1995 U.S. Championship for Blind Players

Round 1 Board 1 White: Robert Daugherty 1220-Alex Barrasso 1705 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Bxc6 dxc6 5 Nxe5 Qd4 6 Nf3 Qxe4+ 7 Qe2 Qxe2+ 8 Kxe2 Bf5 9 c3 0-0-0 10 Re1 Bd3+ 11 Kd1 Bc5 12 Ne5 Bxf2 13 Nxd3 Bxe1 14 Nxe1 Nf6 15 d4 Rh-e8 16 Bg5 Rd6 17 Bxf6 Rxf6 18 Nd2 Rf2 19 Kc2 R8-e2 20 Rd1 Rf1 21 Kc1 RfxN 22 RxR RxR+ 23 Kc2 Re2 24 a3 Rxg2 25 Resigns.

Board 2 White: Don Walhout 1687-Richard McStraw 1192 Colle system 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 e3 a6 4 Bd3 Nf6 5 Nbd2 e6 6 00 Bd6 7 Re1 00 8 e4 de4 9 Nxe4 Re8 10 Bg5 Be7 11 Nxf6 Bxf6 12 Bxf6 Qxf6 13 c3 Bd7 14 Ne5 Nxe5 15 dxe5 Qg5 16 Bxh7+ Kxh7 17 Qxd7 Re7 18 Qd3+ g6 19 Re3 Kg7 20 Rg3 Qxe5 21 Qd2 Qd5 22 Rd3 Qh5 23 Rh3 Qf5 24 Qh6+ Kf6 25 Rf3 Qxf3 26 gxf3 Rd8 27 Qf4+ Kg7 28 Re1 Red7 29 Qe5+ Kg8 30 Re4 Rd1+ 31 Kg2 R8d2 32 Rh4 Kf8 33 Rh8+ Ke7 34 Qxc7+ Kf6 35 Rh7 Rxb2 36 Rxf7+ Kg5 37 Qf4+ Kh5 38 Rxh7 mate

Board 3 White: Stan Doran-Jay Leventhal 1 e4 c5 2 Qh5 d6 3 e5 g6 4 Qe2 Bg7 5 exd6 Qxd6 6 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3 a6 8 Nb5 ab5 9 Qxb5+ Nbd7 10 g3 00 11 c3 Ne5 12 Be2 Nxf3+ 13 Bxf3 Qe5+ 14 Be2 Qd5 15 f3 Bh3 16 d4 Bg2 17 c4 Qxd4 18 Qxb7 Bxh1 19 Qxe7 Rfe8 20 Be3 Qxb2 21 Qxc5 Qxa1 22 Kf2 Rxa2 23 Qc6 Qb2 24 Resigns.

Board 4 White: Don Beaulieu-Ted Schudel 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 exd5 4 Nc3 Bb4 5 Qe2+ Be6 "qe7 is Better" 6 Bd2 Bxc3 7 Bxc3 Nf6 8 Qb5+ Nbd7 9 Nf3 00 10 Be2 b6 11 00 Re8 12 Rfe1 Ne4 13 Bd3 c5 "-nxc3 is Better" Bxe4 dxe4 15 Rxe4 Nf6 16 Ree1 Bc8 17 dxc5 bxc5 18 Bxf6 Qxf6?? 19 Qxe8 mate.

Board 5 White: Jim Hart-Rick Miller 1 e4 e5 2 nf3 nc6 3 Bb5 nf6 4 d3 Bd6 5 nc3 00 6 00 qe7 7 Bg5 Bc5 8 Bxf6 qxf6 9 nd5 qd6 10 nh4 a6 11 Ba4 nd4 12 ne3 qf6 13 nhf5 nxf5 14 nxf5 d6 15 ne3 qf4 16 nd5 qg5 17 nxc7 Bg4 18 qd2 qxd2 19 h3 Bh5 20 nd5 b5 21 Bb3 Bd4 22 Rab1 Rfe8 23 nc7 Re6 24 Bxe6 Rd8 25 Bb3 qg5 26 c3 qh4 27 cxd4 Bf3 28 gxf qg5+ 29 kh1 qg1+ 30 Rxg1 Rd7 31 nd5 Re7 32 nxe7+ kh8 33 nf5 g6 34 nxd6 f6 35 nf7+ kg7 36 nd6 black lost on time.

Round 2 Board 1 White: Alex Barrasso-Al Pietrolungo 1397 French defense 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 c5 4 c3 cd 5 cd Bb4+ 6 Bd2 Bxd2+ 7 Qxd2 Nc6 8 Nf3 Ng-e7 9 Bd3 Nf5 10 Bxf5 exf5 11 0-0 Be6 12 Nc3 a6 13 Ra-c1 Rc8 14 Ne2 Ne7 15 Qg5 Rxc1 16 Rxc1 0-0 17 Nf4 Nc6 18 Qg3 Qb6 19 Nh5 g6 20 Nf6+ Kg7 21 Nh5+ Kh8 22 Qg5 Qd8 23 Qh6 Rg8 24 Nf6 Resigns.

Board 3 White: Jay Leventhal-Jim Hart 1252 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nf6 3 Nc3 Nc6 4 Nf3 Bg4 5 e3 e6 6 h3 Bh5 7 Be2 Bb4 8 00 00 9 Qb3 Re8 10 Nd1 b6 11 a3 Be7 12 Qc2 Ne4 13 cd5 exd5 14 Qxc6 Qd6 15 Qxd6 cd6 16 Nc3 Nxc3 17 bc3 Rac8 18 Bd2 Rb8 19 Rab1 Bd8 20 Rb5 a5 21 Rxd5 bc7 22 Rxh5 Resigns.

Board 3 White: Michael Davis-Don Walhout King's Gambit Declined 1 e4 e5 2 f4 Bc5 3 nf3 d6 4 f5 nf6 5 nc3 nc6 6 d3 ng4 7 d4 exd4 8 na4 Bb4+ 9 Bd2 Bxd2+ 10 qxd2 qe7 11 Bd3 Bxf5 12 00 Bg6 13 qe2 nce5 14 nxd4 qh4 15 h3 nf6 16 nf5 Bxf5 17 exf5 00 18 nc3 rfe8 19 qf2 qxf2+ 20 rxf2 nxd3 21 cxd3 a6 22 rf3 re5 23 g4 rae8 24 kf2 b5 25 d4 r5e7 26 a3 ne4+ 27 kg2 nxc3 28 bxc3 re2+ 29 kf1 r2e3 30 kf2 re2+ 31 kf1 r8e3 32 rxe3 rxe3 33 re1 rxe1+ 34 kxe1 kf8 35 ke2 ke7 36 ke3 c5 37 d5 a5 38 g5 f6 39 h4 fxg5 40 hxg5 kf7 41 a4 b4 42 cxb4 cxb4 43 kd3 h6 44 g6+-resigns.

Board 4 White: Dan LoPiccolo-Don Beaulieu 1 e3 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 e4 4 Bxc6 dc6 5 Nd4 c5 6 Nb5 a6 7 N5c3 Nf6 8 Ne2 Bd7 9 Nbc3 Bg4 10 d3 exd3 11 Qxd3 Qxd3 12 cxd3 Bxe2 13 Nxe2 000 14 d4 cxd4 15 exd4 Bb4+ 16 Bd2 Bxd2+ 17 Kxd2 Ne4+ 18 Ke3 Rhe8 19 Rhe1 Ng3+ 20 Kd3 Nxe2 21 Rxe2 Rxe2 22 Kxe2 Rxd4 23 ke3 Rd6 24 h4 b6 25 Rc1 Kb7 26 Rc2 h6 27 Kf3 a5 28 Kg3 b5 29 Kh3 Kb6 30 g3 a4 31 Kg2 g6 32 Kh3 c5 33 Kg2 b4 34 Kh3 Kb5 35 Kg2 c4 36 Kh3 b3 37 axb3 axb3 38 Re2 Rd7 39 Kg4 Ra7 40 Kf4 Ra2 41 Ke4 c3 42 Re3 Ra4+ 43 Kf3 cxb2 44 Rxb3+ Rb4 45 Rxb2 Rxb2 46 Ke3 Kc4 47 f3 f5 48 f4 Rb3+ 49 Kf2 Kd4 50 Kg2 Ke3 51 Kh3 Kf3 52 h5 g5 53 fxg5 hxg5 54 h6 Rb6 55 Kh2 Rxh6+ 56 Kg1 g4 57 Resigns.

Board 5 White: Richard McStraw-Charles Vidunas 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Nc3 Bc5 5 00 d6 6 h3 00 7 d3 Be6 8 Nd5 a6 9 Bg5 b5 10 Nxf6+ gxf6 11 Bh6 Re8 12 Bd5 Bxd5 13 exd5 Nb4 14 Nh4 Qd7 15 Qf3 Nxd5 16 Qxd5 f5 17 Be3 c6 18 Qf3 e4 19 dxe4 fxe4 20 Qg3+ Kf8 21 Bh6+ Ke7 22 Qg5+ f6 23 Nf5+ Kd8 24 Qxf6+ Kc8 25 Rad1 Re6 26 Qf8+ Kb7 27 Qg7 Qxg7 28 Bxg7 Rg8 29 Bd4 Rg5 30 Bxc5 Rxf5 31 Bxd6 Rd5 32 Rxd5 cxd5 33 Bg3 d4 34 Rd1 e3 35 fxe3 Rxe3 36 Bf2 Re2 37 Bxd4 Rxc2 38 Bc3 Kc6 40 a3 Kc5 40 Rd7 Kc4 41 Be5 a5 42 Rc7+ Kb3 43 Rxc2 Kxc2 44 g4 Kb3 45 g5 b4 46 axb4 Kxb4 48 h4 a4 48 h5 Resigns.

Board 6 Rick Miller-Stan Doran 1 e4 e6 2 Nf3 Bc5 3 Bc4 Qh4 4 00 Qxe4 5 d3 Qg4 6 Bf4 Qxf4 7 Nc3 Bd6 8 Qe2 g5 9 Ne4 Be7 10 Nd4 d5 11 g3 Qe5 12 Nf3 Qxb2 13 Ne5 dxc4 14 Nxf7 Kxf7 15 Nxg5+ Bxg5 16 Rab1 Qxa2 17 Qf3+ Nf6 18 Rfe1 cxd3 19 Qxd3 Nc6 20 Qf3 Qxc2 21 Re5 Nxe5 22 Re1 Nxf3+ 23 Kh1 Qxf2 24 Re4 Qxh2 mate.

Round 3 Board 1 White: Don Beaulieu-Alex Barrasso 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 bc4 bc5 5 Ng5 Nh6 6 Nxf7 Nxf7 7 Bxf7+ Kxf7 8 Qh5+ Kf8 9 Qxc5+ Qe7 10 Qxe7+ Nxe7 11 00 d6 12 c3 dc3 13 Nxc3 Bd7 14 Be3 Kf7 15 b3 Rhf8 16 f3 Kg8 17 Rac1 bc6 18 Bg5 Ng6 19 Rfd1 Rae8 20 Nd5 Bxd5 21 Rxd5 Rf7 22 b4 h6 23 Be3 a6 24 a4 Re6 25 b5 ab5 26 ab5 Nh4 27 Bf2 Ng6 28 Bg3 R6e7 29 b6 cb6 30 Rxd6 Rf6 31 Rxf6 gf6 32 Rb1 Re6 33 bc7 Rc6 34 Bxb6 Rc2 35 Bd4 Nf4 36 Bxf6 Rxg2+ 37 Kf1 Rxh2 38 Rxb7 Nd3 39 Rg7+ Kf8 40 Rg2 Rh1+ 41 Rg1 Rxg1+ 42 Kxg1 Kf7 43 Bd4 Kg6 44 Kh2 Kh5 45 Kg3 Kg5 46 Be3+ Kg6 47 f4 Kf6 48 Kg4 Ke6 49 Kh5 Ne5 50 f5+ Kf7 51 Bxh6 Nd7 52 Kg5 Kg8 53 Kf4 Kf7 54 e5 Ke8 55 Bg5 Nc5 56 e6 Kf8 57 Ke5 Ke8 58 f6 Nd3+ 59 Kd6 Kf8 60 Bh6+ Kg8 61 f7+ Kh7 62 f8-q Kg6 63 Qf7+ resigns.

Board 2 White: Don Walhout-Jay Leventhal 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3 Bg7 4 Bg2 00 5 c4 d5 6 00 Nc6 7 cxd5 Nxd5 8 e4 Nf6 9 Nc3 Bg4 10 Be3 Ne8 11 d5 Ne5 12 h3 Nxf3+ 13 Bxf3 Bxh3 14 Re1 Bd7 15 Kg2 c6 16 Rh1 cxd5 17 exd5 Nf6 18 Bh6 Qc8 19 Bxg7 Kxg7 20 Qd2 Rh8 21 Ne4 Nxe4 22 Bxe4 Bf5 23 Qd4+ Kg8 24 Bf3 Qd7 25 Rac1 Qd6 26 Rc3 a6 27 Rhc1 Rd8 28 Rc7 Rd7 29 Rc8+ Rd8 30 R8c7 Rd7 drawn.

Board 3 White: Roman Levitt 2332 Ted Schudel 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e5 3 dxe5 Ng4 4 Bf4 Nc6 5 Nf3 Bb4+ 6 Nbd2 Qe7 7 e3 Ngxe5 8 Nxe5 Nxe5 9 Be2 d6 10 00 Bf5 11 a3 Bxd2 12 Qxd2 000 13 Rad1 Ng6 14 Bg3 h5 15 f3 h4 16 Bf2 h3 17 g3 Ne5 18 Qa5 Kb8 19 b4 Nc6 20 Bxf5 f6 21 b5 g6 22 Qd5 Rh5 23 Qd2 Ne5 24 e4 f5 25 exf5 gxf5 26 Qe3 Nxf3+ 27 Qxf3 Qf7 28 Qxh5 Resigns.

Board 4 White: Al Pietrolungo Black: Richard McStraw 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 d4 d5 3 e3 a6 4 Bd3 e6 5 Nbd2 Nc6 6 c3 Bd6 7 00 00 8 e4 de4 9 Nxe4 Nxe4 10 Bxe4 Bd7 11 Qc2 f5 12 Bd3 h6 13 Re1 Qf6 14 Qb3 Rae8 15 Bd2 b5 16 Re2 Kh8 17 Rae1 e5 18 de5 Nxe5 19 Nxe5 Bxe5 20 Qd5 Qd6 21 Qxd5 Bxd5 22 Rxe8 Bxe8 23 Bxf5 Rxf5 24 Rxe8 Kh7 25 g3 Re5 26 Rxe5 Bxe5 27 f4 Bf6 28 Kf2 g5 29 f5 g4 30 Bf4 c5 31 Ke3 Bg5 32 Bxg5 hg5 33 Ke4 Kg7 34 Ke5 Kf7 35 f6 c4 36 Kf5 a5 37 Kxg5 b4 38 a3 bc3 39 bc3 a4 40 Kf5 Resigns.

round 4 Board 1 White: Jay Leventhal 1685-Alex Barrasso 1705, Marshall Attack 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 Be7 6 Re1 b5 7 Bb3 0-0 8 c3 d5 9 exd5 Nxd5 10 Nxe5 Nxe5 11 Rxe5 c6 12 d4 Bd6 13 Re1 Qh4 14 g3 Qh3 15 Be3 Bg4 16 Qd3 Rae8 17 Bxd5 cxd5 18 Nd2 f5 19 Qf1 Qh5 20 Qg2 f4 21 Bxf4 Bh3 22 Qf3 Bg4 23 Qg2 Bxf4 24 gxf4 Re2 25 Rxe2 Bxe2 26 Qg5 Qg4+ 27 Qxg4 Bxg4 28 Re1 Rxf4 29 Kg2 Rf5 drawn.

Board 2 White: Don Walhout-Don Beaulieu Colle system 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 e3 Bg4 4 c4 dxc4 5 Bxc4 e6 6 Qb3 b6 7 Ne5 Bd6 8 Bb5+ Nbd7 9 Bxd7+ Nxd7 10 Nxg4 c5 11 h3 c4 12 Qc2 Rc8 13 Nc3 b6 14 Bd2 a6 15 00 Qc7 16 Rfe1 h5 17 Ne5 Bxe5 18 dxe5 Nxe5 19 e4 Rd8 20 Bf4 Qc5 21 Bxe5 Qxe5 22 Rad1 00 23 Rxd8 Rxd8 24 Rd1 Rd4 25 Rxd4 Qxd4 26 Ne2 Qd6 27 g3 f5 28 Nf4 h4 29 exf5 hxg3 30 Nxe6 Qd3 31 Qc1 gxf2+ 32 Kxf2 Qxf5+ 33 Nf4 g5 34 Kg3 gxf4+ 35 Qxf4 Qd3+ 36 Qf3 Qd6+ 37 Qf4 Qd3+ 38 Qf3 Qd6+ 39 Kf2 Qd4+ 40 Ke1 Qe5+ 41 Qe2 Qg3+ 42 Kd1 Qxh3 43 Qe8+ Kg2 44 Qe7+ Kh6 45 Qf6+ Kh5 46 Qxa6 Qd3 47 Ke1 Qb1+ 48 Kd2 Qxb2+ 49 Ke3 Qe5+ 50 Kd2 Kg5 51 Qa3 Kf5 52 Qf3+ Qf4+ 53 Qxf4+ Kxf4 54 Kc3 Ke4 55 a4 drawn.

Board 3 Ted Schudel-Ginny Alverson 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 d4 d5 3 g3 e6 4 Bg5 Be7 5 Nbd2 Nc6 6 c4 dxc4 7 Nxc4 00 8 Bg2 h6 9 Bxf6 Bxf6 10 Rc1 b6 11 e4 Bd7 12 e5 Nxe5 13 Ncxe5 Bxe5 14 Nxe5 Be8 15 00 Rab8 16 Qd2 Bb5 17 Rfe1 a6 18 Be4 Qf6 19 Ng4 Qd8 20 Nxh6 gxh6 21 Qxh6 Qxd4 22 Qh7 mate.

round 5 Board 1 White: Don Beaulieu 1666-Jay Leventhal, Sicilian Defense 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bb5+ Bd7 4 Bxd7+ Qxd7 5 00 Nf6 6 Nc3 Nc6 7 d4 cd4 8 Nxd4 g6 9 Nxc6 Qxc6 10 f3 Bg7 11 Be3 00 12 Rb1 Nd7 13 Bd4 Nf6 14 Qd3 a6 15 a3 Rac8 16 Rf2 Rfd8 17 Bxf6 Bxf6 18 Nd5 Qc4 drawn.

Board 2 White: Dan LoPiccolo-Don Walhout 1 e3 e5 2 c3 nf6 3 d4 e4 4 g3 d5 5 a3 Be7 6 nd2 00 7 Bh3 Bxh3 8 nxh3 nc6 10 00 qd7 11 nf4 Bd6 12 c4 ne7 13 cxd5 Bxf4 14 exf4 n7xd5 15 nc4 qh3 16 f3 rfe8 17 qe2 exf3 18 qxf3 re4 19 b3 rae8 20 ne5 rxd4 21 ra2 rd8 22 rc2 qf5 23 rd2 rxd2 24 Bxd2 c6 25 25 g4 qe4 26 g5 qxf3 27 rxf3 ne4 28 Be3 re8 29 h4 nxe3 30 rxe3 nd6 31 nc4 rxe3 32 nxe3 nb5 33 nc4 nd4 34 na5 b6 35 nb7 nxb3 36 nd6 nd4 37 kf2 c5 38 nc8 b5 39 nxa7 b4 40 axb4 cxb4 41 ke1 b3 42 kd2 b2 43 nc6 b1-q 44 nxd4 qb2+ 45 kd3 qf2 46 ke4 qxh4 47 nf5 qe1+ 48 kf3 qf1+ 49 ke3 qc1+ 50 kf3 qc5 51 ne3 h6 52 gxh6 gxh6 53 ng4 qc6+ 54 kg3 qg6 55 kh3 h5 56 ne5 qe6+ 57 kg2 qf5 58 nc6 qg4+ 59 kh2 qxf4+ 60 kh3 qf3+ 61 resigns.

Board 3 White: Alex Barrasso-Richard McStraw 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 Nc6 4 de5 de5 5 Qxd8+ Kxd8 6 Nc3 Nf6 7 Bg5 Be7 8 000+ Bd7 9 Bc4 Rf8 10 Rd2 Ke8 11 Rhd1 Rad8 12 Bxf6 Bxf6 13 Nd5 Rc8 14 Nxf6+ gxf6 15 Rxd7 Rg8 16 Bxf7+ Kf8 17 Bxg8 Kxg8 18 Nh4 Resigns.

Results
First place: 4 points Donald Beaulieu, Attleboro MA and Don Walhout, Rockford IL $200 each Don Beaulieu wins on tie-break and Don Walhout received the second place trophy.
third Place Tie: Jay Leventhal, Forest Hills NY; Alex Barrasso, Staten Island NY; and Roman Levitt, Milwaukee WI split $100
Alex Barrasso won the third place trophy.
Class B trophy: Jay Leventhal.
Class c trophy: Mike Davis, New York NY 3 points.
Class d trophy: Al Pietrolungo, Baltimore MD 3 points
class E trophy: Ted Schudel: Murrells Inlet SC 3 points
clayton walker trophy 39 point difference to don Beaulieu against Alex Barrasso