Manitou Springs , Colorado
August 5-6, 2005

 

Games from 2005 Pikes Peak Open Selected by Richard Buchanan Wutt,Earl (1457) - Ponomarev,Mikhail (2200) [ Notes by Earl Wutt] This game, against the strongest player I have yet faced in tournament play, shows the benefit of active piece play verses hunkering down with no activity while the opponent digs you out of your hole. The tournament was the Pikes Peak Open in Manitou Springs, CO on 8/7-8/8/05. Time control of 40/90 game 60. 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 This takes me out of my preferred opening play, which is either a Torre or Colle. I have limited knowelge of openings and had to improvise from here. c4 seemed to be the only way to keep an advantage. 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nc6 I was somewhat surprised that he played this instead of Nf6. I thought long about 5.Qb3 but felt 5...Na5 6.Qa4+ c6 didn't gain a thing and my Queen was misplaced on a4. I also wanted to develop my c1 bishop before playing e3. 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 a6 This move seems overly cautious to me, especially when he is rated amost 750 points higher than I. 8.a3 Wanting to keep his bishop and/or knight out of b4. 8...Be7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 Placing his rook actively on the half open e-file. I decided to activate my rook as well. 11.Rc1 Bd6 Again, somewhat surprised he wished to trade for my bad but active dark bishop. 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Nh4 I had trouble formulating a plan here and decided to force him to relenquish the b1-a7 diagonal. His response further surprised me. 13...Be4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Nf5 Qd7 Allowing me to further harass his Queen. 16.Bg4 Qd8 17.Rc2 I spent 9 minutes trying to come up with a plan, finally deciding that perhaps I could double my rooks on the c-file and free my queen from defending d2. 17...g6 18.Ng3 My aggression on the K-side forces me to retreat and allow the doubling of pawns. Another surprised when he didn't take the knight. 18...Nf6 19.Bf3 Kg7 20.Ne2 I didn't understand his previous move but felt my knight would be better placed on f4. 20...Ne7 21.Nf4 c6 22.h4 Prior to this tournament I asked my brother, an 1800 player, to look at my recent games and help me improve. His main advice was to stop being so passive and look towards making things happen. I took this advice and decided to attack his advanced g-pawn. 22...Nf5 23.h5 Qd6 24.Qd3 I see his queenside somewhat weak and wish to allow my queen into play if possible. 24...Ne4 25.g3 Not liking a knight on h4. I'm starting to be concerned about his attack, and I'm down to 17 minutes left before time control in another 15 moves. 25...Qf6 26.Bxe4 Rxe4 27.Qb3 Normally I would have hunkered down and played defense, however this time I attacked instead. 27...Rb8 28.Rfc1 Nd6? Another move that surprised me. I'm feeling pretty good now and proceeded with my attack. 29.Rxc6 bxc6 30.Qxb8 g5? I see nothing productive with moving my knight, so I take the pawn. 31.Rxc6 gxf4 32.Rxd6 fxe3 I'm down to 3 minutes for my next seven moves and I am not a blitz player. I felt that I had to eliminate his pawn and stop it from queening. In hindsight I should have taken his queen. 33.fxe3 [33.Rxf6 e2 34.Rxa6 e1Q+ 35.Kg2 The pawn on h5 threatens mate, so Black must play either Re6 or Re8. Re6 would force the trading of Rooks and Queens and a simple win for White, while Re8 plays on with difficulties. 35...Re6 (35...Re8 36.h6+ Kf8 37.Qd6+ Qe7 38.Qxd5) 36.Rxe6 Qxe6 (36...fxe6 37.Qe5+) 37.Qe5+] 33...Re6 34.Rxd5? Very low on time, I moved too fast. 34.Rxe6 Qxe6 35.Qe5+ leaves white once again with a winning advantage. 34...Rxe3 Now I have an isolated d-pawn and he has a strong attack. 35.Qf4 Qxf4 36.gxf4 I isolate another pawn but felt I had to stop his queen from participating in the attack. 36...Rb3 And now I lose the b-pawn and isolate my last connected pawn. I'm depressed after losing the advantage, but I hang on for the draw. 37.Ra5 Rxb2 38.Rxa6 Rd2 39.h6+ Kf8 40.Rd6 I made time control with 11 seconds left on my clock. Better time management may have resulted in fewer questionable moves. 40...Ke7 41.Rd5 Ra2 42.Ra5 Rd2 43.Ra4 Kf6 44.Rb4 Kg6 45.a4 Kxh6 46.a5 Ra2 47.Rb5 Kg6 48.d5 Kf5 49.d6+ Ke6 50.Rd5 A "cheapo" that made my opponent smile. 50...Kd7 [50...Kxd5 51.d7 And the pawn can't be stopped.] 51.Rf5 Kxd6 52.Rxf7 Rxa5 53.Rxh7 Rf5 54.Rh4 Kd5 55.Kf2 Ke4 56.Kg3 1/2-1/2 Leo Sotaridona - Robert Zing , Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 Be6?! 8.Nge2 0-0 9.Qd2 a6 10.0-0 Rb8 11.g4 Qc7 12.Ng3 b5 13.Bh6 Rfd8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.f4 Bc8 16.g5 Ne8 17.Nd5 Qd7 18.f5 f6 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.gxf6+ Nxf6 21.Qg5 Qe8 22.Rxf6! Ne5 23.Nh5+ Kh7 24.Rf4 Nd7 25.Raf1 Kh8 26.Qh6+ 1-0 Fred Eric Spell - Paul Anderson, Robatsch 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 Bg4 6.e3 Qb6 7.Qc2 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nd7 9.Bg2 c5 10.d5 Qb4 11.Qb3 Ne5 12.0-0-0 Nxc4 13.Qxb4 cxb4 14.Na4 Rc8 15.Kb1 b5 16.b3 Na3# 0-1 Philipp Ponomarev - Laurence Coker, Benoni 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.d5 d6 4.e4 Nbd7 5.f4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5 Ng4 9.e6 fxe6 10.dxe6 Nf8 11.Bb5+ 1-0 Ales Relyea - Brian Wall, Danish Gambit A lesson in playing against one of Brian's favorite openings! 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 c6 6.Nf3 d6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.Qb3 Nh6 9.Na3 Nc5 10.Qc2 Be6 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Rfe1 0-0-0 13.Ng5 Bxc4 14.Nxc4 f6 15.Nf3 Be7 16.Nd4 Rhe8 17.Ba3 Bf8 18.Nf5 Nxf5 19.exf5 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 d5 21.Nd2 Ne4 22.Bxf8 Nxd2 23.Be7 Re8 0-1 Gary Bagstad - Eric Billaux, Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd7 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bg2 a6 9.0-0 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.h4 h6 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.Bf4 Qb6 14.Rfe1 0-0-0 15.Qd2 Rdg8 16.Ne2 Qd8 17.d4 g5 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Be3 g4 20.Nh2 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Ndxe5 22.Qc3 Qc7 23.Nf4 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Bf6 25.Qe3 d4 26.Qe2 Rxh2! 27.Kxh2 Nf3+ 28.Kh1 Qxf4! 29.gxf4 Rh8+ 30.Bh3 Rxh3+ 31.Kg2 Nxe1+ 0-1 Guy Wheatley - Imre Barlay, QGD 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Rc1 0-0 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 c6 9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 Bf8 11.Ne5 Qb6 12.f4 Qxb2 13.g4 Be7 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.g5 hxg5 16.fxg5 Rh8 17.Rc2 Qb4 18.Qg4 Nf8 19.gxf6 gxf6 20.Rg2 Rxh4 21.Bg6+ Kg7 22.Qxh4 Nxg6 23.Qh5 1-0 Richard Cordovano - Leonardo Sotaridona, English 1.c4 d6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Rb1 c6 8.0-0 Kh8 9.b4 a6 10.a4 Qe8 11.b5 axb5 12.axb5 c5 13.Ne1 Nbd7 14.Nc2 Nb6 15.Bg5 e4 16.Ne3 Be6 17.f3 h6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Qc2 Bd4 20.Ncd1 exd3 21.exd3 Bxc4 22.dxc4 Bxe3+ 23.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 24.Kh1 f4? 25.Rbe1 Qa3 26.Re7 Ra4? 27.Qg6 Rg8 28.Bh3 fxg3 29.hxg3 1-0 Manny Presicci - Larry Wutt, French 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Ne7 10.Bd2 0-0 11.Bd3 Nbc6 12.Ne2 Bd7 13.0-0 Ng6 14.f4 Na5 15.Bxa5 Qxa5 16.Rfb1 b5 17.Rb4 Qc7 18.Rab1 a6 19.R4b2 Rab8 20.Nc1 Qc3 21.Nb3 Rfc8 22.Qf2 Nf8 23.Qd2 Qc7 24.Nc5 Qa7 25.Qa5 Ra8 26.a4 Rxc5 27.dxc5 Qxc5+ 28.Kh1 Bc6 29.axb5 axb5 30.Qb4 Qe3 31.Re1 Qf2 32.Rf1 Qe3 33.Rbb1 Ra4 34.Qd6 Ra6 35.Qb4 Ra4 36.Qd6 Ra6 37.Qb4 ½-½ Hoang Lim - William Coyle, QP 1.d4 e5 2.c3 e4 3.e3 d5 4.c4 (Now we have a French Defense with colors reversed.) 4...c6 5.Ne2 f5 6.Nf4 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.c5 Na6 10.Nd2 b6 11.Re1 bxc5 12.Bxa6 Bxa6 13.Ne6 Qd6 14.Nxf8 Ng4 15.g3 Rxf8 16.f3 exf3 17.Nxf3 c4 18.Qa4 Bb5 19.Qxa7 Qe6 20.Bd2 Qe4 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Bg5 23.Rad1 Bh6 24.Bc1 c3 25.Qd4 cxb2 26.Bxb2 Qf3 27.Rd2 Ra8 28.Rf2 Qh5 29.Bc3 Ra4 30.Qb6 Ra8 31.Qb7 Re8 32.Qd7 Bd3 33.Qxc6 Be4 34.Bd2 Rxe5 35.a4 d4 36.Qc4+ Rd5 37.a5 d3 38.Qc8+ Kf7 39.Qb7+ Ke6 40.Qc6+ Rd6 41.Qc8+ Rd7 42.Rb1 f4 43.Rb6+ Ke7 44.Bb4+ 1-0 Robert Zing - Daniel Gonzales, English 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.a3 g6 8.d3 Bg7 9.Bg5 Qd7 10.Rb1 0-0-0 11.Nd5 Qe6 12.Nd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxf6 Qxf6 15.Qa4 d5 16.Bxd5 Rxd5 17.cxd5 Nd4 18.Rfe1 Bxd5 19.e4 Bc6 20.Qa6+ Kd7 21.Qc4 h5 22.Rbc1 h4 23.Re3 h3 24.b4 b5 25.Qa2 g5 26.Kf1 g4 27.Nb3 Nxb3 28.Qxb3 Qg6 29.Rc5 Re8 30.Re1 f5 31.Rec1 Re6 32.Rxc6 Rxc6 33.Rxc6 Qxc6 34.Qf7+ Kd8 35.Qxf5 Qc1+ 36.Ke2 Qc2+ 37.Ke3 Qc1+ 38.Ke2 Qc2+ 39.Ke1 Qc1+ 40.Ke2 Qc2+ ½-½ Dan Avery - Philipp Ponomarev, QGD 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Qf6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Be2 Qf5 10.Qb3 0-0-0 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.Rfc1 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Kb8 14.Be2 Ka8 15.Na4 Bd6 16.Qc2 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 Ne4 18.Be1 f5 19.f3 Nef6 20.Bd3 g6 21.b4 Rhe8 22.Re2 Re7 23.Nc5 Rde8 24.Bf2 b6 25.Nxd7 Nxd7 26.Rc1 Kb7 27.Rec2 Nb8 28.a3 Rc7 29.Rb1 Nd7 30.a4 a6 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 c5 33.Ra1 c4 34.Bf1 Bb4 35.Bg3 Rcc8 36.Kf2 g5 37.h4 h6 38.Be2 Re6 39.Rca2 Ba5 40.Ra3 Rce8 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.f4 g4 43.Bh4 Bd2 44.Bxg4 fxg4 45.f5 Bxe3+ 46.Kf1 Rf8 47.Ra7+ Kc8 48.Ra8+ Nb8 49.Bg3 Rxf5+ 0-1 Brian Wall - Guy Wheatley, Center Counter 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 Bf6 9.Ne4 Qe7 10.Nxf6+ gxf6 11.d4 0-0-0 12.c3 Bg4 13.Qb3 e4 14.Nh4 Qd7 15.Bxe4 Rhe8 16.Bd2 Nb6 17.a4 Be6 18.Qc2 Nc4 19.Bf4 Nd6 20.d5 Nxe4 21.dxc6 Qxc6 22.Qxe4 Qc5 23.Rad1 Bd7 24.Qxh7 Rh8 25.Qxf7 Rxh4 26.Qxd7+! 1-0 Fred Eric Spell - Alex Relyea, French 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 h6 4.e5 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Be3 Qb6 9.Rb1 c4 10.0-0 Ne7 11.b3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Nf5 13.Na4 Qa6 14.Re1 Bxa4 15.bxa4 Be7 16.c3 0-0 17.g4 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Bxh4 19.Re3 f5 20.Rh3 Bxf2+?! 21.Kg2 fxg4 22.Qxg4 Rf7 23.Bxh6 Raf8 24.Rf3! Bxd4 25.Rxf7 Rxf7 26.cxd4 Qxa4 27.Kg1 Qxa2 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Qb1+ 30.Kg2 Qe4+ 31.Qxe4 dxe4 32.Bd2 b5 33.Bb4 Kf7 34.Kf2 Kg6 35.Ke3 Kf5 36.Ba5 g5 37.h3 a6 38.Bb4 1-0 Philipp Ponomarev - Brian Wall, French 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bd2 Qa4 9.Bd3 c4 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Qb1 b5 12.0-0 Nbc6 13.g4 h5 14.h3 hxg4 15.hxg4 f6 16.Kg2 fxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nc6 19.Bf4 0-0-0 20.Qd1 Be8 21.Qd2 d4 22.Bg5 d3 23.Bd1 dxc2 24.Bxd8 cxd1Q 25.Rfxd1 Qa6 26.Bg5 Qb7 27.f3 Bd7 28.Qd6 Re8 29.Rab1 Na5 30.Qxd7+ Qxd7 31.Rxd7 Kxd7 32.Rxb5 Nb3 33.Rb7+ Kc6 34.Rxg7 Kd5 35.Bf6 Nc5 36.g5 Rb8 37.g6 Rb2+ 38.Kh3 Rb1 39.Rxa7 Rg1 40.Ra5 Rxg6 41.Be7 Kxe5 42.Rxc5+ Kf4 43.Rg5 Rh6+ 44.Kg2 Ke3 45.a4 Kd3 46.Bb4 Rh8 47.Rg6 e5 48.Re6 1-0 Paul Anderson - Eric Billaux, QGD Chigorin 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.cxd5 Bxf3 5.gxf3 Qxd5 6.e3 e5 7.dxe5 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Rd8 9.Nc3 Qxe5 10.Qa4 Nge7 11.Qb5 Qf6 12.Be2 0-0 13.Rg1 Rxd2 14.Kxd2 Rd8+ 15.Kc2 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Qb2 Ndb4+ 18.Kc1 Nd3+ 19.Bxd3 Rxd3 20.Kc2 Qf5 21.Rg5 Qd7 22.Qb5 Rd2+ 23.Kb3 b6 24.Rag1 g6 25.R1g4 Rxf2 26.h4 Qd1+ 27.Ka3 Qc1+ 28.Kb3 Na5+ 29.Qxa5 bxa5 30.h5 Qc2+ 31.Kc4 Qxa2+ 32.Kc5 Rc2 33.h6 Rxc3+ 0-1 Richard Cordovano - Dan Avery, Slav 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Qb6 9.Qb5 Qxb5 10.Nxb5 Rc8 11.Rc1 a6 12.Nc3 e6 13.Nf3 Nb4 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.0-0 Bxe5 16.Bxe5 Nd3 17.Rc2 0-0 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Rd2 Nxb2 20.Rxb2 Rxc3 21.Rxb7 Rc2 22.a3 Rc3 23.h3 Rfc8 24.Ra7 Rxa3 25.Rb1 Kg7 26.Rbb7 Rc1+ 27.Kh2 Rf1 28.Rxf7+ Kg6 29.Rxh7 ( 29 g4!! - Dan) 29...Rxf2 30.Rag7+ Kf5 31.Rh5+ Ke4 32.Rg4+ Kd3 33.e4 dxe4 34.d5 Ra5 35.Rh6 exd5 36.Rgg6 Raa2 37.h4 e3 38.Rxf6 Rxg2+ 39.Kh3 Rh2+ 40.Kg4 Rag2+ 41.Kh5 e2 42.Rd6 Rxh4+ 43.Kxh4 e1Q+ 0-1 Tim Fisher - Imre Barlay, Sicilian Kopec 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.c3 g6 5.Bc2 Bg7 6.h3 e5 7.d3 Nge7 8.g4 h5 9.g5 Be6 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.h4 0-0 12.Nf1 d5 13.Be3 d4 14.Bc1 dxc3 15.bxc3 b5 16.Ne3 Rad8 17.Bb2 Qc7 18.Qe2 b4 19.Bb3 Bxb3 20.axb3 bxc3 21.Bxc3 Nd4 22.Nxd4 exd4 23.Ba5 Qb7 24.Nc4 Rb8 25.Rb1 Qd7 26.f4 Rb7 27.Ne5 Bxe5 28.fxe5 Qe6 29.Rf1 Rxb3 30.Rxb3 Qxb3 31.Rf6 Qb1+ 32.Kf2 Rb8 33.Kg3 Rb3 34.Rf3 Nc6 35.Bc7 Rb2 36.Qf1 Qxf1 37.Rxf1 Rb3 38.Bd6 c4 39.e6 fxe6 40.Rf6 Rxd3+ 41.Kf2 Kg7 42.Bf8+ Kg8 43.Bc5 Ne5 44.Rxe6 Ng4+ 45.Ke2 Re3+ 46.Kd2 Rd3+ 47.Ke2 Re3+ 48.Kd2 Nf2 49.Re8+ Kh7 50.Re7+ Kg8 51.Re8+ ½-½ Earl Wutt - Rod Santiago, Slav 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qb3 Qc7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Nd7 8.Rc1 Be6 9.e3 Ngf6 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.Be5 Nhf6 14.Bg3 Be7 15.0-0 0-0 16.Ne2 g5 17.Ne5 Kg7 18.f4 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Ne4 20.b3 Bg4 21.Bxe4 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 dxe4 23.Qg4 Qa5 24.Rf2 Qd5 25.Rcf1 c5 26.Rf5 cxd4 27.e6 Qxe6 28.Rxf7+ Qxf7 29.Rxf7+ Rxf7 30.Be5+ Bf6 31.Bxf6+ Kxf6 32.Qxe4 dxe3 33.Qxe3 Kg7 34.Qd4+ Kg8 35.h3 a6 36.Qd6 Kg7 37.a4 Raf8 38.Qe5+ Kh7 39.a5 Rf5 40.Qe4 Kg8 41.Qxb7 Rxa5 42.Qb6 Ra1+ 43.Kh2 Kh7 44.Qc7+ Kg6 45.Qc6+ Rf6 46.Qe8+ Kg7 47.Qe5 Raf1 48.b4 R1f5 49.Qc7+ Kg8 50.Qc8+ Kg7 51.Qd7+ Kf8 52.Qd8+ Kf7 ½-½ Eric Billaux - Brian Wall, Vienna 1.e4 ( If Eric can win, he ties for first. ) 1...e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Na4 0-0 8.Nxc5 dxc5 9.0-0 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 b5 11.Bb3 Qd6 12.c3 Rad8 13.Bc2 Nd7 14.a3 f6 15.f5 c4 16.dxc4 bxc4 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Rfd1 Nd3 19.b4 Qd7 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.Bc5 Rfe8 22.Rd2 h6 23.Rad1 Qf7 24.Rxd3 Qc4 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.h3 Nf7 28.h4 Nd6 29.Bxd6 cxd6 30.Qe3 Kh7 31.Kh2 Qa6 32.Qd2 Qxa3 33.c4 Qb3 ½-½ Leonardo Sotaridona - Earl Wutt, Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.h3 d6 7.Be3 0-0 8.g4 Ne8 9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Nd1 f5 11.c3 Nc6 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Ne2 e5 14.gxf5 Bxf5 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.h4 h5 17.Qe2 Nf6 18.Bg5 Qd7 19.Ne3 Ne7 20.Bf3 Kf7 21.Nxh5 Nxh5 22.Bxh5 Rh8 23.Bg4 Qc6 24.Bf3 Bxd3 25.Bxc6 Bxe2 26.Bxe7 Kxe7 27.Nf5+ Kf6 28.Bxb7 Rab8 29.Nxd6 Rxb7 30.Kxe2 Rxb2+ 31.Kf3 Ke6 32.Ne4 Rf8+ 33.Kg3 Kd5 34.f3 Rg8 35.Rhd1+ Kc6 36.Rd6+ Kb5 37.Rg6 Kc4 38.h5 Rbb8 39.Kg4 Bh6 40.Kf5 Bf4 41.Rxg8 Rxg8 42.Rh1 Rh8 43.Kg6 Rh6+ 44.Kg7 Kd3 ½-½ Thao Le - Alex Relyea, French 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nf6 8.Qb5+ Nbd7 9.Bg5 Qe7+ 10.Kd1 0-0-0 11.Re1 Qf8 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Kc2 a6 14.Qd3 Ng4 15.Rxe8+ Qxe8 16.Re1 Qf8 17.Re2 Nxh2?! 18.Nxh2 Bxh2 19.g3 Qd6 20.Nf3 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Qxg3 22.Qe3 Kb8 23.Qf4 Qxf4 24.Bxf4 Kc8 25.Re7 Rf8 26.Ng5 Kd8 27.Rxf7 Rxf7 28.Nxf7+ Kc8 29.Ne5 h6 30.Nxd7 Kxd7 1-0 Daniel Gonzales - Gerry Sunderland, Reti 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg2 c6 6.b3 g6 7.Bb2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.e3 Re8 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Re1 Nf8 12.d3 h6 13.Qc2 N8h7 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Nd4 Qd7 16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Qd7 19.d4 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 Nf6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.d5 Nxd5 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Bxd5 cxd5 25.Qc5 Rd8 26.Qxa7 d4 27.a4 Qd5 28.Qb6 Rd6 29.Qb4 b6 30.Qa3 Qe5 31.Qb2 Qf6 32.Qd2 Qf3 33.Qd3 Qxd3 34.Rxd3 Kf6 35.f4 Kf5 36.Kf2 Ke4 37.Ke2 Rc6 38.Kd2 f5 39.h4 g5 40.fxg5 hxg5 41.hxg5 Rg6 0-1 Anthea Carson - William Coyle 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4?! 4.Nxd4 ( or 4 c3!) 4...exd4 5.e5 d6 6.Qh5 Qe7 7.f4 g6 8.Qe2 dxe5 9.fxe5 Nh6 10.0-0 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Qe4 c5 13.Na3 0-0-0 14.Nc4 Nf5 15.g4 Nh4 16.Nd6+ 1-0 Kaila Smith - Gregory Carlson, Scotch Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nxc3 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.0-0 Ne5? 8.Be2 ( 8 Nxe5, 1-0) 8...h6 9.Nxe5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 dxe5 11.Be3 Qf6? 12.Qb5+ Qc6 13.Qxe5+ Ne7 14.Nd5 Rc8 15.Rac1 Qd6 16.Nxc7+ Rxc7 17.Qxd6 Nd5 18.Qe5+ Re7 19.Qxd5 Rd7 20.Rc8+ 1-0