ra6 Nb4 27. Ra4 Ne8 28. b3 Nc6 29. Bf4 Rc8 30. Na7 Rd8 31. Rd5 Ra8 32. Nxc6 Rxa4 33. bxa4 Rxc6 34. Bxe4 Re6 35. Bf3 Bf8 36. Rd8 Kg7 37. Rb8 Nf6 38. Rb7 Ne4 39. Bg4 Re7 40. Rxb6 Ra7 41. Bf3 Nf6 42. Be5 Be7 43. Rb7 Rxb7 44. Bxb7 Bd8 45. Bc6 g5 46. Bc3 Kf8 47. e4 Ke7 48. e5 1-0

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Luchan, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be3 10. Ke2 Ng4 11. Rf1 Rc8 12. a3 d4 13. c4 Qc7 14. h3 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 Ne3 16. Nbd2 Nxf1 17. Qxf1 f6 18. Qb1 fxe5 19. Bxh7 exf4 20. Qg6+ Kf8 21. Qe4 d3+ 22. Kf1 e5 23. b5 g6 24. Bxg6 Ne7 25. Nxe5 Kg7 26. Qd4 Nxg6 27. Nxd7+ Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qc5 29. Qd7+ Kf6 30. Ne4+ Kxe5 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Yelinson, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. Bf4 Bf6 11. Be5 cxd4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. cxd4 b6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qh4 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Bd3 Rc5 19. Qd2 Qg4 20. f4 g6 21. Qf2 Qh5 22. Re3 Qh6 23. Rh3 Qg7 24. a4 f6 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Rf1 e5 27. fxe5 Qxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rxe5 30. Rh4 Kg7 31. g3 Rc5 32. Bc4 Bc6 33. Bb3 Bd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Ke3 h5 36. Rc4 Ra5 37. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tserendorj, Batsaikhan"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. Bd3 b5 8. a3 Bb7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Be7 11. f4 Rc8 12. Qf3 Nc5 13. Rae1 Nxb3 14. cxb3 0-0 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Qh5 e5 17. Be3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bf6 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Bb1 Ng6 21. Bd2 Be5 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. Re3 f6 24. Rh3 Qxh3 25. Qxh3 fxg5 26. Re1 Nf4 27. Qg4 Rc7 28. b4 Rcf7 29. Ba2 d5 30. exd5 Nd3 0-1

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Felix, Andre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Nc2 Rb8 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nb4 Bg7 17. Qxa4+ Kf8 18. Qxa6 e4 19. Be2 Rxb4 20. cxb4 Bxb2 21. Ra2 Bc3+ 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. Qc4 Be5 24. g3 Qd7 25. f4 exf3 26. Bxf3 Rc8 27. Qa6 f4 28. Qe2 fxg3 29. Kg2 gxh2 30. Rf1 Kh8 31. Be4 Rg8+ 32. Kh1 Qh3 33. Qf3 Rg1+ 34. Rxg1 hxg1Q+ 35. Kxg1 Bd4+ 36. Rf2 Qxf3 37. Bxf3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 Kf6 40. b5 Nc8 41. Kg3 Ke5 42. Kg4 Nb6 43. Kg5 Nxd5 44. Kh6 Nb6 45. Kxh7 Kf4 46. Bh5 f5 47. Kg6 Ke4 48. Kf6 f4 49. Ke6 d5 50. Kd6 f3 51. Bxf3+ Kxf3 52. Kc5 Ke4 53. Kxb6 d4 54. Kc7 d3 55. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hinrichsen, Dane"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. e4 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. Qe2 a5 12. Nd2 Nfd7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. Qb5 Qd8 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Qe2 a4 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Bf1 f5 21. Qd2 Rfc8 22. Rac1 a3 23. bxa3 Qxa3 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 fxe4 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Bd7 e3 28. Qe1 e2 0-1

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Andrews, Anthony M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Ng4 9. e6 f5 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. 0-0 Bb7 14. Rae1 Ba6 15. Na4 Qc7 16. c4 Ne5 17. Qc3 0-0 18. Qc2 d5 19. Re3 dxc4 20. Rfe1 cxb3 21. axb3 Rad8 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Bd3 24. Qc3 Be4 25. Nc5 Rd5 26. Nd7 Rxe5 27. Nxe5 Rf6 28. Nf7 Rxe6 29. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 43rd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Pilnick, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. a3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 e5 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. g4 Bc4 14. Re1 Rfc8 15. g5 Ne8 16. Bg4 Rd8 17. Qf3 Nc7 18. Bd2 Qa6 19. b3 Be6 20. a4 b6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Nd5 Qb7 23. Qh5 Re8 24. c4 Nc7 25. Re3 Nxd5 26. Rh3 Nf6 27. gxf6 Bxf6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Bb4 Re6 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Rhd3 Rd8 32. Rd5 g6 33. Qh6 Qc6 34. Qe3 Ke8 35. a5 Be7 36. axb6 axb6 37. Ra1 f5 38. Qh3 Rf6 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Ke8 41. f4 fxe4 42. fxe5 Rf7 43. Qxg6 Kf8 44. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 43rd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schloss, Jamie"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Qe2 0-0 11. a3 Bd7 12. Kh1 b5 13. f5 Rac8 14. g4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. f6 Bxf6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. g5 f5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 Qe5 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rf1 Re8 25. Bd2 Qe4+ 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Rf5 d4 28. Kg2 Re2+ 29. Rf2 Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Ne5 31. Kg3 f6 32. gxf6+ Kxf6 33. Kf4 d3 34. cxd3 Nxd3+ 35. Ke4 Nf2+ 36. Kd5 Ke7 37. Kc6 h5 38. h4 Ke6 39. Kb6 Kd5 40. Kxa6 Kc4 41. Bb4 Nd3 42. b3+ Kxb3 43. Kxb5 Nb2 44. Be7 Na4 45. Bb4 Nb2 46. Bd2 Na4 47. Bc1 Nc3+ 48. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 43rd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Furman, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Qe2 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Bf4 0-0 11. h4 Nc6 12. c3 Qc8 13. 0-0-0 Ba6 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. e5 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 h6 17. g4 Qe8 18. g5 h5 19. Nd2 Rc8 20. Kb1 Be2 21. Re1 Bg4 22. Be4 Qd7 23. Nc4 g6 24. Ne3 Bf5 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Bd5 Nxe5 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Qe2 Bd6 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Qc4 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pacific Southwest op 43rd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Landaw, Maximilian"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nc1 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. 0-0 Rb8 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Na4 Qb7 17. Ra3 Bd7 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Nxd5 20. Bxa6 Nxe3 21. Qxd6 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Bxc6 23. Rc1 Bxa4 24. Rxa4 Bd4 25. Ra2 Nc2+ 26. Kf1 Nb4 27. Ra4 Nxa6 0-1

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Del Pilar, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. 0-0-0 Qc7 15. g4 Bc6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qh3 0-0-0 18. g6 Nf6 19. gxf7 Qxf7 20. Bb6 Re8 21. Rhe1 Nh5 22. f5 e5 23. Na5 Nf4 24. Qf1 Qd7 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Be3 Nh5 27. Rd3 Kb8 28. Qe2 Nf6 29. Bg5 Be7 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Nd5 Bd8 32. Kb1 Rhf8 33. Qg4 g6 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Red1 Rf2 36. Rc3 Qb5 37. Rc8+ Ka7 38. Qg1 Qe2 39. Rc1 Ref8 40. Nc3 Qd2 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Nd1 Rdf8 43. Nxf2 Rxf2 44. Qxg6 Rxh2 45. Qg1+ Rf2 46. Ka1 Kb8 47. Qg8+ Kc7 48. Qc4+ Kb6 49. Kb1 Re2 50. a3 Ka7 51. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ooi, Kyo"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. Qd2 Qe8 7. f4 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Na6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nge2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. 0-0 e4 14. Bb1 Ne5 15. b3 Qg6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bf4 Rae8 19. h3 e3 20. Qc1 Nf2+ 21. Kh2 Qh5 22. Kg1 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Qxh6 24. Nd1 Nxh3+ 25. gxh3 Qxh3 26. Nf2 Qh4 27. Kg2 f4 28. Ng1 exf2 29. Rxf2 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 f3 31. Qh6 Re7 32. Bd3 Nc5 33. Rd1 Rfe8 34. Qh2 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Nxd3+ 37. Kf1 Qxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Bg4 40. Nxf3 Bxf3 41. Kxf3 Kf7 42. Kg4 Kf6 43. Kh5 Ke5 44. Kh6 b5 45. cxb5 Kxd5 46. Kxh7 Kc5 47. Kg6 Kxb5 48. Kf5 Kb4 49. Ke5 Ka3 50. Kd4 Kxa2 51. Kc4 Kb2 52. Kb4 c6 53. Ka4 c5 54. b4 c4 55. b5 c3 56. Ka5 c2 57. Ka6 c1Q 0-1

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hough, Randall D"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2003.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. h3 e5 9. e4 Qb6 10. Re1 Re8 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Nd2 Nd3 14. Rf1 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Bh6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. f4 Nh5 19. Ne2 b5 20. Nd2 Qb6+ 21. Kh2 exf4 22. Nxf4 Nxg3 23. Rf3 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "USA-chT West"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Melikadamian, Alen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.02.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 0-0 8. e5 Ne8 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Qh5 axb5 12. Nf6+ Nxf6 13. exf6 Bb4+ 14. c3 g6 15. Qg5 e5 16. Be3 Ba5 17. h4 e4 18. Bxb5 h6 19. Qf4 Bc7 20. Qxh6 Qxf6 21. h5 Be5 22. Bc4 g5 23. Qg6+ Qxg6 24. hxg6 Nd8 25. gxf7+ Nxf7 26. Rh5 Kg7 27. 0-0-0 Bf6 28. Rdh1 Ra5 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Bb6 Ra8 31. Bc5 d6 32. Bxd6 Bf5 33. R7h6 Bg7 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 35. Rb6 Rb8 36. Rh5 Kf8 37. Bxf7 Kxf7 38. Rxg5 Bd7 39. Rc5 Bc8 40. Rc4 Bf8 41. Rxe4 Bd7 42. Rc4 Ke8 43. Rc7 Bc8 44. b4 Be7 45. Rg6 Kd8 46. Rc4 Kd7 47. Rg7 Kd8 48. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "American op 38th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nf3 Ng6 8. h4 Nh5 9. g3 h6 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12. Nbd2 0-0 13. Nc4 d6 14. 0-0-0 Nf6 15. Ne3 Ne7 16. g4 Ng6 17. g5 Nf4 18. Qd2 N6h5 19. Bc2 Ba6 20. Rde1 Rb8 21. Nf5 Kh7 22. gxh6 gxh6 23. b3 Rg8 24. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American op 38th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2002.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 0-0 7. h3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. 0-0-0 a6 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne5 14. Rg1 b4 15. Qe3 Nxf3 16. Qxf3 c5 17. c4 bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rb8 19. Bc4 Rb4 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxe4 22. Qd3 Re6 23. Qxa6 Qe7 24. Rgd1 Rd8 25. Qd3 h6 26. h4 hxg5 27. hxg5 Re5 28. Qg3 Ra8 29. Rxd6 Rxg5 30. Qd3 g6 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Qxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kg7 34. Kc2 Rf5 35. Rd2 Rf4 36. Kc3 Kf6 37. b3 Ke5 38. a4 Rb4 39. a5 Rb5 40. Ra2 Kd5 41. a6 Rb8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Ra6 g5 44. Kd3 f5 45. Ra5 Kc6 46. Kc4 Kb6 47. Rxc5 Rxa7 48. Rxf5 Rg7 49. Rf6+ Kb7 50. Rf3 g4 51. Rg3 Rf7 52. Rg2 Rf3 53. Kd5 Rxb3 54. Rxg4 Rf3 55. Rg2 Kc7 56. Ke6 Kd8 57. Rg8+ Kc7 58. Rg7+ Kd8 59. Rf7 Ra3 60. Rf8+ Kc7 61. Ke7 Ra2 62. Rf6 Re2+ 63. Kf8 Kd7 64. f4 Rf2 65. Kf7 Rf1 66. Kg6 Ke7 67. Rf7+ Ke8 68. Rf5 Rg1+ 69. Kf6 Rf1 70. Kg7 Rg1+ 71. Rg5 Re1 72. Kf6 Kf8 73. Rh5 Kg8 74. Rg5+ Kf8 75. Ra5 Kg8 76. f5 Rf1 77. Ra8+ Kh7 78. Ra7+ Kg8 79. Rg7+ Kh8 80. Rg3 Ra1 81. Kf7 Ra7+ 82. Kf6 Ra6+ 83. Ke5 Ra5+ 84. Kf4 Ra4+ 85. Kg5 Kg7 86. Rc3 Ra6 87. Rc7+ Kf8 88. Rh7 Rb6 89. Rh1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American op 38th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andrianov, Nikolai Ivanovich"]
[Black "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 f5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. dxe6 dxe6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ng5 Ke7 9. Bf4 h6 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. exf3 c6 12. 0-0-0 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Kf7 14. Rhe1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Rhd8 16. Bc2 a6 17. a3 Bc5 18. Be3 b5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Ncd7 22. c5 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Bb3 Kf6 25. Kb2 Ne5 26. a4 Nc6 27. Ka3 Rb8 28. a5 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American op 38th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Ong, Austin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 a6 14. Nc3 b5 15. a3 e5 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Qe1 Nb6 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qg3 Re8 20. Be2 Kh8 21. Kh1 Be6 22. f5 Bd7 23. Qf2 Rab8 24. g4 Bc6 25. g5 Nfd7 26. Qh4 Na4 27. Nxa4 bxa4 28. Bc4 d5 29. exd5 Ba8 30. Rf3 Nb6 31. Rh3 h6 32. f6 Bf8 33. fxg7+ Bxg7 34. gxh6 Bf8 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Bd3+ e4 37. Rg1 Nxd5 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "American op 38th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2002.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. f4 exf4 8. c4 d6 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 0-0 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bxf4 Re8 15. Qc2 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Ne3+ 18. Bxe3 Rxe3 0-1

