[Event "North American op 21st"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "He, Tommy O"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 0-0 10. f4 Qa5 11. Qa4 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Bd7 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Bb5 Rfd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Bxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Ne3 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. g3 h6 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. Re1 Ng4 24. Re2 h5 25. b4 Rd5 26. a3 g6 27. Kb2 Kg7 28. Kb3 f6 29. exf6+ Kxf6 30. Kc4 e5 31. a4 Ke6 32. c3 Kd6 33. Ng5 Nf6 34. h3 a5 35. bxa5 Rxa5 36. Kb4 Ra7 37. Rd2+ Nd5+ 38. Kb3 Rb7+ 39. Kc4 Rb1 40. Nf7+ Kc7 41. Nxe5 g5 42. Nf7 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Ne5 Nb6+ 45. Kd4 Nxa4 46. Nxg4 c5+ 47. Kc4 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 21st"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Veech, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Kh1 0-0 10. f4 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Bb3 Bc6 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bd5 Bb7 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. f6 Nxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qh4 d5 25. Rd3 1-0

[Event "North American op 21st"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. 0-0 Bf5 9. d4 Rd8 10. Na3 e6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Re1 a6 16. Na7 e4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. f3 Nd5 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Ba4 Qe6 21. d5 Rxd5 22. Qb3 c4 23. Qxc4 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 e3 25. b4 Nh5 26. Bc7 Rd7 27. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "North American op 21st"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hunt, Adam"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 a6 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. f5 Qa5 14. Qe3 b4 15. Ne2 Qe5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nf3 Qc5 18. Qh6 a5 19. Bd3 a4 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rhe1 a3 23. Re4 axb2 24. Bc4 Bc6 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "North American op 20th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Nc4 Nd4 11. Ne3 Be7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ncd5 Bg5 15. 0-0 0-0 16. c3 Nc6 17. Bc4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qe2 Kh8 21. Rfd1 Rc6 22. Ba2 Qd7 23. Rd3 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Rdd1 Bd8 26. Ne3 Bh7 27. Bd5 Rc5 28. Ra3 Bg5 29. c4 Rc7 30. a5 Qc8 31. Rb3 Bd8 32. Qg4 Qxg4 33. Nxg4 Bc2 34. Rdd3 Bxb3 35. Rxb3 Rc5 36. Rxb7 Rxa5 37. g3 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Rd1 39. Bf7 a5 40. h4 Rd2 41. h5 Bb6 42. Rxb6 Rxf7 43. c5 dxc5 44. Nxe5 Rfxf2+ 45. Kh3 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lee, Andy C"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qd7 13. 0-0 Nef5 14. Qg4 h6 15. Bd2 g6 16. f4 h5 17. Qh3 Bg7 18. Rae1 Qa7 19. Kh1 h4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Qxf5 Qd7 24. Rxe5+ Kd8 25. Bg5+ Kc8 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Re7+ Kd6 28. Rxf7 Rae8 29. Bd2 Bxb2 30. Bb4+ Ke5 31. d6 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sandberg, Evan"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. 0-0 Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 0-0 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxb3 12. axb3 d5 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6 15. Na3 Bf5 16. Bd2 b5 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Bg5 Rdb8 21. c3 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Nc2 b4 24. Be3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rb2 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 h5 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Rd8 Ba4 31. Ra8 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Bd1 33. Ra5 g6 34. h4 Rb2+ 35. Ke1 Bb3 36. Nxb3 Rxb3 37. Bd4 Bg3+ 38. Kd1 Bxh4 39. Ra8 f6 40. Ra7 Rb2 41. Rxc7+ Kh6 42. Be3+ Bg5 43. f4 Bh4 44. f5+ Bg5 45. Bxg5+ fxg5 46. Rc6 h4 47. Rxg6+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e4 Nbd7 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Nde5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. f4 h6 12. Nge4 Nc6 13. Bd3 a6 14. Bd2 Ke8 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxg6+ Kf8 18. 0-0-0 Kg7 19. Be4 Bd7 20. g4 b5 21. h4 Rab8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Be3 Be8 24. Ne2 Kf7 25. g5 Bg7 26. Ng3 Na5 27. f5 hxg5 28. fxe6+ Kg8 29. Nf5 Nc4 30. Nxe7+ Kf8 31. Bxg5 Bxb2+ 32. Kb1 Bh5 33. Rdf1+ Kg7 34. Rhg1 Rhf8 35. Bf6+ Kh6 36. Nf5+ Kh7 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rg8+ Kh7 39. Nh6+ Kxh6 40. Bg5# 1-0

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sanguinetti, George A"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Ne7 8. Be3 d6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Ne1 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Kh1 Rf7 14. a3 a5 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Nc2 Ng6 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Rxb4 20. Nxb4 Bd7 21. c5 Bf8 22. cxd6 Bxd6 23. Qb3 h5 24. Ra1 Qb8 25. Rb1 Qe8 26. Na6 g4 27. Bc5 gxf3 28. Bxd6 Bc8 29. Qa2 fxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Qe6 31. Rb8 Kh7 32. Qg5 Bxa6 33. Qxh5+ Kg7 34. Bc5 Bxd3 35. Rb2 Qc4 36. Rg2 Qxc5 37. Rxg6+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qh4+ Ke8 40. Rg8+ Rf8 41. Qh5+ Kd8 42. Rxf8+ Qxf8 43. Qxe5 Kc8 44. Qd4 Ba6 45. Kg2 c5 46. Qd2 Qh6 47. Kf3 Qh3+ 48. Kf2 Qxh2+ 49. Ke1 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Krasnov, Steven Lender"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Be3 d5 5. exd5 Nb4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Kf8 8. 0-0 Nbxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 c6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Be5 Nf4 14. Qxf4 Bxc4 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. b3 Rh7 17. Rad1 Kg8 18. c4 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qc7 20. Qe3 Re8 21. d5 Bg4 22. d6 Qb8 23. Rxe7 Rd8 24. d7 Be6 25. Ne5 Rg7 26. Qxh6 Kf8 27. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2009.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Bb5 Qe8 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 a5 15. Nxe4 axb4 16. Qd1 Nxd4 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. cxb6 Rfd8 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Ng3 Bc5 21. Rc1 Qxb6 22. Ne4 Rxa2 23. Rxc5 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qb8 26. Rb5 Qa8 27. Rxb4 f5 28. Nd6 f4 29. Bxf4 Ra1 30. Bc1 Nxc1 31. Rc4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2009.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Traub, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Bb4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bd3 b6 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Bf1 Bb7 19. Qb3 f5 20. Nd2 c6 21. f4 Nf7 22. d6 a5 23. Re7 a4 24. Qd3 Nxd6 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qxd4+ Kh6 27. Bxd6 c5 28. Qd3 Re6 29. Be5 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 Rd8 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Nf1 Rg6 33. g3 Rd3 34. Kf2 Be4 35. Re1 Rg8 36. a3 Rf3+ 37. Ke2 Rb3 38. Kf2 Rd8 39. Bc3 Rd3 40. Ne3 Rdxc3 41. bxc3 Rxa3 42. g4 Rxc3 43. gxf5 Kg7 44. Ng4 0-1

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Todortsev, Victor"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Qc7 10. Re1 a6 11. Bd2 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. b3 Rfc8 16. h3 Rc7 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Nc4 Bf8 20. Bd2 Bb5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Ba5 Nxb3 23. axb3 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxa5 26. Rc1 Nd7 27. b4 Qa3 28. Qc3 Qa4 29. Bf1 Nb6 30. Bd3 Bh6 31. Rc2 Bg5 32. h4 Bd8 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Kh3 h5 35. Be2 Nd7 36. Rc1 Nf6 37. f3 Bb6 38. b5 axb5 39. Ra1 b4 40. Qc1 Qb3 41. Ra8 Bc5 42. Bc4 Qxf3 43. Qe1 Bf2 0-1

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2009.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb3 Bc5 12. Qe2+ Qe7 13. Na4 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Ba7 15. Be3 0-0 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Rhe1 Nf6 18. Nc5 Re7+ 19. Kd2 Rfe8 20. Ba4 Ne4+ 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxc6 R8e6 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Bd5 Rd6 25. c4 Be6 26. Kc3 Bxd5 27. Rd1 f5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. cxd5 Kf7 30. b4 Ke7 31. Kd4 Kd6 32. a4 e3 33. Kxe3 Kxd5 34. Kd3 g6 35. g3 h6 36. Kc3 h5 37. Kd3 Kc6 38. Kc4 Kd6 39. b5 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Chernev Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Bh3 11. Re1 Bb4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bxc3 14. Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qxc3 0-0 16. Be3 Be6 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bd4 f6 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Qd4 Bf7 21. Bb6 Qd6 22. f3 Rac8 23. e3 Rc6 24. Bc5 Qc7 25. b4 Qb7 26. a4 Rec8 27. Re2 Re6 28. Rec2 Be8 29. a5 Bb5 30. Rd2 Bc6 31. Bb6 Rce8 32. Rdc2 Qd7 33. Rc3 h6 34. Kf2 Kh8 35. R1c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Chernev Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shakhnazarov, Oleg"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. h3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. b3 e6 7. e3 c5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. 0-0 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb4 11. c4 Bc3 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Bb2 14. Rc5 a6 15. Bc4 Nxd4 16. Re1+ Be6 17. Rc7 0-0 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Qb1 Bc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nh7 Nxh7 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Be5 Rfc8 25. Nf1 Rc1 26. Qd3 Rxe1 27. Bxd4 Qb5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Chernev Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Gray, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 0-0 8. 0-0 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Bf3 Nc6 11. Kh1 Na5 12. Qe1 Nc4 13. Bc1 e5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rac8 17. g4 Nxb2 18. g5 Qxc3 19. Qxe7 Ne8 20. g6 Nf6 21. Bxd6 Nc4 22. Bb4 Qxc2 23. Rac1 Qd3 24. Qxb7 Ne3 25. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Chernev Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Argishti, Dante"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Nd5 7. Be2 e6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. e5 Be7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 0-0 15. Be7 Rfe8 16. Bd6 Qc8 17. f4 f5 18. Qb1 a6 19. g4 Nb6 20. a5 Nd5 21. Qc1 c5 22. Bxc5 Qc6 23. Bf3 fxg4 24. Be4 g6 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. Bg2 Ne7 27. Rae1 Nf5 28. Qe2 h5 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 Rad8 31. Kf2 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Re4 Kf7 34. Rg1 Rg8 35. Ba3 Ke8 36. Ree1 Kd7 37. Rd1 Kc6 38. h3 g3+ 39. Kf3 g5 40. fxg5 Rxg5 41. Bc1 Rg8 42. Ke4 h4 43. Ba3 g2 44. Rd2 Rg3 45. Bb4 Rd7 46. Rdxg2 Re3+ 47. Kf4 Rxh3 48. Rg6 Kd5 49. Kg5 Rf7 50. Kg4 Rg3+ 51. Rxg3 hxg3 52. Kh3 Rh7+ 53. Kg2 Rh2+ 54. Kg1 Rc2 55. Rg8 Ke4 56. d5 Kf3 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Chernev Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sainz, Guadalupe"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nd5 8. Bxc4 Bb4 9. Qb3 a5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. e4 Nxf4 12. exf5 exf5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Rac1 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rg3 Nd7 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Rd1 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Be2 a4 23. Qd3 Rfe8 24. h4 Qe7 25. Re3 Qxh4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxb5 Nf6 28. Bf3 Qf4 29. Qxa4 g5 30. Bc6 Re2 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Bf3 Rxb2 33. g3 Qc7 34. d5 g4 35. Bg2 f4 36. d6 Qc2 37. Rf1 f3 38. Bxf3 gxf3 39. Qxf3 Rb3 40. Qh1+ Kg6 41. Qh4 Qe4 42. Qh8 Nd7 43. Qc8 Ne5 44. d7 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 Ne1+ 46. Kh3 Qg2+ 47. Kg4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Chernev Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. Rb1 a6 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qc2 b6 13. Be2 0-0 14. 0-0 Qe7 15. Nd2 Nh4 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nc4 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bc5 20. Qe4 g6 21. Bg4 Rae8 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Rbe1 Qg7 24. Nc4 Rf5 25. Kg2 Ref8 26. f3 Bd6 27. Nb2 h5 28. Nd3 g5 29. a4 a5 30. Rf2 Qf7 31. h3 Qg7 32. Rff1 h4 33. g4 R5f7 34. Re3 Re7 35. Re2 Ref7 36. Qc4 Re7 37. Re4 Rfe8 38. Nb2 Qf7 39. Qd3 Bc5 40. Nc4 Bd6 41. Ne3 Qg6 42. Qb1 Kh7 43. Nf5 Rf7 44. Rc4 Rxf5 45. gxf5 Qf6 46. Rg4 Rf8 47. Kf2 e4 48. Rxe4 Bg3+ 49. Kg2 Qxc3 50. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Chernev Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasnov, Steven Lender"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nxd5 9. a4 Nb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 12. d5 Qa5 13. dxc6 b4 14. Bc4 e6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. h4 Nc7 17. f4 Nxc6 18. h5 0-0 19. h6 g6 20. Ke2 Rd8 21. Bd2 Qa8 22. f3 Nd5 23. Qa2 Qb7 24. b3 Nf6 25. Qb2 Nd4+ 26. exd4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Qxe4+ 28. Kf2 Qxh1 29. d5 Qxh6 30. dxe6 f6 31. Kg2 Qh5 32. Kg3 f5 33. Bxb4 Qg4+ 34. Kh2 Qxf4+ 35. Kh3 Qh4+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Bxe7 Qxe7 38. Qe5 Qg5+ 39. Kf3 Qg4+ 40. Kf2 Qg1+ 41. Kf3 Qh1+ 42. Ke3 Qe1+ 43. Be2 Qd2+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Qxd4 Rxd4 46. Bc4 Kf8 47. Ke3 Re4+ 48. Kf3 Ke7 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Chernev Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Sherwood, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Qe2 cxd4 8. Rd1 Bc5 9. exd4 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. Qe4 Bd6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qh4 h5 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nxh5+ gxh5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qxh5+ Kg7 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Rd3 Ne5 26. Be4+ Ng6 27. Qf6 Bd7 28. Rad1 Rad8 29. Rd4 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 b6 32. Qf6 Rg8 33. h4 Kh6 34. Qg5+ Kg7 35. h5 Kh8 36. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alonso, Francisco"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qe2 c5 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Re1 0-0 11. a4 b6 12. Ra3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. d4 cxd4 15. Rh3 Bg5 16. Qg4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Qf6 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nd7 Qe7 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Qxd4 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Qd8 13. 0-0 0-0 14. d5 Bg4 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bb4 Ne5 17. Bc3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd7 19. f4 Nb6 20. Bb4 Bf6 21. d6 e6 22. Rc7 a5 23. Bc5 a4 24. Bxe6 Ra6 25. Qe2 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qe7 Bxe7 28. dxe7 Nd5 29. exd8Q Rxd8 30. Rxb7 Raa8 31. Bd4+ Kg8 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Rxh7 Nxf4 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rh7+ Kf8 36. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Be5 c5 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 Bc8 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. 0-0 e6 13. f4 cxd4 14. exd4 b6 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Qh3 h6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Qxe6 Qe7 19. Nb5 Qxe6 20. Bxe6 Nd8 21. Bxf7+ Nxf7 22. Rc7 Ba6 23. a4 Nd5 24. Rd7 Nf6 25. Re7 Nd5 26. Re6 g5 27. Rg6 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Nf4 29. Rxf4 Bxb5 30. Rf3 Bxa4 31. Ra3 Bc2 32. Rxb6 Bf8 33. Ra5 Be4 34. Rba6 Rd8 35. Rxa7 Rxd4 36. e6 Bb4 37. Rb5 Bd6 38. Kf2 Bc6 39. Rba5 Rf4+ 40. Ke2 Re4+ 41. Kd3 Rxe6 42. g3 Bb8 43. R7a6 Bc7 44. Rc5 Be4+ 45. Kd4 Rxa6 46. Rxc7 Ra4+ 47. Kc5 Ra2 48. Re7 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romero, Paul L"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. Qc1 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. c4 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 e5 10. c5 Qc7 11. b4 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 13. exd4 Be7 14. Bg3 Qd8 15. Nc4 0-0 16. Bd6 Be6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd6 b6 19. Bc4 a5 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. b5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Qe5 23. 0-0 Nxc5 24. Nc4 Qd4 25. bxc6 Nd3 26. Qc2 Rfc8 27. Ne3 Ra6 28. Nf5 Qe5 29. Ne3 Raxc6 30. Qa4 h5 31. Rab1 f5 32. Qb3+ Kh7 33. Qf7 f4 34. Nd5 e3 35. fxe3 fxe3 36. Nf4 e2 37. Nxe2 Qxe2 38. Rb7 Rg6 39. Qd5 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fairbairn, Stephen"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. Nge2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Nce2 f5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qd2 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bg2 Ned5 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. Nc3 Ne3 21. Bxc6 Bb7 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rae1 Ndf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Be6 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Qf2 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Nd4 Re5 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Rc3 Rde8 23. Bb1 Qd6 24. Kg1 b5 25. Rd1 b4 26. Rcd3 Qe7 27. Re1 a5 28. a3 Qc5 29. Qd2 Rb8 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ba2 Qa5 32. Bb3 Rbe8 33. Nc2 Bf5 34. Rd4 Bxc2 35. Bxc2 Qc5 36. Bb3 Rb8 37. Kf2 Qd6 38. g3 Qc5 39. Rc1 Qa5 40. Rc6 Rbe8 41. Rd3 Qa7 42. Qc1 Qd7 43. Kg2 Rxe3 44. Rxe3 Rxe3 45. Qxe3 Qxc6 46. g4 Qe6 47. Qd2 Qe5 48. Bc2 g5 49. Bf5 b3 50. Kf1 Kg7 51. Qc3 Qxc3 52. bxc3 b2 0-1

[Event "Western Class-ch 15th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nip, Nicholas"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. 0-0 Ne7 10. f4 0-0 11. Nc1 b5 12. Nd1 b4 13. c3 Ndc6 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 17. Qf2 Nc4 18. Nb3 a5 19. Bc1 Qb6 20. e5 Ba6 21. Re1 Rfd8 22. Nc3 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 dxe5 26. dxe5 Nf5 27. Ne4 Rd4 28. Nc3 Rbd8 29. Rad1 Bf8 30. Be3 Rxd1 31. Nxd1 Bb4 32. Rf1 h5 33. a3 Bxa3 34. Bc5 Bxc5 35. Qxc5 Rd2 36. Nf2 Nd4 37. Rc1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Western Class-ch 15th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2008.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Landaw, Julian W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 g5 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 d6 13. h4 gxh4 14. Bxh4 Ng6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Be2 0-0-0 18. Bh5 Nxh5 19. Rxh5 Qf6 20. Qg4 Kb8 21. Rd1 e5 22. Qf5 Qg7 23. Qg4 Bc8 24. Qf3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Bg4 26. Bxe5 Qg6 27. Qg3 Qxh5 28. Bxd6+ Kb7 29. f3 Be6 30. Qg7+ Ka6 31. Nf1 Rhg8 32. Qf6 Bxc4 33. Ne3 Bb3 34. Rd2 Rd7 35. e5 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Western Class-ch 15th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2008.01.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Casella, Michael"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2143"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. e3 e6 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Bb4 11. Bd2 a6 12. 0-0 Qc7 13. g3 e5 14. Rfd1 g5 15. Rac1 g4 16. Qg2 Rd8 17. Ba2 Nb6 18. Ne4 Nfd5 19. a5 Nc8 20. Bxd5 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 90th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Waxman, Marian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Bd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qa4 c5 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. e4 Ng4 13. Nd5 Ne5 14. b3 Bc6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bb2 f6 17. f4 Nf7 18. Qc3 Kh8 19. Rae1 Rb6 20. Rf2 Kg8 21. h3 Bd7 22. g4 Rbb8 23. Rf3 h6 24. Rg3 g5 25. fxg5 Nxg5 26. h4 Ne6 27. Qd2 Qg7 28. Rf1 Rbe8 29. Qf2 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Bc6 32. c5 Qe7 33. Rf5 Kh7 34. Rgf3 Qxe4 35. Qf2 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Bxf3 37. Qxf3 Qe1 38. Rh5 Qe3 39. Qf5+ Kg7 40. cxd6 Qe5+ 41. Qxe5 Rxe5 42. Rxe5 fxe5 43. dxc7 Rc8 44. Bd5 Rxc7 45. Bc4 Rc8 46. Kg3 Rf8 47. Bd3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 90th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jacobs, Jon"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nfd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. c4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. dxc5 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 Nxc5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. b4 Ne6 15. Rfd1 b5 16. c5 dxc5 17. Ne4 c4 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Qh6 Rfd8 20. Bh3 Nf8 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Rd1 Nf8 24. Rd6 Rd8 25. Rf6 Qb7 26. Nfg5 Ne5 27. f3 c3 28. Nc5 c2 29. Nxb7 c1Q+ 30. Kg2 exf6 31. Nxf7 Rd1 1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 90th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Kelleher, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Qe7+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Nxe2 Ne5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Bf4 Rhe8 16. f3 Rac8 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Kd2 Ne8 19. Rhe1 Nd6 20. b3 Nf5 21. Nf4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Nd4 23. Re5 Nxc2 24. Rxd5+ Ke7 25. Ra5 a6 26. Ra4 g6 27. Re4+ Kf8 28. a4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nd3 Na1 31. Rb4 Rc2+ 32. Ke3 Rxg2 33. Rxb5 Rxh2 34. Rb7 Nc2+ 35. Kf4 Rh4+ 36. Kg3 Rh5 37. b4 Rd5 38. Nf2 Nd4 39. Ne4 Rf5 40. Rd7 Nxf3 41. b5 Rxb5 42. Kxf3 Rf5+ 43. Kg3 h6 44. Nd2 Kg7 45. Nf3 Ra5 46. Kf4 Ra4+ 47. Kg3 Re4 48. Ra7 g5 49. Ra6 f6 50. Nh2 h5 51. Kf3 Rb4 52. Nf1 Rf4+ 53. Kg2 Kg6 54. Ne3 Rd4 55. Ra8 0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 90th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Privman, Boris"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. f3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 0-0 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Kf2 Ne7 12. g4 Ng6 13. h3 Nd7 14. Ne2 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 c5 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nde5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. f4 Bd7 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Qd3 Nd6 22. Bf3 Bb5 23. Qb1 Rac8 24. Kg2 Qe7 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Nh4+ 27. Kg3 Nxf3 28. Kxf3 Qh4 29. Qg1 g6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. fxg5 Bd3 33. Rhc1 Bc2 34. Ke2 Rc4 35. h4 Rdc8 36. Kd2 Kf7 37. a4 R8c7 38. a5 b5 39. a6 b4 40. Bxa7 Rxh4 41. Bb8 Rh2+ 42. Ke1 1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 90th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Santanna, Paulo"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. e4 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 d6 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd3 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. 0-0 Nc6 14. Rfe1 Rae8 15. Bf4 Qa6 16. d5 Nd8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 e5 19. Bg6 Qxc4 20. Bxe8 Bxe8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Re4 Qa6 23. Rh4 b5 24. Nd2 Bg6 25. Ne4 Rf8 26. Rg4 Bf5 27. Rg3 Qb7 28. Qe2 Qxd5 29. Nd2 Ne6 30. Rd1 Nf4 31. Qxb5 Bc2 32. Qf1 Rb8 33. Qe1 Bxd1 34. Qxd1 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 90th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2006.12.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Mehmedovic, Sabrija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. h4 h5 11. Nf4 Qb6 12. b3 Qb4 13. Rc1 Qa3 14. Qd1 Nd7 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Nce2 Ne4 18. f3 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Nd6 20. Re1 Qd8 21. g3 0-0 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Nf4 Qf6 24. Ke2 Rae8 25. Kd1 Re7 26. g4 hxg4 27. fxg4 Rfe8 28. g5 Qf7 29. Qf2 Ne4 30. Qf3 b6 31. h5 Nxg5 32. Qg2 Bf6 33. hxg6 Qg7 34. Rh5 Ne6 35. Nxe6 Rxe6 36. Bxf5 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Rh7 Qf8 39. g7 Bxg7 40. Qg6 Rd3+ 41. Kc2 1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 90th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2006.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vayserberg, Tatiana"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
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1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Qf3 c6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. c4 Bb4+ 15. Kf2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 0-0 17. d5 e5 18. a3 Bd6 19. g5 Nd7 20. Bb5 Rad8 21. Rac1 a6 22. Ba4 e4 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rc4 Re8 25. b4 f5 26. Rhc1 Re5 27. Rd1 f4 28. Bc5 Bxc5+ 29. bxc5 Rdxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxe4 Rxc5 32. h4 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 f3 34. Rb4 b5 35. Rb3 Rg2+ 36. Kf1 Rg3 37. Rb4 Rh3 38. a4 Kf7 39. axb5 axb5 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Rxb5 Rxh4 42. Kxf3 Rd4 43. Rb6+ Rd6 44. Rb5 Rd5 45. Rb7 Rd7 46. Rb6+ Ke5 47. Rxg6 Kf5 48. Ra6 Kxg5 49. Ra5+ Kh4 50. Ra4+ Kh5 51. Ra1 Rd3+ 52. Ke4 Rg3 53. Kf4 Rg4+ 54. Kf3 g5 55. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 90th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2006.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. f4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Ngf3 Be7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. 0-0-0 Bd7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. g4 Na4 14. f5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exf5 16. gxf5 Ba3 17. e6 fxe6 18. fxe6 Be8 19. Bc1 Qb6 20. Nb3 Rf2 21. Qe5 Rcxc2 22. e7 Bxb2 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Rcxd2 25. Rxd2 Nc3+ 26. Kxb2 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 0-0 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 d5 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Bh6 Qd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 Rxf3 20. gxf3 d4 21. Be4 e5 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qa5 Qxf3 24. Qxe5+ Kh6 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Bf5 27. Rxd4 Bxb1 28. b4 Re8 29. Rxa6 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Be4+ 31. f3 Bf5 32. Ra2 g5 33. Ra5 Bg6 34. h4 Re2+ 35. Kg1 Ng3 36. Rxg5 Nf5 37. Rf4 Nxh4 38. Rd5 Ng2 39. Rfd4 Bh5 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 Nh4 42. Rd6+ Kg5 43. Kf2 Bxf3 44. b5 h5 45. c5 1-0

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Lobo, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. 0-0-0 Nf8 11. Kb1 a5 12. f3 a4 13. Nxa4 Qa5 14. b3 b5 15. Nc5 Ng4 16. fxg4 Bxg5 17. e4 Bxg4 18. e5 Ra7 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rea8 21. h4 Be7 22. Rd2 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Ne6 24. Rc1 Qb4 25. Qf2 h5 26. Rcc2 Qxb3+ 27. Kc1 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jahedi, Salar"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c5 6. Qh5 e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. a4 0-0 10. Nb5 Qc6 11. Nf3 N8d7 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. 0-0 Nfd5 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. d4 c4 19. Rfb1 Rfb8 20. Bf4 Re8 21. a5 b6 22. axb6 axb6 23. h3 b5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nf1 Bf5 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Qd1 Ra3 29. Qc1 Rxc3 30. Nd1 Ra3 31. Bd2 c3 32. Nxc3 Rxc3 33. Bxc3 Qxc3 34. Rxb5 Qxd4 35. Rb8 Qa7 36. Qf4 f6 37. Qd6 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Qxe5 fxe5 40. Re8 Kf7 41. Ra8 d4 42. f3 Bf5 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Rc7 Bd6 45. Rxg7 Bxc2 46. Kg1 d3 0-1

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Perepelitsky, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Nc6 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. g4 Qa5 16. b3 d5 17. g5 d4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. f4 Qb6 21. e5 Be7 22. f5 Bd5 23. Rhg1 Rfe8 24. f6 Bf8 25. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Perepelitsky, Philipp"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. 0-0-0 Qa5 8. Kb1 b4 9. Nce2 Nb6 10. Nc1 Be6 11. Nb3 Qa4 12. Bh6 Nc4 13. Qg5 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Na5 15. Ne2 Bc4 16. e5 Nd5 17. exd6 exd6 18. Nf4 0-0-0 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Qg5 Rhe8 22. Qxd5 Ne3 23. Qxf7 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Qd7 25. Qc4+ Qc7 26. Qxb4 Re2 27. Rd2 Rde8 28. Nc1 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Qe7 30. Qb4 Qe1 31. Qxd6 Qd2 32. Qa6+ Kd8 33. Qf6+ Kc8 34. Qc6+ Kd8 35. Qa8+ Kd7 36. Qxa7+ Kd8 37. Qb6+ Kc8 38. Qc6+ Kd8 39. Qb6+ Kc8 40. Qc6+ Kd8 41. Qd5+ Kc8 42. Qc4+ Kd8 43. Qd3 Qxd3 44. Nxd3 Re2 45. a4 Rxg2 46. a5 Rxh2 47. Nc5 Re2 48. Ne4 h5 49. d5 h4 50. Ng5 Rg2 51. Nh3 Kc7 52. Nf4 g5 53. Ne6+ Kb8 54. d6 h3 0-1

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Kustar, Sandor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A66"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Qe7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bb5+ Nfd7 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. e5 0-0 12. e6 fxe6 13. dxe6 Nf6 14. Bc4 Nc6 15. Qe1 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Nd4 17. Rh3 Rad8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rde8 20. Qe4 Nxe6 21. Bd2 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Rf6 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Bxb7 Nxf4 25. Rxh7 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Rfe6 27. Bxf4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. g3 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxa7 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Re2+ 33. Kf3 Rxb2 34. h4 d5 35. g4 c4 36. Ke3 Rg2 37. h5 Rxg4 38. hxg6 d4+ 39. Kf3 Rxg6 40. Rc7 c3 41. Ke4 Rd6 42. Kd3 Ke8 43. a4 Kd8 44. Rc4 Kd7 45. a5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zavadsky, Peter"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Kh8 14. Bf3 fxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf5 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Be5 18. Nd5 g5 19. Qe1 Kg8 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Qd6 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qxf5 Qe7 24. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Poehlmann, Roger"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd4 Nxc5 8. c4 d6 9. g3 e5 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. Qc2 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4+ Be6 14. Bh3 Bxb2 15. Rd1 0-0 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Rxf7 19. Ng5 Re7 20. Rd6 a6 21. Rd5 Ba3 22. e3 b5 23. Ke2 bxc4 24. Rhd1 Raa7 25. R1d2 Bb4 26. Rc2 Rad7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Ne4 Kf7 29. Rxc4 Rd5 30. h4 h6 31. f3 Ke6 32. a3 Bxa3 33. Ra4 Bb4 34. Rxa6+ Kf7 35. Rc6 Rd7 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rxh6 Rc7 38. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ishkanov, Tigran"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 c6 8. Nbd2 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. Nb3 Ne6 12. Qc2 e4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Rad1 N6g5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxg5 Nxg5 17. h4 Ne6 18. Rd2 Nc7 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Bf3 Ne8 21. Na5 Bf5 22. Qb2+ Kg8 23. b5 Qc7 24. Qb4 Rab8 25. a4 Rd7 26. Nb3 Rbd8 27. Qa3 cxb5 28. cxb5 Qc3 29. Rc1 Qf6 30. Qb4 d5 31. Rcd1 Nc7 32. Nc5 Qd6 33. Rd4 Re7 34. Nxb7 Qxb4 35. Rxb4 Ne6 36. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Zaikov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 0-0 7. cxb5 a6 8. Nec3 e6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. d6 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Bd3 Re5 14. Nc4 Rxe3+ 15. Nxe3 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Ng3+ 17. hxg3 Qxh1+ 18. Kf2 Qxd1 19. Nexd1 axb5 20. Nxb5 Nc6 21. Be4 Ra5 22. a4 Nd4 23. Bxb7 Nxb5 24. Bc8 Nxd6 25. Bxd7 Kf7 26. Ra3 Bd4+ 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Bc6 c4 29. b4 cxb3 30. Rxb3 Rc5 31. Bb5 e5 32. Kd3 Rc1 33. Ne3 Nb7 34. Kd2 Rg1 35. Bc4 Nc5 36. Ra3 Kd6 37. Ra2 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Bxa1 39. a5 Na4 40. a6 Bd4 41. Bg8 Ke7 42. Nc2 Bb6 43. Nb4 Ba5 44. Kc2 Bxb4 45. Kb3 Nc5+ 46. Kxb4 Nxa6+ 47. Kb5 Nb8 48. Bxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Peterson, Christofer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[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 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bc5 Be6 13. Bc4 Qa5 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 15. Nxd5 Qxe1 16. Nxf6+ Kg7 17. Rhxe1 Bxc4 18. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shivaji, Shivkuma"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[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. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nxc5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Bd7 11. a3 f5 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. b4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be8 16. b5 Bg6 17. Qd2 Rxf3 18. bxc6 Rf5 19. Rxe6 Bg5 20. Nxd5 Qb2 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 bxc6 23. Ne4 Bd8 24. Rxc6 Be8 25. Rc3 Rd5 26. Rd3 Rxd3 27. cxd3 Bb6 28. Bf4 Rd8 29. Nd6 Bg6 30. Rd1 Bc5 31. Nb7 Rd5 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. d4 Rc3 34. Ra1 Bf7 35. h3 a5 36. Bd6 Bb3 37. Re1 Rd3 38. Re8+ Kf7 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. Rb7 Bf7 41. Be5+ Ke6 42. Bxg7 Bg6 43. a4 Ra3 44. d5+ Kxd5 45. Rb5+ Kc6 46. Rxa5 Kb6 47. Rb5+ Ka6 48. Rb4 Ka5 49. Rb8 Kxa4 50. Kh2 Rb3 51. Rf8 Rb7 52. Bd4 Kb5 53. Rc8 Rd7 54. Be3 Rd6 55. Rc5+ Kb6 56. h4 Kb7 57. h5 Bd3 58. g4 Rc6 59. Rd5 Be2 60. Kg3 Kc8 61. Rd2 Bb5 62. g5 Re6 63. g6 hxg6 64. h6 Re5 65. h7 Rh5 66. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ballard, Clint"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qd3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. 0-0-0 0-0 6. f3 c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. e4 d4 9. Qc4 e5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Qb3 b6 13. cxb6 Bg5+ 14. Kb1 axb6 15. Nh3 Be7 16. Qxb6 Bxd5 17. Qxd8 Bxa2+ 18. Kc1 Rfxd8 19. b3 Ba3+ 20. Kd2 Bb4+ 21. Kc1 Bc3 22. Bb5 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. e4 Nb6 10. dxc5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Na4 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rb1 Na5 14. Rb5 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Bxb6 Nxb6 17. Rxb6 Ke7 18. Bd3 Rhb8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Ne2 Rb3 21. Kd2 Rxa3 22. e5 Nb3+ 23. Ke3 Nc5 24. Rb1 h6 25. Bc4 f6 26. Kd4 Ra5 27. f4 Bc6 28. Ng3 fxe5+ 29. fxe5 Nd7 30. Re1 Ra4 31. Rb1 Nxe5 32. Kxe5 Rxc4 33. Ra1 Rc5+ 34. Kd4 Rg5 35. Ra2 h5 36. Re2 Rg4+ 37. Ke5 Ra4 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. Rxe4 Ra2 40. Rh4 g6 41. g3 Re2+ 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. Kf3 Rc2 44. c4 e5 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kd3 Rf2 47. Ke3 Rg2 48. Kf3 Rc2 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Kd3 Ra2 51. c5 e4+ 52. Kd4 Rd2+ 53. Kc3 Rd1 54. Rf4+ Ke5 55. Rf8 Rc1+ 56. Kb4 e3 57. Kb5 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Donnelly Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Belanoff, Ted"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 0-0 9. Qd2 Re8 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. Ne1 Nf5 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qxd4 18. Qe8+ Nf8 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Qxd3 22. Qe7 d4 23. Ne4 Qd1+ 24. Kh2 Qh5+ 25. Kg1 Qe5 26. Qxe5 fxe5 27. Nd6 b6 28. Nc8 c5 29. Nxa7 Kf7 30. Nc8 Nd7 31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Ke2 c4 33. f3 Kd5 34. a3 b5 35. Ne7+ Kc5 36. Kd2 g6 37. Ng8 Nb6 38. Nf6 Na4 39. Nxh7 Nxb2 40. Nf8 c3+ 41. Kc2 Kc4 42. Nxg6 d3+ 43. Kb1 d2 44. Nxe5+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Donnelly Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.09.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Be6 9. c3 Nce7 10. c4 f5 11. exf5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Nxf5 13. Bd3 Nge7 14. 0-0 Qb6 15. Nc2 g6 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne3 Nd4 19. Bd2 Bg7 20. Ba5 Qb7 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Bb4 Qd7 24. h4 0-0 25. h5 Rf4 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bd2 Rh4 28. Be2 Nef5 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Bagby Memorial g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Shah, Arnav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1774"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. g3 f5 13. h4 Bf6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qf3 Ne7 16. Nxf6+ Kf7 17. exf5 Kxf6 18. Qxa8 b4 19. Nc2 Qc7 20. Nxb4 Rd8 21. Bg2 d5 22. Nxd5+ Nxd5 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Bagby Memorial g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tsai, Chris"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 c5 8. h3 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Nh2 Bb7 11. f3 e5 12. d5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bxb5 Bxd5 16. e4 Be6 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. c4 Nb8 19. 0-0 Qa6 20. Qc2 Nc6 21. Rc1 Rb8 22. b3 Qa3 23. Rb1 Nd4 24. Qd3 Qa2 25. Nhf1 f6 26. Be3 f5 27. Bf2 Rf8 28. Ne3 Bh6 29. Kh1 Rf7 30. Qc3 Qa8 31. Ra1 Qc8 32. Nd5 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 fxe4 34. Nb6 Qb7 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Be3 Nf5 37. Bg5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Bagby Memorial g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vayntrub, Dmitry"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. d4 e5 8. h3 c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. a3 Nh5 13. g4 Nhf6 14. b4 Re8 15. b5 Nb6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nd2 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Be6 19. Nxa7 Nc8 20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Rb1 Rc7 22. Bb6 Rd7 23. Ba5 Rg8 24. Bb4 Qe8 25. Nf3 Qd8 26. Nh2 b5 27. g5 Qc8 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Addison op g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krubnik, Ewelina"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. 0-0 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. f3 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. b4 f4 12. Bf2 b6 13. Na4 g5 14. c5 Ng6 15. Nec3 Rf7 16. Rc1 Bf8 17. a3 Rg7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5 Nf6 20. Nc7 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. h3 h5 23. Qd2 g4 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Qh7 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Addison op g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Tsai, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Ne2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Nbc3 b4 11. Nd5 Nxe4 12. f4 a5 13. Be3 Be7 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8+ Kc8 17. Qd3 Bf5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Qa6+ Qb7 20. Qxb7+ Kxb7 21. Rxf5 Rxa8 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Bd5+ Kxb6 24. Bxa8 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 Nd2+ 26. Ke1 Nc4 27. a3 bxa3 28. bxa3 Nxa3 29. Kd2 Bb4+ 30. c3 Bc5 31. Bd5 Be3+ 32. Kxe3 Nc2+ 33. Kd2 Nxa1 34. Kc1 f5 35. Kb2 Kc5 36. Bg8 h5 37. Kxa1 g5 38. Ng3 f4 39. Nxh5 e4 40. Kb2 f3 41. gxf3 exf3 42. Ng3 f2 43. Kc2 Kd6 44. Kd2 Ke7 45. Ke3 f1N+ 46. Nxf1 Kf8 47. Bb3 g4 48. Kf4 g3 49. Nxg3 a4 50. Bxa4 Ke7 51. h4 Kf8 52. h5 Kg8 53. h6 Kh8 54. Bb3 Kh7 55. Kg5 Kh8 56. c4 Kg8 57. c5+ Kh7 58. c6 Kh8 59. c7 Kh7 60. Nh5 Kh8 61. c8Q+ Kh7 62. Nf6# 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Addison op g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. e5 Qxb2 9. Na4 Qa3 10. exf6 Qxa4 11. Bd3 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 Bd7 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Qb3 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Rc7 Nd5 19. fxg7 Bxg7 20. Rxb7 h6 21. Bh4 Nxf4+ 22. Kd2 Nxd3 23. Rhb1 Nb2 24. R1xb2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Bc6 26. Nd4 Kd7 27. Ke3 Rhg8 28. Rb6 Bxg2 29. Bg3 e5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Addison op g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shah, Arnav"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1774"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 e4 7. Qe2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 0-0 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Qd1 Re8 11. Be2 Nxd2 12. Nbxd2 Bg4 13. Kf1 Bxd2 14. Ng1 Bxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Sunnyvale LERA-ch 35th"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Deb, Akash"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Nf3 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Bb4 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qf3 Qd5 14. Qxd5 cxd5 15. Bd2 Nxg4 16. Ne4 Rb8 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18. 0-0-0 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. c3 Rc4 21. Kd2 Rh4 22. Ke3 Ke7 23. f4 g5 24. fxg5 fxg5 25. Rhg1 f6 26. Rg4 Rh5 27. h4 Rc8 28. Rdg1 Rg8 29. Kd3 Kf7 30. b3 Rxh4 31. c4 Rgh8 32. c5 Rxg4 33. Rxg4 Rh3+ 34. Kc2 Rh4 35. Rg3 Ke7 36. Kc3 a5 37. b4 axb4+ 38. Kxb4 Rxd4+ 39. Kb5 Kd7 40. Ra3 e5 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Ra6+ Kf5 43. c6 Rc4 44. Ra4 Rc2 45. Kb6 Ke6 46. Ra8 d4 47. a4 d3 48. Rd8 e4 49. a5 Rb2+ 50. Kc7 d2 51. a6 Ra2 52. Kb7 e3 53. c7 Rb2+ 54. Ka7 Rc2 55. Kb6 e2 56. Rxd2 e1Q 57. Rxc2 Qb1+ 58. Ka7 Qxc2 59. Kb8 Kd7 0-1

[Event "San Francisco schev"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gallegos, Paul"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2134"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.06.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Bd7 7. Nf3 Rc8 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. b4 Qb6 11. b5 Na5 12. Nd4 f5 13. Qg5 Kf7 14. Be2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. a4 Ne7 17. 0-0 h6 18. Qe3 Rhc8 19. Rc1 Qc5 20. Re1 a6 21. Qe2 g5 22. Qh5+ Kg7 23. Qe2 Ra8 24. Qb2 Ng6 25. g3 Kf7 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Qb7 Ra7 28. Qb3 Qc7 29. Qd1 Nxe5 30. Qe2 Kf6 31. Nd2 Rxc3 32. Qh5 Nf7 33. h4 e5 34. hxg5+ hxg5 35. N4f3 e4 36. Nxg5 Rxg3+ 37. fxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kh1 Qxg5 39. Qe2 Ne5 40. Nf1 f4 41. Nh2 f3 42. Qf2 Bh3 43. Rg1 Bg2+ 44. Rxg2 Qxg2+ 45. Qxg2 fxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Rg7+ 47. Kf2 Nd3+ 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Nf3+ Kd6 50. Nd4 Rg3+ 51. Kd2 0-1

[Event "San Francisco schev"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Haun, Benjamin S"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.06.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Ne2 Nxd5 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nbc3 c6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Ng3 cxb5 11. Nxf5 Qf6 12. Qe2+ Qe6 13. Re1 Qxe2 14. Rxe2+ Kd8 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. Bf4 Nc8 18. Re8+ Kd7 19. Bd6 Nb6 20. Rxa8 Nxa8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Re7+ Kc6 23. Nxg7 Nb6 24. b3 Nd7 25. Ne6 Rc8 26. Nf4 b4 27. Rxh7 Kd6 28. Nd3 a5 29. Ne1 Re8 30. Kf2 a4 31. Nd3 1-0

[Event "San Francisco schev"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ho, Matthew"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.06.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Bg3 a6 9. Bd3 Nxc5 10. a3 0-0 11. 0-0 b5 12. Ne2 f6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. c3 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. f4 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Bd7 20. Bd3 Qc7 21. Nf3 Be8 22. Qc2 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Bg6 24. Qd4 Rf8 25. a4 Qc4 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. b4 Be4 28. Qe3 Qb7 29. Nd4 Qf7 30. Qe2 Qc7 31. Qd2 Qxe5 32. Rxa6 Bd3 33. Ra1 Bc4 34. Nf3 Qd6 35. Qe3 h6 36. Re1 Rc8 37. Nd4 Re8 38. Nf3 Bb3 39. Ne5 Rb8 40. Qa7 Qb6+ 41. Qxb6 Rxb6 42. Kf2 d4 43. cxd4 Rxb4 44. Rb1 Rb7 45. Ke3 Bd5 46. Rxb7 Bxb7 47. g3 g5 48. h4 Kg7 49. Nd3 Kf6 50. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco schev"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Pinto, Mark A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.06.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 e5 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Bd7 14. c5 Qe8 15. Qb3 a4 16. Qc4 Kh8 17. b5 f4 18. c6 bxc6 19. dxc6 Bc8 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Nxf4 g5 22. Nfd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qf7 24. Rab1 Be5 25. Qe2 Be6 26. b6 cxb6 27. Rxb6 g4 28. Rb7 Qh5 29. f4 gxf3 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Bg4 33. Rbf7 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 35. Ke3 Qg1+ 36. Kd3 Qd4+ 37. Kc2 Qb2+ 38. Kd3 Qxa3+ 39. Kc4 Qc5+ 40. Kd3 Qxc6 0-1

[Event "San Francisco schev"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Snyder, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2002.06.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 14. Bh6 Bf6 15. Bg5 0-0-0 16. Bf4 c6 17. Qa3 a6 18. Rac1 Qb5 19. Rc5 Qb6 20. Ne5 Bd5 21. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "San Francisco schev"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Yu, Ricky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.06.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 c6 14. Bh6 gxh6 15. Re5 Qd7 16. Rae1 Bg4 17. d5 Rg8 18. Qe3 0-0-0 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Rc1 Bxf3 21. Rxc6+ Bxc6 22. f3 Bf6 23. g4 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 Rd5 27. Qf4 f5 28. Qxh6 Rd7 29. g5 Rdg7 30. h4 Bd7 31. Qf6 Rg6 32. Qd4 a6 33. f4 Re6 34. h5 Bc6 35. Qc5 Rge8 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco schev"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peckham, Monty"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.06.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Qf3 Qxf3 6. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco FIDE Summer-B"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Lee, Andy C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. 0-0 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2 13. Bxd2 Nf5 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. a5 a6 16. Rfb1 Rc7 17. Ra2 h6 18. Bb4 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 Bb5 20. Nd2 Ke7 21. Nb3 f6 22. f4 g5 23. g3 gxf4 24. gxf4 Rg8+ 25. Kf2 Rg4 26. Kf3 Rc3+ 27. Kf2 Rxf4+ 28. Ke1 fxe5 29. Kd2 Rh3 0-1

[Event "San Francisco FIDE Summer-B"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Setzepfandt, Alexander"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Bb3 Nfxd5 9. d4 c6 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Ne4 e5 12. N2g3 Bg6 13. c4 Nb4 14. a3 Na6 15. dxe5 Rd8 16. Qe2 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rd4 19. Qe2 0-0 20. Nf5 Re8 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. f4 Nc5 23. Ba2 f6 24. Be3 Ne6 25. f5 Qxe5 26. fxe6 Qxe3 27. Qxe3 Bxe3 28. Rae1 Bd4 29. Re2 Be5 30. c5 Nd5 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Rd1 d4 33. g3 Kf8 34. Kg2 Ke7 35. Kf3 Rd8 36. Ke4 Kxe6 37. b4 f5+ 38. Kd3 Kd5 39. Rde1 Re8 40. Rf1 Rf8 41. Rc1 f4 42. Rce1 Bb8 43. Re8 Rxe8 44. Rxe8 fxg3 45. hxg3 Bxg3 46. Re7 Be5 47. Rxb7 h5 48. Rd7+ Ke6 49. Rxd4 Bxd4 50. Kxd4 h4 51. Ke3 g5 52. c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco FIDE Summer-B"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Gaffagan, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Be3 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. f4 Nc6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Rf3 Bb7 13. Rg3 g6 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Kh1 d6 16. Rh3 d5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. Qd4 0-0 19. Qb6 Qb8 20. dxe6 Nxc2 21. f5 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Ne1 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. fxg6 Bxg2+ 25. Kg1 Qxb6 26. gxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxh7+ Kg6 28. Rh6+ Kg7 29. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "San Francisco FIDE Summer-B"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ho, Matthew"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Qb6 13. Rd1 0-0 14. 0-0 Bb7 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Qd4 Rfc8 17. Qxc5 Rxc5 18. Bd3 g6 19. Ne2 Nb6 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. c3 Be4 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Rfd2 Rcd5 25. Kf2 R5d7 26. Ke3 Bd5 27. g3 Kf8 28. Nc2 a5 29. a4 Rb8 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Na3 Rc5 32. Nc2 Rb5 33. Na3 Rc5 34. Kd4 Rcc7 35. Ke3 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco FIDE Summer-B"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grey, Peter G"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Bxb7 Rb8 8. Bg2 h5 9. d4 Nxc4 10. e4 d5 11. exd5 Qd7 12. Qe2+ Kd8 13. Qxc4 h4 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qc6 Qb4 18. d6 hxg3 19. hxg3 Qxd4 20. dxc7+ Ke7 21. Nc3 g6 22. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco FIDE Summer-B"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Steel, David T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bg5 0-0 11. Be2 Re8 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. 0-0 d4 14. Nb1 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne5 17. Qb3 b6 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Rae1 Qg6 20. h3 d3 21. Qb5 Qg5 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qxb6 Qxd2 24. Rxe5 dxc2 25. Rc5 Qd1 26. g3 Rc8 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28. Qxc7 h6 29. Qc6 Rd8 30. Kg2 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco FIDE Summer-B"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keatinge Clay, Adrian"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bf4 d5 9. Rd1 e5 10. Bg3 d4 11. Nxe5 Qa5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Nb1 Bf5 15. b4 a5 16. bxc5 Qb2 17. Be5 Bc2 18. Bxd4 Rfd8 19. Qxc6 Rab8 20. e3 h6 21. Bd3 Rxd4 22. exd4 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc2 24. Qf3 Re8+ 25. Re3 Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Rb8 27. 0-0 Qa2 28. Qd3 Nd7 29. Rfe1 Rb2 30. Re8+ Nf8 31. Qe3 Rc2 32. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco FIDE Summer-B"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hernandez, Rodolfo"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. e3 d5 8. Bd2 0-0 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. exd4 exd5 11. Be2 Re8 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Bb5 Bg6 16. Qd2 Re6 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Ba4 Nh5 19. g3 Qf6 20. Kg2 h6 21. Re5 Rd8 22. Bb3 Qe7 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. g4 Re8 25. h4 Nxg4 26. fxg4 Qxh4 27. Qf4 Kh7 28. Bxd5 Rxe5 29. dxe5 Rd8 30. Be4 Qe7 31. Bxg6+ fxg6 32. e6 Rf8 33. Bb4 Qxe6 34. Qxh6+ Kxh6 35. Rxe6 Rf4 36. Bd2 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Capps Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Alsasua, Eleuterio A"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 0-0 6. cxd5 exd5 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Nc3 c6 10. d3 Nbd7 11. d4 Re8 12. Bd2 Re7 13. Rac1 Nb6 14. Nb5 Bxf3 15. Nxd6 Qg4 16. Bb4 Re6 17. Bxf3 Qxf3 18. Qd1 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rb8 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nh4 Nfd7 22. b3 Kg7 23. Kg2 Kf6 24. Bc3 Ke7 25. Bb4+ Kf6 26. Rc2 Ra8 27. a4 a5 28. Bc3 Nc8 29. Nf3 Nd6 30. Ne5 Ke7 31. Nd3 Ne4 32. Bb2 Kd6 33. Ba3+ Kc7 34. Nf4 Ree8 35. Nxd5+ Kb8 36. Nf4 f5 37. Nd3 Nef6 38. Rdc1 Nd5 39. Bd6+ Kc8 40. Nb2 N7b6 41. Nd3 Nd7 42. Ne5 Nxe5 43. Bxe5 Kd7 44. Re2 Ra6 45. e4 fxe4 46. Rxe4 Rb6 47. Rc5 Ra8 48. Rh4 h5 49. g4 Rxb3 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Rxh5 b6 52. Rh7+ Ne7 53. Rc2 b5 54. axb5 Rg8+ 55. Kf1 Rb1+ 56. Ke2 Rxb5 57. Bf6 Re8 58. Kd3 Ke6 1-0

