1996 U.S. Championship for Blind Players

July 26-28 Columbus Ohio

White: Earl, Crista (unrated)
Black: Barrasso, Alex (1696)
Round 1, Game 01 7/26/96 0 - 1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be3 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxb5 12. c4 Bxc4 13. Re1 Re8 14. f3 Re6 15. Qb1 Ba6 16. Qb4 c5 17. Qb2 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. c3 Nd7 20. a4 Qc5 21. a5 Rc8 22. Rac1 Rg6 23. h4 Ne5 24. Kh2 Rh6 25. Kh3 Bc4 26. g4 Rxh4+ 27. Kg3 Rh6 28. Ra1 Ba6 29. Rec1 Nc6 30. Qxc5 dxc5 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Kf4 R6d6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. e5 Rd3 35. c4 Rd4+ 36. Kg3 Nxe5 37. Rb1 g5 38. Re1 f6 ; White resigned [0 - 1].

White: Beaulieu, Donald III. (1690)
Black: Hart, James 1261
Round 1, Game 02 7/26/96 1 - 0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qf3 f6 7. Bxd5 Bb4 8. Nf7 Nd4 9. Nxd8 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Kxd8 11. O-O Bf5 12. d3 c6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. a3 b3 16. cxb3 Bxd3 17. Rd1 Ke7 18. Rxd3 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Kf1 Rd3 21. Ke2 Rxb3 22. Ra2 f5 23. Kd2 e4 24. Be2 f4 25. Nc3 e3+ 26. fxe3 fxe3+ 27. Kc2 Rb6 28. Na4 ... ; Black resigned [1 - 0].

White: Honaker, Martha
Black: Leventhal, Jay (1688)
Round 1, Game 03 7/26/96 Colle system 0 - 1
1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 e6 4. c3 c5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. e4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. N1f3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxd3 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nd4 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kf1 Qxd4 15. Qc2 Qg4 16. Rd1 e5 17. a3 Be7 18. Qd3 Be6 19. h4 Bc4 20. f3 Bxd3+ 21. Rxd3 Qc4 22. Ke2 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Nd4+ 25. Kd2 Qc2+ 26. Ke3 Qe2++ ; [0 - 1].

White: Davis, Mike 1496
Black: Honaker, Larry
Round 1, Game 04 7/26/96 1 - 0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qd3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nxf5 Qd7 15. Nh6+ Kf8 16. Nxc5 Qe7 17. Qxh7 Qf6 18. Nd7+ Ke7 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Qxf7+ Kd8 21. Bb6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 ... ; Black resigned [1 - 0].

White: McStraw, Richard
Black: Pietrolungo, Al
Round 1, Game 05 07/26/96 French Defense 0 - 1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 c4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. a3 f5 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 Ne7 11. O-O Ng6 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. c3 c5 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Be7 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Qc2 Bb5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rfc1 Qd7 22. b3 Rhc8 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qd2 Qc6 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. Qb4+ Qxb4 27. Rxb4 Rb6 28. a4 Be2 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. Nh4 Bd1 31. Ng6+ Ke8 32. Nf4 Kd7 33. Nd3 Bxa4 34. f4 Kc6 35. Kf2 Kb5 36. Ke2 Kc4 37. Nb2+ Kb3 38. Nxa4 Kxa4 39. Kd2 Kb3 40. Kd3 b5 41. h3 b4 42. g4 g6 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. h4 Kb2 45. h5 b3 46. Kd2 Ka2 ; White resigned [0 - 1].

White: Lopiccolo, Dan
Black: Kee, Alan
Round 1, Game 06 7/26/96 1 - 0
1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nd5 Nxd5 5. exd5 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. Qg3 g6 8. h4 Qd7 9. h5 Qg4 10. Qxg4 Bxg4 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nh3 Na6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Ng5 Rae8 16. d3 e4 17. dxe4 Bf5 18. Bd2 Bd4 19. O-O-O Rb8 20. c3 Bc5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rxh7 Rxd5 23. R1h1 Kf8 24. Rh8+ Ke7 25. Rxb8 Rxg5 26. Bxg5+ Kd7 27. Rh6 Kc6 28. Rxg6 Kd5 29. Bd8 Be3+ 30. Kc2 c5 31. Bc7 Bf4 32. Bxd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6+ Kxd6 34. Rb7 Kc6 35. Rxa7 Kb6 36. Rh7 c4 37. b3 ... ; Black resigned [1 - 0].

White: Barrasso, A.
Black: Davis, M.
Round 2, Game 01 7/26/96 Blackmar Gambit 1 - 0
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4 Qb6 8. Qd2 e6 9. a3 Bc5 10. Ne4 O-O 11. h3 f5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. hxg4 fxg4 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 Nxe5 17. Bc5 Qd8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Nd6 a5 20. Rc1 b6 21. Rc3 Rb8 22. Rg3 Bb7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. f4 Nf7 25. Rxg4 d5 26. Rh3 Rc7 27. R3g3 Nd6 28. Bd3 Nf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Kf7 32. R3g3 Kf6 33. Rg6+ Kf5 34. Rxg7 Rc1+ 35. Kd2 Rf1 36. Rf7+ Ke4 37. Re3+ Kd4 38. Rxe6 ... ; Black resigned [1-0].

White: Pietrolungo, A.
Black: Beaulieu, D.
Round 2, Game 02 7/26/96 0.5 - 0.5
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 e5 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nf3 f6 9. b3 a6 10. Kc2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Be2 Kf7 13. Rd2 Rhd8 14. R1d1 h6 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Rxd8 Bxd8 17. Nd2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5+ 19. Bd3 Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Be7 21. Ke4 Ke6 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Bf6 24. Kd3 Be5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5+ 26. Ke4 Ng4 27. Nf3 Nf6+ 28. Kd4 b6 29. a3 c5+ 30. Kd3 Nd5 31. g3 b5 32. c4 Nb6 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Nd2 Kf5 35. h3 h5 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Nxa4 38. Kc4 Nb2+ 39. Kxc5 Nd3+ 40. Kd4 Nf2 41. h4 Kg4 42. Nf1 g6? 43. Ke5 Nh1 44. Kf6 Nxg3 45. Nh2+ Kxh4 46. Kxg6 Kh3 47. Nf3 Kg4 48. Ne5+ Kf4 49. Nd3+ Kg4 50. Ne5+ Kh3 51. Kg5 ... ; Drawn by agreement [0.5 - 0.5].

White: Leventhal, J.
Black: Lopiccolo, D.
Round 2, Game 03 7/27/96 Giuoco Piano 1 - 0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 h6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nd5 Nd4 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Nf6 11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Qd7 13. Kg2 Nh7 14. Qd2 Ng5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Qxg5 Bg6 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Kh2 Qh4 19. Rad1 O-O-O 20. b4 Rh6 21. Rh1 R8h8 22. Kg2 Rh5 23. Qxh4 Rxh4 24. d4 R8h5 25. Kg3 Rf4 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Be2 Rg5+ 28. Kh2 Bh5 29. Rd3 Bg6 30. R1d1 b6 31. Rd7 Bh5 32. Ba6+ Kb8 ; [1 - 0]

White: Miller, R.
Black: Alverson, V.
Round 2, Game 04 7/27/96 0 - 1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. d3 Nd4 9. Qe3 Nxc2 10. Qf4 Nxa1 11. Be3 Nc2 12. Ng5 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Ng4 14. Qf3 Bxg5 15. Qg3 Ne5 16. Bb5 a6 17. h4 Bd2 18. f4 axb5 19. Nxb5 Rxa2 20. Nc3 Rxb2 21. fxe5 Bxc3 22. exd6 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qa5 24. h5 e5 25. Qf3 Qd8 26. h6 Qh4+ 27. Qh3 Bxh3 28. d7 Bxg2++ ; [0-1]

White: Betts, A.
Black: Downing, P.
Round 2, Game 05 7/27/96 1 - 0
1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 Bb4 5. O-O Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Bg5 Bd7 9. c4 h6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Rb1 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. exd5 Bg4 14. Rb5 Nc6 15. Rxb7 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rc8 17. dxc6 Qd6 18. Rxa7 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rcd8 20. Rxc7 Nh5 21. Rb7 Rd6 22. Bd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Nf6 24. Rc7 g6 25. Qb1 Nh7 26. Qb7 f6 27. Rb1 g5 28. Rc8 f5 29. Rb6 g4 30. Rg6+ Kh8 31. Rg7 Ng5 32. Rxf8++ ... [0 - 1]

White: Honaker, L.
Black: Earl, C.
Round 2, Game 06 7/26/96 1 - 0
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. O-O g6 7. Ng5 Bh6 8. Nxf7 d5 9. Nxd8 dxc4 10. Nxc6 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 bxc6 12. Qg5 Kf7 13. Qxe5 Re8 14. Qc7+ Bd7 15. Nd2 cxd3 16. Nc4 a6 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxe8 Kxe8 19. Qe5+ Kf7 20. Qxc5 h5 21. Rad1 Nxe4 22. Qc4+ Kf6 23. Qxe4 Bf5 24. Qxc6+ Kg7 25. Qxa8 g5 26. Rfe1 Kg6 27. Qe8+ Kf6 28. Qc6+ Kg7 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Qe8++ ... ; [1 - 0]

White: Hart, J.
Black: McStraw, R.
Round 2, Game 07 7/26/96 1 - 0
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Be7 8. Bd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 c6 11. Bc4 c5 12. Bd5 O-O 13. Ra3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Re8 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bf6 19. Qg4 Qa5 20. Qd1 Bxc3 21. Be3 b5 22. Qc2 b4 23. Ra2 Rab8 24. Qb3 Re4 25. dxe4 ; resigns [1 - 0]

White: Kee, A.
Black: Honaker, M.
Round 2, Game 08 7/26/96 1 - 0
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nc6 3. e3 Be6 4. Nd2 Qd7 5. Bd3 O-O-O 6. Qe2 a6 7. O-O-O Nf6 8. h4 h6 9. Nb3 hxg5 10. Nc5 Qe8 11. Nxb7 Bg4 12. f3 Kd7 13. Nc5+ Kd6 14. fxg4 Rb8 15. Na4 Nb4 16. Nc5 Nxa2+ 17. Kd2 Ne4+ 18. Nxe4+ dxe4 19. Bxe4 Qa4 20. Ke1 Rxb2 21. Kf2 Nc3 22. Qd3 Nxd1+ 23. Kg3 gxh4+ 24. Kf4 Nf2 25. Qc3 Qd7 26. Qc5+ Ke6 27. Qe5++ ... ; [1-0].

White: Leventhal, J.
Black: Barrasso, A.
Round 3, Game 01 7/27/96 Ruy Lopez, Marshal Attack 0 - 1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 b5 8. Bb3 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. Nd2 f5 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. Qf1 Qh5 20. f4 Bh3 21. Qf3 Qf7 22. a4 Re7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bf2 R8e8 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Re1 Kf8 27. Re5 Ra8 28. Nb3 Ra2 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxb2 31. Nc1 Rb1 32. Be3 Ba3 33. Kf2 Bxc1 34. Bxc1 Rxc1 35. Rxb5 Rxc3 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. d5 Rd3 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Rb5 Bg4 40. Rc5 Bd1 ; White resigned [0 -1]

White: Alverson, V.
Black: Beaulieu, D.
Round 3, Game 02 7/27/96 0 - 1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O c4 6. Be2 Bd6 7. N1d2 Qc7 8. c3 Nc6 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bd2 Ng4 14. h3 Nf6 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Rf3 h5 19. Be1 Ne4 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Bh4 Rd6 22. Be7 Rb6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rxd5 g6 25. Rd8+ Ke7 26. Rg8 Be6 27. Rg7 Rxb2 28. Bd1 Kf8 29. Rh7 Kg8 30. Rh6 Kg7 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. a4 Nxc3 33. Rf1 Nxd1 34. Rxd1 c3 35. Rd6 c2 36. Rxe6 c1=Q+ 37. Kh2 Qd2 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. Re8 Qxg2++ ; [0 - 1]

White: Pietrolungo, A. Black: Betts, A.
Round 3, Game 03 7/27/96 1 - 0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. N1d2 Bd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 a6 9. e5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Nxe5 Be8 12. Ng4 c6 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Qh5 f5 15. Nf3 f6 16. Qh6 Bf7 17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxh7++ ... ; [1 - 0]

White: Lopiccolo, D.
Black: Honaker, L.
Round 3, Game 04 7/27/96 1 - 0
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 N8d7 6. Qf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nb5 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. Nxc7 Rb8 11. Nh4 Nf6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Ng4 14. f3 Ne3 15. Kd2 Nxc4+ 16. dxc4 Rbc8 17. Nd5 Rc6 18. Ne7+ Kh7 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. a3 Bd4 21. c3 Bb6 22. b4 Rd8 23. a4 a5 24. bxa5 Bxa5 25. Rhb1 d5 26. cxd5 Rxd5+ 27. Kc2 Rc5 28. Rb3 Rc4 29. R1a3 e4 30. fxe4 Rxe4 31. Kd3 Rf4 32. Ke3 Rxf5 33. Rb7 c5 34. c4 Kg6 35. Ra2 Re5+ 36. Kd3 f5 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 h5 39. Kf3 Kg5 40. Rxg7+ Kh4 41. Kf4 Bc3 42. Rf7 Bd2+ 43. Kxf5 Ba5 44. Re7 ... ; Black resigned [1 - 0]

White: Hart, J.
Black: Miller, R.
Round 3, Game 05 7/27/96 1 - 0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Ng5 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Bg4 8. Qe1 Nd4 9. Bb3 Be2 ; scoresheet unclear, White mates at about move 18 [1-0].

White: Downing, P.
Black: Earl, C.
Round 3, Game 06 7/27/96 0 - 1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bb5 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O e5 10. exd5 Rd8 11. Na4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Rd6 15. Rfe1 Bxe1 16. Kf1 Bd2 17. Nc5 Rh6 18. Nd7 Re8 19. dxe5 cxd5 20. Rd1 Rd8 21. Rxd2 Rxd7 22. f4 Rxh3 23. Rd4 g5 24. fxg5 Re7 25. Rf4 Rxe5 26. Rb4 Rxg5 27. Rb8+ Kg7 28. Rh8 Kxh8 29. f4 Rf5 30. c4 Rxf4+ 31. Kg1 dxc4 32. b3 c3 33. b4 c2 34. b5 c1=Q+ 35. Kg2 Qf1++ ; [0 - 1]

White: Honaker, M.
Black: McStraw, R.
Round 3, Game 07 7/27/96 1 - 0
1. d4 d5 2. e3 a6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 c5 6. N1f3 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bg5 Qxg5 13. Nxg5 f6 14. Nf3 dxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Qxd6 Rfd8 18. Qg3 Rab8 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rad1 Bd5 21. Ne5 Rb6 22. h4 ... ; Black resigned [1 - 0]

White: Davis, M.
Black: Kee, A.
Round 3, Game 08 7/27/96 Ruy Lopez 1 - 0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. e5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qe8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qf3 d5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. Bxa8 Qe7 17. Bc6 Qg5 18. Qf6+ Qxf6 19. exf6+ Kxf6 20. Nd2 Kg7 21. Ne4 b4 22. f4 f5 23. Ng3 Rg8 24. Rae1 Bxa2 25. Nxf5+ Kh7 26. Ne7 Nxe7 27. Rxe7+ Kg6 28. f5+ Kh5 29. f6 Bc4 30. f7 Bxf7 31. R7xf7 Rg6 32. Be8 Re6 33. Re7+ Rg6 34. Bxg6+ Kxg6 35. Re6+ Kg5 36. R6f6 c6 37. R1f5+ Kg4 38. h3+ Kh4 39. Rxh6+ Kg3 40. Rg6+ ... ; Black resigned [1 - 0].

White: Barrasso, A.
Black: Beaulieu, D.
Round 4, Game 01 7/27/96 0.5 - 0.5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Qf3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Rab1 O-O-O 16. f4 h6 17. f5 Bh7 18. Bxf7 Bg8 19. Bh5 Bh7 20. Kf2 Rhg8 21. Ke3 b6 22. Rbd1 Kd7 23. d4 Ke7 24. a4 a5 25. Rb1 Kd7 26. c4 Kc6 27. c3 Rg7 28. Rb5 Bg8 29. d5+ Kd7 30. Rb2 Bh7 31. Rg2 R8g8 32. R1g1 Kd8 33. Kf3 Kd7 34. h4 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kf8 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Rxg5 ; Drawn by agreement [0.5 - 0.5].

White: Leventhal, J.
Black: Pietrolungo, A.
Round 4, Game 02 7/27/96 French Defense 1 - 0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Qa5 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng5 Ng6 13. h4 f5 14. exf6ep Rxf6 15. h5 Nf8 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Re5 b6 18. c4 Bb7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. R1e1 Qc6 21. f3 Rc8 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. R5e2 Bxa2 25. Ne4 Ra5 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. g4 Bd5 28. Kf2 h6 29. Rd2 Ra2 30. R1d1 Ra5 31. c4 Bc6 32. Be2 Kf7 33. Rd8 a6 34. R1d6 Rc5 35. Rc8 Bd7 36. Rxc5 bxc5 37. Rxa6 f5 38. Ra5 fxg4 39. fxg4 ... ; Black resigned [1 - 0].

White: Lopiccolo, A.
Black: Davis, M.
Round 4, Game 03 7/27/96 0.5 - 0.5
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Qd6 12. N1d2 Rfe8 13. Qd1 a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. d4 c4 16. b3 b5 17. b4 Bg4 18. Re1 Qd7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nf1 Qf5 21. Ne3 Qe6 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Qd2 Re4 24. Re1 Qe6 25. g3 h6 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Qd1 Qg4 28. Kg2 Bg5 29. Qe1 Qe4 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Nxg5 hxg5 32. Kf1 f5 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Kf1 Ke6 ; and drawn by agreement [0.5 - 0.5]

White: Alverson, V.
Black: Hart, J.
Round 4, Game 04 7/27/96 0 - 1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. N1d2 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 6. O-O e4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 exd3 9. Qxd3 Bb4 10. c3 Be7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. c4 Nb4 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Rd1 Qe4 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qb5 Bb6 20. Bd2 Rad8 21. Rac1 Rd5 22. Qe2 R8d8 23. Rc4 Qe6 24. Rh4 Ne4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. g4 Na5 27. Nh4 Nc4 28. f3 Qc2 29. Ng2 Rxd2 30. Nf4 Bxe3+ 31. Kh2 Rxe2+ 32. Nxe2 Qxd1 33. Nc3 Qg1++ ; [0 - 1].

White: Earl, C.
Black: Betts, A.
Round 4, Game 05 7/27/96 1 - 0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Ba4 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qd3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxa4 11. Nxa4 O-O 12. b3 c6 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. f3 Bb4 17. c3 Bd6 18. c4 Bxe5 19. Qd2 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. f4 dxc4 22. Qf2 Bg3 23. Qxg3 a5 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxc4 Rd4 26. Bxd4 c5 27. Bxf6 Qd6 28. Qg5 h6 29. Qxg7++ ... ; [1 - 0].

White: Miller, R.
Black: Honaker, M.
Round 4, Game 06 7/27/96 0 - 1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qe2 a6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Bxd4 Re8 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Bd4 exd4 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Qf4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bg5 17. Qxd4 Bf6 18. Qf4 Re5 19. Bb3 Rg5+ 20. Qg4 Rxg4+ 21. fxg4 Be5 22. Rfe1 Qh4 23. Ba4 b5 24. Bb3 Re8 25. d4 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Bf4+ 30. Kd1 Qf3+ 31. Re2 Qxe2++ ; [0 - 1].

McStraw, R.
Black: Downing, P.
Round 4, Game 07 7/27/96 1 - 0
1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Bg4 6. hxg4 e5 7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3 Nxg4 9. Qxb7 Bg5 10. Qxc6+ Qd7 11. Qxa8+ Ke7 12. Qxh8 Bxc1 13. Nd5+ Ke6 14. Qxg7 Qa4 15. Ng5+ Kd7 16. Qxf7+ Kd8 17. Ne6+ Kc8 18. Qc7++ ... ; [1 - 0].

White: Honaker, L.
Black: Kee, A.
Round 4, Game 08 7/27/96 0 - 1
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qg6 9. g3 Nd4 10. Ne7+ Bxe7 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qf3 d5 13. exd5 Bg4 14. Qe4 Bf5 15. Qxe7 Rae8 16. d6 Rxe7+ 17. dxe7 Re8 18. O-O Qh5 19. Rfe1 Qh3 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Re5 Bg4 22. Re4 Bf3 23. Rf4+ Kg6 24. Rxf3 Rxe7 25. Rf4 Re2 26. Rc1 c5 27. Re4 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 29. Kf3 Qh5+ 30. Rg4+ Kh7 31. Re1 Qf7+ 32. Kg2 Qxa2 33. Re7 Qd5+ 34. Kh3 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qxg4 36. Rxb7 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 Qf1+ 38. Kh4 Qh1+ 39. Kg4 Qxb7 40. c3 Qxb2 41. cxd4 Qxd4+ 42. Kh3 a5 43. g4 a4 44. Kh4 a3 45. Kg3 a2 46. g5 a1=R 47. g6+ Kh8 48. Kf3 Qxd3+ 49. Kf4 Rf1+ 50. Ke5 Qf5+ 51. Kd6 Rd1+ 52. Kc6 Qd5+ 53. Kb5 c4+ 54. Kb4 Rc1 55. Ka3 c3 56. Ka4 Qc4+ 57. Ka3 Ra1++ ; [0 - 1]

White: Hart, J. (1261)
Black: Barrasso, Alex (1696)
Round 5, Game 01 7/28/96 0 - 1
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 Nf6 4 de Nxe4 5 Bc4 Be7 6 Qd5 Bb4 7 c3 0-0 8 Qxe4 Bc5 9 Bd3 g6 10 Bg5 Qe8 11 Bh6 d6 12 Bxf8 Kxf8 13 0-0 Nxe5 14 Nxe5 Bf5 15 Qe2 Qxe5 16 Qxe5 black resigns

White: Beaulieu, Donald III. (1690)
Black: Leventhal, J. (1688)
Round 5, Game 02 7/28/96 0 - 1 Sicilian Defense
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Ngf6 7. 0-0 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nd5 0-0 10. c3 Nc5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bd2 a6 15 h3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nb6 17. b3 e5 18 c4 Nd7 19. Bb4 Nb8 20. a4 Nc6 21. Ba3 Rfe8 22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Red1 Red8 24. Qd2 Be7 25. c5 Qb8 26. cxd6 Bf8 27. Bc5 b6 28. Ba3 Qb7 29. g4 Bg7 30. g5 Na7 31. Rd5 Re8 32. Rc1 Nc6 33. Rd3 Nd8 34. Qe3 Ne6 35. Bb2 Nc5 36. Rd5 Re6 37. Nxe5 Rdxd6 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Nc4 Rd3 40. Qf4 Bxb2 41. Nxb2 Rxb3 42. Rd1 Ne6 43. Nc4 Nxf4 44. White resigns.

White: Davis, Mike
Black: Pietrolungo, Albert
Round 5 Game 3 7/28/96 0-1 French Defense
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 c4 7. Bc2 Nge7 8. b3 cb3 9. ab3 Bd7 10. 0-0 g6 11. c4 Qd8 12. Nc3 a6 13. Re1 h6 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Na4 b6 16. c5 bc5 17. Nxc5 Nf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Nxa6 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rg8 21. Nc5 Ke7 22. Nb7 Qf8 23. Qd2 Qg7 24. g3 Qg4 25. Kg2 Rg7 26. Qxh6 f4 27. Qh4+ Qxh4 28. Nxh4 fg3 29. hg3 Nxd4 30. Rd1 Nc2 31. Ra5 Nb4 32. Nf3 Rgg8 33. Nc5 Rgd8 34. Nb7 Rg8 35. Nc5 Rg4 36. Rd4 Rgg8 37. Rd1 Nc6 38. Raa1 Rg4 39. Rab1 Nb4 40. Nxd7 Kxd7 41. Rd4 Rxd4 42. Nxd4 Rc3 43. Nb5 Rc2 44. Nd4 Rd2 45. Nf3 Rd3 46. Rb2 Rc3 47. Nd4 Ke7? (-Nd3) 48. f4 Rd3 49. Nf3 Kd7 50. g4 Ke7 51. Kf2 Rc3 52. Kg2 Rd3 53. f5 ef5 54. gf5 Re3 55. Kf2 Rd3 56. Ke2 Rc3 57. Nd4 Rh3 58. f6+ Ke8 59. Kd2 Rh2+ 60. Kc1 0-1

White: Honaker, Martha
Black: Lopiccolo, Dan
Round 5, Game 4 7/28/96 0-1
1. d4 e6 2. e3 c5 3. c3 cd 4. cd Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Nf6 8. Bd3 a6 9. Nf3 d5 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Rc1 Qc7 12. h3 e5 13. e4 de 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 0-0 16. Re1 Qd6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Ng5 f5 19. Bf3 e4 20. Bh5 g6 21. Re3 gh 22. Qxh5 Qg6 23. Qxg6+ Nxg6 24. Rec3 Nf4 25. d6 Ne2+ 26. Kh2 Nxc1 27. Rxc1 h6 28. Nxe4 fe 29. Rd1 Bd7 30. g4 Rxf2+ 31. Kg3 Rxb2 32. Kh4 Re8 33. Rd5 e3 34. Kh5 e2 35. h4 e1Q 36. a4 Re5+ 37. Kg6 Qe4+ 38. Kf6 Re6# 0-1

White: Betts, Allen
Black: Alverson, Virginia
Round 5, Game 5 7/28/96 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e5 Ng8 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cd 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Be2 Bxc3+ 10. bc Qc7 11. 0-0 h6 12. Bf4 Nge7 13. Rb1 Ng6 14. Bg3 0-0 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 d5 17. Bxg6 fg 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. c4 dc 20. Qe4 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rd1 b5 23. Qxa8 Kh7 24. Qxa6 Bxa6 25. c3 Nf5 26. Bf4 Bb7 27. a3 Bxf3 28. gf Nh4 29. Bg3 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Qf7 31. Kf1 Qf5 32. Rc1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Qg2 34. Ke3 Nxh2 35. Bxh2 Qxh2 36. Rf1 Qxe5+ 37. Kf3 Qxc3+ 38. Kg2 Qc2 39. Kg1 e5 40. Kg2 Qe2 41. Ra1 Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Qh3+ 43. Ke2 c3 44. a4 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 c2 46. ab Qf4 47. Rc1 Qxc1+ 48. Kg2 Qg5+ 49. Kf1 c1Q+ 50. Ke2 Qgd2+ 51. Kf3 Qcd1+ 52. Kg3 Qg1+ 53. Kh3 Qh1+ 0-1

White: McStraw, Richard
Honaker, Larry
Round 5, Game 6 7/28/96 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. h3 Be7 6. d4 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. a3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. de dc 12. Qh5 Qd5 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Bg5 Qxe5 15. g4 Rd2 16. Bxd2 Qxh5 17. gh Bxh3 18. Ng5 Rd8 19. Rxe7 Kf8 20. Rxf7+ Ke8 21. Re1+ Be6 22. Rxe6# 1-0

White: Downing, Pauline
Black: Miller, Rick
Round 5, Game 7 7/28/96 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bd6 4. Bg5 0-0 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bc d5 9. Bxf6 gf 10. Bb5 Qd7 11. 0-0 e5 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. de Qxc3 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qxb7 Rad8 16. Qxc7 Qd2 17. Nxd2 Rxd2 18. Qxa7 Bc4 19. ef Rxc2 20. Qe7 Ra8 21. Qe4 Bb5 22. Qe5 Re2 23. Qxb5 Rxe3 24. fe h5 25. Qxh5 Rb8 26. Qc5 Rb2 27. Qc3 Rb6 28. Qa5 Rb8 29. Qa7 Re8 30. e4 Rxe4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qxe4+ Kh8 33. g4 Kg8 34. h4 Kh8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7+ Kh6 37. g5# 1-0

White: Kee, Alan
Black: Earl, Crista
Round 5, Game 8 7/28/96 1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e5 3. de Ne4 4. Qd4 d5 5. ed Nxd6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Qxg7 Bf6 8. Qh6 Nf5 9. Qh5 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. 0-0-0 Qd7 12. Ne4 Bg7 13. Rxd7 Bxd7 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxc7 Nb4 16. Kb1 Be6 17. b3 Na6 18. Ba5 Bd8 19. Ng5 Ke7 20. Nxe6 Bxa5 21. Ng5 Ng7 22. Qxf7+ Kd6 23. Qf6+ Ne6 24. Qxe6+ Kc5 25. Qe5+ Kb6 26. Qd6+ Kb5 27. e3# 1-0

Final Standings
4.5: A. Barrasso
4.0: J. Leventhal
3.5: A. Pietrolungo, D. Lopiccolo
3.0: D. Beaulieu, J. Hart, A. Kee
2.5: V. Alverson, M. Davis
2.0: R. McStraw, M. Honaker, C. Earl
1.5: A. Betts, P. Downing
1.0: L. Honaker, R. Miller

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