The 2003 U.S. Championship for blind players was held on August 9th and 10th at the Los Angeles airport Radisson hotel, in conjunction with The U.S. Open tournament. The turnout was very disappointing, with only three participants.
1 d4 nf6 2 c4 e6 3 nc3 bb4 4 qc2 c5 5 e3 o-o 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 bxc3 d6 8 Nf3 nc6 9 Be2 e5 10
d5 ne7 11 e4 ne8 12 o-o f5 13 exf5 Bxf5 14 Bd3 Bxd3 15 qxd3 nf6 16 ng5 qd7 17 ne6 rf7 18
Bg5 ng6!
Black finds a clever way to exchange the powerful knight from e6.
19 h4 nf8 20 qh3?
Missing black's reply which attacks the knight with a third piece. Better was 20 Bxf6 Rxf6
21 Ng5. 20-re8 21 Bxf6 rxf6 22 ng5 qxh3
Here black thought for over half an hour. The alternative was 22-Rf4. Black decided that it
was safer to exchange queens and play the endgame with white's pawn weaknesses.
23 nxh3 ng6 24 g3 rf3 25 rac1 h6 26 kg2 ref8
27 Nf4 is a possibility, but after 27-R3xf4 28 gxf4 nxh4 white loses his c4 pawn.
27 ng1 nxh4+ 28 kh3 rxf2 29 rxf2 rxf2 30 kxh4 kf7 31 kg4 kf6 32 re1 g6 33 re3 h5+ 34
kh3 ra2 35 ne2 kf5 36 kg2 e4 37 kf1 rxa3 38 nf4 ra4 39 nxg6 kxg6 40 rxe4 ra1+ 41 kf2 rc1 42
re6+ kf7 43 rxd6 ke7 44 rh6 rxc3 45 rh7+ kd6 46 rxb7 rxc4 47 rxa7 kxd5 48 rh7 rc2+ 49 kg1?
Trapping his king on the first rank.
49-c4 50 rxh5+ ke4 51 rh8 kf3 52 rg8 c3 53 g4 rd2 54 rc8 c2 55 0-1
White: Alex Barrasso 1674
Black: Jessica Lauser 1250
Philidor's Defense
Round 2
1 e4 e5 2 nf3 d6 3 d4 exd4 4 nxd4 c5 5 nf3 nc6 6 Bf4 Bg4 7 Be2 Bxf3 8 Bxf3 qc7 9 Nc3 nf6 10 o-o Be7 11 nb5 qd7 12 nxd6+ Bxd6 13 Bxd6 b6 14 e5 o-o-o 15 c3 kb7 16 qa4 ne8 17 rad1 h5 18 Be7 qxe7 19 qxc6+ kb8 20 qa8+ kc7 21 qb7 #
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 e6 4 f4 nd7 5 nf3 ne7 6 Bd3 c5 7 nc3 nc6 8 ng5 h6 9 nxf7 kxf7 10 qxh5+ kg8 11 Bg6 Be7 12 Bf7+ kf8 13 bxe6 qe8 14 qf5+ Bf6 15 Be3 ne7 16 qh3 cxd4 17 Bxd4 nc6 18 o-o-o ndxe5 19 bxc5 ne7 20 fxe5 Bg5+ 21 kb1 qc6 22 qf3+ ke8 23 Bf7+ kd8 24 Bxe7+ Bxe7 25 nxd5 Bd7 26 e6 Bd6 27 exd7 qxd7 28 qc3 rf8 29 rhf1 rxf7 30 rxf7 qxf7 31 qa5+ ke8 32 qb5+ kf8 33 rf1 Bf4 34 rxf4 qxf4 35 nxf4 rd8 36 1-0