1999 U.S. Championship for Blind Players

The 1999 U.S. championship for blind players was held at the Ohio school for the blind from Friday July 30 to Sunday August first. Ten players participated. The Winner of the tournament was Henry Olynik of White Plains, New York with 4.5 points. He took home the first place trophy and $250. Second place and $150 went to Al Pietrolungo of Baltimore, Maryland. The third place trophy and $100 went to Henry Schmit of Twenty Nine Palms, California. Marty Honaker of Columbus, Ohio won the Class D trophy and $50. James Hart of Indianapolis, INdiana and Richard McStraw of Findlay, Ohio split the Class Eprize money with Hart taking the trophy on tie-break. The Clayton Walker Memorial Trophy for the biggest upset was won by Allen Betts of Columbus, Ohio for his win over Dan Lopiccolo of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Games from the 1999 tournament


[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "PIetrolungo, Al"]
[Black "Hart, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteELO "1482"]
[BlackELO "1198"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 1"]
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cd5 Nd5 6.e4 Nc3 7.dc3 Qd1+ 8.Kd1 Bg4 9.Be2 Rd8+ 10.Ke1 e5 11.Be3 Bd6 12.h3 Be6 13.b3 0-0 14.Rd1 a6 15.Ng5 b5 16.Ne6 fe6 17.Bg4 Rfe8 18.Ke2 c4 19.Rd2 cb3 20.ab3 b4 21.c4 Bc7 22.Rhd1 Nd4+ 23.Bd4 ed4 24.Rd4 e5 25.Rd8 Rd8 26.Rd8+ Bd8 27.c5 Kf8 28.Kd3 Ke7 29.Kc4 Ke8 30.Kb4 Be7 31.Kc4 Kd8 32.Kd5 Kc7 33.c6 Bb4 34.Bd7 Be1 35.Ke5 Bf2 36.g4 Bg3+ 37.Kf5 1-0
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Olynik, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteELO "1189"]
[BlackELO "1400"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 2"]
1.e4 c5 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d4 cd4 6.Nd4 e5 7.Nc6 bc6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bf6 Bf6 12.Qa4 Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rab8 14.b4 Be7 15.Rab1 Bd7 16.Qa5 Qb7 17.c5 Bd8 18.Ba6 Ba5 19.Bb7 Rb7 20.ba5 Rb1 21.Rb1 dc5 22.Rb7 Be6 23.Ra7 g6 24.Na4 c4 25.Kf1 Rd8 26.f3 Rd2 27.Rc7 Ra2 28.Nc5 c3 29.Ne6 fe6 30.Rc6 c2 31.Ke1 c1Q+ 32.Rc1 Rg2 33.Rc5 Rh2 34.Re5 Kf7 35.Rb5 Kf6 36.a6 Ra2 37.Rb6 Ke5 38.Rb5+ Kf4 39.Rb7 Ra6 40.Rh7 Kf3 41.Rh2 Ra1+ 42.Kd2 Ra2+ 43.Kc3 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schmit, Henry"]
[Black "Honaker, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteELO "1387"]
[BlackELO "1169"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 3"]
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e5 d5 4.Nf3 h6 5.c4 c6 6.Qc2 e6 7.cd5 cd5 8.Bd3 Ne7 9.Nh4 Qd7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Na4 Qc6 12.Qb3 Nd7 13.Bd2 b5 14.Nc3 Rb8 15.Rc1 Qb6 16.Nf3 0-0 17.Ne2 Bb7 18.0-0 Rfc8 19.Rcd1 Nc6 20.a3 Rc7 21.Qa2 Rbc8 22.Rc1 Na5 23.Rc7 Rc7 24.Rc1 Rc1+ 25.Nc1 Nc4 26.Bc3 f5 27.b3 Na5 28.Qd2 b4 29.ab4 Nb3 30.Nb3 Bf8 31.Na5 Bb4 32.Bb4 Kg7 33.Nb7 Qb7 34.Qb2 Qc8 35.h3 Nb6 36.Bf8+ Qf8 37.Qb6 Qf7 38.Qa6 h5 39.h4 1-0
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vidunas, Charles"]
[Black "Lopiccolo, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteELO "1071"]
[BlackELO "1327"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 4"]
1.e4 e5 2.d4 ed4 3.Qd4 f5 4.Qe5+ Ne7 5.ef5 Nbc6 6.Qf4 a6 7.f6 gf6 8.Qf6 Rg8 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.Qf4 d5 11.Ng5 Rh8 12.Qf7+ Kd7 13.g3 Bh6 14.Bh3+ Kd6 15.Qf6+ Kc5 16.Na3 Rf8 17.Qh6 Ng8 18.Qh7 Qe8+ 19.Be3+ d4 20.Ne4+ Kd5 21.c4+ dc3 22.Rd1+ 1-0
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Honaker, Martha"]
[Black "Betts, Allen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteELO "1219"]
[BlackELO "870"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 5"]
1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 Bb4+ 4.c3 Ba5 5.Nd2 Nf6 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 b5 9.b4 Bb6 10.e4 e5 11.h3 a5 12.Ba3 a4 13.Bb5 Bb7 14.Bc6 Bc6 15.b5 Bb5 16.Bf8 Qf8 17.Ne5 de4 18.Ne4 Ne4 19.Re4 f6 20.Nf3 Bc6 21.Rh4 g5 22.Rh5 Qg7 23.d5 Bd7 24.d6 cd6 25.Qd5+ Be6 26.Qa8+ Qf8 27.Qf8+ Kf8 28.Rb1 Bc7 29.Rh7 Kg8 30.Rc7 Bf7 31.Rb8+ Kg7 32.g3 d5 33.h4 g4 34.Nd4 f5 35.h5 a3 36.h6+ Kh6 37.Rf7 Kg6 38.Rf5 Kh6 39.Rb6+ Kh7 40.Rd5 Kg7 41.Rd7+ Kh8 42.Rb8# 1-0
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Olynik, Henry"]
[Black "Honaker, Martha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteELO "1400"]
[BlackELO "1219"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 1"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 h6 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Re1 0-0 9.Nd2 Re8 10.f4 c5 11.Nf3 a6 12.Ne5 b5 13.cb5 Nb6 14.b3 Qc7 15.Qe2 Bb7 16.ba6 Bc8 17.Bd2 Bd7 18.Rac1 Bc6 19.Nc6 Qc6 20.Bb5 Qc7 21.Be8 Re8 22.Nb5 Qb8 23.Nd6 Qd6 24.dc5 Qb8 25.cb6 Qb6 26.Bc3 Qd8 27.Bf6 Qf6 28.Qb5 Qe7 29.Qb7 Qf8 30.a7 Ra8 31.Rc7 Kh7 32.Rec1 g6 33.Rf7+ Qg7 34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.Rh7+ Kg8 36.Qf7# 1-0
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hart, James"]
[Black "Vidunas, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteELO "1198"]
[BlackELO "1071"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 2"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bc6 dc6 5.Ne5 Qd4 6.Nf3 Qe4+ 7.Qe2 Qe2+ 8.Ke2 Bg4 9.Re1 0-0-0 10.d3 Nf6 11.Be3 Nd5 12.Nbd2 Bb4 13.c3 Ba5 14.Bd4 Nf4+ 15.Kf1 Rhe8 16.Re8 Re8 17.Re1 Re1+ 18.Ke1 Nd3+ 19.Ke2 Nb2 20.Bg7 Na4 21.Kd3 Bf5+ 22.Ne4 Nb2+ 23.Kd4 Bb6+ 24.Ke5 Be6 25.Neg5 Nd3+ 26.Kf6 Ba2 27.Nh7 Nf2 28.Nhg5 c5 29.Nf7 Bf7 30.Kf7 a5 31.h4 a4 32.c4 Ng4 33.Ne1 c6 34.Bc3 Bc7 35.Kg6 Be5 36.Be5 Ne5+ 37.Kf5 Nc4 38.h5 Ne3+ 39.Ke4 Nd5 40.h6 c4 41.Ke5 Ne7 42.h7 Kc7 43.Kf6 Nd5+ 44.Kf7 b5 45.h8Q b4 46.Qd4 c3 47.Qd1 b3 48.Nd3 Ne3 49.Qc1 Nc2 50.g4 a3 51.g5 a2 52.g6 a1Q 53.Qa1 Na1 54.g7 b2 55.Nb2 cb2 56.g8Q b1Q 57.Qg3+ Kd7 58.Qh3+ Kc7 59.Qg3+ Kb6 60.Qb8+ Kc5 61.Qb1 Kc4 62.Qa1 c5 63.Ke6 Kb4 64.Kd5 c4 65.Kd4 1-0
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lopiccolo, Daniel"]
[Black "Honaker, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteELO "1327"]
[BlackELO "1169"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 3"]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Qg4 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.g4 Bg6 6.f3 Nc6 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bc6+ bc6 9.h4 h5 10.g5 d5 11.d3 de4 12.fe4 Qd4 13.Na3 Bb4+ 14.c3 Qd3 15.cb4 Qe4+ 16.Ne2 Qh1+ 17.Kd2 Rd8+ 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Betts, Allen"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteELO "870"]
[BlackELO "1189"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 4"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 h6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 Bb4 6.0-0 0-0 7.Be3 Bc3 8.bc3 d5 9.d4 Re8 10.de5 Ne5 11.Ne5 Re5 12.Bf3 Ne4 13.Qd4 Qf6 14.Be4 de4 15.Rad1 Bg4 16.Bf4 Qf4 17.f3 ef3 18.Qf4 Rg5 19.Rd2 Re8 20.Rfd1 fg2 21.Rb1 Bf5 22.Rb4 Re1+ 23.Kf2 g1Q+ 24.Kf3 Qf1+ 25.Rf2 Qh3+ 26.Qg3 Rg3+ 27.Kf4 Qg4# 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schmit, Henry"]
[Black "Pietrolungo, Al"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteELO "1387"]
[BlackELO "1482"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 5"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 ed5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bd3 Be6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.c3 h6 9.Bh4 Nb6 10.b3 Qd7 11.Ne5 Qc8 12.Bf6 Bf6 13.Ndf3 Nd7 14.Nd7 Qd7 15.0-0 0-0-0 16.Qc2 Bg4 17.Nd2 Rde8 18.h3 Be6 19.Rfe1 Re7 20.Re2 Rhe8 21.Rae1 Qd6 22.b4 Bd7 23.Re7 Re7 24.Re7 Qe7 25.Nf3 g5 26.Bf5 c6 27.Bd7+ Kd7 28.Kf1 Qe6 29.Qh7 Bd8 30.Ne5+ Ke7 31.Ng4 h5 32.Qh5 Qf5 33.Ne5 Qb1+ 34.Ke2 Qc2+ 35.Ke1 Qc3+ 36.Ke2 Qc2+ 37.Ke1 Qe4+ 38.Qe2 Qe2+ 39.Ke2 f6 40.Nd3 Bb6 41.Nc5 Bc5 42.bc5 b5 43.cb6 ab6 44.Kd3 Ke6 45.a4 Kf5 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.g3 Kf5 48.f3 Kg6 49.g4 f5 50.Kd3 f4 51.Kc3 Kf6 52.Kb4 Ke7 53.a5 ba5+ 54.Ka5 Kd7 55.Kb6 Kd6 56.Ka5 c5 57.Ka4 cd4 58.Kb4 Kc6 59.Kb3 Kc5 60.Kc2 Kc4 61.Kd2 d3 62.Kc1 Kc3 63.Kd1 d2 64.h4 gh4 65.g5 h3 66.g6 h2 67.g7 h1Q+ 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pietrolungo, Al"]
[Black "Olynik, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteELO "1482"]
[BlackELO "1400"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 1"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 Bg4 5.Be2 Be7 6.d3 Nbd7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 c5 9.h3 Be6 10.Ng5 Ne8 11.Ne6 fe6 12.Bg4 Rf6 13.Bg5 Rg6 14.Be7 Qe7 15.0-0-0 Nc7 16.Rdf1 Rf6 17.Rh2 a6 18.a4 b5 19.ab5 ab5 20.Bd1 Ra1+ 21.Nb1 Qf8 22.f3 Qa8 23.Bb3 Nb6 24.Qc2 bc4 25.dc4 Na6 26.Rhh1 Nb4 27.Qd2 d5 28.ed5 ed5 29.cd5 N4d5 30.Bd5+ Nd5 31.Rd1 Rd6 32.Qe2 Qa2 33.Qc2 Nb4 34.Rd6 Nc2 35.Kc2 Qc4+ 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Honaker, Larry"]
[Black "Hart, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteELO "1169"]
[BlackELO "1198"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 2"]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.d3 Bc3+ 6.bc3 0-0 7.Bb5 a6 8.Bc6 dc6 9.0-0 Re8 10.Bg5 c5 11.Bf6 Qf6 12.Qd2 Bg4 13.Qg5 Qg5 14.Ng5 b5 15.h3 Bd7 16.g3 c4 17.Rae1 f6 18.f4 fg5 19.fg5 Bh3 20.Rf3 Rf8 21.Rf8+ Rf8 22.Kh2 Bg4 23.Kg2 cd3 24.cd3 Rf3 25.Rc1 Rd3 26.c4 b4 27.c5 Rc3 28.Rb1 Rc2+ 29.Kf1 Rc5 30.Rb4 Rc1+ 31.Kf2 Rc2+ 32.Ke3 Ra2 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Honaker, Martha"]
[Black "Vidunas, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteELO "1219"]
[BlackELO "1071"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 3"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Be2 d5 4.Nc3 d4 5.Nd5 Be6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.d3 Bd5 8.ed5 Nd5 9.0-0 Bb4 10.Bd2 0-0 11.a3 Ba5 12.Ba5 Na5 13.Ne5 Nc4 14.Nc4 Re8 15.Re1 Nf4 16.Qf3 Qg5 17.Re4 Qg2+ 18.Qg2 Ng2 19.Kg2 Re6 20.Rae1 Rae8 21.Re6 Re6 22.Re6 fe6 23.Nd2 e5 24.Nf3 b5 25.Ne5 c5 26.Nc6 a6 27.Ne5 g6 28.Kf3 Kg7 29.Ke4 a5 30.Kd5 b4 31.a4 Kf6 32.Nd7+ 1-0
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Betts, Allen"]
[Black "Lopiccolo, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteELO "870"]
[BlackELO "1327"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 4"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Bg5 0-0 8.Nd5 h6 9.Be3 Nd5 10.ed5 Ne7 11.Qd2 a6 12.d4 b5 13.de5 f6 14.Bf4 de5 15.Ne5 fe5 16.Be3 Nf5 17.Bc5 Rf7 18.a4 Bb7 19.ab5 ab5 20.Ra8 Qa8 21.Bb5 c6 22.dc6 Bc6 23.Bc6 Qc6 24.Ba3 Rd7 25.Qa5 Qc7 26.Qa8+ Rd8 27.Qa6 Nd4 28.Bd6 Rd6 29.Qa8+ Rd8 30.Qa6 Rd6 31.Qa4 Qd8 32.c3 Nc6 33.b4 1-0
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Schmit, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteELO "1189"]
[BlackELO "1387"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 5"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ed5 ed5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Bf4 Bb4 8.Qd3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Rfe1 Ne4 11.Bd2 Nd7 12.Ne5 Be2 13.Qe2 Ne5 14.Ne4 Bd2 15.Nd2 Nc4 16.Qe8+ Qe8 17.Re8+ Re8 18.Nc4 dc4 19.c3 Re2 20.b3 cb3 21.ab3 a5 22.Kf1 Rc2 23.c4 b6 24.b4 Rc4 25.ba5 ba5 26.Ra5 Kf8 27.Rc5 Rc5 28.dc5 Ke7 29.Ke2 Ke6 30.Kd3 Kd5 31.f4 f5 32.h3 Kc5 33.Kc3 Kd5 34.g4 fg4 35.hg4 Ke4 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Honaker, Martha"]
[Black "Pietrolungo, Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteELO "1219"]
[BlackELO "1482"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 1"]
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Bf5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bd3 5.cd3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 e6 7.a3 Rc8 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Nb5 a6 10.Nd6+ cd6 11.Bd2 Rc6 12.Re1 0-0 13.h3 Qc7 14.Bc3 Nb6 15.Rc1 Nbd7 16.Nd2 Rc8 17.e4 de4 18.de4 b5 19.Nb3 Qd8 20.Na5 R6c7 21.Qd2 d5 22.e5 Ne4 23.Qe3 Nc3 24.bc3 Qe7 25.Nb3 Qa3 26.Nd2 Rc3 27.Nb1 Qe7 28.Rc3 Rb8 29.Rec1 h6 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Qd3+ g6 32.R1c7 Rc8 33.Rc8 Nb6 34.Rc2 Nc4 35.Kh2 Qb7 1/2-1/2
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopiccolo, Daniel"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteELO "1327"]
[BlackELO "1189"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 2"]
1.e3 e5 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d3 Bf5 5.h3 h6 6.g4 Bh7 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 c6 9.a3 Bc3 10.Bc3 Nbd7 11.Nf3 e4 12.de4 Be4 13.0-0 0-0 14.Nh4 Bg2 15.Ng2 Ne4 16.f3 Nc3 17.bc3 Qf6 18.Qe1 Rfe8 19.Qd2 Ne5 20.f4 Nc4 21.Qd4 Qd4 22.ed4 Ne3 23.Ne3 Re3 24.Kg2 Rc3 25.Ra2 Re8 26.Rf3 Re2+ 27.Rf2 Rf2+ 28.Kf2 Rh3 29.Kg2 Rc3 30.a4 a5 31.Rb2 Rc4 32.Rb7 Rd4 33.Kf3 Ra4 34.g5 hg5 35.fg5 Rb4 36.Rb8+ Rb8 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidunas, Charles"]
[Black "Honaker, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteELO "1071"]
[BlackELO "1169"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 3"]
1.e4 e5 2.d4 f6 3.d5 Bc5 4.Be3 d6 5.Bc5 dc5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Nc3 a6 8.Ba4 Ba4 9.Na4 b6 10.Nf3 Ne7 11.c3 0-0 12.Qb3 Qd6 13.0-0 b5 14.Nc5 Qc5 15.d6+ Qc4 16.de7 Re8 17.Rad1 Nc6 18.Nd2 Qb3 19.Nb3 Ne7 20.Nc5 Kf7 21.Rd2 Nc6 22.Rfd1 1/2-1/2
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hart, James"]
[Black "Betts, Allen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteELO "1198"]
[BlackELO "870"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 4"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 a6 5.Bc6 bc6 6.Ne5 d6 7.Nc6 Qd7 8.Nd4 Bb7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Ne4 0-0 12.Bg5 Bg5 13.Ng5 Bg2 14.Kd2 Bh1 15.Rh1 Qe8 16.Qh5 f6 17.Qh7# 1-0
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olynik, Henry"]
[Black "Schmit, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteELO "1400"]
[BlackELO "1387"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 5"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qb3 e6 6.Qb7 Be4 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 Bg2 9.Qa8 Bh1 10.f3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bd2+ 12.Nd2 0-0 13.Qa7 Qd6 14.f4 Ng4 15.Qc5 Qd8 16.Nf1 Qh4+ 17.Kd2 Qf2+ 18.Ne2 Bf3 19.Qc4 Nh2 20.Nh2 Qh2 21.Re1 Bd5 22.Qc2 h5 23.Qd1 h4 24.Bc2 Bf3 25.Rf1 Qg2 26.Qe1 h3 27.Qf2 Qf2 28.Rf2 Bg2 29.Ng3 f5 30.Bd3 Kf7 31.Bf1 Bf1 32.Rf1 Rh8 33.Rh1 Nd7 34.b4 Ke7 35.Kc3 Nb6 36.Kd3 Kd6 37.Rh2 Nd5 38.a3 Nf6 39.Ke2 Ng4 40.Rh1 h2 41.Kf3 Nf6 42.Nf1 Kd5 43.Rh2 Rh2 44.Nh2 Kc4 45.Ke2 Kb3 46.Kd3 Ka3 47.Kc4 Nd5 48.Nf1 Nb4 49.Kc5 Kb3 50.Kd6 Kc3 51.Ke6 g6 52.Kf6 Kd3 53.Kg6 Ke4 54.Kg5 Nd5 55.Kg6 Ne7+ 56.Kf6 Nd5+ 57.Ke6 Nb4 58.Kd6 Kd3 59.Kc5 Kc3 60.Ng3 Nd3+ 61.Kc6 Nf4 62.Nf5 Kc4 63.Kd6 Nd5 64.e4 Nf6 65.e5 Ne4+ 66.Ke6 Ng5+ 67.Kf6 Ne4+ 68.Kg6 Kd5 69.Kf7 Ng5+ 70.Ke7 Ne6 71.Kf6 Nf4 72.Kg5 Ne6+ 73.Kg4 Ke4 74.Ng3+ Kd4 75.Kf5 Nc7 76.Nh5 1/2-1/2
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hart, James"]
[Black "Olynik, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteELO "1198"]
[BlackELO "1400"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 1"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bd7+ Nd7 5.d4 cd4 6.Nd4 Ngf6 7.Nc3 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nf3 a6 10.Be3 0-0 11.Bd4 Re8 12.e5 de5 13.Be5 Ne5 14.Qd8 Nf3+ 15.gf3 Red8 16.Rad1 Nd7 17.a4 Bf6 18.Rd3 Nc5 19.Rd8+ Rd8 20.Rd1 Rd1+ 21.Nd1 Na4 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pietrolungo, Al"]
[Black "Lopiccolo, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteELO "1482"]
[BlackELO "1327"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 2"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.d3 Bg4 7.Be3 Bf3 8.Bf3 Nc6 9.a3 a6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qd2 b5 12.cb5 ab5 13.Nb5 Na5 14.Qc2 Re8 15.a4 Nc6 16.Qc6 h5 17.Qc7 Rc8 18.Qd8 Red8 19.Rfc1 Ne8 20.Rc8 Rc8 21.Rc1 Rc1+ 22.Bc1 Nc7 23.Nd6 Bf8 24.Nc4 f5 25.ef5 gf5 26.Ne5 Na6 27.Bd2 Bd6 28.d4 Be5 29.de5 Nc7 30.a5 Kf7 31.Bb7 Ke6 32.f4 Kd7 33.a6 Na6 34.Ba6 1-0
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Betts, Allen"]
[Black "Vidunas, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteELO "870"]
[BlackELO "1071"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 3"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Be2 Nf6 5.0-0 d5 6.ed5 Nd5 7.Nd5 Qd5 8.a3 Bd6 9.d3 0-0 10.Be3 Re8 11.Ng5 e4 12.Bh5 Qe5 13.Bf7+ Kf8 14.Be8 Qh2# 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Honaker, Larry"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteELO "1169"]
[BlackELO "1189"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 4"]
1.c4 e5 2.c5 Bc5 3.Qc2 b6 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nf3 Bf2+ 7.Ke2 Bc5 8.d3 0-0 9.Bg5 f6 10.Qb3+ Kh8 11.Bh4 d6 12.Kd2 Be3+ 13.Kc2 Nc6 14.Nd5 Be6 15.Qb5 Nd4+ 16.Kd1 Nb5 17.d4 Nd4 0-1
[Event "1999 U.S. Blind"]
[Site "Columbus, Ohio USA"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Honaker, Martha"]
[Black "Schmit, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteELO "1219"]
[BlackELO "1387"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark "Board 5"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Be6 5.Be6 fe6 6.c3 Be7 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Qb7 Rb8 9.Qa6 Nf6 10.Qe2 0-0 11.fe5 Ne5 12.Ne5 de5 13.0-0 Rf7 14.d3 Rbf8 15.Nd2 Bc5+ 16.Kh1 g6 17.Nf3 Ng4 18.h3 Nf2+ 19.Rf2 Rf3 20.Rf3 Kg7 21.Rf8 Bf8 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bh4 h5 24.Rf1 Kh6 25.Rf8 Qg7 26.Qf2 a6 27.Rf7 Qh8 28.Qe3+ g5 29.Qg5# 1-0 Send E-mail to the U.S. Braille Chess Association

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