Results of the 2002 U.S. Championship for Blind Players

The tournament was held at the Hilton Hotel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on July 27 and 28th, 2002. Stephan Gerzadowicz was tournament director. Stephan teaches chess in public schools and has written 5 books. The assistant td was Jerome Bibuld who has been involved in playing chess and officiating tournaments for many years.

Jeff Siebrandt and Jay Leventhal tied for first place and split the first and second place prize money.
Al Pietrolungo finished third.
Henry Olynik won the class C trophy.
Joe Wasserman won the class E trophy.
Mike Davis won the Clayton Walker Memorial trophy for his upset of Al Pietrolungo.


[Event "2002 US Blind Championship"]
[Site "USCF"]
[Date "2002.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Siebrandt, Jeff"] 1876
[Black "Davis, Mike"] 1497
[Result "1-0"]
eco c21
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6
Book is: 3.-c5 4. Bc4 b5
4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nxc3 O-O 8.Bg5 Be7 9.e5 Ng4 10.Bf4 d6 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Nb5 Nce5 14.Be2 d5 15.Rc1 Be6 16.Nfd4 Qb6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Qxb5 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.b3 Rae8 22.Qd6 Rf6 23.Qc5 Qxc5 24.Rxc5 d4 25.Rd5 Rf4 26.Rd1 Kg8 27.Kf1 Rfe4 28.R5xd4 Re2 29.R4d2 R2e7 30.f3 b6 31.Rd7 Kf7 32.Kf2 g6 33.g3 Kf6 34.Rxe7 Rxe7 35.h3 Kf7 36.Re1 Rc7 37.Re2 Rd7 38.Rc2 Re7 39.f4 Rd7 40.Ke3 Re7+ 41.Kf3 Kg7 42.Kg4 h6 43.h4 h5+ 44.Kg5 Rf7 45.g4 hxg4 46.Kxg4 Kh6 47.Rc6 Rf5 48.Re6 Rd5 49.Re7 a5 50.Re6 b5 51.Re5 Rd2 52.a4 bxa4 53.bxa4 Rg2+ 54.Kf3 Rh2 55.Kg3 Ra2 56.Rxa5 Ra3+ 57.Kg4 1-0
White: Henry Olynik 1444
Black: Jay Leventhal, 1687
Round 1
1 D4 Nf6 2 C4 G6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 E4 D6 5 Be3 0-0 6 Qd2 Nbd7 7 0-0-0 C5 8 F3 Qa5 9 Bh6 Cxd4 10 Bxg7 Dxc3 11 Bxc3 Kxg7 12 H4 H5 13 Kb1 Ne5 14 Nh3 Be6 15 Nf2 Nxc4 16 Bxc4 Bxc4 17 G4 Rac8 18 Gxh5 Qxh5 19 F4 Rg8 20 Rdg1 Qb5+ 21 Ka1 Rc6 22 Rgb1 Qa6 23 F5 Rc5 24 Rhg1 Ra5 25 Rb2 Ra3 26 Rg5 Rh8 27 Fxg6 Fxg6 28 E5 Nd5 29 Ne4 Rxh4 30 Exd6 Rh1+ 31 0-1
White: Al Pietrolungo 1498
Black: Joe Wasserman 1080
round 1
1. Nf3 D6 2. D4 E5 3 Dxe5 Bf5 4 Exd6 Bxd6 5 E3 Nf6 6 Bd3 Qd7 7 Bxf5 Qxf5 8 Qd3 Qxd3 9 Cxd3 0-0 10 Nc3 C6 11 E4 Re8 12 Be3 Na6 13 A3 Nc5 14 Bxc5 Bxc5 15 Ke2 Rad8 16 B4 Nd5 17 N;d5 R;d5 18 Bxc5 Rxc5 19 Rhc1 Rxc1 20 Rxc1 C6 21 Kd2 Kf7 22 Nd4 Rc8 23 Nb5 A6 24 Nd6+ Ke6 25 Nxc8 Kd7 26 Nb6 Kc7 27 Nc4 B5 28 Na5 Kb6 29 Nxc6 A5 30 Nd4 G5 31 Ke3 G4 32 Rc6+ Kb7 33 Rxf6 1-0
White: Jay Leventhal
Black: Jeff Siebrandt
Caro-Kann
Round 2
1 E4 C6 2 D4 D5 3 NC3 DXE4 4 NXE4 ND7 5 NF3 NGF6 6 BD3 NXE4 7 BXE4 NF6 8 BD3 BG4 9 C3 E6 10 BF4 BD6 11 BXD6 QXD6 12 0-0 0-0 13 BE2 ND7 14 QC2 BXF3 DRAWN.
[Event "2002 US Blind Championship"]
[Site "USCF"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olynick, Henry"]
[Black "Siebrandt, Jeff"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e3 Nxe5 5.Nh3 g6 6.Nf4 Bg7 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Nbc6 10.a3 a6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Qc2 Be6 13.Nfd5 Ne7 14.Rd1 c6 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.b3 Rfd8 17.e4 f5 18.f4 Nf7 19.Bd3 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Bg4 21.Re1 d5 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.h3 dxe4 24.hxg4 Qc5+ 25.Kh2 Qxc3 26.Qxc3 Bxc3 27.Rxe4 Rd1 28.Rc4 Bd2 29.g3 Re8 30.Kg2 Bxc1 31.Rbxc1 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Re3 33.Rb1 b5 34.g5 h6 35.gxh6 Nxh6 36.Kf2 Rc3 37.Kg2 Nf5 38.g4 Ne3+ 39.Kf3 Nc4+ 40.Ke2 Nxa3 41.Rd1 Rc6 42.Rd7 Nc2 43.g5 Na1 44.Rd3 b4 45.Kd2 a5 46.Re3 Rc2+ 47.Kd1 Rc3 48.Re5 Nxb3 49.f5 gxf5 50.Rxf5 Rc1+ 51.Ke2 Nd4+ 0-1
White: Al Pietrolungo
Black: Jay Leventhal
King's Indian
Round 3
1 Nf3 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 d3 d6 5 Bd2 0-0 6 G3 Nbd7 7 Bg2 C5 8 0-0 a6 9 a4 Qc7 10 Qc1 Re8 11 Bh6 Bh8 12 h3 Nf8 13 Rb1 Bd7 14 b3 Bc6 15 Kh2 Rad8 16 Rh1 e5 17 E4 Ne6 18 Kg1 Qc8 19 Ng5 Nh5 20 Bf3 Nhg7 21 Nxe6 Nxe6 22 Bg4 Bd7 23 Bxe6 Bxe6 24 Kg2 F5 25 Bg5 Rd7 26 Nd5 Rf7 27 Bh6 Bg7 28 Rb2 Qd7 29 Bxg7 Kxg7 30 Qg5 Ref8 31 Qd2 Fxe4 32 Dxe4 H6 33 Qe1 Qd8 34 Rh2 Bxd5 35 Cxd5 B5 36 Axb5 Axb5 37 Kg1 Rf3 38 Qe2 Qa5 39 Rb1 Qb4 40 Qc2 Rc3 41 Qb2 R8f3 42 Qa2 Qxe4 43 Qa7+ Rf7 44 Qa2 Qxd5 45 0-1


[Event "2002 US Blind Championship"]
[Site "USCF"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Siebrandt, Jeff"]
[Black "Pietrolungo, Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nge7 7.b4 cxb4 8.cxb4 a6 9.Bd3 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Bb5+ 1-0
White: Jay Leventhal
Black: Mike Davis
Sicilian Defense
round 4
1. e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 Cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6 6 Be2 g6 7 Be3 Bg7 8 f3 Bd7 9 Qd2 Rc8 10 g4 h5 11 Gxh5 Nh5 12 0-0-0 Be5 13 Kb1 a6 14 Nd5 Nf6 15 Nxf6+ Bxf6 16 c3 b5 17 f4 Qa5 18 Nb3 Qc7 19 Bd3 Bg4 20 Rde1 Bd7 21 Bf2 Rh5 22 Bg3 a5 23 Be2 a4 24 Nc1 Rh8 25 Bxb5?? Qa5 26 Bf1 A3 27 Nb3 Qa4 28 Bd3 Axb2 29 Qxb2 Nb4 30 Qe2 Bxc3 31 Rc1 Qa3 32 Bc4 Rxc4 33 Be1 Rxe4 34 Qg2 Bxe1 35 Rcxe1 Rxe1+ 36 Rxe1 Bf5+ 37 KA1 NC2+ 38 QXC2 BXC2 39 RC1 BXB3 1-0 black lost on time. Send E-mail to the U.S. Braille Chess Association

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