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n k Listed below are the NJSCF chairmen, officers, and board members along with their addresses, and email addresses for your convenience. Please keep in mind that many of these people donate their time in the form of meetings (usually on Saturdays / Sundays several times per year) and also during the year promoting chess in NJ to make your chess playing experience as rewarding as it can be! I encourage all comments, criticisms, and recommendations of what you’d like to see ACN transform into since it has been and always will remain a publication BY the chess-playing community FOR the chess-playing community within NJ!

Table of Contents Page

Cover Photo Details..........................................................................................................2 Upcoming Tournaments Throughout New Jersey.............................................................3 Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey (listed alphabetically by club name)......................4 Games from the US Chess League by Steve Ferrero ......................................................6 GM Joel on the USCL – New Jersey Knocked Out Again by GM Joel Benjamin .............8 Problem Solver’s Corner - by Steve Ferrero...................................................................23

Executive Board

Roger Inglis - President

49-A Mara Road, Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 973-794-4601

[email protected]

Michael Somers – Vice President 29 Oakland Avenue, West Caldwell, NJ 07006

973-228-7039 [email protected]

Ken Thomas – Treasurer / Seniors

115 West Moore Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 908-852-0385

[email protected]

Bill Bluestone – Secretary / Disabled & Handicapped Chess

PO Box 552, Metuchen, NJ 08840 732-603-8850

[email protected]

NJSCF Board Members

Aaron Kiedes - Technology 4 Seymour Terrace, Hackettstown, NJ 07840


Anthony Cottell – Archivist 334 Ninth Street, Carlstadt, NJ 07072


David Jungblut – Trustee Oakcrest High School

1824 Dr. Dennis Foreman Drive, Mays Landing, NJ 08330 (School) 609-909-2600

(Cell) 609-513-8237 [email protected]

Diana Tulman – Trustee 28 Canterbury Lane, New Milford, NJ 07646

[email protected] E. Steven Doyle – Tournaments

17 Stonehenge Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 [email protected]

Glenn Petersen – Archivist 44-D Manchester Court, Freehold, NJ 07728


Hal Sprechman - Scholastics Committee

66 Cromwell Lane, Jackson, NJ 08527-4687 732-259-3881

[email protected]

Henry Feltman Jr. - Publicity 856-845-5094

[email protected]

Herman Drenth - Ethics Committee 235 Roosevelt Avenue, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407


IM Dean J. Ippolito – Collegiate / Masters Affairs

141 Main Street, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 908-534-4318

[email protected] James Mennella – Ethics Committee

8 Magnolia Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ 07060 410-245-6907

[email protected] Joe Ippolito – Trustee

43 Oak Road, Boonton Township, NJ 07005 973-402-0049

[email protected] Joe Lux - Membership

627 Summit Avenue, Apt. 17A, Jersey City, NJ 07306 201-792-1606

[email protected] Lawrence Constance – Clearinghouse /

Parliamentarian 384 W. Hudson Avenue, Englewood, NJ 07631


Leo Dubler III - Corporate Funding 146 West Centennial Drive, Medford, NJ 08055


Leroy Dubeck - Nominating Committee 932 Edgemoor Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034


Mike Khodarkovsky – US Chess League 80 Jesse Court, Montville, NJ 07045


Noreen Davisson - Scholastics Committee [email protected]

Ronald Groseibl – Public Relations [email protected] Roz Katz - Trustee

20 Schindler Drive Rockaway, NJ 07866


Stephen Dick - Clubs 62 South Broadway Pitman, NJ 08071


Steve Ferrero - Atlantic Chess News Editor PO Box 337, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826-0337


Todd Lunna - Masters Affairs 36 Maple Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722


Denotes NJSCF Past President

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Cover Photo Details On this issue’s cover we have a collage depicting all fourteen (14) teams that have been actively competing in the US Chess League. Each team has sports a unique logo to go with their team name and while most of the logos do look cool, I still have to go with the New Jersey Knockouts with their 3-D fist coming right at you as the best of the best! And, I can assure you that the New Jersey Knockout’s can certainly pack a vicious punch over the chessboard! IM Greg Shahade and Arun Sharma have been doing a fantastic job running the US Chess League. Visit www.uschessleague.com for the latest news!

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Upcoming Tournaments Throughout New Jersey Feb 20 - Jersey Shore K-12 Regionals The Academy at Grace and Peace, 1563 Old Freehold Rd., Toms River, NJ 08755. All Sections open to K-12. Section A: U500, Section B: 500-1000, Section C: 1000-1500, Section D: 1500+. Section A, B, C 4SS, G/30. Section D: 3 Rounds, G/60. Trophies to Top 5 in each section, Medals to all others. EF: $25 if rec'd by 2/13, $30 on site. Reg.: 9:00-9:45 AM. Rds.: 10:00 AM and ASAP. Info: John Burke, 908-705-7958 or [email protected]. Ent: Make checks payable to The Academy at Grace and Peace. Please indicate USCF ID# and section. Feb 21 - Monmouth Chess School & Feb Scholastic NOTE: CORRECT DATE IS FEB. 21 NOT Feb. 19 as published. 51 Monmouth St., Red Bank, NJ directions www.monmouthchess.com. 4SS or 5SS if 30 or more entries, G/30, EF: $35/25 members postmarked by 2/1; $45/35 site. Trophies top 5 in each section, medals for all who complete four rounds. Book/merchandise prizes $100 for first in each section: K-12; K-8, K-5, K-2. Reg.: 11:45-12:15; Rds.: 12:30, 1:45, 3:15, 4:30. Accelerated rounds if possible. Mail checks to: MCS&C, c/o Dr. Koblentz, 9 Rimwood Lane, Colts Neck, NJ 07722. Non-members cash only at site. Questions 732-219-0916. Feb 21 - Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com. Feb 22 - Quick Fun (QC) 5-SS, G/10. Hackettstown Community Center, 293 Main St., (Rte. 46). EF: $6. Prizes: All EF returned as prizes, 1st prize: 50% of total EF, other prizes based on entries, class prizes possible. Reg.: 7-7:30 p.m. Rds.: 7:30 p.m., then ASAP. Info: [email protected]. NS, NC. Feb 26 - ATKM’s 4th Friday G/10 Swiss (QC) 6 Rds. For info. and registration, go to YourChessSet.com/g10. For more info e-mail Stephen at [email protected] or call 856-582-8222. Feb 27 - Hamilton Chess Club Quads 3RR 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation Center, Bldg. 392, Groveville, NJ 08620. Quads open to all EF: $10. $25 per Quad. Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm-4:30/pm NJ State Chess Federation, no dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA. NS, NC, W. Feb 27 - Super Scholastics Saturday Swiss K-8 Somerset Ramada Inn, 60 Cottontail Ln., Somerset, NJ Exit #12 off I-287. (In 4 Sections/& skittles) Trophies to top 5, others get medals/prizes. Hot Shots (always U1700): 4SS G/45, $150-100-50, b/10. Checkmates (always U1300): 4SS G/45, $100-50 b/10, New Stars (always U1000): 5SS G/30, $100-50 b/10, Chess Pirates (always U600): 5SS G/30, $100-50 b/10. Player's highest life time rating used. Rds.: 11am then ASAP, lunch break. EF: $27 mailed by 02/22 or paid online, entryfeesrus.com. EF at site $35. Cash only. Reg.: before 10:45am. Ent: 115 W. Moore St., Hackettstown, NJ 07840. Info: Ken Thomas [email protected] or 908-763-6468. NS, NC, W. Feb 28 - Westfield Quads Same event as Feb. 21. See Feb. 21st event for details.

Feb 28 - NJ Junior High School Championships A State Championship Event! 5SS, G/30. Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738. Student Life Center, use Parking Lot #7 or #6; 5 minutes from Garden State Parkway exit 109. 5SS, G/30. Section: JHS (K-9). More Trophies! ALL: Trophies to top=2 015 individuals, top 5 teams. Rds.: 10am then ASAP. Top 4 scores constitute team score. EF: $30 before 2/20, $50 at site. USCF memb. req'd. EF includes 1 year memb. to NJSCF for NJ state residents. Reg.: 8-9:00 am. After 9:00 am, half-point bye for round one. INFO: 732-259-3881, [email protected]. ENTRY: Aaron Kiedes, 4 Seymour Terrace, Hackettstown, NJ 07840. Entries must include name, grade, school, date of birth, USCF ID #, & expiration date, mailing address, phone number & entry fee. Checks made out to NJSCF. Feb 28 - NJ State Elementary Championships A State Championship Event! 5SS, G/30. Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738. Student Life Center, use Parking Lot #7 or #6; 5 minutes from Garden State Parkway exit 109. 2 Sections: Elementary (K-6) & Primary (K-3). All: Trophies to top 15 individuals, top 5 teams. Elementary & Primary: Top 5 in each grade. Rds.: 10am then ASAP. Top 4 scores constitute the team score for Elementary; top 3 for Primary. EF: $30 before 2/21, $50 at site. USCF memb. req'd. EF includes 1 year Atlantic Chess News for NJ state residents. Reg.: 8-9:00am After 9:00am 1/2 point bye for round 1. Info: 732 259-3881, Ent: Aaron Kiedes, 4 Seymour Terrace, Hackettstown, NJ 07840. Entries must include name, grade & school, date of birth, USCF ID and expiration date, mailing address, email address, phone number and entry fee. Checks made out to NJSCF. Mar 1-29 - Spring Swiss Bliss 5-SS, 40/90. Hackettstown Community Center, 293 Main St., (Rte. 46). EF: $15; Under 18 & Over 65, $12. Prizes: $75-$50-$25, U-1800 $30, U-1400 $30, b/20 entries, first prize guaranteed. Reg.: 7-7:30 p.m. on March 1. Rds.: 7:30 p.m. each Monday. Byes: any round, must commit to last-round bye w/entry; must score one half-point OTB to win a prize. ENT: Eric Mark, 609 Thomas St., Stroudsburg, PA 18360; [email protected]. Checks payable to: Hackettstown Chess Club. NS, NC. WCL JGP. Mar 6-7 - NJ High School Championships A State Championship Event! 5SS, G/90. Rutgers University - Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Call (732) 445-6127 for directions. 3 sections: Varsity Championship (9-12): 5 player teams with one alternate allowed. Coaches set order by player strength. Order must not be changed. Team avg. based on top 5 highest ratings. Trophies to top 10 NJ teams. Trophies for top three players, boards 1-5. Rds.: Sat. 10-2-6, Sun. 10-2. EF: $150-/team before 2/27. $185/team at site. $5 per change on site. Junior Varsity (9-12): 4 player teams with one alternate allowed. Team avg. based on top 4 highest ratings. Trophies to top 10 NJ teams. Trophies for top 3 players, boards 1-4. Rds.: Sat. 10-2-6, Sun. 10-2. EF: $120/team before 2/27, $150/team on site. $5 per change on site. Booster (K-12): Trophies to top 15 individuals, top 5 teams, top 2 JHS, & top 2 elementary (K-6). Rds.: Sat. 10-2-6, Sun 10-2. Top 4 scores constitute team score. EF: $30 before 2/27, $37 at site. All: USCF memb. required. EF includes 1 year membership to NJSCF for NJ residents. Reg.: Sat. 8-9:00am. After 9:00am, 1/2 Point bye for round one. Info: 973-794-4601. ENT: Make checks payable to NJSCF and send to Roger Inglis, 49A Mara Rd., Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034. Entries must include, name, grade & school, date of birth, USCF ID# & exp. date, mailing address, email address, phone number and entry fee. WCL JGP.

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Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey (listed alphabetically by club name)

All the King’s Men Chess Club All the King’s Men Chess Shop 62 S. Broadway Pitman, NJ 08071 Contact: Stephen A. Dick Website: YourChessSet.com/ChessClub Email: [email protected] Club Phone: 856-582-8222 Meets: Tuesdays 11:00am – 3:00pm, Sundays 1:00pm – 5:00pm Thursdays 7:00pm – 11:00pm Battle Of The Minds Chess Club Pemberton Community Library 16 Broadway, Browns Mills 08015 Contact: Ramnarine Mahadeo 609-724-4582 Email: [email protected] Meets Most Sundays 2:00pm – 5:00pm (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) Branchburg Chess League Branchburg Chess League Dean of Chess Academy 1161 US Hwy. 202N, Branchburg 08876 Contact: IM Dean Ippolito 908-534-4318 Meets Fridays 7:00pm League Membership Required: $25/year Chessnuts at the Evesham Library Homeschooled Children Only (Free Club) Evesham Library 984 Tuckerton Rd, Marlton Meets 1st Wednesday of the Month 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. (Sept - May) Contact: Tammy Kolo or Nate Kolo – Email: [email protected] http://sites.google.com/site/chessnutschess/ Chessnuts at the Mount Laurel Library Open to Adults & Children (Free Club) 100 Walt Whitman Avenue, Mt. Laurel Meets On Select Fridays 5:30PM – 7:30PM See Website For Calendar http://sites.google.com/site/chessnutschess/ Contact: Tammy Kolo or Nate Kolo – Email: [email protected] http://sites.google.com/site/chessnutschess/ Bergen Chess Mates ** New Info.** 100 Dayton Street Ridgewood 07450 Contact: Lawrence Constance 201-568-1506 384 West Hudson Avenue Englewood 07631 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bergenchessmates.com Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 11:00pm Elmwood Park Chess Club Elmwood Park Municipal Building 182 Market Street Elmwood Park 07407 Contact: Roy Greenberg PO Box 487, Elmwood Park 07407 TD: Ron Groseibl 22-50 Maple Avenue Fairlawn 07410 Meets Sundays 1:00pm

Greater Somerset County Chess Club 40 Pike Run Road Belle Mead 08502 Contact: PK Sivakumar Website: www.gsccchessclub.org Email: [email protected] Meets Sundays 1:00pm –5:00pm (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) Hackettstown Chess Club Hackettstown Community Center 293 Main Street Hackettstown 07840 Contact: Harold Darst 111 Moore Street, Hackettstown 07840 908-852-5925 Meets Mondays 7:30pm – 11:00pm (except certain major holidays) Hamilton Chess Club Ray Dwier Recreation Bldg. 392 Church Street (Mercer County Road) Groveville 08620 Contact: Ed Sytnik 609-758-2326 Website: www.hamiltonchessclub.com Meets Wednesdays 7:30pm – 10:30pm International Chess Academy - Fair Lawn 14-25 Plaza Road North, Suite S-2-1, Fair Lawn 07410 Contact: 201-797-0330 Contact: Diana Tulman 201-287-0250 Website: www.icanj.net Email: [email protected] Chess Classes Tuesdays 6:30pm – 9:00pm Chess Classes Thursdays 6:30pm – 9:00pm Chess Classes Saturdays 10:00am – 1:00pm International Chess Academy - Teaneck 185 Court Street, Teaneck 07666 Contact: 201-833-1741 Contact: Diana Tulman 201-287-0250 Website: www.icanj.net Email: [email protected] Chess Classes Mondays 6:30pm – 7:30pm Chess Classes Wednesdays 6:30pm – 9:00pm Chess Classes Sundays 10:00am – 4:00pm Tournaments Mondays 7:30pm – 9:30pm Jose Raul Capablanca Chess Club & Academy 6018 Hudson Avenue West New York 07093 Contact: Atilio Rodriguez 201-926-3680 Email: [email protected] Meets Saturdays 1:30pm –5:00pm Free Scholastic Instruction Available! Kenilworth Chess Club Kenilworth Community Center 575 Boulevard, Kenilworth 07033 Contact: Greg Tomkovich Email: [email protected] Meets Thursdays 8:00pm – Midnight Livingston Recreation & Parks Contact: Thomas McKenna 19 North Ridge Road, Livingston 07039 Meets 1st Thursday Of Month (Summer Only) 6:00PM – 8:00PM Mays Landing Adult Chess Club Now Forming – For Information, Contact: David Jungblut Email: [email protected] Mays Landing Area

Mays Landing P.A.L. Chess Club ** New Info.** William Davies Middle School Library 1876 Dr. Dennis Foreman Drive Mays Landing 08330 Website: www.htpal.org/chess.htm (For Students K-8 Only) Meets Wednesdays 7:00pm Mendham Chess Club Garabrant Center 4 Wilson Street (1/8 Mile North Of Traffic Light From Black Horse Inn) Mendham 07945 Contact: Lucy Monahan 973-543-2610 Email: [email protected] Meets 1st Thursday Of Month (Summer Only) 6:00pm – 8:00pm Metuchen Chess Club Metuchen – Edison –Woodbridge YMCA 150 Lake Avenue, Metuchen 08840 Contact: Bill Cohen 732-548-8432 Meets Fridays 8:00pm – 10:00pm Mizpah-Haddon Hts. Lodge #191 Community Chess Club Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge #191 511 Station Avenue Haddon Heights 08035 Contact: Christopher Orapello Email: [email protected] http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/M-HH_CCC/ Meets 2nd Friday Each Month 7:00PM Monmouth Chess School & Club YMCA (next to the diner) 51 Monmouth Street, Red Bank 07701 Contact: Dr. Michael Koblentz 732-219-0916 / 732-614-0738 Email: [email protected] Website: www.monmouthchess.com Meets Sundays 12:00pm – 6:00pm Monmouth County Chess Club Monmouth County Library Headquarters 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan 07726 Contact: Jim Mullanaphy 732-294-9372 Email: [email protected] Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 1:00pm Morris County Chess Club Honeywell Corporate Headquarters Colombia Road, Morris Township 07960 Contact: Gordon Pringle 908-464-0757 Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm (Sept. – June) New Jersey Children’s Chess School “Geller Kids” Chess Camp 862 DeGraw Avenue, Forest Hill (North Newark) 07104 Contact: Arkady Geller 973-483-7927 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kidschesscamp.com Meets Fridays 6:30pm – 9:00pm July – August on Weekdays 9:00am – 5pm

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Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey (continued) / Chess Ads

Northfield & Ventnor Chess Club Ventnor Library 6500 Atlantic Ave., 2nd Floor Ventnor 08406 Site Phone: 609-823-4614 Contact: Gerry Sakura 609-601-1268 Email: [email protected] Meets Tuesdays & Saturdays 1:00pm (Also Inquire About Backgammon!) Oakcrest High School Chess Club Oakcrest High School 1824 Dr. Dennis Foreman Drive Mays Landing 08330 Email: [email protected] (For Students 9-12 Only) Meets Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:45pm – 5:00pm Plainsboro Chess Club Plainsboro Library 641 Plainsboro Rd., Plainsboro 08536 Contact: Viraf Kapadia 609-799-4368 Email: [email protected] Meets Sundays 1:15pm – 4:45pm (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) Princeton Landing Chess Club Contact: Chuck Denk 609-720-0595 Meets Sundays 3:30pm – 5:30pm (for kids 7+) Rutherford Chess Club 176 Park Avenue, Rutherford 07070 Meets Fridays 7:30pm (except holidays) (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) Summit Area Chess Club Myrtle Avenue (Recreation Center At Memorial Field) Summit 07901 Contact: Simon Thomson 908-522-6543 Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 10:30pm Toms River Chess Club Town Hall, Washington St., Toms River Meets Thursdays 7:00pm

Wayne Township Chess Club Board of Education Building Hamburg Tpke & Church Lane, Wayne Contact: Anthony Buzzoni 973-694-8943 Meets Thursdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm West Orange Chess Club Degnan Park Field House (off Pleasant Valley Way) Alyssa Drive, West Orange 07052 Contact: John Hagerty 973-736-3433 4 Karam Circle, West Orange 07052 Meets Tuesdays 8:00pm – Midnight Westfield Chess Club Westfield YMCA (Parking Off Ferris Place) 220 Clark Street, Westfield 07090 Bill Cohen (TD) 29 Hickory Street, Metuchen Contact: Todd Lunna 732 946-7379 Meets Sundays 2:30pm – 8:00pm Willingboro Chess Club Willingboro Kennedy Center 429 John F. Kennedy Way, Willingboro 08046 Contact: Curtis Warner 609-871-5700 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 3:30pm Meets Tuesdays 6:00pm – 9:00pm Wizards of the Mind 30 Church Mall, Springfield 07081 Contact: Mark Schwartzman Website: www.wizardsofthemind.com 917-841-5589 Meets Saturday & Wednesday Nights Woodbury Chess Club Presbyterian Church South Broad Street, Woodbury 08096 Contact: Henry Feltman 856-845-5094 Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm South Jersey High School Chess League The league sponsors team round robin matches. We also host three chess tournaments a year that are open to individuals and teams; contact David Jungblut at 609-513-8237 or [email protected] for more information. To scrimmage matches with a high school team contact coaches near you, see below. Absegami High School - Keith Barton, [email protected] Audobon School - Matt Webb, Audubon [email protected] Burlington City High School - Greg Gomba, [email protected] Cherokee High School - Rollin Peoples, [email protected] C.H. East High School - Greg Rouen, [email protected] C.H. West High School - Dan Herman, [email protected] Clearview High School - Dan Lafferty, [email protected] Deptford High School - Patrick Manahan, [email protected] Eastern High School - Jack Friedman, [email protected] Lenape High School - Jim Hessler, [email protected] Maple Shade School - Keith Stevenson, [email protected] Oakcrest High School - David Jungblut, [email protected] Shawnee High School - Scott Butler, [email protected] St. Augustine Prep - Sean Grealis, [email protected] Triton High School - Don Battle, [email protected], [email protected] Willingboro High School - Adam Smith, [email protected]

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Games from the US Chess League by Steve Ferrero

In this special US Chess League Edition of Atlantic Chess News, we’re here to bring you a treasure trove of games, both unannotated along with some very well-annotated games from the league. As you’ll see, these games range from hard-fought tactical struggles to positional masterpieces. We have the most games than we’ve ever compiled before in a single issue! This special US Chess League Edition of Atlantic Chess News will be marketed separately and not going out to our regular subscriber list. Our regular subscriber list will be receiving the January – March 2010 issue which will be chock full of games from the upcoming World Amateur Team Tournament, however! IM Greg Shahade is the person at the helm of the US Chess League working in his Commissioner’s role and is also assisted by Arun Sharma who serves as the league’s Vice President. Trevor Magness (2138) – Chicago David Adelberg (2160) – Arizona US Chess League Match, USCL Arizona vs Chicago, Board 4, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO B80 Siclian Defense – Najdorf Variation – Byrne Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 Nfd7 9.Qd2 Nb6 10.O-O-O N8d7 11.Ndxb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 Ba6 13.Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.Qxd6 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Qd4 Be2 17.Rd2 e5 18.Qd5 Ra5 19.Qd6 Rxa2 20.Kb1 Bc4 21.Bg5 f6 22.Rhd1 Ra7 23.b3

23…Qa5 24.Kb2 fxg5 25.Qc6 Rc7 26.Qd6 Kf7 27.Qxc7 Qxc7 28.Rxd7+ Qxd7 29.Rxd7+ Ke6 30.Rxg7 Be2 31.Ra7 Re8 32.Rxh7 Bxf3 33.Rh6+ Kf7 34.h4 gxh4 35.Rxh4 Bxe4 36.c4 Kf6 37.g5+ Kf5 38.b4 Ba8 39.Rh2 e4 40.Kc3 e3 41.Kd3 Bf3 42.c5 e2 43.Rxe2 Bxe2+ 44.Kd4 Bb5 45.g6 Kxg6 46.Kd5 Kf5 47.Kd6 Re4 48.c6 Bxc6 49.Kxc6 Rxb4 White Resigns GM Alejandro Ramirez (2601) – Arizona GM Nikola Mitkov (2554) – Chicago US Chess League Match, USCL Arizona vs Chicago, Board 1, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO E06 Catalan Opening - Closed 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O b6 8.Bf4 O-O 9.Nc3 a5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Rc1 Ba6 12.Ne5 Ra7 13.Qb3 Rb7 14.Nb5 Bb4 15.a4 Ne4 16.Nd3 Bd2 17.Rc2 Bxf4 18.Nxf4 Nd6 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Rfc1 g6

21.h4 Kg7 22.Qc3 Re7 23.Qe3 Rd8 24.h5 Bb7 25.h6+ Kf8 26.Nh3 f6 27.Nf4 Nc6 28.Bh3 e5

29.dxe5 fxe5 30.Qxb6 exf4 31.Rxc6 Bxc6 32.Rxc6 Qb8 33.Rf6+ Rf7 34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.Qe6+ Kf8 36.Qf6+ Ke8 37.Be6 Qc7 38.Qh8+ Ke7 39.Qxh7+ Kd6 40.Qxc7+ Kxc7 41.h7 Rh8 42.Bg8 fxg3 43.f4 Kd6 44.Kg2 Kc5 45.Kxg3 Kd4 46.Kf3 Kc4 47.Kg4 Kd4 48.Kg5 Ke3 49.Kxg6 d4 50.Kg7 Rxh7+ 51.Kxh7 Kxe2 52.f5 d3 53.Bc4 Black Resigns IM Floran Felecan (2430) – Chicago IM Levon Altounian (2538) – Arizona US Chess League Match, USCL Arizona vs Chicago, Board 2, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO C55 Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 O-O 7.Bg5 Be6 8.O-O Qd7 9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Qf3 h6 13.Bd2 Qg4 14.Qxg4 Nxg4 15.Rae1 Bf6 16.Bb5 Rfd8 Draw Agreed

Final Position

FM Robby Adamson (2354) – Arizona IM Mehmed Pasalic (2346) – Chicago US Chess League Match, USCL Arizona vs Chicago, Board 3, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO B68 Sicilian Defense – Richter-Rauzer Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Qc7 10.Be2 Be7 11.Nb3 O-O-O 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Bh5 Rhf8 14.Kb1 Kb8 15.Rhf1 Bc8 16.Qe1 b5 17.Rf3 Bb7 18.Rh3 Rc8 19.Bf3 Rh8 20.Rh5 Na7 21.Qf2 h6 22.a3 Qd8 23.Qe3 Qc7 24.f5 Bf8 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Nd4 Re8 27.Bg4 Bc8 28.Qh3 Qf7 29.Nce2 Bg7 30.Qb3 Rhf8 31.Qb4 Qc7 32.Nb3 f5 33.exf5

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exf5 34.Bf3 Be5 35.Ned4 Rf6 36.Rd3 Qc4 37.Qd2 Bd7 38.Rc3 Qf1+

39.Ka2 Qg1 40.Rd3 Rc8 41.Qa5 d5 42.Qd2 Rc7 43.Ne2 Qb6 44.Rxd5 Qe6 45.Ned4 Qe8 46.Rxh6 Rc4 47.Rxf6 Bxf6 48.Qf4+ Black Resigns GM Sergey Kudrin (2602) – Philadelphia GM Alexander Shabalov (2624) – Tennessee US Chess League Match, USCL Philadelphia vs Tennessee, Board 1, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO B78 Sicilian Defense – Dragon Variation – Yugoslav Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rb8 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bh6 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 b5 14.Nd5 e6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.h4 Qg7 17.Qg5 Qe5 18.Ne2 Bc6 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Rhd1 Nb7 21.Nf4 a5 22.a3 Re8 23.Nd3 Qxg5 24.hxg5 Kg7 25.e5 Red8 26.exd6 Rxd6 27.Ne5 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 Be8 29.Ba2 h6 30.gxh6+ Kxh6 31.Kd1 Kg7 32.Ke2 Rc8 33.c3 g5 34.Ke3 Nc5 35.g3 Kf6 36.f4 gxf4+ 37.gxf4 Ke7 38.Nf3 Nb7 39.Nd4 Nd6 40.Rg2 Bd7 41.Kd3 Rh8 42.Re2 Kf6 43.Nb3 Rh3+ 44.Kc2

44…Bc6 45.Nxa5 Be4+ 46.Kd2 Kf5 47.Bb3 Kxf4 48.a4 Rh5 49.axb5 Bf3 50.Re1 Rxb5 51.Ra1 e5 52.c4 Rb8 53.Kc2 Ne4 54.c5 f5 55.c6 Nd6 56.Be6 Nb5 57.Bd7 e4 58.Ra4 Be2 59.Nc4 Bd3+ 60.Kd2 Rh8 61.Na3 Rh2+ 62.Ke1 Ke3 White Resigns IM Ronald Burnett (2380) – Tennessee IM Alex Lenderman (2638) – Philadelphia US Chess League Match, USCL Philadelphia vs Tennessee, Board 2, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO B12 Caro-Kann Defense – Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.c4 Qxb2 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nh4 Bc2 11.Qc1

Qxc1 12.Rxc1 cxd4 13.Rxc2 dxe3 14.fxe3 O-O-O 15.Bb5 Nge7 16.Nf3 Kb8 17.Nbd2 a6 18.Ba4 b5 19.Bb3 f6 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Nf1 Bh6 22.Rd1 Rd6 23.Kf2 Ne5 24.Nd4 f5 25.Ne2 Rhd8 26.h3 Kb7 27.Nfg3 Nc4 28.Rd3 Bg5 29.Nh5 Nc6 30.Rcc3 N6e5 31.Rd4 b4

32.Rcd3 Nxd3+ 33.Rxd3 Ne5 34.Rd4 Nc6 35.Rd3 d4 36.Nhf4 dxe3+ 37.Rxe3 Rd2 38.Kg3 Nd4 39.Re5 Nxb3 40.axb3 Rb2 41.Ne6 Rd3+ 42.Kh2 Rdd2 43.Nc5+ Kc6 White Resigns IM Bryan G. Smith (2528) – Philadelphia FM Peter Bereolos(2329) – Tennessee US Chess League Match, USCL Philadelphia vs Tennessee, Board 3, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO C96 Ruy Lopez – Closed – Keres Defense 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.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nce5 15.a4 Rb8 16.axb5 axb5 17.Nh2 g5 18.Ndf1 Kh8 19.Ng3 Rg8 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Bf6 22.Nf5 Ne5 23.Ra3 Bxf5 24.exf5 Nc4 25.Rh3 Kg7 26.b3 Nb6 27.Rh5 h6 28.Re3 Re8 29.Reh3 Qe7 30.Re3 Qb7 31.Be4 Ra8 32.Qc2 Ra1 33.Kh2 Be5+ 34.g3 f6 35.Bg2 Rea8

36.Rxe5 dxe5 37.d6 Qd7 38.Bxa8 Rxa8 39.Qxc5 Rc8 40.Qxb6 Rxc1 41.Kg2 Qc6+ 42.Qxc6 Rxc6 43.Rh1 Rxd6 44.Ra1 Rd3 45.Ra7+ Kg8 46.Ra8+ Kg7 47.Ra7+ Draw Agreed

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GM Joel on the USCL – New Jersey Knocked Out Again by GM Joel Benjamin

[This column has been republished with the permission of GM Joel Benjamin and the US Chess League. – Editor] In pro football, you play each divisional rival twice. Occasionally you can meet that same team again in the playoffs. People look at it as almost a jinx if you swept them in the regular season; it’s as if the law of averages will catch up to you at some point. The New Jersey Knockouts had beaten the New York Knights twice during the season, but they were not comfortable victories at all. The matches were pretty similar. The Knights used the same lineup both times. Yaacov Norowitz won on board four for them twice, while we beat Pascal Charbonneau and Matt Herman on two and three in both matches, albeit with different players (Dean Ippolito and Boris Gulko, and Victor Shen and Mac Molnar, respectively). The Knights stuck to their tried and true lineup. Sean Finn was the only available fourth board for us (the kids were all at the World Youth). We seriously considered going with our star, Boris Gulko, on board two, which would have necessitated using Victor on board three. Victor, however, felt he had too much schoolwork and wouldn’t be able to prepare much, if he could play at all. So we went with Dean and Mac. As in the first two matches, we had no answer for Norowitz, and his win proved the difference as New York nudged us out of the playoffs by a 2½-1½ score. Herman was able to neutralize Molnar, who fought back from a big time disadvantage but could do no more than equalize. Charbonneau and Ippolito contested an intriguing game with an unusual material balance for most of the way. Mid game, Dean took time out to do a radio interview with New Jersey Twelve. When he came back, Pascal sacrificed his queen for two pieces and two pawns. Dean wasn’t under any attack, but his position lacked any activity or natural plans. I didn’t think we could bank on more than a draw for that one. So for pretty much the whole game I felt I needed to win for the team. I had a couple of opportunities to win (and I could have lost as well), but in the end Kacheishvili and New York got the draw necessary for advancement. The game has been analyzed in a few places online, but I’d like to give the readers my personal take on it.

Before the game started, I began to suffer a few flu-like symptoms. I'm not a hypochondriac, but my son had been diagnosed with swine flu (he's fine now, thanks). So for much of the game I played with a dread that I was on the verge of imminent physical collapse (it turned out to be a false alarm). GM Joel Benjamin (2641) – New Jersey GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (2666) – New York US Chess League Match, USCL New Jersey vs New York, Board 1, Semi-Finals, Nov. 18, 2009, ECO B12 Caro-Kann Defense – Advance / Fantasy Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3

While analyzing a game for my "game of the week" ICC program, I learned that this move is a pretty respectable weapon for White. It's a favorite of a lot of the young Russian grandmasters. Do a ChessBase search on Timofeev vs Bareev and see how many times the veteran Russian grandmaster has been pounded in this opening. 3...Qb6!? I couldn't find any games where Giorgi faced the Fantasy Variation, so I didn't know what to expect. Only afterwards did I notice that this move is a favorite of Georgian players. 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.fxe4 5.Nxe4 is of course possible 5...Bf5 6.c3 Nd7 7.Bd3 leads to more normal play, but it's not what you play 3.f3 to get. 5...e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Qxd4 This was a practical decision, given that I had used a huge chunk of time already in the opening. 7...Qxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nf5 g6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Nxe3 Be6

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12.Nc4 I could have tried 12.Bc4 and, indeed, Michael Goeller (a big supporter of the Knockouts) gave that move as +=. I think that's a computer assessment, and probably one the computers don't stick with after a while. I didn't see anything for White in this line after, for instance, 12...Nd7 13.0–0–0 Ngf6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Nc4 b5 12...Bxc4! The simplest solution, sidestepping a beautiful trap I had set: 12...Ke7 13.0–0–0 Nd7 14.Na5 Rb8 15.Ba6!! Nc5 (15...bxa6 16.Nxc6+ followed by Rxd7 winning) 16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.b4 with a clear advantage for White. This looks like a computer line but I actually saw it during the game! 13.Bxc4 Nd7 14.0–0 I thought it was most important to jump on the f-file quickly, so that's why I went kingside. 14...Ne5 15.Bb3 Rd8 The more natural 15...Ke7 16.Rf4 Nf6 17.Raf1 is a step slow, though even 17...Nfd7 18.Bxf7 (I was tempted by 18.Rxf7+ Nxf7 19.Rxf7+ Kd6? 20.e5+ Nxe5 21.Ne4#!, but 19...Kd8 might just favor Black) 18...Rhf8 19.Bb3 Rxf4 20.Rxf4 Nc5 is fairly level. 16.Rf2 Ne7 17.Raf1 Rf8

I think this is a real Giorgi move. He wants to defend his weaknesses and have his king in the center for the endgame. But his rooks aren't connected so there will be some tactics. 17…0-0 is a more cautious alternative. 18.Ne2 Nc8 18...Rd2 is a safer path to equality, as White will have a lot less pressure after a rook swap.

19.Nf4 Ng4

Just about forced. 19...Nd6 20.Ne6 and 19...Ke7 20.Nd3 f6 21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.Rf7+ are both quite bad for Black, while 19...Rd7 20.Ne6 Rh8 21.Nc5 Re7 22.Rd2 gives White a firm initiative. 20.Rf3 Ne5 21.R3f2 I played this purely to gain time on the clock. At this point I thought Pascal had completely sufficient compensation for the queen, and so we would need a win here to save the match. 21...Ng4 22.Rf3 Ne5 23.Rh3 Rd4 Black is better off with the simple 23...h5 24.Nd3 (24.Rc3!? is a try) 24...Nxd3 25.cxd3 Nd6 which may be a hair better for white. 24.Rxh7 Nd6 25.Nd3 The computer also offers 25.Nh3, which didn't occur to me at the time. 25...Rxe4 25...Nxd3? 26.cxd3 Rxd3 27.e5 Nf5 28.g4 is not an option. 26.Nc5 I spent a bit of time working out 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Rf6 Kd7 28.Rxg6, but Black can instead play 27...Re1+ 28.Kf2 Ne4+ with equality. 26...Re3 27.Rd1 Ke7 28.h3! b6? Objectively, Black should go for 28...Ne4 29.Nxb7 Re2. He has no direct threats but it might be tricky for White to untangle. 29.Kf2 Nf5

30.Nd3?

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The Internet was abuzz with the problem-like move 30.Be6! which seems to more or less win the game. After 30...Nd3+ 31.cxd3 Re5 32.Nd7 Rxe6 33.Nxf8 Kxf8 34.Rh8+ White should eventually break down Black's defenses. That leaves 30...bxc5 31.Bxf5 Nc4 32.Bxg6 Re6 33.Bh5 Nxb2 34.Rb1 with an advantage comparable to the one I eventually got later—after big mutual errors. 30.Be6 is not an easy move to see, but my plan had been to exploit the rook on e3, and I considered moving another piece to e6, so I really should have found it! Several moves back I had intended 30.Ne6 here, but realized 30...Rxb3 31.Nxf8 Rxb2 just wins for Black. So I grabbed a "safe" move quickly. 30...Nxd3+ 31.cxd3 Re5 32.d4 Re4 33.d5 c5 This move came as a great shock--somehow the possibility just didn't register in my brain. I realized immediately that I'm in big trouble, and without any time. 34.Kf3 Re5 35.Rd2 Nd6?! I was much more afraid of 35...Nd4+. Black is still better after Giorgi's move, but I can cause a lot more trouble. 36.Bc2 Kf6 37.g4! Nc4?! This is another step in the wrong direction. 37...Rfe8 38.h4 Re1 still looks pretty good for Black. 38.Rf2 Rxd5 39.Kg3+ Ke6 40.Bxg6

I don't know if Giorgi saw he couldn't save this pawn. Now White is much better. 40...Nd6 41.Bc2 c4 42.Rh6+ Ke7 43.Re2+ Kd7 44.h4 c3?! It seemed like my opponent was disintegrating, but maybe he felt some immediate action was required. 45.bxc3 Rc8 46.Re3 Rdc5 47.Rd3 R8c6 Black has trouble threatening to take on c3 because of Rhxd6, so this didn't look too difficult to win. 48.Bb3 Ke7 49.Kf4 b5 50.h5 a5 Now Black has a threat, and I struggled to find a simple solution.

51.Re3+ Kf8 52.Rd3 Ke7

53.Re3+

This magazine was printed by: This is the position to do something. White has a very promising, straightforward continuation: 53.g5 a4 54.Bd5 Rxc3 55.Rxc3 Rxc3 56.Rf6! (56.Rh7 is not as clear because Black has a good resource beginning with 56...Rc5! 57.Ke5 b4 58.Kd4 b3 59.Kxc5 b2 60.Rxf7+ Nxf7 61.Be4 Nxg5 62.Bc2 Nf7 63.Kb4 Kf6 64.Kxa4 Kg5 65.Kb3 Kxh5 66.Kxb2, and you guys can work out if that pawn gets through or not) 56...b4 57.h6 Rh3 58.Ke5 Re3+ 59.Kd4 Rh3 60.Kc5 Rc3+ 61.Kxb4 with a winning position. Just because you’re ahead in material doesn’t mean you should stop pressing your initiative. I don’t know how many times I’ve told that to students! 53...Kf8 54.Bd1? It makes no sense not to at least wait for a4 before moving the bishop. I don't know what I was thinking. Instead, 54.Rh8+ Kg7 55.Rd8 a4 56.Bc2 was still quite good for White. 54...Rc4+? This draws immediately, but Black has even better in 54...Kg7 55.g5 Rf5+ 56.Kg4 Rc4+ 57.Kh3 Ne4 and White's position unravels (I didn’t see that at the time either). I saw now that 55.Kf3 Rxc3 gets the pawn back, though even then White can still play on. With my time about to run out, I blew a fuse. 55.Kg5??

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OMG, what have I done?!? I slumped in my chair and waited for the crushing blow...but half a minute went by without a move. 55...Ne4+? Of course, 55...R6c5+ wins a rook (56.Kh4 Nf5+) or mates 57.Kf6 Rf4++). 56.Rxe4 R4c5+ 57.Kh4 Rxh6 58.Rf4 Rd6 59.Bb3 f6 60.Rf3 a4 61.Bc2 b4 62.c4 Ra6

63.Rf1 I hadn't come down from the shock of blowing the win and the draw in two moves, and then somehow coming back to life. Admittedly, Black hasn't played the best moves since winning the exchange. But 63.h6 should be played here, with some hopes of swindling a point in the time scramble. 63...Kg7 64.Rb1 Rxc4 65.Bd3 Rac6 66.Bxc4 Rxc4 67.Rd1 f5 68.Kg5 Rxg4+ 69.Kxf5 Rg2 70.Rd4 Rxa2 71.Rxb4 Kh6 72.Kg4 Rg2+ 73.Kh4 Rh2+ 74.Kg4 Rg2+ 75.Kh4 Rh2+ Draw Agreed I hope readers can appreciate how difficult chess is, when two strong players can make so many mistakes in one game. The USCL is a lot of fun to watch (and kibitz on). The New York Knights and the Miami Sharks did not have great regular seasons, but both teams knocked out the top two seeds in their respective divisions and must be considered worthy finalists.

“Games from the US Chess League” Continued from Page 7 IM Bryan G. Smith (2528) – Philadelphia SM Denys Konstantin Shmelov (2474) – Boston US Chess League Match, USCL Boston vs Philadelphia, Board 2, Rd. 4, Sep. 23, 2009, ECO B48 Sicilian Defense – Taimanov Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Kh1 d6 11.f4 Ng6 12.Qe2 0-0 13.Nb3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 b5 15.a4 b4 16.Ne2 Bb7 17.a5 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5

19.Rxf6 gxf6 20.Qh6 Kh8 21.Ng3 Rg8 22.Rf1 Qe7 23.Nh5 Qf8 24.Qe3 Nf4 25.Nxf4 exf4 26.Qxf4 Qg7 27.Qxf6 Rae8 28.Nc5 Ba8 29.Bxa6 Re5 30.Qxg7+ Rxg7 31.Bb7 Rxc5 32.Bxa8 Rxc2 33.a6 Rxb2 34.Bd5 Rgxg2 35.e5 Rg3 36.Ra1 Rxh3+ 37.Kg1 Rg3+ 38.Kf1 Rg8 39.a7 Rd2 40.a8(Q) Rxa8 41.Rxa8+ Kg7 42.Ra5 Kg6 43.Ke1 Rd4 44.Ke2 Kf5 45.Ke3 Rh4 46.Bf3 b3 47.Rb5 b2 48.Rxb2 Kxe5 49.Rb7 f5 50.Rb5+ Kf6 51.Kf2 Rd4 52.Rb7 h6 53.Kg3 Kg5 54.Rg7+ Kf6 55.Rg8 Kf7 56.Ra8 Kf6 57.Kf2 Rh4 58.Rg8 Kf7 59.Bd5+ Kf6 60.Kf3 Rh3+ 61.Kg2 Rh4 62.Kf3 Draw Agreed


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FM John D. Bick (2260) – Tennessee Rahul K. Swaminathan (2135) – Philadelphia US Chess League Match, USCL Philadelphia vs Tennessee, Board 4, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO A01 Larsen’s Opening – Modern Variation 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Bc2 O-O 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.a3 a5 9.d3 Nd7 10.O-O f5 11.d4 Nf6 12.d5 Nb8 13.b4 Nbd7 14.Nd2 Qe7 15.Bb3 Kh8 16.Rc1 b6 17.Re1 h6 18.Qc2 Bb7 19.Nc3 axb4 20.axb4 c5 21.dxc6ep Bxc6 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.cxd5 Bb5 24.Qc7 Ba6

25.Rc6 Bb5 26.Qxd6 Qxd6 27.Rxd6 Kh7 28.Bc4 Ba4 29.b5 Rfd8 30.Ra1 Bf8 31.Rc6 Bc5 32.Nf3 e4 33.Ne5 Nxe5 34.Bxe5 Rd7 35.h3 Raa7 36.d6 g5 37.Be6 Rdb7 38.Rc7+ Rxc7 39.dxc7 Black Resigns IM Jonathan Schroer (2429) – Carolina GM Leonid Kritz (2654) – Baltimore US Chess League Match, USCL Carolina vs Baltimore, Board 1, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO D13 Queen’s Gambit Declined – Slav Defense – 4.Nc3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Nh5 8.Be5 f6 9.Bg3 e5 10.e3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Be6 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.a3 Rd8 14.Na4 Bg4 15.Be2 e4 16.Ng1 Bxe2 17.Nxe2 Na5 18.Qc2 Nc4 19.Nf4 b5 20.Nc3 Nb6

21.Ng6 Rg8 22.Nxf8 Kxf8 23.Rxh7 Kf7 24.Qe2 Rc8 25.Qh5+ Kf8 26.Ne2 Rxc1+ 27.Nxc1 Qc8 28.Qd1 Nc4 29.Qc2 Kf7 30.Ne2 Rh8 31.Rxh8 Qxh8 32.Nf4 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 g5 34.Nxd5 Qxg2 35.b3 Qf3+ 36.Ke1 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 Qh5+ 38.Ke1 Qh1+ 39.Ke2 Qf3+ 40.Ke1 Qh1+ Draw by Repetition

IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2430) – Baltimore FM Oleg Zaikov (2388) – Carolina US Chess League Match, USCL Carolina vs Baltimore, Board 2, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO A58 Benko Gambit Accepted 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Rb1 O-O 11.O-O Qa5 12.Bd2 Rfb8 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.b3 Qa3 15.Bc1 Qa5 16.Bd2 Qa3 17.Bc1 Qa5 18.Rd1 Ne8 19.Bd2 Qa3 20.Bc1 Qa5 21.Bb2 Nc7 22.a4 c4 23.b4 Qxb4 24.Nd4 Bb7 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.dxc6 Qa5 27.Nb5 Nxb5 28.axb5 c3

29.c7 Rc8 30.Bxa8 Nxa8 31.Bc1 Qxc7 32.Be3 Nb6 33.Bd4 Bxd4 34.Rxd4 e5 35.Rd3 d5 36.e3 Qc4 37.Rc1 d4 38.exd4 exd4 39.Rcd1 Qxb5 40.Rxd4 Kg7 41.Rc1 Rc5 42.Qd1 Nd5 43.Re4 h5 44.Qd4+ Kh7 45.Re5 c2 46.h4 Qc6 47.Qe4 Kh6 48.Re8 Qb5 49.Qe5 Nf6 50.Qf4+ Kg7 51.Rb8 Qe2 52.Rd8 Re5 53.Qd2 Ng4 54.Rxc2 Qf3 55.Rc3 Qf5 56.Qd4 Qb1+ 57.Kg2 Qb7+ 58.Rf3 Qe4 59.Qxe4 Rxe4 60.Rd2 Re7 61.Ra2 Rd7 62.Rfa3 Rb7 63.Ra7 Rb5 64.Re2 Rf5 65.f3 Nf6 66.Ree7 Nd5 67.Reb7 Ne3+ 68.Kf2 Nd1+ 69.Ke2 Nc3+ 70.Ke3 Nd5+ 71.Kf2 Nc3 72.Rd7 Ne4+ 73.Kg2 Nc5 74.Re7 Nd3 75.Rad7 Nc5 76.Ra7 Nd3 77.Ra3 Kf8 78.Re3 Ne5 79.Ra8+ Kg7 80.Ra7 Kg8 81.Rc3 Rf6 82.Ra5 Nd7 83.Rc7 Nf8 84.Ra8 Kg7 85.Rcc8 Nh7 86.Rh8 Rb6 87.Rag8+ Kh6 88.g4 Rb2+ 89.Kf1 Black Resigns

FM Ronald Simpson (2290) – Carolina GM Lawrence Charles Kaufman (2444) – Baltimore US Chess League Match, USCL Carolina vs Baltimore, Board 3, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO B13 Caro-Kann Defense – Exchange Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.h3 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Re1 O-O 9.c3 Qc7 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Nbd2 Nh5 12.Qc2 Nf4 13.Bxf4 Qxf4 14.Re3 Qc7 15.Rae1 Bd7 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 d4 18.R3e2 dxc3 19.bxc3 Rac8 20.c4 Red8 21.Nf3 Be6 22.Qb1

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22…Rxd3 23.Qxd3 Bxc4 24.Qe3 Bxe2 25.Qxe2 e6 26.Qe3 b5 27.h4 h5 28.Rd1 a5 29.Qe4 b4 30.Rd4 Bh6 31.g4 Qc2 32.Qb7 hxg4 33.Rxg4 Qc6 34.Qxc6 Rxc6 35.h5 Rc2 36.hxg6 Rxa2 37.Rh4 Bg7 38.gxf7+ Kxf7 39.Rc4 b3 40.Kg2 b2 41.Rc7+ Kg6 42.Rb7 a4 43.Rb6 Kf5 44.Rb5 a3 45.Nd4+ Kg6 White Resigns Jared Defibaugh (2155) – Baltimore NM Craig W. Jones (2275) – Carolina US Chess League Match, USCL Carolina vs Baltimore, Board 4 Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO B27 Sicilian Defense – Smith-Morra Gambit 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Qxd4 f5 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.Qe3 d5 10.exd6ep e5 11.Bg3 Qxd6 12.Na3 a6 13.Rd1 Qc5 14.Qxc5 Nxc5 15.h3 Na4 16.Rd2 Bf6

17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.Re2 Nxb2 20.Rxe5+ Kd8 21.O-O Re8 22.Rd5+ Kc7 23.Bb3 Re2 24.Nc4 Nxc4 25.Bxc4 Re4 26.Bb3 Be6 27.Rd2 Re8 28.Rfd1 Re7 29.Kh2 Bd7 30.Bd5 R4e5 31.Bxb7 Ba4 32.Rb1 Bb5 33.Bf3 Re1 34.Rbb2 Rc1 35.Rbc2 Ree1 36.Kg3 g5 37.Bd5 h5 38.c4 h4+ 39.Kf3 Bd7 40.Rxc1 Rxc1 41.Rd3 g4+ 42.Kf4 Rf1 43.Rd2 g3 44.Kf3 Bc6 45.Ke3 Bxd5 46.cxd5 f4+ 47.Kxf4 Rxf2+ 48.Ke3 Rxd2 49.Kxd2 Kd6 50.Kc3 Kxd5 51.Kd3 Kc5 52.Kc3 Kb5 53.Kb3 Ka5 54.Ka3 Kb6 55.Kb4 a5+ 56.Kc4 a4 57.Kb4 a3 58.Kxa3 Kc5 59.Kb3 Kd4 60.a4 Ke3 61.a5 Kf2 62.a6 Kxg2 63.a7 Kxh3

64.a8(Q) g2 65.Qf3+ Kh2 66.Qf4+ Kh3 67.Qf2 g1(Q) 68.Qxg1 Stalemate GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (2666) – New York GM Joel Benjamin (2641) – New Jersey US Chess League Match, USCL New York vs New Jersey, Board 1, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO E32 Nimzo-Indian Defense – Classical Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 dxc5 7.g3 Nc6 8.Bg2 e5 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 h6 11.Rb1 O-O 12.Ba3 Qa5 13.Qc1 Ne4

14.Qe3 Nxc3 15.Bxc5 Nxb1 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Rxb1 Qxa2 18.Qd3 Be6 19.Rxb7 Kg8 20.h3 Rd8 21.Qe4 Qxc4 22.Qxc4 Bxc4 23.Rc7 Bb5 24.Nh4 Nd4 25.e3 Ne2+ 26.Kh2 a6 27.Be4 g6 28.Nf3 Rd7 29.Rc5 Re7 30.Nxe5 Nc3 31.Rxc3 Rxe5 32.Bd3 Kg7 Draw Agreed This next duel ended up as the Game of the Week! Please visit http://www.uschessleague.com to check out happenings in the US Chess League. IM Dean J. Ippolito (2535) – New Jersey GM Pascal Charbonneau (2560) – New York US Chess League Match, USCL New York vs New Jersey, Board 2, Rd. 1, Sep. 2, 2009, ECO E68 King’s Indian Defense – Fianchetto – Classical Var. 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 a6 9.h3 Rb8 10.Re1 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.b4 c6 13.Be3 Re8 14.Qc2 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bb7 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Nb3 Qc7 18.f4 Bf8 19.a3 Ba8 20.Qf2 Rb8 21.Kh2 c5 22.bxc5 b4 23.axb4 Rxb4 24.Nd2 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Qxc5 26.Qxc5 dxc5 27.e5 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Rb2 29.Re2 Nh5 30.Kf3 Reb8 31.Nd5 Ra8 32.g4 Ng7 33.Nf6+ Kh8 34.Nc4 Rxe2 35.Kxe2 Ne6 36.Ke3 Be7 37.Nd5 Bf8 38.Ndb6 Rd8 39.Rxd8 Nxd8 40.f5 h5 41.Nd7 Bh6+ 42.Ke4 hxg4 43.hxg4 gxf5+ 44.gxf5 Nc6 45.Nd6 Kg8 46.Nxc5 Bc1 47.f6

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47…Nxe5 48.Kxe5 Bb2+ 49.Kf5 Bxf6 50.Kxf6 Kh7 51.Nce4 Kh6 52.Ng3 Kh7 53.Ndf5 Kg8 54.Ne4 Kh7 55.Nc5 Kg8 56.Nd7 Kh7 57.Kg5 Kg8 58.Kh6 Kh8 59.Ne7 f6 60.Nf8 Black Resigns GM Joshua Edward Friedel (2612) – San Francisco GM Gregory Serper (2592) – Seattle US Chess League Match, USCL San Francisco vs Seattle, Board 1, Rd. 1, Aug. 31, 2009, ECO C10 French Defense – Rubinstein Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 c5 8.O-O Nd7 9.c3 O-O 10.Bc2 Qc7 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Qd3 Nf8 13.Qe4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bd7 15.a4 a6 16.a5 Be8 17.h4 Rd5 18.Bb3 Rxa5 19.Rxa5 Qxa5 20.Qxb7 Qd8 21.h5 Bf6 22.Bf4 h6 23.Bc2 a5 24.Qe4 a4 25.Bd6

25…Ra5 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Nxe6+ fxe6 28.Qh7 Re5 29.Rd1 Rd5 30.Re1 Qd6 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.g4 Re5 33.Rd1 Rd5 34.Re1 Rd2 35.Bf5 Rd1 White Resigns IM Eric K. Tangborn (2455) – Seattle IM David Pruess (2418) – San Francisco US Chess League Match, USCL San Francisco vs Seattle, Board 2, Rd. 1, Aug. 31, 2009, ECO D31 Queen’s Gambit Declined – Semi-Slav Defense 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qc2 Bd6 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.Bg5 f6 8.Bh4 Bf5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bg3 Be4 11.e3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 f5 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.f4 Nd7 15.Bd3 b5 16.Rc1 Rf6 17.Ne2 a6 18.Ng1 c5 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Nf3

20…d4 21.Nxd4 Nc6 22.Bc2 Nxd4 23.Qxd4 Qxd4 24.exd4 Ne6 25.Bb3 Kf8 26.Rc6 Nxd4 27.Rxf6+ gxf6 28.Kd2 Rd8 29.Ke3 Nxb3 30.axb3 Re8+ 31.Kd3 Re4 32.Ra1 Rxf4 33.Rxa6 Kf7 34.Ke3 Rb4 35.Ra3 Kg6 36.Kf3 Kg5 37.Kg3 Rg4+ 38.Kh3 h6 39.Ra8 Rb4 40.Rg8+ Kh5 41.Rg3 Rd4 42.Kg2 Rg4 43.Kf3 Kh4 44.Kg2 h5 45.h3 Rg5 46.Kh2

Rxg3 47.fxg3+ Kg5 48.Kg2 f4 49.Kf3 fxg3 50.Kxg3 b4 51.Kf3 And White Resigns GM Julio J. Becerra (2615) – Miami IM John D. Bartholomew (2499) – Dallas US Chess League Match, USCL Miami vs Dallas, Board 1, Rd. 1, Aug. 31, 2009, ECO C91 Ruy Lopez – Closed – Bogolyubov Variation 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.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.Ng3 Re8 17.a4 Bb7 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Bg5 d5

20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.exd5 Rd8 24.b3 Nb6 25.c4 bxc4 26.bxc4 Bb4 27.Rxe5 Nxc4 28.Re4 Bxd5 29.Rd4 Nb2 30.Qc1 Bc3 31.Rg4 Be6 32.Rxg7+ Kh8 33.Rg5 Bxf5 34.Rxf5 Qxf5 35.Bxf5 Rd1+ 36.Qxd1 Nxd1 37.Bc2 Nb2 38.Ng5 f6 39.Ne4 Be5 40.g3 Kg7 41.f4 Bd4+ 42.Kg2 Nc4 43.Bb3 Ne3+ 44.Kf3 Nf5 45.Be6 Ne7 46.g4 Ng6 47.Nd6 Bc3 48.Nf5+ Kf8 49.Ne3 Kg7 50.Nd5 Bd2 51.Ke4 Bc1 52.Bf5 Bd2 53.Bxg6 hxg6 54.f5 g5 55.Kd4 Kf7 56.Kc5 Be1 57.Kd6 Bg3+ 58.Kd7 Be1 59.Nc7 Bd2 60.Nb5 Bf4 61.Nd6+ Kf8 62.Ke6 Be5 63.Ne4 Kg7 64.Nxg5 Black Resigns IM Daniel J. Ludwig (2453) – Dallas FM Bruci Lopez (2480) – Miami US Chess League Match, USCL Miami vs Dallas, Board 2, Rd. 1, Aug. 31, 2009, ECO E81 King’s Indian Defense – Samisch Variation 5…O-O 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.Be3 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.d5 a6 10.Nc1 Rb8 11.Nb3 Qb4 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.a3 Qb6 14.Be2 e6 15.O-O exd5 16.cxd5 Qc7 17.a4 Bd7 18.h3 b5 19.Nd2 Rfe8 20.Rfe1 b4 21.Nd1 Bc8 22.Rc1 Ned7 23.b3 Nh5 24.Nc4 Ne5 25.f4 Nxc4 26.Qxc4 Ng3 27.Bf3 h5 28.Nf2 Bc3 29.Red1

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29…Nf5 30.exf5 Rxe3 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Ne4 Bxh3 33.Kf2 Rxf3+ 34.gxf3 Qe7 35.Kg3 Bf5 36.Nxc3 bxc3 37.Re1 h4+ 38.Kf2 Qh7 39.Qxc3 Rf8 40.Qe3 Qh6 41.Rh1 Bd7 42.Rc4 Qh8 43.Qd2 Qh5 44.Re4 h3 45.Kg3 g5 46.Rg1 Bf5 47.Ree1 Bg6 48.Kh2 Rxf4 49.Re8+ Kg7 50.Re3 Rd4 51.Re7+ Kh6 52.Qe3 Rd3 53.Qe1 Qxf3 54.Rg3 Qxd5 55.Ree3 Rd2+ 56.Re2 Rd3 57.Rxd3 Qxd3 58.Re3 Qc2+ 59.Kxh3 d5 60.Kg3 Be4 61.Qf1 Kg7 62.Kg4 Qh2 63.Rh3 Qe5 64.Rg3 c4 65.bxc4 Kg6 66.Kh3 Qh8+ White Resigns GM Alexander Stripunsky (2628) – Queens GM Larry M. Christiansen (2662) – Boston US Chess League Match, USCL Queens vs Boston, Board 1, Rd. 1, Aug. 31, 2009, ECO C41 Philidor’s Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bf4 Re8 8.O-O Bf8 9.Re1 c6 10.a4 a5 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Nf3 Nb6 13.Bb3 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Qd3 Nfd7 16.Rad1 Qf6 17.Be3 h6 18.Bd4 Qe7 19.Bxb6 Nxb6 20.Nd4 Rf6 21.b3 Qc7 22.Re3 Nd7 23.g3 Qb6 24.Qe2 Nc5 25.Kg2 Ne6 26.Nf3 Re8 27.h4 Rg6 28.Kh2 h5 29.Nb1 Rg4 30.Nbd2 Be7 31.Nc4 Qc5 32.Qd2 b5 33.axb5 cxb5 34.Nxa5 Qb6 35.b4 g5 36.hxg5 Nxg5 37.Qd5

37…Nxe4 38.Qxh5 Nf6 39.Qf5 Rg6 40.Rd4 Kg7 41.Kg2 Bd8 42.Rxe8 Nxe8 43.Rf4 Bf6 44.Nh4 Rg5 45.Qd7 Qd8 46.Nf5+ Kg6 47.Nh4+ Kg7 48.Qb7 Nc7 49.Nf5+ Kg6 50.Nh4+ Kg7 51.Nc6 Qd7 52.Nb8 Qd8 53.Nf5+ Kg6 54.Nh4+ Kg7 55.Nf3 Rg6 56.Nc6 Qd7 57.Ncd4 Be5 58.Rh4 Bf6 59.Rh5 Qd8 60.Nf5+ Kg8 61.N5d4 Rg4 62.Nc6 Qd7 63.Qa8+ Nxa8 White Resigns GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2628) – Boston IM Eli Vovsha (2539) – Queens US Chess League Match, USCL Queens vs Boston, Board 2, Rd. 1, Aug. 31, 2009, ECO A41 Old Indian Defense – Tartakower Variation 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 Nd7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 c6 7.Qd2 Bg7 8.Be2 Nb6 9.d5 Nf6 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rac1 d5 13.b3 e5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bc5 Re8 16.Rfd1 d4 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Qh4 19.Qd3 Bf8 20.g3

Qh3 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.Qa6 Rec8 23.a4 Qd7 24.a5 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Nxc8 27.Qf6 Kg8 28.Qxe5 d3 29.Bd1 Ne7 30.Kf1 Nc6 31.Qc3 Qd6 32.Ke1 Nb4 33.Kd2 Qe7 34.Qc4 Qd6 35.f4 Na2 36.b4 Nxb4 37.Bb3 Qe7 38.Kc3 Nc2 39.Kxd3 Na3 40.Qd5 Qc7 41.e5 Nb1 42.Bc4 Kf8

43.Qd6+ Qxd6+ 44.exd6 Na3 45.Ba6 Ke8 46.Kc3 Kd7 47.Bd3 Kxd6 48.Kb3 Black Resigns GM Jaan Ehlvest (2697) – Tennessee GM Alejandro Ramirez (2601) – Arizona US Chess League Match, USCL Tennessee vs Arizona, Board 1, Rd. 2, Sep. 9, 2009, ECO B36 Sicilian Defense – Accelerated Fianchetto – Gurgenidze Variation 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.f3 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 a5 11.b3 a4 12.b4 Be6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Be2 a3 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Bb2 17.Rc2 Qc7 18.O-O Rfc8 19.f4 Nf6 20.Bf3 Qd7 21.Re1 Qf5 22.Re2 h5 23.h3 Re8 24.Bf2 Rac8 25.Bh4 Rc7 26.c5 dxc5 27.bxc5 Qc8 28.Qe3 Rd8 29.Red2 Qf5 30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.g3 Qa6 32.Kg2 Qa4 33.f5 Bf6 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Qh6 Kf7 36.Qh7+ Bg7

37.Rf2 Qxc2 38.Be2+ Qf5 39.Rxf5+ gxf5 40.Bxh5+ Kf8 41.Qxf5+ Kg8 42.Bf7+ Black Resigns IM Levon Altounian (2538) – Arizona IM Ronald Burnett (2380) – Tennessee US Chess League Match, USCL Tennessee vs Arizona, Board 2, Rd. 2, Sep. 9, 2009, ECO B07 Sicilian Defense – Alapin’s Variation 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Qc7 6.O-O e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qb3 a6 9.Ng5 Nb6 10.Na3 h6 11.Nxf7 Qxf7 12.Qxb6 Be6 13.b3 Rc8 14.Nc4 Rc6 15.Qa7 Qc7 16.f4

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Bxc4 17.bxc4 Bd6 18.Rb1 Nd7 19.Rxb7 Qc8 20.fxe5 Bb8 21.Qa8 Rb6

22.Rxd7 Qxd7 23.Qd5 Qe6 24.Be3 Bxe5 25.Bxc5 Rc6 26.Bd4 Rd6 27.Qxe5 Qxe5 28.Bxe5 Rxd3 29.Bxg7 Rg8 30.Bd4 Rd2 31.Rf2 Rd1+ 32.Rf1 Rd2 33.Rf2 Rd1+ 34.Rf1 Rd2 Draw By Repetition GM Nikola Mitkov (2554) – Chicago GM Julio J. Becerra (2615) – Miami US Chess League Match, USCL Chicago vs Miami, Board 1, Rd. 2, Sep. 9, 2009, ECO C28 Bishop’s Opening – Berlin Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Na5 5.Nge2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 Nxc4 8.dxc4 d6 9.b3 Be6 10.h3 Nd7 11.Ng3 Bg5 12.a5 a6 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Nd5 Rac8 15.Nf5 Rfe8 16.Qg4 Qxg4 17.hxg4 Kf8 18.f3 g6 19.Nfe3 c6 20.Nc3 Ke7 21.Kf2 Rh8 22.Rh1 Nf6 23.Rh6 Kf8 24.Rah1 Kg7 25.R6h2 h6 26.Rd1 Rcd8 27.Rhh1 h5 28.gxh5 Nxh5 29.Rd2 Kf6 30.Rdd1 Ke7 31.Rh2 Nf6 32.Rxh8 Rxh8 33.Na4 Nd7 34.b4 f5 35.c5 dxc5 36.exf5 gxf5 37.Nxc5 Nxc5 38.bxc5 f4 39.Nf1

39…e4 40.Rd4 exf3 41.Kxf3 Rh5 42.Rb4 Rxc5 43.Rxb7+ Kd6 44.Kxf4 Rf5+ 45.Ke3 Rxf1 46.Ra7 Re1+ 47.Kf4 Re2 48.g4 Rxc2 49.g5 Rc4+ 50.Kf3 Rc5 51.g6 Rxa5 52.g7 Rg5 53.Kf4 Rg4+ 54.Kf3 a5 55.g8(Q) Rxg8 White Resigns

FM Bruci Lopez (2480) – Miami IM Jan van de Mortel (2456) – Chicago US Chess League Match, USCL Chicago vs Miami, Board 2, Rd. 2, Sep. 9, 2009, ECO B33 Sicilian Defense – Pelikan – Chelyabinsk Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 a5 15.Bc4 Rb8 16.Ra2 Kh8 17.h4 Bh6 18.Qe2 f5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.g4 Bxc2 21.Qxc2 g6 22.g5 Bg7 23.Qe4 Rf5 24.h5 Rxg5 25.hxg6 h6 26.Ne3 Ne7 27.Bf7 Rb6

28.Rxa5 Rxb2 29.Ra8 Rb8 30.Rxb8 Qxb8 31.Qh4 Qb1+ 32.Kd2 Qb2+ 33.Nc2 Rg2 34.Ra1 Nxg6 35.Ra8+ Nf8 36.Rxf8+ Bxf8 37.Qf6+ Kh7 38.Bd5 Rg7 39.Qxf8 Rc7 40.Be4 Checkmate GM Eugene Perelshteyn (2628) – Boston IM Jonathan Schroer (2429) – Carolina US Chess League Match, USCL Boston vs Carolina, Board 1, Rd. 2, Sep. 9, 2009, ECO D15 Queen’s Gambit Declined – Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 e5 9.dxe5 Nfd7 10.f4 Nxc5 11.b4 Na4 12.Nxa4 Bxb4+ 13.Ke2 bxa4 14.Qxa4 Be7 15.Rb1 O-O 16.Rg1 Qc8 17.Qc2 Nd7 18.h4 Qc7

19.h5 Nc5 20.f5 Ne4 21.f6 Qxe5 22.Rxg7+ Kh8 23.fxe7 Rfb8 24.Rxb8+ Rxb8 25.Rxf7 Qxh5+ 26.Rf3 Ng5 27.Qf5 Qxf3+ 28.Qxf3 Nxf3 29.Kxf3 Kg7 30.Bh3 Kf7 31.Ba3 Rb7 32.Kf4 Black Resigns

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FM Oleg N. Zaikov (2388) – Carolina SM Denys Konstantin Shmelov (2474) – Boston US Chess League Match, USCL Boston vs Carolina, Board 2, Rd. 2, Sep. 9, 2009, ECO A70 Benoni Defense – Classical Variation w/e4 & Nf3 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 Nh5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Re1 Ne5 12.Be2 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Qh4 14.Bxh5 gxh5 15.Be3 f5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Qd2 Rf7 18.Bf4 Bd4 19.Nb5

19…Bxh3 20.Nxd4 Rxf4 21.Ne6 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qg4+ 23.Kh2 Qh4+ 24.Kg2 Qg4+ 25.Kh2 Qh4+ 26.Kg2 Draw by Repetition GM Hikaru Nakamura (2759) – Seattle GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (2666) – New York US Chess League Match, USCL Seattle vs New York, Board 1, Rd. 2, Sep. 8, 2009, ECO A06 Larsen’s Opening 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.d4 O-O 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.a3 f5 10.c4 Nc6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.b4 Be7 13.c5 Bf6 14.Rc1 d4 15.Bc4 dxe3 16.fxe3 Re8 17.O-O Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Bxe6 Rxe6 20.Qc2 Qc7 21.Nf3 Bg7 22.Rfe1 Rae8 23.Qa4 Qe7 24.Kh1

24…Rxe3 25.h3 Bc3 26.Rxe3 Qxe3 27.Rxc3 Black Resigns GM Pascal Charbonneau (2560) – New York GM Gregory Serper (2592) – Seattle US Chess League Match, USCL Seattle vs New York, Board 2, Rd. 2, Sep. 8, 2009, ECO B42 Sicilian Defense – Kan Variation 5.Bd3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Qe2 Re8 10.Kh1 b6 11.f4 Bb7 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.e5 Nfd7 14.f5 Nxe5 15.fxe6 Bf6

16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 fxe6 19.Nxe6 Qf7 20.Qg3 Ra7 21.Bc3 Nd7 22.Qxd6 Qe7 23.Qg3 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Nc5 25.Rae1 Nxe6 26.Rxe6 Qd8 27.Qe3 Rae7 28.Qxb6 Qxb6 29.Rxb6 Rc7 30.d6 Rf7 31.Kg1 a5 32.c4 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Kf7 34.c5 Ke6 35.Rb7 Kd5 36.Rc7 Black Resigns IM Dmitry Schneider (2510) – Queens GM Sergey Erenburg (2616) – Baltimore US Chess League Match, USCL Queens vs Baltimore, Board 1, Rd. 2, Sep. 8, 2009, ECO B14 Caro-Kann Defense – Panov-Botvinnik Attack w/5…e6 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rd1 Re8 13.Bh7+ Kh8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qa5 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.Nxd5 Qxc2 18.Bxc2 exd5 19.Ba4 Rd8 20.Rac1 Bd7 21.Bb3 Bc6 22.f4 a5 23.Be3 a4 24.Ba2 Rd7 25.Bd4 Bd8 26.Bb1 Bb5 27.Bf2 Bc6 28.Bf5 Re7 29.Bc5 Re8 30.Bg4 Ra5 31.Bd4 Rb5 32.Be2 Rb3 33.Rc3 Rxc3 34.Bxc3 Bb6+ 35.Bd4 Bxd4+ 36.Rxd4 g5 37.g3 f6 38.Bh5

38…fxe5 39.Rxd5 Rf8 40.Rxe5 gxf4 41.gxf4 Rxf4 42.Be8 Rg4+ 43.Kf1 Rf4+ 44.Kg1 Rg4+ 45.Kf1 Bh1 46.Ra5 Rg2 47.Rxa4 Rxb2 48.h4 Kg7 49.Rf4 Bg2+ 50.Kg1 Bd5 51.Rd4 Be6 52.Bd7 Bf7 53.a4 Kf6 54.Rf4+ Ke7 55.Bb5 Be6 56.Rd4 Bh3 57.Rc4 Kd6 58.Rf4 Ke5 59.Rf8 Bf5 60.Rh8 Kf4 61.Rxh6 Kg3 62.Bf1 Rh2 63.Rh8 Rxh4 64.Rxh4 Kxh4 Draw Agreed

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IM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2430) – Baltimore IM Yury Lapshun (2504) – Queens US Chess League Match, USCL Queens vs Baltimore, Board 2, Rd. 2, Sep. 8, 2009, ECO E08 Catalan – Closed – Main Line w/7.Qc2 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.b3 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 c5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Qf5 g6 14.Qf4 Re8 15.Nb5 a6 16.Nc3 b5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Ng5

18…Ba3 19.Bxa3 Rxc3 20.e3 h6 21.Nf3 Kh7 22.Qd4 Rc8 23.Ne1 Qb6 24.Bb2 Qxd4 25.Bxd4 Ne4 26.Rac1 f5 27.f3 Ng5 28.Nd3 Ne6 29.Kf2 Kg8 30.h4 Kf7 31.a3 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Rc8 33.Rxc8 Bxc8 34.Nf4 Nxf4 35.gxf4 Nb8 36.Ke2 Nc6 37.Kd3 Bd7 38.Kc3 Be8 39.Bf1 Ke7 40.Bc5+ Ke6 41.a4 Nb8 42.axb5 axb5 43.Bf8 h5 44.Kb4 Nc6+ 45.Kc5 Na5 46.Kb4 Nc6+ 47.Kxb5 Nd4+ 48.Kb4 Nxf3 49.Kc3 Nxh4 50.Kd2 g5 51.fxg5 Nf3+ 52.Ke2 Nxg5 53.Bg2 h4 54.Kf2 Bb5 55.Bh6 Ne4+ 56.Bxe4 fxe4 57.Bg7 Kf5 58.Kg2 Kg4 59.Bd4 Bd7 60.b4 h3+ 61.Kh2 Kf3 Draw Agreed GM Joel Benjamin (2641) – New Jersey GM Sergey Kudrin (2602) – Philadelphia US Chess League Match, USCL New Jersey vs Philadelphia, Board 1, Rd. 2, Sep. 8, 2009, ECO B52 Sicilian Defense – Moscow Variation w/3…Bd7 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.0-0 e6 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 a6 8.d3 Rc8 9.b3 Bf6 10.Bb2 Ne7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 0-0 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.Rad1 d5 15.exd5 exd5 16.Qe2 Qd7 17.Nc2 Qe6 18.Rfe1 Qxe2 19.Rxe2 dxc4 20.bxc4 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.g3 Nc6 23.Ba3 Bxc3 24.Bxc5 f6 25.Ne3 Rd2 26.Rxd2 Bxd2 27.Nf5 b5 28.cxb5 axb5 29.Nd6 b4

30.Kf1 Bc3 31.Nb5 Ba1 32.Ke2 Kf7 33.Kd3 Ke6 34.Kc4 Ne5+ 35.Kxb4 Kd5 36.Be3 Ng4 37.h3 Nxe3 38.fxe3 Be5

39.Nc3+ Kc6 40.g4 g6 41.e4 Bd4 42.Kc4 Be5 43.Nb5 Bg3 44.a3 Bf2 45.Nd4+ Kd6 46.Nf3 Kc6 47.a4 Bb6 48.Ne1 Bc7 49.Nd3 Bd8 50.Nc5 Bb6 51.Ne6 h5 52.gxh5 gxh5 53.Ng7 Kd6 54.Kb5 Bf2 55.Nxh5 Ke5 56.a5 Bd4 57.a6 f5 58.exf5 Kxf5 59.Ng3+ Ke6 60.Kc6 Black Resigns IM Alex Lenderman (2638) – Philadelphia IM Dean J. Ippolito (2535) – New Jersey US Chess League Match, USCL New Jersey vs Philadelphia, Board 2, Rd. 2, Sep. 8, 2009, ECO A00 Irregular Opening 1.a3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.c4 c6 5.b4 Bg7 6.Bb2 0-0 7.d4 Ne4 8.Bd3 a5 9.0-0 axb4 10.axb4 Rxa1 11.Bxa1 Na6 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Nbd2 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 Qxb4 15.Qc2 Qd6 16.c5 Qc7 17.Rb1 e5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Nf3 Qf6 21.Bxa6 bxa6 22.Nd4 Re8 23.Qd2 Qe7 24.Qa5

24…Qg5 25.Qc7 Kg7 26.Kf1 Bf5 27.Rb7 Bd3+ 28.Kg1 Qf6 29.h3 Bb5 30.Qd7 Kf8 31.Qg4 h5 32.Qg3 Kg7 33.Qc7 Kf8 34.Rb6 Qe7 35.Qxe7+ Rxe7 Draw Agreed IM Rogelio P. Barcenilla Jr. (2583) – Arizona GM Hikaru Nakamura (2759) – Seattle US Chess League Match, USCL Arizona vs Seattle, Board 1, Rd. 3, Sep. 16, 2009, ECO A30 Symmetrical English – Double Fianchetto & Hedgehog 1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 c5 4.0-0 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Qc1 Nc7 11.Nb5 e5 12.Nxc7+ Qxc7 13.Bc3 0-0 14.d3 Rfe8 15.Rb1 Rac8 16.Qb2 b5 17.Qd2 Rcd8 18.Qc1 Qb6 19.Qc2 Nd4 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Qd2 Rc8 22.Rbc1 Rc3

23.e3 e4 24.Nxd4 Rxd3 25.Qb4 Bxd4 26.exd4 Rxd4 27.Qc5 Qxc5 28.Rxc5 Rc8 29.Re5 a6 30.Re7 Bd5 31.Rd7 Rd3 32.Rd6 a5 33.Rb6 Rc5 34.Re1 f5 35.g4 Kf7 36.gxf5 gxf5 37.Bf1 Rd2 38.Bxb5 e3 39.fxe3 Rcc2 40.Bf1 Rxh2 White Resigns

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FM Slava Mikhailuk (2437) – Seattle IM Mark Ginsburg (2427) – Arizona US Chess League Match, USCL Arizona vs Seattle, Board 2, Rd. 3, Sep. 16, 2009, ECO A26 English Opening vs King’s Indian Defense w/…Nc6 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Re8 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Rc1 Bf5 10.e4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd4 13.Bg2 c6 14.Kh2 Nd7 15.f4 Nc5 16.Be3 exf4 17.gxf4 f5 18.b4 Nce6 19.Ne2 Nxe2 20.Qxe2 Qh4 21.b5 fxe4 22.dxe4 Rf8 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Bf2

24…Nxf4 25.Bxh4 Nxe2 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Rb1 Be5+ 28.Kh1 Rf7 29.a4 a5 30.Be1 Nf4 31.Bf1 Ne6 32.Bg2 Ra7 33.Bf2 Rf7 34.Bg1 Kg7 35.Rb6 c5 36.Rb5 Ra7 37.Bf2 Nd4 38.Bxd4 cxd4 39.Bf1 Kf6 40.Kg2 Kg5 41.Kf3 Rf7+ 42.Kg2 Kf4 43.c5 Kxe4 44.c6 d3 45.Rb3 d2 46.Be2 Bf4 47.Bf3+ Kd4 48.Rb5 Kc3 49.Bd1 Re7 50.Kf3 g5 51.Rb3+ Kd4 52.Be2 d5 53.Bd1 Re1 54.Rb1 Kc5 55.h4 h6 56.h5 Kxc6 57.Kg4 Kc5 58.Kf5 Kd4 59.Kg6 g4 60.Kf5 g3 White Resigns GM Julio J. Becerra (2615) – Miami GM Joshua Edward Friedel (2612) – San Francisco US Chess League Match, USCL Miami vs San Francisco, Board 1, Rd. 3, Sep. 16, 2009, ECO C88 Ruy Lopez – Closed – Anti-Marshall System 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.Nc3 d6 10.a3 Nd4 11.Ba2 c5 12.d3 h6 13.b4 Qc7 14.Bd2 Rfe8 15.bxc5 dxc5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bd6 18.c3 Nf5 19.c4 Bc8 20.Bc3 Bd7 21.Nd2 b4 22.axb4 cxb4 23.Bb2 a5 24.Ne4 a4 25.Rc1 b3 26.Bxb3 axb3 27.c5 Bf8 28.c6 Bc8 29.d4 Qb6 30.dxe5 Ra2 31.Bc3 Bc5 32.Qf3 Bd4 33.e6 fxe6 34.d6 Rf8 35.d7 Ba6

36.Bxd4 Nxd4 37.Qxf8+ Kxf8 38.c7 Qxc7 39.Rxc7 Ke7 40.Nc5 Kd8 41.Ra7 Bc4 42.Rb7 Ra8 43.Re4 Black Resigns GM Jesse Kraai (2552) – San Francisco FM Bruci Lopez (2480) – Miami US Chess League Match, USCL Miami vs San Francisco, Board 2, Rd. 3, Sep. 16, 2009, ECO E97 King’s Indian Defense – Classical – Main Line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 Qxd1 10.Rfxd1 h6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Rfd8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Nd4 16.Rac1 Rd7 17.Kf1 h5 18.Be2 Rf8 19.Bc4 Kh7 20.g4 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Bd3 Re7 24.Bxf5+ Kh8 25.Re1 Rfe8 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.d6 Black Resigns

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GM Jaan Ehlvest (2697) – Tennessee FM Florin Felecan (2430) – Chicago US Chess League Match, USCL Tennessee vs Chicago, Board 1, Rd. 3, Sep. 16, 2009, ECO E76 King’s Indian Defense – Four Pawns Attack 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f4 c5 6.d5 0-0 7.Nf3 e6 8.dxe6 fxe6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.0-0 a6 11.Qe1 b6 12.Kh1 Ra7 13.Bd2 Re7 14.Qh4 Bb7 15.Rae1 Nd4 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nf3 e5 18.f5 gxf5 19.exf5 Nxf3 20.gxf3 Ref7 21.Qh3 d5 22.cxd5 Nxd5 23.Be4 Nxc3 24.Bxc3 Qc8 25.Rg1 Rxf5

26.Qxh6 R8f7 27.Rd1 Rxf3 28.Bxe5 Rf1 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Bxg7+ Ke8 31.Rgxf1 Black Resigns


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IM Angelo Young (2325) – Chicago FM Todd D. Andrews (2360) – Tennessee US Chess League Match, USCL Tennessee vs Chicago, Board 2, Rd. 3, Sep. 16, 2009, ECO A49 Anti-King’s Indian System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Re1 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nd4 e5 9.Nb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 Nh5 11.e4 Qe8 12.Bf3 f5 13.Nc3 f4 14.Bg4 f3 15.Bxf3 Qf7 16.Kg2 Qd7 17.Be3 Nf6 18.Kg1 h5 19.Bg2 Ng4 20.h3 Nxe3 21.Rxe3 Bh6 22.Rf3 Rxf3 23.Qxf3 Qe7 24.Nb5 c6

25.Rxa7 Rxa7 26.Nxa7 Bd7 27.dxc6 bxc6 28.Qc3 Qe8 29.Qb4 Qa8 30.Qb6 Kf7 31.Qc7 Ke7 32.h4 Ke8 33.Bf1 Bf8 34.Ba6 Qd8 35.Qb7 Qa5 36.Qb8+ Kf7 37.Bc4+ d5 38.Qb7 Ke8 39.Nxc6 Qe1+ 40.Bf1 Bd6 41.Qa8+ Kf7 42.Nd8+ Ke7 43.Qxd5 Bh3 44.Nc6+ Ke8 45.Qb5 Bd7 46.Qc4 Kf8 47.Qd5 Black Resigns IM Jacek Stopa (2565) – Dallas GM Larry M. Christiansen (2662) – Boston US Chess League Match, USCL Dallas vs Boston, Board 1, Rd. 3, Sep. 14, 2009, ECO B06 Modern Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.e5 Nd5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bb3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.h3 Bf5 12.Nc4 a5 13.a3 Qc7 14.Re1 Nc5 15.Ba2 Rad8 16.Ne3 Be6 17.Ng4 Bxg4 18.hxg4 Ne6 19.Qe4 b5 20.Be3 Rd7 21.c4 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Qb7 23.Re2 Nec7 24.Rc1 e6 25.Bc5 Rfd8 26.g5 Bf8 27.Bxf8 Kxf8

28.Qh4 Kg8 29.Nh2 Ne8 30.Ng4 Nb6 31.Nf6+ Nxf6 32.exf6 Rd1+ 33.Re1 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 h5 35.gxh6ep Nxc4 36.h7+ Black Resigns

SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (2603) – Boston IM Daniel J. Ludwig (2543) – Dallas US Chess League Match, USCL Dallas vs Boston, Board 2, Rd. 3, Sep. 14, 2009, ECO B99 Sicilian Defense – Najdorf Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.Be2 0-0 12.Qg3 Nc5 13.Bf3 e5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Rac8 16.Kb1

16…Na4 17.Nxa4 Qxc2+ 18.Ka1 e4 19.Nb6 Rc6 20.Nd7 Rfc8 21.a3 Nxd7 22.Bxe7 Rb6 23.Rb1 exf3 24.f6 Qxg2 25.Rhg1 Qxg3 26.Rxg3 g6 27.Rxf3 d5 28.f5 g5 29.Rg1 Kh7 30.h4 Rg8 31.hxg5 Rxg5 32.Rxg5 hxg5 33.Rh3+ Kg8 34.Rh6 Rc6 35.Ka2 g4 36.Kb3 d4 37.Rh4 Nxf6 38.Bxf6 Rxf6 39.Rxg4+ Kh7 40.Rh4+ Kg7 41.Rxd4 Rxf5 42.Rd7 Rb5+ 43.Kc3 Kf6 44.b4 Ke6 45.Rc7 f5 46.Rh7 Ke5 47.Kc4 f4 48.a4 Rb6 49.b5 axb5+ 50.axb5 f3 51.Kc5 Rf6 52.Re7+ Kf4 White Resigns GM Leonid Kritz (2654) – Baltimore GM Sergey Kudrin (2602) – Philadelphia US Chess League Match, USCL Baltimore vs Philadelphia, Board 1, Rd. 3, Sep. 14, 2009, ECO B78 Sicilian Defense – Dragon Variation – Yugoslav Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Bxa7 b4 14.Ne2 Qa5 15.Bd4 Ba4 16.Bxa4 Qxa4 17.Kb1 Ra8 18.Nc1 Rfc8 19.Rhe1 Ne8 20.Bxg7 Nxg7 21.f4 Ne6 22.f5 b3 23.cxb3 Rxc1+ 24.Kxc1 Qxa2 25.Qc3 Nc5 26.Kd2 Nxb3+

27.Ke3 Qa7+ 28.Kf3 Qb7 29.f6 Rc8 30.Qe3 exf6 31.Rxd6 Nc5 32.Rc1 f5 33.Qd4 Ne6 34.Qd5 fxe4+ 35.Kg3 Qb8 36.Rxc8+ Qxc8 37.Qxe4 Qb8 38.Qe5 Qb3+ 39.Qc3 Qb8 40.Qd2 Qb3+ 41.Kf2 h5 42.Kg1 Qa4 43.h3 Qa1+ 44.Kh2 Qf1 45.Rc6 Kh7 46.b4 h4 47.Rc3 Qf5 48.Rc4 Qe5+

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49.Kh1 g5 50.Qc3 Qd6 51.Rc8 Qd1+ 52.Kh2 Qd6+ 53.Kg1 Qd1+ 54.Kf2 Nd4 55.Re8 g4 56.Re1 Qc2+ 57.Qxc2+ Nxc2 58.Rb1 Na3 59.Rb3 g3+ 60.Kf3 Nb5 61.Kg4 Black Resigns IM Alex Lenderman (2638) – Philadelphia GM Lawrence Charles Kaufman (2444) – Baltimore US Chess League Match, USCL Baltimore vs Philadelphia, Board 2, Rd. 3, Sep. 14, 2009, ECO A07 Réti Opening – New York & Capablanca Systems 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d3 Ngf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 c6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bg2 Re8 12.Qc2 d4 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.dxe4 Bc5 15.Kh2 Qe7 16.f4 Bb6 17.a4 a5 18.Bd2 Kh8 19.Ra3 f6 20.e3 dxe3 21.Bxe3 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Qb4 23.Rd1 Nc5 24.Rc3 Ne6 25.Rcd3 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Nxd8 28.Qd3 Qe7 29.Qd4 Qc7 30.Bf1 b6 31.Bc4 Nb7

32.e5 fxe5 33.fxe5 Nc5 34.e6 Qe7 35.Qe5 h6 36.Qb8+ Kh7 37.Qxb6 Qd6 38.Qxa5 Qd4 39.Qe1 Qxc4 40.e7 Qc2+ 41.Kg1 Nd3 42.Qe4+ g6 43.e8(Q) Qf2+ 44.Kh1 Qf1+ 45.Kh2 Qf2+ 46.Qg2 Black Resigns GM Alexander Stripunsky (2628) – Queens GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (2666) – New York US Chess League Match, USCL Queens vs New York, Board 1, Rd. 3, Sep. 14, 2009, ECO D00 Trompowsky Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c6 4.e3 Qb6 5.Rb1 Bf5 6.Bxf6 exf6 7.Ne2 Bd6 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.cxd3 g6 11.0-0 a5 12.Ne2 0-0 13.Nc3 Nd7 14.g3 Rfe8 15.Qa4 Qd8 16.Qc2 f5 17.a3 Re6 18.Rfe1 Qe7 19.Nf3 h6 20.Kg2 Re8 21.Ne2 g5 22.Nc3 Kg7 23.Qa4 Qd8 24.Qb3 b5 25.Rbc1 Nf8 26.Nb1 Bc7 27.a4 b4 28.Nbd2 Ng6 29.Kf1 Qd7 30.Qc2 Rf6 31.Kg2 Re7 32.Qc5 Rfe6 33.Nb3 f4 34.exf4 Re2

35.Ne5 R7xe5 36.dxe5 Qg4 37.Kf1 Rxb2 38.e6 Nxf4 39.Qd4+ f6 40.gxf4 Qh3+ 41.Kg1 Qg4+ 42.Kh1 Qf3+ Draw Agreed GM Pascal Charbonneau (2560) – New York IM Dmitry Schneider (2510) – Queens US Chess League Match, USCL Queens vs New York, Board 2, Rd. 3, Sep. 14, 2009, ECO C57 Two Knights Defense – Wilkes-Barre/Traxler Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5 6.Bf1 Nd4 7.c3 Nxd5 8.cxd4 Qxg5 9.Bxb5+ Kd8 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qf3 e4 12.Qh3 Bc8

13.d3 Qf6 14.Qh5 Qxd4 15.dxe4 Nf6 16.Qh4 Bd6 17.Nc3 h6 18.Rd1 Qc5 19.Be3 g5 20.Qg3 Qb4 21.e5 Black Resigns IM Jonathan Schroer (2429) – Carolina GM Joel Benjamin (2641) – New Jersey US Chess League Match, USCL Carolina vs New Jersey, Board 1, Rd. 3, Sep. 14, 2009, ECO E62 King’s Indian Defense – Fiachetto 6…c6 & Panno Variation 6…Nc6 w/o …a6 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Be4 11.Qd2 e6 12.Qe3 d5 13.Bh3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 f5 15.Qd3 Nd7 16.f3 a5 17.Kh1 Qg5 18.Bg2 Qh5 19.Qe3 Rfe8 20.Qd3 Nf6 21.e4 dxe4 22.fxe4 Rad8 23.Rad1 c5 24.Bf3

24…fxe4 25.Bxe4 Ng4 26.Qe2 Rf8 27.Bf3 Rxf3 28.Rxf3 Nxh2 29.Kg2 Qxf3+ 30.Qxf3 Nxf3 31.Kxf3 b6 32.Ke4 cxd4 33.Rd3 e5 34.c5 bxc5 35.Bxa5 Ra8 36.Bb6 Rxa2 37.Bxc5 Re2+ 38.Kf3 Re1 39.Kf2 Rc1 40.b4 e4 41.Ra3 e3+ 42.Ke2 Rc2+ 43.Ke1 Be5 44.Ra8+ Kf7 45.Rf8+ Ke6 46.Re8+ Kd5 White Resigns

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GM Boris Gulko (2609) – New Jersey FM Oleg N. Zaikov (2388) – Carolina US Chess League Match, USCL Carolina vs New Jersey, Board 2, Rd. 3, Sep. 14, 2009, ECO A29 English Opening – Four Knights Variation w/4.g3 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0-0 Be7 8.a3 0-0 9.b4 Re8 10.d3 Bf8 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Ne4 f6 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.bxc5 Nd5 16.Qc2 Qd7 17.Kh2 a5 18.Rab1 a4 19.Ba1 Na5 20.e4 Ne7 21.d4 Bb3 22.Qc3 exd4 23.Nxd4 Nec6 24.Nxb3 Nxb3 25.Rfd1 Qe7 26.Rd5 Ra5

27.Rxb3 axb3 28.Qxb3 Qe6 29.Qxb7 Rxa3 30.Bb2 Rb8 31.Qxb8+ Nxb8 32.Bxa3 Qa6 33.Rd8+ Kf7 34.Bc1 Qb5 35.Be3 Na6 36.e5 Nb4 37.exf6 gxf6 38.Be4 Kg7 39.Bf5 c6 40.Be6 h5 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.Bf7 Black Resigns IM John D. Bartholomew (2499) – Dallas GM Hikaru Nakamura (2759) – Seattle US Chess League Match, USCL Dallas vs Seattle, Board 1, Rd. 4, Sep. 23, 2009, ECO A30 Symmetrical English – Double Fianchetto & Hedgehog 1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 c5 4.c4 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nf6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Nc3 d6 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.b3 0-0 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Qd2 a6 13.Rac1 Rc7 14.Ne1 Qa8 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.cxd5 Rfc8 18.Nc2 b5 19.e4 Nf6 20.Ne3 Qa7 21.Rxc7 Rxc7 22.Rc1 Bc8 23.h3 h5 24.Rc3 Bd7 25.b4 Qb8 26.Qc1 Rxc3 27.Qxc3 Qc8 28.Qxc8 Bxc8 29.h4 Ng4 30.Nc2 Ne5 31.f4

31…Nc4 32.Kf2 e5 33.Ne3 Nb2 34.Ke2 Na4 35.fxe5 dxe5 36.Kd2 Bg4 37.Bf1 Bf3 38.Bd3 Kf8 39.Nc2 Ke7 40.Ne1 Bh1 41.Bc2 Nb6 42.Ke3 Nc4+ 43.Kf2 Nd6 44.Nf3 Bxf3 45.Kxf3 f5 46.Bd3 Kf6 47.Ke3 Nc8 48.exf5 gxf5 49.Be2 Kg6 50.a4 bxa4 51.Bxa6 Nb6 52.d6 a3 53.d7 Nxd7

54.Bc4 Nb6 55.Bb3 Kf6 56.Kd3 e4+ 57.Kc3 e3 58.Kd3 Ke5 59.b5 f4 60.gxf4+ Kxf4 61.Ke2 Na4 White Resigns FM Slava Mikhailuk (2437) – Seattle IM Daniel J. Ludwig (2543) – Dallas US Chess League Match, USCL Dallas vs Seattle, Board 2, Rd. 4, Sep. 23, 2009, ECO A11 English Opening – 1…c6 Variation 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Qc2 Bg4 5.Ne5 Bh5 6.Bg2 e6 7.d4 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.f4 0-0 10.c5 Be7 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Nxg4 Bxg4 14.Bf2 Bf5 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nf6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Qe2 Rfd8 19.Rad1 Bg6 20.b4 Rd7 21.Rd2 Rad8 22.Rfd1 b5 23.Qf3

23…Rd5 24.Qe3 Qd7 25.g4 a5 26.bxa5 Ra8 27.Qb3 h5 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.f5 Bh7 30.h3 hxg4 31.hxg4 Rxa5 32.Qh3 g6 33.Bh4 Ra3 34.Qxa3 Bxh4 35.Rh2 Qe7 36.Qh3 g5 37.Qf3 Qc7 38.Rxh4 gxh4 39.Re1 f6 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.Qe3 Qg3+ 42.Qxg3 hxg3 43.Kg2 Black Resigns SM Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (2603) – Boston GM Sergey Kudrin (2602) – Philadelphia US Chess League Match, USCL Boston vs Philadelphia, Board 1, Rd. 4, Sep. 23, 2009, ECO B53 Sicilian Defense – 2…d6 Lines w/ Qxd4 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.0-0-0 Be7 10.Rhe1 0-0 11.Qd2 h6 12.Bf4 e5 13.Bg3 Rc8 14.Qd3 Qc7 15.Bh4 Rfd8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Kb1 b5 18.Qe2 d5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Qc5 21.Qe4 Qxf2 22.Nxe5 Re8 23.Ng4 Rxe4 24.Nxf2 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Rd8 26.Rd1 Re8

27.a4 bxa4 28.c4 a3 29.c5 axb2 30.d6 Rc8 31.Ne4 Bd8 32.g4 g6 33.Rd5 f6 34.Kxb2 Kf7 35.Kc3 Ke6 36.Kc4 a5 37.Nc3 Kd7 38.Rd1 Kc6 39.Nb5 Rb8 40.Rb1 Ra8 41.Nd4+ Kd7 42.Kd5 a4 43.c6+ Ke8 44.c7 Bxc7 45.dxc7 Kd7 46.Rb8 Ra5+ 47.Nb5 Black Resigns “Games from Around the State” Continued on Back Cover

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Problem Solver’s Corner - by Steve Ferrero

Oct - Dec 2009 Problem #1 Oct - Dec 2009 Problem #2 Oct - Dec 2009 Problem #3

Black To Move And -+ Black To Move And -+ Black To Move And -+

Oct - Dec 2009 Problem #4 Oct - Dec 2009 Problem #5 Oct - Dec 2009 Problem #6

White To Move And +- White To Move And +- White To Move And +- Solutions: July - Sept. 2009 Problem Solver’s Corner (see next issue for solutions to problems above) Problem#1: Tarrasch - Schallopp, Frankfurt 1887: Schallopp uncorked ...Rf4!! whereby Tarrasch threw in the towel. Aside from black’s obvious initial threat

of …Rxf8, Schallopp was also looking to land …Qf2+ …Rh4#. If after …Rf4!!, Rxf4, Qg1+ picks off white’s queen with an easy win at hand. Problem#2: Schlechter – Thuring, Vienna 1893: This game illustrates a good example of what can go wrong when king goes on a walk across the board

with queens and heavy pieces still in play! Often, brilliant sacrifices are possible with the enemy king stripped of its pawn shield or safety of a castled position. Schlechter commenced the assault here with: Qe5+, Kf3 (…Kd3, Rd1+, Qd2, Qd6+ winning black’s queen without even having to give up the rook), Bd1+ (tightening the corden around the black king), Kg2, Qd5+, Kh2 (or …Kh3, Qh5+, Kg2, Qh1+!, Kxh1 (forced), Bf3+, Kh2, Rh1#), Qh1+!!, Kxh1 (forced), Bf3+, Kh2, Rh1#.

Problem#3: Chigorin – Schlechter, Ostende 1905: The drawmaster, Schlechter, saved the day against his famous adversary with: …Ka8! and now white cannot avoid splitting the point. If Qxc7, black is stalemated since all three of his pawns remain blockaded. If Ka6, Qc8+, Ka5, Qc3+, Ka6, Qc8+ with a perpetual check or black can calmly just respond to white’s initial Ka6 repeating the position immediately with …Qc7! with our familiar stalemate theme re-appearing.

Problem#4: Schlechter – Wolf, Nurnberg 1906: We have already seen the sly Schlechter snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in our previous problem! Yes, you guessed it – here he does it yet again to Wolf with: Re1+! and Wolf is forced to capture the checking rook lest he throw the game away by pitching his rook and b-pawn and with it, the game. Now, after …Rxe1 we see that stalemate theme rear its ugly head again!

Problem#5: Janowski – Forgács, Ostende 1906: Janowski found Re3+, f3 (…fxe3 would lead to: Qd6+!, Kh4, Qh6+, Kg3, Qh2#), Qd6+ (Janowski could have mated even more efficiently now with: Rxf3+!, gxf3 (forced), Qg5# but understandably must have had that particular mating theme in mind with the queen covering both the h-file and diagonal on top of the black king which he had been threatening earlier had black grabbed the rook on the initial check), and now black resigned in view of …Kh4, Qh6+, Kg3, Qh2#.

Problem#6: Bird – Morphy, London 1858: After Bird just finished castling long, Geza Maróczy penned the note “The move with the rook prepares a strikingly deep and surprising combination; still, after the best defense, would have led only to a draw.” Perhaps the greatest combinational player of all time struck with: …Rxf2! to deflect the white bishop allowing black’s queen to get to the a-file is a colossal conception. Bxf2, Qa3!, Even former World Champion Max Euwe felt compelled to comment “This is a magnificent move and the key to Black’s combination. We can understand Morphy quite well, since he was incapable of withstanding the temptation. The combination with a rook sacrifice and then with a queen sacrifice was too beautiful to resist; meanwhile, White’s best defense was too difficult to find.” Geza Maróczy noted that If instead black played …Ba3, white would have responded strongly with Qe3! Bird now played c3 (Euwe noted “if instead Qc3, Bf4+, Rd2 (Kb1, Qxc3), Qxa2, Qa3, (or b3, e3, Bxe3, Bxe3 Qxe3 Qa1#), Qxa3, bxa3, e3 regaining his rook, keeping a couple of pawns” Or, as Maróczy noted, on Qc3, Morphy may well have ended matters with: …Bf4+, Rd2, Qxa2, b3, Bd6!, winning white’s queen. If instead of Qc3, white deviated with Qg5, “Black would play …Qxb2+, Kd2, Bb4+, Ke3, Qa3+!, Bd3 (or Kf4, Bd6+), Ba6, Rhg1, Bf8! winning the game” The game continued after Bird’s c3, Qxa2, b4, Qa1+, Kc2, Qa4+, Kb2 (Here, Bird could have forced a perpetual here with Kc1 according to Maróczy who also stated that an additional bishop sacrifice by Morphy on b4 would be a mistake (e.g. …Bxb4, cxb4, Rxb4, Qg5, Qa3+, Kd2, Rb2+, Ke1, Rxe2+, Kxe2, Qf3+, Ke1, Qxh1+, Qg1, Qf3, Qg3) Bxb4, cxb4, Rxb4+, Qxb4, Qxb4+, Kc2, e3! (“The decisive move.” – Maróczy) Bxe3, Bf5+, Rd3, Qc4+, Kd2, Qa2+, Kd1, Qb1+ -+.

Legend: +- White Is Winning, -+ Black Is Winning, # Checkmate, ! Excellent Move, !! Brilliant Move

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------------------------------------------------ Cut Here (Or Photocopy) -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ Cut Here (Or Photocopy)-------------------------------------- GM Joshua Edward Friedel (2612) – San Francisco IM Marko Zivanic (2551) – Dallas US Chess League Match, USCL San Francisco vs Dallas, Board 1, Rd. 2, Sep. 9, 2009, ECO B48 Sicilian Defense – Taimanov Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O h5 9.h3 Bd6 10.f4 Nxd4

11.e5 Bc5 12.exf6 Nxc2 13.fxg7 Bxe3+ 14.Kh1 Rg8 15.Bxc2 Rxg7 16.Qxh5 Bd4 17.Qh8+ Ke7 18.Nd5+ exd5 19.Rfe1+ Kd6 20.Qf8+ Kc6 21.Ba4+ b5 22.Rac1+ Kb6 23.Rxc7 Kxc7 24.Rc1+ Kb7 25.Bb3 Ka7 26.Rxc8 Black Resigns

IM Daniel J. Ludwig (2543) – Dallas GM Jesse Kraai (2552) – San Francisco US Chess League Match, USCL San Francisco vs Dallas, Board 2, Rd. 2, Sep. 9, 2009, ECO C07 French Defense – Tarrasch Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.b3 Be7 12.a4 a6 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Qf3 O-O

15.Nf5 Bc6 16.Qg3 Qxg3 17.Nxe7+ Kh8 18.hxg3 Be4 19.Bb2 Black Resigns

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