[Event "North American op 21st"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Chua, Alexander J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 Nd7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. N2b3 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qd2 f6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 f5 22. Bf3 f4 23. Qh4 Rd7 24. Bg4 Rg7 25. Qg5 Kh8 26. Rad1 Nf6 27. Bh3 fxg3 28. hxg3 Qb6 29. Rd2 Rgf7 30. Ree2 Kg7 31. Rd4 h6 32. Qd2 Re8 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. Bf1 Nf6 35. Rh4 g5 36. Rd4 Qc5 37. Bd3 Rd7 38. Rxd7+ Nxd7 39. Bb1 Nf8 40. Be4 Qe5 41. Qd3 Kf7 42. b4 Ke7 43. Bf3 a6 44. Kg2 Qd6 45. Qe3+ Kd8 46. a4 Nd7 47. a5 Kc7 48. Qe8 Qe5 49. Qxe5+ Nxe5 50. Be4 c5 51. Kh3 cxb4 52. cxb4 b6 53. f4 gxf4 54. gxf4 Nd7 55. f5 bxa5 56. bxa5 Kd6 57. Bd3 Nc5 58. Bc4 Ke5 59. Kg4 Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 21st"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2 0-0 9. Nb3 f5 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 fxg4 12. Rc1 Rf7 13. 0-0 b6 14. Nd5 Ba6 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Bd4 Raf8 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Qg5 Qd7 20. e5 Bb7 21. e6 Qxe6 22. Rce1 Bxd5 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 24. b3 Rgf7 25. Qe3 Bf5 26. a4 Rc8 27. a5 bxa5 28. Qxa7 Rc5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Qa8+ Bc8 31. Re3 Rff5 32. h3 gxh3 33. Rxh3 Kg7 34. Re3 Kf7 35. f3 h5 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Re4 g5 38. Qb8 Rfe5 39. Rd4 Ke6 40. Qa7 Kf7 41. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "North American op 21st"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dean, Jim H"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. d5 d6 8. e3 b5 9. cxb5 a6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qa5 12. Ra3 Nb6 13. e4 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. bxa6 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bb5 d4 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. 0-0 Bxa6 21. Re1 Rab8 22. Qc1 Rfc8 23. Nf3 Bg7 24. Nf4 c4 25. Nd5 Re8 26. b4 cxb3 27. Qd2 Qc5 28. Raa1 b2 29. Rab1 d3 30. a5 Bc4 31. Nb6 Ba2 32. Rxb2 Bxb2 33. Qxb2 Qxa5 34. Ra1 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "North American op 21st"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Kekelidze, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 b5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Nb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. Be3 a5 14. a4 Be6 15. Nbd2 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Rab8 17. Rb1 h6 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Rba1 Nc8 20. Nfd2 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rd6 27. Bf1 Rf6 28. f4 exf4 29. e5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 fxg3 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 gxh2+ 34. Kg2 Rc6 35. c4 Rc5 36. Kxh2 Kg6 37. Kg3 Kf5 38. Kf3 Ke5 39. Ke3 f5 40. Kd3 g5 41. Bf3 g4 42. Bd5 h5 43. Rh1 a4 44. Rxh5 a3 45. Rh1 a2 46. Re1+ Kf4 47. Kd4 Ra5 48. Ra1 g3 49. c5 Ra4+ 50. Kc3 Ke3 51. c6 Ra7 52. Kb3 f4 53. Rxa2 Rg7 54. Kc4 Rh7 55. Kc5 Rh8 56. c7 Rf8 57. Ra8 Rxa8 58. Bxa8 f3 59. Bxf3 Kxf3 60. c8Q g2 61. Qh3+ Kf2 62. Qh2 Kf1 63. Qf4+ Ke2 64. Qg3 Kf1 65. Qf3+ Kg1 66. Kd4 Kh2 67. Qf4+ Kh3 68. Qg5 Kh2 69. Qh4+ Kg1 70. Ke3 Kf1 71. Qf2# 1-0

[Event "North American op 20th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[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. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. 0-0 Rfc8 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 b5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. e5 d5 18. Kh1 Qb4 19. Rab1 Rc4 20. a3 Qc5 21. Ne4 Qd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Ng5 Nf8 24. g3 Rc4 25. c3 a5 26. Ra1 Ra6 27. Re3 Rac6 28. Nf3 Rb6 29. Kg2 Nd7 30. Kf2 Rc8 31. b4 Ra6 32. Rb1 Nb6 33. Nd4 Nc4 34. Rd3 Rb8 35. bxa5 Nxa3 36. Rb3 Nc4 37. Kf3 Nxa5 38. Ra3 Rbb6 39. Rd1 Nc4 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Nxb5 Ra2 42. Nd4 Kf7 43. Ne2 g5 44. h3 h6 45. Nd4 Rh2 46. Ra1 gxf4 47. Ra6 Rxh3 48. Kxf4 Rh1 49. g4 Rf1+ 50. Kg3 Rc1 51. Kf4 Rxc3 52. Nxe6 Rc1 53. g5 Rf1+ 54. Kg3 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 h5 56. Nd8+ Ke8 57. Ne6 Rf1+ 58. Kg3 Nxe5 59. Nc7+ Kf7 60. Nxd5 Ng6 61. Ne3 Rg1+ 62. Ng2 Rb1 63. Ra5 Rb3+ 64. Kf2 h4 65. Rf5+ Ke6 66. Rf3 Rxf3+ 67. Kxf3 Kf5 68. Ne3+ Kxg5 69. Ng4 e6 70. Nf2 Kf5 71. Nd1 Ne5+ 72. Kg2 Kf4 73. Kh3 Ng6 74. Nf2 0-1

[Event "North American op 20th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Dykes, Denton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[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. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4 b6 9. d5 Na5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxd5 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. b4 Nc4 14. Rd1 Qxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Ncxe5 16. Na3 Rc8 17. Be3 Bg7 18. Rb1 cxb4 19. cxb4 h5 20. h3 a6 21. Qd5 e6 22. Qd2 b5 23. Bg5 f6 24. Be3 g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 0-0 27. Rd1 Rc6 28. Qe2 Rfc8 29. Qxh5 Rc3 30. Nb1 Rd3 31. Rxd3 Nxd3 32. Bh6 Bxh6 33. Qxh6 Nxb4 34. Nd2 Nd5 35. Ne4 Rc4 36. Nd6 Ne5 37. Nxc4 bxc4 38. Kf2 c3 39. Ke2 Nc4 40. g4 a5 41. g5 Nf4+ 42. Kf2 Nd3+ 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "American op 45th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.11.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. f4 Qxc5 8. Ne4 Qb6 9. N2c3 f5 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. 0-0 Na5 13. Be2 h5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Ng5 e6 16. Nc3 Nf7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Be3 a6 19. Na4 Nc6 20. Bb6 Qh4 21. c4 g5 22. Bf2 Qxf4 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Nxc8 Rbxc8 25. Qxd7+ Ne7 26. Bc5 Qxe5 27. Qxe7+ Kg6 28. Bd6 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Bf6 30. Qxb7 Qxe2 31. c5 Qxb2 32. Qxa6 Rhe8 33. a4 Be5 34. Rab1 Qc3 35. Rfc1 Qg3 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. c6 g4 38. Qd3 Red8 39. Qb3 Qd5 40. Qxd5 Rxd5 41. Rc4 Rc7 42. Ra1 Ra5 43. Kh2 Kg5 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Kg3 Kf6 46. Kf4 Ra6 47. a5 Rcxc6 48. Rxc6 Rxc6 49. Ke3 Ra6 50. Kd4 e5+ 51. Kd5 g3 52. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 18th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Belliard Alonzo, Luis Manuel"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. Bf4 c6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. h3 h6 8. e3 g5 9. Bh2 Bg7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. Be2 a5 12. 0-0 a4 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. f3 c5 16. a3 Rfc8 17. f4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Bg6 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Rad1 c4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rc5 24. Rf2 Ra6 25. Rd2 Rb6 26. Bg4 Kg7 27. Bf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Rcb5 29. Rff2 Kf8 30. Kf1 Rg6 31. Rd4 Rc5 32. Rdf4 Rg7 33. g4 Rc6 34. Rd2 e6 35. e4 dxe4 36. Rxe4 h5 37. gxh5 Rg5 38. Rh4 Kg7 39. h6+ Kh7 40. Rf4 Rf5 41. Rxf5 exf5 42. Rd7 Rb6 43. Rxf7+ Kxh6 44. Rf6+ Rxf6 45. exf6 Kg6 46. f7 Kxf7 47. Kf2 Kf6 48. Kg3 Kg5 49. h4+ Kh5 50. Kf4 Kxh4 51. Kxf5 Kg3 52. Ke4 1-0

[Event "North American op 18th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nb3 Ng6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nce5 14. Bd6 Qb6 15. b4 Nc4 16. Bg3 0-0 17. a4 f5 18. exf5 exf5 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. cxd4 f4 21. Bxg6 fxg3 22. axb5 Ne3 23. hxg3 Nxf1 24. Bd3 Rc1 25. Bxf1 Re8 26. bxa6 Bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "American op 44th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2008.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. e3 Nd7 7. Qc4 Ngf6 8. Nf3 e6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American op 44th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2008.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. 0-0 Na5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Qf2 b6 16. Bd4 Bc6 17. Rd3 Rc8 18. Nd2 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Nd7 20. Rc4 Ne5 21. Rb4 Bb7 22. Kh1 e6 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Rc4 Ba6 25. Ra4 Qb7 26. Ra3 Bd4 27. Qe1 Bc5 28. Rxa6 Qxa6 29. Nb3 Bb4 30. a3 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Na5 32. Qd2 Nxb3 33. cxb3 Rc6 34. h3 Qb5 35. Qd3 Qe5 36. Qa6 Rc7 37. Qd3 Rc6 38. Qa6 Qxb2 39. Qxa7 Qxb3 40. Rxd6 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Qb1 42. Qxb6 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Qf2 Qa5 45. Qd2 Qe5+ 46. Qf4 Qa5 47. Qf6 Qe1+ 48. Kg4 h5+ 49. Kg5 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Alan Benson"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Aigner, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 0-0 7. e5 Nd5 8. Qc4 Qb6 9. d4 Nc7 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. dxc5 Qa6 12. Qh4 Bf5 13. Nbd2 f6 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Qc4+ Be6 16. Qxa6 Nxa6 17. b4 Bd5 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. a3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 f5 21. Rad1 Nc7 22. Nd4 Rd5 23. f4 Rfd8 24. Kf2 Nb5 25. c4 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Re3 Ne6 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Rd3 Ne6 30. Rd7 Kf7 31. Rxb7 Nxf4 32. Rxa7 Bxe5 33. g3 Nd3+ 34. Ke2 Nb2 35. b5 f4 36. gxf4 Bxf4 37. h3 Nxc4 38. b6 Ke6 39. Kf3 g5 40. Ke4 Nd2+ 41. Kd4 Nf3+ 42. Kc4 Ne5+ 43. Kc3 Kd5 44. Rxe7 Kxc5 45. b7 Ng6 46. Re8 h5 47. Rg8 Kb6 48. b8Q+ Bxb8 49. Rxb8+ Ka5 50. Rg8 Nf4 51. Rxg5+ Ka4 52. h4 Nd5+ 53. Kb2 Ne3 54. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Alan Benson"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lobo, Richard"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 a4 12. Nxa4 Nfxd5 13. Bf2 Bf5 14. g4 Qa5 15. 0-0 Bxc2 16. Bxc2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 Qxa4 18. Rfc1 Qa6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rab1 Bh6 21. Rd1 Be3 22. Ng3 Rac8 23. Qe2 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Nf4 25. Qe3 Qf6 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Ne6 28. Rf1 Nd4 29. Qe3 Rc2 30. Rf2 Rc6 31. Ne4 Qe5 32. f4 Qd5 33. Nc3 Qd7 34. h3 Re6 35. Qg3 Qc6 36. Kh2 Re1 37. Qg2 Qb6 38. Nd5 Qd6 39. Nc3 Ne6 40. Qd5 Qb6 41. Qd2 Ra1 42. Nd5 Qc5 43. Nc3 g5 44. fxg5 Nxg5 45. Qf4 f6 46. h4 Qc6 47. Rg2 Nf3+ 48. Kg3 Nxh4 49. Rh2 Ng6 50. Qd4 Qc7+ 51. Kg2 Nf4+ 52. Kf3 Ne6 53. Qd2 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Rf4 55. Qe2 Nd4 56. Qd1 Qe5 57. Rh5 Qe3 58. Kh1 Rf2 59. Rh2 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Alan Benson"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 0-0 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. Nf1 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. Ne3 d4 13. Nc4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ba4 Nf4 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qc2 Bh3 19. Nfd2 f5 20. 0-0-0 f4 21. Rhg1 Kh7 22. g4 f3 23. Rg3 Bg2 24. Kb1 Rae8 25. Nb3 Nf4 26. Nc1 g6 27. cxd4 cxd4 28. Nd2 Ne2 29. Nxe2 fxe2 30. Re1 Rxf2 31. Nb3 Bf1 32. g5 Rxh2 33. Qxc6 Qb4 34. Qc1 h5 35. Nd2 Rf2 36. Nxf1 exf1Q 37. Rxf1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Alan Benson"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ganbold, Odondoo"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Bg7 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 d6 7. Qc1 Nc6 8. Bh6 e5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. g4 d5 11. Nbd2 dxe4 12. dxe4 h5 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. h4 Qf6 16. Ng5 Rad8 17. 0-0-0 Na5 18. Nxe6+ Qxe6 19. Qa4 b6 20. Bc4 Qg4 21. Qb5 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Rd6 23. Rdg1 Qf4 24. Qe2 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Rd3 26. Rhg1 Qxh4 27. Rg4 Qf6 28. Rgg1 Nf4 29. Qg4 Ne6 30. Qf5 Qxf5 31. exf5 Nf4 32. Kc2 Nh3 33. f6+ Kxf6 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Alan Benson"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Nc2 Rac8 12. b3 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nf4 14. f3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Alan Benson"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grefe, John Alan"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 e5 6. Nbc3 Nge7 7. a3 d6 8. d3 Be6 9. Nd5 0-0 10. 0-0 Qd7 11. Rb1 Bh3 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Nc3 Qe6 15. Qf3 Rab8 16. b4 f5 17. Bd2 e4 18. Qe2 cxb4 19. axb4 Rfc8 20. dxe4 fxe4 21. Nb5 a6 22. Na3 Nc6 23. f4 exf3 24. Qxf3 Ne5 25. Qe4 b5 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. cxd5 Ng4 28. Rb3 Rb7 29. h3 Nf6 30. Rd3 Ne4 31. Kg2 Re7 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Bxc1 Rf7 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Alan Benson"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Young, Gregory G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 0-0 7. e5 Nd5 8. Qc4 Qb6 9. d4 d6 10. exd6 exd6 11. Qxd5 Qxb5 12. Na3 Qd3 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Rfd1 Qe2 15. Rd2 Be6 16. Qg5 Qa6 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rfe8 19. h4 Qc6 20. h5 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc5 22. Qh6 Bd5 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qd2 Bc6 25. Nc4 Qh5 26. Ne3 Rad8 27. Ng4 Re6 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qg5 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. Ne3 Qe5 32. Qd2 Qe6 33. a3 a6 34. c4 Rd7 35. Ng4 h5 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Ne3 Qf6 38. Nc2 Ba4 39. Re4 Rf7 40. Re2 Bxc2 41. Rxc2 Re7 42. Qd2 Kg7 43. Rc3 Re4 44. Rd3 Rxc4 45. Rxd6 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Alan Benson"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Evans, Bela"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. a3 Ngf6 8. e3 e6 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Qc2 0-0 11. Bd3 Qh5 12. Rd1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qh4 16. Bc3 Rad8 17. Qf5 Bc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Qxg4 20. Bxg4 Be5 21. b3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rd8+ 23. Kc2 Rd5 24. b4 Kf8 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Be4 h6 27. Rb1 a6 28. a4 Ra8 29. f4 Bd6 30. Kd3 Ke7 31. Rb3 Rb8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. b5 cxb5 34. axb5 a5 35. Bd5 Ke7 36. b6 Bb4 37. e4 Rd8 38. Rh3 a4 39. Kd1 f5 40. Kc2 Rd6 41. Rh5 fxe4 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Bxb7 Rd2+ 44. Kc1 a3 45. Rxe4 a2 46. Rxb4 Rd4 47. Kb2 Rxb4+ 48. Kxa2 Rxb6 49. Bf3 Kf5 50. g3 Rd6 51. Bh5 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Alan Benson"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2008.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ng6 10. a4 b4 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 Rb8 14. Rd1 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nd2 Bd6 17. Qxg7 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Qh6 bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc6 21. f3 Qxc3 22. Rac1 Bg7 23. Qg5 Qe5 24. Bd3 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Ra8 26. Ne4 h6 27. Be3 Ne5 28. Be2 0-0 29. Nc5 Rfc8 30. f4 Ng6 31. a5 Nh4 32. Bf1 Nf5 33. Bf2 Bb2 34. Rb1 Bc3 35. Nd7 Rd8 36. Nb6 Rab8 37. Rbc1 Bxa5 38. Nxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 exd5 40. Bd3 Ne7 41. Bxa6 Bd2 42. Rd1 Bxf4 43. g3 Bd6 44. Bd3 f6 45. Be3 Kf7 46. Kg2 Rg8 47. Bf2 h5 48. Rh1 Rg5 49. Be2 Kg6 50. Bd3+ Kg7 51. Be2 Bxg3 52. Bxg3 Nf5 53. Rxh5 Rxg3+ 54. Kf2 Rg5 55. Rh3 Kf7 56. Ra3 Ke6 57. Bf3 Nd6 58. Ra6 Ke5 59. Ra8 f5 60. Ra7 Ne4+ 61. Ke2 Kf4 62. Rh7 Rg8 63. Rh4+ Ke5 64. Rh7 Rb8 65. Re7+ Kf4 66. Rf7 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naroditsky, Alan"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. e5 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 a6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. 0-0-0 Qa5 12. Rhe1 Qxc5 13. Bf1 Nge7 14. g4 Rc8 15. Rd2 h6 16. Bg3 Qa5 17. Nb1 Qxa2 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Nxa3 g5 20. Kd1 b5 21. Bd3 Ng6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Re3 0-0 24. c3 Na5 25. Rdd3 Rf7 26. b4 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Rd2 Rfc7 29. Ra2 R7c6 30. Rd3 Bf8 31. Ra3 d4 32. cxd4 Bxb4 33. Ra1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. 0-0 Ne7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. Nc1 d5 11. Nd1 dxe4 12. dxe4 b6 13. Nb3 Ndc6 14. Nc3 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 c4 16. Nc1 Nd4 17. N1e2 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bg7 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Rfd1 Ba6 22. e5 Nd5 23. Bd6 Rac8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nf4 Bxe5 26. Nxd5 Kg7 27. Ne7 Bxd6 28. Nxc8 Bc5 29. Nxa7 Re2 30. Rf1 Rxc2 31. a4 Ra2 32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. axb5 c3 34. Ra1 Rb2 35. Ra4 Rxb5 36. Rc4 Rb3 37. Rc1 Bb4 38. Rxb4 Rxb4 39. Rxc3 Re4 40. Rc7 g5 41. Rb7 Re6 42. h3 h5 43. g4 h4 44. Kg2 Rc6 45. f4 gxf4 46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Kxf4 Rc4+ 48. Kf3 Rb4 49. Kf2 Rb3 50. Kg2 Kg6 51. Rb8 f5 52. Rg8+ Kf7 53. Rg5 Rg3+ 54. Kh2 fxg4 55. hxg4 Rb3 56. Rh5 h3 57. Rh6 Ke7 58. g5 Kf7 59. Rf6+ Kg7 60. Rc6 b5 61. Rd6 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Collyer, Curt D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bc2 Bd6 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qg6+ Ke7 14. Bb1 Qxg6 15. Bxg6 Kf6 16. Bb1 e5 17. 0-0 Re8 18. Nc3 e4 19. Ne1 Nb6 20. Be3 Ke7 21. a3 Nc6 22. Ba2 Be6 23. f3 exf3 24. Nxf3 Rad8 25. Nh4 Kd7 26. Ng6 Bg8 27. Rae1 Nc4 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. Nh4 Ne7 30. Ne4 Bc7 31. Bf2 Bb6 32. Nc5+ Bxc5 33. dxc5 Kc8 34. Bg3 g5 35. Bd6 gxh4 36. Bxe7 Rd2 37. Bxh4 Kd7 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. Re1+ Kd7 40. Bf6 Bd5 41. Re7+ Kc6 42. Rg7 Kb5 43. h4 h5 44. Bc3 Rc2 45. Rg5 Bc6 46. Kf1 Ka4 47. g4 hxg4 48. Rxg4 Kb3 49. Ke1 Rh2 50. Rf4 Be8 51. Bf6 Bg6 52. Rf2 Rh3 53. Kf1 Be4 54. Rf4 Bd5 55. Ke2 a5 56. Be5 a4 57. Rd4 Bc6 58. Kd2 Rh1 59. Rg4 Rh3 60. Rd4 Rh1 61. Rg4 Rh3 62. Kc1 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. d4 e6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qf3 Qb6 15. Na4 Qc7 16. b3 0-0 17. c4 Rad8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Nc3 Qe5 20. h3 h6 21. a4 Qa5 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. Nc2 Rfe8 25. Qe2 a5 26. Ne1 e5 27. Nc2 e4 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. Nd4 Nd7 30. Nb5 Qe5 31. Nc3 Nc5 32. Nd5 Rd6 33. Rab1 Rg6 34. Nxb6 Nd3 35. Nd5 f5 36. f4 exf3 37. Qxd3 Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Rg1+ 39. Kxg1 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez, Rene"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Qd2 Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qb6 14. Nb3 e5 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Bf3 Bf5 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Ng5 23. Qh4 Bh3+ 24. Kh1 Qf6 25. Nd2 e4 26. Bg2 Qxf2 27. Bxh3 Qxd2 28. Bf1 Qf2 29. Qf4 Nf3 0-1

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. 0-0 Na5 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qd3 a6 13. Nd5 e5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne2 Nxb3 16. axb3 d5 17. c3 d4 18. cxd4 Bb5 19. Qd2 Bxe2 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe2 Qb5 22. Ra5 Qxb3 23. Rd5 Rfe8 24. f3 Bf6 25. Bg5 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Red8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. Re1 Qc5 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Rd1 Rc5 33. Qh6 Qc7 34. Qe3 Rc2 35. e5 Qc5 36. Qg5 Qb6 37. Kh2 Rc8 38. Rd7 Qxb2 39. Qe7 Qb3 40. Rd6 Qe3 41. Qf6 Re8 42. f4 Qe4 43. Rd7 Qf5 44. Qxf5 gxf5 45. Rxb7 Ra8 46. Rb4 a5 47. Ra4 f6 48. e6 Kg7 49. g4 Kg6 50. Kg3 fxg4 51. hxg4 f5 52. gxf5+ Kxf5 53. e7 Kf6 54. Rxa5 Re8 55. Ra6+ Kf5 56. Ra7 Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kf5 58. Ra5+ Kf6 59. Kg4 Rxe7 60. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 0-0 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Bc2 c5 9. Nf1 Nc6 10. Ng3 h6 11. 0-0 Be6 12. h3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Nh2 d5 15. f4 c4 16. f5 cxd3 17. Bxd3 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bd5 19. Ng4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 h5 22. Ne3 Bc5 23. Kh1 Rc7 24. b4 Bf8 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Bb2 Rd2 27. a3 a6 28. c4 Rd4 29. Qf3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qg5 31. Qe4 Qf4 32. Qxf4 exf4 33. Nd5 Re4 34. c5 Ne7 35. Nxe7+ Bxe7 36. Bd4 Re2 37. f6 gxf6 38. Kg1 Kf8 39. Kf1 Ra2 40. Rd3 f5 41. Rb3 Rc2 42. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f4 Nb6 11. f5 Nfd7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qe1 Bf6 14. e4 0-0 15. Be3 Nc4 16. exd5 Ndb6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Bf2 exd5 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. b3 Nd2 21. Rfd1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxh4 23. Rxd2 Qg5 24. Qe1 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Bxg3 26. Qe2 Bd6 27. Rd3 h6 28. Rf3 Rc8 29. Qe3 Qh5 30. Qf2 Qg6 31. Re3 Bb4 32. Rg3 Qe6 33. Ne2 Re8 34. Bf3 Bd6 35. Rg4 Nd7 36. Qg2 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 g5 38. h4 Nf6 39. hxg5 Nxg4 40. Qxg4 Qxg5 41. Qxg5 hxg5 42. Kg2 Kg7 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Bxd5 b6 45. Nc3 Kf5 46. Bc6 Rh8 47. Be4+ Kf4 48. Bg2 g4 49. a4 Rc8 50. Nd5+ Kg5 51. Be4 Rf8+ 52. Ke2 g3 53. Bf3 Rh8 54. Bg2 Re8+ 55. Kd3 Re1 56. Ne3 Bf4 0-1

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vicary, Elizabeth"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. 0-0 d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Ng5 0-0 9. f4 h6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nge4 Nc7 12. Ng3 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 b4 15. Nce4 Nxb3 16. cxb3 dxe5 17. f5 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Ra6 19. Qf3 gxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Rg6 22. Rf3 Ne6 23. h4 Qd5 24. Be3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. h5 Rc6 27. Rg3 Qe6 28. Qf3 Rfc8 29. Nd2 Rc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Nc4 e4 33. dxe4 Bf6 34. e5 Bg5 35. Qd3+ Kg7 36. Qxd4 Qf5 37. e6+ f6 38. Qa7 Qxe6 39. Qf2 Qd5 40. Ne3 Qc5 41. Qe2 Kf8 42. Rf3 Qe5+ 43. g3 Bxe3 44. Rxe3 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "San Fransisco"]
[Date "2007.07.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atalik, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.07.09"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ c6 9. e3 b5 10. Bxb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bd7 12. Bc7 Qc8 13. Qxa5 Qb7 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Ne4 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. 0-0 f6 18. Rfc1 Kf7 19. Qb4 Bb5 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qd6 Qb7 23. d5 Kg6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qe6 Re8 26. Qg4+ Kf7 27. Rc1 Bd7 28. Qd1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. h3 Qc4 31. b3 Qc3 32. d6 Ke6 33. Qg4+ f5 34. Qh4 Kd5 35. Qd8 Qc8 36. Qe7 Kc6 37. Qxg7 Qa6 38. Qc3+ Kd5 39. Qc5+ Ke6 40. g4 fxg4 41. hxg4 Qb5 42. Qxb5 Bxb5 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Kg3 Kg5 45. Bc5 a6 46. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "San Fransisco"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.07.09"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 0-0 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Bh4 Bf5 11. 0-0 Qd7 12. exd6 Ng6 13. dxc7 Qxc7 14. Qd5 Qf4 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qxg3 17. Qxf5 Nf4 18. Qg5 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Nxg5 21. Nd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. Ba4 Rf8 25. Rfe1 h5 26. Re7 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Rd8 28. Bb3 Ne6 29. Ne3 Bb6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rxb7 g5 32. Re7 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35. Kh3 Rxb2 36. Rxe6 Kg7 37. a4 Rf2 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. f4 h4+ 40. Kg4 Rg2+ 41. Kf5 gxf4 42. exf4 h3 43. Re7+ Kh6 44. Re3 h2 45. Rh3+ Kg7 46. Ke5 Kg6 47. c4 Re2+ 48. Kd5 Kf5 49. Rh4 Rd2+ 50. Kc6 Ke4 51. c5 Kf3 52. Kb7 Kg3 53. Rh6 Rd7+ 54. Kb8 Rf7 55. c6 Rxf4 56. c7 Rb4+ 57. Ka8 Rc4 58. Kb7 Rb4+ 59. Ka6 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "San Fransisco"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.07.09"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. 0-0 cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. Rd1 0-0 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Qa4 Nc5 12. Rxd8 Rxd8 13. Qf4 Rd1+ 14. Bf1 Ne6 15. Qe3 Bd4 16. Qe2 Rxc1 17. c3 Bf6 18. g3 Ng5 19. h4 Re1 20. Qb5 Bh3 21. Nd2 Bxf1 22. Nxf1 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxh4+ 24. gxh4 Rxa1 25. Qxb7 Rd8 26. Qxa7 Bxh4 27. a4 Rdd1 28. Ng3 Bxg3 29. Kxg3 Rg1+ 30. Kf3 Rae1 31. b4 e5 32. b5 g5 33. Qe3 f5 34. Qxe1 Rxe1 35. b6 Rb1 36. a5 Kf7 37. c4 Ke6 38. c5 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "San Fransisco"]
[Date "2007.07.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Atalik, Ekaterina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.07.09"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. Nf1 a6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bb3 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. Ng3 Qe6 12. 0-0 Bb6 13. Nf5 Nd7 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Nc4 f6 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. f4 d5 19. fxe5 Ndxe5 20. d4 Ng6 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. c4 Qe4 23. Qd2 Nce7 24. Ng3 Qg4 25. Rae1 c6 26. Bf2 Rad8 27. Qb4 Qd7 28. Ne4 Nf5 29. Nc5 Qd6 30. Re6 Qf4 31. Re4 Qd6 32. Qxb7 Rb8 33. Qd7 Qxd7 34. Nxd7 Rfe8 35. Nxb8 Rxe4 36. Nxc6 Nf4 37. d5 h5 38. Re1 Nd6 39. Rxe4 Nxe4 40. Be3 Nd3 41. Nb8 Nb4 42. d6 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "San Fransisco"]
[Date "2007.07.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.07.09"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 b6 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Nd2 Qxg2 13. Bf3 Qg6 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Ne4 Ne7 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Kf1 Qh6 18. Rg1 Nf5 19. Qe5 Qh3+ 20. Ke2 Nd4+ 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rg3 d3+ 23. Ke1 Qh4 24. Qc5 Qd4 25. Bxc6+ Bxc6 26. Qxc6+ Rd7 27. Rd1 d2+ 28. Kf1 0-0 29. Rc3 Rfd8 30. Qf3 Qc5 31. b3 h6 32. Qe3 Qb4 33. h3 Rd4 34. c5 Re4 35. Rxd2 Rxe3 36. Rxd8+ Kh7 37. Rxe3 Qxc5 38. a4 Qc6 39. Rd4 g5 40. Rc4 Qd6 41. Ke2 a5 42. Rd3 Qe5+ 43. Re3 Qb2+ 44. Kf1 Qa3 45. Rc7 Kg6 46. Rb7 Qc1+ 47. Ke2 Qc2+ 48. Ke1 e5 49. Rb6+ f6 50. Kf1 e4 51. Kg2 h5 52. b4 Qxa4 53. Rxe4 axb4 54. Rexb4 Qa8+ 55. Kg1 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "San Fransisco"]
[Date "2007.07.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.07.09"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 0-0 12. Ne2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nf4 Nc6 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Rd1 Rab8 17. Qc3 Nd4 18. Bc4 Bc6 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. exd4 Qxf4 21. 0-0 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Qf6 23. Rfd1 Rfc8 24. Qg3 Be8 25. b3 Rb6 26. h4 Kf8 27. Qd3 Qg6 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. Rf4 Qe7 30. Re4 Qf6 31. Re1 Qc6 32. Re7 a6 33. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "San Fransisco"]
[Date "2007.07.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.07.09"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. Qxd7 Rac8 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Qb7 Na5 17. Qa6 g5 18. Bh3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Re8 20. Nf5 Qxb2 21. Qxa7 Qxe2 22. Qd7 Bf8 23. Bg4 Qe4 24. Bh5 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Rd7 Rf6 27. Ne3 Nc6 28. Nd5 Rf5 29. Nxb6 Ne5 30. Rd5 Rf6 31. Nd7 Nxd7 32. Rxd7 Bg7 33. Ra7 Rf5 34. Kg2 Bd4 35. f3 f6 36. Bf7+ Kf8 37. Bd5 Re5 38. Be4 g4 39. Kf1 f5 40. Bd5 gxf3 41. Bxf3 f4 42. gxf4 Rf5 43. a4 Rxf4 44. Kg2 Be5 45. Bd5 Rg4+ 46. Kf3 Rg7 47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. h4 Bc7 49. Ra6 Rg3+ 50. Ke2 Ra3 51. h5 Bf4 52. a5 Kd7 53. Ra8 Kc7 54. Ra6 Bg5 55. Rc6+ Kb8 56. Rb6+ Ka7 57. Rb5 Bd8 58. Rxc5 Rxa5 59. Rc8 Bg5 60. Kf3 Kb6 61. Kg4 Ra1 62. c5+ Kb5 63. c6 Kc5 64. Bf3 Ra4+ 65. Kg3 Rf4 66. Rg8 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "San Fransisco"]
[Date "2007.07.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.07.09"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. 0-0 Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. b4 0-0 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Ba3 a6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Qb3 Bf6 15. Bb2 Bg6 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Nf1 d5 18. c5 Nc8 19. Ne3 N8e7 20. a4 Be4 21. Bc3 Ng6 22. Qb2 Nf4 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Ne7 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Neg6 27. Ra7 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Nf4 29. Qd1 Bd3 30. Rxb7 Qa8 31. Rb6 Qa3 32. Ba1 Be2 33. Qb1 Ra8 34. Kh2 Bd3 35. Qb2 Qa5 36. Rb7 Be4 37. c6 Bxf3 38. c7 Rc8 39. b6 Nd3 40. Qc3 Qa6 41. Rb8 Be7 42. Rxc8+ Qxc8 43. Qxd3 Bd6+ 44. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "San Fransisco"]
[Date "2007.07.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.07.09"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Be7 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Be3 Nfd5 15. Be4 Bf6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bf5 Ba4 18. Qd3 g6 19. Bh3 Bg7 20. Rac1 f5 21. g3 Rc8 22. Rc5 a6 23. Bg2 Bb5 24. Qc3 Qd6 25. Bf4 Na4 26. Rxd5 Nxc3 27. Rxd6 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Bh6 30. Bxb7 Rc2 31. Kg2 Bxf4 32. Bxa6 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Bc6+ 34. Kh3 Bf3 35. Kg3 Bh5 36. e6 f4+ 37. Kg2 Rxb2 38. e7 Re8 39. a4 f3+ 40. Kg3 Rb4 41. Bb5 g5 42. h3 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "San Fransisco"]
[Date "2007.07.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.07.09"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bc2 Bb7 7. 0-0 c4 8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. a4 b4 12. Qe2 Ng4 13. h3 h5 14. Kf1 Nh2+ 15. Nxh2 Qxh2 16. f4 Bc5 17. Qf3 g5 18. Nd2 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Qxg4 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. 0-0 Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. a4 b4 9. d4 bxc3 10. Nxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 Be7 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Bf4 h5 17. e5 h4 18. Qe3 Be7 19. h3 g5 20. Bh2 Nb4 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qb6 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. Rad1 Kf8 26. Ne4 Nd5 27. Nf6 Bxf6 28. exf6 Nf4 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Qe5 d5 31. Qd6+ Kg8 32. Qxf4 Kf8 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Na5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. c3 0-0 11. Be3 f5 12. 0-0 f4 13. Bd2 Qe8 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Bd5 Bf6 16. c4 g5 17. Bc3 g4 18. Nd2 Qg6 19. Be4 Qh6 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Qb3 g3 22. Nf3 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qg7 24. Re2 Rg8 25. Ke1 Rab8 26. Qa3 Qf8 27. c5 dxc5 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Nxe5 f3 30. Nxf3 Bxf3 31. Rf2 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Bxg2 33. Kd2 Bg7 34. Re1 Rd8 35. Re3 Bd4 36. Rg3 Qf2+ 37. Kc1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erickson, Mark"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. d5 0-0 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. b6 Qxb6 10. Nc3 a5 11. b3 Ne4 12. Na4 Qa6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bb5 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Bf1 Ne5 18. Nc3 Bd7 19. f4 Ng4 20. h3 Ne3 21. Bxe3 Bxc3 22. Bd2 Bg7 23. a4 Qc8 24. g4 c4 25. Rc1 c3 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Bd4 c2 28. Qd3 Bxd4+ 29. Qxd4 Rxb3 30. e3 Rb4 31. Qa7 Rxa4 32. Bd3 Ra2 33. Re2 Qc3 34. Qxd7 Ra1 35. Rexc2 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Be2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Cohen, Lawrence S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Ne7 4. c3 b6 5. Ngf3 c6 6. Ne5 Ng6 7. Nd3 Ba6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. e5 Be7 10. 0-0 0-0 11. f4 c5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qc8 16. b4 Qc7 17. a4 Bc4 18. a5 b5 19. a6 Rae8 20. Qd2 f6 21. Qe3 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Ra8 24. Bg4 Qc6 25. Ra1 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nf4 27. Qf1 Rf8 28. g3 h5 29. Bd1 Bg5 30. gxf4 Bxf4 31. Qe2 Rf5 32. Bc2 Rg5+ 33. Kh1 Bxe5 34. h4 Rg4 35. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Chaplin, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. h4 d5 3. e5 Bg7 4. d4 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. h5 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Bb5 Qb6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nge2 0-0-0 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bf4 Nf5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Bh6 18. Nc5 Rde8 19. Qd3 Bxf4 20. Nxe6 Nd6 21. N2xf4 Ne4 22. Qc2 Kd7 23. Rh3 Qb5+ 24. Kg1 Rxe6 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Rc1 Kd7 27. Rb3 Qa6 28. f3 Ng3 29. Kf2 c5 30. Kxg3 Rg8+ 31. Kf2 Rg5 32. Qxh7+ Kd6 33. Re1 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 Nh5 7. Be5 f6 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 c6 10. Bd3 g6 11. Qc2 Rf7 12. 0-0-0 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nf8 14. e4 Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. e5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 b6 20. Nh3 c5 21. f4 Bc6 22. Ng5 Rd7 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bb5 Re7 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qc7 27. Rd6 Qb8 28. Rhd1 c4 29. Bxc4 b5 30. Bb3 a5 31. a3 Kg7 32. g4 Rc5 33. Rd8 Qb7 34. Qe3 Qc7 35. f5 1-0

[Event "Western Class-ch 14th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gutman, Joshua"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. f3 Nh5 11. f4 Nxf4 12. Rxf4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 15. Rf2 Bh6 16. Kf1 Be3 17. Rf3 Bd4 18. Qb3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxf5 21. Ke2 Rb8 22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Qd3 a6 24. Nxd4 Rxb2+ 25. Nc2 e4 0-1

[Event "Western Class-ch 14th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stein, Alan R"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qa4 Rfd8 14. Qh4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxd4 17. Bg5 Re8 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 a5 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Qe4 f5 22. Rb7 Qd6 23. Qf3 Rac8 24. Bxe7 Qe6 25. Ba3 Rc2 26. e3 Bf6 27. Ra7 Ra2 28. Bc5 Rc8 29. Qb7 Qc6+ 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. d4 g5 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Rb6 Bd8 34. Re6 1-0

[Event "Western Class-ch 14th"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2007.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.01.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. h4 h5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nh3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Bd2 b5 12. Ba5 Nb6 13. Nd2 0-0 14. 0-0 Qe7 15. Rfc1 Bh6 16. Ng5 Nh7 17. c4 Nxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 Bd7 21. Qa6 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qf1 Be6 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Bc3 Bc4 26. Qe1 Rd8 27. b3 Ba6 28. Rc1 g5 29. Bb4 Qe6 30. Qe3 g4 31. Nh4 Rd3 32. Qh6 Bxh4 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. gxh4 Rd7 35. Qc5 Qf6 36. Bc3 Re7 37. Rd1 Re6 38. Qf8 Qe7 39. Qb8 Nd7 40. Qxa7 Rd6 41. Re1 Qxh4 42. Bb4 Rf6 43. Rd1 Nb6 44. Rd2 g3 45. Qxa6 gxf2+ 46. Kf1 Nd5 47. Qc4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "East Bay op"]
[Site "Oakland"]
[Date "2006.12.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2 b6 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Ndb5 d6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Na3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Rfd1 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Bxb6 Qc8 18. Qe3 Ba8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Qe6 21. Bc4 Qf5 22. b4 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Nb4 24. f3 e6 25. Bb3 Rfc8 26. Nc4 Qxc5 27. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "East Bay op"]
[Site "Oakland"]
[Date "2006.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2006.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 Ng4 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Qh4 d6 11. Nd5 Re8 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa6 14. Kd1 Be6 15. Re1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qxa1+ 0-1

[Event "East Bay op"]
[Site "Oakland"]
[Date "2006.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2006.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 f5 10. exf5 Bxd4 11. Bxh6 Rxf5 12. Bf3 Be5 13. Be3 Qf8 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Be4 Rf7 17. c5 Rd8 18. f4 Bg7 19. cxd6 Bc8 20. Bd5 Rxd6 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Qe3 b6 23. Bxf7 bxc5 24. Qe4 Nd4 25. Bb3 Bf5 26. Qb7 Rd7 27. Qa6 Nxb3 28. axb3 Bd3 29. Qa4 Rd4 30. Qxa7 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rd2 32. Qa1 Qd8 33. Kh1 h6 34. h3 Kh7 35. Qb1 e6 36. Qe4 Rxb2 37. Na4 Rd2 38. Nxc5 Qd5 39. Qxd5 exd5 40. b4 Bf8 41. Ra1 Bd6 42. Ra7+ Kg8 43. Ne6 g5 44. Rd7 Bxf4 45. Nxf4 gxf4 46. b5 Rb2 47. Rxd5 Kg7 48. Kg1 Kg6 49. Kf1 Kf6 50. Rc5 Kg6 51. h4 Kg7 52. h5 Kf6 53. Kg1 Ra2 54. Rc8 Rb2 55. Rb8 Kg5 56. b6 Kxh5 57. b7 Kh4 58. Kf1 Rb3 59. Ke2 Re3+ 60. Kf2 Rb3 61. Kf1 Kh5 62. Ke2 Re3+ 63. Kd2 Re7 64. Kd3 Kh4 65. Kd4 Rg7 66. Ke5 Kg3 67. Kf6 Rxb7 68. Rxb7 Kxg2 69. Rg7+ Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "East Bay op"]
[Site "Oakland"]
[Date "2006.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. Bb3 d5 8. Qe2 h6 9. Nf1 d4 10. h3 Nd7 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. Bc2 a5 13. 0-0 a4 14. Bd2 a3 15. bxa3 Rxa3 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qc3 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bb3 Ra6 22. Rac1 Qa5 23. Nf5 Rf6 24. Ne3 c6 25. Rc2 Qa7 26. g4 g6 27. Kg2 Be6 28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. Nc4 Rf6 30. Rf1 Bd4 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. f4 exf4 33. e5 f3+ 34. Rxf3 Rxf3 35. Kxf3 b5 36. Qf4 Qe7 37. Na5 Bxe5 38. Qe4 Rd4 39. Qe2 Qd6 40. Nxc6 Rxd3+ 41. Kf2 Qf6+ 0-1

[Event "East Bay op"]
[Site "Oakland"]
[Date "2006.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milman, Lev"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2006.12.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. 0-0-0 Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. h4 b4 15. Ne2 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Rc6 17. a4 e5 18. Be3 d5 19. Ng3 d4 20. Bg5 Rac8 21. Rc1 Nd7 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Rc1 Nc5 24. Qd1 Bf8 25. h5 Qa6 26. Rc4 Ne6 27. Rxc6 Qxc6 28. Bd2 a5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Ne2 Nc5 31. Nc1 Be7 32. Qc2 Qa6 33. Qd1 Kg7 34. Ka2 Qe6 35. Qf1 Qa6 36. Qxa6 Nxa6 37. Nd3 Kf6 38. Kb1 Ke6 39. Kc2 Kd6 40. f4 exf4 41. Bxf4+ Ke6 42. Be5 Bf6 43. Bg3 Bg5 44. Bf2 Be3 45. Bh4 g5 46. Bg3 f5 47. exf5+ Kxf5 48. Bd6 g4 49. Kd1 Bg5 50. Ke2 Bd8 51. Bg3 Bb6 52. Bd6 Bc7 53. Bf8 Be5 54. Be7 Bc7 55. Nc1 Ke6 56. Bf8 Kf7 57. Bh6 Nc5 58. Nd3 Ne4 59. Bf4 Bxf4 60. Nxf4 Nc5 61. Nd3 Nd7 62. Nf4 Ne5 63. Nd5 Ke6 64. Nb6 g3 65. Nc4 Kd5 66. Nxa5 Ke4 67. Nc4 d3+ 68. Kd2 Nc6 69. a5 Kd4 70. a6 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Gallegos, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. c3 e5 8. d4 Bg4 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nh2 Qc8 12. g4 h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. Qd3 c4 15. Qg3 h4 16. Qxh4 Nf8 17. Qg3 Bxh3 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Ng4 Nd7 22. Na3 Bh4 23. Qf3 exf4 24. Bxf4 Rf8 25. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Raptis, Nick"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 h6 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 f5 12. Be3 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. f4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 exf4 18. Bd4 Rf7 19. Bh3 Nf5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Qxg6 Rf6 22. Qd3 c6 23. b3 Qb6+ 24. Kg2 Raf8 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. gxf4 Rxf4 27. Rf1 Qd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Bd7 c5 31. Bc6 Rd2+ 32. Rf2 Rd4 33. Bd5+ Kh7 34. Rf8 Kg6 35. Kf3 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rh3 37. Rf2 Nf5 38. Kd2 Nd4 39. Kc1 Re3 40. Kd2 Re7 41. Kd3 Re1 42. Kc3 Kg5 43. Kb2 Re2+ 44. Rxe2 Nxe2 45. Ka3 Nc3 46. Bc6 Kf4 47. Kb2 Ne2 48. Ka3 h5 49. Ka4 Nc3+ 50. Ka5 Nxa2 51. Ka6 h4 52. Kxa7 Ke5 53. h3 Nc1 54. Ba4 Nd3 55. Kb7 Nf4 56. Kc6 Nxh3 57. b4 cxb4 58. c5 dxc5 59. Kxc5 Nf2 60. Kxb4 h3 61. Bc6 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schwarz, Daniel W"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. Nge2 b5 9. 0-0 b4 10. Nd1 Qc8 11. f4 Nh6 12. Kh1 f5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxc5 a5 15. c3 Ng4 16. Rc1 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd8 18. d4 Ne6 19. Ba3 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Nf6 22. c4 Ne4 23. Qd3 Kf7 24. Nf2 Nxf2+ 25. Rxf2 e6 26. Re2 Rd8 27. Rce1 Bf6 28. d5 Kg7 29. Bd6 Rb6 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rb4 32. c5 Bb5 33. Qc3 Rc4 34. Qb2 Rb4 35. Qf2 Re8 36. c6 Qc7 37. a3 Rb3 38. Qd4 Rd3 39. Qb2 Bxc6 40. R5e3+ 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bayati, Arkia"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Na6 9. Bb2 Nc7 10. Ne5 d6 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Nexf3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. N4f3 Ne6 17. Nf1 Qc7 18. Ng3 Rfd8 19. c4 Nc5 20. Rd2 Nfe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rd5 Qb7 23. Ne1 f5 24. Rdd1 Rf8 25. f3 Nc5 26. Ba3 Rf6 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Qd2 Kh8 29. Qd5 Qa6 30. f4 e4 31. Rd2 Bd8 32. Rc2 Ba5 33. g3 Rg8 34. Ng2 Qc8 35. Rf1 Bd8 36. Rcf2 Rgf8 37. Rd1 Rg6 38. Kf1 h5 39. Ke2 Qa6 40. Kf1 Be7 41. Re2 h4 42. Kf2 Qc8 43. Rh1 Rh6 44. Nxh4 Bxh4 45. gxh4 Qd8 46. Ke1 Qxh4+ 47. Kd2 Rg6 48. Kc2 a5 49. a4 Qd8 50. Qd2 Rff6 51. Rg2 Rxg2 52. Qxg2 Rh6 53. h3 Qf6 54. Qd2 Rg6 55. Qh2 Kh7 56. Rd1 Rh6 57. Rh1 Qf7 58. Qd2 Rg6 59. Qf2 d5 60. cxd5 Qxd5 61. Rd1 Qf7 62. Rg1 Rd6 63. Rd1 Rxd1 64. Kxd1 Qxb3+ 65. Kc1 Kg6 66. h4 Qxa4 67. Qg3+ Kf7 68. Qg5 Qc4+ 69. Kb2 Qe6 70. Qh5+ Kg8 71. Qd1 Qc4 72. Qh5 Qb5+ 73. Kc1 c4 74. Qd1 c3 75. Qd8+ Kh7 76. Kd1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Ne2 e5 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nbc3 0-0 8. Qd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. b3 c5 11. Nde2 Bg4 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nf3+ 14. Kf1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nd1 Qa5 18. h4 Nc6 19. h5 g5 20. Qxd6 Be6 21. a4 Rfd8 22. Qa3 Rac8 23. Qb2 Nb4 24. Rc1 Qc5 25. e5 Nd3 26. Qa1 Nxc1 27. Qxc1 h6 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Harmon, Clark R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 c5 5. c4 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd2 0-0 11. Bh6 a6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rac1 Rb8 14. Rfd1 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. b4 Bxf3 17. exf3 Ne5 18. f4 Nc4 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. a4 Nb6 21. a5 Nc4 22. a6 e6 23. Nxb5 d5 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Bc6 Nb6 27. Nd6 Nd5 28. b5 c3 29. a7 Rbd8 30. Ne4 Ra8 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Nxc3 Rxa7 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Rc5 Rd7 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 d4 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. h4 h5 39. Re5+ Kf6 40. b6 Rb7 41. Rb5 Ke6 42. Kxd4 Kd6 43. f5 Kc6 44. Kc4 Kd6 45. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qe2 c5 9. dxc5 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Bxc5 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. e5 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Nd5 16. Ng5 Qc7 17. Bd2 h6 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. Nd6+ Rxd6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Qg4 g5 23. a3 Qe5 24. Bxb4 Qxb2 25. Qd1 Nxb4 26. Rd8+ Ke7 27. Rd7+ Kf6 28. Rxb7 Qxa3 29. Qd4+ Kg6 30. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. 0-0 Ne7 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. d3 0-0 9. Be3 Nbc6 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Rc4 Be6 15. Ra4 Bd5 16. Bh3 a6 17. Nxd4 b5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Re4 Bxe4 20. dxe4 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Rad8 22. Rd3 Bxb2 23. Kf1 Rxd3 24. exd3 Rd8 25. Ke2 a5 26. Be7 Rd4 27. Kd2 Ra4 28. Kc2 Bg7 29. Kb1 Bd4 30. Bd7 c5 31. f4 Rb4+ 32. Kc1 a4 33. e5 a3 34. Bd6 Rb2 35. e6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. e4 d6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. 0-0 Nb6 15. Nd2 Na4 16. Bc2 Qc6 17. Bxa4 Qxa4 18. Rfb1 Qc6 19. Rb4 f6 20. Rab1 b6 21. a4 Be7 22. Nf1 Bd8 23. Ne3 a5 24. Rb5 Qxe4 25. Bg3 Rc8 26. f3 Qc6 27. c5 bxc5 28. c4 0-0 29. Be1 Ra8 30. Rd1 Ra6 31. Bc3 Qe8 32. Qd2 Bd7 33. Nd5 f5 34. f4 exf4 35. Qxf4 Bg5 36. Qf1 Bxb5 37. Re1 Qf7 38. axb5 Raa8 39. g3 a4 40. Re2 Rfe8 41. h4 Rxe2 42. Qxe2 Re8 43. Qd1 Be3+ 44. Kg2 a3 45. b6 f4 46. Qg4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alonso, Francisco"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. d3 d5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 Nfd7 9. a3 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Ng5 Qc7 12. Ne4 b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Bb7 15. f4 f5 16. Ng5 Nd8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qb3 h6 19. Nf3 Kh7 20. b5 Ne6 21. Ba3 Rfe8 22. Rfc1 Nec5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. b6 e5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Qd1 Bg7 27. Rb2 Re6 28. Qf1 Rc8 29. Qh3 Kg8 30. g4 fxg4 31. Qxg4 Rce8 32. Nh4 Re5 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. exf3 g5 35. Ng2 Bf8 36. b7 Rb8 37. f4 Rf5 38. fxg5 Rxg5 39. Re1 Ne5 40. Rd1 Nf3+ 41. Kf2 Nxh2 42. Nf4 Ng4+ 43. Ke2 Ne3 44. Rdb1 Bd6 45. Ne6 Re5 46. Rb6 Nxc4+ 47. Kd1 Nxb6 48. Rxb6 Rxe6 49. Nxc5 Bxc5 50. Rxe6 Rxb7 51. Rxh6 a5 52. Rc6 Bb4 53. Ra6 Bc3 54. Ke2 Kf7 55. Kf3 Re7 56. Kf4 Re3 57. Kf5 Ke7 58. Ra7+ Kd6 59. Ra6+ Kc5 60. Ra8 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2006.04.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Rupel, David G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 c5 5. c4 Qc8 6. Nc3 e6 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Be7 10. Bf4 a6 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Rc1 c4 13. Ne5 b5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qe7 16. bxc4 Qxc5 17. cxd5 Qb6 18. d6 0-0 19. Be3 1-0

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Pearson, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 c4 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 0-0 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 d5 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Bh6 Qd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 Rxf3 20. gxf3 d4 21. Be4 e5 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qa5 Qxf3 24. Qxe5+ Kh6 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Bf5 27. Rxd4 Bxb1 28. b4 Re8 29. Rxa6 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Be4+ 31. f3 Bf5 32. Ra2 g5 33. Ra5 Bg6 34. h4 Re2+ 35. Kg1 Ng3 36. Rxg5 Nf5 37. Rf4 Nxh4 38. Rd5 Ng2 39. Rfd4 Bh5 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 Nh4 42. Rd6+ Kg5 43. Kf2 Bxf3 44. b5 h5 45. c5 1-0

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 Na5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. h5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. 0-0-0 Rf7 16. Nde2 b5 17. Bh6 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Qa5 20. Rxh7 Nf4 21. Nxf4 Kxh7 22. Rh1+ Kxg7 23. Nd5 Kg8 24. Qg5 Bf5 25. exf5 Rg7 26. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Pruess, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. d4 e6 8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. 0-0 Nxe5 12. f4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. f5 0-0 15. Qe1 exf5 16. Rxf5 Bg6 17. Rxd5 Qe7 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Re5 Qf8 21. Bxb7 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qa4 Nh5 24. Rd5 Nxf4 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qxf4 Qb6 27. Qf3 Qxb2 28. Kh2 h6 29. Bd5 Bd4 30. Bxf7+ Bxf7 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ Kg8 33. Qxd4 a6 34. a4 Bg6 35. Kg2 Kh7 36. Kf2 Qa1 37. Qe5 Qh1 38. h4 Qh2+ 39. Ke1 Qg1+ 40. Kd2 Qa1 41. a5 Qb2+ 42. Ke1 Qa1+ 43. Kf2 Qb2 44. g4 Qa1 45. h5 Bc2 46. Qc5 Qh1 47. Qd4 Qh4+ 48. Ke3 Qg5+ 49. Kf2 Qxa5 50. Nd5 Qd8 51. Qc4 Bb1 52. Ke1 Qh4+ 53. Kd2 Bf5 54. Ne3 Qd8+ 55. Ke1 Bc8 56. Qe4+ Kh8 57. Ng2 Qa5+ 58. Kf2 Qb6+ 59. e3 Qe6 60. Qd3 Qxg4 61. Nf4 Qh4+ 62. Ke2 Bg4+ 63. Kd2 Bxh5 64. Qd5 Qf2+ 65. Kd3 Qf1+ 66. Kc2 Be8 67. Qc5 Qb5 68. Qe7 Qd7 69. Qe5 Bf7 70. e4 Qc6+ 71. Kd2 Qf6 72. Qb8+ Kh7 73. Nd3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stein, Alan R"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. 0-0 a5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Qb8 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Qb7 17. Qe1 Bc6 18. Nd4 Be8 19. Qh4 Rdc8 20. Rd2 Rc5 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Ne2 R5c7 23. Nf4 Bc6 24. Qg5 Qa6 25. h4 Kf8 26. e5 dxe5 27. Qxe5 Be8 28. Qg5 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. h5 h6 31. Qe5 g5 32. Nd5 Qe6 33. Nxf6 Bxf6 34. Bxe6 Bxe5 35. Bxd7 Rxc2 36. b3 Rc3 37. Bb6 Rxb3 38. Bxa5 Rb2 39. Bb6 b3 40. a5 Ra2 41. Rb1 b2 42. Bb5 Ra1 43. Bd3 Ra3 44. Be4 Kg7 45. Kf2 Bc3 46. Ke2 Ra1 47. Kd3 Bxa5 48. Bd4+ f6 49. Rxa1 bxa1Q 50. Bxa1 Kf7 51. Bf5 e6 52. Bg6+ Ke7 53. Kc4 Bd8 54. Kc5 Kd7 55. Bc3 Be7+ 56. Kb6 Bd8+ 57. Kb7 Be7 58. Bb2 Bd8 59. Ba3 Be7 60. Bxe7 Kxe7 1-0

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Poehlmann, Roger"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Bd2 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Qa4 a5 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxh3 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rc7 b6 22. Rec1 Bf6 23. R1c6 Rfb8 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Rcc6 b5 26. a3 Rc8 27. Kg2 a4 28. g4 g5 29. Kf3 Rh8 30. Rb6 h5 31. gxh5 Rxh5 32. Re4 Rd8 33. Kg2 Rdh8 34. Rg4 Rc8 35. Kf3 Rc2 36. Bb4 Rh3+ 37. Rg3 Rh4 38. Rxb5 Rf4+ 39. Kg2 Rxe2 40. Rf3 Rg4+ 41. Rg3 Rh4 42. Ba5 g4 43. Bc7 Re1 44. f3 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rc2 46. Bf4 Rhh2 47. fxg4 Rhe2 48. Rf3 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rxg4 50. b3 Rh4 51. Kg1 axb3 52. Rxb3 Rc3 53. Rb2 Rxa3 54. Be5 Ra1+ 55. Kg2 Rg4+ 56. Bg3 Rg5 57. Kf2 Rh5 58. Ke2 Ra6 59. Rc2 Kg6 60. Bf4 Bh4 61. Rh3 Rf6 62. Bh2 Re6+ 63. Kf1 Re1+ 64. Kg2 Rg5+ 65. Bg3 Bxg3 66. Rxg3 Rg1+ 67. Kxg1 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. h4 h6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. Ne2 Nge7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. 0-0 d5 14. Bc5 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qc7 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Rd1 f5 21. Bd5 Kf7 22. Bxe6+ Kxe6 23. Rd6+ Kf7 24. Rd7 Bf6 25. Na3 Rhd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nc4 a4 28. Re1 Nc6 29. f3 Ke6 30. Be3 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Rd1 Be7 34. Bxg5 Bxg5 35. Rd6+ Ke7 36. Rxc6 a3 37. bxa3 Rh2+ 38. Kf1 Rxa2 39. Nxe5 Bf6 40. Ng6+ Kf7 41. Nf4 Be5 42. Rc5 Kf6 43. Nd5+ Ke6 44. Nc7+ Kd6 45. Rd5+ Kxc7 46. Rxe5 f4 47. g4 1-0

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Perepelitsky, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. c3 d5 6. dxe5 Nxe4 7. 0-0 Ndc5 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 Bg5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Rxd5 c6 14. Rd4 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ng5 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. Rd6 Nb6 20. Bb3 Nc8 21. Rd3 Nc5 22. Rd4 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 0-0 24. Rg4 Nb6 25. Nd4 g6 26. Nf3 Rfd8 27. Rh4 Nd7 28. Qh6 Nf8 29. Re1 Rd3 30. Kh2 Qc5 31. Re2 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Re8 33. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kustar, Sandor"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2 0-0 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. 0-0 Qa5 12. Rac1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Rc2 Rab8 15. Rfc1 Be6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Re8 19. c5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Rxc5 Be5 23. Ba5 Rb8 24. Bc7 Bxc7 25. Rxc7 Kf8 26. Kf1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley Masters op"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d4 0-0 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxe5 Be8 20. Nc4 Rc8 21. Nd6 Rd8 22. Nxe8 Rdxe8 23. a5 Rc7 24. Ra4 Nf6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. Rad4 Rec8 28. R1d3 h5 29. h3 Nd5 30. Kd2 g6 31. g3 Rc6 32. Re4 Kf6 33. h4 b5 34. axb6 Rxb6 35. c4 Rb4 36. cxd5 Rxe4 37. d6 Re5 38. f4 Rb5 39. Ke3 Rd8 40. Nd2 Rxb2 41. Ne4+ Kg7 42. Rc3 Rb6 43. Rc7 Rbxd6 44. Nxd6 Rxd6 45. Ra7 Rb6 46. Kf3 Rb3+ 47. Kg2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "American op 41st"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Manukian, Garuch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. d4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Rad8 14. c3 e5 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bg5 Rde8 17. Qc4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb6 19. Qb3 Be7 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Rac1 Qb8 22. Rfe1 Rd7 23. h4 Qd8 24. a4 Kh8 25. a5 Nd5 26. a6 bxa6 27. Rxc6 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Bf6 29. d5 Bxb2 30. Rxa6 f5 31. f4 Qc7 32. Kh2 Bf6 33. Rc1 Qb7 34. Qd3 Rfd8 35. Re6 Qb2 36. Rc2 Qd4 37. Qxf5 Rf7 38. Re4 Qd1 39. Rc8 Rff8 40. Rxd8 Rxd8 41. Rc4 Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43. Rc7 1-0

[Event "American op 41st"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. c4 a6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Ng5 h6 15. h4 Rfc8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Nge4 Ke7 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Qxh6 Ne5 21. 0-0 Rg8 22. e4 Rad8 23. Rc5 Qd6 24. Rfc1 Rd7 25. R1c2 Ng4 26. Bxg4 Rxg4 27. Qe3 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qg4 31. Ng3 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Rd1+ 33. Nf1 Qd4 34. g3 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. 0-0-0 Nd7 13. Kb1 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qe5 15. Qe3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Rfc8 17. h4 Rc5 18. h5 a5 19. f4 Qe6 20. g4 Nf8 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Rd2 b5 23. e5 Rac8 24. Ne4 R5c6 25. exd6 exd6 26. Qd4 d5 27. Ng5 Qd7 28. Rdh2 R8c7 29. Rxh7 Nxh7 30. Rxh7 Qxh7 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Nxh7 Kxh7 33. c3 b4 34. c4 a4 35. Ka2 Rc5 36. Qe6 R5c6 37. Qd5 Rc5 38. Qe4 Kg7 39. bxa4 Rxc4 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41. Kb3 R4c5 42. Qe4 Rf7 43. Kxb4 Rc8 44. a5 Rcf8 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Rxf5 47. a6 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Stubenrauch, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 e5 8. Re1 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Na3 Rd8 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. d5 Nb8 13. Qa4+ Nbd7 14. Qxa7 0-0 15. Qa5 b6 16. Qb5 Rc8 17. a4 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. a5 bxa5 20. Qxa5 Be7 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Ra6 Rb8 23. Rea1 Nf6 24. Nfd2 Ne8 25. Kf1 f5 26. Ra8 Rxa8 27. Rxa8 Kf7 28. f3 Bg5 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kd3 Bxd2 31. Kxd2 fxe4 32. fxe4 h5 33. h4 Rd7 34. Kd3 Rd8 35. Ra7+ Rd7 36. Ra2 Nf6 37. Na5 Ng4 38. b4 cxb4 39. cxb4 Kf6 40. b5 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. 0-0 Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Na3 Nd7 13. Qe2 b4 14. Nc4 Bg7 15. Ne3 a5 16. Bd3 0-0 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bb5 Qb6 21. f4 Bg7 22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. Qe1 d5 24. e5 c4 25. d3 cxd3 26. Be3 Qb7 27. Rxd3 bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne7 29. Qg1 Nf5 30. Ba7 Ra8 31. Bf2 d4 32. cxd4 Qe4 33. Re1 Qxf4 34. g4 Ne7 35. Qg2 Nd5 36. Bc6 Qh6 37. Bxa8 Rxa8 38. Be3 Qh4 39. Bd2 Qd8 40. Rb1 Bf8 41. Rb5 Bb4 42. Qf3 Ra7 43. Bxb4 axb4 44. Rd2 Qh4 45. Rf2 g5 46. Rxd5 exd5 47. Kg2 h5 48. e6 fxe6 49. Qf6 Kh7 50. Qxe6 hxg4 51. hxg4 b3 52. Rf6 Rg7 53. Qf5+ Kh8 54. Rf8+ Rg8 55. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 f5 10. exf5 Bxd4 11. Bxh6 Rxf5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Bd3 Rh5 14. Rab1 Be5 15. Bf4 Qd4 16. Ne2 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Rh4 18. g3 Ne5 19. Qe3 Rxf4 20. gxf4 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Nxd3 22. Rfd1 Bf5 23. b4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Bick, John D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 d6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Nd5 c6 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qe7 17. Rf2 Kg7 18. Raf1 f6 19. c3 Be6 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Qe6 22. Qd1 Kg6 23. g4 Rf7 24. Rf3 Rh8 25. Rh3 Rfh7 26. Rh5 Rf7 27. Rf5 Rd7 28. Qf3 Rf7 29. c4 c5 30. Rh1 a5 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. d4 Rff8 33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Kg3 Rfe8 35. Rd3 b6 36. dxe5 fxe5 37. Rd2 Rf8 38. Rf2 Qe7 39. Qd1 Qe6 40. Qd3 Rxf5 41. exf5 e4 42. Qd1 Qe5+ 43. Kh3 Rf8 44. Rd2 Rf6 45. Rd5 Qe7 46. Qe2 Qf8 47. Kg3 Qf7 48. Kf2 Qf8 49. Ke1 Qe7 50. Kd1 Qf8 51. Kc2 Qe7 52. Kb1 Qf8 53. Ka2 Qe7 54. Ka3 Qf8 55. Rd1 Qe8 56. Qd2 Qe5 57. Qd5 Qxd5 58. Rxd5 Kf7 59. Ka4 Ke7 60. Kb5 Rf8 61. Kc6 Rc8+ 62. Kb7 Rh8 63. Kc7 h5 64. gxh5 Rxh5 65. Rxd6 Rh2 66. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. b4 Ngf6 8. e3 e6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Bd3 Qh5 11. e4 e5 12. b5 c5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bb2 Qf4 16. e5 Nd7 17. Be4 0-0-0 18. g3 Qh6 19. f4 Kb8 20. 0-0 f6 21. e6 Nb6 22. Qg2 Nc4 23. Bxb7 Rd2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Rd8 26. Bc3 Rd3 27. Ba6 Nd6 28. b6 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Bagby Memorial g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krubnik, Ewelina"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 0-0 6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. 0-0 a6 9. Re1 Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. Rxe8+ Qxe8 12. Bxd5 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Nb3 Ba7 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Ng5 Nd8 17. Bf3 c6 18. Qxd7 Bxd7 19. Rd1 Bf5 20. g4 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Bagby Memorial g/45"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Woebcke, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Be7 10. a4 b6 11. f4 Nc5 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Bxa6 0-0 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rfd1 Bg5 19. a5 Rb8 20. b3 Be7 21. Rd3 Rb4 22. Rf3 Ra8 23. Bf1 c4 24. Ra3 cxb3 25. cxb3 Bxb3 26. Na2 Bxa2 27. Rxa2 Rb1 28. a6 g6 29. g3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Rb6 31. Bc4 Rf6 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. Bd5 Ra7 34. Bb7 Kg5 35. Kf3 f5 36. Rc2 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Stamer Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shipman, Walter"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nge2 c6 7. a4 e5 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. a5 Re8 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 a6 13. Bf4 h6 14. b4 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Qd2 g5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Bd4 Rg6 20. Kh2 Qe7 21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Qh4 23. Rf1 Bxh3 24. Bxh3 Ng4+ 25. Kg1 Bxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Stamer Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mar, Craig"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 f5 10. exf5 Bxd4 11. Bxh6 Rxf5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Bd3 Rf7 14. Rab1 Ne5 15. Nd5 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 17. Qxf2 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 19. Kg1 Bf5 20. Nxe7+ Kf7 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. b3 Nc5 23. Bf4 Ne4 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. Rd3 h5 26. a4 Rg8 27. h4 Rg4 28. g3 Nxg3 29. Bxg3 f4 30. Kf2 fxg3+ 31. Rxg3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Stamer Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "D'Aloisio, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Bd3 0-0 11. b4 Nh5 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Nfxe5 dxe5 14. Qxh5 f6 15. Kh1 g6 16. Qh6 Nd7 17. f4 f5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rce1 Qd7 25. Bc4 Rfe8 26. d6+ Be6 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Be5 Rae8 29. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Stamer Memorial"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2005.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Salles, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxb4 Rb8 13. Nc3 Qe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. f4 b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. fxe5 bxc3 18. exf6+ gxf6 19. bxc3 h5 20. Ba3+ Ke8 21. Rxf6 Rh7 22. e5 Rb6 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2005.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Iwamoto, Takashi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 c5 11. Kg2 Bd6 12. Rg1 Ne7 13. Kf1 g6 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. c3 0-0-0 16. Ke2 Rd7 17. Nc4 Rhd8 18. Rad1 b6 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxd6+ cxd6 21. Bxf4 d5 22. f3 Re8 23. Kf2 dxe4 24. dxe4 Red8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Ke2 c4 27. Rg5 Kb7 28. a4 Ne7 29. Be3 Rd6 30. Bd4 Re6 31. Ke3 Kc7 32. a5 b5 33. Bb6+ Kd7 34. Bc5 f6 35. Rg1 Nd5+ 36. Kd2 Nf4 37. h4 Ke8 38. Ke3 Nd5+ 39. Kd2 Nf4 40. Be3 Rd6+ 41. Bd4 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ne6 43. f4 f5 44. e5 Rd8 45. Rb1 Nc7 46. Kf3 Nd5 47. Re1 Nc7 48. Rb1 Nd5 49. Bc5 Nc7 50. Bd4 Nd5 51. Rg1 Nc7 52. Ke2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2005.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2005.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nc3 c4 7. d4 Bg4 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bxd4 10. 0-0-0 Bxe3+ 11. Qxe3 Qb6 12. Qh3 Kf8 13. f4 Kg7 14. e5 Nh6 15. g4 Qc7 16. Rde1 Rhe8 17. f5 f6 18. Rhf1 Nf7 19. e6 Nd6 20. g5 fxg5 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Qg3 Rf8 23. Qe5+ Rf6 24. Ne4 Nb5 25. Nxf6 Qxe5 26. Nh5+ gxh5 27. Rxe5 Kh6 28. Rff5 Nd4 29. Rxg5 Nf3 30. Rxh5+ Kg6 31. Rc5 b6 32. Rhf5 bxc5 33. Rxf3 Rh8 34. h3 Rh4 35. Kd2 Re4 36. Ra3 Rxe6 37. Rxa7 c3+ 38. Kxc3 Kf7 39. a4 Rh6 40. Kc4 Rxh3 41. c3 Rh5 42. a5 Ke6 43. a6 Kd6 44. Rb7 Rh1 45. a7 Ra1 46. b3 Ra2 47. Kd3 Ra1 48. Ke4 Ra5 49. c4 Ra1 50. Kf5 e5 51. Rh7 Rf1+ 52. Ke4 Re1+ 53. Kd3 Rd1+ 54. Kc2 Ra1 55. Kb2 Ra5 56. Kc3 Ra1 57. Kd2 Ra3 58. Rg7 Ra1 59. Rb7 Ra2+ 60. Ke3 Ra1 61. Ke4 Re1+ 62. Kf5 Rf1+ 63. Kg6 Ra1 64. Kf7 e4 65. Re7 Ra3 66. Kf6 Ra1 67. Re6+ Kc7 68. Rxe4 Kb7 69. Re7+ Ka8 70. Kf7 Rb1 71. Ke6 Re1+ 72. Kd6 Rxe7 73. Kxe7 Kxa7 74. Kf7 Kb7 75. Ke8 Ka8 76. Kf8 Kb8 77. Kg7 Kc7 78. Kf6 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2005.05.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Jotev, Stoil Petrov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 0-0 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb3 a6 9. Nc4 Ba7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Ng4 Ng6 15. Nf5 Kf8 16. Qf3 Bxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. Qh3 exd3+ 19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2005.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kurosaki, Takashi"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 0-0 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. 0-0 d6 8. d3 Ne8 9. Rb1 Nc7 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Qd2 Ned4 12. a3 f5 13. f3 Ne5 14. Bf4 fxe4 15. Nxd4 e3 16. Bxe3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bf5 20. Rbf1 Qd7 21. Nd5 Bg7 22. Re1 Rae8 23. b3 e6 24. Ne3 Bh6 25. Qe2 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 e5 27. Bd5+ Be6 28. d4 Bxd5+ 29. cxd5 Rf5 30. Qg2 Ref8 31. R3e2 exd4 32. Re7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Rf1+ 34. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Rb1 36. Kf2 d3 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Kxe1 Kf7 39. Kd2 Kf6 40. Kxd3 Ke5 41. Kc4 a6 42. a4 b6 0-1

[Event "Memorial Day Classic"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2005.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Cox, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. exd5 Bc5 12. Qd2 Nxd5 13. c4 N5f6 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qc3 Nc5 17. Nfg5 Rfd8 18. Re3 Qb6 19. Rg3 Ncd7 20. c5 Qc6 21. Re1 h6 22. Nf3 Kf8 23. Qc2 Nh5 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Rh3 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. Nf3 Nf4 28. Rg3 Nh5 29. Qh7 Nxg3 30. Qxg7+ Ke8 31. hxg3 Qf5 32. Qh8+ Bf8 33. Ba3 Kd7 34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. Rc1+ Kb6 36. Bxf8 Rxf8 37. Qd4+ Ka6 38. Ne5 b6 39. Qc4+ Kb7 40. Qc6+ Ka6 41. Rc4 Qxe5 42. Ra4+ Qa5 43. Rxa5+ Kxa5 44. Qa4# 1-0

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. exd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Bg5 a6 12. Be2 Re8 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Nfd4 f5 17. Bh5 Re7 18. h3 f4 19. Bh2 Ne5 20. Qc2 Bd7 21. Rad1 Qf8 22. Nc1 Qf6 23. Rfe1 Be8 24. Be2 Bg6 25. Qb3 Nc5 26. Qa3 Rae8 27. Kf1 Ne4 28. f3 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Nd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rxe1+ 31. Kf2 dxc4 32. Nce2 Rh1 33. Qa4 Qe5 34. Qxc4+ Bf7 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. Qc2 b6 8. 0-0-0 dxc4 9. e4 Ba6 10. d5 Qe8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e5 Bd8 13. Qe4 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nd7 15. Ne3 Bg5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. h4 Qxe5 18. Qd5 Rad8 19. hxg5 c6 20. Qf3 Qxg5 21. Rh5 Qf6 22. Rf5 Qe6 23. Ng4 Rfe8 24. Qg3 Qg6 25. f4 Nf8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rg5 Qd6 28. Ne3 Ne6 29. Rg4 Qd2+ 30. Kb1 c3 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Andrianov, Nikolai Ivanovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 0-0 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. 0-0 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 exf4 21. Nc2 Ne5 22. Qd4 f3 23. gxf3 f4 24. Kh1 Rb7 25. Ne1 Rg7 26. Rg1 Bb7 27. Be2 Rfg8 28. c4 Qe8 29. Ra2 Bd8 30. Rxg7 Rxg7 31. Rd2 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Bb6 33. Ng2 Rxg2 34. Kxg2 Qg6+ 35. Kh3 Qh5+ 36. Kg2 Qg5+ 37. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 e6 10. 0-0-0 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bh6+ 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Qc3 e5 18. Bc4 Ba6 19. Bb3 c5 20. Qxe5 c4 21. Rd6 Qb5 22. Rd5 Qc6 23. Qd6 Qb6 24. Ba4 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Bb7 26. Bc6 Qxf3 27. Rc5 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxg4 29. Rxc4 Qe2 30. h4 Rac8 31. Qxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8+ Kg7 33. Rd8 Qe4 34. Rdd1 h5 35. a3 a5 36. Rde1 Qd4 37. c3 Qd3+ 38. Ka1 Qc4 39. Re7 Kh6 40. Rd7 Qe4 41. Rf1 Qxh4 42. Rdxf7 Qg3 43. c4 Qe5 44. Rc1 Qc5 45. Rd7 h4 46. Rd5 Qc6 47. Rd4 Kh5 48. c5 h3 49. Rd6 Qc8 50. c6 h2 51. Rh1 Qh3 52. Rd2 Qc8 53. Rdxh2+ Kg4 54. Rg2+ Kf5 55. Rf1+ Ke4 56. Rxg6 Kd5 57. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Poehlmann, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. e5 Nfd7 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. h4 g6 12. Nf1 Bg7 13. Bf4 0-0-0 14. c3 Ba6 15. Rab1 Bb5 16. b4 c4 17. d4 Ne7 18. Ne3 Qc6 19. Nd2 Kb8 20. Ng4 Ba4 21. Rb2 b5 22. Nf6 Kb7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. g4 h5 25. Bg5 Bh6 26. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Black "Zaikov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Be3 Nc5 9. f3 Be7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nfd7 13. h4 Bb7 14. a3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Nc5 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. Qg2 0-0 19. Qg4 f5 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. b4 Na4 22. Nxa4 bxa4 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Rfe8 25. Rxd6 Rc6 26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Bxe4 29. Rg1 Bd5+ 30. Kf2 Re7 31. f4 Rc7 32. Rg5 Bc4 33. Ke3 Re7+ 34. Kd2 g6 35. h5 Kf7 36. h6 Bb5 37. Rc5 Ke6 38. Ke3 Rf7 39. Rc8 Kf5 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Ke4 Bd7 42. Rh8 Bc6+ 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Bg7 Re7+ 45. Kd4 Kxf4 46. Rxh7 Kf5 47. Rh8 g5 48. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shivaji, Shivkuma"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. 0-0 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. a4 Nf6 9. d3 0-0 10. Qe1 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. d4 c4 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Rc1 Nc7 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. h3 f6 17. g4 Be6 18. Kg2 h5 19. Nh4 hxg4 20. Nxg6 Rf7 21. Qh4 Bf5 22. hxg4 Bxg6 23. f5 Bh7 24. e6 Nxe6 25. fxe6 Qxe6 26. Rfe1 Qd7 27. Rh1 Bg6 28. Rh3 e5 29. Be3 Re8 30. Qg3 f5 31. gxf5 Qxf5 32. Bh6 exd4 33. Bxg7 Rxg7 34. Rf1 dxc3 35. Qh4 Re2+ 36. Kg1 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Reno Far West op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.04.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir Gen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.04.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Qa5 13. h4 Be6 14. h5 Rfc8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rd1 Rab8 17. Qg5 Bc4 18. g4 e5 19. Be3 Bxb3 20. cxb3 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Qh4 Qxb3 23. Rd2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Kf2 d5 26. exd5 e4 27. g5 Rb2 28. gxf6 Rxd2+ 29. Bxd2 Qxf3+ 30. Ke1 Bxf6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Bb4+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qxf7+ Kc8 1-0

