1993 U.S. Blind Players Championship
San Antonio, Texas May 14.-16, 1993

Round 1 Board 1
Peter Gibson-Martha Honaker Bishop's Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. nc3 nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. f4 nc6 6. nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. qxf3 nd4 9. qf2 nh5 10. Bxf7+ kd7 11. Bxh5 rf8 12. Bg4+ ne6 13. Bxe6+ kxe6 14. f5+ kd7 15. g3 g5 16. Be3 qb8 17. 000. c6 18. d4 Bf6 19. de5 Bxe5 20. Bd4 ke7 21. Bxe5 de 22. c5+ kf7 23. rd7+ kg8 24. e7 resigns.
Round 1 Board 2
James Hart-Jeff Siebrandt Caro-Kann
1. e4 c6 2. nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. nxe4 Bf5 5. nc3 nf6 6. nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. qxd3 Be7 9. Bg5 nbd7 10. 00 00 11. ne4 nxe4?! 12. Bxe7 nxf2 13. Bxd8 nxd3 14. Be7 rfe8 15. Bd6 nxb2 16. rab1 nbc4 17. rb7 nd6 18. rd7 red8 19. ne5 rxd7 20. nxd7 f6 21. rb1 rc8 22. rb8 kf7 23. c4? ke7 24. rc8 nxc8 25 nc5 nd6 26. nd3 nc4 27. nb4 kd6 28. nd3 na3 29. resigns.
Round 1 Board 3
Jim Thoune-Dick McStraw Queen's Gambit Accepted
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dc4 3. nc3 Bd7 4. nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 qxe7 7. e3 b5 8. ne5 c6 9. Be2 (qf3! threatens nxb5) nh6 (this puts the knight at the edge of the board where it is less effective) 10. 00 00 11. ne4 f6 12. nf3 Be8 13. b3 cb3 14. qxb3 nd7 15. rfc1 (in the words of every +ess coa+ "wrong rook". Now white has no R's in the ccenter of the board.) nb6 16. nc5 Bf7 17. qc2 nd5 18. nd3 rac8 19. e4 nb4 20. qd2 nxd3 21. Bxd3 Bg6 22. h3 f5 23. ne5 qd6 24. nxg6 hg6 25 qb2 fe4 26. Bxe4 nf5 27. rd1 qf4 28. re1 nd6? 29. Bxg6 rf6 30. Bd3 rcf8 31 re2 qg5 32. kf1 nf5 33. Bxf5 rxf5 34. rd1 qf6 35. rd3 a5 36. rde3 re8 37. qc2 e5 38. de5 rfxe5 39. rxe5 rxe5 40. qb3+ kh8 41. qc3 rxe2 42. qxf6 gf6 43. kxe2 c5? (black has to get his K to the center as quickly as possible) 44. kd3 kg7 45. ke4 kg6 46. kd5 c4 47. kd4 a4? (kf7 is better. white's K can't move forward or black's pawn queen's.) 48. a3 f5 49. g3 kg5 50. f3 f4 51 h4+ kh5 52 ke4? (g4+ is better) c3 53 kd3 b4 54 ab4 a3 55 kxc3 a2 56 kb2 a1-q 57 kxa1 resigns.
Round 1 Board 4
Ted Schudel-Alex Barrasso Kings' Pawn Game
1. e4 e5 2. nf3 nc6 3. d3 nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Be6 6. nbd2 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. qc2 qd7 9. d4 ed4 10. cd4 00 11. a3 rfe8 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6 qxc6 14. qd3 nxe4 15. 00 Bxh4 16. nxh4 nxd2 17. qxd2 re2 18. qf4 qd7 19. rac1 c6 20. rc3 rae8 21. h3 r8e4 22. qg3 Bh5 23. f3 rxd4 24. f4 r4d2 25 f5 kh7 26. re3 rxe3 27. qxe3 rd5 28. f6 g6 29. re1 re5 30. qd2 rxe1 31 qxe1 qe6 32. qf2 qe2 33. g4 qxf2 34. kxf2 g5 35. nf5 Bg6 36. kg2? (nxd6) Bxf5 37. gf5 h5 38. kg3 c5 39. h4 gxh4+ 40. kxh4 kh6 41. a4 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. kg3 kg5 44. resigns.
Round 1 Board 5
Henry Olynik-Larry Honaker Slav Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. nc3 e6 4. cd5 cd5 5. nf3 nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bd6 8. e3 nc6 9. rc1 qa5 10. Bxf6 gf6 11. Bd3 rg8 12. 00 ke7 13. a3 Bd7 14. nb5 Bxh2+ 15. nxh2 qd8 16. qc2 a6 17. qc5+ ke8 18. nd6+ kf8 19. nxb7 kg7 20. nxd8 raxd8 21. Bxa6 kh8 22. b4 rg5 23. Bb5 rdc8 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25 qe7 rcg8 26. qxf6+ kh7 27. rxc6 rxg2+ 28. kh1 r2g6 29. qxf7+ kh8 30. rxe6 r8g7 31 qf5 rxe6 32. qxe6 kxh7 33. rc1 h5 34. rc6 rg6 35. qxg6 kh8 36. rc8 mate.
Round 1 Board 6
Ginny Alverson-Henry Schmit Queen's Pawn Game
1. d4 d5 2. nf3 nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 nbd7 5. 00 c6 6. nc3 qc7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 e5 9. de5 ndxe5 10. Be2 Bd6 11. f4 ng6 12. Bd3 000. 13. qe1 rde8 14. Bf5+ kb8 15. Bd2 nxf4 16. qg3 ne2+ 17. nxe2 Bxg3 18. nd4 ne4 19. Bb4 Bh2+ kh1 ng3+ 21. kxh2 nxf1 22. resigns.
Round 1 Board 7
Al Pietrolungo-Rick Miller Reti Opening
1. nf3 e6 2. d4 nf6 3. d3 Bd6 4. Bd3 00 5. c3 nc6 6. nbd2 qe7 7. 00 e5 8. dxe5 Bc5 9. exf6 d6 10. fxe7 Be6 11. exf8-q+ rxf8 12. ng5 ne5 13. Bxh7+ kh8 14. qh5 nd3 15. Bxd3 kg8 16. qh7+ mate.
Round 1 Board 8
Robert Daugherty-Joe McMullen Philidor's Defense
1. pk4 pk4 2. nkb3 pq3 3. bn5+ pb3 4. br4 qn3 5. 0.-0. bki5 6. pkr3 bkr4 7. bqi3 ib3 8. pq3 pq4 9. pxp pxp 10. qk1 qk3 11. ixp iqr3 12. ikb3 bqi5 (maybe 13. first) 13. qxq+ pxq 14. bq2 qrb1 15. pr3 bb4 16. bk3 pqi3 17. bxb ixb 18. iq2 rb1 19. rk1 rb3 20. ii5 ixb 21. rxp+ rxr 22. ixr rb2 23. ixi rk2 24. ib4 pr4 25 ixb ixi 26. iq4 ib5 27. ib3 ik7+ 28. kr2 rb2 29. pb3 ib4 30. rk1+ rk2 31 rxr+ kxr 32. pq4 ixp 33. kxi pr5 34. ki3 pr4 35. nk5 pqn4 36. kr4 kk3 37. kxp pi5 38. bpxp pi3+ 39. kxp kq3 40. pr4 kb3 41. pr5 ki4 42. pr6 kb3 43. pr7 kq3 44. pr8-q kb2 45. iq3 kb3 46. qn8 ki3 47. qxp kb2 48. kb6 ki3 49. kk6 kb2 50. qq6+ kb1 51 qq7 ki1 52 kq6 resigns
Round 2 Board 1
Henry Schmit-Pete Gibson King's Indian, London System
1. d4 nf6 2. nf3 g6 3. bf4 bg7 4. nbd2 d6 5. e4 nbd7 6. bd3 0.-0. 7. 0.-0. c5 8. c3 qc7 9. qc2 b6 10. h3 e6 11. nc4 ne8 12. rad1 b5 13. ne3 c4 14. be2 bb7 15. b3 cb3 16. ab3 a6 17. ng4 f5 18. exf exf 19. ne3 nb6 20. nd2 nf6 21. bf3 nfd5 22. nxd5 nxd5 23. bxd5 bxd5 24. qd3 rac8 25 rc1 bf6 26. qg3 be7 27. rfe1 rfe8 28. bg5 bxg5 29. rxe8+ rxe8 30. qxg5 re2 31 kf1 re7 32. qg3 qd7 33. c4 bc 34. bc Bf7 35. ra1 qe6 36. qf3 ra7 37. qb3 kg7 38. qb6 qd7 39. rxa6 rxa6 40. qxa6 qc7 41. d5 qc5 42. qa1+ kg8 43. qa8+ kg7 44. qa1+ kg8 draw.
Round 2 Board 2
Jeff Siebrandt-Henry Olynik Sicilian Defense
1. e4 c5 2. nc3 d6 3. g3 nf6 4. Bg2 e5 5. h3 be6 6. nf3 h6 7. 00 be7 8. d3 nc6 9. ne2 qd7 10. kh2 nd4 11. neg1 00 12. c3 nc6 13. qe2 rfd8 14. c4 nd4 15. nxd4 cd4 16. f4 qc7 17. f5 Bd7 18. g4 b5 19. b3 bc 20. bc rab8 21. h4 nh7 22. nf3 f6 23. rg1 rb7 24. bh3 rdb8 25 g5 hg5 26. hg5 nxg5 27. nxg5 fg5 28. qg4 rb1 29. rxb1 rxb1 30. Bxg5 rxg1 31 qxg1 bxg5 32. qxg5 be8 33. f6 g6 34. Be6+ kh8 35. qh6+ qh7 36. qxh7+ kxh7 37. f7 bxf7 38. bxf7 kh6 39. be6 kg5 40. kg3 a6 41. bc8 a5 42. bg4 kf6 43. kh4 g5+ 44. kh5 ke7 45. kxg5 kd8 46. kf6 kc7 47. ke7 kc6 48. bd7+ kc5 49. 1-0.
Round 2 Board 3
. Al Pietrolungo-Jim Thoune Reti Opening
1. nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e3 nf6 4. bd3 b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. nbd2 Bd6 7. qc2 nbd7 8. 0-0 c5 9. e4 c4 10. e5 cd3 11. qxd3 Be7 12. ef6 nxf6 13. re1 0-0 14. ne5 a5 15. nf1 qc8 16. re3 Ba6 17. qc2 b5 18. bd2 ne4 19. a4 qe8 20. ng3 nxd2 21. qxd2 Bg5 22. b3 f5 23. nf3 bxe3 24. fe3 rf6 25 b4 ab4 26. cb4 bb5 27. a5 ba 28. ba qg6 29. qe7 f4 30. ef4 rxf4 31 ne2 rxf3 32. ng3 rf4 33. qg5 Ba6? 34. re7 rae8 35. qd6 bc4 36. a6 rxd4 37. a7 rd2 38. qb8 ra2 39. qe5 qf6 40. qb6 rxa7 and wins.
Round 2 Board 4
Alex barrasso-Bob daugherty Scotch Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. nf3 nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. nxd4 nxd4 6. qxd4 d6 7. 00 Be6 8. nc3 Bxc4 9. qxc4 qd7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. rad1 Bg5 12. e5 Bxf4 13. qxf4 000. 14. exd6 cxd6 15. rd4 (preparing to double rooks on the q file against black's isolated p.) nf6 16. rfd1 qg4 17. qxg4+ nxg4 18. rxg4 rhg8 19. rgd4 rge8 (-Bg5 wins material.) 20. kf1 (if 20. rxd6 rxd6 21. rxd6 re1 mate.) re6 21. nb5 kb8 22. rxd6 rdxd6 23. rxd6 re8 24. rd7 rc8 25 rxf7 rxc2 26. rf8+ rc8 27. rxc8+ kxc8 28. nd8+ kb8 29. nf5 resigns.
Round 2 Board 5
Alan Betts-Martie Honaker Queen's Pawn Game
1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 bd6 4. b1d2 g8f6 5. c2c3 00 6. e3e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 f6xe4 8. d3xe4 b8c6 9. g1f3 e6e5 10. d4d5 c8d7 11. 00 d8c8 12. f1e1 d7g4 13. d5xc6 b7xc6 14. e4xc6 a8b8 15. h2h3 g4d7 16. c6e4 f8d8 17. d1c2 d6c5 18. e4xh7 g8f8 19. e1xe5 d7f5 20. h7xf5 d8d7 21. e5xc5 c848. 22. f5xd7 d8xd7 23. b2b4 b8d8 24. c1e3 d8b8 25 a1d1 d7e8 26. c5xc7 a7a5 27. c2h7 a5xb4 28. h7h8
Round 2 Board 6
l. Honaker-Jim Hart Queen's Pawn Game
1. d4 d5 2. nf3 bg4 3. ne5 bh5 4. c3 nf6 5. qb3 e6 6. qb7 nd7 7. nc6 qc8 8. qxq rxq 9. nxa7 ra8 10. nc6 bd6 11. e3 00 12. bd3 nb8 13. nxn rxn 14. a3 c5 15. dc bxc5 16. b4 bd6 17. 00 nd7 18. nd2 ne5 19. bc2 ng4 20. nf3 rfc8 21. bd2 nf6 22. b5 nd7 23. e4 rxa3 24. rxa3 bxa3 25 ed ed 26. bf5 rb7 27. bxn rfxb8 28. ra1 bc5 29. ra8+ bf8 30. b6 rb7 31 be3 f6 32. ra7 rb8 33. b7 be8 34. g4 bc6 35. Bf4 rxb7 36. rxr bxr 37. nd4 g5 38. bc7 bc8 draw.
Round 2 board 7. Dick McStraw-Ginny Alverson Alekhine's Defense
1. e4 nf6 2. nc3 g6 3. d4 bg7 4. nf3 0.-0. 5. Bc4 d6 6. h3 nbd7 7. bg5 c6 8. 00 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. ne2 nxe4 12. qd3 d5 13. c3 a5 14. c4 qb6 15. ng3 nxg5 16. nxg5 nf6 17. qe3 rae8 18. cd5 nxd5 19. qe4 nf6 20. Bxf7+ rxf7 21. qe6 bc8 22. qxf7+ kh8 23. qxe8+ nxe8 24. rad1 Ba6 25 rfe1 Bc4 26. rxe7 qd8 27. nf7+ Bxf7 28. rxf7 nd6 29. rf4 Bh6 30. rf3 Bg5 31 rd3 Bh4 32. ne2 ne4 33. g3 Bf6 34. d5 c5 35. b3 Be5 36. f4 Bd6 37. kg2 qf6 38. kf3 qb2 39. rdd2 nxd2+ 40. ke3 nf1+ 41. kf2 qc2 42. kxf1 qxd3 43. resigns.
Round 2 Board 8
Joe McMullen-Ted Schudel King's Knight's Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bb4 3. nxe5 qf6 4. ng4 qg6 5. Bc4 nk2 6. 00 pq6 7. pq3 qnc6 8. qkb3 qbk6 9. qnb3 000. 10. qnr4 qr4 11. qnpn3 nq4 12. qxp bxq 13. bn5 bxb 14. npxb qxn 15. bxn qrk8 16. bpbc nk2+ 17. kr1 rxb 18. rk1 kxbp 19. pk5 rkb3 20. kkn1 qqb2 21. qrpr3 bxp+ 22. kxb rxn 23. krpr4 rxnp+ 24. kr1-resigns.
Round 3 Board 1
Jim Thoune-Jeff Siebrandt Slav Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. nc3 nf6 5. nf3 nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 00 00 8. cd5 ed5 9. qc2 re8 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. e4 de4 12. nxe4 nxe4 13. bxe4 nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be6 16. ne5 Be7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. rfd1 bd5 19. Bh7+ kh8 20. f4 qb6 21. kh1 rad8 22. Bf5 Be7 23. Bg4 Bd6 24. qd2 qc7 25 b3 draw.
Round 3 Board 2
Pete Gibson-Alex Barrasso Four Knights Defense
1. e4 e5 2. nf3 nc6 3. nc3 nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. nd5 nxd5 6. exd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 qe7+ 8. qe2 Bxd2+ 9. kxd2 qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 ne7 11. rae1 d6 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. nxd4 a6 14. re3 kf8 15. rhe1 re8 16. Bb3 g6 17. c4 nc8 18. Bc2 nb6 19. b3 kg7 20. re7 rxe7 21. rxe7 re8 22. rxe8 Bxe8 23. f4 Bd7 24. f5 kf6 25 fxg6 fxg6 26. kc3 ke5 27. kd3 a5 28. a3 c6 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. ke3 c5 31 nf3+ kf6 32. Be4 h6 33. Bb7 Bf5 34. draw.
Round 3 Board 3
. Henry Schmit-Henry Olynik Queen's Bishop game
1. d4 d5 2. nf3 nf6 3. Bf4 nbd7 4. nbd2 e6 5. e3 c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8. c5 ne4 9. Bd3 ndf6 10. qa4+ Bd7 11. qxb4 a5 12. qxb7 00 13. nxe4? dxe4 14. Bxe4 rb8 15. Bxb8 nxe4 16. qxe4 qxb8 17. 00 f6 18. b3 qe8 19. rac1 Bc6 20. qe3 e5 21. dxe5 Bxf3 22. qxf3 fxe5 23. qd5+ kh8 24. c6 qa8 25 qxe5 rc8 26. rfe1 h6 27. c7 qa7 28. red1 rf8 29. qc5 qxc5 30. rxc5 resigns
Round 3 Board 4
Al Pietrolungo-Ted Schudel Reti Opening
1. nf3 nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 c6 4. nc3 d5 5. e3 Bg7 6. cd5 cd5 7. Bd2 bg4 8. Be2 00 9. rc1 nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. de5 nxe5 13. Be2 re8 14. 00 rc8 15. qb3 b6 16. f4 nc4 17. Bxc4 dc4 18. qd1 nh5 19. rf3 qc7 20. qe2 re4 21. nxe4 Bxb2 22. rc2 c3 23. Bc1? Bxc1 24. rxc1 c2 25 rf2 f5 26. g4 nxf4 27. ef4 fe4 28. qxe4 qd7 29. rfxc2 re8 30. qc4+ kg7 31 qc7 qxc7 32. rxc7+ kh6 33. g5+ resigns.
Round 3 Board 5
Bob Daugherty-Rick Miller Ruy Lopez
1. e4 e5 2. nf3 nc6 3. Bb5 nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dc6 7. h3 00 7. nxe5 Be6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fe3 qd6 10. nf3 nxe4 11. dxe4 qxd1+ 12. kxd1 rfd8+ 13. ke2 Bc4+ 14. kf2 c5 15. nbd2 Be6 16. b3 rxd2 17. nxd2 rd8 18. rad1 b5 19. nf3 b4 20. rxd8 mate.
Round 3 Board 6
GinnyAlverson-M. Honaker Queen's Pawn Game, Tchigorin Variation
1. d4 d5 2. nf3 nc6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. nbd2 nb4 5. c3 nc2+ 6. qxc2 Bxc2 7. rc1 Be4 8. ne5 nf6 9. e3 e6 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. nxd3 Bd6 13. 00 00 14. c4 Bxf4 15. nxf4 re8 16. c5 qa5 17. rc2 qxa2 18. nb1 ne4 19. ne2 qa6 20. nc1 e5 21. rd1 exd4 22. rxd4 h6 23. b3 b5 24. na2 re6 25 nb4 qc8 26. nc3 nxc3 27. rxc3 rf6 28. e4 dxe4 29. rxe4 qf5 30. re2 qb1 31 resigns.
Round 3 Board 7
Alan Betts-L. Honaker Petrov's Defense
1. e4 e5 2. nf3 nf6 3. nxe5 d6 4. nf3 be7 6. d3 h6 6. nbd2 nc6 7. Be2 Be6 8. nc4 qd7 9. 00 000. 10. d4 d5 11. ed5 Bxd5 12. Be3 g5 13. nce5 nxe5 14. nxe5 qe6 15. nf3 qg4 16. ne5 qxg2 mate.
Round 3 Board 8
Jim Hart-Joe McMullen Ruy Lopez
1. e4 e5 2. nf3 nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. a3 Ba5 5. 00 nf6 6. bxc6 bc6 7. nxe5 nxe4 8. re1 qh4 9. ng4 bb6 10. rxe4 kf8 11. qe2 h5 12. rk8 mate.
Round 4 Board 1
Jeff Siebrandt-Alex Barrasso Giuoco Piano
1. e4 e5 2. nf3 nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 00 nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. re1+ Be6 9. ng5 qd5 10. nc3 qf5 11. nce4 000. 12. nxe6 fxe6 13. nxc5 qxc5 14. rxe6 gf6 15. rxf6 qe5 16. qg4+ kb8 17. re6 qd5 18. Bf4 rhg8 19. qh3 rxg2+! 20. kf1 rg7 21. rae1 d3 22. cd3 cd3 23. f3 nd4 24. r6e3 nc2 25 Bxc7+ rxc7 26. resigns.
Round 4 Board 2
Jim Thoune-Henry Schmit Queen's Gambit Declined
1. d4 d5 2. c4 nf6 3. nc3 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. nf3 nbd7 6. cd5 cd5 7. qb3 nb6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. ne5 Bxb5 10. qxb5 nfd7 11. nxd7 qxd7 12. 00 qxb5 13. nxb5 kd7 14. b3 e6 15. Bb2 a6 16. nc3 Bd6 17. ne2 rac8 18. rac1 rxc1 draw. *
Round 4 Board 3
. Bob Doherty-Pete Gibson Four Knights Defense
1. e4 e5 2. nf3 nf6 3. nc3 nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Bxc6 dc6 6. d3 qe7 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Bxf6 qxf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. qe2 000. 12. 000. Bxc3 13. bc3 qd6 14. h4 f6 15. kd2 kb8 16. h5 Bf7 17. h6 g6 18. r4 Bxa2 19. ra3 bg6 20. 21. ra7 qxd2+ 22. kxd2 k38. 23. ra8 kd7 24. rga7 b5 25 rb7 kd6 26. r1a7 rf7 27. ra7 rcf8 28. rf7 rh3 29. rh7 rxf2+ 30. kxr 31 32. ..pn6 33. ke1 pn7 34. ra8 rxr 35. f2 rf8 36. kg1 rf3 37. d4 rh3 38. d?+ ke5 39. c4 rh1+ 40. kf2 g1-q+ 40. ke1 qe3 41. resigns.
Round 4 Board 4
M. Honaker-Al Pietrolungo Queen's Pawn Game
1. d4 nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. nbd2 Bb7 6. ngf3 d5 7. 00 Bd6 8. rfe1 nbd7 9. e4 de4 10. nxe4 nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. rxe4 nf6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. ne5 Bxe5 16. rxe5 cd4 17. cd4 00 18. d5 re8 19. qd2 f6 20. rxe6 rxe6 21. rd1 rd6 22. g3 qd7 24. b3 rd8 24. qd4 rxd5 25 qc4 g6 26. rxd5 qd5 27. qc7 qd4 28. qc4+ kg7 29. qe2 qd1+ 30. qf1 qxf1+ 31 kxf1 kf7 32. kg2 ke6 33. kh1 rd2 34. a4 rb2 35. f4 rxb3 36. kg2 ra3 37. kf2 rxa4 38. ke2 rc4 39. kd3 rc8 40. g4 a5 41. ke4 f5+ 42. gf gf+ 43. kf3 a4 44. kg3 a3 45. kh4 rg8 46. kh5 a2 47. h4 a1-q 46. kh6 qg7+ 49. kh5 qg4+ 50. kh6 qg6 mate.
Round 4 Board 5
Henry olynik-Jim hart
1. d4 d5 2. c4 nf6 3. cd5 nxd5 4. e4 nb6 5. nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e6 8. 00 Bb4 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf4 Bg5 11. Bg3 00 12. nc3 c6 13. d5 ed5 14. exd5 nxd5 15. nxd5 cd5 16. Bxd5 nc6 17. qd3 qd7 18. rad1 rad8 19. b4 nb8 20. qf3 b5 21. Bb7 qe6 22. Bd5 qf6 23. qb3 nc6 24. rd3 ne5 25 Bxe5 qxe5 26. rfd1 h5 27. g3 qf5 28. h4 Be7 29. rf3 qg4 30. rxf7 rxf7 31 Bxf7+ kh8 32. rxd8+ Bxd8 33. qd5 Bxh4 34. qa8+ kh7 35. qg8+ kh6 36. qh8+ kg5 37. qxg7+ kf5 38. qxg4+ kxg4 39. gh4 kxh4 40. Be8 kg5 41. Bxb5 b4 42. a4 h3 43. Bc6 kf6 44. kh2 resigns.
Round 4 Board 6
L. Honaker-Dick McStraw
1. d4 d5 2. nf3 nf6 3. Bg5 nc6 4. e3 a6 5. nc3 Bf5 6. ne5 ne5 7. de ne4 8. ne4 Bxe4 9. Bd3 Bxg2 10. rg1 Bh3 11. qf3 qd7 12. rg3 Be6 13. 000. g6 14. e4 d4 15. Bf1 Ba2 16. b3 e6 17. Bf6 rg8 18. h4 Bh6+ 19. kb2 Bb3 20. cb Bg7 21. Bg7 rxg7 22. qf6 kf8 23. h5 qc6 24. rd4 qc5 25 rd8 rd8 26. qd8 mate.
Round 4 Board 7
Ted Schudel-Alan Betts
1. e4 e5 2. nf3 nf6 3. d3 d6 4. c3 nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 nc5 7. qc2 Be6 8. nbd2 Be7 9. d4 ed4 10. cd4 ne4 11. ne4 Bf5 12. nf6 Bxf6 13. qxf5 qe7+ 14. Be2 g6 15. qc2 000. 16. Bxf6 qxf6 17. 00 rhe8 18. rac1 re7 19. Bc4 g5 20. qa4 kb8 21. d5 h5 22. rc3 h4 23. rb3 g4 24. nd2 qg6 25 Ba6 c6 26. dc6 rd7 27. cb7 rxb7 28. cb7 h3 29. g3 qc2 30. qxa7+ kxa7 31 b8+ k16. 32. qb6 mate.
Round 4 Board 8
Rick Miller-Joe McMullen
1. pk4 pk4 2. nkb3 nkb3 3. bqb4 bn5 4. 00 00 5. pq3 nqb3 6. bk3 pq3 7. pqb3 qbn5 8. kq2 kr4 9. qk1 knr4 10. pkr3 qbpb3 11. pxqbk5 qpq4 12. pxp nkb3 13. pxb nxb 14. nxn qxp 15. qb3 kxp 16. bn5 pkb3 17. nq6 qxn 18. pq4 pxb 19. nxp qr3 20. qb4+ kr1 21. nb7+ rxn 22. qxr qr7 mate.
Round 5 Board 1
Alex Barrasso-Jim Thoune French Defense
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 nc6 5. nf3 qb6 6. Be2 cd4 7. cd4 nge7 8. nc3 Bd7 9. 00 nf5 10. na4 qc7 11. a3 b5 12. Bxb5 nxe5 13. nxn Bxb5 14. rre1 nd6 15. Bf4 draw.
Round 5 Board 2
Pete Gibson-Al Pietrolungo Bishop's Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 nf6 3. nf3 nc6 4. d4 ed4 5. 00 d6 6. nd4 Bd7 7. 00 Be7 8. nc3 c5 9. nf6 Bf5 10. ef5 00 11. f4 nd5d7 12. Bb2 rc8 13. Bf3 qc7 14. nd5 nd5 15. qd5 b6 16. rae1 Bf6 17. c3 rfe8 18. rd1 red8 19. g4 nb8 20. g5 Be7 21. c4 qc6 22. qd3 qd7 23. Be4 rf8 24. f6 gf 25 gf Bd8 26. qg3 resigns.
Round 5 Board 3
Henry Schmit-Jeff Siebrandt Reti Opening
1. nf3 nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. nbd2 c5 5. dc5 Bc5 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 00 8. c3 b5 9. 00 re8 10. qc2 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 nbd7 13. e4 de4 14. nxe4 Be7 15. nxf6 nxf6 16. rad1 (threatening to win black's queen with Bh7+.) qb6 17. ne5 g5 18. Bg3 re-d8 19. Be2? (surrendering the diagonal. kh1 and then f4 would be better.) Be4 20. qc1 rxd1 21. rxd1 rad8 22. rxd8 bxd8 23. h4 ne8 24. hg5 Bg5 25 bf4 qd8 26. Bxg5 qxg5 27. qxg5 hg 28. Bh5 nd6 29. nd7 Bb1 30. a3 nc4 31 b4 nxa3 32. nc5 Bc2 33. nxa6 nb1 34. Bf3 nxc3 35. Bc6 ne2+ 36. kf1 nd4 37. Bd7 kf8 38. ke1 ke7 39. Bc8 Be4 40. f3 Bc6 41. nc5 nc2 42. kd2 nxb4 43. kc3 nd5+ 44. kb3 ne3 45. nd3 nxg2 46. ne5 Bd5+ 47. kb4 ne1 48. kxb5 nxf3 49. ng4 f5 50. ne3 Be4 51 kc5 g4 52 Ba6 g3 53 Bf1 ne1 54 kd4 g2 55 Bxg2 nxg2 56 nf1 kf6 57 ng3 e5+ 58 kc3 Bf3 59. nh1 e4 60. ng3 f4 61 nf1 e3 62 nh2 Bh5 63 nf1 e2 64 resigns.
Round 5 Board 4
Martie Honaker-Henry Olynik
1. d4 d5 2. e3 nf6 3. Bd3 Bg4 4. nf3 e6 5. nbd2 c5 6. c3 cd 7. cd bd6 8. Bb5 nbd7 9. 00 00 10. Bd3 e5 11. de nxe5 12. e4 nxd3 13. qb3 nxe1 14. raxe1 bxf3 15. qxf3 dxe4 16. nxe4 nxe4 17. qxe4 qb6 18. rc2 rfe8 19. qf3 rac8 20. re2 rxe2 21. qxe2 qc6 22. g3 g6 23. b3 16. 24. fg Bc5 25 rf2 rxf2 26. kf2 qcb 27. qxc2 rxc2 28. kf3 rxg2 29. h4 ra3 30. kg4 rb3 31 kg5 kg7 32. g4 f6 mate.
Round 5 Board 5
larry honaker-Bob daugherty
1. d4 d5 2. nf3 nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. bh4 e6 5. b3 bk5 6. E3 bxn 7. pxb 00 8. b4 pb3 9. q3 n4
Round 5 Board 6
Ginny Alverson-Ted Schudel
1. d4 nf6 2. nf3 c6 3. Bf4 d5 4. nbd2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 00 8. 00 pb5 9. c5 Bg4 10. qc2 Bxf3 11. nxf3 nbd7 12. b4 nh5 13. Bd6 exd6 14. cxd6 rc8 15. rae1 ndf6 16. ng5 qxd6 17. a3 ng4 18. nf3 rfe8 19. h3 ngf6 20. g3 ne4 21. Be2 nhxg3 22. fg3 qxg3+ 23. kh1 qxh3+ 24. nh2 ng3+ 25 kg1 nxf1 26. nxf1 re4 27. qc5 rh4 28. qd6 Bh6 29. qe7 rh5 30. Bxh5 qxh5 31 qd7 qg5+ 32. kf2 rd8 33. qxc6 qf5+ 34. ke2 qc2 35. qxc2 resigns.
Round 5 Board 7
Joe mcMullen-Dick McStraw
1. e4 nc6 2. nc3 e5 3. nf3 a6 4. Bc4 h6 5. 00 nf6 6. d3 Bc5 7. a3 00 8. b4 Ba7 9. h3 d6 10. nd5 nxd5 11. exd5 nd4 12. nxd4 Bxd4 13. rb1 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. qh5 qf6 16. bn5 qn3 17. qxq pq4 18. qxqbp bk3 19. bxqp qrb1 20. qxrp bxb 21. bk7 rr1 22. qq6 rkn1k1 23. pqn5 bk3 24. qrk1 rr2 25 br4 pkn4 26. bn3 pb3 27. rk4 rq2 28. qb6 bb4 29. qn4+ kn2 30. rk2 bk3 31 qb6 rq4 32. qxr+ resigns.
Round 5 Board 8
Alan Betts-Rick Miller KP: Indian
1. e4 e5 2. d3 nf6 3. nf3 Bc5 4. nxe5 00 5. nd2 d6 6. Be2 dxe5 7. 00 Be6 8. nc4 nc6 9. Bg5 b5 10. na5 nd4 11. nb7 qe7 12. nxc5 qxc5 13. c3 ng4 14. Bxg4 f5 15. Bf3 fe4 16. Bxe4 rae8 17. qc1 ne2+ 18. kh1 h6 19. qd2 ng3+ 20. fg3 rxf1+ 21. rxf1 Bg4 22. d4 ed4 23. cd4 qc4 24. qc1 qxd4 25. re1 rf8 26. Be7 rf7 27. qxc7 qg1+ 28. kxg1 Be2 29. qc8+ rf8 30. Bxf8 kh8 31 Be7+ resigns.
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