[Event "Hastings 5051 Reserves B"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1950.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hawes, Stephen ON"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1950.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. h3 b6 13. Nh2 Nf8 14. Ng4 Bxg4
15. hxg4 Ne6 16. g3 g6 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bd4 19. f5 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 gxf5 21.
gxf5 Qg5+ 22. Kf2 Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Nc5 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Kf4 f6 26. Ne3 Nd7 27.
Ng4 Re7 28. Rh1 Rae8 29. Rag1 Rg7 30. d4 Reg8 31. Rh4 c5 32. e5 cxd4 33. e6 Nf8
34. Rgh1 Re7 35. Nxf6 Rg2 36. R4h2 Rxh2 37. Rxh2 Kg7 38. Ke5 c5 39. Rg2+ Ng6+
40. fxg6 hxg6 41. Nd5 {Source: CHESS, Jan 1951, p85} 1-0
[Event "North v South Festival of Britain match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fuller, John Arthur"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. g4 Nd7 13. Qe1 Rc8 14. Rd1 Na5 15.
Nxa5 Qxa5 16. e5 Rfe8 17. Qf2 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Bd4 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Bf3 Rf8 24. Qe6 Qf4 25. Rd2 Bd4+ 26. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 27.
Kg2 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Bxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Rf8+ {source: Universities Chess Annual, 2nd
issue, Nov. 1951} 0-1
[Event "BUCA Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1951.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Mardle, Denis Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/1pq1b2p/2n5/p1p1P1pn/2N2Pb1/1PB1Q1P1/4N1B1/R4RK1 b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1951.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
24... Bxe2 25. Bd5+ Kg7 26. Qxe2 Nxg3 27. Qg4 Nxf1 28. f5 h5 29. f6+ Kh6 30.
Qe6 Bxf6 31. Nd6 Nd8 32. Qh3 Be7 33. Bf3 h4 34. Rxf1 Bxd6 35. Qg4 Rxf3 36. Qxf3
Be7 37. Qd5 Qc6 38. Qg8 {source: Universities Chess Annual, 2nd issue, Nov.
1951} 0-1
[Event "BUCA Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1951.07.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cannon, L John"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1951.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4 Be6 11. f4 Na5 12. f5 Bc4 13. g4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxb3
15. cxb3 Nd7 16. g5 Be5 17. Rf3 Rc8 18. Raf1 e6 19. f6 h5 20. Kh1 Kh7 21. Rg1
Rh8 22. Rh3 Kg8 23. Bf2 Qa5 24. Be1 Qb6 25. Nd1 Qc6 26. Bc3 Kh7 27. Bxe5 Nxe5
28. Rgg3 Qc2 29. Qe1 Qc1 30. Rg1 Rc2 31. Rc3 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qe3 Ng4 34.
Qxc1 Rxc1 35. h3 Rxd1 36. hxg4 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 h4 38. b4 d5 39. b5 axb5 40. exd5
exd5 41. axb5 d4 {Source: L J Cannon. Contributed by Brian Denman, 9 August
2021. John Cannon was at Durham University and N McKelvie Cambridge University.
} 0-1
[Event "BUCA Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1951.07.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fuller, G.."]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1951.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
a5 9. O-O Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 Nc5 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Qd2 exf4 15.
Rxf4 Nf6 16. Raf1 Qe7 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. R4f3 Qd6 19. Nf4 Ng4 20. Nd3 Rxf3 21.
Rxf3 Re8 22. Nd1 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. h3 Nf6 25. Rf1 Bf5 26. N1f2 Qe3 27. Qxe3
Rxe3 28. Nf4 Rxg3 29. Ne2 Bxf2 30. Rxf2 Re3 31. Nc3 Ne4 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Bxe4
Rxe4 34. b3 a4 35. bxa4 Rxc4 36. Rb2 Rb4 {source: Universities Chess Annual,
2nd issue, Nov. 1951} 0-1
[Event "BUCA Championship"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1951.07.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Powis, Ronald Owen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1951.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Ne8 9. f4 c6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. b3 f5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. c5 Nd7 15. d5
cxd5 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rad1 Nc7 19. c6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxa8 f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Nxf4 Qe7 25. Nd5 Qh4 26. Rxf8+ {
source: Universities Chess Annual, 2nd issue, Nov. 1951} 1-0
[Event "Civil Service v Cambridge Uni?"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1953.01.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1953.01.31"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Civil Service"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 {
? Aitken} 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bxd5 Rb8 12. Bc6+ Bd7 13.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. exd6 O-O 15. O-O exd6 16. Rb1 Qc6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Rbd8 19.
c4 d5 20. Qf3 Qe6 21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Rbe1 Qxe1 23. Qxd5 Qe2 24. Bd2 Re5 25. Qa8+
Re8 26. Qc6 Re6 27. Qc8+ Re8 28. Qc1 Bd4 29. a4 Qf3 30. Qc4 Re4 31. Qc8+ Kg7
32. Bb4 h5 33. Bc5 Bxc5 34. Qxc5 h4 35. Qc8 f5 36. Qd7+ Kh6 37. Qd8 {[%eval 0,
0] [%emt 0:00:14] Source: Aitken} 1/2-1/2
[Event "WchT Students unofficial (02)"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1953.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Alenius, Bengt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.03.16"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3
O-O 9. e4 d6 $6 10. Bg5 $1 Nc6 11. Ne2 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. Ng3 h6 14. Be3 Kh7 15.
O-O Ba6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Nf5 Ng8 18. a4 g6 19. Nh4 Qe7 20. g3 Nf6 21. f4 Nxe4 $2
22. Bxe4 f5 23. Nxg6 Kxg6 24. Qg4+ Kh7 25. Bxf5+ Kh8 26. fxe5 Nxc4 27. Bxh6
Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Nxe5 29. Qh5 Bd3 30. Bg5+ Qh7 31. Bf6+ Kg8 32. Rg5+ {Source:
Universities Chess Annual, 4th issue, 1953-4; CHESS, May 1953, p159} 1-0
[Event "Varsity Oxford-Cambridge"]
[Site "National Chess Centre, London"]
[Date "1953.03.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.03.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oxford University"]
[BlackTeam "Cambridge University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f4 b5 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. Nd5 (14. a4
{is better - Yanofsky}) 14... a5 15. c3 Ne8 16. Bf2 e6 17. Ne3 a4 18. Nd4 Qa5
19. Nec2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Rc8 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. f5 Rd8 24. Nb4 Bb7
25. e5 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qc7 27. f6 Qb7 28. Rfd3 d5 29. Qe3 Kh8 30. Rd4 Qb6 31. Kh1
Rg8 32. Qg5 {Source: The Times, 30 Mar 1953 and CHESS, May 1953, p157} 1-0
[Event "Ilford BCF Premier"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1954.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mackay, Donald G"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1954.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. h3 Bxh3
15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Re5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Rfe8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Bf4 Re6 20. Qxd5
Rae8 21. Bg3 h5 22. Qh1 Qg4 23. Kf1 Qd1+ 24. Kg2 Qc2 25. Na3 Qxb2 26. Qc1 Qe2
27. Qd1 Qe4+ 28. Qf3 Qa4 29. Qxh5 Qxa3 30. Bf4 Rg6+ {Source: BCM, July 1954,
p212} 0-1
[Event "Ilford BCF Premier"]
[Site "Ilford"]
[Date "1954.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Franklin, Michael J"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1954.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[SourceDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. b3
Re8 9. e3 Nh5 10. e4 c6 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 a5 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rad1 Bg4 15.
f3 Bd7 16. g4 Nf6 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Nde2 Qb6 19. Kh1 Re6 20. Rd2 Ne8 21. Rfd1 f6
22. Be3 Rd8 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Nf4 Rd6 26. Nd3 g5 27. e5 Re6 28.
Bxc5 fxe5 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Nc5 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Nxd6 32. Qxh7 Ke8 33. Ne6 Qb8 34.
Qg8+ {Source: BCM, July 1954, p213} 1-0
[Event "Watchung New Jersey op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Mengarini, Ariel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1962.08.31"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,40,23,23,67,68,61,62,62,33,31,28,82,68,72,36,59,22,35,25,28,34,38,21,
88,88,87,78,107,106,141,151,134,99,102,102,103,103,103,118,128,114,123]} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Nd5 11. Be2 a5 12. O-O a4 13. Nxa4 O-O 14. a3 Bd6 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Qc4 Qe7 18. Nd4 Be4 19. b4 Rad8 20. Bb2 Nf4 21. Nf3
b5 22. cxb6 Nxb6 23. Qa6 Rd2 24. Bd1 Rxd1 25. Qxb6 Bxf3 26. Rfxd1 Qg5 27. g3
Qg4 28. Qe3 Nh3+ 29. Kf1 Bxd1 30. Kg2 Ba4 31. f3 Qg5 32. Bd4 Qh5 33. g4 Qh4 34.
Qe5 f6 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qd6 Re8 37. Be3 Ng5 38. Bxg5 Re2+ $4 {source:
scoresheet} (38... Qxg5) (38... Re2+ 39. Kh1 {and the position is equal}) 0-1
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinmeyer, Robert"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "chessgames.com"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 a6
9. a4 Qa5 10. Nd2 e6 11. Be2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. f4
c4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd3 Ng4 19. Nd1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Qb6 21. h3 Ne3
22. Nxe3 Bxe3 23. Nb3 Bb7 24. Qe2 b4 25. Na5 Bd4 26. Nc4 Qc7 27. Be7 Bc5 28.
Bxf8 Rxf8 29. f5 Re8 30. Qg4 g5 31. Qh5 Kg7 32. f6+ Nxf6 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34.
Qxh6+ Ke7 35. Qxg5+ Kd7 {Source: chessgames.com} 1-0
[Event "Club Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dubeck, Leroy"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2
b5 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Be3 Nbc6 11. Rad1 Qc7 {[#]} 12. e5 Nf5 13. Ne4 Bxe3 14. Nxd6+
Nxd6 15. exd6 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qd7 17. Ng5 O-O 18. Rdf1 Nd8 19. Qe4 {Source: CR,
Aug 1963} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Steinmeyer, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "chessgames.com"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Nf3 Nfd7 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O
Nd7 15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Rxf6 O-O-O 17. Rxf7 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Be3 20. Qf3
Bxg5 21. Bf5 Rd5 22. Be4 Rd6 23. Bb7+ Kd8 24. Rf1 Bf6 25. Bc6 Qf5 26. Rd1 Qe5
27. Rxd6+ Qxd6 28. Rd7+ Qxd7 29. Bxd7 Kxd7 30. Qb7+ Kd6 31. Qxa6+ Kc5 32. Qa7+
Kc6 33. b4 Rd8 34. Qc5+ Kb7 35. Qxb5+ Kc7 36. Qe2 Rd4 37. c4 e5 38. g3 e4 39.
h4 Kd6 40. a4 Ke5 41. a5 Rd3 42. a6 {Source: chessgames.com} 1-0
[Event "65th US Open"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1964.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Brandwein, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E78"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "chessgames.com"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nbd7 9. Be3 a6 10. O-O e5 11. Nc2 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. b3 b5 15.
c5 b4 16. Nxb4 Qa5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Nd3 Rfd8 19. Qb2 Rd4 20. b4 Qc7 21. a3 Rb8
22. Rad1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Nf2 Re3 25. Bxa6 e4 26. Qc1 Rc3 27. Qg5 h6 28.
Qh4 Rxa3 29. b5 e3 30. Ne4 e2 31. b6 exf1=Q+ 32. Bxf1 Qc8 33. Bb5 Bf5 34. c6
Qe6 {Source: chessgames.com, Boston Sunday Globe, 1964.10.11, p.28} 0-1
[Event "New York Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinmeyer, Robert"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Rfc1 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. Nbd2 Qb6 15.
Ne5 Bd6 16. f4 Rac8 17. Bb5 Nb8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ng4 Kg7 20. Qe1 f5 21. Ne5 f6
22. Nd3 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. Qf1 Nd7 25. Nb3 Qa7 26. g3 Kh8 27. Kf2 Nb6 28.
Nbc5 Nc4 29. Qe2 e5 30. b3 exd4 31. exd4 Rfe8 32. Qh5 Ne3 33. Re1 Bxc5 34. Nxc5
Qe7 35. h3 Rxc5 36. dxc5 d4 37. Rac1 d3 38. Qxe8+ Qxe8 39. Rxe3 Qd8 40. Rd1 Qd5
41. Rdxd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "New York Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 a5
9. Nf3 Ng4 10. Bd3 Na6 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Bc2 c6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. Nd3
Bg3+ 16. Nf2 O-O 17. Be3 Qe7 18. O-O-O Re8 19. Qf3 Be5 20. Bf4 Bd7 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Qe3 Nfxe4 23. Nfxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 f5 25. dxc6 Be6 26. cxb7 Rab8 27.
Rd5 Qc7 28. Bf3 Bxd5 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. Qd4 Qg3 31. Rd1 Re3 32. Bf3 Qg5 33. Kb1
{source: Reshevsky column New York Herald Tribune Nov 14, 1965} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 {[#]} 11. Be2 Qxe5 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bf4 Qd5 14.
O-O-O Qd7 15. Qc3 Bd5 16. Nf5 Nc6 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Bg4 Kd8 19. Nd4 Nb4 20. Kb1
Qb7 21. a3 h5 22. Bh3 a5 23. axb4 Ra6 24. Nxb5 axb4 25. Bc7+ Ke8 26. Re1+ Re6
27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qh3 Rh6 29. Rxe6+ Kf7 30. Rxh6 gxh6 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7
33. Qf7+ Bg7 34. Nd4 Qa7 35. Nf5 Qg1+ 36. Ka2 b3+ 37. Kxb3 {Source: CR, July
1966} 1-0
[Event "Eastern Masters Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Yoffie, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
f4 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qxc5 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O-O Na5 13. Qe2 (13. Bxh7+ $1
Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qd3 $18 Re8 (15... g6 16. Qh3) 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Nce4 $1
dxe4 18. Qh5) 13... f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. g4 Be8 17. Rhf1 Qb4 18. a3
Qf8 19. Qe3 Qd6 20. g5 Rf8 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. g6 Rf5 24. Ne4 Qc7
25. Ng5 Qd6 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7+ Kd8 29. Ngf7+ Bxf7 30. Nxf7+
Rxf7 31. gxf7 Nd7 32. f5 Qf8 33. Qg5+ Qe7 34. Qg8+ Nf8 35. fxe6 Kc7 36. Rxd5
Nc6 37. Qg3+ Kb6 38. Rf3 a6 39. Qd6 Rc8 40. Qxe7 Nxe7 41. Rd7 Rc7 42. Rb3+ {
Source: NYT, Nov 6, 1967} 1-0
[Event "Metropolitan Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Shipman, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. Qf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. g4 Qa5 13. O-O-O e5 14. fxe5 dxe5
{[#]} 15. Qf5 Bd7 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxg4 18. Rd3 Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5
Ne4 21. Rg1 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 f6 23. Bc7 Nd2+ 24. Rxd2 Bxd2 25. d6+ Kh8 26. Bd5 Bf4
27. Bxb7 Rad8 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. c4 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Rfd8 31. c5 Rxb7 32. c6 Rf7 33.
b4 f5 34. Rd2 a6 35. a4 h6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 f4 38. b6 Rf5 39. c7 Re8 40. b7
Rb5+ 41. Rb2 Re1+ 42. Ka2 {Source: NYT, June 29, 1967; CR, Aug 1967} 1-0
[Event "New York Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Popovych, O.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bd3
b5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Kh1 Bb7 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 f6
15. Bh4 O-O-O 16. c4 Nc5 17. Bc2 Bd6 18. Nd2 Kb8 19. a3 Nd7 20. Ne4 Nb6 21. Bd3
Be7 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. axb4 Nxc4 24. Rfc1 Bxd5 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. Bxc4 Bxg2+ 27. Kg1
Bh1 28. Nxa6+ Kb7 29. Nc5+ Kb8 30. Bf1 Bd5 31. Qa3 Bxc5+ 32. Rxc5 Qb6 33. Bf2
Rxc5 34. Bxc5 Qb7 35. Bd6+ {source: Horowitz's New York Times column Feb 13th,
1967.} 1-0
[Event "Eastern Masters Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Mengarini, Ariel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bb3 Qh5 11. d5 Na7 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. Re1
Ng6 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. Nd4 Rae8 17. Ne4 Nc8 18. f3 Bd7 19. Rac1 Qe5 20. Ne6 fxe6
21. dxe6 Bc6 22. e7+ Kh8 23. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Ng5 Qf5 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxf7
Qxf7 27. Qd8+ {Source: NYT, Nov 6, 1967; note that Mangarini's scoresheet has
colors reversed and a few more moves.} 1-0
[Event "Metropolitan Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Grant, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Qf3 Nxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. g4 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 d5 15.
fxe5 Nxe4 16. Rg1 Bb4 17. f6 g6 18. Qf4 Re8 19. Ra4 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Re6 21. Rxe4
dxe4 22. Rg3 Qf8 23. Rh3 Rae8 24. Bd4 h5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Bc5 R6e7 27. Bxe7
Rxe7 28. Qg5+ Kh7 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kh7 31. fxe7 Qe8 32. Qf6 Kg8 33. Qd6 {
Source: NYT, June 29, 1967; CR, Aug 1967} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nd5 7. Ne4 O-O 8. c3
f6 9. Bc4 fxe5 10. dxe5 c6 11. Qd4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Rxf3 13. Bxd5+ cxd5 14. Qxd5+ e6
15. Qxe6+ Rf7 16. Bg5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxd8 Bf5 19. Ng5 Rxd8 20. Nxf7
Kxf7 21. O-O h5 22. Rf2 Bc7 23. Kh1 Bb6 24. Re2 Kf6 25. Rae1 Rd3 26. c4 Bc5 27.
h3 b6 28. b3 a5 29. Rb2 Kg5 30. Kh2 h4 31. Rf1 Bd6+ 32. Kg1 Re3 33. Rd1 Ba3 34.
Rbd2 Bc5 35. Kh2 Kf4 36. Rf1+ Kg5 37. Rb2 Rc3 38. Ra1 Be3 39. Re2 Kf4 40. Rf1+
Ke4 41. Rd1 Rd3 42. Rde1 Kd4 43. Kh1 Rc3 44. Kh2 g5 45. Kh1 Bg6 46. Kh2 Bh5 47.
Rb2 Rc1 48. Rxc1 Bxc1 49. Rb1 Bf4+ 50. Kg1 Kc3 51. Re1 Kb2 {Source: NYT, March
26, 1967; also CL, July 1967} 0-1
[Event "Chess Life, May 1967"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie"]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1pN5/2k5/1N6/6P1/8/6K1/7Q w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[#]} 1. Qa1 b6 (1... Kb6 2. Qa3 Kc6 3. Qd6#) 2. Qh8 Kb7 (2... Kc5 3. Qc3#) (
2... Kd7 3. Qe8#) 3. Qa8# *
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hohenberger"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. Nbc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nh6 7. h3 O-O 8. g4 f5
9. exf5 gxf5 10. g5 Nf7 11. h4 e6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Nf4 Nd4 15. Na4
Qa6 16. c3 Bd7 17. b3 Nc6 18. h5 Nxg5 19. h6 Bf6 20. Nh5 Be7 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22.
Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Rxg5 Rg8 25. Rg7 Be8 26. Kd2 Bg6 27. Qe2 Qg2 28.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Ng3 e5 30. Nb2 Re8 31. Nc4 Qc6 32. Rg1 f4 33. Nf1 b5 34. Nb2 d5
35. Qg4 Qd6 36. Qg5 e4 37. Rg4 d4 38. c4 exd3 39. Rxf4 Qc7 40. Nxd3 bxc4 41.
Ne5 c3+ 42. Kc1 Kg8 43. Nxg6 Re1+ 44. Kc2 d3+ 45. Kxd3 Qd6+ 46. Kc4 {Source:
NYT, April 2, 1967} 1-0
[Event "New York Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Feuerstein, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. f4
Nf6 9. Kh1 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. f5 e5 15.
Nf3 Qd8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Bxa6 O-O 19. Bb5 Nf6 20. c4 Ne4 21. Qe1 d5
22. cxd5 Nc3 23. Bb6 Qc8 24. Bd7 Qxd7 25. Qxc3 e4 $4 26. Ne5 Qxd5 27. Rfd1 Bb4
28. Qd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Ba6 30. Nc6 Be2 31. Nxb8 Bxd1 32. Rxb4 Bxc2 33. Kg1 {
source: Horowitz March 17th 1968 NYT column.} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Denker, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "McKelvie"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Bd6 9. g3 $6 {This is a truly awful move – but played deliberately!
Denker, as I knew from long experience, was prone to overconfidence, and this
made him smile happily! (A real Patzer move!!) White’s white-sqiare weakness
will be very bad.} Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 Bb4 12. O-O $1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O $2
(13... d6 $1 {and White has a miserable position}) 14. Bg5 Qc6 15. f4 exf4 16.
e5 f3 $1 17. Rxf3 Ng4 {Thinking that the W e-pawn will be lost} 18. Be7 Re8 19.
Bd6 b5 ({Denker intended} 19... Nxe5 20. Bxe5 d6 {but then looked, and saw} 21.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qd3+ {instead Black should play} f5 $1 {and I tenteded to play}
(22... Kg8 $2 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {and White wins.}) 23. Bd4 {Denker
thought this was bad for him, at least cosmetically, but his W. Bishop is
equally frightening. Maybe both sides are losing! I haven’t had the nerve to
give this position to a computer.} (23. Rxf5 {can lead to a draw by perpetual
check, but no more})) 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Ra7 22. Bd5 Nh6 23. Raf1 Re6 24.
Bxe6 dxe6 25. c4 bxc4 26. Rc3 Bd7 27. Rb1 f5 28. Bb8 Ra8 29. Rxc4 Nf7 30. Rb7
Nd8 31. Rxd7 Rxb8 32. Rcc7 {Source: web; also NYT, Feb 5, 1968} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lombardy, William"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{"Neil McKelvie was an avid master whose main idea was to take pleasure in
mixing things up. At a point when the Manhattan Club had run out of wealthy
patrons, Neil assumed the thankless task of President. I understand his
reputation as a chemistry professor preceded him!"} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3
c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 exd3 8. Qxd3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Qb6 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Be3 Qb7 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Bd4 Rac8 16. e4 dxe4
17. Nxe4 Nd7 18. h4 h6 19. g4 Qc7 20. g5 c5 21. Bc3 f5 22. Ng3 g6 23. Re1 Bd6
24. Re6 Kh7 25. h5 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. hxg6+ {Source: Lombardy,
"Understanding Chess," p181} 1-0
[Event "69th US Open"]
[Site "Aspen"]
[Date "1968.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Thomas, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1968.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
dxe5 Bxe5 9. f4 Bd6 10. e5 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Ne4 12. Qe2 Nf2+ 13. Rxf2 Bxf2 14. Qxf2
O-O 15. Nc3 d6 16. Be3 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. Rd1 Qd7 19. f5 Rae8 20. e6 fxe6 21.
fxe6 Qe7 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Bg5 Rf6 24. Re1 Ref8 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27.
Bxd5 h6 28. Qe3 a5 29. Qa7 a4 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qc6 Qf8 32. Bf3 d5 33. Qxd5 Qb4
34. Qe4+ Qxe4 35. Bxe4+ g6 36. Bc6 Kg7 37. e7 Rxc6 38. e8=Q 1-0
[Event "69th US Open"]
[Site "Aspen"]
[Date "1968.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Jourdan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1968.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ba2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd4 14. Qd3 Rac8 15.
Rf2 Nc6 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. f5 Nc5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Nd7 21. c3 Nb6
22. Bb3 Nc4 23. Kh2 Qc5 24. f6 Bd8 25. Qg4 g6 26. Qh4 Kh8 27. Bh6 Re8 28. Bg7+
Kg8 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Qh6 Be7 31. fxe7 f5 32. Bf8 Qf7 33. exf5 1-0
[Event "69th US Open"]
[Site "Aspen"]
[Date "1968.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Gross, Ronald Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1968.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Re1 d6 8.
c3 Ng4 9. Qe2 Qh4 10. h3 d3 11. Bxd3 Ne5 12. Qe3 Be7 13. Rf1 g5 14. Be2 g4 15.
d4 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Rg8 18. Kh2 Bg4 19. Qg3 Qh5 20. f3 Bh4 21. Qxd6
Bxh3 22. gxh3 Bg3+ 23. Qxg3 Rxg3 24. Kxg3 O-O-O 25. Be3 Rg8+ 26. Kh2 Qh4 27.
Rg1 Rxg1 28. Bxg1 Qf4+ 29. Kg2 Qc1 0-1
[Event "69th US Open"]
[Site "Aspen"]
[Date "1968.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Brandts, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1968.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 Bd7 15.
b4 Rfc8 16. Bb3 a5 17. d5 Nb8 18. bxa5 Na6 19. Nf1 Nc5 20. Bc2 Bd8 21. g4 Rxa5
22. Bd2 Ra7 23. Ng3 Na4 24. Bxa4 Rxa4 25. Bb4 Qb8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Rc4 28.
Rb1 Ba5 29. Bxa5 Rxa5 30. g5 Nd7 31. Qd3 Rca4 32. Qc2 Rxa3 33. Qc6 Nf8 34. Nd2
Rxh3 35. Nc4 Qd8 36. Nxa5 Qxg5+ 37. Kf1 Qg4 0-1
[Event "69th US Open"]
[Site "Aspen"]
[Date "1968.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deutsch, Anthony"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1968.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. O-O e6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 Qh4 8. d3
Bc5 9. Nd2 Qf6 10. Nf3 e5 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Bf4 Nf6 15.
Be5 Qxb2 16. Nxd4 Qa3 17. Nf5 b5 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Rg8 21.
Bb3 d5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bxd5 Rg7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qg4+ 1-0
[Event "69th US Open"]
[Site "Aspen"]
[Date "1968.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bassin, Charles"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1968.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Qe1 Bg4 10. f5 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Ng4 12. Qh4 h5 13. h3 Bf6 14. Bg5 e6 15.
hxg4 Bxg5 16. Qh3 h4 17. Raf1 f6 18. g3 hxg3 19. fxg6 Qe7 20. Kg2 Qg7 21. Qh5
Rab8 22. b3 Qh6 23. Ne2 Kg7 24. Nxg3 Qxg6 25. Qh2 Rbd8 26. Nh5+ Kg8 27. Rh3 Rd7
28. Nf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Rg7 30. Qxd6 Qxg4+ 31. Rg3 Qxg3+ 32. Qxg3 f5 33. exf5
Rxf5 34. Re1 Rxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Kf7 36. Re4 Kf6 37. Kg2 Re5 38. Kf3 Rxe4 39. Kxe4
e5 40. Ke3 Ke6 {Source: Tournament book, no. 35.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "69th US Open"]
[Site "Aspen"]
[Date "1968.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Winslow, E.."]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1968.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,27,19,21,34,18,69,35,52,42,272,375,652,809,29985,29986,29987,29988,
29989,29990,29991,1312,1505,1537,29991,29992,29993,29994,29997,29998]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9.
Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. e4 Nf6 12. f3 b6 13. b3 f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nh5
16. Bd2 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 g5 18. Rc1 Ng6 19. Ne2 Be5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Rf2 Qf6 22.
Be3 Ngf4 23. Nxf4 gxf4 24. Bd2 Qh4 25. Be1 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Rf6 27. Rd2 Rh6 28.
hxg3 fxg3 29. Kf1 Qh2 30. Bxg3 Qxg3 31. Qe1 Qf4 32. Ke2 Kh8 33. Kd3 Bd7 34. Qe3
Qf6 35. Kc2 Rg8 36. Kb2 Rh2 37. Rcc2 Rg3 38. Rf2 h5 39. c5 h4 40. Bf1 Rxf2 41.
Rxf2 h3 42. cxb6 axb6 43. Kc2 Qh4 44. Rh2 Qh5 45. Kd2 Rxf3 46. Be2 Rxe3 47.
Bxh5 Rxe4 48. Bf7 Kg7 49. Be6 Bxe6 50. dxe6 Rh4 51. Ke3 Kf6 {source:scoresheet}
0-1
[Event "69th US Open"]
[Site "Aspen"]
[Date "1968.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Saltzberg, Mitch"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1968.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,27,19,21,34,18,69,35,52,42,272,375,652,809,29985,29986,29987,29988,
29989,29990,29991,1312,1505,1537,29991,29992,29993,29994,29997,29998]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Nxc6
Nxe3 9. Nxd8 Nxd1 10. Nxd1 Kxd8 11. Bd3 d6 12. Rb1 e6 13. O-O Ke7 14. Re1 Be5
15. Ne3 h5 16. h4 f6 17. g3 g5 18. Ng2 Bd7 19. Kf1 Bc6 20. b4 a6 21. Rec1 Rhg8
22. Re1 Rgc8 23. Rec1 b5 24. c5 dxc5 25. Rxc5 Bd4 26. Rcc1 Bb7 27. Ke2 f5 28.
hxg5 fxe4 29. Bc2 Rg8 30. Bb3 Kd6 31. Nf4 Bd5 32. Rd1 Ke5 33. g6 Rac8 34. Rd2
h4 35. Rbd1 Bxb3 36. axb3 hxg3 37. fxg3 Rcd8 38. g7 Rxg7 39. Rxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4
Rxg3 41. Nxe6 Rc3 42. Kd2 Rg3 43. Ke2 Rg1 44. Kd2 Rb1 45. Ke3 Re1+ 46. Kd2 Rb1
47. Kc3 Rc1+ 48. Kd2 Rh1 49. Ke3 Rh3+ 50. Kd2 Rg3 51. Ke2 Rg2+ 52. Ke3 Rg4 53.
Rd8 Rg3+ 54. Ke2 $4 (54. Kd2) 54... Kxe6 55. Ra8 Rxb3 56. Rxa6+ Kd5 57. Ra8
Rxb4 58. Rd8+ Kc4 59. Ke3 Kc3 60. Rd1 Rc4 61. Rb1 b4 {source: scoresheet} 0-1
[Event "69th US Open"]
[Site "Aspen"]
[Date "1968.08.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hechtlinger, John"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1968.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,109,19,-12,57,44,43,43,37,37,45,55,46,37,40,35,72,20,52,57,36,48,66,
66,87,66,67,26,23,16,27,30,26,22,60,46,33,23,28,20,19,8,15,-16,-1,-35,-11,-9,
19,2,9,14,25,29,16,27,24,3,10,7,14,0,0,0,15,0,33,0,18,34,34,28,121,-28,0,-116,
-100,-100,-118,-118,-32,-36,-63,-63,-59,-62,-5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,23,0,19,23,31,
0,22,23,0,25,36,0,0,24,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Na5
13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. b3 g6 17. a4 c6 18. Ba3 Nh7 19. Qd2
bxa4 20. bxa4 c5 21. Reb1 Bc6 22. a5 Nc8 23. d5 Bb5 24. c4 Bd7 25. Rb7 Bg7 26.
Rab1 Rf8 27. Nh2 Bf6 28. Bc1 Bg5 29. Qe2 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Ra7 31. Rxa7 Nxa7 32.
Qd2 Kg7 33. Rb1 Nc8 34. Rb7 Re8 35. Be2 Re7 36. Bg4 Bxg4 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Nxg4
Ng8 39. Qa2 h5 40. Ne3 Ne7 41. Qa4 h4 42. Ne2 Nf6 43. Nc3 Qb8 44. Ned1 Qb7 45.
f3 Nh5 46. Qa3 Nf4 47. Qb2 Qb4 48. Qxb4 cxb4 49. Na4 Nd3 50. Ndb2 Nxb2 51. Nxb2
f5 52. Kf2 fxe4 53. fxe4 Ng8 54. Ke3 Nf6 55. Na4 Nd7 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Ke3 Ke7
58. Kf3 Kf7 59. Ke3 Kf6 60. Kf3 $2 Kg5 61. Ke3 b3 62. Nb2 Nc5 63. Nd3 Nb7 $2 (
63... Kf6) 64. Kd2 Nxa5 65. c5 dxc5 66. Nxe5 Kf4 67. Nxg6+ Kxe4 68. Nxh4 Kxd5
69. g4 Nb7 70. Kc3 c4 71. Nf5 Ke4 72. h4 Kf4 73. h5 Nc5 74. h6 Na4+ 75. Kd2 c3+
76. Kc1 Nb2 77. Nd4 Nd3+ 78. Kb1 c2+ 79. Nxc2 bxc2+ 80. Kxc2 {source:
scoresheet} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "McCormick, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Rad8 13. Qxd5 Rxd5 14. Bc4
Rdd8 15. Be3 Na5 16. Be2 c5 17. O-O cxd4 18. cxd4 e6 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Rc4 f6
21. Bg4 fxe5 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. d5 Nd4 25. Bg5 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Re8
27. Rc7 Rxe6 28. Rxb7 Bc5+ 29. Kf1 h5 30. Ke2 Bd4 31. Be3 a6 32. Bxd4 exd4+ 33.
Kd3 Rf6 34. Kxd4 Rf2 35. g3 Rh2 36. h4 Rg2 37. Rb3 Kg7 38. Kc5 g5 39. a4 gxh4
40. gxh4 Rg4 41. Rb4 a5 42. Rd4 Kf6 43. b4 axb4 44. Rxb4 {Source: NYT, April 7,
1969} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Kramer, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 Bc4 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Qe3 b4
15. b3 bxc3 16. Ba3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bxa3 18. Qxc3 Bb5 19. Qe1 Nb4 20. Qe4 Bb2 21.
Rb1 Bc3 22. e6 f6 23. e7 Rd5 24. Qe3 Na2 25. Qe6 Rd7 26. g4 Nb4 27. Nh4 g6 28.
Ng2 f5 29. gxf5 Rxe7 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. fxg6+ hxg6 32. Qg4 Be2 33. f3 Nc6 34. Nh4
Ne5 35. Qf4+ Kg7 36. Kg2 Nxf3 37. Nxf3 Rf8 38. Qg5 Bxf3+ 39. Kh3 Re5 40. Qc1
Rh5+ 41. Kg3 Be5+ 42. Kf2 Rxh2+ {Source: NYT, April 17, 1969} 0-1
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Kevitz, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d4 Qa5 8.
Bd2 Qa4 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qe1 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3
e6 15. Qg3 g6 16. Raf1 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. h4 Be7 19. Rf4 Qa3 20. Qe1 a5 21.
R1f3 Nb4 22. Be4 Qxa2 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Bxb7 Qa1 25. Qf1 Qxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Ra2 27.
Rc4 Ra5 28. Re1 Rb8 29. Bf3 Rc5 30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Rd1 Bf2 32. h5 Bg3 33. hxg6
hxg6 34. Kg1 Rb5 35. Rd4 Rxe5 36. Re4 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 f5 38. Bb7 Kf7 39. Kf1 e5
40. Ke2 e4 {Source: NYT, Feb 13, 1969.} 0-1
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Blumenfeld, Rudy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Ne4
c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Qe2 Nc7 12. Nc3 Qc6 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Rc1 Bf5 15.
Bxf5 gxf5 16. O-O Qd7 17. Qd3 dxe5 18. fxe5 Rfd8 19. Ne2 f6 20. Nh4 fxe5 21.
Nxf5 Ne8 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Nxg7 Nxg7 24. Rf7 Nh5 25. Qg5 Rg8 26. Rxh7+ {Source:
CR, May 1969} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Inv"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Soltis, Andy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Bf3 Bc4 12. Rg1 Rd8 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. c3 e5 16. Bg4 Be6 17. f5 gxf5 18. Qf3 f4 19. g3 Kh8 20. gxf4 Rg8 21. f5 Bc4
22. Rg3 Qd8 23. Rh3 d5 24. Nd2 Bg5 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. f6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6+ Bxf6 28.
Bf5 Rgd8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Bh6 {Source: CL, Oct 1970} 1-0
[Event "Eastern Team Ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1970.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Soltis, Andy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "chessgames.com"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qc7 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 a6 10. Nxc6 axb5 11. Qd4 Rg8 12. Nb4 Qc4 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Qxc4 bxc4
15. c3 Bf5 16. O-O Kd7 17. Rad1 Be4 18. Bd4 Bh6 19. Rde1 f5 20. h4 Ra5 21. Rd1
Bf8 22. Rfe1 Ra8 23. Kf2 h6 24. Re3 Re8 25. Rg3 e6 26. dxe6+ Rxe6 27. Be3 Be7
28. Rh3 Ra8 29. a3 Ra5 30. Rdh1 Bf8 31. Rg3 h5 32. Rd1 d5 33. Rh3 Kd6 34. Bb6
Ra8 35. Re3 Rae8 36. Re2 {Source: chessgames.com} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Kramer, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be2
Nbc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. a4 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. c4 O-O-O 13. Ba3 dxc4 14. Bxc5 b6
15. Ba3 c3 16. Bc4 Nf5 17. Qd3 Kb8 18. Rfe1 Rhe8 19. Rab1 h5 20. Ba2 h4 21. h3
Bc8 22. Re4 e5 23. d5 Ncd4 24. a5 b5 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 a6 27. Rc4 Qxa5 (
27... f5 28. Qd2) 28. Rxc3 f5 29. Qd2 Qb6 30. d6 f4 31. Bc5 Qb7 32. Bd5 Qd7 33.
Bb6 Qg7 34. Bxd8 Rxd8 35. d7 {Source: NYT, March 8, 1971} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Feuerstein, Arthur"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
Nh5 9. Rd1 c6 10. e4 Re8 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Bg5 Qf8 13. d5 Nb6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. a4
f5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Ng5 Nb8 19. Ne6 Qf7 20. Nxg7 Qxg7 21. dxc6
Nxc6 22. Nb5 f4 23. Nxd6 Rf8 24. Bc5 Bg4 25. Qxb7 Ne7 26. Bd5 Bxd1 27. Nf7+
Rxf7 28. Bxf7 Rf8 29. Qxe7 Rxf7 30. Qe8+ Qg8 31. Qxe5+ Nf6 32. Rxd1 fxg3 33.
hxg3 Qg6 34. Be7 Kg8 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rd6 {Source: NYT, June 10, 1971} 1-0
[Event "Goldwater-Marshall Tournament"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1971.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soltis, Andy"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1971.04.??"]
[SourceTitle "chessgames.com"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 6. O-O Nd7 7. c4 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Bf5 9. f3 Bc5+ 10. Kh1 Nf2+ 11. Rxf2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxf2 13. cxd5 O-O 14.
Nc3 Re8 15. Bf4 Bh4 16. g3 Bg5 17. Ne4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 h6 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Ng3 Qd7
21. Nh5 Rg8 22. f5 Rad8 23. Nf4 Rge8 24. e6 fxe6 25. f6 g5 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Ne5
Qh7 28. f7+ Kg7 29. fxe8=Q Rxe8 30. Qc3 {Source: chessgames.com} 1-0
[Event "Marshall CC (blitz)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.05.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "Neil McKelvie"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Anderson interview"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O b5 7. Re1 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 {Up to
this point we were following a game recently published in Chess Life where Tal
(after 13...Qc5) played 14.Be4 and won. The annotator suggested 14.c4,
sacrificing a pawn, so I played it! Reshevsky had no idea that I was unlikely
to have a prepared variation; from here, I had to work everything out.} ({
Editor's note: I'm having trouble finding the citation in Chess Life, but the
game appears to be} 13... Qc5 14. Be4 f5 15. Bf3 Bxd5 16. Bxb4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3
Qc8 18. Bc3 Kf7 19. Rad1 Be7 20. g4 Rf8 21. gxf5 Kg8 22. Qg2 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6
24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxa8+ Rf8 26. Qxa6 {1-0 (26) Tal,M-Gipslis,A Riga 1958}) 14.
c4 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Bxd5 16. Bxa6 Bxg2 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Be5 Qb7 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20.
Rc1 Qb6 {[#] Now I thought for a whole mInute - an eternity in rapid play! -
and tossed out} 21. Bc7 {Sacrificing a second pawn. This hit Reshevsky like an
electrIc shock! Through this move he had played almost instantly, obviously
following analysis, whereas I had to think. He was sure that my move was some
deep home preparation!} Qb7 ({What I had seen was that if} 21... Qxb2 {then}
22. Qf3 Rc8 {followed by} 23. Bf4 {. If he plays} ({Editor's note: 23. Bf4 is
a blunder, as the position is balanced after 23...Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Be7. Instead
White would have won with the tricky} 23. Rc4 $1 {with the idea} Z0 24. Be5 $1
{winning nearly on the spot.}) 23... Rxc1 (23... Rd8 24. Bc7 {and either I win
the Exchange for my two pawns, or I get a draw by repetition, which I'd be
quite happy with against Reshevsky! But he was sure my move was prepared
analysis, so after shaking his head, he declined the offered pawn.}) 24. Rxc1 {
I thoguht I was winning, and if instead}) 22. a5 {My reply was instant. I
expected that he would try ...Bf8-e7 and then castle. I’d stIll be a pawn
down, but the connected passers might balance things out. Instead, he played}
Bb4 23. Qb3 Ke7 $2 ({I expected} 23... Ra7 24. Re2 {, but instead Sammy
blitzed out...}) 24. Bb6 $1 {This wins the bishop, and after Black grabbed the
rook...} Bxe1 25. Bc5+ {Winning the queen, and soon the game, as I delivered
mate in a few more moves!} 1-0
[Event "Marshall CC Blitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.05.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceTitle "chessgames.com"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. Nbd2 Bf6 10. Ne1 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 e5 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nd3 e4 14. Nf4 Nb6 15.
Rc1 c6 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. e3 Qb5 21. Rfd1
Be6 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. b5 g5 24. c6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 f4 26. Qe5 fxe3 27. Qxg5+ Kh8
28. fxe3 Qf7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qxe6 {Source: CL, Oct 1971} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Blitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Soltis, Andy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 f5 10. Qh5 d5 11. Nxd5 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qa5+ 13. c3 Be6 14. Bc4
Bxd5 15. exd5 Qxc3+ 16. Kd1 Qxa1+ 17. Kd2 Qd4+ 18. Bd3 e4 {Source: NYT, Sept
26, 1971} 0-1
[Event "Telephone mt Cleveland-NY"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sprague, Ross"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1972.11.26"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nh6 7. Nf3 f5 8. O-O O-O
9. Kh1 Rb8 10. Be3 b5 11. Qc1 b4 {source: Schroeder Confidential Chess Lessons,
page M248.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "New York World op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tamargo, Joseph"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1974.07.03"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
Qe2 Bc5 9. c4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Na4 Bd4 12. Be3 e5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nc5 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Qb6 16. Rac1 Bc8 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Rxd4 Ng6 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Bb3 Qc7 21.
Qf4 Qe7 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. Rcd1 h5 24. f4 Qe7 25. Rd6 h4 26. Qc3 Ng4 27. h3 Nf6
28. Qe5 Qa7 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Qd4 Qc7 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. Qxf6 Qe7 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34.
Bxf7 {source: Atlantic Ches News August 1974.} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shapiro, Eugene"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 Nf5 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3
h5 9. Qa4 Ra6 10. d3 d6 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Qc2 h4 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Ra7 15. c5
Nce7 16. O-O dxc5 17. bxc5 Bc6 18. e4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Nh6 20. f3 Qd7 21. Be3 f5
22. Rbd1 Qe6 23. Rd2 O-O 24. Bh3 Qf6 25. d4 f4 26. dxe5 Qg5 27. Be6+ Kh7 28.
Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Nxf4 Qxg3+ 30. Ng2 Bxe5 31. f4 {[#]} Nef5 32. fxe5 Ng4 33. Re1
Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ (34... Ng3#) 35. Ke2 Qxg2+ 36. Kd1 Ra1+ 37. Nb1 Nge3+ 38. Kc1
Nxc2 39. Rxg2 Nxe1 40. Rh2+ Nh6 41. Kb2 Ra4 42. Nc3 Nd3+ {Source: CL, Dec 1975}
0-1
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Lenchner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Nde2 b5 13. Bxa7 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. Bd4 Qa8 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Be6 18. b3 R4c6 19. Nxb5 Ra6 20. c4 Qb7 21.
Rc2 d5 22. cxd5 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Nxd5 24. Bxg7 Nb4 25. Qc5 Nd3 26. Qd4 Qxb5 27.
Bh6 {Source: CL, Dec 1975} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Cohen, Lewis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. b4 N8d7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Na4 16. Bc1 Bf6 17. Nb3 Ndb6 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nd5 20. Bd2 a6 21.
Rab1 Qd7 22. Rfd1 Rc7 23. Bd3 Rfc8 24. Be4 Re8 25. Qd3 h6 26. Na5 b5 27. cxb6
Naxb6 28. Nb3 Be7 29. Ba5 Rc6 (29... Bxa3 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5) 30. Bxb6 Rxb6
31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Qc6 34. Qd4 Rc8 35. Rb6 Qc7 36. Rxa6 Nf4
37. Qe3 f5 38. Rc6 Qb8 39. Rxc8+ Qxc8 40. Qxf4 fxe4 41. Qd6 Kf7 42. c6 e3 43.
fxe3 Qa6 44. Qc5 Ke8 45. c7 Kd7 46. c8=Q+ Qxc8 47. Qxc8+ Kxc8 48. Kf2 Kc7 49.
Kf3 Kd6 50. Ke4 {Source: CL, Dec 1975} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Boskovic, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. d3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8.
Qe2 f4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. g3 g5 14. h4 Bh6
15. hxg5 Bxg5 16. gxf4 Rxd2 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Kxd2 Bxf4+ 19. Ke1 Nf6 20. Qd3
Kc7 21. Ne2 Bg5 22. Ng3 Nd7 23. b4 Nb6 24. Nf5 Nc4 25. Qb3 b5 26. a4 bxa4 27.
Qxa4 Kb8 28. Qb3 h6 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Qg4+ 32. f3 Qg2 33. Re1
Bh4 34. Qd3 {Source: CL, Dec 1975} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramer, George"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Qh3 b4 {[#]} 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5
Kd8 15. Rxe7 Kxe7 16. Nf5+ Kd8 17. Nxg7 h6 18. Qh4 Bxd5 19. Bxf6+ Nxf6 20.
Qxf6+ Kd7 21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxd6+ Kc8 24. Qc6+ Kb8 25. Rd7 Ra7 26.
Rxa7 Kxa7 27. Qxc4 Rd8 28. c3 Qb6 29. Kc2 Rd7 30. Nf5 bxc3 31. bxc3 Qf2+ 32.
Kb3 Rb7+ 33. Ka3 Qb2+ {Source: CL, Dec 1975} 0-1
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Feuerstein, Arthur"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. h4 h5
9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 a5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b3 Rd8 14. O-O Nf8 15. Na4
Qc7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne6 18. Be3 d5 $1 19. Qe1 d4 20. Bd2 Ng4 21. Bxg4 hxg4
22. Rd1 Be5 23. Ne2 d3 24. Nc1 g3 25. Be3 Qe7 26. Rxd3 Qxh4 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28.
Rf3 Bg4 29. Qd1 Ne6 30. Ne2 Rd8 31. Qc1 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Nf4 {
Source: CL, Dec 1975} 0-1
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Moskow, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Qf3 e6 5. Qg3 Nc6 6. f4 h5 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bb5 Bh6
9. d3 Nce7 10. Nh4 Nf5 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. a4 b6 13. Na3 a6 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Ba2
Bf8 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc4 h4 18. Qh3 Rg8 19. Rg1 Be7 20. Bd2 b5 21. Ne3 Bc6 22.
a5 d6 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 dxe5 25. dxe5 Qd4 26. Bc3 Qxf4 27. Rf1 Qe4 28. O-O-O
Bg5 29. Rfe1 Qxg2 30. Qxg2 Bxg2 31. Kb1 Be4+ 32. Ka1 Rd8 33. Bd4 Bf4 34. Nf1
Bc2 {Source: CL, July 1976} 0-1
[Event "Metropolitan League"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1976.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soltis, Andy"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "chessgames.com"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Bb5 Ncb8 8. h4
b6 9. h5 h6 10. Rh3 c6 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. c4 Nb6 14. Na5 Qc7 15. Bf4
Bd7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rg3 Nxa5 18. Qxa5 Bf8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxc7
Rxc7 22. Bd2 Rb7 23. b3 Nb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Bc4 Bc6 26. Ke2 Be7 27. Rd1 O-O
28. Ne1 Rbb8 29. Rgd3 Rfd8 30. g3 Rxd3 31. Nxd3 Rd8 32. Rc1 Kf8 33. Ba6 Rd5 34.
b4 f6 35. bxc5 Rd4 36. Rc4 Re4+ 37. Rxe4 Bxe4 38. Nf4 fxe5 39. Nxe6+ Kf7 40.
Bc4 Kf6 41. Nc7 Bxc5 42. Ne8+ Kg5 43. Nxg7 Bb6 44. f3 Bc6 45. g4 Bd7 {source:
chessgames.com} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Mitchell Tourn Champs (Manh CC)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bb2 a6 10. Bf1 e5 11. h3 Nd4 12. d3 Bc6 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 d5 15. Ng3
Bb4 16. Re2 h5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Qc1 Nh7 19. Nxh5 f5 20. c3 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Bd6
22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. d4 Qf7 24. Bc4 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. dxe5 Rac8 27. Qb2 Rc7
28. Nf4 Qd7 29. e6 Qc8 30. Nd5 Re8 31. Nxc7 Qxc7 32. Re1 Ng5 33. Be5 Qe7 34.
Qc2 Qxe6 35. Qc7 Qg6 36. Kh2 Nh7 37. Rd1 Nf6 38. Bxf6 Qxf6 39. Qxb7 Re5 40.
Qb8+ Kh7 41. Rd8 {Source: NYT, June 8, 1977} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life Dec 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. g4 hxg4 14. h5 Nxf3
15. Nxf3 gxf3 16. Bd3 g5 17. Bxg5 Qb6 18. c3 f5 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Rdg1 Kh7 21.
Bb1 e5 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Rg6 Rf6 24. Bd4 Rxg6 25. hxg6+ Kg8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
Qh6+ Kf6 28. Qh4+ Kxg6 29. Rg1+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kf6 31. Qg5+ Kf7 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33.
Rh1 {Source: NYT, May 12, 1981} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Agree, Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
dxc5 Nd7 9. Qc3 Ng6 10. Nf3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bd3 Nf4 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nbd4
Ng4 15. Rde1 Qf6 16. h3 Nxf2 17. Rhg1 N2xd3+ 18. cxd3 Rac8 19. Kb1 Ng6 20. Nb3
Qe7 21. Ne5 Be8 22. Qd4 a5 23. Nxa5 Rxc5 24. Nb3 Rc8 25. Re2 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Bg6
27. Rge1 Rc4 28. Qe3 Rcf4 29. Rxe6 Qb4 30. Nc1 Rf2 31. Re2 Rf1 32. a3 Qb5 33.
Ka2 d4 34. Qxd4 Rxc1 35. Rxg6 hxg6 36. Re7 Rf6 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Re8 g5 39. h4
gxh4 40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. Rxh4 Rc5 42. Rd4 Qc6 0-1
[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davin, Patrick"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Ne4
c5 9. c3 b5 10. Bxb5 Bb7 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Be3 Nd5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
O-O f6 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Rad1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc7 19. Be6 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rad8 21.
Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Re1 Rb8 24. exf6 exf6 25. Qe7 Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Bf8 27.
Re2 Kg7 28. c4 Bd6 29. g3 Kf7 30. Kf2 Rb4 31. b3 a5 32. Rd2 Ke6 33. Rd5 a4 34.
Nd2 axb3 35. axb3 f5 36. Ke2 Rb7 37. Kd3 Be7 38. Kc2 Ra7 39. Kb1 g5 40. fxg5
Bxg5 41. Nf3 Be7 42. Ne5 Bf6 43. Nd3 Ra1+ 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kd1 Bd4 46. Nxc5+
Bxc5 47. Rxc5 Rxh2 48. b4 Rg2 49. b5 Rxg3 50. b6 Rb3 51. Rc6+ Ke5 52. c5 Kd5
53. Rc7 h5 54. Rf7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gebran, Nagib"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. f5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. b3 Nd7 15.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Qc2 Be5 18. Rf1 Qe7 19. Ne2 Bb7 20. Nd4 Rf8 21.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Nxe6 Qf6 23. Ng5 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Qf2 Qa1+ 26. Bf1 Qf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28. Ne6 Bxe4 29. Nc7 a5 30. Ne8 d5 31. cxd5 Kf8 32. Nc7 Ke7 33. Bc4
f5 34. Nb5 Nf6 35. Nc3 Kd6 36. h3 Bxd5 37. Nxd5 Nxd5 38. Kf2 Nc3 39. a4 Ke5 40.
Ke3 h6 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Ne4 43. Be2 Nf6 44. Bf3 Nd7 45. Be2 Nc5 46. Bc4 Ne4
47. Be2 Nd6 48. Bf3 Ne8 49. Bd1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Abrams, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. h4 h5 7. Qg3 Nh6 8. Bg5 Qd7
9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Qf4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. a3 c5 13. O-O Nc7 14. Ne2 Qb5 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. c4 Be7 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Nxd5
Qxd5 22. Qc2 Qc5 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Bxd8 Kxd8 26. Rc1 Kc7 27.
Rxc5+ Kb6 28. Rc4 Rd8 29. Kf1 Rd7 30. Ke2 Kb5 31. b3 a5 32. g3 Kb6 33. Rc3 Rd5
34. Rc8 Kb7 35. Rf8 Nh6 36. Rh8 Rb5 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Rh7 Rg4 40.
Ng5 Kc6 41. Rxg7 Kd5 42. Rh7 Nf5 43. Nxf7 Nd4+ 44. Kf1 Nf3 45. Rxh5 Rg7 46. Ng5
Nh2+ 47. Kg2 Ng4 48. Nh3 Re7 49. Rg5 Nh6 50. g4 Ke4 51. Rg6 Nf7 52. Rg7 Ra7 53.
Rxf7 Ra2 54. h5 Kxe5 55. h6 Ra4 56. h7 Ra8 57. g5 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Herbst, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. g4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5
15. O-O Qxc3 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Kh1 b5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Nc4 20. Rde1 Rc8 21.
Rg1 Qf2 22. Qh3 Rc5 23. Rgf1 Qd4 24. Re2 Kg7 25. Rg1 Ne5 26. Qg2 Rc3 27. Rf1 a5
28. f4 Neg4 29. e5 dxe5 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Qg5 Rc5 33. c3 Qxc3 34.
Qf4 Nd3 35. Qf3 Rf5 36. Qh3 Nf2+ 0-1
[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ghica, Renato"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 c5 10. g4 Qd7 11. Rg1 Ne8 12. g5 a6 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4 Bd7 15. Qb3 f5
16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Rb1 Rfb8 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. Rxb6 Nc8 21. Rb2 Bf8
22. Nb3 b6 23. Kd2 Bd6 24. a4 Ra7 25. Rgb1 Rc7 26. Nc1 Ra8 27. Nd3 Bg4 28. f3
Bh5 29. Ra2 Raa7 30. a5 Nd7 31. Ne1 Kf7 32. axb6 Ncxb6 33. Rba1 Nb8 34. Nb5 Ke7
35. Bg5+ Kd7 36. Bf1 Bf8 37. Bh3+ Ke8 38. Rxa6 Nxa6 39. Rxa6 Nxc4+ 40. Kc3 Nd6
41. Nxc7+ Rxc7 42. Be6 Ra7 43. Rxa7 Nb5+ 44. Kc4 Nxa7 45. Be3 Bd6 46. Bxc5 Bb8
47. d6 Nc6 48. Kd5 Na5 49. Bc8 g5 50. Bb6 Bf7+ 51. Be6 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.05.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "chessgames.com"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. f4 Ng6 14. e5 Qb6+ 15.
Kh1 Ne8 16. a5 Qb4 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. f5 Qh4 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Rf4 Qh6 21. exd6
Nf5 22. d7 Nf6 23. Nc5 Rad8 24. Bd3 Qh5 25. Qe1 Ng4 26. h3 Nfe3 27. Nxe6 fxe6
28. Rxg4 Nxg4 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Qxg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 Rxd7 32. Ne4 Rd5 33. b4 Rf4
34. Re1 Rxg4 35. Nc5 Rd8 36. Re4 {source: chessgames.com} 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Graham, Jeremy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. c3 Nd7 8. d3
Qf6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. d4 Nd3 13. Qa4 d5 14. Re3 Nf4 15.
Nxe5 Bd6 16. Qxc6+ Ke7 17. exd5 Qg5 18. Nef3+ 1-0
[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. bxc4 c5 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. exd4 Qb8 14. Ne5 Rd8
15. f4 g6 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Re8 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Nb5 Bc5 21. Bc4
Re7 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. f5 Qe8 25. Qc4+ Kf8 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. fxg6
Qd5 28. Rxf6+ Ke7 29. Rf7+ Kd8 30. Bf6+ Kc8 31. Qg4+ Kb8 32. Qg3+ Bd6 33. Rf8+
Bc8 34. Qxd6+ 1-0
[Event "New York Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shapiro, Daniel E"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A72"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 Nh5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nd2 Bd4 15.
Nc4 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nf4 17. Bf1 Qf6 18. Be2 h5 19. O-O Nd7 20. a5 Rae8 21. Ra4
Qg5 22. Bf3 Ne5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Ng3 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Qg5 27. h4
Qxh4 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Re6 Kh7 32. Re7+ Kh8 33. Qe2
Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Qe1 Qc4+ 36. Qe2 Qxd5 37. b4 Rg7 38. Re6 Kh7 39. bxc5
dxc5 40. Re5 Qb3 41. f4 Qb1+ 42. Qe1 Qxe1+ 43. Kxe1 Rc7 44. Rxf5 Kg6 45. Rg5+
Kh6 46. Kd2 c4 47. Rd5 h4 48. f5 h3 49. Kc3 h2 50. Rd1 Kg5 51. Rh1 Rh7 52. Kxc4
Rh3 {source: bulletin} 0-1
[Event "New York Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 Re8 8. Bd3 e5
9. d5 h6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. Nge2 h5 13. O-O Nf8 14. a4 N6h7 15. Nb5
a6 16. Na3 f5 17. Nc4 f4 18. Bb6 Qe7 19. Qb4 Nd7 20. Qxd6 Qg5 21. Bf2 Ndf6 22.
h4 Qh6 23. Nb6 Bd7 24. Nxd7 Rad8 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qb6 Rd7 27. Rac1 Bd8 28.
Qb3 g5 29. Rc6 Qg7 30. Re6 Rf8 31. Bc5 gxh4 32. Bxf8 Nxf8 33. Kh1 Nxe6 34. dxe6
Re7 35. Bc4 Qg5 36. Ng1 Rg7 37. Rf2 Be7 38. Nh3 Qg6 39. Qc3 Qf6 40. Bd3 b5 41.
axb5 axb5 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qe8 {source: bulletin} 1-0
[Event "New York Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Weldon, C.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 d5 7. c4 a6 8. Ba4
dxc4 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qg4 Qd5 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Nc3
Qe6 15. Qxe6 fxe6 16. f4 O-O 17. g3 Rab8 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Kf1 Rb4 20. Rb1 Nxe4
21. Rxe4 c3 22. Rxb4 c2 23. Ra1 Rd1+ 24. Ke2 Bxb4 {source: bulletin} 0-1
[Event "New York Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Davin, Patrick"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "Ansel"]
[SourceDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 O-O 7. O-O-O b5 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Kb1 b4 10. Nce2 c5 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d5 Ne5 14. f4 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 e6 16. Ng3 exd5 17. exd5 Ba6 18. Qf3 Rfe8 19. h4 Bc4 {source: bulletin}
0-1
[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shipman, Walter"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 e5 10. Qd3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Kg7 18. Qxa7 Rd7 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Bb8
21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. h4 Qb5 23. b3 Rd4 24. Rc1 Ba7 25. Qf3 f5 26. Nc3 Qc5 27. e3
Rd2 28. Bf1 Bb6 29. Ne2 Qa3 30. Re1 Ba5 31. Qxb7 Qxa2 32. Qb8 Qb2 33. b4 Bxb4
34. Nc1 e4 35. Ne2 Rc2 36. Rd1 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Qxe2 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qc7+ Kg6 40.
Rb1 Be1 41. Qf4 Bc4 42. h5+ Kg7 43. Rb7+ Bf7 44. Qxf5 Bxf2+ 45. Qxf2 Qxh5 46.
Re7 Qg4 47. Rb7 Kg6 48. Rb6 Be6 49. Rd6 h5 50. Qf4 Qxf4 51. exf4 Bg4 52. Kf2
Bf3 53. Ke3 Kf5 54. Rd8 Kg4 55. Rg8+ Kf5 56. Rg7 Ke6 57. Rg8 Kf5 58. Rg7 Ke6
59. Ra7 Kf5 60. Ra8 Kg4 61. Rg8+ Kf5 62. Rf8 Ke6 63. Rb8 Kf5 64. Rb6 Kg6 65.
Rb5 Kh6 66. Rb4 Bg2 67. Rb5 Kg6 68. Kd4 Bf3 69. Ra5 Bg2 70. Rc5 Bf3 71. Ke3 Bg2
72. Rc4 Kf5 73. Rc6 Bf3 74. Rd6 Bg2 75. Rb6 1/2-1/2
[Event "New York op2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Mega 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 Re8 12. O-O Bb7 13. h3 Rc8 14. Bf5 Bb4 15.
Ne5 Qe7 16. Qa4 a5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd7 Ba6 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21.
a3 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 1-0
[Event "Manhattan Club Ch, late 50s / early 60s"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKelvie, Neil"]
[Black "Collins, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "Neil McKelvie"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceTitle "Anderson interview"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O {[#] An invitation to attack!} 11. Rg1 {Jack looked
stunned; after some thought, he finally played...} Bd7 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 {
Thanks for putting my bishop in such a nice place!} Bc6 14. g5 Nd7 15. Qh3 Nc5
16. f5 Nxb3 17. axb3 exf5 {[#]} 18. Qh6 {Suddenly Jack underwent a fit of
violent shaking. I was scared - had I literally played a killing move? - but I
saw that Ethel was calm; she'd seen this before.} f6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Rf7
21. O-O-O b5 {Finally} 22. Rg3 Ra7 23. Bd4 Rb7 24. Rdg1 b4 25. Rh3 bxc3 26.
Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Rxg7 ({There's a faster win with} 27. Qxg7+ Rxg7 28. Rh8+ Rg8 29.
Rgxg8+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ Ke6 31. Rh6# {, but my move did the trick as well.}) 1-0
