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First Email US Correspondence Chess Championship (Preliminary Round)


White: Patrick McCartney (2283)
Black: Ian Brooks (2506)
Opening: Benoni Defense
ECO: A69
Year: 2001

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.0-0 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Qd2 Bf5 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Rad1 Nd7 18.Na4 Qd8 19.Nc3 *

White: Frank Niro III (2346)
Black: Patrick McCartney (2283)
Opening: French Defense
ECO: C17
Year: 2001

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 0-0 8.f4 Nbc6 9.dxc5 b6 10.cxb6 Qxb6 11.c3 Rb8 12.b3 Bd7 13.Nd4 f6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Nf3 fxe5 16.Nxe5 Be8 17.Bd3 Nc6 18.Nf3 Bh5 19.Be2 Kh8 20.Rd1 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rbd8 22.Rf1 e5 23.fxe5 *

White: Patrick McCartney (2283)
Black: Chris Hansen (2142)
Opening: Dutch Defense
ECO: A80
Year: 2001

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Qf3 Qd7 8.a3 0-0-0 9.Nge2 g6 10.h3 h5 11.0-0-0 *

White: Neil Berch (2096)
Black: Patrick McCartney (2283)
Opening: French Defense
ECO: C02
Year: 2001

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.0-0 Nge7 7.Bf4 Ng6 8.Bg3 Qb6 9.Nbd2 Nb4 10.Nb3 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 Bd7 12.Nbxd4 Rc8 13.a3 f5 14.h4 f4 15.Bh2 Bc5 16.c3 0-0 17.h5 Ne7 18.Qd2 Be8 19.Ne2 Bxh5 20.b4 Bxf3 21.bxc5 Qxc5 22.gxf3 Ng6 23.Bxf4 Rf5 24.Rfb1 *

White: Patrick McCartney (2283)
Black: Roy Tate Jr. (2063)
Opening: Grunfeld Defense
ECO: D85
Year: 2001

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 Nd7 10.0-0 Nf6 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.h3 Rd8 13.Qb3 b6 14.Bc4 e6 15.Bg5 Rf8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rfe1 Rb8 18.d5 exd5 19.Bxd5 Bg7 20.c4 Re8 21.Rbd1 Re7 *

White: Glen Tripp (2023)
Black: Patrick McCartney (2283)
Opening: King's Indian Defense
ECO: E83
Year: 2001

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Rb1 a6 8.b4 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Nge2 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nxe2 12.Bxe2 Nf4 13.0-0 f5 14.c5 Qg5 15.Bc4 Nh3+ 16.Kh1 f4 17.Bf2 Nxf2+ 18.Qxf2 Qf6 19.Rfc1 Rf7
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