[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "Motorola"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fridman, Y."]
[Black "Franklin, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Rogue Squadron"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Na4 Be7 11. c4 d6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. b3 Rb8 15.
c5 Rd8 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Qc2 Ne5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Qe2 f6 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bc5 Bd7
22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Nc5 e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Kh1 Rb6 26. h3 Nb5 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28.
Qf7 Nd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Ne6 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "Motorola"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Brock, William"]
[Black "Morris, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Brock,Bill"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Rogue Squadron`"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Knights"]  

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Na4 (12. Qc2 $142 {(setting up future cheapos on h7)} Ndb4 (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Ne5 $14) (12... Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Bf4 $14) 13. Qb1 {and there’s no way to deflect the Nf3 from the Bd2} e5 {is refuted by} 14. a3 $16) 12... e5 13. Rxc6 $5 $44 bxc6 14. Nxe5 Qc7 15. Nd3 ({I should have looked at} 15. Nxc6 $6 Qxc6 16. Bg5 $1 {(I could imagine finding this)} Bh3 $1 {(hats off to anyone who saw this coming)} 17. Bxd5 Qe8 18. Bxe7 (18. Bxa8 $4 Qxa8 $19) 18... Qxe7 19. Re1 (19. Bxa8 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rxa8) 19... Rab8) 15... Ba6 16. Nac5 Bxd3 (16... Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Qb6 18. Nd7 (18. Nxa6 Qxa6 19. a3 Rfe8) 18... Qxb2 19. Nxf8 Rxf8) 17. Nxd3 Rad8 (17... Rfd8 18. Qc2 a5 {is one way to get both rooks in play.}) 18. Qc2 Qb6 (18... Rfe8 19. Rc1 Bf6 20. Bf3 Qb6 {and with rooks on both open files, Black has counterplay.}) 19. Rc1 Nb4 ({I did not even consider Black’s best move:} 19... Bb4 $1 20. Bg5 (20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. a3 Qa5 23. Qxc6 Rd2 {and White is playing for the draw.}) 20... Be7 $1 $11 {Black’s up material, and the weak c6 pawn protects a strong knight.  So how could White hope for more then equality if he loses the two bishops?} 21. Bd2 {and offer a draw seems best.}) 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 21. Bg5 f6 (21... Rd6 $4 22. a3 $1 $18 ({As Morris pointed out, the immediate} 22. Be7 $4 {is immediately refuted by} Rd2)) (21... Rc8 $1 22. a3 Bd6 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Bd2 Qe5 25. Be3 a5) 22. Be3 Qa5 23. a3 $16 Bd2 $4 (23... Bd6 24. Bxc6 (24. Be4 $1 Kh8 (24... h6 $6 25. Bd3 {is asking for trouble on the light squares.}) 25. b4 Qxa3 26. Bxh7 Rfe8 $1 (26... Qxb4 $2 27. Qf5) 27. Bd3 (27. Qf5 $2 Rxe3 $1) 27... Re7 $1 28. Rb1 (28. Qxc6 $2 Rc7 29. Qe4 Rxc1+ 30. Kg2 Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qf5 Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kh8 $11 (33... Kf8 $2 34. Bxc1 Qxc1 35. Bc4 Rd7 36. Qxd7 Qxc4 37. Qxd6+ $18)) 28... Bxb4 29. Qxc6 { with good attacking chances.}) 24... Kh8 25. Be4 f5 26. Bg2 f4 $14) 24. b4 Bxb4 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. axb4 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "Motorola"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Thomson, J."]
[Black "Eaman, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Rogue Squadron"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. d4 e6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Nxd5
Bf6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qb4 Qd5 17. Rfc1 Qe4 18. Qd2 Bd5 19. b3 Qg6 20. Bg3 Ne4
21. Qf4 f6 22. Rc7 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Rc1 g5 25. Qc7 Rf8 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27.
Kf1 Rd7 28. Ke2 f5 29. Be5 Kf7 30. Ne1 g4 31. f3 Ng5 32. Rc3 Ke6 33. Bf4 Nf7
34. Ke3 Re7 35. Rc7 Re8 36. Nd3 a6 37. Nc5+ Kf6+ 38. Kd2 gxf3 39. gxf3 Bxf3 40.
Nd7+ Kg6 41. Ne5+ Nxe5 42. Bxe5 Be4 43. Ra7 Rg8 44. Rxa6+ Kh5 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "Motorola"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Frank, M."]
[Black "Balicki, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Rogue Squadron"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Bxf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Qd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 O-O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. a3 g5 11. h3 Bg7 12. b4 e5 13. Be3 g4 14. hxg4 Qxg4 15.
Rad1 Nf6 16. Bc1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Qf5+ Kb8 19. Qxg4 Nfxg4 20. Ne6 Rd7 21.
Bb2 Nc4 22. Ba1 Nxa3 23. Nxg7 Nxc2 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Nxe8 Nxa1 26. Rxa1 Re7 27.
f3 Rxe8 28. fxg4 c6 29. Rf1 Re6 30. Kh2 Kc7 31. Kg3 d5 32. Rf7+ Kb6 33. Rf4 Ka6
34. Kf3 b6 35. Rf5 b5 36. g5 hxg5 37. Rxg5 Kb6 38. g4 a5 39. bxa5+ Kxa5 40. Rg8
Kb4 41. Ne2 Kc4 42. g5 Kd3 43. Nf4+ Kc2 44. Nxe6 b4 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "Motorola"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Cherkassky, G."]
[Black "Persons, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Rogue Squadron"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. b4 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7
9. Bb2 Re8 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bb3 Nd5 13. Ne4 e5 14. Nd6 Re7 15. e4
N5b6 16. dxe5 Kf8 17. Rc1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc6 Be6 21.
Bxe6 Rxe6 22. f4 Nc4 23. e5 Ne3 24. Qb3 Nxf1 25. Kxf1 Qd7 26. Qc3 f6 27. Rc7
Qd8 28. Rxh7 fxe5 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qc7+ Rd7 32. Nc8+ Ke8 33. Qc5
exf4 34. Qxb5 Kd8 35. Nxa7 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 Red6 38. Nc6+ Kc7 39. Ne5
g5 40. Qc5+ Kd8 41. Nf7+ Kd7 42. Nxd6 Rxd6 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "Motorola"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Acevedo, U."]
[Black "Duong, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1563"]
[BlackElo "1516"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Rogue Squadron"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. c3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
b5 9. Ng3 b4 10. O-O a5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Rfc1
Ng4 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rf1 Rac8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Bc4 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5
22. a3 Qc4 23. Nd2 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 a4 25. Nc1 b3 26. Nd3 Nd7 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Rc8 29. Ne2 Rxc1+ 30. Nexc1 f5 31. f3 fxe4 32. fxe4 Nc8 33. Ne2 Ncb6 34.
Nc3 Nc4 35. Bc1 Ndb6 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke2 Bf6 38. g3 h5 39. Nf2 g5 40. Kd3 Kg6
41. Nxa4 Nxa4 42. Kxc4 Nc5 43. Be3 Be7 44. Bxc5 dxc5 45. Kxb3 Kf6 46. Kc4 Bd6
47. Nd3 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Nxc5 Be7 50. Nb7 Kf7 51. Kd3 Ke8 52. b4 Bg5 53.
Ke2 Kd7 54. Nc5+ Kd6 55. Nd3 Bh6 56. a4 Bf8 57. Nf2 Kc7 58. b5 Kb6 59. Nxg4 Ka5
60. Kd3 Kxa4 61. Kc4 Ka5 62. Nxe5 Bd6 63. Kd4 Kxb5 64. g4 Be7 65. Ng6 Bg5 66.
e5 Kb6 67. e6 Kc7 68. Ke5 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "Motorola"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Duffy, J."]
[Black "Babinec, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1321"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Rogue Squadron"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 e6 7. Nc3 c5 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Bxd4 N8d7 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O f6 14. Nb5 fxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 a6 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nd7 20. b4 Nf6
21. c5 Bd7 22. Bf3 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. a3 Re8 25. Re1 Kf7 26. h3 h5 27. Kf2
Nd5 28. Kf3 g5 29. g3 Kf6 30. Re4 e5 31. a4 Nc3 32. Re1 e4+ 33. Ke3 Nd5+ 34.
Kd4 e3 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Nb4 37. Kc3 Re4 38. b6 Ke6 39. b7 Na6 40. b8=Q Nxb8
41. Bxb8 Kd5 42. Bd6 e2 43. Kd3 Re6 44. Rxe2 Rxe2 45. Kxe2 Ke4 46. Be7 g4 47.
h4 Kd4 48. Kd2 Ke4 49. Kc3 Kd5 50. Kb4 Ke6 51. Bd6 Kd5 52. Ka5 Ke6 53. Kb6 Kd7
54. Kb7 Kd8 55. Kxc6 Kc8 56. Kb6 Kd7 57. c6+ 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "DGCC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Melnikov, Igor"]
[Black "Dixon, Jeff S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]
[BlackTeam "DGCC"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. c4 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. Nxd5 (8. 
cxd5 ) Nxd5 9. Qxd5 d6 10. 0-0 Qb6 $5 (10... Nc6 $1 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Qxd6 Bxc4 ) 
11. Rd1 (11. Bf4 ) Nc6 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf3 (13. Ne4 ) Be6 14. Qd3 d5 $6 (14... Rad8 
) 15. cxd5 Nb4 $2 (15... Bxd5 16. Bxh6 Bxf3 17. Bxg7 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Kxg7 $11 ) 16. 
Qb1 $2 ({I overlooked}16. Qc4 $16 $1 ) (16. Qb3 $2 Nxd5 17. Qxb6 axb6 $15 ) Nxd5 
17. e4 Nb4 18. a3 Bb3 (18... Rad8 19. Bxh6 (19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. axb4 
Qxb4 $17 ) Bxh6 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Rxa7 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qxb2 $17 ) 19. Rd2 Nc6 20. 
Rd6 Rad8 21. e5 Qc7 (21... Bxe5 ) 22. Nd2 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nxb3 
Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Qxb3 27. Qa2 c4 (27... Qd5+ ) 28. a4 $6 (28. Qxb3 cxb3 $17 ) Rb8 $1 
29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Ra3 (30. Ra2 c3 ) Rxa3 31. bxa3 Kf8 $19 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. Ke4 f5+ 
34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Bd2 Kd5 36. Ba5 Bd4+ 37. Kd2 (37. Ke2 Bb2 ) Bxf2 {White resigned} 
 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "DGCC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Egerton, J."]
[Black "Aitipamula, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DGCC"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nbd2 c6 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 Ne4 12. Rfe1 e5 13. Bh2 exd4 14. exd4
a5 15. a4 b6 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bb7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Bd3 f6 20. h4 Kf7 21.
h5 Bh6 22. hxg6+ hxg6 23. Nh4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 f5 25. Bd6 Bg5 26. Nf3 Bf6 27.
Ne5+ Nxe5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "DGCC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Wallach"]
[Black "Tan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]
[BlackTeam "DGCC"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 f5 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. f4 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. h3 Be8 15.
g4 Ne4 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. c5 b6 18. Na2 bxc5 19. Nxb4 cxb4 20. Bxa6 Rc7 21. Rfc1
g5 22. Qh2 fxg4 23. hxg4 gxf4 24. exf4 Rg7 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Rg1 Qxf4 27. Raf1
Qxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Ra7 29. Bd3 Rxa4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Ng5 Ra2 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.
Rg2 Ke7 34. Nxe4 Bg6 35. Nc5 Ra1 36. Re2 Bf7 37. Kg3 Rf1 38. Re4 Rd1 39. b3 Kd6
40. Nb7+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "DGCC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Parmet, Daniel"]
[Black "Piparia, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "Parmet,Daniel"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DGCC"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]

1. d4 ({Ironically this KID can be reached via Sicilian move order as well!} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. O-O O-O) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7.
O-O (7. d5) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 {so I have had this position three
times in correspondence. It is quite difficult for white to win. Even though
White is obviously slightly better, black has no weaknesses and can just sit
passively. However, to reach this position I had not even used a minute on my
clock while my opponent had used nearly 30 minutes in the next two moves.} Bd7
10. f4 Rc8 11. Nxc6 (11. Rc1) (11. Qd2) (11. Kh1) (11. a3) (11. h3) 11... Bxc6
12. Bf3 a6 13. Qc2 (13. Qe2) (13. Rc1) 13... b5 $2 {I spent 36 minutes
calculating here} 14. e5 $3 (14. cxb5 axb5 15. Qb3 Nd7 16. Nxb5 Nc5 17. Qc4 $11
) (14. c5 b4 (14... dxc5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Rad1 Qc8 $11 18. Nd5 (18.
a4)) 15. Ne2 Qd7 $15) 14... Ne8 $6 (14... dxe5 $142 $8 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxc6 (
16. e6 fxe6 17. Bxc6 (17. Bg4 Qc7 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. cxb5 Qe5 20. Bf2 axb5 21.
Rae1 $11) 17... Rxc6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qe4) 16... Rxc6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rad1
Bxe5 19. Qd3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rd6 21. Qxb5 $11) (14... Nd7 15. e6 (15. exd6) (15.
Bxc6 Rxc6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Qe4 $142 $1 (17. Qb3 dxe5 18. Qxb5 Rd6 19. f5 Qa8
$1 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Rad1) 17... Rc4 18. Qd5 $3 Qa8 19. Rad1 (19. Qxb5 Rc7 20.
a4 Rb7 21. Qe2 dxe5 22. a5 Rfb8 23. Ra2 exf4 24. a6 fxe3 25. axb7 Qxb7 26. Qxe3
$11) 19... Qxd5 20. Nxd5 Re8 21. b3 Rc6 22. exd6 exd6 23. f5 Be5 24. Bh6 $14)
15... Nb6 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Qb3) 15. Bxc6 (15. c5
$5 {this line is why I didn't play c5} Bxf3 $8 (15... b4 $2 16. Bxc6 bxc3 $8 (
16... Rxc6 $2 17. Nd5 $18) 17. Bb7 Rb8 18. c6 dxe5 19. bxc3 exf4 20. Ba7 $16)
16. Rxf3 b4 17. Nd5 dxe5 18. Nxb4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Bh6 20. Re4 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Qd4
22. Qc3 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxe7 $11) 15... Rxc6 16. cxb5 (16. c5 $5 dxe5
17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Nd5 Qe6 19. f5 (19. fxe5 Bxe5 $11) 19... gxf5 $13) 16... axb5
17. Qe4 (17. a4 $142 $3 $16) 17... Rc4 18. Qd5 $4 $17 {with this move, I give
away my advantage AND enter a nearly lost position!} (18. Qd3 $142 Nc7 19. Nxb5
Rb4 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Qd2 $14) (18. Qb7 $4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nc7 20. Bb6 Bxe5 $19 {
My opponent claimed I was winning here and I told him he was nuts. Black is
winning.}) 18... Nc7 19. Qf3 (19. Qb7 $2 dxe5 20. Rad1 (20. Bb6 exf4 21. Bxc7
Rxc7 22. Qxb5 Qb8 $19) 20... Qa8 $19) 19... dxe5 {I would have played f5 here
except I miscalculated in the line of Bb6 here.} 20. Bb6 $6 (20. f5 $142 Qa8
21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Qf2 Qc6 $19) 20... Qb8 21. Bxc7 Qxc7 {here originally I
thought I could play Nxb5 except it losses a piece!} (21... Rxc7 22. fxe5 Bxe5
23. Nd5 Rd7 24. Rad1 Kg7 25. Kh1 e6 26. Nb4 Rxd1) 22. f5 (22. Nxb5 $4 Qc5+ 23.
Kh1 Qxb5) 22... Qc5+ (22... gxf5 $142 23. Qxf5 e6 24. Qf3 b4 $19) 23. Kh1 Rf4
24. Qd3 Qc4 $2 (24... b4 $142) (24... gxf5 $142) 25. Qxc4 bxc4 $6 {I had
absolutely no time at this point... less than 10 minutes for 20 moves.} (25...
Rxc4 $142 26. Nxb5 e4 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nc3 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. a4 Ra8 31.
Rfb1 Ra5 32. Rb4 e3 $19) 26. Rxf4 $4 ({I should have played this way just to
keep the bishop out of the game.} 26. a4 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 e4 28. a5 Rb8 29. a6
gxf5 30. g3 Bd4 $1 (30... e6 31. a7 Ra8 32. Ra1 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Kf8 34. Kg2 Ke7
$19) 31. Rxf5 e5 32. a7 Ra8 33. Nxe4 Rxa7 34. Nd6 Rc7 35. Nb5 Rb7 $19) 26...
exf4 27. a4 Bxc3 28. bxc3 gxf5 29. Kg1 (29. Re1 $142 e6 30. Rb1 e5 31. Kg1 Ra8
32. Rb4 e4 33. Rxc4 Kg7 34. Rb4 Ra5 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke2) 29... e5 {I am not
convinced with proper play that this endgame is lost... but it is diffcult to
play and with no time - certainly can't be held.} 30. a5 (30. Rb1 Rd8 $1 (30...
Ra8 31. Rb4 Rc8 32. Rb5 f6 33. Rb6 Kf7 34. a5 Rd8 35. a6 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ $13)
31. Rb4 Kg7 32. Rxc4 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 e4 $19) 30... Ra8 31. Kf2 $4 {and now its a
simple win.} (31. a6 $8 Ra7 $8 32. Ra5 f6 $8 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. g3 fxg3+ 35. hxg3
Ke6 36. Ra4 Ke7 $13) 31... Ra6 32. Ra4 Kg7 33. Ke2 e4 34. g3 fxg3 35. hxg3 Kf6
36. Ke3 Ke5 37. Ra1 h5 38. Ra3 h4 39. gxh4 f4+ 40. Ke2 f3+ 41. Ke3 f5 42. Ra4
f4+ 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. h5 Kg4 45. h6 e3+ {My opponent rudely says, "I think I
will make 3 queens."} 46. Kg1 f2+ 47. Kg2 f3+ 48. Kf1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "DGCC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Cygan"]
[Black "Potts"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "Klug,Steffen"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]
[BlackTeam "DGCC"]

1. e4 b5 2. d4 a6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 h6 8. O-O
d6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. b4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bb2 c5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. d5 exd5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rad1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg5+
21. Kh1 Nf6 22. Rg1 Rfe8 $2 23. Rxg5 Rxe2 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxe2 a5 26. Bc4
Rb8 27. Rc1 Rb2 28. Kg1 Nd7 29. f4 Nb6 30. Kg2 Rb4 31. Be2 Nd5 32. Rxc5 Nxf4+
33. Kf3 Nxe2 34. Kxe2 Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Rxa2 36. h3 Kg6 37. Kg3 Ra3+ 38. Kg2 f5 39.
Rb5 Kg5 40. Rb6 h5 41. Rb5 h4 42. Rc5 Ra1 43. Rb5 a4 44. Rb4 a3 45. Rb3 a2 46.
Kf3 $4 (46. Ra3 {only move} Kf4 47. Ra4+ Ke5 48. Ra5+ Kd4 49. Rxf5) 46... Rb1
0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "DGCC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Wakerly, Ralph"]
[Black "Goncharoff, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1523"]
[Annotator "Fritz 12 (30m)"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DGCC"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]

{B24: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3 sidelines
} 1. e4 c5 (1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 $11
) 2. Nc3 e6 {Covers d5} 3. g3 (3. Nf3 Nc6 $14) 3... Nc6 $14 (3... d5 4. exd5
exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 {is a better line for black with about an equal game. Now
white can stop d5 for the time being with Bg2.}) 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. f4 Be7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O a6 {Consolidates b5} 9. h3 {
Prevents Ng4 to allow for Be3 and later supports a g4 push.} 9... h6 {
Unnecessarily weakening the k-side and giving white help in opening lines
there with a later pawn push.} 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qd2 Nh7 {This isnt a bad idea,
preparing f5 which slows down white on the k-side, but based on black's 12th
move, that wasnt his plan.} (11... Qc7 12. d4 $11) 12. g4 {
preparing to meet ...f5 with g5.} (12. e5 d5 13. d4 b6 $14) 12... Bf6 $6 (12...
Nf6 13. d4 $11) (12... f5 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Ne5 15. h4 {
with advantage to white}) 13. Qf2 {Prevents Nd4 and prepares h4} 13... b5 14.
h4 (14. e5 $142 $5 {According to Fritz this is the best option White has} 14...
dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxc5 $14) 14... b4 $15 {
Black threatens to win material: b4xc3} 15. Nd1 Bb7 (15... e5 $142 {
is a viable option} 16. Qg3 (16. f5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 d5
20. cxd4 dxe4 21. dxe4 exd4 22. e5 Be7 $15) 16... Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 (17... exd4
$143 18. g5 $14) 18. fxe5 dxe5 $17) 16. g5 $14 hxg5 17. hxg5 Bd4 $6 {
seems to drop a pawn for nothing in all variations} 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4
(19... e5 20. Be3 exf4 21. Qxf4 Ne5 22. d4) 20. Qxd4 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Qxe5
(22. Qxd8 Rbxd8 23. g6 fxg6 $16) 22... Qxg5 (22... Rc8 $142 $5 $14 {
deserves consideration}) 23. Qxg5 $18 {
Appears to be the safest way to a win with the extra pawn and better position}
(23. Rf5 {may lead to a strong attack for white, eg} 23... Qd2 24. Rf2 Qe1+ 25.
Rf1 Qd2 26. Qd4 Qxc2 27. Ne3 Qc7 28. Nf5 {etc}) 23... Nxg5 {
black offered a draw here} 24. Ne3 g6 {
keeps the knight out of f5 but creates holes on f6 and h6.} (24... Ne6 25. Rf2
$18) 25. Rf4 Kg7 26. Rg4 Ne6 (26... f6 27. Kf2 $18) 27. Rf1 (27. e5 Bxg2 28.
Nf5+ Kh7 29. Kxg2 g5 30. Rh1+ Kg6 31. Ne7+ Kg7 $18) 27... Nd4 28. Rf2 ({
Fritz likes this best:} 28. e5 Rfd8 (28... Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rbd8 30. Rgf4 Rd7 31.
R1f2 Re8 32. Nc4 {is good for white}) 29. Bxb7 Rxb7 $18) 28... f6 {
looks suspicous weakening g6} 29. c3 (29. Rgf4 g5 30. Rg4 Bc8 31. Rg3 {
isnt as good for white as c3}) 29... bxc3 30. bxc3 Bc8 (30... Ne6 31. d4 $16)
31. Rg3 (31. cxd4 {better is} 31... Bxg4 32. Nxg4 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1 $18 {
with two pieces for the rook}) 31... Nb5 (31... Rb1+ $5 32. Bf1 Nb5 $16) 32.
Nd5 $18 Be6 (32... Bd7 33. Bh3 Be8 34. Be6 $18) 33. Nf4 Bf7 (33... Kf7 34. Nxg6
Rg8 35. Ne5+ Ke8 36. Rxg8+ Bxg8 37. Rxf6 Nxc3 $18) 34. Nh5+ Kh6 35. Nxf6 Kg7 (
35... Be6 {what else?} 36. d4 Nc7 $18 {and white is easily winning also}) (
35... Nxc3 36. Rh3+ Kg7 (36... Kg5 37. Nh7+ Kg4 38. Kh2 Nd1 39. Rf6 Rb2 40.
Nxf8 {etc}) 37. Rh7#) 36. Nd7 Nxc3 37. Nxf8 Rxf8 38. Rgf3 {
freezing black's rook and bishop} 38... Nb5 (38... Nd1 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} 39. Rc2 Be6 40. Rc7+ Rf7 41. Rfxf7+
Bxf7 42. d4 $18) (38... Nxa2 39. e5 Nb4 40. d4 Nc6 41. e6 Bxe6 42. Rxf8 Nxd4
43. Ra8) 39. Bh3 Nd4 40. Rf6 a5 (40... Ne2+ {praying for a miracle} 41. Kg2 Nc1
$18) 41. e5 a4 (41... g5 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 42. Bd7 $18)
42. e6 Nxe6 43. Bxe6 Bxe6 44. Rxf8 {black fights on...} 44... Bxa2 45. Ra8 Bb3
46. d4 Kh6 47. Rd2 Bd5 48. Rxa4 Bb3 49. Ra5 {White prepares d5} 49... Bf7 (
49... Bd5 {does not improve anything} 50. Rxd5 Kg7 51. Rd6 Kf7 52. Ra6 Kg7 53.
Rh2 g5 54. Rc2 g4 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. Ra8#) 50. d5 $18 Bxd5 51. Rdxd5 (51. Rdxd5
Kg7 52. Rd7+ Kf6 53. Rb7 Ke6 54. Rb6+ Kd7 55. Ra7+ Kc8 56. Rxg6 Kb8 57. Rgg7
Kc8 58. Rg8#) 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "DGCC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Rabinovich"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[Black "Klug, Steffen"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Result "0-1"]
[DisplayPlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]
[BlackTeam "DGCC"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 a6 5. Ng5 e6 6. O-O b5 7. Qf3 Ra7 8. Be2
Nc6 9. e5 Nxe5 10. Qg3 Be7 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. d4 b4 13. Nd1 e5 14. Nd2 cxd4 15.
Qb3 d5 16. c3 Nf4 17. Re1 d3 18. Bf1 e4 19. Nxe4 Ne2+ 20. Bxe2 dxe4 21. Be3 Be6
22. Qa4+ Bd7 23. Qb3 dxe2 24. Bxa7 exd1=Q 25. Raxd1 Qc7 26. Bd4 O-O 27. cxb4
Ng4 28. g3 Bf5 29. a3 Bf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qc3 Qb7 32. h3 Ne5 33. Re3 Bxh3 34.
Qd4 Nf3+ 35. Rxf3 exf3 36. Qxf6 Qb5 37. Qxf3 Be6 38. Re1 Qg5 39. b3 Rd8 40. a4
Bd5 41. Qd3 Qh5 42. f3 Qh3 43. Re8+ Rxe8 44. Qxd5
0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "CitUC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Michaelides"]
[Black "Tennant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Citadel-UC"]
[BlackTeam "Wombats"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Qd2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rd1 Nc6
15. Nb5 Qe5 16. Kf2 a6 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21.
Rxd5 Rd7 22. Rd2 Be5 23. Rhd1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8
27. Bg5 Nc6 28. Bf6 Nb4 29. a3 Nd5 30. Be5 f6 31. Bb8 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Kd3
Nb6 34. Ba7 Nd7 35. Kc4 b6 36. a4 Kd6 37. a5 Ne5+ 38. Kb3 b5 39. Kc3 Nc6 40.
Bb6 Kd5 41. Kd3 Ne5+ 42. Kc3 Nc6 1/2-1/2


[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "CitUC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Freitag"]
[Black "Mei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Wombats"]
[BlackTeam "Citadel-UC"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Bf4 Qxf4 10. Qxb7 Ng4 11. Nh3 Qxd4 12. Qxa8 Qb6 13. Bxa6 Bg7 14. O-O
Be5 15. Be2 Nxh2 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Qa3 Ng4 18. Qb3 Qa7 19. Qb4 h5 20. Rac1 Na6
21. Qa5 Ra8 22. Qxa6 Qxa6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. a3 Nf6 25. f3 h4 26. Nf2 Nh5 27.
Nfe4 Ra5 28. Nd2 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Ng3+ 30. Ke1 Ba7 31. Nde4 Nf5 32. d6 exd6 33.
Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "CitUC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Devenport"]
[Black "Weber"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Citadel-UC"]
[BlackTeam "Wombats"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Nbc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Rd1 Ne8 13. Be3 a6 14. Nc3 Qc7
15. Rac1 Bd7 16. b4 Rc8 17. c5 Bc6 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 20. Bc5 Rcd8 21.
Bb6 Rc8 22. Bc5 Rcd8 23. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "CitUC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Antonyan, E."]
[Black "Rajsky, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Citadel-UC"]
[BlackTeam "Wombats"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rac8 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Rac1
Qb8 16. b5 a5 17. Nd2 Bf8 18. f4 Nh7 19. Nd1 Qa8 20. Ne3 Re8 21. Ng4 f5 22. Nf2
e5 23. Qe3 Nhf6 24. Bh3 fxe4 25. Ndxe4 Rcd8 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28.
Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Ng4 Kf7 30. Rf1 Rd6 31. Nxh6+ Bxh6 32. Qxh6 Rh8 33. Qe3 Rxh3 34.
Qxe5 Qd8 35. Qf5 Rh6 36. Qf4 Rh7 37. Rcd1 Re6 38. d4 Rxh2 39. d5 Ree2 40. Qf3
Reg2+ 41. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Qd6 43. Rd3 Bc8 {black lost on time} 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "CitUC"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Toliver, Torrence"]
[Black "Prokowicz, Pete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.05.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Wombats"]
[BlackTeam "Citadel-UC"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Qe7 6. c3 b6 7. exf5 Bb7 8. Re1
e4 9. Bg5 O-O-O 10. dxe4 Ne5 11. Nbd2 Qc5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qa4 a5 14. Nc4 Qc5
15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Be3 Qe7 19. f3 g5 20. Nxb6+ cxb6 21.
Bxb6 g4 22. Qc4+ Bc6 23. Bxc6 dxc6 24. Qxc6+ Kb8 25. Bxd8 Qa7+ 26. Bb6 Qf7 27.
e5 Ne8 28. Rad1 Nd6 29. exd6 gxf3 30. Re8+ Qxe8 31. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "CICL Playofffs"]
[Site "ST Charles"]
[Date "2012.05.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tsyganov, I."]
[Black "Shaw, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DRW"]
[BlackTeam "SCCC"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
Bg2 a5 9. Nc3 d6 10. b3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. e4 Na6 13. b4 Bd7 14. Rb1 axb4 15.
axb4 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. O-O Rfb8 18. Rfd1 Rxb4 19. Rxb4 Nxb4 20. Qxd6 Qxd6
21. Rxd6 Re8 22. Na4 Kf8 23. Nc5 Bg4 24. Ne1 Ke7 25. Rd2 Nd7 26. Ned3 Nxd3 27.
Nxd7 Bxd7 28. Rxd3 Ra8 29. Rd1 Ra2 30. Rc1 c5 31. Kf1 Be6 32. Ke1 Kd6 33. Bf1
Kc6 34. Bd3 g5 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Bg4 37. Rc2 Ra1+ 38. Kd2 Rh1 39. Be2 Rxh4
40. Bxg4 Rxg4 41. Ke3 h5 42. Ra2 f5 43. exf5 Rxc4 44. Ra6+ Kd5 45. Rh6 Re4+ 46.
Kd2 h4 47. f3 Rf4 48. Ke3 Kc4 49. f6 Kc3 50. Rh5 Rxf6 51. Rxe5 c4 52. Rh5 Re6+
53. Kf4 Rd6 54. Kg4 Kd2 55. Rxh4 c3 56. Rh1 c2 57. f4 Rb6 58. Rc1 Rb1 59. Rxc2+
Kxc2 60. Kf5 Kd3 0-1

[Event "CICL Playofffs"]
[Site "ST Charles"]
[Date "2012.05.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wiewel, J."]
[Black "Hayhurst, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "SCCC"]
[BlackTeam "DRW"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. bxa6 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Rb1 Qa8 13. e4 Rb8 14. b3 Rb4
15. f3 Ne8 16. Be3 Ne5 17. h3 Nd7 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. Kh1 e6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Na4
Qb7 22. Nec3 Nd4 23. Nb2 Ne5 24. Nd3 Nec6 25. Nxb4 Qxb4 26. Qd3 Ra8 27. Nd5 Qa3
28. Rf2 h5 29. Nb6 Re8 30. Nc4 Qa6 31. Qd2 Re6 32. Bf4 Ne7 33. Qa5 Qc6 34. Qd8+
Kh7 35. Nxd6 g5 36. Bxg5 Ng6 37. Nxf7 Re8 38. Qd6 Qb7 1-0

[Event "CICL Playofffs"]
[Site "ST Charles"]
[Date "2012.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gorodetsky, E."]
[Black "Acosta, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DRW"]
[BlackTeam "SCCC"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. O-O
d6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Na5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qe1 Nxb3 14. axb3
Qe7 15. Qg3 Kh7 16. Nh4 Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Nf3 Kg6 19. Kf2 Rh8 20. Kg3 f6
21. Nd2 Bb7 22. b4 Rh4 23. Ra3 Rf8 24. Rc3 Rf7 25. Nb3 Rh8 26. Na5 Ba8 27. Nc6
Re8 28. Ra1 Bb7 29. Rf1 Kh7 30. Na5 Ba8 31. Ra3 g6 32. Nb3 Bb7 33. Nd2 f5 34.
Nf3 Kh6 35. h4 gxh4+ 36. Nxh4 Ref8 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Nf3 Rg8+ 39. Kf2 Rg4 40.
c3 Rfg7 41. Rh1+ Kg6 42. Ne1 Kf6 43. Rh2 Ke7 44. Ra1 Kd7 45. Rd1 Re7 46. Rd2
Kc6 47. Ke2 Reg7 48. Kd1 Kd7 49. Rf2 R4g5 50. Kd2 Bd5 51. Ke2 Bb3 52. Nf3 Rg4
53. Nd2 Bd5 54. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 55. Rf2 R2g3 56. e4 Be6 57. Nf1 Rg1 58. Kd2 Bb3 59.
Ke3 Kc6 60. Kd2 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playofffs"]
[Site "ST Charles"]
[Date "2012.05.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "VonHatten, J."]
[Black "Gorodetsky, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "SCCC"]
[BlackTeam "DRW"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
O-O 9. c4 b6 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 a6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 Qe7 15.
Nb1 Qd6 16. Ne5 dxc4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. bxc4 Qc6 19. f3 Qd6 20. Qe3 Qg3 21. Nc3
Nh5 22. Ne2 Qh4 23. Rb1 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Red8 26. a4 Ba6 27. Rd2 Rdb8
28. Rdb2 h6 29. Qe5 Nf6 30. Kh2 Nd5 31. Bxa6 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rxa6 33. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "CICL Playofffs"]
[Site "ST Charles"]
[Date "2012.05.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gugenheim, Oliver"]
[Black "Kolb, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DRW"]
[BlackTeam "SCCC"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Bf3 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 b5 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rfd1 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 exf4 20. Bd4 Re8 21.
Qf2 Qd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Bf6 24. Qxf4 Rb8 25. Bg4 Qd8 26. Bf5 Bg5 27. Qg4
h5 28. Qg3 Re3 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Rd4 Re8 31. h4 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Qxe1
Rxe1+ 34. Kh2 Bf6 35. Rxb4 Bxd5 36. g4 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Bxh4+ 38. Kf4 hxg4 39. Bxg4
Rf1+ 40. Ke3 Bg5+ 41. Ke2 Rf4 42. Rxf4 Bxf4 43. b3 Be4 44. Kd1 f5 45. Be2 a5
46. a3 Be3 47. b4 axb4 48. axb4 f4 49. c4 f3 50. Bf1 Kf6 51. c5 d5 52. c6 Bb6
53. Ke1 d4 54. Kd2 Bxc6 55. Bd3 Ke5 56. Ke1 Be4 57. Bf1 d3 58. Kd2 Kf4 59. b5
Be3+ 60. Kd1 f2 0-1

[Event "CICL Playofffs"]
[Site "ST Charles"]
[Date "2012.05.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Kelley, Greg"]
[Black "Caputo, Bill"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "SCCC"]
[BlackTeam "DRW"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nb5 e5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8.
Bxe5 O-O 9. Nxc7 Rb8 10. Nb5 Bf5 11. Bxb8 Qxb8 12. Be2 a6 13. Nc3 h5 14. h3 Qd6
15. a3 g5 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. g3 g4 19. h4 Bf8 20. Ne2 Qb6 21. b4 Qc6
22. Ra2 Qa4 23. c3 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. O-O Qc6 26. Rc1 Be6 27. Rb2 Bc4 28.
Nf4 Qb5 29. Ra1 Bh6 30. Qc2 Bxf4 31. exf4 Re8 32. Qd2 Bd3 33. Qe3 Qd7 34. Rd1
Bc4 35. Re1 b6 36. a4 f5 37. Kh2 Kh7 38. Rg1 Rb8 39. Rgb1 Rg8 40. b5 a5 41. Rg1
Rg7 42. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Klug, S."]
[Black "Shaw, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Downers Grove Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Bg5 b5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. a4 c6 11. e3 Bb7 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Rc8
15. Qxb3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxf3 17. Rg1 Nc6 18. Qa4 a5 19. Rg3 Qe4 20. Be2 Nb4 21.
Bf3 Qd3 22. Be2 Qc3+ 23. Kf1 Qb2 24. Bd1 Rc3 25. Rg5 Nd5 26. Ra2 Qb1 27. Kg2
Rc1 28. Bc2 Qb7 29. Kh3 Nc3 30. Qa3 Nxa2 31. Qxa2 Qf3+ 32. Rg3 Qh5+ 33. Kg2
Qd5+ 34. Qxd5 exd5 35. Bb3 a4 36. Bxd5 a3 37. Rf3 Ra7 38. e4 a2 39. Rxf7 Rg1+
40. Kf3 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Acosta, Mariano"]
[Black "Bungo, Greg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Downers Grove Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h4
d5 9. h5 Bg4 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. Rh4 h5 12. Rxg4 hxg4 13. Nh2 c4 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nxg4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. dxc4 Rad8 19. Qe2 Ne7 20. Bg5 Rd7
21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd6 Qg5 23. Bd5+ Kh7 24. Ne4 Qh5 25. Qxh5+ gxh5 26. Ke2 Kg6
27. Rh1 Bf6 28. Nd2 Bg5 29. Be4+ Kh6 30. Nb3 Ref7 31. f3 Rc7 32. Bd5 b6 33. a4
Rd8 34. Kd3 Rg7 35. Na1 Bf6 36. g4 h4 37. Nc2 Kg6 38. Ne3 Rh8 39. Rh3 Bg5 40.
Nf5 Rd7 41. Ke4 Kf6 42. Kd3 Rdd8 43. Ke2 Rd7 44. Ng3 Bf4 45. Ne4+ Kg6 46. Nf2
Kg5 47. Rh1 Rdd8 48. Rh3 Rd7 49. Ne4+ Kg6 50. Kd3 Rdd8 51. Nf2 Bg3 52. Nd1 Rhf8
53. Ke2 Kg5 54. Ne3 Bf4 55. Nf5 Rh8 56. Ng7 Rd7 57. Nf5 e4 58. Nd4 exf3+ 59.
Kxf3 Bg3 60. Ne6+ Kf6 61. Ke4 Re8 62. g5+ Kg6 63. Kf3 Rde7 64. Nd4 Kxg5 65. Rh1
Rf8+ 66. Kg2 Rf2+ 67. Kh3 Rxb2 68. Ne6+ Kf6 69. a5 Rxe6 70. Bxe6 Kxe6 71. Kg4
Kd6 72. axb6 axb6 0-1


[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tan, G."]
[Black "Von Hatten, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Downers Grove Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. h3 g5 7. Bh2 c6 8. g4
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Qb6 10. O-O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nf6 13. Qc3 Qa6 14. Qc4
Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Be6 16. Ne3 O-O-O 17. Be5 Rhg8 18. c4 h5 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Bxg7
Rxg7 21. Bxe4 Nf4 22. Rd2 Nxh3 23. Nf5 Nxf2 24. Nxg7 Nxe4 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rc2
Rxd4 27. Rd1 Rd6 28. c5 Rd5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. e3 Kd7 31. b4 Ke6 32. a4 g4 33.
Kd1 g3 34. Ke1 Kf5 35. Kf1 e5 36. b5 d4 37. Rb2 d3 38. Rg2 cxb5 39. Rb2 d2 40.
Ke2 g2 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Padilla, Rudy"]
[Black "Parmet, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Annotator "Parmet,Daniel"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Downers Grove Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ (6. Bd3 {our last
game a few weeks ago.}) 6... c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 {A line I enjoy playing
with both colors. Always a good time!} h6 (8... Nd5 {also considered mainline.}
) 9. Nh3 $2 $146 {And White has already left known theory! (Something I was
aware of during the game as this line is a specialty of mine. I didn't even
want to chop the knight on h3 because it looks so silly without a future.} (9.
Ne4 {Mainline continues}) 9... Bc5 (9... Bxh3 10. gxh3 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Gh1g1]
Why should I go pawn hunting the h3 pawn when I gave up such a pawn for
activity? Plus his rook might get active on the open g-file.}) (9... Bg4 10.
Be2 {and now I've helped White restore his silly bishop to life.}) (9... Bd6
10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ga5b7,Gb7c5] I had considered this during
the game but couldn't find any good plan to keep activity. My knight on a5 is
silly so Nb7 Nc5 would be required..} Nb7 12. Be4) 10. Qf3 $2 Bg4 11. Qg3 O-O (
11... e4 $142 $1) 12. Nc3 $8 {and here I was not at all sure what the best
move was. I had many ideas.} Qd4 (12... Qd7 13. f3 (13. Ne4 Nxe4 (13... Nh5 $4
14. Nxc5 Nxg3 15. Nxd7 Nxh1 16. Nxf8 $18) 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bf3 $17) 13... Be6
14. Nf2 $11) (12... Qc8 13. Be2 (13. Ne4 Nxe4 $142 (13... Nh5 14. Qxe5 (14. Qh4
Bb6 15. f3 Bxh3 16. Qxh3 Qxh3 17. gxh3 Rad8) 14... Bb6 $1 15. b4 Re8 16. Qc3
$17) 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bf3 e4 16. Bd1 Bxd1 $1 $15) (13. f3 Be6 14. Nf2) 13...
Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Qe6 15. O-O Nc4 16. d3 Nd6 17. Be3 $11) 13. O-O Rae8 (13... Rfe8
{I didn't do this rook because I was dreaming of f5.}) ({Wanted to prepare
this idea more because I don't want to trade queens.} 13... Nh5 14. Qe3 Qb4 (
14... Rad8 15. Qxd4 $11) 15. Qe4 $14) 14. Be2 {this move actually surprised me
as I was expecting 14. Ne4} (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxg4 Nxf2 16. Qxd4 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3
Bxd4+ 18. Kg2 e4 19. Be2) 14... Bxe2 {I didn't like this trade but I could
find no better move.} 15. Nxe2 Qe4 16. Qc3 {during the game, I thought this
was the best move.} (16. Nc3 $1 Qxc2 17. d3 Bd4 {I stopped my analysis here
during the game... but it is quite clear that I should have gone further.} (
17... Kh7 18. Rd1 e4 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qf4 $16) 18. Bxh6 Nh5 19. Qg4 Qxd3 20.
Qxh5 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Re6 22. Qh5 Qg6 23. Qe2 $14) 16... Bb6 (16... Bb4 17. Ng3
Bxc3 (17... Qg4 $11) 18. Nxe4 $14) 17. Ng3 {I couldn't decide what square was
best for the queen but ultimately I figured g4 as it makes it harder to
replace this knight by controlling e2 and maybe sometime a rook will come to
g6.} Qg4 (17... Qg6) 18. d3 Nd5 19. Qd2 (19. Qa3 Nb7 20. Bd2 Nc5 21. Rae1 Nd7
$11 22. Qd6 (22. c3)) (19. Qe1 Nb7 20. a4 f5 21. a5 Bc5 22. Qd1 $1 $11) 19...
f5 20. c4 Nf6 (20... f4 21. cxd5 fxg3 22. hxg3 cxd5 $11) 21. c5 (21. b4 f4 (
21... Nb7 22. c5 Bc7 {transposes to the game}) 22. bxa5 Bc5 23. Nxf4 (23. Bb2
fxg3 24. hxg3) 23... exf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 {and here white is three
pawns up but I had found a stunning move!} Ng4 $3) 21... Bc7 22. b4 Nb7 23. Bb2
Nd5 24. a3 f4 25. Ne4 $4 $19 (25. f3 $142 $8 Qg6 26. Ne4 $15 {[%csl Ge3][%cal
Gd5e3]}) 25... f3 26. Ng3 fxg2 27. Kxg2 {[%csl Gb7,Gd5,Gg3,Gh3] I find this
position aesthetically humorous. Because here there are THREE bad knights but
the winning move is to TRADE black's golden knight but white's long time
duffer.} Nf4+ $1 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Rae1 $8 fxg3 (29... Nd8 $142) 30. fxg3 Rxe1
31. Qxe1 Rxf1 32. Qxf1 Nd8 33. Qf3 $2 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 a5 $4 (34... Ne6 $142 35.
Ke4 Ng5+) 35. Ke4 axb4 36. axb4 Kf7 37. Be5 $4 (37. d4 $3 $11) 37... Ne6 38. d4
{And in this position I love the next move. It is a wonderful brute force
endgame win.} Ng5+ $3 {and the rest is a matter of technique} 39. Kf4 Nh3+ 40.
Ke3 (40. Kf5 g6+ 41. Ke4 Nf2+ 42. Kf3 (42. Ke3 Ng4+) (42. Kf4 Nd3+) 42... Bxe5)
40... Bxe5 41. dxe5 Ke6 42. Ke4 Ng5+ 43. Kf4 Nf7 44. h4 Nxe5 45. Ke4 Nd7 46. g4
Nf6+ 47. Kf4 Nd5+ 48. Ke4 Nxb4 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Na6 51. Kd4 g6 {resigns} (
51... Kf5 52. g6 Kxg6 53. Ke5 Nxc5) 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Potts, K."]
[Black "Janssen, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Downers Grove Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 e5 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
d5 9. Qb3 c6 10. O-O Re8 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rf8 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. d5 Qd6 15.
dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf6 20. Rfe1 Bxb2
21. Qxb2 Qc6 22. b5 Qd6 23. Re7 Rac8 24. Qb3 Qd4 25. Bd5 Rc3 26. Qb2 Qc5 27.
Bxb7 Rc2 28. Qe5 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Re2 30. Qg3 Qxg3 31. hxg3 Rxa2 32. Bc6 Bg4 33.
Be8 Be6 34. Rc1 Rf2 35. Rcc7 Bd5 36. Bc6 Bxc6 37. bxc6 Rc2 38. Red7 h6 39. Rd6
a5 40. Ra7 Rc8 41. Rxa5 R2xc6 42. Rxc6 Rxc6 43. Kg1 g6 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Ra2 Re6
46. g4 Kf6 47. Kf3 Re5 48. Kf4 Rb5 49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Rc6 h5 51. gxh5 Rxh5 52. g4
Rb5 53. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Kelley, G."]
[Black "Romanowitz, C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1352"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Downers Grove Chess Club"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. h3 Bh5 7. a3 e6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 b5 12. b4 Qxa4 13. Qxa4 bxa4 14. O-O Rc8
15. Bb2 Bd6 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Rc2 Nc4 18. Bc1 e5 19. Ng3 g6 20. f3 O-O 21. Ne2
a5 22. Re1 axb4 23. cxb4 Bb8 24. Kf2 Ba7 25. Ng3 d4 26. exd4 exd4 27. Ra2 d3+
28. Kf1 Nd5 29. Ne4 Nde3+ 30. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 31. Rxe3 Bxe3 32. Nc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5
Rxc5 34. Ke1 Rc2 35. Rxc2 dxc2 36. Kd2 Rc8 37. Kc1 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tennant, S."]
[Black "Fridman, Y."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "SSCC Wombats"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. c4 Qd6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Bb2 Bxb2 13. Rxb2 b6 14. Qd2 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rfb1 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. a4 f5 19. a5 Qd6 20. axb6 Rxb6 21.
Rxb6 axb6 22. Qb2 Rf6 23. f4 h6 24. Kf2 g5 25. Qe5 Kf7 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Ke3
Kf6 28. Kd2 e5 29. fxe5+ Kxe5 30. e3 h5 31. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Weber, L."]
[Black "Thomson, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "SSCC Wombats"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Ne4 Bf5 8. Ng3
Bg6 9. e6 Nb4 10. exf7+ Bxf7 11. a3 Nd5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Be2 e6
15. O-O Bd6 16. f4 Rf8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bg4 Nc7 19. Bd2 Kg8 20. Ba5 Nb6 21. Bb4
Nbd5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qd2 Nf6 24. Bf3 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Nd5 26. Rae1 Qf6 27. f5 e5
28. Bxd5+ cxd5 29. dxe5 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 d4 31. Qg5 Kh8 32. Re4 Qd8 33. f6 gxf6 34.
exf6 Qd7 35. Rxd4 Qb7 36. Qd5 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 a6 38. g4 Rad8 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40.
Re1 Kg8 41. Re2 Rd7 42. Kg2 Kf7 43. g5 a5 44. Kf3 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Ke3 h6
47. gxh6 Rd3+ 48. Ke4 Kxf6 49. Rc2 Rb3 50. Kd4 c3 51. bxc3 Rxc3 52. Rxc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Balicki, J."]
[Black "Ellice, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]
[BlackTeam "SSCC Wombats"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6
8. O-O-O O-O 9. Qe5 Qxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Rd2 Nxe5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rxd5 Re8
14. Nh3 Nbc6 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bb5 Rad8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ng5 h6 20.
Nf3 Kf8 21. Re1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23. Kd2 f6 24. Ke2 h5 25. h3 Nh6 26. Kd3 Kd7
27. Ke4 Kd6 28. Nd4 g6 29. c3 f5+ 30. Kd3 Ng8 31. Nf3 Ne7 32. Ne5 Kd5 33. h4 c5
34. c4+ Kd6 35. Kc3 c6 36. Kb3 Kc7 37. Ka4 Kd6 38. Ka5 Ng8 39. Nxg6 Nf6 40. Ka6
Ng4 41. b3 Ne3 42. g3 Nf1 43. Kxa7 Nxg3 44. Kb6 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Duong, R."]
[Black "Franek, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]
[BlackTeam "SSCC Wombats"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Bb5 Na5 12. Qd1 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. b3 Nc6 15.
Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. h3 Rfd8 20. b4 Qd6 21. a3
e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Rc8 26. Qb1 Qb2 27. Ne2
Qxa3 28. Nd4 Bf8 29. Rd1 Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Bxb4 31. Rb1 Bd6 32. Kf1 b4 33. Ke2 Kf8
34. Bc2 Be5 35. Rxb4 Bxd4 36. exd4 Rxc2+ 37. Kd3 Rc7 38. f4 Ke7 39. g4 a5 40.
Rb5 Ba6 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tsyganov, I."]
[Black "Melnikov, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DRW Trading Group"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Na6 8. O-O
Qb6 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. h3 Nc7 11. Be3 Qa5 12. a3 Nfe8 13. b4 Qa6 14. b5 Qxa3 15.
Rb3 Qa5 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Qc1 Na8 18. Ra3 Qb6 19. Qc2 a6 20. Rfa1 Nec7 21. R1a2
Qa7 22. Rb3 a5 23. b6 Nxb6 24. Rba3 a4 25. Qd3 Ra8 26. Nb5 Nxb5 27. cxb5 Rfc8
28. Qc2 c4 29. Be3 Bxb5 30. e5 Qa6 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 32. e6 fxe6 33. dxe6 Qc5 34.
Re3 a3 35. Qc1 Bh6 36. Qc3 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Ra4 38. h4 Rb4 39. Qxa3 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aitipamula, J."]
[Black "Hayhurst, W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]
[BlackTeam "DRW Trading Group"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Nc6 6. c3 Nxe4 7. Rxe4 d5 8.
Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 b6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Ncxd4 Bb7 14. Bf4
Bf6 15. Nb5 Ne7 16. Nd6 Bc6 17. Re3 Ng6 18. Bg3 Rad8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. c4 Qh5 21.
Ne5 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd2 25. Bc3 Rc2 26. Rg4 f6 27.
Kf1 Bc5 28. f3 h5 29. Rg3 h4 30. Rg4 h3 31. gxh3 Rxh2 32. Rd1 Rh1+ 33. Ke2 Rh2+
34. Kf1 Rf2+ 35. Ke1 Rxf3 36. Rd7 Rf7 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rh4+ Kg6 39. Ke2 Re3+
40. Kd2 Rg3 41. b4 Be3+ 42. Kc2 Bg5 43. Rhh8 Rg2+ 44. Kb3 f5 45. Rd6 Bf6 46.
Bd2 e5 47. c5 bxc5 48. bxc5 f4 49. c6 Kf5 50. Ba5 f3 51. Rd1 e4 52. Re8 f2 53.
Rf1 Be5 54. Kc4 Bg3 55. Be1 Kg6 56. Bxf2 Rfxf2 57. Rxf2 Rxf2 58. Rxe4 Rf4 59.
Kd5 Rxe4 60. Kxe4 Kf6 61. h4 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gorodetskiy, E."]
[Black "Wallach, C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DRW Trading Group"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 c6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. h4 h5 18. g5 Qe7 19. Rde1 f5 20. f3 fxe4 21.
fxe4 Rhf8 22. Rhf1 Rde8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Piparia, J."]
[Black "Gorodetskiy, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings`"]
[BlackTeam "DRW Trading Group"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. O-O Qb6 8. c3
c5 9. a3 Ne7 10. b4 c4 11. Qc2 h6 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Qc6 14. Na3 Nc8 15. Nd2 Na7
16. f4 O-O-O 17. f5 f6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Bf4 Be7 20. fxe6 Qxe6 21. Qg6 Rhg8 22.
Rae1 Qc6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Qg3 g5 25. Be5 Qg6 26. Re3 Nc6 27. b5 Ncxe5 28. Nxe5
Nxe5 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Rxe5 Bxa3 31. Rxd5 Qe6 32. Re5 Qd7 33. Qf3 Rxe5 34. Qa8+
Kc7 35. Qxg8 Re7 36. Qxc4+ Qc6 37. Qd3 Bd6 38. c4 Qe4 39. Qc3 Qe3+ 40. Qxe3
Rxe3 41. Rf7+ Kc6 42. c5 Bf4 43. Rf6+ Kb5 44. Rb6+ Kxa5 45. Rxh6 Rd3 46. c6
Rxd4 47. Rg6 Rd5 48. g3 Bc7 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Kb6 51. Kg2 Rd6 52. h5 Rxg6+
53. hxg6 Be5 54. Kf2 Kxc6 55. Ke2 Kb5 56. Kd2 Kb4 57. Kc2 a5 58. Kb1 Kb3 59.
Kc1 a4 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gugenheim, O."]
[Black "Cygan, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1564"]
[BlackElo "1761"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DRW Trading Group"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. f4 Rxc3 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe3
Nef6 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Rhe1 b6 17. Qd2 d5 18. fxe5 Qa3+ 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. Qc1 Qxc1+
21. Kxc1 Nfe4 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. a3 g6 25. Rxe4 h6 26. Rd6 Ra8 27.
Ra4 Re8 28. Raxa6 Bc4 29. Ra4 Bf1 30. Rd5 Bxg2 31. Rxc5 Bf3 32. Ra7 g5 33. Rac7
h5 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kg7 36. Kd2 g4 37. Ke3 h4 38. Rd8 Kg6 39. Kf4 Be2 40.
a4 Bf3 41. a5 Be2 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. Rxg4 Bxg4 44. Kxg4 Kg6 45. a6 f5+ 46. exf6
Kxf6 47. a7 Ke5 48. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Goncharoff, N."]
[Black "Komblevitz, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1124"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Kings"]
[BlackTeam "DRW Trading Group"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O h6 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. h3 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. b4 Nd4 13. Ne4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 f5
15. Nc5 Bd5 16. Qe2 b6 17. Na4 Bg5 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Qh5 Bxe3 21. fxe3
Qf6 22. Rae1 c5 23. Rf2 Kh7 24. Ref1 g6 25. Qe2 Qg5 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. dxe4 f4
28. exf4 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 exf4 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Kh2 Qg3+ 32. Kg1 Qxf3 33. Rxf3 g5
34. g3 Kg6 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 gxf4 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Kf3 Ke5 39. c3 c4 40. h4
h5 41. a4 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tennant, S."]
[Black "Klug, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2228"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "SSCC Wombats"]
[BlackTeam "Downers Grove Chess Club"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O Be6 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Ra2 Rc7 14. Raf2 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qc8 16. Bb2 h5 17. e4 h4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nc3 Nf4 21. Be4
Bc4 22. Qd2 Bxf1 23. Qxf4 Bc4 24. d5 Ne5 25. d6 Ng6 26. Qd2 Rd7 27. Qd4 Ne5 28.
Rd2 Re6 29. Bf5 Rdxd6 30. Qxh4 Qc5+ 31. Qf2 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Tenant, Steve"]
[Black "Klug, Steffen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Klug,Steffen"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Wombats"]
[BlackTeam "DGCC"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O Be6 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Ra2 Rc7 14. Raf2 Qc8
15. Bb2 cxd4 16. cxd4 h5 17. e4 h4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nc3 Nf4 21.
Be4 Bc4 22. Qd2 Bxf1 23. Qxf4 Bc4 24. d5 Ne5 25. d6 Ng6 26. Qd2 Rd7 27. Qd4 Ne5
28. Rd2 Re6 29. Bf5 (29. Nd5 $1 Rdxd6 (29... Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Rdxd6 31. Bxe6 Rxd4
32. Bxc8 Nxf3+ 33. gxf3 Rxd2 34. Be5 {according to the computer it is -1, but
I would not like to play this} b5 35. Ba6 Rd3 36. f4 f6 37. Bc7 Rxa3 38. Bxb5
a5) 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Qxd6 $14) 29... Rdxd6 30. Qxh4 Qc5+ 31. Qf2 Nxf3+ 32.
gxf3 Rxd2 {This made the score 3.5 - 0.5, we were CICL champions} 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bungo, Greg"]
[Black "Freitag, Todd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DGCC"]
[BlackTeam "Wombats"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. Qd2 Bf5 5. f3 Nbd7 6. O-O-O b5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
d5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxd5 e6 11. Qxf5 exf5 12. Bxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxb5 g6 14.
Ne2 Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Ke7 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Rhe1 e3 18. g3 f4 19. g4 Bg5 20. c4 Kf6
21. c5 h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rh3 24. c6 Rc8 25. Rh1 Rg3 26. Rhf1 Ke7 27. b4
Rg2 28. Rc1 Rc7 29. Rfd1 Bf6 30. Be2 Rf2 31. Rf1 Nxf3 32. Rxf2 Nxd4 33. Rh2 f3
34. Bd3 Kd6 35. Be4 Ke5 36. Bd3 Rxc6 37. b5 Rxc1+ 38. Kxc1 Kf4 39. a4 Kg3 40.
Ra2 e2 41. Bxe2 fxe2 42. Kd2 Nb3+ 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Weber, L."]
[Black "Tan, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Wombats"]
[BlackTeam "DGCC"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
h6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. h3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qd4 Rac8 18. Rcd1 Rfd8 19. Qb6 Rd7 20. Qb3 Rc6 21.
Rd4 g5 22. Rfd1 g4 23. Nxd5 gxh3 24. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Parmet, Daniel"]
[Black "Zolkos, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "Parmet, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DGCC"]
[BlackTeam "Wombats"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nh5 {the first new
move for me.} (6... c5) (6... c6) (6... Nc6) (6... a6) (6... b6) (6... Nbd7) 7.
Bg3 (7. Be5 Nc6 (7... f6 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3)) 7... Nxg3 (7... g6) (7... c6) 8.
hxg3 h6 {[%csl Gh7,Gh8][%cal Gf3e5,Gd1h5,Ge5g4,Gg4h6] so here I did not like
this move because black has rigidly defined the structure and now his position
is quite hard to play. After a long think, I came up with the plan Ne5-Qh5-Ng4
with the idea of Nxh6 gxh6 Qxh6 and mate to possible for h7 or h8. So black
must respond accurately.} (8... b6) (8... Nd7) (8... c6) 9. Ne5 $1 (9. e4 $2
dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 c5 12. Be2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 $15) (9. Bd3 $6 dxc4 10.
Bxc4 c5 $11 {Black's position is again problem free and easy to play.}) (9.
cxd5 $6 exd5 $11 {and black has zero problems after c6 Nd7 Bf5. His position
is easy to play.}) 9... dxc4 $146 {the point of this move is to now play Nd7
without dropping the pawn but I think that this misses the idea I had prepared
with Ne5} (9... Nd7 $6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Re8 13. Bc4 $14) (
9... Nc6 $142 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 c6 {I ahd caclulated here and
was not sure if Qa4 or cxd5 or Rc1 was best but this game continued with Qa4.
This seemed like black's best chance.} 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. Qa3 Rb8 15. Rc1 Rd8 16.
cxd5 exd5 17. Bd3 a5 18. Ne2 Bf6 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. Qc3 Rb4 21. a3 Rb7 22. b3 Re8
23. O-O g6 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Bg7 26. b5 cxb5 27. c6 b4 28. Qc5 Rbb8 29. Nb5
Qa5 30. Nd6 Qxc5 31. Rxc5 Rf8 32. c7 Ra8 33. Rb1 Bc3 34. Rxd5 Bc8 35. Rc5 Ra3
36. Ne4 Re8 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Nd6 Rf8 39. Bc4 Ra7 40. Rd1 b3 41. Bxb3 Bb4 42.
Rcc1 Bxd6 43. Rxd6 Re8 44. Rc5 Rh8 45. Bc4 h5 46. e4 h4 47. f3 h3 48. g4 hxg2+
49. Kxg2 Rf8 50. Kg3 Ra1 51. Kf4 f6 52. e5 Re1 53. e6 Rh8 54. Rd7+ Kh6 55. Rf7
{1-0 (55) Chess Tiger 2007.1 (2806)-Delfi 5.1 (2733) CCRL 2007}) (9... c5 10.
Qh5 cxd4 11. exd4 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nxe5 13. dxe5) (9... c6 10. Qg4 Nd7 11. Rxh6
Nf6 12. Qg5 Nd7) 10. Qh5 Nd7 11. Ng4 $1 {I think only now did it dawn on my
opponent that he has a problem.} Re8 $8 (11... f5 12. Nxh6+ gxh6 13. Qg6+) (
11... Nf6 12. Nxh6+ gxh6 13. Qxh6) (11... Bg5 $6 12. f4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Bxc4 $14) 12. Bxc4 Bf8 ({Originally I thougth Nf8 would hold (though white
still would have an edge), though the computer proves me wrong. Therefore, Bf8
is probably the best.} 12... Nf8 13. Nxh6+ (13. Ne4 Ng6 14. f4) (13. Ne5 $3 {
[%csl Gf7] the computer finds this win:}) 13... gxh6 14. Qxh6 Bf6) 13. Ne4 Qe7
$1 {I believe this Qe7 moves show a very good defense from my opponent. He
found a clever idea to play Kh8 without losing the f-pawn. This point also
marks the only instance in this game where I didn't play the best move...
though my move does not spoil the position:} ({A cute Queen sac line I had
calculated during the game.} 13... f5 14. Qxf5 Kh8 15. Nxh6 exf5 16. Nxf5+ Qh4
17. Rxh4#) (13... Kh8 14. Qxf7) 14. a3 (14. Bb3) (14. O-O-O $142 $3 $18 c6 $8 (
14... Kh8 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qg6 fxe4 (16... fxg4 17. Ng5) 17. Bxe4) (14... Rd8 15.
d5 $3) (14... Qb4 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Kb1 $18) 15. Rh4 Kh7 16. Rdh1 c5) 14... Kh8 (
14... c6 15. f4) ({the computer finds this long line as the only way to
survive... a series of ideas I didn't even consider during the game.} 14... Rd8
$8 15. f4 b5 $8 16. Bd3 Bb7 $8 17. Ng5 Nf6 $8 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 $8
20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 $16) 15. f4 $3 $18 f5 16. Ng5 $1 Nf6 (16... fxg4 {at
first when I had first seen this position, I was trying Nf7+ or Bxe6 followed
by Nf7+ before I saw the obvious Qg6+} 17. Qg6 (17. Bxe6 $4 Ne5 $3 $19) (17.
Nf7+ Kg8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Qg6 b5 $1 {and I thought black might somehow hold but
there is still Bd3 or Rxh6} 20. Rxh6 (20. Bd3 c5 21. Rxh6 cxd4 22. Ke2 {[%cal
Ga1h1]}) 20... bxc4 21. O-O-O {[%cal Gd1h1]})) 17. Qg6 fxg4 18. Nf7+ {and here
is where I would choose to resign as black.} Qxf7 19. Qxf7 Be7 20. O-O-O Bd7
21. Rh2 (21. Rxh6+ gxh6 22. Rh1 Bf8 23. Qxf6+ {same as game}) 21... Bf8 22.
Rdh1 Re7 23. Rxh6+ gxh6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ (25. Rxh6 Bxh6 26. Qxe7) 25...
Rg7 26. Bxe6+ (26. Qxh6) 26... Bxe6 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Qxg4+ Bg7 29. Rxh6 Re8
30. Re6 Rfe7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. f5 Kf7 33. Qg6+ {and with 5 seconds left, my
opponent resigns.} 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Rajsky, Jason"]
[Black "Potts, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Wombats"]
[BlackTeam "DGCC"]

1. e4 a6 2. Nf3 b5 3. d4 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. e5
Nd5 9. Ne4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qg4 Qc7 13. Bf4 f5 14. Qxg7
O-O-O 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Nxf4 17. dxc7 Rdg8 18. Qxh8 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Bxg2# 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Romanowitz, Caleb"]
[Black "Toliver, Torriente"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "Parmet,Daniel"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DGCC"]
[BlackTeam "Wombats"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Nf3 b6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 $6 (8... Nxd5 $142) 9. Qc2 $6 (9. Bf4 $142) (9. Ne5 $142) (9. Qb3 $142)
9... Nbd7 10. Rd1 Ne4 $2 (10... Re8 $142) 11. Ne5 $2 (11. Nxe4 $142 dxe4 12.
Ne5 $16) 11... f5 $2 $146 (11... Nxc3 $142 $11) 12. Qb3 $2 (12. Nxe4 $142) (12.
Bf4 $142) 12... Ndf6 13. f3 $6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 $2 (14... c5 $1) 15. e4 $2 (
15. c4 $142 $14) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 fxe4 18. fxe4 c6 $2 (18...
Rf2 $142 $1 19. exd5 Rxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Qe7 $15) 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5+ (20. c4
$142 $1 Qe8 21. cxd5 Rf2 $8 (21... Qxe5 $2 22. d6+ $18) 22. Be3 $3 Rxg2 (22...
Bxe3 $2 23. Qxe3 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 $18) 23. Kxg2 Bf8 $8 24. Rd2 Qxe5 25. Rad1 $16)
20... Bxd5+ 21. Qxd5+ $2 (21. Rxd5 Rf1+ 22. Kg2 Rf2+ 23. Kg1 (23. Kh3 Qc8+ 24.
Rd7+ Kh8 25. Qe6 $1 (25. Qd5 $2 Qf8 26. e6 {transposes} (26. Qe4 Qe8 27. Qg4
Qxe5 $17)) (25. e6 $2 Qf8 $1 26. Qd5 Rf5 27. e7 Bxe7 28. Qd3 Qf6 29. Qe4 Rf8
30. Bf4 Rxf4 31. Qxf4 Qe6+ 32. Qg4 Qh6+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 34. Kg1 Bc5+ 35. Rd4 Qd5
$17) 25... Qe8 $1 (25... Qa6 26. c4 $1 Rg8 27. Rd2 $1 Rf1 28. Bb2 Rxa1 29. Bxa1
$16) (25... Qf8 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Qg4 Qg8 28. Rad1 $16) 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bd2 $1
(27. Rxa7 h6 28. a4 Rxe5 29. Bf4 Ree2 30. Rd1 Rxh2+ 31. Kg4 Re6 $11) 27... Rxe5
28. Bf4 Rf5 (28... Ree2 $4 29. Rd8+) 29. Re1 $3 h6 $8 30. Rxa7 Bd6 31. Be3 Rh5+
32. Kg4 Rfxh2 33. Rd7 Ba3 34. Bxb6 Rg5+ 35. Kf3 Bc5 {and white has a slight
plus but its probably a draw.} 36. Bxc5 (36. a4) (36. Bc7) 36... Rxc5) 23...
Rb2+ (23... Rf7+ 24. Kg2 Rf2+ 25. Kg1 Rf7+ $11) 24. Kh1 Rxb3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.
axb3 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 a5 $11) 21... Qxd5+ 22. Rxd5 Rf1+ 23. Kg2 Rg1+ $2 $11 (23...
Raf8 $142 24. e6 h5 25. Kh3 Re1 $17) 24. Kh3 Ba3 25. Bb2 Rxa1 26. Bxa1 Re8 27.
c4 Kf7 28. Kg4 {and notation sheet is screwed up.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Franklin, D."]
[Black "Shaw, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Rogue Squadron"]
[BlackTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 b5
15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 e5 19. Be4 Qb7 20. Bf6 Rfe8 21. Nf3
Bc6 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ne4 Re6 26. f3 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qb6+
0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Acosta, Mariano"]
[Black "Brock, Willliam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Brock,Bill"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "St. Charles CC"]
[BlackTeam "Rogue Squadron"]

{I first played Mariano Acosta in the early 1980s at Jules Stein's Chicago
Chess Center.  He's a wonderful positional player (and a pretty good human
being, too)!} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 {Not a quiet move!  GM Mesgen
Amanov and FM Albert Chow have used this opening to inflict extreme hurt on
their opponents, and I once lost in eleven moves (!!) to NM Adarsh Jayakumar
in this line.} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Nc6 {Delaying Nf3 is a critical move
order in the "Chebanenko-flavored" Exchange Slav.  Black's Bc8 is a problem
piece, and Black would love to pin the Nf3 and swap.  Diagram #} 7. Rc1 ({We'd
played this line once before:} 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nf3 (8. Nge2 $5) 8... e6 9. h3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Rc8 11. O-O h6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Rfd1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qc7 15. Qxc7
Rxc7 16. Na4 Ke7 17. a3 Rhc8 18. b4 Nb8 19. Rxc7+ Rxc7 20. Kf1 Nfd7 21. Ke2 b5
22. Nc5 Nb6 23. Rc1 Nc4 24. a4 Ra7 25. Ra1 Nc6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa7+ Nxa7 28.
Na6 Kd6 29. Bh7 Nc6 (29... g6 $5) 30. h4 Nd8 31. Kd3 Kc6 32. Kc3 Nb7 33. Bd3
Nbd6 34. Nc5 Nb7 35. e4 Nbd6 36. e5 Nb7 37. h5 Nd8 38. g4 f6 39. f4 fxe5 40.
dxe5 Ne3 41. Be2 Ng2 42. Nd3 Nh4 43. Kd4 g6 44. hxg6 Nxg6 45. f5 Nf8 46. Bf3 (
46. Nf4 $1) 46... Kb6 47. Nc5 Nc6+ 48. Ke3 exf5 49. e6 fxg4 50. Bxg4 Nxe6 {1/
2-1/2 Acosta,M-Brock,W/Illinois Open 2010}) 7... Bg4 8. Nf3 (8. f3 {is
trendier.}) 8... e6 9. Qb3 Bxf3 {The whole point of 7...Bg4 was to exchange
Black's bad bishop, so Black must act now.} ({My former student Adarsh blew me
off the board when I tried to delay the capture:} 9... Na5 $2 10. Qa4+ b5 $2 (
10... Nc6 11. Ne5 Rc8 (11... Qb6 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. O-O {is better,
but still gruesome for Black.}) 12. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 {and White, temporarily a
piece down, can leisurely develop!} 13. O-O Qb6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Nxd5 $1 Qxa4
16. Rxc8+ Kd7 17. Nb6+) 11. Nxb5 $1 {and I resigned. Black is indeed lost, but
I should have played on for a cheap shot. 1-0 Jayakuma-Brock, US Game/60 2010}
(11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5+ Nd7 13. Ne5 $6 (13. Bc7 $1 {wins cleanly:} Qc8 14. Ne5
Nc6 15. Ba5 $1 Rxa5 16. Qxa5 $1 {and the pin must win}) (13. Bxd7+ {also works,
but it's not quite as forcing:} Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Ne5+ Ke8 16. Nxg4 {(a
two-pawn advantage would be easy, but...)} f6 {(I missed this move,
threatening ...h5)} 17. e4 dxe4 18. O-O {and White should win the endgame})
13... Nc6 $1 14. Nxc6 (14. Qxa8 $2 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Qxa8 16. Bxc6 Qxa2 17. Bxd7+
Ke7 18. f3 Bd6 19. fxg4 Qxb2 {and Black will win material}) 14... Rxa4 15. Nxd8
Rxa2 16. Nb7 (16. Nc6 Rxb2 17. Bd3 {and White has a strong pull}) 16... Bb4+
17. Kf1 Rxb2 $11 {e.g.} 18. f3 O-O $1 {with pawns and play for the piece})) 10.
gxf3 (10. Qxb7 $4 Na5 11. Qc7 Bh5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {drops a piece.}) 10... Ra7
11. Bd3 (11. Rg1) 11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. f4 O-O 14. O-O {Diagram #} (14.
Na4 b5 15. Nc5 Na5 16. Qc3 Qb6 17. O-O g6 18. b3 Nb7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Rc2 b4
21. Qc6 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 a5 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Rc7 Rbb7 {1/2-1/2
Rasmussen,R (2139)-Andreassen,L/Tromsoe 1999/EXT 2007 (50)}) 14... Kh8 $6 ({In
retrospect, the king was safer on g8, but in my defense, I'd argue that it's
awfully hard to see the coming weakness of the a1-h8 diagonal!} 14... g5 $142
$1 15. fxg5 $140 $2 (15. Ne2 $142 gxf4 16. Nxf4 Nxd4 17. Qc3 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Ne5
$15) 15... Ng4 16. f4 Nxe3 17. Rf2 Nxd4) 15. Kh1 g5 16. Ne2 gxf4 17. exf4 (17.
Nxf4 Nxd4 18. Qc3 $1 e5 19. exd4 exf4 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 $11) 17... b5 18.
Rg1 Ne4 $6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 {Diagram #} 20. d5 $6 (20. Qg3 $1 f6 $8 ({I had
intended} 20... f5 $4 {which loses to} 21. Qc3 $1) 21. f5 $1 $14) 20... Ne7 21.
Qc3+ f6 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Nd4 Qd5 24. Qc5 Rd7 {Diagram # (At this point, I
told team captain Rob Eaman that I was planning to offer a draw, in the hopes
that Mariano would overreach and play for the win.)} 25. Nb3 $6 {(accompanied
by *his* draw offer)  It seems wrong to take this knight out of play.} (25.
Qxd5 Nxd5 (25... Rxd5 26. Ne6 Rg8 27. Rc7 {Diagram #} Ng6 (27... Nf5 28. Rf7 $1
{(We had fun looking at this line in the post mortem: White's threat is to
swap on g8 and mate on f8!  Black is missing a Luft square.)} h5 29. Rxf6 Rxg1+
30. Kxg1 Nh4 31. Kf1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rb1 {White's a little better.}) 28. Rf7 Rf5
29. Rd1 Nh4 30. Rdd7 Rh5 31. Nf8 Rg4 {And nobody seems to be getting mated.})
26. Ne6 Rg8 27. Rgd1 {And White is a little better.}) 25... Qa8 $1 {The
defender becomes the attacker.} 26. Rg2 Ng6 $5 (26... Rc8 $142 $1 27. Qe3 Rxc1+
28. Qxc1 Nf5 29. Nc5 Qc6 30. Nb3 Qxc1+ 31. Nxc1 Nh4 32. Rg1 Rd2 $19) 27. Qf5
Rg7 28. Nd4 {Diagram #} e3 $2 ({The move in the game is probably good enough
with computer-accurate play, but} 28... Nh4 $1 {just wins.}) 29. fxe3 $2 (29.
Qg4 $1 {and now the "natural winning move" appears to be drawish:} Rfg8 $2 ({
Black has better:} 29... Rgg8 $1 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. Nxf3 e2 32. Rg3 (32. f5 Nf4
33. Rxg8+ Rxg8 {and Black keeps a rook on the board: hard to see this in
advance!}) 32... Nxf4 33. Rcg1 Rg6 {and Black should win}) 30. Qf3 $1 (30. Nf5
$4 Ne5 $1 31. Qxg7+ Rxg7 32. Nxg7 Nd3 $19) 30... Qxf3 31. Nxf3 e2 (31... exf2
32. Rxf2 Nxf4 33. Rfc2) 32. f5 Nf4 33. Rxg7 Rxg7 (33... Kxg7 34. Rg1+ Kf8 35.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Ne1 {transposes}) 34. Rc8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Ne1 Kf7 37.
Kg1 Ke7 38. f3 Kd6 39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Nc2 Kxf5 41. Ke3 $1 {and White should draw:
the Nf4 is tied to protecting the Pe2, and the Black king is tied to
protecting the Nf4.}) 29... Nh4 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Eaman, R."]
[Black "Von Hatten, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1838"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Rogue Squadron"]
[BlackTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Rad8 12. Be3 Nh5 13. g4 Nhf6 14. Qe2 h5
15. g5 Ne8 16. f4 f6 17. gxf6 exf6 18. Qg2 f5 19. Qxg6 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nef6 21.
Ng5 Rf7 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Padilla, R."]
[Black "Frank, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Rogue Squadron"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. dxe5
Bd7 9. Na3 c4 10. Bc2 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Nge7 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qf3 Nxe5 14. Qf6 Nf3+
15. Qxf3 Rf8 16. Qh3 Qb6 17. Qxh7 e5 18. Bxg6+ Nxg6 19. Be3 Qf6 20. Qh5 Rh8 21.
Qd1 Bc6 22. Nf3 Kf7 23. Ng5+ Kg7 24. f4 Raf8 25. Qg4 Qf5 26. Ne6+ Kg8 27. Qxf5
Rxf5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Bd4 Rxe6 30. Bxh8 Kxh8 31. Rf7 Re7 32. Rf6 Kg7 33. Raf1
Ne5 34. R6f5 Nd3 35. h4 Re5 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. R1f7+ Kg6 39. Rc7 Rf5
40. Rg8+ Kf6 41. g4 Re5 42. Rh8 Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. g5+ Kh5 45. Rh8+ Kg6 46.
Rh6+ Kf5 47. Rf7+ Kg4 48. g6 Kg3 49. g7 Re1+ 50. Rf1 Re2 51. g8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Persons, Josh"]
[Black "Janssen, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Rogue Squadron"]
[BlackTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d5
exd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 c6 11. Bb3 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 O-O 13. a3 Ba5 14. Ba2 Bd3
15. b4 Bc7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. O-O Nd7 20. Qf3 Nf6 21.
Bb1 Bxb1 22. Rfxb1 Qe5 23. Rc1 Rd5 24. Nb3 Rad8 25. Nc5 Qb8 26. e4 Re5 27. Rd1
Rde8 28. Rd4 Qc8 29. Rad1 b6 30. Nd7 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 R5e7 32. Qf5 g6 33. Qh3 Rxd7
34. Qxd7 Qxd7 35. Rxd7 Rxe4 36. Kf1 Rc4 37. Ra7 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Rxa5 c5
40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Rc8 Rc1+ 42. Ke2 Ra1 43. Rxc5 Rxa3 44. Rc7 h5 45. f3 Ra2+ 46.
Kf1 g5 47. h3 Kg6 48. Rc6+ Kf5 49. g4+ hxg4 50. hxg4+ Ke5 51. Rc5+ Kf6 52. Rf5+
Kg6 53. Ke1 Rb2 54. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kelley, Greg"]
[Black "Acevedo, U."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "St. Charles Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Rogue Squadron"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8. Ng5
e6 9. O-O a5 10. a4 Nh5 11. Nf3 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nb6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Nb5 Nd5 15.
Qd2 Bc6 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Ne1 Qe7 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 c6 20. Na3 e5 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. dxe5 Ne4 23. Qe3 Bxe5 24. Nc4 Bg7 25. c3 Qc7 26. Qc1 Rad8 27. Qc2 b5
28. axb5 cxb5 29. Nxa5 Nd2 30. Nb3 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 Qc4+ 32. Kg1 Re2 33. Na5 Qe6
34. Qc1 Qb6 35. Qf4 Rde8 36. Nd3 Rd8 37. Qf3 Ree8 38. Nb3 Bf8 39. Re1 Rxd3 40.
Rxe8 Rxf3 41. gxf3 Qc6 42. Re3 Qd5 43. Na5 Qg5+ 44. Kf1 Bc5 45. Re2 Bd6 46. Nb3
Qh4 47. Nd4 Qxh3+ 48. Ke1 Qh1+ 49. Kd2 Bf4+ 50. Kc2 Qa1 51. b4 Qc1+ 52. Kd3 Kg7
53. Ke4 Qxc3 54. Kxf4 Qxd4+ 55. Re4 Qxf2 56. Kg5 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Fridman, Y."]
[Black "Tsyganov, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]
[BlackTeam "DRW Trading Group"]

{G/60 Time Control.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6.
Bc4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6
13. c4 Nh5 14. Nc3 Qe8 15. Be3 a5 16. b3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. Rd3 Qh5 19. g3
Rf7 20. Rf1 Raf8 21. f4 Qh6 22. Rdf3 exf4 23. g4 g5 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Ne2 Qe5 26.
Qd4 Qxd4+ 27. Nxd4 d5 28. Nxe6 dxe4 29. Nxf8 Bc5+ 30. R3f2 Rxf8 31. Kg2 Bxf2
32. Rxf2 Rd8 33. Rb2 Rd3 34. a3 Rc3 35. a4 c5 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Kf2
Ke6 39. Rb1 Rd2+ 40. Kg1 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hayhurst, W."]
[Black "Morris, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[Annotator ",Microsoft"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DRW Trading Group"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]

{G/60 Time Control.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3
O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 Ng4 9. Qe2 exf4 10. Bxf4 Qf6 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. h4 Nce5 13. h5
Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qxg5 15. fxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd2 Be3 17. Qg2 Kh8 18. h6 gxh6 19. Rf1
Qh4+ 20. Rf2 f5 21. Nd2 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxf2+ 23. Nxf2 Rae8+ 24. Kf1 Rxf2+ 25.
Qxf2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Thomson, J."]
[Black "Gorodetskiy, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]
[BlackTeam "DRW Trading Group"]

{G/60 Time Control.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5
Ne4 7. cxd4 d5 8. Bb5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nbxd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O
13. Bd3 h6 14. Rac1 Ne7 15. Rc3 c6 16. Bb1 Bf5 17. b4 a5 18. Nh4 Bxb1 19. Rxb1
axb4 20. Rxb4 b5 21. f4 Qd7 22. f5 Ra6 23. f6 Nf5 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Rf3 Qe4 26.
fxg7 Kxg7 27. Qf2 c5 28. Rxb5 cxd4 29. Rb7 Qxe5 30. Rfxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Gorodetskiy, S."]
[Black "Cherkasky, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[Annotator ",Microsoft"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DRW Trading Group"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]

{G/60 Time Control.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. d3 h6 6. Qb3 d4
7. Ne4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. e3 Nd7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O
Rb8 14. b4 b6 15. a4 Bb7 16. b5 Rfe8 17. e4 Nf8 18. Ra3 Ra8 19. Rfa1 Ne6 20. a5
Reb8 21. f4 exf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Be5 24. Qf2 Rf8 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf4
Qxf4 27. gxf4 Rab8 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ra7 Rfe8 30. Bh3 g6 31. Bd7 Red8 32. Bc6
Bxc6 33. bxc6 Rbc8 34. Rd7 Rxd7 35. cxd7 Rd8 36. Ra7 Kf8 37. Rb7 Ke7 38. Rxb6
Kxd7 39. Rb7+ Ke6 40. Rc7 f5 41. Rxc5 fxe4 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Rxe4 Kf5 44. Kf2 g5
45. fxg5 hxg5 46. Kg3 Rd7 47. Re1 Rb7 48. Rf1+ Kg6 49. Kg4 Rb3 50. Rf3 Rc3 51.
h3 Ra3 52. h4 gxh4 53. Kxh4 Rc3 54. Kg4 Rc2 55. Kf4 Re2 56. c5 Rc2 57. Ke4 Rxc5
58. Kxd4 Rc1 59. Kd5 Rc8 60. d4 Rd8+ 61. Kc5 Rc8+ 62. Kd5 Rd8+ 63. Ke4 Re8+ 64.
Kd3 Re7 65. Rf8 Kg7 66. Rf5 Kg6 67. Re5 Kf6 68. Ke4 Rd7 69. Re8 Kf7 70. Rh8
Re7+ 71. Kf5 Kg7 72. Rd8 Rf7+ 73. Ke6 Rf6+ 74. Ke5 Rf1 75. d5 Re1+ 76. Kd6 Kf7
77. Rd7+ Kf6 78. Ra7 Rd1 79. Ra6 Kf7 80. Ra5 Kf6 81. Rc5 Rd2 82. Kc6 Ke7 83.
Rc4 Ra2 84. d6+ Kd8 85. Rb4 Rc2+ 86. Kd5 Rd2+ 87. Rd4 Rc2 88. Re4 Rd2+ 89. Ke6
Ke8 90. Re5 Rd1 91. Rh5 Re1+ 92. Kd5 Rd1+ 93. Kc6 Rc1+ 94. Rc5 Rd1 95. Kc7 Kf7
96. d7 Ke7 97. Re5+ Kf6 98. Rc5 Ke7 99. d8=Q+ Rxd8 100. Re5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Duong, R."]
[Black "Gugenheim, O."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1481"]
[BlackElo "1596"]
[Annotator ",Microsoft"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]
[BlackTeam "DRW Trading Group"]

{G/60 Time Control.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4
dxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. e3 d5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Be2 Qc7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13.
Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 N7f6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Be1 a6 18. b5 axb5 19.
Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Rc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bc3 Ne4 25.
f3 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CICL Playoffs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Komblevitz, A."]
[Black "Babinec, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1312"]
[BlackElo "1116"]
[Annotator ",Microsoft"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.05.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[WhiteTeam "DRW Trading Group"]
[BlackTeam "Motorola Solutions Knights"]

{G/60 Time Control.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nxc3 5. bxc3 e6 6.
d4 c5 7. Ne2 Be7 8. Bf4 Bd7 9. d5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Bc6 11. c4 O-O 12. Bxb8 Rxb8
13. Rb1 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Bd6 15. c4 Re8 16. O-O Qc7 17. g3 a6 18. Re1 b5 19. Qc2
b4 20. Qa4 a5 21. a3 Kf8 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Qxf4 24. Qxa5 Qxc4 25. axb4 Qxd5
26. Qxc5+ Qxc5 27. bxc5 Rbc8 28. Rec1 Re6 29. Rc2 g5 30. Rbc1 Kg7 31. c6 Rc7
32. Kg2 Kg6 33. Kg3 h5 34. Rc5 f6 35. R1c4 Re5 36. f4 gxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Rxc5 38.
Rxc5 h4 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Kd5 Ke7 41. Rb5 f5 42. Rb7 Kd8 43. Kd6 Kc8 44. Rxc7+
1-0

