[Event "WCL"]
[Site "World Chess Live"]
[Date "2008.06.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smallwood, Jim"]
[Black "Widmaier, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[TimeControl "5400+2"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 {Diagram #} Bxc3+ {
this move is not played very often} ({more common is} 5... f5 {Diagram #} 6.
Qe2 (6. d5 fxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bf3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 {Diagram #} O-O 10. Ne2 e5 {
with an even position}) 6... Nf6 7. Bg5 fxe4 8. Bxe4 {Diagram #} Bxe4 9. Bxf6
Qxf6 10. Qxe4 O-O {with an even position}) 6. bxc3 Ne7 {
f5 transposing into normal lines seems better. Each player is on their own now.
} 7. Qh5 d6 {Diagram #} 8. f4 (8. Bg5 Nd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Qh4 {Diagram #} Rf8 11.
Be3 Ng6 12. Qg3 {with advantage White}) 8... Nd7 9. Nf3 (9. Nh3 {
allows the Queen a better retreat}) 9... Nf6 10. Qb5+ Qd7 {Diagram #} (10...
Bc6 {idea Bxe4} 11. Qb1 {Diagram #} d5 12. e5 Ne4) 11. Qb1 (11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12.
O-O c5 {Diagram #} 13. a4 Nc6 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Rad1 {
with a position without Queens with advantage to White.}) 11... Ng6 12. O-O O-O
13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ne8 {Diagram # White has a huge space advantage. White
has a Pawn on the 5th rank and Black does not have piece past the third rank,
amazing.} (14... Nh5 15. Ne1 $6 {Diagram # idea g2-g4} c5 16. g4 Qc6) 15. Ba3 (
15. c5 Bc6 16. a4 {Diagram #} bxc5 (16... Bxa4 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19.
Rxf7 {Diagram #} Kxf7 (19... Qxf7 20. Bxg6 Qd7 {Diagram #} 21. Ra2 bxc5 22. Rf2
{White has the advantage.}) 20. Bxg6+ Kg8 21. Ra2 Bc6 22. Rf2 {White has the
advantage. Notice again that White has a Bishop and two Pawns past the 4th
rank, while Black has all his pieces behind the 4th rank.}) 17. Ba3 f5 18. Bxc5
Rf7 {Diagram #} 19. Ng5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qd5 21. Rf2 Qxc5 22. Nxf7 {Diagram #}
Qxc3 (22... Kxf7 23. Bxf5 Qxe5 24. Be4+ Nf6 25. Bxc6 {
Diagram # White has a winning position}) 23. Qc1 {White has a winning position.
}) 15... c5 16. dxc5 {Diagram #} Qc6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Bxf8 {Diagram #} Nxf8 (
18... Kxf8 19. Rf2 Ra5 20. Bxg6 hxg6 {Diagram #} 21. Qb4+ Rc5 22. Nd4 Qc8 23.
Nb3 {Diagram # with advantage to White}) 19. Qc2 h6 20. Nd4 Qc5 21. Qf2 {
Diagram #} Qe7 22. Nb5 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Qxb6 Ng4 {Diagram # First move
since 4...,Bb4 that a piece was moved past the 4th rank for Black.} 25. Qd6 Qh4
26. Qf4 {Diagram #} Qh5 27. Be2 Qc5+ 28. Qd4 Qxd4+ 29. cxd4 {Diagram #} Ne3 30.
Rfc1 Nxg2 31. Nd6 {Diagram #} Nf4 32. Kf2 Bc6 33. Rc3 Rd8 34. c5 {Diagram #} g5
35. Bf3 Bxf3 36. Kxf3 Nd5 37. Rb3 {Diagram #} Ng6 38. Rab1 Rf8+ 39. Kg3 Rf4 40.
Nb5 {Diagram #} Nf6 41. c6 Nh4 42. Nd6 Nh5+ 43. Kh3 {Diagram #} Rxd4 44. c7
Nf4+ 45. Kg3 Ne2+ 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "WCL"]
[Site "World Chess Live"]
[Date "2008.06.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Staub, Alan"]
[Black "Dowell, Earnest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1833"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[TimeControl "5400+2"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 {Diagram # This exchange
is criticised by opening experts.Black wastes no time defending the Knight.
Black now gets ready to bring out his inactive forces.} 6. bxc3 Bc5 {Most books
give Nc6 here. However, my database gave Bc5 two to one over Nc6. It should
transpose to normal lines.} 7. e3 {more common is} (7. d3 Nc6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O
Bg4 {Diagram #} 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qa4 Re8 {with an equal position.}) 7... O-O {
Diagram #} 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 {Diagram #} Bxd2+ (10... a5 11. Ne2
Nc6 12. O-O Re8 13. a3 Bd6 {Diagram #} 14. Nc3 a4 {White has a slight edge.})
11. Qxd2 c6 {All these moves have been played before. My database ends here.
Each player is on their own now.} 12. Rb1 {Diagram #} Re8 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. O-O {
Diagram #} Nf6 (14... Nb6 {The Knight belongs here.} 15. Qc2) 15. Nc3 Qa5 16.
Rb2 Qh5 {Diagram #} 17. f3 (17. e4 Rd8 18. f4 b6 19. f5 {Diagram #} Ba6 20. Bf3
Qh3 21. Rc1 c5 22. d5 Bc4 23. Qg5 {is also good for White}) 17... Rb8 18. Rc1
Bh3 19. e4 {Diagram #} Bxg2 20. Kxg2 h6 21. e5 Nh7 22. f4 Nf8 23. Ne4 {
Diagram #} Ne6 (23... Red8 24. Nd6 Rxd6 25. exd6 {Diagram #} Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Qxd6
27. Qb4 Qd7 {Diagram #} 28. f5 Rd8 {is also good for White}) 24. h3 Nc7 25. Nd6
Re6 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Nxb7 {Diagram #} g5 28. f5 Re7 29. g4 Qh4 30. f6 Rd7 {
Diagram #} 31. Nd6 Nd5 32. Nf5 Nf4+ 33. Qxf4 gxf4 34. Nxh4 Rxd4 {Diagram #} 35.
Nf3 Rb4 36. Rc2 a5 37. Nd2 a4 38. Kf3 c5 39. Nc4 {Diagram #} Kf8 40. Kxf4 Ke8
41. Ke4 Kd7 42. Kd5 {Diagram #} Rb1 43. Kxc5 Rh1 44. Rd2+ Kc7 45. Rd3 Rh2 46.
a3 Rc2 47. Kb4 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "WCL"]
[Site "World Chess Live"]
[Date "2008.06.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vail, Matt"]
[Black "Alban, MarK"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1256"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[TimeControl "5400+2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. g3 f5 {Diagram #} 6. c5 Bc7 7. Bg2
Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 {Diagram # Can not find this move in any or my database.
The players are on their own.} Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. b4 Bb7 {Diagram #} 12. Re1 (
12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Ne4 {Diagram #} 15. Qb3 Rf6 16. a5 bxa5 17.
bxa5 {Diagram # with an even game.}) 12... Ne4 13. e3 a6 14. Qc2 bxc5 15. bxc5
a5 {Diagram #} 16. Rab1 Ba6 17. Bc1 {White shouldn't keep this Bishop, it has
no future and is much worse that the piece that would capture it.} Qf6 {Diagram
} 18. Ne2 ({White may have an opportunity with} 18. Nb5 $5 Bd8 (18... cxb5 19.
axb5 Bc8 20. Ba3 {Diagram # advantage to White.}) 19. Nd6 Bc7 20. Nb5 {
with an even game.}) 18... Qh6 19. Nd2 Ndf6 {Diagram #} 20. f3 $2 {oops-- one
f the problems playing online, the board weaknesses don't stand out so well in
video-2D mode.} (20. Nf1 Ng5 21. Nf4 Rae8 22. f3 {Diagram #} e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5
24. Bd2 Bc7 25. h4 {Diagram #} Bxf4 (25... Ne6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 {
and Black maintains the advantage.}) 26. exf4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 {
Diagram # and White has the advantage.}) 20... Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 {
Diagram #} Nd3+ {Black missed a mate, but the game's over all the same} ({
Black has a nice smothered mate by} 22... Nh3+ 23. Kh1 {Diagram #} Qg1+ 24.
Nxg1 Nf2#) 23. Kh1 Nxe1 24. Qd1 Qxe2 25. Qxe2 Bxe2 {Diagram #} 26. Rb7 Rfc8 27.
Kg1 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Bd1 29. Nf1 Bxa4 30. Ne3 {Diagram #} Bb5 31. Nc2 a4 32. Kf2
e5 33. Ba3 e4 34. Ne3 {Diagram #} exf3 35. Kxf3 Bd3 36. Kf2 Ne4+ {Diagram #}
37. Ke1 (37. Kg2 Nc3) 37... Ba5+ 38. Kd1 Nd2 39. Bb4 Bxb4 40. Rxb4 Nc4 {
Diagram #} 41. Ng2 (41. Nxc4 Bxc4 42. g4 a3 43. Rb1 a2 44. Ra1 fxg4 45. Kc2 Rf8
46. h4 {Black has many ways to win}) 41... Rcb8 42. Rxb8+ Rxb8 43. Ke1 {
Diagram #} Rb2 ({Black missed a mate in 2 by} 43... Rb1+ 44. Kf2 Rf1#) 44. Nf4
Be4 {Diagram #} 45. h4 a3 46. Ne2 a2 47. Nc3 a1=Q+ 48. Nd1 Qa5+ 49. Kf1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "WCL"]
[Site "World Chess Live"]
[Date "2008.06.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ali, Robert"]
[Black "Franek, Marty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[TimeControl "5400+2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 c5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 {Diagram #} Nc6 (9... b6 {is the current rage, thanks to GM
Peter Svidler. Black targets d5,e4 maybe even a6 for his Bishop.}) 10. Be3 (10.
d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4 {Diagram #} exd5 15. cxd5 Bd4
{with an even position}) 10... Qa5 ({
If Black is booked-up, he go in on another line that the GMs have explored--} 
10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ {Diagram #} 12. Bd2 (12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8) 12...
Qxa2 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O f5 {with an even game.}) 11. O-O a6 {
defending against Rb5 fork} (11... b6 {might be the better way} 12. Rb5 Qxa2 {
Diagram #} 13. dxc5 $2 Ba6 {wins at least an exchange}) 12. d5 Rd8 {Diagram #}
13. Qb3 Ne5 14. Qb6 Qxb6 15. Rxb6 Nd7 16. Rb3 Nf6 {Diagram #} 17. Nd2 (17. Bd3
c4) 17... e6 18. c4 {Diagram #} exd5 (18... b5 19. e5 (19. Bxc5 bxc4 20. Bxc4 {
doesn't help hold the center}) 19... bxc4 20. Nxc4 Nxd5 21. Bxc5 {
Diagram #d6 is horribly weak} Bd7 22. Bd6 Ba4 23. Rb7 Nc3 24. Bf3 {
with advantage to White}) 19. cxd5 Nd7 20. a4 Bd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 {Diagram #} 22.
Bd3 (22. Rb4 Nc5 23. Rxd4 Ne6 {advantage to White}) 22... Nc5 23. Ra3 Bd7 24.
a5 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 {Diagram #} Bb5 26. Rxd4 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Rac8 {Diagram # It
would be interesting to know the clock values here. With Rc5 coming, Black can
target the advanced Pawns and invade with the other Rook.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCL"]
[Site "World Chess Live"]
[Date "2008.06.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nallathambi, Rajan"]
[Black "Miciak, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1574"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[TimeControl "5400+2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 {Diagram #} b6 (5... d6 6. Qd2
Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O {with an even game.}) 6. Be2 e6 (6... Nf6 7.
Qd2 Ng4 8. Bf4 O-O 9. h3 Nge5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5) 7. O-O Nge7 {Diagram #} 8. Qd2 d5
9. exd5 Nxd5 {Diagram #} 10. Nxd5 (10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 {
Diagram #}) 10... Qxd5 11. c3 Bb7 12. Rfd1 O-O-O {Diagram #} 13. a4 Na5 14. Qc2
Qb3 ({not effective is} 14... Nb3 15. Ra3) ({
Maybe Black can prepare to neutralize the c-file with} 14... Kb8 {
I'm looking for Black to play f5-4,g5-4 after due preparation}) 15. Qxb3 Nxb3
16. Ra3 Na5 {Diagram #} 17. b4 cxb4 18. cxb4 Nc6 19. b5 {Diagram #} Ne7 (19...
Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 {each side has possibilites}) 20. Rc1+ (20. Ng5 Rdf8) 20...
Kd7 21. Bf4 Nd5 22. Be5 f6 {Diagram #} 23. Bb2 Rc8 24. Rc4 Rc7 25. Rxc7+ Kxc7 {
Diagram #} 26. Ng5 $5 Nf4 27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Rd8 29. Ne1 {Diagram #} Rd5 (
29... Bf8 30. Rc3+ Bc5 {Diagram # idea Ne2+ forking} 31. Kf1 e5 32. Ba3 (32.
Bc1 Rd4 33. Rc4 {Diagram #} Ne6 34. Be3 Rxc4 35. dxc4 Kd6 {advantage to Black.}
) (32. g3) 32... Rd5 33. g3 Ne6) 30. g3 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 {
Diagram # Black has a few small advantages (better Pawn structure, Bishop for
Knight, more active pieces) but here it's hard to believe it's enought for a
win.} 33. Ke2 f5 34. Nf3 Rd6 35. Nd2 h6 36. Nc4 Rd5 {Diagram #} 37. Ra2 Bd4 38.
Rc2 Rc5 {Diagram #} 39. Ne3 $2 {oops} Bxe3 $1 40. Ra2 Bd4 41. h4 Rc3 $1 {
Diagram # idea Rb3-b2+} 42. Kd2 Kd6 (42... Rb3 43. Kc2) 43. f3 Rb3 44. Kc2 Rb4
{Diagram #} 45. g4 $2 {gives Black f4 for his King} fxg4 46. fxg4 Ke5 47. Kc1
Kf4 48. g5 h5 49. Re2 e5 50. Ra2 Kg4 {Diagram #} 51. a5 Rxb5 52. axb6 Bxb6 53.
Ra4+ Bd4 {Diagram #} 54. Rc4 Rc5 55. Kd2 Rxc4 56. dxc4 Kxh4 57. Kd3 Kxg5 58.
Ke4 0-1

[Event "WCL"]
[Site "World Chess Live"]
[Date "2008.06.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Santanna, Paulo"]
[Black "Allsbrook, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[TimeControl "5400+2"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 {Diagram #} 4. d5 (4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2
cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O {is more common with an equal game.})
4... Nf6 5. f3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Ne2 Nf8 10. Be3 {
Diagram #} Qa5 {
Can not find this move in any book or database. Each player is on their own.} (
10... Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Ng3 O-O-O {
White has a slight advantage.}) (10... Ng6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Rb1 Qc7
14. a3 Rb8 {with a slight advantage for White.}) 11. Qd2 Ng6 12. O-O Nh5 13.
Ng3 {Diagram #} Nhf4 $2 {
wrong Knight. In fact with this move Black's game is lost.} (13... Nxg3 14.
hxg3 h5 15. f4 h4 16. gxh4 Rxh4 17. f5 Nf8 {White has a slight edge.}) (13...
Ngf4 14. Nxh5 (14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Rfb1 Rab8 18. Bg5
Rfe8 {with an even game.}) 14... Nxh5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 O-O
18. Qxd6 {White has the adventage.}) 14. Nf5 {White must win at least a Pawn.}
Bxf5 15. exf5 Ne7 16. Bxf4 exf4 {Diagram #} 17. f6 $1 {investing the extra Pawn
} gxf6 (17... Ng6 $2 18. Bxg6 hxg6 (18... fxg6 $2 19. Qe2+ Kd8 20. Qe7+ Kc8 21.
fxg7) 19. Qe2+ Kf8 ({uglier yet is} 19... Kd8 20. Qe7+ Kc8 21. fxg7 Rg8 22.
Qxf7) 20. Qe7+ Kg8 21. Qxd6 g5) 18. Rfe1 Kd7 19. Qxf4 {Diagram #} Ng8 (19...
Qxc3 20. Rab1 ({White would probably continue as in game} 20. Qg4+ Kd8 (20...
Kc7 21. Rxe7+) 21. Qg7 {Diagram #} Kd7 22. Qxf7) 20... b6 21. Re3) 20. Qg4+ Kc7
21. Qg7 Rd8 22. Qxh8 Qxc3 23. Qxh7 Kb8 24. Rab1 b6 {Diagram #} 25. a4 f5 26.
Bxf5 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Qf6 28. a5 Ne7 {Diagram #} 29. Be6 $1 fxe6 1-0

[Event "WCL"]
[Site "World Chess Live"]
[Date "2008.06.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nguyen, Tam"]
[Black "Katz, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[TimeControl "5400+2"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O {Diagram #} Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Nh5 {Diagram # We are
still in Grandmaster territory here. The idea of this move is to be able play
f5. However} (12... Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 {Diagram #} 15. e4 Nc8 16. Qd3
Qc7 17. Be3 {is another popular variation with an equal game}) 13. Kh2 f5 14.
f4 Rb8 (14... Ndf6 15. Nc4 b6 16. Qb3 Rb8 {Diagram #} 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Nc6 Ra8
19. Qc4 {with an even game}) 15. e4 {Diagram #} Ndf6 (15... Nhf6 16. Nc4 Nb6
17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. a5 Qd8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bd2 {
is another way to play this with an even game.}) 16. Re1 (16. exf5 {Diagram #}
Bxf5 17. Nc4 (17. g4 $4 Nxg4+ 18. hxg4 (18. Qxg4 Bxg4 {with advantage Black})
18... Qh4+ {Diagram #} 19. Kg1 Bd4+ 20. Rf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Qh4+ 22. Bh3 Qxh3#)
17... Qd7 {Diagram #} 18. Ne3 (18. g4 $2 Bxg4 19. Nb6 ({
Black's minors crush after accepting the sacrifice:} 19. hxg4 $4 Nxg4+ 20. Kg1
(20. Kh1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Bd4+) 20... Bd4+) ({Maybe White's best is} 19. Qb3 {
probably transposes to the 18 Ne3 line}) 19... Bxd1 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd1 {
Diagram # with advantage to Black}) 18... Bh8 19. a5 (19. g4 Rxe3 20. Bxe3 Bxg4
21. Qb3 {with a slight advantage for White}) 19... Ng7 20. Nc4 {
with advantage to White}) 16... fxe4 17. Ndxe4 {Diagram #} b5 {
better for Black is} (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bd4 {with an equal position}) 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Ng5 b4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {Diagram #} 21. Nce4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qe7 {
Diagram #} 23. Qa4 (23. Nd2 Bd4 24. Bf3 Qd7 25. Qf1 Qc7 26. Qg2 Bd7 27. Be2 {
is another variation that is an equal game}) 23... Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qc6 {
Diagram # Black now has the advantage} (25. Qa7 Qxa7 (25... Rb7 26. Qa8 Rc7 27.
Qb8 Bd4 {with advantage to Black}) 26. Rxa7 Bf5 27. Ra6 Rd8 28. Bf1 Re8 29.
Rxd6 Re1 {with advantage Black}) 25... Bf5 26. Ra8 Rxa8 27. Qxa8+ Kg7 28. g4
Bd3 29. g5 Bd4 {Diagram #} 30. Qb8 Bc4 31. h4 Bd3 32. Bf3 Bf5 {Diagram #} 33.
Bd2 Bxb2 34. h5 {Diagram #} Bc3 $2 {
Black with this move gave away all of his advantage.} (34... h6 35. Kg2 (35.
Bxb4 cxb4 36. Qxb4 {Diagram # wanting to trap the Bishop} Ba1 37. Qa4 Bc3 38.
Qc4 Be1 {with the advantage to Black}) (35. gxh6+ {
doesn't help, just reduces the Pawn count}) 35... gxh5 36. Bxh5 hxg5 {Diagram #
} 37. Qe8 Be4+ 38. Kf1 Qxe8 39. Bxe8 g4 {and Black has an advantage}) 35. Bxc3+
bxc3 36. h6+ Kf7 37. Qh8 {Diagram #} c2 (37... Qe3) 38. Qxh7+ Ke8 39. Qh8+ Kd7
40. Qc3 {Diagram #} Kc8 41. Kg2 Qa7 42. Qh8+ Kb7 43. Qg7+ {Diagram #} Kb6 (
43... Ka6 44. Qa1+) (43... Ka8 44. Qh8+) 44. Qb2+ Kc7 45. h7 {Diagram #} Qa8 (
45... Qa5 $5 46. Qg7+ ({No time to queen !} 46. h8=Q $2 Qd2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48.
Kh2 Qf2+ {Diagram #} 49. Bg2 (49. Kh1 Qxf3+) 49... Qxf4+ 50. Kg1 c1=Q+) 46...
Bd7 47. Bg4 Qd2+ 48. Kg3 Qe1+ (48... c1=Q 49. Qxd7+ Kb6 50. Qxd6+ Ka5 51. Qc7+
Kb4 52. Qb6+ Ka3 (52... Kc4 53. Be2+ Qxe2 54. Qa6+ Kxd5 55. Qxe2 Qa1 56. Qe5+
Qxe5 57. fxe5 {and White wins}) 53. Qa6+ Kb4 54. Qb6+ {with a Draw}) 49. Kg2
Qd2+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ {with a Draw}) 46. Qg7+ () 46... Kb6 47. Qb2+ Kc7 {
Diagram # the position is unclear here.} 48. Be2 {with this move White could
hand the initiative back to Black. White should have tried} (48. Qc3) 48... Qe8
(48... Qxd5+ 49. Kf2 Qh1 {with advantage to Black.} 50. h8=Q $2 {
accomplishes nothing} Qxh8 51. Qxh8 c1=Q) 49. Kf2 {Diagram #} Be4 {
wrong piece to e4.} (49... Qe4 50. h8=Q Qxf4+ 51. Bf3 Qd2+ 52. Be2 (52. Kg3
Qxg5+ (52... c1=Q $4 53. Qbb8+) 53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Kf1 c1=Q+ {should win}) 52...
Qf4+ {and can Draw if he wants to.}) 50. Bb5 Qf8 51. Kg3 {Diagram #} Bf5 (51...
Qh8 52. Qxh8 c1=Q $1 53. Qg7+ Kb6 {Diagram # Black has mate or wins the Bishop}
(53... Kb8 54. h8=Q# {mate.}) 54. Bf1 (54. h8=Q {
doesn't stop the basic mating pattern} Qe3+ 55. Kh2 Qf2+ 56. Kh3 Bf5#) ({
The slowest loss is} 54. Kf2 Qxf4+ (54... Qd2+ 55. Be2) 55. Ke2) 54... Qe3+ {
Diagram #} 55. Kh2 (55. Kh4 Qf2+ 56. Kg4 (56. Kh3 Bf5#) 56... Bf5#) 55... Qf2+
56. Kh3 Bf5#) 52. Bc6 Bc8 {Diagram #} 53. Qxc2 (53. Qc3 $5 Kb6 54. h8=Q Qxh8
55. Qxh8 c1=Q 56. Qd8+ {Diagram #} Ka6 (56... Ka7 57. Qa5+ Kb8 58. Qb6+ Bb7 59.
Qxb7# {mate.}) 57. Qxc8+ Ka5 {
with advantage to White, if he can get his King protected from a perpetual})
53... Qg7 54. Qh2 {Black has many draws which he ignored both by way of a
later offer and the various perpetuals we note.} Qh8 (54... Qc3+ 55. Kf2 Qb2+
56. Kg3 Qc3+ {with an even game.}) 55. Ba4 {Diagram #} Bf5 (55... Qc3+ 56. Kg2
Qd2+ 57. Kh1 Qe1+ 58. Qg1 Qh4+ 59. Kg2 Qg4+ 60. Kh1 Qh4+ {with an even game.})
56. Bc6 ({White has won Black's passer, so he has an advantage with a safe King
} 56. Bd1 Kd8 57. Be2 Qc3+ 58. Kf2 Qd4+ 59. Kf1 Qa1+ 60. Kg2 Be4+ 61. Bf3 {
Diagram #} Bxf3+ (61... Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Qxh2+ $4 63. Kxh2 Bxf3 64. h8=Q+) 62. Kxf3
Qd1+ 63. Kg3 Qd3+ 64. Kg4 Qd1+ {advantage White.}) 56... Kd8 {Diagram #} 57.
Qa2 {with draw offer} Ke7 (57... Qc3+ 58. Kf2 Qd4+ 59. Kg2 Qe4+ 60. Kf1 Qh1+
61. Kf2 Qh2+ 62. Kf3 Qh1+ (62... Qxa2 63. h8=Q+) 63. Kf2 {
Diagram # with a Draw likely.} Qxh7 $4 {loses!} 64. Qa8+ Ke7 65. Qb7+) 58. Qa7+
Kf8 59. Qb8+ Kg7 60. Qc7+ Kf8 61. Qd8+ Kg7 62. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "WCL"]
[Site "World Chess Live"]
[Date "2008.06.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McGuire, Andrew"]
[Black "Jurin, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1751"]
[BlackElo "1747"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]
[TimeControl "5400+2"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 {
Diagram # Transposing to a Sicilian Dragon, Maroczy.} d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O
{Diagram #} 9. Qd2 (9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 {
Diagram # is more common.}) 9... Re8 10. O-O {Diagram # last book move} Bg4 {
Can not find this move in any book or database. The players are on their own.}
11. f3 Bd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. b3 a6 15. Rc2 Qa5 {Diagram #} 16. Rdc1
Rc7 17. Bf1 Rec8 18. Qf2 {Diagram #} b5 (18... Kh8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 {
Diagram #} Bf6 21. a4 Qb4 22. Bd2 Qc5 23. Bc3 {
Diagram # with a slight advantage to White.}) 19. cxb5 Rxc3 $2 (19... axb5 20.
Ndxb5 {Diagram #} Rb7 (20... Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Qxb5 {
Diagram # By point-count equal, White is probably winning with the connected
passers and extra Rook.}) 21. Nd4 (21. a4 $2 Be6) 21... Rbc7) 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21.
Qd2 $1 {Diagram #pinning to hanging Queen} Rxe3 {no better are:} (21... axb5
22. Qxc3 b4 23. Qc7 Qa8 24. Qb6 Qxa2 25. Qxb4 Ne8 26. Qb8 h6 {
with advantage to White.}) ({or} 21... Nc4 22. bxc4 Ra3 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. b6 {
with advantage White.}) 22. Qxa5 axb5 23. Qd2 Bh6 {
White had to realize this when he played Qd2, look what he had planned !} 24.
Nc2 $1 {Diagram #} Nxe4 25. fxe4 Ng4 26. Nxe3 (26. Qa5 Nf6 27. Re1 {
with advantage White.}) 26... Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nxe3 {Diagram #} 28. h3 (28. Rc7 {
wins quickly}) 28... Nxf1 29. Kxf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 e6 31. Rc7 Ke7 {Diagram #} 32.
Ke3 (32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 Kd8 {isn't the win it was at move 28 since the King
is one file closer to the passer!}) 32... f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4
{Diagram #} h6 (35... d5 36. Ra7 (36. Kd4 Kd6 {is similar}) 36... e5 37. a4 Kd6
{Diagram #} 38. a5 $1 (38. axb5 $2 Bxg4 39. Rxh7 Kc5 {with an unclear position.
}) 38... Bxg4 39. Rxh7 Bf5 (39... Kc5 $4 40. a6 {wins}) 40. Rf7 (40. a6) 40...
Be4 (40... Be6 41. Rf6 $1) 41. a6) 36. Ra7 e5 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Kd8 39. Kf3
{Diagram #} e4+ (39... Bc6+ 40. Kg3 d5 41. a5 d4 42. Rh7 e4 43. Rxh6 {
Diagram #We list all replies to demonstrate the Rook dominating the Bishop. 
There's always the threat of RxB if it draws the King away from the a-passer.}
Kd7 (43... Bb7 44. a6) (43... Bd5 44. Rd6+) (43... Ba8 44. Rh8+) (43... Bd7 44.
a6 Kc8 (44... Kc7 45. Rh7) 45. Rh8+) 44. a6 Bd5 45. a7 Kc7 46. Rh8 {
with advantage White.}) 40. Kxe4 Bxg4 41. Kd5 h5 (41... Kc8 42. Kxd6 Kb8 43.
Rg7 Bd1 44. a5 Be2 45. Re7 {with advantage White.}) 42. Kxd6 Kc8 43. Rh7 Kb8
44. Kc6 Bf3+ 45. Kb6 {Diagram #In such endgames, the backrank mate is an
additional problem for the defending side.} Kc8 46. a5 Kd8 47. a6 Ke8 48. a7
Kf8 {Diagram #} 49. Rh8+ (49. a8=Q+ {is the same resulting position}) 49... Kg7
50. a8=Q Bxa8 51. Rxa8 Kg6 {Diagram #} 52. Kc5 Kg5 53. Kd4 Kg4 54. Ke3 {
Diagram #} Kg3 (54... Kf5 55. Kf3) (54... h4 55. Kf2) 55. Rg8+ Kh3 56. Kf3 $1 {
BLACK RESIGNED} h4 (56... Kh4 57. Rg1 Kh3 58. Rh1#) (56... Kh2 57. Rh8) 57. Rh8
1-0

[Event "CICL-Warren Jrs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Franek, Marty"]
[Black "Holecek, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 Nc6 {Diagram #} 6. e3 (6. Qc2)
6... Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 {Diagram #} (9... O-O 10. d5 Nd8)
10. d5 $1 {weakness at c6 and g7} Nb8 (10... exd5 $2 11. Qxg7 (11. cxd5 $2 Ne5
12. Nxe5 {is even})) 11. Qxg7 Qf8 12. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {Diagram #} 13. g3 Na6 14. Rc1
exd5 15. cxd5 Bf5 {Diagram #} 16. Nd2 (16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Rxc7 Be4 18. Ke2 Bxd5
{Diagram #} 19. b3 {idea Rd1, should be quick curtains}) 16... Nb4 17. a3 Nxd5
{Diagram #} 18. Bg2 c6 $2 {Black must have missed that the Bishop adds a
defender to e4, making the Pawn fork a real threat.} 19. e4 Re8 20. O-O Be6 21.
exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rc7 {Diagram #} Re7 24. Rc8+ (24. Rfc1 {
guarantees a Pawn is bagged}) 24... Kg7 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Rd1 ({More active is
} 26. Rc1 d4 27. Kf1 d5 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rd8 Re5 30. f4 Rf5 31. Ke2 (31. Nf3))
26... d4 27. Kf1 d3 28. Nc4 d5 {Score stops making sense} 29. Rxd3 Re2 30. Nd6
Rxb2 31. Rxd5 Kg7 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. Nxb5 a6 {SCORE NOW SEEMS TO WORK--} 34. Nd6
b5 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Nf5 f6 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. Kd4 Kg6 39. Nd6 f5 40. f4 Kf6 41.
Nxb5 axb5 42. Kc5 Kg6 43. Kxb5 Kh5 44. h3 Kg6 45. a4 h5 {
and White soon queened the a-Pawn} 1-0

[Event "CICL-Warren Jrs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hughes, Norm"]
[Black "Wei, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom, Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 {Diagram #} 5. Bg5 (5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5
Nd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 {Diagram #} 8. exd6 Nf6 9. O-O $14) 5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7.
Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nc3 {Diagram #} e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 {Diagram #} a5 $2 {
This move was the start of James' downfall. Better for Black was:} (10... Qa5
11. Kb1 O-O 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Rxd2 Kxe7 $11) (10...
O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Nd4 Rfd8 13. f3 Rab8 14. g4 b5 15. Nce2 Be8 $11) 11. Qd3 {
Diagram # The Queen goes here instead of d2 to support the Knights heading to
b5, with the idea of putting more pressure on the d6 square.} Rb8 (11... O-O
12. Nd4 a4 13. a3 Qa5 14. f4 Rac8 15. e5 $16) 12. Nd4 Qc7 (12... O-O 13. Ndb5
d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Diagram #} 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qb6 $14) 13.
Ndb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qc6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 {Diagram #} Ke7 (
17... h6 18. Bd2 Ke7 19. e5 Nd5) 18. e5 h6 19. Bf4 (19. exf6+ $1 Kxd6 20. Bf4+
{Diagram #}) 19... Nd5 20. Be3 Rbc8 21. a3 {Diagram #} Rc7 22. Bb6 Nxb6 23.
Rxb6 Rhc8 24. c3 Rd8 {Diagram #} 25. Kc2 (25. Rb5 Rd5) 25... Rcd7 26. Re2 g5
27. Rb5 Ra8 {Diagram #} 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Ra7 {Diagram #} 30. Rb6 (30. Kd3
) 30... f6 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. Kd3 Kf5 {Diagram #} 33. Ke3 g4 34. Rb5+ Kg6 35.
Kf4 {Diagram #} h5 36. Rg5+ Kh6 37. Re5 Ra6 38. Rb5 {Diagram #} Ra7 39. Rb6 Ra6
(39... a4 40. Rxe6+ Kh7 41. f3 gxf3 42. gxf3 Kg7 43. Rb6 Kf7 44. Kg5 Ra5+ 45.
Kh6 Rf5) 40. Rxb7 ({resignation is forced after} 40. Rxa6 bxa6 41. Ke5 {
and the c-passer scores}) 40... Kg6 41. Rb5 {Diagram #} Kf6 (41... a4 42. c4
Ra7 {Diagram #} 43. b4 (43. Ke5 {will escort the passer home} Rf7) (43. f3 {
idea Ke5}) 43... axb3 44. Rxb3 Rf7+ 45. Ke3 h4) 42. Rxh5 Rb6 43. b4 axb4 44.
cxb4 {Diagram #} Rc6 45. Rc5 Rd6 46. Ke3 Ra6 {Diagram #} 47. Rc3 (47. Ra5 Rb6 (
47... Rc6 48. b5) 48. Kf4) 47... Ra8 48. Kf4 (48. b5) 48... Rh8 {Diagram #} 49.
Kg3 (49. h3 gxh3 50. Rxh3 Rg8 51. Rg3 Rc8 52. Re3 Rc4+ 53. Re4 Rc3 54. a4)
49... e5 50. b5 Rb8 51. a4 Ra8 52. Rc4 Kf5 53. h3 gxh3 54. gxh3 Kg5 55. Rb4 Kf6
56. b6 Ke7 57. a5 Kd7 58. b7 Rb8 (58... Rg8+ 59. Kf3 Kc7 (59... Rb8 60. a6 {
idea a7}) 60. b8=Q+ Rxb8 61. Rxb8 Kxb8 62. Ke4 Kb7 63. Kxe5 Ka6 64. h4 Kxa5 65.
h5 Ka6) 59. a6 Kc7 60. Kf3 e4+ 61. Kxe4 Rh8 (61... Re8+ 62. Kd5 Kb8 63. Rc4
Rd8+ 64. Ke6 Rg8 65. Rc8+ Rxc8 66. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8) 62. b8=Q+ Rxb8 63. Rxb8 Kxb8
64. h4 Ka7 65. h5 Kxa6 66. h6 Kb7 67. h7 Kc7 68. h8=Q Kd6 69. Qf6+ Kc5 70. Qd8
(70. f4 Kb4 71. Qd4+ Kb5 72. Qd6 Kc4 73. f5 Kb5 74. f6 Kc4 75. Qc7+ Kb4) 70...
Kc6 71. Kd4 Kb5 72. Qc7 Kb4 73. Qb6+ Ka3 74. Kc3 Ka2 75. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "CICL-Warren Jrs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morris, Rob"]
[Black "Magness, Trevor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O b5 {Diagram #} 7. Ne5
Nd5 8. a4 Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 {Diagram #} 11. e4 Nf6 12. Nc3 c6 13.
d5 {Diagram #} Be7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 Qb6 {Diagram #} 16. Nf3 Nbd7 17. Ng5
e5 18. Ne6 {Diagram #"Well I know one thing- Black won't be castling this game"
} g6 (18... Kf7 19. Be3 c5 {Diagram #} 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Bh3 Nf8) 19. Bh6 Nc5
20. Bh3 Nxe6 21. Bxe6 {Diagram #} Bf8 22. Bg5 Bg7 (22... Ke7 23. Bc8 Kf7 {
Diagram #} 24. Bxf6 Kxf6) 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Bxf6+ Bxf6 25. Rd7+ $1 {Diagram # Rob
has a way of making odd mates. Great fun leaving a piece hanging !} Ke8 (25...
Kxe6 $4 26. Qg4#) 26. Qg4 ({[TF]: At the match, I couldn't find the downside to
} 26. Qd2 b4 ({Norm/Fritz suggests a Queen sac} 26... Qd4 27. Rxd4 exd4 28. Qf4
$1 Ke7 29. e5 Rf8 {Diagram #} 30. Qxd4 Kxe6 31. Qd6+ Kf7 32. Qxf6+ Kg8 {
Diagram #} 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. f4 {Diagram #}) ({
Blocking the 7th rank doesn't solve the issue:} 26... Be7 27. Rxe7+ ({
too slow is} 27. h4 Rf8) 27... Kxe7 28. Qd7+ Kf6 29. Qf7+ Kg5 {Diagram #} 30.
Qg7 $1 {idea h4+,g4+,Qh6#  [thanks, DS!]} h6 31. Qxe5#) 27. Rf7 {
Diagram # oh, lookie here--} Qd4 {missed this at the match} (27... Be7 28. Qd7#
) {only at home now examining the rest} 28. Nb1 (28. Qc2 bxc3 {Diagram #} {
DS spots} 29. Qa4 (29. Rxf6 Ke7) 29... Qd8 (29... cxb2 $4 30. Qxa8+ Bd8 31.
Qxc6+)) 28... Qxd2 (28... Qxe4 $4 29. Qd7#) 29. Nxd2 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Nb3 {
Diagram # threatening to turn the a8-Bishop to toast} Be7 32. Rf3 Bb4 {
So I guess Black is better now}) 26... Be7 {Diagram #} 27. Nd1 (27. Bg8 $1 Rxg8
28. Qe6 Rg7 29. Nd5 $18) 27... Rf8 28. Rd2 Rf6 29. Bg8 {Diagram #} Kf8 (29...
Qb8 30. Bxh7 Kf7 31. Rd7 Qf8 {Diagram #} 32. Ne3 {idea f4,e5}) 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31.
Rd7 {Diagram #} Qc5 32. Qxa8 ({Also effective is} 32. Qe8 Rf8 33. Rxe7+ Kxg8 {
Diagram #} 34. Qd7) 32... Rf8 33. Qb7 Kf6 34. Rc7 {Diagram #} Qd4 (34... Qb4
35. Rxc6+ Kg7 36. Bd5) 35. Qxc6+ (35. Rxe7 {Diagram #} Qd6 (35... Rxg8 36. Rf7+
Kg5 37. Qe7+ {and mates}) 36. Re6+ Qxe6 37. Bxe6 Kxe6 38. Qxc6+ Kf7 $18) 35...
Bd6 {Diagram #} 36. Ne3 Rxg8 37. Nd5+ Kg5 38. Qxd6 {Diagram #} Qxe4 39. Qe7+
Kh6 40. Qxh7+ {of course White has a free Rook when he wants it, but there's
better stuff happening} Kg5 41. h4+ {Diagram #} Kf5 (41... Kg4 42. Nf6+ {
drops the Queen}) 42. Qd7# {
Diagram # Like I said, Rob has his way of mating....} 1-0

[Event "Warren Jrs-CICL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bian, Alex"]
[Black "Friske, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 (3. Nf3 {
is a simple transposition back to a normal Sicilian Open.}) 3... Nf6 4. Bg5 $2
Qb6 $1 {Diagram # In many Queen Pawn openings, Black can counterattack the
dark squares the Bishop has abandoned.  He breaks the pin of the Knight while
attacking three Pawns (d4, e4, b2).} 5. Qc2 (5. Nd2 Qxb2 6. Ne2 {Diagram #} d5
{Norm always goes for this (it's supposed to be the equaliser), but I don't
open the center when my pieces aren't ready to rush into the open lines.} ({
I probably would've have continued} 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6) 7. exd5 exd5 8. Nb3
Bf5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. dxc5 $15 {Diagram # too messy for my taste}) 5... cxd4 6.
cxd4 Nc6 ({Of course Black can't be greedy with} 6... Qxd4 $4 7. Qxc8+) 7. Bxf6
gxf6 8. d5 Nd4 {Diagram # The whole point of a normal variation is pressure on
the dark squares.  Here White has no intuition about his problems.  He was
playing too quickly !} 9. Qc3 $4 {Very odd, because he actually paused for
several minutes. I almost ignored the blunder to see what kind of stuff he can
generate. But I believe bad moves should always be punished, even if in an
exhibition setting !} (9. Qd2 {9...Bb4 -9.87} Bh6 $1 {
GM Gurevich was very complimentary about this move I'd planned.} 10. Qxh6 (10.
Qd1 {10...Nc2+ -2.27} Qxb2 11. Nd2 (11. Bd3 Qxa1 12. Qh5 Bf4 13. Nh3 Bc7 14.
dxe6 dxe6 15. O-O Qxa2) 11... Nc2+) (10. Qc3 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Ne2 Re8 13.
Na3 d6 14. Nc4 Qc5 $17) 10... Qxb2 (10... Nc2+ 11. Ke2 Qxb2 12. Nc3 Na3+ 13.
Qd2 Qxa1) 11. Bd3 (11. Qxf6 Qc1#) 11... Qxa1 12. Nh3 d6 13. O-O (13. Qxf6 $4
Nc2+ {wins Queen !}) 13... Rf8 14. Kh1) (9. Qc1 {9...Bb4 -9.87} Bh6 10. Nd2 $17
Qa5 $1 {Diagram # piles on d2 and threatens Nb3}) 9... Bb4 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.
bxc3 Qb2 12. cxd4 {Diagram #} Qxd4 $1 {If the Bishop moves off the original
diagonal, the Queen takes it. Moving Bishop on the diagonal allows Qxa1 with
the Knight pinned and hanging !} 13. Nf3 Qxd3 {
Diagram # stopping castling seemed the best choice} 14. Nbd2 b6 15. Rc1 Ba6 {
Diagram #} 16. Ng1 ({I was expecting} 16. Kd1 {Diagram #} {
oddly White unwinds a bit after} Qe2+ 17. Kc2 Rc8+ 18. Kb2 {
but a Queen is a Queen...}) 16... Ke7 17. h4 ({Nothing changes from game after
} 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rd1 Rhc8) 17... Rhc8 {
Diagram # There's no need to waste time or space examining anything else.} 18.
Rd1 Rc2 19. Rh3 Rxd2 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rb1 Rc2 23. Nf3 {Diagram #}
Re2+ $1 {couldn't resist finding ways to force exchanges} 24. Kxe2 Rb3+ 25. Kd2
Rxb1 26. Nd4 Rb2+ 27. Ke3 Rxa2 28. g3 $2 (28. f4 Ra3+ 29. Kf2 Rd3 30. Nf3 exd5
31. exd5 Rxd5 32. h5 Bc4 33. g4 b5 34. Nh4) 28... Ra3+ 29. Kd2 (29. Kf4 {
29...Rd3+ -16.34} e5+) 29... Rd3+ {Diagram #} 30. Ke1 Rxd4 31. f3 Kd6 {
deciding easiest mate involves the King, but I guess queening the b-Pawn 
might be quicker.} 32. Kf2 e5 {idea Rd2+-d3+} 33. Ke3 Rd3+ 34. Kf2 (34. Ke2
Rxd5+ 35. Ke1 Rd3 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kg1 f5 38. g4 fxe4 39. fxe4 Bd3) 34... f5
35. Kg2 fxe4 36. fxe4 Re3 37. Kf2 Rxe4 38. Kf3 Kxd5 39. h5 Be2+ 40. Kf2 Bg4 41.
Kg2 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Ke4 43. Kg1 Kf3 44. Kh1 Kxg3 45. Kg1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Warren Jrs-CICL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ford, Sonam"]
[Black "Smith, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D09"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 {Albin Counter Gambit} 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2
Qd7 {Diagram #} 7. Bf4 (7. O-O O-O-O 8. Nbd2 h5 9. h4 $14 {is also common.}) ({
But Whites best is} 7. Nbd2 O-O-O 8. h3 Bf5 9. a3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. b4 Re8
12. Bb2 Bd3 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Qa4 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Kb8 16. b5 Nd8 17. Nxd4 {
with excellent compensation for the exchange.}) 7... Be7 8. O-O h5 9. h4 O-O-O
{Diagram #} 10. Nbd2 Qf5 11. Nb3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxe5 {Diagram #} 13. Bxe5 Qxe5
14. Bd5 (14. Nc1 Nf6 15. Nd3 Qf5 {Diagram #} 16. c5 Bxc5 17. Qb3 Bb6 18. Qxf7
g5 {Diagram #} 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Rac1 $19) 14... Nf6 {Diagram #} 15. Na5 $2 {
weaknesses across the 5th rank} (15. Qxd4 $6 {
creates weaknesses along the d-file} Qxd4 16. Nxd4 c6 {
Diagram # and White only gets 2 Pawns for his piece} (16... Nxd5 17. cxd5 Rxd5)
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rd2 {Diagram #} 19. b3) 15... c6 (15... Nxd5 16. cxd5
Qxd5 {Diagram #} 17. Qa4 Rh6) 16. Qb3 (16. Nxb7 Kxb7 17. Qb3+ Kc8 18. Bxc6 Qc7
{Diagram #} 19. Qf3 Ng4 20. Rad1 Ne5 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. Bd5 g6) 16... Qc7 {
Diagram #} 17. Qa4 (17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxf7 {Diagram # idea Be6+} Qb7 19. Qd3
Rhf8 20. Be6+ Kb8 21. Rab1 {Diagram #} c5 22. Rfe1) 17... cxd5 18. cxd5 Kb8 19.
Rac1 Qb6 {Diagram #} 20. Nc4 Qb4 21. Qc2 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Warren Jrs-CICL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Franklin, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O {
Diagram #} 8. Be5 (8. Nh4 dxc4 9. bxc4 Nbd7 10. d4 $11) 8... Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6
10. Nh4 {Diagram #} Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. d4 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bf3 {Diagram #} Nc6 (15... Rd8 $2 16. e4) 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nd2 {Diagram #} d4
18. Rc1 Qe7 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Nf3 {Diagram #} Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Rfe8
23. Red1 Qe7 24. h3 Rac8 {Diagram #} 25. Qf4 Red8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Re1 a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL-Warren Jrs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brock, Bill"]
[Black "Vohra, Sonya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O {
Diagram #} 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Qc2 Rf6 {
Diagram #Afterwords, Bill said this Rook lift surprised him.} 11. Ne5 {
not the best. Better for White is:} (11. a4 Rh6 12. a5 Bd6 13. h3 Ng5 14. Nxg5
Qxg5 15. f4 $11) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rh6 {Diagram #} 13. f3 (13. h3 Qe8 14.
Rad1 {[TF] I'd expect some timing of} g5 {idea Qh5,g4} (14... b6 15. Be2 Nxc3
16. Qxc3 Qg6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bc1 Rh4 19. Qg3 $11 {Diagram # and it looks like
White can hold on. Notice that Black can not take the White Queen for the
Black Rook on h4 would be trapped.})) 13... Bc5 {
White's King begins to feel very uncomfortable} 14. fxe4 (14. Nd1 Qh4 {
Diagram # and bad things will still happen} 15. g4) 14... Bxe3+ 15. Rf2 fxe4 {
Diagram #} 16. Bf1 (16. Bxe4 {
gives his King room, but also gives up compensation for the coming exchange}
Qh4 17. h3 dxe4 {Diagram #} 18. Re1 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Bd7 20. Qxh4) 16... Qh4 17.
h3 Qg3 {Diagram # idea Rxh3,Qh2#} 18. Nxe4 (18. Kh1 Bxf2 {
Diagram # idea Rxh3+,Qg1#} 19. Ne2) 18... dxe4 19. Rd1 {Diagram #} Bd7 $1 {
idea Rf8 nicely cleans up} 20. Rxd7 Rxh3 21. Bd3 {Diagram #} exd3 22. Rxd3
Qxf2+ (22... Bxf2+ {Diagram #} 23. Qxf2 (23. Kf1 Rh1+ 24. Ke2 Re1+ 25. Kd2 Be3+
{Diagram # and mates in a few}) 23... Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Rxd3 25. Ke2 Rad8 {
Diagram # is also fairly convincing}) 0-1

[Event "CICL-Warren Jrs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wiewel, Jeff"]
[Black "Auger, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. exd5 (6. cxd5 {
is a normal Benoni, of course}) 6... Be7 7. Bd3 h6 {Diagram #} 8. Bf4 O-O 9.
Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 {Diagram #} a6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Re2
Bf8 15. Rae1 Rxe2 16. Rxe2 {Diagram #} Qc7 17. g4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qf5 Bd6
{Diagram #} 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 {the Rook is in the way !} (21. Qxe4 g6 22.
h4 {Diagram #} Rf8 23. h5 f5 24. Qg2 gxh5 25. gxf5+ {
and White has a nice attack.}) 21... g6 22. Qf6 Re8 {Diagram #} 23. f4 Qe7 24.
fxe5 Bxe5 {Diagram # White can't try to capitalize on the Bishop pin because
Black can simply play Bd4+ checking out of it.} 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Kg2 g5 27. a3
Bd6 {Diagram #} 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 {
Diagram #Draw- White can't make the second passer required to win.} 30. Bf5 a5
31. Bc8 b6 32. Ke4 Bd6 33. Kf5 Bf4 34. h4 Kf8 35. d6 Bxd6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37.
Kxg5 {Diagram #} Be5 (37... Ke7) 38. b3 Ke7 39. Kf5 Kd6 40. g5 Bb2 41. a4 Bc3
42. Bb7 Bb2 43. Bf3 Bc3 44. Bh5 Ke7 45. Ke4 Bd2 46. Kf5 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Warren Jrs-CICL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oberhaus, Conrad"]
[Black "Von Hatten, Jeremy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

{Black puts on a clinic on how to win the opposite-Bishop ending.  Each move
of the ending gets him a step closer to the goal !} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4
Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 {Diagram #} 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nxe5
{This is weak. Much better for White is:} (9. Bg5 Re8 {Diagram #} 10. O-O-O (
10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 $11) 10... Na6 11. Ne1 $1 c6 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. f3 Ne6
14. Be3 Bf8 15. Rd2 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Ne6 $14 {
and White exerts considerable presure and has more space.}) 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4
Bxe5 11. O-O {Diagram #} Nc6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bf6 {Diagram #} Bxb2 $1 14. Bxb2
Rxe4 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 {Diagram #} 17. Kf1 f5 18. c5 Kf7 19. Rad1 Rxe1+
20. Rxe1 Re8 {Diagram #} 21. Rd1 Be6 22. a3 Rd8 {Diagram #} 23. f3 (23. Be2
Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Bc4+ {Diagram #} 25. Kg1 ({Don't Kings belong in the center ?} 
25. Ke1 Ke6 26. Bf3 Bd5 {and Black wins}) 25... Ke6 {heading for the isolate}
26. Bf3 Bd5 27. Be2 g5 28. h3 {Diagram #} Ne5 29. Bc3) 23... Rd5 24. Bc1 (24.
Ke2 Rxc5 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 a6 27. Bf4 {Diagram #} Nd4+ 28. Ke3 c5 29. Bd6
Nb3 (29... b6 30. Bxa6) 30. Bc2 {Diagram # and if White trades, he wins a Pawn
but walks into an opposite-Bishop ending.}) 24... Rxc5 ({
A reduced position can arise after} 24... Rxd3 $5 25. Rxd3 Bc4 {Diagram #} 26.
Bf4 Bxd3+ 27. Ke1 b6 {Diagram #} 28. Kd2 Bf1 29. cxb6 cxb6 30. g4 b5 31. gxf5
gxf5 32. Bd6 Nd4) 25. Bf4 {Diagram #} Ne5 26. Ke2 Nxd3 27. Kxd3 Rd5+ 28. Ke2 {
Diagram #} Rxd1 (28... Ra5 29. Rc1 c6 30. Bd6 {Diagram #} g5 31. Rc5 Ra4 32.
Rc1 f4 33. Kd3 h5) 29. Kxd1 {Diagram #} c5 ({Maybe} 29... c6 {
to keep the Pawn solid until the King can help out}) 30. Kc2 a6 31. Bd6 c4 32.
Kc3 Bd5 33. Kd4 {Diagram #} Ke6 34. Bb4 b5 {Diagram #} 35. Bd2 ({
Maybe White can win the Pawn base} 35. Kc5 Bb7 (35... Ke5 36. Bc3+ Ke6 (36...
Kf4 $2 37. Kxd5) 37. Kb6) 36. Kb6 Bc8 {Diagram #} 37. Kc7 Bd7 38. Kb7 Kd5 $1 {
Diagram #  White's King is too far from the action} 39. Bc3 a5 40. Kb6 (40.
Bxa5 Kd4 {escorting the Pawn home}) 40... a4) 35... Bb7 36. Bb4 Kf6 {I was happ
y to see this move. Black understands the King must invade away from the
action.} 37. h4 (37. Kc5 Ke5 38. Bc3+ Kf4 39. Bd4 {Diagram #} g5 40. Kb6 Bc8
41. Kc7 Be6 42. Kb7 g4 43. fxg4 fxg4 44. Kxa6 {Diagram #} Ke4 {idea c4-c3})
37... g5 38. hxg5+ Kxg5 {Diagram #} 39. Be7+ Kg6 40. Bb4 (40. Kc5 $4 c3) 40...
h5 {Diagram #} (40... Kg5 41. Ke5 h5 42. Bd2+ Kg6) 41. Be7 (41. Kc5 $2 Kg5 42.
Kb6 Bc8 43. Kc7 Be6 44. Kb7 (44. Bd2+ Kh4) 44... Kf4 45. Be1 Ke3) 41... Kf7 42.
Bg5 Ke6 43. Bd8 Bd5 44. Ba5 {Diagram #} h4 $1 {
Again, Black continues to make progress.} 45. Be1 h3 46. gxh3 Bxf3 {Diagram # S
tep one complete - passers on two sides of the board.  Step two is invade to
the side the Bishop holds. Are  the passers far enough apart, however?} 47. Bg3
Kf6 48. Bf4 Kg6 49. h4 Kh5 50. Bg5 Kg4 {Diagram #} 51. Ke5 (51. Ke3 Bc6 52. Bf6
f4+ 53. Kf2 Kf5 {Diagram # and the King transfers to the other side - again,
where the Bishop is the lone defender.}) 51... Be4 52. Kd4 Bd3 53. Ke3 a5 {
Diagram #  Black has more bullets in his gun} 54. Be7 (54. Bf6 b4 (54... f4+ {
makes the King immediately choose, Black can position his King accordingly} 55.
Kf2 b4) 55. axb4 axb4 56. Be7 b3 57. Bf6 {Diagram #} f4+ 58. Kd2 Kf5 $1 (58...
Kg3 59. Be5) 59. Bg7 (59. Bg5 b2) 59... Ke4 {Diagram #idea f3-f2} 60. h5 f3 61.
h6 Kf4) 54... f4+ 55. Kf2 {Diagram #} c3 ({
I would've kept the King bottled up with} 55... Be4 {
Black has multiple threats, mainly to bring his King to the Queenside}) 56. Bf6
c2 (56... b4 {forces the Bishop to remain on the long diagonal, and the King
can come through c4 to finish him off}) 57. Bb2 {Diagram #} Be4 (57... Kxh4 $4
58. Kf3 (58. Bc1 Kg4) 58... Kg5 59. Bc1) 58. Bc1 f3 $2 {
releasing his control of the dark squares} (58... Kf5 {
is the key re-positioning, when the f-passer won't matter}) 59. Bb2 b4 60. axb4
(60. h5 Kxh5 61. Bc1 b3 62. Kg3 Bd5 63. a4 Bc6 64. Bb2 Kg5 65. Bc1+ Kf5 66. Kf2
) 60... axb4 {Diagram #} 61. Bc1 (61. Ke3 Kxh4) 61... Kxh4 62. Bb2 Kg4 63. Bc1
(63. Kg1 Kg3 64. Be5+) 63... Bd5 64. Bd2 {Diagram #} b3 {Black again gives up
the dark squares - the b3 square was where the King was to invade !} (64... Kf5
65. Ke3 (65. Bxb4 $4 c1=Q) 65... Ke5 66. Bc1 {Diagram #} Be4 67. Bb2+ Kd5 {
once the King reaches c4, Black can sac the f-passer and win}) 65. Bc1 Kf5 (
65... Bc6 66. Bb2 Kf4 {Diagram #} 67. Bc1+ (67. Ke1 $2 Ke3 {wins} 68. Bc1+ Kd3
69. Bb2 f2+ 70. Kxf2 Kd2) 67... Ke4 {and invades at c3 or d2}) 66. Ke3 Kg4 67.
Kf2 Bc6 $1 {Diagram # Zugzwang !!} 68. Bb2 (68. Ke3 Kg3) (68. Ba3 Kf4 69. Bc1+
Ke4 {and invades to win}) 68... Kf4 69. Bc1+ Ke4 70. Ke1 Kd3 71. Bb2 {Diagram #
} Bd5 (71... f2+ $1 72. Kxf2 (72. Kf1 Bg2+ $1 73. Kxg2 Ke2) 72... Kd2 {
is curtains}) 72. Kf2 Kd2 73. Bc1+ Kxc1 74. Ke3 b2 75. Kd4 b1=Q 76. Kc3 Qb3+
77. Kd4 Qc4+ 78. Ke3 Qe4+ 79. Kf2 Qe2+ 80. Kg3 f2 81. Kh4 f1=Q 82. Kg5 Qeg2+
83. Kh6 Qfh1# 0-1

[Event "Pawns-Rooks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benedek, Roy"]
[Black "Latimer, Ed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bg4 17. Bg8 f5 18. Bxd5 Nxd4 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Nf7+ Rxf7
21. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Pawns-Rooks"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Black "Baurac, Dave"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g3 Qg5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Kg2
Nb6 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Bc4 O-O 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. a3 a5 19. Qc2 a4 20. Rfe1 Rfc8
21. Bc3 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Rcd1 Qc6 24. Rd4 f5 25. Qd2 Be5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27.
Qxd8+ Kh7 28. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rooks-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grudzinski, J."]
[Black "Franek, Marty"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 a6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bc4 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. e4 N5f6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 N7b6 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nd6 Rb8 16. Ng5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nge4 Be7 19. Bh6 Bxd6 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21.
Qe1 Nf4 22. Qd1 Qxd4 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Ng5 Qf4 25. Qg3 Bh6 26. Qxf4 Nxf4 27. h4
Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "BP-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Coulter, Doug"]
[Black "Kras, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a4 O-O 10. h3 d6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. b3 a5 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Qd2
Bf8 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Ne2 e5 19. Be3 Ba6 20. Rab1 Nf6 21. c4 Red8
22. Nc3 Bc8 23. Kh2 Be6 24. g4 Rb4 25. g5 Nd7 26. h4 Rdb8 27. c5 Nxc5 0-1

[Event "Pawns-BP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romas, F."]
[Black "Ravi, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. c3 Bc5 5. b4 Bb6 6. b5 Na5 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8.
Nxc4 Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Qh4+ 10. Kf1 d5 11. Ne3 dxe4 12. d3 Be6 13. dxe4 Qxe4 14.
Qd4 Qg6 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Qe4 Qf6+ 17. Nf3 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Nxc2
Rd1+ 21. Nfe1 Bc4+ 22. Kf2 O-O 23. Ne3 Ne4+ 24. Kf3 Ng5+ 25. Kf2 Ne4+ 26. Kg1
Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Pawns-BP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Manma, Maynard"]
[Black "O'Dell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Nh4 d6 8. h3
Nxe4 9. Ng6 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Bxh6 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3
Qd5 15. c4 Qd6 16. c3 Rd8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Kh1 Rg6 19. f4 Qxd3 20. Qg4 Rgd6 21.
fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qh5 Qg6 23. Qh4 Nxc4 24. Be7 Rd2 25. Bg5 Be7 26. Rae1 Qxg5 27.
Qxg5 Bxg5 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Rf8 Rd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Bf4+ 32. g3 Rd2+ 33.
Kg1 Be3+ 34. Kf1 Kg6 35. Rc8 Bb6 36. Rb8 Rxa2 37. Rxb7 Rc2 38. h4 Ne3+ 39. Kg1
Rxc3 40. Kh2 Rc2+ 41. Kh3 Kh5 42. Rb8 Rc1 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Kh2 c5 45. Re8 Nf5
0-1

[Event "Pawns-BP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikulecky, Bob"]
[Black "Hernandez, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e6 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Bxb4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 axb4 11. Rd1 Qf6 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Rd3 Nh6 14. h3 O-O
15. Nd2 b6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Re1 Qc5 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21.
Nc4 f6 22. Red1 Nf7 23. Rd7 Rfd8 24. Rxc7 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Rd8 26. Qg4 Qe8 27.
Nxb6 g6 28. Qe2 Ne5 29. Qc2 Nd7 30. Nc8 Qf8 31. Qc6 Ne5 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Ne7
Re8 34. Qd6 Rd8 35. Qxb4 Qh6 36. Qb3 Qg7 37. Qc2 Re8 38. Nd5 Qf8 39. Qb3 Rc8
40. Rxc8 Qxc8 41. Nxf6 Qd8 42. Qb7 Qxf6 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Qc7+ Kh6 1-0

[Event "Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.11.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Black "Franek, Marty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Bf4 Qe7
15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Qc2 Bf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tyros-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Allsbrook, Fred"]
[Black "Kras, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. c4 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d5
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15.
Rac1 Qe7 16. Nf3 e5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nd2 g6 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nb8 21. b4
Qe6 22. b5 Nd7 23. Nd2 Bg7 24. a4 h5 25. Qc4 Nf8 26. Ra1 Rcd8 27. a5 Rb8 28.
Ra4 Red8 29. Kf1 Rd7 30. Qxe6 Nxe6 31. Nc4 f6 32. axb6 axb6 33. Ke2 Bf8 34. Ra6
Rdb7 35. Ra3 Nc7 36. Rb3 Ra7 37. Ra1 Rxa1 38. Bxa1 Kf7 39. d4 exd4 40. exd4 Nd5
41. dxc5 Bxc5 42. Bb2 Rb7 43. Ba3 Bxa3 44. Nxa3 Ke6 45. Kd3 Rd7 46. Kc4 Rc7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pawns-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ellice, Wayne"]
[Black "Diaz, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. a4 Bf5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bxc4 Qc7 8.
O-O e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. e4 Bg4 11. Bg5 e5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d5 O-O 14. dxc6 bxc6
15. b4 Rfe8 16. Rfc1 Nf8 17. b5 Ne6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6
21. Rc5 cxb5 22. Rxb5 Qa6 23. Qb2 Rb6 24. Nxe5 Be6 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. Qb4 h6 27.
h3 Qa5 28. Qxa5 Rxa5 29. Nc6 Rc5 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Rb1 Rc4 32. Nf3 Rxe4 33. Rxb6
Rxa4 34. Rd6 Be6 35. Kh2 Ra2 36. Kg3 Kf8 37. Rb6 Ra3 38. Kh2 Bd5 39. Ng1 g6 40.
Rb2 Kg7 41. Rd2 Be6 42. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tyros-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoltz, Robert"]
[Black "Franek, Marty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qc2 Bc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. O-O Rc8 14. b3 Nb6
15. Ba3 Nbd5 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Rfd1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd5 19. Qd3 Qe4 20. Ne5 Qxd3
21. Nxd3 Ne4 22. Rc2 Rc7 23. Bb2 Rec8 24. Rdc1 Nd6 25. b4 e6 26. a4 a6 27. Nc5
Kf8 28. Ba1 Ke8 29. Kf1 Kd8 30. Nd3 Bf8 31. Bc3 Ne4 32. Be1 Kd7 33. f3 Nd6 34.
Bg3 Bh6 35. Ke2 Bf8 36. Nb2 Kd8 37. Nc4 Rd7 38. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Pawns-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fabijonas, Roy"]
[Black "Guio, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. h3 e5 7. d3 Rb8 8. b3
Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. c4 a5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Ng5 Rbd8 15.
Qe1 Ra8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. f4 a4 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rb1 Qd6 20. Rf3 axb3 21. axb3
Ra2 22. Ne2 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Rxd2 25. Kh1 Qd3 26. Ng1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Pawns-Tyros"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spitzig, Mark"]
[Black "Denmark, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qxf6 9. e4 O-O 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. O-O e5 12. Re1 Rd8 13. a5 exd4 14. cxd4
Nf8 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Ne5 Be6 18. f3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd7 20. Nd3 Nf6
21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Nd7 23. Nd3 f6 24. Nf4 Kf7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Ne5 27.
Rc1 Rxd5 28. Nxd5 Rd8 29. f4 Nd7 30. Rc7 b6 31. axb6 axb6 32. Nxb6 Ke6 33. Nxd7
Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. Kf2 g5 36. Kf3 h5 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. h4 gxh4 39. Kf4 Ke6
40. Kg5 Ke5 41. Kxh4 Kxe4 42. Kxh5 Kf5 43. g3 Kf6 44. g4 Kg7 45. Kg5 Kg8 46.
Kg6 Kh8 47. Kf6 (47. Kf7 $18) 47... Kg8 48. g5 $2 (48. Kg6 $18 Kh8 49. Kf7)
48... Kf8 49. Kg6 Kg8 50. Kf6 Kf8 51. Kf5 Kf7 52. g6+ Kg7 53. Kg5 Kg8 54. Kh6
Kh8 55. Kg5 Kg7 56. Kf5 Kg8 57. Kf6 Kf8 58. g7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tyros-Pawns"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vail, Matt"]
[Black "Dyczkowski, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Nc3 Ngxe5 9. Nd5 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Qe5 11. Bc3 Bd4 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be2 Bxc3+ 14.
Rxc3 Ne7 15. O-O c6 16. Nf4 d6 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. Ne2 f5 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Nd4 Rae8
21. Qh5 Qf6 22. Nf3 h6 23. Bc2 Bf7 24. Qxf5 Qxf5 25. Bxf5 Rd8 26. Nd4 Rfe8 27.
b3 Ne7 28. Be6 c5 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Nb5 d5 31. Rcd3 d4 32. exd4 cxd4 33. f3
Nf5 34. Kf2 Ne3 35. R1d2 Nf5 36. Nxd4 Ne7 37. Nb5 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Granata, Mike"]
[Black "Davidian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1779"]
[Annotator "Hughes, Norm"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2008.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 {
Diagram # Diagram #} Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 {Diagram # Diagram #} (8...
Qc8 9. Ng5 {is probably the same thing}) 9. Ng5 {
taking the Pawn only leads to an even position.} (9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11.
O-O Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Qe2 $11) 9... Ke7 $2 (9... Nd8 $1 10. O-O Be7 11. e5 {
Diagram # Diagram #} Nh6 (11... Bxg5 12. Bxg5 dxe5 13. Rfd1 Qc6 14. Rac1 {
Diagram # Diagram #} a6 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Qxe6+ Kf8) 12. exd6 Bxd6
13. Nge4 {Diagram # Diagram #} Nhf7 {Black may actually survive} (13... O-O 14.
Bxh6 gxh6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 $16)) 10. O-O {Diagram # Diagram #} h6 (10...
Re8 11. f4 (11. Qxb7 Rb8) 11... h6 12. Nf3 Kf7 13. Qxb7 Nf6 14. Qa6 $18) 11.
Nxe6 $1 Na5 (11... Qxe6 12. Qxb7 Rc8 13. Qxc6 {Diagram # Diagram #} Kf7 14. Re1
Ne7 15. Qb7 g6 16. Nb5 d5 17. Nxc7 Qd7 $18) 12. Nd5+ $1 {Diagram #} Kxe6 $4 (
12... Kf7 13. Qf3+ Nf6 14. Nexc7 Rc8 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Nd5 $18) 13. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Northrop-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.09.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aubry, Brian"]
[Black "Balicki, Jeff"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c5 6. Nb3 d5 7. f3 Bxf5 8. fxe4
Nxe4 9. Qf3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qh4+ 11. Kd1 Nd7 12. Qe3+ Be7 13. Bb5 Bg4+ 14. Be2
O-O 15. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Knights-Northrop"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.09.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karandikar, Shekhar"]
[Black "Siegel, Ross"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. c5 Re8 11. Nb5 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Re7 14. Bf4 Rd7
15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 a6 17. Nd6 Bc7 18. Rfd1 a5 19. b5 Ne7 20. Ne5 Bxd6 21. Nxd7
Bxf4 22. Nb6 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qc7+ 24. Qe5 Qxe5+ 25. dxe5 Rb8 26. Rd6 Kh7 27.
Rad1 g5 28. Rd8 Kg7 29. Re8 Nd5 30. Nxd5 (30. Nxc8 Nc7 31. Red8) 30... exd5 31.
Rxd5 Be6 32. Rdd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8 a4 34. c6 bxc6 35. b6 Bd5 36. b7 1-0

[Event "Northrop-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.09.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soleski, Andy"]
[Black "Chernosskiy, Georgiy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. e5 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Qd3
Ba5 15. a3 Bb6 16. Ne2 h6 17. g4 Nfe7 18. g5 h5 19. Kh1 g6 20. Rg1 Nf5 21. h4
Na5 22. Ng3 Nxg3+ 23. Bxg3 Nc4 24. b4 Qa4 25. Rc3 Nb2 26. Qd2 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Nc4
28. Ra1 Qc6 29. Bf4 Rc8 30. Qb3 Ba7 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Qd3 Nb2 33. Qb3 Qc3 34.
Qxc3 Rxc3 35. Be3 Nc4 36. Rc1 Rxa3 37. Bf4 Rb3 38. Rc2 Rxb4 39. Nd2 Nxd2 40.
Bxd2 Rxd4 41. Be3 Rg4+ 42. Kf3 Bxe3 43. fxe3 b5 44. Rc7 Rxh4 45. Ra7 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Knights-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Black "Melnikov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 b6 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 c6
9. Nh4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nf5 Bb4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Bh3 Kh8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Qh5 Rg8 16. Nh6 Rg5 17. Nxf7+ Kg8 18. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Kings-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wallach, Cliff"]
[Black "Morris, Rob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 O-O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nxe5 Bxe2
8. Qxe2 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qxg2 10. Rf1 Qxh2 11. Bxa7 Nh6 12. Nd2 Qf4 13. Qe3 Qxe3+
14. Bxe3 Ng4 15. Nc4 Re8 16. Bd4 Nh2 17. O-O-O Nxf1 18. Rxf1 b5 19. Na5 c5 20.
Be3 Kc7 21. Rd1 Be7 22. a3 Rd8 23. Rg1 g5 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Rdg8 26. Rd1 Bg5
27. Bxg5 Rxg5 28. Rd5 Rg1+ 29. Kd2 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Nb7+ Ke7 32. Nxc5 h5
33. Ne4 Rg2+ 34. Ke3 Rxc2 35. b4 Ra2 36. Ng3 Rxa3+ 37. Kf4 Rxg3 38. Kxg3 Ke6
0-1

[Event "Knights-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Jim"]
[Black "Piparia, Jankesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. e4 e5 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Neg4 14. g3 Nxe3
15. fxe3 Bd6 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. Rac1 Be5 18. Qe2 Bh3 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb6 21.
Nf5 g6 22. Nd6 Qc7 (22... Bxd6 23. Rxf6) 23. Nc4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxe4 25. Rf4
Rae8 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Qxd2 Qe5 28. Kf2 Rd8 29. Rd4 Qf6+ 30. Ke2 Qg5 31. Rd1
Rde8 32. Rd7 Qh5+ 33. Ke1 Rb8 34. Rb1 Rfe8 35. Rdxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Qc5 37. Ke2
Qc4+ 38. Kf2 Qe6 (38... Re6 {idea Rf6+,Qf1#}) 39. Rxa7 Qd5 40. Qc2 {
Both sides missed recording through move 45.  Game ended move 70.} 0-1

[Event "Kings-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cygan, Joe"]
[Black "Balicki, Jeff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. c3 Ne7 14. a3 Rc8
15. Qb3 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qb6 18. Rab1 Rc5 19. Qd3 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Be7
21. Nh2 Rc4 22. Ng4 Qc6 23. f3 Qb6+ 24. Kh2 R4c6 25. Ne3 Bf8 26. Nd5 Qd8 27.
Qe3 b5 28. Nb4 Rb6 29. Nd3 Qc7 30. Nb4 Qd8 31. Rd3 Rc5 32. Qxc5 dxc5 33. Rxd8
cxb4 34. axb4 g6 35. Ra1 Kg7 36. Ra8 Rd6 37. R8xa6 Rd2 38. Rb1 Be7 39. Rb6 Bg5
40. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Knights-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karandikar, Shekhar"]
[Black "Goncharoff, Nik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 h6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. a3
Nbd7 9. e4 O-O 10. b4 a6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Bc2 Nf8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 f5 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. O-O Nd5 17. Re1 Nf6 18. h3 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf6 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Bb2 b6
22. Qe2 Bd7 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Ne5 b5 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nd6 Qd8 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28.
d5 Bxb2 29. Qxb2 Qg6 30. Rg4 Qf7 31. dxe6 Bxe6 32. Bxe6 Nxe6 33. Rd3 Rd8 34.
Rf3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qc7+ 36. g3 Ng5 37. Qb3+ Kh7 38. Qxd1 Nxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Kg8 40.
Qe3 Kh8 41. Re4 Qd7 42. Re8+ Qxe8 (42... Kh7 43. Qe4+ g6 44. Re7+) 43. Qxe8+
Kh7 44. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Kings-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Joshi"]
[Black "Georgiy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Bg4 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nd5 f5 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Bg5
fxe4 15. Bc4+ Bf7 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Rxe4 {Black won move 49} 0-1

[Event "Knights-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Babinec, Joe"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Qxc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qf3 Nf6
8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qxe4+ 10. Qxe4+ Nxe4 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bh6 Rg6 13. Be3 d5
14. O-O-O c6 15. f3 Nd6 16. Bc5 b6 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Bxd6+ Rxd6 19. Bd3 h6 20.
Re5 Re6 21. Rhe1 Kg7 22. Kd2 Bd7 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 24. Re5 Rg8 25. g3 f6 26. Rxe6
Kf7 27. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Excaliburs-Kings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lee, David"]
[Black "Wallach, Cliff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. Nf5 dxe4 14. dxe4 Ne7 15.
g4 Ng6 16. Ng5 c5 17. a4 c4 18. b3 Qc7 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. h4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4
22. f3 Qa5 23. Qxc4 Bd5 (23... Rac8 24. Qxf7+) 24. Qd3 Rac8 25. Kf2 Rxc3 26.
exd5 Rxd3 {idea Qd2+-xd3} 0-1

[Event "Knights-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piparia, Jankesh"]
[Black "Bronfeld, Asher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2 Qxd5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 O-O-O
8. Qa4 a6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 e5 11. c4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. dxe5 Nxc4 14. b3
Nb6 (14... Ncxe5 $2 15. h3) 15. h3 Nxe5 $2 16. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Kings-Excaliburs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goncharoff, Nik"]
[Black "Weitz, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bb5 Bg7 8. d3
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Re8 11. Ng5 d5 12. Nxe6 Rxe6 13. Bg5 d4 14. Ne2 h6 15.
Bh4 Qd6 16. c4 c5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bh2 Nf4 19. Qd2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Rf8 21. f4 f5
22. exf5 Rxf5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rfxe5 25. Qf2 Rf5 26. Qh4 Rh5 27. Qf4 Qe7
28. b4 Kg7 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxd4+ Rce5 31. Rae1 Kh7 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rf7+
Qxf7 34. Qxe5 {Black somehow played Qxa3 and White was allowed a perpetual ? 
Kg8,Qf8  seems to block} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UOP-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Siwek, Mark"]
[Black "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Qd6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Ndxe5 13. Bb5 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "UOP-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leong, Gee"]
[Black "Thomson, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. h3 Nc6 7. d3 O-O 8. Be3
Rb8 9. Qd2 Re8 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nf3 b5 13. Bd3 a5 14. a3 b4 15. Ne2
bxa3 16. bxa3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 Nxe5 20. Rab1 Bb5 21. Rfe1
Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bxe2 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Rxe2 Nc4 25. Be1 f5 26. g3 Rb1 27. Kg2 Ra1
28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 Kf7 30. Rxc4 Rxe1 31. f4 Re6 32. Rc5 Ra6 33. a4 Ke6 34.
Kf3 Kd6 35. Rb5 Bc3 36. Ke4 Rc6 37. Rd5+ Ke6 38. Rb5 Bb4 39. Rb8 Rc4+ 40. Kd3
Rc6 41. Kd4 Rxc2 42. g4 Rh2 43. Rb6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Knights-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balicki, Jeff"]
[Black "Lechnick, Jay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qd1
Nc6 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Nf3 c4 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15.
Nf4 Rag8 16. Qd2 Kd8 17. Qe2 Kc8 18. Nd2 Ne7 19. b3 Bb5 20. a4 cxb3 21. Qxb5
bxc2 22. Qb2 h5 23. Rfc1 g5 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. a5 Nd7 26. c4 dxc4 27. Nxc4 f6 28.
Rxc2 fxe5 29. dxe5 Kd8 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Qa3+ Kf7 32. Nd6+ Kg6 33. Qa2 Nf8 34. a6
Qa5 35. Qb1 Qxa6 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. Nb4+ Kh6 38. Nxc6 bxc6 39. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Knights-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Duong, Richard"]
[Black "Micklich, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. O-O
e5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. h3 Nd7 13. Nh2 Nf4 14. Ng4 Nf6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rc1 Qg6 17. Bd3 f5 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bh2 f4 20. Qe1 a6 21. b4 Nf6
22. c5 h5 23. Kf2 g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Ke2 gxf3+ 26. gxf3 Qh6 27. Qf2 Nh5 28.
Rg1 Rf6 29. Kd1 Bd7 30. Kc2 Raf8 31. cxd6 cxd6 32. Rh1 Rg6 33. Rcg1 Rxg1 34.
Bxg1 Qg6 35. Qh4 Nf6 {White flagged} 0-1

[Event "Knights-UOP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Campbell, Doug"]
[Black "Olsen, Art"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "Friske,Tom"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. Nc3 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 e5 8.
Be2 e4 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. Qd2 a5 13. a3 Be7 14. Bg5 Rd8
(14... Qa6 {idea b5-4}) 15. f3 h6 16. Be3 Bd6 17. f4 Qa6 18. Qe2 Qa8 19. Nb5
Na7 20. h3 O-O 21. g4 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Ne8 24. Bd2 a4 25. Bb4 Nc7
26. Qb6 Ne6 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rdf1 Qc8 29. Qb4 Qc6 30. h4 Rc8 31. c3 Qa6 32.
Rd1 Nf4 33. Rh2 Nd3+ 34. Rxd3 Qxd3 35. Qxa4 e3 36. Qd1 Qe4 37. Qe2 Qxd4 38. Rh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Knights-Skewers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fridman, Yuri"]
[Black "Levenson, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rc4 Qd8
15. fxe5 Nxg4 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Rg1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Qf6
21. Re4 Rac8 22. Qe2 g6 23. Kb1 Rfd8 24. h4 Kf8 25. Rf1 Qg7 26. h5 Re8 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Re1 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qf6 30. a4 Rc7 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Rh1 Bf8 33. Qe2 Qf5
34. Qg2 Kg8 35. Qh3 Bg7 36. Ka2 Qe5 37. c3 Qe2 38. Rh2 Qe5 39. Rd2 Qd6 40. Re2
b5 41. Re8+ Bf8 42. axb5 axb5 43. Ra8 Qe5 44. Qd3 Rb7 45. d6 Rd7 46. Qxg6+ Qg7
47. Qf5 Rxd6 48. Qxb5 Rd2 49. Qe8 Rf2 50. Ra7 Rf5 51. Be6 Rf2 52. Bd5 Qg6 53.
Ra8 Qh6 54. Qe5 Qg7 55. Qd6 Rf6 56. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Skewers-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Granata, Mike"]
[Black "Thomson, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 b6 3. Bc4 e6 4. bxc5 bxc5 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Qe2 Ne7 7. f4 g6 8. Rb1
Bc6 9. f5 Bg7 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Qf3 Nf5 12. Nge2 O-O 13. Qg4 Nd6 14. Bb3 Qf6
15. d3 Qf2+ 16. Kd1 Qf1+ 17. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 18. Kd2 Bh6+ 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. Ke1 Rxg4
21. Bxh6 0-1

[Event "Skewers-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bialon, Darek"]
[Black "Augsburger, Len"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 a6 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Rab1 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Rc2
Rfc8 21. Rbc1 b5 22. a3 Qe7 23. Qd3 h6 24. g3 Qb7 25. Kg2 a5 26. Kg1 R8c7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Knights-Walgreens"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karandikar, Shekhar"]
[Black "Ansari, Naseer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. f4 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nf5 8. Be2 Nh4
9. O-O Nxf3+ 10. Rxf3 Be7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. a3 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Bc5 16. Rc3 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 O-O 18. Rd1 b6 19. Bb5 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Bf1
Qg4 22. h3 Qe6 23. Rc6 Qe8 24. Nc7 Qe7 25. Nxa8 Bb7 26. Rc7 Bxa8 27. Qxd7 Qe8
28. Bc4 g5 29. Qxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Skewers-Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaczynski, Woody"]
[Black "Cherkossky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 a6 5. Nxd4 Ne5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 d6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. O-O-O
Bg5 15. Rhe1 Re8 16. g3 Bxe3+ 17. fxe3 Qg5 18. Qf4 Re5 19. Qxg5 Rxg5 20. g4 Re8
21. Ba4 Re7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. c4 Re7 24. Kd2 h5 25. Rg1 Re4 26. Kd3 Ree5 27. e4
hxg4 28. hxg4 Rg6 29. Ke3 Reg5 30. Kf4 a5 31. Rd3 Re5 32. Rh3 Rf6+ 33. Ke3 Rh6
34. Rgh1 Rxh3+ 35. Rxh3 g6 36. Rg3 Kg7 37. g5 Re8 38. Kd4 b6 39. b4 f6 40.
gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rf3+ Kg7 42. Ra3 g5 43. Ra4 g4 44. Ra3 Kf6 45. Rg3 Kg5 46. Ke3
Rf8 47. a3 Kh4 48. Rg1 Rf3+ 49. Ke2 Rxa3 50. c5 Ra4 0-1

