[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2024.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yoon, Jun Seop"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2024.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. d3 a6 9. Ba4 0-0 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 d6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bb3 b5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Be6 17. d4 Bxb3 18. axb3 Ra8 19. b4 Qc7 20. Ra5 Rfc8 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Rca1 e6 23. Bf4 Ne8 24. Ne2 Bf6 25. Nc1 Rc4 26. e5 dxe5 27. dxe5 Be7 28. Nd3 Qc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Qc4 31. Nd3 Nc7 32. Qc3 Nd5 33. Qd2 Nxf4 34. Nc5 Bxc5+ 35. bxc5 Qxc5+ 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Nd3+ 38. Ke3 Nxe5 39. Ra2 a5 40. Kd4 Nd7 41. g4 h6 42. Ra1 Kf8 43. h4 a4 44. Ra3 Rc8 45. Rd3 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2024.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Pointier, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Be6 10. Qd3 Rd8 11. e3 Na6 12. Qe2 h6 13. Rd1 Nc7 14. Na4 Qa6 15. Qxa6 Nxa6 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Rac1 Be4 18. Be1 g5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne8 21. Nd3 Rac8 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Rdc2 Rdc7 24. g4 b6 25. f3 Nd6 26. Bg3 Nb8 27. b3 Rd7 28. Nc3 Kf8 29. a4 Rcd8 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 f6 32. Bg3 Na6 33. Bxd6 exd6 34. Ne4 c5 35. Nxf6 Rf7 36. Nd5 Re8 37. Rc3 Nb8 38. b4 Nd7 39. Nc7 Rc8 40. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2024.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eythorsson, Engilbert Vidar"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2024.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Bd3 d6 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Rc8 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qd1 a6 12. a4 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Ncd2 Re8 15. Bg3 h6 16. Re1 Be6 17. Qb1 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2024.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beatty, Samuel"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1731"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Nd2 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Bf1 Nh5 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Be2 Nf4 18. Bf3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 c4 22. Rb1 f5 23. Qc2 Qd4 24. Be3 Qd3 25. Qc1 fxe4 26. Rd1 Qb3 27. Be2 Bf5 28. g4 Bd7 29. Bd3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2024.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Stelmaszyk, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2024.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1 Bb7 9. Qxc4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Rc8 14. Qd4 Rxc3 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Rxd7 Bd5 19. Rxa7 Rc2 20. Be3 b5 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Rd1 h6 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rc8 25. Ke3 R2xc5 26. bxc5 Bb3 27. Rda1 Bxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxc5 29. Kf3 Rf5+ 30. Kg2 Kh7 31. Rg4 h5 32. Ra4 Kg6 33. Rb4 Rg5 34. Rf4 Re5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2024.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Adair, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. c5 Qc7 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Bg2 Nbd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 e5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Rf1 Nxe5 18. 0-0-0 Bxc5 19. Na4 Be7 20. Qc3 Qe6 21. Kb1 0-0 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Rfd8 24. Bh3 Qxh3 25. Qxe5 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qc3 Rd8 28. Kc2 Qe6 29. e5 Qxa2 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 Qd5+ 32. Kc1 Qh1+ 33. Kc2 Qxh2+ 34. Kb1 Qh1+ 35. Ka2 Qd5+ 36. Kb1 b6 37. Qe3 c5 38. g4 Qd1+ 39. Ka2 Qa4+ 40. Kb1 Qxg4 41. Ka2 Qe6+ 42. Ka1 f6 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Bg4 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Bf1 a6 15. Qg3 Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. b3 Nb5 19. Ra2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qc7 22. Rea1 Rfb8 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Rxa6 Nf6 25. f3 g5 26. Qa5 Qxa5 27. Rxa5 Kf8 28. Kf2 Nh5 29. g3 Nf6 30. Bd3 Nd7 31. Bb5 Nf6 32. Bd3 Nd7 33. f4 Nf6 34. Ra7 Rb4 35. Kf3 Rb8 36. Bc4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Rd8 38. Bb5 Rb8 39. Bc4 Rd8 40. Ke3 Nd7 41. Bb5 Nf6 42. Bc6 Rb8 43. e5 Nh5 44. Rb7 Rxb7 45. Bxb7 Ke8 46. Bc8 Kd8 47. Bg4 Ng7 48. h4 Kc7 49. Kd3 f6 50. Ke4 Kb6 51. c3 Ka5 52. exf6 exf6 53. Bf5 Kb5 54. Bg6 Ka5 55. Ke3 Kb5 56. Kd3 f5 57. Bf7 Ka5 58. Kc4 Ka6 59. b4 cxb4 60. cxb4 Kb6 61. b5 Ka5 62. Bg6 Kb6 63. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2024.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Tan, Chong Hien Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2024.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd1 Rb8 15. Na5 Bd8 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Ra8 20. c4 e4 21. c5 Bd7 22. a4 Bc6 23. a5 a6 24. Rd4 h6 25. Rb1 g6 26. Rb2 Kg7 27. Rdb4 Rac8 28. Bh3 Rcd8 29. Rxb7 Bxb7 30. Rxb7 Nd5 31. Bd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Nb4 33. Rb7 Nc6 34. Rb6 Nxa5 35. Rxa6 Nc4 36. Ra7 Nxd6 37. cxd6 Rd8 38. Re7 Rxd6 39. Rxe4 h5 40. Kg2 Ra6 41. h3 Ra3 42. e3 Ra2 43. Rd4 Rb2 44. h4 Ra2 45. Kf3 Ra3 46. Kf4 Ra2 47. f3 Ra5 48. e4 Ra3 49. Rd7 Kf6 50. e5+ Ke6 51. Rd6+ Ke7 52. Rf6 Ra5 53. Rd6 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2024.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perchard, Matthew"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2024.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CB13_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 0-0 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Bh6 Bd7 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Ng3 Bg4 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rad8 18. Re4 Rd4 19. Rae1 Ne6 20. Qe3 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd7 22. Qg4 Qd4 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. a4 Rd8 25. Ne4 Rd5 26. Nd2 Rc5 27. c4 dxc3 28. Ne4 Rxe5 29. Nf6+ exf6 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. bxc3 Nc5 32. d4 Nxa4 33. dxe5 Nxc3 34. Kf1 a5 35. f4 a4 36. g4 a3 37. h4 a2 38. Kf2 a1Q 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 Qd1 41. e6 fxe6 42. fxe6 Qd4+ 43. Kg3 Nd5 44. e7 Qe3+ 45. Kg4 Kf7 46. h5 Nf6+ 47. Kh4 Qf3 48. e8Q+ Kxe8 49. Kg5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch Rapid 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Hart, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2 e6 9. Be2 Re8 10. 0-0 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Qc7 13. e4 Rb8 14. Bh4 b6 15. Bg3 e5 16. Ra3 Nf8 17. Bh2 Qd8 18. a5 h6 19. Qc2 g5 20. g4 Ng6 21. Rfa1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. f3 Nd7 24. Rb3 Bd4+ 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Na4 Rxb3 28. Nxb3 Be3 29. Nc3 Qf6 30. Nd1 h5 31. Qc3 Bd4 32. Nxd4 cxd4 33. Qd2 Rh8 34. Nf2 Ne5 35. Rh1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rxh1 37. Nxh1 Bxg4 38. Qxd4 Bd7 39. Nf2 g4 40. Nd3 gxf3+ 41. Bxf3 Qg5+ 42. Kf2 Qg3+ 43. Ke2 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Gong, Daniel Hanwen"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. a4 0-0 8. Nf3 Na6 9. 0-0 Nb4 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. a5 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. c3 Na6 14. f5 c4 15. Qe1 Nac5 16. Qh4 Nf6 17. Ng3 b5 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Ng4 20. Qh4 Nf6 21. Ng5 h5 22. Ne2 Nh7 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. g4 e5 25. f6 Qd7 26. Rf5 1-0

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Lu, Xiahan Luna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1471"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. b4 0-0 12. b5 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Nc6 14. e3 g5 15. g4 Bxg4 16. fxg4 gxh4 17. Nc3 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Ra4 Kh8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Rfd8 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. cxd6 Rxd6 24. d5 Rxd5 25. Rxh4 Kg7 26. Rg1+ Kf6 27. Be2 Rh8 28. Bd2 Rh7 29. b4 Ke7 30. Bc3 Ne5 31. Rxh5 Rxh5 32. Bxh5 Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Nf4+ 34. Ke3 Nxh5 35. Bd4 b6 36. Ra1 Rd7 37. Rf1 f6 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Ke3 Nf6 40. Bxf6+ Kxf6 41. Ra1 e5 42. b5 Rd5 43. Rxa7 Rxb5 44. h4 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 f4 46. h5 Kf5 47. h6 Rh3 48. h7 b5 49. Rf7+ Kg6 50. Rb7 Rxh7 51. Rxb5 Kf5 52. Kg2 Re7 53. Kf2 Kg4 54. Rb8 e4 55. Rg8+ Kf5 56. Rf8+ Ke5 57. Ra8 Rc7 58. Re8+ Kd5 59. Rd8+ Kc4 60. Rf8 Kd3 61. Rd8+ Kc3 62. Rf8 f3 63. Ke3 Re7 64. Rc8+ Kb4 65. Rc1 Rg7 66. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fulo, Nunilon III"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nb3 0-0 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Bh6 Qb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. 0-0-0 a5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 a4 17. Na1 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Rde1 Rfe8 20. c3 Qc5 21. Nc2 Nf6 22. Nb4 a3 23. Re2 Rec8 24. Kb1 axb2 25. Rxe7 Ra3 26. Qxb2 Rxc3 27. Rxb7 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Rb3 Qd3+ 30. Ka1 d5 31. Rc1 d4 32. Rbxc3 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 dxc3 34. Qc1 f6 35. g3 h5 36. a4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Milligan, Helen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. b4 d6 5. Bb2 a5 6. b5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. bxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Be2 Ba6 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Nd2 f5 13. 0-0 e5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. d5 Nf6 16. dxc6 Qc7 17. c5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qxc6 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Ba3 d5 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. f3 exf3 23. Rxf3 Raf7 24. Rdf1 Kg8 25. R3f2 Ne4 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qd1 Ke6 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. Qd1 Ke6 31. Qg4+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NZL-ch op 131st"]
[Site "Palmerston North"]
[Date "2024.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Steadman, Michael VR"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NZL"]
[SourceTitle "CB03_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. a4 0-0 8. Nf3 Na6 9. 0-0 Nb4 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. h3 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfd5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. c3 a6 17. Bc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxb5 Nc6 21. Nxc5 Nxe5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bh6 Qd6 25. Qf3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. Qe4 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 exd5 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Kg1 Kd6 36. b4 Kc6 37. Kf2 Kb5 38. Ke3 Kc4 39. Kd2 d4 40. cxd4 Kxd4 41. g4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shetty, Anshul"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 0-0 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. Qc1 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qb6 15. Rac1 a5 16. h3 Rfb8 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. exf6 exf6 19. Re2 Bf8 20. a3 Qb5 21. Rce1 Qb3 22. Qc1 Qc4 23. Qd2 Rb3 24. Bg3 c5 25. Qf4 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxd4 27. Bf4 g5 28. Be3 g4 29. hxg4 Qxg4 30. Qxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Liu, Zachary Hankun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg2 h6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Bf4 0-0 10. h4 dxc4 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nd2 b5 13. a3 Rd8 14. e4 Bh7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nxb5 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Nc3 Bd3 21. Nf3 Bc2 22. Rac1 Bf5 23. Ne5 Nd4 24. Kg2 g5 25. Bd2 Nb3 26. Rcd1 Bc2 27. Ng4 Kg7 28. Nxf6 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Kxf6 30. f4 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dhyana, Patel"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 h6 7. Nc3 e5 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. 0-0-0 Be6 11. Kb1 0-0-0 12. Ne1 f5 13. f4 Ne7 14. Rf1 g5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. fxg5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 hxg5 18. Qxg5 Bh6 19. Qg6 Qd7 20. Qe4 Bd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Qxe5 Bg7 23. Qf5 Qxf5 24. Rxf5 Rhe8 25. Nf3 Re2 26. g4 d4 27. a4 c4 28. Rf7 Bf8 29. dxc4 Bc5 30. g5 Kb8 31. h4 1-0

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Guo, Ethan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. 0-0 e5 9. e4 Bg4 10. Qc2 c5 11. d5 a6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. Kh2 b5 15. Be2 b4 16. a4 Qe7 17. Rh1 g6 18. Rag1 Ne8 19. g4 Ng7 20. Kg2 Qd7 21. b3 f5 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Kf1 Kh8 24. Ke1 fxe4 25. Bg4 Qe7 26. Nxe4 Nd7 27. Rg3 Nf6 28. Rhg1 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Rf4 30. Qg2 Ra7 31. Be6 Qf6 32. Rg5 e4 33. Rg4 Qc3+ 34. Ke2 Rf3 35. Rh4 Qb2+ 36. Ke1 Qf6 37. Rxe4 Rxb3 38. Re3 Rc3 39. Re4 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Rc2+ 41. Ke3 b3 42. Rb1 b2 43. Qg1 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Nfd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. f4 0-0 8. Nf3 Na6 9. 0-0 Nb4 10. Ne2 Nb6 11. a5 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Ng3 Nf6 14. c3 Na6 15. Qe2 Nc7 16. c4 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. e5 Nfe8 20. Ne4 Qa6 21. Re1 b5 22. b3 h6 23. exd6 exd6 24. f5 bxc4 25. bxc4 gxf5 26. Ng3 Nf6 27. Qc2 Re8 28. Rf1 Ng4 29. Nxf5 Nxd5 30. cxd5 Re2 31. Qb3 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Be5 34. Nxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Li, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 Bf5 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5 11. d5 a6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qa4+ Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Nd7 15. e4 Bg6 16. f4 e6 17. Nc3 0-0 18. Be2 Rae8 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rf1 Nb8 21. Kd1 Nc6 22. Kc2 Nd4+ 23. Kb1 Re7 24. fxg5 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Nxe2 26. Nxe2 hxg5 27. g4 b5 28. Kc1 bxc4 29. Nxc4 Bxe4 30. Nxd6 Bxg2 31. Rf2 Bc6 32. b3 Rd7 33. Nc4 Rd3 34. Nd2 Rh3 35. Kc2 Be8 36. Nf3 Bg6+ 37. Kd2 Be4 38. Nxg5 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2023.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gutla, Aryan"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "1807"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2023.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB52_2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qe7 13. 0-0 Rb8 14. Re1 h6 15. Nc4 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Qd2 Nh7 21. Rf1 Bd7 22. Bh5 Rf8 23. Qf2 b6 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Qe2 b5 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Be6 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Nf8 30. Qg4 Rb7 31. Rf7 Rxf7 32. Bxf7 Qb6 33. Qe2 Qb4 34. Qc2 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qxe3 36. Bh5 Bf6 37. g3 Bg5 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Qxd2 Bxd2 40. Be2 a5 41. Bb5 Kg7 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. h4 Ng6 44. Kg4 Nh8 45. b3 Nf7 46. Kf3 Nd6 47. Bd3 Be1 48. Kg4 h5+ 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Be2 Ne8 51. Bd3 Nf6 52. Kg2 Bc3 53. Kf3 Bd4 54. Bb5 Kd6 55. Bc4 Ng4 56. Bb5 Ke7 57. Ba4 Ne3 58. Bb5 Nd1 59. g4 hxg4+ 60. Kxg4 Nc3 61. Bd3 c4 62. bxc4 a4 63. c5 a3 64. Bc4 Nxe4 65. c6 Kd6 66. h5 Nf6+ 67. Kg5 e4 68. Kf4 e3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Texe, Eirik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2023.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 Rb8 7. e3 b5 8. Qe2 Be7 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 a6 11. Bb2 0-0 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nc6 Nxc6 15. Bxc6 Rb6 16. Bg2 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rd6 19. Ne4 Rxd4 20. exd4 Nb6 21. Nc5 Qxd4 22. Nxa6 Nd5 23. Qxb5 Nc3 24. Qh5 f5 25. Qf3 Ne4 26. Qe2 Nc3 27. Qf3 Nd5 28. Nb8 Bb7 29. Nc6 Bxc6 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smarason, Kristjan Ingi"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1469"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. h3 Na6 9. 0-0 Nb4 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bh2 f5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxb5 15. axb5 Nf6 16. Na4 Qd6 17. c3 Qxe5 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Re1 Qxd5 20. Rxe7 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 b6 22. Rd4 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxb4 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Re4 26. Rxe4 Nxe4 27. f3 Nd6 28. Nc3 Kf7 29. Kg3 Ke6 30. Kf4 Nc4 31. b3 Nd2 32. b4 Nc4 33. Kg5 Ne3 34. g4 fxg4 35. fxg4 Nd5 36. Nxd5 Kxd5 37. Kh6 Kc4 38. Kxh7 Kxb5 39. Kxg6 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. g5 a4 42. Kh6 a3 43. g6 a2 44. g7 a1Q 45. g8Q Qf1 46. Qg5+ Kb4 47. h4 Ka3 48. h5 Qf8+ 49. Qg7 Qf4+ 50. Kh7 Qf5+ 51. Qg6 Qd7+ 52. Kh8 Qd8+ 53. Kg7 Qe7+ 54. Qf7 Qe5+ 55. Kf8 Qh8+ 56. Ke7 Qe5+ 57. Kd7 Qb5+ 58. Kd8 Qb8+ 59. Ke7 Qe5+ 60. Kf8 Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2023.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Haberecht, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1412"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2023.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Bd3 Bh5 10. Nb3 Bg6 11. e4 Rc8 12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Ne5 Qd4 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Be3 Qa4 19. f3 Bc5 20. Rf2 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Rfd8 22. Bf1 Qd4 23. Qb3 Rc7 24. g3 Rdc8 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. Kg2 Qe7 27. Rfd2 Rc5 28. Qa4 a6 29. b4 Rc3 30. b5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Qc7 32. Be2 b6 33. a4 Qc6 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kh7 36. Qxc6 Rxc6 37. Rd2 Ne8 38. Bb5 Rd6 39. Rc2 Rd8 40. e5 Kg8 41. Bxe8 Rxe8 42. Rb2 Rb8 43. Rb5 Ra8 44. Rb4 Kf8 45. f4 Ke7 46. Kf3 Ra6 47. Ke3 Kd7 48. Kd3 Kc6 49. Rc4+ Kd5 50. Rd4+ Kc5 51. Rc4+ Kd5 52. Rc7 Rxa4 53. Rxf7 Ra3+ 54. Kc2 Ra2+ 55. Kb3 Rxh2 56. Rxg7 Rh6 57. Kb4 Ke4 58. Re7 Kf5 59. Kb5 Rh3 60. Rf7+ Ke4 61. Kxb6 Rxg3 62. Kc6 Rd3 63. Rf6 Rd1 64. Kc7 Rf1 65. Rxg6 Rxf4 66. Rxe6 Kd5 67. Re8 Re4 68. e6 Rxe6 69. Rxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kracht, Raphael"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. cxd4 d6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 d5 12. Nc3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qf4 21. Qc3 Kh6 22. Qxc4 e5 23. d5 Na5 24. Qc7 Bf5 25. Neg5 Rac8 26. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Adams, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2023.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 Qe7 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nbd2 Na6 11. e4 d6 12. Qa4 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Nd7 14. b4 e5 15. b5 Nc7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Qa2 a5 18. d5 Nc5 19. Nh4 g6 20. Qb1 Rf8 21. Qe1 Bc8 22. f4 f6 23. f5 g5 24. Nhf3 h5 25. h3 Kf7 26. Nh2 Ke8 27. Qe2 Qh7 28. Rf2 Bd7 29. Nhf1 Kd8 30. Ne3 Kc8 31. Nd1 Ne8 32. Nb2 Kc7 33. Nb1 Rg8 34. Nc3 Ng7 35. Qf1 g4 36. h4 Rgd8 37. Nb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2023.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Melaa, Sondre Lillestol"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2023.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Na3 Bf5 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nxa7 Nxa7 11. Rxa7 e5 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Be2 0-0 15. 0-0 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Be3 Qxc3 18. Bd4 Qc2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxb7 Qxd1 21. Bxd1 Rfe8 22. Bb3 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. Rb4 f5 26. Rf4 Rd2 27. Rf1 Re5 28. h3 Rdd5 29. Ra1 Re4 30. Rxe4 fxe4 31. Ra4 Re5 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 Re7 34. Ke3 Rb7 35. Rxe4 Rb3+ 36. Kf4 Rb2 37. Kg3 Kg6 38. Rg4+ Kf6 39. f3 Ra2 40. Kh4 Ra5 41. Rg8 Rf5 42. Kg4 Ra5 43. f4 Rb5 44. g3 h6 45. Kh4 Ra5 46. g4 Ra4 47. Kh5 Rxf4 48. Kxh6 Rf3 49. h4 Rh3 50. h5 Ke7 51. Kh7 f5 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. Rg5 fxg4 54. Rf5+ Ke7 55. Kg7 Ke6 56. Rg5 Ra3 57. h6 Ra7+ 58. Kg6 Ra8 59. h7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2023.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Johannsson, Birkir Isak"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2023.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bb1 Ne6 14. Nd5 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Qf3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bd3 h5 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Rfc8 22. Bb5 d6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2023.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Hallmundarson, Birkir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1499"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Be3 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rd2 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Rd6 16. e4 Rb6 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Re1+ Kd7 19. Na4 Rb5 20. b4 Kd6 21. Nc3 Rb6 22. a4 Rc8 23. Nb5+ Kd7 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. a5 Ra6 26. Nb5 b6 27. d6 Re8 28. Rc1 bxa5 29. Nc7 Ra7 30. Nxe8 Nxe8 31. b5 Kd8 32. b6 Ra6 33. d7 Bxd7 34. b7 Rb6 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. b8Q Rxb8 37. Rxb8 Nf6 38. Rb7 Ke8 39. Ra7 Bc8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2023.03.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Christoffersen, Odd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A93"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1510"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2023.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Ne4 6. 0-0 Be7 7. b3 Nd7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nbd2 f5 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. Ne5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Be8 14. Qc2 g6 15. Bc1 Bf7 16. f3 Re8 17. e4 1-0

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2022.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Tarini, Goyal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaufman, Raymond"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. h3 Bxb5 9. axb5 Nbd7 10. 0-0 a6 11. bxa6 Rxa6 12. Rxa6 bxa6 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. b3 Qb4 15. Bd2 c4 16. bxc4 Rc8 17. Ra1 Nc5 18. Qe2 Nfd7 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Qe3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. f4 Bg7 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Na4 25. Rb3 Qa1+ 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. Ne4 Qxe3+ 28. Bxe3 Bxe5 29. c5 f5 30. Rb4 Nb2 31. Ng5 Nd1 32. Bd4 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Ne3 34. d6 exd6 35. cxd6 Nxc2 36. d7 Rd8 37. Rd2 Nb4 38. Ne6 Nc6 39. Nxd8 Nxd8 40. Re2 1-0

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2022.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bd2 e5 7. e3 f5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 e4 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nf4 Qe7 13. Bc3 Nf6 14. h4 0-0 15. 0-0-0 Re8 16. Kb1 Qf7 17. b3 a6 18. c5 a5 19. Bb2 Kh7 20. a4 Rb8 21. Bc4 Qe7 22. Be6 Bxe6 23. Ndxe6 Nfd7 24. Nxg7 Qxg7 25. h5 g5 26. Ng6 Qf7 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd6 b5 30. cxb6 Rxb6 31. Rhd1 Rxb3+ 32. Kc1 Rb6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Qxc6 Re7 35. Qd5 Rc7+ 36. Kb1 Qf6 37. Rd4 Qb6+ 38. Qb5 Qe6 39. Qd5 Qc8 40. Rd2 Rc1+ 41. Ka2 Rc2+ 42. Kb1 Rc1+ 43. Ka2 Rc2+ 44. Kb1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2022.12.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Proleiko, Julian"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne6 12. Bf4 0-0 13. Bg3 Nd4 14. Qd1 a5 15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Rb1 a4 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 b5 19. Nd2 Qd7 20. Nf3 Ra7 21. Qd2 Rfa8 22. Bf4 Ra2 23. Re2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Nxf4 25. Re4 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Rd1 Nb4 28. Rc1 Nd3 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. g3 Bh6 31. Rd7 Nd5 32. g4 Bf8 33. Re1 Ra3 34. e6 f6 35. Nd2 Bh6 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Ne4 Rxb3 38. h4 Bf4 39. g5 fxg5 40. hxg5 Rb4 41. Nf6 Nxf6 42. gxf6+ Kxf6 43. Rf8+ Kg5 44. Rf7 Bd6 45. Rxh7 Rd4 46. Kg2 c4 47. Rf7 c3 48. Kf3 Rg4 49. Ke3 b4 50. Kd3 c5 51. Kc2 c4 52. Rf1 Rf4 53. Rg1+ Rg4 54. f4+ Bxf4 55. Rxg4+ Kxg4 56. Rxe7 Be5 57. Rf7 b3+ 58. Kc1 Bd6 59. e7 Ba3+ 60. Kd1 c2+ 61. Ke2 Bxe7 0-1

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Colas, Joshua"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. e4 0-0 8. Be2 b6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. h4 Ne5 12. f3 Rc8 13. b3 a6 14. Rc1 b5 15. cxb5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. 0-0 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 axb5 20. Ne1 Qd7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rf1 e5 23. Bg5 d5 24. h5 e4 25. h6 Be5 26. Bf4 Bc3 27. Qf2 f5 28. Nc2 d4 29. Rd1 d3 30. Ne3 Bd4 31. Kh2 Rc6 32. Qg3 Kf8 33. Be5 Bxe5 34. Qxe5 Qd6 35. Qxd6+ Rxd6 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Ra6 39. Ra1 Kf6 40. a5 g5 41. Nd5+ Ke5 42. Nc7 Rc6 43. a6 Rxc7 44. a7 Rxa7 45. Rxa7 Kd4 46. Rxh7 e3 47. Rd7+ Kc3 48. h7 e2 49. h8Q+ Kc2 50. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2022.12.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Tang, Zoey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 a3 11. bxa3 Nc6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Nb5 Qa5 14. Bb2 Qxa4 15. Nc3 Qb4 16. Qb3 Be6 17. e3 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. a4 Bg4 20. Bc3 Rfc8 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Bxd2 Be2 23. Rfc1 Bc4 24. Qb2 e5 25. Bf1 exd4 26. exd4 Qg4 27. Bxc4 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Bc3 Rxc4 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Qxb7 Raxa4 32. Rab1 Ra2 33. Rf1 Rcc2 34. Qe7 Rxf2 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Qf8+ Kf6 37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kh6 39. Qxd4 Rg2+ 40. Kh1 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Rag2# 0-1

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Andersen, Gunnar James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. h3 Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Be2 Rd8 12. 0-0 e6 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qxa2 15. Bc4 Qa3 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. d5 h6 18. Bd2 exd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Qe1 Nxd5 21. Ne5 Re7 22. Bxd5 Rxe5 23. Bb4 Qd3 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. Qd2 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxb4 27. Qd8+ Qf8 28. Qc7 Be6 0-1

[Event "Chesterfield SPICE Cup op"]
[Site "Chesterfield"]
[Date "2022.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Marjanovic, Annamaria"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 212 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Bf4 h6 11. Qc1 g5 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. h4 g4 14. Ne1 Kh7 15. Nc2 Nbd7 16. Ne3 Bg6 17. h5 Nxh5 18. Nxg4 Ne5 19. Nxh6 Nc4 20. Ng4 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 f5 22. Nh2 f4 23. g4 Ng3 24. fxg3 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Be3 26. Qe1 Kg7 27. gxf4 Rh8 28. Rf3 Qe7 29. Nd1 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rh8+ 31. Bh3 1-0

[Event "Indianapolis Premier"]
[Site "Indianapolis"]
[Date "2021.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smith, Bryan G"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. 0-0 h5 8. d3 c4 9. Be3 cxd3 10. cxd3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Bd4 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. h3 Qb6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 0-0 17. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Qf2 Qb6 19. d4 Rac8 20. Rc5 e6 21. g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Rxc5 23. dxc5 Qb4 24. Rb3 Qc4 25. Rc3 Qe4 26. Re3 Qc4 27. Rc3 Qe4 28. Re3 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Indianapolis Premier"]
[Site "Indianapolis"]
[Date "2021.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Nguyen, James Le"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2021.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. 0-0 b5 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. Bg5+ hxg5 14. Qxh8 N7b6 15. Ne4 Kd7 16. Qh7 a5 17. Qg6 Qe8 18. Qxg5 Na4 19. f4 Ne3 20. Bh3 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 c5 22. Re1 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Kc7 24. d5 exd5 25. Re2 d4 26. e6 d3 27. Rd2 Qd8 28. Qf5 Qf6 29. Qh5 Rd8 30. Qf3 Qd4+ 31. Kf1 Qd5 32. Qg4 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qc1 34. Rd1 Qxb2+ 35. Kg1 Qe2 36. e7 Bxe7 0-1

[Event "Cardinal op"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miller, John A"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 Qxb6 9. Nge2 Be7 10. Rb1 0-0 11. Nf4 d4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ncd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Qa5+ 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qxd4 b3+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 bxa2 21. Ra1 Nc6 22. Rxa2 Rfb8 23. Be2 0-1

[Event "Cardinal op"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Paul, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0-0 c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. e3 d6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Nh4 Ne8 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Ng2 Bf6 15. d3 Nc7 16. Ne4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 f5 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. Ne1 Rf6 20. d4 Nf7 21. f4 cxd4 22. exd4 b5 23. Qg2 Qa7 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. d5 bxc4 26. dxe6 Rxe6 27. bxc4 Qc5 28. Nd5 Rce8 29. Nxc7 Qxc7 30. Qd5 Re2 31. Nf3 g6 32. Ng5 Rxa2 33. Rfe1 Rae2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Qxf7+ Qxf7 36. Nxf7 Kxf7 37. Rxd6 Re6 38. Rd7+ Re7 39. Rd5 Ra7 40. Ra5 Ke6 41. Kg2 Kd6 42. Kf2 Kc6 43. Ke3 Kb6 44. Rd5 a5 45. Kd3 a4 46. Kc2 a3 47. Kb1 Kc6 48. Ka2 Ra4 49. Rd4 Ra8 50. Rd5 Ra7 51. Re5 Kb6 52. Rb5+ Kc6 53. Re5 Rd7 54. Kxa3 Rd2 55. Kb4 Rb2+ 56. Kc3 Rxh2 57. Re7 Kc5 58. Rc7+ Kd6 59. Ra7 Kc5 60. Rc7+ Kd6 61. Ra7 Kc6 62. Kd4 Rh3 63. Ra6+ Kb7 64. Rf6 Kc7 65. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cardinal op"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arvind, C Jayaraman"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "2166"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Ng4 9. Be2 Nge5 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Bg4 0-0 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Qh5 Qd6 16. Kh1 c4 17. Rf3 g6 18. Qg4 Rc7 19. Raf1 Qd7 20. Qg3 Bd6 21. Rf6 Be7 22. R6f3 Bd6 23. Rf6 Be7 24. Rb6 Bc5 25. Rbf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cardinal op"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Narkeeran, Madhavan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1856"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 a5 7. a3 e5 8. d3 Nc6 9. b5 Ne7 10. 0-0 Nd7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nc3 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5 16. Qd3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. h4 h5 19. Bd5 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qg7 21. Ng5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Rfe8 23. e4 Nh6 24. Rc1 Re7 25. Rc4 b6 26. Rfc1 Rb7 27. f4 Ng4 28. e5 Qf8 29. e6 f5 30. Qd4 Qf6 31. Nf3 Qxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Nf6 33. Ng5 Rb8 34. Kf1 Nh7 35. Nh3 Nf6 36. Nf2 Ra8 37. a4 Rb8 38. Ke2 Ra8 39. Kd3 Ra7 40. Kc4 Kg7 41. Rd2 Rb7 42. Kd4 Kf8 43. Rc6 Ke8 44. Rdc2 Kf8 45. Rc1 Ra7 46. R1c2 Rb7 47. Nd3 Ne4 48. Ne5 dxe5+ 49. fxe5 Nc5 50. R2xc5 bxc5+ 51. Kxc5 Ke8 52. Ra6 Rb8 53. Rxa5 g5 54. hxg5 f4 55. gxf4 h4 56. f5 h3 57. d6 h2 58. d7+ Rxd7 59. exd7+ Kxd7 60. e6+ Ke7 61. Ra7 h1Q 62. Rxc7+ Ke8 63. f6 Qc1+ 64. Kd6 Rd8+ 65. Rd7 Qd2+ 66. Kc7 Rxd7+ 67. exd7+ Qxd7+ 68. Kb6 Kd8 69. Ka6 Kc8 70. g6 Qe6+ 71. b6 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "US Open-110"]
[Site "Indianapolis"]
[Date "2009.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Michaelides, Michail"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 f5 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. b4 a5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. c5 Nxc5 17. Rc1 Nb3 18. Rxc7 Bd5 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Rd7+ Kc8 21. Rg7 Kb8 22. e4 Bxe4 23. Be3 Rc8 24. Bd7 Rc7 25. Rg8+ Kb7 26. Bxe6 Rxg8 27. Bxg8 Nd4 28. f3 Nc2+ 29. Kf2 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 Rg7 31. Bc4 Bc6 32. Rb1+ Kc7 33. Rb2 Re7+ 34. Kf4 Re5 35. Re2 Rc5 36. Bd3 Rc3 37. Bxf5 Rxa3 38. Bxh7 a4 39. h4 Rb3 40. h5 Bd5 41. Be4 Bf7 42. h6 a3 43. Ra2 f5 44. Rxa3 Rxa3 45. h7 fxe4 46. h8Q exf3 47. Qe5+ Kc6 48. gxf3 Bd5 49. Qe8+ Kb6 50. Qb8+ Kc6 51. Ke5 Rxf3 52. Qd6+ Kb7 1-0

[Event "US Open-109"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Magness, Trevor"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[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 Be7 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. a4 b6 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Nc3 h5 13. Be2 h4 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Qc4 Rc8 17. Rad1 h3 18. g3 Kf8 19. g4 Qb8 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. g5 Nd7 22. g6 Nf6 23. gxf7 b5 24. Nd4 Kxf7 25. e5 Bxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Nfd5 27. Ng5+ Kg8 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qg4 Nc7 30. exd6 Bxg5 31. dxc7 Qb7+ 32. Kg1 Qe4 33. Qxg5 Qxe3+ 34. Rf2 Rf8 35. Qe5 Qb6 36. a5 1-0

[Event "US Open-109"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Yeager, Daniel A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Qa4 Qd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxe4 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bg2 Ke7 17. Be3 Nc2 18. Bxa7 Nxa1 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Rxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-109"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ogunmefun, Adekunle"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qg4 c5 7. Qxe4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Qd7 9. Be2 b6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. Qf4 h6 12. d3 g5 13. Qg3 0-0-0 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rfd1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bd2 g4 18. f3 h5 19. fxg4 hxg4 20. Qf4 Rdg8 21. b4 Rh7 22. b5 f5 23. Rac1 Rgh8 24. Be1 Rxh2 25. Qxh2 Rxh2 26. Kxh2 Bg5 27. Bg3 Qh7+ 28. Kg1 Be3+ 29. Bf2 g3 0-1

[Event "US Open-109"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Danlag, Donald M"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Qxc4 Rb8 8. Nf3 Na5 9. Qd3 b5 10. Ne5 b4 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Ng5 g6 16. Bd2 Qb5 17. Qxb5 Rxb5 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Ne4 Nbc4 20. b3 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bd6 22. Rc2 e5 23. d5 f5 24. e4 Nb7 25. f3 Nc5 26. Rfc1 fxe4 27. fxe4 Nd3 28. Bf1 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Nxc1 30. Bxb5 Be3 31. Nc4 Rf1+ 32. Kg2 Rg1+ 33. Kh3 Bd4 34. Nd2 Rd1 35. Nf3 Bc3 36. Ng5 Nd3 37. Bxd3 Rxd3 38. Ne6 Kf7 39. Nxc7 Re3 40. Nb5 Ke7 41. Nxa7 Rxe4 42. Nb5 h5 43. Nxc3 bxc3 44. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-109"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Nonchev, Kalin K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Na3 c5 6. Ne5 a6 7. Naxc4 Qc7 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. d3 Nd5 11. 0-0 Bc6 12. e4 Nb4 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Ne5 Be7 15. Qg4 0-0 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. h4 Be8 18. Nc4 Kh8 19. e5 Bc6 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nc6 23. h5 e5 24. h6 g6 25. Be3 Qxd6 26. Rac1 Nd4 27. Qe4 f5 28. Qh4 Qd5+ 29. Kf1 f4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. gxf4 Qf3 32. Re1 Rxf4 33. Rxc5 Rcf8 34. Qh2 Qxd3+ 35. Re2 Re4 36. Rcc2 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 15th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 Qe7 8. Nge2 exd5 9. cxd5 0-0 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qa4 Bd8 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rd1 a6 14. h3 g5 15. Bg3 b5 16. b4 Nbd7 17. h4 Nf8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Ng1 Bg4 20. Be2 Qd7 21. Nf3 cxb4 22. axb4 Rc8 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. Nb1 Ne4 25. Bh2 Bf6 26. 0-0 Qd7 27. Qa2 Ra8 28. Nd4 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Be5 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Nb3 Ng6 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. bxc5 Kg7 34. c6 Qd6 35. Qg4 Rh8 36. Qxg5 e4 37. f4 exf3 38. Rxf3 1-0

[Event "Dake Memorial"]
[Site "McMinnville"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Harmon, Clark R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nfd2 0-0 7. a3 Be7 8. Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 h6 14. 0-0 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. b4 Ne5 18. Be4 Ng4 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Nf6 21. Bf3 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dake Memorial"]
[Site "McMinnville"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stanford, Mike"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. f4 d6 9. Qf3 b5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. 0-0-0 Rc8 12. Kb1 Na5 13. g4 Nf6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qh3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qa5 17. g6 Bf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nd5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rxc5 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Qxd6+ Be7 24. Qe6 Qd8 25. Qxa6 b4 26. Bb5 Bd6 27. Rhe1 Kf7 28. Re6 Bxf4 29. Rf1 g5 30. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Dake Memorial"]
[Site "McMinnville"]
[Date "2004.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andrianov, Nikolai Ivanovich"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. d4 Bb4 7. Qc2 f5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 0-0 10. Be2 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. 0-0 Na5 13. Ne1 Ng5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Nf3 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dake Memorial"]
[Site "McMinnville"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Raptis, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. h3 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Ra3 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. 0-0 Ne8 14. Re1 Nc7 15. Bf4 Qb8 16. Rb3 Rb6 17. Rxb6 Qxb6 18. Qc2 f6 19. Re2 Rb8 20. Be3 Qb4 21. Kh2 Nb6 22. Nd2 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Qxc4 24. Nd1 Qa6 25. Nc3 Rb4 26. f3 Qc4 27. Rf2 Rb3 28. Qd2 f5 29. exf5 Be5+ 30. g3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qxc3 32. Bg5 Qxd2 33. Rxd2 Kf7 34. fxg6+ hxg6 35. Kg2 Ra3 36. g4 Rxa4 37. Kf2 Rd4 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Ke2 Nxd5 40. Kd3 e5 41. h4 Ke6 42. Bd2 Nf6 43. Bg5 Nd7 44. Kc4 d5+ 45. Kd3 Nc5+ 46. Ke2 e4 47. Bh6 Nd3 48. fxe4 dxe4 49. h5 gxh5 50. gxh5 Kf5 51. Bd2 Ne5 52. h6 Kg6 53. Kf2 e3+ 54. Bxe3 Ng4+ 55. Kf3 dxe3 0-1

[Event "Dake Memorial"]
[Site "McMinnville"]
[Date "2004.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anka, Emil"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Rac1 b6 14. Nd2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bb7 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Nxb6 Nxb6 18. Qd4 0-0 19. Qxb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 f5 21. Rfe1 Bg5 22. Be3 Bf6 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 fxe4 25. Bh6 Rfc8 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 d5 28. cxd5 g5 29. Rec4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Kf7 31. Rc7+ Kg6 32. Rc6 Rd8 33. g4 Rxd5 34. h4 Kxh6 35. Rxf6+ Kg7 36. Rxa6 Rd4 37. hxg5 Rxg4+ 38. Kh2 Rxg5 39. Ra3 Kf6 40. Rg3 Rf5 41. Kg2 Ke6 42. a4 Rf7 43. Ra3 Rb7 44. Ra2 Rg7+ 45. Kh3 Rf7 46. Kg2 Rg7+ 47. Kf1 h5 48. a5 h4 49. a6 h3 50. a7 h2 51. a8Q Rg1+ 52. Ke2 h1Q 53. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "Dake Memorial"]
[Site "McMinnville"]
[Date "2004.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Roper, David C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 d5 7. Bg2 e6 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. c3 b6 11. c4 Ba6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rad8 15. f4 Nc6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. a3 Bd3 18. Nf3 Be4 19. Bf1 h6 20. Nd2 Kh7 21. Rc1 g5 22. Bb5 gxf4 23. exf4 Qe6 24. Qe2 Ne7 25. Bd3 Qg6 26. Nf3 Rg8 27. Nh4 Qf7 28. Rcd1 Bh8 29. Kf2 Ng6 30. Qh5 Rdf8 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Nxg6 Rxg6 33. Qe2 Qe6 34. Qd2 Qh3 35. Rh1 d4 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Qxd4 Rxf4+ 38. Ke3 Rf3+ 39. Kxe4 Qf5+ 40. Kd5 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Dake Memorial"]
[Site "McMinnville"]
[Date "2004.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Rc1 Ne7 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. Rfd1 e5 15. d5 c5 16. Ne4 b6 17. g3 Nf6 18. b4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd6 20. Bd3 e4 21. Ba6 cxb4 22. Bxb4 Be5 23. Rc6 Qf6 24. Qc2 Rfe8 25. Bf1 Rad8 26. a4 h5 27. Bg2 Qg5 28. Qe2 h4 29. g4 f5 30. gxf5 Qxf5 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. hxg4 g5 33. Rdc1 Re7 34. Bxe4 Rf7 35. Bxd6 Rxd6 36. Bf5 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Rc7 38. Re6 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Dake Memorial"]
[Site "McMinnville"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nc3 e5 6. d5 Qe7 7. g4 Ngf6 8. h3 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be3 c6 11. 0-0-0 h5 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Qd2 Ra6 14. Kb1 a4 15. Nh4 Qd8 16. Ka1 0-0 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. f3 Rb6 19. Qc2 Rb4 20. Rh2 Rd8 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rxd6 Bf8 23. Rhd2 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Ne6 25. Qd2 Rb8 26. Kc1 Ndf8 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28. f4 a3 29. b3 Rb7 30. Nf3 Rd7 31. Qc2 exf4 32. Bxf4 Nde6 33. Be3 Rd8 34. Ne2 Nd7 35. Ned4 Nxd4 36. Nxd4 Qe1+ 37. Qd1 Qxe3+ 38. Qd2 Qxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Nc5 40. Ke3 Rxd4 41. Kxd4 Nxb3+ 42. Kc3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Dake Memorial"]
[Site "McMinnville"]
[Date "2004.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zilberstein, Dmitry"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 d6 12. Rae1 h5 13. Rf3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 0-0-0 16. a4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. axb5 a5 19. Nd1 Qb6 20. Ne3 d5 21. exd5 Bc5 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Bxa5 Qe7 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Ne3 Qh4 26. g3 Qd8 27. Nxg4 hxg4 28. Re3 Bxd5+ 29. Be4 Kb8 30. Rd3 Bxe4+ 31. Qxe4 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 13th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Langer, Mikhail"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 d6 7. c4 b4 8. d4 Qc7 9. d5 Nd8 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nxe5+ Ke8 14. dxe6 Bxg2 15. exf7+ Nxf7 16. Kxg2 Nxe5 17. Re1 Kf7 18. Rxe5 Nf6 19. Bg5 Bd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rd5 Be5 22. Nd2 Rhd8 23. Rd1 Rxd5 24. cxd5 Bxb2 25. Nc4 Bd4 26. Re1 a5 27. d6 a4 28. Re7+ Kf8 29. Rb7 a3 30. Kf3 Re8 31. Kf4 Re5 32. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 33. Ke4 Bxd6 34. Kd5 Be7 35. g4 h6 36. f3 Kf7 37. h4 Kf8 38. f4 Ke8 39. Kc4 Kf8 40. Kd5 Ke8 41. Ke6 Kd8 42. Rxe7 c4 43. Rd7+ Kc8 44. Rd4 1-0

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qe2 0-0 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Qe4 Qc7 12. Na3 Na5 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qh4 Qd8 16. Bg5 g6 17. Re1 Rf7 18. Nc2 Rc8 19. Ne3 Nc6 20. a3 Nh5 21. Ng4 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Rf4 23. Re4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxd4 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. g4 Nf6 27. Nhf7 Qe7 28. Rd1 e5 29. Bd5 Nxg4 30. Qxh7+ Kf6 31. Ne4+ Kf5 32. Nfxd6+ Kf4 33. Qh3 Ne2+ 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Qf3# 1-0

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Rapoport, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. a4 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rd1 Ne8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Nc7 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. e5 g5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Qd7 20. Qe4 f5 21. Qh4 Rfb8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Ne6+ Qxe6 24. dxe6 Nc4 25. Qxf5+ Kg8 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Rd3 1-0

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clawitter, Craig"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. 0-0 c5 9. dxc5 Qc6 10. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Irby, Drew J"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. 0-0 e6 9. Re1 c5 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. d5 b4 12. Na4 Qb5 13. dxe6 Nc6 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Kg6 16. c4 bxc3 17. Qc2+ Kh5 18. Bf3+ Ng4 19. Qf5 Nd4 20. Bxg4+ Kh6 21. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 12th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Sailer, Mike L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2003.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. f4 Qc7 10. d3 h5 11. Nd2 0-0-0 12. Qe2 Ng4 13. Nxg4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 Rh6 15. Nf3 d4 16. Bc1 Rdh8 17. Qxg7 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qe5 Qg4 21. Qg3 f5 22. Qxg4 fxg4 23. Ne5 Rxh2 24. Rf8+ Rxf8 25. Kxh2 g3+ 26. Kh3 Rh8+ 27. Kxg3 Rg8+ 28. Ng4 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rxg4+ 30. Kf3 Rh4 31. Kg3 Rh5 32. Kf4 Rh2 33. Rc1 Kd7 34. a3 Kd6 35. b4 cxb4 36. Kg3 Rd2 37. axb4 Kd5 38. Kf4 Kd4 39. b5 Kc3 40. Ra1 a6 41. bxa6 bxa6 42. Ke3 Rxc2 43. Rxa6 Rc1 44. Rc6+ Kb2 45. Rc4 Re1+ 46. Kd4 Rh1 47. Rb4+ Ka3 48. Rb6 Rh6 49. Kc3 Ka4 50. Rb1 Ka5 51. Kc4 Ka6 52. Kc5 Rh5+ 53. Kc6 Ka5 54. Rc1 Rd5 55. Rc5+ Rxc5+ 56. Kxc5 Ka4 57. Kc4 Ka3 58. Kc3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Texas Masters"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2002.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamberi, Sonny"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 c5 6. 0-0 Qb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d4 Bb7 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 d6 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 0-0 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. a4 Ne5 16. Bf1 b4 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. Na2 a5 20. Nc1 Ba6 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. Nd3 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qb6 24. Rac1 Qh6 25. h4 Bd6 26. Bh3 Red8 27. Qb5 Nf6 28. Nxc5 g5 29. hxg5 Qxh3 30. gxf6 h5 31. Qf1 Qg4 32. Qe2 Qg5 33. Nb7 Rd7 34. Qb5 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Bxc7 36. d6 h4 37. dxc7 hxg3 38. Re3 gxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Qf4+ 40. Ke2 Qh2+ 41. Ke1 Qh4+ 42. Kd2 Rc8 43. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Texas Masters"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2002.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Echeverry, Alex M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nh3 0-0 7. d5 Qe8 8. Nf4 Na6 9. 0-0 Nc5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Nd4 e5 12. dxe6 c6 13. Rb1 h6 14. e7 Rf7 15. Nxg6 Kh7 16. Nh4 Rxe7 17. Ndxf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rxe2 19. Be3 1-0

[Event "Texas Masters"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2002.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Secheli, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Bh4 Nfd5 12. Bg3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc6 14. 0-0 Qxc3 15. d5 0-0-0 16. dxe6 f6 17. Nh4 Rd2 18. Qe1 Bg6 19. Nf3 Bb4 20. Nxd2 Qxd2 21. Qxd2 Bxd2 22. Rad1 Bb4 23. f4 Bh5 24. Rb1 Be2 25. Rfe1 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 Bb5 27. f5 Bc6 28. Kf2 Nd5 29. Bh2 Ne7 30. g4 h5 31. Bf4 hxg4 32. hxg4 g6 33. g5 fxg5 34. f6 gxf4 35. fxe7 Re8 36. Rg1 Be4 37. Rg4 Rxe7 38. Rxf4 Bf5 39. Kg3 Bxe6 40. Re4 Kd7 41. Rd4+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Texas Masters"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2002.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Yeh, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qb3 Re7 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. 0-0-0 Qb6 13. Qc2 Ree8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Kb1 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nd2 a5 18. g4 Qb4 19. Rdg1 a4 20. Bg3 a3 21. b3 Re6 22. h4 c5 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. g5 Nfe4 26. Ndxe4 dxe4 27. Rg4 Rad8 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qxe4+ 32. Kc1 Qxh4 33. f4 Qf2 34. Qd2 Qg1+ 35. Kc2 Qa1 36. Kd3 Qb1+ 37. Qc2 Qf1+ 38. Kd4 Qa1+ 39. Kc4 Kh7 40. b4 Qb2 41. Qb3 b5+ 0-1

[Event "Texas Masters"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2002.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simms, Gary M"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 e6 5. 0-0 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. Bg5 Qb8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Be3 b4 12. Ne4 Na6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 17. Qg4 a6 18. Rad1 Ra7 19. b3 g6 20. h4 Be7 21. Rfe1 Rg8 22. Qd4 Kf8 23. Nh2 h5 24. Kh1 a5 25. Qe3 a4 26. Nf3 axb3 27. axb3 Ra3 28. Nd4 Kg7 29. f4 Qb6 30. Rb1 Qa5 31. Red1 Rb8 32. Nf3 Ra2 33. Nd4 Rb6 34. Nb5 Ra6 35. Qe1 Qb6 36. Nd6 Qb8 37. Ne4 Rc2 38. Rd2 Raa2 39. Rxc2 Rxc2 40. Nxc5 Bxc5 41. Qd1 Rc3 42. Bf3 Ba7 43. Kg2 Qb6 44. Qd2 Qa5 45. Bd1 Be3 46. Qe2 Qa8+ 47. Kh2 Qe4 48. Rb2 Qd4 49. Rc2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "King's Island op 10th"]
[Site "King's Island"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kelleher, Jeff"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. 0-0 c6 7. c4 Qd8 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. d5 Nb6 11. dxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Bc5 15. Bf3 0-0 16. b3 a5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bxc6 Rad8 19. Bb2 Rc8 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. Nb5 Rfd8 22. Be5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rf8 24. Bd6 Rc8 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Nd6 Rc7 28. Nb5 Rc5 29. Rd6 Nbd7 30. Ra6 Ne5 31. Bg2 Nd3 32. Rxa5 Re5 33. Ra8 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Nxf2 35. c5 Nd3 36. c6 Re2 37. c7 Nf4 38. c8Q Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 g5 40. Ra4 Re2 41. Qc3 N6d5 42. Qf3 Re1+ 43. Kh2 f5 44. gxf5 exf5 45. Rxf4 Nxf4 46. h4 Re2+ 47. Kg1 Kg6 48. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Thompson Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.09.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dokuchayev, Andrey"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Ng3 f5 8. f3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Qf6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. c5 0-0 13. Kf2 bxc5 14. Ba3 d6 15. Rab1 Rab8 16. Qa4 Ba8 17. Rbd1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Ne7 19. Qxa7 Be4 20. Qxc7 Rfc8 21. Qxd6 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rc2+ 23. Ke1 Rb1+ 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rxa2 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28. Qb3 Rxg2 29. Bd6 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Thompson Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Epstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Be2 Nc6 9. 0-0 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. d4 Bg4 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Kh1 Qe8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bd3 h6 16. Ba3 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ne5 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Nc6 22. Nf3 Qg6 23. Nh4 Qg5 24. Nf5 g6 25. h4 Qf6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Kg2 b5 29. g5+ Kg7 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Re1 Rd8 32. Ng4 a5 33. Re6 Rd6 34. Rxd6 cxd6 35. Nf6 b4 36. Nxd5 bxc3 37. Nxc3 Nxd4 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Kg4 Nc6 40. Kf4 Ke6 41. a3 Nd4 42. Ke4 Nf5 43. Nd5 Ng3+ 44. Kf3 Nf5 45. Nf4+ Kf7 46. Ng2 Ke6 47. Kg4 Ke5 48. h5 gxh5+ 49. Kxh5 Ne7 50. g6 Kd4 51. g7 Kxd3 52. Nf4+ Ke4 53. Kg5 d5 54. Kf6 Ng8+ 55. Kf7 Nh6+ 56. Kg6 Ng8 57. Nh5 Ke5 58. Ng3 d4 59. Kf7 Nh6+ 60. Kf8 d3 61. Nf1 Kf4 62. Nd2 Ke3 63. Nc4+ Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thompson Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2001.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. Bb3 Bb4 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Qa5 12. a3 Nd5 13. Ba2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 0-0 15. c4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 N5f6 17. g4 Bh7 18. Bg3 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4 Nfd7 22. Re3 c5 23. Nb5 Nc6 24. Rae1 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd8 26. Kc3 g5 27. Bb3 Nf6 28. Nd6 Rd7 29. Ba4 Kg7 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. Bxc6 Rb6 32. Bb5 Rxb5 33. cxb5 Nd5+ 34. Kd2 Nxe3 35. Kxe3 Bxc2 36. Bd6 Ba4 37. Bxc5 Bxb5 38. Bxa7 Kg6 39. f4 gxf4+ 40. Kxf4 h5 41. gxh5+ Kxh5 42. Kf5 Ba4 43. Bf2 Bb3 44. h4 Bd1 45. Be1 Bb3 46. Ke5 Kg4 47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Kc5 Bd1 49. Kd5 Bb3+ 50. Kd6 Bd1 51. Bf2 Ke4 52. Kc6 Ke5 53. Bg3+ Kd4 54. Kb5 Be2+ 55. Kb4 Kd5 56. a4 Kc6 57. a5 Kb7 58. Kc5 f5 59. Kd6 Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mercuri, Louis A"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. h4 Be4 12. Rh3 Bd5 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bd2 Nbd7 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh3 17. Qxh3 Ne4 18. Qh8+ Bf8 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. 0-0-0 Qe7 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22. Bf4 Rd8 23. Qh4 Qb4 24. Be5 Bd5 25. a3 Qa4 26. Qf4 Bxa3 27. bxa3 Qxa3+ 28. Kd2 Qb4+ 29. Ke3 Qc3+ 30. Bd3 f6 31. gxf6 Rh8 32. fxg7 Rh3+ 33. Ke2 Bf3+ 34. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nguyen, Dung"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Bxe4 Bxe4 8. Bd2 Bb7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 d6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. b4 0-0 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. Bb2 a5 15. Bc3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Ne1 Qd8 20. Nd3 Qb8 21. d5 e5 22. Qa2 Bb7 23. Qa4 Nf6 24. f3 Qa8 25. Qxa8+ Bxa8 26. e4 Bb7 27. Kf2 Ba6 28. b5 Bc8 29. Nb4 Ne8 30. Ke3 Bd7 31. Be1 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. e4 d4 8. Ne2 0-0 9. a4 e5 10. Nd2 a6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. b3 b5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. f4 f6 15. f5 Bf7 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Bh3 Nb6 18. Nf3 bxa4 19. bxa4 a5 20. Nh4 Nb4 21. Bd2 Qe8 22. Qc1 Kh7 23. g4 Ra7 24. Ng3 Nxa4 25. g5 fxg5 26. Bxg5 Nc3 27. Qd2 Be6 28. Qg2 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bxh3 30. Qxh3 Kg8 31. Nhf5 Nxc2 32. Bh6 gxf5 33. Nxf5 Ne3 34. Nxg7 Qg6+ 35. Kh1 Nxf1 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Nf5 Nd1 0-1

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Du, Digeng"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. Nd4 c6 6. cxb5 axb5 7. Nxb5 cxb5 8. Bxa8 d5 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. f3 Nb4 13. Qb3 N8a6 14. a3 Nc5 15. Qd1 Nbd3+ 16. Kf1 h5 17. exd3 h4 18. b4 Nxd3 19. Kg2 h3+ 20. Kf1 Rh5 21. Qe2 Qd4 22. Qe3 Re5 23. Ke2 Rxe3+ 24. dxe3 Qxc3 25. Bd2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Kenkre, Niman V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. e4 d6 8. Bg5 0-0 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. Bh6 Nd4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne1 b5 13. Nd1 b4 14. Ne3 a5 15. f4 f5 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ndc6 18. Nf3 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Qb6 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. exf5 exf5 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Re2 h6 25. Ne6+ Nxe6 26. Rxe6 Bxc4 27. dxc4 Rbd8 28. Rae1 Qd7 29. Qe2 Kf8 30. g4 Ng8 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Bh3 Rxe6 33. Qxe6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Bxf5 Kf7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Be4 Ne7 39. Kf3 Nc8 40. Bc6 Ne7 41. Bd7 Ng6 42. Ke4 Ne7 43. Kf3 Ng6 44. Kg4 Nf8 45. Bc6 Ng6 46. a3 Ne7 47. Bb7 Nf5 48. Kf3 Ne7 49. Be4 Nc8 50. Bd3 Nb6 51. Ke3 Na4 52. Be4 Nxc3 53. Bc6 Kf5 54. Bd7+ Kf6 55. Kd3 Nd1 56. Kd2 Nf2 57. Ke3 Nd1+ 58. Kd2 Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Megibow, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 0-0 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 b6 11. e5 g6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxa8 Ba6 14. Bg2 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 f6 16. Ne4 fxe5 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. c3 Ndf5 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bc1 Nd6 21. Ke2 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf5 23. h4 Nd6 24. Bc2 Kf7 25. b3 Bf6 26. Bd2 Bg7 27. Rh1 h5 28. Rd1 Nf5 29. Be4 Ne7 30. a4 Ng8 31. Ra1 Bh6 32. Bxh6 Nxh6 33. a5 b5 34. Bc6 b4 35. cxb4 cxb4 36. Bb5 Nf5 37. Bc4 Nd4+ 38. Kf1 Nc2 39. Rc1 Rd2 40. a6 Kf6 41. Bb5 e4 42. Be2 Nd4 43. Bd1 Rb2 44. Rc7 Nxb3 45. Rxa7 Rb1 46. Ke2 Nd4+ 47. Kd2 b3 48. Rb7 Ra1 49. a7 Nc6 50. Bxb3 Na5 51. a8Q Nxb3+ 52. Rxb3 Rxa8 53. Ke3 Ra4 54. Rb5 e5 55. Rb8 Kf5 56. Rf8+ Ke6 57. Re8+ Kf5 58. Rf8+ Ke6 59. Re8+ Kf5 60. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. 0-0-0 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 Qa5 15. Rh3 h5 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Qxe5 19. Bxe6 0-0 20. Re3 Qf6 21. Bb3 Rfe8 22. Kb1 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Qf5 24. Qg3 Bh5 25. Rf2 Qc5 26. Rg2 Qf8 27. e4 Re8 28. Qg5 Bf3 29. Rf2 Bxe4 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qf4+ Kg8 33. Qc7 c5 34. Qxc5 a6 35. b3 Re6 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Kb2 Kf6 38. c4 Bc6 39. Qf8+ Kg6 40. h5+ Kg5 41. Qf7 Rh6 42. Qxg7+ Kxh5 43. b4 Rg6 44. Qh7+ Kg5 45. a4 Be4 46. Kc3 Kf4 47. Qh2+ Ke3 48. Qe5 Rg2 49. Qd4+ Kf4 50. Qf6+ Ke3 51. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szuk, Balazs"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne2 Nbd7 8. c3 e6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Red8 18. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Thomas, Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. f4 c6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. 0-0-0 b5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Kb1 d5 11. g4 Nb6 12. Ka1 a5 13. Nf3 a4 14. f5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. a3 Qa5 17. h4 Nc7 18. Bh6 Nb5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 gxf5 22. gxf5 Rg8 23. Rhg1+ Kh8 24. Ng5 Rxg5 25. Rxg5 f6 26. Rg3 Bxf5 27. exf6 Qc7 28. Qg5 e6 29. Rdg1 Qf7 30. Qg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7 h6 32. R1g6 Bxg6 33. hxg6 Rd8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. f7+ Kf8 36. Rh8+ Ke7 37. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Annakov, Babakuli"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 Qe7 7. Bg2 a5 8. 0-0 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Qe3 f5 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 0-0 13. Bc3 Re8 14. f4 Nb8 15. Qd2 a4 16. e4 Nd7 17. Rae1 Qf8 18. e5 Nb6 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 d5 21. c5 Nd7 22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nb8 24. b4 c6 25. Bf1 Qf7 26. Ra7 Qc7 27. Qa2 Rf8 28. Bd2 h6 29. Bd3 Bd7 30. Qa4 Rc8 31. Qa5 Kf7 32. Qb6 Qxb6 33. cxb6 Ke8 34. Rxb7 Kd8 35. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Campbell, Matthew"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 e5 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. c3 Qd7 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qe2 Nh5 16. Nc4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Qg6 19. Bf3 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jarrett, John M"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Qg4 h5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qa4 Qc7 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nf3 f6 11. Bd4 Be7 12. b4 Nh6 13. 0-0 Ng4 14. Re1 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Bf6 16. f4 g5 17. h3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 0-0 20. Qb3 Rf5 21. Qe3 Raf8 22. Nd2 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Nb3 Qd8 25. Rf1 Qh4 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Rf1 Rh5 28. Rf4 Bc8 29. Nd4 Ba6 30. Nxe6 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Qf1+ 32. Kg3 Rh3+ 33. gxh3 Qxh3+ 34. Kf2 Qf1+ 35. Kg3 Qh3+ 36. Kf2 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rawlinson, Aidan"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bg5 a6 6. Qd2 Bf5 7. 0-0-0 Nc6 8. Bf4 Qd7 9. d5 Nb4 10. a3 Nxc2 11. f3 Na1 12. Bc4 Bc2 13. Nge2 Bb3 14. Kb1 Bxc4 15. Kxa1 0-0-0 16. Qd4 Bxe2 17. Qa7 Qf5 18. Nxe2 Nh5 19. g4 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shih, Justin"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng5 h6 6. N5f3 Bg4 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8. c3 e6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qb6 13. 0-0-0 Nd5 14. Bh2 a5 15. Ne2 a4 16. Nf4 0-0 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 a3 20. b3 Qxf2 21. Qc2 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 f5 23. Bg1 Rfc8 24. Bd4 b5 25. Kd3 Ra6 26. b4 Rc4 27. Rb1 Bd8 28. Rb3 Bc7 29. Re1 Bb8 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. g3 Ke7 32. Rd2 Ba7 33. Ke3 g5 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke3 Kg6 36. Kf3 Rc8 37. Rd3 h5 38. Kg2 Rf8 39. Rf3 Rf7 40. Rd3 f4 41. g4 Rh7 42. gxh5+ Rxh5 43. Rd1 Kf5 44. Re1 Bb8 45. Rbb1 Bc7 46. Re2 Ra8 47. Rb3 f3+ 48. Kxf3 Rxh3+ 49. Kg2 Rh4 50. Rf2+ Rf4 51. Re2 Rg4+ 52. Kf1 Re4 53. Rf2+ Rf4 54. Rxf4+ gxf4 0-1

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Ashton, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. 0-0-0 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Bxb5 axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qb7 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. f5 Rb8 17. f6 gxf6 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxd6+ Ke7 20. Ncb5 Rd8 21. a4 Ba6 22. Rhf1 Bxb5 23. Rxf6 Ne5 24. Qg5 Rxd6 25. Rff1+ Ke8 26. Qxe5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxa4 28. Rd6 Qb5 29. Rd5 Qxb2+ 30. Qxb2 Rxb2 31. Rd4 Rxc2+ 32. Kb1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Campbell, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. e4 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nd3 Bb6 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. e5 Ng4 12. Qxc6+ Ke7 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. h3 Nh6 16. b3 Rhd8 17. Ba3+ Ke8 18. 0-0-0 Bb5 19. Nef4 g5 20. Nh5 Ng8 21. Nc5 Be2 22. Ng7+ 1-0

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nde2 Nf6 7. g3 b5 8. Bg2 Rb8 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. h3 b4 13. Nd5 Nh5 14. Bh6 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18. Rxb4 Rxb4 19. Qxb4 Ba6 20. Re1 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Qc7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qb5 f6 24. Bd5+ Kf8 25. Bb3 Rd8 26. Re4 Nf5 27. Ra4 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rd2 29. Kf1 Nd4 30. Qa5 Qc8 31. g4 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Nxb3 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Shaffer, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 Ng4 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 0-0 8. h3 Nh6 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nf7 11. d5 Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. g4 e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. 0-0-0 Re8 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bc4 Nc5 18. Rhe1 c6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Bg3 Qa5 22. h4 f5 23. gxf5 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 gxf5 26. exf5 Ng7 27. Bf2 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Nxf5 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Nd4 Ng7 31. Kd2 Re8 32. Rb1 Re7 33. f5 Nh5 34. Ne6+ Ke8 35. Rg1 c5 36. Rg8+ Kd7 37. Rb8 Kc6 38. Be3 Ng3 39. Rf8 Kd5 40. Bg5 Rd7 41. c4+ Kxc4 42. f6 h6 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Re8 hxg5 45. hxg5 Ne5 46. Nf4+ Kc6 47. Nd3 Ng6 48. Kf3 Nf5 49. Kg4 Nfh4 50. Nf4 Rf7 51. Rg8 Nxf4 52. Kxf4 Kd5 53. Kg4 Ng2 54. Re8 Kd4 55. Re7 Ne3+ 56. Rxe3 Kxe3 57. Kf5 Kd2 58. g6 Rxf6+ 59. Kxf6 Kxc2 60. g7 c4 61. g8Q c3 62. Qc4 d5 63. Qxd5 Kb1 64. Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Sneed, John L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nde2 Nf6 7. g3 0-0 8. Bg2 d6 9. b3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bb2 b5 12. 0-0 Rfc8 13. a3 Rab8 14. h3 Be6 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. f4 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Na4 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nc5 21. Nd1 Bxb3 22. cxb3 Nxb3 23. Rda2 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Rb4 25. Rc1 e6 26. Kf1 a5 27. Ke1 Kf8 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. f5 Na7 30. Rxc8 Nxc8 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Kc3 Nb6 33. Ne3 Na4+ 34. Kd2 Nc5 35. Nc3 Kd7 36. Nc2 Rb3 37. Bf1 Rb8 38. Bg2 Kc7 39. Ne3 Rb2+ 40. Nc2 a4 41. Bf1 a3 42. Nb5+ Kd7 43. Nbxa3 Nxe4+ 44. Kc1 Rb3 45. g4 Rg3 46. Nc4 Rg1 47. N2e3 Ng3 48. Nd2 d5 49. Kc2 Nxf1 50. Nexf1 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Ken Smith Memorial op"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Young, Steven D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 e6 2. e4 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qa4 9. Qg4 Ne7 10. c3 Kf8 11. Bd3 b6 12. Nf3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Ng5 Qd3 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Nbc6 17. Nf4 Qf5 18. Qe2 Na5 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Rf3 Qg4 21. h5 Kg8 22. 0-0-0 Nb3+ 23. Kb2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Nc6 25. Qd3 Qg5 26. Ka1 Na5 27. Ra2 Qh4 28. Qb1 Nc4 29. a4 Qe7 30. Qb3 Qh4 31. Qb1 Qe7 32. Qb3 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1999.05.31"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "John, David C"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. Qc2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. a3 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 a6 14. Qb2 Qg5 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Re6 17. e4 Rh6 18. e5 Bd7 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. f4 Qg6 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qb1 Qg4 23. Qd3 f5 24. a4 Qh5 25. Kf2 Re6 26. Nc3 Qf7 27. a5 h5 28. Na4 g6 29. Nc5 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1999.05.31"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Black "Land, Chris K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 c5 4. Ng3 a6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d3 e5 8. Nf3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Bd6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. 0-0 0-0 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qg5 h6 15. Qd5 Qe7 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne3 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc6 Bd7 20. Qb6 Nxf1 21. Bxf1 Rfb8 22. Qf2 Qb4 23. b3 Qc3 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. d4 Bb5 26. Nf5 Rc7 27. a4 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Qxb3 29. Nxh6+ gxh6 30. Qf4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1999.05.30"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Simms, Gary M"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 a6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Qd2 0-0-0 9. Bf4 Qb4 10. 0-0-0 e6 11. h3 Qa5 12. Ne5 Nxd4 13. Nxf7 Bb4 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Bxf5 Bxc3 16. Qd3 Nxf4 17. Qc4 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Texas-ch"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "1999.05.29"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Clark, Robert William"]
[Black "Van Meter, Lester"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. e5 Qe7 6. Qe2 Ng8 7. Nxd5 Qd8 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Nf6+ gxf6 14. exf6 d5 15. 0-0-0 Be6 16. fxe7 Bxe7 17. Bc3 Rg8 18. Qe5 Nc6 19. Qh5 Qc7 20. Qxh7 0-0-0 21. g3 d4 22. Bd2 Rh8 23. Qe4 Rd7 24. Qf4 Bd6 25. Qf6 Rhd8 26. h4 c4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Bb4 29. Qxa7 Bxd2+ 30. Kb1 Qc6 31. Be2 Bb4 32. a3 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Qd5 35. axb4 Qxd1+ 36. Ka2 c3+ 0-1

