Westwood Summer Open final

Prize Winners:
Open: 1st: GM Melikset Khachiyan, 4.5-.5; 2nd-3rd: IM Andranik Matikozyan, Joel Banawa, 4-1; U2200: Vadim Kudryavtsev, 3.5-1.5; U2000: Austin Hughes, Daniel Alvira, 2-3.
Reserve: 1st: Naollin Olguin, 4.5-.5; 2nd: Wendell Salveroin, Jeffrey Ding, 4-1; U1600: Lauro Ancheta, Anna Karapetyan, 3.5-1.5; U1400: Shauraya Rai Jain, 3-2; U1200: Winston Chin Zeng, Shelley Anthoupoulos, David Khachiyan, 2-3.

Final standings

Photo: Andranik Matikozyan and Melikset Khachiyan plot their last-round strategy.

Joel Banawa - GM Melikset Khachiyan
Westwood Summer Open, Los Angeles 2008
A45 TROMPOVSKY ATTACK

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 c6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nge2 Be7 8. g3 0-0 9. Bg2 c5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. dxc5?! Re8 13. Kf1 Bf8 14. Bf2 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Kg1 Bc5 17. Nd4? Nxd4 18. Bxd4

(diagram)

18. ... Re1! 19. Qxe1 Bxd4 20. Kf1 Ba6 21. Ne2 Ng4! 22. Qd2 Ne3+ 23. Kf2 Bc5 24. Nd4 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Bxd4 26. Ke1 Qe7 27. Kd1 Re8 28. Qd2 Be2+ 29. Kc2 Qc5+ 30. Kb1 Qc4!, White Resigns