[Event "USA-chT Amateur West"]
[Site "Woodland Hills"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ferguson, Eric"]
[Black "Nipanikar, Gautam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Ng3 Bg6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 e6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Bf3 c6 11. a3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Rxh2 14. 0-0 Qxg3 15. Qf2 Qh4 16. Qxh4 Rxh4 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bg5 Rh5 19. Bf4 Ndf6 20. Rfe1 Kd7 21. g3 Rah8 22. Bg2 Rf5 23. Re2 Nh5 24. c4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Rxf4 26. Rd1 g5 27. d5 cxd5 28. cxd5 e5 29. Rd3 f5 30. Rb3 b6 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. Rbc3 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Nf6 34. Bf1 Nxd5 35. Bb5+ Ke7 36. Rc8 e4 37. Ra8 g4 38. Rxa7+ Kf6 39. Rb7 g5 40. Bc4 Ke5 41. Bxd5 Kxd5 42. Rxb6 Rf3 43. Rb8 Ke5 44. a4 Rd3 45. a5 Kf4 46. a6 Kf3 47. Rb3 Rxb3 48. a7 Rxb2 49. a8Q Rb1+ 50. Kh2 g3+ 51. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Western Pacific op 7th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nipanikar, Gautam"]
[Black "Soto, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. b3 Nc5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd4 b5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Rab1 Qb6 20. Rfc1 Rb8 21. Rc4 e6 22. Rbc1 Rb4 23. Bf3 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Kg8 25. Qh6 Nd7 26. Rh4 Nf8 27. Qd2 d5 28. Ra4 Ra8 29. e4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 Ra7 31. Rd4 Qc7 32. Rd8 Kg7 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 Nd7 35. Rc6 a4 36. b4 a3 37. b5 Rb7 38. Rc1 Rb8 39. Bc6 Nb6 40. Rc3 Nd5 41. Rxa3 Kf6 42. Ra7 Ne7 43. Bb7 Nd5 44. a4 Nc3 45. Bc6 h5 46. Kf1 Rd8 47. b6 Rd1+ 48. Kg2 Rb1 49. b7 Rb6 50. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Western Pacific op 7th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chao, Jim"]
[Black "Nipanikar, Gautam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. Nd2 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bd3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Qg4 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Qh4 0-0 12. Ngf3 Qd6 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. Rae1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rae8 16. Ne5 Nb4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bb1 Nc6 19. Nf3 g6 20. Re3 Nh5 21. Rfe1 Rf4 22. Qh3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24. Kf1 Nf4 25. Qg4 Qg7 26. Re5 Rc4 27. b3 h5 28. Qf3 Rb4 29. a3 Rb6 30. Qxf4 Rxb3 1-0

[Event "Western Pacific op 7th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nipanikar, Gautam"]
[Black "Phalen, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Qc2 Bc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. d4 Be7 10. Nc3 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Rad1 c4 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. e4 Qa6 16. Ba1 b5 17. e5 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. d5 b4 20. d6 Bd8 21. Nd4 Bb7 22. e6 Bxg2 23. e7 Re8 24. Kxg2 c3 25. Nc6 Qb7 26. Qe4 Bxe7 27. dxe7 Rbc8 28. Rd8 c2 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxc2 Nd5 31. Kg1 Nc3 32. Nxb4 Qxb4 33. Qxc3 Qxc3 34. Bxc3 a5 35. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Western Pacific op 7th"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2009.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Treadwell, Jeremy"]
[Black "Nipanikar, Gautam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. 0-0 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3 Be7 9. Qe1 0-0 10. Bd2 b5 11. Nd1 a5 12. Nf2 Qc7 13. g4 Nd7 14. Nh3 Rae8 15. Nhg5 b4 16. h4 Qb7 17. c4 Bd8 18. Qg3 f6 19. Rf2 fxg5 20. hxg5 g6 21. Rh2 Rf7 22. Qh3 d5 23. f5 Bc7 24. Rh1 exf5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. g6 Rg7 27. Ng5 Nf6 28. cxd5 Bd7 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Kf2 fxe4 31. Ne6 Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "Westwood Winter op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liao, Simone"]
[Black "Nipanikar, Gautam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[BlackElo "1979"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bc4 a6 8. Bb3 b5 9. f3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. 0-0-0 Rc8 12. g4 Nc5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 Nb6 15. Qg2 b4 16. Nce2 a5 17. c3 a4 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Bd2 b3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Nxb3 Qb6 22. Ned4 e5 23. Qe2 Ba6 24. Nf5 Nxb3+ 25. Bxb3 Qxb3 26. Be1 Qa2 27. Qf2 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 Qxb2+ 29. Kd3 Nd2+ 30. Ke3 Qxc3# 0-1

[Event "Westwood Winter op"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nipanikar, Gautam"]
[Black "Cohen, Ed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. d3 Qd7 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Nf1 a5 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 b4 15. Bg5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rab8 17. Ba2 d4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. g4 Bg6 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Rac1 Rb2 23. Rc2 Rfb8 24. Rec1 Be7 25. Rxb2 Rxb2 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Bd6 28. Ne3 h5 29. Kg2 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf8 31. Qc6 Qxd3 32. Qa8+ Ke7 33. Nd5+ Kd7 34. Qxa5 Bxe4+ 35. Kg1 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1+ 38. Kh3 Bg2+ 39. Kh4 Qxf2+ 40. Kh5 Qxa2 41. Qb5+ 0-1

