1997 U.S. Championship for Blind Players
Games From the 1997 U.S. Blind Players championship
July 25-27 Columbus Ohio
Event"USBCC"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "1"
White "A. Barraso"
Black "J. Hart"
Result "1-0"
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. c3 Ba5 7.
Bd3 Ng6 8. Qc2 Nh4 9. Nxh4 Qxh4 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qe7
13. Bxh7 Qf8 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. Bg6 O-O-O 16. Nxf7 Be8 17. Nxh8 Qxh8
18. Bg5 Bxg6 19. Qxg6 Rf8 20. Qxe6+ Kb8 21. Qxd5 a6 22. f3 Rf5 23.
Be3 g5 24. O-O-O Bb6 25. g4 Rf8 26. Bxg5 Qg7 27. h4 Ne7 28. Qd7 Rf7
29. e6
Black resigned. 29... 1-0
Event"U.S. Blind Chess Championship"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "1"
White "M. Honaker"
Black "J. Leventhal"
Result "1/2-1/2"
1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Nd2 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7.
Ngf3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qb3 e6 12. Ne4 Nxe4
13. Bxe4 d5 14. Bxd5 Nf6 15. Be4 Bd7 16. Qxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Rab8
18. Be4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bc6 20. Re1 Red8 21. Bf4 Rxb2 22. Be5 Bxf3
23. Bxg7 Bd5 24. Be5 Rc8 25. Reb1 Rc2 26. Rc1 R2xc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3
28. Rb1 Rc8 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Bxb8 Drawn by agreement.
Event"USBCC"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "1"
White "D. Walhout"
Black "R. McStraw"
Result "1-0"
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7.
Re1 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Rf7
13. d5 Ne5 14. b3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be5 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18.
Bxb7 Raf8 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 f5 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23.
Rxe5 Rfd7 24. g3 g6 25. Rbe1 Rd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kg2 Rd2 28.
Re8+ Kf7 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. c3 Rxa2 31. Rxc7 Ra5 32. b4 Rb5 33. Ra7
a5 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. bxa5
Black resigned. 35... 1-0
30... 1/2-1/2
Event"USBCC"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "1"
White "H. Olynik"
Black "C. Earl"
Result "1-0"
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bd6 7. e5
Bxe5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nfd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nc3 b6 12. Be2 Bb7
13. O-O Nc5 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. b4 Nb3 16. Rab1 Nd2 17. Bxd2 Rfd8 18.
Rfd1 c5 19. Bg5 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bh6 Be4 22. Nxe4 Rac8 23. Bc4
Kf7 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Nxc8+ Rxc8 26. b5 e5 27. Nh4 Ra8 28. Nf5+ Kd8
29. Be6 Rc8 30. Rxd7+
Black resigned. 30... 1-0
Event"USBCC"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "1"
White "V. Alverson"
Black "M. Davis"
Result "0-1"
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7.
O-O c4 8. Be2 O-O 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Ne5 a6 11. h3 Qc7 12. Qc1 Bd6
13. Nf3 Bd7 14. a3 b5 15. b4 cxb3 16. cxb3 Rfc8 17. Bd3 Qxc3 18.
Qxc3 Rxc3 19. Be2 Rxb3 20. Ng5 Rxa3 21. Rac1 b4 22. Rb1 a5 23. f3
h6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. e4 Be7 26. e5 Nh5 27. Rfc1 Ra7 28. g4 Nf4 29.
Bf1 Rxf3 30. Rc2 a4 31. Kh2 b3 32. Rd2 a3 33. Rxb3 Rxb3 34. Rd1 a2
:
White resigned. 0-1
Event"USBCC97"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "1"
White "A. Pietrolungo"
Black "A. Betts"
Result "1-0"
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4
exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Qg3 Nh5 12. Bxh5 Bh4
13. Qd3 a6 14. Bf4 d5 15. exd5 Qe7 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bd6 Qf7 18.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxc5 b6 20. Be3 Raf8 21. Qe4 Bf6 22. Qxe6 b5 23.
cxb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 h6 25. Rad1 g6 26. Rd7 Kh7 27. Rxf7+ Rxf7 28.
Qxf7+ Bg7 29. Bd4 h5 30. Qxg7#
Black is checkmated.
30... 1-0
Event"USBCC97"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "1"
White "P. Downing"
Black "D. Loppicolo"
Result "0-1"
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bb5 cxb5 4. Nc3 a6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Bg5 Bc5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. d4 Be7 9. Be3 b4 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nd2 Neg4 13.
h3 Qh2#
White is checkmated. 0-1
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "1"
White "A. Kee"
Black "D. Beaulieu"
Result "0-1"
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. d3 Bd7 7.
Qf3 Qf6 8. Bf4 Bc6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O h6 11. h4 Ne7 12. g4 Ng6
13. Qg2 Nxf4 14. Qf1 d5 15. Bb3 a6 16. e5 Qxe5 17. Kb1 Bb4 18. Re1
Qd6 19. Rd1 Rde8 20. a3 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Re7 22. Ka2 Rhe8 23. Qb1 a5
24. a4 Qb4 25. Rdd1 Bxa4 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Rhf1 Re2 28. Rc1 Bxc2
29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Qa4+ 31. Kb1 Nb4 32. Rc4 Qa2+ 33. Kc1 Re2
34. Kd1 Rxb2 35. Re1 Rd2+ 36. Kc1 Nxd3#
White is
checkmated. 0-1
Event"USBCC97"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "2"
White "M. Davis"
Black "A. Barrasso"
Result "0-1"
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bc4 d6 7. Nc3
Bd7 8. O-O h6 9. a3 Nge7 10. Qd3 f5 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Qd5 Qf6 16. Nb5 O-O-O 17. Nxa7+ Nxa7 18.
Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Nc6 20. Re2 Nd4 21. Rd2 Nc6 22. b4 Rhe8 23. Bb2
Be6 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rad1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 h5 27. Kf2 h4 28. c4 g4
29. Rd5 Ne7 30. Rd4 Ng6 31. Bc3 Re3 32. Bb2 gxh3 33. gxh3 Rxh3 34.
Kg2 Rg3+ 35. Kf2 h3 36. Rd5 Rg2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb2
White
resigned. 0-1
Event"USBCC97"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "2"
White "D. Lopiccolo"
Black "D. Walhout"
Result "0-1"
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Bg5 d6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. a3 a6 7. Nd5
c6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 Bb6 13.
d4 Qc7 14. Qe2 c5 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qc4 Raf8 18. Rd1
Ba7 19. Rd2 b5 20. Qd3 c4 21. Qd7 Qb8 22. O-O R8f7 23. Qd8+ Qxd8
24. Rxd8+ Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nxe5 Rf4 27. Nc6 Bb6 28. Ne5 Ke8
29. Kh2 Rxe4 30. Ng4 Re2 31. Rd1 Rxb2 32. Ra1 Rb3 33. a4 b4 34.
cxb4 Rxb4 35. Ne3 c3 36. Rc1 Bc7+ 37. g3 Be5 38. Nc2 Rxa4 39. Kg2
Ra2 40. Kf3 Ra4 41. Ke2 Rc4 42. Ra1 Rc6 43. Kd3 Rd6+ 44. Ke4 Bf6
45. f4 Kf7 46. g4 g6 47. Ke3 h6 48. Rf1 a5 49. g5 Bg7 50. h4 Rd2
51. Na3 Rh2 52. gxh6 Bxh6 53. Nc4 Rxh4 54. Nxa5 c2 55. Nb3 Bg7 56.
Nd2 Rh3+ 57. Nf3 Bb2 58. Ke4 Rxf3 59. Kxf3 c1=Q 60. Rxc1 Bxc1 61.
Kg4 Kf6 62. Kf3 Kf5 63. Kg3 Bxf4+ 64. Kf3 e5 65. Ke2 Ke4 66. Kf2 g5
67. Ke2 g4 68. Kf2 g3+ 69. Kg2 Kf5 70. Kf3 e4+ 71. Kg2 Kg4 72. Kg1
Kf3
White resigned. 0-1
Event"USBCC97"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "2"
White "D. Beaulieu"
Black "H. Olynik"
Result "1-0"
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bd3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. Ba4 Rhd8 16. Rad1 Bd4 17. Qc4
Kf8 18. Qb4+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Rd3 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Rd6 22. Kf1
Rcd8 23. f3 f5 24. Bb3 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Bxb2 27. Rxd6
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Kxd6 29. a4 a5 30. Ke2 Bd4 31. g4 g5 32. Kd3 Bg1 33.
Kc4 Bd4 34. c3 Bb6 35. Kb5 Kc7 36. Bxe6 Kb7 37. c4 Kc7 38. h3 h6
39. Bd5 Bd4 40. Kxa5 Bc3+ 41. Kb5 Bd4 42. c5 Kb8 43. Kb6 Bc3 44. a5
Bxa5+ 45. Kxa5 Kc7 46. Kb5 Kb8 47. c6 Kc7 48. Be6 Kb8 49. Kb6 Ka8
50. Kc5 Kb8 51. Kd6
Black resigned. 51... 1-0
Event"USBCC97"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "2"
White "J. Hart"
Black "M. Honaker"
Result "1/2-1/2"
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6
7. Nc3 h6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. e5 Qe7 10. O-O dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qd6 12. Nxc6
Qxc6 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Re5 O-O 15. Rxe7 Rad8 16. Qe3 b6 17. h3 Rd5
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe5 Nxe7 20. Qxe7 Re8 21. Qb4 Qxc2 22. Be3 Kh7
23. Rc1 c5 24. Qb5 Qe4 25. Rc4 Qe6 26. b4 a6 27. Qxa6 b5 28. Qxb5
Rc8 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Qxa2 31. b5 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qa8 33. b6 g5
34. Qc7 h5 35. Bxg5 Kg6 36. b7 Qxb7 37. Qxb7 Kxg5 38. Qxf7 Kh6 39.
h4 Stalemate. 39... 1/2-1/2
Event"USBCC97"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "2"
White "R. McStraw"
Black "V. Alverson"
Result "0-1"
1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. d4 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 e5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 Rb8 10. b3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Be7 15. Qxe5 f6 16. Qg3 Bb4 17. Rad1 Bxc3
18. Qxc3 Re8 19. Bf3 Qc7 20. Rd3 c5 21. Rfd1 Rbd8 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. hxg4 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Qxg4 27. f3 Qh4+ 28.
Kg1 Qg3 29. Qe3 Qe5 30. Qe1 Qb2 31. Qa5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1
Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Ke3 Qc1+ 36. Qd2 Qg1+ 37. Kf4 Qh2+ 38. Kf5
Qe5+ 39. Kg6 Qe8+ 40. Kf5 Qc8+ 41. Kf4 Qb8+ 42. Ke3 Qg3 43. Qd5+
Kf8 44. Qxc5+ Kf7 45. Qxa7+ Kg6 46. c5 Qe1+ 47. Kf4 Qh4+ 48. g4 Qe1
49. c6 Qc1+ 50. Kg3 Qxc6 51. Qa5 Qd6+ 52. Kh4 Qh2#
White is checkmated. 0-1
Event"USBCC97"
Date "1997.07.25"
Round "2"
White "A. Betts"
Black "A. Kee"
Result "0-1"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7.
Bg5 h6 8. Be3 b6 9. Nb5 Be6 10. c4 Qc8 11. b3 a6 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. a4
a5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bxh5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 c5 18. Nf4 Bd7
19. Rb1 Bg5 20. Nh3 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Qxh3 22. b4 Bf4 23. f3 Qxh2#
:
White is checkmated. 0-1
Event"USBCC97"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "3"
White "A. Barrasso"
Black "D. Walhout"
Result "1-0"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 dxc3 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7
7. Qd5+ Kf8 8. Qxc5+ d6 9. Qxc3 Qf6 10. Bg5 Qxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Be6 12.
O-O Nf6 13. Rac1 Kf7 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Rd3 Rhe8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17.
Nd5 Rac8 18. Nd2 Bh5 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Ne5 21. Rh3 Bg6 22. f4 c6 23.
Nc3 f5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Nc4 Re6 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Rf1 Kg7 28. Rxf5
Re1+ 29. Rf1
Black resigned. 29... 1-0
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "3"
White "A. Pietrolungo"
Black "D. Beaulieu"
Result "1/2-1/2"
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7.
dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bc5 9. e3 Bg4 10. h3 O-O-O+ 11. Ke2 Bh5 12. g4
Bg6 13. Rd1 f6 14. Rxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. b3 Bd3+ 17. Ke1 f5
18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 fxg4 20. hxg4 Ng6 21. Bb2 Nh4 22. Rd1 Rf8 23.
Ke2 Re8 24. c4 c6 25. Ng3 Bb6 26. Ne4 Bc7 27. Rh1 Ng6 28. Rxh7 Re7
29. Ba3 Drawn by agreement. 29... 1/2-1/2
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "3"
White "H. Olynik"
Black "M. Honaker"
Result "1-0"
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7.
O-O O-O 8. Nc3 N8d7 9. Qe2 h6 10. e5 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Re8
13. Nf3 Nd5 14. Qe4 f5 15. exf6 N7xf6 16. Qg6 Nxc3 17. Bxh6 Bf8 18.
bxc3 e5 19. Bc4+ Be6 20. Bxe6+ Rxe6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bg5 Red6 23.
h3 Nh7 24. Qe4 Nxg5 25. Nxg5 R8d7 26. Qh7#
Black is
checkmated. 26... 1-0
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "3"
White "C. Earl"
Black "M. Davis"
Result "0-1"
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Qd3 Nc6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qb3 Rb8 7.
Bb5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bxb5 axb5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ba5 Nxa5 12. Qd3 Ne4
13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. f4 Nxf2+ 17. Kg1 Nxd3
18. cxd3 g5 19. Rf3 gxf4 20. exf4 Rg8+ 21. Rg3 Rxg3+ 22. hxg3 Qxg3+
23. Kf1 Qxd3+ 24. Kf2 Bxf4 25. Ne2 Be3+ 26. Kf3 Bxd4+ 27. Kf4 Qxe2
28. Rb1 Qe4+ 29. Kg3 Qxb1 30. b3 Qf1 31. Kg4 Ke7 32. Kg5 Rg8+ Game
over:
White resigned. 0-1
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "3"
White "V. Alverson"
Black "D. Lopiccolo"
Result "1/2-1/2"
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 Bxc5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. e3 Qxb2 6. Nbd2 Qc3
7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bxe7 Ngxe7 10. Ne4 Qa3 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12.
Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Qb1 b6 14. c4 Qa4 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. Rc1 Kg7
18. Be4 f5 19. Bb7 Rc7 20. Bf3 d5 21. Bd1 Qa5 22. Nb3 Qa6 23. Nd4
Kf7 24. Qxb4 Rhc8 25. Qd6 Qa5 26. Bc2 dxc4 27. Nxe6 Rc6 28. Qd7 Qe5
29. Ng5+ Kf6 30. Nxh7+ Kf7 31. Ng5+ Kf6 32. Nh7+ Kf7 33. Ng5+ Kf6
34. Nh7+ Kf7 Draw by 3-fold repetition. 1/2-1/2
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "3"
White "R. McStraw"
Black "J. Hart"
Result "1-0"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. h3 a6 7.
Bc4 Bc5 8. Qe2 Qf6 9. Nd5 Qd6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. d3 O-O
13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qd6 15. Ng5 Be6 16. Qh5 Nd8 17. Qxh7# Game
over:
Black is checkmated. 17... 1-0
Event" USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "3"
White "P. Downing"
Black "A. Betts"
Result "0-1"
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bb5
a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Ne5 Bc8 11. Nd3 Nh5 12. Qxh5 Bd7
13. Na4 e5 14. dxe5 g6 15. Qf3 c5 16. c4 Bxa4 17. cxd5 g5 18. Bg3
Qxd5 19. Qxd5 c6 20. Qxc6+ Bxc6 21. Rac1 h5 22. e6 fxe6 23. Ne5 h4
24. Nxc6 Rc8 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Be5 Rh7 27. g3 Rg8 28. gxh4 gxh4+
29. Kh1 Rhg7 30. Bxg7 Rxg7 31. Rxc5 Kd6 32. Ra5 e5 33. Rxa6+ Kd5
34. Rd1+ Ke4 35. Ra4+ Kf3 36. Rxh4 e4 37. Rd4 Kxf2 38. Rdxe4 Rg1#
:
White is checkmated. 0-1
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "3"
White "A. Kee"
Black "J. Leventhal"
Result "0-1"
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. h4 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. Qb3
Nc6 8. O-O-O b6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qd2 Bd5
13. Bh6 Bxa2 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Qg5+ Kh8
18. Qxh5 f6 19. Bd3 Bg8 20. Rh1 Rf7 21. Nh4 Kg7 22. Nf5+ Kf8 23.
Qh6+ Ke8 24. Ng7+ Rxg7 25. Qxg7 Be6 26. Bb5 Kd7 27. Qg3 a6 28.
Bxc6+ Kxc6 29. Rd1 Qd5 30. Qd3 b5 31. Qxh7 Qg5+ 32. Kb1 Bf5+ 33.
Qxf5 Qxf5+ 34. Ka2 Qxf2 35. d5+ Kd6 36. Ka3 Rg8 37. Rb1 Qc2 38. Ka2
Qa4#
White is checkmated. 0-1
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "4"
White "D. Beaulieu"
Black "A. Barrasso"
Result "1-0"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 Bg4 7.
Bb5 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. a3 a5 10. Na4 Ba7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Qd7
13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Nc3 f5 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. Nxd7 Bxf1 17. Nxf8 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Kxf8 19. exf5 Kf7 20. Re1 Nf6 21. Ne4 Re8 22. Re2 Nd5 23.
c4 Ne7 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Ng5+ Kf6 26. Nxh7+ Kf7 27. Ng5+ Kf6 28.
Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Ne6 Kf6 30. Nxc7 Kxf5 31. Ne8 Ke5 32. Nxg7 Kd4 33.
Ne8 Bb8 34. h4 Kxd3 35. b3 Kc3 36. f4 Kd4 37. h5 d5 38. Kf3 dxc4
39. bxc4 Kxc4 40. h6 Kb3 41. h7 c5 42. h8=Q c4 43. Qg8 a4 44. Qd5
Kxa3 45. Qxc4 Ba7 46. f5 Bb8 47. f6 Be5 48. Qc5+ Kb3 49. Qxe5 a3
50. Qa1 a2 51. f7 Ka3 52. f8=Q+ Kb3 53. Qc5 Ka4 54. Qxa2# Game
over:
Black is checkmated. 54... 1-0
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "4"
White "J. Leventhal"
Black "H. Olynik"
Result "1/2-1/2"
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O
Bb7 8. d5 e6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. Rad1 Rd8 12. Ne1 Na6 13. f4
Re8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxe5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Bb5
Qc7 19. Bf4 Red8 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qf2 f5 23. Bc2 Rxd1
24. Bxd1 Rd8 25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Nd3 27. Qh4 Qc7 28. Nd1 e5 29.
Qf6 e4 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Be2 Ke6 33. Bxd3 Rxd3 34.
Re1 Ke5 35. Kf2 f4 36. Ke2 Kd4 37. Rf1 g5 38. h3 h5 39. h4 Rg3 40.
hxg5 Rxg2+ 41. Rf2 f3+ 42. Kf1 Rxg5 43. Rd2+ Ke5 44. Ne3 Kf4 45.
Kf2 h4 46. Rd8 Rh5 47. Rf8+ Ke5
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "4"
White "D. Walhout"
Black "M. Davis"
Result "1/2-1/2"
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 b6 6. Ne5 Qd6 7. cxd5
Qb4+ 8. Bd2 Qxb3 9. axb3 exd5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nxg4 Nxg4
13. g3 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 a5 17. Bxc6 Rad8 18.
Bb5 Ngf6 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nd5 Kf8 23.
Nc7 h6 24. Nxe8 Kxe8 25. d5 Kf8 26. Rac1 Ne5 27. Kg2 Rxd5 28. Bc4
Rd8 29. Red1 Rb8 30. f4 Ng4 31. Re1 Bc5 32. Bb5 Ne3+ 33. Kh3 Kg7
34. Rc3 Nf5 35. Rd3 Bd4 36. Re2 Bc5 37. Rd7 Nd4 38. Rxd4 Bxd4 39.
Rd2 Bc5 40. Rd7 Rf8 41. Bc4 Be3 42. Kg2 Bc1 43. Rb7 Bxb2 44. Rxb6
Bc3 45. Rb7 Bb4 46. Kf3 Drawn by agreement. 46...
1/2-1/2
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "4"
White "D. Lopiccolo"
Black "A. Pietrolungo"
Result "0-1"
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nh6 7. Nbc3
Nf5 8. Na4 Qc7 9. dxc5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Nxe5 11. Ng3 Bxc5 12. Nxc5
Qxc5 13. Qe2 Qc3+ 14. Kf2 Qxa1 15. Qb5+ Nd7 16. Qa4 Qf6+ 17. Ke1
O-O 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Be2 Qe7 20. Qf4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 dxe4
23. h4 Rd8 24. g4 Bd7 25. g5 fxg5 26. Rg1 Kf8 27. Rxg5 Nf3+ 28.
Bxf3 exf3 29. Rh5 Ke7 30. c4 Rg8 31. Kf2 Bc6
White
resigned. 0-1
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "4"
White "M. Honaker"
Black "V. Alverson"
Result "1-0"
1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c6 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4
Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O O-O
13. Qd3 Kh8 14. Bxh7 Bd7 15. Be4 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Be8 18.
Qh3+ Kg8 19. Qh7#
Black is checkmated. 1-0
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "4"
White "A. Betts"
Black "R. McStraw"
Result "0-1"
1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d4 Bb4 7. a3
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Na5 9. Bb5 Bxe4 10. Ne5 c6 11. Ba4 Nf6 12. Bg5 O-O 13.
c4 d6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. c3 h6 17. Bf4 Nfg4 18. Qd4 Bd3
19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rad1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 exd5 23. Bc6 Rc8
24. Bb7 Rxc4 25. a4 Rxa4 26. h3 d4 27. Bc6 Rc4 28. Bb5 Rxc3 29. Be2
d3 30. Bf3 Qh4 31. Bd1 Rfc8 32. Bf3 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+
35. g3 Qxf3
White resigned. 0-1
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.26"
Round "4"
White "J. Hart"
Black "P. Downing"
Result "1-0"
1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxe4 7.
Nxe4 d5 8. Bxd5 e5 9. Nf3 Bb5 10. Bxb7 Nc6 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. Qd5
Nb4 13. Qxa8+ Kd7 14. Qxa7+ Ke8 15. Qb8+ Kd7 16. Qxb5+ Kc7 17. Qc4+
Kb6 18. Be3+ Kb7 19. Rd1 Na6 20. Rd7+ Kb8 21. Qxa6 Bb4+ 22. c3
Bxc3+ 23. Nxc3 e4 24. Qb7#
Black is checkmated. 24...
1-0
Event"USBCC 1997"
Date "1997.07.27"
Round "4"
White "A. Kee"
Black "C. Earl"
Result "1-0"
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. h4 Be7 5. Qd3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7.
c3 Bd6 8. O-O-O e5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Nxd5 12. Qh7
Black is checkmated. 1-0
Event"U.S. Blind"
Site "Columbus, OH"
Date "1997.07.27"
Round "5"
White "Jay Leventhal"
Black "Don Beaulieu"
Result "1-0"
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Bg4 4.d3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Qf6 6.Qe2 h6 7.Nd2 Nd7
8.Nf3 O-O-O 9.Be3 Nb6 10.Bb3 Ne7 11.O-O d5 12.Bxb6 axb6 13.exd5
Nxd5 14.Qxe5 Qe7 15.Rfe1 Qxe5 16.Rxe5 c6 17.Rae1 Bd6 18.R5e2 Bc7
19.g3 f5 20.d4 f4 21.c4 Nb4 22.a3 Na6 23.Bc2 fxg3 24.Bf5+ Kb8
25.hxg3 Bd6 26.Kg2 Nc7 27.b4 Rde8 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Rhf8 30.Bg4
Ne6 31.Rd1 g6 32.Rd6 1-0
Event"U.S. Blind"
Site "Columbus, OH"
Date "1997.07.27"
Round "5"
White "Alex Barrasso"
Black "Al Pietrolungo"
Result "1-0"
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 c4 7.Be2 Nge7
8.O-O Ng6 9.b3 cxb3 10.axb3 Bd7 11.Re1 Be7 12.Be3 O-O 13.c4 Qc7
14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nc3 Be6 16.Rc1 a6 17.Nd2 f5 18.f4 Rac8 19.Bf3 Rfd8
20.Rf1 Qd7 21.Re1 Qe8 22.Nf1 Bh4 23.g3 Be7 24.Bf2 Ba3 25.Rb1 Bb4
26.Re3 Na5 27.Be1 Nc6 28.Rd3 Rd7 29.Kh1 Nge7 30.Na2 Bxe1 31.Qxe1
Rdc7 32.Nc1 Na7 33.Ne2 Qd7 34.Ne3 Rc6 35.Rc3
Nb5 36.Rxc6 Rxc6 37.Rc1 Na7 38.Rc2 Rxc2 39.Nxc2 Nac6 40.Qc3 g6
41.Nc1 Qc8 42.Qc5 Kf7 43.Ne2 Qd7 44.Ne3 h6 45.Nc3 g5 46.Ncxd5 gxf4
47.gxf4 Bxd5 48.Bxd5+ Ke8 49.Kg1 Ng6 50.Ng2 Nge7 51.Ne3 Ng6 52.e6
Qc7 53.Nxf5 Nxf4 54.Nd6+ Kd8 55.Nxb7+ Ke8 56.Nd6+ Kd8 57.Nf7+ Kc8
58.Bxc6 Ne2+ 59.Kf2 Qxh2+ 60.Kf3 Ng1+ 61.Kg4 Qh3+ 62.Kf4 Ne2+
63.Ke5 Qe3+ 64.Kf6 Qf4+ 65.Ke7 1-0
Event
"U.S. Blind 1997"
Site "Columbus, OH"
Date "1997.07.27"
Round "5"
White "Henry Olynik"
Black "Donald Walhout"
Result "1-0"
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Qa5
8.Nge2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Bd6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.b4 Qc7 13.Bg3 Ne4
14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Qc2 Ndf6 16.Rae1 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Bg4 18.Ng3 Ne4
19.Qc2 Nf6 20.f3 Bd7 21.Qc3 g6 22.e4 Qf4 23.e5 Nh5 24.Nxh5 gxh5
25.g3 Qg5 26.f4 Qg7 27.f5 Kh8 28.f6 Qg5 29.Qc1 Qxc1 30.Rxc1 Bh3
31.Rf4 Rg8 32.Bf5 Bxf5 33.Rxf5 h4 34.Kf2 Rg4 35.Rf4 Rag8 36.Kf3
Rxf4+ 37.Kxf4 hxg3 38.hxg3 h5 39.Rh1 Rg4+ 40.Kf5 Rxd4 41.Rxh5+ Kg8
42.g4 Rd2 43.Kf4 Re2 44.Rh3 Re4+ 45.Kf5 Rd4 46.Re3 Rd1 47.e6 Rf1+
48.Kg5 fxe6 49.Rxe6 d4 50.Kg6 Kf8 51.Rd6 Ke8 52.Rxd4 Rf3 53.Kg7
1-0
Event
"U.S. Blind 1997"
Site "Columbus, OH"
Date "1997.07.27"
Round "5"
White "Mike Davis"
Black "Marty Honaker"
Result "1-0"
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Be7 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Bxd8
7.Nxe5 O-O 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.O-O-O
Ne5 13.f3 Bf6 14.Nb5 Nc4 15.Bd4 e5 16.Bc5 Rfc8 17.Rd7 b6 18.Bf2 a5
19.Rxc7 Bg5+ 20.Kb1 Rxc7 21.Nxc7 Rd8 22.Nd5 a4 23.Bxb6 Ra8 24.g3 a3
25.b3 Nd2+ 26.Ka1 Nxf3 27.c4 Nd2 28.Re1 Rf8 29.h4 Nf3 30.Rf1 Nd2
31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.hxg5 g6 33.Bc5+ Kg8 34.Bxa3 h6 35.gxh6 Nxe4 36.g4
g5 37.Bb2 Nf6 38.Bxe5 Nxg4 39.Nf6+ Kf7 40.Nxg4 Kg6 41.c5 Kf5 42.h7
Kxg4 43.h8=Q 1-0
Event
"U.S. Blind 1997"
Site "Columbus, OH"
Date "1997.07.27"
Round "5"
White "James Hart"
Black "Dan Lopiccolo"
Result "0-1"
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.h3 Nd4 7.Nxd4 Bxd4
8.Ne2 Nxe4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Re1 Bf5 11.d3 d5 12.dxe4 dxe4 13.Bd3 O-O
14.Bxe4 Be6 15.c3 dxc3 16.bxc3 c6 17.Qc2 g6 18.Rd1 Qh4 19.Rd4 Qh5
20.Bf3 Qc5 21.a4 Rfd8 22.Ba3 Qg5 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.a5 Bxh3 25.Bc1
Qf6 26.Be3 Bf5 27.Bd4 Rxd4 28.Qb3 Rd3 29.Qxb7 Qg5 30.Qb8+
Kg7 31.Qe5+ Qf6 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.Bxc6 Rxc3 34.Bf3 Rb3 35.Be2 Rb1+
36.Rxb1 Bxb1 37.g4 Ke5 38.Kg2 Kd4 39.Kg3 h6 40.f4 Bd3 41.Bf3 Kc5
42.Bb7 a6 43.Bxa6 Bxa6 44.f5 Kb5 45.f6 Kxa5 46.g5 h5 47.Kh4 Kb5
48.Kg3 Kc5 49.Kh4 Kd5 50.Kg3 Ke4 51.Kh4 Kf4 52.Kh3 Kxg5 53.Kg3 h4+
54.Kh3 Bc8+ 55.Kh2 Kg4 56.Kg2 h3+ 57.Kh2 Bd7 58.Kh1 Kg3 59.Kg1 Bc6
60.Kf1 h2 61.Ke2 h1=Q 62.Kd3 Qf3+ 63.Kd2 Kf2 64.Kc1 Ke2 65.Kc2 Qd3+
66.Kb2 Kd2 67.Ka2 Kc2 68.Ka1 Qa3+ 0-1
Event
"U.S. Blind 1997"
Site "Columbus, OH"
Date "1997.07.27"
Round "5"
White "Virginia Alverson"
Black "Pauline Downing"
Result "1-0"
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 Be6 4.c3 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e6 7.O-O Be7
8.Nd2 Nf6 9.h3 O-O 10.Qc2 Qd7 11.Be2 Bd6 12.Bd3 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4
14.Bxe4 f5 15.Bd3 Ne7 16.a4 Qc6 17.Bb5 Qb6 18.Qb3 1-0 In 30
moves. The score was not accurate after the text
Event
"U.S. Blind 1997"
Site "Columbus, OH"
Date "1997.07.27"
Round "5"
White "Crista Earl"
Black "Allen Betts"
Result "1-0"
1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Ba4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Bd7
8.Re1 Na6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Nb4 12.Re5 Bd6 13.Rh5 Nd5
14.Qd3 Nf4 15.Rxh7 Ng6 16.Rh3 e5 17.Rh5 Qe8 18.Be3 exd4 19.Bxd4 Qe7
20.Bc3 Rae8 21.Qd4 Qe2 22.Qxg7+ 1-0
Event
"U.S. Blind 1997"
Site "Columbus, OH"
Date "1997.07.27"
Round "5"
White "Richard McStraw"
Black "Alan Kee"
Result "0-1"
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.a3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bc4 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Bd7
8.d3 h6 9.Be3 Qc8 10.Nd5 Bxh3 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.gxh3 Kh7 13.Nh2
Qxh3 14.Bxc5 Rg8+ 15.Kh1 Qg2+ 0-1
Results
First: Alex Barrasso $400 + trophy 4.0-1.0
Second: Don Beaulieu $125 + Trophy 3.5-1.5
Third: Henery Olynik $125 + Trophy 3.5-1.5
First B: Jay Leventhal $125 + Trophy 3.5-1.5
First C: Mike Davis $125 + Trophy 3.5-1.5
First D: Dan Lopiccolo $50 + Trophy 2.5-2.5
First E: Alan Kee $50 + Trophy 3.0-2.0
Clayton Walker Trophy : Marty Honaker for her upset draw with
Leventhal
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total
1 Alexande Barrasso 1710 W14 W5 W8 L3 W6 4.0
2 Jay Leventhal 1702 D11 D6 W7 D4 W3 3.5
3 Donald E Beaulieu 1666 W7 W4 D6 W1 L2 3.5
4 Henry Olynik 1542 W13 L3 W11 D2 W8 3.5
5 Michael Davis 1444 W10 L1 W13 D8 W11 3.5
6 Al Pietrolungo 1432 W15 D2 D3 W9 L1 3.0
7 Alan Kee 1130 L3 W15 L2 W13 W12 3.0
8 Donald Walhout 1699 W12 W9 L1 D5 L4 2.5
9 Daniel Lopiccolo 1340 W16 L8 D10 L6 W14 2.5
10 Virginia Alverson 1007 L5 W12 D9 L11 W16 2.5
11 Martha Honaker 1206 D2 D14 L4 W10 L5 2.0
12 Richard Mc Straw 1186 L8 L10 W14 W15 L7 2.0
13 Crista Earl 1033 L4 W16 L5 L7 W15 2.0
14 James R Hart 1277 L1 D11 L12 W16 L9 1.5
15 Allen Betts 857 L6 L7 W16 L12 L13 1.0
16 Pauline Downing 736 L9 L13 L15 L14 L10 0.0
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