Yermo's games at the 2010 US Championship

(1) Yermolinsky,Alex (2528) - Ehlvest,Jaan (2591) [A59] 2010 U.S. Championship Saint Louis (1), 14.05.2010 A59: Benko/Volga Gambit: White castles by hand 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.Nge2 Bg7 10.h3 0-0 11.Kg1 Nbd7 12.Kh2 Qa5 13.Qc2 Rfb8 14.Rd1 Nb6 15.Rb1 Na4 16.Bd2 Nxc3 17.Nxc3 Nd7 18.f3 Qa6 19.b3 Ne5 20.a4 c4 21.Nb5 cxb3 22.Qxb3 Qxa4 23.Qxa4 Rxa4 24.Nc3 Raa8 25.Rxb8+ Rxb8 26.Rb1 Rc8 27.Nd1 f5 28.Nf2 Rc2 29.Be1 Bh6 30.Kg1 Kf7 31.h4 Be3 32.Kf1 Bc5 33.Rb7 Bxf2 34.Bxf2 fxe4 35.fxe4 Rc4 36.Bg3 Rxe4 37.Bxe5 Rxe5 38.Rb5 h5 39.Kf2 Kf6 0-1

(2) Robson,Ray (2569) - Yermolinsky,Alex (2528) [B33] 2010 U.S. Championship Saint Louis (2), 15.05.2010 B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 0-0 9.a3 Be7 10.0-0-0 d5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.g3 Bf5 15.Bg2 Rac8 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Rxd5 Bxc2 18.Qxc2 Na5 19.Nxa5 Rxc2+ 20.Kxc2 Qxf2+ 21.Rd2 Qc5+ 22.Kb1 Qxa5 23.Rc1 b5 24.Rd7 Bf6 25.Bd6 Qd2 26.Rc2 Qd1+ 27.Rc1 Qd3+ 28.Rc2 Re8 29.Bc6 Re1+ 0-1

(3) Yermolinsky,Alex (2528) - Lenderman,Alex (2598) [D37] 2010 U.S. Championship Saint Louis (3), 16.05.2010 D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.0-0 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nb6 11.Be2 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Nbd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bg3 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.e4 Nb4 17.a3 Nc6 18.Nb5 e5 19.Kf1 Rac8 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Be6 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 f6 25.f3 Na5 26.Bf2 b6 27.b4 Nc4 28.a4 Nb2 29.Bc2 Bc4+ 30.Ke1 Nd3+ 31.Bxd3 Bxd3 32.a5 bxa5 33.bxa5 a6 1/2-1/2

(4) Yermolinsky,Alex (2528) - Kudrin,Sergey (2571) [A33] 2010 U.S. Championship Saint Louis (4), 17.05.2010 A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Ne5 8.Bg2 a6 9.Qa4 Rb8 10.Na3 Bc5 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rb1 Be7 13.Bf4 d6 14.b4 Bd7 15.Qb3 Qc7 16.c5 b5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Nc2 Bc6 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Rfd1 h5 21.h4 Ng4 22.f3 Nf6 23.Rd3 Rfd8 24.Rbd1 e4 25.fxe4 Nxe4 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Nxe4 Qxe4 29.Qd3 Qxd3 30.exd3 Kf8 31.Kf2 Ke8 32.Nd4 Kd7 33.Nf3 f6 34.Nd4 Bc7 35.Kf3 g6 36.Ne2 Ke7 37.Nf4 Kf7 38.d4 Bb8 39.Ke4 e5 40.dxe5 Bxe5 41.Kd5 Bb8 42.Kc6 Bxf4 43.gxf4 g5 44.fxg5 fxg5 45.hxg5 h4 46.Kb6 h3 47.c6 h2 48.c7 h1Q 49.c8Q Qb1 50.Qc3 Kg6 51.Qf6+ Kh5 52.a3 Qd3 53.g6 Qxa3 54.g7 Qa2 55.Qc6 Qg8 56.Kxa6 Kg5 57.Kxb5 Kf5 58.Kc5 Kf4 59.Qd6+ Kg4 60.Qf8 1-0

(5) Stripunsky,Alexander (2570) - Yermolinsky,Alex (2528) [C65] 2010 U.S. Championship Saint Louis (5), 18.05.2010 C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 0-0 7.Qe2 Re8 8.Bg5 Qd6 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Nc4 Qe6 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Be3 Nxc4 13.Bxc5 Nxb2 14.a4 b5 15.axb5 cxb5 16.Bxa7 Bd7 17.Qd2 Na4 18.Be3 c5 19.Nh2 b4 20.f4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Qe7 22.Raf1 f6 23.Qf2 Rac8 24.Ng4 Bxg4 25.Rxg4 Kh8 26.Qh4 Nb6 27.Rf5 Nd7 28.Qf2 c4 29.Rh5 cxd3 30.cxd3 b3 31.Rgh4 Nf8 32.Qb2 Qb4 33.Kh2 1/2-1/2

(6) Akobian,Varuzhan (2599) - Yermolinsky,Alex (2528) [D85] 2010 U.S. Championship Saint Louis (6), 19.05.2010 D85: Exchange Grünfeld: Unusual White move with 7 Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 a6 11.Rc1 Bg4 12.d5 Rd8 13.Be2 0-0 14.0-0 e6 15.Rfd1 exd5 16.exd5 Rfe8 17.Qb2 Ne7 18.d6 Nf5 19.d7 Re7 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bf4 Rexd7 22.Rxd7 Rxd7 23.Qb3+ Kh8 24.h3 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 Bh6 26.Bxh6 Nxh6 27.Bxb7 Kg7 28.Bc8 Re7 29.Qc4 Nf7 30.Qxa6 Qd8 31.Be6 Qd2 32.Rf1 Qxc3 33.Qc8 Qe5 34.Bb3 Rc7 35.Qa6 Nd6 36.Rd1 c4 37.Qxd6 Qxd6 38.Rxd6 cxb3 39.axb3 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Rc2 41.f4 g5 42.fxg5 fxg5 43.b4 Rb2 44.Rb6 Rb3 45.b5 Kf7 46.Rb8 Kg7 47.b6 h6 48.g4 Kh7 49.Kg2 Kg7 50.Rb7+ Kg6 51.Rb8 Kg7 52.Kf2 Rxh3 53.Rc8 Rb3 54.Rc6 Rb4 55.Rc7+ Kg6 56.Rc6+ Kg7 57.Kf3 Rf4+ 58.Kg3 Rb4 59.Rd6 Rb3+ 60.Kf2 Rb4 61.Kf3 Rf4+ 62.Kg3 Rb4 63.Re6 Rb3+ 64.Kf2 Rb4 65.Kf3 Rf4+ 66.Ke3 Rxg4 67.Re4 Rg1 68.Rb4 Re1+ 69.Kd4 Re8 70.b7 Rb8 71.Rb6 h5 72.Kd5 h4 73.Kc6 h3 74.Rb3 g4 75.Rg3 Kg6 76.Rxg4+ Kh5 77.Rg7 Kh4 78.Kc7 Rxb7+ 79.Kxb7 h2 80.Rh7+ Kg3 81.Kc6 1/2-1/2

(7) Yermolinsky,Alex (2528) - Finegold,Benjamin (2539) [D10] 2010 U.S. Championship Saint Louis, MO (7), 20.05.2010 D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 b5 6.b3 g6 7.Qc2 Bg7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Bb2 Qb8 12.h3 e6 13.Rab1 Re8 14.a3 dxc4 15.bxc4 c5 16.Ne4 bxc4 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxc4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Qc7 21.Bd3 Qa5 22.Bf1 Qxa3 23.Ra1 Qe7 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.f4 Rec8 26.Qb1 Nc5 27.Ra5 Qc3 28.Qa1 Qxa1 29.Raxa1 a5 30.Ra3 a4 31.Rc1 Ra5 32.Be2 Rb8 33.Bd1 Rb2 34.Kf1 Ne4 35.Rc2 Rb1 36.Ke2 Rd5 37.Rxa4 Rdxd1 38.Rxe4 Rh1 39.Rd4 Rxh3 40.Rd7 Rh5 41.Kf3 Rf5 42.Kg2 g5 43.fxg5 Rxg5+ 44.Kf3 Rh1 45.Rc4 Rh3+ 46.Ke2 e5 47.Re4 Rh2 48.Re7 Rf5 49.R4xe5 Rhxf2+ 50.Kd3 Rf6 51.Rg5+ Rg6 52.Rh5 Kg7 53.Ree5 h6 54.Rhf5 Rxf5 55.Rxf5 Rf6 56.Ra5 Kg6 57.e4 h5 58.e5 Rf3+ 59.Ke4 Rf1 60.Ra8 h4 61.Rg8+ Kh5 62.Rf8 h3 63.e6 h2 64.Rh8+ Kg4 65.exf7 Kg3 66.Rg8+ Kh3 67.Rh8+ Kg3 1/2-1/2

(8) Kraai,Jesse (2492) - Yermolinsky,Alex (2528) [A16] 2010 U.S. Championship Saint Louis, MO (8), 22.05.2010 A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4 h6 6.e4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Bg7 9.Bf4 c6 10.Kc2 0-0 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.Nd2 b5 13.Be2 Nb6 14.g4 Be6 15.g5 h5 16.Be3 Na4 17.a3 a5 18.Bd4 Bxd4 19.cxd4 Rfd8 20.Nf3 Bg4 21.Rhd1 Nb6 22.Rd3 Rac8 23.Re1 c5 24.d5 c4 25.Rdd1 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 e5 27.dxe6 fxe6 28.Bg2 e5 29.f4 exf4 30.Bh3 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Rc6 32.e5 Kf7 33.Rd4 Ke7 34.Rxf4 Nd7 35.Bxd7 Kxd7 36.Kc3 Ke7 37.Rf6 Rc5 38.Kd4 Rc8 39.Rb6 Rd8+ 40.Kc5 Rd2 41.Rxb5 Ke6 42.Kxc4 Rh2 43.Rxa5 Rxh4+ 44.Kc5 Re4 45.Ra6+ Kf5 46.Rf6+ Kxg5 47.Kd5 Re1 48.b4 h4 49.Rf8 Rd1+ 50.Kc6 Rc1+ 51.Kd6 Rd1+ 52.Kc6 Rc1+ 53.Kb6 h3 54.Rh8 Kg4 55.a4 Rc4 56.b5 1/2-1/2

(9) Hess,Robert L (2590) - Yermolinsky,Alex (2528) [B95] 2010 U.S. Championship Saint Louis, MO (9), 23.05.2010 B95: Sicilian Najdotf: 6 Bg5 e6, unusual White 7th move 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.f3 Nbd7 11.h4 Rc8 12.g4 Ne5 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.g5 Qb6 15.Kb1 Rg8 16.f4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qd3 h6 19.gxh6 Rh8 20.Rhg1 Rxh6 21.e5 Rxd4 22.Qxd4 Qxd4 23.Rxd4 dxe5 24.Rg8+ Bf8 25.fxe5 fxe5 26.Rd6 Rxh4 27.Rb6 Bc8 28.Rb8 Rc4 29.Ne4 Ke7 30.Nd6 Kxd6 31.Rxf8 Bd7 32.Rxf7 Rf4 33.Rbf8 Rf5 34.Kc1 e4 35.Kd2 Ke5 36.Ke2 Bc6 37.b3 Bd5 38.Rxf5+ exf5 39.Re8+ Be6 40.c4 bxc4 41.bxc4 f4 42.c5 Kd5 43.c6 Bg4+ 44.Ke1 Kxc6 45.Rxe4 a5 46.Kd2 Kb5 47.Rxf4 Be6 48.a4+ Kc5 49.Kc3 Bd7 50.Rc4+ Kd5 51.Rd4+ Kc6 52.Rd1 Kc7 53.Ra1 Kd6 54.Kc4 Kc6 55.Rc1 Kb6 56.Rb1+ Kc7 57.Ra1 Kc6 58.Rh1 Kb6 59.Rh6+ Bc6 60.Rg6 Kc7 61.Kb3 Kb6 62.Rg4 Kc5 63.Kc3 Bd7 64.Rc4+ Kd5 65.Rd4+ Kc6 66.Kd3 Bf5+ 67.Ke3 Kc5 68.Rh4 Bd7 69.Rf4 Bc6 70.Kd3 Kb6 71.Rc4 Bd5 72.Rd4 Kc5 73.Rg4 Bc6 74.Rc4+ Kd5 75.Kc3 Bd7 76.Kb3 Bc6 77.Rc1 Kd6 78.Rc2 Kd5 79.Ka3 Kd6 80.Rb2 Kc7 81.Rb1 Bd7 82.Kb3 Bc6 83.Ra1 Kd6 84.Kc4 Be8 85.Rd1+ Kc7 86.Kb3 Bc6 87.Rd4 Kb6 88.Kc3 Kc5 89.Rc4+ Kd6 90.Kd4 Bd7 91.Ke4 Bc6+ 92.Kf5 Kd5 93.Rh4 Bd7+ 94.Kf6 Bc6 95.Ke7 Kc5 96.Ke6 Be8 97.Ke7 Bc6 98.Kd8 1/2-1/2