[Event "ch-USA Blitz Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen,L"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Nf6
8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 Ba6 11. b3 dxc4 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qh5 14.
h3 Rac8 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bxa7 cxb3 17. axb3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxe2 19. Rd7 Bf6
20. Bd4 e5 21. Be3 e4 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Bf3 24. Re1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qf3+
26. Kh2 Qxb3 27. Rxe4 c5 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 c4 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. g4 h6 32.
Rd4 Rfc8 33. h4 g6 34. Kg3 Rc5 35. f3 Kf8 36. Re4 R8c7 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Kg3
Kf6 39. Kf4 g5+ 40. hxg5+ hxg5+ 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. f4 f6 43. f5+ Kf7 44. Kf3
Rc8 45. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Blitz Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian,N"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[ECO "B30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Nf1 Bxc1 8.
Rxc1 Nf6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Ncd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. a3 b5 13. Ba2 Ne7 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. O-O f5 17. c3 Kh8 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. d4 exd4
20. cxd4 c4 21. Qe1 Qd5 22. Qe3 Raf8 23. f3 Rf4 24. Rcd1 a5 25. Rfe1 h6 26.
Qe6 Qg5 27. Qxd6 Rxf3 28. Qe5 R3f5 29. Qe2 Rd8 30. a4 Qf6 31. axb5 Rxb5 32.
Rf1 Qb6 33. Rf2 Qc6 34. h3 a4 35. Qe7 Rbb8 36. Qe5 Re8 37. d5 Rxe5 38. dxc6
Rc5 39. Rd6 Rc8 40. Rf7 R5xc6 41. Rdd7 Rg6 42. Rc7 Rb8 43. Rb7 Rxb7 44.
Rxb7 Rc6 45. Rb4 a3 46. bxa3 c3 47. Rb1 Kg8 48. Kf2 Kf7 49. Ke3 c2 50. Rc1
Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Blitz Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen,L"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[ECO "A47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bh2 O-O 10. c3 d5 11. Qb1 h6 12. a4 Qc8 13. b4 a5 14. bxc5 bxc5
15. Ra2 Ba6 16. Rb2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc6 18. Rb5 Rfc8 19. Rfb1 Bd6 20. Bxd6
Qxd6 21. Rb7 cxd4 22. cxd4 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Nf3 Qe4 26.
Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Ne5 Nc3 28. Ra1 f6 29. Ng6 Rc4 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Nf5 Rg8 32.
Ra7 Nxa4 33. Rxa5 Nc3 34. Ra7 Rc5 35. Rd7 d4 36. Nxd4 Ne4 37. Re7 Nd6 38.
g4 h5 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Ne6 Re5 41. Nf4+ Kg5 42. Rxe5+ fxe5 43. Nxh5 g6 44.
Ng3 Rf8 45. Rd1 Nc4 46. Ne4+ Kh6 47. Rd7 1-0

[Event "ch-USA Blitz Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian,N"]
[Black "Christiansen,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[ECO "C10"]

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 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. Bc3 axb3 13. Nxb3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 c6 15. a4 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. g3 Bf8 18. h4 h5 19. Re2 g6 20. Bd2
Bg7 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Rb1 Qa7 23. a5 b6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Nc5 Qa5 26. Nb7 Qa7
27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Qxc6 Qxd4 29. Bc2 Qc3 30. Rb3 Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Nf8 32. Rb8
Rxb8 33. Bxb8 N6d7 34. Bd6 Qc3 35. Qe4 Qa5 36. Qe3 Qa6 37. c5 Nf6 38. Be4
Nxe4 39. Qxe4 Nh7 40. c6 Nf6 41. Qf3 Nd5 42. Rc2 Qa4 43. Qd3 Qa8 44. Kh2
Bf6 45. c7 Qc8 46. Qb3 Nxc7 47. Bxc7 Kg7 48. Be5 Qd8 49. Qc3 1-0

[Event "ch-USA Blitz Playoff"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Christiansen,L"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[EventDate "2002.01.13"]
[ECO "A70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3
b5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. a3 Qb6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 Bb7
15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Qf4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qf3 Ree8 20. Bg5
Nd7 21. Qg3 Ne5 22. Bf1 Bg7 23. Qh4 c4 24. Bf6 a5 25. Re3 b4 26. axb4 axb4
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Ne2 f6 29. Nd4 Nd3 30. Rexd3 cxd3 31. Ne6+ Rxe6 32. dxe6
Re8 33. Bxd3 Rxe6 34. Rc1 Re7 35. b3 Rc7 36. Rxc7+ Qxc7 37. Bc4 Qe7 38. f3
Qe5 39. Qe1 Qc5+ 40. Kh1 d5 41. exd5 Bxd5 42. Bxd5 Qxd5 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44.
Qxb4 f5 45. Qf4+ Kg7 46. b4 h5 47. h4 Kf7 48. Kh2 Ke6 49. Qb8 Kf7 50. b5
Qc4 51. Kg3 Qb4 52. Qc7+ Kf6 53. Qd8+ Kf7 54. b6 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 f4 56. Qc7+
1-0

