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With his lovable nootboom variation Yermo hacks up his oppenent rated just over 2500 in 34 moves. This win will secure a seat at the 2010 US Championship. To download Yermo's complete games from the 2009 US Open Click here.
Here's the Yermo games from the US Open so far in PGN format. You can cut and paste these into your favorite software application.
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis, IN"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Moore, Robert W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
{A57: Benko/Volga Gambit}
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Bxc4 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. Bf1 Bb7 14. Qd2
Qd7 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. a3 Rac8 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 a6 20. Qd4+
1-0
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis, IN"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hall, Bill"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
{A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3
}
1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O d6 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 b5 14. b4 axb4
15. axb4 cxb4 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. cxb5 b3 18. Rxb3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3+ Kh8 20.
Nc2 d5 21. Ra1 f5 22. Ra6 Qd7 23. b6 Rfc8 24. Ne3 e4 25. Qa3 Qb5 26. Ra7
Nc6 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Qd6 Rd8 29. Qc7+ Kg8 30. Nf1 Qxb6 31. Qf4 Nd4
0-1
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis, IN"]
[Date "2009.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kelley, Dereque D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle ""]
{D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran
}
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 b4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Nf6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. a3 bxa3 17. b3 c5 18. Bxa3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4
Qe7 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxe7 Bxe7 23. Rxd5 Rc7 24. Rc1 Rfc8 25. Rc4 f6 26. f4
Kf7 27. Kf2 Ke6 28. e4 g6 29. g4 Bd6 30. f5+ Ke7 31. h4 Rc6 32. g5 gxf5 33.
exf5 Kf7 34. Bb2 Be7 35. Rg4 c4 36. g6+ hxg6 37. fxg6+ Ke6 38. Ra5 f5 39.
Rxc4 Rxc4 40. bxc4 Bxh4+ 41. Kf3 Rd8 42. Ra6+ Ke7 43. Rxa7+ Kf8 44. Rf7+
Kg8 45. Rh7
1-0
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis, IN"]
[Date "2009.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO ""]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
{B66: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 h6
}
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Kb1 b5 11. f3 O-O 12. h4 Bb7 13. g4 Rc8 14. h5
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxg5 16. h6 e5 17. Qd3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. a4 Qb6 20. axb5
axb5 21. Qd5 Ra8 22. Bxb5 Ra5 23. c4 Rfa8 24. Rh2 Qe3 25. Kc2 Qf4
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis, IN"]
[Date "2009.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Adams, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle ""]
{D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3
}
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4
8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. Rfc1 Re8
14. Nb3 Bd8 15. Bd4 Ne4 16. e3 Bb6 17. Nd2 Ng5 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxd4
20. exd4 Qd8 21. Re1 Qb6 22. Qc3 h6 23. b3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+
Bxe8 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. dxc5 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 f6 30. Kd3 Kd7 31. b4
Bg6+ 32. Kc3 Be8 33. Be2 Kc7 34. a4 Bd7 35. Bd3 Be8 36. Kd4 Bf7 37. f4 Be6
38. b5 Bf7 39. a5 cxb5 40. Bxb5 Be6 41. Be8 Kb7 42. Bg6 Kc7 43. f5 Bg8 44.
h3 Kd7 45. Bh5 Kc7 46. Be8 Kb7 47. Bd7 Bf7 48. Be6 Be8 49. Kxd5 Kc7 50. Bg8
Bd7 51. Bh7 Bc8 52. h4 Bd7 53. Bg6 Bc8 54. c6 Ba6 55. Ke6 Bc4+ 56. Ke7 Kxc6
57. Kf8 Kb5 58. Kxg7 Kxa5 59. Kxf6 Kb4 60. Kg7 a5 61. f6 a4 62. f7
1-0
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis, IN"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
{D45: Semi-Slav:5 e3}
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 e5 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Qe4+ Qe7 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qxd5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be6 18. Qe4 Ba3 19. Bc4 Bxc4
20. Qxc4 h6 21. g6 fxg6 22. Rg1 Rd8 23. Rxg6 Qf7 24. Rg4 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 b6
26. Ra4 Bc5 27. Rxa7 Kg8 28. Bc3 Rh7 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rdd7 Bf8 31. Kd2 b5
32. Bd4 h5 33. h4 Rh6 34. Bxg7 Rg6 35. Bd4
1-0
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis, IN"]
[Date "2009.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hilton, Jonathan"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
{D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3}
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7 9.O-O a6 10.Rd1 c5 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis, IN"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
{B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)}
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6 Nxf6 7.Bc4 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bg5 Bg4 11.c3 Qa5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Indianapolis, IN"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle ""]
{D31: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and
Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6}
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8.
axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14.
O-O O-O 15. Re1 Qc7 16. e4 e5 17. c5 exd4 18. Rc1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. c6
Bc8 21. Bc4 Rd8 22. c7 Qxc7 23. e5 Ng4 24. Bd5 Qb8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Bxa8
Nxf2 27. Qf3 d3 28. Kxf2 Qc2+ 29. Kf1 d2 30. Rd1 Qxb2 31. Bd5 Kh8 32. Qxf7
Qd4 33. Bf3 Qxe5 34. Rxd2 Qa1+ 35. Bd1 Rb8 36. Kf2 h6 37. Bc2 Qc3 38. Re2
Qc5+ 39. Kg3 Qd6+ 40. Kh3 Qd8 41. Qf5 Qg8 42. Re6 Ra8 43. Be4
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