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CCSN Las Vegas Open, September 11-12, 1999

(Sponsored by the Southern Nevada Chess Club, directed by Norm Harvey and Ken Sims)

The prize winners for this tournament were:

Open:
1st - Rogelio Pineda (2320)    - 3.5
    - Glenn Bidari (2078)      - 3.5

Under 1900:
1st - Jose Ramirez (1771)      - 3.0
2nd - Jose Anosa (1826)        - 2.0

Under 1600:
1st - Jens Altnas (unr)        - 2.5
2nd - Francisco Vela (1576)    - 1.0
    - Pete Racoma (unr)        - 1.0

Jens Altnas actually took 2nd in the U1900 section, however
since the U1600 1st place prize was larger than the U1900
2nd place prize, Jens was awarded the U1600 1st place prize.
      

                          Cross Table
                                                 Actual Ratings
#   Name / Rating        Rd 1  Rd 2  Rd 3  Rd 4     Pre/Post
1   Rogelio Pineda       W5    B8    W2    B3       2320
    2320                 1.0   2.0   2.5   3.5          2319
2   Glenn Bidari         B6    W9    B1    W4       2103
    2078                 1.0   2.0   2.5   3.5          2130
3   John Brown           W7    W11   B10   W1       1943
    2011                 1.0   2.0   2.5   2.5          1953
4   Bruce Robison        B8    W14   B11   B2       1974
    1974                 0.0   1.0   2.0   2.0          1950
5   Jack Cashman         B1    W12   B9    W8       1891
    1944                 0.0   1.0   2.0   3.0          1918
6   Eric Baugus          W2    B15   W8    B11      2019
    1925                 0.0   1.0   1.0   2.0          1989
7   Neal Bonrud          B3    W13   B12   W10      1839
    1855                 0.0   0.5   1.5   1.5          1810
8   Jose Anosa           W4    W1    B6    B5       1826
    1826                 1.0   1.0   2.0   2.0          1856
9   John Currell         W13   B2    W5    ----     1800
    1800                 1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0          1800
10  Jose Ramirez         B14   bye   W3    B7       1784
    1771                 1.0   1.5   2.0   3.0          1813
11  Mike Newton          W15   B3    W4    W6       1754
    1754                 1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0          1734
12  Francisco Vela       X--   B5    W7    B13      1584
    1576                 1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0          1563
13  Jens Altnas          B9    B7    W14   W12      unr.
    unr.                 0.0   0.5   1.5   2.5          1722/04
14  Pete Racoma          W10   B4    B13   W15      unr.
    unr.                 0.0   0.0   0.0   1.0          1445/04
15  Lawrence Totaro      B11   W6    B16   B14      1105/05
    1105/05              0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0          1166/09
16  Ken Sims             ----  ----  W15   ----     1528
    1528                 0.0   0.0   1.0   1.0          1531


                          Standings

#   Name                 Rtng   Rd 1  Rd 2  Rd 3  Rd 4  Total
1   Rogelio Pineda       2320   W3    W9    D2    W5     3.5
2   Glenn Bidari         2078   W8    W11   D1    W7     3.5
3   Jack Cashman         1944   L1    W13   W11   W9     3.0
4   Jose Ramirez         1771   W15   H---  D5    W10    3.0
5   John Brown           2011   W10   W12   D4    L1     2.5
6   Jens Altnas          unr.   L11   D10   W15   W13    2.5
7   Bruce Robison        1974   L9    W15   W12   L2     2.0
8   Eric Baugus          1925   L2    W16   L9    W12    2.0
9   Jose Anosa           1826   W7    L1    W8    L3     2.0
10  Neal Bonrud          1855   L5    D6    W13   L4     1.5
11  John Currell         1800   W6    L2    L3    U---   1.0
12  Mike Newton          1754   W16   L5    L7    L8     1.0
13  Francisco Vela       1576   X---  L3    L10   L6     1.0
14  Ken Sims             1528   U---  U---  W16   U---   1.0
15  Pete Racoma          unr.   L4    L7    L6    W16    1.0
16  Lawrence Totaro      1105   L12   L8    L14   L15    0.0

Information provided by Ken Sims

Games

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bruce Robison"]
[Black "Pete Racoma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. h3 Bf5 8. g4
Bxd3 9. cxd3 Ne7 10. Nb3 b6 11. e4 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rc1 f6 14. Bh4 Nd7
15. e5 Rf7 16. Bg3 f5 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Nd2 h6 20. b4 Nh7 21. b5
c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Qe2 Ng5 24. h4 Nh7 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Rxc5 Rd8 27. Rfc1 d4
28. a4 Nf8 29. a5 Qb8 30. gxf5 Nxf5 31. Qf3 Kg8 32. R1c4 Nxg3 33. Qxg3 Kh7
34. Nxd4 Rd5 35. Nc6 Qe8 36. d4 Qf7 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. Rc3 Ne6 39. Rf3 Qd7
40. Qg4 h5 41. Qh3 a6 42. Nd8 Qxd8 43. Qxe6 axb5 44. Rg3 Qc7 45. Qxg6+ Kg8
46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qxh5+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qxb5 Bh6 50. Qd3+ Kh8 51. Qg6
1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eric Baugus"]
[Black "Glenn Bidari"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Be2 c4 7. c3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nf1 Ne4 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bg5 f6 14.
Bh4 Bf5 15. Bg3 b5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng3 Bd3 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
h3 a5 21. Ne1 Bg6 22. Nc2 f5 23. Rb1 f4 24. Nf1 f3 25. gxf3 Bf5 26. Rxb5
Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eric Baugus"]
[Black "Jose Anosa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
f3 Bb7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Na5 11. O-O g6 12. Qf2 e5 13. Nde2 Nxb3 14. axb3
Bg7 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Qh4 Nh5 18. g4 Nf6 19. Bh6 Qc5+ 20. Kg2 b4
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. g5 Nh5 23. Nd5 f5 24. Ng3 Nf4+ 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Qh6+ Kg8
27. Nh5 gxh5 28. g6 Qc7 29. Rxd6 Rae8 30. Kh3 fxe4 31. Rcd1 Bc8+ 32. Kg2
exf3+ 33. Kh1 f2 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Francisco Vela"]
[Black "Neal Bonrud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. h3
O-O 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. a3 Rfd8 17. b4 Nce4 18. Qb2 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Be5 20. Ndb1
Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Ne4 22. Bf3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glenn Bidari"]
[Black "Bruce Robison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. f4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8.
c3 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. d4 Qe8 12. Ned2 a5 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Qd1 Rd8
15. Qc2 Qf7 16. Nh4 Ng4 17. Ng6 Rfe8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bxc6 dxc6 20. Ne5 Qh5
21. Kh2 Bb7 22. g4 Nxg4+ 23. Nxg4 c5 24. Re5 Qh4 25. Ne4 Bd6 26. Be3 Bxe5
27. Nxe5 cxd4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Nf3 Qh5 30. Nxd4 c5 31. Rg1 Bxe4 32. Qxe4
cxd4 33. Bxd4 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Qe5 Qh6 36. Rxg5+ Kf7 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38.
Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glenn Bidari"]
[Black "John Currell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. d5 Ne5 4. f4 Ng6 5. Nf3 exd5 6. exd5 Bb4+ 7. c3 Qe7+
8. Be2 Bc5 9. Nd4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qf6 11. Be3 N8e7 12. Bf3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14.
Re1 a6 15. Nd2 a5 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne6 Qxe3+ 19. Rxe3 dxe6 20.
d6 cxd6 21. Rd3 e5 22. Rxd6 exf4 23. Rd8 Be6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qe2 fxg3 26.
hxg3 Nf5 27. Kf2 Re8 28. Re1 Re7 29. Qb5 h6 30. Bxb7 Nd6 31. Qxa5 Nxb7 32.
Qa8+ Kh7 33. a4 Rd7 34. b4 Ne7 35. a5 Bg4 36. a6 Nd6 37. a7 Nec8 38. Qxc8
1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jack Cashman"]
[Black "Francisco Vela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 Nbd7 5. Bb2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. e3
Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rac1 b5 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. d4 c4
15. bxc4 dxc4 16. a3 Ne4 17. Bh3 Ndf6 18. Ne1 Rfc8 19. Bxc8 Nxc3 20. Rxc3
Rxc8 21. f3 a5 22. Rdc1 Nd5 23. R3c2 c3 24. e4 cxb2 25. Rxc7 bxc1=Q 26. Rxc1
Rxc1 27. exd5 Bxa3 28. Qxb5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxe1+ 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Qxa5 Bc1 32.
d5 Bg5 33. f4 Bd8 34. Qb5 Kf8 35. Qd7 Bb6+ 36. Kf3 Rd8 37. Qc6 Ba5 38. Qc5+
1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jack Cashman"]
[Black "Jose Anosa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. d3 O-O
8. Nf3 e4 9. Ng5 e3 10. Ne4 exf2+ 11. Kf1 Bb6 12. d4 Be6 13. Kxf2 Bd5 14.
Rf1 f5 15. Nd2 f4 16. Nf3 fxg3+ 17. hxg3 c5 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Be3 cxd4 20.
Bxd4 Bc7 21. Rh1 g5 22. Qd3 g4 23. Rh5 Bd8 24. Rah1 gxf3 25. exf3 Rf6 26.
Rxh7 Qa4 27. Bxf6 Qxa2+ 28. Ke3 1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jens Altnas"]
[Black "Francisco Vela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nxd4 9. Ng5 Nh6 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Nc3 Nhf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Na4 Bxa4 14.
Qxa4+ Ke7 15. Bxc5+ Qxc5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qa3+ Ke8 18. Rc3 Nd4 19. Kh1 Nc6
20. Rfc1 Qd8 21. Qa4 Rc8 22. Nf3 Qb6 23. Nd4 Kd7 24. Nb5 f6 25. Nd6 Rb8 26.
Rb3 Qc7 27. Rbc3 fxe5 28. Nxb7 Qxb7 29. Rxc6 Kd8 30. Qa5+ Ke8 31. Rc7 Qb6
32. Qa4+ Qb5 33. Qxa7 Kd8 34. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jens Altnas"]
[Black "Pete Racoma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bb4 8.
a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. Bxc7 Qxc7 11. c5 O-O 12. Bd3 a6 13. O-O h6 14. Qd2 e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Qd4 Rfc8 20. Na4
Re8 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. h3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Bd7 25. Qh4 Bc6 26. Nc4
Re6 27. Rad1 Rde8 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qd4 Qe7 30. Qe5 Rf8 31. Re1 Rf6 32. Ne3
Qf7 33. Ng4 Rg6 34. Qh5 Kh7 35. Qe5 Qd7 36. Qe2 Qd5 37. f3 Bb5 38. Qe4 Qd2
39. Qe3 Qb2 40. Rd1 h5 41. Nf2 Ba4 42. Rd2 Qf6 43. Qd4 Qg5 44. Ne4 Qh4 45.
Qe5 Bc6 46. Kh2 Kh6 47. g3 Qe7 48. h4 Bxe4 49. Qxe4 Qc7 50. Qf4+ Qxf4 51.
gxf4 Rf6 52. Kg3 Rf7 53. Rd6 Re7 54. f5 Kh7 55. fxe6 Kg6 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. a4
g6 58. b5 axb5 59. axb5 Rc7 60. c6 bxc6 61. Rxc6 Rb7 62. b6 Rg7 63. e7+ 1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Brown"]
[Black "Mike Newton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bxb5 Qxd5 7. Bxc6+
Qxc6 8. Qf3 e4 9. Qc3 Qd5 10. d3 exd3 11. O-O Bd6 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Qxd3 Qc6
14. Qb3 Be6 15. Nxe6+ fxe6 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Qf3+ Qxf3 18. Nxf3 Re8 19. h3 Nf6
20. Be3 a6 21. c4 Ne4 22. Bd4 Nc5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd7 25. Ra5 e5 26.
Bc3 Re6 27. Re1 e4 28. b4 Kf7 29. Rf5+ Kg6 30. Rf4 Nf6 31. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Brown"]
[Black "Neal Bonrud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Bxe4
dxe4 8. Qxe4 Bd6 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. f4 O-O 11. O-O Bc5+ 12. Kh1 f6 13. Qd5+ Be6
14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Qxb7 Rd8 16. Qe4 Rd4 17. Qe1 Rh6 18. Nc3 Qf7 19. Be3 Bc4
20. Rf3 Bd5 21. Rg3 Qh5 22. h3 Rxf4 23. Nxd5 Re4 24. Rd1 Rhe6 25. Rd3 Qe5
26. Qf2 Bd6 27. Bf4 Rxf4 28. Nxf4 Qe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kh2 Bxf4 31. Rd8+
Kf7 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rxg7 h5 34. h4 Re2 35. Rg6+ Kf7 36. Rg5 Rxc2 37. Rf5+
1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Brown"]
[Black "Rogelio Pineda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Ba4 Bd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O e6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Qg3 O-O 13. Bh6 Ne8 14. Bb3
Kh8 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bd4 Rd8 17. a4 c5 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Qb4 20. Rfe1 Bf6
21. Bd2 Qb7 22. f3 h6 23. Re2 d5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Bc1 c4 26. Ba2 Nd6 27.
Qg4 d4 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. fxe4 d3 30. cxd3 cxd3 31. Ree1 d2 32. Bxd2 Qxb2 33.
e5 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Qxd2 35. Re2 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Bxe5 37. Qb4 Bd4+ 38. Kg3 Qd3+
39. Kf4 g5+ 40. Kg4 Qxe2+ 41. Kf5 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Currell"]
[Black "Jack Cashman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
a5 9. Rc1 b6 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Bb1 Nh5 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Rc2 f5 15.
gxf5 gxf5 16. Re2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qf6 19. Qc2 h6 20. Bh7+ Kh8
21. Qe4 Bd7 22. Bg6 Be8 23. Rg1 Bf7 24. Bf5 Bh5 25. Be6 Rae8 26. Qd3 Re7 27.
Rd2 c5 28. Kf1 Rfe8 29. Nh2 Qh4 30. Rxg7 Rxg7 31. Qf5 Qg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5 33.
Ng4 Bf7 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Currell"]
[Black "Jens Altnas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. h3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Qb3 e6 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Nb5 Rfe8 14. Rc2
a6 15. Na3 Nd7 16. Rfc1 b5 17. Be2 Nb6 18. Rc5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. Qc2 Bf8
21. Rg5 Qf6 22. Qe4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Qe7 24. Bc3 f6 25. Qxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Kf7
27. Bd4 Bd6 28. Rd1 h6 29. Ne5+ Kf6 30. Rxg6+ Kf5 31. g4+ Ke4 32. Bf3# 1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jose Anosa"]
[Black "Bruce Robison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a4
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. a5 Qc7 13. b5 Nxa5 14. bxa6
bxa6 15. Qa2 Nc4 16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nbd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 f6 20.
Rfb1 Bd8 21. Rb7+ Bc7 22. Bf4 f5 23. c4 Ne7 24. Bg5 Rhe8 25. Rc1 Kc8 26.
Rbb1 h6 27. cxd5 exd5 28. Be3 Rb8 29. Ra1 Kd7 30. Rxa6 Nc8 31. e6+ Kd8 32.
Nd4 Ne7 33. Ra7 Rc8 34. Bf4 Rf8 35. Raxc7 g5 36. Bd6 1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jose Anosa"]
[Black "Rogelio Pineda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Ndb5 O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxd6 Qb6 11. Qg3 a6 12. Na4 Qa5+ 13. Nbc3 b5 14.
Nc5 Qb6 15. Nb3 a5 16. f4 a4 17. e5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 axb3 19. cxb3 b4 20. Ne4
Qd4 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. Qf2 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Qe2 Ra5 26. Rd1
Qa7 27. Qf3 Rxe5+ 28. Kd2 Qc5 29. Nf4 Rd8+ 30. Nd3 Nd4 31. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 32.
Kc1 Rxc5+ 33. Kb1 Nd2+ 34. Ka1 Rcd5 35. Rhe1 Nxb3+ 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jose Ramirez"]
[Black "John Brown"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bd7 6. Ne4 Qa6 7. Nxf6+
exf6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. g3 Bb4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Ne5 12. Bg2 Bc6 13. O-O Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 15. exf3 O-O-O 16. Rfd1 Rd4 17. Rac1 Rhd8 18. Rc3 Qe6 19. Qc2
c6 20. b4 a6 21. Rc5 Kb8 22. Kg2 R4d5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qc4 b5 25. Qe4 Qxe4
26. fxe4 Rd4 27. Kf3 a5 28. Ke3 Rd7 29. d4 Kb7 30. Rc1 Rd6 31. f4 Kb6 32. e5
fxe5 33. fxe5 Re6 34. Ke4 h5 35. Rc3 Rg6 36. h3 Rh6 37. Rf3 f6 38. e6 Rh8
39. Kf5 Re8 40. Re3 Re7 41. Kg6 axb4 42. axb4 Kc7 43. Kxh5 Kd6 44. Kg6 Kd5
45. Rc3 Rxe6 46. Kxg7 Kxd4 47. Rc5 Kd3 48. h4 Re3 49. h5 f5 50. h6 Rxg3+ 51.
Kf6 Rh3 52. Kg5 f4 53. Rxc6 f3 54. Rf6 Kc4 55. Kg4 Rh1 56. Rf4+ Kb3 57.
Rxf3+ Kxb4 58. Rh3 Rg1+ 59. Kh5 Rg8 60. h7 Rh8 61. Kg6 Kc4 62. Kg7 Rxh7+ 63.
Rxh7 b4 64. Rh4+ Kc3 65. Rh8 b3 66. Rc8+ Kd4 67. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ken Sims"]
[Black "Lawrence Totaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Qxd5 Qc7 13. Bc4 h6 14.
Rad1 Be7 15. a4 Nd7 16. a5 b5 17. axb6ep Nxb6 18. Qa5 Ra7 19. Bb3 Nc4 20.
Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Ra2 a5 23. Re1 Bd8 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. b3 Rcc8 26.
Rd1 Bc7 27. Rd5 Kf8 28. Nd2 Ra6 29. Nc4 a4 30. Kf1 Rc6 31. Rxa4 Bd8 32. Nxd6
Rb8 33. Nc4 f6 34. Ke2 Bc7 35. Kd3 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Ne3 g6 38. Nd5 Rd6
39. Ra7 f5 40. f3 Bb6 41. Ra6 fxe4+ 42. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lawrence Totaro"]
[Black "Eric Baugus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. f3 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Bc4 Ne5 14. Bd3 c4 15.
Bb1 Bd7 16. f4 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Bg5 Qa5+
21. Kf2 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Re1 Bxd5 24. Be7 Bd4+ 25. Kf1 Bc4+ 26. Ne2
Re8 27. g4 Rxe7 28. Rh2 Qd2 29. f5 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mike Newton"]
[Black "Bruce Robison"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8
8. Qh6 Rg6 9. Qh4 Nbd7 10. f3 b6 11. fxe4 Rg4 12. Qh3 Rxe4+ 13. Be2 e5 14.
O-O-O exd4 15. Bf3 Ne5 16. Qg3 Nxf3 17. gxf3 Re6 18. Nh3 Qe7 19. Qg7 Qa3+
20. Kb1 Bb7 21. Ng5 O-O-O 22. Nxe6 Bd5 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mike Newton"]
[Black "Eric Baugus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Bg4 9. Rd1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 h6 11. f4 e5 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14.
f4 Neg4 15. e5 Qb6+ 16. Kf1 dxe5 17. h3 exf4 18. hxg4 Re8 19. Qc4+ Qe6 20.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 21. Bxf4 g5 22. Bg3 Nxg4 23. Kg1 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Kg6 25. Rd7 Rh7 26.
Rad1 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 b5 28. Nd5 h5 29. b4 Bf2 30. Bxf2 Nxf2+ 31. Kg2 Ne4 32.
Re7 Rxe7 33. Nxe7+ Kf7 34. Nd5 Kg7 35. Nc7 Nc3 36. a3 Nb1 37. Nxa6 Nxa3 38.
Nc7 Kg6 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mike Newton"]
[Black "Lawrence Totaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Ng5 Nb6 10. Rd1 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 b5 12. Qd4 e5 13. Qd5 Be6 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16. Nd5 Ra7 17. Nxe7 Rxe7 18. Qxd6 Rd7 19. Qxe5+ Qe7 20.
Qxe7+ Rxe7 21. f3 Nf6 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Rac1 Kf7 24. Rd6 Re6 25. Rc7+ Kg8 26.
Rxe6 1-0

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neal Bonrud"]
[Black "Jens Altnas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. exd6 Bxd6 5. e4 Qe7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O
O-O-O 8. Nc3 Ne5 9. Nd5 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Qh4 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Bd7 13. Ng2
Qf6 14. b3 Ne7 15. f4 h5 16. Qf3 g5 17. e5 Qg7 18. Qg3 g4 19. Qe3 Kb8 20.
Nh4 Nd5 21. Qe4 Bc6 22. Nf5 Qg6 23. Nd4 Qxe4 24. Nxc6+ bxc6 25. Bxe4 Nxf4
26. f3 Rd2 27. Rfd1 Nh3+ 28. Kf1 Rf2+ 29. Ke1 Rxh2 30. fxg4 Rg8 31. Bxc6
hxg4 32. Rd2 g3 33. Rxh2 gxh2 34. Ke2 Rg1 35. Rf1 Rxf1 36. Kxf1 Nf4 37. Kf2
Ng6 38. Kg3 Nxe5 39. Bh1 c5 40. Kxh2 Kc7 41. Kg3 Nc6 42. c3 Ne5 43. Be4 Kd6
44. Kf4 a5 45. a3 Nd7 46. Kf5 c4 47. bxc4 Nb6 48. Bd3 Kc5 49. Kf6 Nxc4 50.
Bxc4 Kxc4 51. Kxf7 Kd5 52. Ke7 a4 53. Kf6 Kc4 54. Ke5 Kb3 55. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neal Bonrud"]
[Black "Jose Ramirez"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Bg4 10. Bf3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 a5 14. Qf1 h6
15. f5 g5 16. h3 Rc8 17. g4 Qd7 18. Qg2 b5 19. b3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nxe4 21.
dxe4 Rxc4 22. h4 f6 23. h5 Rfc8 24. Bd2 Rc2 25. Nc1 Qb5 26. Rb3 Qc4 27. Rab1
Kh7 28. R3b2 d3 29. Kf1 Bf8 30. Qf3 d5 31. exd5 e4 32. Qd1 Ba3 33. Rb3 Bxc1
34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. R7b6 Rxd2 36. Qe1 Rh2 37. Rxf6 d2+ 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pete Racoma"]
[Black "Jose Ramirez"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 g5 8.
Bc1 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a4 a5 11. c4 Ne4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e3 Rc8 14. Qb3
Nb6 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. h4 Nxd2 17. Qxf5 e6 18. Qg4 Nxf1 19. Bxf1 f5 20. Qh5 g4
21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Kh7 23. b3 Qe8 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Bb5 Rec8
27. Bd2 Rxb3 28. Bxa5 Nc4 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Rd1 c3 31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. Rd6 Rc6
33. Rd8 c2 34. Bd2 c1=Q+ 35. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Rg8+ Kf7 38. Rh8
Rxe3 39. Rxh6 Rf3 40. Rh7+ Kg6 41. Re7 Rcxf2+ 42. Kg1 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 R3f2# 0-1

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogelio Pineda"]
[Black "Glenn Bidari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
a4 Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. g3 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Bg2 Nbc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nh4
Nf5 15. Nf3 Raf8 16. Qe2 h6 17. h4 Qd8 18. Rae1 R6f7 19. Bc1 Qe7 20. h5 Re8
21. Nh2 Qd6 22. Ng4 Rfe7 23. Bf4 Qa3 24. Qd2 Rf7 25. Ra1 Qf8 26. Ne5 Nxe5
27. Bxe5 Qe7 28. a5 Ref8 29. Qc1 Bc6 30. Qf4 Qd7 31. Qg4 Re8 32. Bh3 Qe7 33.
Rfe1 Qd7 34. Bf4 Qc8 35. Re5 Bd7 36. Rae1 Kh8 37. R5e2 Qd8 38. Be5 Ref8 39.
Qg6 Kg8 40. Qg4 Qxa5 41. Qg6 Ne7 42. Qg4 Nf5 43. Qg6 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCSN Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogelio Pineda"]
[Black "Jack Cashman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8.
f4 e6 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. e5 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Ng4 14. Ng5
Qc4 15. h3 Qxe2 16. Nxe2 Nh6 17. c3 d5 18. g4 g6 19. Be3 Bg7 20. a4 O-O 21.
axb5 axb5 22. b4 Rc7 23. Ra5 Rb8 24. Rfa1 Nf8 25. Bc5 Rcb7 26. Nd4 Kh8 27.
Ra8 1-0

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