[Event "San Francisco TNM Marathon op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.09.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Starr, Albert Martin"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1562"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 0-0 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Bc3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 d4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Qxd4 12. 0-0 Bf5 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Bf3 c6 15. Nc3 Bd3 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qd3 18. Ng3 Qxc4 19. d3 Qd5 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Ne2 Rde7 23. Nc3 Qd4 24. h3 g6 25. Rb1 b6 26. a3 Qd6 27. Rb3 Re1 28. g3 h5 29. Rb4 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Qf3 33. Qd1 Re2 34. Qf1 Qxd3 35. Rd1 Qe4 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qg2 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Kg7 39. Kf3 Ra2 40. Rd3 Kf6 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. f4 c5 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 c4 45. Rc3 Kd5 46. f5 gxf5 47. gxf5 f6 48. Kf4 Kd4 49. Rh3 c3 50. Rh6 c2 0-1

[Event "San Francisco TNM Marathon op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Black "Ryaboy, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. h3 Na5 9. c3 Nxb3 10. axb3 0-0 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qe7 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Qe2 c5 15. Qf2 h6 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. Ra5 Ra7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Ne8 20. Rfa1 Nc7 21. Qg4 Qe6 22. Qe2 Raa8 23. Rf1 Rad8 24. c4 b4 25. Raa1 Kh7 26. Rf2 f6 27. Nf1 g6 28. Ng3 Kg7 29. Raf1 Rf7 30. Rf3 Rdf8 31. h4 h5 32. Qf2 Rh8 33. Ne2 Rhf8 34. Qg3 Qg4 35. Qe1 Qe6 36. Ng3 Qg4 37. Nf5+ gxf5 38. Rg3 Kh6 39. Rxg4 fxg4 40. d4 exd4 41. exd4 Re8 42. dxc5 dxc5 43. Qe3+ Kg7 44. Qxc5 Rxe4 45. Qxh5 g3 46. Qf3 f5 47. Qxg3+ Rg4 48. Qe5+ Kg6 49. h5+ Kg5 50. h6 Kxh6 51. Rxf5 Rxf5 52. Qxf5 Rg7 53. g4 a5 54. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "US Open-113"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaufman, Raymond"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. 0-0-0 Bb7 13. Bg2 b4 14. Na4 e5 15. Bb6 Qe8 16. Qxb4 exf4 17. Nc3 a5 18. Bxa5 f3 19. Bxf3 Qe5 20. Bc7 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Qxf3 22. Qxb7 Nd7 23. Nb5 Nc5 24. Qd5 Na4 25. Rhf1 Qe2 26. Rde1 Qg2 27. Rxf7 Kh8 28. Bxd6 Nb6 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qc6 Rc8 31. Nc7 Qd2 32. Rc1 Qd4 33. c3 Qd3+ 34. Ka1 Nc4 35. Bf4 1-0

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2011.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Delmonico, Nils"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 c5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Bxc5 Qc7 14. Rfc1 Re8 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Bd7 17. Ba1 e5 18. Qh4 Rab8 19. Qh6 Qd6 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rc4 Qd5 22. f3 f6 23. h4 Re7 24. h5 Rg7 25. Kg2 Rf8 26. hxg6 Rxg6 27. Qh4 Rf7 28. Rbc1 Rfg7 29. g4 f5 30. Rc5 Rxg4+ 31. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 32. Kf2 Qd8 33. fxg4 f4 34. g5 Qd7 35. Bxe5 Qg4 36. Rg1 Qh4+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke1 Qe3 39. Rg4 Bf3 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rxf4+ Ke7 42. Bf6+ Kd7 43. Rd8+ Kc7 44. Rxf3 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qa3 46. Rf4 b5 47. Rh4 Qc5+ 48. d4 Qf5+ 49. Kg3 Kb6 50. d5 Qb1 51. d6 Qe1+ 52. Kg4 Qxe2+ 53. Kf5 Qc2+ 54. Ke6 Qe2+ 55. Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2011.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Black "Ganem, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2011.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qc4 Nxc3 13. Qxc6+ Ke7 14. bxc3 1-0

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keiper, Ryan"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1520"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4 h6 9. Be3 b6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nh7 13. Qd4 Ng5 14. Bxg5 hxg5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nd7 17. e5 Rc8 18. exd6 Bf6 19. Qe4+ Ne5 20. 0-0-0 0-0 21. Be2 Qd7 22. Kb1 Rce8 23. Qg2 Ng6 24. Bxa6 Qa4 25. Bb7 Ne5 26. h4 Ra8 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. a3 Nc4 29. hxg5 Bxb2 30. Qh2 g6 31. Rd4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Nd2+ 33. Qxd2 Qxa3 34. Nb3 Qa2+ 35. Kc1 Qa3+ 36. Kd1 Qb2 37. Qh2 Qg7 38. Kc1 Ra1+ 39. Nxa1 Qxa1+ 40. Kd2 Qd4+ 41. Ke1 Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Qf3+ 43. Ke1 Qe4+ 44. Kd1 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Qxg4+ 46. Kd3 Qf5+ 47. Ke3 Qc5+ 48. Kf3 Qd5+ 49. Kg4 Qe4+ 50. Kg3 Qe3+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg3 Qe3+ 53. Kg4 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2011.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Black "Ganesh, Vikram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1787"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Re1 0-0 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. a3 N4d5 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. a4 Rfd8 20. a5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nd7 22. Nd3 a6 23. Na3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bd6 25. h3 Be4 26. Ne1 Nf6 27. Bf3 Bh2+ 28. Kf1 Qg3 29. Nc4 g5 30. Ne5 h5 31. Nxf7 Rf8 32. Ne5 Nd5 33. Nd7 Rf5 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Nc5 Bxf3 36. Nxe6+ Kf6 37. Rf8+ Kxe6 38. Rxf5 Kxf5 39. Nxf3 Nf6 40. Qxb7 Qc7 41. Qxa6 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Nd2 Ne4 44. Qb5+ Kf6 45. Qb6+ Kf5 46. Qb4 Ng3+ 47. Kf2 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Todortsev, Victor"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Bf1 Rac8 14. Rad1 Qb8 15. Nh4 g6 16. Re3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Bxe4 20. Qe7 Bxc2 21. Rxd6 Bxa4 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Qxd7 Qd8 24. Qg4 b5 25. Nf5 Kh8 26. Ne3 f5 27. Qb4 Rf6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Nxc4 Qc7 30. g3 Kg7 31. Qd2 h6 32. Qd5 e4 33. h4 Qf7 34. Qd4 Kh7 35. Ne5 Qg7 36. Bc4 Qe7 37. Qd5 Rf8 38. h5 gxh5 39. Nd7 Rd8 40. Qxf5+ Kg7 41. Be6 Kh8 42. Ne5 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Qe8 44. Qf6+ Kh7 45. Bf7 Qf8 46. Bg6+ Kg8 47. Bh7+ Kxh7 48. Qxf8 Rd6 49. Qxd6 Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kh8 51. Qf7 e3 52. Ng6# 1-0

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2011.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Black "Lee, Andy C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. c3 0-0 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Bd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Nb8 14. a4 Nd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 f5 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Ra5 Nc5 19. Qb1 Rxa5 20. bxa5 Qh6 21. Re1 e4 22. dxe4 fxe4 23. Nd4 Nd3 24. Nxb5 Nxe1 25. Qxe1 Bd7 26. Nd4 Ra8 27. N2b3 Ba4 28. c4 Bxb3 29. Nxb3 Rb8 30. Nd4 Rb2 31. Ne6 Ra2 32. h3 Qf6 33. Qg3 c5 34. Qg4 Rxa5 35. Qxe4 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 Qf1 37. Ng5 g6 38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kh6 40. Nf7+ Kg7 41. Nxd6+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qf4 Qxf4+ 47. exf4 Rc1 48. Kg3 Kf8 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Nc8+ Kd7 51. Nb6+ Kc7 52. Na4 Rxc4 53. Nb2 Rd4 54. Ke3 Kd6 55. Nd3 Kxd5 56. g4 Ra4 57. h4 Ra3 58. Ke2 c4 59. Ne5 Kd4 0-1

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2011.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Black "Abraham, Renjish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qe2 Bxb5 9. Ndxb5 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nc6 11. f4 a6 12. Nd4 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. h4 Qe7 18. Rde1 Rfe8 19. Qf2 Rac8 20. Qd2 Rc7 21. g4 Rec8 22. g5 a5 23. Kb1 a4 24. Nc1 b5 25. h5 fxg5 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. f5 Ne5 28. fxg6 Nxg6 29. c3 Kg7 30. Qh2 Rh8 31. Qh6+ Kf6 32. Rhf1+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco TNM Fall op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2011.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Campers, William"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 b6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Qe1 Ng6 15. Bg3 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Kh2 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rxb2 21. Rc3 Qb7 22. Nc6 Bf6 23. Rc4 Be5 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Re4 f5 26. Re2 f4 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Nxe5 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Rxe5 30. Qf2 Qe7 31. Qd4 Rb8 32. Rf4 Bd7 33. Qa7 Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qxd7 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "US Open-112"]
[Site "Orlando"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Black "Vilenchuk, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Bxb5 10. Ndxb5 Qa5 11. f4 Nc6 12. h4 Nh5 13. Rh3 a6 14. Na3 Nd4 15. Qf2 Nb5 16. Ncxb5 axb5 17. Rd5 f6 18. Rxb5 Qa4 19. g4 fxg5 20. gxh5 Rxf4 21. Qg2 Raf8 22. Rh1 Rf2 23. Qh3 Qxe4 24. Rd1 R2f3 25. Qg2 gxh4 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Kb1 h3 28. Qh1 Qe2 29. Rbd5 Rf1 0-1

[Event "US Open-112"]
[Site "Orlando"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muradian, Sevan"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 0-0 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8. axb3 cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. b4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Ne4 Bf5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. b5 Nd4 18. 0-0-0 Nxb5 19. Rd7 f4 20. Rxb7 fxe3 21. Rxb5 e4 22. Ng5 exf2 23. Kd2 h6 0-1

[Event "North American op 20th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brownscombe, Thomas"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2010.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. h3 Qc7 10. Ba2 Nbd7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bb7 14. c4 Rac8 15. b3 Nf6 16. Qe2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qc2 18. Qxc2 Rxc2 19. Be3 f5 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rxc2 Rxc2 22. exf5 Bxd5 23. Ne1 Rc3 24. b4 Rb3 25. Bxb6 Rxb4 26. a5 Kf7 27. Nc2 Rb3 28. Ne3 Be4 29. Rc1 Rb1 30. Rxb1 Bxb1 31. Nd5 Bxf5 32. Nxe7 Kxe7 33. Kf1 Bd3+ 34. Ke1 d5 35. h4 Ke6 36. g3 Kf5 37. Bc5 Bb1 38. Bf8 g6 39. Bd6 Ke6 40. Bc7 d4 41. Bb8 Kd5 42. Bc7 e4 43. Bb6 Kc4 44. Kd2 Bd3 45. Ba7 Bf1 46. Bb6 Kd5 47. Ba7 Ke5 48. Bb6 Bc4 49. Ba7 Bb5 50. Bb6 Kd5 51. Ba7 Kc4 52. Bb6 Kb4 53. Bxd4 Kxa5 54. Kc3 Be2 55. Kb3 Kb5 56. Ka3 Kc4 57. Be3 Kc3 58. Ka4 Kc2 59. Ka5 Kd1 60. Bb6 Ke1 61. Be3 h6 62. Bb6 Kf1 63. Be3 Kg2 64. Bb6 g5 65. hxg5 hxg5 66. Be3 Kf3 67. Bb6 e3 68. Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 20th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Black "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 0-0 10. Qd2 a5 11. 0-0 a4 12. Rac1 Be6 13. f3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2 Rfe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5 Re5 20. Bxa4 Bxa2 21. Rc7 Rc5 22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. Bb5 Bd4+ 24. Rf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Be6 26. Ke3 Kg8 27. Kf4 f6 28. h4 Kf7 29. g4 Ke7 30. Bc3 h6 31. Bd3 Bd7 32. e5 f5 33. gxf5 Bxf5 34. Bb5 Bd7 35. Bd3 Ra4+ 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. Be4 b5 38. Bc2 Ra1 39. Bd2 h5 40. Kf4 Be6 41. Be3 Re1 42. Be4 c4 43. Bc5 Re2 44. Kg5 Kg7 45. Bd4 Rg2+ 46. Kf4 b4 47. Bb1 Kf7 48. Be4 Rd2 49. Ke3 Rd1 50. Bc5 c3 51. bxc3 b3 52. Ke2 Rh1 53. Ba3 b2 54. Bxb2 Rh2+ 55. Ke3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ewing, Gabriel"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. g4 e6 9. g5 Nd5 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. 0-0 Nb4 12. Be4 N8a6 13. Be3 0-0-0 14. Qxf7 Be7 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bd3 Rdf8 18. Qh5 Qd6 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qg2 Bd8 21. c4 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Nc7 23. Rac1 Kb8 24. b4 g6 25. Qh2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Nd5 27. Bd2 Bc7+ 28. Kh1 Bd6 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rf1 Kc7 31. Rxf8 Bxf8 32. Bd3 Ne7 33. Bf4+ Kc6 34. b5+ Kd5 35. Bb8 Kxd4 36. Bf1 Kc5 37. Bxa7+ Kd6 38. Bg2 Nc8 39. Bf2 Kc7 40. Be4 Ne7 41. a4 Nf5 42. a5 Nd6 43. b6+ Kd7 44. Bxg6 Be7 45. h4 Nc4 46. Bxh5 Nxa5 47. Bf3 Ke8 48. Kg2 Bd8 49. Kh3 Nc4 50. Bxb7 Nxb6 51. h5 Nd7 52. Be3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Black "Hughes, Tyler B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 d6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Rad1 Ke7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Qd4 e5 16. Qb6 Qc6 17. Rd3 Be6 18. Rfd1 Rhd8 19. b3 Rac8 20. c4 Qxb6 21. Nxb6 Rc6 22. Nd5+ Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nf6 24. R5d2 Nd7 25. f4 f6 26. Kf2 Nc5 27. Ke3 Ne6 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rf2 Rf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Rf1+ Ke7 32. Rc1 Nd4 33. Bh3 b5 34. Kd3 b4 35. Bg2 Rc5 36. Rd1 Ra5 37. Rd2 Ra3 38. Ke3 a5 39. Kf2 a4 40. bxa4 Rxa4 41. Bh3 Kd8 42. Rb2 Kc7 43. Bg4 Nc6 44. Be6 Nd4 45. Bg4 Kc6 46. Bd1 Ra8 47. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 48. Ke3 Rxh2 49. Rb8 Rh3 50. Kf2 Rh6 51. Rc8+ Kb7 52. Re8 Rf6+ 53. Ke3 Rf7 54. Rd8 Kc6 55. Rc8+ Rc7 56. Rd8 Ra7 57. Rc8+ Kb6 58. Rb8+ Kc5 59. Rd8 Ra3+ 60. Kf2 Ra1 61. Bg4 Ra2+ 62. Kg1 g6 63. Bd7 Nf3+ 64. Kf1 Nd2+ 65. Kg1 Nxe4 66. Rh8 Ng5 67. Bb5 Kd4 68. Rd8 Nf3+ 69. Kf1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Qb6 13. Nce2 f5 14. Kg1 fxe4 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Nb3 Qe5 17. Qd2 Qh5 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Qxd6 Nxb3 20. axb3 Be5 21. Qe7 Bf6 22. Qc5 Be5 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Qg5 25. Kh2 Bf5 26. Qe5 Rae8 27. Qg3 Qe7 28. Qe3 Qe5+ 29. Kg1 a5 30. Nc3 Qe7 31. g4 Bc8 32. Nxe4 Qh4 33. Qg3 Qxg3+ 34. Nxg3 b6 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Nd6 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Ba6 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. Ra7 Ke6 40. Ne4 Bc8 41. Ra8 Ke5 42. Bg2 Rd8 43. Kh2 Kd4 44. Rb8 h5 45. g5 b5 46. cxb5 cxb5 47. Rxb5 Bf5 48. Rxa5 Rb8 49. Ng3 Bc2 50. Rd5+ Ke3 51. Rc5 Bxb3 52. Rc6 Bf7 53. Rf6 Be8 54. h4 Rb4 55. Re6+ Kf4 56. Rxe8 Kg4 57. Re6 Kxh4 58. Ne4 Kg4 59. Rxg6 Rb2 60. Rh6 Rb8 61. Rf6 Rb2 62. g6 h4 63. g7 1-0

[Event "US Open-111"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.07.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. Re1 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5 11. Nc3 Rfc8 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. Qb3 e5 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Ng3 Qg4 18. h3 Qd7 19. Red1 Qa4 20. Qxa4 Nxa4 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. b3 a5 23. Ba3 Nc3 24. Rd3 Nb5 25. Bb2 Nd4 26. Rad1 Nd7 27. Ba3 Rec8 28. Nf3 Rc2 29. R3d2 Rac8 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Bb2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Nf8 33. Bxd4 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Rc2 36. Ra4 Rxf2 37. Rxa5 Ne6 38. Kg1 Rb2 39. Nh1 Nf4 40. Nf2 Ne2+ 41. Kh2 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open-109"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pennington, Fred P Jr"]
[Black "Karas, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Na6 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Qc1 e5 11. Bh6 c6 12. h4 Qc7 13. h5 Bf5 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Be4 Rh8 18. Bg2 Rh5 19. Bf3 Rh6 20. Kg2 f6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nxg6 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 Kxg6 24. Re1 Rah8 25. g4 Rh4 26. Ng3 Bxg4 27. Bg2 Qh7 28. d4 Rh2 29. Be4+ f5 30. Qe3 Nc4 31. Qd3 Nd6 32. Qb3 fxe4 0-1

