[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anka, Emil"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. h3 0-0 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Ne3 a5 13. g3 Ne7 14. Kf1 Qe8 15. a4 Be6 16. Kg2 h6 17. Nc4 Qc6 18. Ncd2 Raa8 19. Re1 Qd7 20. Rh1 Ng6 21. d4 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 d5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Rhe1 Qc6 27. Qb5 f5 28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. Rad1 Rab8 30. Re2 Rfd8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. g4 g6 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. f3 Rd5 35. e6 exf3+ 36. Kxf3 Kf8 37. e7+ Ke8 38. Kf4 Rd3 39. Re3 Rd2 40. b3 Rb2 41. Kxf5 Rxb3 42. Kf6 Rb1 43. h4 Rf1+ 44. Kg6 Rf4 45. h5 Rxa4 46. Kxh6 Rg4 47. Re6 a4 48. Rg6 Rh4 49. Kg5 Rh1 50. Rxc6 a3 51. Ra6 Kxe7 52. Rxa3 Rg1+ 53. Kf4 Rh1 54. Ra5 Rh3 55. Rc5 Kd6 56. Kg4 Re3 57. Rc4 c5 58. h6 Re1 59. Kg5 Kc6 60. h7 Re5+ 61. Kg6 Re6+ 62. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd7 13. a5 Bf6 14. Kh1 Re8 15. Ra4 Rb8 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. c4 Bd7 19. Ra2 exf4 20. Bxf4 b3 21. Ra3 Bxb2 22. Bxb8 Bxa3 23. Bh5 g6 24. Qxb3 Qxb8 25. Qxa3 gxh5 26. Qxc5 Qe5 27. Qf2 Qf5 28. Qg3+ Qg4 29. c5 Bb5 30. Rc1 Qxg3 31. hxg3 Kg7 32. Kg1 Kf6 33. Kf2 Ke5 34. Rd1 Rc8 35. c6 Kd6 36. Rd4 f6 37. Kf3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Bxd8 Nxc3 10. Bh4 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 a5 15. b3 f6 16. Be2 Ke7 17. Rab1 Ra6 18. f3 Rb6 19. Kc2 Ba6 20. Rhc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 dxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Qe2 b4 14. Na4 h5 15. Ng5 Nh6 16. Nxe6 Qc8 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Collyer, Curt D"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. d3 e5 11. 0-0 e4 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. dxe4 Bxe4 14. Qd1 Bb7 15. f3 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qd3 Nxb2 20. Bxb2 c5 21. e5 Ne8 22. Rfd1 cxd4 23. Qe4 Nc7 24. Rxd4 Qe7 25. Rc1 Ne6 26. Rd6 Rac8 27. f4 Qh4 28. g3 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Qg4 30. Qd3 Rc8 31. Bb2 h5 32. f5 Nf4 33. Qd1 Nh3+ 34. Kg2 Qxf5 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Qxd8+ Kh7 37. Qc7 Ng5 38. Qc3 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 Qf5+ 40. Kg2 Ne6 41. h4 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Baugus, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. c4 Qd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. c5 Qd8 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. Ne5 0-0 10. 0-0 b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Re1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 e6 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ng4 f6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bd6 h5 21. Ne3 Re8 22. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mariano, Nelson"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a4 b4 9. Re1 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Nbd2 bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. a5 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Na7 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb5 18. h3 c6 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Bf1 Bf6 21. Qa4 c5 22. Be3 Bd7 23. Qd1 Bc6 24. Rc1 Qxa5 25. e5 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 dxe5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxc5 Bb2 29. Rb1 Nc3 30. Bxf8 Nxb1 31. Rxb1 Kxf8 32. Qd3 Kg8 33. Qd4 Qa3 34. Qf4 Rf8 35. Bc4 a5 36. g3 Qc3 37. Rd1 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bg2 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nxd5 Nxd4 14. Qc4 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 exd5 16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bxd5 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 Kc7 20. Rg1 Rad8 21. Bxf7 Bd2 22. Rg4 Rhf8 23. Bxg6 Nf4 24. Be4 Nxh3 25. f3 Kb8 26. Rg2 Bf4 27. Bxf4+ Nxf4 28. Rh2 Ne6 29. g6 Ng5 30. Re1 Rde8 31. Kf2 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. 0-0 Be7 6. b3 0-0 7. Bb2 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. c4 d5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. Rc1 Bf8 15. Bf5 Rad8 16. Rc2 g6 17. Bh3 Ne4 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Ne5 Rdd8 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nd7 Rxd7 22. Qxd7 Rd8 23. Qg4 Ba6 24. Rfc1 Bd3 25. Rd2 Rd5 26. Qh4 Rf5 27. Rcd1 Qa6 28. Qd8 h5 29. Rxd3 exd3 30. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3 b6 9. 0-0 Ba6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. c4 0-0 13. Bg5 dxc4 14. Qe2 Nf5 15. Qxc4 Qc6 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bd2 Nb8 18. Ba5 Nd7 19. Rd3 Nb6 20. Qg4 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Qb5 23. Be1 c4 24. Rd1 Qb2 25. Qe4 Qxa3 26. g4 Ne7 27. Rd6 Rb8 28. Bd2 Nbd5 29. Kg2 c3 30. Be3 Qb4 31. Bd4 a5 32. Kg3 a4 33. Ra6 Qb5 34. Ra7 Nc6 35. g5 Nxa7 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Bxa7 Qb4 38. Nd4 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Ba2 Nb8 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. d5 c6 16. c4 Rc8 17. a4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qe8 19. Qe3 Nbd7 20. a5 Nh5 21. Nf1 Rc7 22. Qa3 Nc5 23. Bd2 Rac8 24. Rad1 Qd8 25. g4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. e5 dxe5 28. Nxe5 Bd6 29. Qf3 Qf6 30. Nc6 Qxb2 31. Rd2 Qf6 32. Rde2 g6 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Nh2 Nd7 36. Qd1 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Ne5 38. Nf3 Rxc6 39. Nxe5 Bxe5 40. Bxf7 Rd6 41. Bd5 Bc3 42. Re8 Qd4 43. Qe2 Qxd5 44. Qe7+ Qf7 45. Qxd6 Qxe8 46. Qc7+ Qf7 47. Qxc3+ Kh7 48. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 c4 7. d4 cxd3 8. Qxd3 b5 9. Bc2 Ng6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. Rd1 d6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 0-0 15. Nfd4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Rc4 Qb8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Qb7 21. Rc4 a5 22. Ra4 h6 23. Qh5 Bg5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxg5 Qd5 28. g3 Rb8 29. b3 Rf8 30. h4 e4 31. Rxa5 Qc6 32. c4 Rc8 33. h5 Nf8 34. Ra7 Nh7 35. Qe5 Nf6 36. h6 Qc5 37. Qxc5 Rxc5 38. Ra8+ Kh7 39. hxg7 Kxg7 40. Ra1 Rc7 41. Kf1 Rb7 42. Ra3 Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Kd2 Rd7+ 45. Kc3 Ng4 46. Bxe4 Nxf2 47. Bc2 e5 48. Ra5 Kf6 49. b4 e4 50. g4 Nxg4 51. Bxe4 Ne3 52. b5 Rc7 53. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 0-0 8. d3 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Na3 Bb7 11. Nc2 Qd7 12. h3 e5 13. Nh2 d5 14. Bg5 d4 15. c4 Bc8 16. Rf1 a6 17. Qd2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. Na3 Rb3 21. Nc4 Qb7 22. Nf3 Qb8 23. Qc2 Be6 24. Ra6 Rc8 25. Rfa1 Ne8 26. Bc1 Rb5 27. Ra8 Qxa8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Na3 Rb3 30. Bf1 Nb4 31. Qd1 Na2 32. Ng5 Nxc1 33. Nxe6 Bh6 34. Nxc5 Rxb2 35. Nc4 Rb1 36. Nxe5 Raa1 37. Qf3 Nd6 38. Qf6 Bf8 39. Ncd7 Nb3 40. Qd8 Rxf1+ 41. Kg2 Rg1+ 42. Kf3 Nd2+ 43. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f3 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Nh3 Bb7 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. Nf2 b5 11. Bh6 0-0 12. 0-0 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Bf1 Ne6 18. Ne2 c5 19. c3 Bc6 20. Nc1 c4 21. Qb6 Rfc8 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Kf8 25. Nd1 Ke7 26. Rd2 h5 27. Kf2 h4 28. Ne3 Nc5 29. Ke1 Ncd7 30. Ra5 Nb6 31. Na2 Rd8 32. Nb4 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 Kd6 34. Kc2 Ne8 35. b3 cxb3+ 36. Kxb3 Bxf1 37. Nxf1 Nc7 38. Ne3 Ke6 39. c4 f5 40. Rc5 Kd7 41. exf5 gxf5 42. Rxe5 f4 43. Nf5 Ne6 44. c5 a5 45. Nd3 a4+ 46. Ka2 Nc4 47. c6+ Kc7 48. Rxe6 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Ne7 8. Bf4 a6 9. Be2 h6 10. h4 b5 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Nc8 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 h5 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. f4 b3 19. Qb1 Bd4 20. Nc4 Ncb6 21. Nd2 0-0 22. a5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 24. Qd3 Bxb2 25. Rd1 Bc3 26. Kf1 Bxd2 27. Rxd2 Rab8 28. Kg2 Rb4 29. Bf3 Reb8 30. Re2 Qf6 31. Qxa6 c4 32. Qc6 Nc5 33. f5 c3 34. Bxd6 Rxh4 35. Rxh4 Qxh4 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. Qxe8+ Kg7 38. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qg3 0-0 15. h4 Nc5 16. Rhe1 Rac8 17. a3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Rfd8 19. g4 Qxh4 20. Rh1 Qxg4 21. Qe3 e5 22. Rdf1 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rhg1 exf4 25. Qe5 Bg2 26. Rxf4 Qg6 27. Rf2 Qh6+ 28. Kb1 Bh3 29. Rh2 Re8 30. Rxh3 Rxe5 31. Rxh6 a5 32. Rb6 h5 33. Rxb5 Rxb5 34. Nxb5 h4 35. Nd6 Rc5 36. b4 Rd5 37. Ne8 Kf8 38. Nxg7 h3 39. Kb2 a4 40. Rh1 Kxg7 41. Rxh3 f5 42. c4 Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Ra2 44. Kd4 Rb2 45. c5 Kf6 46. c6 Ke7 47. Rh7+ Kd6 48. Rh6+ Ke7 49. Kc5 f4 50. Rh4 f3 51. Re4+ Kd8 52. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. 0-0 Qa5 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxb8 Bd7 16. Qe5 Qb6 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Qh5 Be8 19. Qh3 Bh6 20. e3 f5 21. Qh4 Qxb2 22. Qe7 Qe5 23. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. d3 0-0 11. Nbd2 Ba3 12. Qc2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Nb6 14. Rfc1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. b4 Nfd5 17. a3 Rac8 18. Nb3 Rc7 19. Na5 Rfc8 20. Rc2 e5 21. Qb3 Nf6 22. Rac1 e4 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. b5 c5 25. Qe3 f5 26. Nb3 Nd5 27. Qd3 Ndf6 28. Na5 Kh8 29. a4 Rd7 30. Qa3 Re8 31. Nc4 Qf7 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Qxc5 b6 34. Qf5 Rd5 35. Qh3 Rh5 36. Qf1 Qe7 37. Ne3 h6 38. Rc7 Qa3 39. Rxa7 Nd5 40. Nxd5 Rxd5 41. Rcc7 Qb3 42. Rd7 Rxd7 43. Rxd7 Qxa4 44. e3 Re5 45. Rd4 Qa8 46. Rd6 Qb8 47. Qd1 Kh7 48. Qd4 Qe8 49. Rxb6 Qh5 50. Rb7 Qf5 51. b6 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. Bd2 a4 12. a3 Be6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Bg5 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Ne4 h6 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Ne5 Bc8 22. Nxd6+ cxd6 23. Rxd6 Ke7 24. Rd3 Kf6 25. Nxc6 Bb7 26. Nb4 Ke7 27. Rc3 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. f3 Kd6 30. Kf2 e5 31. Ke3 Bf5 32. g4 Bh7 33. h4 Kc5 34. Nd3+ Kd5 35. h5 g6 36. hxg6 Bxg6 37. Nb4+ Kc4 38. Nc6 Bxc2 39. Kd2 Kb3 40. Kc1 e4 41. Nd4+ Kc4 42. Kxc2 Kxd4 43. f4 Kc4 44. g5 hxg5 45. fxg5 Kd5 46. Kd2 Ke5 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. g6 Kxg6 49. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. h4 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. Kf1 Nd7 12. h5 h6 13. Rh4 c4 14. Be2 0-0-0 15. Rh3 Rdf8 16. Bf4 Kb7 17. Qd2 Nb8 18. Kg1 Na6 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. Nh4 Nc7 21. Bg4 Nc6 22. Qc1 Qe7 23. Bd2 Nb5 24. Ra1 Rfg8 25. Bd1 g5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Nf3 g5 28. Nh2 Qg7 29. Ng4 Ne7 30. Rb1 Nc7 31. Rb4 Bc6 32. Nf6 Rf8 33. a4 a5 34. Rb1 Ne8 35. Nxe8 Bxe8 36. Qa3 Nc8 37. Qc5 g4 38. Rg3 Qf7 39. Be3 Ka7 40. Qxc8 Bxa4 41. Qxf8 Rxf8 42. Rxg4 Rg8 43. Rf4 Qg6 44. Bf3 Bxc2 45. Rb2 Bf5 46. Rh4 Rh8 47. Bh5 Qg7 48. f3 Qe7 49. Rf4 Qa3 50. Re2 Qxc3 51. g4 Bd3 52. Rf7+ Ka6 53. Rd2 Qc1+ 54. Kg2 Qf1+ 55. Kg3 c3 56. Rf2 Qe1 57. Bf4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. b4 e5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. e3 Ne7 10. Be2 Ng6 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. d3 h6 14. Rfe1 Nh7 15. d4 Ng5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Red1 Qe7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Ba4 21. Rd5 c6 22. Ra5 Bb3 23. Bd4 b6 24. Re5 Ne6 25. Bf3 Nxd4 26. exd4 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Re8 28. Bxc6 Rxe5 29. f3 Kf8 30. Kf2 g5 31. Rc3 Ba2 32. g4 Ke7 33. Be4 Kd6 34. Ke3 Re7 35. Kd4 Rd7 36. a4 Ke7+ 37. Bd5 f5 38. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bb5 c4 11. 0-0 f6 12. Qe2 0-0 13. Rfb1 h6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rb7 Qd8 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Ne5 Bc8 18. Rb2 Qc7 19. Rab1 c5 20. Rb5 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. c3 Ba6 24. R5b4 Raf8 25. f3 Qe8 26. Be1 Qg6 27. Bg3 Qd3 28. Qe1 Bc8 29. Rd1 Qf5 30. Rd2 Kh7 31. a5 Rg6 32. Qe5 Qxe5 33. dxe5 Ba6 34. Rdb2 Rg5 35. Rb8 Rgf5 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. Bf2 Ra8 38. Bc5 Kg8 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke8 41. Bd6 Bc8 42. Rb5 g6 43. Rc5 a6 44. Rc7 Bd7 45. Kd4 Kd8 46. g3 Ke8 47. h4 Kd8 48. h5 gxh5 49. f4 Ba4 50. Rh7 Be8 51. f5 exf5 52. e6 Rc8 53. Rxh6 Ra8 54. Rh7 Bg6 55. Rd7+ Kc8 56. Bf4 Be8 57. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica IBAR"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be3 b6 13. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica IBAR"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. Bf4 d6 8. N1d2 Nf6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Ne5 11. Be2 b6 12. Qc2 c5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Nbd2 Bb7 16. a4 Bc6 17. Ne3 Qb7 18. a5 Rad8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Ba6 Bxe4 21. Bxb7 Bxc2 22. Ndc4 Bd3 23. Rfe1 e4 24. Nxb6 Nd7 25. Nbd5 Bg5 26. Nf5 Rfe8 27. h4 Bf6 28. Bc6 Re5 29. Nxf6+ Nxf6 30. Ne3 c4 31. Ra7 Rc5 32. Ra6 h5 33. Rea1 Rc8 34. Bb7 Rb8 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Rxa8+ Kh7 37. Rc8 Ra5 38. Rc7 Ng4 39. Nxg4 hxg4 40. Kh2 f5 41. Kg3 Kh6 42. Kf4 Rb5 43. Bc8 Rxb2 44. Bxf5 Rxf2+ 45. Ke5 e3 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica IBAR"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. 0-0 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. d5 0-0 12. b3 Bd7 13. Rd1 Ne8 14. Nbd2 g6 15. Nf1 Ng7 16. Bh6 f6 17. h3 Nb7 18. a4 Rfb8 19. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica IBAR"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Banawa, Jouaquin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. a4 a6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. d3 d5 8. Ba2 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 d4 10. Ne2 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. c3 e5 13. Qg3 Bd6 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qh3 Qd6 18. f4 Nd7 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Qc5 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 Nxd3 26. Ne6 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Ne5 28. Rf5 Nc4 29. Rf7 b5 30. b3 Nd6 31. Rxg7 bxa4 32. bxa4 Re8 33. Ra7 Nc4 34. Rxa6 Ne3 35. d6 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica IBAR"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 0-0 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Ne2 Ne5 10. 0-0 Re8 11. Ng3 a6 12. Be2 exd5 13. cxd5 b5 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Kh1 a5 17. Rfe1 a4 18. Rab1 h6 19. Nf1 Kh8 20. a3 Ng8 21. c4 bxc4 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Rb1 Qd8 24. Ne3 Qh4 25. Be1 Qg5 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 f5 28. Bg3 fxe4 29. fxe4 Nf6 30. Bd3 Ng4 31. Bxd6 c4 32. Bf1 Qe3 33. Bg3 Rxe4 34. Bxc4 Bf5 35. Bd3 Qd4 36. Bxe4 Bxe4 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Rg1 Ne3 39. Qc1 Nxg2 40. Rxg2 Qxd5 41. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica IBAR"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Lucky, David N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nh3 b6 6. Nf4 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Qd3 Nb8 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. 0-0-0 0-0-0 11. h4 h5 12. f3 Nh6 13. Nxh5 Nf5 14. g4 Nfxd4 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Qe7 18. Nxg7 Rxh4 19. Rxh4 Qxh4 20. Nh5 Kb7 21. a3 a5 22. Kb1 Rh8 23. f4 Qe7 24. Qf2 a4 25. Rd1 Ra8 26. Nf6 Ra5 27. c4 dxc4 28. Rd7 Qf8 29. Qd2 Kc8 30. Qc2 Qc5 31. Rxf7 Nd4 32. Nd7 Nxc2 33. Nxc5 Nxa3+ 34. bxa3 Rxc5 35. g5 Rb5+ 36. Kc2 Rb3 37. g6 Rg3 38. g7 Kb7 39. f5 b5 40. fxe6 b4 41. axb4 Rg2+ 42. Kc3 a3 43. e7 a2 44. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica IBAR"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milman, Lev"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. d5 0-0 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rfb8 14. h3 c4 15. Nf1 Nb7 16. g4 Nc5 17. Ng3 Ne8 18. Nh2 b4 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. cxb4 Rxb4 21. Ne3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd4 24. Qb1 Nf6 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nf5 Re8 27. f3 Nxd5 28. exd5 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Rd1 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Be3 Rxd5 32. Qc1 Qb8 33. Qc3 Rb5 34. Bd4 d5 35. Nf1 Bb4 36. Qe3 Bd6 37. Qg5 Rxb2+ 38. Kg1 Bf8 39. Bxb2 Qxb2 40. Rd1 Be6 41. Qd2 Qa3 42. Kg2 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica IBAR"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. b3 Ng6 13. Bb2 Nf4 14. Kh2 Be7 15. Ne4 c5 16. Re1 Be6 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Ba3 b6 19. c4 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Bc1 Ng6 22. Ng3 Re8 23. Nh5 Bf8 24. Bb2 Kc8 25. Rd1 a6 26. a4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. cxb5 Bxb3 29. Re1 Bc4 30. Nd2 Bxb5 31. f4 Nh4 32. Ba3 Bc6 33. Ne4 Rd8 34. Kg3 Rd3+ 35. Kxh4 Rxa3 36. g4 Rf3 37. f5 Be7+ 38. f6 g5+ 39. Nxg5 hxg5+ 40. Kxg5 Bf8 41. e6 fxe6 42. h4 c4 43. Ng7 Bb4 44. Rxe6 Bd5 45. Re2 c3 46. Nf5 Bc4 47. Re4 c2 48. Rxc4 Bc3 49. Rxc3 Rxc3 50. f7 c1Q+ 51. Kg6 Rc6+ 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica IBAR"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. a3 Nxd2 12. Nbxd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 a4 14. Rac1 Ra5 15. Rc4 Ke7 16. e3 Rd8 17. Ne1 e5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nd3 exd4 20. Rxd4 Rad5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. e4 Rb5 23. Rc1 Kd6 24. Rc4 Ra5 25. Rd4+ Ke7 26. Rc4 Kd6 27. Rd4+ Ke7 28. f4 f6 29. Rc4 Kd6 30. Rd4+ Ke7 31. h4 Ba6 32. Nb4 Bb7 33. Rd3 Rb5 34. Kc2 c5 35. Nd5+ Bxd5 36. Rxd5 g6 37. g4 h6 38. f5 c6 39. Rd3 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. e5 fxe5 42. Rh3 Kd6 43. Rh5 Rb3 44. Rxg5 Rf3 45. Rg6+ Kd5 46. f6 Ke6 47. g5 Kf7 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Ra7 Rf5 50. Rxa4 Rxg5 51. Ra6 e4 52. Rxc6 Rd5 53. Rc7 e3 54. Re7 e2 55. Rxe2 Kf7 56. Rf2 Rd4 57. Kc3 Rd1 58. b4 cxb4+ 59. axb4 Rc1+ 60. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Los Angeles Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. 0-0-0 Bc5 13. Qe5 Rc8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Rg8 16. Nxd4 Qa4 17. Kb1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxg2 20. Rf4 Ke7 21. h4 e5 22. Re1 f6 23. Rb4 b6 24. f4 Rcxc2 25. fxe5 f5 26. a4 Ke6 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rb5 a4 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. Rd8 Rb6 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Rxb6 axb6 33. Rb8 Re2 34. Rxb6 Rxe5 35. Rxh6 f4 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Rh8 Rf5 38. Re8 f3 39. Re1 Rf4 40. Rf1 Ke5 41. Ka2 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. Be3 b6 8. h3 Ne8 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Bf1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bc5 bxc5 15. Qxd6 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Red1 Bc6 18. a4 Ra5 19. Bc4 Rfa8 20. b3 Kf8 21. Rab1 f5 22. Bd5 Ke7 23. Rd3 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 c4 26. bxc4 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Rxa4 28. f3 Bh6 29. Rb3 Rd4 30. d6+ Ke6 31. Kf2 Rc4 32. Rxb6 Rxc2+ 33. Kf1 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Bf8 35. Ng5+ Kd5 36. Nxh7 Bxd6 37. Nf6+ Ke6 38. Ne4 Rc6 39. Rxc6 dxc6 40. Nxd6 Kxd6 41. h4 Kd5 42. Ke3 c5 43. g4 c4 44. h5 gxh5 45. gxh5 Ke6 46. Kd2 Kf6 47. Kc3 Kg5 48. Kxc4 Kxh5 49. Kd5 Kg6 50. Kxe5 Kg7 51. Ke6 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lobo, Richard"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 Bxc3 6. dxc3 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Bg5 d6 9. Ne1 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc2 Nd8 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Ne3 Qg6 14. b4 Rb8 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 f5 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Rf3 Qf7 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Bh3 a6 21. Qd3 Bc6 22. Nd5 Rf8 23. Bg2 Rbe8 24. e3 b5 25. Rg3 Qd7 26. cxb5 axb5 27. c4 bxc4 28. Qxc4 Bb5 29. Qb3 c5 30. a3 Rb8 31. Rg6 Rfe8 32. Bf3 Bc6 33. Qc3 Kh7 34. Nf6+ gxf6 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Qxf6+ Kh7 37. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. g3 Nxc5 13. Bd3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bd7 15. Ng5 Qf5 16. Qxf5 Rxf5 17. 0-0-0 Rd8 18. Rhe1 Rf6 19. Nf3 Be8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. Rd2 Bg6 23. Nb5 Kf8 24. b3 a6 25. Nd4 Be4 26. Kb2 h6 27. h4 g5 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Rg6 30. Rf2+ Ke7 31. Ref1 Rxg5 32. Rf7+ Kd6 33. R1f6 Re8 34. c3 Rxg3 35. Rxb7 Ke5 36. Rh6 Rg2+ 37. Ka3 Rg6 38. Rh5+ Kf4 39. Rf7+ Kg4 40. Re5 Rh6 41. c4 Bg6 42. Rf6 dxc4 43. Nxe6 cxb3 44. axb3 Kh4 45. Re1 Reh8 46. Rg1 Bh5 47. Rf2 Bg4 48. Rh2+ Bh3 49. Nf4 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thornally, Frank"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Nc1 Ne7 14. N1e2 Ng6 15. Nd5 0-0-0 16. c4 Kb7 17. b3 h5 18. Rac1 h4 19. Nef4 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Bf7 21. h3 Rde8 22. Kf2 f5 23. exf5 Re5 24. Nd3 Rxf5 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Bf2 g5 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Rcd1 Rf8 29. Re4 b5 30. Be1 bxc4 31. bxc4 Bg6 32. Re6 Bh7 33. Bc3 Bg8 34. Re4 Bf7 35. Nb2 Bh5 36. Rd3 Kc6 37. Ke2 R5f7 38. Re6 Rf5 39. Rde3 Bf7 40. R6e4 Bf4 41. Rd3 Bd6 42. Rde3 Rb8 43. Kd1 Bh5 44. Re6 Rff8 45. Rh6 Bf7 46. Rf6 a5 47. Be5 Kd7 48. Bxd6 cxd6 49. Kc2 a4 50. Ra3 Ke7 51. Rh6 Rb4 52. Re3+ Kd7 53. a3 Rb7 54. Rf6 Kc6 55. Nxa4 Ra8 56. Nb2 Rab8 57. Nd3 Bxc4 58. Ne5+ Kd5 59. Nxc4 Kxc4 60. Rc3+ Kd5 61. Rd3+ Ke5 62. Rfxd6 Rb2+ 63. Kc3 Rxg2 64. R6d5+ Kf4 65. Rxc5 Rbb2 66. Rc4+ Kf5 67. Rg4 Rgc2+ 68. Kd4 Rh2 69. f4 Rxh3 70. Rxg5+ Kxf4 71. Rxh3 Kxg5 72. Kc3 Rb1 73. Rd3 Re1 74. a4 Kg4 75. a5 h3 76. Rd4+ Kf3 77. Rh4 Kg3 78. Rh8 h2 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 0-0 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Bd2 b6 11. Qc1 e5 12. Bh6 f6 13. c3 Qe7 14. Re1 Rd8 15. b3 Rb8 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. e5 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Bb7 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Ng5 Nf8 22. Ne4 Qg7 23. Qf4 c5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nd6 g5 26. Qe5 Ng6 27. Qe6 Rf8 28. Nd7 Bd5 29. Qxd5 Qxd7 30. Re6 Rbd8 31. Rae1 Nf4 32. Qe5+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Ne4 h6 36. Rb7 Nd5 37. f3 Rf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Kf2 Nf4 40. Rh1 Kg6 41. h4 Nd3+ 42. Kg3 Rc8 43. h5+ Kg7 44. Nd6 Rc6 45. Nf5+ Kf7 46. Rd1 Nf4 47. Kg4 Nxg2 48. Rg1 Ne3+ 49. Nxe3 dxe3 50. f4 gxf4 51. Kxf4 Re6 52. Kf3 e2 53. Re1 Kf6 54. Kf2 Kg5 55. Rg1+ Kxh5 56. Ke1 Kh4 57. Rh1+ Kg5 58. Rg1+ Kf6 59. Rh1 Kg7 60. Rg1+ Rg6 61. Rh1 Rg3 62. Kxe2 Rxb3 63. Rd1 Rb4 64. Rd6 h5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ho, Matthew"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 d6 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb3 h6 10. Qe2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rae1 e5 12. Qe2 d6 13. f4 h6 14. fxe5 hxg5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Qh5 Qb6+ 18. Kf1 Qd4 19. e5 Qf4+ 20. Kg1 f5 21. g3 Qd2 22. Re2 Qc1+ 23. Kf2 Re8 24. exd6 Be6 25. Re3 g4 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Bxf5+ Bxf5 28. Qxf5+ Kg7 29. Ne4 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qd5 9. Qd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Qh5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qb5 a4 14. Bf4 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Ra5 16. Na3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Ndb4 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Bc3 b6 20. e4 Ba6 21. Ne1 e5 22. d5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rxd4 Nc6 25. Rdd1 Ne5 26. Nac2 Be2 27. Rdc1 c5 28. f4 Nc4 29. Kf2 Bh5 30. Nd4 cxd4 31. Rxc4 f5 32. e5 Rdxd5 33. Bxd5+ Rxd5 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Nd3 Ke6 36. Rac1 Rd7 37. R1c7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Be8 39. Rb7 b5 40. Ke2 h6 41. a3 g5 42. Rb6+ Kd5 43. Rxh6 gxf4 44. gxf4 Ke4 45. Re6 Bh5+ 46. Kd2 Bd8 47. Rd6 Ba5+ 48. Kc2 Be2 49. Nc5+ Kxf4 50. e6 Bh5 51. e7 Ke5 52. Rd8 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aigner, Michael"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Bb6 9. Na3 Qg6 10. Nac2 Ne5 11. Be2 d5 12. f4 Ng4 13. f5 Nxe3 14. fxg6 Nxd1 15. gxf7+ Rxf7 16. Raxd1 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 dxe4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Bd5 Rf8 22. Ke2 Nd6 23. Ne3 c6 24. Bb3 g6 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 Kg7 27. Nd2 Kf6 28. Nc4 Nf5 29. Bc2 Bc7 30. Bxe4 Bxh2 31. Bxf5 Kxf5 32. Na5 g5 33. Nxb7 Bc7 34. Nc5 h5 35. b4 h4 36. Nb3 Bb6 37. c4 Ke4 38. a4 g4 39. c5 Bc7 40. Kf2 Kd3 41. b5 cxb5 42. axb5 Kc4 43. b6 axb6 44. Nd2+ Kxc5 45. Ne4+ Kd4 46. Nf6 g3+ 47. Kf3 b5 48. Ne4 h3 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Ganbold, Odondoo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. h4 Nf8 8. h5 Ne6 9. Nb3 b6 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. Bxg5 h6 12. Be3 g5 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Bc2 Kd7 15. Qf3 Qf8 16. Nc1 Kc7 17. Nd3 e6 18. 0-0-0 Nd7 19. Kb1 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rhe1 Qd6 22. Qg4 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Bc8 27. Qxc8+ Kxc8 28. Bxe5 Qf8 29. Bxh8 Qxh8 30. Re7 Kd8 31. Rde1 Rc8 32. Bg6 Qf6 33. Rh7 Qf8 34. Re8+ Qxe8 35. Bxe8 Kxe8 36. Rxa7 Rd8 37. Rg7 Rd6 38. Rg6 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 e6 6. e4 Bh6 7. Qxh6 Qxb2 8. Ne2 Qxa1 9. Nec3 Qb2 10. Be2 Ke7 11. d6+ Kxd6 12. Qxf6 Qc1+ 13. Bd1 Rg8 14. Nd2 Kc6 15. Qxf7 Rxg2 16. Qf8 Na6 17. e5 Kc7 18. Nb5+ Kb6 19. a4 Nb4 20. Nc4+ Ka6 21. Nc7# 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shivaji, Shivkuma"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nge2 Be7 7. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. Bg5 b5 9. Nd2 e6 10. Bd3 a6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Nce4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bd6 14. c4 0-0 15. c5 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. 0-0 e5 19. Bf5 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Bc8 21. b4 Nb8 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Rxe5 Rxd4 24. Ne4 Rxb4 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qxf6 Rg4 27. Rg5+ Rxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Ra3 Qg4 33. Rg3 Qxg3 34. fxg3 bxa4 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qf4 a3 37. Qa4 Re8 38. Qxa3 Nd7 39. Qd3 Ne5 40. Qxa6 Kg7 41. h3 h5 42. Qe2 Kg6 43. Qe4+ Kf6 44. Qh7 Ke6 45. Qxh5 Kd5 46. Qd1+ Kxc5 47. h4 Kb4 48. Qd2+ Kc4 49. h5 c5 50. Qa2+ Kb4 51. Qb2+ Ka4 52. h6 c4 53. h7 f6 54. Qd4 Kb3 55. Qb6+ Ka4 56. Qxf6 c3 57. h8Q Rxh8 58. Qxe5 c2 59. Qc3 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ganbold, Odondoo"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Re8 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Nde2 Nc6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Kh2 a6 12. a3 Qe7 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. f4 Nc6 17. b4 Ba7 18. Bb2 Be6 19. c4 f6 20. Rc1 Rf8 21. Qh5 Bd4 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 a5 24. b5 Nb8 25. c5 dxc5 26. Rd1 Nd7 27. e5 g6 28. Qe2 fxe5 29. fxe5 c6 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Nf6+ Rxf6 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Rd6 Re8 34. Re3 Nf8 35. Bxc6 Rb8 36. Rexe6 Nxe6 37. Rxe6 Rb2 38. Rxf6 Rxe2+ 39. Bg2 Kg7 40. Ra6 Ra2 41. Rxa5 c4 42. Rc5 Rxa3 43. Rxc4 h5 44. h4 Ra5 45. Rc7+ Kh6 46. Rc6 Re5 47. Bf1 Rd5 48. Bc4 Rd2+ 49. Kh3 Rc2 50. Bd5 Rxc6 51. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Evans, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 0-0 9. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zilberstein, Dmitry"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. a4 Qe7 12. Ne4 Rd8 13. Nxc5 e5 14. Ng5 exd4 15. Nxf7 Rd5 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. e4 Rd7 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Ng5 Qg6 21. f4 h6 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Qb3+ Kh7 24. e5 d3 25. Be3 Qe4 26. Kf2 d2 27. Ke2 Nb4 28. Nxd2 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Nc2+ 30. Ke2 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 d6 6. e5 Qc7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Bf4 d5 9. c4 dxc3 10. Nxc3 e6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. e6 Qxf4 13. exf7+ Kf8 14. fxg8Q+ Kxg8 15. Qxd5+ Qf7 16. Qc5 Bf8 17. Qc1 Kg7 18. Ng5 Qf5 19. Bc4 Bc5 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qc5 23. Qf4 Bxe1 24. Qf7+ Kh6 25. Qc7 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Lobo, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rxc3 17. Rb6 Rc7 18. e5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nd5 exd5 10. exd5 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Thornally, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 c6 10. 0-0 0-0 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aigner, Michael"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. 0-0 Ne5 9. Be2 Qg6 10. Nd2 d5 11. Bh5 Qd6 12. f4 N5c6 13. e5 Qd8 14. N2b3 Bb6 15. Bf3 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Kh1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd6 19. a4 c6 20. Qd2 Bc7 21. Rae1 Ng6 22. g3 Bh3 23. Rf2 Qd7 24. Bd1 Raf8 25. Nf3 h6 26. Bc2 Bf5 27. Bd4 R6f7 28. Rfe2 b6 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Bxc2 31. Qxc2 Ne7 32. b4 c5 33. b5 Rd8 34. Qd3 Nf5 35. g4 Nh4 36. f5 d4 37. Bg3 Qb7+ 38. Re4 c4 39. Qxc4 Rc8 40. Qxc8+ Qxc8 41. Re8+ Rf8 42. Rxc8 Rxc8 43. Bxh4 dxc3 44. Rc1 Rc4 45. Be1 Rxg4 46. Rxc3 Rxa4 47. Kg2 Ra2+ 48. Bf2 Rb2 49. Rc8+ Kh7 50. Rc7 Rxb5 51. f6 Rg5+ 52. Kh3 a5 53. Bxb6 Kg6 54. Rxg7+ Kxf6 55. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Mark Pinto IM"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. 0-0-0 c4 11. f5 Rb8 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qg5 b5 14. Qxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. h4 b4 17. Rh3 a5 18. g4 c3 19. bxc3 Ba6 20. cxb4 axb4 21. Ng5 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Bxe2 23. Rf7 Nc6 24. Rf4 Nd8 25. Re3 Bc4 26. Ref3 Nd7 27. a3 h6 28. Nh3 bxa3 29. Rxa3 Nc6 30. g5 h5 31. c3 Bd3 32. Rf2 Bf5 33. Rxf5 exf5 34. Nf4 Nb6 35. Ra6 Nd8 36. e6 Nc6 37. Nxh5 Ne7 38. Ra7 Nbc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bxb5 6. Qxb5+ Qd7 7. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 8. d3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. 0-0 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 a5 11. e3 Nf8 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 g6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Kh2 N8h7 17. f4 Bf8 18. e4 b5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 b4 22. Ne4 Qxc2 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Nxc2 Rac8 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Rg3 a6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. 0-0-0 Bd7 15. Bg2 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rgd3 Nh7 19. e5 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Be7 21. Kb1 Bc6 22. g6 dxe5 23. Rh3 Rxh3 24. Bxh3 Bd7 25. gxf7+ Kf8 26. f5 Nxb2 27. Rxd7 Qxc3 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Qg2 Na4 30. Qxb7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Nc4 f6 9. Qe2 0-0 10. g4 Nc5 11. Rg1 Ne6 12. Bd2 c5 13. h4 Nd4 14. Qd1 Be6 15. Ne3 b5 16. Nf5 c4 17. N3xd4 exd4 18. f4 c5 19. Kf2 cxd3 20. cxd3 c4 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. f5 Bd7 24. g5 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Qe5 26. Rg2 fxg5 27. Bxg5 Bc6 28. Re1 Rce8 29. Kg1 Rxf5 30. Qg3 Bxe4 31. Qxe5 Rfxe5 32. Bf6 Bxg2 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 d3 35. Kf2 Be4 36. Ke3 Bf5 37. Bc3 h6 38. Kf4 Bg6 39. Ke5 Kf7 40. Bd2 Bh5 41. Kf5 Bg6+ 42. Ke5 Ke7 43. a3 Kd7 44. Kd5 Bh7 45. Ke5 Kc6 46. b3 g5 47. hxg5 h5 48. Kf4 Kd5 49. Bc3 h4 50. Bd2 h3 51. Kg3 Ke4 52. a4 h2 53. Kxh2 Kf3 54. axb5 axb5 55. Ba5 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Donaldson, John W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 e6 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Re1 Be6 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bg5 Kh8 17. Qf4 Rf8 18. Qh4 Rde8 19. Ne2 Qf7 20. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 d6 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. h3 Be6 12. Nf1 Rad8 13. Qe2 h6 14. Ne3 Rfe8 15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 d4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 c4 19. Qf3 b5 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. Ba4 Rf8 22. Nf1 Nd7 23. Ng3 Nc5 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Nf5 Rfe8 26. b3 Nd3 27. Rd1 Nxc1 28. Raxc1 Bg5 29. cxd4 Bxc1 30. d5 Qf6 31. Rxc1 cxb3 32. axb3 Rc8 33. Ra1 Rc7 34. d6 Rd7 35. Ne7+ Rdxe7 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37. dxe7 Rxe7 38. Kh2 Rb7 39. Kg3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Bd7 7. d3 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. Rb1 Rc8 10. Re1 b6 11. h3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. g4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Rf1 e5 17. Ne2 Bg5 18. Nf3 Bf4 19. c4 Nf6 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Bh2 Nd7 22. Qd2 Nde5 23. Ne1 b5 24. b3 Rb8 25. Bxf4 bxc4 26. Be3 cxd3 27. Qc3 Bb5 28. f4 d2 29. Bxd2 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Nc6 31. Qg3 Nd4 32. h4 Qd7 33. a4 c4 34. b4 Qxa4 35. h5 Qa2 36. Rd1 c3 37. Qxc3 Nb5 38. Qg3 Ne7 39. h6 g6 40. Qh4 f6 41. Kg1 Qb3 42. Rc1 Rbc8 43. Rxc8 Nxc8 44. Qf2 a6 45. Nf3 Re8 46. g5 Qd1+ 47. Kh2 fxg5 48. Nxg5 Qh5+ 49. Bh3 Qxh6 50. Bc1 Nc7 51. Qc2 Re7 52. Bb2 Qh4 53. Qc4+ Kf8 54. Qc3 Qxf4+ 55. Kh1 Rf7 56. Ne6+ Nxe6 57. Qxc8+ Ke7 58. Qxe6+ Kd8 59. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stein, Alex"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 0-0 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Be4 Rab8 20. Ba7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Re8 22. Bc6 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Bd7 Ne6 25. Bc8 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. b4 Nd3 28. Bxa6 Nxb4 29. Bxb5 Nxa2 30. f4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Nb4 32. Ke3 Nd5+ 33. Kf3 Ke7 34. Bd3 h6 35. Ke4 Nb6 36. Kd4 f6 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Kc5 Nc8 39. Kc6 Ne7+ 40. Kxc7 Nd5+ 41. Kd6 Nxf4 42. Bf1 g6 43. g3 Ne6 44. Kd5 Ng5 45. h4 Nf3 46. Bg2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Monica"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "2004.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Stein, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Qf5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Qd3 Qa5 13. Bh4 g5 14. Nf6+ Ke7 15. Ng4 Bg7 16. Bg3 Rad8 17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rhe8 19. Nc4 Qc5 20. b4 Qc6 21. Na5 Qd5 22. h4 Kf8 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bxc7 Rc8 25. Qg3 b6 26. Nb3 Bd7 27. Rad1 Kg8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. c3 d3 30. Rxd3 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Qf5 32. Qh3 g4 33. Qh4 Qxd3 34. Qd8+ Re8 35. Qg5 Qf5 36. Qd2 Be5+ 37. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 38. g3 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Bc6 0-1

