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CCSN May Open, May 15-17, 1998

(Directed by Ken Horne)

We had 13 players play in this tournament. There were three 2100 experts, three 2000 experts, one A, three Bs, three Cs for a tournament average of 1864.

We want to welcome Eric Langjahr. He is an expert who has been in Las Vegas for a while but has not played local chess.

This Tournament was held at the CCSN Torrey Pines campus. We had two rooms. One was the tournament hall and the other was the skittles room. Both rooms have excellent lighting and good climate control.

We had two upsets in round one. Ken Sims (1548) drew with a 2068 expert and John Trivett (1946) beat a 2140 expert.

In round two James Brailsford (1726) was our only upset master. He beat a 2068 expert.

The prize winners for this tournament were:

Open:
1st - Jorge Barrios [2120]     - 5.0
2nd - Tom Thrush [2161]        - 3.5

Under 1800:
1st - Chad Badgett [1641]      - 2.5
2nd - Mike Vannozzi [1505]     - 2.0

                                  Cross Table

    Name/Rating                 rd1   rd2   rd3   rd4   rd5   

  1 THRUSH,THOMAS N.............W  6  B  4  bye   W  3  B  2  
    2161                         1.0   2.0   2.5   2.5   3.5  
  2 DURIAS, PETERSON............B  7  W 13  B  6  bye   W  1  
    2140                         0.0   1.0   1.5   2.0   2.0  
  3 BARRIOS, JORGE..............B 11  W  7  bye   B  1  W  6  
    2120                         1.0   2.0   3.0   4.0   5.0  
  4 LANGJAHR, ERIC..............W 10  W  1  B  7  W  6  bye   
    2087                         1.0   1.0   1.5   1.5   2.0  
  5 BRUNS, MIKE.................B 12  W  8  bye   W 11  B  7  
    2068                         0.5   0.5   1.0   2.0   3.0  
  6 BROWN, JOHN.................B  1  W 11  W  2  B  4  B  3  
    2036                         0.0   1.0   1.5   2.5   2.5  
  7 TRIVETT, JOHN...............W  2  B  3  W  4  bye   W  5  
    1946                         1.0   1.0   1.5   2.0   2.0  
  8 BRAILSFORD, JAMES...........bye   B  5  ----  ----  ----  
    1726                         0.5   1.5   1.5   1.5   1.5  
  9 HORNE, KENNETH..............----  ----  B 11  ----  ----  
    1673                         0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0  
 10 BADGETT, CHAD...............B  4  bye   W 13  ----  B 12  
    1641                         0.0   0.5   1.5   1.5   2.5  
 11 YEIFEF, LEON................W  3  B  6  W  9  B  5  B 13  
    1590                         0.0   0.0   1.0   1.0   1.5  
 12 SIMS, KENNETH M.............W  5  bye   ----  B 13  W 10  
    1548                         0.5   1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0  
 13 VANNOZZI, MICHAEL...........bye   B  2  B 10  W 12  W 11  
    1505                         0.5   0.5   0.5   1.5   2.0  

                                   Standings

    Name                        rtng rd 1  rd 2  rd 3  rd 4  rd 5   TOT

  1 BARRIOS, JORGE..............2120 W 11  W  8  B---  W  2  W  4   5.0
  2 THRUSH,THOMAS N.............2161 W  4  W  7  H---  L  1  W  6   3.5
  3 BRUNS, MIKE.................2068 D 12  L 10  H---  W 11  W  8   3.0
  4 BROWN, JOHN.................2036 L  2  W 11  D  6  W  7  L  1   2.5
  5 BADGETT, CHAD...............1641 L  7  H---  W  9  U---  W 12   2.5
  6 DURIAS, PETERSON............2140 L  8  W  9  D  4  H---  L  2   2.0
  7 LANGJAHR, ERIC..............2087 W  5  L  2  D  8  L  4  H---   2.0
  8 TRIVETT, JOHN...............1946 W  6  L  1  D  7  H---  L  3   2.0
  9 VANNOZZI, MICHAEL...........1505 H---  L  6  L  5  W 12  D 11   2.0
 10 BRAILSFORD, JAMES...........1726 H---  W  3  U---  U---  U---   1.5
 11 YEIFEF, LEON................1590 L  1  L  4  W 13  L  3  D  9   1.5
 12 SIMS, KENNETH M.............1548 D  3  H---  U---  L  9  L  5   1.0
 13 HORNE, KENNETH..............1673 U---  U---  L 11  U---  U---   0.0

Report by Ken Horne, crosstable and standings provided by Ken Horne

Games

1 B00
Thrush, Thomas (X) - Brown, John (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.d4 e5 2.d:e5 Nc6 3.e4 N:e5 4.f4 Ng6 5.Bc4 c6 6.Qd4 Qb6 7.Q:b6 a:b6 
8.Nf3 d6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.h4 Bf6 11.h5 B:c3+ 12.b:c3 Nf8 13.f5 h6 14.Bf4 
d5 15.e:d5 B:f5 16.Nd4 Be4 17.d:c6 b:c6 18.O-O Ne7 19.Rae1 f5 20.Bd6 
Ra7 21.N:f5 B:f5 22.R:f5 Kd8 23.Rf7   1:0

2 B15
Trivett, John (A) - Durias, Petersen (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 d:e4 4.N:e4 Nf6 5.N:f6+ e:f6 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Qd2 O-O
8.O-O-O Bf5 9.Bd3 B:d3 10.B:d6 Q:d6 11.Q:d3 Na6 12.Kb1 Nb4 13.Qd2 a5 
14.Ne2 a4 15.h4 a3 16.b3 Rfc8 17.c3 Nd5 18.c4 Nb4 19.Qf4 Qe6 20.Nc3 
Ra5 21.Rhe1 Qd7 
  [21...Nd3 22.R:e6 N:f4 23.Re7 N:g2 24.R:b7 N:h4  Black is better]
22.Ne4 Rd8 23.g4 h6 24.Qd2 c5 25.N:c5 R:c5 26.Q:b4 Rc6 27.f3 h5 28.Re7
Qc8 29.Q:b7 h:g4 30.Q:c8 Rd:c8 31.f:g4 Re6 32.Re1 R:e1+ 33.R:e1 Kf8 
34.Kc2 g5 35.h:g5 f:g5 36.Kd3 Kg7 37.d5 Rh8 38.d6 Kf6 39.c5 Rh3+ 
40.Kd4 Rh2 41.c6 R:a2 42.d7   1:0

3 A15
Langjahr, Eric (X) - Badgett, Chad (C) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O Na6 8.a3 
Rb8 9.Rb1 Bd7 10.b4 c:b4 11.a:b4 b5 12.c:b5 B:b5 13.N:b5 R:b5 14.Nd4 
Rb6 15.b5 Qc7 16.Ba3 Nb8 17.Bb4 e5 18.Rc1 Qd7 19.Nc6 R:b5 20.Qa4 Rb6 
21.Ba5 Ra6 22.Qb5 e4 23.Q:b8 {a spectacular move!} R:b8 24.N:b8 Qb5 
25.Rc8+ Bf8 26.Bd8 Kg7 27.Rfc1 Ra2 28.B:f6+ K:f6 29.R:f8 Qe2 30.B:e4 
R:d2 31.Rf1 a5 32.h4 d5 33.Bg2 a4 34.Nc6 a3 35.Nd4 Qd3 36.B:d5 a2 
37.R:f7+ Ke5 38.Nf3+ K:d5 39.N:d2 
  [39.Rd7+ Ke4 40.R:d3 R:d3 41.Ng5+ Kd5 42.Ra1 Ra3]
39...Q:f1+ 40.N:f1 a1=Q 41.R:h7 Ke4 42.Rc7 Kf5 43.Rc4 Kf6 44.Rf4+ Kg7 
45.Kg2 Qe1 46.Nh2 Qe2 47.Nf3 Kh6 48.Rf7 Qc4 49.Ng5 Kh5 50.e4 Qe2 51.e5
{One of the most beautiful games of the whole Grand Prix}
  1:0

4 A26
Sims, Kenneth (C) - Bruns, Mike (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 e5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nge2 f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Bg5 
O-O 9.Nd5 Kh8 10.Qd2 Be6 11.e:f5 g:f5 12.N:f6 B:f6 13.B:f6+ Q:f6 
14.B:c6 b:c6 15.Qc3 Rab8 16.O-O-O d5 17.b3 Kg7 18.f4 e4 19.Q:f6+ K:f6 
20.Nd4 Bd7 21.c5 Rb4 22.Nc2 Rb5 23.b4 a5 24.a3 a:b4 25.a:b4 Ra8 26.d4 
Be8 27.Kb2 Ke7 28.Ra1 Rbb8 29.R:a8 R:a8 30.Ra1 Rb8 31.Kb3 Bg6 32.Ra7 
Kd7 33.Ne3 Rg8 34.Kc3 h5 35.h4 Bh7 36.Nf1 Re8 37.Ne3 Rg8 38.Nf1 Bg6 
39.Ne3 Rb8 40.Nc2 Kc8 41.Ne3 Rb7 42.R:b7 K:b7 43.Kb3 Ka6 44.Ka4 Bh7 
45.Nc2   1/2

5 B04
Yeifef L. (C) - Barrios, Jorge (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bd3 d:e5 7.d:e5 Bg7 
8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Nc6 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.Be4 Nc:e5 13.B:e5 B:f3 
14.B:c7 Q:c7 15.B:f3 Nb6 16.Nd5 Q:c4 17.N:e7+ Kh8 18.b3 Qa6 19.Rc1 
Rad8 20.Qc2 Bf6 21.a4 Rfe8 22.Qc5 Nd7 23.Qb5 Qb6 24.Q:b6 N:b6 25.Rc7 
Nc8 26.Kf1 R:e7 27.R:b7 R:b7 28.B:b7 Nd6 29.Bd5 Kg7 30.b4 Nc8 31.Bb7 
Nd6 32.Bd5 Nf5 33.Rd1 Ne7   0:1

6 A26
Langjahr, Eric (X) - Thrush, Thomas (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d3 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 e5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Rb1 
a5 9.a3 Bf5 10.Nh4 Bd7 11.b4 a:b4 12.a:b4 Qc8 13.b5 Ne7 14.Qb3 Bh3 
15.Ba3 B:g2 16.K:g2 Nh5 17.c5 d:c5 18.B:c5 Re8 19.B:e7 R:e7 20.Nd5 Rd7
21.Rbc1 Qd8 22.Ne3 Nf4+ 23.g:f4 Q:h4 24.f5 Bh6 25.f:g6 h:g6 26.Qc4 Bf4
27.Rh1 Qg5+ 28.Kf3 Qh5+ 29.Ng4 B:c1   0:1

7 D03
Barrios, Jorge (X) - Trivett, John (A) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg5 d5 4.B:f6 g:f6 5.Nbd2 Bf5 6.g3 Nd7 7.Bg2 e5 
8.O-O e4 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.f4 f5 11.Bh3 Qf6 12.e3 Be7 13.c4 O-O 14.c:d5 
c:d5 15.Qb3 Qe6 16.Rac1 Kh8 17.Rc7 B:h4 18.g:h4 Bh5 19.Rf2 Rg8+ 20.Rg2
R:g2+ 21.B:g2 Rg8 22.Nf1 Qg6 23.Ng3 Nf6 24.R:b7 Ng4 25.Rb8 R:b8 
26.Q:b8+ Kg7 27.Qb3 Nf6 28.Qc2 Bf3 29.b4 Qg4 30.a4 Bd1 31.Qa2 Kg6 
32.a5 Q:h4 33.b5 Ng4 34.Nf1 Qe1 35.Qd2 Q:d2 36.N:d2 Be2 37.Bf1 B:f1 
38.N:f1 Nf6 39.b6 a:b6 40.a:b6 Nd7 41.b7 Kf6 42.Ng3 Ke6 43.Kf2 Kd6 
44.N:f5+ Kc7 45.Ne7 Nf6 46.Kg3 K:b7 47.Kh4 h6 48.Nf5 h5 49.h3 Kc6 
50.Kg5 Nd7 51.K:h5 Nb6 52.Kg5   1:0

8 B01
Bruns, Mike (X) - Brailsford, Jim (B) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 d5 2.e:d5 Nf6 3.Be2 
  [3.c4]
3...Q:d5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d4 Nc6 6.c4 Qh5 7.Nc3 O-O-O 8.O-O 
  [8.d5]
8...N:d4 9.N:d4 B:e2 10.Nc:e2 e5 11.Qa4 e:d4 12.Nf4 Qc5 13.Nd3 Qb6 
14.b4 Kb8 15.c5 Qa6 16.Qc2 Nd5 17.a4 Qg6 18.Qc4 Be7 19.a5 Bf6 20.c6 
Nc3 21.Nc5 Qf5 22.Bd2 Qd5 23.Q:d5 R:d5 24.c:b7 d3 25.B:c3 B:c3 26.Rab1
d2 27.a6 
  [27.Ne4 B:b4 28.Rfd1]
27...Re8 28.Na4 B:b4 29.h3 Re1 30.Nb2 Rde5 31.g3 R:b1   0:1

9 E65
Durias, Petersen (X) - Vannozzi, Mike (C) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.d5 
Nb6 9.Nd2 Bd7 10.e4 Ng4 11.Qc2 Ne5 12.b3 f5 13.Bb2 a5 14.Ne2 a4 15.Nf4
Qe8 16.Rae1 g5 17.Nh3 Qh5 18.N:g5 Q:g5 19.f4 Qg6 20.f:e5 d:e5 21.e:f5 
B:f5 22.Be4 B:e4 23.Q:e4 a:b3 24.a:b3 Ra2 25.R:f8+ K:f8 26.Rf1+ Kg8 
27.Bc3 Q:e4 28.N:e4 Nd7 29.Rf2 R:f2 30.K:f2 Kf7 31.Ng5+ Kg6 32.Ne6 Bf6
33.b4 b6 34.b5 e4 35.B:f6 K:f6 36.Ke3 Ne5 37.K:e4 N:c4 38.Nc7 Nd6+ 
39.Kf4 c4 40.g4 c3 41.Ke3 Kg5 42.Kd3 K:g4 43.K:c3 h5 44.Kd4 Nf5+ 
  [44...Kh3 45.Ke5 K:h2 46.Ke6 Nc8  and Black wins]
45.Ke5 h4 46.Ne6 Nd6 47.Nd4 Kh3 48.Ke6 K:h2 49.K:e7 h3 50.K:d6 Kg2 
51.Kc7 h2 52.d6 h1=Q 53.d7 Qc1+ 54.Nc6 Qf4+ 
  [54...Qc5  will draw]
55.K:b6 Qe3+ 56.Kb7 
  [56...Qd3  draws]
  1:0

10 B32
Brown, John (X) - Yeifef L. (C) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 c:d4 4.N:d4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ B:d6 7.Q:d6 Qf6 
8.Q:f6 N:f6 9.Nc3 d5 10.Bg5 d4 11.B:f6 d:c3 12.B:g7 Rg8 13.Bh6 c:b2 
14.Rb1 Be6 15.R:b2 O-O-O 16.Be3 f5 17.e:f5 B:f5 18.f3 e4 19.f4 Bg4 
20.h3 Rd1+ 21.Kf2 Be6 22.g4 Ra1 23.Bg2 R:h1 24.B:h1 Bd5 25.c4 B:c4 
26.B:e4 Bb5 27.Bb6 Rg7 28.Rd2 Rf7 29.Kg3 Rg7 30.g5 Bc4 31.h4 Re7 
32.Bf5+ Kb8 33.a3 Bf1 34.Rd7 R:d7 35.B:d7 Ne7 36.a4 Bd3 37.a5 Nd5 
38.f5 N:b6 39.a:b6 a5 40.f6 Bc4 41.Bf5 a4 42.B:h7 a3 43.Bb1 a2 44.B:a2
B:a2 45.g6 Kc8 46.f7   1:0

11 B15
Brown, John (X) - Durias, Petersen (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 d:e4 4.N:e4 Nf6 5.N:f6+ e:f6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Be3 O-O
8.Qd2 Bf5 9.Bd3 B:d3 10.Q:d3 Na6 11.a3 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 Nb4 13.Qc3 Qa6 
14.Nc4 Nd5 15.Qb3 Bc7 16.O-O-O b5 17.Nd2 f5 18.Nf3 Rab8 19.Ne5 b4 
20.Nd7 b:a3 21.N:b8 R:b8 
  [21...a:b2+  wins hands down]
22.Q:a3 Q:a3 23.b:a3 Nc3 24.f4 Rb1+ 25.Kd2 N:d1 26.R:d1 Ba5+ 27.Ke2 
Rb2 28.Kd3 Kf8 29.d5 c:d5 30.B:a7 Ke7 31.Bc5+ Ke6 32.g3 h5 33.h4 Rb5 
34.Bd4 f6 35.a4 Rb4 36.Ra1 Rc4 37.Ra2 Kd6 38.Ra3 Kd7 39.Be3 Kc6 40.Bd2
Bb6 41.a5 Rd4+ 42.Ke2 Re4+ 43.Kd1 Bc5 44.Rb3 Ra4 45.Rb8 Bf2 46.Rb3 Ra2
47.Rc3+ Bc5 48.Rb3 Bd4 49.Be1 Ba7 50.Bb4 d4 51.Ke2 Kd5 52.Kd3 Bc5 
53.Bd2 Ra1 54.Rb7 Ra3+ 55.Rb3 Ra1 56.Ke2 g6 57.Rb5 Kc4 58.Rb7 Rg1 
59.Be1 Rg2+ 60.Kd1 d3 61.c:d3+ K:d3 62.Rd7+ Bd4 63.Rc7 Ra2 64.Rc1 Ra3 
65.Rb1 Be3 66.Bb4 Ra4 67.Rb3+ Ke4 68.Ra3 R:a3 69.B:a3 Kf3 70.Be7 K:g3 
71.B:f6 B:f4 72.a6 Be3 73.Ke2 Ba7 74.Kd3 f4 75.Be5 Kg4 76.Bd4 Bb8 
77.Kc4 g5 78.h:g5 K:g5 79.Be5 f3 80.Kd3 Ba7 81.Bd4 B:d4 82.K:d4 f2 
83.a7 f1=Q 84.a8=Q Qf4+ 85.Kd3 Kg4 86.Ke2 Kg3 87.Qa3+ Kg2 88.Qa8+ Kh2 
89.Qd5 h4 90.Qf3 Qc4+ 91.Kf2 Qc2+ 92.Kf1 Qc1+ 93.Ke2 Qg1 94.Qf2+ Qg2 
95.Ke1   1/2

12 B06
Trivett, John (A) - Langjahr, Eric (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Be3 c6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Qd2 Nf6 6.f3 d:e4 7.N:e4 O-O 
8.O-O-O Re8 9.h4 N:e4 10.f:e4 Bg4 11.Be2 B:e2 12.N:e2 Nd7 13.h5 e5 
14.h:g6 h:g6 15.Bh6 Bh8 16.d:e5 N:e5 17.Qf4 Qf6 18.Bg5 Q:f4+ 19.N:f4 
Ng4 20.Rh4 Nf2 21.Re1 Bg7 22.Nd3 N:d3+ 23.c:d3   1/2

13 B01
Badgett, Chad (C) - Vannozzi, Mike (C) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 d5 2.e:d5 Nf6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Be2 B:e2 5.Q:e2 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 
8.d4 Nbd7 9.Ne5 Re8 10.f4 e6 11.d:e6 R:e6 12.Qf3 N:e5 13.d:e5 Nd7 
14.Bd2 c6 15.Bc3 f5 16.Rd1 Qb6+ 17.Qf2 Q:f2+ 18.K:f2 Nc5 19.Bb4 Ne4+ 
20.Ke3 Bh6 21.Nd2 R:e5 22.Kf3 Ree8 23.g3 Rad8 24.N:e4 f:e4+ 25.Ke3 Rc8
26.Rd7 Rb8 27.Rad1 Bg7 28.b3 a6 29.Rc7 a5 30.B:a5 Ra8 31.b4 Rab8 
32.Rdd7 Bc3 33.Bb6 B:b4 34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.R:h7+ Kg8 36.Rcg7+ Kf8 37.Rf7+ 
Kg8 38.Rhg7+ Kh8 39.Bd4 c5 40.Rh7+ Kg8   1:0

14 B19
Yeifef L. (C) - Horne, Ken (B) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 d:e4 4.N:e4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Nf3
Nd7 9.c4 Qc7 10.Bd3 B:d3 11.Q:d3 O-O-O 12.b4 c5 13.b:c5 N:c5 14.Qa3 
Na6 15.O-O e5 16.Qc3 e:d4 17.N:d4 Bb4 18.Qd3 Nf6 19.Qf5+ Qd7 20.Bf4 
Q:f5 21.Nd:f5 g6 22.N:h6 Rd7 23.h:g6 f:g6 24.Be5 R:h6 25.B:f6 Bd6 
26.Rad1 B:g3 27.f:g3 Nb4 28.a4 Nd3 29.Rf3 Ne5 30.Rff1 N:c4 31.Rc1 Rc7 
32.Bg5 Rh5 33.Rf8+ Kd7 34.Rf7+   1:0

15 E11
Thrush, Thomas (X) - Barrios, Jorge (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.a3 B:d2+ 6.Q:d2 O-O 7.Nc3 d6 
8.e4 e5 9.d:e5 d:e5 10.Be2 Bg4 11.O-O B:f3 12.B:f3 Nc6 13.Nd5 N:d5 
14.c:d5 Nd4 15.Qc3 c6 16.Rfe1 Qf6 17.d:c6 b:c6 18.Rac1 Rab8 19.Bd1 Rb6
20.b4 Rfb8 21.Qc5 h5 22.Rc3 g6 23.g3 R8b7 24.f4 Rb5 25.Qc4 e:f4 
26.g:f4 Ne6 27.f5 Ng7 28.Q:c6 Qd4+ 29.Kh1 g:f5 30.e:f5 R5b6 31.Qc8+ 
Kh7 32.Rg1 Rb8 33.Qc7 Rg8 34.Rh3 Rh6 35.Q:f7 Kh8 36.b5 h4 37.Qe7 {
Oops!} Q:g1+   0:1

16 A11
Langjahr, Eric (X) - Brown, John (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.c4 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.b3 d:c4 5.Bb2 c:b3 6.Q:b3 Qb6 7.Qc2 Na6 
8.a3 Be6 9.Nf3 Bb3 10.Qc1 Nd7 11.O-O f6 12.d4 Bf7 13.Nbd2 g6 14.Rb1 
Qc7 15.e4 Bg7 16.e5 Ba2 17.Ra1 Bd5 18.Re1 O-O 19.Bf1 Bh6 20.Qc3 Nb6 
21.a4 Rad8 22.a5 Nc8 23.e:f6 e:f6 24.Ba3 Rfe8 25.Bc4 B:c4 26.N:c4 Qf7 
27.Reb1 Bf8 28.B:f8 R:f8 29.Ra3 Rfe8 30.Rab3 Re7 31.Ne3 Nd6 32.Nd2 
Red7 33.Ndc4 Nb5 34.Qb2 N:d4   0:1

17 B34
Bruns, Mike (X) - Yeifef L. (C) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.d4 c:d4 5.N:d4 Bg7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bc4 e6 
8.Qd2 Nge7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.h4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.f3 Rc8 13.h5 Na5 14.Bh6 
Nec6 15.B:g7 K:g7 16.h:g6 f:g6 17.Qh6+ Kf7 18.Q:h7+ Ke8 19.N:e6   1:0

18 A05
Vannozzi, Mike (C) - Sims, Kenneth (C) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 d6 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.h3 
B:f3 9.B:f3 Nd4 10.Bg2 c6 11.f4 Nd7 12.Be3 Qb6 13.Rb1 Rab8 14.Qd2 Qa5 
15.Qf2 c5 16.a3 e6 17.Qd2 Nb6 18.Kh1 Rfc8 19.B:d4 B:d4 20.b4 Q:a3 
21.Nb5 Qa4 22.N:d6 Rd8 23.e5 Nd5 24.B:d5 e:d5 25.c3 B:c3 26.Q:c3 c:b4 
27.Q:b4 Qd7 28.g4 b6 29.Qb5 Qe6 30.d4 h5 31.f5 g:f5 32.g:f5 Qh6 
33.Rg1+ Kh8 
  [33...Kf8 34.N:f7 K:f7 
        (34...Qf4 35.Ng5 Q:d4 36.Nh7+ Kf7 37.e6+ Ke7 38.f6+ K:e6 
        39.Qc6+ Rd6 40.Rbe1+ Kf7 41.Rg7#) 
    35.e6+ Kf8 36.Qb4+]
34.N:f7+   1:0

19 D02
Barrios, Jorge (X) - Brown, John (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Bd6 4.Nf3 B:f4 5.e:f4 Qd6 6.Qd2 b6 7.Nc3 Ba6 
8.B:a6 N:a6 9.O-O c6 10.Rfe1 Ne7 11.Ne2 Nc7 12.Ng3 g6 13.Ne5 f6 14.Nd3
h5 15.h4 Rg8 16.a4 O-O-O 17.a5 b5 18.Re3 Rde8 19.Rae1 Nf5 20.N:f5 e:f5
21.Nc5 R:e3 22.R:e3 Re8 23.Qe1 R:e3 24.Q:e3 Qf8 25.Kf1 Qe8 26.Qc3 Kb8 
27.g3 Kc8 28.a6 Na8 29.Nb7 Qe6 30.Qc5 Nc7 31.Q:a7 Qe7 32.Nc5 Qd6 
33.Qb7+ Kd8 34.a7 Ke8 35.Q:c7 Q:c7 36.a8=Q+ Kf7 37.Qh8 Qa5 38.Qh7+ Ke8
39.Qd7+   1:0

20 B10
Durias, Petersen (X) - Thrush, Thomas (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e:d5 c:d5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3 e6 
8.O-O Be7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Qa4 N:e5 13.d:e5 Nd7 
14.Qc2 N:e5 15.B:h7+ Kh8 16.f4 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Nc6 18.Bd3 Qh4 19.Nf3 B:f3 
20.R:f3 e5 21.f:e5 N:e5 22.Bg5 Q:g5 23.Rf5 Qh6 24.R:e5 d4 25.Bf5 Rc7 
26.Bg4 g6 27.Qe2 Bd6 28.Re8 R:e8 29.Q:e8+ Kg7 30.Rf1 Re7 31.Qd8 Qf4 
  [32.R:f4  and White wins as the square is blocked, he resigns a won 
    position]
  0:1

21 B72
Trivett, John (A) - Bruns, Mike (X) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 c:d4 4.N:d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 
8.Nb3 O-O 9.f4 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Nd4 N:d4 13.B:d4 Bc4 14.Bd3 
Nd7 15.B:g7 K:g7 16.Kh1 Nf6 17.Qe2 Qc7 18.Rae1 Qc5 19.e5 d:e5 20.f:e5 
Nd5 21.Ne4 Qd4 22.B:c4 Q:c4 23.Qf3 h6 24.Re2 Q:a4 25.Ref2 Qc6 26.Qh3 
Rcd8 27.c3 Nc7 28.Rf4 Ne6 29.Rh4 Rh8 30.Rhf4 N:f4   0:1

22 A15
Sims, Kenneth (C) - Badgett, Chad (B) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d6 8.d4 
Ne4 9.N:e4 B:e4 10.Ng5 B:g2 11.K:g2 e5 12.d:e5 d:e5 13.Q:d8 R:d8 14.e4
Nc6 15.Rb1 Nb4 16.a3 Nc2 17.Re2 Nd4 18.Re3 Bh6 19.Rd3 f6 20.Nh3 B:c1 
21.R:c1 c5 22.Rcd1 a5 23.a4 Kf7 24.Ng1 Ke6 25.Nf3 Rd7 26.N:d4+ c:d4 
27.f3 h5 28.h3 Rc8 29.b3 Rcd8 30.Kf2 f5 31.Ke2 h4 32.g4 f:g4 33.f:g4 
Rf8 34.Rf1 R:f1 35.K:f1 Rf7+ 36.Ke2 Rf4 37.Rf3 R:f3 38.K:f3 g5 39.Ke2 
Kd6 40.Kd3 Kc5 41.Kc2 Kb4 42.Kb2 d3   0:1

23 B32
Vannozzi, Mike (C) - Yeifef L. (C) ()
1998, CCSN May Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 c:d4 4.N:d4 e5 5.N:c6 b:c6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nf6 
8.Qf3 O-O 9.Bc4 Bb7 10.O-O-O a5 11.a3 B:c3 12.B:c3 Qe7 13.Rhe1 Qc5 
14.Bb3 Ba6 15.Qf5 d6 16.f4 Bc8 17.Qg5 h6 18.Qg3 Nd7 19.f:e5 N:e5 
20.Bd4 Qb5 21.a4 Qb8 22.B:e5 d:e5 23.Rf1 Qc7 24.Qg6 Bb7 25.Rf3 Kh8 
26.R:f7   1/2

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