[Event "US op 123nd"]
[Site "Grand Rapids"]
[Date "2023.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Homa, Seth"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2023.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. c3 b6 7. h4 Bxf4 8. exf4 c5 9. h5 Qc7 10. h6 g6 11. g3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qe2 Nb8 14. Kf1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. N2f3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qc4 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Kf2 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Ne8 21. Kd3 Kf8 22. Rhe1 Nd6 23. g4 a6 24. Re2 Nb5 25. f5 Nxd4 26. cxd4 exf5 27. gxf5 Rc6 28. Re5 Rd8 29. Rh1 f6 30. Re2 gxf5 31. Rg1 Rd7 32. Rge1 Kf7 33. Re8 f4 34. Rh8 Kg6 35. Rg1+ Kf5 36. Rg7 Rcd6 37. Rhxh7 Rd8 38. Re7 Rg8 39. Rhg7 Rxg7 40. Rxg7 Rd8 41. h7 Rh8 42. a4 Ke6 43. b4 Kf5 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 Ke6 46. Ke2 1-0

[Event "US op 123nd"]
[Site "Grand Rapids"]
[Date "2023.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. 0-0 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Qg4 0-0 11. Re1 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Rxf5 Rxf5 15. Qxf5 Qf6 16. Qe4 c6 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Re1 Re8 19. g3 g6 20. h4 Qf5 21. Qe3 Kh8 22. Bd3 Qf8 23. h5 gxh5 24. c4 Qg7 25. Kg2 h4 26. Rh1 Be7 27. Qe2 Bf6 28. Qh5 e5 29. Rxh4 Bxh4 30. Qxh4 exd4 31. Bg5 Re6 32. Bf5 Kg8 33. Bxe6+ Bxe6 34. Bh6 Qe5 35. Bf4 Qe4+ 36. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Summer op"]
[Site "Schaumburg"]
[Date "2023.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Barretto, Ryan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2023.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Qd8 8. Nc2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 b6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne3 Rfe8 15. Ba6 Rab8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. b3 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Nxc3 19. Qc2 Nxd1 20. Ng5 Nxe7 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ng8 23. Nh7+ Ke7 24. Rxd1 Qe4 25. Qxg7 Qf4 26. g3 Qh6 27. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "US op 122nd"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schexnaydre, Benson"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2022.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 Bd7 8. Ne5 Bc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. e3 e5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. 0-0 Qd3 15. Qxd3 cxd3 16. Nc4 Rfd8 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Rab1 Kf8 19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. Nd2 Ke8 21. Kf2 Rdb8 22. b3 a5 23. Rbc1 R4b5 24. a4 Nxb3 25. axb5 Nxd2 26. Rfd1 Nb3 27. Rxc6 d2 28. Rxc7 Rxb5 29. Ke2 a4 30. Ra7 Rb4 31. Kd3 g6 32. h3 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Kf8 35. Rh1 Kg8 36. g5 Rb8 37. Ke2 Rd8 38. Rd1 Nc1+ 39. Kf3 Na2 40. Rc7 a3 41. Rc2 Nb4 42. Rcxd2 Rxd2 43. Rxd2 a2 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Ra8 Kh7 46. Ke2 Kg7 47. Kd2 Kh7 48. e4 1-0

[Event "US op 122nd"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Bhavikatti, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2022.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[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. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 0-0-0 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Ne7 15. a5 Kb7 16. Rd2 Bc8 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 b5 19. Nh5 Rg8 20. f3 Nc6 21. Nd5 c4 22. g4 Be6 23. Ndf4 Bf7 24. Kf2 Kc8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nxa5 27. Re2 Kd7 28. Re6 c6 29. Ke3 cxd5 30. Rxa6 Nc6 31. Rb6 d4+ 32. Ke2 Re8+ 33. Kf2 b4 34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Nxg7 Ra8 36. Nh5 Ra2 37. Nxf6 Rxb2 38. Ne4+ Ke6 39. Rb6 Rxc2+ 40. Kg3 Kd7 41. Rb7+ Kd8 42. Nc5 Re2 43. Rxh7 d3 44. Nb7+ Kc8 45. Nd6+ Kb8 46. Nxc4 Rc2 47. Rd7 Rxc4 48. Rxd3 Nd4 49. g5 b3 50. Rd1 Ne2+ 51. Kh3 b2 52. Rb1 Rb4 53. f4 Nc3 54. g6 Nxb1 55. g7 Nc3 56. g8Q+ Kb7 57. Qf7+ Kb6 58. Qe6+ Kb5 59. Qd7+ Kc4 60. Qe6+ Kd3 61. Qf5+ Re4 62. Qd7+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "US op 122nd"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nathan, Nitish"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2022.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d6 Qb6 6. dxe7 Bxe7 7. e3 0-0 8. Be2 Nd5 9. Bg3 Bf6 10. Qc1 d6 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Nbd2 a6 13. Ne4 Be5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nd2 c4 16. Nf3 f6 17. c3 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nc7 19. b3 Be4 20. Qb2 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Nd2 Bg6 23. Rac1 Ne6 24. c4 b4 25. Rfe1 a5 26. a4 Rad8 27. f3 Nc5 28. Bf2 Qc6 29. Kh1 Rfe8 30. Bg3 Re7 31. Bf2 e4 32. f4 Bh5 33. Bg3 Be2 34. Rg1 Qe6 35. Bf2 h5 36. h4 Kf7 37. Kh2 Rdd7 38. g3 Ke8 39. Rce1 Kd8 40. Rc1 Kc8 41. Rce1 Rd8 42. Rc1 Kb7 43. Rce1 Rc7 44. Rc1 Ka6 45. Rce1 Rdd7 46. Rc1 Rc6 47. Rce1 Nb7 48. Rc1 Rc5 49. Ra1 Nd8 50. Qc1 Nf7 51. Qe1 Nh6 52. Ra2 Rc8 53. Rb2 g6 54. Ra2 g5 55. Qa1 Ng4+ 56. Kg2 gxh4 57. gxh4 Rg8 58. Bg3 Nxe3+ 59. Kf2 Ng4+ 60. Ke1 Qb6 61. Bh2 e3 62. Ne4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "US op Irwin 122nd"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qxb3 7. axb3 f6 8. d4 e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Bb5 e4 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. Nc4 Ke6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ra6 Nf6 16. Rxc6+ Kf5 17. h3 h6 18. g4+ Kg6 19. Ne5+ Kh7 20. h4 Re8 21. Nf7 Rg8 22. g5 Kg6 23. Nxh6 gxh6 24. Rxf6+ Kh5 25. gxh6 Be7 26. Re6 Bxh4 27. h7 1-0

[Event "US op Irwin 122nd"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Root, Douglas"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2022.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 c6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Re8 11. b3 Nf8 12. Bb2 f5 13. Re1 b6 14. a4 Bb7 15. Ne5 a5 16. Qh5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Bc4 Qf7 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qe3 c5 21. Rad1 f4 22. Qh3 f3 23. g3 Bd5 24. Bf1 Red8 25. c4 Bc6 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Rd8 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Bd3 Nh7 30. Be5 Nf6 31. Qh4 Kf8 32. Re1 Kg8 33. Bc2 Ne8 34. Rd1 Nf6 35. h3 Rd8 36. Re1 Rf8 37. Bb2 Qd7 38. Qf4 e5 39. Qf5 Qxf5 40. Bxf5 e4 41. Bxf6 Rxf6 42. Bxe4 Bxe4 43. Rxe4 Rxd6 44. Re3 Rf6 45. g4 h5 46. gxh5 Kh7 47. Kh2 Kh6 48. Kg3 Kxh5 49. Rxf3 Rd6 50. Rf5+ Kh6 51. Rd5 Re6 52. Kf4 g6 53. Re5 Rf6+ 54. Ke3 Kg7 55. Re7+ Kf8 56. Rb7 Ke8 57. Ke4 Kd8 58. Ke5 Rxf2 59. Rxb6 Kc7 60. Rxg6 Rf3 61. h4 Rxb3 62. Kd5 Rb4 63. Kxc5 Rxa4 64. Rg7+ Kd8 65. h5 Ke8 66. h6 Kf8 67. Rc7 Kg8 68. Kb5 Ra1 69. Ra7 1-0

[Event "US op Irwin 122nd"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Matros, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2022.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5 3. h3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. e3 Bf5 8. e4 Be6 9. d3 f6 10. a3 a5 11. Be3 Qd7 12. b3 Ng6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 h4 16. Nd5 hxg3 17. fxg3 Kf7 18. h4 Bg4 19. Qd2 Nge5 20. 0-0 a4 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. b4 Nd4 23. Qf2 Rh6 24. Ne3 Rg6 25. Kh2 Re8 26. c5 Rh6 27. Nxg4 Qxg4 28. Qa2+ Qe6 29. Bh3 Qxa2+ 30. Rxa2 Ke7 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Rd2 c6 33. Bg4 Rhh8 34. Rfd1 g6 35. Rd3 f5 36. Bf3 Rhf8 37. R1d2 f4 38. Bd1 Ra8 39. Bg4 Rf6 40. Bd1 Rff8 41. Rf2 fxg3 42. Rxf8 Kxf8 43. Kxg3 Ke7 44. Kg4 Ne6 45. Rd6 Rf8 46. Kg3 Rf4 47. Bg4 Nf8 48. b5 Rxe4 49. bxc6 bxc6 50. Rxc6 Re3+ 51. Kf2 Rxa3 52. Ra6 Rc3 53. Rxa4 Rxc5 54. h5 gxh5 55. Bxh5 Ne6 56. Bf3 Nd4 57. Be4 Kf6 58. Ra8 Rb5 59. Kg3 Rb3+ 60. Kg4 Re3 61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. Bf5 Re1 63. Ra7+ Kd6 64. Bg6 Rg1+ 65. Kh5 Ne2 66. Bf7 Nf4+ 67. Kh4 e4 68. Ra4 Ke5 69. Bc4 e3 70. Ba6 Rg7 71. Bf1 Kf5 72. Ra5+ Ke4 73. Rg5 Rb7 74. Kg3 Rb1 75. Ba6 Rg1+ 76. Kh4 Ra1 77. Bb5 Kf3 78. Rg3+ Kf2 79. Kg4 Rg1 80. Rxg1 Kxg1 81. Kxf4 Kf2 82. Ba6 e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op Irwin 121st"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2021.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Khmelnitsky, Igor N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 b6 7. cxb6 Nxb6 8. Bd3 d5 9. Qg4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Nf3 c5 13. 0-0 cxd4 14. Bf4 Qc4 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. b3 Na5 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Rc1 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Nac6 21. Bb2 Kd7 22. Rc3 Nxe5 23. Rg3 Nc2 24. Bxe5 Rhc8 25. h4 g6 26. Rf3 f5 27. Kh2 Nxa1 28. Bxa1 Rc1 29. h5 Rxb1 30. Bg7 Rg8 31. Bd4 g5 32. g4 f4 33. Rc3 Rc8 34. Rxc8 Kxc8 35. h6 Kd7 36. Bf6 Re1 37. Bxg5 e5 38. Bf6 Ke6 39. g5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "US op Irwin 121st"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2021.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Root, Douglas"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bf5 11. c4 Qe4 12. d5 Nb4 13. Nd4 Rfe8 14. f3 Qe5 15. f4 Qe4 16. Bf3 Qd3 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. a3 Na6 19. Qd4 Nd7 20. Bb2 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Bg4 Nac5 23. Bf5 Re2 24. Bc3 Rae8 25. Rf3 R8e3 26. Raf1 h6 27. Bd4 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 b6 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Bc3 Re8 31. Kf1 Rg8 32. Re3 Rd8 33. g4 Kg7 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 Kf8 36. gxf6 Re8 37. Rh3 Kg8 38. Rg3+ Kh8 39. Rh3+ Kg8 40. Bh7+ Kh8 41. Bd2 Nxf6 42. Bc3 Kg7 43. Bf5 Nce4 44. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 18th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Airapetian, Chouchanik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 h6 7. c3 Bc5 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. 0-0 d6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. Ng3 c4 15. d4 Qc7 16. Be3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. dxe5 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 dxe5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Qd5 Qc6 24. Qd1 Qc5 25. Bb1 Re6 26. Qh5 Rfe8 27. Rf3 R8e7 28. h4 Nb3 29. Qf5 e4 30. Rf4 g6 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Re2 Nd3 33. Rg4 e3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Bxd3 Rxd3 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Rxb2 39. Kd4 h5 40. Rg5 Kg7 41. Kc5 Rb3 42. Kd4 f5 43. Rg3 Kf6 44. Re3 Rb2 45. Kc5 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "US Open-107"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2006.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. c4 Qd8 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. 0-0 c5 12. d5 0-0 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Re3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Qc6 17. Re1 Nf8 18. Nh4 Re7 19. Be4 Qc7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nf5 Rd7 23. Rxe6 Nxe6 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Nxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rd1 Re8 29. h3 Qe6 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Rd5 Re7 32. Qg3+ Kf7 33. Qd3 Kg7 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Qg3+ Qg6 36. Qd6 Qe4 37. f3 Qe1 38. Qf4 Qe6 39. Qg3+ Kf7 40. Rh5 Kf8 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. Qf4 Rd7 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Rg5+ Kf7 45. Qxh7+ Kf8 46. Qh8+ Ke7 47. Rg7+ Kd6 48. Qb8+ Kc6 49. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "US Open-107"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Tate, Emory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 0-0 10. c3 c5 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 h6 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. Nb3 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. Bf3 f4 17. Bh2 Ne5 18. Be4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Nd4 Rf7 21. Qe2 Raf8 22. Rae1 a6 23. Kh1 f3 24. Nxf3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 e5 26. Kg2 Qe6 27. Qe4 Rxf3 28. Qg4 R3f5 29. c4 Qf7 30. Re2 h5 31. Qe4 b5 32. cxb5 axb5 33. b3 Qe6 34. f3 Qf6 35. Bg3 Kh8 36. Rc2 Qd6 37. Re2 Qd4 38. Rff2 Qd6 39. Rd2 Qg6 40. Rde2 Kh7 41. Re1 R8f7 42. Rff1 Rd7 43. Rd1 Rd4 44. Rxd4 exd4 45. Rd1 Rc5 46. Qxg6+ Kxg6 47. Bf2 Rc2 48. Kg1 Rxa2 49. Bxd4 Ra3 50. Bxg7 Kxg7 51. Rd5 Rxb3 52. Rxg5+ Kh6 53. h4 Rb2 54. f4 b4 55. Rb5 Kg6 56. f5+ Kf6 57. Kh1 b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warren Bottom-Half op"]
[Site "Warren"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sudharsan, Krishnan"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Kf1 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a3 Qe7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 0-0 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. e3 Rad8 16. b4 a6 17. Nd2 Kh8 18. Nb3 Bc8 19. h4 f6 20. Nc5 Rf7 21. Nxa6 g5 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. b5 Rd6 24. Qa1 Qa5 25. bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Kg1 gxh4 28. Rxh4 Ra7 29. Qc1 Bd7 30. e4 Qxa3 31. Qf4 Qe7 32. Qb8+ Be8 33. exd5 cxd5 34. Bxd5 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Re1 36. Bc6 Qe2 37. Qxe8+ Qxe8 38. Bxe8 Rxe8 39. Rg4 h6 40. Kf3 Kh7 41. d5 h5 42. Rd4 Kg6 43. Kf4 Kf7 44. d6 1-0

[Event "Warren Bottom-Half op"]
[Site "Warren"]
[Date "2003.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Davidovich, Manis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qxd5 Qb6 11. Qb5 Qc7 12. e3 Nb4 13. Qe2 0-0-0 14. a3 Bb5 15. Qxb5 Nc2+ 16. Ke2 Nxa1 17. g3 Kb8 18. Bg2 a6 19. Qa4 b5 20. Nxb5 Qc2+ 21. Qxc2 Nxc2 22. Nc3 Bh6 23. Rc1 Nd4+ 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Nd5 Rd8 26. Rc5 Rg4 27. Nxf6 Rg6 28. Nd5 Rgd6 29. b4 Bf8 30. Ra5 R8d7 31. e4 Be7 32. f4 Rc6 33. Kd3 Rh6 34. h3 Bd8 35. Rc5 Bb6 36. Rc4 Rg6 37. g4 f5 38. exf5 Rgd6 39. g5 Rxd5+ 40. Bxd5 Rxd5+ 41. Ke4 Rd8 42. g6 Re8+ 43. Kd5 Rg8 44. Rc6 Bc7 45. Ke6 hxg6 46. Kf7 Rd8 47. fxg6 Bxf4 48. g7 Rd7+ 49. Kg6 Rd8 50. h4 Be5 51. h5 Kb7 52. Re6 Bxg7 53. Kxg7 Rd7+ 54. Kg6 Rd3 55. h6 Rxa3 56. h7 Rg3+ 57. Kf7 Rf3+ 58. Kg7 Rg3+ 59. Rg6 Rh3 1-0

[Event "Warren Bottom-Half op"]
[Site "Warren"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hartwig, Thomas E"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Nc3 c6 6. 0-0 Ngf6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qe2 0-0 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Nd2 Nxb3 17. cxb3 h6 18. Bh4 Bc8 19. Bg3 Be6 20. Qf3 Nd7 21. Nd5 cxd5 22. exd5 Ra6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Qc3 Rc6 25. Bxe5 b4 26. Bxc7 bxc3 27. bxc3 Bg5 28. f4 Rxc7 29. fxg5 Rxc3 30. gxh6 gxh6 31. Rb1 Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ne4 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 f5 35. Nf2 Kf6 36. Nd1 f4+ 37. Kxf4 Rxg2 38. b4 Rd2 39. b5 Rd4+ 40. Ke3 Rh4 41. Nf2 Nb6 42. Rc1 Nd5+ 43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Kg3 Rb4 45. Rc6+ Ke7 46. Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warren Bottom-Half op"]
[Site "Warren"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qd6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Ne2 0-0 10. 0-0 e4 11. Bc2 Na5 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Qb1 Qc6 14. a4 Nc4 15. Bc1 a5 16. Bb3 b6 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bd2 Ba6 19. Re1 Qd5 20. Qd1 h5 21. f3 h4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. Qf3 Rae8 25. Kh1 R8e6 26. Rg1 Rf6 27. Qh3 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Warren Bottom-Half op"]
[Site "Warren"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Obukhov, Dmitriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. h3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Re8 8. c3 a6 9. a4 Ne4 10. Na3 e5 11. Bh2 Ng5 12. Nc4 e4 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Kh1 f5 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. c4 Ne6 18. Rac1 f4 19. d5 fxe3 20. fxe3 Nc5 21. b4 Nd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Qxd3 Qxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. c5 Rd3 26. Nc4 dxc5 27. bxc5 Bd4 28. Bxc7 Bxc5 29. d6 Bf5 30. Ne5 Rd5 31. d7 Be7 32. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Bd8 34. Bxd8 Rxd8 35. g4 Be4+ 36. Kh2 Kf8 37. Rd6 Ke7 38. Rb6 a5 39. Kg3 Bc6 40. Rxc6 bxc6 41. Nxc6+ Kxd7 42. Nxd8 Kxd8 43. Kf4 Ke7 44. Ke5 h6 45. Kd5 h5 46. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Romulus op"]
[Site "Romulus"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Davidovich, Manis"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Nb3 Bb4 12. Qe1 d6 13. f4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 0-0 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Rd3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Na7 18. Rd1 Nc8 19. Na5 Rb8 20. c4 Qc7 21. Rd4 Qb6 22. Kh1 b4 23. Nb3 Rf8 24. c3 a5 25. cxb4 axb4 26. Rc1 Bc6 27. h3 Qb7 28. g4 e5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Rd3 Ne7 31. Rd6 Qa8 32. Nc5 Ng6 33. Qb2 Rfc8 34. Rcd1 Qa3 35. Qf2 Nf4 36. Nd3 Nxg2 37. Qxg2 b3 38. Nxe5 b2 39. Nxc6 Qxd6 40. Rxd6 b1Q+ 41. Kh2 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Romulus op"]
[Site "Romulus"]
[Date "2002.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Gabbara, Faris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd2 Bg7 7. Rc1 0-0 8. Be2 Bg4 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Qb3 b5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. h3 Bf5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Nbd7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Rb8 17. Qa3 Qb6 18. b4 Ne4 19. Rxd5 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Qxb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bc4 Ra2 24. Nf3 Be4 25. Rb5 Rxb5 26. Bxb5 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Ra8 28. f4 e6 29. Kg2 Bf6 30. Rc1 Bh4 31. Kf3 h5 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. Ke2 Rb8 34. Bd3 Rb2+ 35. Bc2 Rb8 36. e4 Rd8 37. Ke3 Bf6 38. Rc4 Ke7 39. f5 gxf5 40. exf5 e5 41. dxe5 Bxe5 42. Rh4 Rh8 43. Bd1 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Romulus op"]
[Site "Romulus"]
[Date "2002.06.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bc4 Bxf3 8. Qb3 Na5 9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. Nxf3 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 a6 15. Nd4 g6 16. Ke2 Bg7 17. Rd1 0-0 18. Bd2 Ne4 19. Be1 Rc5 20. Nb3 Re5 21. Kf1 Nd6 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Rc2 f5 24. Re2 Nc4 25. Rb1 Rxe2 26. Kxe2 e5 27. Nd2 Nb6 28. Rc1 Nd5 29. g3 e4 30. f3 exf3+ 31. Nxf3 Re8+ 32. Kf2 Nf6 33. Bd2 Ne4+ 34. Kf1 Bf6 35. Be1 Rd8 36. Ke2 Nc5 37. Bf2 Re8+ 38. Kf1 Nd3 39. Rc2 g5 40. Ne1 Nxe1 41. Bxe1 Kf7 42. c4 g4 43. Bd2 h5 44. b4 h4 45. gxh4 Bxh4 46. c5 Bf6 47. c6 bxc6 48. Rxc6 Be5 49. Bc3 Re6 50. Rxe6 Kxe6 51. a4 Kd5 52. b5 axb5 53. axb5 Kc5 54. Ke2 f4 55. Kd3 Kxb5 56. Ke4 f3 57. Ke3 Kc5 58. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Romulus op"]
[Site "Romulus"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Randall, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nge7 6. e4 0-0 7. Nge2 d6 8. 0-0 Be6 9. Nd5 f5 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Qd2 Nd8 12. Rac1 c6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. exf5 gxf5 15. d4 Nf7 16. Rfd1 Qf6 17. Qb4 Rab8 18. d5 c5 19. Qa4 b5 20. cxb5 Bd7 21. Nc3 e4 22. Qxa7 Ne5 23. Qa4 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Qxh6 25. Qc2 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Qe2 Rfb8 28. b3 Rb4 29. Qe3 Qh5 30. h3 c4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Bf1 Rcb4 33. Kg2 Rb2 34. Ra1 Rc2 35. Rdc1 Rbb2 36. Rxc2 Rxc2 37. a4 Nf3 38. a5 Qf7 39. a6 Qxd5 40. a7 Ra2 41. Rxa2 Qxa2 42. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 11th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jungman, Gerard J"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. 0-0 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d3 0-0 8. Bd2 c5 9. Qc1 Re8 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 d5 12. Rb1 Nbc6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Ne1 d4 15. Ne2 Nxa2 16. Qd1 Nb4 17. f4 a5 18. g4 f5 19. Ng3 Qd7 20. Qe2 Rf8 21. h3 Rae8 22. Kh2 fxe4 23. Nxe4 e5 24. f5 gxf5 25. gxf5 Nxf5 26. Qg4 Bc6 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Nd6 Rf2 31. Nxe8 Bxe8 32. Kg3 Rd2 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Ra1 Bg6 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Rb7 Bh6 38. Rxb6+ Kg7 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Rc7 Rxb2 41. Nf3 Bf4+ 42. Kh4 Rg2 43. Rxc5 h6 44. Rc8+ Ke7 45. Rc7+ Kd8 46. Rd7+ Kxd7 47. Nxe5+ Bxe5 48. Bxg2 b3 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 11th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Vayserberg, Tatiana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Nd7 6. d4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd3 Nb4 11. Qe4 Bd7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bc2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. h4 Na5 18. d5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Qe7 20. b4 Nac4 21. Bb3 exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxe5 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Qxf7+ Qxf7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxd7+ Re7 28. Rad1 Rae8 29. g3 Rxd7 30. Rxd7+ Re7 31. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 11th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Friedman, David M"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. d3 Ne7 8. Bd2 0-0 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. b4 Nb6 12. a4 d5 13. a5 Nbc8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 Nce7 16. Rac1 Nc7 17. Bg5 Ne6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e3 a6 20. Ne4 Rad8 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Kh8 23. Bg2 Rd7 24. Rfd1 f5 25. Rc4 Rfd8 26. Bf1 g5 27. Rb1 Rf8 28. Qc2 f4 29. exf4 exf4 30. Re4 Qf6 31. g4 Qc3 32. Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Ra4 Re8 34. Ra3 Bd4 35. Rab3 Ree7 36. Rc1 Re5 37. Rcb1 Rxc5 38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxb7 Rxa5 40. Bg2 c5 41. Bd5 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Rd1 43. Kf3 Rxd3+ 44. Ke4 Rxh3 45. Kf5 Rh6 46. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 11th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nd2 c6 7. Ne2 Be6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Nf4 f5 10. Qh5 Nf6 11. Qh4 Bd7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc7 14. Rac1 Re8 15. Rc2 Qe7 16. Nh5 Nd5 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. a3 g6 19. Ng3 f4 20. exf4 Nxf4 21. Be4 Be6 22. b4 Rd8 23. Na5 Bb6 24. Rd2 Rxd4 25. Rfd1 Ne2+ 26. Nxe2 Rxe4 27. Nc3 Re5 28. h4 Bxa5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Rd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Benjamin, Ilan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 d6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. h3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. g4 Qe7 14. Qe1 g6 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Bh6 Rg8 17. g5 Rab8 18. b3 Be3 19. Nh2 Bf4 20. Qh4 Bxh2 21. Kxh2 d5 22. Rf6 d4 23. Raf1 Be8 24. R1f3 Rd8 25. Qf2 Qc5 26. Rxf7 Bxf7 27. Rxf7 Qd6 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. gxf6 Rge8 30. Rxc7 Re6 31. f7 Rf6 32. Rxa7 Rf2 33. Re7 1-0

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stolerman, Jack"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 0-0 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. a4 a5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Nf4 Qd6 15. 0-0 Qb4 16. Qd1 Rfd8 17. Qf3 Qc4 18. b3 Qc8 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Nbxd5 21. Nfxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Gorlin, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 b6 6. 0-0 Bb7 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nc3 c5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bd2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Nc2 Qe7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. b4 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 f6 21. Ne3 fxe5+ 22. Kg1 Ba8 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Nxg2 Rc2 26. Re2 Rd8 27. Rd1 Bf3 28. Kf2 Bxe2 29. Kxe2 Rxa2 30. Ne3 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Nc4 Rd5 33. Rc1 Kf7 34. Ke3 Kg6 35. Bc3 Rxh2 36. Nxe5+ Kh5 37. g4+ Kh6 38. Nf7+ Kg6 39. Ne5+ Kh6 40. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. b3 e6 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. c4 b5 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Qc5 16. a3 Qxe5 17. Rxe5 Bd6 18. Re2 0-0 19. b4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Bc7 21. Ne5 Bb5 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Rc1 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd5 25. Re2 Nf4 26. Rd2 Rfd8 27. Rcd1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rc8 29. g3 Nd5 30. Kf1 f6 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd1 Nb6 33. Rc2 Nc4 34. Kc1 e5 35. Kb1 Ke6 36. Ka2 h5 37. Kb3 Kd5 38. f3 Rc6 39. Bc3 Rc8 40. a4 bxa4+ 41. Kxa4 Ra8+ 0-1

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lucky, David N"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nd2 Bf5 8. Nb3 Bg7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. h3 a5 11. a4 Qb6 12. Bb5 Na7 13. Be2 Nc8 14. 0-0 Nd6 15. Ra2 Nfe4 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bf3 exd4 22. Bxd5 Be6 23. Qb3 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Ra6 25. cxd4 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. b3 Nb6 0-1

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Sobel, Simone L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[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. Ne2 Ne7 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Bc4 c6 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qb3 b5 14. Bd3 a5 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Qb1 Qd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bd3 Bd5 20. f3 Qe6 21. a3 a4 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23. Qb4 Rad8 24. Qc5 Bb3 25. Ba5 Rd5 26. Qa7 Rfd8 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Rc5 f4 29. Re5 Nc8 30. Qc7 fxe3 31. R1xe3 Bf7 32. Bf5 Nd6 33. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "US Open-101"]
[Site "Saint Paul"]
[Date "2000.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "John, David C"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 0-0 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. Rd1 Nb4+ 18. Kc1 Na2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-101"]
[Site "Saint Paul"]
[Date "2000.08.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Shipman, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. c5 Nd5 16. a3 Bf6 17. b4 Ba6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne5 Nd5 21. Qa4 Bb5 22. Qb3 f6 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 b5 25. Qb3 a5 26. bxa5 Ra8 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Re1 Qd7 29. a4 Rxa5 30. axb5 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-101"]
[Site "Saint Paul"]
[Date "2000.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Graham, Nathaniel"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 8. dxe5 Qc7 9. 0-0 0-0-0 10. Qe2 h6 11. b4 g5 12. Re1 Be8 13. Nbd2 Bh5 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. c4 Bd4 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 d4 20. Nc5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nxe6 Re8 23. Bf5 Nge7 24. Bh3 Kb8 25. Rab1 Ng6 26. Rxb6 Ngxe5 27. Reb1 Re7 28. Nc5 Nd8 29. Bf5 Nxc4 30. R6b4 Nd2 31. Rc1 Nxf3+ 32. Kh1 Nc6 33. Rb3 Nfe5 34. Rcb1 Ka8 35. Be4 d3 36. Nxd3 Nxd3 37. Bxd3 Rf8 38. Kg2 Ref7 39. R1b2 Nd8 40. Be4 Re7 41. f3 Rf6 42. Kg3 Nc6 43. Rb6 Ka7 44. a4 Ref7 45. R6b5 Rc7 46. Bd5 Rd6 47. Be4 Nd8 48. Kg4 Ra6 49. Kh5 Rxa4 50. Rb6 Ra6 51. Rxa6+ bxa6 52. Kxh6 Rc5 53. Rd2 Nf7+ 54. Kg7 Rc7 55. Kf6 a5 56. Rc2 Rxc2 57. Bxc2 Nd8 58. Kxg5 Ne6+ 59. Kf6 Nd4 60. Be4 Kb6 61. Ke5 Kc5 62. f4 a4 63. f5 a3 64. Bb1 Nf3+ 65. Ke6 Nxh2 66. f6 Nf3 67. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-101"]
[Site "Saint Paul"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[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 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nd7 5. Be2 e5 6. d5 Ngf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. h4 h5 11. f3 Ng8 12. 0-0-0 Bh6 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Kf8 15. g3 Kg7 16. f4 f6 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. fxe5 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kingrey, Chaene"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. c3 Qd7 5. Bd3 Ba6 6. Bc2 g6 7. h4 h5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Ne2 c5 10. Nf4 Nc6 11. a3 cxd4 12. cxd4 0-0-0 13. Bxe7 Ngxe7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf5 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. g3 g5 18. hxg5 Qxg5 19. Nd2 h4 20. Nf3 Qg4 21. gxh4 Nxh4 22. Nxh4 Rxh4 23. Rg1 Qe4 24. 0-0-0 Rh2 25. Rgf1 Kb7 26. Nc3 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Ne7 28. Ne2 Rg8 29. Ng3 Kc6 30. Rf3 Rg7 31. Kd2 Kd7 32. Ke3 Ng6 33. Rf6 Nf8 34. Rf4 Nh7 35. b3 Rh6 36. a4 f5 37. exf6 Rxf6 38. Ne2 Rxf4 39. Nxf4 Nf6 40. f3 Kd6 41. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schwartz, Ylon"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[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 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 0-0 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 e6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Bh2 b5 14. 0-0 Ba6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxc6 Qg5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bf8 21. Nc7 Bb7 22. d5 Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Rc8 24. Bf4 1-0

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dougherty, Michael J"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[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 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3 0-0 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. 0-0 e5 12. Nd5 Qa5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Bg3 Be6 19. Qh5 b5 20. Nd6 Bxb3 21. axb3 Ne7 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nc5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 Nxg6 25. f3 Rf6 26. Rfd1 Rc6 27. e4 fxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nf4 30. Rc7 a5 31. Rb7 Rc8 32. h4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 gxh4 34. Bxf4 exf4 35. Rxb5 Ra1 36. Nc3 Kh7 37. Na4 Kg6 38. Rxa5 Bxb2 39. Rd5 Bf6 40. Nc5 Rb1 41. Ne4 Bg5 42. Rb5 Kh5 43. Nf2 Kg6 44. Ng4 Rb2 45. b4 Be7 46. Ne5+ Kf6 47. Ng4+ Kg6 48. Rb6+ Kg5 49. b5 Bc5 50. Rc6 Rxb5 51. Nf6 Be7 52. Ne4+ Kh5 53. Rc1 Bg5 54. Rd1 Rb2 55. Kh3 Ra2 56. Rc1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Hahn, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Na3 0-0 7. Nxc4 c5 8. d3 Nc6 9. b3 Nd5 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc2 Ba8 14. Qa1 Bf6 15. Rfc1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qe7 17. e4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. d4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Rcd8 22. Nd6 Rd7 23. Qa4 a5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nc8 Qd8 26. Nxb6 Rb7 27. Rc8 Bxb3 28. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Amador, Sergio Jose"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Ne5 d4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na3 Nd5 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. e4 d3 13. Bxd3 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 16. c3 Rd8 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Qf3 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 Ba6 20. Qf3 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Qxa2 22. c4 Qxd2 23. f5 Rf8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. h3 a5 27. Qc3 Ra8 28. Ra1 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rb1 Rxc4 31. Qd3 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Adu, Oladapo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. h4 Nb6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. b3 0-0 16. h5 Rfc8 17. Rh3 Qc5 18. h6 g6 19. g4 a5 20. Kb1 Rab8 21. Ne2 a4 22. Nd4 Nc4 23. bxc4 bxc4+ 24. Ka1 c3 25. Qc1 Rb4 26. Qe3 Qb6 27. Ne2 d4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Rb1 Qxb1+ 0-1

[Event "World op 26th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.06.27"]
[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. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 d6 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2 Kh8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Rae1 Bg8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 d5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Rf4 Bh6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Qxg5 Qf6 20. Qd2 Nb6 21. f3 Kg8 22. Ba3 a5 23. Re1 e6 24. Bd6 Nd7 25. Bf4 a4 26. b4 Nb6 27. h4 Nc4 28. Qc3 a3 29. Bf1 Nb2 30. Kg2 b5 31. Re5 Bc4 32. Bxc4 Nxc4 33. Rc5 Rd8 34. Rxc6 Qxd4 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. Rxe6 Nb2 37. Re4 Rd1 38. Bh6 Kf7 39. Re5 Ra1 40. Rxb5 Rxa2 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. g4 Nc4+ 43. Kg3 Rb2 44. Rxh7 Rxb4 45. Ra7 Rb3 46. Bf8 Kd5 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Rb1 49. h6 Rh1 50. Bg7 Ke6 51. Ra4 Nd6 52. Rxa3 Nf5+ 53. Kf4 Nxg7 54. hxg7 Rg1 55. Ra8 Rxg7 56. Ra6+ Kd5 57. Kf5 1-0

[Event "World op 26th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Ashton, Jeff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qe2 Qc6 10. Bb2 e6 11. 0-0-0 Be7 12. g4 h6 13. h4 0-0-0 14. Rde1 Nd5 15. Nb5 Qa6 16. a4 Bf6 17. Qxe4 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Qb6 19. Qe5 g6 20. Qg7 Rdf8 21. Rh3 Nc7 22. Rf3 Ne8 23. Qc3 Kb8 24. Qe5+ Ka8 25. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. f4 h6 6. Bh4 Bg7 7. e5 Nh7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Be6 12. d5 Bg4 13. Qe2 dxe5 14. fxe5 g5 15. Bg3 e6 16. 0-0-0 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qc8 19. h4 gxh4 20. Rxh4 c6 21. Bc4 Ng5 22. Qe3 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Bf5 24. Rg1 b5 25. Bf2 1-0

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sheaf, Mike"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 cxd4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qc7 8. Qg3 f6 9. exf6 Qxg3 10. f7+ Kxf7 11. hxg3 Nf6 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Ndf3 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Bf5 17. Kd2 Bb4+ 18. Kc2 Rc8+ 19. Kb3 Bd6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 h6 22. Nxd4 Bxd3 23. Ngf3 Kh7 24. Ne5 Be4 25. Rh2 Rhe8 26. g4 Rxe5 27. g5 Re7 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Re1 Rg7 30. Re3 Rc4 31. Rd2 Rg4 32. Ne6 Rc6 33. Rxe4 Rg3+ 34. Kb4 Rb6+ 35. Ka4 dxe4 36. f5 Rd3 37. Rc2 Rc6 38. Rg2 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 0-0 10. Qc2 Na5 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. f4 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. 0-0 c4 19. Rb5 cxd3 20. Qxa5 Qxa5 21. Rxa5 Bf5 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Nxd3 Rxc3 24. Nb4 Kf8 25. Rdxd5 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 Rc1+ 27. Kf2 Be4 28. Nb4 f5 29. Rxa7 Rb1 30. g3 Rb2+ 31. Ke1 Rxh2 32. a4 Rg2 33. a5 Rxg3 34. Kd2 Rg1 35. Rc7 Ra1 36. a6 Kg8 37. Rd7 h5 38. Kc3 h4 39. Kb2 Rb1+ 40. Ka3 h3 41. Rd2 Rc1 42. Kb2 Rg1 43. Kc3 Rg2 44. Rd1 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Manion, Josh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. Rc1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Bf1 Ng4 15. h3 Ne5 16. c5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Na4 Qb4 19. a3 Qd4 20. Nxc5 Qxb2 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rb1 Qxa3 23. Rxb7 g5 24. Bg3 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qa4 Rc8 27. Rc1 c5 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Rd5 Kh7 30. f3 c4 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Bxc4 Qf6 33. Rd7 Qb6+ 34. Kf1 Bg3 35. Rd2 Qe3 0-1

[Event "National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Re8 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a5 9. Bd2 d6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 e4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. b5 Nd4 15. Be3 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 Bxe3 17. fxe4 Bg5 18. Nc3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Bf6 20. Qa3 Be6 21. Nd5 Bd4 22. Qa5 c6 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nxc6 Bf6 27. Nxd8 Bxd8 28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Bf1 Bb6 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. f4 Bd7 32. Be2 Ba4 33. Rd2 Kf6 34. e5+ dxe5 35. fxe5+ Kf5 36. Bf3 Bb4 37. Re2 Bc3 38. Bd5 Bxe5 39. Rf2+ Kg5 40. h4+ Kg6 41. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Sharp, Dale Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[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. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Qd3 d5 7. Bg2 Qa5 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 0-0 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nc6 13. Rd1 e5 14. 0-0 Be6 15. Qd3 f5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. f4 Rad8 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qe3+ 21. Qxe3 dxe3 22. Ne5 Rd2 23. Rxd2 exd2 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Kf2 Rd4 26. Nxc6 Rxc4 27. Nxa7 Bd7 28. b5 Rc2 29. Ke3 Ra2 30. Nc6 Rxa3+ 31. Kxd2 Kf7 32. Nd4 Ke7 33. Rb1 Kd8 34. b6 Kc8 35. Nb5 Ra2+ 36. Ke3 Ra5 37. Nd6+ Kb8 38. Rb2 g6 39. Kf4 h6 40. h4 Ra4+ 41. Ke5 Ra3 42. Rc2 Re3+ 43. Kd4 f4 44. b7 Rb3 45. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Thomas, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bxe4 d5 6. Bd3 e4 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Bb5 exf3 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa6 Qd7 12. Qb7 Rc8 13. Nd2 fxg2 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Nb3 0-0 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxa7 Bf5 19. c3 Bc2 20. Qc5 Rb8 21. Na5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 Rxb2 23. Nxc6 Be4 24. c4 Kh8 25. a4 Rc2 26. a5 Rxc4 27. a6 g6 28. a7 Ra8 29. Reb1 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 Re4 31. Rb8+ Re8 32. Kxg2 Kg8 33. Kf3 h5 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Ke3 Kh7 36. Kd4 Kg7 37. Kxd5 Kf6 38. Kc4 Ke6 39. Kb5 Kd7 40. Ne5+ Ke6 41. Nc6 Kd7 42. f4 f6 43. h4 g5 44. fxg5 fxg5 45. hxg5 h4 46. g6 Ke6 47. Ka6 h3 48. Nd4+ Kd5 49. Nf3 Kc6 50. g7 Re8 51. Nh2 Ra8 52. Ng4 h2 53. Nxh2 Rg8 54. Nf3 Kxc5 55. Kb7 Rxg7 56. a8Q c6+ 57. Ka6 Rg3 58. Qf8+ Kc4 59. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Watson, John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. f4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. h3 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Rd1 Ne8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rd2 Bb7 17. Rf1 Qc6 18. Rf2 Rd8 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Nd5 Rxd5 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Qa3 Qe4 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Qg3 Be5 26. Nf4 Rg7 27. Qg4 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 e5 30. Bh6 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Rf2+ Kg6 33. Bf8 c4 34. Be7 Bc6 35. Bd8 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kf1 d5 38. Ke2 d4 39. g3 b4 40. Be7 c3 41. bxc3 bxc3 42. Kd3 Bb5+ 43. Kc2 e4 44. Bc5 Ba4+ 45. Kc1 d3 46. Be3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wright, William"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. 0-0 b6 10. Bd5 Bb7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. f3 e6 13. Bc4 Na5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Rc1 c6 16. f4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qa4 Qb6 21. Rb1 Qa6 22. Rb5 Nc4 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxc5 Nd2 25. Ra1 Nxe4 26. Bd4 Rc8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rb3 h5 29. g3 Rd6 30. Ra3 Rd2 31. Re1 Rb8 32. Ra4 Nc5 33. Rd4 Nd3 34. Ra1 Rbb2 35. h4 Rxe2 36. Rxd3 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rbg2+ 39. Kf1 Rc2 40. Kg1 Kf6 41. Re1 Rcg2+ 42. Kf1 Rxa2 43. Kg1 a5 44. Ree3 a4 45. c4 Rhc2 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yedidia, Jonathan"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Qc2 0-0 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 c6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd6 19. Rfe1 Bf7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Qb3+ Ne6 23. Qxb7 Nxd4 24. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qg6+ 26. Kf2 Qc2+ 27. Ne2 Qxb2 28. a4 Qe5 29. Ng3 c5 30. a5 Qd4+ 31. Kg2 Qd2+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Young, Angelo"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.05.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 0-0 7. Qc2 Na6 8. e3 Nb4 9. Qb3 Bf5 10. Rc1 b6 11. a3 Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 Bxd3 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. Nc6 Bc4 15. Nxd8 Bxb3 16. Nc6 Bd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. Ncxa7 f5 20. Rc3 Bc4 21. b3 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 f4 23. Ke2 fxe3 24. Kxe3 Kf7 25. Rhc1 Ke6 26. Rc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Kd7 28. Ra8 Rf6 29. f3 Re6+ 30. Kf2 Rh6 31. h3 Re6 32. Ra7+ Kd8 33. Rb7 Nf6 34. Rxb6 Kd7 35. a4 Ne8 36. a5 Nc7 37. Rb7 Kc6 38. Nxc7 1-0

[Event "Illinois op"]
[Site "Illinois"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bachler, Kevin L"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 0-0 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. b4 axb4 10. axb4 c6 11. 0-0 Re8 12. b5 d5 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Qc2 e4 18. Ne1 d4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. dxe4 Bxe2 22. Bxh6 d3 23. Nxd3 Bxf1 24. Bxg7 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Kxg7 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Qxd7 Qxe4 28. h4 Ra2 29. Qd4+ Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Kh6 31. Rd7 f5 32. Kg2 g5 33. Rd5 gxh4 34. Rxf5 hxg3 35. Kxg3 Kg6 36. Rb5 Kf6 37. f3 Ra4 38. f4 Ra1 39. Rb8 Rg1+ 40. Kf3 Rf1+ 41. Ke3 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Illinois op"]
[Site "Illinois"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cadman, Chuck"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A51"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Nxd2 6. Nbxd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qe7 9. g3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Bg2 0-0 12. 0-0 a5 13. Kh1 Re8 14. e4 a4 15. f4 Qa5 16. Qd4 Ra6 17. e5 d6 18. Rfe1 Rb6 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Rc1 c5 21. Qd3 Rxb2 22. exd6 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. Bd5 Kf8 26. Rb1 b5 27. Bg2 Rxd6 28. cxb5 Rb6 29. Bf1 Ke7 30. Kg1 Be6 31. Rc1 Kd6 32. Rd1+ Kc7 33. Rc1 Kd6 34. Rd1+ Ke7 35. Rc1 Kd6 36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago US Masters"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chow, Albert"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. Qc2 Nc5 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. b4 Ne6 9. e3 0-0 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Be2 b6 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. 0-0 f5 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. N2xf3 Qe8 18. Ne2 Ng6 19. Rad1 Qf7 20. Ng3 Rae8 21. Nh5 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf4 g5 25. Nd5 h5 26. f4 gxf4 27. exf4 Re4 28. Rf3 Kh7 29. Rh3 Kh6 30. Qc3 Re6 31. Qf3 Rd6 32. Nxc7 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rg8 34. Nd5 Rg4 35. Qd4 Qg8 36. Ne3 Ne6 37. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Oak Park Master Challenge"]
[Site "Oak Park"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chow, Albert"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Rfc1 0-0-0 14. a5 Rhe8 15. a6 b6 16. Nh4 Nd6 17. Bb3 Nb5 18. Bb4 Qf4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. g3 Qf5 21. Bc2 Qh5 22. Qe4 Nb8 23. Re1 Nd6 24. Qg2 Qd5 25. Qf1 e5 26. Rad1 e4 27. Bxd6 Rxd6 28. c4 Qa5 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Qxa6 31. Qh3+ f5 32. Bd3 Qb7 33. c5 bxc5 34. Rb1 Qd7 35. Qh8+ Qd8 36. Qxg7 Qd7 37. Qf8+ Qd8 38. Qf7 Qd7 39. Qf8+ Qd8 40. Qg7 Qd7 41. Qg8+ Qd8 42. Qb3 Qc7 43. dxc5 Rd8 44. h4 Rd5 45. Bc4 Rd4 46. Be6+ Nd7 47. h5 gxh5 48. Bxf5 Rd5 49. Be6 Rd4 50. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Illinois op"]
[Site "Illinois"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cronin, Mike"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. Qa3 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bf8 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Bb6 Bxc4 20. Rd2 Be6 21. Kh2 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Qe3 Qg7 24. Ba5 d5 25. f4 Bd6 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Bxe5 28. Bc3 Bxc3 29. bxc3 b5 30. Bf3 Bf7 31. Kg2 Re3 32. axb5 cxb5 33. Rb2 Rxc3 34. Rxb5 axb5 35. Rxa8+ Kg7 36. Rb8 Rc5 37. Rb6 d4 38. Kf2 Bc4 39. g4 f4 40. h4 d3 41. exd3 Bxd3 42. g5 Rc2+ 43. Ke1 Rb2 44. h5 b4 45. h6+ Kf8 46. Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rxf4 b3 48. Rb4 Ke6 49. Bh5 Rb1+ 50. Kd2 Bf5 51. Rb6+ Ke5 52. g6 Bxg6 53. Bxg6 hxg6 54. h7 Rh1 55. Rxg6 Rxh7 56. Kc3 Rh3+ 57. Kb2 Kd4 58. Rg4+ Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mid West Class op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Deshpande, Ari"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. g3 Qe7 7. Bg2 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Nxe5 9. 0-0 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 0-0 11. Qc3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 a5 13. Rfd1 a4 14. Rd5 a3 15. b3 f5 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Rxf6 18. Re5 Kf8 19. Rdd5 g6 20. Ra5 Rfa6 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Rc5 c6 23. Re5 d6 24. Re3 Kf7 25. Kf1 Be6 26. Rd3 Ke7 27. Ke1 Ra5 28. Kd2 Rc5 29. Rc3 b5 30. b4 Rxc4 31. Rxa3 Rxb4 32. Bxc6 Rb2+ 33. Ke3 Bc4 34. Ra7+ Kf6 35. Rxh7 Rxe2+ 36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Rd7 Rd2 38. Rb7 Rd3+ 39. Kg2 Bd5+ 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. h4 Ke5 42. Rg7 b4 43. Rxg6 b3 44. Rg8 Rb5 45. Re8+ Kd4 46. Re1 b2 47. Rb1 Kc3 48. h5 Kc2 49. Rxb2+ Rxb2 50. Kf3 Rb3+ 51. Kf4 d5 52. Ke5 Rb5 53. h6 Rb6 54. Kxd5 Rxh6 55. Ke5 Rh5 56. Kf4 Kd3 57. f3 Kd4 58. g4 fxg4 59. fxg4 Rh1 60. Kf5 Rf1+ 61. Kg6 Ke5 62. g5 Rf2 63. Kg7 Ke6 64. g6 Rf3 65. Kh7 Kf6 66. g7 Rh3+ 67. Kg8 Rg3 68. Kh8 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Filipovich, David"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. 0-0 c6 9. c4 cxd5 10. cxd5 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qd7 13. Bg2 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Qd2 d5 17. e3 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. f4 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Nh5 21. Kh2 d4 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Bxd4 exd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. Bxd5 Rc2+ 28. Bg2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxa2 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. Rxb7 h6 32. h4 Ng7 33. Kh3 Nf5 34. Bd5 Ne7 35. Bc4 Ra5 36. g4 Nd5 37. b4 Ra3+ 38. Kh2 Nxf4 39. b5 Ke5 40. Rh7 Rh3+ 41. Kg1 Rxh4 42. Rxa7 Rxg4+ 43. Kf1 Nd5 44. Bxd5 Kxd5 45. b6 Rb4 46. Rh7 h5 47. b7 Ke5 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. Rc7 Kf4 50. Rc6 Kg5 51. Rc5+ Kh6 52. Rc7 h4 53. Kh2 g5 54. Rc6+ Kh5 55. Rc7 g4 56. Rc5+ Kg6 57. Rc4 Kf5 58. Rc5+ Kf4 59. Rc4+ Kf3 60. b8Q Rxb8 0-1

[Event "US Open-97"]
[Site "Alexandria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grigsby, Franklin"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Be3 0-0 7. h3 c6 8. Qd2 Kh7 9. 0-0-0 b5 10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. g4 d5 13. g5 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. gxh6 Bf6 16. Ng5+ Kh8 17. Kb1 Bf5 18. Ng3 Qd5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rhg1 Nd7 21. h4 Nb6 22. Qe2 a4 23. Nh3 b3 24. Nf4 bxa2+ 25. Ka1 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Nxc4 27. Nh5 Nxe3 28. fxe3 Bxh4 29. Rdf1 f6 0-1

[Event "Chicago US Masters"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 0-0 10. Bxc4 a6 11. 0-0 Bg4 12. Be2 b5 13. Qc2 Qd5 14. Bg3 Bf5 15. Qc1 Rfc8 16. Nd2 g5 17. e4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Re1 Qg6 20. Bf3 Re8 21. Be4 Qh6 22. h4 gxh4 23. Qxh6 Bxh6 24. Bxc7 Na7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxe7 Bd2 27. d5 Bxc3 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. Re4 Kg7 30. Rde1 Rc8 31. Bb6 Ra8 32. Re8 Nc8 33. Bc5 1-0

[Event "US Open-97"]
[Site "Alexandria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Heivilin, J."]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1996.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7 5. d4 d6 6. Qxe4 dxe5 7. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 8. dxe5 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 Nc6 11. f4 0-0-0 12. a3 Nd4 13. Kd1 Nb3 14. Ra2 Rxd3+ 15. Kc2 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Rd5 17. g3 Bc5 18. Nd2 Rhd8 19. Nb3 0-1

[Event "US Class op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karasik, Evgeni"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd3 f6 9. 0-0 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bf4 c4 12. Bxe5 Qf7 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bh5+ g6 16. Bg4 0-0 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Qe3 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21. f3 h5 22. Bh3 Kf7 23. Re5 Rf6 24. Rfe1 Re7 25. Kf2 Bc8 26. Ke3 Rc7 27. g4 hxg4 28. fxg4 Ke7 29. g5 Rf7 30. Kd2 Rc6 31. R1e2 Rh7 32. Bg4 Kf7 33. h3 Ra6 34. Rf2+ Ke7 35. Rf6 Rg7 36. h4 Bd7 37. Bf3 Rd6 38. Ke3 Be8 39. Kf2 Rf7 40. Rxf7+ Bxf7 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. Re1 Rb6 43. Ra1 Be8 44. Kf4 Rb2 45. Ke5 Ke7 46. Bd1 Ba4 47. Rc1 Ra2 48. h5 gxh5 49. g6 Rxa3 50. Bxh5 Rxc3 51. Rg1 Bxc2 52. g7 Bh7 53. g8Q Bxg8 54. Rxg8 Re3+ 55. Kf4 Re4+ 56. Kf3 Rxd4 57. Rg7+ Kd6 58. Rxb7 c3 59. Rb1 e5 60. Ke3 Rh4 61. Bg6 Rh3+ 62. Ke2 e4 63. Ra1 Rh2+ 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. Ra5 c2 66. Rc5 c1Q+ 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karklins, Andrew"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. 0-0 fxe5 8. dxe5 Qc7 9. Re1 0-0-0 10. Bd3 h6 11. h3 Nge7 12. Be3 c4 13. Bc2 Be8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Nc3 Bb4 18. Qg4 Qf7 19. Rec1 Kb8 20. a3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Ne7 22. Rcb1 Rd7 23. a4 Ka8 24. Rb5 b6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rbxa5 Nc6 27. Rc5 Rc8 28. Qd1 Rb7 29. Ra6 Rb6 30. Rxb6 axb6 31. Rb5 Qc7 32. Qg4 Re8 33. f4 Kb7 34. f5 Ka6 35. Rb1 exf5 36. Qxf5 Qe7 37. Rf1 Qe6 38. Bc1 Qxf5 39. Rxf5 b5 40. Rf7 b4 41. Rxg7 bxc3 42. Rg6 Kb5 43. Rd6 Nb4 44. Bxh6 c2 45. h4 c3 46. Be3 Kc4 47. g4 Na2 48. g5 c1Q+ 49. Bxc1 Nxc1 50. h5 Kxd4 51. g6 c2 52. Rc6 Ne2+ 53. Kf2 Nc3 0-1

[Event "US Class op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manion, Josh"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Ndf6 11. h3 g6 12. 0-0-0 Ng7 13. g4 Be6 14. f3 h5 15. g5 Nd7 16. h4 Bf5 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bg4 19. Rhf1 0-0 20. Kb1 Ne6 21. e5 Nc7 22. Bc4 Kg7 23. Ne4 b5 24. Bd3 Nd5 25. Qxc6 Ne3 26. Nd6 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 a6 28. Rf1 Bxe2 29. Bxe2 Qe6 30. Bf3 Qh3 31. Rh1 Qg3 32. Qe4 Rad8 33. Bxh5 Nb6 34. Be2 Nc8 35. Nb7 Rde8 36. Rf1 Rh8 37. Qd5 Ref8 38. Nd8 Rxh4 39. Qd7 Nb6 40. Qe6 Kh7 1-0

[Event "Mid West Class op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Donnell, Robert"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Nxd2 6. Nbxd2 Nc6 7. a3 Bf8 8. g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rd1 Nxe5 12. 0-0 0-0 13. c5 a5 14. e3 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 a4 16. Nd4 Ra5 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Rfd1 Bf8 19. b4 axb3 20. Qxb3 c6 21. a4 Rxc5 22. Rb1 h5 23. Qb6 h4 24. Nb3 Re5 25. Na5 hxg3 26. hxg3 d5 27. Nxb7 Bxb7 28. Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Ra8 30. Rc7 Re6 31. Ra1 Bg7 32. Ra2 Be5 33. Rb7 Ra5 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Bh3 Re7 36. Rb6 Rc7 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Kd2 Kd6 39. Bf1 Rca7 40. Rb4 c5 41. Rb6+ Kc7 42. Rb5 Rxb5 43. Bxb5 Kb6 44. Rc2 c4 45. Rc1 Kc5 46. Rh1 Re7 47. Rc1 Bc7 48. Rh1 Ba5+ 49. Kc2 Re6 50. Rh4 g5 51. Rh7 Rf6 52. f4 Re6 53. Rxf7 Rxe3 54. fxg5 Rxg3 55. Rf5 Rg2+ 56. Kd1 c3 57. Bf1 Rd2+ 58. Kc1 Bb4 59. Kb1 c2+ 60. Kc1 Ba3+ 0-1

[Event "Oak Park Master Challenge"]
[Site "Oak Park"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ptacek, Miroslav"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. b3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxa1 10. dxc6 fxe4 11. Bxe4 Bc3+ 12. Ke2 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. h4 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. h5 Qf5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 Qxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Bf6 20. e4 Kf7 21. Ng5+ Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rh8 23. Rg1 Ke6 24. Be3 a6 25. Rb1 c6 26. Kc3 Rh2 27. g3 a5 28. a4 c5 29. Kd3 Rf8 30. Rb2 g5 31. Re2 Rf3 32. Rc2 Rg2 33. Ke2 Rfxg3 34. Bxg5 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shaked, Tal"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Qe4+ 13. Be2 Nc6 14. 0-0 Nge7 15. Bh6 Bd7 16. Qd2 Rg8 17. Bd3 Qa4 18. Rfb1 0-0-0 19. Bg5 Rde8 20. Bf6 Rgf8 21. Ng5 h5 22. Bg7 Rg8 23. Nf7 Kc7 24. Nd6 Rxg7 25. Rxb7+ Kd8 26. Bb5 Qh4 27. Qa5+ Nxa5 1-0

[Event "Chicago US Masters"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sharp, Dale Eugene"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. exd6 exd6 11. Qe4+ Be7 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Qf3 0-0 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. c3 Re8+ 18. Kd1 Ba6 19. Kc2 Bxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Qf2+ 21. Bd2 Qxg2 22. Rag1 Qe2 23. f5 Rab8 24. b3 Qxd3+ 25. Kxd3 c5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. h4 c4+ 28. bxc4 dxc4+ 29. Kxc4 Rec8+ 30. Kd3 Rb2 31. Be1 Rxa2 32. Rh3 Ra1 33. Kc2 Re8 34. Rhh1 a5 35. Rf1 Bg7 36. Kb2 Rd1 37. h5 gxh5 38. Kc2 Rd5 39. Rhg1 Re2+ 40. Kb3 Rb5+ 41. Kc4 Rb1 42. Kd3 Re6 43. c4 Rg6 44. c5 Rc1 45. Bf2 Rc3+ 46. Kd2 a4 47. Rh1 a3 48. Rh4 Rg4 49. Rxh5 a2 50. Rd5 Rh3 51. Rd8+ Kh7 52. Ra8 a1Q 53. Raxa1 Bxa1 54. Rxa1 Rc4 55. Be3 Kg6 56. Ra5 f5 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. c6 Rh2+ 59. Kd3 Rhc2 60. Ra5 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Chicago US Masters"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Andrews, Todd D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. c3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. a4 Rac8 13. Ne5 Be8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Rae1 f6 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Qh5 f5 18. Re3 Rf6 19. Nb3 Nd8 20. Nc5 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe2 Bxa4 23. Kh1 Bc6 24. Re5 Qd6 25. Re1 Rg6 26. g3 Bd7 27. Qf2 Qc6 28. Bf1 Nf7 29. R5e2 Nd6 30. Bg2 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Qd4 Rf6 33. Kg1 Be8 34. c4 h6 35. Re3 Qd7 36. Rb3 Qc6 37. Rb6 e5 38. Rxc6 exd4 39. Rc8 Rf8 40. cxd5 Bg6 41. Rc4 d3 42. Rd4 Rd8 43. Kf2 Bf5 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. Rc1 Rd7 46. g4 Bxg4 47. Kxe4 Kf6 48. Kxd3 Bf3 49. Rc5 Ke7 50. d6+ Ke6 51. Rc7 Bc6 52. Rxd7 Bxd7 53. Kc4 Bc6 54. Kc5 Kd7 55. Rd3 1-0

[Event "US Open-97"]
[Site "Alexandria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Ardaman, Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.08.04"]
[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 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 h5 8. h4 a6 9. Nge2 Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. 0-0 g6 12. Bd2 a5 13. Nc1 Ng4 14. f3 Nh6 15. Nd3 Kf8 16. Bh3 Kg7 17. Qe2 Ba6 18. b3 Bf6 19. Rf2 Qe7 20. Raf1 Rbg8 21. Kh1 Rh7 22. Nd1 Bc8 23. Ne3 Kf8 24. Ng2 Ke8 25. Re1 Kd8 26. f4 Ng4 27. Bxg4 hxg4 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Bf4 Bd4 31. Be3 Be5 32. Bf4 Bd4 33. Be3 Bc3 34. Rc1 Bh8 35. Kg1 Re8 36. Rcf1 Rf8 37. Qd3 Kc7 38. Re2 Re8 39. Bg5 Qe5 40. Bf4 Qd4+ 41. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 42. Kh2 f6 43. Bc1 g5 44. Bb2 f5 45. Bxd4 cxd4 46. Rd1 f4 47. gxf4 gxh4 48. Rxd4 g3+ 49. Kg1 h3 50. Ne3 Rh4 51. Re1 Rxf4 52. Rf1 Ref8 53. Rdd1 h2+ 54. Kh1 Bh3 55. Rxf4 Rxf4 56. Re1 Rxe4 57. Nc2 Rxe1+ 58. Nxe1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Chicago US Masters"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Chutter, John D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d3 c6 7. Nc3 Qb6+ 8. e3 Nbd7 9. a4 a5 10. Kh1 e5 11. e4 Ng4 12. Qe1 Re8 13. h3 Ngf6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Qf2 Nf8 17. Nc4 Be6 18. b3 N6d7 19. Kh2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 f6 21. h4 Ne6 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. Be3 Rad8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rab1 Qd6 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Ne2 Rde7 28. Ng1 Qa3 29. Ra1 Qd6 30. Qf4 Qd7 31. Kg2 Re6 32. Qd2 Qc7 33. Rf2 Bf8 34. Raf1 Bb4 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. gxf4 Kg7 37. Nh3 f5 38. Ng5 R6e7 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Nf3 c5 41. Ne5 Kf6 42. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago US Masters"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Felber, Joseph J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. Rb1 g5 13. Bg3 0-0-0 14. Qc2 Rdg8 15. e4 Nh5 16. Rfe1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. Qe2 h5 19. Rb5 Bc6 20. Rb2 Bb7 21. c5 dxc5 22. Bb5 exd4 23. cxd4 h4 24. Bxd7+ Qxd7 25. dxc5 hxg3 26. cxb6 g4 27. Ne5 gxf2+ 28. Qxf2 g3 29. Qc5 Qd6 30. Qxd6 cxd6 31. Rc1+ Kb8 32. Nd7+ Ka8 33. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Mid West Class op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Fischer, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Be1 f5 11. Nc3 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. f3 Nd6 14. c5 Nf7 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bf2 f4 18. Qd2 Nh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. e3 fxe3 21. Qxe3 Raf8 22. Bg3 Qd8 23. a4 Ne8 24. b5 Bg5 25. Qe5 Bf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Ne2 R4f6 29. Nc1 Bc8 30. Nd3 a5 31. Qe1 Ba6 32. Ne5 Qc7 33. Rab1 Bb7 34. Rb6 Rf4 35. Qxa5 Nf6 36. Qa7 Rb8 37. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "US Open-97"]
[Site "Alexandria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Johnson, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[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 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Be2 0-0 12. 0-0 Bd7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Ra3 16. Nd5 Re8 17. f4 Bc6 18. Bb6 Qa8 19. f5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 gxf5 21. exf5 Qa6 22. fxe6 Qxb6+ 23. c5 1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Kramer, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Qd3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. d5 0-0 10. Nd2 Qa6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bg2 e5 14. e4 g6 15. h4 d6 16. h5 Bc8 17. Bg5 Qb7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rh6 Kg7 20. Qf1 Qf7 21. Qh1 1-0

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Morris, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Nbd2 Ng6 8. Re1 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 0-0 14. a4 f6 15. Qg4 fxe5 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Be3 d4 18. Bd2 Qh4 19. g3 Qh5 20. Rf1 Qe2 21. a5 Bc5 22. Qd5 Qxb5 23. b4 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Oak Park Master Challenge"]
[Site "Oak Park"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Oberweis, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ne2 0-0 7. 0-0 e6 8. Nbc3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Ng3 b6 11. a4 Ba6 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. axb5 Nbd7 14. Ra4 Qc7 15. f4 Re7 16. Be3 Qb7 17. h3 Ne8 18. Qd3 Ndf6 19. Rfa1 Nc7 20. Nf1 Nce8 21. Nd2 Nc7 22. Bf2 Nh5 23. g3 Ne8 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Ra6 Qb7 26. Nxb6 Nc7 27. Nxa8 Nxa6 28. Rxa6 Qxa8 29. Rxd6 Qe8 30. e5 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxc5 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5 34. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Mid West Class op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Rajlich, Vasik G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 d5 9. e3 h5 10. Bd3 h4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bxe4 hxg3 13. Bd3 g4 14. Nd2 Rxh2 15. 0-0-0 Rxg2 16. a3 Bf8 17. e4 Bg7 18. Nxd5 Rxf2 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. e5 Nxd4 21. Nxc7+ Kf8 22. Qc5+ Kg8 23. Bc4 Rc8 24. Qxd4 Qxc7 25. Kb1 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "US Class op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Rajlich, Vasik G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Bd6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bb5 0-0 8. Bxd7 Bxd7 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qh5 Bb4 13. h4 Kh8 14. Rh3 Rg8 15. Kf1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rad8 17. Re1 f5 18. c4 Rg6 19. f3 Rdg8 20. Re2 f6 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Rhe3 Qg7 23. Rxe4 Rxg2 24. Ke1 Rxe2+ 25. Qxe2 f5 26. Re8 Qg1+ 27. Kd2 Qxd4+ 28. Kc1 Qg1+ 29. Qe1 Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rg4 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Kh6 33. Rxc7 Rxh4 34. d6 Rd4 35. d7 f4 36. Rxb7 f3 37. Rb3 f2 38. Rf3 Rxd7 39. Rxf2 Rc7 40. Rf4 Kg5 41. Rd4 h5 42. Kd2 Re7 43. Kc3 h4 44. c5 h3 45. Rd1 Re4 46. Kd3 Ra4 47. c4 Rxa2 48. Ke4 h2 49. Rh1 Kf6 50. Kd5 Ke7 51. Kc6 Kd8 52. Kb7 Rb2+ 53. Kxa7 Kc7 54. Ka6 Kc6 55. Ka5 Kxc5 56. Ka4 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "US Open-97"]
[Site "Alexandria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Schorr, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.08.04"]
[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 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 a6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. b3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qa5+ 13. Nbc3 Rxb3 14. axb3 Qxa1 15. 0-0 Qa6 16. Qc2 0-0 17. Bb2 Qb6 18. Na4 Qb8 19. f4 Ba6 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rf3 Rc8 23. Nb2 c4 24. Nxc4 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Ng4 26. Bh3 Nf2+ 27. Kg2 Nxh3 28. Kxh3 Qc7 29. Rd3 Bb4 30. Kg2 g6 31. Rd1 Bxc4 32. Qxc4 Qxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Kf3 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. d6 Rc8 37. d7 Rd8 38. Rd5 Kg7 39. Rxe5 Rxd7 40. Rxf5 Rd3+ 41. Kg4 Bd6 42. Ng1 Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Rg8 Re3 45. Kh5 Bc5 46. Nh3 Re2 47. Nf4 Rxh2+ 48. Kg4 Kf7 49. Rc8 Bd6 50. Rd8 Bxf4 51. gxf4 Ra2 52. Rd7+ Kg6 53. Rd6+ Kf7 54. Kg5 Re2 55. Rd7+ Re7 56. Rxe7+ Kxe7 57. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Illinois op"]
[Site "Illinois"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Stein, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 Kh7 9. f3 c6 10. g4 a6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Ra3 c5 13. d5 Rh8 14. h4 h5 15. g5 Ne8 16. f4 Nb6 17. Nd1 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bd7 19. a5 Nc8 20. Nc3 e6 21. Rb3 Rb8 22. Nf3 Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 exd5 24. cxd5 b5 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Rhb1 Rxb3 27. Rxb3 Bg4 28. Ra3 Nc7 29. Ne1 Bxe2 30. Kxe2 Nb6 31. Kd3 Rb8 32. c4 Nd7 33. Nf3 Rb4 34. e5 Ne8 35. Rxa6 Rb3+ 36. Ke4 dxe5 37. fxe5 Rc3 38. Ra7 Rxc4+ 39. Kd3 Nb6 40. Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Rb7 Rb4 42. Bxc5 Rb3+ 43. Kc2 Rxf3 44. Rxb6 Rf4 45. Rb8 Rc4+ 46. Kd3 Rxc5 47. Rxe8+ Kf7 48. Rd8 Ke7 49. Rd6 Kf7 50. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Illinois op"]
[Site "Illinois"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Sterijov, Ljupco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 exf4 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bxf4 Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Be3 d5 10. e5 Ng8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nb4 13. 0-0 f6 14. Qh5+ Ke7 15. exf6+ Nxf6 16. Bg5 Kd7 17. Bf5+ Kc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. a3 Nxc2 20. Bxc2 Qd6 21. Nxd5 Bg7 22. Ba4+ b5 23. Rac1+ Kb7 24. Rxc7+ Qxc7 25. Nxc7 Kxc7 26. Rc1+ Kb6 27. Qc5+ Kb7 28. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Illinois op"]
[Site "Illinois"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Warren, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. 0-0-0 Ngf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Ne5 0-0-0 18. c4 c5 19. Be3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Kb8 21. Kb1 Rhf8 22. Qe3 Ka8 23. Rc1 Qa5 24. f3 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Rd2 27. Rc2 Rfd8 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. g4 Re2 30. Rd1 b6 31. Rd8+ Kb7 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rd7+ Ka6 34. Rxf7 f5 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Rxf5 Rh2 37. a3 Kb7 38. Ka2 Kc7 39. Kb3 Kd7 40. Rf7+ Kd8 41. Rxa7 Rxh5 42. Kb4 Rf5 43. Rb7 Rf6 44. Kb5 h5 45. Rh7 Rxf3 46. b4 Rxa3 47. Kxb6 1-0

[Event "US Open-97"]
[Site "Alexandria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Weeramantry, Sunil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1996.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Bd2 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. f3 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qb6 14. Ne2 Nfd7 15. Bc3 Na6 16. 0-0 Rfb8 17. Kh1 Ne5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc1 Na5 21. f5 c4 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Ra3 Rh8 24. Raf3 f6 25. Nf4 Rag8 26. Ne6+ Kf7 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Rc8 29. Rc3 Nc5 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Nd4 Rb8 32. Rf2 Nb3 33. Ne6 Rcc8 34. g4 Ra8 35. g5 Nc5 36. Nxc5 Rxc5 37. Rcf3 f5 38. exf5 Rxd5 39. fxg6+ Kxg6 40. h4 Rxa4 41. Rf4 Re5 42. Kg2 Rb4 43. Kg3 Kh5 44. R2f3 d5 45. Rf2 Re3+ 46. Kg2 Reb3 47. Rf7 Rxb2 48. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 49. Kf3 Rb7 50. Rh7+ Kg6 51. Rh6+ Kg7 52. Rc6 Rb3+ 53. Kf4 Rh3 54. Ke5 Rxh4 55. Kxd5 Rg4 56. Rxc4 e6+ 57. Kc5 Rxg5+ 58. Kd6 Kf6 59. Rf4+ Rf5 60. Rd4 e5 61. Re4 Rh5 62. Kd5 Rh1 63. Re2 Rd1+ 64. Ke4 Rd4+ 65. Ke3 Kf5 66. Rf2+ Ke6 67. Rf8 Rh4 68. Re8+ Kd6 69. Rd8+ Ke7 70. Ra8 Rb4 71. Rh8 Kf7 72. Ra8 Kg7 73. Rc8 Kf6 74. Rf8+ Ke6 75. Re8+ Kd6 76. Rd8+ Ke6 77. Re8+ Kd6 78. Rd8+ Ke6 79. Ra8 Rc4 80. Rb8 Rd4 81. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Zildzic, Kenan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Qd6 6. d3 f6 7. b3 Be6 8. Ba3 c5 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rfd1 Ne7 12. c3 Ng6 13. Nf1 Qb5 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nf4 17. Ng2 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Bc1 0-0 20. Ne3 Qe8 21. Qe2 Qh5 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ng3 Qh4 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Kg2 c5 27. b4 cxb4 28. Rb1 Rad8 29. Qxa6 Nxf2 30. Rxd4 Qh3+ 31. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 32. Ke3 Bxg3 33. Qf1 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "Chicago US Masters"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E75"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "1996.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Nf3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. 0-0 Ra7 13. Rae1 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. Qf4 Qe7 16. Bd3 Qxe1 17. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 18. Bf1 Nbd7 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Qxd6 h6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. g3 Kg7 23. Kg2 Bd8 24. a5 bxa5 25. Bd3 Be7 26. Qc6 Rd8 27. Ne4 Rb7 28. Nc3 Rxb2 29. Qa4 Re8 30. Qxa5 Nf6 31. Nd1 Rb4 32. Ne3 Bd6 33. Qa2 Re7 34. Nh4 Be5 35. Qc2 Rb2 36. Qc1 Reb7 37. Nf3 Bd6 38. Nd1 R2b3 39. Bc2 R3b4 40. Ne3 Ra7 41. Qa3 Re7 42. h3 Nd7 43. Qa5 Nf6 44. Qa3 Rb6 45. Nh4 Bd7 46. Qa5 Rb2 47. Qc3 Be5 48. Qd3 Bd4 49. Nd1 Ra2 50. Qb3 Ra1 51. Nf3 Ba4 52. Qc3 Bxc2 53. Qxc2 Rb7 54. d6 Rbb1 55. Ne3 Rb2 56. Qd3 Bxe3 57. Qxe3 Raa2 58. Qxc5 Rxf2+ 59. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 60. Kxf2 Ne4+ 61. Ke3 Nxd6 62. c5 Nb5 63. Ke4 a5 64. Kd5 a4 65. Ne1 a3 66. Nc2 a2 67. c6 Kf6 68. Kc5 Nc7 69. Kb4 Ke5 70. Kb3 Kd5 71. Nb4+ Kc5 72. Nxa2 Nb5 73. Nb4 Nd4+ 74. Kc3 Nxc6 75. Nc2 f5 76. Kd3 Kd5 77. Ke3 Ke5 78. Ne1 g5 79. h4 Kf6 80. hxg5+ hxg5 81. Nf3 Ne7 82. Kd4 Ng6 83. Kd5 Ne7+ 84. Kd4 Ng8 85. Kd5 Nh6 86. Nh2 g4 87. Kd4 Nf7 88. Ke3 Ke5 89. Nf1 Nd6 90. Nd2 Ne4 91. Nf1 Nc5 92. Nd2 Ne4 93. Nf1 Ng5 94. Nd2 Ne6 95. Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-97"]
[Site "Alexandria"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Terrie, Henry L"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1996.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Bd7 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Qc8 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Bh3 14. Nd5 Nexd5 15. cxd5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Be3 b6 18. Rfc1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. b6 cxb6 21. Qxb6 Ra6 22. Qb7 Ra2 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Kf1 Re8 25. Rb6 e4 26. dxe4 Rxe4 27. e3 Bf8 28. Ke1 h6 29. Rb8 Kg7 30. Rcb1 Be7 31. R8b2 Rea4 32. Nd2 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Kf6 34. f4 Bd8 35. Ke2 Ba5 36. g4 g5 37. Kf3 gxf4 38. exf4 Bxd2 39. Rxd2 Ra3+ 40. Kg2 h5 41. gxh5 Kf5 42. h6 Kg6 43. Rb2 Rd3 44. Rb7 Rxd5 45. h7 Kxh7 46. Rxf7+ Kg6 47. Rf8 Rd3 48. Rg8+ Kf7 49. Rc8 Ke6 50. Re8+ Kd7 51. Re1 c4 52. f5 Rd5 53. Re4 c3 54. f6 c2 55. f7 c1Q 56. f8Q Rd2+ 57. Kh3 Qc3+ 58. Kg4 Rg2+ 59. Kh5 Rxh2+ 60. Kg5 Rg2+ 61. Rg4 Qe5+ 62. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 63. Kxf5 Rxg4 64. Kxg4 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Mid West Class op"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[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 d6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 0-0 7. Nbd2 c6 8. 0-0 a5 9. c4 Qe8 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 e5 14. Rae1 Nf6 15. Qh4 e4 16. d5 exf3 17. Rxe8 Nxe8 18. Bxg7 fxg2 19. Bxf8 gxf1Q+ 20. Kxf1 Kxf8 21. Qxh7 cxd5 22. Qxg6 dxc4 23. bxc4 Ra6 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Kf7 27. Qd5+ Kf8 28. h4 Rc6 29. Qf3+ Ke7 30. Qe3+ Be6 31. Qg5+ Kd7 32. h5 Bxc4+ 33. Kg2 Rc5 34. Qg6 Bd5+ 35. f3 Rc3 36. Qf5+ Kc6 37. Qg6 Nc7 38. h6 Rxf3 39. Kg1 Ne6 40. h7 Rf8 41. Qg8 Rxg8 42. hxg8Q Bxa2 43. Qe8+ Kd5 44. Qh5+ Kc6 45. Qxa5 Bc4 46. g4 b5 47. Kf2 Kd5 48. Kg3 Ke5 49. Qc3+ Nd4 50. Kf2 Kd5 51. g5 Nc6 52. Qf3+ Kc5 53. g6 Ne5 54. Qa3+ b4 55. Qa5+ Kd4 56. Qb6+ Kc3 57. Qxd6 Nd3+ 58. Ke3 b3 59. Qd4+ Kb4 60. g7 1-0

[Event "Mid America Class op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogan, Marvin"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 a6 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 0-0 8. Nd2 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Ndf3 c4 13. Bc2 Nd5 14. Re1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Bd2 e6 17. a4 Rae8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Ra8 20. Rea1 Rxa7 21. Rxa7 Ra8 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. h4 Ne7 24. h5 Bd5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bf4 Qa7 27. Qd2 Kf8 28. Ng4 Qa8 29. f3 Ke8 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Nc6 32. Ng4 Qa2 33. Qc1 Ne7 34. Nf6+ Kd8 35. Qh6 Nc8 36. Qf8+ Kc7 37. Qxf7+ Kb8 38. Nd7+ Ka8 39. Qe8 Kb7 40. Nc5+ Kc7 41. Qd7+ Kb8 42. Qxb5+ Ka7 43. Nd7 Bb7 44. Qc5+ Ka8 45. Be4 Qa1+ 46. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Mid America Class op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sax, Robert"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. e5 Nfd7 7. h4 c5 8. h5 cxd4 9. Qxd4 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Qh4 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bf5 13. hxg6 Bxg6 14. Bd3 h5 15. Be3 Nc6 16. 0-0-0 Qa5 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Rd5 Qa6 19. Qe4 Ne5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qf6 23. Qb4 Qxf4+ 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Rd7 Raf8 26. Rxb7 Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kd2 h4 29. Ne4 h3 30. Ke2 h2 31. Ng3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Mid America Class op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sollano, E."]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. a3 Nd7 8. e5 Nh6 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Bf2 c5 11. dxc5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. 0-0 Qc7 15. h3 Rd8 16. Qe1 Ng3 17. Nxb5 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 axb5 19. Qxb5+ Qc6 20. Qxc6+ Bxc6 21. c3 0-0 22. Rfe1 f6 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rb8 25. b4 Bxc3 26. Bg3 Ra8 27. Rd3 Bb2 28. Bc7 Rxa3 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rh8 h5 31. Rh7+ Ke6 32. Bd8 Ra7 33. Bb6 Rb7 34. Ba5 Ba3 35. Rg7 g5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Rh7 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "Mid America Class op"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Kleban, Yuliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. c5 Qc7 7. Ne5 Bc8 8. Bf4 Qd8 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. d5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Nh5 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Bc7 Qe8 15. Rxd5 Nhf6 16. Rd2 a6 17. Bc4+ e6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Nb8 20. f3 exf3 21. gxf3 Nc6 22. a3 g6 23. Re1 Kg7 24. f4 Qf7 25. Qc3 Re8 26. h4 Kg8 27. b4 Bd7 28. Rde2 Nd5 29. Qd2 Qf5 30. h5 Qxh5 31. Rh2 Qf5 32. Reh1 Nf6 33. Bd3 Qd5 34. Qc3 Qd4 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 36. Be5 Nf3 37. Bxf6 Nxh2 38. Rxh2 Bc6 39. f5 gxf5 40. Rh3 Kf7 41. Be5 Kg8 42. Rg3+ Kf8 43. Rh3 Rad8 44. Bd6+ Kg8 45. Kc2 Rd7 46. Kb3 Bd5+ 47. Ka4 Red8 48. Ka5 Rxd6 49. cxd6 Rxd6 50. a4 Rd7 0-1

[Event "US Open-95"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Black "Tamburro, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c3 Nbd7 4. Bf4 c5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. e3 0-0 8. Be2 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Qa4 a6 11. Rfc1 b5 12. Qd1 Qb6 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. b4 c4 15. a4 Ra8 16. Kf1 Bc6 17. a5 Qb7 18. Ra2 Rad8 19. g4 Ne8 20. Kg1 Nd6 21. Qe1 Rde8 22. f3 f6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Nf1 e5 25. Bh2 exd4 26. exd4 f5 27. Qd2 fxg4 28. hxg4 Nf7 29. Re1 Re6 30. Bd1 Rfe8 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qf2 Qe1 33. Rd2 Bh6 34. f4 Qxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Nd6 36. Bc2 Bf8 37. f5 Ne4 38. Rf3 Bg7 39. fxg6 hxg6 40. Bxe4 Rxe4 41. Ne3 Bxd4 42. cxd4 Rxd4 43. Bg3 Rd3 44. Kf2 d4 45. Nf1 Rd1 46. Rf4 Ne5 47. Ke2 Rd3 48. Re4 Nc6 49. Bd6 Rb3 50. Kd2 Rb2+ 51. Kc1 c3 52. g5 d3 53. Bc5 Ra2 54. Re8+ Kf7 55. Kb1 c2+ 56. Kxa2 c1Q 57. Ne3 Qd2+ 58. Ka1 Qc1+ 59. Ka2 d2 60. Bd4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "US Open-95"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Buckendorf, Glen"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 0-0 10. a3 Be7 11. Qe2 a6 12. g4 Ne5 13. g5 Ne8 14. f4 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. 0-0-0 d6 18. Nd4 b5 19. f5 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Ra7 21. Be3 Rb7 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Qf7 25. Rhf1 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-95"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hayes, William"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qc7 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. c4 Ne7 10. 0-0 Ng6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. b3 0-0-0 13. Bb2 Bc6 14. Nbd2 Nf4 15. Qe3 g5 16. Rfd1 Rd3 17. Qe1 g4 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Bxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rxf3 21. Rd2 Qc6 22. Kf1 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 28. Ke2 Ne4 29. Ke3 Ng5 30. Kf4 h5 31. Bc1 Nf3 32. h4 Kd7 33. Be3 b6 34. a3 f5 35. Bf2 Bf8 36. Ke3 Bh6+ 37. Ke2 Nxe5 38. Be3 Bxe3 39. Kxe3 Ng6 40. b4 e5 0-1

