[Event "Bunadarbanka (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jon Loftur Arnason"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
Nxd4 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.c3 dxc3 10.Qh5 Qe7 11.Nxc3 Nf6 12.Qf3 Qd8
13.Qg3 Nh5 14.Qd3 g6 15.e5 Bg7 16.Ne4 O-O 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.exd6
Bf5 19.Rfe1 cxd6 20.g4 Bxg4 21.Nxd6 Qd7 22.Be7 Bxb2 23.Bxf7+
Kg7 24.Bxf8+ Rxf8 25.Be8+ Qa7 26.Qd2 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Nf4 28.Bc6
Ne2+ 29.Kh1 Qxf2 30.Qb2+ Kh6 31.Qd2+ g5 0-1

[Event "Bunadarbanka (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Savar Bjarnason"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3
O-O 8.Rb1 b6 9.Bf4 d5 10.Qc1 Bb7 11.Bh6 d4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Nd1
Rb8 14.a3 a5 15.e4 e5 16.Nh4 Nc8 17.Bh3 Nd6 18.f4 exf4 19.Qxf4
f6 20.Qd2 Nf7 21.Be6 Ng5 22.Bd5 Qc7 23.Kh1 Bc8 24.b3 Bh3
25.Rf4 Rbe8 26.Nb2 Ne6 27.Rf2 Ne5 28.Nd1 Ng4 29.Re2 Ng5 30.b4
axb4 31.axb4 cxb4 32.Rxb4 Ne5 33.Rf2 Ne6 34.Ra4 Nc5 35.Ra3 Qd6
36.Ra7+ Re7 37.Rxe7+ Qxe7 38.Nb2 Qa7 39.Nf3 Ng4 40.Re2 Bf1
41.Re1 Bh3+ 42.Ng1 Ne5 43.Nxh3 Nf3 44.Qe2 Nxe1 45.Qxe1 Qa2
46.Qf2 Re8 47.Kg2 Re7 48.Nd1 Qb1 49.Qe2 Nxd3 50.Nhf2 Ne5
51.Qd2 d3 52.Ne3 Ra7 53.Qc3 Ra1 54.Ned1 Ra2 55.Ne3 Rxf2+
56.Kxf2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Eugene Martinovsky"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.O-O exd4 6.Nxd4 g6 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.f4 Qb8
13.Bb3 a5 14.e5 Nh7 15.exd6 cxd6 16.Be7 a4 17.Bxf8 Nxf8
18.Nxa4 Rxa4 19.Bxa4 Qa7+ 20.Kh1 Qxa4 21.c3 Qb5 22.a4 Qxb2
23.a5 Bxc3 24.a6 Bd4 25.a7 Bxa7 26.Rxa7 d5 27.Qa1 Qxa1
28.Rfxa1 Kg7 29.Kg1 Kf6 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.Ke3 Ne6 32.g4 f5 33.gxf5
gxf5 34.Rg1 d4 35.Kd2 Kd6 36.Rg6 c5 37.Rxh6 c4 38.Ra5 Ke7
39.Rxf5 c3 40.Kd3 Bc8 41.Rxe6+ Bxe6 42.Rc5 c2 43.Kxd4 Bf5
44.Ke5 Bd3 45.f5 Kd7 46.h4 Ke7 47.h5 Kf7 48.Rc7+ Kg8 49.Kf6
Be4 50.h6 Bd3 51.Kg6 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jeremy Silman"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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.h3 Qd7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Ne7 13.c4 c6
14.a4 bxc4 15.dxc6 Qxc6 16.Nxc4 Be6 17.Na5 Bxb3 18.Qxb3 Qc7
19.Bd2 Rab8 20.Qc3 Qb6 21.Nc4 Qc6 22.Qd3 Ng6 23.Nh2 d5 24.exd5
Nxd5 25.Rac1 Ndf4 26.Qg3 Bb4 27.Nf3 Bxd2 28.Nfxd2 Nh4 29.Ne4
Nhxg2 30.Ncd6 Nxe1+ 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Nxh7+ Ke7 33.Nf5+ Kd7
34.Rxe1 Qg6 35.Ng5 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Na3 cxd4 7.Nb5
Bd6 8.Bc4 Qe4+ 9.Be2 Bb8 10.cxd4 Qd5 11.O-O Nge7 12.Nc3 Qa5
13.Bd3 h6 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.a3 Qh5 16.h3 Na5 17.Qc2 Bc6 18.Ne5
Bxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.b4 Nd5 21.Ne4 Nxb4 22.axb4 Qxa1 23.Bb2
Qa2 24.bxa5 Qxa5 25.Bxg7 Rg8 26.Bc3 Qd8 27.Bf6 Qd5 28.Bh4 Rg6
29.f3 Qd4+ 30.Bf2 Qd5 31.Bc5 Rd8 32.Nd6+ Rxd6 33.Bxg6 Rd8
34.Bxf7+ Kd7 35.Rd1 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudy Blumenfeld"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 b4
13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5 Kd8 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.Qe3 Qc5 17.Qd2 Rc8
18.Kb1 Kc7 19.Bh4 Nxd5 20.Bf2 Qa5 21.Bc4 Nc3+ 22.bxc3 bxc3
23.Qe3 Qxf5 24.Qxc3 Kd8 25.g4 Qb5+ 26.Bxb5 Rxc3 27.Bd4 Rf3
28.Bc4 Rxf4 29.h3 d5 30.Bb3 Bb4 31.Bxg7 Rg8 32.Bh6 Rf6 33.Bd2
Bxd2 34.Rxd2 Rd6 35.c4 d4 36.Bc2 h6 37.Red1 Bf3 38.Rxd4 Rb6+
39.Kc1 Bxd1 40.Bf5 Ba4 41.c5 Rb7 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David J Strauss"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.f4 Nge7
8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Nd4 10.Qd2 Rb8 11.Nh4 exf4 12.Bxf4 b5 13.a3 a5
14.Rae1 Qc7 15.Kh1 b4 16.axb4 cxb4 17.Nb1 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 e5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.d5 Nce7 7.Bg2 h6
8.O-O f5 9.e4 Nf6 10.Ne1 O-O 11.Nd3 fxe4 12.Nxe4 g5 13.Qe2 Bf5
14.Bd2 Qd7 15.Bc3 Bg4 16.f3 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Bf5 18.Qe2 b5 19.Nb4
a5 20.Nc6 Nxc6 21.dxc6 Qxc6 22.cxb5 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Rae8 24.Rad1
a4 25.Qc4+ Be6 26.Qxa4 Ra8 27.Qe4 Bxa2 28.f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Norman Weinstein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5
Qa5 8.Bd2 Qxc5 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be3 Qa5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Rc1 Rfc8
13.b3 Nd7 14.Bd2 Nc5 15.h3 Be6 16.Qc2 a6 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.Rfd1 h6
19.Be3 Qa5 20.Qb1 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Nb4 22.Rd2 Ne6 23.a4 Rc7
24.Rdd1 Rac8 25.Ne1 Qe5 26.Nc2 Nxc2 27.Qxc2 h5 28.Rd5 Qf6
29.Bf1 Kh7 30.Rxh5+ Kg8 31.Rd5 Nf4 32.Rdd1 Ne6 33.Rd5 Nf4
34.Rdd1 Ne6 35.Be2 b5 36.a5 bxc4 37.Bxc4 Rc6 38.Qd2 Qe5 39.Bd5
Rxc1 40.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 41.Qxc1 Qc3 42.Qxc3 Bxc3 43.Bb6 Nc5 44.f3
e6 45.Bc4 Kf8 46.Kf2 Ke8 47.Ke2 Kd7 48.Kd1 Kc6 49.Kc2 Be1
50.g4 Nb7 51.Bxa6 Nxa5 52.Bd8 Kc5 53.Bg5 Bf2 54.Be2 Nc6 55.Kd2
Nd4 56.Bd1 f5 57.h4 fxg4 58.fxg4 d5 59.Be7+ Kc6 60.Kd3 dxe4
61.Kxe4 Kd7 62.Bf6 Nb5 63.Kf3 Bc5 64.Kf4 Ke8 65.Be2 Kf7 66.Be5
Nd4 67.Bc4 Nc6 68.Bc7 Bb4 69.Kf3 Kf6 70.g5+ Kf7 71.Bg3 Na5
72.Bf2 Bc3 73.Ke4 Nxc4 74.bxc4 Ke7 75.c5 Ba5 76.Bg3 Kd7 77.c6
1-0

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan D Tisdall"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 h6 11.Nd2 Nf4 12.Nc4 f5 13.f3
Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 f4 15.Ba3 g5 16.Nb5 dxc5 17.bxc5 c6 18.Nbd6 cxd5
19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Qd3 Be6 21.Rae1 Qc7 22.Re4 Rfd8 23.Rxe5 Bxe5
24.Qg6+ Kh8 25.Nxe5 Rxd6 26.cxd6 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Bg8 28.Nc4 Qd4
29.Bb2 Nc3 30.Qc2 1-0

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Branko Rogulj"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.f4 exf4 10.Nd4 Qa5 11.Bxf4 Nxe4 12.Nxe6 fxe6
13.Bh5+ g6 14.Qd4 Nf6 15.Bf3 e5 16.Qc4 Nbd7 17.Bh6 Qc5 18.Qe6
Qb4 19.O-O-O Nc5 20.Qh3 Kf7 21.Bd5+ Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Qa5 23.Rhf1+
Ke8 24.Nxe7 Kxe7 25.Bg5+ Ke8 26.Rxd6 Qxa2 27.Qe3 Qa1+ 28.Kd2
Qxf1 29.Qxe5+ Kf7 30.Rf6+ Qxf6 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Qe7 h6 33.Bf6
Rh7 34.Qxc5 Rd7+ 35.Bd4 Rad8 36.c3 Rd5 37.Qc7 R5d7 38.Qe5 Kh7
39.g4 Rf8 40.h4 Rfd8 41.h5 gxh5 42.Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Can. Open, Toronto"]
[Site "Can. Open, Toronto"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kevin Spraggett"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2
Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nc6 10.Nde2 Bd7 11.Kh2 Rc8 12.Nd5 Nxd5
13.exd5 Ne5 14.Nd4 Qa5 15.c3 Nc4 16.Qd3 b5 17.Qe4 Rfe8 18.a3
Qc7 19.Rd1 Na5 20.Qc2 Qb6 21.Be3 Nc4 22.Bg5 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Nxa3
24.Qe2 Nc2 25.Rad1 Nxd4 26.Rxd4 Qc7 27.Qd2 f6 28.Be3 Rcd8
29.Rf4 Bc8 30.Bd4 Rf8 31.h4 Rde8 32.h5 Qd8 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Rh4
g5 35.Be4 gxh4 36.Qh6 hxg3+ 37.fxg3 Rf7 0-1

[Event "CAN-op"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "1976.08.06"]
[EventDate "1976.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5
7. Nxb5 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. d4 Nc7 10. a4 cxd4 11. f5 gxf5
12. Nfxd4 Nxb5 13. Nxf5 Bxe5 14. axb5 d6 15. Qf3 Bxf5 16. Qxf5
f6 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Qe2 Qg8 19. c4 Qe6 20. Kh1 Rhg8 21. Be3
Qg4 22. Rf3 a6 23. c5 axb5 24. Qxb5+ Ke6 25. Rg1 Ra1 26. Qe2
Rxg1+ 27. Bxg1 d5 28. h3 Qc4 29. Qd2 Ra8 30. Qh6 Qe4 31. Qc1
Ra2 32. Re3 Qc4 33. Qb1 h5 34. Qg6 Ra1 35. Qxh5 Qf4 36. Qg4+
Qxg4 37. hxg4 Kd7 38. Rd3 Kc6 39. g3 Rb1 40. b3 d4 41. Kg2
Kxc5 42. Bf2 b5 43. Kf3 Kd5 44. Be3 e6 45. Bf2 Rf1 46. Rd2 Rc1
47. Ke2 Rb1 48. Rd3 Ke4 49. Be1 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dennis Fritzinger"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4
c6 8.Bb3 Qe8 9.Re1 Bd8 10.a5 Bc7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qd8 13.d5 g5
14.Bg3 Nc5 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Bc4 Rb8 17.Ra2 Be6 18.Bxe6 Nxe6
19.a6 Rb4 20.h4 g4 21.Nd2 Kh7 22.b3 Rg8 23.Nc4 Nh5 24.Qd2 Rb8
25.Qe3 Nd4 26.Ne2 c5 27.Qd3 Rg6 28.Ne3 Nf3+ 29.gxf3 gxf3
30.Nf5 fxe2 31.Qxe2 Nf4 32.Qd2 d5 33.exd5 Qd7 34.Ne3 Qh3 35.d6
Rbg8 36.c4 Ba5 37.Qd5 Rxg3+ 38.fxg3 Rxg3+ 39.Kf2 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zaki Harari"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 e6
8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.h3 a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Bf4
Qe7 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.Be3 Nh5 16.f4 Bh6 17.Bxh5 gxh5 18.Rae1 Ng6
19.e5 dxe5 20.f5 Bxe3+ 21.Rxe3 Nf8 22.Rg3+ Kh8 23.f6 Qd7
24.Nde4 Ng6 25.Qd2 Rg8 26.Qh6 Qe8 27.Ng5 Nf8 28.Nxh7 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gyozo V Forintos"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.b4 Nce4 9.Qd4 d5 10.c5 b6 11.f3 bxc5 12.bxc5
Qa5+ 13.Qb4 Qxb4+ 14.axb4 Nc3 15.Bb2 Nb5 16.e3 Bd7 17.Be5 O-O
18.Ne2 a5 19.bxa5 Rfc8 20.Nd4 Nc3 21.Kd2 Rxc5 22.Nb3 Nce4+
23.fxe4 Nxe4+ 24.Ke1 Rc2 25.Rg1 f6 26.Bd3 Rcc8 27.Bd4 e5
28.Bb6 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yair Kraidman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
c5 8.Na4 cxd4 9.a3 Be7 10.exd4 d6 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Re1 d5
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.c5 bxc5 15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.dxc5 Qc7 17.Qc2 g6
18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Qe2 Qa5 20.Ne5 Rc7 21.Rc3 Rxc5 22.b4 Rxc3
23.bxa5 Bxe5 24.Qxe5 Rxd3 25.h4 h5 26.Rc1 Ba6 27.Rc7 Rxa3
28.Rxa7 Rxa5 29.Qd6 Ra1+ 30.Kh2 Ra2 31.Rxa6 Rxf2 32.Qg3 Rf5
33.Rd6 Kh7 34.Rd7 Rc8 35.Qd6 Kg8 36.Re7 Rf8 37.Ra7 Rc8 38.Ra3
Kg7 39.Qd7 Rb8 40.Qc7 Re8 41.Kg3 Kg8 42.Rf3 Rxf3+ 43.gxf3 e5
44.Qd7 Re6 45.Qxd5 Kf8 46.Qd8+ Kg7 47.Kf2 Rf6 48.Qc7 Rf5
49.Ke3 Kg8 50.Qc3 Kf8 51.Ke4 Ke7 52.Kd5 Kf8 53.Qc8+ Kg7
54.Qxf5 gxf5 55.Kxe5 f4 56.Kf5 f6 57.Kxf4 Kg6 58.Ke4 Kg7
59.Kf5 Kf7 60.f4 Ke7 61.Kg6 Ke6 62.Kxh5 Kf5 63.Kh6 Kxf4 64.Kg6
Kg4 65.h5+ f5 66.h6 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nicholas J Patterson"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.O-O Be7 12.Rae1 h6
13.Bh4 O-O 14.Rf3 Bd7 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5
18.Rg3 Qb4 19.Rxg7+ Kxg7 20.Bf6+ Bxf6 21.exf6 Kg8 22.Qxh6
Qxe1+ 23.Bf1 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "R C Balinas"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O d6 5.d4 a6 6.Ba4 Bd7 7.d5
Nb8 8.c4 b5 9.Bc2 Ng6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.b4 a5 12.bxa5 bxc4 13.Nd2
Bg5 14.Nxc4 Bxc1 15.Rxc1 O-O 16.Qd2 Nf4 17.g3 Nh3+ 18.Kh1 Na6
19.Qe3 g5 20.Ne2 Bb5 21.Bd3 Nc5 22.Nxe5 Nxd3 23.Nxd3 f5 24.Nd4
Bxd3 25.Qxd3 fxe4 26.Qe3 Qd7 27.Ne6 Rf3 28.Qxe4 Nxf2+ 29.Rxf2
Rxf2+ 30.Qe3 Rf5 31.Rxc7 Qb5 32.Rc1 Qxd5+ 33.Kg1 Re5 34.Nc7+
Qxa5 35.Qd4 Rf8 36.Nd5 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "P Macpherson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 b6 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Nc3 Bb7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Rc1 Na6 12.e3 Qd7
13.Qd2 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Rfd1 Rad8 16.Qc2 Rfe8 17.e4 Bxc3
18.bxc3 Rxe4 19.Ng5 hxg5 20.Bxe4 Qe7 21.Bg2 Bc6 22.Re1 Qf6
23.Qe2 c4 24.Qe7 Rd7 25.Qa3 Nc7 26.Qxa7 Kh7 27.Qe3 Ne6 28.Qb6
Rd6 29.a4 g4 30.a5 d4 31.Bxc6 Ng5 32.Qb1+ g6 33.Bg2 d3 34.Re3
Qf5 35.Rd1 Qxa5 36.Qc1 Kg7 37.Qd2 Qf5 38.Ree1 Nf3+ 39.Bxf3
gxf3 40.Qe3 Rf6 41.Kh1 Qh3 42.Rg1 Rf5 43.g4 Rf6 44.Qe5 g5
45.Qg3 Qh6 46.Rge1 Rf4 47.Re3 Qf6 48.Rc1 Kg6 49.Rd1 Qxc3
50.Qh3 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Larry Christiansen"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.c3
Qe7 8.Re1 g6 9.Bb3 Bg7 10.Bd5 O-O 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.b3 Ne8 13.a4
Kh8 14.Ba3 Nd6 15.b4 Nd8 16.c4 Bg4 17.b5 axb5 18.cxb5 f5
19.Nbd2 Ne6 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Bd5 Nf4 22.Qb3 Qf6 23.Ra2 Rfe8
24.Rc2 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 fxe4 27.Rc6 Qf5 28.Qxe4 Qxe4
29.Rxe4 Bf5 30.Re1 e4 31.Ng5 Bd4 32.Bc5 Bc3 33.Re3 Ba5 34.h3
h6 35.Bd4+ Kg8 36.g4 hxg5 37.gxf5 gxf5 38.Rg6+ Kh7 39.Rxg5 f4
40.Re2 Rbd8 41.Be5 e3 42.fxe3 Rd1+ 43.Kh2 fxe3+ 44.Reg2 Rxe5
45.Rxe5 Bb4 46.Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.c4
Bc5 8.Nc2 Nc6 9.Nc3 b6 10.a3 Ne5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.b4 Be7 13.Qd4
Rc8 14.Ne3 Ng6 15.Bb2 O-O 16.f3 Bd6 17.g3 Be5 18.Qd2 Rfd8
19.Rac1 h5 20.f4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 Bxe4 23.Bxh5 Ne7
24.Qd4 f5 25.Bf3 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nge7 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd1 Be7 11.Be3 Rb8 12.Qg4 O-O
13.f4 f6 14.Kh1 b5 15.Rae1 Rf7 16.Qe2 Bb4 17.Bd2 Bf8 18.f5 Ne5
19.Bf4 Bb4 20.Rf3 Rb6 21.a3 Bd6 22.Rf2 Bc5 23.Rff1 Bb7 24.Nd1
b4 25.axb4 Bxb4 26.c3 Bd6 27.Ne3 a5 28.c4 Ba6 29.Rc1 Rb4
30.Rfd1 Qb8 31.Rc2 Bc7 32.Rdc1 Bb7 33.c5 Bc6 34.Bxe5 Bxe5
35.Nc4 Bb5 36.Qd1 Ba4 37.fxe6 dxe6 38.Nxe5 Bxc2 39.Rxc2 Qxe5
40.c6 Rd4 41.Qc1 Rc7 42.Rd2 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gudmundur Sigurjonsson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Rxf4 Nc6 12.Nd5 Bxd5
13.exd5 Ne5 14.Rb4 Qc8 15.a4 Re8 16.Na5 Rb8 17.Ra3 Bd8 18.Rc3
Qd7 19.Nb3 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Bf2 a5 22.Rb5 Nc4 23.Bxc4 Qxc4
24.Rxb7 Nxd5 25.Qd3 Qxd3 26.cxd3 Nb4 27.d4 Nd3 28.Nd2 Bf6
29.Ne4 Nxf2 30.Nxf6+ gxf6 31.Kxf2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gert Ligterink"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3
h6 8.O-O Be6 9.a4 Nbd7 10.b3 Rc8 11.Bb2 Qa5 12.Qe1 Qb4 13.a5
Be7 14.Ra4 Qc5 15.Bc4 O-O 16.Nd2 Rfe8 17.Kh1 Bf8 18.Qe2 d5
19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Nc4 e4 23.Raa1 Re6
24.Rad1 Qc6 25.Qd2 Nf6 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Qd7 Bb4 28.Qxc6 Rcxc6
29.Kg1 Rf5 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Rd7 Bxa5 32.Rxb7 Bc3 33.Re7 Re6
34.Rxe6 fxe6 35.Rd1 Rd5 36.Ne3 Ra5 37.Kf1 Ra2 38.Ke2 e5 39.Rd6
Ra1 40.Rd1 Ra2 41.h4 h5 42.Rd6 Ra1 43.Rd1 Ra2 44.Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vitaly F Zaltsman"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
a6 8.Qe2 Na5 9.Bd3 b5 10.b4 Nc4 11.Bxc4 bxc4 12.Qxc4 Bb7
13.O-O Rc8 14.Qd3 d5 15.e5 Nd7 16.Bf4 Bxb4 17.Nce2 Be7 18.Qg3
g6 19.Bh6 Rc4 20.Rab1 Qc7 21.Rfe1 Bc8 22.Qe3 Rg8 23.Bf4 h5
24.h3 g5 25.Bh2 h4 26.Kh1 Nc5 27.f3 Na4 28.Rb3 Bc5 29.Qd3 Bf8
30.Qh7 Rg7 31.Qh8 Nc5 32.Rbb1 Nd7 33.c3 Qa5 34.f4 Qd8 35.f5
Nc5 36.Rb8 Nd7 37.Nxe6 fxe6 38.Qh5+ Rf7 39.fxe6 Qe7 40.Rxc8+
Rxc8 41.Nd4 Kd8 42.exf7 Nc5 43.e6 Ne4 44.Qh8 Rxc3 45.Nf5 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ludek Pachman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O
d5 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Rc1 c5 11.a3 Bxd2 12.Nxd2 Nxd2
13.Qxd2 dxc4 14.bxc4 Qg5 15.f4 Qe7 16.Qc2 f5 17.d5 Nf6 18.Be5
Ng4 19.d6 Qh4 20.g3 Qd8 21.Rfe1 Qd7 22.Bf1 Nf6 23.Bxf6 gxf6
24.Bg2 Bxg2 25.Qxg2 Qxd6 26.Rcd1 Qc7 27.e4 Rad8 28.exf5 exf5
29.Qh3 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Qe7 31.Qg2 Qe3+ 32.Kf1 Re8 33.Qd5+ Kg7
34.Qd3 Kg6 35.a4 Qxd3+ 36.Rxd3 Re4 37.Rd7 a5 38.Rd6 Rxc4
39.Rxb6 Rxa4 40.Rb5 c4 41.Rc5 Kf7 42.Rxf5 Ke6 43.Rh5 Ra1+
44.Ke2 a4 45.Kd2 a3 46.Ra5 a2 47.Kc3 Rc1+ 48.Kb2 a1=R 49.Rxa1
Rxa1 50.Kxa1 Kf5 51.Kb2 Kg4 52.Kc3 Kh3 53.Kxc4 Kxh2 54.g4 Kg3
55.g5 f5 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mark Diesen"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.b3 Re8 9.Bb2 c6 10.Re1 b5 11.d5 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Bb7 13.Nxf6+
Nxf6 14.Qd3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d6 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3
Nc6 8.a3 Bd7 9.e4 Qc8 10.Re1 Bh3 11.Bh1 Ne8 12.Nc4 h6 13.Ne3
e5 14.b4 b6 15.Bb2 Nc7 16.Rc1 Qd7 17.Qd2 Rae8 18.d4 f5 19.exf5
gxf5 20.dxe5 f4 21.Nd5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 dxe5 23.Be4 Kh8 24.Rcd1
Ne6 25.Qc2 Qc8 26.c4 Ng5 27.bxc5 f3 28.Bc1 Bg2 29.Bxg5 hxg5
30.Qc1 Qg4 31.Ne3 Qh3 32.Rd6 Bf6 33.Bf5 Qh5 34.Qd1 Be7 35.Bg4
Qh7 36.Rd7 Rf6 37.Nxg2 fxg2 38.Rxe5 Rxf2 39.Re1 Qf7 40.Qd4+
Kg8 41.Rdxe7 Rxe7 42.Qd8+ Qf8 43.Qxf8+ Kxf8 44.Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vladimir Raicevic"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4
Nxc5 8.Qd2 Be7 9.O-O-O a6 10.h4 b5 11.Qe3 b4 12.Ne2 O-O
13.Ned4 Bd7 14.Bg5 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 a5 16.Kb1 a4 17.Bd3 f6 18.exf6
Bxf6 19.f4 Qb6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rh3 Rf7 22.Rg3+ Kh8 23.h5 a3
24.b3 Qd6 25.Nf3 Rc8 26.Nh4 Nxd3 27.cxd3 Be8 28.Ng6+ hxg6
29.hxg6 Rg7 30.Rh1+ Kg8 31.Rgh3 Kf8 32.Rh8+ Ke7 33.R8h7 Rxh7
34.gxh7 Qc7 35.Qd2 Bg6 36.h8=Q Rxh8 37.Rxh8 Qc5 38.Rb8 Kd7
39.Rb7+ Kd8 40.Rb8+ Kd7 41.Rb7+ Kd8 42.Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Florin Gheorghiu"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3
Nbd7 8.f4 Qb6 9.Be3 Qxb2 10.Ncb5 axb5 11.Nxb5 Qb4 12.Nc7+ Ke7
13.Nxa8 Qa5 14.e5 Ne8 15.exd6 Nxd6 16.c4 Qxa8 17.c5 Ne8 18.f5
f6 19.Bd4 Ne5 20.Bxe5 fxe5 21.Bc4 Qb8 22.Bxe6 Nf6 23.Qb3 Qc7
24.Kh1 Bd7 25.Bxd7 Nxd7 26.Rac1 Qc6 27.Rfd1 Ke8 28.Rc2 Be7
29.Rcd2 Nxc5 30.Qg3 Bf6 31.Rd6 Ne4 32.Qa3 Nxd6 33.Rxd6 Qc7
34.Qa4+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Perry Youngworth"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8 16.Qh5 Bd7 17.a3 Rb8 18.Rg1
b4 19.axb4 Rxb4 20.Rg7 Bc8 21.Nf5 d5 22.e5 Qxe5 23.Qxf7+ Kd8
24.Rxh7 Qf4+ 25.Kb1 Rxb2+ 26.Ka1 Rb7 27.Ne7 Qc7 28.Bb5 Rxb5
29.Nxb5 Qa5+ 30.Kb1 Qxb5+ 31.Kc1 Bh6+ 32.Rxh6 Rxh6 33.Qf8+ Kd7
34.Qxc8+ Kd6 35.Qd8+ Ke5 36.Qc7+ Ke4 37.Re1+ Kd4 38.Qf4+ Ne4
39.Qxh6 Qa4 40.Rxe4+ dxe4 41.Qd2+ Ke5 42.Qc3+ Kf4 43.Qg3# 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jay E Whitehead"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3 e5
8.Nd5 Nge7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bf6 O-O 11.Nxe7+ Nxe7 12.Bxg7 Kxg7
13.c3 Nc6 14.Nd2 Qe7 15.f4 f6 16.Nc4 Be6 17.Ne3 Bg8 18.h4 exf4
19.gxf4 Kh8 20.h5 Bh7 21.hxg6 Bxg6 22.Qg4 Qg7 23.Rf3 f5 24.Qh4
fxe4 25.dxe4 Bxe4 26.Rg3 Qh7 27.Bxe4 Qxe4 28.Qxh6+ Qh7
29.Qxh7+ Kxh7 30.Kg2 Rf6 31.Nf5 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Bozidar Ivanovic"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Rb8
13.g3 O-O 14.Bg2 a5 15.O-O b4 16.f4 Bh6 17.Nce3 bxc3 18.bxc3
Ne7 19.Kh1 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 exf4 21.gxf4 Re8 22.Qd4 Ba6 23.Rf2 Qh4
24.Rg1 Bc4 25.Nb6 Be6 26.f5 Bc8 27.Nc4 Ba6 28.Nxd6 Rbd8 29.e5
Qxd4 30.cxd4 Be3 31.Rf3 Bxg1 32.Kxg1 Re7 33.Ra3 f6 34.Rxa5 Bd3
35.Kf2 g6 36.Bh3 gxf5 37.Kf3 Kg7 38.Bxf5 fxe5 39.dxe5 Rf8
40.Ke3 Bf1 41.Kf4 Kh6 42.Rc5 Bd3 43.Rd5 Bb1 44.a4 Rd7 45.Ke3
Rxf5 46.Nxf5+ Bxf5 47.Rxd7 Bxd7 48.a5 Kg6 49.Kd4 Kf7 50.a6 Bc6
51.a7 Bb7 52.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Kaufman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2
Re8 8.Qd2 Rb8 9.Rb1 a6 10.b4 Bd7 11.Nc1 e5 12.d5 Nd4 13.Nb3 c6
14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bxd4 b5 16.Be2 bxc4 17.O-O cxd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5
19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qxd5 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Be6 22.Qd2 Kg8 23.f4 c3
24.Qxc3 Bxa2 25.Rb2 Rbc8 26.Qd2 Bc4 27.f5 Rxe4 28.Bxc4 Rcxc4
29.h3 Qd4 30.Qxd4 Rexd4 31.Ra2 Rxb4 32.Rxa6 g5 33.Ra8+ Kg7
34.f6 Kh6 35.Rf8 Rb7 36.Rg8 Rf4 37.Rxf4 gxf4 38.Kg1 Rd7 39.Kf2
d5 40.Rg4 Rd6 41.Rxf4 Kg5 42.Rg4+ Kxf6 43.Ke3 Re6+ 44.Kd4 Re5
45.Rh4 h5 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Ke6 48.Rh6+ f6 49.Kd3 Rg5 50.Rh4
Rg7 51.Ke3 Rg8 52.Kf4 Ra8 53.Rh5 Ra1 54.Rh8 Rf1+ 55.Ke3 Re1+
56.Kf4 Re4+ 57.Kf3 Ke5 58.Rh5+ Kd4 59.Rh6 Ke5 60.Rh5+ Kd6
61.Rh8 Re1 62.Rg8 Kc5 63.Rg6 d4 64.Kf2 Re6 65.g5 d3 66.gxf6
Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Margeir Petursson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Qa5 11.Ra3 Nbd7 12.Nh3 Ne5 13.Nf2
Qb4 14.Be2 Bd7 15.a5 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Nd3 Bb5 18.Nxb5 Qxb5
19.O-O c4 20.Nf2 Rfe8 21.Rb1 Rac8 22.Nd1 Nd7 23.b4 Ne5 24.Nc3
Qd7 25.Na4 c3 26.Qc2 Nc4 27.Ra2 f5 28.exf5 Qxf5 29.Qxf5 gxf5
30.Kf1 Nb2 31.Nxb2 cxb2 32.Rbxb2 Bxb2 33.Rxb2 Re5 34.Rd2 Rc4
35.g3 Rxb4 36.Bf4 Rb1+ 37.Kg2 Ree1 38.Rc2 Red1 39.Rc7 h6
40.Kh3 Rb2 41.Rd7 Rxd5 42.Bxh6 Rxa5 43.f4 Rc5 44.Rg7+ Kh8
45.Rd7 Re2 46.Kh4 Rec2 47.Rf7 Rc7 48.Rf6 d5 49.Kg5 R2c6
50.Rxf5 Rd7 51.Re5 d4 52.Re8+ Kh7 53.Bf8 d3 54.Ba3 d2 55.Bb2
Rg6+ 56.Kh5 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.Nc3 g6
8.e4 Bg7 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Be2 a6 11.a4 Ra7 12.O-O Re7 13.f4 Ne8
14.Nc4 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Nxb5 Rxe4 17.Bd3 Re7 18.f5 Bxf5
19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bf4 Re4 22.Qb3 Nd7 23.Nbxd6 Nxd6
24.Nxd6 Rb4 25.Qg3 Kh8 26.Nxf5 Rg8 27.b3 Bf8 28.Qh3 c4 29.bxc4
Rxc4 30.Qd3 Qb6+ 31.Kh1 Qb2 32.Bg3 Ne5 33.Qb1 Qe2 34.Ra2 Qh5
35.d6 Rcg4 36.Bxe5 fxe5 37.Qb5 e4 38.Ra8 Rxg2 39.Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evan Michaelides"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.Qc2 c6 9.Rd1 Re8 10.b3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Qe7 12.e4 Nc5 13.f3
a5 14.Ba3 Bd7 15.Qd2 Rad8 16.Na4 Nxa4 17.bxa4 Bc8 18.Qxa5 Nd7
19.Rac1 Ne5 20.Qb6 f5 21.f4 Ng4 22.e5 Qf7 23.Bxd6 h5 24.Nf3
Kh8 25.Ng5 Qg8 26.Qc7 Rd7 27.Qb8 Ne3 28.Rd4 Rdd8 29.Bf3 Nxc4
30.Bc5 Rxd4 31.Bxd4 Nd2 32.Bg2 Qxa2 33.Qd6 Be6 34.Bf2 Bf8
35.Qd4 Nb3 36.Qd1 Nxc1 37.Qxc1 Bd5 38.e6 Bxg2 39.Bd4+ Bg7
40.Bxg7+ Kxg7 41.Qc3+ Kh6 42.Nf7+ Kh7 43.Ng5+ Kh6 44.Nf7+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Malta"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2
exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.b3 Rc8 17.Ba3 g6 18.axb5 axb5
19.Bxb4 cxb4 20.Bd3 Qb6 21.e5 dxe5 22.dxe5 Nd5 23.Ne4 Red8
24.Qd2 Nc3 25.Nf6+ Kg7 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nf6 Be7 28.Qe3 Qxe3
29.Rxe3 Bc5 30.Bf1 Bxe3 31.fxe3 Rc5 32.e4 Nxe4 33.Ra7 Bd5
34.Nxe4 Bxe4 35.Ng5 Bd5 36.e6 Kf6 37.Nxf7 Ra8 38.Rxa8 Bxa8
39.Nd6 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Malta"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alan J Norris"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.Bd3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Qe1 b5 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Ng4 13.e6
fxe6 14.Qe4 Qa7+ 15.Kh1 Ndf6 16.Qe1 O-O 17.h3 Nh6 18.Bxh6 Bxh6
19.Qh4 Kg7 20.Rae1 Bd7 21.Ne4 Qc7 22.Ne5 Rad8 23.Nxd7 Rxd7
24.Nxf6 Rxf6 25.Rxf6 exf6 26.Rxe6 Bg5 27.Qe1 Qa7 28.h4 Bf4
29.h5 Qc5 30.hxg6 Qh5+ 31.Kg1 Qh2+ 32.Kf1 Qh1+ 33.Kf2 Qxe1+
34.Kxe1 hxg6 35.Rxa6 Be5 36.b3 b4 37.a3 bxa3 38.Rxa3 Bc3+
39.Kf2 f5 40.Ra6 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Malta"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Navarro"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.f5 e5 11.Nb3 b5 12.g4 b4 13.Bxf6
Nxf6 14.Ne2 Bb7 15.Ng3 Rc8 16.Bd3 d5 17.Qe2 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nd5
19.Rhf1 O-O 20.f6 Nxf6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.Bf5 Qc4
24.Qf2 Rcd8 25.Nd2 Qf4 26.Qxf4 exf4 27.Rf1 Rfe8 28.b3 Bg2
29.Rf2 Re1+ 30.Kb2 f3 31.Nxf3 Bxf3 32.Rxf3 Rdd1 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Malta"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ramon Mateo"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4
Be7 8.Nc3 d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.e4 Nbd7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.Ne1
Rfe8 14.Rac1 Bf8 15.Nc2 Rac8 16.Rd2 Qb8 17.Rcd1 Qa8 18.Ba3 Nc5
19.f3 Qb8 20.Bf1 Ba8 21.Qf2 Red8 22.Ne3 b5 23.cxb5 Nxb3 24.Rc2
axb5 25.Nxb5 Rxc2 26.Qxc2 Na5 27.Qd2 Nb7 28.Bb2 Be7 29.Nd4 Nc5
30.Ba1 d5 31.e5 Nfd7 32.f4 Ne4 33.Qe2 Rc8 34.Qg4 Qb6 35.Bd3
Nc3 36.Rd2 g6 37.Nec2 Nxa2 38.Rf2 Nb4 39.Nxb4 Qxb4 40.f5 Nxe5
41.fxe6 Qe1+ 42.Rf1 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Telephone"]
[Site "Telephone"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan Frankle"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
a6 8.Qe2 b5 9.Bb3 Ra7 10.Rd1 Rd7 11.Ng5 Qf6 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5
exd5 14.exd5 Qe7 15.Qc4 Na5 16.Qxc8+ Qd8 17.Qc2 Be7 18.Nf3 Nf6
19.Nd4 Rc7 20.Qd3 O-O 21.Qxa6 Rc5 22.Bd2 Ne4 23.Bxb4 Bf6
24.Bxa5 Rxa5 25.Qe2 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 f5 27.Bc4 Qb6 28.Rd3 Qc5
29.b3 Raa8 30.Rad1 Rae8 31.Qe3 Qb4 32.Qd4 Nc5 33.Re3 f4
34.Rxe8 Rxe8 35.Qxf4 Re1+ 36.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37.Bf1 h6 38.Qxd6 Ne4
39.Qf4 Nd2 40.Qb8+ Kf7 41.Qb5 1-0

[Event "Baerum"]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Heikki M J Westerinen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7
7. a4 Nbd7 8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kh1 b6 12. Nd5
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nf6 14. c4 Bd7 15. Rc1 Qb7 16. Bf3 b5 17. Qb3
Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. c5 dxc5 20. Rxc5 Bg4 21. Nc6 Bxf3
22. gxf3 Rbe8 23. Qxb5 Qd7 24. Re1 e6 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Ne5
Qxb5 27. Rxb5 Nd5 28. Nd3 Bh6 29. Rb7 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 Bxf4
31. Nxf4 Rxf4 32. Kg2 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. b4 Rb8 35. Rb3 Ke7
36. Kf2 Kd6 37. Ke3 Rb5 38. Rb2 Kc6 39. Kd4 Rf5 40. Rc2+ Kb5
41. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Alburt"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3
Bh5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Be3 d5 11.c5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nc8 13.f4
g6 14.Kh2 Bh4 15.f5 exf5 16.Qb3 Ne7 17.Qxb7 Nbc6 18.f4 Rb8
19.Qa6 Rxb2 20.Rab1 Qb8 21.Qa3 Rb4 22.Rxb4 Qxb4 23.Qxb4 Nxb4
24.Bg1 Rb8 25.Rb1 Nbc6 26.Rxb8+ Nxb8 27.Nb5 c6 28.Nd6 Be1
29.Kg2 Kf8 30.Bf2 Bxf2 31.Kxf2 Ng8 32.a4 Ke7 33.a5 Ke6 34.Nc8
a6 35.Nd6 f6 36.Ke3 Ke7 37.Bd3 h5 38.Be2 h4 39.Bd3 Nh6 40.Kf3
Ke6 41.exf6 Kxf6 42.Ne8+ Ke7 43.Nc7 Nf7 44.Nxa6 Nxa6 45.Bxa6
Kd7 46.Ke3 Kc7 47.Kf3 Nd8 48.Bf1 Kb8 49.Ke3 Ka7 50.Kd2 Nb7
51.a6 Nd8 52.Be2 Ne6 53.Ke3 Nc7 54.Bf1 Nxa6 55.Kd3 Kb7 56.Kc3
Nc7 57.Kd2 Kc8 58.Ke3 Kd7 59.Be2 Ne6 60.Bd3 Ke7 61.Ba6 g5
62.fxg5 Nxg5 63.Kf4 Nxh3+ 64.Kxf5 Ng1 65.Kf4 h3 66.Bf1 h2
67.Bg2 Ne2+ 68.Ke3 Ng3 0-1

[Event "4, Lone Pine op"]
[Site "4, Lone Pine op"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Ne2 Bf5
7.Ng3 Bg6 8.h4 h6 9.h5 Bh7 10.c3 Nd7 11.Be2 Qa5 12.O-O O-O-O
13.Bf4 e5 14.Be3 Nb6 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Rg8 17.Qh7 Bd6
18.Qxf7 exd4 19.Bxd4 Nd5 20.Rad1 Kb8 21.c4 Nf4 22.Be3 Qe5
23.Rfe1 Rxg3 24.fxg3 Nh3+ 25.gxh3 Qxg3+ 26.Kf1 Qxh3+ 27.Ke2
Qg2+ 28.Bf2 Qe4+ 29.Kf1 Qh1+ 30.Bg1 Qf3+ 31.Bf2 Qh1+ 32.Ke2
Qe4+ 33.Be3 Qg2+ 34.Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4, Lone Pine op"]
[Site "4, Lone Pine op"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5
7.Ne2 Nd7 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.h4 h6 10.Be2 Qa5 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Bf4 e5
13.Be3 Nb6 14.h5 Bh7 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Rg8 17.Qh7 Bd6
18.Qxf7 exd4 19.Bxd4 Nd5 20.Rad1 Kb8 21.c4 Nf4 22.Be3 Qe5
23.Rfe1 Rxg3 24.fxg3 Nh3+ 25.gxh3 Qxg3+ 26.Kf1 Qxh3+ 27.Ke2
Qg2+ 28.Bf2 Qe4+ 29.Kf1 Qh1+ 30.Bg1 Qf3+ 31.Bf2 Qh1+ 32.Ke2
Qe4+ 33.Be3 Qg2+ 34.Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 b6 7.g3 Bb7
8.Bg2 d5 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.d3 e5 13.Nh4
dxc4 14.Nf5 Rce8 15.Nb5 Qb8 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Nbd6 cxd3 18.Rxd3
Bxd6 19.Nxd6 Qc7 20.Nxe8 Rxe8 21.Rfd1 h5 22.Rd6 Nf8 23.Qb5 Qe7
24.Qc6 h4 25.Bc3 N8h7 26.gxh4 Nf8 27.f3 Kh7 28.h3 Nh5 29.Be1
g6 30.Bf2 Ng7 31.Qd5 Nfe6 32.Qxe5 Qc7 33.Qd5 Qe7 34.Qe5 Qc7
35.Qh2 Re7 36.R6d5 Qb7 37.e4 f5 38.Be3 Rf7 39.Qe5 fxe4 40.fxe4
Qa6 41.Qb2 Rf3 42.Bg5 Nd4 43.Rd7 Qb5 44.Re7 Rxh3 45.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.Nf3 b6 4.O-O Bb7 5.e4 e6 6.Re1 Nf6 7.c4 d6
8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qc8 11.Nc3 Be7 12.b3 O-O 13.Bb2
Rd8 14.a4 Bf8 15.a5 bxa5 16.Rxa5 a6 17.Rea1 Nd7 18.Ne2 Qc7
19.Qe3 Re8 20.Nf4 Nc5 21.b4 Nd7 22.Rc1 Rab8 23.Nd3 Nc5 24.Ra3
Nxd3 25.Qxd3 Red8 26.Raa1 Bc6 27.Bc3 Qb7 28.f3 Qb6+ 29.Kh1 Ba8
30.Bf1 Qc6 31.Kg2 Rdc8 32.Be2 f5 33.exf5 exf5 34.b5 axb5
35.cxb5 Qb7 36.Bd4 Rxc1 37.Rxc1 Rc8 38.Qe3 Rxc1 39.Qxc1 Be7
40.b6 Bd8 41.Qe3 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Zoltan Ribli"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Be3 Nxe5
13.Qh5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Rf3 g6 17.Qh6 f5
18.Nxf5 Rxf5 19.Rxf5 gxf5 20.Bd4 e5 21.Nd5 Qd6 22.Nxe7+ Qxe7
23.Bxe5 Nd7 24.Bc3 Bb7 25.Re1 Be4 26.Re3 Ne5 27.Rg3+ Ng6 28.h4
Rd8 29.a3 a5 30.Kh2 Rd1 31.Rxg6+ hxg6 32.Qxg6+ Kf8 33.Qh6+ Kg8
34.Qg6+ Kf8 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Qh8+ Kf7 37.Qh5+ Ke6 38.Qxd1 Qxh4+
39.Kg1 Qg5 40.Qe2 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Borislav Ivkov"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.c3
Qe7 8.Bb3 h6 9.Re1 g6 10.Bd5 Bg7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.b3 Nh5 13.a4
Qf6 14.Ba3 Nf4 15.Nbd2 Rd8 16.Qc2 g5 17.Nc4 Nxg2 18.Kxg2 Bh3+
19.Kg1 Qxf3 20.Ne3 Bf8 21.b4 Rd7 22.Bc4 Bd6 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5
Nd8 25.Bxd6 cxd6 26.Be2 Qf6 27.Nd5 Qg6 28.Qd3 Be6 29.Nb6 h5
30.Nxd7 Bxd7 31.Red1 Rh6 32.Ra8 Bg4 33.Bxg4 hxg4 34.Qe3 Qh5
35.Qg3 Ke7 36.Rb8 Ne6 37.Rxb7+ Kf8 38.Rxd6 Nf4 39.Rxh6 Qxh6
40.Qxg4 Qd6 41.Rd7 Qa3 42.Rd8+ Ke7 43.Qd7+ Kf6 44.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hans-Gunther Kestler"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.b3 Re8 9.Bb2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Re1 c6 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.h3
Be6 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qg5 e5 17.Qd2 Rf8 18.Rf1 Nh5
19.Ne2 Rf6 20.Bxe5 Rxf2 21.Rxf2 Bxe5 22.Qe3 Qa5 23.a4 Qc7
24.Nf4 Ng7 25.Bf1 g5 26.Nd3 Nxd3 27.Bxd3 1-0

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O b4 9.Na4 Bb7 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.a3 Nxe4 12.Nxe6 fxe6
13.Bxe6 Ndf6 14.f3 d5 15.fxe4 dxe4 16.axb4 Bxb4 17.c3 Bd6
18.Bg5 Rf8 19.Bf5 Qe7 20.Qd4 Rd8 21.Bxe4 Bxh2+ 22.Kh1 Bxe4
23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Qxe4 Bd6 25.Qxh7 Rh6+ 26.Qxh6 gxh6 27.Rxe7+
Kxe7 28.Re1+ Kd7 29.Re3 Kc6 30.Kg1 h5 31.Kf1 h4 32.c4 Rf8+
33.Ke2 Rg8 1-0

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nc6 12.Kh1 Rc8
13.Qe1 Ne8 14.Rd1 Bh4 15.Qd2 Bf6 16.Qe3 Ne5 17.Nd4 Qb6 18.Na4
Qa5 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Bd2 Qc7 22.Nb6 Rb8 23.Nc4 Nc6
24.c3 Qe7 25.Bf4 Rd8 26.Qa3 e5 27.Be3 b5 28.Qxa6 Nd4 29.cxd4
exd4 30.Bxd4 Bxd4 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Qxb5 Nc7 33.Qf5 Bf6 34.Rf1
Ne8 35.Bd3 g6 36.Qe6 Qg7 37.Bc2 Qh6 38.e5 Bg5 39.exd6 Bf4
40.h3 Ng7 41.Qf6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gyorgy Honfi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Bg5 h6
13.Be3 Ng4 14.Bd4 e5 15.Be3 Nxe3 16.Rxe3 Rc7 17.Rd1 Rd7 18.b4
b6 19.a4 f5 20.b5 Bb7 21.Nd5 h5 22.Ne1 Bh6 23.Rg3 Kh7 24.exf5
Rxf5 25.Nc2 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Rdf7 27.f3 Bf4 28.Rh3 Qg5 29.Qe4 Rd7
30.Kh1 Rf8 31.Nb4 Qf5 32.Nc6 Kh6 33.a5 bxa5 34.Nxa5 Bg5 35.Nc6
Qe6 36.Rd5 Rf4 37.Qe2 Rdf7 38.Kg1 e4 39.Rxg5 Kxg5 40.Nd8 Qf6
41.Nxf7+ Qxf7 42.fxe4 Qe6 43.Re3 Kh6 44.g3 Rf7 45.e5 Kh7
46.exd6 Qxd6 47.Kg2 Qd8 48.Re6 Qg5 49.Re5 Qf6 50.c5 h4 51.Re4
h3 52.Kxh3 Qf5+ 53.Rg4 Qxc5 54.Rh4+ Kg8 55.Qe8+ Qf8 56.Qe6 g5
57.Rh6 Qd8 58.Kg4 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Herbert Bastian"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.d4 e6
7.Be3 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.g3 e5 11.Nb3 Nc6 12.c3 Bg4
13.Bg2 O-O-O 14.O-O Kc7 15.Rfe1 f6 16.Nd2 Be6 17.b4 b6 18.a3
Be7 19.Bf1 Ra8 20.Nc4 Rab8 21.f4 b5 22.Nd2 Rhd8 23.a4 Bf5
24.axb5 axb5 25.Ra6 Bc8 26.Raa1 Bf5 27.Nb3 Bd3 28.Bg2 e4 29.f5
Bd6 30.Bf4 Bxf4 31.gxf4 Rd5 32.Nc5 Re8 33.Rad1 Re7 34.Nxd3
Rxd3 35.Rxd3 exd3 36.Rd1 Rd7 37.Kf2 Ne7 38.Bf1 Rd5 39.Bxd3
Nxf5 40.Ke2 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Florin Gheorghiu"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2
a6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 d4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4
13.Bb2 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxb2 15.Qxd8 Rxd8 16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Rd2 Bc6
18.Rxb2 Bxe4 19.f3 Bc6 20.Kf2 Kf8 21.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nikola Stajcic"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 h6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 c6
8.d3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Qc2 a5 11.Bc3 Re8 12.a3 c5 13.e4 dxe4
14.dxe4 Bh7 15.Qb2 Qb6 16.Rfe1 Nb8 17.e5 Nfd7 18.Ne4 Nc6
19.Nd6 Red8 20.Rad1 a4 21.bxa4 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Qxb2 23.Bxb2 Nb6
24.Nd2 Nxa4 25.Bc1 Rxd6 26.exd6 Rd8 27.Ne4 f5 28.Nf6+ gxf6
29.Rxe6 Kf7 30.Bd5 Kg6 31.Bxc6 bxc6 32.Bf4 Bg8 33.Re7 Bxc4
34.Rb7 Nc3 35.Rc7 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Nxd4
Bxg2 8.Kxg2 cxd4 9.Qxd4 e6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.f3 Qc8
13.e4 d6 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Rac1 Qb7 16.b3 h6 17.Bf2 Rac8 18.Ne2
Nd7 19.h4 Nc5 20.Qe3 Kh7 21.Nd4 a6 22.Qe2 Nd7 23.g4 Ne5 24.Bg3
Nc6 25.Nc2 Ne5 26.Ne3 g6 27.Kh3 Bf6 28.Rc2 Qe7 29.Rcd2 Qc7
30.f4 Nc6 31.g5 Bh8 32.f5 Be5 33.Qf2 h5 34.Rf1 Bxg3 35.Qxg3
Ne5 36.Rfd1 b5 37.Qf4 Qc5 38.Rd4 Rd7 39.b4 Qxb4 40.fxe6 fxe6
41.Qf6 Rf7 42.Qxe6 Rcf8 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Otto Borik"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "164"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.d4 Nc6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4
Be7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5
13.Bxd5 Bb7 14.Bf4 Bf6 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.b4 Qd7 17.Be4 Qg4 18.Rc4
Ba6 19.h3 Qe6 20.Rxc6 Qxe4 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Re1 Qxf4 23.Qa4 g6
24.Qxa6 Rc7 25.Qb5 Kg7 26.a4 Qc4 27.g4 h6 28.Qe8 Qxb4 29.Re4
Qb3 30.Kg2 Qd5 31.Rf4 Re7 32.Qc8 Re6 33.Qc7 Qd6 34.Qc4 Qc6
35.Qb4 Qd5 36.Rc4 Be7 37.Qb5 Qxb5 38.axb5 Bc5 39.Nd2 Re5
40.Ra4 Bf8 41.Rxa7 Rxb5 42.Rb7 Kf6 43.Nc4 Bc5 44.f4 Rb4 45.Ne5
Rxf4 46.Nxf7 h5 47.gxh5 gxh5 48.Nd8 Rd4 49.Nc6 Rd6 50.Nb8 Kg5
51.Rd7 Rg6 52.Rd5+ Kf4 53.Kf1 h4 54.Nd7 Be3 55.Rb5 Bd4 56.Rb4
Ke4 57.Nxb6 Kd3 58.Rb3+ Kc2 59.Rb4 Bxb6 60.Rxh4 Kd3 61.Rg4
Rf6+ 62.Kg2 Ke3 63.Rg3+ Ke2 64.h4 Bf2 65.Rg4 Be3 66.Rg3 Rf2+
67.Kh3 Kd3 68.Kg4 Ke4 69.Kh5 Bf4 70.Rg8 Be5 71.Rg5 Bf6 72.Ra5
Rg2 73.Kh6 Be5 74.h5 Kf5 75.Ra8 Rb2 76.Rf8+ Bf6 77.Kh7 Rb7+
78.Kh6 Rb4 79.Kh7 Re4 80.h6 Re7+ 81.Kg8 Kg6 82.Ra8 Rh7 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Site "Baden-Baden (Germany)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Daniel Roos"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2
c5 8.e3 d6 9.Nc3 Qc8 10.Qe2 h6 11.Rad1 Re8 12.e4 e5 13.d3 Nc6
14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Nh4 a5 17.Nf5 Qd8 18.f4 Bc8 19.Qf2
Nh7 20.Rd2 Ra7 21.g4 Nf8 22.Ne3 a4 23.bxa4 f6 24.f5 Rxa4 25.a3
Nd4 26.Bf3 Bd7 27.Bd1 Ra7 28.h4 Bc6 29.Qg3 Nh7 30.Nc2 b5
31.Nxd4 exd4 32.cxb5 Bxb5 33.Bb3+ Kh8 34.Bd5 Ba6 35.Bc1 Bb7
36.Be6 Nf8 37.Ba2 d5 38.g5 fxg5 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.Rh2+ Kg8
41.Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Lone"]
[Site "Lone"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Gutman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O Nf6 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.e4 Qc7 12.Ba3 Nc5 13.e5
dxe5 14.Qxe5 Rc8 15.Qxc7 Rxc7 16.Bc1 Nfe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Bf4
Rc8 19.Bd6 Rc6 20.Bxe7 Kxe7 21.b4 Na4 22.Ne5 Bxg2 23.Rd7+ Ke8
24.Rad1 Rc8 25.Kxg2 f6 26.Nc6 Rxc6 27.Rd8+ Kf7 28.R1d7+ Kg6
29.Rxh8 Rxc4 30.Rg8 Rxb4 31.Rgxg7+ Kf5 32.Rxh7 e5 33.Rh4 Rg4
1-0

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O
d6 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.f4 Nbd7 10.g4 b4 11.Nd1 e5 12.Nf5 g6 13.Ng3
exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.Ne3 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7
7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.Bxg6 hxg6 9.Qe2 e6 10.Bd2 c5 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Kb1
Be7 13.Bg5 cxd4 14.Rxd4 Nb6 15.Ne4 Rc8 16.h4 Nc4 17.Rhd1 e5
18.R4d3 O-O 19.Bc1 Rfe8 20.Nfg5 Nh5 21.g3 Qc6 22.Nc3 f6 23.g4
Nf4 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Qe6+ Qxe6 26.Nxe6 Ne5 27.Rd5 f3 28.Nd4 Bb4
29.Ncb5 a6 30.a3 Bf8 31.Nd6 Rcd8 32.Nxe8 Rxd5 33.Nc7 Rd7
34.Nce6 Be7 35.Rg1 Kf7 36.c3 Nd3 37.Rg3 Nxf2 38.g5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Perry Youngworth"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Ne3
Rb8 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Rxb6 16.h3 Rb4 17.Nc2 f5 18.Kh2 Rd4
19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Nb1 f4 21.Nd2 Qg5 22.Ne4 Qh6 23.Nxd6 Bg4
24.Ra3 g5 25.Ne4 Bf5 26.Nc5 g4 27.Rxa6 Ng6 28.h4 Nxg3 29.fxg3
fxg3 30.Kg1 Qxh4 31.Rf4 Nxf4 32.Bxf4 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Be4 34.Nxe4
Rxf4+ 35.Ke1 Qxg2 36.Ra8+ Bf8 37.Rxf8+ Kxf8 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Helmut Pfleger"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 d5
8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.d4 Rc8 13.Qd2
Bf6 14.Rfd1 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Qe7 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Ne5 h6 18.Bxd5
Nxd5 19.Rc4 Rxc4 20.bxc4 Nf6 21.Qd6 Qb7 22.Qc6 Qa6 23.a4 Rc8
24.Qb5 Qb7 25.Qb1 Qc7 26.Qb2 Qc5 27.e3 Qc7 28.Qb5 Qe7 29.Rd4
Rc5 30.Qb4 Qc7 31.f4 h5 32.Qd2 g6 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Qd4 Ra5 35.g4
Qc5 36.g5 Ng4 37.Nd7 Qxd4 38.exd4 Rxa4 39.c5 bxc5 40.dxc5 Rc4
41.h3 Rc1+ 42.Kg2 Ne3+ 43.Kf3 Nd5 44.Ke4 Rc4+ 45.Ke5 Nc3
46.Nf6 Rxc5+ 47.Kd4 Rd5+ 48.Nxd5 Nxd5 49.Ke5 a6 50.Ra8 Nb4
51.Ke4 Kh7 52.Rb8 Nd5 53.Rb7 Kg7 54.Ke5 Ne3 55.Ra7 a5 56.Ke4
Nf5 57.Rxa5 Nd6+ 58.Kd4 Nf5+ 59.Ke5 Ne3 60.Ra4 Nd5 61.Kd6 Ne3
62.Kd7 Nd5 63.Rd4 Kf8 64.Kd8 Ne3+ 65.Ra4 Nd5 66.Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James A Thinnsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Bb2 a6 12.e4 Qc7
13.Rac1 Rad8 14.Qe3 Rfe8 15.h3 Bf8 16.Kh2 Qb8 17.Rc2 b5
18.cxb5 axb5 19.Nd4 b4 20.Nce2 Nc5 21.f3 Rc8 22.Nc1 Ba6 23.Bf1
Bxf1 24.Rxf1 d5 25.e5 Nfd7 26.Re1 g6 27.Rce2 Rc7 28.h4 Bg7
29.Nd3 Nxd3 30.Qxd3 Rec8 31.h5 Ra7 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.f4 Rxa2
34.Qb1 Ra7 35.g4 Nc5 36.f5 Ne4 37.Rxe4 dxe4 38.Qxe4 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Nis"]
[Site "Nis"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Georgi P Tringov"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Bb3
O-O 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 a6 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.e5 dxe5
13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.Nd6 Bxd6 16.exd6 Qg5 17.Rf2 a5 18.a4
b4 19.Qd2 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nis"]
[Site "Nis"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Zeljko Djukic"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Qg4
O-O 8.Bh6 g6 9.Bxf8 Qxf8 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.Qg3 Qc5 12.O-O-O Nxc3
13.Nxc3 Bxc3 14.Qxc3 Qxc3 15.bxc3 Nxe5 16.Be2 Kf8 17.f4 Nc6
18.h4 Ne7 19.c4 h5 20.g4 hxg4 21.Bxg4 b6 22.h5 Bb7 23.Rh2 Bc6
24.hxg6 Nxg6 25.f5 exf5 26.Bxf5 Ke7 27.Re2+ Kd8 28.Bxg6 fxg6
29.Re6 Kc7 30.Rxg6 Rf8 31.Rgd6 Rf3 32.Kb2 a5 33.R1d4 a4 34.a3
Rf1 35.Rg6 Rh1 36.Rg5 Rh3 37.c5 bxc5 38.Rxc5 Kb6 39.Rc3 Rh1
40.Rb4+ Ka5 41.Re3 Rh5 42.Kc3 Rc5+ 43.Kd4 Rd5+ 44.Kc4 Rh5
45.Rg3 Rf5 46.Kd4 Rd5+ 47.Ke3 Rh5 48.c3 Rh1 49.Kd4 Ra1 50.Rb2
Rd1+ 51.Ke5 Rd5+ 52.Kf6 Rd1 53.Ke7 Ra1 54.c4 Rc1 55.Rb4 Ra1
56.Rg5+ Ka6 57.Kd6 Rxa3 58.Kc7 Rb3 59.Rxb3 axb3 60.Rg3 Ba4
61.Rg8 Ka5 62.Rb8 Bc6 63.Rxb3 Ba4 64.Rb2 Bc6 65.Rb8 Ba4 66.Kd6
Bc6 67.Kc5 Ka4 68.Rb4+ Ka3 69.Rb6 Be4 70.Kd6 1-0

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Ciocaltea"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.a4
b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bf3 Qc7 10.g4 e5 11.Nde2 Nc5 12.Ng3 d5 13.exd5
O-O-O 14.g5 exf4 15.Nge2 Nfd7 16.Bxf4 Ne5 17.Bg2 Ne6 18.Bg3
Nxg5 19.O-O Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Krum Georgiev"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O Bb7 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 exd5
13.exd5 Ne5 14.f4 O-O-O 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Rxe5 Bc5 17.c3 Rhe8
18.a5 Qd6 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qg4+ Kb8 22.Rf1 Qe5
23.Kh1 Bd6 24.Nf3 Qe2 25.Bc4 h5 26.Qd7 Qe7 27.Qf5 g6 28.Qd3 g5
29.Bxa6 g4 30.Bxb7 gxf3 31.Bc6 fxg2 32.Kxg2 Qe2+ 33.Qxe2 Rxe2+
34.Kg1 Rxb2 35.cxb4 Bxb4 36.a6 Ka7 37.Bb7 Bc5+ 38.Kh1 Bd6
39.Rxf7 Rxh2+ 40.Kg1 h4 41.Bc8 Kb8 42.Bf5 Ra2 43.Rb7+ Ka8
44.Bd7 Rxa6 45.Bc6 h3 46.Rd7 Rxc6 47.dxc6 Bc5+ 48.Kh2 Kb8
49.Kxh3 Kc8 50.Kg4 Bf2 51.Kf3 Bg1 52.Rh7 Bc5 53.Ke4 Bb6 54.Kd5
Bf2 55.Rg7 Be3 56.Ke5 Bc5 57.c7 Bb4 58.Rf7 Ba5 59.Kd6 Kb7
60.Rg7 Bb6 61.c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milan Matulovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8 16.Qh5 Bd7 17.a3 Qa5 18.Nb3
Nxb3+ 19.cxb3 Rc8 20.b4 Qb6 21.Kb1 Rg8 22.Qxh7 Rg6 23.Qh4 Rh6
24.Qf4 Qd8 25.Be2 Qxf6 26.Qe3 Rh4 27.h3 Qe5 28.Rhf1 Bh6 29.Qd3
Ke7 30.Bg4 Bg7 31.Qf3 Bf6 32.Rde1 Bg7 33.Qxf7+ Kd8 34.Rc1 Rh8
35.Qf2 Rf8 36.Qh4+ Bf6 37.Qh6 Ke7 38.Qh7+ Rf7 39.Qh5 Qxh5
40.Bxh5 Rh7 41.Bg4 Rc4 42.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Istvan Csom"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O a6 9.a4 Qc7 10.f4 Be7 11.Be3 d5 12.exd5 Nb4
13.Bd3 exd5 14.Bd4 O-O 15.Kh1 Bd7 16.Qf3 Rfe8 17.Rae1 Nxd3
18.Qxd3 Bc6 19.Be5 Qd7 20.Nd4 Ng4 21.Nf5 Bf6 22.h3 Nxe5
23.fxe5 Rxe5 24.Ne2 Rae8 25.Nh6+ gxh6 26.Rxf6 Re3 27.Qd2 d4
28.Rf2 Qxh3+ 29.Kg1 Qg4 30.Kf1 h5 31.Rd1 Bd5 32.Nxd4 Bc4+
33.Kg1 Qxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Re1+ 35.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.Nf5+ Kg6
38.Nd6 Bd5 39.c4 Bc6 40.b4 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dragan Pavlovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 Nc6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bg2 d5 9.O-O Be7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.b3 Qb6 12.Bb2 a5
13.Rab1 Bb7 14.e3 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 h6 16.h3 Qa7 17.Nf3 Rac8 18.Nd4
Qa8 19.Ne2 c5 20.Bc3 h5 21.h4 Ng4 22.Nf4 d4 23.Bxb7 Qxb7
24.exd4 cxd4 25.Bxa5 Rd7 26.Qe2 Rc5 27.Be1 Re5 28.Qd3 g5
29.hxg5 Bxg5 30.Ng2 Rf5 31.f4 h4 32.gxh4 Bxf4 33.Nxf4 Rxf4
34.Qg3 e5 35.Bd2 f5 36.Bxf4 exf4 37.Qxf4 Rg7 38.Kf1 Ne3+
39.Ke2 Qg2+ 40.Qf2 1-0

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "K Karlsson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Be2
Bb7 8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.a3 Bd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dragutin Sahovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e5
Qe7 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.O-O a6 11.Rfe1 O-O 12.Rad1 b6
13.exd6 cxd6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nb4 Nb8 16.c3 Bb7 17.Be4 Bxe4
18.Qxe4 d5 19.Qe2 a5 20.Nd3 Na6 21.Nde5 Nc7 22.a4 Qd6 23.Nd3
Rfb8 24.Ra1 b5 25.axb5 a4 26.Nc5 a3 27.Rxa3 Rxa3 28.bxa3 Nxb5
29.a4 Nxc3 30.Qd3 Na2 31.a5 Nb4 32.Qc3 Rb5 33.Rb1 Bxd4 34.Nxd4
Rxc5 35.Qa3 Rc4 36.Nf3 Qc5 37.a6 Rc3 38.Qa1 Rc2 39.Rf1 Ra2
40.Qf6 Rxa6 41.Ne5 Ra7 42.Nxg6 fxg6 43.Qxg6+ Kf8 44.Qxe6 Ra6
45.Qf5+ Kg7 46.Qd7+ Kg6 47.Qe8+ Kg7 48.Qd7+ Kf6 49.Re1 Qd6
50.Qe8 Nd3 51.Qh8+ Kg6 52.Qe8+ Kf6 53.Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Andjelko Sinadinovic"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 c5 4.e3 e6 5.Ne5 a6 6.f4 Be7 7.Be2 b6
8.O-O Bb7 9.Bf3 Nc6 10.d3 O-O 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe1 Qc7 13.Qg3
Qb7 14.Nd2 Rfd8 15.e4 b5 16.Rae1 d4 17.Bc1 Rac8 18.h4 Qc7
19.h5 h6 20.e5 Nd5 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.Ne4 Kh8 23.f5 exf5 24.Rxf5
c4 25.Bf4 Qd7 26.Bxh6 gxh6 27.Qf4 Bf8 28.Nf6 Qe7 29.Nxd5 Rxd5
30.Rxf7 Qd8 31.Qe4 Bg7 32.Qg4 Qg8 33.Rxg7 Qxg7 34.Qxc8+ Kh7
35.Qf5+ Kg8 36.Re4 Qf7 37.Qg4+ Kh8 38.e6 Qe7 39.Qg6 Rg5
40.Qxh6+ Kg8 41.Qxg5+ Qxg5 42.e7 Qc1+ 43.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Miroslav Tosic"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d5 3.e3 f6 4.d4 Nc6 5.Bb2 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Bd6
8.Nbd2 Nge7 9.c4 O-O 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Rc1 Bb6 12.Nd4 Bxe2
13.Qxe2 Qd7 14.N2f3 e5 15.cxd5 Qxd5 16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Rfd1 Qe6
18.Nd2 Rfd8 19.Kf1 Nb4 20.Ba3 Nd5 21.Ne4 f5 22.Ng5 Qh6 23.Qc4
Qxg5 24.Rxd5 Kh8 25.Bb2 f4 26.Rxe5 Qh4 27.Qf7 Qg4 28.f3 Qg6
29.Qxg6 hxg6 30.exf4 Rd2 31.Re2 Rad8 32.Bc3 R2d3 33.Be5 Rd1+
34.Re1 R1d2 35.Re2 Rd1+ 36.Re1 R1d2 37.Bc7 Rf2+ 38.Kg1 Rdd2
39.Bxb6 Rxg2+ 40.Kf1 axb6 41.Re8+ Kh7 42.Rcc8 g5 43.f5 1-0

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zdenko Krnic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Ng5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 O-O 12.Nge4 Nxe4
13.Nxe4 Qc7 14.b3 Rfd8 15.f3 Nc5 16.Bb2 Bf8 17.Rd2 Nxe4
18.Qxe4 a6 19.a4 Rac8 20.Qd3 h6 21.e4 Qb8 22.Bd4 Be7 23.Be3
Bf6 24.Rb1 Qb7 25.Qe2 d5 26.exd5 exd5 27.cxd5 Rxd5 28.Rxd5
Qxd5 29.Bxb6 Qf5 30.Rd1 g6 31.Rd3 a5 32.Bf2 Kg7 33.Qe4 Qg5
34.Rd7 Rc2 35.Qxc2 1-0

[Event "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Nis (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Zivoslav Nikolic"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 e6 3.Bb2 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.Ne5
Nfd7 8.Nxd7 Bxd7 9.c4 Nc6 10.d3 d4 11.Nd2 f5 12.exd4 Bf6
13.Nf3 cxd4 14.b4 Nxb4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Nxd4 e5 17.Nb3 Qc7
18.Qd2 Nc6 19.d4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Qxd4 Bc6 22.Rfe1 Qd8
23.Qf4 Qb8 24.Qe3 Re8 25.Qd2 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martinovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.Nf3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.O-O g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.c3 Qc7 9.f4 Nh6 10.Be3 O-O 11.h3 d6 12.g4 Nxd4 13.cxd4
f5 14.Nc3 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf7 16.Qb3 Kh8 17.f5 d5 18.Nc3 gxf5
19.Rxf5 e6 20.Nb5 Qe7 21.Rh5 e5 22.Qc3 e4 23.Qc7 Rfe8 24.Rf1
Rac8 25.Qf4 Rf8 26.Qf5 Nh6 27.Qg5 Rxf1+ 28.Bxf1 Qxg5 29.Rxg5
Rc2 30.Nd6 Bc6 31.Rh5 Bf8 32.Rxh6 Bxh6 33.Bxh6 Rxb2 34.Ba6 Bd7
35.a3 Rb3 36.Bb7 Be6 37.Nf5 Rxh3 38.Bg7+ Kg8 39.Be5 Rxa3
40.Nh6+ Kf8 41.g5 Ra1+ 42.Kf2 Ra2+ 43.Ke3 Ke7 44.Bc6 Ra3+
45.Kd2 Rf3 46.Bb5 a5 47.Kc2 Bd7 48.Ng8+ Ke6 49.Be2 Rf2 50.Kd1
Rg2 51.Nf6 Ba4+ 52.Ke1 Rxg5 53.Bg4+ Kf7 54.Bh5+ Ke6 55.Bg4+
Kf7 56.Bh5+ Rxh5 57.Nxh5 Bb3 58.Bc7 a4 59.Bd6 Kg6 60.Nf4+ Kf5
61.Ne2 Kg4 62.Kf2 h5 63.Nc3 h4 64.Ke3 h3 65.Kf2 e3 66.Kxe3 a3
67.Kf2 a2 68.Nxa2 Bxa2 69.Bc7 b5 70.Bd6 Bc4 71.Ke3 b4 72.Kf2
b3 73.Ba3 Bd3 74.Bc1 Be4 0-1

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Momcilo Despotovic"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6
8.Bb1 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Qe7
13.a3 Na5 14.Qd1 Rc8 15.b4 Bxe2 16.Kxe2 Nc4 17.Re1 f6 18.exf6
Qxf6 19.Kf1 O-O 20.Ra2 Qh6 21.Kg1 Rf6 22.Qd3 Rcf8 23.Rae2 R8f7
24.Nd2 b5 25.a4 Nxd2 26.Rxd2 bxa4 27.Rde2 Nf8 28.Bc2 Ng6 29.g3
Qh3 30.f4 Nf8 31.Qb5 a3 32.f5 g6 33.Qa5 gxf5 34.Qxa3 f4 35.Qf3
fxg3 0-1

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zdenko Krnic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.Nd5 Bg7 7.O-O e6
8.Ne3 Nge7 9.c3 e5 10.Nh4 O-O 11.d3 Be6 12.Ng4 d5 13.h3 f5
14.Nh6+ Kh8 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Bg5 Qe8 17.f4 Ng6 18.Qh5 e4
19.dxe4 dxe4 20.Rae1 Nxh4 21.Qxh4 Bc4 22.Nxf5 Bxf1 23.Nxg7 Qg6
24.Bxe4 Qxg7 25.Bh6 Qf6 26.Bxf8 Qxh4 27.gxh4 Rxf8 28.Rxf1 Kg7
29.Kg2 h6 30.Kg3 Rd8 31.Rf2 Kf6 32.Kf3 Rd1 33.Ke2 Rd7 34.Rg2
Ne7 35.a4 b5 36.a5 b4 37.Rg1 Nf5 38.h5 Re7 39.Rg6+ Kf7 40.Kd3
c4 41.Kxc4 Rxe4+ 42.Kd5 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Nikolic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.d3
O-O 8.O-O a6 9.a3 d5 10.Ba2 Nd4 11.Qf2 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Ng4 13.Qd2
b5 14.c3 Nxf3+ 15.Rxf3 Bb7 16.Qe2 c4 17.Rg3 Qb6+ 18.d4 f5
19.Ng5 Bxg5 20.fxg5 e5 21.h3 exd4 22.hxg4 Rae8 23.Qf2 fxg4
24.Bf4 Re4 25.Rxg4 Qc6 26.Rf1 Rexf4 27.Qxf4 Rxf4 28.Rfxf4 d3
29.Rf2 Qe6 30.Rd4 Bd5 31.b3 g6 32.bxc4 bxc4 33.Rf6 Qe3+ 34.Rf2
Qxg5 35.Bxc4 Bxc4 36.Rxc4 Qc1+ 37.Rf1 Qe3+ 38.Rf2 d2 39.Rd4
Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Evgenij Ermenkov"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5
7.Nf3 e6 8.g3 Bd6 9.Bg2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Popov"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4
Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be3 d5 10.c5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nc8 12.f4 f5 13.b4
Nc6 14.Qd2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Wlodzimierz Schmidt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Nbd7 13.Nd2
Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Re8 15.f4 Qc7 16.Qf3 c4 17.Kh1 Rab8 18.Bf2 b5
19.axb5 axb5 20.Ra6 Rb7 21.Rc6 Qb8 22.h3 Nh7 23.Ra1 f5 24.exf5
gxf5 25.Qh5 Rf8 26.Re1 Rf7 27.Nf3 b4 28.Nd1 Rb5 29.Rxc4 Rxd5
30.Bd4 Nhf6 31.Qh4 Nf8 32.Bxf6 Rxf6 33.Ne3 Ra5 34.Nd4 Qb6
35.Nc6 Ng6 36.Qg3 Rc5 37.Nxb4 Re6 38.Nbd5 Qxb2 39.Rb4 Qd2
40.Rb8+ Kh7 41.Rd1 Qe2 42.Rbb1 Ne7 43.Re1 Qh5 44.Rb7 Rxd5
45.Rxe7 Rxe7 46.Nxd5 Rxe1+ 47.Qxe1 Qf7 48.Qd2 h5 49.Qd3 Qe6
50.g4 hxg4 51.hxg4 Qg6 52.Qxf5 Qxf5 53.gxf5 Kg8 54.Kg2 Kf7
55.Kf3 Bb2 56.Ke4 Bc1 57.Nb4 Kf6 58.Nd5+ Kf7 59.Kf3 Bb2 60.Ne3
Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dusan Rajkovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.Nc3 g6
8.e4 Bg7 9.Bb5+ Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Bc6 Rb8 12.O-O Nh5 13.Bg5
Bf6 14.Bh6 Bg7 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Bh6 Bg7 17.Bxg7 Nxg7 18.e5 dxe5
19.Nxe5 O-O 20.Nxd7 Bxd7 21.Re1 Qd8 22.Qa4 Bxc6 23.dxc6 Ne6
24.Rad1 Nd4 25.Nb5 Qf6 26.Nxd4 cxd4 27.Rxd4 b5 28.Qxa7 Qxc6
29.Rde4 Rbd8 30.Qe3 Qc2 31.Qc1 Qd3 32.h3 Qd6 33.Qf4 Qd3 34.Qh6
Rd7 35.Rh4 f6 36.Rhe4 g5 37.h4 Rg7 38.Re8 Qd6 39.hxg5 Rxg5
40.Rxf8+ Qxf8 41.Qh3 Qd6 42.Qe6+ Qxe6 43.Rxe6 Kf7 44.Ra6 Rc5
45.b4 Rc1+ 46.Kh2 Rc3 47.f3 Kg6 48.Ra5 h5 49.Kg3 Rd3 50.Kh3
Rc3 51.Kh2 Rd3 52.Ra8 Rc3 53.Kh3 Rd3 54.Kh4 Rd4+ 55.Kg3 Rd3
56.Kf4 Rc3 57.Ke4 Rc2 58.g3 Rc3 59.Ra5 Rb3 60.Rxb5 Rxa3 61.Rc5
Rb3 62.b5 Kh6 63.Kd5 Rxf3 64.b6 Rxg3 65.b7 Rb3 66.Kc6 Rxb7
67.Kxb7 Kg6 68.Kc6 f5 69.Kd5 Kg5 70.Kd4 Kf4 71.Kd3 h4 72.Ke2
1-0

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ivan Zhivanov"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.e4 O-O 12.Ba3 Nc5 13.e5
dxe5 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.Nxe5 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Bf8 17.Bxc5 Bxc5
18.Na4 Kf8 19.b4 Bd4 20.Nc6 Bxa1 21.Nxd8 b5 22.Nb6 Rb8 23.c5
Bc3 24.c6 Be5 25.Nd7+ Nxd7 26.Rxd7 Rc8 27.Nxf7+ Bf6 28.c7 Ke8
29.Rd8+ Bxd8 30.cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 31.Nxd8 Kxd8 32.Kf3 Kd7 33.Ke4
Kd6 34.f4 Kd7 35.Ke5 Ke7 36.g4 Kd7 37.h4 Ke7 38.h5 Kd7 39.h6
gxh6 40.Kf6 1-0

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Victor Ciocaltea"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Ne2 e5 7.O-O c5
8.Nbc3 Nc6 9.f4 Nd4 10.h3 Rb8 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Ne2 h5 13.d3 b5
14.c3 dxc3 15.Bxc3 b4 16.Bb2 Re8 17.Qc2 Bb7 18.Rf2 Rc8 19.f5
g5 20.Qd2 Nh7 21.f6 Bh6 22.Rf5 Kh8 23.Raf1 Rg8 24.Bf3 Rc7
25.Bxh5 Bc8 26.R5f2 Bxh3 27.Rd1 d5 28.g4 Qd7 29.Rf5 d4 30.Kh2
1-0

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Borislav Ivkov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Qc2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3
Nbd7 8.Bb2 b6 9.d3 Bb7 10.Nbd2 c5 11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qc7 13.e5
Ng4 14.Rfe1 Rad8 15.h3 Nh6 16.g4 Rfe8 17.Ne4 Nf8 18.Nd6 Bxd6
19.exd6 Qxd6 20.Qc3 f6 21.g5 Bxf3 22.gxf6 Qd4 23.Bxf3 gxf6
24.Bc6 Re7 25.Qg3+ Rg7 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.b4 Rxg3+ 28.fxg3 Nf5
29.Kf2 Ne3 30.Rac1 Ng6 31.c5 Ne5 32.Bb5 Nd5 33.a3 Nc3 34.Ba6
bxc5 35.bxc5 Rd5 36.Kg2 Rxc5 37.Red1 Nc6 38.Bb7 e5 39.Bxc6
Rxc6 40.Rd2 Kf7 41.Rb2 d3 0-1

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Axel Otto Ornstein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.d4 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2
Nc6 8.O-O c4 9.b3 Bb4 10.Qc2 b5 11.bxc4 bxc4 12.Ne5 Qc7
13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bf3 Nce7 15.e4 Nb6 16.Rb1 Bd6 17.Rxb6 Bxe5
18.Rb4 Bxd4 19.Rxc4 Qb6 20.e5 Rb8 21.Ba3 Bxe5 22.Bc6+ Kf8
23.Re1 Bf6 24.Bd5 Bd7 25.Rce4 Re8 26.Qe2 Qd8 27.Bb3 h5 28.Qc4
Be6 29.Rxe6 Kg8 30.Rxe7 Rxe7 31.Bxe7 Qa5 32.Bb4 1-0

[Event "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Smederevska Palanka (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nenad Ristic"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 c5 7.O-O
cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.Na3 e5 10.Nf3 e4 11.Nd4 Re8 12.c4 Re5 13.Qc2
Rh5 14.cxd5 Bh3 15.Bxh3 Rxh3 16.Rfd1 Na6 17.Rac1 Rh5 18.Ndb5
e3 19.f4 Qd7 20.Bxf6 Qh3 21.Bh4 g5 22.Kh1 gxh4 23.g4 Qxg4
24.Rg1 Qxf4 25.Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "John A Grefe"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nge7 7.Nb3
d6 8.Be3 b5 9.Bg2 Bb7 10.f4 Nc8 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O-O Qc7 13.f5
b4 14.Nb1 e5 15.N1d2 a5 16.Kb1 a4 17.Nc1 Ba6 18.Qf2 N8a7
19.Bf1 Nb5 20.Nc4 Ncd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Rxd4 Nxd4 23.Qxd4 O-O
24.Nb6 Bf6 25.Nxa8 Rxa8 26.Qd2 a3 27.Bxa6 axb2 28.Nd3 Bc3
29.Qe2 Qc6 30.Nxb4 Bxb4 31.Bc4 Qc7 32.Rd1 Bc3 33.Bd5 Ra5 34.h4
Bf6 35.Qf2 Rc5 36.g4 h6 37.Qh2 Qe7 38.Rh1 Rc3 39.g5 Be5 40.Qd2
Kh7 41.Bxf7 Rg3 42.Bb3 Qa7 43.g6 Kh8 44.Rd1 Rg1 45.c3 Rxd1+
46.Bxd1 Qg1 47.Kxb2 Qb6+ 48.Bb3 Qc5 49.h5 Qc6 50.Qd3 Qc5
51.Qc4 Qf2+ 52.Bc2 Qb6+ 53.Qb3 Qc7 54.Bd3 Qa7 55.Qb5 Qa8 56.a4
Qc8 57.Bc4 d5 58.exd5 Bf6 59.a5 Qf8 60.a6 Bxc3+ 61.Kxc3 Qf6+
62.Kb3 Qe5 63.a7 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "De Wit"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.a4
b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bf3 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Kh1 O-O 13.g4
Nc5 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Bd2 g6 16.Qg2 Rfe8 17.b4 e5 18.Nf5 gxf5
19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.exf5 e4 21.Bh5 Bf8 22.Be3 Nb3 23.Rab1 Nc5
24.Rg1 d5 25.Bd4 Bd6 26.g6 hxg6 27.Bxg6 Kf8 28.f6 Red8 29.Bf5
Ke8 30.Be5 Qc6 31.Qg8+ Bf8 32.Rg7 Rd7 33.Qxf8+ Kxf8 34.Rbg1
1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jonathan Levitt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Bg5 a6 9.Nd2 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Ncb1 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.Bd3
Re8 14.O-O Nbd7 15.f3 g5 16.Bg3 Ne5 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 18.Nc4 Re8
19.Nbd2 Nh5 20.Qc2 g4 21.fxg4 Bxg4 22.Nf3 Nf4 23.Rad1 Ra7
24.g3 Nh3+ 25.Kg2 Ng5 26.Nxg5 Bxd1 27.Qxd1 hxg5 28.Qg4 Be5
29.b3 f6 30.Rf5 Rg7 31.Be2 Ree7 32.Rf1 Qd7 33.Qxd7 Rxd7
34.Nxe5 fxe5 35.Bxa6 Rgf7 36.Rxf7 Kxf7 37.Be2 c4 38.Bxc4 Rc7
39.a5 Rxc4 40.bxc4 b3 41.a6 b2 42.a7 b1=Q 43.a8=Q Qxe4+ 44.Kg1
Qd4+ 45.Kg2 Qe4+ 46.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Johansson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bc5
7.Ndb5 O-O 8.Bc7 Qe7 9.Bd6 Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Qd8 11.e4 b6 12.Be2 a6
13.Na3 Ne8 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Rd1 d6 16.O-O Qc7 17.f4 Rd8 18.Kh1
Nf6 19.Bf3 Ne7 20.Qe2 Ng6 21.g3 Rc8 22.Rc1 Qc5 23.Qd2 Rfd8
24.Rfe1 h5 25.Rc2 Ne7 26.Na4 Qc6 27.b3 Rb8 28.Bg2 Qc7 29.Qe2
Bc6 30.Nc3 Qb7 31.Rd2 b5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.b4 h4 34.Nc2 h3
35.Bxh3 d5 36.Nd4 dxe4 37.Nxc6 Nxc6 38.Rxd8+ Rxd8 39.Nxe4 Nxb4
40.Bg2 Nxe4 41.Bxe4 Qa6 42.Rd1 Rxd1+ 43.Qxd1 f5 44.Qd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.a4
c6 8.a5 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bc4 Qe7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Nd2 Nh5 13.Nb3
Ne6 14.Bxe6 Bxe6 15.Nc5 Bc4 16.Re1 Rad8 17.Qf3 f5 18.exf5 Rxf5
19.Qg4 Bd5 20.Qb4 Bf8 21.Qxb7 Qh4 22.Nxd5 cxd5 23.Ne6 d4
24.Nxd8 dxe3 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.fxe3 Qf2+ 27.Kh1 e4 28.Qe6 Rf3
29.Rad1 Ng3+ 30.Kh2 Nf5 31.Qf6+ Ng7 32.Nf7+ Kg8 33.Nh6+ Kh8
34.Nf7+ Kg8 35.Nh6+ Kh8 36.Qe5 g5 37.Kh1 Rg3 38.Rg1 Qxe3
39.Rgf1 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gyozo V Forintos"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Nde2
Bf5 13.Rc1 b5 14.O-O Rc8 15.Nd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Nxc2 17.Rxc2 e5
18.Qxe5 Re8 19.Qd4 Rc4 20.Qd2 Bxc2 21.Nxb5 Rb4 22.Nc3 Rxb2
23.Bc5 Qf6 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Bd4 Bf5 26.Qe3 Qd8 27.Re1 Rb4 28.g4
Bc2 29.Re2 Bb1 30.Qe5 f6 31.Qxf6 Qxf6 32.Bxf6 Rb6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Savar Bjarnason"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7
8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.Nf3 Qxa5 12.Bd3 Bd7
13.O-O Qa4 14.Bg5 O-O-O 15.Qh4 Qxh4 16.Bxh4 Rg4 17.h3 Rgg8
18.Bf6 Kc7 19.Ng5 Rb8 20.Nxf7 Nf5 21.g4 Be8 22.Ng5 Nfd4 23.f4
Bg6 24.Bxg6 Rxg6 25.Rf2 Rf8 26.h4 Rgxf6 27.exf6 Rxf6 28.Re1 b5
29.Re3 b4 30.axb4 Nxb4 31.Rxc3+ Kd7 32.Kg2 a5 33.h5 Nbc6
34.Rh3 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Konstanty Kaiszauri"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e5
Nd7 8.exd6 cxd6 9.d5 Nce5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Be3 f5 12.Bc4 Kh8
13.Qe2 a6 14.a4 b6 15.h4 h6 16.Rd1 Bb7 17.f3 Rf6 18.g4 b5
19.g5 Rd6 20.gxh6 Bf6 21.axb5 e4 22.fxe4 Ne5 23.bxa6 Raxa6
24.exf5 gxf5 25.Bg5 Qc7 26.Bxf6+ Rxf6 27.Bxa6 Bxa6 28.d6 Qa5
29.Qg2 Rg6 30.dxe7 Rxg2 31.e8=Q+ Rg8 32.Qe6 Nf3+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gert Iskov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e6 7.Be2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 e5 10.Nb3 Be6 11.a5 Nc6 12.Bb6 Qc8 13.Qd2
Nb4 14.Bf3 Qc6 15.Rfd1 Qd7 16.Na4 Nc6 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Nb6 Rae8
19.c4 Nb8 20.Rac1 Nbd7 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Qb8 23.Rc2 Rd8
24.Rdc1 h6 25.Rc4 Nh7 26.Bg4 Bg5 27.Bxd7 Rxd7 28.Bxg5 Nxg5
29.Qc2 Qd8 30.Rc8 Qf6 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Nd2 Qd8 33.Qb3 Nh7
34.Nc4 Rc7 35.Qb4 Nf6 36.Re1 Rc5 37.b3 Qc7 38.f4 exf4 39.Nxd6
Qxd6 40.e5 Qxd5 41.exf6 Kg8 42.Qxf4 Rxa5 43.Qg4 Qg5 44.Qc8+
Kh7 45.fxg7 Qc5+ 46.Qxc5 Rxc5 47.b4 Rb5 48.Re4 Kxg7 49.g4 Kf6
50.Kg2 Re5 51.Rd4 Ke6 52.Kf3 Rd5 53.Re4+ Re5 54.Rd4 f5 55.h3
Rd5 56.Rc4 Ke5 57.gxf5 Kxf5 58.Rf4+ Ke6 59.Ke3 h5 60.Rc4 Kd6
61.Ke4 Rd1 62.Kf4 Rg1 63.Kf3 b6 64.Rh4 Rb1 65.Ke3 Kc6 66.Kd3
Kb5 67.Kc2 Rxb4 68.Rxh5+ Ka4 69.Rg5 Ka3 70.Rg3+ Ka2 71.Rg6 a5
72.h4 b5 73.h5 a4 74.Rb6 Rb2+ 75.Kc1 b4 76.h6 b3 77.Rb4 a3
78.Rh4 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bosko Abramovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qd3 Be6 11.O-O-O Be7 12.Nd5 Bxd5
13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.Kb1 Nd7 15.h4 b5 16.g4 Nb6 17.Qd3 a5 18.Nd2 a4
19.a3 Rfc8 20.c3 Rab8 21.g5 Qc5 22.Qe3 Qc6 23.Rh3 Nc4 24.Qd3
Rc7 25.Rf3 Qb7 26.Nf1 Rc5 27.Ne3 Nxe3 28.Qxe3 d5 29.exd5 Rxd5
30.Rxd5 Qxd5 31.Qd3 Qb3 32.Bd1 Qe6 33.Bc2 g6 34.Qe4 Rd8 35.Re3
Rd5 36.f4 Bd6 37.Qf3 Rd2 38.fxe5 Bxe5 39.h5 gxh5 40.Qa8+ Kg7
41.Qe4 Qd5 42.Qxe5+ Qxe5 43.Rxe5 h4 44.Re3 h6 45.gxh6+ Kxh6
46.Be4 Rf2 47.Kc1 Kg5 48.Rf3 Rxf3 49.Bxf3 Kf4 50.Bd5 h3 51.Kd2
Ke5 52.Ba8 Kd6 53.Ke3 Kc5 54.Bf3 h2 55.Bh1 f5 56.Bg2 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3
O-O 8.h3 Rb8 9.Be3 b5 10.a3 a5 11.Qd2 b4 12.axb4 axb4 13.Ne2
e5 14.Bh6 Ne8 15.Nh4 Nd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.b3 Be6 18.Bxg7 Nxg7
19.Ra4 Qc7 20.f4 Bd7 21.Ra2 f6 22.f5 g5 23.Nf3 Qc3 24.Ra6 d5
25.Qxc3 bxc3 26.Rd6 dxe4 27.Rxd7 exd3 28.cxd3 Nxf5 29.Nh2 Ne3
30.Ra1 Rf7 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.Ng4 Nxg2 33.Kxg2 Rxb3 34.Ra7+ Ke6
35.Rc7 h5 36.Nf2 f5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 fxg4 39.Kg3 Rb1 40.Kxg4
Rg1+ 41.Kf3 Re1 42.Ng4 Rd1 43.Nf2 Rd2 44.Rc5 c2 45.Rc8 Kd7
46.Rc5 Ke6 47.Rc8 Kf5 48.Rc6 g4 49.Kg3 Re2 50.Nxg4 e4 51.Nf2
Re3+ 52.Kg2 exd3 53.Nxd3 Rxd3 54.Rxc2 Ke4 55.Ra2 Rf3 56.Re2+
Re3 57.Rd2 d3 58.Ra2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Solmundarson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 d6 7.O-O g5
8.Bg3 Nh5 9.c4 Nd7 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.b4 O-O 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Nd2 Nxg3
14.hxg3 a5 15.b5 f5 16.Na4 f4 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.Qg4 e5 19.c5 Nf6
20.Qg6 fxe3 21.fxe3 exd4 22.Rce1 dxc5 23.exd4 Qd6 24.Nf3 Bxf3
25.Rxf3 Qxd4+ 26.Rf2 Rae8 27.Rf1 Ne4 28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Nc3 Re1
0-1

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Tom Wedberg"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3
e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.a4 c6 13.Qd2
Qc7 14.Kh1 Rad8 15.Ba3 Rfe8 16.Rad1 a5 17.g4 h6 18.g5 hxg5
19.Qxg5 Re5 20.Qd2 b6 21.Nde2 d5 22.Bxc5 bxc5 23.f4 Ree8 24.e5
Ng4 25.h3 Nh6 26.Ng3 Nf5 27.Nxf5 Bxf5 28.Ne2 Bc8 29.Ng3 Qe7
30.Qf2 Qh4 31.Ne4 Qxf2 32.Nxf2 c4 33.bxc4 Ba6 34.Ng4 Bxc4
35.Rfe1 Rb8 36.Rb1 Ba2 37.Rxb8 Rxb8 38.e6 f5 39.Ne5 Bxe5
40.Rxe5 Kf8 41.e7 Kf7 42.h4 Rh8 43.Kg1 Ke8 44.Re6 Rxh4 45.Rxg6
Kxe7 46.Rxc6 Rxf4 47.Bh3 Rxa4 48.Bxf5 Bc4 49.Kf2 Ra3 50.Ke1
Rf3 51.Bh7 a4 52.Bg8 a3 53.Rxc4 dxc4 54.Bxc4 Rc3 55.Bd5 Rxc2
56.Kd1 a2 0-1

[Event "4 Reykjavik op"]
[Site "4 Reykjavik op"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Margeir Petursson"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.g3 Bxf3 5.exf3 Ngf6 6.f4 g6
7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O Bg7 9.d3 O-O 10.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "04 02Reykjavik"]
[Site "04 02Reykjavik"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Margeir Petursson"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.g3 Bxf3 5.exf3 Ngf6 6.f4 g6
7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O Bg7 9.d3 O-O 10.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Young Men"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gilles Andruet"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Be2 a6 9.a4 Bg4 10.O-O O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3
Re8 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.Be2 Rc8 16.a5 c4 17.f3 Qc7 18.Rfc1 Nh5
19.Nd1 Nf4 20.Bg3 Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2 Ne5 22.Ne3 b5 23.axb6 Qxb6
24.Kh1 Nd3 25.Rxc4 Nxb2 26.Rc6 Rxc6 27.dxc6 a5 28.Nd5 Qxc6
29.Rxa5 Nd3 30.Qd1 Be5 31.Ra2 Nb2 32.Qf1 Bg7 33.Ra6 Qb7 34.Rb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Vrsac (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andras Adorjan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4
Nc6 8.Qf4 Bb4 9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O Be7 11.Rfd1 d6 12.Be3 Qd7
13.Bh3 Qc7 14.Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Greenville (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Alburt"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O a6 7.c4 Nb6
8.exd6 cxd6 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.b3 d5 11.Bb2 Be7 12.a3 dxc4 13.bxc4
O-O 14.Rc1 Qc7 15.Qb3 Rfd8 16.Qe3 Rd7 17.Rfd1 Qd8 18.h3 Bh5
19.Ba1 Bg6 20.Ne4 Bxa3 21.Nf6+ Qxf6 22.Qxa3 Qe7 23.Qc3 Qb4
24.Qe3 Rad8 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.Qxe5 Qf8 27.h4 h5 28.Qa5 Nc8
29.Bxh5 Bxh5 30.Qxh5 Ne7 31.Qg4 b5 32.d5 exd5 33.cxb5 axb5
34.Bd4 f6 35.Bb6 f5 36.Qe2 Qf6 37.Bxd8 Rxd8 38.Rc7 Ng6 39.Qxb5
Nxh4 40.Rd7 Rxd7 41.Qxd7 Kh7 42.Qxd5 Ng6 43.g3 Ne7 44.Qh1+ Kg6
45.Qf3 Ng8 46.Kg2 Nh6 47.Qd5 Qb2 48.Rd2 Qa1 49.Qe6+ Kh7 50.Rd8
Qa3 51.Qc8 Kg6 52.Rh8 Qd6 53.Qe8+ Nf7 54.Rh4 Kf6 55.Ra4 Qd5+
56.Kh2 Kg6 57.Ra6+ Kh7 58.Qc6 Qxc6 59.Rxc6 Ne5 60.Re6 Ng4+
61.Kg2 Kg8 62.f3 Kf7 63.Ra6 Nf6 64.Kf2 g5 65.Ke3 Nh5 66.Ra7+
Kg6 67.Ra6+ Kf7 68.f4 gxf4 69.gxf4 Kg7 70.Rb6 Kh7 71.Rb1 Kg6
72.Rh1 Nf6 73.Kd4 Nd7 74.Kd5 Nf6+ 75.Ke5 Nd7+ 76.Ke6 Nf8+
77.Ke7 1-0

[Event "01, Greenville"]
[Site "01, Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Nd2 O-O 9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Nbd7 11.a4 Ne5 12.Re1 a6 13.Qc2
Rb8 14.a5 Nh5 15.Bxh5 gxh5 16.Nd1 Bd7 17.Ne3 Qf6 18.Ra3 Re7
19.h3 Rbe8 20.Qd1 h4 21.Rf1 Ng6 22.Nec4 Nf4 23.Qf3 Bb5 24.Re3
Bh6 25.b3 Qg6 26.Rfe1 Bd7 27.Kh1 Nh5 28.Nxd6 Bxe3 29.Rxe3 Qxd6
30.Qxh5 Qf4 31.Rf3 Re5 32.Qxh7+ Kxh7 33.Rxf4 f5 34.f3 Kg6
35.Rxh4 Bb5 36.Bb2 R5e7 37.Rf4 Rf7 38.Kh2 Bd3 39.Kg3 Rfe7
40.Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Greenville (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Nc5 14.h4 b4 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Nce2 g6 17.Nf4 Rf8 18.Bg2
Rxf4 19.Qxf4 e5 20.Qe3 exd4 21.Qxd4 Be6 22.Qh8+ Bf8 23.Rhf1
Qg7 24.Qxg7 Bxg7 25.e5 O-O-O 26.exd6 Be5 27.Rf3 Bxd6 28.Kb1
Kc7 29.Bh3 Bg8 30.c3 b3 31.axb3 Bxb3 32.Re1 Rb8 33.Rfe3 Ba4
34.Ka2 a5 35.Bg4 Bb5 36.h5 Nd3 37.Rb1 a4 38.hxg6 hxg6 39.Be2
Nf4 40.Bxb5 Rxb5 41.Re4 Rxg5 42.Rxa4 Rd5 43.Ra7+ Kb6 44.Rg7
Rd2 45.Rg1 Ne2 46.R1xg6 Nxc3+ 47.Kb3 Nb5 48.Rg2 Rd3+ 49.Ka2
Nd4 50.R7g6 Nc6 51.R2g4 Kb5 52.R6g5+ Bc5 53.Kb1 Nd4 54.Rg3
Rd1+ 55.Ka2 Nc6 56.Kb3 Nd4+ 57.Ka2 Nc6 58.Kb3 Ra1 59.Rxc5+
Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bunadarbanka (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Helgi Olafsson"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bc4 Qa5 10.Bd2 exf4 11.Qe2 Ne5 12.Bb3 O-O
13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Nxf4 Bd7 15.Bc3 Bc6 16.O-O-O Qc7 17.Nd5 Bxd5
18.Bxd5 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Leif Ogaard"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O Bb4 9.Nb3 Be7 10.a4 O-O 11.a5 Bb4 12.Bg5 Nxa5 13.e5
Nxb3 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qg4+ Kh8 16.Qxb4 Nc5 17.Na4 fxe5 18.Nxc5
d6 19.Ne4 Rd8 20.Nf6 Qxc2 21.Qh4 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Greenville (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Kamran G Shirazi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bg4
7.Nbd2 Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nf1 O-O 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.O-O a5 12.Nh4 Re8
13.Nhf5 Bf8 14.Qf3 c6 15.h4 h5 16.Bg5 Nbd7 17.Ne4 Re6 18.Rae1
d5 19.Nxf6+ Nxf6 20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Ne7+ Qxe7 22.Bxg6 e5 23.Re1
e4 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qxh5 Bg7 26.Re3 f5 27.Bxf5 Qf6 28.Rg3 Kf8
29.Rg5 Qxd4 30.Be6 Ke7 31.Qf7+ Kd6 32.Rxg7 Kc5 33.Qe7+ Kc4
34.Rg3 Qxb2 35.Bxd5+ Kxd5 36.Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Greenville (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Andrew Soltis"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd2
Bxf3 8.gxf3 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Rxb7 Nd7 11.Rb3 Qa5 12.d5 Rc8
13.dxc6 Rxc6 14.Nd5 Qxa2 15.Nb4 Qa1+ 16.Kf2 Rc8 17.e5 Nh6
18.Bd4 Qa5 19.Ba6 Rc5 20.Ra1 Qc7 21.Bd3 O-O 22.Na6 Qc8 23.Nxc5
Nxc5 24.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25.Qe3 Qc8 26.Kg2 dxe5 27.Rxa7 exf4 28.Qxf4
e5 29.Qc4 Qd8 30.Rb1 Qg5+ 31.Kh1 Qe3 32.Rab7 Qxf3+ 33.Kg1 Ng4
34.Rxf7 Rxf7 35.Rf1 Qe3+ 36.Kg2 Nf2 37.Be2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Greenville (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.Nf3 d5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 e5 6.e4 dxe4 7.dxe4
Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bg4 9.c3 Nxe4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6
13.Na3 O-O-O 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Nc4 f6 16.Rxd8+ Kxd8 17.Kg2 Be7
18.Rd1+ Kc7 19.g4 Nh4+ 20.Kf1 Ng6 21.Ke2 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8
23.Na5 Kc7 24.Nb3 Kb6 25.Kd3 Nf8 26.Kc4 Nd7 27.a4 a5 28.Kd3 g6
29.Ke4 Bd8 30.Nd2 Bc7 31.Nc4+ Kb7 32.Bh6 f5 33.gxf5 Nf6+
34.Kd3 e4 35.Ke2 gxf5 36.f3 Nd5 37.fxe4 fxe4 38.Be3 Ka6 39.Kf2
Bf4 40.Bxc5 Bc1 41.Bd6 Bf4 42.Bf8 Bc7 43.Bh6 Bf4 44.Bg7 Bc1
45.Be5 Bf4 46.Bd4 Bc1 47.Be5 Bf4 48.h4 h5 49.Bd4 Bc1 50.Bg7
Nf4 51.b3 Nd3+ 52.Ke2 Bf4 53.Bf6 Nc1+ 54.Kf2 Nxb3 55.Bg5 Bb8
56.Be7 Ba7+ 57.Ke2 Nc1+ 58.Kd2 Nb3+ 59.Ke2 Bb6 60.Bf6 Bg1
61.Nd2 Nxd2 62.Kxd2 Bb6 63.Be7 Kb7 64.c4 Kc8 65.c5 Bd8 66.Bxd8
Kxd8 67.Ke3 Ke7 68.Kxe4 Ke6 69.Kf4 Kd5 70.Kg5 Kxc5 71.Kxh5 Kb4
72.Kg4 c5 73.h5 c4 74.h6 c3 75.h7 c2 76.h8=Q c1=Q 77.Qd4+ Kb3
78.Kf3 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Greenville (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.O-O e5 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Ne1
d6 8.Nc2 Be6 9.Ne3 Rb8 10.d3 a6 11.Ned5 O-O 12.Rb1 b5 13.b3 b4
14.Nxe7+ Nxe7 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Bd7 17.e4 f5 18.exf5 Bxf5
19.h3 Qa5 20.g4 Bd7 21.Qe2 Qd8 22.Be4 Qh4 23.Qe3 h5 24.Qg3
Qxg3+ 25.fxg3 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 hxg4 27.hxg4 Bxg4 28.Be3 Bf5
29.Ke2 Rf8 30.a3 Rb8 31.Ra1 Bf8 32.Kf3 Kg7 33.a4 Be7 34.g4
Bxe4+ 35.dxe4 Rh8 36.Kg3 Bh4+ 37.Kg2 Be7 38.Kg3 Rh7 39.Rc1 Rh8
40.Kg2 Rh7 41.Kg3 Kf7 42.Kg2 Ke8 43.Bd2 Kd7 44.Kg3 Rh8 45.Kg2
Rh4 46.Kg3 Rh7 47.Kg2 Rh4 48.Kg3 Rh8 49.Kg2 Rc8 50.Kg3 Rb8
51.Kf3 Kc7 52.Rh1 Rf8+ 53.Ke2 Rf7 54.Rh8 Kb6 55.Rb8+ Kc7
56.Rh8 Kb6 57.Rb8+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Greenville (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jay E Whitehead"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg5
Bg7 8.Nd2 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Qa4+ Kf8 12.Nde4 Nxg3
13.Nxg3 a6 14.e3 Nd7 15.Qc2 b5 16.Be2 Nf6 17.e4 h5 18.a4 b4
19.Nd1 h4 20.Nf1 Qe7 21.Nd2 g4 22.Ne3 Bh6 23.O-O-O Bd7 24.b3
Kg7 25.Qb2 Bf4 26.g3 Be5 27.Qc2 Bd4 28.Bd3 Rh6 29.Ng2 h3
30.Nh4 Re8 31.f4 Bc3 32.Bxa6 Bxd2+ 33.Rxd2 Nxe4 34.Bb5 Rxh4
35.Bxd7 Qxd7 36.Re2 Nxg3 37.hxg3 Rhh8 38.Qb2+ f6 39.Rhe1 Rxe2
40.Qxe2 Qf5 41.Qb5 Kf7 42.Qc6 h2 43.Rh1 Qe4 44.Qd7+ Qe7
45.Qxg4 Qe3+ 46.Kb2 Qf2+ 47.Kc1 Qg1+ 48.Qd1 Qxg3 49.f5 Rh3
50.Qe2 Qc3+ 51.Qc2 Qa1+ 52.Qb1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Greenville (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Kudrin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 Nd5 12.exd6 Bxd6
13.Bd2 Rb8 14.Na4 c5 15.c4 Ne7 16.Bc3 Nf5 17.b3 e5 18.Bb2 Nd4
19.Nc3 f5 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Re8 22.Rf2 Bb7 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.Bxd5+ Kh8 25.Kh1 Qc7 26.Qd2 Re7 27.Rg1 Rbe8 28.Bxd4 cxd4
29.b4 Re3 30.c5 Bxf4 31.Qxd4 Bh6 32.Rxf5 Re2 33.Qh4 Qd7
34.Rgf1 g6 35.Qd4+ R8e5 36.Rxe5 Bg7 37.Rxe2 Bxd4 38.Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Greenville (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Markovich Kogan"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bd3 Ba6 7.O-O
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bxd3 9.cxd3 Nd7 10.Re1 h6 11.Nh4 g6 12.Ba3 c5
13.Qg4 Qc8 14.dxc5 Qa6 15.c6 Nxc6 16.Bd6 Qxd3 17.Nf3 Nc5
18.Qh4 Ne4 19.Rad1 Qc4 20.Rxe4 Qxe4 21.Qf6 Rh7 22.Nd4 Kd7
23.Nxc6 Kxc6 24.Qe7 Rc8 25.Qxa7 g5 26.c4 Qc2 27.cxd5+ exd5
28.Rf1 f6 29.Qa3 Kb7 30.Qf3 fxe5 31.Qxd5+ Qc6 32.Qxe5 Rd7
33.Bb4 Qd5 34.Qe3 Qxa2 35.h3 Qd5 36.Ra1 Rc6 37.Qa3 Rcc7
38.Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Greenville (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.b3
Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Qc7
13.Rad1 d6 14.f4 a6 15.a4 Rfd8 16.Rf3 d5 17.cxd5 exd5 18.b4
Qb7 19.g4 a5 20.g5 axb4 21.gxf6 Bc5 22.Qe5 bxc3 23.Bxc3 g6
24.Kg3 d4 25.Bxd4 Rd5 26.Qe3 Qd7 27.Bxc5 Rxd1 28.Bxb6 Re8
29.Qf2 h5 30.h3 Qxa4 31.Bc5 Re4 32.Ba7 Qc4 33.Re3 h4 34.Kg4
Rg1+ 35.Qxg1 Rxf4+ 36.Kg5 Rf5+ 0-1

[Event "Pasadena (USA)"]
[Site "Pasadena (USA)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "David Glueck"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Nbc6 8.Be2 Qa5 9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O Qa4 11.dxc5 Ng6 12.c4 dxc4
13.Bc3 Qb5 14.Nd4 Qxc5 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Qd4 Qd5 17.Qe3 Nh4
18.Qh3 Qe4 19.Rfe1 Ng6 20.Bd1 Qf5 21.Qxf5 exf5 22.Bf3 Re8
23.Rab1 Rb8 24.Bb4 Nh4 25.Be2 b5 26.Bd6 Rb6 27.g3 Ng6 28.f4
Bd7 29.Bc5 Ra6 30.Red1 Rc8 31.Rxd7 Rxc5 32.Rb7 Nf8 33.R1xb5
Rxb5 34.Rxb5 Rxa3 35.Bxc4 g6 36.Rb8 Rc3 37.e6 fxe6 38.Bxe6+
Kg7 39.Rb7+ Kh8 40.Bb3 a5 41.Ra7 Rc5 42.Kf2 Rc8 43.Rxa5 Nd7
44.Ke3 Nf6 45.Kd4 Ng4 46.h3 Nf2 47.Ke5 Nxh3 48.Be6 Rf8 49.c4
Nf2 50.c5 1-0

[Event "Stara"]
[Site "Stara"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "G Agzamov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Re1
O-O 14.Nb3 Ne6 15.g4 Bg6 16.Bf5 Qd7 17.Be3 Rfd8 18.Qc2 Qe8
19.Rad1 Bf8 20.Kg2 Kh8 21.h4 h5 22.Ng5 hxg4 23.h5 Bxf5 24.Qxf5
Nxg5 25.Bxg5 Be7 26.e6 f6 27.h6 fxg5 28.hxg7 Kxg7 29.Rh1 Qg6
30.Rh7+ Kxh7 0-1

[Event "Stara Pazova (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Stara Pazova (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Radoslav Simic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.a4 b4 5.c4 bxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bg2
Bb7 8.O-O Be7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Ba3 Na6 11.Ne5 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qc7
13.e4 d6 14.Nef3 Nb8 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Qe2 Nc6 17.Nc4 Rfd8
18.Bc1 Qb7 19.Bg5 Qa6 20.Rfe1 h6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.e5 Be7
23.Nfd2 Na5 24.Nxa5 Qxa5 25.Ne4 c4 26.f4 Rd3 27.Kh3 Rad8
28.Rab1 Qxa4 29.Ra1 Qc6 30.Rxa7 Bc5 31.Qg2 Qc8 32.Ra5 Be7
33.Qe2 Qb7 34.Rea1 Kf8 35.Ra7 Qb5 36.Qh5 R3d7 37.Rxd7 Qxd7
38.Ng5 Bxg5 39.fxg5 Kg8 40.gxh6 g6 41.Qf3 Qe7 42.Ra7 Rd3
43.Qf2 Qf8 44.h7+ Kh8 45.Qf6+ Qg7 46.Rxf7 Qxf6 47.exf6 Rd5
48.Re7 Rf5 49.f7 1-0

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James E Tarjan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Nbd2
cxd4 8.cxd4 Be7 9.O-O Nc6 10.e3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Ne4 Be7
13.Rc1 d6 14.d5 Nd8 15.Nd4 Bxd5 16.Nf5 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 d5 18.Bxd5
exd5 19.Qxd5 Rb8 20.Rfd1 Bf6 21.Qd7+ Kf8 22.Nd6 Kg8 23.Rd5 a6
24.h4 Kh7 25.Qf5+ Kg8 26.Rcd1 Nc6 27.Ne4 Be7 28.h5 Bf8 29.Rd7
Ne7 30.Qf4 Rb7 31.Rd8 Kh7 32.R1d6 Qc7 33.Qxf7 Nd5 34.Qf5+ g6
35.Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "James E Tarjan"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.Be3
Nc6 8.Rg1 a6 9.Be2 g5 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.h4 gxh4 13.g5
hxg5 14.Bxg5 Be7 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Qf4 Ng8 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rg7
Rd8 19.Bh5 Nh6 20.Rh1 e5 21.Qxh4 Qxh4 22.Rxh4 Kf8 23.Rg3 Ng8
24.Rgh3 Nf6 25.Be2 Rg8 26.Kd2 Rg1 27.Rf3 Ke7 28.Bd3 Rdg8
29.Rh6 R8g6 30.Rxg6 fxg6 31.Rh3 Rg2 32.Ke2 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "James E Tarjan"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6
7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Bc4 Qb6 9.Nde2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bb3 f5 12.Ng3
fxe4 13.Ncxe4 Na5 14.Re1 Nxb3 15.axb3 Bxb2 16.Ra4 Bg7 17.Nh5
Be5 18.Qd3 f5 19.Ng5 Qc6 20.Rc4 Qe8 21.Rh4 Qg6 22.f4 Bd7
23.Rh3 Kh8 24.fxe5 Qxg5 25.e6 Bc6 26.Qd4+ Rf6 27.Nf4 Rg8
28.Rh5 Qg4 29.Re3 Be4 30.Reh3 Rg7 31.R3h4 Qf3 32.Rxh7+ Rxh7
33.Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Christiansen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 d5 8.Ba3 Bxc4 9.Bxc4 dxc4 10.O-O Qd5 11.e4 Qb5 12.Qf3
Nbd7 13.Rfb1 Qa6 14.Bc1 O-O 15.a4 c5 16.Ba3 Rfc8 17.e5 Nd5
18.Ne4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Nf8 20.Rc1 Rc7 21.h4 Rd8 22.h5 h6 23.Bd6
Rc6 24.Ra3 Nh7 25.Qe2 f5 26.Nc3 Nxc3 27.Raxc3 Rdc8 28.f4 Qxa4
29.Ra3 Qb5 30.Rxa7 Qd5 31.Qe3 Kh8 32.Rc3 b5 33.Bc5 Nf8 34.Kh2
Nd7 35.Qg3 Rg8 36.Qg6 Nxc5 37.Rg3 Nd7 38.Ra8 Nb8 39.Rxb8 Rc7
40.Rxg8+ Kxg8 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nenad Ristic"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.cxd5 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Nxd5
13.Nc3 Ndb4 14.Be4 Nxd4 15.Bf4 c6 16.Be5 Ndc2 17.Bxg7 Rg8
18.Bxc2 Nxc2 19.Bf6 O-O-O 20.Bxe7 Rde8 21.Rec1 Nxa1 22.Nd5 Kd7
23.Nf6+ Kxe7 24.Nxg8+ Rxg8 25.Rxa1 Rd8 26.g3 Rd2 27.b3 Kd6
28.Kg2 Kc5 29.Re1 Rxa2 30.Re7 b5 31.Rxf7 h6 32.h4 a5 33.h5 Rd2
34.g4 Kb4 35.Rf6 c5 36.Rxh6 Kxb3 37.Rc6 c4 38.h6 Rd8 39.g5 Rh8
40.g6 Rxh6 41.g7 Rxc6 42.g8=Q a4 43.Qd5 Rg6+ 44.Kf1 Kb4
45.Qd2+ c3 46.Qd4+ Kb3 47.Qd5+ Ka3 48.Qxb5 c2 49.Qc4 Kb2
50.Qb4+ Ka2 51.Qxa4+ Kb2 52.Qb4+ Ka2 53.Qc3 Kb1 54.Qb3+ Kc1
55.Ke2 Ra6 56.f3 Ra8 57.Qe3+ Kb1 58.Qb6+ Kc1 59.Qg1+ Kb2
60.Qd4+ Kb1 61.Qb4+ Kc1 62.Kf2 Rd8 63.f4 Rd7 64.f5 Rf7 65.Qa3+
Kd1 66.Qd3+ Kc1 67.Ke2 Re7+ 68.Kf3 Rf7 69.Qf1+ Kd2 70.Qf2+ Kd1
71.Qd4+ Kc1 72.Ke2 Re7+ 73.Kd3 Rb7 74.Qa1+ Rb1 75.Qc3 Rb8
76.Qxc2+ 1-0

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Wlodzimierz Schmidt"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.O-O Nf6 9.a4 Be7 10.Nde2 Rb8 11.h3 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.b3
O-O 14.g4 b4 15.Na4 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Qxd5 Bf6
19.Bb2 Bxb2 20.Nxb2 Re8 21.Rfe1 Qc7 22.Nc4 Ne5 23.Nd4 Ng6
24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Nd6 Rf8 26.Ra8 Rxa8 27.Qxa8+ Nf8 28.N4f5 Be6
29.Qe8 g6 30.Qe7 Qxe7 31.Nxe7+ Kg7 32.Nc6 Kf6 33.Ne4+ Kg7
34.Nc5 Bd5 35.Nxb4 Bf3 36.Kh2 Kf6 37.Kg3 Ba8 38.Nbd3 g5 39.b4
Ke7 40.f3 h6 41.c4 Kd6 42.b5 Kc7 43.Kf2 Ng6 44.Nb3 Nh4 45.Nd4
f6 46.c5 Bd5 47.Nb4 Bc4 48.b6 Kb7 49.Ndc6 Bb5 50.Na5+ Kb8
51.c6 1-0

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vlastimil Jansa"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Nde2
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.h3 Rc8 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Ne5
13.a4 Qc7 14.Nd4 Qc5 15.c3 a6 16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Nc2 Qa5 18.Ra2 b5
19.Nb4 bxa4 20.Be3 Qb5 21.Bd4 a5 22.Bf1 Qb8 23.Bxe5 Bxe5
24.Nc6 Bxc6 25.dxc6 Rxc6 26.Qxa4 Rc5 27.b4 Rxc3 28.bxa5 Rec8
29.a6 Qa7 30.Kg2 Kg7 31.Rb1 R8c7 32.Qe8 Qd4 33.Re2 Qd5+ 34.Kh2
Rc1 35.Rxc1 Rxc1 36.a7 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dragan Barlov"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Qc7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Kh1 Nc6 12.Bxf4 Be6
13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Nd4 Rfe8 15.Bg5 Qd8 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.Rxf5 Nfd7
18.Be3 Nf6 19.Raf1 Rc8 20.Bd4 Qa5 21.h3 Qd8 22.Qf2 Bf8 23.a5
Re6 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.exd5 Re7 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Rxf7 e4 28.d6 Rxf7
29.Qxf7+ Kh8 30.d7 1-0

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Slavoljub Marjanovic"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Qc7 8.a4 b6 9.Be2 h6 10.O-O Be7 11.Ne1 Bb7 12.f3 O-O 13.Nd3
Nc6 14.Nc1 Nd4 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Qxd4 d5 17.Nd3 Rfe8 18.Kh1 dxe4
19.fxe4 Rad8 20.Qe3 Bd6 21.Rxf6 gxf6 22.Rf1 Kg7 23.Rf5 Rh8
24.Nf4 Bxf4 25.Rxf4 h5 26.Qg3+ Kf8 27.Rxf6 Qxg3 28.hxg3 h4
29.g4 Rd2 30.Bc4 Rh7 31.Rxb6 h3 32.g3 f5 33.gxf5 Rxc2 34.Bd3
Rd2 35.Bxa6 Bxa6 36.Rxa6 Rb7 37.Rf6+ Ke8 38.Re6+ Kf7 39.Nb5
Rbd7 40.e5 Rxb2 41.Nd6+ Kg8 42.f6 Rb8 43.Kh2 Rh7 44.g4 Rb2+
45.Kg3 Rb3+ 46.Kf4 Rb8 47.f7 Kg7 48.Re7 Kg6 49.Re6+ Kg7 50.Re7
Kg6 51.Rb7 Rxb7 52.f8=Q Rbf7+ 53.Nxf7 h2 54.Nh8+ 1-0

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Slobodan Martinovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 e6 5.Bd3 Be7 6.Bc2 O-O 7.d4 b5
8.Qe2 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Nbd2 c4 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5
Nd5 14.Nd4 a6 15.N2f3 Rfe8 16.Qe4 Nf8 17.Qg4 Bc5 18.a3 f5
19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Qg5 h6 21.Qh4 e5 22.Nf5 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Kh8
24.Qg3 N8h7 25.a4 Rad8 26.Nh4 Ng5 27.Bxg5 hxg5 28.Qxg5 e4
29.axb5 axb5 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Rxe4 Kg8 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Qd5+
1-0

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Krizsan"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 Ne7 8.Be3 b5 9.f4 Nc6 10.Qd3 Be7 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.O-O d6
13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Qf2 Rac8 16.Bb6 Qb8 17.Rd2 Qa8
18.Re1 Nb8 19.Qe2 Nd7 20.Bd4 e5 21.Bf2 Nf6 22.fxe5 dxe5 23.g4
h6 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.exd5 Rfd8 26.Red1 Bg5 27.Be3 Bf6 28.Be4 Rc4
29.Qf3 Rd6 30.c3 a5 31.a3 Qc8 32.Rd3 b4 33.cxb4 axb4 34.b3
Rxe4 35.Qxe4 bxa3 36.Bc1 a2 37.Ba3 Ra6 38.Bb2 Qc2 39.Ba1 Rd6
40.Qc4 Qe2 41.R3d2 Qe3+ 42.Kg2 e4 43.Qe2 Qg5 44.Rxa2 e3 45.Kg1
Bxa1 46.Raxa1 Rxd5 47.Ra4 Rxd1+ 48.Qxd1 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Milan Matulovic"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 Be6 10.Nc4 Rc8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 Ne7
13.Ne3 Bh6 14.O-O Bxe3 15.fxe3 Qb6 16.Qf3 h5 17.Nd5 Bxd5
18.exd5 Rh6 19.Rab1 Qa5 20.e4 f5 21.a3 Kf8 22.b4 Qb6+ 23.Kh1
Rc3 24.exf5 Ng8 25.Qe2 Qd4 26.Rbd1 Rxa3 27.Bxa6 Qb6 28.Bd3 Nf6
29.Qd2 Rh8 30.c4 Rb3 31.Qg5 Ke7 32.c5 Qxb4 33.Rb1 Rd8 34.h3
Rd7 35.cxd6 Rxd6 36.Rfc1 Kd8 37.Qg7 Rxb1 38.Rxb1 Qd4 39.Qf8+
Ne8 40.Bb5 Qxd5 41.Bxe8 Kc7 1-0

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Franco"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 a6 11.a4 d5 12.exd5 Nb4
13.Bd3 exd5 14.Bd4 O-O 15.f5 b6 16.Qf3 Bd6 17.Bxf6 gxf6
18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Qh4 Qd8 20.Ne2 Rg8 21.Nbd4 Bd7 22.Kh1 Rc8
23.Rf3 Rg5 24.Nf4 Nxd3 25.Rxd3 Rc5 26.Rad1 Be5 27.Nf3 Bxf4
28.Qxf4 Rxf5 29.Qd6 Rc6 30.Qa3 Rc5 31.b4 Rc8 32.Rxd5 Rxd5
33.Rxd5 Qe7 34.Qd3 Bxa4 35.Qxa6 Bd7 36.Qd3 Bc6 37.Rd4 Bxf3
38.gxf3 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Rg8+ 40.Rg4 Rxg4+ 41.fxg4 Qxb4 42.h3 Kg7
43.Qf5 Qd2+ 44.Kf1 Qe3 45.Kg2 Qe2+ 46.Kg1 b5 47.Qc8 Qe6 48.Qc3
Qe5 49.Qd3 f5 50.gxf5 Kf6 51.Qd8+ Kxf5 52.Qd3+ Kf4 53.Qxh7
Qe1+ 54.Kg2 Qe2+ 55.Kg1 Kg3 56.Qg7+ Kxh3+ 57.Qh8+ Kg3 58.Qb8+
Kf3 59.Qb7+ Ke3 60.Qxf7 Qd1+ 61.Kg2 Qxc2+ 62.Kg3 Qc3 63.Qe7+
Kd3 64.Kg4 b4 65.Qh7+ Kd2 66.Qh2+ Kc1 67.Qg1+ Kb2 68.Qf2+ Ka3
69.Qa7+ Kb3 70.Kh5 Qe5+ 71.Kh6 Qf6+ 72.Kh5 Kb2 73.Qe3 Qh8+
74.Kg4 Qg7+ 75.Kh5 Qf7+ 76.Kh6 Qf6+ 77.Kh5 Qf5+ 78.Kh4 Qh7+
79.Kg5 Qc2 80.Kh5 Qd1+ 81.Kh4 Qh1+ 82.Kg4 Qd5 83.Qe2+ Kc1
84.Qe3+ Kd1 85.Qg1+ Ke2 86.Qh2+ Kf1 87.Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Zivoslav Nikolic"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.d5 Nd8
14.Nf1 Ne8 15.g4 f6 16.Ng3 g6 17.a4 Qb7 18.Nh2 Nf7 19.f4 exf4
20.Bxf4 Bd7 21.axb5 axb5 22.Rb1 Ng7 23.Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Spyridon Skembris"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nc2
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne3 d4 12.Ned5 Nxd5
13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 O-O 15.Qb3 Qxb3 16.Bxb3 Rfd8 17.Rd1 Bf6
18.Rb1 Rac8 19.Bd2 d3 20.exd3 Rxd3 21.Be3 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rc7
23.Ba4 h6 24.Bxc6 Rxc6 25.Rd7 Ra6 26.Rxb7 Rxa2 27.b4 a6 28.Kg2
Rb2 29.Rb6 Be7 30.Rb8+ Kh7 31.Rb7 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dragan Paunovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg5
Bg7 8.e3 h6 9.Bh4 O-O 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Bc4 Nc7 12.a4 Rb8 13.O-O
a6 14.a5 b5 15.axb6 Rxb6 16.Bb3 Rb4 17.Nc4 Bd7 18.Bg3 Bb5
19.Nxb5 axb5 20.Na5 Qd7 21.Nc6 Re4 22.Ra7 Ree8 23.Qd2 Ra8
24.Rfa1 Ne4 25.Qe2 c4 26.Bc2 Nc5 27.Qd2 Rxa7 28.Rxa7 Bxb2
29.Qb4 Bg7 30.h3 Rc8 31.e4 c3 32.Qa3 Kh8 33.f3 g5 34.Be1 N5e6
35.Bxc3 Nf4 36.Bxg7+ Kxg7 37.Qb2+ Kg6 38.e5 Kh5 39.Bf5 Qe8
40.g4 Kh4 41.Qf2+ 1-0

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja"]
[Site "Vrsac"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
c5 8.Na4 cxd4 9.a3 Be7 10.exd4 d6 11.Nc3 d5 12.Re1 Nc6 13.cxd5
Nxd5 14.Bc2 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Rc8 16.Qd3 g6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Qe3 Bf6
19.Qf4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 e5 21.Qg4 exd4 22.Ba4 Rxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Bg7
24.Re8+ Qxe8 25.Bxe8 Rxe8 26.Bd2 dxc3 27.Qd7 Re6 28.Be3 Bc6
29.Qc8+ Be8 30.h4 h5 31.Qd8 Bf6 32.Qd3 Ba4 33.Qc4 Rxe3 34.Qxa4
Re2 35.Kf1 c2 36.Qf4 Bb2 0-1

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Branimir Maksimovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Nd5 Nc6 7.Bb5
h6 8.exd6 cxd6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Ne2 Nb6 12.Ndc3 a6
13.Bd3 Nb4 14.Ng3 Nxd3+ 15.Qxd3 f5 16.Nge2 d5 17.h4 Nc4 18.b3
Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Qd6 20.f4 Bd7 21.Rh3 Rac8 22.O-O-O b5 23.Kb2 a5
24.Nb1 a4 25.Qd2 b4 26.Ng1 Rc7 27.Nf3 axb3 28.axb3 Ra8 29.h5
Bb5 30.hxg6 Kg8 31.Ne1 Rca7 32.Qe3 Ra2+ 33.Kc1 Rc8 34.g3 Kf8
35.Rh2 Ra1 36.Nf3 Rc3 37.Qf2 Qa6 38.Ne1 Qa2 39.Kd2 Rxb1
40.Rxb1 Qxb1 41.Rh5 e6 42.g4 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Nc6 6.Nc3 e6 7.d4
Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.Bf4 Qc8
13.b3 d6 14.Qd3 Rd8 15.Qf3 a6 16.Rd3 Qc7 17.Rad1 Rac8 18.g4 h6
19.h4 b5 20.cxb5 e5 21.g5 Nh7 22.Nd5 Qd7 23.Bxe5 dxe5 24.Nf6+
Nxf6 25.Rxd7 Nxd7 26.bxa6 Rc7 27.gxh6 gxh6 28.b4 Kf8 29.b5 Bc5
30.a4 Ke7 31.a5 Bd4 32.e3 Bc3 33.b6 Rc5 34.b7 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka"]
[Site "Vrnjacka"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Martinovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3 e6 5.Bd3 Be7 6.Bc2 O-O 7.d4 b5
8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Nbd2 c4 13.Nd4
a6 14.e5 Nd5 15.N2f3 Rfe8 16.Qe4 Nf8 17.Qg4 Bc5 18.a3 f5
19.exf6 Nxf6 20.Qg5 h6 21.Qh4 e5 22.Nf5 Bxf3 23.gxf3 N8h7
24.a4 Kh8 25.Qg3 Rad8 26.axb5 axb5 27.Nh4 Ng5 28.Bxg5 hxg5
29.Qxg5 e4 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Rxe4 Kg8 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Vrsac"]
[Site "Vrsac"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mihai Suba"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3
Qb6 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.Bd3 b5 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.Rae1 g6
13.Qh3 Bg7 14.f5 gxf5 15.exf5 e5 16.Ne4 d5 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6
18.Na5 e4 19.Nxb7 Qxb7 20.c3 h5 21.Be2 O-O-O 22.Kh1 Rdg8
23.Bf4 Qc6 24.Rd1 Kb7 25.Rd2 Bg5 26.Qe3 f6 27.Rfd1 Nb6 28.a4
bxa4 29.c4 Nxc4 30.Bxc4 Bxf4 31.Qxf4 dxc4 32.Rd7+ Kc8 33.R7d6
Qb7 34.R1d5 Qc7 35.Qxe4 Rd8 36.Qe6+ Kb8 37.Rb6+ Ka7 38.Rxa6+
1-0

[Event "It ( cat. 10 )"]
[Site "Vrsac"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Stefan Djuric"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1
Nc4 14.Ng3 Rfe8 15.b3 Nb6 16.Be3 h6 17.Nd2 c4 18.Rc1 a5
19.bxc4 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Qxc4 21.Bb3 Qc7 22.a4 bxa4 23.Bxa4 Reb8
24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.f4 exf4 26.Bxf4 Nh7 27.Nf5 Ng5 28.Bxg5 hxg5
29.Qf3 Rd8 30.Rf1 a4 31.c4 a3 32.c5 dxc5 33.dxc5 a2 34.c6 Qe6
35.Qg3 Rac8 36.Rc2 g6 37.Nh6+ Kg7 38.Ng4 Qxe4 39.Qc3+ Qd4+
40.Qxd4+ Rxd4 41.Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vrsac"]
[Site "Vrsac"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "G Agzamov"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Re1 Qd7 13.h3
Bh5 14.Nf1 Rd8 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 Ne6 18.Nf5 c5
19.Be3 Qa7 20.Rc1 Bxf5 21.Bxf5 cxd4 22.Bd2 Qb6 23.Bd3 O-O
24.Qc2 g6 25.f4 Nc5 26.f5 Nxd3 27.Qxd3 gxf5 28.Qxf5 Qg6 29.Qf4
d3 30.Rc7 Qb6+ 31.Re3 Qxc7 32.Bb4 Kh8 33.Rxd3 Qb6+ 34.Kh2 Bxb4
35.Qxb4 Rg8 36.Rf3 Qe6 37.Qd4 Rde8 38.Re3 f6 0-1

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Vrsac (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "James E Tarjan"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.c4
Bg4 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.Be3 Re8 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Vrsac (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Milorad Kapelan"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
Bf5 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.Re1 Na6
13.Bf4 Nc7 14.Ne5 Ndb5 15.Nxb5 Nxb5 16.Qh5 Bg6 17.Nxg6 hxg6
18.Qxg6 Nxd4 19.Be5 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Re7 b5
23.Rae1 a5 24.R1e4 Ne6 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.Rg4+ Kh8 27.Rgg7 Rfe8
28.Rh7+ Kg8 29.Reg7+ Kf8 30.h4 1-0

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Vrsac (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jan Smejkal"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1
d5 14.dxe5 Nxe4 15.Ng3 Bc5 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Ng5 Nxe5 18.Qh5 h6
19.Nxe4 Nd3 20.Bxd3 Qxd3 21.Qxc5 Rxe4 22.Be3 Re6 23.Qxc7 Qd5
24.f3 Rg6 25.Rf1 Re8 26.Rad1 Qe6 27.Rde1 Qxh3 28.Bg5 Qc8
29.Qxc8 Rxc8 30.Be7 Bd5 31.a3 Bc4 32.Rf2 Re8 33.Rd2 Rc6 34.Rd7
Kh7 35.Kf2 Kg6 36.Ra7 h5 37.Re5 Be6 38.Bh4 Rec8 39.f4 f6
40.Re3 Re8 41.Rg3+ Kf5 42.Raxg7 Bc4 43.Rh7 Be2 44.Rf7 Bc4
45.Rh7 Be2 46.Rd7 Kxf4 47.Rd5 Rce6 48.b3 Re5 49.Rd6 R5e6
50.Rd5 Re5 51.Rxe5 Rxe5 52.Bxf6 Re6 53.Bg5+ Kf5 54.Be3 Bg4
55.Bd4 Re2+ 56.Kf1 Rb2 57.c4 Rb1+ 58.Kf2 bxc4 59.bxc4 Rc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Vrsac (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Milan Bjelajac"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bg4 7.h3
Bxf3 8.Qxf3 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Re1 O-O 12.Bg5 h6
13.Bh4 Re8 14.Re2 Nh7 15.Rae1 g5 16.Bg3 Qd7 17.Qg4 Qxg4
18.hxg4 Kf8 19.Bxc7 Nf6 20.Rxe7 Rxe7 21.Bd6 Ng8 22.Na4 Ke8
23.Bxe7 Nxe7 24.f3 Rb8 25.b3 Kd8 26.Kf2 a5 27.Ke3 Kd7 28.Kd3
Kd6 29.Nc5 Ng6 30.g3 Ne7 31.Kc3 Ng8 32.Kd2 Nf6 33.Rh1 Ng8
34.c3 Ra8 35.Re1 Kc7 36.Re5 Rf8 37.c4 dxc4 38.bxc4 Ra8 39.Kc3
a4 40.Rf5 f6 41.Ne4 a3 42.Nxf6 Nxf6 43.Rxf6 Rb8 44.Rf7+ Kd6
45.c5 Ke6 46.Rc7 Rb2 47.Rxc6+ Kd7 48.Rxh6 Rxa2 49.Ra6 Ra1
50.Kc4 1-0

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Vrsac (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bozidar Ivanovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Qg3 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Bxb5 O-O
13.Bxd7 Bxd7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Ne4 exd4 16.Nxf6+ Kh8 17.Nh5 Rg8
18.Rxd4 Rac8 19.Qf2 Qa5 20.Kb1 Ba4 21.b3 Bxb3 22.axb3 Qxh5
23.h3 a5 24.Re1 Qg6 25.Qd2 a4 26.Rxa4 Rgd8 27.Rc4 Rb8 28.Rb4
Rbc8 29.Qf2 h6 30.g4 Qf6 31.Qe3 Rc3 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.Rxe5 Rxh3
34.Rb7 Kg8 35.g5 hxg5 36.fxg5 Rg3 37.Kb2 Rg2 38.Rc5 f5 39.gxf6
gxf6 40.Re7 e5 41.Rc6 Rf8 42.b4 f5 43.b5 f4 44.b6 Rg7 45.Rxe5
f3 46.Re1 f2 47.Rf1 Rg5 48.Rc3 Rb5+ 49.Rb3 Rbf5 50.c4 Kf7
51.Re3 Rc8 52.Ka3 Rf6 53.Re2 Rxb6 54.Rexf2+ Ke7 55.Rf7+ Kd8
56.Ra7 Rc7 57.Rf8+ Ke7 58.Rxc7+ Kxf8 59.Rd7 Ke8 60.Rd5 Rb8
61.Ka4 Ke7 62.Rd4 Ke6 63.c5 Ke5 64.Rd1 1-0

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Vrsac (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dusan Rajkovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Be2 a6 9.a4 Bg4 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Nd2 Bxe2
13.Qxe2 Nh5 14.Be3 Nd7 15.a5 Bd4 16.g4 Nhf6 17.f3 h5 18.h3 b5
19.axb6 Nxb6 20.Nd1 Nbxd5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Nc4 Rb8 23.Ra3 Rb4
24.Qc2 Rxc4 25.Qxc4 Bxe3+ 26.Kg2 Nf4+ 27.Kg3 Bd4 28.Qxa6 Re2
29.h4 g5 30.hxg5 Qxg5 31.Qc8+ Kg7 32.Nf2 Bxf2+ 33.Rxf2 h4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Vrsac (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miso Cebalo"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Ng3 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 d5 8.Ba3 Bxc4 9.Bxc4 dxc4 10.e4 Qd7 11.O-O Qb5 12.f4
Nbd7 13.Qc2 Qa6 14.Qb2 h5 15.Rae1 h4 16.Nh1 h3 17.g3 O-O-O
18.Nf2 Qa4 19.Be7 Rde8 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Qe2 Qc6 22.Nd1 Nd7
23.a4 a6 24.Qc2 f5 25.e5 b5 26.a5 g5 27.fxg5 Reg8 28.Ne3 Rxg5
29.d5 Qc5 30.dxe6 Nxe5 31.Rxf5 Rxf5 32.Qxf5 Kb8 33.Qe4 Re8
34.Rd1 Nd3 35.Rf1 Qe7 36.Nxc4 Nc5 37.Qc6 Qxe6 38.Qxc5 Qe4
39.Rf2 Qe1+ 40.Rf1 Qe4 41.Rf2 Qe1+ 42.Rf1 Qxc3 43.Qd5 Qxc4
44.Qxc4 bxc4 45.Rc1 Re4 46.Kf2 Kb7 47.Kf3 Rd4 48.g4 Kc6 49.g5
Kb5 50.g6 Rd8 51.Ke3 Kb4 52.g7 c3 53.Rb1+ Kc4 54.Rc1 c5 55.Ke4
Rg8 0-1

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Radulov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. a4 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 O-O
12. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andras Adorjan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Nc6 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2
Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.e3 Re8 10.Rc1 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5
13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Ba6 15.Re1 Qd7 16.Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Berkeley (USA)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Alburt"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bb3 a5 7.a4 b4
8.Ne2 Nf6 9.e5 Nd5 10.Nf4 Nxf4 11.Bxf4 d5 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3
Bxf3 14.Qxf3 O-O 15.c3 bxc3 16.bxc3 e6 17.Rab1 Nd7 18.Bc1 Qe7
19.c4 Rfb8 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Bd2 Bf8 22.Rfc1 Nb6 23.Qd3 Qd7
24.Ra1 Ra7 25.h4 Nc8 26.h5 Ne7 27.Bd1 Nc6 28.Be2 Rc8 29.Qe3
Nb4 30.Bb5 Qd8 31.Rxc8 Qxc8 32.Rc1 Rc7 33.Rd1 Nc2 34.Qf4 Bb4
35.g3 Qd8 36.hxg6 fxg6 37.Qg4 Kf7 38.Bg5 Be7 39.Bh6 Nb4 40.Kg2
Qc8 41.Qh3 Kg8 42.Be2 Bd8 43.Bg4 Rc6 44.Rc1 Nd3 1-0

[Event "Bunadarbanka (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4
Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.Be3 f5
13.Nc4 Na6 14.Bg2 Rae8 15.Bf3 f4 16.gxf4 Nxf4 17.O-O Bxc3
18.Qxc3 Bh3 19.Rfe1 Qd8 20.Kh1 b5 21.Na5 Nc7 22.Qd2 Qh4 23.Nb7
Re5 24.Nxd6 Ncxd5 25.Bxc5 Bg2+ 26.Bxg2 Rh5 27.h3 Nxg2 28.Qd3
Nge3 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "116"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Alburt"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 Be6 7.O-O
Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.Bb3 c6 10.Nd2 Nc7 11.Ndf3 Bxb3 12.axb3 Nd7
13.Ng4 h5 14.Ne3 Nb6 15.Nc4 Ne6 16.c3 Bf6 17.Bh6 Bg7 18.Qd2
Nd5 19.Nce5 Nec7 20.Rad1 Qe8 21.c4 Nb6 22.Nh4 e6 23.Bxg7 Kxg7
24.Qf4 Qe7 25.Rd3 g5 26.Rg3 Kh6 27.Qd2 Qf6 28.Rf3 Qg7 29.Rh3
Kh7 30.Nhf3 f6 31.Rxh5+ Kg8 32.Ng4 Qg6 33.Rh6 Qg7 34.h4 gxh4
35.Nxh4 Qxg4 36.Rg6+ Qxg6 37.Nxg6 Rf7 38.Nf4 Re7 39.Nh5 Nd7
40.Qf4 Ne8 41.Qg4+ Kf7 42.Nf4 Ng7 43.d5 cxd5 44.cxd5 Ne5
45.dxe6 Rxe6 46.Qd1 Rc6 47.Qd5+ Kf8 48.g3 Re8 49.Kg2 Ne6
50.Nxe6+ Rexe6 51.Rh1 Kg7 52.Qd2 Nf7 53.Qd3 Ng5 54.Qd7+ Kg6
55.Rh8 Rcd6 56.Qxb7 Kf5 57.Qg7 Re5 58.Qc7 Rd2 59.Qc8+ Kg6
60.Rg8+ Kf7 61.Qf8+ Ke6 62.Qe8+ Kf5 63.Qg6+ Ke6 64.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "100"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
e5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.f4 Qc7 10.a5 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.Qd3
exf4 14.Bxf4 Ne5 15.Qg3 Ng6 16.Be3 Bh4 17.Bb6 Qe7 18.Qe3 Bg5
19.Qf2 Be6 20.Rad1 Bf4 21.Rfe1 Qg5 22.Rf1 Rfe8 23.b3 h5 24.g3
Be5 25.Be3 Qe7 26.Na4 h4 27.Nb6 hxg3 28.hxg3 Rad8 29.Bxa6 Bc3
30.Bd2 Bxd2 31.Qxd2 Bg4 32.Rde1 Qe5 33.Bc4 Re7 34.Kg2 Qh5
35.Kg1 Ne5 36.Be2 Bf3 37.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 38.Rxf3 Qxf3 39.Qf2 Qh5
40.Nc4 d5 41.exd5 Rxe1+ 42.Qxe1 cxd5 43.Ne3 Re8 44.Qf2 d4
45.Nf1 Qc5 46.c4 Rb8 47.Nd2 Qxa5 48.Ne4 Qa1+ 49.Kh2 Rxb3
50.Qf5 Rb2+ 51.Kh3 Qh1+ 52.Kg4 Qd1+ 53.Kh3 Rb8 54.Nd6 Qh1+
55.Kg4 Rf8 56.Qe5 Qd1+ 57.Kh4 g6 58.g4 Qh1+ 59.Kg3 Qg1+ 60.Kf3
Ra8 0-1

[Event "It New York (USA)"]
[Site "op"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jay R Bonin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.e3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.Qc2
O-O 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Ne4 g4 16.Nh4 Nf6 17.Nxf6 Qxf6 18.Bf5 Re8
19.O-O-O Re5 20.e4 b5 21.f4 Rxf5 22.Nxf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 b4
24.Rhe1 a5 25.Re2 a4 26.Rde1 Ra7 27.Re8+ Kh7 28.Rb8 a3 29.Rb6
axb2 30.Kb1 Ra3 31.Rxd6 Qxd6 32.f6 Kg8 33.fxg7 Qxd5 34.Qxb2
Qd3+ 35.Ka1 Rc3 36.f5 Kxg7 37.Rc1 Qd4 38.Rxc3 bxc3 39.Qc2 Qg1+
40.Qb1 Qxg2 41.a4 Qd2 42.f6 Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Berkeley (USA)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 e6 12.O-O-O Ngf6
13.Ne4 Bd6 14.Nxd6+ Qxd6 15.Kb1 b5 16.Qe3 c5 17.dxc5 Qxc5
18.Qf4 Nd5 19.Qg3 Rg8 20.Bxh6 Qc7 21.Qxc7 Nxc7 22.Be3 Nd5
23.Bd4 f6 24.g4 Ke7 25.Rhe1 a6 26.Nh4 Kf7 27.g5 Rge8 28.g6+
Kg8 29.Nf3 Rad8 30.Be3 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 Nc5 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Kc1 e5
34.Nh4 Ne6 35.Ng2 Kf8 36.c3 Ke7 37.f4 Rh8 38.fxe5 Rxh5
39.exf6+ Kxf6 40.Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Berkeley (USA)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James E Tarjan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bf4 a6
8.Nf3 b5 9.Qe2 Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Bxe5 Nbd7 12.O-O-O Nxe5
13.Nxe5 Qd6 14.Nc6 Bd7 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Kf8 17.Qe5 Qxe5
18.Nxe5 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Bd6 21.Re1 Kg7 22.Kc2 Rhe8
23.Rde3 Rad8 24.Nc6 Rxe3 25.Rxe3 Rd7 26.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bor (07)"]
[Site "Bor (07)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vlastimil Jansa"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Ne2 c5 13.Bd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.8)"]
[Site "Bor (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Milorad Todorovic"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Nbd7 11.b4 Nd5 12.Bd2 Qf6
13.Rb1 g5 14.Be4 Nc3 15.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 16.Qd2 Bg7 17.Ne2 Qxd2+
18.Nxd2 f5 19.Bd3 a5 20.a3 axb4 21.axb4 Ke7 22.Nc4 Ne5 23.Nxe5
Bxe5 24.O-O Bd7 25.Rfe1 h5 26.Bc4 Kf6 27.c3 Ra3 28.Rbd1 Rh7
29.Rd3 Bc6 30.Re3 f4 31.Rxe5 Kxe5 32.Nd4 Kf6 33.Rxe6+ Kg7
34.h4 Rxc3 35.Nf5+ Kh8 36.Rf6 Rc7 37.Bf7 Rxf7 38.Rxf7 g4
39.Nd4 g3 40.fxg3 fxg3 41.Nxc6 bxc6 42.Kf1 Rc4 43.Rb7 Rc2
44.Rb6 Rf2+ 45.Ke1 Rxg2 46.Rxc6 Rb2 47.Rg6 Rxb4 48.Rxg3 Rc4
49.Rg5 Rxh4 50.Kd2 Kh7 51.Kd3 Kh6 52.c6 Rh3+ 53.Kd4 Rh4+
54.Kc3 Ra4 55.Rc5 Ra8 56.Kc4 Rb8 57.c7 Rc8 58.Kb5 Rxc7 59.Rxc7
Kg5 60.Kc4 1-0

[Event "It (cat.8)"]
[Site "Bor (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ian Rogers"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 Nd7 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Bf4
Nxc4 14.Bxc4 a6 15.Qd3 Re8 16.Qg3 Bxc3 17.Bxd6 Nxd5 18.bxc3
Nxc3 19.Qf3 Be6 20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.e5 Ne4 22.Qxe4 Qxd6 23.Qxb7
Qc6 24.Qxc6 Rxc6 25.Rfd1 Kf8 26.f4 c4 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3 c3
29.Rdc1 Ke6 30.Ra3 Rac8 31.Rc2 Kf5 32.g3 Kg4 33.Rb3 R8c7 34.a5
Rc5 35.Ra3 h5 36.Ra4 Kh3 37.Ra3 Kg4 38.Rb3 g5 39.Ra3 gxf4
40.gxf4 h4 41.Ra1 Kf5 42.Rg1 Rxa5 43.Rg5+ Ke6 44.Rg4 Ra1
45.Rxh4 Kd5 46.Kd3 Rd1+ 47.Ke2 Rd4 48.Rh3 Re4+ 49.Kd3 Rxf4
50.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 51.Kxc3 Kxe5 52.Rh8 a5 53.Ra8 a4 54.Kd2 Rh4
55.Ke1 Rb4 56.Ra7 f5 57.Ra5+ Ke4 58.h4 f4 59.h5 Ke3 60.Re5+
Kf3+ 61.Ra5 Rb1+ 62.Kd2 Ra1 63.h6 Rh1 64.Ra6 Kg3 65.Ke2 f3
66.Ke3 Re1+ 67.Kd2 Re4 68.h7 Rh4 69.Ke3 Rxh7 70.Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bor (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Bor (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dragutin Sahovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.Be2 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.O-O Nd7
13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Ne3 Bc2 15.Qxc2 Rxf4 16.g3 Rf8 17.a4 Kh8 18.a5
Nd7 19.Nc4 Ndf6 20.f4 Nc7 21.Bf3 Qd7 22.Qa4 Qd8 23.Kg2 Rb8
24.Rfe1 b5 25.axb6 axb6 26.Qc6 b5 27.Nxd6 b4 28.Na4 c4 29.Nxc4
Nb5 30.Rad1 Nd7 31.Ne5 Nxe5 32.fxe5 Qa5 33.b3 Nc3 34.Nxc3 bxc3
35.Qa4 Qb6 36.Qe4 Qxb3 37.Rc1 Qa3 38.Rc2 Rf5 39.Qd4 Rb2 40.Bd1
Qa2 41.Ree2 Rxe5 42.Rxe5 Rxc2+ 43.Bxc2 Qxc2+ 44.Kh3 Bxe5
45.Qxe5+ Kg8 46.d6 Qd3 47.Qe6+ Kg7 48.d7 Kh6 49.Qf7 Qd6 50.Qe8
c2 51.d8=Q Qxd8 52.Qxd8 c1=Q 53.Qf8+ Kg5 54.Qe7+ Kh6 55.Qf8+
Kg5 56.Qe7+ Kh6 57.Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Borovo (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Borovo (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sergey Kudrin"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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.g4 Be6 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.h4 Bc4 12.Bh3 Ba6 13.b3
Qa5 14.Kb1 Qa3 15.g5 Nh5 16.Bg4 e6 17.Bxh5 gxh5 18.f4 Ng4
19.f5 Rfc8 20.f6 Bf8 21.Nce2 Rc7 22.Rc1 Rac8 23.Rhd1 Rc5
24.Bg1 d5 25.exd5 Rxd5 26.c4 Rd7 27.Qc3 Qb4 28.Nc2 Qxc3
29.Nxc3 Rcd8 30.Bxa7 h6 31.gxh6 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33.Nxd1
Nxf6 34.a4 Bxh6 35.Nde3 Ng4 36.Kb2 f5 37.Kc3 f4 38.Nd1 e5
39.b4 b6 40.Bxb6 e4 41.b5 Bc8 42.a5 e3 43.a6 Bg7+ 44.Bd4 e2
45.Nb2 Ne3 46.Bxg7 Nxc2 47.Nd3 f3 48.Bd4 Nxd4 49.Kd2 Nc2 50.a7
Bb7 51.c5 e1=Q+ 52.Nxe1 f2 53.Nxc2 f1=Q 54.c6 Qf2+ 55.Kc3 Qc5+
56.Kd2 Qxb5 57.cxb7 Qxb7 0-1

[Event "Bunadarbanka"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leonid Shamkovich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.b3
Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 d6
13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.f3 Rfd8 15.Rd2 a6 16.Rad1 h6 17.e4 Ne8 18.Qd3
Qb7 19.a3 Nc7 20.Qe2 b5 21.e5 dxe5 22.Rd7 Bf6 23.Ne4 Rxd7
24.Rxd7 Qc6 25.Rd6 Qe8 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.f4 bxc4 28.fxe5 f5
29.bxc4 Qa4 30.Bc1 Rb8 31.Bxh6 Ne8 32.Rd4 Qxa3 33.Bd2 Qb2
34.Qe3 Ng7 35.Rd7 a5 36.Qg5 Qxe5 37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Qxd8+ Kh7
39.Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bunadarbanka (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jens Kristiansen"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Bxd2 Be7 11.c3 O-O 12.Bf4 Qd7
13.Qd3 Rad8 14.Rad1 Na5 15.Bc2 g6 16.Nd4 Nc4 17.Rb1 c5 18.Nxe6
Qxe6 19.Qg3 f6 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Bh6 Bd6 22.Qh3 Rf7 23.f4 Re8
24.Rbe1 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Re7 1-0

[Event "Bunadarbanka (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Milorad Knezevic"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6
7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.Ne4 Ne6 12.Bg3
f5 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.c3 Be7 15.Rad1 d6 16.Rfe1 Bd7 17.Qe3 Re8
18.c4 Nf8 19.h3 Qb8 20.b3 Qb7 21.Nc5 Qc8 22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.Ne5
Qf5 24.Nxc6 Bf6 25.Qd2 Qc5 26.Nb4 Nd7 27.Nd5 a5 28.Bf4 a4
29.Be3 Qc6 30.Bd4 Be5 31.Bxe5 Nxe5 32.f4 Ng6 1-0

[Event "Bunadarbanka (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dan Cramling"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Kh1 Bb7 12.Qe2 Qc7
13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Nh4 g6 15.Bg5 Kg7 16.Rf3 Ng8 17.Bxe7 Nxe7
18.Raf1 f6 19.Bc4 Nc5 20.b4 Nd7 21.Rg3 Kh8 22.Bb3 Rad8 23.Qe3
g5 24.Nf5 Nxf5 25.Rxf5 a5 26.h4 axb4 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.Bxd5 Qc5
29.Qf3 Qxc2 30.hxg5 fxg5 31.Kh2 Qd2 32.Rg4 Qc3 33.Qf1 h6
34.Rg3 Qc5 35.Qf3 Qd6 36.Rgxg5 Rxf5 37.Rxf5 Rf8 38.Qg4 Nf6
39.Qg6 Qe7 40.Qxh6+ Qh7 41.Qxh7+ Kxh7 42.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bunadarbanka (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gudmundur Sigurjonsson"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Qc7 9.Bd3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 Re8 12.Kh1 exf4
13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxe5 Nb4 16.Bc3 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Bg4
18.Qe3 Qc5 19.Nd4 Rad8 20.Qg3 Qg5 21.Rf4 Bc8 22.Qf2 d5 23.Nf5
Bf8 24.Rf1 dxe4 25.dxe4 f6 26.e5 fxe5 27.Bxe5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 Qg6
29.Rf7 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.h3 h6 32.Qf4 Kh7 33.Bc3 b4 34.Be5
Qe6 35.Qe4+ Qg6 36.Qf4 Qe6 37.Qe4+ Qg6 38.Qf4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bunadarbanka (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Margeir Petursson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.b3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qc7 11.Bb2 Bxh2+ 12.Kh1 Bd6
13.Nc3 Qe7 14.Bb5+ Kd8 15.Rfd1 Ng4 16.Kg1 Qh4 17.Ne4 Be6
18.Qxg7 Ke7 19.Qg5+ Qxg5 20.Nxg5 Be5 21.Bxe5 Nxe5 22.Be2 h6
23.Nf3 Nxf3+ 24.Bxf3 Rhd8 25.Rd2 Rac8 26.g3 b6 27.Kg2 Rc5
28.Rh1 Rdc8 29.Bd1 Rh8 30.Rh5 Kf6 31.Bf3 Kg6 32.Rh4 Kf6
33.Rhd4 Ke5 34.Be2 Bf5 35.g4 Bg6 36.f4+ Kf6 37.f5 Bh7 38.Rxd5
Rxd5 39.Rxd5 h5 40.Kg3 Re8 41.Kf4 hxg4 42.Bxg4 Kg7 43.Rd7 a5
44.Rb7 Rd8 45.Rxb6 Rd2 46.a4 f6 47.Rb7+ Kh6 48.Rf7 Rd6 49.Be2
Bg8 50.Rb7 Rd2 51.Bc4 Bxc4 52.bxc4 Ra2 53.Rf7 Rf2+ 54.Ke4 Kg5
55.Rg7+ Kh5 56.Rg6 Ra2 57.Rxf6 Rxa4 58.Kd5 Kg5 59.Rf8 Ra1
60.Ke5 a4 61.Rg8+ Kh6 62.e4 a3 63.Kf6 Kh7 64.Ra8 Kh6 65.Rh8+
1-0

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jens Kristiansen"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
a6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.O-O-O Na5 10.Bd3 b5 11.g4 b4 12.Nb1 Bb7 13.Nd2
d5 14.f3 dxe4 15.fxe4 Be7 16.g5 Nd7 17.h4 Ne5 18.Kb1 Nac6
19.h5 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.g6 f6 23.Nc4 O-O
24.gxh7+ Kh8 25.Rhg1 Rf7 26.Nxe5 Qxe5 27.Qg4 Raf8 28.Rde1 a5
29.Qg6 Qf4 30.Bc4 Bc8 31.e5 fxe5 32.b3 a4 33.Re4 Qf6 34.bxa4
Bb7 35.Ree1 Bf3 36.Bxe6 Bxh5 37.Qxf6 Rxf6 38.Rxe5 Bg6 39.Bb3
Kxh7 40.Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev (Ukraine)"]
[Site "Kiev (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sergey Kudrin"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 e5 7.a3
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bb5+ Bc6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Re1 O-O
13.Ne4 N7f6 14.Nxe5 Bb7 15.Ng5 Qc7 16.Bd2 Rad8 17.Rc1 Qb8
18.Qe2 Bd6 19.Bb1 Ne7 20.Ng4 Ned5 21.Qd3 g6 22.Qh3 Bf4 23.Bxf4
Qxf4 24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.Nhxf7 Rxf7 26.Ne6+ Kg8 27.Nxd8 Ng4 28.Re8+
1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jonathan Schroer"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.O-O e6
7.Re1 Be7 8.c3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Qd7 10.Ne4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e5 12.Nc5
Bxc5 13.dxc5 Rad8 14.Qb3 Na5 15.Qc2 Rfe8 16.Bg5 f6 17.Rad1 Qf7
18.Bc1 Ne7 19.b4 Nac6 20.Be3 f5 21.b5 e4 22.Be2 Ne5 23.Bd4
N7g6 24.Bf1 h6 25.h3 Nf4 26.Bxe5 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxe5 28.Qa4 Rxc5
29.Qxa7 Rxc3 30.Qxb7 Kh7 31.Qc8 Ra3 32.Rd8 Rxa2 33.Rf8 Qd5
34.Rh8+ Kg6 35.Qxc7 Ra1 36.Qxf4 Qxb5 37.Qd6+ Kg5 38.Qe7+ Kf4
39.Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "It ( cat. 13 )"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4
d5 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.a3 Bd6 11.Ba2 b6 12.Qd3 Bb7 13.Rd1
Rc8 14.Ng3 h6 15.Nge4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Na5 17.Qg4 Qf6 18.Ne4 Bxe4
19.Qxe4 Rfd8 20.Rd3 Bb8 21.Rc3 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Bd6 23.g3 Rc8
24.Bb2 Bf8 25.Qe2 g6 26.Rd1 Bg7 27.Rd2 Rd8 28.c4 Qf5 29.Kg2
Nb7 30.Bb3 Nd6 31.Bc2 Qa5 32.g4 Nxc4 33.Qxc4 Qxd2 34.Qc7 Rf8
35.Qc4 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Oslo (01)"]
[Site "Oslo (01)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nc6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Be4 Bb7
13.Qd3 h6 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Bg3 Qc7 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.c4
Bxg3 19.hxg3 Na5 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Rc3 Rc7 22.Rdc1 Rcd7 23.Qe3
Nc6 24.Rd3 Rd6 25.g4 Qd7 26.Rcd1 f6 27.Qe4 e5 28.d5 Ne7 29.Rb1
Rc8 30.Rdb3 Qe8 31.Nd2 Rdd8 32.Rd3 Ng6 33.a4 Nf4 34.Ra3 Qd7
35.f3 Qe7 36.Re3 Ne6 37.a5 Nc5 38.Qc2 bxa5 39.Rb5 a4 40.Ne4 a6
41.Rxc5 Rxc5 42.Qxa4 Qa7 43.Nxc5 Qxc5 44.Qb3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Site "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4
13.Ne4 Be7 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Qc2 O-O 16.Rad1 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qc8
18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.exd4 Qe6 20.Rf3 c6 21.Rdf1 Rad8 22.Nf6+ Bxf6
23.exf6 Rxd4 24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.h3 f6 26.Qc5 Qd6 27.Qa7+ Kh8
28.Qxa6 Ra4 29.Qb6 Rxa2 30.Qf2 c5 31.Rf5 c4 32.Rxb5 c3 33.Rb3
Rc8 34.Qf5 Rc5 35.Rb8+ Qxb8 36.Qxf6+ Kg8 37.Qf7+ Kh8 38.Qf6+
Kg8 39.Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Site "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jon Loftur Arnason"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

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.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Rc8 14.Nf1 d5 15.dxe5 Nxe4 16.Ng3 f5 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Nxe4 dxe4
19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Rc2 22.Rb1 Nc4 23.b3 Nd6
24.Re1 Rxa2 25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.Nxg5 Rf8 27.Nf3 Re8 28.Red1 Ne4
29.Rbc1 Nf6 30.Rc7 h6 31.Nh4 Rae2 32.Nf5 Re1+ 33.Rxe1 Rxe1+
34.Kh2 Ne8 35.Ra7 Re6 36.g4 Kf8 37.Kg3 Rc6 38.f3 Nc7 39.h4 Kf7
40.Kf4 Kf6 41.g5+ hxg5 42.hxg5+ Kf7 43.Nd4 Rc1 44.Kf5 g6
45.Ke4 Ke8 46.Ne2 Rc5 47.Nf4 Kd8 48.b4 Rf5 49.Nxg6 Rxg5 50.Nf4
Rg1 51.Ke5 Rh1 52.Ne6+ Nxe6 53.Kxe6 Rh4 54.Rxa6 Rf4 55.Kd6
Rf6+ 56.Kc5 Rxa6 57.Kxb5 Rf6 58.Ka5 Rxf3 59.b5 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Site "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tom Wedberg"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Nc5 14.h4 b4 15.Nce2 e5 16.Nb3 Nxe4 17.Bg2 Bb7 18.Qe3 d5
19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Ng3 a5 21.f6 gxf6 22.gxf6 Rc8 23.Rh2 Bf8
24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Bh6+ 26.Kb1 O-O 27.Rg1+ Kh8 28.Rhg2 Qc6
29.Qf5 Rfd8 30.Re2 Bf4 31.Nc1 Rg8 32.Rg7 Rxg7 33.fxg7 Kg8
34.Nd3 Rd8 35.a3 bxa3 36.Nxe5 a2 0-1

[Event "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Site "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bg7 6.O-O Bd7 7.d3
Nd4 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.Be3 Nh6 10.Kh1 f5 11.Qd2 Nxf3 12.Rxf3 O-O
13.Re1 b6 14.Bg1 Rae8 15.Rff1 e5 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.fxe5 Bxe5
18.Nd5 Ne7 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.c3 Qf7 22.a3 Bg7
23.Qe2 Qd5 24.Bf2 Be5 25.Kg1 Rf7 26.Qe3 Bf4 27.Qe8+ Kg7 28.Qe2
Be5 29.Be3 Bf4 30.Bxf4 Rxf4 31.h3 Rf7 32.Qe3 h5 33.Qg3 Qf5
34.Re4 Qf1+ 35.Kh2 Qf6 36.d4 Re7 37.Rf4 Qe6 38.Rf3 cxd4
39.cxd4 Qd5 40.Qh4 Rf7 41.Re3 Qf5 42.Qg3 Qd5 43.Qh4 Qf5 44.b4
Qf4+ 45.Qxf4 Rxf4 46.Re7+ Rf7 47.Re8 Kf6 48.Kg3 Re7 49.Rxe7
Kxe7 50.Kf4 Kf6 51.b5 g5 52.Ke4 Ke6 53.g3 d5 54.Kf3 Kf5 55.h4
Kf6 56.Kg2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Site "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5
7.Nf3 Qc7 8.g3 Nd7 9.Bg2 O-O-O 10.O-O e6 11.Re1 Bd6 12.b4 Bg4
13.Qa4 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 h5 15.Qxa7 h4 16.b5 cxb5 17.Rb1 hxg3
18.hxg3 Rdg8 19.Qa8+ Nb8 20.Rxb5 b6 21.Bg2 Qxc3 22.Rd1 Qc2
23.Qf3 Nd7 24.Be3 Kd8 25.d5 e5 26.Rc1 Qxa2 27.Rxb6 Ke7 28.Rxd6
Kxd6 29.Rc6+ Ke7 30.d6 Ke6 31.Bf1 Rh4 32.Rc7 Qa4 33.Ra7 Qe4
34.Bh3+ f5 35.Qxe4 Rxe4 36.Rxd7 Rxe3 37.Bxf5+ Kxf5 38.fxe3 Ke6
39.Re7+ Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Helgi Olafsson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4
Nc6 8.Qf4 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Na5 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Ne5 Qe7
13.a4 d6 14.Ba3 dxe5 15.Qg5 Rc5 16.Bxc5 bxc5 17.Bxb7 Nxb7
18.Qxg7 Rg8 19.Qh6 Rg6 20.Qd2 Ne4 21.Qb2 Kf8 22.Rab1 Nbd6
23.f3 Nxg3 24.hxg3 Qh4 25.Qb8+ Kg7 26.Kf2 Qxg3+ 27.Ke3 Qf4+
28.Kd3 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4
a6 8.a4 Bg7 9.e4 Bg4 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qe7 13.e5
dxe5 14.d6 Qe6 15.Re1 Nbd7 16.Bxb7 Rab8 17.Bxa6 Rxb2 18.Bb5
Rd8 19.Rc1 Qf5 20.Be3 e4 21.Bxd7 Rxd7 22.h3 c4 23.Re2 Rb3
24.Nb5 Rd3 25.Qc2 c3 26.Nxc3 R7xd6 27.Nb5 Rd8 28.Bb6 Rf8
29.Qc5 Rd5 30.Qc6 Bh6 31.Nd4 Qe5 32.Rc4 e3 33.Bc7 exf2 34.Kxf2
Qg5 35.Nf3 Qf5 36.g4 Qd3 37.a5 Rc8 38.a6 Rd7 39.a7 Bf8 40.Qxf6
Qxc4 41.Be5 Bc5+ 42.Kg3 Kf8 43.Qh8+ Ke7 44.Bf6+ Kd6 45.Be5+
Ke7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Johann Hjartarson"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

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.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Bc2
exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 g6 17.a5 Bg7 18.Nf1 Nd7
19.Ng3 Rc8 20.Qb3 Qf6 21.Nf1 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5 23.Rd1 Rc7 24.f4
Qf6 25.Ra3 h5 26.Qg3 c4 27.f5 Nd3 28.Bxd3 cxd3 29.Raxd3 Rxe4
30.fxg6 h4 31.Qf3 Qxg6 32.Ne3 Bc8 33.b3 f5 34.Nf1 b4 35.Bd2
Bd7 36.Be3 Bb5 37.Bb6 Rc2 38.R3d2 Be2 39.Qf2 Bxd1 40.Rxc2 Bxc2
41.Qxc2 Qf7 42.Qd3 Bd4+ 43.Kh1 Qxd5 44.Qxa6 Qc6 45.Qd3 Bxb6
46.axb6 Qxb6 47.Qd5+ Kg7 48.Qxf5 Qd4 49.Qg5+ Kf7 50.Qh5+ Ke7
51.Qh7+ Kd8 52.Qg8+ Kc7 53.Qf7+ Kc6 54.Qf8 Rf4 55.Qc8+ Kd5
56.Qa8+ Ke5 57.Qe8+ Kf6 58.Ne3 Qa1+ 59.Kh2 Qe5 60.Qf8+ Kg6
61.Qg8+ Kh6 62.Kh1 Qxe3 63.Qh8+ Kg6 64.Qg8+ Kf5 65.Qf7+ Ke5
66.Qe7+ Kd4 67.Qxd6+ Kc3 68.Qd1 Kb2 69.Kh2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leonid Shamkovich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.b3
Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 d6
13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.f3 Rad8 15.Rd2 a6 16.Rad1 h6 17.e4 Ne8 18.Qd3
Qb7 19.a3 Nc7 20.Qe2 b5 21.e5 dxe5 22.Rd7 Bf6 23.Ne4 Rxd7
24.Rxd7 Qc6 25.Rd6 Qe8 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.f4 bxc4 28.fxe5 f5
29.bxc4 Qa4 30.Bc1 Rb8 31.Bxh6 Ne8 32.Rd4 Qxa3 33.Bd2 Qb2
34.Qe3 Ng7 35.Rd7 a5 36.Qg5 Qxe5 37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Qxd8+ Kh7
39.Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lars Aake Schneider"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe1 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Ne2 Nc5 13.Ng3
Re8 14.Kh1 Qc7 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Bg5 a5 17.Nh4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Nd5
19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Nh5 Bg4 21.Nxg7 Kxg7 22.Qg3 Qd7 23.Nf5+ Nxf5
24.Qxg4+ Kh8 25.Rxf5 Ra6 26.h3 f6 27.Rxe5 Rd8 28.Rd5 Rd6
29.Qxd7 R8xd7 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Rd1 Rd4 32.b3 Kg7 33.Kg1 Kf7
34.Kf2 Rd8 35.d4 Rc8 36.Rd3 Rc2+ 37.Kf3 Ke6 38.g3 h5 39.h4 Kd6
40.Kf4 Ke6 41.g4 Rc3 42.Rf3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dan Hansson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8 16.Qh5 Bd7 17.Bh3 b4 18.Nce2
Rc8 19.Qf3 a5 20.Kb1 a4 21.Bg4 e5 22.Bh5 exd4 23.Bxf7+ Kd8
24.Nxd4 a3 25.b3 Nxe4 26.Qxe4 Qc3 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "147"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jon Loftur Arnason"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Qc7 8.a4 b6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Bc4 Be7 12.Qe2 h6 13.Bxf6
Nxf6 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Nf1 Rdc8 17.Ne3 Qd7 18.Ncd5
Nxd5 19.Bxd5 g6 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Nxd6 Bxd6 23.Rxd6
b5 24.axb5 Qxb5 25.Qxb5 axb5 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Rd1 Ra2 28.Rb1 f5
29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Ke2 Ra4 31.exf5 gxf5 32.c3 Ke6 33.Kd3 h5 34.f3
h4 35.h3 Ra8 36.Rd1 Rg8 37.Rd2 Rc8 38.Rd1 Rg8 39.Rd2 Rc8
40.Rc2 Kd5 41.b3 Ra8 42.c4 bxc4 43.Rxc4 Ra2 44.Rc2 e4 45.Kc3
Ra1 46.Rd2+ Ke5 47.fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Savar Bjarnason"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2
Nf6 8.f3 O-O 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.g4 Qa5 12.h4 Bxa2
13.h5 Be6 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Qh2 h6 16.Kb1 g5 17.Bd3 Rac8 18.Nd5
Rf7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qxh6 Bxd5 21.exd5 Qb6 22.Bh7+ Rxh7
23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Bxh8 25.Rxh8+ Kf7 26.Rxc8 Qf2 27.Rc3 b5
28.b4 Qe2 29.Rd4 a6 30.Rcd3 Kf8 31.Re4 Qf2 32.Kb2 Qg2 33.Rde3
Qf2 34.Rd3 Qg2 35.Rc3 Qd2 36.Rc7 Qxd5 37.Rcxe7 Qd1 38.Re8+ Kf7
39.R4e7+ Kf6 40.Re6+ Kf7 41.R6e7+ Kf6 42.Re4 Kf7 43.R8e7+ Kf8
44.Rd7 d5 45.f4 Qf3 46.Rd4 Qxg4 47.R7xd5 gxf4 48.Re5 Kf7
49.Ree4 Qg7 50.Rxf4+ Ke6 51.Re4+ Kf5 52.Rf4+ Ke6 53.Rg4 Qh8
54.Rg6+ Ke7 55.Rd6 Qe5 56.Rd5 Qh8 57.Kb1 Qh1+ 58.Rd1 Qe4
59.R5d4 Qe5 60.Rd7+ Ke8 61.R7d4 Ke7 62.c3 Qe6 63.Kb2 Qe2+
64.R4d2 Qe5 65.Rd4 Qe2+ 66.R1d2 Qe5 67.Rh4 Qf5 68.Rhh2 Qg6
69.Rhe2+ Kf8 70.Rd4 Qf6 71.Rg4 Qh6 72.Rgg2 Qb6 73.Rgf2+ Kg8
74.Rf1 Qg6 75.Ref2 Kg7 76.Rh1 Kg8 77.Rhh2 Qe6 78.Rhg2+ Kh7
79.Rg3 Qh6 80.Rfg2 Kh8 81.Rg4 Kh7 82.Kc2 Kh8 83.Rg8+ Kh7
84.R2g7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "165"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vitaly F Zaltsman"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Qa5 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Rhg1 Rac8
13.g4 e5 14.g5 exd4 15.gxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Qf3 Be5 18.Qg2
Be6 19.f4 Bf6 20.Rd3 Kh8 21.Kb1 Rc5 22.Rg3 Rg8 23.f5 Bxd5
24.Bxd5 Qe7 25.Rh3 g5 26.Rg3 Rg7 27.h4 h6 28.hxg5 Rxg5 29.Qh3
Kg7 30.Rxg5+ Bxg5 31.f6 Qxf6 32.Rf1 d3 33.cxd3 Qf2 34.a3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "329"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Karl Burger"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "12"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 e6 6.O-O a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Petar Velikov"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O
d6 8.f4 Be7 9.Kh1 b5 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.Bd2 Bb7 12.Rae1 Rd8 13.Nf3
Nc5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Nd5 17.Ne4 O-O 18.Rc1 Qb6
19.d4 b4 20.Qe1 a5 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nexg5 h6 23.Qe4 Nf6 24.Qe3
Nh7 25.Ne4 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Rd5 27.Rc4 Rfd8 28.h4 Nf8 29.Rfc1 Ng6
30.Rc7 Qb5 31.Kh2 R5d7 32.R1c5 Qb6 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Qc6 Qxc6
35.Rxc6 Ne7 36.Ra6 Nf5 37.Rxa5 Nxd4 38.Ra8+ Kh7 39.Kg3 Nxf3
40.gxf3 Rd2 41.b3 Kg6 42.Rb8 Rxa2 43.Rxb4 h5 44.Rb7 Rb2 45.Kf4
Rh2 46.Kg3 Re2 47.Kf4 f6 48.exf6 e5 49.Kg3 gxf6 50.Rb4 f5
51.f4 e4 52.Rb6+ Kf7 53.Rb7+ Ke6 54.Rb6+ Ke7 55.Rb7+ Kd6
56.Rb6+ Ke7 57.Rb7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Silvino Garcia-Martinez"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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.g4 h5 10.gxh5 Nxh5 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Rg1 Rc8
13.Be2 Kh7 14.Kb1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Rc5 17.Qe3 Qb6
18.f4 Nxf4 19.Qxf4 Rxc3 20.Qh4+ Kg8 21.Qxe7 Ba4 22.Rdf1 d5
23.Bd3 Rc7 24.Qa3 dxe4 25.Bxe4 Bb5 26.Rxg6+ Qxg6 27.Bxg6 Bxf1
28.Qg3 fxg6 29.Qxc7 Bg2 30.b3 a6 31.Qe5 Bc6 32.a4 Rf5 33.Qg3
Kg7 34.Kb2 Kh6 35.Ka3 Kg7 36.c4 Rf3 37.Qe5+ Kh7 38.Qe7+ Kh6
39.Kb4 Rf5 40.Qe2 Kg7 41.Qc2 Kf7 42.c5 Rf6 43.Ka5 Re6 44.b4
Ke8 45.Qd2 Be4 46.Qd4 Bh1 47.Qg7 Be4 48.b5 axb5 49.axb5 Re7
50.Qf6 Kd7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nathan Birnboim"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2
Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.Nce4 Ndf6
13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Nc4 Rb8 15.Bd2 Bd7 16.Bc3 Qe7 17.Nb6 f5
18.Bh3 Nf6 19.f3 Be8 20.e4 Nd7 21.Nc4 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Ne5 23.Nxe5
Qxe5 24.exf5 Qxc3 25.fxg6 Bxg6 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.a5 b5 28.axb6
Rxb6 29.Rf2 Rfb8 30.Kg2 Bb1 31.Ra4 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Peter Ostermeyer"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O
d5 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.e4 Bxd2 10.Nxd2 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Bxe4
13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qh4 Ne8 15.Bg5 f6 16.Be3 Nd6 17.b3 Re8 18.Rad1
Nf5 19.Qg4 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qe7 21.e4 a5 22.Kh1 a4 23.h3 axb3
24.axb3 Ra5 25.d5 exd5 26.exd5 Ra2 27.Rf3 Re2 28.Rdf1 Re1
29.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30.Kh2 Qe5+ 31.Kh1 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Qe5+ 33.Qg3 Kf7
34.Kg1 Qd4+ 35.Kh2 Re5 36.Rf1 h5 37.Rf4 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduardo Bernal"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Bc4 a6 8.Rb1 Qc3 9.O-O d5 10.dxc5 f5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Nb3 Bg7
0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jozsef Pinter"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 Nd7 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Ne3
f5 14.f4 Nf7 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Bd3 Nh6 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Bd2 a6
19.Rae1 b5 20.b3 Qf6 21.Be2 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Harry Schussler"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Be2 d6 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rd1 Qb8
13.O-O O-O 14.Rd2 Qb7 15.Bf3 Rad8 16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.Nd5 Bxd5
18.cxd5 Qd7 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Qa4 g5 21.Bxg5 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxg5
23.Rd5 f5 24.Bc2 Rd7 25.h4 Bh6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2
O-O 8.Nbd2 d6 9.c4 Nbd7 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.Rad1 b5 12.dxc5 bxc4
13.Nxc4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 d5 15.Ne5 Nxc5 16.Rc1 Bd6 17.b4 Nxd3
18.Qxd3 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.a3 f6 21.f4 Rcd8 22.Kh1 Bb8 23.Rg1
e5 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.Bd4 Rfe8 26.Rg2 Kh8 27.Rcg1 g6 28.Bc5 Qh3
29.Qd1 Rd7 30.f4 Bc7 31.Bd4 Qf5 32.Qa4 Bb6 33.Bxf6+ Kg8 34.Bd4
Bxd4 35.exd4 Rde7 36.Qc6 Re2 37.Qc3 Rxg2 38.Rxg2 Qxf4 39.h3
Re3 40.Qc8+ Kg7 41.Qg4 Qxg4 42.hxg4 Rh3+ 43.Kg1 Rxa3 44.g5 Kf7
45.Rc2 Rd3 46.Rc7+ Ke6 47.Rxh7 Rxd4 48.Rg7 Kf5 49.Rd7 a6
50.Rd6 Kxg5 51.Kf2 Rxb4 52.Rxd5+ Kh6 53.Ra5 Rb6 54.Kf3 Re6
55.Kf4 Kg7 56.Ra2 Kf6 57.Ra3 Ke7 58.Ra1 Kd7 59.Rd1+ Kc6
60.Rc1+ Kd5 61.Rd1+ Kc4 62.Rc1+ Kb3 63.Ra1 Rc6 64.Ke4 Rf6
65.Kd3 g5 66.Rb1+ Ka2 67.Rg1 Rg6 68.Kc3 g4 69.Rg3 Ka3 70.Rg1
Ka4 71.Kc4 Ka5 72.Rg3 Kb6 73.Kb4 a5 74.Ka4 Rg5 75.Rg1 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d5
7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Rd1+ Bd7
12.Nd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Rb8 14.Rd2 Re8 15.g3 f3 16.Kd1 fxe2
17.Bxe2 Kc7 18.Bc4 Re7 19.Kc1 Rbe8 20.b3 Be6 21.Bxe6 Rxe6
22.Kc2 h5 23.Rhd1 Re1 24.h3 R1e5 25.Rd4 Rf5 26.R1d2 Re1 27.Kb2
Rf1 28.Nd1 Rd5 29.Kc3 Rc5+ 30.Kd3 Rh1 31.h4 Ng4 32.Ke2 Re5+
33.Kf3 Ree1 34.Ne3 Ne5+ 35.Kf4 f6 36.Kf5 Rh2 37.Nc4 Nxc4
38.Rxc4 Rhh1 39.Rdc2 Re5+ 40.Kg6 Kd7 41.Rxc6 1-0

[Event "US-ch"]
[Site "US-ch"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Qe1 Be6 12.Kh1 exf4
13.Bxf4 Qb6 14.Rb1 Rfe8 15.Be3 Qb4 16.Bd4 Nxa4 17.Nxa4 Qxa4
18.b3 Qd7 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.Qg3 Qg4 22.Qf2 b5 23.Rbe1
Qh5 24.Qg3 Qg4 25.Qf2 Qh5 26.Qg3 Qg4 27.Qe3 Qe6 28.Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US-ch"]
[Site "US-ch"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Qe1 Be6 12.Kh1 exf4
13.Bxf4 Rc8 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Be3 Ng4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Bxc5 dxc5
18.exd5 Rce8 19.Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 Nd7 12.Kh1 Rb8 13.Nc4
Ne5 14.Ne3 f5 15.f4 Nf7 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bd3 Nh6 18.Bd2 a6
19.Rb1 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.b4 c4 22.Bc2 Bd7 23.Qh5 Ra8 24.Rf3
Be8 25.Qh3 Bg6 26.Be1 Qd7 27.Qh4 Rfe8 28.Qf2 Ra3 29.Ncd1 Qf7
30.Qd2 Ng4 31.h3 Nf6 32.Nc3 Rxc3 33.Qxc3 Nfxd5 34.Qa3 Nxe3
35.Rxe3 Ra8 36.Qc1 d5 37.Bh4 Ne6 38.Qe1 Re8 39.Qf1 d4 40.Ra3
Qc7 41.Re1 Qd6 42.Qf3 d3 43.Bxd3 cxd3 44.Rxd3 Qxb4 45.Rd7 Qxf4
46.Rxe6 Qxh4 47.Qd5 Kh8 48.Ra7 Rf8 49.Qxb5 Qf2 50.Rae7 Bd4
51.Re1 f4 52.Rf1 Qd2 53.Rd7 Qc3 54.Qd5 Bb6 55.Qd6 Bc5 56.Qd5
Bb6 57.Qd6 Bc5 58.Qd5 Rf5 59.Qa8+ Bf8 60.Rd5 Rf6 61.Rd6 Be4
62.Qxe4 Bxd6 63.Rd1 Qe5 64.Qf3 Kg7 65.Rb1 Kh6 66.Rd1 Qe3
67.Qg4 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "John L Watson"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Bd7 8.dxc5 Ba4 9.Rb1 Nd7 10.Rxb7 Nxc5 11.Rb4 Qa5 12.Nd4 O-O
13.Bd3 Qc7 14.O-O a5 15.Rxa4 Nxa4 16.Qh5 Ng6 17.Nf3 Nc5 18.Bd2
Nxd3 19.cxd3 Rab8 20.d4 Rb2 21.Be1 Nf4 22.Qg5 Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Qc4
24.Nd2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Ng3+ 26.hxg3 Qxf1+ 27.Kh2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "98"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kamran G Shirazi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.O-O g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.c3 Nge7 7.a3 d6
8.b4 O-O 9.Be3 cxb4 10.axb4 b5 11.d4 e4 12.Nfd2 d5 13.Nb3 Nf5
14.Bf4 Re8 15.Na3 g5 16.Bc1 Rb8 17.f3 exf3 18.exf3 a5 19.Nc2
axb4 20.cxb4 h6 21.g4 Nh4 22.Be3 Rb7 23.Bf2 Nxg2 24.Kxg2 Rbe7
25.Qd3 f5 26.h3 Rf7 27.Qxb5 Ne7 28.Qa5 Qd6 29.Bg3 Qg6 30.Qa4
Ref8 31.Nc5 h5 32.Qb3 hxg4 33.hxg4 fxg4 34.fxg4 Bxg4 35.Ne3
Bf3+ 36.Rxf3 Rxf3 37.Nxd5 Rxg3+ 38.Qxg3 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.e5 e6 7.h3 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 Nd7 9.O-O Ne7 10.Ne2 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.a3 O-O 13.Qg4 Qb6
14.Rb1 Rae8 15.b4 cxd4 16.cxd4 f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Qh4 Ne7
19.f3 Nf5 20.Bxf5 exf5 21.Ng3 Nd7 22.Rd1 Ne5 23.a4 Nc4 24.Bg5
Re6 25.a5 Qc7 26.Bf4 Qd7 27.Nf1 Rfe8 28.Bh6 Re2 29.Bxg7 Qxg7
30.Kh1 g5 31.Qg3 h5 32.h4 gxh4 33.Qh3 Qg5 34.g3 Nb2 35.Rxb2
Rxb2 36.gxh4 Qg6 37.Ng3 f4 38.Nf5 Rbe2 39.Rg1 Qxg1+ 40.Kxg1
Re1+ 41.Qf1 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ron W Henley"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3
Nbc6 8.Be2 Qa5 9.Bd2 c4 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nh3 Ng6 12.O-O Bd7 13.f4
Nce7 14.Nf2 O-O-O 15.Nh1 f5 16.g3 Rhg8 17.h4 Nf8 18.h5 g5
19.hxg6 Nfxg6 20.Rf2 Nc6 21.Qe1 Rg7 22.Rh2 Rh8 23.Bh5 Be8
24.Kf2 Qa4 25.Qc1 Nd8 26.Qb2 Ne7 27.Be2 h5 28.Rg1 Bg6 29.Kf1
Nf7 30.Nf2 Nh6 31.Nh3 Ng4 32.Rhh1 Re8 33.Ng5 Nc6 34.Rh4 Qa5
35.Ke1 Rc7 36.Qc1 Nd8 37.Bf3 Rc6 38.Qa1 Re7 39.Ke2 Ra6 40.Bc1
Qa4 41.Qa2 Ra5 42.Kd2 Rc7 43.Bb2 Rc6 44.Rb1 Rb5 45.Bc1 Rxb1
46.Qxb1 Rb6 47.Qa2 Kd7 48.Rh1 Nc6 49.Ke2 a6 50.Rd1 Na7 51.Bd2
Rb5 52.Ra1 Ke7 53.Bc1 Rb6 54.Bd2 Kd7 55.Bg2 a5 56.Bc1 Ke8
57.Bf3 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "126"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John A Peters"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.f4
e5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bc4 O-O 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.h3 Nd4 12.Qd3 Bxf3
13.gxf3 Rc8 14.O-O Nxc2 15.Bxf7+ Rxf7 16.Qxc2 exf4 17.Bxf4 Nd5
18.Bd2 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 Qd7 20.Kg2 Bf6 21.Ra3 Rc5 22.Qd3 h6 23.f4
Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Rxc3 25.Qxc3 Qxa4 26.Qc8+ Kh7 27.Qe6 Rf6 28.Qd5
Rg6+ 29.Kf3 Qc2 30.Rf2 Qc1 31.Qd3 Qg1 32.Ke2 Qg3 33.Rf3 Qg2+
34.Rf2 Qg3 35.Rf3 Qg1 36.Rf2 Rg3 37.Qd5 Qc1 38.Qf5+ Kh8
39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Rg6 41.Kd3 b5 42.Rc2 Qd1+ 43.Rd2 Qb1+
44.Ke2 d5 45.Rxd5 Qxb2+ 46.Rd2 Qf6 47.Qxf6 Rxf6 48.f5 b4
49.Rd7 Rb6 50.Kd2 Kg8 51.Ra7 g6 52.Kc2 gxf5 53.exf5 h5 54.Kb3
h4 55.f6 Rxf6 56.Kxb4 Rf3 57.Rxa6 Rxh3 58.Ra1 Kg7 59.Kc4 Kg6
60.Kd4 Kf5 61.Rf1+ Kg4 62.Ke4 Ra3 63.Rg1+ Rg3 64.Rf1 Rc3
65.Rg1+ Rg3 66.Rf1 Rg2 67.Ke3 h3 68.Rf4+ Kg3 69.Rf3+ Kh2
70.Rf1 Rg1 71.Kf2 Rg8 72.Kf3 Rg2 73.Ke3 Kg3 74.Rf3+ Kg4
75.Rf4+ Kg5 76.Rf8 h2 77.Rg8+ Kf6 78.Rh8 Kg7 79.Rh4 Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 Ng4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd2 g6 12.Qe2
Bg7 13.Bb3 O-O 14.f4 Qb6 15.h3 Nf6 16.O-O-O a5 17.e5 dxe5
18.fxe5 Nh5 19.Rhe1 Ng3 20.Qf3 Nf5 21.Na4 Qb5 22.Bf4 e6 23.g4
Ne7 24.c4 Qb4 25.Bd2 Qb7 26.Bg5 Rb8 27.Qf2 c5 28.Nxc5 Qc7
29.Ne4 h6 30.Nf6+ Bxf6 31.Bxf6 Nd5 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.Qh4 Kh7
34.Be7 dxc4 35.Bd6 Qd8 36.Be7 Qd4 37.Bxf8 Qf4+ 38.Kb1 Bf5+
39.Ka1 Rxf8 40.Qe7 cxb3 41.Qxf8 Be6 42.Qc5 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "112"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.f4 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 e5 14.Be3 exf4 15.Rxf4 Be6 16.Qf3 Nd7 17.Nd5 Bg5
18.Qh5 Qd8 19.Rf3 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "54"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Christiansen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 d6 8.O-O e5 9.Ng5 O-O 10.f4 exd4 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.exd4
Nxd4 13.Nxh7 Nxh7 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qxd4 Qb6 16.Qxb6 axb6
17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Be3 Be6 19.Bxb6 Rdc8 20.Rxd6 Rxc4 21.Bd4 Rca4
22.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Markovich Kogan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nc6 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.c3
d5 8.Nbd2 Bd7 9.Be2 Rc8 10.O-O cxd4 11.exd4 Bh6 12.Qb1 O-O
13.Nb3 Ne7 14.Nc5 Bc6 15.g3 Kh8 16.a4 Rg8 17.Nh4 Qc7 18.Bd3
Ng6 19.Nxg6+ hxg6 20.Re1 e5 21.Bf1 e4 22.a5 f5 23.b4 b6
24.axb6 axb6 25.Na6 Qd6 26.Qb2 f4 27.b5 Bd7 28.Nb4 fxg3
29.fxg3 f5 30.Ra7 Ra8 31.Rea1 Rxa7 32.Rxa7 f4 33.gxf4 Rf8
34.Qg2 Rxf4 35.Be2 Rf7 36.Qg3 Bf4 37.Qh4+ Kg7 38.Nc6 Be3+
39.Kh1 Bxc6 40.Rxf7+ Kxf7 41.Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lubomir Kavalek"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.O-O Rb8 8.Nd2 Nf6 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Ba5 Qb7 12.Bc3 Qc7
13.Qd2 d6 14.Rfe1 c5 15.e4 Nd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qc3+ Kg8 18.Na5
Ne5 19.f4 Nc6 20.Nc4 Be6 21.Ne3 Qa5 22.Qxa5 Nxa5 23.b3 Rfd8
24.Rad1 Kf8 25.f5 Bd7 26.f6 Be6 27.fxe7 Kxe7 28.Nd5+ Kf8
29.Nf4 Nc6 30.Rd2 Ke7 31.Bh3 Ne5 32.Rf2 g5 33.Bxe6 fxe6 34.Nd3
Nxd3 35.cxd3 Rf8 36.e5 Rxf2 37.exd6 Kxd6 38.Kxf2 Rf8+ 39.Ke3
Kd5 40.Rc1 h5 41.Rc4 Rf1 42.d4 Re1+ 43.Kf2 Ra1 44.Ke3 Re1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "09"]
[Site "Bor"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Borislav Ivkov"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Bf6 13.Nf1
cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.d5 Nb4 16.Bb1 a5 17.Be3 Na6 18.Bd3 Rb8
19.N1d2 Ndc5 20.Bf1 Bd7 21.a3 a4 22.Qb1 g6 23.b4 axb3 24.Nxb3
Nxe4 25.Bh6 Nc3 26.Qc2 Nxd5 27.Rad1 Be6 28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.Qd2
Kg7 30.Rb1 Nac7 31.Na1 Ra8 32.Nc2 Qd7 33.Red1 Be7 34.Rb2 Nb6
35.Qe3 Ncd5 36.Qb3 Nc4 37.Rbb1 Nc7 38.Qc3 Nd5 39.Qe1 Qc6
40.Qe4 Ra4 41.Qe1 Bf6 42.Rdc1 Qc5 43.Rb3 e4 44.Qxe4 Na5 45.Rb4
Nb3 46.Rd1 Nc3 47.Qe1 Nxd1 48.Qxd1 Ra5 49.Bd3 Bc4 50.Qe2 Nc1
0-1

[Event "08 Reykjavik"]
[Site "08 Reykjavik"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Margeir Petursson"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 h5 12.O-O-O Ne5
13.Rdg1 Rc4 14.Qe2 Rxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Bd2 d5 17.g4 hxg4 18.h5
gxf3 19.Nxf3 Bg4 20.Rxg4 Nexg4 21.h6 Nxh6 22.Bxh6 Qxc3 23.Bxg7
Qa1+ 24.Kd2 Qxh1 25.Bxf6 dxe4 26.Bd4 Qxf3 27.Qxf3 exf3 28.Bxa7
g5 29.Ke3 Ra8 30.Bb6 Ra6 31.Bd4 g4 32.a4 Rh6 33.a5 Rh5 34.Bb6
Rf5 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.Bc4 Kh6 37.Bd3 Re5 38.c4 f5 39.Bc7 Rc5
40.Bb6 Re5 41.Bc7 Rc5 42.Bb6 Rc8 43.Be3+ Kg6 44.c5 e5 45.Kg3
e4 46.a6 bxa6 47.Bc4 Kf6 48.Bd5 Ke5 49.Bb7 Rh8 50.Bf4+ Kd4
51.c6 e3 52.Bd6 e2 53.Bb4 Ke3 54.Bc5+ Kd2 55.Bb4+ Kd1 56.c7
e1=Q+ 57.Bxe1 Kxe1 0-1

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 08th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Malcolm Pein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.a3 a5 7.O-O d6
8.d3 Nge7 9.Rb1 O-O 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 Be6 12.Ne1 b6 13.Nd5 Rb8
14.Nc2 b5 15.cxb5 Bxd5 16.Bxd5+ Nxd5 17.bxc6 Qc7 18.Bd2 a4
19.e4 Ne7 20.Ne3 Qxc6 21.b4 axb3 22.Rxb3 f5 23.Qb1 Rbe8 24.Rb6
Qd7 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Rb7 Rc8 27.Nc4 f4 28.Nxd6 Qh3 29.Nf7+ Rxf7
30.Qxf7 f3 31.Qxf3 Rf8 32.Qg2 Qe6 33.Rfb1 Nc6 34.Be3 c4
35.dxc4 Qxc4 36.Rc7 Qa4 37.Rbb7 Rd8 38.h3 Bf6 39.Qf3 Qd1+
40.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 41.Kg2 Nd8 42.Rb6 Bg7 43.Rc8 h6 44.Rbb8 Bf6
45.Bb6 Kg7 46.Bxd8 Bxd8 47.Rxd8 Ra1 48.Rd7+ Kf6 49.h4 Ke6
50.Ra7 Kd6 51.Rb5 g5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Ra6+ Kc7 54.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Re8 11.e4 a6 12.a4 c4 13.Bf1
Nc5 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Bxc4 Bh3 16.Bf1 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Rac8 18.Re3 Qd7
19.Kg2 Ng4 20.Re2 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Nd3 22.f3 Rxc3 23.fxg4 Qxg4
24.Ba3 Nf4+ 25.Kf2 Nh3+ 26.Kf1 Rf3+ 27.Nxf3 Qxf3+ 28.Ke1 Qc3+
29.Rd2 Rxe4+ 30.Kf1 Re3 31.Bb2 Qc4+ 32.Re2 f6 33.Qc2 Rxg3
34.hxg3 1-0

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nc2
d5 8.O-O dxc4 9.Nca3 Qa6 10.b3 Be7 11.bxc4 O-O 12.Nb5 Qa5
13.Bd2 Qd8 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bg5 Bg4 16.Nd2 Rc8 17.h3 Be6 18.Qa4
Qd7 19.Kh2 Ng4+ 20.hxg4 Bxg5 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Rfd1 Nd4 23.Qxa7
Rxc4 24.Nxd4 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Qxd4 26.Qxd4 exd4 27.Bf3 b5 28.Nd2
Bb4 29.Nb3 Rd8 30.Rc1 Bc4 31.Rc2 g6 32.Be4 Bc3 33.Bd3 Ra8
34.Nd2 Rxa2 35.Nxc4 Rxc2 36.Bxc2 bxc4 37.g5 Bd2 38.f4 Kf8
39.Kg2 Ke7 40.Kf3 Kd6 41.Ke4 Kc5 42.Ke5 Bc3 43.Ke4 Be1 44.g4
Bd2 45.Ke5 Bc3 46.Ke4 Bd2 47.Ke5 Be3 48.Bb1 Kb4 49.f5 Kc3
50.Kf6 Kd2 51.Kxf7 Kxe2 52.Ke6 d3 0-1

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Re8 11.e4 b5 12.Nxb5 Nxe4
13.Ng5 a6 14.Nxe4 axb5 15.Nxd6 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 Ba6 17.Nxf7 Qf8
18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Qe6 Ne5 20.Bf4 1-0

[Event "02, Estes Park ch-USA"]
[Site "02, Estes Park ch-USA"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Be2
Nc6 8.Be3 b6 9.Qd2 Bb7 10.f3 Rc8 11.O-O d6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.a4
a5 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Bc2 Nc5 16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 f6
19.f4 Rf7 20.b3 Qf8 21.Qh4 f5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Nd5 Rb8 24.Qg3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jens Kristiansen"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 Bxf3 7.gxf3
d5 8.Qd2 e6 9.O-O-O Nge7 10.h4 h5 11.Na4 O-O 12.c4 dxc4
13.Bxc4 Qb8 14.Nc5 Rd8 15.Qc3 b6 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Bxe6+ Kh7
18.e5 Rf8 19.f5 gxf5 20.Rhg1 Qe8 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.d5 f4 23.Bd7
Qf7 24.Bf2 Nxd5 25.Qxc6 Ne3 26.Rg1+ Kh8 27.e6 Qf6 28.Be1 Nf5
29.Bc3 Nd4 30.e7 Nxc6 31.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 32.Bxc6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jozsef Pinter"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O Be7 9.f4 Bb7 10.Be3 b4 11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.f5
e5 14.Ne2 cxb2 15.Rb1 O-O 16.Rxb2 Qc7 17.Bd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Nc6
19.Bb6 Qd7 20.Ng3 Rab8 21.Nh5 Bd8 22.Bxd8 Rxb2 23.f6 g6 24.Bb6
Rxb6 25.Qd2 Qg4 26.Qh6 gxh5 27.Rf3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "50"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Be7 8.Be3 a6 9.Qe2 Na5 10.O-O-O Nxb3+ 11.axb3 Qa5 12.Kb1 Bd7
13.g4 h6 14.f4 O-O-O 15.Bf2 Rhe8 16.Rhg1 g6 17.e5 Nd5 18.Nxd5
exd5 19.Qf3 Kb8 20.Rge1 Bf8 21.Bh4 Rc8 22.Bf6 Ka8 23.f5 dxe5
24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Bxe5 g5 26.Ne2 Bc6 27.Qg3 Qd8 28.h3 Bc5 29.Nc3
Qd7 30.Qd3 Qe7 31.Bd4 Rd8 32.Ne2 Bb4 33.Bg1 Kb8 34.Nd4 Bd7
35.Nf3 Bc6 36.Qd4 Qe2 37.Rd3 Ba5 38.Qa7+ Kc8 39.Bh2 Bc7
40.Bxc7 Kxc7 41.Nd4 Qe1+ 42.Ka2 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Erling Mortensen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 e5 4.Nd5 Ne7 5.Nec3 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Nc6
7.Bc4 Be6 8.d3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Na5 12.Qd2 Re8
13.Nxe7+ Rxe7 14.Bd5 Nc6 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxe5 f6
18.Bc3 c4 19.dxc4 Qxd2 20.Bxd2 Bxc4 21.Rfe1 Rae8 22.b3 Be2
23.Kf2 Kf7 24.Rac1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4
a6 8.a4 Bg7 9.e4 Bg4 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2
Nh5 14.Be3 Nd7 15.g4 Nhf6 16.f3 Rc8 17.Kg2 Ne5 18.a5 c4 19.Ra4
Nfd7 20.f4 Nd3 21.Nxc4 N7c5 22.Ra3 Bxc3 23.Rxc3 Nxe4 24.Qxd3
Nxc3 25.Bb6 Re2+ 26.Kg3 Ne4+ 27.Kf3 Qh4 28.Kxe2 Qxh2+ 29.Ke3
Re8 30.Kd4 f5 31.gxf5 Ng3 32.Kc3 Nxf1 33.Qxf1 Qg3+ 34.Qd3 Qxf4
35.fxg6 h5 36.Be3 Qf3 37.Bg5 Qg4 38.Nxd6 Qxg5 39.Nxe8 Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carsten Hoi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bh4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.e5
g5 8.Nxg5 hxg5 9.Bxg5 Rg8 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.Qd2 Bd7
13.O-O-O c5 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.f4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qe7 17.f5 Ba4
18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Be2 Rc6 20.Ka1 Kd8 21.c4 Rxg2 22.Rhg1 Qg7
23.Rxg2 Qxg2 24.cxd5 exd5 25.Qa5+ Rb6 26.Qxa7 Kc7 27.Qxa4 Qxe2
28.Rb1 Rxb1+ 29.Kxb1 Qxh2 30.dxc5 Qg1+ 31.Kb2 Qxc5 32.Qb3 b5
33.a3 Kb6 34.Qg3 Qd4+ 35.c3 Qc4 36.Qg6+ Qc6 37.Qg1+ Qc5 38.Qe1
Qc6 39.Qe5 Kc5 40.Qe7+ Kb6 41.Qd8+ Ka6 42.Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lars Karlsson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 e5 6.d3 Nge7 7.Nd2
O-O 8.Nf1 d6 9.Ne3 Bh6 10.O-O Rb8 11.f4 exf4 12.Ned5 Nxd5
13.cxd5 Ne5 14.gxf4 Ng4 15.e4 Bg7 16.Ne2 Re8 17.h3 Nf6 18.Ng3
h5 19.Bd2 h4 20.Ne2 c4 21.Bc3 b5 22.b4 Qe7 23.e5 Nh5 24.dxc4
bxc4 25.Nd4 Bb7 26.Nf5 gxf5 27.Qxh5 dxe5 28.fxe5 Bxe5 29.Rae1
Qf6 30.Rxf5 Bd4+ 31.Bxd4 Rxe1+ 32.Kh2 Qd6+ 33.Be5 Rxe5
34.Qxf7+ Kh8 35.Qh5+ Kg7 36.Rxe5 Bc8 37.Qg5+ Kf7 38.Bf3 Rb6
39.Bh5+ Kf8 40.Kh1 Bd7 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Rg5+ Kh7 43.Qg8+ Kh6
44.Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "47"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Helgi Olafsson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4
Nc6 8.Qf4 Bb4 9.Bd2 O-O 10.O-O Be7 11.Rfd1 d6 12.Rac1 h6
13.Be1 Qb8 14.h3 a6 15.Qe3 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.b3 d5 18.Qd2 Ne4
19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Nh2 Bg5 21.e3 Ne5 22.Bf1 Bd5 23.Rc5 Nd3
24.Bxd3 exd3 25.Qxd3 Rxa2 26.h4 Be7 27.Rxb5 Qa8 28.Bb4 Bh1
29.Qf1 Rd8 30.Rc1 Bxb4 31.Rxb4 Rb2 32.Ng4 Bd5 33.Ne5 Rxb3
34.Rxb3 Bxb3 35.Nc6 Re8 36.e4 Ba4 37.Qc4 Bxc6 38.Qxc6 Qxc6
39.Rxc6 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Curt Hansen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nb3 Ne5 7.c5
Qc6 8.Rg1 d5 9.cxd6 exd6 10.Bg5 d5 11.Bxf6 Bb4+ 12.Nc3 Bxc3+
13.bxc3 Qxf6 14.Qd4 Qe7 15.Qe3 Bf5 16.Nd4 Be4 17.f3 Nc4 18.Qf4
Bg6 19.e4 Na3 20.e5 O-O 21.Qe3 Rac8 22.Kf2 Nb1 23.Rxb1 Bxb1
24.Bh3 Qa3 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Qd2 Bg6 27.Rc1 h6 28.Kg2 a6 29.g4
b5 30.h4 b4 31.Ne2 h5 32.gxh5 Bxh5 33.Qxd5 Qb2 34.Kf2 bxc3
35.e6 Qb6+ 36.Kf1 Bg6 37.e7 Re8 38.h5 Bxh5 39.Qxh5 Rxe7
40.Rxc3 Qb1+ 41.Kf2 Re8 42.f4 g6 43.Qd5 Qb6+ 44.Kf3 Rd8 45.Rc6
Rxd5 46.Rxb6 Rd3+ 47.Ke4 Ra3 48.Nc1 Kg7 49.Rd6 Rc3 50.Nb3 f5
51.Kd5 Rf3 52.Nc5 Kh6 53.Ke5 a5 54.Rd3 Rf2 55.Ne6 Kh5 56.Ra3
Kg4 57.Rxa5 g5 58.fxg5 f4 59.Ra4 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ngf3
Nxe5 13.Nxe5 O-O 14.Bd2 Qd5 15.O-O Bd4 16.Nf3 Bxb2 17.Rab1 Ba3
18.Bc3 Be7 19.Rfd1 Qc6 20.Ba1 Rd8 21.Ne5 Qc7 22.Ng4 Nxg4
23.Qxg4 Bf8 24.Bf6 Rd5 25.Qe4 g6 26.c4 Rh5 27.h3 Bg7 28.Qf4
Bxf6 29.Qxf6 Qe5 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Bxg6 Kxg6 32.Rb5 Qg7 33.Rd3 e5
34.h4 Kh7 35.Rg3 Qh8 36.Qc7 0-1

[Event "It ( cat. 11 )"]
[Site "Kobenhavn"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Harold James Plaskett"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.c4 Nb4 9.cxd5 Nxd3 10.Qxd3 Qxd5 11.Re1 Bf5 12.Ne5 f6
13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.Qxf5 Nb5 15.Qg4 Nxd4 16.Nd3 Nc2 17.Nb4 Nxb4
18.Qxb4 c5 19.Qg4 Kf7 20.Bh6 gxh6 21.Rad1 h5 22.Qe2 Qf5
23.Qxe7+ Kg6 24.Rd7 h4 25.h3 Rhg8 26.Re4 Kh5 27.Qf7+ Rg6
28.Rd5 1-0

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dragan Barlov"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
d6 8.O-O Bd7 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qg4 h5 12.Qe2 b5 13.a3
Bb7 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.Rad1 Qb6 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.Be3 Qc7 18.a4 b4
19.Ne2 d5 20.e5 Nh6 21.Nd4 Rc8 22.h3 Ng8 23.Bg5 Bc5 24.Nb3 Ne7
25.Rc1 Ba7 26.Qxb4 Nc6 27.Qa3 Qb6 28.Be3 d4 29.Bg5 Nb4 30.a5
Qb5 31.c4 dxc3 32.Rxc3 O-O 33.Bxb7 Rxc3 34.bxc3 Nc2 35.Qb4
Nxb4 0-1

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Shamkovich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Be2 O-O 8.Nb3 d6 9.O-O a5 10.a4 Be6 11.f4 Rc8 12.Kh1 Nd7
13.Bf3 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4
18.c3 Bf6 19.Qe2 Rc5 20.g3 Qc7 21.Ra3 Kg7 22.Re1 h5 23.Qd2 b5
24.axb5 Rxb5 25.Ra2 Rfb8 26.Qc1 Qc4 27.Qa1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2
a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nbd2 Rc8
13.Nb3 Be4 14.Qc3 Nd5 15.Qd2 Bb4 16.Qd1 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5
18.Nxc5 Rxc5 19.Rc1 Qc7 20.Rxc5 Qxc5 21.Qd4 Qxd4 22.Nxd4 Bxg2
23.Kxg2 Rc8 24.Rd1 Kf8 25.Kf3 Ke7 26.e4 Nb4 27.a3 Nc2 28.Ke2
Nxd4+ 29.Rxd4 Rc1 30.Rd1 Rxd1 31.Kxd1 Kd6 32.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Site "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4
d5 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.a3 Bd6 11.Ba2 b6 12.Qd3 Bb7 13.Rd1
Rc8 14.Ng3 h6 15.Nce4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Na5 17.Qg4 Qf6 18.Ne4 Bxe4
19.Qxe4 Rfd8 20.Rd3 Bb8 21.Rc3 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Bd6 23.g3 Rc8
24.Bb2 Bf8 25.Qe2 g6 26.Rd1 Bg7 27.Rd2 Rd8 28.c4 Qf5 29.Kg2
Nb7 30.Bb3 Nd6 31.Bc2 Qa5 32.g4 Nxc4 33.Qxc4 Qxd2 34.Qc7 Rf8
35.Qc4 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kenneth Rogoff"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
g6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nb3 Be6 11.f4 Na5 12.f5 Bc4 13.e5
Bxe2 14.Qxe2 dxe5 15.fxg6 hxg6 16.Rad1 Qc7 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Nc5
Rfd8 19.Nd5 Qc6 20.c4 b6 21.Ne4 Kg7 22.Bxb6 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "TUN"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gennady Sosonko"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 a6 11.a4 Rb8 12.e4 b5 13.axb5
axb5 14.Bf1 b4 15.Nb5 Rb6 16.Bf4 Ne8 17.Qc2 Bb7 18.Ra7 Qb8
19.Rea1 h6 20.R1a5 g5 21.Be3 Nef6 22.h3 Re8 23.Nd2 Bf8 24.b3
Ne5 25.Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tunez"]
[Site "Tunez"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alonso Zapata"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nge7 7.Nb3
d6 8.Bg2 Bd7 9.O-O Nc8 10.a4 Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Be3 Na5 13.Nxa5
Qxa5 14.Bd4 Bd8 15.Rfd1 Bc6 16.Qc4 Nb6 17.Qb3 Nd7 18.Qa3 Be7
19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 e5 21.Be3 Rac8 22.Rac1 f5 23.c4 Qc7 24.a5
e4 25.b4 Ne5 26.c5 Qd7 27.Bf4 Bf6 28.f3 Nd3 29.Rxd3 exd3
30.Qxd3 dxc5 31.bxc5 Qa4 32.Be3 f4 33.gxf4 Rfe8 34.Bf2 Qxf4
35.Rc4 Qe5 36.d6 Rcd8 37.f4 Qb2 38.Bf1 Kh8 39.Qd5 Qb1 40.Kg2
Qg6+ 41.Kf3 Qb1 42.Kg2 Qg6+ 43.Bg3 Re3 44.Kf2 Rb3 45.Re4 Rb2+
46.Kf3 h5 47.Bh3 h4 48.Bf2 Rf8 49.d7 Bg5 50.Qd6 Qxd6 51.cxd6
Kh7 52.Kg4 Bd8 53.Re8 Rg8 54.Bxh4 Bxa5 55.Rxg8 Kxg8 56.d8=Q+
Bxd8 57.Bxd8 Rd2 1-0

[Event "Tunis"]
[Site "Tunis"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Viktor Gavrikov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Be7 8.g4 h6 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Rg1 g5 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.O-O-O Rg8 13.h4
Ne5 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.f3 b5 16.Kb1 Rb8 17.f4 gxf4 18.Bxf4 b4
19.Na4 Rxg4 20.Rxg4 Nexg4 21.Nf3 Rb5 22.c4 bxc3 23.Nxc3 Rh5
24.Ka1 Ne5 25.Nxe5 dxe5 26.Ba4+ Kf8 27.Bd2 Rh7 28.Rg1 Bc5
29.Rc1 Qb6 30.Bg5 Ng8 31.Bb3 Bd7 32.Na4 Bxa4 33.Bxa4 f6 34.Bd2
Bd4 35.Bb3 Ne7 36.Qf3 Ng8 37.Qg4 Kf7 38.Kb1 Rh2 39.Rc8 Ne7
40.Bxe6+ Qxe6 41.Rf8+ Kxf8 42.Qxe6 Rxd2 43.Qxf6+ Ke8 44.Qxa6
Rxb2+ 45.Kc1 Rb6 46.Qa4+ Nc6 47.Qc4 Ke7 48.Kd1 Rb1+ 49.Ke2
Rb2+ 50.Kf3 Kd7 51.a4 Rf2+ 52.Kg3 Rf4 53.Qd5+ Kc7 54.Kh3 Rf6
55.Kg4 Rg6+ 56.Kf3 Rg7 57.Qe6 Bc5 58.Qf6 Rd7 59.a5 Rd3+ 60.Kg4
Ra3 61.Qf7+ Be7 62.Qe8 Rxa5 63.Kf5 Ra3 64.Kg6 Rd3 65.Qa8 Rd6+
66.Kf7 Rd4 67.Qa6 Rxe4 68.Qa2 Rf4+ 69.Kg7 e4 70.Qe6 Bf6+
71.Kg6 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "Tunis"]
[Site "Tunis"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4
Nb4 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8 Qxa8 16.e5 dxe5 17.dxe5 Nfd5 18.Ne4
c5 19.e6 fxe6 20.Ne5 Nc6 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Qxd5+ Kh7 23.Qd3 Kg8
24.Qd5+ Kh7 25.Qd3 Kg8 26.Nd7 Nb4 27.Nef6+ Kf7 28.Ne5+ Ke6
29.Neg4 Kf7 30.Ne5+ Ke6 31.Neg4 Kf7 32.Nxh6+ gxh6 33.Qh7+ Kxf6
34.Qxh6+ Kf7 35.Qh7+ Kf6 36.Bg5+ Kxg5 37.Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Bc2
exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Nf1 f5 18.exf5 Nf6
19.Bd2 Nbxd5 20.Ng3 Qd7 21.Ne4 b4 22.Nh2 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Nf6
24.Bxb7 Rxe1+ 25.Bxe1 Qxb7 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.Qxg4 Re8 28.Bd2 Re4
29.Qg3 Qd5 30.Bxh6 Qxf5 31.Be3 d5 32.b3 c4 33.Rd1 cxb3 34.Rd2
Qf6 35.Qc7 Rc4 36.Qb7 Rc1+ 37.Kh2 Bd6+ 38.f4 Bxf4+ 39.g3 Bxe3
40.Qxd5+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3
Nbc6 8.Be2 Qa5 9.Bd2 Bd7 10.O-O Qc7 11.Re1 c4 12.Bf1 h6 13.g3
O-O-O 14.Bh3 Kb8 15.a4 Qa5 16.Qc1 Ka8 17.Qa3 Rde8 18.Reb1 Qd8
19.Bc1 Bc8 20.Bg2 f5 21.exf6 gxf6 22.a5 a6 23.Rb6 Na7 24.Qc5
Nec6 25.Bf4 Qe7 26.Bd6 Qd7 27.Bh3 Nb5 28.Bf4 Nxc3 29.Bf1 Ne4
30.Qa3 Ng5 31.Nxg5 hxg5 32.Bd6 e5 33.Rab1 Re6 34.Bc5 Nxd4
35.Bxd4 exd4 36.Qc5 Qh7 37.h3 Rxb6 38.Rxb6 Qe4 39.Bg2 Qe1+
40.Kh2 Qxf2 41.Rxa6+ bxa6 42.Qxd5+ Kb8 43.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Morovic-Fernandez"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Rxf4 Nc6 12.a4 Re8 13.a5
d5 14.Bb6 Qd6 15.Rxf6 Bxf6 16.exd5 Bxc3 17.dxc6 Qxd1+ 18.Bxd1
Bxb2 19.cxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Slim Bouaziz"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Be3 Nxe5
13.Qh5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Rf3 g6 17.Qh6 f6 18.Ne4
e5 19.Rg3 Bd8 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.Rxg6+ hxg6 22.Rxd8 Qg7 23.Nxf6+
Kf7 24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.Qh7+ Kxf6 26.Bh6 Qc5+ 27.Kf1 Bf7 28.Qh8+
Kf5 29.g4+ Ke4 30.Qf6 Nd7 31.Qxf7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Slaheddine Hmadi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Be7 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.e5 Bh4+ 14.g3 Rb8 15.O-O-O Bb7 16.Ne4 Be7 17.exd6 Bxd6
18.Rhe1 a5 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qg4 Bd5 21.Ng5 Rb6 22.Kb1 Qc8 23.h4
Bc5 24.Qe2 h6 25.Ne4 Bb4 26.c3 Be7 27.Nd2 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mihai Suba"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4
Nc6 8.Rg1 h5 9.gxh5 Nxh5 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Be2 a6 12.h5 Bd7 13.Nb3
b5 14.a3 Rc8 15.Qd2 Ne5 16.O-O-O Nc4 17.Qd4 Be7 18.f4 e5
19.Qd3 Bc6 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Qf3 Nd6 22.h6 gxh6 23.Bxf6 Bxf6
24.Kb1 Bg5 25.Qd3 Ke7 26.Na5 Ba8 27.Nb3 Qc7 28.Ka1 Nc4 29.Bh5
Rhf8 30.Nd5+ Bxd5 31.exd5 f5 32.Rge1 e4 33.c3 Qe5 34.Qf1 Rfd8
35.Nd4 Rxd5 36.Ka2 Ne3 37.Rxe3 Bxe3 38.Qe1 Bxd4 39.cxd4 Rxd4
40.Qh4+ Kd6 41.Rg1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 Nbd5 10.a3 b5 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Bd2 Qc7
13.f4 Bd6 14.Ngf3 a6 15.f5 Bc8 16.fxe6 Bxe6 17.Ng6 Rg8 18.O-O
Ne7 19.a4 Nxg6 20.Bxg6 Kf8 21.axb5 Bd5 22.Bd3 cxb5 23.Ne5 Bb7
24.Rae1 Rh8 25.c4 Rd8 26.Kh1 Kg8 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Bxb5 Bf8
29.Bc4 Bd5 30.Bxd5 Rxd5 31.Bc3 h5 32.h3 h4 33.Rf5 Be7 34.Ref1
Rd8 35.Qf3 Bd6 36.d5 Re8 37.Rxf6 gxf6 38.Qg4+ Kh7 39.Qxh4+ Kg8
40.Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ngf3
Nxe5 13.Nxe5 O-O 14.O-O b6 15.b4 Bd6 16.Bb2 Bb7 17.a3 Qe7
18.Rfe1 a5 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.b5 a4 21.Rad1 Rfd8 22.Ne5 Bd6 23.g3
Bc5 24.h4 h5 25.Kh2 Rd5 26.Kh3 Bxa3 27.c4 Rdd8 28.Bxa3 Qxa3
29.Nxf7 Rd7 30.Ng5 Re7 31.Ne4 Bxe4 32.Bxe4 Nxe4 33.Qxe4 Rf8
34.f4 Qc5 35.Qd4 Rc8 36.Qxc5 Rxc5 37.Rd4 Kf7 38.Ra1 Ra7 39.Ra3
e5 40.fxe5 Rxe5 41.Rd6 Re6 42.Rd8 Ke7 43.Rb8 Kd7 44.Rd3+ Ke7
45.Ra3 Kd7 46.Rd3+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 e6 12.O-O-O O-O-O
13.Ne4 Ngf6 14.g3 Nc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.c4 Bb6 17.Kb1 c5 18.Bf4
Qe7 19.d5 Rhe8 20.Rhe1 Qf8 21.Ne5 Bc7 22.Qf3 exd5 23.cxd5 Bd6
24.Re3 Re7 25.g4 Qe8 26.Rde1 Qa4 27.Bg3 Bxe5 28.Rxe5 Rxe5
29.Rxe5 Qxg4 30.Qxg4+ Nxg4 31.Re7 Rd7 32.Re8+ Rd8 33.Re7 Rxd5
34.Rxf7 Nf6 35.Rc7+ Kd8 36.Rxg7 Nxh5 37.Rxb7 Nxg3 38.fxg3 Rg5
39.Rxa7 Rxg3 40.Kc2 h5 41.Rh7 Rg5 42.Kc3 Kc8 43.b3 Kb8 44.a4
Rf5 45.Kc4 Rg5 46.a5 Rf5 47.a6 Ka8 48.Rb7 Rf6 49.Kb5 h4 50.Rh7
Rf3 51.Rxh4 Rxb3+ 52.Kxc5 Rb1 53.Rb4 Ra1 54.Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.Nc4 O-O 9.Bg5 Qe7 10.e3 b6 11.a4 Ba6 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.b3
Bb7 14.Be2 Ne5 15.O-O h6 16.Bh4 Rad8 17.Kh1 Bc8 18.Qd2 Rfe8
19.Rfe1 Nxc4 20.bxc4 g5 21.Bg3 h5 22.h3 h4 23.Bh2 g4 24.hxg4
Nxg4 25.Bxg4 Bxg4 26.f3 Bh5 27.e4 Kh7 28.e5 dxe5 29.f4 e4
30.Nxe4 Qd7 31.a5 Kg8 32.Re3 Bd4 33.Ree1 Qf5 34.Ng5 bxa5
35.Bg1 Bxg1 36.Kxg1 a4 37.Qf2 a3 38.Qxh4 Bg6 39.Ne4 Kg7 40.Nc3
Rxe1+ 41.Rxe1 Rb8 42.d6 Qd3 43.Nd5 Qd4+ 44.Kh2 a2 45.d7 a1=Q
46.Rxa1 Qxa1 47.d8=Q Rxd8 48.Qxd8 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2
O-O 8.Nbd2 d6 9.c4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Ng5 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgenij Ermenkov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "237"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.d5 Qb6 5.Qc1 e6 6.Nc3 f5 7.e3
d6 8.g3 Nd7 9.Bg2 Nf6 10.Nge2 Bh6 11.O-O O-O 12.a4 Bd7 13.a5
Qc7 14.a6 b5 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Bxa8 Rxa8 17.Nf4 b4 18.Nce2 e5
19.Ng2 Rf8 20.c4 Qc6 21.f3 Be6 22.Qc2 Rf7 23.Nc1 Nd7 24.Nd3 d5
25.cxd5 Bxd5 26.Qe2 Bc4 27.Qc2 Qd5 28.Rfd1 Bb3 29.Nxc5 Qxd1+
30.Rxd1 Bxc2 31.Rxd7 Rxd7 32.Nxd7 Bg7 33.Ne1 b3 34.Nb6 e4
35.Na4 Kf7 36.Kf2 Ke7 37.fxe4 Bxe4 38.Nf3 Bc6 39.Nc5 Bxb2
40.Nxb3 Kd6 41.Nfd4 Bd7 42.Kf3 Kd5 43.Kf4 Bc8 44.Nxf5 Be5+
45.Kg5 Bxa6 46.Ne7+ Kd6 47.Nf5+ Kd5 48.Ne7+ Kd6 49.Nf5+ Kc7
50.Nfd4 Bd3 51.Nf3 Bd6 52.Kf6 Bb4 53.Ke5 a5 54.Kd4 Bb5 55.Ng5
a4 56.Nc1 Ba3 57.Na2 Be8 58.Nxh7 Bf7 59.Nc3 Bb2 60.Kd3 Bg6+
61.Kd2 Bxh7 62.Nxa4 Be5 63.Nc5 Kc6 64.Nd3 Bd6 65.Nf4 Be4
66.Ke2 Bc5 67.h3 Be7 68.Kf2 Kd6 69.Ne2 Ke5 70.Nd4 Bb7 71.Nf3+
Ke4 72.Ke2 Ba6+ 73.Kf2 Bb5 74.Nd2+ Kd3 75.Nf3 Ba4 76.Ne1+ Ke4
77.Nf3 Ba3 78.Nh2 Bc5 79.Ng4 Bb3 80.Ke2 Bc4+ 81.Kf2 Ba6 82.Kg2
Ba3 83.Kf2 Bc1 84.Nf6+ Kd3 85.Ng4 Bb7 86.Ne5+ Ke4 87.Ng4 Bd2
88.Ke2 Bc3 89.Nh2 Ba6+ 90.Kf2 Bd2 91.Ng4 Bc4 92.Nf6+ Kd3
93.Ng4 Bd5 94.Ne5+ Kc2 95.Nf3 Bc3 96.Ke2 Bc4+ 97.Kf2 Kd3
98.Ne1+ Ke4 99.Nf3 Bb4 100.Ng5+ Kd3 101.Nf3 Bd5 102.Ne5+ Kd2
103.Nf3+ Kd1 104.g4 Bc3 105.h4 Kc2 106.Kg3 Kd3 107.Kf4 Bxf3
108.Kxf3 Bd2 109.Kf4 Bxe3+ 110.Kf5 Ke2 111.g5 Kf3 112.h5 Kg3
113.h6 Kh4 114.Kg6 Kg4 115.h7 Bd4 116.Kh6 Kf5 117.g6+ Be3+
118.Kg7 Kg5 119.Kf7 1-0

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Tunisia"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Assem Afifi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 e5 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d3 Nge7 7.O-O
O-O 8.a3 d6 9.Rb1 a5 10.e4 f5 11.Nd5 h6 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.Nh4
Kh7 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Qh5 Qf7 16.Qxf7 Rxf7 17.g4 Ne7 18.Nxf5
Nxf5 19.Be4 h5 20.gxf5 Bxf5 21.b4 Bxe4 22.dxe4 axb4 23.axb4
Ra4 24.Rd1 Bf8 25.bxc5 dxc5 26.Rd5 Re7 27.Bg5 Rg7 28.h4 Rxc4
29.Rxe5 Bd6 30.Re6 Rd7 31.e5 Bf8 32.Reb6 Rb4 33.e6 Rc7 34.Kf1
Rxb1+ 35.Rxb1 Kg6 36.Rd1 Bg7 37.e7 Kf7 38.Rd8 Rxe7 39.Bxe7
Kxe7 40.Rb8 Bf6 41.Rxb7+ Ke6 42.Rh7 Bxh4 43.Rxh5 Be7 44.Ke2 c4
45.Ke3 c3 46.Kd3 Bf6 47.f4 Bg7 48.Ra5 Bh8 49.Ra8 Bg7 50.Rd8
Ke7 51.Rc8 Kd7 52.Rc4 Kd6 53.Ke4 Bf6 54.Rc8 Kd7 55.Rc5 Kd6
56.Rc4 Bg7 57.Kd3 Bf6 58.Re4 Kd5 59.Re8 Kd6 60.f5 Kd5 61.Re6
Bh8 62.Re2 Bf6 63.Rf2 Kc5 64.Ra2 Kd5 65.Ra5+ Kd6 66.Kc2 Bg7
67.Kb3 Bf6 68.Kb4 Bg7 69.Rc5 Bd4 70.Rc8 Ke5 71.Kc4 c2 72.Kd3
Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Danny Kopec"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 6.Rb1 Qc3
7.Rb3 Qa5 8.Rb5 Qxa2 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Ne4 a6 11.Rxc5 Bxc5
12.dxc5 Qa5+ 13.Nfd2 f5 14.Nd6+ Ke7 15.Qh5 Qa1+ 16.Ke2 b5
17.Qxf7+ Kd8 18.Nb3 Qc3 19.Kd1 Nc6 20.Bd3 Kc7 21.Bxb5 Rb8
22.Bxc6 Rxb3 23.cxb3 Qxb3+ 24.Kd2 Qb2+ 25.Kd3 Kxc6 26.Nc4 Qb3+
27.Kd4 Qb4 28.Qe7 Kb5 29.Rb1 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4
a6 8.a4 Bg7 9.e4 Bg4 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2
Nh5 14.Be3 Nd7 15.a5 Rc8 16.g4 Nhf6 17.f3 Ne5 18.Kh1 h6 19.g5
Nh5 20.f4 Nd7 21.gxh6 Bxh6 22.Nc4 Qe7 23.Rae1 Bg7 24.Qf3 Rb8
25.Bd2 b5 26.axb6 Nxb6 27.Na5 Qd7 28.b3 Rbc8 29.Nc6 c4 30.b4
Kh7 31.f5 Rg8 32.Rg1 Rh8 33.Rg5 Bf6 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 Ne7 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.Qd2 b5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O Rc8 12.e5 Bb4
13.Rfd1 Na5 14.Bxb7 Nxb7 15.a4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nc5 17.axb5 axb5
18.Qe2 O-O 19.Qxb5 Ne4 20.Rxd7 Qe8 21.Be3 Nxc3 22.Qd3 Nd5
23.Raa7 Rc3 24.Qd4 Rxc2 25.Bg5 Qc8 26.Qg4 Qc3 27.Qe4 Rb2
28.Kg2 Rb4 29.Qe2 Rb2 30.Qf3 Qxf3+ 31.Kxf3 Rc2 32.h4 h6 33.Be7
Nxe7 34.Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Larry Christiansen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O
cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ne4 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.Nd2 Qb6
13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Be3 Bc5 16.Rad1 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Ke7
18.Rd6 Qc5 19.Qf2 Qxb5 20.Rxe6+ fxe6 21.Qf7+ Kd8 22.Rd1+ Qd3
23.Rxd3+ exd3 24.Qxe6 {24.Qxg7! Re8 25.Qxh7 d2 26.Qd3+ +-} Rc8
25.Qd6+ Ke8 26.Qxd3 Rc1+ 27.Kf2 Rc6 28.Ke2 a6 29.Qd5 Ke7 30.e6
Rxe6 31.Qxb7+ Kf6 32.Qf3+ Ke7 33.b4 h6 34.Qb7+ Kf6 35.a4 Rd8
36.g4 Rd4 37.Qf3+ Ke7 38.Qf5 Rdd6 39.h4 Rc6 40.Qd5 Rc2+ 41.Kf3
Rf6+ 42.Kg3 Rcc6 43.Qe5+ Kf7 44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 Rfe6 46.Qd5
Rd6 47.Qf5+ Ke7 48.Qc5 g6 49.Kf4 Kd7 50.Qa7+ Ke8 51.Qb8+ Rd8+
52.Qc7 Rd7 53.Qc8+ Ke7 54.e4 Rd1 55.Qc7+ Ke8 56.Qc4 Ke7 57.e5
Ra1 58.Qc7+ Ke8 59.Ke4 Re1+ 60.Kd5 Re7 61.Qc6+ Kd8 62.Qb6+ Kd7
63.Qd6+ Ke8 64.Qxg6+ Kf8 65.Qf6+ Ke8 66.e6 Rd1+ 67.Kc6 Rc1+
68.Kb6 Rec7 69.g6 a5 70.g7 R1c6+ 71.Kb5 Rc5+ 72.bxc5 Rxc5+
73.Kb6 Rc6+ 74.Kxa5 Ra6+ 75.Kb4 Rxa4+ 76.Kb3 Rg4 77.Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Estes Park ch-USA"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Kh1 Nxd4
13.Qxd4 b5 14.a3 Ng4 15.Bd2 Bf6 16.Qd3 Ne5 17.Qg3 Qc7 18.f4
Nc4 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.e5 dxe5 21.Ne4 Bd8 22.fxe5 f5 23.Nd6 Bb7
24.Rad1 Bc6 25.Rf4 Bd5 26.Bc3 Qc6 27.Rfd4 f4 28.Qh3 Ra7
29.Rxd5 exd5 30.Qe6+ Rff7 31.Qg4 h5 32.Qxh5 f3 33.Nxf7 fxg2
34.Kg1 Bb6+ 35.Bd4 Bxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Qb6 37.Qg4 Rxf7 38.Kxg2 Qxb2
39.Qc8+ Rf8 40.Qe6+ Rf7 41.Qc8+ Rf8 42.Qe6+ Rf7 43.Rf4 Qxc2+
44.Kg3 Qb3+ 45.Kh4 g5 46.Kxg5 Qb7 47.Qe8+ Kg7 48.Rg4 1-0

[Event "Berkeley"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4
d5 8.Rc1 Nc6 9.Nf3 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Bd3 h5 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3
h4 14.Be5 f6 15.cxd5 exd5 16.c4 fxe5 17.cxd5 Qxd5 18.Re1 Bf5
19.Nxe5 O-O-O 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Qg4+ Kb8 22.Nxc6+ bxc6 23.Rxe4
Rhe8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.h3 Kc7 26.Qh5 Re4 27.Qh7+ Kd6 28.Qh6+ Re6
29.Qf8+ Kd7 30.Rb1 Re8 31.Qg7+ Kd6 32.Rb7 Qf5 33.Qc7+ Kd5
34.Qa5+ Ke4 35.Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Alburt"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Qe2
O-O 8.h3 Nc6 9.O-O Na5 10.e6 Nxb3 11.exf7 Rxf7 12.axb3 h6
13.Nc3 c6 14.Be3 a6 15.Rfe1 Bf5 16.Rad1 g5 17.d5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5
cxd5 19.h4 g4 20.Nh2 e6 21.g3 h5 22.c4 Be4 23.Bd4 Bxd4 24.Rxd4
Qf6 25.Qe3 Kh7 26.Nf1 Raf8 27.Rd2 b5 28.Ra1 Rc8 29.cxd5 exd5
30.Rxa6 Rc1 31.Ra7 Qg7 32.Rxf7 Qxf7 33.Qg5 Re1 34.b4 Bf3
35.Rd4 Qg6 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Qf3 d5 12.exd5 exd5
13.O-O-O d4 14.Nce4 O-O 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Qb3+ Kh8
18.Nf7+ Kg7 19.Bh6+ Kg6 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Rd3 f5 22.Rg3+ Kf6
23.Nh6+ f4 24.Ng8+ Kf5 25.Rg7 d3 26.Rd1 e4 27.Nxe7+ Nxe7
28.Rf7+ Rxf7 29.Qxf7+ Ke5 30.cxd3 exd3 31.Re1+ Kd4 32.Qf6+ Kc4
33.Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4
Nxe4 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Re1+ Kf8 11.d6 Bb7 12.Nc3 Bxf3
13.Qxf3 Nc6 14.Nb5 h6 15.Bd2 Kg8 16.Bc3 Nh7 17.Nc7 Bxc3
18.bxc3 Kg7 19.Nxa8 Qxa8 20.Bb5 Rc8 21.Rad1 Nf6 22.Bxc6 Qxc6
23.Qxc6 Rxc6 24.c4 Kf8 25.Re7 h5 26.f3 Rc8 27.Kf2 Rd8 28.Re3
Rc8 29.Re7 Rd8 30.a4 Ne8 31.Re3 Rc8 32.g4 hxg4 33.fxg4 Rc6
34.Red3 g5 35.Kg3 Ng7 36.Rd5 Ne6 37.Ra1 f6 38.h4 gxh4 39.Kxh4
Kf7 40.Rf1 Ng7 41.g5 Ne8 42.Kh5 Kg7 43.Re1 Nxd6 44.Re7+ Kf8
45.Rxd7 Nxc4 46.Rxa7 Nd6 47.g6 Ne8 48.Rd8 Re6 49.Raa8 Re1
50.Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Berkeley (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Wilder"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 Nd7 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Bf4
Nxc4 14.Bxc4 Re8 15.Qd3 h5 16.Rae1 a6 17.a5 Rb8 18.h3 b5
19.axb6 Rxb6 20.Na4 Rb7 21.e5 dxe5 22.Be3 e4 23.Qd1 Bd7
24.Nxc5 Rxb2 25.Bf4 Nb5 26.Nxe4 Rb4 27.Bd3 Nc3 28.Qf3 Nxd5
29.Bg5 Qb6 30.Bd2 Rb3 31.Ng5 Nf6 32.Rb1 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Qd4
34.Rb3 Bb5 35.Bxb5 axb5 36.Bc3 Qc4 37.Rb4 Qd5 38.Bxf6 Qxf3
39.Nxf3 Bxf6 40.Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Aldo Haik"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2
O-O 8.d5 Nb8 9.O-O c6 10.Be3 cxd5 11.exd5 Na6 12.h3 Bxf3
13.Bxf3 Nd7 14.Re1 Rc8 15.Bd4 Rc4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qc1 Qb6+
18.Kh2 Re8 19.Be2 Rcc8 20.Bb5 Nab8 21.a4 a6 22.a5 Qd4 23.Ra4
Qf6 24.Ne4 Qf5 25.Rd4 axb5 26.g4 Rxc2+ 27.Qxc2 Qxf4+ 28.Kg2
Na6 29.Qc3 b4 30.Rxb4 Kg8 31.Rf1 Qh6 32.Rxb7 Nac5 33.Rb4 Nxe4
34.Rxe4 Nc5 35.Ref4 Qg5 36.Rxf7 Qxd5+ 37.Qf3 Qxf3+ 38.R7xf3
Rb8 39.R1f2 Rb5 40.g5 Ne6 41.h4 Rxa5 42.Re3 Nd4 43.Rxe7 Nf5
44.Re8+ Kf7 45.Rb8 Ra4 46.b4 Ke6 47.Re2+ Kd5 48.h5 Ra3 49.hxg6
hxg6 50.Rb2 Ne3+ 51.Kg1 Ke4 52.Rf8 Nf5 53.b5 Kf3 54.b6 Ra1+
55.Kh2 Ra4 56.Rxf5+ gxf5 57.b7 Rh4+ 58.Kg1 1-0

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Stefan E S Kindermann"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Kh1 d5 12.Nxe5 dxe4
13.Be2 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Be6 15.Be3 Rfd8 16.g4 g6 17.g5 Nd5 18.Nxd5
Bxd5 19.b3 Ne6 20.Nc4 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Bc5 22.Bxc5 Nxc5 23.Kg2
Rac8 24.Kf2 a5 25.Ke3 b6 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rf1 Kg7 28.f5 gxf5
29.Rxf5 Rd7 30.h4 Re7 31.Rf6 Nd7 32.Rd6 Ne5 33.Bd5 Ng4+ 34.Ke2
f5 35.Be6 Kg6 36.Bc8 Kh5 37.Bxf5 Kxh4 38.Bxg4 Kxg4 39.g6 h5
1-0

[Event "It (cat.7)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Markus Trepp"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Qf3 d5 12.exd5 exd5
13.O-O-O d4 14.Nce4 O-O 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Qd3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 b5
18.h4 Qd5 19.Kb1 h6 20.c3 Rad8 21.cxd4 exd4 22.f4 Bb4 23.g3
Bxd2 24.Nxd2 Qxa2+ 25.Kxa2 Nb4+ 26.Kb3 Nxd3 27.Ne4 Rfe8
28.Rxd3 Rxe4 29.Rhd1 Kf7 30.Kc2 Ke6 31.Ra1 Rd6 32.Kd2 Kd5
33.Rda3 Rde6 34.Rxa6 Re2+ 35.Kd1 Re1+ 36.Kd2 R6e2+ 0-1

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Istvan Csom"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O e6 7.d4 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Be7 9.f4 Qc7 10.f5 e5 11.Nb3 Nf6 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Be3 h6
14.Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Giancarlo Franzoni"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be2 Nc6
7.Nb3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.f4 Rc8 12.Kh1 Nb4
13.Nd4 Bc4 14.Ndb5 Qd7 15.Bxc4 Rxc4 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.e5 Bg7
18.exd6 exd6 19.Qxd6 Qf5 20.Rf2 Nxc2 21.g4 Qxg4 22.Rxc2 Rxf4
23.Qd5 Re8 24.Rg1 Qh4 25.Qg5 Qxg5 26.Rxg5 Rd8 27.Rgg2 Rf1+
28.Rg1 Rf4 29.Re1 h5 30.Re4 Rf5 31.Rce2 Kh7 32.Kg2 g5 33.Re8
Rd3 34.R8e3 Rd8 35.Ne4 Kg6 36.Ned6 Rf4 37.b3 Rd7 38.Re7 Rg4+
39.Kh1 Rd8 40.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jean-Luc Costa"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2
b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.e4 Nbd7 11.e5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nh5
13.Be4 Rc8 14.Rd1 Bd4 15.Nc3 Bxe5 16.f4 Nxf4 17.Qf3 Qc7 18.Bb7
Rd8 19.Bxa6 b4 20.Nb5 Qb8 21.Be3 Nd5 22.Ba7 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Beat Zueger"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 O-O 7.Be3
Nfd7 8.Ng1 Bxe2 9.Ngxe2 Nb6 10.b3 e6 11.Qd2 d5 12.cxd5 exd5
13.e5 Nc6 14.h4 f6 15.f4 Qe7 16.h5 Rfe8 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Bf2 a5
19.Qd3 f5 20.g4 Nb4 21.Qb1 Qe6 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Ng3 Rf8 24.Rh5
Qc6 25.Kd2 a4 26.Nxf5 Rf7 27.Nxg7 Rxg7 28.Qf5 axb3 29.Rah1
Nc4+ 30.Ke2 1-0

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bela Toth"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Nf3 e6
8.O-O Re8 9.Nd2 Na6 10.Kh1 Nc7 11.a4 Rb8 12.f4 exd5 13.cxd5 a6
14.a5 Bd7 15.Bf3 Nb5 16.Nxb5 Bxb5 17.Re1 c4 18.Ra3 Rc8 19.Nf1
Nd7 20.b4 cxb3 21.Qxb3 Nc5 22.Qb1 Na4 23.Bd2 Nc3 24.Qb3 Bxf1
25.Rxf1 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Rxe4 27.Qxb7 Re2 28.Be3 Rcc2 29.Rg1 Qe8
30.Bb6 Re1 31.Qxa6 Rcc1 32.Qa7 Bc3 33.a6 Bb4 34.Rb3 Rxg1+
35.Bxg1 Bc5 36.Qxc5 dxc5 37.a7 Rxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yehuda Gruenfeld"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4 a6 10.Be2 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qd8 12.Nf3 O-O 13.O-O
Re8 14.Nd2 Bd4+ 15.Kg2 Nf6 16.Bf3 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.7)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Pascal Horn"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.f3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 Nd7 8.Bc4 e5 9.Ne2 Qh4+ 10.Ng3 Bd6 11.O-O exd4 12.cxd4
Bxg3 13.hxg3 Qxg3 14.Ba3 h5 15.Qa4 O-O-O 16.Qxa7 h4 17.Rac1 h3
18.Rc2 Rh5 19.Ba6 Bxa6 20.Qxa6+ Kb8 21.Bb4 hxg2 22.Rxg2 Qf4
23.Bd2 Qd6 24.Be3 Rdh8 25.Kf2 Rh2 26.Rg1 Nf8 27.Qc4 f6 28.Qf7
Ne6 29.Rxh2 Rxh2+ 30.Rg2 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dan Cramling"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O
b6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Rc8 11.Nc3 d6 12.Qd2 Qd7
13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bb5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rfc1 Qf5
18.a4 Bd7 19.a5 Qe5 20.axb6 axb6 21.h3 Bf5 22.e4 Bxe4 23.Bxe4
Qxe4 24.Re1 Rc2 25.Rxe4 Rxd2 26.Rxe7 Rxd5 27.Raa7 Rf5 28.Rab7
Rc8 29.Re2 Rc6 30.g3 d5 31.Rd7 Rc3 32.Rd2 Rxb3 33.R2xd5 Rxd5
34.Rxd5 Rf3 35.Kg2 Rf6 36.g4 h6 37.h4 Rc6 38.Rd8 Kf6 39.Kg3
Ke6 40.Rh8 Kd5 41.Rxh6 b5 42.Rh8 Rb6 43.h5 gxh5 44.gxh5 Ke4
45.Kg4 b4 46.f3+ Ke5 47.h6 Rg6+ 48.Kh5 Rg1 49.Rb8 Rh1+ 50.Kg4
Rxh6 51.f4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Bor (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Slobodan Martinovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.O-O g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 d6 7.a3
Nge7 8.b4 cxb4 9.axb4 Nxb4 10.Ba3 Na6 11.Ne4 Nc5 12.Nfg5 Qc7
13.Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxd6 Nxd6 16.Qa4+ Kf8 17.Qb4 Ne8
18.Bxb7 a5 19.Bxc8 Rxc8 20.Rxa5 f5 21.Ra7 Bf6 22.Rfa1 Rc6
23.R1a6 Rxa6 24.Rxa6 Kf7 25.Qb6 g5 26.Qe6+ Kg7 27.Ra7 Kf8
28.c5 1-0

[Event "Commonwealth (England)"]
[Site "Commonwealth (England)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Stuart Conquest"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5
7.Nf3 Qc7 8.g3 Nd7 9.Bg2 O-O-O 10.O-O e6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.b4 h5
13.Qa4 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Kb8 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Rad1 h4
18.c4 Rdg8 19.Bg2 hxg3 20.hxg3 f5 21.c5 Qc7 22.b5 f4 23.bxc6
fxg3 24.f4 Qxf4 25.Re2 Nf6 26.Rb1 Rh4 27.c7+ Kc8 28.Bxb7+ Kxc7
29.Be4 Rb8 30.Qxa7+ Kc8 31.Rf1 Qh6 32.Qa6+ Kd8 33.Qd6+ Kc8
34.Bg2 Rb4 35.Qa6+ Kd7 36.d5 Rhd4 37.dxe6+ Kc7 38.Qc6+ Kb8
39.Qa8+ Kc7 40.Qa7+ Kc8 41.Bh3 fxe6 42.Bxe6+ Kd8 43.Qa8+ Ke7
44.Bc4 Kd7 45.Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Nc3 d6 10.Nd5 Kf8 11.Nf4 Nf6 12.Re1
Nd7 13.c3 Bf6 14.Nd3 Kg7 15.Bf4 Re8 16.Qg4 Nb6 17.Bb3 h5
18.Qg3 c5 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.Bxc7 Qc8 21.Bxb6 Rxe4 22.Rxe4 Bxe4
23.Re1 c4 24.Rxe4 cxb3 25.a3 a5 26.Qe3 Qf5 27.h3 Ra6 28.Bd4
Rd6 29.Qf4 Qd5 30.Re5 Qc6 31.Rxa5 Bxd4 32.cxd4 Rf6 33.Rc5 Qa6
34.Qe5 Kh7 35.Ra5 Qc6 36.Rc5 Qa6 37.Rc3 Re6 38.Qf4 Re1+ 39.Kh2
Kg7 40.Rxb3 1-0

[Event "Dubai"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Istvan Csom"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qd8 9.Nd4 Ng4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd2 e5 12.Qe2
Be7 13.h3 Nf6 14.f4 Nd7 15.O-O-O O-O 16.Rhf1 a5 17.Be3 a4
18.a3 Qa5 19.Bd2 Qb6 20.Be3 Qa5 21.Bd2 Qb6 22.Rf3 Nc5 23.Be3
exf4 24.Rxf4 Qa5 25.Rdf1 Be6 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.Rf5 Qa6 28.Qf2
Qc4 29.Rxf7 Bf6 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Qe1 Bxc3 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8
33.Qxc3 Qf1+ 34.Kd2 Qxg2+ 35.Kd3 Qf1+ 36.Kd2 c5 37.Qd3 Qg2+
38.Kc3 Ke7 39.b3 axb3 40.cxb3 Qxh3 41.e5 h5 42.a4 Ke8 43.exd6
Kd7 44.a5 Qh1 45.a6 h4 46.Qb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai"]
[Site "Ol"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Edhi Handoko"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb4+ 11.Ke2 Nc6 12.h3 Bd6
13.Qa4 Nb4 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Qa3 Qb6 16.Rhd1 Bd7 17.Nd4 a5
18.Kf1 f5 19.Ne2 Bb5 20.Bxb5 Qxb5 21.Rd2 Rac8 22.Rad1 a4
23.Kg1 Nc2 24.Qd6 Qxb2 25.Qxd5+ Kh8 26.Nd4 a3 27.Nxc2 Rxc2
28.Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dubai (United Arab Emirates)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gildardo Garcia"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Nbc6 8.Be2 Qa5 9.Bd2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa4 11.Bc3 b6 12.Qd3 a5
13.Qd2 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.O-O O-O 16.Rfe1 Raa8 17.Re3 Rac8
18.h4 Na7 19.h5 h6 20.Ne1 f6 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Bb2 Nb5 23.c3 Nf5
24.Rf3 Rcf8 25.Nd3 Nbd6 26.Ne5 Nc4 27.Qe2 Nxe5 28.dxe5 R6f7
29.Bc1 Qg4 30.Qd3 Qxh5 31.Rb1 Nh4 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.Rxb6 Qg4
34.Qg3 Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Nf5 36.Qg6 Qxc1 37.Rb8+ Rf8 38.Qxe6+ Kh7
39.Rxf8 Qf4+ 40.Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dubai (United Arab Emirates)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edgar De Castro"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Rxf4 Nc6 12.Nd4 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 Nd7 14.Kh1 Ne5 15.Nd5 Bg5 16.Rf1 Rc8 17.c3 Bxd5
18.exd5 Re8 19.Qc2 g6 20.Rae1 Bh6 21.Qb3 Qd7 22.Qd1 Bg7 23.b3
b5 24.a4 h5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Qd2 Re7 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.c4 Qe7
29.Bd3 bxc4 30.Bxc4 Ra8 31.Qf2 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Be5 33.g3 Kg7
34.Kg2 h4 35.Qe3 Rh8 36.Re2 hxg3 37.hxg3 Qd7 38.Qf3 Qh3+
39.Kf2 Ra8 40.Ke3 Ra1 41.Kd3 Qxg3 42.Qxg3 Bxg3 43.Kc2 Be5
44.b4 Ra3 45.Bb3 f5 46.b5 Ra8 47.Bc4 g5 48.Re1 g4 49.b6 Rb8
50.Rb1 Bd4 51.b7 Kf6 52.Bd3 Kg5 53.Kd2 f4 54.Ke1 f3 55.Be4 Kf4
56.Bg6 g3 57.Rb4 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dubai (United Arab Emirates)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dan Barbulescu"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7
13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.Qe1 Bf8 15.Nc1 h6 16.Bf3 d5 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Qd2
Bd6 19.h3 e4 20.Be2 Ne5 21.Nb3 Qd7 22.Nd4 Bxh3 23.gxh3 Qxh3
24.Bf4 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dubai (United Arab Emirates)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "F J Ochoa De Echaguen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9.Nxd4 a6 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Kh1 Qc7
13.f4 Rfe8 14.Qf3 Bf8 15.Nde2 Qa5 16.g4 Nc5 17.g5 Nfd7 18.Nd4
b5 19.cxb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dubai (United Arab Emirates)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Adriana Salazar"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
e5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 Nd4
13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bd3 Rac8 16.f4 Bc4 17.a5 Rc5
18.Rf2 Rfc8 19.Ra4 h6 20.h3 Qd8 21.Qf3 Qc7 22.b3 Bxd3 23.Qxd3
Rc3 24.Qxd4 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 Qxc2 26.Qxd6 Qxb3 27.Qd4 Rc2 28.Kh2
Qf3 29.Qg1 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dubai (United Arab Emirates)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bogomil Andonov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Bg2
O-O 8.h3 Nc6 9.Nde2 Bd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.a4 Nb4 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qd2
Rfd8 14.Rfc1 Nc6 15.b3 Be6 16.Rab1 Qb8 17.Bg5 Ne5 18.Nd5 Nxd5
19.exd5 f6 20.Be3 Bd7 21.Nd4 Nf7 22.c4 Re8 23.Re1 a6 24.Bf1
Qc7 25.Kh2 Rb8 26.f4 f5 27.Bf2 Nd8 28.a5 e5 29.dxe6 Nxe6
30.Nxe6 Bxe6 31.Qb4 Qd7 32.Rbd1 Bf8 33.Bg2 Bf7 34.Bf3 Rxe1
35.Rxe1 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Dubai (United Arab Emirates)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Raja Ravisekhar"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd2
Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nd7 9.O-O-O O-O-O 10.Bc4 Rf8 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.Kb1 Kb8
13.f5 Ngf6 14.Rhg1 Nh5 15.f4 Bh6 16.Qf2 Nb6 17.Qh4 Nc8 18.Ne2
Bg7 19.e5 d5 20.c3 Qd8 21.Bc2 e6 22.f6 Re8 23.Nc1 Bf8 24.Rde1
Nb6 25.Bd1 Nc4 26.Bxh5 gxh5 27.Qxh5 Qd7 28.Nd3 b6 29.Bc1 Na5
30.f5 exf5 31.e6 Rxe6 32.Ne5 Qe8 33.Qxf7 Qxf7 34.Nxf7 Rxe1
35.Rxe1 Rg8 36.Re8+ Kb7 37.Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Kamran G Shirazi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.Rb1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5
13.Bd3 Nd7 14.h3 Bh5 15.Be4 Qc7 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bd3 f5 18.Be2
Rae8 19.Re1 Nf6 20.Ng5 Bh2+ 21.Kh1 Rxe2 22.Rxe2 Ne4 23.Nxe4
fxe4 24.Qe1 Bxe2 25.Qxe2 Bd6 26.Qxe4 Qf7 27.Qxc6 Qg6 28.Rxb5
Rxf2 29.Qa8+ Rf8 30.Rg5 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Markovich Kogan"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Qc2 Na6 10.a3 f5 11.c5 Be7 12.Ne5 Nc7 13.f3 Ne6
14.Be3 Bg5 15.f4 Bh6 16.Nc3 Bd7 17.b4 Be8 18.g4 g6 19.g5 Bg7
20.Ne2 Rc8 21.Qa4 a6 22.Rad1 Rc7 23.Qb3 h6 24.h4 hxg5 25.hxg5
N4xg5 26.fxg5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 f4 28.Bc1 Qxg5+ 29.Kf2 Qh4+ 30.Kg2
f3 31.Rxf3 Rxf3 32.Kxf3 Rf7+ 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 Bb7 8.Nd2 g5 9.Bg3 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.e4 Qe7 12.Qa4 Nh5
13.O-O-O Nxg3 14.hxg3 c5 15.d5 Kd8 16.f4 e5 17.f5 g4 18.Kc2
Qg5 19.Bd3 h5 20.Rh4 Nf6 21.Re1 Ke7 22.Kd1 Rhb8 23.Ke2 a6
24.Rb1 Bc8 25.Qc2 Kf8 26.Rb2 Rb7 27.a4 Rab8 28.Qb1 Kg7 29.Rh1
Bd7 30.Nb3 Bc8 31.Qc1 Kh6 32.Qxg5+ Kxg5 33.Nd2 Bd7 34.Bc2 Bc8
35.Kf2 Ne8 36.Rhb1 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Qd2 Nd7
13.a4 a5 14.Bb5 Nf6 15.f3 Bg6 16.c4 Qc7 17.Qf2 Nd7 18.Kh1 h6
19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Bf6 21.Rac1 Be5 22.c5 dxc5 23.Bxe5 Nxe5
24.Qxc5 Qxc5 25.Nxc5 b6 26.Rfe1 f6 27.Ne6 Rfc8 28.Rxc8+ Rxc8
29.d6 Rc2 30.h3 Nf7 31.Be8 Rd2 32.d7 1-0

[Event "London (England)"]
[Site "London (England)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Be3 e5 7.Qd2
Nge7 8.Bh6 O-O 9.Bxg7 Kxg7 10.f4 Be6 11.Nf3 f6 12.O-O Nd4
13.Nh4 Qb6 14.Rf2 c4 15.dxc4 Bxc4 16.b3 Bg8 17.Na4 Qc7 18.c3
Ndc6 19.c4 Nd4 20.Rc1 Rad8 21.Bh3 h6 22.Ng2 b5 23.cxb5 Qb7
24.Ne3 Nxb5 25.Nc3 Nxc3 26.Qxc3 Qxe4 27.Bg2 Qd4 28.Qxd4 exd4
29.Nc2 Nf5 30.Rd1 Rfe8 31.Nxd4 Nxd4 32.Rxd4 Re1+ 33.Bf1 Rd7
34.Rfd2 d5 35.Kf2 Ra1 36.Bg2 Kf8 37.Ra4 Be6 38.Ke3 g5 39.Kd4
gxf4 40.gxf4 Re1 41.Ra5 Kf7 42.Bxd5 Rf1 43.Ke4 f5 44.Ke3 Re7
45.Bxe6+ Rxe6+ 46.Kd3 Rxf4 47.Rxa7+ Kf6 48.Kc2 Rf1 49.b4 f4
50.b5 f3 51.Ra6 Ke7 52.Rxe6+ Kxe6 53.b6 f2 54.Kd3 Rb1 55.Rxf2
Rxb6 56.Kc4 Ra6 57.Kb5 Ra3 58.Rd2 Ke5 59.Kb4 Ra8 60.a4 Rb8+
61.Kc5 Rc8+ 62.Kb5 Rb8+ 63.Ka6 Rc8 64.Ra2 Ke6 65.a5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.O-O Bg7
8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc5 Re8 12.Re1 b6 13.Ba3
Qc8 14.Bc2 Qb7 15.Qe2 Rad8 16.Rad1 Nh5 17.g3 Na7 18.b3 Qc6
19.Bb2 b5 20.Nf1 a5 21.Ne3 Qb7 22.c4 b4 23.Rd2 c5 24.Rd5 Bc6
25.Rxc5 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 Qxe4 27.Nd5 Qxe2 28.Rxe2 e4 29.Ne1 Rc8
30.Rxc8 Nxc8 31.g4 e3 32.fxe3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Calvin Blocker"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Ne7 12.Nxf6+
gxf6 13.c4 Bb7 14.cxb5 Bxe4 15.Qa4 d5 16.bxa6 Kf8 17.f3 Bf5
18.Rd1 Rg8 19.b4 Qb6 20.Qb3 Kg7 21.b5 Kh8 22.Nc2 Rac8 23.Rd2
Bxc2 24.Rxc2 Nf5 25.Bd3 Qa5+ 26.Kf2 Nd4 27.Rhc1 Nxb3 28.axb3
Qb6+ 29.Kf1 Rxc2 30.Rxc2 Qe3 31.Be2 d4 32.Bc4 d3 33.Ra2 Qc1+
34.Kf2 Qc2+ 35.Rxc2 dxc2 36.b6 c1=Q 37.b7 Qd2+ 38.Be2 Qb2 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Calvin Blocker"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 a5 6.a3 a4 7.Qc2
Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Bb7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 d6 11.e3 Nbd7 12.Rd1 Ra5
13.Bd3 Qa8 14.Be2 Ne4 15.Qc2 g5 16.Bg3 h5 17.h3 Rg8 18.d5 exd5
19.Nd4 dxc4 20.Bxh5 Nxg3 21.fxg3 Ne5 22.Qh7 Rf8 23.O-O Be4
24.Qh6 Qc8 25.Qf6 Qd7 26.Ne6 Qe7 27.Nxf8 Qxf6 28.Rxf6 Kxf8
29.Rdf1 Bd5 30.e4 Bxe4 31.Bxf7 Ke7 32.Re6+ Kd7 33.Ref6 Rb5
34.Be6+ Ke7 35.h4 Rxb2 36.Bh3 g4 37.Re6+ Kxe6 0-1

[Event "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Site "Oslo (Norway)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sergey Makarichev"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bd7
7.Bb3 g6 8.f3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bg7 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.O-O-O
Rxc3 13.bxc3 O-O 14.Kb1 Re8 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Qxc3 17.Qd2
Qc7 18.Rhe1 a5 19.Qd4 b5 20.a3 Rc8 21.Rd2 a4 22.Ba2 Be6 23.e5
dxe5 24.Qxe5 Bxa2+ 25.Kxa2 Qc4+ 26.Kb1 h5 27.Red1 Rc7 28.h3
Kh7 29.Qd4 Qe6 30.g4 Rc4 31.Qd3 Qb6 32.Qd8 Qc5 33.Qf8 Qxa3
34.Qxf7+ Kh6 35.g5 Kxg5 36.Rd5+ Nxd5 37.Rxd5+ Kh4 38.Rxb5 Rb4+
39.Rxb4+ Qxb4+ 40.Ka2 g5 0-1

[Event "It ( shv. )"]
[Site "Philadelfia"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Stefan Djuric"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6 9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 c5 11.Rfd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Qc8 14.Qd3 Rd8 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Rac1 Na6 17.Qf3 Nc5
18.Nc3 a6 19.b4 Nb7 20.a3 Qc7 21.h4 Nd6 22.Na4 Nb7 23.Qe3 a5
24.Nf3 axb4 25.Nxb6 Rxa3 26.Nd5 Rxe3 27.Nxc7 Rxe2 28.Rb1 Ra2
29.Rd2 Rxd2 30.Nxd2 Na5 31.Ra1 Nc6 32.Nb3 Rc8 33.Na8 Bd8 34.c5
Na5 35.Nxa5 Rxa8 36.Nb3 Rxa1 37.Nxa1 Bf6 38.Nb3 Kf8 39.Kf3 Ke7
40.Ke4 d5 41.cxd6 Kxd6 42.h5 Bc3 43.g4 h6 44.f4 Bf6 45.Nd2 Kc5
46.Kd3 Kd5 47.g5 Bb2 48.Ne4 f5 49.Ng3 b3 50.Ne2 Bd4 51.Ng3 b2
52.Kc2 hxg5 53.fxg5 f4 54.Ne2 f3 55.Ng3 e5 56.g6 e4 57.Nf5 f2
58.Ng3 e3 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 fxe4 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.Nfd2 Qg5 8.dxc5 Nf6 9.Qe2 Qxg2 10.Qf1 Qg4 11.Nc4 Qh5 12.Be3
Be6 13.Nbd2 O-O-O 14.Qg2 h6 15.Qg3 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Rd5 17.O-O Qf5
18.Rae1 Nh5 19.Qg2 g5 20.Bc1 Rxc5 21.Nd2 Nf4 22.Qxe4 Qe6
23.Kh1 Qg4 24.Qf3 Qxf3+ 25.Nxf3 Nd3 26.Re2 Rd8 27.Be3 Rb5
28.b3 g4 29.Nh4 Nf4 30.Bxf4 exf4 31.f3 Rh5 32.Ng6 gxf3 33.Ref2
1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Slavko Duric"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6 9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 c5 11.Rfd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Qc8 14.Qd3 Rd8 15.Na4 Be7 16.Rac1 Na6 17.Qf3 Nc5
18.Nc3 a6 19.b4 Nb7 20.a3 Qc7 21.h4 Nd6 22.Na4 Nb7 23.Qe3 a5
24.Nf3 axb4 25.Nxb6 Rxa3 26.Nd5 Rxe3 27.Nxc7 Rxe2 28.Rb1 Ra2
29.Rd2 Rxd2 30.Nxd2 Na5 31.Ra1 Nc6 32.Nb3 Rc8 33.Na8 Bd8 34.c5
Na5 35.Nxa5 Rxa8 36.Nb3 Rxa1 37.Nxa1 Bf6 38.Nb3 Kf8 39.Kf3 Ke7
40.Ke4 d5 41.cxd6 Kxd6 42.h5 Bc3 43.g4 h6 44.f4 Bf6 45.Nd2 Kc5
46.Kd3 Kd5 47.g5 Bb2 48.Ne4 f5 49.Ng3 b3 50.Ne2 Bd4 51.Ng3 b2
52.Kc2 hxg5 53.fxg5 f4 54.Ne2 f3 55.Ng3 e5 56.g6 e4 57.Nf5 f2
58.Ng3 e3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Bd7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Ne3 Nc6 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nd4 Rfe8 18.b3 Bxh3
19.Bb2 Bd7 20.Rc1 g6 21.Ne2 Bc6 22.Ng3 Bf8 23.Bb1 Qb6 24.Bd4
Qb7 25.f3 h5 26.Kf2 Bg7 27.Qd2 Bd7 28.Rcd1 h4 29.Ne2 h3 30.Ng3
hxg2 31.Kxg2 Rcd8 32.Kf2 d5 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.exd5 Nxf3 35.Kxf3
Qxd5+ 36.Be4 Rxe4 37.Rxe4 f5 38.Bxg7 fxe4 39.Ke3 Qg5+ 40.Kf2
Qxd2+ 41.Rxd2 Kxg7 42.Nxe4 Rf8+ 43.Kg3 Bf5 44.Nd6 Bb1 45.Rb2
Rf1 46.Rd2 Kf6 47.Nb7 Ke5 48.Nc5 a5 49.a4 Rc1 50.Nb7 bxa4
51.bxa4 Be4 52.Nxa5 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Milorad Knezevic"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6
7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Bc5 11.Be3 Qe8 12.f4
d5 13.Rae1 f6 14.Nf3 fxe5 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.Qxe5 Ba6 17.Qxe8
Raxe8 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Rd1 Nd7 20.Re1 Rxe1+ 21.Nxe1 Kf7 22.Nf3
Ke7 23.Kf2 Kd6 24.h3 c5 25.g4 d4 26.Ne4+ Kd5 27.Ng3 Nf6 28.Nd2
Ne8 29.Kf3 Nd6 30.Nh5 Ne8 31.Ng3 Nd6 32.Nh5 Ne8 33.f5 Ke5
34.Nf4 Nd6 35.Ne6 Nc4 36.Nb3 Bb7+ 37.Kf2 Nxb2 38.Nbxc5 Bd5
39.a3 Nc4 40.Nb3 Kd6 41.Nxg7 Bf7 42.a4 Ne3 43.Nxd4 Nd1+ 44.Ke2
Nb2 45.a5 c5 46.Nf3 Bc4+ 47.Ke1 Bd5 48.Ng5 h6 49.N5e6 Nc4
50.a6 Ne3 51.Kd2 Bc6 52.f6 Nc4+ 53.Kc1 Ne5 54.Nd8 Bd5 55.Nb7+
Kc6 56.Nf5 Bg2 57.h4 Nf7 58.Nxh6 Nxh6 59.g5 Nf7 60.g6 Ne5
61.f7 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Harry Schussler"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 Ne5 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.Be2 e6 12.O-O Be7
13.f4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.Qf3 O-O 16.Rad1 Nd7 17.Qg3 Re8
18.Kh1 b5 19.Bd4 g6 20.e5 Bb7 21.Na5 Qc7 22.Nxb7 Qxb7 23.f5
Nxe5 24.fxe6 fxe6 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Qxe5 Qc6 27.h4 Rf8 28.h5 Qc4
29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Rd4 Qf1+ 32.Kh2 Qf5 33.Qxf5 gxf5
34.g3 Rc8 35.a3 Bxa3 36.bxa3 Rxc3 37.Rd6 Rxc2+ 38.Kh3 Rc3
39.a4 f4 40.Rxe6 bxa4 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.f3 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Nh3 b5
8.dxe6 fxe6 9.cxb5 d5 10.Nf2 c4 11.Be2 a6 12.bxa6 Bxa6 13.a3
Be7 14.b3 cxb3 15.Qxb3 Nbd7 16.O-O Nc5 17.Qa2 Qc7 18.Bxa6 Rxa6
19.Nb5 Qd7 20.Rb1 Kh8 21.Bd2 h6 22.Bc3 Rb8 23.Nd4 Rba8 24.Nc2
Na4 25.Bd4 Rc6 26.Qb3 Qc8 27.Nb4 Rc7 28.Nfd3 Nc5 29.Nxc5 Bxc5
30.Be5 Rca7 31.Bb2 Qc7 32.Rfc1 Qb6 33.Rxc5 Qxc5 34.Bd4 Qc7
35.Bxa7 Qxa7 36.Ra1 e5 37.Nc6 Qc7 38.Rc1 d4 39.exd4 exd4
40.Rc4 Qd6 41.Nxd4 Rxa3 42.Rc8+ Kh7 43.Qc2+ g6 44.Qc7+ Qxc7
45.Rxc7+ Kg8 46.Rc8+ Kf7 47.Rc7+ Kg8 48.h3 Ra2 49.Ne6 Ra6
50.Nf4 Ne8 51.Re7 Ng7 52.Kh2 Rf6 53.Re4 Rd6 54.g4 Kf7 55.Re5
Ne8 56.Kg3 Nf6 57.h4 Rd7 58.Ra5 Rb7 59.Ra6 Rd7 60.Rc6 g5
61.Nh3 gxh4 62.Kxh4 Rd3 63.Rc7+ Kg8 64.Kg3 Ne4+ 65.Kf4 Ng5
66.Nxg5 hxg5 67.Ke4 Rd6 68.Rc5 Rg6 1-0

[Event "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Site "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Cris Ramayrat"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O Bb7 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Qd3 Nd7
13.Qh3 Nc5 14.Bd5 exd5 15.exd5 Be7 16.Nf5 Bc8 17.Nxe7 Bxh3
18.Nc6 Ne6 19.Nxd8 Kxd8 20.gxh3 Nf4 21.Re4 Nxh3+ 22.Kg2 f5
23.Rb4 Ng5 24.a4 bxa4 25.Rbxa4 Ke7 26.Rxa6 Rxa6 27.Rxa6 Rb8
28.b3 Nf7 29.Ne2 Rb5 30.c4 Rxb3 31.Nd4 Rb2 32.Nxf5+ Kf6
33.Nxd6 Ne5 34.c5 Rc2 35.Nc4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6
7.N2c3 O-O 8.Bc4 Nbd7 9.O-O c5 10.Be3 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qc7 12.Nxc5
Nxc5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 15.Bd3 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Larry Christiansen"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 d5 12.exd5 Na5 13.Qc2
exd4 14.cxd4 Nxd5 15.Nc3 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Nc4 17.Bf4 a5 18.Re2 Bd6
19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.b3 Nb6 21.Rae1 b4 22.Qc6 Rc8 23.Qb5 Nd7 24.Re7
Ne5 25.Qb7 Rb8 26.Qc7 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 g6 28.Kf1 Rb5 29.Rxf7 Qxc7
30.Rxc7 Rf7 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.Ree7 Rf5 33.Ke2 Rxf3 34.Rxf7+ Rxf7
35.Rc6 Re7+ 36.Kf3 Rf7+ 37.Ke3 Re7+ 38.Kf3 Rf7+ 39.Kg3 Re7
40.Ra6 Re4 41.Rxa5 Rxd4 42.Ra7+ Kh6 43.h4 d5 44.f3 Rd2 45.Ra4
g5 46.Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Kudrin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Qf3 d5 12.exd5 exd5
13.O-O-O d4 14.Nce4 O-O 15.Bd2 Nc6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qb3+ Kh8
18.h4 b5 19.Ne4 b4 20.f3 a5 21.Qd3 Qe6 22.Kb1 a4 23.g4 Be7
24.Bg5 b3 25.cxb3 axb3 26.a3 Bxa3 27.bxa3 Rxa3 28.Bc1 Nb4
29.Bxa3 Nxd3 30.Bxf8 Qa6 31.Rh2 b2 32.Rhh1 Qa1+ 33.Kc2 Nc1
34.Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 35.Rxc1 Qa2+ 36.Kd3 Qb3+ 37.Nc3 dxc3 38.Rxc3
Qf7 39.Bc5 Qxf3+ 40.Be3 Qxg4 41.Rc4 Qf5+ 42.Kd2 h6 43.Rb4 Kh7
44.Rc4 Qd7+ 45.Kc3 Kg6 46.Rc5 Kf5 47.Rc4 Qd8 48.Kc2 e4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lubomir Kavalek"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 d5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nbd2
Bd7 8.Bd3 Be7 9.O-O Rc8 10.Qb1 h6 11.Bh4 cxd4 12.exd4 g5
13.Bg3 Nh5 14.Be5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Nf4 16.Nxd7 Kxd7 17.Nf3 Bd6
18.a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.f3 a6 6.e4 Qc7 7.Nc3
e6 8.Be3 d6 9.Rc1 Bb7 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O Be7 12.Qe1 O-O 13.g4
h6 14.h4 Nh7 15.Kg2 g5 16.hxg5 hxg5 17.Rh1 Rfe8 18.Qg3 Ndf8
19.Rh6 Bf6 20.Rch1 Be5 21.Qf2 Rab8 22.Nc2 Bc8 23.Nb4 f6 24.Nd3
Bxc3 25.bxc3 Re7 26.Nb4 Rg7 27.Bd3 a5 28.Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Rohde"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7
13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.Qe1 Bf8 15.Bc1 h6 16.h3 d5 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Bd3
e4 19.Be2 Bb4 20.Be3 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.bxc3 Rxc3 23.Nd4 Bg6
24.d6 Nd5 25.Bd2 Rcc8 26.c4 N5f6 27.Be3 Red8 28.Nb3 Ne8 29.Ra4
f5 30.c5 Bf7 31.Bc4 Nef6 32.Bxf7+ Kxf7 33.Rb4 Rb8 34.f3 exf3
35.gxf3 Ne5 36.Nd4 Nd5 37.Rb3 Nd7 38.Nxf5 Nxe3 39.Rxe3 Nxc5
40.Rd5 b6 41.Ne7 Nd7 42.Nc6 Nf6 43.Rd2 bxa5 44.Nxb8 Rxb8
45.Re7+ Kf8 46.Ra7 Rd8 47.Rxa6 Ne8 48.Kf2 a4 49.Ke3 a3 50.Kf4
a2 51.Ke5 Nxd6 52.Rdxd6 Rxd6 53.Kxd6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
c5 8.Na4 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.a3 d6 11.b4 Nbd7 12.Re1 a5 13.Bb2
axb4 14.axb4 b5 15.cxb5 Nb6 16.Nd2 Nfd5 17.Qb3 Nxa4 18.Rxa4
Qb6 19.Rea1 Rxa4 20.Rxa4 Nf4 21.Bf1 Bf6 22.g3 Bxd4 23.Bxd4
Qxd4 24.Qe3 Qd5 25.f3 Ng6 26.Bc4 Qe5 27.Qxe5 Nxe5 28.Be2 g5
29.Ra7 Rb8 30.Kf2 Bd5 31.Ne4 Bxe4 32.fxe4 Kf8 33.Ke3 Ke8
34.Kd2 h6 35.Kc3 Kd8 36.Kb3 Nd7 37.Ra6 Nb6 38.Bh5 f5 39.exf5
exf5 40.Bf3 Ke7 41.Bc6 f4 42.gxf4 gxf4 43.Kc3 d5 44.Kd4 f3
45.Ke3 Nc4+ 46.Kf2 Ne5 47.Bxd5 Nd3+ 48.Kxf3 Rxb5 49.Be4 Nxb4
50.Rxh6 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2
b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Rd1 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qc7
13.Bg5 b4 14.e5 Ne8 15.Ne4 Nc6 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nxc6 Bxc6
18.Rac1 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Ra7 20.Rc8 Nc7 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.h4 h5
23.Rd4 a5 24.Qd3 Ra8 25.Rd6 a4 26.Bxa4 Nd5 27.Bc6 Rxa2 28.Bxd5
exd5 29.Qxd5 Ra1+ 30.Kh2 Qe7 31.g3 Re1 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Qd3+ g6
34.Rd7 Qe6 35.Rb7 Kg7 36.Qf3 Rxe5 37.Rxb4 Qd5 38.Qxd5 Rxd5
39.Rf4 Rd2 40.b4 f6 41.Kg2 g5 42.Rc4 Rb2 43.Kf3 Kg6 44.hxg5
fxg5 45.Rc6+ Kf5 46.Rc5+ Kg6 47.b5 h4 48.Kg4 Rb4+ 49.f4 gxf4
50.gxh4 f3 51.Kg3 Rb3 52.Rc6+ Kh5 53.b6 f2 54.Kxf2 Kxh4 55.Ke2
Kg5 56.Kd2 Rh3 57.Rc5+ Kf6 58.Rb5 Rh8 59.b7 Rb8 60.Kc3 Ke6
61.Kb4 Kd7 62.Ka5 Kc7 63.Ka6 Re8 64.Ka7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2
Bb7 8.a3 Be7 9.d5 O-O 10.g3 exd5 11.Bg2 c6 12.cxd5 c5 13.O-O
d6 14.b4 Nd7 15.Rab1 Ba6 16.Rfc1 Re8 17.Nf4 Ne5 18.Qd1 Bg5
19.bxc5 bxc5 20.Ne4 Bxf4 21.gxf4 Ng6 22.Qa4 Bd3 23.Rb7 Nh4
24.Rd7 Qb6 25.Nxd6 c4 26.Qb5 Reb8 27.Qxb6 Rxb6 28.Bf1 h6
29.Bxd3 cxd3 30.Nc8 Rg6+ 31.Kf1 Kh7 32.Ne7 Rg2 33.Rd1 Rxh2
34.Rxd3 Rb8 35.Rd2 Nf3 36.Rc2 Rb1+ 37.Ke2 Ne1 38.Rd2 g5 1-0

[Event "It (cat.7)"]
[Site "Vrnjachka Banja (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bosko Abramovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxe4
13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Qxb4 f5 15.Na5 Qc7 16.f3 Nf6 17.Bb6 Qd7
18.Bc4 d5 19.Bb3 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Rfe1 Nd7 22.a5 e4 23.Ba4
Qb7 24.Qd6 Rae8 25.c4 dxc4 26.Rad1 Rf7 27.fxe4 f4 28.Bc6 Qb8
29.Qxb8 Rxb8 30.Rd6 Nf8 31.Red1 f3 32.Rd8 f2 33.Bxf2 Rxb2
34.Bc5 c3 35.Bd4 Ra2 36.Be8 Rc7 37.Rf1 c2 38.Bd7 Bf7 39.Be6 h5
0-1

[Event "It ( cat. 12 )"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3 g5
8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Qf6 10.Rc1 exd5 11.cxd5 Bf5 12.Bd3 Qg6 13.Ke2
Bxc3 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Qxc3 Rg8 16.f3 Bxd5 17.Rd1 Qe6 18.Kf2 Nc6
19.e4 Bxa2 20.Rxd6 Qc4 21.Ne2 Qxc3 22.Nxc3 Be6 23.h4 Rd8
24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Rd1+ Ke7 27.Bd6+ Kf6 28.Bxc5 b5
29.Be3 Rd8 30.Rxd8 Nxd8 31.Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "89"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hans Ree"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3
Bf8 14.d4 Qc7 15.d5 Nc4 16.h3 Nh7 17.b3 Nb6 18.Be3 Bd7 19.Nd2
Be7 20.Rf1 Bg5 21.f4 exf4 22.Bxf4 Bxf4 23.Rxf4 Nf8 24.Qh5 Re7
25.Raf1 Bc8 26.R4f2 Ra7 27.c4 Qd8 28.Qe2 Ng6 29.Qe3 Ne5 30.Nh5
Nbd7 31.g4 Re8 32.Qg3 Nf8 33.Nf4 Nfg6 34.Ng2 Rb7 35.Bd1 bxc4
36.bxc4 Rb4 37.a3 Rb2 38.Qc3 Rb8 39.Qg3 Qa5 40.g5 hxg5 41.Qxg5
Bxh3 42.Bh5 Rb2 43.Qe3 Bxg2 44.Rxg2 Rc2 45.Bxg6 fxg6 46.Qf4
Qc3 47.Rh2 Rc1 48.a4 Rxf1+ 49.Qxf1 Qe3+ 50.Kh1 Rf8 51.Qe2 Qxe2
52.Rxe2 Rb8 53.Kg2 Rb2 54.Kf2 Kf7 55.Ke3 Ra2 56.Re1 Ra3+
57.Ke2 Rxa4 58.Rb1 Rb4 59.Ra1 Rb6 60.Kd1 g5 61.Kc2 g4 62.Kc3
Kg6 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Be2 Bc5 10.Na4 Qa5+ 11.c3 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4
13.b4 Nf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qc7 15.Qd4 O-O 16.O-O b5 17.Nb2 a5 18.Be2
Ba6 19.Nd3 Rfc8 20.Rfc1 Qd8 21.Rab1 Bb7 22.Nc5 Nxc5 23.bxc5
Qe7 24.Bxb5 Rxc5 25.Bd3 Rac8 26.f5 exf5 27.Bxf5 R8c6 28.Re1 g6
29.e6 Bc8 30.exf7 Qxf7 31.Bd3 Rc7 32.Rf1 Qg7 33.Qh4 Qe7 34.Qf4
R5c6 35.Kh1 Qd6 36.Qd4 Be6 37.Rbe1 Rf7 38.h3 Rcc7 39.c4 Rxf1+
40.Bxf1 Bf7 41.cxd5 Rc2 42.a4 Rc8 43.Rd1 Be8 44.Bb5 Rb8
45.Bxe8 Rxe8 46.Qd2 Ra8 47.Qc3 Ra7 48.Qc8+ Kg7 49.Qc3+ Kg8
50.Qc8+ Kg7 51.Qc4 Qb4 52.Qxb4 axb4 53.d6 Rd7 54.a5 Kf6 55.a6
Rd8 56.a7 Ke6 57.d7 b3 58.a8=Q 1-0

[Event "It (cat.12)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "John Van der Wiel"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Bd3 Na6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.e5
Nd7 8.h4 c5 9.h5 cxd4 10.hxg6 hxg6 11.Ng5 Nxe5 12.fxe5 dxc3
13.Kf2 dxe5 14.Be3 Qd6 15.Rh4 cxb2 16.Rb1 Rd8 17.Qh1 Qf6+
18.Kg1 Rxd3 19.cxd3 Bf5 20.Nh7 Qd6 21.Ng5 Qf6 22.Nh7 Qd6
23.Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "65"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bb5 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.d3 O-O 9.Qe1 Ne8 10.Bd2 f5 11.e5 Nc7 12.Qh4 Ne6
13.Rae1 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.exd6 exd6 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Na4 Kf7
18.Ba5 Re8 19.b3 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Be6 21.Nb2 Ke7 22.Nc4 Kd7 23.Kf2
Bf6 24.g3 Bd5 25.Nd2 g5 26.Nf3 g4 27.Nh4 Be6 28.Ng2 Re8 29.Re2
c5 30.Ke1 Rc8 31.Nh4 Rc6 32.Bd2 Ra6 33.a4 Rb6 34.Bc1 Rb8
35.Bb2 a6 36.Kf2 Rg8 37.Bc1 Rf8 38.Bb2 Re8 39.Bc1 Rd8 40.Ba3
Rc8 41.Bb2 Rb8 42.Ke1 Bd8 43.Kd1 Ba5 44.Bc1 d5 45.Bb2 c4
46.Bxd4 cxb3 47.Kc1 bxc2 48.Kxc2 Bd8 49.Kc3 Rc8+ 50.Kb2 Be7
51.Kb1 Ba3 52.Rc2 Rb8+ 53.Ka2 Be7 54.Rb2 Bb4 55.Ng2 a5 56.Ne3
Rc8 57.Nc2 Be7 58.Kb1 Ke8 59.Rb5 Bd8 60.Kb2 h5 61.Bc3 Bd7
62.Rxd5 Bxa4 63.Rxf5 Bxc2 64.Kxc2 a4 65.Re5+ Kf7 66.Re4 Ba5
67.Rc4 Rxc4 68.dxc4 Bb6 69.f5 Bg1 70.Be5 Bxh2 71.c5 Bg1 72.c6
Bb6 73.c7 Bxc7 74.Bxc7 h4 75.gxh4 Kf6 76.Kb2 Kxf5 77.Ka3 1-0

[Event "Ch World (match) (candidates)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Nc5 14.h4 b4 15.Nb1 Bb7 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Nd2 e5 18.Nf5
O-O 19.Bc4+ Kh8 20.g6 hxg6 21.Qg4 d5 22.Nxe7 Qxe7 23.exd5 Rad8
24.Qg5 Rfe8 25.Nf3 Rd6 26.h5 gxh5 27.Qxh5+ Rh6 28.Qg6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "80"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ferdinand Hellers"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be6 8.Ng5 Qc7 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.g3 Qc6 12.Bg2 Nc5
13.O-O Be7 14.Qe2 Rd8 15.Rfd1 Kf7 16.f4 Rhe8 17.f5 Kg8 18.fxe6
Nxe6 19.Nd5 Nd4 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Qd3 Nxd5 22.exd5 Qc8 23.Be4
Qh3 24.Bf5 Qh6 25.Be6+ Kh8 26.Qxd4 Bf6 27.Qf4 Bg5 28.Qe4 Rf8
29.Rf1 Be3+ 30.Kg2 Bc5 31.Qd3 a5 32.c3 b6 33.Rf3 Rxf3 34.Qxf3
Qd2+ 35.Kh1 Qxb2 36.Rf1 h6 37.Qd3 Qa2 38.Rf4 Qa1+ 39.Kg2 Qg1+
40.Kh3 Qe3 41.Qg6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.12)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gennady Sosonko"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.e5 Ng8 8.Bc4 Bg7 9.Qf3 f5 10.Bf4 e6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.h4 Nh6
13.Rhe1 Nf7 14.Qg3 Rb8 15.Kb1 Rb4 16.Bb3 O-O 17.a3 Rxf4
18.Qxf4 Bxe5 19.Qd2 d5 20.g3 Bd7 21.h5 g5 22.Re2 Bf6 23.Qe3
Nd6 24.Qc5 Qb8 25.g4 Nb7 26.Qe3 f4 27.Qd2 Nc5 28.Ka2 Qb6
29.Qe1 Rb8 30.Na4 Nxa4 31.Rxe6 Qd8 32.Rxc6 Bxc6 33.Qe6+ Kg7
34.Qxc6 Nb6 35.h6+ Kxh6 36.c3 Kg7 37.f3 Rc8 38.Qb5 Qe7 39.Bc2
Qc5 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.h3 Nd7 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4
Ngf6 8.O-O Nxe4 9.Bxe4 O-O 10.Bg5 Re8 11.c3 Qb6 12.Qd2 Nf8
13.Rad1 Be6 14.b3 Bd5 15.Rfe1 f6 16.Bh6 Rad8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.c4 Bf7 19.h4 e5 20.Qc3 exd4 21.Rxd4 Rxd4 22.Nxd4 Qc5 23.Nf3
b5 24.Qa5 Nd7 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.Qd2 Ne5 27.Rc1 Qe7 28.Nxe5 Qxe5
29.Bf3 Re6 30.Rd1 Qc7 31.g3 a5 32.Kg2 b4 33.Rc1 Qb6 34.Qd7 Rd6
35.Qc7 Kf8 36.Qc8+ Kg7 37.Qc7 Kf8 38.Qxb6 Rxb6 39.Rc8+ Ke7
40.Rc7+ Kf8 41.Rc5 a4 42.bxa4 Bxa2 43.a5 Ra6 44.Bb7 Ra7 45.a6
Be6 46.Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "50"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4
Be7 8.c5 Ne4 9.Qc2 Bf6 10.Bb5 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 O-O 12.O-O a5
13.Bf4 a4 14.b4 axb3 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qxb3 Ba6 17.Rfb1 Be2
18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Qg5 20.a4 f6 21.Bd6 Rfe8 22.Qc3 Kh8 23.f4
Qf5 24.Rb6 Rec8 25.h3 h6 26.Kh2 Ba6 27.Ra3 Kg8 28.Qb2 Bd3
29.Rb7 Ba6 30.Re7 Qe4 31.Rg3 g6 32.f5 Qxf5 33.Rf3 Qe4 34.Rxf6
Re8 35.Rxe8+ Rxe8 36.Qf2 1-0

[Event "It (cat.12)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nh5 12.Nce4 Ndf6
13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Nc4 Bd4 15.e3 Bg7 16.e4 Re8 17.Bd2 Rb8 18.a5
f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Ra3 Be4 21.Re1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qd7 23.Rae3
Rxe3 24.Rxe3 Bd4 25.Re6 Ng7 26.Rxd6 Qf5 27.Ne3 Qe5 28.Rb6 Rf8
29.f4 Qe7 30.Qf3 Rd8 31.Nc4 Rd7 32.Bc3 Nf5 33.Re6 Qd8 34.Nb6
Rd6 35.Qe4 Kf7 36.Rxd6 Qxd6 37.Nc4 Qf6 38.Bxd4 Qxd4 39.Qxd4
cxd4 40.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "76"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Bg2
Bb7 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 d6 11.Bf4 Ke7 12.Rb1 Rb8
13.Qa4 Qc7 14.Rfd1 Rhd8 15.Ng5 h6 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Na5
18.Bxb7 Rxb7 19.Rxb7 Nxb7 20.Qxa7 Rd7 21.Qa4 Nd8 22.Rd2 Qc6
23.Qc2 f5 24.f3 Nf7 25.h4 g5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Be3 Kf6 28.Rd1
Ra7 29.g4 f4 30.Bf2 Qa4 31.Qd3 Qxa2 32.e3 fxe3 33.Bxe3 Ne5
34.Qxd6 Nxf3+ 35.Kf1 Rf7 36.Qxc5 Kg6 37.Bf2 Nh2+ 38.Kg1 Nxg4
39.Bg3 Qe2 40.Re1 Qf3 41.Bh2 Nf2 42.Rxe6+ Kh5 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Van der Sterren"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6 9.Rc1 c5 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 d6
13.Nde4 Be7 14.f4 Nd7 15.g4 a6 16.a4 Rb8 17.g5 Bc8 18.Qd2 b5
19.axb5 axb5 20.f5 f6 21.gxf6 gxf6 22.Ng3 Ne5 23.Nce4 Kh8
24.Nh5 Qe8 25.Qh6 Qf7 26.Rf4 Ra8 27.Rcf1 Ra4 28.Rh4 Rg8
29.Nhxf6 Rg7 30.Rh3 Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Utut Adianto"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 Ngf6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7
13.O-O-O e6 14.Ne4 Bd6 15.g3 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 O-O-O 17.c4 c5
18.Kb1 Rhe8 19.Bc3 Nf6 20.Qe2 Qc6 21.Rh4 Bc7 22.Ne5 Bxe5
23.Qxe5 Rd7 24.Rc1 cxd4 25.Bxd4 b6 26.a4 Kb7 27.Qe3 e5 28.Bc3
Qxa4 29.Bxe5 Qc6 30.Qf4 Re6 31.Qf5 g6 32.hxg6 fxg6 33.Qxg6
Rxe5 34.Rxh6 Qe4+ 35.Qxe4+ Nxe4 36.Rc2 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "It "]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Alburt"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5
7.N5c3 O-O 8.e3 Qe7 9.a3 e4 10.b4 Bd6 11.Bb2 a5 12.bxa5 Rxa5
13.Nd2 Be5 14.Qb3 Nbd7 15.Be2 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Rxd5 17.O-O Ne5
18.Rfd1 Bf5 19.Nf1 Nd3 20.Bxd3 exd3 21.f3 Rc8 22.Qb4 Qxb4
23.axb4 Be6 24.Ra3 Rcd8 25.Bd4 Rb5 26.Raxd3 Bc4 27.R3d2 Bxf1
28.Bc5 Re8 29.Kxf1 b6 30.Bd4 Rxb4 31.Kf2 h6 32.Bxf6 gxf6
33.Rc1 Rb3 34.e4 Rb5 35.Rc6 Kg7 36.Rdd6 Ra8 37.Rxf6 Ra2+
38.Kg3 Rg5+ 39.Kf4 Rgxg2 40.h4 b5 41.Rxh6 b4 42.Rh5 Rh2 43.Rb6
Rab2 44.Rb7 Kg8 45.Rb8+ Kg7 46.Rg5+ Kf6 47.Rf5+ Ke7 48.Ke5 Kd7
49.Rxf7+ Kc6 50.Rfb7 Rh3 51.f4 b3 52.f5 Re3 53.f6 Rbe2 54.Rb4
b2 55.f7 b1=Q 56.Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "05, Los Angeles"]
[Site "05, Los Angeles"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.f3
Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Ng3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.O-O Na5 12.Qe2 d5
13.cxd5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qxd5 15.e4 Qc4 16.Qe3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "1, Estes Park USA ch"]
[Site "1, Estes Park USA ch"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3
h6 8.Bh4 Qe7 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Bb7 12.Nd2 e5
13.Rae1 Rfe8 14.Bd3 e4 15.Be2 Nf8 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.f3 Qg5
18.Bd1 f5 19.fxe4 fxe4 20.Rf4 Qe7 21.Bh5 Ne6 22.Rg4 Rf8
23.Nxe4 Kh8 24.h3 a6 25.Bg6 Bc8 26.Rg3 Bd7 27.Qe2 b5 28.Nf2
bxc4 29.Bb1 Ng5 30.Qxc4 Rxf2 31.Kxf2 Rf8+ 32.Kg1 Nxh3+ 33.Rxh3
Bxh3 34.gxh3 Qg5+ 35.Kh1 Qg3 36.Rf1 Qxh3+ 37.Kg1 Qg3+ 38.Kh1
Qh3+ 39.Kg1 Qxe3+ 40.Kg2 Qg5+ 41.Kh1 Qh4+ 42.Kg2 Qg4+ 43.Kh2
Qh4+ 44.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.d4 e6 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.b3 O-O 10.Nc3 Be5 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.Rc1 Bf5 14.Bc5 Re6 15.g3 Bc7 16.Bf3 Nd7 17.Ne2 Nxc5 18.Rxc5
Bh3 19.Nd4 Rf6 20.Bg2 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Bb6 22.Rc2 c5 23.Nf3 Qd7
24.Qd3 Rd8 25.Rd1 h6 26.Rc4 Qc6 27.Rf4 Rxf4 28.gxf4 d4 29.Qf5
g6 30.Qh3 Qe4 31.Qxh6 dxe3 32.Rxd8+ Bxd8 33.fxe3 Qxe3 34.Qh3
Qxf4 35.Qc8 Qc7 36.Qg4 Kg7 37.Qc4 Qd6 38.a3 Be7 39.Qc3+ Qf6
40.Qd2 Qf5 41.Qc3+ Kg8 42.Qc4 Qb1 43.Qd5 Qb2+ 44.Kg3 Qc3
45.Kg2 Kg7 46.Qd7 Qc2+ 47.Kg3 Qe4 48.Qd2 a6 49.Qc3+ f6 50.Qd2
Kf7 51.Qd7 Qe6 52.Qb7 Qd6+ 53.Kg2 Qe6 54.Kg3 g5 55.b4 g4
56.Nh4 c4 57.Kf4 c3 58.Nf5 c2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
a6 8.Be3 Na5 9.f4 b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nxb3 12.axb3 Nd5
13.Qf3 Bb7 14.O-O Qc7 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Qg3 h5 17.c4 bxc4
18.bxc4 Qxc4 19.Rac1 Qd3 20.Rc7 h4 21.Qf2 f5 22.exf6 gxf6
23.Qxf6 Qxe3+ 24.Kh1 Bxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Rg8+ 26.Kh1 Qe4+ 27.Rf3
Qb1+ 28.Rf1 Qe4+ 29.Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Nc6 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2
Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.Nc3 Rc8 10.Qe2 d5 11.d3 dxc4 12.bxc4 Rc7
13.Rfd1 Rd7 14.Ne1 Qa8 15.f4 Nb4 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.e4 Rfd8 18.e5
Ne8 19.Rd2 a6 20.Ne4 b5 21.Bc3 Nc6 22.Nf3 bxc4 23.dxc4 Rxd2
24.Nexd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Estes Park"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Michael Rohde"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Bd3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Nbd7 10.Qf3 Qb6 11.Nde2 Qc7 12.b4 b6
13.Bb2 Bb7 14.Qh3 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.Ng3 Nxg3+ 17.hxg3 g6 18.a3
b5 19.f5 exf5 20.Rxf5 d4 21.Qh6 Bg5 22.Rxg5 dxc3 23.Rh5 Rfe8
24.Qxh7+ Kf8 25.Qh6+ Ke7 26.Qg5+ Ke6 27.Qg4+ Ke7 28.Qg5+ Ke6
29.Bxg6 Nxe5 30.Bf5+ Kd6 31.Rd1+ Bd5 32.Rh6+ Re6 33.Bxe6 fxe6
34.Bc1 Kc6 35.Bf4 Nf7 36.Qxd5+ Kb6 1-0

[Event "Estes Park"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Michael Rohde"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Bd3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Nbd7 10.Qf3 Qb6 11.Nde2 Qc7 12.b4 b6
13.Bd2 Bb7 14.Qh3 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.Ng3 Nxg3+ 17.hxg3 g6 18.a3
b5 19.f5 exf5 20.Rxf5 d4 21.Qh6 Bg5 22.Rxg5 dxc3 23.Rh5 Rfe8
24.Qxh7+ Kf8 25.Qh6+ Ke7 26.Qg5+ Ke6 27.Qg4+ Ke7 28.Qg5+ Ke6
29.Bxg6 Nxe5 30.Bf5+ Kd6 31.Rd1 Bd5 32.Rh6+ Re6 33.Bxe6 fxe6
34.Bc1 Kc6 35.Bf4 Nf7 36.Qxd5+ Kb6 37.Be3+ 1-0

[Event "Estes Park"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.O-O Nf6 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2
Be7 8.d4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 cxd4 11.Qxd4 O-O 12.Nc3 Qc7
13.e4 d6 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.f3 h6 16.Rd2 a6 17.Rad1 Qb7 18.e5
dxe5 19.Qxe5 Rxd2+ 20.Rxd2 Bf8 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qxe4
23.fxe4 b5 24.Rc2 Rc8 25.Bd4 bxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxc4 27.bxc4 f6
28.c5 Kf7 29.c6 Ke8 30.e5 f5 31.Bb6 g5 32.h3 h5 33.g4 fxg4
34.hxg4 h4 35.Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Larry Christiansen"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bb4
7.O-O O-O 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Ne5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ne4 11.f3 Nxc3 12.Qd2
Nb5 13.a4 Nd6 14.Nxc6 Qf6 15.Qg5 Qxg5 16.Bxg5 f6 17.Bf4 Bb7
18.Na5 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Be3
cxd4 8.cxd4 O-O 9.Nc3 Qd8 10.O-O Nc6 11.a3 b6 12.Rc1 Bb7
13.Bb1 Rc8 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Rfd1 Nd5 16.Qd3 g6 17.Ba2 Nxc3
18.Rxc3 Bf6 19.Rdc1 Bg7 20.h4 Ne7 21.Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Michael Wilder"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 Ne7 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.Qd2 b5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.O-O Na5 12.b3 Rc8
13.Ne2 Nc6 14.Rfd1 Be7 15.Rac1 f6 16.c4 Ne5 17.cxb5 Rxc1
18.Nxc1 axb5 19.Nd3 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 e5 21.Be3 Bc6 22.Bh3 Qc7
23.a4 bxa4 24.bxa4 Bxa4 25.Ra1 Qc6 26.Qd5 Rf8 27.Bxd7+ Qxd7
28.Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5 Qd8 16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.fxe6 g6
18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Qh3 Kg7 20.Qe6 Nf7 21.h4 Bf6 22.h5 Qc8 23.h6+
Nxh6 24.Qxd6 Nf7 25.Qg3 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.e5
Qe7 29.Qh3 h5 30.e6 Ne5 31.Rg1 Ng4 32.Bg2 Rd8 33.Bf3 Qxe6
34.Bxg4 hxg4 35.Qh4 Rd5 36.Rxg4 Rd1+ 37.Kb2 Qe1 38.Qxe1 Rxe1
39.c4 Kf6 40.cxb5 axb5 41.a4 Kf5 42.Rb4 bxa4 43.Rxa4 g5 44.Ra8
g4 45.Kc3 g3 46.Rg8 Kf4 47.Kd2 Re5 48.c4 Kf3 49.Rf8+ Kg2
50.Kd3 Rh5 51.Kd4 Kh3 52.Rg8 g2 53.Rxg2 Kxg2 54.c5 Kf3 55.c6
Kf4 56.c7 Rh8 57.Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Kudrin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Qf3 Nc6 12.Rd1 h6
13.Qh3 Nd8 14.Bb6 O-O 15.Bxd8 hxg5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 a6 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Nd7
13.g5 b5 14.Qh5 Rd8 15.f4 Nc5 16.f5 Nxb3+ 17.axb3 Bf8 18.Rf1
g6 19.Qh3 d5 20.exd5 exf5 21.Bf4 Qa7 22.Be5 h5 23.gxh6 Kh7
24.Kb1 Re8 25.Bg7 b4 26.Na4 a5 27.d6 Bd7 28.Rfd1 Bxg7 29.hxg7
Kxg7 30.Qg3 Rac8 31.R1d2 Bxa4 32.bxa4 Qd7 33.b3 Rc5 34.Rd5
Rxd5 35.Rxd5 Re4 36.Qd3 g5 37.Ka2 Kg6 38.Qb5 Qc8 39.Rc5 Qe6
40.d7 Re2 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Bb3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Qa5 12.Kb1 Rac8
13.f4 e5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf6 16.fxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Rfe8
18.Bc3 Rxc3 19.Qd2 Rc5 20.Qxa5 Rxa5 21.Rhe1 Kf8 22.Rxe8+ Kxe8
23.Re1+ Kf8 24.c4 Rc5 25.Kc2 b5 26.Kc3 a5 27.a3 a4 28.Ba2 bxc4
29.Bxc4 Bb5 30.Re4 f5 31.Rd4 Rxc4+ 32.Rxc4 Bxc4 33.Kxc4 g5
34.b4 axb3 35.Kxb3 Ke7 36.Kc4 Kd7 37.h4 h6 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.a4
Kc7 40.a5 Kb7 41.Kb5 g4 42.Kc4 Ka6 43.Kd3 Kxa5 44.Ke3 Kb4
45.Kf4 Kc4 46.Kxf5 Kxd5 47.Kxg4 Ke4 48.Kg3 Ke3 49.Kh2 d5 50.g4
Kf4 51.g5+ Kxg5 52.Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Estes Park (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jay E Whitehead"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4
a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.h3 Bg7 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.Nc4 Ne5 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.d6
Qd8 14.Nxe5 O-O 15.e3 Ne8 16.Nc4 Be6 17.Nd5 b5 18.axb5 axb5
19.Rxa8 Qxa8 20.Ne7+ Kh8 21.d7 Nf6 22.Nd6 Bxd7 23.Be2 Qxg2
24.Bf3 Qg5 25.Nc6 c4 26.h4 Qc5 27.Nd8 Kg8 28.N8b7 Qb6 29.h5
Bc6 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Rh4 Rb8 32.Bxc6 Qxc6 33.Qd4 Ra8 34.Ke2 Nd5
35.Qe4 c3 36.Qf3 f5 37.Qg3 0-1

[Event "Estes Park ch-US W"]
[Site "Estes Park ch-US W"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Markovich Kogan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c3 Be7 7.Bg5
Qb6 8.Nbd2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.e3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Rc1 d6
13.Ne4 Be7 14.Nc3 d5 15.Ne1 O-O 16.Nd3 Rac8 17.Qg4 Bd6 18.Rfd1
Qa5 19.a3 b4 20.axb4 Nxb4 21.Ra1 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kolhapur (India)"]
[Site "Kolhapur (India)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Devaki V Prasad"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Kh1 d5 12.fxe5 Nfxe4
13.Nd4 Be6 14.Be3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Rc8 17.Qb3 Qc7
18.Rab1 Qxe5 19.Bf4 Qh5 20.Qxb7 Bf6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Qxa6 e5
23.Qe6+ Qf7 24.Qxf7+ Rxf7 25.Bd2 e4 26.dxe4 dxe4 27.Rfe1 Rd7
28.Bf4 Rc4 29.a5 Ra4 30.Rb4 Rxa5 31.Rbxe4 Bxc3 32.Rc1 Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kolhapur (India)"]
[Site "Kolhapur (India)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Praveen Mahadeo Thipsay"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qd2 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nd5 Nxe4
13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Qxb4 Nf6 15.Na5 Nd5 16.Qd2 Nxe3 17.fxe3 d5
18.b4 Nd7 19.c4 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.Nxc4 Rab8 22.Rab1 Rfd8
23.Na5 Qe6 24.b5 Nf6 25.Qe2 axb5 26.axb5 Ne4 27.Nc6 Nc3 28.Qb2
Nxb1 29.Nxd8 Rxd8 30.Rxb1 Rb8 31.b6 Rb7 32.Qa3 Qe8 33.Qc5 h5
34.Qd5 Qe7 35.h3 Kh7 36.Qc6 f6 37.Rd1 Kh6 38.Rd6 Rb8 39.Qd5
Qb7 40.Qxe5 Rc8 41.Qf4+ Kg6 42.e4 Rc5 43.e5 Qe7 44.Qe4+ Kf7
45.b7 Rxe5 46.Qc4+ Kg6 47.Qd3+ Kh6 48.b8=Q Re1+ 49.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Kolhapur (India)"]
[Site "Kolhapur (India)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Slavoljub Marjanovic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.a4 Nc6 11.a5 Bxb3 12.cxb3 Nxa5
13.Nd5 Nc6 14.Bb6 Qd7 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bg4 Qe7 17.Qd5 g6
18.Rad1 h5 19.Be2 Nd4 20.Bc4 Rac8 21.f4 Kg7 22.Rf2 Rc6 23.Qa5
Ne6 24.f5 Nf4 25.Bf1 h4 26.g3 hxg3 27.hxg3 Nh5 28.Rd3 Bg5
29.fxg6 fxg6 30.Rdf3 Rxf3 31.Rxf3 Qd7 32.Bc4 Nf6 33.Bd8 Qg4
34.Bxf6+ Bxf6 35.Kf2 Qxe4 36.Rxf6 Rxc4 37.bxc4 Qd4+ 38.Kg2 b6
39.Rxg6+ Kxg6 40.Qxa6 Qxb2+ 41.Kf3 Qc3+ 42.Kg2 Qc2+ 43.Kh3 Qe4
44.Kh2 Qe2+ 45.Kg1 Qe3+ 46.Kg2 e4 47.Qc8 Qf3+ 48.Kh2 Qf2+
49.Kh1 Qf5 50.Qg8+ Kf6 51.Kg2 Qe6 52.Qh8+ Ke7 53.Qd4 e3
54.Qxb6 e2 55.Qa7+ Ke8 56.Qa8+ Kf7 57.Qf3+ Kg8 58.Qa8+ Kh7
59.Qa7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Kolhapur (India)"]
[Site "Kolhapur (India)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lanka Ravi"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Be2
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 h5
13.Bf3 Ng4 14.g3 Qg5 15.h4 Qg6 16.Ne2 Ba6 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Rfe1
Ne5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Rac1 Qd6 21.Bxh5 c5 22.Bf3 d4 23.exd4 cxd4
24.Rc6 Qa3 25.Bg2 Bb5 26.Rcc1 d3 27.Nf4 Bxf4 28.gxf4 Rxe1+
29.Rxe1 Rc8 30.Rd1 Rc2 31.Qe3 Re2 32.Qd4 Qe7 33.Kh2 Qxh4+
34.Kg1 d2 35.Bf1 Re1 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Los Angeles (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gleak"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Qd3 Nd7 12.Nd4 h6
13.Be3 Rc8 14.b3 Nc5 15.Qc2 Ne6 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qd2 Qa5 18.Bd4
b5 19.cxb5 Bxb5 20.Rfc1 Bc6 21.a3 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 e5 23.Qe3 Qb6
24.Qxb6 axb6 25.a4 Kf7 26.f3 e6 27.Nb5 Bxb5 28.axb5 d5 29.Ra7+
Kf6 30.Rc6 Rxc6 31.bxc6 Rc8 32.c7 d4 33.Rb7 Ke7 34.Kf2 Kd7
35.Rxb6 Rxc7 36.g3 Rc2+ 37.Ke1 Rxh2 38.Rb7+ Kd6 39.Rb6+ Kc5
40.Rxe6 d3 0-1

[Event "New"]
[Site "New"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Helgi Olafsson"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O Be7 9.f4 Bb7 10.Be3 b4 11.Nd5 exd5 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5
O-O 14.Nf5 Ne8 15.Bxd5 Nc6 16.Rf3 Rb8 17.Bf4 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 0-1

[Event "New"]
[Site "New"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gyula Sax"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Bd3
Qc7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Qe1 Nb4 11.e5 Nxd3 12.cxd3 Nd5
13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Qg3 O-O 15.Kh1 dxe5 16.fxe5 Bf5 17.Nd4 Bg6
18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Bc3 Bb4 20.h4 Rac8 21.Rac1 Bc5 22.Nf5 Bxf5
23.Rxf5 Bd4 24.Rf6 Bxe5 25.Qxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Andrew Soltis"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.Bg5 a5 7.Nf3 h6
8.Bxf6 exf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 f5 11.e5 d5 12.a4 Na6 13.Ne2 Nc7
14.Qd2 Ne6 15.c3 Ng5 16.Nxg5 hxg5 17.f4 Bh6 18.Rf1 g4 19.Bc2
b6 20.Ng3 f6 21.exf6 Qxf6 22.Rae1 Ba6 23.Bd3 Bxd3 24.Qxd3 Qd6
25.Re5 Bg7 26.Re3 Rae8 27.Rfe1 Rxe3 28.Qxe3 Kf7 29.Nh1 c5
30.Nf2 cxd4 31.cxd4 Qf6 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.dxe5 Rc8 34.Nd3 Rc4
35.Rc1 Bf8 36.Kf1 Ke6 37.b3 Rxc1+ 38.Nxc1 Bh6 39.Ne2 Kd7 40.g3
Bf8 41.Kg2 Bc5 42.h3 Be3 43.hxg4 fxg4 44.Nc3 Ke6 45.Nb5 Kf5
46.Nd6+ Ke6 47.Nb5 Kf5 48.Nc7 Ke4 49.Ne8 Kf5 50.Nf6 d4 51.Nd5
g5 52.Nxe3+ dxe3 53.fxg5 Kxg5 54.Kf1 Kf5 55.Ke2 Kxe5 56.Kxe3
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Granda-Zuniga"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
Be7 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bf8 11.a4 Bb7 12.d5 Na5 13.Ba2 c6
14.Na3 cxd5 15.exd5 Qd7 16.Bg5 e4 17.Nh2 bxa4 18.Bxf6 gxf6
19.Nc4 Nxc4 20.Bxc4 f5 21.Rxa4 Bh6 22.Bb3 Re7 23.Nf1 Bc8
24.Rc4 Rb8 25.Ba4 Qd8 26.b4 a5 27.Ng3 Re5 28.bxa5 Ba6 29.Rb4
Rc8 30.Bb5 Bxb5 31.Rxb5 Rxc3 32.Qh5 Qg5 33.Qxg5+ Bxg5 34.Ra1
f4 35.Nxe4 Rxe4 36.Rb8+ Kg7 37.a6 Bh4 38.a7 Bxf2+ 39.Kxf2 Rc2+
40.Kf3 Re3+ 41.Kxf4 Rec3 42.Rg8+ Kh6 43.a8=Q 1-0

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Stephen Sandager"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Qc7 8.a4 g6 9.Bd3 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe1 Nbd7 12.Qh4 b6 13.fxe5
dxe5 14.Bh6 Bb7 15.Ng5 Rae8 16.Rf3 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Nh5 18.Bxg7
Kxg7 19.Raf1 f6 20.Nxh7 Kxh7 21.g4 Kg7 22.gxh5 Rh8 23.Qg4 Rxh5
24.Qxd7+ Re7 25.Qg4 1-0

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dieter Keller"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Qg3 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Bxb5 O-O
13.Bxd7 Bxd7 14.Rd3 Rab8 15.Rhd1 Rfc8 16.Nb3 Bc6 17.Rxd6 Bxe4
18.Rd7 Qc6 19.R7d6 Qa8 20.Nxe4 Qxe4 21.c3 a5 22.Qf2 a4 23.Nc5
Qc4 24.Nd7 Bxc3 25.Nxb8 Be5 26.Kb1 Bxd6 27.Qd2 Bb4 28.Qd8+ Bf8
0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Patrick Wolff"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1
dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.Ne2 Qxc5 10.Nb5 Qb4+ 11.Kf1 Ne4 12.a3 Nd2+
13.Kg1 Qxb2 14.Rc2 Nxc4 15.Rxb2 Nxb2 16.Qc2 Na6 17.Nbd4 e5
18.Qxb2 Nc5 19.h4 Nd3 20.Qb5 Nxf4 21.Nxf4 exf4 22.h5 fxe3
23.fxe3 Bg4 24.Qg5 gxh5 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.Qxf5 Rfe8 27.Rxh5 h6
28.Rh3 Rad8 29.Rg3 Rd6 30.Qc5 Rd1+ 31.Kf2 Red8 32.Kf3 b6
33.Qe5 f6 34.Qe7 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "F J Ochoa De Echaguen"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nc3 Nxe5 5.e3 Bc5 6.Nh3 Ng6 7.g3
Nc6 8.Bg2 h5 9.O-O d6 10.Nf4 Nxf4 11.exf4 Bg4 12.Re1+ Kf8
13.Qd3 Qd7 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Rxe3 Re8 16.Rae1 Rxe3 17.Qxe3 Rh6
18.Bd5 Bf5 19.h4 a6 20.a3 Nd8 21.Qd2 c6 22.Bf3 b5 23.cxb5 axb5
24.Kh2 Nb7 25.b4 Bg4 26.Bxg4 Qxg4 27.Qd3 Re6 28.Rd1 Re7 29.Qh7
f6 30.Rd3 Kf7 31.Ne4 d5 32.Nd2 Nd6 33.Nf3 Re2 34.Kg1 Ne4
35.Nh2 Qg6 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 37.Rf3 Kf5 38.Nf1 Re1 39.Kg2 Rxf1
40.Kxf1 Nd2+ 41.Ke2 Nxf3 42.Kxf3 d4 43.Ke2 Ke4 44.f3+ Kd5
45.g4 Kc4 0-1

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Bosko Abramovic"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 a6 9.a3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Qc2
Bd6 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.Qc6 Nb6 16.O-O Rb8 17.Qe4 f5 18.Qf4 Bb7
19.Qg3 Qe7 20.Nd2 Rbc8 21.e4 f4 22.Qg4 e5 23.d5 Na4 24.b4 Rc7
25.Nb3 Rfc8 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Na5 Bc8 28.Qg6 Bd7 29.Ra1 Be8
30.Qg4 Rc3 31.Bf1 h5 32.Qd1 Qc7 33.g3 g5 34.Nc6 Qh7 35.Rc1
Qxe4 36.Bg2 f3 37.Rxc3 Nxc3 38.Bxf3 Nxd1 39.Bxe4 Nc3 40.Bf5
Kf8 41.Be6 Bf7 42.Bc8 Bxd5 43.Nb8 Nb1 44.Bxa6 Nxa3 45.Nd7+ Ke7
46.Nb6 Be6 47.Nc8+ Bxc8 48.Bxc8 Kd8 49.Bf5 Nc4 50.h4 gxh4
51.gxh4 Ke7 52.Bg6 d5 53.Bxh5 e4 54.Kf1 d4 55.Bg4 d3 56.Ke1 e3
57.fxe3 d2 58.Kf2 Nb2 59.e4 d1=Q 60.Bxd1 Nxd1+ 61.Ke2 Nb2
62.Ke3 Nc4+ 63.Kd4 Kd6 64.h5 Ne5 65.h6 Nf3+ 66.Ke3 Ng5 67.Kf4
Nf7 68.h7 Ke6 69.Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Larry Remlinger"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.a3
Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.b3 d6 11.Bb2 Nd7 12.O-O-O f5
13.f4 Nf6 14.Rg1 Qe7 15.Be2 Be4 16.h3 d5 17.g4 c6 18.Rg3 a5
19.c5 Rab8 20.Rdg1 fxg4 21.Bxg4 Bg6 22.Bf3 Nd7 23.b4 axb4
24.axb4 Rf7 25.Bd1 Nf6 26.Bc2 Bxc2 27.Qxc2 bxc5 28.dxc5 Rxb4
29.Kd1 Rc4 30.Qb3 Qxc5 31.Qb8+ Qf8 32.Qe5 Re4 33.Qg5 d4
34.Bxd4 Rxd4+ 35.exd4 Ne4 36.Qe5 Nxg3 37.Rxg3 Qe7 38.Rb3 h6
39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Qe4+ Rf5 41.Rb6 Qh4 42.Rxc6 Qxh3 43.Rxe6 Qg4+
44.Kc2 Qxf4 45.Qd3 h5 46.Re4 Qg5 47.Re3 g6 48.Kc3 Ra5 49.Kb4
Ra7 50.Re5 Rb7+ 51.Kc4 Qc1+ 52.Kd5 Rd7+ 53.Ke4 Rf7 54.Kd5 Kg7
55.Re6 Rd7+ 56.Rd6 Qh1+ 57.Kc5 Rc7+ 58.Kb5 Qb7+ 59.Rb6 Qd5+
60.Kb4 Qg5 61.d5 Qg1 62.Rb8 Kh7 63.Rb5 Qe1+ 64.Kb3 Re7 65.Kc4
Qc1+ 66.Kb4 Qf4+ 67.Kc5 Rc7+ 68.Kb6 Qd6+ 69.Ka5 0-1

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nf3 exd5
8.exd5 O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nfd7 12.Qd1 Ne5 13.Be2
f5 14.f4 Nf7 15.Bd2 Nd7 16.Kh2 h5 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Qf3 Qb6 19.b3
Rae8 20.Rae1 a6 21.Nd1 Qc7 22.Nf2 Qd7 23.a4 Kh7 24.g3 Nh6
25.a5 Rf7 26.Rxe8 Nxe8 27.Re1 Bd4 28.Kg2 Re7 29.Rxe7+ Qxe7
30.Qe2 Qxe2 31.Bxe2 Nf6 32.Bd3 Kg7 33.Kf3 Kf7 34.Nd1 Nd7
35.Nc3 Ke7 36.Na4 Kf7 37.Bc2 Ke7 38.Nc3 Bg7 39.Ne2 Bf6 40.Nc1
Bd4 41.Nd3 Nf6 42.Ne1 Nd7 43.Ke2 Bf6 44.Nf3 Nf7 45.Nh2 Nh6
46.Nf3 Nf7 47.Be1 Nf8 48.Ke3 Nd7 49.Kd3 Bb2 50.Ke2 Bf6 51.Nh2
Nh6 52.Kf3 Bb2 53.g4 hxg4 54.hxg4 Kf7 55.Bh4 Bc3 56.Bd8 Bf6
57.Bc7 Nxg4 58.Nxg4 fxg4 59.Kxg4 Be7 60.Bd3 Nf6+ 61.Kf3 Ne8
62.Bb6 Ng7 63.Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jay E Whitehead"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bg5 e6
8.Qd2 exd5 9.exd5 Re8 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.O-O Nbd7 12.h3 Bxf3
13.Bxf3 a6 14.a4 Qa5 15.Qc2 Re7 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.Rae1 Ne5 18.Be2
Rae8 19.b3 Ned7 20.Bd1 h6 21.Rxe7 Rxe7 22.g4 Qd8 23.Bf4 Ne5
24.Bg3 Qe8 25.Kg2 Qb8 26.Re1 Re8 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.Rxe4 b5
29.axb5 axb5 30.cxb5 Rf8 31.Be2 Qb7 32.Qd2 Ra8 33.Ra4 Re8
34.Ra6 Bf8 35.Rc6 Qe7 36.b6 Rb8 37.Bxe5 Qxe5 38.Ba6 Qe4+
39.Kh2 Qe5+ 40.f4 Qe7 41.b7 Rxb7 42.Bxb7 Qxb7 43.Qe3 Be7 44.h4
Qd7 45.g5 Bf8 46.Kg3 h5 47.Qf3 Qf5 48.Rb6 Qb1 49.Ra6 Qg1+
50.Kh3 Qb1 51.Ra8 Qf5+ 52.Kg3 Qb1 53.Re8 Qg1+ 54.Kh3 Qb1
55.Kg2 Qc2+ 56.Kg3 Qb1 57.Ra8 Qg1+ 58.Kh3 Qb1 59.Ra4 Bg7 60.f5
gxf5 61.Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Stuart Rachels"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 e6
8.h3 exd5 9.exd5 Re8+ 10.Be3 Nh5 11.O-O f5 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Bg5
Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 Ndf6 15.Qd2 Qf8 16.Re1 Bd7 17.a3 Re8 18.b4 b6
19.Rxe8 Nxe8 20.Qe1 h6 21.Bd2 g5 22.Qb1 Qf7 23.Ne2 Bc8 24.Nh2
Be5 25.Nf1 Neg7 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.Nfg3 Nxg3 28.Nxg3 Bxg3 29.fxg3
Qf6 30.Be1 Ba6 31.Kh2 Qd4 32.Bxf5 Nxf5 33.Qxf5 Bxc4 34.Qg6+
Qg7 35.Qxd6 Qf7 36.Qb8+ Qf8 37.Qe5 Qf7 38.Bc3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Beat Zueger"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2
O-O 8.a3 Be7 9.Nf4 Bb7 10.d5 e5 11.Nd3 d6 12.g3 a5 13.Bh3 Ba6
14.b3 a4 15.b4 Bxc4 16.Nb2 Bb3 17.Rc1 Bf6 18.Ne4 Ra7 19.Qd3 g6
20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.e4 Qe7 22.O-O Nd7 23.f4 Nf6 24.f5 g5 25.Bg2
Kh8 26.h3 Rg8 27.Rc6 Nd7 28.Rfc1 Nb8 29.R6c3 Qd7 30.Bf1 f6
31.Be2 Kg7 32.Qb5 Qe7 33.Bc4 Bxc4 34.Rxc4 Kh8 35.R4c3 Qg7
36.Kg2 g4 37.h4 h5 38.Nxa4 Qe7 39.Nb2 Rg7 40.a4 Qd8 41.Nc4 Kh7
42.a5 bxa5 43.Nxa5 Qc8 44.Ra3 Ra6 45.Rac3 Ra7 46.R1c2 Rf7
47.Ra3 Ra6 48.Rac3 Ra7 49.Ra3 Ra6 50.Rca2 Rb6 51.Qc4 Qe8
52.Qc3 Qb5 53.Nc4 Rb7 54.Rb2 Kg7 55.Ra5 Qe8 56.Ra8 Qb5 57.Na5
Rb6 58.Ra7 c5 59.dxc6 Rxa7 60.c7 Rxc7 61.Qxc7+ Nd7 62.Qd8 Kf7
63.Qh8 Qd3 64.Qxh5+ Kf8 65.Qh8+ Kf7 66.Qh7+ Ke8 67.Qg8+ Ke7
68.Qe6+ Kf8 69.Qxd7 Rxb4 70.Qc8+ Kg7 71.Rc2 Qxe4+ 72.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Blitz"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Patrick Wolff"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 dxc4
13.Qxc4 Nd7 14.Bg5 Nb6 15.Qb3 Qc7 16.Re2 h6 17.Bd2 c5 18.Rae1
Rad8 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Rd3 21.Qc2 Rfd8 22.Be3 R3d5 23.f4 Nc4
24.Bf2 Qc6 25.e6 fxe6 26.Rxe6 R5d6 27.f5 Qd5 28.Bg3 Qd3 29.Qf2
Rd5 30.f6 Rf5 31.Re8+ Rxe8 32.Rxe8+ Kf7 33.fxg7+ Qd1+ 34.Re1
Rxf2 35.Rxd1 Rd2 36.Rxd2 Nxd2 37.Bf4 Ne4 38.Be5 Nd2 39.Kf2 Nc4
40.Bf6 Nb6 41.Kf3 Nd7 42.Bd8 Kxg7 43.Ke4 Kf7 44.Kd5 Nf8 45.Bc7
Nd7 46.Kd6 Nf6 47.Kxc5 Ke6 48.Kd4 Nd5 49.Bb8 a6 50.h3 b5 51.g3
h5 52.a3 a5 53.c4 bxc4 54.Kxc4 Ne3+ 55.Kc5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

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 e6 12.O-O-O O-O-O
13.Ne4 Ngf6 14.g3 Nc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.c4 Bb6 17.Bc3 Rhe8
18.Qc2 Qe7 19.b4 Bc7 20.Kb2 Bd6 21.a3 Kb8 22.Qe2 a6 23.Ne5 Qc7
24.Qf3 Re7 25.g4 Ka8 26.Rhg1 Ne8 27.Qe4 Bxe5 28.dxe5 Red7
29.Kc2 b5 30.f4 Kb7 31.g5 bxc4 32.Qxc4 Qc8 33.g6 fxg6 34.Rxd7+
Qxd7 35.Rxg6 Nc7 36.Kb2 Rf8 37.Rg4 Rf5 38.Qc5 Qd1 39.Qg1 Qe2+
40.Kb3 Qd3 41.Qd4 Qb1+ 42.Bb2 Rxh5 43.Ka4 Rh3 44.Ka5 Rd3
45.Qb6+ Kc8 46.Qxc6 Rd5+ 47.Kb6 Rb5+ 48.Qxb5 axb5 49.Rxg7 Nd5+
50.Kc6 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leonid Shamkovich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Nc3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.b3
Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 d6
13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.f3 Rfd8 15.Rd2 a6 16.Rad1 h6 17.e4 Ne8 18.Qd3
Qb7 19.a3 Nc7 20.Qe2 b5 21.e5 dxe5 22.Rd7 Bf6 23.Ne4 Rxd7
24.Rxd7 Qc6 25.Rd6 Qe8 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.f4 bxc4 28.fxe5 f5
29.bxc4 Qa4 30.Bc1 Rb8 31.Bxh6 Ne8 32.Rd4 Qxa3 33.Bd2 Qb2
34.Qe3 Ng7 35.Rd7 a5 36.Qg5 Qxe5 37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Qxd8+ Kh7
39.Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Stefan Djuric"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3
Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.b3 Nc6 16.Be3 cxd4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nxd4 d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Guillermo Rey"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
b6 8.a4 Qc7 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O Nbc6 12.Ba3 Na5 13.Nd2
O-O 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Nb3 Nxb3 16.cxb3 Ng6 17.f4 Qb6 18.Kh1 Rfd8
19.Qc2 Be8 20.c4 d4 21.Rab1 a5 22.Qe2 Bc6 23.Bc1 Nh4 24.Rf2
Qb7 25.h3 Ra7 26.Kh2 Nf5 27.g4 Ne3 28.Bxe3 dxe3 29.Qxe3 Qe7
30.Bc2 Rd4 31.Rg1 Rad7 32.g5 hxg5 33.Rxg5 Qd8 34.f5 exf5
35.Rgxf5 Rd2 36.e6 Qb8+ 37.Kg1 Rxf2 38.Qxf2 fxe6 39.Rf8+ Qxf8
40.Bh7+ Kxh7 41.Qxf8 Rd1+ 42.Kf2 Rd2+ 43.Ke1 Rd3 44.Qxc5 Bf3
45.Qxa5 Rxb3 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Michael Rohde"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "186"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4
Ng6 8.h4 h5 9.Qg3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Ne2 Qd7 12.Nf4 Nxf4
13.Bxf4 Kf8 14.a4 Nb8 15.Bc1 Nc6 16.Rh3 Rc8 17.Qg5 Ne7 18.a5
Kg8 19.axb6 cxb6 20.g4 g6 21.Ba3 hxg4 22.Qxg4 Rh5 23.Bc1 Nf5
24.Bg5 b5 25.Kf1 Rc4 26.Rd3 Qc7 27.Kg2 Kh7 28.Ra3 Qb6 29.Kh3
b4 30.cxb4 Rxb4 31.Rdb3 a5 32.Rxb4 Qxb4 33.Rb3 Qc4 34.Rb7 Qf1+
35.Qg2 Qd1 36.Bf6 Nxh4 37.Bxh4 g5 38.Rxf7+ Kg8 39.Rf4 Qxc2
40.Qg3 Kh7 41.Rf7+ Kg8 42.Qf3 Rxh4+ 43.Kg3 Rf4 44.Rxf4 gxf4
45.Qxf4 Qg6+ 46.Kh2 Kg7 47.Qf3 Qf5 48.Qe3 Kg6 49.Qg3+ Kh5
50.Qe3 a4 51.f3 Qc2+ 52.Kg3 Qd1 53.Qf4 Qg1+ 54.Kh3 Qg5 55.Qf7+
Qg6 56.Qa7 Kg5 57.Kg3 Kf5 58.Kf2 Kf4 59.Qxa4 Qg3+ 60.Ke2 Qxf3+
61.Kd2 Ke4 62.Qa6 Qg2+ 63.Kc1 Qh3 64.Qb6 Qc3+ 65.Kb1 Kf5
66.Ka2 Qc1 67.Qa7 Qc4+ 68.Kb1 Qb4+ 69.Kc2 Ke4 70.Qf7 Qc4+
71.Kb1 Qc6 72.Qa7 Qb5+ 73.Kc2 Qc4+ 74.Kb1 Qxd4 75.Qh7+ Kxe5+
76.Qg7+ Ke4 77.Qg4+ Ke3 78.Qg1+ Kd3 79.Qd1+ Kc3 80.Qe1+ Kb3
81.Qg3+ Qc3 82.Qb8+ Qb4 83.Qg3+ Ka4 84.Kc2 Qc4+ 85.Kb2 d4
86.Qg8 Qe2+ 87.Kc1 Kb3 88.Qb8+ Kc3 89.Qc8+ Qc4 90.Qf8 d3
91.Qa3+ Kd4 92.Kb1 Qc2+ 93.Ka1 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Larry Christiansen"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 Nd5
7.N1f3 h6 8.Ne4 N7b6 9.Bb3 Bf5 10.Qe2 e6 11.O-O Be7 12.Ng3 Bg4
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bg5 15.Ne4 Bxc1 16.Raxc1 O-O 17.Rcd1 a5
18.a3 Nd7 19.Rfe1 a4 20.Ba2 b5 21.c3 Qc7 22.Bb1 g6 23.Ba2 Kg7
24.Ng3 N5f6 25.Re3 Rad8 26.Qe2 Qb8 27.Bb1 c5 28.Qc2 Rfe8
29.dxc5 Nxc5 30.Ree1 e5 31.Qe2 h5 32.Ne4 Ncxe4 33.Bxe4 Qb6
34.Kf1 h4 35.Bd3 Rd5 36.Qe3 Qc7 37.Be2 Red8 38.Rxd5 Rxd5
39.Rd1 Qd6 40.Rd3 Ne8 41.Ke1 f5 42.Qa7+ Kf6 43.Rxd5 Qxd5
44.Qb6+ Nd6 45.Bxb5 Kg7 46.Bc6 Qd3 47.Qa7+ Kf6 48.Qxa4 Nc4
49.Qd1 Nxb2 50.Qxd3 Nxd3+ 51.Kf1 Ke7 52.a4 Nf4 53.g3 hxg3
54.fxg3 Ne6 55.a5 Kd6 56.Be8 g5 57.h4 gxh4 58.gxh4 Nc7 59.Bf7
e4 60.Bc4 Ke5 61.a6 f4 62.a7 f3 63.Ba6 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.g3
Bc7 8.Bg2 d6 9.O-O a6 10.a3 Bg4 11.Nd2 b5 12.h3 Bc8 13.b4 Nbd7
14.Bb2 Re8 15.Qc2 Bb6 16.Kh1 Ne5 17.bxc5 Bxc5 18.f4 Ng6
19.Nce4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Bf5 21.Qc3 f6 22.Nxc5 dxc5 23.Rae1 Qd7
24.Kh2 Be4 25.Qxc5 Rac8 26.Qd4 Rc4 27.Qd1 Ne7 28.Bxe4 Rxe4
29.d6 Nf5 30.Qd5+ Kh8 31.Be5 Rc4 32.Rf3 fxe5 33.fxe5 g6 34.g4
Nd4 35.Rf4 Nc6 36.Rf7 Qe6 37.d7 Qxe5+ 38.Qxe5+ Rxe5 39.Rd1
Rxe2+ 40.Kg3 Kg8 41.Rf6 Nd8 42.Rdf1 Rc3+ 43.Kh4 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Denis Verduga"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.d3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nge2 d6
8.O-O Nf6 9.h3 O-O 10.Be3 Nd7 11.Qd2 a6 12.Bh6 Nd4 13.Bxg7
Kxg7 14.b4 Nxe2+ 15.Nxe2 b5 16.bxc5 Nxc5 17.Rab1 Qd7 18.cxb5
axb5 19.Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kevin Spraggett"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.d4 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Be5 11.Ba3 Nxd4 12.exd4 Bd6
13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Bf3 Rfe8 16.Re1 Rac8 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8
18.g3 Ne4 19.Ne2 Qa6 20.a4 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Marc Leski"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O d6 7.d3
Nge7 8.Ne1 Be6 9.Nd5 O-O 10.Nc2 Rb8 11.a4 a6 12.a5 Nd4
13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Ne3 b5 15.axb6 Rxb6 16.Ra2 Rfb8 17.Nd5 Bxd5
18.Bxd5 Kh8 19.Bd2 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 Rxb2 21.e3 Ne6 22.Bc3 Rb8
23.Qa1 Nc7 24.Bg2 h5 25.Rb1 Qd8 26.Rb2 Kg8 27.Qb1 Rxb2 28.Qxb2
Ne6 29.Qb7 e4 30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Qxa6 exd3 32.Qa3 d2 33.Qb2+ Qf6
34.Qxd2 Ng5 35.h4 Nh7 36.Qd5 Qa1+ 37.Bf1 Qf6 38.Bg2 Qa1+
39.Bf1 Qe5 40.Qxe5+ dxe5 41.Be2 f5 42.Kf1 Nf6 43.Bf3 Kf7
44.Ke1 Ke6 45.Kd2 e4 46.Be2 Nd7 47.f4 exf3 48.Bxf3 Nf6 49.Kd3
Ke5 50.Kd2 Ne4+ 51.Bxe4 fxe4 52.Ke2 Kf5 53.Kf2 g5 54.hxg5 Kxg5
55.Kg1 Kg4 56.Kg2 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Bd3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.f5
gxf5 8.exf5 e4 9.Nxe4 Bxf5 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Qe2+ Be6 12.Nf3
Nc6 13.O-O O-O-O 14.Ng5 Qd4+ 15.Be3 Qxb2 16.Rab1 Nd4 17.Qh5
Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kevin Spraggett"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.d4 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Be5 11.Ba3 Nxd4 12.exd4 Bd6
13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Bf3 Rfe8 16.Re1 Rac8 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8
18.g3 Ne4 19.Ne2 Qa6 20.a4 Qa5 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Cambridge Springs (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Alburt"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.a4 d5
8.a5 Nc4 9.Nbd2 b5 10.axb6 Nxb6 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 e6 13.Nf1 h6
14.Ne3 Kh7 15.Ng4 Rh8 16.Be3 Nc6 17.Qd2 Qf8 18.Ra3 Ne7 19.Nf6+
Bxf6 20.exf6 Nf5 21.Bf4 Nd6 22.Qc1 Nd7 23.Be5 Ne4 24.Bxc7
Nexf6 25.Ba4 a6 26.Bxd7 Nxd7 27.Ne5 f6 28.Rf3 Qe7 29.Ng4 g5
30.Ne3 Qg7 31.c4 dxc4 32.Qxc4 Bb7 33.d5 Rac8 34.Rh3 Ne5
35.Qc2+ Qg6 36.Qxg6+ Kxg6 37.Bxe5 fxe5 38.dxe6 h5 39.g4 h4
40.Nf5 Rc4 41.f3 Kf6 42.Nd6 Rb4 43.Nf7 Re8 44.Rxe5 Rxb2
45.Rf5+ Ke7 46.Rc5 Kf6 47.Rf5+ Ke7 48.Rc5 a5 49.Rxa5 Rc8
50.Ra1 Rcc2 51.Nxg5 Rg2+ 52.Kh1 Rxg4 53.Rg1 Rf4 54.Re1 Rb5
55.Ne4 Re5 56.Kg2 Rxe6 57.Re2 Kf8 58.Nc3 Rg6+ 59.Kf2 Rgf6
60.Ke3 Rc4 61.Kd3 Rb4 62.Ne4 Ba6+ 63.Ke3 Bxe2 64.Kxe2 Rf4
65.Nf2 Rb3 66.Nd3 Ra4 67.f4 Ra2+ 68.Kd1 Rb1+ 69.Nc1 Rf2 70.Rc3
Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Maurice Ashley"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. Rhg1 Na5
12. f3 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 e5 14. Ndb5 Qa5 15. Kb1 d5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Rxd5 Bc6 18. Nxa7 Bxd5 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Rd1
Qe6 22. Qd3 h6 23. Qe4 Qa6 24. Bc1 Bd6 25. Qd3 Qc6 26. c3 Bf8
27. Qe4 Qb6 28. Kc2 Rc7 29. Be3 Qa6 30. Bf2 Qe6 31. Rd8 Qe7
32. Qd5 Rc6 33. b4 Rd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxd6 Bxd6 36. Kd3 f5
37. Kc4 Kf7 38. Kd5 Bc7 39. Bg3 Kf6 40. c4 g5 41. c5 h5 42. b5
h4 43. Bf2 Ke7 44. b6 Bb8 45. h3 Kd7 46. b4 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Cambridge Springs (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Na3 Qb8 13.Bg5
exd4 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.cxd4 Nb4 16.Nc2 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Nxc2 18.Bxc2
Re8 19.e5 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 dxe5 21.dxe5 Qxb2 22.Re2 Qb5 23.Ra1 Nd7
24.Ba4 Qa5 25.e6 fxe6 26.Ree1 Qd5 27.Qxd5 exd5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8
29.Bxd7 Rd8 30.Bc6 Rd6 31.Rxa6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Daniel Edelman"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Qa5 8.Bd2 Nbc6 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa4 11.Rb1 Nxd4 12.Bd3 Nxf3+
13.Qxf3 Qd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Rfe1 a6 16.Qh5 Nf5 17.g4 g6 18.Qh3
Ng7 19.Bg5 f5 20.exf6 Ne8 21.Qh4 e5 22.Rxe5 Qxg4+ 23.Qxg4 Bxg4
24.Rxb7 Nxf6 25.Ree7 Bf5 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Kf1 Rac8 28.Bh6 Rfe8
29.Rg7+ Kh8 30.Rgf7 Nh5 31.Rxh7+ Kg8 32.Be3 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Berkeley (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 Re8 12.f3 b6 13.Nc4
Ba6 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Qd2 Bxc4 16.Bxc4 a6 17.Qd3 Nh5 18.g4 Bd4+
19.Kh1 Ng7 20.Rab1 h5 21.Ne2 b5 22.Ba2 Be5 23.f4 c4 24.Qg3
hxg4 25.Qg2 Nh5 26.fxe5 Rxe5 27.Bf6 Nxf6 28.Rxf6 Rae8 29.Ng3
R8e7 30.Rbf1 Ne8 31.R6f4 Ng7 32.axb5 axb5 33.Bb1 Rg5 34.Qd2
Rge5 35.Bc2 Nh5 36.Nxh5 Rxh5 37.Qg2 b4 38.Bd1 Rg5 39.Bxg4 Qe8
40.Qf2 c3 41.bxc3 bxc3 42.Be6 Rxe6 43.Rxf7 Rf6 44.Rxf6 Qxe4+
45.Qf3 Qxd5 46.Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Bogota (Colombia)"]
[Site "Bogota (Colombia)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alonso Zapata"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
e5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Be6 11.Bf1 Rc8 12.h3 Nb4 13.Be3
d5 14.exd5 Nfxd5 15.Bd2 f6 16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.c3 Nd3 18.Bxd3 Qxd3
19.Nd4 Bf7 20.Re3 Qc4 21.Nf5 Bc5 22.Rg3 Bg6 23.Ne3 Qe6 24.h4
f5 25.Rh3 f4 26.Nf1 e4 27.Qe2 Bf5 28.Rh2 Bg4 29.Qe1 e3 30.fxe3
Rce8 31.b4 Ba7 32.Kh1 fxe3 33.Nxe3 Bxe3 34.Bxe3 Qxe3 35.Qxe3
Rxe3 36.Rc1 Rxc3 37.Re1 Re3 38.Rc1 Rf4 39.Kg1 Rxb4 40.h5 Rxa4
41.h6 g5 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Cambridge Springs (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.fxe5 Nfd7 9.Bf4 Bb4 10.O-O O-O 11.Nd5 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Bd4
13.e6 fxe6 14.Bc7 Qa4 15.Ne7+ Kh8 16.Ng5 h5 17.Rxf8+ Nxf8
18.Qf1 Nbd7 19.Qf7 Nf6 20.e5 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Cambridge Springs (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sergey Kudrin"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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.h4 h5 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Bb3 Rc8
13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.Kb1 Rc8 17.g4 a5
18.gxh5 a4 19.hxg6 axb3 20.cxb3 Qxc3 21.gxf7 Kxf7 22.Rhg1 Bh3
23.Rg3 Bf1 24.Rg7+ Ke8 25.Qh8+ Kd7 26.Rxe7+ Kxe7 27.Nf5+ Kd7
28.Qg7+ Kc6 29.Rxd6+ Kc5 30.Qg1+ Kb4 31.Qxf1 Qc2+ 32.Ka1 Nxf3
33.Rb6+ Ka3 34.Ra6+ bxa6 35.Qxa6+ Kb4 36.Qb7+ Ka3 37.Qa6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Cambridge Springs (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.Bg5 c5 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Ndxb5 Bxf1 11.Nc7+ Kd8 12.Nxa8
Bh3+ 13.Qd3 Qe5 14.Rd1 d5 15.Qb5 Ke7 16.Qxc5+ Kf6 17.Qxa7 Kg6
18.Nb6 Qf5 19.Nd7 Be7 20.Qd4 f6 21.Qd3 Kf7 22.a4 Rd8 23.Nb6 d4
24.Qxf5 Bxf5 25.Nb5 e5 26.c4 Bc5 27.Nd5 Bc2 28.Rc1 Bxa4 29.b4
Bf8 30.Nbc7 e4 31.Kf1 d3 32.exd3 exd3 33.Ke1 Bxb4+ 34.Kf1 d2
35.Ra1 d1=Q+ 36.Rxd1 Bxd1 37.Nxb4 Bb3 38.c5+ Rc8 39.Nca6 Bc4+
40.Ke1 Bxa6 41.Nxa6 Rc6 42.Nb4 Rxc5 43.Nd3 Rc8 44.h4 h6 45.h5
Rc6 46.Nf4 Rd6 47.Ke2 Ra6 48.g4 Ra3 49.f3 Ke7 50.Ng6+ Ke6
51.Nh4 Ke5 52.Ng6+ Kd4 53.Kf2 f5 54.gxf5 Ra5 55.Ne7 Ra2+
56.Kg3 Ke5 57.f4+ Kf6 58.Nd5+ Kxf5 59.Ne3+ Ke4 60.Nc4 Ra6
61.Kg4 Rc6 62.Nd2+ Kd5 63.Nf1 Rc1 64.Ng3 Ke6 65.Ne2 Ra1 66.Ng3
Ra3 67.Nf5 Kf6 68.Nd6 Ra4 69.Ne8+ Kf7 70.Nd6+ Ke6 71.Nf5 Kf6
72.Nh4 Rb4 73.Ng6 Rb1 74.Nh4 Rg1+ 75.Kf3 Ke6 76.Ng2 Rh1 77.Kg4
Kd5 78.Nh4 Ke4 79.Nf3 Rd1 80.f5+ Rd3 81.Nh4 Rd5 0-1

[Event "ch-United States"]
[Site "ch-United States"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Michael Rohde"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1
c6 8.a4 Qc7 9.h3 b6 10.Bg5 a6 11.Ba2 Re8 12.Bh4 h6 13.Bg3 Ra7
14.Nh4 b5 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.Qf3 exd4 17.Nxd4 b4 18.Nb1 Ne5 19.Qe3
c5 20.Nf3 Ng6 21.Nbd2 Bb7 22.Qd3 Nh5 23.Bh2 Nhf4 24.Qc4 Qd7
25.Bxf4 Nxf4 26.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago (USA)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Bc2
exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.Rae3 f4
19.Ra3 Qf6 20.Nb3 Nb6 21.Na5 Rab8 22.axb5 axb5 23.Nxb7 Rxb7
24.Bd2 Nc4 25.Bc3 Ne5 26.Qe2 Qf7 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Ra5 c4 29.Qd2
Qe7 30.Rd1 Qd6 31.Ra1 Na6 32.Qe2 Nc5 33.Bc2 b4 34.Be1 c3
35.bxc3 b3 36.Bb1 Qb6 37.c4 Ra7 38.Rxa7 Qxa7 39.Qh5 Qf7 40.Qg4
Bd6 41.Bd2 Qa7 42.g3 fxg3 43.Qxg3 Kh8 44.Be3 Rf8 45.Kh1 Qe7
46.Rg1 Nb7 47.Rg2 Bc5 48.Bd2 Nd6 49.Be1 b2 50.Qb3 Rf4 51.Qxb2
Nxe4 52.Qe2 Ng5 53.Rg3 e4 54.Kg2 Nf3 55.Bc3 Nh4+ 56.Kh1 Nf5
57.Rg4 Rxf2 58.Qe1 Qd6 59.Qg1 Rf3 60.Qg2 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "V Tukmakov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Qc8
13.b3 Nc6 14.Bb2 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Bf6 16.Qd2 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4
13.Ne4 Be7 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Qc2 O-O 16.Rad1 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qc8
18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.exd4 Qe6 20.Ng3 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4
O-O 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Bd3 f6 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.g3 Nxc5
13.O-O Bd7 14.Qd2 Nxd3 15.cxd3 e5 16.Rae1 Bh3 17.Rf2 d4 18.Ne4
Qf5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Qxe5 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Nf2 Qh5 23.Qb4
Bg2 24.Qxd4 Bc6 25.Re7 Qg5 26.Re3 Qf5 27.Re7 Qg5 28.Re3 Qf5
29.Re1 Qa5 30.Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Romuel Reyes"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3
Ne7 8.a4 b6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bd3 Nbc6 11.O-O h6 12.Ba3 Na5 13.Nd2
c4 14.Be2 Bc6 15.Bg4 Qd7 16.Qb1 h5 17.Be2 Nf5 18.Bb4 g5 19.Re1
g4 20.Nf1 O-O-O 21.Ne3 Rde8 22.Qc1 Nh4 23.g3 Ng6 24.Qa3 Qc7
25.Reb1 Kd7 26.Bd6 Qd8 27.Rf1 Ne7 28.f3 gxf3 29.Rxf3 Ref8
30.Raf1 Ke8 31.R3f2 Nb7 32.Bf3 Nxd6 33.exd6 Nc8 34.Nxc4 f6
35.Re1 Kd7 36.Ne3 Nxd6 37.c4 Ne4 38.cxd5 Bxd5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "G Garcia Gonzales"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Qa5 8.Bd2 Qc7 9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Re1 h6 12.dxc5 bxc5
13.Rb1 Bxd3 14.cxd3 O-O 15.c4 Rd8 16.Qa4 Nbc6 17.Qb5 dxc4
18.dxc4 Rd3 19.Qxc5 Qd8 20.Be3 Rc8 21.a4 Nf5 22.Kf1 Ncd4
23.Qxa7 Nxf3 24.gxf3 Qh4 25.Rb8 Rxb8 26.Qxb8+ Kh7 27.Qb4 Qxh2
28.Qb1 Rxe3 29.Qxf5+ exf5 30.Rxe3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Rodriguez"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1
Bg4 8.d3 Nc6 9.Nbd2 e5 10.h3 Be6 11.a3 h6 12.b4 a6 13.Rb1 b5
14.Nb3 Nd7 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 Bxb3 17.Rxb3 cxd4 18.Bb2 Qb6
19.Ba1 Rfe8 20.Qd2 Rac8 21.Rbb1 Nde5 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.Bxd4 Qxd4
24.Qxd4 Nf3+ 25.gxf3 Bxd4 26.Rec1 Kf8 27.Bd3 Rxc1+ 28.Rxc1 Bb2
29.Rc6 Ra8 30.a4 bxa4 31.Rxa6 Rxa6 32.Bxa6 Bc3 33.Kg2 Bxb4
34.f4 f5 35.Kf3 Bd2 36.Bb5 a3 37.Bc4 Ke7 38.Ba2 Bc1 39.Bb3 Kd7
40.Bd5 Kc7 41.exf5 gxf5 42.Ke2 Kb6 43.Kd1 Bxf4 44.Kc2 Be5
45.Kb3 Bb2 46.f4 Kc5 47.Be6 Kd4 48.Bxf5 Ke3 49.Be6 Kxf4 50.Kc2
Ke4 51.Bc8 d5 52.Bb7 Ke5 53.Ba6 Kf4 54.Bc8 Ke3 55.Be6 d4
56.Bc4 d3 57.Bxd3 a2 58.Kxb2 Kxd3 59.Kxa2 Ke2 60.Kb2 Kf3
61.Kc3 Kg3 62.Kd3 Kxh3 63.Ke4 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Michael Rohde"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O h6 9.Re1 Nxd4 10.e5 Nb5 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 gxf6
13.c3 d6 14.Be3 Bd7 15.Qh5 Bc6 16.Bb6 Qe7 17.a3 Rg8 18.f4 Bxg2
19.Kxg2 Qd7 20.Kg1 Be7 21.Qxh6 Qc6 22.Bf2 O-O-O 23.Qh7 Rdf8
24.Qe4 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 d5 26.Re2 Kc7 27.Kg2 Kc6 28.Bd4 f5 29.Kf3
Ra8 30.h4 Bc5 31.Bf6 Rg6 32.Bg5 Rh8 33.Rh1 Kd7 34.h5 Rgg8
35.Bf6 Rh6 36.Be5 f6 37.Bd4 Bd6 38.Rh4 Rg7 39.Be3 Rg8 40.Bd4
Rg7 41.Be3 Re7 42.g4 fxg4 43.Kxg4 Rh8 44.h6 Reh7 45.Reh2 Rg8+
46.Kf3 Rg6 47.f5 exf5 48.Rg2 Rxg2 49.Kxg2 Ke6 50.Rh5 Be5
51.Kf3 Bd6 52.Bf4 Be5 53.Be3 Bd6 54.Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Attila Groszpeter"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "22"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2
Ba6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Nxc3 d5 10.cxd5 Bxf1 11.Kxf1 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Orestes Rodriguez"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Bd3 Qc3 8.O-O d5 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.c4 Bg7 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Qc2
Nc6 13.Rab1 Qd7 14.Nc4 h6 15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.Bh7 f5 17.Nd6+ Kf8
18.Bxf5 exf5 19.Nh4 Be5 20.Ndxf5 Be6 21.f4 Bf6 22.Nf3 Rc8
23.Qe4 Bxa2 24.Rbc1 Rd8 25.Ne5 Be6 26.Ng4 Bb2 27.Rb1 Rxd1+
28.Rxd1 h5 29.Ne5 Bxe5 30.fxe5 Bxf5 31.Qxf5 Qxe5 32.Rd8+ Kg7
0-1

[Event "New York Open (02)"]
[Site "New York Open (02)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bent Larsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 b6 4.b3 Bb7 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.d4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Qc7
13.Rfd1 Rfd8 14.Qf4 Qxf4 15.gxf4 a6 16.Kf3 Kf8 17.Rd3 Rac8
18.Rad1 Ke8 19.a4 Rc6 20.e3 Rcc8 21.Ne2 b5 22.cxb5 axb5 23.a5
Ra8 24.Be5 Nd5 25.Rxd5 exd5 26.Rxd5 f6 27.Bc7 Rdc8 28.Bb6 b4
29.Nd4 Rab8 30.Nb5 Rb7 31.h4 Rc6 32.Nd4 Rcxb6 33.axb6 Rxb6
34.Rh5 h6 35.Ra5 Rb8 36.h5 Rc8 37.Ke4 Bc5 38.Nf5 Bf8 39.Rb5
Rc3 40.Nd4 Kf7 41.Rb7 Ke8 42.Rb8+ Kf7 43.Rb5 Be7 44.Rd5 Ke8
45.Kf5 Bc5 46.Kg6 Bxd4 47.Rxd4 Rxb3 48.Kxg7 Ke7 49.Kxh6 Rb2
50.Kg6 b3 51.Re4+ Kd6 52.Rb4 Rxf2 53.Kxf6 b2 54.h6 Rh2 55.h7
Rxh7 56.Rxb2 Rh6+ 57.Kg5+ Rh3 58.e4 Ke7 59.e5 Rh1 60.Rb6 Rg1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Steven M Odendahl"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6
7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 g6 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.h4 Re8 11.h5 Nf8 12.Bh6 Be6
13.O-O-O Qa5 14.a3 Qc7 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Rh4 Qf7 17.Rdh1 f5
18.Nf4 Bb3 19.Qd2 Re7 20.g4 Bxf4 21.Bxf4 fxg4 22.Rxg4 Be6
23.Rgh4 Bf5 24.Bd6 Rd7 25.Be5 Re8 26.f4 c5 27.Kb1 c4 28.Bc2
Qe6 29.Ka1 b5 30.Bxf5 Qxf5 31.Qg2 Rf7 32.Rh5 Qe6 33.Rf1 Rd8
34.f5 Qd5 35.Qg4 Qc6 36.Rg1 Rfd7 37.Qh4 Qf3 38.fxg6 hxg6
39.Rh8+ Kf7 40.Qe1 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bf4 Qb6
8.Qc2 e5 9.Bd2 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Bh3 fxe4 12.Ng5 Bxh3 13.Nxh3 h6
14.Nxe4 Nd7 15.O-O Qc7 16.f3 Nhf6 17.Nc3 Kh7 18.Nf2 Rae8
19.Kg2 a6 20.a4 Nb6 21.b3 Nc8 22.g4 Ne7 23.Rae1 Qd7 24.h3 Rf7
25.Nh1 Ref8 26.Ng3 b6 27.Qd3 a5 28.Rh1 Kh8 29.Ref1 Kg8 30.Be3
Kh8 31.Rf2 Kg8 32.Rhf1 Ne8 33.Nce2 Nf6 34.f4 h5 35.fxe5 dxe5
36.gxh5 Nxh5 37.Rxf7 Rxf7 38.Rxf7 Kxf7 39.Nxh5 gxh5 40.Ng3 h4
41.Ne4 Kg8 42.Bg5 Nf5 43.Nf6+ Bxf6 44.Bxf6 Kf8 45.Bxe5 Qf7
46.d6 Qd7 47.Qf3 Qe6 48.Bf4 Ke8 49.Kf2 Nd4 50.Qh5+ Kd7 51.Qh7+
Ke8 52.d7 Qxd7 53.Qg8+ Ke7 54.Bg5+ Kd6 55.Qd5+ Kc7 56.Qxd7+
Kxd7 57.Bxh4 Nxb3 58.Ke3 Nd4 59.Ke4 Ke6 60.Bg3 Ne2 61.Be5 Ng1
62.h4 Nh3 63.Bg3 Ng1 64.Ke3 Kf5 65.Bh2 Nh3 66.Kf3 Kg6 67.Kg3
Ng5 68.hxg5 Kxg5 69.Kf3 Kf5 70.Bc7 b5 71.cxb5 Ke6 72.Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

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.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1
Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5
20.Bg5 Be7 21.Bh6 Nfd7 22.Rf1 Bf6 23.Qe3 Qe7 24.Ng5 Bxg5
25.Bxg5 f6 26.Bh4 Qh7 27.f4 Qh6 28.Ne2 Rf8 29.Bf2 Rab8 30.axb5
axb5 31.Qg3 Ba6 32.Be3 Qg7 33.Qf3 b4 34.Ba4 Bb5 35.Bxb5 Rxb5
36.Ra7 Rf7 37.f5 bxc3 38.bxc3 g5 39.Bxc5 Nxc5 40.Ra8+ Rf8
41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 42.Qxh5 Nxe4 43.Ra1 Rb8 44.Qg4 Nc5 45.Qxc4 Qb7
46.Kh2 Ra8 47.Rxa8+ Qxa8 48.Ng3 Qa1 49.h4 Qa4 50.Qxa4 Nxa4
51.hxg5 Nxc3 52.g6 Ke7 53.Nh5 Nxd5 54.g4 Ne3 55.Kg3 d5 56.Kf3
d4 57.g5 Nxf5 58.gxf6+ Ke6 59.Ke4 Nh6 60.Kd3 Nf5 61.f7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Bryon Nickoloff"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6
7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nf5 9.Qe4 g6 10.Re1 O-O 11.b3 Bb7 12.Bb2 d5
13.exd6 cxd6 14.Nbd2 d5 15.Qe5 f6 16.Qe6+ Rf7 17.Rad1 c5
18.Nf1 a5 19.a4 Ra6 20.Qe2 Rd6 21.Ng3 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Ba6 23.Qd2
d4 24.Ba3 Rd5 25.c3 Bf8 26.cxd4 cxd4 27.Bxf8 Qxf8 28.Re6 Bb7
29.Rde1 Kg7 30.Nxd4 Bc8 31.Qb2 Bd7 32.R6e4 Qd6 33.Qc3 Rc5
34.Qe3 Rd5 35.Ne6+ Bxe6 36.Rxe6 Qb4 37.Re7 Rd7 38.Rxf7+ Rxf7
39.Qe6 Rb7 40.Re3 Qd4 41.Kh2 Rc7 42.Qe4 Qb6 43.Qd5 Qa7 44.g4
Rd7 45.Qe6 Qd4 46.Re4 Qd2 47.Rc4 Rb7 48.f3 Qg5 49.Kg3 h5
50.Rd4 Kh6 51.Rd8 h4 52.Kh3 Qf4 53.Rh8+ Rh7 54.Rxh7+ Kxh7
55.Qe1 Kg7 56.Qxh4 Qe3 57.Qg3 Qc3 58.Qb8 Qe1 59.Qc7+ Kh6
60.Qf4+ Kg7 61.Qc7+ Kh6 62.Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lothar Vogt"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Nb4 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd5 12.Ne4 Qb6+
13.Kh1 Ne3 14.Bxe3 Qxe3 15.Re1 Qb6 16.Bf1 Rd8 17.Qc1 Qc7 18.c3
Nc6 19.Ng3 Bd7 20.Nh5 Be8 21.Re4 g6 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.exf6 Qd6
24.Rh4 Qf8 25.Qe3 Rd5 26.Bd3 Rad8 27.Bc2 h5 28.Rf1 Qc5 29.Qc1
Ne5 30.Rxh5 Ng4 31.Rh4 Nxf6 32.Qf4 Nh5 33.Qh6 Qf8 34.Qe3 Qc5
35.Qc1 Qf8 36.Be4 R5d6 37.Bxb7 Nf6 38.Rf4 Nd5 39.Bxd5 Rxd5
40.Qe1 Qd6 41.Qh4 Rh5 42.Qf6 e5 43.Re1 Qxf6 44.Rxf6 Bb5 45.g4
Kg7 46.Rxf7+ Kxf7 47.gxh5 Bc6 48.Re3 gxh5 49.Kg1 Bxf3 50.Rxf3+
Ke6 51.b3 e4 52.Rf4 Ke5 53.Rh4 Rd1+ 54.Kf2 Rd2+ 55.Ke3 Rd3+
56.Ke2 Rxc3 57.Rxh5+ Kd4 58.Ra5 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Petr Haba"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Qd2 Nd7
13.a4 Rc8 14.c4 h6 15.Na5 Qc7 16.b4 e4 17.Rac1 Ne5 18.c5 Nd3
19.Bxd3 exd3 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.Nc4 Rce8 22.Bxd6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6 Re2
24.Qf4 Bg6 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 d2 27.Rcd1 Qc7 28.Qc4 Qe7 29.b6
Rd8 30.h3 Kh7 31.Qd4 Qg5 32.h4 Qh5 33.Rxd2 Rxd2 34.Qxd2 Qxh4
35.Nxb7 Re8 36.Nd6 Re5 37.f4 Rh5 38.Rf3 Qh1+ 39.Kf2 Qb1 40.Rh3
Rxh3 41.gxh3 Bd3 42.Kg2 Qf1+ 43.Kh2 Be2 44.Qe3 Bf3 45.Qg1 Qe2+
46.Kg3 Bxd5 47.Qf2 Qd3+ 48.Kh2 Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Rogelio Antonio Jr"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1
Bg4 8.d3 Nc6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Rb8 11.a4 a6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Qd1
e5 14.Nd2 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Qc2 b4 17.Nc4 Nb6 18.Ra6 bxc3
19.bxc3 Nxc4 20.dxc4 Rb6 21.Qa4 Qc7 22.Rxb6 Qxb6 23.Bd3 h6
24.Rb1 Qc7 25.Bc2 Kh7 26.Kh2 Bf6 27.Rb5 Kg7 28.Qa6 Rb8 29.Ba4
Nd8 30.Rxb8 Qxb8 31.Bb5 Qc7 32.g3 Bg5 33.Bxg5 hxg5 34.Qa8 Ne6
35.Kg2 Nf8 36.Qc6 Qd8 37.Qe8 Qxe8 38.Bxe8 f5 39.Bc6 Kf6 40.Kf3
Ne6 41.Ke2 Ke7 42.Bd5 Nf8 43.Bb7 Nd7 44.f3 Nf6 45.Bc6 Kd8
46.Kf2 Kc7 47.Ba8 Kb6 48.Ke2 Ka7 49.Bc6 Ka6 50.Kf2 Kb6 51.Ba8
Kc7 52.Ke2 Kd7 53.Bb7 g4 54.fxg4 fxg4 55.h4 Ke7 56.Ke3 Kf7
57.Bc8 Kg7 58.Be6 Kh6 59.Bc8 g5 60.hxg5 Kxg5 61.Be6 Kg6 62.Bc8
Kf7 63.Bf5 Ke7 64.Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kovacevic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b3 b6 7.O-O
Bb7 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.Bb2 g6 11.f4 Bg7 12.Qg4 Qe7 13.c4
f6 14.Nf3 O-O-O 15.a4 a5 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bc4 Kb7 18.Rad1 Nb8
19.Qh4 Rhf8 20.Qxh7 Nc6 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Qxe7+ Bxe7 23.Ne5 Nxe5
24.Bxe5 Kc6 25.g3 g5 26.Kf2 Bd6 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Rd2 Rh8 29.Kg1
g4 30.Rfd1 Rhd8 31.Kf2 Kc7 32.e4 Bxe4 33.Ke3 Rxd2 34.Rxd2 Rxd2
35.Kxd2 Kd6 36.Be2 Bf5 37.Kc3 Kd5 38.Ba6 Kd6 39.Bb7 Kc7 40.Bg2
Kd6 41.Kc4 Bc2 42.h3 gxh3 43.Bxh3 Bd1 44.Bf1 e5 45.fxe5+ Kxe5
46.Bd3 Kd6 47.Kc3 Bg4 48.Kd2 Ke5 49.Be2 Be6 50.Kc3 Ke4 51.Bc4
Bd7 52.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lars Schandorff"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 d5 5.a3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Nc3
Nc6 8.c5 Ne4 9.Bb5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.a4 O-O 12.O-O b6
13.cxb6 axb6 14.Bf4 Rc8 15.Qd3 Na5 16.Ba6 Ra8 17.Rfb1 Ra7
18.Bb5 Bxb5 19.Qxb5 Nc4 20.Ne5 Ra5 21.Qc6 Qc8 22.Qxc8 Rxc8
23.Nxc4 Rxc4 24.Rxb6 h6 25.Rb8+ Kh7 26.Rb7 Bf6 27.Rxf7 Raxa4
28.Rxa4 Rxa4 29.g3 Kg6 30.Rc7 Kf5 31.Kg2 h5 32.h3 h4 33.Kf3
hxg3 34.fxg3 Ra3 35.g4+ Kg6 36.Ke3 Ra1 37.Kf3 Rf1+ 38.Kg3 Rd1
39.Rc6 Rd3+ 40.Kg2 Kf7 41.Rc7+ Kg6 42.Rc8 Bg5 43.Be5 Rd2+
44.Kf3 Rd3+ 45.Kg2 Rd2+ 46.Kf3 Rd3+ 47.Kg2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Salonika (Greece)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ta Lin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4
Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.b3 Qc7
13.f3 d6 14.e4 Rfd8 15.Bb2 a6 16.Rd2 Qb7 17.Qd3 h6 18.Qe2 Nd7
19.Rad1 Nc5 20.Ba3 Qc7 21.Rc2 Bf6 22.Bc1 Be5 23.Be3 Rac8
24.Bd4 Nd7 25.Rcd2 Kf8 26.Bxe5 Nxe5 27.Na4 Qc6 28.Nb2 b5
29.cxb5 axb5 30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.Qxd3 Ke7 32.Qd4 Qc3 33.Qa7+ Rd7
34.Qb6 Qc5 35.Qxc5 Rxc5 36.g4 b4 37.Kg3 Rc6 38.Rd4 Rb7 39.R1d2
g5 40.h4 Rbb6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Re2 Rc5 43.Red2 Rc1 44.Kg2 Rc5
45.Kg3 e5 46.Rd5 Rbc6 47.Rxc5 Rxc5 48.Rh2 d5 49.exd5 Rxd5
50.Rc2 Kd6 51.Rc8 Rd4 52.Kf2 Kd7 53.Rc5 Kd6 54.Rc8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ta Lin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4
Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.b3 Qc7
13.f3 d6 14.e4 Rfd8 15.Bb2 a6 16.Rd2 Qb7 17.Qe3 h6 18.Qe2 Nd7
19.Rad1 Nc5 20.Ba3 Qc7 21.Rc2 Bf6 22.Bc1 Be5 23.Be3 Rac8
24.Bd4 Nd7 25.Rcd2 Kf8 26.Bxe5 Nxe5 27.Na4 Qc6 28.Nb2 b5
29.cxb5 axb5 30.Nd3 Nxd3 31.Qxd3 Ke7 32.Qd4 Qc3 33.Qa7+ Rd7
34.Qb6 Qc5 35.Qxc5 Rxc5 36.g4 b4 37.Kg3 Rc6 38.Rd4 Rb7 39.R1d2
g5 40.h4 Rbb6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Re2 Rc5 43.Red2 Rc1 44.Kg2 Rc5
45.Kg3 e5 46.Rd5 Rbc6 47.Rxc5 Rxc5 48.Rh2 d5 49.exd5 Rxd5
50.Rc2 Kd6 51.Rc8 Rd4 52.Kf2 Kd7 53.Rc5 Kd6 54.Rc8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki ol"]
[Site "Thessaloniki ol"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Predrag Kovacevic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b3 b6 7.O-O
Bb7 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.Bb2 g6 11.f4 Bg7 12.Qg4 Qe7 13.c4
f6 14.Nf3 O-O-O 15.a4 a5 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bc4 Kb7 18.Rad1 Nb8
19.Qh4 Rhf8 20.Qxh7 Nc6 21.exf6 Bxf6 22.Qxe7+ Bxe7 23.Ne5 Nxe5
24.Bxe5 Kc6 25.g3 g5 26.Kf2 Bd6 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Rd2 Rh8 29.Kg1
g4 30.Rfd1 Rhd8 31.Kf2 Kc7 32.e4 Bxe4 33.Ke3 Rxd2 34.Rxd2 Rxd2
35.Kxd2 Kd6 36.Be2 Bg6 37.Kc3 Kd5 38.Ba6 Kd6 39.Bb7 Kc7 40.Bg2
Kd6 41.Kc4 Bc2 42.h3 gxh3 43.Bxh3 Bd1 44.Bf1 e5 45.fxe5+ Kxe5
46.Bd3 Kd6 47.Kc3 Bg4 48.Kd2 Ke5 49.Be2 Be6 50.Kc3 Ke4 51.Bc4
Bd7 52.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Frias"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nf3 b6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.O-O
g6 8.b3 Bg7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Rad1 Nxd4
13.Qxd4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qb7+ 15.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
c5 8.Na4 cxd4 9.a3 Be7 10.exd4 d6 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Nc3 d5
13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Ba6 Ra8 17.Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA-ch"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Michael Wilder"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.e4 a6
8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.a4 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Na3 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 O-O
14.Ne1 Nde5 15.h3 Nh6 16.f4 Nxd3 17.Nxd3 Qc7 18.Rc1 Bd7 19.b4
Rae8 20.Re1 Nf7 21.a5 Qb7 22.Bf2 f5 23.axb6 Rxe4 24.Rxe4 fxe4
25.bxc5 Qxd5 26.Nb4 Qxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Ba4 28.Rb1 Nd8 29.Nxa6 Nb7
30.cxd6 Rd8 31.Nc5 Bc6 32.Nc4 Nxd6 33.Nxd6 Rxd6 34.b7 Bxb7
35.Rxb7 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Rd2 37.Nxe4 Re2 38.Rb4 Bf8 39.Rc4 1-0

[Event "World"]
[Site "World"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1988"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "James A Thinnsen"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.N1f3 h6 8.Nxe6 Qe7 9.O-O fxe6 10.Bg6+ Kd8 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bg3
Qb4 13.Re1 Be7 14.Qc1 Nf8 15.a3 Qxe1+ 16.Qxe1 Nxg6 17.Qe4 Nf8
18.Ne5 Ke8 19.Qf3 Bf6 20.Qh5+ Ke7 21.c4 g6 22.Nxg6+ Nxg6
23.Qxg6 Nb6 24.Bd6+ Kxd6 25.Qxf6 Bd7 26.c5 Kd5 27.Rc1 Nc4
28.b3 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 a6
7.Ba4 Nxe4 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Qxe4 Ng6 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.d5 b5
13.Bb3 bxc4 14.Qxc4 c5 15.d6 Bxd6 16.Ne4 Be5 17.Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luzern 48/(210)"]
[Site "Luzern 48/(210)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Andras Adorjan"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Qc7
7.N1f3 h6 8.Ne6 fxe6 9.Bg6+ Kd8 10.O-O b6 11.Re1 Qd6 12.g3 Bb7
13.Bf4 Qd5 14.Re5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 c5 16.dxc5 Kc8 17.c6 Bxc6
18.Nxc6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Long"]
[Site "Long"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Alburt"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.a4 a5
8.Qe2 O-O 9.h3 Nc6 10.O-O Bf5 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Nbd2 Rad8 13.Ne4
Qc8 14.Ng3 Be6 15.c4 Nb4 16.Bg5 Rde8 17.d5 Bd7 18.Qd2 f6
19.exf6 exf6 20.Be3 f5 21.Bd4 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Bxd4 23.Nxd4 Rf7
24.Ne6 Bxa4 25.Bxa4 Nxa4 26.Ng5 Rd7 27.Ra1 b5 28.b3 Nc5
29.Rxa5 Nba6 30.Rxb5 Re7 31.b4 Nd7 32.Ra5 Ne5 33.Qc3 Qb7 34.b5
Nc5 35.Kh2 h6 36.Nf3 f4 37.Nxe5 Rxe5 38.Nf1 Qc8 39.Nd2 Qf8
40.Qd4 Re2 41.Ra7 Qb8 42.b6 Nb7 43.bxc7 Qxc7 44.Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gerardo F Barbero"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.a3
Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Nxc5 9.Bg5 Nfe4 10.Bxd8 Nxc3 11.Be7 Nb3 12.Bxf8
Kxf8 13.Rd1 Nxd1 14.Kxd1 d5 15.e3 Bd7 16.Kc2 Ba4 17.Kc3 Rc8
18.Kb4 Nc5 19.Nd2 b6 20.b3 a5 21.Kc3 Bxb3 22.Nxb3 Ne4+ 23.Kd4
Nxf2 24.Rg1 dxc4 25.Bxc4 e5 26.Kc3 b5 27.Nxa5 Ne4+ 28.Kd3 Nc5+
29.Kc3 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "5, Long Beach USA ch"]
[Site "5, Long Beach USA ch"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8
13.Be2 Bg5 14.O-O a5 15.Qd3 Ne7 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rfd1 Rb6
18.Ne3 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Qc7 20.Rd5 Qb8 21.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eugenio Torre"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Re1 O-O 7.Bf1
Nc6 8.a3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Qd1 Rb8 12.a4 a6 13.Na3
Qc7 14.d3 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.d4 cxd4 17.Nxb5 Qb6 18.cxd4 Nxd4
19.Be3 e5 20.b4 Ra8 21.Qd2 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Nf6 23.Nxd4 exd4
24.Bxd4 Nxe4 25.Bxb6 Nxd2 26.Rd1 Nxf1 27.Kxf1 Rb8 28.Ba5 Bf8
29.Rd5 f5 30.b5 Kf7 31.Bc7 Ke6 32.Bxb8 Kxd5 33.Ba7 Bg7 34.Be3
f4 35.Bxf4 Kc5 36.b6 Kxb6 37.Bxd6 Kc6 38.Bb4 Kd5 39.Ke2 Ke6
40.Kd3 Be5 41.g4 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6 9.Bh4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.e3 Nc6 12.Nh3 Re8
13.Bd3 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.Rc1 Nc6 16.Nf2 Kf8 17.O-O d6
18.Rfd1 Ke7 19.Ne4 Red8 20.f4 Rab8 21.Rc2 Ba6 22.Be1 Rb3
23.Bc3 Rdb8 24.Rcd2 R8b6 25.Kf2 Nxe4+ 26.Bxe4 Rxc3 27.bxc3 Na5
28.Rb1 Bxc4 29.Rxb6 axb6 30.Rb2 Bb3 31.Bc2 Bxc2 32.Rxc2 d5
33.Ke2 Kd6 34.Kd3 f5 35.h3 h5 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 fxg4 38.Rg2
Ke7 39.Rxg4 Kf6 40.Rg2 Nc4 41.a4 e5 42.fxe5 Nxe5+ 43.Ke2 g5
44.Rf2+ Ke6 45.Rf8 Nc4 46.Kf3 Ke5 47.Re8+ Kf5 48.Rf8+ Ke5+
49.Re8+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Bd3
b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.O-O Bb7
13.Qe2 Nc5 14.Kh1 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Be7 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 O-O
18.a3 h6 19.Nf3 Rac8 20.h3 Rc7 21.Rad1 Rfc8 22.Rd2 Rc1 23.Rxc1
Rxc1+ 24.Kh2 Qc5 25.d4 Qc4 26.Qe3 Rb1 27.Kg3 Qc1 28.Qf2 Bxf3
29.Kxf3 Qh1 30.Kg3 Rf1 31.Qe2 Rf5 32.Rc2 Rg5+ 33.Kf3 Qh2
34.Ke4 Rf5 35.Rd2 Qg3 36.Qe3 Qg6 37.d5 exd5 38.Rxd5 Rg5 39.Kd4
Rxg2 40.Rd8+ Kh7 41.Rd6 Qf5 42.b4 Rf2 43.Rxa6 Rf3 44.Qe2 Rf4+
45.Kd5 Rc4 46.Rd6 Qxh3 47.Qxc4 bxc4 48.Kxc4 Qxa3 49.b5 Qa4+
50.Kc5 Qc2+ 51.Kd5 Qb3+ 52.Kc5 Qc3+ 53.Kd5 Qb4 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ferdinand Hellers"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4
13.Ne4 Be7 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Qc2 O-O 16.Rad1 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qc8
18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.exd4 Qe6 20.Qxc7 Rac8 21.Qa5 Rc2 22.Rf2 Qg4
23.Qe1 Bb4 24.Nc3 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 f6 26.exf6 Rxf6+ 27.Kg1 Re6
28.Qf1 Bd6 29.Qf3 Qxf3 30.gxf3 Rh6 31.Rd2 Bf4 32.Re2 Rd6 33.d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Eugenio Torre"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nc6 12.d5 Na5 13.Nbd2 g6
14.a4 Bd7 15.b4 Nb7 16.a5 Rc8 17.Nf1 Nh5 18.Bh6 Re8 19.Qd2 Bf8
20.Bg5 Be7 21.Be3 Bf6 22.Rac1 Bg7 23.Ng3 Nxg3 24.fxg3 Qc7
25.Bd3 cxb4 26.cxb4 Qb8 27.Rcd1 Nd8 28.g4 f6 29.Rc1 Nf7
30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Rc1 Bf8 32.Kf1 Be7 33.Ke2 Bd8 34.Rc3 Qb7
35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.Qc1 Qxc1 37.Bxc1 Kf8 38.Be3 Ke8 39.Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5
13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 Qh4 15.h3 f5 16.Nd2 f4 17.Re1 Bxh3 18.Qf3
Bxg2 19.Qxg2 Qh5 20.Nf3 Rf6 21.Ng5 Rf5 22.Ne6 Qh6 23.Bd2 Re8
24.Qxg7+ Qxg7+ 25.Nxg7 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Kxg7 27.Re6 Rf6 28.Rxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 a5 12.h3 Bb4
13.Rad1+ Kc8 14.Ne2 a4 15.Nf4 Bc5 16.g4 Ne3 17.Nxe6 Nxd1
18.Nxc5 Nxb2 19.Re1 b6 20.Ne4 Rd8 21.Kf1 Ra5 22.b4 Rb5 23.a3
Nc4 24.Nc3 Nxa3 25.Ra1 Nxc2 26.Rxa4 Kb7 27.Nxb5 cxb5 28.Ra2
Nxb4 29.Re2 Rd1+ 30.Kg2 Nd5 31.Kg3 b4 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ferdinand Hellers"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 b4
13.Nd5 exd5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nh5 16.e6 Nxg3 17.exf7+ Kxf7
18.Rxe7+ Kg8 19.hxg3 Qxg3 20.Ne6 Qe5 21.Rf1 Nf8 22.Bf5 Bc8
23.Re8 Kf7 24.Re7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O a6 10.Bb3 Nd7 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.f4 Nc5 13.f5
Nxb3 14.axb3 Bd7 15.Rhf1 Ne5 16.Nf3 Bc6 17.Nxe5 dxe5 18.fxe6
fxe6 19.Qg4 Rxf1 20.Rxf1 Qd7 21.Rd1 Qc8 22.h4 Kh8 23.Bg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qc7 11.Bd2 e6 12.O-O-O O-O-O
13.Ne4 Ngf6 14.g3 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bd6 16.c4 c5 17.Bc3 Nf6 18.Qe2
cxd4 19.Nxd4 a6 20.Nf3 Rd7 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Qa5 23.a3 Rhd8
24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Bc3 Qg5+ 26.Qd2 Qxd2+ 27.Kxd2 f6 28.Kc2 Nc5
29.Re1 Rd6 30.Re3 Kd8 31.b4 Nd7 32.Rd3 Rc6 33.Kb3 Ke7 34.c5 e5
35.g4 Ke6 36.f3 a5 37.Rd1 axb4 38.axb4 b6 39.cxb6 Rxb6 40.Kc4
Rc6+ 41.Kb3 Rb6 42.Rd2 Rb7 43.Ra2 Nb8 44.Ra5 Nc6 45.Rc5 Kd6
46.Kc4 Rc7 47.Rd5+ Ke6 48.Rc5 Kd6 49.Bb2 Na5+ 50.Kb5 Nc6
51.Kc4 Na5+ 52.Kb5 Nc6 53.Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nd2 Re8 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Re1 Ne5 12.a4 a6 13.h3
g5 14.Nf1 h6 15.Ne3 Ng6 16.Bd3 Nf4 17.Nc4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Nd7
19.f4 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Qxb6 21.Qg3 gxf4 22.Bxf4 Kh7 23.Bxd6 Qxb2
24.e5 Bf5 25.Ra2 Qb4 26.Rf2 Bg6 27.Rf4 Qb6 28.Ref1 Kg8 29.Rg4
h5 30.Rxg6 fxg6 31.Qxg6 c4 32.Kh2 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Ne4 Rf1
35.Qe6+ Kh8 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Ng5+ Kh6 38.Qe6+ Bf6 39.Bf8+ Kxg5
40.Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3
Nc6 8.Bg5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.e3 Qa5 11.exd4 Qxg5 12.Qd2 Qxd2+
13.Kxd2 b6 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.f3 Rfd8 16.b4 d6 17.a4 e5 18.d5 a5
19.Rhb1 Bc8 20.bxa5 bxa5 21.Rb6 Kf8 22.Nb5 Ra6 23.Rc6 Bb7
24.Rc7 Rb6 25.Rb1 Ba6 26.Rc6 Rxc6 27.dxc6 Rc8 28.Nxd6 Rxc6
29.Rb8+ Ke7 30.Nf5+ Kd7 31.Nxg7 Bxc4 32.Nf5 Bxd3 33.Kxd3 Nd5
34.Ke4 Nc7 35.Kxe5 Rc5+ 36.Kf6 Ne8+ 37.Kg5 f6 38.Kg4 Rc4+
39.f4 Rxa4 40.Rb6 Ra2 41.g3 Rxh2 42.Ra6 h5 43.Kf3 Ra2 44.Ke4
a4 45.Nd4 Nc7 46.Ra7 Kd6 47.Nf5+ Kc6 48.Ne7+ Kb6 49.Nc8+ Kc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 e5 7.Nf3
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.c5 Bg7 10.cxd6 cxd6 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Be2 Ne8 13.a4
f5 14.Nc4 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5 16.f3 Nf6 17.Ncxd6 Nxe4 18.Nxe4
Nxd5 19.O-O Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Nf4 21.Bc4+ Kh8 22.Qd6 Qxd6 23.Nxd6
Bd3 24.Bxd3 Nxd3 25.Ne4 b6 26.b3 Nxc1 27.Raxc1 Rac8 28.Rfd1
Bh6 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.g3 Rc7 31.Rd8+ Kg7 32.Re8 Rc1+ 33.Kg2 Rb1
34.Re7+ Kf8 35.Rxa7 Rb2+ 36.Kh3 Rxb3 37.Kg4 Bg7 38.Ng5 h5
39.Kh3 Bh6 40.Ne6+ Kg8 41.Rb7 Rxf3 42.Rxb6 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.a3 Nf6 6.Qa4 O-O 7.Rb1
a5 8.b4 cxb4 9.axb4 Nxb4 10.Ba3 d6 11.Bxb4 Bd7 12.Qb3 axb4
13.Qxb4 Bc6 14.Nf3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.d3 Bc6 17.O-O Ra4
18.Qb6 Qd7 19.Rfc1 Rfa8 20.Ne1 R4a6 21.Qe3 Ra2 22.Rb6 h5
23.Rcb1 Ra1 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Rb7 Qd8 26.Kg2 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 Qd7
28.Nf3 Bf6 29.h3 Kg7 30.d4 Ra2 31.Qd3 Qa7 32.e3 c5 33.g4 cxd4
34.exd4 Qa8 35.d5 Qa7 36.Rf1 hxg4 37.hxg4 Kg8 38.g5 Bg7 39.Qe4
Rb2 40.Kg3 Rb3 41.Re1 Rb2 42.Re2 Rxe2 43.Qxe2 Kf8 44.Qe4 Qd7
45.Nh4 Qa4 46.f4 Qd1 47.Nf3 Bc3 48.Kg4 Qh1 49.Qe2 Qb1 50.Qe3
Qc2 51.Ng1 Bb4 52.Qe2 Bd2 53.Nh3 Qc1 54.Kg3 Be3 55.Kg4 Qc3
56.Qf3 Qd4 57.Kg3 Ke8 58.Qe2 Kf8 59.Qf3 Bd2 60.Qe2 Qc3+ 61.Kg2
Be3 62.Kh2 Qb3 63.Kg2 Ke8 64.Kh2 Kd7 65.Kg2 Kd8 66.Qe1 Kc7
67.Nf2 Kd7 68.Qe2 Bxf2 69.Kxf2 Qb1 70.Kf3 e6 71.dxe6+ fxe6
72.Qe4 Qxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Bc2
exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.exf5 Nf6
19.Ne4 Nbxd5 20.Nh2 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.Rxe4 Nc3 23.Rxc3 Bxe4
24.Rg3 Kh8 25.Qg4 Bd5 26.Bd2 b4 27.Qf4 Qf6 28.Rd3 Bc6 29.Ng4
Qxb2 30.Kh2 Qc2 31.Rxd6 Qe4 32.Qxe4 Bxe4 33.Rb6 Bxf5 34.Ne5
Rc8 35.g4 Be4 36.f3 Bc2 37.a5 Kg8 38.Kg3 Bh7 39.Rxa6 c4 40.Rc6
Rxc6 41.Nxc6 c3 42.Be1 Bd3 43.Kf4 Bc5 44.Ke5 c2 45.Bd2 b3
46.Bc1 Be3 47.Bxe3 b2 48.Nb4 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Long"]
[Site "Long"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2
Bf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Rc1 d6 10.d5 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 g6 12.Nd4 e5 13.Nc6
Qd7 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxb8 Raxb8 16.gxf4 Rbe8 17.e4 Qd8 18.Rce1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Long"]
[Site "Long"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6
7.Re1 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2
Be7 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Re3 f5 15.Rec3 h6 16.h4 Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Long"]
[Site "Long"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O Na5 10.Bd3 a6 11.Nb3 e5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5
13.Bc4 Be6 14.Kb1 Qb4 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rac8 17.Bb3 Ne4
18.f3 Nc5 19.c3 Qa5 20.Bc2 Na4 21.g4 b5 22.g5 Rc4 23.Bb3 Rc7
24.h4 Nb6 25.f4 exf4 26.Bxf4 Nc4 27.Rd4 Rfc8 28.Re4 Bf8 29.h5
Qb6 30.g6 h6 31.gxf7 Rxf7 32.Bc2 Rfc7 33.Rxc4 bxc4 34.Qe6+ Rf7
35.Qxc8 Rxf4 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qg6 Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kh8 39.Qg6 Kg8
40.Re1 Qf2 41.Qh7+ Kf7 42.Qg6+ Kg8 43.Qe6+ Kh8 44.a4 a5 45.Qe8
Kg8 46.Rd1 Qh4 47.Qe6+ Kh8 48.Qg6 Kg8 49.Qe6+ Kh8 50.Qg6 Kg8
51.Ka2 Qf2 52.Qe6+ Kh8 53.Qg6 Kg8 54.Rg1 Rh4 55.Qe6+ Kh8
56.Qg6 Kg8 57.Rg2 Qf1 58.Qe6+ Kh8 59.Qg6 Kg8 60.Qe6+ Kh8
61.Rd2 Qf6 62.Qe3 1-0

[Event "Long"]
[Site "Long"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6
7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.f3 c5 12.Ne2 cxd4
13.exd4 Rc8 14.b4 e5 15.O-O b5 16.c5 exd4 17.Nxd4 dxc5 18.Nf5
c4 19.Bc2 Bd5 20.Rad1 Be6 21.Rd6 Re8 22.Rfd1 Rc7 23.f4 Bxf5
24.Bxf5 Qb8 25.Bxd7 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Nxd7 27.Rxd7 Qxf4 28.Qf3 Qc1+
29.Qf1 Qe3+ 30.Bf2 Qxa3 31.Bd4 1-0

[Event "Long"]
[Site "Long"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nde2
b5 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nec3 Be6 12.a4 b4
13.Nxb4 Qa5 14.Nc6 Qc5 15.Nxe7 Kxe7 16.Qd2 Rhb8 17.Rb1 Rb4
18.Bd3 Rab8 19.O-O a5 20.Qc1 h6 21.Re1 Ng4 22.Nd1 Rxa4 23.c3
Ba2 24.Ra1 Bb3 25.Ne3 Nxe3 26.Rxe3 Rxa1 27.Qxa1 a4 28.Qc1 Be6
29.Bc2 Qb5 30.h4 Ra8 31.Qa1 Qc5 32.Qb1 Ra7 33.Bd1 Bd7 34.Qa2
a3 35.Bb3 axb2 36.Qxb2 Qa3 37.Qxa3 Rxa3 38.Bd5 Bb5 39.Kg2 f6
40.Kf3 Bd7 41.c4 Rxe3+ 42.Kxe3 Kd8 43.Kd3 Kc7 44.Kc3 Kb6
45.Kb4 g5 46.Bf7 gxh4 47.gxh4 f5 48.exf5 Bxf5 49.Bd5 Bd7
50.Be4 Bc6 51.Bxc6 Kxc6 52.f3 Kb6 53.h5 Kc6 54.Kb3 Kd7 55.Kb4
Ke6 56.c5 d5 57.Kb3 Kd7 58.Kc3 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Long"]
[Site "Long"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maxim Dlugy"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6
7.b3 c6 8.Nc3 d5 9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Nd7 12.Nxe4 Nf6
13.Nc3 c5 14.dxc5 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Bb7 16.Rg1 bxc5 17.Bg2 O-O-O
18.Ke2 Bxg2 19.Rxg2 Kb7 20.Rgg1 Rd7 21.Rgd1 Rhd8 22.Rxd7+ Rxd7
23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Nxd1 Kc6 25.Kd3 Nd7 26.f4 f5 27.a3 a5 28.Kc3 e5
29.Ne3 g6 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 cxb4 32.Kxb4 exf4 33.gxf4 Nc5
34.Nd5 Ne6 35.h4 Nd4 36.Nf6 Ne6 37.Nd5 Nd4 38.Nf6 Ne6 39.Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Long"]
[Site "Long"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Nb3
Bb4 8.Bg2 Qa6 9.c5 b6 10.cxb6 axb6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.O-O d5 13.Nd4
Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Be7 15.a4 Rc8 16.e4 Rc4 17.Qd2 dxe4 18.Rfe1 Qa5
19.Bf1 Rc8 20.Bb5+ Bc6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qd6 Qa8 23.a5 bxa5
24.Rxa5 Qb7 25.Bxc6+ Qxc6 26.Qxc6+ Rxc6 27.Ra8+ Bd8 28.Nxe4
Ke7 29.Rd1 Re8 30.Ra7+ Bc7 31.Rb7 Rb8 32.Rxb8 Bxb8 33.Rd2 Be5
34.f4 Rc4 35.Nf2 Bd4 36.Kf1 Be3 37.Re2 Bb6 38.Nd3 f6 39.Ke1
Bd4 40.Kd1 Bb6 41.Ne1 h6 42.h4 h5 43.Kd2 Kd6 44.Nc2 e5 45.Kd3
Kd5 46.b3 e4 47.Kd2 Rc7 48.Nb4+ Ke6 49.Rxe4+ Kf5 50.Rc4 Rxc4
51.bxc4 Ba5 52.Kc3 Kg4 53.c5 Kxg3 54.c6 Kxh4 55.Kc4 Kg3 56.Na6
h4 57.Kb5 Bd8 58.Nc5 Bc7 59.Ne6 Bb8 60.Kb6 h3 0-1

[Event "Long"]
[Site "Long"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Re1 O-O
13.Bh6 Ne8 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.Re3 Qb7 16.Nf4 Kh8 17.Bg5 Bb6 18.Rf3
Qxe4 19.Kf1 e5 20.Nd5 Ba5 21.Ne7 Nc7 22.Nxc8 Raxc8 23.Be7 f5
24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.c3 f4 26.Qg4 b4 27.Re1 Qc6 28.Rh3 Qe8 29.Qf3
h6 30.Qe4 bxc3 31.Bc2 Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Long"]
[Site "Long"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Michael Rohde"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxf7 Kxf7
7.Qh5+ Ke6 8.c4 N5f6 9.d5 Kd6 10.Qf7 Ne5 11.Bf4 c5 12.Nc3 a6
13.O-O-O g6 14.Bxe5+ Kxe5 15.d6 Bh6+ 16.Kc2 Qe8 17.Rd5+ Nxd5
18.Qxd5+ Kf6 19.Ne4+ Kg7 20.Qe5+ Kf7 21.Bd3 Bf5 22.g4 Bxe4
23.Bxe4 e6 24.Re1 Qa4+ 25.Kd3 Rhe8 26.h4 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Long Beach (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4
a6 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Bd3 Nxc5 11.O-O Bd7 12.Qe2 h6 13.Kh1
O-O 14.Rae1 f5 15.exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Long Beach (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Kudrin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Bc4
e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Rad1 Qc7
13.Ba2 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qa5 15.Bb3 e5 16.Be3 h6 17.f3 Be6 18.Rd3
b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 b4 22.Rfd1 Bxd5 23.Rxd5
Qa2 24.Bc1 Rc6 25.Qb5 Rxc2 26.Qxb4 Rfc8 27.Qe1 Qc4 28.Bd2 Rxb2
29.Rc1 Rc2 30.Rxc2 Qxc2 31.h3 Rb8 32.Bb4 Rb6 33.Kh2 Bg5
34.Rxd6 Bf4+ 35.Kg1 Rxd6 36.Bxd6 Qc6 37.Bb4 Qb6+ 38.Kh1 h5
39.Bd2 Bxd2 40.Qxd2 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Long Beach (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Stuart Rachels"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 Ng4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd2 g6 12.Qe2
Bg7 13.O-O-O O-O 14.f4 Qb6 15.h3 Nf6 16.Bb3 Be6 17.e5 Nd5
18.exd6 exd6 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Be3 Qb4 21.Qd2 Qxd2+ 22.Rxd2 Bxb3
23.axb3 Rfe8 24.Bd4 d5 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Rf2 Re4 27.Kd2 f5
28.Ra1 a5 29.c3 c5 30.Kc2 Kf6 31.Ra4 Ke6 32.Rd2 Kd6 33.Ra1 Kc6
34.g3 h5 35.Rg1 Rd8 36.Rf2 Rf8 37.Ra1 Kb6 38.Rd1 Rd8 39.g4
hxg4 40.hxg4 fxg4 41.Rg1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Long Beach (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Bg7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qd1
Re8 14.Re1 Rc8 15.a5 c4 16.Bb1 Nc5 17.Bc2 Nfd7 18.f4 Qh4
19.Bd2 Nd3 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.Ra3 f5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Ra1 Nc5
24.Kh2 Rxe1 25.Qxe1 Qxe1 26.Bxe1 Bxc3 27.bxc3 Re8 28.Bf2 Nb3
29.Rd1 Re2 30.Kg1 d2 31.Kf1 Re4 32.g3 Rc4 33.Ke2 Rxc3 34.Be3
Rc2 35.Bxd2 Ra2 36.Ke3 Nxd2 37.Rxd2 Rxa5 38.g4 Ra3+ 39.Kd4
Ra4+ 40.Ke3 Ra3+ 41.Kd4 Rxh3 42.gxf5 Ra3 43.Rc2 Ra4+ 44.Ke3
Rb4 45.Rc7 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World (team)"]
[Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ye Rongguang"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4
b5 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.a3 Bb7
13.Bf4 Nd7 14.Nd5 Nc5 15.Ba2 Ne6 16.Bg3 Bh4 17.Qg4 Bxg3
18.Qxg3 Rb8 19.c3 Re8 20.Rad1 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Qf6 22.Rf5 Qg6
23.Qf3 f6 24.Qh3 Kh8 25.f4 h6 26.Bb1 Qf7 27.e5 dxe5 28.fxe5
Ng5 29.Qg3 Qe7 30.h4 Nh7 31.Kh2 g5 32.Ref1 gxh4 33.Qxh4 fxe5
34.Qxh6 e4 35.R1f4 Rb6 36.Qh5 Rg8 37.Rf7 1-0

[Event "Ch World (team)"]
[Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "M N Abdel"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4
13.a4 Rb8 14.axb5 axb5 15.Ne4 Qd5 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Nc3 Qc4
18.Be3 Nf5 19.Qf3 Nh4 20.Qh3 Be7 21.Rfd1 O-O 22.Nd5 Bd8 23.e6
fxe6 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 25.Rac1 Qe2 26.Nf4 Qxb2 27.Bd4 Qb4 28.Bxg7+
Kxg7 29.Nh5+ Kh8 30.Qe5+ Bf6 31.Nxf6 Ng6 32.Rxc7 Qh4 33.Rdd7
Rxf6 34.Rxh7+ Qxh7 35.Qxf6+ Kg8 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Rxh7+ Kxh7
38.f4 b4 39.f5 Nf8 40.Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Ch World (team)"]
[Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Nbd7 8.O-O Nc5 9.Re1 Be7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.Qg3 Kh8 12.Bg5 h6
13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Rad1 b5 15.a3 Qb6 16.Nf3 Nxb3 17.cxb3 e5 18.Qh4
Be6 19.b4 Kg8 20.h3 Qb7 21.Nh2 Rac8 22.Qg3 Rxc3 23.Bxc3 Nxe4
24.Qd3 f5 25.Nf1 Bh4 26.Rxe4 Bxf2+ 27.Kh2 fxe4 28.Qxd6 Bb3
29.Rc1 e3 30.Qxe5 Qf7 31.Ng3 Re8 32.Qd6 Bc4 33.Be1 Re6 34.Qd8+
0-1

[Event "Ch World (team)"]
[Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "A Rodriguez"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5 Qd8 16.Rg1 Bf6 17.fxe6 g6
18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Qe2 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch World (team)"]
[Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gennady Sosonko"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.Bb3 Na5 11.e5 Nd7 12.f4 Bb4 13.Bd2
Nc5 14.Rhf1 Naxb3+ 15.axb3 a5 16.Kb1 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Ne4 18.Rf3
Bd7 19.Be1 Qe8 20.Bh4 b5 21.Bf6 Nxf6 22.exf6 Qd8 23.fxg7 Re8
24.Qe5 f6 25.Qh5 Re7 26.Re1 Qb6 27.Nf5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gavin Crawley"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Bb7 12.d4 Bf6
13.Re1 Re8 14.Nd2 b4 15.c4 Nf4 16.d5 Nd3 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Bc2
Nxb2 19.Bxb2 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Bc3 21.Ne4 Qe5 22.Qd3 Re8 23.Nxc3
bxc3 24.f4 Qe2 25.Qxh7+ Kf8 26.h3 Re3 27.Qh8+ Ke7 28.Qh4+ f6
29.Rxb7 Qxc2 30.Rxc7+ Kd6 31.Rc6+ Ke7 32.Qg4 Kf8 33.Rc7 g5
34.fxg5 Re1+ 35.Kh2 Qf2 36.Rc8+ Ke7 37.d6 Kxd6 38.Rd8+ Kc5
39.Qc8+ Kb4 40.Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Thomas Ernst"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.O-O-O Nc4
13.Bxc4 Rxc4 14.g4 h5 15.gxh5 Nxh5 16.Kb1 b5 17.Nde2 b4 18.Nd5
e6 19.Bg5 Qa5 20.Ne7+ Kh7 21.Qxd6 Rc7 22.Nd4 Qb6 23.e5 Re8
24.Be3 Ba4 25.Nxe6 Bxc2+ 26.Ka1 Qxe3 27.Nd5 Qh6 28.Ng5+ Kg8
29.Qxc7 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nikola Spiridonov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 b6 12.Bd2
Bb7 13.O-O-O Qc7 14.Ne5 O-O-O 15.f4 c5 16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.Kb1 Kb8
18.Rhe1 h5 19.h3 h4 20.Ba6 Bxa6 21.Qxa6 Bf2 22.Rf1 Bg3 23.Qa4
Rc8 24.Bb4 Nd5 25.c4 Bxf4 26.Nd7+ Kb7 27.cxd5 e5 28.Be7 a6
29.d6 Qc4 30.Qxc4 Rxc4 31.Nf8 Rxf8 32.Bxf8 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Be7
13.Ne5 O-O 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Qd5 17.Qg4 f6
18.Bf4 Qxa2 19.Bxh6 Rf7 20.c3 a5 21.Bd2 a4 22.Kc2 Qb3+ 23.Kd3
Rd8 24.Ke2 e5 25.dxe5 Qb5+ 26.Ke1 Qxe5+ 27.Be3 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1
Qd5+ 29.Ke2 f5 30.Qg6 f4 31.Bc1 Bc5 32.Qd3 Qxg2 33.Rf1 Qg4+
34.Kd2 Rd7 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Carsten Hoi"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Bg5 O-O 7.Be2
a6 8.O-O h6 9.Be3 e5 10.Qd2 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Re8
13.Bf3 Bd7 14.Rae1 Bb5 15.Nxb5 axb5 16.a3 Ra4 17.c3 c5 18.Bxf6
Qxf6 19.Qd5 Ra7 20.Qb3 Ra5 21.Re3 h5 22.Rd1 Bh6 23.Ree1 Bf4
24.Be2 Rxe4 25.Bxb5 Qe6 26.Qxe6 Rxe6 27.Rxe6 fxe6 28.Be8 h4
29.Bxg6 Kg7 30.Bc2 b5 31.Kf1 Be5 32.Re1 b4 33.axb4 cxb4
34.cxb4 Ra2 35.Rb1 Kf6 36.b5 Ke7 37.Ke2 Kd7 38.Kf3 Rxb2
39.Rxb2 Bxb2 40.g3 Bf6 41.Kg4 hxg3 42.fxg3 d5 43.h4 Bd4 44.Kh5
Kd6 45.g4 Kc5 46.g5 e5 47.g6 e4 48.Kg5 Kxb5 49.h5 Be3+ 50.Kf5
Bh6 51.Bxe4 dxe4 52.Kxe4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joris Brenninkmeijer"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 a6 11.a4 Re8 12.e4 c4 13.h3
Nc5 14.Nd2 Nd3 15.Re2 Qc7 16.a5 Bd7 17.Na4 Bb5 18.Nb6 Rad8
19.Ra3 Qc5 20.Ndxc4 Nxc1 21.Qxc1 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Qxc4 23.Qxc4
Bxc4 24.Rd2 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Re5 26.Rxe5 Bxe5 27.Rb3 Rd7 28.Bf1
Rc7 29.Rb4 Kf8 30.Rc4 d5 31.exd5 Rxc4 32.Bxc4 Ke7 33.b4 Bc3
34.b5 axb5 35.Bxb5 Bxa5 36.Kf1 Kd6 37.Bc4 Kc5 38.Ba2 f6 39.Ke2
Kd4 40.d6 b5 41.f4 b4 42.Bg8 h6 43.Bf7 g5 44.fxg5 fxg5 45.Kf3
Ke5 46.Kg4 Kxd6 47.Kh5 Ke7 48.Bb3 Bc7 49.h4 gxh4 50.gxh4 Bf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Site "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "180"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.e3 Bxc5 7.Nf3
d5 8.a3 Be7 9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.e4 Nbd7 13.e5
Nc5 14.Be2 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 g6 18.Nf3 Bb7
19.Rd1 Qc6 20.O-O Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rc1 Rc8 23.Qd2 Qb6
24.Ng5 Qc6 25.Bf1 Qd7 26.Qf4 h6 27.Nh3 Kg7 28.Re1 Qe7 29.Qb4
Rc7 30.Nf4 Na4 31.Qd2 Rd7 32.Qc2 Rc7 33.Qe2 Nb6 34.Nd3 Nd5
35.Qd2 Qg5 36.Qxg5 hxg5 37.Rc1 Rxc1 38.Nxc1 b4 39.Nb3 bxa3
40.bxa3 Bc8 41.Nc5 a5 42.f3 f6 43.Ne4 fxe5 44.Nxg5 Nc3 45.Bd3
Kf6 46.h4 Bb7 47.Kf2 Bc6 48.g3 Nb5 49.Bxb5 Bxb5 50.Ke3 Bc6
51.Ne4+ Ke7 52.g4 Bd5 53.Nf2 Kd6 54.h5 gxh5 55.gxh5 Ke7 56.Ng4
Bb3 57.Nxe5 Kf6 58.Kf4 Bd1 59.Ng4+ Kg7 60.Kg3 Be2 61.f4 Bd1
62.Kh4 a4 63.Kg5 Bc2 64.Nf6 Kf7 65.Nd7 Ke7 66.Ne5 Bb1 67.Nc4
Kf7 68.h6 Bh7 69.Ne5+ Ke7 70.Kg4 Bb1 71.Kh5 Kf6 72.Nd7+ Kf7
73.Kg5 Bh7 74.Ne5+ Ke7 75.Kg4 Bc2 76.Kf3 Kf8 77.Ke3 Kg8 78.Nf3
Kh7 79.Nd4 Bg6 80.Nxe6 Kxh6 81.Nc5 Be8 82.Kd4 Kg6 83.Ke5 Kf7
84.f5 Bb5 85.Ne4 Bd3 86.Nd6+ Ke7 87.f6+ Kf8 88.Ke6 Bc2 89.f7
Bb3+ 90.Kf6 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Site "Lugano (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mathias Steinbacher"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 Nf6 7.Nc3
e6 8.Nge2 Na5 9.Bxb7 Nxb7 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Rc1 O-O 12.O-O Nd6
13.Qd3 Rc8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.c5 Nf5 16.b4 d6 17.cxb6 Qxb6 18.Nd5
exd5 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Qxf5 Re8 21.Rc1 Qxb4 22.Kg2 Qb7 23.Nf4
Bxd4 24.Nxd5 Bc5 25.Rb1 Qc6 26.Qf3 Kf8 27.a4 Bxf2 28.Rb4 Bc5
29.Rf4 Qb7 30.Rf5 g6 31.Qc3 Kg8 32.Kh3 gxf5 33.Nf6+ Kf8
34.Nxh7+ Ke7 35.Qf6+ Kd7 36.Qxf7+ Re7 37.Nf6+ Kc6 38.Qd5+ Kb6
39.Qc4 Ka5 40.Nd5 Rh7+ 41.Kg2 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alonso Zapata"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
e5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nb4 11.h3 Be6 12.Bf1 Rc8 13.a5
d5 14.exd5 Nfxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.c3 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Nc2 18.Ra4 f6
19.Nd2 Rfd8 20.Be2 Rc7 21.Rf1 Rdc8 22.Bd1 Nb4 23.Bb3 Kf7 24.f4
exf4 25.Bxe6+ Kxe6 26.Nb3 Nd3 27.Bxf4 Rc4 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Bc1
Bc5+ 30.Kh2 Bd6+ 31.g3 Re4 32.Kg2 Nxc1 33.Nxc1 Re3 34.Rf3 Rxf3
35.Kxf3 Kd5 36.g4 Kc4 37.Ke4 Bc7 38.Kf5 Bxa5 39.Ke6 Bc7 40.Kf7
Bf4 41.Ne2 Bh6 42.Nd4 a5 43.Kg8 a4 44.Kxh7 Bc1 45.h4 Bxb2
46.h5 Bxc3 47.Nf5 a3 48.Kxg7 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoli Vaisser"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.a3
Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.b4 d6 11.Bb2 f5 12.h4 Nd7
13.c5 Bd5 14.c6 Nf6 15.f3 Qe8 16.Rc1 Qg6 17.Qd2 f4 18.e4 Bxe4
19.Qxf4 Bd3 20.Qg5 Bxf1 21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.Rxf1 b5 23.Rc2 Nd5
24.Kf2 a5 25.bxa5 Rxa5 26.Rb1 Rb8 27.Re1 Kf7 28.Bc1 Ra6 29.g4
b4 30.axb4 Nxb4 31.Rc3 Rxc6 32.Rxc6 Nxc6 33.Be3 Rb2+ 34.Kg3
Rc2 35.Rd1 Nb4 36.Bg5 Nd5 37.Rd3 Ra2 38.Rb3 Ra8 39.Rd3 Ra4
40.Rd2 Ra3 41.Kf2 Rc3 42.Ke2 Nb4 43.Rb2 Rc4 44.Rd2 Nc6 45.Be3
e5 46.dxe5 Nxe5 47.Ra2 d5 48.Bd2 Nc6 49.Ra8 Nd4+ 50.Ke3 Ne6
51.Ra5 Nc5 52.Ra7 Ne6 53.Ra5 Rc5 54.Ra3 Rb5 55.f4 Rb7 56.f5
gxf5 57.gxf5 Nc5 58.Ra5 d4 59.Ke2 Nb3 60.Ra2 c5 61.Kd3 Nxd2
62.Rxd2 Rb3+ 63.Ke4 Re3+ 64.Kf4 Rc3 65.Ra2 d3 66.Ra7+ Kg8
67.Rd7 c4 68.h5 Rc1 69.h6 Rf1+ 70.Ke3 gxh6 71.Re7 Re1+ 72.Kd2
Re2+ 73.Kd1 Rc2 74.f6 h5 75.Rg7+ Kf8 76.Rh7 c3 77.Rd7 Rd2+
78.Kc1 h4 0-1

[Event "World Cup ( open )"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Evgeny Pigusov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Nde2
Bf5 13.Rc1 b5 14.O-O Rc8 15.Nd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Nxc2 17.Rxc2 Bxc2
18.Bh6 e5 19.Qxe5 f6 20.Qe6+ Rf7 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.fxe4 Qd7
23.Qxd7 Rxd7 24.Rf5 Re8 25.Kf2 0-1

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3
Qa5 8.Bd2 Nbc6 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa4 11.Rb1 Nxd4 12.Bd3 Ndc6
13.Qc1 Qg4 14.O-O f5 15.Bb4 Ng6 16.h3 Qh5 17.c4 d4 18.Bd6 Qh6
19.Qxh6 gxh6 20.Rfd1 Rg8 21.Bf1 b6 22.Nxd4 Nxd4 23.Rxd4 Bd7
24.c5 bxc5 25.Rc4 Rc8 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Bxc5 Nxe5 28.Bxa7 Bc6
29.Be3 Kf7 30.Rc1 Bd5 31.Rc7+ Kg6 32.f4 Nf7 33.a4 Ra8 34.Bb5
Nd6 35.Bd4 Nxb5 36.Rg7+ Kh5 37.axb5 Ra4 38.Be3 e5 39.fxe5 f4
40.Bd2 Rd4 41.Ba5 Rd1+ 42.Kh2 Rb1 43.Bd2 Rxb5 44.Bxf4 Rb2
45.Kg1 Rb1+ 46.Kh2 Rb2 47.e6 Bxe6 48.Rxh7 Kg6 49.Rxh6+ Kf5
50.Bg3 Rd2 51.Rh8 Kf6 52.Be1 Re2 53.Bc3+ Kg6 54.Rd8 Kf7 55.Rd4
Kg6 56.Bb4 Kf5 57.Bd6 Kg6 58.Bg3 Bf5 59.Kg1 Be4 60.Bf2 Bb7
61.Rd7 Rb2 62.Rd6+ Kf7 63.g4 Ba8 64.Rd4 Kg6 65.h4 Rb1+ 66.Kh2
Rb2 67.Rf4 Rb3 68.Ra4 Bf3 69.Ra6+ Kf7 70.g5 Bb7 71.g6+ Kg8
72.Rd6 Rb5 73.Bd4 Rd5 74.Rxd5 Bxd5 75.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Elizbar Ubilava"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 Be6
7.f4 exf4 8.e5 h6 9.Bxf4 Ng4 10.h3 g5 11.hxg4 gxf4 12.O-O-O
Nd7 13.g5 Bg7 14.gxh6 Rxh6 15.Rxh6 Bxh6 16.Nd5 c6 17.Nf6 f3
18.Kb1 fxg2 19.Bxg2 Ke7 20.Nxd7 Rd8 21.Nf3 Rxd7 22.Rh1 Rd8
23.b3 Bf5 24.Re1 Rg8 25.Re2 Rg3 26.Nd4 Bg4 27.Re4 Bd2 28.Bf1
Bd7 29.e6 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Viktor Gavrikov"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.Bxf4 Bd7
13.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Huzman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.O-O-O Ne5
13.Nd4 Qd7 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.Kb1 Rac8 16.Qd4 b5 17.h3 Nc4
18.Rhe1 h6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qd7 21.Qe4 Bf6 22.Bg4 Qc7
23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.c3 Na3+ 25.Ka1 Qxc3 26.Bc1 Qc2 27.Qxc2 Nxc2+
28.Kb1 Nxe1 29.Rxe1 Be5 30.b3 f6 31.Rd1 Rc3 32.Bb2 Rg3 33.Rd2
Kf7 34.Rc2 Rd3 35.Rc6 Rxd5 36.Rxa6 Ke6 37.g4 Rd3 38.Rb6 Rxh3
39.Bxe5 fxe5 40.Rxb5 g5 41.a4 h5 42.gxh5 Rxh5 43.Kc2 g4 44.Kd2
Rh2+ 45.Ke1 d5 46.a5 Ra2 47.b4 d4 48.Rb6+ Kd5 49.a6 Ke4 50.b5
Ke3 51.Kf1 d3 0-1

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Evgeny Pigusov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Nde2
Bf5 13.Rc1 b5 14.O-O Rc8 15.Nd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Nxc2 17.Rxc2 Bxc2
18.Bh6 e5 19.Qxe5 f6 20.Qe6+ Rf7 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.fxe4 Qd7
23.Qxd7 Rxd7 24.Rxf6 Re8 25.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup World (open)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4
Be7 8.c5 Ne4 9.Qe2 Bf6 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4
13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.Qc2 Qe5+ 15.Be2 Bd7 16.O-O Bc6 17.Rd1 Rhd8
18.Rd6 Qe4 19.Qxe4 Bxe4 20.f3 Bc6 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Kf2 Bd4+
23.Be3 Bxb2 24.Rb1 Bd4 25.Bb5 Bxe3+ 26.Kxe3 Kd7 27.Bd3 Kc7
28.f4 Rd5 29.Bxh7 Rxc5 30.Ra1 Rh5 31.Be4 Rxh2 32.Rc1 Rh5
33.Bxc6 bxc6 34.Rc4 Ra5 35.a4 Rd5 36.Rb4 Rd1 37.g4 g6 38.g5
Rd5 39.Ke4 a6 40.Rb2 Ra5 41.Rb4 Rf5 42.Rb2 Rc5 43.Ra2 Kd6
44.Rd2+ Rd5 45.Rb2 e5 46.fxe5+ Rxe5+ 47.Kf4 Rf5+ 48.Kg4 Kc7
49.Re2 c5 50.Re7+ Kb6 51.Rd7 Ka5 52.Rd6 Kxa4 0-1

[Event "Moskva"]
[Site "Moskva"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Elizbar Ubilava"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 Be6
7.f4 exf4 8.e5 h6 9.Bxf4 Ng4 10.h3 g5 11.hxg4 gxf4 12.O-O-O
Nd7 13.g5 Bg7 14.gxh6 Rxh6 15.Rxh6 Bxh6 16.Nd5 c6 17.Nf6 f3
18.Kb1 fxg2 19.Bxg2 Ke7 20.Nxd7 Rd8 21.Nf3 Rxd7 22.Rh1 Rd8
23.b3 Bf4 24.Re1 Rg8 25.Re2 Rg3 26.Nd4 Bg4 27.Re4 Bd2 28.Bf1
Bd7 29.e6 Rg1 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "National"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Richard Wade"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.a5 Qc7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Kh1 Bg4 13.Qe1
Rc8 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Qg3 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Nxd3 17.cxd3 h5 18.Bg5
Qd6 19.Raf1 Rc5 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Nd5 Rxd5 22.exd5 Qxd5 23.Rc1
Qxa5 24.d4 Qd2 25.Rfc3 Qxd4 26.Rc8+ Bd8 27.Qxg7 Rf8 28.Rxd8+
Kxd8 29.Qxf8+ Kd7 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "National"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nikolay Minev"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 Be6 12.h3
Rd8 13.Rad1 Bd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.g4 Nh4 16.Nxh4 Bxh4 17.f4 c5
18.Kg2 Rd7 19.Rd3 d4 20.Rfd1 Rc7 21.c3 dxc3 22.Bxc3 Ke7 23.f5
Rhc8 24.Kf3 Ke8 25.f6 g6 26.b4 b6 27.b5 c4 28.Rd5 Rc5 29.Rd6
R5c7 30.a4 Rc5 31.Rd7 R5c7 32.e6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Fishbein"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "171"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 a6
7.Ba4 Nxe4 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Qxe4 Ng6 10.c4 O-O 11.Nc3 d6 12.Nd5 Bf6
13.Bd2 c6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Bc2 Bd7 16.Rfe1 d5 17.cxd5 Rfe8
18.Qd3 cxd5 19.a4 h6 20.g3 Rac8 21.Bc3 Bc6 22.Re5 Qd6 23.Rae1
Nf8 24.Qf5 f6 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.Qc8 Qd7 28.Qb8 Kf7
29.h4 h5 30.Qf4 Qg4 31.Qc7+ Qd7 32.Qf4 Qg4 33.Qxg4 hxg4 34.Bd1
Bd7 35.f3 gxf3 36.Bxf3 Be6 37.Kf2 Nd7 38.Ke3 Nb8 39.Bh5+ Kg8
40.Bg6 Nc6 41.Kf4 Ne7 42.Bd3 Kf7 43.g4 Bd7 44.Bc2 Ng6+ 45.Kg3
Nf8 46.Bd2 Ne6 47.Be3 Ke7 48.Bd1 Kf7 49.Bf3 Bc6 50.b3 Kf8
51.Be2 Kf7 52.Bd3 Bd7 53.Kf3 Kf8 54.Bf2 Kf7 55.Ke3 Kf8 56.Be2
Ke7 57.Bg3 Bc6 58.Bf3 Kd7 59.Kd3 Kd8 60.Kc3 Kd7 61.Bf2 Kc7
62.Kb4 Kb6 63.Bg3 a5 64.Kc3 Ka6 65.Bd6 b5 66.g5 fxg5 67.Bg4 b4
68.Kb2 Nf4 69.hxg5 Nd3+ 70.Kc2 Nf2 71.Bc8+ Kb6 72.g6 Be8
73.Bf5 Ne4 74.Be5 Kb7 75.Kd3 Kb6 76.Ke3 Kb7 77.Be6 Ng5
78.Bxd5+ Kc8 79.Bf6 Nh3 80.Bxg7 Bxg6 81.Be6+ Kc7 82.Bxh3 Bf7
83.Bf1 Bxb3 84.Bb5 Kd6 85.Be5+ Kd5 86.Bc7 1-0

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Steve Jacobi"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Bd3 b6 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.Bg5 Be7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Kb1 c5 12.dxc5
Qc7 13.Ne5 bxc5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd7 Bd4 16.Nxf8 Rxf8 17.c3 Bf6
18.Be4 Rb8 19.Rc1 Bd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Rhd1 Qb7 22.Rc2 d4
23.cxd4 Bxd4 24.f3 g6 25.Rdd2 a5 26.Qc4 Qa7 27.a3 Kg7 28.Qd5
Qb6 29.h4 Rd8 30.Qe4 Qb5 31.g4 Re8 32.Qd3 Qxd3 33.Rxd3 Kf6
34.Ka2 Re1 35.Kb3 Rb1 36.Kc4 Ke5 37.Re2+ Kd6 38.Kb5 Kd5
39.Kxa5 c4 40.Rdd2 Kc5 41.Re8 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Manuel Rivas-Pastor"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7
7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Qd2 c5 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6
12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Qe3 Qd5 14.O-O Rd8 15.c4 Qf5 16.b4 Nd3
17.Rad1 Nf4 18.Rxd8+ Kxd8 19.g3 Ng6 20.Nd2 Ke7 21.Qxa7 Rd8
22.Nb3 Qf3 23.Nd4 Qe4 24.Qc5+ Ke8 25.Nb5 Qc6 26.Qxc6+ bxc6
27.Na7 Ne5 28.b5 Ra8 29.Nxc6 Nxc6 30.bxc6 Rxa2 31.Rd1 Ra5
32.c7 Ra8 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.Rd8+ Rxd8 35.cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 36.Kh3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4
O-O 8.Nf3 c5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O a6 11.h4 b5 12.Rh3 f6 13.dxc5
Qxc5 14.Rg3 Nb6 15.Bd3 f5 16.Ne2 b4 17.Kb1 a5 18.Nfd4 Nxd4
19.Qe3 b3 20.Qxd4 bxa2 21.Kxa2 Qc6 22.h5 Na4 23.h6 g6 24.c4
Rd8 25.Bc2 Ba6 26.Bb3 Nb6 27.cxd5 Nxd5 28.Rc1 Nb4+ 29.Qxb4
axb4 30.Rxc6 Bb5 31.Kb1 Bxc6 32.Bxe6+ Kf8 33.Bb3 Be4+ 34.Bc2
Rd1+ 35.Nc1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mark Ginsburg"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Bb4 7.Ne2
Nf6 8.Bg2 Be7 9.O-O d6 10.a4 Nc6 11.h3 O-O 12.g4 Re8 13.Ng3
Nd7 14.f4 Rb8 15.g5 Bf8 16.b3 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Be3 Nb4
19.Qd2 Nxc2 20.Ra7 Qc6 21.Bf2 Nb4 22.Nce2 d5 23.Rc1 Qd6 24.e5
Nxe5 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Kh2 f6 27.gxf6 Qxf6 28.Bd4 e5 29.Rf1 Qh4
30.Bc3 Be6 31.Bxe5 Bxh3 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Rxg7+ Kh8 34.Rg5 1-0

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ray Stone"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2
a6 8.O-O Bd7 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qg4 h5 12.Qe2 b5 13.h3
Nf6 14.Bg5 b4 15.Nd1 Qb7 16.c4 a5 17.a3 O-O 18.a4 g6 19.b3
Rfe8 20.Qc2 Nd7 21.Bxe7 Rxe7 22.Nb2 Nc5 23.Rad1 Rd7 24.Nd3
Nxe4 25.Nxb4 Qxb4 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Rb8 28.Re3 Rc7 29.Qe4
Qc5 30.Qf4 Rb6 31.Qf6 Rcb7 32.Rdd3 Qc7 33.c5 Rc6 34.Rxe6 fxe6
35.Qxg6+ Qg7 36.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Bd7 10.g4 Nc6 11.g5 Ne8 12.f4 g6 13.Nde2
Ng7 14.Ng3 Rc8 15.Qd2 f5 16.Rad1 Be8 17.Qf2 b5 18.Rfe1 Qc7
19.exf5 gxf5 20.h4 b4 21.Na4 Ne5 22.fxe5 Bxa4 23.Bb6 Qb8
24.Ba7 Qc7 25.Bb6 Qd7 26.b3 Bb5 27.exd6 Bxd6 28.Bd4 Qc7 29.Nf1
Rfe8 30.Bxg7 e5 31.Rxd6 Qxd6 32.Bf6 f4 33.Be4 Bc6 34.Bxc6 Rxc6
35.Nh2 e4 36.Ng4 e3 37.Nh6+ Kf8 38.Qf3 Rxc2 39.Nf5 Qd2 40.Bg7+
Kg8 41.Nh6+ Kxg7 42.Qb7+ Kh8 43.Nf7+ Kg7 44.Nh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Laurent Aubert"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Nc6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Be3 Nb4 12.Nd5 Nbxd5
13.exd5 exf4 14.Rxf4 Re8 15.c4 Qc8 16.a5 Bf5 17.Bd4 Bg6 18.Nd2
Nd7 19.Bg4 Bg5 20.Rf2 Qc7 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Nf3 Be3 23.Bxe3 Rxe3
24.Qd2 Rae8 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Nxe1 Qg4 27.b3 Qe4 28.Kf1 Bh5
29.Nc2 h6 30.Kg1 Be2 31.h3 Bd3 32.Rf4 Qe5 33.Rf2 Qe4 34.Rf4
Qg6 35.Rf2 Bxc2 36.Qxc2 Re1+ 37.Kh2 Qh5 38.Qc3 Qd1 39.Rf3 Qe2
40.Rg3 g6 41.Rf3 f5 42.c5 dxc5 43.Qxc5 Qe5+ 44.Rg3 g5 45.Qc8+
Kg7 46.Qxb7+ Kg8 47.Qc8+ Kf7 48.Qb7+ Ke8 49.Qc6+ Kf7 50.Qxh6
g4 51.Qe6+ Qxe6 52.dxe6 Kxe6 53.hxg4 f4 54.Rh3 Kf6 55.Rh6+ Kg5
56.Rxa6 Kxg4 57.Rb6 Ra1 58.a6 Ra2 59.Kg1 Ra1+ 60.Kf2 Ra2+
61.Kf1 Ra1+ 62.Ke2 Ra2+ 63.Kd3 Kf5 64.b4 Rxg2 65.Rb5+ Kg4
66.Ra5 f3 67.a7 1-0

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Luis Busquets"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Nc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.O-O-O Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3+
13.axb3 Nd7 14.h4 b4 15.Na2 Bb7 16.h5 Qa5 17.Kb1 Bxg5 18.Bxg5
Qxg5 19.Nxb4 O-O 20.Rhg1 Qf6 21.Na2 Rac8 22.Nc3 Rc5 23.Qg4 Qh6
24.Qg3 Rxh5 25.Qxd6 Nf6 26.f3 Rh3 27.Qb6 Bc8 28.Nc6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Patrick Wolff"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Ne5
13.Qh3 O-O 14.Rg1 Kh8 15.Nce2 Rg8 16.Rg3 Bd7 17.Nf4 Rac8
18.Kb1 Qb7 19.Bg2 Qb6 20.Qh4 Rc4 21.Rh3 Rg7 22.Nde2 Nxg4
23.Nh5 Rg8 24.Bf3 exf5 25.Rg1 Qe3 26.Nhg3 Rg7 27.Rf1 Qc5
28.Nh5 Rg6 29.Nef4 Rh6 30.Nd3 Qc8 31.Rg3 fxe4 32.Bxg4 exd3
33.Bxd7 dxc2 34.Kc1 Rxh4 35.Bxc8 R6xh5 36.Rfg1 Rg5 37.h3 Kg7
38.Bg4 h5 39.Bf3 Kg6 40.Kxc2 a5 41.Bb7 f5 42.Ba6 b4 43.Kb3 Rf4
44.Bd3 h4 45.Rxg5+ Bxg5 46.Ka4 Rd4 47.Bf1 Rd1 48.Kxa5 d5
49.Kxb4 d4 50.Rh1 Be3 51.a4 Rc1 52.Bg2 Bg1 53.a5 d3 54.Kb3 d2
55.Bf3 Kg5 56.a6 Kf4 57.Bh5 Kg3 58.Ka2 Bb6 59.Rd1 Rxd1 60.Bxd1
Kxh3 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Campora"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.f3 b5 11.Kb1 O-O 12.g4 Nb6 13.g5
Nfd7 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qc7 16.h4 Rfc8 17.Bxb6 Nxb6 18.Bh3
Nc4 19.Qd3 Rf8 20.Rdg1 a5 21.Nd2 f5 22.gxf6 Nxd2+ 23.Qxd2 Rxf6
24.h5 Rf4 25.Be6+ Kh8 26.Rg4 Raf8 27.Qg2 Bf6 28.c3 b4 29.cxb4
axb4 30.Rxf4 exf4 31.Qc2 Qa7 32.Rc1 Qd4 33.Re1 Be5 34.Re4 Qg1+
35.Qc1 Qg5 36.Rxb4 Qxh5 37.Rc4 g6 38.Bg4 Qh4 39.Rc8 Rxc8
40.Qxc8+ Kg7 41.Qc7+ Kh6 42.a4 Qe1+ 43.Qc1 Qb4 44.Qc2 Kg5
45.Bd7 Qe1+ 46.Ka2 Qe3 47.Qg2+ Kf6 48.Bc6 Kg7 49.Bb5 Qd4
50.Bc6 Qc4+ 51.Kb1 Qd3+ 52.Ka2 h5 53.a5 Bf6 54.Qf2 h4 55.Qg2
Qc4+ 56.Kb1 Qa6 57.Be8 Qd3+ 58.Ka2 Qxd5+ 59.Kb1 Qf5+ 60.Kc1
0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Juan Mario Gomez Esteban"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 a6 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 b5
13.g5 Nd7 14.Rg1 Bb7 15.f4 Nc5 16.f5 Rfc8 17.Kb1 Nxb3 18.axb3
Bf8 19.Rg3 g6 20.f6 Bc6 21.e5 b4 22.Rxb4 Qa5 23.Rh4 Qxe5
24.Rgh3 h6 25.Rxh6 Bxh6 26.Rxh6 Qf5 27.Rh4 e5 28.Ka2 d5 29.Bc1
d4 30.Ne4 Bd5 31.Qe1 Qf3 32.Nd2 Bxb3+ 33.cxb3 Rxc1 34.Nxf3
Rxe1 35.Nxe1 Re8 36.Re4 1-0

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Chapa"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nb5
d5 8.O-O a6 9.Be3 Qa5 10.N5c3 dxc4 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Na3 Ng4
13.Nxc4 Qh5 14.h4 Nxe3 15.Nxe3 Be7 16.Ng2 O-O 17.e4 Qa5 18.Rc1
c5 19.Ne3 Rd8 20.Qc2 Rd4 21.b3 Bb7 22.Nc4 Qc7 23.Rfe1 Rad8
24.Re3 h6 25.Rce1 Bc6 26.a4 Ba8 27.Ne2 f5 28.Nf4 Bxe4 29.Rxe4
fxe4 30.Nxe6 Qb7 31.Nxd8 Bxd8 32.Re3 Qd5 33.Qe2 h5 34.Kh2 Bc7
35.Kg2 Kh7 36.Kh3 Kh6 37.Rc3 g6 38.Ne3 Qd6 39.Nc4 Qd5 40.Ne3
Qd6 41.Ng2 Kh7 42.Rc2 Bd8 43.Qe3 Be7 44.Qf4 Kg7 45.Re2 Qxf4
46.Nxf4 Kf6 47.Kg2 Bd6 48.Nh3 Kf5 49.Ng5 Be7 50.Rc2 Rd3 51.Rc4
Rxb3 52.Nxe4 Rb4 53.Nd2 Rxc4 54.Nxc4 Ke4 55.Kf1 Kd4 56.Ne3 Kd3
57.Ke1 c4 58.Kd1 c3 59.Nc2 Bc5 60.f3 Bf2 61.g4 a5 62.gxh5 gxh5
0-1

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Zsuzsa Polgar"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.O-O Nh5 13.Bg5
Bf6 14.Bh6 Bg7 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Be3 Rb8 17.Qd2 Re8 18.Rfe1 Qd8
19.g4 Ng7 20.Kg2 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.f4 Bf6 23.g5 Be7 24.Be2
Bd7 25.Bf3 f6 26.h4 Rf8 27.a5 Rf7 28.Rh1 b5 29.b4 cxb4 30.Ne2
Rc8 31.Rhc1 Rxc1 32.Nxc1 Qc8 33.Kg3 fxg5 34.hxg5 Nh5+ 35.Bxh5
gxh5 36.Nd3 Qc4 37.Nf2 b3 38.Rc1 Qa4 39.Bd4 h4 40.Kh2 Qa2
41.Bb2 Rxf4 42.Ra1 Bxg5 43.Rxa2 bxa2 44.Ba1 h3 45.Qxa2 Rf3
46.Qb2 Bf4+ 47.Kh1 Be5 48.Qe2 Rg3 49.Bxe5 dxe5 50.Qh5 1-0

[Event "New York (USA)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vincent McCambridge"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Ndb5 Bb4
7.Bf4 O-O 8.Bc7 Qe7 9.Bd6 Bxd6 10.Qxd6 Qd8 11.e3 a6 12.Nd4 Ne8
13.Qc5 d6 14.Nxc6 Qc7 15.Ne7+ Qxe7 16.Qd4 Bd7 17.Be2 Bc6
18.O-O Nf6 19.e4 Rfd8 20.Rfe1 Rab8 21.a4 e5 22.Qd3 a5 23.Red1
Qc7 24.Rd2 Qb6 25.Rad1 Kf8 26.g4 Ne8 27.Qh3 h6 28.Qg3 g5 29.h4
Ke7 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rd5 Kf8 32.Qh3 Kg7 33.Kg2 Nc7 34.Rxd6 Rxd6
35.Rxd6 Ne6 36.Nd5 Qxb2 37.Qe3 Bxd5 38.exd5 Nf4+ 39.Kf3 e4
40.Qxe4 Qa3+ 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.e4 d6
8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Ba3 Qc7 13.Rfd1
Rfd8 14.Rac1 Rd7 15.h3 Rad8 16.Qe3 h6 17.Rd3 Ne8 18.Rcd1 Bc6
19.Bb4 a6 20.a4 Bf8 21.Bf3 Nf6 22.Ba3 Qb8 23.Bb2 Rc8 24.Ne2 e5
25.Nc3 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.cxb5 Bxb5 28.Nxb5 Qxb5 29.Bg4 Nxg4
30.hxg4 Rb7 31.Ba3 Ra8 32.Bxd6 Bxd6 33.Rxd6 Qxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Steve Wygle"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.e5 dxe5
7.Nxe5 Qc7 8.Re1 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.d3 e6 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Qf3
Rc8 13.Qxc6+ Rxc6 14.Nc4 O-O 15.a4 Nd5 16.Bd2 Rd8 17.g3 b6
18.Kg2 f6 19.f4 Kf7 20.Kf3 Rd7 21.Re2 a6 22.Ne3 Nxe3 23.Bxe3
f5 24.b3 Bf6 25.Ra2 h6 26.h4 Rd8 27.Bc1 Bd4 28.Bd2 Rc7 29.Bc1
Re8 30.Bb2 Rd8 31.Bc1 Re8 32.Bb2 Rce7 33.Bc1 e5 34.fxe5 Bxe5
35.Bd2 a5 36.Bc1 Kf6 37.c4 Rd8 38.Rad2 Red7 39.Re3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.f3 Ne8 7.e4
b6 8.Nh3 Ba6 9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Na5 12.c5 Bxd3 13.Qxd3
d5 14.O-O c6 15.Rfe1 Qd7 16.Re2 Nc7 17.a4 Rfe8 18.Rae1 b5
19.axb5 Nxb5 20.Bf2 Nc4 21.Nf4 a5 22.Qc2 a4 23.Nd3 a3 24.Nb4
g6 25.Qc1 Kg7 26.h4 Kg8 27.h5 gxh5 28.Bh4 a2 29.Rxa2 Rxa2
30.Nxa2 Kg7 31.Nb4 Rf8 32.Re2 e5 33.exd5 cxd5 34.Qe1 Kh8
35.dxe5 fxe5 36.Bg3 Rg8 37.Nd3 e4 38.Ne5 Qg7 39.Nxc4 Qxg3
40.Qxg3 Rxg3 41.Nd6 Nxc3 42.Rc2 exf3 43.c6 Ne2+ 44.Kf2 fxg2
0-1

[Event "Reggio"]
[Site "Reggio"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kiril D Georgiev"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Ndb5 d5
7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Rd1+ Bd7
12.Nd6 Kc7 13.Nxf7 Rg8 14.Ne5 Rb8 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.g3 Rxb2
17.Bh3 Nc5 18.Rd2 Rxd2 19.Kxd2 Bd6 20.Rc1 Rd8 21.Ke1 h6 22.Bg2
g5 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Bb4+ 25.Kf1 c5 26.a3 Bxa3 27.Ra1 Rd4
28.Rxa3 Rxe4 29.Rxa7+ Kb6 30.Rh7 c4 31.Rxh6+ Kb5 32.Ke1 Rd4
33.e3 Rd8 34.gxf4 c3 35.Rh7 Kb6 36.Rh6+ Kb7 37.Rh7+ Kb6
38.Rh6+ Kb5 39.Rh7 c2 40.Rc7 Rd1+ 41.Ke2 c1=Q 42.Rxc1 Rxc1
43.fxg5 Kc4 44.f4 Kd5 45.Kf3 Rf1+ 46.Kg2 Rc1 47.Kf3 Rh1 48.Kg2
Re1 49.Kf2 Rh1 50.Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 e6
8.O-O Re8 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Bxd6 Rd8 12.e5 Ne8 13.Na4
Qc6 14.b4 cxb4 15.c5 Qc8 16.Nd4 Nxd6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.exd6 Bxa1
19.Qxa1 Qd7 20.Bg4 Re8 21.Nb2 Nc6 22.Nd3 Qg7 23.Bf3 Nd4
24.Nxb4 Rac8 25.Nd3 b6 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Bg4 Rcd8 28.Qe1 Rxd6
29.Ne5 Nc6 30.Nxc6 Rxc6 31.Qe4 Rd6 32.Bd1 Qd4 33.Qb1 Rf8
34.Bb3 Kg7 35.Qc2 e5 36.Qc7+ Kh8 37.Qc2 e4 38.Qe2 Rdf6 39.h3
e3 40.f3 Qd2 41.Re1 Qxe2 42.Rxe2 Re8 43.Bd5 Rd6 44.Be4 Rd2
45.Rxe3 Rxa2 46.Rb3 Rb8 47.Rb5 Kg7 48.h4 Kf6 49.Kh2 Ra5 50.Rb4
b5 51.Bd3 Ra4 52.Rxb5 Rxb5 53.Bxb5 Rxh4+ 54.Kg3 g5 55.Kf2 Rb4
56.Bd7 Ke5 57.g3 Rb7 58.Bg4 Rb2+ 59.Kg1 Kd4 60.f4 gxf4 61.gxf4
Ke4 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 d5
8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Re1 Rc8 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.exd4 Re8 13.cxd5
Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Be4 Qd7 16.Rxc6 Bxc6 17.Ne5 Qb7 18.Bxh7+
Kf8 19.Qh5 Bb4 20.Bd3 g6 21.Qh6+ Ke7 22.d5 Bxe1 23.Ba3+ Kd8
24.Qh4+ Kc7 25.dxc6 Qa8 26.Qf6 b5 27.Bc5 Rcd8 28.Qxf7+ Kc8
29.Bxb5 a6 30.Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5
Ng4 8.e6 Bxb5 9.exf7+ Kd7 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 h5
13.h3 Nc6 14.Ne2 Nh6 15.Be3 Nf5 16.Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "San"]
[Site "San"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Bc2
exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 f5 18.exf5 Nf6
19.Ne4 Nbxd5 20.Nh4 Nc7 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Ng6 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Re8
24.Re3 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 bxa4 26.Ba2+ Bd5 27.Bxd5+ Nxd5 28.Qe4 Ne7
29.Nxf8 Kxf8 30.g4 Qe5 31.Qxe5 dxe5 32.Kg2 e4 33.f3 exf3
34.Kxf3 Kf7 35.Ke4 Nc6 36.Be3 c4 37.Bd2 Na7 38.Kd5 Nb5 39.Kxc4
a3 40.bxa3 Nxa3+ 41.Kd5 Nb5 42.h4 Nc7+ 43.Ke5 Ne8 44.Ba5 Nf6
45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Mateo (USA)"]
[Site "San Mateo (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jean Hebert"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3
Nbc6 8.Be2 Qa5 9.Bd2 Bd7 10.O-O c4 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nh3 O-O-O
13.Nf4 g6 14.a4 Rdf8 15.Bg4 h5 16.Bh3 f5 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Re1
Nd8 19.Ne2 Nf7 20.Qc1 Rf8 21.f3 Nf5 22.Qa3 Re8 23.Bxf5 Rxf5
1-0

[Event "San Mateo (USA)"]
[Site "San Mateo (USA)"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kamran G Shirazi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.a3 Nf6 6.Rb1 a5 7.e3 e6
8.Nge2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.O-O Nde7
13.Be3 Nf5 14.d5 Nxe3 15.fxe3 exd5 16.Nxd5 Ne5 17.h3 Bd7
18.Kh2 h5 19.Nec3 Bc6 20.Rf4 Nd7 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Be5 23.b5
Bxd5 24.Nxd5 Bxf4 25.exf4 Nf6 26.Qd4 0-1

[Event "Santiago"]
[Site "Santiago"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 Bb4
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.exd5 Nxd5
12.Qc2 g6 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Bh6 f5 15.Nd2 Rf7 16.Bc4 Bf6 17.Rad1
Rb8 18.Nb3 Bg7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Nd4 Qf6 22.Rfe1
Bd7 23.b3 f4 24.Qc5 Qg5 25.Nf3 Qf6 26.Qxa7 Rd8 27.Qc5 Bg4
28.Ne5 Bxd1 29.Nxf7 Kxf7 30.Rxd1 Qf5 31.h3 f3 32.g4 Qe5 33.Rd3
Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qe5+ 35.Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World"]
[Site "World"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Richard Polaczek"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.e3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Bd3
Qe7 14.Bf5 O-O 15.O-O a6 16.a4 Rb8 17.a5 b5 18.axb6 Rxb6
19.Ra4 Ne5 20.Bxc8 Rxc8 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.f4 Bg7 23.Qf5 Rc7
24.Ne4 gxf4 25.Rxf4 Bxb2 26.Rg4+ Kh8 27.Rd4 Bxd4 28.exd4 f6
29.Qg6 Rb1+ 30.Kh2 Qf7 31.Qf5 Qf8 32.dxc5 dxc5 33.Nxf6 Rb6
34.Qe5 Rxf6 35.Qxc7 a5 36.Qxa5 Rf5 37.Qa1+ Qf6 38.Qa8+ Qf8
39.Qc6 Qf6 40.Qe8+ Qf8 41.Qe4 Qf6 42.Qe8+ Qf8 43.Qc6 Qf6
44.Qa8+ Qf8 45.Qb7 Qf7 46.Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia8990"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Margeir Petursson"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2
Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3
Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rac1 Qb6 16.Nb5 Rfc8 17.Rfd1 Qd8 18.Bf1 Qf8
19.Nc3 b6 20.Nd5 Rab8 21.Rb1 Rb7 22.b4 axb4 23.Rxb4 Bxd5
24.cxd5 Ra8 25.Rdb1 Qd8 26.Bb5 Ra3 27.Bd4 Bxd4+ 28.Qxd4 Qc7
29.R1b2 Rba7 30.Rc4 R7a5 31.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia8990"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5 Qd8 16.Rg1 Bf6 17.fxe6 g6
18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Qh6 Bg7 20.Qf4+ Qf6 21.Qg3 Qd8 22.Nf5 Bf8
23.Be2 gxf5 24.Bh5+ Ke7 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.Rge1 Ke6 27.Ne2 Bxc2+
28.Kxc2 Rc8+ 29.Kb1 Rc4 30.Nf4+ Rxf4 31.Qxf4 Qf6 32.Qe4 Qg5
33.Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia8990"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.O-O-O c6 11.Ba6 Bxa6 12.Qxa6
Qc7 13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.Kb1 f5 15.Ned2 Bf6 16.Nc4 b5 17.Nce5 Nxe5
18.Nxe5 Rd5 19.c4 bxc4 20.Qxc4 c5 21.Rc1 Kb8 22.f4 Rc8 23.Rhd1
Ka8 24.dxc5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Qxc5 27.Qe2 h5 28.g3 Qc4
29.Qf3+ Qc6 30.Qe2 Qc4 31.Qf3+ Qc6 32.Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia8990"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Be7 7.Qf3
O-O 8.Be3 e5 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 Qa5 11.g4 e4 12.Qd1 d5 13.g5
Nc6 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.Qd2 Bh4+ 16.Kd1 d4 17.Nxe4 Qxf5 18.Ng3
Bxg3 19.hxg3 dxe3 20.Bd3 Rad8 21.Qc3 Qe4 22.Rg1 Rxd3+ 23.cxd3
Rd8 24.Kc2 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Nb4+ 26.Kc3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia8990"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zoltan Ribli"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.e3
O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5
13.Qb3 Be6 14.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 8990"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia Italy"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "27"]

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.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Ng5
Rf8 14.Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Jacksonville (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Alburt"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5
Ng4 8.e6 fxe6 9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxe6 Bxd4 11.Nxb5 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 Bf2+
13.Kd1 Ne3+ 14.Ke2 Qxb5+ 15.Kxf2 Ng4+ 16.Kg3 Qd7 17.Re1 Nh6
18.b3 Nc6 19.Bb2 Nf5+ 20.Kf2 Nfd4 21.Kg1 Nxe6 22.Bxh8 O-O-O
23.Bb2 Rf8 24.Rf1 Rf5 25.Rae1 Nc7 26.Rf2 Qe8 27.a3 Qg8 28.Qe3
Nd5 29.Qe4 Qf7 30.Ref1 h5 31.g3 Kd7 32.h3 Qe6 33.Qxe6+ Kxe6
34.Re1+ Kd7 35.Re4 Nf6 36.Bxf6 Rxf6 37.Kg2 b5 38.g4 hxg4
39.hxg4 a5 40.Re3 b4 41.axb4 axb4 42.Rh3 Nd4 43.Rh6 d5 44.Kg3
Rc6 45.f5 gxf5 46.Rxc6 Kxc6 47.g5 Kd6 48.Kh4 e5 49.g6 f4
50.Rg2 f3 51.Rg1 e4 52.g7 Nf5+ 53.Kh3 Nxg7 54.Rxg7 Ke5 55.Kg3
Kd4 56.Rd7 Kc3 57.Rxd5 Kxc2 58.Rxc5+ Kxb3 59.Kf2 Ka4 60.Rc4
Ka3 61.Rxe4 b3 62.Re1 b2 63.Kxf3 Ka2 64.Ke2 b1=Q 65.Rxb1 Kxb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Jacksonville (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h3
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Re8 12.Ng5 f5
13.O-O fxe4 14.Re1 Qb6 15.Nc3 Nd7 16.Ncxe4 Bb7 17.Bf4 Ne5
18.Ne6 Bh8 19.N4xc5 dxc5 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Qd6 22.Rg5 Bxd5
23.Qxd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxe6 25.Rxc5 Re2 26.Rac1 Rf8 27.R1c2
Rfxf2 28.Rc8+ Kg7 29.R8c7+ Kh6 30.Rxe2 Rxe2 31.Rb7 a6 32.a4
Kg5 33.b4 h5 34.Rb6 Rb2 35.b5 a5 36.Ra6 Kf4 37.Rxg6 Rb4
38.Rf6+ Kg3 39.Rf1 Rxa4 40.Rb1 Rb4 41.Rxb4 axb4 42.b6 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.h3
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 b5 10.Qc2 Nh5 11.Bf1 f6 12.g3 Bh8 13.Be2 g5
14.Bd3 Qc7 15.Qb1 Qd7 16.Ne2 Qb7 17.Bf4 Re8 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Qxb6
Nxb6 13.Nb5 Ke7 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Nd4 Na4 16.O-O-O Nc5 17.Kd2 g5
18.fxg5 Rag8 19.h4 h6 20.Nf3 hxg5 21.Nxg5 Rxh4 22.Rxh4 Rxg5
23.g4 Rxe5 24.Rh5 Ne4+ 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Re1 Rd4+ 27.Kc1 Bc6
28.Rg1 Rf4 29.Rh2 d4 30.Kd2 Be4 31.c3 dxc3 32.Kxc3 Bd5 33.a3
Rf3+ 34.Kd2 a6 35.g5 Rb3 36.Kc1 Rf3 37.Kd2 Rb3 38.Ke1 Re3+
39.Re2 Rh3 40.Rf2 Re3+ 41.Kd1 a5 42.Kc1 Rh3 43.Rgf1 Rh7 44.Rf6
Rg7 45.Rg1 Kd6 46.Kd2 Be4 47.Rh6 Rg8 48.Ke3 Bf5 49.Rd1+ Ke5
50.Rd7 Rxg5 51.Rxb7 Rg3+ 52.Kf2 Rd3 53.Rb5+ Kf4 54.Rxa5 Rd2+
55.Ke1 Rxb2 56.Rh4+ Bg4 57.Ra4+ Ke3 58.Rb4 Ra2 59.Rb3+ Kf4
60.Rb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ulf Andersson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.O-O Bc5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bg2 Bd7 12.Be3 Bc6
13.c4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nc6 15.Nc3 Ng4 16.Bc5 b6 17.Bxe7 Kxe7
18.Rad1 Rhd8 19.Nc1 Nge5 20.b3 Nd4 21.Rfe1 Nec6 22.Nd3 Rd7
23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Rxe5 Ke8 25.c5 Nc6 26.Rxd7 Kxd7 27.Rh5 h6
28.cxb6 axb6 29.Rh4 Ra5 30.Re4 e5 31.Re2 Nd4 32.Rd2 Ke6 33.f4
f6 34.Ne2 Nxe2 35.Rxe2 Rc5 36.fxe5 fxe5 37.Kf3 Rc1 38.Ke4 b5
39.Kf3 h5 40.a4 bxa4 41.bxa4 Ra1 42.Re4 Ra3+ 43.Kf2 Ra2+
44.Kg1 Kd5 45.Rb4 g5 46.h3 Kc5 47.Re4 Kd6 48.Rb4 Kd5 49.Kf1
Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qe2 Nd7 10.O-O-O c6 11.Ba6 Bxa6 12.Qxa6
Qc7 13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.Kb1 f5 15.Ned2 Bf6 16.Nc4 b5 17.Nce5 Nxe5
18.Nxe5 Rd5 19.c4 bxc4 20.Qxc4 c5 21.Rc1 Kb8 22.f4 Rc8 23.Rhd1
Ka8 24.dxc5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Qxc5 27.Qe2 h5 28.g3 Qc4
29.Qf3+ Qc6 30.Qe2 Qc4 31.Qf3+ Qc6 32.Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "06 Reykjavik"]
[Site "06 Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.e5
Ng4 8.Bg1 Nh6 9.h3 f6 10.d5 Nb4 11.a3 Na6 12.e6 c6 13.Bxa6
bxa6 14.Nd4 c5 15.Nc6 Qc7 16.Qf3 f5 17.g4 Kh8 18.g5 Ng8 19.h4
h5 20.gxh6 Bxc3+ 21.Qxc3+ Nf6 22.O-O-O Kh7 23.h5 Rg8 24.hxg6+
Rxg6 25.Qa5 Qxa5 26.Nxa5 Rb8 27.Nc6 Rb7 28.c4 a5 29.Nxa5 Rc7
30.Bf2 Ba6 31.Bh4 Ng4 32.b3 Bb7 33.Kd2 Ba8 34.Rdg1 Rg8 35.Be1
Rcc8 36.Rh5 Nf6 37.Rxg8 Rxg8 38.Rxf5 Rg4 39.Ke2 Kxh6 40.Kf3
Rg6 41.Bh4 Nh7 42.Kf2 Rg7 43.Rf7 Rxf7 44.exf7 Kg7 45.Bxe7 Kxf7
46.Bxd6 Nf6 47.Kf3 Nd7 48.f5 Kf6 49.Kf4 a6 50.Nc6 Bb7 1-0

[Event "11 Moscow GMA-qual f"]
[Site "11 Moscow GMA-qual f"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7
7.O-O Qb4 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Nc3 O-O-O
12.Rad1 Nh6 13.f3 Rhe8 14.Kf2 f6 15.Rd2 Nf7 16.Rfd1 Nd6 17.b3
Re5 18.Nde2 b6 19.Nf4 Rde8 20.h4 Kb7 21.g4 Rc5 22.Na4 Rce5
23.Nc3 Rc5 24.Na4 Rce5 25.Kg3 Bc8 26.Nc3 R5e7 27.Nd3 Rg8
28.Re2 h5 29.e5 fxe5 30.Rxe5 Reg7 31.Nf2 Rf8 32.Nce4 Nxe4+
33.Rxe4 Rgf7 34.Re3 hxg4 35.Nxg4 Rh7 36.Rd2 Bf5 37.c3 a5 38.a3
Rfh8 39.Rh2 Rd8 40.b4 Rd1 41.bxa5 bxa5 42.Kf4 Rd6 43.Ne5 Rh5
44.Kg3 Rd1 45.c4 Rg1+ 46.Kf2 Rb1 47.Kg3 Rg1+ 48.Kf2 Rb1 49.Kg3
Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.Bc4
Nb6 8.Bb5 d5 9.O-O Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 e6 12.Qg4 Rc8 13.Bg5
Qd7 14.Rc1 a6 15.Bf1 Na4 16.b3 Nb6 17.Be3 h5 18.Qd1 Be7 19.a3
g6 20.Nd2 Kf8 21.Nf3 Kg7 22.Qd2 Rc7 23.Bd3 Rhc8 24.Bh6+ Kg8
25.Bg5 Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Qe7 27.Qh6 Qf8 28.Qd2 Kg7 29.Rc2 Nd7
30.Rcc1 Qd8 31.Rc2 Qe7 32.Rac1 Ndb8 33.b4 Nd7 34.b5 axb5
35.Bxb5 Nb6 36.a4 Na7 37.Rxc7 Rxc7 38.Bf1 Nc4 39.Qf4 Nc6 40.g4
hxg4 41.hxg4 Rc8 42.Kg2 Ra8 43.Rb1 N6a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthias Wahls"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Re8
13.Rfd1 h6 14.Bf3 Qc7 15.Qe1 Rf8 16.Rd2 Qb8 17.Qd1 Rc4 18.Kh1
Rfc8 19.Kg1 Rb4 20.Nc1 b5 21.axb6 Rxb2 22.Nd3 Rxb6 23.Bxb6
Nxb6 24.Na4 Nc4 25.Re2 Bd7 26.Rb1 Qa7 27.Ndb2 Na3 28.Rc1 Nb5
29.c3 Qc7 30.Re1 Qa5 31.Nd3 Rc4 32.Ndb2 Rc8 33.Nd3 Be6 34.Ra1
Qd8 35.Qd2 Bb3 36.Qb2 Bc4 37.Red1 Qc7 38.Nb4 Qa7 39.Qc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Matthias Wahls"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d3 Bd6
13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Bb7 16.Nd2 Qd7 17.Nf3 c5 18.a4 b4
19.Ne5 Qc7 20.Nc4 bxc3 21.Qf1 Be7 22.bxc3 Bf6 23.Bb2 Nxc3
24.Ree1 Bd4 25.Ne3 Qc6 26.Ng2 Rab8 27.Ra3 Rfe8 28.Bxc3 Bxc3
29.Rb1 Ba8 30.h3 Bb2 31.Ra2 Rxb3 32.Raxb2 Rxb2 33.Rxb2 Qxa4
34.Qc1 Qc6 35.f4 h6 36.Kh2 Rd8 37.Qc3 Qd5 38.Rc2 Rc8 39.Qc4
Qxc4 40.Rxc4 Bd5 41.Rc2 a5 42.Ne3 Bb3 43.Rc3 a4 44.Kg2 Ra8
45.Rxc5 a3 46.Rc1 a2 47.Ra1 Rd8 48.Kf2 Rxd3 49.Ke2 Rd8 50.h4
f6 51.g4 Rd4 52.f5 h5 53.g5 Rxh4 54.g6 Rd4 55.Nf1 Kf8 56.Nd2
Bd5 57.Ke3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 Be6 11.g4 Ne7 12.Ng5
Bc4 13.Re1 Nd5 14.Nd1 h6 15.Ne4 Nb4 16.Ne3 Bd5 17.Ng3 Be6
18.a3 Nd5 19.Ng2 a6 20.f4 Bc5+ 21.Kh2 h5 22.Nxh5 Kf8 23.Kg3 g6
24.Nf6 Nxf6 25.exf6 Bd4 26.f5 gxf5 27.g5 Rg8 28.Kh2 Bd5 29.h4
Bxf6 30.c4 Bf3 31.Re3 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 Bd4 33.Rd3 c5 34.Be3 Bxe3
35.Rxe3 Rd8 36.Rf1 Rd4 37.Rxf5 Rxc4 38.h5 Rg4+ 39.Rg3 Rxg3+
40.Kxg3 b6 41.g6 Rg7 42.Kf4 Kg8 43.Kg5 fxg6 44.hxg6 Rd7 45.Kh6
Rd2 46.Rf7 Rh2+ 47.Kg5 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 d6 11.Bg5 Ng4 12.Qe2 Ne5
13.Rad1 b5 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Nb1 O-O 16.c3 a5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Rd4
b4 19.Rfd1 Ba6 20.Qd2 Nc4 21.Qc1 Rac8 22.b3 Ne5 23.c4 f5
24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Qe3 Rd8 26.Nd2 Nf7 27.Ne4 Qc7 28.Nxd6 Re5
29.Nxf7 Rxe3 30.Rxd8+ Kxf7 31.R8d7+ Qxd7 32.Rxd7+ Ke8 33.Bc6
1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3
Qb6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Bd3 g6 11.O-O Bg7 12.Be3 O-O 13.Rae1
b5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bc5 Bb7 16.Bxf8 Rxf8 17.Qe3 Bh6 18.Qh3 Bxf4
19.Kh1 Ne7 20.Ne2 Ned5 21.Qh4 Kg7 22.Nxf4 Nxf4 23.Rf2 h6
24.Kg1 Rd8 25.Nd2 Rd4 26.Qg3 Ng4 27.Qxg4 Nxd3 28.Qxd4 exd4
29.cxd3 e5 30.Nb3 Bd5 31.Rc1 Qe7 32.Nc5 a5 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4
h5 35.Re1 h4 36.Rfe2 Qg5 37.h3 Qg3 38.Rf2 Bxg2 0-1

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vlastimil Hort"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bf5
7.Ne2 Bd6 8.Ng3 Qe7+ 9.Be3 Bg6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.Bxf5
g6 13.Bd3 Bf4 14.Qf3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 f5 16.O-O Nd7 17.Rae1 Nf6
18.e4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.Rxe4 Qd7 21.Rfe1 Rae8 22.h3 Rxe4
23.Qxe4 f6 24.Qe7 Qxe7 25.Rxe7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ndf6 6.Bc4 e6
7.Ne2 c5 8.O-O h6 9.Nf3 a6 10.a4 cxd4 11.Nexd4 Bd6 12.Qe2 Ne7
13.Ne5 Qc7 14.Ndf3 O-O 15.b3 b6 16.Bb2 Bb7 17.Rad1 Ned5 18.Rd4
b5 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Ng4 Be7 21.Nfe5 Qb7 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.Rg4
Kh8 24.c4 bxc4 25.Nd7 Bxb2 26.Qxb2 Rg8 27.Rh4 Kh7 28.Ne5 cxb3
29.Re1 Rac8 30.Qd2 f5 31.g4 g5 32.Rh3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 a6
8.a4 Qe7 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.e3 Bg7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O h6 13.Bh4 Ne5
14.Nd2 g5 15.Bg3 Re8 16.Re1 Rb8 17.a5 Bf5 18.e4 Bg6 19.Ra4
Nfd7 20.Qc2 Rbc8 21.b3 Qf8 22.Nf1 f5 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Qd2 Nf6
25.Ne3 Bg6 26.f4 Nf7 27.Bf2 gxf4 28.Rxf4 Qe7 29.Nf5 Bxf5
30.Rxf5 Qc7 31.Qf4 Nh7 32.Ne4 Ne5 33.Rf1 Rf8 34.Be1 b5 35.axb6
Qxb6 36.Kh1 Kh8 37.Qg3 Rxf5 38.Rxf5 Rg8 39.Qe3 a5 40.Bg3 Rb8
41.Nxd6 Qxd6 42.Rxe5 Qf8 43.Re6 1-0

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 Re8 12.Kh1 Rb8 13.f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.b4 Nce4 9.Qd4 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb2 O-O 12.e3
Nd6 13.Nf3 Bf5 14.Be2 Be4 15.O-O Nc4 16.Bc3 a6 17.Nd2 Nxd2
18.Qxd2 Re8 19.Rfd1 h6 20.Rac1 Nh7 21.Qd4 Nf6 22.Bb2 Rc8
23.Rxc8 Qxc8 24.Rc1 Qe6 25.h3 Rc8 26.Rc5 Rxc5 27.Qxc5 Ne8
28.Bd4 Nd6 29.Qc7 b5 30.Bg4 Bf5 31.Bh5 Nc4 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qf8
f6 34.Bf7 Qc8 35.Qe7 Qd7 36.Qxd7 Bxd7 37.Bxd5 Nxa3 38.Bb7 Nc4
39.Bxa6 Bc6 40.f3 Kg6 41.Kf2 Kf7 42.h4 Nd6 43.Bc5 Bb7 44.Bxb7
Nxb7 45.h5 f5 46.Bb6 Nd6 47.Ke2 g6 48.hxg6+ Kxg6 49.Kd3 Nc4
50.Bc7 h5 51.Kd4 Kf6 52.Bf4 Ke6 53.Kc5 Na3 54.Bg3 Nc4 55.Bf2
Nd6 56.Kc6 Ke7 57.Bh4+ Ke6 58.Bg5 1-0

[Event "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "49"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3
O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Ndb5 Ne7 12.Qb3 d6
13.Rfd1 Nc8 14.Rac1 a6 15.Nd4 Qc7 16.Qc2 Na7 17.Na4 Rac8
18.Qd2 Rfd8 19.b3 Ba8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d5
7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nd4 Bd7
12.g3 Rb8 13.O-O-O Kc7 14.gxf4 Ng4 15.Ne4 Re8 16.f3 Ne3 17.Rd3
Nd5 18.f5 g6 19.f6 c5 20.Nc2 Bc6 21.e3 Bh6 22.Ra3 a5 23.Rg1 a4
24.Rg4 Re5 25.Bc4 Rf8 26.Rh4 Bg5 27.Nxg5 Rxg5 28.Rd3 Nxf6
29.Rf4 Rf5 30.Rxf5 gxf5 31.Ne1 Rg8 32.Bxf7 Rg1 33.Rd1 Rh1
34.Be6 Rxh2 35.Bxf5 Nd5 36.Nc2 h5 37.Be4 Nb4 38.Nxb4 cxb4
39.Bxc6 Kxc6 40.Rd2 Rh1+ 41.Kc2 h4 42.Kd3 Kc5 43.f4 h3 44.Ke4
Rg1 45.Kf3 Ra1 46.b3 axb3 47.axb3 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Jacksonville (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stuart Rachels"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
e5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.f4 a5 10.O-O Be7 11.Qe1 Nd7 12.Qg3 O-O 13.f5
Kh8 14.Be3 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.Rad1 Ra8 17.Kh1 Rb8 18.b3 Nf6
19.Qf3 h6 20.g4 Nh7 21.Rf2 Rb7 22.Rfd2 Rd7 23.Rd3 Re8 24.Nb1
Bg5 25.Bxg5 Nxg5 26.Qg2 d5 27.Nc3 d4 28.Nb1 Nh7 29.Nd2 Kg8
30.Nc4 c5 31.Rg1 Rb7 32.g5 hxg5 33.h4 f6 34.Rh3 Rd7 35.Qh2 g4
36.Rxg4 d3 37.cxd3 Rxd3 38.Rxd3 Qxd3 39.Qg2 Re7 40.Nxa5 Qc3
41.Nc4 Qxb3 42.Qe2 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Jacksonville (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alex Sherzer"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.a4 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.a5 Bxb3 12.cxb3 Nxa5
13.Nd5 Nc6 14.Bb6 Qd7 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bg4 Qe7 17.Qd5 g6
18.Rac1 Kg7 19.Rfd1 Bg5 20.Rc3 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Be2 Rf6
23.Rg3 Rg6 24.Bh5 Rh6 25.h4 Rxh5 26.Qxd6 Rxh4 27.Qxe7+ Nxe7
28.Rxg5+ Kf6 29.Rg3 Rc8 30.Rc3 Ke6 31.Rcd3 Rc6 32.Bd8 Rb4
33.Rd7 Nc8 34.Rxh7 Rd6 35.Rh6+ Kd7 36.Rdxd6+ Nxd6 37.Bf6 Nf7
38.Rh3 Ke6 39.Bg7 Rd4 40.Kf1 Rd1+ 41.Ke2 Rb1 42.Rc3 Rxb2+
43.Kf1 Nd6 44.f3 e4 45.g4 Rb1+ 46.Kf2 exf3 47.Re3+ Kf7 48.Be5
Ne4+ 49.Kxf3 Ke6 50.Bg7 Rf1+ 51.Ke2 Rf2+ 52.Kd3 Kd5 53.Rh3 Rg2
54.Rh5 Nc5+ 55.Kc3 Rg3+ 56.Kc2 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Jacksonville (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alex Sherzer"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 Ne5 10.Nb3 Qc7 11.Be2 e6 12.O-O Be7
13.f4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.Qf3 O-O 16.Rad1 e5 17.f5 b5 18.Bg5
b4 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd5 Bd8 21.f6 gxf6 22.Rd3 f5 23.exf5 Kh8
24.Ne3 e4 25.Qf4 Qc7 26.Qxe4 Bb7 27.Qxb4 Rg8 28.Qd4+ f6
29.Qxd6 Qg7 30.Rf2 Be4 31.Rc3 Ra7 32.Qf4 Re7 33.Nd4 Bd5 34.Ne6
Bxe6 35.fxe6 Rxe6 36.g3 Bb6 37.Kg2 Rge8 38.Nf5 Qg6 39.Rf1 Re2+
40.Kh3 Qh5+ 41.Nh4 Bd8 42.Rc8 Qd5 43.Qg4 Qd2 44.Nf3 Qh6+
45.Qh4 Qg6 46.Rd1 h5 47.Qf4 Bb6 48.Rxe8+ Rxe8 49.Rd7 Be3
50.Nh4 Qg5 51.Qxg5 fxg5 52.Ng6+ Kg8 53.Re7 Rxe7 54.Nxe7+ Kf7
55.Nd5 Bc1 56.b3 Ke6 57.c4 Ke5 58.g4 h4 59.Kg2 a5 60.h3 Kd4
61.Kf3 a4 62.Nf6 a3 63.Ne4 Kd3 64.c5 Kc2 65.c6 Bf4 66.Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Jacksonville (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Stuart Rachels"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Nb3 e6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kh1 Ne5 12.Be2
Kh8 13.f4 Ng6 14.a4 Rg8 15.a5 Qc7 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.g3 a6 18.Qe3
Rab8 19.Rfd1 Rgd8 20.h4 Bf8 21.Qd4 Bc6 22.h5 Ne7 23.Qxf6+ Bg7
24.Qxf7 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Rf8 26.Qxe6 Nf5 27.Kh2 Rbe8 28.exf5 Rxe6
29.fxe6 Qe7 30.Nd4 Rxf4 31.Nxc6 Qxe6 32.gxf4 Qxe2+ 33.Kg3 Qe3+
34.Kg4 Qe6+ 35.f5 Qe4+ 36.Kg5 bxc6 37.Re1 Qg2+ 38.Kf6 Qg7+
39.Ke6 Qxc3 40.f6 Qh3+ 41.Ke7 Qxh5 42.f7 Qg5+ 43.Ke8 Qg6
44.Re7 1-0

[Event "Manila"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Iwantschuk"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.b4 Nce4 9.Qd4 d5 10.c5 b6 11.f3 bxc5 12.bxc5
Qa5+ 13.Qb4 Qc7 14.fxe4 Rb8 15.Qa4+ Bd7 16.c6 O-O 17.Bd2 Bxc6
18.Qa5 Rb6 19.e3 Rfb8 20.Rc1 Nxe4 21.Nf3 Qe7 22.Bb4 Qb7 23.Bd3
Bb5 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Nd4 Bd3 26.Kf2 h6 27.Rhe1 f6 28.Kg1 Qf7
29.Nc6 Ra8 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Nc8 Rb5 32.Qc7 Qh5 33.Rc5 Rxc5
34.Bxc5 a5 35.Bf8 Qg5 36.Qb7 Ra6 37.Nd6 Qg6 38.Ne8 Kg8 39.Nc7
1-0

[Event "Manila (izt) De Firmian, Fedorowicz, Unzicke"]
[Site "Manila (izt) De Firmian, Fedorowicz, Unzicke"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.Kb1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5
13.h4 Bb7 14.h5 b4 15.Ne2 a5 16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Nd4 Ne4 18.Qe3
Qb6 19.Bd3 f6 20.h6 g6 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.g3 a4 23.Rhe1 Rc8
24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Qe2 Rc5 26.Qd2 Rf7 27.Qe3 Bd5 28.Ne2 b3
29.cxb3 axb3 30.a3 Rfc7 31.Nc3 Qb7 32.Nxe4 Bxe4+ 33.Qxe4 Qxe4+
34.Rxe4 Kf7 35.Rb4 Rh5 36.Rxb3 Rxh6 37.Rc1 Ra7 38.Rbc3 Kf6
39.b4 Rh3 40.Kb2 h5 41.Kb3 1-0

[Event "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "66"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Be7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1
O-O 8.h3 Bd7 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 d5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Bxd7 Qxd7
13.Nc3 Nbxd5 14.Bg5 c6 15.Qb3 Bd6 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Nc5 Rab8 18.a3
Nh5 19.Rac1 Nhf4 20.Bxf4 Nxf4 21.Ne4 Rfd8 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Re4
Re8 24.Rce1 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Ne6 26.Qb6 h6 27.Qb3 b5 28.Qe3 Rd8
29.b4 Qd5 30.Re5 Qc4 31.Kh2 Qc2 32.g3 Rd5 33.Re4 Kh7 34.Kg2
Rf5 35.h4 Nc7 36.Ne1 Qa2 37.Re5 Nd5 38.Qe2 Qxe2 39.Rxe2 Nb6
40.Rc2 Nc4 41.a4 a5 42.bxa5 Nxa5 43.axb5 cxb5 44.Nd3 Nb3
45.Rc7 Nxd4 46.f4 Ne6 47.Rd7 g5 48.fxg5 hxg5 49.g4 Nf4+
50.Nxf4 Rxf4 51.hxg5 Kg7 52.Kg3 Rf1 53.Rb7 Rb1 54.Kf4 b4
55.Kf5 Rf1+ 56.Ke5 Kg6 57.Rxb4 Kxg5 58.Kd6 Rh1 59.Ke7 Rh7
60.Kf8 f6 61.Kg8 Rh4 62.Kg7 f5 63.gxf5 Rxb4 64.f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bd3 h6 10.a4 Qc7 11.O-O Nbc6 12.Ba3 Na5 13.Nd2
O-O 14.dxc5 Qxe5 15.cxb6 Rfe8 16.c4 axb6 17.Re1 Qf6 18.cxd5
exd5 19.Rb1 Nec6 20.Rxb6 Qd4 21.Rb1 Qxa4 22.Bd6 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1
Nd4 24.Qd1 Nf5 25.Ra1 Qd4 26.Nb3 Qb6 27.Bxf5 Bxf5 28.Qxd5 Rd8
29.Qxf5 Nxb3 30.cxb3 Qxd6 31.g3 Qd4 32.Re1 g6 33.Qf3 Rd5
34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Qe3 Qxe3 36.Rxe3 Rd2 37.Kg2 Rb2 38.h4 g5
39.hxg5 hxg5 40.g4 f5 41.gxf5 Kf6 42.Kf3 Kxf5 43.Rc3 Ke6
44.Rc6+ Kd5 45.Rb6 Kc5 46.Rg6 Rxb3+ 47.Kg4 Kd5 48.Rf6 Ke4
49.f3+ Ke3 50.Kxg5 Rb8 51.f4+ Rg8+ 52.Kf5 Kf3 53.Rf7 Re8
54.Rf6 Ra8 55.Kg6 Rg8+ 56.Kf7 Rh8 57.Kg7 Rh1 58.f5 Kf4 59.Rf8
Kg5 60.Rf7 Rh6 61.Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Slaheddine Hmadi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3
d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.O-O Be6 10.Bxe6 Qxe6 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Rd8
13.Qh4 Qe2 14.Be3 Qxb2 15.Nd2 Rxd2 16.Rab1 Qxc3 17.Bxd2 Qxd2
18.Qe4 Qxa2 19.Qxb7 f6 20.Ra1 Qe6 21.Qxa7 Nc8 22.Qc7 Qd7
23.Qc4 Nb6 24.Qb3 Nd5 25.Ra8+ Kf7 26.Qa2 Kg6 27.Rd1 e6 28.Ra7
Qc8 29.Ra8 Qd7 30.Ra7 Qc8 31.Ra8 Qc3 32.Qb1+ f5 33.Rd3 Qb4
34.Rg3+ Kf7 35.Rb3 Qe4 36.Rb7+ Kg6 37.Qxe4 fxe4 38.Rbb8 Kf7
39.Rb7+ Kg6 40.Rbb8 Kf7 41.Rb7+ Ne7 42.Kf1 g5 43.Ke2 Kf6
44.Rbb8 Ng6 45.Re8 Bg7 46.Rxh8 Bxh8 47.Ke3 Kf5 48.h3 Bc3
49.Ra7 Nf4 50.g4+ Ke5 51.Rxh7 Bd4+ 52.Kd2 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3
Qb6 8.a3 g6 9.Be2 Bg7 10.Be3 Qc7 11.O-O-O O-O 12.g4 Nc6 13.f5
Nd7 14.Rhf1 Nce5 15.Qg3 Re8 16.Qh4 b5 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.fxe6 fxe6
19.Nxe6 Qb7 20.Nd5 Nf6 21.Nec7 Bxg4 22.Nxe8 Bxe2 23.Nexf6+
Bxf6 24.Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "198"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.a4
e6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Kh1 a5 12.Qf3 e5 13.f5
d5 14.Qg3 Nh5 15.Qf3 Nf6 16.Qg3 O-O 17.Bh6 Nh5 18.Qf3 Nf6
19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "396"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Nd5 7.Bxc4
Nxf4 8.exf4 O-O 9.O-O Nd7 10.Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2
Ba6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Nxc3 d5 10.b4 dxc4 11.b5 Bb7 12.e4 a6 13.Bxc4
O-O 14.O-O axb5 15.Bxb5 Qe7 16.a4 Rd8 17.Qe3 Nc6 18.Rfd1 Nb4
19.Rd2 h6 20.Rad1 Ba6 21.Qe2 Bb7 22.h3 Kf8 23.Qf1 Kg8 24.Qe2
Kf8 25.Rb2 Nc6 26.Qc4 Na5 27.Qa2 Kg8 28.Rbd2 Kh8 29.Qc2 Ba6
30.Bxa6 Rxa6 31.d5 Raa8 32.Nb5 exd5 33.exd5 Rd7 34.d6 cxd6
35.Nxd6 Rc7 36.Nxf7+ Kg8 37.Nxh6+ gxh6 38.Qg6+ Kf8 39.Rd3 Qe8
40.Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "172"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.f3 d5 9.cxd5 b6 10.b4 Na4 11.Qb3 b5 12.e4 a6
13.Ne2 O-O 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 exd5 16.e5 Re8 17.f4 g5 18.Bf2 Ne4
19.Bd4 Be6 20.Qf3 Rc8 21.f5 Bd7 22.Ng3 Rxe5 23.Be2 Qe8 24.Nh5
Rxf5 25.Qe3 Rc3 26.Bxc3 Naxc3 27.Bg4 d4 28.Qxd4 Nc5 29.Kd2
Nb3+ 30.Kxc3 Nxd4 31.Bxf5 Qe3+ 32.Bd3 Bf5 33.Rad1 Ne2+ 34.Kc2
Qe5 35.Kd2 Qb2+ 36.Ke3 Bg4 37.Rd2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 Nxc5 8.b4 Nce4 9.Qd4 d5 10.c5 b6 11.f3 bxc5 12.bxc5
Qa5+ 13.Qb4 Qc7 14.fxe4 Rb8 15.Qa4+ Bd7 16.c6 O-O 17.Bd2 Bxc6
18.Qa5 Rb6 19.e3 Rfb8 20.Rc1 Nxe4 21.Nf3 Qe7 22.Bb4 Qb7 23.Bd3
Bb5 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Nd4 Bd3 26.Kf2 f6 27.Rhe1 h6 28.Kg1 Qf7
29.Nc6 Ra8 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Nc8 Rb5 32.Qc7 Qh5 33.Rc5 Rxc5
34.Bxc5 a5 35.Bf8 Qg5 36.Qb7 Ra6 37.Nd6 Qg6 38.Ne8 Kg8 39.Nc7
1-0

[Event "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "230"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Nc3 b5 10.Nxb5 Nxe4 11.O-O a6 12.Na3 Nf6 13.Nc4
Ra7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Rd7 16.Ne3 Bb7 17.Nh2 Re7 18.Qb3 Qc7
19.Nhg4 Nbd7 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Bc4 Re4 22.Bg3 Rb8 23.Qc2 Rbe8
24.Rad1 Nh5 25.Bh2 Nf4 26.Kh1 Bc8 27.f3 Rxe3 28.Bxf4 R3e7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Izt"]
[Site "Manila (Philippines)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.Rac1 Bd7
13.Rfd1 Bc6 14.e4 Nd7 15.Qe2 b5 16.b3 bxc4 17.Qxc4 Bb7 18.Nd5
Rc8 19.Qxc8 Bxc8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.Nxe7+ Kh8 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Bh3
f5 24.exf5 Rc2 25.Be3 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1
Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Be3 O-O 11.d5 Ne7 12.Bxb6 cxb6 13.Nbd2
Nd7 14.Nf1 h6 15.Ne3 f5 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Nxf5 Rxf5 18.Nd2 Qe7
19.Ne4 Nc5 20.Bc2 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Rf4 22.Qd2 Raf8 23.f3 Qc7
24.Qe3 Bc8 25.a4 bxa4 26.Rxa4 a5 27.Raa1 Bf5 28.Bxf5 R4xf5
29.Ra4 b5 30.Re4 Rf4 31.h3 Rxe4 32.fxe4 a4 33.Rf1 Rxf1+
34.Kxf1 b4 35.cxb4 Qc4+ 36.Kg1 Qxb4 37.Qa3 Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ( select )"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 d5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Bb5 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Be6 12.O-O a6
13.Be2 h6 14.Bh4 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxe7 17.Qd4 Rac8
18.Rac1 Rc7 19.Bf3 Rfc8 20.Rxc7 Qxc7 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Rd8
23.Qb3 Rd2 24.Qb4 Rd7 25.h3 Qc2 26.a4 Qd2 27.Qe4 Rc7 28.b4 Qd6
29.Rb1 g6 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Kg7 32.g3 b6 33.Kg2 Rc5 34.Rb3
Qd7 35.Qh4 Kh7 36.Qd4 Qe7 37.Rb4 Qe8 38.Qf6 Qe6 39.Rf4 Rxb5
40.Qxf7+ Qxf7 41.Rxf7+ Kg8 42.Rb7 Rb2 43.h4 b5 44.g4 b4 45.Kg3
b3 46.g5 hxg5 47.hxg5 Kf8 48.f4 Ke8 49.Kf3 Kd8 50.Ke4 Kc8
51.Rb4 Kc7 52.Ke5 1-0

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5 9.Bd3 e4 10.Bc2 g5 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.h4 Rg8
13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Ne2 Kd8 15.Ba4 Nbd7 16.Bxd7 Bxd7 17.Qb3 Kc7
18.Qa3 b6 19.Kd2 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gennadi Timoshchenko"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2
Bf8 14.a4 h6 15.Bc2 exd4 16.cxd4 Nb4 17.Bb1 c5 18.d5 Nd7
19.Ra3 c4 20.Nd4 Qf6 21.N2f3 Nc5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Ree3 Rxa3
24.bxa3 Nbd3 25.Bxd3 cxd3 26.Qe1 Qf4 27.g3 Qf6 28.Bd2 Bc8
29.Kg2 Qg6 30.Nh4 Qf6 31.Nhf3 Qg6 32.Nh4 Qf6 33.Bc3 d2 34.Qxd2
Rxe4 35.Ne6 Qe7 36.Nf5 Qa7 37.Nexg7 Bxg7 38.Nxg7 Nb3 39.Qd3
Rxe3 40.Qxe3 Qxe3 41.fxe3 Nd2 42.Bxd2 Kxg7 43.g4 f5 44.Kf3 h5
45.gxf5 Bxf5 46.Bb4 Bxh3 47.Bxd6 Bf1 48.Be7 Kf7 49.Bh4 Ke8
50.e4 Bc4 51.Ke3 Bb3 52.Kd4 Bc2 1-0

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Daniel John King"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6
8.Qd2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Nb3 Bb4 12.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd3
Qxc5 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.Be3 Qa5 10.O-O O-O 11.Kh1 Nc6 12.Qe1 Bxf3
13.Rxf3 Rac8 14.a3 d5 15.e5 d4 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Ne4 dxe3
18.Nxf6+ exf6 19.Rxe3 Qb6 20.Rb1 f5 21.c3 Nd8 22.Bxf5 gxf5
23.Rg3+ Kh8 24.Qe7 Rg8 25.Qe5+ f6 26.Rxg8+ Kxg8 27.Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.Bc4 c6 7.O-O
Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.Bb3 Be6 10.Nd2 Nd7 11.Ndf3 Nxe5 12.dxe5 a5
13.c3 Qc7 14.h3 Rfd8 15.Nd4 Bc8 16.e6 f5 17.Qf3 a4 18.Bxd5
Rxd5 19.Bf4 Qd8 20.Rad1 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Ra6 22.h4 c5 23.dxc5 Bxe6
24.Bh6 Bf7 25.Qc3 Rf6 26.Rxd5 Bxd5 27.Rd1 Rf7 28.Qe5 e6
29.Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.Nc4 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5
13.Bh6 Re8 14.Qd2 Rb8 15.a4 a6 16.Rab1 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.b4
c4 19.e4 f5 20.Rbc1 Qf6 21.Bg5 Qg7 22.Rfe1 Nf6 23.Bh6 Qf7
24.exf5 Bxf5 25.h3 Bd3 26.Bf4 Qd7 27.Bxe5 dxe5 28.Qg5 Qd6
29.Ra1 Re7 30.Ra5 h6 31.Qxh6 Qxb4 32.Rea1 Qxc3 33.Ra8 Qxa1+
34.Rxa1 b4 35.Ra6 Rf7 36.Qg5 b3 37.Rxf6 Rxf6 38.Qxf6 b2
39.Qe6+ Kh7 40.Qe7+ Kh6 41.Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.e4 Ne7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.a4 e5 13.Bc4
Nec6 14.Qa3 Na5 15.Bd5 Na6 16.Rb1 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Qa2 Nxc5
19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Ne2 Qe3 22.Qxe5 Rad8 23.Qxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup World (select)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "17"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.e3
O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moskva"]
[Site "Moskva"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6 7.e3
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5 9.Bd3 e4 10.Bc2 g5 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.h4 Rg8
13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Ne2 Kd8 15.Ba4 Nbd7 16.Bxd7 Bxd7 17.Qb3 Kc7
18.Qa3 b6 19.Kd2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New"]
[Site "New"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Qe2 a6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 b5
13.g5 Nd7 14.f4 Nc5 15.Rg1 Rb8 16.Kb1 a5 17.f5 a4 18.f6 axb3
19.axb3 b4 20.Nb5 Qa5 21.fxe7 Re8 22.Nxd6 Ra8 23.Kc1 Ba6
24.Nc4 Qa2 25.Rgd1 e5 26.Rd8 Nxe4 27.c3 Bxc4 28.Rxa8 Qxa8
29.Qxc4 bxc3 30.Qa4 cxb2 31.Kxb2 Qxa4 32.bxa4 f5 33.gxf6 gxf6
34.Rd8 Kf7 35.Rxe8 Kxe8 36.a5 Nd6 37.a6 Nc8 38.Bc5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Carlo D'Amore"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.d4 exd4
7.cxd4 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Bg5 Qd6 10.Re1+ Be6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Ne4
Qb4 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Qc2 Rfe8 15.h3 Qb5 16.Qd2 Qb4 17.Rac1 Qxd2
18.Bxd2 Ne7 19.b3 Nf5 20.Bf4 Bd5 21.Ned2 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Bxd4
23.Bxc7 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 a5 25.Nc4 a4 26.Bf4 axb3 27.axb3 Ra2
28.Be3 Bxe3 29.Rxe3 Rc2 30.Nd6 Rb2 31.Nc8 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael A Brooks"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Be6 10.b3 Nc6 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Re1 h6 13.h3
Nb4 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Bc4 Rfd8 16.Rc1 Qa5 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nc4 Qc7
19.a5 Nc6 20.Ra1 Rf8 21.Nb1 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 d5 23.Nb6 dxe4
24.Nxc8 Bc5 25.Nd2 Bxf2+ 26.Kh1 e3 27.Nb6 exd2 28.Nc4 e4
29.Qxd2 Qg3 30.Rf1 e3 31.Qe2 Rf5 32.Bc3 Rg5 33.Nxe3 Qxe3
34.Rxf2 Qxc3 35.Qxe6+ Kh7 36.Qe4+ Rg6 37.Rf5 Qd4 38.Qxd4 Nxd4
39.Rf7 Nxc2 40.Rxb7 Nd4 41.b4 Rf6 42.Rd7 Nc6 43.Rb7 Rf4 44.Rb6
Nxb4 45.Kh2 h5 46.g3 Rc4 47.Kg2 g6 48.h4 Kh6 49.Kf3 Nc6
50.Rxa6 Rc5 51.g4 Rc3+ 52.Kg2 hxg4 53.Ra8 Ra3 54.a6 Kg7 55.Kh2
Nd4 56.a7 Nf5 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Thomas Ernst"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8 16.a3 Bd7 17.Qh5 Qa5 18.Be2
b4 19.axb4 Qxb4 20.Rhf1 Rb8 21.Qxf7+ Kd8 22.Nb3 a5 23.Qh5
Nxb3+ 24.cxb3 a4 25.Kd2 Qxb3 26.Qa5+ Qb6 27.Qxb6+ Rxb6 28.Kc2
Bh6 29.Rd4 Rf8 30.Nxa4 Rc6+ 31.Nc3 Bg5 32.Bb5 Rxc3+ 33.bxc3
Bxb5 34.Rb1 Bxf6 35.Rxb5 Bxd4 36.Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "P San Segundo-Carrillo"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Bd3
d5 13.exd5 Nb4 14.O-O Nxd3 15.cxd3 Bd6 16.Qb3 O-O 17.Nc2 Bd7
18.Bb4 a5 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.d4 e4 21.f3 Rae8 22.Rae1 a4 23.Qb4
Qxd5 24.fxe4 Rxe4 25.Rxe4 Qxe4 26.Qd2 Rc8 27.Nb4 Re8 28.Qf2 f6
29.a3 Bc6 30.h3 Bd5 31.Kh2 Bc4 32.Rd1 Bd5 33.Rd2 f5 34.Nd3 Bc4
35.Ne5 Rd8 36.Qg3 Be6 37.Nf3 h6 38.Qc7 Rc8 39.Qd6 Bd5 40.Kg3
Rc1 41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Qe5 Rf1 43.Rf2 f4 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gennadi Zaitshik"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d5
7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Nxc3 Bc5 11.Bf4 Ke7
12.Rc1 a6 13.Bg3 Bd7 14.Bd3 Bd4 15.O-O Rhc8 16.Rfd1 b5 17.a3
Be5 18.f4 Bd4+ 19.Bf2 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Na5 21.Rc2 Nb3 22.Ke3 f6
23.Rf2 Rab8 24.Bc2 Na5 25.Bd3 Rb6 26.g3 Be8 27.h4 Nc4+ 28.Bxc4
Rxc4 29.Rd4 Rc7 30.g4 a5 31.g5 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.Na2 Rcb7
34.Rg2 f5 35.exf5 exf5 36.Re2 Bc6 37.Nc1 Bb5 38.Red2 Bc6
39.Nb3 Ba4 40.Na5 Re6+ 41.Kf2 Rb8 42.Nc4 Be8 43.Ne3 Bg6
44.Nd5+ Kf8 45.Nxb4 Reb6 46.Nd3 Rb3 47.Nc5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Elizbar Ubilava"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Ndb5 d5
7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Rd1+ Bd7
12.Nd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Rb8 14.Rd2 Re8 15.g3 f3 16.Kd1 fxe2
17.Bxe2 Kc7 18.Kc1 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.Rhd1 Be6 21.b3 a5
22.Rc2 Reb4 23.Bf3 R8b6 24.Bd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 a4 26.bxa4 Rxa4
27.Re5 Rd4 28.Re7+ Rd7 29.Rxd7+ Kxd7 30.Rb2 Rb5 31.a4 Ra5
32.Rb4 c5 33.Rf4 Ke6 34.Kb2 g5 35.Re4+ Kd5 36.Re7 Rxa4 37.Rxf7
h6 38.Rf6 Re4 39.Kc3 Re6 40.Rxe6 Kxe6 41.Kc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dr. Anthony Saidy"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 d6 9.Be2 a6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Qd2 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bc6 13.b4
Qb8 14.Rfd1 Rd8 15.a4 Qc7 16.a5 Rac8 17.h3 Qb8 18.b5 Be8
19.Ne4 e5 20.Qd3 d5 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Qf5 Kg7
24.cxd5 Bxb5 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Qg4+ Kh8 27.Rxc8 Qxc8 28.Qb4 Qc2
29.Rb1 Qd3 30.Qxb5 Rxd5 31.Qe8+ Kg7 32.Rxb7 Qg6 33.a6 Rd2
34.a7 1-0

[Event "New York Open(6)"]
[Site "New York Open(6)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7
7.O-O Nf6 8.e5 Nh5 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 f6 12.Rfe1
Rb8 13.b3 a5 14.a3 Rb6 15.Re3 Ng7 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 Rxf6
18.Rae1 Re6 19.Re5 Ra6 20.Nd4 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Kf7 22.f4 d6 23.Re2
Bd7 24.Kf2 h6 25.h3 Ra8 26.g4 Rb8 27.Nf3 Ne6 28.Kg3 c5 29.Rd2
Bc6 30.Nd5 a4 31.bxa4 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Ra8 33.f5 gxf5 34.Rxf5+ Kg7
35.Rd5 Rxa4 36.Rd3 Rc4 37.Re3 Kf6 38.Ne1 Nd4 39.c3 Nb5 40.Kh4
Nxc3 41.Kh5 Nd5 42.Rf3+ Kg7 43.Ng2 Re4 44.a4 Rxa4 45.Ne3 Nf4+
46.Kh4 Re4 47.Kg3 Ne2+ 48.Kh4 Nd4 49.Nf5+ Nxf5+ 50.Rxf5 c4
51.Rf3 Re5 52.Kg3 Rc5 53.Rc3 d5 54.Kf4 d4 55.Rc1 Kg6 56.h4 d3
57.Ke3 Rd5 58.Kd2 Rd4 59.Rg1 Re4 60.Rg2 Kf6 61.Kc3 Re2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O a6 11.h4 Qc7 12.h5 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 b5 14.h6 g6 15.Ne2 Bb7 16.Qe3 f6 17.exf6 Rae8 18.g3
Bxd4 19.Nxd4 e5 20.fxe5 Rxe5 21.Qa3 Qb6 22.Bh3 b4 23.Qf3 Rxf6
24.Qg4 Bc8 25.Rhe1 Rf8 26.Rxe5 Nxe5 27.Qe2 Nf7 28.Bg2 Qd6
29.Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Aleksa Strikovic"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1
c6 8.a4 a5 9.h3 h6 10.Ba2 Nh7 11.Be3 Ng5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qe2
Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Bg5 15.Rad1 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Qe7 17.Rd2 Nc5 18.Red1
Ne6 19.Ne2 Kh7 20.Bc4 Qc5 21.Qc3 Ng5 22.Ng3 Be6 23.Bxe6 Nxe6
24.Qf3 Nd4 25.Qg4 Rae8 26.c3 Ne6 27.Rd7 b6 28.Nf5 g6 29.Nd6 h5
30.Qh4 Kg7 31.Nxe8+ Rxe8 32.R1d6 Qc4 33.Rxf7+ Kh6 34.Qf6 Nf4
35.h4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Petar Velikov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.f4
Nbd7 8.Kh1 Be7 9.b3 Nc5 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Bb2 e5 12.Ne2 Ng4 13.Rf3
Bh4 14.Qg1 exf4 15.Nxf4 Ne5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Qxc5 exf4 18.Rxf4
Be7 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qe2 Bg5 21.Rff1 Bxd2 22.Qxd2 Qd4 23.Rae1 Qe5
24.Bc4 Be6 25.Bd5 Rfd8 26.c4 b5 27.Qf2 Rab8 28.Qa7 bxc4
29.bxc4 Rb2 30.Qe7 Qd6 31.Qf6 Rxa2 32.c5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f4 a6 7.Bd3
b5 8.O-O Bb7 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.e5 Nd5 12.f5 O-O 13.f6
N5xf6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Bg5 d5 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kh8 18.Rae1
Bb4 19.Qh3 Qd7 20.Bf5 Qf7 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rf4 Rae8 23.Ref1 Qe7
24.Rxb4 Rf7 25.Rbf4 Rg7 26.Bd3 Reg8 27.Ne2 Bc8 28.Qh4 Qe5
29.Nd4 f5 30.Nxf5 Bxf5 31.Rxf5 Qe3 32.Rh5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Noah A Hussein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
e5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Be3 Be6 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.c4 a5 13.O-O
O-O 14.Nc1 Nd7 15.Nd3 Nxd3 16.Bxd3 f5 17.f3 Bg5 18.f4 exf4
19.Bxf4 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 g6 21.Qd2 Ne5 22.Kh1 Qb6 23.Rb1 Rae8
24.h3 Qb4 25.Qxb4 axb4 26.Bc2 Nd7 27.Rbf1 Re2 28.R4f2 Rfe8
29.Kg1 Nc5 30.b3 Kg7 31.Ra1 R8e3 32.Rb1 Kf6 33.Kf1 Rxf2+
34.Kxf2 Rc3 35.Rb2 f4 36.a5 h6 37.Ke2 g5 38.Ra2 h5 39.Rb2 g4
40.hxg4 hxg4 41.Ra2 Ke5 42.Rb2 f3 43.gxf3 gxf3 44.Kf2 Kf4
45.Ra2 Re3 46.Bf5 Rxb3 47.Bc8 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Murray Chandler"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 b5 9.a4 b4 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Nbd7 12.a5 Qc7 13.Qd2
Qb7 14.Bc4 Be7 15.Ra4 Rb8 16.O-O O-O 17.Rd1 Rfc8 18.Qe2 Qc7
19.Bxa6 Qxc2 20.Qxc2 Rxc2 21.Ra2 Bd8 22.Bd3 Rcc8 23.a6 Bb6
24.Bxb6 Nxb6 25.a7 Ra8 26.Ra6 Nbxd5 27.Bf5 Rc7 28.Rxd6 Rcxa7
29.R6xd5 Nxd5 30.Rxd5 g6 31.Bb1 f6 32.Kf2 Rb8 33.Ke3 Kf8
34.Bd3 Ra2 35.Nc5 Kg7 36.Rd7+ Kh6 37.h4 Rxb2 38.g4 Rg2 39.Ne4
Rf8 40.Nxf6 Rxf6 41.g5 Rxg5 42.hxg5 Kxg5 43.Rxh7 Rb6 44.Rh1 b3
45.Rg1+ Kh6 46.Ke4 Rd6 47.Bb1 Rf6 48.Rg3 Rf5 49.Kd5 e4 50.Kxe4
Rb5 51.Rg1 b2 52.Kf4 Rb4+ 53.Be4 Rb6 54.Ke5 Rb5+ 55.Kf6 Rb6+
56.Kf7 Ra6 57.f4 Ra7+ 58.Ke6 Ra6+ 59.Kf7 Ra7+ 60.Kf8 Ra1
61.Rxg6+ Kh5 62.Rb6 Ra4 63.Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Krunoslav Hulak"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O e6 7.d4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd7 9.a4 Be7 10.h3 Qc7 11.Nde2 Rb8 12.g4 h6 13.Ng3
g5 14.f4 gxf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5 16.Qe1 Rg8 17.Qf2 Rg6 18.Be3 Bd8
19.Nh5 Bc6 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Bd4 Qe7 22.Ne2 Bh4 23.Qe3 h5
24.Nf4 Bg5 25.gxh5 Rg8 26.Qe2 Bh6 27.Kh1 Qh4 28.Qf2 Rg3 29.Ra3
Bxf4 30.Qxf4 Qxf4 31.Rxf4 Rxa3 32.bxa3 Bxa4 33.c4 b6 34.h6 Ke7
35.Bf1 f6 36.h7 b5 37.c5 Rh8 38.cxd6 Kxd6 39.Rxf6 Rxh7 40.Rf8
Bc2 41.Bg2 Nc4 42.Ra8 Rxh3+ 43.Bxh3 Bxe4+ 44.Bg2 Bxa8 45.Bxa8
Nxa3 46.Bg7 Nc4 47.Bf8+ Kc7 48.Kg2 a5 49.Kf2 a4 50.Be4 a3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dragan Barlov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bf4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qe7 13.Re1
Nbd7 14.a5 Ne5 15.Be2 Rfe8 16.Bg3 g5 17.Ra4 Nfd7 18.Bf1 Ng6
19.Re3 Rac8 20.h3 Nde5 21.b3 Qf6 22.Bh2 Kh8 23.Ne2 Nh4 24.Ng3
Qg6 25.Be2 Re7 26.Bh5 Qf6 27.Bg4 Rce8 28.Nh5 Qh6 29.Nxg7 Qxg7
30.Bg3 Nhg6 31.Bf5 Nf4 32.Qd2 Qf6 33.Rc3 Nh5 34.Bxe5 Rxe5
35.b4 Nf4 36.Rc2 Rxe4 37.Bxe4 Rxe4 38.Kh2 Qe5 39.Qc3 Rd4
40.Qe3 Qxd5 41.f3 cxb4 42.Ra1 Kg7 43.Rb1 Ne6 44.Rcb2 Qxa5
45.Rxb4 Rxb4 46.Qc3+ Qe5+ 47.Qxe5+ dxe5 48.Rxb4 b5 49.Rb1 Kf8
50.Ra1 Nc5 51.Rc1 Nb3 52.Rc3 Nd4 53.Ra3 Ke7 54.Rxa6 b4 55.Kg3
b3 56.Kf2 Kd7 57.Ra1 Kc6 58.Rb1 Kc5 59.Ke3 Kc4 60.Ke4 f6 61.g3
Kc3 62.f4 Kc2 63.Re1 b2 64.fxe5 fxe5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthias Wahls"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.e4 O-O 7.Nc3
d6 8.h3 Rb8 9.a4 a6 10.Be3 e5 11.Qd2 Nd4 12.Ne1 b5 13.axb5
axb5 14.Bg5 Ne6 15.Bh4 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd5 Bg7 18.Qa5 Bb7
19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.c3 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Be7 7.Qf3
O-O 8.Be3 e5 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 Qa5 11.g4 e4 12.Qd1 d5 13.g5
Nc6 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.Qd2 Bh4+ 16.Kd1 d4 17.Nxe4 Qxf5 18.Ng3
Bxg3 19.hxg3 dxe3 20.Bd3 Rad8 21.Qc3 Qe4 22.Rg1 Rxd3+ 23.cxd3
Rd8 24.Kc2 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Nb4+ 26.Kc3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5 Qd8 16.Rg1 Bf6 17.fxe6 g6
18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Qh6 Bg7 20.Qf4+ Qf6 21.Qg3 Qd8 22.Nf5 Bf8
23.Be2 gxf5 24.Bh5+ Ke7 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.Rge1 Ke6 27.Ne2 Bxc2+
28.Kxc2 Rc8+ 29.Kb1 Rc4 30.Nf4+ Rxf4 31.Qxf4 Qf6 32.Qe4 Qg5
33.Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Margeir Petursson"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2
Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3
Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rac1 Qb6 16.Nb5 Rfc8 17.Rfd1 Qd8 18.Bf1 Qf8
19.Nc3 b6 20.Nd5 Rab8 21.Rb1 Rb7 22.b4 axb4 23.Rxb4 Bxd5
24.cxd5 Ra8 25.Rdb1 Qd8 26.Bb5 Ra3 27.Bd4 Bxd4+ 28.Qxd4 Qc7
29.R1b2 Rba7 30.Rc4 R7a5 31.h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 e6
8.O-O Re8 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Bxd6 Rd8 12.e5 Ne8 13.Na4
Qc6 14.b4 cxb4 15.c5 Qc8 16.Nd4 Nxd6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.exd6 Bxa1
19.Qxa1 Qc7 20.Bg4 Re8 21.Nb2 Nc6 22.Nd3 Qg7 23.Bf3 Nd4
24.Nxb4 Rac8 25.Nd3 b6 26.cxb6 axb6 27.Bg4 Rcd8 28.Qe1 Rxd6
29.Ne5 Nc6 30.Nxc6 Rxc6 31.Qe4 Rd6 32.Bd1 Qd4 33.Qb1 Rf8
34.Bb3 Kg7 35.Qc2 e5 36.Qc7+ Kh8 37.Qc2 e4 38.Qe2 Rdf6 39.h3
e3 40.f3 Qd2 41.Re1 Qxe2 42.Rxe2 Re8 43.Bd5 Rd6 44.Be4 Rd2
45.Rxe3 Rxa2 46.Rb3 Rb8 47.Rb5 Kg7 48.h4 Kf6 49.Kh2 Ra5 50.Rb4
b5 51.Bd3 Ra4 52.Rxb5 Rxb5 53.Bxb5 Rxh4+ 54.Kg3 g5 55.Kf2 Rb4
56.Bd7 Ke5 57.g3 Rb7 58.Bg4 Rb2+ 59.Kg1 Kd4 60.f4 gxf4 61.gxf4
Ke4 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia (Italy)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "50"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Zoltan Ribli"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.e3
O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 exd5
13.Qb3 Be6 14.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.b3 Bf6 11.Bb2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Nc6 14.Qe3 Qc8 15.Rad1 Rd8 16.Kg1 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 d5
18.cxd5 Rxd5 19.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.c4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.e3 d6 7.Bd3 h6
8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Be4 c6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.b4 d5 13.cxd5
exd5 14.Bd3 a5 15.b5 c5 16.Re1 Re8 17.Bf1 Rc8 18.Qb3 Nf8
19.Red1 Ne6 20.dxc5 Rxc5 21.Ne2 Qd6 22.Ned4 Rec8 23.Qb1 g6
24.g3 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Qd7 26.a4 Kg7 27.h4 h5 28.Kh2 R8c7 29.Rxc5
Rxc5 30.Kg1 Qc7 31.Be2 Bxd4 32.exd4 Rc3 33.Bf1 Bc8 34.Qa2 Be6
35.Qd2 Bg4 36.Re1 Bf3 37.Bg2 Bxg2 38.Kxg2 Rc4 39.Qd1 Rb4
40.Re5 Qc4 41.Qf3 Rb1 42.Kh2 Qf1 43.Re7 Qg1+ 44.Kh3 Qf1+
45.Kh2 Qg1+ 46.Kh3 Qh1+ 47.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 48.Kg2 Ra1 49.Rb7 Rxa4
50.Rxb6 Rxd4 51.Ra6 a4 52.Kf3 Rb4 53.Ke3 Rxb5 54.Rxa4 Kf6
55.Kf4 Rb6 56.Rd4 Ke6 57.f3 f6 58.g4 Rc6 59.Rd1 Rc4+ 60.Kg3 f5
61.Re1+ Kd6 62.gxf5 gxf5 63.Re8 f4 64.Kg2 Rc2+ 65.Kh3 Rc3
66.Kg2 Rc2+ 67.Kf1 Rh2 68.Rh8 d4 69.Rxh5 d3 70.Ke1 Rh3 71.Kd2
Rxf3 72.Ra5 Ke6 73.h5 Rh3 74.Rb5 Kf6 75.Rd5 Rh1 76.Rxd3 Kf5
77.Ke2 Kg4 78.Kf2 Rxh5 79.Ra3 Rh2+ 80.Kg1 Rb2 81.Kf1 Rc2
82.Kg1 Re2 83.Kf1 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Helgi Olafsson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6
7.Ndb5 Bc5 8.Nd6+ Ke7 9.Nce4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4+ Bb4+ 11.Bd2 d5
12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Bg2 Rhd8 15.O-O Bxc3 16.bxc3 Kf8
17.Rb1 Qa6 18.Bf4 Rac8 19.Rb2 Kg8 20.Rd2 h6 21.h4 Qc4 22.Qb1
b6 23.Rfd1 Qxc3 24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Nd4 27.Qd1
Ne6 28.Be3 Qc2 29.a4 Qxd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rc4 31.a5 bxa5 32.Rd5 a4
33.Ra5 Nd4 34.Bxd4 Rxd4 35.h5 Rg4 36.Rxa7 Rg5 37.Rxa4 Rxh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "James Clifford Howell"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nc6 12.Ng5 g6
13.Re1 Qf6 14.Qb3 Ne7 15.Nf3 Qg7 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bh4 Kh8 18.Bg3
Bxg3 19.hxg3 b6 20.Re3 Rf7 21.Rae1 Bd7 22.Qa3 Nf5 23.Bxf5 Bxf5
24.Qd6 Be4 25.Nd2 Qf8 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Qxf8+ Raxf8 28.Rxe4 Rc7
29.Re7 Rfc8 30.d5 Kg8 31.d6 Rxe7 32.Rxe7 Rd8 33.Rxa7 Rxd6
34.f3 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Rc1 36.Rb7 Rxc3 37.Rxb6 Ra3 38.Rb2 h5 39.Kg1
g5 40.Kf1 Kf7 41.Re2 g4 42.Rf2 Ke6 43.Ke1 Ke5 44.Re2+ Kf5
45.Kf2 Kg5 46.Rb2 Kf5 47.Ke2 Kg5 48.Rc2 Kf5 49.fxg4+ hxg4
50.Kf2 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sergey Dolmatov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 Bxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Qxb6
Nxb6 13.Nb5 Ke7 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.Nd4 a6 16.Kd2 h5 17.b3 g6 18.a4
Nc8 19.b4 Na7 20.b5 axb5 21.axb5 Rhb8 22.Ra2 Nc8 23.Rha1 Nb6
24.Kc3 Kd8 25.Kb4 Kc7 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Rxa8 Nxa8 28.Nf3 Nb6
29.h4 Be8 30.g3 Nc8 31.Nd2 Nb6 32.c3 Nc8 33.c4 dxc4 34.Nxc4 b6
35.Be4 Bd7 36.Ne3 Ne7 37.g4 hxg4 38.Nxg4 Nf5 39.Bxf5 exf5
40.Nf6 Be6 41.Kc3 Kd8 42.h5 gxh5 43.Nxh5 Ke7 44.Nf6 Kd8 45.Kd3
Ke7 46.Kd4 Kd8 47.Nh5 Ke7 48.Ng3 Kd8 49.Ne2 Ke7 50.Nc3 Kd8
51.Na4 Kc7 52.Ke3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Andrei Sokolov"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 a6 7.Bd3
Nbd7 8.O-O b5 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Kh1 Nc5 11.b4 Nxd3 12.cxd3 Rc8
13.Bd2 Be7 14.Rac1 O-O 15.a3 Nd7 16.Rc2 Bf6 17.Be3 e5 18.fxe5
Bxe5 19.Rfc1 g6 20.Nf3 Bg7 21.h3 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.Qd2 f5
24.Bh6 Qh4 25.d4 Bg7 26.Bg5 Qh5 27.Kh2 h6 28.Be7 Rf7 29.Bxd6
fxe4 30.Qe3 Rd8 31.Bc5 Qf5 32.Re1 Re8 33.Rce2 h5 34.Kg1 Kh7
35.Qg3 Bh6 36.d5 Bxd5 37.Rf2 Qe6 38.Nxe4 Bxe4 39.Rxe4 Qxe4
40.Rxf7+ Kg8 41.Rf1 Bg7 42.Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match (team)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Andrei Sokolov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.O-O Nf6 9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 O-O 11.a5 b5 12.axb6 Qxb6 13.Be3
Qc7 14.g4 h6 15.f4 Nh7 16.Qe2 Nb4 17.Qf2 Rab8 18.h3 Bc6
19.Rfd1 Ba8 20.Nd4 Bf6 21.Qd2 Rfc8 22.Nde2 Nf8 23.Bf2 Be7
24.h4 d5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Nc3 Bb4
29.Nxd5 Bxd2 30.Nxc7 Rxc7 31.Rxd2 Rxb2 32.Rxa6 Rcxc2 33.Rxc2
Rxc2 34.Ra8 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match (team)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrei Sokolov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Kh1 exf4 12.Bxf4 Bd7
13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Bd2 Re8 15.Nd4 h6 16.Qf2 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Be6 18.Qg3
Kh7 19.Be3 Bf8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Rf3 Qa5 22.Raf1 Qh5 23.h3 Qg6
24.Qf2 Be7 25.Bf4 Nd7 26.Bh2 Rf8 27.Qe2 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Demis Hassapis"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nde2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 b5 10.a3 Nbd7 11.Ng3 Nc5 12.f4 Ng4 13.Qf3
Nxe3 14.Qxe3 exf4 15.Qxf4 Bf6 16.Nf5 Be5 17.Qf3 Be6 18.Rad1
Rc8 19.Rfe1 g6 20.Ne3 Nxd3 21.Rxd3 Bxh2+ 22.Kf2 Be5 23.Rh1 Qg5
24.Ncd5 f5 25.Ke2 f4 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nfd7 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6
13.Qd3 h6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match (team)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ferdinand Hellers"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Qf3 d5 12.O-O-O d4
13.Bxd4 exd4 14.e5 Nc6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Nce4 Bxg5+ 17.Nxg5
O-O-O 18.Qh3 Rhe8 19.Rhe1 e5 20.Qxh7 Rh8 21.Qe4 Rxh2 22.Rh1
Rxh1 23.Rxh1 Kb8 24.Kb1 Ka8 25.Nf3 Qc7 26.a3 Rf8 27.Rh5 Qf7
28.Rh1 Re8 29.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match (team)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ferdinand Hellers"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3+
13.axb3 Nd7 14.h4 b4 15.Na2 a5 16.Nb5 Qb8 17.Qd3 Ra6 18.Qc4
Nc5 19.Kb1 Rb6 20.Nxd6+ Rxd6 21.Bxc5 Rc6 22.Ba7 Qc7 23.Qb5 Ba6
24.Qb8+ Qxb8 25.Bxb8 h6 26.Bf4 Be2 27.Rde1 hxg5 28.hxg5 Rxh1
29.Rxh1 Bf3 30.Re1 e5 31.Bd2 Rg6 32.c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match (team)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bc4 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2
b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.f4 Kb8 16.Ba6 Ba8 17.Kb1 c5
18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Rhe1 Ne4 20.Be3 Bd6 21.g3 h5 22.Bd3 Nf6 23.Nc4
Bc5 24.Bxc5 Qxc5 25.Ne5 Qc7 26.h4 Rd6 27.c3 Rhd8 28.Bc2 Bd5
29.c4 Bb7 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.b3 g6 32.Kb2 Ne8 33.Rd1 Qe7 34.a4
Qc7 35.Rxd6 Nxd6 36.a5 Kc8 37.axb6 axb6 38.Qe3 Nf5 39.Bxf5
gxf5 40.Nd3 Be4 41.Nf2 Qc6 42.Qd4 Kb7 43.Nd1 Qc8 44.Nc3 Bc6
45.b4 Qd7 46.Qxd7+ Bxd7 47.b5 f6 48.Kb3 Be8 49.Kb4 Bf7 50.c5
e5 51.Na4 bxc5 52.Kxc5 e4 53.Nc3 Bb3 54.Kb4 Be6 55.Nd1 Bd7
56.Kc5 Kc7 57.b6 Kb7 58.Ne3 Bc8 59.Nc4 Be6 60.Na5+ Kc8 61.b7
Kc7 62.Nc6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.b3 Bf6 11.Bb2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Nc6 14.Qe3 Qc8 15.Rad1 Rd8 16.Kg1 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 d5
18.cxd5 Rxd5 19.Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Carsten Hoi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.O-O d5 6.c3 Bd6 7.Nbd2
O-O 8.Qe2 e5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.e4 Re8 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Ne4 Nxe4
13.Bxe4 Qd6 14.Ng5 g6 15.Rd1 Qf8 16.Bd5 Nd8 17.Bb3 Ne6 18.Ba4
Rd8 19.Rxd8 Qxd8 20.Qxe5 Bd6 21.Nxe6 Bxe6 22.Qd4 Qc7 23.g3 Be5
24.Qh4 Qb6 25.Bh6 Qxb2 26.Rd1 Qb6 27.Qe7 Bxc3 28.Rd6 Qa5
29.Be8 Bg7 30.Rxe6 Bxh6 31.Qxf7+ Kh8 32.Bd7 Rf8 33.Re8 Qe1+
34.Rxe1 Rxf7 35.Bg4 Bf8 36.f4 Rc7 37.Re2 b5 38.Kg2 a5 39.Be6
a4 40.Kf3 b4 41.Bd5 Kg7 42.Re8 Rc3+ 43.Re3 Rc8 44.Ke4 Rc2
45.Kf3 Rxh2 46.Re2 Rxe2 47.Kxe2 h5 48.Kf3 Bc5 49.Bc4 Kf6
50.Bd5 b3 51.axb3 a3 52.b4 Bxb4 53.Ba2 Ke7 54.g4 h4 55.g5 Kd6
56.Kg4 Be1 57.Bg8 Kc5 58.Be6 Bd2 59.f5 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nbd2 Qxb2 6.Bd3 Qc3
7.O-O d5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.dxc5 f5 10.Rb1 Nc6 11.Rb3 Qg7 12.c4 d4
13.exd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Nf3 Qf6 16.Re1 Bxc5 17.Bxf5 Qxf5
18.Re5 Bxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Qf6 20.Qd4 Rg8 21.Rd3 Qe7 22.Rg5 Rf8
23.Qe4 f5 24.Qd4 e5 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.Nxe5 Ke7 27.Rh5 Kf6 28.Nf3
Kg7 29.Rg5+ Kh8 30.Ne5 Be6 31.Rh3 Rf6 32.Ng6+ Kg7 33.Nf4 Kh8
34.Nxe6 Rxe6 35.Rgh5 Re7 36.Rxf5 Rae8 37.Ra3 Re2+ 38.Kf3 Rc2
39.Rxa7 Rc3+ 40.Kg4 Rxc4+ 41.Kh3 Rc3+ 42.g3 Rc7 43.Rg5 Rf8
44.Kh4 h6 45.Rg6 Kh7 46.Rb6 Rff7 47.h3 Kg7 48.g4 Rfd7 49.a4
Re7 50.a5 Rf7 51.a6 bxa6 52.Raxa6 Rf3 53.Rg6+ Kf7 54.Rxh6 Rcc3
55.Rh7+ Kg8 56.Rd7 Rxh3+ 57.Kg5 Rc8 58.Kg6 Kh8 59.g5 Rg8+
60.Kf5 Rh1 61.Rd5 Rf1+ 62.Kg4 Rg1+ 63.Kf4 Rf1+ 64.Ke3 Re8+
65.Kd2 Rf2+ 66.Kd3 Rf3+ 67.Kc4 Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Tom Wedberg"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 b6
7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O d6 9.Re1 O-O 10.c3 Nbd7 11.a4 a6 12.Qe2 Re8
13.Nf1 Qc8 14.Bc2 Bc6 15.Ne3 Qb7 16.Nd2 Nf8 17.h4 b5 18.h5 h6
19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qg4 Rad8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nb3 Qc7 23.Qg3 Kh8
24.Nc5 Ra8 25.Na6 Qb6 26.Nb4 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Ra8 28.Re1 Bb7
29.Ng4 Bg5 30.f4 Bd8 31.Kh1 Qc7 32.f5 exf5 33.Bxf5 Bg5 34.Bc2
Qd7 35.d5 f5 36.Nf2 Rd8 37.Nh3 Nh7 38.Qf3 Rf8 39.Rf1 Bc8
40.Nc6 Nf6 41.Nxg5 hxg5 42.Bxf5 Qxf5 43.Qxf5 Bxf5 44.Rxf5 g4
45.Kh2 Kh7 46.Nd4 Rb8 47.Kg3 Rb7 48.Kh4 b4 49.c4 Ra7 50.Nb5
Ra2 51.Rf2 Ne4 52.Re2 Nc3 53.bxc3 Rxe2 54.cxb4 Rxg2 55.Nxd6 g6
56.c5 gxh5 57.Kxh5 g3 58.Kg4 Rd2 59.Kxg3 Rxd5 60.Kf3 Kg7
61.Ke4 Rd1 62.Ke5 Re1+ 63.Kd5 Kf6 64.b5 Ke7 65.Kc6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.a3 d5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Bb5 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Be6 12.O-O a6
13.Be2 h6 14.Bh4 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxe7 17.Qd4 Rac8
18.Rac1 Rc7 19.Bf3 Rfc8 20.Rxc7 Qxc7 21.Bxd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5 Rd8
23.Qb3 Rd2 24.Qb4 Rd7 25.h3 Qc2 26.a4 Qd2 27.Qe4 Rc7 28.b4 Qd6
29.Rb1 g6 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 Kg7 32.g3 b6 33.Kg2 Rc5 34.Rb3
Qd7 35.Qb4 Kh7 36.Qd4 Qe6 37.Rb4 Qe8 38.Qf6 Qe6 39.Rf4 Rxb5
40.Qxf7+ Qxf7 41.Rxf7+ Kg8 42.Rb7 Rb2 43.h4 b5 44.g4 b4 45.Kg3
b3 46.g5 hxg5 47.hxg5 Kf8 48.f4 Ke8 49.Kf3 Kd8 50.Ke4 Kc8
51.Rb4 Kc7 52.Ke5 1-0

[Event "Manila izt"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6
8.Qd2 b5 9.Be2 Qb6 10.Nd1 b4 11.O-O cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4
Qxd4+ 14.Qxd4 Bc5 15.c3 bxc3 16.bxc3 Ke7 17.Ne3 Bxd4 18.cxd4
a5 19.Rac1 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.f5 Rb8 22.Ng4 exf5 23.Ne3 Ke6
24.Nxf5 g6 25.Nh4 Rab6 26.Nf3 h6 27.Rc2 Rb1 28.Ne1 R8b4
29.Rc6+ Ke7 30.Nc2 Rb6 31.Rc7 Rb7 32.Rc8 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Rxb8
34.Ne3 Ke6 35.Rc1 Rb6 36.Rc8 f6 37.Re8+ Kf7 38.Rd8 Ke7 39.Rg8
Rb1+ 40.Kf2 fxe5 41.Rxg6 exd4 42.Nxd5+ Kf7 43.Rxh6 Ne5 44.Rf6+
Kg7 45.Re6 Rb2+ 46.Kg3 Re2 47.Nf4 Re3+ 48.Kh4 d3 49.Rd6 Re4
50.Kg3 Re3+ 51.Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mikhail Zlotnikov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 d5 7.e5 Nh6
8.h3 Nf5 9.Bf2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.g4 Ne7 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.O-O-O
c5 14.dxc5 Qa5 15.Bb5 Nc6 16.h4 a6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.h5 O-O-O
19.Rd4 Nxc5 20.Kb1 Kc7 21.a3 Rb8 22.Ka2 Qb6 23.Rb4 Qa5 24.Rd4
Qb6 25.Rb1 a5 26.h6 Bxh6 27.f5 Rhc8 28.Qh3 Bg5 29.Qxh7 Nd7
30.fxe6 Nc5 31.Rxd5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Brian McCarthy"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 e6 9.g3 Nh6 10.Be3 Nf5 11.Bf2 Nd7 12.O-O-O Bf8 13.Bd3
Qa5 14.g4 Ng7 15.f5 gxf5 16.gxf5 Bb4 17.f6 Nf5 18.Bxf5 Bxc3
19.Bxe6 Bxb2+ 20.Kxb2 fxe6 21.f7+ Kd8 22.Bh4+ Kc7 23.Be7 b5
24.Rhg1 c5 25.dxc5 Qb4+ 26.Ka1 Nxc5 27.Bd6+ Kc6 28.Qe3 Rhd8
29.Rd4 Qa5 30.Bxc5 Kxc5 31.Ra4 d4 32.f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mark Ritter"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 f6 6.Bh4 Bg7 7.Nxd4
Nge7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O Kh8 10.f4 a6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bc4 d6
13.Bb3 Qe8 14.Qd3 a5 15.Rae1 Ba6 16.Bc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Rb8 18.b3
Qd7 19.Qd3 Rbe8 20.f5 c5 21.g4 Nc6 22.Bg3 Nb4 23.Qd2 Rd8
24.Nd5 gxf5 25.gxf5 Qf7 26.c3 Nc6 27.Qg2 Bh6 28.Bh4 Bg5
29.Bxg5 fxg5 30.Kh1 Rg8 31.f6 Rde8 32.Rf5 Re5 33.Ref1 g4
34.R1f4 Rxf5 35.Rxf5 Rg6 36.Qg3 Nd8 37.Qh4 Qe6 38.Ne7 Qxe4+
39.Kg1 Qe3+ 40.Qf2 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 g3 42.Nxg6+ hxg6 43.Qxg3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Meyer Gerald"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5
Ng4 8.e6 fxe6 9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxe6 Bxd4 11.Nxb5 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 Bf2+
13.Kd1 Qa4 14.Qe2 Kf7 15.b3 Qa6 16.Ng5+ Kg7 17.Qxe7+ Kh6
18.Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Markzon"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Nc5 14.g6 hxg6 15.fxg6 fxg6 16.b4 Na4 17.Nxa4 bxa4 18.e5
dxe5 19.Bd3 Bg5+ 20.Kb1 Bf4 21.Qxa8 exd4 22.Bxg6+ Ke7 23.Rhf1
e5 24.Qe4 Qc4 25.Rxf4 Qxb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg5 h6
8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.d5 O-O 10.e3 d6 11.Bd3 exd5 12.cxd5 a6 13.O-O b5
14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Qd1 Bb7 16.Bc2 Nd7 17.Rb1 Ne5 18.Ng3 g6 19.e4
Bc8 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Qf3 Bc7 22.b3 Bd6 23.Rfd1 Bd7 24.Nf1 f5
25.Qg3 Qg7 26.exf5 gxf5 27.f3 Rac8 28.a4 c4 29.axb5 cxb3
30.Bxb3 Bxb5 31.Kh1 Rc3 32.Ba2 Rfc8 33.Re1 Kh8 34.Qxg7+ Kxg7
35.Ne3 Kf6 36.g4 f4 37.Nf5 Bb8 38.Rbd1 Rxf3 39.Bb1 Rf2 40.Be4
Rc4 41.Nxh6 Rb4 42.h4 Rb3 43.g5+ Kg7 44.Rc1 Rh3+ 45.Kg1 Rg3+
46.Kh1 Rh3+ 47.Kg1 Rg3+ 48.Kh1 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Manach Tataev"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.Be2 Ne4 7.Bd2
Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.a4 Nc6 12.Nd2 Na5
13.Nb3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 a5 15.Rfe1 Qg5 16.Bf1 Bc6 17.e4 e5 18.c5
bxc5 19.dxc5 dxc5 20.Bb5 Qg6 21.Qc4 Rad8 22.Qxc5 Bxe4 23.Bf1
Qf5 24.Qxa5 Rd6 25.Re3 Bd5 26.c4 Rf6 27.Qe1 Bc6 28.Rxe5 Qf4
29.Qe3 Qg4 30.Rg5 Qd7 31.Qg3 g6 32.a5 Qd4 33.Re1 Ra8 34.Rge5
Kg7 35.Qe3 Qb2 36.f3 Ra6 37.Qc1 Qd4+ 38.Qe3 Qb2 39.Qf2 Qc3
40.Qc5 Ra8 41.h4 h5 42.R1e3 Qb2 43.Qa3 Qd4 44.Qc3 Qxh4 45.Re7
Qg3 46.R3e6 Qg5 47.Rxc6 Rxa5 48.Qxf6+ Qxf6 49.Rxf6 Kxf6
50.Rxc7 h4 51.Kf2 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bjarke Kristensen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.exd4
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b6 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.a3 Na5
13.Ba2 Rc8 14.Qd3 Nd5 15.Bd2 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Bd5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5
18.Rad1 Nc4 19.h3 Rfd8 20.Nh2 Bd6 21.Nf1 Bb8 22.Re4 Ne5 23.Qb1
Ng6 24.Rde1 Nf4 25.Bd2 Nxg2 26.R1e2 f5 27.Rxe6 Nh4 28.f4 Nf3+
29.Kf2 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Brussels (Belgium)"]
[Site "Brussels (Belgium)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7
7.O-O Ngf6 8.Ng3 Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Rd1 b6 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.Bg5 a6
13.c4 Qe8 14.Bc2 h6 15.Bf4 c5 16.dxc5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Qc6 18.f3
Qxc5+ 19.Kh1 Rad8 20.Bc3 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.a3 Bd5 23.Bb4 Qc7
24.Bxe7 Qxe7 25.Qxb5 g6 26.Qe2 Kg7 27.b4 h5 28.Ne4 Bxe4
29.Bxe4 h4 30.Qb2 h3 31.gxh3 e5 32.b5 Qe6 33.b6 Nxe4 34.fxe4
Rxd1+ 35.Rxd1 Qf6 36.Qb3 Rb8 37.Rb1 Qf4 38.Qc4 Qf3+ 39.Kg1
Qe3+ 40.Kg2 Rc8 41.Qxc8 Qxe4+ 42.Kf2 Qxb1 43.b7 Qb2+ 44.Ke1
Qb1+ 45.Kd2 Qb2+ 46.Kd3 Qxa3+ 47.Ke4 Qb4+ 48.Kxe5 Qb2+ 49.Kd6+
Qxh2+ 50.Ke7 Qe5+ 51.Kd8 Qd6+ 52.Qd7 Qb8+ 53.Qc8 Qd6+ 54.Ke8
Qe5+ 55.Kd7 Qe6+ 56.Kc7 Qe5+ 57.Kb6 Qb2+ 58.Ka7 Qd4+ 59.Ka8
Qd5 60.Qc3+ f6 61.Ka7 Qd7 62.Qc4 g5 63.Kb6 Qd6+ 64.Qc6 Qb4+
65.Kc7 Qf4+ 66.Qd6 Qc4+ 67.Kd8 Qg8+ 68.Kd7 Kg6 69.b8=Q Qf7+
70.Qe7 Qd5+ 71.Qbd6 Qb7+ 72.Qc7 Qd5+ 73.Kc8 1-0

[Event "Brussels (Belgium)"]
[Site "Brussels (Belgium)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.h3 Bg7 5.e5 c5 6.f4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 e6
8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Qf2 Nge7 10.Be3 O-O 11.g4 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.O-O-O
Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qa5 15.Kb2 Bd7 16.Bd3 Rac8 17.Bd2 e5 18.Qh4 e4
19.Ng5 h5 20.Be2 Nb4 21.a3 Nxc2 22.Nxe4 Qxa3+ 23.Kxc2 dxe4
24.Bc4+ Rxc4 25.Be1 Ba4+ 26.Kd2 Qb2+ 27.Ke3 Bxd1 28.Bd2 Rxc3+
29.Kxe4 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "Brussels (Belgium)"]
[Site "Brussels (Belgium)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.a3 Qh4 7.Ng3
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Bb7 9.Bd3 f5 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe1 Nc6 12.f3 Nd6
13.Rb1 Ba6 14.Qe2 Na5 15.c5 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 bxc5 17.dxc5 Qc4
18.Qd4 Nc6 19.Qxc4 Nxc4 20.Rb7 Rfc8 21.Rd1 Rab8 22.Rxb8 Rxb8
23.Rxd7 Rb1 24.Ne2 N6e5 25.Rd8+ Kf7 26.Kf2 Ke7 27.Rd4 Nb2
28.Bxb2 Rxb2 29.h3 Ra2 30.f4 Nd7 31.c6 Nc5 32.g4 Rxa3 33.gxf5
exf5 34.Rd5 Ne4+ 35.Kf3 Nd6 36.Nd4 Rxc3 37.Nxf5+ Nxf5 38.Rxf5
Rxc6 39.Ra5 a6 40.h4 g6 41.h5 gxh5 42.Rxh5 h6 43.e4 Rb6 44.Ra5
Kd6 45.e5+ Ke6 46.Kg4 h5 47.Kg5 h4 48.f5+ Ke7 49.Ra4 h3 50.Rh4
Rb3 51.Rh7+ Kd8 52.e6 Re3 53.Kf6 Kc8 54.Rh8+ Kb7 55.e7 1-0

[Event "Brussels (Belgium)"]
[Site "Brussels (Belgium)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6 4.Nf3 e5 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 e4 7.Nfd2
d5 8.Be2 f5 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Nxd5 Nxe2+
13.Qxe2 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Rfd1 Qd3 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qh4 Be7
18.Bf6 g5 19.Bxg5 Rg8 20.Qh5+ Rg6 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.Nc4 Qf3
23.Qxh7+ Bf7 24.Rd7+ Kxd7 25.Qxf7+ Kc8 26.Qxg6 Qd3 27.Qe8+ Kc7
28.Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Goldin"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4
exd4 8.c3 dxc3 9.Qh5 g6 10.Qd5 Be6 11.Qc6+ Bd7 12.Qxc3 Qf6
13.Qc2 Bg7 14.O-O Rc8 15.Nc3 Ne7 16.Be3 b4 17.Na4 O-O 18.Bc4
Qe5 19.Rae1 Qa5 20.b3 Bb5 21.f4 Bxc4 22.bxc4 f5 23.e5 dxe5
24.fxe5 Nc6 25.e6 Rce8 26.Rd1 Qe5 27.Bc5 Qxe6 28.Bxf8 Bxf8
29.Kh1 a5 30.Nb2 Bg7 31.Nd3 Bc3 32.c5 g5 33.Qa4 f4 34.h3 Rf8
35.Nf2 f3 36.Qb3 Qxb3 37.axb3 fxg2 38.Kxg2 Nd4 39.Ne4 Rxf1
40.Kxf1 Nxb3 41.Rd8+ Kf7 42.Rd7+ Ke6 43.Rxc7 Kd5 44.c6 Be5
45.Re7 Bf4 46.c7 Bxc7 47.Rxc7 Kxe4 48.Rxh7 Kd3 49.Ra7 Nd2+
50.Kf2 Nc4 51.Rg7 b3 52.Rxg5 b2 53.Rb5 a4 0-1

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Goldin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O d6 7.d3
Nge7 8.Ne1 Be6 9.Nc2 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Ne4 b6 12.Ng5 Bc8
13.Ne3 Nde7 14.a3 a5 15.Ne4 O-O 16.Nc3 Be6 17.Nc4 Rb8 18.a4 f5
19.Bg5 Qd7 20.Bxe7 Nxe7 21.Qb3 Rfd8 22.Rad1 Qe8 23.Nb5 Rd7
24.Qc2 Nd5 25.Qc1 Qe7 26.Rfe1 Bf7 27.b3 Qe6 28.e3 Nb4 29.Qb1
Qf6 30.Rd2 Rbd8 31.Red1 Qe6 32.Bh3 Qf6 33.Bf1 h5 34.Qb2 h4
35.f4 Bxc4 36.dxc4 Qe7 37.Rxd7 Rxd7 38.Rxd7 Qxd7 39.fxe5 Nc6
40.Qg2 Nxe5 41.Qd5+ Qxd5 42.cxd5 hxg3 43.hxg3 Bh6 44.Nd6 Bxe3+
45.Kg2 Bg5 46.Nc4 Nd7 47.g4 Kf7 48.gxf5 gxf5 49.Nd6+ Kf6
50.Bb5 Ne5 51.Nc4 Nxc4 52.bxc4 Ke5 53.Kf3 Kd4 54.d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open) Farum (DEN)"]
[Site "It (open) Farum (DEN)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Baburin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Re8 10.O-O Na6 11.a4 Nc7 12.f3 Nd7 13.f4 f5
14.exf5 gxf5 15.Nf3 Nf6 16.Bd3 Ng4 17.h3 Ne3 18.Bxe3 Rxe3
19.Qc2 Qf6 20.Rae1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Bd7 22.g3 a6 23.a5 Nb5 24.Kg2
Rf8 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.b3 h6 27.Re3 Qf7 28.Qe2 Qxd5 29.Bxb5 Bxb5
30.Qxb5 Qf7 31.h4 Kh8 32.h5 Ra8 33.Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op (08)"]
[Site "New York op (08)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bg7 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nbd7 12.Nc4 Nb6 13.e5
dxe5 14.Qxe5+ Kf8 15.Nxb6 Qxb6 16.O-O Re8 17.Qf4 h5 18.a5 Qb3
19.Qc7 h4 20.d6 Qe6 21.Bd2 Qd7 22.Rfe1 Qxc7 23.dxc7 Rc8 24.Bf4
Ne8 25.Nd5 g5 26.Nb6 gxf4 27.Nxc8 Nxc7 28.Re7 Nb5 29.Rxb7 Bxb2
30.Rd1 Bd4 31.Ne7 Rh5 32.Nc6 Rd5 33.Kf1 Kg7 34.Rxb5 axb5 35.a6
Rd6 36.a7 Rxc6 37.a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia op"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.O-O Nf6 9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 O-O 11.Qe2 Na5 12.Nxa5 Qxa5
13.Be3 Rac8 14.Rfd1 h6 15.h3 e5 16.Ra3 Qc7 17.Raa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "It Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "op"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 a5 12.a4 Bb4
13.Rad1+ Kc8 14.h3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 c5 16.g4 Ne7 17.Nd2 Nd5 18.Ne4
Nf4 19.Kh2 h5 20.Kg3 Ne2+ 21.Kg2 hxg4 22.hxg4 Bxg4 23.Rh1 Rxh1
24.Rxh1 b6 25.Bb2 Kb7 26.Ng5 Rd8 27.Bc1 Nd4 28.Rh7 f6 29.exf6
gxf6 30.Nh3 Bf3+ 31.Kh2 Ne2 32.Nf4 Nxc1 33.Ne6 Rc8 34.Kg3 Bd5
35.Nf4 Rg8+ 36.Kh4 Be4 0-1

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Nb5 Ng6 11. c3 c4
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Nd6+
Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Kf7 18. Re1 g5 19. h3 Ne7 20. Bh2 Nf5 21. g4
Rxh3 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Qe2 f4 24. Nd2 Bf5 25. f3 Qh8 26. Qe7+
Kg6 27. Re2 Qh4 28. Rg2 Rh8 29. Qe2 Rg3 30. Nf1 Bd3 31. Nxg3
Bxe2 32. Nxe2 Kf7 33. Rf1 Re8 34. Kh1 Re3 35. Ng1 Qh7 36. Rd2
Ke6 37. Kg2 Kd7 38. Rff2 f5 39. Rde2 Qh4 40. Kf1 Qh5 41. Ke1
b5 42. Kd2 Rd3+ 43. Kc2 Qh4 44. Rg2 Re3 45. Kd2 Rxe2+ 46. Nxe2
Qh3 47. Rf2 a5 48. Bg1 Qh1 49. Kc2 g4 50. fxg4 Qe4+ 51. Kc1 f3
52. Rf1 fxe2 53. Re1 f4 54. Bf2 f3 55. Rg1 Qf4+ 56. Kc2 Qh2
0-1

[Event "Biel open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Manuel Vehi Bach"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.h3 O-O 12.O-O-O Qc7
13.g4 Rfe8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Qg2 Rac8 16.Kb1 Nce5 17.h4 Nb6 18.h5
Nbc4 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Qb6 21.g6 Bf6 22.gxh7+ Kh8 23.Bxc4
Nxc4 24.Bc1 Ne3 25.Bxe3 Qxe3 26.h6 gxh6 27.Rhf1 Qe5 28.c3 Rc7
29.Rde1 Qxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Kc2 Bg5 32.Nd4 Re5 33.Qg4 Rxd5
34.Nf5 Kxh7 35.Qe4 Re5 36.Qd3 Rd7 37.Nxh6 Kg7 38.Nf5+ Kf6
39.Nd4 Be3 40.Qf1+ Ke7 41.Nf5+ Kd8 42.Qh3 Bb6 43.Qg4 Kc7 44.a4
Re6 45.b4 Kc8 46.Kd3 Bd8 47.a5 d5 48.Nd4 Rg6 49.Qf5 Bf6 50.Nf3
Kd8 51.Kc2 Ke7 52.Qf4 Rd6 53.Kb3 Rg8 54.Qf5 Rgd8 55.Nd2 Re6
56.Qf3 Rd7 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthias Wahls"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Qxb2
13.Qe1 Nc5 14.Rb1 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Qc2 16.Rd1 Qb3 17.Rb1 Qc2 18.d4
Re8 19.Rf2 Qd3 20.Rc1 Bf8 21.Re2 Be6 22.Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joseph G Gallagher"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Bd3
b5 8.Qe2 Bb7 9.a4 b4 10.Nd1 d5 11.e5 Ne4 12.Nf2 Bc5 13.Be3 Qb6
14.a5 Qa7 15.Rd1 Nc6 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.O-O O-O
19.Kh1 Nxf2+ 20.Rxf2 f5 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Rdf1 Raf8 23.Bxa6 Qxa5
24.Bd3 Qc7 25.h3 Qd6 26.Qh5 g6 27.Qg5 d4 28.Kg1 b3 29.cxb3 Bd5
30.h4 Bxb3 31.h5 Qd5 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Qg3 Kg7 34.Re1 Qc6 35.Qg5
Bd5 36.Qe5 Kg8 37.Qxd4 Qc7 38.Ref1 Qh7 39.Qe5 Qh4 40.Qg5 Qh7
41.b4 Qh5 42.b5 Kg7 43.b6 R6f7 44.Qxh5 gxh5 45.f5 Rb8 46.f6
Kh6 47.Rb1 Kg5 48.Rb5 Rxf6 49.Be4 Rxf2 50.Kxf2 Kf4 51.Bxd5
exd5 52.Rb4+ Ke5 53.b7 Kd6 54.Ke3 Kc6 55.Kd4 h4 56.Rb3 Rxb7
57.Rxb7 Kxb7 58.Kxd5 Kc7 59.Ke6 Kd8 60.Kf5 h3 61.gxh3 Ke7
62.Kg6 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Site "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Henrik Danielsen"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

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 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7
13.O-O-O Ngf6 14.Ne4 O-O-O 15.g3 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Bd6 17.c4 c5
18.Bc3 Nf6 19.Qe2 cxd4 20.Nxd4 a6 21.Nf3 Rd7 22.Ne5 Bxe5
23.Bxe5 Qa5 24.Bxf6 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 gxf6 26.a3 Qg5+ 27.Kc2 Qf5+
28.Kb3 Rg8 29.Rd4 Rd8 30.Rf4 Qg5 31.Qf3 f5 32.c5 Rd5 33.Qc3
Qd8 34.Kc2 Qc7 35.Rc4 Qe5 36.Qxe5 Rxe5 37.Kd2 Kc7 38.b4 Rd5+
39.Kc2 Kc6 40.Rf4 Re5 41.Kc3 Re1 42.Rd4 Ra1 43.Kb3 Rf1 44.Rd2
Kc7 45.a4 Rh1 46.b5 axb5 47.axb5 Rxh5 48.b6 Kc8 49.Ra2 Rh1
50.Ra8+ Kd7 51.Kc4 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Site "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lars Bo Hansen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Site "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jens Ove Fries Nielsen"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d5 Nd4 5.Be3 c5 6.Na4 d6 7.c3 e5
8.cxd4 exd4 9.Bd2 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.Bd3 Qe8 12.Bf4 Nxd5 13.Bxd6
Ne3 14.Qe2 Qxa4 15.Bxc5 Rd8 16.Kf2 Be6 17.Be7 Rdc8 18.f4 Qd7
19.Bb4 Bc4 20.Bd2 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Qg4 22.g3 Nd1+ 23.Kg2 Nxb2
24.Qb3 Nc4 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.e5 Qc6+ 27.Nf3 b5 28.Rhe1 Rd8 29.Bc1
Rd7 30.Rd3 Rad8 31.g4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Site "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henrik B Pedersen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3
d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 Bxb3 11.axb3 a6 12.Nxd4 Nxd4
13.Be3 Nf5 14.Qxd6 Nxd6 15.Bxb6 Rc8 16.b4 e6 17.Rfd1 Be7
18.Bc5 Ne4 19.Bxe7 Kxe7 20.Rd4 Nd6 21.Rad1 Rhd8 22.Kf1 b5
23.Ke2 g5 24.h4 h6 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.g4 f6 27.Nc2 Nc4 28.Rxd8
Rxd8 29.Nd4 Rd6 30.b3 Ne5 31.f3 Kf7 32.Ke3 Kg6 33.Rh1 Kg7
34.Rc1 Rb6 35.c4 bxc4 36.bxc4 Rxb4 37.c5 Kf7 38.Ra1 a5 39.c6
Rc4 0-1

[Event "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Site "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Bjorn Ahlander"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2
O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.a4 Bd7 10.h3 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qc7 12.Be3 a6
13.Rfd1 Rfc8 14.a5 Bc6 15.Qd2 Nd7 16.Ra2 b5 17.axb6 Nxb6 18.b3
Nd7 19.Bd4 Bb7 20.Na4 Bc6 21.c4 Qb7 22.Qc2 Nc5 23.Nxc5 dxc5
24.Bc3 Rd8 25.Raa1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rb8 27.Rb1 Rd8 28.Be5 Qd7
29.Ra1 Bb7 30.Qb2 f6 31.Bc3 Qd3 32.Re1 Kf7 33.h4 Rd7 34.Kh2
Bc6 35.Re3 Qd6 36.e5 Qc7 37.exf6 Bxf6 38.Bxf6 gxf6 39.Qe2 Bxg2
40.Qh5+ Kg7 41.Qg4+ Kf8 42.Qxe6 Qc6 43.Qe8+ Kg7 44.Re6 Qb7
45.Rb6 Qxb6 46.Qxd7+ Kg6 47.Kxg2 Qxb3 48.Qe8+ Kg7 49.Qe7+ Kg8
50.Qxc5 Qb7+ 51.f3 Qb1 52.Kh3 Qb7 53.Kg4 Kg7 54.Kf4 Qb8+
55.Kf5 Qb1+ 56.Ke6 Qe1+ 57.Kd7 Qxg3 58.Qe7+ Kg6 59.Qe4+ Kg7
60.c5 Qh3+ 61.Qg4+ Qxg4+ 62.fxg4 1-0

[Event "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Site "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lars Nilsson"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
a6 8.Bb3 Na5 9.f4 Qc7 10.f5 e5 11.Nde2 b5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5
Bb7 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Nc3 Rc8 16.Nd5 Qc6 17.c3 Nc4 18.Qe2 Be7
19.O-O Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Bd8 21.Kh1 h5 22.b3 h4 23.h3 Rh5 24.f6 g6
25.a4 Rb8 26.axb5 Rxb5 27.c4 Rb7 28.Rfc1 a5 29.c5 Rb8 30.Rc3
Kf8 31.Rac1 Qa6 32.c6 Bb6 33.c7 1-0

[Event "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Site "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nikolaj Borge"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6
7.c3 Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.e5 Nd5 10.c4 N5b6 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.exd6
Qxd6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Nc3 Rad8 15.Be3 Nca4 16.Nxa4 Nxa4 17.Bd4 a6
18.b3 Nc5 19.Qb2 f6 20.b4 Nd7 21.Qb3 e5 22.Bb2 Rf7 23.Rd2 Nf8
24.Rad1 Rxd2 25.Nxd2 Qc6 26.Nf1 Ne6 27.Ne3 Bf8 28.a3 Rd7
29.Rd5 Nf4 30.b5 axb5 31.Rxd7 Qxd7 32.cxb5 Qf7 33.Qc2 Qd7
34.a4 Kf7 35.g3 Nd3 36.Qc4+ Kg6 37.Bc3 f5 38.Nd5 e4 39.Bd4 f4
40.Bb6 Qf5 41.f3 Ne5 42.Qxe4 Qxe4 43.fxe4 fxg3 44.hxg3 Nc4
45.Bc7 Bc5+ 46.Kg2 b6 47.a5 Nxa5 48.Bxb6 Bxb6 49.Nxb6 Nb7
50.Nc4 Kf6 51.Kf3 Ke6 52.Kf4 Kf6 53.b6 Ke6 54.Kf3 Kf6 55.Ke3
Ke6 56.Kd4 h5 57.Nd2 Kd6 58.Nc4+ Ke6 59.e5 g5 60.Nd2 h4 61.g4
h3 62.Nf3 Kd7 63.Ke4 Kc6 64.Kf5 Kxb6 65.Kxg5 Kc6 66.Kf6 Nc5
67.g5 Kd5 68.g6 Ne6 69.Ke7 Ng7 70.Kf6 Ne6 71.Kf5 Ng7+ 72.Kg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Site "Farum (Denmark)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mogens Thuesen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Bb5+ Nbd7 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nh5 11.e6 Qh4+ 12.g3 Nxg3
13.hxg3 Qxh1 14.Be3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 a6 16.exd7 Bxd7 17.Bxd7+
Kxd7 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.Nxf3 Rae8 20.Kf2 Re4 21.Bxc5 Rhe8 22.Re1
Rxe1 23.Nxe1 b6 24.Bxb6 Kd6 25.Nc2 Kxd5 26.Ne3+ Ke4 27.a4 f5
28.a5 h5 29.c4 Kd3 30.Kf3 Re4 31.Ng2 g5 32.c5 Re2 33.c6 g4
34.Kf4 Rxg2 35.c7 Rc2 36.Kxf5 Rc6 37.Ke5 Kc4 38.Kf4 Kd5 39.Kg5
Ke4 40.Kxh5 Kf3 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Hamburg (Germany)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jonny Hector"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
Bb7 8.d4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e5 Ne4 11.c3 Nc5 12.cxd4 Nxb3
13.Qxb3 O-O 14.Nc3 d6 15.Bf4 dxe5 16.dxe5 Qd4 17.Bg3 Rad8
18.e6 Qc4 19.Qxc4 bxc4 20.Bxc7 Rd2 21.Re2 Rxe2 22.Nxe2 fxe6
23.Rd1 Bf6 24.Ba5 Be4 25.Bc3 Bd3 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Nf4 Rb8
28.Nxd3 cxd3 29.Rd2 Rc8 30.f3 Rc2 31.Rxd3 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Hamburg (Germany)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Matthias Wahls"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Bf5
7.O-O e6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.a3 Be7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Re1 Nxe5 12.Bxe5
Qb6 13.Na4 Qa5 14.Nc3 Qb6 15.Na4 Qd8 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nd7
18.Bg3 Qa5 19.Nc3 Nf6 20.Rad1 Rad8 21.Re5 b5 22.Bh4 Rfe8
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Rd5 25.h3 Qc7 26.Bxe7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Hamburg (Germany)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Uwe Kunsztowicz"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.a4
O-O 8.O-O Ne8 9.Bg5 Nc7 10.Be2 h6 11.Be3 Nf6 12.h3 b6 13.Qd2
Kh7 14.Bf4 Bb7 15.Bc4 a6 16.Rfe1 Qd7 17.e5 Nh5 18.Bh2 b5
19.Ba2 f5 20.exd6 exd6 21.Re6 Nxe6 22.dxe6 Qc6 23.Bd5 Qc8
24.Bxd6 Re8 25.e7 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Nf6 27.Bf7 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Qc6
29.Qf4 bxa4 30.Qe5 Kg7 31.Bxe8 Rxe8 32.Bxc5 Kf7 33.Bd6 Qb5
34.Re1 Qxe5 35.Rxe5 Rc8 36.Bb4 Ng8 37.Kf1 Re8 38.Ra5 Nxe7
39.Rxa6 Nd5 40.Rxa4 Rc8 41.Ra7+ Kf6 42.Ra6+ Kg5 43.Rd6 Nxc3
44.Rd3 Nb5 45.c3 Kh4 46.Kg2 f4 47.Be7+ g5 48.Bf6 Rc6 49.Bg7
Kh5 50.Kf1 Nd6 51.Rd5 Kg6 52.Be5 Nf5 53.Ke2 Kf7 54.Kd3 Ke6
55.Ra5 Nh4 56.Ke4 Nf5 57.Bd4 Nd6+ 58.Kd3 Nc4 59.Ra8 Nd6 60.Rg8
Ra6 61.Rg6+ Kd7 62.Be5 Nb7 63.Rxa6 Nc5+ 64.Kc4 Nxa6 65.Kb5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Hamburg (Germany)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oliver Reeh"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Kh1 Ne5 12.Bxf4 Bg4
13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Rc8 15.Be2 Re8 16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Bxe5 dxe5
18.Qe2 Bb4 19.Nd1 Bc5 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Nc3 Rc6 22.Rf1 f5
23.exf5 f6 24.Ne4 Kh8 25.b3 Bf8 26.Qh5 Rd8 27.g4 Qg7 28.g5 Be7
29.gxf6 Bxf6 30.Rg1 Qe7 31.Bc4 Rf8 32.Qg4 Rcc8 33.Be6 Rcd8
34.c3 b5 35.axb5 axb5 36.h3 Bg7 37.Rg2 Ra8 38.Qh5 Bf6 39.Qh6
Bg7 40.Qh5 Bf6 41.Kh2 Rad8 42.Qh6 Bg7 43.Qh5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Hamburg (Germany)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gerd Putzbach"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bf4 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Bd3
Nxd2 8.Qxd2 c4 9.Be2 b5 10.O-O Bb7 11.a4 a6 12.b3 Be7 13.Rfb1
cxb3 14.axb5 axb5 15.Bxb5 b2 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Qc3 O-O 18.Qxb2
f6 19.c4 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Nd8 21.Bxe6+ Kh8 22.Ra1 Nxe6 23.Rxa8
Rxa8 24.Bg3 Bd5 25.h4 f5 26.Qb5 Bxf3 27.gxf3 f4 28.Qc6 Ra1+
29.Kg2 fxg3 30.Qxe6 Bf8 31.Qe8 Kg8 32.fxg3 Ra2+ 33.Kh3 Rf2
34.d5 Rxf3 35.d6 g5 36.hxg5 Kg7 37.d7 Bd6 38.d8=Q Rxg3+ 39.Kh4
1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Hamburg (Germany)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Wolfram Von Alvensleben"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5
7.Nf3 e6 8.g3 Be4 9.Bg2 Bd6 10.O-O h5 11.Re1 f5 12.Bg5 Bxf3
13.Qd2 Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Bxf3 Nd7 16.c4 O-O-O 17.d5 Qd6
18.Qe3 exd5 19.cxd5 c5 20.Qe7 Qxe7 21.Rxe7 f6 22.d6 h4 23.b4
hxg3 24.hxg3 Rhe8 25.Rae1 Ne5 26.d7+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Hamburg (Germany)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henrik Teske"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3
Nge7 8.a3 O-O 9.Rb1 a5 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Ne1 Be6 12.Nc2 d5 13.cxd5
Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5 16.Ne3 Qe6 17.Qc1 Nd4 18.Re1
Nb3 19.Qc2 a4 20.Rbd1 b5 21.Bc1 f5 22.Nf1 f4 23.Nd2 Nd4
24.Qxc5 Rbc8 25.b4 Qh3 26.Qe7 f3 27.exf3 Rxf3 28.Ne4 Rf5 29.f4
Rh5 30.Rd2 Nf3+ 31.Kf2 Nxe1 32.Nd6 Qg2+ 33.Ke3 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Hamburg (Germany)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Steffen Andresen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O e6 7.d4
Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qc7
13.e4 d6 14.Rad1 a6 15.Rfe1 Rfd8 16.f3 h6 17.Re2 Qb7 18.a4 Nd7
19.Nd5 Bf8 20.Ne3 Nc5 21.Ng4 h5 22.Nf6+ gxf6 23.Qxf6 e5
24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Qg5+ Kh7 26.Qf5+ Kg7 27.Qg5+ Kh7 28.Qf5+ Kg8
29.Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Artak Akopian"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Nbc6 8.Be2 Qa5 9.Bd2 c4 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nh3 Bd7 12.Nf4 O-O-O
13.Nh5 g6 14.Nf6 Ng8 15.Nxg8 Rdxg8 16.h4 Rf8 17.Rh3 f6 18.f4
fxe5 19.fxe5 g5 20.Bg4 Ne7 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Rxh8 Rxh8 23.Kf2
Nf5 24.Kg1 Ng3 25.Bh3 Qd8 26.Be1 Ne4 27.a4 Qf8 28.Qg4 Qf4
29.Qxf4 gxf4 30.Bg4 Rh6 31.a5 Be8 32.Bf3 Bh5 33.Bxe4 dxe4
34.Bh4 Rg6 35.Kh2 Be2 36.Re1 f3 37.gxf3 exf3 38.Rg1 Rh6
39.Rg8+ Kd7 40.Kg3 Rxh4 41.Kxh4 f2 42.Rg7+ Kc6 43.Rf7 f1=Q
44.Rxf1 Bxf1 45.Kg5 Bg2 46.Kf6 Bd5 47.Ke7 Kb5 48.Kd8 Kxa5
49.Kc7 b6 50.Kb8 a6 51.Ka7 Kb5 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dore Sheppard"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6
7.Bd3 a6 8.O-O Be7 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.f4 d6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Bd2 Re8
13.Rae1 Nb4 14.e5 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Nd5 16.d4 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bd7
18.c4 d5 19.cxd5 Bb5 20.Qf3 exd5 21.Rf2 Bc4 22.f5 f6 23.Qg3
Bf8 24.Bf4 b6 25.h3 Qc6 26.Kh2 Ra7 27.Re3 Rd8 28.exf6 Bxb3
29.axb3 Qxf6 30.Bg5 Bd6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "N Jenson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 O-O 8.e3 d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.b4 c5
13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Bb2 Ndf6 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Ne1 Ng4 17.Nd3 Rac8
18.Rac1 cxb4 19.axb4 Qh4 20.Bxg4 fxg4 21.Qe2 Rf5 22.g3 Nc3
23.Qc2 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fernando Martinez"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.a4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Be2 Nxg3 13.hxg3
Nd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Qc2 Rb8 16.a5 Qe7 17.Rfe1 b5 18.axb6 Rxb6
19.Ra3 h5 20.Nd2 h4 21.gxh4 gxh4 22.Nc4 Rb4 23.Ra4 Ne5 24.Ne3
Qg5 25.Nf5 Ng6 26.Bf3 Nf4 27.Rxb4 cxb4 28.Nd1 0-1

[Event "New York op (01)"]
[Site "New York op (01)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Dranov"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 Ng4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd2 g6 12.Qe2
Bg7 13.f4 O-O 14.O-O-O Qc7 15.h3 Nf6 16.e5 Nh5 17.Rhe1 Bh6
18.Qf2 dxe5 19.fxe5 Bxd2+ 20.Rxd2 Ng7 21.Qc5 Qb7 22.Ne4 Be6
23.Ng5 Bxc4 24.Qxc4 Rab8 25.b3 h6 26.Nf3 Ne6 27.Nd4 Nxd4
28.Rxd4 Qb5 29.e6 f5 30.Qc3 Rbe8 31.Rd7 f4 32.Kb2 Rf5 33.Re4
Qb6 34.Qd2 g5 35.h4 c5 36.hxg5 hxg5 37.Qd3 Qc6 38.Re5 Rf6
39.Rxg5+ Kf8 40.Qh7 1-0

[Event "New York op (02)"]
[Site "New York op (02)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Fang"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.Rc1 cxd4 7.Qxd4
Nc6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qd2 b6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Rxc3 Bb7 12.Rh3 Qc7
13.Nf3 h5 14.e3 Ne5 15.Be2 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 h4 17.Rg1 f5 18.Qd4
e5 19.Qd3 d6 20.Qxf5 Qe7 21.Rg4 Kf8 22.f4 Bc8 23.Qe4 Rb8 24.f5
Bb7 25.Rgxh4 Rg8 26.Qd3 Rd8 27.Rh8 d5 28.e4 Qg5 29.Rxg8+ Qxg8
30.cxd5 Qg5 31.Qd2 Qg1+ 32.Bf1 Ke7 33.Qb4+ Kf6 34.Rh6+ Kg7
35.Qe7 Kxh6 36.Qxd8 1-0

[Event "New York op (03)"]
[Site "New York op (03)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "George O Umezinwa"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
a6 8.Bb3 Qc7 9.O-O Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.f5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3
e5 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Qf3 Bc6 16.Bg5 Rac8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Rad1 Rfd8
19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Rc5 22.c3 Rxd5 23.Bxd5 Rd7
24.g3 Kf8 25.h4 h6 26.Kg2 Qc5 27.Kh3 a5 28.Qd3 Rd8 29.Qd2 Rb8
30.g4 Bd8 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Bb6 33.f6 Qe3+ 34.Qxe3 Bxe3
35.Kg4 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.Rh1 Kg8 38.g6 Bh6 39.Bxf7+ Kf8
40.Rxh6 gxh6 41.Bd5 1-0

[Event "New York op (04)"]
[Site "New York op (04)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erez Klein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 d6 9.Nh3 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Re8 12.e3 d5
13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bd3 c5 15.g4 Ne4 16.Qe1 Ng5 17.Bxg5 hxg5
18.Kb1 Rc8 19.Bb5 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Qd2 Rh6
23.Nf2 Rhe6 24.e4 Qf6 25.Qxd5 Qxf3 26.Rhf1 Nxe4 27.Ka1 Re5
28.Qc6 Nd2 29.Qxf3 Nxf3 30.Nd3 Re3 31.Rf2 Rd8 0-1

[Event "New York op (05)"]
[Site "New York op (05)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Antonio Fernandes"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ndf6 6.N1f3 Bg4
7.h3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 e6 9.g3 Bd6 10.Bg2 Ne7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qe2 Qc7
13.c4 b6 14.b3 Rad8 15.Bb2 Rfe8 16.Rad1 Nd7 17.Ng5 Ng6 18.Qf3
Nb8 19.h4 h6 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Qg4 Nd7 22.h5 f5 23.Qe2 Ngf8 24.Nc3
Bf6 25.Qf3 Rc8 26.Rfe1 a6 27.g4 fxg4 28.Qxg4 Bg5 29.Qh3 Nf6
30.Ne2 N8h7 31.Rf1 Bf4 32.Nxf4 Qxf4 33.Bc1 Qf5 34.Rfe1 Qxh5
35.Qxh5 Nxh5 36.Bh3 Nf8 37.d5 cxd5 38.cxd5 Rcd8 39.dxe6 Rxd1
40.Rxd1 Nxe6 41.Be3 Nef4 42.Bd7 Re5 43.Bxb6 Nf6 44.Bc7 Rg5+
45.Kf1 N6d5 46.Bxf4 Nxf4 47.Rd4 Rg1+ 48.Kxg1 Ne2+ 49.Kf1 Nxd4
50.b4 Kf7 51.Bc8 Nc2 52.Bxa6 Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op (06)"]
[Site "New York op (06)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tal Shaked"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Kh1 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3
13.Qxf3 Rc8 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Qg3 Qd6 16.Rf5 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Nd7
18.Nd5 Bd8 19.d4 Qg6 20.Qf2 exd4 21.Qxd4 Nc5 22.Qc4 Qe6 23.b4
Nxe4 0-1

[Event "New York op (07)"]
[Site "New York op (07)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Qe2 Qa5 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b6 12.Rfe1 Bb7
13.Rad1 Rad8 14.h3 Qg5 15.Be3 Qg6 16.Bf4 d5 17.exd5 Bb4 18.Rd3
Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Bxd5 20.Rd3 Qh5 21.Qe5 Qxe5 22.Bxe5 Nh5 23.Rc3
Bxb3 24.axb3 Rd7 25.Ra1 Nf6 26.Rc7 a5 27.Rc6 Rd5 28.Bxf6 gxf6
29.Rxb6 Rc8 30.c4 Rd2 31.Rxa5 Rcd8 32.b4 Rc2 33.c5 Rdd2 34.Ra3
Rxf2 35.Rg3+ Kf8 36.Rb8+ Ke7 37.Rb7+ Kf8 38.c6 Rfd2 39.c7 Rd1+
40.Kh2 Rcc1 1-0

[Event "New York op (09)"]
[Site "New York op (09)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Kudrin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.O-O e6 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.a4 Be7 11.a5 O-O 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Na4
Qc7 14.Nb6 Nxb6 15.Bxb6 Qd7 16.c4 f5 17.Re1 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 fxe4
19.Rxe4 Bf6 20.Qe2 Rae8 21.Rd1 d5 22.cxd5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Qc6
24.b3 h6 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Qc4 Qxc4 27.bxc4 Kf7 28.Rd7+ Re7
29.Rxe7+ Kxe7 30.Kg2 h5 31.Kf3 Ke6 32.Ke4 g6 33.h3 Bc3 34.g4
hxg4 35.hxg4 Be1 36.f3 Bc3 37.f4 Bf6 38.Bd4 Bd8 39.Bc3 Bc7
40.f5+ gxf5 41.gxf5+ Ke7 42.Kd5 Bf4 43.Kd4 Bg3 44.Ke4 Bc7
45.Kf3 Kf7 46.Kg4 Bd8 47.Kh5 Bc7 48.Kg5 Bd8+ 49.Kf4 Bc7+
50.Ke3 Ke7 51.Kd3 Kf8 52.c5 Ke8 53.Ke3 Ke7 54.Ke4 Ke8 55.f6
Kf8 56.Kd4 Ke8 57.Kc4 Kf8 58.c6 bxc6 59.Kc5 Kf7 60.Kxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Pablo Glavina Rossi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.a4 f5 12.Nb5 Ne5 13.f4
Ng4 14.Nc4 Bd7 15.Nbxd6 Rb8 16.Ra3 b6 17.h3 Ngf6 18.Kh2 a6
19.e4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Nf6 22.Bg2 Bf5 23.Re1 h5 24.d6
b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Ne5 b4 27.Ra7 Qb6 28.Nc6 Rbe8 29.Qb3+ Kh7
30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Qf7 Rg8 32.Rb7 Qa6 33.Re7 Qa4 34.Qxf6 Qc2
35.Qe5 Qxc1 36.d7 Bxd7 37.Rxd7 Qc2 38.Nd8 h4 39.Ne6 hxg3
40.Kxg3 Qd3+ 41.Rxd3 Bxe5 42.fxe5 1-0

[Event "It (active)"]
[Site "Oviedo (Spain)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "E Lozano"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e4 d6 6.Nbd2 g5 7.h3
Bg7 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.Qe2 a6 10.c3 h5 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Qe7 13.e5
d5 14.Nb3 c5 15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.dxc5 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Rxh8+
Bxh8 19.Rh1 Bg7 20.Nd4 Qxc5 21.Rh7 Bf8 22.Qxg4 Ra7 23.a3 Rc7
24.Qg8 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Betaneli"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O b6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Bb7 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.Bf4 Qc8 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Bd6 Qb7
13.Bxe7 Kxe7 14.e4 Rhd8 15.Qe2 b5 16.e5 Nd7 17.cxb5 cxb5
18.Nxb5 Rab8 19.Nd4 Rbc8 20.Rad1 Rc5 21.Nb3 Rb5 22.Qe3 h6
23.f4 Rc8 24.Rf2 Nb6 25.f5 Nc4 26.f6+ Kf8 27.Qf4 Nxe5 28.fxg7+
Kxg7 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.Rd4 h5 31.Qg5+ Ng6 32.Qd2 Rc7 33.Rd8+ Kh7
34.Rf6 Qb6+ 35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Rf3 Qb7 37.Kf2 a5 38.Qd4+ e5 39.Qd6
Rb6 40.Nxa5 Rxb2+ 41.Ke3 Rc3+ 42.Qd3 Rxd3+ 43.Rxd3 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bruce Rind"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 e5 6.O-O d6 7.a3
Nge7 8.Rb1 a5 9.d3 O-O 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.Ne1 Be6 12.Nc2 Nd4 13.b4
axb4 14.axb4 b6 15.Ne3 h5 16.Ned5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 h4 18.e3 h3
19.Bh1 Nf5 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.Qf3 Nd6 22.Rfc1 f5 23.Qe2 Bf7
24.Qf1 e4 25.Bc3 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Bxc3 27.Rxc3 Qf6 28.Rcc1 exd3
29.Qxd3 c4 30.Qf1 b5 31.Qxh3 b4 32.Qf1 Rfe8 33.Bf3 b3 34.Bd1
Qe5 35.Bxb3 Rxb3 36.Rxc4 Nxc4 37.Rxb3 Nd2 38.Qa6 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Philadelphia (USA)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "200"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O e6 7.e4 d6
8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qc7 13.Rac1
Rfd8 14.Rfe1 Rac8 15.Nd1 Bc6 16.Ne3 Qb7 17.Nc2 Qa8 18.Qe3 Bb7
19.Re2 h6 20.Rce1 Nd7 21.Qd2 a6 22.Nd4 Nc5 23.Qd1 Bf8 24.Qb1
Qb8 25.Rd2 b5 26.cxb5 axb5 27.b4 Na4 28.a3 e5 29.Nf5 Nb6
30.Ne3 Qa8 31.Red1 Re8 32.Qd3 Nc4 33.Re2 Nxe3 34.Qxe3 Rc4
35.f3 Rec8 36.Red2 Be7 37.h4 Rc2 38.Bh3 R8c7 39.Bf1 Qa4
40.Rxc2 Rxc2 41.Rd2 Rxd2 42.Qxd2 Bc6 43.Be2 Qa8 44.Kg2 Qb7
45.Bd1 Bd7 46.Bb3 Be6 47.Qc2 Bxb3 48.Qxb3 Qc6 49.h5 Bg5 50.Qd3
Kf8 51.a4 bxa4 52.b5 Qc5 53.Ba3 Qe3 54.Bxd6+ Ke8 55.Qc2 Qb6
56.Qc8+ Bd8 57.Qc6+ Qxc6 58.bxc6 Bf6 59.Kf1 Kd8 60.Ke2 a3
61.Bxa3 Kc7 62.Bf8 g6 63.hxg6 fxg6 64.Bxh6 Kxc6 65.Kf2 Kd7
66.Kg2 Ke6 67.Kh3 Be7 68.Kg4 Bd8 69.Bd2 Be7 70.Bg5 Bb4 71.Kh3
Bc5 72.Kg2 Bb4 73.Kf1 Bc5 74.Ke2 Bb4 75.Kd3 Be1 76.g4 Ba5
77.Kc4 Bc7 78.Kc5 Bd6+ 79.Kc6 Bb4 80.Kc7 Ba5+ 81.Kc8 Bb6
82.Bd2 Kd6 83.Bc3 Bc5 84.Kd8 Ke6 85.Ke8 Bd6 86.Bd2 Be7 87.Bh6
g5 88.Bg7 Bb4 89.Kd8 Be7+ 90.Kc7 Bb4 91.Kc6 Ba3 92.Bh6 Kf6
93.Kd5 Bb4 94.Bxg5+ Kxg5 95.Kxe5 Bc3+ 96.Kd5 Kf4 97.Ke6 Kxf3
98.Kf5 Kg3 99.g5 Kh4 100.g6 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dao Thien Hai"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Bg4 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 e6 12.Be4 Nce7
13.Bd2 c6 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Na4 b5 16.Nc5 a5 17.Be1 Qc8 18.Bh4 f6
19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Qg3 Bxh4 21.Qxh4 Ra7 22.Rde1 Nf5 23.Bxf5 exf5
24.Re5 Qd8 25.Qf2 Qb6 26.Rfe1 Raf7 27.c3 Nf6 28.Re6 Nd7
29.Nxd7 Qxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Rxd7 31.Rxc6 Rb8 32.Re2 Kf7 33.Rc5 b4
34.Rxa5 bxc3 35.bxc3 Rc8 36.Ra3 Rc4 37.g3 Rdc7 38.Re3 h6 39.h4
Kg7 40.Ke2 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.fxg5 Kg6 43.Kd2 Kxg5 44.Ra5 Kg4
45.Rd3 Rh7 46.Kc2 Re4 47.a4 Re2+ 48.Kb3 Rg2 49.Rb5 Rh1 50.Rd4+
Kg5 51.Rf4 Rb1+ 52.Kc4 Rxb5 53.axb5 Rxg3 54.Rf1 Rh3 55.b6 1-0

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Nd7
13.f4 Nc5 14.f5 Bf6 15.g5 Bxd4 16.Bxd4 b5 17.Rg1 Bb7 18.Rg4
Nxb3+ 19.axb3 e5 20.Be3 b4 21.Na4 Bc6 22.Nb6 Rab8 23.Qxa6 Rfd8
24.g6 hxg6 25.fxg6 d5 26.gxf7 Qxf7 27.Bh6 Qh5 28.Rxg7+ Kh8
29.Bg5+ Kxg7 30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.exd5 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dao Thien Hai"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nf3 d6 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 c5 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.e3 Nbd7
13.Rg1 Ne5 14.Be2 Re8 15.Bg3 Nc6 16.Bf3 d5 17.O-O-O d4 18.Qc2
e5 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Na5 21.Bxb7 Nxb7 22.Rge1 Qf6 23.Kb1 Nd6
24.exd4 cxd4 25.c5 Rac8 26.Rc1 Nf5 27.Ka1 Re6 28.Qe4 Nxg3
29.fxg3 Qe7 30.c6 Qd6 31.g4 Rxc6 32.Rxc6 Qxc6 33.Qxc6 Rxc6
34.Rxe5 Rc2 35.Rd5 Rxg2 36.Rxd4 Rxh2 37.a4 h5 38.gxh5 Rxh5
39.b4 g5 40.b5 Rh4 41.Rd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Tilburg (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2
O-O 8.a3 Be7 9.d5 e5 10.Ng3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.O-O g6 13.f4 Nd7
14.Nce2 h5 15.e4 h4 16.Nh1 Nc5 17.Nf2 Nb3 18.Qc2 Nxa1 19.Rxa1
Kg7 20.Rf1 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Bf5 22.Qc3 Kh7 23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.g4 hxg3
25.hxg3 Qh8 26.Kg2 Kg8 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.g4 Rf7 29.Qd3 Qf6
30.Ng3 Raf8 31.Nfe4 Qh4 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.d6 cxd6 34.Nxd6 e4
35.Qxe4 Bxd6 36.Qxg6+ Kh8 37.Qxd6 Qxg4 38.Qe5+ Kg8 39.Qe8+ Kg7
40.Qe5+ Kg6 41.Qd5 Kg7 42.Qe5+ Kh7 43.Qe4+ Qxe4+ 44.Nxe4 Rf4
45.Nd6 Kg6 46.Kg3 Kg5 47.b4 Rd4 48.Nb5 Rd7 49.c5 bxc5 50.bxc5
Rd3+ 51.Kf2 a6 52.Ke2 Rh3 53.Nc7 Rxa3 54.Kd2 Kf5 55.Kc2 Ke5
56.Kb2 Ra5 57.Kb3 Kd4 58.Kb4 Ra1 59.c6 Rb1+ 60.Ka5 Kc5
61.Nxa6+ Kxc6 62.Nb4+ Kc5 63.Na6+ Kc4 64.Nc7 Rb7 65.Na6 Rb5+
66.Ka4 Re5 67.Nc7 Rc5 68.Na6 Rb5 69.Nc7 Rb7 70.Na6 Ra7 71.Ka5
Rxa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Op A, Philadelphia"]
[Site "World Op A, Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Emory A Tate"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3
Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Re1 g6 10.Bg5 Bg7 11.Nd5 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.c3
e6 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.f3 a5 16.Bf2 a4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.Bd3 Bc6
19.Qe2 Rab8 20.a3 e5 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.Rad1 Rfd8 23.Rd2 h5
24.Red1 Bh6 25.Be3 Bxe3+ 26.Qxe3 Qb6 27.Kf2 Kf8 28.Be2 Ke7
29.h4 Ke6 30.g3 Qxe3+ 31.Kxe3 Ne8 32.f4 Nc7 33.f5+ gxf5
34.exf5+ Kxf5 35.Rxd6 Rxd6 36.Rxd6 Ne8 37.Rd5 Nf6 38.Rxb5 Rxb5
39.Bxb5 Kg4 40.Bxa4 Kxg3 41.Bc6 Ng4+ 42.Ke2 f5 43.a4 e4 44.a5
Nf6 45.a6 f4 46.a7 f3 47.Ke3 f2 48.Bb5 Nd5+ 49.Kxe4 Nc7 50.Bf1
Kxh4 51.Kf3 1-0

[Event "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Site "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Kudrin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.O-O e6 9.a4 Be7 10.Nb3 O-O 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.f4 Nb4 13.g4
Nxg4 14.Qxg4 Nxc2 15.Qd1 Nxa1 16.Nxa1 b5 17.Be3 bxa4 18.Nxa4
Rab8 19.Rf2 Bf6 20.Nc3 Rxb2 21.Rxb2 Qxc3 22.Rb3 Qxa1 23.Qxa1
Bxa1 24.Ra3 Bf6 25.Rxa6 e5 26.Rxd6 exf4 27.Bxf4 Be6 28.e5 Be7
29.Ra6 Bc5+ 30.Kh1 h6 31.Ra8 Bc8 32.Be4 g5 33.Bg3 Bh3 34.Rxf8+
Kxf8 35.Bg2 Bxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Ke7 37.Kf3 Ke6 38.Ke4 Bb6 39.Be1 Bc7
40.Bc3 g4 41.Bb2 h5 42.Bd4 h4 43.h3 gxh3 44.Kf3 Bxe5 45.Bb6
Bg3 46.Bd8 f5 47.Bb6 Kd5 48.Ba5 Kc4 49.Bb6 Kb3 50.Bc5 Kc2
51.Bb6 Kd1 52.Ba5 f4 53.Bb6 Ke1 0-1

[Event "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Site "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nd7
13.f5 Nc5 14.h4 b4 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Nce2 g6 17.Kb1 e5 18.Nb3
Rf8 19.Qe3 Bb7 20.Ng3 Ne6 21.Rh2 a5 22.Bb5+ Bc6 23.Bc4 Bd7
24.Bd5 Rc8 25.c4 Nf4 26.Rc2 Bd8 27.Ne2 Nxd5 28.Rxd5 a4 29.Nd2
Bc6 30.c5 Bxd5 31.exd5 dxc5 32.Nc4 Rf1+ 33.Nc1 Be7 34.Qd3 Rf4
35.d6 Qd8 36.Qh3 Bf8 37.Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Site "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Rohde"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.Nbd2 Nh5 7.Bg3
d6 8.Qe2 Nd7 9.Rd1 Nxg3 10.hxg3 c5 11.c3 Qc7 12.e4 h6 13.a3 g6
14.Nc4 b5 15.Ne3 a6 16.g4 Bf6 17.Bb1 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qb6 19.Qd2
Bg7 20.O-O Nf6 21.e5 Nd5 22.Rfe1 O-O 23.g5 h5 24.Be4 dxe5
25.dxe5 Rfd8 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Qe2 Bxe4 28.Qxe4 Rac8 29.Rc1 Bf8
30.Rc2 b4 31.axb4 Rxc2 32.Qxc2 Qxb4 33.Re4 Qb6 34.Re3 Bc5
35.Re2 Rc8 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.Qc1 Rb8 38.Qc2 Qa7 39.Qd2 Rb4 40.Qc2
a5 41.Kg1 Qb6 42.Qc3 Rb3 43.Qc4 a4 44.Ne1 Rb4 45.Qc2 Be7
46.Nf3 Rb3 47.Rd2 Bc5 48.Kh2 Qb5 49.Kg1 Qb6 50.Kh2 h4 51.Nxh4
Qb8 52.Qe4 Be7 53.Nf3 Rxb2 54.Rxb2 Qxb2 55.Qxa4 Qxf2 56.Qf4
Bd8 57.Kh3 Bb6 58.Kh2 Kg8 59.Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Site "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Eric Schiller"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Bb4+ 12.c3 Be7
13.O-O Ngf6 14.c4 Qa5 15.a3 b5 16.b3 Rc8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5
Nd7 19.Rfd1 Nb6 20.Ne4 O-O 21.Qg3 Kh7 22.Bd2 Qa6 23.Bb4 c5
24.Qd3 Kh8 25.cxb5 Qb7 26.Bc3 c4 27.bxc4 Rxc4 28.Bd4 Rd8
29.Nd6 Bxd6 30.Bxb6 Rg4 31.Qh3 Qxb6 32.Qxg4 Bxe5 33.Rxd8+ Qxd8
34.Rd1 Qb6 35.a4 Qc5 36.Qe4 Bc7 37.g4 Bb6 38.Qf3 Qg5 39.Kf1
Qc5 40.Rd7 Qc4+ 41.Kg2 f6 42.a5 Qxb5 43.Qa8+ Kh7 44.Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Site "World Op, Philadelphia"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Qd7 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Na3 exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Bc2 b4
17. Nb1 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nbd2 c5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4
22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Re1 c4 24. e6 f6 25. Nh4 Nc6 26. Qg4 Bf8
27. Nf5 g6 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Bh6 Bxh6 31. Nxh6+
Kg7 32. Qf4 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Ng4 Ne7 35. Qc7 Kf8 36. Ne3
Qc6 37. Qa5 c3 38. Qxb4 cxb2 39. Qxb2 Qe4 40. Qb3 {And black
lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "08, New York op"]
[Site "08, New York op"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O d4 7.Ne2
g6 8.d3 Bg7 9.Nh4 O-O 10.f4 f5 11.e5 g5 12.Nf3 g4 13.Nd2 Rb8
14.Nc4 b6 15.Nd6 Bd7 16.c3 Nc8 17.Nxc8 Rxc8 18.cxd4 Nxd4
19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Bd2 Bc6 21.Qb3 Qd7 22.Rac1 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Kf7
24.Kg1 h5 25.a4 Rfd8 26.Bb4 Qb7 27.Bd6 h4 28.gxh4 Bh6 29.Rxc8
Rxc8 30.Bb4 Rc6 31.Bd2 Qc8 32.Qd1 Qa6 33.Be1 Qc8 34.Bd2 Qa6
35.Qb3 Qc8 36.h5 Rc2 37.Bc3 Re2 38.Qd1 Rxh2 39.Kxh2 dxc3
40.bxc3 Qxc3 41.Kg3 Qd4 42.Qd2 Bf8 43.Rd1 Bc5 44.Qe2 Kg7
45.Qd2 Kh6 46.Rf1 Kxh5 47.Qh2+ Kg6 48.Qh8 Qxd3+ 49.Kh2 Kf7
50.Qf6+ Ke8 51.Qxe6+ Kd8 52.Qg8+ Kc7 53.Qh7+ Kb8 54.Rg1 Bxg1+
55.Kxg1 Qg3+ 56.Kh1 Qe1+ 57.Kg2 Qe2+ 58.Kg1 Qe3+ 59.Kg2 Qf3+
60.Kg1 0-1

[Event "1994 U.S. Championships, Key West USA"]
[Site "1994 U.S. Championships, Key West USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.O-O Nf6 9.a4 Be7 10.h3 O-O 11.Nde2 Rb8 12.g4 b5 13.axb5
axb5 14.Ng3 b4 15.Nce2 Ne8 16.Be3 Nc7 17.f4 Re8 18.Qd2 Bc8
19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 e5 21.Be3 exf4 22.Bxf4 Ne6 23.Be3 Bf6
24.Ra7 Be5 25.Nf5 Nc7 26.Bg5 f6 27.Be3 Bxf5 28.exf5 d5 29.Bf4
Qd6 30.Kh1 Kh8 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.g5 Nb5 33.Rf7 Rf8 34.Rxf8+ Qxf8
35.gxf6 Qxf6 36.Qxb4 Nd6 37.Qc5 h5 38.Bxd5 Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Key West USA"]
[Site "Key West USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.O-O a6 11.a3 Re8 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Bf4
c4 14.Bc2 Nc5 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.Rad1 Qb6 17.Bh6 Nfd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7
19.Qd4+ f6 20.Nd2 Rac8 21.Re3 Re7 22.f4 Rce8 23.Rde1 Na4
24.Qxb6 Naxb6 25.Kf2 Nc5 26.Nf3 f5 27.exf5 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 Rxe3
29.Kxe3 Nxd5+ 30.Nxd5 Bxd5 31.Nh4 Bf7 32.g4 a5 33.fxg6 hxg6
34.f5 g5 35.Nf3 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.Nxg5 b3 38.Bb1 Na4 39.Kd4
Bg8 40.Ne4 Nxb2 41.g5 Nd1 42.Nxd6 c3 43.f6 Kf8 44.g6 Bd5
45.g7+ Kg8 46.Bg6 Be6 47.Nf5 1-0

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Olafur Kristjansson"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Bb4 7.Bg2
d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Ne2 Ba6 12.c3 Be7
13.O-O Bf6 14.Re1 Rb8 15.Qc2 Qb6 16.b3 Rfd8 17.Bf3 c5 18.Rab1
Bb7 19.Red1 h6 20.Bg2 a5 21.a3 Qa6 22.c4 Nb6 23.Bxb7 Rxb7
24.Bc3 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Be7 26.a4 Rd7 27.Nf4 Qa8 28.Qe2 Kf8
29.Re1 Bd6 30.Qe3 Bxf4 31.Qxf4 Rd3 32.Qxh6 Ke7 33.Qg5+ Ke8
34.Qe5 Kd7 35.Qxc5 Qc6 36.Qxa5 Nc8 37.Bf6 Qb6 38.Qxb6 Nxb6
39.a5 Nc8 40.b4 Ra3 41.Ra1 Rb3 42.b5 Rb4 43.Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Helgi Olafsson"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Bc4 Bf5 8.c3 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.h3 c5 12.Bg5 h6
13.Bh4 Rc8 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Bd3 Bxd3
18.Qxd3 Rfd8 19.Qe2 Rd5 20.Rad1 Rcd8 21.Rxd5 Rxd5 22.Rd1 Rxd1+
23.Qxd1 Qe7 24.b3 b5 25.Kf1 Kg7 26.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6
7.b3 c6 8.Nc3 d5 9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Nd7 12.Bg2 Nf6
13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bb7 15.O-O O-O 16.Qe3 Qf6 17.Rad1 Rfd8
18.Rd2 Rd7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.h4 h5 21.Kh2 g6 22.Rd3 Kg7 23.R3d2
Rc8 24.c5 Re7 25.Qf3 Qxf3 26.Bxf3 Rcc7 27.Bg2 Kf6 28.f4 Red7
29.Kg1 Ke7 30.Kf2 Rc8 31.Ke3 b5 32.b4 a5 33.a3 a4 34.Bf3 f5
35.Kd3 Kf6 36.Kc3 Re7 37.Re1 Rcc7 38.Rde2 Rcd7 39.Re3 Rc7
40.Be2 Red7 41.Bd3 Re7 42.Bb1 Bc8 43.Ba2 Ra7 44.Re5 Rac7
45.R1e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Klaus Berg"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 e5 7.Nh3 Nge7
8.O-O Nd4 9.f5 gxf5 10.Qh5 h6 11.Rf2 Be6 12.Be3 Qd7 13.Raf1
O-O-O 14.Nd5 f6 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.exf5 Bf7 17.Qd1 d5 18.c3 Nc6
19.Qa4 Kb8 20.b4 cxb4 21.Rb1 Qd7 22.Rxb4 Qc7 23.Rfb2 Nxb4
24.Qxa7+ Kc8 25.Rxb4 Rd6 26.Bb6 Qb8 27.Qa5 Bf8 28.c4 dxc4
29.Nf2 Rh7 30.Ba7 Ra6 31.Qxa6 Bxb4 32.Qb6 Qd6 33.Qxb7+ Kd8
34.Ne4 Qd7 35.Qb8+ Qc8 36.Bb6+ Kd7 37.Nxf6+ Ke7 1-0

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gylfi Thorhallsson"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6
7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd1 Qg6 9.Nc3 d5 10.Nxd5 Qxe4+ 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Nc7+
Ke7 13.Qd3 Nxc2+ 14.Kd2 Qxd3+ 15.Bxd3 Nxe3 16.Nxa8 Nd5 17.Rhc1
Ngf6 18.Nc7 Nb4 19.a3 Nxd3 20.Kxd3 Kd6 21.Ke2 Bd7 22.b4 Rc8
23.Rc5 Bc6 24.Nxa6 bxa6 25.Rd1+ Ke6 26.a4 Ne4 27.Rcc1 Bd7
28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Rd8 Bd7 30.Ra8 Bxa4 31.Rxa6+ Kd5 32.Ke3 Bb5
33.Ra7 Nd6 34.Rc7 h5 35.f4 exf4 36.Kxf4 g6 37.h4 f6 38.Kg3 Kd4
39.Re7 Bc4 40.Rd7 Kd5 41.Rc7 Ke6 42.Rg7 Bd3 43.Rc7 Bf5 44.Rc1
Bg4 45.Rc5 Be2 46.Rc7 Bb5 47.Rg7 Be8 48.Ra7 Kd5 49.Re7 Bf7
50.Rc7 Be8 51.Re7 Ba4 52.Rg7 Bc2 53.Re7 Bb1 54.Rc7 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henrik Danielsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 a6 7.O-O Rb8
8.a3 b5 9.cxb5 axb5 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.b4 cxb4 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.Qb3
Nc6 14.Rab1 b4 15.Nd5 Nf6 16.Nxb4 Nxb4 17.Bxb4 O-O 18.Rfc1 Be6
19.Qc2 Nd5 20.Bd2 Rc8 21.Qd1 Nc3 22.Bxc3 Rxc3 23.d4 Rxc1
24.Rxc1 Qa5 25.e3 Rb8 26.Rb1 Rc8 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Qxc1 Bd7
29.Ne1 e6 30.Nd3 Bf8 31.Bc6 Bc8 32.Bg2 Ba6 33.Bf1 Bb7 34.Bg2
Ba6 35.Bf1 e5 36.dxe5 dxe5 37.Ne1 Bb7 38.Bg2 e4 39.Qb1 Bd5
40.Nc2 f5 41.Bf1 Qc7 42.Nd4 Bg7 43.Qb5 Bf7 44.Ne6 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Throstur Thorhallsson"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.c5 Nd5 7.Nc3
Bg7 8.Bc4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Bg5 h6
13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 b6 15.h3 Bh5 16.Be2 e6 17.Qa4 Ne7 18.Ne5 Bxe2
19.Rxe2 Nd5 20.Qc4 Re8 21.Rb1 Bf8 22.c6 Nf6 23.Qd3 Nh5 24.Qf3
Nf6 25.Qd3 Bg7 26.Rf1 Nd5 27.f4 f5 28.fxg5 hxg5 29.Nd7 Nf6
30.Nxf6+ Bxf6 31.Be5 Bxe5 32.Rxe5 Qf6 33.Qc4 Kg7 34.Rfe1 Rad8
35.Rxe6 Rxe6 36.Rxe6 Qf8 37.Qe2 Rd6 38.Qe5+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bjorgvin Jonsson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 Nbd7 10.g4 Nb6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Rg1 Rc8
13.g5 Nfd7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bf5 16.Bd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nb6
18.Nd2 Qc7 19.Bxb6 Qxb6 20.Ne4 f5 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.Rg4 Be7
23.Rdg1 Rf7 24.a3 Rcf8 25.R1g3 Qc7 26.Qd2 g6 27.Qh6 Rg7 28.h4
Qa5 29.Nc3 Rf6 30.Qe3 Rf5 31.f4 Qd8 32.fxe5 Bxh4 33.exd6 Bxg3
34.Qxg3 Rgf7 35.Kb1 Rf3 36.Qe5 Qf6 37.Qe8+ Rf8 38.Qe6+ Kg7
39.Ne4 Qf5 40.d7 1-0

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Qxb2
13.Qe1 Qb6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qd8 16.Qg3 Nc5 17.Rae1 Nxd3
18.cxd3 Bf5 19.Re3 Re8 20.Rfe1 Qd7 21.a5 Bf8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8
23.Rxe8 Qxe8 24.Bxd6 Bxd6 25.Qxd6 f6 26.Qc7 Qb5 27.d6 Qb1+
28.Ng1 Qxd3 29.Qb8+ Kf7 30.Qxb7+ Kg6 31.Qe7 Qb5 32.h3 Qd7
33.Qf8 Be4 34.Kh2 Kf5 35.Ne2 Ke5 36.Ng3 Bg6 37.h4 h6 38.h5 Bd3
39.Kg1 Kd5 40.Kf2 Kc5 41.Ke3 Bh7 42.Ne2 Qxd6 43.Qxg7 Qe5+
44.Kf2 Bd3 45.Qa7+ Kb4+ 46.Qb6+ Bb5 47.Nd4 Qf4+ 48.Kg1 Qe3+
49.Kh2 Qe5+ 50.Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3
Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O 9.e3 Na6 10.Be2 Nc7 11.a4 Re8 12.O-O Ne4 13.Qb3
b6 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Akureyri (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Margeir Petursson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nb3 Nf6
7.Nc3 d6 8.h3 O-O 9.e4 Rb8 10.a4 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Qe2 Nd7
13.Be3 Nc5 14.Rfd1 Ba6 15.Qd2 Ne5 16.Qc1 Ned3 17.Qb1 Nxb3
18.cxb3 Nb4 19.e5 Bc8 20.exd6 Bf5 21.Ne4 exd6 22.Bd2 a5
23.Bxb4 axb4 24.Qc1 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Antwerpen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Johan Borst"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6
7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+ 9.Ne2 Kh8 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.f3 Bh5 12.O-O-O
Bg6 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.Ng3 f5 15.Rde1 Nd7 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Qb3
Nb6 18.Re1 Qg8 19.Qxg8+ Kxg8 20.b3 c5 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Kc2 Kf7
23.c4 Bd4 24.Ne2 Be5 25.h3 Rc8 26.Nc3 Bxc3 27.Bxc3 Nd7 28.Rd1
Nf6 29.Bxf6 Kxf6 30.Rd7 b5 31.Rxa7 bxc4 32.b4 g5 33.Kc3 h5
34.b5 g4 35.hxg4 fxg4 36.fxg4 h4 37.a4 g6 38.b6 Kg5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Antwerpen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.f4 Bd7
13.f5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Rac8 15.Qf3 Kh8 16.Rad1 b5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6
18.Rxd6 Bc6 19.fxe6 b4 20.Rxc6 Rxc6 21.e5 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 bxc3
23.exf6 fxe6 24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.Qg3+ Kh8 26.Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.Qe5+
Qg7 28.Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Antwerpen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bd7
7.O-O g6 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Re1 Bg7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Nd5 e6 12.Nxf6+
Bxf6 13.Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Antwerpen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Carla Bruinenberg"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6
8.Qd2 b5 9.Be2 Be7 10.Nd1 Bb7 11.Nf2 Qc7 12.O-O O-O 13.c3 c4
14.g4 f6 15.Nh3 Bd8 16.Rf2 Ne7 17.Rg2 fxe5 18.fxe5 Ng6 19.Rf1
Qc6 20.Bg5 Bb6 21.Qe3 a5 22.Rgf2 b4 23.Nf4 Nxf4 24.Bxf4 bxc3
25.bxc3 a4 26.Bd1 Ba5 27.Bc2 g6 28.Ng5 h6 29.Bxg6 hxg5 30.Qh3
1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Antwerpen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Peter K Wells"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1
Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 h5
20.Bg5 Be7 21.Bh6 Nh7 22.Be3 Bf6 23.Rf1 Rb8 24.Qd1 Bc8 25.axb5
axb5 26.Nd2 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Antwerpen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Glenn Flear"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 f5 8.Nh3 Nc6 9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.b4 Ng6
13.Bb2 Ng5 14.Nxg5 Qxg5 15.g3 f4 16.gxf4 exf4 17.O-O-O fxe3
18.fxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Kb1 Qh3 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Ka2 Bf5 22.Qd2 Rae8
23.Qd4 Re5 24.Rde1 Bc2 25.Bc3 Rf4 26.Qxf4 Qxc3 27.Qc1 Qxc4+
28.Ka1 Qc3+ 29.Ka2 Qb3+ 30.Ka1 Qc3+ 31.Ka2 Bb3+ 32.Kb1 Qd3+
33.Ka1 Bxd5 34.Rxe5 dxe5 35.Re1 e4 36.Re3 Qd4+ 37.Qc3 Qf6
38.Kb1 c6 39.h3 Qf2 40.Kc1 Kh7 41.Qe1 Qf4 42.h4 Qf6 43.Qg3
Qa1+ 44.Kd2 Qb2+ 45.Ke1 Bc4 46.Qg5 Qa1+ 47.Kf2 Qf1+ 48.Kg3 Be2
49.Qe7 Qg1+ 50.Kf4 Qg4+ 51.Ke5 Qf5+ 52.Kd4 Qd5+ 53.Kc3 Qc4+
54.Kd2 Bd3 55.Qc5 Qa2+ 56.Ke1 Qxa3 57.h5 Qa1+ 58.Kd2 Qb2+
59.Ke1 Qh2 60.hxg6+ Kxg6 61.Qxa7 Qg1+ 62.Kd2 Qf2+ 63.Kd1 Qc2+
64.Ke1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Antwerpen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ralf Akesson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Nc6 7.e4 d6
8.d4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Ba3
Rfd8 14.Rd2 a6 15.Bb4 Bc6 16.Rad1 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.a3 h6
19.Qd3 d5 20.exd5 Bxb4 21.axb4 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Qxb5 Bxb3
24.Bxa8 Bxd1 25.Qb7 Qb8 26.Qxb8 Rxb8 27.Rxd1 Rxa8 28.Kf1 Kf8
29.Ke2 Ke7 30.Kd3 Kd6 31.Kc4 Kc7 32.Rd2 Ra1 33.h4 g5 34.hxg5
hxg5 35.Kd4 f6 36.Kc5 Rc1+ 37.Kb5 f5 38.Rd4 Rf1 39.Rd2 g4
40.Kc5 Rc1+ 41.Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Antwerpen (Belgium)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thierry Manouck"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.d3 e5
8.Nf3 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.Ne1 Be6 11.Nc2 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Ne3
Nde7 14.Ne4 b6 15.Ng5 Bd7 16.Nd5 h6 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Ne4 Rac8
19.Bd2 Be6 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Nxb4 22.Bxb4 cxb4 23.Qa4 b3
24.Nd2 e4 25.Qxe4 Qa3 26.Nc4 Qc5 27.Qe3 b5 28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.Nd2
b2 30.e3 Rc2 31.Rbd1 Rfc8 32.Nb1 b4 33.d4 Bc4 34.Rfe1 Be2 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Janez Barle"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

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.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Nbd2
Bb7 14.Nf1 Nc4 15.Ng3 g6 16.Nh2 h5 17.a4 Qc7 18.Qe2 Rfe8
19.Nf3 Bf6 20.Bg5 Bg7 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bd3 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 Qb6
24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.Nd2 Ba6 26.Nxc4 Qe6 27.b3 Rb8 28.Qd1 Bxc4
29.bxc4 Nb6 30.Ra6 Bf8 31.Bd8 Qc8 32.Rxb6 Qxd8 33.Rb1 Rxb1
34.Qxb1 Qd2 35.Nf1 Qxc3 36.Ne3 Bh6 37.Nd5 Qc1+ 38.Qxc1 Bxc1
39.Nf6+ Kg7 40.Nd7 Ba3 41.Nxe5 Bb2 42.Nd3+ Bd4 43.Kf1 f6
44.Ke2 g5 45.f4 Kf7 46.f5 Ke7 47.Kf3 Kd6 48.g4 h4 49.Ke2 Bc3
50.Kd1 Bd4 51.Kc2 Kc6 52.Ne1 Be5 53.Kb3 Bf4 54.Ka4 Be3 55.Nd3
Bd4 56.Ka5 Bc3+ 57.Ka6 Bd4 58.Ne1 Bc3 59.Nf3 Bb2 60.Ka5 Kd6
61.Kb5 Bc1 62.Ka6 Bf4 63.Kb6 Be3 64.Kb7 Bf4 65.Kc8 Ke7 66.Ne1
Be5 67.Nd3 Kd6 68.Kd8 Bc3 69.Ke8 Ba1 70.e5+ fxe5 71.Nf2 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Wolfgang Haist"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3
Qc7 8.g4 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.g5 Nd7 11.b3 d5 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.e5
Be7 14.O-O-O Bb7 15.h4 c5 16.Bg2 c4 17.Qe2 Nb6 18.Kb1 O-O-O
19.h5 Kb8 20.Qg4 d4 21.Ne2 c3 22.Bc1 Bc5 23.Rh3 Rd7 24.Rhd3
Rhd8 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.g6 hxg6 27.hxg6 Nd5 28.gxf7 Nb4 29.Qxe6
Nxd3 30.Rxd3 Re7 31.Qc4 Qb5 32.Nxd4 Qxc4 33.Nc6+ Kc7 34.Nxd8
Qb5 35.f8=Q 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Giancarlo Franzoni"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.a4 O-O 10.Nb3 d6 11.f4 Bd7 12.g4 d5 13.exd5
Nb4 14.g5 Nfxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Nd4 Bc5 17.c3 Bc6 18.Kh1 Bxd4
19.Qxd4 Rad8 20.Qf2 Ne7 21.Be3 Bxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Nf5 23.Bb6 Qc6+
24.Kg1 Rd5 25.a5 h6 26.Rad1 hxg5 27.fxg5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qa4
29.Rf1 Rc8 30.Qg2 Rc4 31.Qxb7 Rg4+ 32.Kh1 Rxg5 33.Qf3 Qb5
34.Rg1 Rxg1+ 35.Kxg1 Qxb2 36.Qa8+ Kh7 37.Qxa6 Qxc3 38.Qf1 Qc6
39.Bf2 Kg8 40.a6 e5 41.a7 Nd4 42.Bxd4 exd4 43.Qb1 d3 44.Qb8+
Kh7 45.a8=Q Qc1+ 46.Kg2 Qc2+ 47.Kh3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wlodzimierz Schmidt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.Qxb7 Bxg2 11.Bxg2 Nbd7 12.O-O Be7 13.b4
O-O 14.bxc5 Nxc5 15.Qb1 Ng4 16.Ra3 Bf6 17.Ne2 Re8 18.Bf4 Bg7
19.a5 Rb8 20.Qd1 Rb4 21.Bd2 Rb7 22.Bc3 Bxc3 23.Nxc3 Qh4 24.h3
Nf6 25.Qd4 Nh5 26.Na4 Nf4 27.Re1 Rb1 28.Re3 Rxe1+ 29.Rxe1 Qg5
0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vadim Milov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
d6 8.e3 e5 9.f3 Bf5 10.e4 Bh7 11.Rb1 b6 12.Bd3 Nbd7 13.Ne2 Qe7
14.Bc2 g5 15.Bf2 Nh5 16.h4 Nf4 17.g3 Nxe2 18.Qxe2 O-O-O 19.g4
f6 20.Kd2 Bg6 21.Ba4 Rhg8 22.Be3 Be8 23.Qd1 Nf8 24.Bxe8 Qxe8
25.a4 Kc7 26.a5 Qd7 27.axb6 axb6 28.Rxb6 Rc8 29.Qa1 Kd8 30.Qa6
Ke7 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5
Ng4 8.e6 fxe6 9.Ng5 Bxb5 10.Nxe6 Bxd4 11.Nxb5 Qa5+ 12.Qd2 Bf2+
13.Kd1 Ne3+ 14.Ke2 Qxb5+ 15.Kxf2 Ng4+ 16.Kg3 Na6 17.Re1 Nh6
18.b3 Nf5+ 19.Kf2 h5 20.Bb2 Rg8 21.Rad1 Kd7 22.c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Janis Klovans"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 Be6 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Nb4 13.a5
d5 14.Bb6 Qe8 15.exd5 Nbxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Rac1 Qa4 18.Qg5
Rfe8 19.Qe3 Bf8 20.h3 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Bxb3 22.Rcc1 Nd5 23.Qxb3
Qxb3 24.Bc4 Qxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Nf6 26.Rd8 Rxd8 27.Bxd8 Bc5 28.Bxf6
gxf6 29.Bd5 b6 30.axb6 Bxb6 31.b4 f5 32.Bb7 a5 33.bxa5 Bxa5
34.Bc8 f4 35.Bf5 Kg7 36.Kf1 h6 37.Ke2 Kf6 38.Bc2 Kg5 39.Bh7
Bb6 40.Kf3 f5 41.Ke2 e4 42.f3 e3 43.Kf1 Bc5 44.Bg8 Kh4 45.Be6
Kg3 46.Bxf5 e2 47.Kxe2 Kxg2 48.Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.c4 a6 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Nc2 O-O 12.Bd2 Qc7
13.b3 Rfe8 14.Rac1 d5 15.cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yuri Razuvaev"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.c3 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Qc7 11.O-O c5 12.Re1 O-O
13.Bc2 Rd8 14.Qd3 Nf8 15.Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael Hoffmann"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.Qb3 h6
13.Bh4 d5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Qa4 Bc6 16.Qd1 b5 17.O-O Qb6 18.Rc1
Bb7 19.Bb1 cxd4 20.Qxd4 Qxd4 21.Nxd4 a6 22.Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Eugene Martinovsky"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7
7.Nxd4 O-O 8.Nc3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Bxc6 Qe5+
12.Ne2 bxc6 13.Qd4 Qe7 14.Qe3 Qb4+ 15.Qc3 Qg4 16.Qd4 Qxg2
17.O-O-O Qd5 18.Nc3 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 Be6 20.Rhd1 Rfb8 21.Ne4 Rb5
22.b3 Kg7 23.R1d2 a5 24.f4 c5 25.Ra4 c4 26.Ng5 cxb3 27.Nxe6+
fxe6 28.Rd7+ Kf6 29.axb3 Rh5 30.b4 Rxh2 31.bxa5 Ra7 32.a6 h5
33.Kb2 h4 34.Rh7 Rd2 35.Rxh4 Rd6 36.Rh7 Rb6+ 37.Kc3 Raxa6
38.Rxa6 Rxa6 39.Rxc7 Ra4 40.Rc4 Rxc4+ 41.Kxc4 Kf5 42.Kb5 Kxf4
43.c4 e5 44.c5 e4 45.c6 e3 46.c7 e2 47.c8=Q e1=Q 48.Qf8+ Kg4
49.Qc8+ Kg3 50.Qb8+ Kf3 51.Qf8+ Kg2 52.Qg7 Qe4 53.Kb6 Kg3
54.Qc7+ Kg4 55.Qd7+ Qf5 56.Qd1+ Kg5 57.Ka7 Kh6 58.Kb8 Qf4+
59.Ka8 g5 60.Qh1+ Kg6 61.Qc6+ Qf6 62.Qc2+ Kg7 63.Qc7+ Kg8
64.Qc4+ Qf7 65.Qe4 Kf8 66.Qb4+ Qe7 67.Qd4 Qe8+ 68.Ka7 Qf7+
69.Kb6 Qf4 70.Kc5 Qf5+ 71.Qd5 Qf6 72.Qe4 Kg7 73.Kd5 Kh6 74.Qg4
Qf1 75.Ke4 Kg6 76.Ke3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edward Friedman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 Nc6 5.c4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nge2
Nf6 8.Bf4 d6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Ng4 11.Ng3 Nce5 12.Bf1 Be6
13.f3 Nf6 14.Bxe5 dxe5 15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.Nd5 Kf8 17.a4 Rac8
18.Nxf6 Bh6+ 19.Kc2 Rxd1 20.Kxd1 exf6 21.b3 Rd8+ 22.Kc2 Rd2+
23.Kc3 Ra2 24.Be2 Bd2+ 25.Kd3 Bb4 26.Bd1 Rd2+ 27.Ke3 Rxg2
28.Ne2 f5 29.f4 Bc5+ 30.Kf3 Rf2+ 31.Kg3 fxe4 32.fxe5 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "It (open) (2)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3+
13.axb3 Nd7 14.h4 b4 15.Na4 Nc5 16.h5 Bd7 17.g6 Nxb3+ 18.Kb1
Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bxa4 20.Bxg7 Kd7 21.Bxh8 Rxh8 22.g7 Rc8 23.b3 Bb5
24.Qd2 Bf6 25.Rhg1 Be2 26.Qxe2 Qc3 27.e5 Bxe5 28.Qxe5 Qxe5
29.g8=Q Rxg8 30.Rxg8 Qxh5 31.Rdg1 Qf3 32.R1g2 a5 33.R8g3 Qd1+
34.Kb2 Qh1 35.Rg8 Qh4 36.R8g4 Qf6+ 37.Kb1 d5 38.Rh2 a4 39.bxa4
b3 40.Rg3 bxc2 41.Kxc2 Qf4 42.a5 Qa4+ 43.Rb3 Kd6 44.f3 Qxa5
45.Kb2 h6 46.f4 Qa4 47.Rf3 Qd4+ 48.Ka2 Qe4 49.Rhf2 Qc4+ 50.Kb2
h5 51.Rh2 Qe4 52.Rfh3 Qxf4 53.Rxh5 e5 54.R5h4 Qe3 55.Rh6+ Ke7
56.Rh8 Qd4+ 57.Ka3 Qa7+ 58.Kb4 e4 59.R8h5 Qd4+ 60.Kb5 e3
61.Rc2 Kf8 62.Rc8+ Kg7 63.Rch8 Qc4+ 64.Kb6 Qb4+ 65.Kc7 Qf4+
66.Kd8 d4 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.Bxd5 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 a4 12.a3 Qa5
13.Qd2 e6 14.Ba2 Rd8 15.e5 Ng4 16.O-O-O Bxe5 17.Ne2 Bxd4
18.Nxd4 Qxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Ne3 20.g3 Ra6 21.Re1 Nd5 22.Nb5 Kg7
23.Nc7 Ra5 24.Red1 h5 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Rxd5 Raxd5 27.Bxd5 h4
28.Be4 Rh8 29.Rd4 hxg3 30.hxg3 b5 31.g4 Be6 32.Kd2 Rh3 33.Bc6
Bc4 34.g5 Kf8 35.Kc3 Rg3 36.Rg4 Rh3 37.Kb4 Rh2 38.Bxb5 Be6+
39.Re4 Rxc2 40.Re2 Rc1 41.Kxa4 Ke7 42.Rd2 Bf5 43.Kb4 Ke6 44.f4
Be4 45.Bd7+ Ke7 46.Rd4 Bc2 47.Ba4 Bf5 48.Bb5 Bc2 49.Rc4 1-0

[Event "It (open) (2)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martin Olesen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.O-O d5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2
O-O 8.Nbd2 b6 9.c4 cxd4 10.exd4 Bb7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Qe2 Re8
13.Rfd1 Bf8 14.Qe3 g6 15.Ne5 Bg7 16.Ndf3 dxc4 17.bxc4 Nxe5
18.Nxe5 Nd7 19.Nf3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 e5 21.dxe5 Qc7 22.g3 Nxe5
23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Bf1 Rc7 25.Rc2 Qf6 26.Qxf6 Bxf6 27.Rcd2 Ree7
28.Rd5 Kg7 29.Kg2 h5 30.h4 Bc3 31.Rb5 Re6 32.Rbd5 Bb4 33.Rd7
Rxd7 34.Rxd7 a5 35.Rd1 Bc5 36.Kg1 Rf6 37.Rd2 Rf3 38.Kg2 Rc3
39.Be2 a4 40.Bf3 Rxc4 41.Bd5 Rc3 42.Be4 Rc4 43.Bd5 Rb4 44.Bc6
a3 45.Kf3 Rb2 46.Re2 b5 47.Be4 b4 48.Rxb2 axb2 49.Ke2 f5
50.Bb1 Kf6 51.f4 Ke6 52.Bc2 Kd5 53.Bd3 Bg1 54.Kf1 Kd4 55.Bb1
Bh2 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 b6 6.e4 Bb7 7.Bd3
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne8 9.h4 Qe7 10.e5 f5 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Bh6 Rf7
13.Rh3 Nc6 14.Kf1 Nd6 15.Re1 Ba6 16.d5 Na5 17.dxe6 dxe6 18.Nd4
e5 19.c5 Bxd3+ 20.Qxd3 bxc5 21.Nf5 Nxf5 22.Qxf5 Nc6 23.Re4 Nd8
24.Ra4 Kh8 25.Rd3 c6 26.Kg1 Ne6 27.Ra6 c4 28.Rd2 Qe8 29.Rd6
Ng7 30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.Raxc6 Qf8 32.h5 Rb8 33.h6+ Kh8 34.Rxf6
Rb1+ 35.Qxb1 Rxf6 36.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
7.h3 Bh5 8.Qe2 e6 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nh4 Be7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bf4 Qb8
13.O-O-O Qb4 14.a3 Qb6 15.Rd3 Rb8 16.Nd1 Qb5 17.f3 O-O 18.h4
Rb7 19.Qh2 Rfb8 20.h5 g5 21.Rb3 Qc4 22.Rxb7 Rxb7 23.h6 Bf8
24.Bxg5 Qxd4 25.Be3 Qe5 26.Bf4 Qb5 27.e5 Ne8 28.hxg7 Bxg7
29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Rh5 dxe5 31.Bh6 Bxh6+ 32.Qxh6+ Ke7 33.Qg5+ Kd7
34.Qxe5 Qf1 35.Qf4 Nd6 36.Rh2 Rb5 37.Rf2 Qe1 38.Qe3 Qh1 39.Rd2
Rd5 40.b3 Qh8 41.Qc3 Qh1 42.a4 Qg1 43.Qe3 Qh1 44.c4 Rxd2
45.Kxd2 c5 46.Nf2 Qa1 47.Nd3 Qa2+ 48.Ke1 Nb7 49.Nf2 Qa1+
50.Ke2 Qd4 51.Ne4 Qe5 52.f4 Qh8 53.g5 Kc6 54.Kd1 Qa1+ 55.Kc2
Qa2+ 56.Kc3 Kb6 57.Qf2 Qa1+ 58.Kc2 Qa3 59.Qe3 Na5 60.Nd2 Qa2+
61.Kd1 Qa1+ 62.Ke2 Nc6 63.Kf2 Nd4 64.Kg2 Qb2 65.Kh3 Qc1 66.b4
Qh1+ 67.Kg4 Qg2+ 68.Kh5 Nf5 69.bxc5+ Ka7 70.Qd3 Qg1 71.Qh3 Qd4
72.Nf3 Qxf4 73.Qg4 Qc1 74.g6 0-1

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.Qg4 Kf8 12.O-O
c5 13.Re1 c4 14.Bf1 b5 15.a4 b4 16.b3 c3 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5
Be7 19.Be3 Bb7 20.Rad1 g6 21.h4 h5 22.Qf4 Kg7 23.Rd6 Bd5
24.Qxb4 Rhd8 25.Qd4 Kg8 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.g3 a5 28.Bg2 Bxg2
29.Kxg2 Qc6+ 30.f3 Be7 31.Rd1 Rd8 32.Qxd8+ Bxd8 33.Rxd8+ Kh7
34.Bg5 Qa6 35.Rd3 Qc6 36.Bf6 g5 37.Bxg5 Qc5 38.Bf4 Kg6 39.g4
Qb4 40.Kg3 Qc5 41.Rd1 Qb6 42.Bg5 Qc5 43.Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nc2 Ne5 7.b3
Qc6 8.f3 e6 9.Bb2 Qc7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bg2 d6 12.f4 Ng6 13.O-O Rb8
14.Ne4 Be7 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nd4 f5 18.e3 Bd7
19.Rc1 O-O 20.Rf2 Rbd8 21.Qf3 b5 22.Rfc2 bxc4 23.Rxc4 Qa5
24.Qe2 d5 25.R4c2 Rc8 26.Bf1 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Ra8 28.Kf2 Qb6
29.Qd2 a5 30.Bd3 Ne7 31.Qc1 Ra7 32.Qa3 Qb4 33.Qb2 f6 34.Be2
Kf7 35.h3 Nc8 36.g4 fxg4 37.hxg4 Nd6 38.Bf3 Nb5 39.Nxb5 Bxb5
40.Rc8 Rd7 41.a3 Qd6 42.Qc2 Kg7 43.a4 d4 44.axb5 dxe3 45.Kg3
Qb4 46.Rg8+ Kxg8 47.Qc8+ Kg7 48.Qxd7+ Kh6 49.g5 1-0

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgy Orlov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.Ne1
Be6 8.Nd5 Nge7 9.Nc2 O-O 10.d3 Rb8 11.Bd2 b5 12.b3 Qd7 13.Re1
Bh3 14.Bh1 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Ne7 16.Bh1 f5 17.e3 g5 18.cxb5 Qxb5
19.Bc3 f4 20.Na3 Qd7 21.Nc4 Bg4 22.Qd2 f3 23.e4 h6 24.b4 Nc6
25.Rab1 Rbd8 26.b5 Nd4 27.a4 Be6 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.a5 Rb8 30.Qb2
Bxc4 31.dxc4 Be5 32.b6 axb6 33.axb6 Rb7 34.Red1 g4 35.Qd2 Qg7
36.Rb2 Rfb8 37.Rdb1 Kh7 38.Rb3 Qf6 39.Qd1 Rf8 40.Ra1 Kg6
41.Ra7 Rfb8 42.Bxf3 gxf3 43.Rxf3 Qe6 44.Rf5 d3 45.Qxd3 Rxa7
46.bxa7 Ra8 47.Kg2 Rxa7 48.h4 Kg7 49.h5 Rf7 50.Rxf7+ Qxf7
51.Qe2 Kf8 52.f4 Bd4 53.Kh2 Ke7 54.Kg2 Kd8 55.Kh2 Kc7 56.Kg2
Kb6 57.Kh3 Ka5 58.Kg4 Qe6+ 59.f5 Qg8+ 60.Kh3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Bc2
exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.Nd4 Qf6
19.N2f3 Nc5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ree3 Rxa3 22.bxa3 Nbd3 23.Nxb5
Rxe4 24.Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.h3 h6 12.e4 g5 13.Bd2
Rb8 14.Rb1 b5 15.b4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.Nxg5 Qg6 18.Nf3 c4
19.Rc1 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bc3 Bxc3 22.Rxc3 Bf5 23.Re1 Rfe8
24.Rce3 Rxe3 25.Rxe3 Rc8 26.Qe1 Bd3 27.Qc3 Bb1 28.Qe1 Bd3
29.Qc3 Bb1 30.Qe1 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "186"]

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 a6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Rfd1 Be6
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Qxd2 15.Nxf6+ exf6 16.Rxd2 Rfc8 17.Rxd6
Bxc4 18.Bf3 Kg7 19.e5 fxe5 20.b3 Bb5 21.Bxb7 Rd8 22.Rad1 Rxd6
23.Rxd6 Ra7 24.Rb6 Kf8 25.f3 Ke7 26.a4 Bd3 27.a5 Kd7 28.Kf2
Kc7 29.Bd5 Kd8 30.Ke3 Bf1 31.Ke4 Bxg2 32.Kxe5 Re7+ 33.Kf6 Re3
34.Rxa6 Bxf3 35.Bxf7 Be4 36.b4 Rf3+ 37.Kg7 Rf2 38.b5 Rxh2
39.Re6 Bh1 40.Re1 Rh5 41.b6 Rxa5 42.Rxh1 Rb5 43.Rd1+ Ke7
44.Re1+ Kd6 45.Kxh7 Rxb6 46.Kxg6 Rb2 47.Be6 Rc2 48.Kf6 Rc1
49.Re4 Rd1 50.Bf5 Kc5 51.Re8 Rd6+ 52.Be6 Kd4 53.Rh8 Rb6
54.Rh4+ Kc3 55.Ke5 Kd3 56.Rh3+ Kd2 57.Bc4 Rg6 58.Bd5 Rg7
59.Kd4 Rd7 60.Rh2+ Kd1 61.Kc4 Ke1 62.Ra2 Rd8 63.Kd4 Kd1 64.Rg2
Rd7 65.Ke4 Kc1 66.Bc4 Rd2 67.Rg8 Rd7 68.Bb5 Rd6 69.Ba4 Kd2
70.Rg2+ Kc3 71.Rc2+ Kb4 72.Bc6 Kb3 73.Rc1 Kb4 74.Bd5 Rh6
75.Kd4 Rh4+ 76.Be4 Rg4 77.Rc8 Rh4 78.Rb8+ Ka4 79.Kd5 Ka3
80.Bd3 Rb4 81.Rh8 Rg4 82.Kc5 Kb2 83.Rh3 Kc1 84.Rh2 Rf4 85.Bc4
Kd1 86.Kb4 Re4 87.Kc3 Ke1 88.Bd3 Re3 89.Kd4 Rf3 90.Re2+ Kf1
91.Rb2 Ke1 92.Be2 Rg3 93.Ke4 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5
Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.b3 Bd6
13.Bb2 c5 14.Qd3 Bb7 15.Rfd1 Re8 16.Qf5 h6 17.Rd2 Qe7 18.Nh2
d4 19.exd4 g6 20.Qd3 cxd4 21.Ne2 Qe5 22.Nf1 Ne4 23.Rdd1 Nxf2
24.Kxf2 Be4 25.Qd2 Qf5+ 26.Kg1 d3 27.Neg3 Qc5+ 28.Qf2 f5
29.Bd4 Qd5 30.Nxe4 fxe4 31.Qf6 Be5 32.Qxg6+ Kh8 33.Qxh6+ Kg8
34.Bxe5 Rxe5 35.Ne3 Qd4 36.Kh1 Ra7 37.Ng4 Rf5 38.Qg6+ Rg7
39.Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Larry Christiansen"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3
e6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 dxc4 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.Qxc4 Qd7 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.Rc2 a5 16.Rfc1 h6 17.h3 Qb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5
Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b3 Bg4 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Rc1 Bd6
13.h3 Bh5 14.Be2 Bb8 15.Nh4 Qd6 16.g3 Bg6 17.Nb5 Qe6 18.Bxf6
Qxf6 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Bg4 Rcd8 21.Nd4 Be5 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Qd3
Rd6 24.Kg2 Qe7 25.Rc5 Qb7 26.Rfc1 Bb2 27.R1c2 Ba3 28.Ra5 Bb4
29.Ra4 Rf6 30.e4 Re8 31.exd5 cxd5 32.Bf3 Rd8 33.a3 Be7 34.Ra5
Rf5 35.b4 Qb6 36.Ra6 Qb8 37.Qd4 Bf6 38.Qxa7 Qe5 39.Qe3 Qa1
40.Qc1 Qe5 41.Re2 Qb8 42.Qc2 Rxf3 43.Kxf3 d4 44.Qc6 d3 45.Rd2
Bg5 46.Rd1 Kh7 47.Kg2 d2 48.Qf3 Rd7 49.Ra5 Qd8 50.Ra8 Qc7
51.Re8 Qc2 52.b5 Rd3 53.Qxf7 Bf6 54.Qg8+ Kh6 55.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Kreiman"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Bb7 12.d4 Bf6
13.Re1 Re8 14.Nd2 b4 15.c4 Nf4 16.d5 Nd3 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Bc2
Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Bd4+ 20.Kf1 Qe3 21.Qe1 Qg1+ 22.Ke2 Qxg2+ 23.Kd3
Bf2 24.Qe4 Qxh2 25.Nf3 Qh3 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.Kxe3 c6 28.d6 g6
29.Kf2 Qh5 30.Qe5 Qxe5 31.Nxe5 c5 32.Rd1 Rd8 33.Ba4 1-0

[Event "Key West, Florida"]
[Site "Key West, Florida"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 d5 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.c3
e5 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.b4 exd4 11.exd4 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.Nf3 a5 14.b5 Nf8 15.Re1 Qa3 16.Qc2 Bg4 17.Ne5 Bxe2 18.Bxe4
dxe4 19.Rxe2 f6 20.Nc4 Qe7 21.Rae1 Qf7 22.Qb3 a4 23.Qb4 f5
24.Ne5 Qd5 25.f3 exf3 26.Nxf3 Rxe2 27.Rxe2 Ng6 28.Qc5 Qf7
29.c4 b6 30.Qc6 Rd8 31.d5 Nf4 32.Re3 Kh7 33.g3 Rd6 34.Qe8 Qxe8
35.Rxe8 Nxd5 36.cxd5 Rxd5 37.Re5 Rd3 38.Kf2 Ra3 39.Re2 Rc3
40.Nd4 Rd3 41.Nf3 Rc3 42.Rd2 Kg6 43.Nd4 Kf6 44.Rc2 Rxc2+
45.Nxc2 Ke5 46.Ke3 Kd5 47.Kd3 g5 48.Nd4 Ke5 49.a3 f4 50.g4 f3
51.Nxf3+ Kf4 52.Ng1 Kxg4 53.Ke4 h5 54.Kd5 Kf4 55.Nh3+ Ke3
56.Nxg5 Kd3 57.Ne4 h4 58.Kc6 Kc4 59.Nd2+ Kd4 60.h3 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4
exd4 8.c3 Nf6 9.Qxd4 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.Re1 c5 12.Qd1 O-O
13.Bc2 Re8 14.Bf4 g6 15.h3 d5 16.e5 Nh5 17.Bh2 c4 18.Nd2 d4
19.Be4 dxc3 20.bxc3 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxd1 22.Raxd1 Rad8 23.Nd6
Bxd6 24.exd6 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Nf6 26.Kf1 h6 27.a4 Nd5 28.axb5
axb5 29.Be5 b4 30.cxb4 f6 31.Bg3 f5 32.Rd1 Nxb4 33.Rd4 Nd3
34.Rxc4 f4 35.Rd4 fxg3 36.Rxd3 Kf7 37.d7 g5 38.Rd6 h5 39.fxg3
g4 40.h4 Ke7 41.Rh6 Rxd7 42.Rxh5 Kf6 43.Rg5 Rd4 44.Ke2 Re4+
45.Kd3 Ra4 46.Ke3 Ra3+ 47.Kf2 Ra2+ 48.Kg1 Ra1+ 49.Kh2 Ra4
50.Rb5 Rc4 51.Rb3 Kf5 52.Kg1 Ra4 53.Kf2 Re4 54.Rb8 Ra4 55.Rf8+
Ke5+ 56.Rg8 Ra2+ 57.Ke1 Ra1+ 58.Kd2 Ra2+ 59.Kc1 Kd4 60.Kb1
Rxg2 61.Rxg4+ Kc3 62.Rg5 Rh2 63.h5 Kb3 64.Kc1 Kc3 65.Kd1 Kd3
66.Ke1 Ke3 67.Kf1 Kf3 68.Kg1 Rh3 69.g4+ Rg3+ 70.Kh2 Kf4 71.Rg7
Ra3 72.h6 Ra2+ 73.Kh3 Ra1 74.h7 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Isaak Margulis"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 Nxe4 10.Qf3 f5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.O-O-O
Qb4 13.Rd4 Qb8 14.Bb3 Qa7 15.Ra4 Qc7 16.Nxe4 fxe4 17.Qf7+ Kd8
18.Rxe4 Rb8 19.Be6 Bxe6 20.Rxe6 Qa5 21.Rd1 Ra8 22.Bd4 Qxa2
23.Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
b5 8.Bb3 Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4 b4 11.Na4 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe6
fxe6 14.Bxe6+ Kh8 15.Qxd8 Rxd8 16.fxe5 Ng8 17.Nb6 Ra7 18.Rad1
Nc6 19.Rxd8 Nxd8 20.Bxg8 Kxg8 21.Nc8 Bxc8 22.Bxa7 Nc6 23.Bb6
Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tal Shaked"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3
d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Na3 Be6 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Bxe6 Qxe6+ 12.Be3 Qd7
13.Nbxd4 e6 14.O-O Nc4 15.Qe2 Nxe3 16.fxe3 Be7 17.Rad1 Qc7
18.Qc4 O-O 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Rf2 Rad8 21.Rfd2 Qb6 22.Qf4 Rd5
23.c4 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Bf6 25.b3 h6 26.Qe4 c5 27.Kf2 Qa5 28.Qc2
Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.Qd2 Qc7 31.Qc2 g6 32.Qd2 h5 33.Qc2 Kg7
34.Qd2 g5 35.h3 g4 36.hxg4 hxg4 37.Ne1 Qh2 38.Ke2 Qg1 39.Kd3
Bh4 40.Nc2 Bf2 41.b4 Qxg2 42.bxc5 g3 43.Qe2 f5 44.Nd4 Qe4+
45.Kd2 e5 46.Nc2 Kg6 47.a3 a5 48.Qf1 Qc6 49.Qh3 g2 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Steven Feldman"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.Nxe7
Qxe7 8.c3 Be6 9.Bb3 O-O-O 10.O-O d5 11.Qe2 h6 12.Ba4 dxe4
13.dxe4 Qc7 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.Re1 Bg4 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Rhe8
18.Qg3 g5 19.Qf3 Kb8 20.Be3 Rd3 21.Rad1 c4 22.b3 Nxe4 23.bxc4
Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Qxc4 25.Rd7 f6 26.Rh7 b6 27.Kh2 Rf8 28.Qf5 Qc6
29.Rxh6 Nxc3 30.Bxg5 Nd5 31.Qe4 Qd7 32.Rh7 Rf7 33.Rh8+ Kc7
34.Bh4 Qc6 35.Bg3 Kb7 36.Qg6 Rd7 37.Bxe5 Ka6 38.Bg3 Nc3 39.Qe8
1-0

[Event "PCA Qualifier (active), VI"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 Qb6
7.Ndb5 Bc5 8.Nd6+ Ke7 9.Nde4+ Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 d5
12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Bg2 Rhd8 15.O-O Kf8 16.a3 Bxc3
17.bxc3 Qa6 18.a4 Kg8 19.Bg5 Rd7 20.Qd3 Qa5 21.Bf4 h6 22.Rfb1
Qd8 23.h4 Rc8 24.Be3 b6 25.Bf4 Na5 26.Rd1 Rc4 27.Qe3 Nb3
28.Rab1 Nc5 29.a5 Na4 30.axb6 axb6 31.Be5 Nxc3 32.Bxc3 d4
33.Bxd4 Rdxd4 34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.Kh2 Rd6 36.Bf3 Bc4 37.Ra1 Bd5
38.Bxd5 Rxd5 39.Ra7 Rf5 40.f4 h5 41.Qe4 Qd5 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Ra8
Rf6 44.Qh8+ Kg6 45.Rg8 Qd6 46.e4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3 c6 13.cxd5
cxd5 14.Rfc1 Rc8 15.Ne5 f6 16.Nf3 Qd7 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Ne1
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Martin Appleberry"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7
13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb5 Nb6 15.c4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 dxc4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.a4
g6 19.Bh6 Rfe8 20.Rfb1 Qe6 21.Be3 Rab8 22.a5 Na8 23.Rxb7 Rxb7
24.Rxb7 Nc7 25.Rxa7 Nd5 26.g4 Nxe3 27.Qxe3 Qxe3 28.fxe3 Rxe3
29.Rd7 Bh2+ 30.Kxh2 Re2+ 31.Kg3 Rxc2 32.a6 Ra2 33.a7 Kg7
34.Kf4 Kf6 35.g5+ Ke6 36.Rb7 f6 37.d5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dean Ippolito"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 b6
13.Rb5 Bc7 14.h3 a6 15.Rxd5 Qxd5 16.hxg4 Re8 17.Bc2 Nd7 18.Qd3
g6 19.Ng5 Qd6 20.Qh3 Nf6 21.Bb3 Re7 22.f4 Kg7 23.Nf3 h5 24.g5
Ng4 25.Ne5 f5 26.gxf6 Nxf6 27.Bc2 Nd5 28.Bxg6 Qf6 29.Be4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "T Taghian"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Bd7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Re2 Rfe8 16.Ng3 Nc6 17.a3 exd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4
19.Qxd4 Qc4 20.Qd1 Be6 21.Be3 Qc6 22.Bd4 Nd7 23.Kh2 Bg5 24.Nh5
g6 25.f4 Bh6 26.Rf2 gxh5 27.f5 Ne5 28.fxe6 Rxe6 29.Qxh5 Rf8
30.Raf1 Bg7 31.Bb3 Rg6 32.Bd5 Qd7 33.Rf5 Qe7 34.Kh1 Rf6
35.Rxf6 Bxf6 36.b3 Bg7 37.b4 Ng6 38.Bxg7 Kxg7 39.Qg4 Kh8
40.Rf5 Ne5 41.Qf4 f6 42.Qf2 Ng6 43.Qb6 Rc8 44.Qxa6 Rc3 45.Qxb5
Rxa3 46.Qb8+ Kg7 47.Rh5 Nf8 48.b5 Qa7 49.Qxa7+ Rxa7 50.Bc6 Ra8
51.Kh2 Ne6 52.Rd5 Ra2 53.Rxd6 Nf4 54.e5 fxe5 55.b6 Rb2 56.b7
e4 57.Bxe4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ruben Gunawan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Be7 10.g4 Nb6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.O-O-O O-O
13.h4 Rc8 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.h5 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.g6 Nf6 18.gxh7+
Nxh7 19.Qg2 Kh8 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Rcd8 22.Be3 Bf6 23.Bd4 Bxd4
24.Nxd4 Qc5 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Rde8 27.Nf5 Rg8 28.Rhg1 g5
29.Rge1 Rgf8 30.Qg3 Rxe1 31.Qxe1 Qc7 32.Qb4 Rd8 33.a3 Qd7
34.Rf1 f6 35.Qb6 g4 36.Nh6 Rf8 37.Qe3 Ng5 38.Rg1 Qe8 39.Nxg4
Qxe3 40.Nxe3 Re8 41.Nf5 Re5 42.Nxd6 Rxd5 43.Nxb7 Nf3 44.Rg6
Nd2+ 45.Ka2 Ne4 46.Rg4 f5 47.Rh4 Kh7 48.b4 Kh6 49.Kb3 Rd7
50.Nc5 Nxc5+ 51.bxc5 Rf7 52.Kc4 f4 53.Rh1 f3 54.c6 f2 55.Rf1
Kxh5 56.Kc5 Kg4 57.Kb6 Kf3 58.c7 Rf8 59.Kxa6 Ke2 60.Rxf2+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emory A Tate"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f3 Be7 10.O-O-O b5 11.Qf2 b4 12.Na4 O-O 13.g4
Bxg4 14.h4 Be6 15.Bd3 Nh5 16.Nb6 Nxb6 17.Bxb6 Qd7 18.Bf1 Qc6
19.Na5 Qa4 20.a3 bxa3 21.b3 Qd7 22.Nc4 Qc6 23.Be3 Rab8 24.Bd2
a2 25.Bc3 a5 26.Qa7 Rfe8 27.Kb2 Ra8 28.Qb6 Qc8 29.Qe3 Qd8
30.Kc1 a4 31.Ba1 axb3 32.cxb3 Qc7 33.Rg1 Reb8 34.Rd2 Nf4
35.Rxg7+ Kxg7 36.Qxf4 Bxc4 37.Bxc4 Rxb3 38.Qxf7+ Kh8 39.Rxa2
Rf8 40.Qd5 Rbxf3 41.Ra6 Re8 42.Ra8 Rxa8 43.Qxa8+ Rf8 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabio La Rota"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.Qd2
Nge7 8.Bh6 O-O 9.h4 f6 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.f4 h6 12.Bh3 Nd4
13.O-O-O Qa5 14.Kb1 b5 15.Nge2 b4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.Ne2 Qc5
18.Nc1 a5 19.Nb3 Qb6 20.Qg2 a4 21.Nd2 a3 22.b3 Qc5 23.Nc4 d5
24.Bxc8 Raxc8 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Rde1 Rce8 27.Qh3 Nc3+ 28.Ka1 e4
29.h5 g5 30.Qd7+ Re7 31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.Nxd6 f5 33.fxg5 Re6
34.gxh6+ Kxh6 35.Nc4 Rg8 36.Rhg1 Kxh5 37.dxe4 fxe4 38.Nd2 Rf8
39.Rgf1 Rxf1 40.Rxf1 Kg4 41.Rg1 e3 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.e3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5
Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b3 Rc8 12.Bb2 Bd6
13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qd4 f6 16.Qxa7 Nc5 17.Bd4 Ra8
18.Qxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxc5 Re8 20.Nfd4 Bd7 21.a4 f5 22.Rac1 g5
23.Rc3 Qf6 24.Bb6 f4 25.a5 h5 26.h4 fxe3 27.fxe3 Qg6 28.hxg5
Qxg5 29.Nxc6 Rac8 30.Rfc1 Bxc6 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.Rxc6 Rxe3
33.Rc8+ Kf7 34.Rc7+ Re7+ 35.Rxe7+ Qxe7 36.Nd4 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qh4+
38.Kg1 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 h4 40.a6 Qg3+ 41.Kh1 h3 42.gxh3 Qxh3+
43.Kg1 Qg3+ 44.Kh1 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aloyzas Kveinys"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.d3 Nge7
8.O-O Nd4 9.Ne2 O-O 10.c3 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Bd7 12.Be3 Qc7 13.g4
exf4 14.Nxf4 Rae8 15.Qd2 Qc8 16.h3 b6 17.Bg2 Bc6 18.d4 Kh8
19.d5 Bb5 20.Rf2 Ng8 21.a4 Ba6 22.g5 Re5 23.Qc2 h6 24.Ne2 Rfe8
25.Bf4 hxg5 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Qd2 Qd8 28.Nc1 Kg7 29.Nd3 Bxd3
30.Qxd3 Nf6 31.a5 g4 32.axb6 axb6 33.Ra7 gxh3 34.Qxh3 b5
35.Rb7 b4 36.Qd3 Ng4 37.Rf1 Qg5 38.Qh3 Nf6 39.Rc7 bxc3 40.bxc3
Nxe4 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexandar Budnikov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4
7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qxc5 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O
O-O 13.Bg5 Rd8 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Ne5 Be8 16.Rfe1 b5 17.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ildar Ibragimov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Bxb5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.Nfd2 Qxb5
13.Nxd6 Qa6 14.N2c4 Nd7 15.O-O Nb6 16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Nxc8 Raxc8
18.Rb1 Rfd8 19.Bg5 Rd7 20.Qg4 Qb7 21.Rfd1 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.Be3 Bg4
8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nf5 10.Bf2 h4 11.Bd3 e6 12.Ne2 Na6 13.c3 Nc7
14.O-O Bf8 15.a4 Be7 16.b4 Kf8 17.b5 Kg7 18.Rfb1 cxb5 19.axb5
a6 20.bxa6 bxa6 21.c4 dxc4 22.Bxc4 a5 23.Rb7 Bb4 24.Rd1 Nd5
25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Qxd5 exd5 27.Rb5 Rhd8 28.Rb1 Rac8 29.Rc1 Rb8
30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Be1 Bxe1 32.Rxe1 Rb2 33.Nc3 Rd2 34.Nxd5 Rxd4
35.Nc7 Rc4 36.Nd5 Rd4 37.Nc7 Rd2 38.e6 fxe6 39.Nxe6+ Kg8
40.Re5 a4 41.Ra5 Ra2 42.Ra8+ Kf7 43.Ng5+ Ke7 44.Ra7+ Ke8
45.Ne4 Ne3 46.Nc3 Rxg2+ 47.Kh1 Rg3 48.Rxa4 Rxh3+ 49.Kg1 Rg3+
50.Kh1 Ng4 51.Ne4 Rb3 52.Ra8+ Ke7 53.Ra7+ Ke6 54.Ra6+ Kf7
55.Ng5+ Kg7 56.Ra7+ Kf8 57.Ra8+ Ke7 58.Ra7+ Ke8 59.Ra8+ Ke7
60.Ra7+ Ke8 61.Rh7 Rb1+ 62.Kg2 Ne3+ 63.Kh2 Rb2+ 64.Kh3 Rb3
65.Kh2 Ng4+ 66.Kg2 Rg3+ 67.Kf1 Ne3+ 68.Kf2 Nf5 69.Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
d6 8.O-O Bd7 9.a4 Nf6 10.Nde2 Rb8 11.h3 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Nd4
Nxd4 14.Qxd4 e5 15.Qa7 Qc8 16.Bg5 b4 17.Na2 d5 18.Bxf6 Bc5
19.Qxc5 Qxc5 20.Bxg7 Rg8 21.Bxe5 Rc8 22.exd5 f6 23.Bf4 Kf7
24.c3 b3 25.Nb4 Rge8 26.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Be3 Qa5
29.Rd1 f5 30.Bf3 Kg6 31.d6 Re4 32.Bxe4 fxe4 33.Nd5 Qa6 34.Kh2
Qb5 35.Rd4 Qf1 36.g4 h5 37.Nf4+ Kf7 38.Nxh5 Qb5 39.Rxe4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Suat Atalik"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6
7.b3 c6 8.Bg2 d5 9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nd3 dxc4 12.Nb4 cxb3
13.Nxa6 Nxa6 14.Bxc6 Rc8 15.Be4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Helgi Olafsson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.Qxb7 Bxg2 11.Bxg2 Nbd7 12.Qc6 Be7 13.e5
Rc8 14.exf6 Rxc6 15.fxe7 Qxe7+ 16.Kd1 Rb6 17.Re1 Ne5 18.f4 O-O
19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Kc2 f5 21.Rb1 Rb4 22.Be3 Rfb8 23.Bf1 Qb7
24.Bxc5 Rxb2+ 25.Kd3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik open"]
[Site "Reykjavik open"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gylfi Thorhallsson"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Be7 8.g4 h6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 Nc6 11.f5 e5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qf3
Bb7 14.O-O-O a5 15.h4 a4 16.Bxa4 Rxa4 17.Nxa4 Qa5 18.Nc3 d5
19.exd5 cxd5 20.g5 Ne4 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Qe2 O-O 23.Qc4 Rc8
24.Qb3 Ba6 25.Bb6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik open"]
[Site "Reykjavik open"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hannes Stefansson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Qf3 d5 12.O-O-O d4
13.Bxd4 exd4 14.e5 Nc6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Nce4 Bxg5+ 17.Nxg5 e5
18.Qb3 h6 19.Ne6 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup Rilton"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Johnny Wieweg"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4
7.Nxc6 Qg5 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.f4 Qxf4 10.d4 Qd6 11.Ne5 c6 12.Bc4 Be6
13.c3 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bg5 Rae8 16.Rae1 Kh8 17.Bb3 c5 18.Bxe6
Qxe6 19.Qb5 Bd6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nd7 Rg8 22.Nxf6 Qh3 23.Nxg8
Rxg8 24.Rf2 e3 25.Kf1 Qh6 26.Rf7 Bxh2 27.Qxb7 cxd4 28.cxd4 Bf4
29.Qe7 Qh1+ 30.Ke2 Qxg2+ 31.Kd3 Qg6+ 32.Ke2 Qh5+ 33.Kd3 Qg6+
34.Ke2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup Rilton"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ralf Akesson"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 b5 7.Bd3
Bb7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Bd2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6
13.a3 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Rad1 b4 17.axb4 Qd4 18.Be1
Qxb4 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Rd6 Rfc8 22.c4 f5 23.Ba5 h6
24.b4 Kh7 25.Qe3 Rab8 26.h3 Rb7 27.Kh2 Qe8 28.Rfd1 Ba4 29.R1d4
Bc6 30.Rd2 Qg8 31.Rd8 Rxd8 32.Rxd8 Qf7 33.Qc5 Ba4 34.Qc8 e3
35.Rh8+ Kg6 36.Qc5 e2 37.Qe3 Qd7 38.Qxe2 Qd4 39.Qf3 Rd7
40.Qg3+ Kf7 41.Qh4 Bd1 42.c5 Qe4 43.Rd8 Rxd8 44.Bxd8 Bb3
45.Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup Rilton"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Bjorn Gamback"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3
Nc6 8.Be3 O-O 9.Bb3 Bd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.f4 Na5 12.e5 Nxb3
13.exf6 Nxa1 14.fxg7 Kxg7 15.Qxa1 f5 16.Nf3 b5 17.Qd1 Bc6
18.Bxa7 b4 19.Qd4+ Kg8 20.Qxb4 Qd7 21.Bd4 Rb8 22.Qc4+ d5
23.Qe2 Rfc8 24.Qe5 1-0

[Event "Cup Rilton"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henrik Axelsson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Bxf4 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Qxb2
13.Qe1 Ne5 14.Rb1 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Qc2 16.d4 Re8 17.Rf2 Qd3 18.Rc1
Bf8 19.Rd2 Qc4 20.Nd5 Qxd5 21.exd5 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Bd7 23.a5
Nxd5 24.Bg3 h6 25.Rb2 Bc6 26.Nd2 f5 27.Nc4 f4 28.Bf2 Kf7
29.Kg1 g5 30.g3 Rd8 31.Nb6 Nxb6 32.Rxb6 Be7 33.gxf4 Rd7
34.fxg5 Bxg5 35.Rb2 Bd8 36.Ra2 Bd5 37.Ra3 Bf6 38.Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cup Rilton"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Goran Astrom"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Nc6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.O-O-O Ne5
13.h3 Rc8 14.g4 b5 15.Qd4 Qc7 16.Kb1 Nfd7 17.Rc1 Nb6 18.Nd5
Bxd5 19.exd5 Nbc4 20.Nd2 Ng6 21.Nxc4 bxc4 22.c3 Bf6 23.Qd2 Qe7
24.Rc2 Rfe8 25.Bf3 Nxf4 26.Qxf4 Bg5 27.Qg3 Qe3 28.Qg2 Rb8
29.Rd1 Bf6 30.Ka1 Rxb2 31.Rxb2 Bxc3 32.Kb1 Bxb2 33.Kxb2 Rb8+
34.Kc2 Qa3 35.Rd2 Qxa2+ 36.Kd1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Cup Rilton"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Miralem Dzevlan"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d4 Bg4 7.dxc5
dxc5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.O-O Rd8 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 e6 12.b4 cxb4
13.cxb4 Nxb4 14.Bb6 Rxd5 15.Bxa5 Rxd1 16.Raxd1 Nc6 17.Bc7 Nge7
18.h3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Nd4 20.Bg2 e5 21.f4 Nec6 22.Bd6 f6 23.fxe5
fxe5 24.Kh2 Na5 25.Bc5 Nac6 26.Rb1 Nd8 27.Bb6 N8c6 28.h4 Rf8
29.Rxf8+ Bxf8 30.Bh3 1-0

[Event "Cup Rilton"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jakob Henriksson"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5
7.Nf3 e6 8.g3 Bd6 9.Bg2 Nd7 10.O-O Bg4 11.Re1 Qa5 12.h3 Bxf3
13.Qxf3 Rg8 14.b4 Qc7 15.Rb1 f5 16.c4 Rg6 17.c5 Be7 18.Bf4 Qd8
19.b5 Rc8 20.bxc6 bxc6 21.Rb7 Qa5 22.Reb1 Qxa2 23.Qd1 e5
24.Ra1 Qe6 25.d5 cxd5 26.Bxd5 Qf6 27.Rxd7 Kxd7 28.Bxf7 Kc7
29.Rxa7+ Kb8 30.Qd7 Qc6 31.Bxe5+ Bd6 32.Bxd6+ Rxd6 33.cxd6 Qf3
34.Ra1 1-0

[Event "Cup Rilton"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bjorn Ahlander"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.a5
Nbd7 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.h3 Ne5 16.Be2 Qc7 17.Bh2 c4 18.f4 Ned7
19.Bf1 b5 20.axb6 Qxb6+ 21.Kh1 Qxb2 22.Qf3 Ng4 23.Qxg4 Bxc3
24.Rab1 Qa2 25.Rec1 Nf6 26.Qe2 Qxe2 27.Bxe2 Nxe4 28.Bxc4 Rec8
29.Ba2 Bd4 30.Rc6 Nc3 31.Rb4 Bc5 32.Rb2 Rcb8 33.Rxb8+ Rxb8
34.Bg1 Nxa2 35.Bxc5 dxc5 36.d6 Rd8 37.Rxa6 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Cup Rilton"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3
Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7 9.Be5 f6 10.d5 exd5 11.cxd5 Bxc3+ 12.Bxc3 Bxd5
13.O-O-O Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Be6 15.h4 g4 16.Nd4 Qe7 17.e4 Qc5
18.Qxc5 bxc5 19.Nxe6 dxe6 20.Rd3 Nd7 21.Be2 Ke7 22.Rhd1 Ne5
23.Rc3 Rhd8 24.Rxc5 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Kd6 26.b4 c6 27.Kd2 Kc7
28.Ke3 Kb6 29.Ra5 Rd8 30.a3 Kb7 31.Rc5 Kb6 32.f4 gxf3 33.gxf3
Ng6 34.h5 Nh4 35.Bf1 Rd1 36.Bh3 e5 37.Rc3 Rg1 38.Bd7 Ra1
39.Rxc6+ Kb7 40.Rxf6 Ng2+ 41.Kf2 Nf4 42.Rxh6 Rxa3 43.Kg3 Kc7
44.Bg4 Kd8 45.Rh7 Ke8 46.Rb7 Ra6 47.Rb5 Nd3 48.Rd5 Nxb4
49.Rxe5+ Kf7 50.Kh3 Nc6 51.Rf5+ Ke7 52.h6 Nd4 53.h7 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Thomas Ernst"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4
13.a4 Bc5 14.Ne4 Bb6 15.Be3 O-O 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Qxa8
18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Nf6+ gxf6 20.Bxd4 Rd8 21.Qg4+ Kh8 22.Be3 Rg8
23.Qh3 fxe5 24.f3 Qf8 25.Qf5 Qg7 26.g3 c5 27.Ra1 Rd8 28.Qe4
Qf6 29.Ra6 Kg8 30.Rb6 b4 31.Bxc5 Nxc5 32.Rxf6 Nxe4 33.fxe4 Rd4
34.Kf1 Rxe4 35.Rb6 Kg7 36.Kf2 f6 37.Kf3 Rd4 38.Ke3 h5 39.h3 h4
40.g4 Rd1 41.Ke4 Rh1 42.g5 Re1+ 43.Kf5 Rf1+ 44.Kg4 Rg1+
45.Kxh4 Rxg5 46.Rxb4 Kf7 47.Rg4 Rf5 48.Kg3 Rf1 49.h4 Rb1
50.Rb4 Kg6 51.Rb3 Kf5 52.Rf3+ Ke6 53.Rb3 f5 54.h5 Kf6 55.h6
Kg6 56.Rb6+ Kh7 57.Re6 Rxb2 58.Rxe5 Kxh6 59.Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vladimir Poley"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 f6 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.Be2 O-O
8.Be3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nf5 11.Bf2 fxe5 12.dxe5 e6 13.h4
Nd7 14.Ne2 Qe7 15.c3 b5 16.Qc2 b4 17.c4 Nb6 18.b3 dxc4 19.bxc4
Rad8 20.g3 c5 21.O-O Rd7 22.Rad1 Rfd8 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Bc6 Rd8
25.Be4 Bf8 26.h5 gxh5 27.Bxf5 exf5 28.Qxf5 Rd2 29.Qe4 Qe6
30.Rc1 Qg4 31.Rc2 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Be7 33.Ng1 a5 34.Nh3 a4 35.e6
Rd6 36.Re2 b3 37.axb3 axb3 38.Ng5 Bxg5 39.e7 Bxe7 40.Qxe7 Qd7
41.Qg5+ Rg6 42.Qxc5 h4 43.gxh4 b2 44.Qb4 Rg2+ 45.Kxg2 Qg4+
46.Kh2 Qxe2 47.Qxb6 b1=Q 48.Qxb1 Qxf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Albert Minnullin"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O c6 7.a4
Qc7 8.Re1 h6 9.h3 g5 10.Nh2 Nf8 11.Be3 Ng6 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Ng4
Nh5 14.Ne2 Nhf4 15.Ng3 Be6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Ne3
Rd8 19.Qf3 Kd7 20.Red1+ Kc8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rf8 23.Nh5
Bc5 24.Nxf4 exf4 25.Nc4 Rd8 26.b3 b5 27.Nb2 Rxd1+ 28.Qxd1 Qd7
29.Nd3 bxa4 30.bxa4 Bf8 31.Qa1 c5 32.Qa2 f3 33.gxf3 Qc6 34.Qc4
Kc7 35.f4 a5 36.Kg2 Kb6 37.fxg5 hxg5 38.Ne5 Qd6 39.Qb5+ Kc7
40.Qxa5+ Kb7 41.Qb5+ Kc7 42.Nc4 Qf4 43.Qb6+ Kd7 44.Qb7+ Ke8
45.Ne3 Bd6 46.Ng4 Bc7 47.Qc6+ Kd8 48.Qxe6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Robert Bator"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.Nd5 Nf6 6.d3 Nxd5 7.Bxd5
Nd7 8.c3 Nb6 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qe2 h6 12.a4 a5 13.d4 exd4
14.cxd4 O-O 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.O-O Qc7 17.e5 Qc6 18.Bc2 Qe6
19.Re1 Bg6 20.Bxg6 Qxg6 21.Qb5 Qe6 22.b3 Nd5 23.Bd2 b6 24.Qc4
Rfd8 25.Re4 Ra7 26.Rae1 Rad7 27.Rg4 Nc7 28.Qc2 Rd3 29.Re3 Qd5
30.Rxd3 Qxd3 31.Qb2 h5 32.Rc4 Ne6 33.Be3 Rd5 34.g3 Qf5 35.Kg2
Rd1 36.Qc2 Qxc2 37.Rxc2 Rd3 38.Nd2 h4 39.gxh4 Bxh4 40.Rb2 Bg5
41.Nc4 Bd8 42.Kf3 f5 43.exf6 Bxf6 44.Rb1 Bd8 45.Ke4 Rc3 46.f4
Nd4 47.Bxd4 cxd4 48.Kxd4 Rxh3 49.Ke4 Rh4 50.Ne5 Bc7 51.Ng6 Rh6
52.f5 Rh3 53.Rd1 Rc3 54.Rd7 Kh7 55.Nf8+ Kh6 56.Ne6 Bg3 57.Rxg7
Rxb3 58.f6 Bd6 59.Nd4 Rb4 60.Kd5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jyrki Kytoniemi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Be7 10.g4 O-O 11.O-O-O b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Kb1
Nb6 14.Rg1 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4 16.Nc1 Rb8 17.N1e2 Qc7 18.Ka1 Qb7
19.Rb1 Rfc8 20.Rgd1 Rc6 21.Nd5 Bd8 22.b4 c3 23.Qd3 Rbc8 24.Rb3
g6 25.h4 Qb8 26.a3 Kg7 27.Rxc3 Bxd5 28.exd5 Rxc3 29.Nxc3 Bb6
30.Kb2 a5 31.b5 a4 32.Bxb6 Qxb6 33.Nxa4 Qa5 34.Nc3 Nf4 35.Qe3
Qc7 36.Rd2 Qc4 37.b6 Qa6 38.Ne4 Rb8 39.Ka2 Rxb6 40.Qc3 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D Odom"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.Bf4 d5 8.e3 Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qc2 O-O 12.g3
Re8 13.Bg2 Ba6 14.Ne2 d4 15.Rd1 Qb4+ 16.Qd2 Qxd2+ 17.Rxd2 dxe3
18.fxe3 Rxe3 19.Bxc6 Rc8 20.Ba4 Ne4 21.Bd1 Nxd2 22.Kxd2 Rd3+
23.Ke1 Re8 0-1

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Larry Remlinger"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Bd7 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.O-O c4 10.Be2 Qc7 11.a4 f6 12.Re1 fxe5
13.dxe5 O-O 14.Ba3 Rf7 15.Bd6 Qa5 16.Qd2 Raf8 17.Rab1 Bc8
18.Ng5 Rf4 19.Rf1 h6 20.Nh3 Rd4 21.Qe1 Re4 22.Qd2 Rd4 23.Qe1
Re4 24.Qd2 Rf7 25.f3 Rxe5 26.Bxe5 Nxe5 27.f4 N5c6 28.Nf2 Qxa4
29.Ng4 Qa5 30.Ne5 Qc5+ 31.Kh1 Rf8 32.Bg4 Nxe5 33.fxe5 Nc6
34.Qe2 b6 35.Bh5 Nd8 36.Bg6 Bd7 37.h4 Rxf1+ 38.Rxf1 Qe7 39.Qh5
Bc6 40.Kh2 a5 41.g4 Qc7 42.Kh3 b5 43.g5 d4 44.gxh6 Qe7 45.Qg5
Qxg5 46.h7+ 1-0

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bg4 7.h3
Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Be7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.Bf4 Nb6 12.Rhe1 a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Karklins"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 e6 7.c3
Be7 8.Bb3 Qc7 9.d4 e5 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Nbd2 Rd8 12.Bc4 O-O
13.Qc2 a6 14.Nf1 b5 15.Be2 c4 16.Ne3 Bc5 17.h3 Ne7 18.Nh2 Bc6
19.Bf3 Rd3 20.Neg4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Ng6 22.g3 Rfd8 23.Kg2 Nf8
24.Nf1 Ne6 25.Be3 Qb7 26.Bd2 Rxf3 27.Kxf3 Rd3+ 28.Kg2 Bxe4+
29.f3 Bxf3+ 30.Kh2 Bf2 31.Rxe5 Bh1 32.Ne3 Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Artashes Minasian"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nbd7 6.Nc4 a6 7.a4
e6 8.a5 Be7 9.Qf3 O-O 10.Be2 Ra7 11.O-O b5 12.axb6 Nxb6 13.Na5
Bd7 14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Qxc6 Nbd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bc4 Nb4 18.Qa4
Bg5 19.d3 Bxc1 20.Rfxc1 Qd6 21.Re1 Rb8 22.Re4 h6 23.Rae1 Kh8
24.h3 a5 25.R1e2 Kg8 26.c3 Nxd3 27.Qd1 Rd8 28.Qxd3 Qxd3
29.Bxd3 Rxd3 30.Ra4 Rd8 31.Re5 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rd2 33.Rxc5 Rxf2
34.b4 Rd7 35.bxa5 Rdd2 36.Kg3 Rxg2+ 37.Kf3 Rgf2+ 38.Ke3 Rfe2+
39.Kf3 Ra2 40.Rcc4 Rxa4 41.Rxa4 Rc2 42.Ke4 Rxc3 43.Ke5 Rc8
44.a6 Kh7 45.a7 Ra8 46.Kd6 g5 47.Kc7 h5 48.Kb7 Rxa7+ 49.Rxa7
Kg6 50.Kc6 g4 51.hxg4 hxg4 52.Kc5 f5 53.Kd4 Kf6 54.Ra6 Kg5
55.Rxe6 Kf4 56.Kd3 Kf3 57.Kd2 Kg3 58.Ke2 f4 59.Kf1 Kf3 60.Ra6
Kg3 1-0

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6
7.Nb3 d5 8.Be3 Qa6 9.a4 Na5 10.Nc3 Nxb3 11.cxb3 Bd7 12.Bd4 Be7
13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Bc6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bxc6+ Qxc6 17.Rc1 Qxc1
18.Qxc1 Bxd4 19.Qc4 Rd8 20.Qb5+ Rd7 21.Rc1 Ke7 22.Qg5+ Kd6
23.Rd1 e5 24.Qxg7 Rc8 25.Qxh7 Ke7 26.Kg2 Rc6 27.Qe4 f6 28.h4
Kd6 29.h5 Kc7 30.Qf5 Rd8 31.h6 Kb8 32.h7 Rh8 33.Rh1 a5 34.Qg6
Rc7 35.g4 Bxb2 36.Qxf6 Rhxh7 37.Rxh7 Rxh7 38.g5 1-0

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Bc4 Bf5 8.O-O e6 9.h3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.c3 a5 12.a4 h6
13.Bf4 Nd5 14.Bg3 Bd6 15.Ne5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qd8 9.Nd4 e6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Bb3
O-O 13.g4 Na5 14.g5 Nxb3+ 15.axb3 Ne8 16.f4 b5 17.f5 b4 18.Na4
e5 19.Nf3 Bb7 20.Bf2 f6 21.g6 h6 22.Nb6 Rb8 23.Rhe1 Bd8 24.Nd5
Bxd5 25.Rxd5 Rc8 26.Qd3 Qc6 27.Nd2 Bb6 28.Bxb6 Qxb6 29.Nc4 Qf2
30.Qd2 Qh4 31.Kb1 Kh8 32.Nxd6 Nxd6 33.Rxd6 a5 34.Rd7 Rfe8
35.Re3 Rg8 36.Red3 Qxe4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Leonid Shamkovich"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Nc6 7.c4
Nde7 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.Nc3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nxd4 11.Bxb7 Rd8 12.Qa4+
c6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qxa7 e5 15.Rfe1 f6 16.Rad1 Kf7 17.Bxd4 Rxd4
18.Qa6 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 g6 20.Ne4 Bh6 21.c5 Kg7 22.Qb6 Qxb6
23.cxb6 Nd5 24.a4 Rb8 25.Nc5 Nxb6 26.a5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 Qe7 13.Re1
Nbd7 14.Qc2 Rfe8 15.h3 h6 16.Rad1 Ne5 17.Be2 Rac8 18.Bh2 g5
19.Rd2 Ng6 20.Bc4 Rcd8 21.Re3 Qd7 22.Rd1 Re7 23.e5 Nxe5
24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 dxe5 26.d6 Kh8 27.Qb3 Bf8 28.Nd5 Nxd5
29.Bxd5 Bxd6 30.Bxf7 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Be6 Qe7 33.Bg4 e4
34.Qxb5 e3 35.Qe2 exf2 36.Qxf2 Rf8 37.Qe2 Qf6 38.Bf3 Be5 39.b3
Re8 40.Kf1 Re7 41.Qc4 Bd4 42.Re1 g4 43.Rxe7 Qxe7 44.Qe2 Qxe2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "08 Linares MEX"]
[Site "08 Linares MEX"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ndb5 Bb4
7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.Bd3 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Qxd1+
12.Kxd1 e5 13.Re1 f6 14.Be3 Be6 15.Ke2 f5 16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.b3
O-O 18.Rad1 f4 19.Bc5 Rf5 20.Rd6 Bd5 21.Kf1 e4 22.c4 Bxc4+
23.bxc4 Rxc5 24.Rxe4 Rf8 25.Rd7 a5 26.Ke2 Rh5 27.Kf3 Rxh2
28.Ree7 g6 29.Ra7 Rh5 30.Rg7+ Kh8 31.Rgc7 g5 32.Rxc6 Rh4
33.Rcc7 g4 34.Ke4 f3 35.g3 Rh2 36.c5 Re8+ 37.Kf5 Rg8 38.c6 Rh6
39.Rf7 Re8 40.c7 Kg8 41.Rg7+ Kf8 42.Rf7+ Kg8 43.Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Be2 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Nd7 7.c4
Nc7 8.Nf3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Re1 c5 12.d5 b5 13.cxb5
Nb6 14.Be3 Nbxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxc5 Bxb2 17.Bc4 Bb7 18.Rb1
Bf6 19.Bd4 e6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Qd4 Rfc8 22.Rbc1 Qe7 23.h4 Rc5
24.Ne5 Rac8 25.Nd3 R5c7 26.Bb3 Nc3 27.Qg4 Qd6 28.Nf4 e5 0-1

[Event "Linares MEX"]
[Site "Linares MEX"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g3 Bc5 7.Nb3
Bb4 8.Bg2 b6 9.O-O Ba6 10.Nb5 Rc8 11.Bf4 d5 12.N3d4 Nxd4
13.Nxd4 Qd7 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Nf5 Qxf5 17.Qa4+ Qd7
18.Qxa6 O-O 19.Rac1 Be7 20.Rfd1 Rc5 21.Qd3 Rd8 22.a3 Qc8
23.Qf3 Qe6 24.Qe3 h6 25.Qd3 Rc4 26.Be3 Bf6 27.b3 Re4 28.Rc2 d4
29.Bc1 Re8 30.Re1 Qh3 31.Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Utut Adianto"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 f5 8.Nf3 b6 9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Nf6 11.O-O Be4 12.Qc3 Qe8
13.b4 d6 14.Re1 Nbd7 15.Bb2 h6 16.Nd2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Ne4 18.Qd3
Nxd2 19.Qxd2 Nf6 20.f3 Qh5 21.a4 Rae8 22.a5 e5 23.dxe5 dxe5
24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra7 Re7 26.b5 Rfe8 27.Kg1 Qf7 28.Qc2 f4
29.Rea1 e4 30.Ra8 fxg3 31.hxg3 Nh5 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.fxe4 Qg6
34.Qd3 Nxg3 35.Kh2 Rxe4 36.Rg1 Rh4+ 37.Kg2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "New York USA"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Qe2 c5 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.Qe4 g6 12.c3 Rb8
13.Ne5 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nxe5 15.Qxe5 Qxe5+ 16.dxe5 Bd7 17.Be4 Rfc8
18.Kd2 Rc5 19.f4 Bc6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Rab1 Rd8+ 22.Ke3 Rc2
23.g3 Rdd2 24.Rhc1 Kf8 25.Rxc2 Rxc2 26.a4 h6 27.Kf3 Kg7 28.b4
g5 29.b5 Kg6 30.b6 axb6 31.Rxb6 Rc3+ 32.Kg2 gxf4 33.gxf4 Kf5
34.a5 Kxf4 35.Rb7 Kxe5 36.Rxf7 Ra3 37.Ra7 Kd6 38.a6 h5 39.Ra8
Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "It (a), Bermuda"]
[Site "It (a), Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Maurice Ashley"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Na5 11. f4 Bd7
12. g4 Ne8 13. f5 Nc7 14. Kb1 b5 15. Rhg1 Qc8 16. Qf3 Nc6
17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. g5 b4 19. Ne2 exf5 20. g6 Ne6 21. Qxf5 Bd7
22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Qf2 a5 24. Bd5 a4 25. Nd4 Bf6 26. Bxa8 Qxa8
27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Rxd6 Bc6 29. Bd4 Bxe4 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Qd4
Bd5 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Rg8+ Qxg8 34. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 35. Rb6 b3
36. cxb3 axb3 37. a4 Kf7 38. a5 f5 39. Kc1 f4 40. a6 1-0

[Event "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Site "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Maurice Ashley"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. f4 d5 4. e5 Na6 5. Nf3 h5 6. Be3 Nh6
7. Nbd2 Nc7 8. g3 Bf5 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. h3 Bg7 11. c3 Rc8 12. Qe2
b6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Bf2 Rb8 15. b3 Nf5 16. Nhf3 Nh6 17. Nh4 Nf5
18. Nhf3 Nh6 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Ndf3 Kd8 21. Nh4 f6 22. Nxf5 Qxf5
23. Nf3 Qe6 24. O-O-O Nf7 25. Rhe1 f5 26. Kb2 Kc8 27. c4 Rd8
28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Nh4 Kb7 30. Rc1 Rbc8 31. Kb1 Rc7 32. Bf3 Bh6
33. Ng2 g5 34. Bxh5 gxf4 35. Nxf4 Bxf4 36. gxf4 Nxf4 37. Bxf7
Qxf7 38. Qf3 Nd5 39. e6 Qh7 40. Kb2 Rh8 41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "03, ch-USA Modesto"]
[Site "03, ch-USA Modesto"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O Bc5 9.Nb3 Ba7 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 h5 12.h3 Bd7 13.Qe1
Ng4 14.Bf3 O-O-O 15.Kg2 Rh7 16.hxg4 hxg4 17.Bxg4 Rdh8 18.Be3
Rh2+ 19.Kg1 Rh1+ 20.Kf2 R1h2+ 21.Kg1 Rh1+ 22.Kf2 R1h2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.O-O cxd4
7.exd4 Be7 8.Re1 O-O 9.c3 d6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.a5 Bc6 12.Qe2 Re8
13.axb6 axb6 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Bb5 Rc8 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Ne4 h6
18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.h3 b5 20.Bd2 Ra8 21.Qd3 Qd5 22.Qc2 Qa2 23.Kh2
Nd5 24.g4 Rc8 25.g5 hxg5 26.Rg1 b4 27.Nxg5 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 Rxc3
29.Qe4 Qxb2 30.Bh6 Qxf2+ 31.Rg2 Qf5 32.Rxg7+ Kh8 33.Qxf5 exf5
34.Rxf7 b3 35.Rb7 Rc2+ 36.Kg3 b2 0-1

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pavel Blatny"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3
d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.O-O Be6 10.Bxe6 Qxe6 11.Nxd4 Qd7 12.Nxc6 Qxc6
13.Qe2 e6 14.Nd2 Be7 15.Nf3 Bf6 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5 h6 18.Nf3
O-O 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Ne5 Qc5 21.g3 Qc7 22.Rfe1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8
24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Qd3 Qxd3 26.Nxd3 Nd7 27.f4 f6 28.Kf2 Kf7
29.Ke3 e5 30.f5 Ke7 31.c4 Kd6 32.b4 Kc6 33.Ke4 a5 34.a3 h5
35.h3 b6 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Kd6 38.Nb2 Kc6 39.Nd3 Kd6 40.Ne1
Nb8 41.Nc2 axb4 42.axb4 Nc6 43.Kd3 Ne7 44.Ke3 Kc6 45.Ke4 b5
46.c5 Nd5 47.g5 Nc3+ 48.Kf3 fxg5 49.Kg4 Nd5 50.Kxg5 Kd7 51.Kh5
Ke8 52.Kg6 Ne7+ 53.Kg5 Nd5 54.Na3 Nxb4 55.Nxb5 Nc6 56.Nc3 Ne7
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (a)"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Frias"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.O-O
O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd4 12.exd4 exd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (a)"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Malcolm Pein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Nf4
f5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bd6 11.Rb1 Nc6 12.c5 Bxf4
13.exf4 Qf6 14.Rd1 Ne7 15.c4 Bc6 16.Bb2 Qh6 17.g3 bxc5 18.d5
exd5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Qxc5 Rf7 21.Qxc7 Nc6 22.Rbc1 Qh5 23.Bf1
Be4 24.Bg2 d6 25.Qxd6 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Ne7 27.Rc7 Qe2 28.Bc3 Qe4+
29.Kg1 h5 30.Qd7 Rb8 31.h4 Rb1 32.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 33.Kh2 Qxa2
34.Bd4 Ng6 35.Qe8+ Nf8 36.Rc8 Kh7 37.Ra8 Qd5 38.Rd8 Rd7
39.Rxd7 Nxd7 40.Qxh5+ Kg8 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qe3 a6 43.Qc3 Qa2
44.Qc6 Nf6 45.Bxf6 gxf6 46.Kg2 a5 47.Qd7+ Kg8 48.Qxf5 a4
49.Qg6+ Kf8 50.Qxf6+ Ke8 51.Qe5+ Kf7 52.h5 a3 53.h6 Qb2 54.h7
Qxe5 55.fxe5 Kg7 56.e6 Kxh7 57.e7 a2 58.e8=Q a1=Q 59.g4 Qd1
60.Qe4+ Kh8 61.g5 Kg7 62.Qe5+ Kh7 63.Qf5+ Kg7 64.Qf6+ Kg8
65.g6 Qg4+ 66.Kh2 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (a)"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Zsofia Polgar"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qd8 9.Nd4 Ng4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd2 g6 12.h3 Nf6
13.Bg5 Bg7 14.Qd2 O-O 15.O-O-O Qb6 16.Rhe1 Rb8 17.Bb3 Be6
18.Na4 Qb5 19.Bh6 d5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Nc3 Qc5
23.f3 Rfd8 24.Qg5 Qb4 25.Qe5 Bxb3 26.axb3 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Kg8
28.g4 Re8 29.Kb1 Qb8 30.Qc5 Qb7 31.h4 h5 32.gxh5 Nxh5 33.Rg1
Kh7 34.Rg5 Nf4 35.Qe3 Qc7 36.Re5 f6 37.Re4 Nd5 38.Nxd5 cxd5
39.Re6 Kg7 40.Rxa6 Qh2 41.Ra4 Qe5 42.Qd2 Qf5 43.Rf4 Qh5 44.Rg4
Rc8 45.Qd3 Kf7 46.Rd4 Rc7 47.Rxd5 Qxh4 48.Qd1 Rc6 49.Rd4 Qf2
50.Rd2 Qh4 51.Rd8 Re6 52.Qd5 Qh5 53.b4 Qxd5 54.Rxd5 Rb6 55.b5
e5 56.c4 Ke6 57.Kc2 Rd6 58.Rxd6+ Kxd6 59.b4 f5 60.c5 Kd5 61.b6
Kc6 62.b5 Kb7 63.Kd3 g5 64.Ke3 g4 65.fxg4 fxg4 66.Ke4 Kb8
67.c6 Kc8 68.b7 Kc7 69.b6 Kb8 70.Ke3 1-0

[Event "It (a)"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joshua Waitzkin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Nc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.O-O-O Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3+
13.axb3 Nd7 14.Nf5 exf5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.exf5 Bb7 17.f6 gxf6
18.Rhe1 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Rg8 20.gxf6 Nxf6 21.Rf5 Ng4 22.Bg5 Ne5
23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.f4 Qe6 25.Qe4 Nd3+ 26.Kd2 Nxe1 27.Qxa8+ Ke7
28.Qb7+ Kf8 29.Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (a)"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O Bd7 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.a4 O-O 12.a5 Nd7
13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rfb1 Kh8 15.Qc4 Rad8 16.Rd1 h6 17.f4 Rfe8 18.Rd2
Bf8 19.Bf2 Kg8 20.Qa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (a)"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Giovanni Vescovi"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3
O-O 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Be3 Qa5 10.O-O Bd7 11.f4 Rac8 12.Nf3 Qh5
13.Qd3 Qa5 14.a3 Nh5 15.g4 Nf6 16.Kg2 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.b4
Qc7 19.Nb5 Qd7 20.Rad1 a6 21.Nbd4 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 e5 23.Qb3+ d5
24.fxe5 Nxg4 25.Bf4 Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Rxf1 27.Rxf1 Nxe5 28.Qxd5+
Qxd5 29.exd5 Nd7 30.Re1 Kf7 31.Re6 Rc4 32.d6 exd6 33.Rxd6 Ke7
34.Re6+ Kf7 35.Rd6 Ke7 36.Re6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (a)"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexandre Lesiege"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 Bd7 13.Bc2 b4
14.dxe5 dxe5 15.c4 a5 16.b3 Bc5 17.Nf1 Nd4 18.Bb2 Nxf3+
19.Qxf3 c6 20.Rad1 Qe7 21.Rd2 Bc8 22.Red1 Nh7 23.Ne3 Nf8
24.Nf5 Qf6 25.Kh1 Kh7 26.Qh5 Ne6 27.g3 Qg5 28.Qf3 Qg6 29.h4 f6
30.Kh2 Ra7 31.Qe2 Qf7 32.Nd6 Bxd6 33.Rxd6 c5 34.R6d5 Kh8
35.Qe3 Rc7 36.f4 Nd4 37.Rd2 Bb7 38.fxe5 fxe5 39.Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (a)"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Norwood"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O e5 7.Ne1
Be6 8.Nd5 Nge7 9.Nc2 O-O 10.d3 Rb8 11.b3 b5 12.Bb2 f5 13.Qd2
Nd4 14.f4 bxc4 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.dxc4 Rbd8 17.Na3 e4 18.e3 Nc6
19.Rfd1 g5 20.Bxg7 Qxg7 21.Nb5 gxf4 22.exf4 d5 23.cxd5 Rxd5
24.Qe1 Nd4 25.Na3 Rfd8 26.Rac1 R8d7 27.Qf1 Bf7 28.Nc4 Bh5
29.Re1 Bf3 30.Ne3 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Nf3 32.Nxd5 Nxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Rxd5
34.Rd1 Qb2+ 35.Kh3 Rxd1 36.Qxd1 Qd4 37.Qh5 Qd7 38.g4 Qd3+
39.Kh4 Qd8+ 40.Kg3 Qd3+ 41.Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 a5 7.Nf3 e5
8.d3 Nge7 9.Nd2 Be6 10.Nf1 O-O 11.Ne3 Bh6 12.Ned5 Bxc1 13.Qxc1
Kg7 14.e3 Rb8 15.Qd1 Bd7 16.Nb5 Be6 17.O-O Qd7 18.Nb6 Qd8
19.Nd5 Qd7 20.Ndc7 Bf5 21.Qd2 b6 22.Qc3 Rbc8 23.Nd5 Nxd5
24.Bxd5 f6 25.Bg2 Be6 26.Qb3 Rfd8 27.Nc3 Rb8 28.Qb5 Rdc8
29.Nd5 Qd8 30.f4 Ne7 31.fxe5 fxe5 32.Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Gavrikov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O 9.Nd2 Ne8 10.Be2 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Bg3 Nd7
13.O-O Ne5 14.Nde4 a6 15.a4 Rb8 16.Re1 Nc7 17.Bf1 Nf7 18.a5 b5
19.axb6 Rxb6 20.Ra2 Re8 21.Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
c5 8.Na4 cxd4 9.a3 Be7 10.exd4 d6 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Nc3 d5 13.b3
Rc8 14.Bf4 Nb8 15.Ne5 Nc6 16.Nb5 a6 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 18.Nc3 Rc8
19.Qd2 Re8 20.h3 h6 21.Be5 Bd6 22.cxd5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 exd5
24.Qf4 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Rc3 26.Qd4 Qc7 27.b4 a5 28.Re3 Kf8 29.Kh2
Bc8 30.f4 g6 31.Bb5 Rxe3 32.Qxe3 Rd8 33.Rc1 d4 34.Qxd4 Rxd4
35.Rxc7 Be6 36.bxa5 bxa5 37.Ra7 Rxf4 38.Rxa5 Bd5 39.Be2 Rf2
40.Rxd5 Rxe2 41.a4 Ra2 42.a5 Ke7 43.Kg3 Ke6 44.Rc5 Kf5 45.Kf3
Ra3+ 46.Ke2 Ra2+ 47.Kd3 Rxg2 48.Kc4 Ra2 49.Kb5 g5 50.a6 h5
51.e6 Kxe6 52.Rxg5 f5 53.Rxh5 f4+ 54.Rh8 f3 55.Rf8 f2 56.h4
Kd5 57.Kb6 Rb2+ 58.Ka7 Ke4 59.h5 Ke3 60.h6 Rb1 61.h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vadim Milov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.f3 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.e4 d6
8.Ne2 b5 9.Ng3 exd5 10.cxd5 a6 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.O-O c4 13.Be3
Re8 14.Kh1 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.b4 cxb3 17.axb3 b4 18.Nb5 Qb6
19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Qd2 a5 21.Bc4 h6 22.Nc6 Bxc6 23.dxc6 Qxc6 24.Nf5
Kf8 25.Rfd1 d5 26.exd5 Qd7 27.Nxh6 a4 28.bxa4 Rxa4 29.d6 b3
30.Rac1 Rb8 31.Qb2 Ra2 32.Qe5 b2 33.Rb1 Ra1 34.Rxa1 bxa1=Q
35.Rxa1 Nb7 36.Nxf7 Re8 37.Qd4 Na5 38.Ba2 Nc6 39.Qc3 Ra8
40.Bc4 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexey Dreev"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 a6 13.Na3
Nf6 14.Rxe8+ Nxe8 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Qd2 Nd7 17.Nc4 Bb7 18.Be4 Bxg5
19.Nxg5 Ndf6 20.Re1 h6 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Qxh6 Ng7 23.Bxg6+ Kg8
24.Re6 Bxd5 25.Rxd6+ Bxc4 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Qh4 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lucas Brunner"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nf6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bc4 e6 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.Bb3 Nd7 12.Bd2 a5 13.a4
Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bb4 15.O-O-O Qb6 16.Qf3 O-O 17.Nh5 Bg6 18.Nxg7
Kxg7 19.h5 Bxd2+ 20.Rxd2 Bf5 21.g4 Qc7 22.Re2 Ne7 23.gxf5 Nxf5
24.c3 Qe7 25.Bc2 Qg5+ 26.Kb1 Kh8 27.Re4 Ne7 28.Rhe1 Rg8 29.Rf4
Rg7 30.Rxf7 Rag8 31.Rf6 Nd5 32.Rxe6 Nf4 33.Rf6 Ng2 34.Rg1 Qd2
35.Qe2 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Qe2 a6 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Nd7
13.g5 Nc5 14.Rg1 b5 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qh6 Rd8 17.e5 Bf8 18.Qh3 Bg7
19.Rxd6 Bb7 20.Bf4 Rxd6 21.exd6 Qc6 22.Rd1 b4 23.Ne2 a5 24.Bc4
a4 25.Qe3 b3 26.Nc3 a3 27.Be5 axb2 28.Kxb2 Na4+ 29.Nxa4 bxc2
30.Rd4 Bxe5 31.Qxe5 Rxa4 32.d7 c1=Q+ 33.Kxc1 Rxc4+ 34.Rxc4
Qxc4+ 35.Kb2 Qb4+ 36.Kc1 Qa3+ 37.Qb2 Qc5+ 38.Kb1 Be4+ 39.Ka1
Qd6 40.Qb5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Stefan E S Kindermann"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Kh1 exf4 12.Bxf4 Bg4
13.Be3 Rc8 14.Qe1 Bh5 15.Nd4 Ng4 16.Nd5 Bh4 17.Qd2 Re8 18.Nf5
Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Bg6 20.Qd4 Re5 21.a5 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Rxf5 23.exf5
Nxd3 24.Qxd3 Bf6 25.c3 Be5 26.Rf1 Qh4 27.g3 Qc4 28.Qxc4 Rxc4
29.b4 g6 30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Kg2 f5 32.Rf3 Kf7 33.Rd3 Ke6 34.Kf3
g5 35.h3 g4 36.hxg4 Rxg4 37.Nf4+ Bxf4 38.gxf4 Rg1 39.Kf2 Rc1
40.Ke2 Rc2+ 41.Ke3 Rh2 42.Rd4 Rh3+ 43.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
d6 8.O-O Bd7 9.a4 Nf6 10.Nb3 Be7 11.f4 O-O 12.g4 d5 13.e5 Ne8
14.Be3 Bb4 15.Ne2 f6 16.c3 Be7 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Ng3 Bd6 19.g5
Ne8 20.Nc5 Ne7 21.Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Daniel Campora"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O c6 7.Re1
b6 8.a4 O-O 9.h3 a6 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Bd3 Rfe8 13.Ne2 d5
14.Nxe5 dxe4 15.Bc4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bb4 17.exf6 Bxe1 18.Qxe1 b5
19.Qc1 h6 20.fxg7 Qd6 21.Ng3 bxc4 22.Nf5 Qg6 23.Nxh6+ Kh7
24.Ng4 Re6 25.Qf4 c5 26.Rd1 cxb3 27.cxb3 Bc6 28.Qg3 f5 29.Qh4+
Kg8 30.Rd8+ Rxd8 31.Qxd8+ Be8 32.Nf6+ Rxf6 33.Bxf6 Qf7 34.Bc3
Kh7 35.Kh2 Qe6 36.Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4
13.a4 Be7 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.axb5 Qxe5 16.bxa6 O-O 17.Qg4 Qb5
18.Qc4 Rfb8 19.Ra2 Ra7 20.Rd1 Qxc4 21.Nxc4 Rba8 22.Be3 Rxa6
23.Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.15)"]
[Site "Biel (Switzerland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3
d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bxf7 Rf8
13.Bd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bb7 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.fxe3 Rxf1+ 17.Kxf1 Bxd5
18.Nd2 Ke7 19.e4 Be6 20.a4 Rb8 21.b4 c5 22.axb5 Rxb5 23.Rxa6
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Pablo Zarnicki"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 d6 6.Qxd4 e6 7.Nbd2
Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Ne4 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nb4 12.Qxd8+
Rxd8 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Be3 Be7 15.Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sergio Carlos Giardelli"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
d6 8.O-O Bd7 9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.a4 Nf6 11.Re1 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.a5
Nd7 14.Na4 Rae8 15.Nb6 f5 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Qd3 fxe4 18.Bxe4
Bxe4 19.Qxe4 d5 20.Qg4 Qc6 21.c3 e5 22.Rad1 Bc5 23.Qe2 Rf7
24.Rd2 Rd7 25.Red1 h6 26.Qh5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 Be7 7.e4
O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Bf4 d6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bf3 Rc8
13.Re1 Qd7 14.a4 Ba8 15.b3 a6 16.Re3 Qc7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5
Qa7 19.Bxa8 Qxa8 20.Rg3 Rfd8 21.Qc1 Rc5 22.Qe3 g6 23.Re1 Nh5
24.Rf3 Ng7 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Nd5 Rdxd5 27.cxd5 Qxd5 28.g3 Bf6
29.Qf4 Qd8 30.Kg2 g5 31.Qe4 Re5 32.Qb1 Rd5 33.h3 h5 34.Qc2 b5
35.axb5 axb5 36.Re2 Qd7 37.Qe4 Rd4 38.Qa8 b4 39.Re4 Qd6
40.Rxf6 Rxe4 41.Rxf7+ Kxf7 42.Qxe4 Qd5 43.f3 Qxb3 44.Qh7+ Ke8
45.Qxh5+ Kd7 46.Qf7+ Kd6 47.Qf8+ Kd5 48.Qa8+ Kc5 49.Qc8+ Kd4
50.h4 gxh4 51.gxh4 Qa2+ 52.Kg3 Qd5 53.Qc1 Qe5+ 54.Kg4 Qf5+
55.Kg3 Qg6+ 56.Kf2 b3 57.Qe3+ Kc4 58.h5 Qxh5 59.Qe4+ Kc3
60.Qe3+ Kc4 61.Qe4+ Kb5 62.Qd3+ Ka4 63.Qd4+ Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
b5 8.Bb3 Be7 9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 b4 11.Na4 Nbd7 12.c3 bxc3 13.Nxc3
Nc5 14.Bc2 O-O 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Qh5 g6
19.Qh6 Ne6 20.Nf5 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22.Rf2 Rb8 23.Ne3 Nd4
24.Bd3 Nc6 25.Rc2 Qb6 26.Kh1 Be6 27.Qf4 Nb4 28.Rd2 Nxd3
29.Rxd3 Qxb2 30.Rdd1 Rb4 31.Qf3 Re4 32.h3 Qxe5 33.Nf1 d4
34.Qf2 Bd5 35.Re1 Re8 36.Rxe4 Qxe4 37.Ng3 Qe3 38.Kg1 Rb8
39.Qxe3 dxe3 40.Nf1 e2 41.Ne3 Bxa2 42.Kf2 Rb2 43.Ke1 a5 0-1

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ariel Sorin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 a6
8.a4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Bg7 11.Qb3 b6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.O-O
Ne8 14.Bg4 h5 15.Be2 Nd7 16.Rae1 Qc7 17.Bd2 Nef6 18.h3 Rfe8
19.Kh1 Qd8 20.Qc2 Qc7 21.f4 c4 22.Bf3 Rac8 23.g4 hxg4 24.hxg4
Nc5 25.Re2 Qd7 26.e5 Nxg4 27.Rg1 Nxe5 28.Bh5 Ned3 29.Bg4 f5
30.Bf3 Kf7 31.Rh2 Rh8 32.Be3 Rxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Qe7 34.Bxc5 0-1

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Matthew Sadler"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 f5 8.Nf3 b6 9.g3 Bb7 10.Bg2 Nf6 11.O-O Be4 12.Qc3 Qe8
13.b4 d6 14.Re1 Nbd7 15.a4 a5 16.bxa5 Rxa5 17.Bd2 Qa8 18.Qb3
Ra6 19.Bh3 h6 20.Ra3 c5 21.Qa2 Qa7 22.Bf4 Qc7 23.Bg2 Rfa8
24.Rd1 e5 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.Bd2 Nb8 27.Bc3 Nc6 28.Nh4 Nd4
29.Bxe4 Nxe4 30.Be1 Qc6 31.e3 Rxa4 32.Rxa4 Rxa4 33.Qb2 Ng5
34.exd4 Nh3+ 35.Kf1 Qh1+ 36.Ke2 Qe4+ 37.Kf1 Qh1+ 38.Ke2 Qe4+
39.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jorge Szmetan"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.Ng5 Bf5 7.e6
fxe6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 11.Nxe6 Qd7 12.Qe2 Kf7
13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.Rg1 Na6 15.Nc3 Nc7 16.Be3 Ncd5 17.Bd2 Re8
18.O-O-O e5 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.Qf3 h5 21.Nxd5 Rxd5 22.h3 hxg4
23.hxg4 Rh4 24.Qe3 Rxg4 25.f4 Rxg1 26.Rxg1 Qf5 27.Bc3 Rc5
28.Ne6 Rc4 29.Nxg7 Bxg7 30.Qe7 Qxf4+ 31.Kb1 Qg4 32.Rxg4 Rxg4
33.a3 Rg1+ 34.Ka2 Nd5 35.Qe6+ Kh7 36.Qh3+ Kg8 37.Qc8+ Kh7
38.Bd2 Nf6 39.Bc3 Nd5 40.Bd2 Nf6 41.Qxb7 Ne4 42.Be3 1-0

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Hoffman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 d6 5.exd6 Qxd6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Ne2
Bf5 8.d4 e6 9.Na3 Qd7 10.Nc4 Bg4 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Ne3 Nxe3
13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 e5 16.h3 Be6 17.O-O-O Ke7
18.Bd5 Rhd8 19.Bxe6 Kxe6 20.e4 h5 21.Kc2 Rac8 22.Rxd8 Nxd8
23.Rf1 f6 24.Ng1 Nf7 25.Nf3 Nd6 26.Nd2 g6 27.Kd3 f5 28.Rg1 Rd8
29.Ke3 fxe4 30.Rg2 Kd5 31.c4 Ke6 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Rc8 34.b3
b5 35.Nxe4 Nxe4 36.Kxe4 bxc4 37.Rc2 c3 38.Kd3 Kf6 39.Rxc3 e4
40.Kd2 Rxc3 41.Kxc3 Kg5 42.Kd4 Kf4 0-1

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "P San Segundo-Carrillo"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Bd3
Be7 13.O-O Qg6 14.c3 O-O 15.Nc2 d5 16.Qe2 Bg4 17.f3 dxe4
18.Bxe4 Bf5 19.a4 Bxe4 20.fxe4 b4 21.Kh1 b3 22.Ne1 Qe6 23.Nf3
Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pablo Ricardi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.c4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 f5 11.d5 Na6 12.Qc2 Bf6
13.Rb1 Qe7 14.a3 Nc5 15.Nf4 e5 16.Nh5 Bg5 17.f4 exf4 18.gxf4
Bh4 19.b4 Ne4 20.Rb3 Qf7 21.Ng3 Bxg3 22.hxg3 Rae8 23.Bb2 d6
24.Re3 Re7 25.Rd1 Rfe8 26.Rdd3 Qg6 27.Qc1 h5 28.Qf1 Kf7 29.Qg2
Qg4 30.Bd4 Rh8 31.Qf3 Rh6 32.c5 Qg6 33.cxd6 cxd6 34.Qg2 h4
35.gxh4 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rxh4 37.Rd1 Rxf4 38.Rf3 Rg4+ 39.Kh2 Re8
40.Rdd3 Ng5 41.Rg3 Rxe2+ 42.Kg1 Ree4 43.Rxg4 Rxg4+ 44.Kf1 Ne4
45.a4 Nf6 46.Bc3 Rc4 47.Be1 a6 48.Ke2 g5 49.Rh3 0-1

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hugo Spangenberg"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

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.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O Qa5 12.Rac1 Rfc8
13.b3 a6 14.f4 b5 15.f5 Bd7 16.fxg6 hxg6 17.e5 b4 18.exf6 bxc3
19.Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sunil Weeramantry"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd2
Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nd7 9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Kb1 b5 11.h4 Nb6 12.a3 Rb8
13.h5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Ka2 e6 16.f5 gxf5 17.Rhg1 Bf8 18.d5
cxd5 19.exd5 e5 20.Qe2 Qa6 21.f4 f6 22.h6 Qb7 23.Qh5+ Kd8
24.Rb1 Qd7 25.Qh4 Bxh6 26.Rxg8+ Rxg8 27.Qxf6+ Kc7 28.Qxh6 Rg2
29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Qa6 Rxc2 31.Bxa7 Rb7 32.Qxc4+ Kd8 33.Bc5 Qg7
34.Bb4 Rd7 35.Qc5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Marvin Dandridge"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qd2 a6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.Kh1 Kh8 12.Nd1 cxd4
13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Nf2 Bd7 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.c4 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4
18.Nxf5 exf5 19.Qxd7 Rc7 20.Qxd8 Nxd8 21.a3 Ne6 22.b4 h6 23.c5
Ra8 24.g4 g6 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Rg1 Kh7 27.Bc4 Ng7 28.Rd2 Bf8
29.Rgd1 a5 30.Rd7 Rxd7 31.Rxd7 axb4 32.axb4 Ra3 33.Bd4 1-0

[Event "Chicago (USA)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Emory A Tate"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Qe2 Bd7 10.f4 Qb8 11.O-O Na5 12.g4 Rc8 13.g5
Rxc3 14.gxf6 Rxe3 15.Qxe3 Bxf6 16.f5 Qe8 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Rf2
Qh5 19.c3 Nxb3 20.axb3 Bg5 21.Qd3 Bd8 22.Raf1 Bb6 23.Kh1 Re8
24.Qg3 Bxd4 25.cxd4 e5 26.d5 Bh3 27.Rg1 Re7 28.Rf6 h6 29.Rg6
1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emory A Tate"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.O-O-O b4 11.Nd5 Nc5 12.e5 Nxb3+
13.Nxb3 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 Be7 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Bh4 exd5 17.Bxf6 Kd7
18.Qg4+ Kc7 19.Bxh8 Qxh8 20.Qxb4 a5 21.Qb5 Bf6 22.Nxa5 Qb8
23.Qc6+ Kd8 24.Nb7+ Ke7 25.Qxd5 Be5 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Rxe5 dxe5
28.Nd6 Qa7 29.Nxf7 Qa6 30.Nxe5 Qf1+ 31.Qd1 Qxg2 32.Kb1 Qe4
33.Qf3+ Qxf3 34.Nxf3 Ke7 35.Nd4 Rf8 36.a4 Rxf2 37.h3 Rh2 38.b4
Rxh3 39.Kb2 h5 40.a5 Kd7 41.b5 Rg3 42.b6 Kc8 43.c4 Kb7 44.c5
Rg6 45.Nf5 Rc6 46.Nd6+ Ka6 47.Kc3 h4 48.Kd4 h3 49.Kd5 Rxd6+
50.Kxd6 h2 51.c6 h1=Q 52.c7 Qh3 53.Kc6 Qc8 0-1

[Event "Chicago (USA)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Michael A Brooks"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Re1 Rc8
13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Qd3 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 a5 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.a4
Bd8 19.Qe2 Bb6 20.Rad1 Ng4 21.Rf1 Qd8 22.h3 Nh6 23.Qd2 Nf5
24.Qd3 e4 25.Qxe4 Ng3 26.Qd3 Nxf1 27.Rxf1 Re8 28.Bc4 Qf6 29.b3
h6 30.g3 Re7 31.Kg2 g6 32.h4 Kg7 33.h5 g5 34.Nh2 Qe5 35.Nf3
Qe4 36.Qxe4 Rxe4 37.Bd3 Re7 38.Nd2 Rce8 39.Nc4 Bc7 40.Ne3 Rxe3
41.fxe3 Rxe3 42.Rf2 Bb6 43.Re2 Rxe2+ 44.Bxe2 Kf6 45.g4 Ke5
46.Kf3 f6 47.Bd3 Kxd5 48.Bf5 Kd4 49.Bd3 d5 50.Bf5 Ke5 51.Bd3
Bg1 52.Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago (USA)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Kreiman"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3
O-O 8.Bb3 Nbd7 9.O-O Nc5 10.Re1 a6 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.Nd5 Nxb3
13.axb3 e6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qd2 Rfd8 17.c3 Rac8
18.Rad1 e5 19.Nc2 Be6 20.b4 d5 21.exd5 Rxd5 22.Qe2 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Bb3 24.Re1 Qg5 25.Ne3 f5 26.b5 a5 27.b6 Rc5 28.Qd3 Qf6
29.Qd7 Qxb6 30.c4 Qb4 31.Qe8+ Kg7 32.Qe7+ Kg8 33.Qe8+ Kg7
34.Qe7+ Kg8 35.Rc1 Rc6 36.Qd8+ Kf7 37.Rc3 Ba4 38.Nd5 Qxb2
39.Qe7+ Kg8 40.Re3 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 Qxc4 42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Qxe5+ Kg8
44.Qe8+ Kg7 45.Re7+ Kh6 46.Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nxe4 5.cxd6 Nxd6 6.Nc3 Nc6
7.Bf4 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e5 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nd5
Qa5+ 13.b4 Qa4 14.Bd3 O-O-O 15.O-O Qc6 16.c4 dxc3 17.Rac1 Nb5
18.Bxb5 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Matthew Morris"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7
13.O-O-O e6 14.Ne4 O-O-O 15.g3 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Bd6 17.c4 Nf6
18.Qc2 c5 19.d5 exd5 20.cxd5 Kb8 21.Bc3 Rhe8 22.Bxf6 gxf6
23.Rhe1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Qd7 25.Qe4 f5 26.Qh4 Bf8 27.Qf4+ Ka8
28.Rd1 Bg7 29.Qc4 Qd6 30.Rd2 Re8 31.Re2 Rd8 32.Nh4 b5 33.Qb3
Qd7 34.Qf3 Bf6 35.d6 Kb8 36.Nxf5 Re8 37.g4 c4 38.Kb1 c3
39.bxc3 Rxe2 40.Qxe2 Qc6 41.Qd3 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.c3
O-O 8.O-O Na5 9.Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.Bd5 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.b4 cxb4
13.cxb4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago (USA)"]
[Site "Chicago (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Izrailevich Levit"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d4 e6 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d5
8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 e5 13.c4
cxd4 14.exd4 e4 15.Bf1 Rfe8 16.Rc1 Bd6 17.h3 Bf4 18.Rc3 Qd7
19.c5 bxc5 20.Rxc5 a6 21.Rc3 h5 22.Bc1 Bd6 23.a3 Rac8 24.Nb1
Bb8 25.Bg5 Rxc3 26.Nxc3 Qc7 27.g3 Qxc3 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Re3 Qb2
0-1

[Event "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bjarke Kristensen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Ne7 7.h3 b6
8.Be3 Bb7 9.a4 a6 10.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Andrew P H Kinsman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6
7.b3 c6 8.Nc3 d5 9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Nd7 12.Bg2 Nf6
13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qc7 15.O-O Rd8 16.Qe3 O-O 17.Rfd1 c5
18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Qe2 h6 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Kf8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Qd3 Qxd3 24.Bxd3 Bb7 25.Kf1 Ke7 26.Ke2 g5 27.a3 a5 28.Kd2
Kd6 29.Kc3 f5 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 f4 32.gxf4 gxf4 33.bxc5 Kxc5
34.Bg6 Bg2 35.Kd3 e5 36.Bf5 Kd6 37.Be4 Bf1+ 38.Kc3 Kc5 39.Bd5
Bh3 40.f3 h5 41.Bf7 h4 42.Bg6 Be6 43.Bd3 Bf7 44.Be2 Be8 45.Kd3
Bc6 46.Kc3 Ba8 47.Kd3 Kb4 48.Bd1 Bc6 49.Be2 Kc5 50.Kc3 Bd7
51.Bd3 Bh3 52.Be2 e4 53.fxe4 Bg2 54.Kd3 f3 55.Bxf3 Bxf3 56.Ke3
Bg2 57.Kf4 h3 58.Ke3 Kxc4 59.Kf2 Kd4 60.e5+ Kxe5 61.Kg1 Kf4
62.Kf2 Bc6 63.Kg1 Kf3 64.Kf1 Ke3 65.Kg1 Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Thomas Engqvist"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d5
7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Rd1+ Bd7
12.Nd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Rb8 14.Rd2 Re8 15.g3 Kc7 16.Bg2 Rb4 17.O-O
fxg3 18.hxg3 h5 19.Rc1 h4 20.a3 Rc4 21.b3 Rg4 22.Nb5+ Kb6
23.Nd6 Re7 24.Nc8+ Bxc8 25.Rxc6+ Ka5 26.Rxc8 hxg3 27.Rd6 gxf2
28.Kxf2 Rg5 29.Rb8 Ng4+ 30.Ke1 Ne3 31.Bc6 Rg1+ 32.Kd2 Rd1+
33.Kc3 Rb7 34.b4+ 1-0

[Event "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Graham Burgess"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.Ng5 Bf5 7.e6
fxe6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 11.Nxe6 Qd7 12.Qe2 Kf7
13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.Rg1 Na6 15.Nc3 Re8 16.Ne6 Kf7 17.Nxf8 Rhxf8
18.g5 Nd5 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.g6 hxg6 22.Qxd5+ e6
23.Qb3 Rf5 24.Be3 Rb5 25.Qa4 Qc6 26.O-O-O Rc8 27.a3 Qb6
28.Rxg6 d5 29.Rdg1 Rc4 30.Rxg7+ Kf8 31.Rh7 e5 32.Qxb5 Qxb5
33.Bh6+ Ke8 34.Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6
7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8+ 9.Ne2 g6 10.h4 Be6 11.h5 f5 12.hxg6 fxg6
13.Bd2 Nd7 14.c4 Nf6 15.f3 b5 16.cxb5 cxb5 17.Bxb5 Rc8 18.Qa4
Qe7 19.Kf2 Rf8 20.Rae1 Qf7 21.Nc3 Nh5 22.Rh3 Rfd8 23.Bg5 Nf6
24.Rhh1 Be7 25.Kf1 Rc7 26.Bf4 Bd6 27.Bxd6 Rxd6 28.Kf2 a6
29.Be2 Bc4 30.d5 Bxd5 31.Rd1 Rcd7 32.Nxd5 Nxd5 33.Bc4 Kg7
34.Qa5 Qf6 35.Bxd5 Qxb2+ 36.Kg3 f4 37.Kxf4 Qf6+ 38.Kg3 Qg5+
39.Kf2 Rxd5 40.Rxd5 Qxd5 41.Qc3+ Qd4+ 42.Qe3 Qd2+ 43.Qe2 Qxe2+
44.Kxe2 Rb7 45.Rd1 Rb2+ 46.Rd2 Rxd2+ 47.Kxd2 Kf6 48.Ke3 Kf5
49.g3 h5 50.Kd4 a5 51.a4 g5 52.Ke3 Ke5 53.Kf2 Kd4 54.f4 gxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paal Vegard Hagesaether"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nge7
8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Ne2 Be6 12.a3 b6 13.c3 Bb3
14.Qd2 Ndc6 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nc1 Ba4 17.Nf3 exf4 18.gxf4 d5 19.b3
dxe4 20.dxe4 Bb5 21.c4 Ba6 22.Ne2 Qxd2 23.Bxd2 Rbd8 24.Bc3 Rd3
25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Rfc1 Rfd8 27.Nc3 Nd4 28.Kf2 Ne6 29.Ne2 Bb7
30.Ne5 Rd2 31.Ke1 Rxe2+ 32.Kxe2 Nxf4+ 33.Kf3 Nxg2 34.Rd1 Nh4+
35.Kg3 Bxe4 36.Kxh4 Nf5+ 37.Kh3 Re8 38.Nd3 Bf3 39.Re1 g5 0-1

[Event "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samir Lejlic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Nc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.O-O-O Na5 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nxb3+
13.axb3 Nd7 14.h4 b4 15.Na4 Nc5 16.h5 Bd7 17.g6 Nxb3+ 18.Nxb3
Bxa4 19.Kb1 Bf6 20.f4 Rc8 21.gxf7+ Kxf7 22.f5 exf5 23.h6 Qxc2+
24.Qxc2 Rxc2 25.Kxc2 Rc8+ 26.Kd2 Bxb3 27.Rc1 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 fxe4
29.Rc7+ Kg6 30.Rc6 d5 31.Bd4 Kxh6 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Rxf6+ Kg5
34.Rxa6 Bc4 35.Ra7 d4 36.Ra5+ Kf4 37.Ra4 e3 38.Ke1 Ke4 39.Rxb4
Bd5 40.Ra4 h5 41.Rb4 h4 42.Rb8 d3 43.b3 h3 44.Rh8 0-1

[Event "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Einar J Gausel"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3
O-O 8.Bb3 Na6 9.O-O Nc5 10.Re1 Qa5 11.Bd2 Nxb3 12.axb3 Qh5
13.Nf3 Be6 14.e5 Nd5 15.exd6 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Bxc3 17.dxe7 Bxe1
18.exf8=R+ Rxf8 19.Nxe1 Qxd1 20.Rxd1 Rc8 21.b4 Kf8 22.c3 Ke7
23.Ra1 a6 24.Nc2 h5 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.h4 Kd6 27.f3 Re8 28.Kf2 Re5
29.Nc2 Rd5 30.Ne3 Rb5 31.Rd1+ Ke6 32.Nc4 Bc6 33.Rd6+ Ke7
34.Rd4 Rf5 35.f4 Rd5 36.Na5 Rxd4 37.Nxc6+ bxc6 38.cxd4 Ke6
39.Ke3 Kf5 40.Kf3 f6 41.g4+ 1-0

[Event "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Site "Gausdal (Norway)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Martin Olesen"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3
Nc6 8.Be3 O-O 9.Bb3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Qd3 a5
13.Qxb5 Bxe4 14.Bxf6 exf6 15.Nxe4 Qe7 16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.Ba4 f5
18.Bxe8 Rxe8 19.O-O Bxb2 20.Rab1 Bg7 21.Ng3 Qxe2 22.Nxe2 Rxe2
23.Rfe1 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Steven A Owen"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bd2 c6
7.Ne4 Qc7 8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.g3 e6 10.Bg2 Nd7 11.O-O Be4 12.Re1 f5
13.Ng5 Bxg2 14.Rxe6+ Be7 15.Qh5 Rf8 16.Kxg2 Nf6 17.Rxf6 Bxf6
18.Nxh7 O-O-O 19.Nxf8 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Yu"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O
Ne8 8.d3 Nc7 9.Be3 Ne6 10.Qd2 d6 11.f4 Ncd4 12.h3 Rb8 13.Rae1
b5 14.b3 b4 15.Nd1 a5 16.g4 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Nd4 18.Qf2 a4
19.bxa4 Bd7 20.f5 Bxa4 21.g5 Be5 22.Kh1 Ra8 23.Bf4 Bxf4
24.Qxf4 Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Rxa2 26.Qh4 Kh8 27.f6 h5 28.gxh6 exf6
29.Rxf6 g5 30.Qxg5 Rg8 31.Qf4 Rgxg2 32.Rxf7 Ne6 33.Qf6+ Qxf6
34.Rxf6 Ng5 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joshua Waitzkin"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Nb3 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bg5 Ne5 10.Be2 O-O 11.Kh1 Ng6 12.Be3 Qc7
13.f4 b6 14.g3 Bb7 15.Bf3 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Rac8 17.Rad1 Nf8 18.Qg2
Qb8 19.Nd4 Qa8 20.e5 Bxf3 21.Nxf3 Ne4 22.Bd4 Nxc3 23.Bxc3 Qe4
24.Rd4 Qc6 25.Rfd1 d5 26.R4d2 Qc4 27.Nd4 Qxa2 28.f5 Bg5 29.Rd3
Qc4 30.h4 Be7 31.Qf3 Bc5 32.h5 exf5 33.b3 Qa6 34.Nxf5 Ne6
35.h6 g6 36.Nd6 Rc7 37.Rxd5 f6 38.Ra1 Ba3 39.Nc4 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kenneth Larsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nc6 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Bg7 8.Be3 Nf6 9.f3 Rc8 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.b3
O-O 14.Rad1 Re8 15.Rfe1 Qa5 16.a4 Qb4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Qxd2
19.Rxd2 Bf6 20.Ra2 h5 21.Ne2 Kg7 22.Bb6 h4 23.Rc1 g5 24.Nc3
Kg6 25.Ne4 Be5 26.Rf1 f5 27.Nf2 Bf6 28.Re2 Kf7 29.Nd3 h3 30.g3
e6 31.dxe6 Bxe6 32.Nb4 a5 33.Nd5 Bxd5 34.Rxe8 Kxe8 35.cxd5 Rc3
36.Re1+ Kf7 37.Kf2 Rxb3 38.Bxa5 Bd4+ 39.Ke2 Re3+ 40.Kd2 Rxf3
41.Rb1 Rf2+ 42.Kd3 Be5 43.Rxb7+ Kg6 44.Bc7 Rxh2 45.Bxd6 Bxd6
46.Rb6 Rh1 47.Rxd6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "It (cat.13) (active)"]
[Site "Lexington (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.e3
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd4 9.exd4 Nxd5 10.O-O Be7 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bd7
13.Qg4 O-O 14.Bh6 Bf6 15.Rab1 Qa5 16.Rxb7 Rad8 17.Qf3 Bb5
18.Qh5 e5 19.Be4 g6 20.Qf3 Bg7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rb1 Bc4 23.dxe5
Qxe5 24.Rxa7 Rfe8 25.Rbb7 Qxe4 26.Rxf7+ Bxf7 27.Qxf7+ Kh6
28.Qxh7+ Kg5 29.Ra5+ Kg4 30.h3+ Kf3 31.Qf7+ Ke2 32.Kh2 Kf1 0-1

[Event "It (cat.13) (active)"]
[Site "Lexington (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 b4 5.c4 d6 6.Nbd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7
8.Bb2 O-O 9.e4 e6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.O-O-O Ng4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Qb2+
e5 14.Nb1 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.h3 Nf6 17.Nbd2 e4 18.g4 Bc8
19.Ng5 e3 20.Nde4 h6 21.Ne6+ Bxe6 22.dxe6 Rxe6 23.Bg2 Nd7
24.Nxf6 Nxf6 25.Bd5 e2 26.Rde1 Re5 27.Kd2 Nxd5 28.cxd5 Qf6
29.Kc1 Rae8 30.Qd2 Qxf2 31.Kc2 Re3 32.h4 Qf3 33.g5 Rc3+ 34.Kb2
Rxb3+ 35.Kc2 Ra3 36.gxh6+ Kh7 37.Rb1 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "It (cat.13) (active)"]
[Site "Lexington (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f3 Bg7
8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.Nge2 Na6 12.Ng3 Nc7 13.a4 Re8
14.Be2 a6 15.O-O Rb8 16.Rab1 b5 17.axb5 Nxb5 18.Nxb5 axb5
19.b4 c4 20.Bd4 h5 21.Nh1 Bb7 22.Nf2 Ra8 23.Qb2 Bh8 24.Ra1 Nd7
25.Rxa8 Qxa8 26.Bxh8 Rxh8 27.f4 Re8 28.Bf3 Qa7 29.Qc3 Qb6
30.Re1 Ra8 31.e5 Ra2 32.Rf1 Nf8 33.e6 Qd8 34.Ne4 fxe6 35.Ng5+
Kg8 36.dxe6 Bxf3 37.Qxf3 Qf6 38.Qd5 Qe7 39.h4 Re2 40.f5 Re5
41.Qxe5 dxe5 42.f6 Qa7+ 43.Kh2 Qd4 44.e7 Qxh4+ 45.Kg1 Qxg5
46.e8=Q 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13) (active)"]
[Site "Lexington (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bb4
13.Rb3 Qa5 14.a3 Be7 15.Qe3 O-O 16.O-O Qc7 17.f5 Bc5 18.Bxd7
Bxd4 19.Qxd4 Bxd7 20.f6 Rfc8 21.Qg4 g6 22.Qg5 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 b6
24.Ne2 Qf8 25.Nd4 Rc4 26.Qd2 h5 27.g4 Kh7 28.gxh5 g5 29.Rg3
Qh6 30.Rfg1 Rg8 31.c3 g4 32.Qd3+ Kh8 33.Qe2 Qh7 34.Rxg4 Rxg4
35.Qxg4 Qe4+ 36.Qxe4 dxe4 37.Rg7 e3 38.Kg2 Bc6+ 39.Nxc6 Rxc6
40.Rxf7 e2 41.Kf2 Rc5 42.Kxe2 Rxe5+ 43.Kd3 Rxh5 44.Rxa7 Rf5
45.Rb7 b5 46.Rb6 Rxf6 47.Rxb5 Rf2 48.Rh5+ Kg7 49.a4 Ra2 50.a5
Kf6 51.Kc4 e5 52.a6 e4 53.Kd4 Ra4+ 54.c4 e3 55.Kxe3 Rxc4
56.Ra5 Rc8 57.a7 Ra8 58.Kf4 Ke6 59.h4 Kd7 60.h5 Kc7 61.h6 Kb7
62.h7 Rf8+ 63.Kg4 Ka8 64.Rh5 Rh8 65.Kf5 Kxa7 66.Kg6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13) (active)"]
[Site "Lexington (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nc2
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.O-O Be7 10.e4 Ndb4 11.Nxb4 Qxb4 12.Nc3 O-O
13.a3 Qb6 14.Rb1 Rd8 15.Qh5 Bd7 16.Be3 Qb3 17.Qd1 Qc4 18.Re1
Be8 19.Bf1 Rxd1 20.Bxc4 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 a6 22.Rd1 b5 23.Be2 Kf8
24.f4 Rc8 25.e5 Na5 26.Ne4 Nc4 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Nd6 Rc2 29.Nxe8
Kxe8 30.Rd2 Rxd2 31.Bxd2 Kd7 32.Kf2 Kc6 33.Ke3 Kd5 34.Kd3 Bc5
35.g4 g6 36.g5 Bg1 37.h3 Bd4 38.b3 Bb2 39.a4 bxa4 40.bxa4 Kc5
41.Be1 Bd4 42.Bd2 Bf2 43.Ke2 Bh4 44.Kd3 Bg3 45.Ke3 Kc4 46.Kf3
Bh4 47.Kg2 Kb3 48.a5 Kc2 49.Bb4 Kd1 50.Bc5 Ke2 51.Bb6 Be1
52.h4 Bxh4 53.Kh3 Be1 54.Kg4 Bf2 55.Bd8 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Nb5 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.a4
Rc8 14.Bd2 Bf6 15.Qb1 Qe7 16.Rc1 Rfd8 17.Rc4 Qd7 18.h4 h6
19.Qa2 Ncb4 20.Rxb4 Nxb4 21.Bxb4 Bxb5 22.axb5 Qxb5 23.Bc3 Bxc3
24.bxc3 Rxc3 25.Rb1 Qc4 26.e3 e5 27.Bf1 Qe6 28.Qb2 Rdc8 29.Nc1
Rc2 30.Qa1 a5 31.Nd3 R8c3 32.Qa4 e4 33.Nf4 Qc6 34.Bb5 Rc1+
35.Kg2 Qb7 36.Rb2 Rc5 37.Rd2 Qe7 38.Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nb5 d6 6.e4 a6 7.N5c3
Nf6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Qb3 Nd7 12.Rd1 Rb8 13.Na3
O-O 14.f3 Re8 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.Rac1 Bf8 17.Qd2 Ba8 18.Bf2 Ncb8
19.Bf1 Qc7 20.Nc2 Ne5 21.Ne3 Nbd7 22.Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6
7.b3 c6 8.Nc3 d5 9.e4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ng5 Nd7 12.Bg2 Nf6
13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bb7 15.Rc1 O-O 16.c5 Qd7 17.O-O e5
18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Qc2 exd4 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Bxc6 Qc8 22.Qe4 Bxc6
23.Qxc6 Qa6 24.a4 Qa5 25.Rd3 h6 26.Qe4 b5 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Qxd4
bxa4 29.bxa4 Qxa4 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgy Orlov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Nc2
d5 8.Nba3 Bc5 9.O-O O-O 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ne3 Be6 12.Qd3 Rfd8
13.h3 Rac8 14.Kh2 a6 15.f4 Nb4 16.Qb3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 d4 18.Qf2
Nc2 19.Nxc2 Rxc2 20.Rd1 Bc4 21.Bf3 Re8 22.Re1 Bxe2 23.b3 Qb5
24.Bb2 Ne4 25.Qxd4 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Ngf3
Qc7 13.Bf4 Bb4+ 14.Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sergey Kudrin"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.Qd2 Bb7 10.f3 d6 11.O-O Ne5 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Nd5
Ned7 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nbc3 Bc6 16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Bf1 Rb8 18.b4 Bh8
19.Qe2 Bg7 20.Rd2 Bh8 21.Qe1 Bg7 22.Qd1 Qc8 23.Ne2 Qd8 24.Nd4
Bb7 25.Nb3 Qc8 26.a4 Ba8 27.a5 bxa5 28.Nxa5 e6 29.Nxf6+ Nxf6
30.Rxd6 Bf8 31.b5 Bxd6 32.Qxd6 axb5 33.cxb5 Qd7 34.Qe5 Nh5
35.g4 f6 36.Qc7 Qxc7 37.Rxc7 Rec8 38.Rxc8+ Rxc8 39.gxh5 gxh5
40.b6 Rc3 41.Bd4 Rxf3 42.b7 Bxb7 43.Nxb7 Kg7 44.Nc5 e5 45.Bf2
Rc3 46.h4 Kg6 47.Bd3 Kf7 48.Kf1 Kg6 49.Ke2 Rc1 50.Nb3 Rc3
51.Nd2 Ra3 52.Nc4 Ra2+ 53.Kf3 Ra1 54.Ne3 Ra3 55.Bc4 Rc3 56.Be1
Ra3 57.Bb4 Ra7 58.Bd5 Ra4 59.Bf8 Ra1 60.Nf5 h6 61.Nxh6 Rf1+
62.Kg2 Rb1 63.Bf7+ Kh7 64.Nf5 Re1 65.Ng3 Rc1 66.Bxh5 Rc3
67.Bg4 Kg8 68.Bb4 Rc2+ 69.Kh3 Rb2 70.Ba3 Rb6 71.Bf5 Kg7 72.Kg4
Rc6 73.h5 Rb6 74.h6+ Kf7 75.h7 Rb8 76.Nh5 Ra8 77.Bc1 1-0

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nfd2 Nxe4 6.cxd6 Nxd6
7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Qe5+ 9.Be2 Bg4 10.f3 O-O-O 11.O-O Nb5 12.Bd3
Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Re1 Qf6 15.Be3 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Qxc3 17.Bxa7
Qxd3 18.Qc1 e6 19.Re4 Qa6 20.Bf2 Rd5 21.Bg3 g5 22.Qc3 Rg8
23.Rae1 Bg7 24.Qc2 Rgd8 25.h3 Qd3 26.Qf2 Qb5 27.f4 Bc3 28.R1e2
Rf5 29.Qe3 Rd3 30.Qf2 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Qd3 32.Qf3 Qb1 33.Bf2 gxf4
34.Rxf4 Be5 35.Rxe5 Nxe5 36.Qc3+ Nc6 37.Rxf5 Rh1+ 38.Kg3 Qxf5
39.Qh8+ Kd7 40.Nc5+ Ke7 41.Qc8 Qe5+ 42.Kf3 Qf5+ 43.Kg3 Qe5+
44.Kf3 Qd5+ 45.Kg3 Qg5+ 46.Kf3 Ne5+ 47.Ke2 Qxg2 48.Qc7+ Kf6
49.Qd8+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Patrick Wolff"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a4
Nc6 8.g3 Be7 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.f4 Rac8 13.Nb3
Na5 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.g4 Qb4 16.g5 Ne8 17.Qd2 Bd8 18.Ra3 Ba5
19.Rb3 Qc4 20.Qf2 f6 21.Qg3 fxg5 22.Qxg5 Bd8 23.Qg3 Bc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O Bc5 9.Bf4 e5 10.Nb3 exf4 11.Nxc5 fxg3 12.hxg3 d6
13.Nd3 h5 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qe1 Kf8 16.Qc3 Nxd5 17.exd5 Ne7
18.Rae1 Bf5 19.Nf4 Rc8 20.Qf3 g5 21.Ne2 Bg4 22.Qf6 Ng6
23.Qxd8+ Rxd8 24.Nd4 Kg7 25.Re3 h4 26.Be4 Ne5 27.Bf5 Bxf5
28.Nxf5+ Kg6 29.f4 Ng4 30.Ne7+ Kh5 31.Re4 hxg3 32.Nf5 Nf6
33.Re7 Nxd5 34.Rxb7 gxf4 35.c4 Rb8 36.Rxf7 Kg6 37.Nxd6 0-1

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4
7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.Bd3 d4 10.Ne2 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.b4 O-O
13.O-O Bd7 14.f4 Rac8 15.Ng3 e5 16.f5 Ne7 17.a4 Kh8 18.Kh1 a6
19.Nh5 Nxh5 20.Qxh5 f6 21.Rf3 Ng8 22.Rh3 h6 23.Rg3 Be8 24.Qe2
Rf7 25.h3 Rfc7 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Qd6 28.Qg4 Qe7 29.Kh2 Qf7
30.Bb4 Qh5 31.Ra7 Qxg4 32.hxg4 b6 33.Ra4 Rb7 34.Rf3 h5 35.gxh5
Nh6 36.Kg3 Bxh5 37.Rf1 Be8 38.Rfa1 Kh7 39.Ra7 Rcc7 40.Ra8 Bd7
41.Rf8 Rc8 42.Rxc8 Bxc8 43.Ra8 Rc7 44.Bd6 Bb7 45.Bxc7 Bxa8
46.Kf2 Nf7 47.c3 dxc3 48.Ke3 Kh6 49.Bxb6 Nd6 50.Ba5 c2 51.Bd2
Kh5 52.Bc1 Kg4 53.b6 Kg3 54.Bxc2 Nc4+ 55.Ke2 Nxb6 56.Ba3 Nd7
57.Ke3 Bc6 58.Bd3 Kxg2 59.Bc4 Kg3 60.Be6 Kg4 61.Bxd7 Bxd7
62.Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.O-O a6 12.f3 Qa5 13.b4
Qxb4 14.Rab1 Qa5 15.Rxb7 Rfb8 16.Rfb1 Rxb7 17.Rxb7 Nd7 18.Nd5
Qxd2 19.Bxd2 Kf8 20.Bg5 Bxd5 21.cxd5 Bd4+ 22.Kf1 f6 23.Bd2 Nc5
24.Rb4 Ba1 25.Be3 g5 26.g3 Rc8 27.Rb1 Bc3 28.Rc1 Bb2 29.Rc2
Rb8 30.Bxc5 dxc5 31.Bxa6 Bd4 32.Ke2 Rb1 33.Bc8 h5 34.f4 Ke8
35.Bf5 Kd8 36.Bg6 Rh1 37.Kd3 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.Bf5 Rf1 40.Rg2
Rg1 41.Rxg1 Bxg1 42.h3 c4 43.Kxc4 Bh2 44.a4 Bxf4 45.a5 Kc7
46.a6 Kb6 47.Bc8 Be5 48.Kd3 Bd6 49.Ke3 Ka7 50.Kf3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ch USA"]
[Site "Modesto (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joshua Waitzkin"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.O-O e6 7.c4
Qa5 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.h3 Bh5 10.c5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Be7 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.b4
O-O 14.g3 Rd8 15.Bf4 Qc8 16.Re1 Na6 17.Be5 Nc7 18.b5 Ncd5
19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.bxc6 Qxc6 21.Qb3 b6 22.cxb6 axb6 23.Rec1 Qa4
24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Bc7 Re8 26.Qxd5 Qxa2 27.Qxa2 Rxa2 28.Bxb6 Bd6
29.Rc6 Bb8 30.Rd1 Ba7 31.d5 Bxb6 32.Rxb6 Ra7 33.Kg2 Rd7 34.Kf3
f6 35.Rb3 Re5 36.Rbd3 Kf7 37.Kg2 Rd6 38.f4 Re7 39.Kf3 f5 40.g4
g6 41.Re3 Ra7 42.Rdd3 fxg4 43.hxg4 h5 44.g5 Ra4 45.Re4 Ra5
46.Re5 Rd7 47.Ke4 Ra4+ 48.Rd4 Ra1 49.d6 Ra6 50.Red5 Ke6
51.Re5+ Kf7 52.f5 Raxd6 53.Rxd6 Rxd6 54.f6 Re6 55.Kd5 Rxe5+
56.Kxe5 Kf8 57.Kd5 Kf7 58.Ke4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (active) (select)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3
Nge7 8.Rb1 O-O 9.a3 a5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 Be6 12.Ne1 Rb8 13.Nc2
d5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.b4 axb4 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5+ Qxd5 18.axb4
cxb4 19.Nxb4 Nxb4 20.Rxb4 b5 21.Qb3 Qxb3 22.Rxb3 Rfc8 23.Rb2
Bf8 24.Rfb1 Rb7 25.Kf1 Rcb8 26.Bb4 Bxb4 27.Rxb4 Rb6 28.Rc1
R8b7 29.Rc5 Kf7 30.e3 h5 31.h4 Ke6 32.Ke2 Kd6 33.d4 exd4
34.exd4 Rb8 35.Ke3 R8b7 36.Kf4 Ke6 37.f3 Kd6 38.g4 hxg4
39.fxg4 Rh7 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 Rhb7 42.Kf5 Ke7 43.Rb3 Rd6
44.d5 Kf7 45.h6 Re7 46.Rh3 Re5+ 47.Kf4 Rd8 48.Rc7+ Kg8 49.Rg3+
Kh8 50.Rgg7 Rg5 51.Rxg5 fxg5 52.Ke5 b4 53.d6 b3 54.Rb7 g4
55.Rxb3 Kh7 56.Rg3 Rg8 57.d7 Kxh6 58.Rxg4 Rxg4 59.d8=Q Rg5+
60.Kf6 Rg6+ 61.Kf5 Kh7 62.Qe7+ Kh6 63.Qf8+ Kh7 64.Qf7+ Rg7
65.Qh5+ Kg8 66.Kf6 1-0

[Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix (blitz)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 Ng4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bd2 g6 12.Qe2
Bg7 13.h3 Ne5 14.Bb3 Qc7 15.f4 Nd7 16.Be3 O-O 17.O-O a5 18.Qf2
e6 19.f5 d5 20.exd5 cxd5 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Qh4 Bb7 23.Bh6 Bxh6
24.Qxh6 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Rf8 26.Rxf8+ Nxf8 27.Qe3 Qd6 28.Nb5 Qc6
29.a4 Ba6 30.Nd4 Qd6 31.c3 Bb7 32.Nf3 Nd7 33.Bc2 e5 34.Bd3 Bc6
35.Bb5 Bxb5 36.axb5 Kg7 37.Kf1 e4 38.Nd4 Nc5 39.Qg5 Kf7 40.Ke2
Nd3 41.b6 Nc5 42.Nb5 Qxb6 43.Qxd5+ Kg7 44.c4 a4 45.Qd4+ Kg8
46.Ke3 Qc6 47.Qd5+ Qxd5 48.cxd5 Kf7 49.Nc3 Nd3 50.Nxa4 Kf6
51.Kxe4 Nb4 52.Nc3 Ke7 53.Kd4 Kd7 54.Ne4 Nc2+ 55.Ke5 Ne3
56.Nf6+ Kd8 57.d6 Nc4+ 58.Ke6 Nxb2 59.Nxh7 Nd3 60.Nf8 Nc5+
61.Kd5 Nd3 62.Nxg6 Nf2 63.Ne5 Nd1 64.Ke6 1-0

[Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix (active)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Nb3 e6 8.Bg5 a6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.a4 Na5 12.Nxa5
Qxa5 13.Kh1 h5 14.f4 Bd7 15.Qd3 h4 16.Rf3 Rc8 17.Bb3 Rc5 18.f5
Re5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Raf1 Bc6 21.h3 f5 22.Rf4 Rg8 23.R1f2 Rg3
24.Qf1 Bg5 25.R4f3 Bxe4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Re2 Qe5 28.Rxe4 Qxe4
29.Bc4 d5 30.Bd3 Qxa4 31.Qe1 Kd7 32.Rxg3 hxg3 33.Qxg3 Qa1+
34.Kh2 Qc1 35.Qf2 Qxb2 36.h4 Be7 37.h5 Qf6 38.g3 Qg5 39.Qf3
Bd6 40.Kg2 a5 41.c4 f4 42.cxd5 Qxd5 43.Qxd5 exd5 44.g4 Be7
45.h6 Kd6 46.Kf3 Ke5 47.h7 Bf6 48.g5 Bg7 49.Bb5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix (active)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 b5 11.Re1 h6 12.a3 Nbd7 13.Nh4
Nb6 14.Nf5 Nc4 15.Bxc4 bxc4 16.Qf3 Rb8 17.Rab1 Kh7 18.Red1 Qc7
19.h3 Rfd8 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5+ Kh8 23.Bd2 Bf8
24.Bc3 Re8 25.Re1 g6 26.Qf3 f5 27.g4 Qf7 28.gxf5 gxf5 29.Kh1
Kh7 30.Rbd1 Be7 31.Qe2 Rbc8 32.f4 Bh4 33.Rg1 exf4 34.Qf3 Re3
35.Qf1 Rg8 36.Rxg8 Qxg8 37.Rd4 Bf2 38.Rd1 Rg3 39.Kh2 f3 40.Be1
Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix (active)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.f3 Bb7 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Rf2
Rad8 14.Bf1 Nc5 15.Rd2 h6 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Bc4 Nh5 18.Nd5 Bxd5
19.Rxd5 Bg5 20.Bg1 Nf4 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Qe1 a5 23.Rd1 Kf8
24.Bf2 Rd6 25.h4 Be7 26.Rxd6 Qxd6 27.g3 Ne6 28.c3 g5 29.h5 g4
30.fxg4 Bg5 31.Kg2 Ke7 32.Qe2 Qd2 33.Qxd2 Bxd2 34.Bxe6 Kxe6
35.Kf3 Kd6 36.Ke2 Bc1 37.Kd3 Kc6 38.Be1 Bg5 39.Kc4 Be3 40.b4
cxb4 41.cxb4 axb4 42.Bxb4 Bc1 43.Bf8 Bg5 44.Bg7 f6 45.Bh8 Kd6
46.Kb5 Kc7 47.Bg7 Kb7 48.Bf8 Kc7 49.Be7 Kd7 50.Bb4 Be3 51.g5
fxg5 52.g4 Ke6 53.Kc6 Bd4 54.Bd6 1-0

[Event "Intel Chess Grand Prix (active)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
e6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.O-O Qc7 11.Nb3 b6 12.Bf3 Bb7 13.Qe2
Nd7 14.Rfd1 Rab8 15.g3 Rfd8 16.Bg2 Nc5 17.Nd4 Bf6 18.f5 Nxd4
19.Bxd4 Nd7 20.Qf2 Bc6 21.g4 Bxd4 22.Rxd4 Ne5 23.h3 b5 24.axb5
axb5 25.f6 Be8 26.fxg7 b4 27.Nd1 Qc5 28.b3 Ra8 29.Rxa8 Rxa8
30.Rd2 Ra1 31.Kh2 Qxf2 32.Nxf2 Rc1 33.Kg3 Kxg7 34.Kf4 h6
35.Nd1 Kf6 36.Ne3 Ke7 37.Bf1 Bd7 38.h4 Ra1 39.g5 Ng6+ 40.Kg4
hxg5 41.Kxg5 Ne5 42.Kf4 f6 43.h5 Nf7 44.Kg3 Ra8 45.Rd4 Rg8+
46.Kf2 Rb8 47.Be2 Ng5 48.Bf3 Nxf3 49.Kxf3 Rh8 50.Rxb4 Rxh5
51.Rb7 Kd8 52.Rb8+ Bc8 53.Nc4 Kc7 54.Ra8 d5 55.exd5 exd5
56.Na5 Rh2 57.c3 Rh3+ 58.Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York USA"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.Nxe5
Nxe5 8.d4 Bxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.c3 c5 11.Qd1 O-O 12.f3 Bb7 13.a4
Bc6 14.Na3 Re8 15.c4 bxc4 16.Nxc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5
19.b3 Bxc4 20.bxc4 Qc7 21.Bb2 Nh5 22.Re1 Nf4 23.Qd2 Ne6 24.Be5
Rad8 25.Bxc7 Rxd2 26.Bb6 Rc8 27.Rad1 Rc2 28.Re4 a5 29.Bxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "R Farleigh"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.b5 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.c4 Bd6 7.Be2 b6
8.Qc2 Bb7 9.d3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.a4 e5 12.e4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nh5
14.O-O-O Nf4 15.Bf1 Ne6 16.g3 a6 17.Bh3 Nd4 18.Qd3 axb5
19.axb5 Ra4 20.Nh4 g6 21.Rhe1 Nf6 22.f3 Bc8 23.Bxc8 Rxc8
24.Ng2 Qa7 25.Qc3 Bf8 26.Ne3 Bh6 27.Kb1 Ra8 28.Nc2 Rb4 29.f4
Rb3 30.Nxb3 Qa2+ 31.Kc1 Nxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonathan Yedidia"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 d6 5.h3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.e3
Nbd7 8.Bd3 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.c3 a6 12.O-O O-O 13.Nh2
Nd5 14.Rae1 f5 15.e4 Nxc3 16.bxc3 f4 17.Bxf4 Rxf4 18.g3 Rf7
19.f4 gxf4 20.gxf4 Raf8 21.Qe3 Qh4 22.f5 exf5 23.Bc4 d5
24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Nf6 26.Rxf5 Re8 27.Re5 Rxe5 28.Qxe5 Ng4
29.Nhf3 Bxe5 30.Nxh4 Bg3 31.Re4 Nf6 32.Nf5 Nxe4 33.Nxh6+ Kg7
34.Nxe4 Kxh6 35.Nxg3 Rf3 36.Ne2 Rxh3 37.Kf2 Kg5 38.Ke1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2
O-O 8.Ng3 Re8 9.Bd3 g6 10.h4 h5 11.e4 d5 12.e5 Nc6 13.Nxh5
dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bb7 15.Nf6+ Kg7 16.Nxe8+ Qxe8 17.h5 Qh8 18.O-O-O
gxh5 19.Qg5+ Kf8 20.Rxh5 Qg8 21.Qh4 Be7 22.Qh2 f5 23.Bxe6 Bg5+
24.f4 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA USA"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "A Kalikshteyn"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3
O-O 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Be3 Na5 10.O-O b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4
Rc8 14.Nd5 g5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Bg3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Bxd4 18.Qxd4
Rxc2 19.Rxa7 Qc7 20.Qd1 Rc8 21.Kh2 f6 22.Qg4 Ra8 23.Qe6+ Kf8
24.Bxd6 Qxd6+ 25.Qxd6 exd6 26.Rxb7 Rxb2 27.Rd1 Rxf2 28.Rxd6
Ke8 29.Re6+ Kd8 30.Kg3 Raa2 31.Kg4 Rf4+ 32.Kh5 Rxg2 33.Kg6 Re2
34.Rh7 Rfxe4 35.Rxb6 Re7 36.Rh8+ Kc7 37.Rbb8 R2e6 38.Rhd8 Rd6
39.Rdc8+ Kd7 40.Rd8+ Ke6 41.Rxd6+ Kxd6 42.Kxf6 Re3 43.Rh8 Rxh3
44.b4 Kc6 45.Kf5 Kb5 46.Rb8+ Kc6 47.b5 Kc7 48.Rh8 Rb3 49.Rxh6
Rxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2
Nh5 14.Ng3 Nf4 15.h4 a5 16.Kb1 a4 17.Nd4 exd4 18.Bxf4 Qa5
19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Qxf5 21.Qxd4 b3 22.Bd3 bxa2 23.Ka1 Qc5
24.Qe4 g6 25.Be3 Qe5 26.Bd4 Qxe4 27.Bxe4 Ra5 28.Bc3 Rc5 29.Bb4
Rc4 30.Bxd6 Bxd6 31.Rxd6 Nc5 32.Rc6 Rd8 33.h5 Kf8 34.hxg6 hxg6
35.Kxa2 Ke7 36.Bd3 Kd7 37.Bxc4 Kxc6 38.Bxf7 Rf8 39.Bxg6 Rxf3
40.Rg1 Kd6 41.Bh7 Rf7 42.Bg8 Rg7+ 43.Bc4 Ke5 44.g6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Krasenkow"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 a6 13.Qa4
Bd7 14.Qa3 Qb6 15.Nc3 Nxc3 16.Rxe8+ Bxe8 17.bxc3 Nd7 18.Bf4
Qc7 19.Rb1 Nb6 20.c4 a5 21.Ng5 Nd7 22.Bf1 Ne5 23.Nf3 Nxf3+
24.Qxf3 Rb8 25.Re1 Bd7 26.Qg3 Bf8 27.Bd3 Re8 28.Rf1 Ba4 29.h4
Qe7 30.Bg5 Qc7 31.h5 Bg7 32.Bf4 Bf8 33.h6 Qe7 34.Bg5 f6 35.Bd2
Kf7 36.Rb1 Qc7 37.Bc3 Rb8 38.Rf1 Bd7 39.Qh4 Qd8 40.g4 f5 41.g5
a4 42.f4 Be7 43.Qg3 Qc8 44.Qe1 Qa6 45.Ba1 Rg8 46.Qc3 Bd8
47.Rb1 Be7 48.Kf2 Qa7 49.Ke2 Qa6 50.Qb2 Qa7 51.Qb7 Ra8 52.Qb2
Rg8 53.Kd1 Qc7 54.Qb7 Rc8 55.Bc2 Qxb7 56.Rxb7 Ke8 57.Ra7 Bd8
58.Bxa4 Bxa4+ 59.Rxa4 Bb6 60.Ra6 Rb8 61.a4 Kd7 62.a5 Bc7
63.Bc3 Kc8 64.Rc6 Kd7 65.Kc2 Kc8 66.a6 Kd7 67.a7 Ra8 68.Ra6
Kc8 69.Ra1 Bd8 70.Bf6 Kb7 71.Re1 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
b5 8.Bb3 Be7 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.f5 Qc8 12.Qf3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4
O-O 14.a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ilya Smirin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.O-O-O b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2
Ne8 14.Ng3 a5 15.Kb1 Nc7 16.f4 a4 17.Nc1 exf4 18.Bxf4 Nc5
19.Nd3 b3 20.Nxc5 bxa2 21.Ka1 dxc5 22.Nf5 Re8 23.Nxe7+ Qxe7
24.Bd6 Qd7 25.Bxc5 Qc6 26.Bb4 Bg4 27.Re1 Bf3 28.Rg1 Bxe4
29.Rg4 Rad8 30.Qc3 Qxc3 31.Bxc3 Bxc2 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Kxa2 Nd5
34.Ka3 Rb8 35.Bd2 Rb3+ 36.Ka2 Rf3 37.Bc4 Bb3+ 38.Bxb3 axb3
39.Ka3 Rd3 40.Be1 Ne3 41.Re4 f5 42.gxf6 Nc2+ 43.Ka4 Nxe1
44.Rxe1 gxf6 45.Re8+ Kf7 46.Rb8 Rh3 47.Rxb3 Rxh2 48.Kb5 h5
49.Kc4 h4 50.Kd4 h3 51.Ke4 Re2+ 52.Kf4 h2 53.Rh3 Rxb2 54.Rh7+
Kg6 55.Rh8 Ra2 56.Kf3 Kg5 57.Rh7 f5 58.Kg3 Ra4 59.Kg2 Rd4
60.Rh8 Kf4 61.Kxh2 Kf3 62.Ra8 Rd3 63.Ra7 f4 64.Rf7 Rd1 65.Rf8
Rf1 66.Rh8 Re1 67.Rf8 Re4 68.Kg1 Ke2 69.Kg2 Ke3 70.Ra8 f3
71.Kf1 Rd4 72.Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gennady Sosonko"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.Qe2 Qa5 10.O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b6 12.a4 Bb7
13.Rfe1 Qg5 14.Be3 Qg6 15.f3 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5
18.Bxd5 exd5 19.c3 Bc5 20.Bxc5 bxc5 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Rd2 Rd7
23.Qb5 Qd6 24.Rde2 g6 25.Re5 Kg7 26.f4 Rc8 27.h3 d4 28.Qc4
dxc3 29.bxc3 Qd3 30.Qxd3 Rxd3 31.R1e3 Rxe3 32.Rxe3 Rb8 33.Re7
Rb3 34.Rxa7 Rxc3 35.a5 Ra3 36.a6 Ra2 37.Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7
13.Be3 Nc5 14.Rab1 a5 15.b3 b6 16.Rfd1 Qb8 17.Nd5 Re8 18.a3
Nd7 19.Bg5 Kf8 20.Kh1 Ra7 21.Bf1 Rb7 22.Rdc1 Nc5 23.b4 axb4
24.axb4 Nd7 25.Bxe7+ Rxe7 26.Nxe7 Kxe7 27.b5 Bxe4 28.Re1 Nc5
29.Bd3 f5 30.g3 Ra7 31.fxe4 Qa8 32.Bc2 Ra2 33.Qg2 Be5 34.Re2
f4 35.gxf4 Bxf4 36.Rf1 Ra1 37.Ref2 Rxf1+ 38.Rxf1 g5 39.e5
Qxg2+ 40.Kxg2 dxe5 41.Bxh7 Nb3 42.Bd3 Kd6 43.Rf3 Nc1 44.Bf1 e4
45.Rh3 Ke5 46.Rh6 Be3 47.Kg3 Nd3 48.Bxd3 exd3 49.Kf3 Bc5
50.Rh5 Kd4 51.Rxg5 Kxc4 52.Ke4 Kxb5 53.h4 Kc4 54.Rd5 b5 55.h5
Bf8 56.Rxd3 b4 57.Rd8 Bg7 58.Rg8 Bf6 59.Rc8+ Kb3 60.h6 Kb2
61.Kd3 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bb4
13.Rb3 Qa5 14.a3 Be7 15.f5 exf5 16.Nxd5 Bh4+ 17.Kd1 Qd8
18.Nf6+ gxf6 19.exf6 O-O 20.Rg3+ Kh8 21.Qh6 Rg8 22.Rg7 Nf8 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f3 b5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb6
13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.a5 Qb7 15.Bc4 Be7 16.Ra4 Rb8 17.Qd3 Ra8 18.Qd2
Rb8 19.Nc1 Bd8 20.Nd3 Nxd5 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.Qxd5 Qxd5 23.Bxd5
O-O 24.Ke2 Rc8 25.Bb3 Be7 26.Rd1 Rfd8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Bc4 Ra8
29.Ke3 Kf8 30.Ke4 Bd6 31.b3 Ke7 32.g4 f6 33.Kd5 Kd7 34.h4 g6
35.h5 f5 36.gxf5 gxf5 37.Bd3 e4 38.fxe4 fxe4 39.Kxe4 Kc6
40.Kd4 Bc5+ 41.Kc4 Ra7 42.Ra1 Re7 43.Rf1 Bd6 44.Rf6 Re5 45.h6
Rxa5 46.Bxh7 Rh5 47.Be4+ Kc7 48.h7 a5 49.Rf7+ Kb6 50.Rb7+ Ka6
51.Rd7 Bf8 52.Rd8 Bg7 53.Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Tomasz Markowski"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O
c5 8.d5 Rb8 9.Kh1 Bg4 10.Qe1 Nb4 11.Qh4 b5 12.a3 Nxd3 13.cxd3
a5 14.f5 b4 15.Ne2 bxa3 16.Rxa3 Rb4 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.Nf4 Bxf3
19.gxf3 Qb6 20.Rc3 c4 21.dxc4 Qa6 22.Qe1 Nd7 23.Rc2 Rc8 24.Qe2
a4 25.Nd3 Rb3 26.Bg5 Kf8 27.Rfc1 Nb6 28.e5 Rxd3 29.Qxd3 Bxe5
30.f4 Bg7 31.f5 gxf5 32.Qxf5 Rxc4 33.Rxc4 Nxc4 34.Qd3 Bxb2
35.Qxc4 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Marcin Kaminski"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qd2 Be7 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Nd4 O-O
13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 Nh5 15.Be3 Ng4 16.Kb1 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bf6
18.g4 Re8 19.Qf3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Nf6 21.Qf3 Qb6 22.Bc4 Rac8
23.Bb3 Re3 24.Qg2 Ne4 25.g5 Rxb3 26.cxb3 Re8 27.g6 fxg6
28.fxg6 d5 29.gxh7+ Kh8 30.Rhg1 Qh6 31.Rxd5 Nf6 32.Rdd1 Qxh7+
33.Ka1 Re7 34.Rd8+ Ne8 35.a3 Qh6 36.Ka2 a5 37.Qg5 1-0

[Event "It (cat.14)"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Qd3 Nd7
13.Qh3 Nc5 14.Bd5 Qc7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.b4 Na4 17.Nxa4 bxa4
18.Qa3 Qd7 19.Qg3 g6 20.Rad1 Bg7 21.Nf5 exf5 22.exf5 Kf8
23.Qf3 Re8 24.f6 Kg8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.fxg7 Kxg7 27.h4 Qe6
28.h5 Rc8 29.hxg6 Rxc2 30.gxf7 Qxf7 31.Qg4+ Qg6 32.Qd4+ Qf6
33.Qa7+ Qf7 34.Qd4+ Qf6 35.Qxf6+ Kxf6 36.Rxd6+ Kg7 37.a3 Rc3
38.Rxa6 Rxa3 39.g3 Ra2 40.b5 Rb2 41.b6 a3 42.Kg2 a2 43.b7 Rxb7
44.Rxa2 Rb5 45.Kh3 Rh5+ 46.Kg4 Rg5+ 47.Kh4 Rb5 48.Ra7+ Kg6
49.Ra6+ Kg7 50.f4 Rc5 51.Kg4 Rb5 52.Re6 Ra5 53.f5 Ra1 54.Rg6+
Kh7 55.Rc6 Kg7 56.Kf4 Rf1+ 57.Ke5 Re1+ 58.Kd5 h5 59.Re6 Rg1
60.Rg6+ Kf7 61.Ke5 h4 62.g4 h3 63.Rh6 Rxg4 64.Rh7+ Kg8 65.Rxh3
Ra4 66.Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Site "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 b5 11.Qe2 h6 12.Ne1 Nbd7 13.Nd3
Qa5 14.a3 Rfc8 15.Qf3 Qd8 16.h3 Rab8 17.Nb4 Bxb3 18.cxb3 a5
19.Nbd5 b4 20.axb4 axb4 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Bg5
24.Ra7 Rc7 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Rc1 Qe7 27.Rc6 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 h5
29.Qe2 g6 30.Qc4 Kg7 31.Rc7 Qf6 32.Qa6 Rd8 33.Qb6 Ra8 34.Rc1
Ra2 35.Qxb4 Rxb2 36.Rf1 h4 37.Qc4 Rd2 38.b4 Rd4 39.Qb3 Qd8
40.Rd1 Rxd1+ 41.Qxd1 Qb6 42.Qd2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Site "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a4
b6 8.f3 Qc7 9.g4 h6 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.f4 Nc6 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Nb3 Nb4
14.O-O Rc8 15.h3 d5 16.e5 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.c3 Nd3 19.Nd2
Nxb2 20.Nxe4 Nc4 21.Bd4 O-O 22.f5 Bxe4 23.Bxe4 Nxe5 24.fxe6
Bc5 25.Kg2 Kh8 26.g5 fxe6 27.Qh5 Bxd4 28.cxd4 Nc4 29.Qg6 Ne3+
30.Kh1 Nf5 31.gxh6 Ng3+ 32.Kg2 Nxe4+ 33.Qxe4 Qc2+ 34.Qxc2
Rxc2+ 35.Kg3 Rxf1 36.Rxf1 Rc4 37.Rf8+ Kh7 38.Rb8 Rxd4 39.Rxb6
Rxa4 40.hxg7 Kxg7 41.Rxe6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Site "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zsofia Polgar"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O exf4 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.Bxf4 Bd7
13.Be3 Rc8 14.Qe1 Re8 15.a5 h6 16.b4 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Be6 18.Na4
Bf8 19.Nb6 Rc7 20.Qd2 Nd7 21.Nd4 Ne5 22.Rac1 Nc6 23.Nxc6 bxc6
24.d4 Bg4 25.d5 cxd5 26.Qxd5 Be2 27.Rf2 Bb5 28.Re1 Qh4 29.Qf5
Qxe4 30.Qxe4 Rxe4 31.Nd5 Rcc4 32.Ref1 Rxb4 33.Nxb4 Bxf1
34.Rxf1 Rxb4 35.g3 Rb5 36.Bd2 Be7 37.Rc1 Bg5 38.Rc8+ Kh7
39.Bc3 Rc5 40.Rxc5 dxc5 41.Kg2 Kg6 42.g4 Bf6 43.Be1 Bd4 44.Kf3
f5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Site "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4
exd4 8.c3 dxc3 9.Qh5 Qd7 10.Nxc3 Nf6 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O O-O
13.h3 Bb7 14.Rd1 Rae8 15.Bf4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Qf5 17.Bxd6 Bxd6
18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Qg4 Qf6 20.Qd7 Re7 21.Qg4 Qxb2 22.Rac1 Qf6
23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Qb2 25.Rcd1 Qxa2 26.Rxd6 g6 27.R1d2 Qa1+
28.Kh2 Rfe8 29.Qf4 Re6 30.R6d4 Qc3 31.R2d3 Qc5 32.Rd5 Qe7
33.Rd7 Qf6 34.Qg3 Qe5 35.f4 Qf6 36.f5 R6e7 37.R7d5 Re5 38.Rd6
Qxf5 39.Rxa6 Re1 40.Rf3 Qb1 41.Qf2 Rh1+ 42.Kg3 Qc1 43.Qa7 Qg5+
44.Kf2 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Site "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Larry Christiansen"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
Nc6 8.O-O d6 9.Re1 Rb8 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Na4 Be7 12.c4 c5 13.b3
O-O 14.Bb2 Nd7 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.Rad1 Rbd8 17.Bc3 Rde8 18.Qb2 e5
19.Bd2 f5 20.exf5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Qc6+ 22.Kg1 Rxf5 23.Nc3 Nf6
24.Be3 Qf3 25.Qe2 Qxe2 26.Rxe2 g5 27.h3 h5 28.Kg2 Kf7 29.Ree1
Ke6 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Site "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 e4 7.Ng5
Bb4 8.d5 Ne5 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 d6 12.Qd4 Bf5 13.f3
exf3 14.Nxf3 Bg4 15.Bg5 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 h6 17.Bh4 Re8 18.Rab1 b6
19.Bd1 g5 20.Bg3 Rc8 21.Be2 Nfd7 22.h4 Kg7 23.Rf2 Qe7 24.Rbf1
Rf8 25.Qd2 Nc5 26.Qd4 Nd7 27.Bd3 Rce8 28.Qe4 Nxd3 29.Qxd3 Ne5
30.Bxe5+ Qxe5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rf5 Qe3+ 33.Qxe3 Rxe3 34.Rxg5+
Kh6 35.Rgf5 Rxc3 36.Rxf7 Rxf7 37.Rxf7 Rxc4 38.Rxa7 Rd4 39.Ra6
Rxd5 40.Rxb6 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Kg5 42.a4 d5 43.a5 d4 44.Kg3 Rd3+
45.Kf2 Ra3 46.Ra6 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Site "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jonathan D Tisdall"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Qb7 18.a3 Rfe8
19.Bb1 h6 20.Qe2 Bd8 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Bd4 Ba5 23.Bc3 Bxc3
24.Rxc3 b4 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.Nxe5 dxe5 27.Nc4 Bb5 28.Bd3 Rad8
29.Qc2 Nd7 30.Bf1 Nc5 31.Ne3 Bxf1 32.Rxf1 Ne6 33.Rc4 Qb5
34.Nd5 Nd4 35.Qxa4 Qxb2 36.Rc7 Qe2 37.Re7 Rxe7 38.Nxe7+ Kh8
39.Qa5 Rb8 40.Re1 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Site "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joshua Waitzkin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 a6 7.N5c3
Nf6 8.Be2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Bf1
Rad8 14.Na3 Rfe8 15.Nc2 Ne5 16.h3 Qb8 17.Qd4 Ned7 18.Rad1 Bf8
19.g3 h6 20.Bg2 Ba8 21.Ne3 Nc5 22.Ng4 Nxg4 23.hxg4 b5 24.b4
Nd7 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Qd3 Bc6 27.f4 Nb6 28.Ba1 d5 29.exd5 Nxd5
30.Nxd5 Bxd5 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.Qe3 Red8 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.a3 Qd8
35.Qf2 Be7 36.Kh2 Qa8 37.Bb2 Qa4 38.f5 e5 39.Bxe5 Qxa3 40.Bxg7
Bxb4 41.Re3 Qa8 42.Bxh6 Bd2 43.Qe2 Bxe3 44.Qxe3 Kh7 45.Qc3 Qh8
46.Qc6 Qe5 47.Bf4 Qe2+ 48.Kh3 Qe4 49.Qh6+ Kg8 50.Qg5+ Kf8
51.Qh6+ Ke7 52.f6+ Ke6 53.g5 Rd1 0-1

[Event "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Site "San Francisco (Pan Pacific), 1995"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Nunn"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Be7 10.Qd2 O-O 11.g5 Nh5 12.O-O-O Rc8
13.Rg1 Qc7 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Nb6 16.Rg4 f5 17.Rb4 Nd7 18.h4
g6 19.Kb1 Rf7 20.Rc4 Qb8 21.Qb4 Bd8 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Rd3 Qb8
24.Rc3 Rf8 25.a4 Ng3 26.Bd3 f4 27.Bf2 Nf5 28.Na5 Ne3 29.Bxe3
Bxa5 30.Qxa5 fxe3 31.Be2 Nc5 32.Rxe3 Rf4 33.b3 Rxh4 34.Qb6 Nd7
35.Qa5 Nc5 36.Qb6 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "San Francisco (USA)"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bd3 Ba4 10.O-O c4 11.Be2 h6 12.Ne1 Nbc6 13.g3
Kd7 14.Ng2 Qg8 15.Nf4 Qh7 16.Ra2 Kc7 17.Nh5 Raf8 18.Bg4 Kb7
19.Re1 Re8 20.Bh3 Rhf8 21.Re2 Qg6 22.Nf4 Qh7 23.Nh5 Qg6 24.Nf4
Qh7 25.Ra1 h5 26.Bg2 g5 27.Nh3 g4 28.Ng5 Qg6 29.f3 gxf3
30.Nxf3 f6 31.exf6 Rxf6 32.Bf4 Qf7 33.Rf2 Qf8 34.Nh4 Qf7
35.Bf3 Rxf4 36.gxf4 Rg8+ 37.Ng2 Qxf4 38.Bxh5 Qh6 39.Bg4 Nc8
40.Qf3 Nd6 41.Re1 Nd8 42.Bxe6 Nxe6 43.Qxd5+ Bc6 44.Qxd6 Bxg2
45.Qd7+ Ka6 46.Rxg2 Qd2 47.Qc8+ Ka5 48.Re5+ b5 49.Rxg8 Qd1+
50.Kf2 Qxc2+ 51.Re2 Qf5+ 52.Kg1 Qb1+ 53.Kg2 Nf4+ 54.Kf3 Nxe2
55.Kxe2 Qc2+ 56.Ke3 Qxc3+ 57.Ke4 Qd3+ 58.Kd5 Qf3+ 59.Kc5 Qxa3+
60.Kc6 Qf3+ 61.d5 c3 62.Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6
13.Re2 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.a4 Rae8 17.Rxe8 Rxe8 18.Nf1
h5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ra6 Nc7 21.Ra7 h4 22.Ne3 hxg3 23.fxg3 Bxg3
24.hxg3 Rxe3 25.Bxe3 Qxg3+ 26.Kf1 Bh3+ 27.Ke2 Bg4+ 28.Kd2 Bxd1
29.Bxd1 Nd5 30.Ra8+ Kh7 31.Re8 f5 32.Ke2 Qh2+ 33.Kd3 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Utut Adianto"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d5
7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nd4 Bb7
12.Rd1 Kc7 13.g3 Rd8 14.Bg2 Rxd4 15.Rxd4 c5 16.Rd5 Nxd5
17.Bxd5 fxg3 18.hxg3 Bxd5 19.Nxd5+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.c3 g5
8.Bg3 Nh5 9.e4 Nd7 10.Bb5 Bg7 11.O-O a6 12.Ba4 Qe7 13.d5 b5
14.Bb3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Nc5 16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Nd4 h5 18.Bc2 g4
19.Qe2 Nd7 20.Bb3 Rh6 21.a4 b4 22.Rfd1 bxc3 23.bxc3 c5 24.Nxe6
Rxe6 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.Nc4 Be5 27.Qd3 Ke7 28.Na5 Ra7 29.Rab1 Ba8
30.Re1 Kd8 31.Re2 Kc7 32.Reb2 Qf6 33.Rb3 Qg6 34.Rd1 Nf6 35.Nc4
Bxe4 36.Qe3 Qf5 37.Qh6 Nd7 38.Nxe5 Qxe5 39.c4 Qf6 40.Qxh5 Rb7
41.Rxb7+ Kxb7 42.Qxg4 Ne5 43.Qh5 Bc6 44.Qh7+ Bd7 45.Qe4+ Bc6
46.Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.13), New York (USA)"]
[Site "It (cat.13), New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maurice Ashley"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bb5 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 a6
12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Ne2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rc8 16. Kh1
Re8 17. Rg1 g6 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. b4 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Bg7
22. Rc2 Qd7 23. Rgc1 Nh5 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Nd4 Qh3 26. Qd1 Nf5
27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Rb8 30. Qd4 Qxf3+ 31. Kg1
Qf5 32. Rd6 Qg5+ 33. Kf1 Qh5 34. Rxd5 Qxh2 35. Rd8+ Rxd8
36. Qxd8+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Qd5
Qh3+ 41. Ke1 Qg4 42. b5 Qb4+ 43. Ke2 h5 44. f4 Qb2+ 45. Kf3
Qb1 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. b6 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 h4 49. Qd7 Qg2+ 50. Kd3
Qf1+ 51. Kc3 Qc1+ 52. Kb4 Qb2+ 53. Kc5 Qc3+ 54. Kb5 Qb2+
55. Ka6 Qa3+ 56. Kb7 Kg7 57. Qd4+ f6 58. Qd7+ Kh6 59. Qd8 Kg7
60. Qd7+ Kh6 61. Qd8 Kg7 62. Kb8 Qxe3 63. b7 h3 64. Qd7+ Kh6
65. Kc8 h2 66. b8=Q h1=Q 67. Kd8 Qhe4 68. f5 Qxf5 69. Qh2+ Qh5
70. Qhc7 Qhe5 71. Qb7 Q5e4 72. Qbc7 Qa8+ 73. Qdc8 Qd5+
74. Q7d7 Qg8+ 75. Kc7 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "32nd ol Yerevan ARM"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.c5
N6d7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O c6 10.Re1 Nf6 11.h3 b5 12.Bb3 a5 13.a3
Na6 14.Qe2 Nc7 15.Qxe7 Be6 16.Qxd8 Rfxd8 17.Bf4 Nfe8 18.Bxe6
Nxe6 19.Be5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Nf6 21.Rd1 b4 22.Na4 Nd7 23.Ree1 Rab8
24.d5 cxd5 25.Rxd5 Ndxc5 26.Rxc5 Nxc5 27.Nxc5 Rb5 28.axb4 Rxb4
29.Re2 Rb5 30.Na4 Rb4 31.Nc3 Rdb8 32.Re5 Rxb2 33.Rxa5 Rc2
34.Ne4 Re2 35.Ra4 f5 36.Nf6+ Kg7 37.Nd5 Rb7 38.h4 Rd7 39.Ra5
Kh6 40.g3 Rb7 41.Nf4 Ree7 42.Ne5 Rb6 43.Kg2 Reb7 44.Nc4 Rc6
45.Ne3 Rcb6 46.Rxf5 Rb5 47.Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Baburin"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O a6 7.c4 Nb6
8.Qb3 Be7 9.Rd1 N8d7 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Nbd2 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qe8 13.h3
Bh5 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.b4 Bg6 16.Qc3 Nca4 17.Qb3 c5 18.a3 cxb4
19.axb4 a5 20.b5 Nc5 21.Qe3 a4 22.Ra2 Qc8 23.Bg5 Bxg5 24.Nxg5
h6 25.Ngf3 Rd8 26.Nd4 Ncd7 27.Rc1 Qc5 28.N2f3 Rac8 29.Raa1 Qb4
30.Bd3 Bxd3 31.Qxd3 Rxc4 32.Rxc4 Qxc4 33.Qxc4 Nxc4 34.Rxa4
Ndxe5 35.Nxe5 Nxe5 36.Kf1 Nd3 37.g3 Nc5 38.Rc4 b6 39.f4 Ra8
40.Kg2 Ra2+ 41.Rc2 Ra4 42.Nc6 Ra3 43.Ne7+ Kf8 44.Nc8 Ne4 45.g4
Rg3+ 46.Kh2 Rb3 47.Nxb6 Rxb5 48.Nd7+ Ke7 49.Ne5 f6 50.Ng6+ Kd6
51.Ra2 Kd5 52.Kg2 Rc5 53.Ra7 Kd4 54.Kf3 Rc3+ 55.Ke2 Rc2+
56.Kd1 Rh2 57.Rxg7 Rxh3 58.Nf8 Rc3 59.Ke2 Rc2+ 60.Kd1 Rc6
61.Ke2 Rc2+ 62.Kd1 Rc3 63.Ke2 Re3+ 64.Kf1 Rg3 65.Ke2 Rg2+
66.Kf1 Rd2 67.g5 hxg5 68.Nxe6+ Ke3 69.fxg5 f5 70.Ra7 Ng3+
71.Ke1 Re2+ 72.Kd1 Kf2 73.Nf4 Re4 74.Nd3+ Ke3 75.Ra3 Rd4 76.g6
Ne4 77.Kc2 Rc4+ 78.Kb2 Kd2 79.g7 1/2-1/2

[Event "03, CITS New York USA"]
[Site "03, CITS New York USA"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.a4 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Kh1 Re8 12.f4 Rb8 13.Qe2
Nd7 14.Rad1 Bf8 15.Bg1 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Granda-Zuniga"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 e5 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nc6 6.f4 Bf5
7.c3 O-O-O 8.Ke1 f6 9.Bb5 fxe5 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.fxe5 Bc5 12.Nf3
Nf6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bf2 Bxf2+ 16.Kxf2 Ng4+ 17.Kg3 h5
18.h4 gxh4 19.Nxh4 Bh7 20.Nf3 Rhg8 21.Rxh5 Nf6 22.Rg5 Ne4+
23.Kh4 Nxg5 24.Nxg5 Rd1 25.e6 Rg1 26.Nd2 Rxa1 27.Ndf3 Be4
28.Nd4 c5 29.Nb3 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery Salov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d5
7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Nd4 Bb7
12.g3 c5 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.Bg2 Rb8 15.O-O-O Ke7 16.e3 fxe3 17.Rhe1
Rhd8 18.Rxe3+ Kf8 19.h3 g6 20.Ne1 Ba6 21.Nc2 Be7 22.Rde1 Rd7
23.Bf1 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 c4 25.Rd1 Rdb7 26.Na4 Nd7 27.Rd4 Nb6
28.Nxb6 Rxb6 29.Rxc4 Rxb2 30.Rc7 Bg5 31.f4 Bd8 32.Rd7 Rxa2
33.Rc3 Bb6 34.Rc4 Ra5 35.Kd2 Re8 36.Kc3 Rb5 37.Ra4 Re2 38.Nd4
Re3+ 39.Kd2 Bxd4 40.Rdxd4 Rxg3 41.Rxa7 Rxh3 42.Rdd7 Rf5 43.Rd4
Rf3 44.Raa4 Rh5 45.Rd3 Rh2+ 46.Kc3 Rhh3 47.Rxf3 Rxf3+ 48.Kd2
Kg7 49.Ke2 Rb3 50.Ra6 h6 0-1

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qd2 c5 7.a3
Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O e5 12.dxc5 dxc5
13.Qe3 b6 14.Bc4 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Nc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.Qf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.e5 Bh4+ 14.g3 Rb8 15.O-O-O Be7 16.Rhe1 d5 17.f5 Kh8 18.h4
a5 19.f6 gxf6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Rxd5 Qb6 23.c3 Bg7
24.Bc2 f5 25.Qd3 b4 26.Rd6 Qc7 27.c4 Rb6 28.Rd5 Rg6 29.c5 Rxg3
30.Qb5 Qf4+ 31.Kb1 Qxh4 32.Qxa5 Ra3 33.bxa3 0-1

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a4
b6 8.g3 Bb7 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O Rc8 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Rad1 Qc4
13.Rfe1 Qxe2 14.Rxe2 Rc4 15.f3 Be7 16.Red2 O-O 17.Bf1 Rcc8
18.Na2 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bf2 Ne5 21.c3 Bc5 22.Bg2 Nc4 23.Re2
e5 24.Nf5 g6 25.Nh6+ Kg7 26.Ng4 Rcd8 27.Rde1 f6 28.b3 Na5
29.Bxc5 bxc5 30.b4 Nc4 31.bxc5 a5 32.f4 exf4 33.gxf4 Rf7
34.Rf2 h5 35.Bxd5 Rxd5 36.Ne3 Nxe3 37.Rxe3 Rxc5 38.Nc1 Rc4
39.Nb3 Rxa4 40.Nc5 Ra1+ 41.Rf1 Rxf1+ 42.Kxf1 Bd5 43.Kf2 Rc7
44.Na6 Ra7 45.Nc5 a4 46.Re1 a3 47.Ra1 Rc7 48.Na4 a2 49.Ke3 Bb3
0-1

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Bb3 O-O 9.f4 b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Be3 Nxe5
13.Qh5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Rf3 g6 17.Qh6 f6
18.Rdf1 e5 19.Rg3 Bd8 20.Nf3 Nc6 21.Bc5 Be7 22.Rxg6+ hxg6
23.Qxg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 d5 9.Bxd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.axb5 Bb7
13.c4 dxc3 14.dxc3 axb5 15.Rxa8 Bxa8 16.Qd3 Bxd5 17.Qxb5 Bd6
18.Nd2 Qa8 19.f3 Qa7+ 20.Kh1 Qf2 21.Qe2 Qh4 22.Nf1 h6 23.Be3
Re8 24.Qd2 Qh5 25.Bf2 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 f5 27.Bg3 f4 28.Bf2 Qf5
29.Qd1 Bc4 30.Kg1 Bd3 31.Nd2 Kh7 32.h3 Qb5 33.b3 Qe5 34.Bd4
Bc5 35.Ne4 Bxd4+ 36.cxd4 Qb5 37.Nc5+ Bf5 38.Qe1 Bc2 39.Qc1 Qe2
40.Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jeroen Piket"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Bd7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Ne3 Nc6 16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb1 a5 18.a3 Na6 19.b4
Ra8 20.Bd2 Rfc8 21.g4 g6 22.Bd3 Qb7 23.Kg2 Bd8 24.Ng1 axb4
25.axb4 Nc7 26.Ne2 Rxa1 27.Qxa1 Ra8 28.Qc1 Nfe8 29.f4 exf4
30.Nxf4 Bf6 31.Bc3 Be5 32.Rf1 Qb6 33.Bxe5 dxe5 34.Ne2 Qd6
35.Qd2 Ra4 36.Nc2 Ra6 37.Qe3 f5 38.exf5 Nxd5 39.Qc5 Ndf6
40.Qxd6 Rxd6 41.Nc1 e4 42.Be2 gxf5 43.gxf5 Ng7 44.Ne3 Rd4
45.Na2 Kf8 46.Rd1 Rxd1 47.Bxd1 Nxf5 48.Nxf5 Bxf5 49.Nc3 Bd7
50.Be2 Ke7 51.Kg3 Kd6 52.Bxb5 Bxb5 53.Nxb5+ Kd5 54.Kf4 Kc4
55.Nd6+ Kd3 56.Nxe4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nxd4
7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.b3 O-O
12.Bb2 Rae8 13.Rae1 Bd8 14.f4 c6 15.Rd1 Bc7 16.e5 Qd8 17.Na4
dxe5 18.fxe5 Qxd4+ 19.Bxd4 Nd7 20.Nc5 Re7 21.e6 fxe6 22.Nxb7
Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 e5 24.Bf2 e4 25.Re1 Nf6 26.Nc5 Bb6 27.b4 Nd5
28.Nxe4 Bxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Nxb4 30.Nc5 Rf7+ 31.Kg3 Rf5 32.c3 Rxc5
33.cxb4 Rc3+ 34.Kf2 Rc4 35.a3 Kf7 36.Re3 c5 37.bxc5 Rxc5
38.Kf3 Kf6 39.h3 Rf5+ 40.Kg3 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Memorial Donner (cat.16)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O e6 7.e4 d6
8.Re1 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 O-O 12.b3 Qc7 13.Bb2
Rfd8 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.h3 Bc6 16.Kh2 a6 17.Qe3 Ba8 18.Rd2 Nd7
19.Red1 h6 20.f4 Nc5 21.h4 Rb8 22.Rc1 Nd7 23.Bf3 Rbc8 24.Rcd1
Rb8 25.Rc1 Rbc8 26.Kg2 Qb8 27.Qe2 Bc6 28.Rdc2 Bf6 29.Nd1 b5
30.Bxf6 Nxf6 31.cxb5 Bxb5 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Rxc8+ Qxc8 34.Qd2
Qc5 35.Qc3 Qb6 36.Qd2 Bc6 37.Nc3 d5 38.exd5 exd5 39.Ne2 Ne4
40.Qd4 Qa5 41.Bxe4 dxe4 42.Nc3 Qa3 43.Kf2 Qb2+ 44.Ke1 Qa1+
45.Kd2 Qh1 46.Qf2 Kh7 47.Nd1 Bb5 48.Qe1 Qg2+ 49.Qf2 Qh3 50.Ne3
Qc8 51.Ke1 Qc1+ 52.Nd1 Bd3 53.Qd2 Qc5 54.Qf2 Qb4+ 55.Qd2 Qd4
56.Qf2 Qf6 57.Qb2 Qb6 58.Qf2 Qa5+ 59.Qd2 Qc5 60.Qf2 Qa5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3
a6 8.Na3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qb3 Nd7 13.Rfd1
Rb8 14.f3 Kh8 15.Rd2 g5 16.Qd1 Rg8 17.Nc2 Nce5 18.Bd4 Qc7
19.Ne3 Nf6 20.Rc1 Bf8 21.b4 Bg7 22.h3 Nh5 23.Na4 Ba8 24.a3 Nf4
25.Bf1 Rgf8 26.Ng4 Nxg4 27.hxg4 Bxd4+ 28.Rxd4 Rfd8 29.g3 Ng6
30.Kg2 Rbc8 31.Qd2 e5 32.Rd3 b5 33.Nb2 h6 34.Rdc3 Qe7 35.Nd1
Qe8 36.Ne3 Ne7 37.cxb5 Rxc3 38.Rxc3 axb5 39.Rd3 Qc6 40.Nd5
Nxd5 41.Rxd5 Qa6 42.Rxe5 Qxa3 43.Rxb5 Qa1 44.Ra5 Qg7 45.Qa2
Bb7 46.Ra7 f6 47.Ba6 Rd7 48.Qe6 Bc6 49.Rxd7 Bxd7 50.Qxd6 Qf7
51.Qd5 Be6 52.Qd4 Bxg4 53.Be2 Bd7 54.b5 Qe6 55.Kf2 Kg7 56.g4
Qe7 57.Bc4 Be6 58.Bd5 Qd6 59.Kg2 h5 60.gxh5 Bd7 61.b6 Qf4
62.b7 g4 63.Qf2 Kh6 64.e5 g3 65.Qxg3 Qd2+ 66.Kh1 1-0

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3
g6 14.Bh6 Na5 15.Bc2 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Qd2 Nb7 18.Rf1 Nc5 19.Ng5
Ra7 20.h4 Bg7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.f4 h6 23.Nf3 Bg4 24.fxe5 dxe5
25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.Qf4 Rae7 27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.d6 Nbd7 29.dxe7 Rxe7
30.Qd4 h5 31.b4 cxb3 32.axb3 Qc7 33.Qe3 Nb6 34.Qf4 Re5 35.Rf2
Be6 36.b4 Nca4 37.Bxa4 Nxa4 38.Ne2 Nxc3 39.Rxa6 Nxe2+ 40.Rxe2
Bc4 41.Rd2 Kh7 42.Ra8 Re7 43.Qf6 1-0

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Nbd7 10.h3 a6 11.Bf4 Qe7 12.e4 h6 13.Re1
Ne8 14.h4 Rb8 15.Qd2 Kh8 16.Rab1 b5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Ne2 Ne5
19.Ned4 Bd7 20.Rxb4 Nf6 21.Rbb1 Nfg4 22.Bh3 Rfc8 23.Bxe5 Nxe5
24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Nb3 f5 27.exf5 gxf5 28.Rbc1 Rc4
29.Nc5 Qd6 30.Ne6 Rbc8 31.Rxc4 bxc4 32.Nxg7 Kxg7 33.Qc3 Kf6
34.f4 Qxd5 35.fxe5 Ke6 36.Qc1 Qc5+ 37.Kg2 Qc6+ 38.Kh2 Ke7
39.Qa3+ Ke8 40.Qc3 Qe6 41.Rb1 Rd8 42.Rb4 f4 43.Rxc4 fxg3
44.Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 c5 11.O-O Qc7 12.Qg4
Kf8 13.Re1 b6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bf1 e5 16.Qh5 g6 17.Qh4 Kg7
18.Bd2 f6 19.b4 Ne6 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Bxc4 Nc7 22.Bd3 Be6 23.c4
Rhd8 24.Bf1 Rac8 25.Rac1 Bf8 26.Bc3 Ne8 27.Nd2 Kf7 28.a3 Nd6
29.Bb2 Nf5 30.Ne4 Nd4 31.Bxd4 Rxd4 32.c5 bxc5 33.Nxc5 Bxc5
34.bxc5 Bd5 35.Bb5 Bc6 36.a4 Ke6 37.h3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tal Shaked"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nc6
7.Bc4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Qf5 9.Qb3 O-O-O 10.Bxf7 Nd5 11.Bxd5 Rxd5
12.Rg1 e6 13.Rg3 cxd4 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Bd2 Rhd8 16.c4 R5d7
17.O-O-O g6 18.Bg5 Bxg5+ 19.Rxg5 Qf4+ 20.Kb1 d3 21.c5 Qxf3
22.Nd6+ Rxd6 23.cxd6 Rxd6 24.Rg3 Qf5 25.Rgxd3 Rxd3 26.Qxd3
Qxf2 27.Qd7+ Kb8 28.Qd6+ Ka8 29.Qd8+ Nb8 30.Qc7 Qf5+ 31.Kc1
Qg5+ 32.Kc2 Qf5+ 33.Kc1 Qg5+ 34.Rd2 a6 35.Qg3 Qe7 36.Qd6 Qf6
37.Re2 Qf1+ 38.Qd1 Qf4+ 39.Qd2 Qc4+ 40.Kb1 Nc6 41.b3 Qg4
42.Rf2 e5 43.Kb2 Qe4 44.Qc3 Qd5 45.Qc4 Qd6 46.Rc2 Nb4 47.Re2
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Igor N Khmelnitsky"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4
7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.Bd3 Ne5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7
12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bf4 Qf5 15.Qd4 Nc6 16.Qe3+ Qe6
17.O-O-O O-O 18.Rhe1 Qf5 19.Bg3 d4 20.Qe4 Qxe4 21.Rxe4 f5
22.Re6 f4 23.Bh4 Rf5 24.f3 Rh5 25.Bf2 Rxh2 26.Rg1 Rd8 27.Re4
g5 28.Kd2 Rh6 29.Kd3 Kf7 30.b4 a6 31.Bxd4 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Bc2
exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.axb5 axb5
19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nxb5 Rc8 22.Na3 Ba6 23.Re3 Nbd3
24.Bxd3 cxd3 25.b3 Be7 26.Ndc4 Bg5 27.Nxd6 Rd8 28.Ndc4 Bxc4
29.Nxc4 Bxe3 30.Bxe3 Nxc4 31.bxc4 Qa3 32.c5 f5 33.c6 fxe4
34.c7 Rc8 35.Bf4 Qf8 36.Qg4 d2 37.Bxd2 Rxc7 38.Bxh6 Rf7 39.Be3
Qd6 40.Qxe4 Rd7 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.g4 Qxd5 43.Kh2 Rd8 44.Qe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.d4
cxd4 8.exd4 Rc8 9.d5 Na5 10.b3 exd5 11.Nd4 Be7 12.Nf5 O-O
13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Re1 Ne4 15.Bb2 dxc4 16.Qd4 f5 17.f3 d5
18.fxe4 dxe4 19.b4 Nc6 20.Qxc4+ Rf7 21.Qb3 Nxb4 22.Ba3 Qc5+
23.Kh1 a5 24.Bxb4 axb4 25.Nd2 Bd5 26.Qb2 Qc3 27.Rab1 Rfc7
28.Nf1 Qxb2 29.Rxb2 Rc1 30.Rxc1 Rxc1 31.Kg1 g6 32.Kf2 Ra1
33.Ke3 Rxa2 34.Rxa2 Bxa2 35.Kd4 Kg7 36.Ne3 Kf6 37.Bf1 g5
38.Nd1 h5 39.h4 Bb1 40.Ne3 gxh4 41.gxh4 b3 42.Nd5+ Kg7 43.Kc3
Bc2 44.Be2 Kf7 45.Bxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5
Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5 Bxf3 7.gxf3
a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Be3 e6 10.Qd2 f5 11.O-O-O Nf6 12.e5 Nh5
13.Ne2 Qb8 14.Ng3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Qb5 16.b3 d5 17.g4 Bf8 18.Kb1
a5 19.a4 Qb4 20.Qxb4 Bxb4 21.Rh2 O-O 22.Rdh1 Rf7 23.Kc1 Ra6
24.c4 fxg4 25.fxg4 c5 26.cxd5 cxd4 27.Bxd4 exd5 28.f5 gxf5
29.gxf5 Rxf5 30.Rxh7 Rf1+ 31.Rxf1 Kxh7 32.Rf7+ Kg6 33.Rxc7 Kf5
34.Rh7 Rg6 35.Rh1 Rg3 36.Kc2 Rg2+ 37.Kb1 Rg3 38.Kc2 Rg2+
39.Kb1 Rg3 40.Ka2 Rg2+ 41.Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qb6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Qg3 b5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6
13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Bxb5 axb5 16.Nxb5 Qb6 17.Qxg7 Rf8
18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.exd6 Rxa2 20.Kb1 Ra7 21.Rhe1 Nb8 22.Qxh7 Nc6
23.Qg7 Bd7 24.h4 Na5 25.Nd4 Nc6 26.Nb3 Na5 27.Nd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Site "ch-USA, Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Larry Christiansen"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.f3 O-O 10.Kh1 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Qd2 Re8
13.Rfe1 h6 14.Bf1 Be7 15.Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miron N Sher"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.O-O
Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.Bxc6 bxc6
13.Qc2 Be7 14.Ne5 Qd6 15.Nxg4 Nxg4 16.Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grigory Bogdanovich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 d5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.O-O
Nxe5 8.dxe5 Nd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Qh5 g6 11.Qh6 Bf8 12.Qh3 Nc5
13.Bb5+ c6 14.Be2 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Nxa6 16.e4 Qd7 17.exd5 cxd5
18.Rd1 Rc8 19.Ne4 Be7 20.c3 Nc5 21.Nf2 Qb7 22.Be3 h5 23.Bd4
Rf8 24.Qf3 Qa6 25.b3 Rh8 26.g3 Nd7 27.Qd3 Qxd3 28.Nxd3 Kd8
29.b4 Kc7 30.a4 a6 31.a5 b5 32.h4 Kb7 33.Kf2 Rc4 34.Ke3 Rhc8
35.Rac1 Nb8 36.Nb2 R4c7 37.Nd3 Rc6 38.Ke2 Nd7 39.Ke3 Rc4
40.Nb2 R4c6 41.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lars Schandorff"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 f5 8.Nf3 b6 9.e3 Bb7 10.Be2 d6 11.O-O Nd7 12.b4 c5
13.Bb2 Qe7 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Rab1 Rab8 16.Ba1 cxd4 17.exd4 Ng5
18.Nxg5 Qxg5 19.d5 f4 20.f3 exd5 21.Rfd1 Nb6 22.cxd5 Rbc8
23.Qd2 Ba8 24.Rb4 Rc5 25.Bd4 Rxd5 26.Qb2 Re8 27.Bb5 Rc8 28.Ba6
Re8 29.Bb5 Re7 30.Rc1 Rf5 31.Bd3 Rf8 32.Kh1 Rfe8 33.Qf2 Nd5
34.Rb5 Kh8 35.Be4 Qh5 36.Rcb1 Qf7 37.Rb8 Nb6 38.Rxe8+ Qxe8
39.Bd3 Bd5 40.Qh4 Bg8 41.Qxf4 Re1+ 42.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 43.Bg1 d5
44.Qb4 Qa1 45.Bb5 Nc4 46.a4 h6 47.Qc5 g6 48.Bc6 Ne5 49.h3 Qd1
50.Kh2 Qe2 51.Kh1 Qd1 52.Kh2 Nd3 53.Qe3 Ne1 54.Bd7 Nc2 55.Qe7
Qa1 56.Qe2 Qc3 57.Bf2 Nd4 58.Bxd4+ Qxd4 59.Be6 g5 60.Bf5 Qf4+
61.Kg1 d4 62.Kf2 Qd6 63.Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter K Wells"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7
8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.O-O Nxe4 12.Re1 a6 13.Qa4
Bd7 14.Qa3 Qb6 15.Nc3 Nxc3 16.Rxe8+ Bxe8 17.bxc3 Nd7 18.Bf4
Qc7 19.Re1 Nf6 20.c4 a5 21.Qc1 Bd7 22.Bd2 a4 23.Bc3 Re8
24.Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ole Jakobsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 a6
8.a4 Qe7 9.Bg5 Bg7 10.e3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh4 O-O 13.O-O Re8
14.a5 Qf8 15.Nd2 Ne5 16.Bc2 g5 17.Bg3 Bd7 18.f4 gxf4 19.exf4
Ng6 20.Qf3 Bb5 21.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Re8 23.Ra1 Qe7 24.Nxb5
axb5 25.Re1 Qd8 26.Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.Bxg6 fxg6 28.Qe4 Bd4+ 29.Kh2
Kg7 30.Nf3 Bf6 31.b4 Qe7 32.Qb1 c4 33.Bf2 Nc7 34.Bd4 Nxd5
35.Nh4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nge7 8.Nb3 Ng6 9.O-O Be7 10.a4 O-O 11.f4 Rb8 12.Be3 b6 13.Qe2
f6 14.Rad1 Na5 15.Nd4 Qc4 16.Rd3 Rf7 17.Rfd1 Nf8 18.Qf2 Qc7
19.b3 Nc6 20.Nce2 Nb4 21.R3d2 Bb7 22.c3 Nc6 23.c4 Bb4 24.Rd3
Na5 25.Nc2 Bc5 26.Ned4 Re8 27.Ne2 Ba8 28.Rc1 Nb7 29.Nc3 Na5
30.Ne2 Nb7 31.Rcd1 Bxe3 32.Qxe3 Nc5 33.R3d2 Bc6 34.a5 Qb7
35.Rd6 f5 36.Rxc6 Qxc6 37.exf5 Qc8 38.axb6 exf5 39.Qf2 Ne4
40.Bxe4 fxe4 41.Nc3 Qc5 42.Nd5 e3 43.Qf3 Rb8 44.Rd3 d6 45.Qe4
a5 46.Nd4 Kh8 47.Rxe3 h6 48.Kg2 a4 49.bxa4 Qxc4 50.Nb5 Qc1
51.Re2 Qd1 52.a5 Nd7 53.Nxd6 Rff8 54.Qf3 Nc5 55.Re7 Qd2+
56.Kh3 Nd3 57.Re2 Qd1 58.Ne7 Nxf4+ 59.gxf4 Qxd6 60.Qe4 Rf6
61.Re3 Qd7+ 62.Kg3 Re8 63.b7 Qb5 64.Rc3 Qf1 65.Rc8 Qg1+ 66.Kh3
Qf1+ 67.Qg2 Qd3+ 68.Qg3 Qf1+ 69.Kg4 Qe2+ 70.Kh3 Qf1+ 71.Qg2
Qd3+ 72.Kg4 Rg6+ 73.Kh4 Rxg2 74.Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Wolfgang Max Koch"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O
e5 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Nxe5 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Bxe5 12.Bf4 Bg7
13.Qd2 Nf5 14.Rae1 Nd6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Bh6 f5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.Qf2 b6 19.Ne2 Qf6 20.Nd4 Rae8 21.c4 a5 22.b3 Rxe1 23.Rxe1
Re8 24.Rxe8 Nxe8 25.g3 Nd6 26.Qe3 Kf7 27.Kf2 Qe7 28.Nf3 Qxe3+
29.Kxe3 Kf6 30.Kd4 Nb7 31.a3 Nc5 32.Bc2 Na6 33.Ne5 Be8 34.Nd3
g5 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 h6 37.Bd1 Bd7 38.Bc2 Be8 39.b5 Nb8
40.Nb4 g4 41.Na6 Nd7 42.Nxc7 Bf7 43.d6 h5 44.Nd5+ Bxd5 45.Kxd5
Nb8 46.Bb1 f4 47.gxf4 h4 48.Be4 g3 49.hxg3 hxg3 50.Bf3 Kf5
51.Bg2 Kxf4 52.Ke6 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Osman Kosebay"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Rb1 Nd7
13.h3 Bh5 14.Rb5 Nb6 15.c4 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 dxc4 17.Bc2 Qd7 18.a4
Rab8 19.Bg5 Rfe8 20.Rfb1 g6 21.Be3 Qc6 22.a5 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Nc8
24.Rxb7 Rxb7 25.Rxb7 Re7 26.Rb1 Kg7 27.Kf1 Rc7 28.Ke2 Ne7
29.Be4 f5 30.Ba8 f4 31.Bd2 c3 32.Bc1 Nc6 33.Bxc6 Rxc6 34.Rb7+
Rc7 35.Rxc7+ Bxc7 36.a6 Bd6 37.Kd3 Kh6 38.Kxc3 Kg5 39.Kc4 Kh4
40.Kd5 Bc7 41.Kc6 Bb6 42.d5 g5 43.Ba3 Bxf2 44.d6 Kxh3 45.d7
Bb6 46.Bc5 Bxc5 47.Kxc5 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Carsten Hoi"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O
c5 8.d5 Bg4 9.Kh1 Nc7 10.Qe1 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 a6 12.Qh4 e6 13.f5
exf5 14.exf5 b5 15.Bg5 c4 16.Be2 Nce8 17.Raf1 Qa5 18.Rh3 h5
19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Nc7 21.Bxh5 Rfe8 22.Qh4 gxh5 23.f6 Qa4
24.Qxh5 Qxc2 25.fxg7 Qg6 26.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Site "Copenhagen (Denmark)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Qe2 Nd7
8.e5 c5 9.Ng5 cxd4 10.e6 f5 11.exd7 Qxd7 12.Nd1 e5 13.fxe5
dxe5 14.a4 h6 15.Nf3 e4 16.axb5 Ne7 17.bxa6 Bc6 18.Bc4 exf3
19.gxf3 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.Nf2 O-O 22.O-O Nc6 23.Nd3 Rfe8
24.Qg2 Kh7 25.Qxg6+ Kxg6 26.Nf4+ Kf7 27.Nxd5 Re2 28.Rf2 Re1+
29.Rf1 Re2 30.Rf2 Re1+ 31.Kg2 d3 32.cxd3 Bd4 33.Rc2 Rg8+
34.Kh3 Rf1 35.Rg2 Rxf3+ 36.Rg3 Rgxg3+ 37.hxg3 Rf1 38.Nc3 Ne5
39.a7 Rh1+ 40.Kg2 Rg1+ 41.Kh3 Rh1+ 42.Kg2 Rg1+ 43.Kh2 Nf3+
44.Kh3 Rh1+ 45.Kg2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d6 3.g3 e5 4.d3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.c4 Nge7
8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O Rb8 10.e3 a6 11.Ne1 b5 12.Nc2 Be6 13.Nd5 f5
14.Bc3 Qd7 15.f4 Rbe8 16.Qd2 b4 17.Bb2 exf4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7
19.Nxf4 Bf7 20.d4 Qc7 21.Kh1 a5 22.Rad1 Rd8 23.Nd5 Nxd5
24.cxd5 Na7 25.dxc5 Qxc5 26.Rc1 Nb5 27.e4 fxe4 28.Ne3 Nc3
29.Ng4 Bxd5 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Nf6+ Rxf6 32.Rxf6 e3 33.Rcf1 Bxg2+
34.Kxg2 Qc6+ 35.R1f3 Qe8 36.Rf7 Qxf7 37.Rxf7 Kxf7 38.Qxh7+ Ke6
39.Qxg6+ Kd7 40.Qf7+ Kc6 41.Qf3+ d5 42.Qxe3 d4 43.Qd3 Kb6
44.h4 Nxa2 45.h5 Rd6 46.h6 Rxh6 47.Qxd4+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 f5 8.Nh3 Nc6 9.e3 d6 10.f3 Nf6 11.Nf2 e5 12.d5 Ne7
13.Be2 a5 14.b3 Bd7 15.O-O Ng6 16.Bd2 Qe7 17.Rae1 b6 18.Nh1
Rae8 19.Ng3 f4 20.exf4 Nxf4 21.Bd3 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Qf7 23.f4 exf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Ne2 Bxg2 7.Rg1
Be4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nh5 11.e4 Nc6 12.Be3 d6
13.O-O-O Ne7 14.c5 g6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Kb1 d5 17.f3 Qd7 18.Ne2
f5 19.e5 h6 20.h4 Kf7 21.Qd2 Kg7 22.Nf4 Nxf4 23.Bxf4 h5 24.Bg5
Rhg8 25.Bf6+ Kh7 26.Qb4 Nc6 27.Qd6 Rad8 28.Bxd8 Qxd6 29.exd6
Rxd8 30.f4 Rxd6 31.Rg3 Kg7 32.Rdg1 Ne7 33.Kc2 Kf7 34.Rc3 Ke8
35.b4 a6 36.Kd3 Kd8 37.Rgc1 Rd7 38.a4 Ra7 39.R3c2 Rd7 40.Re2
Rd6 41.b5 a5 42.Rce1 Kd7 43.Re3 Ng8 44.Rg3 Ne7 45.Reg1 Ke8
46.R3g2 Rd7 47.Rxg6 Nxg6 48.Rxg6 Ke7 49.Rh6 Rc7 50.Rxh5 Rc4
51.Rh7+ Kf6 52.Rb7 Rxa4 53.Rxb6 Rb4 54.h5 a4 55.h6 Kg6
56.Rxe6+ Kh7 57.Ra6 Rxb5 58.Rxa4 Kxh6 59.Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Patrick Wolff"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 g6 6.g3 Nd7 7.Bg2
Nxe5 8.dxe5 c6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Qe2 Be6 11.b3 Qc8 12.Bb2 Bh3
13.Nd2 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 O-O 15.c4 Nc7 16.Ne4 Qf5 17.f4 Ne6 18.Qf3
h5 19.h3 Bh6 20.Rae1 Rad8 21.Rf2 h4 22.g4 Nxf4+ 23.Kh2 Qe6
24.Nc5 Qc8 25.Bc1 b6 26.Ne4 Rd3 27.Re3 Nxh3 28.Kxh3 Bxe3
29.Bxe3 Qe6 30.Qf4 f5 31.Kxh4 Rxe3 32.Qxe3 fxe4 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8
34.Qxe4 Kg7 35.Kg5 c5 36.a3 a6 37.a4 Kf7 38.Qe3 Kg7 39.a5 Qc6
40.axb6 Qxb6 41.Qh3 Kg8 42.Qd3 Kf7 43.Qd5+ Kf8 44.e6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Valery Salov"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
a6 8.Bb3 Qc7 9.O-O Na5 10.f4 b5 11.f5 e5 12.Nde2 Bb7 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Nc4 15.Bc1 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nb6 18.Nc3
Be7 19.Ne4 Qxd5 20.Qf3 Rc8 21.Be3 Nd7 22.Rad1 Qc6 23.Rd3 d5
24.Rc3 Qb7 25.f6 Nxf6 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Rxc8+ Qxc8 28.Qxd5 O-O
29.Qe4 Qe6 30.b3 Rc8 31.Rf2 Be7 32.Kg1 f6 33.Kf1 g6 34.Qb7 Rd8
35.Rd2 Rxd2 36.Bxd2 h5 37.h3 g5 38.Be3 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Bb6
g3 41.Ke2 f5 42.Bc7 Bf6 43.Qf3 Kf7 44.Ba5 f4 45.Qe4 Kg7 46.c4
bxc4 47.bxc4 Qg4+ 48.Kd2 Qd7+ 49.Ke2 Qa4 50.Bd2 Qxa2 51.c5 Qb2
52.c6 Bd8 53.Kd1 Qb5 54.Bc3 Bc7 55.Kc2 Qc5 56.Kb3 a5 57.Qf3
Kf8 58.Qe4 Kg7 59.Qf3 Kh6 60.Qe4 Kg5 61.Bd2 Qd6 62.Qc4 Qxd2
63.Qg8+ Kf6 64.Qf8+ Ke6 65.Qc8+ Kd5 66.Qxc7 Qb4+ 67.Kc2 Qc4+
68.Kb2 Qb5+ 69.Ka2 Qxc6 70.Qd8+ Ke4 71.Qe7 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Peter Boross-Harmer"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.c4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3
Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bd7 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.b4
Qc7 14.Rac1 e5 15.Be3 Be6 16.Na4 Qe7 17.Nb6 Rab8 18.Rfd1 Rfd8
19.a4 Ne8 20.b5 f5 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Qxd5+ Qf7 23.c5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5
fxe4 25.bxa6 exf3 26.gxf3 Nc7 27.a7 Ra8 28.Rxd6 Bf6 29.Rxd8+
Rxd8 30.c6 bxc6 31.Bb6 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Grigory Serper"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
a6 8.Bb3 Qc7 9.O-O b5 10.f4 b4 11.Na4 Rb8 12.c3 Na5 13.cxb4
Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Qb7 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Ng4 17.a3 Qe4 18.Rae1 Bb7
19.Nf3 Nxe5 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 Qd5 23.Qc2 Rd8
24.Qg2 Qf5 25.Qxg7 Qg6+ 26.Qxg6 hxg6 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Bxf3
29.Rd6 Be2 30.Rb6 Rh5 31.Rb8+ Kd7 32.Rb7+ Kc6 33.Rxf7 Rg5+
34.Kf2 Bc4 35.Ke3 Rg2 36.Rf2 Rxf2 37.Kxf2 a5 38.Ke3 a4 39.Kd4
Bb3 40.h4 Bc2 41.Ke5 Bf5 42.Bd4 Kb5 43.Kd6 Bg4 44.Bf6 Bh3
45.Ke5 Kc4 46.Ke4 Bf5+ 47.Ke3 Bc2 48.Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jaime Sunye Neto"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Qd2 Nc4 12.Bxc4 Bxc4
13.Nd5 a5 14.a4 b6 15.Nc1 Rc8 16.Ne2 Bxd5 17.exd5 h6 18.O-O-O
hxg5 19.Bxg5 Nc5 20.Nc3 Qd7 21.Kb1 Rh3 22.Qg2 Qf5 23.Rhf1 f6
24.Be3 Nd7 25.Ne4 Qh5 26.Bg1 Rh4 27.Qe2 f5 28.Qa6 Rxc2 29.Kxc2
fxe4 30.fxe4 Qg6 31.b3 Qxe4+ 32.Kb2 Rh3 33.Qc8+ Ke7 34.Bxb6
Rxb3+ 35.Kxb3 Qb4+ 36.Kc2 Qxa4+ 37.Kd2 Qb4+ 38.Ke2 Qxb6 39.Qc4
Nc5 40.Rb1 Qc7 41.Qh4+ Ke8 42.Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "It (cat.13)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joshua Waitzkin"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 O-O-O 6.c4 Qf5
7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nbd2 e5 9.d5 Nb4 10.Rc1 Nxa2 11.Ra1 Nb4 12.O-O a6
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Bd6 15.Ra4 c5 16.Rxb4 cxb4 17.c5 Bb8 18.d6
Ba7 19.Qb3 e4 20.Ng5 Kb8 21.Nxf7 Bxc5 22.g4 Qc8 23.Rc1 b6
24.Nxh8 Rxh8 25.Qa4 Qd7 26.Qxa6 Bxe3 27.Rc7 Bxf2+ 28.Kxf2 e3+
29.Kg2 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Blas Lugo"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3
d5 8.d4 Nxe4 9.dxe5 Na5 10.Bc2 Nc4 11.b3 Nb6 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Nd4
Qd7 14.f3 c5 15.fxe4 cxd4 16.cxd4 dxe4 17.Bb2 f5 18.exf6 Bxf6
19.Nc3 O-O 20.Nxe4 Bxd4+ 21.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Nd5 23.Rad1 Qe5
24.Qd3 Nf4 25.Rxf4 Rxf4 26.Nd6 Rh4 27.h3 Rd8 28.b4 Rxd6
29.Bb3+ Kh8 30.Rf1 Qe7 31.Qg3 Rxh3+ 32.Qxh3 Rh6 33.Qxh6 gxh6
34.Rf7 Qh4+ 35.Kg1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "S Shushkovsky"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.Be3 Qb6
8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 Bg4 10.Nc5 Qc7 11.h3 Nf5 12.Bf2 Bxf3 13.Qxf3
b6 14.Nb3 h4 15.c4 e6 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Bd3 Qd7 18.O-O Qe6
19.Rac1 Rh5 20.Nd2 Bh6 21.Rc2 a5 22.Rfc1 Kd7 23.Ne4 dxe4
24.Bxe4 Ne7 25.d5 Nxd5 26.Rxc6 Nxc6 27.Bxd5 Rxe5 28.Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bf4
a6 8.a4 Bg7 9.h3 Qe7 10.e3 O-O 11.Bd3 Nbd7 12.O-O Ne8 13.e4
Rb8 14.Re1 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Qd2 g5 18.Ne2 b5
19.axb5 axb5 20.b3 Nf6 21.Ng3 Re8 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 Qf4
24.Rxe8+ Nxe8 25.Qb2 h6 26.Re1 Qb4 27.Re2 Rc8 28.Kf1 c4
29.bxc4 Qxb2 30.Rxb2 bxc4 31.Rc2 Kg7 32.Rxc4 Rxc4 33.Bxc4 Kf6
34.Ke2 Ke5 35.Kf3 Nf6 36.g3 Nxd5 37.f6+ Kd4 38.Bb3 Nxf6
39.Bxf7 d5 40.h4 Ne4 41.hxg5 Nd2+ 42.Ke2 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Saidali Yuldashev"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Bg7 7.d3
Nf6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Qe1 O-O 10.b3 Ne8 11.Bd2 Nc7 12.Qh4 f5
13.Rae1 fxe4 14.Nxe4 h6 15.Ba5 Rc8 16.Re2 Be8 17.Rfe1 Qd7
18.Bc3 e6 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.c4 Qd8 21.Qg3 Qe7 22.f5 e5 23.Nh4 g5
24.f6 Rxf6 25.Nxf6 Qxf6 26.Rf2 Qe6 27.Ref1 Rd8 28.Qf3 Bd7
29.Qf7+ Qxf7 30.Rxf7+ Kg8 31.Ng6 Ne6 32.Ne7+ Kh8 33.R1f6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Branko Damljanovic"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 e6 11.Bb3 Be7 12.O-O
O-O 13.f4 Ng4 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Kh1 b5 16.Rf3 Qc5 17.Qg1 Qxg1+
18.Rxg1 Bb7 19.Re1 Nf6 20.a3 Rfe8 21.h3 Nd7 22.Kh2 Nc5 23.Ba2
Bh4 24.Re2 Bf6 25.b4 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Nxe4 27.Rc7 Bd5 28.Bxd5 exd5
29.Bc1 h5 30.Bb2 h4 31.Bd4 Ng3 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Bf2 Nf5 34.Kg1
Re2 35.Rc6 d4 36.Kf1 Re4 37.Rxa6 Rxf4 38.Ke1 Re4+ 39.Kd2 Rf4
40.Ke1 Re4+ 41.Kd2 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leonid Yudasin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Bg7 8.Be3 Nf6 9.f3 O-O 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxb5 12.Nxb5 a6
13.Nc3 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.a3 Qa5 16.O-O b4 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Kh1
Rfc8 19.Rc2 Qb3 20.Re2 Rab8 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nd5 Kg7 23.Nxf6
Qxd1 24.Nh5+ gxh5 25.Rxd1 h4 26.Kg1 Kf6 27.Kf2 Rb3 28.Rd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hannes Stefansson"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Kh1 Qc7
13.f4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nd7 15.Rad1 Nc5 16.f5 Nxb3 17.axb3 Re8
18.f6 Bxf6 19.Rxf6 gxf6 20.Bh6 Qc5 21.Qxf6 Qe5 22.Qh4 f5
23.Rd3 Kh8 24.Bf4 Qg7 25.Rg3 Qf7 26.Bxd6 e5 27.Nd5 fxe4
28.Qf6+ Qxf6 29.Nxf6 Bf5 30.Nxe8 Rxe8 31.Rg5 Re6 32.Bb8 e3
33.Kg1 Bg6 34.Rxe5 Rxe5 35.Bxe5+ Kg8 36.c3 Bf7 37.c4 Bg6
38.Bd4 Bc2 39.Bxe3 Bxb3 40.c5+ Kf7 41.Kf2 h5 42.Kg3 Kg6 43.Kf4
Bd5 44.g4 hxg4 45.Kxg4 Bc6 46.h4 Bd5 47.h5+ Kh7 48.Kf5 Bh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 b5 11.Qd3 Nc6 12.Rfd1 Qc7
13.Bg5 Rfd8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.Bxd5 Rac8 17.c3 Qb6
18.g3 g6 19.Kg2 Kg7 20.Qe2 Ne7 21.Rd3 b4 22.cxb4 Nxd5 23.Rxd5
Qxb4 24.b3 Rc5 25.Rad1 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Rc8 27.Rd2 a5 28.Rc2 Rxc2
29.Qxc2 Bd8 30.Qc6 Bb6 31.Qd5 h6 32.Nd2 Bd4 33.Nf3 Bc5 34.h4
Qb6 35.Nd2 Qb4 36.Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lputian"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Qg4 Ne7
8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nbc6 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Bd7
13.Bd3 O-O-O 14.Bg3 Qxa5 15.O-O Qa4 16.Rfe1 Ng6 17.Qh6 Rh8
18.Qe3 d4 19.Qe2 Nce7 20.Rab1 Bc6 21.Rb4 Qxa3 22.Rxd4 Bd5
23.Ng5 Rhf8 24.Qg4 Qc5 25.h4 Nc6 26.Rxd5 Qxd5 27.Bxg6 fxg6
28.Nxe6 Qd7 29.f3 b5 30.Re3 Nd4 31.Nxd8 Qxg4 32.fxg4 b4 33.e6
Rxd8 34.h5 gxh5 35.gxh5 Nxc2 36.Re4 Kb7 37.Be5 Kc6 38.Bf6 Re8
39.Re2 Na3 40.h6 c2 41.Bb2 Kd6 42.g4 Nc4 43.Rxc2 Nxb2 44.Rxb2
Rg8 45.Rxb4 Kxe6 46.Kf2 Kf6 47.Kg3 Kg5 48.h7 Rh8 49.Rb7 Kg6
50.Rxa7 Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Timoshchenko"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h3 a6
8.a4 Qe7 9.Bf4 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Ne5 11.e4 Bg7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O
Nfd7 14.Bh2 g5 15.f4 gxf4 16.Bxf4 Ng6 17.Bh2 Nde5 18.Qc2 Kh8
19.Kh1 Rg8 20.Nd1 Bh6 21.Ra3 Nh4 22.Bg3 Bd7 23.Nc4 Nxc4
24.Bxc4 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Qf2 Ng6 28.Bd3 c4
29.Bc2 Bg7 30.Ne3 Be5 31.Nf5 Qf6 32.b3 Bxf5 33.exf5 Bxg3
34.Qxg3 Ne5 35.bxc4 bxc4 36.Rb1 Rg8 37.Qf2 h6 38.Rb6 Ra8
39.Qf4 Kh7 40.Kh2 Ra2 41.Bb1 Ra3 42.Be4 h5 43.Bb1 h4 44.Bc2
Ra2 45.Qe4 Nd7 46.Rb7 Qe5+ 47.Qxe5 Nxe5 48.Bb1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd4 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Bb3 O-O 12.f4 Bd7
13.f5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 exf5 15.exf5 Bc6 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Rad1 Bd8
18.Kh1 Nd7 19.Qg3 Bf6 20.Bd5 Qb4 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Bxc6 bxc6
23.Rxd6 Nh5 24.Qd3 Qxb2 25.Rxc6 Nf6 26.Qxa6 Ng4 27.h3 Ne3
28.Nd1 Nxd1 29.Rxd1 Ra8 30.Qe2 Rxa2 31.f6 gxf6 32.Qf3 Ra1
33.c3 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Qf2 35.Rc8 Rxc8 36.Qg4+ Kf8 37.Qxc8+ Ke7
38.Qc7+ Ke6 39.Kh2 Qe3 40.Qc6+ Ke7 41.Qc7+ Ke6 42.Qc6+ Ke7
43.Qf3 Qe5+ 44.g3 Kd6 45.Kg2 Kc5 46.Qd3 Qd5+ 47.Qxd5+ Kxd5
48.Kf3 Kc4 49.Ke4 Kxc3 50.Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Yerevan (Armenia)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Kiril D Georgiev"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.h3
O-O 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Be3 Na5 10.O-O b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4
a6 14.Nd5 Nxb3 15.axb3 e6 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qd2
Qg5 19.f4 Qf6 20.e5 Qe7 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.c3 Kh7 23.Qe3 Qc7
24.Rd2 Rd7 25.Rf2 Qd8 26.Qg3 Re8 27.Kh2 f5 28.exf6 Qxf6
29.Rfe2 Rde7 30.Nc2 b5 31.Rd2 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Midwest Masters"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 e6
8.h3 exd5 9.exd5 Qe7+ 10.Kf1 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Bd2
Ne5 14.Be2 Nxf3 15.Bxf3 Ng7 16.g4 Be5 17.Qe2 f5 18.Re1 Bd7
19.g5 Rae8 20.Qd1 Qd8 21.h4 a6 22.h5 f4 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Ne4
Nf5 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Kg7 27.Qc1 Rh8 28.Qxf4 Rxh1+ 29.Bxh1
Rh8 30.Bg2 Rh4 31.Qf3 Rxe4 32.Qxe4 Qxg5 33.Bh3 Kf7 34.Bxf5
gxf5 35.Qh1 Ba4 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Qh8+ Kf7 38.Qc8 Qh4 39.Qe6+ Kg7
1-0

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Cyrus Lakdawala"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7
12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 O-O-O 15. f4 Rhe8 16. a3 Bf8
17. Nf3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Bd6 19. g3 Ka8 20. Rhe1 Rc8 21. c4 c5
22. Bc3 Red8 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Ne5 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Bc2
Rcd8 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. h4 h5 31. Bd1
Be4+ 32. Ka1 Qb7 33. c5 Rc8 34. cxb6 Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 axb6
36. Qc4 Bd5 37. Qa4+ Kb8 38. Qb4 Ne4 39. Bxh5 f6 40. Nc4 Nxg3
41. Bg6 Kc7 42. Nd6 Qc6 43. Nb5+ Kb8 44. Qa4 Kb7 45. Qa7+ Kc8
46. Nc3 Qb7 47. Qa4 Bc6 48. Qc4 Qd7 49. Bf7 Kb7 50. Bxe6 Qd6
51. f5 Nh1 52. Bd5 Bxd5 53. Nxd5 Qc6 54. Qxc6+ Kxc6 55. Nxf6
Ng3 56. Ne8 Nh5 57. Nxg7 Nxg7 58. f6 Ne6 59. Ka2 Kd6 60. Kb3
Nc5+ 61. Kc4 Ke6 62. Kb5 Kxf6 63. b4 Nd7 64. a4 1-0

[Event "09, Mermaid Beach Club, Bermuda"]
[Site "09, Mermaid Beach Club, Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Maurice Ashley"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O
7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Re8 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 Be6 13. d5 Bf5 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Nd4 Bh7 16. Ne6 Qb8
17. Rc1 a6 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Qd4 Qa7 20. Qd2 fxe6 21. dxe6 Nc5
22. Bc2 Be7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Bg5 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qc2+
Kh8 27. Qxc5 Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Rad8 29. Nf4 Qd4 30. Qxc7 Qb4
31. Kf1 Qxb2 32. Qf7 Qf6 33. h4 Rxe6 34. Qxe6 Qxf4 35. Qe7 Rf8
36. Qc5 Kg8 37. g3 Qxa4 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qxb7 Qb5+ 40. Qxb5
axb5 41. Re7 Rb8 42. Ke1 b4 43. Kd1 b3 44. Kc1 Rc8+ 45. Kb1
Rc2 46. Rf7 Re2 47. h5 Kg8 48. Rf5 b2 49. g4 Rd2 50. f3 Rh2
51. Ka2 g6 52. hxg6 Kg7 53. Kb1 Kxg6 54. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op Philadelphia USA"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pavel Blatny"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O
d5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.Nc3 Rc8
13.Qd2 Qa5 14.a3 Nh5 15.b4 Qc7 16.Nb5 Qxc2 17.Qxc2 Rxc2
18.Nxa7 Bxd4 19.exd4 Ra8 20.Nb5 Bd7 21.a4 Rc4 22.Rfb1 Bxb5
23.axb5 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Rxd4 25.Ra7 Rxb4 26.Rxb7 e6 27.Bf1 Nf6
28.Rc7 Rb2 29.Rc8+ Kg7 30.Rd8 g5 31.g4 h5 32.gxh5 Nxh5 33.Rd6
Kf6 34.Rc6 Nf4 35.b6 d4 36.Rc4 d3 37.Rd4 e5 38.Rd7 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club, Bermuda"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tal Shaked"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6
7.c3 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Ne1 Qb6 12.Be3 f6
13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd3 O-O 15.Nc3 Qa6 16.Rae1 Rae8 17.Bf2 fxe5
18.dxe5 Nf7 19.f4 Nh6 20.Rc1 Rc8 21.Rc2 Rc6 22.Rfc1 Qa5 23.a3
a6 24.Na2 Qb5 25.Nab4 Rc4 26.g3 a5 27.Na2 Qb3 28.Nc3 Rfc8
29.Ne1 Nc5 30.Nd1 b5 31.Ne3 Ne4 32.Nxc4 bxc4 33.Qf3 a4 34.Qxb3
axb3 35.Re2 c3 36.Re3 Ng4 37.Rxe4 dxe4 38.bxc3 e3 39.Bxe3 Nxe3
0-1

[Event "Wichern op 4th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eggert Lindschau"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bf3 Nbd7 12.Be3 Rc8 13.Qe2
Qc7 14.Qf2 exf4 15.Bxf4 Ne5 16.Nd2 Nfg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Qg3
Ne5 19.Nf3 Ng6 20.Be3 Bf6 21.Rad1 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Qxc3 23.Bd4
Qxc2 24.h4 h5 25.Rd2 Qxe4 26.Ba1 Qe3+ 27.Rdf2 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Rc1
29.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30.Rf1 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "Luzern Wch-tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ruslan Irzhanov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. a4 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Rb8 13. g4 Nd7 14. Bg2 b6 15. g5 Bb7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh3 Bf8
18. f5 Nde5 19. fxe6 Nxd4 20. exf7 Nxf7 21. Bxd4 Nxg5 22. Qe3
Ne6 23. Bxb6 Qd7 24. Rad1 Bg7 25. Qg3 Bxc3 26. Rxd6 Qxa4
27. bxc3 Rbc8 28. Qh4 g5 29. Qh5 Bxe4 30. Qf7 Kh8 31. Bd4 Nxd4
32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Qf6 Kg8 34. Qxg5 Kh8 35. Qf6 1-0

[Event "4th World Team Ch"]
[Site "Lucerne SUI"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.f3 b5 12.a4 b4 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.c4 bxc3 16.bxc3 Bg5 17.Bf2 Qc7 18.c4 Rab8
19.a5 Rfe8 20.Rb1 g6 21.Bd3 Ba8 22.Qc2 Rb4 23.Be1 Rbb8 24.Bf2
Rb4 25.Be1 Rbb8 26.Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th World Team Ch"]
[Site "Lucerne SUI"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3
Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Kh1 exf4 12.Bxf4 Bg4
13.Be3 Rc8 14.Qd2 Re8 15.a5 Bh5 16.Nd4 Ng4 17.Bf4 Bg6 18.Nf5
Bxf5 19.exf5 Bf6 20.Be2 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Ne4 22.Qd4 Qh4 23.Bxg4
Qxg4 24.Rab1 Nxc3 25.Rxb7 Ne2 26.Qd1 Qh5 27.Qxd6 Qxf5 28.Rbb1
Qxc2 29.Be5 Qc5 30.Qxc5 Rxc5 31.Bd6 Rxa5 32.Ra1 Rxa1 33.Rxa1
Rc8 34.Ba3 f6 35.g3 Rc2 36.Rd1 Ra2 37.Rd3 h5 38.Re3 a5 39.Bc5
a4 40.Ba3 Kf7 41.Bc5 g5 42.h3 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.Kg2 Rc2
45.Ba3 Rc3 46.Re7+ Kg6 47.Bd6 Rd3 48.Bb8 Nd4 0-1

[Event "4th World Team Ch"]
[Site "Lucerne SUI"]
[Date "1997.10.29"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 f5 8.Nh3 Nc6 9.e3 d6 10.f3 Nf6 11.Bd2 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5
13.Be2 Qe7 14.O-O Kh8 15.Rae1 Bd7 16.b4 Rae8 17.Nf2 c5 18.Nd3
b6 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Bd3 Qe6 21.Bc3 Qf7 22.bxc5 dxc5 23.e4 fxe4
24.fxe4 Qh5 25.e5 Ng8 26.Rxf8 Rxf8 27.e6 Bc6 28.Re3 Nf6 29.Rh3
Qg4 30.e7 Re8 31.Bxh7 Qxg2+ 32.Qxg2 Bxg2 33.Bg6+ Bxh3 34.Bxf6
Bd7 35.Bxe8 Bxe8 36.Be5 Kg8 37.Bb8 Kf7 38.Bxa7 Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th World Team Ch"]
[Site "Lucerne SUI"]
[Date "1997.10.30"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Artashes Minasian"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Qd2 b5
8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O e5 10.Bh6 a6 11.Rfe1 Bb7 12.a3 Re8 13.Bxg7
Kxg7 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Ne2 c5 16.Ng3 c4 17.Bf1 Nc5 18.Rad1 Qxd2
19.Nxd2 Rad8 20.f3 Na4 21.b3 Nc3 22.bxc4 Nxd1 23.Rxd1 Bc6
24.Bd3 Nd7 25.Nb3 Nb6 26.cxb5 Bxb5 27.Ne2 Na4 28.Rd2 Re7
29.Kf2 Red7 30.Ke3 Nb2 31.Nec1 Rd6 32.Na5 R8d7 33.g3 f5
34.exf5 gxf5 35.Bxb5 axb5 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Nd3 Nxd3 38.cxd3 Ra6
39.Nb7 Rxa3 40.Nc5 Kf6 41.g4 Rc3 42.Nd7+ Ke6 43.Nf8+ Ke7
44.Nxh7 f4+ 45.Ke2 b4 46.g5 Rc4 47.Nf6 b3 0-1

[Event "Stockholm Festival"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Evgeny Agrest"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qb6 Rb8 10. O-O-O d6 11. Rhe1 Be7
12. Qxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Final"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "01"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. h3 Kh7 12. Ne3
d5 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qd7 15. g5 h5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Be3
b6 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qa4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Bc1 Kg8
22. Rd2 Qe6 23. Qc4 Rd5 24. Rde2 Rcd8 25. Re3 Qd7 26. Qe4 Ne7
27. R3e2 Nf5 28. c4 Rxd3 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Nd4 31. Re3
Nc2 32. Rxd3 Qxd3 33. Rf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Re1+
36. Kd2 Rxe5 37. Kxc2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 h6
7.Nf3 b6 8.e3 Bb7 9.Be2 a5 10.b3 d6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Nd2 c5
13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Rad1 Rfc8 15.d5 a4 16.dxe6 Qxe6 17.b4 cxb4
18.Qxb4 Nc5 19.Nf3 Nfe4 20.Nd4 Qg6 21.f3 Ng5 22.Kh1 Re8 23.e4
Nge6 24.Nxe6 Rxe6 25.Qxb6 Rc8 26.Qb4 f5 27.exf5 Qxf5 28.Qc3
Qg5 29.Rf2 Re3 30.Qc2 Qe7 31.Bf1 Re8 32.Qg6 Re6 33.Qg3 Qf7
34.Rd4 Rg6 35.Rg4 Rxg4 36.Qxg4 Re1 37.Kg1 Ba6 38.Rc2 Ne4
39.Rc1 Qa7+ 40.c5 Qxc5+ 0-1

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3
Bf8 13. Nb3 b6 14. a5 Nd7 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Rfd1
Rac8 18. Na4 Nd7 19. c3 Ne7 20. Qf2 Nf6 21. Nd2 Ng6 22. c4 Qb8
23. b3 Nd7 24. g3 Nf6 25. Kg1 Rcd8 26. Bb6 Rc8 27. Be3 Rcd8
28. Ba7 Qa8 29. Bb6 Rc8 30. Bd4 Nd7 31. Be3 Ne7 32. b4 d5
33. cxd5 exd5 34. Bg4 f5 35. exf5 Nf6 36. Bh3 Rc2 37. Nc5 Nc6
38. Nxb7 Qxb7 39. Qf3 Bxb4 40. Nf1 Qb5 41. Rac1 Rxc1 42. Rxc1
Ba3 43. Rd1 Bc5 44. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 45. Qf2 Qb5 46. Bg2 Re2 47. Qf3
Qb2 48. Kh1 Rf2 49. Rb1 Qxb1 50. Qxf2 Qxf5 51. Qb6 Qc8 52. Ne3
Ne7 53. h3 Kf7 54. Kh2 Qe6 55. Qa7 h5 56. g4 hxg4 57. hxg4
Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Site "Ch World FIDE, Las Vegas (USA)"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Kobalia"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 hxg4
12. O-O Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Qxg4 f6 16. f4 Bxf5
17. exf5 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Qxc3 19. Rb1 b5 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. a4 Nd4
22. Qg4 Qe3+ 23. Kf1 Nxc2 24. Re4 Qd3+ 25. Kg1 Ne3 26. Rxe7+
Kd8 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Nxf5 29. axb5 Nxg3 30. hxg3 axb5
31. Rxb5 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rhh1 33. Kf3 Kd7 34. Rb7+ Kc6 35. Rf7
Rhf1+ 36. Kg4 Rc5 37. Kh4 Rh1+ 38. Kg4 Rf1 39. Kh4 Rh1+
40. Kg4 Rg5+ 41. Kf3 Rf1+ 42. Ke2 Rgf5 43. Rf4 R1xf4 44. gxf4
Rxf4 45. Ke3 Rf1 46. Ke2 Rf5 47. g4 Re5+ 48. Kf3 Re1 49. Kg3
d5 50. Rxf6+ Kc5 51. Rf8 d4 52. Rd8 Kc4 53. g5 d3 54. Kf4 Kc3
55. g6 Rg1 56. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Qc7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Rb8 10.a4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.h3
Nxd4 14.Qxd4 b6 15.Re2 Bb7 16.Rd1 Rbc8 17.Red2 Ne8 18.Qe3 Bf6
19.Rd3 Qc5 20.R1d2 Qa5 21.e5 Bxg2 22.exf6 Ba8 23.fxg7 Qc5
24.Ne4 Qxe3 25.Rxe3 e5 26.c4 f6 27.Ba3 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Kxg7 29.g4
Rc6 30.f4 Rb8 31.Kg2 Kf7 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.g5 b5 34.axb5 axb5
35.c5 b4 36.Rxb4 Rxb4 37.Bxb4 dxc5 38.Rc2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Smejkal"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d5
7.Bf4 e5 8.cxd5 exf4 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.Rd1+ Bd7
12.Nd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Rb8 14.Rd2 Re8 15.g3 f3 16.Kd1 fxe2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4 a6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Nf3 Nf6 12.h3 c4 13.Bc2 Nbd7
14.O-O Rb8 15.Be3 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Nd4 b4 18.Nc6 Qe8 19.Nxb8
Nxb8 20.Ne2 Nxe4 21.Bd4 Nf6 22.Ng3 b3 23.Bb1 Bb7 24.Re1 Qd8
25.Ne4 Nbd7 26.Nxd6 Bxd5 27.Be4 Bxe4 28.Nxe4 Qc7 29.Qf3 Nxe4
30.Bxg7 Qc5+ 31.Kh2 Kxg7 32.Rxe4 Nb6 33.Rc1 Qd6 34.Qc3+ Qf6
35.Qxf6+ Kxf6 36.Rd4 Rb8 37.Kg3 h5 38.Kf3 Kg7 39.Ke2 Rc8
40.Kd2 Rc6 41.Ra1 Rc5 42.g3 Nd5 43.Rc1 Nb6 44.Kc3 Nd5+ 45.Rxd5
Rxd5 46.Kxc4 Rd2 47.Kxb3 h4 48.gxh4 Rf2 49.Rc4 Rf3+ 50.Rc3 Rf2
51.Ka3 Rxf4 52.h5 g5 53.b4 Rh4 54.b5 Rxh5 55.b6 Rh8 56.Ka4 Kg6
57.Kb5 Kh5 58.Rf3 Rf8 59.Rf6 g4 60.hxg4+ Kg5 61.Rc6 Kxg4 62.b7
Rb8 63.Rc4+ Kf3 64.Kb6 f5 65.Ka7 Rxb7+ 66.Kxb7 f4 67.Kc6 Kg3
68.Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koltanowski Team Match"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "1999.02.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "John Berry"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nxd4 Qe5 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. c3
Bg4 12. f3 Rad8 13. Nd2 c5 14. N4b3 Be6 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rad1 a5
17. Nc1 Qg5 18. g3 Nh5 19. Kh1 Rd7 20. Nf1 Rfd8 21. Rxd7 Rxd7
22. f4 Qh6 23. Kg1 Nf6 24. Qc2 Qh5 25. Nd3 Ng4 26. c4 Rd4
27. b3 Bc8 28. Nb2 Bb7 29. Na4 Nf6 30. Nc3 Qf3 31. Re3 Qg4
32. Nd2 Nh5 33. Ne2 Rd8 34. Nf3 f6 35. Kf2 Qd7 36. Nc3 Ng7
37. Nd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Re8 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. g4 Qd7 41. h3 Qf7
42. Qe2 h5 43. Kg3 hxg4 44. hxg4 Qd7 45. Qd3 Kh7 46. Qb1 Qe8
47. Kf2 Qd7 48. Kg3 Qe8 49. Qd3 Qd7 50. Nh4 f5 51. gxf5 Nxf5+
52. Nxf5 Qxf5 53. Qe2 Kh6 54. Qe5 Qd3+ 55. Kh4 Qd4 56. Qg5+
Kh7 57. Qe7+ Kh6 58. Qg5+ Kh7 59. Qe7+ Kh6 60. Qf8+ Kh7
61. Kg5 Qg7 62. Qxg7+ Kxg7 63. a4 Kf7 64. f5 gxf5 65. Kxf5 Ke7
66. Kg6 Kd6 67. Kf6 Kd7 68. Kf7 Kd6 69. Ke8 c6 70. dxc6 Kxc6
71. Kd8 Kd6 72. Kc8 Kc6 73. Kb8 1-0

[Event "Koltanowski Team Match"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "1999.02.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jeremy Silman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Ngf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 h6
7. Bh4 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. c3 Be7 10. Qe2 a6 11. e4 Nh5 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. g3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. a4 g6 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Rad1
Nhf6 18. Bc2 Bc6 19. Rd6 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Kg7 21. Nh4 Ra7
22. R6d2 Kh7 23. Nd6 Rf8 24. Ndf5 Qe8 25. Rd6 Rc7 26. Qd2 Ng8
27. Ne3 Ngf6 28. Nef5 Ng8 29. Ne3 Ndf6 30. f3 b5 31. axb5 axb5
32. Nhg2 Qe7 33. Rd8 Ra7 34. Rxf8 Qxf8 35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. Rxd6
Rc7 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Ne1 c4 39. Ke2 Ne7 40. Bb1 Nd7 41. N1c2
Nc5 42. Nb4 Na4 43. Nd1 Bd7 44. Bc2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koltanowski Team Match"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "1999.02.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Rashid Ziatdinov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Bg5 h6
18. Bd2 Qc7 19. b3 d5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4
dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe5 24. axb5 cxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koltanowski Team Match"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "1999.02.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vinay Bhat"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4
Bg7 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nc6
12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. d5 a6 15. a4 Qc7 16. Ne2 Ng4
17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Bg3 Ne5 19. Rac1 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Qxd5 21. Nc3
Qf5 22. Rf4 Qa5 23. Rxe7 Be6 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Rfd8 26. h3
Bf8 27. Rexb7 Bxb4 28. Rxb4 f5 29. Ne2 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rad8
31. Nc3 R1d2 32. Rb6 Bc8 33. Bh4 Re8 34. Bg3 Kf7 35. h4 Rd4
36. f3 Re7 37. Rc6 Bb7 38. Rb6 f4 39. Bf2 Rd2 40. Bc5 Bxf3
41. Bxe7 Rxg2+ 42. Kh3 Kxe7 43. Rxa6 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Koltanowski Team Match"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "1999.02.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mladen Vucic"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bg4
12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ne3 Rd8 15. Nf5 Ne6 16. b3 O-O
17. a4 Bg6 18. axb5 axb5 19. g4 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bd3 Rb8
22. b4 Bf8 23. Be3 Ncd8 24. h4 h5 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Bxg5 c5
27. bxc5 Bxc5 28. Qf3 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Ne6 30. h5 Bxf5 31. Bxf5
Kh8 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Qe7 34. Rg3 b4 35. Bxe6 fxe6
36. cxb4 Rxb4 37. Qg6 Rh4 38. Kg2 Qf8 39. Qxe6 Rxh5 40. Qg6
Rh6 41. Qg4 Qe7 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ g6 44. Qf4 Qh4 45. Qf7+
Kh8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qd7+ Kh8 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qc7+ Kh8
50. Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koltanowski Team Match"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Zugic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. d3 f5
7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O f4 10. gxf4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxe4
12. dxe4 Rxf4 13. Ne2 Rf7 14. Ne1 Be6 15. b3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Bf6
17. Rc1 g5 18. Nd3 Ne5 19. f4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 gxf4 21. Kh1 Be5
22. Rf3 Raf8 23. Rcf1 Qe7 24. Qd2 Qh4 25. Ng1 Bg4 26. R3f2 f3
27. Nxf3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Koltanowski Team Match"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "1999.02.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Angelo Young"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qh4
7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. h3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 f6 11. exf6 gxf6
12. Bf4 Kd8 13. O-O Ne7 14. Re1 Qf7 15. c4 Nbc6 16. Rc1 Rg8
17. Qa4 Rc8 18. Re2 Ng6 19. Bg3 Nce7 20. Rce1 Nf8 21. Qxa7 Qg6
22. Qb7 Qf5 23. Re3 Qh5 24. c5 bxc5 25. dxc5 Qe8 26. Rxe6 Nxe6
27. Rxe6 Qa4 28. Rxf6 Qxa3 29. d4 Qa4 30. Kh2 Ke8 31. Ne5 Rxg3
32. fxg3 Qxd4 33. Re6 Kf8 34. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Koltanowski Team Match"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "1999.02.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qe2 e5
12. h3 e4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. Ba2 b6 15. a4 Re8 16. Ba3 Bd7
17. dxc5 Bxa4 18. Bb4 Bc2 19. Bb1 Bxb1 20. Rfxb1 Nc6 21. cxb6
axb6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qc4 Re8 24. Nb3 Rc8 25. Rd1 h5 26. Rd6
Ne8 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. Rd6 Ne8 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koltanowski Team Match"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Deen Hergott"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5
d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+
Bd7 12. Nd6 Kc7 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14. g3 Rb8 15. Rd2 Bb4 16. Bg2
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb1+ 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Ng4 20. Ke1 Rb8
21. Be4 Be6 22. Ng5 Bd5 23. Kf1 h6 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Ne6+ Kd6
26. Nxg7 Rb1+ 27. Kg2 Rxh1 28. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 29. Kg2 fxg3
30. hxg3 Ne4 31. Nf5+ Ke5 32. Nxh6 Nxc3 33. Kf3 Nxa2 34. Nf7+
Kf6 35. Nd6 Nc3 36. Nb7 Ke5 37. Na5 a6 38. g4 Ne4 39. Ke3 Ng5
40. Nb3 Ne6 41. Kd3 Kf4 42. g5 Ke5 43. g6 Nf4+ 44. Kc3 Nxg6
45. Nc5 a5 46. Nb7 d4+ 47. Kb3 Nf4 48. Nxa5 Ke4 49. Kc2 Nxe2
50. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1999.01.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "01"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roy Harald Fyllingen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nh3 d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 e5
12. O-O-O exd4 13. Rxd4 Nc6 14. Rd2 Qe8 15. Bf2 Be6 16. Nf4
Bf7 17. e3 Ne5 18. h4 Qc6 19. Rd4 Rae8 20. Rh3 Qa6 21. Rg3 c5
22. Rd1 Bxc4 23. Bxc4+ Nxc4 24. Qxf5 Rf7 25. Qd3 b5 26. Kb1 b4
27. Rc1 d5 28. axb4 cxb4 29. b3 Rb8 30. Rd1 Na3+ 31. Kb2 Nb5
32. Ra1 Qd6 33. Kc2 Qe5 34. Ra6 Rc8+ 35. Kd1 Qb2 36. Ne2 Rfc7
37. Qd2 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1999.01.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hlidar Hreinsson"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+
Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Nc3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Bd3
Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Bf5 13. Bg5 Bxd3 14. Rd1 Bb5 15. Bxf6 gxf6
16. Ne4 O-O 17. Nxf6+ Kg7 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Nc3 f5 20. f3 e4
21. Kf2 Bd3 22. Rhe1 b5 23. a3 a5 24. fxe4 fxe4+ 25. Ke3 Rfe8
26. Rd2 Red8 27. Red1 Re8 28. Ne2 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Nf4 Bc2
31. Ra1 Re7 32. Ra5 b3 33. d6 Rd7 34. Ne6+ Kg8 35. Rg5+ Kh8
36. Nc5 Rf7 37. d7 1-0

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1999.01.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ndb5
d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+
Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "04"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Daniel Hersvik"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 f5 16. Ng5 Bh6
17. Bc4 Qf6 18. Kb1 Red8 19. Qe1 Rd7 20. a3 Rad8 21. Rd3 Nf4
22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. g4 Bg7 24. g5 Qf7 25. Qa5 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Rd7
27. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "05"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sune Berg Hansen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4
cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f3 Bg7 10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 b5
12. Qd2 a6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nc3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 O-O 16. Rfc1
Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Axel Otto Ornstein"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4
7. dxe5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 fxe5 9. Rd3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. b3 Ne7
12. Bb2 Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. Kg2 Rae8 15. h3 Bc8 16. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "07"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Normunds Miezis"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 a6 6. a4 Nf6
7. e4 O-O 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. O-O Nc7 11. Nd5 Nxe2+
12. Qxe2 Nxd5 13. exd5 d6 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. d4 cxd4 16. Bxd4
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qa5 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Re3 b5 20. Bf1 bxa4 21. b3
Bd7 22. bxa4 Rac8 23. h4 Bf5 24. Rae1 h5 25. Qf4 Rb8 26. Kh2
Rb2 27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Rxe7 Rf8 29. Re8 Rxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Bf5
31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 1-0

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1999.01.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "08"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nikolaj Borge"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 Nd7
12. Qg4 Bd4 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Rad1 h5 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 e5
17. c5 f6 18. Bc1 h4 19. Rfe1 hxg3 20. hxg3 Nf8 21. Nb6 Rb8
22. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Troll Masters"]
[Site "Gausdal NOR"]
[Date "1999.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "09"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kjetil A Lie"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bg5 O-O
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh2 Kh8 14. f4 Rg8 15. Kh1 Rc8 16. Ng4 Rg7
17. Bd3 Qa5 18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5
dxe5 22. Bxh7 Rc7 23. Bd3 f5 24. Bf1 e4 25. Ne2 Bf6 26. Rac1
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bc6 28. Rc2 Rd7 29. b3 Rd1 30. Rc1 Rd2 31. Nf4
e5 32. Nh5 Bg5 33. Re1 f4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gerald Hertneck"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3
Qc7 8.Bd3 b6 9.O-O Ba6 10.a4 Bxd3 11.cxd3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxc3
13.Be3 O-O 14.Rc1 Qb4 15.f4 Nf5 16.Nxf5 exf5 17.Qf3 Qb3 18.Bf2
Na6 19.a5 bxa5 20.Rb1 Qa4 21.Qxd5 Nb4 22.Qf3 Rfd8 23.d4 Qb5
24.Bh4 Rd5 25.Be7 Qd3 26.Bxb4 Qxf3 27.Rxf3 axb4 28.Rxb4 a5
29.Rc4 Rad8 30.Rd3 f6 31.e6 g5 32.Kf2 gxf4 33.Kf3 Kf8 34.Rc7
R8d6 35.Rf7+ Ke8 36.Rxf6 Ke7 37.Rf7+ Kxe6 38.Rxh7 Rxd4 39.Rh6+
Ke5 40.Rxd6 Rxd6 41.Ra3 Rd5 42.h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1999-2000"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Rustemov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7
12. Qe2 c5 13. Rad1 Re8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ng5 Qc7 16. f4 h6
17. Nge4 Rad8 18. Bc2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 f5 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. fxg5
hxg5 22. Qh5 Nf6 23. Qxg5 Ng4 24. Rf4 Rd7 25. h3 Ne3 26. Rh4
Qd8 27. Qxe3 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 29. Kh2 Re7 30. Be5 Rd7
31. Qg5 Bxg2 32. Rh8+ Kxh8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qxe6+ Kh7
35. Qxf5+ g6 36. Qf6 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Essen"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Rustem Dautov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3
Nf6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bc4 e6 10.Qe2 Nd5 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.O-O-O Nxe5
13.dxe5 Qc7 14.f4 O-O-O 15.Rh3 Bb4 16.Bxd5 Bxd2+ 17.Rxd2 Rxd5
18.Rxd5 cxd5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Rc3 Qxc3 21.bxc3 h5 22.c4 dxc4
23.Qxc4+ Kb8 24.Qd4 Rc8 25.c3 b6 26.a4 Rc5 27.a5 Rxa5 28.Qd8+
Kb7 29.Qd7+ Ka6 30.Qc8+ Kb5 31.Kb2 g6 32.g3 Bg4 33.Qb7 Kc4
34.Qe4+ Kc5 35.Qd4+ Kc6 36.Qd6+ Kb7 37.Qd7+ Ka6 38.Qxf7 Rb5+
39.Kc1 Bf5 40.Qd7 Rc5 41.Kb2 Rc4 42.Kb3 b5 43.Qe8 Rc5 44.Qb8
Rc6 45.Qd8 Rc4 46.Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 21st"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1999.07.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Hardarson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. b4 Bg4 9. b5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 axb5 11. Bxb5 g6
12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Bxc6
bxc6 17. Rxc6 Rxa2 18. Rc8 Qd7 19. Rc7 Qd8 20. Rc8 Qd7 21. Rc7
Qd8 22. Rc8 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op19"]
[Site "ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.05"]
[EventDate "2000.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oskar Bjarnason"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. d3 Nge7
7. Rb1 O-O 8. a3 a5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 d6 11. O-O Be6 12. Ne1
b6 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Nc2 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd5 16. Bxd5+ Nxd5
17. Bc3 Ne7 18. e4 f5 19. f3 Qd7 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rf7
22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Kg2 Rcf8 24. Rb6 h5 25. Qb1 fxe4 26. dxe4 h4
27. g4 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op19"]
[Site "ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.06"]
[EventDate "2000.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Heikki M J Westerinen"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. b3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nce4
12. Bb2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Nf3 Bf8
17. Ne5 g6 18. f4 Bg7 19. b4 a6 20. Ba4 Rf8 21. a3 Rc8 22. Rd3
c6 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Be1 Rfe8 25. Bh4 b5 26. Bb3 bxc4 27. Nxc4
Nd5 28. Qf2 Ne7 29. g4 c5 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. dxc5 Qc6 32. Qg3
Rd7 33. Nd6 Rcd8 34. Rfd1 Ba8 35. Kf2 Bb2 36. f5 Kg7 37. fxe6
fxe6 38. Ke2 Bxa3 39. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op19"]
[Site "ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.07"]
[EventDate "2000.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tomas Oral"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7
7. a4 dxe5 8. a5 N6d7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Ne6 Qe8
12. Nxc7 Qd8 13. Ne6 Qe8 14. Nc7 Qd8 15. Nxa8 exd4 16. c3 Nc5
17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Be3 e5 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. O-O Nba6 21. Nd2
Be6 22. Re1 Bf7 23. Ne4 d3 24. b4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Kg7 26. Ra3 d2
27. Re2 Re8 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Ra2 Qxa8 30. Rxd2 Qc8 31. Rd8
Qe6 32. h3 Qe5 33. Rd5 Qc3 34. Qe2 Nxb4 35. Qxe8 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op19"]
[Site "ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.08"]
[EventDate "2000.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hannes Stefansson"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3
Bf8 13. Nb3 b6 14. a5 Nd7 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Rfd1
Nb4 18. Na5 d5 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. exd5 Qxf4 21. Nc4 Rb8 22. d6
Rd8 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. g3 Qh6 25. c3 Rb5 26. Rd3 f5 27. Nf2 Qf6
28. Rd2 Bxd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Rad1 Rb3 31. Bg2 a5 32. Qc4 Rb8
33. Qc5 Rd7 34. Qxa5 Bb7 35. Kg1 Ra8 36. Qb5 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op19"]
[Site "ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.09"]
[EventDate "2000.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anthony Miles"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. e3 Nf6
7. Be2 d5 8. O-O e6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bc5 11. Nf3 a6
12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. a3 Ba7 14. Qb1 O-O 15. Rd1 e5 16. h3 Rad8
17. Bd3 h6 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxf5 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1
Qxf5 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bc5 25. b4 Bf8 26. Bc3
Qe6 27. Qc2 e4 28. Nd2 f5 29. Qb2 Qd5 30. Kf1 h5 31. h4 Kf7
32. g3 b5 33. Kg2 Kg6 34. Nb3 Kf7 35. Nc1 Nd8 36. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op19"]
[Site "ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.10"]
[EventDate "2000.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Larry Christiansen"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. Rab1 Nc5 15. h3 Qb6 16. Nb5 Rfc8
17. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op19"]
[Site "ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.11"]
[EventDate "2000.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. Bd5 c6
12. c3 cxd5 13. cxd4 Be7 14. Qd2 dxe4 15. dxe5 d5 16. Nc3 e3
17. Qxd5 Bxg5 18. Qc6+ Kf8 19. Bxe3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qe8 21. Qd6+
Kg8 22. Rad1 g3 23. Nd5 Kh7 24. Rf6 Ng4 25. Rd4 Rd8 26. Rxg4
Rxd6 27. exd6 Kg8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Kf8
31. Ng6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op19"]
[Site "ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.12"]
[EventDate "2000.04.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Qe2 Be6 17. O-O
c5 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. b3 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne4 Nf6 22. Qe3
Rac8 23. Ng3 Rc6 24. Re2 Qc3 25. Rae1 a5 26. Qf3 Rb6 27. Re3
Qb2 28. Re5 Qd4 29. Bc4 Qf4 30. Qc3 Bxc4 31. R5e4 Qd2 32. Rxc4
Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Rd5 34. Nf1 e6 35. Ne3 Re5 36. Rd1 Ra6 37. a4
Ne4 38. Rcd3 Nf6 39. Kf1 Ne4 40. Rd7 Ng3+ 41. Kg1 Ne2+ 42. Kh2
Nd4 43. Rc7 Kg6 44. c3 Nf5 45. Ng4 Re2 46. Rxc5 h5 47. Ne5+
Kf6 48. Nd7+ Kg7 49. Kg1 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. g3 Rb2 52. Rc4
Nh6 53. Rc7 e5 54. Nxe5 Rf6 55. Nd3 Rxb3 56. Nf4 Rf5 57. Re1
Ra3 58. Rc4 Ng8 59. Kg2 Ra2 60. Kf1 Nf6 61. Re2 Ra1+ 62. Kg2
Kf8 63. Nd3 Rd5 64. Ne5 Rc1 65. Re3 Rc2 66. Rf4 Rd6 67. c4 Kg7
68. Nxg4 Nh5 69. Rf5 Kg6 70. Rxa5 f6 71. Rc5 Rd4 72. Nh2 Ng7
73. Nf3 Rd7 74. Rc6 Kf7 75. a5 Ra2 76. a6 Ra7 77. Nd4 R7xa6
78. Rxa6 Rxa6 79. Kf3 Ne6 80. Ke4 Nd8 81. c5 Ke8 82. Kd3+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op19"]
[Site "ISL"]
[Date "2000.04.13"]
[EventDate "2000.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Aleksander Wojtkiewicz"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4
12. Nde2 Bf5 13. Rc1 b5 14. O-O Nxc2 15. Rxc2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 b4
17. Na4 Qxd5 18. Nb6 Qe6 19. Bf2 Rab8 20. Nc4 Rbc8 21. b3 Rfd8
22. Re1 a4 23. Nf4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Nb6 Rc2 26. Nxa4 Rxa2
27. Rxe7 Bc3 28. Kf1 Rd1+ 29. Be1 Raa1 30. Nxc3 bxc3 31. Re2
c2 32. Rxc2 Rxe1+ 33. Kf2 Rec1 34. Re2 Rc5 35. Re8+ Kg7
36. Rb8 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stephan Berndt"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O-O Na5 11. g4 b5
12. g5 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 Nd7 14. h4 b4 15. Na4 Nc5 16. h5 Bd7
17. Kb1 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Qb7 19. f3 Nxa4 20. Qc4 O-O 21. Qc6 Nc5
22. Qxb7 Nxb7 23. Nc6 Rfe8 24. Nxb4 Rec8 25. Nd3 Na5 26. Rh2
Nc4 27. Bc1 a5 28. f4 a4 29. Ka2 Ra5 30. Rf1 d5 31. e5 d4
32. g6 fxg6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rg1 Kf7 35. Rhg2 g5 36. Rf1 Ke8
37. Re1 a3 38. b3 Nb2 39. Bxb2 axb2+ 40. Kxb2 Ba3+ 41. Kb1
gxf4 42. Re4 Bf8 43. Rxf4 Rd8 44. Rg6 Ke7 45. Rgg4 g5 46. Rxd4
Rxd4 47. Rxd4 Bg7 48. Re4 Kf7 49. c4 Kg6 50. b4 Ra8 51. Kc2
Bf8 52. Re1 g4 53. c5 Kf5 54. Kb3 g3 55. b5 Rd8 56. Kc4 Rxd3
57. Rf1+ Kxe5 58. Rxf8 Rd4+ 59. Kc3 Rd1 60. Rg8 Rc1+ 61. Kb4
Kf4 62. b6 e5 63. Kb5 e4 64. c6 e3 65. b7 Rb1+ 66. Kc4 e2
67. Rf8+ Kg5 68. Re8 g2 69. c7 g1=Q 70. Rg8+ Kh6 71. Rxg1 Rxg1
72. b8=Q Rc1+ 73. Kd3 e1=Q 74. Qh8+ Kg5 75. Qg8+ Kh4 76. Qh7+
Kg3 77. Qg8+ Kh2 78. Qh7+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Victor Mikhalevski"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. h3
Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15. e4 Qc7 16. Rb1 Nxa4 17. Nxa4
b5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Be3 Qc8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Qd3 Rc8 22. Nc2
Qe7 23. Nd4 h6 24. b4 Kh7 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. dxc6
Nxe4 28. Rc1 f5 29. Qa3 Ra8 30. g4 d5 31. Bb6 Nc3 32. Kh1 Rc8
33. c7 fxg4 34. hxg4 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Nxc1 37. Qxc1
Qxg4 38. Bxd5 Qh3+ 39. Bg2 Qd3+ 40. Kg1 Qd6 41. Bb7 Qxb6
42. Bxc8 Be5 43. Bxa6 Qxc7 44. Qxc7+ Bxc7 45. Bxb5 Bd6 46. Bd3
Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.26"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jonny Hector"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5
12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. Nbd2 b6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4
Bb7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Mittelman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. c5 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Rc8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Qd6 Bxe2
17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. Qxe5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bc4 20. cxb6 Re8 21. Qd2
Qxb6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nd4 Qa5 24. Qb2 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5
26. a3 Qe5 27. Qd2 a5 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Ra1 Qd5 30. Re1 Rb8
31. f3 Qc5 32. Qc1 Rb3 33. Qf4 Be6 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[EventDate "2000.07.17"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Lars Schandorff"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4
12. Qd1 Ne6 13. Bf5 c6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Nxd5 cxd5
17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Rad1 Bxb2 21. Rxd5
Qe7 22. Qg4 b6 23. Red1 Re8 24. h3 Bf6 25. Qc4 Qe6 26. Qa4
Rfe7 27. Rd6 Qe4 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. a4 h6 30. Qa2 Kh7 31. R6d5
Qg6 32. a5 Re5 33. a6 Bg5 34. Bxg5 Rxg5 35. Rxg5 Qxg5 36. Qc2+
Qg6 37. Qc7 b5 38. Qxa7 Re6 39. Rd7 b4 40. Qb7 Rxa6 41. Rxg7+
Qxg7 42. Qxa6 Qc3 43. Qb7+ Kg8 44. Qd5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3
Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rfd8
12. Re1 Rac8 13. Rc1 b6 14. h3 Qb7 15. Nxc6 Rxc6 16. Qd3 a6
17. Rcd1 h6 18. a4 Nd7 19. Qg3 Bf8 20. Ne2 Rc5 21. Nd4 Rcc8
22. Re2 Nc5 23. Rde1 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O d6 11. b3 Nxc3
12. Rxc3 Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Nd4 15. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1
Nxc3 17. Ng1 Rb8 18. Qxa7 b5 19. cxb5 Nxb5 20. Qa4 Nd4 21. Nh3
d5 22. Qa3 Ne6 23. f4 Ra8 24. Qc1 Rxa2 25. f5 Nd4 26. f6 Ne6
27. fxg7 Kxg7 28. Rf5 Qa5 29. Ng1 Qd2 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Bxd5
Rd1 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Bc4 R8d2+ 34. Ne2 Re1 35. Rf2 f6 36. Nc3
Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Re5 38. Nd5 Ng5 39. Nf4 Ne4+ 40. Kg2 Nd2
41. Bd5 f5 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Nh5+ Ke7 44. Nf4 Kd6 45. Bg8 Re7
46. Bd5 Re8 47. Bf7 Rb8 48. Nd3 Nxb3 49. Ke3 Rb7 50. Bg8 Nd4
0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Nb3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Be3
Nb4 13. a5 Bc6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rd2 d5 17. e5
Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bb5 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Rc1 c5 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bc3 cxd4
12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Bc3 Rc8 14. Qd6 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Qc7 16. Qxc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2
Bf8 13. Qf3 Ncd7 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. Rad1
g6 18. f4 Ned7 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. g4 Nc5 21. Bg2 Ra6 22. Kh1 Bg7
23. Ba3 Nfd7 24. Qd2 Qd8 25. Nde2 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.01"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Christiansen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O
12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Qe3 d5 14. O-O d4 15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 e5
17. a3 Qc7 18. b4 Ne7 19. c5 Bf5 20. Qf3 Rab8 21. Ne4 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Nd5 23. Rd2 a5 24. Qd3 axb4 25. Qc4 Nb6 26. Qb5 Nd5
27. axb4 Nc3 28. Qc4 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.02"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5
12. Nf2 Ba6 13. Kf3 Ne7 14. Qa4 c5 15. h4 O-O 16. Be3 Rab8
17. a3 Bd2 18. Bxd2 Qxb2 19. Bd3 Qxd2 20. Qxa6 Nc6 21. Rae1
Rb3 22. Kg3 Nd4 23. Qd6 Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 25. Qxc5 Rxd3+
26. Nxd3 Qxd3+ 27. Kh2 Rb8 28. Re1 h6 29. Re3 Qd2 30. Qxa7 Rc8
31. h5 Rxc4 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Qf3 Rd4 34. Kg3 Qc2 35. Kh2 Rd1
36. Kg3 Qd2 37. a4 Ra1 38. Rd3 Qe1+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qe1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Grigory Serper"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. f4 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nc3 b6 12. Kh1
Bb7 13. Bd2 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b4 Qb8 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Qe1
1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. h3 Rb8 12. Bf4
Qe7 13. e4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Re1 Ne8 16. Qe2 Rb6 17. Ra7
Qd8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Nd6
22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rb7 24. Ra8 Qd6 25. Qe5 Rd7 26. Qxd6
Rxd6 27. Ra7 Bd7 28. b3 Rc8 29. Re7 c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Raxd7
Rxd7 32. Rxd7 c3 33. Be4 c2 34. Bxc2 Rxc2 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kf3
h5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Ke3 Rc3+ 39. Ke4 Rc2 40. Ke3 Rc3+ 41. Ke4
Rc2 42. f3 Rc4+ 43. Kd3 Rc1 44. Rd8 Ke7 45. Ra8 Rg1 46. Ra7+
Kf6 47. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.05"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Ne4 Nbd7
12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Bb4 15. c3 Bd6 16. Qg4
O-O-O 17. Qxg7 Qf5 18. Nh4 Qe4+ 19. Kd1 Rh7 20. f3 Qxh4
21. Rxh4 Rxg7 22. g4 Rh8 23. Kc2 Be7 24. Rh2 Bg5 25. f4 Bd8
26. Rg1 Nf6 27. Rhg2 Ne4 28. Kd3 f5 29. Be3 Nf6 30. g5 hxg5
31. h6 Rg6 32. fxg5 Ng4 33. c4 Bxg5 34. Rxg4 fxg4 35. Rxg4
Bxe3 36. Rxg6 Bxh6 37. Rxe6 Kd7 38. Rg6 Bf8 39. c5 Rh2 40. Kc3
Rh3+ 41. Kc4 Rh2 42. Kc3 Ke7 43. a4 Rh4 44. b4 Kf7 45. Rg3 Bg7
46. Rd3 Ke6 47. Kc4 Re4 48. Rd1 Bf6 49. b5 a6 50. Rd3 a5
51. Rd1 Bxd4 52. Rxd4 Ke5 53. Rxe4+ Kxe4 54. bxc6 bxc6 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2000.10.06"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2
12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Be5 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Qe7
17. b4 g6 18. b5 Bc8 19. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters op"]
[Site "Oak Bridge"]
[Date "2000.03.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.Nde2 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.f3 a6 12.a4 b5
13.Bg5 Qb7 14.Rb1 Rfe8 15.Qe1 Nd7 16.Qh4 Nc5 17.Rfd1 Nb3
18.Nd5 f5 19.axb5 axb5 20.cxb5 Qxb5 21.Nc1 Ra7 22.Nxb3 Qxb3
23.Rdc1 Qd3 24.Kh1 Rb7 25.b4 Kh8 26.Qe1 Qb5 27.Qd2 Qa4 28.b5
Na7 29.b6 Nc8 30.Rc7 Qa6 31.Qc2 Rb8 32.b7 Na7 33.Bxe7 Nb5
34.Rc6 Qxb7 35.Rb6 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men)"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aleksandar Kovacevic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1
Nf6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Bg7 12.h3 Nf6 13.Qd2
Nc6 14.Nb3 b5 15.a3 Be6 16.Be2 Nd7 17.O-O Bxb3 18.cxb3 Nd4
19.Qd1 Nc5 20.b4 Nce6 21.Bg4 Be5 22.Bxe6 Nxe6 23.Qd5 Nf4
24.Bxf4 gxf4 25.a4 O-O 26.axb5 e6 27.Qd3 axb5 28.Rxa8 Qxa8
29.Qxb5 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Qxe4 31.Qh5 Kh7 32.Qd1 Rg8 33.f3 Qe3+
34.Kh2 Qxc3 35.Qxd6 Qg7 36.Qd2 Qg3+ 37.Kh1 Qg5 38.Qc2+ Kg7
39.Qb2+ Kg6 40.b5 Rb8 41.b6 Rb7 42.Qb4 Qe5 43.Rb1 Kg7 44.Kh2
Qf5 45.Rc1 e5 46.Rc7 Rb8 47.b7 Qg5 48.Kh1 Qh4 49.Qe4 Qf6
50.Rc8 Qd6 51.Kh2 h5 52.h4 f6 53.Re8 Qf8 54.Qc6 Qg8 55.Qc8 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emre Karadeniz"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7
7. Ne2 h5 8. O-O h4 9. f4 h3 10. g3 b6 11. e5 Qd8 12. f5 exf5
13. Bxf5 dxe5 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Qb5+ Bd7 17. Qxe5+
Be7 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. Nf4 Bd6 21. Qf5 Bxf4 22. Rxf4
Re8 23. Nc4 b5 24. Nd2 Re3 25. Ne4 Rxd3 26. Nxf6+ gxf6
27. Rg4+ Kf8 28. Rh4 Qd5 29. Rh8+ Kg7 30. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Arturs Neiksans"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3
c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb3 Nxc3
17. Qxc3 Na6 18. b4 Rc8 19. Nd4 Nc7 20. Rad1 Qd7 21. h3 Rfe8
22. c5 a6 23. Rd2 Qf7 24. Rfd1 Bd7 25. Qb3 Re4 26. Bf3 Re5
27. Ne2 Bb5 28. Nd4 Bc4 29. Qb2 Rce8 30. Nc2 Bb5 31. Ne3 Ba4
32. Ra1 f5 33. Qa3 Bc6 34. Qb3 f4 35. Nc2 Bb5 36. a4 Bc4
37. Qc3 Be2 38. Re1 d4 39. Qxd4 Bxf3 40. Rxe5 Qg6 41. Rxe8+
Nxe8 42. Ne1 Bc6 43. Qxf4 Bxa4 44. Nf3 Bc6 45. Kh2 h6 46. Nh4
Qe4 47. Qxe4 Bxe4 48. f3 Bc6 49. Ng6 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Devaki V Prasad"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 c6 17. Bg5 h6
18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Qc1 h5 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Qb1 Nh7 22. b4 Ndf8
23. Ra2 Ne6 24. Be3 Qe7 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. c4 h4 27. Ne2 Nhg5
28. Nxg5 Nxg5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. cxb5 cxb5
32. Nc3 Ne6 33. Bxb5 Nd4 34. Ba4 Bf6 35. Bb3 Rb8 36. Ba2 Bc6
37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Nd5 Bxd5 39. exd5 Rxb4 40. Qd1 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Robert Ruck"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2
Be6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qa5 15. a3 Bf6 16. O-O-O Rc8 17. Kb1
Kf8 18. h4 Rg8 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. g3 Bxd4 22. Rxd4
Qc5 23. f4 Nf6 24. Qd2 b5 25. Be2 Rb8 26. f5 Bc4 27. b4 Qc6
28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Nd5 Nd7 30. Rh5 a5 31. Qh2 Ke8 32. Rh8 Rf8
33. Qh6 axb4 34. axb4 Rxh8 35. Qxh8+ Nf8 36. Qg7 Qa4 37. Rxc4
Qa7 38. Qxg5 Kd8 39. f6 e6 40. Qg8 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "I Datu"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 11. Bg5 Bxd5
12. Bxd5 c6 13. Ba2 d6 14. c3 h6 15. Bh4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7
17. Rb1 Ba7 18. d4 Bb8 19. Re1 Bc7 20. Qd3 Rfc8 21. Nd2 Bd8
22. f4 Qa7 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Nf3 exd4 25. cxd4 c5 26. e5 Nh7
27. e6 c4 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Bxc4 Nxc4 30. Qxc4 fxe6 31. Rxe6
Kh8 32. Rc6 Ng5 33. Nxg5 hxg5 34. Rd1 a5 35. Rd3 g4 36. Rc5 g6
37. Rc7 Qb6 38. Qc1 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Klaus Bischoff"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4
7. Bf4 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. O-O Bg7
12. Bg5 Qc8 13. b4 O-O 14. Rac1 a5 15. c5 axb4 16. axb4 bxc5
17. bxc5 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Rc7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez-Perez"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nc5
12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rae1 Re8 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. a5 Bh5
17. Nf5 Bg6 18. Bg5 Bd8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. b4 Nxd3
22. cxd3 Re5 23. Nfe3 Rc6 24. Nc4 Re8 25. Qf4 h6 26. Qg3 Bxe4
27. Ncb6 Rxb6 28. Nxb6 Bxb6 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Bd4 31. Qd3
Be5 32. Rc1 g6 33. Qh3 Qe7 34. Qxh6 Bg7 35. Rc8+ Bf8 36. Qf4
d5 37. Rc7 Qe6 38. e5 Bd6 39. Rxb7 Bxe5 40. Qf1 d4 41. b5 Qd5
42. bxa6 d3 43. Rb1 Kg7 44. Qf3 Qd4 45. Rf1 f5 46. Qb7+ Kh6
47. a7 d2 48. a8=Q d1=Q 49. Qf8+ Kg5 50. Qbe7+ Kg4 51. h3+ 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Viacheslav Dydyshko"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Be6
12. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-2001"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2000.10.15"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ulf Von Herman"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Nf3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 Nc6
12. Rhb1 Qe7 13. h4 c4 14. Be2 Qa3 15. Qf4 Rb8 16. h5 b5
17. Nh4 Ke7 18. Qe3 a5 19. f4 Bd7 20. g4 b4 21. f5 Na7 22. f6+
gxf6 23. exf6+ Kd6 24. Qf4+ Kc6 25. cxb4 e5 26. Qf3 c3+
27. Ke1 e4 28. Qe3 Rxb4 29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. cxb3 Kb6 31. Rc1 Nc6
32. Rxc3 Rg8 33. b4 Qxb4 34. Kf2 Ka7 35. Rc5 Rg5 36. Nf5 Bxf5
37. Rxd5 Ka8 38. gxf5 Qb8 39. Rc5 Qh2+ 40. Ke1 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.c4
Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.f4 d6 11.Kh1 b6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.Qd2
Rc8 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Bg1 Rfe8 16.Qe3 Nd7 17.Qh3 Nf8 18.Nd4 Bf6
19.Nf3 Nb4 20.Be2 Ng6 21.Nd4 Nc6 22.f5 Nf8 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Bg4
Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Qe7 27.Rfd1 Rc6 28.Qg3 e5 29.R4d2
Rxc4 30.Rxd6 Bxe4 31.Rxb6 Bb7 32.h3 Rd4 33.Re1 Qc7 34.Rf6 Ng6
35.Be6+ Kh8 36.Rxg6 hxg6 37.Qxg6 Bxg2+ 38.Kg1 Rxe6 39.Qxe6 Rd2
40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qh5+ Kg8 42.Qe8+ Kh7 43.Qh5+ Kg8 44.Qe8+ Kh7
45.Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Gerald Hertneck"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2
Bf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Rc1 c5 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Bc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 d5 14.cxd5 Qxd5+ 15.Nf3 Qxd1 16.Rfxd1 Na6 17.Bxf6 gxf6
18.Nd4 Rfc8 19.a3 Nc5 20.b4 Na4 21.Nb5 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 a5 23.f4
axb4 24.axb4 Rd8 25.Rc6 Rd2 26.Kf3 Rb2 27.Nd6 Rb3+ 28.Kg4 Rc3
29.Rxc3 Nxc3 30.e4 b5 31.Kh5 Kf8 32.Kh6 Ke7 33.Nc8+ Kd7 34.Na7
Kc7 35.Kxh7 Kb7 36.Nxb5 Nxb5 37.h4 e5 38.h5 f5 39.h6 fxe4
40.Kg8 e3 41.h7 e2 42.h8=Q e1=Q 43.Qxe5 Qxg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.12"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Pia Cramling"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Qe2 Nc6
7. O-O d6 8. d3 Nf6 9. a4 b4 10. Nd1 Be7 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Nc4
d5 13. Nce5 Nd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf4 Re8 16. h4 Bf8 17. e5
Nb6 18. b3 Rc8 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. h5 d4 21. Nh2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2
Nd5 23. Bd2 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Ng4 Qb7+ 26. Kg1 Qf7 27. h6
Nxg4 28. Qxg4 g6 29. Rde1 Qf5 30. Qh4 Rcd8 31. Re4 Be7 32. Qh1
Bd6 33. Rfe1 e5 34. R4e2 Rf8 35. Qb7 Rd7 36. Qxa6 Qf3 37. Qc4+
Rdf7 38. Qe6 Bc7 39. Bg5 Qh5 40. Bf6 Qxh6 41. Bxe5 Bxe5
42. Rxe5 Kh8 43. R1e2 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Rf3 45. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Berg"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. Qf3 O-O 8. Bd3 c6 9. Nge2 d5 10. c5 N6d7 11. Bc2 Re8 12. g4
Nf8 13. h4 b6 14. Be3 bxc5 15. O-O-O Nbd7 16. g5 Bd6 17. h5
cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qg2 Bd7 20. g6 hxg6 21. Bg5 Qb8 22. hxg6
Nexg6 23. Nde2 Nf4 24. Qf3 Nxe2+ 25. Nxe2 Be5 26. Nd4 f5
27. Qh3 Bf4+ 28. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Kb1 Re5 30. Rdg1 Kf7 31. Qh8
Ng6 32. Qh7 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxd4 34. Rhg1 Qf6 35. Rxg6 Qxg6
36. Re7+ Kf6 37. Qh4+ Qg5 38. Rf7+ Kxf7 39. Qxg5 g6 40. Qh6
Rg8 41. f4 Be6 42. Qh7+ Rg7 43. Qh4 c5 44. Qd8 c4 45. Ba4 Rg8
46. Qc7+ Kf6 47. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.14"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jonny Hector"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6
12. Ba2 h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nd2 Ba7 15. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.15"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5
7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+
12. Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 g6
17. f4 Bh6 18. Be3 Ne7 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Rhg1 Kd7
22. Rg3 Rag8 23. b4 Rg6 24. Ke2 Bf8 25. Rg5 Ke6 26. Rh5 h6
27. b5 Be7 28. a4 Ra8 29. Rb1 Bf8 30. Kf3 Rb8 31. Bd2 Be7
32. Be1 Bf8 33. Ba5 b6 34. Bb4 bxc5 35. dxc5 a6 36. bxa6 Bxc5
37. Bxc5 Rxb1 38. a7 Rb3+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Ke3 Rgg2 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.16"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6
7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Re8
12. Qd3 h6 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Rad1 c5 15. Nf3 Qc8 16. b3 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.17"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Curt Hansen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "179"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d6
12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. e4 c6 15. Bd2 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5
17. a4 Rfb8 18. axb5 Nc7 19. Bb4 Nxb5 20. d5 Nc7 21. Qd2 exd5
22. e5 Qd8 23. Bxd6 Rb6 24. b4 Nb5 25. Bc5 Re6 26. Qd3 a6
27. f4 Qd7 28. f5 Ree8 29. Rad1 Rad8 30. Bb6 Rc8 31. Bc5 Rcd8
32. Qf3 d4 33. Rd3 Qd5 34. e6 Qxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Rd5 36. exf7+
Kxf7 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. Ke4 Rd7 39. Bxd4 Nxd4 40. Rxd4 Rb7
41. Kd3 Rb5 42. Kc4 Rxf5 43. Rd6 Rf2 44. Rxa6 Rxh2 45. Rd6 Ke7
46. Rd3 Rc2+ 47. Kb3 Rc7 48. b5 Rd7 49. Rc3 Kd8 50. Kb4 Rc7
51. Ra3 Kc8 52. b6 Rc1 53. Ra7 g5 54. Rxh7 Rg1 55. Rc7+ Kb8
56. Rc3 Kb7 57. Kc5 Rb1 58. Kd5 Kxb6 59. Ke4 Rb5 60. Rc4 Rb3
61. g4 Rb5 62. Rc8 Kb7 63. Re8 Kc6 64. Re5 Rb4+ 65. Kf5 Kd6
66. Re1 Rb5+ 67. Kf6 Kd7 68. Re7+ Kd8 69. Rg7 Rb6+ 70. Kxg5
Ke8 71. Rg6 Rb5+ 72. Kh6 Kf8 73. Rg7 Rb3 74. g5 Rg3 75. Kh7
Rh3+ 76. Kg6 Re3 77. Ra7 Re8 78. Kh7 Re5 79. Ra8+ Ke7 80. g6
Rh5+ 81. Kg7 Rh1 82. Ra2 Re1 83. Rf2 Ke8 84. Kg8 Re4 85. g7
Ke7 86. Rf5 Rh4 87. Re5+ Kf6 88. Re1 Ra4 89. Rh1 Kg6 90. Kh8
1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.18"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. Bd3 c4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O f6
12. Re1 fxe5 13. dxe5 O-O 14. Bf1 Rf5 15. g3 Raf8 16. Re3 R5f7
17. Bg2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.19"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Tom Wedberg"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. b3 Bb4
12. Bb2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Be6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. g4 Ne7
17. f4 g6 18. Kg2 a4 19. Bb4 b6 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rad1 axb3
22. axb3 Ra5 23. Kf3 Rc5 24. c4 Ra5 25. Ke4 Ra2 26. Rfe1 Rf8
27. Re3 Rf2 28. Rf3 Re2+ 29. Re3 Rf2 30. Rf3 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Malmoe SWE"]
[Date "2001.06.20"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Be4 9. Be2 d6 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. f3 c5 12. e4
Nbd7 13. Bd3 e5 14. Nb3 Re8 15. d5 Nf8 16. Be3 Bc8 17. Nc1 Bd7
18. Ne2 Ng6 19. a4 Rb8 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. Kh1 a5 22. Bc2 Ng8
23. g4 Rb7 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Nf5 N6e7 26. Rg1 f6 27. Raf1 g5
28. h4 Nxf5 29. exf5 h6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rh1 Kf8 32. hxg5 hxg5
33. Be4 Rg7 34. Rh8 Bd7 35. Qc2 Kf7 36. Rfh1 Ne7 37. R8h6 Nc8
38. Kg1 Reg8 39. Qh2 Bxa4 40. Rg6 Qf8 41. Bxg5 Rxg6 42. fxg6+
Ke8 43. Bh6 Qe7 44. Qa2 Bd7 45. Be3 f5 46. gxf5 Qf6 47. Rh5
Ne7 48. Bg5 Qf8 49. Qb1 Bxf5 50. Qb5+ Bd7 51. Qxb6 a4 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.16"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jens Holm Nielsen"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6
7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Re1 c5 11. Nf5 g6
12. Ng3 Bg7 13. Nc3 f6 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. Qd3 Nh6 16. Rad1 Nf7
17. h3 Ne5 18. Qd2 Kf7 19. Be3 b4 20. Nd5 Bc6 21. f4 Nd7
22. c3 a5 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. cxb4 Bxd5 25. bxc5 Rc8 26. exd5 dxc5
27. d6 c4 28. bxc4 Nxc4 29. d7 Rc6 30. Bf2 Bb4 31. Re4 Qc7
32. d8=Q Rxd8 33. Rxd8 Nd2 34. Qd3 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.17"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "K Hovmoller"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nh3 d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Nf2 c5 13. b4 Qe7 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. b5 Nd8 16. Bc3 Nf7
17. Be2 Be6 18. O-O Rad8 19. a4 Nd7 20. a5 Nd6 21. Bb2 f4
22. exf4 Rxf4 23. Ne4 Nf5 24. g3 Ne3 25. Qc1 Rxe4 26. fxe4
Nxf1 27. Bxf1 Qf7 28. Qe3 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Rd1 Rf8
31. Qd3 Qf7 32. Qxd7 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kh1
Qxe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qxb2
40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Qf7 Rg8 42. Qxb7 c4 43. Qg2 Qxb5 44. Qd5
Qxd5+ 45. Rxd5 Rc8 46. Rxe5 c3 47. Re1 Kg8 48. Kg1 Rc5 49. Rc1
Kf7 50. Kf2 Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. Kd3 c2 53. a6 Kc6 54. Kd4 Kb5
55. h4 h5 56. Kd3 Kxa6 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.18"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Bo Jacobsen"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d6 5. Be3 b5 6. a3 a6 7. f4
Nd7 8. g4 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. Bf2 Nf6 11. Nge2 Qc7 12. O-O Nfd7
13. f5 c5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 g5 17. Qd2 Bf6
18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 h5 20. Nc6 hxg4 21. hxg4 Ne5 22. Na5 Rc8
23. Qe2 Ba8 24. Qxa6 Kf8 25. c3 Kg7 26. Qe2 Rh6 27. Rfa1 Rch8
28. Nc4 Bb7 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Rc4 Qb8 31. Rb4 Qc8 32. Ra7 Ba8
33. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Davor Palo"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Nf3 O-O
12. O-O a6 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Be2 Nfd7 16. Nd2 Bxe2
17. Rxe2 Re8 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Na3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 N8d7 21. Qd3 Nf6
22. a5 Nbd7 23. Nc2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 c4 25. Qxc4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Nc5
27. Qf3 Rxe4 28. Bb2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Nb3 30. Re1 Nxa5 31. c4
Nxc4 32. Ba1 Nb6 33. Ne3 Nbd7 34. Qb2 Qa5 35. Rd1 Qb5 36. Qxb5
axb5 37. Rb1 Re8 38. Nc2 Nxd5 39. Rxb5 Nc5 40. Be5 dxe5
41. Rxc5 Nf6 42. fxe5 Ng4 43. h3 Nxe5 44. Rb5 Re7 45. Kg2 Kg7
46. Ne3 Nc6 47. Kf2 h5 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rd7 50. Rb2 Ne5
51. Rb5 Re7 52. Rb3 Kh6 53. Kg3 Nc6 54. Ng2 f6 55. Rb6 Kg5
56. Nh4 Nd4 57. Nf3+ Nxf3 58. Kxf3 Rc7 59. Rb5+ Kh4 60. Rb6
Rc3+ 61. Kf4 g5+ 62. Ke4 Rc4+ 63. Ke3 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Rustemov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Rb1 c4 9. Qc1 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2
Bd7 13. O-O h6 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Re2 Nf5 16. h4 Rdg8 17. Ra1
Kb7 18. Bf4 Ka8 19. Qd2 Nfe7 20. h5 b5 21. Nh4 Nc8 22. g4 Nb6
23. Bg3 g6 24. Kh2 g5 25. Nf3 Qa5 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Bh3 Na4
28. Ng1 f5 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Nf3 Rhf8 31. Bg2 Qd8 32. Ne5 Nxe5
33. dxe5 R6f7 34. Bxd5+ Kb8 35. Be4 Qc7 36. Qd6 Nc5 37. Bg6
Rf3 38. Rae1 Kb7 39. Rxf3 Rxf3 40. Re3 Rxe3 41. fxe3 Qc6
42. e4 Kc8 43. Qd4 a5 44. Bf2 Nb3 45. Qe3 a4 46. Kg1 b4
47. cxb4 c3 48. Be1 Nd2 49. Bxd2 cxd2 50. Qxd2 Qc4 51. Qf2 Qa2
52. Qc5+ Kb7 53. Qc3 Qb1+ 54. Kf2 Bb5 55. Ke3 Qc1+ 56. Qd2
Qxa3+ 57. c3 Qa1 58. c4 Qg1+ 59. Kf3 Qf1+ 60. Kg3 Qxc4 61. Bf7
Qxe4 62. Bg6 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.20"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Arni Nilssen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Re8 14. a5 Rc8 15. Rfe1 h5 16. h3 Kh7
17. Be2 c4 18. Bf1 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Kxh6 20. Qd2+ Kg7 21. Qd4 Rc5
22. f4 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. e5 Kf8 25. Re2 Ng8 26. Qxc4 dxe5
27. fxe5 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Nxe5 29. Qf4 Qf6 30. Qb4+ Kg7 31. Kg1
Nd3 32. Qxb7 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 Qf2+ 34. Kh2 Nc1 35. d6 Nf6 36. Bc4
Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Erling Mortensen"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Bf6 10. Be3 Nge7 11. f4 O-O 12. a4
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Bf2 exf4 15. gxf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ng6
17. Qd2 Kh8 18. f5 Ne5 19. f6 Rg8 20. Kh1 g5 21. Rad1 Nc4
22. Qe2 Be6 23. Bd4 Rg6 24. Qf2 Rag8 25. Qg3 Rh6 26. e5 dxe5
27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 g4 29. Rf1 Rgg6 30. Be4 Qc4 31. Bd3
Qc6+ 32. Be4 Qc4 33. Bd3 Bd5+ 34. Kg1 Qc5+ 35. Qf2 Qxf2+
36. Rxf2 g3 37. Bxg6 gxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Bc6 39. Be4 Rxf6+ 40. Ke3
Bxa4 41. Bxb7 Bxc2 42. c4 Kg7 43. Ra5 Rh6 44. c5 Rxh2 45. Rxa6
Rh3+ 46. Kd4 Rd3+ 47. Ke5 Re3+ 48. Kd4 Rd3+ 49. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.22"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lev Psakhis"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4
7. Nd2 Bb7 8. e4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 d6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd2
h6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. O-O e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. Ne1 f5 17. f3 a5
18. b3 f4 19. Bf2 g5 20. Be2 h5 21. Nd3 Ba6 22. Qc2 c5 23. b4
O-O 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rfb1 Rfb8 26. Be1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Bf6
28. Nb2 Nc8 29. Bxa5 Bb7 30. Qd2 Bd8 31. Bxd8 Qxd8 32. a4 Qc7
33. Bd1 Ne7 34. Bc2 Kf7 35. Nd1 Ba6 36. Bd3 g4 37. Be2 gxf3
38. Bxf3 Bxc4 39. Bxh5+ Kg7 40. Nc3 Rb8 41. Rc1 Ng8 42. Bg4
Nf6 43. Bf5 Kf8 44. Qf2 Bd3 45. g4 fxg3 46. Qxg3 Qg7 47. Qxg7+
Kxg7 48. Kf2 Nh5 49. Rg1+ Kf8 50. Nb5 Rb6 51. Ke3 Nf4 52. h4
Bc2 53. Nc7 Bxa4 54. Ne6+ Kf7 55. Nxf4 Rb3+ 56. Kf2 exf4
57. h5 Rg3 58. Ra1 Be8 59. Bg6+ Rxg6 60. hxg6+ Kf6 61. Kf3 Ke5
62. Rg1 c4 63. g7 Bh5+ 64. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.23"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hakan Greiff"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. Bd5 Be7
12. c3 c6 13. cxd4 cxd5 14. Qd2 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5
dxe4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nc3 f5 19. a4 Nf7 20. Be3 b4 21. Nd5
Rd8 22. Rfd1 f4 23. Bc5 Ng5 24. Bxb4 Rd7 25. Bc3 Rh5 26. Nb4
Nf3+ 27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Rxd7 Rg5+ 29. Kf1 Kxd7 30. Rd1+ Ke6
31. Rd5 e3 32. fxe3 fxe3 33. a5 Rh5 34. Rxe5+ Rxe5 35. Bxe5
Kxe5 36. Nc2 Kf4 37. b4 g5 38. b5 e2+ 39. Ke1 axb5 40. a6 b4
41. Nxb4 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. Nc3 dxe5
7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Nf3 g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nf6
12. Qb3 Ne6 13. Be5 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. d5 Nf4
17. Bf1 Nf6 18. Rd4 cxd5 19. cxd5 e5 20. Rc4 Qb8 21. Re1 Re8
22. Rb4 b6 23. Bb5 Bd7 24. g3 a5 25. Ra4 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 e4
27. Nxe4 N4xd5 28. Rd4 Qb7 29. Nxf6 Nxf6 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qd3
Rc8 32. Kg2 Rc5 33. h4 h5 34. Rf4 Ng4 35. Qd4+ Ne5 36. Qe4
Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Nd3 38. b3 Rc2 39. Rd4 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[EventDate "2001.07.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Stellan Brynell"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6
12. Qf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. c3 b6 15. Qf6 Rg8 16. Qh4 Rh8
17. Ng5 Qa3 18. Rhb1 Kf8 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Qf6 Rg8 21. h4 Bd7
22. g4 Rc8 23. h5 gxh5 24. gxh5 Qxf6 25. exf6 e5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5
27. dxe5 Rg5 28. Rg1 Rxh5 29. Rh1 Rxe5 30. Rxh6 Rg5 31. Rh8+
Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rg1+ Kh8 34. Rh1+ Kg8 35. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Christian Buhr"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6
7. d3 Nge7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. b3 h6 12. e4
dxe4 13. dxe4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7
17. Ba3 Re8 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rbc1 Qb6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Qd8
22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Bf1 b6 24. Bd3 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. b4 g5
27. a3 Qc8 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Bxc2 Bb5 30. f3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7
32. g4 Kd6 33. Ke1 a5 34. Kd2 f6 35. Bd3 Be8 36. Be2 h5 37. h3
h4 38. Bd3 Bd7 39. Kc1 Ba4 40. Kd2 axb4 41. axb4 b5 42. Bc2
Kc7 43. Bd1 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2001-2"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Rainer F A Knaak"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7
Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nb6
12. a3 Bd7 13. Bd3 h6 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Kb8 16. Ne2 Rc8
17. Nc1 Qe7 18. Nb3 Na4 19. Qe3 Rc7 20. g3 b6 21. Nfd4 Na7
22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 Be6 24. Qf3 Nc5 25. Qg4 Nxb3 26. cxb3 Nb5
27. Bxe6 Nxd4 28. Bxd5 Nc2 29. Re2 Rhc8 30. Qe4 Nxa3+ 31. bxa3
Qxa3 32. Qe3 Qb4 33. e6 fxe6 34. Bxe6 Re8 35. Qd4 Qa5 36. Re5
b5 37. Bg4 Rxe5 38. Qxe5 Qb4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "H Proehl"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 d6 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. Nf3 Bf5 8. d4 Qe6+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 e6 11. Be3 Bg4
12. h3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bh5 14. Nc3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 f6 16. Rac1
O-O-O 17. g4 Be8 18. Ne4 Kb8 19. Rhd1 Nb4 20. Nc3 Nd5 21. Kf2
Bc6 22. Ne1 h5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Nf3 Ra5 26. a3
Rb5 27. Rc2 hxg4 28. hxg4 Bd6 29. Kg2 Rb3 30. Re2 a6 31. Rc1
Ka7 32. Rcc2 Rb5 33. Rc1 e5 34. dxe5 Bxe5 35. Nxe5 Rxe5
36. Rc7 Rg5 37. Kf3 Rh3+ 38. Kf4 Rh1 39. Rcc2 Kb6 40. e4 Re5
41. Rc3 a5 42. Rb3+ Ka6 43. Rd3 Rf1+ 44. Rf3 Rg1 45. Rff2 a4
46. Rg2 Rf1+ 47. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 2000-1"]
[Site "Luebeck GER"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Rainer F A Knaak"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rhe1 Nd7
12. g3 O-O-O 13. c3 Kb8 14. Bb3 Rhe8 15. Kb1 Bf8 16. Nh4 h6
17. f4 f5 18. Nf2 Nf6 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Ne5 b5 21. Nfd3 Ne4
22. Bc2 Re7 23. Nc1 c5 24. Qxb5 Bxe5 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. dxe5
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 a6 28. Qe2 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Kc2 Qa4+ 31. b3
Qa3 32. Qd2 Bc6 33. c4 a5 34. Kb1 Kc8 35. Qd6 Kb7 36. Qe7+ Kb6
37. Qd8+ Kb7 38. Qe7+ Kb6 39. Qxf7 a4 40. Qxe6 axb3 41. axb3
e3 42. Qd6 e2 43. Nxe2 Qxb3+ 44. Kc1 Qxc4+ 45. Kd2 Qa2+
46. Ke3 Qb3+ 47. Qd3 Qe6 48. Nc3 Qh3 49. Qd8+ Kb7 50. Nd5 Bxd5
51. Qxd5+ Kb6 52. e6 Qxh2 53. Qd6+ Kb5 54. e7 1-0

[Event "New Jersey Open"]
[Site "New Jersey USA"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Emory A Tate"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Be3 Ng4
7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Ne5 11.Be2 Nbc6 12.Nb3 h5
13.f3 h4 14.Bf2 Ng6 15.O-O Be5 16.Qd2 Qc8! 17.Be3 Bf4 18.Rfe1
Nce5 19.Nd4 Bxh3! 20.gxh3 Qxh3 21.Bb5+ Kf8 22.Bxf4 Nxf4 23.Rf1
a6 24.Bd3 Qg3+ 25.Kh1 h3! 26.Rg1 Qg2+ 27.Rxg2 hxg2+ 28.Kg1
Rh1+ 29.Kf2 Rxa1 30.Nd1 Kg7 31.Ne2 Rc8 32.b3 f6 33.Ng1 Rh8
34.Bc4 Rh1 35.Be2 Rxa2 36.Ne3 Ra1 37.Nd1 Neg6 38.Bc4 Nh4
39.Be2 Rxg1 40.Kxg1 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Zlotnikov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 e6
7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. f3 Rfd8 14. e4 d6 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Rac1 Qb7
17. a4 h6 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Qe3 Nc5 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. Nf4 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rdc1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Ra8 25. b4 Ra2 26. R1c2
Na4 27. Qb3 Rxb2 28. Qxa4 Rxc2+ 29. Qxc2 d5 30. exd5 exd5
31. Rd4 Bf6 32. Rd3 Be5 33. Qd2 d4 34. Ne2 Qd5 35. Ra3 Rc8
36. Nc1 Rc4 37. Nd3 Bf6 38. Ra5 Qe6 39. Rc5 Rc3 40. b5 Qb3
41. Rxc3 dxc3 42. Qe2 Qxb5 43. Qc2 Qc4 44. Kf2 Bd4+ 45. Ke1 g6
46. Nc1 Be3 0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Igor Vasilievich Ivanov"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re3 f5 15. Qf3 Bb8 16. Nd2 g5
17. Qh5 g4 18. Nb3 f4 19. Re2 Bf5 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. f3 gxf3
22. gxf3 Qf6 23. Rae1 Ra7 24. Kh1 Rg7 25. Nc5 Qf7 26. Qxf7+
Kxf7 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Rg6 29. R6e2 Rfg8 30. Rf1 a5 31. a3
a4 32. Be1 Re8 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34. Bd2 h5 35. Rg1 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1
Ke7 37. Be1 Ke6 38. Bh4 Bc7 39. Kf2 Bb6 40. Ke2 Bc7 41. Bg5
Bd6 42. Kd3 Bc7 43. Kc2 Bd6 44. Bd8 Kd7 45. Bg5 Ke6 46. Kb1
Bc7 47. b3 Kf7 48. Ka2 Ke6 49. Kb2 Kf7 50. bxa4 bxa4 51. c4
dxc4 52. Kc3 Bd6 53. Kxc4 Ke6 54. d5+ Kf5 55. Bd8 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Schneider"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6
7. d4 O-O 8. d5 a6 9. Bd3 Na5 10. Re1 b5 11. h3 e6 12. dxe6
Bxe6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Nbd2 Rfe8 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Qc1
Nd7 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 b4 20. Bg3 bxc3 21. bxc3 d5 22. Rb1
Qa5 23. c4 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.08"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Qd3 Bb7
12. Qxb5 e5 13. Bxe5 Rb8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd3 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3
Qg5 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. fxg3 Bxe4 19. O-O-O Rb6 20. Bd5 Bxd5
21. Rxd5 Re8 22. Rhd1 Re6 23. g4 h6 24. b3 Kf8 25. R1d3 Rc6
26. Kd2 a6 27. c4 Ke7 28. Re3 Kd7 29. Kd3 Rc8 30. Ra5 Rc6
31. Kd4 Rb6 32. h4 Ke7 33. h5 g5 34. Rf5 Rb8 35. g3 Rb7
36. Re4 Rb4 37. Kd5 Rxe4 38. Kxe4 Ke6 39. Kd4 Rb6 40. Kc3 Rb7
41. Ra5 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.09"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Nf1 Na5
12. Bc2 d5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nc4 16. Qxd8 Raxd8
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. a4 Nxb2 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Rb8 21. Rb1
Nc4 22. Rxb5 Nd6 23. Rb4 c5 24. Rb6 Bxe4 25. Rxd6 Bxc2
26. Rxf6 Bg6 27. g4 Rb3 28. Nh4 Be7 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Nxg6
Kf7 31. Nxe5+ Ke6 32. Nc4 Rxc3 33. Nfe3 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Bg5
35. Ra6+ Kd7 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. f4 Rxc4 38. Nxc4 Bxf4 39. Rc6
Rg8 40. h3 h5 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.10"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. e4 a6 8. Bf4 b5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Nbd7
12. O-O-O Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.11"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd3 Nf6
12. f4 e5 13. f5 Ra7 14. O-O-O Rd7 15. Qf3 Ke7 16. Rxd7+ Bxd7
17. Rd1 h5 18. Qd3 a5 19. Bf3 Bc8 20. Qd2 Ba6 21. g3 Rb8
22. h3 Rh8 23. a3 h4 24. g4 Qd4 25. Qe1 Qa7 26. g5 Nd7 27. Qd2
Qc7 28. Qf2 Kd8 29. f6 Ke8 30. fxg7 Rg8 31. Qxh4 Ke7 32. Qh7
Qb8 33. Bg4 Nb6 34. Qh6 Qc7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. g6 1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Larry Christiansen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4
7. Bf4 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 g6 11. e4 Bg7 12. Rd1
e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Qd5 Qxd5
17. cxd5 O-O-O 18. Ke2 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Ngf6
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. c4 Qb6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nh5 Kh8
17. Kb1 c5 18. Be3 e5 19. Qg4 Qg6+ 20. Qxg6 fxg6 21. dxc5 Nxc5
22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. f3
Kg8 27. Kc2 Kf7 28. a3 Ke6 29. b4 b6 30. Kc3 a5 31. g3 axb4+
32. axb4 Rf8 33. Rf1 Kd7 34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. Rd3 g5 36. hxg5 Bxg5
37. c5 Be7 38. Kc4 bxc5 39. bxc5 Ra8 40. Rb3 Rd8 41. Ra3 Kb7
42. Rb3+ Kc7 43. Rb6 Rd4+ 44. Kb5 Rd3 45. Ra6 Rxf3 46. Ra7+
Kd8 47. Kc6 Ke8 48. Kd5 Kd8 49. c6 Bf8 50. g4 Kc8 51. Kxe5 Kb8
52. Rd7 Kc8 53. Rb7 Rf1 54. Nc3 Rc1 55. Kd4 Bc5+ 56. Kd3 Bd6
57. Rf7 Be5 58. Nb5 Rc5 59. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Stockholm International"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[EventDate "2002.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anders Olsson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Qc7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nb3 b6 12. g4
Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Rf3 Nb4 16. Rh3 g6 17. Rc1 Bf8
18. Qg4 Bg7 19. Qh4 Nf8 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. Qh4 Nf8 22. f5 exf5
23. exf5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nd5 26. Bd4 gxf5 27. Rf1
f4 28. Kg1 Re5 29. Nd2 Qc6 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Ne4 Qg6 32. Qe1
f5 33. Qd2 Ne7 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Qd6 Qxg5+ 36. Kh1 Neg6 37. Rg1
Qxg1+ 38. Kxg1 Ra7 39. Qxb6 Rg7 40. Kf1 e4 41. Qd4 Ne6 42. Qd5
Ngf8 43. Qe5 Rb7 44. Nxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Stockholm International"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "2002.08.04"]
[EventDate "2002.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Thomas Ernst"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nd6 Bf8 16. Bb5 Bd7
17. Ba4 e4 18. Bb3 Bxd6 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Be6 21. Qxd6
Qg5+ 22. f4 Qxg2 23. Bd4 Rac8 24. c3 Qh3 25. Qe5 Qh6 26. Qh8+
Kf7 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Be5 1-0

[Event "Stockholm International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Yuri Yakovich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bc3
Nfe4 12. Bd4 Ne6 13. Be5 Bf6 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Nb3 Bxe5
16. Nxe5 Qd6 17. Nf3 Rc4 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. h3 Qb6
21. Rd2 g6 22. Qb1 a5 23. Nbd4 Ne4 24. Re2 a4 25. Nxe6 fxe6
26. Ne5 R4c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Luis Couso"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7
12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rad1 c5 14. Bb1 Qc7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4
17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4 Ng4
22. g3 f5 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. h3 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 fxe4 26. hxg4 Bf6
27. Ba3 Bd4 28. Rde1 Rd6 29. Bc1 Ra6 30. Re2 Rf8 31. Kg2 e5
32. Be3 Rff6 33. g5 hxg5 34. Bxg5 Rf3 35. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Hermansson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. Be2 Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3
Bf8 13. Nb3 b6 14. a5 Nd7 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Nb5
Qb8 18. N5d4 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nf5 Be6 21. Qf2 Nd7 22. Bh5
Nxc2 {#} 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Bxf5 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxc2
Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Kg8 28. Rxf5 Qxb2 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Raf1 h6
31. Qf7 Qb6 32. Rf6 Qa7 33. Qg6 gxf6 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Qxf6+
Qg7 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Rf5 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Stockholm International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Rytchagov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qe3
Be6 17. h4 Rc8 18. c3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. hxg5 Bxd5 21. exd5
hxg5 22. Rxh8+ Bxh8 23. f3 Rc8 24. Bf2 Kd7 25. Be3 Bf6 26. Rh1
Rg8 27. Rh5 e6 28. dxe6+ Kxe6 29. Kc2 d5 30. g3 Nc4 31. Bc1
Ne5 32. Kd1 Nc4 33. Bf1 Ne5 34. f4 gxf4 35. Bxf4 b5 36. Bh3+
Kd6 {#} 37. Rf5 Bh8 38. Rxf7 Kc6 39. Ra7 Nd3 40. Rxa6+ Kb7
41. Rh6 Nxf4 42. gxf4 d4 43. Kc2 dxc3 44. bxc3 Rf8 45. Kb3 Bg7
46. Rd6 Bh8 47. f5 Bf6 48. Re6 Bh8 49. Bg2+ Ka7 50. Be4 Rf7
51. Kb4 Rc7 52. Kxb5 1-0

[Event "Stockholm International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Orest Gritsak"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7
12. Bf3 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. f5 f6 16. Bf4 Qc6
17. Rad1 Rf7 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. exf6 gxf6 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Nc3
Ng7 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Bd2 f5 24. Bc3 Rc4 25. b3 Rh4 26. Rf3 Nh5
27. Rh3 Rxh3 28. Qxh3 Qg6 29. Re1 f4 30. Re8 Ng7 31. Re2 Ne6
32. Qh4 f3 33. gxf3 Rxf3 34. Re1 Qf5 {#} 35. Qe4 Rf1+ 36. Kg2
Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Ng5+ 38. Kg4 Nxe4 39. Rxe4 Qf5+ 40. Kg3 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Stockholm International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Poley"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Bc5
7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Na3 Nf6 9. c4 h6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb5 O-O
12. Bf4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Rc1 Be4 16. Nd6 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Qb8 18. Bg3 Bc7 19. Nf5 Bxg3 20. Nxg3 Qe5 21. f4 Qxb2
22. Rc2 Qa3 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Ne4 25. Qxd5 Nxg3 26. Rxf7
Rxf7 27. g6 Qe7 28. Qxf7+ Qxf7 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30. Kxg3 Re8
31. Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholm International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Pontus Carlsson"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd5
e6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. c3 Nc5 16. Bc2 e5 17. Nb3
Na4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Rad1 d5 22. exd5
Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf1 e4 25. Qg3 Nxd5 26. Rd4 Nf6 27. Ne3
Kf8 28. Red1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qe5 Qe7
32. Qd4 h5 33. a4 bxa4 34. Bxa4 Kg8 35. c4 Kg7 36. c5 Qc7 {#}
37. c6 Bc8 38. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig mem"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yury Shulman"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.a4 Bxb5 10.axb5 Qc7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qd3 Rc8
13.Bd2 h6 14.Ra2 a5 15.bxa6 Rxa6 16.Rxa6 c4 17.Qe2 Nxa6 18.g4
Qd7 19.Nh4 Ng6 20.Ng2 Rf8 21.f4 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Be1 Nc7
24.Bg3 Nb5 25.Qe3 Nd6 26.f5 exf5 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.gxf5 Ne7
29.Qh3 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "De Firmian-The World"]
[Site "internet"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "The World"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3
b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Bb7 10.g4 Nb6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.Bd3 Rc8
13.Kb1 Ne5 14.Qe1 b4 15.Nce2 d5 16.h4 Nxd3 17.cxd3 e5 18.Nf5
d4 19.Bg1 Na4 20.Rh2 g6 21.Qg3 Qc7 22.Rc1 Nc5 23.Nh6 Bxh6
24.gxh6 O-O 25.f4 Qa5 26.fxe5 b3 27.a3 Qd2 28.Ka1 Qxd3 29.Qxd3
Nxd3 30.Rf1 Bxe4 31.Nxd4 Bd5 32.Re2 Bc4 33.Rd1 Rfe8 34.Nf3 Nb4
35.Red2 Nc2+ 36.Kb1 Be6 37.Nd4 Nxd4 38.Bxd4 Bf5+ 39.Ka1 Rcd8
40.Bf2 Rxd2 41.Rxd2 f6 42.exf6 Kf7 43.Rd1 Kxf6 44.Bd4+ Kf7
45.Bb6 Re2 46.Bd8 Ke6 47.Rf1 Bd3 48.Rh1 Ke5 49.Bg5 Kf5 50.Rf1+
Kg4 51.Rg1+ Kf3 52.Bd8 Rh2 0-1

[Event "75th KSU"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2002.02.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jonny Hector"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e4 Bxc5 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Nh3 d5
7. exd5 Qxb2 8. Nd2 Qe5+ 9. Kf1 exd5 10. Nf3 Qd6 11. Qe2+ Kf8
12. Re1 Bxh3 13. Bxf6 Bxg2+ 14. Kxg2 gxf6 15. Qe8+ Kg7 16. Nh4
Rxe8 17. Rxe8 Qf8 18. Nf5+ Kg8 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Nxf7+ Kg7
21. Rxf8 Bxf8 22. Nd8 Nc6 23. Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship2 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ronald Burnett"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5 9. a3 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Be3 a5 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. b4 Nh5 17. Ne2 axb4
18. axb4 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Qc7 20. g4 Ng7 21. Bh6 f6 22. Bb3 c4
23. Bc2 Ne5 24. Qc3 Bc8 25. f4 Nf7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. g5 Ra2
28. gxf6+ Kg8 29. Nd4 Qa7 30. Qe3 Bxh3 31. N2f3 Bg4 32. Bb1
Bxf3 33. Nxf3 Qxe3+ 34. Rxe3 Rb2 35. Re1 Rxb4 36. Kf2 Rb2+
37. Kg3 b4 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Rxe5 41. Rxe5
Rxb1 0-1

[Event "US Championship2 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Igor Foygel"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O
7. Bg5 b5 8. a3 Qc7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Qf4 e5 11. Qh4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Rd2 c5 16. Ndxb5 axb5
17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Nxd6 Qxb2 19. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Nf4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. f3 d6 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4
Bg5 13. Ne2 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Qe7 15. Qe3 e5 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. Qd3
O-O 18. Ba4 Qe6 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 d5 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. c4
Qd6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. dxe5 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxe5 26. Rc3 Rd2
27. Nf4 Rd4 28. Nd5 Kg7 29. Re1 Nxc4 30. Nxc7 Nd6 31. Ra3 Rc8
32. Rxa7 Kf8 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Nxa8 Nc4 35. a4 h5 36. Rb1 h4
37. Nc7 Rd2 38. Re1 Ra2 39. Re4 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Ke1 Rxa4
42. Rxh4 Ra1+ 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Qd2 d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qxh6 f5 16. Rae1
Bf7 17. Re6 Bxe6 18. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Fishbein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. a4 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. a5 Nc6 10. Nb3 Nd7 11. O-O b5 12. axb6
Nxb6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Na4 Nd7 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Qe1
Nce5 18. f3 Rab8 19. Na5 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. b4 Bf6 22. Nc3
Bb7 23. Rdc1 Be5 24. Nd5 exd5 25. cxd5 Nc5 26. Ra2 Rdc8
27. bxc5 dxc5 28. g3 Qb6 29. Rb1 Qa7 30. Kg2 Bd4 31. Bf4 Ra8
32. Qa5 Re8 33. Bc4 Bc8 34. Qc7 h6 35. Qxa7 Rxa7 36. Ra5 Rb7
37. Rxb7 Bxb7 38. Bc7 Rc8 39. d6 Bc3 40. d7 1-0

[Event "US Championships 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7
12. dxc5 Bc6 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Rb4 Qe7 15. Qf4 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Qg5
17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. h3 a5 19. Rbb1 O-O-O 20. f3 Kc7 21. Rhe1 Rh4
22. Re3 Rdh8 23. Bf1 Nd7 24. Rbe1 Nb6 25. Bd3 Re8 26. Rb1 Nd7
27. Ree1 Rg8 28. Rb2 Rh5 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Rh4 31. c3 Rd8
32. Bb5 Rhh8 33. Kc2 Rb8 34. Rbb1 Rhd8 35. c4 Nb6 36. Rbd1 Rd7
37. Re3 Rdd8 38. Rd2 Nd7 39. Rd1 Nc5 40. Bxc6 bxc6 41. Nb3
Rxd1 42. Kxd1 Nxb3 43. axb3 Rb4 44. Kc2 a4 45. bxa4 Rxa4
46. Kb3 Ra5 47. Re4 Kb6 48. Kb4 Rc5 49. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Bill Paschall"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Bf4
Qe7 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. g4 Nhf6 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. Qf4 h6 21. Ne2 Nh7 22. Ng3
Ng5 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. Nd2 Nh7 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Qxf6+ Nhxf6
27. Nd2 c4 28. a4 Nc5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. f3 Nfd7
32. Ne2 Nd3 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Rb1 Ba6 35. b3 cxb3 36. Nd4 N3c5
37. N2xb3 b4 38. Ra1 Nb6 39. Bxa6 Rxa6 40. Rxa6 Nxa6 41. Kf2
Nc5 42. Nd2 Kf6 43. h4 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. Nb5
Nb7 47. Nd4 Nc5 48. f4 f5 49. Nxf5 Nxd5+ 50. Kd4 Nxe4 51. Nxe4
Kxf5 52. Kxd5 Kxf4 53. Nxd6 b3 54. Nc4 Kg4 55. Ke4 Kxh4
56. Kf4 Kh3 57. Kf3 h4 58. Nb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Enkhbat Tegshsuren"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5
e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Bd2 b6
12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Qg4 g5 14. Qe4 c5 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. Be4 Bxe4
17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qe2 g4 19. dxc5 gxf3 20. Qa6+ Qb7 21. Qxb7+
Kxb7 22. cxd6 fxg2 23. Rhg1 Rhg8 24. f3 Rg6 25. Be1 Nd5
26. Bg3 h5 27. Rd2 Kc6 28. Rgxg2 Ne3 29. Rg1 Nf5 30. b3 Rdg8
31. d7 Rd8 32. Bf2 Rxg1+ 33. Bxg1 Nh4 34. Rd3 Rxd7 35. Rc3+
Kb7 36. Bf2 Ng6 37. a4 Nf4 38. Rc4 Ng6 39. Bg3 f5 40. b4 a6
41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Rd5 43. Rc7+ Ka8 44. c4 Rd4 45. Rc6 Nf4
46. Kc2 e5 47. Bf2 Rd3 48. Bxb6 Rxf3 49. Rf6 Ng2 50. Bc5 Ne1+
51. Kd2 Nd3 52. Rf8+ Kb7 53. Rf7+ Kc8 54. Bd6 Nb2 55. Kc2 Na4
56. Bxe5 Kd8 57. Bd4 Rf4 58. Kd3 Rf3+ 59. Ke2 Rb3 60. Rxf5 Rb4
61. Kd3 1-0

[Event "US Championships 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesse Kraai"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 e4
7. Ne5 Bd6 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. Nxe4 Nxd5 11. f4 Bc7
12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nxc5 Qc6 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qe4+
Kf8 17. Nd3 Re8 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. O-O Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd3
Ne7 22. Bd2 f6 23. Rad1 Kf7 24. Bc3 Qe6 25. Qxb5 Rd8 26. Qh5+
Ng6 27. Rde1 Rd5 28. Qe2 Re8 29. e4 Rd7 30. a3 Kg8 31. Kh1
Red8 32. h3 Rd3 33. Rf3 R3d7 34. Qb5 a6 35. Qf5 Qc6 36. Rfe3
Re8 37. Qf1 Rde7 38. Bb4 Re6 39. Rc3 Qb7 40. Qc4 Kh8 41. Qc7
Qa8 42. Qd7 Ne5 43. Qd5 h6 44. Rc7 Qb8 45. Rec1 Qb6 46. Qd2
Qb5 47. Rd1 Rc6 48. Ra7 Qc4 49. Bc3 Qxe4 50. Re1 Qg6 51. Qd5
Rce6 52. Qb7 Nf3 53. Rf1 Nh4 54. Rxa6 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "Greenland Open 2003"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.28"]
[EventDate "2003.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. h3 a6 12. a4
Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5 15. Ng5 f4 16. gxf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4
Rxf4 18. Ne6 Rb4 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Qxe6
22. Rd3 Rd8 23. Rad1 Ne8 24. Qd2 Kh8 25. a5 Be5 26. b3 Nc7
27. Ne4 Rd4 28. e3 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Qxh3 30. f4 Bf6 31. Bxb7 d5
32. Qe2 Qe6 33. Qf3 g5 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5
gxf4 37. exf4 1-0

[Event "Greenland Open 2003"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[EventDate "2003.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Regina Pokorna"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2
Nd7 7. d4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Be5 Bd7
12. Bd3 b6 13. Qh3 g6 14. Qh6 Re8 15. c4 c5 16. c3 Bc6
17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bg7 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. d5 exd5
22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nf4 Bc6 24. Bf5 Re7 25. Bg5 gxf5 26. Bxe7
Qxe7 27. Rd3 Ne5 28. Qxf5 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Greenland Open 2003"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.29"]
[EventDate "2003.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Tomas Oral"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6
7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 d6 11. Bg5 Ng4
12. Qe2 Ne5 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Bf4 Bd4 16. Be3 Bxe3
17. Qxe3 b5 18. f4 b4 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Rd2 Na5 21. b3 Bd7
22. Nb2 Bb5 23. Rc1 Rbc8 24. Nd1 Rfd8 25. c4 d5 26. exd5 exd5
27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Bc6 29. Qf3 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Rd8 31. Qe4
Nb7 32. Ne3 Nc5 33. Qg2 Nd3 1-0

[Event "Greenland Open 2003"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[EventDate "2003.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Henrik Danielsen"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6
7. Nge2 Qc7 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Ng3 Ne7
12. Nce4 Qc7 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. c3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. g3 O-O-O
17. O-O-O Nb6 18. Rhe1 Nd6 19. Qg5 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 g6 21. h4 Nd5
22. h5 h6 23. Qd2 g5 24. Qe2 Rd7 25. Qf3 Qd8 26. Kb1 Nf6
27. Bc2 Qe7 28. Re5 Rhd8 29. Rde1 Rd5 30. a3 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Nd7
32. Qe4 Nb6 33. f4 Qf8 34. Qh7 Nc4 35. fxg5 Nd2+ 36. Ka1 Nf3
37. Rf1 Rd7 38. Rd1 Rxd1+ 39. Bxd1 Nxg5 40. Qd3 Qc5 41. g4 a6
42. Qe2 Qd5 43. Bc2 Qe4 44. Qd2 Qxg4 45. Qd6 Qxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Greenland Open 2003"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[EventDate "2003.06.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 Nxd4
7. Qxd4 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Rc8
12. Na3 a6 13. Rac1 Rc6 14. Nc2 Rc8 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Qc7
17. Bf1 Ra8 18. Qb4 Rfc8 19. Nb3 Be6 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Nd4 Nd7
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Be3 a5 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. g3 Rf8 26. Qe2 Nc5
27. Bh3 Kf7 28. Rf1 Qb6 29. Bg2 Qc6 30. Rf2 Rfc8 31. h4 Rab8
32. Bf1 a4 33. Kh2 Qa6 34. Rd1 Rc6 35. Rd2 Qa5 36. Qd1 Qb4
37. Qb1 Ra8 38. f4 Nd7 39. e5 Rac8 40. h5 Rxc4 41. Bxc4 Rxc4
42. hxg6+ hxg6 43. exd6 exd6 44. a3 Qb5 45. Rxd6 Nf6 46. Qd1
Bf8 47. Rb6 Qf5 48. Rxb7+ Kg8 49. Kg1 Qe4 50. Qf3 Qf5 51. Re2
Ng4 52. Bf2 Rc1+ 53. Kg2 Ra1 54. Bg1 Qb1 55. Qxg4 Qxg1+
56. Kf3 Qh1+ 57. Ke3 Qg1+ 58. Ke4 Qh1+ 59. Kd3 Rd1+ 60. Rd2
Qd5+ 61. Kc3 Qxd2+ 62. Kc4 Qd5+ 63. Kc3 Rd3+ 64. Kc2 Rd2+
65. Kc1 Qxb7 66. Qxg6+ Qg7 67. Qxg7+ Kxg7 68. Kxd2 Kf6 69. Kc2
Kf5 70. b3 axb3+ 71. Kxb3 Bxa3 72. Kxa3 Kg4 73. f5 exf5
74. Kb4 Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Greenland Open 2003"]
[Site "Qaqortoq GRL"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[EventDate "2003.06.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Johann Hjartarson"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 Bf8 12. d5 Ne7
13. Bg5 Nd7 14. axb5 axb5 15. Na3 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. b4 Na4
18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxb5 Nb2 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qb1 Bxb5 22. Qxb2
Qc6 23. Bb3 Rc8 24. Qa2 Bd3 25. Bd5 Bc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Qxc4
Rxc4 28. Bxe7 Bxe7 29. Re3 g6 30. g4 Kg7 31. Nd2 Rc8 32. Rd3
f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. f3 Kf6 35. Nf1 f4 36. Nd2 Ke6 37. Kf1 h5
38. Nb3 Rg8 39. c4 Rb8 40. b5 Ra8 41. Rc3 Kf7 42. c5 dxc5
43. Nxc5 Rb8 44. Nd3 Rxb5 45. Rc7 Rb1+ 46. Ke2 Ke6 47. Ra7 Rh1
48. Nxe5 Rh2+ 49. Kd1 0-1

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5
7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxd4 9. hxg4 Nxb3 10. axb3 hxg4 11. Ng5 Qd7
12. c4 Rb8 13. Qd5 c6 14. Qxf7+ Qxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Rxa6
Nf6 17. Re1 bxc4 18. bxc4 d5 19. Rxc6 Bb4 20. Rd1 d4 21. Rc7+
Kg6 22. f3 g3 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Bxd2 Rh2 25. Be1 Rxb2 26. Bd2
Nh5 27. c5 Nf4 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. c6 Rbxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rc2 31. Kg1
Rh5 0-1

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.10.30"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Rc8
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 Qc7 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Qxc4 17. f4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 a5 20. Rd4 Qc6 21. Qd2
Qb6 22. Na4 Qc7 23. Nc3 Qb6 24. Re1 Bxb3 25. axb3 Bxg5 26. Qd3
Rc6 27. Nd5 Qd8 28. Rf1 Re8 29. Qf3 f6 30. Qg3 Kh8 31. c4 Re5
32. Qd3 Qe8 33. Nc3 Re6 34. Nb5 Qe7 35. Ka2 b6 36. Rd5 Rxe4
37. Rxg5 a4 38. bxa4 Rcxc4 39. Rgg1 Rxa4+ 40. Kb1 Re3 41. Rc1
g6 42. Qd5 Ra5 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo-Pons"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Nc4 d5
12. Bb6 Qe7 13. exd5 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bf2 Rd8 16. Qd2
Nb4 17. Qc3 Qg5 18. Rd1 Nxc2+ 19. Qxc2 Bb4+ 20. Nd2 Bf5
21. Qc1 Rc8 22. Qa1 Bc2 23. h4 Qf4 24. g3 Qxf3 25. Rh2 Qe4+
26. Be2 Bxd1 27. Qxd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. e4
Ng4 13. Nd2 Nge5 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. h3
Nbc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Ra2 Rb4 20. Rb1 Re8 21. b3 Ne5 22. Ra4
f5 23. Kh2 Nf7 24. Bd2 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxa4 26. bxa4 Bf5 27. Qc4
Bd4 28. Qxa6 Rxe4 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Rb7 Qxb7 31. Qxb7 Re2
32. Bh6+ Kf6 33. Bf8 Re8 34. g4 Rxf8 35. gxf5 Re8 36. Bf1 Re1
37. Kg2 Ra1 38. fxg6 hxg6 39. Qb3 Nh6 40. Bd3 Nf5 41. Bxf5
gxf5 42. h4 f4 43. Qh3 Be5 44. Qc8 Ra2 45. Kf3 Kg7 46. a5 1-0

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.03"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "94"]

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. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Bf6 12. Nf1
Re8 13. N1h2 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. Ng4 cxd4
17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. f3 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Bf5 Rc4 23. Qd1 Qb6 24. Kh2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nxe3 26. Qd7 Bc6
27. Qd3 g6 28. Be4 Nec4 29. Bxc6 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Nxc6 31. Re8+
Kg7 32. b3 Qc7+ 33. Kh1 N4e5 34. Qc3 g5 35. h4 h6 36. hxg5
hxg5 37. Qc5 f6 38. Ra8 a5 39. Qxb5 Nd4 40. Qd5 Qc1+ 41. Kh2
Qf4+ 42. Kh1 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Nexf3+ 45. gxf3 Qf2+
46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kg3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.04"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Throstur Thorhallsson"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Nd4 Qa5 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O
12. Kh1 Qc7 13. f4 Na5 14. f5 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bd7 16. g4 Bc6
17. Qf3 Nd7 18. g5 Ne5 19. Qg2 exf5 20. Nxf5 Rfe8 21. Bd4 Bf8
22. Ne3 Re6 23. Ned5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qc6 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rf4
Rc8 27. c4 Qe8 28. Raf1 Rd8 29. Rh4 b5 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. gxf6+
Kh8 32. Rg1 Bh6 33. Rxh6 Qg8 34. Qh3 1-0

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.05"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jonathan Rowson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. h4 g4 16. g3 a5 17. Bg2 Ba6
18. Qe3 Rc8 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Bxe5 22. Qxh6
Rxc2 23. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.06"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Vladimir Malakhov"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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 a6 14. Nd5 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 f6
17. dxe6 fxg5 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rg1 Rc7 20. Rc1 Rxc1 21. Kxc1
Be5 22. h3 Kg7 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bd5 b4 25. Kd2 Kf6 26. Kd3 Bg3
27. Bc4 Bf2 28. Bd5 Ke5 29. Bc4 a5 30. Bd5 Kf4 31. Ke2 Bc5
32. Bc4 Bd4 33. Bd5 Kg3 34. Kf1 h5 35. Bc6 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4
37. fxg4 Kxg4 38. Ke2 g5 39. Bd5 Kg3 40. Kf1 Bc3 41. Bc6 Bb2
42. Bd5 Bc1 43. Bc6 Kf4 44. Ke2 g4 45. Bd5 Kg3 46. Kf1 Bg5
47. Bc6 Kf4 48. Ke2 Ke5 49. Bd5 Kd4 50. Bc6 Bf4 51. Bd5 Kc3
52. Bc6 Be5 53. Ba4 Bd4 54. Bc6 Bb6 55. Ba4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Milk Tournament"]
[Site "Selfoss ISL"]
[Date "2003.11.07"]
[EventDate "2003.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Hannes Stefansson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Re1 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. b3
Qc7 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rc1 Rfe8 14. Rc2 Bf8 15. Rd2 Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Classics GM"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "2003.04.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O e6 7.d4
Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.b3 Qc7
13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Qf4 Qxf4 15.gxf4 a6 16.Rd3 Rab8 17.a4 Kf8
18.Rad1 Rb7 19.Kf3 Ke8 20.e3 Rc8 21.e4 Nh5 22.Bc1 g6 23.Be3
Rc6 24.e5 Ng7 25.Ne2 Bc5 26.Nc3 Be7 27.Ne2 Rcc7 28.Nd4 Bc5
29.Bd2 Rc8 30.Ke2 d6 31.exd6 Rd7 32.a5 Rxd6 33.Bc3 Nh5 34.Kf3
bxa5 35.Bxa5 Nf6 36.Ne2 Rxd3+ 37.Rxd3 Rb8 38.Bc7 Rb7 39.Be5
Nd7 40.Bd4 Bxd4 41.Nxd4 Nc5 42.Re3 Rb4 43.Ke2 a5 44.Nc6 Rxb3
45.Nxa5 Rb2+ 46.Kf3 Kd7 47.Re2 Rxe2 48.Kxe2 f6 49.Ke3 e5
50.fxe5 fxe5 51.f4 e4 52.Kd4 Kd6 53.h4 h5 54.Ke3 Kc7 55.Kd4
Kb6 56.Nb3 Nxb3+ 57.Kxe4 Nd2+ 58.Ke5 Nf3+ 59.Kd6 Nxh4 0-1

[Event "4th Sigeman Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmø/København"]
[Date "2004.04.30"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evgeny Agrest"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.Nd2
Bxc3 8.bxc3 g5 9.Bg3 d6 10.f3 Nbd7 11.e4 Qe7 12.Qa4 c5 13.Nb3
e5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.O-O-O O-O-O 16.Rd2 Kb8 17.Na1 Nh5 18.Be1
1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sigeman Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmø/København"]
[Date "2004.05.01"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jacob Aagaard"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Bd7 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Bb1 Qb8
19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.a3 Bd8 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Ba2 h6 23.Bc5 Nh5 24.Qd3
Be6 25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.g3 Nf6 27.Red1 Qb7 28.b4 axb3 29.Nxb3 Re8
30.Bd6 Bb6 31.Kg2 Na7 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Bxe5 Nxe4 34.Bd4 Bxd4
35.Qxd4 Ng5 36.Nbd2 Nc6 37.Qe3 Na5 38.h4 Nxf3 39.Nxf3 Nc4
40.Qf4 Nxa3 41.Qf5 Qc6 42.Rd7 Rf8 43.Kh2 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sigeman Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmø/København"]
[Date "2004.05.02"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jonny Hector"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 e5 7.Nb3
h5 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Bd3 b5 12.h4 Nb6
13.Na5 Qc7 14.a3 Rc8 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.f4 exf4 17.Kb1 Kf8
18.Rgf1 Qc5 19.Rxf4 Rg8 20.Nb3 Qe5 21.Rdf1 Rxc3 22.Qxc3 Qxc3
23.bxc3 Rxg2 24.Nd4 Na4 25.Nc6 d5 26.Nxe7 Kxe7 27.exd5 Nxc3+
28.Kb2 Nxd5 29.Rd4 f5 30.a4 Rg4 31.Rxd5 Bxd5 32.axb5 axb5
33.Rxf5 Bc4 34.Bxc4 bxc4 35.Rxh5 Kf6 36.Kc3 Kg6 37.Rg5+ Rxg5
38.hxg5 Kxg5 39.Kxc4 f5 40.Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sigeman Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmø/København"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Rd1 Kc8 11.Ng5 Be8 12.h3
b6 13.g4 Nh4 14.f4 Be7 15.Nge4 h5 16.Kh2 Ng6 17.Kg3 Bh4+
18.Kf3 Be7 19.Kg3 Bh4+ 20.Kf3 Be7 21.Nf2 f6 22.exf6 gxf6 23.f5
Ne5+ 24.Kg3 Rg8 25.Nce4 c5 26.Bf4 Nc6 27.c3 a5 28.Kf3 a4
29.Ng3 hxg4+ 30.hxg4 Ra5 31.Rd2 c4 32.a3 Ne5+ 33.Bxe5 Rxe5
34.Nfe4 Bc6 35.Kf4 Rh8 36.Rf1 Rh3 37.Rff2 Rh8 38.Rh2 Re8
39.Rh7 Bxa3 40.Nxf6 Bc5 41.Nxe8 Rxe8 42.Rd4 Bxd4 43.cxd4 b5
44.f6 b4 45.f7 Rf8 46.g5 Bd5 47.g6 c3 48.bxc3 b3 49.Ke5 Rd8
50.Ne4 b2 51.Nd2 a3 52.Rh8 Bxf7 53.Rxd8+ Kxd8 54.gxf7 Ke7 0-1

[Event "4th Sigeman Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmø/København"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Curt Hansen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 Nd7 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Ne3
f5 14.f4 Nf7 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Bd3 Nh6 17.Bd2 Bd7 18.Qc2 a6
19.Ne2 b5 20.Ng3 Bd4 21.Kh1 Bxe3 22.Bxe3 Nxd5 23.Bd2 c4 24.Be2
Nf6 25.Rad1 Nfg4 26.h3 Qh4 27.Rf3 Rae8 28.axb5 axb5 29.Kg1 d5
30.Qc3 Qf6 31.Be1 Qb6+ 32.Kh1 Nf6 33.Bf2 Qc6 34.Bd4 Re6 35.Be5
Ne4 36.Nxe4 fxe4 37.Rg3+ Rg6 38.Bh5 b4 39.Bxg6 bxc3 40.Be8+
Ng4 41.Bxd7 Qxd7 42.Rxg4+ Qxg4 43.hxg4 cxb2 44.Bxb2 Rxf4
45.Rxd5 Rf2 46.Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "4th Sigeman Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmø/København"]
[Date "2004.05.06"]
[EventDate "2004.04.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Eduardas Rozentalis"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Nb4 11. Be2 Be6 12. a3
Nc6 13. c5 Ne4 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Bb5 Nxc3 17. Rxc3
Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bg3 Qd7 22. Re1
Re4 23. f3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 a5 27. Qf4
a4 28. h4 h5 29. Qxc7 Qxc7 30. Bxc7 Kf7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Ke3
Bb5 33. Kd2 Bf1 34. g3 Bg2 35. Ke2 Bh3 36. Bd6 g6 37. Ke3 Bf1
38. Bc7 Kd7 39. Bb6 Bg2 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. Ba5 Kd7 42. Kf2 Bh3
43. Bd2 Bf5 44. Bh6 Bc2 45. Ke2 f5 46. Bf4 Kc6 47. Be5 Bb3
48. Kd2 Kb5 49. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sigeman Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmø/København"]
[Date "2004.05.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5
12. f3 Nxc3 13. Nxd4 Nb5+ 14. Bd2 Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxa5
Nxc2+ 17. Bxc2 Nc6 18. Bb4 Nxb4 19. axb4 Re8 20. f4 g5 21. O-O
Kg7 22. Ra3 gxf4 23. Rxf4 Be6 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. h4 Ke7 26. h5
Rac8 27. Bd3 Rh8 28. Rh4 Rh6 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. Rf3 Rb3 31. b5 d4
32. g4 Bd5 33. Rf6 Rh8 34. Rh3 Rg8 35. Rf4 Rb2+ 36. Kg3 Rg2+
37. Kh4 Be6 38. Bf5 Bxf5 39. gxf5 f6 40. exf6+ Kxf6 41. Rxd4
Kxf5 42. Rf3+ Ke5 43. Rdd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th Sigeman Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmø/København"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Nc4
Nd7 13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ncd2 Bxb3 16. Nxb3 Rb5
17. Qe2 Kh8 18. d4 e4 19. Qc4 Qa8 20. Nfd2 f5 21. Bf4 Nf6
22. Bxc7 Nd5 23. Bb6 Nf4 24. Nf1 Rf6 25. Ne3 Rg6 26. Kf1 Rh6
27. h3 Qe8 28. Bc7 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rad1 h6 31. Rd2 Qd8
32. d5 Ne5 33. Qd4 Qf6 34. Nxf5 Qxf5 35. Qxe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4
Neg6 37. g3 Rbxd5 38. gxf4 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Rxd2 40. f5 Nf8
41. Rxb4 Rxc2 42. Rb8 Kg8 43. b4 Rc6 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Ke3 Nd7
46. Rb7 Rd6 47. b5 Ke7 48. Ke4 Kd8 49. bxa6 Rxa6 50. Rb5 Kc7
51. Kd5 Rd6+ 52. Ke4 Rd2 53. f3 Kc6 54. Rb1 Ra2 55. Rg1 Re2+
56. Kd4 Re7 57. Rc1+ Kd6 58. Rc8 Ne5 59. a6 Ra7 60. Rg8 Nxf3+
61. Kc4 Rxa6 62. Rxg7 Ke5 63. Kd3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "4th Sigeman Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Malmø/København"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7
12. Rb1 Nec6 13. f4 Na5 14. Qd1 Rd8 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf6
17. Qh4 Nxe4 18. Bd4 Nc6 19. Bd3 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qa5+ 21. Ke2
Nc3+ 22. Kf2 h6 23. Rb3 Bd7 24. Rc1 Nd5 25. Kg1 Bc6 26. f5
exf5 27. Bxf5 Re8 28. Qf2 Qa4 29. Nd2 Re7 30. Bc2 Rae8 31. Rg3
Qa6 32. Rf1 Qe2 33. Bd3 Qxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Re1+ 35. Rf1 Nf4
36. Bc4 Ne2+ 37. Bxe2 R1xe2 38. Nf3 R8e4 39. Rf2 R2e3 40. Rd2
Rxa3 41. d5 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Bb5 43. Rh3 Bd7 44. Rh5 f6 45. d6 Rc1
46. Rb2 b6 47. cxb6 axb6 48. Rd5 b5 49. Nd2 Re5 50. Rxe5 fxe5
51. Nf3 Rc5 52. Re2 Rd5 53. Nxe5 Rxd6 54. Nxd7 Rxd7 55. Re8+
Kf7 56. Rb8 Rd5 57. Ke2 Ke7 58. h4 Rc5 59. g4 Rc2+ 60. Ke3
Rc3+ 61. Kf4 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2004 World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Bc4 Ne8 11. a3 Nd6
12. Be2 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qd2 f6 16. Bh6 Nc4
17. Qe2 Nxb2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rab1 Qe7 20. Rxb2 Qc5+ 21. Qf2
Qxc3 22. Rb3 Qc4 23. Rb4 Qc3 24. Rb3 Qc4 25. Qe3 Qa4 26. Qc5
Bg4 27. Rb7 Rac8 28. Nxe5 Qxe4 29. Rxc7+ Rxc7 30. Qxc7+ Kg8
31. Nxg4 Qxg4 32. d6 Rc8 33. Qxa7 Rxc2 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qb7+
Kh6 36. Qd5 Qg5 37. Rd1 Qxd5 38. Rxd5 Rc8 39. Ra5 Rc6 40. Rd5
Rc8 41. Ra5 Rc6 42. d7 Rd6 43. Rxa6 Rxd7 44. Rxf6 Ra7 45. Rf3
g5 46. h3 Kg6 47. Kf2 h5 48. Rb3 h4 49. Ke2 g4 50. hxg4 Kg5
51. Kf2 Ra4 52. Kg1 Rxg4 53. Rb2 h3 54. Ra2 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2004 World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Enrico M Sevillano"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4 Nc6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Qb3 e6 11. Be3 Bb4+
12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5+ Qd7
16. Rb1 Qxb5 17. Rxb5 Kd7 18. O-O Kc8 19. Rfb1 Rd8 20. Bxb6
axb6 21. Rxb6 Rd7 22. R6b2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2004 World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Pascal Charbonneau"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6
7. O-O b5 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. e5 Nd5
12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. a4 b4 14. c3 Qb7 15. f4 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O
17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 g6 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Rg5
Rfe8 22. Bxa6 d6 23. Rd1 Bb3 24. Rxd6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Qf4 26. h3
Qxg5 27. Ra5 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. g3 Qd4 30. Qg2 Kg7 31. Qc6
Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Blas Lugo"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Na5 12. Ba2
Bc8 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bg4 17. h3
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 g5 19. Nf5 gxh4 20. Nxh6+ Kh8 21. Kh1 Nc6 22. a5
Bc5 23. Qf5 Nh7 24. Nxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxf7 Qe7 26. Qh5 Rf8 27. f4
Qf6 28. Bc4 Ne7 29. f5 Be3 30. Bxa6 Rg8 31. Bc4 d5 32. Bxd5
Nxd5 33. exd5 Qg7 34. Qf3 Nf6 35. a6 Qg5 36. a7 Nh5 37. a8=Q
Ng3+ 38. Kh2 Nxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Bf4 41. Qg1 Rxa8
42. Rxa8+ Kg7 43. d6 Be3 44. f6+ Kf7 45. Qd1 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Qf3 Re8 16. Bd3
Re5 17. Kb1 Qa5 18. g4 Rae8 19. a3 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. f4
g5 22. Rhf1 Rc5 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. h4 Bxh4 25. Rh1 Bf2 26. Rdf1
Bg3 27. Bxh7+ Kg7 28. Bd3 Rc7 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. g5 Re1+
31. Rxe1 Bxe1 32. g6 Ba5 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Bc4 Bd2 35. b4 a5
36. Ka2 a4 37. Bxf7+ Kg7 38. Be8 Bc1 39. Bxa4 Kxg6 40. Bb3 Kf6
41. Bd5 b6 42. Kb3 Ke5 43. Bg2 d5 44. a4 Bd2 45. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Yurij Lapshun"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. dxe5 Nxe4 15. Ng3 Bc5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bg5
f6 18. Bb3+ Kh8 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. Qh5 Re5 23. Qh4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Re6 25. Rac1 c6 26. Qg4 Bxb3
27. axb3 Qe7 28. Rc5 Rd8 29. Rec1 Qe8 30. Rd1 Red6 31. Qf4 Qe6
32. Rdc1 Rxd4 33. Rxc6 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5 35. Qxe5 fxe5 36. Rxd1
Rxd1 37. Rxa6 e3 38. fxe3 Rd3 39. b4 Rxe3 40. Rb6 Kg7 41. Rxb5
Kf6 42. Rb6+ Kf7 43. g4 Rb3 44. g5 Rxb2+ 45. Kg3 Rb1 46. h4
Rg1+ 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. b5 Rh1 49. Kg4 e4 50. Rb7+ Kg8 51. b6 e3
52. Kf3 Rxh4 53. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6
7. Qe2 Bb4 8. O-O-O Nf6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. d5 cxd5
12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Rxd5 O-O 14. Rd2 Nc6 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Rhd1
Bg4 17. h3 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 f6 20. Qe4 Re8 21. f4
Qe7 22. Qc4 Qf7 23. Re2 h6 24. b3 a6 25. a4 e5 26. Qe4 f5
27. Qe3 e4 28. g4 Ne7 29. Be5 Nd5 30. Qg3 Rxe5 31. fxe5 f4
32. Qe1 e3 33. c4 Qc7 34. Qh1 Nc3 35. Re1 Qd7 36. Qh2 Qd4
37. e6 Ne4 38. e7 Qd2+ 39. Kb1 Nc3+ 40. Ka1 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Zilberstein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1 b6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nf1
e4 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 Na5 15. f3 exf3 16. gxf3 cxd4 17. cxd4
Rc8 18. e4 Rxc4 19. Bg5 h6 20. Be3 Rc7 21. Qd3 Qc8 22. Re2 Be6
23. Rf2 Bxa2 24. Re1 Be6 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. e5 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Nd5
28. Bd2 Nc6 29. Qe4 Nde7 30. Bc3 Bf5 31. Nxf5 Nxf5 32. Qd5
Nce7 33. Qe4 Ng6 34. Bb2 Nfh4 35. Kh1 Qa4 36. Rf2 Qd7 37. Rc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3
e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Rb1 b6 11. Bg2 Nge7
12. f4 exf4 13. e4 Rd8 14. O-O Ng6 15. e5 Qd7 16. Qf3 Nce7
17. Bxf4 Nh4 18. Qe2 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. dxc5 Qc6+ 21. Kg1
Qxc5 22. Qb5+ Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Nd5 24. Bd2 Rd7 25. a4 Ne7 26. Be3
Nc6 27. c4 Nd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. a5 Rxc4 30. axb6 axb6
31. Rxb6 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.02"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Salvijus Bercys"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nh2 Bg5
12. Kh1 Nf8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qd2 Qe7
17. Ne3 f6 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Nh4 Ng6 20. Qf2 Nxh4 21. Qxh4 c5
22. b3 Rd4 23. Rf3 Qd6 24. Re1 b5 25. Qf2 Qe5 26. Qf1 c4
27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Qd6 29. dxc4 bxc4 30. Rd5 Qb6 31. Qf5
cxb3 32. axb3 Rxd5 33. Qxd5+ Qe6 34. Ra1 Kf8 35. Ra4 Qxd5
36. exd5 Ra8 37. Re4 Rd8 38. c4 Rb8 39. Re6 Rxb3 40. Rxa6 Ke7
41. Kg1 Rb2 42. Kf1 Rc2 43. Rc6 Kd7 44. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.03"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qa5
12. f4 Rfd8 13. f5 e5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. h4 Rac8
17. Kb1 b5 18. Nd2 h5 19. Nd5 Qa5 20. g4 hxg4 21. Rhg1 Bxd5
22. exd5 Bxh4 23. Rxg4 Bf6 24. Ne4 Kf8 25. Qf3 Rc4 26. c3 Qb6
27. b3 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Rc8 29. Kb2 Ke7 30. Rd2 Qc5 31. Qd3 a6
32. Rc2 Qb6 33. a4 Rc5 34. b4 Rc7 35. a5 Qg1 36. c4 bxc4
37. Rcxc4 Rxc4 38. Qxc4 Qf2+ 39. Qc2 Qf1 40. Qc7+ Ke8 41. Qc6+
Ke7 42. b5 Qd3 43. Qc7+ Ke8 44. Qc4 Qd2+ 45. Qc2 Qxd5 46. b6
Bd8 47. Qa4+ Ke7 48. Qb4 Kd7 49. Rc4 Ke7 50. b7 Bxa5 51. Qb3
Qd2+ 52. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Nxd4 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qd3 Rb4 20. Ra6
Rd4 21. Qa3 Rb7 22. Be3 Rdb4 23. Rd1 Qe8 24. Qa2+ Kh8
25. Raxd6 Rxb2 26. Qe6 Re7 27. Qf5 Re5 28. Qf4 Qg6+ 29. Kh1
Re8 30. Bxc5 Qh5 31. Bd4 Nxe4 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rg1+ Kh8
34. fxe4 1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2004.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zhaoqin Peng"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Nd2 Ne5 12. Be2
O-O 13. O-O Nfd7 14. Bh2 f5 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. a5
Rae8 18. Qb3 Bc8 19. Bg3 g5 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nc4 g4 22. Bd3 Nh5
23. Ne2 gxh3 24. gxh3 Kh8 25. Kh2 Bf6 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Qc2 Bh4
28. Qc3+ Rg7 29. Ref1 Reg8 30. Bxh4 Nxh4 31. Rg5 Nf6 32. Qe1
Ng6 33. Ng3 h6 34. Rxf5 Nh4 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Nh5 Nf3+
37. Rxf3 Qh4 38. Qc3 Qxh5 39. Rg3 Bf5 40. Bf1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Robert Hess"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Ne4
Bf5 12. Re1 b6 13. g4 Bd7 14. Ng3 c5 15. Nh4 Nc6 16. c3 Be7
17. Ng2 Re8 18. f4 Kc8 19. Be3 Kb7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Rd2 a5
22. a3 a4 23. Bf2 Bc8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Ne4 Na5 26. Bg3 Kc6
27. Nd2 Be7 28. Ne3 Ba6 29. Nf3 Bd3 30. Kf2 Nb3 31. Nf5 Bf8
32. e6 fxe6 33. Ne5+ Kb7 34. Nxg7 Bxg7 35. Nxd3 c4 36. Ne5 Nc5
37. Kf3 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Nd3 39. Re2 Kc6 40. g5 Kd5 41. Kg4 e5
42. g6 Ke6 43. fxe5 Rg8 44. Kh5 Kf5 45. Re3 Nxb2 46. e6 Nd1
47. Re5+ Kf6 48. e7 Re8 49. Re1 Nb2 50. Bh4+ Kg7 51. Rf1 Nd3
52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Kxh6 1-0

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vadim Milov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qd7 11. c5 Rfe8
12. b4 Bf8 13. f4 g6 14. Bd3 Bg7 15. Qf3 h5 16. h3 Nh7 17. Ne2
f5 18. Qg3 Kf7 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. f3 Rh8 21. h4 Rhb8 22. Kh2 Ng8
23. Qf2 Nge7 24. Ng1 b5 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Nh3 a5 27. b5 Nd8
28. Qe1 Rc8 29. Bf1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Nf2 Rxc1 32. Qxc1
Qc8 33. Qd2 Nb7 34. Nd3 Nd6 35. Ne5+ Ke8 36. Bf2 Nc4 37. Nxc4
dxc4 38. Qa2 c3 39. Bc4 c2 40. Qxc2 Nd5 41. g3 Qc7 42. a4 Kd7
43. Qe2 Qd6 44. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Valerij Filippov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Nce3 Ne7 15. a4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
O-O 17. Be2 bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 19. O-O Rb8 20. b4 axb4 21. cxb4
e4 22. b5 Qe8 23. Ne3 d5 24. f4 Qd8 25. Nc2 d4 26. Nxd4 Qb6
27. f5 Bc8 28. f6 Bxf6 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. Nc6 Rb6 31. Rxe4 Bb7
32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Qd4 Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Rg6 35. g3 Rxg4 36. Bxg4
Rd8 37. Nb3 Kg7 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Na5 Bd5 41. Nc6+
Bxc6 42. bxc6 Kd6 43. Bd7 Ra8 44. h3 Ra4 45. Kf3 h6 46. Ke3 f6
47. h4 Rb4 48. h5 Rc4 49. g4 Kc7 50. Kd3 Rc5 51. Be8 Rd5+
52. Ke3 Ra5 53. Bd7 Ra3+ 54. Kd2 Kd6 55. Ke2 Ke7 56. Kd2 Rg3
57. Ke2 Rg2+ 58. Kd3 0-1

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Fernandez"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Rc8
12. O-O-O Be7 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Qxc4 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 a5 20. Nd4 Rc5 21. h4
a4 22. a3 b5 23. Qf1 Rb8 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Ne3
Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bb6 28. Rgd1 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rb6 30. e5 Kf8
31. exd6 Ke8 32. Nd5 Rxd6 33. Nc7+ Ke7 34. Nxb5 Ra6 35. Nc3
Bd7 36. Nd5+ Kd8 37. Rf4 Be8 38. c4 Re6 39. Kc2 h6 40. gxh6
Rxh6 41. Kc3 Rg6 42. Rd4 Rg3+ 43. Rd3 Rxd3+ 44. Kxd3 f6
45. Kd4 g5 46. hxg5 fxg5 47. Nb4 Bh5 48. Ke5 Bd1 49. Nd5 Kd7
50. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Fabio La Rota"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3
Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 Qc7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. O-O-O c5
12. Kb1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxc2+ 16. Kxc2
Nc6 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Kb1 b6 19. Rhe1 f5 20. Rc1 Ne7 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Bd2 Rc4 23. Bc3 Rc8 24. Kc2 Ng6 25. g3 Nf8 26. Kd3
Ne6 27. Bd5 Nc7 28. Bb7 Rd8 29. a4 Rb8 30. Bc6 Kf8 31. b4 a6
32. b5 a5 33. d5 f6 34. Bd4 Kf7 35. Bd7 Kf8 36. Kc4 f4 37. g4
Bb4 38. Re2 Rd8 39. Bc6 Rb8 40. h4 Be7 41. h5 Bd6 42. f3 Be7
43. Kd3 Kf7 44. Ke4 Bd6 45. Kf5 Kf8 46. Kg6 Be7 47. g5 hxg5
48. h6 1-0

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Darwin Laylo"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O
7. O-O Ne8 8. d3 Nc7 9. Be3 Ne6 10. f4 d6 11. Qd2 Ned4
12. Rab1 Rb8 13. b3 a6 14. h3 b5 15. Kh2 b4 16. Nd1 Nxe2
17. Qxe2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Ne3 a5 20. Nc2 Bc3 21. Qe3 Qb6
22. f5 a4 23. h4 axb3 24. axb3 Kg7 25. Qf3 Bb7 26. Ne3 Bd4
27. Bh3 Ra8 28. Rf2 Qd8 29. Qf4 Be5 30. Qg4 Bd4 31. Qf4 Bc6
32. Rbf1 Bd7 33. Rg2 Be5 34. Qf3 Ra3 35. Rb1 e6 36. Kh1 gxf5
37. exf5 Qc8 38. Rf1 Bc6 39. f6+ Kh8 40. Qh5 Bd4 41. Nd5 Qa8
42. Ne7 Ra1 43. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 44. Kh2 Bxg2 45. Bxg2 Bg1+ 46. Kh1
Bf2+ 47. Kh2 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Darmen Sadvakasov"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5
dxc5 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nf1 Nc4 15. N3d2 Nd6 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Nf5
Nf6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qf3 Qe6 20. g4 Rad8 21. Nf1 h5 22. Bg5
hxg4 23. hxg4 Rd7 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. b3 Red8
27. f3 Ne8 28. Kf2 Nc7 29. Rad1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1
Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Epishin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. e4 a6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. e5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 dxe5 11. Qxe5+ Qe7
12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. O-O-O Nh5 15. Bc7 Bd8 16. d6
Nf4 17. Bc4 O-O 18. Rhe1 Nf6 19. Nd5 N4xd5 20. Bxd5 Bxc7
21. dxc7 Rac8 22. Re7 Ne8 23. Bxb7 Rxc7 24. Rdd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7
Ng7 26. Bxa6 Ne6 27. Bc4 Ra8 28. Kb1 h5 29. b3 Kf8 30. Kb2 h4
31. a4 g5 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rc7 Ra5 34. Kc3 c4 35. Rxc4 Rf5
36. f4 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nils Petersen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 a6
7. O-O Rb8 8. Be3 Nh6 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5
12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. Qd3 Bg7 15. Rac1 b5 16. b4 bxc4
17. Qxc4 e6 18. Rfd1 d5 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. a3 Bd7 21. Na4 Bb5
22. Nc5 a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Bc4 25. Qa4 Bb5 26. Qa5 h5
27. h4 Rfd8 28. e3 Bc4 29. Nd3 Rb5 30. Qa3 Rdb8 31. Nc5 Bf8
32. e4 Qe8 33. Nd3 dxe4 34. Bxe4 Bxd3 35. Qxd3 Bxb4 36. Qd7
Qf8 37. Bc6 R5b6 38. Qc7 Bd6 39. Qxb6 Rxb6 40. Rxb6 Bxg3
41. Bf3 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Benjamin Skjoldan"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2147"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. Qg4 g6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Be3 Nf6
12. Bh6 d6 13. f4 Nbd7 14. Rae1 b4 15. Nd1 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8
17. Nf2 Kg7 18. e5 Nd5 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Rac8
22. Nbd2 Nc5 23. Nc4 Qa7 24. Ncd6 Nxe4 25. Nxc8 Ng3+ 26. hxg3
Rxc8 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. g4 b3 29. cxb3 Rc5 30. Qd6 Nf6 31. Qd8+
Kg7 32. g5 Ng4 33. Qd4+ e5 34. fxe5 Bxg2+ 35. Kg1 Bxf1 36. e6+
f6 37. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Soren Boeck Petersen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6
7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Nc4 Nc6 9. Qg4 dxe5 10. Ncxe5 Nf6 11. Qh3 Bd6
12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nxf7 Nxf4 14. Nxd6+ Kf8 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4
Nf6 17. Qg5 Qe7 18. O-O-O e5 19. Bc4 e4 20. Rhe1 h6 21. Qg6
Be8 22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Qg3 Na5 24. Bd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Qa4
26. Qd6+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "D Munksgerd"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Bd7 13. Nf1 Rac8 14. d5 Ne8 15. N3h2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5
Rxf5 18. Ng3 Rf7 19. b3 g6 20. Ng4 Bf8 21. Ne4 Bg7 22. Be3 Nb7
23. a4 Nd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qd2 Rf8 26. Ra6 Nf7 27. Rea1 h5
28. Ra7 hxg4 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. hxg4 Nf6 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6 32. Qd3
Kg7 33. Qxb5 e4 34. Qc4 Rb8 35. Ra3 Rcb7 36. g3 Ne5 37. Qxe4
Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. g5 Bd8 40. Bxc5 Rxc3 41. Bd4 Rc1+
42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Espen Forsaa"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bb4
7. O-O Nf6 8. Bd2 Be7 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nfd7
12. Rf3 Nc6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Raf1 Bf6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 dxe5
17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Ne4 c5 19. Bf4 Qh5 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Qe4 Rb8
22. Rh3 Qg6 23. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sigurdur Dadi Sigfusson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 e5 11. Nde2 Nxb3
12. axb3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ng3 Bb7
17. Ra4 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qb5 19. c4 bxc3 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Nh5 Bd8
22. Rg4 f5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Qh3 Qxf1+ 25. Kxf1 cxb2 26. Rxh7+
Kxh7 27. Nf4+ Kg8 28. Qg3+ Kh7 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dr. Christian Bleis"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Ne5 11. Kb1 Rc8
12. h4 Qa5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. h5 b5 16. Nxb5 Qb7
17. N5d4 Bc4 18. Na5 Qa6 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. c3 Rb8 23. Bh6 Bh8 24. Bf8 Rxf8 25. Rxh8+ Kxh8
26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Rh1 Nh5 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Nf5 hxg4 30. Nxe7+
1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.22"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Arkadi Eremeevich Vul"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5
Bb4 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. e4 Ne8
12. Qd2 a6 13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Be2 f6 16. O-O b6
17. f4 Qc5+ 18. Qd4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Pavel Cech"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Bxb5 10. axb5 Nd7 11. O-O O-O
12. Qd3 c4 13. Qe2 a6 14. bxa6 Qc8 15. Ng5 Rxa6 16. Rb1 Ra2
17. Be3 Qc6 18. Rbc1 Qa4 19. Qd1 Nf5 20. Bd2 Ne7 21. Re1 h6
22. Nh3 Ng6 23. f4 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Nf2 Ndf8 26. Ng4 Rf7
27. Rf1 h5 28. f5 hxg4 29. fxg6 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Nxg6 31. Qxg4
Rxc2 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. Rd1 Rxc3 34. Re1 Rd3 35. Qxd5 Qc2
36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Qe2 Qb1+ 39. Be1 Nf4 40. Qe7+
Kg6 41. Qe4+ Kf7 42. Re7+ Kf8 43. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[EventDate "2005.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Konstantin Sakaev"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3
e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd6 10. Rb1 b6 11. f4 exf4
12. e4 Nge7 13. Qf3 Qa3 14. Qxf4 Qxa2 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. Be2 Ng6
17. Qf3 Na5 18. h4 h5 19. Bg5 c6 20. Rg1 Rc8 21. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Steve Stubenrauch"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Bd2 Nf6
7. h3 O-O 8. a3 h6 9. g4 Nh7 10. Nd5 Be6 11. Qe2 a6 12. Ba2 b5
13. Qf1 Rc8 14. Qg2 c4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. O-O d5 17. Rfe1 dxe4
18. dxe4 Rfd8 19. c3 Ng5 20. Rad1 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Rd3 22. Be3
Rcd8 23. Bb1 R3d7 24. Bc2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nb8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8
27. Qd1 Qc7 28. Qd2 Nd7 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Qc8 31. Qd4 Nf8
32. Kh2 Bd7 33. Qd6 Ne6 34. Be3 Bc6 35. e5 Qa8 36. Bf5 Bh1
37. Qd2 Nf8 38. Qf2 Bb7 39. g5 Qe8 40. gxh6 g6 41. Qg3 Qc6
42. Qg1 Kh7 43. Bg4 Qe4 44. Bd4 Bd5 45. Qf2 Kg8 46. Kg3 g5
47. Bf5 Qh4+ 48. Kh2 Qxh6 49. Qg3 Be6 50. Be4 g4 51. h4 Qh5
52. Be3 Bf5 53. Bd5 Be6 54. Be4 Nd7 55. Bg5 Qh8 56. Bf4 Qg7
57. Kg2 Nc5 58. Qe3 Qf8 59. Kg3 Nxe4+ 60. Qxe4 Qd8 61. Qd4 Qa8
62. Kh2 Qf3 63. Bg3 Qf1 64. Qf2 Qb1 65. Qd2 Kh7 66. Bf2 Qf1
0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "W Schill"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 Qh5
12. f3 Na5 13. Qd2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bd7 15. g4 Qg6 16. Kh1 h6
17. Rg1 Rc8 18. Nde2 Bc6 19. Rg2 Nd7 20. Nd4 Bf6 21. Rd1 Be7
22. Nce2 Qh7 23. c4 g5 24. Ng3 Nf6 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Bd4 O-O
27. Qb4 b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Qxb5 Rfc8 30. Rgd2 Qg6 31. Qe2 e5
32. Bc3 h5 33. Nf5 Bf8 34. h3 Ne8 35. b4 Nc7 36. b5 Rxc3
37. bxc3 Ne6 38. Qe3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Nf4 40. b6 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John William Donaldson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. d5 e6 4. e4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2
Nh6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6 Bxc6
12. Qe2 Bb7 13. h3 Qe7 14. Nb3 Kh8 15. a4 a5 16. bxa5 bxa5
17. Rfb1 Rfb8 18. Bc2 Ra6 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. c5 Qc7 21. Bd3 Raa8
22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Bb5 Qxd2 24. Nfxd2 Ne5 25. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dmitry Schneider"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6
12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Be7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. Na5
Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Be3 f6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nc6 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 fxe5 22. Rd5 e4 23. Rxb5 Kd7 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Rb4
Ra8 26. g3 Ra1+ 27. Kg2 Rb1 28. Rxe4 h5 29. Bd4 g6 30. Bc3 Kf7
31. Re3 Rc1 32. h4 Ng7 33. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alex Stein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5
Nd7 13. a5 Bf6 14. Kh1 Re8 15. Ra4 Rb8 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Nxc5
dxc5 18. c4 Bd7 19. Ra2 exf4 20. Bxf4 b3 21. Ra3 Bxb2 22. Bxb8
Bxa3 23. Bh5 g6 24. Qxb3 Qxb8 25. Qxa3 gxh5 26. Qxc5 Qe5
27. Qf2 Qf5 28. Qg3+ Qg4 29. c5 Bb5 30. Rc1 Qxg3 31. hxg3 Kg7
32. Kg1 Kf6 33. Kf2 Ke5 34. Rd1 Rc8 35. c6 Kd6 36. Rd4 f6
37. Kf3 Re8 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "23"]

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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dashzeveg Sharavdorj"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Re1
Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. b4 Ba8 17. Be3
Qb8 18. Bb1 Bb7 19. Bf4 Ba8 20. Bd3 Qb6 21. Bh6 Bh8 22. Nh2
Ne5 23. Bf1 cxb4 24. axb4 Nc4 25. Qa2 Bb7 26. Rc2 Nd7 27. Na4
bxa4 28. Bxc4 Ne5 29. Qxa4 Re7 30. Be3 Qd8 31. Bf1 Rxc2
32. Qxc2 Rc7 33. Qa4 Qc8 34. Qa5 Bg7 35. Qb6 Nd7 36. Qa5 h5
37. Nf3 Rc2 38. Nd4 Rc3 39. Nc6 Bxc6 40. dxc6 Rxc6 41. Rd1 Qb7
42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qe7 Rc7 44. Qxd6 Be5 45. Qd5 Qxb4 46. Qxf7+
Bg7 47. Rxd7 Rxd7 48. Qxd7 Kg8 49. Qc8+ Kf7 50. Qxa6 Qe7
51. Qc6 Bf6 52. Qd5+ Kg7 53. Bc4 Qf8 54. Qe6 Kh7 55. e5 Bg7
56. Qf7 Qxf7 57. Bxf7 Bxe5 58. Kf1 h4 59. Ke2 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Benjamin Finegold"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe8 11. Rhg1 Nd7
12. g4 Nc5 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. f4 b5 15. f5 Nxb3 16. axb3 b4
17. Na4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Qxa4 20. g5 Rfc8 21. b3
Qe8 22. Qg4 exf5 23. exf5 Bf8 24. Bc1 a5 25. Re4 Qc6 26. Rc4
Qd5 27. g6 Rxc4 28. gxh7+ Kh8 29. bxc4 Qb7 30. Qd4 f6 31. Re1
b3 32. Qd5 bxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Qxd5 34. cxd5 Kxh7 35. Ba3 g6
36. fxg6+ Kxg6 37. Re6 Rc8+ 38. Kb3 Kf7 39. Ka4 Be7 40. Kxa5
Ra8+ 41. Kb4 Rh8 42. Re2 f5 43. Bb2 Rh4+ 44. Kb3 f4 45. Rf2
Bf6 46. Bxf6 Kxf6 47. Kc4 Kf5 48. Kd4 Rh8 49. Kc4 Rc8+ 50. Kd4
Rc1 51. h4 Ra1 52. Kc4 Ra4+ 53. Kb5 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4
Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Rac8
12. b3 Rfd8 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qe2 Qb7 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qd3 Qb7
17. Rfd1 a6 18. a4 h6 19. Bd4 Nd7 20. Qg3 Bf8 21. f3 Nc5
22. Rb1 Kh7 23. Kh1 Nd7 24. Qf2 Qc6 25. Qd2 Kg8 26. Qe1 Qb7
27. Qf2 Nc5 28. Be3 Nd7 29. Qg3 Kh7 30. Qh4 Ne5 31. Rd2 Ng6
32. Qf2 Rb8 33. Rbd1 Be7 34. f4 Bh4 35. Qf3 Bf6 36. Rd3 Qc6
37. Bd4 e5 38. Be3 exf4 39. Bxf4 Nxf4 40. Qxf4 Bxc3 41. Rxc3
Kg8 42. Rcd3 Re8 43. Rxd6 Qxe4 44. Qxe4 Rxe4 45. Rd8+ Rxd8
46. Rxd8+ Kh7 47. Rd6 b5 48. cxb5 axb5 49. axb5 Rb4 50. b6
Rxb3 51. Kg1 h5 52. h4 Rb4 53. g3 Rb2 54. Kf1 f6 55. Rc6 Kg6
56. Kg1 Kf5 57. Rc4 Rxb6 58. Kg2 Rb2+ 59. Kf3 Rb3+ 60. Kf2 Rb5
61. Ra4 Re5 62. Rc4 Re4 63. Rc7 g6 64. Kf3 Re5 65. Rc4 Ra5
66. Rb4 Ra3+ 67. Kf2 Rd3 68. Kg2 Re3 69. Kf2 Re4 70. Rb6 Re6
71. Rb4 Re4 72. Rb6 Re5 73. Kf3 Ra5 74. Rc6 Ra3+ 75. Kg2 g5
76. hxg5 fxg5 77. Rc4 Ra5 78. Kf2 Re5 79. Rb4 Re4 80. Rb3 Kg4
81. Rb2 Rd4 82. Ra2 Rd5 83. Rb2 Re5 84. Ra2 0-1

[Event "CCA-ICC International"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.13"]
[EventDate "2005.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Peter Kiriakov"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3
7. Qxf3 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qxa7 Bb4 11. Qa4+ Nfd7
12. Be2 Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Qd1 Re8
17. Qg4 Rb6 18. Rad1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Rg6 20. Qf4 Ne4 21. f3 Nxc3
22. bxc3 Rc6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Rxe3 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 f5 27. Rd1 Rc3 28. f4 Ra3 29. Rd2 Kf7 30. d5 Ke7
31. Kf2 Kd6 32. Ke3 h5 33. g3 Kc5 34. Rxd3 Rxa2 35. Rc3+ Kxd5
36. Rxc7 Ra3+ 37. Kf2 g6 38. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CCA-ICC International"]
[Site "Lake George USA"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[EventDate "2005.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd5 Na5
12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Ba2 d5 14. exd5 Qd6 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3
Bxd5 17. Ba3 c5 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Nxe5 Qxa4 21. c4
Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. dxc4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Qxa3 25. h3 Qc3
26. Re3 Qd4 27. Qb1 g6 28. Nc6 Qxc4 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Qb7 Qd4
31. Qc7 Qd7 32. Qf4 Rxe7 33. Qxf6 Rxe3 34. fxe3 Qe6 35. Qf3
Kg7 36. Kh1 h5 37. e4 Qe5 38. Qa3 c4 39. Qxa6 Qxe4 40. Qa5 Qd4
41. Qb4 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kh1 c3 44. Qc4 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qd2
46. Qe4 c2 47. Qe5+ Kh7 48. Qc7 Kh6 49. Qb8 Kh7 50. Qc7 Qf2
51. Qc4 h4 52. Kh1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe5+ 54. Kh1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Marshall Chess Club Championship"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[EventDate "2005.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Leonid Yudasin"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O e6 14. Ne4 O-O-O 15. g3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4
Bd6 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Qe2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc5 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. f4 a6 24. Kb1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rc1
Kb8 27. c5 Nd5 28. c6 Rc8 29. Rc5 Qd6 30. Nd7+ Kc7 31. Rc1 Nb4
32. Rd1 Nd5 33. Ne5 Kb8 34. cxb7 Rc7 35. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall Chess Club Championship"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[EventDate "2005.12.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Hess"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Ne2 Qd6
12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. c3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Rad8 16. Rfd1
Nc6 17. Rab1 b6 18. a4 Na5 19. Rb4 Rfe8 20. Qc2 Bh6 21. h4 Nc4
22. Nc1 Ne3 23. Qd2 Qc5 24. d4 exd4 25. cxd4 Nxd1 26. Qxh6
Qxb4 27. Ng5 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Marshall Chess Club Championship"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[EventDate "2005.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ildar Ibragimov"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Nf3 h6 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. a5 Bxd3 12. axb6
axb6 13. Rxa8 Bxf1 14. Qxf1 O-O 15. Qd3 Nec6 16. Qb5 Rc8
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Nd7 19. Qd6 Qb7 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Be3
Na5 22. Bd4 Nc4 23. Qb4 Nb8 24. g3 Nc6 25. Qc5 Qa6 26. Kg2 Qa4
27. g4 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Qxc2 29. Qe7 Ne3+ 30. Kg3 Nd1 31. Qe8+
Kh7 32. Qxf7 Qxf2+ 33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kg3 Ne3 35. Kf4 Ng2+
36. Kg3 Ne3 37. Kf4 Ng2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall Chess Club Championship"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[EventDate "2005.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Salvijus Bercys"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bh5 Bd6 14. Qe3 O-O-O 15. a4 Be5 16. Ne2
Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18. f4 Bd6 19. e5 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5
21. Rxf7 Qd6 22. Bf3 Rhf8 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. axb5 cxb5
25. Bxb7+ Kxb7 26. c4 Rc8 27. cxb5 a5 28. b6 Qc5 29. Qe4+ Ka6
30. Qd3+ Qc4 31. b7 Rc6 32. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Marshall Chess Club Championship"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[EventDate "2005.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alfonso Almeida Saenz"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 fxe4 6. Nxe4
Qe7 7. O-O d5 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. d4 e4 10. Nh4 f5 11. g3 Rg8
12. Qh5+ Qf7 13. Qxf7+ Kxf7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Ng2
Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rgd8 19. Be3 Rb8 20. b3 Bb4 21. Bd2
Be7 22. Be3 Bb4 23. Bd2 Be7 24. Be3 Bb4 25. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jake Kleiman"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6
7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Nfd7 11. d4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Nf6 13. Qxb4 Bxe4 14. Rxe4 d5 15. Qb7 dxe4 16. Qxa8
Qd1+ 17. Bf1 Qxc1 18. Qxb8+ Bd8 19. Nfd2 O-O 20. Nb3 Qxc2
21. Na3 Qxb2 22. Nc4 Qc3 23. Rc1 Qf3 24. Ne5 Qh5 25. Rc8 Qd1
26. Nc6 e3 27. Rxd8 exf2+ 28. Kg2 1-0

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nc5
12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Bh5 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Nd5 Be6
17. Nf5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Re8 19. Qf2 Kh8 20. Rae1 Nxd3 21. cxd3
Nxg3+ 22. Qxg3 Bf8 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Rd8
26. Qb6 Rd7 27. h3 h6 28. Rf5 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qe7 30. Qd4 Qd6+
31. Qf4 f6 32. Kg3 Kg8 33. Kf3 Qb6 34. Qe4 Kf7 35. a5 Qd6
36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37. dxe6+ Kxe6 38. Ke4 Rc7 39. Rf2 Rc5 40. b4
Rb5 41. Rb2 b6 42. axb6 a5 43. Kd4 axb4 44. Kc4 Rxb6 45. Rxb4
Rxb4+ 46. Kxb4 Kd5 47. Kc3 f5 48. Kd2 Kd4 49. Ke2 g5 50. g3
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Ildar Ibragimov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7
7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4 h6 9. Bd3 b6 10. a5 bxa5 11. Ba3 c4 12. Be2
Nbc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh4 a6 15. f4 Na7 16. Qd2 Nb5 17. Bc5 Re8
18. g4 Ng6 19. Ng2 Bb7 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. Qg3 Qd8 22. Ba3 Nxa3
23. Rxa3 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Qe7 27. Bh5 Rf8
28. Raa1 Nh8 29. Nf4 Rf5 30. h4 e5 31. Ng6 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Nxg6
33. Bxg6 Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qxe5 a4 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qg4
Qd6 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5
7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. Bb3 Qd6 11. Re1+ Kf8
12. Bg5 Bf5 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qf3 Be4 16. Qf4
Bd5 17. Nc3 Bxb3 18. axb3 h6 19. Nxb5 Qxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Bxf2+
21. Kxf2 hxg5 22. Nxc7 Rb8 23. Kg1 Rxb3 24. Rxa6 Kg8 25. Ra5
Rxb2 26. Rxg5 Rh5 27. Rxh5 Nxh5 28. Nd5 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ gxf6
30. h3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dmitry Schneider"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "120"]

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 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nbc1 b3 17. Nc3
bxc2+ 18. Qxc2 a3 19. b3 Nc7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qb8 22. Qc6
Rd8 23. Rh2 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. d6 Ne6 26. Bc4 Rxd6 27. Rxd6
Bxd6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rd2 Bf8 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Nd3 Qe8
32. Qxe8 Rxe8 33. Re2 Bd6 34. Kc2 Kg8 35. Kc3 h6 36. gxh6 gxh6
37. h5 Rf8 38. Rg2+ Kh7 39. Rg6 Rxf3 40. Rxd6 e4 41. Kc4 exd3
42. Rxd3 Rf2 43. Kxc5 Rxa2 44. b4 Rc2+ 45. Kb6 a2 46. Ra3 Kg7
47. b5 Kf6 48. Ka7 Kg5 49. b6 Kxh5 50. b7 Rb2 51. b8=Q Rxb8
52. Kxb8 Kg4 53. Kc7 h5 54. Kd6 h4 55. Ke5 h3 56. Rxa2 Kg3
57. Ra3+ Kg4 58. Ra8 h2 59. Rh8 Kg3 60. Rxh2 Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5
d5 7. Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+
Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rb8 14. Rd2 Re8 15. f3 Kc7 16. g3
Nh5 17. Kf2 Re5 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Rc1 h6 20. b3 Rc5 21. e3 fxe3+
22. Kxe3 Nf6 23. Rd4 Rxc3+ 24. Rxc3 Nd5+ 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Bf1
Re8+ 27. Kd2 Kd6 28. Bc4 a5 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Re3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4
12. Be2 Nd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. a3 b6 15. Kc1 Bb7 16. Nd2 O-O-O
17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Qe3 Rhf8 21. g3 Bc6
22. Re1 b5 23. Bf1 Rd6 24. Nf3 Bd7 25. Ne5 Rg8 26. Bg2 Ra6
27. Kb2 Ne8 28. Nf3 Nc7 29. Ng5 Ra4 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Qe5 a5
32. Qe3 Kb7 33. Nf3 Ra8 34. Reb1 Kc8 35. Qe1 Rb8 36. Ne5 Be8
37. Nf3 Rb6 38. Ne5 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rxa4 Bxa4 41. Kc1 b3
42. cxb3 Qa3+ 43. Kd2 Qa2+ 44. Ke3 Rxb3 45. Rc1 Qh2 46. Bf1
Nb5 47. Nxc4 dxc4 48. Bxc4 Rb2 49. Bxe6+ Kd8 50. f5 gxf5
51. Bxf5 Nd6 52. Bd3 Rg2 53. d5 Rxg3+ 54. Kd4 Qxh4+ 55. Kc5
Qf4 56. Qe6 Nb7+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Goldin"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nf3 b6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. e4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 e5 16. Qc3 a4
17. Rad1 Nh5 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Nf1 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne3 Rf4
22. Bg3 Rf7 23. Bd3 Nf4 24. Bb1 Raf8 25. Qc2 e4 26. Nd5 Bxd5
27. cxd5 Nfd3 28. Re3 b5 29. h3 Qb6 30. Kh2 b4 31. fxe4 b3
32. Qc3 Ne5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Qxe5 Nd7 35. Qg3 Rf1 36. Rxf1
Rxf1 37. Bd3 Rd1 38. e5 Qd4 39. e6 Nf6 40. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. Qg4 h5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Ng4 11. h3 Be7 12. g3
Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc6 15. Be3 b5 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. e5
Bb7 18. Be4 d5 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Rad1 O-O 21. Bg2 Ba8 22. Ne4
Be7 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bxa8 Rxa8
27. Rd1 Nb7 28. Bb6 Qc6 29. Bd4 Rd8 30. Rd3 Qe4 31. Rd2 Rd5
32. Bc3 Nd6 33. Rxd5 exd5 34. Qd4 Qg6 35. Be1 Qxc2 36. Qxd5
Qb1 37. Qxd6 Qxe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+
41. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Paul MacIntyre"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Qd7 11. Re1 Nc5
12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be3 O-O 16. g4 Bg6
17. Ng3 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 g6 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Zviad Izoria"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6
7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. e5
Ne8 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. a5 d5 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Ng5 g6
18. Nf3 Ng7 19. Kh1 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nd4 Bb5 22. c3 Bxe2
23. Qxe2 Qe7 24. Rf3 h5 25. Re3 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vitali Golod"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5
7. dxc5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nge2 Be6 11. a3 Bxc5
12. Nf4 Qe5 13. Rd1 d4 14. Qe4 Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Bb6 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. exd4 Nc6 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Rfe8 20. f3 Ne5 21. Bb5 Rad8
22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ke2 a6 24. Ba4 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nxb2 26. Bb3+ Kf8
27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Bd4 29. Kc2 b5 30. Nc3 Nc4 31. Bxc4
bxc4 32. Ne4 Ke7 33. Nd2 Bg1 34. h3 Ke6 35. Nxc4 Kf5 36. Kd3
Kf4 37. Ke2 Bc5 38. a4 Kg3 39. Kf1 Kf4 40. Ke2 Kg3 41. Kf1 Kf4
42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Victor Mikhalevski"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 6. Ba4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5
12. exf6 Nxf6 13. h3 Qd7 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Nf1 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5
17. Ne3 Qh5 18. Ng4 Kh8 19. a4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Qxg4 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qxd5 Qc4 24. Qh5 Rf8 25. Ng5 Qg8
26. Re4 Ne7 27. Qe2 h6 28. Ne6 Ra8 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Nf5
31. Re5 Qf7 32. Qxb5 Nd6 33. Qb4 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qd4 Qh4+
36. Nh3 Qxd4 37. cxd4 Rb1 38. Rc5 Ne8 39. Rb5 Kg8 40. Nf4 Nd6
41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. f3 Rd1 43. d5 g5 44. Ne6 Rxd5 45. Nxc7 Rd2
46. b4 Nf5 47. b5 Ne3 48. b6 Rxg2+ 49. Kh1 Rb2 50. b7 Nf5
51. Na6 Nd6 52. Nc5 Nxb7 53. Rxb7+ Rxb7 54. Nxb7 g4 55. f4 h5
56. Nc5 Kf6 57. Kg2 Kf5 58. Nd3 h4 59. Kg1 g3 60. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.22"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nils Petersen"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[PlyCount "153"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Bb4 9. Bg5 Bxc3 10. Bxf6 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 O-O 13. e5 b6 14. Rad1 Ra7 15. Bd3 f5 16. a4 Bb7
17. f3 Bd5 18. b3 Qc5 19. Qh4 Qc7 20. Rfe1 Bc6 21. h3 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd4 Rfa8 24. Kh2 Ra5 25. Rd2 Qa7 26. Qh4 Ra1
27. Rde2 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qc5 29. Qf4 b4 30. Qd2 Qd4 31. Kg3 h6
32. h4 Bb5 33. Qe3 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Bc6 35. Re1 g5 36. Kf2 Kf7
37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ke3 f4+ 39. Kd4 g4 40. fxg4 Bxg2 41. Be4
Bxe4 42. Rxe4 Kg6 43. Rxf4 Kg5 44. Rf7 Ra7 45. Rg7+ Kf4 46. g5
Rc7 47. g6 Kf5 48. Kd3 Kxe5 49. Rf7 Rc3+ 50. Kd2 d5 51. Rb7
Rg3 52. g7 Kf6 53. Rxb4 Rxg7 54. Rh4 Ke5 55. b4 Kd6 56. Rh8
Kc6 57. Re8 Kd6 58. c3 e5 59. Rd8+ Kc6 60. Rc8+ Kd6 61. Kc2
Rc7 62. Rd8+ Rd7 63. Rh8 Re7 64. Kd3 Rc7 65. Rh6+ Kd7 66. b5
Rc5 67. b6 Rb5 68. Ke3 Rb3 69. Kd2 Rb2+ 70. Kc1 Re2 71. Rh7+
Kc8 72. Rc7+ Kb8 73. Rc5 Kb7 74. Rxd5 Kxb6 75. Kd1 Kc6
76. Kxe2 Kxd5 77. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.23"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2.59"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Andersen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7
7. O-O Be7 8. e4 a6 9. Ne1 Bg5 10. Nc2 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Ne7
12. Ne3 O-O 13. Ned5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Nd1 Nb6 16. Ne3 f5
17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 fxe4 19. dxe4 Ng6 20. Nf5 Nh4 21. Nxh4
Qxh4 22. Qe1 Qh6 23. Qg3 Rf6 24. e5 Rg6 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Rae1
dxe5 27. Rxe5 Rgf6 28. f5 Nc4 29. Re2 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.24"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3.25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Rene Rauer Hansen"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c6 8. a4 b6 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. h3 Re8 12. Re3 Bf8
13. Qd2 a6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh4 Nc5 16. Bf1 Ra7 17. Ba3 Qd8
18. Qe1 Ng4 19. hxg4 Qxh4 20. f3 Qxe1 21. Rexe1 b5 22. axb5
axb5 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. Rxa7 Bc5+ 25. Kh2 Bxa7 26. Ne2 Nd4
27. Ra1 Bb6 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Kg3 g5 30. Bd3 Bb7 31. Rh1 Re6
32. Kf2 Kg7 33. b4 Re8 34. Ke2 Ra8 35. Kd2 Rd8 36. e5 c5
37. bxc5 Bxc5 38. Bxb5 Rd5 39. Bc4 Rxe5 40. c3 Re8 41. cxd4
Rd8 42. Kd3 f5 43. gxf5 Bc8 44. g4 Bb7 45. d5+ Kh7 46. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.25"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "4.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Soren Boeck Petersen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Re1 N7f6
12. Nce5 Ng4 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Be6 15. c3 Rad8 16. h4 Bf5
17. h5 c5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qf3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qd6 21. Bd2 Be6
22. Rac1 Qb8 23. Rc5 Qd6 24. Ba5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Nb6 26. Bxe6
fxe6 27. Qe4 Rf6 28. Bxb6 Qxb6 29. b3 Kf7 30. Rc4 Rh8 31. Rec5
Rf5 32. g4 Rf6 33. d5 Qd6 34. dxe6+ Kg7 35. Qd4 Qh2+ 36. Kf1
Rd8 37. Qe3 Rd3 38. Qe1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qf3+ 40. Kf1 Rd1 41. g5
Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.26"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Mikkel Antonsen"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Bd3 Ba4 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 h6
12. Be3 c4 13. Bf1 O-O-O 14. g3 Kb8 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 Qa5
17. Bd2 Rc6 18. Nh4 Rb6 19. Rb4 Nc6 20. Qg4 Rg8 21. Rc1 Ne7
22. Bh3 Bc6 23. Qd1 Ra6 24. Ra1 Qd8 25. Kh2 Ba4 26. Rab1 Bc6
27. Qc1 Ka8 28. Ng2 Nb6 29. Ne3 Bd7 30. Ra1 Qc8 31. Qd1 Na4
32. Qf3 Rf8 33. Qg4 Rg8 34. f4 Nf5 35. Ng2 Nb6 36. Qf3 g6
37. Be1 Ng7 38. g4 gxh5 39. gxh5 Nf5 40. Bxf5 exf5 41. Bh4 Be6
42. Ne3 Na4 43. Ng2 Nb6 44. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.27"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "6.8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Daniel Semcesen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6
7. a4 g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. h3
Rb8 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Re1 Nh5 15. Bg5 Qf8 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Bd7 20. Qd3 Rec8 21. Rc1 f5 22. Bd2
Rc7 23. Na2 Rbc8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc4 Qc8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7
27. Qb3 b5 28. a5 f4 29. g4 Nf6 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke1 Be8 32. Bb4
Bg6 33. Kd2 Qa7 34. e3 fxe3+ 35. fxe3 Qf7 36. Ke2 Be4 37. Bxe4
Nxe4 38. Be1 Nc5 39. Qd1 Qg6 40. Nb4 Qe4 41. Qc2 Qg2+ 42. Bf2
Bg3 43. Qf5 Qxf2+ 44. Qxf2 Bxf2 45. Kxf2 Kf7 46. Kf3 Kf6
47. e4 Nb3 48. Nc6 Nd2+ 49. Ke3 Nc4+ 50. Kd4 Kf7 51. Kd3 Ke8
52. Kd4 Kf7 53. Kd3 Kg6 54. Kc3 Kf6 55. Kd4 Nd2 56. Ke3 Nb3
57. Kd3 Nc5+ 58. Kd4 Nb7 59. Ke3 Kg6 60. Kd4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "7.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Casper Rasmussen"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bf5 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Nb3 b6 16. Re1 dxc4
17. Bxc4 Qd6 18. Qf3 Be4 19. Qg4 Na5 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. Qh5 Qe7
22. Qxa5 c5 23. f3 cxd4 24. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2006.07.29"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Jacob Aagaard"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O Qc7 9. a5 Nc6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4
O-O 13. g4 h6 14. Bf3 Nb4 15. Bg2 d5 16. Bb6 Qc4 17. e5 Nxg4
18. Qxg4 Nxc2 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxd7 Nxa1 21. Bxd5 Qe2
22. Rxa1 Rc2 23. Qh3 Rxb2 24. Rf1 Qb5 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. e6 Rcc2
27. exf7+ Kf8 28. Bf2 Qb4 29. Nd4 Rd2 30. Qg4 Qa4 31. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Agdestein-De Firmian Match"]
[Site "Barentsburg NOR"]
[Date "2006.09.03"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6
7. a4 g6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. e4
Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bg7 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Qc2 Ne5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. a5
Nd7 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Ne3 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21. Na4 Bd7 22. Nb6
O-O 23. O-O-O Bb5 24. Bc4 Rfe8 25. f3 Qe5 26. g4 Qe7 27. Kb1
Qc7 28. Rd2 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 Kh7 30. g3 Qe7 31. Qd3 Kg8 32. Ka2
Red8 33. Qb3 Qf6 34. Nc4 Rd7 35. Rd3 Qd8 36. Qa4 b5 37. axb6
Rxb6 38. Nxb6 Qxb6 39. Rb3 Qa7 40. Qc6 c4 41. Qxc4 Rc7 42. Qb4
Kh7 43. Qxd6 Rc4 44. Qb6 Qd7 45. Kb1 Qa4 46. Rd1 Rxe4 47. fxe4
Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Agdestein-De Firmian Match"]
[Site "Barentsburg NOR"]
[Date "2006.09.03"]
[EventDate "2006.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5
7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Rb1 a6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4
12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Nge7 14. Qc1 Qg4 15. Re1 f5 16. h3 Qh5
17. a4 h6 18. Qa3 O-O 19. Be3 Qf7 20. Bc5 Re8 21. a5 b5
22. axb6 Bb7 23. c3 g5 24. Nd4 Ng6 25. Bd6 Qg7 26. Nxc6 Bxc6
27. b7 Bxb7 28. Rb6 g4 29. Reb1 Bc8 30. hxg4 Nxe5 31. Bxe5
Qxe5 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Rxh6 Ra7 34. Qa4 Re6 35. Rxe6 Qxe6
36. Qf4 Re7 37. Rb8 Kf7 38. g3 Bd7 39. Qh4 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qxc3
41. Qh5+ Ke6 42. Bxf5+ Kd6 43. Bxd7 Qc7 44. Ra8 Qb7 45. Rxa6+
Kxd7 46. Qf5+ Kc7 47. Qc2+ Kd7 48. Qa4+ Kc8 49. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2007.07.21"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "1.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Daniel Andersen"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7
12. dxc5 Bc6 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Bxg6 Qg5+ 15. Qxg5 hxg5 16. Bd3
Nxe5 17. f3 Nd7 18. c4 Nxc5 19. Ke3 dxc4 20. Bxc4 O-O-O
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. h3 Rh4 23. Be2 f5 24. Rhd1 f4+ 25. Kf2 Rhh8
26. Ke1 Kc7 27. Bc4 e5 28. Ke2 Rhe8 29. Bf7 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Re7
31. Bg6 e4 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Kf3 Nf6 34. Rd3 Rd7 35. h4 Rg7
36. h5 Rg8 37. Rd1 Rh8 38. Rh1 Rh6 39. a3 Kd6 40. g3 fxg3
41. Kxg3 Ke5 42. Kf3 Kd4 43. Ke2 Kd5 44. Kf2 Ke5 45. Ke3 Kd6
46. Kd4 c5+ 47. Ke3 Kc6 48. Ke2 Kd6 49. Kd2 Kc6 50. Rh3 Kd6
51. Rh1 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. Kf2 Ke5 54. Kg2 Kd4 55. Rh3 Ke5
56. Rh2 Kf4 57. Kg1 Ke5 58. Rg2 Nxh5 59. Rxg5+ Kf6 60. Rxh5
Rxg6+ 61. Kf2 Rg4 62. Rxc5 Ra4 63. Rc3 Ke5 64. Ke3 Kd5 65. Kd2
Kd4 66. Rh3 Kc5 67. Kc1 Rg4 68. Kb2 Rf4 69. Kb3 Rg4 70. c3 Rf4
71. Rh6 Rf7 72. Rh5+ Kb6 73. a4 Rf4 74. Rb5+ Kc6 75. Rb8 Rf1
76. Rh8 Rb1+ 77. Kc4 Rg1 78. Rh6+ Kc7 79. a5 Rg4+ 80. Kb5 Rg5+
81. Kb4 Rg4+ 82. c4 Rg1 83. Rh7+ Kb8 84. Kb5 Rg5+ 85. c5 Rg6
86. a6 Rg1 87. Rb7+ Ka8 88. Re7 Kb8 89. Kc6 Rg6+ 90. Kd7 Rg8
91. c6 Rc8 92. Re5 Rc7+ 93. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2.12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Mose Nielsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Rc8
12. Kb1 Qc7 13. g4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nxg4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd5
Qc4 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Qxd6+ Ke8 19. Rd2 Qxe4 20. Re1 Rc6
21. Qa3 Be6 22. Qa5 f6 23. Bf2 Qc4 24. Nc5 Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5
0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gudmundur Kjartansson"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2
exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a4 Bb7 15. d5 Nb4 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Ra3
Bf6 18. Nh2 g6 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Nf3 h5 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Qd2 Nf6
23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Bd2 Ng8 25. Nxg8 Kxg8 26. Bc3 bxa4 27. Rxa4 a5
28. Qd2 Qd8 29. Ra3 Ra7 30. Bd3 Bc8 31. Bb5 Bd7 32. Bc4 Rb7
33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. e5 dxe5 35. Nxe5 Qf6 36. Rae3 Bf5 37. Ng4
hxg4 38. Rxe8 Bd7 39. R8e7 gxh3 40. d6 Bc6 41. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2007.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dr. Erik Zude"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. f3 O-O 6. e4 d6
7. Nge2 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Bd3 cxd4
12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. f4 Na5 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. e5 dxe5
17. fxe5 Nd7 18. Rd1 Qh4 19. Bb1 Bxc4 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21. Rd4 Qh6
22. Qxh6 gxh6 23. Ne4 Kf8 24. Nd6 Rc5 25. Rd2 Ba6 26. a4 Nb3
27. Rd1 Nxe5 28. Ba3 Kg8 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Nb5 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1
Nxa4 32. Nxa7 Kg7 33. Re1 f6 34. Re3 Nc5 35. Rg3+ Kf7 36. Bxh7
f5 37. Bg8+ Kf6 38. h3 h5 39. Bh7 h4 40. Rg8 Kf7 41. Rb8 Ncd7
42. Rd8 Nf6 43. Bxf5 exf5 44. Ke1 b5 45. Rd6 Bb7 46. Kf1 Nc4
47. Nxb5 Kg6 48. Rd4 Ne3+ 49. Kg1 Nxg2 50. Nd6 Ne1 51. Kf2 Nf3
52. Rd1 Bc6 53. Ke3 Ng5 54. Rg1 Nh5 55. Nf7 Kxf7 56. Rxg5 Ng7
57. Kf4 Bd7 58. Ke5 Be6 59. Rg1 Nh5 60. Ra1 Nf6 61. Kf4 Ne4
62. Ra8 Kg6 63. Rh8 Ng5 64. Rxh4 Nf7 65. Kg3 Kf6 66. Ra4 Ke5
67. h4 Nd6 68. Ra7 f4+ 69. Kf3 Bd5+ 70. Kg4 Nf5 71. h5 f3
72. Ra1 f2 73. h6 Nxh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2007.07.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Helgi Dam Ziska"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc5
12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Bf3 Qa5 14. O-O c4 15. Kh1 O-O 16. e5 Rad8
17. Qe1 Ne8 18. Bxb7 Qb6 19. Be4 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Rf3 Qc5
22. Be3 Qxe5 23. Bb6 Qh5 24. Bxd8 Bxd8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rf5
Qh6 27. Bxd5 Nf6 28. Bf3 Bc7 29. g3 Rd8 30. Rc5 Bd6 31. Rxc4
Qg5 32. Qc3 h5 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Qc4 Kg8 36. Rd1
Qf5 37. Qd3 Qc5 38. Qxd6 Qf2 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2007.07.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Torben Sorensen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5
7. Rb1 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Ne1
Be6 13. Nc2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. axb4 a4 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Rb4 a3
22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Rfc8 24. Ra1 Bf8 25. Ra2 Ra4 26. Kg2 Kg8
27. Rb1 Kf7 28. Kf1 Ke6 29. Ke1 Kd5 30. Kd1 h5 31. h3 Bd6
32. Bf4 Be7 33. Bd2 g5 34. e4+ dxe3 35. fxe3 f5 36. Ke2 Bd6
37. Kf3 h4 38. Be1 g4+ 39. Kg2 gxh3+ 40. Kxh3 hxg3 41. Kg2 Rh8
42. Kf3 Rh2 43. Rba1 Rxa2 44. Rxa2 Kc5 45. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2007.07.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re3 Qh4 15. h3 Qf4 16. Re5 Qf6
17. Re1 Be6 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Qf3 Qc2 20. Qe2 Qg6 21. Kh1 Rfc8
22. a3 a5 23. Nd2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nb3 bxc3
27. bxc3 Ra3 28. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2007.07.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Emanuel Berg"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "204"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5
12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7
17. a4 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 d5 21. Ra6
Kh8 22. Qa4 f4 23. Nc2 Bc8 24. Ra8 f3 25. g3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Rc7
27. Bf1 Rd8 28. Qh4 Bf6 29. Qh5 d4 30. Qxf3 Rf8 31. Nb4 Bd8
32. Qh5 Bb7 33. Bg2 Bxa8 34. Bxa8 Qf6 35. f3 dxc3 36. bxc3 Qg5
37. Qxg5 Bxg5 38. Be4 Rxc3 39. Rd7 h6 40. h4 Be3+ 41. Kg2 Ra3
42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Nd5 Rf7 44. Ne7+ Kf8 45. Ng6+ Kg8 46. Rh8+
Kg7 47. Re8 Ra2+ 48. Kh3 Rxf3 49. Nxe5 Rf6 50. Ng4 Bd4 51. Rd8
Ra4 52. Bc2 Rb4 53. Nxf6 Bxf6 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. Bh7+ Kh8
56. Bg6 Kg8 57. Bf7+ Kh8 58. Kg2 Re4 59. Bg6 Re7 60. Rd6 Kg7
61. Bf5 Re3 62. Kf2 Re5 63. Bd3 Re7 64. Kf3 Re8 65. Be4 Re7
66. Bf5 Re5 67. Kf4 Re7 68. Be6 Kg6 69. Rc6 Re8 70. g4 Re7
71. h5+ Kg7 72. Kf5 Bg5 73. Bd5 Kh7 74. Rc8 Ra7 75. Ke5 Re7+
76. Be6 Ra7 77. Bd5 Re7+ 78. Kd6 Ra7 79. Bc6 Kg7 80. Re8 Bf4+
81. Ke6 Bg5 82. Rb8 Re7+ 83. Kd5 Rf7 84. Be8 Ra7 85. Bg6 Ra5+
86. Kc6 Ra6+ 87. Kb5 Ra7 88. Bf5 Rc7 89. Be6 Re7 90. Bd5 Kf6
91. Kc6 Kg7 92. Rg8+ Kf6 93. Bb3 Re4 94. Rg6+ Ke5 95. Be6 Rd4
96. Bf5 Kf4 97. Rg7 Rd2 98. Rf7 Kg3 99. Kc5 Kh4 100. Kc4 Rd6
101. Kc5 Rd2 102. Kc6 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2007.07.28"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Krasenkow"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6
7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b5 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5
12. b3 O-O 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Be3 Bf8 15. Nbd2 b4 16. Ra7 Nb6
17. Rfa1 h6 18. Qd1 Re7 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Qc2 Nfd7 21. Nc4
Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Nb6 23. Bd3 Qf6 24. Qd1 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Nxa8
26. Nd2 Nb6 27. Qb1 g5 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Bg7 30. Qa2 Qa1+
31. Qxa1 Bxa1 32. f4 f6 33. Bb5 Kf7 34. Kf2 Kg6 35. f5+ Kf7
36. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2007.07.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 Nba6
12. Re1 Re8 13. Qg4 g6 14. Nh6+ Kg7 15. Nc3 d6 16. Qf3 f6
17. h4 Nc5 18. h5 N7e6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Nf5+ Kf7 21. Nh6+ Kg7
22. Nf5+ Kf7 23. b4 Nd7 24. Nh4 Bf8 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 dxe5
27. Qg4 Ke7 28. Be3 Bg7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qxg6 Rad8 31. Nf5+ Kf8
32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Nxg7 Nxg7 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 35. Ne4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2
Qf7 37. Qh4 Nf5 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. Bg5 Ke6 41. Ng4
Re1 42. Be3 Qg7 43. Qe8+ Ne7 44. Qh5 Ba6 45. Bh3 Bf1 46. Bh6
Qh8 47. Nxe5+ Bxh3 48. Qxh3+ Nf5 49. Nf3 Re2 50. Ng5+ Ke7
51. Qxf5 Qxh6+ 52. Kg2 Re1 53. Nh3 Qe6 54. Qh7+ Kd8 55. Ng5
Qd5+ 56. Nf3 Re7 57. Qh8+ Kc7 58. a3 c5 59. Qc3 c4 0-1

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "2007.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Even Thingstad"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+
12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O
17. Ne4 c5 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nf6
22. Qc4 Qd7 23. Ne5 Qf5+ 24. Ka1 Bd6 25. Rhe1 a6 26. g4 Qxf2
27. Rf1 Qg2 28. g5 b5 29. Qd3 c4 30. Qb1 Qxg5 31. Nxf7 Kxf7
32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Rg1 Bg3 35. d6 Qe5 36. Qxh6+
Kf7 37. Qg6+ Ke6 38. Qg4+ Kf7 39. Rxg3 Rxd6 40. Rxd6 Qxd6
41. Qg7+ Ke6 42. Re3+ Kd5 43. a3 Kc5 44. h6 Rd8 45. h7 b4
46. axb4+ Kxb4 47. h8=Q Qd1+ 48. Ka2 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5
7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxb4 Ncxb4
12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Na3 Nxa2 14. Nd4 Ndb4 15. Nf3 Rd8 16. Qf4 Bd7
17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Rd6 Nc3 20. Re1 Ncd5 21. Qe4 Qb5
22. b3 Nc3 23. Qd4 Ncd5 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. e4 b5 26. exd5 exd5
27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Nb2 Rc7 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Kh8 31. Nd4 a6
32. Qe2 Rcc8 33. Qg4 Re8 34. Ne6 Qe7 35. Bxd5 Rad8 36. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.06"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Johnny Karl Pedersen"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "19"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Qf6 5.Qd3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Ne5
7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Nd5 Qc6 9.Qg3 f6 10.Bb5 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maria Pitz Jacobsen"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.fxg5 Ne5
13.Qe2 Nfg4 14.Nf3 hxg5 15.Bg3 Bd7 16.h3 Nxf3 17.Qxf3 Ne5
18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Rhf1 Rh7 20.Qg3 Rc8 21.Rf3 Rh4 22.Rdf1 Rf4
23.Qf2 Qc5 24.Qe2 b5 25.g3 Rxf3 26.Qxf3 f6 27.h4 b4 28.Nd1
gxh4 29.gxh4 Bb5 30.h5 Bxd3 31.Qxd3 Qc4 32.Kb1 Kf7 33.Nf2 Qxd3
34.Nxd3 Bd6 35.Rh1 f5 36.exf5 exf5 37.Nf2 e4 38.Rh3 Rg8 39.b3
Rg1+ 40.Kb2 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Nicolai Getz"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6
12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 a6 15. Rhb1 Qa5 16. Rb2 Qc7
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rab1 c5 19. c4 d4 20. Be4 Ra7 21. Rb8 Ke7
22. Qg3 g5 23. h4 Rg8 24. f4 f5 25. exf6+ Kf7 26. hxg5 hxg5
27. Bh7 Rh8 28. Qxg5 Rxh7 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. f7+
Qxf7 32. Rxc8+ Ke7 33. Qg5+ Kd6 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jon Kristian Royset"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5
12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhe1 Qc7 14. f5 e5 15. Bf2 Rfc8 16. g4 b4
17. Na4 Nd7 18. h4 Bc6 19. g5 Qa5 20. Qh5 Bxa4 21. Rd5 Rxc2+
22. Kxc2 Bxb3+ 23. Kxb3 Qc7 24. Qe2 a5 25. a4 bxa3 26. bxa3
Rb8+ 27. Rb5 d5 28. exd5 Rc8 29. Qd3 e4 30. Rxe4 Ne5 31. Rxe5
a4+ 32. Ka2 Qxe5 33. Bg3 Rc3 34. Bxe5 Rxd3 35. Rb8+ Bf8
36. Bd6 h5 37. g6 fxg6 38. fxg6 Rxa3+ 39. Bxa3 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Johannes Luangtep Kvisla"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5
17. Rg7 b4 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Nd7 20. Nc6 Bb7 21. Bh3 Bxc6
22. dxc6 Ne5 23. Bd7+ Kd8 24. Qe4 Qb6 25. Kb1 Bxg7 26. fxg7
Rg8 27. Qh4+ Kc7 28. Qe7 Qc5 29. Bc8+ Kb6 30. Qb7+ Ka5
31. Qxa8 Qxc6 32. Rd5+ Kb6 33. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotell Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sverre Johan Karlsen"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bg1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nb4 11. h3 Nh6
12. Bc5 a5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxb4
axb4 17. Ne2 Nf5 18. Kf2 c5 19. Rhd1 Nd4 20. Nexd4 cxd4 21. g3
Rc8 22. Rd2 g5 23. Nxg5 Bxe5 24. Re1 Bh8 25. Nxe6 Rf5 26. Ree2
Rxc2 27. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Arctic Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Scandic Hotel, Tromsø"]
[Date "2007.08.12"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Espen Haugstad"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2027"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. a4 h6 12. Nbd2
Bf8 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5
18. g4 f4 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qf6 22. Na5 Nxd5
23. Bd2 b4 24. Rd3 c4 25. exd5 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1
Bxd5 28. Rf4 Bf7 29. Bxb4 g5 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Be4 Rc8
32. Bd5+ Ke7 33. Nxc4 Bg7 34. Bxd6+ Kd7 35. Ba3 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[EventDate "2009.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Daniel Rensch"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6
12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Qe1 Kh8 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Qb4
17. Qd2 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bf3 Qh4 21. g3
Qh3 22. Bg2 Qh5 23. Rd7 Ne5 24. Rxb7 Rfd8 25. Qa5 Rd1
26. Rbxf7 Qxf7 27. Rxd1 Nd3 28. Qxa6 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Rf8 30. Rf1
1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[EventDate "2009.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6
7. a4 g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Qd2
Ng4 13. Ne4 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bh6 Bf5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Nc3 Qd7 18. b3 Bh3 19. f4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ng4 21. e4 Rae8
22. Rae1 f6 23. a5 Rf7 24. h3 Nh6 25. Re3 Rfe7 26. Rfe1 Nf7
27. Na4 f5 28. Nb6 Qc7 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Kf2 Re4
32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Qf6 c4 34. Nxc4 Qc5+ 35. Ne3 Rc8 36. Re2 Qc3
37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Rb2 h5 39. b4 Rc1 40. Rc2 Rb1 41. Rc4 Rb2+
42. Ke1 h4 43. g4 Rh2 44. Rxe4 Rxh3 45. g5 Rh1+ 46. Kf2 h3
47. Nf5 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[EventDate "2009.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5
17. Bh3 Bb7 18. Kb1 b4 19. Nd5 Qa5 20. Rg7 Nxe4 21. Bxe6 Bxd5
22. Bxf7+ Kd8 23. Nb3 Nd2+ 24. Rxd2 Bxf3 25. Nxa5 Rh6 26. Rg6
Kc7 27. Rf2 Bg4 28. Rg5 Rc8 29. Nc4 Kd8 30. b3 Rc7 31. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia United States"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Bartholomew"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O c5 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. a3 Nbd7
12. Nc3 d5 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Bb3 Nb8 16. Rc1 Nc6
17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf6 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. Be4 Qg4
22. Bg3 Rfd8 23. h3 Qh5 24. Qe2 g6 25. b4 Re8 26. Qd3 Rcd8
27. Qc2 Rc8 28. Qd3 Red8 29. Qe2 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Qxe2 31. Rxe2
Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxd4 33. Re3 Rd2 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rc3
36. a4 Rcc2 37. Rf1 Rd4 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Re7 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5
41. Re3 Rxa4 42. Rf3 h5 43. g3 Rc7 44. Rd1 Ra2 45. Rd6 Ra7
46. h4 a4 47. Kg2 a3 48. Rdd3 Ra1 49. Rb3 Kh6 50. Rfe3 Kg7
51. Red3 Ra5 52. Rdc3 Ra2 53. Rf3 Ra6 54. Rbc3 Ra1 55. Rfd3
Ra7 56. Rb3 f6 57. Rdc3 Kh6 58. Rd3 Ra6 59. Rdc3 g5 60. Rd3 g4
61. Rdc3 Kg6 62. Rd3 a2 63. Ra3 Rc6 64. Rd2 Rcc1 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia United States"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Sergey Kudrin"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. a4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nb3 b5 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bxb5 Ng4 15. Bxc6 Nxe3 16. Bxa8 Nxd1
17. Rxd1 Rxa8 18. Kf2 Rb8 19. Ke3 Be6 20. Kd3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5
22. g3 Kf7 23. Nd4 Rxb2 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Re1+ Kf7 26. Ra1 Rb4
27. Ra7 Rd4+ 28. Ke2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia United States"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[EventDate "2010.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. Be2 Nc6
12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bh5+ g6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rb3 e4
17. Qd4 Qd6 18. Bxf6 O-O 19. Be2 Rxf6 20. Qxd6 Bxd6 21. Nxe4
Be7 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rf1 Be7 24. Rb6 Bd8 25. Rxc6 Bb7
26. Rxe6 Bxg2 27. Rf4 Bc7 28. Rf2 Bd5 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6
Bxa2 31. c4 Bb1 32. Bc8 Bd6 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. Be6 g5 35. Bf5 Ba2
36. Kd3 Bb1+ 37. Kd4 Bxf5 38. Rxf5 Kg6 39. Rf2 g4 40. c5 Bc7
41. c6 h5 42. Ke4 h4 43. Rg2 g3 44. h3 Kf6 45. Rd2 Ba5
46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rd7+ Ke6 48. Kf3 Bb6 49. Rh7 Kd6 50. Rxh4
Kxc6 51. Rh6+ Kc7 52. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salvijus Bercys"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6
7. a4 g6 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7
12. Bf4 Qe7 13. e5 dxe5 14. d6 Qe6 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bd5 Nxd5
17. Nxd5 O-O 18. Nc7 Qf5 19. Be3 Rxb2 20. Nxa6 c4 21. Nc7 e4
22. a5 Rb3 23. a6 Rd3 24. Qc1 Rc3 25. Qd2 Rd3 26. Qa5 Bxa1
27. Qxa1 Qf6 28. a7 Qxa1 29. Rxa1 Kg7 30. Kf1 c3 31. a8=Q Rxa8
32. Rxa8 Kf6 33. Ke2 c2 34. Ra1 Ke5 35. Nb5 Rb3 36. Nd4 Rc3
37. Rc1 Kd5 38. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Nxc2 Kxd6 40. Bf4+ Kd5 41. Ke3
f5 42. h3 Nb6 43. Bh6 Nc4+ 44. Kf4 Ne5 45. Ne1 Ke6 46. Bg7 Nc6
47. Kg5 Kf7 48. Kh6 Kg8 49. Bc3 Nd8 50. Kg5 Kf7 51. Kf4 Ke6
52. g3 Nf7 53. h4 h6 54. Ke3 Nd6 55. Bg7 h5 56. Ng2 Nc4+
57. Kf4 Nd2 58. Bc3 Nf3 59. Ke3 Kf7 60. Nf4 Nh2 61. Ke2 Ng4
62. Bd4 Nh2 63. Kd2 Nf3+ 64. Kc3 Nh2 65. Kc4 Nf3 66. Kd5 Nh2
67. Kd6 Nf3 68. Bc3 Nh2 69. Nh3 Ng4 70. Bd4 Nh2 71. Ng5+ Kg8
72. Ke7 Ng4 73. Ke6 1-0

[Event "38th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "D Gorman"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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. h4 Qc7 11. Bb3 Na5 12. h5
Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. O-O-O Rfc8 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Kb1 b5
17. g4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Qh2 Qe5 21. Bf4 Qf6
22. Bc1 Rc4 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6+ Kf7 26. Qd2
Rh8 27. Rxh8 Qxh8 28. b3 Rc3 29. Ne2 Rc5 30. Qxb4 Qe5 31. Nd4
Qe3 32. Qb7 Bc8 33. Qxa7 Qf2 34. Qb8 Ba6 35. Qh8 Re5 36. Nc6
1-0

