[Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Black "Heinrich, Chuck"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "Lonnie,Rutkofske"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.01.14"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "619"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2137690746489393"] [EventDate "2016.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] {600MB, Fritz12.ctg, EMBROIDERYROSE} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. a3 a5 {A very savvy move here, preventing White from driving away the KB with 5.b4.} 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O Be6 {Diagram [#] Many time, mover order is essential, and better was probably 8...Bg4 first and if 9.h3, Be6 10.b3, Qc8 puts pressue on h3.} 9. Nd5 {I really wanted to get rid of the Black's irritating QB and thought this might be a good choice do force the issue, and mix things up giving Chuck an opportunity to err.} Nd7 {This move took me by surprise. A better choice was probably the more traditional 9...,Ne8 leaving space at d7 for the QB while still permitting the f5 push that Black wanted.} 10. d4 Ba7 11. b3 $2 {This move was unnecessary...the simple 11.Nc7 saves a tempo and prevents the immediate f5 at bay. I think this surprised chuck as well, but I was determined to try to eliminate as many pieces as possible, and this would have forced Black to play B:d5, thus giving me the two bishop advantage and keeping his knights on the back three ranks.} f5 $1 {Another good move! Illustrating how one tempo can change the complexion of the game!} 12. Nxc7 Qxc7 13. d5 Bf7 $1 {Another good choice. Thusfar, Chuck has played a very solid game, although his KN is awkwardly placed.} 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bd2 {I was at odds of which piece to move here. I liked having my N ready to jump into holes at f4 and d4 in case Black pushed e4, I chose d2 instead of the natural Bb2, because I wanted to be able to defend b3 with Rb1 and eventually place my B at c3 hitting the a5 pawn.} d5 {Diagram [#] Premature. Black enjoys a stong pawn center and his pieces are better placed. Probably 15...,Rad8 followed up with Nf6.} 16. Qc2 dxc4 $2 {Had the QR moved to d8, this makes more sense because not only does it seize and open file, but it prevents threats along the h1-a8 diagonal.} 17. bxc4 Bh5 $5 {Diagram [#] A questionable move here That all but dooms Chuck's game. Why take the B away from a powerful square where it can put real pressure on White's weak c-pawn. A superior plan would be 17...Bc5!!! followed by Nb6 with huge Q-side threats while White's pieces are in disarray. From this point forward, the QB is completely useless.} 18. Rfe1 Rab8 19. Nc1 e4 20. Nb3 {Now white gets some welcome counterplay.} Bb6 21. c5 Ba7 {Had the QR remained on a8, this whole line would be refuted by... 18...,Bc5 19.Nc1, e4 20.Nb3, Bf7 21.Ba5, Ra5 22.Na5, Qa5 with a winning position.} 22. Bxa5 Qe5 $1 {Diagram [#] As you can see, had Black's QB remained on F7! He would have a smashing position!} 23. Bb4 g5 $5 {Much too soon and a very loosening move, compromising the Black K which will later become fatal. Agan, the QB belongs on f7!!!} 24. Rac1 Qf6 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Bf1 {Despite his KB being out of play, Black has some very real threats and White must be careful. I thought a very long time on this sequence and felt I had to prevent Nd3 at all costs. Interesting is the fact that had the QB remained at f7, the move Qh6 looks devastating!} Rb7 27. Rb1 Rg7 {A really bad plan...and there is little time to waste with all of this rook maneuvering!} 28. Bc4+ {I had to do something to get rid of the e5 Knight, but the simple retreat, 28.. .Bf7 would have been best, and both sides get rid of their bad bishops. Additionally, I wanted to trade down as many pieces as possible to create endgame chances with my extra pawn.} Nxc4 $4 {This was a huge error.... permitting the exchange of the well-placed N, for my bad bishop.} 29. Qxc4+ (29. Qxc4+) 29... Rff7 {Moving the King away or interposing the QB was the only correct move!} 30. Bc3 Qh6 $4 31. Nxf5 {Diagram [#]} 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Bedy, Noel"] [Black "West, Tony"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.01.14"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "1421"] [BlackElo "1934"] [PlyCount "53"] [GameId "2137690746518066"] [EventDate "2016.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] {This game was a surprise, and will possible win the prize for the biggest upset. Noel's USCF rating is 1421 and Tony's was 1934. A 500+ difference should have been an easy win for the higher rated, but Noel difficult to play when he is on his game as evidenced by this game, it was his day! I was unable to beat him last year, only drawing him. His greatest shortcoming appears to be inconsistency.} 1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nc3 h6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 g5 12. Bg3 {Diagram [#] The game is now equal} O-O-O (12... Bg7 {Better}) 13. Nd4 (13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxf5+ Kb8 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qd3) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qxd4 Bg7 16. Qxa7 Qc6 17. f3 (17. c3) 17... h5 18. Bf2 h4 19. Qa3 h3 20. Bg3 {Diagram [#] Tony is now winning, but fails to find the best move.} Qxc2 (20... hxg2 21. Rf2 Kb8) 21. Rf2 {Diagram [#] White is back in charge!} Qc6 22. Qd3 Rdf8 (22... f4 23. exf4 Qc5 24. fxg5 Bxb2 (24... Bd4 25. f4) 25. Rd1) 23. Rc2 Qd7 24. Bxd6 Rd8 25. Rxc7+ Qxc7 26. Qxf5+ Qd7 (26... Kb8 27. Bxc7+ Kxc7 28. Qf7+ Rd7 29. Rc1+ Kd8 30. Qg6) 27. Rc1+ {Diagram [#] A very nice combination!} 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Wingrove, William"] [Black "Morabito, Matthew"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.01.14"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1606"] [BlackElo "1859"] [PlyCount "109"] [GameId "2137690746518067"] [EventDate "2016.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. d5 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. O-O Nc5 14. Bd3 Nfd7 15. Bb1 a5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na6 18. Nxb5 (18. Qb3 {...is better, keeping White in charge.}) 18... Nxb4 19. Qb3 {Diagram [#] 19.Qa4!} Qa5 20. Nbd4 Nc5 21. Qd1 Ba6 22. Re1 Ncd3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Re2 Nc5 26. Rc2 Nxe4 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Nc6 (28. Qc2 Nc5 29. Nc6 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Bf8 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Qxc5 Qf6 33. Nxe7+ Qxe7 34. Qxc8 Qd6+ 35. g3 Qxd5 36. Kg2) 28... Qc7 29. Qa4 Nc3 30. Qc4 Bb7 31. Nfd4 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Bxd4 (32... e5 {Winning!}) 33. Nxe7+ Qxe7 34. Qxd4 Qe4 {White has a centralized Q, and some nasty threats on the black squares with Bd2 and eventually Bc3, so Black decides to see if his opponent is paying attention to the cheap shot against g2! [LWR]} 35. Qxe4 Bxe4 36. f3 Bc6 37. Kf2 f6 38. g3 Kf7 39. f4 Ke6 40. Ke2 Kd5 41. Bb6 Ke4 42. Kf2 d5 43. Ba5 Bd7 44. h4 Bg4 45. Bb4 d4 46. Bc5 Kd3 47. Ba7 Kc4 48. Bb6 Kd3 49. Ba7 Ke4 50. Bb6 Kd3 51. Ba7 Kc3 52. Ke1 d3 53. Be3 f5 54. Bd2+ Kd4 55. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Morabito, Matthew"] [Black "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "LWR"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.01.21"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "1859"] [BlackElo "1800"] [PlyCount "68"] [GameId "2137690746522164"] [EventDate "2016.01.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] {Matt had won 4 of our last 5 championship games when I have had Black.. He is an aggressive tactical player and thrives on the initiative that he usually turns into some kind of advantage. I was determined to blunt his wonderlust by tying to take him out of his favorite Reti lines by closing up the center and blunting his tactical opportunities .} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 h6 6. c3 Ngf6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. Re1 $2 {I thought Bf4 now preventing e5 was much stronger!} e5 9. e4 {A critical positon here that presented me with quite a few chances to go wrong, so I thought for over 20 minutes to develop a plan that would blunt his tactical threats. Here his N is looking for a combination against e5, where he takes then if I retake, he has Bf4 then d4 winning a pawn. and opening up the center for against my vulnerable King. So I decided to drive away his Q and follow it up with pressure along the d file.} Nc5 {Diagram [#]} 10. Qc2 dxe4 11. Nxe5 O-O-O 12. d4 Bf5 13. Bf4 Ne6 {I had planned for this continuation , leaving White with few options, and the possibility of opening up his K-side. If 14. Ng6, Nf4 forcing the recapture but the N. If 15. Nh8?? Ng2 followed by Bd6 forces the N to take at f7 and White is woefully behind in development and I will enjoy a multitude of attacking chances.} 14. Ng6 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 g5 16. Ne2 Bg6 17. Qb3 Kb8 18. Nd2 Bg7 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. a4 f5 {Diagram [#] At this point I am feeling very comfortable that I have withstood White's tactical shots and have the advantage. because his pieces have little scope.} 21. Nc1 Bf7 22. Bf1 Rhe8 23. Na2 f4 24. Nb4 Nxb4 25. Qxb4 Bf8 26. Qb3 e3 27. Qc2 exf2+ 28. Qxf2 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 fxg3 30. hxg3 Bd6 31. Kg2 Rf8 32. Qe3 a6 33. Rf1 Rfe8 34. Qd3 Re7 {Here I offered a draw, because with opposite colored bishops, winning chances are at a premium after pieces are exchanged off. My major advantage is that my K is safe and his is exposed and most of his pawns are on dark squares.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Gregg, Alan Michael"] [Black "Bedy, Noel"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "AMG"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.01.21"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1981"] [BlackElo "1421"] [PlyCount "88"] [GameId "2137690746522165"] [EventDate "2016.01.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] {For the 2nd year in a row, I could only draw with Noel. Throughout the game neither player had a real advantage so a draw was a fair result.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Ne2 e6 9. Nf4 Be7 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Ng5 Nh7 14. Nxh7 Rxh7 15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Bd6 17. Kb1 Bf4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nf6 20. g3 Rh5 21. Be2 Rhh8 22. h4 Nd5 23. Qg5 Qb6 24. Ka1 Qc7 25. Rhe1 Qe7 26. Qc1 Qf6 27. f4 Kb8 28. Bg4 Rhe8 29. Re5 Ne7 30. Rde1 Nf5 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Qe3 Rd5 33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. a3 Kc8 35. Qd3 Qd8 36. Qe2 g6 37. Qe5 Qe7 38. Rh1 f6 39. Qe2 e5 40. fxe5 fxe5 41. dxe5 Qxe5 42. Qxe5 Rxe5 43. h5 gxh5 44. Rxh5 Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "West, Tony"] [Black "Jones, G. Avery"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "LWR"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.01.21"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "1934"] [BlackElo "1566"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2137690746522166"] [EventDate "2016.01.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Ne5 Be6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rfd8 17. d5 Nfd7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Be2 Rd6 21. f4 Nd3 22. e5 Rdd8 23. Nb5 cxb5 24. Bxd3 Nd5 25. Qf2 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qxd3 bxa4 29. Rd1 Qb6+ 30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 e6 32. Rxa4 Bf8 33. Rc4 Bb4 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Rc2 Rd2+ 36. Rxd2 Bxd2 37. Ke2 Bb4 38. Kd3 h5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kg7 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. gxf5 gxf5+ 43. Ke3 Kg6 44. Kf3 Kh5 45. Kg3 Bd2 46. Kf3 Kh4 47. b3 Kh3 0-1 [Event "2106 PHCC Championships"] [White "Heinrich, Chuck"] [Black "Boucher, David"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "2"] [Annotator "LWR"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.01.22"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "619"] [BlackElo "1306"] [PlyCount "58"] [GameId "2137690746522167"] [EventDate "2016.01.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. b3 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Be7 4. Nf3 b6 5. c4 O-O 6. Be2 Bb7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Qc3 d5 9. Na3 Ba6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Nc5 12. d3 h6 13. h4 Ne8 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Rh5 Qg2 18. Rdh1 f6 19. Qe1 Qg6 20. Rh8+ Kf7 21. Bh5 Nxd3+ 22. Kd2 Nxe1 23. Kxe1 $2 {23.Bg6+ was best! Even 23.Rf8+ was better.} Qxh5 24. R1xh5 Nd6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Nc2 Rc8 28. Nd4 e5 29. Nf3 Rc2 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Black "Wingrove, William"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.01.25"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1606"] [PlyCount "66"] [GameId "2137690746526264"] [EventDate "2016.01.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bf4 a6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Bc3 b6 17. Qg4 Bf8 18. f4 g6 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bg7 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. c3 Qd2 26. Qe4 Rf8 27. Re2 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Qg5 29. Qe5+ Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rd8 31. Ke2 Rd6 32. a4 Kf6 33. Re3 Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Wingrove, William"] [Black "West, Tony"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "LWR"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.01.28"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1606"] [BlackElo "1934"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2137690746526265"] [EventDate "2016.01.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. d4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Be4 Rfd8 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. Ne3 Rb5 {22. Rfb1 seems stronger.} 22. Rab1 Ra5 23. c4 Ra2 24. d5 Rxd2 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd5 Kf8 27. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 e6 29. Ne3 Ke7 30. Nc2 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Kxd6 32. b4 {The simple 32.Kf1 works fine here since the Black K cannot penetrate and this gives him a tempo toward centralizing his K.} a6 33. Kf1 e5 34. Ke2 e4 {35.f4 looks stronger because it gets White closer to the center if 35...,ef+ 36.Kf3 could slow the K-side advance.} 35. g4 $4 {Now Tony's solid endgame technique comes into play.} Ke5 36. Ke3 $2 {A Tempo waster since the simple Bh6+ drives White back to his original square.} Bh6+ 37. Ke2 f5 38. f3 f4 39. fxe4 Kxe4 40. h4 f3+ 41. Kf2 Kd3 42. Ne1+ Kxc4 43. Nxf3 Kxb4 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Jones, G. Avery"] [Black "Gregg, Alan Michael"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.01.28"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "1981"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2137690746526266"] [EventDate "2016.01.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 ({Relevant:} 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Bh2 c5 10. c3 Re8 11. a4 a6 12. Qb3 h6 13. Rfd1 Rb8 14. Nc4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Na5 Bd5 17. Qc2 Be4 18. Qc1 Ra8 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Rc8 21. Qd2 Rc2 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Rdc1 Rec8 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Rc1 Rb2 26. Bf1 Nd5 27. Rc6 Qa7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Nd2 N7f6 30. Qc1 Ra2 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Rc2 Nxb4 {Melkumyan,H (2654)-Mamedov,R (2650) Minsk 2015 0-1}) 3... h6 4. Bh4 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. cxd4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Ba6 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qb8 17. Bb5 e6 18. Qc4 Kd8 19. Ne1 Nf6 20. Nd3 Nd5 21. Bc6 Ne7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qb4 Nc8 24. Nc4 Bf8 25. Na5 Qd7 26. Nc6+ Ke8 27. Nb8 Qb7 28. Qb5+ Ke7 29. Na6 Kf6 30. Rc7 Qa8 31. Qe8 {1-0 (31) Karhanek,P (2261) -Sara,S (1921) Ostrava 2006}) 10... O-O 11. e4 e5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. d5 {Diagram [#]} (13. a4) 13... b5 14. Ne3 c4 {equal} 15. Bc2 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ng4 Bg7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. h4 Bc8 20. Nfh2 Qe7 21. g3 Bd7 22. Kg2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rac1 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Nd3 26. Re2 h5 27. Ne3 Qf7 28. a3 Bh6 29. Nhf1 a6 30. Kg1 Ra7 31. Kg2 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Raf7 33. Nh2 Qf6 34. Nhf1 e4 35. Kh2 $4 {Diagram [#]} Nxf2 36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. cxd4 Nd3 38. Kg2 Bg7 39. Nh2 Bxd4 40. Nd1 Nc5 41. g4 Rf4 42. Ne3 Bxe3 43. Rxe3 hxg4 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Nxg4 Rf3+ 46. Kg2 {White lost on time} 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Black "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "LWR"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.01.28"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "1880"] [PlyCount "57"] [GameId "2137690746526267"] [EventDate "2016.01.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. d4 e6 2. c3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nbd2 ({Relevant:} 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. h3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e4 Nd7 14. exd5 exd5 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Nf1 d4 17. Ng3 Rae8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Bc4 dxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rd8 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Rb3 a5 26. Nf5 Kf8 27. Ne3 Ne4 28. f3 Nd2 29. Rb6 Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Bd5 31. Nxa5 Bxa2 32. c4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd2 {Potkin,V (2646)-Kurnosov,I (2676) Moscow 2010 1/2-1/2 (62)}) 4... Nc6 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. g3 $146 ({Predecessor (14):} 6. e3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. c4 Bg4 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Rxe2 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Ree1 Rad8 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Rad1 Qf5 20. Bc1 h6 21. Qb5 Bc7 22. Qe2 Qg4 23. h3 Qe4 24. Kf1 Nd5 25. Nd2 Qe5 26. Nf3 Qe4 27. Qb5 b6 28. a3 Re7 29. Rd2 Red7 30. Red1 Bg3 31. Qb3 c4 32. Qa4 Nxe3+ 33. Kg1 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 {Savic,D (2106)-Bejatovic,B (2002) Senta 2013 0-1}) 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. cxd4 Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Rc8 13. Qb3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 b6 15. Bd2 Bc6 $2 16. d5 (16. Bxc6 $11) 16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rad1 (18. Qxd5 Bxg3 19. Qxd8 Rcxd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. fxg3 fxg5) 18... Bc5 19. Qd3 a5 (19... d4) 20. Be3 d4 21. Bf4 Re8 22. a3 Qd7 23. Qf3 Qc6 (23... Qb5 24. Rd2 Qc4) 24. Kg2 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Re6 26. Rfe1 Rce8 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Ke4 Rd8 29. Rd3 {Draw Agreed} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Morabito, Matthew"] [Black "Heinrich, Chuck"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.01.28"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "1859"] [BlackElo "619"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2137690746526268"] [EventDate "2016.01.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nd2 d5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Nd7 $146 {Diagram [#]} ({Relevant:} 7... O-O 8. Re1 Bc7 9. c3 e5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Ng5 Be6 13. Nxe6 Rxe6 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Be3 Qxd3 16. Nxb6 Bxb6 17. Rad1 Qf5 18. Rd5 Rf6 19. Qc4 Rc8 20. Qh4 h6 21. Red1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Be4 Qe6 24. Bd5 Qf5 25. Qe4 Qh5 26. Rd2 Ne6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rd7 Qg6 29. Qxg6 Rxg6 30. c4 f5 31. Kf1 Rf6 32. Rxb7 Rf7 33. Rb8+ Rf8 34. Rb7 Rf7 35. Rb8+ Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. f3 {Kuzubov,Y (2634)-Socko,B (2643) Austria 2010 1/2-1/2 (80)}) 8. exd5 exd5 9. Re1+ Ne7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 b5 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Ba5 Re8 15. Nh4 Bb7 16. c4 Qd7 17. Qe6+ Kf8 $4 {Diagram [#]} (17... Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Be5 (18... Bc7 19. cxb5 Be5) 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Rxb6) 18. Bxb6 Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Bxg3 20. fxg3 axb6 21. Rxb6 Ra7 22. Rxb5 Rc8 23. a3 g5 24. Nf3 dxc4 25. dxc4 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Nf5 27. Bg4 Re7 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Bedy, Noel"] [Black "Boucher, David"] [Site "St.Clair"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.02.06"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1421"] [BlackElo "1306"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2137690746530365"] [EventDate "2016.02.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Qc1 h6 10. Bh4 Bd6 11. Nb5 Bxh2+ 12. Kxh2 Ng4+ 13. Kg3 g5 14. Bxg5 hxg5 15. f3 Nh6 16. Kf2 a6 17. Nxc7 Rc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rh1 Qf6 20. Rh5 Rc7 21. Qxg5+ Qxg5 22. Rxg5+ Rg7 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. c3 b5 25. Re1 e5 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Bb1 Nc4 28. Nd4 Rf6 29. b3 Nd6 30. Kg1 Ndf5 31. Nxf5+ Nxf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Kf2 Rf6 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. Rd4 Kf6 36. g4 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Gregg, Alan Michael"] [Black "Wingrove, William"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.02.04"] [ECO "A31"] [WhiteElo "1981"] [BlackElo "1606"] [PlyCount "52"] [GameId "2137690746530366"] [EventDate "2016.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Nc2 ({Relevant:} 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. e3 h5 10. b3 h4 11. Bb2 Qc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd5 hxg3 14. hxg3 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Kf8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Rc4 Rc8 18. Qc2 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Ng4 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Nf6 22. Qxa7 Rc8 23. a4 Rc2 24. Qd4 Kg8 25. Bf3 Qf5 26. Kg2 g5 27. e4 Qe5 28. Qxe5 dxe5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Re3 Ke8 31. Bd1 Rd2 32. Be2 Kd7 33. a5 Kd6 34. a6 bxa6 35. Bxa6 Rd4 36. f3 g4 {L'Ami,E (2627) -Aronian,L (2802) Wijk aan Zee 2013 1/2-1/2 (66)}) 7... a6 8. Bg2 e6 9. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Be7 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Nd5 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ne3 Qc5 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Nd5 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. e3 Bg4 22. Re1 a5 23. h3 Be6 24. Red1 f5 25. Qe2 e4 26. b3 Ne5 27. Nf4 Bf7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Qc6 30. h4 b6 31. Rd4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nh3 g4 34. Nf4 Be8 35. Qd1 b5 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Qd5+ Qxd5 38. Nxd5 bxc4 {Caramia,J-Rojas,R Olivos 1993 1-0 (70)}) 9... Be7 10. e4 O-O 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. b3 Be8 14. h3 Rac8 15. Be3 Qb8 (15... Qa5 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Qd2) 16. Qe2 Na7 $2 {Diagram [#]} (16... Nd7) 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. Na4 Bd8 20. Rfd1 Bc7 21. Rd2 Rcd8 22. Rcd1 Re7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Qb6 Ne5 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 {Diagram [#]} 26. f4 {Bill offered a draw here, so I accepted since I am worse!} (26. Nb6 Rc6 27. c5) (26. Nc3 Rcd7 27. f4 Nc6 28. Ne3) (26. Nb2 Rcd7 27. f4 Ng6 (27... Nc6)) 26... Nxc4 {Bill offered a draw here, so I accepted since I am worse!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Boucher, David"] [Black "Jones, G. Avery"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.02.04"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1306"] [BlackElo "1566"] [PlyCount "50"] [GameId "2137690746530367"] [EventDate "2016.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb3 (3. exd5) 3... e5 ({Relevant:} 3... dxe4 4. Qh5 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qh4 Nbd7 7. f3 Nc5 8. fxe4 Nfxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. d4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Bd6 13. Nf3 f5 14. Be3 Kc7 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 17. Bc2 Nf6 18. Ne5 Rf8 19. g3 Rad8 20. Bb3 Bc8 21. Nc4 Nd5 22. Nxd6 Nxe3 23. Nb5+ cxb5 24. Rxe3 f4 25. gxf4 Rxf4 26. Bxe6 Re8 27. Rde1 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Rf1+ 30. Kd2 Rf2+ 31. Re2 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Kd6 33. Kd3 {Carlsen,M (2850)-Tomashevsky, E (2758) Berlin 2015 1-0}) 4. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor (9):} 4. Qh5 Bd6 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Qg5 cxd5 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Rxg2 9. Nc3 Rg6 10. Qh4 Rg4 11. Qh6 Rg6 12. Qh4 Rg4 {1/2-1/2 (12) Uzzaman,A (1938)-Khristoforov,S (1977) San Francisco 2015}) 4... Be6 5. Nf3 Bd6 (5... d4 6. Bxe6 dxc3 (6... fxe6 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. O-O) 7. Bb3 cxb2 8. Bxb2) 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 (7. d4) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Qb6 12. Qd2 $4 {Diagram [#] losing} (12. Bb3) 12... Nxd5 13. c4 Nf4 14. d4 Bb4 15. Qd1 Ng6 16. a3 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. dxe5 Rad8 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. b4 Qe6 21. Qc2 Ndxe5 22. Ng5 Qxc4 23. Qb1 Qg4 24. f4 Rd2 25. g3 (25. Qe4 Re2 26. h3 Rxe4 27. hxg4 Rxf4) 25... Qe2 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Black "Morabito, Matthew"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.02.04"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1859"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2137690746530368"] [EventDate "2016.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. e5 Ba6 ({Relevant:} 5... Qc7 6. b3 f6 7. Bb2 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nf6 9. f4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 d6 12. Nd3 Bd7 13. Qe2 Rae8 14. Nc3 Bd8 15. Na4 Re7 16. Nf2 Be8 17. Rac1 Bg6 18. g3 Ree8 19. Rfe1 Bf5 20. d3 Nd7 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. Bc3 Bd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. c5 d5 25. Re2 g5 26. fxg5 e5 27. Kg2 Kh8 28. Rce1 Qd8 29. b4 Bg6 30. h4 Bh5 31. g4 Bf7 32. h5 Be6 33. b5 cxb5 34. c6 bxa4 35. cxd7 {Cuartas,J (2523)-Del Rey,D (2390) Zaragoza 2012 1-0}) 6. d3 Ne7 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ne4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. b3 f5 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Rf7 15. Bxc5 Bb5 16. Bxe7 Bxa4 17. Bc5 Bb5 18. a4 Ba6 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. a5 a6 21. Nd2 f4 22. Nc4 d5 23. exd6 e5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd7 26. Ra4 Rf8 27. f3 Bc8 28. Re7 {1-0 (28) Skomorokhov,K (1952)-Rudakov,A Tambov 2015}) 10... Qc7 11. Be3 (11. Bg5) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxc5 (12. Nxc5) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 d5 {Diagram [#]} 14. Nf6+ $4 {Stewart is lost after this move!} (14. Qg3 e5 (14... Qxg3 15. hxg3 Rfe8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nc5 Bc8) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 f6) 14... Bxf6 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. c3 Rb8 17. Rab1 Qb6 18. d4 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. b4 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rec1 Bd2 23. Rc7 Bb7 24. g3 d4 25. a4 g6 26. b5 Ba5 27. Rd7 d3 28. Rd1 d2 29. R1xd2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Rc8 31. f4 Bd5 32. Rb2 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Ra1 34. Rb4 Ra2+ 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. a5 Ra2 37. a6 Ra3+ 38. Kd4 Rxg3 39. Kc5 Rc3+ 40. Kd6 Rb3 41. Rxb3 Bxb3 42. Kc7 Bc4 43. Kc6 h5 44. b6 Bd5+ 45. Kc7 axb6 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "West, Tony"] [Black "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.02.04"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "1934"] [BlackElo "1800"] [PlyCount "113"] [GameId "2137690746534465"] [EventDate "2016.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 g6 (4... bxc4 $11) 5. e4 d6 6. cxb5 a6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. bxa6 ({Relevant:} 9. a4 axb5 10. Bxb5 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qd2 Nc7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 f6 18. Qd2 Rb6 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. b3 Rfb8 21. Rab1 Nba6 22. Qc2 Nb4 23. Qd1 Qg4 24. h3 Qh5 25. Ne2 Qh6 26. Nc3 R6b7 27. Re3 Qg7 28. Kh2 Rf8 29. g4 Kh8 30. Qd2 Rbb8 31. Rg1 Nba6 32. Qd1 Rb4 33. Na2 Rbb8 34. Rg3 c4 35. bxc4 Rb2 36. Re2 Rfb8 37. Nc3 f5 38. Nb5 f4 {Sumets,A (2633)-Kalegin,E (2461) LLucmajor 2014 1-0}) 9... Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bf4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. a3 Qa5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Na6 16. Nd2 Rfb8 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Rad1 Nc7 19. f4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. Rd2 Rb3 22. f5 Rab8 23. g4 Nb5 24. Nxb5 R8xb5 25. Rf2 Qa5 26. Rc2 Qa4 27. Rc4 Qa7 28. Bc1 Rb8 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Rf3 Kf7 31. Rcc3 R3b7 32. b3 Qd8 33. Qc4 Qa5 34. Rh3 Rh8 35. Qe2 Qd8 36. Rc4 Qb8 37. Qc2 g5 38. Rcc3 Qa7 39. Qd3 Qa5 40. a4 h6 41. Bd2 Qa8 42. Rc4 Rhb8 {Edelsvard,O-Gil,A Sweden 1976 1-0 (63)}) 13... f6 14. h4 Qc8 15. a3 Na6 16. Nd2 Nc7 17. Bh2 (17. Nc4) 17... Qa6 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. Nc4 Rb8 (19... Nb6 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 21. Rab1 f5 22. Na4 Rb5 23. e5 dxe5) 20. f4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Rbxb6 22. Rf2 Nb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Rd1 Ra4 25. Re2 Rb3 (25... Kf7) 26. Rdd2 Kf7 27. Kf2 h6 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. Kxe3 h5 (29... f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Ke2 Bf6 32. h5 Ra8) 30. Kf3 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Bg1 Ke8 33. g3 Kd7 (33... Ra8) 34. Ke2 Kc7 (34... Ra6) 35. Kd1 Kb7 {Wrong idea here. Black needs to activate the rook.} 36. Re2 Bf6 37. Kc2 Ka6 38. Bf2 Kb5 39. Be1 c4 $2 (39... Ra8) 40. Bc3 Bxc3 41. Kxc3 Ra7 42. Re6 Kc5 43. Rh6 Kxd5 44. Rxh5 Rb7 45. Rxf5+ e5 46. fxe5 Rb3+ 47. Kc2 dxe5 48. g4 Rg3 49. Rg5 Rg2+ 50. Kb1 {Diagram [#]} Kd4 (50... Rg1+ 51. Ka2 (51. Kc2 Rg2+ 52. Kc3 Rg3+ 53. Kb4 Rb3+ 54. Ka5 Rxb2) 51... Rg2 52. Rg8 e4 53. Rd8+ Ke5 54. Rc8 e3 55. h5 Rxg4 56. h6 Rh4) 51. h5 {Diagram [#]} e4 $4 {Black's last chance to save the game.} (51... c3 52. bxc3+ (52. Rg6 Rg1+ 53. Kc2 Rg2+ 54. Kb1 Rg1+ 55. Kc2 Rg2+ 56. Kb1 Rg1+ 57. Ka2 c2) 52... Kxc3 53. a4 Rg1+ 54. Ka2 Rg2+ 55. Ka3 Rg1 56. Ka2 Rg2+ 57. Kb1 Rg1+ 58. Ka2 Rg2+) 52. h6 Kd3 53. h7 Rh2 54. Rh5 Rxh5 55. gxh5 e3 56. h8=Q e2 57. Qc3+ 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Heinrich, Chuck"] [Black "Bedy, Noel"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.02.04"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "619"] [BlackElo "1421"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2137690746534466"] [EventDate "2016.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] {Chuck's play in the opening is good ,but then goes astray in the middle game.} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. Qc1 $146 ({Relevant:} 7. O-O h6 8. d4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bb4 12. Rfd1 a6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Ne4 15. Be1 f5 16. a4 Qf6 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. Nf1 Qg6 19. Rac1 Rf7 20. f3 Nef6 21. Kh1 Qh7 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Ng3 g6 24. Bb4 Re6 25. Kg1 Kg7 26. Re1 Qg8 27. Re2 Qd8 28. Rce1 Qc7 29. Ba3 Qd8 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Qc2 Qa7 32. Nh1 Qb6 33. Nf2 Qd8 34. Nd3 Nh5 35. Nf4 Nxf4 36. exf4 Rxe2 {Burmakin,V (2604)-Corrales Jimenez,F (2585) Metz 2010 1-0}) 7... Rc8 8. d3 h6 9. Qc3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 O-O {Diagram [#]} 11. O-O-O (11. O-O) (11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. e5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Ng5) 11... Qe7 12. Kb1 b5 13. h3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Nc5 15. g4 Na4 16. Qc2 Nxb2 17. Kxb2 Bh7 18. Ka1 Nd7 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. c5 Bc7 21. Qc3 Nxf3 22. Bxf3 f6 23. d4 f5 24. Rd2 fxg4 25. Bxg4 Rb8 26. Na5 Bxa5 27. Qxa5 Rb5 28. Qc3 Rfb8 29. Rdd1 Kf8 30. Rhf1 Qb7 31. Qe1 Rb2 32. Bxe6 Qa6 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Morabito, Matthew"] [Black "West, Tony"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.02.11"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "1859"] [BlackElo "1934"] [PlyCount "49"] [GameId "2137690746534467"] [EventDate "2016.02.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 c6 8. Bg5 ({Relevant:} 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Qc2 fxe4 11. Ng5 Bc5 12. Ncxe4 Bf5 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qxg5 16. Bxf5 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rae1 Qh6 19. Bxh7 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nd7 21. Bg6 Nf8 22. Be4 Qe6 23. Qb3 Qe7 24. Qe3 a5 25. Bc2 Qe6 26. Rf5 Nd7 27. Qe4 Kg8 28. Rg5 Qh6 29. h4 Rf8 30. Kg2 Rf7 31. c5 a4 32. Qxa4 Nxc5 33. Qc4 e4 34. Qxc5 Qf6 35. Qc4 Qxb2 {1-0 (35) Bu,X (2695)-Fedoseev, V (2664) Ningbo 2015}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 $146 ({Predecessor (2):} 10. e4 d4 {1/2-1/2 (10) Dettmann,G (2127)-Hanisch,T (1973) Mecklenburg VP 2002}) 10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 Kh8 $4 (12... Qf7) (12... Bb7) (12... Rf7) 13. Nxd5 {Diagram [#]} Qf7 (13... cxd5 14. Qxd5 Rf7 15. Qxa8 (15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Qxb7 Rxb7 17. Bxb7 Bb4 18. Nf3 Qxb2 19. Bxa8) 15... Bb7 16. Qxa7 Bxf3 17. Qxb6 Rb7 18. Qa5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2) 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Qc2 Na6 16. Nd4 Nb4 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. a3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Qxd5 Qe7 22. Rac1 Bb8 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bc8 25. Nc6 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Black "Gregg, Alan Michael"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.02.11"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "1981"] [PlyCount "104"] [GameId "2137690746534468"] [EventDate "2016.02.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 h6 ({Relevant:} 4... Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. g3 Nd4 7. Bg2 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 d6 9. O-O a6 10. Bg2 Rb8 11. Rc1 h6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. b4 Bb6 16. c5 Bc7 17. e4 Qd8 18. Be3 Be6 19. f4 f6 20. d4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qe7 22. cxd6 Bxd6 23. Qc3 Rfd8 24. Rce1 Bc7 25. Rd1 Bg4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Re1 Rd7 28. h3 Be6 29. Bf1 Kh8 30. Re2 Bf7 31. Bg2 Bg6 32. Bf2 Qd8 33. e5 fxe5 34. fxe5 {Kuzubov,Y (2638)-Harikrishna,P (2740) Kocaeli 2015 1/2-1/2}) 5. a3 a5 6. b3 Bc5 7. Bb2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 7. e3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd2 Bd7 10. Na4 Ba7 11. Bc3 Re8 12. Be2 d5 13. Nb2 d4 14. exd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Bf4 Bc5 17. a4 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Rac8 19. Bc1 Bf5 20. g4 Bd7 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Rcd8 23. Nd2 Ne5 24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rg1+ Kh7 27. Bf3 Rg8 28. Bg2 Rg6 29. f4 Nd7 30. f5 Rh6 31. Qe2 Ne5 32. Qc2 Rg8 33. c5 Qd7 34. Qf2 Bd5 35. Nc4 Nxc4 36. bxc4 c6 {Berg,G (1536)-Schmitt,M (1643) Berlin 2000 0-1}) 7... d6 8. h3 Bf5 9. g4 Bd7 10. Bg2 Rb8 11. Nb5 Bb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. e4 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Rad1 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Ne7 18. d4 Bxb5 19. cxb5 f6 20. Kh2 Ng6 21. Rfd1 Nf4 22. Bf1 g5 23. Rc2 Kg7 24. d5 h5 25. f3 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rh8 27. Rc3 Rh4 28. Bc1 Rbh8 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Kg2 Re8 31. Bd3 Re7 {Diagram [#]} (31... f3+ $32) 32. Bc2 Kf8 33. Rf3 Bc5 34. a4 Ke8 35. Bb1 Kd8 36. Bc2 Rh8 37. Rc1 Re5 38. Bd3 Rhe8 {I totally missed h4.} 39. Rc4 R8e7 40. h4 Rh7 41. h5 {I now try to win a drawn game and should have lost. I made the mistake of playing on my opponent's time as I was well ahead.} Kd7 42. Rh3 Rh6 43. Kf3 c6 {After this move white is better!} 44. bxc6+ bxc6 45. dxc6+ Kxc6 46. Rc2 d5 47. exd5+ Kxd5 48. Be4+ Ke6 49. Rh1 Rh8 50. Rhc1 Bd6 (50... Kd6) 51. Rc6 Rd8 (51... Ke7 52. Rd1 Re6 53. Rd3 {[Ra3!? -LWR]}) 52. Rd1 Ke7 {Diagram [#] Lonnie was very short on time and offered a draw and I accepted. I was totally lost. ( I agree with Alan's assessment here, as h6 poses a real dilemma for Black! the problem is that with only 3 minutes left...I had little choice. I feel that Alan was correct with his assessment of 31...f3!...makes things very dicey! -LWR)} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Wingrove, William"] [Black "Boucher, David"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.02.11"] [ECO "C17"] [WhiteElo "1606"] [BlackElo "1306"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2137690746538565"] [EventDate "2016.02.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 c5 6. f4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. Nxd4 ({Relevant:} 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Nbxd4 Nbc6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 f6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Rhe1 Rad8 18. Bf1 b6 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Bg2 Nc6 21. Rd2 Kf7 22. Nh4 Ne7 23. b3 Bc6 24. Bh3 Bd7 25. Rde2 Ng6 26. f5 exf5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Bxf5 Ke7 31. Kd2 Kd6 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. Bd3 f5 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. Be2 Ke5 36. Ke3 Nf8 37. Bb5 Ne6 38. h4 h6 {Westerberg,J (2443)-Johansson,L (2391) Vaxjo 2015 1/2-1/2}) 9... a6 10. Ngf3 Nbc6 11. c3 Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor (2):} 11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O Qb6 16. a4 Raf8 17. a5 Qd6 18. Ne5 Be8 19. g3 Nc6 20. Qc3 Qd8 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Rac1 Qe8 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Qxc6 Qg6 25. Qc2 Qg4 26. Qd1 Qh3 27. Qe2 h5 28. Rc3 Qf5 29. Rc6 Rg6 30. Qe5 Qg4 31. f5 Rgf6 32. Rf4 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd2+ 34. Rf2 Qg5 35. Rxa6 Rxf5 36. Qxe6+ Kh7 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. Qe2 h4 39. g4 Rf4 40. Qc2+ Re4 41. h3 {Birkmann,G (1986)-Siemantel,A (1857) Zirndorf 2005 1-0}) 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g3 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. O-O Nxd3 17. Qxd3 {Diagram [#]} Bh3 $4 (17... Ng6) (17... Bg4) 18. Ng5 Rh6 19. Nxh3 Rxh3 20. Qf3 Qe5 21. Rae1 (21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. Rae1 Rxg3+ 23. Kf2 Re3 24. Rxe3 Qxh2+ 25. Ke1) 21... Qg5 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Qf4 {Diagram [#]} (23. Rxe7 Rxg3+ 24. Kh1 h6 25. hxg3 Qxg3 26. Rf2) 23... Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Nc6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Re7 Rh6 27. Rff7 Rg6 28. Ra7 Kg8 29. Rxa8+ Kxf7 30. Rxa6 c5 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. a4 Ke7 33. Kf2 c4 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Kd4 Kc6 36. a5 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Jones, G. Avery"] [Black "Bedy, Noel"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "5"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.02.11"] [ECO "D01"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "1421"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2137690746538566"] [EventDate "2016.02.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Bg5 e6 5. a3 Nbd7 ({Relevant:} 5... h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Na4 b6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 Be7 15. Qb3 b5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 e5 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra1 e4 21. dxe4 dxe4 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Qc2 Qd5 24. Nf5 Rce8 25. Nd6 Re6 26. Nxe4 Nd3 27. Nc3 Qc4 28. Rfb1 Nxb4 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Nd3 31. Na4 Rd8 32. Rd1 bxa4 33. Rdxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 Re8 35. Kf1 {Gruskovnjak,T (2348)-Loncar, R (2444) Ptuj 2007 1/2-1/2}) 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Be7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Rfe1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11. h3 Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Bg3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf6 17. Rd3 Qe7 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxd3 21. cxd3 Nd5 22. f4 Qd7 23. Bf2 Rd8 24. d4 Nb6 25. Rc1 Qd5 26. Qc2 Qb5 27. Kh2 Nd5 28. g3 a6 29. b3 g6 30. Qc4 Nb6 31. Qxb5 axb5 32. Kg2 Ra8 33. Ra1 Nd5 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ke4 Kf8 36. Kd3 h4 37. Ke4 hxg3 38. Bxg3 Ne7 39. Be1 Nf5 40. Bb4+ Ke8 {Valent,J-Marcinek,M Slovakia 1999 0-1 (61)}) 11... Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bxh4 15. Rxh4 Nf6 16. Re1 c5 17. dxc5 Qxd3 18. cxd3 Red8 19. Rd1 (19. Rb4) 19... Rd5 20. b4 a5 21. d4 axb4 22. axb4 Kh7 23. b5 $4 {Diagram [#]} (23. Ne1 Ra4 24. Nc2 Rd8 25. Kf1) 23... g5 24. Nxg5+ Rxg5 25. b6 Nd5 26. Rc1 Rgg8 27. Kf1 Ra2 28. Rh3 Rga8 29. Rf3 f6 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Ra1+ 32. Ke2 R8a2+ 33. Kd3 Nb4+ 34. Ke4 Nxc6 35. Rxf6 Re1+ 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Rf4 Ra3+ 38. Kg4 Rb3 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "West, Tony"] [Black "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.02.18"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1934"] [BlackElo "1880"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2137690746538567"] [EventDate "2016.02.18"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 c5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 ({Relevant:} 4... exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nb5 Ne4 15. Nbd4 Rc8 16. Rc2 Nb4 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. a3 Na6 19. Qc1 Nac5 20. Nh4 Be7 21. Ndf5 Bxh4 22. Nxg7 Bg5 23. Qd1 Bg6 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Qxd5 Qe6 26. Rd1 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Be7 28. b4 Na4 29. Ba1 Nec3 30. Rd7 Bf6 31. Kf1 b5 32. Rxa7 Kg7 33. g4 h6 34. Bc6 {Giri,A (2696)-Swinkels,R (2485) Amsterdam 2012 1-0}) 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 $146 {Diagram [#]} ({Predecessor (4):} 7... a6 8. Bg2 e5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Rac1 Rb8 16. e3 Ne7 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nd3 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bf6 20. Rc7 Bf5 21. e4 Bg6 22. Rfc1 a5 23. Kf1 Rfe8 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. b4 Re7 26. bxa5 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 bxa5 28. Ra7 Bd8 29. Nxe5 Rb2+ 30. Kd3 Rb5 31. Nxg6+ fxg6 32. f4 Rb2 33. e5 Rxh2 34. e6 Ke8 35. Bc6+ Kf8 36. Rf7+ {1-0 (36) Moreno Gracia,D (2322)-Ferrer Serrano,R (2138) Aragon 2012}) 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Bf4 Ne7 10. N1c3 O-O 11. Bg2 Ng6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Nxd6 Rb8 14. Ncb5 Nb4 15. O-O a6 16. Nxc8 (16. Nc3) 16... Rfxc8 17. Nd6 Rc2 18. a3 Nd5 19. e4 Nde7 20. b4 e5 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc6 23. Bf1 Nd4 24. Rc7 b5 25. Nxf7 Rf8 26. Ng5 (26. Nd6) 26... h6 27. Nh3 Rf3 28. Rd7 $2 {Diagram [#]} Rxa3 29. f4 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 exf4 31. gxf4 Ngh4+ 32. Kf2 Nxh2 {Diagram [#] Tony resigned in this position. Black is only slightly better after Rd3 or Bd3 and the position is still unclear.} 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Heinrich, Chuck"] [Black "Jones, G. Avery"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.02.18"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "619"] [BlackElo "1566"] [PlyCount "56"] [GameId "2137690746542664"] [EventDate "2016.02.18"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qc2 Nb4 9. Qc1 e5 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nc3 Qc8 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. e4 Bg4 17. Ne2 b6 18. Rfb1 Nd4 19. Nexd4 exd4 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qf4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Be6 26. Bc1 Bg7 27. Rb2 Qd7 28. Rab1 Bf8 $11 {Diagram [#]Chuck had to go and he resigned. The position is equal.} 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Bedy, Noel"] [Black "Wingrove, William"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.02.18"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "1421"] [BlackElo "1606"] [PlyCount "65"] [GameId "2137690746542665"] [EventDate "2016.02.18"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 ({Relevant:} 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd3 Rc8 8. c4 b5 9. Na3 bxc4 10. Nxc4 Nf6 11. O-O e6 12. Rd1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. Qa6 Qc7 16. Bd2 Nb8 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qb3 Bc5 19. Bc3 Qc6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rac1 Nd7 22. Qd3 Qb7 23. Nc4 Rc7 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Kd8 26. Nd4 h5 27. Nc6+ Kc8 28. Na5 {1-0 (28) Fressinet,L (2713)-Jones,G (2664) Douglas 2014}) 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bg5 e6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Rd1 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qf3 Qa7 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Ndxb5 axb5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxa8 Nc6 18. Qb7 Nd4 19. Rd2 Qb4 20. Qc7 Nd5 21. Qxe5 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qxc3 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc3 25. Re1 Nxa2 26. Re3 b4 27. Re5 f6 28. Ra5 e5 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. Rxa2 b3 31. Ra1 b2 32. Rb1 Rxc2 33. g3 Rc1+ 34. Rd1 Rc2 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Rd7+ {1-0 (36) Estrin,Y-Shamkovich,L Baku 1951}) 10... O-O 11. Rfe1 Qc7 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Rfe8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2 Rac8 16. Rd2 Qb6 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nc3 Bd8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Qc5 21. Nb1 Nd5 22. c3 Bg5 23. Nd3 Qc7 24. Rdd1 Red8 25. Nd2 Nf4 26. Nxf4 Bxf4 27. Nf3 h6 28. g3 Bd6 29. Rd3 Bc5 30. Red1 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qd2 $11 {Diagram [#]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Gregg, Alan Michael"] [Black "Morabito, Matthew"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.02.18"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "1981"] [BlackElo "1859"] [PlyCount "79"] [GameId "2137690746542666"] [EventDate "2016.02.18"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5 h6 9. dxe5 hxg5 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Rc1 Be6 $146 ({Relevant:} 11... Re8 12. b3 Bf5 13. Qd2 g4 14. Ne1 Bg5 15. e3 Rb8 16. Nd3 Qc8 17. Rfd1 Nd4 18. Ne1 Nc6 19. Nd3 Nd4 20. Ne1 Nc6 21. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 (21) Csom,I (2460)-Oral,T (2415) Paks 1997}) 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 g4 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Re3 (16. Qd2) 16... Bd7 17. Qa1 c5 18. Nc2 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Rfe8 20. Rd1 Bf5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Rd2 Kg7 24. Ng2 (24. Nd1 Bd7 25. Nc3 Bc6) 24... a5 25. Nf4 Kf6 26. Nd3 (26. Nxe6 Kxe6 27. Rd3 Ra8 28. Re3+ Kd7 29. f3 gxf3 30. Rxf3) 26... a4 27. e4 $2 (27. Nf4) 27... axb3 28. axb3 Ra8 29. e5+ Ke7 30. exd6+ cxd6 31. Kg2 Ra3 32. Nc1 Ra1 33. Rc2 Bf5 34. Rc3 Be4+ 35. Kf1 Rb1 36. Ke2 f5 37. Nd3 Rh1 {Diagram [#]I believe this is a mistake. I had no good moves at this point.} (37... g5) (37... Kf6) 38. b4 Bxd3+ (38... cxb4 39. Nxb4 Kf6 40. Ke3 Rxh2 41. c5 dxc5 42. Rxc5 Rh1 43. Nd5+ Kg5 44. Nf4 Rd1 45. Rc3 Rd6) 39. Rxd3 cxb4 40. Rb3 {Diagram [#]Rook and pawn games are often draws.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Boucher, David"] [Black "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "Fritz 12"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.02.19"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1306"] [BlackElo "1800"] [PlyCount "60"] [GameId "2137690746542667"] [EventDate "2016.02.18"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 {Diagram [#]} ({Fritz 12: 1)} 5... Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5 h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. b3 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bg4 {[%eval 28,16]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Re8 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Re1 h6 11. a3 Nxe5 12. axb4 Nxd3 {[%eval 34,15]}) 6. a3 Ba5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Ng4 c4 13. Nxh6+ gxh6 14. Bxh6 cxd3 15. Rxe6 Ng6 {Diagram [#]} ({Fritz 12:1)} 15... fxe6 16. Qg4+ Kf7 17. Qg7+ Ke8 18. Qxf8+ Kd7 19. Qxd8+ Bxd8 20. cxd3 Nbc6 21. g4 Nxd4 22. f4 Nec6 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. f5 Rc8 {[%eval -180,18]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 15... Nf5 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Bg5 fxe6 18. Bxd8 Bxd8 19. cxd3 Nc6 20. Ne2 Bc7 21. Rc1 Bd6 22. Qg6 Rac8 23. Qxe6 Ncxd4 24. Qxc8 Nxe2+ {[%eval 120,18]}) 16. Bxf8 {Diagram [#]} ({Fritz 12:1)} 16. Qh5 Qd7 17. Rxg6+ fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Bxf8 Nc6 20. Bh6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 dxc2 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Qxc2 Qe6 24. Rb1 b6 25. Qd3 Qd6 26. Re1 Qxa3 {[%eval 400,16]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 16. Qxd3 Kh7 17. Rxg6 fxg6 18. Bxf8 Bxc3 19. Bc5 Ba5 20. b4 Bb6 21. Re1 Nc6 22. b5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qa5 24. Re6 {[%eval 73,16]}) 16... fxe6 17. Qg4 {Diagram [#]} ({Fritz 12:1)} 17. Bb4 Bxb4 18. axb4 dxc2 19. Qxc2 Kg7 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. b5 Kf7 22. Qg4 Qf4 23. Qd1 Nd7 24. Qd3 Qf6 25. g3 Ke7 26. Kg2 {[%eval -75,16]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Be7 Qf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. Nxd5 Nc6 21. Bf6 d2 22. b4 Bd8 23. b5 Na5 24. g4 Bxf6 25. Nxf6+ Kf7 26. Nd5 Rd8 {[%eval -79,15]}) 17... Qf6 18. Bd6 dxc2 19. b4 Bb6 20. Be5 ({Fritz 12:1)} 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Ne2 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bc5 Nf5 24. Rxc2 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Kf7 26. b5 Qb1 27. Rc3 Rc8 28. Qa4 Ngh4 29. Qxa7 {[%eval -307,17]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. Rc1 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bc5 Nf5 24. Rxc2 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Kf7 26. Qg5 Qe5+ 27. Kg1 b6 28. Be3 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 {[%eval -288,16]}) 20... Qf5 21. Qg3 Nc6 22. Ne2 Kf7 23. f4 Rg8 24. Qe3 Qe4 ({Fritz 12:1)} 24... Nh4 25. g4 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Rxg4+ 27. hxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kf1 Qg2+ 29. Ke1 Nf3+ 30. Qxf3+ Qxf3 31. Rc1 Qxa3 32. Rxc2 Qxb4+ 33. Kd1 Bxd4 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Nf4+ Kf5 36. Rf7+ Kg4 37. Nxe6 Bxe5 {[%eval -1079,17]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 24... Ncxe5 25. fxe5 Nh4 26. g4 Rxg4+ 27. hxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kf1 Qg2+ 29. Ke1 Nf3+ 30. Qxf3+ Qxf3 31. Rc1 Qxa3 32. Rxc2 Qxb4+ 33. Kd1 Bxd4 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Nf4+ Kf5 36. Rf7+ Kg4 37. Nxe6 Bxe5 {[%eval -1079,17]}) 25. Qf2 Qd3 26. Kh2 Ke8 27. Rc1 Ncxe5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nf4 Qh7 30. Kg1 Bxd4 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Black "Bedy, Noel"] [Site "Marysville"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan {LWR}"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.02.26"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "1421"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2137690746546764"] [EventDate "2016.02.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. c4 e5 {(Neither Noel nor I really prepared for this game, because of the host of different openings that I used against him. I did some very aggressive preparations in tactics training on the Chess.com website and engaged in over a 100 speed games to sharpen up for this contest reasoning that the English was my forte, and I should stick with what I know realizing it was going to probably end up a tactical struggle. -LWR} 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nh3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 ({Relevant:} 8. b3 Na6 9. e4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ba3 Bf5 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qe5 Qe8 16. Nf4 Bg5 17. Qxc5 Bxf4 18. gxf4 b6 19. Qe3 Qg6 20. Qg3 Rad8 21. Rfe1 Rd3 22. Qxg6 Bxg6 23. Rxd3 exd3 24. Bxc6 Rxf4 25. f3 Rd4 26. Rd1 d2 {1/2-1/2 (26) Lajthajm,B (2431)-Predojevic,B (2593) Goracici 2015}) 8... c5 $146 ({Predecessor (2):} 8... h6 9. f3 a5 10. Nf2 Na6 11. e4 Nc5 12. Be3 fxe4 13. fxe4 Qe8 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. Qd1 Qg6 18. Rc1 h5 19. Rc7 Bd8 20. Rc6 h4 21. Rxd6 hxg3 22. hxg3 Be7 23. Rc6 Qxg3 24. Qf3 Qh4 25. Qd1 Ng4 26. Nxg4 Bxg4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qd2 Bh3 29. Rg6 Kh7 30. Bg5 Bc5+ 31. Be3 Kxg6 32. Bxc5 Rf4 {0-1 (32) Chaillot,A (2060)-Kambrath,Y (2184) Montigny le Bretonneux 2011}) 9. Ng5 Re8 10. Ne6 {(I realized that eventually I was going to lose the advanced e-pawn, but reasoned that if I could exchange off Black's knights, d5 would be an ideal post for a white knight and worth the pawn.-LWR)} Bxe6 11. dxe6 Nc6 12. Bd5 {Diagram [#] (I thought this was a crucial move and prevented Black from blockading the Bishop on g2. In activating my KB I didn't really have to fear for the safety of my K, since his QB was gone and I had the bulk of my pieces active in the game.-LWR} Rb8 13. Bg5 $2 {Diagram [#] A very critical position if black would have found the right sequence I believe he was better AG} Kh8 $2 {Diagram [#][After 14. Qd5 Black cannot capture on g5 because 15. d7+ wins Black's Q!]} (13... Nxd5 {Best} 14. Qxd5 Nb4 15. Bxe7 Nxd5 (15... Qxe7 16. Qf3 {(16.Qd2 seems better to me, then after Qe6 17. a3, Nc6.18.Nd5 or even Qd5 forcing the exchange of Queens with a complicated ending with Black having a perpetually backward d-pawn! - LWR)} Qxe6 17. Rad1) 16. Bxd8 Nxc3 17. Bc7 (17. bxc3 Rbxd8) (17. e7 Nxe2+ 18. Kg2 Nd4 (18... Rc8 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Rd3) 19. Bc7 Rbc8 20. Bxd6) 17... Nxe2+ 18. Kg2 Rbc8 19. Bxd6 Rxe6 20. Rae1 Rxd6 21. Rxe2 Re8) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e3 Qe7 16. Rb1 Nd8 17. Qa4 a6 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Nxe6 (19... e4 $11) 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 {(Notice that Black is very weak on the white squares while Black's bishop is relegated to a mere observer state.-LWR)} 21. Nd5 {Diagram [#] (Ah! Finally my goal in the opening was achieved. My knight remains virtually unassailable and is a constant thorn in Black's side, and additionally, with his K on h8, I was eventually going to gain a time as he had to create an escape square due to his back rank vulnerability, and that was going to be the edge I needed.- LWR)} Red8 22. Rfb1 Qd7 23. Qd1 {(23.Qb3 was probably shorter since I ended up there on two moves later, but my plan involved moving my b1 rook to b3 and then my Qb1 to create a very strong battery preparing for a break on b7 while keeping an eye out for possible recouping the f5 pawn later.-LWR)} e4 24. Rb6 $1 {Diagram [#] (For me this was the crucial move because it totally demobilized Black's army and the pressure would eventually take its toll.-LWR)} Be5 25. Qb3 Qc8 $2 (25... h5 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Rc8) 26. Ne7 Qd7 {(Finally all those tactics quizzes paid off!-LWR)} 27. Nc6 $1 bxc6 28. Rxb8 h6 29. Rb7 {(Trading here would keep Black's hope of a draw alive and I wanted to make sure I eliminated a few more pawns to end that hope and keep his forces in disarray. - LWR)} Qe6 30. Qb6 Rc8 31. Qxa6 d5 32. cxd5 Qxd5 33. Re7 Bf6 $4 34. Qxc8+ 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Wingrove, William"] [Black "Jones, G. Avery"] [Site "Birchville Twp"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.03.01"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1606"] [BlackElo "1566"] [PlyCount "104"] [GameId "2137690746546765"] [EventDate "2016.03.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. O-O Qb6 8. c4 Qxb2 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. dxc5 d4 11. Bf4 d3 12. Re1 dxe2 13. Rxe2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Be3 Qxe5 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Qa4+ Nc6 18. Nd4 Bg6 19. Nb5 Qe5 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. cxd6 O-O 23. Red2 Bh5 24. Rb1 h6 25. Qa3 Qf6 26. Qc1 b6 27. c5 Qg6 28. Qf1 Ne5 29. Rdb2 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 bxc5 31. d7 Ra8 32. Bxc5 Rfd8 33. Rb7 Nd2 34. Qg1 Nxb1 35. Rxb1 Rxd7 36. f3 Rad8 37. g4 Qxb1 38. Qxb1 Rd1+ 39. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 40. Kg2 Bg6 41. Bxa7 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Rxa2 43. Bc5 f5 44. h3 fxg4 45. hxg4 Rc2 46. Bd6 Rc3 47. Bf4 Be4 48. Kh4 g5+ 49. Bxg5 hxg5+ 50. Kxg5 Bxf3 51. Kf6 Bd5 52. Ke5 Kg7 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championship"] [White "Boucher, David"] [Black "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.03.03"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1306"] [BlackElo "1880"] [PlyCount "99"] [GameId "2137690746550862"] [EventDate "2016.03.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 {Gregg,Alan} c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 (7. Nc3 {Gregg,Alan} Bxf3 8. Nxd5 Bxd1 9. Nc7+ Kd7 10. Nxa8 Bh5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bf4) 7... e5 {'?' Gregg,Alan. Gregg,Alan: 'Diagram [#]'} 8. Nc3 ({Relevant:} 8. dxe5 {Gregg,Alan} Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Qxd1+ 10. Bxd1 Nge7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Be4 N7g6 16. Nd5 Rfc8 17. b3 a5 18. Bb2 Bf8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 a4 21. b4 f5 22. Bxf5 Bxb4 23. Be6+ Kf8 24. Nxb4 {1-0 (24) Manelis,V (2263)-Kostin,A (2303) Voronezh 2014}) 8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 e4 11. Re1 Nge7 12. Nd2 {'N' Gregg,Alan. Gregg,Alan: 'Diagram [#]'} ({Predecessor:} 12. Ng5 {Gregg,Alan} Bxe2 13. Qxe2 f5 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Rc8 16. c4 Qd6 17. d5 Na5 18. Bf4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 {1-0 (19) Tavares,S-Heaven,P Mexico 1981}) 12... Bf5 {'??' Gregg,Alan. Gregg,Alan: 'White Is now winning.'} (12... Bxe2 {Gregg,Alan} 13. Rxe2 f5) 13. Bc4 Qd8 14. Nxe4 O-O 15. Ba3 Re8 {'??' Gregg,Alan.} 16. Ng5 (16. Bxf7+ {Gregg,Alan} Kxf7 17. Nd6+ Kg6 18. g4 Qd7 19. gxf5+ Nxf5 20. Qg4+ Kf6 21. d5 h5 22. Nxe8+ Rxe8 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Qxh5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1) (16. Nd6 {Gregg,Alan} Rf8 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qb2) 16... Bg6 17. Qb3 Rf8 18. Qxb7 Na5 19. Qxe7 Nxc4 {Gregg,Alan: 'Diagram [#]'} 20. Qxd8 {'?' Gregg,Alan.} (20. Qxf8+ {Gregg,Alan} Qxf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8) 20... Rfxd8 21. Bc5 h6 22. Nf3 Nb2 23. Re7 a6 24. Ne5 Na4 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Rc1 (26. Rb1 {Gregg,Alan} Nxc5 27. dxc5 Kf8 28. Re3) 26... Nxc5 27. dxc5 Rac8 28. Rce1 (28. Re5 {Gregg,Alan} Rd2 29. a4 Ra2 30. g3) 28... Rxc5 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Re3 Ra5 32. Re2 Ra3 33. Rc2 Ke6 34. Kf1 Kd5 35. c4+ Kc5 36. Ke2 g5 37. f3 h5 38. g3 g6 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rh3 41. Kf1 Rf3+ 42. Rf2 Rxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kxc4 44. Kg3 Kd4 45. Kh4 Ke4 46. Kg5 h4 47. Kg4 a5 48. a4 h3 49. Kg3 Ke3 50. Kxh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Bedy, Noel"] [Black "Morabito, Matthew"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.03.03"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1421"] [BlackElo "1859"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2137690746550863"] [EventDate "2016.03.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "8"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 ({Relevant:} 6... Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. h3 Nh5 9. Nb3 h6 10. Re1 Qf6 11. Bf1 Rd8 12. d5 Nb8 13. g3 Qe7 14. c4 b6 15. Nh2 a5 16. Nd2 Na6 17. a3 Nc5 18. b3 Bd7 19. Rb1 Rf8 20. Rb2 Qe8 21. b4 Na4 22. Rc2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Ndf3 Qf7 25. Nh4 Nf6 26. Bd3 e4 27. Be2 axb4 28. axb4 Nh7 29. Bh5 Qf6 30. Ng6 Rfc8 31. Nf4 Ng5 32. h4 Nf7 33. Bxf7+ Qxf7 34. Nf1 Re8 35. Ne3 Be5 36. Neg2 {Aronian,L (2803)-Grischuk,A (2783) Beijing 2013 0-1 (95)}) 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. O-O Nh5 10. Nc4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. Bc2 e5 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. Re1 Be6 13. g3 Rad8 14. Ne3 h6 15. Nh4 Nf6 16. Kh1 Kh7 17. f3 b6 18. Rg1 Rfe8 19. g4 Kh8 20. Qg2 Nh7 21. Nhf5 Qf6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rf1 Ng5 24. h4 Nh7 25. Qg3 Rh8 26. Rg1 Ne7 27. Qh3 Ng5 28. Qg3 Qxf3+ 29. Kh2 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Nh7 31. Kf3 Nf6 32. Nf5+ Nxf5 33. gxf5 Bc8 34. Be3 Kh7 35. Raf1 gxf5 36. exf5 Bb7+ 37. Kg3 Rhg8+ 38. Kh3 Rxg1 39. Rxg1 Be4 {Van Gool,H (2164)-Oswald,H (2308) Germany 2010 0-1}) 10... b5 11. Ne3 $4 {Diagram [#] Black is now winning.} (11. Na3) 11... Nf4 12. Qc2 Qxd3 13. Qb3 Ne2+ 14. Kh1 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 Be6 16. Qa3 Qxe4 17. Qxc5 Ne5 18. Ng5 Qb7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rcd1 Rad8 21. Rb1 Nd3 22. Qg5 Rxf2 23. Rfd1 Rff8 24. Kg1 Qe4 25. Rd2 h6 26. Qg3 Be5 27. Qh3 Nf4 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Gregg, Alan Michael"] [Black "West, Tony"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.03.03"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "1981"] [BlackElo "1934"] [PlyCount "120"] [GameId "2137690746550864"] [EventDate "2016.03.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "8"] 1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qe2+ Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Qxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne2 Bf5 14. d4 Re8 15. Be3 Na6 16. a3 Bd3 17. Nf4 Bc4 18. Kd2 Nc7 19. Rhd1 Nb5 20. Kc2 Nd6 21. b3 Ba6 22. Bh3 Kf7 23. Rac1 Ne4 24. Bg2 Rad8 25. Nd3 b6 26. Nb4 Bb7 27. Nd3 a5 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Nf4 Be7 30. Kb2 Bf6 31. Kc2 Bc8 32. Ne2 Bf5 33. Kd2 c5 34. f3 Re7 35. Bf2 Bg5+ 36. f4 Bg4 37. Re1 Bf6 38. dxc5 Rde8 {Diagram [#]} 39. Nc3 (39. Ng1 $11) 39... d4 40. Rxe7+ $4 (40. Nb5 Re2+ 41. Kd3 Bf5+ 42. Kc4 Be6+ 43. Kd3 $11) 40... Rxe7 41. Nd5 Re2+ 42. Kd3 Rxf2 43. Nxf6 Kxf6 44. cxb6 Rf3+ 45. Kxd4 Rxb3 46. Rc6+ Ke7 47. Rc5 a4 48. Ra5 Rxb6 49. Rxa4 Rb2 50. Ra7+ Bd7 51. g4 Rxh2 52. f5 gxf5 53. gxf5 Rd2+ 54. Ke5 Re2+ 55. Kf4 Rf2+ 56. Kg4 Kd6 57. Ra6+ Kd5 58. Kg3 Rxf5 59. a4 Rf7 60. a5 Bf5 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Heinrich, Chuck"] [Black "Wingrove, William"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.03.03"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "619"] [BlackElo "1606"] [PlyCount "48"] [GameId "2137690746550865"] [EventDate "2016.03.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "8"] 1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. c4 e6 6. Be2 Be7 ({Relevant:} 6... d4 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 e5 11. a3 a5 12. Re1 h6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. g3 Bf5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Bg4 17. h3 Be6 18. Kg2 Qd7 19. Ng1 f5 20. Bd3 f4 21. Bc1 fxg3 22. fxg3 Rf8 23. Ra2 Rf7 24. Rf1 Raf8 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Qe2 Bd6 27. Qf2 Qe7 28. Qe1 b6 29. Qe2 Nb8 30. Nf3 Qd7 31. Ng1 Na6 32. Ra1 Nc5 33. Rb1 a4 34. bxa4 Nxd3 35. Qxd3 Qxa4 36. Rxb6 {Lubbe,N (2461)-Smeets,J (2619) Netherlands 2014 0-1}) 7. d3 O-O 8. Na3 $146 ({Predecessor (32):} 8. a3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rad8 12. Rc2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nd7 14. Qa1 Bf6 15. d4 cxd4 16. exd4 Na5 17. Qc1 Nxb3 18. Qe3 Na5 19. Rfc1 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qb8 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 h6 23. Qh4 Bd5 24. Bf1 Nf6 25. f3 Rc8 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. hxg3 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rd8 29. Rc7 a5 30. Bd3 Ba8 31. Ra7 Nd5 32. g4 Bc6 33. Be4 Ra8 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Rc7 Kf8 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. Ke3 Rb8 {Shengelia,D (2573)-Moser,E (2425) Austria 2011 1/2-1/2}) 8... a6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 f6 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne1 Rfd8 15. e4 Nf4 16. Rd1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Rd7 18. Ne3 Rad8 19. Bc3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. N3c2 (21. Nf3) 21... R4d7 22. Ne3 Qa5 23. Kh2 b5 24. f4 (24. Qc2) 24... exf4 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Jones, G. Avery"] [Black "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "8"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan {Rutkofske, Lon}"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.03.03"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "1800"] [PlyCount "116"] [GameId "2137690746559058"] [EventDate "2016.03.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "8"] 1. d4 g6 {(Avery and I have played a number of close games of late, and he has improved drastically in his opening play. The clock has almost always posed a significant factor in our games and this was to be no exception. With Avery, one can count almost exclusively on a Queen pawn opening, usually transposing into a Colle or London System. With the Black pieces Avery is most partial to the Caro-Kann. He is much more lethal with the White pieces. As for my choice, I prefer the Modern Defense, and bide my time in hopes of creating as few weaknesses as possible while frustrating White's attacks lying in wait for a chance at a counter-strike when he over extends himself.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 {(As in the Caro-Kann, Avery nearly always prefers to get his QB outside the pawn structure. He usually shoots for g5, but I with out a N of f6, this choice lacks any real bite and become a tempo waster after h6.} Bg7 4. e3 a6 {( Black appears to be significantly behind in development, but making three pawn moves in the first 4 moves usually is fatal, but the nature of the Modern Defense it that is delays piece deployment making it more flexible and creates few immediate targets. While appearing very passive, there is method to the madness, but then, White has been less than aggressive to this point.} ({Relevant:} 4... Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Bh2 c5 10. c3 Re8 11. a4 a6 12. Qb3 h6 13. Rfd1 Rb8 14. Nc4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Na5 Bd5 17. Qc2 Be4 18. Qc1 Ra8 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Rc8 21. Qd2 Rc2 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Rdc1 Rec8 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Rc1 Rb2 26. Bf1 Nd5 27. Rc6 Qa7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Nd2 N7f6 30. Qc1 Ra2 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Rc2 Nxb4 33. Rxa2 Nxa2 34. Qc2 {Melkumyan,H (2654)-Mamedov,R (2650) Minsk 2015 0-1}) 5. Be2 Nd7 6. c3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 {(Noel Bedy gave me an excellent book by Cyrus Lakdawala (Hikaru Nakamura's dad and coach) entitled: The Modern Defence-Move by Move which provided indepth insights into the opening and how to successfully maneuver in closed positions as you target over ambitions White forces.} ({Predecessor:} 8. Qb3 e6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Rfe1 O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Qc2 g5 13. Bh2 f5 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Nb3 Nf6 16. Nfd2 Ng6 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Bg3 h5 21. Nc1 Qe7 22. Ne2 e5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qa4 Rcd8 25. Qxa6 h4 26. Bh2 h3 27. gxh3 Nxh2 28. Kxh2 e4 29. Nfd4 Qh4 30. Rf1 Ne5 31. Nf4 c5 32. Qxb6 cxd4 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. cxd4 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Rf6 36. Qe7 Rdd6 37. Kh1 Kh8 {Klemp,T (1770)-Winter,L (1961) Gladenbach 2011 1-0}) 8... Ngf6 9. Qb3 $1 {Diagram # (This move took me totally by surprise and created massive anxiety for me because it pressurized my weak f7 and I knew was going to be dangerous throughout the game! Additonally, it pretty much required me to develop a different plan for my future Q-side expansion.} h6 (9... e5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Rfe1 Qe7 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Rac1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nf6 16. Qb4 Rfe8 17. dxe5 Nh5 18. a4 a5 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Bd3 Qd8 21. Bb1 Bd5 22. Ne4 f5 23. Ned2 Rc8 24. Re2 Rc7 25. Qa3 Bxf3 26. Nxf3 Rc4 27. Rec2 d5 28. e4 Be5 29. Kh1 Rf8 30. Nxe5 Rc5 31. Re1 Rc7 32. Qxf8+) 10. Bd3 {(White continues to build up on the K-side white squares, requiring appropriate due diligence!} e6 11. e4 ({Fritz 12:1)} 11. e4 e5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Rac1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Qb4 Rfe8 {[%eval 44,15]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 11. Bg3 O-O 12. h3 e5 13. e4 Qe7 14. Rae1 Nh5 15. Bh2 Nhf6 16. a4 Nh5 17. a5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 {[%eval 43,13]}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Be2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 gxf4 {(Any plans I have on the Q-side require me to eliminate Bg3. In many variations of the Modern, this piece is totally out of play and gives Black an edge. It does not appear that this game is going to remain closed for very long and my two Bishops look to be stronger than the White Knights. "So...I gotta take it out!" even if it means wrecking my K-side. I reasoned, probably falsely, that the half open g file would benefit me in the long run, and with his Q on b3, my pawn on f4 would be safe for a while!} 16. e5 Qe7 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Rfe1 {(Sure enough, the "Red Sea" begins to part and space for my Bishops pair manifests itself.} Kh8 19. Bd3 $1 {(Avery is brewing up a marvelous plan with his B going to b1 and the Q moving to c2...his threats are about to multiply exponentially!.... With my Q exposed to threats along the half open e-file, it is imperative I find the correct plan to prevent "cheapo's" against her magesty while simultaneously nullifying mating threats on h7.} Qd8 20. Bb1 {Diagram (#] ( I had a very long think right here, knowing full well that my plan had to be foolproof. I think I actually surprised Avery as he seemed pretty confident that his attack would eventually break through!} ({Fritz 12:1)} 20. Qa3 Nf6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 d5 23. Ned2 Ra7 24. Ne5 Qe7 25. Qb3 Qd6 26. c4 Rc8 27. Rc1 Kg8 28. Qd3 Nd7 29. cxd5 Rxc1 {[%eval 90,18]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 20. Ne4 Nf6 21. Bb1 Ne8 22. Rc1 d5 23. Ned2 Rg8 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Qa3 Nf6 26. Bd3 Bf8 27. Qa4 Bd6 28. Ndf3 {[%eval 81,17]}) 20... Re8 $1 {(Probably my strongest move of the game. Not only does it support the center, but it provides space for my N to get to f8, and clears lines for my Queen to safeguard threats to both b6 and d6 simultaneously.} 21. Nc4 Bd5 22. Qc2 Nf8 $1 ({Fritz 12:1)} 22... Nf6 23. Ncd2 Kg8 24. c4 Bc6 25. Qc3 b5 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. cxb5 Bxb5 28. Bd3 Rec8 29. Qa3 Rab8 30. Bxb5 Qxb5 {[%eval 26,19]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 22... Nf8 23. Ncd2 b5 24. Qd3 Kg8 25. Bc2 Nd7 26. g3 Nf6 27. gxf4 Qc7 28. Bb3 Nh5 29. Qe3 Nf6 30. Rc1 Bxb3 31. axb3 {[%eval 45,19]}) 23. Ncd2 b5 24. Ne4 f5 25. Ned2 Rc8 26. Re2 Rc7 {Diagram # (At this point I felt very comfortable with my position, although I was concerned that my e-pawn was vulnerable...and as usual, this leads to a false sense of security and I begin to have designs on an attack of my own along the g-file.} 27. Rde1 {Diagram # (At this point I felt very comfortable with my position, although I was concerned that my e-pawn was vulnerable...and as usual, this leads to a false sense of security and I begin to have designs on an attack of my own along the g-file.} Rf7 {(Avery, being the "sly fox" that he is, also had some aspirations of his own against my f5 pawn, so I had to make sure that this was over protected!} 28. b3 Qc8 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Rc7 31. Rc1 {(You can sense that Black is relaxing a bit ,seemingly content to sit on the position, but this move changes everything and spells trouble for Black!} Bf6 $2 {Diagram # (Black's plan is highly suspect and a bit transparent as he has delusions of grandeur for f3 by aligning his Q on a8 and moving his R to g7.} ({Fritz 12:1)} 31... Qd7 32. Qd1 Rec8 33. Bd3 Bc6 34. Rb1 e5 35. d5 Ba4 36. Bc2 Bxc2 37. Qxc2 e4 38. Nh4 Bd4 39. h3 {[%eval 29,15]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 31... Ng6 32. Qa4 Bf6 33. Qa3 Bxf3 34. Nxf3 Rxc4 35. Rec2 Rxc2 36. Bxc2 Qb7 37. Bd3 d5 38. h3 Rc8 39. Rxc8+ Qxc8 40. Bxa6 {[%eval 44,15]}) 32. Qa4 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 ({Fritz 12:1)} 33. Nxf3 Ree7 34. c5 dxc5 35. d5 exd5 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Qxf4 Kg7 38. Bxf5 Qc6 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Rb1 c4 41. Qf4 Bc3 42. Nd4 {[%eval 86,17]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 33. gxf3 Nh7 34. d5 Rg8+ 35. Kh1 exd5 36. Rce1 Ng5 37. h4 Ne4 38. cxd5 Nxd2 39. Rxd2 Bc3 40. Qxf4 Bxd2 41. Qxd2 Qf8 {[%eval -148,16]}) 33... Ree7 34. Bd3 Rg7 $2 (34... e5 35. dxe5 dxe5) ({Fritz 12:1)} 34... e5 35. dxe5 dxe5 36. c5 e4 37. Bxa6 Qd7 38. Bb5 exf3 39. Bxd7 fxe2 40. Re1 Bc3 41. Qxf4 Bxe1 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. Qd5+ Kg7 44. Bxf5 {[%eval -54,16]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 34... Nh7 35. Rec2 Ng5 36. Nxg5 hxg5 37. c5 dxc5 38. Rxc5 f3 39. gxf3 Rxc5 40. dxc5 Be5 41. Qxa6 Qxa6 42. Bxa6 Rh7 43. Re1 Bxh2+ 44. Kg2 Rh6 {[%eval 83,16]}) 35. Bxf5 $3 exf5 {Diagram #} (35... Qb7) ({Fritz 12:1)} 35... Qb7 36. Be4 d5 37. Bd3 dxc4 38. Be4 Qb5 39. Qd1 Qh5 40. Rec2 Qh3 41. Ne5 Bxe5 42. dxe5 Nd7 43. Rb2 Rg8 44. Kh1 Qh4 {[%eval 130,18]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 35... exf5 36. Re8 Qb7 37. Rxf8+ Rg8 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. c5 Rc6 40. Qc2 Qc8 41. Qc4+ Kg7 42. Qd5 dxc5 43. Ne5 Bxe5 44. Qxe5+ Kf7 45. dxc5 f3 46. Qd5+ Kf8 47. Qxf3 Rxc5 {[%eval 221,18]}) 36. Re8 Qb7 37. Rxf8+ Kh7 {Diagram #} 38. d5 (38. Qc2 Qxf3 39. Qxf5+ Rg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. gxf3) ({Fritz 12:1)} 38. Qc2 Qxf3 39. Qxf5+ Rg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. gxf3 Bxd4 42. Rxf4 Be5 43. Rh4 Kg5 44. Re4 Kf5 45. Rce1 Rb7 46. c5 Rc7 47. cxd6 Bxd6 48. Ra4 Rc6 49. Ra5+ Kg6 {[%eval 357,18]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 38. Qe8 Rgf7 39. Re1 Bg7 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 41. h3 Qd7 42. Qe2 Qc8 43. Nh4 Bxd4 44. Qh5 Qf8 45. Nf3 Bf6 46. Qxf5+ Kg8 47. Qxf4 {[%eval 299,17]}) 38... Qb2 39. Qd1 {(Looks like Black is in a real bind here but White has to be careful if he plans to bring his extra pawn home for the win. Ahhhh, but as I indicated in my introduction, the time factor comes into play as Avery has less than 5 minutes to my 15+ and as the position remains relatively complex, he enters panic mode.} Kg6 40. Qe1 $4 {( Surrendering his major advantage.} Rce7 41. Qd1 ({Fritz 12:1)} 41. Qf1 Re2 42. Rb1 Qxa2 43. Rb6 Rf7 44. Rfb8 Rd7 45. c5 Rc2 46. c6 Re7 47. Rg8+ Rg7 48. Rf8 Qxd5 49. h4 Rf7 50. Qb1 Rxc6 {[%eval 138,18]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 41. Qd2 Qxd2 42. Nxd2 Re2 43. Nf3 Rxa2 44. Re8 Rd7 45. Re6 Kf7 46. h4 a5 47. c5 dxc5 48. Rxc5 a4 49. Rcc6 Ra1+ 50. Kh2 Bb2 51. Re5 {[%eval 11,18]}) 41... Re2 42. Rb1 ({Fritz 12:1)} 42. Rb8 Qxa2 43. Qf1 Rge7 44. h4 Qa3 45. Rcb1 Rc2 46. Rg8+ Kh7 47. Rf8 Kg7 48. Rc8 a5 49. h5 Rb2 50. Rxb2 Qxb2 51. Rd8 Qb4 {[%eval 53,18]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 42. Rb1 Qxa2 43. Rbb8 Rxf2 44. Rxf6+ Kh7 45. Ng5+ Rxg5 46. Rxh6+ Kxh6 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kh6 {[%eval 0,15]}) 42... Qxa2 43. Rxf6+ ({Fritz 12:1)} 43. Rbb8 Rxf2 44. Rxf6+ Kh7 45. Ng5+ Rxg5 46. Rxh6+ Kxh6 47. Rh8+ Kg6 48. Rg8+ Kh6 {[%eval 0,11]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 43. Rxf6+ Kxf6 44. Rb6 Kf7 45. Rxd6 Qxc4 46. Rc6 Qe4 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. Rc7+ {[%eval 0,15]}) 43... Kxf6 44. Qd4+ Re5 ({Fritz 12:1)} 44... Kg6 45. Rb6 Re4 46. Qc3 Kh7 47. h3 Qxc4 48. Qf6 Qxd5 49. Rxd6 Qf7 50. Qxh6+ Kg8 51. Rxa6 Qd5 52. Rb6 Qd8 53. Rb1 Qc7 {[%eval -3,18]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 44... Re5 45. Rb6 Qe2 46. h3 Kf7 47. Nxe5+ Qxe5 48. Qxe5 dxe5 49. Rxa6 Rg8 50. Ra7+ Kf6 51. Rh7 e4 52. Rxh6+ Ke5 53. Re6+ Kd4 54. d6 Rd8 55. Rf6 Kxc4 56. Rxf5 {[%eval 355,17]}) 45. Re1 ({Fritz 12:1)} 45. Rb6 Qe2 46. h3 Kf7 47. Rxd6 Re7 48. Qxf4 Qe4 49. Qxh6 Qxf3 50. Qxg7+ Kxg7 51. gxf3 Ra7 52. c5 a5 53. c6 Kf7 {[%eval 365,17]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 45. Re1 Qa5 46. Rxe5 dxe5 47. Qxe5+ Kg6 48. h3 Kh7 49. Qxf5+ Kg8 50. Qxf4 Qa3 51. g3 Qf8 52. Qe4 Qe7 53. Qf5 Qd7 54. Qh5 Qa4 {[%eval 281,17]}) 45... Rge7 46. h3 Qa5 47. Rxe5 dxe5 48. Qb2 Qc5 49. Qc2 (49. Qb8 Kg7 50. Nh4 Qc7 51. Nxf5+ Kf6) ({Fritz 12:1)} 49. Qb8 Kg7 50. Nh4 Qc7 51. Nxf5+ Kf6 52. Qb1 Re8 53. Nxh6 Kg7 54. Ng4 a5 55. Qc2 Rc8 56. Qc3 Qxc4 57. Qxe5+ Kf8 58. d6 Qc1+ 59. Kh2 Rc6 {[%eval 124,19]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 49. Nh4 Qd6 50. Qe2 Kg5 51. Nf3+ Kg6 52. Nh4+ Kg5 {[%eval 0,17]}) 49... Rf7 50. Nh4 Kg5 ({Fritz 12:1)} 50... e4 51. Qc3+ Kg5 52. g3 Qd6 53. Qd2 e3 54. Nf3+ Kg6 55. fxe3 fxg3 56. Qd4 Qf6 57. Ne5+ Kg7 58. Qf4 Rb7 59. Kg2 Qg5 60. Qxg5+ hxg5 61. Kxg3 {[%eval -74,18]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 50... Kg5 51. Nf3+ {[%eval 0,7]}) ({Fritz 12:1)} 50... e4 51. Qc3+ Kg5 52. g3 Qd6 53. Qd2 e3 54. Nf3+ Kg6 55. fxe3 fxg3 56. Qd4 Qf6 57. Ne5+ Kg7 58. Qf4 Rb7 59. Qxg3+ Qg5 60. Kg2 Kf6 61. Nd3 Qxg3+ {[%eval -86,18]}) ({Fritz 12:2)} 50... Kg5 51. Nf3+ {[%eval 0,7]}) 51. Nf3+ Kf6 52. Nh4 e4 53. g4 Qa3 54. Nxf5 Qxh3 55. Qxe4 Qxg4+ 56. Kf1 Qxf5 57. Qe6+ Qxe6 58. dxe6 Re7 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "West, Tony"] [Black "Heinrich, Chuck"] [Site "Grosse Pointe"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.03.08"] [ECO "D07"] [WhiteElo "1933"] [BlackElo "908"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2137690746559059"] [EventDate "2016.03.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bxf3 6. gxf3 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Be7 9. Qb3 Bb4 10. Bb5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qd6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. b3 Rb6 16. Qa5 a6 17. Ke2 O-O 18. Rc2 Nh5 19. Bg3 Re8 20. Qc3 Re6 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. Rcc1 g6 23. Rc5 Qd7 24. Ra5 Qc8 25. Rc1 Kf8 26. Rcc5 Nf6 27. Ra4 Rb5 28. Qc3 Qb7 29. Ra5 Rb6 30. Qc1 Ke8 31. Rc3 Re7 32. Rac5 Re6 33. Kf1 Nd7 34. Rxd5 cxd5 35. Rxc7 Qc6 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Qa3+ Kf6 38. Rxc6 Rexc6 39. Qa5 Ke6 40. e4 dxe4 41. d5+ 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Black "Gregg, Alan Michael"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.03.03"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1981"] [PlyCount "69"] [GameId "2137690746563156"] [EventDate "2016.03.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "8"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. a3 d6 ({Relevant:} 5... O-O 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 exf4 8. Bxf4 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Re8 13. O-O Bc5+ 14. d4 Rxe5 15. dxc5 Nxd5 16. Qd4 Qg5 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Bxd5 Rxe1 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. Bxe8+ Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Qxc2+ 23. Kf3 Kxe8 24. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 25. Kxe4 Kd7 26. Kd5 Ke7 27. c6 b6 28. Ke5 Kf7 29. g4 a6 30. h4 Ke7 31. h5 Kf7 32. Kf5 Ke7 33. g5 Kd6 34. b4 Ke7 35. a4 {Popov,V (2555)-Malakhov,V (2702) St Petersburg 2015 1/2-1/2}) 6. h3 Nd4 7. Be3 Ne6 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. g4 d5 11. g5 d4 12. gxf6 Bxf6 13. Bxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd2 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc7 16. Qd2 g6 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. h4 Bg4 19. Qe3 a5 20. f4 h6 21. Qg3 Bh5 22. fxe5 Bg7 23. Nh3 Rae8 24. Rg1 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf4 Kh7 28. Kd2 f5 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. Raf1 f4 31. Rf3 Re7 32. Rgf1 Ref7 33. d4 Kg8 34. e5 Rd7 35. Kd3 c5 36. c3 cxd4 37. cxd4 Re8 38. Rxf4 Rxe5 39. Rf8+ Kg7 {Shyam,S (2307)-Sahoo,U (2004) Mumbai 2008 1-0}) 10... c5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc7 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. c3 Qc7 16. Rc1 b6 17. d4 Rfd8 18. d5 Nf8 19. Nh2 Ng6 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Bf8 (23... Rf8) 24. Ng4 f6 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Rf5 Qe8 27. Rcf1 Qg6 (27... Qxe4 $18) 28. Qf3 Re8 $4 29. h4 (29. e5 dxe5 30. Nxe5) 29... Re7 30. h5 (30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 Qg8 32. Rxf8 Rxf8 33. Qxf8 Qxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Rf4) 30... Qe8 31. h6 Rxe4 32. hxg7+ Bxg7 33. Rxf6 (33. Nxf6 Bxf6 34. Rxf6) 33... Rxg4 34. Qxg4 Bxf6 35. Rxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Black "Wingrove, William"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.03.10"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "1606"] [PlyCount "145"] [GameId "2137690746563157"] [EventDate "2016.03.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 e6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Bf4 a6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bh6 $146 ({Relevant:} 12. a4 b6 13. h3 Rb7 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Kh2 Rd7 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. b3 Bb7 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. h4 Qa8 20. Bh3 Rdd8 21. Rfe1 Bg7 22. Na2 Ne5 23. Ng1 Bc6 24. Nc3 a5 25. Rbd1 Qb7 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qc7 28. Qe2 Ra8 29. Nf3 Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Re2 Rea8 33. Bg5 Ra2 34. Rdd2 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Ra3 36. Qe2 Qa7 37. Bxe7 Qxe7 38. Ra2 Qa7 39. Rxa3 Qxa3 40. Bg2 Bd4 41. Bf3 Kg7 {Jeske,E (2233)-Schmid,T (2252) Germany 2012 1/2-1/2}) 12... Bh8 13. f4 Nd4 14. Kh1 Nec6 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Nd1 Bd7 17. Ne3 b5 18. b3 Bc6 {Diagram [#]} 19. h3 (19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Qd7 21. fxg6 hxg6 $11) 19... Qd7 20. Kh2 b4 21. Rf2 a5 22. Rbf1 f5 23. g4 Bg7 (23... Qb7) 24. Bg5 Kh8 (24... a4 25. exf5 exf5 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. bxa4 b3 28. axb3 Nxb3 29. Qe1 Nd4 30. Qc1 Rb3) 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Qd1 Qf7 (26... fxe4 27. dxe4 Rg8) 27. Nc2 Nxc2 28. Rxc2 Rg8 29. Bf3 Bf6 (29... h6 30. Bh4 Bd4) 30. Qc1 Ba8 31. Qe3 Bxg5 32. fxg5 {Diagram [#]} Qg7 (32... f4 33. Bg4 e5 34. h4 Bc6 35. Qh3 Rg7 36. Rg2 Bd7 37. Bxd7 Qxd7 38. Qxd7 Rxd7 $11) 33. exf5 exf5 $4 (33... Qxg5 34. Qxg5 Rxg5 35. fxe6 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Re5 37. d4 cxd4 38. Rd3 Re8 39. Rxd4 R8xe6 40. Rg2 h5 41. Rd1 Re2 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Rxd2 Re3 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. h4 Rc3) 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Rxf5 Rae8 36. Qf4 Re5 37. Rxe5 dxe5 38. Qf6 h6 (38... Qxf6 39. gxf6 Rd8 40. Rg2 Rxd3 41. Rg5 Rf3 42. Rxe5 Rxf6 43. Kg3 Rg6+ 44. Kf3 Rf6+ 45. Ke2) 39. Re2 Qxf6 40. gxf6 Re8 41. f7 Rf8 42. Rxe5 Rxf7 43. Kg2 Rd7 44. Rxc5 a4 45. Rd5 axb3 46. axb3 Re7 47. c5 Kg7 48. c6 Kf7 49. Kf3 Ke8 50. Rd6 h5 51. d4 Rf7+ 52. Ke3 Rg7 53. Kd3 Rg3+ 54. Kc4 Rxh3 55. Kxb4 Ke7 56. Rd7+ Ke8 57. Kc4 Rh4 58. b4 Rh1 59. Rd5 h4 60. Kb5 h3 61. Kb6 Rc1 62. Rc5 Rxc5 63. dxc5 h2 64. c7 h1=Q 65. c8=Q+ Ke7 66. b5 Qg1 67. Kb7 Qg2+ 68. c6 Qe2 69. b6 Qf3 70. Qd7+ Kf6 71. Kb8 Qg3+ 72. c7 Qg8+ 73. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Black "Bedy, Noel"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.03.10"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1421"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2137690746563158"] [EventDate "2016.03.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] {Noel missed chances to both win and draw this game.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bc8 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Bb3 Nbxd5 9. O-O ({Relevant:} 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O e6 11. d4 Be7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Ng3 b6 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. Bc2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Kh1 Qc8 20. Ne4 c5 21. b3 Nxe4 22. fxe4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bb4 24. Rf1 e5 25. Bb2 Bc5 26. Qh5 f6 27. h3 Bd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. e5 Rxe5 30. Qxh7+ Kf7 31. Bg6+ Ke6 32. Qxg7 Rf8 33. Rxd4 Qc6 34. Rg4 Qc8 35. Rgf4 f5 36. Bh5 Be4 37. Bf3 Rf7 38. Qg3 Qc6 {Lugovskoy,M (2470) -Rodin,D (2378) St Petersburg 2015 1-0}) 9... e6 10. d4 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bh4 $4 $146 {Diagram [#]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Qd2 b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 c5 15. Bh4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxd5 Rac8 22. Qb3 Qf7 23. Rd6 Kh8 24. Rdxe6 Qf5 25. c3 Rcd8 26. Qb4 Rd2 27. R6e2 Rdd8 28. Qe4 Qc5+ 29. Qe3 Qa5 30. Qe7 Qxa2 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Re8+ Qg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. g4 h6 36. Re2 Kf6 37. Ke3 g5 38. h4 Rd3+ {1-0 (38) Olah,S (2140)-Horti,F (1975) Gyongyos 1996}) 12... c6 (12... Ne3 {The best move to secure an advantage.}) 13. Bf2 Nb6 14. Ne4 Nbd7 15. c3 h6 16. N2g3 Qc7 17. Re1 Re8 18. Qd2 c5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Ne4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 23. Qf2 Bd6 24. Qh4 Be7 25. Qh5 Bf8 26. Rae1 a5 27. f4 (27. a4) 27... a4 28. Bc2 Rd5 (28... a3 $14) 29. Qe2 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kh1 Bd7 32. Re3 Qd6 33. Rd3 Rxd3 (33... Qxf4 34. Rxd5 exd5) 34. Qxd3 Qxd3 35. Bxd3 Kf8 36. Be4 Bc6 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. g3 c5 40. Kg2 Ra6 41. Kf3 Rd6 $2 (41... f5 $11) 42. Rxd6 Kxd6 43. Ke4 f5+ 44. Kd3 {Diagram [#]} g5 $2 (44... e5 45. fxe5+ Kxe5 46. b4 axb3 47. axb3 g5 $11) 45. b4 gxf4 (45... axb3 46. axb3 gxf4 47. gxf4) 46. gxf4 e5 47. fxe5+ Kxe5 48. b5 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "West, Tony"] [Black "Boucher, David"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "9"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.03.10"] [ECO "A96"] [WhiteElo "1934"] [BlackElo "1306"] [PlyCount "41"] [GameId "2137690746567255"] [EventDate "2016.03.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 a5 8. Qc2 Qe8 ({Relevant:} 8... Nc6 9. Rd1 Qe8 10. a3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Be3 e4 15. Ng5 Qg6 16. Nh3 Ng4 17. Bc5 Re8 18. f3 b6 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Nhf4 Qh6 21. fxg4 g5 22. Nh3 fxg4 23. Nf2 Qg7 24. Bxe4 Nd4 25. Qd3 Ne6 26. Bg2 Ra7 27. e3 Rf8 28. Ne4 Ba6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Kh8 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Ndxc3 Rff7 33. b5 Bc8 34. Nd6 Rxa1 35. Nxf7+ Kg7 36. Rxa1 Kxf7 {1-0 (36) Lupulescu,C (2660)-Rahman,Z (2513) Dubai 2014}) 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc6 11. Nfg5 Qg6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Qh5 12. Qd3 Nb4 13. Qb1 e5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Bf3 Qg6 17. Bd5+ Kg7 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Be3 Bg4 20. Nd2 exd4 21. Bf4 f5 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Qd3 Ne7 24. Bg2 Ng6 25. Nb3 Ne5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. f3 Bh3 28. Nc5 Rfe8 29. Re2 b6 30. Nd7 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rad8 32. Nxf6 Kxf6 33. Ree1 c5 34. h3 Qg6 35. g4 fxg4 36. Qxg6+ hxg6 37. hxg4 d3 38. Re4 Rd4 39. Rae1 Rxe4 40. fxe4 Rd8 {0-1 (40) Zawisz,K-Braczko,M Poland 1962}) 12. Rd1 e5 13. Nxf6+ {Diagram [#]} Rxf6 (13... gxf6 $11 14. Bd5+ Kg7 15. Qxg6+ hxg6 16. Nf3 Nb4) 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng4 18. Re1 Bf8 19. Re8 c6 20. Bf7 Rxf7 21. Nxf7+ 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Morabito, Matthew"] [Black "Jones, G. Avery"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "6"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.03.10"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "1859"] [BlackElo "1566"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2137690746567256"] [EventDate "2016.03.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] {After leading throughout the championship, Matt needed only a draw to become sole winner sadly found a way to lose!} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Re1 ({Relevant:} 9. Bf4 d4 10. Nb5 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Ng5 e6 14. Ne4 a6 15. Nbd6 Qxb3 16. axb3 Bf8 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rfc1 Na7 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Nc5 b6 22. Nxa6 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rc4 e5 25. Bb7 b5 26. Rc7 Rxc7 27. Nxc7 Nf5 28. b4 Nd6 29. Bf3 f5 30. Bd5+ Kg7 31. Kf1 Kf6 32. Ke1 Nac8 33. Kd2 Ne7 34. Bg2 h5 35. e3 g5 36. exd4 exd4 37. Na6 g4 38. Nc5 Ng6 {Almasi,Z (2707)-Maze,S (2550) Bastia 2013 1-0}) 9... Qb6 $146 {Diagram [#]} ({Predecessor:} 9... e5 10. a3 h6 11. b4 a6 12. Na4 b6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rc8 16. Rc2 d4 17. Rcc1 Be6 18. Qd1 Nd5 19. e4 Nde7 20. Nd2 Rb8 21. Ba1 Qd7 22. Qe2 Nxb4 23. Nb2 Na2 24. Rc2 Nc3 25. Qf1 b5 26. f4 Rbc8 27. Rec1 Bg4 28. Nf3 f6 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 dxc3 31. Nd1 Bxf3 32. Bxf3 c2 33. Nc3 exf4 34. gxf4 Rc8 35. Qc1 Qd4+ {0-1 (35) Haupt,J (1874)-Susanto,B (1724) Katerini 2014}) 10. Rb1 $4 (10. Qb3) (10. Na4) (10. Bd2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Nb5 Qxa2 13. Bc3 d4 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rd8 16. Nc7 Rxd4 17. Nxa8 Rd8 18. Nc7) 10... Ng4 {Diagram [#]} 11. Nxd5 $4 (11. Na4 Qxf2+ 12. Kh1 b5 13. Rf1 bxa4) (11. d4 Nxd4 (11... Be6 12. e3) (11... Bxd4 12. Nxd5 (12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd5 Nc6) 12... Bxf2+ 13. Kh1 Bxe1 14. Nxb6 Nf2+ 15. Kg1 Nxd1 16. Nxa8 Bf5 17. Ra1 Ba5) 12. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 13. exf3 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1) 11... Qxf2+ 12. Kh1 Qc5 13. Rf1 Qxd5 14. h3 Qxa2 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Bc3 Qe6 17. e4 Nh5 18. Kh2 Qd6 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. Rbe1 Rb8 24. d4 b6 25. Re5 Bb7 26. Qe3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rbe8 28. Rxh5 gxh5 29. Rf5 Qc6+ 30. d5 Qc2+ 31. Rf2 Qg6 32. Rd2 h6 33. Rf2 Qg5 34. Qe4 Rd8 35. Rf5 Qg6 36. Qf3 Rd6 37. Rxh5 Rf6 38. Qe2 Kh7 39. Rh4 Qf5 40. Rd4 Rg8 41. Rd3 Rg7 42. Rd2 a6 43. g4 h5 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Morabito, Matthew"] [Black "Boucher, David"] [Site "St. Clair"] [Round "7"] [Annotator "Gregg,Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.03.05"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "1859"] [BlackElo "1306"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2137690746567257"] [EventDate "2016.03.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1 ({Relevant:} 8. e4 fxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. c5 Kh8 11. Bg5 Na6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Nd5 Rh6 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Ne3 Rf6 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qa4 18. Qxa4 Nxa4 19. b3 Nc3 20. Rfe1 Bxf5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Nh4 Rf6 23. Bxb7 Raf8 24. Re3 Nb5 25. Rf1 Nd4 26. Bd5 g5 27. Ng2 c6 28. Be4 Bc5 29. g4 Nb5 30. Bf5 Bxe3 31. Nxe3 Nc3 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. Rc1 Ne2 34. Rc5 Nf4+ 35. Kf3 Nd5 36. Nc4 Re8 37. Ke4 Nc3+ {Edouard,R (2657)-Narciso Dublan,M (2521) Barcelona 2013 1/2-1/2}) 8... Nc6 9. Rb1 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. e4 e5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Rde2 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Re8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxf6 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Bg7 23. Qg5 Bd3 24. Nf4 Bxc4 25. Bh3 Qe8 26. Bf5 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Bf1+ 28. Kf3 Qd1+ 29. Ke3 Qd4+ 30. Kf3 Qd1+ {1/2-1/2 (30) Ranfagni,S (2047)-Brugo,M (2152) Robecchetto 2008}) 9... Bd7 10. b4 Rb8 11. b5 Nd8 12. Be3 b6 13. Qb3 Nb7 14. a4 c5 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 {Diagram [#]} e5 $4 (17... f4 18. gxf4 Ng4 19. Qb5 Qg6) (17... Nc5 18. Qb5 Ng4) (17... Qc8 18. f3 Na5 19. Qa2 Qd7) 18. Nxf5 Nc5 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qb5 Nd7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Qc6 Rbc8 24. Qd6 Qe8 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Qe4 Qxa4 28. Ra1 Qd7 29. Qxe5 Re8 (29... Rh6 30. h4 a5) 30. Qd5 Qe7 31. Ra2 Rd6 32. Rxa7 Rxd5 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. cxd5 Rd7 35. e4 Kg8 36. f4 Kf7 37. Kf3 b5 38. Rb1 b4 39. Ke3 g6 40. d4 cxd4+ 41. Kxd4 Rb7 42. Rb3 Ke7 43. e5 Kd7 44. g4 Kc7 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Jones, G. Avery"] [Black "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.03.17"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1566"] [BlackElo "1880"] [PlyCount "75"] [GameId "2137690746567258"] [EventDate "2016.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Nd4 a6 16. Qh5 Nc5 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Re3 Be8 19. b4 Nb7 20. Rf3 a5 21. Rf4 h6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nxe6+ Kg8 25. Nxd8 gxh5 26. Nxb7 axb4 27. cxb4 g5 28. f3 Bc6 29. Nd6 Ra3 30. h3 d4 31. Nf5 Kh7 32. Nxd4 Bd5 33. e6 Ra8 34. a3 Re8 35. Re1 Kg6 36. Re5 Bc4 37. e7 Kf7 38. Nf5 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Championships"] [White "Gregg, Alan Michael"] [Black "Heinrich, Chuck"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.03.17"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1981"] [BlackElo "619"] [PlyCount "47"] [GameId "2137690746567259"] [EventDate "2016.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] 1. e4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. e5 Be7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. f4 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. d3 Nh6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Bf2 g6 13. Nbd2 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O Rf7 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Bxc5 b6 18. Bxb6 Rff8 19. Bc5 Rfc8 20. d4 Kf7 21. b4 a6 22. Bf1 Nb8 23. b5 Bxd4+ 24. Bxd4 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Rated April Quad"] [White "Morabito, Matthew"] [Black "Wingrove, William"] [Site "Port Huron "] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.04.21"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "1896"] [BlackElo "1651"] [PlyCount "86"] [GameId "2137690746567260"] [EventDate "2016.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "3"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. f5 e5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Rf8 16. Be3 Qc6 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Rf3 Rac8 19. c3 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxa4 21. Rdf1 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rg3 Bf6 24. Rgf3 Rc4 25. g4 h6 26. Kg2 Rxe4 27. Kg3 Kh7 28. h4 Rh8 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Bd8 31. Rd1 Bc7 32. f6 g6 33. Rh1+ Kg8 34. Rxh8+ Kxh8 35. Bd2 Ra4 36. Rd3 Rc4 37. b4 Kg8 38. Be1 Kf8 39. Bd2 Ke8 40. Be3 Kd7 41. Bd2 Ke6 42. Kf3 $4 {Diagram [#]} Rh4 43. Kg3 Rc4 {White resigned after white captured all of his pawns.} 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Rated April Quad"] [White "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Black "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.04.25"] [ECO "C08"] [WhiteElo "1873"] [BlackElo "1867"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2137690746575453"] [EventDate "2016.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "3"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Nb3 Ne4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. c3 Rfd8 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bd4 Qf4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qb1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qh5 20. Rd3 g6 21. Qd1 Qf5 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd3 Re8 27. Rfd1 Re2 28. R3d2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 f6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Rated April Quad"] [White "Morabito, Matthew"] [Black "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.04.21"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "1896"] [BlackElo "1873"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2137690746575454"] [EventDate "2016.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "3"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3 Bf5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Bc7 14. Re1 Na6 15. e5 Qe7 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Bb6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Nh4 Nd5 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Nd6 Rab8 22. Rad1 Bc7 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qxc7 b6 25. Qc3 f6 26. f4 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rf8 28. Qd4 Rf3 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rd8 31. e6 1-0 [Event "2016 PHCC Rated April Quad"] [White "Wingrove, William"] [Black "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2016.04.21"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "1651"] [BlackElo "1867"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2137690746575455"] [EventDate "2016.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "3"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. f4 Nh6 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O Nb6 13. Kh1 Nc4 14. Rb1 Ng4 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. h3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Nh6 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. Rg1 Rac8 20. Ne2 Kh8 21. Rbf1 a6 22. Kh2 Bc6 23. g4 g6 24. g5 Nf7 25. h4 Kg7 26. Rg3 Rh8 27. Rh3 Qb6 28. h5 Rcg8 29. Kg3 Kf8 30. Nd4 Ke7 31. Rfh1 Rc8 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34. Rxh8 Nxh8 35. Qh2 $1 Nf7 36. Qh7 Bd7 37. Qxg6 Kf8 38. Be2 Bc8 39. Bh5 Qc7 40. Nxe6+ Bxe6 41. Qxe6 Qxc3+ 42. Bf3 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qd2+ 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2016 PHCC Rated April Quad"] [White "Rutkofske, Lonnie"] [Black "Morabito, Matthew"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2016.04.21"] [ECO "A24"] [WhiteElo "1896"] [BlackElo "1867"] [PlyCount "52"] [GameId "2137690746575456"] [EventDate "2016.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "3"] 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. Nbc3 Nc6 8. h3 Nd4 9. d3 c6 10. Bd2 Nh5 11. g4 Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 Nf4 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bd4 16. Kh2 Qh4 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. f4 f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Qh5 Kh8 21. Bh4 Qg7 22. Rf3 fxe4 23. Rg3 Qf7 24. Qxf7 Rxf7 25. Bxe4 Rxf4 26. Kh1 Rxh4 0-1 [Event "2016 PHCC Rated April Quad"] [White "Wilkinson, Stewart"] [Black "Wingrove, William"] [Site "Port Huron"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2016.04.21"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "1873"] [BlackElo "1651"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2137690746575457"] [EventDate "2016.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "3"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 a6 12. Nde2 Rac8 13. f3 Qc7 14. b3 Qb8 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 b5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Nc6 Kf8 24. Bd4 Nf6 25. Qc3 Qd7 26. Nb4 Qb7 27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. dxc6 Ke8 29. Nxa6 Bh6 30. Bxf6 exf6 31. g3 Bf8 32. Nc7+ Kd8 33. Nxb5 Be7 34. a4 Kc8 35. Kg2 f5 36. exf5 d5 37. fxg6 fxg6 38. Kf3 Bd8 39. g4 Bb6 40. f5 Bd8 41. c7 Bf6 42. a5 Be5 43. a6 1-0