December 5-6, Colorado Springs

Richard Buchanan, Director

Games selected by Richard Buchanan

See Also: Results from the 1998 Winter Springs Open

Andy Rea - Adam Weissbarth, BENONI
1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.c4 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.0-0 0-0 10.a4 Na6 11.Nd2 Nc7 12.Be2 Nfe8 13.Ra3 a6 14.Nc4? b5 15.Nb6 b4 16.Nxa8 Qxa8 17.Ra2 bxc3 18.bxc3 Bxc3 19.Bh6 Bg7 20.Qd2 f5 21.f3 fxe4 22.Bxg7 e3 23.Qxe3 Nxg7 24.Qe7 Qxd5 25.Rc2 Qe6 26.Bc4 d5 27.Qxc5 dxc4 28.Qxc7 Bxa4 29.Rcc1 Rc8 30.Qa7 Qc6 31.Rfe1 Qc5+ 32.Qxc5 Rxc5 33.Re7 c3 34.Re3 c2 35.Ra3 Rd5 36.Kf2 Rd1 37.Rxc2 Bxc2 38.Rxa6 Nf5 39.Ra7 Rd2+ 40.Kg1 Nh4 0:1

Mike Shedd - Aniruddha Deshpande, QGD
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.e5 Nd5 10.h4 g4 11.Nd2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 h5 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Be2 Qd5 15.f3 Nd7 16.Qc2 c5 17.Rd1 cxd4 18.Rxd4 Qc6 19.fxg4 Nc5 20.Bf3 Qb6 21.Nxc5 Bxc5 22.Bxa8 Bxd4 23.cxd4 Qxd4 24.Qd2 Qa1+ 25.Kf2

1/2:1/2 Isn't Black in deep trouble? E.g., 25...Qxh1 26 Qd6! Bd7 27 Qb8+ Ke7 28 Qxh8 hxg4 29 Qf6+ Ke8 30 Bf4 intending 31 Qh8+ and 32 Bg5+.

Eric Billaux - Shane Gaschler, SICILIAN
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.g4 Be6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.0-0-0 Ne5 12.Be2 Rc8 13.h4 Qa5 14.h5

14...Nfxg4 15.fxg4 Nf3 16.Bxf3 Rxc3 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Rcxf3 19.hxg6 Qg5+ 20.Kb1 Qxg6 21.a3 a6 22.Rde1 R3f4 23.Qb6 Rxe4 24.Qxb7 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Rf2 26.Rc1 e5 27.Qxe7 Qf6 28.Qe8+ Kg7 29.Qd7+ Kg6 30.g5! Qxg5 31.Qxd6+ Rf6? 32.Qc5 Rf4 33.Rg1 Rg4 34.Qc6+ Kg7 35.Qd7+ 1:0

Bela Geczy - David Landers, PIRC
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be3 0-0 6.Qd2 Nbd7 7.Bh6 e5 8.h4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bxh6 10.Qxh6 Ng4 11.Qd2 h5 12.0-0-0 Nc5 13.f3 Ne5 14.Be2 a5 15.Rdg1 a4 16.g4 hxg4 17.f4 Nc6 18.h5 g5 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.fxg5 Qe7 21.g6 f5 22.h6 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 Qxe4

24.g7 Re8 25.h7+! Kxg7 26.Qg5+ Kf7 27.Qh5+ Ke7 28.Qxe8+ Kxe8 29.h8=Q+ Ke7 30.Rh7+ Ke6 31.Qg8+ Kf6 32.Qg7+ Ke6 33.Bc4+ ! 1:0

Christopher Walker - Steve Kelly, SICILIAN
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.Bc4 d5 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 e6 13.a4 Qa5 14.Bd2 b5 15.0-0 bxa4 16.Rfb1 Rb8 17.Qd1 a3 18.Rxb8+ Nxb8 19.c4 Qd8 20.c5 Be7 21.Rxa3 0-0 22.Qg4 g6 23.Ba5 Qc8 24.h4 f5 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.h5 e5 27.Qxc8 Rxc8 28.hxg6 e4 29.gxh7+ Kxh7 30.Be2 Bxd4 31.Rh3+ Kg7 32.Bc3 Bxc3 33.Rxc3 Kf6 34.f4 Kf5 35.g3 a5 36.Bb5 Nc6 37.Kf2 Rc7 38.Bxc6 Rxc6 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Kd4 a4 41.g4 Rc8 42.f5+ Kf6 43.Kxd5 Re8 44.Re3 Kg5 45.c6 Kf4 46.Re1 a3 47.c7 a2 48.f6 e3 49.f7 Ra8 50.Kd4 e2

51.Kd3 Kxg4 52.Kxe2 Kg5 53.Rf1 Rf8 54.Ra1 Ra8 55.Ke3 Kf6 56.Rxa2 Rf8 57.Rf2+ Ke7 58.Ke4 Kd7 59.Ke5 Kxc7 60.Ke6 1:0

John Schultz - Joe Bihlmeyer, KING'S INDIAN
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nd7 10.Ne1 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Nd3 g5 13.c5 Nf6 14.Nf2 h5 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Bd2 Kh7 17.Rc1 Rf7 18.Kh1 Bh6 19.Rg1 Rg7 20.g3 fxg3 21.Rxg3 h4 22.Rg1 Nh5 23.Ng4 Bxg4 24.Rxg4 Ng6 25.Qc2 Rc8 26.Qb2 Ngf4 27.Be3 Rgc7 28.Bf1 b6 29.Ba6 Rb8 30.Nb5 Rf7 31.Rc6 Bf8 32.Rg1 Qf6 33.Rf1 h3 34.Qc2 Ng2 35.Qf2 Nxe3 36.Qxe3 g4 37.Rc7 g3 38.Rxf7+ Qxf7 39.Kg1 Qg6 40.Qd2 Be7 41.Qc2 Rg8 42.Rc1 gxh2+ 43.Kxh2 Qg3+ 44.Kh1 Qxf3+ 0:1

Steve Jackson - William Garcia, QP
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 b6 6.Nc3 h6 7.Ne5 Bd6 8.f4 0-0 9.Be2 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.exd4 Ne4 12.cxd5 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bxe5 14.fxe5 Qxd5 15.Ba3 Qxb3 16.axb3 Rc8 17.c4 a5 18.Bd6 Nc6 19.Bf3 Ra7 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.c5 b5 22.Ra2 Be4 23.Rfa1 Rca6 24.Bb8 Ra8 25.Bc7 a4 26.bxa4 Rxa4 27.Rxa4 Rxa4 28.Rxa4 bxa4 29.Ba5 Kf8 30.Bb4 Ke8 31.Kf2 Kd7 32.g3 Kc6 33.Ke3 Bd5 34.Kd3 Kb5 35.Ba3 g5 36.h4 g4 37.h5 Bf3 38.Kc3 Be4 39.Bc1 Bd5 40.Bxh6 a3 41.Bc1 a2 42.Bb2 Kc6 43.h6 Be4 44.Kb3 Bd5+ 45.Ka3 Be4 46.Kxa2 Kb5 47.Kb3 Bd5+ 48.Kc3 Be4 49.Bc1 Bh7 50.Kd2 Kc6 51.Ke3 Kd5 52.Bb2 Kc6 53.Kf4 Bf5 54.Kg5 Kd5 55.Kf6 Bg6 56.Kg7 Kc6 57.h7 Bxh7 58.Kxh7 Kd7 59.Kg7 1:0

Seth Musselman - Peter Cohen, SCOTCH
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Be7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Qd3 dxc3 7.e5 Nb4 8.Qxc3 Ne4 9.Bxf7+ Kf8 10.Qc4 Nc5 11.0-0 Ne6 12.Bxe6 dxe6 13.Nc3 Nd5 14.Rd1 c6 15.b4 b5 16.Qg4 h6 17.Ne4 g5 18.Nd4 Qe8 19.Nxe6+ Bxe6 20.Qxe6 Bxb4 21.Qf5+ Qf7 22.Qh3 Qg6 23.Nxg5 Re8 24.f4 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Rg8 26.f5 Qg7 27.Ne6+ Rxe6 28.fxe6 Qxe5 29.Bxh6+ Ke7 30.Qh4+ Ke8 31.Re1 Qd4 32.Qh5+ Kd8 33.e7+? (Needlessly complicating a very good position. 33 Qf7 wraps it up tight.) Bxe7 34.Be3 Nxe3 35.Rad1 Nxd1 36.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 37.Qxd1+ Kc7 38.Qd4 c5 39.Qf4+ Kd7 40.a4 Rf8 41.Qg4+ Kc7 42.g3 b4 43.a5 Rb8 44.Qf4+ Bd6 45.Qf7+ Kc8 46.Qb3 Bc7 47.Kg2 Bxa5 48.g4 Kc7 49.g5 Kc6 50.g6 Kb5 51.Qg3 Rg8 52.h4 Rg7 53.h5 Bc7 54.Qd3+ Ka4 55.h6 Rxg6+ 56.Qxg6 Be5 57.h7 Kb5 58.Qe8+ Kc4 59.Qxe5 1:0

Jon Jorgensen - Aaron Rubi, CARO-KANN
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d3 e5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nd7 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Nxd5 Ngf6 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.Nxe5 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxe5 11.Be3 Qxb2 12.0-0 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Be7 14.Bc5 Nd5 15.Qe4 Qxc2 16.Rfc1 Qb2 17.Qxd5 Bxc5 18.Qxc5 Qb6 1/2:1/2 ?? After 19 Re1+ Black should resign.

Bela Geczy - Eric Billaux, QP
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.0-0 Be7 6.b3 0-0 7.Bb2 b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.a3 Rc8 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Rac1 Rfe8 12.c4 cxd4 13.exd4 d5 14.Bb1 Qf4 15.Rfe1 Bf8 16.Qe3 Qxe3 17.fxe3 Bd6 18.c5 bxc5 19.dxc5 Bb8 20.b4 Ba6 21.Nd4 Nxd4 22.exd4 Bf4 23.Rcd1 Bb5 24.Bc2 Ng4 25.a4 Be3+ 26.Rxe3 Nxe3 27.Rc1 Nxc2 28.axb5 Nxb4 29.Bc3 Na2 0:1

Adam Weissbarth - Christopher Walker, SCOTCH
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Be2 d6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qe7 12.0-0-0 Re8 13.g4 Bd7 14.h4 Qe5 15.Qd2 Bc6 16.h5 h6 17.Rhg1 Kf8 18.Rdf1 Nh7 19.f4 Qe7 20.g5 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Qxe4 22.Bd3 Qa4 23.Bxh7 Qxa2 24.c3 g6 25.Qc2 Qa1+ 26.Kd2 Qa6 27.Re1 Qc4 28.hxg6 Qxf4+ 29.Kd1 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Qg4+ 31.Kc1 Qxg5+ 32.Kb1 Re8 33.Rxe8+ Kxe8 34.Qe4+ Kf8 35.gxf7 Kxf7 36.Qc4+ Kf6 37.Qxc7 Qg1+ 38.Ka2 Qd1

39.Qd8+ Ke5 40.Qe7+ Kf4 41.Qf6+ Kg3 42.Qxh6 Qd5+ 43.Kb1 a5 44.Qe3+ Kg4 45.Qe4+ Qxe4+ 46.Bxe4 b5 47.Bc6 b4 48.c4 Kf4 49.Kc2 Ke3 50.Kb3 Kd4 51.Bd5 Kc5 52.Ka4 Kb6 53.b3 Ka6 54.Bc6 Kb6 55.Bb5 Kc5 56.Kxa5 d5 57.cxd5 1:0

Aniruddha Deshpande - Sean Scott, QGA
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Rd1 a6 11.Bg5 Nd5 12.Ne4 b5 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.g3 Bb7 16.Nc5 Nf6 17.Nxb7 Qxb7 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.a3 Na5 20.b4 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Rxc4 bxc4 23.Ne5 c3 24.Rc1 Nd5 25.Nd3 Qb5 26.Kf1 Qc4 27.Nc5 Qxd4 28.Rd1 Qf6 29.Nd7 1:0

Eugeniu Lungulescu - John Schultz, NIMZOINDIAN
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 0-0 5.h3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 c5 8.e3 b6 9.Nf3 Bb7 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Nd2 Ndf6 13.0-0-0 Qd7 14.Rhg1 Qa4 15.Nb1 Rac8 16.f3 Ng3 17.Qf2 Nfh5 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Be1 Ba6 20.Nc3 Qb3 21.Qd2 Rfd8 22.Bxg3 Nxg3 23.Qe1 Nf5 24.g4 Nd6 25.Rg2 Nxc4

26.Bxh7+ Kf8 27.Bd3 Bb7 28.Bxc4 Qxc4 29.Rgd2 Rxd2 30.Rxd2 Bxf3 31.Qh4 Re8 32.Rd7 Qf1+ 33.Kc2 1:0 Doesn't 33...Kg8 hold? Maybe Black ran out of time.

Aaron Rubi - Peter Cohen, SCOTCH GAMBIT
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 Bc5 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.0-0 Na5 8.Bb3 0-0 9.Bg5 Nxb3 10.Qxb3 d6 11.Nd5 Re8 12.Rfe1 h6 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Bxh6 c6 15.e5 Kh7 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.Qd3+ Kh8 18.exf6 Rg8 19.Ng5 Rg6 20.Re8+ 1:0

Josh Fitzpatrick - Traci Houston, VIENNA
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 exf4 5.d4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.Bxf4 c5 8.h3 Nh6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Nf5 11.Bf2 Be7 12.Bd3 Nh4 13.Bf1 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 d4 15.0-0-0 Bg5+ 16.Kb1 Nc6 17.Bb5 0-0 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Bxd4 Qc7 20.Rhf1 Rb8 21.Ne4 c5 22.Bxc5 Be7 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Qc3 Qb7 25.Nd6 Qxg2 26.Nxc8 Rbxc8 27.Qd3 Qb7 28.Rg1 Rb8 29.b3 Rfc8 30.Rg3 Rc6 31.Qd8+ Rxd8 32.Rxd8# 1:0

Eric Billaux - Adam Weissbarth, CENTER COUNTER
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bf5 6.Nf3 c6 7.Ne5 e6 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bb4 10.0-0-0 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd5 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.g4 Be6 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Qc7 16.f4 f5? 17.exf6 Qxf4+ 18.Kb1 Qxg4

19.fxg7! Rg8 20.Qe3 b6 21.Rde1 Kd7 22.Rhg1 Qf5 23.Rgf1 Qh3 24.Rf3 Qg4 25.h3 Qe4 26.Qf2 Qc4 27.Rf7+ ! 1:0

Shane Gaschler - Aniruddha Deshpande, SICILIAN
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bg5 Qc7 7.0-0-0 Nc6 8.Qd2 Nf6 9.Kb1 Be7 10.Be2 0-0 11.h4 Rd8 12.Qf4 e5 13.Qg3 Be6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ng5 Rac8 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qh3 Nd4 18.Bg4 Re8 19.Rd2 b5 20.Ne2 Kf7 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.f4 a5 23.f5 e5 24.Bh5+ g6 25.fxg6+ hxg6 26.Bg4 Rcd8 27.Rf1 Kg7 28.Rdf2 Rf8 29.h5 Bg5

30.h6+ Bxh6 31.Rxf8 Rxf8 32.Rxf8 d3 33.Rf2 Qc5 34.Qf3 Bf4 35.g3 dxc2+ 36.Rxc2 Qg1+ 37.Qd1 Qxg3 38.Rc7+ Kh6 39.Be6 Qg2 40.Bd5 g5 41.Rc2 Qg3 42.Qh1+ Kg6 43.Rc7 Qh4 44.Qxh4 gxh4 45.Be6 d5 46.Bf5+ Kg5 47.Rg7+ Kh6 48.Rg6+ Kh5 49.exd5 h3 50.Be4 h2 51.Rg8 1:0

Mike Shedd - Bela Geczy, ENGLISH
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.g3 f5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Rb1 d6 9.b4 h6 10.e4 f4 11.gxf4 exf4 12.d4 g5 13.b5 Ne7 14.h3 Ng6 15.Qd3 g4 16.hxg4 Nxg4 17.Ne2 h5 18.c5 d5 19.Rb3 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Bf5 21.Qxb7 Qe7 22.Qd5+ Be6 23.Qxh5 1:0

Sean Scott - Steve Kelly, SICILIAN
You know those great sacrifices the GMs are always playing against the Sicilian. Well, they don't always work.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nfd7 11.0-0-0 Bb7 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Bf4 Nc5 14.Qe3 b4

15.Nd5 Qa5 16.Kb1 0-0-0 17.Bc4 exd5 18.Bxd5 Ne6 19.Bxe6+ fxe6 20.Qb3 Rd5 21.Ng5 Nd8 22.Qh3 Qb6 23.Be3 Bc5 0:1

Ryan Umari - Joe Bihlmeyer, SCOTCH
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.e5 d4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Ng4 11.0-0 c5 12.h3 Nh6 13.Qh5 Be6 14.cxd4 c4 15.Be4 Rb8 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Bc6+ Ke7 18.Qh4+ Kf8 19.Qxh6+ Kg8

20.Rad1 Bd5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Rfe1 Rb6 23.Qh4 Kg7 24.Re3 Re8 25.Qe4 Qxe4 26.Rxe4 Rb2 27.Rc1 c6 28.Rf4 Re6 29.Rg4+ Rg6 30.Rf4 Re6 31.Rf3 c5 32.Rc3 cxd4 33.Rxc4 Rxe5 34.Rxd4 Ra5 35.c4 Rxa3 36.c5 Rb7 37.c6 Rc7 38.Rd7 Rxd7 39.cxd7 Rd3 40.Rc7 a5 41.Ra7 a4 42.Rxa4 Rxd7 43.g4 Rd3 44.Kg2 Rb3 45.Ra5 h6 46.f3 Rb6 47.Kg3 Rc6 48.h4 Rc1 49.Ra2 Rc5 50.Re2 Rc1 51.g5 hxg5 52.hxg5 Rc7 53.Kg4 f6 54.Re6 fxg5 55.Kxg5 Rc5+ 56.Kf4 Kf7 57.Re5 Rc1 58.Kf5 Rf1 59.f4 Rh1 60.Re3 Rh5+ 61.Ke4 Kf6 62.Rb3 Rh1 63.Rb6+ Kf7 64.Kf5 Rh5+ 65.Kg4 Rh1 66.Rb3 Ra1 67.f5 Rg1+ 68.Rg3 1/2:1/2

Robert Anderson - Kenneth Schwartz, ENGLISH
1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 5.Qc2 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.Nc3 c5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.a3 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.d3 Ne8 12.Nd2 f5 13.Bf3 Qd7 14.Rad1 Nf6 15.h3 Ne7 16.Rfe1 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Nc6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.cxd5 Ne7 20.e4 h6 21.Bc1 f4 22.Kf1 g5 23.Ke2 Ng6 24.Rh1 Kf7 25.Bd2 Bf6 26.Ra1 Rh8 27.b4 Rac8 28.Qb3 Rc7 29.b5 h5 30.Rag1 Rcc8 31.a4 g4 32.Ne1 Rcg8 33.Qd1 Nh4 34.f3 gxh3 35.Rxh3

35...Nxg2 36.Rgh1 h4 37.R1h2 Nxe1 38.Qxe1 Rg2+ 39.Rxg2 Qxh3 40.Qg1 Rh7 41.Be1 Qc8 42.Qh1 c4 43.Rh2 cxd3+ 44.Kxd3 Qc1 45.Rc2 Qe3+ 46.Kc4 Rh8 47.Rc3 Rc8+ 48.Kb3 Rxc3+ 49.Bxc3 Qd3 50.Qh3 Qd1+ 1/2:1/2

Brit Whittaker - Eugeniu Lungulescu, ENGLISH
1.c4 f6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Nd5 Bc5 5.e3 (A very unusual opening!) c6 6.d4 cxd5 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.Qd6

8...Na6 9.Bd2 Qe7 10.0-0-0 Nxc5 11.Bb4 Qxd6 12.Rxd6 Ne4 13.Nh3 Nxd6 14.Bxd6 Nh6 15.Bxc4 Nf7 16.Ba3 d5 17.Bb5+ Kd8 18.Ng1 Be6 19.Ne2 Kc7 20.f4 Rac8 21.Kb1 Nd6 22.Ba4 b5 23.Bb3 Nc4 24.Rc1 Kb6 25.Be7 Nd2+ 26.Ka1 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Rc8 28.Nd3 Nxb3+ 29.axb3 exf4 30.Nxf4 Bf7 31.b4 d4 32.Bc5+ Ka6 33.exd4 Re8 34.Kb1 g5 35.Nh3 Re1+ 36.Kc2 Re2+ 37.Kd3 Rxh2 38.Ng1 Rg2 39.Ne2 Bc4+ 40.Ke4 Rxe2+ 41.Kf5 Rf2+ 42.Ke4 Rxb2 0:1

Sean Cabrera - Jon Fortune, SLAV
1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.e3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nbd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.Re1 0-0 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qd3 c5 14.Be3 b6 15.Rad1 Re8 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Ne5 Qxd3 18.Rxd3 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Bxd8 20.Bxc5 Bb6 21.Bxb6 axb6 22.Rd1 g6 23.g3 Rb8 24.Nc6 Rb7 25.b3 Rd7 26.Rxd7 Nxd7 27.Kg2 h5 28.Kf3 f6 29.b4 Kf7 30.Ke3 g5 31.a4 e5 32.a5 bxa5 33.bxa5 Nc5 34.Nb8 Ne6 35.a6 Ke7 36.a7 Nc7 37.Na6 Na8 38.Ke4 Ke6 39.c5 f5+ 40.Ke3 Kd5 41.f4 gxf4+ 42.gxf4 e4 43.Nb4+ Kxc5 44.Nc2 Kb6 45.Nd4 Kxa7 46.Nxf5 Nc7 47.Kxe4 Ne6 48.Nd4 Nc5+ 49.Kd5 Nd7 50.Kd6 Nf6 51.Ke6 Ng4 52.h4 Kb7 53.f5 Kc7 54.f6 Nxf6 55.Kxf6 Kd7 56.Kg5 Ke7 57.Kxh5 Kf7 58.Kg5 Kg7 59.h5 Kh7 60.h6 Kh8 61.Nc6 Kh7 62.Nd8 Kg8 63.Kg6 Kh8 64.Nf7+ 1:0

Brian Moore - Steve Biles, QP
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bg5 f6 4.Bf4 d6 5.Nc3 e5 6.dxe5 fxe5 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.Kb1 Be6 11.e4 Re8 12.h3 Nb4 13.Qe3 d5 14.Nxe5 Qd6 15.Nc4 Qd8 16.a3 Nc6 17.Qg3 d4 18.Bh6 Nh5 19.Qf3 g6 20.Rd2 Nf6 21.Ne3 Bf8 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Ned1 Nd7 24.Qg3 dxc3 25.Qxc3 Bf7 26.Bb5 Nce5 27.f4 c6 28.Ba4 Nc4 29.Rd3 b5 30.Bb3 Qe7 31.Ne3 Qxe4 32.Rxd7 Qxe3 33.Re1 Nd2+ 34.Qxd2 Qxd2 35.Bxf7+ Rxf7 36.Rxd2 Rxf4 37.Rd7 Rf2 38.Ree7 Rxg2 39.Rxh7 Rg3 40.Rdg7+ Kf8 41.Rc7 Kg8 42.Rcg7+ Kf8 43.h4 Re8 44.h5 Re6 45.h6 g5 46.Rh8# 1:0

Andy Rea - Bela Geczy, NIMZOVICH DEFENSE
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be3 Be7 8.Nd2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.f4 Nb4 12.Nf3 c5 13.dxc5 Qa5 14.0-0 Bxc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16.Rf2 a6 17.Rd1 g6 18.Qd2 Nb6 19.a3 Nc6 20.b4 Qe7 21.Qc1 Rc8 22.Rd3 Qc7 23.Nd1 Nc4 24.Ne3 b5 25.Ng4 h5 26.Nf6+ Kf8 27.Ng5 Ne7 28.g4 hxg4 29.hxg4 Kg7 30.Rff3 Ng8

31.Rh3 Nxf6 32.exf6+ Kxf6 33.Qa1+ e5 34.Nh7+ Kg7 35.Ng5 Rxh3 36.Rxh3 Rh8 37.Rxh8 Kxh8 38.fxe5 Kg8 39.Nf3 1/2:1/2

Ryan Umari - Al Gardner, SICILIAN
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 e6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Nf6 7.Bxb4 Nxb4 8.Nc3 d5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.e5 Ne4 12.0-0 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Rb1 0-0 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qb5 Qxb5 17.Rxb5 b6 18.Nd2 Rfc8 19.Nb3 Nc4 20.a4 Na3 21.Rb4 Rxc3 22.a5 Rc4 23.Rxc4 dxc4 24.Nd2 b5 25.Ra1 Nc2 0:1

Allan Ufer - Shannon Fox, STONEWALL
1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 c4 5.Bc2 e6 6.Nd2 Nc6 7.f4 h5 8.Ngf3 Ng4 9.Qe2 b5 10.Ne5 Ngxe5 11.fxe5 f5 12.Nf3 Be7 13.Bd2 b4 14.0-0 Bd7 15.b3 bxc3 16.Bxc3 cxb3 17.axb3 a5 18.Ra2 Nb4 19.Bxb4 Bxb4 20.Bd3 Rc8 21.Bb5 Rc3 22.Bxd7+ Qxd7 23.Rb1 Qc6 24.Kf2 0-0 25.Rbb2 f4 26.exf4 Rxf4 27.Rc2 Re4 28.Qd1 Qe8 29.Rxc3 Bxc3 30.Rc2 Bb4 31.Rc7 Qf8 32.Qc1 Kh7 33.Qg5 Rxd4 34.Ke2 Re4+ 35.Kd3 Kg8

36.Qg6 Rg4 37.Qxe6+ Kh7 38.Rf7 Qa8 39.Nd4 Rg6 40.Qf5 Qa6+ 41.Ke3 a4 42.bxa4 Qxa4 43.Qc2 Qa3+ 44.Nb3 Kh6 45.Kf4 Rg4+ 46.Kf5 Qa6 47.Qc1+ Kh7 48.e6 Qd3+ 49.Ke5 Qe4# 0:1

Joel Brown - Larry Wutt, CARO-KANN
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.0-0 e6 7.d4 Bd6 8.Re1 Nf6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Qxe5 14.Bxa7 Qf5 15.Bd4 0-0 16.Re3 Qh5 17.Qe1 Ne4 18.Nd2 e5 19.Bb6 f5 20.Rh3 Qg6 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Rg3 Qe6 23.a4 Rf5 24.a5 Bc8 25.b4 Ba6 26.Qe3 Raf8 27.Qd2 R8f6 28.Bc5 Rg6 29.Rxg6 Qxg6 30.Qe3

30...Rf3 31.Qd2 Rd3 32.Qe2 d4 33.cxd4 Rg3! 34.Qxa6 Rxg2+ 35.Kf1 Rg1+ 36.Ke2 Qg4+ 37.Kd2 Rxa1 38.Qc4+ Kh7 39.dxe5 Rd1+ 40.Kc2 Rd3 41.Kb2 Qe2+ 42.Qc2 Rd2 43.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 44.Kb3 Qd5+ 45.Kc2 Qxe5 46.a6 Qe8 47.a7 g5 48.Kb3 Kg6 49.Ka4 Kf5 50.Ka5 Kg4 51.Kb6 Qa8 52.Bd6 h5 53.Bb8 Kf3 54.Bg3 h4 55.Bd6 Kxf2 56.Be7 g4 57.Bxh4+ Kg2 58.Bg3 e3 59.Ka6 e2 60.Kb6 Kf1 0:1