Aaron C Pixton Age 16. Vestal, New York. Aaron began to play chess at

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1 Tournament Bulletin

2 The Players: Aaron C Pixton Age 16. Vestal, New York. Aaron began to play chess at the age. He has just finished 11 th grade at the Susquehanna School. Aaron is very proud of his excellent result at the 2000 New York Open, where he tied for the Under-2400 prize. Aaron won the U.S. Cadet Championship in 2001 and is a member of the 2002 Pressman All-American Chess Team. He enjoys music and science fiction and hopes to be a mathematician. IM Vinay Bhat Age 18. San Jose, California. In 1994, at the age of ten, Vinay set a record by becoming the youngest player to achieve the title of National Master. He has been a member of the Pressman All-American Chess Team for 10 straight years, and has represented the U.S. at the World Youth Chess Championships eight times. He was co-champion at the 1998 U.S. Cadet Championship, and he won the gold medal (Boys Under-14 category) in the 98 Pan-American Youth Chess Championship. Vinay recently completed the 12 th grade. His favorite subjects are math, science and computers. He enjoys reading, collecting baseball cards, and Tennis. Noah J Siegel Age 19. New York, NY. In 1996 Noah won the U.S. Cadet Championships. He represented the United States three times in the World Youth Tournament (1994, ). Noah was one of three National High School Co-Champs in 2001; he was also the 1992 N.Y.S. Primary Champion. Noah likes many sports and has just completed his freshman year at Connecticut College, where his major will be history or English. FM Andrei Zaremba Age 20. Richardson TX. Andrei won the Denker Tournament of High School Champions twice (1997 and 1999), and he has won the Michigan Junior Chess Championship three times. He has represented the United States in both the Pan-American Youth Chess Championships. His other interests include reading, soccer, hockey, football and basketball. FM Daniel Fernandez Age 17. Boca Raton, Florida. Born in Lima, Peru, Daniel attends ST. Andrews School. A chessplayer since age 6, he first earned his master rating at age 11. Daniel won first place in three national scholastic tournaments, and he won the gold medal in the Under 14 category of the 1999 Pan-American Youth Championship. His all-time favorite chessplayers are John Nunn and Bobby Fischer, and the person he most admires outside of chess is Mark McGwire. In school his favorite subjects are math and computers, and his career goals are to become a chess grandmaster and a medical doctor. Daniel is a member of the 2002 Pressman All-American Chess Team.

3 FM Philip Wang Age 19. Reno, Nevada. Philip is a National Merit scholar, a Gates Millennium Scholar and an eight-time member of the Pressman All-America Chess Team. He is the Captain, President and the first board of the Stanford University Chess Team. In 1999 he won first place in the National Scholar-Chessplayer Competition. Philip is pursuing a double major in computer science and philosophy. He enjoys tennis, ping pong and pool. His career goal is to become a professor or a business analyst. Daniel Rensch Age 16. Mesa Arizona. Daniel was the Arizona State Elementary Champion and the National Elementary Co-Champion in 1998, and he won the National Junior High Championship in Daniel was also the captain of the four-time national scholastic championship team from Shelby School. He enjoys basketball, computers and music, and he aspires to become a grandmaster. Daniel is a member of the 2002 Pressman All-American Chess Team. IM Dmitry Schneider Age 17. New City, New York. Dmitry recently completed the 12 th grade at Clarkstown North High School. He was the U.S. Cadet Co-Champion in 1998, and in 1999 he won the championship of the prestigious Marshall Chess Club agead of several titled players, becoming the youngest titleholder ever. He won the gold medal in the Boys Under-16 category of the 2000 Pan-American Youth Chess Championship. Dmitry was also the 2000 N.Y. State co-champ, and he si a member fo the Pressman All-American Chess Team. In addition to chess, he also enjoys sports, movies and reading books. Stanislav Ritvin Age 20. Rockledge, Pennslvania. Stan is a former member of the many-time national champion Julia R Masterman School chess team. In 1995 he won the national 8 th -grade championship; in 1996 he won the National Middle School (K-8) Championship; and in 1997 he won the national 10 th - grade championship. Stan has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and also enjoys soccer and table tennis. Stan is a third year student at Penn State. Matthew B Hoekstra Age 17. Charlotte, North Carolina. Matthew enjoys politics, econonmics, travel, baseball and golf. He has played chess for 7 years and teaches chess in several schools in Charlotte. His favorite chessplayer is Vladimir Kramnic, and his heroes are Ronald Reagan, Jay Leno and Rush Limbaugh. He won the North Carolina State Championship and has won four N. C. Scholastic titles. Matt tied for first in the Denker Tournament of High School Champions in 2000 and finished

4 second and fourth in the U.S. Cadets in 1999 and He is a member of the 2002 Pressman Allamerican Chess Team. Round 1: 1 1 Aaron C Pixton (2435) 0 Daniel Fernandez (2352) 2 ½ Philip Xiao Wang (2358) ½ Stanislav Ritvin (2318) 3 0 Dmitry Schneider (2517) 1 Matthew Hoekstra (2336) 4 0 Noah J Siegel (2333) 1 Daniel Rensch (2340) 5 ½ Andrei A Zaremba (2373) ½ Vinay S Bhat (2491) (1) Pixton,A (2435) Fernandez,D (2352) [D17] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (1), d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4 9.exd4 Be Re1 Na6 12.Bg5 Nc7 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Nf3 Be6 15.Rad1 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Re8 17.Bf4 Rc8 18.Bxc7 Qxc7 19.Re2 a5 20.Rde1 Bb4 21.Nd5 Rxe2 22.Nxf6+ gxf6 23.Rxe2 Qf4 24.Qc2 Kh8 25.Re4 Qh6 26.g3 Rg8 27.Kg2 Qh5 28.Rf4 Qg6 29.Qe2 Bd6 30.Re4 f5 31.Re8 f4 32.Nh4 Qf6 33.Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.Qg4+ Kf8 35.Qc8+ Kg7 36.Nf5+ Kg6 37.g4 f3+ 38.Kxf3 Black resigns 1-0 (2) Siegel,N (2333) Rensch,D (2340) [E10] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (1), d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 Nc b6 9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Be7 11.Rc Qd2 Rad8 13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.h3 Qb8 15.a3 Ne5 16.Qc2 Ng6 17.Nf3 Rc8 18.b4 d5 19.cxd5 Nxd5 20.Qb3 Bf6 21.b5 Nxc3 22.Bxc3 Bd5 23.Qb2 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 Bxc3 25.Qxc3 Rc8 26.Qb2 axb5 27.Qxb5 Qc7 28.Rb1 Be4 29.Rb2 Qc1+ 30.Kh2 Qc7+ 31.g3 Qc1 32.Qxb6 Ne5 33.Kg2 Bxf3+ 34.Bxf3 Nc4 35.Qc5 Nxb2 White resigns 0-1 (3) Schneider,D (2517) Hoekstra,M (2336) [B27] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (1), e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Bh6 10.b4 Rc8 11.a3 Bxc1 12.Rxc1 e6 13.Bd3 Nge7 14.Qd2 Nf5 15.Bxf5 gxf5 16.g4 Ne7 17.Ke2 Rc4 18.Rhd1 Qc7 19.Rxc4 Qxc4+ 20.Qd3 Qxd3+ 21.Kxd3 h6 22.Rg1 Kd7 23.Nh4 fxg4 24.Rxg4 Rc8 25.Rg7 Ke8 26.Rh7 Kf8 27.Rxh6 Rc1 28.Rh8+ Ng8 29.f4 Ra1 30.f5 Rxa3+ 31.Ke2 Kg7 32.Rh5 exf5 33.Rg5+ Kf8 34.Rxf5 Rxh3 35.Nf3 Nh6 36.Rf6 Kg7 37.Rd6 Rh1 38.Rxd5 Rb1 39.Rb5 b6 40.Nd2 Rb2 41.Kd3 Nf5 42.Kc3 Rc2+ 43.Kd3 Nxd4 44.Rd5 Nc6 45.Rb5 Rc1 46.Ne4 Rd1+ 47.Kc3 Rd8 48.e6 fxe6 49.Rg5+ Kh6 50.b5 Nd4 51.Re5 Kg6 52.Rg5+ Kh6 53.Re5 Ne2+ 54.Kc2 Nf4 55.Nc3 Kg6 56.Re4 Kf5 57.Rc4 Nd5 0-1 (4) Wang,P (2358) Ritvin,S (2318) [A57] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (1), d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 d6 6.e4 g6 7.a4 Bg7 8.Na Ne2 axb5 10.axb5 Ne8 11.Nc3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Qd2 Nd7 15.Be2 Ne Nc7 17.Nc2 Qb6 18.b4 Bxc2 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.Qxc2 Nd7 21.Kh1 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Nxd5 23.Qb3 e6 24.Bc4 Qd6 25.Bf2 N7b6 26.Ra6 Rxa6 27.bxa6 Ra8 28.Ra1 Kf7 29.Bb5 Nc7 30.Bg3 Qd5 31.Qb1 Nxb5 32.Qxb5 Rd8 33.h3 Na8 34.Rc1 Qg5 35.Qb7+ Kg8 36.Rb1 Qxg3 37.a7 Qg5 38.f4 Qf6 39.Qb8 Kf8 40.Rd1 Ke8 41.Qb5+ Kf7 42.Rb1 Qe7 43.Qc6 Qd6 44.Rb7+ Kf6 45.Qxd6 Rxd6 46.Rb8 Nc7 47.Rc8 Ra6 48.Rxc7 Kf5 49.Rxc5+ Kxf4 50.Rc6 Ra1+ 51.Kh2 e5 52.Rf6+ Ke4 53.Rf7 h5 54.Kg3 g5 55.Rb7 Ra3+ 56.Kf2 Ra2+ 57.Kf1 Kf4 58.Rf7+ Ke3 59.Rf3+ Kd4 60.Rf7 e4 61.Rb7 g4 62.hxg4 hxg4 63.Ke1 Ke3 64.Rb3+ Kf4 65.Rb7 g3 66.Rc7 Ke5 67.Rd7 Kf5 68.Rf7+ Ke5 69.Rd7 Game drawn by mutual agreement ½-½ (5) Zaremba,A (2373) Bhat,V (2491) [E08] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (1), d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nd7 5.g3 Ngf6 6.Bg2 Be Rd1 b6 9.b3 a5 10.Bb2 Ba6 11.Nbd2 Qb8 12.e4 Rc8 13.h4 a4 14.e5 Ne8 15.Ng5 g6 16.bxa4 Bb7 17.Qb3 h6 18.Nh3 Qa7 19.h5 gxh5 20.Qe3 Bf8 21.Bf3 Qxa4 22.Rdc1 Qb4 23.Bc3 Qe7 24.Bxh5 Ra3 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Nb3 Rca8 27.Qd2 Ba6 28.Bb2 Ra4 29.a3 Bg7 30.Bd1 Bc4 31.Bc3 Nb8 32.Bb4 Qa7 33.Qc3 Nc6 34.Nd2 Ra6 35.Nxc4 dxc4 36.Qxc4 Nxb4 37.Qxb4 Rxa3 38.Rab1 Bf8 39.Qe1 Qb7 40.Bc2 Rd8 41.Rd1 b5 42.Nf4 b4 43.Bb3 Nc7 44.Qe2 Be7 45.Qg4+ Kf8 46.d5 exd5 47.Qf5 Qb6 48.e6 Nxe6 49.Nxd5 Qb8 50.Re1 Bc5 51.Kg2 Qb7 52.Rxe6 Rxb3 53.Rxb3 Rxd5 54.Qf3 Qd7 55.Re2 Kg8 56.Qe4 Kg7 57.Rf3 Rg5 58.Ra2 Rh5 59.g4 Rg5 60.Rg3 Bd6 61.Rd2 Rg6 62.f4 Re6 63.Qd5 Qe7 64.Rf2 Re4 65.g5 h5 66.g6 h4 67.Rg4 fxg6 68.Qh5 Qf6 69.f5 Rxg4+ 70.Qxg4 g5 71.Ra2 Bf4 72.Ra7+ Kh6 73.Qe2 Qxf5 74.Ra6+ Kg7 75.Ra7+ ½-½ Round 2: 1 ½ Daniel Fernandez (2352) ½ Andrei A Zaremba (2373) 2 ½ Vinay S Bhat (2491) ½ Noah J Siegel (2333) 3 ½ Daniel Rensch (2340) ½ Dmitry Schneider (2517) 4 0 Matthew Hoekstra (2336) 1 Philip Xiao Wang (2358) 5 ½ Stanislav Ritvin (2318) ½ Aaron C Pixton (2435)

5 (6) Fernandez,D (2352) Zaremba,A (2517) [B31] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (2), e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.h3 Bg7 7.Nc Be3 Nd7 9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qe7 11.h4 Nf6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qg5 Kg8 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Qg5 Kg Nh5 Game drawn by mutual agreement ½-½ (7) Ritvin,S (2318) Pixton,A (2435) [A30] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (2), Nf3 c5 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Nf e6 6.Nc3 a6 7.Re1 d6 8.e4 Nbd7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.Be3 Be7 12.f4 h5 13.h3 g6 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.f5 e5 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Nb3 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.Qc1 Qxc1 22.Rxc1 Ke7 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Rc7 g5 25.Nd2 b5 26.Nb3 Kd8 27.Rc6 Rh6 28.Na5 Nb8 29.Rc2 Rf6 30.b3 Rf7 31.Nc6+ Game drawn ½-½ (8) Hoekstra,M (2336) Wang,P (2358) [B31] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (2), e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re d4 d5 8.e5 Ne4 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 cxd4 12.cxd4 c5 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Nb3 Bxe5 15.Qxd5 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Bb7 17.Qg5 h6 18.Qxh6 Be5 19.Qg5 Bf6 20.Qf4 Qc6 21.Qh2 a5 22.Be3 Rfd8 23.Rad1 Rd5 24.Rxd5 Qxd5 25.f3 a4 26.Nd2 Qxa2 27.Qc7 Bd5 28.Qd7 Kg7 29.c6 Be6 30.Qb7 Rh8+ 31.Kg1 Qxb2 32.Ne4 Be5 33.Qxe7 Bh2+ 34.Kf1 Bc4+ Black wins 0-1 (9) Rensch,D (2340) Schneider,D (2517) [D31] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (2), d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Bc3 Ne7 10.Bxg7 Rg8 11.Bf6 Rg6 12.Bxe7 Kxe7 13.Qd2 e5 14.Rd1 Be6 15.f3 Qf4 16.g3 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Rd8+ 18.Kc3 Rxd1 19.Bxd1 Bf5 20.Ne2 Rd6 21.Nc1 Nc5 22.b4 Ne6 23.Re1 Kf6 24.Bb3 c5 25.bxc5 Nxc5 26.Re3 b6 27.Bc2 Bxc2 28.Kxc2 Rd4 29.Kc3 Rd1 30.Nb3 Rh1 31.Nxc5 bxc5 32.f4 exf4 33.gxf4 Rxh2 34.Re5 Rh3+ 35.Kc2 Rf3 36.Rxc5 Rxf4 37.a4 Rf5 38.Rc7 a5 39.c5 Ke6 40.Kb3 Kd5 41.Ra7 Game drawn ½-½ (10) Bhat,V (2491) Siegel,N (2333) [B12] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (2), e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.f4 h5 8.f5 exf5 9.g5 f4 10.Nxf4 Qd7 11.e6 fxe6 12.Nxg6 Nxg6 13.Bh3 Na6 14.Qd3 Nh Bf4 Bd6 17.Rae1 Rde8 18.Be5 Nb4 19.Qg3 Nf5 20.Bxf5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 exf5 22.a3 Nxc2 23.Nb5 f4 24.Qxf4 cxb5 25.Rc1 Rxe5 26.Rxc2+ Kd8 27.dxe5 Qg4+ 28.Qxg4 hxg4 29.Rc5 Re8 30.Rxd5+ Kc7 31.Rxb5 Kc6 32.Rb4 g3 33.hxg3 Rxe5 34.Rc4+ Kd7 35.Rc2 Rxg5 36.Kg2 Re5 37.Kf3 Game drawn ½-½ Round 3: 1 0 Stanislav Ritvin (2318) 1 Daniel Fernandez (2352) 2 1 Aaron C Pixton (2435) 0 Matthew Hoekstra (2336) 3 1 Philip Xiao Wang (2358) 0 Daniel Rensch (2340) 4 ½ Dmitry Schneider (2517) ½ Vinay S Bhat (2491) 5 0 Noah J Siegel (2333) 1 Andrei A Zaremba (2373) (11) Pixton,A (2435) Hoekstra,M (2336) [E32] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (3), d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.e3 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Qc2 f5 14.Nd2 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Qf6 16.Be2 Rb8 17.Rb1 d g4 19.Rfd1 h5 20.Nf1 Rd8 21.Qa4 Rb6 22.b4 cxb4 23.axb4 Ra6 24.Qb3 Rb6 25.b5 Ne5 26.Qa3 h4 27.c5 Rb7 28.Rxd6 Rh7 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.Rd1 Qf8 31.Qc3 Nf7 32.gxh4 Rxh4 33.Ng3 Qh6 34.Qa5 Kg7 35.Qxa7 Kg6 36.Qc7 Qh8 37.c6 Rh2 38.Bf1 Qb2 39.Kxh2 Qxf2 40.Qf4 Qb2 41.Qd4 Qf2 42.Qd2 Black resigns 1-0 (12) Wang,P (2358) Rensch,D (2340) [E10] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (3), d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxb5 d5 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.e4 Nbd7 9.e5 Ng4 10.Ng5 Ngxe5 11.f4 Nf7 12.Nxe6 Qe7 13.f5 d4 14.Ne2 Nde5 15.N2f4 Qh4+ 16.Kd2 c4 17.a3 Bd6 18.Qe1 c3+ 19.Kd1 c2+ 20.Kd2 Qf6 21.Nh5 Qe7 22.Kxc2 g6 23.f6 Qxe6 24.Ng7+ Kd7 25.Nxe6 Kxe6 26.Bc4+ Kxf6 27.Rf1+ Kg7 28.Bxf7 Nxf7 29.Qe6 Rhf8 30.Rxf7+ Rxf7 31.Qxd6 Be4+ 32.Kb3 Bf5 33.Qxd4+ Kg8 34.Ka2 Rc8 35.b3 h5 36.Bb2 Kh7 37.h3 Black resigns 1-0 (13) Ritvin,S (2318) Fernandez,D (2352) [C67] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (3), e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.b3 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 a5 10.a4 h6 11.Ba3 Bxa3 12.Nxa3 Be6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd Rad1 Rfb8 16.Nc4 b5 17.Ne3 c5 18.R4d3 bxa4 19.bxa4 Rb4 20.Rc3 Rxa4 21.Rxc5 Rb4 22.c4 a4 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.cxd5 a3 25.Rxc7 a2 26.Rcc1 Rd4 27.Re1 Rxd5 28.Kf1 g5 29.Ra1 Rd2 30.Re2 Rxe2 31.Kxe2 Kf8 32.Kd3 Ke7 33.Kc3 Ke6 34.Kb2 Kxe5 35.Re1+ Kf4 36.Ka1 Ra6 37.Re3 Kf5 38.Rf3+ Kg6 39.Re3 Ra4 40.Re2 Kf5 41.Rb2 Ra5 42.Rb3 h5 43.Rb4 g4 44.Rb3 Kf4 45.Rb4+ Kg5 46.Rb2 h4 47.Rb3 Rd5 48.Rb2 Rd1+ 49.Kxa2 Rh1 50.g3 Rxh2 51.f4+ gxf3 52.Rxh2 hxg3 53.Rh7 f5 White resigns 0-1 (14) Schneider,D (2517) Bhat,V (2491)

6 [C02] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (3), e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Na3 Nf5 7.Nc2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6 9.Be2 Be Bd7 11.Kh1 h5 12.Bd3 Nh4 13.Ng1 Rc8 14.Ne2 Nb4 15.Nxb4 Qxb4 16.Rb1 Qb6 17.a4 Qa5 18.Bd2 Bb4 19.Bg5 Be7 20.Bxe7 Kxe7 21.b4 Qd8 22.Qd2 Kf8 23.b5 Ng6 24.Bxg6 fxg6 25.Rfc1 Kf7 26.Rxc8 Bxc8 27.Rc1 b6 28.Qc2 g5 29.Qc7+ Qe7 30.f4 Rd8 31.Qxe7+ Kxe7 32.Rc7+ Bd7 33.fxg5 Ra8 34.Rc1 Game drawn by mutual agreement ½-½ (15) Siegel,N (2333) Zaremba,A (2373) [D10] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (3), d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.c5 e5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nd2 Be7 8.Be2 h5 9.Na4 Bg4 10.Nb6 Ra7 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.b4 Rh6 14.Rb1 Rg6 15.Kf1 Qf5 16.Rb3 Qg5 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Qe2 Nxf2 19.Qxf2 Rf6 20.Nf3 Qf5 21.Rg1 g6 22.Rb2 exf3 23.gxf3 Qxf3 24.Qxf3 Rxf3+ 25.Ke2 Rf6 26.Kd3 Re6 27.Bd2 Bh4 28.Rf1 f5 29.Rf4 Bd8 30.Be1 Ra8 31.Rf3 h4 32.Rg2 Kf7 33.Rf4 Re4 34.Bc3 Bf6 35.Rb2 Rae8 36.Rf3 Bg5 37.Bd2 Rg4 38.b5 axb5 39.axb5 Rg2 40.bxc6 bxc6 41.Rb7+ Kf6 42.Rc7 Re6 43.Rh3 Rg1 44.Ra7 Rb1 45.Ba5 Rb3+ 46.Kc2 Rb8 47.Bc7 Rbe8 48.Be5+ Rxe5 49.dxe5+ Kxe5 50.Rc7 Re6 51.Ra7 Be7 52.Ra5 g5 53.Rf3 g4 54.Rf1 h3 55.Kd3 Rg6 56.Ke2 Re6 57.Kd3 Bg5 58.Ra8 Bh6 59.Rc8 Kf6 60.Re1 f4 61.e4 g3 62.e5+ Kg7 63.Rd8 g2 64.Rd7+ Kf8 65.Rd6 Rxe5 66.Rxe5 g1q 67.Rxh6 Qd1+ 68.Kc3 Qa1+ White resigns 0-1 Round 4: 1 1 Daniel Fernandez (2352) 0 Noah J Siegel (2333) 2 ½ Andrei A Zaremba (2373) ½ Dmitry Schneider (2517) 3 1 Vinay S Bhat (2491) 0 Philip Xiao Wang (2358) 4 0 Daniel Rensch (2340) 1 Aaron C Pixton (2435) 5 1 Matthew Hoekstra (2336) 0 Stanislav Ritvin (2318) (16) Zaremba,A (2373) Schneider,D (2517) [D02] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (4), d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Ne4 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc Be7 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.Bxc Bd3 h6 13.c4 Bf6 14.Bb2 cxd4 15.exd4 b6 16.Rac1 Na5 17.Bc3 Rd8 18.Bxa5 bxa5 19.Rfd1 Bb7 20.Be4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Rab8 22.c5 Rb3 23.Rd3 Rb2 24.g3 a4 25.Rc4 Qa5 26.Qc6 Rb3 27.Rxa4 Qxa4 28.Qxa4 Rxd3 29.Kg2 Bxd4 30.Nxd4 R3xd4 31.Qxa7 Rc8 32.a4 Rc4 33.a5 R8xc5 34.Qb6 Rd5 35.Qb3 Rc6 36.Qb8+ Kh7 37.Qb7 Rcd6 38.a6 Ra5 39.a7 Rda6 40.Qxf7 Rxa7 Game drawn by mutual agreement ½-½ (17) Bhat,V (2491) Wang,P (2358) [B33] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (4), e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7 9.c4 Ng6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Qb4 Qb8 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 f6 14.Be3 a6 15.Nc3 f5 16.g3 Be7 17.Be2 f4 18.gxf4 exf4 19.Bd Bxh5 Nxh Nf5 22.Bg6 Nxd4 23.Bh7+ Kf7 24.Rxd4 g6 25.Rg1 Bf5 26.Rxf4 Bf6 27.Ne4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 g5 29.Qa4 Kg7 30.Qc2 Qc7 31.Re6 Qf7 32.Bf5 Rad8 33.f4 Rh8 34.fxg5 Be5 35.Rg6+ Kf8 36.Rf1 Rh2 37.Qd3 Bxb2+ 38.Kd1 Be5 39.Rh6 Rxa2 40.Rf3 Ra1+ 41.Kc2 Ra2+ 42.Kd1 Ra1+ 43.Kd2 Re8 44.Rh7 Ra2+ 45.Kd1 Ra1+ 46.Kc2 Ra2+ 47.Kb3 Rb2+ 48.Ka3 b5 49.Rxf7+ Kg8 50.Bh7+ Kh8 51.Rf8+ Black resigns 1-0 (18) Fernandez,D (2352) Siegel,N (2333) [B12] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (4), e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 Ne7 7.f4 h5 8.f5 exf5 9.g5 f4 10.Nxf4 Qd7 11.Be2 Qf Qxc2 13.Qe1 Na6 14.Rf2 Qf5 15.e Nxg6 Qxg6 17.Bxa6 bxa6 18.Rxf7 Rd6 19.Qf1 Qxe6 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Qxf8+ Rd8 22.Qf2 Qg4+ 23.Kh1 Ng6 24.Be3 Rf8 25.Qg3 Qf5 26.Re1 h4 27.Qg2 h3 28.Qe2 Nh4 29.Bd2 Ng2 30.Rc1 Kd7 31.Na4 Qf3 32.Nc5+ Kc8 33.Qe6+ Kb8 34.Qd6+ Black resigns 1-0 (19) Rensch,D (2340) Pixton,A (2435) [A87] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (4), d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc Nf3 d Qe8 8.Re1 Nc6 9.Bg5 Ne4 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Be3 a6 12.Na3 e5 13.Nc2 f4 14.Bc1 fxg3 15.fxg3 exd4 16.Nfxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxe4 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Rxf5 20.e4 Rf7 21.Be3 Qd7 22.Rad1 Re8 23.Bd4 Bxd4+ 24.Rxd4 Qc6 25.Rd2 Qc5+ 26.Kg2 Ref8 27.Rde2 Rf3 28.b3 Qe5 29.Qb2 Qh5 30.Qd2 R3f7 31.Qd3 h6 32.Qe3 Kh7 33.Qd3 Qc5 34.Qd2 h5 35.Qd5 Rf2+ 36.Kh3 Qa7 37.e5 Rxe2 38.Rxe2 Qg1 39.exd6 Qf1+ 40.Rg2 cxd6 41.Qxb7+ Kh6 42.Qe4 g5 43.Qe3 Qf5+ 44.g4 Qf1 Black wins 0-1 (20) Hoekstra,M (2336) Ritvin,S (2318) [C07] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (4), e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Bb Qe2 h5 14.h3 Bc6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.a4 Nd5 17.a5 a6 18.Ra4 Kb8 19.Qf3 Rd7 20.Rd4 Bc5 21.Bf4+ Ka8 22.Ba4 Bxd4 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Be5 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 g6 26.Qd3 Ra7 27.Qc4 Rc8 28.Re1 Kb8 29.Rd1 Ka8 30.b4 Kb8 31.Qc5 Rb7 32.c4 Ne7 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Ka8 35.Rd6 Kb8 36.Kg2 Ka8 37.Rd3 Ng8 38.Rb3 Nf6 39.Qd4 Nd7 40.Qb2 Nb8 41.b5 cxb5 42.cxb5 Rxb5 43.Rxb5 axb5 44.Qxb5 Rc7 45.Kg3 Rb7 46.Qc5 Na6 47.Qd6 Ka7 48.Qd4+ Ka8 49.f3 Kb8 50.Kh4 Ka8 51.Kg5 Nb4 52.Kf6 Nd5+ 53.Kg7 Rc7 54.a6 Kb8 55.g5 Ka8 56.Kf8 Kb8 57.Ke8 Kc8 58.Qb2 Re7+ 59.Kf8 Rc7 60.Qb5 Re7 61.f4 Rd7 62.Qc6+ Kd8

7 63.Qa8+ Kc7 64.a7 White wins 1-0 Round 5: 1 ½ Matthew Hoekstra (2336) ½ Daniel Fernandez (2352) 2 0 Stanislav Ritvin (2318) 1 Daniel Rensch (2340) 3 1 Aaron C Pixton (2435) 0 Vinay S Bhat (2491) 4 ½ Philip Xiao Wang (2358) ½ Andrei A Zaremba (2373) 5 ½ Dmitry Schneider (2517) ½ Noah J Siegel (2333) U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (5), Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.e3 Nd7 4.Bb2 e5 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Ngf6 7.g4 c6 8.h4 Bd6 9.g5 Ne4 10.Bh3 Qe7 11.d3 Nec5 12.Nd Kb8 14.Qg2 Rhe8 15.Kb1 a5 16.Rhf1 Ne6 17.Qg4 Ba3 18.Ba1 Nec5 19.d4 exd4 20.Qxd4 Rg8 21.Bc3 b6 22.Nf3 Kb7 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Ne4 25.Qxe7+ Bxe7 26.Bb2 Bb4 27.Kc1 Bc3 28.Bf5 Bxb2+ 29.Kxb2 Nd6 30.Bd3 Ne4 31.c4 Nc5 32.Be2 dxc4 33.Bxc4 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 Rf8 35.Rd4 b5 36.Bd3 Nxd3+ 37.Rxd3 Kc7 38.Rd4 Re8 39.Rf4 Re7 40.Kc3 Game drawn ½-½ (21) Ritvin,S (2318) Rensch,D (2340) [A05] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (5), Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g Bg2 d5 6.d4 c Nc6 8.Bf4 cxd4 9.Nb5 Bd7 10.Nbxd4 Rc8 11.a3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.b4 Nc3 15.bxc5 Nxd1 16.Rfxd1 Rxc5 17.Bd6 Qc8 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Bxb7 Ba4 20.Rd3 Rb8 21.Bf3 e5 22.Nb3 Bxb3 23.Rb1 Qc2 24.Rbxb3 Qxb3 25.Rxb3 Rxb3 26.a4 Rc3 27.Bd5 Kf8 White resigns 0-1 (22) Wang,P (2358) Zaremba,A (2373) [D11] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (5), d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e Bd3 Na6 8.a3 c cxd4 10.exd4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bf5 12.Qe2 Nc7 13.Nc3 Ncd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Be5 Rc8 16.Rac1 Bh6 17.Rcd1 Nf4 18.Bxf4 Bxf4 19.Rfe1 Qc7 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 e6 22.d5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Game drawn ½-½ (23) Pixton,A (2435) Bhat,V (2491) [D30] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (5), d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nd7 5.e3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Qe7 9.Rg1 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.g5 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Ne4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe c5 17.f4 Qe6 18.Kb1 Rfd8 19.h4 g6 20.h5 Kf8 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Rd6 Rxd6 24.exd6 Rd8 25.Bf6 Rxd6 26.Rh1 Ke8 27.Qa4+ Rc6 28.Qxa7 Rc7 29.Rd1 Qc8 30.Qxb6 Rd7 31.Rh1 White wins 1-0 (24) Schneider,D (2517) Siegel,N (2333) [B14] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (5), e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nd7 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Bd2 b6 12.c4 Bb7 13.Qb3 Nf4 14.Qe3 Ng6 15.Bd3 Nf6 16.h3 b5 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.cxb5 Rd8 19.Rc1 Qb6 20.a4 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Qxd4 22.Qc6+ Rd Rh5 24.Bc3 Qb6 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Qe4 Rhd5 27.Qb4 Rd4 28.Qa3 Qd6 29.Qf3 Ke7 30.Rc6 Qb4 31.Ra6 R4d6 Game drawn ½-½ (25) Hoekstra,M (2336) Fernandez,D (2352) [A06] Round 6: 1 0 Daniel Fernandez (2352) 1 Dmitry Schneider (2517) 2 ½ Noah J Siegel (2333) ½ Philip Xiao Wang (2358) 3 0 Andrei A Zaremba (2373) 1 Aaron C Pixton (2435) 4 1 Vinay S Bhat (2491) 0 Stanislav Ritvin (2318) 5 0 Daniel Rensch (2340) 1 Matthew Hoekstra (2336) (26) Fernandez,D (2352) Schneider,D (2517) [C00] U S Junior Invitational (6), e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 b5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Bg2 a b4 9.h4 c5 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.c4 bxc3 12.bxc3 Ba6 13.Nbd2 Nb6 14.a Bg5 Rb8 16.Rfd1 Qd7 17.Nf1 h6 18.Bc1 f5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Bh3 Rbe8 21.Bd2 d4 22.c4 Nb4 23.Ng5 hxg5 24.hxg5 Bb7 25.gxf6 Qc6 26.f3 Rxf6 27.Nh2 e5 28.Bg2 Rg6 29.Ng4 Nxd3 30.Qxd3 Rxg4 31.Rab1 Rxg3 32.Bxa5 e4 33.Qb3 exf3 34.Rd2 f2+ Black wins 0-1 (27) Bhat,V (2491) Ritvin,S (2318) [B27] U S Junior Invitational (6), e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qd4 Nxc3 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Qxc3 Qc7 10.Bf b6 12.h4 Nd8 13.Bc4 Ne6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Bg5 Rf7 16.c6 dxc6 17.h5 c5 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Bh6 Bb7 20.Bxg7 Bxf3 21.Bf6 Bh5 22.g4 exf6 23.gxh5 g5 24.f4 gxf4 25.exf6 Raf8 26.Rhg1+ Kh8 27.Rg6 e5 28.Rh6+ Rh7 29.Rxh7+ Kxh7 30.Qd3+ Kh8 31.Qf5 Qh7 32.Qxe5 Qf7 33.Rd6 Re8 34.Qxf4 Qxh5 35.b3 Re1+ 36.Kb2 Qe5+ 37.Qxe5 Rxe5 38.Rd8+ Black resigns 1-0 (28) Rensch,D (2340) Hoekstra,M (2336) [D38] U S Junior Invitational (6), d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.e Rc1 Rd8 11.Be2 a Be6 13.Qb3 Rab8 14.Na4 Bd6 15.Nc5 Ne7 16.Rfe1 Ng6 17.Nxe6 Qxe6

8 18.Bd3 Qf6 19.e4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Nf8 21.g3 c6 22.Rcd1 Ne6 23.Kg2 Bf8 24.Qc4 Rd6 25.d5 cxd5 26.Rxd5 b5 27.Qc2 Rbd8 28.Rxd6 Rxd6 29.Re3 Rd8 30.Qc6 Qxb2 31.Bc2 Nc5 32.Re2 Qf6 33.Qc7 Qd6 34.Qa5 Rc8 35.Bf5 Rb8 36.Rd2 Qc6 37.Qc3 Qf6 38.Qxf6 gxf6 39.Nd4 Rb6 40.Kf3 a5 41.Nb3 Nxb3 42.axb3 a4 43.bxa4 bxa4 44.Be4 a3 45.Ra2 Rb5 46.g4 Bd6 47.Bd3 Rb3 48.Ke4 Be5 49.Rc2 Rb4+ 50.Kf3 Ra4 51.Ra2 Bb2 52.h4 Kf8 53.h5 Ke7 54.Bf5 Kd6 55.Ke3 Kc5 56.f4 Rd4 57.g5 fxg5 58.fxg5 Rd5 59.Ke4 Rd4+ 60.Ke3 hxg5 61.h6 Rh4 62.h7 Kd6 Black wins 0-1 (29) Zaremba,A (2373) Pixton,A (2435) [A87] U S Junior Invitational (6), d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.cxd5 Nd7 10.Ng5 Nb6 11.a4 c6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.d5 c5 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Rb8 16.Qc2 Qc8 17.Rd1 Kh8 18.a5 Na8 19.h4 Nc7 20.h5 gxh5 21.Ra4 Nxe6 22.e3 Qe8 23.Rh4 Bf6 24.Rh2 Qg6 25.Qc4 Ng7 26.Qa6 Bxb2 27.Qxa7 Qg4 28.Rf1 Bf6 29.a6 Qa4 30.Bb7 Qb5 31.e4 fxe4 32.Bxe4 Qb6 33.Qxb6 Rxb6 34.a7 Ra6 35.a8Q Raxa8 36.Bxa8 Rxa8 37.Bh6 c4 38.Bxg7+ Kxg7 39.Rxh5 c3 40.Rc1 e6 41.Rc2 Ra1+ 42.Kg2 d5 43.Kf3 d4 44.Ke2 e5 45.f3 Rg1 46.g4 Rg2+ 47.Kd3 e4+ 48.fxe4 Rg3+ 49.Kc4 d3 50.Rxc3 d2 51.Rxg3 d1q 52.Rgh3 Qa4+ 53.Kc5 Qxe4 54.Rxh7+ Kg6 55.R7h5 cuuuuuuuuc (wdwdwdwd} 7DwDwDwDw} 6wDwDwgkD} 5DwIwDwDR} &wdwdqdpd} 3DwDwDwDR} 2wDwDwDwD} %DwDwDwDw} v,./9efjmv 55...Qxg4 56.Kb5 Kf7 57.Rh7+ Ke6 58.Re3+ Kd5 59.Rc7 Kd6 60.Rc6+ Kd7 61.Rce6 Qd4 62.R3e4 Qb2+ 63.Kc4 Qc3+ 64.Kd5 Qa3 65.Kc4 Bd8 66.R6e5 Qc1+ 67.Kb4 Qb2+ 68.Kc4 Qc2+ 69.Kb4 Bc7 70.Re7+ Kd6 71.R4e5 Bb6 72.R7e6+ Kc7 73.Re7+ Kc6 74.R7e6+ Kb7 75.Re7+ Ka6 76.R7e6 Qd3 77.Re4 Qb5+ 78.Kc3 Qc5+ 79.Kb3 Qd5+ 80.Kc3 Ka5 81.Kc2 Bd4 82.Re8 Kb5 83.Rb8+ Ka4 84.Rbe8 Ka3 85.R8e6 Kb4 86.Re8 Qb3+ 87.Kd2 Kc4 88.Rc8+ Kd5 89.Rce8 Qf3 90.R8e7 Qf2+ 91.Kd3 Qf1+ 92.Kd2 Bf6 93.Re8 Bg5+ 94.Kc2 Qc1+ 95.Kb3 Bf6 96.Re2 Qb1+ 97.Ka3 Bd4 98.Rd8+ Kc4 99.Rc2+ Kd3 100.Rdc8 Qb5 101.R2c6 Bb Ka2 Qb4 103.Ra8 Bc3 104.Rd8+ Kc2 Black wins. Here White claimed a draw by the 50 move rule. The draw was granted, but then overturned by the appeals committee. 0-1 (30) Siegel,N (2333) Wang,P (2358) [A87] U S Junior Invitational (6), d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Nd5 Na6 9.Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.Bh6 Bg7 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.d5 e5 13.dxe6 Qxe6 14.Rc1 Qf6 15.Qd4 Bd7 16.Rfd1 Bc6 17.a3 Nc5 18.b4 Ne6 19.Qxf6+ Kxf6 20.e3 Be4 21.Nd4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 a5 23.b5 Nc5 24.Ne2 Ke7 25.Nf4 Rac8 26.h4 b6 27.Kf3 Kd7 28.Nd3 Nxd3 29.Rxd3 Ke6 30.Rcd1 Rce8 31.Rd4 Kf6 32.R1d3 Re5 33.g4 Ke6 34.g5 h6 35.Kg3 hxg5 36.hxg5 Rh8 37.f4 Rc5 38.Rd1 Kf7 39.Re1 Re8 40.Kg2 Re4 41.Rxe4 fxe4 42.Kg3 Rxc4 43.Rh1 Rc3 44.Kg4 Rxe3 45.Rh7+ Kg8 46.Rxc7 Re1 47.f5 Rg1+ 48.Kf4 Rf1+ 49.Kxe4 Rxf5 50.a4 Rxg5 51.Rd7 Rg4+ 52.Kd5 Rxa4 53.Kc6 Rb4 54.Kxb6 a4 55.Ka5 Rb1 56.Kxa4 Kf8 57.Ka5 Ke8 58.Rg7 Kd8 59.Kb6 Kc8 60.Rxg6 Kd7 61.Ka6 Kc7 62.Rg7+ Kc8 63.Rg6 Rb2 64.Rxd6 Rb1 65.Rd5 Ra1+ 66.Kb6 Rb1 67.Rc5+ Kb8 68.Rh5 Kc8 69.Rh8+ Kd7 70.Ka6 Kc7 71.Rh7+ Kc8 72.Kb6 Rb2 73.Rh8+ Kd7 74.Ra8 Rb1 75.Ra5 Kc8 76.Ra8+ Kd7 77.Ra2 Kc8 78.Rc2+ Kb8 79.Kc6 Rh1 80.Kb6 Rb1 81.Rh2 Kc8 82.Rh7 Rb2 83.Rh6 Rb1 84.Ka6 Ra1+ 85.Kb6 Rb1 86.Kc6 Rc1+ 87.Kb6 Rb1 88.Rh8+ Kd7 89.Ka6 Kc7 90.Rh7+ Kc8 91.Rh5 Ra1+ 92.Kb6 Rb1 93.Rc5+ Kb8 94.Kc6 Ra1 95.b6 Rb1 96.Rc2 Rb3 97.Rc1 Rb2 98.Rc5 Rb1 99.Rh5 Rc Kb5 Rb Ka6 Ra Ra5 Rxa Kxa5 Kb7 104.Kb5 Kb8 Game drawn ½-½ Round 7: 1 0 Daniel Rensch (2340) 1 Daniel Fernandez (2352) 2 0 Matthew Hoekstra (2336) 1 Vinay S Bhat (2491) 3 ½ Stanislav Ritvin (2318) ½ Andrei A Zaremba (2373) 4 ½ Aaron C Pixton (2435) ½ Noah J Siegel (2333) 5 ½ Philip Xiao Wang (2358) ½ Dmitry Schneider (2517) (31) Ritvin,S (2318) Zaremba,A (2373) [B76] U S Junior Invitational (7), e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f Qd2 Nc d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Qc7

9 14.Qc5 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Be6 16.Kb1 Rfd8 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Qxh2 20.Qxc6 Rf8 21.g4 Qe2 22.Qd5 e6 23.Qd3 Qe5 24.Qd6 Qe2 Game drawn ½-½ (32) Wang,P (2358) Schneider,D (2517) [A57] U S Junior Invitational (7), d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 bxc4 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 Ba6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.Nb5 Bxb5 11.axb5 Qxb5 12.Bxc4 Qb7 13.Ra5 a g6 15.Rfa1 Bg7 16.Bxa6 Qb6 17.R1a Bd3 Rxa5 19.Bxa5 Qb7 20.Bc3 Ra8 21.h3 Nb6 22.Rxa8+ Qxa8 23.b4 cxb4 24.Bxb4 Nfd7 25.Bb5 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Qa1+ 27.Kh2 Bxe5+ 28.g3 h5 29.h4 Kg7 Game drawn ½-½ (33) Rensch,D (2340) Fernandez,D (2352) [D17] U S Junior Invitational (7), Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 9.g3 g6 10.Bg2 Bg e4 Be6 13.Be3 Nc4 14.Nxc4 Bxc4 15.Re1 Qd7 16.b3 Be6 17.Rc1 Ng4 18.d5 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 cxd5 20.exd5 Bf5 21.Qe1 Bf6 22.Nb5 Rfc8 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Qxa5 Rc2 25.Re1 Bg5 26.Qa8+ Rc8 27.Qa7 Bd2 28.Rd1 Bg4 29.Ra1 Bg5 30.d6 Rc2 31.Qxb7 Qf5 32.Rf1 Rxf2 33.Rxf2 Be3 34.Bf3 Bxf3 35.dxe7 Qb1# White checkmated 0-1 (34) Pixton,A (2435) Siegel,N (2333) [D17] U S Junior Invitational (7), d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e3 e5 11.Bxc4 exd4 12.exd4 Bb4 13.Qe2+ Kf8 14.g5 Nd5 15.Bd2 Na6 16.Qf3 Rh4 17.Be3 Qe7 18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Qxd5 Rd8 20.Qe5 Qxe5 21.dxe5 Re4 22.Ke2 Rxe5 23.Rhd1 Rde8 24.Kf1 Bc5 25.Bxc5+ Nxc5 26.h4 Ne4 27.Rd7 Nc5 28.Rc7 a5 29.Rd1 b6 30.Rc6 R5e6 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Rd8+ Re8 33.Rd6 Rb8 34.Ke2 Ke7 35.Rxb6 Rxb6 36.Nd5+ Kd6 37.Nxb6 Kc6 38.Nc4 Nxa4 39.b3 Nc5 40.Nxa5+ Kb5 41.Nc4 Nxb3 42.Nd6+ Kc5 43.Nxf7 Nd4+ 44.Ke3 Nf5+ 45.Kf4 Nxh4 46.Ke5 Nf3+ 47.Ke4 Nh4 48.f4 Kc6 49.Ne5+ Game drawn ½-½ (35) Hoekstra,M (2336) Bhat,V (2491) [C05] U S Junior Invitational (7), e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3 f6 9.Bh3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 f5 12.Kg Ne2 Qd8 14.Be3 Nb6 15.b3 Bd7 16.g4 Be8 17.gxf5 exf5 18.Ng3 Bg6 19.Kf2 Rc8 20.Bf1 Ba3 21.h4 Nb4 22.h5 Be8 23.Bd2 Qe7 24.Bxb4 Qxb4 25.Bd3 Bb2 26.Bxf5 Bxa1 27.Qxa1 Rc6 28.Qb1 g6 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Bd3 Rxf4 31.Ne2 Rf8 32.Qg1 Qd2 33.Qh2 Rxf3+ 34.Kxf3 Qxd3+ 35.Kf2 Kf8 36.Qh6+ Ke7 37.Qg5+ Kd7 38.Rh7+ Kc8 39.Rh8 Re6 40.Qg4 Qf5+ 41.Qxf5 gxf5 42.Nf4 Re7 43.Ng6 Rg7 44.Nf8 Na8 45.Nh7 Nc7 46.Nf6 Kd8 47.Kf3 Ke7 48.Kf4 Ne6+ 49.Ke3 Bc6 50.Nh5 Rg4 51.Rh7+ Kf8 52.Nf6 Rxd4 53.Rh8+ Kf7 54.Rh7+ Kg6 55.Re7 f4+ Black wins 0-1 Round 8: 1 1 Daniel Fernandez (2352) 0 Philip Xiao Wang (2358) 2 ½ Dmitry Schneider (2517) ½ Aaron C Pixton (2435) 3 ½ Noah J Siegel (2333) ½ Stanislav Ritvin (2318) 4 1 Andrei A Zaremba (2373) 0 Matthew Hoekstra (2336) 5 0 Vinay S Bhat (2491) 1 Daniel Rensch (2340) (36) Zaremba,A (2373) Hoekstra,M (2336) [E32] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX (8), d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc Nf3 b6 6.e4 Bb7 7.Bd3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.e5 Ne f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Ng5 Nc6 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Qd3 Qd7 15.Bf5 Qe8 16.Nxd5 Ba6 17.Qxa6 Nxd5 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.g4 g6 20.Bxg6 Qd7 21.Bf5 Qe7 22.Qh3+ Kg8 23.Ne6 Kf7 24.Nxf8 Rxf8 25.Be3 White wins 1-0 (37) Bhat,V (2491) Rensch,D (2340) [B25] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX (8), e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 e6 7.h4 h5 8.Bg5 Nge7 9.Qd2 Rb8 10.a3 b5 11.Rb1 Qc a5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 Ba6 15.b3 Nb4 16.Nb Nc4 Rfe8 18.Kh1 Rbd8 19.Nc3 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Bf4 Qa7 22.Nd6 Rf8 23.Rfe1 d4 24.Ncb5 Qd7 25.Nc7 Qxc7 26.Nf5 Qd7 27.Nxe7+ Kh7 28.Re2 Bb7 29.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 30.Kg1 Rd7 31.Rbe1 Na2 32.Nxg6 fxg6 33.Qxa5 Nc3 34.Re6 Rf5 35.Bg5 Qf3 36.Bf4 Nd5 37.Qa8 Rdf7 38.Qc6 Rxf4 39.gxf4 Rxf4 40.Rxg6 Qxf2+ 41.Kh1 Black wins 0-1 (38) Fernandez,D (2352) Wang,P (2358) [B31] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX (8), e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc Be3 b6 9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qd6 11.Bxg7 Kxg Ne8 13.Rae1 Nc7 14.b3 Ne6 15.Nh2 h5 16.Ne2 f6 17.f4 exf4 18.Nxf4 Bd7 19.Kh1 Rae8 20.Nxe6+ Bxe6 21.Nf3 Bg8 22.Qc3 Kh6 23.Rf2 Qg3 24.Ref1 Re6 25.Nd2 Kg7 26.Nc4 Qc7 27.Rf3 Qd8 28.Qe1 Re7 29.Ne3 Be6 30.Qh4 Qd4 31.Rg3 Kh6 32.Ng4+ Kg7 33.Ne3 Kh6 34.Ng4+ Kg7 35.Nh2 Kh6 36.Nf3 Qd8 37.Ne5 Rg7 38.Ng4+ Bxg4 39.hxg4 Kh7 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.Qxh5+ Kg8 42.Rxg7+ Kxg7 43.Rf3 Rf7 44.Rg3+ Kf8 45.Qh8+ Ke7 46.Qxd8+ Kxd8 47.Rf3 Ke7 48.Kg1 Ke6 49.Kf2 Rg7 50.Rg3 Rh7 51.Rh3 Rg7 52.Rh5 Rd7 53.Kf3 a5 54.a4 Rg7 55.g4 Rf7 56.Kf4 Rg7 57.Rh6 Ke7 58.Rh8 Kd6 59.Rf8 Rg6 60.Rf7 b5 61.Kf5 White wins 1-0 (39) Schneider,D (2517) Pixton,A (2435) [B50] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX USA (8), e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Be7 6.c b5 8.Re1 Bb7 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.d4 Qc7 11.a4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 bxa4 13.Bxa4 d5 14.exd5 Bxd5 15.Bb3 Bxb3 16.N2xb3 Nd5 17.Na5 N7b6 18.Qe2 Bf6 19.Ndc6 Ne7 20.Ne5 Ng6 21.Nec6 Ne7 22.Nxe7+

10 Qxe7 23.Bf4 Nd5 24.Be5 Rfc8 25.Qe4 Bxe5 26.Qxe5 Qc5 27.c4 Nb4 28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.Red1 g6 30.b3 Rc7 31.Kf1 Rb8 32.Ke2 Kf8 33.Kd2 Ke7 34.Kc3 Rb6 35.Ra4 Nd5+ 36.Kb2 Nb4 37.Rd2 Na6 38.f3 Nc5 39.Ra2 Na6 40.Kc3 f5 41.Ra4 Nc5 42.Ra1 Na6 43.h4 h6 44.g3 Rb8 45.Ra4 Nc5 46.Ra1 Na6 ½-½ (40) Siegel,N (2333) Ritvin,S (2318) [E76] U S Junior Invitational Dallas, TX (8), d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 c5 6.d Nf3 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 Re Ng4 11.Bd3 f5 12.h3 Nh6 13.Bd2 Nd7 14.Be1 Nf6 15.Bh4 Bd7 16.Qc2 Nf7 17.a4 a5 18.Rae1 Qc7 19.Qd2 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Re8 21.Rxe8+ Nxe8 22.b3 b6 23.Qe1 Nf6 24.Qe7 Qd8 25.Qxd8+ Nxd8 26.Nb5 Bxb5 27.axb5 Nf7 28.Kf2 Nh5 29.Ke3 Bb2 30.Be1 Bc1+ 31.Nd2 Nf6 32.Kf3 h5 33.Nf1 Bb2 34.Ne3 Nh6 35.Nd1 Bd4 36.Nc3 Nd7 37.Ne2 Bf6 38.Ng3 Bd8 39.Nf1 Nf6 40.Bh4 Kg7 41.Ne3 Bc7 42.Nf1 Kf7 43.Ke3 Kg7 44.Nh2 Bd8 45.Nf3 Nf7 46.Be1 Nd7 47.Nh2 Nh6 48.Kf3 Nf6 49.Bc3 Kf7 50.Ke3 Be7 51.Nf3 Nh7 52.Be1 Kg7 53.Ke2 Bd8 54.Bf2 Be7 55.Nd4 cxd4 56.Bxd4+ Nf6 57.Bxb6 Nd7 58.Bxa5 Nf7 59.Bd2 Nd8 60.Bc3+ Bf6 61.Bxf6+ Kxf6 62.b4 h4 63.Ke3 Nb7 64.Kd4 Ke7 65.Bc2 Kf6 66.Bb3 g5 67.Bd1 Kg6 68.b6 gxf4 69.Ba4 Nxb6 70.Bc6 Nd8 71.c5 dxc5+ 72.Kxc5 Nc8 73.Bd7 Ne7 74.Bc6 Game drawn ½-½ 23.Rc1 Game drawn ½-½ (44) Bhat,V (2491) Fernandez,D (2352) [C50] U S Junior Invitational Dallas TX (9), e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c h3 Bb6 8.Re1 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bb3 Nd7 11.Nf1 Bxb3 12.axb3 f5 13.exf5 Rxf5 14.Be3 Rf8 15.b4 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 a6 17.d4 exd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Kh8 20.Ng4 h5 21.Ne3 Ne5 22.Nc4 Nxc4 23.Qxc4 Rf5 24.Qe4 Qc8 25.Rad1 a5 26.Rd5 Rxd5 27.Qxd5 c6 28.Qxh5+ Kg8 29.Re4 axb4 30.Rh4 Ra1+ 31.Kh2 Qe6 32.Qh8+ Kf7 33.Rf4+ Kg6 34.Rg4+ White wins 1-0 (45) Hoekstra,M (2336) Seigel,N (2333) [B16] U S Junior Invitational Dallas TX (9), e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.g3 Bf5 7.Bg2 e6 8.Ne2 h5 9.h4 Bg4 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Qd2 Bxe2 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Kxe2 Nd7 14.Rhe Kf1 Nb6 16.Rad1 Nd5 17.c4 Ne7 18.Qc3 Kb8 19.d5 cxd5 20.Qxf6 d4 21.Qxf7 Rhf8 22.Qg7 Rf5 23.Kg1 e5 24.Bh3 Rg8 25.Qxg8+ Nxg8 26.Bxf5 Ne7 27.Bb1 Nc6 28.Be4 a5 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.b3 a4 31.Re4 Qa3 32.Rxe5 Qxa2 33.bxa4 Qxc4 34.a5 c5 35.a6 Qb5 36.Ra1 d3 37.a7+ Ka8 38.Rd5 Qb6 39.Rxd3 c4 40.Rc3 Qb2 41.Rac1 White wins 1-0 Round 9: 1 1 Vinay S Bhat (2491) 0 Daniel Fernandez (2352) 2 ½ Daniel Rensch (2340) ½ Andrei A Zaremba (2373) 3 1 Matthew Hoekstra (2336) 0 Noah J Siegel (2333) 4 ½ Stanislav Ritvin (2318) ½ Dmitry Schneider (2517) 5 ½ Aaron C Pixton (2435) ½ Philip Xiao Wang (2358) (41) Pixton,A (2435) Wang,P (2358) [A80] U S Junior Invitational Dallas TX (9), d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg b3 d6 7.Bb2 Qe8 Game drawn ½-½ (42) Ritvin,S (2318) Schneider,D (2517) [C00] U S Junior Invitational Dallas TX (9), e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.c3 a5 6.Be2 e5 7.Qc2 Be Re1 Re8 10.Bf1 Bf8 11.b3 b6 Game drawn ½-½ (43) Rensch,D (2340) Zaremba,A (2373) [B15] U S Junior Invitational Dallas TX (9), e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bd Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.c4 Nd7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Re1 Rfe8 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.Qd3 Bf4 16.Kg2 Rad8 17.b4 Bxe3 18.Rxe3 Rxe3 19.fxe3 Ne5 20.Qe2 Nxf3 21.Qxf3 Qe7 22.Rb1 Qe6

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12 U S Junior Invitational Championships-- Standings # Name Rtng Post Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total TBrk[R] 1 Aaron C Pixton W4 D10 W7 W8 W2 W3 D9 D5 D Vinay S Bhat D3 D9 D5 W6 L1 W10 W7 L8 W Andrei A Zaremba D2 D4 W9 D5 D6 L1 D10 W7 D Daniel Fernandez L1 D3 W10 W9 D7 L5 W8 W6 L Dmitry Schneider L7 D8 D2 D3 D9 W4 D6 D1 D Philip Xiao Wang D10 W7 W8 L2 D3 D9 D5 L4 D Matthew Hoekstra W5 L6 L1 W10 D4 W8 L2 L3 W Daniel Rensch W9 D5 L6 L1 W10 L7 L4 W2 D Noah J Siegel L8 D2 L3 L4 D5 D6 D1 D10 L Stanislav Ritvin D6 D1 L4 L7 L8 L2 D3 D9 D U S Junior Invitational Championship Name Rating # Total Vinay S Bhat X ½ ½ ½ Daniel Rensch X ½ 1 ½ 0 4 Matthew Hoekstra X ½ 4.5 Stanislav Ritvin X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Aaron C Pixton ½ X ½ ½ ½ Philip Xiao Wang ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ Dmitry Schneider ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ Noah J Siegel ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ X Andrei A Zaremba ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 X ½ 5

13 Daniel Fernandez ½ ½ X 5

14 Back (standing) left to right: Luis Salinas, Andrei Zaremba, Daniel Rensch, Daniel Fernandez, Noah Siegel, Philip Wang and Tim Redman. Front (sitting) left to right: Matthew Hoekstra, Stanislav Ritvin, Aaron Pixton, Dmitry Schneider and Vinay Bhat.

15 U S Junior Invitational Championships -- Wall chart Name/Rtng/ID St/Tm Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 1 Vinay S Bhat CA B 9 W 8 B 7 W 6 B 5 W 4 B 3 W 2 W Daniel Rensch AZ B 8 W 7 B 6 W 5 B 4 W 3 W 10 B 1 W Matthew Hoekstra NC B 7 W 6 B 5 W 4 W 10 B 2 W 1 B 9 W Stanislav Ritvin PA B 6 W 5 W 10 B 3 W 2 B 1 W 9 B 8 W Aaron C Pixton NY W 10 B 4 W 3 B 2 W 1 B 9 W 8 B 7 W Philip Xiao Wang NV W 4 B 3 W 2 B 1 W 9 B 8 W 7 B 10 B Dmitry Schneider NY W 3 B 2 W 1 B 9 W 8 B 10 B 6 W 5 B Noah J Siegel NY W 2 B 1 W 9 B 10 B 7 W 6 B 5 W 4 B Andrei A Zaremba TX W 1 B 10 B 8 W 7 B 6 W 5 B 4 W 3 B Daniel Fernandez FL B 5 W 9 B 4 W 8 B 3 W 7 B 2 W 6 B

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