2005 U.S. Championship Tournament Results and Games

The 2005 United States championship for blind players was held on June 24-25 at the Hampton Inn in Buckhannon, WV.

[Event "U.S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barrasso, Alex"]
[Black "Hart, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteELO "1690"]
[BlackELO
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bg5 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. Be4 c6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Ng4 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Qh3 Ba6 15. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McStraw, Dick"]
[Black "Hajric, Agan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO "1725"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Be2 Bc5 8. c4 Qd6 9. Be3 0-0 10. 0-0 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. Qb3 b6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Rad1 c5 16. Rfe1 f5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Re2 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rde1 Re7 21. Re3 Rfe8 22. Qb5 a6 23. Qc6 Qb2 24. f4 Qd4 25. Qg6 ef4 26. Qf5 Re3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wasserman, Joe"]
[Black "Davis, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Qd3 Nb4 10. Qf3 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. Bc4 e6 13. Ke2 Nc2 14. Kd1 Nd4 15. Qd3 Nd7 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Qf1 Nc4 18. Qc4 0-0 19. Be3 Nf3+ 20. Ke2 Nxe1 21. Kxe1 Qd6 22. g3 Rad8 23. Kf1 Qd3+ 24. Kg2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pietrolungo, Al"]
[Black "Alverson, Virginia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. 0-0 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Re1 0-0 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qe7 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bd3 Qf6 14. Bd2 Rae8 15. Re2 e5 16. Bc4+ Be6 17. Bxe6+ Rxe6 18. d5 Ree8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qb3+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. Rae1 h6 23. Bf4 Rfe7 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Nxe5 c5 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 g5 30. Kd3 f4 31. Kc4 Ke7 32. Nc6+ Kd6 33. Na7 g4 34. a4 h5 35. a5 f3 36. g3 c6 37. a6 Kc7 38. Kc5 Kb8 39. Nc6+ Kc7 40. a7 Kb7 41. b4 Ka8 42. b5 Kb7 43. c4 Ka8 44. Kd5 Kb7 45. Ke5 Ka8 46. Kf5 Kb7 47. Kg5 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Siebrandt, Jeff"]
[Black "Olynick, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteELO "1885"]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bc6+ bc6 7. d3 Ne7 8. 0-0 Ng6 9. Qe1 Be7 10. Qf2 0-0 11. g4 f5 12. gf5 ef5 13. e5 Be6 14. d4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Qe3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Be7 18. Na4 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qb5 20. b3 c5 21. Qf2 d4 22. h3 c4 23. Qxd4 Rad8 24. Qf2 Rd7 25. Be3 Rfd8 26. Qe2 Rc8 27. Nb6 Rdc7 28. Nxc8 Bxc8 29. Rad1 Bb7 30. Rd2 Qc6 31. Kh2 c3 32. Rdd1 a5 33. Rg1 Ba6 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Bb7 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "James Hart"]
[Black "Dick McStraw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. a3 h6 4. e4 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. b4 Bb7 9. b5 0-0 10. 0-0 f6 11. Bf4 c6 12. h3 cb5 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. Qd3 fe5 15. Bh6 e4 16. Ne4 Bf6 17. Ng3 gh6 18. Qg6+ Bg7 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Nh5 Ne7 21. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Allen Betts"]
[Black "Alex Barrasso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO "1690"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dc5 Nc5 8. Bc4 dc4 9. 0-0 Qd1 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nb5 0-0 12. b3 cb3 13. cb3 Bd7 14. Nc7 Rac8 15. Rd7 Nfd7 16. Nb5 a6 17. Na7 Ra8 18. Nb5 ab5 19. Ba3 Ra3 20. Nd4 Bf6 21. h3 Nb3 22. Rf1 Nd4 23. ed4 Bd4 24. g4 g5 25. Ra1 Ba1 26. Kg2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hajric, Agan"]
[Black "Pietrolungo, Al"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteELO "1725"]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bf4 c6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Qg4 Re8 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. f4 g6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. h4 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qe7 19. Rf3 Nc5 20. Rh3 Qf8 21. Re1 Re7 22. b4 Ne6 23. Nd1 Qg7 24. Nf2 Ree8 25. Qg3 Rad8 26. Ng4 Kh8 27. Nf6 Nf8 28. Kf2 Re6 29. Reh1 Rxf6 30. exf6 Qg8 31. Qe3 Rd7 32. Qe8 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Henry Olynik"]
[Black "Joe Wasserman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteELO "0"]
[BlackELO "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cd5 ed5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 Ne4 7. Bf4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 f6 9. a3 Bd2+ 10. Nd2 Bf5 11. Ne4 Be4 12. Qb3 b6 13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. f3 Bg6 15. Rc1 0-0 16. e3 Re8 17. Be2 Qe7 18. Bg3 f5 19. Rc3 h6 20. 0-0 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mike Davis"]
[Black "Jeff Siebrandt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO "1885"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nge2 c6 6. 0-0 Bg4 7. f3 Qc5+ 8. d4 Qxc4 9. fxg4 Nxg4 10. b3 Qa6 11. d5 Qb6+ 12. Qd4 Qxd4+ 13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rd1 e6 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Ne2 Bc5+ 19. Kf1 e5 20. c4 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 exf4 22. Re1+ Be3 23. g3 g5 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Rd1+ Ke7 27. Rd3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. Ke2 fxg3 30. hxg3 Bc5 31. Kf3 h5 32. Ke4 Ke7 33. Kf5 f6 34. Ke4 Ke6 0-1

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Siebrandt, Jeff"]
[Black "Hajric, Agan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteELO "1885"]
[BlackELO "1775"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. 0-0 d6 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Qe5 8. Qd3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. f4 Qc5+ 11. Be3 Qc6 12. c4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Nb5 0-0 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Rad1 Ng4 17. Bc1 e5 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Qd5 Qxd5 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Nxd5 Rac8 22. h3 Nf6 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rf1 Rc8 27. Rf7 a6 28. Bg5 Kg8 29. Rd7 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Bxd8 c6 33. Bc7 d5 34. exd5 cxd5 35. Bxe5 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Bd4 Kf5 38. Kf3 Kg5 39. a3 Kf5 40. b3 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alex Barrasso"]
[Black "Mike Davis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteELO "1690"]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 d6 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Nc3 Qxc5 5. Be3 Qb4 6. a3 Qxb2 7. Nd5 Qe5 8. Nf3 Qxe4 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Nc6 11. Bd3 Qd5 12. Nb6 axb6 13. Bxb6+ Ke8 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Bc4 Qe4 16. Bxf7+ Kd7 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. 0-0 e5 19. Rfe1 Nc3 20. Ng5 Nd8 21. Bc4 d5 22. Bxd8 dxc4 23. Ba5 Nb5 24. Rad1+ Kc6 25. Nf7 Rg8 26. Nxe5+ Kc5 27. Bb4+ Kb6 28. Nxc4+ Kc7 29. Re8 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Virginia Alverson"]
[Black "Henry Olynik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 Bg6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bb5 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Re8 14. Re1 Bh5 15. Qe2 Ne7 16. e4 Bd4 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Qd3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Ne7 22. Re5 Bg6 23. Ng5 Qd7 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Qg3 f6 26. Qh4 fxe5 27. Qb4 e4 28. c3 h6 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. f3 Bg6 31. Qd4 Bf7 32. Qf4 c5 33. Bc2 c4 34. g4 Ng6 35. Qc1 Qd6 36. Qe1 Re8 37. Qb1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Re2 42. Bd1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dick McStraw"]
[Black "Allen Betts"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 c5 4. Ne5 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nc4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd7 8. Bf4 d5 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Bxd6 d4 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. 0-0 a6 13. Na3 Na5 14. Qd2 Be6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bf3 Nb6 17. Qa5 Bxf5 18. Bb7 Rb8 19. Bc6+ Bd7 20. Qc5 Bxc6 21. Qxc6+ Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Nxd7 23. Bb8 Nb8 24. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Al Pietrolungo"]
[Black "James Hart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Bd5 c6 8. Bb3 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Rd8+ 10. Ke2 Bb4 11. Rd1 Rxd1 12. Kxd1 Ng4 13. Ke2 N8f6 14. h3 Ne5 15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 0-0 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Nc4 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 Nc4 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bd3 g5 22. Ke2 h5 23. Bf5 b4 24. Kd3 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Kc4 Kg7 27. Kc5 Kh6 28. Kc6 Kg5 29. Bd3 Kh4 30. Kc5 Nh5 31. Kb4 g3 32. f3 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alex Barrasso"]
[Black "Jeff Siebrandt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteELO "1690"]
[BlackELO "1885"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Ng3 Nf6 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Nf5 Qf4 12. Nd2 0-0 13. Ng3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. 0-0 Rfe8 16. Nb3 Neg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Agan Hajric"]
[Black "Henry Olynik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteELO "1775"]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. Bd3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 Ng4 12. Qf3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 exf4 14. Qxf4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qxb2 16. Ne2 Be6 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. a4 Bf6 19. Rae1 Be5 20. Qh4 Bf6 21. Qf4 Qd4 22. Nf5 Be5 23. Nxd4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Bd7 25. Nf5 Be8 26. e5 g6 27. Nxd6 f6 28. Ref1 Kg7 29. exf6+ Kh8 30. Ne4 Rd4 31. h4 Rxa4 32. f7 Bd7 33. Nc5 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Rxf7 36. Ra4 Rxf5 37. Nd3 Rh5 38. Kg1 Rxh4 39. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Allen Betts"]
[Black "Virginia Alverson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 0-0 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. a3 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bd7 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 Ne7 13. cxd5 Nexd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 Bb5 16. Bf5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Qd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ng5 Qf4 20. Qf3 Qh2 21. Ke2 exf3+ 22. gxf3 Rfe8+ 23. Kd3 Qf4 24. Bh7+ Nh7 25. Rh1 Qg5 26. f4 Qg2 27. Re1 0-1

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Joe Wasserman"]
[Black "Richard McStraw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. d4 0-1

[Event "U. S. Blind 2005"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2005. ??. ??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mike Davis"]
[Black "Al Pietrolungo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteELO ""]
[BlackELO ""]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Ne5 c6 12. Qd3 g6 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. c3 Rd8 15. Qf3 Bd7 1-0

U. S. Blind Championship June 24-25, 2005 Prize Winners:
Jeff Siebrandt claimed the 2005 USCF Blind Chess Championship on tiebreaks.
Jeff Siebrandt and Alex Barrasso with 3.5 points each split the first and second place prize money to collect $300 each.
Agan Hajric took third place honors and $175 with 3 points.
With 2 points out of 4 each and tied for the U1800, U1600, and U1400 prize Michael Davis, Albert Pietrolungo, Henry Olynik, Richard Mc Straw, James Hart, and Virginia Alverson all took home $62.50 each.
Three different scholastic programs supplied the game scorers each round while Rich Varchetto and the Elkins Lions Club (PO Box 1002, Elkins, WV 26241 for donations--Please make a note that the donation is for the 2005 US Blind Championship) supplied the financial support to present this event. Tim Just and Ira Lee Riddle were the TDs. The Hampton Inn supplied the playing site, sleeping rooms and food.
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