1994 U.S. Championship for Blind Players
July 15-17, 1994, Columbus, Ohio

Round 1
Board 1 Jim Hart 1257-Pete Gibson 1936 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 a3 d5 5 exd5 Nxd5 6 Bb5 Nxc3 7 bc3 Qd5 8 Bxc6 Qxc6 9 0-0 Bg4 10 Nxe5 Bxd1 11 Nxc6 Bxc2 12 Re1+ Kd7 13 Ne5+ Ke6 14 Ng6+ Kf6 15 Nxh8 Bd6 16 Nxf7 Kxf7 17 Ra2 Bg6 18 draw.

Board 3 Jay Leventhal 1730-Daniel Lopiccolo 1200 1 e4 e6 2 d4 Nc6 3 Nf3 d6 4 Nc3 a6 5 a4 h6 6 Be2 Nf6 7 0-0 d5 8 e5 Ne4 9 Be3 Nxc3 10 bxc3 Be7 11 c4 dxc4 12 Bxc4 Bg5 13 Nxg5 hxg5 14 Qg4 Rh4 15 Qg3 Nxd4? 16 Rfd1 c5 17 bxg5 Qb6 18 Qxh4 Kd7 19 c3 Kc7 20 Bd8+ Kb8 21 bxb6 Nf5 22 Qd8 Ra7 23 Qc7+ mate.

Charles Vidunas 1181-Don Walhout 1 d4 d5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 e3 e6 4 Nf3 Bb4 5 a3 ba5 6 b4 Bb6 7 Bb5+ Bd7 8 00 bxb5 9 Nxb5 0-0 10 Re1 Ne4 11 Bb2 Nd7 12 c3 a6 13 Nxc7 bxc7 14 Qd3 Ndf6 15 c4 dxc4 16 Qxc4 Rc8 17 Qd3 Qd5 18 Nd2 Nxf2 19 Kxf2 Ng4ch 20 Kf1 Nxh2+ 21 Kf2 Ng4ch 22 Kf1 Qh5 23 Nf3 Qh1+ 24 Ng1 Bh2 25 Resigns.

Board 6 Henry Schmit 1431-Alan Betts 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bh4 Bd7 7 e4 Be7 8 bxf6 bxf6 9 cxd5 exd5 10 Nxd5 Nxd4 11 Nxf6+ Qxf6 12 Nxd4 0-0-0 13 Be2 Rhe8 14 0-0 Rxe4 15 Nf3 Ree8? (-bb5!) 16 Qc2 Bf5 17 Qa4 Bd7 18 Qxa7 c6 19 Rfe1 Qxb2 20 Rab1 Qf6 21 Qxb7 mate.

Ginny Alverson 1000-Henry Olynik 1500 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bf4 Nbd7 4 Nc3 c6 5 e3 e6 6 Bd3 Be7 7 0-0 0-0 8 h3 Re8 9 a3 Nf8 10 Bg5 h6 11 Bh4 Nf8d7 12 b4 Bd6 13 Rb1 e5 14 dxe5 Nxe5 15 Nxe5 bxe5 16 Ne2 Bd6 17 c3 Be7 18 Bg3 Nd7 19 Nd4 Bf6 20 Nf5 bxc3 21 Nd6 Rf8 22 Bf5 Nb6 23 bxc8 Nxc8 24 Nxb7 Qb6 25 Nc5 Qd8 26 Qa4 Ne7 27 Rbc1 Bf6 28 Qb3 Nf5 29 Bf4 Nd6 30 Qd3 Nc4 31 Rfd1? Nb2 32 Qc2 Nxd1 33 Rxd1 Re8 34 Nb7 Qb6 35 Nd6 Re6 36 Qf5 Rad8 37 Qd3 Rexd6 38 bxd6 Rxd6 39 Qf5 Qa6 40 Ra1?? bxa1 41 Resigns.

Rick Miller-Al Pietrolungo 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bd3 Nf6 4 0-0 bc5 5 Nc3 d6 6 bc4 Bg4 7 d3 Qd7 8 Qd2 0-0-0 9 Nd5 h5 10 Nxf6 gxf6 11 d4 Nxd4 12 Qd3 bxf3 13 Bd5 c6 14 Be3 Be2 15 Rfc1 bxd3 16 c4 Ne2+ 17 Kh1 Nxc1 18 Rxc1 Rdg8 19 Rd1 Qg4 20 Rxd3 Qxg2 mate.

Stan Doran-Pauline Downing 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nd4 4 c3 Nxf3 5 Qxf3 Be7 6 bc4 h5 7 Qxf7 mate.

Round 2 Board 2 Mike Davis 1509-Joe Kennedy 2000 French Defense 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 c5 4 c3 Nc6 5 Nf3 Qb6 6 Bd3 Bd7 7 bc2 0-0-0 8 0-0 f6 9 Re1 h6 10 b3 fxe5 11 dxe5 g5 12 h3 Bg7 13 Qe2 Nge7 14 c4 d4 15 Nbd2 Nb4 16 Be4 bc6 17 Bd3 Rhf8 18 a3 Nxd3 19 Qxd3 Rf7 20 b4 bxf3 21 Nxf3 Nc6 22 bxc5 Qxc5 23 Bb2 Rf4 24 Rad1 Nxe5 25 Nxe5 bxe5 26 Qg6 Rf6 27 Qe4 Rf5 28 g4 Bh2+! 29 Kxh2 Rxf2+ 30 Kg1 Rxb2 31 Qxe6+ Kb8 32 Qe5+ Qxe5 33 Rxe5 Rb3 34 Rd5 Rxd5 35 cxd5 Rxh3 36 Rxd4 Rxa3 37 d6 Kc8 38 d7+ Kd8 39 Kf2 Rh3 40 Kg2 Rc3 41 Rd6 Rc6 42 Rd4 Re6 43 Kg3 b6 44 Kf3 a5 45 Kg3 b5 46 Resigns.

Board 3 Henry Olynik-Jay Leventhal King's Indian Defense 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 00 6 Be2 Nbd7 7 00 e5 8 d5 Nc5 9 Qc2 c6 10 b4 Ncd7 11 Rb1 Ne8 12 Ne1 f5 13 f4 f5e4 14 d5c6 b7c6 15 Nxe4 Ndf6 16 Bd3 Nxe4 17 bxe4 Bf5 19 fxe5 Qh4 20 bxf5 Rxf5 21 Nf3 Qe7 22 exd6 Qxd6 23 Be3 Qe6 24 Rfe1 Qc8 25 Re2 Nf6 26 Bd4 Qd7 27 Rbd1 Qc7 28 Be5 Qb6+ 29 c5 Qb4 30 Qb3+ Qxb3 31 ab3 Nd5 32 bxg7 Kxg7 33 Nd4 Rf6 34 Rde1 Kf7 35 Rf1 Rc8 36 Rxf6+ Nxf6 37 Re6 Nd7 38 b4 Nb8 39 Rd6 a6 40 Kf2 Ke7 41 Ke3 Kf7 42 Kd3 Ke7 43 Kc3 Rc7 44 Kb3 Rc8 45 Ka4 Rc7 46 Ka5 Rc8 47 Kb6 Nd7+ 48 Kxa6 Resigns.

Board 4 Al Pietrolungo-Alex Barrasso 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 d4 b6 3 e3 Bb7 4 Nbd2 e6 5 Bd3 d5 6 c3 Ne4 7 Qc2 f5 8 c4 Bd6 9 cxd5 exd5 10 0-0 0-0 11 Re1 Nd7 12 Nf1 Nf6 13 Qe2 Ng4 14 bxe4 fxe4 15 N1d2 exf3 16 Nxf3 g5 17 Bd6 ba6 18 -Qe8 19 h3 Nf6 20 Rc1 Ne4 incomplete.

Donald Beaulieu-Stan Doran 1 e4 e6 2 d4 Qh4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Qg4 5 h3 Qg6 6 Nh4 Qh5 7 Qxh5 Nxh5 8 g4 Nf6 9 g5 Ng8 10 f4 Be7 11 Bd2 h6 12 Nf3 hxg5 13 fxg5 f5 14 exf5 exf5 15 0-0-0 Nc6 16 Nd5 Bd6 17 Re1+ Nge7 18 Bf4 bxf4ch 19 Nxf4 d6 20 d5 h5 21 dxc6 bxc6 22 Ng6 Rh5 23 Rxe7+ Kd8 24 Be2 c5 25 Nd4 cxd4 26 bxh5 Bb7 27 Rhe1 bc6 28 Rxg7 Kc8 29 R1e7 Kb7 30 Rxc7+ Kb6 31 Nf4 Be4 32 Ne6 Rh8 33 Rh7 Rxh7 34 Rxh7 Kc6 35 g6 Kd5 36 g7 Kxe6 37 g8-Qch Ke5 38 Re7+ Kf4 39 Rxe4ch Kxe4 40 Kd2 f4 41 Qe6 mate.

Martie Honaker 1272-Jim Hart 1 d4 d5 2 e3 Nf6 3 Bd3 Nc6 4 c3 Bg4 5 Qc2 e5 6 Nd2 exd4 7 cxd4 Bd7 8 e4 Nb4 9 Qb1 Nxd3+ 10 Qxd3 Qe7 11 e5 Nh5 12 Ngf3 Nf4 13 Qb3 bc6 14 0-0 Ne2+ 15 Kh1 Nxd4 16 Nxd4 0-0-0 17 Nxc6 bxc6 18 Nf3 d4 19 Re1 d3 20 Bg5 f6 21 exf6 Qc5 22 fxg7 bxg7 23 bxd8 Rxd8 24 Rad1 Qf5 25 Re3 d2 26 Qe6+ Qxe6 27 Rxe6 bxb2 28 Rxc6 Kb7 29 Rc2 bc1 30 g3 Rd3 31 Kg2 Kb6 32 h4 c5 33 Nxd2 bxd2 34 Rcxd2 Rxd2 35 Rxd2 Kb5 36 Rd7 c4 37 Rxh7 c3 38 Rc7 Kb4 39 h5 Resigns.

Ted Schudel 1120-Pauline Downing 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 Nc3 Be7 5 bxc6 dxc6 6 Nxe5 g6 7 d4 Bd7 8 Bg5 Nxe4 9 bxe7 Qxe7 10 Nxe4 Qxe5 11 dxe5 Be6 12 Qf3 f6 13 Nxf6+ Ke7 14 Qg7+ Kd8 15 Rad1+ Kc8 16 Qxh8+ Bg8 17 Qxg8 mate.

board 9 Larry Honaker-Rick Miller 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 bc4 Nf6 4 d3 bc5 5 0-0 0-0 6 Bg5 d6 7 Nd2 Qd7 8 bxf6 gxf6 9 Nh4 Nd4 10 c3 Nc6 11 Nf5 d5 12 Qg4ch Kh8 13 Qg7 mate.

Board 10 Alan Betts-Richard McStraw 1 e4 Nc6 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Bb5 e5 4 Nf3 Qe7 5 0-0 g6 6 d3 Bg7 7 Bg5 00 8 Qe2 Nd4 9 Nxd4 Qc5 10 Nf3 c6 11 ba4 Re8 12 Rad1 d5 13 d4 exd4 14 Nxd4 dxe4 15 Nxe4 Nxe4 16 Nb3 Qxg5 17 a3 Bh3 18 Rd3 Qxg2 mate.

Round 3 Board 2 Joe Kennedy-Donald Beaulieu 1 e4 e5 2 bc4 Qe7 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 d3 Nc6 5 Nge2 Na5 6 Bg5 c6 7 Qd2 Nxc4 8 dxc4 h6 9 Bh4 g5 10 Bg3 d6 11 h4 g4 12 h5 Nh7 13 Bh4 Qe6 14 Qd3 Nf6 15 Ng3 b6 16 b3 Bb7 17 000 000 18 Rd2 d5 19 exd5 cxd5 20 cxd5 bxd5 21 bxf6 Qxf6 22 Nxd5 ba3+23 Kd1 Qe6 24 Qc4ch Kb8 25 Qc7+ Ka8 26 Qxd8 Resigns.

Board 3 Jay Leventhal-Pete Gibson Petrov Defense 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nf3 Nxe4 5 d4 d5 6 Bd3 Bd6 7 00 00 8 Nc3 Nxc3 9 bxc3 Bg4 10 bxh7+ Kxh7 11 Ng5+ Qxg5 12 bxg5 bxd1 13 Rfxd1 Nd7 14 Re1 Rfe8 15 Kf1 Nb6 16 Re3 Rxe3 17 bxe3 Nc4 18 Bg5 Re8 19 f3 Bxh2 20 Kf2 Bd6 21 Rb1 b6 22 Rb5 c6 23 Rb1 f6 24 bc1 ba3 25 bxa3 Nxa3 26 Rb2 Nc4 27 Rb1 f5 28 Rd1 g5 29 g3 Re3 30 Resigns.

Alex Barrasso-Don Walhout 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 bc4 bc5 5 c3 d3 6 Qxd3 d6 7 Bg5 Nf6 8 0-0 0-0 9 Re1 Bg4 10 Nbd2 Ne5 11 Nxe5 dxe5 12 Qxd8 Raxd8 13 Nb3 Bb6 14 Be3 Rd6 15 bxb6 Rxb6 16 f3 Be6 17 bxe6 Rxe6 18 Rad1 b6 19 Rd2 Rd6 20 Red1 Rfd8 21 Rxd6 Rxd6 22 Rxd6 cxd6 23 c4 g5 24 g4 draw.

Henry Olynik-Mike Davis Gruenfeld Defense 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 Bg7 7 Nf3 c5 8 Bb5+ Bd7 9 bxd7+ Qxd7 10 0-0 Nc6 11 Be3 Rd8 12 Qc2 cxd4 13 cxd4 Nxd4 14 Nxd4 bxd4 15 Rfd1 e5 16 Bh6 Qg4 17 Bg7 Rg8 18 Bf6 Rc8 19 Qa4ch Rc6 20 Qxa7 bxa7? 21 Rd8 mate.

Ted Schudel-Martie Honaker 1 c4 d5 2 cxd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qd8 4 Nf3 Nc6 5 e4 e5 6 Bb5 Bd7 7 bxc6 bxc6 8 Nxe5 Qf6 9 d4 0-0-0 10 Be3 Ne7 11 0-0 g6 12 Nxc6 Nxc6 13 Rc1 Nd4 14 Nd5 Qe5 15 bxd4 Qd6 16 Rxc7 Kb8 17 bxh8 Bh6 18 Qb3 b6 19 Bd4 Bf4 20 g3 Qxc7 21 Nxc7 bxc7 22 Bf6 Rc8 23 Qxf7 a6 24 24 a4 Ka7 25 Bd4 a5 26 Qd7 Kb7 27 bxb6 Rd8 28 Qxc7+ Ka6 29 Qxd8 Kb7 30 Rc1 g5 31 bxa5 h5 32 Rc7+ Ka6 33 Qa8 mate.

Richard McStraw-Al Pietrolungo 1336 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 bc4 Nf6 4 d3 bc5 5 0-0 0-0 6 Nc3 Na5 7 Nxe5 d6 8 bxf7+ Kh8 9 Nc4 Rxf7 10 Nxa5 Qf8 11 Be3 bxe3 12 fxe3 b6 13 Nc4 Bg4 14 Qe1 Qe7 15 Nd5 Nxd5 16 exd5 Rxf1+ 17 Qxf1 Rf8 18 Qe1 Qg5 19 Qg3 h5 20 h4? (h3 wins a piece.) Qxd5 21 Rf1 Kg8 22 Rxf8+ Kxf8 23 Qf4ch Kg8 24 e4 Qf7 25 Qxf7+ Kxf7 26 Ne3 Be6 27 b3 Kf6 28 Kf2 g5 29 hxg5+ Kxg5 30 g3 c6 31 c4 Kf6 32 Kf3 Ke4 33 Nc2 Bg4ch 34 Ke3 c5 35 d4ch cxd4ch 36 Nxd4 Bd7 37 Nf3+ Kf6 38 Kf4 a6 39 e5+ dxe5 40 Nxe5+ Bf5 41a3 Be6 42 b4 bc8 44 draw.

Stan Doran-Larry Honaker 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 bc4 Nf6 4 Ng5 Bg4 5 Nxf7 Qd7 6 f3 Bh5 7 Nxh8 c6 8 g4 d5 9 exd5 cxd5 10 Bd3 e4 11 gxh5 exd3 12 cxd3 Nxh5 13 Nc3 Nf4 14 Qa4 Nxd3+ 15 Kd1 Nf2+ 16 Kc2 Qxa4ch 17 Nxa4 Nxh1 18 d3 Nf2 19 Be3 Nh3 20 d4 Nd7 21 Nc5 Rc8 22 b4 b6 23 Kb3 b6xc5 24 dxc5 Nxc5+ 25 Bxc5 Bxc5 26 Kc2 d4 27 bxc5 d3 28 Kc4 d2 29 Rd1 Rd8 30 Kc3 Nf2 31 Rxd2 Nd1+ 32 Kc2 Rxd2+ 33 Kxd2 Nf2 34 Ke3 Nh3 35 Kd4 Kd7 36 Nf7 Nf4 37 Ne5+ Kkc7 38 c6 g5 39 Kc5 Ne6+ 40 Kd5 draw.

Jim Hart-Charles Vidunas 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 bc4 Nf6 4 Nc3 d6 5 Ng5 h6 6 Nxf7 Qd7 7 Nxh8 Qg4 8 Qxg4 Nxg4 9 Bf7+ Kd8 10 Bh5 Nf6 11 Be2 Nd4 12 Bd3 d5 13 0-0 Be6 14 exd5 Nxd5 15 Nxd5 bxd5 16 c4 Be6 17 Ng6 Bd6 18 f4 exf4 19 Nxf4 b5 20 Nxe6+ Nxe6 21 cxb5 Bc5+ 22 Kh1 Rb8 23 a4 a5 24 bxa6ep Ke8 25 Bg6+ Resigns.

Ginny Alverson-Rick Miller 1 d4 e6 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bg5 Be7 4 Bf4 Nf6 5 Nc3 0-0 6 e4 Nxe4 7 Nxe4 d5 8 8 Nd2 e5 9 dxe5 Bb4 10 Bb5 bxd2 11 Nxd2 a6 12 Ba4 Nd4 13 c3 Nf5 14 0-0 Qd7 15 bxd7 f6 16 bxc8 Rfc8 17 e6 Re8 18 Qe2 Nh4 19 f3 Rxe6 20 Qe6+ Kh8 21 Qxd5 a5 22 Rae1 Ng6 23 Bxc7 Nh4 24 Qxb7 Rf8 25 Bxa5 Nf5 26 Bb4 Nh4 27 bxf8 Nf5 28 Qb8 Nd6 29 Qxd6 f5 30 Re7 f4 31 bxg7+ Kg8 32 Qd8 mate.

Board 10 Alan Betts-Pauline Downing 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 d3 Nd4 5 Nxd4 Be7 6 Nf3 Nxe4 7 Nxe4 Bb4ch 8 Bd2 bxd2+ 9 Qxd2 d5 10 Nc3 Bd7 11 Nxd5 ba4 12 Nc3 Bb5 13 Nxb5 0-0 1 Nxe5 g5 15 Nf3 h6 16 0-0-0 c6 17 d4 cxb5 18 bxb5 g4 19 Ne5 b6 20 Nxg4 f6 21 Nxh6+ Kh8 22 Rhe1 f5 23 Re2 a6 24 bxa6 Rxa6 25 Rde1 Rxa2 26 c3 Ra1+ 27 Kc2 Rc1+ 28 Qxc1 Re8 29 Rxe8+ Kh7 30 Rxd8 Kg7 31 Re7+ Kg6 32 Rg8+ Resigns.

round 4 Board 2 Pete Gibson-Joe Kennedy French Defense 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 c5 4 c3 Nc6 5 Nf3 Qb6 6 Bd3 Bd7 7 dxc5 Bxc5 8 0-0 Qc7 9 b4 Be7 10 Bf4 h6 11 h3 g5 12 Bg3 Bf8 13 Nbd2 Bg7 14 Qe2 Nge7 15 a3 Qb6 16 Nb3 0-0-0 17 b5 Na5 18 Nxa5 Qxa5 19 a4 Kb8 20 c4 dxc4 21 Bxc4 Nf5 22 Bh2 bc8 23 Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24 Qxd1 Rd8 25 Qc2 Nd4 26 Nxd4 Rxd4 27 Rd1 Qd8 28 Rxd4 Qxd4 29 Bg3 bxe5 30 bxe5 Qxe5 31 Qd1 f5 32 Be2 Qd5 33 Qa1 e5 34 Qc3 Qd4 35 Qxd4 exd4 36 f4 Kc7 37 Kf2 Kd6 38 fxg5 hxg5 39 Ke1 Be6 40 Bd1 f4 41 Kd2 Bd5 42 Bf3 bxf3 43 gxf3 b6 44 Resigns.

Board 1 Don Walhout-Henry Olynik 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 d5 3 e3 Bg4 4 c4 e6 5 cxd5 exd5 6 Qb3 b6 7 Ne5 Be6 8 Bb5+ Nfd7 9 Nc3 a6 10 Nxd7 Nxd7 11 bc6 Rb8 12 bxd5 bxd5 13 Nxd5 c6 14 Nb4 bxb4 15 Qxb4 c5 16 Qc3 0-0 17 0-0 Rc8 18 Bd2 Nf6 19 Qd3 b5 20 Rac1 Qd5 21 b3 Rc6 22 f3 Rfc8 23 Rc3 cxd4 24 Rxc6 Rxc6 25 exd4 Rd6 26 Rc1 g6 27 Bh6 Rd8 28 Qe3 Re8 29 Qc3 Qe6 30 Qc6 Qxc6 31 Rxc6 Nd5 32 Rxa6 f6 33 Ra7 Ne7 34 Rd7 g5 35 g4 Kf7 36 d5 Kg6 37 Bf8 Rxf8 38 Rxe7 Rd8 39 Re2 Rxd5 40 Kf2 h5 41 h3 Rd3 42 Rc2 hxg4 43 hxg4 Rd5 44 a4 bxa4 45 bxa4 f5 46 Ra2 fxg4 47 fxg4 Ra5 48 Kf3 Kf6 49 Ke4 Ke6 50 Kd4 Kd6 51 Kc4 Kc6 52 Kb4 Kb6 53 Re2 Rd5 54 Re4 Ka6 55 a5 Rb5+ 56 Kc4 Kxa5 57 Kd4 Kb6 58 Kc4 Ra5 draw.

Henry Schmit-Lopiccolo 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 dxc4 4 e4 b5 5 a4 b4 6 Na2 b3 7 Nc3 e6 8 bxc4 Bb4 9 Nge2 bxc3 10 Nxc3 Nf6 11 Bg5 0-0 12 e5 h6 13 exf6 hxg5 14 fxg7 Kxg7 15 bxb3 Nd7 16 Qd3 f5 17 0-0-0 a5 18 bxe6 ba6 19 Qc2 Nb6 20 bxf5 bc8 21 Bh7 Qf6 22 Ne4 Qf4ch 23 Nd2 Bf5 24 bxf5 Rxf5 25 Kb1 Rd8 26 Qc3 Kh6 27 Rde1 Rf6 28 Re7 Nd5 29 Qh3+ Qh4 30 Qxc8 Nxe7 31 Qh8+ Kg6 32 Qe8+ Rf7 33 g3 Qxd4 34 Kc1 Qxa4 35 Re1 Qd4 36 Nb1 Nf5 37 Qxc6+ Rf6 38 Qe8+ Kg7 39 g4 Nh6 40 Re7+ Nf7 41 Qb5 Kg6 42 Re4 43 Qd3 Kg7 44 Nd2 Qa1+ 45 Nb1 Qa2 46 Qc4 Qxc4 47 Rxc4 Rxf2 48 Rc5 Rxh2 Rxa5 Rg2 50 Ra4 Ne5 51 Ra7+ Kf8 52 b4 Nd3+ 53 Kd1 Nxb4 54 Nd2 Rxg4 55 Nf3 Rg3 56 Ke2 g4 57 Nh4 Rh3 58 Ng6+ Ke8 59 Ra8+ Kd7 60 Ne5+ Kc7 61 Nxg4 Nc6 62 draw.

Board 6 Jay Leventhal-Ted Schudel 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 de4 4 Nxe4 Nd7 5 Nf3 Bb4ch 6 c3 Bd6 7 Bd3 c5 8 Nxd6+ Kf8 9 00 Ngf6 10 Nxc8 Rxc8 11 Bg5 cd4 12 Nxd4 Ne5 13 Re1 h6 14 Bh4 g5 15 Rxe5 gh4 16 Qf3 Rg8 17 Rxe6 Nd5 18 Re5 Rxg2+ 19 Kxg2 h3+ 20 Kf1 Nxc3 21 Ne6+ Resigns.

board 7 Mike Davis-Richard McStraw 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Qe7 4 0-0 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Re1 Qc5 7 d3 Bg7 8 bc4 0-0 9 Nb5 Nd4 10 Be3 d5 11 sbxd4 exd4 12 bxd4 Qc6 13 Ne5 Qd6 14 exd5 Nxd5 15 Qf3 Be6 16 Qe2 Nf4 17 Qe4 Nd5 18 c3 c6 19 b4 f5 20 Qf3 Rfe8 21 Qg3 Nb6 22 bxe6 Rxe6 23 Re2 Rae8 24 Rae1 Nd7 25 f4 b6 26 Kf1 Nf8 27 Nc4 Qd5 28 bxg7 Kxg7 29 Ne5 Nd7 30 d4 Nxe5 31 Rxe5 Qc4ch 32 R1e2 Rxe5 33 fxe5 Kf7 34 Qf3 c5 35 a3 cd4 36 Qb7+ Re7 37 e6+ Kf6 38 Qf3 Rxe6 39 cxd4 Rxe2 40 Qxe2 Qxe2+ 41 Kxe2 draw.

board 9 Charles Vidunas-Alan Betts 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 bc4 d6 5 Ng5 h6 6 Nxf7 Qd7 7 Nxh8 d5 8 exd5 Nxd5 9 Nxd5 Qe6 10 Nxc7+ Ke7 11 bxe6 bxe6 12 Nxa8 bxa2 13 Rxa2 g5 14 Ng6+ Kf7 15 Qh5 Kg7 16 b4 bxb4 17 Bb2 Nd4 18 0-0 Nxc2 19 bxe5+ Kh7 20 Nf8+ bxf8 21 Rxa7 Ne3 22 Rxb7+ Bg7 23 Rxg7+ Kh8 24 Qe8 mate.

Al Pietrolungo-Jim Hart 1 d4 d5 2 N1f3 Nc6 3 c3 e6 4 e3 Bd6 5 Bd3 Nf6 6 bxf3 Nf3 7 0-0 Ne4 8 Qc2 f5 9 Ne1 Bd6 10 bxe4 fxe4 11 f3 0-0 12 fxe4 Rxf1+ 13 Kxf1 Qf6+ 14 Qf2 Qxf2 15 Kxf2 bxh2 16 exd5 exd5 17 Nf3 Bd6 18 Kf1 Na5 19 Ke2 Nc4 20 b3 Nd2 21 Kxd2 h5 22ke2 g5 23 Nxg5 Rf1 24 Kxf1 ba3 25 Ke2 c5 26 Ne6 total mess.

Board 10 Rick Miller-Pauline Downing 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 bc4 Be7 4 0-0 Nf6 5 Nc3 d5 6 exd5 Na5 7 Nxe5 Nxc4 8 Qe2 Nxe5 9 Qxe5 Ng4 10 Qd4 Bd7 11 Qf4 Nh6 12 Nb5 bxb5 13 d3 Bg5 14 Qe4ch Kf8 15 Qb4ch Kg8 16 f4 ba6 17 Be3 Ng4 18 bc5 Bh6 19 Qd4 b6 20 Bb4 Rb8 21 Rfe1 Qe7 22 bxe7 b5 23 Re5 Nxe5 24 Re1 Re8 25 Qxe5 Rxe7 26 Qxe7 Bg5 27 Qe8 mate.

Round 5 Board 1 Henry Olynik-Pete Gibson King's Indian Defense 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 0-0 6 Be2 e5 7 d5 a5 8 b3 Na6 9 0-0 Nd7 10 Ne1 Ndc5 11 Rb1 f5 12 f3 fxe4 13 fxe4 Rxf1+ 14 Kxf1 Qh4 15 Nf3 Qh5 16 a3 Bg4 17 b4 axb4 18 axb4 Nd7 19 Be3 bxf3 20 bxf3 Qxh2 21 Ke2 Bh6 22 Qd2 bxe3 23 Qxe3 Qf4 24 Ra1 Qxe3+ 25 Kxe3 Rf8 26 Bg4 Nb6 27 b5 Nc5 28 Be2 Ra8 29 Rxa8 Nxa8 30 g4 h6 31 Nb1 Kg7 32 Nd2 Kf6 33 Kf3 Kg5 34 Kg3 Nb6 35 Nf3+ Kf6 36 Nd2 Nc8 37 Bd1 Nd3 38 bc2 Nf4 39 Nf3 g5 40 Ne1 Ne7 41 Ng2 Nxg2 42 Kxg2 Ng6 43 Kg3 Ne7 44 ba4 Nc8 45 Bb3 Ke7 46 Kf3 Kd7 47 Kg3 c6 48 bxc6 bxc6 49 ba4 Na7 50 Kf3 Kc7 51 Ke3 Kb6 52 Kd3 Ka5 53 Bd1 Kb4 54 dxc6 Nxc6 55 bc2 Na5 56 Bb1 Nxc4 57 ba2 Nb6 58 Be6 Kc5 59 Bf7 Nd7 60 Bg6 Nf6 61 bc8 h5 62 gxh5 Nxh5 63 Ke3 Nf6 64 Kd3 d5 65 exd5 Kxd5 66 Ke3 g4 67 Bg6 Ke6 68 Bd3 Nd5+ 69 Kf2 Nf4 70 Be4 Nh5 71 Bg6 g3+ 72 Kg2 Nf4ch 73 Kxg3 Nxg6 74 Kf3 Kf5 75 Ke3 Nf4 76 Kf3 e4ch 77 Ke3 Ke5 78 Kf2 Kd4 79 Ke1 e3 80 Kd1 Kd3 81 Ke1 e2 82 Resigns.

Board 2 Joe Kennedy-Alex Barrasso, Bishop's Opening 1 e4 e5 2 bc4 Nf6 3 d3 Nc6 4 Nc3 bc5 5 Nf3 d6 6 Na4 Bb6 7 Nxb6 ab6 8 h3 Be6 9 Bxe6 fe6 10 00 00 11 Ng5 Qd7 12 f4 ef4 13 Bxf4 e5 14 Be3 h6 15 Nf3 Rf7 16 Nh4 Ne7 17 Rf3 Raf8 18 Qe2 Qe6 19 a4 Ra8 20 c4 c5 21 b3 Kh7 22 Raf1 Raf8 23 Qf2 Kg8 24 g4 Nxg4 25 hxg4 Qxg4ch 26 Kh2 Rxf3 27 Nxf3 g5 28 Qg3 Qh5+ 29 Qh3 Qxh3+ 30 Kxh3 Ng6 31 Nh2 Rxf1 32 Nxf1 Nf4ch 33 Bxf4 ef4 34 Kg4 Kf7 35 Kf5 Kg7 36 Nh2 Kf7 37 Nf3 Kg7 38 e5 de5 black lost on time.

Martie Honaker-Donald Beaulieu 1 d4 d5 2 e3 Nc6 3 Bd3 e5 4 c3 e4 5 Bb5 Qd6 6 Ne2 Bd7 7 0-0 a6 8 Bxc6 Qxc6 9 Nd2 Qg6 10 Nf4 Qg5 11 f3 exf3 12 Nxf3 Qf5 13 Bd2 Bb5 14 Rf2 Nf6 15 Rc1 Ne4 16 Qc2 Qd7 17 Ne5 Qd6 18 Rf3 f6 19 Ng4 0-0-0 20 Be1 Bd7 21 Nf2 Nxf2 22 Rxf2 g6 23 c4 dxc4 24 Qxc4 Bb5 25 Qc3 Rd7 26 Rfc2 Be7 27 Bg3 Rg8 28 Ne2 Qe6 29 bxc7 bc6 30 Nf4 Qe4 31 ba5 Kb8 32 Qb3 Ka7 33 Qb6+ Ka8 34 Rxc6 bxc6 35 Rxc6 Qxe3+ 36 Kf1 Qxf4ch 37 Kg1 Qxd4ch 38 Qxd4 Rxd4 39 Rxa6+ Kb7 40 Re6 bc5 41 Kf1 Rf4ch 42 Ke2 Rf2+ 43 Ke1 Rxb2 44 Bc3 Bb4 45 bxb4 Rxb4 46 Rxf6 Rg7 47 Rf2 Rb1+ 48 Ke2 Rb2+ 49 Kf3 Rf7+ 50 Kg3 Rfxf2 51 a3 Rxg2+ 52 Kf3 Rxh2 53 Kg3 Rhc2 54 Kf3 Rc3+ 55 Ke4 Rxa3 56 Kd5 Kc7 57 Kc5 Ra5+ 58 Kc4 Kc6 59 Kc3 Kc5 60 Kb2 Kc4 Resigns.

Board 4 Henry Schmit-Al Pietrolungo 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 d4 e6 3 Bg5 Be7 4 c4 d5 5 Nc3 b6 6 g3 Bb7 7 Bg2 0-0 8 cxd5 exd5 9 0-0 Nbd7 10 Rc1 a6 11 Re1 Rc8 12 a3 c5 13 dxc5 Nxc5 14 b4 Nce4 15 Nxe4 dxe4 16 Nd2 Rxc1 17 Qxc1 Qa8 18 Qb1 e3 19 bxb7 exf2+ 20 Kxf2 Qxb7 21 Kg1 h6 22 bxf6 bxf6 23 Nf3 Re8 24 Qd3 b5 25 Kf2 Qb6+ 26 e3 Rd8 27 Qc2 Qd6 28 Re2 Qd3 29 Qa2 Re8 30 Ne1 Qe4 31 Qb3 Bd8 32 Qd3 Bb6 33 Qxe4 Rxe4 34 Kf3 Re6 35 Nd3 g5 36 h3 Rf6+ 37 Ke4 Re6+ 38 Kf3 Rf6+ 39 Kg4 Kg7 40 h4 gxh4 41 Kxh4 Re6 42 e4 f5 43 e5 Bd4 44 Kh3 Kf7 45 Kg2 Ke7 46 Kf3 Rc6 47kf4 Rc3 48 Rd2 Ke6 49 g4 fxg4 50 Kxg4 bxe5 51 Nc5+ Kf7 52 Kf5 Bg3 53 Rd7+ Ke8 54 Rd3 Rxd3 55 Nxd3 Kf7 56 Nc5 Ke7 57 Nxa6 Kd6 58 Nc5 Kd5 59 Ne4 Be1 60 Nc5 Kc4 61 Kg6 bxb4 62 axb4 Kxb4 63 Na6+ Ka5 64 Nc5 b4 65 Kxh6 Kb5 66 Nb3 Kc4 67 Na5+ Kc3 draw.

Board 6 Richard McStraw-Jay Leventhal 1 e4 c5 2 c4 d6 3 h3 Nf6 4 d3 g6 5 Nc3 Bg7 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 Be2 0-0 8 0-0 Bd7 9 Bd2 a6 10 a3 Ne8 11 Re1 f5 12 ef5 bxf5 13 Rc1 Nf6 14 Be3 Qd7 15 Bf1 Rab8 16 d4 cd4 17 Nxd4 Nxd4 18 bxd4 Rbc8 19 b3 Kh8 20 Bd3 bxd3 21 Qxd3 Bh6 22 Rc2 Bg7 23 Ne4 Rf7 24 bxf6 bxf6 25 Nxf6 Rxf6 26 Rce2 e8 27 Qd5 Kg7 28 c5 Kf8 29 Re6 Rf5 30 Qd4 Kf7 draw.

Board 7 Jim Hart-Mike Davis 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bb5 Nd4 5 bc4 d6 6 Nxd7 cxd4 7 Bb5+ Bd7 8 bxd7+ Qxd7 9 Ne2 Qg4 10 0-0 Qxe4 11 Ng3 Qd5 12 d3 e5 13 Ne4 Nxe4 14 dxe4 Qxe4 15 Re1 Qd5 16 Qd3 Be7 17 c3 0-0 18 cxd4 Bf6 19 Re4 Rfe8 20 Rg4 e4 21 Qg3 Qxd4 22 Bh6 Qxb2 23 Rf1 Kh8 24 Be3 d5 25 Qf4 Qe5 26 Qxe5 bxe5 27 Bd2 d4 28 Re1 f5 29 Rh4 Rac8 30 f4 Bf6 31 Rh3 e3 32 Bb4 Re7 33 Rf3 d3 34 Rxe3 Rxe3 35 Rxe3 Bd4 36 Bd2 Rc2 37 Resigns.

board 8 Charles Vidunas-Larry Honaker giuoco piano 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 d6 4 bc4 Bg4 5 d3 Nc6 6 00 Nd4 7 Be3 c6 8 Qd2 bxf3+ 9 Rfe1 Qd7 10 bxd4 Qg4 11 g3 Qh3 12 Resigns.

Board 9 Pauline Downing-Ginny Alverson 1 d4 d5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 Bf5 4 Nxd5 Nxd5 5 Bd2 Nbd7 6 e4 bxe4 7 c4 Nf6 8 bc3 e5 9 Be2 exd4 10 bxd4 Bb4+ 11 Kf1 c5 12 a4 cxd4 13 Ne5 Nxe5 14 c5 00 15 Bd3 Nxd3 16 a5 Nxb2 17 Qd2 bxd2 18 Rd1 Nc4 19 c6 bxc6 20 a6 Rb8 21 h4 Rb1 22 g3 Ne3 23 Ke2 Nc4 24 Rxb1 bxb1 25 f3 Re8 26 Kf1 Bd3+ 27 Kg1 Be3+ 28 Kh1 Be2 29 h5 Nxh5 30 g4 bxf3 Kh2 Qh4 mate.

Board 10 Alan Betts-Rick Miller 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 bc5 4 d3 Nf6 5 Bg5 00 6 Be2 d6 7 00 Be6 8 Qd2 Qe7 9 d4 bxd4 10 Nxd4 Nxd4 11 bc4 bxc4 12 Nd5 Qe6 13 Nxf6+ Kh8 14 Re1 Nf3+ 15 gf3 Qh3 16 16 b3 Be6 17 Kh1 Qxf3 18 Kg1 Qg4+ 19 Nxg4 bxg4 20 Qd5 c6 21 Qxd6 Rfe8 22 Rad1 bxd1 23 Rxd1 Rad8 24 bxd8 Rxd8 25 Qxd8 mate.

Results
first place: Joe Kennedy, 5 points
second place: Don Walhout, 4 points
third place: tie, Pete Gibson, Alex Barrasso, Henry Olynik, 3.5 points

Clayton Walker Memorial Trophy for the biggest upset: Jim Hart 1200+ for a draw with Pete Gibson 1936

Rating Group winners:
Class B. don Beaulieu
Class C: henry olynik
Class D: al pietrolungo 3 points
Class E. ted schudel 3 points

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