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Q-176; 1997-99
Hitselberger, J. (X) - Houser, T. (M)
Ruy Lopez C91

1 e4 e5

[This game is interesting because it pitted the eventual winners of Super Queen XVII (Ted Houser) and Super Queen XVIII (myself). Previously in Super Queen XV (won by Rick Melton) Ted beat me quite convincingly.]

2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Be7 6 Re1 b5 7 Bb3 O-O 8 d4 d6 9 c3 Bb7

[9 ... Bg4 is standard and leads to equality With the text Black loses a move in the main variations because White has not bothered with h3. However, it does not necessarily lead to a bad position.]

10 Nbd2 exd4 11 cxd4 Nb4 12 Qe2

[Protecting the d3 square.]

12 ... c5

[Expanding on the queenside.]

13 a3 Nc6 14 dxc5

[Going for kingside play.]

14 ... dxc5 15 e5

[Driving away the stalwart defender - knight on f6.]

15 ... Nd5 16 Ne4 c4 17 Bc2 Qc7 18 Neg5

[Starting to soften up the Black kingside pawn structure.]

18 ... g6

Position after 18 ... g6

19 Qe4!

[Perhaps the best move of the game. Similar to Edwards-Jones (APCT NB , Sept-Oct 1998), the White queen will maneuver to critically wound Black's kingside pawn structure. White's queen movement is instructive. Usually it is bad to move the queen out in the opening and into the early middlegame. But here, the difference is that Black cannot harass the White queen effectively.]

19 ... Nd8

[Clearly sensing danger, Black safeguards e6 and f7.]

20 Qh4

[Weakening.]

20 ... h5

[Weakened.]

21 Qg3 Bxg5

[Trying to defend against the sacrifices on g6 or f7. After this trade, Black is left without the usual dynamic defensive duo of the knight on f6 and the bishop on e7.]

22 Qxg5

[Putting the pressure on g6.]

22 ... Ne6 23 Qh6 Rfe8 24 Bg5

[The g6 pawn cannot yet be taken because the Black queen protects the 7th rank.]

24 ... Qc5

[Now the black queen is overloaded. It cannot simultaneously protect against the Bxg6 sacrifice and the threatened mate on g7.]

25 Bxg6

[Of course, now that the Black queen has vacated the seventh rank ...]

25 ... fxg6 26 Qxg6+ Kf8

[26 ... Ng7 27 Bf6 Qc7 28 Ng5 +-]

27 Qh6+

[The trick here is to try to prevent Black defenders, especially the queen, from coming to the aid of her king.]

27 ... Kg8 28 Bf6!

[Constructing a would-be mating net.]

28 ... Qc7

[28 ... Nxf6 29 exf6 Bxf3 30 Rxe6 Qc7 31 f7+! +-]

29 Qh8+ Kf7 30 Qxh5+

[Gathering up the third pawn to gain full material compensation for the sacrificed piece and clearing the way.]

30 ... Kf8 31 Nh4 Ndf4 32 Qh6+ Kg8 33 Re3

[Trying for a rook swing. One would think that with five attackers (including two heavy woods) White would be able to capture the king, but Houdini is in the building and finds a miracle escape.]

33 ... Ne2+!

[The escape. Now Black's queen can come to the defense of the king. And, with a virtuoso technical performance, Black lasts for an unbelievable twenty more moves.]

34 Rxe2 Qh7 35 Qxh7+ Kxh7 36 Rd2

[The White rook must become active before the dark knight reaches d3 and clogs the position.]

36 ... Nc5 37 Rd6 Bc8

[Before the knight ventures to d3 Black must safeguard his second rank.]

38 Re1 Ra7 39 f4

[Rolling, rolling. The pawns must roll to collect the point.]

39 ... Rd7 40 Rxd7+ Nxd7 41 Rd1 Nc5 42 Rd6 Nd3

[The threatened capture of b2 is neutralized by the sharp opposite bishop play and by White's better pieces.]

43 Bg5 Kg8 44 Rc6 Bg4 45 Rc7 Rf8 46 h3 Be6 47 Ng6 Rf7 48 Rc6

[Keeping the better rook. Sometimes it is better not to trade when you're up.]

48 ... Bf5 49 e6 Bxg6

[Losing the exchange. This is what is known in advanced chess theory as the "kitchen sink" defense. Black throws off material to stop a queening or mate.]

50 exf7+ Bxf7 51 f5 a5 52 Bf6 Be8 53 Rc7 1-0

99EMC-2; 1998-99
Arnold, R. (X) - Roys, H. (M)
Bird's Opening A03

1 f4 d5 2 Nf3 g6 3 c4 dxc4 4 Na3 Bg7 5 e3 Nf6 6 Bxc4 O-O 7 Qb3 Ne4 8 O-O Nc6 9 Be2 a5 10 d3 Nd6 11 Bd2 Be6 12 Qc2 Nb4 13 Qb1 c6 14 Bc3 Nf5 15 e4 Nd4 16 Nxd4 Bxd4+ 17 Kh1 b5 18 f5 gxf5 19 exf5 Bc8 20 Qc1 Qd6 21 Bf3 Bd7 22 Be4 Bf6 23 Rf3 Nd5 24 Nxb5 cxb5 25 Bxd5 Rac8 26 Qh6 Bxc3 27 f6 Qxf6 28 Rxf6 1-0

95RF-1; 1998-99
Bender, F. (M) - Rimlinger, P. (M)
Sicilian Defense B97
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Qb6 8 a3 Nc6 9 Nb3 Be7 10 Qf3 O-O 11 O-O-O Qc7 12 g4 b5 13 Bg2 Bb7 14 Bxf6 Bxf6 15 g5 Be7 16 Qg3 b4 17 axb4 Nxb4 18 f5 Rfc8 19 Rd2 exf5 20 exf5 a5 21 Nd4 Bxg2 22 Qxg2 Bf8 23 g6 Rab8 24 Rg1 Kh8 25 gxh7 Qc4 26 Kb1 a4 27 Nde2 a3 28 b3 Qh4 29 Ne4 a2+ 30 Kb2 Ra8 31 N4c3 d5 32 Nxd5 a1Q+ 33 Rxa1 Rxa1 34 Kxa1 Qe1+ 0-1

93RS-3; 1994-97
Boren, H. (M) - Smith, M. (X)
Sicilian Defense B38
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 d6 3 Nc3 g6 4 e4 Bg7 5 Nf3 O-O 6 Be2 c5 7 O-O cxd4 8 Nxd4 Nc6 9 Be3 Bd7 10 Nc2 Qa5 11 f4 Ne8 12 Qd3 Bxc3 13 bxc3 b6 14 Rfb1 Rc8 15 Nb4 Qa3 16 Rb3 Qa4 17 Bc1 Qa5 18 Ra3 Nxb4 19 cxb4 Qxb4 20 Rxa7 Qe1+ 21 Bf1 Rc7 22 Rxc7 Nxc7 23 Bb2 Qb4 24 Rb1 Ne6 25 f5 Qc5+ 26 Kh1 Nf4 27 Qc3 f6 28 Bc1 Nh5 29 fxg6 hxg6 30 Be3 Qe5 31 Qxe5 fxe5 32 Kg1 Bc6 33 Rxb6 Bxe4 34 c5 d5 35 Re6 Kf7 36 Rxe5 Nf6 37 c6 Ra8 38 Bc5 e6 39 a3 Rc8 40 Bb5 Ng8 41 Bd6 Nf6 42 c7 Ne8 43 Bxe8+ Rxe8 44 Kf2 Bf5 45 h3 Rc8 46 Re2 Bd3 47 Rb2 Ke8 48 a4 Kd7 49 Rb6 Be4 50 a5 Bd3 51 a6 d4 52 a7 Be4 53 Rb8 Bd5 54 h4 Bc6 55 g4 d3 56 Ke3 e5 57 Bxe5 d2 58 Kxd2 Be4 59 Rxc8 1-0

97R-29; 1997-98
Papowitz, E. (B) - Conlon, G. (B)
Scandinavian Defense B01
1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nf3 Bf5 6 Bc4 e6 7 Ne5 c6 8 g4 Bg6 9 h4 Nbd7 10 Nxd7 Nxd7 11 h5 Be4 12 O-O Bd5 13 Nxd5 cxd5 14 Bd3 Bd6 15 f4 O-O-O 16 c3 Rde8 17 b4 Qc7 18 Bd2 Nb6 19 c4 dxc4 20 Rc1 Kb8 21 a4 Qd7 22 Bc2 Nd5 23 Be4 c3 24 Bxc3 Ne3 0-1

Q-158; 1997-98
Daniels, C. (A) - Chaney, K. (C)
Queenpawn Opening A40
1 e4 e6 2 d4 b6 3 c4 Ba6 4 Nc3 Ne7 5 Bg5 Nbc6 6 a3 h6 7 Be3 g5 8 b4 Bb7 9 f3 Ng6 10 Qd2 d6 11 Bd3 Bg7 12 Nge2 Nce7 13 O-O Qd7 14 Qc2 f5 15 Rad1 f4 16 Bf2 e5 17 d5 g4 18 c5 gxf3 19 Bb5 c6 20 dxc6 Bxc6 21 Rxd6 Qg4 22 Ng3 fxg2 23 Kxg2 Bxb5 24 Nxb5 Nh4+ 25 Kg1 O-O 26 Qb3+ Kh7 27 Qe6 Nef5 28 exf5 Qh3 0-1

99EMC-5; 1999
DiJoseph, J. (B) -Walhout, D. (A)
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit D00
1 d4 d5 2 e4 dxe4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 Bf5 5 g4 Bg6 6 g5 Nd5 7 Nxe4 Nc6 8 Bb5 e6 9 Bxc6+ bxc6 10 Qe2 Be7 11 h4 h6 12 Nh3 Qd7 13 Be3 hxg5 14 Bxg5 f6 15 Bd2 Rxh4 16 O-O-O e5 17 Qg2 Qf5 18 dxe5 Rd8 19 Nhf2 Rxh1 20 Rxh1 fxe5 21 Rg1 Nf4 22 Bxf4 Qxf4+ 23 Kb1 Bxe4 24 Nxe4 g5 25 Qh3 Qf7 26 Qg4 Qg6 27 a3 Rb8 28 Kc1 c5 29 Rh1 Qg8 30 Qh5+ Kd7 31 Rd1+ Kc6 32 Qh6+ Kb7 33 Rd3 c4 34 Rd7 Re8 35 Nd6+ Kc6 36 Rxe7 Rxe7 37 Nf5+ Kd7 38 Qc6+! Kxc6 39 Nxe7+ Kd6 40 Nxg8 e4 41 fxe4 Ke5 42 Kd1 Kxe4 43 Nf6+ Kf5 44 Nd5 Ke4 45 Nxc7 g4 46 Nb5 Ke3 47 Nc3 g3 48 b4 cxb3ep 49 cxb3 Kd3 50 Ne2 g2 51 b4 a6 52 Nf4+ Kc4 53 Nxg2 a5 54 bxa5 Kb5 55 Kc2 Kxa5 56 Kb3 Ka6 57 Kb4 1-0

97R-28; 1997-98
Gilmour, K. (M) - Musser, B. (B)
Caro Kann Defense B17
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nd7 5 Ng5 e6 6 Bd3 Ngf6 7 N1f3 h6 8 Nxe6 Qe7 9 O-O fxe6 10 Bg6+ Kd8 11 Bf4 Qb4 12 a3 Qxb2 13 Qe2 Nb6 14 Ne5 Bxa3 15 Nf7+ Ke7 16 Nxh8 Qxd4 17 Be3 Qc3 18 Qd3 Bb2 19 Bxb6 Bxa1 20 Qd8+ # 1-0 91RF-2; 1995-96

Jones, W. (M) - Guillot, M. (X)
Pirc Defense B09
1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 d6 4 f4 Nc6 5 Be3 Nf6 6 Nf3 O-O 7 Be2 e6 8 h3 b6 9 g4 Ne7 10 g5 Nh5 11 Rg1 c5 12 dxc5 bxc5 13 Qd2 Qb6 14 Kf2 Bb7 15 Nh2 d5 16 Na4 Qc7 17 Nxc5 Nxf4 18 Bf1 dxe4 19 Nxb7 Nfd5 20 Ng4 Nf5 21 Bc5 Qxb7 22 Rd1 Qc7 23 Bxf8 Rxf8 24 Kg2 e3 25 Qc1 e2 26 Bxe2 Qg3+ 27 Kh1 Qxh3+ 28 Nh2 Be5 29 Rg2 Ng3+ 30 Kg1 Nf4 31 Bf3 Nfe2+ 0-1

Q-177; 1998
Walrath, E. (X) - Morse, D. (X)
Philidor Defense C41
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bc4 c6 4 d4 Nd7 5 dxe5 dxe5 6 Ng5 Nh6 7 Be3 Qf6 8 O-O b5 9 Bb3 Bc5 10 Qh5 O-O 11 a3 Qe7 12 h3 Nf6 13 Qh4 Bd7 14 Nc3 Rad8 15 Rad1 Bc8 16 Nf3 Bxe3 17 fxe3 Rxd1 18 Rxd1 Be6 19 g4 Bxg4 20 hxg4 Nhxg4 21 Rd3 h6 22 Kf1 a5 23 Ke2 Qc7 24 Qg3 g5 25 Nd4 h5 26 Nf5 b4 27 axb4 axb4 28 Na4 Nxe4 29 Qg2 Nef6 30 Nc5 Qb6 31 Ne4 Nxe4 32 Qxe4 Qa6 33 Nh6+ Kg7 34 Nxg4 1-0

P-1261; 1998
Ware, M. (C) - Roberts, L. (C)
Dutch Defense A83
1 d4 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Nc6 5 d5 Ne5 6 Qd4 Nf7 7 h4 e5 8 dxe6 dxe6 9 O-O-O Qxd4 10 Rxd4 Nxg5 11 hxg5 Bc5? 12 Rc4 Ng4 13 Rxc5 Nxf2 14 Rh4 O-O 15 Bc4 Rd8 16 Rxc7 b5 17 Bxb5 e5 18 Bc4+ Kh8 19 g6 h6 20 Rxh6+ gxh6 21 g7+ Kh7 22 g8Q+ # 1-0

95SC-1; 1995-97
Warren, JE. (X) - Friedenthal, R. (X)
Nimzoindian Defense E57
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 O-O 5 Nf3 d5 6 Bd3 c5 7 O-O Nc6 8 a3 cxd4 9 exd4 dxc4 10 Bxc4 Be7 11 Bg5 a6 12 Ba2 h6 13 Bh4 Bd7 14 Qd3 Nd5 15 Bg3 Nxc3 16 bxc3 Be8 17 Rfd1 Bd6 18 d5 exd5 19 Bxd5 Bxg3 20 hxg3 Qc7 21 c4 Ne7 22 Rac1 Ba4 23 Re1 Rac8 24 Qd4 Nxd5 25 cxd5 Qxc1 26 Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27 Kh2 b5 28 d6 Rcc8 29 Qd5 b4 30 axb4 Bc6 31 Qd3 Bxf3 32 gxf3 Rcd8 33 Qxa6 Rd7 34 b5 Rfd8 35 b6 Rxd6 36 Qa7 Rd2 37 b7 Rb2 38 Qa8 Rf8 39 Kh3 Rb4 40 Qc8 f5 41 Qe6+ Rf7 42 Qe8+ Rf8 43 Qc8 Rb6 44 f4 g6 45 Kg2 Rb1 46 Kf3 Kg7 47 Ke2 Kf7 48 Kd2 Kg8 49 Kc2 Rb6 50 Kc3 Rb1 51 Qa8 Kg7 52 Qa7 Kf6 53 Kc2 Re1 54 b8Q Rxb8 55 Qxb8 g5 56 Qf8+ Kg6 57 Qg8+ Kh5 58 f3 1-0

90RF-2; 1994-97
Domanski, R. (M) - Kovalsky, B. (M)
Sicilian Defense B33
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Nd5 Nxd5 8 exd5 Nb8 9 c4 Be7 10 c5 O-O 11 Be2 Na6 12 cxd6 Bxd6 13 O-O Nc7 14 Be3 Nxb5 15 Bxb5 Bf5 16 Rc1 a6 17 Bd3 e4 18 Bb1 Qh4 19 g3 Qh3 20 f4 Bg4 21 Qd4 Bf3 22 Rf2 Rfe8 23 Qb6 Rad8 24 Bc2 g5 25 Ba4 Rf8 26 Bc5 Bxc5 27 Rxc5 Qg4 28 Qh6 b6 29 Rc3 gxf4 30 Bc2 Qg7 31 Qxf4 Rxd5 32 Bb3 Re5 33 Rc7 e3 34 Rf1 e2 35 Re1 Rf5 36 Qd2 Qe5 37 Rc4 Re8 38 Qd4 Qb8 39 Bc2 Rfe5 40 Qf2 Qb7 41 g4 h5 42 h3 hxg4 43 hxg4 Bd5 44 Qh4 f6 45 Rc3 Qg7 46 Rh3 f5 47 Bd3 fxg4 48 Rh2 Bf3 49 Bc4+ Kf8 50 a4 Re4 51 Qh8+ Qxh8 52 Rxh8+ Kg7 53 Rxe8 Rxe8 54 Kf2 a5 55 Bb5 Re5 56 b3 Kf6 0-1

N-346; 1994
Robida, P. (C) - Archer, L. (C)
Queenpawn Game D03

1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 3 Bg5 Be7 4 Nbd2 d5 5 e3 Nc6

[5 ... c5 6 c3 Nbd7 7 Bd3 b6 8 O-O Bb7 9 Ne5 Nxe5 Spassky-Petrosian, World Ch 1966]

6 c3 a6 7 a4 h6 8 Bh4

[8 ... Bxf6 Bxf6 9 e4]

8 ... O-O 9 Bd3 b6 10 Qe2 Bb7 11 Bxf6 Bxf6 12 e4 e5 13 exd5 Qxd5 14 Ne4 Be7

[14 ... Qe6?! 15 d5 Qxd5 16 Nxf6+ gxf6 17 O-O-O Qa2 18 Qe4 Qa1+ 19 Bb1]

15 Rd1 f5??

[15 ... exd4 16 O-O Rae8 (16 ... dxc3 17 Nxc3 Qh5 18 Qe4 g6 19 Nd5) 17 Bc2]

16 Bc4 1-0

90RF-2; 1994-95
W. Howell (X) -- R. Domanski (M)
Nimzovich-Larsen Attack/Reti System A01/A06
1 Nf3 d5 2 b3 Bg4 3 Bb2 Bxf3 4 exf3 e6 5 g3 Ne7 6 f4 Nbc6 7 d3 Nf5 8 Bh3 Be7 9 Bxf5 Bf6 10 Be5 exf5 11 O-O O-O 12 Re1 Re8 13 Bxf6 Qxf6 14 c3 d4 15 c4 Re7 16 Na3 Rae8 17 Qd2 Nd8 18 Nc2 Ne6 19 Qa5 g5 20 Qxa7 c5 21 b4 gxf4 22 bxc5 fxg3 23 fxg3 Ng5 24 Rxe7 Qxe7 25 Kh1 Qe2 26 Nxd4 Qxd3 27 Qxb7 Qxd4 28 Rg1 Nh3 29 Rf1 Nf2+ 30 Kg2 Ng4 0-1

N-357B; 1995
Nichols, W. (C) -- Connell, M. (C)
Benoni Defense A77
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 e6 4 Nc3 exd5 5 cxd5 d6 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3 Bg7 8 Be2 0-0 9 0-0 Re8 10 Nd2 Nbd7 11 a4 Ne5 12 Re1 g5 13 Nf1 h6 14 Ng3 g4 15 Bd2 a6 16 Qc2 Rb8 17 f4 gxf3 18 gxf3 Ng6 19 Kh1 Nh4 20 Be3 Bh3 21 Rg1 Kf8 22 Qd2 Ng8 23 Nh5 Ng6 24 Nxg7 Kxg7 25 Rg3 Bd7 26 Rag1 b5 27 axb5 axb5 28 b4 cxb4 29 Qd4+ Nf6 30 Qxb4 Nh5 31 R3g2 Bh3 32 Rf2 Kh7 33 f4 Nf6 34 Rg3 Bd7 35 f5 Ne5 36 Bxh6 Kxh6 37 Rh3+ Kg5 38 Rg2+ Nfg4 39 Bxg4 Nxg4 40 Rxg4+ Kxg4 41 Qxd6 Qh4 42 Rxh4+ Kxh4 43 Qf4+ Kh5 44 Ne2 Bxf5 45 Ng3+ Kg6 46 Qxf5+ Kg7 47 Qg5+ 1-0