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Gens Una Sumus!

Newsletter #875

June 28, 2019

By Abel Talamantez

Table of Content

 

Ivanov continues amazing tournament performance with a victory over FM Andy Lee as he looks to secure Summer TNM Championship.

 


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Aleksandr Ivanov converted the king and pawn endgame to keep sole first in the Summer TNM

Aleksandr Ivanov continued his amazing run in the 2019 Summer TNM with a victory in round 5 against FM Andy Lee. With 3 rounds remaining, he is in sole first in the Championship section with 4.5/5, his sole draw coming against pre tournament favorite FM Kyron Griffith. Griffith continued his chase on the leader with a decisive win against NM Russell Wong. FM Ezra Chambers, who will be attending Webster University in the fall and studying with Susan Polgar and the championship chess team in St. Louis, also kept pace with a win against NM Rui Yang Yan. So the top of the leaderboard has Ivanov at 4.5, with Griffith and Chambers at 4 and many strong players looking to make a move at 3.5. Consistency will be the key here for Ivanov to hold on to the lead, and the champion will likely be the player that can maintain high quality play against difficult opponents over the next 3 weeks. 


Ella Papanek shows she is a cut above the field so far in the tough A/B section of the TNM

In the A/B section, Ella Papanek has returned to the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club and has brought her top game with her, as she won against Teodoro Porlares and has sole first with 4.5/5, the lone half point coming as a result of a bye in the first round. Mansoor Mohammed is at 4/5 and a few players are a point behind at 3.5. The next week could be an opportunity for Papanek to create separation from the field, but it also provides an opportunity for Mohammed to leapfrog into the lead and allow others into the chase.

In the under 1600 section, there is a 3-way tie for first at 4.5/5 between Michael Baer, Romeo Barreyro, and Gregory Rousso. The next round should produce some exciting chess that will thin the race even more and establish a clear favorite. 

As we head into the championship rounds, we will be broadcasting the top board in the A/B section on board 9 of our DGT boards and the top u1600 board on board 10. 

Standings and results can be found by following this link:

https://www.milibrary.org/tuesday-night-marathon#standings

You can follow our broadcasts and watch previous broadcasts on our Twitch channel and YouTube channel:

https://www.twitch.tv/mechanicschess

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw3dh9SwMBEg2zBb6AHMT9A

 

2019 Addison Memorial a Resounding Success as FM Kyron Griffith tops the field in our $5000 Guaranteed Event.

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It was a full house at the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club for the Addison Memorial this past weekend!

A $5000 guaranteed prize cool and long time control 3-day event attracted 90 players to the 2019 Addison Memorial, with many of the nation’s top scholastic players as part of the field. We also broadcast the top 6 boards in the open section and the top board in the A, B, C and DEu sections, creating some buzz and excitement for players and spectators alike. When it was all said and done, FM Kyron Griffith won the event outright and the $1000 prize with 4.5/5, made possible with a dramatic come from behind win in round 4 against FM Ezra Chambers. 

 

FM Kyron Griffith and FM Ezra Chambers attracted quite a large crowd to observe the ending of their round 4 game.

That game was the match of the tournament, as FM Chambers had a decisive advantage, but let it slip in time pressure. The final minutes produced some exciting dramatic chess as both players were looking to go for the kill under intense time pressure and a complicated position. You can watch the broadcast of the final minutes with commentary by GM Nick de Firmian, FM Paul Whitehead and guest IM Vincent McCambridge by clicking this link to the 3:37:00 mark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbmRPbRTlHQ

It was a joy to see so many strong scholastic players across all sections, may of which ended up finishing in the money. We hope to see many of them back again in our events!

 

Many of the nation's top scholastic players participated, including Milind Maiti, Chelsea Zhou, Maurya Palusa, Rui Yang Yan, Ashley Pang, and Shaashwath Sivakumar.

In the A section, MI regular Daniel McKellar shared first with Sathvik Singireddy with 4/5. In the B section, Teodoro Porlares and Tony Zhou shared first with 4/5. In the C section, Mateo Hansen used a great queen sacrifice in the final round to win his game and take sole first with 4.5/5. In the DEu section, Robert Wang and Prescott Yu shared first prize with 4/5. 

What made the event even more fun was our live broadcast, where many parents in the meeting room could follow their children’s games and where many followed from home and from around the world.

 

FM Kyron Griffith and NM Eric Yuhan Li go over their game on the live broadcast as FM Paul Whitehead observes 

You can view the final standings and prizes by following this link:

https://www.milibrary.org/chess-tournament-archive?y=2019&t=76&e=239183

Special thanks to everyone who helped make this an amazing weekend. We will have more big events like this in the near future so stay tuned through our chess club home page: www.chessclub.org

 

 

My Mechanics' Institute Story by Andy Kim

 

My brother taught me how to play chess when I was five. Throughout my childhood, I improved to the point where I even beat him once. Later on in middle school, I defeated all of my classmates, and felt like I was actually pretty good at this game. However, due to other interests, I unfortunately didn’t have the motivation to pursue chess more seriously. 

When I stumbled upon online chess (chess.com) in college, I also discovered, along with it, the Elo rating system and the incredible number of levels of mastery in chess. I found out that the 12-year-old-me was wrong; I was actually a tiny, weak fish in a vast ocean of chess players! The game all of a sudden did not look so simple, and my curiosity for chess was re-ignited; I was hooked on online chess. 

After I graduated from college last year and moved to SF for work, I found that I now had some time in the evenings after a 9-5 job, so I started going to the local chess club, the Mechanics’ Institute. There I played my first over-the-board tournament, and had a great showing. I was having so much fun throughout my first tournament that I ended up becoming a MI member and regular competitor in the TNMs and weekend tournaments. 

Looking back at the experience overall as I now prepare to move back to the East Coast, the Mechanics’ Institute provided a place for me to discover a new layer of the game I’ve loved. MI delivers a higher-level experience of being a chess club, thanks to all these new advancements from the Twitch livestream, DGT boards, the active social media accounts, to the numerous partnerships that the club has had with other chess organizations. MI’s efforts to contribute to the chess community at large has even inspired me to post on Instagram about chess (ig: @andykimj), write in my own blog (https://www.chess.com/blog/andykimj), and occasionally stream chess on Twitch myself. 

​I now leave as a B-player with aspirations of becoming an NM someday (I was probably about a C-player last year)… although there won’t be a place like MI on the East Coast, I know I’ll be doing whatever I can to promote chess in my community, just like how the community at MI has been doing. MI not only gave me an enjoyable one-year experience, but also gave me the foundation to grow a lifelong hobby - and for that I am thankful. I hope to visit soon and compete in this historic club again. 

 

Mechanics’ Club Player Gets the Attention of Jon Speelman

 

The Mechanics’ Institute has its share of characters from various backgrounds, but this one took me a bit by surprise. Club regular Guy Argo, who is also a racecar driver, shared some of his games with Jon Speelman in an article for Chessbase.

You can view the article and games through this link:

https://flipboard.com/topic/chess/jon-speelman%26%2339%3Bs-agony-column/f-4147cbc731%2Fchessbase.com

 

Tony's Teasers

Last week's problem:


1. d5!!!   Qxf1
2. Re6#

This week's problem:
 

 

Mate in 3, white to move. Vince Eaton, 1936

 

Friendly Rivalries, Part 12

By FM Paul Whitehead

IM Elliott Winslow is a good friend of mine, and we have shared long-time friendships with many folks in common, of people inside and outside of this Game of Chess.


Elliott Winslow 1975

Elliott’s accomplishments in the Chess World are many, including state champion of Missouri multiple times, and many times winner of the North American Open.  He became an International Master in 1986 here in San Francisco, at the 2nd Miz Brown’s Tournament.
Elliott counts playing world #2 Korchnoi at the Pasadena US Open in 1983 as just one highlight in a career that has spanned both coasts and everything in-between. 
Elliott worked for the U.S. Chess Federation as assistant editor for Chess Life, and has played Backgammon and Poker professionally.  After being semi-retired for 16 years he was lured back into chess and the Bay Area in 2011 by IM John Donaldson, to work as part of the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Team.
Since his return, Elliott has proved to be a very strong, resilient and active player.  He has won the MI Chess Club’s flagship event the Tuesday Night Marathon countless times, and last month won the Northern California Senior Championship here at the MI, earning him a trip to Florida for the US Senior Championship later in the year.
Elliott has earned the sobriquet “Alley-Cat” for his many lives.
Elliott and I played 7 times over a span of 11 years, from 1976 to 1987, with 2 wins apiece and 3 draws.  It seems we were rather evenly matched- perhaps we had a certain respect for each other.  
Another question is why Elliott and I both have difficulty in recalling these games.
And so this becomes an exercise in memory: 
Who were these chess-players?

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(1) Winslow,Elliott C (2364) - Whitehead,Paul A (2197) [A56]
Golden Gate op San Francisco (1.6), 03.07.1976
[Winslow,Elliott]

A hard-fought draw in our first encounter. White tries to break Black's grip by sacrificing the exchange with 23.Nxf4, and the game swung in the balance before petering out into a drawn Rook ending. Notes by Winslow. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bg5 [Maybe I should wait until 7.Be2 0-0 8.Bg5] 7...h6 8.Bh4 [8.Bd2!?] 8...g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Qc2 Nf4 

 

11.h4 a6 12.Rh2?! [12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.Nd1 -e3-f5] 12...Nd7 13.0-0-0 g4 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.f3 What else? 15...N6h5 16.Bxf4 [16.Be1 g3 17.Rh1 Bf6 18.Ne2 ...-/+] 16...exf4 17.fxg4 Bxg4 18.Be2 Bxe2 [18...Qd7] 19.Nxe2 b5 Not necessarily good 20.Rh3?! [20.Rhh1!?] 20...Be5 

21.Qb3 Interesting but not necessarily good. 21...Rb8 22.Qf3 Ng3 23.Nxf4 Bxf4 24.Rxg3 Bxg3 25.Qxg3 Qf6 26.e5 Qg6 27.Qe3? Cheap -- [better 27.Qf4!] 27...0-0 28.exd6 Qxd6 29.cxb5 Rxb5 30.Nc4 Qf6 

31.d6 Qxh4 32.g4 Somehow I thought this prevented his next! 32...Qg5 33.Qxg5+ hxg5 34.Rd5 f6 35.Kc2 Kf7 36.a4 Rbb8 37.b3 [37.Rxc5 Rbc8 38.Rxc8 Rxc8 39.Kd3 Ke6 intending ...Rh8] 37...Rfc8 38.Kd3 Ke6 39.Ke4 Rg8 40.Rd3 Rgd8 

41.Ke3 Rd7 42.Ke4 Rbd8 43.Rd5 Rb8 44.Rd3 Rbd8 45.Rd5 Rxd6 46.Nxd6 Rxd6 47.Rxc5 Rb6 48.Rc3 Rb4+ 49.Kf3 Ke5 50.Rd3 Ke6 

1/2-1/2

 

(2) Winslow,Elliott C (2317) - Whitehead,Paul A (2322) [B49]
LERA May Sunnyvale (4.2), 28.05.1978

Black doesn't play with enough heart, chooses a difficult opening variation, gives up the ghost with barely a squeek. Not my best game by a long shot. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 0-0 10.Nxc6 bxc6 

11.c4 Be7 If 11...Nxe4 12.Qd4 or 12.c5 leave White with a strong grip on the position. Perhaps 11...Bd6 is best here. 12.Bf3 d6 13.Bf4 e5 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Rc1 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Rab8 17.b3 h6 18.Be3 c5 Maybe it was better to stay flexible. In that case 18...Nh7 might suggest itself. 19.g3 Bf8 20.Nc3 Re8

21.Bg2 Nd7 Black has no plan and goes under quickly with this bad move and the next. 21...a5 is the right idea. 22.f4 f6? 22...exf4 followed by 23...Nf6 is the last chance to hold. 23.f5 Bf7 24.Bf3 Black is without counter-play. 24...Rbd8 25.Kf2 Nb8 26.Bh5 Nc6 27.Nd5 Qb7 28.g4 Kh8 29.Rg1 a5 Too late. 30.h4 Bxh5 31.gxh5 Nb4

Black might have lost on time, as there's still a bit of play left. My memory does not serve me. However, after his previous dis-spirited play, resigning is totally justified. 1-0

 

(3) Whitehead,Paul A (2391) - Winslow,Elliott C (2406) [B92]
9th Bagby San Francisco, 01.1984

A see-saw battle where Black suddenly gets knocked out, probably due to time-pressure. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.a4 Qc7

11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 Nbd7 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Nd4 Rfe8 15.Raf1 Rad8 16.Nf5 Nfd7 17.R4f2 Bf8 18.Bd4 Qa5 19.Rd1 Rc8 A complicated position. Now White might try 20.Qg5 to stir things up. 20.b3 Not good here. White's attempt at "strategic" play leaves him worse. 20...g6

21.Ng3 Rc7 22.Bf3 Rec8 23.Nd5 Qxd2 24.Rdxd2 Bxd5 25.exd5 Now 25...Bh6! 26. Rde2 f5! is quite strong. 25...b5 Now the game hangs in a delicate balance. 26.axb5 axb5 27.Be2 Bh6 28.Rd1 b4 29.Ne4 Bf8 30.Ba6 Ra8

31.Bb5 Ra2 32.c4 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 h6 34.Ke2 f5 35.Nd2 Bg7 36.Ra1 Nxc4 37.Ra8+ Kh7 38.Bxg7 Simply 38...Ncb6 39.Ra6 Kxg7 is equal. 38...Nxd2?? 39.Bd4

Black loses a piece or is mated. 1-0

 

(4) Winslow,Elliott C (2365) - Whitehead,Paul A (2370) [E69]
10th Bagby San Francisco (2), 1985

Not a bad game on my part, but not a particularly good game on Elliott's side either. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 c6 9.b3 Re8 10.h3 a6

11.Be3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Qc2 Qe7 14.Rfe1 Bd7 15.f3 b5 16.b4 Looks good, but maybe 16.Rad1 instead. 16...Ne6 17.c5 dxc5 18.Nxe6 Qxe6 19.Bxc5 Nh5 Suddenly White finds himself in a bit of trouble. 20.g4 Dubious- there go the dark squares. 20.Kh2? Nxg3! is also bad. Why not simply 20.Bf2? 20...Nf4

21.Rac1 a5 22.a3 axb4 23.axb4 Ra3 White is in serious trouble. 24.Qd2 Be5 25.Ne2 Nd3 26.f4 Nxc1 27.Rxc1 Ra2 28.Qe3 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Bxf4 30.Rd1 Ra8

31.e5 To free his game, but it works only somewhat. 31...Bxe5 32.Kh1 Ra1 Black is technically-minded, as usual. 33.Rxa1 Bxa1 34.Qd2 Be5 35.Bf3 Kg7 36.Kg2 f6 37.Be4 h5 38.Bf3 h4 39.Qd3 Qa2+ An inevitable incursion. 40.Bf2 Be8

The time-control is reached, White is 2 pawns down and there's little point in playing it out. 0-1

 

(5) Whitehead,Paul A (2370) - Winslow,Elliott C (2365) [B99]
San Francisco Intl 1st San Francisco (8), 19.10.1985
[Winslow,Elliott]

A game rather typical of me. A dubious pawn sacrifice 12.e5 followed by a lot of nothing, but just enough for murky play. Both players are peacefully inclined. Notes by Winslow. 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.Bd3 [I wondered if he was going to play Wolff's line 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8 16.Rg1; or the 10.Be2 silliness] 10...h6 

[10...Nc5!?] 11.Qh3 Nb6 12.e5!? dxe5 13.fxe5 Qxe5 14.Nf3 Qc7 15.Rhe1 Nbd5 [15...Nbd7!?] 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Kb1 [18.Ne5!?] 18...0-0 19.Ne5 b5 20.Re4 f5!? [Maybe better is 20...Nf6 21.Rh4 Bb7 as 22.Rxh6 fails to 22...gxh6 23.Qxh6 Ne4] 21.Ree1 Bb7

[He thought he was worse and accepted quickly; I thought after 21...Bb7 22.Ng6 Qb4 (22...Qf6! Nick thought enough for the exchange) 23.a3 Nc3+ 24.Ka1 (24.Kc1=) 24...Qc5 25.Nxf8 (25.Rxe6 Nxd1 26.Ne7+ Kf7 (26...Kh7 27.Qh5) 27.Bxf5! Rfe8) 25...Nxd1 is okay] 1/2-1/2

 

(6) Winslow,Elliott C - Whitehead,Paul A [B09]
11th Bagby San Francisco (4), 18.01.1986

Another peaceful draw. Elliott and I never seemed to meet on a great day for either of us. 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Nf3 Na6 7.0-0 c5 8.d5 Rb8 9.Qe1 Nb4 10.a3 Nxd3

11.cxd3 e6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.e5 Nh5 14.Ne4 dxe5 15.Nxe5 15.dxe5 is perhaps better, but White has little. Black is active. 15...Qd5 16.Be3 b6 17.Nc3 Qd6 18.Ne4 Qd5 19.Nc3 Qd6 20.Ne4 Black can now 20...Qb3 to keep the game alive, but instead... 20...Qd5

1/2-1/2

 

(7) Winslow,Elliott C - Whitehead,Paul A [A65]
12th Bagby San Francisco (7), 25.01.1987

Our final encounter, and Elliott absolutely clobbers me in a perfectly played game. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 b6 10.h4

Now Black should seriously consider 10. ..h5. 10...Ba6 11.h5 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 h6? Panicking, but Black is already in trouble. 13.Bxh6 Nxh5 14.Nge2 f5 15.exf5 Rxf5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.g4!

White's position plays itself, and with Winslow at the controls Black's doom is certain. 17...Rxf3+ 18.Kg2 Nd7 19.gxh5 Qf6 20.Ne4 Qf5 21.N2g3 Qg4 22.hxg6 Rf4 23.Qxf4!

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After 23...Qxf4 24.Nh5+ Black is a Rook and Knight down. 1-0

 

 

Scholastic Corner

By Judit Sztaray

Girls in chess is a hot topic nowadays, it seems to be trendy topic to discuss and form your projects around. But what about 16 years ago? The situation was quite different then: with less than 1%(!) of USCF memberships belonging to females, dedicating a tournament just for girls seemed a controversial and not at all a sound initiative. Thank God for the visionary leaders like GM Susan Polgar, who together with Frank Niro and the rest of the Susan Polgar Foundation, created the very first all girls tournament. The Susan Polgar Foundation Girls’ Invitational was officially approved by US Chess back in 2003, and became the first all girls tournament to award a national title.
Fast forward 16 years, I was honored to be invited to be the chairwoman and the Chief Tournament Director for the Susan Polgar Foundation Girls Invitational event. Leading up to the event, we worked tirelessly for months to track down affiliates and ask for nominees from each state, and the countries in the Americas to secure strong players for this tournament. At the end, we had representatives from 38 states and DC and girls from 11 different countries at this year’s tournament that took place June 22-27 at SPICE, Webster University, Saint Louis, MO. It was not only the largest attendance ever, but also the strongest field in the history of SPGFI. The top 20 players were all 2000+ rated with 3 girls over 2200+. Northern California was represented by no less than five girls: Rochelle Wu lead the delegation, followed by Omya Vidyarthi, Anika Rajaram, Mai-ha Nghiem and Marina Xiao. 

The amazing and cool thing about this event is while it’s a tournament, it also feels like a camp, since all the girls are staying in one building, eat meals together, and have side events together. I enjoyed seeing all the girls socialize, have the opportunity to make new friends and have fun during these 6 days.
Side events included blitz, bughouse, the famous Polgar puzzle solving competition, and also an interesting alumni panel discussion, where former SPFGI players, such as the popular streamer Alexandra Botez, came back and discussed how chess and this tournament impacted their lives. Game analysis sessions with titled players, such as GM Illya Nyzhnyk, who recently won the National Open in Las Vegas; live streaming of after round decompression with Alexandra Botez; and dance class with a Cuban instruction were just the few extras that made this event truly one of the kind.

The main event itself is a 6 round, G/90 +30s inc tournament where the girls compete in one open section. Stakes are high with cash prizes and scholarships on the line, so girls had to take every round very seriously. Before the last round there were no perfect scores and still nine girls were within reach of the first place, that comes with $4000 and a full 4 year scholarship to Webster University. Interesting fact that on the second board, the 9 year old Alice Lee from Minnesota was the second youngest competitor in the whole field, the fact that she had a shot at the title was alone sensational.

At the end, the match between WIM Emily Nguyen from Texas and WIM Mitzy Caballero from Peru was the deciding one, and with a thrilling upset, Mitzy won and took the clear first place and became the 16th SPF Girls Invitational Champion.

Frank Niro wrote a summary article that was published on uschess.org and included their game. I’m including it here for your enjoyment.


As I’m flying back from MO, it gives me enormous gratification to know that this event truly made a huge difference in 82 girls’ lives. I hope to see more and more of these events, since none of these should be viewed as competing events, rather than more opportunity for girls to play with other girls, strengthen their dedication to chess and serve as a calling to other girls to come and compete in rated events.
Finally, I’d like to thank the Mechanics’ Institute Chess Club and its committee for supporting me in this role.

 

Nick de Firmian's Column: Learn from the World Champions

This week: Boris Spassky

Boris Vasilievich Spassky was born on Januarry 30, 1937. In the summer of 1941 he was dying of starvation in an orphanage in the besieged city of Leningrad. Yet his father (a soldier) recovered in the death ward and rescued Boris, after which the family managed to slip out of Leningrad to the outskirts of Moscow where they stayed until after the war. Boris notes they were incredibly lucky to slip out of Leningrad in the second group as the first and third were bombed.

Spassky quickly developed into a major chess talent in the post war Soviet Union. He became a grandmaster at the age of 18 – one of the very youngest at the time. He reached the world elite by 1960 and won his first USSR Championship in 1961. He won the Candidates matches in both 1965 and 1968, defeating the likes of Keres, Tal, Korchnoi and Gellar. He ascended the throne with his match victory over Petrosian in 1969.

Yet Spassky will forever be remembered for the Match of the Century in 1972. He lost his crown to Fischer in Reykjavik Iceland, but the match garnered such tremendous publicity that chess has never seen before or since. It was front page news and covered on every major television station. The great contribution of Spassky was to show to world what a humanist he was despite the extreme intensity of the chess match and the cold war relations between Russians and Americans. Spassky is greatly respected by his grandmaster colleagues for his noble character. Spassky came to the Mechanics’ Institute in 2008 and played a simul. This is well remembered today, but also because he suffered a minor stroke at the club. Fortunately MD Tony Saidy was present.  Spassky is the oldest living former World Champion as 82 years.

(1) Spassky,Boris - Bronstein,David
USSR Championship, 1960

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Bd6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.d4 0-0 

Spassky has ventured the King's Gambit against Brontstein, one of its practicioners. The position is about even here. 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.0-0 h6?!

More straightforward is 8...Nf6. 9.Ne4 Nxd5 10.c4! Ne3 11.Bxe3 fxe3 12.c5 Be7 13.Bc2

White has gained squares in the center. All he needs to do is capture the e3 pawn to have a good advantage. 13...Re8 14.Qd3 e2

15.Nd6!?

A bold sacrifice! Bronstein should try 15...exf1(Q)+ 16. Rxf1 Bxd6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. cxd6 but he seeks a safer continuation. 15...Nf8?

16.Nxf7!! Sacrificing the knight AND allowing the rook to be taken with check! 16...exf1Q+ 17.Rxf1 

17...Bf5 Trying to stem the tide. On 17...Kxf7 18. Ne5+ Kg8 19. Qh7+! Nxh7 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Ng6 is mate. 18.Qxf5 Qd7 19.Qf4 Bf6 20.N3e5

The attack is too powerful now. 20...Qe7 21.Bb3 Bxe5 22.Nxe5+ Kh7 23.Qe4+

Bronstein resigned as both 23...g6 and 23...Kf8 are met by 24. Rxf8! with mate coming shortly. This brilliant game was part of the plot in the 1963 James Bond film "From Russia with Love." The brilliant villain Kronsteen plays the White side in the movie. 1-0

 

(2) Larsen,Bent - Spassky,Boris
USSR vs the World, 1970

1.b3

Larsen plays the opening named after him with which he had great success. 1...e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6

Spassky plays for direct development and control of the center - classical principles. 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 Bc5 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.e3 Bf5

Black develops with all haste. Already Black's position is easier to play.  8.Qc2 Qe7 9.Be2 0-0-0

10.f4?! Black is completely developed and now initiates actions. Larsen should have devoped with 10. Nc3 10...Ng4! 11.g3 h5 12.h3

 

12...h4!

 

Spassky sacrifices a knight to open the kingside. No doubt Larsen was somewhat worried, but it appears he can take the knight and weather the storm. 13.hxg4 hxg3 14.Rg1

14...Rh1!! This incredible shot makes the attack work. Spassky gives up a whole rook to gain a tempo for the pawn. 15.Rxh1 g2

 

16.Rf1 No better is 16. Rg1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Qh1 16...Qh4+ 17.Kd1 gxf1Q+

Larsen resigned as 18. Bxf1 Bxg4+ is the end. 0-1

 

(3) Andruet,Gilles - Spassky,Boris
Bundesliga, 1988

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Nc3 0-0 7.e3

 

The opening is reasonable for both sides and very typical. 7...Qe7 8.Rc1 Rd8 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Nf8 12.Ne2 c6

 

The game has reached a position that can arise from the Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation. 13.0-0 Ng6 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Qc5 Qd8 16.Nd2 Nh4 17.b4

 

White plays the minority attack to break up the pawns on the queenside. Spassky has avoided the exchange of queens to keep attacking possibilities on the kingside. 17...a6 18.a4 Bd7 19.Rb1 Ng4 20.Qc2 g6 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 h5

 

23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Rfe1 Qf6 25.Ndf1?

 

This is a bad square for the knight. Black's pieces become more active. 25...Ra3 26.Re2

 

26...c5! This suprising break has hidden poison. White needs to play 27. Bb5 now to stay in the game. 27.dxc5? Ne5! 28.Bb5

 

28...Qf3!!

 

This amazing shot is immediately decisive. Now 29. gxf3 Nexf3+ 30. Kh1 Bh3 and 31...Bg2 mate is coming. Andruet resigned. 0-1

 

(4) Spassky,Boris - Petrosian,Tigran [B94]
World Championship, 1969

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6

Brave of Petrosian to play a Sicilian Najdorf!  6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 h6

 

Black lags in development but has the central pawns to keep the white pieces out. The question is how long they can do that. 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.0-0-0 e6 11.Rhe1 Be7 12.f4 0-0 13.Bb3

 

White is completely developed and has some initiative. Petrosian is famous for defense however. 13...Re8 14.Kb1 Bf8

 

15.g4! Spassky begins the attack with this pawn sacrifice! The threat of 16. g5 forces Petrosian to accept it. 15...Nxg4 16.Qg2 Nf6 17.Rg1 Bd7 18.f5 Kh8 19.Rdf1 Qd8?! [19...Qe5 is the best chance to defend.] 20.fxe6 fxe6 

 

21.e5! dxe5 22.Ne4! All of White's pieces jump into the attack. Even Petrosian can't defend this. 22...Nh5 23.Qg6 exd4 

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24.Ng5 [24.Ng5 is the final blow; After 24...hxg5 25.Qxh5+ Kg8 26.Qf7+ Kh7 27.Rf3 mate is imminent.] 1-0

 

2019 Summer TNM Games Round 5

Annotations by GM Nick de Firmian and IM Elliott Winslow

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(1) Ivanov,Aleksandr (2187) - Lee,Andy (2344) [D13]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.1), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nf3 Nh5 9.Be5 Nxe5 [9...0-0] 10.dxe5 Black's knight is stuck on the rim. 10...g6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Qb3 

[13.Qd2 Qb6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Rfd8 1/2-1/2 (15) Berezjuk,S (2375)-Nedela,V (2405) Brno 1994] 13...b5?N Perhaps a bit cavalier. [Predecessor: 13...Rb8 14.Nd4 a6 15.Nce2 b5 16.Nc6 Bxc6 17.Rxc6 Rb6 18.Rfc1 Qb8 19.Nd4 Bd8 20.Nf3 Qb7 21.Qc3 Ng7 22.Qc5 Nf5 23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.Nd4 Re8 25.Rxb6 (25.Rd6! Rxd6 26.exd6+-) 25...Bxb6 26.Qc6 Re7 27.Nb3 (27.g3+/- sf10) 27...Rc7 28.Qxb7 Rxb7 29.Rc6 Kf8 30.Kf1 Ke7 31.Ke2 Kd7 32.Rc2 Rc7 33.Rxc7+ Kxc7 34.Kf3 Kc6 35.Ke2 a5 36.Kd3 a4 37.Nd2 Kc5 38.f4 Bd8 39.Nf3 h6 40.Nd4 Bh4 41.Ne2 Bf2 42.h3 Be1 43.g4 Bukovsky,M (2036)-Gono,P (2009) Slovakia 2007 1/2-1/2] 14.Bxb5! Not afraid 14...Rb8 [14...a6 15.Ba4] 15.Qa4 Bxb5 16.Nxb5 Qe8 Nothing is much better. [16...a6 17.Nbd4 (or 17.Na7 , same thing) 17...Rxb2 18.Nc6! (18.Qxa6?! Qa8) 18...Qc7 19.Qxa6; 16...Qd7 17.Nfd4; 16...Ng7 17.b3; 16...Qb6 17.Nbd4 (17.Qxa7 Qxb5 18.Qxe7 Qxb2 19.a4) 17...Qxb2 18.Nc6 Qa3 19.Qxa3 Bxa3 20.Rc3 Bb2 21.Rc2 Rb6 22.a4 It's like White is a piece up.] 17.Nfd4 Rb7 18.Qa6 White has an extra pawn and controls the queenside. Not to mention that Black knight! 18...Qd7 19.Rc6! Rc8?! 20.Rfc1 [20.Rxc8+! Qxc8 21.g4 Ng7 22.Nxa7! Qa8 23.Rc1! Qxa7 24.Rc8+ Bf8 25.Qd6 Re7 26.Nc6] 20...Rxc6 21.Nxc6 Rb6 22.Qxa7 Qxa7 23.Ncxa7 

 

("The human way") -- White will have to try very hard not to win this, especially as it was Lee who was in time trouble. 23...f6 24.Rc7 Kf8 25.f4 [25.g4! Ng7 26.Rxe7 now that there is a knight on g7 for another desperado capture, 26...Rxb5 27.Rxg7 (not to mention 27.exf6) ] 25...fxe5 26.fxe5 Bg5 27.Kf2 Rb8 28.a4 Ng7 29.g4 [Then there is the computer's 29.Nc6 Ra8 30.Nd6] 29...h5 30.h3 Ne8 31.Rc8 Rxc8 32.Nxc8 Bd8 33.b4 Nc7 34.Nxc7 Bxc7 35.Nd6 [35.a5 just wins the bishop] 35...hxg4 36.hxg4 Ke7 37.Ke2 Bxd6 38.exd6+ Kxd6 39.Kd3 e5 40.g5 [First Stockfish found 40.e4 d4 41.a5 Kc6 42.Kc4 Kc7 43.b5 g5 44.b6+ Kc6 45.Kb4 Kb7 46.Kb5! d3 47.a6+ Kc8 (47...Kb8 48.Kc6 d2 49.a7+ Ka8 50.Kc7 d1Q 51.b7+ Kxa7 52.b8Q+ Ka6 53.Qb6#) 48.Kc6 d2 49.a7; At least it finds mate in the same number of moves after the totally natural 40.a5 Kc6 41.a6 (No, 41.e4 again 41...d4 42.Kc4 is two moves faster!) 41...Kb6 42.b5] 40...Kc6 41.b5+ Kc5 42.Kc3 Kd6 [42...e4 when every king move is mate in eight(-teen).] 43.a5 Kc5 44.a6 Kb6 45.Kb4 1-0

 

(2) Wong,Russell (2200) - Griffith,Kyron (2455) [B99]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.2), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

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 h6 

This is Kyron's specialty, considering that this is the third game in a row he's played it! 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.h4 Nb6! 13.g5 Bxd4 14.Rxd4 Qc5 This was all Jirasek-Griffith, Addison Memorial two days before -- and they agreed to a draw in a move. 15.Rd2 Bd7 16.Qd3?! hxg5! 17.fxg5 Ke7 18.e5?! Qxe5 19.Rh3 Bb5! Black starts to take over after this. 20.Qf3 Bc6 21.Qf2 Qc5 22.Re3 Raf8 23.Bd3 Nd5 24.Nxd5+ Qxd5 25.b3?! [25.Be4] 25...Qh1+ 26.Kb2 Qxh4 27.Rg3 Qb4 28.c3 Qc5 0-1

 

(3) Chambers,Ezra (2308) - Yan,Rui Yang (2190) [C47]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.3), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.h3 

This is modern opening play, pursuing the road less taken. 4...Bc5 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bd6 7.dxe5 Bxe5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nb5 c6 11.f4 Bb8 12.Nc3 d6 13.Qf3 Bc7 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.b4 a5 16.a3 Qf6 17.Kh1 Bb6 18.Rab1 Nf8 19.Ne2 [19.e5 dxe5 20.Ne4 Qd8 21.f5] 19...axb4 20.axb4 Qe7?! 21.Bc3 f5?! In any case White had a powerful control of the center. 22.Ng3 fxe4 23.Nxe4 d5 24.Ng5 h6 

 

25.Rbe1! Qd7 26.Qh5! Be3 27.Nf3 Qd8 28.Ne5 d4 29.Rxe3 

 

Beginning of the end 29...Re7 30.Rd1 Kh8 31.Ng6+ Nxg6 32.Qxg6 1-0

 

(4) Tsegmed,Mugi (2125) - Winslow,Elliott C (2294) [D85]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.4), 25.06.2019
[Winslow,Elliott]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 (an unprepared, spur of the moment decision) 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 [8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2] 8...Nc6 [8...Qa5; 8...0-0] 9.Rc1 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 [11.Bd2!+/- sf10] 11...Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 0-0 13.Bb5 Rd8 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Rxc6 [Relevant: 15.Rc5!? f5 16.Rhc1 Be6 17.Ne5 f4 18.Bxf4 Rxd4+ 19.Ke3 Ra4 20.Rxc6 Ra3+ 21.Ke2 Rxa2+ 22.Kf1 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Kf7 24.Rc7 Rd8 25.Bf4 a5 26.R1c2 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 a4 28.Rc3 Rc8 29.Rxc8 Bxc8 30.Bc1 Ba6+ 31.Ke1 e5 1/2-1/2 (31) Tran,T (2541)-Sunilduth Lyna,N (2575) New Delhi 2019] 15...Bb7 16.Rc7 Bxe4 17.Rxe7 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Rxd4+ 20.Ke3 Ra4 21.Rc1 Kf8 22.Rcc7 Re8 23.Rxe8+ Kxe8 24.Rc2 g5N [Predecessor: 24...Rh4 25.Rc5 Rxh2 (actually it went 25...Ra4 26.Rc2 Rh4 27.Rc5 Rxh2 28.Ra5) 26.Ra5 h5 27.Rxa7 Kf8 28.a4? (28.f4 Rg2 (28...Kg7 29.Kf3 Rh3+ 30.Kg2 Rd3 31.a4 Kf6 32.a5=) 29.Kf3 Rg1 30.f5=) 28...h4-+ 29.a5 1-0 (31) Wolak,J (2059)-Palosz,A (2172) Polanica Zdroj 2004(29.a5 Rh1 30.Kf4 Rg1 31.a6 h3 32.Ra8+ (32.Rb7 h2 33.a7 Ra1 34.a8Q+ Rxa8 35.Rb1 Kg7 (35...Ke7) 36.Rh1 Rh8 37.Kg3 Kf6) 32...Kg7 33.a7 h2) ] 25.f4 Rxf4 26.Rc5 Ra4 27.Rxg5 Ra3+ 28.Ke4 Rxa2 29.f4 Rxh2 30.Ra5 Re2+ 31.Kf5 Re7 32.Kg5 Rc7 33.f5 h6+ 1/2-1/2

(5) Shaw,Tenzing (2287) - He,Tianyi (2186) [D96]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.5), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 a6 7.e4 b5 8.Qb3 c5 9.e5 Be6 

10.exf6 Bxb3 11.fxg7 Rg8 12.axb3 Nc6 

 

White has three pieces for the queen, but Black has reasonable counterplay. 13.dxc5? [13.d5!] 13...Nb4! 14.Rb1 Nc2+ 15.Ke2 b4 16.Na4 Qd5 17.Nd2 Rd8 18.Nb6 Qxc5 19.Nbc4 Nd4+ 20.Ke1 Nc2+ 21.Ke2 Nd4+ 22.Ke1 Nc2+ 23.Ke2 Nd4+ 

Black would be winning if he just played on... 1/2-1/2

 

(6) Diaz,Conrado (2345) - Kuczek,Kevin (1984) [A83]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.6), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c3 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nbd2 0-0 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e4 fxe4 8.Nxe4 Nc6 9.Bd3 d5 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.0-0 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Qb3 c6 15.Rae1 Qd6 16.Re3 Be6 17.Rfe1 Bf7 18.Re7 b6 19.Qc2 h6 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bd3 Kg8 22.Qe2 

 

22...Qxe7? Spectacular but inferior-- [22...Rfe8 is solid and equal.] 23.Qxe7 Rae8 24.f3! Rxe7 25.Rxe7 Ra8 With a rook on the seventh, White is better in the endgame and brought it home. 26.a3 Kf8 27.Rc7 c5 28.Kf2 g6 29.Ba6 Kg7 30.Ke3 Kf6 31.Kd2 Be6 32.b4 cxb4 33.cxb4 Ke5 34.Re7 Kf6 35.Rh7 h5 36.Rc7 Ke5 37.g3 Bf5 38.Rc6 Rd8 39.h4 d4 40.f4+ Kd5 41.Bb7 Rd7 42.Ba8 d3 43.Kc3 Rd6 44.Rxb6+ Ke6 45.Rxd6+ Kxd6 46.Bg2 Ke6 47.Bf1 d2 48.Kxd2 Kd5 49.Ke3 Bc2 50.Bd3 1-0

 

(7) Tsodikova,Natalya (2197) - Lin,Michael (2149) [C15]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.7), 25.06.2019

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 c5 8.Qg4 g6 9.Bb5 h5 10.Qd1 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.0-0 h4 14.Nge2 Qc7 15.h3 Qxe5 16.Qa4 Bb7 17.Be3 0-0 18.Rfe1 Qf6 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.f4 c5 21.Ne4 Qf5 22.Ng5 d4 23.Qb5 Rab8 24.Bf2 Bxg5 25.fxg5 Qxg5 26.g4 Qd5 0-1

(8) Doyle,NM Bryon (2186) - Rudyak,Felix (1888) [B01]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.8), 25.06.2019

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 a6 6.a4 Bg4 7.Nge2 e6 8.0-0 Nc6 9.f3 Bf5 10.Be3 0-0-0 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.fxe4 Bxe4 13.Rxf7 e5 14.c3 Qg6 15.Ng3 exd4 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Nxe4 Qxe4 18.Bd3 Qd5 19.Rf5 Qg8 20.Qg4 Kb8 21.Bxd6 Rxd6 22.Raf1 Qc8 23.Qxg7 dxc3 24.Rf8 Rxf8 25.Rxf8 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Qxc3 h6 28.h3 Qd6 29.Be4 Qd1+ 30.Kh2 Qd6+ 31.Qg3 Ne5 32.Bf3 Nxf3+ 33.gxf3 Qd2+ 34.Qg2 Qf4+ 35.Qg3 Qxa4 36.f4 Qc2+ 37.Qg2 Qxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Kc8 39.Kf3 Kd7 40.f5 Ke7 41.Ke4 Kf6 42.h4 h5 43.Kf4 a5 44.Ke4 b5 45.Kf4 a4 0-1

(9) Viswanath Natraj,Ganesh (2128) - Riese,Kayven (1900) [C06]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.9), 25.06.2019

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.0-0 a5 9.c4 Nb4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bb1 d4 12.Ne4 Nc6 13.b3 Qa7 14.Bb2 0-0 15.Nfg5 h6 16.Nxc5 Qxc5 17.Qd3 g6 18.Nxe6 Qxe5 19.Nxf8 Kxf8 20.Qg3 Qf6 21.Be4 Nde5 22.f4 Nd7 23.Rad1 Ndb8 24.Qf2 1-0

(10) Boldi,Ethan (2044) - Yanofsky,Kevin (1964) [B73]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.11), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.f3 a5 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.a3 Nd7 13.Kh1 Nb6 14.Qd2 Be6 15.b3 Qc7 16.f4 f5 17.Bf3 Rfd8 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Ne4 Nd5 20.Ng5 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Re8 22.g4 Bd7 23.f5 Qb6 24.Qe2 [24.Qe1! heading for h4, gives White serious attacking chances.] 24...Qb5 25.Qg2 Rf8 26.Rbe1 

26...Be5? 27.fxg6 h6 28.Nf7 Kg7 29.Qh3 Rh8 30.Nxh8 Rxh8 31.Be4 h5 32.Qf3 Be6 33.gxh5 

33...Bxh2 34.h6+ Kxh6 35.Kxh2 Kg7+ 36.Kg2 Bh3+ 37.Kf2? [37.Qxh3 White was simply winning.] 37...Rf8 38.Qxf8+ Kxf8 ... eventual 0-1

 

(11) Melville,Cailen (1935) - Senthilkumar,Pranav (2030) [A62]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.12), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Bf4 Na6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd7 

14.Bxd6 Qb6 15.Bf4 Qxb2 16.Bd2 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qxc3 18.e4 Nb4 19.Re3 Qf6 20.Be2 Nc2 21.e5 Nxe3 0-1

 

(12) Walder,NM Michael (2007) - Lehman,Clarence (1900) [A20]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.13), 25.06.2019

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Qe7 5.dxe5 Qxe5 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Nc3 c6 8.0-0 d6 9.h3 Be6 10.b3 Na6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 Bg7 13.Re1 0-0 14.Ba3 Ne8 15.Qd2 f5 16.Rad1 f4 17.gxf4 Qh4 18.f5 Bh6 19.Qe2 Bg7 20.Qg4 Qd8 21.Nce2 Qa5 22.Bb2 gxf5 23.Nxf5 Bxf5 24.exf5 Qxf5 25.Qxf5 Rxf5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Nd4 Rf7 28.Nxc6 Kf6 29.Na5 Nc5 30.b4 Ne6 31.Rxe6+ Kxe6 32.Bd5+ Kf6 33.Bxf7 Kxf7 34.Nxb7 Rc8 35.Na5 Ke7 36.Rd5 Nf6 37.Rb5 Rg8+ 38.Kf1 Ne4 39.Rb7+ Ke6 40.Ke2 Nc3+ 41.Kd3 Nxa2 42.Nc6 Rf8 43.Re7+ Kf6 44.Rxa7 Nc1+ 45.Kd2 Nb3+ 46.Kc2 Rc8 47.Kxb3 Rxc6 48.Rxh7 1-0

(13) Gaffagan,Steve (2035) - Smith,Robert (1800) [B10]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.14), 25.06.2019

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Ne5 Bf5 5.Qf3 g6 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bxc6+ Bd7 9.Bxd5 Nf6 10.Bxa8 1-0

(14) Ricard,Bruce (1875) - Maser,Thomas (1956) [C79]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.15), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.0-0 g6 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 Bg7 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.h3 Re8 12.Nf1 Na5 13.b3 c5 14.d5 Qc7 15.Ng3 c4 16.b4 Nb7 17.Be3 a5 18.a3 Ra6 19.Qd2 Rea8 20.Rac1 axb4 21.axb4 h5 22.Bh6 Nh7 23.Nh4 [23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Ng5 f6 25.Nxh7 Kxh7 26.f4+/= /=] 23...Qd8 24.Nhf5? gxf5 [24...Bxh6!? 25.Qxh6 (25.Nxh6+ Kf8 26.Rf1 Be8 (26...Kg7 is too cryptic for me!) ) 25...gxf5] 25.exf5 Bxh6 26.Qxh6 Qf8 27.Qd2 Ra2 28.Nxh5 Bxf5 29.Re3 Kh8 30.Rg3 Bg6 31.Qd1 Qh6 0-1

(15) Persidsky,Andre (1876) - Askin,Michael (1949) [D48]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.16), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.e4 c5 11.e5 cxd4 12.exf6 dxc3 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.Qe2 cxb2 15.Bxb2 Bxb2 16.Qxb2 Rg8 17.Be2 Qf6 18.Qxf6 Nxf6 19.Rac1 Nd5 20.g3 b4 21.Rfe1 Nc3 22.Ne5 Rc8 23.Kf1 a5 24.Bc4 Rxc4 25.Nxc4 Ba6 26.Re5 Bxc4+ 27.Ke1 Bd5 28.Kd2 Kd7 29.a3 Rc8 30.axb4 axb4 31.Ree1 Kc6 32.Rc2 Kb5 33.Rb2 Na4 34.Rbb1 b3 35.Re5 Rc2+ 36.Kd1 Nc3+ 0-1

(16) Jensen,Christian (1819) - Chinchwadkar,Om (1897) [A00]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.17), 25.06.2019

1/2-1/2

(17) Krasnov,Steven (1870) - Mandjian,Vahak (1808) [A13]
MI Summer TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (5.19), 25.06.2019

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bd6 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qc2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Rfe1 Rc8 11.e4 e5 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Nb5 Bb8 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Ne4 17.Nxa7 Qf6 18.d4 dxc4 19.Bxe4 cxb3 20.Qxb3 Bxe4 21.Nxc8 Ba8 22.Rae1 1-0

(18) Porlares,Teodoro (1728) - Papanek,Ella (1997) [B43]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.20), 25.06.2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.a4 Qc7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 Bb4 8.Qd3 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 10.Kf1 d5 11.Qg4 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 0-0 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.Qh4 f5 15.Bd2 e5 16.Ra3 e4 17.Bf4 Qf7 18.Be2 Nd4 19.Bh5 Qf6 20.Bg5 Qc6 21.Rc3 Qxa4 22.g3 Bd7 23.Bf4 Bb5+ 24.Kg2 Ne2 25.Be5 Rae8 26.Bxe8 Rxe8 27.Qg5 Rxe5 28.Rc7 Bd7 29.Qd8+ Be8 30.Qd6 Qd4 31.Rxb7 f4 32.g4 f3+ 33.Kh3 h5 34.g5 Nf4+ 35.Kg3 Rxg5+ 36.Kxf4 Qd2# 0-1

(19) Mohammed,Mansoor (1743) - Perlov,Alexander (1724) [E07]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.21), 25.06.2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 e6 5.0-0 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Be7 7.c4 0-0 8.Nc3 b6 9.Qa4 Bb7 10.Rfd1 dxc4 11.Qxc4 Qc8 12.Qd3 Ba6 13.Qc2 Nd5 14.Bd2 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Re8 16.Rac1 Bb7 17.b4 c5 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.Bb4 Ne4 21.Qxc8 Raxc8 22.Rxc8 Kf8 23.Bxe7+ 1-0

(20) Robeal,Rafik (1737) - Drury,Mark (1878) [D04]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.22), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Nbd7 6.0-0 e6 7.b3 Bd6 8.Bb2 0-0 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.a3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Qf5 Nxf3+ 13.Nxf3 Qe4 

 

14.Nd4 Be5 15.c3 Bxd4 16.Qxe4 Nxe4 17.cxd4 Nd2 18.Rfd1 Nxb3 19.Rab1 a5 20.a4 c5 21.dxc5 Nxc5 22.Rxd5 Rfc8 23.Rg5 g6 24.h4 Nxa4 25.Bd4 Nc3 26.Rxb7 Ne2+ 27.Kf1 Nxd4 28.exd4 Rc4 29.Rd5 a4 30.Rdd7 a3 31.Ra7 Ra4 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxa4 a2 34.g3 Rxd4 35.Rxa2 1/2-1/2

 

(21) Bradley,Christopher Nolan + (1634) - Makhanov,Gaziz (1830) [A15]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.23), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 Nc6 9.a3 e6 10.Nbd2 Ne7 11.Qc2 Nf5 12.e4 Ne7 13.Rfe1 d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.e5 Ne8 16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Bh3 Rb8 18.Nf1 Bc8 19.Bg2 Bf5 20.Qc3 Be4 21.N1d2 Bh6 22.Nxe4 Bxc1 23.Bxc1 dxe4 24.Rxe4 Ng7 25.Bg5 Qd7 26.Qc4 Qd5 27.Nd2 Qxc4 28.Nxc4 Nd5 29.Re1 Ne6 

 

30.Bh4? [30.Bxd5! Nxg5 31.Bg2+/-] 30...c6 31.Bxd5?? cxd5 32.Nd6 g5 33.Bxg5 Nxg5 34.Kg2 Ne4 35.Nxe4 dxe4 36.Rxe4 Rfd8 37.f4 Rbc8 38.f5 Rc4 39.Rg4+ Kh8 40.e6 fxe6 41.fxe6 Rcxd4 42.e7 Rd2+ 43.Kf1 Re8 44.Re4 Rd7 45.Kf2 Rexe7 46.Rxe7 Rxe7 47.Kf3 Kg7 48.h4 Kf6 49.a4 a6 50.g4 h6 51.Kf4 Rc7 0-1

 

(22) Huberts,Alexander (1615) - Ochoa,Jason (1738) [B38]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.24), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Be3 Nc6 6.c4 Nh6 7.h3 0-0? [7...f6] 8.Nc3? [8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.Qc1 g5[] 10.Bxg5 Qd6 11.Nc3+/-] 8...f5! 9.Nxc6 [9.exf5 Bxd4 10.Bxd4 Nxf5] 9...bxc6 [9...dxc6! 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.e5 f4 12.Bxf4 Nf7] 10.e5?? [10.Qd2 Nf7 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Be2] 10...f4-+ 11.Bd4 Nf5 12.Be2 Nxd4?! [12...d6!] 13.Qxd4 Qc7 14.0-0 Bxe5 15.Qd2 Ba6 16.Rfd1 d6 17.Rac1 Qc8 18.Bg4 e6?? 19.Ne4+- h5 20.Bf3 d5 21.cxd5 exd5 

 

22.Nc5 [22.Nd6!! Bxd6 23.Rxc6!] 22...Bg7 23.Qc2 [23.Nxa6 Qxa6 24.Rxc6!] 23...Rf6 24.Re1 Bf8 25.Re5 Bxc5 [25...Bc4 26.b3 Bxc5 27.bxc4 Bd4] 26.Qxc5 Bb7 27.Qe7 Rf7 28.Bxd5 cxd5 29.Rxc8+ Rxc8 30.Qa3 Rc1+ 31.Kh2 Rc2 32.Qd3 Rc6 33.Qxd5 Rc8 34.Qb3 h4 35.Re7 1-0

 

(23) Cohee,Jim (1606) - Hack,Richard (1615) [C68]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.25), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Bd6!? 6.d4 f6? 7.dxe5 fxe5 

 

8.Nxe5 Nf6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 0-0 12.Qe2 Re8 13.Nc3 Qe7 14.Re1 Bb4 15.Qc4+ Kh8 16.Bg5 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Nxe4? 18.Bxe7 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Kg8 20.Bg5 h6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Be3 Re4 23.Rd1 Ra4 24.Rd8+ Kf7 25.Rd7+ Ke6 26.Rxc7 Rxa2 27.Rxb7 a5 28.Rxg7 a4 29.Ra7 Kd5 30.Ra5+ Kc4 31.Bd4 [31.Rc5#] 31...a3 32.Rc5# 1-0

 

(24) Nanugonda,Vishva (1593) - Cortinas,Marty (1663) [D00]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.26), 25.06.2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Bg4 6.Nf3 Qd7 7.Nbd2 e6 8.0-0 0-0-0 9.Qc2 c4 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Qd1 Ng4 12.Nb1 f6 13.b3 b5 14.a4 a6 15.axb5 axb5 16.bxc4 bxc4 17.h3 Nh6 18.Nbd2 Qb7 19.Qa4 Kc7 20.Nh4 Be7 21.Qd1 Ra8 22.Rxa8 Rxa8 23.Nxf5 Nxf5 24.Nf3 Ra2 25.Bd2 Qb2 26.Re1 Na5 27.g4 Ng3 28.Kg2 Ne4 29.Bc1 Qxc3 0-1

(25) Argo,Guy (1884) - Mercado,Adam (1708) [C30]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.27), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.fxe5 dxe5 8.Nxe5 Qd4 9.Nd3 Bb6 10.Qf3 Nf6 11.Nf2 0-0-0 12.d3 Rhe8 13.Bg5 Rd6 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Rae1 Ne5 16.Qd1 Rg6 17.Bh4 Ng4 18.Qc1 

 

18...Ne3 19.Rxe3 Qxe3 20.Qxe3 Bxe3 21.Kh1 f5 22.Nfd1 Bg5 23.exf5 Rf6 24.Bxg5 Rxf5 0-1

 

(26) McKellar,Daniel (1844) - Kim,Andy (1661) [D36]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.28), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Qc2 Be6 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.0-0 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bf5 Qd7 14.Nd4 Rac8 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Qg6 Ne8 17.Bg3 Nd6 18.Rac1 Nf5 19.Nxf5 Rxf5 20.Rfd1 Rcf8 21.b4 Na6 22.a3 Bd6 23.Bxd6 [23.Ne2! Bxg3 24.hxg3 Rxf2? 25.Nf4+-] 23...Qxd6 24.Rc2 Nb8 25.Ne4 Qe7 26.Nc5 R8f6 27.Qg3 [27.Qg4!+/-] 27...Nc6 28.h4?! [28.e4+/=] 28...Ne5 29.e4 dxe4 [29...Rg6!] 30.Nxe4 Rg6 31.Rc8+? Kh7-+ 32.Qh3 Qxh4? [32...Rg4!] 33.Rdd8? [33.Qxh4 Nf3+ 34.Kf1 Nxh4 35.g3=] 33...Rg4-/+ 34.Qxh4 Nf3+ 35.Kf1 Nxh4 36.Nd6 Rf6? [36...Rff4-/+] 37.Ne8? Rf7?! [37...Rff4!-+] 38.Nd6 Rf6 39.Ne8 Rff4! 40.Nd6 Rxg2 41.Rc2 Rg3 42.Nxb7 Rxa3 43.Nc5 Rxb4 44.Re8 Ra1+ 45.Ke2 Rbb1 46.Rxe6 Re1+ 47.Kd3 Rxe6 48.Nxe6 Ra6 49.Nd4 Rd6 50.Ke4 Black is still winning, but fell apart in drastic time trouble 1-0

(27) Tamondong,Cesar (1715) - Jones,Charlie (1739) [D30]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.29), 25.06.2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.0-0 Bg4 8.Be3 Qb6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Nc3 0-0 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Rad8 14.Rc1 Qa5 15.Qa4 Qb6 16.Qb5 Nd4 17.Qxb6 Nxf3+ 18.exf3 axb6 19.Rfd1 h6 20.Rd4 Rd6 21.Ne4 Rc6 22.Nxf6+ gxf6 23.Rcd1 Rc2 24.R1d2 Rxd2 25.Rxd2 Rd8 26.f4 f5 27.Kg2 Kf8 28.Kf3 Ke7 29.Ke3 Kd6 30.Kd4 Re8 31.f3 Re1 32.Rg2 Rd1+ 33.Kc3 Rf1 34.Kb4 Rc1 35.g4 Kc6 36.g5 Rc4+ 37.Kb3 Rxf4 38.g6 Rxf3+ 39.Kc2 fxg6 40.Rxg6+ Kc5 41.Rxh6 Rf2+ 42.Kc3 d4+ 43.Kd3 Rxb2 44.Rh8 Rxa2 45.h4 Ra3+ 46.Kd2 Rh3 47.h5 Kd6 48.h6 Kc7 49.h7 b5 50.Rf8 Rxh7 51.Rxf5 Kc6 52.Kd3 Rd7 53.Re5 Rd5 54.Re6+ Rd6 55.Re5 b6 56.Re7 Kc5 57.Rc7+ Kb4 58.Rc1 Ka3 59.Ra1+ Kb2 60.Rh1 b4 61.Rh2+ Ka3 62.Rh8 b3 63.Ra8+ Kb2 64.Ra7 Kb1 65.Kd2 b2 66.Ra6 Rd5 67.Rxb6 Ra5 68.Rb4 Ka2 0-1

(28) Agdamag,Samuel Zamora (1526) - Boldi,Nicholas (1631) [E07]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.31), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.g3 Be7 6.Bb2 0-0 7.Bg2 c6 8.0-0 Qb6 9.Nbd2 c5 10.e3 h6 11.Rc1 Qd8 12.Rc2 cxd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Qa1 Rb8 15.Ne5 dxc4 16.Ndxc4 Nbd5 17.a3 Nd7 18.Rfc1 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qb6 20.Nc4 Qxb3 21.Be4 Nf6 22.Rc3 Qb5 23.Bd3 Qh5 24.R1c2 Ng4 25.f4 Qd5 

 

26.Qd1 Qxd4+ 27.Kf1 Ne3+ 28.Nxe3 Qxe3 29.Bh7+ Kxh7 30.Rxe3 b6 31.Qd4 Ba6+ 32.Ke1 f6 33.Rxe6 Bc5 34.Rxc5 bxc5 35.Qd6 Bc4 36.Re4 Rfd8 37.Qxc5 Bd3 38.Rb4 Rbc8 39.Qxa7 Rc2 40.Bd4 Re8+ 41.Kd1 Ree2 42.Be3 Rxh2 43.Rb7 Rh1+ 44.Bg1 Rg2 45.Rxg7+ Kh8 

 

46.Qa8+ Kxg7 47.Qxg2 Rh5 48.g4 Rb5 49.Be3 Bc4 50.Qc6 Rd5+ 51.Ke1 Ba2 52.Qb7+ Kg8 53.f5 Re5 54.Kf2 Bd5 55.Qc8+ Kg7 56.Qd7+ Kg8 57.Qd8+ Kg7 58.Bxh6+ Kh7 59.Qxf6 Re7 60.Qg6+ Kh8 61.Qf6+ Kh7 62.Qxe7+ Kxh6 63.g5+ Kh5 64.Kg3 Bf3 65.g6 Kh6 66.Kh4 Be4 67.Qh7# 1-0

 

(29) Yamamoto,Craig (1500) - Rakonitz,David (1617) [C02]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.32), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.a3 a5 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bd7 8.f4 f6 9.g4 fxe5 10.fxe5 Nge7 11.h4 White has gone on a pawn-pushing rampage! 11...g6 12.Be2 Bg7 13.Nf3 0-0-0 14.Nbd2 Rdf8 15.Rb1 Rf4 16.Rg1 Rhf8 17.Nf1 Ng8 18.Bc1 

 

18...Rxf3 19.Bxf3 cxd4 20.Bg5 Bxe5 21.c4 Nge7 22.Qd3 Bf4 23.Bxe7 Ne5 0-1

 

(30) Casares,Nick (1603) - Kaplan,Glenn +FIDE ID (1568) [B07]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.33), 25.06.2019

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.f4 0-0 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2 c5 8.d5 a6 9.h3 b5 10.Bf3 Nb6 11.b3 b4 12.Nge2 bxc3 13.Nxc3 a5 14.a4 c4 15.0-0 Ba6 16.Bd4 cxb3 17.Ne2 bxc2 18.Rfc1 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Nfd7 20.e5 Rc8 21.Ra2 Rc4 22.Qe3 Rc8 23.Qe2 Rc7 24.Kh1 Bh6 25.g3 dxe5 26.Bxb6 Nxb6 27.Qxe5 Bg7 28.Qe2 Nxd5 29.Raxc2 Rxc2 30.Rxc2 e6 31.Qe4 Qb6 32.Rc1 Qf2 33.Rg1 Bd4 34.Rg2 Qe3 35.g4 Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Qxf4+ 37.Kh1 Qxe4 38.Bxe4 Rc8 39.g5 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Be5+ 0-1

(31) Latourette,Nicholas (1585) - Khamkar,Susheel (1466) [C00]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.34), 25.06.2019

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Bb5+ Nc6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.0-0 Nh6 7.d4 Nf5 8.c3 Qb6 9.b3 cxd4 10.cxd4 c5 11.Ba3 cxd4 12.Bxf8 Rxf8 13.g4 Nh6 14.Nxd4 Ba6 15.Re1 Rc8 16.g5 Ng8 17.Na3 Ne7 18.Nac2 Nc6 19.Rc1 Kd7 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Ne3 Rfc8 22.Rxc6 Qxc6 23.Qh5 g6 24.Qxh7 Rf8 25.Qg7 Qc5 26.Qf6 Qc3 27.Rd1 d4 28.Nd5 Qc5 29.Ne3 Ke8 30.Nc4 Bxc4 31.bxc4 Qxc4 32.Qf3 Qxa2 33.Qa8+ Ke7 34.Qb7+ Ke8 35.Qb8+ Ke7 36.Qd6+ Ke8 37.Rxd4 Qb1+ 38.Rd1 Qxd1+ 39.Qxd1 Ke7 40.Qd6+ Ke8 41.Qb8+ Kd7 42.Qxf8 1-0

(32) Sablon,Hadrien - Wang,Sophie (1574) [B23]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5.35), 25.06.2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qe1 Ng4 9.h3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 11.Kh1 Nf6 12.Ne2 Bd7 13.a4 Qc8 14.c3 Nh5 15.cxd4 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Bxh3 17.Qh4 Bd7 18.f5 Kg7 19.g4 Nf6 20.Qh6+ Kh8 21.Qh4 Kg7 22.Bh6+ Kg8 23.Bxf8 Qxf8 24.fxg6 1-0

(33) Mays,Jerry (1700) - LeFesse,Matt [C05]
MI Summer TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (5), 25.06.2019

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.a3 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Bb1 f6 10.Qc2 g6 11.Nh4 f5 12.Nhf3 Qb6 13.Nb3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rf7 15.h4 Qd8 16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Qb6 18.h5 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.f4 b6 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Qc6 Rb8 23.Qxe6 Qe3+ 24.Kd1 Qd4+ 25.Kc1 Qe3+ 26.Kd1 Qd4+ 27.Kc1 Qe3+ 28.Kd1 Ba6 29.Qxg6+ Rg7 30.Qe6+ Rf7 31.Qg6+ Rg7 1/2-1/2

(34) Rousso,Gregory - Fernicola,Michael (1554) [C02]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.36), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Qb6 7.Nc3 f6 8.Bd3 fxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxd4 

 

10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.Nf7+ Kc7 12.Bf4+ Kd7 13.Ne5+ Kd8 14.Nf7+ Kd7 15.Nxh8 Qxb2 16.Qf7+ Ne7 17.Rc1 e5 18.Bd2 e4 19.Nxd5 exd3 20.Rc7+ Kd6 21.Bf4# 1-0

 

(35) Simpkins,Jerry (1505) - Barreyro,Romeo [B00]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.37), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Nd7 7.Bf4 Ngf6 8.e5 Nh5 9.exd6 Nxf4 10.dxe7 Qxe7 11.Bc2 0-0 12.Nbd2 Nf6 13.Ne5 Bxg2 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Be4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Rxe4 Qg5+ 18.Qg4 Qxg4+ 19.Nxg4 Ng6 20.Ne3 Rfd8 21.h4 Rd6 22.h5 Ne7 23.Kh2 Nd5 24.Nc4 Rdd8 25.Ne5 Nf6 26.Rh4 h6 27.Rg1 Kh7 28.Nc6 Rd5 29.Ne5 Another unreadable scoresheet. Black eventually won. 0-1

(36) Baer,Michael (1397) - Hansen,Mateo (1566) [B08]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.38), 25.06.2019

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Be6 8.Be3 Qc8 9.Ng5 Bd7 10.Re1 h6 11.Nf3 Nh5 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.Ne2 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Nf4 Nf6 16.c3 e5 17.dxe5 Ne4 18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.Qc2 dxe5 20.Ne2 Kh8 21.Qxe4 Bc6 22.Qg4 Qxg4 23.hxg4 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Rxf3 25.Kg2 Rf6 26.Rad1 Nc6 27.Rd7 Rc8 28.Ng3 Bf8 29.Nf5 Bd6 30.Rh1 Rg8 31.Nxh6 Rgg6 32.g5 Rf8 33.Nf5+ Kg8 34.Nxd6 cxd6 35.Rh6 Rxh6 36.gxh6 Rf6 37.Rxb7 Rf7 38.Rxf7 Kxf7 39.b4 a6 40.Kf3 d5 41.a3 Kg6 42.Ke2 e4 43.f3 exf3+ 44.Kxf3 Ne5+ 45.Ke2 Nc4 46.Bc1 Nd6 47.Kd3 Nc4 48.Kd4 1-0

(37) Starr,Albert (1545) - James,Charles (1404) [A00]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.39), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.d3 Be6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 d5 7.b5 Bd6 8.0-0 h6 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.c4 c6 11.Qc2 cxb5 12.cxb5 Rc8 13.Qa4 Qb6 14.Rfc1 Nc5 15.Qd1 Nfd7 16.a4 Nxd3 17.Bxd3 e4 18.Bd4 Nc5 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 f5 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.Bd5 Rfd8 23.Bxe6+ Qxe6 24.Nd4 Qe5 25.Qb3+ Kh7 26.Qe6?? 

 

26...Bxd4! 27.Qf7 Bxa1 28.Rf1 Rc7 29.Qa2 Bc3 30.g3 Rd2 31.Qb1 Rcd7 32.b6 a6 33.g4 g6 34.gxf5 gxf5 35.Kh1 Rb2 36.Qc1 Rdd2 37.Rd1 Qe4+ 38.Kg1 Qg4+ 0-1

 

(38) Chan,John (1530) - Reed,Nicholas Xavier (1320) [D02]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.40), 25.06.2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.h3 e6 4.Bg5 Bd6 5.c3 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Nf3 Be6 13.0-0 Bd6 14.Rc1 Rad8 15.b4 Qg6 16.Kh1 Qh5 17.Ng1 Qe5 18.Nf3 Qh5 19.Ng1 Qe5 20.g3 Qe4+ 21.Bf3 Qc4 22.a3 Qa6 23.Ra1 Be5 24.Qd2 Qc4 25.Rfc1 Rd6 26.Bg2 Rc6 27.Ne2 Rd8 28.Nd4 Rb6 29.Bf1 Qxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Bxd4 31.cxd4 Bxh3 32.Rfc1 Rd7 33.Kh2 Bg4 34.Kg2 Rf6 35.f4 Re7 36.Rc3 Rf5 37.Rh1 g5 38.Rxh6 Kg7 39.Rh2 gxf4 40.gxf4 c6 41.Qf2 Re6 42.Kf1 Rg6 43.Rc2 Bd1 44.Rb2 Rg4 45.Rg2 Rh5 46.Rxg4+ Bxg4 47.Qg3 f5 48.Rh2 Kg6 49.Rxh5 Kxh5 50.Qh2+ Kg6 51.Qh4 b6 52.Kf2 a6 53.Qd8 a5 54.Qd6+ Kh5 55.Qxc6 axb4 56.axb4 Bd1 57.Kg3 Ba4 58.Qf6 b5 59.Qg5# 1-0

(39) Hilliard,Michael (1400) - Reyes,Victor Hugo (1282) [A80]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.41), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.h4 d5 6.h5 Ne4 7.hxg6 hxg6 8.Rxh8+ Bxh8 9.Qf3 Be6 10.Qh3 Kd7 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Ng5 Nxg5 13.Bxg5 Qf8 14.Nc3 a6 15.a3 Re8 16.0-0-0 Kc8 17.Qg3 Bf7 18.f4 e6 19.Rh1 Na5 20.Rh7 c5 21.Qf2 [21.dxc5; 21.Qe1!] 21...c4 22.Be2 Bg7 23.g4 Bg8 24.Rh1 Kb8 25.Qg3 [25.Qh4! Qf7 (else Bh6)] 25...Rc8 26.Qe1 Qd6 27.Ne4 dxe4?! [27...Qc7] 28.Qxa5 c3? 29.bxc3 Bf8 30.Qb4?! [30.c4! Qxa3+ 31.Qxa3 Bxa3+ 32.Kd2 Black has problems with both his bishops] 30...Qd5 31.Qb2 Qa5 

 

32.Qa1? [32.a4! is a hard to see move, distracting the queen: 32...Qxa4 33.Kd2 Rxc3!? 34.Kxc3! Qa5+ 35.Kb3 e5+ 36.d5 (or 36.c4) 36...Bxd5+ 37.c4 defends well] 32...Bxa3+? Hard to believe this allows a draw, but... [32...Rxc3!-+ 33.Rh8 Rxa3 sets up mate; 32...e5! also works; adding the followup ...Bb3 to ...Rxc3] 33.Kd2? [33.Kd1!! Rxc3 34.Bd8!! Qb4 35.Be7 Qa5 36.Bd8= (36.Rh8!?) ] 33...Rxc3!-+ 34.Rb1? ends it immediately 34...Rd3#! 0-1

 

(40) Fu,Andrew (1161) - Sachs-Weintraub,Julian (1416) [A00]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.42), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.Nc3 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Ne2 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Nf6 9.Ng3 0-0 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Re8 12.e4 [12.0-0-0] 12...dxe4 13.fxe4 Nd4 14.Be2 [14.0-0-0] 14...Qd7 15.Bd1 [15.0-0-0] 15...Rad8 16.c3 Nc6 17.Bc2 Qe6 18.Qg5 h6 19.Qh4 Ne7 20.Nf5?! Nxf5 21.exf5 Qxf5 22.Rg1 Qh7?? Anything else -- [22...Kh8; 22...Qf4; 22...Nh5; Even 22...Kf8 since 23.Qb4+ Rd6 24.Qxb7 e4 finally catches White's king in the center.] 23.0-0-0?? [23.Qxf6!] 23...Re6?! [23...Kh8] 24.d4! e4 25.f3! Rde8 26.d5 Rb6 [26...Rd6] 27.Rge1? [27.d6!+- renews the threat of taking the knight] 27...Qf5! 28.fxe4 Qf3 [28...Qe5!] 29.Rg1? [29.Rd2!] 29...Qe3+! 30.Kb1 [30.Rd2 Qxg1+] 30...Qxc3 31.Ka1 [31.Bb3 Qxb3] 31...Qxb2# 0-1

(41) Cole,Tony (1400) - Olson,David (1400) [B07]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.43), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 Nbd7 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Be6 7.d5 cxd5 8.exd5 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 [9...Bxf3 10.Qxf3 g6] 10.0-0 e5? 11.dxe6 Be7 12.exf7+ Way up in the win zone, but surprisingly nowhere near the best move! (Damned computers!) [12.g4 Bg6 13.Ng5 0-0 14.f4 Whoa!] 12...Bxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Ng5+ Kg6? 15.Ne6? [15.Qd3+ is mate in a few moves!] 15...Qd7 16.Re1 Rae8 17.Qf3 Bd8 18.Qe2?? [18.Qg3+ mate in a *very* few moves!] 18...h6?? [18...Rxe6! 19.Qxe6 Re8! and all of a sudden it's Black who is winning!] 19.Bf4?! [19.f4!] 19...Kf7 20.Nxd8+ Qxd8 21.Qd3 d5 22.Nb5 White is back on a winning track 22...Kg8 Earlier the scoresheet had said 16... "Re8", and now I'm wondering if it was the other rook... I'll just give the remaining moves. Of course Black was winning after he won the knight. 23.Qg3 Nh5 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Qf3 Nxf4 26.Qxf4 Qxb5 27.Re1 Qd7 28.Qd4 Kh7 29.h4 Re8 30.Qd3+ g6 31.Rd1 Qf5 32.Qc3 Rc8 33.Qb4 Rc7 34.c3 Rf7 35.f3 Qf4 36.Rd4 Qe3+ 37.Kh2 Qf2 38.Rf4 Rg7 39.Qf8 Qxb2 40.h5 Qc2 41.hxg6+ Qxg6 42.Rg4 Qf7 43.Qb8 Rxg4 44.fxg4 Nc4 45.Qxa7 Ne5 46.Kh3 Qd7 now illegal moves, so moves are missing... 1/2-1/2

(42) Allen,Tom (1400) - Cendejas,Jon (1068) [C62]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.45), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 d6 4.d5 Nce7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Nc3 Bxb5 7.Nxb5 Qd7 8.Qd3 c6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.0-0 Ng6 11.Re1 Be7 12.b4 0-0 13.Ne2? cxd5 14.exd5? e4 15.Qc3 exf3 16.Qxf3 Qb5 17.Nc3 Qxb4 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.Rxb7 Rfe8 20.Bd2 Qa6 21.Reb1 Bd8 22.Be3?! Bb6 23.Bxb6 Qxb7 24.Bd4 

 

24...Qxb1+ 0-1

 

(43) Tobiason,Wolfgang (1380) - Thibault,William (1062) [B13]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.46), 25.06.2019

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.h3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Bb5 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Bc2 Bxc2 10.Qxc2 e6 11.0-0 Be7 12.Be3 0-0 13.Nbd2 Rc8 14.Qd3 Re8 15.Rfe1 Qc7 16.Bg5 Nd7 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Re2 Nf6 19.Ne5 Rd8 20.f4 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Nd7 22.Qg3 b4 23.cxb4 Qc2 24.Qc3 Qxc3 25.bxc3 Nb6 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.Nb3 Nc4 28.Nc5 a5 29.bxa5 Nxa5 30.Nb3 Nc4 31.a4 f6 32.exf6 gxf6 33.Nc5 e5 34.Nd3 Ra8 35.Ra1 Kf7 36.Kf2 exd4 37.Rxe7+ Kxe7 38.cxd4 Ra5 39.Nc5 Nb6 40.Rb1 Rxc5 41.dxc5 Nxa4 42.Rc1 Kd7 43.Ke3 Kc6 44.Kd4 h6 45.Rc2 h5 46.Rf2 f5 47.Rxf5 Nxc5 48.Rxh5 1-0

(44) Chambers,Don (1291) - Gulbis,Andrew [C56]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.47), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Ng5?! [5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5; 5.e5 d5 (5...Ng4 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 d6) 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 (7...Bd7) ] 5...Bb4+?! [5...Ne5!] 6.c3! dxc3 7.bxc3! Bc5 8.Nxf7 Qe7 9.0-0? [9.Nxh8+/-] 9...Qf8?? [9...Rf8-+ 10.Ng5 d6] 10.Re1 [10.e5!] 10...d6 [10...Na5 11.e5] 11.Nxh8 Qxh8 12.Qb3 Ne5 13.Be3 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Bd7 15.Bxc5 dxc5 16.Qxc5 Kd8 17.e5 Ng4 18.e6 Qe8 19.Qg5+ Nf6 20.Na3 Bxe6 21.Rad1+ Kc8 22.Qe5 Nd7 23.Qxe6 Qxe6 24.Rxe6 b6 25.Nb5 Kb7 26.Rxd7 1-0

(45) Soffer,Aaron (1246) - Radaelli,Lucas [B21]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.48), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bf4 Qa5 8.0-0 a6 9.a4 Ne7 10.Qd2 Nbc6 11.Bh6 0-0 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Rfe1 Nd8 14.e5 h6 15.Ne4 Qxd2 16.Nexd2 d5 17.exd6 Scoresheet says "17.exd5" and goes a bit off. 1/2, 39. 1/2-1/2

(46) Geiersbach,Christopher - Yu,Prescott (1212) [D00]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.49), 25.06.2019

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.c3 Nc6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nd2 e6 6.Bb5 Nf6 7.Ngf3 Be7 8.Qa4 Qb6 9.Ne5 Rc8 10.Bg5 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.b3 Qb5 13.Qxb5 cxb5 14.0-0 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.f3 Bg6 18.Rae1 cxd4 19.cxd4 Rc2 20.Rf2 Rhc8 21.a4 Rxf2 22.Kxf2 1/2-1/2

(47) Cowgill,Jackie (1005) - Dubensky,Walt (1154) [C60]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.50), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f6 4.0-0 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.Nc3 d5 7.d4 Bg4 8.Qd3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 exd4 10.Ne2 Bc5 11.e5 Qd7 12.Ng3 0-0-0 13.c3 That free pawn just sits there 13...dxc3 14.Qxc3 Bb6 15.b4 d4 16.Qb3 fxe5 17.a4 a5 18.bxa5 Bxa5 19.Ba3 Qd5 20.Qd3 c5 21.Qa6+ Kd7 22.Qxa5 Nf6 23.Qb5+ Ke7 24.h3 [24.Qxc5+; 24.Bxc5+] 24...Nd7 25.Bc1 Rb8 26.Bg5+ Nf6 27.Bxf6+ gxf6 28.Qe2 d3 29.Qh5 Rbg8 30.a5 Rg5 31.Qf3 Qd7 32.a6 c6 33.a7 Ra8 34.Qe4 h6 35.Qh7+ Ke6 36.h4 Rg7 37.Qf5+ Ke7 38.Qe4 Rxa7 39.Rxa7 Qxa7 40.Nf5+ Kf7 41.Nxg7 Kxg7 42.Qxd3 Qa4 43.Qd7+ Kg6 44.h5+ Kg5 45.Qg7+ Kf5 46.Qg6+ Ke6 47.Qxh6 c4 48.Qg7 c3 49.h6 Qa3 50.h7 c2 51.h8Q c1Q 52.Qc8+ Kd5 53.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 54.Kh2 Qf4+ 55.Qg3 Qh6+ 56.Qch3 Qc1 57.Qf3+ e4 58.Qff5+ Kd4 59.Qxf6+ Kd5 60.Qb3+ Kc5 61.Qe7+ Kd4 62.Qf6+ [62.Qd6#] 62...Kc5 63.Qe5# 1-0

(48) Daniels,Leverette - Soffer,Josiah (806) [C50]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.51), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg5 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Re1 Nd4 10.Nxd4? Bxd1 11.Raxd1 exd4 12.Nd5 c6 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.c3 f5 16.exf5 Qf6 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Bd2 dxc3 19.Bxc3 Qxf5 20.Rf1 Re2 21.d4 Rc2? 22.dxc5 dxc5 23.Kh2 Qf4+ 24.Kh1 Qxc4 25.Re1 Qd5?? 26.Re8# 1-0

(49) Capdeville,Barry (1239) - Robertson,Wade (1042) [C02]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.52), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be3? cxd4 7.cxd4 Qxb2 8.Nbd2 Bb4 9.Be2 Nge7 10.0-0 Nf5 11.Nb3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 0-0 13.Qd3 Qc3 14.Ne1 Qxd3 15.Nxd3 Be7 16.Rac1 Nb4 17.Nxb4 Bxb4 18.Ra1 b6 19.a3 Be7 20.Bb5 Bb7 21.Rfc1 Rfc8 22.a4 Rxc1+ 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.a5 f6 26.a6 fxe5 27.dxe5 Kf7 28.Nd4 Bc5 29.Kf2 Bxd4 30.exd4 Ke7 31.Ke3 Bd7 32.Bxd7 Kxd7 33.Kd3 Kc6 0-1

(50) Tabatabai,Ashkon (1136) - Otterbach,Renate (1212) [B21]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.53), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qa4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bg5?? Bxb2 7.Bc4 Bxa1 8.Qb3 Na5! Aggressive defense! 9.Qb4 Nxc4 10.Qxc4 d6 11.Nc3 Qa5 12.Bd2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Qc5 [13...Qb6!] 14.Qb3? Nf6 15.Ng5 0-0 0-1

(51) Badgett,James (1119) - Ahrens,Richard (1040) [B23]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.54), 25.06.2019

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e5 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nge2 0-0 6.0-0 Nc6 7.a3 Nd4 8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Ne2 a6 10.f4 d6 11.f5 b5 12.Ba2 Bb7 13.Qe1 Qc7 14.Bb3 a5 15.a4 b4 16.Qg3 Kh8 17.Qh3 d5 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.g4 Ne3 20.Rf3 Qxc2 21.Bxe3 dxe3 22.Rxe3 Bc5 23.d4 Bxd4 24.Rc1 Bxe3+ 25.Qxe3 Qxe4 26.Qxe4 Bxe4 27.Rf1 Bd3 28.Rf2 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 f6 30.Kg2 Rac8 31.Kg3 h6 32.Kh4 Rc4 33.Kh5 b3 34.h4 Rc2 35.Re3 Rxb2 36.Rc3 e4 37.Kg6 Rg2 38.g5 fxg5 39.hxg5 Rxg5# 0-1

(52) Ballantyne,Andrew - Wang,Robert (1101) [B20]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.55), 25.06.2019

1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Qf3 e6 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nh3 Be7 6.Ng5 Nd4 7.Qd1 0-0 8.0-0 d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.Qh5 h6 11.Re1 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 Qxg5 13.Qxg5 hxg5 14.Bb3 c4 0-1

(53) Sullivan,George (979) - Parekh,Raj [A46]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.56), 25.06.2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b5 3.e3 a6 4.c4 c6 5.a3 Ne4 6.g3 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Bg2 Bg4 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Nbd2 Ndf6 11.b4 Qh5 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.h3 Bxh3 14.Bxh3 Qxh3 15.Nh2 h5 16.Qf3 f5 17.Qg2 Ng5 18.Qxc6+ Kf7 19.Qxa8 Ne4 20.Qxa6 Rh6 21.Qxb5 Rg6 22.Qd5+ e6 23.Qe5 Bd6 24.Qb5 Nxg3 25.Qd7+ Be7 26.Qc7 Ne2+ 27.Kh1 Qg2# 0-1

(54) Anderson,David - Mayer,Carson [B50]
MI Summer TNM: U1600 San Francisco (5.59), 25.06.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.d5 Ne5 

8.Qa4+? [8.Nxe5! dxe5 (8...Bxd1? 9.Bb5+ Nd7 10.Bxd7+ and White ends up a piece ahead.) 9.f3+/-] 8...Bd7-/+ 9.Qb3? Nxc4 10.Qxc4 Rc8 11.Qxc8 Qxc8 12.0-0 g6 13.Nbd2 Bg7 14.Re1 e5 15.Rb1 0-0 16.Nc4 Qxc4 0-1

 

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