[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 4th"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Duke, Brian E"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Re1 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. a3 0-0 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 b5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Nf3 e5 14. Nd5 Bg4 15. Rc1 Ne8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qd3 Bg6 19. Bd5 Nf6 20. c4 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Na7 22. c5 Rfd8 23. cxd6 Rxc1 24. dxe7 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Re8 26. Qd7 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 4th"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Iglesias, Vladimir S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 0-0 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 4th"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Tyner, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Bxc4 Bb4 9. Qb3 a5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Rxd3 Nh5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Kh8 18. e4 Rac8 19. Qa2 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Nf8 21. Qb3 c5 22. dxc5 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxc5 24. Nb5 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Nxg5 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 fxg5 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. Ke3 Qd1 30. Qxa5 Qc1+ 31. Kf3 Qf1+ 32. Kg4 Qxg2 33. Qc3 Qxe4+ 34. Kh3 Qxa4 35. Nd6 Qd1 36. Qc7 Qh5+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 h6 40. Ne8 Qf5+ 41. Kh5 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 4th"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rice, Danielle"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 d5 3. Ngf3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. e3 Bf5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. 0-0 c5 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. c4 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Qd8 14. Bf1 Nd5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Qd2 N7b6 17. h3 h5 18. Rcd1 Bd7 19. Nfe5 Bb5 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Bc5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nf6 24. Qd3 Red8 25. Qe3 Nbd5 26. Qh6 Nc3 27. Rde1 b6 28. Ba3 Rxd4 29. Nxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 4th"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zeng, Hongbiao"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[BlackElo "1823"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2012.11.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Nc5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ne8 13. Rad1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Ne1 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Fall op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kline, Les"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 0-0 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. Bh6 e5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. 0-0-0 Re8 10. Bc4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Nc5 12. e5 Nfd7 13. exd6+ Kg8 14. Qf4 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. dxc7 Bg4 17. Rhe1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kf8 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Nb5 Ne8 22. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Fall op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Latino, Carl D"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bd3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Nf1 Nc6 10. Ng3 Qc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qc2 17. Qxc2 Nxc2 18. Rb1 Rfe8 19. Be3 Rac8 20. g4 Rc4 21. Rd1 g6 22. g5 Bg7 23. Rd2 Nb4 24. Ne5 Rc1+ 25. Kg2 Nxa2 26. Re2 Rcc8 27. Rf4 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Nc1 29. Bxc1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stillwater Fall op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Amburn, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 c5 9. Ng5 Na6 10. Ne6 Bxe6 11. dxe6 Rb8 12. Nd5 Nc7 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. Re1 b5 15. Qc2 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qa5 17. Rd1 Qb4 18. Qa6 Qb6 19. Qc4 Qb5 20. Qxb5 Rxb5 21. Rd3 a6 22. Ra3 Rb6 23. Rb1 Ne8 24. Bd5 Nc7 25. Bc4 d5 26. Bb3 c4 27. Bd1 Nb5 28. Be3 d4 29. Bg5 Nxa3 30. Bxe7 Nxb1 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Fall op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Xie, Tianming"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2012.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stillwater Fall op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wharry, Stephen M"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "1991"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2012.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. b4 Rc8 15. Bh3 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Duke, Brian E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Qe7 7. 0-0 Ngxe5 8. Nc3 0-0 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 a5 12. Re1 Ra6 13. Qc2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Re2 Rh6 16. Qe4 d6 17. Qf4 c6 18. Nc3 Ree6 19. Ne4 Rh4 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21. Nxg5 Rg6 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Vaughn, Herbert Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 f5 11. exf5 Rxf5 12. Ng5 exd4 13. Bxg4 dxc3 14. Bxf5 cxd2 15. Be6+ Kf8 16. Qxd2 Bh6 17. Qf4+ Qf6 18. Nxh7+ Kg7 19. Qxh6+ Kxh6 20. Nxf6 Nxf6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Rae1 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhong, Howard"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. h5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Nc1 Nc7 20. Qd3 Nb5 21. Qxc4 Bxc4 22. Nf5 Rfe8 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Nd3 Rb7 25. Rdg1 Rab8 26. Rg2 Nc3+ 27. bxc3 bxc3+ 28. Ka1 Rb2 29. Nxb2 Rxb2 30. Rhg1 Rxa2+ 31. Kb1 Rb2+ 32. Ka1 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botez, Alexandra"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nge2 a5 9. Nc1 Nc5 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. 0-0 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Na4 Be6 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Rad1 Rb4 18. Nc3 a4 19. Na1 Qb8 20. Rb1 Nb6 21. a3 Rxc4 22. Nc2 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rxc3 24. bxc3 c4 25. Qe3 cxd3 26. Ne1 Bb3 27. Rxd3 Nc4 28. Qc5 Rxd3 29. Nxd3 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Nxd6 31. Nc5 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Nxb3 axb3 34. Rxb3 e4 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. a4 exf3 37. Kxf3 Nc4 38. Rb7+ Kg6 39. Rc7 Na5 40. c4 Be5 41. Ra7 Nxc4 42. Ra6 Nd2+ 43. Ke2 Nb3 44. Rxc6+ Kg5 45. Rb6 Nd4+ 46. Kd3 Bxh2 47. a5 Bc7 48. Kxd4 Bxb6+ 49. axb6 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Triplett, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1658"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Nb5 e5 11. Nc7 e4 12. Nxa8 exf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. f4 Nb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Kh1 Bf5 18. Qd1 Qh3 19. Bf3 Nf6 20. Bg2 Be4 21. f3 Qh4 22. Qe1 Qh5 23. fxe4 Ng4 24. Qg3 dxe4 25. Qh3 Qf5 26. Qg3 h5 27. Bh3 Qb5 28. Rg1 Nf6 29. f5 Ng4 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xie, Tianming"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. Rhe1 Qc7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd2 Rg8 13. g3 b5 14. Qe3 b4 15. Ne2 Ba4 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Nc4 Bb5 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxb5+ Kf8 21. Qd3 Be5 22. f4 Bc3 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Kd2 Kg7 28. Re3 Rc5 29. Rd3 Ra5 30. Rd4 Rxa2 31. Rxb4 Ra1 32. Rd4 Rh1 33. h4 e5 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Rd3 Kg6 36. c4 f5 37. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2011.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Anderson, Mark C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1837"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bg4 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 0-0-0 14. Bg5 Be7 15. d5 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Ndf6 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Qa3 Nxd5 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. Rad1 Nf4 22. Qf3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxf4 g6 25. g4 Qc5 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Qe3 Qc2 28. f3 Nd6 29. Qe6+ Kc7 30. Qe7+ Kb6 31. Qxd6 Qxb2 32. Qd8+ Ka6 33. Qd3+ b5 34. Qe2 Qg7+ 35. Qg2 Qd4+ 36. Qf2 Qg7+ 37. Kf1 Qc7 38. Qc5 Qd7 39. Qa3+ Kb6 40. Re7 Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qd2+ 42. Kg3 Qg5+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Re2 Qd8 45. Qe3+ Ka6 46. Qa3+ Kb6 47. Qb4 Qd5 48. Rd2 Qf7 49. Qd4+ Ka6 50. Qd6 Qc4 51. Qa3+ Kb6 52. Rd7 Qh4+ 53. Kg2 Qg5+ 54. Kf1 a5 55. Qb2 Ka6 56. Qc2 Qf6 57. Qf2 Qa1+ 58. Kg2 c5 59. Qxc5 Qxa2+ 60. Kg3 Qg8+ 61. Kf4 Qb8+ 62. Kxf5 Qa8 63. Qd6+ Qc6 64. Qxc6# 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2011.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhong, Howard"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. g5 Nh5 16. h4 Nf4 17. Bd3 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Nc1 b4 20. Ne2 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 Kh8 22. Qe4 g6 23. h5 Rg8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Qh4 Rg7 26. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Holliman, Bob"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 exd4 9. Nxd4 c6 10. b3 Nb6 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Rac1 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. c5 dxc5 16. Bxc5 Nfd5 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. Bh3 Re8 20. Ng5 Bh6 21. Bxe6+ Rxe6 22. Nxe6 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Re8 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Nf6 26. Qc4+ Kg7 27. Bc1 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Bb2 Qd2 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Bxd4 b6 32. e4 Kf7 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. f4 c5 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Ke3 b5 37. g4 a5 38. g5 Kf7 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. a4 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Jiang, Bryan Liu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Re1 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bf1 a5 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. a3 Bg4 13. b4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nb3 17. Qd1 Nd4 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. cxb5 Qd7 20. Qa4 Nh5 21. Qa7 h6 22. Be3 Qc8 23. Rc1 g5 24. b6 Re7 25. Qa5 g4 26. bxc7 gxf3 27. Qb6 Re8 28. h3 Bf8 29. Kh2 Nf6 30. Bb5 Re7 31. Qxd6 Ne8 32. Qd8 Rxc7 33. Qxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxc8 Nd6 35. Rb8 Nxb5 36. Bxh6 Nd6 37. Bxf8 Nxe4 38. Bd6+ Kh7 39. Bxe5 Nxf2 40. Kg3 Nd3 41. Bd4 Nxb4 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. d6 Nc6 44. Ba1 f6 45. Kxf3 Kf7 46. Rh7+ Ke6 47. Rxb7 Kxd6 48. Rb6 Kc5 49. Rxc6+ Kxc6 50. Ke4 Kd6 51. Kf5 Ke7 52. Bxf6+ Kf7 53. h4 Kg8 54. Kg6 Kf8 55. h5 Kg8 56. h6 Kf8 57. h7 Ke8 58. h8Q+ Kd7 59. Ba1 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Wharry, Stephen M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Qxg5 11. g3 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 0-0 14. h4 Qf6 15. g4 e5 16. g5 Qf3 17. Rg1 exd4 18. Qxd4 Nb6 19. g6 Qf6 20. gxf7+ Kh8 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Rg8+ Rxg8 23. fxg8R# 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berry, James E"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. g4 b5 12. h4 Nb6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h5 Nc4 15. Qf2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc7 17. Rh2 Bc4 18. g5 Ne8 19. g6 h6 20. Bh3 Bg5 21. Qf2 Rb8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nf6 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Be6+ Ke7 26. Qe1 b4 27. Qg1 a5 28. f4 exf4 29. Nd4 Rb6 30. Nf5+ Kd8 31. Nxg7 a4 32. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giminez, Randy"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Qe2 e5 9. Rd1 Nf6 10. h3 0-0 11. a3 a6 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Rac1 b5 15. Bd5 Bb7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Rxc6 Qa7 21. Nf5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 3rd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Chikkala, Srikarl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bd7 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Bd2 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Ne5 0-0 11. Bf3 b4 12. Bxa8 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Nxc4 Nc6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Ba8 17. 0-0 f6 18. Nf3 e5 19. c4 Nb6 20. Ba5 Qc8 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Ra7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 e4 26. Kh1 Bd6 27. Qc3 Rg8 28. Rg1 Bc7 29. f4 Qh3 30. Qxg7+ Rxg7 31. Ra8+ Rg8 32. Raxg8# 1-0

[Event "Oklahoma City op 66th"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2011.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bragg, William N"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 e5 10. Bg5 0-0 11. h3 a6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Rac1 Bc6 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. f3 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nf5 Qg5 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nxd6+ Kg8 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qg8+ Rxg8 26. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Oklahoma City op 66th"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2011.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Kecskemety, Stephen Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Ng4 14. Rac1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 f5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Bh4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Kh8 20. Bd3 Nh6 21. Nf6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bf5 23. Ne8 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qf7 25. Re7 Qxd5 26. Nf6 Bxf6 27. Bxf6+ Kg8 28. Bc4 Bxc2 29. Bxd5+ Kf8 30. Rxh7 Ng8 31. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Oklahoma City op 66th"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2011.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anderson, Mark C"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. 0-0 Nb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Nh7 11. Qe1 g5 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. Qd1 Nc8 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Qc2 Qc8 16. c5 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nh5 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Ne4 Rf8 21. Rac1 Nh4 22. cxd6 Bh3 23. f3 Nxg2 24. Bd2 Nh4 25. Qxc7 Bxf1 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qe7 Qh3 28. Bxf1 Nxf3+ 29. Kf2 Qxh2+ 30. Kxf3 Rxf6+ 31. Ke3 Qf4+ 32. Kd3 Qd4+ 33. Kc2 Rf2 34. Qxb7 Rxd2+ 35. Kb1 Rf8 36. d7 Rd1 37. Qc8 Qe4+ 38. Ka1 Rxc1+ 39. Qxc1 Qxd5 40. Bh3 e4 41. a3 e3 42. Qxe3 Qd1+ 43. Ka2 Qc2 44. Qb3 Qxb3+ 45. Kxb3 h5 46. Be6 g4 47. Kc4 g3 48. Bh3 Bxb2 49. a4 Rd8 50. Kb3 Bg7 51. Kc4 g2 52. Bxg2 Rxd7 53. Kb5 Rd2 54. Bc6 h4 55. a5 h3 56. Ka6 Rd6 57. Kb7 Rxc6 58. Kxc6 h2 0-1

[Event "Oklahoma City op 66th"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2011.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Markley, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 Nbd7 9. Nf3 g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 0-0 12. Re1 Ng4 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. b3 c4 15. Be3 Nxe3+ 16. fxe3 cxb3 17. axb3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Rc8 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Rc1 Ne5 22. h3 Qe3 23. Qe2 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "Oklahoma City op 66th"]
[Site "Oklahoma"]
[Date "2011.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Veal, Joe Dean"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. 0-0-0 Be7 10. g4 0-0 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 13. Rxd3 b5 14. e5 Bb7 15. Qe3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. g5 b4 21. b3 Ra8 22. Nf5 exf5 23. Rxd5 Rfd8 24. Red1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 g6 26. h4 Rd8 27. Qd4 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qa7 29. e6 Qe7 30. exf7+ Qxf7 31. Qa8+ Qf8 32. Qxa6 Qe8 33. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 2nd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2011.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Johnson, Chuck"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1722"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. c3 0-0 7. a4 Nc6 8. Na3 d5 9. Nd2 e6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. e4 Re8 12. Rd1 a6 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. f3 d4 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Be1 e5 17. Bf2 Be6 18. Rac1 Na5 19. c4 Bd7 20. b3 Bc6 21. Rb1 Qd7 22. Qe2 Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Bxa4 24. Rdb1 Bxb3 25. Rxb3 Rb8 26. Qb2 Qc7 27. Nc2 Re6 28. Bh3 Rd6 29. Be1 Nd7 30. Bd2 Rf6 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. Kg2 b5 33. Ba5 Bf8 34. Nd2 Bh6 35. cxb5 Rxb5 36. Nc4 Rxb3 37. Qxb3 Qb5 38. Qxb5 axb5 39. Nb6 b4 40. Na1 Bf8 41. Nb3 Be7 42. Nc4 Ra6 43. Nxe5 Bd6 44. Nc4 Be7 45. f4 Ra8 46. Kf3 h5 47. e5 Rc8 48. Ke4 Bf8 49. Kd5 Be7 50. Ncd2 Bf8 51. Kc4 Rc6 52. Kb5 Rc8 53. Bb6 Rb8 54. Nc4 Rb7 55. Nca5 Rb8 56. Ka6 Rc8 57. Kb7 Re8 58. Bxc5 Bxc5 59. Nxc5 Re7+ 60. Kc6 Re8 61. Nab3 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 2nd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2011.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Schuller, John J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "1722"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qd2 g5 16. b4 g4 17. Ne1 Rd8 18. Qc2 Rxd1 19. Qxd1 Nxb4 20. Qb1 c5 21. a3 a5 22. axb4 axb4 23. Bb2 e4 24. Nc2 Be6 25. Bxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qb3 b5 27. Rb1 Bxc4 28. Qb2 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 b3 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 2nd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Orton, William R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.11.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 Qa5+ 5. Qd2 Qxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nxd5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 d5 9. e3 a6 10. Ne2 e6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. e4 axb5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bc6 16. Bxc6+ Nxc6 17. Nf3 Be7 18. 0-0 0-0 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Rad1 Nc2 21. Bf4 Rxa2 22. Rd7 Bf6 23. Bd6 Rc8 24. Rd1 h6 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 f6 27. Rb7 Nd4 28. Ng6 Kh7 29. Nh4 Rxb2 30. Re1 b4 31. Ree7 Rg8 32. Red7 b3 33. Rd6 Rc2 34. Rxf6 b2 35. Rfb6 c4 36. Rxb2 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 c3 38. Rb1 c2 39. Re1 c1Q 40. Rxc1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 2nd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Montero, JA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.11.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. e3 Nxd2 9. Nbxd2 Qxc4 10. Rc1 Qxa2 11. Rxc8+ Ke7 12. Rxh8 Qxb2 13. 0-0 g5 14. Qa1 Qxa1 15. Rxa1 Bc3 16. Rxh7 Bxa1 17. Nxg5 Nc6 18. Rxf7+ Kd6 19. Nde4+ Kc7 20. Nxe6+ Kb6 21. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 2nd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Temple, Judson L"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.11.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Rb1 Nh5 10. b4 f5 11. Re1 h6 12. Bf1 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Nxg5 Qe8 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Ne6 Rf6 17. Be2 Bxe6 18. dxe6 f3 19. Bxf3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Bh5 Qc6 22. Bf7+ Kh8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qb6 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. Rbc1 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. a3 Rd4 29. Qb5 Qe7 30. g3 Rd2 31. Rc1 Kh7 32. Qe8 Qxe8 33. Bxe8 Bf6 34. Rc7+ Kh8 35. Rxb7 Rxd5 36. Rxa7 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 e4 38. Bf7 d5 39. e7 Bxe7 40. Rxe7 Rd2 41. Re5 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Thanksgiving op 2nd"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Veal, Joe Dean"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.11.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. d3 Nc6 9. c3 a6 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nc4 Nh5 12. Nb6 Qg4 13. Nxa8 exf4 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qd1 Qh4 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Ng3 20. dxe5 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 1st"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Berry, Frank Kimball"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 Be6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. b3 a6 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. Ba3 f5 14. Ng3 Qh4 15. Bxd6 Rad8 16. Bxe5 Rxd1 17. Rfxd1 Qe7 18. Bb2 f4 19. Ba3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Bf3 fxe3 23. fxe3 Bf5 24. Rd5 Qxa1+ 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 1st"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Stepp, Robert V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 f6 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. b3 a5 11. a4 Nh6 12. Bb2 Kc7 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nf7 17. Ra2 Rhd8 18. Rad2 h6 19. Nd6 Nc5 20. Nxf7 Bxf7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Nd2 Bg6 24. Bd1 Ke7 25. f4 Kd6 26. g3 exf4 27. exf4 Nd3 28. Kf1 Kc5 29. h4 Kd4 30. h5 Ke3 31. hxg6 Kxd2 32. Bg4 Kc3 33. Bc8 Nc5 34. Ke2 Kxb3 35. Ke3 Kxa4 36. Kd4 Kb4 37. f5 a4 38. Be6 a3 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Hanken Winter op 1st"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Young, Steven D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. 0-0 Qe8 8. e3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd5 Na6 11. b3 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bb2 f4 14. Qd6 Bf5 15. exf4 Rd8 16. Qa3 Be7 17. Qa5 exf4 18. Qe5 Bf6 19. Qxe8 Rdxe8 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. gxf4 Bg4 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxf4 25. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stillwater Rating op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Patton, Thomas A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bc4 c5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. d5 Na5 15. Qa3 Nxc4 16. Rxc4 Bd7 17. Bb4 Re8 18. 0-0 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Rating op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Montero, JA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bxc5 9. a3 a6 10. e3 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Na4 Ne7 14. Qe2 Bc6 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. 0-0 Rab8 17. Rab1 Rb3 18. Nd2 Rxb2 19. Rfd1 Rfb8 20. Rxb2 Rxb2 21. Qe1 g6 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. Qa5 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc6 25. Bxc6 dxc6 26. Qxa6 Rd2 27. Rf1 Qd6 28. g3 Ra2 29. Rb1 Qd2 30. Rf1 Qc3 31. Qxc6 Qxc4 32. Rd1 Rxa3 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Stillwater Rating op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nickels, Erik"]
[Black "Young, Steven D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. c4 0-0 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1 Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. Qd2 Ncxa2 14. Ba3 c5 15. Rxa2 Nxa2 16. Qxa2 h6 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Kh7 19. Nd4 Rd8 20. Nb5 e5 21. Nd6 Qc7 22. Qa3 e4 23. Rd1 b6 24. Bb4 a5 25. h4 Bb7 26. Be1 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Stillwater Rating op"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Whitcomb, Bran"]
[Black "Nickels, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. 0-0 Bg7 8. d3 0-0 9. Qe1 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qh5 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Qf2 Be6 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. e5 Ng4 18. Qg3 Nh6 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. Qf4 Nxd6 21. exd6 Be5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Rd7 24. Re5 Qh6 25. Rfe1 Rxd6 26. Qf2 Rd4 27. Rxc5 Rh4 28. g3 Bd5+ 29. Kg1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Rxh2 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qc7+ Bf7 34. Qxc6 Qh3 35. Qf3 f5 36. Rc7 f4 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qxf4+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kh6 40. Qf4+ g5 41. Qf6+ Kh5 42. Qf3+ Kg6 43. Qe4+ Kf6 44. Qd4+ Kg6 45. Qe4+ Kf6 46. Qc6+ Kg7 47. Qc7+ Kg6 48. Qd6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg6 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kg6 52. Qe4+ Kf6 53. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

