[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2565"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. d5 e5 5. dxe6 Bxe6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be2 Ngf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h6 14. Be3 Nh7 15. g3 Ne5 16. Be2 Qd7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bg4 Qd8 19. Bf3 g5 20. Bf2 Kh8 21. Kh1 gxf4 22. gxf4 Qf6 23. Ne2 Ng5 24. Bh4 Qe6 25. Ng1 Nxf3 26. Qxf3 f5 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Rad1 Nd4 29. Qg4 Rf8 30. Bg3 Rae8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Bf2 Qxg4 33. hxg4 Re4 34. Nh3 b6 35. b3 Ne2 36. Bh4 Nxf4 37. Nxf4 Rxf4 38. Bd8 Rf7 39. Kg2 Bf6 40. Bxf6+ Rxf6 41. Re1 Kg7 42. Re7+ Rf7 43. Re6 a5 44. Kg3 Rf6 45. Re7+ Rf7 1/2-1/2