[Event "Continental op 45'"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 {The
modern treatment.} d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 {Draw offer} Na6 10. Bf4 c6 $5 11. Qc2
Nc7 12. Ng5 $5 {Believe or not this move has been played before.} Nce8 $1 $146
(12... g6 {Wirthenson-Landenbegue,SWZ 1993.}) 13. Rad1 h6 14. Nf3 Nd6 15. Ne5
Rc8 $5 (15... Re8 {may we well be interesting.} 16. f3 $5) 16. a3 Rc7 17. Rc1
c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 (18... Rxc5 $6 19. Qa4 Qa8 $8 $14) 19. Red1 Qa8 $2 {Here I
have simply missed whites next.} (19... g5 $1 20. Bd2 d4 21. Na4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2
Qa8+ 23. f3 Qd5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Nd7 $11) 20. Nc4 $1 $16 Rd7
(20... Nxc4 $2 21. Bxc7 d4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Na4 $18) (20... dxc4 {may well be
the best but objectively leads to one way traffic with such a pawn
configuration for black.} 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Qb8 24. Rd2 Qe5
25. Rcd1 $16) 21. Na5 $1 (21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Nb5 Rb6 (23... Rc6 $6
24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 $18) 24. Qxc5 Nd7 25. Qe7 Rxb5 26. Qxd7 Rxb2 27. Rc7 Qb8
28. Rdc1 Ba8 $16) 21... Nc8 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. e4 $1 {By simple means white
exploits the advantage of having a pair of bishops} dxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 25.
Rxd1 Qb6 26. Be3 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Qc7 28. Rc1 Nd6 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Bxc5 Rc8 31.
Bd5 Nf5 $2 (31... Bf6 {would have posed more serious problems.} 32. b4 Nb5 33.
Re1 $1 Nxa3 (33... Rd8 34. a4 $1 Nd4 35. Bg2 $18) 34. Bxa7 Rd8 (34... Nc2 35.
Re4 Rd8 36. Bb3) 35. Bb3 $18) 32. b4 $18 a5 (32... Nd4 33. Rc4) 33. Kg2 axb4
34. axb4 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Kf8 36. Kf3 Rc7 37. Ke4 g6 38. g4 Ng7 39. Kd4 f5 $6 (
39... Ke7 40. Re1+ Ne6+ 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. Rc1 Kd8 43. Ke5 $18) 40. f3 fxg4 41.
fxg4 Ne8 42. Rf1+ Kg7 (42... Ke7 43. Re1+ Kf8 44. Re6 $18) 43. c6 Ra7 44. Ke5
Re7+ 45. Be6 $1 Ra7 (45... Nc7 46. Kd6 Rxe6+ 47. Kxc7 Re2 48. Rb1 $18) 46. Bd7
Nc7 47. Kd6 {And white has eventually brought home the point.} 1-0

[Event "Southern California-ch"]
[Site "Costa Mesa"]
[Date "2003.07.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 e6 12. f4 Ned7 13. dxe6 Qe7 14. Nf3 Nc5 15. f5
gxf5 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Nb5 Ne4 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Qxd6 Nd7 21. Rc2
Nf6 22. O-O Ne4 23. Qd8 Qxd8 24. Bxd8 f4 25. Ng5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Bf5
28. Rd2 Be3 29. Rd5 Re8 30. Bf3 Be4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Bh6 Re8 33. h3 Rf6 34.
Bg5 Rg6 35. Bxf4 Rf8 36. g3 Rxg3 37. Bxg3 Rxf1+ 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. Kf3 Bg1 40. Rd7
Rxa2 41. Rxb7 Bb6 42. Be5 Ra3 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Bd6+ Kxg7 45. Bxa3 Kf6 46. Bd6
Bg1 47. Kg4 a6 48. Kh5 Be3 49. Bf8 Kf5 50. Bh6 Bf2 51. Bd2 Ke4 52. Kh6 Bb6 53.
b4 Bf2 54. c5 Bg3 55. Kxh7 Kd3 56. Bg5 Kc4 57. Be7 Kd5 58. Bd8 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Altounian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Ne5 c5 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8.
dxc5 Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 10. Na5 Qb6 11. Be2 g6 12. Qb5 Bg7 13. Nxb7 Rb8 14. Na5
Qc7 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Nc5 18. Qc4 Rxb3 19. O-O Rfb8 20. Na4
Nfd7 21. Rd1 R3b4 22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Bd2 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Nxa4 25. Qxa4 Bxb2 26. Qh4
Nf6 27. Qxh6 Qc2 28. f3 Nd5 29. e4 Bg7 30. Qh3 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Bxe3 Bxe3
33. Qd7 e6 34. Qd3 Qc5 35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. Bxb5 Rc2 37. Be2 a5 38. Ra1 Bd4 39. Bd1
Rd2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qe4+ 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qe5 12. Qf3 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Rad1
Nd7 15. Ne6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Rf7 17. Bxd7 e5 18. Be8 Rf8 19. Ba4 Be6 20. Bb3 Bxb3
21. axb3 b5 22. Nc2 Rf7 23. Rd6 Bf8 24. Rb6 Rf6 25. g3 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Nf6 27.
Rxe5 Nd7 28. Re6 a5 29. Bd4 b4 30. Rc6 bxc3 31. bxc3 Kf7 32. Rc7 Ke6 33. Be3
Bg7 34. Nd4+ Bxd4 35. Bxd4 Rb8 36. Ra7 Rb5 37. Kg2 h5 38. Ra6+ Kf7 39. Ra7 Ke6
40. Ra6+ Kf7 41. Rd6 Nf8 42. Rb6 Rd5 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Amanov, Mesgen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rad1 Nd5 13. Bxd5 Bxg5 14. Be4 f5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Qf3 Qf6
21. h3 Ba8 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Nb5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Ne7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Qd6 Qxd6
27. Nxd6 Nc6 28. Nxf5 g6 29. Re6 Na5 30. Nd6 Kg8 31. b4 Nb3 32. Re7 Nd4 33. Ne4
a5 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Rxh7 Ra6 36. Nd7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Rd7 axb4 39. axb4
Ne2+ 40. Kh2 b5 41. Nd5 Ra2 42. Nc7 Nc3 43. h4 Rxf2 44. Rd3 Rc2 45. Nd5 Ne4 46.
Rf3+ Kg7 47. Re3 Rc4 48. Ra3 Rd4 49. Ra7+ Kh6 50. Ne7 Nf6 51. Ra6 Kg7 52. Kh3
Rxb4 53. Rxf6 Rxh4+ 54. Kxh4 Kxf6 55. Nc6 Kg7 56. Kg5 Kh7 57. Kf6 Kh6 58. g4
1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2013.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Vovsha, Eli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2013.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Arizona"]
[BlackTeam "Manhattan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 Rg8 8.
Ne5 e6 9. e4 Nb4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Kd1 Be8 12. d4 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. Bg5+ f6
15. Be3 g5 16. a3 Nc6 17. Kc2 Bg6 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. h4 g4 21. Nd2 h5
22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Bc4 Bf7 24. d5 e5 25. Na5 Kc8 26. d6 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Nc6 28. Nb5
a6 29. Nxc7 Rb8 30. Bb6 Kd8 31. Kb1 Bf8 32. Ne6+ Ke8 33. Bc7 Rc8 34. Nb6 Nxb6
35. Bxb6 Nb8 36. Nc7+ Kd7 37. Nd5 Ke6 38. Bc7 Nd7 39. Ne3 Nc5 40. Rd5 Nd7 41.
Nf5 Rh8 42. Rhd1 Rh7 43. a4 Nb8 44. b4 Nc6 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Nd8 47. Kb2 Rd7
48. Kb3 Nf7 49. R1d2 Ra8 50. Rd1 Rc8 51. f3 gxf3 52. gxf3 Ra8 53. R5d3 Rc8 54.
R1d2 Bh6 55. Rg2 Bf8 56. Rg8 Bxd6 57. Ng7+ Ke7 58. Nf5+ Ke6 59. Rxc8 Rxc7 60.
Re8+ Kd7 61. Re7+ Kd8 62. Rxf7 1-0

