[Event "Los Angeles op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Richardson, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 e6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. c3 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Qc7 16. Bxc5 Re8 17. Bd4 a5 18. a4 Bd7 19. b5 Bf8 20. b6 Qb7 21. Qd2 Rec8 22. Qe3 Be7 23. g4 Bd8 24. f5 Be7 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rf6 Bxf6 27. exf6 Rf8 28. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Western Class-ch"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harmon, Clark R"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rd1 Qe7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Nce4 Bc7 14. Nxc4 f5 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Nc3 f4 17. Rac1 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bb8 19. Bf3 Kg7 20. Kg2 Rh8 21. Rh1 Ra5 22. Rh4 f5 23. Rch1 Bd7 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. e4 Bc7 26. a3 Raa8 27. d5 Be5 28. dxc6 Bxc6 29. exf5 exf5 30. Rc1 Bxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rad8 32. Qc2 Qc6+ 33. Ke2 Rhe8 34. Kf1 Qf3 35. Qe2 Qxe2+ 36. Nxe2 Rd2 37. Nf4 Bd6 38. b4 Re4 39. Rc3 Be5 40. Rf3 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rd6 42. Nh5+ Kg6 43. Nf4+ Kf7 44. Rh5 Bxf4 45. Rxf5+ Ke6 46. R5xf4 Rxf4 47. Rxf4 b5 48. Rh4 Kd5 49. Rh5+ Kc4 50. Re5 b6 51. f4 Rd3 52. f5 Rxa3 53. f6 Ra8 54. Re4+ Kd5 55. Rh4 Rh8 56. g4 Ke6 57. g5 Rg8 58. Rxh6 Rxg5+ 59. Kf3 Rf5+ 60. Ke4 Re5+ 61. Kd4 Rd5+ 62. Kc3 Kf7 63. Rh7+ Kxf6 64. Rh6+ Ke7 65. Rxb6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western Class-ch"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hermansen, Ron"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 Nd7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 0-0 10. f3 Bf6 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Nbc3 b5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nf4 Nb6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Qf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. a3 a5 19. Qg3 Ne5 20. Bc5 Qf7 21. Rae1 Qg6 22. Qh4 Ba6 23. f4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 b4 25. c4 b3 26. a4 Rab8 27. Rb1 Red8 28. Qh3 Qf7 29. Rfc1 b2 30. Rc2 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Rc3 Rb4 33. Bxb4 axb4 34. Rb3 c5 35. R1xb2 Rd4 36. Kf2 f5 37. e5 Rxf4+ 38. Ke3 Rh4 39. g3 Rg4 40. Rf2 g6 41. Rf4 Rg5 42. Rb2 Rh5 43. d4 Kf7 44. dxc5 Ke6 45. Kd4 g5 46. g4 gxf4 47. gxh5 f3 48. Rxb4 f4 49. Rb3 Kf5 50. Rxf3 Bb7 51. Rf2 f3 52. a5 Kg5 53. a6 Bc6 54. a7 Kxh5 55. e6 Kg6 56. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Western Class-ch"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2004.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nge7 8. Qe1 0-0 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Qh4 Nd4 11. Bd1 f6 12. Be3 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Na4 Rac8 15. c3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 b6 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Nb2 Rfd8 19. g4 Qe7 20. Qf2 Rd7 21. Kh1 Rcd8 22. Rg1 Qf8 23. Rg3 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Qxh6 25. Be2 Rf7 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Rd6 28. Rf3 Qf8 29. Qe3 Nd8 30. d4 cxd4 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Qxd4 Nc6 34. Qd5 Ne5 35. Rxf6 Nd7 36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37. g5 Qxd5 38. cxd5 Kf7 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Kf2 Kd6 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Bb5 Nc5 43. Bd3 Nb7 44. h4 Nd6 45. Bc2 Nf7 46. Kd3 Nd6 47. Ke3 Nf7 48. Kf3 a5 49. Kg4 Nd6 50. Bd3 Nf7 51. Kf3 Nd6 52. Ke3 Nf7 53. Be2 Nd6 54. Bf3 Nf7 55. Bg4 Nd6 56. Be6 Nxe4 57. Bg8 Ng3 58. Bxh7 Nf5+ 59. Kd3 Nxh4 60. Kc4 Kd6 61. Kb5 Kc7 62. a4 Nf3 63. Bxg6 Nxg5 64. d6+ Kxd6 65. Kxb6 Ne6 66. Kxa5 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western Class-ch"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2004.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2004.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Ng3 0-0 13. Re1 Kh8 14. Bb1 Bd7 15. Re2 Rae8 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Ng5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 g6 19. Rd2 Ne7 20. Qg4 Nf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qh4 Re7 23. Ne2 Bb4 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. Qh6 Rfe8 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Rf2 Rd7 28. Nf3 Bf8 29. Qf4 Bd6 30. Qh6 Qf6 31. Nd1 Rde7 32. g3 Rc7 33. Rfc2 Rce7 34. Rf2 Rd7 35. Rfc2 Kg8 36. Rf2 a5 37. Rfc2 Re4 38. Qh3 h5 39. Qg2 Rde7 40. Qf2 Kg7 41. Nd2 Rg4 42. Nf1 h4 43. Qf3 hxg3 44. hxg3 Qg5 45. Rg2 Rge4 46. a4 R7e6 47. Ra1 b6 48. Kf2 Re8 49. Rh2 f4 50. gxf4 Bxf4 51. Rg2 Qh4+ 52. Kg1 Bd6 53. Qf5 Qh6 54. Qg5 Rh8 55. Qxh6+ Rxh6 56. Nf2 Reh4 57. Ng3 Bd7 58. Rc1 Kf7 59. b3 Ke7 60. Ne2 Kd8 61. Rf1 Bh2+ 62. Rxh2 Rxh2 63. Nf4 g5 64. Nxd5 Bc6 65. e4 Bxd5 66. exd5 R2h4 67. Rd1 Rd6 68. Re1 Rxd5 69. Re6 Kc7 70. Re7+ Rd7 0-1

[Event "Continental op 45'"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steinfl, Alessandro"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Qd2 g5 8. h3 Nc6 9. c3 Qf4 10. Qxf4 gxf4 11. Nbd2 Rg8 12. 0-0 d6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 Ke7 17. Rfd1 Kf6 18. b4 Rg7 19. f3 a5 20. a3 Rd8 21. Nb3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 a4 23. Nc1 Bc6 24. Rd8 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Nd3 Bg7 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Ba2 c5 30. bxc5+ bxc5 31. Nb2 Bf6 32. Kd3 Kc7 33. Bb1 Kb6 34. Bc2 Ka5 35. Nc4+ Ka6 36. Kd2 Bb5 37. Nb2 Ka5 38. Bd3 Be7 39. Bc4 Bf8 40. Kd3 Bd6 41. Bxb5 Kxb5 42. c4+ Ka5 43. Ke2 h5 44. Kf2 h4 45. Ke2 Bc7 46. Nd3 Kb6 47. Nb2 Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental op 45'"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Avramenko, Nadzeya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. h3 b5 9. Nf1 Re8 10. g4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 c5 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. 0-0-0 Nb6 15. Nf5 c4 16. Qe3 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Qf6 18. Rhg1 cxd3 19. Rxd3 Nc4 20. Qg5 Qxg5+ 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Nf3 Nd6 23. Nd2 Kh7 24. Rdg3 Rg8 25. Rc3 Rgc8 26. Rc5 f6 27. Rc6 Ra7 28. Rg3 Rd8 29. Rgc3 Rd7 30. Rd3 Rd8 31. a4 Rb8 32. Rdc3 Rbb7 33. a5 Kg8 34. Re3 Kf7 35. Nb3 b4 36. h4 Rb5 37. Kd1 Ke7 38. Nc5 Rxa5 39. Rg3 Kf7 40. Ne6 Ne8 41. Rd3 Ke7 42. Nd8 Nd6 43. Rcxd6 cxd6 44. Nc6+ Kd7 45. Nxa5 Rc7 46. b3 Rc5 47. Nc4 Rc6 48. Rg3 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Continental op 45'"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harmon, Clark R"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. h3 Na6 7. a3 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. b4 Qd8 11. c4 Nc7 12. 0-0 Ne4 13. b5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 0-0 15. Rfc1 cxb5 16. cxb5 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qb4 Ne8 19. Qc5 f6 20. Nh4 Be4 21. f3 Bg6 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Qxd6 Nxd6 24. Rc7 Rf7 25. Rac1 Raf8 26. Bd3 f5 27. Kf2 g5 28. a4 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rf7 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. g4 g6 32. Kg3 Kg7 33. Rc3 Kf6 34. Rc5 Rh7 35. a5 Rd7 36. Rc1 Ke7 37. f4 Kf6 38. fxg5+ Kxg5 39. h4+ Kf6 40. g5+ Ke7 41. Kf4 Nc4 42. Rh1 Kf8 43. h5 gxh5 44. Rxh5 Kg7 45. Rh6 Rd6 46. Bxc4 dxc4 47. Ke5 Rd5+ 48. Kxe6 Rxb5 49. d5 c3 50. Rh1 Rxa5 51. d6 Ra2 52. Rc1 f4 53. d7 Rd2 54. Rxc3 f3 55. e4 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. d3 Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 e5 8. Nh4 Be6 9. Qc2 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qc1 h6 14. Nf3 0-0-0 15. Bxf8 Rhxf8 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. cxd5+ Kb8 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxh6 e4 21. Qf4+ Ka8 22. Ng5 Qf5 23. Nxe4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 f5 26. Bf3 Rf7 27. Rd6 Kb8 28. Rad1 Kc7 29. Rxg6 Nf8 30. Rc1+ Kb8 31. Rg8 Rd6 32. Rc5 b6 33. Rd5 Kc7 34. e3 Rc6 35. Rg5 Rcf6 36. Bh5 Ne6 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jones, Stephen L"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2 Bb4 9. Qc2 0-0 10. Nb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa3 12. Bd3 Re8 13. 0-0 h6 14. Bh4 b6 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Bf5 Ne4 17. Bh3 c4 18. Nd2 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20. f3 b5 21. e4 Nb6 22. g4 dxe4 23. fxe4 h5 24. Bf2 Bxg4 25. Bf1 Nca4 26. d5 Rac8 27. h3 Bd7 28. Bd4 Nc5 29. Kh2 Nd3 30. Re3 Ne5 31. Be2 g6 32. Rg1 b4 33. Nf3 Nxf3+ 34. Bxf3 c3 35. Bxh5 c2 36. Bxg6 c1Q 37. Bxf7+ Kf8 38. Rxc1 Rxc1 39. Rf3 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Re7 41. Bg6+ Kg8 42. a3 Nc4 43. axb4 Ne5 44. Bxe5 Rxe5 45. h4 Rd2 46. Kf4 Re7 47. Rc3 Kg7 48. h5 Bb5 49. Rg3 Kh6 50. Rc3 Rd4 51. Rc8 Kg7 52. Rd8 Rd7 53. Ra8 R7xd5 54. Rxa7+ Rd7 55. Ra5 Rxb4 56. Kg5 Bc6 57. h6+ Kh8 58. Be8 Rd6 59. Bxc6 Rxc6 60. Ra8+ Kh7 61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. Ra8+ Kf7 63. h7 Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saulespurens, Valdis"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. f3 b6 10. Nbc3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. 0-0-0 Bd6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Nd5 0-0-0 15. Ne7+ Bxe7 16. Bxe5 Bg5+ 17. Kb1 Bh6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Rd6 20. Kc1 Rhd8 21. Rhe1 Bc6 22. Nd3 Re8 23. Rd2 a5 24. Red1 Rf6 25. Nf2 h5 26. h4 Rf4 27. Rh1 Bd7 28. Nd1 f5 29. Nc3 fxe4 30. Nxe4 Bc6 31. Ng5 Re3 32. Rf2 a4 33. a3 b5 34. g3 Rf6 35. Kd2 Re5 36. c3 Rd6+ 37. Kc1 Re3 38. Rd1 Rf6 39. Rdf1 b4 40. Kd2 Re5 41. cxb4 cxb4 42. axb4 Bb5 43. Rd1 Rc6 44. Ne4 Rd5+ 45. Ke1 Rxd1+ 46. Kxd1 Rc4 47. Nc3 Rxb4 48. Nxb5 Rxb5 49. Kc2 Rb3 50. g4 Rb4 51. Rg2 g6 52. Kd3 Kd7 53. Ke3 Ke6 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. f4 Kf6 56. Kf3 Rb3+ 57. Ke4 Rb4+ 58. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Krasnov, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Nd4 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. Ne2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 0-0 11. c3 Qb6 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Nh5 Bh6 17. e5 Ng6 18. Nf6 Rxf6 19. exf6 Nh4 20. Be3 Nxf3 21. Rxf3 Bc6 22. b4 Qd8 23. Kg1 Qxf6 24. Rg3 cxb4 25. d4 bxc3 26. Qb3 c2 27. Rf1 Be4 28. Qb4 Bg7 29. Qxd6 Qf7 30. Bc1 Bf6 31. Bb2 h5 32. h4 Rg8 33. Rg5 Bxg5 34. fxg5 Bd5 35. Qc5 Qf6 36. Bc1 Be4 37. Bf4 b6 38. Qc3 Kh7 39. Kh2 Qd8 40. Rg1 Kg6 41. Qb3 Qd7 42. Rg3 Rc8 43. Rc3 Rxc3 44. Qxc3 Qb5 45. Qe1 Qd3 46. Be3 Qd1 47. Qd2 Qh1+ 48. Kg3 c1Q 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Lakdawala, Cyrus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 d5 2. Nd2 e5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. Qc2 Bc5 7. Ngf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Qe7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 a4 12. Nh4 g6 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bh6 Rfd8 15. Nf3 f6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Qf7 18. Rd1 Bxa2 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Rd3 Bc4 21. Rd2 Be6 22. Bf1 Qe8 23. Qd3 Nf7 24. c4 Qc6 25. Rc2 Qc5 26. Qa3 Qxa3 27. bxa3 Kf8 28. Nd2 Ke7 29. c5 Nd8 30. Bb5 Ra5 31. Bd3 Bd7 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Ne6 34. e5 fxe5 35. fxe5 Rxc5 36. Nf3 Bc6 37. Kf2 Rxc2+ 38. Bxc2 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Peters, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Qd1 d6 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. c3 0-0 10. Nf3 Rb8 11. Be2 b5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. a3 Ne5 14. 0-0 Qc7 15. Bh6 Rfc8 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. f5 a5 19. Rf3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Ra7 bxc3 22. bxc3 Bc6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Ra4 Qc5+ 26. Be3 Qxc3 27. Ba7 Qc1 28. Rf1 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Rb2 30. Ra3 Rc4 31. Rh3 Rxe4 32. Rc1 Ree2 33. Rg3 Kg7 34. Rf1 Rb7 35. Bf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Bh4 37. Ke2 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Buskirk, Charles Anthony"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[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. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Bb5 Nd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. h3 Ba6 15. Re1 Nd3 16. Re2 c5 17. Nf5 Qe8 18. Rd2 c4 19. Qg4 g6 20. Nd5 Qe6 21. Bd4 Ne5 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. f4 Bc5 24. fxe5 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Kxh6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Nxc7 Rab8 28. Nxa6 Rxb2 29. Rxc4 Rff2 30. Rc3 Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Rbf2+ 32. Ke1 Re2+ 33. Kf1 Rgf2+ 34. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "American op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Danlag, Dan"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 c5 8. c3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Re1 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Ne5 Bh4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. g3 Bf6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. h4 b5 21. Bg5 c4 22. Rd4 Bd5 23. Red1 Rd6 24. f3 Bxg5 25. hxg5 exf3 26. e4 Ra6 27. exd5 exd5 28. Rxd5 f2+ 29. Kf1 Re6 30. Rd7 Rxe5 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. g6 hxg6 33. Qxg6 Re3 34. Qg5 Ref3 35. Rd7 R8f7 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "American op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McNaughton, Erwin B"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. e3 Ne4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 0-0 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 12. Bxd7 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Nxa1 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bd2 Nc2 16. Ba4 Nxd4+ 17. exd4 c6 18. Bb4 Rfe8 19. Ke3 Re6 20. Bb3 Rg6 21. Rg1 Re8 22. a4 h5 23. h4 Rf6 24. Bd1 g6 25. Bc2 Kh7 26. Re1 Rfe6 27. Bb3 Rf6 28. Rc1 Rf5 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. Bxc5 f5 31. Bxa7 Kg7 32. d5 cxd5 33. Bxd5 Re7 34. Bd4+ Kh6 35. a5 Rd7 36. Bxb7 f4+ 37. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "American op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pohl, Ira"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfc8 14. Bb1 Nc6 15. Ne3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bf8 17. b3 Ne7 18. Bb2 Ng6 19. Bd3 Re8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Bb1 Bc6 22. d5 Bd7 23. Nh2 h5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nf4 26. Qf3 Qxd5 27. Be4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Qd2 29. Rb1 Qc2 30. Qd1 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "American op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Batchelder, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 a6 6. a4 0-0 7. d3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd2 d5 14. e5 d4 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nd1 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Qa5+ 18. c3 Rae8 19. 0-0 e5 20. Qe4 Qb6 21. Ne3 Bg5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Nd5 Qc6 24. Rad1 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qg4 Rd8 27. Qe4 Bf6 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Rd5 h6 30. Rxc5 Rd2 31. Rxb5 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Qxf4 exf4 35. Kg1 f3 36. Kf2 fxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Rd8 38. Rf5 g5 39. b4 Kg7 40. Rc5 Kg6 41. Rc6+ Kh5 42. b5 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Rh2 44. b6 Rxh3 45. Rc4 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rf7 47. Rb4 1-0

[Event "American op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Lakdawala, Cyrus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Ne2 h6 8. Nf3 c5 9. 0-0 a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. h3 Nc5 14. Nc3 0-0 15. Be3 b6 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. Qe5 Ra7 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. c3 Be7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rfd1 f6 23. Bf1 Bb7 24. Nd4 Kf7 25. Re1 Bc8 26. Nd2 e5 27. Nc2 Rd8 28. Nc4 Be6 29. N4e3 Nxe3 30. Nxe3 a5 31. Bb5 Bb3 32. Re2 g6 33. Rc1 f5 34. c4 Bb4 35. Rf1 Rc5 36. Nd5 Rxb5 37. axb5 Bxc4 38. Nxb4 Bxe2 39. Re1 Rd2 40. Nc6 Kf6 41. b3 Rd1 42. Rxd1 Bxd1 43. Nxa5 Be2 44. Nb7 0-1

[Event "American op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Sakurai, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. h3 Bd7 7. 0-0 Rb8 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 g6 10. Be3 a6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Nb3 b5 13. a4 Ne5 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bd4 e6 16. Nb4 Qc8 17. Kh2 e5 18. Bc3 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qe1 Qc7 21. Nc1 b4 22. Bxb4 Nxb2 23. c3 Nc4 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Re1 0-0 26. Nb3 Rfd8 27. Rad1 Ne8 28. Bf1 Qc6 29. Nd2 Nxd2 30. Rxd2 Nc7 31. Qe3 Rb8 32. Red1 Bf8 33. f4 f6 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Qe2 Kg7 36. Qc4 Qxc4 37. Bxc4 Nb5 1-0

[Event "American op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tillmon, Auluvance"]
[Black "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 a6 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Rd1 c4 13. Be2 Bb7 14. 0-0 Rc8 15. a3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 a5 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Nd2 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Qc2 c3 22. bxc3 Rxc3 23. Qb2 Nd5 24. Nb1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qa8 26. Bf3 Rc8 27. h3 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qa1 29. Qd1 Qb2 30. Kh2 Nc3 31. Nxc3 bxc3 32. Qa4 Bxf3 33. Qe8+ Bf8 34. gxf3 c2 35. Bd6 c1Q 36. Qxf8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sterin, Ilya"]
[Black "Khatena, Moshe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nd7 7. d4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bf6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Bxg5 Bd4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rf7 22. h4 Rf4 23. h5 gxh5 24. Rb5 Rg4 25. Rxh5 Rg7 26. Reh3 Bd7 27. Rxh7 Rxh7 28. Bxh7+ Kg7 29. Be4 Bc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rd3 Kf6 32. Rd6 Rc8 33. Rd7 Ke5 34. Rxa7 Kd4 35. Ra3 c5 36. Rd3+ Kc4 37. Kf1 Kb4 38. Rb3+ Ka4 39. Ke2 c4 40. Rb6 Ka3 41. g4 e5 42. c3 e4 43. Rb4 Kxa2 44. Ke3 Rg8 45. Rxc4 Rxg4 46. Rxe4 Rg1 47. Rb4 Rc1 48. Kd2 Rf1 49. f4 Ka3 50. Ke3 Rc1 51. Kd4 Rf1 52. Ke5 Rc1 53. f5 Rxc3 54. Rf4 1-0

