[Event "World op 40th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Coleman, Teddy"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. b4 Rfe8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. h3 e5 18. Bf5 exd4 19. exd4 Rcd8 20. Be4 Nf6 21. Bxc6 Rc8 22. d5 Nxd5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qb3 Nb6 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Bc3 Re2 27. Rd4 Re4 28. Qd1 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 Bf8 30. Ne5 Ne7 31. Nd7 Nd5 32. Nxf8 Nxc3 33. Qd8 Qd5 34. Nd7+ Kh7 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Nd7+ Kh7 37. Qe8 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Ne2 39. Nf8+ Kg8 40. Nd7+ Kh7 41. Nf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 40th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Kleinman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be3 b6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nb8 13. b4 Re8 14. Nb3 Bb7 15. f3 Nbd7 16. Qd4 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Qb8 18. Bf2 d5 19. cxd5 Bd6 20. dxe6 Bxh2+ 21. Kf1 Rxe6 22. Nd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rh6 25. g4 Be5 26. Qc4 Bb2 27. Qc7 Bxc1 28. Qxb8+ Nxb8 29. Nxc1 Bxd5 30. Be3 Rc6 31. Kf2 Bc4 32. Nd3 Nd7 33. a4 Rd6 34. Nb2 Bxe2 35. Kxe2 Rc6 36. Bd4 b5 37. a5 f6 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Ke4 Ke6 40. Nd3 g6 41. Bc5 Rc8 42. Kd4 Nxc5 43. Nxc5+ Rxc5 44. Kxc5 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Kb6 h4 47. Kxa6 h3 48. Kxb5 h2 49. a6 h1Q 50. Kb6 Qxf3 51. b5 Kd7 52. Ka7 Kc8 0-1

[Event "World op 40th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6 8. d4 Bg7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ng5 Nd7 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bc4 e6 18. Bd3 e5 19. Bc4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Nf6 21. Nxf7 Bd5 22. Nd6 Qc7 23. Nxe8 Qxf4 24. Nxf6+ Kh8 25. Nxd5 Qd6 26. Rfe1 Qc6 27. Bb3 Re8 28. Nc7 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 h5 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Re7 Qxc3 32. g3 Kh6 33. d5 Be5 34. Nb5 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 h4 37. Nxa7 h3 38. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "World op 40th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2012.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nh4 b6 9. f4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ba6 11. Re1 Bc7 12. c3 Qd7 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Nxf1 Rad8 15. Be3 Na5 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Kf2 f6 20. Nf3 Kf7 21. Ke2 h6 22. Bc1 Nac6 23. Ne3 g5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Rf1 Kg7 26. h4 gxh4 27. gxh4 Ng6 28. Ng2 Nce5 29. h5 Nf8 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Ne3 Nh7 32. Ng4 Bc7 33. Bh6+ Kf7 34. Nxf6 Nxf6 35. Bg5 Be5 36. Bxf6 Bxf6 37. e5 Rd5 38. Rxf6+ Ke7 39. Rh6 Rxe5+ 40. Kd3 Rd5+ 41. Ke3 Re5+ 42. Kd3 b5 43. b3 Rd5+ 44. Kc2 a6 45. a4 bxa4 46. bxa4 c4 47. Rh7+ Kf6 48. h6 Rh5 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. Rc7 Rh2+ 51. Ke3 Rh3+ 52. Kd2 Kd5 53. Rd7+ Kc6 54. Rh7 e5 55. Ra7 Kb6 56. Re7 Ka5 57. Re6 Rh2+ 58. Ke3 Kxa4 59. Rxa6+ Kb3 60. Ke4 Rh5 61. Kd5 Kxc3 62. Rc6 Kd3 63. Rg6 e4+ 64. Ke6 e3 65. Kf7 e2 66. Rd6+ Kc2 67. Re6 Rxh6 68. Rxe2+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartell, Thomas"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qc2 Nf6 4. a3 Bxc3 5. Qxc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. e3 e4 8. Nd4 Ne5 9. f4 exf3 10. Nxf3 Ne4 11. Qd4 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qh4+ 13. Ke2 Ng3+ 14. hxg3 Qxh1 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. Qg5 Bd7 17. b3 f6 18. Qh4 Qxh4 19. gxh4 Rg8 20. Kf2 Rg6 0-1

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Rasch, Holger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. 0-0 h6 8. h4 dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Nc4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Nh2 Nd4 13. Rd2 Nxh2 14. Kxh2 Nc6 15. c3 Be6 16. Ne3 Rd8 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Kxh3 Ne7 20. Nxe7 Bxe7 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Be3 Kc7 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Kg4 Bd6 26. h5 Kd7 27. Kf5 a6 28. c4 b6 29. Bd2 Ke7 30. Bc3 f6 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Kf7 33. e5 Bc7 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Bxf6 Bxf4 36. Bd8 1-0

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nb6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. e3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. h3 Nbd7 15. b4 0-0 16. 0-0 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. a4 Rfa8 19. Rab1 R8a7 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Rb2 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxa4 24. Rdb1 c5 25. Nc3 Ra1 26. Rxb7 cxd4 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. exd4 Nf6 29. Qb3 Rd7 30. d5 Qe5 31. Rd1 Ne4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 33. d6 Qe6 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. f4 Kf7 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. h4 e5 39. fxe5 Kxe5 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. Rd2 g5 42. h5 Kf7 43. Kxg5 Kg8 44. Kf5 Kf7 45. Ke5 Rd8 46. d7 Ke7 47. Kf5 Kf7 48. Rd3 g6+ 49. hxg6+ Kg7 50. Ke6 1-0

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 Bg7 12. Bg2 f4 13. c3 0-0 14. 0-0 Kh8 15. Qh5 Rb8 16. Nc2 Ne7 17. Ncb4 Bb7 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. Nd5 a5 21. Bh3 Qg6 22. Qe2 Qh6 23. Bf5 Ba8 24. Rd3 b4 25. c4 Bb7 26. g4 a4 27. Kg2 Qg5 28. Rh3 Bh6 29. Rh5 Qg7 30. Qf3 Bc8 31. Ne7 f6 32. Nxc8 Rbxc8 33. Qh3 Qb7 34. Rxh6 Rc7 35. Qh4 Rcf7 36. Rd1 Qc7 37. Rxd6 f3+ 38. Kxf3 Kg8 39. Rdxf6 Qxc4 40. Qg5+ Rg7 41. Bxh7+ 1-0

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Liu, Bingjie"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxe5+ 8. Be3 d5 9. 0-0 Qc7 10. Qf3 e5 11. Rfe1 Be7 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 d4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Rxe7+ Kxe7 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc6 19. Qc5+ Kg8 20. Bc4 g6 21. h4 Qa5 22. Bxf7+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Tan, McKinley E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. b4 Ne6 14. Qb3 Rd8 15. a4 Nc6 16. Be3 Rac8 17. a5 b6 18. Rec1 bxa5 19. b5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. Bd2 dxc3 23. Bxc3 Qd3 24. Qc2 Nf4 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Kf1 Rdxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. g3 Ne6 29. Rxa5 Rc7 30. Ke2 Nc5 31. f4 Kf8 32. Ra3 Ke8 33. Ke3 Kd8 34. Kd4 Kc8 35. Kd5 Ne6 36. Ke4 Kb7 37. f5 gxf5+ 38. Kxf5 Kb6 0-1

[Event "World op 39th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 c6 5. d4 Bd6 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Nf3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Be5 9. g3 g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. 0-0 Nf6 12. e4 d6 13. h3 0-0 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Nde2 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. b3 Nc5 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Bf2 Bd7 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. Kh2 Bc8 24. Nb1 Qc7 25. Nd2 Re7 26. N4f3 Rde8 27. b4 Ne6 28. c5 dxc5 29. bxc5 Nd7 30. e5 b6 31. cxb6 axb6 32. Ne4 Ba6 33. Nd6 Rd8 34. f5 gxf5 35. Nxf5 Ree8 36. Nxg7 Nxg7 37. Ng5 Nf8 38. Qxc6 Qe7 39. Ne4 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 Rb8 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Qd6 Qa7 43. Qa3 Nge6 44. Rd6 Kg7 45. Nd5 Nd7 46. Rxe6 fxe6 47. Qe7+ Kh8 48. Nf6 1-0

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Velikanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Rae8 19. Rh5 g6 20. Ra5 Ra8 21. Bd2 Rfc8 22. Bc3 Bf8 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Be4 Rab8 25. Rxa7 Nxa4 26. Rbxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Rc7 28. Rb8+ Bf8 29. Ba5 Rc8 30. Rb7 Qe8 31. Bd5 Be7 32. Bb4 c3 33. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 d6 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. Qc2 h6 10. b4 Be6 11. Bb2 Nh7 12. b5 Nb8 13. d4 f5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. a4 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qe7 19. Ba3 Qf7 20. Bxf8 Nhxf8 21. c5 b6 22. Bc4 Ne6 23. c6 Ndc5 24. Nxe5 Qe8 25. Rad1 Kh7 26. Nd7 Qe7 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. g3 Re8 29. h4 h5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Qxf5+ Kh6 32. Bf7 1-0

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Culbeaux, Tello Oscar"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2223"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 c5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Rd8 16. Bc3 Rxd3 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rg8 20. g3 Ke7 21. Ke2 Rd8 22. Rc1 Rd5 23. a3 Rxh5 24. b4 a6 25. Rb1 Rd5 26. Rh1 h5 27. Rh4 a5 28. Rc4 axb4 29. axb4 Kd7 30. Ke3 b6 31. b5 Ne5 32. Nxe5+ Rxe5+ 33. Kd4 Rd5+ 34. Kc3 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 bxc5 36. Kc4 Kd6 37. f4 f5 0-1

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14. Na5 Nxd5 15. Nb7 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunawan, Cheston"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. a4 e5 10. h3 Bc5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 a5 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 0-0 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. c3 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Rf8 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Qf2+ Ke8 22. Bc4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Bb3 Ke7 25. Kf2 Kd6 26. Ke3 Ke5 27. g3 h6 28. Kd3 c5 29. Bd1 c4+ 30. Ke3 Nd7 31. Be2 Nc5 32. Bxc4 Nxa4 33. b4 Nxc3 34. bxa5 Nxe4 35. Bxe6 Nxg3 36. Bc8 Nf5+ 37. Kf3 Nd6 38. a6 bxa6 39. Bxa6 Nf5 40. Kg4 g6 41. Bd3 Kf6 42. Ba6 Ne7 43. Bb7 Ke5 44. Ba6 Nd5 45. Bd3 Kf6 46. Be4 h5+ 47. Kf3 Nc7 48. Kg3 Kg5 49. h4+ Kf6 50. Kf4 Ne6+ 51. Kg3 Nd4 52. Bd3 Nf5+ 53. Kh3 Ke5 54. Bc2 Kf4 55. Bb1 Kf3 56. Bc2 Ne7 57. Bb3 Ke3 58. Kg3 Nf5+ 59. Kh3 Kf2 60. Bf7 Ne7 61. Bb3 Nc6 62. Bc2 Ne5 63. Bb1 Ke3 64. Kg3 Nd3 65. Ba2 Nf4 66. Bb1 Ne2+ 67. Kg2 Nf4+ 68. Kg3 Nd3 69. Ba2 Ke4 70. Bb1 Kd4 71. Kf3 Ne5+ 72. Kf4 Kd5 73. Kg5 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Mandelkern, Jeremy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2141"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. h3 Bb7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 a6 11. a4 Qe7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Qc3 Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Bg7 18. Bd4 0-0 19. 0-0 Rfd8 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. c3 Bb7 22. Rfe1 Rd6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Re3 a5 25. Rde1 Bd5 26. f4 a4 27. Bc5 Re6 28. Rd1 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Red3 Red6 31. c4 bxc4 32. Nxc4 Bxc4 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Ke7 35. Rb6 Kd7 36. Kf2 Kc7 37. Rb4 Bb3 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4 Ke6 40. g4 Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Rxb3 axb3 43. Kc4 h6 44. Kxb3 f5 45. gxf5 g5 46. fxg5 hxg5 47. Kc4 Kf6 48. b4 Kxf5 49. Kd5 1-0

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lamdan, Jonathan"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qe7 9. Bd2 Nxg4 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Bc5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Bb3 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. 0-0-0 0-0 17. h3 Nh6 18. Qb3 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf7 20. Rhe1 Qd7 21. Kb1 Nf5 22. Ne4 Nxh4 23. Nxh4 Bd4 24. Qf3 Bxd5 25. Nf5 Be6 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Nc5 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd4 Bc6 30. Rg1 Rfe8 31. a3 b6 32. Na6 Rad8 33. Rdg4 g6 34. Nb4 Be4+ 35. Ka2 a5 36. Na6 f5 37. R4g3 Rc8 38. Rc3 Bd5+ 39. Ka1 Rxc3 40. bxc3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Re1 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5 11. Nc3 Rfc8 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. Qb3 e5 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Ng3 Qg4 18. h3 Qd7 19. Red1 Qa4 20. Qxa4 Nxa4 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. b3 a5 23. Ba3 Nc3 24. Rd3 Nb5 25. Bb2 Nd4 26. Rad1 Nd7 27. Ba3 Rec8 28. Nf3 Rc2 29. R3d2 Rac8 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Bb2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Nf8 33. Bxd4 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Rc2 36. Ra4 Rxf2 37. Rxa5 Ne6 38. Kg1 Rb2 39. Nh1 Nf4 40. Nf2 Ne2+ 41. Kh2 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 38th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2010.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Nce2 e5 11. Nf5 d5 12. 0-0-0 Be6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qa5 15. a3 Nbd7 16. Neg3 Rc8 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. axb4 g6 20. Ne3 Bxb4 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qa5 23. Nxb4 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Nxc8 Qxb4+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 Kg7 29. Be7 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Bxa6 Qb4+ 32. Ka2 Qa4+ 33. Kb2 Qxa6 34. Nd6 Rb8+ 35. Kc3 Qc6+ 36. Nc4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "World op 38th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. 0-0 Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 0-0 12. Rfd1 Ng4 13. Rac1 b6 14. b3 Bb7 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Be2 f5 19. Qe3 Qc5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Na4 Qc6 22. f3 Ng6 23. Bh2 Kh8 24. Qxb6 Bh6 25. Rc3 Nf4 26. Bf1 Rg8 27. Kf2 Rad8 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29. Nb2 Bg7 30. Rc2 Be5 31. g3 Nh5 32. f4 Bg7 33. Be2 Nxf4 34. gxf4 Bxb2 35. Bf3 Bxf3 36. Kxf3 Bf6 37. Re2 Rge8 38. Bg1 e5 39. Bb6 e4+ 40. Ke3 Rd7 41. Rd5 Rg8 42. Rxf5 Rg3+ 43. Kd2 Rd3+ 44. Kc2 Rc3+ 45. Kb1 Bg7 46. Rxe4 h6 47. Re3 Kh7 48. Rxc3 Bxc3 49. Kc2 Bb4 50. Ba5 Kg6 51. Rd5 Bc5 52. Bc3 Rf7 53. b4 1-0

[Event "World op 38th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2010.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Nh4 Qc7 8. f4 Be7 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nhf3 0-0 12. Nf1 Nd4 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 b5 15. Qf2 a5 16. g4 Rfe8 17. g5 d5 18. Ne3 dxe4 19. dxe4 c4 20. Ng4 Nc5 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Nf2 Rad8 23. Be3 Nd3 24. Nxd3 Rxd3 25. Qf2 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Bc5 27. Rae1 Rd8 28. Kf1 b4 29. e5 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rd3 31. Bxb7 Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Qxb7 33. Rxd3 cxd3 34. Qd2 Qf3+ 35. Ke1 h5 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Qf2 Qb7 38. Qd2 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 Kh7 40. Qe3 Qd5 41. Qd2 a4 42. Ke3 Kg7 43. a3 Qc4 44. Qg2+ Kh7 45. Qb7 Kg7 46. Qg2+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. c4 Nf6 7. 0-0 d6 8. b3 g6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bg7 11. Rc1 b6 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. b4 0-0 14. f4 Rac8 15. Nb3 Qb8 16. a4 Ba8 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Bh4 Nd5 19. cxd5 Rxc3 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Nd2 Qc7 22. Qd1 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Bc4 Re8 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 26. Qc2 d5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Re2 29. Be1 Qc5 30. Qd1 Qe3 31. Nf3 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Nxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "McHugh, Edward F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nh4 Bd7 9. f4 f6 10. f5 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be5 12. Nf3 b6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. fxe6 Bxe6 15. Qe1 N7c6 16. Nxc5 Bd5 17. Ne4 Re8 18. b3 Qd7 19. Bb2 f5 20. Bh3 Ng4 21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. c4 Bf7 23. Qc3 Ne5 24. d4 Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 gxf3 26. Qxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gleisdorfer Jugendschach"]
[Site "Gleisdorf"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kopfauf, David"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bd6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 0-0 5. 0-0 h6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nb5 Kh8 8. Nxd6 cxd6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Nh4 d5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Bc5 Na6 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nh4 g5 17. Nf5 d6 18. Bxa6 Bxf5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Ba6 Rb6 21. Bc4 Bc8 22. Qf3 g4 23. Qxf6+ Kh7 24. h4 Rb8 25. b3 Bd7 26. Rad1 Qd8 27. Qxd8 Rxd8 28. d4 g3 29. fxg3 Bg4 30. Rd2 Bf5 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Rxf5 Re8 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. d6 Rd8 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Rf2+ Ke8 39. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Gleisdorfer Jugendschach"]
[Site "Gleisdorf"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Kulmer, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "1230"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bd3 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. 0-0 d6 5. h3 Qf6 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Nh4 Qg5 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Be2 Qh6 10. d3 Nd4 11. Bxh6 Nxh6 12. a3 0-0 13. b4 Bb6 14. Kh1 Nxf3 15. gxf3 Bxh3 16. Re1 Bxf2 17. Rg1 Bxg1 18. Kxg1 Rae8 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 c5 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Na4 Rc8 23. Nb2 Rfd8 24. Nc4 b5 25. Nxe5 c4 26. Rb1 a6 27. Ra1 f6 28. a4 fxe5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rb1 cxd3 31. cxd3 Rc3 32. Rxb5 Rcxd3 33. Qe1 Rxf3+ 34. Kg2 Rdd3 35. Qb4 Rg3+ 36. Kf2 Rde3 37. Rxe5 Ng4+ 38. Kf1 Nxe5 39. Qb6 Rxe4 40. Qb8+ Kf7 41. Qb7+ Kf6 42. Qxe4 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 h5 44. Qa8 Rg3 45. Qa6+ Kf5 46. Qa1 Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rg4 48. Qb1+ Re4 49. Kf2 Kf4 50. Qc1+ Kf5 51. Qc8+ Kf6 52. Kf1 Rf4+ 53. Ke2 Re4+ 54. Kd2 Nf3+ 55. Kc2 Nd4+ 56. Kc3 h4 57. Qd8+ Ke5 58. Kd3 Ne6 59. Qb8+ Kf5 60. Qb5+ Re5 61. Qb3 Nc5+ 62. Kc3 Nxb3 63. Kxb3 h3 64. Kc4 h2 65. Kd4 h1Q 66. Kd3 0-1

[Event "Gleisdorfer Jugendschach"]
[Site "Gleisdorf"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Schenk, Michelle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 g6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Qd1 Bg4 5. f3 Be6 6. Nh3 Bxc4 7. d3 Be6 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Nc3 a5 10. Nf4 Bd7 11. Nh3 Ra6 12. Kh1 Nh5 13. g3 Bg7 14. g4 Nf6 15. f4 Bxg4 16. Nf2 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Qa8 18. a3 Qa7 19. Nh3 Ng4 20. Re1 Qd4 21. Be3 Nxe3 22. Nb5 Qxb2 23. Rab1 Qxc2 24. Rbc1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Gleisdorfer Jugendschach"]
[Site "Gleisdorf"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Rosenberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 g6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Qd1 d6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nxd4 Bg4 9. Nde2 0-0 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bb5 c6 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Ng3 Nc5 17. b4 Nd7 18. b5 cxb5 19. Nxb5 a6 20. Nc7 Rad8 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rb1 Nc5 23. 0-0 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Qf3 Red6 26. Rb6 Nd7 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rb1 Nf6 29. Qe3 Nd7 30. Rxb7 Nc5 31. Qxc5 f5 32. Qc8+ Rd8 33. Qxd8# 1-0

[Event "Gleisdorfer Jugendschach"]
[Site "Gleisdorf"]
[Date "2009.09.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Rosenberger, Christof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "1213"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2009.09.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 d5 7. Nxe5 dxc4 8. h3 b5 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. d4 Qg5 11. Qe1 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iwu, Okechukwu N"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. d3 Qe7 9. a3 0-0 10. Nbd2 Rfe8 11. b4 e5 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Nc4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nf8 19. Qc3 Ne6 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Rxd6 22. Qxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Kg2 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Nd7 26. Qc3 c5 27. Bb3 Nd4 28. Bd5 b6 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Qe3 Nb6 31. Ba2 h6 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Qxd4 Qxa3 34. Qd8+ Qf8 35. Qc7 Qe8 36. e5 Kf8 37. Qxa7 Qc6+ 38. Kh3 Qd7+ 39. Qxd7 Nxd7 40. f4 g5 41. Kg4 gxf4 42. gxf4 Kg7 43. Kf5 Nc5 44. Bc4 Kf8 45. Kg4 Nd7 46. Bb5 Nc5 47. Kh5 Ne6 48. Kg4 f6 49. exf6 Kf7 50. Bc4 Kxf6 51. Bxe6 Kxe6 52. f5+ Ke5 53. h3 Kf6 54. Kf4 Kf7 55. Ke5 h5 56. h4 Ke7 57. f6+ Kf7 58. Kf5 Kf8 59. Kg6 Kg8 60. Kxh5 Kf7 61. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2009.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. cxd5 Qxb3 8. axb3 Nxd5 9. Nd2 Nb4 10. Ra4 b5 11. Rxb4 a5 12. Rxb5 cxb5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Nc4 Rb8 16. Ba4 Kd8 17. Bd2 e6 18. Bxa5+ Ke7 19. Ke2 Rb7 20. Rd1 f6 21. d5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Ke6 23. Bc6 Ra7 24. Rb5 Bd6 25. Bc3 Rc8 26. Bd4 Rac7 27. Be4 g6 28. Ra5 Be5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. f4 Nc6 31. Ra6 f5 32. Bf3 Ke7 33. Nb6 Rd8 34. Nd5+ Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Nb4 36. Re6+ Kd7 37. Re5 Rc2+ 38. Kd1 Rxb2 39. Bf3 Rxb3 40. Rb5 Kd6 41. Kd2 Rd3+ 42. Ke2 Rb3 43. Bd5 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Nd3 45. Rxb2 Nxb2 46. Bg8 Ke7 47. e4 h6 48. e5 Nd3 49. Ke3 Nb4 50. Kd2 g5 51. Kc3 Na6 52. g4 fxg4 53. f5 Nc7 54. f6+ Kf8 55. Bc4 Ne8 56. Kd4 h5 57. Ke4 h4 58. Kf5 g3 59. hxg3 hxg3 60. Bf1 Nc7 61. Kxg5 Nd5 62. e6 Ke8 63. Bg2 Nc7 64. Bc6+ Kf8 65. Kf5 Kg8 66. Ke5 Kf8 67. Kd6 Ne8+ 68. Bxe8 g2 69. Bg6 g1Q 70. e7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsipanny"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.02.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Be3 c5 10. Nb3 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 b6 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Bg5 c6 16. Bxd8 cxd5 17. Bc7 Bb7 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Bd6 Nf8 20. f4 Kd7 21. Rad1 g6 22. c4 d4 23. Nd2 Ne6 24. b4 cxb4 25. Bxb4 Nxf4 26. Rf1 g5 27. h4 Ke8 28. hxg5 Nxg2 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rf6 Ne3 31. Rxe6+ Kd8 32. Rb1 Rg8 33. Be7+ Kd7 34. Rexb6 Bc6 35. Bf6 Ng4 36. Bxd4 Rxg5 37. Kf1 Re8 38. Rxc6 Kxc6 39. Nf3 Rf5 40. Rb6+ Kc7 41. Kg2 Ne3+ 42. Kf2 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Washington Eastern op 35rd"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Enkhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. Re1 b6 13. Ng5 Bb7 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxe6 Bd5 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Qf5 Kg8 19. Re3 Qc6 20. Rae1 Bxg2 21. f3 g6 22. Qf4 Qa4 23. Re7 Kh8 24. Bd6 g5 25. Qf5 Bh3 26. Qxh3 g4 27. Qh6 Rg8 28. Be5 gxf3+ 29. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Washington Eastern op 35rd"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. h4 dxc4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nfd5 13. h5 gxh5 14. gxh5 g6 15. e4 Nf6 16. h6 Nh5 17. d5 e5 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Be3 Nh5 22. Na4 Nd7 23. Rc1 c5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 f6 27. Rc7 Rxh6 28. Rh3 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Young, Angelo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qb3 Nc7 8. Ng5 Ne6 9. Nxe6 dxe6 10. f4 Bh6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qh3 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qc4 16. Nd2 Qe2 17. Kg1 Bg7 18. Rf2 Qd1+ 19. Nf1 Rad8 20. b3 Qd4 21. Rb1 Qb4 22. Be3 Rd7 23. Nd2 Rfd8 24. Nf3 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rf1 Rd7 27. a4 a6 28. Rc1 Qc3 29. Kf2 h6 30. Ke2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qg3 Be4 33. Qe1 Qb2 34. Kf2 Rc7 35. Nd4 f6 36. Nxe6 Rxc2+ 37. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 38. Qd2 Qxd2+ 39. Bxd2 Bh8 40. Nd4 fxe5 41. Nxb5 exf4 42. Bxf4 g5 43. Be3 Be5 44. g3 Kf7 45. Bd4 Bb8 46. Ba7 Be5 47. Bd4 Bb8 48. Ba7 Be5 49. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Simpson, Ronald"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. b4 a6 15. Na3 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Qb2 e5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nc2 Nc5 20. Qa3 Qc7 21. f5 Bd7 22. Rf2 Bf6 23. Raf1 Kg7 24. g4 Bg5 25. Ng3 Bf4 26. Rf3 Bxg3 27. Rxg3 g5 28. h4 f6 29. Rh3 Be8 30. Rf2 Bf7 31. Bf1 Rh8 32. Rfh2 Rag8 33. Be2 Nd7 34. Kg2 b6 35. Qc1 Qb7 36. Ne1 Rc8 37. Nf3 Bxc4 38. Qh1 Bxb5 39. hxg5 Rc2 40. Kg3 Nf8 41. Rxh6 Rxh6 42. Rxh6 Rxe2 43. gxf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Harris, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. 0-0 d5 8. Ng3 e4 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Ndf5 Bxf5 11. Nxf5 Qe5 12. Ng3 h5 13. c4 h4 14. cxd5 hxg3 15. dxc6 gxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qc5+ 17. d4 Qxd4+ 18. Be3 Qxe3+ 19. Qxe3 b6 20. Ke2 Rxh2 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qxe4+ Kf7 23. Bc4+ Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 130th"]
[Site "Colonie"]
[Date "2008.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. cxd4 d6 8. 0-0 Nb6 9. Bb3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 a6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Bf4 h6 14. h4 Nc5 15. Bc2 b5 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Bb1 Bb7 18. a3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. b4 Na4 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Rc7 Be7 23. e6 f5 24. Be5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxf5 Rg8 27. h5 Nb6 28. Bg6+ Kd8 29. Rh7 Nc4 30. Nd4 Ne5 31. Bf5 Ke8 32. f4 Nc4 33. Nc6 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Ne3+ 35. Kf3 Nxf5 36. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "World op 36th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Swati, Ghate"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. a4 d6 10. 0-0 e5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. N1d2 Be6 13. Rfd1 0-0 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. Qe3 Nf4 16. g3 Qg5 17. Kh1 Nh3 18. Qxg5 Nxg5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Kg2 Nb4 21. h4 Nf7 22. Nc4 b5 23. axb5 Rc7 24. Na3 axb5 25. c3 Nc6 26. Nxb5 Rb7 27. c4 g5 28. hxg5 Nxg5 29. Nd2 Nb4 30. Ra3 Nc2 31. Ra6 Rbf7 32. Rf1 Ne1+ 33. Kh1 Rxf2 34. Rxe1 Rxd2 35. Rxd6 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "World op 36th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Arnold, Marc Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. 0-0-0 Nb6 11. Nb3 N8d7 12. Na5 Rb8 13. Nxb7 Rxb7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Be3 Be7 16. g5 Rc7 17. h4 Nc5 18. Kb1 0-0 19. h5 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 f5 22. g6 h6 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxa6 Qc7 25. Qe2 Ra8 26. Qd3 Bg5 27. Rhg1 e4 28. fxe4 Bf6 29. e5 dxe5 30. d6 Qd8 31. Bb7 Rb8 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Qf7 Qf8 34. d7 Rd8 35. Qxf8+ Rxf8 36. Rd6 1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 91st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2007.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qg5 f6 10. Qh5+ Qf7 11. Qe2 b5 12. a4 Bb7 13. 0-0 Ne7 14. f4 0-0 15. e5 Bc5+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. e6 Qe7 20. Qh3 g6 21. f5 g5 22. Qe3 b4 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 c5 25. Rfb1 Rfd8 26. Rb6 d4 27. cxd4 Rxd4 28. Rab1 Rb4 29. R1xb4 cxb4 30. Qd4 Rd8 31. Rxb7 Rxd4 32. Rxe7 Rxd3 33. Rb7 Kf8 34. Rxb4 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rd5 37. g4 h5 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Ke8 40. gxh5 Rxf5+ 41. Kg3 Rf4 42. h6 Rxa4 43. h7 Rh4 44. h8Q+ Rxh8 45. Rb8+ Ke7 46. Rxh8 Kxe6 47. Kg4 Ke5 48. Re8+ Kd5 49. Kf5 Kc4 50. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 91st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kopiecki, Edward"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Qc7 6. 0-0 Nf6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bf3 e5 9. Nf5 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 d6 12. Be4 g6 13. Nh6 Bg7 14. g4 Qe7 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. a3 Qf8 17. Qh3 Nf6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Nf5 gxf5 20. Qxh5 fxe4 21. fxe4 Qg8 22. h3 Bf8 23. Rf6 Qg7 24. Rh6 Qg8 25. Rf6 Qg7 26. Rh6 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Rg8 28. Rxh7 Qxg4+ 29. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. axb4 Rxc2+ 32. Kf3 Rg1 33. Rxa6 Rgxc1 34. b5 Rxb2 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Rhxf7+ Kg6 38. Rfb7 Rc3+ 39. Kg4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 91st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Ostrovsky, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. 0-0 Bd7 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb3 Ng6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nc4 Bg5 11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 0-0 13. h3 Re8 14. Nh2 Na5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. Qf3 Bb5 17. Bb3 d5 18. a4 Nh4 19. Qh5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Bxd5 Re7 24. g3 c6 25. Bb3 Ng6 26. Nf3 Kf8 27. Nxg5 f6 28. d5 Ke8 29. d6 Rd7 30. Ne6 Rb8 31. Rd1 Nf8 32. Nc5 Rdd8 33. a5 Ra8 34. Nxb7 Rdb8 35. Ba4 Ne6 36. Bxc6+ Kf8 37. b4 Ra7 38. Nc5 Nxc5 39. bxc5 Rc8 40. Ba4 Raa8 41. c6 Ra7 42. Rb1 Kf7 43. Rb6 Rd8 44. c7 Rf8 45. Rb8 Ra8 46. Bb3+ Kg6 47. Rxf8 Rxf8 48. d7 1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 91st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2007.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. 0-0 Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Be2 0-0 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Rc1 Qf6 16. a4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Be6 18. b3 Rac8 19. Qb2 Qe7 20. a5 Nd7 21. b4 f5 22. Rfd1 Nf6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qb3+ Kh7 26. Nb5 a6 27. Rc7 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Na3 e4 30. Ne5 Qd2 31. Bf1 Nd5 32. Nec4 Qxb4 33. Qxb4 Nxb4 34. Nd6 Bf8 35. Nxb7 Bc8 36. Nd8 Be7 37. Nf7 Nd3 38. Nc4 Bc5 39. Bxd3 exd3 40. Nfe5 Bf5 41. g4 Be4 42. Nd2 Bd4 43. Nxe4 Bxe5 44. h3 Bd6 45. Kf1 Bb4 46. f3 g5 47. Nf6+ Kg6 48. Nd7 Bd6 49. Kf2 Kf7 50. Ke3 Ke6 51. Nb6 Bc5+ 52. Kxd3 Bxb6 53. axb6 Kd6 54. b7 Kc7 55. f4 Kxb7 56. f5 Kc6 57. Kc4 Kd6 58. Kb4 Ke5 59. Ka5 h5 60. Kxa6 h4 61. Kb6 Kf4 62. f6 Kg3 63. f7 Kxh3 64. f8Q Kxg4 65. Qf2 Kh3 66. Qf3+ Kh2 67. Qg4 h3 68. Qxg5 Kh1 69. Qc1+ Kg2 70. Qd2+ Kg1 71. Qe3+ Kg2 72. Qe4+ Kg1 73. Qg4+ Kh2 74. Qf3 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasik, Ilya"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Bg3 a6 16. Rfe1 e5 17. d5 Nf6 18. a4 Rb8 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qc3 Nxe4 23. Qxe5+ Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Bc5 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. Bxb8 Ne4 27. Ba7 Bb4 28. Red1 Nd2 29. Be3 Nb3 30. Ra7 Rg6 31. Bh5 Rf6 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. h4 gxh4 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rcc8 Re6 36. Bg4 f5 37. Bxf5 Rf6 38. Rc7+ Rf7 39. Bxh6+ Kf6 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Bg5 Be7 42. Bxe7 Kxe7 43. Rh8 Kf6 44. Rh6+ Kxf5 45. Rxc6 Ke4 46. Kf1 Kd3 47. Rb6 Nd4 48. Rd6 b4 49. Ke1 b3 50. Kd1 c3 51. bxc3 b2 52. Rxd4+ Kxc3 53. Rb4 Kxb4 54. Kc2 Ka3 55. Kb1 Kb3 56. f4 Kc4 57. Kxb2 Kd4 58. f5 Ke5 59. f6 Kxf6 60. Kc2 Ke5 61. Kd2 Kf4 62. Ke2 Kg3 63. Kf1 h3 64. gxh3 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 a5 16. a4 Nc5 17. Rb1 f5 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Bc2 fxe4 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxe4 Bc6 22. Rhe1 d5 23. Nc7 dxe4 24. Nxa8 b5 25. Nb6 b4 26. fxe4 e6 27. Rbd1 Bc3+ 28. Kd3 Be8 29. Rf1 Be5 30. Ke3 Bc7 31. Nd7 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wilson, Elvin"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Rc1 Be7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 0-0 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. 0-0 Qc7 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Rfd1 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nb6 19. Bb3 Bf6 20. Ba5 c4 21. Bxb6 cxb3 22. Bc5 Qc7 23. axb3 b6 24. Bxf8 Qxc1 25. Ba3 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. g3 Bxb2 28. Bxb2 Rxb2 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rd7 a5 31. Rd3 f6 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. g4 Kf7 34. Kg3 Ke6 35. f4 b5 36. h3 b4 37. Kf3 f5 38. e4 Rh2 39. exf5+ gxf5 40. gxf5+ Kxf5 41. Rd5+ Ke6 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Kg4 Rg2+ 44. Kf3 Ra2 45. Rb5 Ra3 46. Ke4 Rxb3 47. Rxa5 Rxh3 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. Rb6 Rb3 50. Kf5 Rb1 51. Rb7+ Kg8 52. Kg6 Rg1+ 53. Kf5 Rb1 54. Kg6 Rg1+ 55. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bayaraa, Zorigt"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. c4 0-0 10. Nc3 d6 11. Be3 e5 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Qe3 Qb8 15. Rac1 Rd8 16. Nd5 b5 17. a3 Rb7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Ra7 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. b4 Rc8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qh3 Qb6 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Rc1 Ne7 26. Bb1 Rd7 27. Ba2 Rd6 28. Qg4 Kh8 29. Qf3 Qd8 30. h3 Nc6 31. Qf7 Qg8 32. Qc7 Qf8 33. Rf1 Nd4 34. Kh1 Ne2 35. Re1 h6 36. Qc2 Nd4 37. Qb2 Rc6 38. Bb1 Qf4 39. Kg1 Rc8 40. Bd3 g5 41. Rd1 g4 42. hxg4 Qxg4 43. Rc1 Rg8 44. g3 Nf3+ 45. Kg2 Nh4+ 46. Kh2 Qh5 47. Be2 Nf3+ 48. Kg2 Qh2+ 49. Kxf3 Rf8+ 50. Ke3 Qxf2+ 51. Kd3 Rd8+ 52. Kc2 Qxe2+ 53. Kb1 Qxe4+ 54. Ka1 Qd4 55. Re1 Qxb2+ 56. Kxb2 Rd5 57. a4 Kg7 58. a5 Kf6 59. Rc1 Rd2+ 60. Kc3 Rf2 61. Rh1 Rf3+ 62. Kb2 Kg6 63. Rd1 e4 64. Rd6 Kf6 65. Rxa6 e3 66. Kc2 e2 67. Kd2 Re3 68. Ke1 Ke5 69. Rb6 Kd5 70. Rxb5+ Kd4 71. a6 Kd3 72. Ra5 Rf3 73. Ra3+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 129th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Parry, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. b3 a5 13. a4 c5 14. Bb2 Kd7 15. Nd2 Kc6 16. Nc4 h5 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. Rad1 g5 19. e6 Rh7 20. Rd8 Ng6 21. Rxf8 Nxf8 22. e7 Be6 23. exf8Q Rxf8 24. Bf6 Rg8 25. f4 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Rh6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Nc4 b6 29. h4 Kd5 30. Rd1+ Ke4 31. Re1+ Kf5 32. Bg5 Rh7 33. Re5+ Kg6 34. Rxe6+ Kf5 35. Re5+ Kg6 36. Re3 Kf5 37. Kf2 Rd7 38. Rf3+ Ke6 39. Rf6+ Kd5 40. Rh6 Kd4 41. Bf6+ Ke4 42. Rxh5 Rd5 43. Rxd5 Kxd5 44. g4 Ke4 45. Kg3 Re8 46. Be5 Rf8 47. h5 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 Rf7 49. h6 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 129th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2007.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dougherty, Michael J"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Re1 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. h3 Be7 16. Qb3 0-0 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Rd3 c5 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. cxd5 Bxg5 23. dxe6+ Ke8 24. e7 Rxd3 25. Qg8+ Kd7 26. e8Q+ 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 Bb6 8. a4 Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. Na3 Ba6 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bh4 f6 14. Nd2 Nh6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Qxh6 Qf8 18. Qxf8+ Rxf8 19. Ke2 b4 20. Nac4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Bc5 22. Ba4 Na7 23. Ra1 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rb8 25. Ra2 Nc8 26. Nd2 Nb6 27. Bc2 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Nxa8 29. Nf3 Bb6 30. d4 d6 31. Bb3 c5 32. dxe5 dxe5 33. Bg8 h6 34. Nh4 Kf8 35. Bd5 Nc7 36. Nf5 h5 37. Kd3 c4+ 38. Bxc4 Bxf2 39. Ke2 Bb6 40. Ng3 h4 41. Nf5 h3 42. gxh3 Ne8 43. h4 Ng7 44. Ng3 Ne8 45. Nf5 Ng7 46. Nxg7 Kxg7 47. Be6 Ba5 48. c4 Bb6 49. Kf3 Kg6 50. Kg4 Be3 51. h5+ Kh6 52. h3 Bd4 53. Bf7 Kg7 54. Bg6 Kf8 55. h6 Be3 56. h7 Kg7 57. Kf5 Bc5 58. Ke6 f5 59. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia National op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Strenzwilk, Denis"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2006.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nc3 Nxa4 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5+ Be7 10. Nd5 0-0 11. Nxe7+ Kh8 12. Qh5 d6 13. Qxh7+ Kxh7 14. Rh5# 1-0

[Event "Atlantic op 38th"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2006.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karell, Leif K"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2126"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nf6+ Ke7 13. Bg3 Kxf6 14. Nxd4 Bd6 15. Qf3+ Kg7 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rxe6 Raf8 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Qc3+ Qd4 21. Re7+ Kg6 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Rxb7 Rh7 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. Kf1 Nxc2 27. g3 Re6 28. a3 g4 29. b4 h5 30. Rc1 Nd4 31. a4 a6 32. Rd1 Re4 33. Rb1 Nf3 0-1

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Samuelson, Andrew"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. c3 Qa5 9. a4 Nf5 10. b4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qc7 12. Qd4 Bf5 13. Nbd2 a6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. 0-0 Be7 16. e4 Bg6 17. exd5 cxd5 18. a5 0-0 19. Rae1 f6 20. Qe3 Rae8 21. Nd4 fxe5 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. Qxe5 Qc8 24. N2f3 Bf7 25. Ng5 Be7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Qxe6+ Qxe6 28. Rxe6 Bxc5 29. Rxe8 Bxd4+ 30. cxd4 Kxe8 31. b5 Kd7 32. b6 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 08th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Strenzwilk, Denis"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. d4 g5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. h4 Bg4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Kf2 Bg7 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bxd4+ 12. Qxd4 Qxf3+ 13. gxf3 Nxd4 14. hxg5 Ne6 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nxf4 Nxg5 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Nh5 b6 20. Ng3 Ng7 21. Bd4 f6 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Rxh5 Ke6 24. Rdh1 h6 25. Be3 Kf7 26. Bf4 Rd8 27. c4 Rd7 28. b4 Ke6 29. a4 Ne7 30. Rxh6 Rxh6 31. Rxh6 d5 32. cxd5+ cxd5 33. e5 Ng8 34. Rg6 Kf5 35. Rxg8 Kxf4 36. exf6 Rf7 37. Rg7 Rxf6 38. Rxa7 Rc6 39. Rf7+ Ke5 40. Ke3 Rc3+ 41. Kd2 Rc4 42. a5 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 08th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2006.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moncayo Romero, Evelyn"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. h3 0-0 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Rd1 d5 12. d4 dxe4 13. Ng5 exd4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Rf1 Rae8 18. Nd2 dxc3 19. bxc3 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Re2 21. Nb3 Re1+ 22. Kh2 Bxf2 23. a4 b4 24. Ra2 Bg1+ 25. Kg3 bxc3 26. Bf4 Nb4 27. Ra3 d4 28. Nc5 Be3 29. Bxc7 c2 30. Nb3 Rb1 31. Bd6 Rxb3 32. Rxb3 c1Q 33. Rxb4 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 89th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Arnold, Marc Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. 0-0-0 N8d7 11. Ndxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ne5 13. Qc3 Na4 14. Qc7 Qf6 15. f4 Nd7 16. e5 Qd8 17. Qc6 Qa5 18. Bd2 Nc3 19. Bxc3 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chase, Christopher"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. c3 Qd3 7. Re1 Bc5 8. Qe2 Qxe2 9. Rxe2 Bg4 10. b4 Ba7 11. Na3 0-0-0 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Nce1 Ng6 14. d3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Kb8 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rd1 Rhd8 18. Red2 Bb6 19. d4 Kc8 20. Ng2 Re8 21. Kf1 Nf8 22. h4 h5 23. a4 a5 24. d5 cxd5 25. exd5 Red8 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Ne3 axb4 28. cxb4 Kb8 29. Nc4 Ka7 30. b5 Ng6 31. a5 bxa5 32. Nxa5 Nf4 33. b6+ Kb8 34. Nc6+ bxc6 35. dxc6 Rxd2 36. c7+ Kc8 37. cxd8Q+ Rxd8 38. b7+ Kxb7 39. Rxd8 Kc6 40. Rg8 g6 41. Rd8 Kc7 42. Rd2 Kc6 43. Rd1 Nd5 44. Ra1 Kd6 45. Ke2 Ke6 46. Kd3 Kf5 47. Kc4 Nf4 48. Kc5 Nd3+ 49. Kd6 Nxf2 50. Ke7 e4 51. Re1 exf3 52. Rf1 Ne4 53. Rxf3+ Kg4 54. Re3 f5 55. Kf7 g5 56. hxg5 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Cohen, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. d3 0-0 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Ndf3 Bf6 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Ne3 g6 14. d4 Na4 15. c3 Nb6 16. a4 Bg7 17. a5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. h3 Bf5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qd2 Qb5 23. Be3 Be4 24. Ng5 Bd3 25. Nf3 Bc4 26. b4 Be2 27. Nh2 Re6 28. Re1 Bd3 29. Nf3 Bc4 30. Bf4 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Qd7 32. Qe3 b6 33. axb6 cxb6 34. Nf3 f6 35. Qc1 Bf8 36. Nd2 Bd3 37. Nf1 Qa4 38. Qe1 Kf7 39. Bc7 Qc6 40. Bf4 a5 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Qa1 a4 43. Nd2 g5 44. Bh2 a3 45. Qa2 Ke8 46. Nb1 Qc4 47. Qxc4 Bxc4 1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 88th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Shapiro, Daniel E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nd2 Qe7 7. 0-0 c6 8. Bc4 d6 9. f4 Be6 10. f5 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 f6 12. Bf4 0-0-0 13. a3 Kb8 14. b4 Bb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. b5 g5 17. Bg3 Nh6 18. a4 c5 19. a5 bxa5 20. b6 Kc8 21. c3 dxc3 22. Rxa5 Qe8 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Ra8+ Kd7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qh5 c2 27. Rc1 Rxb6 28. Rxc2 Ng8 29. Qf7+ Ne7 30. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 88th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Privman, Boris"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. c4 e5 9. Bh2 Qe7 10. Nc3 c6 11. d5 c5 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. Nd2 f5 14. e4 f4 15. Bg4 h5 16. Be6+ Kh8 17. Qd3 Nc7 18. Nb5 Nf6 19. Bxc8 Rfxc8 20. g3 g5 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. e5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rae1 Qh7 27. Qe4 Rf8 28. f3 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxb2 30. Re6 Be5 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Ke2 Rf6 33. Re8 Rff7 34. Bg1 Rce7 35. Rd8 Rf8 36. Rxf8 Kxf8 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. Bf2 Kg6 39. a4 Kf5 40. Rh1 Bd4 41. Bxd4 cxd4 42. Kxd4 Re2 43. a5 Rd2+ 44. Kc3 Rf2 45. c5 Rxf3+ 46. Kc4 dxc5 47. Rd1 Re3 48. d6 Re8 49. Kxc5 Ke6 50. d7 Rd8 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Rg6 Rxd7 53. Rxg5 Kf6 54. h4 f3 55. Rg3 Rd3 56. Rg8 Ke5 57. Kc4 Rd4+ 58. Kc3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 88th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Treger, Effim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. f4 Nb6 8. Qe2 Rb8 9. Nb1 Na4 10. b3 Nb2 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. 0-0 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 d5 15. f5 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Qh4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bh6 Bf6 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qb6 23. Re3 0-0 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. c3 b4 26. Rh3 Rxc3 27. Rh4 Qf6 28. Qh6 Qg7 29. Qg5 Rfc8 30. Qxe7 a5 31. Re1 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. g3 Qf8 35. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 88th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szuper, Paul"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C33"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. d4 g5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Ne4 Na6 12. Nexg5 Qxg5 13. Nxg5 Bxd1 14. Nxf7 Bxc2 15. Nxh8 Bxb3 16. axb3 Ke7 17. Bxf4 Ke6 18. Ke2 Bg7 19. Nf7 Kxf7 20. Rhf1 Ke6 21. Rad1 Nb4 22. Rf3 Nd5 23. Bd2 Ne7 24. Rh3 Rh8 25. Bh6 Nf5 26. Bxg7 Nxg7 27. Rh6+ Ke7 28. g4 Ne6 29. Ke3 Nb6 30. Rh4 Nd5+ 31. Ke4 Nd8 32. Rf1 Nf7 33. Rh5 Rg8 34. Rxh7 Rxg4+ 35. Kd3 Nf4+ 36. Ke3 Ng2+ 37. Ke2 Re4+ 38. Kf3 Rh4 39. Rg7 Nf4 40. Rxf7+ Kxf7 41. Ke4 Ke7 42. Rxf4 Rxh2 43. Rg4 Kf7 44. Rf4+ Ke7 45. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 88th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Frumkin, Edward A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. exf6 exf6 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. f4 f5 14. c3 Qh4+ 15. Kf1 Nd7 16. Qe1 Qe7 17. Qf2 Nf6 18. Kg1 Bd7 19. a5 Be6 20. Kh2 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd5 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 88th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. c3 e6 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Qd2 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Nf6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bd6 15. h3 Qf6 16. g3 0-0-0 17. Bg2 e5 18. d5 Bc5 19. 0-0-0 Qxf2 20. dxc6 Qe3+ 21. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 22. Kc2 b6 23. Rhe1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Kd3 Bf2 27. g4 f5 28. Kc4 Kc7 29. Kd5 e4 30. c4 a5 31. b3 Bg1 32. Ke6 Kxc6 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Kxf5 Kc5 35. Bxe4 Kb4 36. Bc6 Ka3 37. Kg6 Bd4 38. h4 Kxa2 39. Ba4 Ka3 40. h5 Kb4 41. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 88th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.12.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Nfxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bb6 12. Qd3 0-0 13. Nd6 f6 14. Bb2 fxe5 15. Bxe5 Ng6 16. Nxc8 Nxe5 17. Qc3 Rxc8 18. Qxe5 Rxc2 19. Bd3 Qc8 20. Bxc2 Qxc2 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. Rf3 Qxg2 23. Qe2 Qg4 24. h3 Qg1+ 25. Qf1 Qg6 26. Qd3 Qf6 27. Rc1 g5 28. f5 exf5 29. Qxd5 g4 30. hxg4 Re8+ 31. Kf1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2004.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.11.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 d5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bg2 a5 16. Qf2 Be6 17. Bb6 Qc4 18. Bf1 Qc6 19. Bd3 a4 20. Na5 Qe8 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Qe4 g6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qxe5 c5 25. Bc7 Bf8 26. Be4 Bg7 27. Qxc5 Rab8 28. c3 Rb5 29. Qd6 Bxc3 30. b3 axb3 31. a3 Bxg4 32. Qd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Bxd8 Bf5 35. Rc1 Bxe4+ 36. fxe4 Be5 37. h3 b2 38. Rc8 Kg7 39. Bc7 Bxc7 40. Rxc7 Rb3 41. e5 Rxa3 42. e6 Rf3 43. Kxb2 Rf6 44. exf7 Rxf7 45. Rc3 Kh6 46. Kc2 Rd7 47. Re3 Kh5 48. Re4 g5 49. Ra4 h6 50. Rb4 Rf7 51. h4 g4 52. Rb6 g3 53. Rb1 Kxh4 54. Rh1+ Kg5 55. Rg1 Kg4 56. Kd2 h5 57. Ke2 h4 58. Ra1 g2 59. Rg1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "New Yersey op"]
[Site "Somerset"]
[Date "2004.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kapengut, Albert Z"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Bc4 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Qe1 Nb4 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Rd1 Nxc2 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Qd2 Nb4 19. b3 Be6 20. Nxb5 Nxa2 21. Nbd4 Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Bxb3 23. Nd4 Bc4 24. Qc2 Bd5 25. Qc5 Nc3 26. Nf5 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Bxg2+ 28. Kxe2 g6 29. Ng7+ Kd7 30. Qd4+ Kc6 31. Qc4+ Kb6 32. f3 f6 33. Qe6+ Kb7 34. exf6 Bh3 35. Qxh3 Bxf6 36. Ne6 Be7 37. Qh6 Re8 38. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Atlantic op 35th"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2004.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Greanias, Steve"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 a5 10. h3 Nc5 11. Be3 h6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Bxb7 Rad8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Ng5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Re4 Qd6 23. Rc4 Re7 24. Rc6 Qd7 25. Qc5 Rb8 26. Qa7 Qd8 27. Qa6 Qd7 28. g4 e4 29. Rc2 Qd6 30. Qxd6 cxd6 31. Bc6 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Bxb2 33. Kf1 f5 34. Rb1 Bd4 35. Rb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 f4 37. Bc6 Kg7 38. Ke2 f3+ 39. Kf1 Kf6 40. a4 Ke5 41. Kg1 Kf4 42. Be8 Bxf2+ 43. Kxf2 e3+ 44. Ke1 Kg3 45. Bxg6 f2+ 46. Kf1 e2+ 47. Kxe2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Atlantic op 35th"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2004.08.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Adu, Oladapo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Rc8 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. 0-0-0 Be7 13. Kb1 0-0 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nc4 18. h4 f6 19. Nf5 fxg5 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxg5 Qc7 22. Nd4 Rf6 23. Bd3 Ne5 24. Rhg1 Kh8 25. f4 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rg6 27. Qh5 Rh6 28. Qg5 Rg6 29. Qh5 Rh6 30. Qe2 Qf7 31. Nxe6 Rxe6 32. Rc1 Rce8 33. Qg4 h6 34. Rc6 a5 35. Rb6 d5 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. e5 b4 38. d4 g6 39. Rc1 a4 40. Rc5 b3 41. a3 Kh7 42. Rxd5 h5 43. Qf3 Qf5+ 44. Ka1 Rc6 45. Rc5 Rxc5 46. dxc5 Qc2 47. Qf1 Qxc5 48. Qe1 Kg7 49. Qf1 Qe3 50. Kb1 Qe4+ 51. Ka1 Kf7 52. Qc1 Qc2 53. Qg1 Ke6 54. f5+ Qxf5 55. Qxg6+ Kxe5 56. Qd6+ Ke4 57. Qd4+ Kf3 58. Qf2+ Kg4 59. Qg3+ Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Atlantic op 35th"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "2004.08.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Mayer, Steven F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. Bd2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Be3 d6 12. f4 h6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kh7 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. Rf1 Rh8 23. Nxf6 Kf8 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Bg5 Bxd5 10. cxd5 0-1

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c3 d6 7. Bb3 Be6 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Na5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Ng4 Nxc4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. dxc4 Qe7 15. Qd3 Rfe8 16. f3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. b3 Re6 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. Rxd5 b6 22. b4 Rb8 23. Rfd1 Kf8 24. R1d2 Ke7 25. Kf2 Re5 26. Rxe5+ dxe5 27. Rd5 f6 28. c5 c6 29. Rd6 bxc5 30. Rxc6 cxb4 31. cxb4 Rxb4 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. Rxa7 Rb2+ 34. Kg3 Kg8 35. h4 h5 36. a4 Ra2 37. a5 Kh7 38. a6 Kg8 39. Kh3 Kh7 40. Ra8 g6 41. Kh2 Kg7 42. a7 Kh7 43. Kg1 Kg7 44. Kf1 Ra1+ 45. Ke2 Ra2+ 46. Kd3 Ra4 47. Kc3 Ra3+ 48. Kb4 Ra1 49. Kc5 Ra6 50. Kb5 Ra1 51. Kc6 Ra2 52. Rd8 Rxa7 53. Rd7+ Rxd7 54. Kxd7 Kh6 55. Ke7 g5 56. Kxf6 gxh4 57. Kf5 1-0

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Furdzik, Rafal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qd3 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ng5 Bd5 18. c4 h6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. cxd5 Qxc1 21. dxe6+ Ke7 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bd1 Rdc8 24. g3 R8c3 25. Qe2 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mac Intyre, Paul"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 Rb8 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. d5 Ne5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nfd7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bd4 b5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. b3 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rfc1 Rfc8 23. Bf1 a6 24. Kf2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Ke3 e5 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxa4 a5 31. e5 dxe5 32. fxe5 Ne7 33. Kd4 Nc6+ 34. Kc5 Nxe5 35. Kb5 Kf7 36. Kxa5 Ke7 37. Kb6 Kd6 38. Bb5 g5 39. a5 Ng6 40. Bd3 Ne5 41. Bxh7 Nc4+ 42. Kb5 Nxa5 43. Kxa5 Kc5 44. Ka4 Kd4 45. Kb3 Ke3 46. Kc4 Kf3 47. g4 Kf4 48. Kd4 e5+ 49. Kd5 Kg3 50. Kxe5 Kxh3 51. Kf5 Kh4 52. Bg8 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2004.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Brandt, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.02.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. f4 Nh5 16. Qf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bc4 18. Bxa7 Ng3+ 19. Qxg3 Qxa7 20. a4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qc5 22. Rf3 Qc4 23. Rb1 Qxa4 24. Rxb7 Rb8 25. Rc7 Rbc8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. f5 Qc4 28. Qe3 Qa2 29. Qd2 Qc4 30. f6 exf6 31. Qxd6 Qxe4 32. Qxf6 Qe8 33. Kh2 Rc6 34. Qf4 Re6 35. c4 Re4 36. Qc7 Re7 37. Qb6 Re6 38. Qb5 Qd8 39. c5 Qc7+ 40. Kg1 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Re5 42. Rc3 Rf5+ 43. Kg1 Qe5 44. Rf3 Qxc5+ 45. Qxc5 Rxc5 46. c3 f5 47. Kf2 Kf7 48. Re3 Kf6 49. g3 g5 50. Kf3 Rc4 51. Ke2 f4 52. gxf4 gxf4 53. Rf3 Ke5 54. Kd3 Rc8 55. Rf2 Rd8+ 56. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 87th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.12.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Sena, Juan Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Be3 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. Qe2 Bb4 13. e5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. exf6 Qf4 17. Qe3 Qxf6 18. Qb6 Qe7 19. Bxc6+ Bxc6 20. Qxc6+ Kf8 21. Qxa6 Qc5 22. Rab1 Rd5 23. Qa5 Kg7 24. Qb4 Ra8 25. Rb2 Ra4 26. Qb3 Rc4 27. Rbb1 Rxc3 28. Qb2 Kh7 29. Qb4 Rxc2 30. Qe4+ Rf5 31. Rxb5 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 87th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Shapiro, Daniel E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2003.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 d6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Kh1 b5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 d5 14. Nd2 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Bf6 18. c3 bxc3 19. Qc2 Be5 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 0-0 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. Bc1 Nxe4 24. Rde1 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nc3 26. a5 Rfd8 27. Bb2 Nb5 28. Rf4 Rd5 29. Ref1 Ra7 30. Rc1 h6 31. Rc5 Rad7 32. h3 g5 33. Re4 Na7 34. Re5 R5d6 35. Re1 Rb7 36. Ba1 Rb5 37. Rec1 Rxc5 38. dxc5 Rc6 39. Bf6 Rc8 40. h4 gxh4 41. Rc4 h5 42. Kh2 Kh7 43. Rxh4 Rxc5 44. Bd8 Nc6 45. Bb6 Rg5 46. Rc4 Nxa5 47. Ra4 Nb3 48. Rxa6 Nd2 49. Ra4 Kg6 50. Kg1 Nf3+ 51. Kf2 Ne5 52. Bd8 Rg4 53. Ra8 Nd3+ 54. Ke3 Rg3+ 55. Ke2 Nf4+ 56. Kf2 Rxg2+ 57. Kf3 Rg4 58. Ra4 Kf5 59. Ra5+ e5 0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 87th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paciulli, Frank"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. c3 Nf5 8. Bd4 Bd7 9. b4 Nfxd4 10. cxd4 Nxb4 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Bd3 b6 13. 0-0 bxc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qf4 h6 16. Nc3 0-0 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. g4 Ba3 19. g5 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qb4 21. Qg3 h5 22. h3 g6 23. Nb5 Rab8 24. Nd6 Nd4 25. Kg2 Nxf3 26. Qxf3 Qd2 27. Rg1 Qxg5+ 28. Kh1 Qxe5 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Rxg6+ Kh7 31. Qd3 Rf5 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. Rd6 Be8 35. Re6 Rd8 36. Re7+ Kg6 37. Kg1 d4 38. Kf1 d3 0-1

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 87th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Treger, Effim"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 f5 8. e3 c6 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nb1 Nf6 12. Na3 Ne4 13. c4 Qb6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rfc1 g5 16. Nd2 Qb4 17. Nab1 f4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 fxe3 20. fxe3 f5 21. Bd3 f4 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Bg6 fxe3 25. Qe2 Rf2 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Nc3 Bf7 28. Ne4 Bxg6 29. Qxg6 Rf4 30. Rf1 Raf8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 87th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Hellenschmidt, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0-0 d6 10. Na4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Nd4 Nce5 13. Be2 b5 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Rad1 Nc4 16. Ncxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qc6 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 87th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxd5 Nxe5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Rc1 Be6 14. e4 h6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Bf4 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Rc7 g5 23. Bc1 Bf6 24. Rxb7 Rdb8 25. d6 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Rd8 27. d7 Ne5 28. Bc8 Nc4 29. b3 Nb6 30. Be3 Be5 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Rd5 Bd6 33. Rb5 Bc7 34. a4 Rg8 35. b4 Rg6 36. d8Q Bxd8 37. Bf5 e6 38. Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "New York Marshall CC-ch 87th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2003.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 Nh6 6. Bf4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf5 8. c3 0-0 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. g4 Nb6 16. Qc1 Rd8 17. Bc2 Qc6 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 fxe4 21. Kh2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 f6 23. Rg1+ Kf7 24. Qf4 Rg8 25. Qf5 Rxg1 26. Kxg1 Ke8 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. Qd1+ Nd7 29. Ba4 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Bxd7 Kxd7 32. Bb8 Bxa2 33. Bxa7 c4 34. Kf1 e5 35. Ke2 f5 36. Ke3 Bb1 37. Bb8 f4+ 38. Ke2 Bd3+ 39. Kd2 Ke6 40. Bc7 Bf1 41. h4 h5 42. Ke1 Bd3 43. Kd2 Kf5 44. Bd6 Kg4 45. Bxe5 e3+ 46. fxe3 f3 47. Ke1 Kxh4 48. Kf2 Be4 49. Bc7 Kg4 50. Bf4 h4 51. Bd6 Kf5 52. Bf4 Ke6 53. Bg5 h3 54. Bf4 Kd5 55. Bg3 Kc5 56. Kg1 Kb5 57. Kh2 Bf5 58. Bf2 Ka4 59. e4 Bg4 60. Bd4 Kb3 61. Kg3 Kxb2 62. e5 Kc2 63. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arias Torio, Sergio"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Raxd8 12. Nxe5 Bc8 13. Nd3 Rfe8 14. f3 Nd7 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Nf2 Nb4 17. Rec1 Be6 18. b3 f5 19. a3 Na6 20. Rab1 fxe4 21. Nfxe4 Bf5 22. c5 Nd5 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Bg5 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Bxb1 26. Nxb1 Rd7 27. b4 b6 28. Bxa6 b5 29. Nd2 h6 30. Bf4 g5 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Ne4 Bd4+ 33. Kf1 Bb2 34. Rb1 Bxa3 35. Nd6 Ree7 36. Bc8 Rc7 37. Bf5 Re5 38. Be4 Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kf8 40. Nd4 Kf7 41. Nxc6 Rxe4 42. Nd8+ Ke8 43. fxe4 Kxd8 44. Ke2 Ke7 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Kg4 Kf6 47. e5+ Kxe5 48. Kxg5 Rf7 49. h4 Rg7+ 50. Kh5 Kf5 51. Rf1+ Ke5 52. g4 Bxb4 53. c6 Kd6 54. Rf6+ Kc7 55. g5 Be7 56. Rf5 b4 57. Ra5 Kxc6 58. Rxa7 b3 59. Ra6+ Kb7 60. Ra5 Kb6 61. Ra8 Bd6 62. Ra1 Be5 63. Rb1 b2 64. Kg4 Ra7 65. Kf5 Ra1 66. Rxb2+ Bxb2 67. h5 Rh1 68. h6 Kc7 69. Kg6 Kd7 70. Kf7 Bc1 71. Kf6 Ke8 72. Kg6 Kf8 73. h7 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Franklin, David"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. b3 0-0 11. Bb2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. d5 Rad8 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Nxe5 Re7 20. Nxd7 Rexd7 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Nh5 g6 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. Bxf6 Kf7 26. Bc3 Ke6 27. Kf1 Kf5 28. Ke2 a6 29. Ke3 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Ke6 33. a5 Kd5 34. Kd3 c4+ 35. Ke3 Kc5 36. f4 h6 37. g4 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. f5 Kc6 40. f6 Kd7 41. a6 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Anidos Meizoso, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 a5 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Bb3 Rac8 16. c4 h6 17. Be3 Ne4 18. d5 Ndc5 19. Ba2 exd5 20. cxd5 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Bxd5 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qb3 26. f3 Nc3 27. Nxc3 Qxc3 28. a4 Nxa4 29. Rc1 Qxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kf2 Nc5 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qxf7 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 a4 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qxc2 a3 37. Qa2+ Kh7 38. Qxa3 b5 39. Qxc5 h5 40. Qxh5+ Kg8 41. Qxb5 Kh7 42. Kg4 Kg8 43. Kg5 Kf7 44. Qd7+ Kf8 45. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Garcia Terente, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bd3 d6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Rc1 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nc5 15. Be2 a5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rcd1 Kf8 18. Nd4 Na4 19. Nb5 Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Bc5 21. Bd3 Rd4 22. Nb5 Rd7 23. Bc2 Rad8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Ba6 27. Be2 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Bd4 29. b3 Bxe5 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd6 32. g3 Bb2 33. a4 Kc5 34. Kd3 Kd5 35. f3 Ba3 36. Bc4+ Kd6 37. Ke4 f5+ 38. Kd3 e5 39. Bg8 h6 40. g4 e4+ 41. Ke3 Bc1+ 42. Ke2 fxg4 43. fxg4 Ke5 44. Kf2 Kf4 45. h3 e3+ 46. Ke2 Kg3 47. Bc4 Kxh3 48. Kf3 Kh4 49. Be2 Kg5 50. Ke4 g6 51. Kf3 h5 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. Kg3 h4+ 54. Kh3 Bd2 55. Bd1 Be1 56. Be2 Kf4 57. Bd1 Bg3 58. Bh5 Ke4 59. Be2 Kd4 60. Kg2 Kc3 61. Bd1 Kd2 62. Bg4 e2 63. Bxe2 Kxe2 64. Kh3 Kd3 65. Kg2 Kc3 66. Kh1 Kxb3 67. Kg2 Kxa4 68. Kh1 Kb3 69. Kg2 Kc3 70. Kh3 b5 71. Kg2 b4 72. Kh1 b3 73. Kg2 a4 74. Kh3 a3 75. Kg2 a2 76. Kh3 Kd3 77. Kg2 Ke3 78. Kh3 b2 79. Kg2 Kf4 80. Kh3 a1R 81. Kg2 Ra2 82. Kh3 Kg5 83. Kg2 Kg4 84. Kg1 b1R# 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Mahdy, Khaled"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Qb8 15. g4 Rd8 16. h4 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Ng5 e4 19. Bd4 e3 20. Qe2 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qe5 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Bh3 c5 25. Ra4 Nb6 26. Ra6 Rd2 27. Qe1 Qe5 28. Rg2 Nc4 29. c3 Rxg2 30. Bxg2 e2 31. Kb1 Rd8 32. Kc2 f4 33. Kb3 Rd1 34. Qf2 e1Q 35. Qxe1 Rxe1 36. Kxc4 Qe2+ 37. Kb3 Qxa6 38. a3 Qb5+ 39. Ka2 Qc4+ 40. b3 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "McCarthy, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nb5 cxd4 9. Nd6+ Kf8 10. Nxc8 Qb4+ 11. Qd2 Qxb2 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Nd6 Ndxe5 14. Qc1 Qb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd6 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Nb4 19. 0-0 Rxc2 20. Qxd4 Qc5 21. Qf4 b6 22. Qb8+ Qc8 23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. Qxb4 Qc5 25. Qa4+ b5 26. Qb3 Rc3 27. Qb2 Ke7 28. Rfe1 Rc2 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxa2 31. Bxd5 Rb2 32. f4 Rd8 33. Rdd1 Kf6 34. Bf3 Rb8 35. Rd7 a5 36. g4 g6 37. g5+ Kg7 38. Rc1 a4 39. Rcc7 Rf8 40. h5 a3 41. h6+ Kg8 42. Ra7 a2 43. Bd1 b4 44. Rdb7 Rd8 45. Bf3 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 a1Q 47. Rxa1 Rxa1 48. Be4 Ra2+ 49. Kg3 Rb2 50. Bf3 Rb3 51. Kg2 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Kf8 53. Kg4 Ke8 54. Be4 Rd4 55. Bf3 Rb1 56. Bc6+ Kd8 57. Ra7 b3 58. Rxf7 b2 59. Rxh7 Rg1+ 60. Kh4 Rxf4+ 61. Kh3 b1Q 62. Rh8+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Traks, Martin"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 0-0 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Rfd1 Rd7 14. Rxd7 Nxd7 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 Nf8 18. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 19. Bf1 Rd7 20. Bxa6 Nb8 21. Ne5 Nxa6 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nd6 Kf8 26. Nc4 b5 27. Nd6 Nc7 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Nb7 Kd7 30. Ke2 Kc6 31. Nc5 Nd7 32. Nb3 Kd5 33. Na5 Nb6 34. Kd3 Ne8 35. f3 f5 36. h3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zumbado Gutierrez, Marco Antonio"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 Bd6 13. a5 c4 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Rxd6 Bd7 18. Rxb6 a5 19. Na3 c3 20. bxc3 Ne7 21. Nc4 Nc8 22. Rb7 a4 23. Bd4 Be6 24. Ne3 0-0 25. e5 fxe5 26. Bxe5 a3 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Zhao, Nan"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. 0-0-0 Be7 13. Nh5 Bf6 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxh6 Bxc2 17. Bxg7 Rxh5 18. Kxc2 Rf5 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Kb1 Rh6 21. Qe3 Rh8 22. Qe5 Ke7 23. Qg5+ Kd6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. h5 f6 26. Qxf6 Qh7+ 27. Ka1 Qxh5 28. Qf4+ e5 29. Qf6+ Kd7 30. dxe5 Qxh1 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qxc8+ Ke7 34. Qxb7+ Ke6 35. Qc7 Rh6 36. Kb1 Qh5 37. Qd6+ Kf5 38. Qxd5 Re6 39. Qd3+ Kxe5 40. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.23"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Bregadze, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nxd4 8. Nge2 Nxe2 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qxd8 Nxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Qd5+ Be6 14. Qxb7+ Be7 15. 0-0 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rhe8 17. Rad1 Rxc3 18. Rxe6 Kxe6 19. Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.21"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Arnold, Marc Tyler"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Be3 Be7 11. a3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Rc1 0-0 14. h3 Bh5 15. b4 a6 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rc2 Bg6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 e5 20. Qe2 e4 21. Nd2 f5 22. Qc4 Bf6 23. Nb3 Kh8 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Rfc1 Rad8 26. Nc5 Ne7 27. Nxb7 Rg8 28. Rc7 g5 29. R1c5 f4 30. Bc1 Rxd4 31. Kh2 g4 32. Bxf4 Nd5 33. Rf7 gxh3 34. Bg3 e3 35. fxe3 Rdg4 36. Rxd5 Rxg3 37. Rxf6 hxg2 38. Rd1 g1Q+ 39. Rxg1 Rxg1 40. Rf8 Rxf8 41. Kxg1 Rf3 42. Nc5 Rxe3 43. a4 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Nf3 0-0 9. c3 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Qe2 c5 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Bg3 Qc4 18. Qxa7 Nd5 19. Qd7 Rc5 20. Nb3 Rd8 21. Nxc5 Rxd7 22. Nxd7 f6 23. Rxe6 Qc8 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Nxb6 Qc6 26. Re1 Kf7 27. b4 Qxb6 28. a4 Qc6 29. b5 Qxc3 30. Rb1 Qc2 31. Ra1 Qb2 32. Re1 Nd5 33. Bd6 Nc3 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. h4 Nxa4 36. h5+ Kh7 37. Ra7 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qxb5 39. g4 Qb6 40. Rxa4 Qxd6+ 41. Kh3 Qc6 42. Rf4 Qh1+ 43. Kg3 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Kg8 45. f3 Qf2 46. Rf5 Kf7 47. Rf4 Ke6 48. Re4+ Kd5 49. Rf4 Qe3 50. Rf5+ Kd4 51. Kg3 Qg1+ 52. Kh3 Ke3 53. Rc5 Qh1+ 54. Kg3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krysa, Leandro Sergio"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 0-0-0 13. Re2 Bc4 14. Rd2 f5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Bg7 17. Nd6+ Rxd6 18. Bxd6 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rd8 20. Qxc4 Rxd6 21. Kf1 b6 22. Re1 Kb7 23. Qb3 Qa6+ 24. Kg1 Qe2 25. Qf3+ Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rd2 27. Rc1 Kc6 28. Kf1 Kd5 29. Ke1 Rd4 30. Ke2 Rh4 31. Rd1+ Ke6 32. Rh1 Rh3 33. c3 Ke5 34. Rd1 Ke6 35. Rh1 c6 36. b3 a5 37. a4 c5 38. c4 Ke5 39. Rd1 Rxh2 40. Rd5+ Ke6 41. Rd8 g4 42. Kf1 gxf3 43. Kg1 Rg2+ 44. Kf1 Ke5 45. Rb8 Rg6 46. Rh8 Kd4 47. Re8 f4 48. Re7 Rf6 49. Re1 Kc3 50. Ra1 Kxb3 51. Ke1 Re6+ 52. Kf1 Rg6 53. Re1 h5 54. Re4 Rf6 55. Re5 Rd6 56. Ke1 Kc2 57. Rd5 Rxd5 58. cxd5 h4 59. Kf1 h3 60. Kg1 c4 61. d6 h2+ 62. Kxh2 Kb1 63. d7 c3 64. d8Q c2 65. Qd3 b5 66. axb5 Kb2 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Cruz Sanchez, Cristhian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Qe2 Nfd7 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Na5 13. Bc2 Nac4 14. b3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Rc8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qc7 18. Rd3 Bxd4 19. Nb5 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qxc2 21. Rd2 Qc5 22. Nxa7 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rc5 24. Rd4 Ra8 25. Rb4 Rxa7 26. Rxb6 Rc2+ 27. Kf3 Kf8 28. a4 Ke8 29. a5 Kd7 30. Ra4 Kc7 31. Rbb4 Rc5 32. Rc4 Kc6 33. Ke3 Rxc4 34. Rxc4+ Kd7 35. Rb4 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aguilar, Gatto"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 0-0 5. Be2 d5 6. h3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Nd7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxd5 Qxb2 15. Qxe5 Qxd2 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Qxc5 b6 18. Qd4 Rb8 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qa4 Be6 21. Bd5 Bd7 22. Qb3 Rbc8 23. c4 Bc6 24. Rd2 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 Qe5 26. Qb2 Qxb2 27. Rxb2 Rd7 28. e4 Re8 29. f3 Kg7 30. Kf2 Red8 31. Rd3 f5 32. Rbd2 Kf6 33. Ke3 Bxd5 34. cxd5 g5 35. g3 fxe4 36. Kxe4 Re7+ 37. Kd4 Re5 38. Kc4 Rc8+ 39. Kb4 Rd8 40. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iermito, Sebastian"]
[Black "Thaler, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. Nbd2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. h3 Qe7 13. Re1 Bb6 14. Nf1 b4 15. Ng3 bxc3 16. bxc3 h6 17. Nf5 Qc5 18. Bd2 a5 19. N3h4 Nxe4 20. Be3 Qxc3 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Qxe4 Qb4 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Nd6 Ra7 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Bd5 Rc7 27. Nf5 Nd4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rac1 Rc5 30. Bb3 Rd8 31. Kf1 d3 32. Rcd1 Rc7 33. Re3 Rcd7 34. Bc4 d2 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Bd3 Ra7 37. Rxd2 f5 38. Bc4 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Re7 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Ke3 g5 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. g3 Kc6 44. Ke5 Kc5 45. Bb3 f4 46. gxf4 gxf4 47. Kxf4 Kd4 48. Kf5 Kd3 49. f4 Ke3 50. Ke5 Kf3 51. f5 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U10"]
[Site "Villa Giardino"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Duarte da Silva, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nh3 Qe7 9. Qg4 Rg8 10. Nf4 h6 11. Rxh6 Nf8 12. Rh3 Nc6 13. Nh5 Ng6 14. Bd3 Kd8 15. 0-0-0 Qf8 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6 Qxf2 18. Qg5+ Ne7 19. Rf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 b6 21. Nxg7 Kd7 22. Qf6 c6 23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24. Qd6+ Bd7 25. e6 Kc8 26. Qxd7+ Kb8 27. Ne8 1-0

