[Event "Kings-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallach, Cliff"]
[Black "Friske, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Bd3
{Diagram # Hmm, White has taken away my normal plan of Bf5 or Bg4. Now what ?
He certainly looks like he wants to attack with h4-5, so Black would like to
wait before castling.} 8... Nc6 {
One downside of White's Bd3 is that Queen's defence of d4 is blocked.} 9. Nge2
{avoids -Bg4 pin} 9... O-O 10. a3 {Diagram # So White's intent is expand his
Queenside Pawns. But can Black lock the (temporarily) weakened b3 square ?}
10... d5 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 {Diagram # The idea which attempts to refute
White's 10th move: b4 cannot advance without being traded. But can Black hold
the marauding Pawn ?} 13. d5 Na5 {
Nb3 might be possible, in the meantime Knight safely defends the Pawn.} 14. Nd4
e5 {Diagram #} 15. dxe6 ({
It was fun to allow White to post his Knight, if so desired:} 15. Ndb5 {
idea of Nd6} 15... b6 {to knock supporting Pawn} 16. Nd6 bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nb3 {
Diagram # seems to fork, but} 18. Nb7 (18. Nxc8 Nxc5 {
and Black will win the hyperactive Knight}) 18... Bxb7 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 {
Diagram # White's attacked Rook is useless and Black has the Bishop pair and
plenty of position for the exchange sac.}) 15... fxe6 16. O-O {
Diagram # Evalution time: are Black's center Pawns weak or strong ?} 16... e5
17. Ndb5 Bf5 {Beginning to build the prime position. Grandmaster examples were
highlighted in the July 2004 bulletin.} 18. Qa4 Bd3 19. Rfe1 Nb3 20. Rad1 {
Diagram # threat is Nd6,Rxd3,Qxb3} 20... Nd4 {wanting to fork with Bc2} (20...
e4 {doesn't look bad, but makes a target} 21. Nd6 {hitting b7-Pawn and e4-Pawn}
({Or even taking Pawn gets White's minors looking good:} 21. Nxe4)) 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. Ne4 {Diagram #} 22... Bxe4 {It was odd to give up the Bishop pair,
but thought I quickly win a Pawn and have pressure against f2.} 23. Rxe4 Qd5 {
idea Qxc5,d3,Qxf2+,Qf1+,Rxf1#} 24. Re7 d3 {so he has to defend f2} (24... Qxc5
25. Rc7 $1 {idea of Qxc4+} (25. Rxb7 d3)) 25. Qb4 {
Diagram # attempting to hold Pawn} ({White can cause trouble with} 25. Nc7 {
Diagram #} 25... Qd4 ({Imagine my horror when, only on this move, I realized} 
25... Qxc5 $2 {forks Re7 and f2, but} 26. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 27. Ne6+)) (25. Nd6
Qxc5) 25... a5 ({Interesting stuff can happen after} 25... Rxf2 $1 {Diagram #}
26. Kxf2 Bd4+ 27. Nxd4 (27. Kf1 Rf8+ 28. Ke1) (27. Ke1 Bxc5) 27... Qxd4+ {
Diagram #} 28. Ke1 (28. Re3 Rf8+ 29. Kg1 (29. Ke1 $4 Qxe3#) 29... Qxe3+ 30. Kh1
) 28... Qg1+ 29. Kd2 {Diagram #} 29... Qxg2+ {Diagram #} 30. Kc3 (30. Kc1 Qc2#)
(30. Ke3 Qe2+ 31. Kd4 Rd8+) 30... Qc2+ 31. Kd4 Rd8+ {
Diagram # All roads lead to mate !} ({No time to worry about material:} 31...
Qxd1 32. Qxc4+ Kh8 33. Qf7 $2 {Diagram # mating on g7 or h7} 33... Rd8+ 34. Ke4
Qe2+ 35. Kf4 Qf2+ 36. Ke4 Qxf7 37. Rxf7 d2 {Diagram #}) 32. Ke5 Qe2+ 33. Kf4
Rf8+ 34. Kg3 Rf3+ 35. Kh4 Qxh2+ 36. Kg5 Qg2+ 37. Kh6 Rh3#) 26. Nc7 {
Diagram # Allows a trading combination into a won ending} 26... axb4 27. Nxd5
bxa3 28. bxa3 (28. Rxb7 Bxb2 {idea of a2-1(Q)}) 28... Rf7 {
Diagram # saving the b-Pawn, just to stop his c-Pawn from becoming passed} 29.
Rxf7 ({White could defend a while with} 29. Re3 Rxa3 {idea of c3-2} (29... Ra5)
) 29... Kxf7 30. Nb6 c3 $1 {Diagram # Connected passers on the third better
than a Rook, right ?  WHITE RESIGNED} 31. Rxd3 (31. Ra1 c2 {idea Bxa1 or d2}) (
31. Rf1 Rxa3) (31. Nxa8 c2 32. Rc1 d2 33. Rxc2 d1=R#) 31... c2 {
nothing can stop queening} 0-1

[Event "Excaliburs-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lang, Rick"]
[Black "Piparia, Jankesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 Bxe5 6. dxe5 Nge7 7. Bg3 Ng6 8.
Qh5 d4 9. e4 Qe7 10. a3 Qc5 11. b4 Qxc2 12. Nd2 Qc3 13. Qd1 Ngxe5 14. b5 Na5
15. Bxe5 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qxa3 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bxd4 Bd7 20. g3 O-O-O
21. Qc3 Qxc3+ 22. Bxc3 f5 23. Bg2 h5 24. exf5 exf5 25. O-O f4 26. Be5 fxg3 27.
fxg3 Rde8 28. Bf4 Re7 29. Rfc1 Bf5 30. b6 axb6 31. Rxb6 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 cxb6 33.
Rc1+ Kd8 34. Bc7+ Ke8 35. Bxb6 Rg7 36. Re1+ Kf8 37. Bc5+ Kg8 38. Bd5+ Kh7 39.
Re7 b5 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Ke3 Kg5 43. Bf3 Bd7 44. Kd4 Kg6 45. h4
Kh6 46. Ke5 Kg6 47. Bb4 Be8 48. Be4+ Kf7 49. Kf5 Kg7 50. Kg5 Kh8 51. Bc3+ Kg8
52. Bg6 Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Kings-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cygan, Joseph"]
[Black "Arond, Dean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 exf4 7. d4 Bd6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. c4 Qf6 11. c3 Nc6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Be4 Bf5 14. Bxc6 Bxb1
15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. Re1 (16. Bxf4 {idea Qxb1} 16... Qxf4 (16... Bxa2 $2 17. Bxd6
Qxd6 18. Qa4) 17. Qxb1 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Qxc3) 16... Bf5 17. Qa4 Qd8 18. Qc6 Bd7 19.
Qd5 Be6 20. Qc6 Bd7 21. Qd5 Be6 22. Qc6 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excaliburs-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kogan, Greg"]
[Black "Joshi , B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. c3 a6 6. Bf1 Bc5 7. d3 Qf6 8. f4
d6 9. a4 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Bb4 (10... Qd4 {
idea Qf2# and it's not obvious how White gets castled} 11. Qc2 Bd7 $4 12. Nd5 {
covers e3 and threatens common Nxc7+ fork} (12. Ne2 $2 Qf2+) 12... Rc8 13. Be3)
(10... g5 $2 11. Nd5 (11. fxg5 $4 Qf2#)) (10... c6) 11. Bd2 c6 12. Be2 Ne7 13.
O-O Bc5+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Rc1 Ng6 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Nxc5 exf4 19.
Bxf4 Re8 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Ng3 Be6 22. Bg4 Qh4 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Bd2 Ne5 25. Nf5
Qd8 26. Bc3 Nxd3 27. Nxg7 Re1 $2 28. Bxe1 (28. Rxe1 Nxe1 (28... Nxc1 29. Qxc1)
29. Qxe1) 28... Nxc1 29. Qxc1 Kxg7 30. Bc3+ Kg8 31. Qh6 Qf8 32. Qf6 (32. Qg5+)
1-0

[Event "Kings-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goncharoff, Nik"]
[Black "Weitz, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "1532"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. O-O a6 8.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Re1 Be6 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. Nf4 Qb6 14. exd5
exd5 15. Ne6 Rf7 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 d4 18. Bg5 Raf8 19. Qe2 Qd6 20. Qe5 Kg8
21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Bh6 Rc8 23. Re6 Nd5 24. Rae1 Nc7 25. Re7 Rf5 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27.
Rd7 (27. Ree7) 27... Re5 28. Bg7+ Kg8 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rxe5 Nb5 31. Ree7 Na7
32. Rxb7 Nc6 33. Rxh7 Nd8 34. Rbg7+ Kf8 35. Rxg6 a5 36. Ra6 Kg8 37. Rha7 Nf7 (
37... Nc6 38. Ra8) 38. Ra8 Rf8 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Rxa5 Ke7 41. Rxc5 Kd6 42. Rh5
Ne5 43. Rxe5 Kxe5 44. Kf1 Kf4 45. Ke2 Ke5 46. a4 Kd5 47. h4 Kc5 48. h5 Kb4 49.
h6 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brotsos, Jim"]
[Black "Gryparis, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb4 8.
Rc1 Bxc3 9. Rxc3 Qxa2 10. Ra3 Qb1+ 11. Ke2 h6 12. Nf3 Qg6 13. Qb4 Qc2+ 14. Nd2
b6 15. g3 Na6 16. Qd6 Qxb2 17. Bg2 c5 18. Rha1 Rb8 19. Rxa6 Bxa6 20. Rxa6 ({
Less clear is} 20. Qxb8+ Ke7 21. Qxh8 Qxa1 22. Qxg7 Qxd4 23. Qf6+ Ke8) 20...
cxd4 $2 21. Qxb8+ Ke7 22. Qd6+ Kd8 23. Rxa7 d3+ 24. Kxd3 Qxe5 25. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Excalburs-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suerth, Frank"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Y."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "1503"]
[BlackElo "1373"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. c3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Qb8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Rab1 Qe8 14. Nh4 Bg4
15. Kh1 Be2 16. Rfc1 Bxf2 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. h3 d5 (18... Bxd3) 19. Rb2 (19. Qxc6
Qxc6 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21. Nxc6 Bxd3) 19... Bh5 20. Nf3 (20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Ne7+ Kg7
22. Nxc6) 20... dxe4 21. dxe4 Bb6 22. Rd2 (22. Qxc6) 22... Qe6 23. Rcd1 Qc4 24.
Qc2 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Molex-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reich, Thomas"]
[Black "Frank, Tegel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Nge2 Na6 10. a4 Nc7 11. O-O Re8 12. Rb1 b6 13. b3 Ba6 14. Re1 Ng4 15. f4
Rb8 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Qd2 Kh8 18. Bb2 f5 19. Bxg4 fxg4 20. Nc1 b5 21. axb5 Nxb5
22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. e5 Qf5 24. Ra1 a6 25. e6 Re7 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qc3+ Qf6 28.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rb1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dragons-Molex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marcowka, Bob"]
[Black "Fox, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1557"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. f4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxc7 Rd7 13. e5 Nfe4 14. Nd5
Ne6 15. Ba5 Rb8 16. Rd1 b6 17. Bb4 N4c5 18. O-O Bb7 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6
21. Rxd7 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Bxe5 23. Rfxf7 Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Rxb2 25. Bg4 Ng5 26. Rfe7
Kf8 27. h4 Rf2+ 28. Ke1 Nf7 29. Bf3 Ne5 30. Rxd4 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 cxd4 32. Rxa7
Rxf3 33. Ke2 Rh3 34. Rxh7 Kg8 35. Rd7 Rxh4 36. a4 Rh2+ 37. Kd3 Ra2 38. Ra7 g5
39. Kxd4 g4 40. Ra5 Kf7 41. Rg5 Rxa4 42. Rxg4 Ke6 43. Rg6+ Kd7 44. Kd5 Ra1 45.
Rg7+ Ke8 46. Kc5 Re1 47. Kb6 Re6+ 48. Kc7 Re5 49. Kd6 Re1 50. Rg5 Rd1+ 51. Kc6
Ke7 52. c5 Rf1 53. Rd5 Rf6+ 54. Kb7 Rf7 55. Rd6 Rg7 56. Rd3 Ke6+ 57. Kb6 Rg1
58. c6 Rb1+ 59. Kc7 Rc1 60. Kb7 Rb1+ 61. Kc8 Rc1 62. c7 Ke7 63. Rd7+ Ke8 64.
Rd6 Re1 65. Kb7 Rb1+ 66. Rb6 Rxb6+ 67. Kxb6 Kd7 68. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Molex-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hendrickson, Bill"]
[Black "Thomas, Jerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
[BlackElo "1597"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. g4 e5 10. Nde2 Be6 11. O-O-O Bf8 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nc3 Kb8 18. Bg2 g5 19. Qe3 Rc8 20. Rd2 Bg7 21. h3
Qc5 22. Re1 b5 23. Ne4 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Rc7 26. Bf1 Rhc8 27. Rf2 f6
28. Rb3 Rb7 29. Rff3 Rc5 30. Rfc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Kxc7 33. c4 Kb6
34. Kc2 Kc5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Kb3 b4 37. a4 bxa3 38. Kxa3 Bf8 39. Ka4 Be7 40.
Kb3 Bd8 41. Kc3 Be7 42. Kd2 Bd8 43. Ke3 Be7 44. Kf3 Bf8 45. Kg3 Be7 46. Be2 Bd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dragons-Molex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eustace, Dave"]
[Black "Zaderej, Vic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1513"]
[BlackElo "1335"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Be2 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Qg6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Re1 Bf5 15. Qb3 Nb6 16. a4 Be4 17. f3 Bc6 18. a5 Nd5 19. c4 Nf6 20. d5 Bd7 21.
Bd3 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxb7 Qc2 24. Qb4 Rab8 25. Qc3 Rb2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27.
Be3 Rxc4 28. Bxa7 Nxd5 29. Bf2 Nb4 30. Rec1 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Na6 32. Rc6 Ra8 33.
Bg3 f6 34. Kf2 Nb4 35. Rc4 Na6 36. Ke3 c5 37. Bd6 Re8+ 38. Kf2 Rc8 39. Bf4 Kf7
40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Re4+ Kd5 42. Kd3 g5 43. Be3 f5 44. Re7 f4 45. Bf2 c4+ 46. Kc3
Rc7 47. Rxc7 Nxc7 48. Bb6 Na6 49. Bd8 h6 50. Bf6 Kc5 51. Bg7 h5 52. Bh6 g4 53.
fxg4 hxg4 54. Bxf4 Kb5 55. h4 gxh3 56. gxh3 Nc5 57. h4 Ne6 58. Be5 Nf8 59. h5
Nh7 60. h6 Ng5 61. Bg7 Nh7 62. a6 Kxa6 63. Kxc4 Kb7 64. Kd5 Kc7 65. Ke6 Kd8 66.
Kf7 Ng5+ 67. Kg6 Ke8 68. Kxg5 Kf7 69. Kh5 Kg8 70. Bf6 Kh7 71. Kg5 Kg8 72. Kg6
1-0

[Event "Molex-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deichmann, Eric"]
[Black "Komoravolu, Krishna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1260"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. b4 d5 12. Re1 d4 13. Na4 Nd7 14. c4 a5 15. c5
axb4 16. axb4 Qb8 17. Bd2 Qb5 18. Nb2 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rb8 21. Rb1
Qb7 22. Nc4 Qc8 23. Rb3 Nxc5 24. Ra3 Nd7 25. Ra4 c5 26. Qa3 cxb4 27. Bxb4 c5
28. Bd2 Nb6 29. Nxb6 Rxb6 30. Ra7 Bd6 31. Qa5 Rb7 32. Ra6 Bf8 33. f4 Qxh3 34.
Rb6 Rxb6 35. Qxb6 Qg4+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Be1 Qxd3+ 38. Kg1 Qxe4 39. Bd2 Qg6+ 40.
Qxg6 fxg6 41. fxe5 Kf7 42. f4 Ke6 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Kf3 Be7 45. Ba5 g5 46. fxg5
Bxg5 47. Bc7 c4 48. Ke2 d3+ 49. Kd1 c3 50. Ba5 c2+ 51. Ke1 c1=Q+ 52. Kf2 d2 53.
Bxd2 Qxd2+ 54. Kg1 Be3+ 55. Kh1 Qf2 56. e6 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Dragons-Molex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Breyer, Andy"]
[Black "McGowan, Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1232"]
[BlackElo "1180"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 a6 {
Diagram # threat is b5-4,Nxe4} 7. a3 b5 8. Ba2 c5 {Diagram #} 9. Ng5 {
Two minor pieces are usually stronger than Rook in the middlegame, so the
threat to f7 is an illusion.} 9... e6 {
Really nothing wrong with this reply, however.} (9... cxd4 10. Qxd4 {Diagram #}
10... Bb7 {threatens Nxe4} ({Or, with tempo gain on Queen, maybe} 10... Nc6 {
idea of Ne5 and maybe on to c4})) ({Maybe White hoped for something like} 9...
Bb7 10. dxc5 dxc5 {Diagram #} 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxf7+) 10. d5 h6 (10... e5 {
starts Black into a very favorable King's Indian, who can plan Nh5 or Ne8 and
follow with -f5.}) 11. Nf3 b4 {Usually, don't open lines until pieces ready to
fill vacated space ! The offered Pawn trade opens d4 to White's pieces. But
Black is going after a win of a Pawn.} 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. O-O {
Diagram #} 14... Nc5 15. Qd2 {Queen is in the way here.} 15... a5 16. Re1 Bb7
17. c4 Qb6 18. Qe3 {Diagram #} 18... Nbd7 19. Ned4 a4 {
Diagram # idea of b3 to win another Pawn on d5.} 20. Bb1 exd5 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22.
Qxd3 dxc4 (22... Ba6 {idea of dxc}) 23. Qxc4 {Diagram #} 23... Bxf3 $1 {
A nice conception- Black forces open the long diagonal.} ({
A trappy move order is} 23... a3 24. bxa3 $2 (24. b3 {allows the same problem})
24... Bxf3 $1 25. gxf3 (25. Nxf3 Bxa1) 25... Bxd4 {
Diagram # Winning a piece while forking a1-Rook and f2} 26. Ra2 bxa3 {Diagram #
} {Black can absolutely crush if White allows one slip:} 27. Bxa3 $2 Rxa3 $1
28. Rxa3 Bxf2+ 29. Kg2 (29. Kf1 Bxe1 30. Kxe1 Re8+ {Diagram #} 31. Kd1 (31. Kd2
Qb2+ {wins Rook}) (31. Kf1 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qb2+ {wins Rook}) 31... Qb1+ 32. Qc1 {
Diagram # only way to save the Rook, but ..} 32... Re1+ $1 {
wins Queen and Rook !}) 29... Bxe1 {with a complete kill !}) 24. Nxf3 a3 {
the b-Pawn is pinned by Bishop !} 25. Ra2 b3 $1 {
Diagram # That's the way to force play !} 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. bxa3 b2 28. Bxb2
Qxb2 {Diagram # Black has won a piece, but the lack of threatening Pawns could
prove troublesome for a win.} 29. Nh4 (29. Qc6 {
wins the d-Pawn while defending a-Pawn}) 29... Ne5 (29... Qxa3 {
hopes to mobilize the d-passer, but...} 30. Nxg6 {
Diagram # was White's threat, but how about} 30... Nb6 {
forcing Queen off diagonal, putting Knight in jeopardy} 31. Ne7+ {
and the win is tough}) 30. Qb4 {White should keep Queens on when down material,
especially in an open position. She can make trouble in a hurry !} 30... Qxb4
31. axb4 Rb8 32. Rb1 Rb5 {Diagram # White hasn't provided for his Knight.} 33.
Nf3 (33. f4 {to keep Pawns intact, but} 33... Nd3 {wins at least a Pawn}) 33...
Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Bc3 {Diagram # Mopping up to produce a sparkling, clean win!}
35. Kg2 Rxb4 36. Rd1 Be5 {
Diagram # White has nothing to threaten, let alone win.} 37. Rd3 Rb8 38. h4 f6
39. Kh3 Kf7 {Diagram #} 40. f4 Bxf4 41. Rd5 Ke6 42. Rd4 Be5 (42... Ke5) 43. Ra4
{Diagram #} 43... g5 (43... d5) 44. Ra2 d5 45. f3 d4 46. Rd2 Rd8 47. Rd3 {
Diagram #} 47... Kd5 {Yup! King comes to help on the light squares and Rook
behind passer. Nice technique !} 48. Kg4 Kc4 49. Ra3 d3 50. Kh5 gxh4 51. Kxh4
d2 0-1

[Event "Tyros-St Charles CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stein, Pete"]
[Black "Marshall, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Qd2
c4 9. Be2 b5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 f6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bh4 Bb7 15.
a4 a6 16. O-O Bd5 17. Ra3 Rfb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rfa1 Rxa3 20. Rxa3 Kf7 21. Qb4
Bf8 22. Qc5 e6 23. Qa7 Rb7 24. Qa8 Bxa3 25. bxa3 Kg7 26. Qa5 Bc6 27. Qb4 Qe7
28. Be1 Qxb4 29. Bxb4 Bd5 30. c3 h6 31. Kf2 Rb8 32. Bd6 Rg8 33. Bg4 Kf7 34. Bh3
Ke8 35. g3 Kd7 36. Bc5 b4 37. Bxb4 Kc6 38. Bf1 g5 39. Be2 h5 40. Bxh5 Rh8 41.
g4 gxf4 42. exf4 Kb5 43. Be7 f5 44. h3 Rh7 45. Bb4 Ka4 46. Ke3 Kb3 47. Kd2 Bc6
48. Ke3 Kc2 49. Ke2 Ba4 50. Bg6 Rxh3 51. gxf5 Kc1 52. fxe6 Bd1+ 53. Kf2 e3+ 54.
Kg2 Rh8 0-1

[Event "St Charles CC-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Splinter, Joe"]
[Black "Diaz, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Qc7 3. Bc4 Qxf4 4. d3 Qc7 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qe1
Bd6 9. Qh4 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rae1 d6 12. Qg3 Bd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Qg7 O-O-O 16. Qxf7 Rdf8 17. Qh5 Na5 18. Bb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bc6 20. Ne4 Bxe4
21. Rxe4 Bd6 22. Qh6 Rhg8 23. Qh3 Qe7 24. Rh4 Rg7 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nc4 Bc7 27.
Rh6 Rfg8 28. g3 b5 29. Nd2 e4 30. dxe4 Bxg3 31. Kh1 Bf2 32. Nf3 Bd4 (32... fxe4
33. Rxf2 exf3 34. Rxe6 Qd7) 33. Rxe6 Qd7 {
White somehow got Qc6+ and then Qxd7+ in.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tyros-St Charles CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoltz, Bob"]
[Black "Wiewel, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2040"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nc6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. b3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. c5
dxc5 16. Be2 Qe7 17. Ra1 Rad8 18. Qe1 f5 19. f3 f4 20. Bf2 Rd7 21. Na4 Nxa4 22.
bxa4 Rb8 23. a5 Bf8 24. Qc3 Kh8 25. Bc4 Rdb7 26. Be1 Rb2 27. Rf2 Qb7 28. Qxb2
Qxb2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Bc3 Rb8 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Rc1 Bd6 34. Kf2 Nb5
35. Bd2 Na3 36. Bb3 c4 37. Bxc4 Rb7 38. Ke1 Nb1 0-1

[Event "St Charles CC-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freidel, Paul"]
[Black "Buchner, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Qc2 d5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8.
e3 b6 {Diagram #} 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 10. e4) 10. Rc1 c6 {
Diagram # White already has pressure and targets c6.} 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O (12.
Ne5 {stops Nbd7, but allows} 12... c5 {since the d-Pawn must defend the Knight.
}) 12... Nbd7 13. b4 a5 {Diagram #} 14. Rb1 b5 15. a4 $1 {
Diagram # Opening b-file against b7-Bishop or b5-Pawn.} 15... Rfc8 16. bxa5
Rxa5 17. axb5 cxb5 {Diagram #} 18. Qb2 Bc6 19. Rfc1 Qd6 20. Bxb5 {Diagram #}
20... Rb8 ({A big blunder would be} 20... Rxb5 $2 21. Qxb5 $1 {
The hanging c8-Rook allows White plenty of material for Queen.} 21... Bxb5 22.
Rxc8+ {Diagram #} 22... Nf8 23. Rxb5 {
the threat of Rbb8 (or Ra5-a8) will win at least a piece.}) 21. Rxc6 {
winning a piece !} 21... Qf8 ({Nothing is gained by} 21... Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rxb2
23. Rxb2) ({Worse yet is} 21... Raxb5 22. Qxb5 $1 Rxb5 23. Rxd6) 22. Qc2 Raxb5
23. Rxb5 Rxb5 {Diagram #} 24. Rc8 Ne8 25. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Tyros-St Charles CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Brian"]
[Black "Freidel, Jesse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nc6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be2 Be4
15. Rf1 Qd6 16. a3 Nc2 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Nc4 Qd5 21. Ne5
(21. Rxc2 $2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 b5) 21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd2
Rc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Qc3 Rd8 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 h6 30. Rxa7
Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rb8 Ra2 35. Rxb6 Rxa3 36. Bb7
Ra4 37. h3 h5 38. Bc6 Rc4 39. Be8 Rc8 40. Bc6 Rc7 41. Be8 Kh6 42. Rb8 Kg5 43.
Rb5+ f5 44. Bxg6 Kxg6 45. Rb6 Kf6 46. g4 hxg4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Rc1 49.
Kf3 Rc3 50. Rb4 g5 51. Ra4 Kf5 52. Ra8 g4+ 53. Kf2 Rc2+ 54. Kg3 Re2 55. Rf8+
Ke5 56. Kxg4 Rxe3 57. Re8 Rd3 58. Kg5 Rg3+ 59. Kh4 Rg7 60. Kh3 Kd5 61. Rd8+ Ke4
62. Re8 e5 63. Kh2 Kf4 64. Rf8+ Ke3 65. Re8 e4 66. Kh3 Kf3 67. Rf8+ Ke2 68. Re8
e3 69. Kh2 Kf2 70. Rf8+ Ke1 71. Re8 e2 72. Kh3 Rf7 73. Ra8 Kf1 0-1

[Event "St Charles CC-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stinson, Trevor"]
[Black "Hahne, Dave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "1576"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nbd7 9. h3 Bd6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14.
Qd3 Kb8 15. Qc3 Nd5 16. Qb3 h6 17. c3 Nf4 18. g3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Rhe1 Nd5
21. Qc2 Rhe8 22. Be3 Rh8 23. Nd2 Ka8 24. Ne4 Nb6 25. Qe2 Be7 26. Qf3 Rhf8 27.
Bf4 Qd7 28. Nc5 Qd5 29. Qg4 Qxa2 30. Nd3 Bf6 31. Be5 Nc4 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qf4
Rd5 34. Re2 Rb5 35. Nb4 Qa1+ 36. Kc2 Qxb2+ 37. Kd3 Qb3 38. Qc1 Rxb4 39. Ke4
Nd6+ 40. Kf3 Qd5+ 41. Ke3 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 Qf5+ 43. Re4 Qf3+ 44. Re3 Qf5+ 45. Ke2
Nxe3 46. Qxe3 Rb2+ 47. Kf1 h5 48. h4 Rg8 49. Kg2 Qg4 50. Re1 f5 51. Kf1 Qh3+
52. Kg1 Qg4 53. Rf1 Qxh4 54. Kg2 f4 0-1

[Event "Northrop-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cairone, Bob"]
[Black "Siwek, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Qc7
8. Be3 e6 9. Qd3 Nd7 10. Rc1 O-O-O 11. Qb3 Bd6 12. h3 Bh5 13. c4 Rhg8 14. Nh4
Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Bf4 16. g3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 c5 18. Nf3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kemper-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leong, Gee"]
[Black "Walker, Arnie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1994"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Be6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Rb1 Rd8 13. Qa4 b5 14. Qb3 Kf7
15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. Rb2 Rb8 19. Rfb1 Rb6 20. c4 Ne7 21.
Ba5 Ra6 22. Bxc7 Rxa4 23. Bxe5 Ra5 24. d4 Bb6 25. c5 Bd8 26. Rb8 Re8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Bc7 Rxd4 29. Bxa5 Rc4 30. Bb4 a5 31. Bxa5 Rxc5 32. Bd2 Rc2 33. Be3
Rxe2 34. Bf3 Ra2 35. Rb7 Ra6 36. Bc5 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Kemper-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes, Norm"]
[Black "Gardner, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1305"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O e5 6. Nbd2 Bf5 7. Nh4 g6 8. e4
Bg4 9. Qe1 d4 10. a3 b5 11. h3 Bh5 12. f4 Be7 13. Nb1 b4 14. Qf2 Rf8 15. f5 a5
16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. g4 gxf5 19. gxh5 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Rg8+ 21. Kh1 Qe6
22. Qf5 (22. Qf3) 22... Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Ra6 24. Nd2 Ne7 25. Rg1 Rxg1+ 26. Rxg1
Rf6 27. Rf1 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Rxf5 29. Bxf5 Nf6 30. Nc4 bxa3 31. bxa3 Nxh5 32. Bxh7
f6 33. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Northrop-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elek, Gabor"]
[Black "Wang, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1105"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Bg5 Bxf2+
8. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 9. Bxe4 Qxg5 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Qf5 Qxf5+ 12. Bxf5 d5 13. Bxc8 Raxc8
14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Nc3 d4 17. Ne2 c5 18. b3 a5 19. a4 f5 20. Nf4
g5 21. Nd3 Re3 22. Nxc5 Rc3 23. Nd3 Rxc2+ 24. Kf1 Rc3 25. Nb2 Rxb3 26. Nc4 Rc3
27. Nxa5 d3 28. Ke1 Rc2 29. Rd1 Ra2 30. Rxd3 Rxa4 31. Nc6 Ra1+ 32. Rd1 Rxd1+
33. Kxd1 Kf7 34. Kd2 Ke6 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. Nd4 f4+ 37. Kd3 c5 38. Ne2 c4+ 39. Kc3
Ke4 40. Ng1 g4 41. Kxc4 Ke3 42. Kc3 Kf2 43. Nf3 gxf3 44. gxf3 Kxf3 45. Kd2 Kg2
46. h4 f3 47. Kd3 f2 48. h5 f1=Q+ 49. Ke3 Qf5 50. Kd4 Qe6 51. Kc5 Qd7 52. Kc4
Qd6 53. Kc3 Qd5 54. Kb4 Kf3 55. Kc3 Ke4 56. Kb4 Qc6 57. Kb3 Kd4 58. Kb4 Qb6+
59. Ka4 Kc4 60. Ka3 Qb3# 0-1

[Event "Kemper-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olson, Art"]
[Black "Lane, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. d5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4 b6 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8.
Bb5 Bxb5 9. Qxb5+ Qd7 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. f3 g6 14. Bg5
Bg7 15. Bd2 Re7 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd4 Nh5 18. Nc6 Ree8 19. c3 a5 20. Rab1 g5 21.
Bxg5 f6 22. Bd2 f5 23. Rbe1 Ref8 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. g4 Rxd5 26. Re7+ Kxc6 27.
gxh5 Rxd2 28. Rxg7 Rxb2 29. Rg2 Rb5 30. f4 Rxh5 31. f5 Kd7 32. Rg7+ Ke8 33.
Rxc7 Rg5+ 34. Kh1 Kd8 35. Ra7 {Black flagged} 1-0

[Event "CompAssoc-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Denmark, Tony"]
[Black "Jakstas, Kaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. h3 e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. c4 Qd8 10. b3 Bf5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Qc2 Rad8 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Qb1 Bxd3 15.
Bxd3 Nxd3 16. Qc2 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 a6 18. Rfe1 Bd6 19. Re3 Rfe8 20. Rae1 h6 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 f5 23. R4e3 e4 24. Nd2 Be5 25. Qc2 Bd4 26. R3e2 e3 27. fxe3
Rxe3 {White resigned in a few moves} 0-1

[Event "Pawns-CompAssoc"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Black "Vail, Matt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1403"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. h3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 h6 7. g3 Be6 8. Bg2
Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. O-O Qd7 11. Kh2 h5 12. f3 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Rdg8 14. Be3 Bxh3
15. Bxd4 (15. Bxh3 Ng4+ 16. fxg4 hxg4 17. Kg2 Rxh3 (17... gxh3+ 18. Kh2) 18.
Rh1) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 exd4 17. Nb5 c6 18. Nxd4 g5 19. Nf5 g4 20. f4 Re8 21.
Ne3 Re6 22. Nd1 d5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. f5 Re5 25. d4 Re7 26. Qd3 Nc7 27. Nc3 Rhe8
28. Rae1 f6 29. a3 Qd6 30. Re2 Rh7 31. Rh1 Reh8 32. e5 Qd8 33. e6 Re8 34. Re4
Nd5 35. Nxd5 Qxd5 36. Rf1 Kc7 37. Rff4 Kd6 38. Qe3 Ke7 39. Kf2 b6 40. Qc3 Rc8
41. b3 Rhh8 42. Qc4 Rhd8 43. Qxd5 Rxd5 44. Re3 c5 45. Rc3 Rc6 46. Ke2 Rcd6 47.
b4 Rc6 48. dxc5 bxc5 49. b5 Rcd6 50. a4 Re5+ 51. Re3 Red5 52. Kf2 Rd4 53. Rxd4
Rxd4 54. a5 Rd5 55. b6 Rxf5+ 56. Ke2 axb6 57. a6 c4 58. Ra3 Re5+ 59. Kd1 Rd5+
60. Kc1 Rd8 61. a7 Ra8 62. Ra6 h4 63. gxh4 g3 64. Ra3 g2 65. Rg3 Rxa7 66. Rxg2
Ra1+ 67. Kb2 Rh1 68. Rg4 b5 69. Kc3 f5 70. Rg6 Rxh4 71. Kb4 Re4 72. Kxb5 Rxe6
73. Rg7+ Kf6 74. Rc7 Re4 75. Kb4 Kg5 76. Rg7+ Kf4 77. Rf7 Ke5 78. Re7+ Kd4 79.
Rd7+ Ke3 80. Kc3 f4 0-1

[Event "CompAssoc-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byrne, Mike"]
[Black "Franek, Marty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[BlackElo "1708"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd7 Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Qxd7 13. f4 Qc6 14. Rab1 b5
15. a3 Rfc8 16. f5 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bd4 Ng3 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rfe1 Nf5 21. Qd3
Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rbc1 Rac8 25. Rcd1 e6 26. Rd3 d4 27. Ne4
Rxe5 28. Rxd4 f5 29. Re3 fxe4 30. Rdxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kg1
Rxb2 34. Rxe6 Kf7 35. Ra6 Bd4+ 36. Kf1 Bb6 37. g3 Rb3 38. Kg2 Rc3 39. Kf1 Rc4
40. Kg2 Ra4 41. Rxa4 bxa4 42. Kf3 Bc5 43. Ke2 Bxa3 44. Kd3 Bb2 45. Kc2 a3 46.
g4 g5 47. Kb3 Ke6 48. Kc2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Pawns-CompAssoc"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fabijonas"]
[Black "Neumann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. d3 h6 6. O-O {Diagram #} 6... Bxc3
7. bxc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 {Diagram #} 9. Bxd5 ({
White can cause trouble while developing:} 9. Ba3 $1 {
stopping Black from castling !} 9... Nxc3 $2 10. Qd2 (10. Qe1 {
might even be stronger}) 10... Nd5 11. Rfe1 {Diagram # idea of Nxe5 or d4! The
Bishop pair are absolutely primely placed here !!} 11... f6 $2 {
Only further (and permanently) weakens the Black King.} (11... Nde7 12. Nxe5
O-O $2 {Diagram #} 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 ({Even worse is} 13... bxc6 14. Bxe7) 14. Bxf8
) (11... Nce7 12. Rxe5 {Diagram #} 12... c6 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Rxe7+ Kf8 15.
Rd7+ {wins Queen}) 12. d4 Be6 {the Bishop is undefended !} 13. dxe5) 9... Qxd5
10. Ba3 Bg4 {Diagram #} 11. c4 Bxf3 12. cxd5 Bxd1 13. dxc6 Bxc2 {Diagram #} 14.
cxb7 Rb8 {Diagram # If Black got this far, he might have judged he wins a Pawn,
but an uncastled King is worth at least a Pawn as White now ably demonstrates
!} 15. Rfc1 Bxd3 16. Rxc7 Be4 {Diagram #} 17. Re7+ ({Better is} 17. Re1 $1 Bxb7
(17... Rxb7 $2 18. Rc8+ {wins the h8-Rook}) 18. Rxe5+ Kd8 19. Ree7 {Diagram #})
17... Kf8 18. Rxe5+ Kg8 19. Rxe4 Rxb7 {Diagram #} 20. Bc5 {Moving to loose
square allows Black gain of tempo, but of course White only needs to assure he
doesn't allow mate.} (20. h4) 20... Kh7 21. a3 Rc8 22. Bb4 f5 23. Re7 Rxe7 24.
Bxe7 a5 25. g3 {Diagram # Now Black has no threats.} 25... g5 26. Rd1 g4 27.
Rd7 Kg6 28. Rd6+ Kf7 {Diagram # White soon won} 1-0

[Event "Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "O'Dell, David"]
[Black "Abdallah, Dean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1458"]
[BlackElo "1466"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nf3 h6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 e6 7. Be2 Qe7 8. b4
O-O-O 9. O-O g5 10. g3 g4 11. Nh4 h5 12. d5 Ne5 13. e4 Nh7 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Nb5
a6 16. Nd4 Bf6 17. Ng2 Ng5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. f3 gxf3 20. Nxf3 Ng4 21. Nxg5 Qxg5
22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. Rxf7 exd5 25. exd5 b5 26. d6 Bxg2 27. dxc7 Rde8
28. Kxg2 Re2+ 29. Rf2 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 Rf3 32. cxb5 Rxg3+ 33. Kf2
Rxa3 34. b6 Rc3 35. Re1 Kb7 36. Re8 d5 37. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Case-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Williams, Kent"]
[Black "Jakstas, Kaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. a4 Nc6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. e5
dxc3 9. exf6 cxd2+ 10. Bxd2 gxf6 11. Bc3 Be7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qg4 d5 14. Qg7 Rf8
15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxf6 Qd8 18. Qe5 Qa5+ 19. c3 O-O-O 20. O-O Rg8
21. Rd4 Qc7 22. Qf6 Bc6 23. f4 Rg6 24. Qh4 Rdg8 25. Rf2 e5 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27.
Qh3+ Bd7 28. Qd3 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Rxg2+ 30. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bh3+ 32. Kxh3 Qxf1+
33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kh3 Qe3+ 35. Kg4 Qe2+ 36. Kf5 Qxb2 37. Bxd5 Qxh2 38. Bxf7 Qf2+
39. Rf4 Qc5+ 40. Kg4 Qg1+ 41. Kf5 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Rf3 Qc5+ 44. Kf6 Qc6+
45. Be6+ Kc7 46. Rh3 Kd6 47. Rd3+ Kc7 48. Rh3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pawns-Case"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Black "Fraats, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qb3 e5 {Diagram # This is basically
a Leningrad Dutch, without White playing d4. The d-Pawn can help in the normal
battle for the e4 square.} 6. e4 d6 7. d3 Na6 8. Nge2 {Diagram # White has
transposed to a Botvinnik English, but Black's Kingside Pawns are already
poised to battle White's normal plan of attack there. Black now gets excellent
posts for his Knights.} 8... Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. O-O Bg7 11. Be3 Be6 {Diagram #}
12. b3 ({Eliminating the strong Knight and doubling Pawns with} 12. Bxc5 dxc5 {
is the wrong idea as White's d3 weakness is exposed and the Bishop was the
main attacker.}) 12... O-O 13. Rad1 {Diagram #} 13... Ncd7 ({
As Black's next is Ng4, apparently he didn't like Bxc5.} 13... Ng4 14. Bxc5
dxc5 {Diagram # Black has locked d4, exposed the entire d-file as a weakness
and right now the f-Pawn can't move due to a fork on e3.} 15. h3 Nh6 {
And next Qc8 would really start Black focusing on the White King (fxe and Bxh3
being the immediate threat).} 16. exf5 Nxf5 {
heading for d4 while returning to watch e3}) 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bc1 {Diagram #}
15... Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 {Diagram # Black has won an exchange,
but can his Queen return safely? In addition, the lack of open files favors
the extra minor over a Rook.} 18. Ba3 $5 Nc5 $2 {cutting off the Queen's escape
} (18... Qa7 19. Bxd6 {is obviously better}) 19. Rf1 {Diagram #} 19... Qxf1+ ({
About the same is} 19... Qe3 20. Rf3 (20. Bc1 $2 Qxd3)) 20. Bxf1 fxe4 21. Nxe4
exf4 {Diagram #} 22. gxf4 (22. Nxf4 {is risky, as f1-Bishop hangs} 22... Nxe4
23. Nxe6 $2 (23. dxe4) 23... Rxf1+) 22... Nxe4 23. dxe4 Be5 {
Diagram # only cute, no real threat} 24. Qc1 Bg7 25. Bxd6 Bg4 26. Qe3 {
Diagram # White only has to be careful to secure the full point.} 26... Rad8
27. c5 (27. Bxf8 {looks possible.} 27... Rd1 {Diagram #} 28. Kg2 ({or even} 28.
Bxg7 Rxf1+ 29. Kg2 Re1 30. Kf2) 28... Re1 $2 29. Kf2) 27... b6 28. e5 bxc5 29.
Bg2 Be6 30. Bxc6 c4 31. Nd4 cxb3 32. axb3 {Diagram # Black flagged} 1-0

[Event "Case-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paraoan, Erman"]
[Black "Franek, Marty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1708"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 Bc5 5. h3 O-O 6. c3 a6 7. Be2 d5 8. Qc2
dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. Nf1 Qe7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. O-O Ne8 13. Bd2 Nd6 14. Qc1 f5 15.
exf5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Rf6 19. Bc4+ Be6 20. Qg5+ Qg7
21. Bxe6+ Rxe6 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rad1 Rd6 24. Ng5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bd6 26. Ne4
Rd8 27. a3 Kf7 28. b4 Ke8 29. a4 b6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Na5 32. g4 Nc4 33. Rb1
Ra8 34. h4 Ra2 35. g5 Nd2 36. Nxd2 Rxd2 37. Re1 Kf7 38. h5 Rd5 39. Re3 e4 40.
g6+ Kg7 41. Rh3 Kh6 42. c4 Rf5 43. Kg2 Be5 44. Rh4 Rxh5 45. Rxe4 Kxg6 46. f4
Bd6 47. Kg3 Kf5 48. Rd4 Ke6 49. Kg4 Rh1 50. Re4+ Kf6 51. Rd4 Rf1 (51... Rg1+)
52. Re4 Rg1+ 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Kg4 Rg1+ 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Rd4 Rf1+ 57. Kg3 Bxf4+
58. Kg2 Rg1+ 59. Kf3 Rg3+ 60. Ke2 Re3+ 61. Kf2 Re4 62. Rd5+ Ke6 63. Rh5 Rxc4
64. Kf3 Bd6 65. Ke2 Rc5 66. Rh6+ Kd5 67. Kd3 Rxb5 68. Rh5+ Kc6 69. Rxb5 Kxb5
0-1

[Event "Pawns-Case"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fabijonas"]
[Black "Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Rb1 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2
a6 9. a3 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. c4 e6 14. Bf3 Bb7 15.
Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxe6 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 fxe6 19. Qe4 e5 20. cxb5 axb5 21.
Qb7+ Rf7 22. Qxb5 Rb8 23. Qc4 Rbb7 24. h3 Rb6 25. a4 Rb4 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. a5
Qxa5 28. f4 Qc7 29. Rbe1 Rfxf4 {Black won in eight more moves} 0-1

[Event "Pawns-Case"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikulecky, Rob"]
[Black "Dyczkowski"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1433"]
[BlackElo "1376"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. e3 {
Diagram # White has a promising position and the Bishop pair.} 10... d6 11. Be2
Be6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O {Diagram # This has gone too smoothly for White, had
to check the books to see what was wrong ! All according to the book, and
apparently the recommended moves !} 13... a5 ({
Black is recommended to stop White's reply with} 13... b6 {
but before Black has played Be6, so Bb7 is possible with attacking threats !})
14. c5 Rfd8 15. Qc3 Ng6 {Diagram #} 16. Bg3 (16. cxd6 $1 cxd6 (16... Nxf4 $2
17. dxe7 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 Nxc3 {Diagram #} 19. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 20. Rxc3 {Diagram #})
17. Bg3 Rdc8 (17... Rac8 18. Qxa5) 18. Qd2 {Diagram # weaknesses at d6 and a5.}
) 16... d5 {Diagram #} 17. Qd4 (17. Rfd1) (17. c6 {Makes c7-Pawn a permanent
weakness and isolates the d-Pawn, but the downside is it closes the position
for the Bishops.}) 17... f6 18. Bd3 Bf7 19. Rfe1 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc6 {
Diagram # Black has made progress since last diagram, only four moves back.}
21. Qc3 d4 22. exd4 Rxd4 $2 {
Diagram # Leading with a major piece is asking for trouble !} (22... Nxd4 {
questions the Bishop and heads for b3} 23. Bf1 {
questions the Queen, who is busy defending the c-Pawn} ({
If White wants, he can win a Pawn by giving up the Bishop pair:} 23. Bf3 Nxf3+
24. Qxf3 {Diagram #} 24... Qd7 25. Qxb7 Rab8 26. Qa6 Rxb2 27. Qxa5) 23... Qd7
24. Rcd1 {Diagram # and Bxc7 is a possibility} 24... Rac8 25. Qxa5 (25. Re4 $2
{"pin and win", right ?} 25... Nf3+ $1 {wins the exchange} ({Not} 25... Ne2+
26. Bxe2 {Diagram #} 26... Qxd1+ $4 27. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Re1))) 23. Bf3 {
Another demonstration of the Bishop pair ! Immediate threat is the simple Bxc6,
Qxd4.} 23... Qd7 (23... Rad8 $2 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Qxa5) ({
Apparently Black must retreat.} 23... Rdd8) 24. h3 (24. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 25. Bxc7
$5 {Diagram #} 25... Rd3 26. Qc2 Bb3 27. Qe2 {Diagram # idea of Bd6, but the
opposite Bishops could make for some interesting attacks for both sides. Black
places his on d5 and White on d6 or c3.}) 24... Rd3 {Diagram #} 25. Rcd1 $1
Rxd1 ({Definitely worse is} 25... Rxc3 26. Rxd7 Rxc5 27. Rxc7 {
Diagram # with threats to b7 and Bxc6,Ree7 crushing along the 7th.}) 26. Rxd1
Qe7 27. Re1 Qd7 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Bxc6 bxc6 {Diagram #} 30. Rd4 a4 31. Rb4 Bb3
32. Rb7 Rc8 33. Qa5 {Diagram # White must not trade Rooks and Queens, reaching
an opposite colored Bishop ending. He does threaten, however, Bxc7,Bd6,Qa7.}
33... Qe2 {Black flagged} {White has the better chances anyhow:} 34. Rxc7 Rxc7
35. Qxc7 Qxb2 36. Qxc6 {Diagram #} 36... Kf7 (36... Bf7 $4 37. Qc8+ Be8 38.
Qxe8#) (36... Qxa3 $4 37. Qe8#) (36... h6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. c6 Bc4 39. c7 {
Diagram #} 39... Ba6 40. Qxa4) (36... Kf8 37. Qa8+ Kf7 38. c6 {Diagram #} 38...
Bd5 (38... Be6 39. Qxa4) 39. Qa7+ Kg6 40. c7 Be6 41. Qxa4 {
idea of Qe8+-xe6+,c8Q+,Qa6}) 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. c6 {queening first} 38... Qxa3
39. c7 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 a3 41. c8=Q {threatening mate, so} 41... Qxc8 42. Qxc8 a2
43. Qa6 {and at worst White can place Q or B at a1 until King is available.}
1-0

[Event "UOP-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boldingh, Ed"]
[Black "Siwek, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Bd3 Bc5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Bg1 Nde5 13. h3 Nxd3+ 14.
cxd3 Ne5 15. N2b3 Bb6 16. Nf3 Bxg1 17. Nxg1 Re8 18. Nf3 b6 19. d4 Ng6 20. Rhe1
Nf4 21. Rd2 Ba6 22. Kc2 Rad8 23. g3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UOP-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Micklich, Frank"]
[Black "Easton, Rich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 {Diagram #} 5. Nc3 ({NCO recommends Black
to play 4..h5 instead of the game move. Here, White gains with an immediate} 5.
g4 Bd7 {is forced.} (5... Bh7 {allows} 6. e6 $1 {as, apparently} 6... fxe6 7.
g5 {Diagram # really makes it tough for Black to unwind his Kingside.})) 5...
e6 {Using the tempo given, Black gets out of the immediate bind.} 6. g4 Bh7 {
Diagram #} 7. Bd3 ({My favorite was} 7. Nge2 {
with idea of Ng3,f4-5 but Black can counterattack with} 7... f6) 7... Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. Be3 {Diagram #} 10... O-O-O (10... Qxb2 $5 11. Rb1 Qa3
12. Rxb7 Nb6 {Diagram # idea of Ne7 and 0-0-0 wins the exchange.} 13. Rc7 $2
Ne7 {idea of Kd8-c8}) 11. O-O {Diagram #} 11... c5 $6 {Even though this is the
normal Caro-Kann theme, with opposite-side castling the race is usually who
can first open his opponent's King position. Then there's the simple problem
of freeing the opponent's Bishop to molest a friendly Queen. So maybe} (11...
f6 $6 {and -h5 to get something going against White's side.} 12. Qg6 {
Black's under-development becomes a problem} 12... Qxb2 $6 13. Ne2 (13. Na4 $1
Qa3 14. Nc5 {Diagram #} 14... Bxc5 (14... Nxc5 15. dxc5 {
and how does Black protect f7 and e6 ?}) 15. dxc5 Nxe5 $2 16. Nxe5 (16. Qxg7
Rd7) 16... fxe5) 13... fxe5 14. Rfb1) ({All the preceding suggests} 11... Ne7 {
with idea of -f6,h5}) 12. a3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Na4 $1 {
Diagram # another downside to Black's plan begun with his 11th move.} 14... Qc7
15. c3 {Nicely done! White keeps Black busy.} 15... b6 {
another King position weakening.} ({Black can survive with} 15... Bxd4 16. cxd4
Kb8 17. Rfc1 Qa5 18. b3 Ne7 {
Diagram # and Rc8 next, but all the trades don't promise winning chances.}) 16.
b4 Be7 17. Rfc1 {Diagram # Trouble is brewing.} 17... Qc4 18. Qe3 (18. Qd1 {
with idea of Nb2 and c4 keep the White initiative.}) 18... Qb3 19. Nxb6+ axb6
20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Qxb6 {Diagram # Regardless whether it was planned or not,
White has some interesting compensation for his piece. His real problem is
that he only has one other piece (the Knight) that can threaten anything! But
will the connected passers cause threats ?} 21... Qc4 22. Nd4 Bxh4 $2 {
Diagram #} ({
Looks like Black has to trade Queens and set a blockade of the passers.} 22...
Qc7 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. c4 dxc4 (24... Bxh4 25. c5 {is really asking for it.})
25. Rxc4+ Kb7 26. Nc6 {Diagram #} 26... Rc8 (26... Rd5 $2 27. a4 Bxh4 28. a5
Ne7 29. a6+ Kb6 30. a7) 27. b5 Bxh4 28. a4 Ne7 {Diagram # Not an exhaustive
study, but a trace of how Black can make trouble while passers get going.} 29.
Nxe7 $2 Rxc4) 23. b5 (23. Nc6 $1 {Diagram # The threat of Qb8+ and Nxd8 put
Black in a major dilemma. Apparently Black is forced to give up the exchange,
but the White's passers really do count.} {The only other try appears to be}
23... Ne7 (23... Rd7 $4 24. Qb8#) (23... Re8 $4 24. Qb8+ Kd7 25. Qb7#) (23...
Rf8 $4 24. Qb8+ Kd7 25. Qb7+ Ke8 26. Qc8+ {Diagram #} 26... Bd8 27. Qxd8#) (
23... Bxf2+ $2 {trying to expose the King and give perpetual} 24. Kxf2 Qf4+ {
Diagram #} 25. Ke1 $1 {
White wants to sneak King to b2 and then his Q/N threats win.} (25. Ke2 Qxg4+ {
assuring the King can't reach c2 to get to b3.} 26. Kd2 {Diagram #} ({
Same result with} 26. Kd3 Qf5+ 27. Kd2 Qg5+ 28. Kc2) 26... Qg2+ 27. Kd1 $18)
25... Qg3+ (25... Qe4+ 26. Kd2 Qg2+ 27. Kd1 $18) 26. Kd2 {Diagram #} 26... Qg2+
27. Kd1 $18) 24. Qb8+ Kd7 25. Qb7+ Ke8 26. Nxd8 Kxd8 {Diagram # White has to
figure defense of Pg4,Pf2 and King with the advancing of his passers. But will
Black's Rook ever make a threat ?} 27. a4 Qxg4+) 23... Ne7 24. Rab1 Qc7 {
Diagram #} 25. Qa6+ Qb7 26. Qa5 Kd7 27. Qb4 {Diagram #} 27... Rc8 (27... Nc8 {
idea Nb6- c4 is stopped by} 28. b6 Ne7 {Diagram #} 29. Nb3 $1 {
after Nc5, the connected passers roll} (29. a4 Ra8 {to blockade at a6})) 28.
Qd6+ Ke8 29. a4 {Diagram #} 29... Qc7 (29... Rc4 30. a5 Nc8 {
Diagram # setting Knight where it can sacrifice for one of the Pawns.} 31. Qa3
Be7 {and Black is prepared to blockade whichever passer moves first.}) 30. b6
Qb7 31. a5 {Diagram #} 31... Rc4 {too late !} (31... Ra8 {idea of Ra6 or Nc8})
32. a6 Qxa6 33. b7 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qa2+ {Diagram #} 35. Kf1 Nc6 36. b8=Q+ {
The backrank is weak so White wins Black's Rook.} 1-0

[Event "Kemper-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, Charles"]
[Black "Van Zile, Charlie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1328"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 e5 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Bxf7+ Kd7 10. Qxe5 c6 11. Qe6+ Kc7 12. Bf4+ Kb6 13. Qb3+ Ka5 14.
Qa3+ Kb5 15. Rb1# 1-0

[Event "UOP-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schoonover, Mike"]
[Black "Mossbridge, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. d4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. Be3 exd4 5. Bxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6
8. Nge2 Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Nd4 Nxh2 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nxe4 Be5 14.
Nc5 O-O 15. Nxb7 Qc8 16. Nc5 Ng4 17. c3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Bf6 19. Qf3 Rb8 20. b3
Bg4 21. Qg3 Rb6 22. Ne4 Bd8 23. f3 Bh5 24. Ng5 Rg6 25. Rae1 Rxg5 26. Qf4 c5 27.
Nb5 $2 (27. Re8 $1 h6 (27... cxd4 $4 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qd6+ Kg8 (29... Be7 30.
Qxe7+ Kg8 31. Qe8+ (31. Qxg5 $143) 31... Qxe8 32. Rxe8#) 30. Re8#) 28. Rxf8+
Kxf8 29. Ne6+) 27... Rf5 28. Nxa7 Qd7 (28... Rxf4 29. Nxc8) 29. Rd1 Qxd1+ 30.
Kh2 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Excaliburs-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Friske, Tom"]
[Black "Carione, Bob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O {Diagram #} 6. Nf3 ({
I've also played} 6. Qc2 {to cover e4, avoid the Lasker Variation (-Ne4), and
wait for developments, but then it seems Black always gains a tempo with an
eventual -Rc8. The Queen may be released Kingside if she can sit and patiently
wait.}) 6... Re8 {
Unusual, but an early sign Black intends to play Nbd7-f8-e6/-g6.} 7. Rc1 Nbd7
8. cxd5 {Crossing variations. The Exchange line doesn't include Rc1, which
often develops to b1 or White castles Queenside.. Additionally, the Kingside
Knight is delayed so as to develop to e2. I knew all this, but like to
solidify the center so that Bd3 stays put (instead of recapturing after
Black's dxc) and maybe I can advance the Kingside Pawns.} 8... exd5 9. Bd3 c6
10. O-O Nf8 {Diagram # White has a solid lead in development and can begin
posting pieces for attack, with a slight advantage. But Black is well-posed to
defend and has no weaknesses.} 11. Ne5 Ng6 12. f4 $5 {More temptation from
book study. I've recently finished "Pillsbury's Chess Career" and so can't
resist trying to build his attack (Ne5,f4,Rf3-h3,etc). But, of course, the
Black defensive plan of Nbd7-f8 came about for just this reason!} 12... Nxe5
13. fxe5 Ng4 {Diagram # A wonderful example of why I love to study! Earlier I
would avoid such a position because so many trades are forced, and White's
center Pawn structure looks weak. Yet, all White's pieces have access to the
attack so the tactics fly even though we've just begun the middlegame. Another
interesting point here is that Black's Knight move would not be possible if
White had not played cxd at move 8. Furthermore, Black would not have
counterplay down the e-file.} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 ({
I was hoping for Black to blunder, as it appeared the e-Pawn hangs:} 14... Nxe3
$4 {Diagram #} 15. Bxh7+ $1 ({
White could also reach a simplified piece-up position after} 15. Bxd8 Nxd1 16.
Bg5 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 {Diagram #}) 15... Kh8 ({Otherwise Black loses his Queen:} 
15... Kxh7 16. Qh5+ {Diagram #} 16... Kg8 17. Bxd8 $18) 16. Qh5 {Diagram # Blac
k is busted as he can't stop mate and save Queen with his coming move.} 16...
Qxe7 ({Counter-threatening enemy Queen doesn't work either} 16... g6 17. Bxg6+
(17. Qh6 {mates as in the 'B' analysis line}) 17... Kg7 18. Qh7#) 17. Bf5+ Kg8
18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8#) 15. Qf3 {
Diagram # Prepares Rce1 and hopes for additional pressure on f7.} ({At my 11th
move (Ne5), I'd pretty well decided to sac the Pawn, but not chickened out as
I didn't find a forcing continuation after} 15. Rf4 Nxe3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.
Qh5+ Kg8 18. Rh4 {Diagram #} 18... f6 19. Qh7+ Kf7 {
Diagram # and just don't find enough for the sacrificed piece.} 20. exf6 Qxf6 {
idea of Bf5}) ({
Also not clear was possibility of trading Rook for two pieces with} 15. Rf3
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bg4 {Diagram #}) 15... Be6 ({I thought Black's best was} 15... f6
{forcing open the pressure to weak e3-Pawn} 16. h3 (16. exf6 Nxf6 {
and Black is at least equal.} ({
Black would have avoid the temptation to win the Pawn with check!} 16... Qxe3+
$2 17. Qxe3 Rxe3 18. f7+ {Diagram #} 18... Kf8 {
thanks to Black's lag in developing c8-Bishop!} 19. Bxh7)) ({
Black takes over after} 16. Rce1 fxe5 17. dxe5 {Diagram #} 17... Nxe5 ({
An example of White's dreams when playing 15 Qf3 is} 17... Qxe5 $4 18. Qf7+ Kh8
19. Qf8+ Rxf8 20. Rxf8#)) 16... Nh6 {
but now the Black Queen is freed from defense of f7.}) 16. h3 Nh6 {Diagram #}
17. Qh5 $1 {White has a solid advantage and now only needs to find threats to
break through and win. The Black Knight is pinned to blocking check on h7 and
the g6-Pawn is pinned to defending the Knight. White would like to post his
Knight on g5 or d6.} 17... Qf8 {Overprotecting Knight to prepare -g6 which
would then threaten Queen and -Nf5. White responds by defending against the
Knight move.} 18. g4 $1 g6 19. Qh4 {Diagram #} 19... Qg7 {
Black is ready to play Kh8,Ng8-e7 but game shows another idea.} ({
I'd thought that a mistake would be} 19... Kh8 20. Rf6 Ng8 21. Bxg6 $2 {
Diagram # but, now at analysis, see that -h6 will stop mate! So:} 21... Nxf6
22. exf6 fxg6 (22... h6)) 20. Na4 {using Black's unwinding moves to better
post my pieces and trying to start a diversion on the Queen's wing. A minority
attack with b4-5 would create a new weakness, but I thought the aggressive
Knight would more quickly cause threats.} 20... Rac8 21. Nc5 {Now I can force
open the f-file if I can get Rf6 in, but not yet seeing when I'd want to !}
21... Rc7 {Diagram #} 22. Rf6 $2 {A little quickly played, I was retaining the
fact I thought Black must play Kf8 due to the sacrifice on g6. It was
originally wrong, but I had also noted that the f-Pawn is no longer pinned
after Black's -Qg7. So Black gains a couple key tempi.} 22... Kh8 ({
My reason for playing Rf6 last move is illustrated in} 22... Kf8 $2 23. Rcf1
Ng8 $2 {Diagram #} 24. Nxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rxe6 $18) 23. b4 {Realized Rf6 was
stupid, so continuing the minority attack. I will play Rf2 and on to c2 or b2.}
23... Ng8 24. Rf2 Qh6 25. Qg3 Qg5 {Diagram # Only now did I realize that I
can't play h4 as planned (unless I first play Nxe6). But this theme makes me
realize a possibility of a Queen trap with Rf6,h4,g5 if King wanders onto g7.}
26. Rcf1 Kg7 {Diagram # Now an exchange sac on f6 yields a check which
discovers on loose Rook. But when Queen captures on c7, e3-Pawn is undefended.
It's OK as long as the White Queen can return to defend at g3. But my Pawns
are kinda scattered...with 15 minutes left to make 19 moves, I just went for
it!} 27. Rf6 Nxf6 $6 {I really was convinced he wouldn't play this as it drops
a piece, but he apparently missed the discovery (or the check). So now I have
to test my guess....} 28. exf6+ Kg8 {Diagram #} 29. Qxc7 ({I spent a little
time considering whether to kill the Bishop to stop possible drawing themes
(see later in game), but it forces e8-Rook into the attack. At this point,
I've forgotten that Rxe6 undefends his backrank!} 29. Nxe6 {
It was just to complicated to calculate on the fly, and didn't look hopeful.}
29... Rxe6 ({Definitely losing is} 29... fxe6 30. Qxc7 Qxe3+ 31. Kg2 {
Diagram # threats are Qg7# and f7+ forking}) 30. Qxc7 Qxe3+ 31. Kg2 {Diagram #}
31... Re8 (31... Qxd3 $4 32. Qc8+) 32. Qxb7 (32. Qg3 Qxd4 {and Black wins the
a- or b-Pawn (note Rook is still pinned to backrank: 33 -Re3?? allows Qb8+).})
32... Qxd3 33. Qxc6 {Diagram #} 33... Re2+ (33... Qe4+ 34. Rf3 Qe2+ 35. Rf2
Qe4+ 36. Kh2 {Diagram # With a Pawn advantage, tough to convert.}) 34. Rf2
Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qd2+ {draws}) 29... Qxe3+ 30. Kg2 Qxd4 {
Diagram # I was concerned that -b6 would force off d3-Bishop defender.} 31.
Qxb7 $2 {
Forgetting Queen needed to defend checks. The idea is to chase off Rook} (31.
Qg3 {looks pretty solid. I was playing too quickly, saving clock for 14 moves
coming instead of investing my 13 minutes in a solid defense. When up material,
CONSOLIDATE !!}) ({When sacrificing the exchange, had also thought a killer was
} 31. Nxe6 Qxd3 {but I can't find a good threat.} (31... Rxe6 $4 32. Qd8+) (
31... fxe6 $4 32. f7+) {Maybe (found at analysis)} 32. Nf4 {Diagram #} 32...
Qe4+ 33. Kh2 Qxb4) 31... Bxg4 {
Had Queen stayed on diagonal, hxg and Qg3 could be played here, as planned.}
32. Qxc6 Bxh3+ 33. Kh1 {
Diagram # As planned at my 31st, this was supposed to avoid all checks.} 33...
Bg2+ $1 {All replies lead to perpetual, so DRAW AGREED.    It was fun to play
a new opponent and we had time afterwords to try each other at some blitz.
Northrop is now one player away from being a top team in the North Division.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Northrop-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, Arnie"]
[Black "Arond, Dean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxc4 Qc6 7. b3 Bd7 8.
O-O Qxc4 9. bxc4 Bc6 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Nb5 Kb8 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Ng5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Nxf7 Rg8 17. Ng5 a6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Rfc1 Bxc3 20. Rxc3
Nd6 21. Nxe6 Rce8 22. d5 Nf8 23. Nxc7 Kxc7 24. c5 Rxe2 25. cxd6+ Kd8 (25... Kb8
26. d7+ $18) (25... Kd7 26. Rc7+ Ke8 (26... Kd8 27. Rac1) 27. Rxb7 Nd7 28. Rc1
Kd8) 26. Rac1 Ke8 27. Rc8+ Kf7 (27... Kd7 $4 28. R1c7#) 28. R1c7+ Kf6 29. d7
Nxd7 30. Rxg8 1-0

[Event "Northrop-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burian, Dave"]
[Black "Brotsos, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "1547"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8.
Ndb5 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qe3+ 13. Ne2 Qxe4 14. Qd2
d5 15. O-O-O Bb4 16. Nc3 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Qb4 18. g3 e5 19. Bg2 e4 20. Bxe4 Bg4 21.
Bxd5 O-O-O 22. Rde1 cxd5 23. Qd3 Qa5 24. Re7 Bxe7 25. Re1 Bb4 {WHITE RESIGNED}
0-1

[Event "Excaliburs-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suerth, Frank"]
[Black "Boyd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1498"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nh3 Qh4 7. Bg5 Qxd4 8. Bf4
Nb4 9. Qxb7 Nxc2+ 10. Ke2 Nxa1 11. Qxa8 Qc4+ 12. Kd1 Qd4+ 13. Kc1 f6 14. Qxb8+
Ke7 15. exf6+ gxf6 16. Bb5 c6 17. Rd1 Bg7 18. Rxd4 Rxb8 19. Bxb8 cxb5 20. Kb1
f5 21. Rh4 h6 22. Bxa7 b4 23. Rxb4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 e5 25. Kxa1 e4 26. Rxb6 d6 27.
Bb8 d5 28. Nf4 Kd7 29. Nxd5 Kc8 30. Ne7+ (30. Bd6 $1 Kd7 (30... Kd8 31. Nf6 f4
32. Rb8#) 31. Nf6+ Kc8 32. Rb8#) 30... Kd7 31. Nxf5 Ke8 32. Nxh6 Kd8 33. a4 Ke8
34. a5 Kd8 35. a6 Kc8 36. a7 Kd8 37. Rb7 Kc8 38. a8=Q Kd8 39. Bf4# 1-0

[Event "Northrop-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lane, Martin"]
[Black "Weitz, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 d6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. b3
Ng4 9. Qf4 Bxa1 10. h3 Nge5 11. Bd2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bg7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bc4 Ne5
15. Qc3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Be6 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Be3 b6 19. f4 Qc7 20. g4 Qxc2 21. f5
Qxe2 22. Rxe2 gxf5 23. exf5 Bd5 24. g5 f6 25. g6 hxg6 26. fxg6 Be4 27. Nc3 Rxc3
28. h4 Bxg6 29. Bd4 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 e5 31. Bb2 Rc2 32. Ba3 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Rd8 34.
Bc1 d5 35. a4 Rc8 36. Be3 d4 37. Bd2 Rc2 38. Kd1 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 e4 40. b4 f5
41. b5 0-1

[Event "Lburn-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kras, Tim"]
[Black "Jasaitis, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Bd7 9. Nd4 Qe8 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Bg5 h6
15. Be3 c6 16. Qd2 g5 17. f4 g4 18. Rae1 Nc7 19. f5 h5 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. fxe6
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 cxd5 23. cxd5 Qb5 24. Be4 Bf6 25. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Getco-LBurn"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seet, Paul"]
[Black "Eaman, Rob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 (5... Ba5 {
is book, and this game illustrates his wish to have the Bishop on board.}) 6.
axb4 dxc3 7. Qg4 {Diagram #} 7... cxb2 8. Bxb2 g6 {Diagram #} 9. Nf3 Ne7 10.
Bd3 Bd7 11. h4 h5 {Diagram #} 12. Qf4 Nf5 13. Ng5 Nc6 14. f3 {Diagram # working
on g4 to expose f7, but the exposed position of White's queenside will soon be
cause for pain.} 14... Qb6 $1 15. b5 {
Only puts Pawn on a square that still needs defending.} (15. g4 Qe3+ (15... Nh6
) 16. Qxe3 Nxe3 {White has Pawn problems at b4,g4 and e5.}) 15... Nce7 (15...
Ncd4 $2 16. g4 Nh6 17. Bxd4) 16. O-O-O {Not sure this is best place for the
King. At least the move hasn't added anything to White's position, so I'd
search elsewhere.} (16. Kd1 Bxb5 17. g4 $2 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Qxb2) 16... Qe3+ {
takes the sting out of Black's possibilities} ({But Black gets in trouble after
} 16... Bxb5 17. g4 Nh6 (17... Bxd3 18. Rxd3) 18. Qf6 {Diagram #} 18... O-O-O
19. Qxe7) 17. Qxe3 Nxe3 18. Rd2 {Diagram #} 18... Nc4 {blocking b5-Pawn's
protection, but the opening of the center does give White some counterplay. In
addition, Black gets rid of a promising Knight for a Bishop that lacked
squares.} (18... N7f5 {idea of Ke7, Rhc8. I'd expect any endgame to  slightly
favor Black as he can make a queenside passer and possibilities down the
c-file.}) 19. Bxc4 dxc4 {Diagram #} 20. b6 axb6 21. Ne4 {Diagram # another
downside to Black's "winning" the Pawn: e4 is a wonderful post !} 21... Bc6 22.
Nd6+ Kf8 23. Nxc4 Nd5 {Diagram #} 24. Nd6 b5 {
A possibility is -b4 with Ba4,Rc8,Nc3 to follow} 25. Ne4 (25. g4 hxg4 $2 26.
fxg4 {idea of Rf2}) (25. Kb1 {
Diagram # idea of g4,Rf2,f4 since Black's Nf4 can be kicked with Bc1}) 25...
Kg7 26. Rhd1 Ne3 27. Re1 Nc4 {Diagram #} 28. Rd3 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Rhd8 30. Red4
Rxd4 31. Rxd4 {Diagram #} 31... Ra2 (31... Nxe5 $2 {Diagram #} 32. f4 $1 Nc4
33. Rxc4+ ({Less clear is} 33. Rd8+ Nxb2 34. Rxa8)) 32. Bc3 Ne3 33. Rd2 (33. g3
Nf5 34. Rd7 Ra7 (34... Nxg3 35. Rxb7 Ne2+ 36. Kd2 Nxc3 37. Kxc3 Ra4 38. Rxb5
Rxh4 {Diagram # Would be interesting to see which passer is strongest.}) 35.
Be1) 33... Nd5 34. Bd4 b4 {Diagram #} 35. c4 $1 {Rook and Knight hang, so..}
35... Rxd2 36. Kxd2 {This is so interesting of an endgame, I feel the need to
try my best to demonstrate it !!} 36... Ne7 (36... Nc7) 37. f4 ({Better is} 37.
Bc5 Nc6 38. Bd6 {Diagram # idea of Kc2-b3,Bxb4 and Black's King must travel
queenside to stop the c-Pawn.} 38... f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 {
compared to game, here White saves the f-Pawn from trades.}) 37... Nc6 38. Bc5
f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 40. Bd6 {Diagram # compare with 37 Bc5 analysis} 40... e5 41.
fxe5+ Nxe5 42. Bxb4 Nxc4+ {Diagram # Now I'd expect the outside passer to win
fairly easily. The King needs to be centralize to threaten to escort the
passer, and/or the Knight's ideal square is f5 to tie down White to defending
his Pawns.} 43. Kd3 {The key to this ending, as White taught me, is apparently
to trade off the Kingside Pawns and sac Bishop for the passer. Let's get small
and examine some lines:} 43... Ne5+ ({The route to f5 looks to be via e7, so} 
43... Nb6 {Diagram #} 44. Bc3+ Ke6 45. Ke4 Nd5 {Diagram #} 46. Bd4 Ne7 47. Kf4
Nf5 48. Bf2 b5 {Diagram #} 49. Kg5 (49. g4 hxg4 50. Kxg4 {Diagram #} 50... b4 {
idea Kd5, b3 queens} (50... Kd5 {
is trickier, Black maneuveurs Knight to block b2 and the passer queens.} 51. h5
(51. Be1 {otherwise the passer queens}) 51... gxh5+ (51... Ne7 52. h6 $1 {
Diagram #} 52... b4 (52... Nc6 53. h7 Ne5+ 54. Kg5 Nf7+ 55. Kxg6 Nh8+ 56. Kg7
b4 (56... Kc4 57. Be1) 57. Be1 b3 58. Bc3) 53. h7) 52. Kxf5 {Diagram #} 52...
b4 53. Be1 b3 54. Bc3 Kc4 {is an easy draw}) 51. h5 (51. Bc5 b3 52. Ba3 Ne3+
53. Kg5 Nc4 54. Bc1 {and 55 h5 will draw}) 51... gxh5+ 52. Kxh5 Kd5 53. Be1 b3
54. Bc3 {and draws}) 49... Kf7 {Diagram #} 50. g4 (50. Bc5 {
trying to dominate the Knight} 50... Ng7 {threat is Ne6+ forking} 51. Bb4 {
Diagram #} 51... Ne6+ 52. Kh6 Kf6 {and wins !}) 50... hxg4 51. Kxg4 b4 (51...
Kf6 52. h5 g5) 52. Bc5 b3 53. Ba3 {Diagram #} 53... Kf6 54. h5 (54. Bb2+) 54...
gxh5+ (54... g5 $4 55. Bb2+ Ke6 56. Kxg5 {Diagram #} 56... Nd6 57. Kg6 Nf7 58.
Ba3 Nd6 59. h6) 55. Kxh5 {draws}) 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. Bc3 Nf7 46. Kf4 Kd5 {
Diagram # Compared to my analysis, White has preserved at least his g-Pawn,
but the result should be the same.} 47. g4 hxg4 48. Kxg4 Kc4 49. Bg7 b5 50. h5
gxh5+ 51. Kxh5 b4 {
Diagram # If Black's Knight could play to d4 or c3, he would win !} 52. Kg4 ({
All the foregoing analysis suggests that White wants the Pawn on b3 where it
won't support a Knight at c3:} 52. Bf8 b3 53. Bg7 {
but will this extra tempo cost the game ?} 53... Nd6 54. Kg4 Nb5 {Diagram #}
55. Ba1 (55. Kf3 $4 Nc3) 55... Nc3 56. Kf3 Kd3 57. Kf4 Kc2 58. Ke3 {Diagram #})
52... Kd3 (52... Nd6 53. Kf3 Nb5 54. Ke3 $1 {
Diagram # Here Black's King is run out of squares} (54. Ba1 $2 {Diagram # My
earlier lines all had the passer at b3, here Black has an additional try:}
54... Kd3 $1 {called "shouldering"} (54... Nc3 55. Ke3 Kb3 56. Kd3 {draws}) 55.
Kf2 Nc3 {Diagram #} 56. Ke1 Kc2 57. Kf2 Kb1 {AND WINS !!!   Yippeeee !!}) 54...
Nc3 55. Bf8 b3 56. Ba3 {draws}) 53. Kf5 $2 {Diagram # Wrong direction !} 53...
b3 $2 (53... Nd6+ $1 {wins !!} 54. Ke5 (54. Kf4 Nb5 {
Diagram # threat is Nc3,b3 queens} 55. Ba1 (55. Bf8 b3 56. Bg7 Nc3) (55. Kf3
Nc3 56. Bf8 {Diagram # Just saw this possibility} 56... b3 57. Ba3 Kc2 58. Ke3
Nb5) 55... Nc3 {Diagram #} 56. Ke5 ({No different is} 56. Kf3 Kc2 57. Ke3 Kb1)
56... Kc4 {another shoulder !} (56... Kc2 57. Kd4 {draws}) 57. Kf4 Kb3 58. Ke3
Ka2 {Diagram # wins} 59. Kd3 Kxa1 60. Kc4 Na2 {
the ending all hinged on the passer being on b4 !!!} 61. Kb3 Kb1 {and Kc2 next}
) 54... Nb5 55. Kd5 Nc3+ {wins !}) 54. Ke6 Ng5+ 55. Kd5 Ne4 56. Bb2 {Diagram # 
and the game demonstrates play after what I've labelled "and draws" in my
analysis.} 56... Kc2 57. Ba1 Kd3 58. Bb2 Nc3+ 59. Kc5 Nd1 {Diagram #} 60. Kb4
$1 Kc2 61. Bg7 Ne3 62. Ka3 {Diagram #} 62... Nd5 (62... Nc4+ 63. Kb4 Nd6 64.
Ka3 $11) 63. Ba1 Ne3 64. Kb4 Nf1 65. Ka3 Nd2 66. Kb4 Kd3 {Diagram #} 67. Bc3
Kc2 68. Ba1 Nb1 69. Ka4 Nc3+ 70. Ka3 {Diagram #} 70... Na2 71. Ka4 Nc3+ 72. Ka3
Ne4 73. Ka4 Nc5+ 74. Ka3 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "LBurn-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Duffy, Jim"]
[Black "Kratka, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1683"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
b5 9. Bc2 Bb7 10. d4 Qe8 11. Nbd2 Nd8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Nf1 Bc5 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Bh4 Rde8 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. Nd2 g6 21. Bh4
Qe6 22. Rad1 Nh5 23. Bb3 Qe5 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. Kf1 Bd6 26. g4 Nf4 27. Bg3 g5 28.
Bxf4 gxf4 29. Bd5 Bd7 30. Qg2 c6 31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Bb3 f6 33. Nh4 c5 34. Nf5+
Bxf5 35. exf5 Qc7 36. Be6 h6 37. Rd2 Qb6 38. Red1 Rd8 39. h4 b4 40. c4 Bc7 41.
Rd7+ Kh8 42. g5 fxg5 43. hxg5 Rxd7 44. Rxd7 Rd8 45. gxh6 Be5 1-0

[Event "Geto-LBurn"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tan, Arway"]
[Black "Sitar, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[BlackElo "1561"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c3 c4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. b3 b5 8. a4 Ne4
9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. axb5 exf3 11. Bxf3 Bb7 12. bxc6 Bxc6 13. bxc4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Rb8 15. c5 e6 16. O-O Be7 17. e4 O-O 18. Bf4 Qb7 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Qd3 Rd8 21.
Ra4 Bxc5 22. Rb1 Bb6 23. c4 Qc6 24. Rab4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 h6 26. Qd3 Qc5 27. R1b2
Qe5 28. Rb5 Qf4 29. c5 Bc7 30. Qg3 1-0

[Event "LBurn-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marsh, Mike"]
[Black "Coombes, Neal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1207"]
[BlackElo "1366"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
Re1 Ne5 9. Bb3 Bb4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Re3 O-O-O 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5
Bc5 15. c3 Rde8 16. Qa4 a5 17. b4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Ng4 19. f3 (19. Rf3 Qxd4 20.
Rc1) 19... Qxd4 (19... Nxe3) 20. fxg4 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qd4 22. Rd1 Qxb4 23. Qc2
Re7 24. Rb1 Qd4 25. Qe2 Qxd5 {Black won in 20 moves} 0-1

[Event "Citadel-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Le, Duc"]
[Black "Tan, Arway"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1618"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Be3 Ngf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O {
Diagram # Both sides have concentrated on simple development. White is
slightly ahead because of Black's d7-Knight placement (and being first to move,
of course!).} 7... c6 8. Nh4 $2 d5 $2 (8... Nxe4 {
Quickly snatches a Pawn due to hanging h4-Knight.}) 9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4 e4 {
Diagram # Black has made space in-roads, but can his pieces support the center
Pawns ?} 11. Nf5 Nb6 ({
Trying to preserve the Bishop pair appears to waste time:} 11... Bb4 12. a3 Ba5
13. Bf4 (13. Nd6)) 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bg5 Qe6 {Diagram #} 14. Nb5 (14. f3 {
opens lines and starts counterattacking center Pawns} 14... exf3 15. Bxf3 Nc4
16. Bxf6 {Diagram #} 16... Qxf6 ({Another interesting line is} 16... Ne3 17.
Qc1 {trapping Knight} 17... Nxf1 18. Be5 {White is still better}) 17. Bxd5 {
White has won a Pawn, but can he survive the trading tactics ?} 17... Nxb2 (
17... Ne3 18. Rxf6 Nxd1 19. Rf3 {Diagram #} 19... Nxc3 20. bxc3 (20. Rxc3 Rd8))
18. Qd2 {Diagram # White threatens to win Knight with Rab1 and Queen hangs} (
18. Qc1 $2 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxc3) 18... Qb6 19. Bb3 {idea Rab1}) 14... Ne8 15. f3
a6 16. Nc3 f5 {Diagram # Compared to move 14 analysis, here Black is able to
support his center. White's Nb5 excursion has wasted precious time and Black
gains the initiative.} 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. b3 {Diagram # Creates weaknesses down
the open c-file. White probably wants to get Bc4 in, but can't make it happen.
A plan is only good if it can be completed !} 18... Rc8 19. Nb1 Nf6 (19... Nd6
{would add another hit to c4. Then Black could double Rooks on c-file and I'm
not seeing how White defends.}) 20. Re1 Nh5 21. Be5 Nf6 22. Nd2 Be8 23. a4 Nfd7
24. Bf4 Nf6 25. Be5 Qc6 {Diagram # Black finally stops obsessing about the
strong Bishop and gets down to his true advantage. Leading with the Queen,
however, usually doesn't make positional threats.} 26. Rc1 Qc3 27. Nb1 Qb4 28.
c3 Qe7 29. Nd2 {Diagram # Compare with last diagram. White has improved
Queenside. Black has accomplished little and White threatens to push his
c-Pawn.} 29... Nbd7 ({Maybe Black can generate Kingside play with} 29... Nfd7 {
idea e3,f4 or simply Nxe5} 30. f4 g5 {Diagram #}) 30. f4 Bf7 31. Nf1 {
finding a nice post for the Knight} ({
As White, I'd put faith in my center Pawns with} 31. c4 {
but it's hard to argue with White's patient play}) 31... Rc6 32. Ne3 Be6 33. c4
Rfc8 34. Qd2 {Diagram # connects Rooks, dodging tricks on backrank.} 34... Nb6
{Helps White clamp the Queenside.} 35. a5 $1 Nbd7 36. c5 Kf7 37. b4 {
Diagram # White can double Rooks on b-file and play b5 for killer pressure.}
37... Rg8 {Regardless of what happens Queenside, Black attempts to drum up
some activity of his own.} 38. Rf1 h6 ({
Not immediately opening lines, as his Rook hangs on g5:} 38... g5 $2 39. fxg5
Rxg5 40. Nc4 $1 {Diagram # Discovering Queen attack to Rook and threatening to
win at least a Pawn with Nd6+ forking.}) 39. Rb1 g5 {Diagram #} 40. b5 ({
Better is} 40. fxg5 Rxg5 (40... hxg5 41. Nxf5) 41. h4 {
wins the f-Pawn, opening line to King}) 40... axb5 41. Rxb5 ({
White's move was more interesting than my first reaction of} 41. Bxb5 Rcc8 42.
a6 bxa6 43. Bxa6 {Diagram # making a passer with tempo} 43... Ra8 (43... Nxe5
$2 {idea is to play Rb8, but there's no time:} 44. fxe5 Nd7 ({
Black may have trouble on his backranks after} 44... Nh5 45. Nxf5 Bxf5 46.
Rxf5+ {Diagram #}) 45. Nxf5 Bxf5 46. Rxf5+ Kg7 47. Bxc8) 44. Bd6) 41... Nxe5
42. fxe5 {Diagram #} 42... f4 $2 43. exf6 Kxf6 {
No matter how captured, Black's f-Pawn is pinned.} (43... fxe3 {
loses Queen to CHECK:} 44. fxe7+) (43... Qd7 {
Diagram # really does threaten the Knight and stops White's Ng4 reply.} 44. Nd1
) 44. Bg4 Qd7 45. Bxe6 Rxe6 {Diagram # Is White aware his b5-Rook hangs ??} 46.
Ng4+ (46. Qb2 {pressures b7-Pawn and 6th rank (possible Rb6). Of course, Black
has to defend this square and White can post with Ng4+-e5} 46... Re7 47. Rb6+ (
47. Ng4+ $2 Qxg4)) 46... Kf5 47. Ne5 $4 ({All's well after} 47. Qe2 $1 {
Diagram #} {Black only kills himself with the obvious} 47... f3 $2 48. gxf3 (
48. Ne5 {is also possible} 48... Rxe5 $2 49. dxe5 g4 (49... Kxe5 50. Rxf3))
48... exf3 {The simple line is:} 49. Qxf3+ (49. Rxf3+ Kg6 (49... Kxg4 {
Diagram #} 50. Re3+ Kf5 51. Qf2+ Kg6 52. Rxb7 {and mate with Qf7# is in air})
50. Qxe6+ ({Or even} 50. Ne5+ Rxe5 51. dxe5) ({Or} 50. Rf6+ Rxf6 51. Ne5+)
50... Qxe6 51. Rb6) 49... Kg6 50. Ne5+ $1 (50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. Rxb7 Qxb7 52. Qxe6
{idea of Qf6+-h6#}) 50... Rxe5 51. dxe5 {Diagram #} 51... Qxb5 $4 52. Qf7#)
47... Qxb5 {Diagram # There goes White's win...} 48. Qd1 Rxe5 $1 {Nicely recogn
izing that he has plenty of Pawns and kills any hopes. White could resign and
save both players the trouble.} ({White's last move was probably directed at} 
48... Qxa5 49. g3 {Hoping for a terrible blunder} 49... f3 $4 {Diagram #} 50.
Rxf3+ $1 exf3 {only move !} 51. Qxf3#) 49. g4+ Ke6 50. dxe5 Qxc5+ 51. Kh1 Kxe5
52. Qa1+ d4 {Diagram #} 53. Rc1 Qd5 54. Qa3 {idea is Rc5 pinning} 54... e3+ 55.
Kg1 Ke4 56. Qe7+ Kf3 {Diagram # That's some wandering King !!} 57. Qa3 d3 58.
Rc5 Qd4 59. Kf1 e2+ 60. Ke1 Qg1+ ({Mates abound:} 60... Qf2+ 61. Kd2 e1=Q+ 62.
Kxd3 {Diagram #} 62... Qe4+ 63. Kc3 Qfc2#) 61. Kd2 e1=Q+ {Diagram #} 0-1

[Event "Aces-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Inumerable, Florin"]
[Black "Rauchman, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
h3 Nc6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng5 Nf4 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Qf3 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Qxc2 16. Qxf4 h6 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Ne3 Qe4 19. Ng4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Bxg4
21. hxg4 e6 22. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Getco-Aces"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jasaitis, Tony"]
[Black "Tamez, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2084"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nc6 7. f4 f6 8.
exf6 Nxf6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O-O+ 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. g3 Rhe8 13. h3 Bf5 14. Nh4
Ne4 15. Nxf5 Nf2+ 16. Ke1 Nxh1 17. Kf1 g6 {Drawn at move 46} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aces-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benesa, Arnulfo"]
[Black "Seet, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c5 6. d4 d5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qa4
Qd5 9. Qa3 Na6 10. Nfd2 Qxc5 11. Qxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc4 Rb8 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Nc3 b6
15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. b4 1-0

[Event "Getco-Aces"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kratka, Milan"]
[Black "Gazmen, Burt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1683"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 b5 7. a3 a6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Nd2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bh6 12. Rf3 e5 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Rg3 Nd7 15.
Bg4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Qe7 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Rf1 Rad8 20. Qf2 Bg7 21. d5
cxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 e4 24. Be2 Nxd5 25. c4 Nc7 26. Rg4 f5 27. Rg3 Kh8
28. b3 Bc3 29. Bd1 Ne6 30. Nb1 Be5 31. Rh3 d5 32. Be2 bxc4 33. bxc4 d4 34. Kh1
d3 35. Bd1 Rb8 36. Qa2 Rb2 37. Qa1 Ng5 38. Rg3 Reb8 39. Nc3 Bxc3 40. Rf2 Rxf2
0-1

[Event "Aces-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Santiago, Teddy"]
[Black "Kosmicke, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e3 e5 2. Ne2 d5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. f3 Bh5 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. Bb5 Qf6 8. f4
O-O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. f5 Bxf5 11. O-O g6 12. Nc3 Bc5 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Qe2 Ne7
15. Qa6+ Kd7 16. Ba3 Ra8 17. Rf2 e4 18. Raf1 h5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21.
Rxf5 Raf8 22. a3 Rh7 23. Rf6 Qxa3 24. Nxb6+ 1-0

[Event "Getco-Aces"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tan, Arway"]
[Black "Sollano, Ely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[BlackElo "1965"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nbd2 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O e5 7. c3 d5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. g3 Rd8 14. Qc2 O-O
15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 b5 18. a4 f5 19. Qh4 f4 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Re1 Rf5 22. Qg4 Rdf8 23. gxf4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Qe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxf2
27. Re7 Rxb2 28. Rxc7 Rd8 29. Kh1 h6 30. h4 Rdd2 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Molex-St Charles CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hendrickson, Bill"]
[Black "Alberts, Wally"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
d4 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. h3 h6 13. N1h2 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Ne5 Re8 16. Nhg4 Rb8 17. Ng6 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Bd6 19. a3 Nc6 20. g5 Qf7 21. Be4
hxg5 22. Qh5 1-0

[Event "St Charles CC - Molex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Engelen, Mark"]
[Black "Fox, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 Re8 8. Bd3 a6
9. a4 e6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Ne5 12. Be2 exd5 13. cxd5 Rb8 14. O-O Bd7 15. h3
b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Bc1 Qc8 20. Kh2 h5 21. e5 dxe5
22. fxe5 Nh7 23. Re1 Rxe5 24. Rf1 Re8 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Nge4 Bf5 27. Kh1 Bxe4 28.
Qxe4 Bd4 29. Qe2 Nf6 30. Qxc4 Rb4 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. Qf3 Rb6 33. Rd1 Re8 34. Bg5
Bxc3 35. bxc3 Ne4 36. Bh4 Rb2 37. c4 Rc2 38. Rdc1 Rb2 39. Be1 Qd6 40. Ra7 Re7
41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. Bc3 Nxc3 43. Qxc3 Qe5 44. Qxe5 Rxe5 45. Rc8 Ree2 46. Rg1 Red2
47. Rxc5 Rbc2 48. Rc6 Kg7 49. h4 Rd4 50. Kh2 Rxh4+ 51. Kg3 Rg4+ 52. Kf3 Rc3+
53. Ke2 Rcxc4 54. Rxc4 Rxc4 55. Kd3 Ra4 56. Rc1 Kf6 57. Rc4 Ra2 58. Kd4 Rxg2
59. Kc5 Rd2 60. Kc6 Ke5 61. Rc5 h4 62. d6+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "St Charles CC - Molex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McCoy, Nathan"]
[Black "Deichman, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 Be6 10. Be3 b6 11. f5 Bd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Ba6 Rb8 14. Qf3 Bc8 15.
Bc4 a6 16. Nd5 b5 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bd5 Bb7 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Nc5
Rc7 22. c3 a5 23. Nd3 Qc8 24. Nf2 Nc6 25. Rxd6 Rd7 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Bh6 Kh8
28. Ng4 Rfd8 29. Nxf6 Rd6 30. Bg5 (30. Qg3) 30... Rg8 31. Nxg8 Qxg8 32. Be3 f6
33. Rd1 Qd8 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qe2 Qb8 36. Qd2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. cxb4 Qxb4
39. Qxb4 Nxb4 40. Kf2 Nd3+ 41. Ke2 Nxb2 42. Bh6 Nc4 43. h4 Kg8 44. g4 Nd6 45.
Kd3 Nf7 46. Bc1 h6 47. Ba3 Kg7 48. Kc3 Kh7 49. Bf8 Kg8 50. Be7 Kg7 51. Kd3 Nh8
52. g5 hxg5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. Bxg5 Nf7 55. Be7 Kh6 56. Kc4 Kg7 57. Kd5 Kg8 58.
Ke6 Kg7 59. Bf6+ Kf8 60. Bxe5 Ng5+ 61. Kd5 Kf7 62. Bc3 Ke7 63. e5 Nf7 64. f6+
Ke8 65. e6 Kd8 66. exf7 Kc7 67. Ke6 Kb7 68. f8=Q Kc6 69. Qc8+ Kb5 70. Kd5 Kb6
71. Qb8+ Ka6 72. Be5 Ka5 73. Bc7+ Ka4 74. Kc4 Ka3 75. Qb3# 1-0

[Event "Molex-St Charles CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McGowan, Dan"]
[Black "Janssen, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 c4 6. Bc2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. e4 Bf4 10. e5 Nd7 11. b3 b5 12. a4 Ba6 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. bxc4 Bxc4 15.
Nxc4 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 dxc4 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nc5 Qd5 21. Re1
e5 22. Bf5 Rfe8 23. f4 exd4 24. Be6+ Rxe6 25. Nxe6 d3 26. Nc7 Qc5+ 27. Qe3
Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rb8 29. Re6 Na5 30. Rd6 Nb3 31. Rb1 Ne4 32. Nd5 a5 33. Rd7 Rb5
34. Ne3 Nxc3 35. Rb2 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 c3 37. Rxe2 dxe2 38. Kxe2 a4 39. Nc2 Ra5 40.
Rc7 Nc5 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rb8 a3 43. Na1 Ke6 44. Kd1 Kf5 45. g3 Ke4 46. Kc2 Kd4
47. Rb4+ Ke3 48. Kxc3 Ne4+ 49. Kb3 Nd2+ 50. Ka2 Nf1 51. Nc2+ Kf3 52. Nxa3 Ra7
53. Kb2 Nxh2 54. Rb3+ Kg4 55. Nb5 Rb7 56. Kc2 Nf1 (56... Nf3) 57. Kd1 Nxg3 58.
f5 Nxf5 59. Rb4+ Kg5 60. Ke2 Nd4+ 61. Rxd4 Rxb5 62. Rd1 Rf5 63. Rg1+ Kf6 64.
Ke3 g5 65. Ke4 h5 66. Ra1 Rf4+ 67. Ke3 Kf5 68. Ra5+ Kg4 69. Ra1 h4 70. Rg1+ Kh5
71. Rh1 Rf8 72. Ra1 h3 73. Rh1 Kh4 74. Ra1 h2 0-1

[Event "St Charles CC-Molex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoskus, Aivaras"]
[Black "Rufus, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Be6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 a6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 e6 9. a3 Nf6 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Rc8 12. Bf4 O-O 13. O-O Rcd8 14. e3 Qb5
15. b4 Nh5 16. Be5 g6 17. Rc1 f6 18. Bc7 Rd7 19. Ba5 Nxa5 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Nh4
Kg7 22. Qb3 Kf7 23. Rc2 Bd6 24. Qd3 Rg8 25. Bh3 Re7 26. f4 {
Black eventually won} 0-1

[Event "Molex-St Charles CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaderaj, Vic"]
[Black "Freidel, Jeremiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Qb6 7. Nc3 Nh6 {
Diagram # This is a French Defence without White able to play d4. The result
is Black has better play in the center.} 8. h3 Be7 (8... c4+ 9. Kh2 Nf5 {
stops White from blocking the center as in the game}) 9. a4 a6 10. Be2 {
The Bishop is simply in the way. A good example why White often chooses to
fianchetto even with Pawns already on e5 and f4.} (10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d4 {
gets back to French-like play in the center, but White has spent tempi with
his edge Pawns which will be shown to be weaknesses (and a lag in piece
positioning). But, here, can White hold d4?} 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Be3
Nf5 {Diagram #} 14. Nxf5 $1 Bxe3+ (14... exf5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1) 15. Nxe3
Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 {I prefer Black, but the timing of -d4 must be studied :} 16...
d4 {Diagram #} 17. Ne2 (17. Re1 $2 Qxf4) 17... Qe4 18. Rf3 Rd8 {
Diagram # with the idea of 0-0, and doubling on the d-file to press on with d3.
}) 10... Nf5 {Diagram #} 11. Kh2 O-O-O 12. Na2 h6 13. d3 Rdg8 14. c4 d4 {
Diagram # With a blocked center and opposite side castling, things are going
to get fun!} 15. g4 {Pawn expansion around the King is adventuresome, but
acceptable if the side's pieces are ready to fill the created space. Here,
White hasn't finished development and has a troublesome fork on e3 to
constantly consider.} ({An immediate dream of piece placement would be
something like winding a Knight to e4 (maybe on to d6), following with Bf3 and
eventually work on the long diagonal. But starting this with} 15. Nd2 Ne3 {
allowing a simple fork.}) 15... Nh4 16. Qe1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Na5 {Diagram # Black
demonstrates his eye for his pieces' best squares. Pawns on a4 and b2 can be
set as targets.} 18. b4 cxb4 19. Bd2 {seems to win Pawn back, but} 19... Nb3 $1
20. Rb1 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 a5 {Diagram #} 22. Qd1 {White is already busted. The
a-Pawn will fall sooner or later and his King is starting to look airy. It's
surprising this all resulted from White's lack of hold on d4.} 22... Bc6 23.
Nc1 f6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Ra1 fxe5 26. fxe5 Rf8 {Diagram # Black only needs to
keep trading as the b-passer infinitely grows in value.} 27. Nb3 Rxf1 28. Qxf1
Rf8 29. Qg2 Qd7 {Diagram #} 30. Nxa5 Bh4 {threat is Rf2, of course} 31. Ra2 Qc7
{forking Na5 and Pe5} 32. Nb3 Qxe5+ 33. Kh1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Rf1 $1 {
Diagram # Mate in two !!} 35. Qe4 ({Black's mate is also demonstrated by} 35.
Nxd4 Rh1+ $1 36. Qxh1 Qg3#) 35... Qg3# 0-1

[Event "Pawns-Case"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jakstas, Kaz"]
[Black "Williams, Kent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. d3 h6 8. a3 d6
9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 O-O 11. Nc2 Qb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Ned5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Ne7 16. Bg2 f5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Qd2 f4 21. gxf4
exf4 22. Bxf4 g5 23. Bg3 Bc3 24. Qe3 Nf5 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Be4 Rf6 27. Qd5 Ra5
28. Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Bxb7 Ra2 30. e3 h5 31. h3 Nxg3 32. fxg3 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 h4 34.
gxh4 gxh4 35. d4 Kf6 36. Bf3 Ke7 37. Be2 Kd7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Kf3 Ra3 40. Kg4
Bd2 41. Rb2 Bc3 42. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Case-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander"]
[Black "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 b6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 b5 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Qb3 a6 15. Qc2
c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. Be5 g6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bg3 Bf6 21. Qd2 Qe7 22.
Bb1 Nb6 23. b3 Qxa3 24. e4 Red8 0-1

[Event "Pawns-Case"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Franek, Marty"]
[Black "Paraoan, Ed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Na5 9. Be2 Bc6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 b6 12. Rc1 Qd5 13. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 14. Qd2
Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Kd7 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd5 18. Ke2 Rac8 19. Rhd1 c6 20. Rd2
Rc7 21. b4 a6 22. e4 Ne7 23. a4 Rhc8 24. Ke3 f6 25. Be2 Ra8 26. Rdc2 Raa7 27.
f4 g6 28. g4 f5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Bd3 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Nd5+ 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33.
Rxc7+ Rxc7 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. f5 g5 36. h4 h6 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kf3 Kd7 39. Kg4
Ke7 40. Kxg5 Kf7 41. f6 a5 42. b5 Kf8 43. Kf5 Kf7 44. Ke5 Kf8 45. Kxd5 Kf7 46.
Ke5 Kf8 47. Ke6 Ke8 48. f7+ Kf8 49. d5 1-0

[Event "CICL, Excaliburs @ Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, Arnie"]
[Black "Arond, Dean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[Annotator "ajw and Fritz"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxc4 Qc6 7. b3 $14 {
W has a significant lead in development.} 7... Bd7 (7... Qxc4 8. bxc4 $14) 8.
O-O Qxc4 9. bxc4 Bc6 10. d4 {I didn't want to commit b1 knight until B moved
f8 bishop; but since I blink first (next move), it may have been better to
just play Nc3 here.} (10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rb1 Bc5 12. Rd1 O-O-O 13. d4 Ne4 14. Bd2
Ba3 15. c5 Ndf6 16. Nb5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Bxb5 18. Rxb5 Nc3 19. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 20. Ne1
c6 21. Ra5 a6 22. Kf1 Rhd8 23. e3 Ne8 24. Ke2 R1d7 25. Ra4 f6 26. Ba5 Nc7 27.
Nf3 $16) 10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 ({or} 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. a4 O-O 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. Rfb1
$14) 11... O-O-O (11... Bb4 12. Nd1 O-O 13. Rb1 Be7 $14) 12. Nb5 ({or} 12. Rb1
Ne4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 f6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 $14) 12... Kb8
$2 (12... Bxb5 13. cxb5 Bd6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Bb2 Ndf6 (15... Nb6 16. Rfc1 a5 17.
e3 Rd7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Bxe4 Bd6 20. Bc3 $16) 16. a5 a6 17. Ne5 Rhf8 18. bxa6
bxa6 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Rab1 Ng5 21. h4 Nge4 22. e3 {W waits whi le B runs out of
decent moves! I'm indulging Fritz because it's a fun line, for W anyway.} 22...
g6 23. Ba1 Be7 24. Rdc1 Bd6 25. Rc2 Rde8 26. Bf1 Kd8 27. Bxa6 Ke7 28. Bb2 Rh8
29. Ba3 Bxa3 30. Rxc7+ Kf8 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. f3 Rh7 33. Rxh7 Kxh7 34. fxe4 {
and wins}) 13. Bf4 $2 {My excuse is psychological; since B didn't take the
knight on the last move (when it was also best), I figured he wouldn't take it
now.} (13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {getting the f pawn and (according to Fritz) a
winning position, much like the game continuation (according to ajw)}) 13...
Ne8 $2 {justifying my intuition.} (13... Bxb5 $1 14. cxb5 Ba3 15. Bc1) 14. Ng5
$18 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Nxf7 Rg8 17. Ng5 a6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Rfc1 Bxc3 20.
Rxc3 Nd6 ({I expected} 20... Nf8) 21. Nxe6 Rce8 22. d5 Nf8 {
allows a pretty finish} 23. Nxc7 $1 Kxc7 24. c5 Rxe2 25. cxd6+ $1 {
open the position of course!} (25. Bxd6+ Kd7 26. Rb1 b5 {would be slower})
25... Kd8 26. Rac1 Ke8 27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. R1c7+ Kf6 29. d7 Nxd7 30. Rxg8 {
Black resigned. I thought I conducted the conclusion with elan, but Fritz says
pshaw, 'twassimple!} 1-0

[Event "UOP @ Northrop Grumman"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boldingh, Edwin"]
[Black "Cairone, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[Annotator "ajw & fritz"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 {
Diagram # Gambit play may be unsound to GMs but tests the mere mortal.} 3... c5
({Fritz suggested piece play with} 3... Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 ({
I don't see what's wrong with} 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ (4... Be7 5. Nxd4) 5. Qxd2 {
but trading pieces early is antithesis to gambit play.}) 4... Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6.
Ba4 Nf6 {Diagram # But there's many sidelines that need be explored to prove
Black's real advantage.} 7. e5 Ng4 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 O-O $17) 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3
Nc6 (5... d6 6. Bc4 {suggested by E. Boldingh} 6... Nc6 7. e5 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6
9. Bg5 Qc7 10. exd6 Bxd6 {Diagram #}) 6. Bc4 h6 (6... d6 7. e5 {
suggested by E. Boldingh} 7... Be6 {transposes into preceding line}) 7. Bf4 a6
$2 {Diagram # Black needs to see his King is in trouble. I'd say that only
Fritz would find the answer here, but the kill was still on the board in two
more moves and White did find it !!} (7... d6 {
is one way to claim the pivotal (at least in this position) d6 square}) 8. O-O
$2 $14 ({Fritz has the vision to realize a beautiful mate !!} 8. Bxf7+ $3 {
mate in 5} {Oddly Black can be forced to take the sac:} 8... Ke7 (8... Kxf7 9.
Qd5+ Ke8 (9... Kg6 10. Qf5#) 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Nd5+ {Diagram #} 11... Ke6 12.
Qf5#) 9. Qd6+ Kxf7 10. Qd5+ {
Diagram # and the same mate is played as in the A line !!}) 8... b5 $2 {
Apparently nudging the Bishop was enough for White to look a little deeper...}
9. Bxf7+ $3 {mate in 5} 9... Kxf7 10. Qd5+ {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "UOP @ Northrop Grumman"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Walker, Arnie"]
[Black "Lechnick, Jay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "ajw & fritz"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qc2 Nd7 7. Nf3 $11 Qf6
$6 $14 8. d3 h6 9. Nc3 Ne7 $2 {loses} 10. Ne4 Qg6 11. Nd6+ Kd8 12. Nxb7+ Ke8
13. Nc5 Qf6 14. Nh4 Nd5 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Qxc6 Nb4 17. Qa4 Rc8 18. Nc3 (18. O-O)
18... g5 19. Nf3 f5 $6 20. Nxe5 Qf6 21. Nxd7 $2 (21. d4 $1 {
wins as in the game without giving counterchances}) 21... Bxd7 22. Qb3 {
thinking Q must guard c3 to prevent ...Rxc3 bxc3 Qxc3+} (22. Qd1 $1 $18 {
is the quickest win - see next note}) 22... h5 $2 ({I expected} 22... Be6 {
for which I was contemplating  Presumably I would have found the winning line:}
23. Qa4+ (23. Bd5 Bxd5 ({until I saw} 23... Rxc3) 24. Nxd5 $16) 23... Bd7 24.
Qd1 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3+ 26. Bd2 Nc2+ 27. Kf1 Qxa1 28. Qxa1 Nxa1 29. Bc3 Rh7 30.
Bxa1 Be6 31. Bc6+ Kd8 32. Bf6+ Be7 33. Be5 Bxa2 34. Kg2 $18) 23. Bd2 $1 {
back on track} 23... Qe5 {threatening Nxd3} 24. O-O h4 {
After a long think, the correct move:} 25. Bxg5 hxg3 26. hxg3 Be6 27. Qa4+ Kf7
28. Qxa7+ Kg6 29. Bf4 Qf6 30. d4 $1 Rh7 31. Qb6 Rd8 32. Be5 Qf7 {
I assumed the forced Qe7 was played, and didn't notice the hanging rook!} 33.
d5 Nxd5 {the rook was still hanging, and Fritz also likes NxN better than my
move; they are all overwhelming} 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Nxd5 Kg5 36. Qe3+ $1 Kg4 (
36... f4 $18 {more stubborn would be to jettison the final pawn, which I was
kind of hoping to see - even material (except for five pawns!)}) 37. f3+ ({
I looked for the quickest forced mate (this one), but couldn't quite find it:} 
37. Qf4+ Kh3 38. g4 Kh4 39. Bf6+ Qxf6 40. gxf5+ Kh5 41. Nxf6#) 37... Kh5 38.
Nf4+ Kg5 ({I expected} 38... Kh6 39. Nxe6+ f4 40. Bxf4+ {but saw no mate yet})
39. Nh3+ {Black resigned, as mate follows on g5} 1-0

[Event "Northrop-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Elek, Gabor"]
[Black "Schoonover"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. h3 Bf5 7. d3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Ne4 $1 $16 Qc7 14. Bb2
Rad8 15. Be5 Qb6 16. c4 $2 (16. Bd4 $16) 16... Bxe4 $17 {loses a pawn} 17. cxd5
Bxd5 18. Bc2 Nd7 19. Bd4 c5 $19 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nh2 Bxg2 $2 22. Kxg2 $4 Rxd4
23. Re3 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Bg5 25. Rg3 Bf4 26. Rg4 Nxd3 27. Bxd3 Bxh2 28. Rxd4 Qxd4
$2 29. Rd1 g6 30. Kxh2 Qd6+ 31. Kg2 Qxa3 32. Be4 $17 h5 $4 $18 33. Rxd8+ Kg7
34. Qb5 Qe7 35. Rd7 Qh4 36. Qe5+ Kh6 37. Rxf7 (37. f4 {mates in 5:} 37... f6
38. Qc7 Qg3+ 39. Kxg3 h4+ 40. Kf3 {followed by 41. Rh7#}) 37... Qg5+ 38. Qxg5+
Kxg5 39. Rxb7 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "UOP-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Van Zile, Charles"]
[Black "Fetterman, Matt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 Bxc3+ $6 5. bxc3 Qxd5 6. Qf3 $6 (6. Qg4
$14) 6... Nf6 $11 7. Bd3 (7. Ba3 $1 $11) 7... O-O 8. Ne2 (8. Qg3 e5 $15) 8...
Qxf3 9. gxf3 $11 Nc6 (9... b6 $1 10. Rg1 Bb7 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Be4 Nc6 13. Rb1 f5
14. Bd3 Kf7 $11) 10. Rg1 Kh8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Rg3 g6 13. Kd2 Re8 14. Rag1 Nce7
15. h4 h5 $6 (15... Nf5 $1 $11) 16. Be5+ $16 Kg8 17. c4 Nb4 18. Be4 c6 $6 (
18... Na6 $14) 19. Nf4 $18 {should win} 19... Kf8 20. Bd6 (20. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 21.
Nxg6+ Kf7 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Rg8 Nxa2 24. R1g7#) 20... Rd8 21. Bxb4 $18 Rxd4+
22. Kc3 e5 23. Nxg6+ $5 fxg6 24. Rxg6 Ke8 25. Re6 $4 (25. Rg7 Rd7 26. Rh7 Kd8
27. Bc5 b6 28. Bxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rg8+ Kd7 30. Bf5+ Kd6 31. Rd8+ Kc7 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8
33. Rxe7+ Kd6 34. Re6+ Kc7 35. Rxe5 $18) 25... Bxe6 $19 26. Bxe7 Kxe7 27. Rg7+
Bf7 {W resigns} 0-1

[Event "Northrop-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Burian, David"]
[Black "O'Brien, Dennis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 ({A different game is} 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4
) 4... d6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 {Diagram #} 7. g4 Bg6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10.
fxe3 Nf6 11. O-O-O O-O {Diagram #} 12. Rhe1 {
Another game would be to try and attack with Rdg1, h4, etc.} 12... Nb4 13. a3
c6 {Diagram # Black gets several free attacking moves.} 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 ({
It appears White could win a Pawn.} 15. Bxb5 {Diagram #} 15... Nxc2 (15... cxb5
16. axb4) 16. Qxc2 ({
Continuing the trading series results in the loss of a piece:} 16. Bxc6 Nxe1
17. Bxa8 Nxf3 {Diagram #}) 16... cxb5 17. Nxb5 {Diagram #} 17... Rc8 18. Nc3 {
and White can proceed to defend his King.} 18... Re8 {idea of d4-5} (18... d5
$2 {idea of -d4 to win pinned Knight} 19. Nxe5) 19. Kb1 d5 {Diagram #} 20. exd5
(20. Qh2 dxe4 $1) 20... Nxd5 {
Black has some possibilites and space for the Pawn.}) 15... Na6 16. Rf1 b4 17.
axb4 Nxb4 18. Nd2 Qb6 {Diagram #} 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. h4 {see note at move 12}
20... a5 21. h5 {The problem with the aggression now is that all White's
minors can't participate in the festivities !} 21... Bh7 22. Rxf6 {
An interesting try} 22... gxf6 23. Qf3 {Diagram #} 23... Qe7 ({
A quick look at a possible clearing of the position:} 23... d5 24. exd5 cxd5
25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 {Diagram #} 26... a4 27. Ba2 Rfd8 28. Qf3 Ra6) 24. d4
Kh8 (24... Kg7) 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Rd6 {White has nicely coordinated his forces.
His compensation for the exchange are many Pawn targets and an inactive enemy
Bishop.} 26... Rg8 (26... Kg7 27. Na4) 27. Rxf6 Rxg4 $5 {Diagram #} 28. Nd6 ({
White gains the initiative with} 28. Rxf7 Rg1+ {Diagram #} {Much safer is} 29.
Nd1 (29. Kd2 Rd8+ 30. Ke2 Qh4 {idea is mate on e1} 31. Rf8+ {Diagram #} (31.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qf7+ Kh8) 31... Bg8 $1 ({The obvious move isn't as convincing:} 
31... Rxf8 32. Qxf8+ {Diagram #} 32... Rg8 (32... Bg8 33. Qxh6+ Bh7 34. Qf8+)
33. Qxh6 $4 (33. Qf3 Qh2+) 33... Qh2+ 34. Kd1 Rg1#) 32. Rxd8 {Diagram #} 32...
Qh2+ 33. Qf2 Rg2) 29... Qd8 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qf5+ {Diagram #} 31... Kh8 (
31... Kg8 $2 32. Nxe5+ Kg7 (32... Kh8 $4 33. Nf7+) 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Rxg6
35. hxg6 {and wins}) 32. Qxe5+ {Diagram #} 32... Kh7 33. Nd6 (33. Qf5+ {
draws as in game})) 28... Rg1+ 29. Kd2 $2 (29. Nd1 $1 {as in above analysis})
29... Rd8 {Diagram #} 30. Ke2 Rxd6 31. Rxf7 Qh4 {Diagram #} 32. Rxh7+ (32. Rf8+
Bg8 33. Bxg8 (33. Rxg8+ {This is wrong. Black wins..} 33... Rxg8 34. Bxg8 {
Diagram #} 34... Kxg8 (34... Qh2+ $2 {puts the Queen out of play} 35. Kf1 (35.
Qf2 $2 Rd2+ {wins easily}) (35. Ke1 Nxc2+) 35... Kxg8 36. Qg4+ Kh8 {Diagram #}
37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qc7+ {winning the Rook}) 35. Qg2+ Kh8 {
Black is simply a Rook up.}) 33... Qh2+ {Diagram #} 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ (34... Rg2 $2
{allows White to draw !  The pinned Queen still  can support the Rook !} 35.
Be6+ Kh7 (35... Kg7 $2 {Diagram #} 36. Rg8+ Kh7 37. Rxg2 {turning the tables})
36. Rf7+ (36. Bf5+ Kg7) 36... Kg8 {Diagram #} (36... Kh8 37. Rf8+ {draws}) 37.
Rf8+ $11) 35. Kxf2 Rxg8 {and Black remains a Rook up}) 32... Kxh7 33. Qf5+ Kh8
34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ {Diagram #} 35... Rgg6 36. hxg6+ Rxg6 37. Qf7+ Rg7 38.
Qf5+ {Diagram #} 38... Kh8 {draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UOP-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Michlich, F."]
[Black "Vigants, Alberts"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Re8 9. Bc4 a6 10. O-O-O b5 $2 11. Bb3 $2 (11. Nxc6 $18) 11... Bb7 $2 (11...
Qa5 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Qf2 $14) 12. Kb1 $2 $11 (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. e5 Nh5 14. g4
Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf3 16. Rhg1 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 $18) 12... d6 13. h4 Ne5 $5 $14 (13...
Na5 14. g4 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nc4 18. Qd3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 $16
) (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. g4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. h5 Qc7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19.
Ng3 $16) 14. Qf2 (14. g4 a5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Ndxb5 a4 17. Nxa4 Nxf3 18. Qg2 Ne5
19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Nc7 Rxa4 21. Bxa4 Qxa4 22. Nxe8 Bxe4 23. Qf2 Qxe8 $15) 14...
Rc8 15. h5 $6 (15. g4 b4 16. Nce2 Ned7 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. g5 Nfd7 19. h5 Nxb3 20.
Nxb3 a5 21. Nd4 a4 22. Qh2 Nf8 23. f4 e6 $13) 15... Nc4 $2 (15... Nxh5 16. g4 (
16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Nf5 Ng6 $17) 16... Nf6 17. Qh4 e6 18. Bg5 Kf8 $1 19. Nce2 $11
(19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxh7 Nc4 21. Qh2 Bg7 $11)) 16. hxg6 fxg6 $2 17. Ne6 $18 Qd7
18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bh6+ $2 (19. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 20. e5 Ng8 21. Bd4 e6 22. exd6+ e5
23. Be3 $18 Re6 24. Qg3 Nf6 25. Bg5 Rd4 26. Qh3 Rexd6 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxd4
Rxd4 29. Qxh7 b4 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 e4 33. fxe4 Bxe4 $16)
19... Kh8 20. Rh4 Rc5 21. Bc1 Qc7 $14 22. e5 $2 Rxe5 $15 23. g4 Rf8 24. f4 Rc5
25. Qd4 Kg8 26. Re1 Bf3 27. f5 gxf5 28. gxf5 Rxf5 29. Rg1+ Kf7 30. Qd3 Rh5 $2 (
30... Qc8 $11) 31. Rxh5 Bxh5 32. Nd5 $16 Qd8 $6 (32... Qc5 $1 33. Nxf6 Kxf6 34.
Bg5+ Ke6 35. Qh3+ Rf5 36. Re1+ Kd7 37. Rxe7+ Kc6 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Be3 Qb5 {
seems to hold}) 33. Nxf6 Bg6 34. Nxh7 $4 Bxd3 35. Nxf8 $4 (35. cxd3 Rh8 36.
Ng5+ Ke8 37. dxc4 $17 {with three peices for the Q}) 35... Be4 $2 (35... Bxc2+
36. Kxc2 Kxf8) 36. Bh6 d5 37. Rf1+ Ke8 38. Kc1 Qd6 39. c3 $4 Qxh6+ 0-1

[Event "CICL 2005 Season"]
[Site "Naperville, Il."]
[Date "2004.11.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bob Stoltz"]
[Black "Ron Fox"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "1580"]
[Annotator "Stoltz,Bob"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

{167MB, BOBSCOMPUTER} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2
a6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 c6 10. a4 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1
e6 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. b4 Ba8 16. Bd3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. axb5 (18. Nxb5 {
idea Nxd6}) 18... c5 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Bf4 Rxd3 22. Bxc7 Rxd2 23.
Bxb8 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nfd7 25. Ba7 Bxc3 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rxa8 Nxe4
29. b6 Nd6 30. Rd8 (30. Ra7 {idea b7-8(Q)}) 30... Bb4 31. b7 $1 Nxb7 32. Rb8
Nd6 33. Rxb4 h6 34. h4 f5 35. g3 (35. Rb6) 35... Kf6 36. Ra4 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5
38. Ra6 Ne4 39. Nd4 Nc5 40. Rc6 Ke5 41. Rxc5+ Kxd4 42. Rc8 e5 43. Rd8+ Ke4 44.
Kg2 f4 45. f3+ Kf5 46. gxf4 gxf4 47. Rd6 e4 48. fxe4+ Kxe4 49. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Fermilab-Tyros"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Staples, Carl"]
[Black "Smith, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1684"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Fermi"]
[BlackTeam "Tyros"]

{128MB, Power.ctg, HDTKW} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 {
Diagram #} 6. Nf3 (6. d3 {is normal English move that helps White in a couple
ways: maintains e4, keeps the Bishop's diagonal open (eyeing d5), and provides
a better square for the Knight: Nf3-d2 can be played if necessary.}) 6... e4 ({
I've realized this same problem: early Pawn centers with Black seem to come
under early attack. I don't like his alternatives, either:} 6... Nc6 7. d4 {
Diagram #} 7... e4 (7... Bd6 8. dxe5 {d5 is weak} 8... Bxe5 (8... Nxe5 9. Nxd5
Nxd5 {Diagram #} 10. Nxe5 (10. Qxd5 $4 Bb4+) 10... Bxe5 11. Bxd5) 9. Nxe5 Be6 {
and a typical IQP battle where I'd expect Black to miss his dark-squaredBishop.
}) 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qxd5) 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 {Tough to see anything
better (why I looked for earlier White alternative), but now Black has an nice
Pawn center. White will want to break it down with d3 and e4, but Black has
plenty of piece posts.} 8... bxc6 9. O-O {Diagram #} 9... Be7 (9... Bc5 {
is more aggressive (Ng4, Qf6 could come naturally)} 10. Na4 Bd6 {and Black will
gain a tempo since the Knight will eventually have to move again.}) 10. d3 exd3
11. Qxd3 O-O {Diagram #} 12. b3 Qb6 13. Bb2 Ba6 14. Qc2 Rfe8 {Diagram # If
only Black's Bishop was on b4 !  This game is a good illustration of why GMs
play the English like they do.} 15. Rfe1 Rab8 16. Rac1 Bb4 17. e3 Bb7 {
Diagram # The threat is probably c5-4 to make targets down the b-file. As
always, d5 is a problem in these lines. White also has the threat to c6 (once
the Bb4 pin is relieved) after Na4.} 18. Red1 Rbc8 (18... Red8 {May give more
options with threats to advance Pawns, which will create a passer in the
endgame.}) 19. Na4 Qd8 20. Nc5 {Diagram #} 20... Ba8 ({
Comparing Knight and Bishop lends me to consider} 20... Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Ne4 {
Diagram #} 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Qc3 f6 {
But each side still has strengths and weaknesses.}) 21. a3 Ba5 22. b4 Bc7 {
Diagram #} 23. Bh3 (23. Qc3 {pins Nf6 and thus prepares 24 e4, making a Pawn
target for White. But Black certainly is poised to battle for the open lines !}
) 23... Rb8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Nd7 {Diagram #} 25... Qh6 26. Bg2 (26. Nxb8 Qxh3
27. Na6 Bb8 {Diagram # and Black has attacking plans based off Re6-h6 and
clearing the long diagonal, even at cost of the Pawns}) 26... Rbd8 27. Nc5 Bd6
{Diagram #} 28. Rd4 Qf6 29. Rh4 g6 {Diagram #} 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Kf1 {It's almost
impossible to realize here that White will soon want to play Bf1, and this
move blocks that possibility.} 31... a5 {Diagram #} 32. e4 $6 {Looks to be the
turning point, based off the simple fact the Queen is on the same file as a
Rook.} 32... axb4 33. axb4 Bxc5 34. bxc5 dxe4 {Diagram # Black threatens Queen,
of course, but also has e3 or f5 to secure the extra Pawn. But Black is going
to spend time getting his Bishop in the game.} 35. Qh6 (35. Qe3 f5 36. Ke1 {
Diagram # idea of Bf1-c4, maybe even Qc3} 36... Bb7 37. Bf1 Bc8 38. Bc4+ Be6)
35... f5 {and the White King's Rook is gasping for air, so...} 36. g4 {
Diagram #} 36... f4 37. Bxe4 $1 Qg7 (37... Qxe4 38. Qxh7+ Kf8 39. Qh8+ {
Diagram #} 39... Kf7 (39... Ke7 40. Re1) 40. Rh7+ Ke6 41. Re1) 38. Qxf4 {
Diagram #} 38... Rf8 ({No time for greed !} 38... g5 $2 39. Rxh7 (39. Bxh7+ $2
Qxh7 (39... Kh8 $1 40. Bc2+ gxh4 (40... Kg8 41. Bb3+)) 40. Qc4+ {Diagram #}
40... Qf7 41. Rh8+ Kxh8 (41... Kg7 42. Rh7+ {and wins}) 42. Qxf7 {
and White wins once Rook reaches a7}) 39... Qxh7 40. Bxh7+ {with CHECK !!}
40... Kxh7 41. Qxg5 {
Diagram # With Queen on open board a the passers, I'd expect White to win this.
}) 39. Qe3 Bb7 40. Rh3 Rde8 41. Qb3+ Kh8 {Diagram #} (41... Qf7 {
Forces Queens off, but Black doesn't want that here !}) 42. f3 $2 {
Poor Rook ! Does hope to play Bxg6, but a tactic is missed !} (42. Re3 {idea f3
}) ({Another possibility, however, is} 42. Bxg6 $1 {
Diagram # Since the Queen is overloaded, and on with idea of Rh7+} 42... Qxg6 (
42... Ba6+ 43. Bd3 Bxd3+ 44. Qxd3 {and h7 still needs help}) 43. Qxb7 {
and White has time to defend g4 since the Black Queen must stop mate at h7.})
42... Ba6+ $2 (42... Rxe4 {the f-Pawn is pinned !}) 43. Kf2 {Diagram #} 43...
Bb5 (43... Rxe4) 44. Qa3 {
My notes say Wh's 44th was Qb2, but that clearly wasn't the move [Brian:} 44...
Qd4+ 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Qa2 {This position is accurate} 46... Rxe4 {Diagram #} 47.
Qa7+ ({I don't see the downside to taking the Rook:} 47. fxe4 Qxe4+ 48. Kg1
Qxg4+ {Diagram #} 49. Rg3 (49. Kh1 Qxh3) 49... Qd4+ 50. Kh1 Qe4+ {Diagram #}
51. Qg2 {White has the better chances.} (51. Rg2 Bf1)) 47... Kf6 (47... Rf7 48.
Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 49. Qxf7+ {
and a draw is White's best hope (Black still threatens Qd2+ winning c1-Rook).})
48. fxe4 Qd2+ 49. Kg3 Qxc1 50. Rxh7 Qe1+ {Diagram # WHITE RESIGNED} 51. Kf3 (
51. Kg2 Bf1+ 52. Kg1 Bh3#) 51... Kg5+ {Diagram #} 52. Kg2 (52. Rf7 Qf1+ {
wins the Rook}) 52... Bf1+ 53. Kg1 Bh3# 0-1

[Event "Tyros-Fermilab"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stein, Peter"]
[Black "Garzon, Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Tyros"]
[BlackTeam "Fermi"]

{128MB, Power.ctg, HDTKW} 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Be2 e6 6.
Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Qe1 Nd4 10. Qh4 Nec6 11. Qh3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Nd4
13. g4 f5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Rae1 a6 16. exf5 exf5 17. Nd5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 fxg4 19.
Qe2 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Re8 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. f5 gxf5 25.
Nxf5 Rxe2 26. Ng3+ Kg8 27. Rxe2 Bc6+ 28. Kg1 Bf3 29. Re6 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Fermilab-Tyros"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dorigo, T."]
[Black "Diaz, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Fermi"]
[BlackTeam "Tyros"]

{128MB, Power.ctg, HDTKW} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd4 5. Bb5+ Bd7
6. dxe6 Qe7 (6... Bxb5 7. exf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ {idea Qxb5}) 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. cxd4
Qxe6+ 9. Qe2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Ne7 12. Qxe6 fxe6 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Ngf3
O-O 15. O-O Rf4 16. Nb3 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Nf8 18. Red1 h6 19. h3 Rd6 20. Kf1 b6 21.
Ke2 Ng6 22. g3 Rf5 23. a3 Rfd5 24. Rd3 Nge7 25. g4 Ng6 26. Rdc3 Nge7 27. Ke3 h5
28. R1c2 hxg4 29. hxg4 e5 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5+ 32. Kf3 Rf6+ 33. Kg3 Nd5
34. Rf3 Rg6 35. Rd3 Nf6 36. f3 Nh5+ 37. Kf2 Nf4 38. Rd4 Rf6 39. Nc1 Ne6 40.
Rdc4 Ng5 41. f4 Nh3+ 42. Kf3 Rd5 43. Kg3 Ng1 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. f5 Rfd6 46. R2c7+
Kf6 47. Rf8+ Ke5 48. Re7+ Kd4 49. Re1 g6 50. Rxg1 gxf5 51. Rd1+ Ke3 52. Re8+
1-0

[Event "Fermilab-Tyros"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gaines, Irwin"]
[Black "Guio, Julian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Fermi"]
[BlackTeam "Tyros"]

{128MB, Power.ctg, HDTKW} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6.
Bg5 e5 {Diagram # This drops material, the point to the KID Averbakh variation
entered at 6 Bg5.} 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd8 Nb4 {
Diagram # Well, I'm not finding help in the books, a GM doesn't want to be an
exchange down in the opening ! White wants to solve two problems: the Nc2 fork
and still hold Pa2 or Pb2.} 11. Kd2 (11. Bd1 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 (12. Kd2 Nxf2) 12...
Nxb2) (11. O-O-O Nxa2+ 12. Kb1 Nb4 13. Bxc7 {Diagram # with a clean exchange,
and threatening to win Bishop or Knight after Rd8+} 13... N8c6 $1 {idea Nd4}
14. Nf3) ({So the 0-0-0 line highlights that best is probably} 11. Rd1 Nxa2 12.
Bxc7 Nc6 13. Nf3 {Diagram # since now the Bishop is protected, so} 13... Nd4
14. Nxe5 (14. Bxe5 $2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxe5)) 11... N8c6 12. a3 $2 {
The hole at b3 is going to be a problem.} (12. Bxc7 Na6 13. Bd6 Be6) 12... Na6
13. Bg5 Nd4 {Diagram # threat is Nb3+ forking and Nc5-b3 is also in the works.
Black has the initiative, so see previous analysis that goes back to see where
White lost it.} 14. Bd1 Be6 {Diagram # Geesh ! The hits just keep coming.} 15.
Kc3 Nc5 16. f3 b5 17. b4 Nb7 18. c5 a5 {
Diagram # White must get the backrank cleared, but doesn't have time !} 19. Kb2
({Others moves will lose the g2-Pawn :} 19. Rc1 axb4+ 20. axb4 Ra3+ 21. Kb2 {
Diagram #} 21... Ra2+ (21... Nb3 $2 22. Rc3) 22. Kb1 Rxg2) ({Similar is:} 19.
Rb1 axb4+ 20. axb4 Ra3+ 21. Kb2 Ra2+ 22. Kc1 Rxg2) 19... Nc6 {
Diagram # But now White does get time to unwind.} 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. Bc3 Bc4 22.
Be2 Nd4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 {Diagram #} 24. Rd1 ({Development is needed !} 24. Nh3
Nb5 25. Rhd1) 24... Rb8 {threat is Nxc5} 25. Be1 (25. Nh3 Nxc5) (25. Kc1 $2 {
Diagram #} 25... Bh6+ ({Or even} 25... axb4 26. axb4 Nd8 {and N8c6 next}) 26.
Bd2 Nb3+) 25... Nxc5 26. Ka2 (26. Kc3 $2 Na4+ 27. Kxc4 Nb2+) 26... Nd3 27. Rb1
axb4 {Diagram #} 28. Rxb4 (28. Bxb4 Nf2) (28. axb4 Ra8#) 28... Ra8 {
Diagram # idea Bf8-xa3 and a Bb4 discovery check wins Be1} (28... Nxb4+) 29.
Rb1 Bf8 30. Rd1 Rxa3+ 31. Kb1 Rb3+ {Diagram #} 32. Ka2 (32. Ka1 Nc2+ 33. Ka2
Rb2#) 32... Rb2+ 33. Ka1 Nb3# 0-1

[Event "Tyros-Fermilab"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Buchner, Bob"]
[Black "Molina, Jorge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1582"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Tyros"]
[BlackTeam "Fermi"]

{128MB, Power.ctg, HDTKW} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d4 Nc6 6.
Nbd2 Ne4 7. c3 Bf5 8. Nh4 Nxd2 9. Nxf5 gxf5 10. Bxd2 e6 11. Qc2 h5 12. h4 Bh6
13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14. e3 Ne7 15. c4 c6 16. Rfc1 Rg6 17. Bf3 dxc4 18. Qxc4 f4 19.
exf4 Nf5 20. Be4 Qxh4 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Qc5+ Kg7 24. Re3 Qxf4 25.
Kf1 Qg5 26. Rae1 f4 27. Qxg5 Rxg5 28. gxf4 Rg4 29. Rg3 Kf6 30. Rxg4 hxg4 31.
Kg2 Kf5 32. Kg3 f6 33. Re7 Rb8 34. Kh4 Rh8+ 35. Kg3 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Kxf4 37. Rxb7
Rd3 38. Rxa7 Rxd4 39. Ra6 Rc4 40. b3 Rc2 41. a4 f5 42. b4 Rb2 43. Rxc6 Rxb4 44.
a5 Ra4 45. a6 Kg5 46. Re6 f4 47. Rb6 Ra2 48. Kg1 f3 49. Rc6 Kf5 50. Rb6 Kf4 51.
Rb4+ Kg5 52. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fermilab-Tyros"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cease, Herman"]
[Black "Hahne, Dave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "1588"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Fermi"]
[BlackTeam "Tyros"]

{128MB, Power.ctg, HDTKW} 1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6.
Qxd3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nf5 8. O-O Nd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. c3 Rc8 11. b3 Qc7 12. Bb2 Be7 13.
Rac1 Qb6 14. Kh1 h5 15. c4 g6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rfe1 O-O 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. fxg5
cxd4 20. Qf3 Qe6 21. Qf4 Rfe8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Rc2 25. a4
Qc6 26. h3 Qe6 27. Nf3 b6 28. Qf4 Rb2 29. Nd4 Qe8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Qf7 32.
Qe3 Qf1+ 33. Kh2 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Tyros-Fermilab"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "La Forge, Wayne"]
[Black "Degraff, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1444"]
[BlackElo "1358"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Tyros"]
[BlackTeam "Fermi"]

{128MB, Power.ctg, HDTKW} 1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Ne2 Nbd7
6. Nbc3 Nb6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Qc2 Qd7 9. Rd1 Qd3 10. Qxd3 cxd3 11. Nd4 Bxd1 12.
Nxd1 e5 13. Nxc6 e4 (13... bxc6 14. Bxc6+ Kd8 15. Bxa8 Nxa8 {
Black is a piece up}) 14. Nd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 Nbd7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Nxe4 Be7 18.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bg2 Rfd8 21. Na5 Rbc8 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. b3 Rdc7 24.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Ba3 Re5 26. Bb2 Rec5 27. Bc3 Nd5 28. b4 Rxc3 29. dxc3 Nxc3 30.
Bf3 d2 31. Bd1 (31. Kg2 Rd8 32. Bd1 Nxd1 33. Rxd1) (31. Kf1 Rd8 32. Bd1) 31...
Nxd1 32. Rxd1 Rc1 33. Kf1 Rxd1+ 34. Ke2 Ra1 35. Kxd2 Rxa2+ 36. Kc3 Rxf2 37. Kc4
Rxh2 38. Kb5 f5 39. Ka6 Ra2+ 40. Kb5 Kf7 41. Kc6 Ra3 42. b5 Rxe3 43. Kb7 Ra3
0-1

[Event "Tyros-Fermi"]
[Site "Batavia, Il."]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bob Stoltz"]
[Black "Len Spiegel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[Annotator "Stoltz,Bob"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.12.08"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

{167MB, BOBSCOMPUTER} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3
Qc7 7. Qg3 f5 8. O-O Nge7 9. h4 Ng6 10. Re1 Bb4 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. a3 Bxd2 13.
Bxd2 Nh8 14. Rac1 Nf7 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. b4 Bd7 17. Bxf5 {Diagram #} 17... Ne7 18.
Bd3 Rac8 19. h5 Nf5 20. Qh2 N7h6 21. Bd2 Ba4 22. Qh3 Rc7 23. Ng5 Rfc8 24. Nxe6
{Diagram #} 24... Qxe6 25. Bxh6 Qxh6 26. Bxf5 Rf8 27. Bd3 Rc3 28. Qh4 Rxa3 29.
e6 Be8 30. Qxd4 Qxh5 31. Re5 Qh6 32. Rf1 Qf4 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxd5 Rxb4 35.
Rd8 Kf8 36. Rc8 (36. Bxh7 {idea Bg6} 36... Ke7 37. Rfd1) 36... Ke7 37. Bxh7 Bc6
38. Re1 Rh4 39. Bd3 Ra5 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rf7+ Kg5 42. Rxg7+ Kf6 43. Rf7+ Kg5
44. e7 Rh8 45. Rf8 Rh4 46. e8=Q Bxe8 47. Rfxe8 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "St Charles CC-Fermi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall, J."]
[Black "Garzon, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. g4 Nd7 12. g5 Nc5 13. Rhg1 Bd7 14. h4 b5
15. h5 b4 16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 exd5 18. exd5 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 g6 20. Rf4 Qa5 21.
Kb1 Qxd5 22. Bd4 Bxg5 23. Qd2 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Bf5 25. Rg5 Rae8 0-1

[Event "St Charles CC-Fermi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freidel, Jesse"]
[Black "Spiegel, Lenny"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
b6 9. a4 a6 10. a5 b5 11. b4 c4 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qb1 Qe8 14. Re1 h6 15. Bh4 g5
16. Bg3 Nh5 17. e4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nf6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Ne4 Qc6 21. Ra3 Rad8 22.
Nc5 Ba8 23. Be4 Rfe8 24. Qc2 e6 25. Ne5 Qd6 26. Bh7+ Kf8 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Qg6+
Kf8 29. Nxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Qd7 31. Rxa6 Re8 *

[Event "Fermi-St Charles CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gaines, Irwin"]
[Black "Freidel, Jer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Ra3 d6
9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. O-O Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Nb6 14. Nc3 Nc4 15.
Rb3 Nd7 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Nb6 18. Rb5 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Rxa4 22. Rfb1 Qa8 23. Rb7 Ra1 24. R7b2 Rxb1+ 25. Rxb1 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Qxb8
27. h3 Qb3 28. Kh2 Kg7 29. e4 Qc4 30. Qe3 h5 31. Kg3 f6 32. f4 Qf1 33. e5 fxe5
34. fxe5 dxe5 35. Qxe5+ Qf6 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Kf4 g5+ 38. Ke4 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4
40. g3 Kg6 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. c4 e6 43. dxe6 Kxe6 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. Kf5 Kc7 46. Kxg4
Kb6 47. Kf4 Ka5 48. Ke5 Kb4 49. Kd5 Kc3 50. g4 Kd3 51. g5 Kc3 52. g6 Kb4 53. g7
Ka4 54. g8=Q Ka5 55. Qb8 Ka4 56. Qb2 Ka5 57. Qb5# 1-0

[Event "St Charles CC-Fermi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hutchby, Clive"]
[Black "Staples, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1618"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Qe8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 Nd7 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. b4 a6 13. Nc3 f5 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. c5 h6
16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 dxc5 18. Ba3 Nc6 19. bxc5 Qe7 20. Rb1 Rfd8 21. Qc1 Qxe6
22. exf5 Qxf5 23. Rxb7 Nd4 24. Rxc7 Rab8 25. Ne4 Nf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Qc4+
Nd5 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Rf1 Kh8 30. Rd7 Ne3 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kg2 Rxf1 33. Qxf1
Qxa3 34. Qf7 Qb2+ 35. Kh3 e4 36. Qxg6 e3 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nxh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+
Kg8 40. Ng5 Qf6 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Rf7+ Qxf7 43. Nxf7 Kxf7 44. Qf5+ Bf6 45. Qf3
Re8 46. Qe2 Re5 47. c6 Ke7 48. Kg2 Kd6 49. Qd3+ Kxc6 50. Qxa6+ Kd5 51. Qxf6 Re8
1-0

[Event "Fermi-St Charles CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melina, George"]
[Black "Janssen, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1437"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8.
Qb3 b6 9. e4 Bf4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Nf4 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qe3 Ng6
15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rc8 17. Rxc6 Ne7 18. Rc4 Nd5 19. Qg5 f6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. d5 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxc7 a5 26. Re1 Rfd6
27. h3 g6 28. Ree7 Rd2 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rcg7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "St Charles CC-Fermi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freidel, Dennis"]
[Black "Cease, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1346"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. c4 O-O 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Nh4 d4 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. h3 Rab8 14. Qa4
Nh5 15. Nf1 Rfc8 16. a3 a6 17. Qc2 b5 18. Bd5 Nf6 19. cxb5 Qxd5 20. bxc6 Rxc6
21. Nd2 Re8 22. Nc4 Rce6 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Qa5 Rh6 25. h4 f4 26. e4 dxe3 27. Nxe3
fxe3 28. Rxe3 Rhe6 (28... Rxe3 29. fxe3 Qxd3 (29... Qf3 30. Qe1 Rg6)) 29. Rae1
Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qa8 31. Qa4 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qc8 33. b4 cxb4 34. axb4 h6 35. b5 axb5
36. Qxb5 Nf6 37. Qc4 Qh3 38. Qf4 Nh5 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qb1 Qxg3+ 41. Kf1 Qf3+
42. Ke1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "BP-Fermi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Coulter, D."]
[Black "Garzon, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Ne1 Nc5 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qb3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rfb1 Bh6 21. Nd1
Rfc8 22. Ne3 Ra4 23. h4 Rca8 24. Rxa4 bxa4 25. Qa3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3
Rb8 28. Bf1 Rb3 (28... a3) 29. Bc4 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Fermi-BP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dorigo, T."]
[Black "Histed, Cliff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Bd6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Qd2
b5 9. Bd5 Bb7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd7
Rfd8 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qxh6 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Re8+ 19. Kd2 Rad8 20.
Rae1 Rxd5+ 21. Kc1 Ree5 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Re1 Ra5 24. Re3 f5 25. Rg3+ Kf7 26.
Rg7+ Ke8 27. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "BP-Fermi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Castaneda, Bob"]
[Black "Gaines, Irwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1252"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Bxc3 5. Bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. Qxe4 Qd5 8.
Bd3 Qxe4+ 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. O-O b6 12. Rad1 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. b3
Rd6 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. c4 b5 17. c5 R6d7 18. a3 b4 19. d5 Nxd5 20. axb4 Ndxb4 21.
Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Nc3 Nd4 23. h3 Nxb3 24. Ba3 Nd3 25. Rb1 Bc4 26. Bc6 Rd8 27. Rd1
a6 28. Be4 f5 29. Bf3 Nd4 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. c6 Nb5 32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Bd6 Re8 34.
Bxc7 e5 35. Bd6 e4 36. c7 Be6 37. f3 Bc8 38. Bd5+ Kh8 39. Bf7 Re6 40. Bxe6 Bxe6
41. fxe4 fxe4 42. Be7 Kg8 43. Bd8 b4 44. Rb1 Kf8 45. Kf1 Ke8 46. Ke2 Bc8 47.
Bh4 Kd7 48. Bg3 Bb7 49. Rf1 Ke8 50. Bd6 b3 51. Ke3 b2 52. Kd4 Nc1 0-1

[Event "Fermi-BP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Molina, Jorge"]
[Black "Woods, Clayton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Bb7 5. f3 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Qd2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. e5 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. f4 Nbc6 12. Nf3 a5 13. O-O h6 14. Nb5 c4 15. Bc2
f6 16. f5 gxf5 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rf7 19. Nd6 Rh7 20. Qxf6 Rg7 21. Nxb7 Qd7
22. Nd6 f4 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Qe6+ Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Rg4 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Rad1 Nb4
28. Bb1 1-0

[Event "BP-Fermi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ravi"]
[Black "Bolshov, Arkadiy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1460"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. h3 e6 5. Bf4 Nbd7 6. e3 Qb6 7. Rb1 c5 8. Nb5
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bd3
a6 15. O-O Re8 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Bg3 Nhf6 19. Rb4 b5 20. a4 bxa4
21. Rxa4 Bb7 22. c4 Bc6 23. Ra5 dxc4 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Nd5 26. Bd4 Bb5 27.
Kh2 {Black won} 0-1

[Event "Fermi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cease, Herman"]
[Black "DeGraff, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "1367"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qxd4 Bxc2 7. Qc4 Bf5 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qxd5 e6 11. Qd3 Qb6 12. Qb3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 Qd4 15. Ne2 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. O-O Ne7 18. Nd4 Rb8 19. b3 O-O 20. Rac1
Rfd8 21. Rc7 a5 22. N2f3 Nf5 23. Rd1 h6 24. Rc5 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 a4 26. Rcxd5 axb3
27. axb3 Rb7 28. f5 Kh7 29. e6 fxe6 30. fxe6 Bxe6 31. Rxd8 Bxb3 32. Nh4 Bc2 33.
Rc4 Bb1 34. Rcc8 g5 35. Nf3 Rb6 36. Rb8 Rxb8 37. Rxb8 Ba2 38. Rb6 Kg7 39. Ne5
Bd5 40. g3 Ba2 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Bd5 43. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Kemper-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hughes, Norman"]
[Black "Baumgartner, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[Annotator "Hughes"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 {Diagram #} 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7.
Re1 e5 8. e4 {Diagram # This position has been reched many times in master
play. The latest is Hossain-Gosh 7th United Insurance 2004.} 8... Bg4 {
Diagram # More common are 8...,Re8, 8...,dxe4, 8...,h6, and 8...,d4.} 9. c3 (9.
h3 Bc8 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. c3 h6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Ne4 $14 {
Diagram # and White's game is better than what was played in the game.}) 9...
dxe4 10. dxe4 Qe7 11. Qc2 Rad8 {Diagram #} 12. Nf1 (12. Nc4 h6 13. Ne3 Be6 14.
b4 {Diagram #} 14... Rfe8 15. a4 Bc8 16. b5 $14 {
and again White is better here than what was played in the game.}) 12... Be6
13. Be3 {Diagram #} (13. Ne3 {See note after White's 12th move.}) 13... Rd7 (
13... Ng4 14. Rad1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 {Diagram #} 15... Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Bc1
Qd6 $11 {and Black's game is easier than what was played.}) 14. Ng5 (14. b4 {
Diagram # At first this move looks strong. There are two threats: 1. b5
winning the e5 Pawn and 2. Bc5 winning the exchange.} 14... Ne8 15. Bc5 Nd6 16.
Rad1 {Diagram #} 16... b6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 $11 {
and Black covers both threats.
}) 14... Bc4 15. Bh3 {Diagram #} 15... Rd3 $2 {
Wrong piece! Turns the advantage to White.} (15... Bd3 16. Qa4 (16. Qb3 Rdd8
17. Qxb7 {Diagram #} 17... Qd6 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Qa4 h6 20. Nf3 Rxb2 {Diagram #}
21. N1d2 Bc2 $15) 16... Rdd8 {Diagram #} 17. Nd2 (17. b4 Qe8 18. Bg2 h6 {
Diagram #} 19. Nh3 b5 20. Qa6 Nb8 $11 {Position is even}) 17... Nd7 18. b4 {
Diagram #} 18... Nb6 19. Qb3 a5 $15 {and Black has the advantage.}) 16. Nd2 Ba6
17. Bf1 {Diagram #} 17... Rxe3 (17... Rd7 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. h3 h6 20. Ngf3 {
Diagram #} 20... Qe6 21. Qa4 Rfd8 $14 {
and Black's game is more playable than in the actual game.}) 18. fxe3 {
Taking with the Rook would be bad
} (18. Rxe3 $2 Ng4 $1 {Diagram #} 19. Bxa6
Qxg5 20. Bxb7 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 {Diagram #} 22... Na5 23. Ba6 $15 {
and Black has the better position}) 18... Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Ng4 {Diagram #} 20. Nh3
(20. Nf3 Nf6 21. N1d2 {Diagram #} 21... Bh6 22. h3 Qc5 23. Rad1 {Diagram #}
23... Nb4 24. Qb1 $16) 20... Bh6 21. Qe2 Qe6 22. Nf2 Nxf2 23. Qxf2 {Diagram #}
23... f5 (23... Ne7 24. Qd2 a6 25. Red1 Qb6 {Diagram #} 26. b4 Nc8 27. c4 Qf6
$16) 24. Qc2 (24. exf5 {Diagram #} 24... gxf5 (24... Rxf5 25. Qc2 Rf8 26. Nd2
Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 {Diagram #} 28. a4 e4 29. Nc4 Kf7 $18) 25. e4 f4 26. Qg2 Kh8
{Diagram #} 27. Kh1 (27. Nd2) 27... f3 28. Qf2 {Diagram #} 28... Bg5 29. Rad1
Qxa2 30. Rd7 $16) 24... Kh8 25. Re2 f4 26. Rf2 {Diagram #} 26... Rf6 (26... f3
27. Qd3 a6 28. Qd5 {Diagram #} 28... Nd8 29. Rd1 c6 30. Qc5 Qf6 31. Kh1 Ne6 $16
{Diagram #}) 27. Qe2 Na5 28. b3 Qb6 {Diagram #} 29. Rf3 (29. Rd1 Rf8 30. exf4
exf4 31. gxf4 {Diagram #} 31... Bxf4 32. Rd5 Nc6 33. Kg2 Ne7 $18 {Diagram #})
29... fxg3 30. Rxg3 (30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. hxg3 {Diagram #} 31... Bf8 32. Rd1 $18)
30... Rf4 31. Qd3 {Diagram #} 31... Nc6 32. Rd1 Rf6 33. Qd7 a5 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35.
Qd7 Rf6 {Diagram #} 36. Qe8+ (36. Rh3 Bg7 37. Qe8+ Bf8 38. Rd7 {Diagram #}
38... h5 39. Rf7 Rxf7 40. Qxf7 {Diagram #} 40... Bh6 41. Rf3 (41. Qxg6 Ne7 42.
Qxh5 Ng8 {Diagram #} 43. Qxe5+ Kh7 44. Rg3 Qd6 {Diagram #} 45. Qf5+ $18) 41...
Bg7 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Rf7 $18) 36... Rf8 37. Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fermilab-Tyros"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2004.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Staples, Carl"]
[Black "Smith, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1684"]
[Annotator "Friske, Smith+Fritz(see BRS:)"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Fermi"]
[BlackTeam "Tyros"]

{128MB, Power.ctg, HDTKW} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 {
Diagram #} 6. Nf3 (6. d3 {is normal English move that helps White in a couple
ways: maintains e4, keeps the Bishop's diagonal open (eyeing d5), and provides
a better square for the Knight: Nf3-d2 can be played if necessary.}) 6... e4 ({
I've realized this same problem: early Pawn centers with Black seem to come
under early attack. I don't like his alternatives, either:} 6... Nc6 7. d4 {
Diagram # Diagram #} 7... e4 (7... Bd6 8. dxe5 {d5 is weak} 8... Bxe5 (8...
Nxe5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 {Diagram # Diagram #} 10. Nxe5 (10. Qxd5 $4 Bb4+) 10... Bxe5
11. Bxd5) 9. Nxe5 Be6 {
and a typical IQP battle where I'd expect Black to miss his dark-squaredBishop.
}) 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qxd5) ({BRS: also interesting is:} 6... d4) 7.
Nd4 Nc6 ({BRS: a good alternative is} 7... Qb6) 8. Nxc6 {Tough to see anything
better (why I looked for earlier White alternative), but now Black has an nice
Pawn center. White will want to break it down with d3 and e4, but Black has
plenty of piece posts.} 8... bxc6 9. O-O {Diagram # Diagram #} 9... Be7 (9...
Bc5 {is more aggressive (Ng4, Qf6 could come naturally)} 10. Na4 ({
BRS: one problem with 9...Bc5 is} 10. Qc2) 10... Bd6 {and Black will gain a
tempo since the Knight will eventually have to move again.}) 10. d3 exd3 11.
Qxd3 O-O {Diagram # Diagram #} 12. b3 Qb6 {BRS: but now Qb6 is questionable
since the Q is misplaced on b6, and open to attack by WH's Kn or dark-squared
B} 13. Bb2 Ba6 14. Qc2 Rfe8 {Diagram # Diagram # If only Black's Bishop was on
b4 ! This game is a good illustration of why GMs play the English like they do.
} 15. Rfe1 Rab8 16. Rac1 Bb4 17. e3 Bb7 {Diagram # Diagram # The threat is
probably c5-4 to make targets down the b-file. As always, d5 is a problem in
these lines. White also has the threat to c6 (once the Bb4 pin is relieved)
after Na4. BRS: Bl has lost the thread of the game and is moving pieces about
without much of a plan.} 18. Red1 Rbc8 (18... Red8 {May give more options with
threats to advance Pawns, which will create a passer in the endgame.}) 19. Na4
Qd8 20. Nc5 {Diagram # Diagram #} 20... Ba8 ({
Comparing Knight and Bishop lends me to consider} 20... Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Ne4 {
Diagram # BRS-but ... Ne4 allows Wh 22 Qxa7, winning a P for free} 22. Bxe4
Rxe4 23. Qc3 f6 {But each side still has strengths and weaknesses.}) 21. a3 Ba5
22. b4 Bc7 {Diagram # Diagram #} ({
BRS Bl can still avoid Wh's upcoming tactic by} 22... Bb6 23. Bh3 Rc7) 23. Bh3
(23. Qc3 {pins Nf6 and thus prepares 24 e4, making a Pawn target for White.
But Black certainly is poised to battle for the open lines !}) 23... Rb8 24.
Bxf6 ({BRS: The move Wh just played should lead to victory, but there's
another tactic here for Wh that's just as good} 24. Na6 Rb7 25. Qxc6 {Diagram #
} 25... Be5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qa4 {Diagram # BRS: Wh's threat of Rc8 wins})
24... Qxf6 25. Nd7 {Diagram # Diagram #} 25... Qh6 26. Bg2 (26. Nxb8 Qxh3 {
Diagram #} 27. Na6 ({BRS: Wh's 26 NxRb8 wins, Bl doesn't have time to get a
K-side attack going. If here Wh plays} 27. Nxc6 Re6 28. Nd4 Rh6 $2 29. Qxc7 {
BRS: and Bl runs out of checks pretty soon, e.g. with the Wh K ending up on e2.
Then Bl is crushed.}) 27... Bb8 {Diagram # Diagram # and Black has attacking
plans based off Re6-h6 and clearing the long diagonal, even at cost of the
Pawns}) 26... Rbd8 27. Nc5 Bd6 {Diagram # Diagram #} 28. Rd4 Qf6 ({
BRS: Here Bl can get equality with this tactic} 28... Rxe3 $1 {Diagram #} 29.
Rh4 (29. fxe3 Qxe3+ {
BRS: Bl wins a 2nd P in this variation, as he wins back the Wh R next move})
29... Re2 30. Rxh6 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 gxh6 $11 {
Diagram # BRS: BL is up a P and has the 2Bs, but his Ps are a mess}) 29. Rh4 g6
{Diagram # Diagram #} 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Kf1 {It's almost impossible to realize
here that White will soon want to play Bf1, and this move blocks that
possibility.} 31... a5 {Diagram # Diagram #} 32. e4 $6 {Looks to be the
turning point, based off the simple fact the Queen is on the same file as a
Rook.} 32... axb4 33. axb4 Bxc5 34. bxc5 dxe4 {Diagram # Diagram # Black
threatens Queen, of course, but also has e3 or f5 to secure the extra Pawn.
But Black is going to spend time getting his Bishop in thegame.} 35. Qh6 (35.
Qe3 f5 36. Ke1 {Diagram # Diagram # idea of Bf1-c4, maybe even Qc3} 36... Bb7
37. Bf1 Bc8 38. Bc4+ Be6) 35... f5 {
and the White King's Rook is gasping for air, so...} 36. g4 {
Diagram # Diagram #} 36... f4 37. Bxe4 $1 Qg7 (37... Qxe4 38. Qxh7+ Kf8 39.
Qh8+ {Diagram # Diagram #} 39... Kf7 (39... Ke7 40. Re1) 40. Rh7+ Ke6 41. Re1 {
Diagram # BRS: Bl should indeed have played 37 ...QxBe4, since now Bl goes up
a R and B with:} 41... Qxe1+ 42. Kxe1 Rxh8) 38. Qxf4 {Diagram # Diagram #}
38... Rf8 ({No time for greed ! I thought} 38... g5 39. Rxh7 (39. Bxh7+ $2 Qxh7
(39... Kh8 $1 40. Bc2+ gxh4 (40... Kg8 41. Bb3+)) 40. Qc4+ {Diagram # Diagram #
} 40... Qf7 41. Rh8+ Kxh8 (41... Kg7 42. Rh7+ {and wins}) 42. Qxf7 {
and White wins once Rook reaches a7}) {BRS: Bl should indeed have played 38 ...
g5, due to the following line leaving him up a R} 39... gxf4 (39... Qxh7 40.
Bxh7+ {with CHECK !!} 40... Kxh7 41. Qxg5 {
Diagram # With Queen on open board a the passers, I'd expect White to win this.
}) 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {Diagram #}) 39. Qe3 Bb7 40. Rh3 Rde8 41. Qb3+ Kh8 {
Diagram # Diagram #} (41... Qf7 {
Forces Queens off, but Black doesn't want that here !}) 42. f3 $2 {
Poor Rook ! Does hope to play Bxg6, but a tactic is missed !} (42. Re3 {idea f3
}) ({Another possibility, however, is} 42. Bxg6 $1 {
Diagram # Diagram # Since the Queen is overloaded, and on with idea of Rh7+}
42... Qxg6 (42... Ba6+ 43. Bd3 Bxd3+ 44. Qxd3 {and h7 still needs help}) 43.
Qxb7 {
and White has time to defend g4 since the Black Queen must stop mate at h7.})
42... Ba6+ $2 {BRS: The reason BL missed the free B was that BL had only 1
minute to complete is his last 9 moves before the time control (Less than
three minutes to complete the last 17 moves before time control.)} (42... Rxe4
{the f-Pawn is pinned !}) 43. Kf2 {Diagram # Diagram #} 43... Bb5 (43... Rxe4)
44. Qa3 {
My notes say Wh's 44th was Qb2, but that clearly wasn't the move [Brian:} 44...
Qd4+ 45. Kg2 {Diagram #} 45... Kg7 ({
BRS: Better for BL is the following, as BL wins the Exchange} 45... Ra8 46. Qc3
Ra2+ 47. Kg3 Qxc3 48. Rxc3 Bf1 {Diagram #} {[Friske] But why not} 49. Rh6 Kg7 (
{Black misses his chance after} 49... Rg2+ 50. Kh4 (50. Kh3 Rc2+) 50... Rxh2+ (
50... Kg7 51. Kg5) 51. Kg5 Rxh6 52. Kxh6) 50. g5 Rg2+ 51. Kh4 {Diagram #} 51...
Rf4+ 52. Kh3 Rxg5#) 46. Qa2 {This position is accurate} ({
BRS: Wh had a much better move, leading to a strong position} 46. Qa7+ {
hitting h7 a second time} 46... Kf6 47. Rxh7) 46... Rxe4 {Diagram # Diagram #}
({BRS: after the game, I was regretting not having gone for} 46... Ra8 {
BRS: but BL gets nowhere after} 47. Qf2) 47. Qa7+ ({
I don't see the downside to taking the Rook:} 47. fxe4 Qxe4+ 48. Kg1 Qxg4+ {
Diagram # Diagram #} 49. Rg3 (49. Kh1 Qxh3) 49... Qd4+ 50. Kh1 {Diagram #} {
BRS: but Bl has} 50... Bd3 $1 {after which has to give the Exchange back, and
BL has a dominating position (e.g. can force the exchange of the remaining
pieces and also win WH's c pawn). BL's Exchange sac on move 46 was his only
winning line.} (50... Qe4+ {Diagram # Diagram #} 51. Qg2 {
White has the better chances.} (51. Rg2 Bf1)) {
[Friske} My thought was based off getting an ending via} 51. Qa1 {
but I didn't bother to calculate any lines (and missed Brian's Bd3).} 51...
Be4+ 52. Rg2 Qxa1 53. Rxa1 {Diagram #} 53... Rf2 {
Black threatens to win a full Rook, so} 54. Rag1 Rc2 {
Diagram # and White is completely tied in knots !!} 55. h3 Rxc5 56. Kh2 Bxg2
57. Rxg2 {Diagram # Black should easily win.}) 47... Kf6 (47... Rf7 48. Rxh7+
$1 Kxh7 49. Qxf7+ {
and a draw is White's best hope (Black still threatens Qd2+ winning c1-Rook).})
48. fxe4 ({BRS: Wh still is lost, but a better try is:} 48. Rxh7 Qb2+ {
Diagram #} 49. Kg3 (49. Kh1 Qxc1+) {[Friske] Looks like mate coming} 49... Qxc1
({Brian:} 49... Qe5+ 50. Kh3 Kg5 $1) 50. fxe4 Qe1+ {Diagram #} 51. Kf3 (51. Kh3
$4 Bf1#) 51... Be2+ (51... Qe2+ 52. Kg3 (52. Kf4 Qf2#) 52... Qe1+ {
mates similarly to 51.. Be2+ analysis line}) 52. Ke3 Bf1+ 53. Kd4 (53. Kf3 Qe2+
54. Kg3 Qg2+ {and mate next}) 53... Qd2#) 48... Qd2+ 49. Kg3 Qxc1 ({
BRS: Wh is lost either way, but Fritz found a neat way to finish things off} 
49... Ke6 $1 {Diagram # BRS: When Wh gets mated in about six (or drops his Q).}
50. Kh4 (50. Rf1 Qe3+ 51. Kh4 g5+ 52. Kh5 Qxh3+ 53. Kxg5 {Diagram #} 53... Rg8+
54. Kf4 Rxg4#) 50... Qh6+ 51. Kg3 Qf4+ {Diagram #} 52. Kh4 (52. Kg2 Qd2+ 53.
Kg1 Qxc1+ {Diagram #} 54. Kg2 Qc2+ 55. Kg3 Qf2#) 52... Qf6+ 53. g5 (53. Kg3
Qf2#) 53... Qf4#) 50. Rxh7 Qe1+ {Diagram # Diagram # WHITE RESIGNED} 51. Kf3 (
51. Kg2 Bf1+ 52. Kg1 Bh3#) 51... Kg5+ {Diagram # Diagram #} 52. Kg2 (52. Rf7
Qf1+ {wins the Rook}) 52... Bf1+ 53. Kg1 Bh3# {BRS: A real heart-stopper of a
game! Since the other games had completed with a 2.5/2.5 score before move 45,
the fate of the match rested on this game, with most of both teams watching
the last several moves. A match win for BL's team was important for them to
stay in contention for a playoffs spot. Especially given the circumstances, I
think the Rook sac 46 ... RxB was my finest chess move so far.} 0-1

[Event "Knights-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Black "Stevanovic, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. e5 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Nfd7 9. e6 Bxe6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bc4 Qc5 14. Bb3
Qh5 15. h3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 e6 17. Ne4 Na6 18. Bc3 Nac5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Bc4 b5
21. Be2 Rc8 22. b3 Ne4 23. Bd4 a6 24. a4 Nf6 25. axb5 axb5 26. c4 b4 27. Ra1 c5
28. Be5 Be7 29. Ra7 Bd8 30. Bf3 O-O 31. Bb7 Rc7 32. Bxc7 Bxc7 33. Rfa1 Be5 34.
R1a2 Bd4 35. Bf3 Nh7 36. Rd7 Nf6 37. Rc7 Ne8 38. Re7 Nd6 39. Rd7 Nf5 40. Raa7
g5 41. Kf1 g6 42. g3 Kg7 43. Bg4 Kf6 44. Ke2 Nh6 45. Bf3 Ke5 46. g4 Rb8 47. Bc6
Kf4 48. Re7 Rd8 49. Red7 Rh8 50. Ra8 Rh7 51. Rf8 Ke5 52. Rb7 Kf6 53. Be4 Kg7
54. Rd8 Kf6 55. Rbd7 Bb2 56. f3 Ba1 57. Kd3 Rg7 58. Rc8 Bd4 59. Rxd4 cxd4 60.
Kxd4 Ng8 61. Rb8 Ne7 62. Rxb4 Rh7 1-0

[Event "UOP-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boldingh, Ed"]
[Black "Morris, Rob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qc8 9. Ng5 Nd8 10. f4 Be7 11. O-O Bxg5 12. fxg5 Ne7 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd4 Nec6
15. Ne2 e5 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Nc3 O-O-O 19. Qe2 Rdf8 20. Rfc1 Ned4 21.
Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Qe3 Qg4 23. Kh1 h6 24. g6 Qxg6 25. Nd5 Rf7 26. b4 Rhf8 27. a4 Kb8
28. Nxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Kxc7 30. Qc3+ Kb8 31. Rc1 Qf7 {WHITE FLAGGED} 0-1

[Event "UOP-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sajbel, Pat"]
[Black "Thomson, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. c3 Qe7 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O-O 12. Re1 Ng5 13. Qg4+ Ne6 14. Bf5 Kb8
15. Bxe6 h5 16. Qg3 Rd6 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Bf4 Rxe6 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. Nd2 f6 21.
Bxc7+ Kc8 22. Bf4 g5 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. Bh2 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Re8 26. Qg3 h4 27. Qg4 f5
28. Qxg5 Qxd6 29. Qxf5+ Kc7 30. Nf3 Rf8 31. Qh7+ Ne7 32. Re1 Kd8 33. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "Knights-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alfonso, Ed"]
[Black "Micklich, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 Nd7 8. Be3
Na5 9. Bd3 a6 10. Qd2 (10. d5 {/\b4}) 10... Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Ng5 e5 13. d5
b5 14. f4 Nb7 15. f5 Nf8 16. Rf1 Nc5 17. Qf2 f6 18. Ne6 Nfxe6 19. dxe6 (19.
fxe6) 19... c6 20. Qg3 g5 21. h4 Re7 22. hxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5+ Bg7 24. Bxg7 Bxe6
(24... Rxg7 $4 25. Qxd8#) 25. Bf6+ Kf8 26. Bxe7+ Qxe7 27. fxe6+ Ke8 28. Qg8+
1-0

[Event "UOP-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schoonover, Mike"]
[Black "Karandikar, Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1297"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4 Nge7 7. O-O Bxc3
8. bxc3 h6 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Qd5 O-O 11. Bc1 d6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Qd3 Nce5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Qg3 Bxc4 16. Bxh6 Ng6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh6 Kh7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rfe1 b5
21. Rbd1 Kf7 22. a3 Rh8 23. f4 Qg8 24. Qf2 Qh7 25. h3 Qh4 26. f5 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Ne5 28. Ke3 Rag8 29. Rd2 Rg3+ 30. Kf4 Rxc3 31. Rd4 Rh4+ 32. g4 Rf3# 0-1

[Event "Excaliburs-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Friske, Tom"]
[Black "Boldingh, Ed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nd2
Qe8 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. f3 Nf6 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Bf2 Rg8 15.
e4 g5 16. e5 Nh5 17. Be3 Qf7 18. g4 f4 19. Bd2 Ng7 20. Nf2 Qf8 21. Rfd1 Be8 22.
Bf1 Bg6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Qf7 25. Be1 Raf8 26. a4 h5 27. h3 Qg6 28. Rd2 Rf7
29. Rh2 Ne8 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Nb4 Qxc2 32. Nxc2 Rh7 33. Bb4 Bd8 34. Bc5 $138
Rg6 35. Kg2 Rgh6 36. Rah1 (36. Rhh1) (36. gxh5 Rxh5 37. Rd1) 36... Kg8 37. Ne1
b6 38. Ba3 Nc7 39. b3 Ne6 40. Bb2 c5 41. Nc2 Be7 42. gxh5 Rxh5 43. Rd1 cxd4 44.
Nxd4 Nxd4 45. Rxd4 {/\Rxd5} (45. Bxd4 {/\Rc1}) 45... g4 46. fxg4 f3+ 47. Kg3
Rxe5 48. Kxf3 Bg5 49. Kg2 {
DRAW AGREED (Last game of match that UOP had already won)} 49... Re2+ 50. Kh1
Rhe7 51. Ba3 (51. Rxd5 Rxh2+ 52. Kxh2 Re2+ 53. Kg3 Rxb2 54. Rd3) 51... Re1+ 52.
Kg2 R7e2+ 53. Kg3 Bh4+ 54. Kxh4 Rxh2 55. Rd3 (55. Rxd5 Re3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "UOP-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sajbel, Pat"]
[Black "Arond, Dean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 e5 4. dxe5 Ne4 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Qd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Qxd4
8. Nxd4 O-O 9. a3 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Rd8 12. Kc3 c5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14.
e3 Bg4 15. Bd3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Be4 Rd7 18. Rhg1 Rad8 19. f4 Nc6 20. Bd5
Ne7 21. e4 a5 22. a4 Nc6 23. Rae1 Kf8 24. f5 Nb4 25. f4 f6 26. Rg2 Re7 27. Rd2
Red7 28. Red1 Na2+ 29. Kb3 Nb4 30. e5 Nc6 31. e6 Rd6 32. Kc3 Nd4 33. Be4 Ne2+
34. Kc2 Ke7 {DRAW AGREED} 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Rg1 g6 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rxg6 (38.
Bd5 Nxf4) 38... Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excaliburs-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kogan, Greg"]
[Black "Lechnick, Jay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ne5 Nd7 5. Bf4 Nxe5 6. Bxe5 Nf6 7. Nd2 Bd6 8.
Bc4 Bd7 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxe4 Qe7 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O Qg5 14. f4
Qd8 15. Qd3 d5 16. Bb3 f5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Rf6 19. Re5 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd6 21.
Rd1 Kh8 22. d5 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. d6 Qb6 25. Bxe6 Qxb2 26. Re2 Qb4 27. Qd4
Qxd4 28. Rxd4 g6 29. Kg1 Be4 30. Bb3 Rfxd6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Kg3 h6
34. Kh4 b6 35. g4 Bf3 36. Re7+ Kh8 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Rxa7 Bg4 39. Rf7 Rd4 40.
Rf8+ Kg7 41. Rg8+ Kf6 42. Rxg4 fxg4 43. Kxg4 Rd2 44. h3 b5 45. h4 b4 46. f5 Rd3
47. Bc4 Ra3 {Black won} 0-1

[Event "UOP-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Micklich, Frank"]
[Black "Brotsos, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1618"]
[BlackElo "1557"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. Re1 f6 10. Nf1 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bf6 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Ne3 Rb8
15. Rb1 b5 16. Ng4 Be7 {gives up e5} (16... Qd6 17. Bf4) 17. Ne5 Bd6 $2 18. Nc6
Qf6 19. Nxb8 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Bxg3 21. Rf1 Qd4 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qf3+ Qf6 24.
Qxg3 e5 25. Be3 Qd6 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. d4 Ne6 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. dxe5 h6 30. Nc6
1-0

[Event "UOP-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Allen, Bob"]
[Black "Suerth, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "1498"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nxd4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Bd5 Qd7 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Bxf7 Nf6 14.
Bc4 Rac8 15. Bd3 Be2 16. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Ng4 18. f3 Ne5 (18... Nf2+ 19. Rxf2
Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Nxc1) 19. b3 Nd3 20. Rb1 (20. Ba3) 20... Nexc1 21. Nc4 Ne2 22.
h3 Ng3+ 23. Kh2 Nxf1+ 24. Rxf1 b5 25. Ne3 Be5+ 26. g3 h5 27. f4 Bd4 28. Nd5
Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Rooks-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benedek, Roy"]
[Black "Jakstas, Kaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

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. c4 O-O 10. Nb3 Ba6 11. Qc2 Rb4 12. Nd2 d5 13. a3 Rb8 14. Re1 Qa5 15.
Rb1 dxc4 16. Nf3 c5 17. Bf4 Rbc8 18. Ne5 Qb5 19. Rbc1 Nd7 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21.
Qxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxb2 23. Ra4 e5 24. Bh6 Rfe8 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Rxa7 Nf6 27.
Bg5 e4 28. Rc7 (28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Bxe4 $11) 28... Bd4 29. Rxb8
Rxb8 30. e3 Rb1+ 31. Bf1 Be5 32. Rxc5 Nd7 33. Rd5 f6 {BLACK FLAGGED} 1-0

[Event "Pawns-Rooks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Latimer, Ed"]
[Black "Hill, Bob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O Ng4 8. d3
h5 9. h3 Nf6 10. f4 h4 11. Kh2 hxg3+ 12. Nxg3 Ng4+ 13. Kh1 Bd4 14. Qf3 Nf6 15.
Nge2 Bg4 16. Qg3 Qd7 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Nd5 O-O-O 19. h4 Nh5 20. Qh2 e6 21. Bd2
exd5 22. cxd5 Ng7 23. Ba5 b6 {
Score doesn't work.  Black won move 31 after several spectacular White sacs.}
0-1

[Event "Rooks-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baurac, Dave"]
[Black "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Ne4 8.
Nbd2 Ndf6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. c3 e6 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. e4 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Qf7 17. e5 Be7 18. Qd2 d5 19. h4 Qg7 20. g3 h6 21. Kh2
g5 22. Rg1 g4 23. Ne1 Be8 24. Ng2 Bf7 25. Nf4 Rfc8 26. b4 Qf8 27. Rgb1 a6 28.
Bc2 Kg7 29. Qd3 c6 30. Ng2 Qd8 31. Ne3 Qe8 32. Nxg4 Bg6 33. Nf6 Bxf6 34. exf6+
Kxf6 35. Qe3 Kg7 36. Re1 Bf7 37. Qe5+ Kg6 38. g4 Qd7 39. gxf5+ exf5 40. Bxf5+
Qxf5 {BLACK RESIGNED before} 41. Rg1+ {idea of Qxf5} 1-0

[Event "Pawns-Rooks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Franek, Marty"]
[Black "Yacout, Latif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1723"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. O-O Na5 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. Ne5 h5 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Rac1 Ng4 14. Ne4 Be7
15. h3 f5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Qd6 18. f4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxc5 21.
Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Bxf5 Nf6 23. Bb4 Qd5 24. Be7+ Ke8 25. Bg6# 1-0

[Event "Rooks-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuhlmann, Steve"]
[Black "O'Dell, Dave"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1428"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 e6 5. e4 e5 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O g6 8. Ng5
Qe7 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Bh6 Qe7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nh2 Rab8 17. f4 Rf8 18. f5 Qd7 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Rf2 Rf7 21. g4
Nd4 22. c3 Ne6 23. Raf1 Rbf8 24. Nf3 Qe7 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Qxg5 Nd7 27. Qe3 Rxf2
28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Nc5 30. Qg3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UOP-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stevanovic, Mike"]
[Black "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 c5 4. Ng3 Nc6 5. Bc4 g6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. a4
O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Ba2 d3 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne1 Nb4 13. cxd3 Nxd3 14. Nxd3 Qxd3
15. Qe2 Bf5 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. dxe3 Bc2 18. Bd2 Nb3 19. Bxb3 Bxb3 20. Ne4 b6 21.
a5 Rfd8 22. Rf2 Bd5 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. e4 e6 25. Be3 Bf8 26. Re2 b5 27. Bf2 Be7
28. Rc1 b4 29. Nb1 Bb5 30. Rd2 Bd3 31. Re1 c4 32. Rdd1 Rd7 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Red1
a6 35. Bb6 Bc5+ 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Kf2 Rdc7 38. Ke3 Bxb1 39. Rxb1 Rxa5 40. Rd8+
Kg7 41. Rb8 Ra4 42. Rc1 a5 43. Kd4 Ra2 44. Rb1 c3 45. bxc3 Rxc3 46. Rb5 Rd2#
0-1

[Event "Knights-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Jim"]
[Black "Sacks, Dave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 Ng4 9. Be2 Ne5 10. f4 Nec6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be3 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Re8 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. b3 a6 17. Rae1 Qf6 18. Bxb6 Qxc3 19. Be3 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nd4
21. Bd1 c5 22. Ba5 f5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rf2 Re7 26. Bd8 Rd7 27.
Bb6 Re7 28. Rf1 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Kf7 30. Bd8 Rd7 31. Ba5 Re7 32. Bd8 Rd7 33. Ba5
Re7 34. Re1 Rxe1 35. Bxe1 b6 36. g4 Ne3 37. Bf3 Kf6 38. Kg3 Ke6 39. Bb7 a5 40.
Kf3 Nc2 41. Bc8+ Kf7 42. Bh4 Nb4 43. a4 Bf6 44. Bxf6 Kxf6 45. Ke4 Nc6 46. f5
Nd4 47. fxg6 hxg6 48. h4 Nxb3 49. Kd5 Nd2 50. Ba6 Nb1 51. Bb5 Nc3+ 52. Kc6 Ke5
53. Kxb6 d5 54. Kxc5 d4 55. Be8 Ne4+ 56. Kb5 d3 57. Bxg6 d2 58. Bxe4 Kxe4 59.
Kxa5 d1=Q 60. Kb5 Qb3+ 61. Ka5 Qxc4 62. g5 Kf5 63. Kb6 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "UOP-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boldingh, Ed"]
[Black "Balicki, Jeff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1881"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 e6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Bc4 a6 8. Qe2
b5 9. Bb3 Ra7 10. O-O Rd7 11. Rfd1 h6 12. Rac1 Na5 13. Bc2 g5 14. Be3 Bg7 15.
Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Bb3 Na5 19. Bd5 Nf6 20. b3 Nb7 21. b4 Qe7
22. Bc6 O-O 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. f3 Be6 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Bf5 28.
g4 Bg6 29. Rc6 Rd8 30. Rdc1 Rd7 31. Rxa6 Nd8 32. Bb6 f5 33. Ra8 Nf7 34. Rcc8
fxg4 35. fxg4 Qf6 36. Qf2 Qg7 37. Rf8 e4 38. Kg2 Ne5 39. Bd4 Qf7 40. Rxf7+ Rxf7
41. Qxf7+ Bxf7 42. Bxe5 dxe5 43. Ra7 Kg6 44. Rb7 Bxd5 45. Rxb5 Bxa2 46. Rxe5
Kf6 47. Rf5+ Ke6 48. Kf2 Bb1 49. Ke3 h5 50. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Knights-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alfonso, Ed"]
[Black "Lechnick, Jay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e5 Nb8 7. Ndb5 a6 8.
Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Qxd6 h6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bb6 Nf5 12. Bxd8 Nxd6 13. exd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Knights-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Phelps, Doug"]
[Black "Michklich, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1204"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. c3 a6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Qe8 9. Re1 h6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. h3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
Qc2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Bd4 Nf4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Re3
Rad8 22. Rg3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxe4 24. Kf1 Bf5 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Ne3 Bd7 27. Re1
Rde8 28. b3 d5 29. a4 d4 30. cxd4 b5 31. a5 b4 32. Kg1 Kf8 33. Rf3 Rxd4 34. Nc2
Rxe1+ 35. Nxe1 Rd1 36. Re3 Be6 37. f3 Rb1 38. Kf2 Bxb3 39. Nd3 Be6 40. Re1 Rxe1
41. Nxe1 Bc4 42. Nc2 b3 43. Na3 Bd3 44. Ke3 Bf5 45. g4 Be6 46. Kd4 Ke7 47. Kc3
Kd6 48. Nb1 c5 49. Nd2 c4 50. Ne4+ Kc6 51. Kb4 Kd5 52. Kc3 Ke5 53. Nc5 Kf4 54.
Nxa6 Kxf3 55. Nc5 Bd5 56. Nd7 f5 57. Nf6 Bc6 58. gxf5 gxf5 59. Ng8 h5 60. Ne7
Be4 61. a6 f4 62. a7 Kg3 63. Ng6 f3 64. Ne5 f2 65. Kd4 Ba8 66. Kxc4 b2 67. Nd3
b1=Q 68. Nxf2 Kxf2 69. Kd4 Qb6+ 70. Ke5 Qxa7 71. Kf4 Bf3 72. Kg5 Kg3 73. h4 Bg4
74. Kh6 Kf4 75. Kg6 Qb6+ 76. Kh7 Ke5 77. Kg7 Bf5 78. Kf7 Qc7+ 79. Kg8 Kf6 80.
Kh8 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "Northrop-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, Arnie"]
[Black "Melnikov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Qb6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Bb2 c4
9. Nc3 Qa6 10. a3 Be7 11. Qe2 b5 12. b4 Qb7 13. Ne5 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Rfd1
O-O 16. e4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qe3
Rfa8 22. Qc3 h6 23. f4 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Kings-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallach, Cliff"]
[Black "Vigants, Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nb3
O-O 9. Qf3 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxg5 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. Qxc6 Bd7
15. Qxd6 Be7 16. Qxd7 Qxd7 17. Rxd7 Bb4 18. a3 Be1 19. Bxb5 Bf2 20. Bc6 Be3+
21. Kb1 Rac8 22. Bb7 Rcd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. g3 Kf8 25. Bxa6 h6 26. Re1 Bf2 27.
Rf1 Be3 28. a4 Ke7 29. a5 f6 30. exf6+ Kxf6 31. Bb7 Kf5 32. h3 Kf6 33. a6 Rd6
34. Na5 1-0

[Event "Northrop-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burian, Dave"]
[Black "Piparia, Jankesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. h3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8.
O-O Nxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Re3 Qd6 13. Rae1 Rae8 14. Ne5
b6 15. Rg3 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rg5 Nf4 18. Qg3 f6 19. Qxf4 fxg5 20. Qxg5 Rf5
21. Qh4 Re8 22. Nb1 Ref8 23. Re2 Rf4 24. Qg5 Rxd4 25. Nd2 Rf5 26. Qe3 Rxd2 27.
Qxd2 Rxe5 28. b3 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 c5 30. f4 d4 31. Qe4 Qd5 32. Qe2 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Northrop-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fetterman, Matt"]
[Black "Gryparis, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1325"]
[BlackElo "1447"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. f4 c6 2. e4 e6 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
d3 Bg4 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. h3 Bc8 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bd4
Nh5 15. Ne2 c5 16. Bxd5 cxd4 17. Bxa8 Re8 18. Ne4 Bc7 19. Rdf1 Bf5 20. g4 Bxe4
21. Bxe4 Nf6 22. Bf3 Bb6 23. Ng3 Bc7 24. Ne2 Bb6 25. h4 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Rxe2 27.
f5 Nd7 28. h5 Kf8 29. g5 Rg2 30. Bxg2 f6 31. g6 h6 32. Re1 Ne5 33. Rxe5 fxe5
34. Rf1 Ke7 35. c3 {DRAW AGREED soon after} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich"]
[Black "Lane, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "1368"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
Nxc6 Qd7 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Qf3 Ba6 11. d3 Rad8 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. Bxa7
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qg3 c6 17. Bd4 g6 18. Qe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rfe8 20. Bg3 Re2
21. Rfc1 c5 22. a3 Rde8 23. b4 c4 24. dxc4 Bxc4 25. a4 g5 26. b5 h5 27. b6 h4
28. Bc7 Bd5 29. h3 R8e6 30. Rd1 Bb7 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. a5 Rf6 33. Rf1 Ba6 34. Rd6
Rf5 35. Rd8 {White soon won} 1-0

[Event "Northrop-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cairone, Bob"]
[Black "Melinkov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15.
Nf3 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 Re8 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Re3 Nf5 19. Rec3 c6 20. Qf4 g6 21. Bc2
Ng7 22. Ng5 Qe7 23. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallach, Cliff"]
[Black "Walker, Arnie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc4 b5 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. O-O d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Bg5 O-O 16. Rfe1 Nb6 17. Rad1 Rfe8 18. Bf1 e5 19. Qc1 e4 20. Bf4 Qe7 21.
Nd2 f5 22. Nb3 Ne5 23. Na5 Bf6 24. f3 exf3 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. gxf3 Qc7 27. Re2
Bf4 28. Qc2 Re3 29. Rd3 Rce8 30. Rdxe3 Rxe3 31. Kh1 Kg7 32. Rxe3 Bxe3 33. Qd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Northrop-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vigants, Al"]
[Black "Piparia, Jankesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. Nb1 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bf5 13. Qb5 b6 14. Bd2 a6 15.
Qe2 b5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. a3 Qb6 18. Kh1 e6 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Qe1 Rfc8 21. Qe2 Ne4
22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qe1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Rc2 25. Rf2 Qc7 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. Qd2 Qb3
28. Nd7 Bf5 29. Qc3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Kings-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goncharoff, Nik"]
[Black "Burian, Dave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. d3 g6 6. Bd2 Bg7 7. Bc3 Ngf6 8.
h3 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. a3 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Rac8 12. Qe2 Rc7 13. Nb3 c4 14. Ba5 Qb7
15. Bxc7 cxb3 16. Ba5 bxc2 17. Qxc2 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Qd1 Nh5 20. Bc3 e5 21.
Bb4 Nf4 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Rfd1 Rc6 25. Rac1 g5 26. b4 Nxh3+ 27.
gxh3 Qxh3 28. Nh2 g4 29. Qe2 Rg6 30. Qf1 Qh4 31. Kh1 Bh6 32. Qg2 Bf4 33. Rc2 g3
34. fxg3 Rxg3 35. Qf2 Qh5 36. Rg1 Rxg1+ 37. Qxg1+ Kf8 38. Qxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Northrop-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elek, Gabor"]
[Black "Joshi, Bijal"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1139"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nxe4 Qe7 7. Bd3 Qxe5
8. O-O d5 9. Ng3 Bd6 10. Re1 Qf6 11. Re3 Nc6 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Rxf3 Ne5 14. Re3
Nxd3 15. Rxd3 c6 16. b3 d4 17. c3 c5 18. Bb2 Bxg3 19. Rxg3 dxc3 20. dxc3 c4 21.
Bc1 Re8 22. Re3 Be6 23. b4 Rad8 24. Re2 Rd1+ *

[Event "Kings-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gryparis, John"]
[Black "Fetterman, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1447"]
[BlackElo "1325"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 Nd8 11. a5 Ba7 12. Ba3 f6 13. b5 Qf7 14. bxa6 b6 15. axb6
Bxb6 16. Qc2 g6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Ne5 Qg7 19. Bb4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd2 Qf7
22. Nf3 Ng4 23. h3 e5 24. hxg4 e4 25. Ne5 Qe6 26. Be2 h5 27. Qd2 Bd7 28. Qg5
Rg8 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Bxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Knights-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Black "Wolf, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb3 Na6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. f3 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. O-O b5 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Bg5 Ne8 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Ncd7 19. Qc7 Rab8 20. Nxe6 Rfe8 21.
Qg3 1-0

[Event "Kings-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallach, Cliff"]
[Black "Morris, Rob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
Re1 Ne7 9. e5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nc4 Nf5 13. Rxe8 Nxd4 14. Rxf8+
Kxf8 15. Nba3 Bc5 16. c3 Nf5 17. Rd1 Be6 18. Bf4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Rd8 20. Rd2 Bxd6
21. b3 Ke8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Nc2 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Knights-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Jim"]
[Black "Piparia, Jankesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Bd6 9. Bg2 c6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. h4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 h5 14. O-O-O O-O-O
15. Bg3 Ne7 16. Be4 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Bh5 18. Qf4 Bxd1 19. Qxf7 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5
21. Rxd1 Nc5 22. Qg6 Rh6 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. Qd4 b6 25. Qb4 Kb8 26. Nxd5 Kb7 27.
Ne3 Qe7 28. Qe1 Rhh8 29. Nc4 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rd8 31. Nd6+ Kb8 32. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Knights-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alfonso, Ed"]
[Black "Joshi, Bijal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 d6 6. d5 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bg7 8. O-O
Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. f4 Bd4+ 11. Kh1 Nf6 12. c3 Bg4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qxg4 h5
15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qf3 h4 17. e5 Be7 18. Be3 (18. f5 $1) 18... Rh5 19. exd6 Bxd6
20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Rd5 f5 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Be2 Rh7 24. c4 b6 25. Rf1 Re8 26. Bd3
Rhe7 27. Bf2 Rh7 28. Be1 Kf7 29. a3 b5 30. b4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Kf8 32. Bd2 Re4 (
32... cxb4 33. Bb5 Rb8) 33. Bd3 Re8 34. Qf2 c4 35. Bc2 (35. Rc1) 35... c3 36.
Bc1 Qc4 37. Rdd1 Re2 38. Qf3 Rhe7 39. Rxd6 h3 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Qxe2 Qxe2 42.
Bb3+ Kg7 43. Rg8+ Kh7 44. gxh3 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 c2 46. Kf2 Qd3 47. Ba2 Qd1 48. Bb2
a6 49. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Kings-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goncharoff, Nik"]
[Black "Karandikar, Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. a3 Bc5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. d3
a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. a4 O-O-O 14. Qe1 g5
15. Nh2 h5 16. f3 c4 17. dxc4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qxc4 19. Qe2 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Rd2 21.
Nc3 Rxc2 22. Rab1 Rd8 23. Rfc1 Rdd2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Kg1 Kd7 26. Nf1 g4 27.
Ne3 Rd2 28. Nc4 Rd4 29. Nxe5+ Ke6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Kf2 Rd2+ 33.
Kg3 gxf3 34. Kxf3 Nd7 35. Ne2 Nc5 36. Nf4+ Ke5 37. Ke3 Rd4 38. g3 Rxe4+ 39. Kf3
Rxa4 40. Rc1 Kd6 41. Rd1+ Ke7 42. Rc1 Nd7 43. Re1+ Kf6 44. Nd3 Rd4 45. Ke3 Rd6
46. Rf1+ Kg7 47. Rc1 f6 48. Nc5 Ne5 49. Rc3 a5 50. Nb7 Rd5 51. Nc5 Kf7 52. b3
Ke7 53. Na6 Kd6 54. b4 a4 55. Nc5 a3 56. Ne4+ Ke7 57. Rxa3 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "NWU-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gorodetskiy, Steve"]
[Black "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 c5 9. e5 Nc6 10. h3 Qc7 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Qxc4 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qf3 Qa6 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Rc7 Qa5 19. Qxb7 Qxe5 20. Rcc1
Bd5 21. Qa6 Qe4 22. Qf1 Qh4 23. Be3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NWU-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Patel, Arpan"]
[Black "Thomson, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qe2
a6 9. Rad1 b5 10. Bd5 Bb7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe3 e6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Bh6 Ng4 15.
Qf4 Nxh6 16. g4 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Ng5 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. dxe4 Rae8 21.
Rde1 Ng4 22. f4 Nf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Ng4 25. e6 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 h6 27. Nf3
Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Knights-NWU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balicki, Jeff"]
[Black "Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 e6 6. exf6 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bd3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Nf5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Nb5 c6 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8
b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bf4 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Re8 18. Nc7 Re7 19. Nd5 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Re6
21. Bc5 a6 22. Re1 Rc6 23. Re7 d6 24. Bb6+ Kc8 25. Rxf7 h5 26. Ne7+ Kb8 27.
Nxc6+ Kc8 28. Rg1 a5 29. Rgxg7 a4 30. Rc7# 1-0

[Event "Kemper-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Siwek, Mark"]
[Black "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 b4 14. Ne2 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bxh4 16. Bxc6 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Qxc6 18. Ned4 Qe4 19. Nf3 Be7 20. Na5 Bd5 21.
Rae1 Qg6 22. Qxb4 Rab8 23. Qd2 Rxb2 24. Nd4 Bf6 25. f5 Qxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Bxd4 28. Nb3 Rxc2+ 29. Kh1 Be5 30. h3 exf5 31. Rxf5 Rxa2 32. Nc1 Rh2+ 33.
Kg1 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Knights-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Augsburger, Len"]
[Black "Easton, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Qb3 Na5 15.
Qc2 Bh5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ndf3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21.
f4 f6 22. Bg6 Bxg6 23. Qxg6 e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Qh5 Re6 27. Rf1
Qe7 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Qf3 Qc5+ 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Re1+ 32. Rf1 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kemper-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wang, Gary"]
[Black "Karandikar, Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Nd5 d6 9. c3 a6 10. b4 Nb8 11. O-O c6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qd2 h6 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. a4 Rf7 18. Nd2 Nf8 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. a5 Ng6 21. Rad1
d5 22. Nd2 d4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. Qg3 Nf4 25. Kh1 e5 26. Nc4 Re8 27. f3 Qe7 28.
Qe1 c5 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. Qd2 Re6 31. Rb1 Rg6 32. Rf2 Qe7 33. Rb3 Qg5 34. Nb6
Nxh3 35. Qxg5 Nxf2+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. gxh3 Rxg5+ 38. Kf2 Rg6 39. Nd5 Rc6 {
WHITE FLAGGED} 0-1

[Event "Excaliburs-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Friske, Tom"]
[Black "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 h5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. h3 c6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. f4 Ned7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 e6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
a3 Qc7 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 Nb7 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Rad1 a5 20. c5 Nf5 21. Nxf5
exf5 22. b5 cxb5 23. Nxb5 Qd8 24. c6 Qe7 25. Rf3 Nf6 26. Bc5 Qe4 27. Qxe4 fxe4
28. Rff1 Be6 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Nd6 Nd5 31. Nxe4 Ne3 32. c7 Nxf1 33. Kxf1 Bb2
34. Rd8 Bxa3 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Nd7 Bxd7 37. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kogan, Greg"]
[Black "Thomson, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

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. a3 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Be4 Re8 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nd4
Bg7 22. c3 Nd7 23. Qd3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Excaliburs-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brotsos, Jim"]
[Black "Augsburger, Len"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1544"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Qxd4 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Nf3 Bg4
8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Bc5 10. c3 O-O 11. Bg5 Qf5 12. Bh4 Qh5 13. Bg3 Na6 14. Bxa6
Bxf3 15. gxf3 bxa6 16. Kg2 Bb6 17. c4 Rac8 18. b4 c5 19. Qa4 cxb4 20. Qxa6 Qc5
21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Rfe1 Qa5 23. Qxa5 Bxa5 24. Re5 Bc7 25. Rb5 Bxg3 26. Kxg3 Rd2
27. Rxb4 Rxa2 28. c5 Ra6 29. Kf4 Rac6 30. Ke4 f5+ 31. Kd4 Rd8+ 32. Ke3 (32. Kc4
Rdc8 (32... a6 33. Rb6) (32... Rd5 33. Kb5) 33. Rb5 (33. Kb5 a6+)) 32... Rd5
33. Rbc4 a5 34. R1c2 Kf7 35. R2c3 Kf6 36. f4 h6 37. h4 a4 38. Rxa4 Rdxc5 39.
Rb3 Rc3+ 40. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Knights-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karandikar, Shekhar"]
[Black "Weitz, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1675"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 e6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. f4 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Be3 d5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Nd7 11. O-O c5 12. b3 a6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. g4 cxd4 15. Bxd4
Nc5 16. f5 gxf5 17. gxf5 f6 18. e6 Ne4 19. Na4 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qd6 21. Nh4 Nc6
22. Bxb6 Rc8 23. Qf4 Ne5 24. Rd1 Ng5 25. Bd4 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Nxf4 27. Bb1 Ne2 28.
Bb2 d4+ 29. Be4 Bxe4+ 30. Ng2 Qd5 31. h3 Bxg2+ 32. Kh2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Fermilab-StCCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garzon"]
[Black "Marshall, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Be6 9. d5 Na6 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. f3 Rb8 15.
b4 Na6 16. Qb3 b5 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Nc7 19. Bf2 a6 20. Qb2 Kh7 21. Nb3 Ng8
22. Na5 Ne7 23. Nd1 h5 24. Bh4 f6 25. f4 Ne8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. f5 Bh6 28. Rc3
gxf5 29. Bxh5 Ng7 30. Bxf6 Nxh5 31. Bxe7 Qd7 32. Kh1 Qxe7 33. Qc2 Qh4 34. Nf2
Bf4 35. Rh3 Qg5 36. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "StCCC-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Splinter, Joe"]
[Black "Dorigo, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 e5 3. f4 Bc5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. dxe4 Qh4+ 6. Kd2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qf4+
8. Ke1 Qxe4+ 9. Be2 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Qe3 Qf5 14.
Bd3 Qg4 15. Qe2 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bd2 d5 18. Qe3 Qg4 19. Nxd5 Bd6 20. Kf2 b6
21. Qe4 f5 22. Qxg4 fxg4+ 23. Kg2 Bb7 24. c4 c6 25. Nc3 Bc5 26. Rhf1 Rfd8 27.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Bf4 Rd4 29. b3 Re8 30. Rae1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Bb4 32. Rc1 b5 33. a3
Bxa3 {Black soon won} 0-1

[Event "Fermilab-StCCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spiegel, Lenny"]
[Black "Wiewel, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Be2 Rae8
15. O-O e5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Qb3 h6 18. Bc5 Nd7 19. Be3 g5 20. c5 Kh8 21. Qd1 c6
22. Bc4 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Nc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qd6 Be4 26. Qxc6 Bxc6 27. Bf2 Nf6
28. Bg3 Bb5 29. Re1 e4 30. Nd4 Bd3 31. Bd6 Rf7 32. Nf5 Kh7 33. Ne3 Rd7 34. b4
Rc8 35. Be5 Nd5 36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Bd6 Kg6 38. Rcc1 Re8 39. Kf2 Bb5 40. Rcd1
Rxd1 41. Rxd1 e3+ 42. Ke1 Re6 43. Bg3 Kf7 44. Rd6 Re4 45. Rd5 Rc4 46. Rd1 Rc2
47. Ra1 Rxg2 48. Kd1 Ba4+ 49. Kc1 Ke6 50. Rb1 Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "StCCC-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freidel, Jesse"]
[Black "Gaines, Irwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 b6 8. Be2
c5 9. c4 Be6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nbd7 14. Nc6 Qe8
15. Qh4 Nc5 16. Nd4 e5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 exd4 19. exd4 Nb7 20. Rfc1 Qd8
21. Qe5 Qd7 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Ng3 Nd6 25. Re1 Nc4 26. Re2 Nd6 27.
b3 Kg7 28. Rc1 Rac8 29. Rcc2 Kg6 30. Kf1 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Rd8 32. Ne2 Nb5 33. Rc4
Rd7 34. a4 Nc7 35. Rc6+ f6 36. g3 Kf7 37. Ke1 b5 38. axb5 Nxb5 39. Rc4 Nd6 40.
Rc5 Rb7 41. Rc3 Ne4 42. Re3 Rb4 43. f3 Ng5 44. h4 Ne6 45. Rd3 Rb7 46. Rc3 Rb4
47. d5 Nd4 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Nxd4 Rxd4 50. Rxa7 Rxd5 51. Rb7 h5 52. Ke2 Rd6 53.
b4 Rd4 54. f4 Rd6 55. b5 Rd4 56. b6 Rd6 57. Ke3 Kh6 58. Rb8 Kg7 59. b7 Rb6 60.
Kd4 Rb1 61. Kd5 Kf7 62. Kd6 (62. Rh8 $18 Rxb7 63. Rh7+) 62... Rd1+ 63. Kc5 Rc1+
64. Kd4 Rb1 65. Kc4 Kg7 66. Kd5 Kf7 67. Rh8 Rxb7 68. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Fermilab-StCCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Staples, Carl"]
[Black "Pradt, Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1618"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 f5 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 a6
9. Bb2 Bd6 10. d5 Qe8 11. dxe6 dxe6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Nd4 Qg6 15.
f3 Rae8 16. Na4 Qh6 17. f4 Neg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Nf3 Nxe3 20. Qc3 Nxd1 21.
Rxd1 Bxf4 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Ne5+ Kg8 25. g3 Be3+ 26. Kf1 Bg5 (26...
Qh3+ 27. Ke2) 27. Nd7 Re7 28. Naxb6 cxb6 29. Nxb6 Qh3+ 30. Ke1 Qg2 31. Ba3 Qg1+
32. Ke2 Qxh2+ 33. Kd1 Qg1+ 34. Ke2 Qxb6 0-1

[Event "Excaliburs-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Friske, Tom"]
[Black "Siwek, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxd2+
8. Qxd2 Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. e3 d6 11. Rc1 Ng6 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Qa5 O-O 14.
Be2 b6 15. Qh5 f5 16. O-O f4 17. exf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Bd3 Rh4 20. Qe2
Rh6 21. g3 (21. Bf5 Re8 22. Rce1 Qh4 23. Bh3 Rg6 {/\Qxh3} (23... Bxh3 $4 24.
Qxe8#) 24. Bxe6+ Rexe6 25. Qf3) 21... Re8 22. Rfe1 Qg5 23. f4 Qc5+ 24. Qe3 Qh5
25. Qe2 (25. Re2 Bd7) 25... Qc5+ 26. Qe3 Qh5 {with draw offer} 27. Qf2 Rf8 28.
Be2 Bg4 29. Bxg4 Qxg4 30. Re7 Rhf6 31. Rce1 $4 (31. Qg2 g5 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33.
Qxg5 Qxg5 34. fxg5 Rf2) 31... Rxf4 32. Qd2 Rxc4 $4 (32... Rd4 33. Qg2 (33. Qe2
Qxe2 34. R1xe2 Rxc4) 33... Rd1 (33... Rxc4 $2 {=game})) 33. Qd5+ $18 Kh8 34.
Re8 Rcf4 35. Qe4 g5 36. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Kemper-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, Charles"]
[Black "Arond, Dean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Qd5 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Bxd2 Qe7
8. Rd1 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Be2 Bxd2+ 11. Rxd2 Nb4 12. Qa5 Nc6 13. Qxc7 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. O-O a5 17. Rfd1 a4 18. Rd5 Ra5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20.
Rd5 f6 21. Rxe5 fxe5 22. c5 d6 23. Bc4+ Kf8 24. cxd6 Bd7 25. b3 Bc6 26. f3 Ke8
27. Be6 g5 28. Kf2 h6 29. g3 b6 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. exf4 Bd7 33. f5
Bc6 34. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kogan, Greg"]
[Black "Easton, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1848"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. f4 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qh5 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Nd2 Nf5 10. Ngf3 Nxg3 11. Rg1 Nf5 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Bf2 Nd7 14. Nf1 f6
15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 fxe5 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Rh1 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5
21. Ng5 Bf2 22. Rh3 (22. Rd3) 22... h6 23. Ne6 Kf7 24. Nd4 g6 25. c3 c5 26. Ne2
Ke6 27. Kc2 Rad8 28. b3 h5 29. Rh2 Be3 30. Kd3 d4 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. Rhh1 Rh7
33. Ng1 Rc7 34. Ne2 Kd5 35. Rhf1 Rdc8 36. Rf3 Ke6 37. Rff1 Rc2 38. Nxd4+ Bxd4
39. Kxd4 Rxa2 40. Ke3 Rc3+ 41. Rd3 Rxd3+ 42. Kxd3 Ra6 43. Rd1 (43. Rc1 Rc6 44.
Rxc6+ $2 bxc6 45. Ke3 $142 (45. Kc4 g5 $1 46. fxg5 (46. Kc5 gxf4 47. gxf4 h4
$19) 46... Kxe5 47. Kc5 f4 48. gxf4+ Kf5 (48... Kxf4 $4 49. g6 $18) 49. Kxc6 h4
$19) 45... a5 46. Kf2 c5 47. Ke3 (47. Kg2 $2 c4 $1 48. bxc4 a4 49. c5 a3 50. c6
a2 51. c7 Kd7 $19) 47... g5 $1 48. fxg5 Kxe5 49. Kd3 f4 50. gxf4+ Kf5 $19)
43... Rc6 44. Ke3 $2 (44. Ra1 a6) 44... a5 (44... Rc3+ $1 45. Rd3 Rxd3+ 46.
Kxd3 a5 (46... b5 $2 47. b4) 47. Kc4 g5 $1 48. Kb5 (48. fxg5 Kxe5 49. Kb5 f4
50. gxf4+ Kf5 51. Kxa5 h4 $19) 48... gxf4 49. gxf4 h4 $19) 45. Rd4 b5 (45...
Rc3+ $142 $19) 46. Kd3 g5 47. Rd8 gxf4 48. gxf4 b4 49. Ra8 Rc3+ 50. Kd4 Rxb3
51. Ra6+ Ke7 52. Ra7+ Kd8 53. Rxa5 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Kemper-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes, Norm"]
[Black "Weitz, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1545"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Ne7 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c3 O-O 8. e4
Bb7 9. Qc2 c5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nf1 d4 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Qa4 Nc6 15.
b4 a6 16. b5 Nc5 17. Qc4 Na5 18. Qc2 Nxe4 19. Qb2 Nc3 20. Ra1 Nxb5 21. Bd2 Nc3
22. Rac1 Nc6 23. Bf4 Na4 24. Qa3 Nc5 25. N1d2 Re8 26. Nc4 Bf8 27. Bg5 f6 28.
Bd2 Ne4 29. Qb2 Nxd2 30. Nfxd2 b5 31. Nf3 Rb8 32. Ncd2 Nb4 33. Bf1 e5 34. Ne4
Kh8 35. Nfd2 Nd5 36. Nb3 Bb4 37. Re2 Nc3 38. Nxc3 Bxc3 39. Qb1 Qd5 {
WHITE RESIGNED} 40. f3 {
The only way to survive, but White is busted either way.} 40... Qxf3 41. Rg2 (
41. Bg2 $2 Qxe2) 41... Qe3+ 42. Rf2 0-1

[Event "Kemper-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brotsos, Jim"]
[Black "Olsen, Art"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Qf6 5. Bg5 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. h4 h6 8.
Be3 Bf6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. Nxc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Nce7 14. Nb6
g6 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Bc4 Ke8 17. f4 Nc8 18. Nf3 Nge7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. fxe5 Nf5 22. Rh3 b5 23. Bd5 Nce7 24. Bb7 a5 25. Ba6 b4 26. Bb6 Nc6 27. Bb5
Nfe7 28. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Knights-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Black "Cairone, Bob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. Qe2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nb5
15. Qe3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Kh1 Bc5 18. Qd2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northrop-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, Arnie"]
[Black "Morris, Rob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qc2 e5 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Rc1
Nd4 9. Qb1 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. Ne2 f5 12. Bh3 Qh4 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Rd1 Bc6
15. d3 g5 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Kf1 g4 18. fxg4 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 f4 20. Nf1 Qxg4+ 21.
Ng3 fxg3 22. hxg3 Qf3+ 23. Kh3 Bd7+ 0-1

[Event "Knights-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karandikar, Shekhar"]
[Black "Sederbard, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nxd5 e6 5. Nc3 Qb4 6. a3 Qxc4 7. e4 Bg6 8.
Bxc4 Nc6 9. d5 Rd8 10. Qa4 exd5 11. exd5 b5 12. Bxb5 a6 13. Bxc6+ Ke7 14. Nf3
Nf6 15. O-O Bd3 16. Re1+ Be4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Rxe4+ Kd6 19. Qb4# 1-0

[Event "Knights-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Augsburger, Len"]
[Black "Fetterman, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1325"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Be2 Qf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. d4 Bb6 8.
c3 O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Re1 Qg6 12. Bf4 f5 13. Nbd2 Nc6 14. b4 a6 15.
a4 a5 16. b5 Ne7 17. c4 c6 18. Ne5 Qh5 19. c5 Bc7 20. Ndf3 h6 21. Be2 Rf8 22.
Nd2 Qe8 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bd3 Nh5 25. Be3 Ng6 26. Nxg6 Qxg6 27. Nf1 Nf4 28. Bxf4
Bxf4 29. Re7 Qf6 30. Rae1 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Bg5 32. R7e5 g6 33. Ng3 Bf4 34. Re7
Bxg3 35. hxg3 h5 36. Qd2 Qh8 37. Qg5 Qf6 38. Qh6 Rf7 39. Re8+ Rf8 40. R1e7 Qxe7
41. Rxe7 Rf7 42. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ethan"]
[Black "Joshi, Bijal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Qe3+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Nf3 d6
8. Nc3 Bf5 9. e3 O-O 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 (12. dxc6 {
idea Nxg5 or cxb}) 12... Nb4 13. Kd2 h6 14. a3 Nxd5 15. Nf3 Be4 16. Be2 f5 17.
Rhc1 c6 18. g3 Nb6 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Bd3 g6 21. Re1 Nc4+ 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. e4
fxe4 24. Rac1 Rxf2+ 25. Ke3 Rxb2 26. Rxc4 Rxh2 27. Ne2 d5 28. Rcc1 Kg7 29. Rb1
b6 30. Red1 Kf6 31. Rbc1 Rc8 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Rxc8 Rh1 34. Rc7 a5 35. Rc6+ Kg5
36. Rxb6 Rd1 37. Nf4 Kf5 38. Rxg6 Ra1 39. Rxh6 Rxa3+ 40. Kf2 d4 41. Rh5+ Kg4
42. Rh4+ Kf5 43. Nd5 Ra2+ 44. Ke1 Rg2 45. Rf4+ Ke5 46. Nf6 Rxg3 47. Rxe4+ Kxf6
48. Rxd4 Ra3 49. Kd2 Ke5 50. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Knights-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Jim"]
[Black "Vigants, Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
cxd6 Bxd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Be6 12. Bc4 Bc5 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rad1
Rac8 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qc4 Qe7 17. b4 Ba7 18. Qb3 b5 19. a3 h5 20. c4 bxc4 21.
Nxc4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Ne3 Rc3 24. Nf5 Rxb3 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Nc6 Rd6 27.
Na5 Rc3 28. Rc1 Ke7 29. Rfd1 Rf6 30. Rxc3 Bxc3 31. Rc1 Bb2 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33. Rc4
Re6 34. a4 Kd7 35. Kf1 Rb6 36. Nb3 Ba3 37. Nc5+ Kd8 38. Nd3 f6 39. Ke2 Rd6 40.
Rc5 Bxb4 41. Nxb4 Rd4 42. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Friske, Tom"]
[Black "Melnikov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Qa5 8. a3
Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Be7 11. h4 Nf6 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qe2 h6 14. Nh3 Ne4 15.
Kf1 Nf6 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. Nh5 O-O 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 g6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Qf3
Kg7 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Qc7 Rh8 25. Kg2 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxh1 27. Rxh1
gxf5 28. Qxc6 Rd8 29. Kf3 Bg5 30. Rg1 f6 31. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Kings-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallach, Cliff"]
[Black "Lang, Rick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c4 Qc7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2
Ne5 9. Ne3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 b5 11. Nc3 b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. f3 Bc5 14. Kh1 O-O 15.
b3 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qe5 19. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excaliburs-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kogan, Greg"]
[Black "Piparia, Jankesh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bg4 6. Be2 Qe5 7. h3 Bxe2 8.
Ngxe2 Nc6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. a4 g5 11. Ng3 h6 12. Nce4 Nd5 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bc3 Nd4
15. Re1 Rg8 16. Kh1 Qh8 17. Nf5 e5 18. Ne3 h5 19. Ng3 h4 20. Ngf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5
Nxd3 22. Qe2 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 f6 24. b4 Qh7 25. Ne3 Qd3 26. Qg4+ f5 27. Qxf5+ Qxf5
28. Nxf5 Rd3 29. Bxe5 Bxb4 30. Rb1 Bf8 31. Ne3 Bd6 32. Bf6 Rf8 33. Bxg5 Rxf2
34. Bxh4 Ra2 35. Nd5 Rxa4 {Black offers draw to clinch match win. But a White
win would draw match... DRAW AGREED...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excaliburs-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Weitz, Ron"]
[Black "Baumgartner, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nge2 d6
9. O-O Rb8 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bd2 b5 12. b3 Rd8 13. f5 Ne5 14. Bf4 Bd7 15. d4 cxd4
16. Nxd4 bxc4 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nde2 cxb3 20. Kh1 b2 21. Rb1 Bxa3
22. Qe1 a5 23. Bh3 Qc4 24. Qf2 Bc5 25. Qf3 a4 26. Rbd1 a3 27. Nc1 bxc1=Q 28.
Rxc1 Rb3 29. Rfd1 Bd4 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Nxe2 Nxe4 32. Kg2 Rb2 33. Kf1 Rf8+ 34.
Nf4 Bb5+ 35. Ke1 Bf2# 0-1

[Event "King-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goncharoff, Nik"]
[Black "Brotsos, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. h3 Bd7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Rb1 Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Qc7 12. Qc1 Rfc8 13. Bg5 b5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 c4 17. dxc4 Qxc4 18. Rd1 Qxc2 19. Qxc2 Rxc2 20. Nd4 Bxd4
21. Rxd4 Rac8 22. Rdd1 Re2 23. Re1 Rxe1+ (23... Rcc2) (23... Rd2 24. Red1 Rcc2
$19) 24. Rxe1 Kf8 25. Re2 Rc4 (25... Rc5) 26. Rd2 f5 27. f3 Kf7 28. Kf2 Kf6 29.
g3 g5 30. Ke2 h5 31. Kd3 Ke5 32. Re2+ Kxd5 $2 33. Rxe7 Ra4 34. Rg7 Rd4+ 35. Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gryparis, John"]
[Black "Suerth, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1441"]
[BlackElo "1502"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd2 Nh5 8. Bc3
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 e6 10. Qd2 Qf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qh6 Ne5 13. Ng5 Qg7 14. Qxg7+ Kxg7
15. Nb5 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Nf3 b6 19. Nxd6 Ba6 20. b3 Kf6 21.
e5+ Ke7 22. Rd2 Ng7 23. g4 Ne8 24. Rad1 Rab8 25. g5 h5 26. Rd3 Ng7 27. Nh4 Rf8
28. Rf3 Nf5 29. Nhxf5+ exf5 30. Re3 Rbd8 31. f4 Ke6 32. Red3 Rd7 33. Kf2 (33.
Nxf5 $2 Rxd3 34. Ng7+ Ke7 35. Rxd3 Rg8) 33... Ke7 34. Ra1 Bb7 35. Nxb7 Rxb7 36.
b4 cxb4 37. axb4 Rc8 38. Rc3 Rd7 39. Ke3 b5 40. c5 Rc6 41. Rca3 Rcc7 42. Ra5
Ke6 43. Rxb5 Kd5 44. Rd1+ Kc4 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46. Rb8 Rc7 47. Kd2 Kd4 48. c3+ Ke4
49. Ke2 Kxf4 50. Rd8 Kxg5 51. Rd6 f4 52. Rf6 Re7 53. Kf3 Rxe5 54. Rxf7 {
White won} 1-0

[Event "Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Joshi, Bajal"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[BlackElo "1384"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Nxd4 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Be3 Ne6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Re1 Nf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Rxe5+ Ne6 14.
Qf3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qc6 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. Rde1 Rd4 18. h3 Rfd8 19. Rf5 Rf4 20. Rxf4
Nxf4 21. Qxf4 h6 22. Re7 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Qf3 c6 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. cxd3 Kf8
27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Ne4 Nd7 30. b4 Ke5 31. Ke3 b6 32. f4+ Kd5 33. Nc3+
Kd6 34. d4 Ke6 35. g4 Nf6 36. f5+ Kd6 37. Kf4 Nd5+ 38. Nxd5 Kxd5 39. Ke3 Kc4
40. a3 Kb3 $4 41. b5 $1 $18 c5 42. dxc5 (42. d5 c4 43. d6 (43. Kd2 Kb2) 43...
c3 44. d7 c2 45. d8=Q c1=Q+) 42... bxc5 $19 43. Kd3 c4+ 44. Kd2 Kb2 45. a4 c3+
46. Kd3 c2 0-1

[Event "Knights-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Black "Siwek, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

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. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 f6 14. Qc5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Nf3 Rxf3 17. gxf3 Qf6 18. Bxd5 Rf8 19. Be3 Rf7 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. Rd1 Qf6 22. Qd5 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 24. Bc5 e4 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rf8+ Ke6 27.
Rxf3 exf3 28. Kf2 Kd5 29. Bf8 g6 30. Kxf3 c5 31. Kf4 a5 32. Kg5 Kc4 33. Kh6 b4
34. Kxh7 a4 35. cxb4 cxb4 36. Kxg6 b3 37. a3 1-0

[Event "Knights-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Jim"]
[Black "Walker, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
f4 Nc5 9. Qf3 c6 10. Kh1 Qb6 11. Bd2 Ng4 12. h3 Nf6 13. g4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 c5 15.
Nde2 Bd7 16. g5 Nh5 17. Rad1 c4 18. Qf3 g6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nec3 Bc6 21. h4 Qd7
22. f5 b5 23. f6 Bd8 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Bc7 26. Qg3 Rad8 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
Rxd5 Qe6 29. Rfd1 Qxe4+ 30. Kh2 Qxc2+ 31. R1d2 Qa4 32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6
34. Qxd6 Qa5 35. a3 h6 36. gxh6 Kh7 37. Re2 Qd8 38. Qe5 a6 39. Kg3 Qd3+ (39...
Qb8 $143 $2 40. Qxb8 Rxb8 41. Re7) 40. Re3 Qf1 41. Qe7 Qg1+ 42. Kf3 Qd1+ 43.
Kg3 Qg1+ 44. Kf3 Qf1+ 45. Kg4 Qg2+ 46. Kf4 Qf2+ 47. Kg4 Qg2+ 48. Kf4 Qh2+ 49.
Kg4 Qb8 50. Qd7 Qc8 51. Re7 Kxh6 52. Qxc8 Rxc8 53. Rxf7 Rc6 54. Rf8 Kh7 55.
Rf7+ Kh8 56. Kg5 c3 57. Kxg6 {/\Rf8#} 57... Kg8 58. Rg7+ Kf8 59. Rh7 {/\Rh8#}
59... Kg8 60. bxc3 Rxf6+ 61. Kxf6 Kxh7 62. Ke5 Kh6 63. Kd5 Kh5 64. Kc5 Kxh4 65.
Kb6 Kg5 66. Kxa6 Kf6 67. Kxb5 1-0

[Event "Kemper-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Easton, Richard"]
[Black "Augsburger, Len"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1848"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3
c4 9. Bb1 b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Ne5 g6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rf3 Ndf6 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rh3 b4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. Qe2 Qd2 19. Qxd2 Nxd2 20. Bc2 Rfc8 21.
g4 c3 22. b3 Rc7 23. g5 Rac8 24. Ng4 Kg7 25. Nf6 Rh8 26. Rc1 Rcc8 27. Rh6 Rc7
28. h4 Ne4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Kf2 c2 31. Ke1 Ba6 32. Nxe4 Bd3 33. Nc5 Rxc5 34.
dxc5 a5 35. h5 Rc8 36. hxg6 Bxg6 37. Rh2 Rxc5 38. Rd2 e5 39. Rd6 exf4 40. exf4
h6 41. gxh6+ Kxh6 42. Rd7 Kg7 43. Rd4 Kf6 44. a3 Ke6 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Rh5 {
Draw agreed a few moves later} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kemper-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olson, Art"]
[Black "Marshall, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1294"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. c3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Bf5 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bg3
Nxg3 15. hxg3 Rae8 16. O-O-O Nf6 17. Rh3 Ng4 18. Rf1 Qe7 19. Bd1 Qf6 20. Kb1 b5
21. Rhh1 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Ne3 23. Qf2 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 Qd6 25. Bc2 a5 26. Re1 a4 27.
Rxe8 Rxe8 28. d4 c4 29. a3 Qe6 30. Ne5 Rf8 31. Qd2 Rf1+ 32. Ka2 Qf6 33. Nf3 Rh1
34. Qe2 Kf8 35. Bd1 g5 36. Qd2 g4 37. Ne5 Qf1 38. Qg5 g6 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qe7+
Kh6 41. Nxg4+ Kh5 42. Ne3+ (42. Qxh7+ Kg5 43. Qe7+ Kh5 (43... Kf5 $4 44. Ne3#))
42... Kh6 43. Nxf1 Rxf1 44. Qe3+ {BLACK FLAGGED} 1-0

[Event "Knights-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Jim"]
[Black "Sacks, Dave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 Ng4 9. Be2 Ne5 10. f4 Nec6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be3 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Re8 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. b3 a6 17. Rae1 Qf6 18. Bxb6 Qxc3 19. Be3 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nd4
21. Bd1 c5 22. Ba5 f5 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bf3 Re7 26. Bd8 Rd7 27.
Bb6 Re7 28. Rd1 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 Kf7 30. Bd8 Rd7 31. Ba5 Re7 32. Bd8 Rd7 33. Ba5
Re7 34. Re1 Rxe1 35. Bxe1 b6 36. g4 Ne3 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Bb7 a5 39. Kf3 Nc2 40.
Bc8+ Kf7 41. Bh4 Nb4 42. a4 Bf6 43. Bxf6 Kxf6 44. Ke4 Nc6 45. f5 Nd4 46. fxg6
hxg6 47. h4 Nxb3 48. Kd5 Nd2 49. Ba6 Nb1 50. Bb5 Nc3+ 51. Kc6 Ke5 52. Kxb6 d5
53. Kxc5 d4 54. Be8 Ne4+ 55. Kb5 d3 56. Bxg6 d2 57. Bxe4 Kxe4 58. Kxa5 d1=Q 59.
Kb5 Qb3+ 60. Ka5 Qxc4 61. g5 Kf5 62. Kb6 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "UOP-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sahli"]
[Black "Karandikar, Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Bh6
O-O 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e3 b5 11. Bd3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 d5 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. O-O Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa5 17. Qd4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. b3 Bb7 20. Ne2 Qc7 21.
Rac1 Qd6 22. Qd4 Kg8 23. Rc2 Rbc8 24. Rfc1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nd7 26. Ng3 e5 27. Qd1
Nf6 28. Qe2 d4 29. exd4 e4 30. Ne5 Qxd4 31. Nc4 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Rd2 Rg1
34. Ne3 Re1 35. Qc4 Qe5 36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 h5 38. Rd2 h4 39. Ne2 Ra1 40.
Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rd2 a5 42. Nc3 Rc1 43. Ne2 Rc5 44. Nd4 Rg5 45. Ne2 Nd5 46. Nxd5
Bxd5 47. Nc3 Ba8 48. Re2 f5 49. Rd2 Kf6 50. Rd8 Bb7 51. Rd7 e3 52. f3 Ke5 53.
Rxb7 Kd4 54. Re7 Kxc3 55. Rxe3+ Kd4 56. Re7 Rh5 57. Ra7 f4 58. Rg7 Rh6 59. Kg1
(59. Ra7 Rh5) 59... Kc3 60. Rf7 Kb2 61. Rxf4 Kxa2 62. Ra4+ Kxb3 63. Rxa5 Kc3
64. Rd5 Rh8 65. Rg5 Rh6 66. Kf2 Kd4 67. g3 hxg3+ 68. Kxg3 Ke3 69. Kg4 Kd4 70.
Kf4 Rh4+ 71. Rg4 Rxh3 72. Rxg6 Kd5 73. Kg4 Rh1 74. Kf5 Rh8 75. f4 Rf8+ 76. Kg5
(76. Rf6 Rg8 (76... Rxf6+ 77. Kxf6 Ke4 78. f5) 77. Rf7 {/\Rd7+} 77... Kd6 78.
Kf6) 76... Ke4 77. Re6+ Kd5 78. f5 Rg8+ 79. Rg6 Rh8 80. Rg7 Rh1 81. Kg6 (81.
Re7) 81... Rg1+ 82. Kf7 Rf1 83. f6 Kd6 84. Rg6 Kd7 85. Kf8 Rb1 86. Kg7 Rb8 87.
Rh6 Rb1 88. f7 Rg1+ 89. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Knights-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Jim"]
[Black "Easton, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Rc8 15. Bb1 Be8 16. Qd3 g6 17. e4 Bd6 18. Nf3 Bf4 19. Rcd1 Bc6 20. g3 Bh6 21.
Ne5 Nd7 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Kh1 Nb6 24. d5 exd5 25. Nxd5 Bg7 26. Nxb6 Qxb6 27. b3
Rc3 28. Qd5 Rc5 29. Qd2 Rh5 30. Qf4 Be5 31. Qf3 Qc7 32. Kg2 Qc8 33. h4 Rh6 34.
Bd3 Qc3 35. Bc4 Qxf3+ 36. Rxf3 g5 37. Rf5 Bg7 38. hxg5 Rg6 39. Rd7 Rb6 40. Rc5
Rc6 41. Rxc6 bxc6 42. Rxa7 Bd4 43. Rd7 Be3 44. Rc7 c5 45. a4 Kg7 46. a5 Kg6 47.
a6 Kxg5 48. a7 f5 49. exf5 Rxf5 50. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Knights-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Jim"]
[Black "Kogan, Greg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd3
d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bc2 Qb6 14. Qd3 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 g6 16. b3 Nb4 17. Bb2 Nd5 18. Ne5 Rd8 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Nc4 Qc7 21.
Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bb1 Bd7 23. Qg4 Bc6 24. h4 Nf4 25. d5 Bxd5 26. Be5 Qc6 27. Qxf4
f5 28. Rc1 Qb6 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Friske, Tom"]
[Black "Leong, Gee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. Nb5 Na6
15. Rac1 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. h4 g4 18. Nd2 Na4 19. Nf1 N4c5 20. Bb1 Bd7 21. Nd6
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ne6 23. a3 Kg7 24. Qd2 Bc6 25. Ne3 Nd4 $2 26. Rxd4 $1 exd4 27.
Nf5+ Kg8 28. Ba2+ Rf7 29. Qh6 Qf8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Bxf7 Bxe4 32. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Kemper-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Siwek, Mark"]
[Black "Lang, Rick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. e5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxe5+ 8.
Be2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Qd3 f5
15. Bh4 h6 16. Bg3 d6 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Rc1 e5 20. Be3 Be6 21. Qc2
Rac8 22. Qb2 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Qxa2 25. c4 Qa8 26. Ra1 Qb8 27. Ra6 Nc3
28. Qxb8 Nxe2+ 29. Rxe2 Nxb8 30. Rb6 Rxc4 31. Reb2 Nc6 32. h3 f4 33. Bd2 g5 34.
Rb1 e4 35. Ne1 d5 36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 Rc8 38. Bb2 d4 39. Nc2 d3 40. Nd4 Nxd4
41. Bxd4 d2 0-1

[Event "Excaliburs-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kogan, Greg"]
[Black "Easton, Rich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 e6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Kh1 Bb4 14. Rf1 O-O
15. f4 Ne7 16. a3 Ba5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Be3 c5 19. b5 Rd7 20. a4 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Nd5
22. Qe1 Nxe3 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qxe3 Bxc2 25. Qc3 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxd1 27. f5 Ba5
28. Qd3 Bg4 29. h3 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Qxf5 g6 32. Qf6 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Kemper-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, Charles"]
[Black "Weitz, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1776"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Ne7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5 a6 12. Qd2 g5 13. h3 Ng6 14. Nh2 Nd7 15. f4
c5 {White soon won} 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brotsos, Jim"]
[Black "Olsen, Art"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1544"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. O-O Qe5 10. Kh1 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. f4 Qg6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Bc3
Be7 15. Bd3 f5 16. Rf3 Bf6 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qe8 19. Rh3 Bb7 20. Qd2 c5 21.
Rf1 Qe7 22. Rf4 g5 23. Rf1 Qg7 24. Qe3 g4 25. Rh5 Kf7 26. Rg5 Qh8 27. Rxg4 Rg8
28. Rxg8 Qxg8 29. Rf2 Rc8 30. Kg1 Qg6 31. Qh3 Rg8 32. Bf1 h5 33. Qe3 Rc8 34.
Qd3 Bc6 35. Qd6 Ke8 36. Qxc5 Ra8 37. b4 Be4 38. b5 h4 39. a4 f4 40. Rxf4 Qg7
41. Rxe4 Qg5 42. Qe3 Qh5 43. Be2 Qh7 44. Bd3 Qh5 45. Qf3 Qh8 46. Rxh4 Qxh4 47.
Qxa8+ Ke7 48. Qxa7 Qe1+ 49. Bf1 Qxe5 50. a5 Ke8 51. a6 Ke7 52. Qb6 d5 53. a7 d4
54. a8=Q Qe3+ 55. Kh1 Qf2 56. Qf3 (56. Qc7+ $142 Kf6 57. Qf8+ Kg5 58. Qcg7+ (
58. Qxf2) 58... Kh5 59. Qfh8#) 56... Qd2 57. Qc7+ {idea Qff7#} 1-0

[Event "Kemper-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Choudry, A."]
[Black "Suerth, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[BlackElo "1502"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Ne2 Qf6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Qxf3 9. Rg1 O-O-O 10. Bg2 Qf6 11. d3 Bc5 12. a3 d4 13. e4 Nge7 14. Qd2 Qd6 15.
a4 Bb4 16. c3 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxd3 19. Rc1 Rhd8 20. Bf1 Rd2 21. Ba1
Ba5 22. Rg3 Nb4 23. Be2 Nc2+ 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. b4 Bxb4 26. Rd3 Rc1+ 27. Rd1
Rdxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Rxa1 29. Kd2 Bxc3+ 30. Kxc3 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Pawns-Case"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Black "Reid, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. d3 Be6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Qb3
b5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd1 (10. cxb5 cxb5 11. Qxb5 (11. Nxb5 Rb8 {/\a6} 12. Qa4 Nc5
) 11... Rb8) 10... bxc4 11. dxc4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Be3 Bh3 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
Ne3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 g6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Nc1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Nd3
Rd4 22. Qc3 h5 23. Nc2 Rd8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. h4 Nf8 27. Rf1 Ne6 28.
Nde1 Nd4 29. Qf2 a5 30. f4 exf4 {and both sides went into heavy time scramble.
White eventually won after at least move 60} 1-0

[Event "Case-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zoellner, John"]
[Black "Mikulecky, Bob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1295"]
[BlackElo "1446"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. a3 Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Qd3 g6 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Ne4 Re8 14. Ne5 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Nxc6 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 bxc6 18. Qxe8+ (18. Qxc6 Re1#) 18... Qxe8
19. axb4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. Rxa6 Nxb4 22. Bxb4 Rxb4 23. g4 Rxb2 24. Bb3 Rd2
25. Bc4 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Qe4+ 27. Kh2 Rxh1+ 28. Kg3 Qxd4 (28... Rg1+ 29. Kh4 (29.
Kh2 Qg2#) 29... g5+ 30. Kxg5 (30. Kh5 Qg6#) 30... Kg7 {idea of h6+,Qg6#}) 29.
Rxc6 Qe5+ 30. f4 Qe3+ 31. Kh4 Qxh3+ 32. Kg5 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Pawns-CompAssoc"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Black "Vail, Matt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1419"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2
(8. e4) 8... Bb7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bc4 (12. e4 Bxa2 13.
b3 {idea Ra1}) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxd4 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Qe3 Qc7 19. Ba6 ({Less clear is} 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Qxd7 Qxd7
$142 (20... Rfd8 $2 21. Qxc7 Rxd1+ (21... Rxc7 22. Rxd8+) 22. Rxd1 Rxc7) 21.
Rxd7 b5 22. Rxa7 Rxc4 (22... bxc4 $144 23. Rxe7 Ra8) 23. Rxc4 bxc4 24. Rxe7 Ra8
25. a3 c3 $14) 19... Nc5 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. b4 Qg4 22. bxc5 Rc8 23. h3 Qf5 24.
cxb6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 axb6 26. Qxb6 Qd5 27. Qb3 Qd2 28. Qc3+ Qxc3 29. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "CompAssoc-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byrne, Mike"]
[Black "Franek, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
c5 9. d5 Nh5 10. Bg5 Ne5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Nf6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Bh6 Ne5 15.
Be2 Ng4 16. Bg5 Ne5 17. f4 Ng4 $2 (17... Nd7) 18. h3 Bd4+ (18... Nh6 $2 19. f5
gxf5 (19... Nxf5 20. exf5 Bxf5) 20. Bxh6) 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. f5 Bxc3 $1 21. Qxc3
Nxe4 22. Qe3 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Kg7 24. Rf4 h6 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Bd3 Bxf5 27. Bxf5
gxf5 28. Rxf5 e6 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rh5 Qf6 31. Qd3+ Qg6 32. Rd1 Qxd3 33. Rxd3
Rad8 34. Kg1 Kg6 35. Rh4 d5 36. Rg3+ Kh7 37. Re3 Rf6 38. Re5 (38. cxd5 exd5 (
38... Rxd5) 39. Re7+ Kg6 40. Rxb7 d4) 38... b6 39. b3 dxc4 40. Rxc4 Rd1+ 41.
Kh2 Rd2 42. a4 Rff2 43. Rg4 Rfe2 44. Ree4 Rxe4 45. Rxe4 Rd6 46. b4 cxb4 47.
Rxb4 Rd5 48. Re4 e5 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Kg4 h5+ 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. g4+ hxg4+ 53. hxg4+
Kg5 54. Re3 Ra5 55. Re4 a6 56. Rc4 Rc5 57. Rb4 b5 58. axb5 Rxb5 59. Ra4 a5 60.
Re4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abdullah, Dean"]
[Black "Mikulecky, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1445"]
[BlackElo "1446"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. a3 Bc5 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e4 8. Nh2
Re8 9. O-O Qd6 10. e3 d4 11. c3 dxe3 12. dxe3 Qe7 13. c4 a6 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. b4
Ba7 16. c5 Rad8 17. Qc2 b6 18. b5 Nb8 19. c6 Be6 20. a4 Qc5 21. Ba3 Qc4 22.
Rfc1 (22. Rfb1 {idea of Bf1} 22... Qd3 (22... Bf5)) 22... Bf5 23. Bf1 Qe6 24.
g4 Bg6 25. bxa6 Nxc6 26. Bb5 Rb8 27. Ne2 Qe5 28. Bb2 Qc5 29. Bxf6 gxf6 (29...
Qxc2 30. Rxc2 gxf6 31. Bxc6) 30. Qxc5 (30. Bxc6) 30... bxc5 31. Bxc6 Re6 32.
Bb5 Re5 33. h4 h5 34. Nf4 Kh7 35. Rd1 Kh6 36. Rd7 Rc8 37. Rad1 Bb6 38. Rd8 Rxd8
39. Rxd8 Kg7 40. a5 $1 $18 Bxa5 (40... Ba7 $8 41. Ra8) 41. a7 c4 42. a8=Q Rxb5
43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Dragons-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tegel, Frank"]
[Black "Garzon, Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Rd1 Na6 11. O-O c6 12. Rfe1 Nc5 13. Bf1 Bg4 14. h3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne6 16. Be3 Bf8 17. a3 Bc5 18. b4 Bd4 19. Ne2 Red8 20. Nxd4 exd4
21. Bc1 b6 22. f4 Nh5 23. f5 Nef4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. e5 c5 26. Re4 Ne6 27. Be2
Nhg7 28. h4 Kf8 29. Rd3 Ke7 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rh4 Rh8 32. Rdh3 Rad8 33. Bd3 Rd7
34. f4 f5 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Kh2 Rf7 37. f5 Nxf5 38. Bxf5 Kxf5 39. Rxh5+ Rxh5
40. Rxh5+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Fermilab-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spiegel, Lenny"]
[Black "Marcowka, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 b5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be2 b4 7. Na4 Bd7 8. b3 Nd4
9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nb2 Qc7 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. O-O Qc5 13. Bf3 a5 14. Kh1 h5 15. Rc1
e6 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Nc4 h4 18. a3 Be7 19. a4 Bc6 20. e5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nd7 22.
exd6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6+ Qxd6 24. Qg4 g6 25. Rfe1 Rb7 26. Re2 Rh5 27. Qf3 Qd5 28.
Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Be1 Rh5 30. Re4 Rd5 31. Bxh4 Nc5 32. Re5 Rxe5 33. fxe5 Rc7 34.
Re1 Nxa4 35. bxa4 Rxc2 36. Bf6 Rc3 37. h4 Rxd3 38. Kh2 b3 39. Rb1 Kd7 40. g4
Kc6 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 Rf3 43. h6 Rf5 44. Rxb3 Rh5+ 45. Kg3 Kd5 46. Bg7 Ke4
47. Kg4 (47. Rb5 Ke3 (47... d3 $2 48. Kf2 d2 49. Ke2 Rh1 50. Kxd2)) 47... Rh1
48. Kg5 d3 49. Rxd3 Kxd3 50. Kf6 Rf1+ 51. Ke7 Kc4 52. h7 Rh1 53. h8=Q Rxh8 54.
Bxh8 Kb4 55. Kxf7 Kxa4 56. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "Dragons-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pehas, Alex"]
[Black "Gaines, Irwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
a6 9. f4 Rb8 10. a4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. b4 a5 14. Bd2 axb4 15.
Bxb4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. a5 Ra8 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. h3 h5 20. Rfb1 Ra6 21. Ra2
Bd7 22. Kh2 Bc6 23. Ng1 Bh6 24. Nf3 f6 25. e5 fxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Rb8
28. Rb6 Rxb6 29. axb6 Qd6 30. Qe4 Kh7 31. Re2 Qxb6 32. Nd7 Qd6 33. Nxb8 Bf8 34.
Qxb7 Kh6 35. Nc6 e6 36. Ne5 h4 37. Qf7 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "Fermilab-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Staples, Carl"]
[Black "Thomas, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1618"]
[BlackElo "1588"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxe4 Bf5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Bg2 O-O-O 9. O-O Nf6 10. d3 Bd6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Na4 Qb5 13. a3 Be6 14. b4 Kb8
15. Nc3 Qh5 16. b5 Ne5 17. a4 Neg4 18. Qc2 Bc5 19. e3 Bf5 20. Ne4 Bb6 21. a5
Nxe4 22. dxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxd2 24. axb6 cxb6 25. Nh4 (25. Nxd2) 25... Rd5 26.
Qf4+ (26. Qxd5) 26... Re5 27. Bf3 g5 28. Qxe5+ Nxe5 29. Bxh5 1-0

[Event "Dragons-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stamm, Vern"]
[Black "Bolshov, Arkadiy"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1485"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 c5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nd4 Bg6 9. O-O e5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bf3 Nb6 13. d3 O-O 14. e4 d4 15.
Ne2 Rc8 16. c4 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Qe7 18. a4 Bb4 19. Ne2 Rfd8 20. Qb1 Qd6 21. Rd1
Nbd7 22. Ng3 Qe6 23. Nd2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Nb6 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. a5 Nbd7 27. Ba3 Nb8
28. Ra2 Qe8 29. Rc1 Rdc8 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Bd6 {score unreadable} *

[Event "Fermilab-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cease, Howard"]
[Black "Eustace, Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1341"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re1 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Qf3 Bf5 17. Qg2 Qg4 18. f3 Qg6 19. Bf4 Rae8 20. Nd2 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 Qd6 22. Re5 Bd3 23. Rae1 Re6 24. Kf2 Rfe8 25. Nb3 f6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27.
Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Nc5 Qe2+ 29. Kg3 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bb1 31. a3 a5 32. Nb3 a4 33. Nd2
Bd3 34. Kf2 g6 35. Ke3 Bf1 36. b4 Kf8 37. Nb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fermilab-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moehs, Doug"]
[Black "Komoravolu, Krishna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1377"]
[BlackElo "1361"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. b5 Bc5 5. e3 a6 6. a4 Bd7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
axb5 9. axb5 Rxa1 10. Bxa1 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. d3 Nd6 14. Bxe6+ Bxe6
15. Qxc5 Nd7 16. Qc3 Nf6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rc1 Nxb5 19. Qb3+ Rf7 20. Nxb5 Bc6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 (21... Qxf6 22. Nxc7) 22. N1c3 Qd7 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. Ne2
Qd6 26. Qc4 b6 27. Nd4 Qd7 28. Qc6 Qc8 29. Ra1 Kg7 30. Ra8 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7
32. Nxf5+ Kg6 33. g4 Rxd3 34. h4 h5 35. Rg8+ Kh7 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rxc7 hxg4 38.
Rb7 Rb3 39. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Knights-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Jim"]
[Black "Kogan, Greg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 Bd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. d6 Bf8 12. Be3 Bc6 13. Nb5 Nxe4 14. Nc7+ Kd7
15. Nxa8 Qxa8 16. Qd3 Bxd6 $2 (16... Nxd6 17. Rfd1 Kc7) 17. Rfd1 Ke7 18. f3 Rd8
19. fxe4 b6 20. Bf3 h6 21. Qe2 f6 22. Bf2 Qb7 23. Rac1 g6 24. Qc2 Bd7 25. Rxd6
Kxd6 26. Bc5+ Kc7 27. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brotsos, Jim"]
[Black "Augsburger, Len"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "1544"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6
8. Bf4 e6 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bg3 Nd7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Rhe8 14.
Nh4 Bxg3 15. hxg3 e5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Qe3 Kb8 19. Re2 Nb6 20.
Red2 Qe7 21. b3 $2 Nd5 22. Qh6 $2 (22. Qe1) 22... Rh8 23. Qxh8 (23. Qg7 Rdg8)
23... Rxh8 24. Kb2 e4 25. Bc4 Qe5+ 26. c3 Qxc3+ 27. Ka3 Rd8 28. Bxd5 Qa5+ 29.
Kb2 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "Knights-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balicki, Jeff"]
[Black "Weitz, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Ng5 Qc8 10. f4 h6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. f5 Nd4 13. Qa4 (13. fxe6+ Bxe6
14. Bxe6+ Nxe6 (14... Qxe6 15. Qxb7+ Be7)) 13... Qc5 14. Kh1 b5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5
16. Bxb5 Be7 17. h3 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Rab8 19. Bc4 Rhd8 20. Bxe6+ Kf8 21. Qc4 Qxc4
22. Bxc4 Nxe4 23. Kg2 Nf6 24. b3 d5 25. Bd3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Be3 Rb7 28.
Rac1 Bf6 29. Rc4 Re8 30. Rf4 Bg5 31. Bc5+ Kg8 32. Rfxe4 Rd8 33. Re2 Rd5 34. Bf2
Rf7 35. h4 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suerth, Frank"]
[Black "Alfonso, Ed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Bg5 Ne4 9. g4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Ba4 Qa5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Bd2
e6 15. O-O Qa4 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 Bd6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Qe2 e5 (19... fxg5 $2
20. Qxe6+ Be7 21. Qxc8+) 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. f3 Kd7 22. Qd3 e4 23. fxe4 Qxe4+ 24.
Qxe4 dxe4 25. Rf7+ Ke8 26. Rxg7 Rb8 27. Rxg6 Bc5 28. Re6+ Kd7 29. Rxe4 Rhf8 30.
Rd1+ {Black collected all Queenside Ps and was able to Queen c-Pawn before
White advanced his Kingside Pawns.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rooks-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benedek, Roy"]
[Black "Jakstas, Kaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nd7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. f4 e6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Qc2 Qa5
15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Bg4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bf8 18. Kb1 Be7 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 f5 21.
Bf3 e5 22. e4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Rhf8 25. Qg4 Kb8 26. Rhe1 Ne5 27. Qg5
Rf5 28. Rxe5 Rxg5 29. Rxa5 Rxa5 30. Rd4 Rf5 31. Bg4 Rf1+ 32. Bd1 c5 33. Rd2 b6
34. Kc2 h5 35. Kc3 Rf6 36. d7 Kc7 37. Ba4 Rf3+ 38. Kc2 Rdf8 39. a3 Kd8 40. Rd6
R3f6 41. Rd5 Rf2+ 42. Kb1 R2f5 43. Rd6 R8f6 44. Rd3 Re5 45. Rh3 Re4 46. b3 Rf2
0-1

[Event "Pawns-Rooks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Black "Hill, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O Nc6 14. a3 b6 15.
Qc2 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. b4 Qe7 19. Nb3 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 exf3 21.
Bf1 Be4 22. Qc3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qh4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qe1 e5 26. c5 f4 27. Nd2
fxe3 28. Qxe3 Rd4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxf3 Rf4 31. Qg3 Qf6 32. c6 Rf3 33. c7 Rxg3
34. c8=Q+ Kh7 35. fxg3 e4 36. Bg2 Qe5 37. Qc4 Kh8 38. Bxe4 g6 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40.
Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Rooks-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grudzinski"]
[Black "Franek, Marty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "1485"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. c5 Qc7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. h4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. f3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qg3+
15. Kf1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Qe5 17. f4 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Ng5 Nxc5 21.
Nd4 Bd3+ 22. Ke1 Rfe8 23. Rh3 h6 24. Rc1 hxg5 25. Rxc5 gxf4 26. Kd2 Bf1 27.
exf4 Bxg2 28. Rg3 Be4 29. Rc1 Kh7 30. Nf3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 Re4 32. Re1 Rxe1 33.
Kxe1 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Rooks-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hlohowsky, I."]
[Black "Cade, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Qe7 4. O-O Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. d3 Nd4 7. Nbd2 h5 8. c3
Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 h4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bxh4 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Nh4 gxh3 15.
gxh3 Bxh3 16. Re1 Be6 17. Ng6 Qh7 18. Nxh8 Qxh8 19. Bxe6 Ne7 20. Qb3 b6 21. Kg2
(21. Bg8) 21... Ng6 22. Qb5+ c6 23. Qxc6+ Ke7 24. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Rooks-CompAssoc"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baurac, Dave"]
[Black "Vail, Matt"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1R4R1/3rbp1p/rnN1p1p1/4P3/5k2/5N1P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

{WHITE TO MOVE.

Dueling Blunders??} 47. Nxe7 $4 {Diagram #} ({
According to Fritz, White's best try was} 47. Ncd4 Bc5 48. Ne2+ Ke4 {
Diagram # with a slight advantage to Black.}) {
But Black also fails to notice his forced mate and blunders into one by White:}
47... Rxe7 $4 ({He has failed to notice that Black has} 47... Rd1+ 48. Kh2 Raa1
{Diagram # and mate is unavoidable}) 48. Rgd8 {
with a winning advantage for White.} 48... Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Nd5 {Diagram #} 50.
Rb4+ $1 Nxb4 51. Rd4+ Kf5 {Diagram #} 52. g4# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napoli, Carmelo"]
[Black "Easton, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

{The following game was exciting for both players.  It was played in the 5th
and final round in Tim Just/^s Spring Tournament last April.  I was 4-0 in the
U1800 section.  My opponent was 3.5-0.5 as was one other player.  Thus, a win
gives me clear first; a draw at worst gives me a two-way tie for first. 
Losing would leave me at best tied for 2nd with a number of other players. 
Thus, I had a strong incentive to draw; my opponent needed a win.  The old
saying is that the best way to draw is to try to win.  In time pressure, we
both made mistakes in the game. I made quite a few!  However, the game has a
lot of interesting tactical positions that people may enjoy reviewing.   It
was only near the end of the game that I found out that the other 3.5 player
had lost; thus, a draw was as good as a win for me.    When I saw that I was
matched with Carmelo, I knew that he'd play the Larsen Opening.  I drew a
tough game two years ago with Steve Napoli in G30.      Ndf3 Nf5  Bd1  Qb6  c4
Rad8  Bc3  Qa6  Bc2  Nd6  a4    dxc4  Questionable since it allows white to
attack on the a and b files.  Better is Nf5  dxc4 Nd7  Nxd7 Rxd7  Ne5  Rdd8 
 e4     f6  Nf3  Qc6  Qe2  Nf7  a5    Qd6  Bd2  Rb8  Rfb1 g5  fxg5 fxg5  Bc3 
e5  Rb5  Bf6  Rab1 Nd8  h3     Bg6  Nh2  Be8  R5b2 Clearly, I/^m losing on the
Queen/^s side.  However, white has few pieces around his king and I will
attack there.  h5  Nf1   Qe6  Ne3   Bg6  Nd5   Bg7  Bd2   g4  hxg4 hxg4  Be3  
g3   Bxc5 Nc6  Bxf8 Rxf8  Rf1   Nd4  Rxf8 Bxf8  Qf1  Better is Qg4.   Bc5 much
better is Qf7  Ne3 Qf6  After a long think (about 25 minutes), Carmelo made a
good move  Rxb7 Kg7  Rb8  Kg7  Rb7 Kh6  much better is Bf7  Ng4 Qxg4? Losing
my nerve in time trouble.  Much better is Kh5 52. Qe3 Ne2 and black wins  Qd2
Kh5  Kf1 Nxc2  Qxc2 Qf4  Ke1 Kh6  Qd2 Be3  Qe2 Bf2 much better is Be8  Kd1 Bh5
  Rh7 Kxh7  Qxh5 Kg7 1/2-1/2} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7
6. Be2 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Ne4 9. d3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Ndf3 c6 12. Nd4 Bh7
13. Qe1 c5 14. Ndf3 0-1

[Event "Kings-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallach, Cliff"]
[Black "Thompson, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 {Diagram #} 7.
Rc1 {to discourage ..c5} 7... c6 8. cxd5 {mixing ideas is not generally
recommended. Now the rook would be better on the b file in order to support a
minority attack via b2-b4, b5} 8... exd5 9. Bd3 {Diagram #} 9... Ne4 10. Bf4 ({
I didn't like} 10. Bxe7 {because exchanges relieve pressure}) 10... Ndf6 11.
Qc2 Re8 {Diagram #} 12. O-O ({Not} 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 {
Diagram #} 14... Bb4+) 12... Bd6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6 15. c4 Be6 16. Rb1 {
Diagram #} 16... Qc7 $2 (16... dxc4 {looks best}) 17. c5 Bf8 {Diagram #} (17...
Bxe5 {leads to a similar position}) 18. Ng6 {
to secure the two bishops and to increase my control of the dark squares} ({
Also acceptable is} 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Nxf6+) 18... Qd7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. h3 {
Diagram # Overly cautious.  The idea was to preserve a safe square bishop
after Nh5} 20... Nh5 21. Bh2 f5 {
Black has to try something before his queenside is destroyed.} 22. Rb2 f4 23.
Bh7+ {Diagram #} 23... Kh8 {
Forcing the king to h8 could be useful in the endgame} 24. Bg6 Bf5 25. Bxf5 {
Diagram #} 25... Qxf5 (25... Rxf5 26. Rxb7 $1) 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. Rxb7 Raf8 28.
Rfb1 {Diagram #} 28... fxe3 {Choosing activity, although Rf7 is more solid} 29.
fxe3 Nf6 (29... Rf2 $2 {Diagram #} 30. g4 Nf6 31. Kxf2) 30. Bd6 {
to un-double the Rooks on the f-file} 30... Re8 31. Be5 {
Diagram # to keep the Knight in place (with threat of Rxg7 or Bxg7)} (31. Rxa7)
31... Rfxe5 {a last gasp for counterplay} 32. dxe5 Rxe5 33. R1b3 {
Just to delay the capture of the e-Pawn} 33... Ne4 34. Rxa7 Nd2 35. Rbb7 {
Diagram #} 35... Rxe3 (35... Rg5 36. Rc7 Rg6 37. Ra6 {and advance the passers})
36. Rxg7 {So the check at move 23 didn't pay off} 36... Ne4 37. Rge7 Rg3 38.
Rh7+ Kg8 {Diagram #} 39. Rxh6 {
grabbing more material to make the outcome inevitable} ({
Even more convincing is} 39. Rhc7 {
using the backrank mate threat (Rc8#) to win the c-Pawn and secure White's})
39... Rg7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Rxc6 Kf7 42. Kf1 {Diagram #} 42... Nd2+ 43. Ke2
Nc4 44. h4 Ke7 45. h5 Ne5 46. Rd6 {Diagram # BLACK RESIGNED.  Nd7 threatening
Nxc5,Kxd6  fails to simply Rxd7! Similarly Nf7 can be ignored with a4! or h6!}
1-0

[Event "Midwest Class"]
[Site "Oakbrook"]
[Date "2004.10.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hill R"]
[Black "Henderson S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c3 e5 5. e4 {Diagram #} 5... Be7 {
+0.28 Tiger 15.0} (5... a6 {!?} 6. Bd3 h6 7. a4 Bg4 {+0.07 Tiger 15.0}) 6. Bb5+
{+0.04 Tiger 15.0} (6. Bd3 {Diagram # !?} 6... O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1 {
+0.28 Tiger 15.0}) 6... Nbd7 7. Qe2 a6 {Diagram #} 8. Bxd7+ {
?!  -0.44 Tiger 15.0} (8. Bd3 {!?} 8... b5 9. c4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 {
-0.05 Tiger 15.0}) 8... Bxd7 9. Bg5 {-0.71 Tiger 15.0} (9. O-O {!?} 9... O-O {
Diagram #} 10. b3 Ne8 11. Bb2 {-0.44 Tiger 15.0}) 9... Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 {
Diagram #} 11. Na3 {-0.86 Tiger 15.0} (11. O-O {!?} 11... Ng6 12. Na3 Bc6 13.
Rfe1 {-0.71 Tiger 15.0}) 11... b5 12. Rd1 Nc8 13. Nc2 {Diagram #} 13... Qe7 {
-0.55 Tiger 15.0} (13... f6 {!?} 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne3 Bc6 {-0.76 Tiger 15.0})
14. Ne3 Be6 15. b3 Nb6 {Diagram #} 16. h4 {?!  -0.96 Tiger 15.0} (16. O-O {!?}
16... O-O 17. Qc2 c4 18. Rd2 {-0.51 Tiger 15.0}) 16... O-O 17. g4 {
?  -1.51 Tiger 15.0} (17. Ng5 {%03'better is'} 17... Rac8 {Diagram #} 18. O-O
c4 19. Qb2 {-0.96 Tiger 15.0}) 17... Rfd8 {Diagram # -1.41 Tiger 15.0} (17...
c4 {Diagram # !?} 18. Qc2 f6 19. h5 cxb3 {-1.51 Tiger 15.0}) 18. Nf5 {
-1.71 Tiger 15.0} (18. Ng5 {!?} 18... h6 19. Nf3 f6 20. Nf5 {-1.41 Tiger 15.0})
18... Bxf5 19. gxf5 {-2.01 Tiger 15.0} (19. exf5 {!?} 19... d5 {Diagram #} 20.
g5 f6 21. h5 {-1.71 Tiger 15.0}) 19... d5 {Diagram #} 20. Ng5 {
?!  -2.51 Tiger 15.0} (20. Rg1 {!?} 20... d4 21. Qd2 Qb7 22. Qe2 {
-2.01 Tiger 15.0}) 20... dxe4 {?  -1.41 Tiger 15.0} (20... d4 {%03'better is'}
21. cxd4 exd4 {Diagram #} 22. e5 d3 {-2.51 Tiger 15.0}) 21. Nxe4 {Diagram #}
21... Nd5 {-1.26 Tiger 15.0} (21... Rxd1+ {-1.51 Tiger 15.0  !?}) 22. h5 Nf6
23. h6 {!?  -1.26 Tiger 15.0} (23. Rxd8+ {?!} 23... Rxd8 24. h6 {Diagram #}
24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 {-1.61 Tiger 15.0}) 23... Rxd1+ {Diagram #} 24. Kxd1 {
!?  -1.26 Tiger 15.0} (24. Qxd1 {?!} 24... Nxe4 25. Qd5 Rd8 26. Qxe4 {
-1.61 Tiger 15.0}) 24... Qd7+ 25. Kc1 Qxf5 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {Diagram #} 27. hxg7
{?!  -1.86 Tiger 15.0} (27. Qe3 {!?} 27... Qf4 28. Qxf4 exf4 29. hxg7 {
-1.41 Tiger 15.0}) 27... Rd8 {Diagram # ?  -1.33 Tiger 15.0} (27... Qf4+ {
%03'better is'} 28. Qd2 Qxd2+ 29. Kxd2 {Diagram #} 29... f6 {-1.86 Tiger 15.0})
28. Qh5 {?  -2.26 Tiger 15.0} (28. Qe3 {!} 28... Qxg7 29. f3 {
Diagram # idea is Rg1 pinning Queen} 29... Kh8 30. Rh5 {-1.33 Tiger 15.0})
28... Qf4+ 29. Kb1 Qe4+ 30. Ka1 {Diagram #} 30... Rd2 {?  -1.33 Tiger 15.0} (
30... b4 {!} 31. Rc1 bxc3 32. Qh3 Qe2 {-2.26 Tiger 15.0}) 31. Qh3 {
??  -3.01 Tiger 15.0} (31. Rg1 {%03'better is'} 31... Rxf2 {Diagram #} 32. Qg5
Qd3 33. Qxe5 {-1.33 Tiger 15.0}) 31... Rxf2 32. Rg1 Qf5 33. Qh1 {Diagram #}
33... Qf3 {??  +300.00 Tiger 15.0} (33... e4 {%03'better is'} 34. Qh4 f6 35.
Qg3 Rf1+ {-3.51 Tiger 15.0}) 34. Qxh7+ {Diagram # +300.00 Tiger 15.0} 1-0

[Event "Kemper vs Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balicki, Jeff"]
[Black "Hughes, Norm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "Hughes"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 {Diagram # I played this because I did not know
the Vienna. It was pretty passive. The normal move here is 3..., d5 with the
following vaiations.  } (3... d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 {Diagram #} 5... Be7 (5...
Bg4 6. Qe2 Ng5 7. h4 Nxf3+ 8. gxf3 Be6 {Diagram #} 9. d4 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 $11)
6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 f5 8. exf6 Bxf6 9. O-O Nc6 $11 {Diagram #}) 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. d4
exd4 6. Qxd4 {Diagram #} 6... Qe7 (6... c6 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5 Bc5 9. Qd3 {
Diagram #} 9... Qe7 10. Nd4 Ng4 11. Nf5 Nde5 {Diagram #} 12. Nxe7 (12. fxe5
Qxe5 13. Qe4 Qxe4 14. Nxe4 {Diagram #} 14... Nxe3 15. Nxe3 Bxe3 $11) 12...
Nxd3+ 13. Bxd3 Nxe3 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. dxc6 Rxc6 $14 {Diagram # White has the
extra Pawn in the endgame. It still may not be enough to win.}) 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 {Diagram #} 8... Be6 (8... c5 {Diagram #} 9. Qd3 d5 (9... Nxe4 10. O-O (10.
Nxe4 f5 11. Nfg5 fxe4 12. Qe2 {Diagram #} 12... d5 13. c4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4
$11 {The position is even. White will get back the Pawns.}) 10... Nxc3 11. Re1
Be6 12. f5 {Diagram #} 12... c4 13. Qxc3 cxb3 14. Nd4 Rc8 $16 {
Diagram # White has the advantage even though Black is temporarily up material.
}) 10. Nxd5 Nbxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qd3 Rd8 $14 {Diagram # White
again has the extra Pawn. But, is it enough to win with Queens and Rooks still
on the board.}) 9. O-O {Diagram #} 9... h6 {I did not like this move. I was
afraid of Ng5. Howerver, it seems better then the alternatives.} (9... c5 10.
Ba4+ Kd8 11. Qe3 {Diagram #} 11... Nxa4 12. Nxa4 Kc8 13. Re1 h6 $14) (9...
O-O-O 10. f5 c5 11. Qf2 Bd7 {Diagram #} 12. a4 Bc6 13. Re1 h6 $16) 10. Nd5 {
When this move was played, I thought it was a good move as it forces Black
give up a Bishop for a Knight. But, on futher review, 10. f5 seems a better
move.} (10. f5 {Diagram #} 10... Bxb3 11. axb3 Qd8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5+ Be7 {
Diagram #} 14. Rd1 Nbd7 15. Qg3 Kf8 16. Ne5 $16 {
Diagram # White has the stronger position.}) (10. e5 {Diagram #} 10... dxe5 11.
fxe5 Nfd7 12. Qe4 {Diagram #} 12... Nc5 13. Qf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qb4 {Diagram #}
15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Nce2 $11 {Diagram # with an even game. The 10.f5 varation is
White's strongest contuation.}) 10... Bxd5 11. exd5 {Diagram #} 11... O-O-O (
11... Qd7) 12. Re1 Qd7 13. a4 Kb8 {
Diagram # Making room for the Knight to go to c8 to help cover a7.} 14. a5 Nc8
15. Ba4 Qf5 16. c4 Nd7 17. b4 Be7 {Diagram #} 18. Rxe7 $6 {This is a turning
point in the game. White has a good attack. This exchange sac is not necessary.
White should just regroup and continue with the attack. The threat is Bf6
winning the Rook on a1. White could also just play 18. Qf2, Bf6 19. Ra3 and
Blacks threat is gone. White's Black squared Bishop is tied down to the
defense of the f4 Pawn otherwise 19. Bb2 would be a consideration.} (18. Ra3
Bf6 19. Qf2 Ka8 20. a6 b6 21. Qd2 Rhg8 22. Qd1 {Diagram #} 22... Nb8 (22... g5
23. fxg5 hxg5 {Diagram #} 24. Rf1 Qg4 25. Be3 Ne7 26. Nd4 Qxd1 27. Bxd1 Rdf8
28. Nc6 Ng6 29. Ba4 $16 {Diagram # White has the better position.}) 23. Nd4
Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 $18 {Diagram # White has a far better position.}) 18... Nxe7 19.
Be3 Nc8 {Diagram #} 20. c5 $6 {Another turning point in the game. This is not
the best move here. Black now has the advantage.} (20. Qc3 Qg4 21. a6 b6 22.
Re1 {Diagram #} 22... Nf6 23. Nd4 Rde8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 $16 {Diagram #}) 20... Nf6
21. c6 (21. a6 b6 22. Rd1 dxc5 23. bxc5 Rxd5 {Diagram #} 24. Qb2 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1
Qd3 26. Qc1 $17 {Diagram # Black is better.}) 21... Qxd5 22. Qb2 Rde8 23. Bd4 {
Diagram #} 23... Nh5 $6 {Not the best move. Black now looses the advantage.} (
23... bxc6 24. Rc1 Ne7 25. Qf2 Ng4 26. Qf1 Kb7 {Diagram #} 27. a6+ Ka8 $17 {
Black maintains the advantage.}) 24. cxb7 Qxb7 {Diagram #} 25. Bxe8 $6 {
White was too quick to get the material back. His advantage is gone. The game
is now even.} (25. a6 Qe4 (25... Qd5 $2 {Diagram # loses material right away.}
26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Ra5 Qc4 28. Rxh5) (25... Qa8 {Diagram #} 26. Bxg7 Nxg7 27.
Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qxg7 Qd5 29. Qxh6 Re4 30. Qg5 {White has a slight advantage.})
26. Re1 Qxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Rxe1+ {Diagram #} 28. Kf2 Re6 $16 {
White maintains the advantage.}) 25... Rxe8 26. a6 {
Diagram # DRAW AGREED.  The following is an example why:} 26... Qe4 27. Re1 Qc6
28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. g3 Qe4 30. Kf2 c6 31. Qc3 Qd5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fermi-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garzon, Gustavo"]
[Black "Tegel, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

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. Nf3 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O b6 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Bd2 f6 15.
Rae1 Kh8 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bc4 Nf8 18. h4 Nbd7 19. Qd1 Rad8 20. h5 gxh5 21. f5
Kg8 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Dragons-Fermi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blackmon, Eric"]
[Black "Spiegel, Lenny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Bg3 Nf5 10. Qd2 Re8+ 11. Ne2 a5 12. O-O-O Na6 13. Nh4 Nxh4 14. Bxh4 Nb4
15. Kb1 b6 16. Bg3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ba6 18. Qc3 Bb4 19. Qxc6 Rc8 20. Qa4 Bxe2 21.
Rdg1 Bd2 22. f3 b5 0-1

[Event "Fermilab-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gaines, Irwin"]
[Black "Thomas, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1819"]
[BlackElo "1588"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
a3 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nb3 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Re8
15. Qc2 a5 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nxc5 Re5 18. Rc1 Rb8 19. b3 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21.
Rb1 f5 22. O-O f4 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. f3 Qd8 25. Rfd1 Qh4 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. Rxd7 Rh5
28. h3 Qg3 29. Bf1 h6 30. Rbd1 Re5 31. Rd8 Ree8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Qxc6 Rb8 34.
Bc4 Qg5 35. Rd5 Qe7 36. Qd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 g5 38. Rxh6+ Kg7 39. Ra6 Rd8 40. Rxa5
Kh6 41. Rd5 Ra8 42. a4 Kh5 43. Rd7 Kh6 44. Kh2 Rb8 45. a5 Ra8 46. a6 g4 47.
fxg4 Re8 48. Bd5 Rf8 49. a7 f3 50. gxf3 Kg5 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. a8=Q Rxa8 53. Bxa8
1-0

[Event "Dragons-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stamm, Vern"]
[Black "Staples, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1618"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 Be7 4. Nf3 b6 5. e4 Nxe4 6. Bxg7 Rg8 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. d3
Nf6 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Nbd2 h5 13. c4 Ng4 14. Re1 O-O-O 15.
Nh4 Nxh2 16. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 17. Kg1 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qxg3 19. Qf3 Qg6 20. Kf2 Na5 21.
Ne4 f5 22. bxa5 fxe4 23. Qh3 Rdf8+ 24. Kg1 exd3 25. axb6 Qxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Rxg2+
27. Kh1 Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Fermilab-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bolshov, Arkadiy"]
[Black "Eustace, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1485"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3
Kh8 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qf6 11. Rb1 b6 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re1 Rfe8 15.
Bg5 Qf5 16. Be4 Qc8 17. Qd3 h6 18. Bf5 Qb8 19. Bd2 f6 20. Nh4 Ne7 21. Bg6 Nxg6
22. Qxg6 c5 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Nf5 Bf8
28. Re3 Qd8 29. Rg3+ Kh7 30. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Dragons-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Komoravolu, Krishna"]
[Black "Moehs, Doug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "1361"]
[BlackElo "1377"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5
9. Be2 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 h6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Bh4 Nfd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
h4 a6 16. Qc2 b5 17. Qxg6 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5
Ng4 22. Ne4 Nd7 23. Be2 Nxf2 24. Nxf2 Nb6 25. Ne4 Nxd5 26. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Dragons-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Breyer, Andy"]
[Black "DeGraff, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. b3 Nb4 8. Bd3
Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 Qa6 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. Nge2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
e5 15. O-O exd4 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Qe1+ Be6 18. Nf5 Qc6 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Qe5 Rd5
21. Qb8+ Rd8 22. Qe5 Rd5 23. Qb8+ Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tyros-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Brian"]
[Black "Eustace, Dan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nd2 Nxd2 5. Qxd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. c3 Be7 8.
e4 d5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. g4 Rb8 12. h4 b5 13. exd5 exd5 14. g5 b4 15.
c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Na5 18. Bb3 Rc8 19. Bc2 g6 20. Rhg1 Be6 21. b3 c5
22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nd4 Bd5 26. Re1 Kg7 27. Bd6 Rc8
28. Bxb4 Nc6 29. Bc3 Kf8 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Kb2 Bb6 32. Bb4+ Kg7 33. Re8 Bd4+
34. Kb1 f5 35. Rd8 Rxc2 36. Kxc2 Be4+ 37. Kd2 Bxf2 38. Re8 Bb1 39. a4 Bxh4 40.
Bc3+ {White eventually won in 20+ moves} *

[Event "Dragons-BP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Komoravolu, Krishna"]
[Black "Woods"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1329"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. d5 a5
9. Qa4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 e5 12. Ne6 Qf6 13. Nc7+ Kf8 14. Qxd7 Bc8 15.
Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Breyer, Andy"]
[Black "Blackmon, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1258"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 b6 5. Nc3 d5 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Bb5 a6
9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Ne5 axb5 11. Nc6 Qc7 12. Nxb8 b4 13. Ne2 Qxb8 14. c3 bxc3 15.
Nxc3 c4 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. O-O-O b5 18. a3 Bf5 19. Rd2 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Kd1
Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qg3 Ra8 24. Qh2 Bd3 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. f3 0-1

[Event "Dragons-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blackmon, Eric"]
[Black "Splinter, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1689"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. f4 f6 7. Nf3 fxe5 8. fxe5
Nxe5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Ng4 14. Qe2 Qc7
15. h3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Ne5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Rf1+ Bf6
21. Ba4 dxc4 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Qxc4 b5 25. Qc5+ Kg7 26. Bc2 Bb7 27.
Qf2 Rc8 28. Bd1 Qe7 29. Qg3+ Kh8 30. Qf2 f5 31. Qa7 Qc5+ 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Bb3
Bd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Re1 e5 36. Re2 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. g3 e4 39. Rc2 Ke5 40.
Re2 Rd3 41. Rc2 Kd4 42. Re2 h5 43. h4 Rd1 44. a3 Rh1 45. Rd2+ Kc4 46. Ke3 Rf1
47. Rg2 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Rb3 49. Kd1 Kd3 50. Rf2 e3 51. Rxf5 Rxb2 52. Rd5+ Ke4 53.
Rxh5 Kf3 54. Rf5+ Kxg3 55. Re5 Kf4 56. Re6 a5 57. h5 Rh2 58. h6 Kf3 59. Rf6+
Ke4 60. Re6+ Kd3 61. Rd6+ Kc4 62. Re6 Kd3 63. Rd6+ Kc3 64. Re6 e2+ 65. Ke1 Kb3
66. Rb6 Kxa3 67. Kd2 b4 0-1

[Event "StCharlesCC-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freidel, Jesse"]
[Black "Thomas, Jerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1561"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nf6 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Bb5 Qd7 11. c4 a6 12. Ba4 dxc4 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6+
bxc6 15. Nxc4 Nd7 16. Rc1 c5 17. d5 e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bg3 Ra7 20. Ke2 Nb6
21. Rhd1 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 Be7 23. b3 Rf8 24. f3 Rf5 25. Re4 Rg5 26. Kf2 Rg6 27.
Bh2 a5 28. Rc4 c6 29. e4 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Bf4 Bd6 32. Be3 Kc7 33. Bxc5
Bxc5+ 34. Rxc5 Kb6 35. Rc4 c5 36. g3 e5 37. g4 Rd6 38. Ke2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dragons-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eustace, Dan"]
[Black "Freidel, Jeremiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3
Nf5 9. Bb5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Ba6 13. Re1 Qa5 14. Qc2 c5 15.
Be3 Rfc8 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Bg5 19. Rh3 h6 20. Rd1 Rc7 21.
Qb2 Rac8 22. Nce2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Rc1 24. Rhd3 Qa3 25. g3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rc1 27.
f4 Bd8 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kg2 Bb6 30. Qc2 Qe3 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qc2+ g6 33. Nb5
Qg1+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh4 Qxb5 36. f5 Bd8+ 37. Kg4 exf5+ 38. Kf3 Qf1+ 39. Ke3
Bb6+ 40. Kd2 Qf2+ 41. Kd3 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "StCharlesCC-Dragons"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alberts, Wally"]
[Black "Komoravolu, Krishna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[BlackElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 Bb4+ 6. c3 dxc3 7. bxc3 Ba5 8.
Nf3 Qf6 9. f5 Bd7 10. Be3 Qe7 11. g4 h6 12. Bg2 Nf6 13. h3 Qd6 14. O-O g6 15.
fxg6 fxg6 16. Rb1 b6 17. Nh4 g5 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. d4 O-O-O 20. Qd3 Nb8 21. Qc2
Nc6 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Neg3 Nc6 25. Be3 Qg8 26. Qe2 Nb8 27. Bd4 c6
28. Bxf6 Rh7 29. Nh5 Qf8 30. e5 Qc5+ 31. Qe3 Qxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Bxc3 33. Ng7 {
White soon won} 1-0

[Event "Dragons-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Breyer, Andy"]
[Black "Pradt, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1258"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. a3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. Nb5 d6 6. e3 Be7 7. Nf3 Nh5 8. g3
Nxf4 9. exf4 Nd7 10. Bg2 c6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Nb3 O-O 15.
O-O-O c5 16. f5 exf5 17. Qxf5 cxd4 18. Nxd5 g6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Qe5 Re8 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rac8 23. Kb1 Re2 24. Rd2 Rce8 25. Rhd1 Ng4 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27.
Bf1 Rxf2 28. Bxa6 Rxh2 29. Nd4 Rg2 30. Rd3 Ne5 31. Rc3 h5 32. Re3 f6 33. b4 Kf7
34. b5 Nc4 35. Rd3 Ne5 36. Rc3 g5 37. Nc6 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. Rh3 Rg4 40. Nxa7
f5 41. Nc8 Rg3 42. Rxh4 Rxa3 43. Nxb6 Rc3 44. Rf4 Ke6 45. Kb2 Rc7 46. Bc8+ Kd6
47. Ba6 Rf7 48. Kb3 Kc7 49. Nd5+ Kb8 50. Ne3 Rc7 51. Rxf5 Nd7 52. Kb4 Nb6 53.
Ka5 Ka7 54. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Pawns-CompAssoc"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jakstas, Kaz"]
[Black "Underwood, Wes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd3 Qxc5 8. Be3
Qa5 9. Qb5+ Nc6 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 14. Bb5+
Kc7 15. Ng5 Ng4 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. O-O-O a6
21. Rhf1 b5 22. f5 Nde5 23. fxe6 Nd4 24. Bg5 Re8 25. a4 Nxe6 26. Be3 Nc4 27.
Bxc4 bxc4 28. g4 Rb8 29. c3 Bf6 30. Rd5 h6 31. Kc2 Ng5 32. e5 Bxe5 33. h4 Ne4
34. Bxh6 Nf6 35. Rd2 Nxg4 36. Bg5 Nf6 37. Rg2 Re8 38. Bf4 Bxf4 39. Rxf4 Nd5 40.
Rxc4+ Kb6 41. Re4 Nf6 42. Rb4+ Kc6 43. Rxg6 Nd5 44. Rc4+ Kb6 45. Re4 1-0

[Event "CompAssoc-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Denmark, Tony"]
[Black "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. c4 Bxc5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Qxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
g3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bg2 d4 11. Na4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne4+ 14. Ke2
Bd7 15. Nd2 Bb5+ 16. Ke1 Nc6 (16... Nxd2 $143 17. Bxb7 (17. Kxd2 $2 dxe3+ 18.
fxe3 Bxa4 19. Bxb7)) 17. Nxe4 Bxa4 18. b3 Bb5 19. Nd6 Re5 20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. exd4 Rd5 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Ke2 a5 25. Ke3 c5 26. Rd2 cxd4+ 27. Kd3
Rc8 28. Rhd1 f5 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Kxc2 Kf7 31. Kd3 Rc5 32. Rd2 Ke6 33. Kxd4 Rc1
34. h3 g6 35. Kd3 Ra1 36. Kc4 1-0

[Event "CompAssoc-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vail, Matt"]
[Black "Franek, Marty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxb7 Nbd7 6. Nb5 Rc8 (6... e5 $5)
7. Bf4 Be4 8. Qxc7 $6 (8. Nxc7+ $1 Qxc7 (8... Rxc7 $144 9. Qxc7) 9. Qxc7 Rxc7
10. Bxc7) 8... Nd5 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. f3 Bg6 11. e4 e5 (11... Nxf4 $4 12. Nc7#)
12. exd5 exf4 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Nxf4 Kd7 16. Na6 Rc8 17. Rc1 Bd6 18.
Nc5+ (18. Nd3 cxd3 19. Rxc8 Kxc8 20. Bxd3) 18... Bxc5 19. dxc5 Rhe8+ 20. Kd2
Rxc5 21. b4 Rc7 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. g3 Re5 24. Bh3+ Kd6 25. f4 Rxd5+ 26. Kc2 Re7
27. Rhe1 Rc7 (27... f6) 28. Rcd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CompAssoc-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Byrne, Mike"]
[Black "Fabijonas, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bf4 c6 5. c5 Nh5 6. Bd2 Nd7 7. e3 Nhf6 8. Bd3
e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Nh7 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rfe1 Nhf6 14. Be2 Ne4 15.
Bc1 Ndf6 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Qc2 Qe8 19. f3 Bh4 20. Rf1 Ng3 21. Rd1
Bf6 22. f4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Bd7 24. Bf3 Qe7 25. Qf2 Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Qg3 Rf5
28. h4 Raf8 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. Bc3 Be8 31. Ba5 Qe7 32. Rf1 Qf7 33. Rxf5 Qxf5 34.
Bc7 Bh5 35. Ba5 Be2 36. Qe1 Ba6 37. Rd1 Qg4 38. Rc1 Rf1+ 39. Qxf1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1
Qxh4 41. Kg1 Qg3 42. Rf1 h5 43. Be1 Qxe3+ 44. Bf2 Qg5 45. Re1 h4 46. Re3 Qf4
47. Kf1 g5 48. Kg1 g4 49. g3 hxg3 50. Rxg3 Qg5 (50... Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Qxb2 52.
Rxg4+ Kf7 {idea e3 or Qxa2,a5-4,etc}) 51. Be3 Qg6 52. a4 Kf7 53. Kg2 Qf5 54.
Kg1 Kg6 55. Kg2 Kh5 56. Bf2 Qg6 57. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pawns-CompAssoc"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "O'Dell, David"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1428"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d6 2. e3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 Bf5 6. a3 a6 7. Be2 e5 8. d5
Nce7 9. e4 Bg4 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 h6 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Nd2 c6 16. Nc4 cxd5 17. Nb6 Qc6 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. exd5 Nfxd5 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng3
Rf8 22. c3 Qc4 23. Bd2 Qc6 24. Qc1 f4 25. Ne4 g5 26. c4 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28.
b4 Qe4 29. Rb3 g4 30. Re1 Qg6 31. b5 f3 32. g3 Qh5 33. Re4 d5 (33... Qh3 34.
Qf1) 34. cxd5 Nxd5 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qxg4 Qxg4 37. Rxg4 axb5 38. Rxb5 Ra6 39.
Rxd5 Rxa3 40. h4 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Rf1 42. Be3 Rb1 43. Rd7 b5 44. Rgxg7+ (44. Rdxg7+
$1 Kh8 45. Rg8+ Kh7 46. R4g7#) 1-0

[Event "Kemper-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Siwek, Mark"]
[Black "Melnikov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 c4 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Bb7
15. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kings-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallach, Cliff"]
[Black "Hughes, Norm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 c6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxd5 Be7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. O-O
Nc5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bf5 b6 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Qf5 Qe5 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Rac1
Nd6 21. Qd7 Kg7 22. Rfd1 a5 23. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Kings-Kemper"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cygan, Joe"]
[Black "Wirtz, Rob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1308"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O a6 10. h4 Ne5 11. Be2 b5 12. Nd5 Ned7 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Nc7 Nxe4 15.
fxe4 1-0

[Event "Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.04.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumgartner, Chris"]
[Black "Joshi, Bijal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "1326"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 a5 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. c3 c6 13. Ba2 Ba7 14. Kh1 d5 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Qf3 e4 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Qf4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxe4 Rab8 21.
Rad1 Rfe8 22. Qc2 Rbd8 23. Bb1 g6 24. f4 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Bb8 26. f5 Qh4 27. h3
Qg3 28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qg3 30. Kg1 Qh2+ 31. Kf2 Ba7+ 32. Kf3 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Molex-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reich, Thomas"]
[Black "Garzon, Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e3 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Qb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qc2 a6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd7
15. Rfc1 O-O 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Nd6 Kg7 19. e4 Nf8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21.
Qc5 Qd8 22. Rc3 Nd7 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qh5 Qe7 25. Rh3 Nf8 26. Raa3 c5 27. Rag3
Bxe4 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bxb5 cxd4 30. Qh6 Bg6 31. Bd3 Qa3 32. Bf1 Qc1 33. Qxc1
Rxc1 34. Rf3 Kg7 35. g3 d3 36. Kg2 d2 37. Be2 Be4 38. g4 Re1 0-1

[Event "Fermilab-Molex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spiegel, Lenny"]
[Black "Hendrickson, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1557"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3
Be7 9. a4 Qb6 10. a5 Qc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. Qe1 Nxd3 14. cxd3 exf4 15.
Bxf4 b5 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Nd4 Re8 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Qg3 Ne5 21. Nd5 Kh8
22. Nb6 Qb7 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. Bf4 Bxf5 25. Bxe5 Bxe4 26. Bxg7+ Bxg7 27. dxe4
Bxb2 28. Rxf7 Qxe4 29. Rcf1 Qg6 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Rxf8+ Kg7 33.
Ra8 d5 34. Kg1 d4 35. Kf1 Bc3 36. Ke2 Bxa5 37. Rxa6 Bc3 38. Kd3 b4 39. Rb6 Kh6
40. Rb5 g5 41. g4 Kg6 42. Rb6+ Kf7 43. Kc4 Ke7 44. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Molex-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaderej, Vic"]
[Black "Gaines, Irwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1463"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. b3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Be3 c5 12. a4 d4 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. a5 b5
15. b4 Nc6 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. O-O b4 18. Re1 Bc4 19. Bc1 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21.
Bb2 Nc6 22. Nbd2 Bd5 23. Ne4 Bb6 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Nb5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rd8 27. f4
h6 28. h4 f6 29. Kf1 fxe5 30. fxe5 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bc1 Rg8 33. Nd6 Nxe5
34. Rxe5 Kxd6 35. Rxg5 Rxg5 36. Bxg5 Kd5 37. Ke2 Kc4 38. Bd2 e5 39. f3 Bd8 40.
Kd1 Bh4 41. Ke2 Bg3 42. Kd1 Bf4 43. Ke2 Bxd2 44. Kxd2 b3 45. cxb3+ Kxb3 46. Kd3
Kb4 47. f4 Kc5 48. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fermilab-Molex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bolshov, Arkadiy"]
[Black "McGowan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1523"]
[BlackElo "1257"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. a3 Bb7
9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Nd7 13. b3 Qe4 14. Qd2 Rad8 15.
Bd3 Qg4 16. h3 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qb6 18. Rae1 f6 19. d5 c5 20. Ne6 Bxd5 21. Nxf8 Nxf8
22. b4 Ne6 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Kh1 Qc6 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. exf6 exf6 27. Bxc5 Qxc5
28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Rfe1 Bxg2+ (29... Qxf2) 30. Qxg2 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Qa8+
Kd7 33. Qb7+ Qc7 34. Qd5+ Qd6 35. Qf7+ Qe7 36. Qd5+ Kc7 37. Be4 Kb6 38. Qd4+
Qc5 39. Qd8+ Qc7 40. Qd4+ Qc5 41. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Molex-Fermilab"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deichmann, Eric"]
[Black "Cease, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "1260"]
[BlackElo "1395"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qe6 5. Nf3 exf4+ 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
d3 Qb6+ 9. Kh1 Ng4 10. d4 c6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg4 O-O 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Qg4
Qd8 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qd7 17. Raf1 Qxg4 18. Rxg4 Rf8 19. Ne4 Na6 20. c3 f5
21. Rgf4 fxe4 22. Kg1 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Re8 24. Kf2 Nc7 25. Ke3 Nd5+ 26. Kf2 Nxf4
27. g3 e3+ 28. Ke1 Nd3+ 29. Ke2 Nc1+ 30. Kd1 e2+ 0-1

[Event "Fermilab-Molex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeGraff, Brian"]
[Black "Casher, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1423"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 Bd7 8. d4
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 a5 11. a4 b4 12. d5 Nb8 13. cxb4 axb4 14. Nbd2 c6 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Nc4 d5 17. Ncxe5 Bc5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nd3 Qb6 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Be3
Qc6 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Bc5 Rc8 24. Bxb4 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Rc1 g6 27. Bxg6 Qxa4
28. Rxc8+ Kg7 29. Qxa4 Rxa4 30. Ba3 hxg6 31. f3 Nh5 32. Rb1 Nf4 33. Bf8+ Kf6
34. b3 Ra2 35. b4 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Bxf3 37. Rb3 Be2+ 38. Ke1 Rg1+ 39. Kd2 Rg2 40.
Ke1 Rg1+ 41. Kf2 Rf1+ 42. Ke3 Rf3+ 43. Kd2 Rxb3 44. Rc3 Rb2+ 45. Kc1 Ra2 46.
Kb1 Rd2 47. Ka1 g5 48. Re3 Kf5 49. Rb3 Bf1 50. b5 Nxh3 51. b6 Rd8 52. Be7 Rd7
53. b7 Bc4 54. b8=Q Bxb3 55. Qb5+ Bd5 56. Qxd7+ Be6 57. Qd3+ Ke5 58. Kb2 Nf4
59. Qg3 f6 60. Qc3+ Kf5 1-0

[Event "Knights-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Black "Wiewel, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rc1 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Bc4 b5
15. Qxd4 bxc4 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Ne3 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 Nd6 19. O-O Qb6 20. Qe5 Nf5 21.
Rfe1 Rf6 22. Ne4 Bf7 23. Nxf6+ exf6 24. Qc3 Re8 25. Kf2 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27.
Qxe3 Qxb2+ 28. Kg1 Qxa2 29. Qc3 Qa6 30. Ra1 Qd6 31. Qe3 a6 32. Qa7 c3 33. Qxa6
Qd4+ 34. Kh1 c2 35. Qf1 Bc4 36. Qe1 Be2 37. h3 Qd1 38. Qg1 Qd5 39. Qe3 Qd1+ 40.
Qg1 Kg7 41. Kh2 Qd6+ 42. Kh1 Qd2 43. Kh2 Bxf3 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qg1 Bd1 46. Qc5
Bf3 47. Qf8+ Kh5 48. Qc5+ f5 49. Qg1 Be4 50. Qf1 f4 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Kh2 Qg3+
53. Kg1 f3 54. Ra5+ g5 55. Rc5 Qxg2+ 56. Qxg2 fxg2 57. Rc4 Kg6 {
0-1 Fridman,Y-Wiewel,J/Knights-StCharlesCC 2005 (57)} 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "StCharlesCC-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Engelen, Mark"]
[Black "Balicki, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Kf1 Nc6 11. Qb3 a6 12. Qd1 e6 13. h4 Rd8 14. h5 Qc7 15.
Rc1 Rb8 16. a3 b5 17. Ba2 Qb6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. e5 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Bxe5 21. Bf4
Qd6 22. g3 Bb7 23. f3 Bxf3 24. Rh2 Bxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Getco-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rauchman, Micheal"]
[Black "Stein, Pete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. h3 Bb7 7. c4 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a3 d6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nd8 13. Nd4 g6 14. Qb3 a6 15.
Rac1 Kh8 16. f3 Nh5 17. Bh6 Re8 18. e4 Nf7 19. Bd2 Ne5 20. Nce2 fxe4 21. fxe4
Rf8 22. Ne6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bh4 24. Bb1 a5 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. N2d4 Ba6 27. Qc3 Qf7
28. Be3 Nf6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bc4 31. Bf4 b5 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Nf3 Bg3 1-0

[Event "Tyros-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Diaz, Pablo"]
[Black "Jasaitis, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nxe4 dxe4 5. f4 exf3 6. Nxf3 Bg4 7. c3 e6 8.
Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Getco-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Seet, Paul"]
[Black "Stoltz, Bob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8.
Nh4 Bg6 9. g3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bf3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. h4
Rfe8 15. Kg2 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Rxe7 18. Ne4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf2
Rae8 21. Nc3 Nc4 22. Nd1 Qd6 23. Nc3 Ne3+ 24. Kh2 Nxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qb4 26. h5 g5
27. Ne4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Qxf7+ Kh7 30. Rf2 Re7 31. Qb3 g4 32. c3 Kh6 33.
Qg8 Kxh5 34. Qh8+ Kg6 35. Qh4 Re5 36. Rf4 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Rf1 Qe3+ 39.
Rf2 Rf5 40. Qxg4+ Rg5 41. Qe2 Qxg3+ 42. Rg2 Qxg2+ 43. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 c5
45. b4 cxb4 46. cxb4 b5 47. Kf3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Tyros-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Guio, Julian"]
[Black "Tan, Arway"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Bc4 e5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c3 Ngf6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Ng5 Qe8 8. Qc2
c6 9. O-O b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ngf3 Bd6 14. a5 bxa5 15. Rxa5
Qd8 16. Ra1 Qc7 17. h3 Rfe8 18. Re1 c5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Nc4 Bh2+ 23. Kf1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rxe1 25. Bf1 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Getco-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kratka, Milan"]
[Black "Smith, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. Re1 Be7 8.
Nh4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Rxe2 O-O 11. d3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. c4
Qd6 15. Be3 c5 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rd8 19. Rd1 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Na6
21. Red2 Rdc8 22. b3 Kf8 23. Nb5 Re8 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Nb5 Nb4 26. a3 Nc6 27. c5
a6 28. Nd6 e5 29. b4 Nd4 30. f4 f6 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Rf2+ Kg8 33. Nc4 g6 34.
Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxd4 Re3 36. Rd7 Re1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Rf8+ 39. Ke2 Rf4 {
BLACK RESIGNED} 1-0

[Event "Tyros-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Hahne, Dave"]
[Black "Coombes, Neal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Rxb1 Qxd5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. e3 Nf6 8.
Bc4 Qe4 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. O-O Nxa2 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Bxb4 Nd5 13. Qa4+ Kd8 14. Bxd5
Qxd5 15. Ne5 b5 16. Qa3 Bxb4 17. Qxb4 Ke8 18. Rfc1 f6 19. Rxc7 Qd8 20. Qxb5+
Kf8 21. Qc5+ Kg8 22. Nf7 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Rc8+ Kxf7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Qc7+
1-0

[Event "Pawns-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jakstas, Kaz"]
[Black "Friske, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3
Rb8 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 Bf5 11. d4 Ne4 12. Ne1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15.
g4 Bc8 16. Nf3 f5 17. g5 Qc7 18. Rc1 b5 19. cxb5 Nd8 20. a4 Qb6 21. Qd2 a6 22.
Ba5 Qa7 23. b6 Qa8 24. Rc7 Bb7 25. Qe2 e5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rd1 Ne6 28. Qc4
Rfe8 29. Rdd7 Bd5 30. Rxd5 Nxc7 31. bxc7 Rbc8 32. Nxe5 Qa7 33. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lang, Rick"]
[Black "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. a3 c5 12. Re1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc2 d4 15. b4
cxb4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Ra1 Qc7 18. Bxd4 a5 19. Reb1 Rac8 20. g4 Bg6 21. e4 Rfd8
22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Nc5 24. Bf1 b6 25. Nd4 Qe5 26. N2f3 Qf4 27. Bg2 Qc7 28.
Rd1 Nfd7 29. Nb5 Qf4 30. Na7 Rc7 31. Nb5 Rcc8 32. Na7 Rc7 33. Nb5 Rcc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pawns-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Franek, Marty"]
[Black "Kogan, Greg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bh5 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 Nd7 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8.
Bf4 e6 9. e4 Nb6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nfd7 14. Rfd1
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bf6 16. Qg3 Nd7 17. Rd3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Rd6 f6 20. Nd4 Nxe5
21. Nxe6 Qe7 22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. Nc5 Rad8 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+
Qxd8 27. Nxb7 Qd2 28. h3 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxf2 30. Nc5 h6 31. Ne6 h5 32. Qa3 Ng6
33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. gxf3 Ne5 35. Kg2 Kg8 36. b3 Kf7 37. Nc5 Ke7 38. f4 Nd7 39.
Nxd7 Kxd7 40. Kg3 Ke6 41. Kh4 g6 42. f5+ gxf5 43. exf5+ Kxf5 44. Kxh5 Kf4 $4 (
44... Ke4 45. Kg4 (45. Kg6 f5 $19) 45... f5+ 46. Kg3 Ke3 (46... f4+ $4 47. Kf2)
47. Kg2 f4 (47... Kf4 48. Kf2 Kg5 49. Kf3 Kh4 50. Kf4) 48. Kf1 (48. h4 $4 Ke2
$19) 48... Kf3 $19) 45. Kg6 f5 46. h4 Kg3 (46... Ke4) 47. h5 f4 48. h6 f3 49.
h7 f2 50. h8=Q f1=Q 51. Qc3+ (51. Qb8+ Qf4 52. Qxa7) 51... Qf3 52. Qd4 a5 53.
Qe5+ Qf4 54. Qxa5 Qd6+ 55. Kf5 Qd7+ 56. Ke4 Qg4+ 57. Kd3 Qd1+ 58. Qd2 Qf1+ 59.
Kd4 Qb5 $2 60. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Brotsos, Jim"]
[Black "Fabijonas, Romas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. h3 b5 7. Bc2 Ng6 8. d4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Nf3 Be7
15. Rc1 Bf6 16. Nh2 Ne7 17. Ng4 Ng6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qg4 Bc8 20. Qg5 Qxg5 21.
Bxg5 h6 22. Bd2 Be6 23. d5 Bd7 24. Re3 f5 25. Rg3 Kh7 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Rf3
Bxc2 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Rxc2 Ne7 30. c4 bxc4 31. Rxc4 Nxd5 32. Ba5 c5 33. Bd2
Nb6 34. Rg4 d5 35. b3 c4 36. Ba5 Rb8 37. Bxb6 cxb3 38. Bc7 bxa2 39. Bxe5 Rb1+
40. Kh2 {BLACK RESIGNED} 40... a1=Q 41. Rxg7+ Kh8 42. Re7+ (42. Rg5+ $144 Qxe5+
(42... Kh7 43. Rg7+ $11)) 42... Qxe5+ 43. Rxe5 Rb5 (43... d4 44. Rd5 Rb4 45.
Rd6 a5 46. Rxh6+ Kg7 47. Ra6 a4 48. Rd6 a3 49. Ra6 Rb3 50. Ra4 d3) 44. Re6 d4
45. Rxh6+ Kg7 46. Rxa6 Rd5 1-0

[Event "Pawns-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "O'Dell, David"]
[Black "Weitz, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. Qe1
Re8 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Qe3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qd1 a6 13. a3 b5 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 e6 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. c3 e5 19. Bg3 d5 20. Qc2 d4 21. c4 b4 22.
f3 a5 23. a4 Bh6 24. f4 b3 25. Qxb3 Nb4 26. fxe5 Be3+ 27. Kh1 h5 28. Be1 Rxe5
29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Qd1 Qg5 31. Ng1 h4 32. Nf3 Qe7 33. Nxe5 Qxe5 34. Qf3 Rf8 35.
Qg4 Qe7 36. b3 Kg7 37. Rf3 Rh8 38. Rbf1 Rh5 39. Rf5 Bg5 40. Rd5 Kh6 41. Rd7 Qe6
42. Rdxf7 Qxf7 43. Rxf7 h3 44. g3 Be3 45. Rf6 Bg5 46. Rc6 Kg7 47. Qd7+ Kh6 48.
Qf7 Bf6 49. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Suerth, Frank"]
[Black "Mikulecky, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Qd2 Bg6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O-O Qe8 12. Nh4 Bb4 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. f3
Rd8 15. h4 Kh8 16. Bc4 c6 17. Qe3 Nc5 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rd7 20. Ba2 Nh5 21.
Qxc5 Ng3 22. Rxd7 Nxh1 23. Re7 Qb8 24. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "Tyros-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stein, Pete"]
[Black "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3
e6 9. Qe1 Ne7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qh4 d5 12. f5 exf5 13. Bh6 dxe4 14. Ng5 Qd4 15.
Nxh7 exd3 16. Rf4 Qd6 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Rf2 Nd5 19. cxd3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qxd3 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Re8 24. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Knights-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Morris, Rob"]
[Black "Diaz, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
Na3 Be7 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Nc7 13. Bxc7 Qxc7 14.
Bb5+ Bd7 15. Qe2+ Kf8 16. O-O-O Re8 17. Qd3 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 g6 19. Rd2 Kg7 20.
Rhd1 Re7 21. Qa4 Rhe8 22. Qxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tyros-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Stoltz, Bob"]
[Black "Thomson, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 Ng4 13. h3 Bh6 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. f4
Nb4 16. Kh1 a5 17. Rbd1 Bc6 18. Bf3 Na6 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. Bg4 Nxg4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. hxg4 Bd7 23. Ne3 Nc5 24. Qd4+ f6 25. f5 h6 26. Nh3 g5 27. Nf2 Rh8 28. g3
Bc6 29. Nd5 b5 30. Nd3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 bxc4 32. bxc4 Rb8 33. Rb3 Rxb3 34. axb3 h5
35. Kg2 hxg4 36. Qa7 Kf7 37. Re1 Rh7 38. Qc7 Qxc7 39. Nxc7 Rh8 40. Nd5 Rb8 41.
Re3 a4 42. bxa4 Rb2+ 43. Kg1 Bxd5 44. cxd5 Ra2 45. Kf1 Ke8 46. Ke1 Kd7 47. a5
Kc7 48. Kd1 Kb7 49. Rb3+ Ka6 50. Ke1 Ra4 51. Re3 Kxa5 52. Kd2 Kb4 53. Rc3 Ra1
54. Rc7 Ra3 55. Rxe7 Rxg3 56. Re6 Rh3 57. Rxf6 Kc5 58. Rg6 Kd4 59. Rxg5 Rh2+
60. Ke1 Ke3 61. Kf1 Kf3 62. Kg1 g3 63. f6 Rg2+ (63... Ra2 64. Rf5+) 64. Kh1
Rh2+ 65. Kg1 Kxe4 66. f7 Rf2 67. Rxg3 Rxf7 68. Rg5 Rf5 69. Rxf5 Kxf5 70. Kf2
Ke4 71. Ke2 Kd4 72. Kd2 Kc4 73. Kc2 Kxd5 74. Kd3 Ke5 75. Ke3 Kf5 76. Kd4 Ke6
77. Ke4 d5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Knights-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Augsburger, Len"]
[Black "Guio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Qe2 Qxe2+ 7. Bxe2 Bd7
8. Nf3 Bc6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. Bc4 Be7 13. Re1 Nb6 14.
Nxf7 Nxc4 15. Nxh8 g5 16. Na3 Nxa3 17. Rxe7 gxf4 18. Rxh7 Nc2 19. Rc1 Nf5 20.
Ng6 f3 21. gxf3 Bxf3 22. Rh8 Rxh8 23. Nxh8 Be4 24. Nf7 Kc7 25. Ne5 Nh4 26. f3
Bf5 27. Kf2 b5 28. Kg3 Ng6 29. Nxg6 Bxg6 30. Kf4 Bd3 31. h4 Kd6 32. h5 Ke6 33.
Rh1 b4 34. cxb4 Nxb4 35. a3 Nd5+ 36. Kg3 0-1

[Event "Tyros-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Buchner, Bob"]
[Black "Balicki, Jeff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Re1 Ne8 8. c3 f5
9. Bg5 Nf6 10. d4 fxe4 11. Rxe4 exd4 12. Nxd4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rf4 Qe5 15.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Nd2 c6 17. Qf3+ Qf6 18. Qxf6+ Bxf6 19. Re1 Kf7 20. Ne4 Be7 21.
c4 Na6 22. a3 Nc7 23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. b3 Re8 26. Rd1 Bf5 27. Be4 Bh3
28. Bg2 Be6 29. f4 Bg4 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Ne4 Be7 33. b4 Be6 34. Nd2
Bf6 35. Ne4 Be7 36. Bf1 Kd7 37. Kf2 Bf5 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Bd3 Bf8 40. Nf2 Bg7 41.
Bxf5+ gxf5 42. Nd3 {BLACK FLAGGED} 1-0

[Event "Knights-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Alfonso, Ed"]
[Black "Hahne, Dave"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd2 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. Na4 c4 10. b3 cxb3 11. cxb3 Ba3 12. Nc5 Qb6 13. Na4 Qb5 14. Bc3 Ne7 15.
Qe2 Bd3 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Rd1 Be4 18. Nh4 h6 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. Qxb5 cxb5 21. Nb6
Rxc3 22. Nxa8 Bc2 23. Rd2 Bc1 24. Ke2 Bxd2 25. Kxd2 Rc6 26. Rc1 Be4 27. Rxc6
Nxc6 28. Kc3 b4+ 29. Kd2 Nxd4 30. f3 Bb1 31. g4 Bxa2 32. Nc7 Nxb3+ 33. Kc2 Nc5
34. Ng2 Kf8 35. Ne1 Bc4 36. Na8 Ke7 37. Nb6 Kd8 38. Nxc4 dxc4 39. Kb2 Nd3+ 40.
Nxd3 cxd3 41. Kc1 Kc7 42. Kd2 a5 43. Kxd3 a4 44. Kc2 Kc6 45. Kb2 Kd5 46. Kc2
Kxe5 47. Kb2 Kf4 48. Kc2 Kxf3 49. h3 e5 50. Kd2 e4 51. g5 hxg5 52. h4 gxh4 53.
Ke1 e3 54. Kf1 e2+ 55. Ke1 0-1

[Event "StCharlesCC-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Marshall"]
[Black "Rauchman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A96"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. b4 Qe8 8. Bb2 c6
9. Nbd2 Na6 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. a4 Nc7 12. b5 Bd7 13. Qc2 d5 14. bxc6 Bxc6 15. c5
b6 16. cxb6 Rxb6 17. Ne5 Na6 18. a5 Nb4 19. Qc3 Rb8 20. Ba3 Bd7 21. Rac1 Qc8
22. Qc7 Rb7 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rb1 h6 26. Nb3 Ne4 27. Bxe4 fxe4
28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Nc2 30. Rxb7 Bxb7 31. c6 Bxc6 32. Nxc6 Nxa3 33. Nxa7 Nc4
34. a6 Nb6 35. Nb5 Kf7 36. e3 Ke7 37. Kf1 e5 38. Ke2 Kd7 39. f3 Kc6 40. Na7+
Kc5 41. fxe4 dxe4 42. Kd2 g6 43. Kc2 Nd5 44. Nc8 Kc6 45. Na7+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Getco-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jasaitis, Tony"]
[Black "Wiewel, Jeff"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bd4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. h3 Ne5 12. b3 Ned7 13. Nf3 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qe2+ Be6 17. O-O-O Ba3+ 18. Bb2 Qa5 19. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 20. Qb2 Rc8+
21. Kb1 Qc5 22. Nd4 O-O 23. Nxe6 Qf5+ 24. Bd3 Qxe6 25. Rhe1 Qc6 26. Be4 Qb5 27.
a4 Qb4 28. Bf5 Rc3 29. Re4 Qxb3 30. Rxd7 g6 31. Rb4 Qxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Rfc8 33.
Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Kxc3 gxf5 35. Rxb7 Ra8 36. Kb4 Kg7 37. Kb5 f4 38. Ka6 f3 {
DRAW AGREED soon after time control} 1/2-1/2

[Event "StCharlesCC-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Splinter, Joe"]
[Black "Seet, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8.
Re1+ Kf8 9. Bg5 Qd5 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Ne4 gxf6 12. Bh6+ Kg8 13. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Getco-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Tan, Arway"]
[Black "Hutchby, Clive"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b4
Nbd7 9. a4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rxb1
15. Nxb1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bb5 Qd5 18. Nd2 Qxd4 19. Nb3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nfxd5
21. Ba3 a6 22. Bxa6 Nxa4 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rd8 26. g3 Kg7 27.
Kg2 h5 28. h3 e6 29. Be2 Nc3 30. Bf3 Nb5 31. Rb1 Nd4 32. Be4 Nf5 33. Rb7 Bd4
34. Bb4 Nd6 35. Bxd6 Rxd6 36. Rc7 Bb6 37. Rc2 Bd8 38. Ra2 g5 39. Rc2 f5 40. Bf3
g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Bb7 Kf6 43. Re2 Rb6 44. Bc8 Rd6 45. Rc2 e5 46. Rc5 Bb6 47.
Rb5 Bd4 48. f3 gxf3+ 49. Kxf3 Rc6 50. Bd7 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 Rc2+ 52. Kf1 Rf2+ 53.
Ke1 Rg2 54. Rb3 Bf2+ 55. Kf1 Rxg3 56. Rb8 Bc5 57. Rc8 Rc3 58. Ke2 Bd4 59. Rh8
Rg3 60. Bc8 0-1

[Event "StCharlesCC-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Alberts, Wally"]
[Black "Kratka, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Qd7 9. Kh2 Nd4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 h6 14. f4 b6
15. f5 O-O-O 16. a4 d5 17. exd5 Rhe8 18. Qf3 Nxd5 19. a5 b5 20. Ne4 c6 21. Rfd1
Nb4 22. Rd2 Na6 23. g4 Qc7 24. Qg2 f6 25. Qf2 Re7 26. Re2 Kb8 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28.
Qxc5 Rd5 29. Qf2 c5 30. Re4 Qc6 31. Kg1 Red7 32. Rae1 b4 33. Rc4 Qb5 34. Ra1
Kb7 35. Re4 Rd4 36. Qf3 Ka6 37. Qe2 R4d6 38. Qf3 b3 39. cxb3 Rxd3 40. Qe2 Rxb3
41. Qxb5+ Rxb5 42. Rc4 Rd4 43. Rc3 c4 44. Rac1 Kxa5 45. Rxc4 Rxb2 46. Rc7 Kb6
47. Rxg7 Rb3 48. Rg6 Rg3+ 49. Kh2 Rgd3 50. Rxh6 (50. Rxf6+ {idea Rxh6} 50...
Rd6) 50... Rd6 51. h4 e4 52. g5 fxg5 53. hxg5 Rxh6+ 54. gxh6 Rd6 55. Re1 Rxh6+
56. Kg3 Kc5 57. Kf4 a5 58. Kg5 Rh8 59. f6 Rg8+ 60. Kf5 Kd6 61. Rxe4 Kc5 62. f7
Rf8 63. Kf6 Kb5 64. Ke7 Rxf7+ 65. Kxf7 a4 66. Ke6 a3 67. Kd5 a2 68. Re8 Kb4 69.
Rb8+ Ka3 70. Ra8+ Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Getco-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Coombes, Neal"]
[Black "Pradt, Dan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxd5 5. d3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bxd5 exd5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. Nxe6 (11. f5) 11... fxe6 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Qg4
Qf6 14. c3 a6 15. Na3 Bd6 16. Nc2 Ne5 17. Qe2 Ng6 18. g3 Rae8 19. Ne3 b5 20.
Ng4 Qd8 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 d4 23. cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Be3 Qxe5 25. Rae1 Qd5 26.
b3 Ne5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Kh3 Nf3 30. Rxf3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Pawns-Aces"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Jakstas, Kaz"]
[Black "Tamez, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. Rb1 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nd7 12. c3 Bd6 13. Re1 O-O 14. e4 dxe4
15. Rxe4 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qh5 Nf8 18. Rbe1 f6 19. Bxf6 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qf7
21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rf4+ Kg8 23. Bd6 Ng6 24. Rfe4 Kf7 25. c4 Rad8 26. c5 Nf8 27.
Rf4+ Kg8 28. Rf3 Ng6 29. g3 Rd7 30. h4 Rdd8 31. Ra3 a6 32. Rae3 Kf7 33. a4 h5
34. b4 Ra8 35. f4 Ne7 36. Bxe7 Rxe7 37. f5 Rae8 38. fxe6+ Rxe6 39. Kf2 Rxe3 40.
Rxe3 Rd8 41. Re4 Kf6 42. Ke3 g6 43. Kd3 Rd5 44. Rf4+ Ke6 45. Ke4 Rd7 46. Rf8
Ke7 47. Rf3 Ke6 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Rd8 50. Ra3 cxb5 51. Ra5 Re8 52. Rxb5 Kd7+
53. Kd5 Kc7 54. Rb6 Rd8+ 55. Kc4 Rg8 56. Re6 Kd7 57. Re5 Rf8 58. Re3 Rf6 59. d5
Rf5 60. Kd4 Rf6 61. Rb3 Kc7 62. d6+ Kc8 63. Re3 b6 64. Re8+ Kd7 65. Re7+ Kd8
66. Rb7 bxc5+ 67. Kxc5 Rf3 68. Kc6 Rc3+ 69. Kd5 Rxg3 70. Ke6 Re3+ 71. Kf6 Re4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Aces-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Inumerable, Florin"]
[Black "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 Qe7 11. Qg4 Bg6 12. e4 Nd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. a3 Ba5
15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. g3 Nh7 18. Be3 O-O 19. h4 Nf6 20. Bg5 Nh7 21. Be3
Nf6 22. Kg2 Qd7 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Rh1 Bb6 25. b4 Qe8 26. e5 Nd5 27. h5 f5 28.
h6 Nxe3+ 29. Qxe3 f4 30. gxf4 Rf5 31. hxg7 Rh5 32. Rxh5 gxh5 33. f5 Kxg7 34.
Qg5+ Kf8 35. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Pawns-Aces"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Franek, Marty"]
[Black "Benesa, Arnulfo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Be3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5 12. Qb3 Qh5 13. Qb5 Qh4 14. f3 Bd7
15. Bg5 Nxd4 16. Bxh4 Nxb5 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Bd5 e6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. a4 Nc3 21.
Nxc3 Bxc3 22. Rd7 c5 23. Bf2 Rfc8 24. Rb1 Bb4 25. Bh4 a5 26. Be7 Rab8 27. Bd6
Rd8 28. Bxb8 Rxd7 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. e5 Rd2 31. Rc1 Ke8 32. Bd6 Rd5 33. Ke2 Kd7
34. Rc2 Kc6 35. Rc1 g5 36. h4 f6 37. hxg5 fxe5 38. Be7 Rd4 39. Rc2 Kd5 40. Bf6
c4 41. g3 Rd3 42. Rc1 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 c3 44. f4 Bc5+ 45. Kf3 Bd4 46. Bxe5 Bxe5 47.
fxe5 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Pawns-Aces"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "O'Dell"]
[Black "Weber, Len"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Na4 Nd7 15.
Qb3 f6 16. Bf4 Na7 17. Rc3 Qf7 18. Rfc1 Re8 19. Rc7 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Ng5
Qe7 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nxe5+ Qe6 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 26. Nxd7 Re7 27.
Nab6 Bxb2 28. Nxc8 Nxc8 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kg7 31. Rc7 Bxa3 32. Rxb7 a5
33. Bg5 Re8 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Bh6 (35. Rxh7#) 1-0

[Event "Pawns-Aces"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Mikulecky, Bob"]
[Black "Santiago, Teddy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Rb1 f5 14. Qe3 fxe4
15. Qxe4 e5 16. Be3 Qa6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nc3 Rae8 19. Rxd6 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rxe4
21. Bxe4 Qxc4 22. Bd3 Qb4 23. Ne4 Re8 24. Bc5 Qa5 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. b4 Qc7 27.
Ng5 h6 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Rbd1 Nf6 30. f3 b6 31. Bd4 Nd5 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Bxd5
cxd5 34. R1xd5 Qxf7 35. Kf2 Re7 36. Rd2 Qf5 37. Kg2 h5 38. g4 Qf4 39. R6d4 Re2+
40. Rxe2 Qxd4 41. Re7+ 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "Aces"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Sollano, Ely"]
[Black "Frank, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd3 c6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. b4
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. e3 h6 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Be6 15.
Bd3 g5 16. Bg3 Rhf8 17. O-O f5 18. c3 a5 19. a4 fxg4 20. hxg4 axb4 21. cxb4
Bxd4 22. exd4 Rxf3 (22... Qxd4+ {idea of Rxf3} 23. Bf2) 23. Be5 Bxg4 24. Rxf3
Bxf3 25. a5 g4 26. Rc1 (26. axb6 Rxa1+ 27. Kf2 (27. Kh2 Rh1+ 28. Kg3)) 26...
Qd8 27. Qxh6 Qf8 28. Bg7 Qf7 29. a6 e6 30. b5 bxa6 31. bxc6+ Ke7 32. Bg6 Rg8
33. Qg5+ Ke8 34. c7 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Rooks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Friske, Tom"]
[Black "Benedek, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2
exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Kh7 13. h3 Nce8 14. Qc2 a6 15.
a4 Nd7 16. Nh5 Bh8 17. Bd2 Ne5 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Nd1 f5 20. f4 Qxg3 21. Be1 Nf3+
22. Bxf3 Qxf4 23. Nf2 Be5 24. Nd3 Qh2+ 25. Kf2 Bd4+ 26. Ke2 Nf6 27. Bd2 Re8+
28. Kd1 g5 29. Bc3 Bd7 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Qf2 Re3 32. Kc2 Rc8 $4 33. Rh1 Rxc4+
34. Kd2 (34. Kb3 $1 Rxd3+ 35. Kxc4 {weak Rd3 and Qh2} 35... b5+ 36. Kxd3 (36.
axb5 $2 Bxb5+)) 34... Qe5 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. Be2 $4 (36. Rhc1 $18) 36... Ne4+
0-1

[Event "Rooks-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hill, Bob"]
[Black "Lang, Rick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 Be7 8. e5
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Nd6 Rab8 12. c4 Nf4 13. g3 Ng6 14. Nxb7 Rxb7
15. Bg2 cxd4 16. O-O (16. Nxd4 Qb4+) 16... Rc7 17. Re1 Qc5 18. Qe2 Nb4 19. Rec1
d3 20. Qe4 Nc2 21. h4 Nxa1 22. h5 Nc2 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qxd3 Qxc4 25. Qd6 Qc5
26. Qd2 Rfc8 27. Ne1 Qa5 28. Qg5 Nxe1 29. Rxc7 Rf8 30. Rxd7 Qc5 31. Qd2 Nxg2
32. Kxg2 Qxe5 33. Rxa7 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 h5 37. Qc3 Qb1+
38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Excaliburs-Rooks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kogan, Greg"]
[Black "Suarez, Ed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Nc6 11. h3 O-O 12. a4 b4 13. d5 Nb8 14. a5 bxc3 15. Nxc3
Nbd7 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Na4 Qe8 18. b3 Bd8 19. Nb2 Bc7 20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Nh4 Nxd5
22. exd5 Qxh4 23. Re4 Qd8 24. Rg4 Nf6 25. Rh4 e4 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Bf5 28.
Rf4 Bg6 29. Bc3 Re8 30. Nd2 Rb5 31. Nc4 Qb8 32. Ra3 Qb7 33. Rf3 Rb8 (33... Be4
$2 34. Re3) 34. Nd2 Qxd5 35. Qe1 Qc6 36. Nc4 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Qe7 Rb1+
39. Be1 Rb8 40. Bc3 Rb1+ 41. Be1 Rb8 42. Bc3 Re8 43. Qg5 Qb5 44. Qd5 Qd7 45.
Nb6 Qd8 46. Nc4 Re6 47. Rg3 Re8 48. Rg4 Qa8 49. Qd2 d5 50. Nb6 Qb7 51. Qb2 d4
52. Bd2 Bf5 53. Rg5 Qe4 54. f3 Qe6 55. Qc1 Bd8 56. Rg3 Bh4 0-1

[Event "Rooks-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Baurac, Dave"]
[Black "Suerth, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 a6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bg3
Nge7 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 h6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Na4 O-O 14. Nc5 Na5
15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Nxa6 bxa6 17. Qxc6 Rxb2 18. Bxa6 Qb8 19. O-O Qb3 20. Bc4 Qb7
21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. Rfc1 f6 24. e4 Ra8 25. Rc3 Be7 26. e5 f5 27.
Kf1 Ra6 {White eventually won} 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "Tyros-Aces"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Diaz, Pablo"]
[Black "Tamez, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 c6 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 h6 7. Nf4 Bh7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 e6 11. O-O Bd6 12. c3 Nbd7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. b4 a5
15. a3 O-O 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Nc5 Ng4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Nf6 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Reb1 Rc8 26. Rb3 h5 27.
Kf1 Rc7 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. a4 Kd7 31. Rb4 Ra6 32. Rab1 Kc8 33. R1b3
Rac6 34. Ra3 Rc4 35. a5 R4c6 36. Rb5 Ra6 37. Rab3 Ra7 38. R3b4 Ra6 39. c4 dxc4+
40. Rxc4 g6 41. Rcc5 Rxc5 42. Rxc5+ Kd7 43. Kc4 Rd6 44. f4 b6 45. Rb5 bxa5 46.
Rxa5 Rc6+ 47. Kd3 Rc1 48. d5 exd5 49. Rxd5+ Ke6 50. Re5+ Kf6 51. Ke2 Rg1 52.
Kf2 Ra1 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Kg3 h4+ 55. Kg4 Rf2 56. g3 Rxh2 57. gxh4 Rh1 58. Kg3
Rg1+ 59. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aces-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Weber, Len"]
[Black "Stoltz, Bob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. a3 Bf5 6. Nc3 c6 7. g3 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4 Ne4 13. Ne1 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nb6 15.
Bf4 Re8 16. Nf3 Be4 17. b5 Nc4 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bf6 21. Nxc4
dxc4 22. Be5 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Qc2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd8 27. Rc1
a5 28. Qxc4 Qxc4 29. Rxc4 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. Kf3 Kf8 32. Re4 Rc1 33. Ke3 Ra1
34. Kd3 Rb1 35. Kc3 Rc1+ 36. Kd4 f6 37. Rf4 c5+ 38. Kd5 Rc2 39. e3 Ke7 40. Kc6
Ke6 41. g4 g6 42. Re4+ Kf7 43. Rf4 Ke6 44. Kb5 f5 45. h3 c4 46. gxf5+ gxf5 47.
Rxc4 Rxf2 48. Rc6+ Ke5 49. Rxh6 Rf3 50. Kxa5 Rxe3 51. Rh8 Kf4 52. Kb6 Re6+ 53.
Kb7 Kg3 54. Rf8 f4 55. a5 Re7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "Aces-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Santiago, Teddy"]
[Black "Buchner, Bob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. a4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Na3 Nbd7 8. h4
a6 9. h5 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. h6 g6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3
Rad8 16. Be5 Qc6 17. Nc2 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Kf2 Qd8 20. Ne1 Bd6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. Qg4 Qf5 23. Qh4 Be7 24. g4 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qxg5 26. fxg5 f5 27. gxf6 Rxf6+
28. Kg3 Rcf8 29. a5 d4 30. e4 Rf2 31. axb6 Rxd2 32. Rxc5 {Neither player kept
score from here. Black was able to build zugzwang in a R+B+Ps vs R+N+Ps ending
and win.} 0-1

[Event "Tyros-Aces"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Hahne, Dave"]
[Black "Sollano, Ely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2
Bd7 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Rc1 Ne8 12. c5 dxc5 13. Bxc5 Nd6 14. Be3 f5 15.
Na4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 b6 18. b3 Bxa4 19. bxa4 Qd7 20. Kg1 b5 21. Qc2
Rc8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. Nc3 h6 25. Nxb5 Ne8 26. Qc2 Bf8 27. Qf2 Bg7
28. Qh4 Kh7 29. Rf1 Ng8 30. Be2 Rb8 31. a4 Nd6 32. Bg4 Qe7 33. Qxe7 Nxe7 34.
Nxd6 cxd6 35. Rf7 Ng8 36. Rd7 Nf6 37. Rxd6 Nxg4 38. Rb6 Ra8 39. Bc5 Rxa4 40.
Rb1 Rxe4 41. d6 Nf6 42. Rb7 Re1+ 43. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Rooks-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Benedek, Roy"]
[Black "Marshall, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O e5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bc5 13. Kh1 g5 14. Bg3 Bd4
15. Nd1 h5 16. f3 h4 17. Bf2 Nh5 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe3 O-O-O 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21.
Nf2 Ng3+ 22. hxg3 hxg3+ 23. Nh3 Rxd3 24. b3 f6 25. Rfd1 Rhd8 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27.
Ng1 Rd2 28. Re1 Rxa2 29. Re2 Ra1 30. Rd2 a5 (30... Kc7) 31. Rd6 Bd7 32. Rxf6
Rb1 33. Rf8+ Kc7 34. Ra8 b6 35. Rg8 Rxb3 36. Rxg5 a4 0-1

[Event "StCharlesCC-Rooks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wiewel, Jeff"]
[Black "Hill, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. c5 c6 7. h3 b6 8. b4 a5 9.
a3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Rb1 bxc5 12. bxc5 a4 13. Nge2 Nd7 14. O-O e5 15. Bg3
Nc7 16. Rb4 f5 17. Rxa4 f4 18. exf4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bxc5 20. Nxc6 Qf6 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Nxd5 Qf7 24. Nxc7 Rxa3 25. Qd8+ Bf8 26. fxe5 Qf5 27. Qd5+
Kh8 28. e6 Qg6 29. Bd6 Rc3 30. Qa8 h5 (30... Qf6 $2 31. Bxf8 (31. Qxf8+ Qxf8
32. Bxf8 Rxc7 33. e7) 31... Rxc7 32. Be7+) 31. Bxf8 Kh7 32. e7 Rxh3 33. e8=Q
Qf6 34. Qee4+ g6 35. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gamescore missing"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

 *

[Event "StCharlesCC-Rooks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Hutchby, Clive"]
[Black "Baurac, Dave"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Bd6 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Re1 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. a3 Rfe8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Bd2 Nb3 19. Rad1 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Rad8
21. e3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rooks-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Hlohowsky"]
[Black "Alberes, Wally"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3
f6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Bd4 Ng6 16. Bd3 Nxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxe5 Qf7 20. f4 $4 0-1

[Event "Rooks-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Suarez, Ed"]
[Black "Splinter, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8.
Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Re8+ 13. Ne2 Bg4 14.
Bxg4 Nxg4 15. h3 Qh4 16. O-O Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Nxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2 19. Kxh2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Knights-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Black "Jakstas, Kaz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Re1
Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 e5 11. Qb3 Rf8 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 exd4 14. cxd4 h6
15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Re1 Qd5 17. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pawns-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Black "Morris, Rob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 d4 7. Nd5 Nc6 8. e4
Nf6 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bh6 Re8 15.
Nh4 f5 16. Qh5 Qf6 17. exf5 e4 18. Bg5 Qe5 19. Qh6 Bf8 20. Qh5 exd3 21. f4 Qe3+
22. Kh1 Qe2 23. Nf3 Bxf5 24. Bh6 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Qe6 26. Qh4 Qg6 27. g4 Re2 28.
Qg3 Be4 29. f5 Qg5 0-1

[Event "Knights-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Thomson, Jim"]
[Black "Franek, Marty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Nf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rxe6 fxe6
15. Qxg6+ Kf8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Qg6+ (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bh7+ Kf7 (18... Kh8 $4
19. Bg6+ Kg8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qf7#) 19. Bg6+ Ke7 20. Bxe8 Qxe8) 17... Kh8 $4
18. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Pawns-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "O'Dell"]
[Black "Augsburger, Len"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Ne5 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 O-O 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nd3 Rc8 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rac1 Qa5
15. Qb3 a6 16. a3 Ne4 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Rc2 Bf6 20. Nc5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Nxd2 23. Nb7 Nxb3 24. Nxa5 Nxa5 25. Re2 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Knights-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Balicki, Jeff"]
[Black "Mikulecky, Bob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. f5 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Kg8 8.
Nxe4 Be7 9. Nf3 Qf8 10. Nh4 Nd4 11. O-O Bxh4 12. Qxh4 Nxf5 13. Qg5 h6 14. Qg6
Qe7 15. Rxf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Rf8 17. Qh5 d5 18. Ng3 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxc2 20. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Getco-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rauchman, Mike"]
[Black "Friske, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

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 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 h6 15.
Ne4 Nf8 16. Nd6 Ne6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. O-O Nd4 19. Rfe1 Nf5 20. Nc4 Bd7 21.
Ncxe5 Be8 22. Red1 Rd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. h3 g5 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. g4 Nd4 27. Nxd4
Bxe5 28. Nf5 Kh7 29. h4 Bg6 30. Ne7 Re8 31. Nxg6 Kxg6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. c6 bxc6
34. Rxc6+ Kf7 35. Kg2 Rg8 36. Kf3 {BLACK FLAGGED} 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lang, Rick"]
[Black "Jasaitis, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A96"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Qb3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Nc6
15. Nxe4 Nd4 16. Qd3 c5 17. Be3 Bf5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Qd2 b6 21.
Re2 Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. Rae1 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Getco-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Seet, Paul"]
[Black "Kogan, Greg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 e6 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Nb4 8.
Nf3 Nf6 9. Bc4 d6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. a3 Na6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Neg5 Rf8 17. Qe2 Bg4 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Getco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Suerth, Frank"]
[Black "Tan, Arway"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Qe2 c6 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Bh2 O-O 10. f4 Ng6 11. g4 Bd7 12. g5 Ne8 13. Nf3 f6 14. f5 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Qg4 b5 18. Bg1 a5 19. Bc5 Rf7 20. Qg1 Qb7 21. h4
Nc7 22. Rd3 Na6 23. Be3 Kf8 24. h5 h6 25. Qg6 Ke7 26. Rg1 Rh8 27. Be2 Be8 28.
Rgd1 Rff8 29. Qg1 Kf7 30. Bc5 Nxc5 31. Qxc5 Kg8 32. Kb1 Kh7 33. Qg1 a4 34. a3
Rhg8 35. Na2 Rf7 36. Qg2 Rc7 37. Nb4 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Bxd7 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Rd6 {
idea Rxf6,Qxh6#} 40... Rf8 41. Qg2 Qc7 42. Rd1 Rd8 43. Na6 Qb6 44. Nb4 Be8 45.
Rxd8 Qxd8 46. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garzon, Gustavo"]
[Black "Olsen, Art"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Qb3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rab1 Ne4 14. Rb2
b5 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. f3 a5 18. Qb3 Nd6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Qf2 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qh4 Ba6 23. Qf6 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Nxc6 Re8 26. Kf2 b4 27.
Rc1 Bb5 28. Ne5 f6 29. Ng4 Re6 30. e4 h5 31. Ne3 Rc6 32. Nd5 b3 33. Ne7+ Kg7
34. Nxc6 Bxc6 35. axb3 cxb3 36. Rxb3 a4 37. Rb6 Be8 38. d5 a3 39. c4 Ba4 40.
Ke3 a2 41. Ra1 Bc2 42. c5 Bb1 43. c6 Kf7 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. Kd4 f5 46. e5 f4 47.
d6 Bf5 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Rh7 Kg8 50. Rb7 Bc8 51. Rb2 Be6 52. d7 Kf7 53. Rbxa2
Bxa2 54. c7 (54. Rxa2 $2 Rxa2 55. d8=Q $2 Rd2+) 54... Ra4+ 55. Kc3 Rc4+ 56. Kb2
Rxc7 57. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vail, Matt"]
[Black "Coulter, Doug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Be3 c4 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bxd5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd4 Qe7
15. O-O Bh3 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Qe4 Qf6 18. Bxb7 Ng4 19. Qf3 Qb6 20. Bd5 Rc8 21.
Rab1 Kh8 22. b3 f5 23. bxc4 Qf6 24. Rb3 a6 25. e3 g5 26. Re1 Qe5 27. Re2 Rf6
28. Reb2 f4 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Qxh3 Nxf2 31. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Raso, Paul"]
[Black "DeGraff, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. a4 Bd6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bxc6 Ra7
15. Bb8 Bb7 16. Bxa7 Bxc6 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. d5 Ba8 19. a5 exd5 20. cxd5 b5 21.
Rfd1 Nc5 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Rac1 Na4 24. b3 Nb2 25. Rd2 Bf6 26. Bc5 Qc7 27. Rcc2
Rc8 28. Bd4 Nc4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. d6 Qxa5 32. d7 Rb8 33. Qe8+ Kg7
34. d8=Q Qa1+ 35. Qe1 1-0

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Deichmann, Eric"]
[Black "Dobrovolny, Chuck"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 a6 (6... Nxe4 {
idea -d5}) 7. a4 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bd6 12. Re1
Qc7 13. g3 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bd7 16. Qe2 Bc6 17. e5 Be7 18. Qg4 Kh8 19.
b3 Bd5 20. Bd3 Qd8 21. Qh5 Bg5 22. f4 Be7 23. c4 Bc6 24. Bc2 b5 25. f5 Bg5 26.
f6 Bxc1 27. Raxc1 Qd4+ 28. Kf1 Qd2 29. fxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qh3 Kg7 32.
Qg4+ Kh8 33. Qe2 Qg5 34. Rcd1 Rad8 35. Rd6 Rxd6 36. exd6 Rd8 37. Rd1 Qf6+ 38.
Qf2 Qe5 39. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Staples, Carl"]
[Black "Marshall, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Be6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1
h6 9. b4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. b5 axb5 12. axb5 O-O 13. Nd2 Rab8 14. Ba3 Ra8 15.
Qb3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qb7 Ra7 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxc6 Bd7 21.
Bg2 Rc7 22. Rb3 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rb7 Re8 25. Ra1 Re6 26. Raa7 Kf8 27. Nb3
Rc6 28. f3 g5 29. h3 Rcc8 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Na4 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Rc8 33. Rb5 Nd7 34.
Nb6 Nxb6 35. Rxb6 f6 36. Nd2 Ra8 37. Ne4 f5 38. Nc3 Ra3 39. Nb5 Rb3 40. Rxh6 e4
41. fxe4 fxe4 42. Ke3 exd3 43. exd3 g4 44. Kf4 Rb2 45. hxg4 Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Bg5+
47. Kxf2 Bxh6 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Nc3 Kd6 50. Ne4+ Kc6 51. g5 Bg7 52. Kf4 Bd4 53.
Kf5 Kd7 54. g6 Ke7 55. g4 Kf8 56. g5 Kg7 {WHITE FLAGGED} 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Castaneda, Bob"]
[Black "Hendrickson, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Be6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bxe5 Nc6 13. Bh2 O-O 14. O-O-O
Bb6 15. Be2 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Kd2 Nc6 20. a3
Nd7 21. Bd6 Bxb3 22. cxb3 Nc5 23. b4 Nb3+ 24. Kd3 Nbd4 25. Na4 Ba7 26. Nc5 Bxc5
27. bxc5 h6 28. Be4 g6 29. b4 f5 30. Bd5+ Kg7 31. Be5+ Nxe5+ 32. Kxd4 Nc6+ 33.
Bxc6 bxc6 34. Ke5 Kf7 35. Kf4 (35. Kd6 $18) 35... Kf6 36. h4 h5 37. Ke3 Ke6 38.
Kf3 Kd5 39. Kf4 Kc4 {Black won} 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Holmberg, Karl"]
[Black "Mueller, Rick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. f4 d6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Kh1 O-O 8. d3
Re8 9. Be3 d5 10. e5 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nh5 12. d4 f5 13. Rh3 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 e6 15.
Rg3 Qh4 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Nd1 Rf8 18. c3 Rf7 19. b4 a6 20. a4 b6 21. Nf2 Kf8 22.
Bg5 Qd7 23. h4 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Rd3 Bf6 26. a5 Bxg5 27. hxg5 Ke7 28. Re1
Rh8 29. Nh3 bxa5 30. Bf3 c6 31. Nf4 h5 32. Nxe6 Qd6 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Rxd5 Qxe6
35. Rxe6+ Kxe6 36. Rd6+ Ke5 37. Qd4# 1-0

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hendrickson, Bill"]
[Black "Garzon, Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 d6 7. Bb5 Qc7 8. f4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. b3 Ba6 12. Rf2 Rab8 13. h3 c5 14. Nf3 Rbd8 15.
Qe1 d5 16. e5 d4 17. exf6 dxe3 18. fxe7 exf2+ 19. Qxf2 Qxe7 20. Ne4 c4 21. Nfd2
c3 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. Qe3 Qb4 24. Nf2 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Rd2 26. Nd3 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Rxc2
28. Qb7 Rd8 (28... Qxd3) 29. Ne5 Qxf4 30. Qe7 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+
33. g3 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holmberg, Karl"]
[Black "Raso, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. f4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qe1
e5 9. e4 Qe7 10. Kh1 Kh8 11. Be3 fxe4 12. dxe4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nxe4 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Bg3 Nxg3+ 16. Qxg3 Be6 17. Nf4 Bf5 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. h4 Ne5 20. h5 Nxd3 21.
cxd3 gxh5 22. Nxh5 Bxd3 23. Rfe1 Rg8 24. Qh4 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 Be2 27.
Nf6 Bxf6 28. Qxf6+ Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rc1 c5 31. b4 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Rc8 33.
Rd1 c4 34. Rxd6 c3 35. Rd1 c2 36. Rc1 Kf6 37. Kg2 Ke5 38. Kf2 Kd4 39. Ke2 Kc3
40. a3 Re8+ 41. Kf2 Kd2 42. Ra1 c1=Q 43. Ra2+ Qc2 (43... Kd3) 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vail, Matt"]
[Black "Staples, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Rd1
Qe8 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Qe3 Bd7 13. Be2 Bc6 14. O-O Nh5
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 f5 17. Ng5 Nf4 18. g3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Rf5
21. Ne6 Qf7 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Ba3
27. Rxb7 Bd6 28. Kf1 (28. Nxc7 $143 $6 Bxc7 29. Rxc7 Rd8) 28... a5 29. Nxc7
Bxc7 30. Rxc7 Rd8 31. Rc5 a4 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Kd4 Kf5 35. Rc7 h5 36.
Rf7# 1-0

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coulter, Doug"]
[Black "Deichmann, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bb4 4. d3 a6 5. Nge2 b5 6. Bb3 c6 7. Bg5 Bc5 8. a3
Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Ng4+ 10. Ke1 Qxg5 11. Qd2 Ne3 12. Rb1 h6 13. Ra1 Ng4 14. Rb1 Qh4+
15. g3 Qh3 16. Ng1 Qh5 17. Nf3 d6 18. Ke2 Be6 19. Rbf1 Bxb3 20. cxb3 O-O 21. h3
Nf6 22. g4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Qxg4 24. Rfg1 Qf4 25. Rh4 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Nd7 27. Nd1
Nc5 28. b4 Ne6 29. Ne3 Kh8 30. Nf5 g6 31. Nxd6 Rad8 32. Nb7 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4
34. Nc5 Rfd8 35. Rh3 Ra8 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. Rhf3 Ra7 38. Rf6 a5 39. bxa5 Rxa5 40.
Rxf7+ {White soon won} 1-0

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "DeGraff, Brian"]
[Black "Castaneda, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 b5 8. Bb3
d6 9. d3 Bd7 10. h3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 15.
Bd3 Nc4 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bc6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. d5 Bd7 20. Nbd2 Bd8 21. Nf1
Bb6 22. Kh1 Be8 23. Ng3 Qa7 24. Re1 g6 25. Qf2 Nd7 26. Rad1 Rc7 27. Nf1 Nc5 28.
Bb1 b4 29. Qh4 Nd7 30. Re2 Rcc8 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Qe1 Bb5 33. Rf2 h6 34. Nf3 Bxf1
35. Rxf1 Bxe3 36. Qxb4 Bc5 37. Qd2 Kh7 38. a3 Rcb8 39. Nh2 a5 40. Ng4 g5 41. h4
h5 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. Qxg5 Nh7 44. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marshall, Kevin"]
[Black "Mueller, Rick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Re1
Bd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nd8 13. Bf4 f5 14. Re2 c6 15.
Rae1 b6 16. a4 Nb7 17. b4 Rae8 18. Qb3 h6 19. Be5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Ne5 Kg7
22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Rh8 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Qxe6 Qf7 27. Qe7 Rf8
28. Kf1 Qxe7 29. Rxe7+ Rf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Kd3 a6 33. c4 Kd6 34.
d5 h5 35. Kd4 g5 36. c5+ bxc5+ 37. bxc5+ Kd7 38. Ke5 h4 39. Kxf5 hxg3 40. hxg3
1-0

[Event "Knights-StCharlesCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Black "Wiewel, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.05.16"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rc1 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nxd5 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Bc4 b5
15. Qxd4 bxc4 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Ne3 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 Nd6 19. O-O Qb6 20. Qe5 Nf5 21.
Rfe1 Rf6 22. Ne4 Bf7 23. Nxf6+ exf6 24. Qc3 Re8 25. Kf2 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27.
Qxe3 Qxb2+ 28. Kg1 Qxa2 29. Qc3 Qa6 30. Ra1 Qd6 31. Qe3 a6 32. Qa7 c3 33. Qxa6
Qd4+ 34. Kh1 c2 35. Qf1 Bc4 36. Qe1 Be2 37. h3 Qd1 38. Qg1 Qd5 39. Qe3 Qd1+ 40.
Qg1 Kg7 41. Kh2 Qd6+ 42. Kh1 Qd2 43. Kh2 Bxf3 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qg1 Bd1 46. Qc5
Bf3 47. Qf8+ Kh5 48. Qc5+ f5 49. Qg1 Be4 50. Qf1 f4 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Kh2 Qg3+
53. Kg1 f3 54. Ra5+ g5 55. Rc5 Qxg2+ 56. Qxg2 fxg2 57. Rc4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Garzon, Gustavo"]
[Black "Raso, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Nc3 e5
9. Ba3 e4 10. Ne1 a5 11. Nc2 Na6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qd2 Qf7 14. Nb5 b6 15. f4 Rfd8
16. d5 Bd7 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Bb2 Rdb8 19. Rac1 b5 20. Nxb5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Rxb5 22.
Rfd1 Na6 23. Ba3 Nb4 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Rc4 Ne8 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Qxb4 Rxa2 28.
Bf1 h5 29. Qc4 Qd7 30. Nc2 Ra5 31. e3 Rc5 32. Qe2 Nf6 33. Nb4 Rc3 34. Rb1 Ng4
35. Nc2 Qf7 36. Qd2 h4 37. h3 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Nxe3 39. Qd2 Nxf1 40. Rxf1 hxg3 41.
Kg2 Bf6 42. Kxg3 c5 43. Rd1 (43. dxc6 Qxb3+ 44. Kg2 Bh4) 43... Qh7 44. Kh2 Qh4
45. Rf1 g5 46. Qg2 g4 47. Qg3 Qh6 48. Kg2 Bh4 49. Qe3 Qh5 50. Kh1 Bf6 51. Kg2
Bd4 52. Qg3 e3 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Qh2 Qxd5+ 55. Kg3 Qxb3 56. Kxg4 Qd3 57. Qg2 e2
58. Kh4+ Kh8 59. Rh1 Bg7 60. Kg4+ Kg8 61. Re1 Qg6+ 62. Kf3 Qh5+ 63. Qg4 Qd5+
64. Kxe2 Qe4+ {WHITE FLAGGED} 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hendrickson, Bill"]
[Black "Vail, Matt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. Qe2+
Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. c4 Bc5 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bxf4 (11. c5 Ba5+ 12. Kd1 Nxd5 13.
a3 c6) 11... O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Nc3 a6 14. b4 Rac8 15. c5 Ba7 16. Rfe1 Bb8
17. h3 b6 18. c6 Nf8 19. Kf2 h6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Re7 Ng6 23. Rxc7
Nxf4 24. Rb7 N4xd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. a3 Kf8 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Ke8 29. c7
Rc8 30. Rb8 Kd7 31. Rxc8 Kxc8 32. Kf3 Nxc7 33. Ke4 Kd7 34. a4 Ke6 35. Kd4 Nd5
36. b5 a5 37. g4 Nf4 38. h4 Ng6 39. h5 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "DeGraff, Brian"]
[Black "Coulter, Doug"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf6 9. c4 Ndb4 10. Qb3 Qxd3 11. Qxd3 Nxd3 12. Rd1 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 e4 14. Nc3
exf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Bg2 c6 17. Rd1 Bg4 18. Rd3 Ne2+ 19. Nxe2 Bxe2 20. Rd7
Bxc4 21. Rxb7 Bd5 22. Rd1 Rab8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. b3 d4 26. Kf1
Rd8 27. Rd2 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd6 30. Ke4 g6 31. f4 Re8+ 32. Kd3 Re3+ 33.
Kc4 Rc3+ 34. Kb5 Kd5 35. Ka6 d3 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Staples, Carl"]
[Black "Deichmann, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Be6 7. d3 Be7 8. Rb1
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. a3 Qb6 15.
Bb2 d4 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nd2 Rf7 18. Rc1 Raf8 19. Nc4 Qb5 20. Rb1 b6 21. a4 Qc6 (
21... Qxb4 $4 22. Ba3 Qc3 23. Rb3) 22. b5 Qc7 23. Rc1 Bc5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nd2
Nf6 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. Qb3 Nh5 28. Kg2 g5 29. Ra1 e4 30. Nxd4 e3 31. Nf3 (31. fxe3
$2 Qxg3+) 31... exf2 32. Be5 Qe6 33. d4 Bxd4 34. Bxd4 g4 35. hxg4 Qxg4 36. Bxf2
Nf4+ {DRAW AGREED} 37. Kg1 (37. Kh1 $4 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg2#) (37. Kh2 $4 Qh3+ 38.
Kg1 Qg2#) 37... Nxe2+ (37... Nh3+ $6 38. Kh2 Qh5 39. Kg2) 38. Kg2 Rxf3 39.
Qxd5+ R8f7 40. Qe5 (40. Qd8+ Kg7 {idea Nxg3,Rxg3+}) 40... R3f5 {idea Rh5,Qh3+}
1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marshall, Kevin"]
[Black "Holmberg, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bf4 d6 5. Qc2 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Qe8 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qxe6 Ne5 11. Qb3 Nxd3+ 12. Ke2 Nxf4+ 13. exf4 Bd8+ 14. Kd1
Be6 15. Qxb7 Bd5 16. Qa6 Rb8 17. b3 Ng4 18. Re1 Nxf2+ 19. Kc2 Qg6 20. g3 h6 (
20... Qh5) 21. Qe2 Be4+ 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Qxf2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mueller, Rick"]
[Black "Olsen, Art"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Be2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. d3 Bd6 7. d4 Bc7 8. d5
Ne5 9. dxe6 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 dxe6 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6+
Ke7 15. Nxb7 Rxb7 16. e5 f6 17. exf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxb7 a5 19. c4 Bc7 20. Bg5 h6
21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. Rac1 g5 23. g3 h5 24. Rc3 g4 25. f3 h4 26. fxg4+ Kg5 27. Rf7
Bb8 28. Rg7+ Kf6 29. Rd7 {and White won} 1-0

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vail, Matt"]
[Black "Garzon, Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bd2 a6 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qe2 e6 13. Bf4 exd5 14. cxd5 b5 15.
O-O Re8 16. a3 Bd7 17. Rab1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 b4 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Qe3 a5 21. Rfe1
Ra7 22. Kh1 Qb6 23. Ng3 Rae7 24. f3 Rc7 25. Bh6 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 f6 27. Nf5 gxf5
28. exf5 Rf7 29. Re6 Qd8 30. Rbe1 Bd7 31. R1e4 Bxe6 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. dxe6 Rb7
34. axb4 axb4 35. Rg6 Rf8 36. g4 Ra7 37. Kg2 c4 38. g5 Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40.
gxf6 Qf8 {both sides were in horrible time trouble, with a minute or so left}
41. Qg5+ $4 Kh8 $4 (41... Rg7 $3 {pinning Q so to queen c-passer} 42. fxg7 ({
No better is} 42. f7+ Kh8 43. e7 Qxf7 44. f6 Rxg5+) 42... Qxg7 43. Qxg7+ ({
Defending Q doesn't change the pin problem} 43. f4 c3 44. f6 (44. Kf3 Qxg5 45.
fxg5 cxb2 46. f6 b1=Q) 44... Qxg5+ 45. fxg5 cxb2 46. e7 (46. f7+ Kf8) 46... Kf7
) 43... Kxg7 44. Kf2 c3 45. bxc3 (45. Ke2 cxb2 {Black wins}) 45... b3 $1 {
Black wins} (45... bxc3 $2 46. Ke3)) 42. e7 Qf7 {
Neither side recorded moves, but the Games Editor happened to be watching...}
43. Qg7+ Qxg7+ 44. fxg7+ Kxg7 45. e8=Q Rc7 46. Qd8 Rb7 47. Qxd6 c3 48. bxc3
bxc3 49. Qd5 Re7 50. Qd4+ {and WHITE FLAGGED !!} 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Coulter, Doug"]
[Black "Raso, Paul"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Be7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qd2 a5 15.
O-O O-O 16. a3 Nb6 17. b3 Ba6 18. axb4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 axb4 20. Qd2 Rc3 21. Ra2
Qb8 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Qe1 Nd7 24. Bd2 R3c7 25. Bxb4 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Qe3 h6
28. Qd3 Rc3 29. Qd1 Qxb3 30. cxb3 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Rb1 33. Be4 Rxb3
34. Ra8+ Bf8 *

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Holmberg, Karl"]
[Black "Staples, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. f4 c5 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Kh1 b6 8. a4 Bb7
9. Nc3 Nh6 10. d3 d4 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qe1 Nb4 13. Bd1 Rc8 14. Bd2 a5 15. Ra3 c4
16. Nfg5 cxd3 17. Rxd3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Ba6 19. Rf3 Nf5 20. g4 Ne3 21. Rxe3 dxe3
22. Bxe3 Qxd3 23. f5 Qf1+ 24. Qxf1 Bxf1 25. Kg1 Bd3 26. Bb3 (26. fxe6 fxe6 27.
Nxe6 $2 Rf1+ 28. Kg2 Rxd1) 26... h6 27. f6 Bc5 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Nd6 hxg5 30.
Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Kf2 Rb8 32. Bd1 Rxb2+ 33. Ke3 Bc2 34. Be2 Bxa4 35. h3 gxf6 36.
exf6 Bb5 37. Bf3 a4 38. Ke4 Bc6+ 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deichmann, Eric"]
[Black "Hendrickson, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. d3
Be7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. e5 Nd5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Qg4 Nf6
15. Qe2 Be7 16. c4 Rb8 17. b3 h6 18. Ba3 Qd4 19. Bb2 Qd8 20. Rfe1 Nh7 21. Rad1
Qb6 22. Qg4 g5 23. Qh5 Rfd8 24. Qxh6 Bf8 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. Qxf6 Rd4 27. Qxg5+
Bg7 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Re4 Qd8 30. Qg3 Rb7 31. Rg4 f6 32. Re1 Re7 33. Ree4 f5
34. Rh4 (34. Rxd4) 34... fxe4 35. Rh8+ Kxh8 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Qxe4 c5 38. f4 Kf7
39. g4 Qa5 40. Qe2 Qc3 41. Kf2 e5 42. fxe5 Rxe5 43. Qf3+ Kg8 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45.
Qh1 Qd2+ 46. Kg3 Qxd3+ 47. Kh4 Bf6+ 48. g5 Bxg5+ 49. Kg4 Qf5+ 50. Kg3 Qf4+ 51.
Kg2 Re2+ 52. Kg1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mueller, Rick"]
[Black "DeGraff, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bc4 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 b5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
Bb7 9. f3 Nd7 10. Kh1 Qb6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. b4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc7 14. Ncxb5 axb5
15. Qxb5+ Kf8 16. a4 Rb8 17. Bg5 Bxe4 (17... Bxg5) 18. Bxe7+ Nxe7 19. Qg5 Bg6
20. Rac1 Rxb4 21. Qf4 Kg8 22. Qd2 Rxa4 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 h6 25. Ra8+ Kh7
26. c3 Rxa8 27. h3 d5 28. Nb5 0-1

[Event "CICL op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olson, Art"]
[Black "Marshall, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qf4 Ne7 (9... Bxf2+) 10. O-O Ng6 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Nfd2 Qc7 13. Nf3
O-O 14. Bd3 a6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Be3 b6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Qh4 h6
20. Qg3 g5 21. h4 gxh4 22. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "cicl playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Santiago"]
[Black "Buchner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. a4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Na3 Nbd7 8. h4
a6 9. h5 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. h6 g6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3
Rad8 16. Be5 Qc6 17. Nc2 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Kf2 Qd8 20. Ne1 Bd6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6
22. Qg4 Qf5 23. Qh4 Be7 24. g4 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 Qxg5 26. fxg5 f5 27. gxf6 Rxf6+
28. Kg3 Rcf8 29. a5 d4 30. e4 {Black has about 1 minute remaining on clock,
but both players are blitzing moves} 30... Rf2 31. axb6 Rxd2 32. Rxc5 Rb2 33.
Rc7 Rf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Kf4 Rxb3 36. Ke5 Ke7 37. Nc2 Rxd3 38. Re1 Rb3 39.
Nxd4 Rxb6 40. Rc1 {Black flags, but opponent has incomplete score sheet} 40...
Kd7 41. Rc5 Rb4 42. Ra5 Rc4 43. g5 {A most improbable zugzwang, however it
cost black a great amount of time to reach this position} 43... Ke7 44. Ra2
Rc5+ 45. Kf4 e5+ 46. Kg4 exd4 47. Kf4 d3 48. Ra4 Bc6 49. Ra1 Bb5 50. Rd1 {
Black has about 2 minutes remaining in sudden death} 50... a5 51. Ra1 a4 52.
Ke3 Rxg5 53. Kf4 Rg2 54. Rd1 d2 55. Ke3 Re2+ 56. Kf3 a3 57. Kf4 a2 (57... Ba4)
58. Kf3 Re1 59. Rxd2 a1=Q 60. Rg2 Qf6+ 61. Kg3 Qg5+ 62. Kf3 Rf1+ 63. Rf2 Rxf2+
(63... Qf6+) 64. Kxf2 Qf4+ 65. Ke1 Qe3+ 66. Kd1 {Black had 15 seconds to spare}
66... Ba4# 0-1

[Event "CICL 04/05 Playoffs Rnd 3 Brd 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Inumerable, F."]
[Black "Stein, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[Annotator "Stein,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Alumni Aces"]
[BlackTeam "Lucent Tyros"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 {A very flexible setup which modern GM play has shown to be
superior to the old Nd7. Black's strategy is to keep this N on e8 to watch d6
& c7. This N typically enters the fray via f6 or g7 when black's kingside
attack is well under way.} 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 $6 {I don't like this move for
white and it has scored quite poorly in my huge Chessbase database. If white
is going to develop the queen B to d2 then he should do so now. Black's
inattentive f4 before Nf6 would be a positional blunder on account of 12. Bg4!.
} 11... f4 12. c5 g5 13. Bd2 Ng6 14. Rc1 Rf7 15. Be1 $2 {A serious strategic
error. White needed to play cxd immediately as GM John Nunn has demonstrated
on several occasions that Bf8 followed by Bxd6 solves the Indian bishop
problem in a most satisfactory way.} 15... Bf8 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Nb5 h5 18. Bf2
a6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rc3 Rh7 {Rg7 might actually be better since black's Q
would rather go to h4 eventually rather than g5 where attention must be given
to a white R on the g file.} 21. Qd2 g4 22. Rfc1 Bd7 23. b3 $6 {
This takes away too many options for pressuring black's queenside.} 23... Qg5 {
Amazingly enough Fritz 8 evaluates this position as plus for white. An
obviously absurd evaluation since any master strength Kings Indian player
dreams of reaching positions like this.} 24. Nb2 $6 {In light of the threats
against white's king perhaps the N was better placed on e1.} 24... Nh4 $1 {
A standard KI attack schema. Suddenly ole Fritzy isn't so enthusiastic about
white's position anymore.} 25. g3 $2 {It's usually not wise to push the pawns
in front of your king when faced with an onslaught. White is trying to make
something out of the pinned f pawn, but just accelerates the opening of the h
file.} 25... Ng6 (25... Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 gxf3 27. Rxf3 h4 $17 {
Is a murkier path to a plus for black.}) 26. Nc4 h4 27. fxg4 $2 (27. gxh4 Nxh4
28. fxg4 Bxg4 $15) 27... hxg3 28. Rxg3 Rxh2 $2 {Almost squandering the win. I
had a gut feeling that both b5 and Nf6 were superior, but with the clock
ticking couldn't thread my way through the complications.} (28... Nf6 $1 29.
Bf3 (29. Rg2 Nxe4 30. Qc2 Nxf2 31. Rxf2 Rc8 32. Qb1 e4 33. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1
e3 35. Rg2 Nh4 36. Ne4 Qe7 $19) 29... Nh4 30. Bh1 Nxg4 31. h3 Qg6 32. Rgc3 Ne3+
33. Kh2 Nf3+ 34. Bxf3 Rxh3#) (28... b5 $3 29. Nb6 Rxh2 30. Rgc3 Qh6 31. Bf3
Bxg4 $19) 29. Kxh2 fxg3+ 30. Bxg3 Nf4 31. Ne3 $2 $138 (31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Kg1
Bxg4 33. Bxg4 Nf6 34. Rf1 Qxg4+ 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Nxe4 37. Rxf4 Nc3 38.
Nxd6 Rd8 39. Nxb7 Rxd5 $14) 31... Nf6 $1 $17 32. Bf3 Bxg4 33. Nxg4 Nxg4+ 34.
Kh1 Kf7 $1 35. Bxg4 Rh8+ 36. Bh2 $8 Qxg4 37. Qf2 (37. Rf1 Ke8 $19) 37... Qg6 $2
(37... Ke7 $1 {The white R cannot leave the back rank on account of Qd1+
followed by Qf3+ mating.}) 38. Qf3 $4 (38. Re1 Ke8 $19 39. Qc2 Qg4 $1 $19)
38... Rh3 39. Qxh3 Qxe4+ 40. Kg1 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "CICL 04/05 playoffs Rnd 1 Brd 1"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Black "Wiewel, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[Annotator "Jeff Wiewel"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Knights"]
[BlackTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 (5. e5 {
is interesting and different}) 5... c6 6. Be3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bd3
Nc6 10. Rc1 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 (11... Nxf6 {
is better. I overlooked his next move.}) 12. Nxd5 Bxd4 {
complications to keep material parity} 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Bc4 b5 15. Qxd4 bxc4
16. Ne2 (16. Qxc4 Be6) 16... Be6 17. Ne3 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 Nd6 19. O-O Qb6 20. Qe5
Nf5 21. Rfe1 Rf6 {preparing for Bf7 and Re6} 22. Ne4 Bf7 {
I thought N+2P for the R and unisolating my e-pawn was okay} 23. Nxf6+ exf6 24.
Qc3 Re8 25. Kf2 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Qxb2+ 28. Kg1 Qxa2 29. Qc3 Qa6 30.
Ra1 Qd6 31. Qe3 a6 32. Qa7 c3 {
the pressure from pushing this pawn is worth the a-pawn} 33. Qxa6 Qd4+ 34. Kh1
c2 35. Qf1 Bc4 36. Qe1 Be2 {
I made multiple sac offers to improve my piece position} 37. h3 Qd1 38. Qg1 Qd5
39. Qe3 Qd1+ 40. Qg1 Kg7 41. Kh2 Qd6+ 42. Kh1 Qd2 43. Kh2 {
a time pressure blunder by white} 43... Bxf3 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qg1 Bd1 46. Qc5
Bf3 47. Qf8+ Kh5 48. Qc5+ f5 49. Qg1 Be4 50. Qf1 f4 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Kh2 Qg3+
53. Kg1 f3 54. Ra5+ {the rook is better on the first rank} 54... g5 55. Rc5
Qxg2+ 56. Qxg2 fxg2 57. Rc4 Kg6 {heading to d2} 0-1

[Event "CICL Open 2005"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vail, Matt"]
[Black "Otero y Garzon, Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1487"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "Gustavo"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

{A48} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 {With this pawn
structure the bishop is not in its best square at f4. More common here is e3
to create a solid centre and limit the scope of the g7 bishop.} 6... Nbd7 7.
Bd3 {e2 seems to be a better place for this bishop, it does not block the d
file and will not be subject of the attack of black's knights.} 7... c5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bd2 $6 {I do not understand this move. There were many better options:}
(9. h3) (9. O-O) 9... a6 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qe2 {I would have
prefered to retreat the bishop since white would reject the knight and fight
for a solid space advantage.} (12. Be2) 12... e6 13. Bf4 {
It is clear that the bishop had nothing to do at d2.} 13... exd5 14. cxd5 ({
It was better:} 14. Nxd5 Be6 15. O-O $11) 14... b5 $6 {Until now white has
neglected a bit his development and it was time for black to strike in the
centre. Instead I kept on playing by general grounds, without the necessary
focus. Much stronger would have been:} (14... f5 15. exf5 (15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16.
O-O fxe4 17. Nxe4 Qh4 $17 {with attack.}) 15... Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bxf5 17. Qd2
Re8+ 18. Be3 b5 $17) 15. O-O Re8 16. a3 $6 {Seems to be somehow pointless.}
16... Bd7 17. Rab1 $2 {Pointless again and gives black the possibility of
obtaining a considerable advantage.} ({Better would have been:} 17. Rfd1) 17...
Nxd3 $19 18. Qxd3 b4 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Qe3 a5 $2 {So far black has played
mechanically but given that white conceded time with the bishop and rook moves
and gave up the light squares, the position is falling down for white. The
preasure on the e column and the f1-h6 diagonal is difficult to handle. But I
was disconnected of the game and played a horrible move instead of winning
with:} (20... f5 21. Bg5 (21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Qe7 $19) 21... Qb6 22. f3 Bd4
23. Nxd4 cxd4 $19) 21. Rfe1 {Now white solved the problems in both lines.}
21... Ra7 22. Kh1 Qb6 23. Ng3 Rae7 24. f3 Rc7 $6 {This is not a bad move in
itself but it shows the lack of concentration and a weak play from my part.} ({
Black may have maniobrate patiently with:} 24... h5) 25. Bh6 Bxh6 {
Not the most accurate since it brings white's pieces close to the king.} ({
Preferable was:} 25... Be5 26. f4 Bd4 27. Qd2 f6 {and black is OK.}) 26. Qxh6
f6 27. Nf5 $2 {Matt goes for a bold attack that is just a bluff.} ({
A quiet option would be:} 27. Qe3 {with a more or less leveled game.}) ({
A more ambitious plan would be:} 27. h4 Bd3 28. Rbd1 c4 {
but white has to be carefull. For example:} 29. h5 Qf2 30. Kh2 Qxb2 31. axb4
axb4 32. hxg6 Rg7 33. Nf5 Rxg6 $17) 27... gxf5 $19 28. exf5 Rf7 ({
Exchanging a pair of rooks was also a good option:} 28... Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rf7
30. Re6 bxa3 31. bxa3 Qd8 $19) 29. Re6 Qd8 ({
Another good option is to defend f6 and reject the rook at e6 later:} 29...
Ref8 30. Rbe1 bxa3 31. bxa3 Bd7 32. R1e4 Qb2 33. Rg4+ Kh8 $19) 30. Rbe1 Bd7 31.
R1e4 Bxe6 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. dxe6 Rb7 34. axb4 axb4 35. Rg6 {Black is a rook up
and has a passed pawn that should have decided the game. Instead I played in a
very materialistic way.} 35... Rf8 ({
It is hard to see how white will handle the advance of this pawn.} 35... d5 36.
Rxf6 d4 37. g4 d3 $19 {White cannot progress and the d pawn gets promoted.})
36. g4 Ra7 $2 {I lost my composure, but is not very surprising given that so
far I have not made a single good move. We were both with a few minutes left,
with the preasure of playing the decisive game of the tournament.} ({
Black was winning with:} 36... c4 37. g5 c3 38. bxc3 b3 {
now is this the pawn that promotes.} 39. gxf6 b2 40. e7 b1=Q+ 41. Kh2 Rxe7) 37.
Kg2 $2 {The preasure goes both sides...} (37. g5 {was natural and much better
since black has to admit a balanced game being a rook up.} 37... Qa8 38. Kh2
Re8 39. gxf6 Qxf3 40. e7 Qe2+ $11) 37... c4 $2 {Now black shouldn't win.} ({
Black had another chance of finding the right plan:} 37... Rg8 38. Rxf6 d5 $19)
38. g5 Rg8 $6 ({
Given the situation it was almost imposible to find the defense:} 38... fxg5
39. f6 Rxf6 40. Rxf6 Kg8 $11) 39. Rxg8+ $11 Kxg8 {Here i took the decision of
playing my chances with the few seconds Matt had left allthough white has
winning chances.} (39... Qxg8 40. Qxf6+ Qg7 41. Qd8+ $11) 40. gxf6 $14 Qf8 41.
Qg5+ $2 (41. Qh4 Kh8 42. e7 Qg8+ 43. Kf2 Ra8 44. Qh5 {
and black has to return material in a worse position.} 44... Rf8) 41... Kh8 $2
{
The comedy goes on. It was not difficult to see that black wins instantly with:
} (41... Rg7 42. fxg7 Qxg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {and the b pawn decides the game.})
42. e7 {Now white has a clear win.} 42... Qf7 43. Qg7+ Qxg7+ 44. fxg7+ Kxg7 45.
e8=Q c3 46. bxc3 bxc3 47. Qb5 Rc7 48. Qb6 Rf7 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. Qxc3 Rxf5 {
white flagged.} 0-1

