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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Game Of The Year XVII

One Of These Nights

Over-the-board chess may be coming back! It has been over a year since the pandemic darkened the doorsteps of the Colorado Springs Chess Club. Now, a glimmer of light is shinning on the horizon.

People are traveling again, restaurants are at 100% capacity, and live events are happening.

In fact, Mark McGough, the Treasurer of the Colorado Springs Chess Club, bought a table for 4 chess players to see The Long Run, an Eagles tribute band, at Stargazers Theatre in April.

The Fab Four Of Colorado Springs Chess

It had been a year since I had seen Dean Brown. He asked me, "When is the club going to open again?"

I just said, "One of these nights."

It was even longer since I had seen Sam Bridle. He asked me, "When is the club going to open again?"

I just said, "One of these nights."

Finally, I turned to Mark, who I had put in charge of contacting the Housing Authority about when they expected to open the Acacia Apartments, and asked him, "When is the club going to open again?"

He just said:

One of these nights

One of these crazy old nights

We're gonna find out pretty mama

What turns on your lights

Well, we decided not to wait for the Acacia Apartments to open up. The COATI Uprise was willing to let chess players hold an event at their place.

So, the Colorado Springs Chess Club will try out our first over-the-board event in over a year this Wednesday!

Wednesday, May 19, 2021 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

CSCC 3rd Wednesday May Unrated Blitz Live!

10SS; TC: G/5+0

Site: COATI Uprise, 514 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

EF: FREE

Reg.: 6:00 - 6:45pm

Rds.: 7:00pm

Info.: Please bring sets and clocks

Questions: Paul Anderson @ Text: (719) 551-9833; E-mail: cschess@juno.com

Come out and play chess!

Game Of The Year

The Game Of The Year was a tough choice this past year. I usually go over a lot of chess games from the club each week as I manually enter them into my TD database. Since covid scuttled over-the-board chess, we moved the club online. The online version records all the games automatically. So, I have less work to do, but I also have less incentive to look at the games. Therefore, I have less games to choose from for the Game Of The Year.

There has to be something special about the game to get me to look at it online. Sometimes I might go over my previous game in between rounds as I wait for Jeff Fox to finish his 100 move drawn endgame. Sometimes I might go over other players' games when I see the computer analysis spike and I miss the tactic. Sometimes it just might be a milestone for me.

This one was a milestone in two ways.

One, I finally won with 1...h6. I had been doing my version of LM Brian Wall's 40 Move Challenge and was stuck on h6, losing 3 times:

Losses

Opponent

H6	Highlybunspect
	jfoxhoot
	Termenoil

Thankfully, I got paired with Mark McGough with black. Mark is my most common opponent over-the-board.

My Opponent

Win

Loss

Rating Gain

Ave Rating

MCGOUGH, MARK

85.0

20.0

76.0

1772

I have beaten him so often that I call him my whipping boy. Although, I have learned not to say that to him, as that is when he gets motivated and goes on a winning streak against me.

In the online club, I am doing even better against Mark (+16-1=1) with a 88.9% winning percentage versus the 81.0% winning percentage over-the-board.

Of course, it was a tough game, as Mark never lets me win easily. This time, he threw away a win and missed a clever drawing opportunity.

Black to move

Two, I finally got to use the Lucena Position. I had first heard about it from Larry Wutt at the Colorado Springs Chess Club when we were meeting in the cafeteria of the Acacia Apartments. However, I don't think I have ever used it in an over-the-board game. Now, I had to remember it with little time on my clock in a rapid game. I just knew the Rook goes to the 4th rank to build the bridge, which I did on move 75. The funny thing is that Mark already had the Lucena Position on move 53, if it counts with the extra pawns on the board, and didn't play it, creating the first...

Double Lucena

Game Of The Year XVII

[Event "2nd Sunday December Online"]

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2020.12.13"]

[Round "2.3"]

[White "McGough, Mark"]

[Black "Anderson, Paul"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "B00"]

[WhiteElo "1515"]

[BlackElo "1674"]

[PlyCount "164"]

[EventDate "2020.12.13"]

[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. e4 h6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8.

Qxf3 c6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. c3 Be7 13. Kb1 Nxe4 14. Qxe4

Nf6 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Rhe1 Qc7 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Bf4

Rhc8 21. Re3 b5 22. Rde1 b4 23. Be5 g6 24. Bf4 h5 25. Rc1 a5 26. Rc2 Rc6 27.

Rf3 Raa6 28. Bd2 Ke8 29. cxb4 axb4 30. Rb3 Rc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Rf3 Ra5 33. a3

Rd5 34. Bxb4 Bxb4 35. axb4 Rxd4 36. Kc2 Re4 37. Kc3 Re2 38. Kxc4 Rxb2 39. b5 f5

40. Kc5 Ke7 41. Kc6 Rc2+ 42. Kb7 g5 43. b6 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Rf4 Kd7 46.

Rd4+ Ke7 47. f3 gxf3 48. gxf3 Rc3 49. f4 Rc2 50. Ka7 Ra2+ 51. Kb8 Rb2 52. b7

Rb3 53. Rc4 Kd7 54. Rc7+ Kd8 55. Rc6 Kd7 56. Ra6 Rb4 57. Ka7 Kc7 58. Rxe6 Rxb7+

59. Ka6 Rb4 60. Re7+ Kd6 61. Re8 Rxf4 62. Kb5 Kd5 63. Re7 Re4 64. Rf7 Re5 65.

Kb4 Kd4 66. Kb3 Kd3 67. Rf8 Rb5+ 68. Ka4 Rd5 69. Kb4 Ke4 70. Kc4 Rd7 71. Kc3 f4

72. Kc2 Ke3 73. Kc1 f3 74. Kc2 Ke2 75. Kc3 Rd5 76. Rf7 f2 77. Re7+ Kf1 78. Kc2

Kg2 79. Rg7+ Kf3 80. Rf7+ Ke3 81. Re7+ Kf4 82. Rf7+ Rf5 0-1

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=116557

This Week In Chess

On May 16th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club held the 3rd Sunday May Rapid Online.

https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/3rd-sunday-may-rapid-online-2286292

Place, 3rd Sunday May Rapid Online, Score

1 "#1 Czechmate1972 (1692)" 3.5

2 "#2 JJ7X (1832)" 3.0

3 "#3 msmcgough (1611)" 2.5

4 "#4 jfoxhoot (1653)" 2.5

5 "#5 cschessnews (1781)" 2.5

6 "#6 dzhierkiev64 (1838)" 2.0

7 "#7 bozhenoff (1694)" 2.0

8 "#8 linuxguy1 (1784)" 2.0

9 "#9 bazinga2 (1586)" 2.0

10 "#10 KingVed (1532)" 1.5

11 "#11 CosmicNovaGalaxy (1483)" 1.5

12 "#12 albertgardner (1451)" 1.0

13 "#13 Cocomcfrecal (1042)" 1.0

14 "#14 RaiderATO (682)" 0.0

15 "- Meta-God (1212)" 0.0

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Game Of The Year XVI

Start Of The Season

Sunday, April 12, 2020

The times are changing. Historically, I put out my Game Of The Year at the end of my chess publishing season some time in August. For 2019, I did not get it done. I have been spending the off-season looking for some excuse why I did not publishing the 16th version of the Game Of The Year.

Then Coronavirus hit! The Colorado Springs Chess Club was closed; businesses went dark; the streets became desolate, and toilet paper can only be purchased on the dark web. Now, I had the perfect justification for my lack of chess writing.

However, the more I thought about it; the more I realized how essential chess is to the victory over this dreaded plague. Clearly, chess is the greatest tool for social distancing since the invention of body odor.

I have been social distancing ever since I downloaded a chess app to my phone. I convinced myself that moving from sleeping in bed to playing chess on the couch meant I was up and being productive since, technically, I am a chess professional and any practice counts as work. In addition, my favorite aspect of chess club is the fact that I can escape any boring social interaction with three simple words, "My opponent moved."

Unfortunately, the stay-at-home order has been extended. Not enough people are practicing safe space. Well, I have decided to do my part. My plan is to resurrect the Colorado Springs Chess Club and convert more people into social distancing masters by offering online tournaments for the club.

The Colorado Springs Chess Club will try out our first online event this Sunday, April 12th at 8 pm. You just need a free chess.com account and join the Colorado Springs Chess Club.

Stay home and play chess!

Game Of The Year

The Game Of The Year comes from a Quick-rated game given to me by LM Gunnar Andersen. He won the 2020 Colorado Springs City Speed Chess Championship in January and became the 11th champion. Unfortunately, the speed games are not recorded. So, I picked the next best thing.

However, I also wanted to tell you about my best victory from last year. It came from my encounter with the auto insurance company Progressive. If you are just interested in the chess, then feel free to skip over my rant.

[Begin Rant]

Filing an insurance claim can be like a chess game. You will need a lot of patience; it helps to look at all the legal moves you have and be familiar with the tactics your opponent will employ. After all, your opponent will use all the time allowed and still not resign no matter how bad their position is.

When I was finally finished with my ordeal with Progressive, I thought I should share my experience with others. I had spent a lot of time researching how I could beat them and wanted to record some of the things I learned just in case someone may need advice in the future. However, coming up with a title for the blog was difficult. I wasn't sure how much emotion to convey.

How To Sue An Insurance Company In Small Claims Court
How To Win $2,914.57
I Still Hate Progressive
Flo Blows

Finally, I just decided to make it my Game Of The Year. After all, it was my best win of 2019 and a better payday than any chess tournament I have won.

Before I get into the details, here are the main lessons I learned:

Get off the phone
Get to court
Get 3 estimates

"The accident was simple," I thought. Someone backed into my parked car on November 9, 2018. I was not even in the vehicle at the time. He apologized and gave me his insurance information.

I had a similar accident 10 years earlier. I made one call to State Farm. They said, "We are sorry, pick a repair place, and we can help with the rental." I never had to speak to them again, and my car was restored to its previous glory.

With Progressive, the tactics started on the first call. They will push you to use their repair place and get you in before they have to mail out the state required notice that you have a legal right to choose your own repair company in Colorado.

Then the lies will come.

The repair place I chose said, "We can submit the estimate. Who is the insurance company?" When I told them it was Progressive, they groaned. But they had worked with Progressive before and emailed the company and myself the estimate within one day. But, I heard nothing.

When I called, Progressive said, "We never got the estimate." Now, I realized this was going to be a fight and got off the phone. I figured it would be better to have a record of what they were saying if I needed to prove it in court. So, I resent the estimate to them. I had to sent it close to six times before they acknowledged it. By this time I had filed a complaint with the Department of Insurance.

The Department of Insurance doesn't really do anything. However, the insurance company can face a fine if they do not respond to the complaint within a certain period of time, and it does get other people involved with your case.

Finally, after months of stalling, they made an offer based on the original estimate. They offered $1,451.63 after I emailed them that I was going to take this to small claims court. Their low-ball offer was about $1,000 lower than the estimate. They even lied (in writing this time) saying, "I have issued payment for the damage." The check never arrived, and I would not have accepted it anyway. I felt I had enough ammo for court.

It took 4 months of calls and emails for nothing. When I threatened to sue, I got an offer. After I filed the case, they were willing to settle.

One of the concerns I had was how to get Progressive and not the insured. But you have to sue the insured in small claims court, and the insurance company will provide an attorney and pay the judgement. I kept the insured informed about how I was being treated and the suit. He was not happy, but he was willing to call Progressive and push them to settle.

I had one more chance to remove Progressive out of the loop and get my money when Judge Mathis contacted us. I was willing to drop the small claims case and get a free trip to Chicago to be on TV, but, unfortunately, the defendant has to agree.

My preparation for trial was to watch A Few Good Men and Pawn Stars. You can have representation in small claims if the defendant has an attorney, but I couldn't find an attorney willing to take my case pro bono. So, I was just going to use what I learned about negotiation from Pawn Stars to settle before the trial.

I had filed the case for $6,890.01 by throwing in lost wages, interest, and punitive damages. The limit for small claims cases in Colorado is $7,500. I figured that would scare them and give me plenty of room to negotiate. I don't think it worked. Progressive has probably been sued a lot and knows what they are likely to lose.

The Progressive attorney contacted me the day before the trial with a revised offer. It wasn't much higher. So, we went to court. The judge gives you one more chance to settle before starting trial. I decided $3,000 was my bottom line, but Progressive wouldn't go any higher than $2,200. I was still so mad at them that it was worth the risk to have the judge decide.

The verdict was $2,914.57. I was pretty close and may have been right on the money except that I only got 2 estimates for the damage and the judge used the low, Progressive estimate as the third to make an average.

While things went well for me, I realized going to court is a risk. The court can be backed up and have a back-log of cases. Sometimes the wheels of justice grind slow. The judges can pretty much do whatever they want. Sometimes you get a just judge, sometimes not.

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Matthew 5:25 (KJV)

[End Rant]

And now, back to an actual chess game.

LM Gunnar Andersen got the Game Of The Year thanks to good timing and an old policy I created to punish one of my chess villains. I am the Dark Knight of Colorado Springs chess. When the bat-signal shines bright on Tuesday night, I must swoop in and prevent any crime.

Years ago, the Penguin🐧tormented the citizens of Colorado Springs. I banished him to Arkham asylum and offered any citizen the right to have their victory over Penguin moved to the top of the publish list. The citizens rejoiced with the return of safety and sportsmanship.

However, the peace was short-lived when the Riddler︖ tried to wreak havoc. The ingenious use of the bat-camera scared the Riddler︖ into hiding. Tranquility returned to the club until the Joker's🃏cackling laughter sent shivers up the spines of everyone in the tournament hall. Again, the Dark Knight was able to restore order.

One at a time, the villains were little match for the Caped Crusader. Unfortunately, there has been a jailbreak and the inmates have escaped: the Penguin🐧, the Riddler︖, and the Joker🃏 are on the loose!

With LM Gunnar Andersen's new Speed crown and his ability to win chess games at lightning speed, I chose one of his quick wins as the Game Of The Year. I call it:

The Flash🗲 vs The Penguin🐧

Black to move

Game Of The Year XVI

[Event "IHOP QUICK SEPTEMBER"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Whinemiller"]
[Black "Andersen, Gunnar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.09.15"]
[TimeControl "1440+5"]

1. e4 Na6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bf5 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. Bc4 Nb4 8. Bb3 Nf6 9. O-O e6 10. a3 Nbd5 11. c4 Nb6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rc1 Qc7 15. d5 Rad8 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd4 Bc5 0-1

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=115314

The Last Week In Chess

On March 10th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club held the 2nd round of the March Swiss 90 (5SS, G/90+30). Then the Coronavirus hit! And life has never been the same.

Standings. March Swiss 90

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Tot Prize

1 Paul D Anderson 1957 W6 W4 2.0
2 Gunnar Andersen 2292 W5 D3 1.5
3 Mitchell Anderson 1969 W7 D2 1.5
4 Mark McGough 1805 W9 L1 1.0
5 Grayson Ed Harris 1599 L2 W8 1.0
6 Gabriel Frank 1350 L1 D7 0.5
7 Dean W Brown 1442 L3 D6 0.5
8 Derek Eskeldson 1368 H--- L5 0.5
9 Clinton Eads 1241 L4 H--- 0.5

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Game Of The Year XV

End Of The Season

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Well, another chess season has come to a close for me. It is time for me to move on to managing the website for my other hobby (https://spamfootball.blogspot.com/), but I will return after the football season ends. Before I go, I wanted to clean up some loose ends.

Of course, you can still send in news items or articles during the off-season, and I will email them along to the subscribers. Any games I receive will be stored at the Colorado Springs Chess News’ Yahoo! group. You can also join the group to keep receiving chess games all year round.

So, before I finish typing my chess thoughts for another year, I want to thank all the people who sent in games and articles, all the people who took the time to tell me something nice about the newsletter, and all the people who take the time to read this.

Game Of The Year

Usually at this time, I look over the past year's statistics to see if it was a good or bad year for me. Looking over the statistics helps me get past the bad feelings that linger from my losses. They bring me back into balance and force me to look at what I did right and what I did wrong. While the past couple of years have been off and 2018 isn't looking much better, I still have time to improve 2018. Here is how it is going so far:

2045 peak USCF rating (record: 2015 - 2102)
2067 peak BLITZ rating (record: 2017 - 2067)
2055 peak CLUB rating (record: 2013 - 2127)
77.08% USCF winning percentage (record: 2012 - 79.31%)
79.07% CLUB winning percentage (record: 2013 - 87.86%)
12 projected prizes won (record: 2014 - 20)
25 projected USCF-rated wins (record: 2013 - 75.5)
0 upsets (record: 2001 - 6)

Peak Rating Report

Year, Peak Rating, Gain

1998 1680 +
1999 1580 -
2000 1567 -
2001 1695 +
2002 1757 +
2003 1772 +
2004 1805 +
2005 1864 +
2006 1882 +
2007 1897 +
2008 1962 +
2009 2003 +
2010 1977 -
2011 2000 +
2012 2043 +
2013 2058 +
2014 2098 +
2015 2102 +
2016 2053 -
2017 2048 -
2018 2039 ?

Total: 15 positive years and 5 negative years

So, what happened in 2015 when my rating started to tumble back down from my peak?

I started directing tournaments for the Colorado Springs Chess Club in 2015. It is not easy to direct and play well. I still haven't figured out how to find the balance between focusing on my game and taking care of the event duties.

However, directing hasn't been all bad.

Directing tournaments for the Colorado Springs Chess Club is a nice way to give back to the club I have enjoyed for 20 years. My largest pay day for chess was while I was a tournament director. I get a lot of material for my newsletter. And every once in a while, I get to see a game that just makes my year.

Larry Osborn provided me with the most enjoyable game of the year. Since I play and direct, I didn't get any time to watch his game. However, my Vice President, Peter Barlay saw the ending and told me, "You are going to love this!" I went over the score sheet at IHOB, as I was uploading the ratings report to USCF at 2:00 am in the morning.

I burst into laugher when I saw 14. Qh5+!!!

It was not because of the blunder. It was because I knew Larry had won. It was not just an upset of a higher rated player. It was a comeback against a higher rated player after hanging his Queen!

It was the chess equivalent of a hail mary pass. Instead of the "Minnesota Miracle," it was the Colorado Springs Miracle!

I go over hundreds of games each year just hoping to find a game like this so that I can send LM Brian Wall a legitimate contender for the Jim Burden Award rather than my crappy, blitz blunders (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/for-such-time-as-this.html).

Here is my nomination for the 2018 Jim Burden Award.

White to move

Game Of The Year XV

[Event "July Mating Game"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2018.07.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Osborn, Larry"]
[Black "Eskeldson, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "949"]
[BlackElo "1341"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.07.17"]
[TimeControl "2700"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. a3 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14. Qh5+ Kxh5 15. f4 Be7 16. d5 cxd5 17. h3 dxc4 18. g4+ Kh4 19. Kh2 Bd6 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Rf3 Ne5 22. b4 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3+ Bxf3 24. bxc5 Qd3 25. Bf2# 1-0

https://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game-replayer.php?id=113145

This Week In Chess

On September 19th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club continued the September Swiss 90 (4SS, G/90+30).

Standings. September Swiss 90

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot Prize

1 Laurence Rob Wutt 1948 W14 W7 W2 3.0
2 Paul D Anderson 1989 W4 W9 L1 2.0
3 Brian Jo Rountree 1885 H--- H--- W11 2.0
4 Ross Inman 1367 L2 W15 W9 2.0
5 Clinton D Eads 1268 L8 W14 W13 2.0
6 Scott J Walsh 1642 H--- H--- D7 1.5
7 Grayson Ed Harris 1111 W13 L1 D6 1.5
8 Peter Barlay 1936 W5 U--- U--- 1.0
9 Mark McGough 1849 W15 L2 L4 1.0
10 William Leo Wolf 1425 W16 U--- U--- 1.0
11 Dean W Brown 1400 U--- W12 L3 1.0
12 Michael Smith II 1610 H--- L11 U--- 0.5
13 Christophe Motley 1584 L7 H--- L5 0.5
14 Scott Ch Williams 1293 L1 L5 U--- 0.0
15 Joey Arispe 1231 L9 L4 U--- 0.0
16 Sam Hays unr. L10 U--- U--- 0.0

Projected Prizes: 1st $34.00; 2nd $23.00; U1400 $15.00

Monday, September 11, 2017

Game Of The Year XIV

End Of The Season

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Game Of The Year

Usually at this time, I look over the past year's statistics to see if it was a good or bad year for me. Looking over the statistics helps me get past the bad feelings that linger from my losses. They bring me back into balance and force me to look at what I did right and what I did wrong. While 2016 was an off year and 2017 isn't looking much better, I still have time to improve 2017. Here is how it is going so far:

2048 peak USCF rating (record: 2015 - 2102)
2067 peak BLITZ rating (record: 2017 - 2067)
2054 peak CLUB rating (record: 2013 - 2127)
75.81% USCF winning percentage (record: 2012 - 79.31%)
78.95% CLUB winning percentage (record: 2013 - 87.86%)
12 projected prizes won (record: 2014 - 20)
35 projected USCF-rated wins (record: 2013 - 75.5)
1 upset (record: 2001 - 6)

Peak Rating Report

Year, Peak Rating, Gain

1998 1680 +
1999 1580 -
2000 1567 -
2001 1695 +
2002 1757 +
2003 1772 +
2004 1805 +
2005 1864 +
2006 1882 +
2007 1897 +
2008 1962 +
2009 2003 +
2010 1977 -
2011 2000 +
2012 2043 +
2013 2058 +
2014 2098 +
2015 2102 +
2016 2053 -
2017 2048 ?

Total: 15 positive years and 4 negative years

So, as far as my favorite game of the year goes, the obvious choice would be the one upset I had this year. I was able to get a win from NM Josh Bloomer during the "Year of Josh."

Josh has been playing less and less chess recently. In fact, for 5 straight years he played less than 20 games. Finally, several of Colorado's masters got together for a bet to see which 2200 could pass 2300 first. This goal seemed to reinvigorate Josh's game.

At the beginning of this year, Josh was getting close to winning the bet. He was at 2294 and only six points away from the top of the mountain. However, that is when I got my upset. He is the highest rated player I have beaten. It was a setback for Josh but only temporarily.

In the past year, Josh has not only passed the 2300 barrier but also only lost this game and one more to fellow NM, Chris Peterson, in the process. Chris was one of the masters in 2300 bet and took Josh out for his steak dinner. But the real thanks goes to LM Brian Wall, who served up the steak dinner on a silver platter.

NM Josh Bloomer's Top 30 Regular Opponents - Last 12 Months

+ = - Name

0 0 1 PAUL D ANDERSON
0 0 1 CHRISTOFER PETERSON
0 1 0 CALVIN P DEJONG
0 1 0 RYAN DAVID SWERDLIN
0 1 0 LIOR LAPID
0 1 0 CLIFTON P FORD
0 1 0 GUNNAR JAMES ANDERSEN
1 1 0 ALEKSANDR BOZHENOV
1 0 0 JESSE WILLIAMS
1 0 0 MATTHEW C HANSEN
1 0 0 DEREK ESKELDSON
1 0 0 ALEXANDER FREEMAN
1 0 0 MICHAEL W SANDAU
1 0 0 EARLE P WIKLE
1 0 0 KEVIN LUCAS
1 0 0 DEAN W BROWN
2 0 0 DANIEL HERMAN
2 0 0 SARA HERMAN
2 0 0 M PAUL COVINGTON
2 0 0 MARK MCGOUGH
4 0 0 BRIAN JOHN ROUNTREE
6 0 0 BRIAN D WALL

Here is the key position from my game with Josh.

Black to move

Game Of The Year XIV

[Event "February Swiss 90"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2017.02.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Bloomer, Josh"]
[Black "Anderson, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.01.31"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. h3 d6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nf3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. a4 Nd5 14. Re1 e6 15. c3 N5b6 16. a5 Nd5 17. Bg5 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Qe2 Nxc3 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Na4 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. b3 Nb2 26. Be2 Rc3 27. Nd2 Bd4 28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. Nf3 Bd5 30. Nd2 Bxa5 31. Bf3 Bxd2 32. Bxd2 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Nd3 34. Kf1 Nc5 35. b4 Nd7 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. Bh6 e5+ 40. Kd3 Kd5 41. Be3 f5 42. Ba7 Nf8 43. h4 Ne6 44. Bb6 h5 45. Be3 f4 46. Bb6 g5 47. hxg5 Nxg5 48. Ke2 Ne6 49. Kf1 Kc4 50. Ba5 Nd4 51. Bc7 Nxf3 52. Kg2 Ne1+ 53. Kf1 Nd3 54. Ke2 e4 55. f3 e3 56. Bd6 Kd4 57. Be7 Ne5 58. Bf6 Kd5 59. Bg5 Ng6 60. Bf6 Kc4 0-1

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This Week In Chess

On August 29th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club finished the August Swiss 90 (5SS, G/90+30, $10 entry).

Standings. as90: August Swiss 90

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize

1 Paul D Anderson 2001 W7 W3 W2 W4 W6 5.0 $27.00 1st
2 Brian Jo Rountree 1856 W13 W8 L1 W3 L4 3.0 $11.00 2nd + GOW
3 Michael Smith II 1573 W14 L1 W6 L2 W10 3.0 $6.00 2nd
4 Calvin P Dejong 1876 H--- H--- W7 L1 W2 3.0 $11.00 2nd + GOW
5 Mark McGough 1876 W15 H--- L8 W10 U--- 2.5
6 Clinton D Eads 1229 L11 W14 L3 W9 L1 2.0 $6.00 U1300
7 Derek Eskeldson 1270 L1 W15 L4 W14 U--- 2.0 $11.00 U1300 + GOW
8 Aleksand Bozhenov 1994 W9 L2 W5 U--- U--- 2.0
9 Scott Ch Williams 1233 L8 L12 W14 L6 U--- 1.0
10 Dean W Brown 1494 H--- H--- U--- L5 L3 1.0
11 Peter Barlay 1912 W6 U--- U--- U--- U--- 1.0
12 William Leo Wolf 1322 U--- W9 U--- U--- U--- 1.0
13 Brian Henry Baum 643 L2 H--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5
14 Douglas N Clark 159 L3 L6 L9 L7 U--- 0.0
15 Daniel J Rupp 989 L5 L7 U--- U--- U--- 0.0

Pikes Peak Open Standings

By Buck Buchanan

5.0 Zachary Bekkedahl
4.5 Dean Clow
4.0 Gunnar Andersen
4.0 Rhett Langseth
4.0 Joshua Samuel
4.0 Mark Krowczyk
4.0 David Hickman
3.5 Sara Herman
3.5 Paul Baxter
3.5 Sullivan McConnell
3.5 Charles Alexander
3.5 Brian Wall
3.5 Daniel Ruvins
3.0 Daniel Herman
3.0 Suhaas Narayanan
3.0 Robert Carlson
3.0 Cory Kohler
3.0 Alexander Marsh
3.0 Edward Sedillo
3.0 Brian Rountree
3.0 Griffin McConnell
3.0 Vibi Varghese
3.0 Davin Yin
3.0 Rahul Sampangiramiah
2.5 Sami Al - Adsani
2.5 Cory Foster
2.5 Nathaniel Reeves
2.5 Michael Smith
2.5 Mukund Gurumurthi
2.5 Scott Williams
2.5 Karthik Selva
2.0 Neil Bhavikatti
2.0 Duwayne Langseth
2.0 Ryan Mantey
2.0 Alexander Freeman
2.0 Calvin Dejong
2.0 Doyle Lobaugh
2.0 Andrew Starr
2.0 Vedanth Sampath
2.0 Shirley Herman
2.0 Nicholas Derosier
2.0 Steven Butcher
2.0 Rollin Leavitt
2.0 Coleman Hoyt
1.5 Alan Wong
1.5 Zane Youssef
1.5 William Wolf
1.5 Christophe Motley
1.5 Alex Firth
1.5 Aditya Krishna
1.5 Aravin Gurumurthi
1.0 Joseph Aragon
1.0 Steven Readel
1.0 Landon Baxter
0.5 Daniel Rupp
0.5 Tucker Lane
0.5 Yusuf Sherif

Pikes Peak Open Games in PGN

By Buck Buchanan

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zach Bekkedahl"]
[Black "Michael Smith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne2 Bxe2 8.
Bxe2 Nbd7 9. g3 b6 10. Bf4 Qb7 11. O-O h6 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Be5 b5 15.
Qb3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. c4 Nc5 18. Qe3 e6 19. b4 Nd7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e6 Nf6
22. Qe5 Bg7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Bg4 Rxc1 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27. Rxc1 Qe7
28. Rc8+ Ne8 29. Qf5+ Bf6 30. Bh5 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dean Clow"]
[Black "Alexander Marsh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1551"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. e3 b6 6. Bb5 Bb7 7. Ne5 Rc8 8. O-O
a6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxa6 Ra8 11. Be2 g6 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Nb5 O-O 14. a4 Ne4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe1 d4 17. Rd1 Nd6 18. exd4 Nxb5 19. axb5 Qxd4+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21.
Kxf2 Be4 22. d3 Bf5 23. Ra1 Kf6 24. Bf3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 e5 26. Ra6 Rb8 27. fxe5+
Kxe5 28. Ke3 h5 29. c4 Bc8 30. Ra7 Be6 31. b4 cxb4 32. d4+ Kd6 33. d5 Bf5 34.
Kd4 Bd7 35. Bd1 f6 36. Ra6 Kc7 37. Bf3 Re8 38. d6+ Kxd6 39. Rxb6+ Ke7 40. Rb7
Rd8 41. Bc6 g5 42. c5 f5 43. Kc4 Ke6 44. Bxd7+ Rxd7 45. Rxd7 Kxd7 46. Kxb4 h4
47. Kc3 g4 48. Kd3 f4 49. Ke4 f3 50. Ke3 g3 51. hxg3 fxg2 52. Kf2 h3 53. Kg1
Kc7 54. g4 {and White won.} 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vedanth Sampath"]
[Black "Daniel Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1508"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. d3
d5 9. Bb3 c4 10. dxc4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 b6 12. Qh4 Nf5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. c3 Bb7 15.
Bc2 Ba6 16. b3 Nb4 17. cxb4 Bxa1 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
f6 22. Nc6 Rdc8 23. b5 Nd4 24. Nd6 Rc7 25. Nb4 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 Bd4
28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Na6 Re7 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Ne4 Rc8 32. Rd6 e5 33. Rxf6 exf4 34.
Rxf4 Rce8 35. Ng3 Re1+ 36. Nf1 Rf8 37. Rxf8 Kxf8 38. Kg1 Re2 39. a4 Rb2 40. Ng3
Rxb3 41. Ne4 Rb4 42. Nxc5 Rxc4 43. Nd7+ Ke7 44. Ne5 Rxa4 45. Nc6+ Kd6 46. Kf2
Kc5 47. Ne7 Kxb5 {and Black won.} 0-1

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "DuWayne Langseth"]
[Black "Ryan Mantey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1361"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. f4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2 Nf6
9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Nd7 11. Nf3 a5 12. Qe2 a4 13. e4 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. exd5
exd5 16. e6 Nf6 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Ne5+ Kg8 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. Qe8+ Qf8 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 24. Rxf6 Qxg6 25. Rxg6+ Kf7 26. Rf1+ Ke7 27.
Rg7+ Ke6 28. Rff7 Rb8 29. Bf5+ Kd6 30. Rg6+ Be6 31. Rxe6# 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mark Krowczyk"]
[Black "Christopher Motley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "1211"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 h5 10. h3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd5 g5 14. Nxg5 fxg5
15. Bxg5 Rd7 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Nf6+ Kg7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxh5 Nc5 20. O-O Nxe4
21. Rfe1 Nd2 22. Rxe5 Kf6 23. Re8 Nxc4 24. Rd1 Nd6 25. Rxd6+ cxd6 26. Bg4 Bxg4
27. Rxa8 Be2 28. Rxa7 Ba6 29. b4 Bc4 30. Rxb7 Bxa2 31. b5 Bd5 32. Rd7 Ke6 33.
Rh7 Bg5 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brian Wall"]
[Black "Sullivan McConnell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3 Qh4+ 4. Ke2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qf6 6. Nd5 Qd8 7. d4 d6 8.
Bxf4 Nf6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Kf2 Be7 11. Bd3 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. d5 gxf3 14. dxc6 fxg2
15. Kxg2 bxc6 16. Rf1 Ng4 17. Qe2 Bg5 18. Kh1 h5 19. e5 d5 20. Rae1 Be6 21.
Bxa6 Rb8 22. Bd3 Ne3 23. Rf6 Rxb2 24. Na4 Rxa2 25. Rxe6+ fxe6 26. Bg6+ Ke7 27.
Nc3 Qg8 28. Bd3 Ra3 29. Nb1 Ra1 30. Rg1 Qb8 31. c3 Ng4 32. h3 Nh6 33. Qxh5 Nf7
34. Qg4 Qg8 35. c4 Ra2 36. cxd5 cxd5 37. Nc3 Rb2 38. Na4 Rb8 39. Nc5 Nd8 40.
Bf2 Rb2 41. Bd4 {Diagram [#]} Be3 42. Qg7+ Qxg7 43. Rxg7+ Kf8 44. Bxb2 Kxg7 45.
Nd7 Rxh3+ 46. Kg2 Rh7 47. Kf3 Ba7 48. Ba3 Rh3+ 49. Ke2 Nb7 50. Be7 Kf7 51. Bf6
Rxd3 52. Kxd3 Nc5+ 53. Nxc5 Bxc5 54. Bd8 Bb6 55. Bh4 c5 56. Kc3 Kg6 57. Kb3 Kf5
58. Ka4 c4 59. Kb5 Bd4 0-1

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rhett Langseth"]
[Black "Calvin DeJong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. a3
Bf5 9. e4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bg7 14. O-O-O
O-O 15. Rd2 Na5 16. Rc2 Nb3+ 17. Kb1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Re1
e6 21. Rc7 b6 22. Rec1 Bxf2 23. Bh6 Rfd8 24. Rf1 Bd4 25. Rfxf7 Be5 26. Rce7 Re8
27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxa7 Bd4 29. Kc2 e5 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rd7 Bg1 32. h3 e4 33.
Kd2 Bc5 34. Be3 Rc8 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Ke3 Rc2 37. Rd2 Rc4 38. Kf4 Kg7 39. Re2
e3+ 40. Kxe3 b5 41. Kd3 Rc1 42. Rc2 Rf1 43. Kc3 Kf6 44. Kb4 Rf5 45. Rc6+ Kg7
46. g4 Rf2 47. b3 Rf3 48. Rc3 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cory Kohler"]
[Black "Dean Clow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1847"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. c5 Bc7 12. Qa4 a6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. b4 Bg6 15.
Bd3 e5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Re8 19. a4 Qe7 20. Re1 a5 21. Na2
Nc4 22. Bd2 Ne4 23. Bc3 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 axb4 25. Nxb4 Qxc5 26. Nd3 Qd6 27. Red1
Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2 30. Nc2 Qxh3 31. Qd4 Re4 32. Qa7 Rbe8 33. Rh1
Qg4+ 34. f3 Qg2+ 35. Nf2 Bb6 36. fxe4 Bxa7 37. Rag1 Qxh1 38. Rxh1 dxe4 39. Rd1
Nb6 40. a5 Nd5 41. Ra1 f5 42. a6 bxa6 43. Rxa6 Bb6 44. Nd1 g5 45. Nb2 f4 46.
Nc4 f3+ 47. Kf2 Bc7 48. Rxc6 g4 49. Rg6 g3+ 50. Kf1 Rb8 51. Nd2 Nf6 52. Nd4 Ra8
53. N2b3 Kf7 54. Rg5 g2+ 55. Kg1 Bh2+ 56. Kxh2 Rh8+ 57. Kg1 Rh1+ 58. Kf2 Rf1+
0-1

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Edward Sedillo"]
[Black "Suhaas Nurayanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Kh1
Rb8 9. Ne2 b5 10. Nh4 Bb7 11. f4 e6 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Ne5 14. d4 Bxg2+ 15.
Kxg2 Nc6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Bg1 Rfe8 18. Re1 Qe4+ 19. Kh3 g5 20. Ng2 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Smith"]
[Black "Will Wolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1573"]
[BlackElo "1322"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 g6 6. d5 Bg7 7. e6 fxe6 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nc3 Nd4 13. O-O Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2
Qxc4 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Bg5 e5 17. Rc1 Qd4 18. Qc2 Qg4 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Qb3 Kh8 21.
f3 Qe6 22. Nb5 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alexander Marsh"]
[Black "Scott Williams"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1551"]
[BlackElo "1233"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Nh5 8.
Bg3 Nhf6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 c6 11. Nb3 b6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. a4 Ng4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f3 Nh6 17. a5 Nf5 18. axb6 axb6 19. Bc2 h5 20. e4 Nd6 21. e5
Nf5 22. Ra6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Ne3 24. Rc1 Nc4 25. Na1 Bf5 26. b3 Bxc2 27. Nxc2 Na5
28. Qxb6 Nb7 29. Ra1 Qf5 30. Qxb7 Qxc2 31. Qxc6 Qe2 32. h3 h4 33. Qxd5 Qe3+ 34.
Kh1 Qxc3 35. Rg1 Qe3 36. Qd7 e6 37. d5 Qxe5 38. dxe6 Qxe6 39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. Rc1
Kf6 41. Kg1 Kf5 42. Kf2 e5 43. Ke3 Re8 44. Rc4 g5 45. b4 Re6 46. b5 Re7 47. b6
Re6 48. Rb4 Re8 49. b7 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gunnar Andersen"]
[Black "Paul Baxter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
dxc5 dxc5 16. Nbd2 Qc7 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qe4+ Kg8 21.
Qxg4 Qd7 22. Qg3 Nc3 23. Bb2 Qd3 24. Bxc3 Qxc3 25. Ne4 Qb4 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27.
exf6 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 g6 29. Qc7 1-0

[Event "2017 PikesPk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zach Bekkedahl"]
[Black "Sara Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2139"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. Bb3 e6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. d4 b5 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Rc1 e5 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2
a5 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. g4 Qd7 19. gxh5 Qg4+ 20. Ng3 Qxf3 21. h3 Bf6 22.
Bh6 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nf5+ Kf6 25. Nxd6 Qxh3 26. Re3 Qxh5 27. Rg3 Ra6 28.
Bd1 Qh4 29. Rg4 Qxg4+ 30. Bxg4 Rxd6 31. Qh6 Rh8 32. f4 Nd3 33. Rf1 Nxf4 34.
Rxf4+ exf4 35. Qxf4+ Ke7 36. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Suhaas Narayanan"]
[Black "Charles Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Qxb6 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Nf3
g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Rab1 Rfb8 15.
Nd2 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nc4 Qa7 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bc4 Ne8 20. f4 exf4 21.
Rxf4 Nd6 22. e5 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bc8 24. a3 Rb7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rbf1 Bd7 27. Rf7
Bb5 28. Qh4 h5 29. Qg5 Bd3 30. Qh6 c4+ 31. Kh1 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirley Herman"]
[Black "Robert Carlson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1042"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Bg5 e6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qa4 Bd7 9. e4 b5 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Qc2 Be7 15.
Rc1 O-O 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Qxc6 Rfc8 18. Qxd6 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 Bxd6 20. e5 Bc7 21.
O-O Bb6 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. h3 a5 24. Bb5 g6 25. a4 Rc7 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. Nc5 Bxc5
28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. b3 Rc3 30. Bb5 Be6 31. Rb1 Bf5 32. Rb2 Kf8 33. Rd2 Rc5 34.
Bd3 Be6 35. Rc2 Rc3 36. Rxc3 bxc3 37. Kf1 Ke7 38. Ke2 Bf5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. f4
h5 41. Kd3 d4 42. g3 f6 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Kc2 Ke6 45. b4 Kd5 46. bxa5 Kc4 47.
a6 d3+ 48. Kd1 Kb3 49. a7 Kb2 50. a8=Q c2+ 51. Ke1 c1=Q+ 52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53. Kg1
Qe3+ 54. Kg2 Qe4+ 55. Qxe4 fxe4 56. Kf1 Kc2 57. Kf2 d2 58. Ke3 d1=Q 59. Kxe4
Qd3+ 60. Ke5 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "2017 PikesPk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sami Al-Adsani"]
[Black "Brian Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1643"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 f6 4. Nf3 fxe5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bh5+ g6 13. Qa4+ Kf7 14. Bxf6
Kxf6 15. Be2 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+ 17. Kd1 b6 18. Rf1 Kg7 19. Qc6 Rf8 20. Kc2 Bd4
21. f3 Kh8 22. Bd3 Qe7 23. Be4 Rad8 24. a4 a5 25. Rbd1 Rf7 26. Qb5 Qh4 27. Rh1
Rdf8 28. Qb3 Qh6 29. Qd3 Rf4 30. Qd2 Qh5 31. Rb1 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Joshua Samuel"]
[Black "Cory Foster"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1742"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. b3 Rc8 12. f3 Qe8 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxd5 Bc6 {Diagram [#]} 19. Bxb5 Bxb5
20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxb5 Qc2 22. a4 Rc8 23. Qb6 Qb2 24. Kh1 Rc2 25. Rg1 Qc3 26.
b4 Ra2 27. a5 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Qg1 Qb2 30. Qe1 Qb3 31. Qa1+ Kg8 32. a6
1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brian Rountree"]
[Black "Alan Wong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1856"]
[BlackElo "1458"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Nf6 7. g3 Bc5 8.
Bg2 h6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 d6 11. Nd5 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxd5
15. exd5 Nf5 16. Qf3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Re8 18. c3 Nf5 19. Qg4 Qf6 20. Be4 Ne7 21. b4
Bb6 22. Be3 Bc7 23. c4 Rad8 24. Rfd1 b6 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. Kg2 Kh8 27. c5 bxc5
28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Bxc5 Bd6 30. Bb4 Bxb4 31. axb4 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Qd6 33. Qf3 Rf8
34. Rc5 f5 35. Bd3 Kg8 36. Bc4 e4 37. Qf4 Rd8 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. h4
g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Ke2 Rb6 43. b5 axb5 44. Bxb5 Rd6 45. Bc6 Kf7 46. Ke3 Kf6
47. Kd4 g4 48. Bb7 Rd7 49. Rb5 Rd6 50. Ra5 Kg5 51. Ke5 Rb6 52. Ba8 Ng6+ 53. Kd4
Rd6 54. Kc5 Rd8 55. d6 Ne5 56. Kd5 Nd3 57. Ke6 Re8+ 58. Kf7 Rh8 59. d7 Rh7+ 60.
Ke6 Rh8 61. Ke7 Rh7+ 62. Kd6 Rh8 63. Bxe4 Nxf2 64. Rxf5+ Kh6 65. Rxf2 {and
White won.} 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dean Clow"]
[Black "Gunnar Andersen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 b6 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. O-O
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 d5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Rfe1 c4 12. Qc2 b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 a5
15. e4 Qd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nf3 Rfe8 18. Re2 b4 19. Rae1 Reb8 20. exd5 Qxd5
21. Ne5 b3 22. axb3 cxb3 23. Qd3 a4 24. c4 Qd6 25. Rd1 a3 26. bxa3 Bxe5 27.
Rxe5 Qxa3 28. Re3 Qa2 29. Qb1 Qc2 30. Rc1 {Diagram [#]} Qxc1+ 31. Qxc1 b2 32.
Qb1 Ra1 33. Re1 Rxb1 34. Rxb1 Kf8 35. Kf1 Rb4 36. Ke2 Rxc4 37. Kd3 Rb4 38. Kc3
Rb5 39. Rxb2 Rxb2 40. Kxb2 Ke7 41. Kc3 Kd6 42. Kc4 g5 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Ke3 f5
45. g3 h5 46. h4 f4+ 47. Kf3 gxh4 48. gxh4 e5 49. dxe5 Kxe5 50. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Daniel Herman"]
[Black "Zach Bekkedahl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bg7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7 12. O-O Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Qb8 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Qe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Rb7 Bd6 19. Bb2 Rfb8 20.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. Bd4 Rc8 22. Bxa7 Rxc2 23. Bd4 Rxa2 24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Bxa1 e5 26.
g4 f5 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. Bb2 Ke6 30. f3 Kd5 31. h3 Kc4 32. Kf2 Kd3
33. Bc1 Bc5+ 34. Kf1 Be3 35. Ba3 Bd2 36. Bd6 Bc3 37. Be7 Ke3 38. Kg2 Ke2 39.
Bf6 f4 40. Bd8 e4 41. Bb6 exf3+ 42. Kg1 Bd2 0-1

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rhett Langseth"]
[Black "Suhaas Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qa4 Qc7 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Qb3 Nf6 8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. Na3 Bf5 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. h3 h6 12. e3 Kd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Ne5+
Ke8 15. exd4 Nd7 16. Be2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bg3 e6 19. Kd2 Kf7 20. Rhe1 Be7
21. Bb5 Rhd8 22. Re2 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Rd1 Ra8 25. a3 h5 26. Re3 Rh8 27.
Bd3 Bxd3 28. Kxd3 b5 29. Kc2 Rc8 30. Kb3 Ra8 31. f4 g6 32. g4 h4 33. f5 Raa6
34. fxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rf3 Ra4 36. Rd2 Rc4 37. Rdf2 e5 38. dxe5 fxe5 39. Rf7 d4 40.
cxd4 Rcxd4 41. Kc2 b4 42. R7f3 bxa3 43. Rxa3 Rc6+ 44. Rc3 Rb6 45. b3 Ra6 46.
Kb2 e4 47. Re3 Rb4 48. Rf4 Rd6 49. Kc3 Rdb6 50. Kb2 Rd6 51. Ka3 Rbb6 52. Rfxe4
Ra6+ 53. Kb2 Rd2+ 54. Kc3 Rdd6 55. Re2 Rf6 56. Kb2 Rab6 57. Re5 Rf3 58. R2e3
Rf2+ 59. Kc3 Rc6+ 60. Kb4 Rf4+ 61. Kb5 Rff6 62. b4 Rb6+ 63. Ka4 Ra6+ 64. Ra5
Rab6 65. Ree5 Rf1 66. Rg5+ Kh6 67. Rh5+ Kg6 68. Rag5+ Kf7 69. Rf5+ Rf6 70. Rxf1
Rxf1 71. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brian Wall"]
[Black "Nathaniel Reeves"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "1922"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Bg2 c6 10. h4 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Qxe5 14. Bf4
Qa5 15. g5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. c4 Ne7 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Bd6 c5 21.
Qb2 Nbc6 22. Qxg7 Rg8 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Rad1 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "DuWayne Langseth"]
[Black "David Hickman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Nd7 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nd2 c5 13. f3 h5 14. a3 Bh6 15. b4 Be3+
16. Kh1 f4 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 g5 20. Nd1 Bc5 21. Nf2 Rf7 22.
Nd3 b6 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Bc3 Rg7 25. Qb5 g4 26. Ba5 Qf8 27. Bc7 {Diagram [#]}
Nxd5 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Qe8+ Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Kxf8 31. cxd5 Rb8 32. Rab1 Rgb7 33.
Rxb7 Rxb7 34. g3 Rb2 35. Bd1 gxf3 36. Bxf3 Bh3 37. Rc1 Ke7 38. gxf4 Rf2 39.
Bxh5 Rxf4 40. Re1 c4 41. Be2 Rxe4 42. Kg1 Bg4 43. d6+ Kxd6 44. Rd1+ Kc5 45.
Bxg4 Rxg4+ 46. Kf1 c3 47. Ke2 Rd4 48. Rb1 a5 49. Rb8 Kc4 50. Rc8+ Kb3 51. Rc7
c2 52. Rc6 Rd1 53. Rb6+ Kxa3 0-1

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karthik Selva"]
[Black "Michael Smith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bg2 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a3
Be7 9. O-O h5 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. b4 Ne4 12. Rc1 h4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qa4 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 g5 16. Bd2 hxg3 17. fxg3 g4 18. Bg2 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Kd7 20. Bc3 Rxh2+ 21.
Kxh2 Rh8+ 22. Bh3 Rxh3+ 23. Kg2 Qe4+ 24. Rf3 Qxe2+ 25. Rf2 Qe4+ 26. Rf3 Qxf3+
27. Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gunnar Andersen"]
[Black "Brian Wall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 Na6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nf3 Nb4 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 e6 9. Ne5 Rd8 10. Be3 Nf6 11. O-O h6 12. Ne2 b5 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Ng3 Bh7
15. c4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Be7 17. Qf3 bxc4 18. Bxc4 O-O 19. Qxc6 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5
21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Kf2 Rb8 23. b3 Ba3 24. Nc4 Be7 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rfc1 f6 27. e4
Rdb5 28. Rc3 g5 29. Rd1 f5 30. Ne5 fxe4 31. Nh5 Bd6 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kg8
34. Rdc1 Bxe5 35. dxe5 Bg6 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Rc6 a4 38. Rxe6 axb3 39. axb3 Rxb3
40. Nd7 Rb2+ 41. Ke1 Rd8 42. Rxg6 Rxd7 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. Rd6 Re7 45. Rd2 Rb5
46. Ke2 Rbxe5 47. Ke3 Ra5 48. Rc3 Ra1 49. Rd5 Kg6 50. Rcc5 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 e3+ 52.
Ke2 Ra2+ 53. Kf3 Rf2+ 54. Kg3 e2 55. Re5 Rff7 56. Rc6+ Kh7 57. Rce6 Rxe6 58.
Rxe6 Rf5 59. Rxe2 Kg6 {The game continued to move 124, when it was drawn.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Suhaas Narayanan"]
[Black "Dean Clow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Nf3 Be6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rac1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd1
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6 16. Qb3 Nc4 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qb1 Rc5 19. Nb3 Rc6 20. Rd4
Rdc8 21. Bf3 Nb6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Be4
Bxb3 27. axb3 Qc7 28. Rd1 Nd7 29. Qa1 b6 30. Bf5 Nf8 31. b4 Kg8 32. h3 g6 33.
Bg4 a5 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Qa4 Qc5 36. Qf4 Rc2 37. Bd7 Rc4 38. Qf6 Rc1 39. Qf3 $2
Nxd7 0-1

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "David Hickman"]
[Black "Daniel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. d3 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 a6 8. Nc3
b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe1 e6 11. f5 Qc7 12. fxe6 dxe6 13. Ng5 Nh6 14. Qh4 Qe7 15.
Bd2 O-O-O 16. Rad1 Rdf8 17. Rde1 Ng8 18. Qg3 h6 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. a3 Ne7 21. b4
cxb4 22. axb4 Qc7 23. e5 Nf5 24. Qf2 g5 25. Ne4 g4 26. Nh4 Bxe5 27. Nxf5 Bxh2+
28. Kh1 exf5 29. Qxf5+ Kb8 30. Nc5 Bc8 31. Qh5 Bg3 32. Bc3 f6 33. Ra1 Qc6 34.
Rf5 Bc7 35. d4 Rhg8 36. d5 Qd6 37. Ne4 Qd7 38. Raf1 Qf7 39. Qxf7 Rxf7 40. Rxf6
Re7 41. Nc5 Re2 42. d6 Bd8 43. Rf8 Rxf8 44. Rxf8 Be7 45. Re8 Rxc2 46. dxe7 g3
47. Rxc8+ Kxc8 48. e8=Q+ Kc7 49. Qd7+ Kb6 50. Qb7# 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sullivan McConnell"]
[Black "Paul Baxter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Ne7 8. Ne4
O-O 9. Nxc5 Nd5 10. d4 d6 11. Nd3 f6 12. Qe2 {Diagram [#]} fxe5 13. fxe5 Ba6
14. Bg5 Qd7 15. O-O h6 16. Bd2 Nf4 17. Qe4 d5 18. Qe3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qe7 20. a3
Rab8 21. b4 Rf7 22. Rfc1 Bb7 23. Rc5 g5 24. h3 Rf5 25. b5 cxb5 26. Rxb5 Rc8 27.
Bb4 Qd7 28. Rc5 Bf8 29. Rxc8 Bxc8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. h4 g4 32. Nh2 Qg7 33. Qg3
h5 34. Qe3 Ba6 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Nxf1 Qg6 37. Ng3 Kh7 38. Qf4 Bxd3 39. Qf8 a6
40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daniel Ruvins"]
[Black "Mukund Gurumurthi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1425"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c3 c5 5. Nd2 Bb7 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. Nc4
a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Bxd6 Ne4 12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 g5
15. Qc2 Qe7 16. g4 d6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Rh6 c4 19. Qc2 Qg7 20. Rh2 O-O-O 21. Nd2
e5 22. a4 Qd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. f3 Rde8 25. Kf2 Qe7 26. Nf1 e4 27. b4 Qf7 28.
Ng3 Qb7 29. Nf5 Rd8 30. Rh3 Rhe8 31. Qe2 exf3 32. gxf3 Rd7 33. Qa2 Kc7 34. Qa5+
Qb6 35. Qa7+ Qxa7 36. Rxa7+ Bb7 37. Rh6 Rf8 38. Ra5 Kc6 39. d5+ Kxd5 40. Rxb5+
Ke6 41. Nd4+ Ke7 42. Rxh7+ Rf7 43. Nf5+ Ke8 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Rxb7 Rxb7 46.
Nxd6+ 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Griffiin McConnell"]
[Black "DuWayne Langseth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bf5 7. Bf3 Nc6 8.
Bf4 Qd7 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. c3 Nd5 11. Bc1 Ncb4 12. Na3 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 Nxc1 14. Qxc1
e6 15. Nc2 Be7 16. h4 c5 17. dxc5 Qb5+ 18. Kg2 Bxc5 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Ned4 Qb6
21. Nxf5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 exf5 23. Rb1 Qf6 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bf3 Qxc3 26. Rxb8 Rxb8
27. Qf4 Rb2 28. Bd1 g6 29. h5 Rxa2 30. Qf3 Rxc2 31. Bxc2 Qxc2 32. h6 Qe4 33.
Qxe4 fxe4 34. Rc1 Bf8 35. Rc8 a5 36. Kh3 a4 37. Kh4 f6 38. Kg4 Kf7 39. Rc7+ Be7
40. Ra7 a3 41. Kf4 f5 {Diagram [#]} 42. Ke5 a2 43. Rxa2 Bf6+ 44. Kd5 Bg5 45.
Ra7+ Kg8 46. Ke6 Bxh6 47. Kf6 Bf8 48. Ra8 h5 49. Kxg6 f4 50. gxf4 h4 51. f5 e3
52. f6 $1 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White " Sami Al-Adsani"]
[Black "Coleman Hoyt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1643"]
[BlackElo "1047"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 g5 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. a3 Ba5 15.
b4 Bb6 16. Ne2 a5 17. O-O axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 O-O 20. b5 c5 21. dxc5
Bxc5 22. Nc3 d4 23. Na4 Ra8 24. Rd1 dxe3 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Bf2
Qxf3 28. Be2 Qxh3 29. Qxc5 Ng4 30. Qd6 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Qf5+ 32. Ke1 Re8 33. Qd7
Qxd7 34. Rxd7 Rb8 35. Bf3 b6 36. Bd5 Re8+ 37. Kf2 Re5 38. Bxf7+ Kf8 39. Bc4
Rf5+ 40. Kg2 h5 41. Rd6 Rf4 42. Be2 Rb4 43. Rxb6 Rb2 44. Kf1 Rb1+ 45. Kf2 Rb2
46. Ke3 Rb3+ 47. Kf2 Rb2 48. Rh6 g4 49. Rxh5 g3+ 50. Kf3 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Rb2 52.
Re5 Rb3 53. Bf3 Rb2+ 54. Kxg3 Rb3 55. Kf4 Rb4+ 56. Kf5 Rb1 57. Bc6 Rf1+ 58. Ke6
Kg7 59. Rf5 1-0

[Event "2017 Pikes Pk Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Scott Williams"]
[Black "Zane Youssef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1233"]
[BlackElo "998"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 d6 2. h3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. d3 c6 7. a3 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Qc7 10. Ba2 Nf8 11. O-O g5 12. d4 Ng6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Ne2
g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Nh2 Kh7 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Ng3 Rg8 20. Nf5 h5 21. Bd2 Nf4
22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qh3 Bf8 24. Qxh5+ Nh6 25. Nxh6 Bxh6 26. Qf5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kh7
28. Bxf7 Rgf8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qxh6# 1-0

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Game Of The Year XIII

End Of The Season

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Game Of The Year

Usually at this time, I look over the past year's statistics to see if it was a good or bad year for me. Looking over the statistics helps me get past the bad feelings that linger from my losses. They bring me back into balance and force me to look at what I did right and what I did wrong. While 2015 sets some records, this year looks to be an off year:

2053 peak USCF rating (record: 2015 - 2102)
2055 peak BLITZ rating (record: 2015 - 2055)
2054 peak CLUB rating (record: 2013 - 2127)
71.43% USCF winning percentage (record: 2012 - 79.31%)
74.14% CLUB winning percentage (record: 2013 - 87.86%)
18 projected prizes won (record: 2014 - 20)
23 projected USCF-rated wins (record: 2013 - 75.5)
1 upset (record: 2001 - 6)

However, I found a new report on the USCF website that can quickly give you an idea of how the year went. The nice thing is that I still have to the end of the year to make this a positive year.

Year, Peak Rating, Gain

1998 1680 +
1999 1580 -
2000 1567 -
2001 1695 +
2002 1757 +
2003 1772 +
2004 1805 +
2005 1864 +
2006 1882 +
2007 1897 +
2008 1962 +
2009 2003 +
2010 1977 -
2011 2000 +
2012 2043 +
2013 2058 +
2014 2098 +
2015 2102 +
2016 2053 ?

Total: 15 positive years and 3 negative years

So, as far as my favorite game of the year goes, the obvious choice would be the one upset I had this year. The problem is that I have already published that game when I was trying to help promote the chess movie: The Dark Horse (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-dark-horse.html). It was supposed to be re-released in some select cities this year.

However, the movie was like my chess upsets; never to be seen again.

Without any other good wins from which to choose, I decided it was time to pick a draw for the Game Of The Year. This will be the first time I have chosen one of my draws for the game of the year. However, it was not without excitement, as I missed my best shot at a win.

White to move

I was playing Alex Bozhenov on board one at the Colorado Springs Chess Club's monthly event. I thought he played well and felt that I had messed up the ending when he caught me by surprise getting a Passed Pawn on move 42. I tried not to panic and use my time advantage to solve the problem he had given me.

I thought I had figured out a way to salvage a draw. He was very low in time and had a naked King. So, I am sure he was happy with a draw. I, however, was not convinced I had given up the victory, but I was very nervous that I would push for a win and blunder the draw. I have done this before. Typically, this happens when I use up my time advantage and fall below my opponent on the clock.

I decided to keep pressing for the win despite falling behind in time and allowing his Pawn to get one square away from Promotion because I had a 30 second increment. My clock would get under 1 minute, but I would make a move and jump back over a minute. It was giving me a false sense of security. I thought I could go on like this forever.

I gained a 2 Pawn Advantage and thought I had to have a win somehow. But I tried to remind myself to hold the draw. I found myself in the position below with seconds clicking off the clock.

I was tortured by being up 2 Pawns. I had always thought somebody said, "Two Paws are winning." How could I offer a draw?

Finally, I decided this position was above my pay grade. I was going to have to leave it in the hands of the long-drawn-out-endgame masters, DuWayne Langseth and LM Brian Wall.

I wasn't going to figure this out with just 30 seconds to think or by making random moves. So, I tried to remember the rules about making a draw offer. In my case, it was a little more difficult because I have to take off my headphones and my opponent doesn't speak English.

After offering the draw, I almost forgot to hit my clock. When I finally pressed the button, I realized I was at 1 second.

Game Of The Year XIII

[Event "August Swiss 90"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anderson, Paul"]
[Black "Bozhenov, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.08.02"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c6 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Bf5 7. Nf3 h6 8. e3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rfc1 O-O 12. c4 Nf6 13. h3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. b4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rad8 17. Qb2 Nd5 18. a3 a6 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 b6 21. Ne1 Kh8 22. Nf3 b5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rc5 Bd3 25. Qc3 Bc4 26. Nh4 Rf7 27. Nf3 Re8 28. a4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 e5 30. Raa5 e4 31. Nd2 Bb5 32. Nb1 Rb7 33. Na3 Reb8 34. Nxb5 Rxb5 35. Raxb5 Rxb5 36. Rxb5 axb5 37. Qc5 Qd7 38. Kh2 Kh7 39. f3 f5 40. Kg3 g5 41. Qb6 f4+ 42. exf4 e3 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Qf6 Qc7+ 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. Kf3 Qc2 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qh5+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ Kg7 51. Qg4+ Kh7 52. Kxf4 e2 53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. Qxd5+ Kh7 55. Qh5+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh6 58. Qf6+ Kh7 59. Qe7+ Kg8 60. Qe6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

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This Week In Chess

On September 6th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club hosted the September Swiss 90 (4SS, G/90+30, $10 entry). 12 players joined the event.

Standings. September

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Tot Prize

1 Josh S Bloomer 12626102 2276 W7 1.0
2 Paul D Anderson 12728345 2036 W8 1.0
3 Mitchell Anderson 12788878 1991 W9 1.0
4 Aleksand Bozhenov 15525004 1955 W10 1.0
5 Peter Barlay 14700831 1890 W11 1.0
6 Mark McGough 11366481 1809 W12 1.0
7 Brian Jo Rountree 12477167 1801 L1 0.0
8 Dean W Brown 10224098 1400 L2 0.0
9 Daniel J Rupp 15768473 921 L3 0.0
10 Douglas N Clark 15941617 379 L4 0.0
11 Ken Ahlstrom unr. L5 0.0
12 Rob Lorenzen 16065265 unr. L6 0.0

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Game Of The Year XII

End Of The Season

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Game Of The Year

Usually at this time, I look over the past year's statistics to see if it was a good or bad year for me. Looking over the statistics helps me get past the bad feelings that linger from my losses. They bring me back into balance and force me to look at what I did right and what I did wrong. While 2014 was a record-setting year for me, this year actually broke several of those marks:

Same number of upsets as last year (2)
2099 peak USCF rating (record: 2014 - 2098)
2055 peak BLITZ rating (record: 2014 - 2039)
2107 peak CLUB rating (record: 2013 - 2127)
20 projected prizes won (record: 2014 - 20)
83.33% CLUB winning percentage (record: 2013 - 87.86%)
87.50% USCF winning percentage (record: 2012 - 79.31%)
42 projected USCF-rated wins (record: 2013 - 75.5)

In addition to the statistics, I authored another article for the Colorado Chess Informant:

The Rook (https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-rook.html)

However, the biggest change this year was that I became a certified USCF tournament director. It was a bit of an adjustment from my usual routine as just a player, but after 10 club events, I feel like I have grown accustomed to the new role. So, I wanted to thank all the players who put up with me as a new TD.

Score Name

38.5 Daniel Herman
28.0 Mark McGough
23.0 Jeffrey Rando Fox
22.5 Aleksand Bozhenov
22.0 Brian John Rountree
18.0 Josh S Bloomer
16.5 Shirley Herman
12.5 Dean W Brown
12.0 Earle P Wikle
11.0 Michael St Filppu
10.5 Sara Herman
6.0 Tara R Martinez
5.5 Jordan Myers
5.5 Scott Ch Williams
5.0 Rhett Langseth
4.5 Duwayne Langseth
4.5 Richard Buchanan
4.0 Dan Prutz
3.5 Clark T Stroh
2.5 Joshua Williams
2.0 Anthea Jan Carson
2.0 Gunnar James Andersen
2.0 Justice Myers
2.0 Richard Houy
2.0 Robert Dzagan
1.5 Geo Krasnopolskiy
1.5 Jesse Williams
1.5 Peter Barlay
1.5 Teah Williams
1.0 Cory Batchelder
0.5 Benjamin Maye
0.5 David Silva
0.5 Federico Carreon
0.5 Selah Williams
0.0 Andrew Powell
0.0 Daniel Rupp

As far as choosing my favorite game of the year, it was a little tough. My two upsets came from a new event: The IHOP Quick. Typically, I used to play quick-rated games only at the club. Therefore, they seemed more like club games than rated games, and I didn't track my upsets from club events that were less than 30 minutes (G30).

However, the way I entered quick events that occurred on non-club nights in my database had these upsets showing up on my list. So, I thought I would leave them on the upset list.

Now, I had to overcome another problem. I don't record quick-rated games. How was I going to publish games with no record?

Well, it turns out that I don't need a score sheet to replay a game, as long as I get back to it quickly. Especially when I get an upset, the game is memorable enough that I can recall all the moves. So, I entered my two upsets into my games database in case I didn't get anything better. And I didn't.

I chose my upset over NM Josh Bloomer as the game of the year because it was more exciting than my upset over NM Gunnar Andersen. I felt like I had messed up the opening against Josh and had to do something daring to have a shot.

I played quickly and aggressively, throwing away pieces and going after his King without much analysis. He took his time and thwarted my attack. Once I realized that I was not going to get his King, I switched my plan to getting back my material. I was pleasantly surprised to see I wasn't too bad off.

I felt my best option was to stay ahead in time and just keep fighting for a draw. I was willing to trade off his Rooks to reduce his activity, but I decided to keep the Queens on for perpetual check threats. It turned out to be the right choice.

When we reached this position, I had a substantial lead in time. I was just trying to stop his Pawn on c2.

White to move

Game Of The Year XII

[Event "IHOP Quick"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Anderson, Paul"]
[Black "Bloomer, Josh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[TimeControl "1440"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Ne4 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bxd4 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. e3 Nxc3 15. Qh5 Bf6 16. bxc3 e6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. c4 dxc4 19. e4 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. exf5 e5 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qxc4 Nd4 24. Be4 f6 25. Rb1 Rac8 26. Qd5 b6 27. Kg2 Red8 28. Qb7 Rc7 29. Qa6 Rc5 30. Qa3 Qc7 31. Rbc1 Rc8 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. Rb1 Qe7 34. Rb7 Rc7 35. Qxa7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 c4 37. Qa6 c3 38. Be4 Qc7 39. Qxf6+ Qg7 40. Qd8+ Qg8 41. Qc7 Qe8 42. Qxc3 Qd7 43. Qc5 Qe8 44. f6 1-0

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This Week In Chess

On August 11th, the Colorado Springs Chess Club hosted the August Swiss 90 (4SS, G/90+30, $10 entry). 10 players joined the event.

Here are the results:

Standings. 2015 August Swiss 90

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot Prize

1 Peter Barlay 14700831 1876 W6 W2 W3 3.0
2 Mark McGough 11366481 1857 W8 L1 W6 2.0 25.00
3 Alemayeh Mekonnen 14604218 1518 W10 W9 L1 2.0 25.00
4 Paul Dou Anderson 12728345 2084 W5 H--- U--- 1.5
5 Brian Jo Rountree 12477167 1793 L4 H--- W7 1.5
6 Gerald Mena 12430450 1336 L1 W8 L2 1.0 4.33
7 Calvin P Dejong 15617641 1089 U--- W10 L5 1.0 4.33
8 Dan Rupp 15768473 unr. L2 L6 W9 1.0 4.33
9 Scott Ch Williams 15755696 1208 H--- L3 L8 0.5
10 Imre Barlay 11024190 1888 L3 L7 U--- 0.0

Pikes Peak Open Games

By Richard Buchanan

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Joe Pahk"]
[Black "Brian Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1731"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8.
Bg3 Nf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Rc8 12. O-O Ne7 13. Ng4 Nf5 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. Nf3 Kh8 16. Nh4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rg8 18. Qd3 a6 19. f4 Rg4 20. Rf3 Qc7
21. Kf2 Rcg8 22. Rh1 b5 23. Rh3 Qc4 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Ke3 Rb8 26. Rf2 Rb7 27.
Kf3 Rg8 28. Rh1 Rgb8 29. Rb1 Ba3 30. f5 Rxb2 31. Rbxb2 Rxb2 32. Rf1 Rc2 33.
fxe6 fxe6 34. Re1 Rxc3+ 35. Kg4 e5 36. dxe5 fxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxg3+ 38. Kh5 c3 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michael Filppu"]
[Black "Dean Clow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Bf4 Bd6 5. e5 Bc7 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Ne2 Na6 8. c3 O-O
9. Qc2 Ng6 10. Bxg6 fxg6 11. h4 c5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15.
O-O Bb6 16. a3 Bb5 17. Nb3 Ba4 18. Qd3 Bb5 19. Qe3 h6 20. Bf4 Bxe2 21. Qxe2
Rxf4 22. g3 Rf8 23. Rac1 Qa4 24. Qd3 Rf5 25. Kg2 Raf8 26. f4 Qe8 27. Rf2 g5 28.
Qf3 gxh4 29. g4 Rxf4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 Qb5 32. Rc3 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 Qxb2 34.
Rcf3 Qb1 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Kxh4 Qb2 37. g5 Kg6 38. gxh6 Qh2+ 39. Rh3 Bd8+ 40.
Kg4 Qe2+ 41. Rhf3 Qe4+ 42. R8f4 Qe1 43. Rg3 Kxh6 44. Rf8 Qe4+ 45. Rf4 Qg6+ 46.
Kf3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David Logan"]
[Black "Avinaya Subedi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd5
Rb8 9. e5 e6 10. Be4 d5 11. Bd3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ne7 13. Nd1 Qb6 14. Be2 Bb7 15.
d4 cxd4 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Qf2 Ba8 18. g4 Nc6 19. Qh4 Qd8 20. g5 h5 21. Nf2 Ne7
22. Nh1 Nf5 23. Qf2 Qb6 24. Ng3 Rfc8 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. b3 Bf8 27. Bb2 Bc5 28.
Rfd1 Qa7 29. Rd2 Bb6 30. Rad1 b4 31. Qe2 Rc3 32. e6 Re8 33. exf7+ Kxf7 34. Qf2
Re4 {Diagram [#]} 35. Kg2 Qc7 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Qe2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jonathan Leathwood"]
[Black "Earle Wikle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1585"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Qf3 Nge7 7. Ne2 Be6 8.
Nf4 Qd7 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qe3 O-O-O 11. Na3 g5 12. Ne2 a6 13. b4 Rde8 14. f3 Bf5
15. Ng3 Bf4 16. Qe2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nf5 19. b5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Nxg3
21. Rb1 Nd8 22. Qa5 Ne2+ 23. Kf2 Qd6 24. Be3 Qg3+ 25. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 26. Rf2 Rxe3+
27. Kxe3 Re8+ 28. Kd3 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Justin Gailey"]
[Black "Brian Rountree"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1307"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nd5 Ne7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Ba4 Qb6 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. g4 O-O-O 13. c3 Qc7 14. Qc2 h5 15.
g5 f5 16. h4 fxe4 17. dxe4 Ng6 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nd2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 f6 21. O-O-O
fxg5 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Bb3 d5 24. Qd3 Qe7 25. Rde1 dxe4 26. Bxe6+ Qxe6 27. Qxe4
Qxa2 28. Rxh5 Rxd2 29. Qg4+ Rd7 30. Kc2 Qd5 31. Rh7 Ne7 32. Qe2 Rg2 {and Black
won.} 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Connors"]
[Black "Clifton Ford"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 d5 4. f4 b6 5. Nf3 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. Qe2 Nb8 8. O-O
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. f5 Bd6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nd4 Qe7 14. e4 Rae8
15. Nc6 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brian Rountree"]
[Black "Victor Huang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 Re8 7. f3 c6 8. O-O-O
b5 9. g4 Qa5 10. a3 Na6 11. Kb1 b4 12. Na2 c5 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 cxb4 15.
Nh3 Bxg4 16. fxg4 Nxe4 17. Qd3 Nc3+ 18. Kc1 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Nxd1 20. Rxd1 Qxb2 21.
Rf1 Rac8 22. Ng5 Rc3 23. Qe4 d5 24. Qf3 Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 Rf8 26. Qxd5 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Daniel Herman"]
[Black "Randy Reynolds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Nd2
Nb6 9. b3 Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd7 13. Bb2 Nf6 14. Nc5 Bxc5
15. dxc5 Qe7 16. Qd6 Kf8 17. b4 Rd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qf4 f5 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21.
Rad1 Bd7 22. Rd6 Be8 23. Rfd1 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qf8 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. d7 Rd8 27.
dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 28. Rxd8+ {and White won.} 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sara Herman"]
[Black "Jason Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1475"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. e4 c5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 16. Be4 Nb4 17. Qd2 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 cxd4 19. Nd6 Nxe5 20. Qxb4 Nxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Rfd8 22. Qxd4 Qxd6 23. Qe4 Qd4 24. b3 Rab8 25. Qc6 Rb6 26. Qc7 Qd6 27.
Rfc1 Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Kf8 29. Rac1 Rbb8 30. Ra7 Rb6 31. Rcc7 e5 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33.
Rxg7+ Kf8 34. Raf7+ Ke8 35. Rc7 Kf8 36. Rh7 Rg6+ 37. Kf1 Kg8 38. Rhe7 Kf8 39.
Rcd7 Rc8 40. Rc7 Rd8 41. Red7 Re8 42. Rh7 Kg8 43. Ke2 Rd8 44. Rhe7 Rgd6 45. Rc2
Rf8 46. Rxe5 Rdf6 47. Rc3 Rd6 48. Rce3 Rdd8 49. Re6 Kh7 50. Rxa6 Rg8 51. Re7+
Rg7 52. Rxg7+ Kxg7 53. Rb6 Re8+ 54. Kd3 Rd8+ 55. Ke2 Re8+ 56. Kf1 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jason Loving"]
[Black "Brian Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Qd3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. b3 c5 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. e5
Ng8 9. c3 Ne7 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. cxd4 Qa5 16. Kf2 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nf3 e5 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bf5 21.
Qb5 Bc5+ 22. Kg3 Qc7 23. h3 Be4 24. Re1 Rxf3+ 25. gxf3 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ryan Swerdlin"]
[Black "Paul Connors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bg5 c6 10. e3 h6 11. h4 Be6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Na4 Re8 14. Bf4 Ne4 15.
h5 b5 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 b4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 bxa3 20. g4 Bd6 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. g5 Kh8 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Qe2 Rg8 25. Qf3 Bg4 26. Qxf7 Rg7 27. Qf4 Qxf4
28. exf4 Bf3 29. Rf1 Rb8 30. Kd2 Rb2+ 31. Kc1 Be4 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Rxa3 Rgb7
34. Ra1 a4 35. Rd1 Rxf2 36. Rxa4 e3 37. Re1 Re7 38. Ra5 Rxf4 39. Ra2 Rf2 40.
Rae2 Rxe2 41. Rxe2 Kg7 42. Kc2 Kf6 43. Kd3 Kg5 44. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Kxh5 46.
c4 Kg5 47. d5 cxd5 48. cxd5 Kf6 49. Kf4 h5 50. d6 Ke6 51. Kg5 Kxd6 52. Kxh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Victor Huang"]
[Black "Avinaya Subedi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3
d4 9. c4 e5 10. Ne1 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Qe2 Ne3 14. Rf2 exf4 15. Rxf4
Bg5 16. Rf2 Ne5 17. h3 Qd7 18. Nef3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Bh6 20. g4 Bf4 21. Nh2 Bg3
22. Rf3 Qd6 23. Nf1 Nxf1 24. Qxf1 Be5 25. Bd2 f6 26. Qe1 Rf7 27. b4 b6 28. Rb1
g5 29. Qc1 h6 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Qh1 Rh8 33. Bf1 h5 34. gxh5 Rxh5
35. Qg1 Qd7 36. Ke1 Bxh3 37. Bxh3 Rxh3 38. Rf5 Bg3+ 39. Kd1 Qa4+ 40. Kc1 Qa3+
41. Rb2 Rb7 42. Bxg5 Qxb2+ 43. Kd1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Earle Wikle"]
[Black "Jasom Ad-Adsani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Nf2 h5 19. a4 Bf8 20. Nxa7 Rc7 21. Ba5 Rxc2
22. Bxd8 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bd7 24. Bb6 Bxa4 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Be7 27. Bxe8 Rxe8
28. Rc7 Ra8 29. Nd3 g4 30. Kf2 Rf8 31. Rxb7 Rf7 32. Ra7 Bh4+ 33. Kf1 Be7 34.
Nb4 gxf3 35. gxf3 Nh4 36. Nc6 Nxf3 37. Nxe7+ Kf8 38. Nf5 Rxa7 39. Bxa7 Nd2+ 40.
Ke2 Nxe4 41. Bb8 Nf6 42. Bxd6+ Kf7 43. Bxe5 Nxd5 44. Nd4 Kg6 45. h4 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spencer Shook"]
[Black "Cory Foster"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f3
Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bb3 Rfd8
15. a5 Qd7 16. Bb6 Rdc8 17. Rab1 Ne8 18. Qe3 e5 19. Rd2 Qe7 20. Rbd1 Qf8 21.
Qf2 Bh6 22. Rd3 Bb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Bd5 Qe7 25. c3 b4 26. c4 Nf6 27. b3 Nxd5
28. Rxd5 Rc6 29. Qe1 Rxb6 30. axb6 Ra2 31. Rxd6 Qg5 32. g4 Qf4 33. Qg3 Qe3+ 34.
Kh1 Bf4 35. R6d3 Qxb6 36. Qh4 Rxh2+ 37. Qxh2 Bxh2 38. Kxh2 Qf2+ 39. Kh3 Kg7 40.
R1d2 Qb6 41. Kg2 Qf6 42. Rd7 Qf4 43. R2d3 h5 44. gxh5 Qg5+ 45. Kf2 Qh4+ 46. Kg2
Qg5+ 47. Kf1 Qxh5 48. Rxb7 Qh1+ 49. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Freeman"]
[Black "DuWayne Langseth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 c4 12. Bf5 a6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh3 b5 15.
Rac1 b4 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne5 Qb5 20. f3 Nd6 21. Nf4
Rfe8 22. Qf2 Nf5 23. g4 Ng7 24. Qh4 Bc8 25. Nh3 Ne6 26. f4 Qb7 27. f5 Nf8 28.
Rf1 Ra7 29. Rf3 Qc7 30. Nf4 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Qd8 Bxg4 34.
Nxg6 hxg6 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36. Rg8+ Kh6 37. Rh8+ Rh7 38. Qf8+ Qg7 39. Qf4+ Kh5 40.
Rxh7+ Qxh7 41. Qe5+ Bf5 42. Qxd5 Qe7 43. Qf3+ Bg4 44. Qf4 Be2 45. Kf2 Bd3 46.
Rg1 Qh4+ 47. Qxh4+ Kxh4 48. Kf3 c3 49. bxc3 bxc3 50. e4 a5 51. e5 Bf5 52. Ke3
Be6 53. a3 Bf5 54. Rg3 c2 55. Kd2 g5 56. Re3 g4 57. e6 Bg6 58. e7 Be8 59. Kxc2
{and White won on move 65. Moves have been unclear for a while, and this may
not be the exact position.} 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anthea Carson"]
[Black "Jonathan Leathwood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1585"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Bb5+ Nfd7 14. Ne5
Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Be3 a6 19. Bxb6 axb5 20. Bxd8 Nxe5
21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. g5 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Bxe4 24. Nd2 Bd3+ 25. Kg2 Nxg5 26. h4 Ne4 27.
Nxe4 Bxe4+ 28. f3 Bc6 29. Kg3 h5 30. Rac1 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Kxd8 32. Rc5 g6 33. f4
Kd7 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. b4 Kd7 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Rg5 Bd5 38. a3 Bc6 39. Kd4 Kd6 40.
Rg1 Bd7 41. Rd1 Bc6 42. Rd2 Bd5 43. Rc2 Bc4 44. Rc3 Bd5 45. Rc8 Kd7 46. Rh8 Ke7
47. Kc5 Bc6 48. Rh7 Kf8 49. Rh8+ Ke7 50. Rc8 Kd7 51. Rb8 Ke7 52. Kb6 Kf6 53.
Rf8 Ke7 54. Rc8 Kd7 55. Rc7+ Ke8 56. Kc5 Kf8 57. Kd6 Bd5 58. Rc8+ Kg7 59. Ke7
f6 60. Rf8 e5 61. Rxf6 exf4 62. Rxf4 Bc4 63. Rd4 Bf1 64. Rd7 Bg2 65. Ke6+ Kg8
66. Kf6 Be4 67. Re7 Bc6 68. Kxg6 Kf8 69. Kf6 Bf3 70. Re5 Bg4 71. Rxb5 Bf3 72.
Rc5 Ke8 73. Rc7 Kd8 74. Rh7 Ke8 75. a4 Kd8 76. a5 Kc8 77. b5 Be2 78. b6 Bf3 79.
Ke7 Bc6 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Byrne"]
[Black "Brian Rountree"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1568"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. a3 Qe7 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. b4 Bd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bd2 Rdf8
15. a4 Ng4 16. f3 Nge5 17. Rf1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra8+ Kd7 20. Rxf8 Rxf8 21.
Qa1 Qf6 22. f4 Ng4 23. Rf3 h5 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Qh4 26. Rxf8 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1
Qh1+ 28. Ng1 Nh2+ 29. Kf2 Ng4+ 30. Kf1 Nh2+ 31. Kf2 Ng4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Randy Reynolds"]
[Black "Alex Mekonnen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1514"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Qc7 4. Bf4 Nd7 5. Bc4 e5 6. Bg3 Be7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. c3 Nf8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qb3+ Nd5 13. exd5 Bxg5 14.
dxc6+ Be6 15. Qxb7 Qxb7 16. cxb7 Rb8 17. Bxe5 Rxb7 18. f4 Be7 19. Rf3 Nd7 20.
Bd4 Rxb2 21. Nd2 Rxd2 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Rfe3 Rxa2 24. f5 Nf6 25. fxe6+ Kg6 26.
Rg3+ Kf5 27. Rf3+ Kg6 28. Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Will Wolf"]
[Black "Sami Ad-Adsani"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1296"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nd5 8.
Qd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 a6 10. Bf4 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Nxf7 Qb6 14. Nxh8
dxc3+ 15. Qf2 Bc5 16. Bg6+ Ke7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rad1 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bd7 20. Kf1
Qb5+ 21. Ke1 Ne5 22. Bd3 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Rxh8 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brian Wall"]
[Black "Avinaya Subedi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Kb1
Qa5 15. Bf5 O-O-O 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. f4 Kb8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qg6 Rhg8 20. Rc1 a6
21. Na4 Ne4 22. Qxe6 Rde8 23. Nxc6+ bxc6 24. Qxc6 Rc8 25. Qxc7+ Rxc7 26. fxg5
hxg5 27. g4 Rgc8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. a3 Kb7 30. Ka2 Rf7 31. Rc1 Bf8 32. Rc2 Rf1
33. b4 Re1 34. Nc5+ Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rxe3 36. Rb2+ Kc7 37. Rb6 Rd3 38. Rxa6 Rxd4
39. Rg6 Rc4 40. Kb2 d4 41. Kb3 Rc3+ 42. Kb4 d3 43. Re6 d2 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Daniel Herman"]
[Black "Ryan Swerdlin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bf4 e6 8. e3
Bb4 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Ba4 13. Bb5+ Bxb5 14. Ndxb5
Qxb5 15. f3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sara Herman"]
[Black "Andy Wu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Bf5 9. Bg2 c6 10. O-O Qc7 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. f3 Nc4 14. Bc1 Nd6 15.
Re1 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. Nf4 h6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Re2 g5 20. g4 Nxg4 21. Nh5 Bg7
22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. Qf1 Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Re7 26. Re1 Rae8 27. Qf2 Nc4
28. Bc1 f5 29. Bf1 Nd6 30. Na4 f4 31. Nc5 Qg4+ 32. Bg2 fxe3 33. Bxe3 Nc4 34. h3
Qh5 35. Bd2 Rxe1+ 36. Bxe1 Qd1 37. Kf1 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 Nxg2 39. Kh2 Nxe1 40. Kg3
Nd3 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DuWayne Langseth"]
[Black "Randy Reynolds"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 e6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Qe2 Qb6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Ng5 g6 10. h4 Nh5 11. Nf1 f5 12. g4 fxg4 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 14. Bxg6+ Kxg6
15. Qxg4+ Bg5 16. Qxg5+ Kf7 17. Qxh5+ Ke7 18. Rg1 Bd7 19. Rg7+ Kd6 20. b3 Qa5
21. dxc5+ Qxc5 22. Bb2 Rf5 23. Qh7 Rd8 24. O-O-O Kc7 25. Kb1 Nb8 26. c4 dxc4
27. Bd4 Qa5 28. Ng3 Rb5 29. Qc2 Nc6 30. Qxc4 Kb8 31. Bf6 Rd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33.
Bxd8 Qxd8 34. Qxd5 Bf5+ 35. Qxf5 Qd1+ 36. Kb2 Qd2+ 37. Qc2 Qxe3 38. f5 Qd4+ 39.
Qc3 Qxh4 40. f6 Qh2+ 41. Ka3 Qh4 42. f7 Qe7+ 43. Kb2 Nd8 44. f8=Q Qxf8 45. Qc7+
Ka8 46. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cory Foster"]
[Black "Jeff Baffo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Ne4 Qf4 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. Ned2 Bd6 14. Bd5
Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Bxf3 16. g3 Bxe2 17. gxf4 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 c6 19. Be4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sami Al-Adsani"]
[Black "Alexander Marsh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "1296"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Ne4 Nf6 8.
Ng3 Bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bc4 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14.
Bxb3 Re8 15. Kf2 Ng4+ 16. Kf1 Nxe3+ 17. Kf2 Ng4+ 18. Kf1 Nge5 19. Re1 Bg4 20.
Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Nxe5 22. Bd5 g6 23. b3 Rb8 24. a3 b6 25. Kf2 Rd8 26. Ne4 Kg7
27. Nc3 Nd3+ 28. Ke3 Nc5 29. Rf1 Re8+ 30. Kd2 Be6 31. b4 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Ne4+ 33.
Kc2 Rc8+ 34. Kd3 f5 35. g4 Rd8 36. gxf5 Nc5+ 37. Kc4 Ne4 38. f6+ Kf7 39. Rd1
Nxf6 40. Rf1 Rxd5 41. Rxf6+ Kxf6 42. Kxd5 {Diagram [#]} Kg5 43. Kc6 Kg4 44. Kb7
Kh3 45. Kxa7 Kxh2 46. a4 g5 47. a5 bxa5 48. b5 $1 g4 49. b6 g3 50. b7 g2 51.
b8=Q+ Kh1 52. Qb7 h5 53. Qf3 h4 54. Qh3+ Kg1 55. Qxh4 Kf1 56. Qh3 Kf2 57. Qf5+
Kg3 58. Qd3+ Kf2 59. Qd2+ Kf1 60. Qd3+ Ke1 61. Qe3+ Kf1 62. Qf3+ Kg1 63. Kb6
Kh2 64. Qf2 Kh1 65. Qh4+ Kg1 66. Kxa5 Kf1 67. Qh3 Kf2 68. Qh2 Kf1 69. Qf4+ Ke2
70. Qg3 Kf1 71. Qf3+ Kg1 72. Kb4 Kh2 73. Qf2 Kh1 74. Qh4+ Kg1 75. Kc4 Kf1 76.
Qf4+ Ke1 77. Qe3+ Kf1 78. Qf3+ Kg1 79. Kd3 Kh2 80. Qf2 Kh1 81. Qh4+ Kg1 82. Ke3
Kf1 83. Qf2# 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tara Martinez"]
[Black "Herb Conley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1215"]
[BlackElo "1377"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O c5 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Be5 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Qxe2 cxd5 16. exd5+ Qe7 17. Qg4 O-O 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. c3 Rab8 20. Re2 a5 21.
Rae1 Qd8 22. a3 h6 23. b4 f5 24. Qg6 axb4 25. Re7 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brian Wall"]
[Black "Frank Marzano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. e4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. exf5 Qxc3+ 8.
Bd2 Qe5+ 9. Be2 Qxf5 10. Bc3 Nf6 11. Nf3 d6 12. h3 O-O 13. g4 Qd7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. Bd3 h6 16. Qd2 e5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rf4 19. Qc2 Kg7 20. Bd2 Rf8 21. Qc1
Rh8 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. O-O-O Nd7 24. Rde1 Qf7 25. Rhf1 g5 26. f3 Nf8 27. h4 Ng6
28. hxg5 Nf4 29. g6 Qf6 30. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 31. Qd2 Qxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Bd7 33. f4 Bxg4
34. fxe5 dxe5 35. Rf7 Rf8 36. Rxb7 Rf2+ 37. Ke3 Rf4 38. Reb1 h5 39. Re7 Kf8 40.
d6 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Daniel Herman"]
[Black "Dean Clow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nf3
Qxb2 9. O-O Qb5 10. Qe3 Ne7 11. Nc3 Qa6 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 13. Ng5 Nd7 14. Rab1 b6
15. Qf4 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 g6 17. Rb3 Qc8 18. Ne2 Qd8 19. Qg3 c5 20. Nf4 Qe7 21. Rf3
cxd4 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kd8 24. Rf7 Qe8 25. Qg7 Nc5 26. Qf6+ Kc8 27. Re7
Qd8 28. f4 Re8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. f5 exf5 31. Qxf5+ Kb7 32. Qh7+ Ka6 33. Qc7 Qd7
34. Qxd7 Nxd7 35. e6 Nc5 36. e7 Re8 37. Rf7 Kb5 38. g4 hxg4 39. h5 Nb7 40. h6
Nd6 41. Rf6 Kc6 42. h7 {Diagram [#]} Rh8 43. Rf8 Rxh7 44. e8=Q+ Nxe8 45. Rxe8
Rc7 46. Rg8 Kc5 47. Rxg4 Kc4 48. Rg3 Re7 49. Kf2 a5 50. a4 Re6 51. Rb3 Kc5 52.
Kf3 Re3+ 53. Rxe3 dxe3 54. Kxe3 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Earle Wikle"]
[Black "Jason Loving"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 Rf7 13. c5 c6 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. d6
Be6 16. dxe7 Rxe7 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Qc1 Qe7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Qc2 f4 21. Bf2 Nh5
22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Bc4+ Kf8 26. Qd2 Be8 27. b4 Bh4 28.
Bxh4 Qxh4 29. Qd6+ Qe7 30. Be6 Qxd6 31. cxd6 Nf6 32. Na4 b6 33. Nb2 Bd7 34. Bb3
Ne8 35. Nc4 Nxd6 36. Nxd6 Ke7 37. Nc4 Kf6 38. Kf2 h5 39. h4 Be6 40. Nd2 Bc8 41.
a4 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Bf7 h4 44. Be8 c5 45. bxc5 bxc5 46. Nc4 Kf6 47. Nd6
Be6 48. Bb5 Kg5 49. Bc4 Bd7 50. a5 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andy Wu"]
[Black "Paul Connors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qe2 g6 8.
Qe5 Rg8 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Re1 Kf8 13. Rb1 Nf5 14. d3
Nd4 15. Qf2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bf6 17. Rf1 Kg7 18. Kh1 Re8 19. Be3 Kg8 20. Na4 Bh4
21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Bg1 Qe2 23. Qxe2 Nxe2 24. Nxc5 Nxf4 25. Bf2 Bxf2 26. Rxf2 Re7
27. d4 Rae8 28. h4 Kg7 29. c3 Kh6 30. Kh2 Re3 31. Rbf1 Nd3 32. Nxd3 Rxd3 33.
Kg3 Re6 34. Kg4 Rde3 35. Rh2 Re2 36. Rff2 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Kg7 38. Kf4 f6 39. b3
Re1 40. Rc2 Rh1 41. Kg3 f5 42. f4 Rd1 43. Re2 Rd3+ 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Rc2 h6 46.
b4 g5 47. fxg5+ hxg5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. a4 Rd1 50. a5 Kg4 51. c4 f4 52. b5 f3+
53. Kf2 cxb5 54. c5 {Diagram [#]} Rh1 55. Ke3 Rh7 56. c6 Rc7 57. Rc1 b4 58.
Rg1+ Kf5 59. Kxf3 Rxc6 60. Rb1 Rc3+ 61. Ke2 b3 62. Kd2 Rh3 63. Re1 Kf4 64. Kc1
Re3 65. Rf1+ Ke4 66. Rf7 Kxd4 67. Rxa7 Kc3 68. Rc7+ Kb4 69. a6 Re6 70. Rb7+ Ka3
71. a7 Ra6 72. Rd7 Ka2 73. Rb7 d4 74. Kd2 b2 75. Kc2 d3+ 76. Kc3 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Victor Huang"]
[Black "Mark Krowczyk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. e4 e5 8. c3
fxe4 9. dxe4 b6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngf3 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6
15. Nh4 Qf7 16. Rf1 Ba6 17. Rd1 Ng4 18. Ndf3 Bf6 19. h3 Bxh4 20. gxh4 Nf6 21.
Bxh6 Rfe8 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Nh5 24. Qd2 Rf8 25. Bh6 Nf4 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27.
Qe3 Qf6 28. Rd2 Qxh4 29. Kh2 Ne2 30. Rxe2 Bxe2 31. Qxe2 Rxf2 32. Qg4 Qxg4 33.
hxg4 Rc2 34. Kg3 Rxc3+ 35. Kh4 Ra3 36. Bf1 Rc3 37. Ba6 Kg7 38. Kg5 c5 39. bxc5
dxc5 40. Rd1 Ra3 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Bc4 b5 43. Bxb5 Rxa2 44. Kxg6 Rb2 45. Rf7+
Kg8 46. Bc4 1-0

[Event "2015 PPO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Randy Reynolds"]
[Black "John Byrne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1568"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. Bd6
Bxd6 9. Qxd6 b5 10. Bb3 Nge7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qf4 f6 13. Qh6 Rf7 14. Rfd1 Qf8
15. Qe3 Na5 16. Qb6 Nxb3 17. axb3 Nc6 18. Nd4 Rb8 19. Qc7 Rb7 20. Qg3 Nxd4 21.
Rxd4 e5 22. Rd3 Rb6 23. Rad1 d6 24. Qe3 Rc6 25. Qd2 Rd7 26. Rh3 Rdc7 27. Rd3
Rd7 28. Nd5 Bb7 29. Rf3 Rf7 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 Bxd5 32. exd5 Qa8 33. Qc6
Qxc6 34. dxc6 e4 35. Rc3 Rc7 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Ke3 d5 39. Kd4 Kd6 40.
Rc5 f5 41. Rxd5+ Kxc6 42. Rc5+ Kd6 43. Rxc7 Kxc7 44. Kc5 Kb7 45. h4 Kc7 46. g3
h6 47. Kd5 Kd7 48. Ke5 Ke7 49. b4 Kf7 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Kc5 Ke5 52. Kb6 f4 53.
gxf4+ Kxf4 54. Kxa6 Kf3 55. Kxb5 Kxf2 56. Kc6 e3 57. b5 e2 58. b6 e1=Q 59. Kb7
Qb4 60. h5 gxh5 61. b3 h4 62. Ka7 Qxb3 63. Ka8 h3 0-1

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