[Event "Eastern Class-ch"]
[Site "Sturbridge"]
[Date "2009.03.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Esserman, Marc"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2578"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. h3 b5 9. cxb5 c5
10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Bb8 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bd2 Qd6 16. Be1 Rfd8 17.
Rac1 e5 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Ne2 e4 20. Ned4 Qe5 21. f4 exf3 22. Nxf3 Qe8 23. Bb4 Na6 24. Bc3
d4 25. N3xd4 Nb4 26. Qe2 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Nxa2 28. Nc6 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Nd5 30. Bd4 g6 31. Nxh6+
Kh7 32. Qf2 f6 33. g5 Be5 34. Bxe5 fxe5 35. Nf7 Nf4 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. Nfxd8 Ne2+ 38. Kf2
Nxc1 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Ne7+ Qxe7 41. Qxg6+ 1-0