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Games from the 1996 U.S. Cadet Championship

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.22”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Akopyan, Harutyun”]
[Black “Mont-Reynaud, Jordy”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B31”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 d6 7. h3 e5
8. c3 Ne7 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Nb3 Rd8
14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Rc1 f6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Rc2 d5 18. Nc5 Qe8 19. Bc7 d4
20. Bxd8 Qxd8 21. Rd2 f5 22. e5 Qc7 23. Rxd4 Bxe5 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Qb3+
Nd5 26. Nxd5 Qxd8 27. Nb6+ Kf6 28. Nxa8 Qd4 29. Qg8 Qd2 30. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.22”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Nur, Nawrose”]
[Black “Puckett, Matthew”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B23”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Rb8 6. O-O e6 7. d3 b5
8. Bf4 d6 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nd1 b4 11. Be3 Ne7 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe2+
14. Qxe2 O-O 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. Re1 Nc6 17. f3 Qa5 18. Bf1 Ne5 19. Kg2 f5
20. Bf4 fxe4 21. dxe4 Nxf3 22. Kxf3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 e5 24. Kg2 exf4
25. gxf4 Rb6 26. Rc1 Bh6 27. Rc2 c4 28. Rf3 Rbb8 29. Qxd6 Rbd8 30. Qe6+
Kh8 31. Ne3 Bxf4 32. Nd5 Bh6 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Qe7 Qd8 35. Qxd8 Rxd8
36. Rf2 Kg7 37. Kf3 Rf8+ 38. Ke2 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Kf7 40. Ne3 Bg7 41. Nxc4
Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.22”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Siegel, Noah”]
[Black “Sarkar, Justin”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “E91”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5
8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 fxe6 10. O-O Nde5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Ne4
Nf7 14. Be3 b6 15. Qc2 c5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Bc8 19. a3
Nd6 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 e5 22. Bf3 Kg7 23. Qb3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Bb7
25. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.22”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Chudnovsky, Jacob”]
[Black “Ruiz, Mauricio”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B78”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5
14. g4 hxg4 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Rxd5 19. exd5
b5 20. h5 g5 21. fxg5 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 a5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Ne5
25. Qxb5 Qxc6 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. Rd5 Ne5 28. c4 Be3 29. Re1 Bf2 30. Rdxe5
dxe5 31. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.22”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Puckett, Matthew”]
[Black “Siegel, Noah”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D04”]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1
c5 8. c3 Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bc2
Rd8 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Qf3 Bd5 17. Be4 e6 18. Bxd5 Rxd5
19. Rac1 b5 20. b3 Rad8 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rd3 23. Red1 Qxc4 24. Rxd3
Qxd3 25. Bxa7 Qd2 26. Qe3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.22”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Ruiz, Mauricio”]
[Black “Akopyan, Harutyun”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “E18”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4
8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxb7 Bxc1 12. Raxc1 Nd7 13. Bxa8
Qxa8 14. e4 e5 15. f4 Qc6 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Rce1 Nf6 18. Qd3 exd4 19. e5
dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. cxd4 Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rf4 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5
25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Red1 Rc7 27. Rd8+ Kh7 28. Rf8 Ne6 29. Ra8 g5 30. Rd3 g4
31. Ra3 Rxc4 32. R8xa7 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Ke3 Ng5 35. Kf4 Kg6
36. R3a4 Kh5 37. Ra8 Ne6+ 38. Kf5 Rf2+ 39. Rf4 Rxf4+ 40. gxf4 Nd4+
41. Ke4 Nf3 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Rb8 Nxh2 44. Rxb6+ Kh5 45. Rb2 g3 46. a4
Ng4 47. a5 Nf2+ 48. Kf3 Nd3 49. Rb8 g2 50. Kxg2 1-0

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.22”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Mont-Reynaud, Jordy”]
[Black “Nur, Nawrose”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D87”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4
c5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. a3 Na5 13. Ba2 b6
14. f3 Ba6 15. Rf2 Qd7 16. d5 Bc4 17. Qc2 e6 18. Nf4 Bh6 19. dxe6 fxe6
20. Nh5 Bg7 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Rfd2 e5 25. Rd7+
Rf7 26. Rd8 Qb7 27. Qd2 h5 28. Qd6 Nc6 29. Bxc4 Nxd8 30. Bxd8 Rf8
31. Bd5 Raxd8 32. Bxb7 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Rf7 34. Bc6 a6 35. Kf2 g5 36. Be8
Rf8 37. Bxh5 Rh8 38. g4 c4 39. Rxb6 Rd8 40. Rg6+ Kh7 41. Rxg5 1-0

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.22”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Sarkar, Justin”]
[Black “Chudnovsky, Jacob”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C77”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2
Be6 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nc4 f6 12. O-O Nb8 13. Nfd2 Nc6
14. g4 Nd4 15. Qd1 Qd7 16. Ne3 Bf7 17. Kh1 Ne6 18. Rg1 Nf4 19. Rg3 a5
20. a4 c6 21. Ndc4 Bc7 22. Nf5 Kh8 23. Qf1 g6 24. Nfe3 b5 25. Nd2 Be6
26. Nf3 g5 27. h4 gxh4 28. Nxh4 Rg8 29. Nhf5 Rg5 30. Bc3 b4 31. Bd2 Rag8
32. Qd1 h5 33. gxh5 Rxh5+ 34. Kg1 Qh7 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Ng3 Rh2 37. Qf3
Rh4 38. Nef5 Bxf5 39. Nxf5 Qg6+ 40. Kf1 Rh7 41. Bxf4 exf4 42. Qg2 Qg5
43. f3 Be5 44. Rd1 Kf8 45. Qxg5 fxg5 46. Kg2 g4 47. fxg4 Kf7 48. Rf1 Kf6
49. Rf3 Kg5 50. Rh3 Rxh3 51. Kxh3 f3 52. Ne3 Kf4 53. Nc4 Bc7 54. e5 Bxe5
55. g5 Bd4 56. g6 Bc3 57. Kh2 Bd4 58. Kh1 Kg3 59. g7 Bxg7 60. Kg1 Kf4
61. Nxa5 Ke3 62. Kf1 Be5 63. Nc4+ Kd4 64. Nxe5 Kxe5 65. Kf2 1-0

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.23”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Sarkar, Justin”]
[Black “Ruiz, Mauricio”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B78”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5
14. Kb1 b5 15. g4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Rhg1
Kf8 20. Bh6 Qa5 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qg5 Nf6 23. Ne2 Rb8 24. h5 Qa3
25. Qc1 Rxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Rb5 27. Qxb5 Bxb5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Nxe7 c3
30. Nxc3 Qxc3 31. Nf5+ Kh7 32. Nxd6 Be2 33. Rh1+ Nh5 34. Rd5 Bxf3
35. Rf1 Ng3 36. Rg1 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 Bxe4 0-1

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.23”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Nur, Nawrose”]
[Black “Akopyan, Harutyun”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C88”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. h3 Na5 9. c3 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Re8
14. Nbd2 Bf8 15. Nf1 c4 16. Bg5 cxd3 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Bh4 Re6 19. Rad1
Qa5 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. a3 Rf4 22. N3d2 Rc8 23. Ne3 Qa4 24. Nd5 Bxd5
25. Qxd5 Qa5 26. Nf1 Qb6 27. Ne3 Rf6 28. Qd3 Qd8 29. Nd5 Rg6 30. Re3 Qh4
31. Rf3 Rc4 32. Re1 Be7 33. g3 Bd8 34. Kh2 Qh5 35. Ree3 Re6 36. Re1 f6
37. Kg2 Qg6 38. Rf5 Qf7 39. Ne3 Rc5 40. Rf3 Qe8 41. Rd1 g6 42. g4 Rc7
43. Nd5 Rh7 44. Rh1 h5 45. Rg3 Kf7 46. Rf3 Kg8 47. Nb4 a5 48. Nd5 h4
49. Rg1 Rg7 50. Kh1 Kh7 51. Qe2 Qc6 52. Rd3 Re8 53. Rd2 Qd7 54. Ne3 Qc6
55. Rd5 Rb7 56. Rgd1 Be7 57. f3 Kg7 58. Qe1 Rh8 59. Kh2 Qb6 60. R5d3 Qc6
1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.23”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Chudnovsky, Jacob”]
[Black “Puckett, Matthew”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B36”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3
h6 14. Be3 a6 15. Na4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nd7 17. Rc2 Rab8 18. Ba7 Ra8
19. Be3 Rab8 20. Rhc1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nb2 Ne5 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Bxd3
Kf7 25. c5 dxc5 26. Rxc5 Rd8 27. Ke2 Bb2 28. R1c2 Ba3 29. Bf4 Rxd3
30. Bxb8 Rd8 31. Bc7 Rc8 32. R5c3 Bb4 33. Rc4 Bxc4+ 34. Rxc4 b5 35. Rxb4
Rxc7 36. Kd3 e5 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Rc6 39. Rc4 Rb6 40. Rc5 Ke6 41. a5
Rd6+ 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. g3 Ke6 44. g4 fxg4 45. fxg4 Kf6 46. h4 Ke6 47. Rc4
Kd5 48. Rb4 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.23”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Siegel, Noah”]
[Black “Mont-Reynaud, Jordy”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D95”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. Bd2 dxc4
8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bf5 10. a4 Be6 11. Qa3 bxa4 12. Nxa4 Nbd7 13. O-O Ne4
14. Bb4 Re8 15. Nd2 Bd5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nc3 Bd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bb5
e6 20. Ba5 Bf8 21. Qa4 Nb6 22. Bxe8 Nxa4 23. Bxd8 Nxb2 24. Rfb1 Nc4
25. Bb5 Rxd8 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Rxa7 Rc8 28. Kf1 c3 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. g3
Bb4 31. Rc1 Rb8 32. Kd3 h5 33. Rb1 Rc8 34. Kc2 Bd6 35. Rbb7 Bf8 36. Rxf7
Rb8 37. Rfb7 Rxb7 38. Rxb7 1-0

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.23”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Ruiz, Mauricio”]
[Black “Nur, Nawrose”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “E65”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. dxc5 dxc5
8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Qc2 a6 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rac1 e5 13. Bg5 Nd4
14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. c5 Qc7 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Bxe6
Rxe6 20. Rc4 Rc8 21. Rb4 Rc7 22. Rc1 Bf8 23. Rbc4 Rec6 24. Qa4 Qf5
25. Bd8 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.23”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Mont-Reynaud, Jordy”]
[Black “Chudnovsky, Jacob”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D89”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4
c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4
Be6 14. Rc1 Bxa2 15. Qa4 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Qa3 e6 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Bb4
b6 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Nf4 Rc6 22. Be7 Qc7 23. Nd5 Qe5 24. Rcd1 Be6
25. Bb5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc3 27. Rxe5 Rxa3 28. Rd5 Ra2 29. Rfd1 h6 30. Rd8+
Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Kh7 32. Be8 g5 33. h4 Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Ra2+ 35. Kg3 Be5+
36. Kh3 Kg6 37. h5+ Kg7 38. Bb5 f5 39. Rd7 g4+ 40. fxg4 1-0

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.23”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Puckett, Matthew”]
[Black “Sarkar, Justin”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A45”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Ne2 Bg7
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qe8
14. Nc4 Qd7 15. Bg3 Nfe8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 g5 19. Bg3 f6
20. Qd3 Be5 21. Bh5 Qe7 22. Rf2 b6 23. Raf1 Bd4 24. Rf3 Ba6 25. Bg4 Rd8
26. Ne2 Be5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Ng3 Nd6 29. Nf5 Nxf5 30. Bxf5 Ne8 31. Qc3
Nd6 32. Be6+ Kg7 33. Nxe5 fxe5 34. Qxe5+ Kh7 35. Bg8+ Kxg8 36. Qxe7 Bxf1
37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Qxd6 Bd3 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. cxd3 Kf7 41. e5 a6
42. Kg1 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Ke3 Kf5 46. d6 Ke6 47. d4 c4
48. d5+ Kd7 49. Kd4 h5 50. Kc5 h4 51. e6+ Kd8 52. d7 Kc7 53. d6+ Kd8
54. Kc6 1-0

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.23”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Akopyan, Harutyun”]
[Black “Siegel, Noah”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B03”]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 Bd7
8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Ne4 Nb6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Nc5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc5 13. Be3 Be7
14. f4 c5 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Rf3 cxd4 18. Rh3 f5 19. Qh7+
Kf7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.24”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Puckett, Matthew”]
[Black “Ruiz, Mauricio”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A48”]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. c3 b6
8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qd5 12. Re1 Rd8 13. f3 Ng4
14. fxg4 e5 15. Bg5 exd4 16. Bxd8 Qxd8 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Ba6 Bxa6
19. Qxa6 Qc8 20. Qxc8+ Rxc8 21. Nd6 Rd8 22. Ne4 Be5 23. g3 h6 24. Kg2 f6
25. cxd4 Nxd4 26. Nc3 Rc8 27. Rc1 Rc5 28. Ne2 Nc2 29. Rh1 Bxb2 30. Rb1
Ba3 31. Rb3 Rd5 32. Kf3 Rd2 33. Rf1 Bc5 34. Rfb1 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.24”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Chudnovsky, Jacob”]
[Black “Akopyan, Harutyun”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C91”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd5
14. exd5 Nc4 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Nf1 Nbxd5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Re8 19. Rad1
Nf4 20. Ne3 Rb8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nf5 Rb6 23. Rd2 Bg5 24. Red1 Re6
25. h4 Be7 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Qc8 29. Qc6 Qxc6
30. Rxc6 g6 31. g3 Ne6 32. Rxa6 Rd7 33. Bb3 Nc5 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rb6
Rd2 36. Rxb5 Nd3 37. Rd5 e4 38. Bc4 Rxb2 39. Bxd3 exd3 40. Rxd3 Rxa2
41. c4 Rc2 42. Rd4 Kg7 43. Rf4 Kg6 44. Kg2 Rc3 45. Kf1 Rc2 46. Ke1 f6
47. Kd1 Ra2 48. c5 Kf7 49. c6 Ra7 50. Rc4 Rc7 51. Ke2 Ke6 52. Kf3 Kd5
53. Rc1 Ke5 54. g4 Kd6 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. Ke4 Rc8 57. c7 Kf7 58. Kf5 Ke7
59. Kg6 Rg8+ 60. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.24”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Sarkar, Justin”]
[Black “Mont-Reynaud, Jordy”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B36”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7
8. b3 O-O 9. f3 Be6 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfc8 12. Be2 a6 13. a3 Qb6
14. Rb1 Qd8 15. Nd5 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Qe3 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. f4
Qa5+ 20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Nd7 22. Ne3 Nc5 23. Rhc1 a5 24. b4 Nd7
25. Ra1 b6 26. Kd3 Rc7 27. Kd4 Rca7 28. Rab1 axb4 29. axb4 Ra3 30. Bg4
f5 31. Bf3 e5+ 32. dxe6 Nxe6+ 33. Kd5 Rxe3 34. Kxd6 Rd8 35. Ke7 Ndf8
36. Bd5 Rd7+ 37. Ke8 Kg7 38. Re1 Nc7# 0-1

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.24”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Siegel, Noah”]
[Black “Nur, Nawrose”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D95”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6
8. O-O e6 9. Rd1 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a4 c6 12. e4 Qc7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Bf4 f6 16. Qe3 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qf7 19. f4 Nd7
20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Bg4 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Rae8 23. Rae1 Qxe5 24. fxe5 Bc8
25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. b4 Kg7 27. a5 Rc7 28. g3 h6 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Rxf8 Kxf8
31. Kf3 Rf7+ 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Rc1 Kd7 34. e6+ Kxe6 35. Rxc6+ Kd7 36. Rxa6
Re7+ 37. Kd3 Re1 38. Rb6 Rd1+ 39. Kc3 Rc1+ 40. Kd2 Rc4 41. Rxb5 Rxd4+
42. Kc3 Rc4+ 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. Rc5+ Rxc5 45. bxc5 Kxc5 46. a6 Kb6 47. Kd4
Kxa6 48. Kxd5 Kb5 49. Ke5 Kc5 50. Kf6 Kd4 51. Kxg6 Ke4 52. Kxh6 Kf5
53. Kh5 Kf6 54. Kg4 Kg6 55. h4 Kh6 56. h5 Kg7 57. Kg5 Kh7 58. g4 Kg7
59. Kf5 Kh6 60. Kf6 Kh7 61. g5 Kh8 62. Kf7 Kh7 1-0

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.24”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Mont-Reynaud, Jordy”]
[Black “Puckett, Matthew”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A87”]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d5 Na6
8. Be3 Bd7 9. Nc3 c5 10. h3 Nc7 11. Nd2 b5 12. cxb5 Nxb5 13. Nxb5 Bxb5
14. a4 Ba6 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. b3 Rab8 17. Re1 Rb4 18. Qc2 Rfb8 19. Bg5 h6
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. e3 c4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Rb2 24. Qd3 Qb4 25. Rbc1
Qxa4 26. e4 R8b3 27. Qd1 Qb4 28. exf5 Qc5 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Rb2
31. Qe4 Qxf2+ 32. Kh2 gxf5 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Rg1 Re2 35. Qd7 Bd4 0-1

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.24”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Nur, Nawrose”]
[Black “Chudnovsky, Jacob”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C88”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O
8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qe4 Nc7 13. c3 d5
14. Qe2 Bf5 15. Bc2 Qd7 16. Bf4 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Ne6 18. Bg3 f5 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Nd2 d4 21. Ne4 d3 22. Qd1 c4 23. b3 Be7 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Nd2
Bf6 26. Ne4 Rac8 27. Qg4 Rc6 28. Rab1 Kh8 29. Nd6 Rxd6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6
31. Qxe6 Qc5 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. Rxe3 h6 34. Re4 Rc8 35. Rc1 d2 36. Rd1
Bxc3 37. Re2 Rd8 38. Re4 Ba1 39. Rxc4 Re8 40. Rf1 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.24”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Akopyan, Harutyun”]
[Black “Sarkar, Justin”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C02”]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qd3 f6 13. Nbd2 Be8
14. Nb3 Bh5 15. Nc5 fxe5 16. Nd7 e4 17. Qc2 exf3 18. Nxb6 fxe2 19. Nxa8
exf1=Q+ 20. Rxf1 Rxa8 21. b5 Ncxd4 22. Qc7 Bf6 23. Qxb7 Re8 24. Kh1 Be2
25. Re1 Bxb5 26. Qxa7 Bc4 27. g4 Nf3 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qd7 Re7 30. Qd8+
Kf7 31. Rb1 Re8 32. Rb7+ Ne7 33. Qd6 Bd3 34. Qf4 Be4 35. Kg2 Rg8 36. Qd6
Re8 37. a4 d4 38. Rc7 d3 39. Kf1 d2 40. Ke2 Bd5 41. Qb4 Bb3 42. Rd7
d1=Q+ 43. Rxd1 Bxd1+ 44. Kxd1 Nd5 45. Qb7+ Re7 46. Qb3 Ne5 47. a5 Nxg4
48. a6 Nxf2+ 49. Ke1 Ng4 50. Qb8 Nc7 51. h3 Nxa6 52. Qb6 Ne5 53. Qxa6
Rd7 54. Qc8 Rd3 55. h4 Rd7 56. h5 Re7 57. Qh8 Nf3+ 58. Ke2 Ng5 59. h6
Kg6 60. Qg8+ Kxh6 61. Qf8+ Rg7 62. Qxf6+ Rg6 63. Qf8+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.24”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Ruiz, Mauricio”]
[Black “Siegel, Noah”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D11”]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. b3 Be7
8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Qd2 Rfd8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. f4 Bb4
14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. h3 Nf6 17. g4 Be4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. exf3
Rc6 20. a3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Rdc8 22. Rfc1 Ne8 23. a4 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3
25. Qxc3 Nc7 26. Ba3 f6 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. Bxc5 a6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke3 Ke8
31. Bd6 Na8 32. f5 exf5 33. gxf5 Kd7 34. Bf8 g6 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Kd3
Nc7 37. Ba3 Ne6 38. Bc1 Ng7 39. Be3 Nf5 40. Bf2 Kc6 41. Be1 Kd6 42. Bf2
Ne7 43. Kc3 Nc6 44. Be1 Ke6 45. Kd3 Kf5 46. Ke3 Kg5 47. Bg3 b6 48. Kd3
Kf5 49. Bc7 b5 50. axb5 axb5 51. Bg3 Kg5 52. Kc3 Kf5 53. Kd3 Ke6 54. Kc3
Kd7 55. Kd3 Ke7 56. Kc3 Ke6 57. Kd3 Kf5 58. Kc3 Kg5 59. Kd3 b4 60. Ke3
Kf5 61. Be1 Ke6 62. Bg3 Kd7 63. Be1 Kc7 64. Bg3+ Kb6 65. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.25”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Sarkar, Justin”]
[Black “Nur, Nawrose”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B19”]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6
8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 O-O
14. Kb1 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Be3
Rfd8 20. g4 c5 21. f3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Kc1 Kf8
25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Ke7 28. Kd2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Kxd7
30. c4 Kd6 31. b4 g6 32. g5 Ke7 33. gxh6 Kf6 34. h7 Kg7 35. hxg6 fxg6
36. c5 Kxh7 37. b5 Kg7 38. c6 bxc6 39. bxc6 1-0

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.25”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Mont-Reynaud, Jordy”]
[Black “Ruiz, Mauricio”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A57”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4
8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. a3 e6 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 exd5 13. exd5 Nxd5
14. Qa8 Qe7+ 15. Be2 Qb7 16. Qxb7 Bxb7 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Bb5+ Kd8 19. bxc5
dxc5 20. Ne2 Bd6 21. O-O Nd7 22. Nc3 Kc7 23. Nc4 N7b6 24. Nxd6 Nxc3
25. Ne8+ Rxe8 26. Bxe8 Ncd5 27. Bxf7 Nc4 28. Ra1 1-0

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.25”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Chudnovsky, Jacob”]
[Black “Siegel, Noah”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B19”]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7
8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4
e6 14. g3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd6 16. Kb1 Rhe8 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 Bf8 19. Ne5
Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rd7 21. Kc2 Red8 22. b3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Qd8+
25. Kc2 Qg5 26. g4 Qh4 27. Qf3 Qe7 28. Qg3 g5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Qxf4 Bg7
31. Kb2 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event “U.S. Cadet Championship”]
[Site “Washington, DC”]
[Date “1996.08.25”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Puckett, Matthew”]
[Black “Akopyan, Harutyun”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D52”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 h6
8. Bh4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Re8 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6
14. dxc6 Nxc4 15. Bxf6 bxc6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Qxc4 Ba6 18. Nd5 Qb8 19. Qxc6
Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qxb2 21. Be7 Bxe7 22. Nxe7+ Kh7 23. Nf5 Qxa2 24. Nd6 Red8
25. Nxe5 Qd2 26. Nexf7 Rf8 27. Qc2 Qxc2 28. Rxc2 a4 29. Ra2 a3 30. e5
Rfb8 31. Nc4 Rb3 32. e6 Re8 33. Rxa3 Rb1+ 34. Ke2 Rxe6+ 35. Nfe5 Rb5
36. Re3 Rc5 37. f4 Ra6 38. Kf3 Kg8 39. Rd3 Rc7 40. f5 Ra1 41. Rd8+ Kh7
42. Ng6 Rf1+ 43. Ke3 Rxf5 44. Nce5 1-0