[Event "Northern California-ch"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vickers, Keith"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c3 Nf6 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. d4 c5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Qe2 d6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Be1 Ne4 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Bc4 d5 13. Ba6 Qc7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Bh4 Bd6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. b3 a6 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. c4 Nc8 22. Rd2 Na7 23. Rd6 Rae8 24. Rad1 Rf7 25. Qh5 Nc6 26. Rd7 g6 27. Rxb7 gxh5 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rd7+ Kg6 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rc7 Nb4 32. Rxc5 Nxa2 33. Rxb5 Nc3 34. Rb7 Nd5 35. Bf6 Nxf6 36. exf6 Kxf6 37. Rxh7 Rb8 38. Rh6+ Kg7 39. Rxh5 Rxb3 40. Rg5+ Kh6 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Rb3 43. Ke2 Ra3 44. h3 Ra2+ 45. Kd1 Ra3 46. Kd2 Rd3+ 47. Ke2 Ra3 48. g4 Ra5 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Kd2 Rd5+ 51. Ke2 Ra5 52. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[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 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Nb3 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f3 b5 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. 0-0-0 b4 14. Na4 d5 15. Nb6 Rd8 16. g5 hxg5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qe1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 gxh4 21. Qd4 Nxf3 22. Qa7 Bd6 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. Qxa6 0-0 25. Nb3 Ra8 26. Qd3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Masse, Hugues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 0-0 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8 13. Bd3 b6 14. h3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Ke2 Rac8 17. Rhc1 e6 18. g4 Nb8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Nd2 e5 22. d5 Bf8 23. f3 Kf7 24. Nc4 Nc5 25. g5 Nd7 26. gxf6 Kxf6 27. Rc2 Bc5 28. Rbc1 h5 29. a4 Bxe3 30. Nxe3 Rc5 31. Rxc5 bxc5 32. Rb1 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Nxb8 34. Nc4 Nd7 35. Kf2 Kg5 36. Kg3 h4+ 37. Kf2 Kf4 38. a5 Kg5 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Nd6 a6 41. Nc8 g5 42. Kd3 Nf8 43. Kc4 Ng6 44. Kxc5 Nf4 45. d6 Ke6 46. Kc6 Ne2 47. Kc7 Nd4 48. Na7 Kf7 49. d7 Ne6+ 50. Kd6 Nd8 51. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Qc1 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Qb2 Kg8 15. Nd2 Re8 16. e4 c6 17. Kh2 d5 18. e5 Nh5 19. c4 Ng7 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Nc4 dxc4 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 24. bxc4 Be6 25. Qxb7 Bxc4 26. Rf2 Nf5 27. Qxa7 h5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nd4 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Bd3 32. e6 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meera, Sai Ravi"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. 0-0 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 0-0 11. Bb3 f5 12. Ng3 Kh8 13. exf5 exf5 14. h4 Nc6 15. h5 Re8 16. Qf2 Be6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Nh1 Bf6 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. Nf2 Re7 22. Nh3 Rae8 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. fxg5 Re2 26. Rad1 R8e7 27. g4 R2e5 28. Bf4 Rc5 29. Qh3 Kg8 30. Qh6 Rg7 31. Rd2 Nd8 32. Qh2 Nf7 33. Qf2 fxg4 34. Qxd4 b6 35. Qe4 Qc8 36. d4 Rf5 37. Re2 Nxg5 38. Bxg5 Rxg5 39. Qe8+ Qxe8 40. Rxe8+ Kh7 41. Rff8 Rd7 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Rxd8 Rd5 45. c3 Kf6 46. Kf2 Kg5 47. Kg3 a5 48. a4 Kf5 49. Rb8 Ke6 50. Rxb6 Kd7 51. Kxg4 Rf5 52. Rb5 Rf2 53. Kg5 Rg2+ 54. Kf6 Kc7 55. b3 Rg3 56. c4 Kc6 57. d5+ Kc7 58. Rxa5 Rxb3 59. Ra7+ Kb6 60. Rd7 Kc5 61. Rc7+ Kd4 62. Rc6 Ra3 63. Ke6 Rxa4 64. c5 dxc5 65. d6 Ra8 66. d7 Rd8 67. Ke7 Rxd7+ 68. Kxd7 c4 69. Rd6+ Ke3 70. Rxg6 c3 71. Kd6 c2 72. Rg1 Kd2 73. Rg2+ Kd1 74. Rxc2 Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Drolet, Stephane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. Qd2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nb5 a6 13. Na3 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15. Qd3 h5 16. c4 h4 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. Bxh4 Nf4 19. Qd1 Bf6 20. Bf2 Kg7 21. Re1 Rh8 22. Bf1 Rxh2 23. Kxh2 Qh8+ 24. Kg1 Qh6 25. Bg3 Rh8 26. Kf2 Bh4 27. Bxh4 Qxh4+ 28. Ke3 Qg5 29. Kd2 Nxg2+ 30. Kc3 Nxe1 31. Qxe1 Qf4 32. Qe2 Rh2 33. Qd3 Qg3 34. Rd1 Rf2 35. Be2 Qh2 36. Re1 f4 37. Nc2 g5 38. Bd1 Qg2 39. b4 Ng6 40. Re2 Qxf3 41. Rxf2 Qxf2 42. Qf3 Qg1 43. Qg4 Qh1 44. Bf3 Qf1 45. Qh5 Kf6 46. Bg4 Qg1 47. Bf5 Nf8 48. Qh6+ Ke7 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50. Be6 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Doubleday, William G"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c6 8. Bd3 Re8 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 e5 13. f3 exd4 14. Qxd4 Qe7 15. Qf2 Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. b3 Nbd7 19. Be3 a6 20. Bf2 b5 21. Nf5 Bc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 c5 25. Bf2 Rc8 26. Nd5 c4 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Qb3 Nxd5 29. exd5 Qd6 30. Bg3 Qf6 31. Rfe1 Rec8 32. Qe3 h5 33. h4 Rc2 34. Rd3 Ra2 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 Qf5 37. d6 Nb8 38. Qd4 Nd7 39. Kh2 Rd8 40. Re2 Nf8 41. Qb6 Rc8 42. Qb7 Rd8 43. Qxa6 g5 44. Qb6 gxh4 45. Bxh4 Ra8 46. Qe3 Ra4 47. Qg5+ Qxg5 48. Bxg5 Rd4 49. Rb2 Rxd6 50. Rxb5 Ne6 51. Be7 Rd1 52. Bb4 h4 53. Rh5 Kg7 54. Rxh4 Kg6 55. Rc4 Kf5 56. g4+ Kg6 57. f4 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Yuan, Yuanling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 Rb8 16. Bc4 h6 17. g4 Qc7 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. b3 Kh8 21. g5 h5 22. Rhe1 Bf8 23. Qh2 Ba3+ 24. Kb1 Qc7 25. Rd3 Bb4 26. Red1 a5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Re8 30. a4 Kg7 31. Qe2 Qb6 32. Ka2 Qe6 33. Rd3 Rc8 34. Kb2 Qc6 35. Qd1 Qe6 36. c3 Be7 37. Rd7 Re8 38. Qd5 Qxd5 39. Rxd5 f6 40. Kc2 fxg5 41. hxg5 Bd8 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Kd3 Bb6 44. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jiang, Louie"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. c3 Na5 15. Re1 Rc8 16. h3 b5 17. Re2 Nc5 18. Nd2 Kh8 19. Nf1 Nc4 20. Nfe3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 a5 22. Bc2 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qb6 24. Rd1 Rcd8 25. Rf3 Ne6 26. Qd2 b4 27. Rd3 bxc3 28. bxc3 Qc7 29. Rxd6 Rc8 30. Bb3 Nc5 31. Bc2 Ne6 32. Rd3 Nf4 33. Re3 Qe7 34. Bb3 Rfd8 35. Qe1 Rf8 36. Qf1 Qa7 37. g3 Ng6 38. Qb5 Rb8 39. Qd7 Rb7 40. Qd5 Rc7 41. Ba4 Qb6 42. Qd6 Qa7 43. Bb5 Rcc8 44. a4 f6 45. Qa3 Qb6 46. Rd6 Qb8 47. c4 Ne7 48. Re6 Ng8 49. c5 f5 50. exf5 Rxf5 51. c6 Qc7 52. Qc5 Rcf8 53. R3xe5 Rxf2 54. Qxf2 Rxf2 55. Kxf2 g6 56. Kg2 Kg7 57. Rd5 Kh6 58. Rd7 Qb6 59. Re2 Nf6 60. Rdd2 Qc7 61. Re3 Qb6 62. Re7 Qc5 63. c7 Nd5 64. Re5 Qxc7 65. Rexd5 Qc3 66. Rd7 Qb4 67. Kh2 Qc5 68. R7d5 Qb4 69. R5d4 Qc3 70. Bf1 Qa1 71. Rh4+ Kg7 72. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 Ne5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 h5 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Nce2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Ka1 Rb8 18. Rb1 Qc5 19. Nc3 Ng8 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. f4 0-0 22. Rhe1 e5 23. Nf3 exf4 24. Qxf4 Bg4 25. Red1 Rfd8 26. Nd5 Ng6 27. Qg3 Re8 28. Nc3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qe5 30. Qf2 Qf6 31. Rh1 Ne5 32. Rhf1 Ng6 33. Rh1 Nf4 34. Qd2 Rb6 35. Qf2 Reb8 36. Rhd1 R6b7 37. Qd2 Ne6 38. Qxd6 Qxf3 39. Qe5 Qf2 40. Qxh5 Nd4 41. Rxd4 Qxd4 42. Rd1 Qf2 43. Nd5 Rxb2 44. Ne7+ Kf8 45. Nf5 Rxa2+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. Be2 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e5 Bb7 13. exf6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf6 15. Bxa8 d5 16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. Nce2 g6 18. a4 b4 19. Rhf1 Kg7 20. g4 Rc8 21. g5 Be7 22. h4 Qb6 23. a5 Qxa5 24. Kb1 Qb6 25. Ba4 Kg8 26. h5 Bf8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. f5 gxf5 29. g6 Rd8 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nf4 Rd6 32. Bb3 Bg7 33. Ndxe6 Be5 34. Nxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qe3 36. Rxf5+ Bf6 37. Rd1 Ke7 38. Nf4 1-0

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[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 Bd7 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rfd1 b6 13. h3 Ne7 14. Ne2 Ng6 15. c4 c5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Rd2 Kb7 18. Rad1 Ne7 19. Ne2 g5 20. Ng3 Nc6 21. Bc3 a6 22. Nf1 Bg7 23. g4 Rae8 24. Ng3 Bf8 25. Nh5 Kc8 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Nf6 Nc6 29. Kg3 b5 30. Nd5 Bg7 31. Ne3 Re8 32. h4 gxh4+ 33. Kxh4 Ne7 34. Kg3 Rg8 35. Nh4 Bf8 36. Kf3 h5 37. gxh5 Bh6 38. Nhg2 Nf5 39. Nxf5 Bxf5 40. Ne3 Be6 41. Ke2 bxc4 42. bxc4 Kb7 43. Rf1 Rg5 44. Rh1 Rg8 45. Rf1 Rg5 46. Rh1 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CalChess Masters op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2007.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aigner, Michael"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nf6 7. h3 0-0 8. g4 Rb8 9. Nce2 Bd7 10. Ng3 b5 11. Nf3 b4 12. 0-0 a5 13. Rb1 Ne8 14. f5 Nc7 15. h4 Nb5 16. h5 a4 17. Ne2 Nbd4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nf4 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Ne5 21. Rh3 e6 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Kf2 d5 25. Rbh1 exf5 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Nxd5 Ng4+ 28. Kf1 Be6 29. Bf3 Bxd5 30. Bxg4 fxg4 31. Qxg4 Qf6+ 32. Rf3 Be6 33. Qg2 Qxb2 34. Rg1 Kf8 35. Qg5 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Qc3 37. Bd2 Qe5 38. Qh5 Rc6 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Bf4 Qc3 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Rg3+ Bg4+ 43. Rxg4+ Rg6 44. Rxg6+ fxg6 45. Qxg6+ Kf8 46. Bd6+ Re7 47. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CalChess Masters op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2007.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Keatinge Clay, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. h4 Nd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. f4 Nc5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bg2 Rb8 15. f5 b4 16. e5 d5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Qb6 19. Bc4 Qc6 20. Bf4 Rb6 21. Rge1 Be7 22. Rd6 Qc7 23. f6 gxf6 24. Rxb6 Qxb6 25. exf6 Ne6 26. fxe7 Kxe7 27. Be5 Rg8 28. Qf3 Bd7 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "CalChess Masters op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Kislik, Erik Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Be2 0-0 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. h4 Ra7 16. Bd3 e5 17. Bd2 d4 18. Ne2 c5 19. f4 Qc7 20. c4 Bd6 21. f5 Rb7 22. Qf3 Qb8 23. Bc1 Nb6 24. g4 Na4 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. g5 Bf8 27. gxh6 Rd6 28. hxg7+ Bxg7 29. Rc2 Nxb2 30. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Bxb2 Rb6 32. Ka1 Rxb2 33. f6 Qb4 34. fxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rf1 Be6 36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Rg1 Rxa2+ 38. Kxa2 Bxc4+ 39. Bxc4 Qa5+ 40. Kb2 Qb6+ 41. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "CalChess Masters op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Young, Gregory G"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. dxc5 0-0 9. 0-0 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bxb5 11. Qxb5 Bb6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qd3 Rfe8 15. Bh4 Rac8 16. c3 a6 17. Nbd4 Nc5 18. Qf5 Nce4 19. Rfe1 Rcd8 20. Nb3 Qc4 21. Nfd4 a5 22. f3 Nd6 23. Qc2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 a4 25. Nc1 Nb5 26. Bf2 a3 27. Nxb5 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qxb5 29. b3 Rc8 30. Ne2 Re8 31. Nd4 Qc5 32. Qd2 Rc8 33. Rc1 Nd7 34. Qe3 Nf8 35. Kf2 Rc7 36. Nf5 Qb5 37. Nxg7 d4 38. Qxd4 f6 39. c4 Qg5 40. Ne8 Qxc1 41. Nxc7 Qb2+ 42. Ke3 Qxa2 43. Qd5+ Kg7 44. Ne8+ Kh6 45. g4 Qxh2 46. Nxf6 a2 47. g5+ Kg6 48. Qg8+ Kf5 49. Qxf8 Qg1+ 50. Kd3 Qd1+ 51. Ke3 Qe1+ 52. Kd3 Qd1+ 53. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calchess Championship"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2007.09.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schiller, Eric Andrew"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. 0-0 Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. Nbd2 d5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. f4 Rc8 11. a3 cxd4 12. exd4 g6 13. Qf3 a6 14. Qh3 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Nf3 b5 17. Bc1 Qb6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Rad1 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Kh1 a5 22. Qg4 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. h4 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qe7 26. Ng5 h5 27. Qh3 Rc3 28. Qh2 Qg7 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Rc7 31. Rf6 Rce7 32. Rdf1 Bc6 33. Qf4 Bb7 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 Kh7 37. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rensch, Daniel"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[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 Be7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. g5 Nh5 12. 0-0-0 Rc8 13. Rg1 Nb6 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 g6 17. h4 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qc8 19. Qe3 Na4 20. c4 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Nc3 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. a4 Rc8 25. Rd3 Qb4 26. Nc6 Rxc6 27. Bxc6 Na2+ 28. Kd1 Bd8 29. Bd5 Bb6 30. Rb3 Bxe3 31. Rxb4 Nxb4 32. Rg3 Bf4 33. Ra3 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d4 Ng6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nf4 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 0-0 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Rac1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Ra3 22. Nd2 Qh4 23. g3 Qd4 24. Ne4 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rfd1 Qb6 27. Qb2 Qa6 28. Rd2 Rff3 29. Qb1 Rab3 30. Qg6 Qa3 31. Rdc2 Qxb4 32. c5 Rf7 33. cxd6 Qxd6 34. Qe6 Rb6 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Rxc7 Qxd5 37. Rxf7 Qxf7 38. Qg4 Qg6 39. Qe2 Rb1 40. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 41. Kg2 b5 42. Qxe5 b4 43. f4 Qc2+ 44. Kh3 Qc8+ 45. f5 b3 46. Qb5 Qc2 47. Qd5 b2 48. Qe6 Qc5 49. Qg6+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Qf8 51. Qb5 Qf6 52. Kg2 Kh7 53. Kh3 Qd4 54. Qe8 Qb6 0-1

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. h3 Rb8 12. Be3 Ne5 13. b3 c5 14. Nde2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qc2 b4 17. Na4 Bb7 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. g4 Bc6 20. f4 Ned7 21. Ng3 h6 22. Nb2 Nb6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. f5 e4 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Bxc5 Nfd7 28. Bxb6 Nxb6 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. bxc4 e3 31. Rd3 Rbc8 32. Kf1 Rxc4 33. Rdxe3 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Re2 d5 16. exd5 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd5 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. a3 Nc4 20. Qd3 g6 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Rb1 Bg7 23. Ng4 f5 24. Ngh2 b4 25. a4 Rfd8 26. Bg5 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qb3 Na5 29. Qe6 Bd5 30. Qxa6 Bc4 31. Qxa5 Bxe2 32. Ne3 Re8 33. Qd5 Bd4 34. g3 Qe5 35. Qxe5+ Rxe5 36. Re1 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mucerino, Joseph J"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. 0-0 c6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Rad1 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nf4 14. Kh1 b5 15. Bf1 a6 16. Ng1 c5 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. f3 c4 19. Bf2 Bb7 20. Be3 Nd7 21. Ng3 Ndc5 22. Nb1 h5 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 Rac8 25. Rd2 Qe7 26. Red1 Rc7 27. Kg1 h4 28. Nh1 Nf4 29. Nf2 Nce6 30. Bb6 Rfc8 31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. Qb2 Bf8 33. Kh1 Ng5 34. Nd3 Nh5 35. Nb4 Qf6 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Bc5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Stanley, Douglas E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[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 a5 11. 0-0 a4 12. Rac1 Qa5 13. f3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Ra2 20. Kf1 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Stein, Alan R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ng3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Qc8 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Nh2 Bd7 22. Qd3 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 Be7 26. Be3 Nf8 27. Nf1 Red8 28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Nd2 Nh7 30. Red1 Kh8 31. Qc2 Nf6 32. f3 h5 33. gxh5 Nxh5 34. g4 Nf6 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. Qb3 Kf7 37. g5 Nh5 38. g6+ Kf6 39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. Rh1 Rh8 41. Kf2 Qd7 42. Rg1 Nf4 43. Bxf4 exf4 44. Kf1 d5 45. Rg4 Qa7 46. Rxf4+ Ke5 47. Rg4 Qe3 48. f4+ Kf6 49. Qc2 Rh1+ 50. Kg2 Rg1+ 51. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carroll, William"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Be6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. 0-0 Nf6 15. h3 0-0 16. Rad1 Ne4 17. Nfd2 f5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. f3 exf3 20. Rxf3 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Re8 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Re1 Bf5 25. Bf2 Be4 26. c4 Qe5 27. g3 Rf3 28. Qxf3 Bxf3 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Nd2 Be2 31. Bxc5 dxc4 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Ba3 Kf7 34. Nf3 Bf6 35. Ke3 Bb1 36. Kd2 Bxa2 37. Ng1 Bb1 38. Ne2 Bf5 39. h4 Bg4 40. Nf4 Bd4 41. Ne2 Be5 42. Nf4 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Ke3 gxf4+ 45. gxf4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 Ne5 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Bg7 13. h4 h5 14. gxh5 Nxh5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Rhg1 Nxf4 18. b3 Rxc3 19. Bxf4 Rc5 20. Qf2 Bxe4 21. Rd2 Qc8 22. Re1 d5 23. Bg5 Rc7 24. Rf1 f6 25. Re2 0-0 26. Bc1 e5 27. Nf3 Qf5 28. Ne1 Qxf2 29. Rfxf2 f5 30. Bg5 Bf6 31. Rh2 f4 32. Rh3 Bxg5 33. hxg5 Rh7 0-1

[Event "North American op 16th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Qd2 d6 12. Bd3 b6 13. 0-0 Bb7 14. Bb1 0-0 15. b3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 Nc5 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Nb5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2391"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 0-0 12. a4 Re8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. d5 Na7 16. Nbd2 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nf1 Bc5 20. Bd5 b4 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Ne3 bxc3 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. bxc3 Ne7 25. Re2 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Qa8 27. Qd3 Rb8 28. g3 Rb3 29. Kg2 Qa3 30. Rc2 Rb2 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 32. Qd2 Qb1 33. Qe2 Qc1 34. Qd2 Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zlotnikov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. 0-0 a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 15. b3 Qa5 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 f6 20. Rc2 Rc7 21. Ne2 Qb6+ 22. Kh2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Qc5 24. Qd2 Bf7 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Rd1 Nb6 27. Qe2 b4 28. Rd2 h5 29. h4 e5 30. Nf3 Be6 31. Qd3 Rc6 32. fxe5 dxe5 33. Ne1 Nd7 34. Rc2 Qb6 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. Nc2 Nc5 37. Nxb4 Qb7 38. Qd2 Nxe4 39. Qe1 f5 40. Nd3 Qd5 41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. Nf2 Bf5 43. Nd1 Qd4 44. Ne3 Qb2+ 45. Kg1 Qxa2 46. Qc3 Qb1+ 47. Kf2 Be6 48. Qxe5+ Kf7 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. Qb8+ Kf7 51. b4 Qb2+ 52. Kg1 Qc1+ 53. Nf1 Bc4 54. Qf4+ Qxf4 55. gxf4 Ke6 56. Ne3 Bd3 57. Kf2 Kd6 58. Ke1 Kc6 59. Kd2 Kb5 60. Kc3 Be2 61. Nd5 Bg4 62. Kd4 Bf5 63. Nc3+ Kxb4 64. Nxe4 Bxe4 65. Kxe4 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. Bc4 Qa5 9. 0-0 e6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. d5 e5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Ke7 15. Ng5 Bh6 16. Bh4 Nbd7 17. f4 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 h6 19. Bxf6+ Kxf6 20. Qxd6+ Qxd6 21. Rxd6+ Kg7 22. Rxc6 Nb6 23. Nd5 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Re8 26. Nd5 Re5 27. Nc7 Be6 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. Kf2 Rae8 30. Kf3 R8e7 31. Rd4 Rf6+ 32. Ke2 Rf4 33. Rbb4 h5 34. g3 Rf6 35. Rb3 h4 36. Rf3 Ra6 37. a4 hxg3 38. hxg3 Ra5 39. Kd3 Rg5 40. Rc4 Rge5 41. Rf4 Rg5 42. Rf3 Rge5 43. Rf4 Rg5 44. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "California State-ch"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schwarz, Daniel W"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1 Nc6 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Ne7 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. a4 f5 15. a5 Rb8 16. Be3 b6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra1 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rb1 Qf7 22. Rb4 Qe7 23. Bd2 e4 24. Nd4 Ra8 25. Qb1 Nd6 26. Rc1 Qf7 27. Be3 Ra5 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. dxe4 Nxe4 30. h4 Qe7 31. Rbb1 Ra2 32. Qd3 Ra3 33. Nxf5 gxf5 34. Qxd5 Nxg3 35. fxg3 Qxe3+ 36. Kh1 Kh8 37. Bf3 f4 38. Rg1 fxg3 39. Rxg3 Ra4 40. Rxg7 Qf2 41. Rh7+ Kxh7 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Be4+ Rxe4 45. Qxf2 Rce8 46. Rg1 R8e7 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "California State-ch"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Konda, Adarsh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Nh5 Bd7 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. Qd2 Be8 18. Rfe1 Bg6 19. Bxg6 Qxg6 20. Re2 Rae8 21. Rae1 Qg4 22. b4 Rf6 23. b5 Nd8 24. Re5 Rf5 25. Qa5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Nf7 27. Re1 Nd6 28. Qxa7 Rf8 29. Qb6 Ne4 30. Qc7 Ng5 31. Nxg5 Qxg5 32. Qd7 Rf6 33. Qe8+ Rf8 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Qd8 36. Qe7 Qc8 37. a4 Qf5 38. Re2 h6 39. Qxb7 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Rf5 41. g4 Rg5 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Re8 Rxg4 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "California State-ch"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 a5 15. h4 a4 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Ne4 Rc8 18. 0-0-0 Be7 19. h5 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Ng5 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rd3 h6 24. Ne6 Kf7 25. Bd2 Rhc8 26. Kb1 Nxd5 27. Nxg7 Nf4 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Rxc2 30. Bxf4 Kxg7 31. Rg1+ Kh7 32. Bd2 e4 33. fxe4 Bf6 34. Bc1 R2c3 35. Rxd6 Rxb3+ 36. Ka2 Rxc1 37. Kxb3 Rxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "California State-ch"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jasthi, Sreekar"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. f3 Nbd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. 0-0 Ne5 12. Qe1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Rd3 Qb8 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Qg3 0-0 18. Na5 Rcc8 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bg5 b4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Qf2 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. Qd4 Qxc2 28. Qxd6 a5 29. Qd4 a4 30. Rd2 Qc1+ 31. Rd1 Qc6 32. Ra1 Ra8 33. Qb2 a3 34. Qb3 Qd6 35. Ra2 h6 36. h3 Ra5 37. Qc3 Ra8 38. Qb3 Qa6 39. Kh2 Qa4 40. Qxa4 Rxa4 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Ke3 Kd6 44. Kd3 Kc5 45. Kc3 Ra7 46. g4 g5 47. Kb3 Kd4 48. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 49. Kxa3 Ke3 0-1

[Event "California State-ch"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Garg, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nb6 10. Nf4 g6 11. b3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. 0-0 Qe7 14. Re1 Bd7 15. a4 a5 16. Ba3 Qf7 17. Bc5 Bd8 18. Qd2 Bc7 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6+ Qxe6 21. Re1 Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1+ Kd7 23. Ne5+ Nxe5 24. dxe5 Ke6 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Qh3+ Kxe5 27. Qxd7 Rhe8 28. Qxc7+ Ke6 29. Qd6+ Kf7 30. Qxd5+ Re6 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32. Bd4+ Re5 33. Qd6+ Kf7 34. Bc4+ Ke8 35. Qxe5+ Kd7 36. Bb5+ Kc8 37. Bb6 Ra6 38. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2005.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Baczynskyj, Boris"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 a6 12. Nc3 f5 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. f3 Bg5 15. b4 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qe3 20. Qc1 Qb6 21. Nb5 Rf6 22. Qa3 g5 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rc1 Qf8 26. Qc3 Nb6 27. Qxe5 Bd7 28. Rc7 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Qd6 30. Qe8+ Qf8 31. Qe3 Kh8 32. Qd4 Qd6 33. Rxb7 Nxd5 34. Rd7 Qb4 35. Qa1 Nc3 36. Bf1 Kg8 37. Qa7 Qh4 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rc7 Qb4 40. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moskow, Eric"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Bg7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 f5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Nd5 Kh7 17. b6 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bf7 19. bxc7 Qxc7 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Rxb7 Bxd5 22. Ng5+ hxg5 23. Bxd5 Rac8 24. Ra1 Rb8 25. Rd7 Rbd8 26. Raa7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Rf6 28. h3 g4 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Kf1 Kh6 31. e3 Bf8 32. Ke2 Kg5 33. Rf7 Rxf7 34. Bxf7 Be7 35. Be8 Bd8 36. Bd7 Ba5 37. d4 exd4 38. exd4 Bc3 39. Ke3 Be1 40. Bc8 Bc3 41. Bd7 Be1 42. Be6 Bc3 43. Bc8 Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2005.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Timmel, John D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bc4 Qf6 6. Be3 h6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. 0-0-0 Bd8 9. Kb1 Ne7 10. h4 Ng6 11. h5 Nf4 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Qxf4 exf4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ng6 Rg8 19. Nxf4 Kd7 20. Rhe1 Nc8 21. Ng6 Ne7 22. Nxe7 Bxe7 23. f4 Rgf8 24. Rf1 Rf7 25. g4 Raf8 26. Ne2 Bg5 27. f5 Ke7 28. Rfe1 Bh4 29. Rh1 Bg5 30. Nc3 Bf4 31. Rhe1 e5 32. Ne2 Bg5 33. dxe5 dxe5 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Red1 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Ke8 37. c3 Rd7 38. Kc2 Bh4 39. Ng1 Ke7 40. Nf3 Bf6 41. Kd2 Rd6 42. Rxd6 Kxd6 43. Kd3 Kc5 44. Nd2 b5 45. Nb3+ Kb6 46. c4 b4 47. Nd2 a5 48. Nf3 Kc5 49. b3 Kd6 50. g5 hxg5 51. Nh2 c5 52. Ng4 Ke7 53. Ke3 Kf8 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Kg3 Ke7 56. h6 gxh6 57. Nxh6 Bg7 58. Ng4 Bh8 59. Ne3 Kf7 60. Kg4 Bf6 61. Kh5 Be7 62. Ng4 Bd6 63. Kxg5 Bc7 64. Nh6+ Ke7 65. Kg6 Bd6 66. Kg7 Ke8 67. Kf6 Kd7 68. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 f6 8. Nc4 Nc5 9. Nfxe5 Be6 10. Nf3 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Nxe4 13. Ke2 0-0-0 14. Be3 Nd6 15. b3 Nf5 16. Bd2 g5 17. Bc3 g4 18. Ne1 Bc5 19. Nd3 Rhe8+ 20. Kd2 Bxf2 21. Bxf6 Be3+ 22. Kd1 Rd6 23. Bc3 Nh4 24. g3 Nf3 25. h3 Rh6 26. h4 Rd6 27. Rf1 Rde6 28. a4 Bh6 29. Nf2 Bg7 30. Nxg4 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Skovgaard, Peter"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[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. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nc2 Be6 14. g3 0-0 15. Bg2 f5 16. f4 e4 17. 0-0 Ne7 18. Nce3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rc8 20. Rf2 a5 21. Bf1 b4 22. c4 Rc5 23. Rc1 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Bd4 26. Kg2 Bxf2 27. Kxf2 Qc8 28. Qd1 Qc5+ 29. Kg2 e3 30. Kh3 Kh8 31. b3 Qc3 32. Qh5 Qf6 33. Bd3 Qg6 34. Qe2 Re8 35. Kg2 Re7 36. Kf1 Qf6 37. Qc2 Kg7 38. Ke1 Qh6 39. Kd1 e2+ 40. Bxe2 Qxh2 41. Qb2+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Warakomski, Tomasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2005.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Qe2 f6 11. Bd2 b6 12. 0-0-0 c5 13. g4 Bf7 14. Kb1 Nf8 15. Ne3 Ne6 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. g5 Bh5 18. gxf6 Rf8 19. Rdg1 Rxf6 20. Qe3 g6 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Ng5 Nd4 23. h4 0-0-0 24. c3 Ne2 25. Re1 Nf4 26. Qg3 Rdf8 27. d4 c4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Qe3 Kb7 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. f3 h6 32. Nh3 Rxh4 33. Rd1 Qe7 34. Rdf1 g5 35. Qe2 Qe6 36. Qg2 Qf7 37. Qg3 Bxf3 38. Kc1 Rxe4 39. Rh2 g4 40. Ng1 h5 41. Nxf3 gxf3 42. Qg5 Qf4+ 43. Qxf4 Rfxf4 44. Rxh5 Re2 45. Rh6 f2 46. Rhh1 e4 47. Kb1 e3 48. Kc1 Kc6 49. Kb1 Kd5 50. Kc1 Ke4 51. Kb1 Rd2 52. Kc1 Kf3 53. a3 Ke2 54. a4 Rd5 55. Kc2 Rg4 56. Kc1 Rdg5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Bagby Memorial g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chan, John"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. d5 a5 9. a4 Nc5 10. Qc2 Ne8 11. Be3 b6 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. 0-0 f5 14. Qd2 f4 15. Kh1 g5 16. Ng1 Rf6 17. Qe2 Rh6 18. g4 Nf6 19. f3 Rg6 20. Rf2 h5 21. h3 Rh6 22. gxh5 Nxh5 23. Qe1 Kf7 24. Nce2 Bd7 25. Bf1 Nf6 26. Rh2 Qe7 27. b3 Rah8 28. Ra2 g4 29. h4 g3 30. Nxg3 fxg3 31. Qxg3 Nh5 32. Qf2 Nf4 33. Nh3 Rxh4 34. Qg3 Nxh3 35. Rag2 Kf8 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Addison op g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pearson, Michael"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. e5 Qxb2 9. Na4 Qa3 10. exf6 Qxa4 11. Bd3 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxc3+ 13. Ke2 Bd7 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Qb3 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Rc7 Nd5 19. fxg7 Bxg7 20. Rxb7 h6 21. Bh4 Nxf4+ 22. Kd2 Nxd3 23. Rhb1 Nb2 24. R1xb2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Bc6 26. Nd4 Kd7 27. Ke3 Rhg8 28. Rb6 Bxg2 29. Bg3 e5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Addison op g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. 0-0-0 Rc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 b5 16. Bh6 b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qg5 Rc5 21. Qe3 Qa5 22. b3 Rfc8 23. Rd2 R8c6 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. g4 Qa3 26. gxh5 Ra6 27. hxg6+ fxg6 28. Nc1 Bf7 29. Rg5 Rc3 30. Qg1 Bxb3 31. cxb3 Rac6 32. Nd3 Rxb3+ 33. axb3 Qxb3+ 34. Nb2 Ra6 35. Qd4 Qa2+ 36. Kc2 Rc6+ 37. Kd3 Rc1 38. Ke2 Qb1 39. Nd1 1-0

[Event "San Francisco TNM Spring op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Hilliard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11. 0-0-0 Be7 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Rhe1 Qc7 14. Rxe6 Nb6 15. Rxe7+ Kxe7 16. Bb4+ Kd7 17. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Thornally, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3 h6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 Qf6 15. d4 Bg4 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qf4 18. f3 Be6 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21. Ne2 Qg5 22. f4 Qh5 23. Qe3 Bg4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ng3 Qh4 26. h3 Bc8 27. Kh2 b6 28. Rf2 g6 29. Rd2 Re8 30. Qf3 Kf8 31. Rf2 c5 32. Rf1 Bb7 33. Qc3 Rd8 34. e6 Rd4 35. exf7 Kxf7 36. Qe3 Qe7 37. f5 gxf5 38. Rxf5+ Kg7 39. Qf4 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 Ne5 13. b3 c5 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Bb2 h5 17. f4 Nh7 18. Kh2 h4 19. g4 Qa5 20. Qf3 g5 21. f5 Ne5 22. Qd1 Bxc4 23. Ne3 Bd3 24. Ra1 c4 25. Ncd5 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Qd2 27. Red1 Qe2 28. Ra2 Bc4 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Qxc4 Nxc4 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. a5 Rbc8 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Bf1 Rec8 35. Rc1 Ne5 36. Rac2 Rxc2+ 37. Rxc2 Nf6 38. Nb6 Nxe4 39. Rc7 Nc5 40. Nc4 Nxc4 41. Bxc4 Rf8 42. Bd5 Kf6 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. Bxf7 Rd8 45. Be6 Nxe6 46. Re7 d5 47. Rxe6+ Kf4 48. f6 Rf8 49. Rb6 Rf7 50. Rb4+ Ke3 51. Rb3+ Ke4 52. Rf3 d4 53. Kf2 d3 54. Re3+ Kd4 55. Re6 Kc3 56. Ke3 d2 57. Rd6 Rxf6 58. Rd3+ Kc4 59. Rxd2 Re6+ 60. Kf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ho, Matthew"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. c4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 c6 9. 0-0 d5 10. c5 Bf5 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nc4 Nf6 15. Nd6 Qd7 16. Qd2 Ne8 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. f3 Nc7 19. fxe4 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qe6 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. a4 a6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Qc2 Nd5 25. Qc4 Bf6 26. Bc1 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Kf2 Qe6 29. Re1 Qf5 30. Re4 Qd7 31. Bg4 Qc7 32. g3 b5 33. cxb6 Qxb6 34. Bd2 h5 35. Be2 Nc7 36. Be3 Qb7 37. Bf3 Nd5 38. Bd2 Qd7 39. Kg2 Nc7 40. Bf4 Nd5 41. Be5 Bxe5 42. Rxe5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nf3 Qxe4+ 5. Qe2 Qxe2+ 6. Bxe2 Nc6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d4 1/2-1/2

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

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

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Aigner, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. c3 d6 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Nf1 Ng4 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bb6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Bd2 Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. Kh1 Kh7 17. Qf2 Be6 18. b3 Qe7 19. d4 Bd7 20. Qg3 Nc6 21. Rad1 b4 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Bd3 a5 24. Bc4 Be6 25. Bd5 Rbc8 26. c4 Nb8 27. Nh4 g6 28. Bc1 Nd7 29. Nf3 Nf6 30. Bb2 Bxd5 31. exd5 Ne4 32. Qe1 f5 33. Nd2 Nf6 34. Qg3 Rf7 35. Rde1 Rg8 36. Qf3 Qd7 37. Qh3 Ng4 38. Rf3 Qa7 39. Nf1 Rgf8 40. Qh4 g5 41. Qg3 h5 42. h4 f4 43. Qh3 Qe7 44. hxg5 Qxg5 45. Nd2 Bxe3 46. Ne4 Qg6 47. c5 Qxe4 48. Qxh5+ Nh6 49. cxd6 Qf5 50. Qh2 Kg8 51. Rh3 Ng4 52. Rh8+ Kg7 53. Rxf8 Nxh2 54. d7 Rxf8 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ganbold, Odondoo"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. f5 0-0 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. dxe6 Qc8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. 0-0 Rxe6 13. Qd1 Nc6 14. d3 Qd7 15. Nc3 Rae8 16. Ng5 R6e7 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Be5 19. Kh1 Bd4 20. Bf4 Nb4 21. Nc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxd3 23. Bg3 Re2 24. Rf3 Re1+ 25. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Nxe1 27. Rxe1 h6 28. h3 Qa4 29. Rg3 Qxa2 30. Re7 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 g6 32. Rf3 h5 33. Rff7 g5 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Ref7+ Ke8 36. Rxb7 Qe1 37. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "226"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 0-0 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Be3 a6 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. Bb1 g5 18. Qd3 Qg7 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Bd2 Qh7 21. Qe2 Qg7 22. Bc3 Nd8 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rcd1 Rf4 27. Bb4 Bxb4 28. Qxb4 Rc8 29. Qd2 Nc6 30. Ne2 Rf6 31. f4 Qg7 32. Rc1 Bh5 33. Ng3 Bf7 34. f5 Re8 35. Rcd1 Qf8 36. Rf1 Qb4 37. fxe6 Rxf1+ 38. Nxf1 Rxe6 39. Qxb4 Nxb4 40. Kf2 Bh5 41. Rd2 Rf6+ 42. Kg1 Nc6 43. Ne3 Re6 44. Kf2 Rf6+ 45. Kg1 Re6 46. Kf2 Rf6+ 47. Kg1 Bf7 48. g3 h5 49. a3 Rf3 50. Nd1 Kf8 51. Nc3 Ke7 52. Bc2 Kd6 53. Bd1 Rf6 54. Bb3 Rf3 55. Bd1 Rf6 56. Bb3 Be6 57. Bd1 h4 58. Be2 Bh3 59. Rd1 Be6 60. Rd2 Bh3 61. Rd1 Bd7 62. Rd2 Ne7 63. Bd3 Nc6 64. Be2 Rf8 65. Bd1 Bh3 66. Be2 Ne7 67. Rd3 Bd7 68. Rd2 Nf5 69. gxh4 gxh4 70. Bf3 Ne3 71. Be2 Bg4 72. Bd3 Bh3 73. Be2 Be6 74. Nd1 Nf5 75. Bf1 Nh6 76. Ne3 Rf4 77. Be2 Re4 78. Kf2 Rf4+ 79. Ke1 Nf7 80. Ng2 Re4 81. Kf2 h3 82. Ne1 Nh6 83. Bf3 Rh4 84. Nc2 Rf4 85. Ke3 Rf8 86. Be2 Bg4 87. Ne1 Rf6 88. Bd3 Bh5 89. Be2 Be8 90. Bf3 Nf5+ 91. Kd3 Bb5+ 92. Kc3 Bd7 93. Bg4 Nh6 94. Bxd7 Kxd7 95. Rd3 Rc6+ 96. Kd2 Nf5 97. Rxh3 Rg6 98. Nf3 Rg2+ 99. Kc3 Kc7 100. Ne5 Kb6 101. Rh7 Ne3 102. b3 Nd1+ 103. Kd3 Nb2+ 104. Ke3 Nd1+ 105. Kf4 Rd2 106. Nd7+ Kc6 107. Ne5+ Kb6 108. Nf3 Rd3 109. h4 Nf2 110. h5 Nh3+ 111. Kg4 Nf2+ 112. Kf4 Nh3+ 113. Kg4 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4 Nxe4 9. Qf4 Nf6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Qf3 Nd7 13. 0-0-0 Ne5 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bg3 f5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Bh5 Rg8 19. Rhe1 Rc8 20. Re2 Kf8 21. h3 d5 22. Bxg6 Rxg6 23. Bh2 Bd6 24. Qf3 a5 25. Rd3 a4 26. Rc3 Qb6 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Qc3 Qc5 29. Qe3 Qc4 30. Kb1 Rxg2 31. b3 Rxe2 32. Nxe2 Qb5 33. Bg3 Ke8 34. Kb2 axb3 35. axb3 Kd7 36. Bh4 Qc5 37. Qd3 b6 38. Bf6 Qa3+ 39. Kb1 Ba6 40. Qe3 Qa5 41. Nc3 Qb4 42. Na4 Bxf4 43. Nxb6+ Kc6 44. Nxd5 Kxd5 45. c4+ Kc6 46. Qf3+ Kd7 47. Qxf4 Qxb3+ 48. Bb2 Bxc4 49. Qd2+ Qd3+ 50. Kc1 Qxd2+ 51. Kxd2 Kd6 52. Bg7 h5 53. Ke3 e5 54. Kf3 Ke6 55. Bh6 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Lobo, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rad1 h6 14. c4 Rfe8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. Nd4 Nf4 18. Qg4 g5 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Nbd6 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Qf3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qg3 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Franett Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd2 e6 5. e4 dxe4 6. 0-0-0 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 Nb6 10. Ne5 Nbd5 11. Bc4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 c6 13. g4 0-0 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. h4 c5 17. g5 cxd4 18. Ng4 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxd4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Kh8 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Red1 Qb6 24. Qe4 e5 25. Rd6 Qc5 26. b4 Qxb4 27. Rxh6+ gxh6 28. Qxe5+ Kh7 29. Bd3+ Kg8 30. Rg1+ Bg4 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco MI"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Siegrist, Daichi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Nf4 Re8 11. h4 Nf8 12. Nh5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ng6 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Na5 17. b3 Bb5 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qe2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc6 21. f4 Nge7 22. g4 Rc7 23. Rc5 Nb4 24. Qd2 a5 25. f5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Qc7 27. f6 Ng6 28. fxg7 Rd8 29. Qh2 f5 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "San Francisco MI"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Wong, Russell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 exf3 7. Nxf3 c6 8. Bc4 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. 0-0-0 Nd5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Ne4 N7f6 13. h4 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. g4 0-0-0 18. h5 Rhe8 19. Qxh7 e5 20. Qg6 e4 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Nh4 Bd6 23. Nf5 Bf4 24. Rhe1 Bxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Qf4 26. Nxg7 Rg8 27. h6 Bxg4 28. h7 Rh8 29. Nh5 Qg5 30. Qxg5 fxg5 31. Nf6 Bf3 32. Ng4 Rxh7 33. Ne3 g4 34. b3 Rh5 35. c4 dxc4 36. bxc4 Rdh8 37. d5 Rh1 38. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 39. Kc2 g3 40. d6 Rh2 41. c5 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 g2 43. Nxg2 Bxg2 44. Ke3 Kd7 45. a4 b6 0-1

[Event "San Jose"]
[Site "San Jose"]
[Date "2004.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Schiller, Eric Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. 0-0 a6 5. Ba4 Ng6 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 0-0 9. Nxe5 Ncxe5 10. dxe5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. f4 Ng6 13. a4 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Qe7 15. Nd2 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bc6 17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. Qxa6 Be3 19. f5 Nf4 20. Re1 Nxg2 21. Re2 Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Nh4 23. Bd5 Ra8 24. Qc4 Qg5 25. Be1 Ra1 26. e5 Nf3 27. Qc5 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "San Francisco MI"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gallegos, Paul"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. d3 0-0 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. 0-0 Rae8 12. Nc3 e5 13. f5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxf5 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Ne4 Be7 18. h3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qd4+ 21. Kf1 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Ne3+ 23. Ke2 Ng2 24. Kf1 Nf4 25. Rd1 h6 26. Ne4 Nxh3 27. Qg2 Nf4 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 b6 30. a4 a6 31. Ke3 Re6 32. Nc3 h5 33. Nd5 Nxd5+ 34. cxd5 Re7 35. Ke4 Kf7 36. d6 Re6 37. Kd5 Rh6 38. Kc6 g5 39. Re1 h4 40. Rxe5 h3 41. Kc7 h2 42. d7 h1Q 43. d8Q Qh2 44. Qe7+ Kg8 45. Qxg5+ Kh8 46. f4 Rh7+ 47. Kb8 Rg7 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Rg6 50. Re6 Qg2 1-0

[Event "San Francisco MI"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Langreck, John"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ne2 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. Nf4 g6 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Bd2 0-0-0 15. 0-0-0 Kb8 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Rhg1 a5 18. g4 fxg4 19. Nxe6 gxf3 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxf3 Qc2+ 23. Ka1 Nd4 24. Qe3 Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nc2+ 26. Kb1 Nxe3 27. Bxe3 Rhd8 28. Bxh6 Rc4 29. Bg5 Rd7 30. b3 Re4 31. Rd2 Ka7 32. f4 Kb6 33. Rf2 d4 34. Kc2 Kc5 35. Bf6 Kd5 36. f5 Rg4 37. Re2 gxf5 38. Rh2 Rc7+ 39. Kd2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "San Francisco MI"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pinto, Mark A"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Re1 0-0 8. h3 Bf5 9. c3 a6 10. Bf1 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. Be3 Re7 14. Qd2 Rae8 15. Rad1 f6 16. a3 Be4 17. Nh2 Qf5 18. Bd3 Nf4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Nf1 Qg6 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Ne3 b6 23. Qd3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qg3 26. Qxa6 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Ne7 28. Qb5 Kf8 29. Qd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Nf5 31. Kg1 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rb1 33. Rd2 Nd6 34. Rc2 Nc4 35. Nd2 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Nxb2 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kf4 b5 39. h4 g6 40. g4 Ke6 41. g5 Nd1 42. Nb1 Nf2 43. Nd2 Nd3+ 44. Ke3 Nb2 45. Kf4 Na4 46. Nb1 Kf7 47. Kg4 Kg7 48. Kf4 h6 49. Kg4 hxg5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. Kxg5 Kf7 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Kg4 g5 54. Nd2 Nxc3 55. Nf3 Nb1 56. Nxg5 Nxa3 57. Nf3 Nc4 0-1

[Event "San Francisco MI"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozenvasser, Anthony"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Ne7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qf3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Qf6 Ng6 18. Qg7 f5 19. g4 Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Nxe7 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Rg1 Ke7 24. 0-0-0 Rhg8 25. Nc2 Ke6 26. Nb4 a5 27. Nd3 Rac8 28. Kb1 Rg6 29. Rge1 Rc4 30. b3 Rh4 31. f4 Rg2 32. fxe5 Rgxh2 33. exd6+ Kxd6 34. Ne5+ Kc7 35. Nf3 R2h3 36. Nxh4 Rxh4 37. Rh1 Re4 38. Rxh7+ Kc6 39. Rh5 Ne3 40. Rg1 Ng4 41. Rh4 Nf6 42. Rxe4 Nxe4 43. Kc2 Kd5 44. Rd1+ Kc6 45. Rd4 Nc5 46. Rh4 Kd6 47. Kd2 Kd5 48. Rh5+ Kc6 49. Ke3 Kb6 50. Rh6+ Kc7 51. Kd4 Nd7 52. Rh7 Kd6 53. Rxd7+ Kxd7 54. Kc5 b4 55. c4 1-0

[Event "San Francisco MI"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Traub, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. b4 Be6 10. c4 Qd7 11. Re1 Nh5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Nh4 Kh7 14. Bf3 Nf6 15. Nc3 c6 16. a4 d5 17. Qe2 d4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na2 g5 20. Nf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Nb4 Rac8 23. Qxe5 Rfe8 24. Qc5 Bf8 25. Qa5 c5 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Qd7 29. Qb5 Rd8 30. Ba5 Qxb5 31. axb5 Rd7 32. Bc6 Re7 33. Bd8 Re2 34. Rxa7 Bxd3 35. Bd5 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Bf1+ 37. Kf3 Be2+ 38. Kg2 Bf1+ 39. Kf3 Be2+ 40. Kg2 Bf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco MI"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Lee, Andy C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 6. Ngf3 h5 7. Qh3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Nb3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 11. Qe3 Qxe3+ 12. Bxe3 e5 13. f4 e4 14. 0-0-0 Nf6 15. c4 Bg4 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. h3 Be6 18. Nd4 g6 19. c6 b6 20. Nb5 Bc5 21. Bxc5+ bxc5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Bc4 Ke7 24. Re1 f5 25. g3 Nc7 26. Bxe6 Nxb5 27. Bd7 Nd4 28. Re3 a5 29. Ra3 Ra8 30. Rc3 Kd6 31. Kd1 Ra7 32. Ke1 Kc7 33. Kf2 Kb6 34. a3 a4 35. c7 Rxc7 36. Bxa4 h4 37. b4 cxb4 38. Rxc7 Kxc7 39. Rxd4 bxa3 40. Rc4+ Kd6 41. Rc3 a2 42. Ra3 Rc8 43. Rxa2 Rc3 44. Be8 Rf3+ 45. Ke2 hxg3 46. Ra1 Rxf4 47. Rg1 Rf3 48. Bxg6 Ke5 49. h4 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 f4 51. h5 Rh2 52. Kf1 Kd4 53. Rg2 e3 54. Rg1 f3 55. Rxg3 Rh1+ 56. Rg1 e2+ 57. Kf2 Rxg1 0-1

[Event "San Francisco MI"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Perepelitsky, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. e5 Ng4 9. exd6 exd6 10. 0-0 Be7 11. Bf4 0-0 12. Rfe1 a6 13. Re2 Ngf6 14. Rae1 Re8 15. h3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxc5 18. Be4 Rc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qd7 21. Qd4 Bf8 22. Qf6 Ne6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Qf7 25. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "San Francisco MI"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Wang, Drake"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. a4 Nc6 7. Qd1 Nge7 8. Nf3 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Ne2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Mikhailuk, Slava"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 a6 10. g4 Qc7 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. Bd3 Nde5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Qg2 Bb7 16. Kb1 Rac8 17. Rd2 Nxd3 18. cxd3 b4 19. Ne2 d5 20. Nd4 Qc7 21. Qh3 e5 22. Nf5 b3 23. Bb6 Qxb6 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 25. Nxc8 Qa5 26. axb3 Qxd2 27. Nd6 Qxd3+ 28. Ka2 dxe4 29. Nxb7 exf3 30. Rf1 Qd5 31. Qxf3 e4 32. Qh5 Kg8 33. Qg4 Qxb7 34. Re1 Re8 35. Re3 Qd5 36. h5 g6 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Rh3 e3 39. Qh4 Qa5+ 40. Kb1 Qf5+ 41. Ka2 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tsyganov, Igor M"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.10.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. Rb1 c6 12. 0-0 Qb6 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. b3 Nh7 15. f3 f5 16. a3 Na6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. b4 Nf6 19. b5 cxb5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. cxb5 Nc5 23. Nc4 Nb7 24. Ndb6 Rb8 25. Qd5+ Rf7 26. Rfd1 Be7 27. Nxc8 Qxc8 28. Nb6 Qe8 29. Qc6 Kh8 30. Bc4 Rg7 31. Bd5 Nc5 32. Nc4 Qf8 33. b6 a4 34. b7 Kh7 35. Rb5 fxe4 36. Bxe4 Qf4 37. Qc7 Na6 38. Qa5 Nc5 39. Qa7 Rgg8 40. Bd5 Rgd8 41. Na5 Qe3 42. Nc6 Qe2 43. Rdb1 Nd3 44. Nxb8 Nf2+ 45. Qxf2 Qxf2 46. Nc6 Rf8 47. Nxe7 Qe3 48. Nc8 1-0

[Event "Marshall-Mechanics m"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Ross, Laura R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[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. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 0-0 14. 0-0 a5 15. b4 Be6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 axb4 18. cxb4 Ne7 19. Bc4 Qd7 20. Ra6 Qc8 21. Qe2 Ng6 22. g3 Rd8 23. b5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Ne7 25. Nb4 Nf5 26. Nc6 Nd4 27. Qd3 Nxc6 28. dxc6 e4 29. Qd5 1-0

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Gelman, Jeffrey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Be6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. g3 Qa5 9. Qe2 Qh5 10. h3 Bh6 11. Bxh6 Qxh6 12. Bg2 Nb6 13. b3 0-0 14. 0-0 Rad8 15. Nh4 Kh8 16. Qe4 Rd5 17. Nf3 Rg8 18. c4 Rh5 19. h4 Qg7 20. Qf4 Bg4 21. Nh2 Bc8 22. a4 e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Qf3 Rh6 25. Rfe1 Na8 26. Nf1 Nc7 27. Ne3 f6 28. Rad1 Qg6 29. Rd6 Ne8 30. Rd8 Be6 31. Rb8 f5 32. Rxb7 f4 33. Nf1 fxg3 34. fxg3 Nd6 35. Rxa7 Rh5 36. Qxc6 Qd3 37. c5 Qd4+ 38. Re3 Rxg3 39. Qxd6 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Bd5+ 41. Kf2 Rf5+ 42. Kg1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Re2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qg3+ 47. Kf1 Qf4+ 48. Rf2 Qc1+ 49. Ke2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-104"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nxe4 9. d5 Nb8 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Nc3 g6 12. Bf4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bh6 Na6 16. Ne4 0-0-0 17. Nfg5 e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxe6 Rde8 21. Bg7 Nd5 22. Bxh8 Rxh8 23. Qc4+ Ndc7 24. Qd4 Rg8 25. Qxa7 Qb5 26. Rac1 1-0

[Event "California State-ch"]
[Site "California"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Anonuevo, Kimberly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Bc5 8. h3 Bh5 9. 0-0 Qe7 10. Nc4 0-0-0 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 h6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Rab1 Nh7 15. b4 g5 16. a4 Qd7 17. Qe3 b5 18. Qa7 Qe6 19. Qxa6+ Kd7 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Qxb5+ Ke7 22. Ne3 Qd7 23. Nf5+ Kf8 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Nxh6 Nf6 26. Bxg5 Kg7 27. Nf5+ Kg6 28. Be3 Nh5 29. g4 Nf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Nxd6 Rxd6 32. Ra1 1-0

[Event "California State-ch"]
[Site "California"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Tu, Allen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Bd6 4. d4 e4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 0-0 8. cxb7 Bxb7 9. 0-0 Qa5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. c4 a6 13. Ba4 Rc8 14. Bb3 Nbd7 15. Nc3 Qe6 16. Bf4 Qf5 17. Bg3 Ng4 18. h3 Ngf6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Bc2 Qg5 21. Qe3 Qh5 22. Rfe1 Nb6 23. b3 Nbd7 24. Rad1 Nf8 25. d5 Ng6 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Nh4 28. Bxh4 Qxh4 29. Qd3 Rad8 30. Bf3 Rf8 31. Qe4 Qh6 32. Qe7 Bc8 33. c5 Rd7 34. Qe3 Qg6 35. d6 Rdd8 36. Qd3 Qf6 37. c6 Be6 38. d7 Bf5 39. Qe3 Qg6 40. Be4 Bxe4 41. Qxe4 Qf6 42. c7 g6 43. cxd8Q Rxd8 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qxd8 Qxd8 46. Re8 1-0

[Event "CalChess-ch"]
[Site "Monterey Park"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ma, Timothy"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Bf4 0-0 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 a5 12. Nc1 b6 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Qb2 Nh5 18. Nxc6 Nxf4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Rfd8 22. Rg3 Qxc4 23. Rc1 Qd5 24. h3 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Kh2 Rd8 27. Qc1 Qxe5 28. Ng1 Kh7 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 g6 31. Qc6 Qd6 32. Qb7 Rd7 33. Qc8 a4 34. Qa6 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Qb5 Qd5 37. Qb4 Qd1 38. f4 Rd3 39. Qf8 Rd7 40. Qb4 Rd2 41. Kg2 b2 42. f5 exf5 43. Qc4 Rd7 44. Qb4 b1Q 45. Rxg6 Qxb4 46. Rxh6+ Kg7 47. Rg6+ fxg6 48. h4 Qbg4+ 49. Kh2 Qdg1# 0-1

[Event "CalChess-ch"]
[Site "Monterey Park"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Subramaniam, Rahul"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1289"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 e6 4. axb4 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 0-0 8. Bd3 f5 9. Ne2 d6 10. 0-0 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. f4 a5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Bd7 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Qd3 Be8 18. bxa5 Bh5 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. Ba3 Nb4 21. Qb2 Nd5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rd3 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Nxf4 25. Qf3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qc5+ 27. Qd4 Qxd4+ 28. cxd4 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rfc8 30. Kf3 R8c2 31. g3 Rb2 32. a6 bxa6 33. Rxa6 Rcxb1 34. Rxe6 Rb6 35. Rxb6 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Sunnyvale LERA-ch 35th"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lai, John"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bxc3 10. bxc3 0-0 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Rab1 f5 15. a4 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 e5 18. Rb5 Qd6 19. a5 Nd5 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Qb3 Nc7 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. d5 Qf7 24. dxc6 Nxb5 25. Qxb5 bxc6 26. Qxe5 Qd5 27. Qg3 Rf7 28. Bf6+ Kf8 29. Qh4 Ke8 30. Qh8+ Rf8 31. Qh5+ Rf7 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Rd1 Rxf6 34. Rxd5+ cxd5 35. h3 Rc8 36. Qg5 Rf7 37. Qg6 Ke7 38. Qa6 Rc7 39. Qb5 Ke6 40. Qd3 Rc4 41. f3 Rfc7 42. Qe3+ Kd6 43. Qh6+ Kc5 44. Qf8+ Kb5 45. Qxf5 R7c5 46. Qd7+ Ka6 47. h4 Rxc3 48. h5 d4 49. Qxd4 Rc1+ 50. Kf2 Rxh5 51. Qd6+ Kb5 52. Qd7+ Ka6 53. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Sunnyvale LERA-ch 35th"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Foster, Ursula"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 a6 6. a3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Qd2 d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 b5 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Be2 Qb7 18. Rfd1 Bd8 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 21. Qd4 Nd7 22. Kf1 f5 23. c4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rac8 25. Rc3 bxc4 26. Rdxc4 Rb8 27. b4 Nb6 28. Rc6 Na4 29. Rc1 Rfd8 30. Bxa6 Kf8 31. Ke2 Nb6 32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. g3 h6 35. h3 g5 36. g4 Rd7 37. gxf5 Kxf5 38. fxg5 Ke5 39. Bc4 Rf7 40. gxh6 Rf3+ 41. Ke2 Rxh3 42. Rc7 Nxc4 43. Rxc4 Rxh6 44. Rdd4 Rh4 45. Ke3 Rh3+ 46. Ke2 Rg8 47. Rxe4+ Kxd5 48. Rcd4+ Kc6 49. b5+ Kd7 50. a4 Rg2+ 51. Kd1 Rhh2 52. Re3 Ra2 53. Rc4 Ra1+ 54. Rc1 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Sunnyvale LERA-ch 35th"]
[Site "Sunnyvale"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Barnard, Diane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1838"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3 b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. 0-0 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Rac1 c4 14. h3 b5 15. g4 h5 16. f5 hxg4 17. hxg4 gxf5 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Ng5 Qc7 20. Rxf5 Nd8 21. Rcf1 f6 22. Nf3 Ne6 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 fxe5 25. dxe5 Qb6+ 26. Rf2 0-0-0 27. Be3 Qg6+ 28. Rg5 Qh7 29. Rh2 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Rxh2+ 31. Nxh2 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 Bxe5 33. Nf1 Rf8 34. Qg2 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qxe3 36. Rg8+ Kc7 37. Qe2 Qh3+ 38. Rg2 d4 39. cxd4 Bxd4 40. Qg4 Qxg4 41. Rxg4 Bxb2 42. Ke2 c3 43. Kd1 Kb6 44. Rg5 a5 45. Kc2 Nb8 46. Re5 Nc6 47. Rg5 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco MI op1"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krubnik, Mariusz"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. 0-0 a5 9. Nd2 0-0 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nde4 Qc7 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Bd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Ng3 Rc7 21. Qf4 Kg8 22. Nb5 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Rc6 24. Ne2 Rfc8 25. Nf4 Rc2 26. Qe3 R8c6 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Qb3 Rc4 29. Qf3 Rxa4 30. Nd6 Be4 31. Qc3 Rxd4 32. Qc8+ Nf8 33. Rc1 Rd2 34. Nh3 Qxb2 35. Rc7 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco MI op2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Standen, Julian"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc6 16. Bc3 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Bc2 19. Rd2 Bxa4 20. f4 h6 21. Rf3 Kf8 22. f5 Rac8 23. f6 g6 24. Rh3 h5 25. g4 1-0

[Event "San Francisco MI op2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Cortinas, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 d5 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. a3 Kh8 13. h3 Bh5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. b4 Bg6 17. Qb3 h6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nh4 e4 20. Nxg6+ fxg6 21. f3 Qg3 22. Bf2 Qe5 23. Rfe1 Bd6 24. g3 Rcd8 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qf5 27. Re3 Qxh3 28. Bf1 Qh5 29. Qe6 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "San Francisco MI op2"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.04.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Setzepfandt, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.04.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. h4 b5 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Ne2 Qa4 17. Nc3 Qa5 18. h5 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Qa2+ 20. Kc1 Bxg4 21. Bc4 Bh6+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qxc4 24. fxg4 Rc8 25. c3 Nxg4 26. Qf4 Qe6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Rhf1 Rb8 29. Rd5 Nf6 30. Ra5 Nd7 31. Qg3 Qc4 32. Re1 Nc5 33. Kb1 Qb3 34. Ra2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "San Francisco MI op1"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dembling, Arthur"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 Nf6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qe1 Be7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. b3 d5 12. e5 Ng8 13. Qg3 g6 14. Qe1 h5 15. Na4 Qb7 16. c4 Qa7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. Bc1 Nh6 19. h3 Nf5 20. Ba3 d4 21. Ng5 Ne3 22. Rfe1 h4 23. Ne4 Bc8 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Naxc5 Ke7 26. Rac1 Bb7 27. Qb2 Nf5 28. Qa3 Kd8 29. Qa5+ Kc8 30. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco MI op1"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "McCutchen, Wilmot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Be2 Bc5 6. Bh5+ g6 7. fxg6 hxg6 8. Bxg6+ Ke7 9. Nf7 Qf8 10. Nxh8 Bxf2+ 11. Kf1 Bd4 12. Nf7 d5 13. h3 Be6 14. c3 Bxf7 15. Bxf7 Qxf7 16. cxd4 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco MI op1"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Regan, Jack"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nd2 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. 0-0 0-0 13. Qf3 Rac8 14. c3 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxf6 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bf4 21. Nf3 Kh7 22. g3 Bd6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rg8 25. Rh5 Rg6 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Rd4 Qf6 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. Rdh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco MI op1"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Black "Riese, Kayven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Be2 e6 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Nb3 b4 12. Ne2 Bxe4 13. c3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nd5 15. cxb4 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Qb6 17. Qd4 Rb8 18. a3 Qxd4 19. Nexd4 g6 20. Rc1 Nb6 21. g3 Na8 22. Re2 Kd7 23. Rec2 Bg7 24. Rc6 Rhc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8 Kxc8 27. Kf2 Kb7 28. Ke2 Nb6 29. Kd3 e5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Na5+ Kc7 32. b3 h5 33. Nf3 Bb2 34. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco MI op1"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2001.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shnaiderman, Lazar"]
[Black "Yap, Nicolas A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 e6 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. a3 a6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. b4 e5 14. Bg5 Bd6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. h3 Re8 17. Rd2 Be6 18. Rfd1 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rc8 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rxd6 Qb6 22. Qb3+ Kg6 23. Be3 Qc7 24. g4 h6 25. R6d2 Rcd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Qc2 Kh7 29. Kg2 Kh8 30. Qd2 Nxe4 31. Qxd8+ Nxd8 32. Nxe5 Nd6 33. Kf3 Nc6 34. Nxc6 bxc6 35. Bc5 Nc4 36. a4 Kg8 37. Ke4 Kf7 38. h4 Ke6 39. h5 Nd2+ 40. Kd3 Nf3 41. Ke2 Ne5 42. f3 Kd5 1-0

