December 4-5, Colorado Springs

Richard Buchanan, Director

Games selected by Richard Buchanan

See Also: Results from the 1999 Winter Springs Open

34.e5 dxe5 35.d6 Qd7 36.Qd5 exf4 37.Bxc5 Re8 38.Ra7 Qe6 39.Qxe6 fxe6 40.d7 Rd8 41.Bb6 Kf7 42.Kf1 Ke7 43.Bxd8+ Kxd8 44.Ke2 Bc3 45.Kf3 g5 46.Ke4 h6 47.Rb7 h5 48.h4 g4 49.Kxf4 Ke7 50.Ke4 Be1 51.d8=Q+ Kxd8 52.Rh7 Bxh4 53.Rxh5 Be1 54.Ke5 Kd7 55.Rh7+ Kc6 56.Kxe6 Kc5 57.Rd7 g3 58.Rd3 Bf2 59.Ke5 Be1 60.Ke4 Bf2 61.Rd5+ Kc6 62.Rf5 Be1 63.Kd4 Bc3+ 64.Kc4 Be1 65.Rf6+ Kc7 66.Kb5 Kd7 67.Rf4 and White won. 1:0

Ron Rossi - Jim McKenna, SICILIAN
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.f3 0-0 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.0-0-0 a6 11.g4 b5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bb3 a5 14.h4 b4 15.Nd5 a4 16.Bc4 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Qc7 19.Qd3 b3 20.a3 bxc2 21.Qxc2 Qxc2+ 22.Kxc2 Rfc8+ 23.Kb1 Rab8 24.Bd4 e5 25.Ba7 Rb7 26.Bf2 Rb3 27.Rxd6 Bf8 28.Ra6 Bxa3 29.Rxa4 Rcb8 30.Ka2 Rxb2+ 31.Kxa3? R8b3# 0:1

Wolfgang Kern - Paul Anderson, CARO-KANN
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.dxc5 e6 7.Be3 (Now the extra pawn will torture Black for the rest of the game.) Qa5+ 8.c3 Nge7 9.b4 Qc7 10.Be2 Nf5 11.Bf2 g6 12.0-0 Bh6 13.b5 Nb8 14.g3 Nd7 15.b6 axb6 16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.Qb3 Nc4 18.Qb5+ Kf8 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.Nbd2 Kg7 21.Bb6 Qc8 22.Nxc4 Qe8 23.Qxe8 Rhxe8 24.Nd6 Re7 25.a4 Rd7 26.Nxf5+ Bxf5 27.Nd4 Be4 28.Rfd1 Kg8 29.a5 Rc8 30.Nb5 Bd5 31.Rac1 Bf8 32.c4 Bc6 33.Na7 Rxd1+ 34.Rxd1 Ba4 35.Rc1 Ra8 36.c5 Be7 37.Rc4 Be8 38.Kf2 Kf8 39.Rd4 Rb8 40.Ke3 h5 41.h4 Ra8 42.Kd3 Rb8 43.Kc4 Ra8 44.Nb5 Bxb5+ 45.Kxb5 Ke8 46.c6 bxc6+ 47.Kxc6 Rc8+ 48.Kb7 Rc3 49.a6 Rxg3 50.a7 Ra3 51.Rc4 Rxa7+ 52.Bxa7 Bxh4 53.f5 g5 54.Rc8+ Kd7 55.Rc7+ Ke8 56.f6 Bg3 57.Kc6 Kd8 58.Rxf7 Ke8 59.Re7+ Kf8 60.Rg7 1:0

The next two games were played on adjacent boards - a coincidence, or did one attack inspire the other?

Chaitanya Neuhaus - Mike Fuchs, VERESOV
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 Bg6 7.Bxg6 hxg6 8.Qd3 c6 9.Ne2 Qc7 10.0-0 Ne4 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Ng3 f5 14.Nd2 Ndf6 15.Nf3 Ng4 16.Qe2 0-0-0 17.c4 Rh6 18.c5 Qe7 19.h3

19...Rdh8! 20.hxg4 fxg4 21.Rac1 gxf3 22.Qxf3 Qh4 0:1

Al Gardner - Paul Grimm, COLLE
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.0-0 Qc7 8.Re1 c4 9.Bc2 Ng4 10.Nf1 Bd7 11.e4 0-0-0 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 h5 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.h3 Rh6 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.e5 fxe5 19.Nxg5 Rdh8 20.Ng3 Qe7 21.Qxg4 Rh4 22.Qf3 Rf4 23.Qe3 Qxg5 24.dxe5 Qh4 25.Bd1 Re4 26.Qd2 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Qh1+ 28.Nxh1 Rxh1# 0:1

Eric Billaux - Mike Shedd, SICILIAN
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Bxg5+ 14.Kb1 Ne5 15.Qh5 Qe7 16.fxe6 g6 17.exf7+ Kf8 18.Qe2 Bg4 19.Qg2 Bxd1 20.Nd5 Qxf7 21.Qxg5 h6 22.Qg3 Bf3

23.Bg2 g5 24.Bxf3 Nxf3 25.Nxf3 Kg7 26.Nd4 Rad8 27.h4 Qg6 28.Nf5+ Kf7 29.Rf1 Ke8 30.h5 1:0

Peter Cohen - Dean Brown, ENGLISH
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d3 Bb4 4.Bd2 c6 5.Nf3 d6 6.e3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Be2 0-0 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Bg6 12.Nh4 Ne8 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.Bf3 Nc7 15.b4 a6 16.0-0 Qg5 17.Kh2 Rf7 18.Qe2 Raf8 19.a4 d5 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Bd2 e4 22.dxe4 dxe4 23.Bxe4? Qe5+ 24.Kg1 Qxe4 25.Rac1 Ne5 26.f4 Nd3 27.Rc3 Nxf4 28.Rxf4 Rxf4 29.Rxc7 Rf1+ 30.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qd5 32.Bc3 Qd3+ 33.Kf2 Qc2+ 34.Kf3 Qd1+ 35.Kf2 Qc2+ 36.Kg3 Qd3 37.Kf2 h5 38.Rxg7+ Kf8 39.Bd4 Qd1 40.a5 Qd2+ 41.Kf3 Qxb4 42.Rxg6 Qxa5 43.Rb6 Qd5+ 44.Kf2 a5 45.g4 a4 (What's the rush? 45...hxg4 first.) 46.gxh5 Qxh5 47.Rxb7 a3 48.Ra7 (Black can't win now. White's pieces are secure, with absolute control of the queening square.) Qf5+ 49.Ke2 Qc2+ 50.Ke1 a2 51.h4 Qb1+ 52.Ke2 Qe4 53.h5 Qg4+ 54.Kd3 Qxh5 55.Kc2 Qb5 56.Rxa2 Qc4+ 57.Kb1 Qb3+ 58.Ka1 Kf7 59.Rb2 Qa4+ 1/2:1/2

Allan Ufer - Stephenson Cary, STONEWALL
1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nd2 c4?! 6.Bc2 b6 7.f4 Bb7 8.Ngf3 Bd6 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qe1 b5 12.Ndf3 Rb8 13.Ng5 h6 14.Ngxf7 Rxf7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Qg3 g5 17.Qh3 gxf4 18.Qxh6 Qg8 19.exf4 Ne4 20.f5 Ndf6 21.fxe6+ Kxe6 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Qxf6+ Kd5 24.Rf5+ Kc6 25.Rg5 Qe8 26.Bf4 Rd8 27.d5+ Kc5 28.Be3# 1:0

Andy Rea - Eric Billaux, QUEEN'S INDIAN
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.0-0 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bg5 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Rac1 Rfc8 15.e4 Bc6 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Rxc6 dxe4 18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Qxa7 f5 20.f3 Qd6 21.fxe4 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 fxe4 23.Bh3 Rf8 24.Be6+ Kh8 25.Rxf8+ Nxf8 26.Qf7 (This looks crunching, but Eric has a good way out.) Qd1+ 27.Kg2 Qf3+! 28.Kh3 Nxe6 29.Qxe6 h5 30.Qxb6 e3 31.Qd8+ Kh7 32.Qd3+ Kh6 33.a4

33...h4 (33...Qf2 must draw, at least.) 34.a5 hxg3 35.Qd6+ g6 36.Qxg3 Qf1+ 37.Kh4 Qf6+ (And here 37...e2 draws. Now the white king can help gang up on the e-pawn.) 38.Kh3 Qe6+ 39.Kg2 e2 40.Qh4+ Kg7 41.Qe1 Qe4+ 42.Kf2 Qd4+ 43.Kxe2 Qxb2+ 44.Qd2 Qb5+ 45.Ke3 Qg5+ 46.Kd3 Qf5+ 47.Kc4 Qc8+ 48.Kb3 Qb7+ 49.Qb4 Qf7+ 50.Qc4 Qb7+ 51.Ka3 Qe7+ 52.Ka4 Qd7+ 53.Kb4 Qb7+ 54.Kc3 Qf3+ 55.Qd3 Qc6+ 56.Kb4 Qb7+ 57.Qb5 Qe7+ 58.Qc5 Qb7+ 59.Kc4 Qf7+ 60.Kb5 Qb3+ 61.Kc6 Qf3+ 62.Kc7 Qf4+ 63.Kc8 Qg4+ 64.Kb8 Kh6 65.Qf8+ Kg5 66.Qd8+ Kh6 67.Qh8+ Kg5 68.h4+ ! 1:0

Mike Shedd - Adam Weissbarth, ENGLISH
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Qc2 d5 7.e3 Nc6 8.a3 a5 9.Bc3 Bf5 10.Qb3 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 d4 12.exd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Rd1 Qe5+ 15.Be2 Nf6 16.0-0 0-0 17.Bf3 Rab8 18.Qb6 Qe6 19.Qd4 Rfc8 20.Bd5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Be4 22.Rfe1 Bxd5 23.Rxe6 Bxe6 24.c5 Rc7 25.Qe5 Rbc8 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 b6 28.cxb6 Rb7 29.h3 Rxb6 30.Qa5 Rbb8 31.b5 f6 32.Qa7 Kf7 33.b6 Ra8 34.Qb7 Rab8 35.Qa6 Rc6 36.Rb1 Bd5 37.Qa7 Rcc8 38.b7 Rd8 39.Rb5 e6 40.Rc5! Rxb7 41.Rc7+ Rxc7 42.Qxc7+ Ke8 43.Qxh7 e5 44.Qxg6+ Ke7 45.Qg7+ Ke6 46.h4 Ra8 47.h5 Ra1+ 48.Kh2 1:0 Black can not stop the h-pawn. Compare this game with Cohen - D. Brown from the previous round.

Paul Anderson - Michael Kass, ENGLISH
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Bc5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 0-0 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.a3 a5 7.Nge2 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.0-0 Re8 10.d5 Ne7 11.Bd2 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Kh2 Nf5 14.Ne4 Bg6 15.N2c3 Nd7 16.Na4 Ne7 17.b3 f5 18.Nxb6 Nxb6 19.Ng5 Nexd5 (White gets bucketloads of compensation for this gone pawn.) 20.Ne6 Rxe6 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.cxd5 Re8 23.Rc1 Bf7 24.Qf3 Rf8 25.e4 fxe4 26.Qxe4 Bg6 27.Qc4 Rf7 28.Qb5 b6 29.Be3 Qd7 30.Qxd7 Rxd7 31.Rc3 Bf7 32.Rd1 b5 33.Rc6 a4 34.b4 h6 35.h4 Kf8 36.g4 Re8 37.Kg3 Ke7 38.Ra6 Rdd8 39.Kf3 Kd7 40.Ke4 Bg6+ 41.Kf3 e4+ 42.Kg3 Bf7 43.Rd4 Re5 44.Bf4 Rxd5 45.Rxd5 Bxd5 46.Be3 Rf8 47.h5 Bb7 48.Ra7 Kc6 49.Ra5 Rf7 50.Kh4 d5 (Two pawns up, how can Black lose this without a major blunder?)

51.g5 hxg5+ 52.Kxg5 Bc8 53.Kg6 (Here's how. White's king is in the middle of the action.) Rf5 54.Ra8 Be6 55.Rh8 Rf7 56.Rh7 Rf3 57.Rxg7 Kd6 58.h6 Ke5 59.Re7 Rf6+ 60.Kg7 Kf5 61.h7 Rg6+ 62.Kf8 Rf6+ 63.Ke8 1:0

Robert Anderson - Chaitanya Neuhaus, KING'S INDIAN ATTACK
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.0-0 Nbd7 5.d3 Bd6 6.Nbd2 c6 7.c3 Qc7 8.Re1 0-0 9.e4 e5 10.Nf1 Re8 11.Nh4 Nf8 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Ne3 dxe4 14.dxe4 Ne6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nf3 Nc5 17.Qc2 Be6 18.h3 Rad8 19.b3 Qc8 20.Kh2 h6 21.Rad1 g6 22.b4 Nd7 23.a4 Nf8 24.c4 b6 25.c5 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.cxb6 Qxb6 29.Qc3 Nd7 30.a5 Qc7 31.Bf1 Bg7 32.b5 Nb8 33.Nd2 f6 34.Bc4 Qc8 35.Qb3 Kf7 36.b6 axb6 37.Bxe6+ Qxe6 38.Qxb6 Qc8 39.Qa7+ Kg8 40.Ndc4 Bf8 41.Nb6 Qd8 42.Qb7 Bc5 43.Ng4 Be7 44.Nxh6+ Kg7 45.Ng4 g5 46.Ne3 Kg6 47.Nf5 Bf8 48.a6 Nxa6 49.Qxa6 c5 50.Qc4 Qc7 51.Qg8+ Bg7 52.Qxg7+ Qxg7 53.Nxg7 Kxg7 54.Nc4 Kf7 55.h4 Kg6 56.hxg5 Kxg5 57.Kh3 Kh5 58.g4+ Kg5 59.Kg3 Kg6 60.Kh4 Kh6 61.g5+ Kg6 62.Kg4 fxg5 63.Nxe5+ Kh6 64.Nf7+ Kg7 65.Nxg5 c4 66.Nf3 c3 67.Ne1 Kf6 68.f4 Ke6 69.Kf3 Kd6 70.Ke2 Kc5 71.Kd3 1:0

Mike Fuchs - Sean Cabrera, SICILIAN
1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Be7 9.f5 0-0 10.g4 Nd7 11.Be3 Bg5 12.Bxg5 Qxg5 13.Nd2 Qh4+ 14.Ke2 Kh8 15.Rag1 Qe7 16.Nf1 Na5 17.Bd5 Nb6 18.Ne3 Rac8 19.g5 f6? 20.g6 h6 21.Qh5 Nc6 22.Ng4 Nxd5 23.exd5 Nd4+ 24.cxd4 1:0

In round 3, the Davis brothers both beat adult opponents with Black - but their methods were entirely different!

Ray O'Dell - Boris Davis, QP
1.g3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.a3 Nf6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Qd8 8.Nbd2 b6 9.b4 Bb7 10.c3 Bd6 11.0-0 0-0 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Be7 14.Qd3 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Re8 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxd3 18.Rxd3 Rcd8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Nf6+? Bxf6 21.exf6 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 gxf6 23.a4 Rd3 24.Ra3 e5 25.b5 e4 26.a5 bxa5? 27.Rxa5 Rxc3 28.Rxa7 Rc5 29.Rb7 Kg7 30.Kf1 Rc2 31.h4 Kg6 32.g4 Kg7 33.h5 Rb2 34.Ke1 Rc2 35.Kf1 Rb2 36.Ke1 Rc2 37.Kf1 c6 38.Rc7 c5 39.b6 Rb2 40.b7 c4 41.Rxc4 Rxb7 42.Rxe4 Rb1+ 43.Kg2 Rb5 44.Rf4 Rb3 45.Rf3 Rb5 46.Kg3 Rb1 47.Kh4 Rh1+ 48.Rh3 Rf1 49.Rf3 Rh1+ 50.Kg3 Rg1+ 51.Kh4 Rh1+ 52.Rh3 Rf1 53.f3 Rd1 54.f4 Rf1 55.f5 Rg1 56.Rg3 Rh1+ 57.Rh3 Rxh3+ 58.Kxh3 Kf8 59.Kg3 Ke7 60.Kf4 Kd6 61.Ke4 Kc5 62.Ke3 Kd5 63.Kf4? (63.Kd3 holds the opposition. Now Boris's patience pays off.) Kd4 64.Kf3 Kd3 65.Kg3 Ke3 66.Kh3 Kf3 67.Kh4 Kg2 68.g5 fxg5+ 69.Kg4 Kh2 70.f6 Kg2 71.Kf5 Kf3 72.Ke5 g4 73.Kd6 g3 74.Ke7 g2 75.Kxf7 g1=Q 76.Kf8 Qc5+ 77.Kg7 Qg5+ 78.Kf7 Qxh5+ 79.Ke7 Qg5 80.Ke6 Qf4 81.f7 h5 82.Ke7 Qxf7+ 83.Kxf7 h4 0:1

Frank Shotwell - Anthony Davis, OLD INDIAN
1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d5 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Ne2 Nh5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.c4 Qg5 9.Ng3 Nf4 10.0-0 Qh4 11.Nc3 Na6 12.Nce2 Bg4 13.Qd2

13...Nxg2! 14.Kxg2 Qh3+ 15.Kg1 Bf3 0:1

Steve Biles - Allan Ufer, BIRD
1.f4 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.h3 Nb4 8.g4 Nxd3+ 9.cxd3 Ne8 10.Bxg7 Nxg7 11.Nc3 Ne6 12.Qc2 d4 13.Ne2 c5 14.e4 b6 15.f5 gxf5 16.gxf5 Ng7 17.0-0-0 e6 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Nh2 Rf2 20.Ng3 Qh4 21.Rdg1 Kh8 22.Qd1 e5 23.Ng4 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Qg5 25.Nf5 Nxf5 26.gxf5 Rg2 27.Rxg2 Qxg2 28.Qh5 Qg8 29.f6 Rf8 30.Qxe5 Rf7 31.Qf5 Qg2 32.Qf1 Qg5 33.Rg1 Qxf6 34.Qxf6+ Rxf6 35.Kd1 b5 36.Rg5 Rc6 37.Ke2 h6 38.Rg1 b4 39.Kf3 Rf6+ 40.Ke2 Kh7 41.Rf1 Ra6 42.Rf5 Rc6 43.Kf3 Kg6 44.Kg4 Ra6 45.Rxc5 Rxa2 46.Rd5 Rxd2 47.Rxd4 a5 48.Rd5 Rg2+ 49.Kf3 Rg5 50.e5 h5 51.Rxa5 h4 52.Ke4 h3 53.Ra1 Rg3 54.Rh1 Kf7 55.Kd4 Ke6 56.Kc4 Kxe5 57.d4+ Kf4 58.d5 (58.Kxb4 first) Kf3 59.Rh2 Rg4+ 60.Kc5 Kg3 61.Rxh3+ (What's the rush? Force Black to waste a few more moves first.) Kxh3 62.d6 Rg5+ (Black now can win by marching the king straight across to b3 while the rook captures the d-pawn / queen at the last moment. The move played, and Black's next, give away critical tempi.) 63.Kc6 Rg6? (53...Kg3 still wins.) 64.Kc7 Kg3 65.d7 Rg8 66.d8=Q Rxd8 67.Kxd8 Kf3 68.Kc7 (Now White wins the race back to the pawns.) Ke3 69.Kc6 Kd3 70.Kb5 Kc3 71.Ka4 Kd4 72.Kxb4 Kd5 73.Kb5 Kd6 74.Kb6 Kd7 75.b4 Kc8 76.Ka7 Kc7 77.b5 1:0

Aaron Rubi - Dean Brown, KING'S GAMBIT
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Be6 5.d3 Bxc4 6.dxc4 Qf6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.Nc3 0-0-0 9.Nd5 Qg6 10.Qd4 Nb6 11.Nxf4 Qf6 12.Qd3 g6 13.Nd5 Qg7 14.Be3 Nxd5 15.cxd5 f6 16.Bxa7 Nh6 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Ne6 Re8 19.Bd4 Be7 20.Qa3 Kb8 21.Rf3 c5 22.Bc3 b6 23.b4 Ng4 24.bxc5 dxc5 25.Rb1 Kb7

26.Rxb6+! Kxb6 27.Ba5+ Kb5 28.Rb3+ Kc4 29.Qc1 Qxe6 30.Qf1+ Kd4 31.Bc3+ Ke3 32.Qf3# 1:0

Peter Cohen - Christian Ogrosky, ENGLISH
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d3 Bb4 4.Bd2 Nc6 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Rc1 b6 9.Nf3 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 Bb7 11.e3 f5 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.d4 exd4 14.exd4 0-0-0 15.Bb5 Rhe8+ 16.Kf1 Qe6 17.Re3 Qd5 18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Qc4 Qxc4+ 20.Bxc4 Rd8 21.Be6+ Kb8 22.d5 Ne7 23.Ke2 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Rxd5 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Kxd1 Kb7 27.Ng5 h6 28.Ne6 g5 29.Nd8+ Ka6 30.Kd2 g4 31.Ne6 c5 32.Ng7 c4 33.Kc3 b5 34.Kc2 Kb6 35.b3 cxb3+ 36.Kxb3 Kc5 37.Ne6+ Kd5 38.Nc7+ Kc6 39.Ne6 h5 40.Nf4 h4 41.a4 a6 42.axb5+ axb5 43.Kb4 Nd5+ 44.Nxd5 Kxd5 45.Kxb5 f4 46.h3 gxh3 (or 46...f3 0-1) 47.gxh3 Ke4 48.Kc5 Kf3 0:1

Mike Shedd - Andy Rea, ENGLISH
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qh4 Rb8 11.Bh6 Be6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.b3 Qa5 14.Rac1 a6 15.Kh1 Rfc8 16.Qd4 Qc5 17.Qxc5 Rxc5 18.Na4 Ra5 19.c5 dxc5 20.Rxc5 b5 21.Nc3 Rc8 22.Rxc8 Bxc8 23.Rd1 b4 24.Na4 Bd7 25.Rd2 Bxa4 26.bxa4 Rxa4 27.Bc6 Ra3 28.Kg2 a5 29.f3 a4 30.Kf2 e6 31.Rb2 b3 32.axb3 Rxb3 33.Ra2 a3 34.Ba4 Rc3 35.Ke1 Nd5 36.Kd2 Kf6 37.Ra1 Ke5 38.e4 Rxf3 39.exd5 Kxd5 40.Ke2 Rc3 41.Kd2 Kd4 42.Be8 f5 43.Bf7 e5 44.Bg8 f4 45.gxf4 exf4 46.Bxh7? Rh3 47.Ke2 Rxh7 48.Kf3 Rxh2 49.Kxf4 a2 0:1

Sean Scott - Eric Billaux, SICILIAN
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Bb4 7.Nb5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 a6 11.Be2 b5 12.0-0 Bb7 13.Qd6 Rc8

14.Nd5 exd5 15.exd5 Ne7 16.Qxf6 Rg8 17.Bf3 d6 18.Rfe1 Qd8 19.Re2 Kf8 20.Rae1 Rc7 21.h3 Rg7 22.b3 a5 23.c4 bxc4 24.bxc4 Ba6 25.Bh5 Bxc4 26.Bxf7 Rxf7 27.Qh8+ Ng8 28.Re8+ Qxe8 29.Rxe8+ Kxe8 30.Qxg8+ Ke7 31.Qg5+ Kf8 32.Qd8+ Kg7 33.Qg5+ 1/2:1/2

Adam Weissbarth - Katie Roberts-Hoffman, SCOTCH
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.e5 d4 9.a3 Nd5 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 Nxc3 12.Qf3 Nd5 13.0-0 0-0 14.Qh5 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Qc5 Be6 17.Rxa7 Rxa7 18.Qxa7 Qd6 19.Be3 Ng4 20.g3 Bd5 21.Qc5 Qf6 22.c4 Bf3 23.Re1 Qc3

24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Rc1 Qd3 26.Qxf8 Be4 27.Qf4 Nf6 28.Qxc7 Qe2 29.Qf4 Qh5 30.Qh4 Qxh4 31.gxh4 Kg6 32.Bd4 Nh5 33.Be5 Kf5 34.f4 Kg4 35.b5 cxb5 36.cxb5 Kxh4 37.b6 g5 38.Rc4 Bd5 39.Rd4 Bf3 40.fxg5+ Kxg5 41.Rd7 Kg4 42.b7 1:0

Gregg Steadman - Joe Bihlmeyer, GIUOCO PIANO
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.c3 Nxe4 6.d4 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.cxd4 Be7 9.Ne5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Re1 0-0 12.Qa4 a6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.f3 Nf6 15.Bg5 Rfe8 16.Nd2 h6 17.Bh4 Reb8 18.Nb3 Rb6 19.Rac1 Re8 20.Re2 Bd6 21.Rec2 Re6 22.Be1 Qe8 23.Ba5 Bf4 24.Rd1 Re2 25.Rxe2 Qxe2 26.Re1 Be3+ 27.Kh1 Qf2 28.Qa3 Rb5 29.Bc3 Nh5 30.Qxa6 Nf4 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Qf5+ Kg8 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Qf5+ Kg8 35.Qg4 Ne6 36.Qg3 1/2:1/2

Wolfgang Kern - Norbert Martinez, CARO-KANN
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 Nd7 5.g4 Bg6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 c5 8.h4 cxd4 9.Bxd4 Rc8 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Rh2 Nh6 12.Ng5 0-0 13.h5 Be4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Rd2 Qh4+ 16.Bf2 Qxg4 17.Qxg4 Nxg4 18.Rxd7 Rxc3 19.bxc3 Bxc3+ 20.Ke2 Bxa1 21.Bxa7 Rc8 22.c4 g5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Kd2 Bb2 25.Rxb7 Ba3 26.Rb8 Rxb8 27.Bxb8 Bc5 28.Be2 f5 29.Bd6 Be3+ 30.Ke1 Kf7 31.a4 Ba7 32.c5 Ke8 33.c6 Bb6 34.c7 Bxc7 (34...Kd7 35 Bb5+ Kc8 36 Ba6+) 35.Bxc7 Kd7 36.Bd6 Ne3 37.Bb5+ Kc8 38.a5 Nc2+ 39.Kd2 Nd4 40.Ba4 Kb7 41.Ke3 Nf3 42.Bb3 g5 43.Bxe6 gxf4+ 44.Kxf4 Nd4 45.Bxf5 Ka6 46.Bb4 e3 47.Bd3+ Kb7 48.a6+ Kb6 49.Bc5+ Kxc5 50.a7 Ne6+ 51.Kxe3 Nc7 52.Be4 1:0

Paul Grimm - Paul Anderson, CARO-KANN
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qa5 5.Bd2 Qb6 6.Bc1 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e6 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.0-0 Nxe5 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.b4 Bd6 14.Be2 0-0 15.Bb2 Qc7 16.f4 Nc4 17.Nxc4 dxc4 18.g3 Rad8 19.Qe1 b5 20.a4 a6 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bf3 Qb6+ 23.Qf2 Bc7 24.Kg2 Qxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Bb6 26.Re2 Nd5 27.Re5 Rd7 28.Bxd5 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 exd5 30.Ra6 Rb8 31.Kf3 Kf8 32.Bc1 Ke7 33.Be3 Bc7 34.Bc5+ Kd7 35.Kg4 Re8 36.h4 g6 37.Kg5 h5 38.Kf6 Re6+ 39.Rxe6 fxe6 40.Bd4 Bd6 41.Kxg6 Ke7 42.Kxh5 Kf7 43.Kg4 Kg6 44.h5+ Kh6 45.Bf6 Bc7 46.Bg5+ Kg7 47.h6+ Kg6 48.Kf3 Bb6 49.g4 d4 50.cxd4 Bxd4 51.Ke4 Bh8 52.Bh4 Kxh6 53.f5 exf5+ 54.gxf5 Kg7 55.Bg5 Kf7 56.Kd5 Bc3 57.Kc5 Bf6 58.Bd2 c3 59.Be3 c2 60.Bc1 Be7+ 61.Kxb5 Bxb4 62.Kxb4 Kf6 63.Bb2+ Kxf5 1/2:1/2

Ron Rossi - Sean Cabrera, SICILIAN
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bc4 Be7 8.0-0 b5 9.Bb3 0-0 10.Qd2 e5 11.Nf3 Bb7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rad1 Nc6 14.Qxd6 Qxd6 15.Rxd6 Rad8 16.Rxd8 Bxd8 17.Bd5 Bc7 18.a3 Ba5 19.b4 Bc7 20.Rd1 Ba8 21.Kf1 h6 22.g4 Nd4 23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Rxd4 Bxh2 25.Rd3 Be5 26.Bxa8 Rxa8 27.Nd5 Kh7 28.c3 Rd8 29.f4 Bc7 30.Ke2 Rc8 31.e5 Bb8 32.Kf3 g5 33.Nf6+ Kg7 34.Ne4 gxf4 35.Nd6 Bxd6 36.exd6 Rd8 37.d7 Kf6 38.Kxf4 Ke7 39.Kf5 Rxd7 40.Rxd7+ Kxd7 41.Kf6 Ke8 42.Kg7 Ke7 43.Kxh6

43...f5! 44.g5 f4 45.g6 f3 46.g7 f2 47.g8=Q f1=Q 48.Qd5 Qh3+ 49.Kg5 Qe3+ 50.Kf5 Qf2+ 51.Ke4 Qg2+ 52.Kd4 Qd2+ 53.Kc5 Qxc3+ 54.Kb6 Qf6+ 55.Qc6 Qb2 56.Qb7+ Ke8 57.Qxa6 Qf6+ 58.Kxb5 Qf1+ 59.Ka5 Qc1 60.Qb5+ Kf7 61.Qh5+ Kg7 62.Qe5+ Kh7 63.a4 Qc8 64.b5 Qd8+ 65.b6 Qd2+ 66.Ka6 Qc2 67.Qc7+ 1:0

Boris Davis - Steve Biles, DUTCH
1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bd2 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.h3 Bb7 10.0-0 g5 11.Ne5 Rg8 12.Nc4 Be7 13.Na5 Rb8 14.Nxb7 Rxb7 15.b3 Bd6 16.Qe2 Ra7 17.e4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Qf6 20.Qe2 Bf4 21.Qh5+ Kd8 22.Bxf4 gxf4 23.Rfd1 f3 24.g3 Qf4 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.dxe5 Rg5 27.Re1 Rb7 28.Re3 Rb5 29.Rae1 h5 30.Rxf3 Rbxe5 31.Rfe3 Rxe3 32.Rxe3 Rd5 33.Rd3 Rxd3 34.cxd3 (As usual, Boris has headed for the endgame, which he plays with patience and skill.) Ke7 35.Kg2 Kf6 36.Kf3 Kf5 37.Ke3 Kg5 38.Ke4 h4 39.g4 c5 40.Ke5 Kg6 41.Kf4 d6 42.Ke4 Kf6 43.Kf4 Kg6 44.Ke4 Kf6 45.Ke3 d5 46.Kd2 e5 47.Kc3 a5 48.a3 c6 49.b4 axb4+ 50.axb4 cxb4+ 51.Kxb4 d4 52.Kc4 Ke6 53.f3 Kd6 54.Kb4 Ke6 55.Kc4 Kd7 56.f4 exf4 57.Kxd4 c5+ 58.Ke4 Ke6 59.Kxf4 Kd5 1:0

Christian Ogrosky - Frank Shotwell, CATALAN
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 a6 6.g3 c6 7.Bg2 Bd6 8.Bg5 0-0 9.e4 Be7 10.e5 Nfd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nf3 f6 13.0-0 fxe5 14.dxe5 Nc5 15.Re1 Bf5 16.Re3 Nbd7 17.b4 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Nd2 Bf5 20.Qe2 d4 21.Qc4+ Be6 22.Qxd4 Rad8 23.Qd6 Rfe8 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Rae1 Nb6 26.Nb3 Nc4 27.Re4 b5 28.Nd4 Bd5 29.R4e2 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 Rxd4 31.e6 Rd8 32.f4 Rd2 33.Kf3 Rxe2 34.Rxe2 Nd6 35.g4 Nc4 (35...g6) 36.f5 h6 37.h4 Nb6 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 Nd5 40.a3 Kf8 41.Rc2 Rc7 42.Ke4 Ke7 43.Ke5

43...Ne3 44.f6+ gxf6+ 45.gxf6+ Ke8 46.f7+ Ke7 47.Rc3 Nd5 48.Rg3 Rc8 49.Rg8 Rf8 50.Rxf8 Kxf8 51.Kd6 Ne7 1/2:1/2

Wendell Derritt runs outstanding chess programs at Irving Middle School and Hillside Community Center. The Davis brothers were not the only ones of his students to beat more experienced players.

Allan Ufer - Michael Medina, QP
Michael piles on the pressure and never lets go. This is a 773 player???
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Bc2 Bc5 7.f4 Bg4 8.Nf3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nc4 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Kf2 Nh5! 12.h4 Nxf4 13.Qe1 g5 14.b3

14...gxh4 15.bxc4 Qg5 16.Rg1 (After 16.Qg1 it's a different story.) Nh3+ 17.Ke2 Nxg1+ 18.Kd1 Nxf3 19.Qf2 Rg8 20.Na3 dxc4 21.Nxc4 Rd8+ 22.Nd2 Nxd2 23.Bxd2 Bxe3 and Black won quickly. 0:1

Eric Spaulding - Ray O'Dell, KING'S INDIAN ATTACK
The opposite colored bishops help create a lively endgame.
1.e4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.0-0 Bg4 7.Qe1 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Qd1 c6 13.a3 Na6 14.b4 Nc7 15.a4 Ne6 16.b5 Nd4 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Bg2 0-0 19.Ne2 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 d5 21.exd5 e4?! 22.Ra2 cxd5 23.dxe4 Re8 24.Qe3 Bg7 25.Qd3 Rb8? 26.exd5 Rb6 27.a5 Rd6 28.c4 Qc7 29.a6 Qc5 30.Ra4 Rb8 31.Rb1 Rxb1+ 32.Qxb1 Rb6 33.Qd3 Bd4 34.Ra2 Rb2 35.Rxb2 Bxb2 36.Qd2 Bg7 37.d6 Bd4 38.d7 Qd6 39.Bh3 f5 40.Qxh6 Bg7 41.Qc1 Qxd7 42.c5 Qc6 43.Qc4+ Kh7 44.Bg2 Qc7 45.c6 Be5 46.h3 Qb6 47.g4 Qb8 48.gxf5 Bh2+ 49.Kh1 gxf5 50.Qf7+ Kh6 51.Qf6+ Kh7 52.Qxf5+ Kg7 53.Be4 Be5 54.Qg6+ Kf8 55.Qh6+ Bg7 56.Qe6 Qc7 57.Qd7 Be5 58.Qxc7 Bxc7 59.h4 Kg7 60.h5 Kh6 61.Bg6 Kg5 62.Kg2 Bf4 63.Kf3 Bc7 64.Ke4 Kf6 65.Kd5 Ke7 66.h6 Ba5 67.h7 Bc3 68.c7 Kd7 69.f4 Kxc7 70.Ke6 Kd8 71.Kf7 Kd7 72.Kg8 Ke6 73.h8=Q Bxh8 74.Kxh8 Kf6 75.f5 Ke7 76.Kg7 1:0