[Event "Sunnyvale LERA-ch 35th"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lai, John"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Rab1 f5 15. a4 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 e5 18. Rb5 Qd6 19. a5 Nd5 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Qb3 Nc7 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. d5 Qf7 24. dxc6 Nxb5 25. Qxb5 bxc6 26. Qxe5 Qd5 27. Qg3 Rf7 28. Bf6+ Kf8 29. Qh4 Ke8 30. Qh8+ Rf8 31. Qh5+ Rf7 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Rd1 Rxf6 34. Rxd5+ cxd5 35. h3 Rc8 36. Qg5 Rf7 37. Qg6 Ke7 38. Qa6 Rc7 39. Qb5 Ke6 40. Qd3 Rc4 41. f3 Rfc7 42. Qe3+ Kd6 43. Qh6+ Kc5 44. Qf8+ Kb5 45. Qxf5 R7c5 46. Qd7+ Ka6 47. h4 Rxc3 48. h5 d4 49. Qxd4 Rc1+ 50. Kf2 Rxh5 51. Qd6+ Kb5 52. Qd7+ Ka6 53. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Sunnyvale LERA-ch 35th"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bradshaw, Charles"]
[Black "Lai, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1580"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. f4 0-0 8. Be2 d5 9. e5 Qg6 10. Bf3 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nf5 12. g3 Ncxd4 13. cxd4 Ne3 14. Nc3 Nc2+ 15. Kf2 Nxa1 16. Qxa1 c6 17. Qc1 f6 18. Na4 Bg4 19. Re1 Bxf3 20. Kxf3 Qd3+ 21. Re3 Qxd4 22. Nc5 fxe5 23. Ne6 e4+ 24. Kg2 Qf6 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Qc2 g5 27. Qb3 Qf7 28. Qc3 Qf5 29. a4 h5 30. b4 h4 31. b5 gxf4 32. gxf4 Qxf4 33. Kh3 Rf6 34. bxc6 bxc6 35. Qc5 Rg6 36. Rb3 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "Sunnyvale LERA-ch 35th"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lai, John"]
[Black "Vinerts, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Bb4 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Be4 9. f3 hxg4 10. fxe4 Rxh4 11. Rg1 Nh6 12. a3 Rh2 13. Ng2 Be7 14. Bxh6 Bh4+ 15. Kd2 gxh6 16. Qxg4 Bg5+ 17. Ke1 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd7 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. b4 0-0-0 21. Na4 Qc7 22. Qf3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5+ 24. Be2 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Lovegrove Seniors op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gullmes, Ake"]
[Black "Lai, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[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. h3 0-0 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 Bf8 11. Ng5 Re7 12. Nd2 exd4 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Nf3 h6 16. cxd4 Bb7 17. Bf4 Ne7 18. d5 Ng6 19. Bh2 c6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd2 Qb6 22. Qb3+ d5 23. e5 Ne8 24. Ne4 Kg8 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 Rd8 27. Re6 Nf8 28. Re7 Nxd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Qg3 Rg6 31. Qe5 d4 32. g4 d3 33. Rd1 Qd8 34. Qe3 Qd5 35. f3 Rd6 36. b3 Qxf3 37. Qxf3 Bxf3 38. Rd2 Be2 39. Kf2 Ng6 40. Re4 Nh4 41. Kg3 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Lovegrove Seniors op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lai, John"]
[Black "Snyder, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 exd4 8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Be2 Nf6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb4 Qd6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Rh4 Rfe8 16. f3 h6 17. Qc1 Nd7 18. Qb2 Ne5 19. Rd4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qc5+ 21. Qd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Rad8 23. c3 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Re2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Bd5 27. a3 Kf8 28. Bf4 c6 29. Bb8 a6 30. Bc7 b5 31. Bb6 g6 32. Bc5+ Ke8 33. Ke3 f6 34. Bb4 Kd7 35. Ba5 Ke6 36. Bb4 Bb3 37. Ba5 h5 38. h4 Kf5 39. Bb4 g5 40. g3 g4 41. f4 Ke6 42. Ba5 Kd5 43. Bb4 Bc2 44. Ba5 f5 45. Kd2 Bb1 46. Ke3 Kc4 47. Bb4 Kb3 48. d5 cxd5 49. Kd4 Be4 50. Ke5 a5 51. Bxa5 Kxa3 52. Bb6 b4 53. Kf6 b3 54. Bd4 b2 55. Bxb2+ Kxb2 56. Kg5 d4 57. Kxh5 d3 0-1

[Event "Lovegrove Seniors op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lai, John"]
[Black "Vickers, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Bg4 7. Be2 Bc5 8. Rf1 0-0-0+ 9. Bd2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Nc3 Neg4 13. Bxg4+ Nxg4 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. h3 Rhe8 16. hxg4 Rxe4 17. c3 Rxg4 18. g3 Rg6 19. Kc2 Re6 20. Be1 Re2+ 21. Kb3 Rd5 22. Rc1 Rb5+ 0-1

[Event "Lovegrove Seniors op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Poschmann, Hans"]
[Black "Lai, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. c4 d6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Be2 0-0 9. Nbd2 c5 10. 0-0 d5 11. Qb3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Ne8 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qc3 Qb7 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Qb2 e5 18. Bc3 Nd6 19. Ne1 b5 20. Qa1 Nb6 21. Bf3 e4 22. Be2 Na4 23. Bd4 a5 24. Bc5 Rfc8 25. Qb1 Rab8 26. Nb3 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 Qa8 28. Nd7 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rb7 30. Nc5 Rc7 31. Nc2 Nc4 32. Bxc4 Bxc4 33. Nb3 Bd3 34. Nxa5 Qc8 35. Qb3+ Kf8 36. Qd5 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. Qa8+ Kf7 39. Qd5+ Kg6 40. g4 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Capps Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Lai, John"]
[Black "Aigner, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. b4 Be7 9. Qb3 gxh4 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. e5 Rh7 12. exf6 Rxf7 13. fxe7+ Qxe7+ 14. Kf1 h3 15. Nbd2 hxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Rg7+ 17. Kf1 d6 18. h4 Be6 19. c4 Qf7 20. a3 b5 21. Rc1 bxc4 22. Qd1 c3 23. Nxd4 cxd2 24. Nxe6+ Qxe6 25. Qxd2 Qg4 26. Qd5 Re8 27. f3 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Oregon op"]
[Site "Portland"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lai, John"]
[Black "Hennell, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Be7 8. Be2 Qc7 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. a3 Nc5 15. Nd2 0-0 16. 0-0 Rfd8 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Bh6 Bf8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Rxc2 22. Be4 Rcc8 23. Be3 Qb7 24. Bg5 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Re8 26. f6 g6 27. Qh4 Qxd5 28. Rad1 Qc4 29. Bh6 Qe2 30. Bxf8 Nxf8 31. Rde1 Qh5 32. Qxh5 gxh5 33. Nxd6 Rcd8 34. Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Rf5 Ng6 36. Rxh5 Rd8 37. Rf5 h6 38. Rf3 Kh7 39. g3 h5 40. h4 Rd4 41. Kg2 Rd2+ 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. Re2 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 Kg8 45. Rfe3 Kf8 46. Rc2 Ke8 47. Rc6 Kd7 48. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "NWC February op"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lai, John"]
[Black "Bricher, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Nbd7 6. f4 Nh5 7. Qf3 Nxf4 8. Qxf4 g5 9. Bxg5 hxg5 10. Qxg5 Bh6 11. Qg3 c6 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nf8 14. Bd3 Be6 15. b4 0-0-0 16. a4 Ng6 17. a5 Qc7 18. Qf2 Nf4 19. d5 cxd5 20. Nb5 Nxd3+ 21. cxd3 Qd7 22. Nxa7+ Kb8 23. Nd4 dxe4 24. dxe4 d5 25. b5 Qc7 26. Qb2 Qxa5+ 27. Kf2 Qxa7 28. b6 Qa4 29. Ra1 Qc4 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Qe5+ Kc8 32. Qxe6+ Kb8 33. Qe5+ Kc8 34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Qf5+ Kc6 36. Qe6+ Rd6 37. exd5+ Kc5 38. Rc8+ Rxc8 39. Qxc8+ Kd4 40. Rd1+ Kc3 41. Qh3+ Kc2 42. Rd3 0-1

