[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dokuchayev, Andrey"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. f4 Bf6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. e4 0-0 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 b6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. b3 Nc8 13. 0-0 Na6 14. Qe1 Nd6 15. Qg3 Qe7 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Rfc1 g6 18. Nb5 Bg7 19. Nd2 Kh8 20. b4 axb4 21. a4 Nb7 22. Nb3 Na5 23. Nxa5 bxa5 24. Rf1 f5 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Bxf6+ Rxf6 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rae1 Rg6 29. Qe3 e4 30. Rf4 Reg8 31. Bf1 Qe5 32. g3 Nb8 33. Bh3 Rg5 34. Ref1 Rh5 35. Kg2 Na6 36. Qf2 Rgg5 37. Re1 Rh6 38. Rexe4 fxe4 39. Bxd7 e3 40. Rf8+ Rg8 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Qe2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Rf6 44. Qg4+ Qxg4 45. Bxg4 b3 46. Nc3 b2 0-1

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. 0-0 Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Bd6 9. Qa4 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Kf8 13. Bxd5 Ndxe5 14. Qe4 Qe7 15. Be3 Kg8 16. b4 h5 17. Bc5 Qf6 18. b5 Ne7 19. Bxb7 Re8 20. Bxa7 h4 21. g4 h3 22. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "John, David C"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qe5 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4 Bd4 12. f4 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Rf1 d6 15. Rb1 0-0 16. Ne2 Bb6 17. Bc3 a5 18. Kd2 Nf6 19. h3 Ba6 20. Ng3 Rfd8 21. Kc2 Rac8 22. Rf3 Nd7 23. Rd1 Bc7 24. Re1 f6 25. Nf1 Bb7 26. Nd2 e5 27. f5 Ba6 28. Rd1 Bb7 29. g4 Ra8 30. Rb1 axb4 31. axb4 Nb6 32. c5 1-0

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Rohrbaugh, James V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. b3 Ne4 10. Na4 Bf6 11. Be3 b5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Bf5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 f6 17. Rd1 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Bf2 Qe7 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. b4 Rfe8 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qa6 Ra8 25. Qd6 Ra1+ 26. Bf1 Rb1 27. Qxd5+ Bf7 28. Qc6 Bc4 29. Kg2 Rxb4 30. Rd7 Qf8 31. e4 Bxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 b4 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Bd4 b3 36. Qb7 Rb8 37. Rf7 Qc8 38. Qxc8+ Rxc8 39. Rb7 h6 40. e5 1-0

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Rylander, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nh3 Be6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Qd6 10. Qf4 Nbd7 11. Qxd6 exd6 12. e3 0-0 13. Bd3 Rae8 14. Kd2 Kg7 15. Nf4 Re7 16. h3 Bg8 17. g4 fxg4 18. hxg4 Ne8 19. Rh3 Nc7 20. Rah1 Nf6 21. g5 Nd7 22. Nd1 Rfe8 23. c3 Nf8 24. Rg3 Nfe6 25. Ng2 Rf8 26. Nf2 Ne8 27. f4 Nd8 28. Rgh3 Ne6 29. Ng4 Rff7 30. R1h2 Kf8 31. Nh6 Rg7 32. Rg3 Rc7 33. Nh4 Rgd7 34. Rf2 N6g7 35. f5 gxf5 36. N4xf5 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Annakov, Babakuli"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. e3 0-0 7. a3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. 0-0 e5 10. h3 a6 11. Ba2 Qd7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. Qxf5 Bxf5 15. e4 Bg6 16. Re1 b5 17. b4 Nd7 18. Nb3 f5 19. Nc5 Nf6 20. f3 fxe4 21. fxe4 h6 22. Be3 Kh7 23. Bf2 Rfb8 24. Bb3 Be8 25. Red1 Ng6 26. Bc2 Nf4 27. Kh2 Bh5 28. Rd2 a5 29. Rb1 Be8 30. g3 Ng6 31. Bd3 axb4 32. axb4 Ra3 33. Rc1 Nh8 34. Nb1 Raa8 35. Nc3 Nf7 36. Rdc2 Ng5 37. Be3 Ra3 38. Bxg5 hxg5 39. Nb1 Ra7 40. Ne6 Bg6 41. Nc3 Ra3 42. Bf1 Rb3 43. g4 Rxb4 44. Bg2 Kh6 45. Re1 Ra8 46. h4 Nh7 47. Kg3 Bf7 48. Rh1 gxh4+ 49. Rxh4+ Kg6 50. Rf2 Bxe6 51. dxe6 Rb3 52. Rf3 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morshedi, Ali"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nxc3 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. bxc3 Bg4 11. Be2 e6 12. 0-0 Kc7 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nd2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rad8 17. Ne4 Rd5 18. g4 Rhd8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 R8d7 21. Bf4 Ne7 22. Kg2 Kc6 23. Bg3 Nf5 24. Rb1 Rd3 25. Reb2 b6 26. a4 R7d5 27. Ng5 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Rxe5 29. Nxf7 Rf5 30. Nh8 Rf6 31. Rh1 Rxc3 32. Rh7 Bf8 33. Rh4 a6 34. Rg4 b5 35. axb5+ axb5 36. Ng6 Bd6 37. Nh4 Rf7 38. f4 Be7 39. Nf3 Bf6 40. Re2 Kd5 41. Ng5 Rb7 42. Nxe6 b4 43. f5 b3 44. Rd2+ Kc6 45. Rb2 Rb5 46. Rd4 Bxd4 47. Nxd4+ Kc5 48. Nxb5 Rc2+ 49. Rxc2+ bxc2 50. Nc7 c1Q 51. Ne6+ Kd6 52. Kh3 g6 53. Nd4 Qb1 54. Kg4 Qe4+ 55. Kg5 Qxd4 56. fxg6 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moss, Larry L"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. h3 h6 7. Nc3 e5 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nh4 c4 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 cxd3 13. Qxd3 Rd8 14. Qc4 Qd7 15. 0-0 Qxf5 16. Bxa7 Qxc2 17. Rae1 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Rxe5 Kd7 20. Be3 Ra8 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Kd6 23. Rc4 b5 24. Rb4 Re8 25. f3 Rd2 26. Kh2 Kc5 27. a3 Rd4 28. Rxd4 Kxd4 29. Rd1+ Kc4 30. Rd6 Re6 31. Rd2 Kb3 32. Kg3 g5 33. h4 gxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Re5 35. g4 Re3 36. Kg3 Re6 37. Kf4 Kc4 38. Ne4 Nxe4 39. fxe4 Kb3 40. e5 c5 41. Rd6 Kxb2 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Ashton, Jeff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. h4 e6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 h6 13. Ne4 h5 14. Qf4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd5 16. Qf4 Nd7 17. Be2 Bh6 18. Qg3 Qe4 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Rb8 23. Rxa7 Rb6 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Rha1 Kd8 26. Ra8+ Nb8 27. R1a7 Rh7 28. d5 exd5 29. Bxd5 Rg7 30. f4 Rh7 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Doss, Jason R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 0-0 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c6 8. a3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Qa4 Qb8 19. Rc1 Bf8 20. b4 Qa8 21. Bb1 Re6 22. Qc2 Rde8 23. Nf3 Bd6 24. Ne2 Ne4 25. Nf4 R6e7 26. Nd2 g6 27. Nf1 Qb8 28. Red1 Qd8 29. Qb3 Qd7 30. a4 Bb8 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. b5 g5 33. Nd3 Kg7 34. Rc3 R4e6 35. Rdc1 cxb5 36. axb5 a6 37. bxa6 Bxa6 38. Nd2 Bb7 39. Nf3 f6 40. Nb4 Qb5 41. Qb1 Bd6 42. Rb3 Qd7 43. Qf5 Bc7 44. Rbc3 Bd8 45. Ne1 R8e7 46. Ned3 Qb5 47. Ra1 Re4 48. Ra7 Rf7 49. Rc1 Ree7 50. Qg4 Qd7 51. Qh5 Qe6 52. Qe2 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Nd2 Na6 9. h4 Nd7 10. g4 f5 11. g5 Ndc5 12. f3 h6 13. gxh6 Bf6 14. Nf1 Bxh4+ 15. Kd2 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 17. fxe4 Nc5 18. Bd3 Rf4 19. Rg1 Qf6 20. Kc2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxe4 22. Nd2 Rg4 23. Rxg4 Bxg4 24. Ne4 Qf5 25. Be3 Qh5 26. Rg1 Rf8 27. Kc3 Rf3 28. Rf1 Bf5 29. Rg1 Kh8 30. Kd2 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1999.05.31"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Patty, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 0-0 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Be2 c6 9. 0-0 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. Bd3 Ng4 14. Rfe1 f5 15. e4 f4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Be6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rde2 Qd7 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Nh4 Qc8 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1999.05.31"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ziane, Noureddine"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nge7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bh6 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. h4 b5 15. h5 b4 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bh8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. d5 exd5 22. Bh3 Be5 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. exd5 Qb2 25. Kf1 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Rab8 27. Rc7 Rb1+ 28. Kg2 Rxh1 29. Kxh1 Nf5 30. Rxa7 Rb8 31. Kg2 Rb2 32. Bg5 h6 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Bc1 Rc2 35. Ra7+ Kh8 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Ra7+ Kh8 38. Bf4 Bd4 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Bxf5 Rxf2+ 41. Kh3 gxf5 42. Bxd6 Rc2 43. Ra4 Bg1 44. g4 Rd2 45. Be5+ Kg6 46. d6 Rd3+ 47. Kg2 Bc5 48. Ra6 Kg5 49. Ra5 Bxd6 50. Bxd6 Rxd6 51. gxf5 Kg4 52. Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1999.05.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Milovanovic, Rade"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 c6 7. 0-0 Qc7 8. Re1 e5 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bf1 Re8 11. Rb1 a5 12. d5 Nc5 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 c5 16. Qd1 Bd7 17. a3 b6 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 f5 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Ba3 Nf6 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Bf8 25. Qf3 Qd7 26. Reb1 Re7 27. Rb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8 a4 29. Qg3+ Kf7 30. Qg5 Ne4 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Bc1 f4 33. Bd3 Nf6 34. Qg5+ Kf7 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Qxf6+ Kg8 37. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1999.05.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Doss, Jason R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. dxc6 dxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Qa4+ Ke7 12. 0-0 Nd5 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Qxa3+ Qd6 15. Qxd6+ Kxd6 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Ke7 18. e4 Nb6 19. f3 Rhc8 20. Rb4 Rc5 21. Kf2 Ra5 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Ke3 Bc6 24. Nd4 Ba4 25. Nb3 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 Rac5 27. Rc2 R8c7 28. Bb5 e5 29. Kd3 Nc8 30. Rb4 Nd6 31. Ba4 Rc8 32. Bb3 Nb5 33. a4 Nd6 34. Bd5 g5 35. g3 f5 36. c4 fxe4+ 37. Bxe4 h6 38. Bd5 Rf8 39. Re2 e4+ 40. fxe4 Rc7 41. e5 Nc8 42. a5 Kd8 43. Rb8 Rc5 44. e6 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1999.05.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Sprague, Al L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 Na6 9. 0-0 Nc7 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. e5 Nfe8 12. Be3 exd5 13. cxd5 b6 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Bc4 a6 18. a4 Bc8 19. Bf2 dxe5 20. fxe5 h6 21. Ba2 g5 22. a5 Nb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. axb6 g4 25. Nh4 Rxb6 26. Qxc5 Ra6 27. Bb1 Rf7 28. d6 Be6 29. Ng6+ Kh7 30. Nf4 Qd7 31. Bd3 Rc6 32. Qxb5 Nxd6 33. exd6 Ba2 34. Re7 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1999.05.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nf6 4. Nxf6+ gxf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. Qe2 0-0-0 12. 0-0-0 h5 13. Bc3 Bh6+ 14. Kb1 Rde8 15. Nh4 Bh7 16. Rde1 Bf4 17. Ng2 Be5 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Qd1 Qc5 20. f4 Bd6 21. Be3 Bf8 22. f5 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gufeld, Eduard"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
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1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nc6 12. b5 Ne7 13. c5 Be6 14. Bb2 g5 15. b6 c6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Nd2 Qd8 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nc8 20. Qc2 Ra6 21. Bc3 Bd5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nc5 exd3 24. Bxd5+ cxd5 25. Qxd3 Ncxb6 26. Nxb7 Qa8 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Nc5 Ra3 29. Rxb6 e4 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. Qc4+ Rf7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Qe6 Kg8 34. Qxh6 Rg7 35. Rg6 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Qc1 h6 7. Bf4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. g3 dxc4 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. 0-0 g5 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. f4 g4 16. f5 h5 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. f6 Bf8 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bxe5 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qxc4 Rh6 23. e4 Rxf6 24. e5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qd7 26. Bd5 f5 27. exf6 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rubsamen, Cornelius"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bd3 Rc8 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Nd5 0-0 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. f3 Nf6 15. Qd2 Bd8 16. Be3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. g4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nf6 20. Nc2 b5 21. b3 bxc4 22. bxc4 e4 23. g5 exd3 24. gxf6 dxc2 25. fxe7 Bxe7 26. Qxc2 Bf6 27. Rab1 Rfe8 28. Bf4 Be5 29. Bg3 Bxg3 30. hxg3 Re5 31. Rf2 h6 32. Kg2 Rh5 33. g4 Rg5 34. Qe4 Re8 35. Rb7 Qc8 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Qxe7 Qxc4 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qxf7 Qxd5 40. Qxd5 Rxd5 41. Rb2 Kg6 42. Rb6 a5 43. Ra6 h5 44. Kg3 hxg4 45. Kxg4 Kf6 46. f4 g5 47. fxg5+ Rxg5+ 48. Kf4 Rd5 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. Ra8 Rh5 51. Kd4 Rh4+ 52. Kc3 a4 53. Ra5 Rg4 54. Kb2 d5 55. Ka3 Ke5 56. Rxa4 d4 57. Kb2 Ke4 58. Kc1 Ke3 59. Ra8 Rg1+ 60. Kb2 d3 61. Re8+ Kd2 62. a4 Rg7 63. Rd8 Rb7+ 64. Ka3 Kc2 65. Rc8+ Kd1 66. Rd8 d2 67. a5 Rb1 68. Ka4 Kc2 69. a6 d1Q 70. Rxd1 Rxd1 71. Kb5 Kb3 72. a7 Rd8 73. Kb6 Kb4 74. Kb7 Rd7+ 75. Kb8 Kb5 76. a8Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Garbett, Paul Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ndf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nge2 Bd6 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bf2 Ne7 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. c5 Bb8 13. a3 Qd8 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. b4 b6 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. a4 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2 a5 21. f4 gxf4 22. exf4 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qf7 24. Qb2 bxc5 25. bxc5 Rab8 26. Qc2 Ng4 27. Rae1 Rb4 28. Nf3 Rfb8 29. h3 Nf6 30. Ne5 Qg7 31. Nd1 Be6 32. Nd7 Bxd7 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boissonnier, Kimo"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. b3 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Bg3 Qd7 15. Be5 Qc6 16. f3 Nd7 17. Nb5 Nxe5 18. Nxa7 Qc7 19. Nxc8 Bf6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Ra2 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. cxd5 Qe5 26. g4 Bxd5 27. Bc4 Bc6 28. Qd3 Qg5 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. gxf5 Bd7 31. Bd3 Re8 32. Kg2 Re5 33. Re2 Rxe2+ 34. Bxe2 Bxf5 35. Rd1 g5 36. Bd3 Bc8 37. Be4 Kg7 38. Rd8 Bf5 39. Rd5 Kf6 40. Rd8 h5 41. Rf8 Bg6 42. Kf2 Bd6 43. Ra8 g4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. b4 Ke5 46. Ke3 f5 47. Bd3 f4+ 48. Ke2 Bf7 49. Bb5 Bd5 50. Re8+ Kd4 51. Rd8 f3+ 52. Kf1 Ke5 53. Re8+ Kf6 54. Rd8 Ke7 55. Re8+ Kf7 56. Rd8 Ke6 57. Be8 g3 58. Bb5 Be5 59. a4 g2+ 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Clyde J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e5 2. e4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4 Qh4 6. 0-0 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Be2 Nbc6 10. Na4 f5 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. c3 Kh8 13. Ng5 Qg6 14. Bh5 Qf6 15. Qb3 h6 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Qxb7 Bd5 19. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rac8 22. Qg3 f4 23. Qh3 Rcd8 24. Re1 Ng6 25. b3 Rd3 26. Bb2 Nh4 27. c4 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Rxf3 29. Qf1 Nf5 30. Re5 Qg4 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rd3 33. Rd5 Nh4+ 34. Kf1 Rh3 35. Kg1 f3 36. Re1 Rf4 37. Be5 Rg4+ 38. Bg3 Ng2 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Rf8 Nh4 41. Rf4 Rg6 42. Re4 1-0

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Whitehead, Jay E"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bb4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 e5 11. f3 Be6 12. e3 Nd7 13. Kf2 0-0-0 14. Be7 Rde8 15. Bd6 h5 16. h4 e4 17. c5 Bd5 18. Rd4 Nf6 19. Rg1 Re6 20. Be2 Rhe8 21. Bf4 g6 22. b4 Nd7 23. Rb1 Kd8 24. Rc1 a6 25. Rcd1 Kc8 26. R1d2 Rf6 27. Rd1 Nf8 28. Bd6 Ne6 29. R4d2 Ng7 30. f4 Nf5 31. Be5 Rfe6 32. a4 f6 33. Bc3 Nxh4 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 R8e7 36. Ra1 Kd7 37. bxc6+ bxc6 38. Ra8 Kc7 39. Rb2 Re8 40. Ba5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kutuzov, Denis"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 0-0 6. Nge2 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. f4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. f5 c5 12. Ng3 Nc6 13. Rf3 Kh7 14. Nh5 Qd8 15. Rg3 g5 16. h4 f6 17. hxg5 fxg5 18. Rh3 Bd7 19. Ng3 Be8 20. Qg4 Qf6 21. Nf1 Rh8 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. Qf3 Ng8 24. Ng4 Qf8 25. f6 Bf7 26. Bxf7 Qxf7 27. Qf5+ Qg6 28. f7 Ne7 29. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sepman, Yulius"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Qd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. b3 0-0-0 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. bxc4 h5 15. Be3 Bd4 16. Rab1 Qd6 17. Rb3 b6 18. a4 a5 19. Qf3 f6 20. Bd2 Qe6 21. Be3 Qg4 22. Qxg4+ hxg4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. f3 gxf3 25. Rxf3 Rh5 26. g4 Re5 27. h3 Rde8 28. Kg2 Rc5 29. Kg3 Kb7 30. Rf5 Rxf5 31. gxf5 g6 32. Kg4 g5 33. Kh5 Rg8 34. Rb1 Ka6 35. Kh6 g4 36. Kh7 Rg5 37. h4 Rh5+ 38. Kg6 Rxh4 39. Kxf6 Rh2 40. e5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Dvoretskij, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[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. Nbd2 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qb3 0-0 12. Qxb7 Na5 13. Qa6 c5 14. Ne5 Rf6 15. Qb5 Be8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Galkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. Qe2 e6 13. 0-0-0 0-0-0 14. Ne5 Nb6 15. Ba5 c5 16. Rh4 Rd5 17. Nc4 cxd4 18. Rdxd4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Rd3 Qf4+ 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Ne3 Nd5 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. Nxc4 Nf4 26. Ne4 Rxd2 27. Kxd2 Nxg2 28. Nxc5 bxc5 29. Nd6+ Kc7 30. Nxf7 Nf4 31. Ne5 Nxh5 32. Kd3 Nf6 33. a4 h5 34. Ng6 Kd6 35. f3 Nd5 36. Ke4 Ne7 37. Ne5 Nf5 38. Nc4+ Ke7 39. Na5 Nd6+ 40. Kf4 Kf6 41. Kg3 g5 42. Nb3 b6 43. a5 c4 44. a6 cxb3 45. a7 bxc2 46. a8Q c1Q 47. Qd8+ Ke5 48. Qh8+ Kf5 49. Qd8 Qc6 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Pohl, Ira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. a3 Re8 12. Bb5 c6 13. Bd3 Nc7 14. 0-0 Ne6 15. Rac1 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Bb1 Nef8 20. h3 Qf6 21. Nh2 Qg5 22. b4 b5 23. a4 a6 24. a5 Qe7 25. Qb2 Nf6 26. Nf3 N8d7 27. Bf5 g6 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Nb1 Qd6 30. Nbd2 Rac8 31. Ne1 Rc7 32. Nd3 Bc8 33. Qc3 Re7 34. Re1 Nf6 35. Qc5 Qxc5 36. Rxc5 Kg7 37. Rec1 Bb7 38. Ne5 Re6 39. f3 Ne8 40. Kf2 f6 41. Nd3 Rd7 42. R5c3 Red6 43. Nc5 Rc7 44. Nxb7 Rxb7 45. Rxc6 Kf7 46. Nb3 Rxc6 47. Rxc6 Rc7 48. Rxa6 Rc2+ 49. Kg3 Rb2 50. Nc5 Rxb4 51. Ra7+ Kg8 52. Rd7 Rb2 53. a6 Ra2 54. a7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Petrosian Memorial U18"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Sazonova, Elena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. 0-0 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. f4 0-0 9. g4 f5 10. g5 Rb8 11. Ng3 b5 12. h4 b4 13. Nce2 Qc7 14. h5 a5 15. Rb1 a4 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. exf5 exf5 18. b3 axb3 19. axb3 Nd4 20. Bb2 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qe2 Qd7 24. Rbe1 Kf7 25. Qf2 Nc6 26. Qf3 d5 27. Ra1 Rfe8 28. Rfe1 Re6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Ra6 Re8 31. Kg2 Qd6 32. Bc1 Qc5 33. Bd2 Re6 34. Kh3 Ne5 35. fxe5 Rxa6 36. Nxf5 gxf5 37. Qxf5+ Kg8 38. e6 Qf8 39. Qxd5 Qe7 0-1

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Woods, Dana"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 c6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. Rb1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Nd2 f5 15. a4 Rad8 16. a5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bd3 f4 19. Re1 fxe3 20. fxe3 Rfe8 21. Nf3 Be4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qb3 Rd5 24. a6 b6 25. Qc4 Re6 26. b5 Rxb5 27. Rxb5 cxb5 28. Qxb5 Bh6 29. Ng5 Qh4 30. Nf3 Qe7 31. Ne5 f6 32. Ng4 Bxe3+ 33. Nxe3 Rxe3 34. Qb3+ Rxb3 35. Rxe7 Ra3 36. Rxa7 b5 37. Kf2 b4 38. Ke2 h5 39. d5 Ra5 40. d6 Re5+ 41. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Dallas op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ozden, Oz"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[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. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3 Bd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. Ne3 Rae8 13. Re1 Qd8 14. b3 h6 15. Nh4 Nh7 16. Ng4 Ng5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. Ne3 f5 20. Nh4 f4 21. Nf1 Qf6 22. Ra2 Nd8 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Ne6 25. Nf3 Kh8 26. g4 Qf7 27. Ree2 Ra8 28. Reb2 Ra7 29. Ra3 Rfa8 30. Rba2 Qe8 31. a5 Qd8 32. N1d2 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Nh2 Qg5 35. Nhf3 Qh6 36. Rc2 Bf6 37. Kh2 Rg8 38. Rac3 Rg7 39. Qh1 Ra8 40. Rc1 Rag8 41. Rg1 Bd8 42. Ra3 Nd4 43. Nxd4 f3 0-1

[Event "Dallas op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Grubbs, Steven M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. h3 Re8 12. Rab1 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b5 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Rbe1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e4 Rad8 19. f4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qa3 21. Ng5 g6 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. f5 b4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qc4 bxc3 26. Qxc6 Qb4 27. Nf6+ Nxf6 28. Qxf6 Qc4 29. h4 Qd5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qf2 Rb8 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Rxf3 c2 35. Rc3 Rxa2 36. Rc7 a5 37. d5 Kf8 38. d6 Ke8 39. Kh3 Rb2 40. g4 a4 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 a3 43. h6 Rb3+ 44. Kg4 a2 45. Re7+ Kd8 46. Re1 Kd7 47. h7 Rb8 48. Kg5 Kxd6 49. Kf6 Kd5 50. Kxf7 Kc4 51. Ra1 Kb3 52. Re1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Dallas op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1997.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Wiggins, Eric A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. h3 0-0 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Bd3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 12. Bc2 fxe4 13. Ng5 Bxb2 14. 0-0 Be5 15. Be3 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 Bf5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Nxe4 Rf8 19. Bg5 Qc8 20. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Southwest op 63rd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Ardaman, Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. h4 0-0 10. a3 Nc6 11. Ng5 Nc7 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Bb2 a5 16. Rfc1 f6 17. Nf3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 b5 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Rc5 Ncb4 21. Qd2 e5 22. Kh2 Rfd8 23. Ba3 Na6 24. Rcc1 b4 25. Bb2 a4 26. Rab1 a3 27. Ba1 Nb6 28. Qe3 Qb5 29. Bh3 Rd6 30. h5 b3 31. d4 b2 32. dxe5 fxe5 33. Qxa3 bxc1Q 0-1

[Event "Southwest op 63rd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Gallagher, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 0-0 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 d6 10. Be2 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. 0-0 Rc8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Bf1 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Nf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Re8 20. b4 a6 21. Re3 Qb7 22. a4 h6 23. f4 1-0

[Event "Southwest op 63rd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anderson, Selby K"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Na3 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nge7 11. Nc2 0-0 12. Ncxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Be3 Be5 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. h3 Qd8 18. Bd5 Qf6 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Kh1 Ba8 21. Bg5 Qh8 22. Nb3 Bxb2 23. Rc2 Bf6 24. Bh6 Bg7 25. Rec1 Rce8 26. Bf4 Ne5 27. Nc5 Rd8 28. Nxa6 Nc4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Bd6 c3 31. Qf4 Rfe8 32. f3 Re6 33. Nc7 Rxd6 34. Qxd6 Be5 35. Qe7 Bxc7 36. Rxc3 Bc6 37. Rxc6 dxc6 38. Qxc7 Qd4 39. Qxc6 Qe3 40. Qc7 Rd2 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qc3+ Qxc3 43. Rxc3 Rxa2 44. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southwest op 63rd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Marcott, Don"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. Qc2 g5 9. Qg6+ Ke7 10. Nxg5 Qe8 11. Qxe8+ Nxe8 12. Nh7+ Kf7 13. Nxf8 Rxf8 14. cxb5 Nc7 15. e3 a6 16. bxa6 Nbxa6 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Kd2 d5 19. a3 d4 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22. Bxb5 Nd5 23. Rhc1 Rfc8 24. Bd7 Rd8 25. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Southwest op 63rd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Howell, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. d5 Ndc5 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. c5 bxc5 20. Rab1 Bd5 21. Rfd1 h5 22. c4 Bxc4 23. Rb7 Bd5 24. Rxc7+ Kf6 25. h4 Rhg8 26. hxg5+ Kxg5 27. Rxd5+ Qxd5 28. Qd7 Qf5 29. Qe7+ Qf6 30. Bh4+ 1-0

[Event "Southwest op 63rd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "John, David C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 Nd4 10. Nd5 Be6 11. c3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nf5 13. Bd3 Nh6 14. Qf3 f5 15. Bxf5 Qg5 16. Bc2 f5 17. g3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Be7 19. Nc4 0-0 20. Nd2 Kh8 21. 0-0-0 Qg7 22. Nb3 b5 23. f3 Bf6 24. g4 b4 25. cxb4 e4 26. g5 Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ardaman, Miles"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 c6 8. a4 Be6 9. 0-0 Qd7 10. g4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Na6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nd4 Rad8 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. c3 Qe7 17. Qf3 Nc5 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Rfe1 Bg7 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Rad1 Ndf4 22. Bf1 Kh8 23. h4 Rf8 24. g5 Nd5 25. Bc1 Ne7 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1 Qa5 28. Bh3 Qxa4 29. Rd7 Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Qxf5 Qa1 32. Rd1 Qb1 33. Qf3 Qc2 34. Re1 f5 35. Ng3 Nc5 36. Bf4 Qxb2 37. Be5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Nd7 40. Re7 Nb6 41. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Texas op"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gibson, William P"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be3 b6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Rd8 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Be5 Ba6 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qc1 Qe6 15. Rfe1 h6 16. d4 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Bxd4 Rd8 19. Be5 Bc4 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. f3 e5 26. Kf2 Nc5 27. g3 Ne6 28. Nb3 f5 29. Ke3 f4+ 30. Kf2 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Kf6 32. Nc1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Texas op"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hendrick, John Kristan"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. c4 0-0 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. Qe2 e5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. e4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 h6 17. Bf6 Nxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. Rfc1 Qd6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Na4 Nd7 22. Qe3 f5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 Rf7 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. b4 Rd8 28. b5 axb5 29. Ra5 e4 30. Rxb5 Kf6 31. Kf1 h5 32. Rc4 Rdd7 33. Ke2 Rg7 34. g3 Ke5 35. b3 h4 36. Rc3 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. gxh4 Rh7 39. b4 Rxh4 40. Rxb7 Rxh3 41. b5 Rb3 42. b6 Rb2+ 43. Ke1 Kxd5 44. Rb8 Kc6 45. Rf8 Rb5 46. Rf6 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Dallas op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lee, Wellington"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 0-0 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Ne2 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. 0-0 c5 13. c4 Nb7 14. a4 f5 15. f3 a5 16. Rb1 Nd6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Bxc5 Ba6 19. Bxb6 Qg5 20. f4 exf4 21. Qc2 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxc4 23. Rb3 Nxb6 24. Rfb1 f3 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxb6 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 fxe2 28. h3 e1Q+ 29. Kh2 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Campbell, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 0-0 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Nxd5 Bxh4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Qxf5 Be7 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Bc6 Nf6 19. Qxd8 Rbxd8 20. Ne5 Kh7 21. Rac1 Bd6 22. Nf3 g6 23. g3 Ng8 24. Kg2 Ne7 25. Nd2 Nxc6 26. Rxc6 g5 27. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Gelman, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Nf8 9. Nge2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Bc4 Ncd7 16. Bb3 Qb6 17. Bf2 Qc6 18. Nd4 Qd6 19. e4 Nb6 20. Rfe1 Qd8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. exd5 exd5 23. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 24. Kh1 Bd8 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Re6 Qc7 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 29. Re7 Bb6 30. Bxb7 Rad8 31. Rdd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. g3 g5 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 a5 38. Kf3 Bf6 39. b3 Bb2 40. Ke4 Kf6 41. Bc8 Bc1 42. h3 Bd2 43. Bg4 h6 44. f5 Bc1 45. Be2 Bb2 46. h4 Bc1 47. Bb5 Bb2 48. Bc6 Bc1 49. Be8 Ke7 50. Bg6 Bb2 51. Kd5 h5 52. Bxh5 Bf6 53. Kc5 Bxh4 54. b4 axb4 55. Kxb4 Kd6 56. Kb5 Bf6 57. a4 Bd4 58. a5 Kd5 59. a6 1-0

[Event "Texas op"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Lopez, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e4 dxe4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 Bf5 7. h3 h6 8. Qd4 Ned7 9. 0-0-0 e5 10. Qd2 Bb4 11. g4 Bg6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nge2 Qe7 14. Ng3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc5 16. Nb5 Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 0-0 18. Nxc7 Rac8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. Kb1 Rd8 22. Ndf5 Nb6 23. b3 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Kh7 25. Be2 g6 26. Ng3 Nbd7 27. h4 Nc5 28. Ka2 Kg7 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Nh7 31. b4 Na4 32. Kb3 b5 33. Nxe4 Nb6 34. c5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxh7+ Kf8 37. Nf6 Rd8 38. Rh8+ Ke7 39. Rxd8 Kxd8 40. Bf3 Kc8 41. Kc3 Kb8 42. Kd3 Re7 43. Ke4 Re6 44. Bg4 Re7 45. Kd5 Kc7 46. c6 1-0

[Event "Texas op"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Vergara, Mitchell S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 d6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. 0-0 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. f4 Na5 16. e4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qa2 Na5 19. f5 Rad8 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Rb1 Nxc1 22. Rbxc1 Rd6 23. g3 Rfd8 24. Rcd1 Qg5 25. Rd5 Rxd5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Qe4 Qd2 28. f6 Qd3 29. Qg4 g6 30. Qc8+ Rd8 31. Qc7 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Rd2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qh3 h5 38. g4 Qxg4+ 39. Qxg4 hxg4 40. Re1 Rd6 41. Rxe5 Rxf6 42. Re7 a6 43. a4 Kg7 44. a5 b5 45. Rb7 c4 46. Rb6 Rf3 47. Rxa6 Rxc3 48. Rb6 Rb3 49. Kf2 b4 50. a6 c3 51. Ke3 Rb2 52. a7 Ra2 53. Rxb4 Rxa7 54. Rc4 Ra2 55. Rxc3 Rxh2 56. Kf4 Rg2 57. Rc8 Rg1 58. Ra8 g3 59. Kg4 f6 60. Rb8 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Ziane, Noureddine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Rc8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. f4 Rfe8 16. a4 a6 17. Rac1 Nf8 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Rf1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 f5 22. Qe3 Nxe5 23. fxe5 h6 24. Qb3 Bg5 25. Rc2 Red8 26. c5 Rd5 27. c6 Rcd8 28. Ba3 Kh7 29. Bd6 R8xd6 30. exd6 Rxd6 31. Re1 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxe6 Qc2 34. Qxb6 Bd2 35. Qb1 Be3+ 36. Kh1 Qxb1 37. Rxb1 Bxd4 38. Rd1 Bc3 39. g3 a5 40. Rd6 Bb4 41. Rb6 Bd2 42. Kg2 h5 43. Kf3 g6 44. Rb7+ Kh6 45. Rd7 Bb4 46. Kf4 Bc3 47. Rd6 Be1 48. Rd3 Bb4 49. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutherland, Don C"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. a4 Qa5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Nxb5 Nxb5 9. Bxb5 Nxe4 10. 0-0 Nd6 11. Be2 Bg7 12. d3 0-0 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Bc3 f6 15. Qd2 Nf7 16. d4 Bb7 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. dxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Ne4 21. Bb4 d6 22. Ne6 Rfc8 23. Bd3 f5 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. a5 Rab8 26. Rfe1 h5 27. c3 Kf6 28. h4 Nc5 29. Bc4 Be4 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Ne4 32. Rd4 a6 33. Re3 Rb5 34. Rd1 Kf7 35. g3 Nf6 36. Red3 Rc4 37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Ke6 39. Kf2 Kd7 40. Ke3 Kc6 41. Rc4+ Kd7 42. Rd4 Nd5+ 43. Kd3 e5 44. fxe5 dxe5 45. c4 exd4 46. cxb5 Nxb4+ 47. Kxd4 axb5 48. Kc5 Nd3+ 49. Kb6 Kc8 50. a6 Kb8 51. Kxb5 Nxb2 52. Kc5 f4 53. Kd4 fxg3 54. Ke3 Nc4+ 55. Kf3 Nd6 56. Kxg3 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Unalmis, Omer Haldun"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 0-0 9. Nc3 Nc7 10. Ba4 d6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Bb7 13. Be3 Ne6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Rfd1 Ba8 17. Qc2 f5 18. Ne2 f4 19. Bd2 Kh8 20. Bc3 Qd5 21. b4 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. f3 Bb7 24. Kh1 Ba6 25. a3 Bc4 26. Bb2 Bd5 27. Nc3 Rbc8 28. Rac1 Be6 29. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op2"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anderson, Selby K"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1996.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 4. dxe5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxc4 6. Qa4 Qe7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 a6 9. Qxc4 Nxe5 10. Qc3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Nf6 12. Rg1 Be6 13. e3 0-0-0 14. 0-0-0 Rd6 15. Kb1 Rhd8 16. Be2 Rc6 17. Qa5 Rd5 18. Qa4 Qd7 19. Qb4 Rcd6 20. Kc1 a5 21. Qc3 Qa4 0-1

[Event "Southwest op 62nd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bell, John"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd2 Bf5 3. c3 c6 4. f3 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 e5 7. e4 Bg6 8. Ne2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. fxe4 Qf6 11. Be3 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 13. 0-0 Nc5 14. Nf4 0-0-0 15. Qg4+ Kb8 16. Rad1 Ka8 17. b4 Nd7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qf4 Nf6 20. e5 Nd7 21. Rde1 Re8 22. Qxf7 Qxf7 23. Rxf7 Be7 24. Rxg7 Rhg8 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Rf1 Kb8 27. Rf7 Re8 28. h4 Kc7 29. Be4 b6 30. Bxg6 c5 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Rg7 cxd4 33. cxd4 Bf8 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Bxe8+ Kxe8 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke3 Bh6+ 38. Ke4 Bd2 39. g4 a5 40. d5 a4 41. Kf5 Bb4 42. h5 Kf7 43. g5 Kg7 44. h6+ Kh7 45. d6 a3 46. Kf6 Bc3 47. d7 Bd2 48. e6 Be3 49. e7 1-0

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op1"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dejmek, Mark W"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. c4 a6 8. N5c3 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 0-0 11. Be2 Nd4 12. 0-0 Be6 13. Nbc3 Rc8 14. b4 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. a5 f5 17. f3 Qh4 18. g3 Qd8 19. b5 h5 20. b6 Rc5 21. Ra2 h4 22. Qe1 Qg5 23. Bd3 Qh5 24. Rg2 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qxf3 27. Be2 Qxe4 28. gxh4 Rxd5 29. cxd5 f4 30. Qd2 f3 31. Bd3 Qd4+ 32. Rf2 e4 0-1

[Event "Southwest op 62nd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grubbs, Steven M"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 h6 8. h3 0-0 9. 0-0 d6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. b3 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15. Be3 Nd7 16. c4 f5 17. Re2 Qe8 18. Bd2 g5 19. Nh2 Qg6 20. f3 Nf6 21. Be1 Nh5 22. Rc1 Nf4 23. Rec2 Rcd8 24. Bf2 a6 25. Qd2 Rf7 26. Rd1 h5 27. Be3 Rg7 28. Re1 Kh7 29. Kh1 Bf6 30. a4 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Re6 Qg5 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. Rce2 Be5 36. b4 g3 37. Nf1 h4 38. c5 h3 39. cxd6 Bxd6 40. Re8+ Rxe8 41. Rxe8+ Kf7 42. Qe4 hxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Qf6 44. Nd2 Qh6 45. Rh8 Qxh8 46. Qe6+ Kf8 47. Qc8+ Kf7 48. Qxh8 Kg6 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op3"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 exd4 8. cxd4 Nf6 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Be2 Re8 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Rab8 14. Qa4 a6 15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. Be1 h6 17. Qc2 Bg6 18. Qb3 Qd8 19. Rb2 Kh8 20. a4 Qe7 21. Qc4 Qf6 22. Qa2 Red8 23. Rb3 Bf5 24. Qb2 b6 25. Bxa6 Bxh3 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Ne5 Qf6 28. gxh3 c5 29. Bf1 cxd4 30. exd4 Ng5 31. Bg2 Rd6 32. Bb4 Re6 33. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op2"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Nf3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 d6 11. 0-0 Kh8 12. Qc2 e5 13. c5 Nc6 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. d5 Nb4 16. Qd2 Na6 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. b4 Rfc8 19. a3 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qe3 e4 23. Nd2 b6 24. g4 Nc7 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Qf4 Bg6 27. Bxe4 Bf7 28. Nc4 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd6 Be6 31. e4 Bg8 32. h4 Qe6 33. Nf5 h6 34. Qb8 a5 35. Qc7 Qg6+ 36. Kh2 axb4 37. axb4 Qf6 38. Qd6 Qc3 39. Qxb6 Qe5+ 40. Ng3 Qf4 41. h5 Bf7 42. Qc5 Be6 43. Kg2 Qh4 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qe8 Qf4 46. Kg1 Bh3 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. Nf5 Qe5 49. b5 Qb2 50. b6 Qb1+ 51. Kh2 Bxf5 52. exf5 Qe4 53. f6 Qe5+ 54. Kg1 Qa1+ 55. Kg2 Qa8+ 56. Kh2 gxf6 57. Qxh6+ Kg8 58. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op3"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ketchum, Richard"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 d5 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 a6 15. Rfc1 Rc8 16. Be2 h6 17. Bd2 Be7 18. a3 0-0 19. Bb4 Be4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rc3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Qh4 23. Rac1 Nxd4 24. Qd1 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Qf4 26. Qe1 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op2"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lester, Ron"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. a3 Bg4 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Be2 g6 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Nc3 0-0 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 b6 15. h3 Be6 16. Qc2 Na5 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Rfb1 Bxd4 19. Ne4 Qe5 20. Rb5 Qg7 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. cxd4 Rxc2 23. Bd3 Rc7 24. Rb2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op3"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muecke, Mark"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. a3 a6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. Rac1 Ndf6 14. b4 Bf5 15. Qb2 Qe7 16. Na4 Bh7 17. Nc5 Ng4 18. Nd3 a5 19. h3 Ngf6 20. Bf4 axb4 21. axb4 Bxf4 22. Nxf4 Nd6 23. Ne5 Nb5 24. Nfd3 Ne4 25. Nf3 Nbd6 26. Nc5 Nc4 27. Qb3 Ra3 28. Qd1 0-1

[Event "Southwest op 62nd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nightingale, David"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. h3 Be6 9. d3 Qd7 10. Kh2 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Ng3 Nd4 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 c6 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxg4+ 18. hxg4 Bxe5 19. Nce4 Qe7 20. g5 Nf5 21. Rf4 Nxg3 22. Kxg3 Bf5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. d4 Qg5+ 26. Kf2 h5 27. Rg1 Bg4 28. d5 Re8 29. Bf3 cxd5 30. Bxg4 Re4 31. Kf3 Rxf4+ 32. Qxf4 hxg4+ 33. Rxg4 Qxf4+ 34. Rxf4 dxc4 35. Rxc4 a5 36. Rc5 Ra6 37. Kg4 Rb6 38. b3 a4 39. bxa4 Rb4+ 40. Kg5 Kg7 41. Rc7 b6 42. Rb7 Rxa4 43. Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op4"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rajlich, Vasik G"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 Nf6 8. N1c3 a6 9. Na3 0-0 10. Be3 Be6 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Bf6 19. Nab1 Be5 20. g3 Nc6 21. Rc2 Re8 22. a3 Qb3 23. Qc1 Nd4 24. Rcd2 Nxe2 25. Rxe2 Bg4 26. Nd2 Qb6 27. Nd5 Qa7 28. Re3 Bxd1 29. Qxd1 Bd4 30. Qg4 Ne6 31. Nf3 Rxc4 32. Bxd6 b5 33. Rd3 Bxb2 34. e5 0-1

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op1"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sarkisian, Drew J"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 0-0 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. e3 Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. 0-0 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qc2 Rad8 15. Rfd1 Qd3 16. Be1 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 c6 18. Kf1 f5 19. Ke2 Kf7 20. h3 Ke6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd2 Rxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Nc4+ 24. Kc2 b5 25. b3 Nb6 26. f3 Nc8 27. Kd3 Nd6 28. Bd2 c5 29. Bc1 a6 30. Bd2 c4+ 31. bxc4 Nxc4 32. Bc1 Kd6 33. Nb1 Kc5 34. f4 Bb2 35. Bxb2 Nxb2+ 36. Kc2 Na4 37. Nd2 Kd5 38. Kb3 a5 39. a3 Nb6 40. Kc3 Na4+ 41. Kb3 Nc5+ 42. Kc2 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Kb2 Nd3+ 45. Kb3 Ne1 46. g3 Nd3 47. Nf3 Kc5 48. Ng5 Kb5 49. Nxh7 Nc5+ 50. Kb2 Kc4 51. Nf6 Na4+ 52. Kb1 Nc3+ 53. Kb2 Nd1+ 54. Kc1 Nxe3 55. g4 Kc3 56. gxf5 gxf5 57. Nd7 b3 58. Nc5 b2+ 59. Kb1 Nc4 60. Na4+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op1"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Anderson, Renard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. Nc3 axb5 7. d6 Qa5 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Bg7 11. dxe7 Bb7 12. Nxb5 Kxe7 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. a3 Na6 15. Rc1 c4 16. Nc3 d5 17. e4 d4 18. Qa4 Nc5 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Nd5+ Bxd5 21. exd5 c3 22. bxc3 Rxa3 23. d6+ Kd8 24. c4 Rb8 25. Be2 Rb2 26. Rb1 Raa2 27. Rxb2 Rxb2 28. g3 d3 29. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 30. Ke2 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op4"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Anderson, Selby K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. Nd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 d6 9. e4 0-0 10. exf5 exf5 11. 0-0-0 Qf6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. f4 Bd7 14. g4 a6 15. Rhg1 b5 16. gxf5 Na5 17. Rg5 Nxc4 18. Rdg1 Rf7 19. h4 Re8 20. h5 Rfe7 21. h6 Nxd2 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Qxd2 Qxh6 24. R7g5 Bc6 25. d5 Bd7 26. R1g2 Qf6 27. Rg1 c6 28. dxc6 Bxc6 29. Bc2 Be4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rg6 Qxf5 32. Rxd6 Qc5 33. Rd1 b4 34. Rxa6 bxc3 35. Qd6 Qe3+ 36. Kc2 Qe2+ 37. Kb3 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op2"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Ardaman, Miles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. e3 Nge7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 f5 9. Qc2 d6 10. Rad1 h6 11. a3 g5 12. Ne1 Qe8 13. Nb5 Qg6 14. f3 a6 15. Nc7 Ra7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 f4 20. Bd3 Bf5 21. dxc5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 dxc5 23. b4 Qd6 24. bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qd6 26. Nc2 b5 27. Rfe1 Rd7 28. Be4 Qf6 29. Qb3 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Ng6 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Rf1 Kh7 33. Nf5 Rff7 34. a4 bxa4 35. Qxa4 h5 36. d6 Ra7 37. Rd5 Kg6 38. Qe8 Kh7 39. Qxe5 Qg6 1-0

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op3"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Dejmek, Mark W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Nh6 4. e4 Nf7 5. Be3 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Bg7 7. h4 d5 8. Ng3 e5 9. h5 Qe7 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Nf3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qb4+ 15. Kf1 Bxd4 16. c3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qe5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Bxc7 Rc8 22. Bf4 g5 23. Nh5 Qh6 24. Bg3 g4 25. Qxh6 Nxh6 26. Bf4 Nf5 27. Bxg4 Kf7 28. Bd1 Rg8 29. Rb1 b6 30. Rc1 Nfd4 31. Be3 Bg4 32. Nf4 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Nf5 34. Rxd5 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Rd8 36. Rf5+ Ke7 37. Ke2 Rd6 38. g4 Rh6 39. g5 Rh2+ 40. Kf3 Kd6 41. g6 Rh8 42. Rf6+ Kd7 43. Nd5 Rh6 44. g7 1-0

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op4"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. Qa4 a6 12. Nbd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qh4 Nd5 15. Bd2 e5 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Bh6 f6 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bb3 Qb7 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Rd2 g5 22. Qh3 Kh8 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rad1 Nf4 25. Qf5 Qc8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Ne1 g4 28. Kf1 h5 29. g3 Nh3 30. Bd5 Ng5 31. Ke2 Be8 32. Nd3 a5 33. Rc1 Bg6 34. Ne1 Rc7 35. c4 Rfc8 36. b3 Ne4 37. Bxe4 Bxe4 38. Ke3 f5 39. Nd3 Kf6 40. Nb2 Kg5 41. Rcd1 h4 42. Rd8 a4 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Rc1 Bf3 45. Kd2 axb3 46. axb3 b4 47. c5 f4 48. Rc4 Rd8+ 49. Kc2 e4 50. c6 e3 51. gxf4+ Kf6 52. fxe3 g3 53. c7 Rc8 54. hxg3 hxg3 55. Kd2 g2 56. Rc1 Rxc7 57. Rg1 Kf5 58. Nd1 Rd7+ 0-1

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op3"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Holliman, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Qc7 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 0-0-0 14. 0-0 Bh6 15. Bc1 Nxf6 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. a4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 a6 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rdxf8 21. Rfe1 c5 22. Qxb7+ Qxb7 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Re5 cxd4 25. axb5 dxc3 26. bxa6+ Ka7 27. Re3 Rc8 28. Rxc3 Rc6 29. Ra4 Rhc8 30. h4 f5 31. Kg2 Rxa6 1-0

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op2"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Ivanov, Igor Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. e4 Qf6 13. Be2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. g3 Qf6 16. Rf1 c5 17. d5 h5 18. 0-0-0 0-0-0 19. f4 gxf4 20. Rxf4 Qg7 21. Nf3 Nf8 22. Nh4 Ng6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Rdf1 exd5 25. exd5 h4 26. gxh4 Rdg8 27. Kb1 g5 28. Rf7 Qe5 29. Rxb7 Kxb7 30. Rf7+ Kc8 31. Qa4 Qxe2 32. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op1"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Nxd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Qxd4 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. 0-0 e6 12. c3 Qf4 13. Be2 Bd7 14. g3 Qa4 15. b3 Qa5 16. c4 Bb4 17. Nf3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Ke7 19. Rb1 Rhd8 20. Qc2 Bc3 21. Rfc1 Bf6 22. c5 Bc6 23. Qxh7 Qxa2 24. Bc4 Qa3 25. Nh4 Rh8 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Bxd3 Bxh4 28. gxh4 Rxh4 29. Bb5 Rg4+ 30. Kf1 Bg2+ 31. Ke1 Re4+ 32. Kd2 Rd8+ 33. Kc3 Rh4 34. Rb2 Rdh8 35. Rd1 Bd5 36. Re2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op3"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. Nd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Be2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 gxf4 14. 0-0-0 Qg5 15. g3 0-0-0 16. Kb2 Kb8 17. Nb3 h5 18. a4 Nf6 19. Bd3 h4 20. Rhg1 hxg3 21. hxg3 Rh2 22. Rd2 Rdh8 23. a5 fxg3 24. fxg3 0-1

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op3"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Leininger, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bd3 d5 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. f4 0-0 9. 0-0 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qf3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be7 16. Rd1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Be3 Qe8 19. g3 Rc8 20. Bd4 Qa4 21. b3 Qc6 22. a4 Bb4 23. Ra2 Rfd8 24. Bf2 Nc3 25. Nxc3 Qxc3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rb2 g6 28. Kg2 Ba3 29. Rc2 Qxb3 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Rc8 33. Kf3 bxc5 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Rc2 Ke7 36. Rb2 Rc7 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Kc4 Kc6 39. Rb5 Rd7 40. Rxc5+ Kb6 41. Rb5+ Kc6 42. Rb8 Kc7 43. Rf8 Kb6 44. g4 Ka5 45. Rh8 Kxa4 46. Rxh7 Rc7+ 47. Kd4 Kb4 48. Rh8 Rc4+ 49. Ke3 a5 50. Rb8+ Kc3 51. Rb7 a4 52. Rxf7 a3 53. Ra7 Kb2 54. h4 a2 55. Rxa2+ Kxa2 56. Kf3 Rc3+ 57. Kg2 Kb3 58. h5 gxh5 59. gxh5 Kc4 60. h6 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Southwest op 62nd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Muecke, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 d5 8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. a3 Be7 10. Qc2 c5 11. e4 Bb7 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Ng5 Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Southwest op 62nd"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Phillips, David William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 Nd7 11. Ba3 a5 12. 0-0-0 Nb4 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxb4 axb4 15. Bxb4 Rxa2 16. Nc3 Ra1+ 17. Kc2 Rxd1 18. Nxd1 Ne5 19. Be2 Nc6 20. Bc3 Bxc3 21. Kxc3 Nd4 22. Bd3 e5 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 b5 26. cxb5 Rxd5 27. Kb4 Rd8 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Rc5 Ne6 30. Rc3 Ke7 31. b6 Rb8 32. Ka5 Kd6 33. b4 Nd4 34. Ka6 Nc6 35. Rxc6+ Kxc6 36. Be4+ Kd7 37. Ka7 Rd8 38. b7 Kc7 39. b5 f5 40. b6+ Kd7 1-0

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op4"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Ruiz, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Qc1 Nxg5 7. Qxg5 dxc4 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bxc4 0-0 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Qd6 12. Ne4 Qb4+ 13. Nfd2 Bf5 14. 0-0 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Rae8 16. Rc1 c6 17. f4 Nd5 18. Rc4 Qb6 19. f5 Kh8 20. Nc5 Qa5 21. Ra4 Qd2 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nd7 Rg8 24. fxg6 fxg6 1-0

[Event "Dallas Pinfork op4"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Valvo, Michael Joseph"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bd3 Bg5 10. 0-0 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. Nc2 0-0 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Kh1 Nh5 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Bf1 f5 17. b3 Kh8 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Rd2 fxe4 20. Nxe4 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Qe1 Qe7 23. Ne3 Nf4 24. Nc5 Nd4 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Nc4 Nc6 27. Rcd1 b5 28. Rd6 Qe8 29. Nb6 Ra7 30. Nd7 Rg8 31. Qe4 Rc7 32. g3 Ng6 33. Bh3 Nd4 34. f4 Rc3 35. Nxe5 Nxe5 36. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1995.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anderson, Selby K"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1995.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 Nge7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1995.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rector, George"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Qg4 a6 12. Be3 Qb4 13. f4 d4 14. a3 Qb6 15. Bf2 Rd8 16. b4 Bc6 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. Ra2 Qc7 20. Ne4 Nd5 21. g3 h4 22. Rc1 hxg3 23. Bxg3 Ne3 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Qd7 26. a4 Qd5 27. Bxc6+ bxc6 28. Ng5 Be7 29. Nf3 d3 30. Qf2 Nf5 31. Qg2 Bc5+ 32. Kh1 Ne3 33. Rxc5 Qxc5 34. Qg1 d2 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1995.05.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "McClintock, Doug"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Qc2 a5 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Ng3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bf6 13. Bb2 g6 14. Nh2 Bg7 15. f4 f5 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. 0-0-0 0-0 18. Rde1 fxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. Ng5 Rae8 22. Rxe6 Qd7 23. f5 h6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Ne6 gxf5 26. Nxg7 Qxg7 27. Bxf5 Qxg3 28. Kb1 Kg7 29. Ka2 a4 30. bxa4 dxc4 31. Rh3 Qe1 32. Bc3 Be4 33. Bxe1 Bxc2 34. Bxc2 Rxe1 35. Rc3 Nd5 36. Rxc4 Re2 37. Kb1 Kf6 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rc6+ Re6 40. Rc5 Re1+ 41. Kb2 Ne3 42. Rxc7 Re2 43. g3 Rd2 44. Rc5 a4 45. Rc6+ Kg5 46. d5 Kg4 47. Kc1 Rxd5 48. Bxa4 h5 49. Re6 Rc5+ 50. Kb1 Nf1 51. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1995.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Rohrbaugh, James V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Bd2 0-0 10. a4 a6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Qb2 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Qd8 16. Nh4 Be6 17. e3 Rc7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Ne2 Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Na5 21. Qb2 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 Nc8 24. Nd3 Qb6 25. Qc3 Nd6 26. Nb4 Ndc4 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Nxd5 Qb2 29. Nxc4 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Nxc4 31. Kf1 f5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. f3 Ke6 34. e4 1-0

[Event "North American op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Radomskyj, Peter"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg5 0-0 9. e4 d6 10. Be2 h6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Nd2 a6 13. a4 Ra7 14. 0-0 Rae7 15. Bf3 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. Be2 Kh8 18. Nc4 Rxe4 19. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "North American op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "De Sousa, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. a3 a5 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Ne6 17. Nde2 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. Qb2 Bg7 21. Qd2 Qc8 22. f4 Ng8 23. e5 Nf8 24. Ne4 1-0

[Event "American op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1989.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Be6 15. Qd3 Be7 16. Ke2 Bf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qa5 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. bxa4 Rac8 21. Rhc1 b6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Kd2 Rfd8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rb1 Bf5 26. Rb5 g6 27. Bd1 Rd8 28. f3 d4 29. e4 Be6 30. Rxa5 Rb8 31. Rxa7 Rb2+ 32. Bc2 Rxa2 33. Rxa2 Bxa2 34. Kd3 Kf8 35. h4 Ke7 36. Kxd4 f6 37. Bd3 Be6 38. Bc4 Bd7 39. f4 h6 40. e5 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. Ke4 Bc8 44. Bd5 Bd7 45. g3 Bc8 46. Bg8 Bd7 47. e6 Bxe6 48. Bxe6 Kxe6 49. g4 Kf6 50. Kd5 Kf7 51. Ke5 Ke7 52. Kf5 Kf7 53. Kxg5 Kg7 54. Kf5 Kf7 55. g5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. c5 0-0 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 a5 11. Na4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Be3 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. 0-0 Bb5 17. Rf2 Rc8 18. Nec3 Bxa4 19. Nxa4 Ne5 20. Bh3 Rc6 21. Bd4 Nfd7 22. f4 Rh6 23. Kg2 Nc6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qg4+ Rg6 26. Qxd7 Qxd7 27. Bxd7 Rd8 28. Bf5 Rf6 29. Bg4 Nd4 30. Re1 Bf8 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rg6 33. Bh3 Ra6 34. Nb6 Ra3 35. Rd1 Nc6 36. Rb2 d4 37. Bf5 Be7 38. Be4 Re3 39. Bxc6 bxc6 40. Nc4 Re6 41. Rd3 Bf6 42. Nd6 Re1 43. Rc2 Re6 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. g4 Re7 46. g5 Bh8 47. h4 Rb8 48. Ra2 Rc7 49. Ra4 Rd8 50. Rda3 1-0

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nedved, Kimball"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. d3 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. g4 f5 9. gxf5 exf5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nd5 h6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. c3 Be6 14. Re1 Qf7 15. a3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Qf2 b6 18. Bd2 Na5 19. Re2 Nb3 20. Rae1 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Kh8 22. Qg3 Bc8 23. Nf3 fxe4 24. dxe4 Rg8 25. e5 Bf5 26. exd6 Rxd6 27. Ne5 Qf6 28. Kh1 Rgd8 29. Be4 Bxe4+ 30. Rxe4 Kh7 31. R4e2 Rd2 32. Qe3 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Qf5 35. h3 g5 36. fxg5 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 Bxe5+ 38. Qxe5 Rd3+ 39. Re3 Qe1+ 40. Kf3 Qf1+ 41. Kg3 Qg1+ 42. Kf3 Qh1+ 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Re2 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Qg2+ 46. Kd1 hxg5 47. Qf5+ Kh6 48. Kc1 Qg1+ 49. Kc2 Qh2+ 50. Kc1 Qd6 51. b4 c4 52. a4 a6 53. Kc2 Qg6 0-1

[Event "US Open-89"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1988.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8. Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 13. d5 Nd8 14. c5 Nf7 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Rac1 f4 17. Qc7 Qf6 18. b4 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nd2 Rae8 22. Qxb7 e4 23. Rc4 f3 24. exf3 exf3 25. Nxf3 Bd3 26. Rcc1 Be2 27. Nd2 Qf4 28. Rc2 Bd3 29. Ra2 Re2 30. Qxa7 Ne5 31. f3 Qg3 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Nf1 Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Fischvogt, Eric V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Qc1 h6 7. Bf4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. Qc5 g5 12. Bg3 dxe3 13. dxc6 exf2+ 14. Bxf2 bxc6 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Bc4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. 0-0 e6 20. a4 c5 21. Nb5 Ke7 22. b3 Bc6 23. Rf2 Rhf8 24. Re1 Rad8 25. h3 Rd7 26. Ref1 h5 27. Be2 h4 28. Bc4 f6 29. Na3 Rd4 30. Re1 e5 31. Nc2 Rf4 32. Ne3 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Rd8 34. Re2 Be4 35. Bb5 Bd3 36. Rd2 e4 37. Bxd3 exd3 38. Nc4 Rd4 39. Nxb6 Kd6 40. Nc4+ Kd5 41. Ke3 f5 42. Rxd3 f4+ 43. Ke2 g4 44. Rxd4+ Kxd4 45. hxg4 1-0

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Marfia, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bb7 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Re8 12. bxa6 Nxa6 13. Bd2 Bc7 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Bb5 Red8 16. a3 d5 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Qc2 Nc7 19. Bd3 g6 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. Be5 Ng5 22. Bxd6 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qxd6 24. Rac1 c4 25. Red1 Qf6 26. Bg2 d4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. exd4 Bxf3 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Qc3 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Rd8 32. h3 Qe4 33. Qe3 Qxd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Rc3 Ke7 37. Ke3 Rh4 38. Kd2 f5 39. Re3+ Kd6 40. Kc3 g5 41. Rg3 h6 42. Kb4 Rf4 43. f3 Kc6 44. a4 Kb6 45. a5+ Ka6 46. Kc5 Kxa5 47. h4 gxh4 48. Rg6 Ka4 49. Rb6 Rxf3 50. Rb4+ Ka5 51. Rxc4 Rb3 52. Rxh4 Rb5+ 53. Kd6 Rxb2 54. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Pelts, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. h3 h5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Nf8 9. Qd2 Ng6 10. g3 Bd7 11. Bg2 a6 12. Ng5 h4 13. g4 b5 14. b3 Rb8 15. 0-0 0-0 16. Ne2 Nh7 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. Nc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rb4 20. Qc3 Bg5 21. Nd3 Rb6 22. Qd2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Qf6 24. g5 Qe7 25. Rab1 Rfb8 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Kh2 f6 28. Qe2 Kg8 29. Qh5 Be8 30. gxf6 Qxf6 31. f4 exf4 32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxc5 Qe7 34. Ne4 Nf8 35. Qe2 Qa3 36. Rf3 Rb2 37. Rxa3 Rxe2 38. Kg1 Bg6 39. Bf3 Rxe4 40. Bxe4 Bxe4 41. Rxa6 Bd3 42. Rc6 e4 43. Kf2 Nd7 44. Re6 Nc5 45. Rc6 e3+ 46. Kf3 e2 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kf6 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "US Open-89"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shtern, Igor"]
[Black "Strenzwilk, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1988.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. a4 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. 0-0 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxc4 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Be4 Qh4 17. a5 a6 18. Ra4 Qh5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Rd1 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Nf6 22. Rc4 Qxa5 23. Rxd6 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-89"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Waxman, Joseph L"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1988.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. 0-0-0 Ne6 11. Bh4 b5 12. f3 Bd7 13. Kb1 a5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e4 Rc8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 Nc7 18. Nxd5 a4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qa3 Na6 21. Be4 b4 22. Qe3 0-0 23. Qf4 Qb6 24. Qh4 f5 25. Bd3 Nc7 26. Rc1 a3 27. b3 Bb5 28. Bc4+ Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Nd5 30. Rcc1 Rce8 31. Qf2 Qb5 32. Ng3 Qd3+ 33. Qc2 Nc3+ 34. Ka1 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wilson, Russell"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. g3 0-0 9. Bg2 d6 10. 0-0 a6 11. Re1 b5 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. e4 Nd7 15. Rc1 Re8 16. h3 a5 17. g4 Nhf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Be3 Qb8 20. g5 Nh5 21. Ne4 c4 22. a4 Ba6 23. Nfd2 Nb6 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Nc3 Bd7 26. Nde4 Bf5 27. h4 Nd7 28. Qa4 Nf4 29. Qxc4 Rc8 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Nxb5 Nxg2 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. Ned6 Nxe1 34. Nxc8 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Nd4 36. Nbd6 Bf8 37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. d6 f6 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e5 9. Ne2 d6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. a4 a5 13. Rb1 h5 14. Bg5 Nh7 15. Be3 h4 16. Nf5 g6 17. Nxh4 0-0-0 18. Qd2 Rdg8 19. g3 Qd8 20. Rb3 Nhf8 21. Rfb1 Rh5 22. Bf1 Kb8 23. Bg2 Ka7 24. Qd3 Ba6 25. Kf2 Rgh8 26. Rg1 f5 27. exf5 Rxh4 28. g4 Rxh2 29. fxg6 Nxg6 30. Qxg6 Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Bxc4+ 32. Kd2 Bxb3 33. Qxd6 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Buzbuchi, Ionut"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[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. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nc2 0-0 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Bb3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 a5 20. 0-0 Ra7 21. Qe2 Qe8 22. Nf4 Bxb3 23. axb3 Be5 24. Nd5 Kh8 25. f4 Bg7 26. Rfd1 Qb8 27. g3 b4 28. c4 Rc8 29. Rd2 Rc5 30. Qh5 Qf8 31. Nxb4 Rb7 32. Na6 Rc8 33. Rxa5 Rxb3 34. Rxf5 Qd8 35. Qe2 Qb6+ 36. c5 dxc5 37. Qxe4 Qxa6 38. Rf7 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Qxb2+ 41. Kh3 Qd4 42. Qe6 Rf8 43. Rc7 Qc3 44. Qe7 c4 45. Qe4 Qd3 46. Qxd3 cxd3 47. Rd7 Bf6 48. Rxd3 Kg7 49. g4 Rf7 50. g5 Bxg5 51. fxg5 h6 52. Kg4 hxg5 53. Kxg5 Ra7 54. Rd5 Rb7 55. h4 Ra7 56. h5 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. f3 h6 9. b4 Na6 10. Bb2 Nc7 11. c5 0-0 12. e4 b6 13. Rc1 Nce8 14. Nh3 bxc5 15. bxc5 Bb7 16. Be2 Rc8 17. 0-0 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Bd4 Bc6 21. f4 f5 22. Bh5 Nc7 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. a4 g6 25. Be2 Rb8 26. Qa5 Rb7 27. Nf2 Rfb8 28. Nd1 Qd8 29. Nc3 a6 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Nxb1 Qb8 33. Nd2 Qb7 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Kd3 Ke8 37. Kc3 Kd8 38. Nb3 Kc8 39. Qb4 Qxb4+ 40. Kxb4 Nb8 41. g3 Be8 42. Na5 Nc6+ 43. Nxc6 Bxc6 44. Ka5 Kb7 45. g4 Be8 46. h3 Bd7 47. Bf2 Be8 48. Bh4 Bd7 49. Bd8 Bc8 50. g5 hxg5 51. fxg5 Kc6 52. Bxc7 Kxc7 53. h4 Bd7 54. h5 gxh5 55. Bxh5 f4 56. g6 1-0

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fischer, Robert"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 Bg4 8. h3 Be6 9. Nd5 0-0 10. 0-0 f5 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rf7 13. Rb1 Raf8 14. Qd2 Nd8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nc3 c6 18. Ne4 Ne6 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Be3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxa2 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qd7 24. Qa5 Bf6 25. Bg2 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Nxg5 27. f4 b6 28. Qxb6 exf4 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. gxf4 Ne6 31. Bxc6 Qe7 32. Bd5 Nxf4 33. Qd4+ Kh6 34. Be4 Qg5 35. Qe3 Qe5 36. d4 Qe6 37. b3 Kg7 38. Ra2 d5 39. cxd5 Nxd5 40. Qe1 Nf4 41. Qe3 Nd5 42. Qe1 Re7 43. Re2 Nf4 44. Re3 Nh5 45. Qc3 Qd6+ 46. Kg1 Qf4 47. d5+ Kh6 48. d6 Rxe4 49. Rxe4 Qxe4 50. d7 Qb1+ 51. Kg2 Qa2+ 52. Kh1 Qa8+ 53. Kh2 Qb8+ 54. Kg1 Qa7+ 55. Kg2 Qxd7 56. b4 Nf4+ 57. Kh2 Qd6 0-1

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Ilya"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. Nce3 g6 17. b4 f5 18. b5 Nb8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 Bh6 21. 0-0 e4 22. b6 Nd7 23. Rf2 Nc5 24. Ra3 Bg7 25. Rd2 Ne6 26. Kh1 Bd7 27. Qh5 Bc6 28. Nxf5 e3 29. Rb2 Rc8 30. Nde7 Be8 31. Nxc8 Bxh5 32. b7 e2 33. Bxe2 Bxe2 34. b8Q Nxf4 35. Qxd6 Qg5 36. Ng3 Rd8 37. Rb8 Bf8 38. Rxa5 Bxd6 39. Rxg5 Bxb8 40. Nxe2 Nxe2 0-1

[Event "Midwest Masters op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Love, David"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. e4 c5 3. Be2 Nc6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. Nbd2 b6 9. d4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. a3 Rc7 12. b4 Rd7 13. Bb2 Qa8 14. Qb1 h6 15. Qa2 Nh5 16. g3 a6 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. e5 cxd4 19. cxd4 b5 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 Rxd6 22. Ne5 Nxd4 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nf6 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Re1 Ne4 28. Nc6 Qd6 29. Qc2 Ng5 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Qc5 Re8 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Ne7+ Qxe7 34. Qxe7 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd3 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qa8 Rxa3 38. h4 Nf3 39. Qe4+ g6 40. h5 Ng5 41. hxg6+ Kg7 42. Qb1 f6 43. f4 Nf3 44. Qc1 Rd3 45. Qc8 Kxg6 46. Qg8+ Kf5 47. Qh7+ Kg4 48. Qg6+ Ng5 49. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U18"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Black "Shtern, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. d6 Bb7 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nd5 0-0 11. Nc7 Qf6 12. Nxa8 Bxa8 13. Rb1 Nxd6 14. Be2 Ne4 15. 0-0 d5 16. Re1 h6 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Bb5 Qf5 19. Bd3 Re8 20. b3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qf6 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. Rd1 Qe5 28. Qd8 Bb7 29. Qd2 Bc8 30. h3 Be6 31. b4 Bb3 32. Rb1 c4 33. Rc1 h5 34. h4 Qf6 35. g3 Qe5 36. Rc3 b5 37. Re3 Kh7 38. Kh2 a6 39. f3 Qa1 40. fxe4 Qxa3 41. Rf3 Qa2 42. Rxf7+ Kh8 43. Qxa2 Bxa2 44. Rc7 Bb1 45. e5 Bf5 46. Kg2 Kg8 47. Kf3 Kf8 48. Ke3 Ke8 49. Kd4 1-0

