[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Mendelian, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. c3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. e4 e5 10. a4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Nf4 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Bf3 Rd8 21. a5 Rdd2 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Bd5 24. e4 Bc4 25. a6 Rd8 26. Rf2 Rb6 27. a7 Ra8 28. Rd2 Kf8 29. Rd4 Be6 30. Rb4 Rxb4 31. cxb4 Ke7 32. b5 Kd7 33. e5 Bd5 34. bxc6+ Kxc6 35. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "Mendelian, Vahe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 0-0 9. 0-0 d6 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qh5 12. f3 Be6 13. b3 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bc6 19. f4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Rc7 Rd2 23. Rxb7 Rxe2+ 24. Rf2 Re1 25. Rd2 a5 26. Kf2 Rh1 27. Kf3 Rf1+ 28. Rf2 Rb1 29. Rb5 a4 30. bxa4 Rc1 31. a5 Rc3+ 32. Ke4 Ra3 33. Kd4 R3xa5 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Kc4 h5 36. Kb4 Ra8 37. a4 Rb8+ 38. Kc5 h4 39. gxh4 Rb1 40. Ra2 Rf1 41. a5 Rxf4 42. a6 Rf5+ 43. Kc6 Rf6+ 44. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mendelian, Vahe"]
[Black "Johnson, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[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. d4 b6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. f4 Bf6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Ngf3 d6 9. Bd3 e6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. c3 a6 12. g3 Nd7 13. e4 Ne7 14. f5 g5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. 0-0 Nf8 17. e5 d5 18. Ne1 Kd7 19. Nc2 h5 20. Rf7 h4 21. Raf1 hxg3 22. hxg3 Qe8 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. Bxa6 Kc8 25. Bb5 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Qb5 Rh7 28. Rxf8 Qh5 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Nf3 Qh3 31. Qe2 g4 32. Qg2 gxf3 33. Qxh3 Rxh3 34. Rxf3 Kd7 35. Kg2 Rh7 36. g4 Ke7 37. Kg3 Nf7 38. Kf4 Rh2 39. g5 Kf8 40. g6 Nh6 41. Kg3+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mendelian, Vahe"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.06.18"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nge2 f5 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. g3 Nf6 11. Nf4 Qe7 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. a3 Rfe8 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bb3 Qf6 17. Rac1 Qh6 18. Qf1 a5 19. Nd3 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Qa6 Ree8 25. Qb7 Be6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qe7 Rf8 28. Rxc6 Qf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mendelian, Vahe"]
[Black "Ganbold, Odondoo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Kh8 8. b4 Qe8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Qh5 11. e3 g5 12. Nd2 Qg6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bb2 Kg8 15. Rc1 Bd8 16. Nc4 Re8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. e4 f4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. e5 Bf5 22. e6 c6 23. dxc6 Bb6+ 24. d4 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rad8 26. e7 Rd6 27. Qb3+ Kg7 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. d5+ Kh6 30. Be5 Rxe7 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Rc1 Bd7 33. Qc3 g4 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 f3 36. Qd2+ Kg6 37. Bf1 Bf5 38. Qe3 Qxb4 39. h3 g3 40. Bd3 Qc5 41. Qxc5 bxc5 42. Bf1 Be4 43. Bc4 Bf5 44. Bf1 Bd7 45. Bd3+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mendelian, Vahe"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Ne2 c6 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 Qd7 8. h4 0-0 9. b3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Nd2 Rfe8 12. c4 Bg4 13. 0-0 Qe7 14. Nf3 Bxa3 15. c5 Bb4 16. Nc1 a5 17. Nd3 Qe4 18. Ra4 Na6 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Nd2 Bxd1 21. Nxe4 Bxb3 0-1

