This G/40 tournament at the Los Angeles Chess Club saw a decent turnout of 37. After three rounds, GM Melikset Khachiyan leads the Open sectiopn with 3-0, followed at 2.5 by IM Enrico Sevillano, master Garush Manukyan, and Expert Joshua Gutman. In the Reserve (U1800) section, the only player with 3-0 is Hongyu Chen, at 922 the lowest rted player in the tournament! Click here for standings.
William Pennucci (2104) – GM Melikset Khachiyan (2593)
Westwood Winter Open, Los Angeles 2009
D97 GRUENFELD DEFENSE
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 0–0 7. e4 Nc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Qd3 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rc1 c6 15. Be2 Re8 16. 0–0 N4d5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Bg4 19. Ne1 Be6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. b3 Qd7 22. Nd3 Rad8 23. Nf4 Bf7 24. Rfe1 Bf8 25. Qc3 g5 26. Ne2 Bd5 27. Ng3 Qf7 28. Re2 h5 29. Rce1 h4 30. Nf1 h3 31. g3 Qh5 32. Nd2 Bf3 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34. Kf1 a5 35. Qd3 Bb4 36. Rd1 Bxe2+ 37. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Rxd4 0–1
Joel Banawa (2409) – Joshua Gutman
Westwood Winter Open, Los Angeles 2009
D04 QUEEN’S PAWN GAME (2172)
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 0–0 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b5 Nbd7 9. c4 c6 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. 0–0 Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Rb8 17. Bd4 Nc6 18. Nf3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne4 20. Nc6 Qd6 21. Nxb8 Nc3 22. Qd3 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Qxb8 25. Qd2 Qb5 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Qd4 Qb4 28. e4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Kf8 30. exd5 Ke7 31. Kf1 Kd6 32. Rh4 h5 33. Rf4 f5 34. Ra4 Ra8 35. Rd4 Kc5 36. Rd2 Rd8 37. Ke2 Rxd5 38. Rxd5+ Kxd5 39. Kd3 g5 40. g3 a4 41. a3 g4 42. h4 Ke5 43. Ke3 f4+ 44. Kd3 0–1
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