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CCSN Autumn Open, November 14-15, 1998

(Directed by Norm Harvey)

Who is this guy?? Jose Ramirez takes second but Jorge Barrios wins another one!

Only ten players entered the lists for this tournament, including 3 X and 7 class players. There were two new faces in our monthly series. Dan Soriano (1377) playing for the first time in some twenty years and Howard Levine (1971). This was one of those tournaments where a relatively new player, playing with a provisional rating bursts to the forefront, blowing away some of the best players in town and the new kid to watch out for is Jose Ramirez (1792/4, but more improved than this).

Round one began with Jose defeating of all people, top ranked Jorge Barrios (2160)!

In the second round, Jose took several pawns and beat off Chad Badgett's Moller Attack. Alex Herrera (2013) sent John Trivett (1906) retreating in a badly played Evans to win and Howard Levine (1971) moved to 2/2 with a sharp attack. And the very dangerous Mike Cassidy (1255) scored against Soriano with one move at the end after being given up for lost most of the game.

The third round saw Alex move to 3/3 all by himself by pounding on a weak e6 pawn in a heavy piece ending. Jorge Barrios moved to 2/3 along with Trivett and Levine while Jose took a 1/2 bye.

In round four, Jose defeated third ranked Alex Herrera to move to 3.5/4, Barrios won a bishop ending and John Brown (2026) moved out of the cellar after two crushing defeats by winning a bishop ending versus Mike Vannozzi (1539).

In the last round, Jose was paired with John Brown and right out of the opening, he had an aberration and absented-mindedly took his own horse with his own bishop. John took the bishop and at the end to his horror, Jose was a piece down, so he resigned. But the exchanges was an illegal move and because Jose resigned, the game was scored a win for John. Laughter broke out for a good ten minutes and so Trivett saw fit to draw painlessly with Levine. Herrera had his aberration and pinned Barrios's queen with his bishop only to see QxB loses a piece. Vannozzi played a Soltis Dragon to outplay Chad Badgett (1667) but he too had an aberration and found himself a piece down in a very difficult ending that he just managed to draw. And Norm Harvey (1841) playing hors concours beat Cassidy.

So in the prize distribution, Jorge Barrios won the Open Prize with 4/5. Jose Ramirez was clear second with 3.5/4 but took the 1st U1800 prize. The 2nd Open prize was split between Alex Herrera, John Brown, and John Trivett with 3/5. And Chad Badgett took the 2nd U1800 prize with 2/5.

I'd like to thank Alex Herrera for notes to his games, Ken Sims for the crosstables and all you folks who wondered where the bulletin was at! All other comments are mine. Enjoy the bulletin.

Report by John Trivett

The prize winners for this tournament were:

Open:
1st           - Jorge Barrios [2160]     - 4.0
2nd (actual)  - Jose Ramirez [1792/04]   - 3.5 <--|
2nd (awarded) - John Brown [2026]        - 3.0    |
                Alex Herrera [2013]      - 3.0    |
                                                  |
Under 1800:                                       |
1st - Jose Ramirez [1792/04]             - 3.5 <--|
2nd - Chad Badgett [1667]                - 2.0


                          Cross Table

    Name / Rating   Rd 1  Rd 2  Rd 3  Rd 4  Rd 5
1   Jorge Barris    B6    B8    W2    W4    B3
    2160            0.0   1.0   2.0   3.0   4.0
2   John Brown      W10   B4    B1    W8    W6
    2026            1.0   1.0   1.0   2.0   3.0
3   Alex Herrera    W7    B5    W4    B6    W1
    2013            1.0   2.0   3.0   3.0   3.0
4   Howard Levine   B8    W2    B3    B1    W5
    1971            1.0   2.0   2.0   2.0   2.5
5   John Trivett    W9    W3    B10   bye   B4
    1906            1.0   1.0   2.0   2.5   3.0
6   Jose Ramirez    W1    B7    bye   W3    B2
    1792/04         1.0   2.0   2.5   3.5   3.5
7   Chad Badgett    B3    W6    B9    W10   W8
    1667            0.0   0.0   0.5   1.5   2.0
8   Mike Vannozzi   W4    W1    bye   B2    B7
    1539            0.0   0.0   1.0   1.0   1.5
9   Dan Soriano     B5    B10   W7    W11   bye
    1317            0.0   0.0   0.5   0.5   1.0
10  Mike Cassidy    B2    W9    W5    B7    W11
    1255            0.0   1.0   1.0   1.0   1.0
11  Norm Harvey     ----  ----  ----  B9    B10
    1841            0.0   0.0   0.0   1.0   2.0


                          Standings

#   Name            Rtng   Rd 1  Rd 2  Rd 3  Rd 4  Rd 5  Total
1   Jorge Barris    2160   L2    W9    W3    W6    W4     4.0
2   Jose Ramirez    1792   W1    W8    H---  W4    L3     3.5
3   John Brown      2026   W11   L6    L1    W9    W2     3.0
4   Alex Herrera    2013   W8    W5    W6    L2    L1     3.0
5   John Trivett    1906   W10   L4    W11   H---  D6     3.0
6   Howard Levine   1971   W9    W3    L4    L1    D5     2.5
7   Norm Harvey     1841   U---  U---  U---  W10   W11    2.0
8   Chad Badgett    1667   L4    L2    D10   W11   D9     2.0
9   Mike Vannozzi   1539   L6    L1    B---  L3    D8     1.5
10  Dan Soriano     1317   L5    L11   D8    L7    H---   1.0
11  Mike Cassidy    1255   L3    W10   L5    L8    L7     1.0

Information provided by Norm Harvey

Games

1 E61
Ramirez, Jose (B) - Barrios, Jorge (X) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.Nf3 Na6 6.e4 c5 7.e5 c:d4 8.e:f6
e:f6 9.Q:d4 O-O 10.Bf4 f5 11.Q:d6 Re8+ 12.Be2 Qa5 13.Bd2 Be6 14.O-O 
Rad8 15.Qf4 Qb4 16.Rab1 Qf8 17.Qh4 h6 18.Qg3 Nc5 19.Rbd1 Ne4 20.N:e4 
f:e4 21.Ne5 Kh7 22.Bc3 h5 23.R:d8 R:d8 24.Rd1 R:d1+ 25.B:d1 Bf5 26.Ba4
Qe7 27.f3 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 f6 29.Nd7 Q:c4 30.h4 e:f3 31.Bb3 Qf1+ 32.Kh2 
B:d7 33.Q:f3 Q:f3 34.g:f3 Bc6 35.f4 Bh6 36.Kg3 Kg7 37.a4 Be8 38.a5 Bf7
39.Ba4 Bd5 40.b4 Kf7 41.Bd7 a6 42.b5 a:b5 43.B:b5 Bf8 44.Kf2 Bc5+ 
45.Ke2 Ke6 46.Bd3 Bg1   1:0

2 B24
Herrera, Alex (X) - Badgett, Chad (B) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Nge7 5.f4 d5 6.e:d5 e:d5 7.Nf3 g6 8.d4
Bg7 9.d:c5 B:c3+ 10.b:c3 Qa5 11.Bb2 Q:c5 12.Nd4 N:d4 13.Q:d4 Q:d4 
14.c:d4 Bf5 15.O-O-O Rc8 16.Rd2 Kd7 17.Re1 Rc7 18.Ba3 Be6 19.B:e7 K:e7
20.B:d5 Kd6 21.B:e6 f:e6 22.Re5 Rc4 23.d5 e:d5 24.Rd:d5+ Kc7 25.Re7+ 
Kb8 26.Rdd7   1:0

3 B30
Vannozzi, Mike (C) - Levine, Howard (A) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.O-O d5 7.e:d5 e:d5 
8.Ba2 Bg4 9.Re1+ Be7 10.h3 Bh5 11.d3 Qd7 12.Bg5 B:f3 13.Q:f3 Nd4 
14.Qd1 O-O 15.N:d5 N:d5 16.B:d5 B:g5 17.Re5 Bf6   0:1

4 B15
Trivett, John (A) - Soriano, Danilo (D) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 h6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O c5 7.e:d5 e:d5 
8.Re1+ Be6 9.Bf5 Qd7 10.Ne5 Qe7 11.Ng6 f:g6 12.R:e6 g:f5 13.R:e7+ B:e7
14.d:c5 O-O 15.N:d5 Nc6 16.N:e7+ N:e7 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.Rd1 
Ned5 20.g3 g5 21.Qc4 Kh7 22.Bd4 Ng4 23.f3 Nge3 24.B:e3 R:e3 25.R:d5 
Re1+ 26.Kf2 Rde8 27.Rd7+ Kg6 28.Qf7#   1:0

5 B00
Brown, John (X) - Cassidy, Mike (D) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Be3 Bb4 5.Bd3 h6 6.Ne2 Be7 7.Ng3 Bg5 8.Qd2
Nc6 9.f4 Bh4 10.O-O-O B:g3 11.h:g3 Nb4 12.Bb5 a6 13.Ba4 b5 14.Bb3 Ne7 
15.a3 Nbc6 16.Ba2 b4 17.Nb1 a5 18.g4 Nc8 19.d5 b:a3 20.d:c6 a:b2+ 
21.K:b2 B:c6 22.Ka1 Nb6 23.Bd4 Qe7 24.B:g7 Rh7 25.Bd4 B:e4 26.Nc3 d5 
27.g5 c5 28.Bf6 Qb7 29.N:e4 c4 30.Nd6+ Kd7 31.N:b7 Kc8 32.Nd6+ Kd7 
33.Rb1 Nc8 34.B:c4   1:0

6 C07
Levine, Howard (A) - Brown, John (X) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.e:d5 Q:d5 5.Ngf3 c:d4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nc6 
8.Nb3 e5 9.Re1 Be7 10.c3 Bg4 11.c:d4 O-O-O 12.Be2 e4 13.Ng5 B:e2 
14.Q:e2 Nh6 15.N:e4 Qg6 16.Bf4 Rhe8 17.Qb5 f5 18.d5 f:e4 19.d:c6 b:c6 
20.Rac1 Rd6 21.B:d6 B:d6 22.Q:c6+ Kb8 23.Na5   1:0

7 C52
Trivett, John (A) - Herrera, Alex (X) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 B:b4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Bb6 7.d4 d6 
8.d:e5 d:e5 9.Qb3 Qf6 10.Ba3 Nge7 11.Bb5 O-O 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Qa4 Rfd8 
14.Nc4 a6 15.N:b6 c:b6 16.Be2 Ng6 17.Qc2 Nf4 18.Bb2 Qg6 19.g3 Bh3 
  [19...Bd5]
20.Nh4 N:e2+ 21.Q:e2 B:f1 22.R:f1 Qe6 23.Bc1 Ne7 24.Qh5 f6 25.f4 e:f4 
26.g:f4 Q:e4 27.f5 Rd5 28.Rf4 Qe1+ 29.Rf1 Q:c3 30.Rf3 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Q:c1
32.Rg3 Rg1+ 33.Kh3 Qf1+   0:1

8 C54
Badgett, Chad (B) - Ramirez, Jose (B) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 e:d4 6.c:d4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 N:e4 
8.O-O B:c3 9.d5 Ne5 10.b:c3 N:c4 11.Qd4 O-O 12.Q:e4 b5 13.a4 Qf6 
14.Bg5 Nd6 15.Qh4 Q:c3 16.Be7 Nf5 17.Qg5 N:e7 18.Q:e7 b:a4 19.Rac1 Qb3
20.R:c7 Q:d5 21.Rfc1 Rb8 22.Ng5 Bb7 23.R7c5   0:1

9 E93
Vannozzi, Mike (C) - Barrios, Jorge (X) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.d5 
Nc5 9.Nd2 h5 10.b4 Na6 11.a3 Ng4 12.B:g4 B:g4 13.f3 Bd7 14.O-O c5 
15.b5 Nc7 16.Rc1 a6 17.b6 Ne8 18.f4 Q:b6 19.Rb1 Qa5 20.Ne2 b5 21.f5 
Q:a3 22.Rb3 Qa5 23.f:g6 f:g6 24.R:f8+ B:f8 25.Qf1 Bg7 26.Bg5 Bg4 27.h3
B:e2 28.Q:e2 Nf6 29.c:b5 a:b5 30.R:b5 Qa1+ 31.Qf1 Qd4+ 32.Qf2 Ra1+ 
33.Nb1 Q:f2+   0:1

10 B21
Cassidy, Mike (D) - Soriano, Danilo (D) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 e6 6.c3 h6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.O-O 
Nge7 9.Qc2 a6 10.f5 e:f5 11.Re1 O-O 12.d4 c:d4 13.c:d4 N:d4 14.N:d4 
B:d4+ 15.Be3 B:e3+ 16.R:e3 Qb6 17.Qb3 Qd4 
  [17...f4]
18.Kh1 f:e4 19.Na3 Nf5 20.Rh3 Kg7 21.Rd1 Qf2 22.Qc3+ Kh7 23.Rf1 Qd4 
24.g4 Q:c3 25.R:c3 Nh4 26.Be2 Be6 27.Nc2 B:a2 28.b3 Rac8 29.R:c8 R:c8 
30.R:f7+ Kh8 31.Bc4 d5 32.B:d5 Bb1 33.Ne1 b5 34.h3 a5 35.Kh2 a4 36.Kg3
g5 37.Kh2 a3 38.Ra7 b4 39.Bc4 a2 40.Be6 Rd8 41.Kg3 Ng6 42.Bf5 Ne5 
43.Rh7+ Kg8 44.Ra7 Nd3 45.Be6+ Kh8 46.Ng2 Re8 47.Bc4 Re7 48.Ra8+ Kg7 
{Fortune favors the brave!}
  1:0

11 C55
Herrera, Alex (X) - Levine, Howard (A) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 e:d4 5.O-O d5 6.e:d5 N:d5 7.N:d4 N:d4
8.Q:d4 Be6 9.Re1 c6 10.Nc3 Nc7 11.Qe4 Be7 12.Bf4 B:c4 13.Q:c4 Ne6 
14.Rad1 Qc8 15.Ne4 O-O 16.Bd6 Re8 17.B:e7 R:e7 18.Ng5 Qe8 19.N:e6 R:e6
20.R:e6 f:e6 21.f4 Qf7 22.Re1 Re8 23.Re5 g6 24.g4 Qd7 25.Kf2 Kg7 
26.Qc3 Kg8 27.Qe3 a6 28.Kg3 Kf7 29.h4 Rd8 30.Qb3 Ke7 31.h5 Rg8 32.Qb4+
Kf7 33.Qb3 Re8 34.h:g6+ h:g6 35.a4 Re7 36.f5 Qd6 37.f:e6+ R:e6 
38.Q:e6+ Q:e6 39.R:e6 K:e6 40.Kf4 Kf6 41.a5 c5 42.c4 Ke6 43.Kg5 Kf7 
44.Kh6 Kf6 45.g5+   1:0

12 C00
Barrios, Jorge (X) - Brown, John (X) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 d:e4 4.d:e4 e5 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Ne2 Bg4 7.f3 Bd7 
8.Nf1 Bc5 9.Be3 Qe7 10.B:f7+ K:f7 11.Qd5+ Be6 12.Q:c5 Rd8 13.c3 Qd7 
14.Kf2 b6 15.Qa3 Na5 16.b3 Nf6 17.Nfg3 Rhf8 18.Rhe1 Kg8 19.Kg1 Qd3 
20.Bf2 h6 21.Qe7 Qd6 22.Q:d6 R:d6 23.Rad1 Rfd8 24.R:d6 R:d6 25.Be3 Rd3
26.Kf2 Nb7 27.Rc1 a5 28.Rc2 Nd6 29.Nc1   1:0

13 C50
Cassidy, Mike (D) - Trivett, John (A) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nd5 N:d5 
8.B:d5 Bg4 9.B:c6 b:c6 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.c3 h6 14.b4 
Bb6 15.a4 a5 16.Bh4 Rfe8 17.Kh2 c5 18.b5 d5 19.Re1 d:e4 20.d:e4 Qe6 
21.Bg3 f6 22.Nh4 Bf7 23.Nf5 Rad8 24.Qe2 Qb3 25.N:h6+ g:h6 26.Qe3 Kh7 
27.Qf3 Qe6 28.c4 Rd4 29.Rac1 Red8 30.Bh4 Kg7 31.Red1 R:d1 32.R:d1 R:d1
33.Q:d1 Q:c4 34.Qf3 Qe6 35.g5 h:g5 36.Bg3 c4 37.h4 g:h4 38.B:h4 Bd4 
39.Qg3+ Kf8 40.Qf3 Ke7 41.Qa3+ Qd6 42.Qa2 c3 43.Qc2 Qb4 44.Kg3 Bb3 
45.Qc1 c2 46.B:f6+ K:f6 47.Qh6+ Ke7 48.Qg7+ Kd8 49.Qh8+ Kd7 50.Qg7+ 
Qe7 51.Qh6 B:f2+ 52.Kg2 Qd6 53.Qg7+ Kc8 54.Qg5 Bh4 55.Qf5+ Kb8 56.b6 
c1=Q 57.b:c7+ Qc:c7   0:1

14 B76
Soriano, Danilo (D) - Badgett, Chad (B) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 c:d4 4.N:d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 
8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.N:c6 b:c6 11.e5 Nd7 12.f4 Qa5 13.Qd4 f6 14.e6 
f5 15.Qa4 B:c3 16.Q:a5 B:a5 17.e:d7 B:d7 18.Bd4 Bc7 19.g3 Rfe8 20.Re1 
Bd6 21.c4 c5 22.Bg2 c:d4 23.B:d5+ Kf8 24.B:a8 R:a8 25.a3 a5 26.Kb1 Rb8
27.Ka2 Bc6 28.Rhf1 Bc5 29.Re5 Bb6 30.Rfe1 Be4 31.Rb5 Bc7 32.R:b8+ B:b8
33.b4 Ba7 34.c5 Ke8 35.Rd1 d3 36.Kb2 Kd7 37.Kc3 Kc6 38.Kc4 a:b4 
39.a:b4 Kc7 40.b5 Kb7 41.Kb4 Bb8 42.Kc4 e5 43.f:e5 B:e5 44.R:d3 B:d3+ 
45.K:d3 g5 46.Kc4 f4 47.g:f4 g:f4 48.Kd3 Bb2 49.Ke4 Bc1 50.h3 h6 51.h4
h5 52.Kf3 Kc7 53.Ke4 Be3 54.Kf3 Kd7 55.Ke4 Ke6 56.b6 Kd7 57.Kf3   1/2

15 A85
Ramirez, Jose (B) - Herrera, Alex (X) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.d4 f5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 h6 6.B:f6 B:f6 7.e4 d6 8.Nf3
g5 9.O-O-O g4 10.e5 d:e5 11.d:e5 Q:d2+ 12.R:d2 Bg7 13.Nh4 B:e5 14.Ng6 
B:c3 15.b:c3 Rg8 16.Nf4 Na6 
  [16...c6 17.c5 Rg7 18.Bc4 Na6 19.Rhd1 e5 20.Nh5 Rg5 (20...Rg6 
    21.Rd8+ Ke7 22.Rh8) 21.Rd8+ Ke7 22.Rh8 R:h5 23.Rh7+ Kf6 24.Rd6+ 
    Kg5 25.g3 +- +-]
17.c5 Bd7 
  [17...N:c5 18.Bc4 e6 19.Re1 Kf7 20.Re5 Ne4 21.R:f5+ Ke7 22.Re2 e:f5 
    23.B:g8 Kf8 +- -+]
18.Bc4 Rf8 19.B:a6 b:a6 20.Rhd1 O-O-O 21.Ng6 Rfe8 22.c6 B:c6 23.N:e7+ 
  [23.R:d8+ R:d8 24.N:e7+ +- winning]
23...R:e7 24.R:d8+ Kb7 25.g3 Bf3 26.R1d2 Re1+ 27.Kb2 Rh1 28.Rf8 Be4 
29.Kb3 R:h2 30.Kc4 Kb6 31.Rb2+ Kc6 32.Rf6+ Kd7 33.Rd2+ Kc8 34.Kc5 a5 
35.Rf8+ Kb7 36.Rb2+ Ka6 37.Rf6+ c6 38.Rf7 Bd5 
  [38...Rh5 39.Rbb7 f4+ 40.Kd4 Bf3 41.R:a7+ Kb5 42.c4+ Ka4 43.R:f4 +- 
    +-]
39.Rc7 Bb3 40.R:b3 f4 41.Rbb7 Rh5+ 42.K:c6   1:0

16 B07
Barrios, Jorge (X) - Levine, Howard (A) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 O-O 6.O-O-O Nbd7 7.f3 c5 
8.Nge2 a6 9.e5 c:d4 10.e:f6 d:c3 11.N:c3 N:f6 12.Bc4 Bd7 13.Rhe1 Rc8 
14.Bb3 Re8 15.Kb1 b5 16.h4 Qa5 17.a3 Rc7 18.B:f6 B:f6 19.Nd5 Q:d2 
20.N:f6+ e:f6 21.R:e8+ B:e8 22.R:d2 d5 23.R:d5 Rd7 24.Kc1 Kf8 25.Kd2 
Ke7 26.Kc3 R:d5 27.B:d5 Kd6 28.Kd4 g5 29.g3 h6 30.f4 Bd7 31.B:f7 Bf5 
32.c3 Bd7 33.Bd5 a5 34.b4 a:b4 35.a:b4 Bc8 36.Bf7 Ba6 37.Be8 Ke7 
38.Bg6 Kd6 39.Bd3 Kc6 40.c4 b:c4 41.B:c4 Bc8 42.h:g5 h:g5 43.f:g5 f:g5
44.Ke5 Kb6 45.Kf6 g4 46.Kg5 Bd7 47.Be2 Be6 48.B:g4 Bd5 49.Be2   1:0

17 B76
Brown, John (X) - Vannozzi, Mike (C) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 c:d4 4.N:d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 
8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.e:d5 N:d5 11.N:c6 b:c6 12.Ne4 Bf5 13.Bd4 e5 
14.Bc5 Be6 15.h4 Rb8 16.Bc4 Nf4 17.Bb3 B:b3 18.a:b3 Re8 19.Kb1 f5 
20.Qc3 Nd5 21.Qc4 f:e4 22.f:e4 Kh8 23.h5 Nb6 24.R:d8 N:c4 25.R:e8+ 
R:e8 26.b:c4 g:h5 27.B:a7 Rf8 28.Rd1 Rf2 29.Rd8+ Rf8 30.R:f8+ B:f8 
31.Bb8 Bg7 32.b4 Kg8 33.b5   1:0

18 B00
Badgett, Chad (B) - Cassidy, Mike (D) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qe2 c5 7.d:c5 B:c5 
8.O-O Nc6 9.Bd2 Qe7 10.a3 Nd4 11.N:d4 B:d4 12.Nb5 Be5 13.f4 Bb8 14.Bb4
Qd8 15.Nd6+ B:d6 16.B:d6 a6 17.b4 b5 18.e5 Nd5 19.c4 b:c4 20.B:c4 Qb6+
21.Qf2 Qc6 22.B:d5 Q:d5 23.Rfc1 Bc6 24.Rc5 Qe4 25.Rac1 Rg8 26.Qc2 Qe3+
27.Kh1 Rc8 28.a4 g5 29.b5 g:f4 30.b:c6 f3 31.c:d7+   1:0

19 B85
Soriano, Danilo (D) - Harvey, Norm (A) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 c:d4 4.N:d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 
8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd3 Qc7 10.f4 Bd7 11.f5 Nc6 12.f:e6 Ne5 13.e:f7+ R:f7 
14.Qd2 Raf8 15.b3 Rc8 16.Nd5 N:e4 17.R:f7 N:d2 18.N:c7 K:f7 19.N:a6 
Ne4 20.Nb4 Nc3 21.Rf1+ Kg8 22.Bf3 N:f3+ 23.R:f3 d5 24.Nd3 N:a2 25.Ne5 
Bc6 26.Nd:c6 b:c6 27.Rg3 Nb4 28.Bh6 Bf6 29.Nd7 Bd4+ 30.Be3 N:c2 
31.B:d4 N:d4 32.Nc5 Ne2+ 33.Kf2 N:g3 34.K:g3 Re8 35.h3 Kf7 36.Kf4 Re2 
37.g4 Ke7 38.Kf3 Rb2 39.Ke3 Kd6 40.Kd4 Rd2+ 41.Nd3 c5+ 42.Kc3 Rh2 
43.b4 R:h3 44.b:c5+ Kc6 45.Kd4 R:d3+   0:1

20 C43
Brown, John (X) - Ramirez, Jose (B) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 N:e4 4.Bd3 d5 5.N:e5 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 B:e5 
   At this point, Ramirez played Be4??!! and the game proceeded 12.Qe4
  Qe4 13.Be4 and as Jose described it "I looked at the board and 
  wondered where did all my pieces go" so he resigned! John willingly 
  played into this and dispite the illegal move, Jose's resignation 
  ended the game. It gave every one a good laugh. An amazing end to 
  Jose's bid for first place! 
  1:0

21 B22
Herrera, Alex (X) - Barrios, Jorge (X) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.e:d5 Q:d5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Na3 a6 7.Nc4 Qd8 
8.Nce5 N:e5 9.N:e5 c:d4 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.N:d7 Q:d7 12.Bb5 Q:b5 13.Q:d4 
Rd8 14.Qg4 Nf6 15.Qf3 Qd3 16.Be3 Qe4 17.Q:e4 N:e4 18.O-O Bc5 19.Rfe1 
O-O 20.B:c5 N:c5 21.Re5 Nd3 22.Re4 N:b2 23.Rb4 Rd2 24.R:b7 Rfd8 25.Rf1
Na4 26.Ra7 N:c3 27.R:a6 Ne2+ 28.Kh1 Rd1   0:1

22 C69
Levine, Howard (A) - Trivett, John (A) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.B:c6 d:c6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Bc5 
8.Nbd2 B:f3 9.N:f3 f6 10.Qe2 Qd7 11.Be3   1/2

23 B78
Badgett, Chad (B) - Vannozzi, Mike (C) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 c:d4 4.N:d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 
8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.g4 b5 14.g:h5 
N:h5 15.Nd5 e6 16.Nf4 N:f4 17.B:f4 Qf6 18.Bg5 N:f3 19.B:f6 N:d2 
20.B:g7 N:b3+ 21.N:b3 K:g7 22.R:d6 Bc6 23.Nd2 Kf6 24.Rd3 Ke5 25.Kd1 
Rh8 26.Re1 Rcd8 27.Ree3 R:d3 28.c:d3 Kd4 29.Rh3 Bd7 30.Nb3+ Ke5 31.d4+
Kf4 32.Nc5 Bc8 33.Ke2 Kg4 34.Rh1 R:h4 35.R:h4+ K:h4 36.d5 e:d5 37.e:d5
Bg4+ 38.Kf2 Kg5 39.d6 Kf6 40.Kg3 Bf5 41.Kf4 Be6 42.Ne4+ Kg7 43.Kg5 f5 
44.Nc5 Kf7 45.d7 B:d7 46.N:d7 Ke6 47.Nf8+ Kd5 48.N:g6 Ke4 49.Nf4 b4 
50.a3 
     A bad move, in the analysis room, the boys at the board following
  the game had found that if Black advances the pawns, White should 
  stay stationary until the queenside is blocked, and use tempi moves 
  with the N to win. 
50...b:a3 51.b:a3 a6 52.a4 a5 53.Ne6 Kd5 54.K:f5 Kc4 55.Nd8   1/2

24 B21
Cassidy, Mike (D) - Harvey, Norm (A) ()
1998, CCSN Autumn Open
1.e4 c5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Nh4 e5 7.Qb3 Be6 8.Q:b7
Na5 9.Bb5+ Nd7 10.Qa6 Q:h4+ 11.g3 Qd8 12.f5 B:f5 13.e:f5 Qb6 14.b4 
c:b4 15.B:d7+ K:d7 16.Q:b6 a:b6 17.c:b4 Nc6 18.Nc3 N:b4 19.O-O f6 
20.a3 Nd3 21.Nd5 Kc6 22.Ne3 d5 23.a4 N:c1 24.Rf:c1+ Bc5 25.Kg2 Kd6 
26.Nc2 Ra5 27.Rd1 Rha8 28.d4 e:d4 29.N:d4 R:a4 30.Nb5+ Kc6 31.Rab1 Rb4
32.R:b4 Ra2+ 33.Kh1 B:b4 34.Nd4+ Kc5 35.Ne6+ Kd6 36.N:g7 Bc3 37.Ne8+ 
Kc5 38.Rc1 Ra1 39.R:a1 B:a1 40.Kg2 Be5 41.h4 b5 42.Kf2 Kc4 43.Ke2 Kc3 
44.Kd1 b4 45.g4 d4 46.g5 b3 47.Kc1 Bf4+ 48.Kb1 d3 49.g:f6 d2   0:1

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