QCC 2005 Championship

(1) Bauer,Andy (1683) - Tamarkin,Larry (2103) [B06] Queens CC Jamaica (1), 07.10.2005 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.d5 6 Ne2 seems to be the most popular move in this position, though 6 dxe5 is also tried now and then. 6...Nce7 7.Ne2 f5 8.Nd2 Nh6 9.0-0 0-0 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Nf3 Qe8 12.Ng5 Qg6 13.h4 Ng4 14.Qb3 Kh8 15.Ne6 Bxe6 16.dxe6 White's e6 pawn stands alone in a very rough neighborhood. 16...Rab8 17.Qc4 c6 18.f3 Nf6 19.Qd3 Ne8 20.f4 Allowing Black a protected passer, but White was in big trouble either way. 20...e4 21.Qe3 c5 22.Kh2 h5 23.Ng1 Qxe6 24.Qe2 Nf6 25.Nh3 Ng4+ 26.Kh1 Bh6 27.Ng5 Bxg5 28.fxg5 Ng6 29.b3 Qe5 30.Bh3 Qxg3 31.Bxg4 fxg4 32.Rf6 Qxh4+ 33.Kg1 Qg3+ 34.Kh1 Rxf6 35.gxf6 Qf3+ 36.Qxf3 exf3 37.Bg5 Re8 38.Rd1 Re6 39.Kg1 g3 40.Rf1 f2+ 41.Kg2 Re1 42.c4 Rxf1 43.Kxf1 Kg8 44.a3 Kf7 45.Kg2 h4 46.b4 h3+ 47.Kf1 h2 48.Kg2 h1Q+ 0-1

(2) Chernick,Steve - Drobbin,Mitch [D10] Queens CC Jamaica (1), 07.10.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bg5 Nd7 5.e3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 h6 7.Bxf6 Nxf6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Qa4 e6 10.Rc1 Bd6 11.Nf3 0-0 12.0-0 a6 13.Bxd7 Qxd7 14.Qb3 b5 Black won in 35 moves, but this is as far I could get on the scoresheet. 0-1

(3) Simonaitis,Arunas - Ziet,Rich [C70] Queens CC Jamaica (1), 07.10.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Bb7 6.0-0 Nf6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 d6 9.Re1 0-0 10.Nbd2 exd4 11.cxd4 Nb4 12.Qe2 d5 12.. c5 is the standard move here. Black is quickly worse after the text. 13.e5 Ne4 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bc2 Ng5 16.Nxg5 Bxg5 17.Qd3 g6 18.Nb3 Bc8 19.f4 Bh6 20.Qf3 Be6 21.f5 Bxc1 22.Raxc1 Bxf5? But Black was lost regardless. 23.Bxf5 gxf5 24.Rxc6 f6 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 26.exf6 Qxf6 27.Qxd5+ 1-0

(4) Ryba,Nicholas - Murphy,Rich [D01] Queens CC Jamaica (1), 07.10.2005 1.Nc3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Qc7 5.. Qa5 is "usually" played in this offbeat line. 6.Bd3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Qxe5 9.Bf4 Qe7 10.h3 g6 11.0-0 Bg7 12.Re1 0-0 13.Bg5 Qb4 14.Rb1 Re8 15.a3 Qa5 16.Bh4 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bc4 b5 19.Bb3 Be6 20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.c3 h6 22.Qc2 Be5 23.Qe2 Rf8 24.Rbd1 g5 25.Bg3 Bxg3 26.fxg3 Rd8 27.Qg4 Rd3 28.Rxd3 exd3 29.Qd1 Qc7 [29...Rd6 with a winning advantage for Black, according to Fritz.] 30.Qxd3 Qxg3 31.Qd8+ Kg7 32.Qd4+ Kg6 33.Re2 Rd6 34.Qe4+ Kg7 35.Qc2 Rd7 36.b4 Too weakening. 36...Rd5 37.Qc1 Qd6 38.Re1 Rd3 39.Kh1 Qe5 40.Qc2 Qxc3 41.Qf2 Rd2 42.Qf3 Qf6 43.Qe4 Ra2 44.Rc1 Ra1 45.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 46.Kh2 Qc3 47.Kh1 c5 48.bxc5 Qxc5 49.Qd3 a5 50.Kg1 b4 51.axb4 axb4 52.Kf2 Qc3 52.. Qb6 is far better, according to Fritz. 53.Qxc3+ bxc3 54.Ke2 Kf6 55.Kd3 Ke5 56.Kxc3 Ke4 57.Kd2 h5 58.Ke2 h4 59.Kf2 f6 [59...f5!! 60.Ke2 g4 61.Kf2 Kd3 Black wins.] 60.Ke2 f5 61.Kf2 g4 62.Ke2 1/2-1/2

(5) Muwwakkil,Mulazim - Sylvers,Mark [B23] Queens CC Jamaica (1), 07.10.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 a6 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 5 a4 is the only move I found here. 5...Bg7 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 Nbd7 9.h3 h5 10.Be3 e6 11.Qd2 Nh7 12.a4 Rb8 13.f5! exf5 14.exf5 Ne5 15.fxg6 fxg6 16.Ng5 Nf6 17.Nce4 Nd5 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Rf1 Qd8 20.Bf4 Bf5 21.c3 Nxf4 22.gxf4 Nf7 23.Nxf7 Kxf7 24.Ng5+ Ke8 25.Bd5 Kf8 Fritz thinks Black can fight on with 25.. Kd7. 26.Nh7+ Lets Black off the hook. 26 Be6 is the killing move. 26...Ke7 27.Re1+ Kd7 28.Ng5 Kc7 29.Be6 Qf6 29.. Kb6 with just a slight White edge, according to Fritz. 30.Bxf5 Qxf5 [30...gxf5 31.Re6 Qf8 32.Qe2 is also winning for White.] 31.Re7+ Kb6 32.Rxg7 Re8 33.d4 Qb1+ 34.Kf2 Black resigned around Move 47. 1-0

(6) Crawford,Mark - Nelson [B23] Queens CC Jamaica (1), 07.10.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.a3 0-0 8.b3 Bg4 9.Bb2 Qd7 10.Re1 Rfe8 11.Nd5 Rac8 The only scoresheet I had now read "12 PxP." Since no pawns are touching I'll have to skip to the end and tell you the game was drawn in 42 moves. 1/2-1/2

(7) Perez,Ricardo - Denig,Paul [B30] Queens CC MyTown, 07.10.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 e6? 5.d5 exd5 6.exd5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Ne5 8.0-0 d6 9.Re1 f6 10.Nd2 g5 11.a4 Bf5 12.Nc4 0-0-0 13.Nb6+ Kb8 14.Rb1 Re8 15.Be3 h5 16.b4 c4 17.Nxc4 Rc8 18.Qd4 Bxc2 19.Qa7+ Kc7 20.Bb6+ Kd7 21.Qxb7+ Ke8 22.Qxc8+ Kf7 23.Qe6+ Qxe6 24.dxe6+ Kxe6 25.Nxe5 fxe5 26.Rbc1 Bb3 27.Bxa6 d5 28.Bc8+ Kf6 29.Bd8+ Kf7 30.a5 The game ended in another 7 moves. 1-0

(8) Frawley,James - Lawson,Brian [A40] Queens CC MyTown (1), 07.10.2005 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5 6.g3 Qa5 7.Bd2 d6 8.Bg2 Nf6 9.Qc2 9 Nh3 Nbd7, 10 0-0 Nb6, 11 Bh6 is Rodriguez (2020) - Nikcevic (2470), 0-1 in 39, Isla de Tenerife 1999. 9...Nbd7 10.Nh3 Nb6 11.Nf4 Nxc4 12.h4 Bd7 13.a4 0-0-0 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 Nxd2 16.Kxd2 d5 17.Qb2 Ne4+ 18.Kc2 Qa6 19.Bf3 Qxe6 20.Rhb1 Qa6 21.Qa3 Qc4 22.Rb3 d4 23.Rab1 d3+ 24.Kd1 dxe2+ 25.Ke1 Rd2! 26.Bxe4 Rd1+ 27.Rxd1 exd1Q+ 28.Kxd1 Rd8+ 29.Ke1 Qxe4+ 0-1

(9) Drazil,Frank (1525) - Felber,Joe (2005) [B15] Queens CC Jamaica (1), 07.10.2005 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.N1e2 0-0 8.c3 The immediate 8 h4 was played in Lamb - Spraggett (2275), 0-1 in 29, 1992. 8...Nbd7 9.h4 e5 10.h5 exd4 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Qd3?? Ne5 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Qd1 d3 15.Nf4 Re8 16.Qb3+ Nd5 17.Be3 d2+ 18.Kxd2 Be6 19.Nxe6 Rxe6 20.Kc2 Nxe3+ 21.fxe3 Qd3+ 0-1

(10) Frumkin,Ed - Rice,Bradley [A11] Queens CC Jamaica, 07.10.2005 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Qc7 6.. e5, 6.. e6, and 6.. Qa5 are the more popular tries here. 7.0-0 h6 8.h3 Bh5 9.e4 0-0-0 10.Be3 Nb6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nd2 Nfd7 13.b4 h5 14.f4 hxg4 15.hxg4 e6 16.a4 f5 16.. d5 is best. Now Black's Nb6 is forced to probably the worst square for knights. 17.a5 Na8 18.d5 Nf6 19.dxe6 Nxg4 20.Bd4 But now 20 Bxa7 is best. The text lets Black fix his problems. 20...Qe7 20.. a6! = 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.a6 Qh4 23.Nf3 Qg3 24.axb7+ Kxb7 25.Rxa7+ Kb8 26.Rxa8+! Flashy, though technically Fritz would play the slightly more efficient 26 Qa4. Same result either way. 26...Kb7 27.Ra7+ Kb8 28.Ne2 Rh1+ 29.Kxh1 Nf2+ 30.Bxf2 Qg6 31.Qa4 Be4 32.Ra8+ 1-0

(11) Milerski,Henry - Blake,Brian [A04] Queens CC Jamaica, 07.10.2005 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 d6 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.Nc3 White usually plays this Knight to d2 in this set-up. 6...Bg7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 0-0 9.e4 Bd7 10.a3 Qc8 11.Qc1 Kh7 12.Re1 Bh3 13.Re2 Bxg2 14.Qe1?? Bxf3 15.Re3 Nd4 16.Rc1 Qh3 17.Qf1 Qxf1+ 18.Kxf1 Ng4 19.Kg1 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Ne2+ 21.Nxe2 Bxe2 22.Kf2 Bg4 23.Kg2 Be6 24.c3 f5 25.d4 fxe4 26.b4 cxd4 27.cxd4 Rac8 28.Rd1 Rc2 29.Kg1 Bg4 30.Rc1 Rxd2 0-1

(12) Francis - Lorenzo,Antonio [A45] Queens CC Jamaica, 2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Qe2 d5 7.. Be7 is the most popular move here. 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 cxd4 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bd2 Bf6 13.Rc1 0-0 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Qd3 16 cxd4 is needed, according to Fritz. 16...g6 [16...dxc3 17.Bxc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rfd8-/+ ] 17.Qb1 Again, 17 cxd4 is the move. 17...Rfd8 18.a3 Ne5 18.. cxd3! still best. 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Nxe5 20 Nxd4 = 20...Bxe5 21.h3 dxc3 22.bxc3 Qe7 23.Qb2 Qf6 24.Rc2 Rd3 25.Qc1 Bxc3 26.Bg5?? Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qxg5 28.Qd7 Rd8 29.Qc7 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Be5+ 31.g3 0-1

(13) Kleinman,Jay - Rawlins,Guy [B01] Queens CC Jamaica, 07.10.2005 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 The offbeat Bronstein variation of the Scandinavian. 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bc4 a6 6.h3 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.0-0 Klasmeier - Henizel (2334) continued 8 d3 in a game from 1999 (0-1 in 23). 8...e6 9.Re1 Be7 10.Ng5 0-0? Castling into it. 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Rxe6 Qc5 13.Rxf6+ Kh8 14.Rxf8+ Bxf8 15.Qg4 Qe5 16.Qe6 Qxe6 17.Bxe6 Nc6 18.Bd5 Re8 19.Kf1 Nd4! Having mentally chalked the game up as won, I was startled by this. The point is if 20 Bxb7 Nxc2, 21 Rb1?? Re1 mate. 20.Bxb7? 20 Bb3 is far superior when White still has a winning advantage. Now White's edge is mild. 20...Nxc2 21.Be4? And now White's edge is Black's edge. I thought I could trap the knight but there isn't time. 21 Ne2 Nxa1, 22 Bxa6, munching pawns, keeps White ahead. 21...Nxa1 22.f3 Re5? Whew! 22.. b4 rescues Black's Na1. That was a close one. 23.b3 b4 One move too late. 24.Na4 Re6 25.Bb2 Nxb3 26.axb3 Rd6 27.d3 Be7 28.Be5 Rd7 29.d4 Bd6 30.Ke2 Re7 31.f4 h6 32.Kf3 Rf7 33.Nb2 Bxe5 34.dxe5 g5 35.f5 Kg7 36.Nc4 Rf8 37.g4 Rh8 38.f6+ Kf7 39.Bd5+ Kf8 40.e6 h5 41.e7+ Ke8 42.Bc6+ Kf7 43.e8Q+ Rxe8 44.Bxe8+ Kxe8 45.Ke4 Kf7 46.Kf5 hxg4 47.hxg4 c6 48.Kxg5 c5 49.Kf5 Kf8 50.g5 Kf7 51.g6+ Kf8 52.Ke6 Kg8 53.g7 a5 54.Nxa5 c4 55.Nxc4 Kh7 56.Kf7 1-0

(14) Perez,Ricardo - Denig,Paul [B30] Queens CC MyTown (1), 07.10.2005 [Lawson,Brian] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 e6? 5.d5 exd5 6.exd5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Ne5 8.0-0 d6 9.Re1 f6 10.Nd2 g5 11.a4 Bf5 12.Nc4 0-0-0 13.Nb6+ Kb8 14.Rb1 Re8 15.Be3 h5 16.b4 c4 17.Nxc4 Rc8 18.Qd4 Bxc2 19.Qa7+ Kc7 20.Bb6+ Kd7 21.Qxb7+ Ke8 22.Qxc8+ Kf7 23.Qe6+ Qxe6 24.dxe6+ Kxe6 25.Nxe5 fxe5 26.Rbc1 Bb3 27.Bxa6 d5 28.Bc8+ Kf6 29.Bd8+ Kf7 30.a5 The game ended in another 7 moves. 1-0

(15) Frumkin,Ed - Rice,Bradley [A53] Queens CC Jamaica (1), 07.10.2005 [Lawson,Brian] 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Qc7 6.. e5, 6.. e6, and 6.. Qa5 are the more popular tries here. 7.0-0 h6 8.h3 Bh5 9.e4 0-0-0 10.Be3 Nb6 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nd2 Nfd7 13.b4 h5 14.f4 hxg4 15.hxg4 e6 16.a4 f5 16.. d5 is best. Now Black's Nb6 is forced to probably the worst square for knights. 17.a5 Na8 18.d5 Nf6 19.dxe6 Nxg4 20.Bd4 But now 20 Bxa7 is best. The text lets Black fix his problems. 20...Qe7 20.. a6! = 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.a6 Qh4 23.Nf3 Qg3 24.axb7+ Kxb7 25.Rxa7+ Kb8 26.Rxa8+! Flashy, though technically Fritz would play the slightly more efficient 26 Qa4. Same result either way. 26...Kb7 27.Ra7+ Kb8 28.Ne2 Rh1+ 29.Kxh1 Nf2+ 30.Bxf2 Qg6 31.Qa4 Be4 32.Ra8+ 1-0

(16) Perez,Ricardo - Denig,Paul [B30] Queens CC MyTown (1), 07.10.2005 [Lawson,Brian] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 e6? 5.d5 exd5 6.exd5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Ne5 8.0-0 d6 9.Re1 f6 10.Nd2 g5 11.a4 Bf5 12.Nc4 0-0-0 13.Nb6+ Kb8 14.Rb1 Re8 15.Be3 h5 16.b4 c4 17.Nxc4 Rc8 18.Qd4 Bxc2 19.Qa7+ Kc7 20.Bb6+ Kd7 21.Qxb7+ Ke8 22.Qxc8+ Kf7 23.Qe6+ Qxe6 24.dxe6+ Kxe6 25.Nxe5 fxe5 26.Rbc1 Bb3 27.Bxa6 d5 28.Bc8+ Kf6 29.Bd8+ Kf7 30.a5 The game ended in another 7 moves. 1-0

(17) Perez,Ricardo - Denig,Paul [B30] Queens CC MyTown (1), 07.10.2005 [Lawson,Brian] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 e6? 5.d5 exd5 6.exd5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Ne5 8.0-0 d6 9.Re1 f6 10.Nd2 g5 11.a4 Bf5 12.Nc4 0-0-0 13.Nb6+ Kb8 14.Rb1 Re8 15.Be3 h5 16.b4 c4 17.Nxc4 Rc8 18.Qd4 Bxc2 19.Qa7+ Kc7 20.Bb6+ Kd7 21.Qxb7+ Ke8 22.Qxc8+ Kf7 23.Qe6+ Qxe6 24.dxe6+ Kxe6 25.Nxe5 fxe5 26.Rbc1 Bb3 27.Bxa6 d5 28.Bc8+ Kf6 29.Bd8+ Kf7 30.a5 The game ended in another 7 moves. 1-0

(18) Perez,Ricardo - Denig,Paul [B30] Queens CC MyTown (1), 07.10.2005 [Lawson,Brian] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 e6? 5.d5 exd5 6.exd5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Ne5 8.0-0 d6 9.Re1 f6 10.Nd2 g5 11.a4 Bf5 12.Nc4 0-0-0 13.Nb6+ Kb8 14.Rb1 Re8 15.Be3 h5 16.b4 c4 17.Nxc4 Rc8 18.Qd4 Bxc2 19.Qa7+ Kc7 20.Bb6+ Kd7 21.Qxb7+ Ke8 22.Qxc8+ Kf7 23.Qe6+ Qxe6 24.dxe6+ Kxe6 25.Nxe5 fxe5 26.Rbc1 Bb3 27.Bxa6 d5 28.Bc8+ Kf6 29.Bd8+ Kf7 30.a5 The game ended in another 7 moves. 1-0

(19) Francis - Lorenzo,Antonio [A47] Queens CC Jamaica (1), 2005 [Lawson,Brian] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Ngf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Qe2 d5 7.. Be7 is the most popular move here. 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 cxd4 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bd2 Bf6 13.Rc1 0-0 14.0-0 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.Qd3 16 cxd4 is needed, according to Fritz. 16...g6 [16...dxc3 17.Bxc3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Rfd8-/+ ] 17.Qb1 Again, 17 cxd4 is the move. 17...Rfd8 18.a3 Ne5 18.. cxd3! still best. 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Nxe5 20 Nxd4 = 20...Bxe5 21.h3 dxc3 22.bxc3 Qe7 23.Qb2 Qf6 24.Rc2 Rd3 25.Qc1 Bxc3 26.Bg5?? Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qxg5 28.Qd7 Rd8 29.Qc7 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Be5+ 31.g3 0-1