February 22, 2012 Jeff Kovalic(1912) - Roy Nilsson(1791) City Championship, February 17, 2012, round 5 English Opening 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qf7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b4 Be6 13. Nd2 g5 14. b5 Nd8 15. f4 c6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Nb4 Rc8 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Qa4 Qh5 20. e4 f4 21. Qxa7 Rf7 22. Qf2 Bf8 23. Nf3 Be7 24. a4 Rh7 25. a5 g4 26. Nh4 Bg5 27. a6 c5 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Bxh4 30. gxh4 f3 31. Bxf3 gxf3 32. Qxf3 Qxf3 33. Rxf3 Ra7 34. Rb6 Nf7 35. Rf2 Rca8 36. Ra2 Kg7 37. Kg2 Kf6 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Kg4 Rg8+ 40. Kf3 Kd7 41. Rab2 Rga8 42. Rb7+ Ke8 43. Rxa7 Rxa7 44. Rb6 Kf8 45. Kg4 e4 46. dxe4 Ne5+ 47. Kf5 Nxc4 48. Rb8+ 1-0
February 21, 2012 Morris Middleton(1611) - Kenny Thomas(1945) Mid-South Open, November 27, 1976, round 3 Robatsch (modern) defense 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O Qc7 8. h3 e5 9. c3 h6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qd1 Nbd7 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rad8 15. Ng3 d5 16. Be3 exd4 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qd2 Nf4 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Qe3 Nd5 24. Qe2 b4 25. cxb4 Nxb4 26. Bb3 Nd3 27. Qe7 Rd7 28. Bxf7+ Kh7 29. Bxg6+ Kxg6 30. Qe6+ Bf6 31. Nh4+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ 1-0
February 20, 2012 Carlos Sims(1942) - Edgar Davison(1921) City Championship, February 17, 2012, round 5 Trompowsky attack 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 a6 9. Nge2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Kh1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qb3 Rc7 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qb3 O-O 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Qd3 Nh5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. c3 Qh4 24. Kg1 b5 25. a3 g6 26. Ne2 Qc4 27. Qd1 Ng7 28. Re1 Nf5 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. exd4 a5 31. b3 Qc6 32. Qd3 a4 33. b4 Qd7 34. h4 Rc4 35. Re3 Qe7 36. g3 Qf6 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Re5 h6 39. f4 h5 40. Qd2 R8c6 41. Qd3 Rc8 42. Qd2 1/2-1/2
February 19, 2012 Cydney James(1249) - Michael Rotz(1235) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 3 King's Indian: 6.Be2 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Bg4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Be3 Ne5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxc4 12. b3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nd7 14. Be2 Bxc3 15. Rc1 Bg7 16. Rf3 e6 17. Rg3 Bh6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 Qf6 20. Qxd6 Rae8 21. Qxd7 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Qf2+ 23. Kh1 Qxe3 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Rg1 Qxe4 26. Bd5 Qd4 27. Qxb7 Qg7 28. Qb5 Re5 29. Bc4 Rc8 30. Qa5 Qe7 31. Qc3 Kg7 32. Bb5 Rb8 33. Re1 Rxb5 34. Rxe5 Qf6 35. Re7+ 1-0
February 18, 2012 Graham Horobetz(2077) - Kyle Salzgeber(1688) City Championship, February 17, 2012, round 5 Sicilian: Grand Prix attack, Schofman variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 7. fxe6 dxe6 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. a4 Ne5 14. Bb3 Ng4 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. Qh4 h5 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bd2 Ne3 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Rf1 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rf8 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Bxf7 Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Qxe3 Qa2 27. c3 Qxb2 28. d4 Qa1+ 29. Kf2 Qxa4 30. h3 exd4 31. cxd4 b5 32. e5 b4 33. Qd3 Qa2 34. Qe4 b3 35. e6 b2 36. e7 b1=Q 37. e8=Q Qb6 38. Q8e7 a5 39. Q4e5 Qg8 40. g4 Kh6 41. Qe4 Qbd8 42. Qxd8 Qxd8 43. d5 Qf6+ 44. Kg2 hxg4 45. hxg4 Qe5 46. Kf3 Qf6+ 47. Ke3 Qb6+ 48. Kd2 Qb2+ 49. Ke1 Bc3+ 50. Kf1 Qa1+ 51. Kg2 Kg7 52. Nf4 Qb2+ 53. Kh3 Qb6 54. Qe7+ Kh8 55. d6 Qb1 56. Qd8+ Kh7 57. Qc7+ Bg7 58. d7 Qb3+ 59. Kh4 g5+ 60. Kxg5 Qb5+ 61. Kh4 Bf6+ 62. Kg3 Qb3+ 63. Kg2 Qb2+ 64. Kf3 Qa3+ 65. Ke4 Qe7+ 66. Kd5 Qd8 67. Qc2+ Kh8 68. Qc4 a4 69. Ne6 Qg8 70. g5 Be7 71. Qc3+ Kh7 72. Qc2+ Qg6 73. Nf8+ Bxf8 74. Qxg6+ Kxg6 75. d8=Q 1-0
February 17, 2012 Alex Sytnytsky(1352) - Jim Culhane(unr) Game in 75 Fever! March 25, 2011 round 1 Petrov: Italian variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 Bg4 8. c3 a6 9. b4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb6 11. Na3 c5 12. Nc2 Nbd7 13. Ne3 Bh5 14. Nf5 Qc7 15. Qc1 Rfe8 16. N3h4 Ng4 17. h3 Ngf6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 Nf8 20. Nxf8 Kxf8 21. Bxh6 Re6 22. Bxg7+ Ke8 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qh6 exf5 25. Bxf6 Qf7 26. Bxe5 fxe4 27. Qh8+ Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Bxd6+ Kf7 30. Bxc5 Bc7 31. Rfe1 exd3 32. Re7+ Kg6 33. Rxc7 Rd8 34. Rc6+ Kg5 1-0
February 16, 2012 Joshua Kouch(1253) - Fun Fong(1447) 50th Mid-South Open G/60 November 27, 2010 round 3 Queen's pawn game 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Bd3 f5 12. Rfe1 Rc8 13. Rad1 Bd6 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. Nc3 Qe8 16. h3 Qg6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. g3 Rf6 21. Qe2 Rcf8 22. Rf1 Rh6 23. Qg4 Qd8 24. dxc5 Nf6 25. Qe2 bxc5 26. Qb5 Qc7 27. Ba3 Rxh4 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Rc8 30. gxh4 Rxc5 31. Na4 Rc2 32. a3 Be5 33. Rc1 Ra2 34. Nc5 Bc8 35. Nd3 exd3 36. Rxc8+ Kf7 37. a4 Ne4 38. f3 Bh2+ 39. Kh1 Ng3# 0-1
February 15, 2012 Mike Salzgeber(1456) - Oran Quintrell(1095) 50th Mid-South Open G/30 November 27, 2010 round 2 Sicilian: Smith-Morra gambit 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O g6 8. Qe2 Bg7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nxg6 Qa5 14. Nxf8 Kxf8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bg4 17. Qxg4 e6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qh4 Bxb2 20. Rab1 e5 21. Rxb2 exf4 22. Rbd2 1-0
February 14, 2012 Sam O'Bar(1792) - Mark Beatty(1569) G/60 New Year Special, January 06, 2012 Queen Pawn Game 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 c6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. Bg3 Ndf6 12. f3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 g6 14. Kf2 Re8 15. Rh4 Nh5 16. Rah1 Qe7 17. Bb1 Nf6 18. g4 Bxg4 19. fxg4 Ne4+ 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxh7 Qxg4 22. Rh8+ Kg7 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rh3 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Qc5 Qh4+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Ng1 Qh5 29. Qf8+ Kh7 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Qf3 1-0
February 13, 2012 Shimera Paxton(1236) - Andy Sorensen(1721) Memphis Reserve 2012, January 13, 2012, round 1 Sicilian: Kan, 5.Bd3 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bg5 Bb4 8. Ne2 Be7 9. O-O h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf4 Qxf4 13. Re3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 15. Rb1 Ng4 16. f3 Qxh2+ 17. Kf1 Qh1+ 18. Ke2 Qxg2+ 19. Ke1 Qf2# 0-1
February 12, 2012 Roy Nilsson(1791) - David Sichel(2006) City Championship, February 10, 2012, round 4 Robatsch defense: two knights, Suttles variation 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Nd7 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 a5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bh2 e5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. g4 Bxb3 15. cxb3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. f3 Rad8 18. Rac1 Nc8 19. Kg2 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Bg1 Qb4 22. Qd3 d5 23. e5 Nd7 24. Na2 Qf8 25. f4 c5 26. Nb5 d4 27. Rc2 Qe7 28. Nc7 Nxe5 29. Nxe8 Nxd3 30. Rxe7 Nxe7 31. Nxg7 Ne1+ 32. Kf1 Nxc2 0-1
February 11, 2012 David Sichel(1990) - Kyle Salzgeber(1668) City Championship, February 03, 2012, round 3 Sicilian: closed 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc1 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 d5 11. Bh6 dxe4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. dxe4 Qa5+ 14. c3 Rd8 15. O-O d3 16. Nd4 d2 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Nxd2 b6 20. Rad1 Ba6 21. Rfe1 Nb4 22. Qb3 Nd3 23. Re3 Qe5 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nxe5 Nxb3 26. Ree1 Nc5 27. Nc6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rc8 29. e5 Rc7 30. Rd2 Bb7 31. Nxa7 Bxg2 32. Nb5 Rb7 33. Kxg2 g5 34. Nd6 Ra7 35. b4 Nd7 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Rc7 38. Ne8+ 1-0
February 10, 2012 Allan Bogle(1730) - Jim Culhane(1214) Mitchell Memorial, December 30, 2011 round 5 Bird's opening 1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bc5 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Ng4 9. Qe1 Bxe3+ 10. dxe3 Nxe3 11. Qc3 Qf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Rc1 Kh7 14. Bd4 Nf5 15. Bd3 Kg8 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Nbd2 c5 18. Bf2 Kh7 19. Re1 d4 20. Re7 Nb6 21. g3 Rb8 22. Re2 Nd5 23. b4 Nc3 24. Ree1 b6 25. Nb3 c4 26. Nbxd4 Bb7 27. Nh4 Ne4 28. Nhxf5 Rbd8 29. b5 Nd2 30. Re7 Be4 31. Be3 Bxf5 32. Nxf5 Rd5 33. Nd4 c3 34. Ne6 Rg8 35. Rxf7+ Kg6 36. Re7 Kh5 37. Kg2 Kg6 38. Nd4 Kh5 39. f5 Nc4 40. Bf2 Rg4 41. Nf3 Nd2 42. h3 Nxf3 43. hxg4+ Kxg4 44. Re4+ 1-0
February 09, 2012 Jonathan Beatty(1778) - David Sichel(1983) Mid-South Warmup 2011, November 18, 2011 round 3 Réti opening 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O d5 5. c4 e6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nb6 11. Nd1 Ne4 12. Ne3 f5 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bh6 16. Qd3 Qa5 17. Rc2 Bd7 18. f3 Nc5 19. Qd4 Na6 20. Nd1 Nb4 21. Qh4 Bg7 22. Bc3 Qb6+ 0-1
February 08, 2012 Keith Magouyrk(1167) - Jeff Kovalic(1931) Game in 60 Fun! February 11, 2011 round 2 Sicilian: Alapin's variation (2.c3) 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Ba4 dxe4 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nbc3 a6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nf4 Rd8 13. d4 exd3 14. Be3 Nxd5 15. Rd1 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 e6 17. O-O Qb5 18. Qc3 f6 19. Rfe1 Kf7 20. Re3 c4 21. b3 cxb3 22. Qc7+ Rd7 23. Qc8 bxa2 24. Rxe6 Re7 25. Rxe7+ Bxe7 26. Qc7 0-1
February 07, 2012 Jonathan Beatty(1887) - Edgar Davison(1921) City Championship, January 27, 2012, round 3 Dutch Defence 1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. c4 Nf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 Re8 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. e3 g6 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. a3 Bd5 20. f3 Qe6 21. Kf2 Re7 22. Bf1 Rae8 23. Bd3 f4 24. e4 Qh3 25. Rh1 fxg3+ 26. hxg3 Ng4+ 27. Kg1 Qxg3+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Ne3+ 30. Kf2 Nc4 31. Bc3 Bf7 32. Rag1 b5 33. f4 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Re1 Rxf4+ 36. Kg3 g5 37. Rh6 Bd5 38. Bb4 Rf3+ 39. Kg4 Ne3+ 40. Kxg5 Rf5+ 41. Kh4 Ng2+ 42. Kg4 Rf4+ 43. Kg5 Nxe1 44. Kxf4 Nd3+ 45. Kg5 Nf2 46. Kf4 Nd3+ 1/2-1/2
February 06, 2012 Alex Sytnytsky(1387) - Jeff Baudendistel(1621) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 3 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Be3 h6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. f3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. a4 c4 15. b4 Bd6 16. g4 Qc7 17. Rf2 Rfe8 18. Na3 a6 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rg1 Rce7 24. Rgg2 Bd7 25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Re3 28. g5 Nd7 29. f4 Rxc3 30. Bf3 Rc1+ 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Bxd5 Rd1 35. Bxc4 Rxd4 36. Bf1 Nc5 37. Rf3 Ke7 38. Kg3 Kd6 39. Kg4 Kd5 40. Ra3 Ne6 41. Rd3 Rxd3 42. Bxd3 b6 43. h4 Kd4 44. Bf1 Nc5 45. f5 Nd3 1/2-1/2
February 05, 2012 Alex Sytnytsky(1387) - Hamilton Ellis(1354) Memphis Reserve, January 27, 2012, round 3 Réti: King's Indian attack 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Qd2 Re8 8. Bh6 e5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qg5 h6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. exf3 Rad8 15. Na3 a6 16. Nc2 Rd6 17. f4 e4 18. d4 a5 19. Ne3 b5 20. f5 b4 21. g4 Rb8 22. Kh2 bxc3 23. bxc3 a4 24. Kg3 Na5 25. h4 Rdb6 26. f4 exf3 27. Bxf3 Rb2 28. Qe1 Qd6+ 0-1
February 04, 2012 Jeff Kovalic(1940) - Kenneth Turner(1970) Memphis Candidates January 09, 2011 round 5 Ruy Lopez: exchange variation, 5.O-O 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Qb3 b6 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bc3 Qd6 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. Nxc3 O-O-O 15. Rfd1 Rhe8 16. f3 Rd6 17. Kf1 b5 18. a3 h6 19. Ne2 c5 20. Ke1 Nd7 21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Ne5 23. b3 Kb7 24. Ke1 c4 25. b4 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 g6 28. Nc3 c5 29. bxc5 Kc6 30. Kd2 Kxc5 31. Nd5 a5 32. Kc3 Nc6 33. h4 b4+ 34. axb4+ axb4+ 35. Kd2 f5 36. Nf4 fxe4 37. fxe4 Kd4 38. Nxg6 Kxe4 39. g4 Nd4 40. Kc1 Nf3 41. g5 Nxh4 42. Nxh4 hxg5 43. Ng2 Kf3 44. Ne1+ Ke2 45. Ng2 Kf2 0-1
February 03, 2012 Kyle Salzgeber(1585) - Randy Rotz(1565) Memphis Candidates January 09, 2011 round 5 Torre attack (Tartakower variation) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. a4 a6 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. h3 c5 15. e4 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qg6+ 17. Kh1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bxb7 Rd8 20. Qe2+ Kd7 21. Ne5+ 1-0
February 02, 2012 Dwight Weaver(1613) - Raghur Bukkarayasamudram(1513) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 2 English opening 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 d5 5. Bb2 d4 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Ng5 Nbd7 11. Nge4 Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 h6 14. f4 Bh7 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. e4 c5 17. b4 b6 18. Nf3 Qe6 19. Bc1 Rac8 20. Qa4 a5 21. bxa5 bxa5 22. Qxa5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf4 Qe6 25. Rfb1 g5 26. Rb6 Rc6 27. Rxc6 Qxc6 28. Bc1 Nd7 29. Rb1 Qe6 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. Qa7 Ne5 32. Rb6 Qg4 33. Qa4 Nxd3 34. Qc2 Ne1 35. Qd2 Nxg2 36. Qxg2 Bxe4 37. h3 Qd1+ 38. Qf1 Qxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Bd3+ 40. Kf2 Kg7 41. h4 f6 42. Rb7+ Kg6 43. g4 gxh4 44. Kg2 Be4+ 0-1
February 01, 2012 Jeff Baudendistel(1621) - Ibsa Abdullahi(1146) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 1 Sicilian: Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O Ng4 11. Bxg4 e5 12. Bxc8 exd4 13. Bxb7 dxc3 14. Qxc3 Bf6 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. f3 Nh5 19. g3 Re5 20. Rad1 Rg5 21. Kg2 Nf4+ 22. Kh1 Ne2 23. Qd2 Nxg3+ 24. hxg3 Rxg3 25. Qxd6 Rh3+ 26. Kg2 Qf8 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Kxh3 Ke7 29. c4 g5 30. c5 h5 31. c6 Ke6 32. c7 Ke5 33. c8=Q Kf4 34. Qf5+ Ke3 35. Qxg5+ Ke2 36. Qd2# 1-0
January 31, 2012 Randy Rotz(1415) - Sarthak Bansal(1006) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 3 Caro-Kann: exchange variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8. Qb5 e6 9. Qxb7 Qb8 10. Qc6 Be7 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Qxc8+ Rxc8 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. a3 O-O 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Bd2 e5 17. Rac1 exd4 18. Nxd5 Bf6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 d3 22. c3 Ne4 23. Rd1 Rb8 24. Rxd3 Rxb2 25. Rd8# 1-0
January 30, 2012 Jim Culhane(1168) - Jonathan Beatty(1887) GMCC G/60 U1200, January 21, 2012, round 1 Sicilian defense 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. d3 Nge7 5. O-O d5 6. Bb3 h6 7. c3 b6 8. Be3 d4 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Ba4 Rc8 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Qd1 O-O 15. Nbd2 a6 16. Rc1 b5 17. Bb3 Qb6 18. a3 e5 19. Re1 Bf6 20. Bd5 Nce7 21. Nb3 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Nbxd4 Qxd5 26. h3 exd4 27. Re2 Re8 28. Qe1 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Qe6 30. Qc2 Bc6 31. Nd2 Bg5 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. dxe4 Qc4 34. Qd1 d3 35. f3 Be3+ 36. Bf2 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 0-1
January 29, 2012 Sanjay Ghatti(1762) - Graham Horobetz(2077) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 2 Réti: King's Indian attack 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nfd2 O-O 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nc3 d4 10. Nd5 Be6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. e4 Qe7 13. f4 f6 14. f5 Bf7 15. Bf3 b5 16. Bh5 g6 17. Bg4 c4 18. h4 cxd3 19. cxd3 Nb4 20. Nb3 Rac8 21. fxg6 Be6 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rf2 Qh3 25. Qf3 Rc7 26. Rh2 Qe6 27. Qd1 Rg7 28. Rg2 Qh3 29. Kf2 f5 30. Qf3 Nxd3+ 0-1
January 28, 2012 Jeff Baudendistel(1621) - Jonathan Beatty(1887) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 1 Sicilian: dragon, classical attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 a6 8. a3 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 b5 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Na2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne6 Qd6 20. Ng5+ Kg8 21. Rfd1 Nd5 22. Qb3 Qb6+ 0-1
January 27, 2012 David Sichel(2006) - Roy Nilsson(1791) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 2 Scandinavian: Pytel-Wade variation 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nb6 13. b3 Rfd8 14. a3 Rac8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Qa5 Qb8 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. c4 b6 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Qe2 e5 22. d5 c5 23. h4 Qd6 24. h5 Kh8 25. g4 h6 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. f3 Bh4 28. Re2 f5 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Rg2 Rf8 31. Bf2 Bg5 32. Rxg5 hxg5 33. Qxg5 Rf6 34. Kg2 Rcf8 35. Rh1 Nd6 36. h6 gxh6 37. Rxh6+ Rxh6 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Bg3 Nxe4 40. fxe4 Qf7 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42. Qh4+ Kg8 43. Bxe5 Qf1+ 44. Kg3 Qg1+ 45. Kh3 Qh1+ 46. Bh2 Qf1+ 47. Kg4 Qg2+ 48. Kh5 Qf3+ 49. Qg4+ Kh7 50. Qxf3 Rxf3 51. Kg4 Rxb3 52. e5 Kg6 53. e6 Kf6 54. Bf4 Ke7 55. Kf5 Rd3 56. Ke5 Rd1 57. d6+ Ke8 58. d7+ Kf8 59. Bg5 Re1+ 60. Kd6 1-0
January 26, 2012 Jeff Kovalic(1912) - Kyle Salzgeber(1688) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 2 English: symmetrical, main line with d4 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 Ng4 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Bd2 Qh5 14. h3 Ne5 15. g4 Qh4 16. b3 Be6 17. Qc1 f6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bg3 Qh6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Qe3 Qf6 22. Ne4 Qf4 23. Nxg5 Bf7 24. Be4 h6 25. Nf3 Be6 26. Qd3 Rad8 27. Bh7+ Kh8 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Rf4 30. Bc2 e4 31. Nh4 Kg8 32. Rad1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 h5 34. Ng6 Rf7 35. Rd8+ Bf8 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Nxf8 Kxf8 38. gxh5 Bxh3 39. Bxe4 Kg7 40. Bg6 Kh6 41. f3 b5 42. cxb5 cxb5 43. b4 Be6 44. a3 Bc4 45. Kf2 1-0
January 25, 2012 Emmanuel Paxton(1236) - Sam O'Bar(1792) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 1 English: symmetrical variation 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 d6 8. d4 e5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. b3 Bf5 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. Na4 Rfd8 13. Qe1 Qxe1 14. Rfxe1 b6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Red1 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Nc3 Bg4 20. Re1 Bf3+ 21. Kf1 Rd8 22. Bb2 Rd2 23. Na4 Nd3 24. Bc3 Rxf2+ 25. Kg1 Rg2+ 26. Kf1 Ng4 0-1
January 24, 2012 Kyle Salzgeber(1688) - Jim Culhane(1168) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 1 Queen's Pawn 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. h3 c6 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 g5 13. Nd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nf6 17. Qb3 O-O 18. e4 b5 19. Be2 Rad8 20. e5 Nd5 21. Ne4 Nf4 1-0
January 23, 2012 Edgar Davison(1909) - Jonathan Beatty(1890) GMCC G/60 U1200, January 21, 2012, round 3 Colle System 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qf3 c6 13. Rd1 Qh4 14. h3 Bf5 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. g4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rad8 18. Kg2 Qf6 19. Qe2 Kg7 20. c3 Re7 21. Be3 Rde8 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Bd4 f6 24. f4 1-0
January 22, 2012 Joshua Kouch(1429) - David Sichel(2006) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 1 Dutch with c4 & Nc3 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 c6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c5 Bc7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bc7 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. h3 Rae8 17. Bd1 b5 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. Rf3 Nh5 20. Ne2 Qf7 21. Bc3 Qg6 22. Kf2 Bd8 23. Kf1 Bh4 24. Ra1 Re7 25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra7 Rfe8 28. Be5 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Ng3 Nxg3+ 31. Rxg3 h6 32. Ra2 Re4 33. Qd2 d4 34. exd4 Qxd4 35. Rd3 Rxf4+ 36. Rf3 Ree4 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 0-1
January 21, 2012 Carlos Sims(1942) - Graham Horobetz(2077) City Championship 2012, January 20, 2012, round 2 Nimzo-Indian: classical, 4...c5 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Ng6 12. O-O Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Nd2 f3 18. Nxf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 20. f4 Nxf4 21. f3 Qh4 22. Kh1 Re5 23. Rad1 Rae8 24. Qf2 Qf6 25. Bb1 Rg5 26. Qe3 Rg2 27. Rd2 Rg6 28. Rg1 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Re5 30. Bd3 Rg5+ 31. Kf1 Rh5 32. Ke1 Rh4 33. Bf1 Ng6 34. Kd1 Rf4 35. Rf2 Ne5 36. h3 Rxf3 37. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Nxf3 39. Ke2 Ne5 40. Kd2 Kf8 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Kf4 Kd7 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Kf4 Ng6+ 45. Kg3 Kf6 46. h4 Ke5 47. Bg2 Nf4 48. Bf3 Nd3 49. Bh5 g6 50. Bg4 Kxe4 51. Be6 f5 52. Bc8 b6 53. Bd7 Ne5 54. Be8 f4+ 55. Kf2 Kd3 56. h5 g5 57. Bg6+ Kxc4 0-1
January 20, 2012 Roy Nilsson(1791) - Forrest White(1235) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 1 Scandinavian Defence 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 Bg4 5. d4 Qe6 6. Be3 Bxe2 7. Ngxe2 Nd7 8. Nf4 Qb6 9. Qd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O e5 11. dxe5 Qa6 12. Qd3 g6 13. Qxa6 bxa6 14. Nd3 Kb7 15. Rd2 Bh6 16. f4 Ne7 17. Rhd1 Nf5 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. Nc5+ Kc8 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Nxa6 Nce3 24. Bxe3 Nxe3 25. g3 Kd7 26. h4 Kc6 27. Kd2 Nf1+ 28. Kc3 Kb5 29. Nxc7+ Kb6 30. Nd5+ Kc6 31. Kd4 Bf8 32. b4 a6 33. a4 Nd2 34. c4 Nf3+ 35. Ke3 Ne1 36. Nd4+ Kd7 37. Ke2 Ng2 38. a5 h5 39. Kf2 Nxf4 40. gxf4 Be7 41. Nxe7 Kxe7 42. Ke3 f6 43. Ke4 g5 44. exf6+ Kxf6 45. fxg5+ Kg6 46. b5 axb5 47. cxb5 Kf7 48. a6 Ke7 49. a7 Kd6 50. a8=Q Kc5 51. Qc6+ Kb4 52. b6 Ka5 53. Qb5# 1-0
January 19, 2012 Graham Horobetz(2077) - Saithanu Avirneni(1498) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 1 French: Marshall variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. O-O c4 9. Ne5 Be7 10. f4 Bf5 11. Bf3 Nb4 12. Rc1 Be6 13. a3 Nc6 14. g4 h6 15. Bh4 Qb6 16. Ne2 g5 17. Bf2 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxa3 19. Rxb7 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxf3 21. Rxe7+ Kf8 22. exf6 Qxg4+ 23. Ng3 Qh3 24. f5 Bc8 25. Qxd5 1-0
January 18, 2012 Kyle Salzgeber(1688) - Hayden Henson(1251) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 3 QGD: Semi-Tarrasch defense, Pillsbury variation 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd5 Bc6 15. Qd4 Qg6 16. Qg4 Qc2 17. Rfc1 Qb2 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rac8 20. c4 Rxc4 21. Rcb1 Rfc8 22. Rxb2 Rc1+ 1-0
January 17, 2012 Edgar Davison(1921) - Mike Salzgeber(1443) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 1 Queen's pawn: Bronstein gambit 1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. e4 Nxf2 4. Kxf2 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Ne5 h5 9. Bc4 Bc5 10. b4 Qe7 11. Ng6 Qxe4 1-0
January 16, 2012 Graham Horobetz(2077) - Jonathan Beatty(1887) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 3 Sicilian: Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation 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. a4 Be7 10. Be3 a6 11. Na3 Nd7 12. Nc4 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O b6 15. c3 Ba6 16. Na3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qb5 Rb8 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Qb3 Nd7 22. f4 Kh8 23. Na3 Nc5 24. Qc4 Qd7 25. Bxc5 Rbc8 26. Qb5 Qxb5 27. Nxb5 Rxc5 28. fxe5 Rxd5 29. exd6 Bxd6 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Rad1 Rdf6 32. Rd7 Kg8 33. Kf2 g6 34. Re1 R8f7 35. Ree7 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Rf7 37. Re6 Rb7 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Rc6 Ke7 40. Kd4 b5 41. Kc5 bxa4 42. Rb6 Rc7+ 43. Kb5 a3 44. bxa3 Rxc3 45. a4 Rc2 46. Kxa5 Rxg2 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rxh7 Rb2 49. h4 f4 50. Rh8 Kg7 51. Rc8 f3 52. Rc3 f2 53. Rf3 Kh6 54. Rf4 g5 55. hxg5+ Kxg5 56. Rf8 Kg4 57. Ka6 Kg3 58. a5 Kg2 59. Ka7 f1=Q 60. Rxf1 Kxf1 61. a6 Rb3 62. Ka8 Rb4 63. a7 Rb3 1/2-1/2
January 15, 2012 David Sichel(2006) - Jeff Kovalic(1912) City Championship 2012, January 13, 2012, round 1 Sicilian: closed 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc1 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 e5 11. Bh6 Be6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Qd7 14. c4 h5 15. Qd2 h4 16. f4 Bh3 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bxg2 19. e6 fxe6 20. Kxg2 e5 21. Qg5 h3+ 22. Kg1 Qc7 23. b3 d3 24. Nc3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Rf2 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28. Qd7+ Kg8 29. Qxh3 Raf8 30. Nd5 Qd4 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 33. Kg2 Rxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qb2+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2
January 14, 2012 Mark Beatty(1569) - Carlos Sims(1942) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 3 Latvian counter-gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Be2 Be7 7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Nh4 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bh5+ g6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bxg6+ Kd7 13. Qf3 Na6 14. Bf5 Qe7 15. O-O-O Bg5+ 16. Kb1 Raf8 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Qg3 Rfg8 19. Ne4 Bf4 20. Qf3 Rf8 21. g3 Bh6 22. Qg2 d5 23. Nd2 Nb4 24. Nb3 b6 25. Rhe1 Qf6 26. Rf1 a5 27. a3 Na6 28. c4 a4 29. Na1 Kd6 30. Nc2 Bg7 31. cxd5 e4 32. d4 cxd5 33. Ne3 Qg6 34. Rfe1 Bh6 35. Qf1 Nc7 36. Qe2 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Qh5 38. Qc2 Qxh2 39. Qxa4 Rf2 40. Rh1 Qxh1 41. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 42. Ka2 Rhh2 43. Qb4+ Kc6 44. Qe7 Rxb2+ 45. Ka1 Rbf2 0-1
January 13, 2012 Siva Yanamandra(1571) - Roy Nilsson(1791) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 08, 2012, round 4 Scandinavian: Pytel-Wade variation 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be3 Bf5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 e6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bg5 a6 14. O-O-O Nh7 15. Be3 f5 16. f4 O-O-O 17. h4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Qe1 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Rhe8 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Rf1 Ng4 24. Nf4 Qf7 25. Rf3 e5 26. dxe5 Rxe5 27. Qc3 Kb8 28. Rg3 Nd5 29. Qd4 Qf6 30. Nxd5 Rdxd5 31. Qb6 Qe6 32. Kc1 Ne3 33. Re1 Nc4 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Qf2 Qxb2+ 36. Kd1 Qb1+ 37. Ke2 Re5+ 38. Kf3 Qd1+ 39. Kf4 Qc1+ 0-1
January 12, 2012 Jeff Kovalic(1912) - David Sichel(2006) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 08, 2012, round 5 King's Indian: fianchetto, classical main line 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. e4 e5 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. Rad1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nh4 Qf7 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Qxf5 Rxf5 17. g4 Rf8 18. gxh5 exd4 19. Bxd4 Ne5 20. Kh1 Be6 21. b3 Rf4 22. Ne2 Rh4 23. f4 Bg4 24. Rd2 Nd3 25. Bxg7 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Kxg7 27. f5 Ne5 28. f6+ Kf7 29. c5 Rxh5 30. cxd6 Rd8 31. Bf3 Rxh3+ 32. Kg2 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Nxf3 34. Re7+ Kxf6 35. Kxf3 Rxd6 36. Rxb7 1/2-1/2
January 11, 2012 Mike Salzgeber(1443) - Sanjay Ghatti(1762) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 3 Caro-Kann 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. c4 O-O 12. c5 Be7 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Ndf3 Be4 15. O-O Rab8 16. Qd1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ne4 18. Bf4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Nxg5 20. Qg4 Ne4 21. b3 Rb4 22. Rfd1 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Qxe5 24. Rd3 Qf6 25. Ke2 e5 26. Rf1 Qh6 27. Rh3 Rxd4 28. Qf5 Qd2 29. Kf3 Rf4 30. Qxf4 Qxf4 31. Ke2 Qe4 32. Re3 0-1
January 10, 2012 Alex Sytnytsky(1387) - Jeff Kovalic(1912) Memphis Candidates 2012, January 07, 2012, round 1 Caro-Kann 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Re1 e6 8. c3 Bd6 9. d4 Qc7 10. h3 O-O 11. Nbd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. cxb4 Bxb4 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Qb3 Rfc8 16. Qd3 Rc7 17. Re2 Rac8 18. Nb3 a5 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Nd2 Be7 21. Ndf3 Qb3 22. Qa6 Qb6 23. Qd3 Ne4 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Ne5 Rb7 26. f3 Nd6 27. Qe3 Nc4 28. Qc3 Rbc7 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Qe1 Bb4 31. Qg3 Qxd4+ 32. Be3 Qh4 33. Qe5 Qf6 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. Bh6 Bf8 36. b3 0-1
January 09, 2012 Tony Davis(2121) - Chase Knowles(1966) Mid-South Open, November 26, 2011 round 3 French: Albin-Alekhine-Châtard attack 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Rh5 Qe7 9. Qg4 f5 10. Qh3 g6 11. Rh6 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nf8 13. f4 g5 14. Qh5+ Qf7 15. Qxg5 Rg8 16. Qh4 Rg4 17. Qh2 Bd7 18. Be2 Rg7 19. Nf3 O-O-O 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. a3 a6 22. g4 fxg4 23. Bxg4 Rxg5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bxd7+ Rxd7 26. fxg5 Qxg5+ 27. Kb1 Qg4 28. Rf1 Ne6 29. Rg1 Qf4 30. Qh3 Ncxd4 31. Rxe6 Qf5 32. Qxf5 Nxf5 33. Rf6 Nd4 34. Rg8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. Rh6 Nc6 37. e6 Ne7 38. Rxh7 c5 39. Kc1 b5 40. Rh8+ Kc7 41. Ra8 Kb7 42. Re8 Nc6 43. e7 Kc7 44. Rc8+ 1-0
January 08, 2012 Carlos Sims(1947) - Andy Sorensen(1671) Mid-South Open, November 27, 2011, round 4 Queen's pawn game 1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nd2 Be7 7. Ngf3 b6 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rf3 g6 11. Rh3 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne8 13. Nf1 f5 14. Ng3 b5 15. Ne2 c4 16. Bc2 Nc7 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Nf4 Bg5 19. g4 Qe7 20. Qe2 Rf7 21. Kh1 Bxf4 22. exf4 Rbf8 23. g5 Rg7 24. Rh6 Rgf7 25. Rg1 Rg7 26. Bd1 Be8 27. h4 Qd7 28. Qh2 Qe7 29. Qh3 Qd7 30. Rg2 Qe7 31. Rh2 Qd7 32. h5 Qe7 33. hxg6 Bxg6 34. Bh5 Kf7 35. Qf3 Rfg8 36. Rh4 Ke8 37. Qh3 Kd7 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. Rh7 Kc6 40. R7h6 Kb6 41. Qf3 a6 42. Rh2 Qd7 43. Bc1 Qe7 44. b3 Rf7 45. Qe2 Rfg7 46. Qb2 Kc6 47. a4 Rf8 48. Qa1 Ra8 49. Ba3 Qd7 50. Bd6 Ra7 51. Qa3 Ne8 52. Bc5 Rb7 53. axb5+ axb5 54. Qa6+ Kc7 55. Rh8 Kb8 56. Bd6+ Rc7 57. Ra2 Rh7+ 58. Kg1 1-0
January 07, 2012 Paul Kuroda(2087) - Peter Thayer(1716) Mid-South Open, November 27, 1976 Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Re1 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Ne4 c4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Nf6+ Bxf6 12. exf6 e6 13. Ne5 Qxf6 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. d3 e5 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Bc3 d5 19. Qc5 d4 20. Ba5 Rfe8 21. Bc7 Qg5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Rd8 24. f4 Qg4 25. Qe7 1-0
January 06, 2012 Randy Senn(1716) - Jim Rackley(1661) MCC Fall Quads, October 07, 1977 Dutch Defence: Leningrad System 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Qe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. h4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rae1 c6 16. Bh3 Nh5 17. Qe4 Bd7 18. Re2 e5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. d5 Nf6 21. Qd3 Qf5 22. Ne4 Kh8 23. Nfg5 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 25. Nf7+ 1-0
January 05, 2012 Mark Gilley - John Hurt City Championship 1963 Réti opening 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O c5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bc6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. d3 Be7 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc3 Bf6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 0-1
January 04, 2012 Norman Whitaker - Hunter Weaks Tennessee Open 1962 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. f4 Qc8 10. e4 d6 11. Nf3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 e5 14. a3 a5 15. b3 Qc7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. h3 Bc8 19. g4 Nd7 20. Bd2 Nc5 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Ng3 Qc7 23. Kh1 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bg5 25. Be1 Bxf5 26. exf5 Ra7 27. Bg3 Bf6 28. b4 Nd7 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. c5 bxc5 31. b5 Nb6 32. Rae1 c4 33. g5 Bxg5 34. Bxe5 Bh4 35. Qxd4 Bxe1 36. f6 Qd7 37. Rxe1 cxd3 38. Qf4 Nd5 39. Qg5 1-0
January 03, 2012 Jake Kleiman(2450) - Elliot Liu(2359) North American Open, December 29, 2011 round 6 Sicilian: 2 c3 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d6 8. exd6 e5 9. O-O Bxd6 10. d3 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Be6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Qe4 Qc7 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bc5 f5 18. Qe2 N6a5 19. Bb4 Nc6 20. Bxf5 Qf7 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Na3 Nxa3 23. Bxa3 Rd8 24. Qb5 b6 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Rd1+ Kc7 27. Rd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6+ Kxd6 29. Kf1 Rd8 30. Qd3+ 1-0
January 02, 2012 Ross Ray(1554) - Edgar Davison(1926) Mid-South Open, November 26, 2011 round 2 Polish (Sokolsky) opening 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Bb2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be6 8. Bxg7 Rg8 9. Bb2 Qd6 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. g3 f5 12. Bg2 f4 13. O-O fxe3 14. dxe3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bc5 16. Nc3 Ndb4 17. Qb1 Bc4 18. Rd1 Nd3 19. Na4 Bxe3 20. Rxd3 Bxd3 21. Qe1 Bg5 22. Qxe7 Bxe7 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bc2 25. Nc3 Bc5 26. Rc1 Rd2 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bb6 30. Bf4 Re2 31. Bxh7 Rf8 32. Rc2 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Be3 34. Bxc7 Rg1+ 35. Kh3 Kd7 36. Be5 Rc1 37. Re2 Bc5 38. g4 Rf3+ 39. Kg2 Rcf1 40. g5 Rf7 41. g6 Rg1+ 42. Kh3 Rf3+ 43. Kh4 Be7+ 0-1
January 01, 2012 Gary Pylant(1813) - Roy Nilsson(1728) Mitchell Memorial December 30, 2011, round 5 QGD Slav: exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 e6 8. a3 Be7 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O a6 11. h3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Na4 O-O 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. b4 Kh8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. Kh2 Rcd8 20. Nb3 e5 21. Rc5 Rd6 22. Qc2 Rg6 23. g4 h5 24. f4 Qh4 0-1
December 31, 2011 Bobby Fischer(2790) - R.O. Mitchell(2190) ICC Match July 15, 2001 Irregular Openings 1. f3 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. Kf2 d5 4. Ke3 e5 5. f4 Nf6 6. fxe5 Nxe5 7. Kf4 Bd6 8. e4 Nxe4 9. Ke3 Ng4+ 10. Qxg4 Bxg4 11. Nf3 O-O 12. d3 Nf6 13. Kf2 Re8 14. Na3 Qd7 15. h3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf5 17. Nb5 Bf4 18. Rg1 a6 19. Na3 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Qf4 21. Rc2 Qe3+ 22. Kg2 Nh5 23. d4 Nf4+ 24. Kh2 cxd4 25. cxd4 Qxd4 26. Bg2 Re2 27. Rxe2 Nxe2 28. Rb1 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Rd1 h5 32. Nb1 Re2 33. Nc3 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qf2 35. Nxe2 Nxe2 36. Rf1 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Nf4 38. Rg1 Nxh3 39. Ra1 Nf2+ 40. Kg1 Nh3+ 41. Kh1 Nf4 42. Bf1 h4 43. Rc1 h3 44. Rc2 h2 45. Rxh2 Qxf3+ 46. Kg1 Qg3+ 47. Rg2 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 Nxg2 49. Kxg2 Qd2+ 50. Kf3 Qxb2 51. Bd3 Qxa2 52. Be2 Qb3+ 53. Kg4 Qc2 54. Bf3 Qg6+ 55. Kf4 Qf6+ 56. Kg3 Qxf3+ 57. Kxf3 a5 58. Ke3 a4 59. Kd3 a3 60. Kc3 g6 61. Kb3 g5 62. Kxa3 g4 63. Kb4 g3 64. Kc5 g2 65. Kxd5 g1=Q 66. Kd6 Qd1+ 67. Ke5 b5 68. Kf6 b4 69. Ke5 b3 70. Ke4 Qd5+ 71. Kxd5 1/2-1/2
December 30, 2011 Jim Mitchell(1500) - Ronald Humble(1307) Easy Going Quad, October 30, 1992, round 1 Sicilian: Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. Rd1 Be7 8. c3 b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bf4 f6 14. Rac1 fxe5 15. dxe5 Rxf4 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. Rdc1 Re4 19. Qf1 Bc5 20. a3 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. b4 a6 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Nf3 Rf5 27. Rb1 e5 28. Rb7 c4 29. Qd1 d4 1-0
December 29, 2011 Arjun Vishnuvardhan(2192) - R.O. Mitchell(2189), North American Open, December 28, 2005 Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc8 13. f3 Qa6 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Rae1 Na5 17. e4 Nc4 18. Qf2 Qb5 19. Rb1 Qb3 20. e5 Nd7 21. f4 Nxa3 22. Bxa3 Qxa3 23. Qd2 Rec8 24. f5 cxd4 25. cxd4 Qc3 26. Qf4 Rc4 27. Rbd1 Kh8 28. Nh5 f6 29. Rfe1 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Qxe5 Rc7 32. f6 Rg8 33. Rf1 gxf6 34. Rxf6 0-1
December 28, 2011 Mike Stewart(1487) - Jim Mitchell(1423) Emerald Knights, April 11, 1980 French 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Ne7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Bh6 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qf4 Re8 18. Nd2 Ra7 19. Re3 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Qc7 21. Qg5 Qe7 22. Qf4 Qc7 23. Qg5 Qe7 1/2-1/2
December 27, 2011 Joe Owens(1565) - Jim Mitchell(1423) Memphis Intra-class, February 22, 1980 Scandinavian (center counter) defense 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Qe2 e6 8. d4 c6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. c3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. Rf3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc7 19. g4 Qc4 20. Qd2 b5 21. Bh6 Qc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rf6 Qe7 24. Qg5 Rc7 25. h4 b4 26. Rc1 bxc3 27. Rxc3 Qd7 28. h5 Rxc3 29. h6+ Kg8 30. bxc3 Qc7 31. Rf3 Qd8 32. Rf6 Qc8 33. Qc1 Qc7 34. Qc2 Rc8 35. Rf2 Qxc3 36. Qa4 Qc7 1/2-1/2
December 26, 2011 Randy Waldrip(1052) - Jim Mitchell(1430) Memphis Candidates, January 09, 1977, round 4 Colle system 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 c4 6. Bc2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. b3 b5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Rb1 Rxb1 15. Nxb1 g6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nd2 Re7 23. Rb1 Rb7 24. Rxb7 Bxb7 1/2-1/2
December 25, 2011 Jim Mitchell(1430) - Randy Waldrip(1052) King Cotton Open, May 08, 1977, round 5 Ruy Lopez: exchange variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Ng4 12. Re2 b5 13. h3 b4 14. Na4 Bxf2+ 15. Kf1 a5 16. hxg4 Ba6 17. Kxf2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Rxe4+ 19. Kd3 Rxg4 20. Bg5 h6 21. Be3 Rd8+ 22. Nd4 Rxg2 23. Rg1 Rxg1 24. Bxg1 g5 1/2-1/2
December 24, 2011 Jim Mitchell(1325) - Mabrey Fowler(1142) Memphis Amateur, March 09, 1976, round 4 Modern Defence 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e5 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. b4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Bxd4 15. Qc2 O-O 16. bxa5 Qxa5 17. Bd2 Qe5 18. f4 Qf6 19. O-O-O b6 20. Bc4+ e6 21. Ne2 c5 22. h4 Rae8 23. h5 Re7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Rh6 Rg7 26. f5 Kf7 27. Bxe6+ 1-0
December 23, 2011 R.O. Mitchell(2208) - Gary Pylant(1910) 1st U of M Open, October 20, 1996, round 4 Slav Defence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 b5 14. Qb3 e6 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Nh5 17. Bd6 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rxc1 19. Bxf8 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Bxf8 21. Bxa6 Bxa4 22. Qxa4 Qb6 23. b5 Bg7 24. Qb4 Nf4 25. Qd2 Nh5 26. Qc3 Nf4 27. Qc8+ Bf8 28. Ne5 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Qxd4 30. Nd7 Qf4+ 31. Kh1 Qb4 32. Qxf8+ Qxf8 33. Nxf8 Kxf8 34. b6 Nd4 35. Bb5 1-0
December 22, 2011 Bobby Fischer(2790) - R.O. Mitchell(2190) ICC Match July 15, 2001 Gedult's opening 1. f3 c5 2. Kf2 Nc6 3. Ke3 g6 4. Kf4 Bg7 5. Kg5 e5+ 6. Kg4 d5+ 7. Kg3 Nf6 8. Kf2 O-O 9. d3 d4 10. e4 dxe3+ 11. Bxe3 b6 12. Nc3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Ne2 f5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Nc3 Qd6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Bc1 g5 19. a3 Ba6 20. Nc3 Nd4 21. h3 e4 22. dxe4 fxe4 23. Bxa6 exf3 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Qd3 fxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rae8 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. Bd5 Qe5 29. Be4 Qb8 30. Be3 Rd8 31. Qa6 Be5 32. Rf1 Bh2 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Qd3 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Rf2 36. Bxd4+ 1-0
December 21, 2011 Jim Mitchell - Mike Leinard Memphis Nashville Match, December 12, 1965 Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 Rb8 9. Nd2 Re8 10. Nec4 d5 11. Na5 Qd6 12. exd5 Ng4 13. Nf3 Qxd5 14. Nb3 Re6 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. b3 Bd7 17. h3 Ne5 18. d4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rg6+ 20. Kh1 Qh5 21. Bf4 Qxh3+ 22. Bh2 Qg2# 0-1
December 20, 2011 Dwight Weaver - Jim Mitchell Spring Robin, March 07, 1986 round 3 English 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 Ne8 9. Be3 f5 10. Qd2 fxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. Bh6 a6 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. f4 Kh8 16. h3 Be6 17. g4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nb8 19. Rad1 Nd7 20. Ng3 b5 21. b3 b4 22. Qb2 Kg8 23. Rde1 Rf7 24. Be4 Qf8 25. Qd2 Qc8 26. f5 Ne5 27. fxg6 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 hxg6 29. Qg5 Qe8 30. h4 Qd7 31. Bxg6 Qxg4 32. Bf7+ Kh7 33. Qxg4 Nxg4 34. Be6 Ne5 35. Nf5 Nxf5 36. Bxf5+ Kg7 37. Kh2 Rf8 38. Rg1+ Kh8 39. Rf1 Kg7 40. Rg1+ Kh8 41. Be4 Rf4 42. Bh1 Rxh4+ 43. Kg3 Rg4+ 44. Kh2 Rxg1 45. Kxg1 Nd3 46. Be4 Ne5 1/2-1/2
December 19, 2011 Dwight Weaver - Jim Mitchell Howard Haglin Memorial, April 03, 1987 round 3 English Opening 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. Nd5 Nbxd5 12. cxd5 Qd7 13. h3 Ne8 14. b3 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qc2 Ne8 17. f4 Qe7 18. e4 Qf6 19. Qd3 Qg7 20. Qe3 Kh8 21. e5 Kg8 22. Rc3 Rb8 23. Rfc1 Bd7 24. e6 fxe6 25. dxe6 Bc8 26. Bd5 Kh8 27. Ne2 c6 28. Qa7 Qc7 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Qxc7 Nxc7 31. e7 Re8 32. Bxc6 Rxe7 33. Bf3 Bb7 34. Nd4 Bxf3 35. Nxf3 Rbe8 36. Nd4 Re1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Ra1 39. Ke3 Rxa2 0-1
December 18, 2011 Jim Mitchell(1386) - Kenn Thompson(1367) Mid-South Open, December 01, 1974 round 6 Alekhine's defense 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. a3 dxe5 5. dxe5 e6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nf3 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Be3 Ke7 14. Bxc5+ 1-0
December 17, 2011 Graham Horobetz(2099) - Roy Nilsson(1728) Mitchell Memorial, December 16, 2011 round 3 Scandinavian: Pytel-Wade variation 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be3 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Be4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qf3 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxb2 13. Qxf7+ Kd8 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Qxe6 Nxf2 16. Nc4 Qxa2 17. Bxf2 b5 18. d5 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Re8 20. Qxe8+ Kxe8 21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. dxc6+ Nxc6 23. Rd1 Qe6+ 24. Be2 Kc7 25. Nxb5+ Kc8 26. O-O Qxe2 27. Rf8+ Kb7 28. Rf7+ Kb8 29. Rd8+ Nxd8 30. Bd6+ Kc8 31. Rc7+ Kb8 32. Rxg7+ Kc8 33. Rc7+ Kb8 34. Rxh7+ Kc8 35. Rc7+ Kb8 36. Re7+ Kc8 37. Rxe2 1-0
December 16, 2011 Jerry Williams(1834) - Jim Mitchell(1404) Music City Spring, March 18, 1972, round 1 Réti opening 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Ne1 e5 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Ne8 11. f5 Nf6 12. Ndf3 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Qc1 Re8 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Qg5 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. c3 Qd8 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Ng5 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Nf6 23. Nf3 Re2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Ng4+ 26. Kg3 Nxh6 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Nf4 Nf5+ 29. Kg4 Ng7 30. Nd4 Rd7 31. Nc6 a5 32. Rf1 Kg8 33. Nd5 Nf5 34. Re1 Kf7 35. h4 h5+ 36. Kh3 Bg7 37. Nb8 0-1
December 15, 2011 R.O. Mitchell(2190) - Bobby Fischer(2790) ICC Match July 15, 2001 Dutch Defence 1. d4 f5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Kf7 4. Nf3 Ke6 5. g3 Kd6 6. Bg2 Kc7 7. O-O Qe8 8. e4 Qh5 9. exf5 Qxf5 10. Bf4+ d6 11. c5 Nf6 12. Re1 e6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Nh4 Qf6 15. Bxe4 g5 16. cxd6+ Bxd6 17. Bxd6+ Kxd6 18. Ng2 Ke7 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qb4+ Rd6 21. Rad1 Na6 22. Qa3 Nc7 23. Ne3 Nb5 24. Qb4 Kf7 25. a4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Nxd4 28. Bxh7 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nxe1 0-1
December 14, 2011 Peter Lahde(1751) - Jim Mitchell(1318) Mid-South Open November 26, 1976 Scotch: Göring gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d3 5. c4 Bc5 6. a3 a6 7. Bxd3 d6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Rad1 Re8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nf4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Qc3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 b5 21. b4 Ba7 22. c5 Qf6 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Rd5 Re5 25. Rc1 g5 26. Nh5 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Rxd5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxd5 a5 30. Rc7 Bb6 31. Rc6 Bd8 32. Rxd6 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34. Ne3 Kf8 35. Nf5 Bc7 36. Rxh6 Kg8 37. Rc6 Bd8 38. Rc5 Rb8 39. Nd4 Be7 40. Rxb5 Rxb5 41. Nxb5 Bxb4 42. Nc7 Bd6 43. Nd5 Kg7 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Ne3 Bb8 46. Nf5 Bc7 47. h4 f6 48. Kh3 Bb6 49. Kg3 gxh4+ 50. Nxh4+ Kh5 51. Nf5 Bc7+ 52. f4 Bb6 53. f3 Bc7 54. Ng7+ Kg6 55. Ne6 Bd6 56. Nd4 Bb8 57. Nc6 Bc7 58. e5 Kf5 59. Nd4+ Kg6 60. f5+ Kh5 61. f4 fxe5 62. Ne6 exf4+ 63. Kf3 Bd6 64. f6 Kg6 1/2-1/2
December 13, 2011 John Hurt(1934) - Jim Mitchell(1732) Ralph King Memorial October 17, 1975 Danish gambit: Sorensen defense 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Bf5 9. O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Be3 a6 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nbd7 15. Nd3 Re8 16. g4 Be4 17. Bg5 b5 18. f3 Bd5 19. Qd2 Re6 20. Nf4 Rd6 21. Rae1 h6 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Be3 Qf8 24. c4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rd6 26. Bf4 Rc6 27. Rc1 Nb8 28. d5 Rb6 29. Bxc7 Qc5+ 30. Qf2 Qxc7 31. Bd3 Qb7 32. Qxb6 Qxb6+ 33. Kh1 Nbd7 34. Rc6 Qb7 35. Rb1 Qxb1+ 36. Bxb1 Nxd5 37. Be4 N7f6 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Bxd5 1/2-1/2
December 12, 2011 Jim Mitchell(1346) - Tom Farr(1692) Southern Open July 06, 1974, round 6 Caro-Kann: classical variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. c3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. b4 e5 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 h5 15. Bg5 h4 16. Ne4 h3 17. g3 Ne5 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. Bxf6 Qd6 20. Qf5+ Nd7 21. Bxh8 Qh6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Qe4 Qb5 24. Qg4 f6 25. Bxf6 Qc6 26. Qxh3 Qxf6 27. Rac1 Bh6 28. Rc2 Kb8 29. Qh4 Bg5 30. Qe4 Ka8 31. a4 Nb6 32. h4 Bh6 33. a5 Na4 34. Qe5 Qf8 35. Ra2 Bg7 36. Qe7 Nxc3 37. Qxf8 Bxf8 38. Rc2 Bxb4 39. Rec1 Bxa5 40. Rxc3 Bxc3 41. Rxc3 b5 42. h5 b4 43. Rb3 a5 44. g4 Rb8 45. h6 a4 46. Rb1 a3 47. h7 a2 48. Rd1 b3 49. Ra1 Rh8 50. Kg2 Rxh7 51. f4 Kb7 52. g5 b2 53. Rxa2 b1=Q 54. Rf2 Qh1+ 0-1
December 11, 2011 Gary Pylant(2002) - Jim Mitchell(1727) - Match, March 18, 1984 Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack) 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. c3 Nd7 9. O-O c5 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Rac1 Qxb3 14. Nxb3 Rac8 15. Na5 Bf6 16. Nxb7 Rb8 17. Ba6 g5 18. b3 g4 19. Nd2 f4 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Rxc5 fxe3 22. fxe3 Bg5 23. Rc7 Bc8 24. Rxa7 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Rfc8 26. Rd6 Rc2 27. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rxd2 29. Rg5+ Kf8 30. Rxg4 Rxa2 31. d5 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Ra2+ 33. Kf3 Rb2 34. Rge4 R2xb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 36. Re3 Rb6 37. Kf4 Rd6 38. Ke5 Ke7 39. Ra3 f6+ 40. Kd4 Rd7 41. Re3+ Kf8 42. Kc5 Rc7+ 43. Kd6 Rc2 44. Rg3 Kf7 45. Kd7 h5 46. d6 h4 47. Rg4 h3 48. gxh3 Rxh2 49. h4 Ra2 50. Rc4 Ra7+ 51. Rc7 Ra4 52. Kc8+ Ke6 53. d7 Ra8+ 54. Kb7 Rd8 55. h5 f5 56. h6 f4 57. h7 f3 1/2-1/2
December 10, 2011 Gary Pylant(2002) - Jim Mitchell(1727) - Match, March 04, 1984 Scandinavian (center counter) defense 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 c6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Qd7 14. Qxe6 Qxe6 15. Rxe6 Kf7 16. Rae1 Rhe8 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxe8 Kxe8 21. Nxd5 f5 22. b3 Kd7 23. Kf1 Kd6 24. c4 b5 25. Ke2 bxc4 26. bxc4 Kc5 27. Kd3 Bd4 28. f3 Bg1 29. h3 Bh2 30. g4 fxg4 31. fxg4 Be5 32. Ne7 Bf6 33. Nd5 Bd8 34. Kc3 h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Kd3 h4 37. Ne3 a5 38. Nd5 Bg5 39. Nc3 Bd8 40. a3 Be7 41. Ne4+ Kc6 42. a4 Bf8 43. Ke3 Be7 44. Kf4 Kb6 45. Ke5 Kc6 46. Kf5 Bb4 47. Ke6 Be1 48. Kf5 Bb4 49. Kg4 Be7 50. Ng5 Kc5 51. Kxh4 Kxc4 52. Kg4 Kb4 53. h4 Kxa4 54. h5 Bf8 55. Ne6 Bh6 56. Nd4 Kb4 57. Nc6+ 1/2-1/2
December 09, 2011 Jim Mitchell(1500) - Gary Pylant(1800) MCC Candidates, January 26, 1985 Sicilian: Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Be2 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Naxb5 axb5 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. O-O Nd4 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. f4 Be7 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qa7 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. c3 Nb5 21. Qf3 1/2-1/2
December 08, 2011 Jim Mitchell(1500) - Gary Pylant(1800) Training game, December 09, 1984 Ruy Lopez: exchange, Bronstein variation 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Bg4 8. Qxd6 Bxd6 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Ne7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ng6 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. f4 Nc4 15. b3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bc5 17. Kf2 Rd2 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Kf3 Ba3 20. Rcd1 Rxc2 21. Rd3 Rxa2 22. Rfd1 Be7 23. Nd4 g6 24. f5 Rd8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. e5 c5 27. Ne2 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rb2 29. Nf4 c6 30. e6 fxe6 31. Nxg6 Bf6 32. h4 Kc7 33. Nf4 Bxh4 34. Nxe6+ Kb6 35. Rc3 Be7 36. e4 Kb5 37. Rd3 Kb4 38. Kg4 Rxb3 39. Rd7 Bf6 40. Rxb7+ Kc4 41. Rxb3 Kxb3 42. Nxc5+ Kc4 43. Nxa6 Be5 44. Kf5 Bd6 1/2-1/2
December 07, 2011 Emmanuel Paxton(1220) - Forrest White(1239) Mid-South Open, November 27, 2011 round 5 Réti opening 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Bg4 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qe6 5. Qb3 b6 6. Qxe6 Bxe6 7. e4 Nd7 8. d4 h5 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. Rc1 Kb7 11. Bd3 h4 12. h3 f6 13. O-O g5 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Be2 h3 17. Nd2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 hxg2 19. Kxg2 Bh6 20. Rxc7+ Ka6 21. Nb3 e5 22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Rd1 Ngf6 24. f3 Rhg8+ 25. Kf2 Rgf8 26. Nc3 Ng4+ 27. Kg2 Nxh2 28. Kxh2 Bf4+ 29. Kg2 Rg8+ 30. Kf2 Bg3+ 31. Ke2 Bf4 32. Rdxd7 Rg2+ 33. Kd3 Rxd7+ 34. Rxd7 Rxb2 35. Nd5 Rf2 36. Nxf4 Rxf3+ 37. Ke2 Rxf4 38. Ke3 Rh4 39. Nd2 Rh3+ 40. Nf3 b5 41. Rd5 Kb6 42. Rxe5 a5 43. Rd5 Kc6 44. Kf4 a4 45. Nd4+ Kb6 46. Rxb5+ Ka6 47. Rb4 Ka5 48. Nc6+ Ka6 49. e5 Rh6 50. Nd4 Rh4+ 51. Ke3 a3 52. Ra4+ Kb6 53. Rxa3 Rh3+ 54. Nf3 Kc6 55. Rd3 Kc5 56. e6 Rh6 57. Ng5 Rg6 58. e7 Rxg5 59. Kf4 Rg8 60. Re3 1-0
December 06, 2011 Ron Minor(1839) - Jim Little(1539) Tennessee Open, September 05, 1977 round 6 French defence 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. e5 Nge7 8. Nf3 c4 9. Bf1 O-O 10. g3 h6 11. Bh3 Nf5 12. g4 Nh4 13. g5 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 hxg5 15. Qh5 f6 16. Bg4 Qe8 17. Qh3 fxe5 18. Bxg5 Qg6 19. Be3 exd4 20. cxd4 e5 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. O-O-O exd4 23. Rhg1 Qf5 24. Qg2 Rf7 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxf2 27. Qxf2 Rxf2 28. Rxd5 Rc7 29. h4 c3 30. h5 Kh7 31. Kb1 Rf6 32. Rgg5 a6 33. Rg3 Rf1+ 34. Ka2 Rc1 35. Rg2 Rh1 36. Rdg5 Re1 37. R2g3 Rh1 38. Re5 Rh2 39. Kb3 Rh1 40. a4 Rb1+ 41. Ka3 b5 42. Re4 Ra1+ 43. Kb3 bxa4+ 44. Kb4 a3 45. Rxc3 Rb1+ 46. Rb3 a2 0-1
December 05, 2011 Kenneth Turner(1977) - Russell Robbins(1836) Mid-South Open, November 27, 2011 round 5 King's pawn opening 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. Be3 h6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Nh2 Qe8 11. Qc2 d5 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bd3 Qf7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 b6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bg7 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Kf2 c5 23. b3 Rad8 24. Rad1 Qf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bd2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qg3 28. Bf1 Rd7 29. Re8 Be4 30. Qc1 Qh4 31. Kh2 Qf6 32. Bc4 Bd5 33. Qf1 Bf7 34. Bxf7 Qxf7 35. Re2 Qd5 36. Be1 Qd1 37. Qf2 Qd5 38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Qe8 Rd8 40. Qe7 Qd7 41. Qh4 Re8 42. Rd2 Qe7 43. Qxe7 Rxe7 44. Bh4 Bxc3 45. Rd3 g5 46. fxg5 Be5+ 47. g3 hxg5 48. Bxg5 Rg7 49. h4 Rf7 50. Kg2 Kg6 51. Kf3 Bd4 52. Rd2 Rc7 53. Re2 Rc6 54. Re8 b5 55. Rg8+ Kf7 56. Rb8 a6 57. h5 c4 58. bxc4 bxc4 59. Rb7+ Ke6 60. h6 c3 61. h7 c2 62. Re7+ Kd6 63. Re8 Bb2 64. Bc1 Rc7 1-0
December 04, 2011 Andy Sorensen(1671) - Graham Horobetz(2110) Mid-South Open, November 26, 2011 round 3 Nimzo-Indian: three knights variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Be2 Qe7 9. Ba3 b6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Qc2 Ba6 12. Nd2 c5 13. Qa4 Rfc8 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. Bf3 d5 17. Nxa5 bxa5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qxa5 Bc4 20. Qa4 Rab8 21. Ba1 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qh4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Rg1 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Qxa2 27. Bc3 Rb8 28. Bd2 Rb1 29. Bc1 Rxc1 0-1
December 03, 2011 Casey Hill(1644) - Kenneth Turner(1977) Mid-South Open, November 27, 2011 round 4 Nimzovich-Larsen attack: classical variation 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 d4 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Ba3 O-O 10. c5 Bb8 11. Bb5 e5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d3 Nd5 14. Re1 f6 15. Nbd2 Bf5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. dxe4 Nc3 18. Qd3 Qa5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Bb4 Qb5 21. Bxc3 Qxc4 22. bxc4 dxc3 23. Rec1 a5 24. Rxc3 Ba7 25. Rd1 Bxc5 26. Rb3 Rfd8 27. Rbd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rb8 29. Rb3 Rd8 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke2 g4 32. Nh4 Bb4 33. Rd3 Rd4 34. Rxd4 exd4 35. Nf5 c5 36. Nh6 Kg7 37. Nxg4 h5 38. Nxf6 Kxf6 39. a4 Ba3 40. Kd2 h4 41. f4 Bb2 42. g4 h3 43. Kd1 Bc3 44. Ke2 Bb4 45. e5+ Ke6 46. Kd3 Be1 47. Ke2 Bh4 48. Kf3 d3 49. Ke3 Bg3 50. Kxd3 Bxf4 51. Ke4 Bxh2 52. Kf3 Bxe5 53. Kf2 Kf6 0-1
December 02, 2011 David Kernell(1891) - Charles Herbers(1972) Mid-South Open, November 27, 2011 round 5 KP: Nimzovich defense 1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Ne4 Qe7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Nfg5 d6 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Qd3 g6 13. Qd5 Nb4 14. Qd1 Bf5 15. O-O Nxc2 16. h3 Nge3 17. Bxe3 Nxe3 18. Qb3 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 h6 20. g4 hxg5 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Qd3 b5 23. Bxb5 c4 24. Bxc4 Qc5+ 25. Kh2 Rad8 26. Qxf5 Rd2+ 27. Kg3 Qe3+ 28. Kg4 Rg2+ 29. Kh5 gxf4 30. Rxf4 Rg7 31. Rf3 Qg1 32. Kh6 Qc1+ 33. Rf4 Qe3 34. Bxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6 Qxh3+ 36. Bh5 Rxf6+ 37. exf6 Rh7+ 0-1
December 01, 2011 Chase Knowles(1966) - John Maddox(1530) Mid-South Open, November 26, 2011 round 1 English Opening 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bf4 d6 10. Ne1 e5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. f4 Qd7 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3 N5c6 15. Rb1 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. Nf2 Bd4 19. Nxd4 Qh5 20. g4 Qh4 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Kh1 1-0
November 30, 2011 Graham Horobetz(2110) - David Kernell(1891) Mid-South Open, November 27, 2011 round 4 Caro-Kann: Steinitz variation 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. Qg4 Qf6 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. O-O Be5 17. Be3 O-O 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. c4 a6 21. b3 Nf6 22. Ne2 Ng4 23. h3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Nc1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Rc1 Ba3 30. Rc2 Kd6 31. b4 a5 32. bxa5 Ra8 33. c5+ Kc7 34. Ne5 f6 35. Nc4 Bxc5 36. Ke2 Kc6 37. a4 Rd8 38. a6 bxa6 39. Na5+ Kb6 40. Rxc5 Kxc5 41. Nb7+ Kb4 42. Nxd8 e5 43. Kd3 Kxa4 44. Kc4 a5 45. Nc6 h5 46. h4 e4 47. g3 g5 48. Kc5 Kb3 49. Nxa5+ Kc3 50. Kd5 Kd3 51. Nc4 Ke2 52. Kxe4 Kf2 53. Kf5 Kxg3 54. hxg5 fxg5 55. e4 h4 56. Ne5 h3 57. Ng4 1-0
November 29, 2011 Jonathan Beatty(1842) - Carlos Sims(1947) Mid-South Open, November 26, 2011 round 3 Sicilian Dragon 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. f3 a6 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 Rc8 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 Qa5 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. e5 Ng8 18. exd6 e6 19. Be3 Qd8 20. Bf2 Nh6 21. Qd3 Rc6 22. Ne4 f5 23. Ng5 Nf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Qb3 Qb8 26. Nd4 Rcc8 27. Rhe1 Rhe8 28. f4 b5 29. Nf3 Rc4 30. g3 Bf6 31. Ne5+ Bxe5 32. fxe5 Rec8 33. Qe3 Kg7 34. Qg5 Rf8 35. Be3 Qe8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Bg5 Qf7 38. Bf6 Qh7 39. Qe3 Re4 40. Qa7 Rxe1 41. Rxe1 Rc8 42. Be7 Bc6 43. Qxa6 Bd7 44. Qb7 g5 45. Qxd7 Ra8 46. Qxe6+ Kh8 47. Bf6+ 1-0
November 28, 2011 Charles Herbers(1972) - Jim Culhane(1148) Mid-South Open, November 26, 2011 round 2 King's pawn opening 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. f4 h6 9. Bh4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 g5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Qh5 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Qxg5 Qg7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rf1 Rf8 22. Rf3 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Qg5 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 c6 26. Kf2 Kg7 27. Kf3 Kg6 28. Kg4 e5 29. Kh4 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Kg4 e4 32. Kf4 e3 33. Kf3 Kg5 34. c3 e2 35. Kxe2 Kg4 36. c4 dxc4 37. dxc4 Kxg3 38. Kd3 Kxg2 39. Kxd4 Kf3 40. b4 1-0
November 27, 2011 Edgar Davison(1926) - Kenneth Eddy(1418) Mid-South Open, November 26, 2011 round 1 Trompowsky Attack 1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 e6 3. g5 Nd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. h4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Rfd8 14. h5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qc7 17. g6 fxg6 18. hxg6 h6 19. Nc4 Bc6 20. Ne5 Be8 21. Rdg1 Bf6 22. Ng4 Be7 23. Bc2 c4 24. Qh2 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Nxh6+ gxh6 27. Qxh6 Bc6 28. Qh8# 1-0
November 26, 2011 Dale Flickinger(1685) - Paul Kuroda(2087) Mid-South Open, November 26, 1976, round 1 Robatsch defense: three pawns attack 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Nd5 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qd8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bc3 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be2 O-O 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. d5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nb8 16. O-O Qb6+ 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Nd7 20. Nc3 Rfc8 21. f5 Rc5 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rf3 Rac8 24. a4 Ne5 25. Rf2 a6 26. h3 R8c7 27. Ra3 Kg7 28. Kh2 Nd3 29. Rd2 Ne5 30. Rb3 Rc4 31. Re2 Nd7 32. Ra3 Rb4 33. Na2 Rd4 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. Nxc3 Nc5 36. e5 dxe5 37. Rxe5 Kf6 38. Re2 Nxa4 39. d6 exd6 40. Ne4+ Kg7 41. Ng5 Rb4 42. Rf2 f6 0-1
November 25, 2011 Charles Herbers(2009) - Jack Smith(1895) Mid-South Open, November 30, 1997, round 7 Morra Gambit 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Nf1 Be6 10. c4 Rc8 11. Ne3 Qd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bf1 a5 15. a3 Na6 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Ne8 18. Bc3 Bd8 19. b4 Nf6 20. Qd2 axb4 21. axb4 Bb6 22. Bd3 Ng4 23. Re2 f5 24. c5 e4 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. c6 Qe8 27. Nd4 Qh5 28. h3 Ne5 29. Rxa6 Bxd4 30. Bxd4 Nf3+ 31. gxf3 exf3 32. Re6 f4 33. Qd3 Qxh3 34. Qf1 Qg4+ 35. Kh2 Rf5 0-1
November 24, 2011 James Wright(1749) - Paul Kuroda(2087) Mid-South Open, November 27, 1976, round 3 Robatsch defense: three pawns attack 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. c3 d6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. f5 b5 11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Qb7 17. Bc2 Rac8 18. Nf3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Rb1 a5 21. Bg5 Nde5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Be3 Qc6 24. Bd4 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rfd1 Ne3 28. Rd2 Nxc2 29. Rxc2 Rc4 30. Re2 Kf6 31. Kf2 Rfc8 32. Rd1 R8c5 33. Kf3 b4 34. cxb4 Rxb4 35. Rdd2 Rbc4 36. b3 Rc3+ 37. Re3 Rxe3+ 38. Kxe3 Rc3+ 39. Rd3 Rc2 40. Rd2 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2
November 23, 2011 Troy Miller(1831) - Hunter Weaks(2009) Mid-South Open, November 26, 1960, round 3 Sicilian: dragon, classical 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 Qb6 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Rd8 14. Bd2 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 d5 16. Bf3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe1 Rxd2 19. Qxd2 e3 20. Qe1 Ba6 21. Rf3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 e2 23. b3 Rd8 24. Re1 Rd1 25. g3 Qd8 26. Kg2 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qd1 28. Kf2 Qxc2 29. a4 Qc5+ 30. Re3 e6 31. Qc3 Qd5 32. Rf3 c5 33. g4 Bb7 34. Rg3 Qh1 35. Kxe2 Qxh2+ 36. Kd1 Qh1+ 37. Kc2 Be4+ 38. Kb2 Qh2+ 39. Ka3 Bb1 40. Qb2 Qxg3 41. Qxb1 Qxf4 42. Qd1 Qb4+ 43. Kb2 Qd4+ 44. Qxd4 cxd4 45. b4 Kf8 46. b5 Ke7 47. a5 Kd7 48. b6 axb6 49. a6 Kc8 50. Kb3 Kb8 51. Kc4 e5 0-1
November 22, 2011 John Hurt - Werthammer West Virginia Championship 1959 Danish gambit 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5+ c6 10. f4 cxb5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 a6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nxf7 Bg4 15. Nxh8 Bxd1 16. Qxd1 Bb4 17. O-O Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ke7 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qd5 Rxh8 21. Bc5+ Ke8 22. Qe6+ Kd8 23. Bb6 1-0
November 21, 2011 Ron Minor(1829) - Gary Pylant(1632) Mid-South Open, November 26, 1977, round 4 Sicilian: dragon, Yugoslav attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Bh6 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxd4 18. Qh2 Qb6 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 20. Bg5 Qg7 21. Bf6 Rfc8 22. Bxg7 Rxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 1-0
November 20, 2011 Warren Porter(1846) - Jim Wright(1749) Mid-South Open, November 26, 1976, round 2 King's Indian: 5.Be2 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd2 c6 8. O-O e5 9. Qc1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. f3 Ne6 14. Nb3 a6 15. c5 dxc5 16. Nxc5 b6 17. Nb3 Bb7 18. f4 c5 19. Bf3 c4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nd8 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Nd4 b5 24. Qd2 f5 25. a4 Qd7 26. Qb4 Re8 27. Ne6 Nxe6 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Bxb7 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Rb8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qxb5 Qxf4 33. Bd5+ Kh8 34. Qxc4 Qxc4 35. Bxc4 Rxb2 36. Ra2 Rxa2 37. Bxa2 Bf6 38. Bd5 Rd8 39. Bf3 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2
November 19, 2011 John Hurt(1974) - Kenny Thomas(1608) Mid-South Open, November 28, 1969, round 1 Robatsch (modern) defense 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h4 e5 7. d5 Ne8 8. h5 f5 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bh6 Nd7 12. Qd2 Ndf6 13. O-O-O Rf7 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Nh3 c6 16. Bc4 c5 17. Bh4 a6 18. Be2 b5 19. b3 Bb7 20. Ng5 Bh6 21. f4 Rg7 22. Bg3 Rg6 23. Rh4 b4 24. Na4 Qe7 25. Rxh6 Rxh6 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. d6 Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 f4 30. Bc4+ Kf8 31. Bf2 Bxg2 32. Bxc5 Kg7 33. Kd2 Ne4+ 34. Nxe4 Bxe4 35. Rd7+ Kg6 36. Rd6+ Kg5 37. Rxh6 Kxh6 38. Bd3 Bc6 39. Nb6 Rb8 40. Nc4 e4 41. Bd6 Rd8 42. Bxf4+ Kg6 43. Ne5+ Kf6 44. Nxc6 Rc8 45. Bxe4 1-0
November 18, 2011 Dennis Sims(1803) - Steve Balsai(1908) Mid-South Open, November 27, 1960, round 5 Vienna game 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. Bb3 c6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bc3 c5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a3 Rf7 15. Bd2 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. c3 e4 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. Nh2 Ne5 20. Qe2 Qd3 21. Qd1 c4 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Bd4 Nc6 24. Qh5 Nf4 25. Qd1 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Ncxd4 27. cxd4 Raf8 28. d5 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Rxf2 30. Ng4 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Rd2 32. Qa4 Nf5 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Rg1 Qxd5 35. Ne5 Qd6 36. Rf1 Ne7 37. Qh5 Rd5 38. Rf5 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Ng6 40. Kg1 Qxe5 41. Qe2 Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Nf4 43. Qg4 e3 44. Qf5+ Ng6 45. Qc2 Qd3+ 0-1
November 17, 2011 Morton Rappaport(unr) - Charles Cleveland(1849) Mid-South Open, November 27, 1960, round 6 Sicilian 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a3 b5 6. Ba2 Bb7 7. d3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Qg5 Nbd7 13. Nh4 Qc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qxg6+ 1-0
November 16, 2011 Hunter Weaks(2009) - Dr. W. H. Myer(1747) Mid-South Open, November 25, 1960, round 2 Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f4 h6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5 Qd7 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. d5 Bb7 21. Ne4 Kg7 22. Qd4 Qe7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. d6 Qa7 25. Rf1 Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nxe6+ Kg8 28. Qxa7 Rxa7 29. Nxf8 Kxf8 30. Rxf6+ Kg7 31. Re6 Rd7 32. Re7+ Rxe7 33. dxe7 Kf7 34. Kf2 Kxe7 35. Ke3 h5 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. g3 a5 38. h3 b4 39. b3 Kf6 40. g4 h4 41. Kf4 1-0
November 15, 2011 Troy Miller(1831) - Gunars Veveris(1840) Mid-South Open, November 27, 1960, round 6 Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg4 8. Qd3 e6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nh4 a6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. f4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. h3 Be7 15. hxg4 Bxh4 16. Qh3 Be7 17. Be3 Qa4 18. f5 Rxc2 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. g5 Qa3 21. g6 h6 22. Rf3 Kd7 23. Raf1 Qxa2 24. Rf7 Rhc8 25. Qf3 R8c3 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qf7+ Kd8 28. Qf8+ 1-0
November 14, 2011 Lawrence Zhang(1030) - Roy Nilsson(1745) November Chess Festival, November 12, 2011 round 1 Sicilian 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qf3 Rfe8 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Qh4 Ne5 16. Bf4 Ng6 17. Qh3 Nxf4 18. Qh4 Ng6 19. Qh3 Qc5 20. Nb3 Qh5 21. Qxh5 Nxh5 22. Be2 Nf6 23. a5 b5 24. Bf3 Ne5 25. Nd4 Rec8 26. Re3 Nc4 27. e5 dxe5 28. Bxb7 exd4 29. Rd3 dxc3 30. Bxa8 cxb2 31. Rb1 Rxa8 32. g3 g6 33. Rd4 Nd5 34. f4 Bc5 35. c3 Nxc3 0-1
November 13, 2011 Jonathan Beatty(1735) - Gary Pylant(1718) October Chess Festival #3, October 29, 2011 round 3 French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Nh3 Qa5 11. O-O Qxc3 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Nf4 Qc7 15. Nh5 Qxe5 16. f4 f5 17. fxe5 fxg4 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Rxf8 Nd7 20. Re8 Nxe5 21. Rxd4 b6 22. Nf4 Nc6 23. Rd2 Bb7 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Nxe6 Ne7 26. Re2 Nf5 27. Re5 Nd6 28. Nc7 Nc4 29. Re7 Bc6 30. Ne6 a5 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rxg4 Ba4 33. c3 1-0
November 12, 2011 Carlos Sims(1956) - Edgar Davison(1964) National Chess Day, October 08, 2011 round 1 Queen's pawn game 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d6 3. f4 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 a5 10. a4 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Qe2 Nh6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bc5 Qc7 18. Rac1 b6 19. Ba3 Qc3 20. Bb5 Bg4 21. Qd2 Rec8 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Bxe7 Nf5 24. Bg5 Bxf3 25. Bd2 Rc7 26. gxf3 Nxd4 27. f4 Nxb5 28. axb5 Rac8 29. Be3 Rb8 1/2-1/2
November 11, 2011 David Sichel(1983) - Graham Horobetz(2110) Mid-South Warmup 2011, November 04, 2011 round 1 Closed Sicilian 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 h5 6. h3 d6 7. d3 Bd7 8. Bg5 a6 9. Qc1 b5 10. a3 Nf6 11. O-O b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nb4 15. Nc3 Qc8 16. h4 Bh3 17. Re1 f6 18. Bf4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Kf7 20. Ne4 Nxd5 21. Bxd6 Qc6 22. Bxc5 Bh6 23. Qd1 f5 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Nc3 e6 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Bd4 Rh7 28. Rc3 Qd6 29. Rb3 Rc8 30. Rb6 Rc6 31. Re8+ Bf8 32. Rbb8 Rf7 33. Rbd8 1-0
November 10, 2011 Jonathan Beatty(1778) - Roy Nilsson(1745) Mid-South Warmup 2011, November 04, 2011 round 1 Scandinavian: Pytel-Wade variation 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. a3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxd4 9. Be3 Qe5 10. O-O-O e6 11. Nb5 Nd5 12. Rxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 Na6 14. Re1 Bc5 15. Bd2 Qf6 16. Qxd5 O-O 17. Qh5 h6 18. g4 Bxf2 19. g5 Qe7 20. gxh6 Qh4 21. Qxh4 Bxh4 22. Rg1 g6 23. Rg4 Bf6 24. b4 Kh7 25. h4 Rad8 26. h5 Rxd3 27. hxg6+ fxg6 28. cxd3 g5 29. Bxg5 Rg8 30. Bxf6 Rxg4 31. Bg7 Rg5 32. Nxa7 Nc7 33. d4 Ne8 34. Be5 Rg1+ 35. Kb2 Kxh6 36. a4 Ng7 37. Bxg7+ Kxg7 38. Nc8 Rd1 39. a5 Rxd4 40. Kc3 Rd1 41. Nb6 Kf7 42. b5 Ke7 43. a6 bxa6 44. bxa6 Ra1 45. a7 Rxa7 46. Nc8+ 1/2-1/2
November 09, 2011 Alex Sytnytsky(1460) - Keith Magouyrk(1271) Mid-South Warmup 2011, November 04, 2011 round 1 French: advance variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. c3 Ne7 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Nf5 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Be3 c4 12. Qd1 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 O-O 15. Nh4 Qd8 16. Qg4 Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Nf3 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. h4 g4 21. Nh2 f5 22. Rf4 Nf6 23. Nf1 Ne4 24. Rc1 a5 25. g3 Ra6 26. Rc2 Rb6 27. Kg2 Rb1 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Rc1 30. Rb2 Rf7 31. Rb6 Re7 32. Rf2 Rxc3 33. Rfb2 Rxe3 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Rxa3 36. Kf2 c3 37. Ke2 c2 38. Kd2 Rxa2 39. Re7 f4 40. Rxe6 Kf7 41. Re5 f3 42. h5 Kf6 43. h6 f2 44. h7 c1=Q+ 0-1
November 08, 2011 Ron Minor(1916) - smsxman(1420) ICC Game, November 03, 2011 round 4 Blackmar gambit 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 5. fxe4 Nxe4 6. Qf3 e6 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8. Qxe4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bxc6+ 1-0
November 07, 2011 Steve Wright(unr) - Saumil Bansal(840) Mid-South Warmup 2011, November 04, 2011 round 1 Four knights game 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd4 9. Ne2 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 c6 11. c3 b5 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a5 14. Rd1 d5 15. d4 Bd6 16. Bg5 dxe4 17. Bxe4 exd4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Rxd4 Qe7 20. Rh4 g6 21. Bxg6+ Kg8 22. Be4 Qe5 23. Bf4 Qe6 24. Bf5 Qd5 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. Rxd6 Rfe8 27. Rxf6 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Kh3 Rg1 30. Be4 Qd7+ 31. Bf5 Qd5 32. Bh7+ Kf8 33. Be4 Qd7+ 34. g4 Ke7 35. Bxc6 Qc8 36. Qe4+ Kf8 37. Bxa8 Qxc3+ 38. f3 Qxf6 39. Be5 Qe6 40. Bd5 Qb6 41. Rh8+ Ke7 42. Bc7+ Kd7 43. Bxb6 Kd6 44. Rd8# 1-0
November 06, 2011 Dwight Weaver(1626) - Andy Sorenson(1671) Mid-South Warmup 2011, November 04, 2011 round 1 English opening 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 d5 5. Bb2 Bd6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Ne4 Bf5 8. Nxd6+ Qxd6 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 a4 13. Qc2 Qe6 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15. b4 Bh3 16. Nf3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 b5 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. e4 bxc4 20. dxc4 Nbd7 21. h3 c5 22. b5 Nb6 23. Rac1 Ne8 24. Qd3 Nd6 25. g4 Nxb5 26. cxb5 c4 27. Qb1 c3 28. Nf3 f6 29. Ne1 Nc4 30. Qb4 Nd2 31. b6 Rcb8 32. b7 Ra7 33. Rxc3 dxc3 34. Qc5 Raxb7 0-1
November 05, 2011 Chase Knowles(1975) - David Sichel(1971) Memphis Summer Open July 23, 2011 round 3 Dutch: stonewall variation 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Bf4 c6 8. c5 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. f3 Nef6 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Be5 Nf6 14. e4 b6 15. b4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Qa5 17. Qc2 fxe4 18. fxe4 Ng4 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bd2 exd4 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qc4+ Be6 24. Qxd4 Rad8 25. Qc3 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qf7 27. Be3 Qh5 28. h4 Ne5 29. Bf4 Ng6 30. Bd6 Qg4 31. Bg2 Qe2 32. a3 Nh8 33. Rb1 Nf7 34. Rb7 Qa6 35. Re7 Qe2 36. Rxa7 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. e5 g5 39. hxg5 Nxg5 40. Qd4 Qa2 41. Qf4 h6 42. a4 1-0
November 04, 2011 Gary Pylant(1800) - Hawkins(2089) World Open July 01, 1978 round 2 Sicilian: Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 f5 15. g3 f4 16. h4 Be7 17. Be2 fxg3 18. fxg3 Rb8 19. Rc4 Bb7 20. Nce3 Na5 21. Rb4 Kh8 22. Nf5 Bf6 23. h5 Nc6 24. Ra4 Ne7 25. Nfxe7 Bxe7 26. Qc2 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qb6 28. h6 Qf2+ 29. Kd1 g6 30. Rg4 Qc5 31. c4 Bf6 32. Rxg6 hxg6 33. Qxg6 Qd4+ 34. Ke1 Rxb2 35. Rf1 Qd2+ 0-1
November 03, 2011 Joseph Hawks(1738) - Ben Levine(1528) Pre-Spring Special February 27, 2010 round 2 Ruy Lopez: Cozio defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Ng6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nf5 Be5 9. c3 d6 10. Nd4 Qh4 11. g3 Qxe4 12. Nd2 Qg4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Qxg4 Bxg4 16. Nc4 Be2 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rfe1 Rxb2 19. Bg2 a6 20. a3 h6 21. h4 Bf3 22. Bd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rb5 24. a4 Ra5 25. Rab1 Rxa4 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Rc4 28. Ra5 Rxc3 29. Rxa6 f5 30. Ra7 f4 31. g4 Kh7 32. Rbb7 Kg6 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Kf6 35. Rc5 g5 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Rf5+ Kg7 38. Rxg5+ Kh6 39. Rh5+ Kg6 40. Kh3 Rd8 41. Rf5 Rd3+ 42. Kg2 Rd6 43. Rxf4 Kg5 44. Kg3 Rd3+ 45. f3 Rd5 46. Rf5+ Rxf5 47. gxf5 Kxf5 48. f4 Kg6 49. Kg4 Kf6 50. f5 Kf7 51. Kg5 Kg7 52. f6+ 1/2-1/2
November 02, 2011 Jonathan Beatty(1869) - Graham Horobetz(2099) Match, October 30, 2011 round 3 Nimzo-Indian 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. e4 Ng6 11. Bg3 e5 12. Bd3 d6 13. Ne2 Nh5 14. Qc2 Nhf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. g3 Ne5 17. O-O-O fxg3 18. Nxg3 Nxf3 19. Rdf1 Ne5 20. Be2 Qa5 21. Rhg1 Qxa3+ 22. Kd2 Qa6 23. Nh5 g6 24. Ra1 Nxc4+ 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Ra4 Qb5 27. Rb1 Qxb1 28. Qxb1 gxh5 29. Qf1 f5 30. Qg2+ Kh7 31. Qf3 Bd7 32. Ra1 Rae8 33. Qxh5 fxe4 34. Rg1 e3+ 35. Ke1 Bf5 36. Rg5 Bd3 37. Rg1 Re5 38. Qh3 Ref5 0-1
November 01, 2011 Paul Linxwiler(1995) - Gary Pylant(1894) Solid Gold Dedication, June 26, 1981 round 3 Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nd5 Nxg4 17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Rdg1 h5 19. Rxg4 e6 20. Rxg6 fxg6 21. Nxe6 Qd7 22. Nxg7 Qxg7 23. Bh6 Qf7 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Qg2 Qh6+ 26. Kb1 b5 27. Rxh5 Rd4 28. a3 Qg7 29. Rg5 Kf7 30. Qf2+ Ke8 31. Nf6+ 1-0
October 31, 2011 Logan Wu(977) - Dwight Weaver(1510) October Chess Festival #3, October 29, 2011 round 4 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 Qxb2 8. Ne2 Qb4+ 9. c3 Qxe4 10. Ng3 Qe6 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qf3 e6 14. Rab1 d5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 g6 19. Qh6 Qf8 20. Qxf8+ Rxf8 21. Rfe1 Kd7 22. c4 Ba6 23. Red1 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. h3 Kc7 26. cxd5 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 cxd5 29. Rc3+ Kd7 30. Ra3 Rb7 31. Rf3 Kd6 32. g4 d4 33. Rd3 e5 34. f3 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Rxa2 36. f4 Rc2 37. fxe5+ Kxe5 38. Rf3 Rc3 39. Rxc3 dxc3 0-1
October 30, 2011 Andy Sorensen(1701) - Jim Culhane(1214) Game in 90 Fun, October 21, 2011 round 2 Queen's Gambit: Chigorin Defence 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 f5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. e3 a5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 a4 11. Qb2 O-O 12. c4 b6 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Qxd5 16. Bb4 Qb5+ 17. Kg1 Nxb4 18. Qxb4 Qxb4 19. axb4 a3 20. g3 a2 21. Kg2 Ra4 22. Ra1 Rfa8 23. Rhc1 Nd5 24. Rc2 Nxb4 25. Rxc7 Nd5 26. Rc2 b5 27. Ne1 b4 28. Rb2 Ra3 29. Nc2 b3 30. Nxa3 Rxa3 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Rxa2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Nc3 34. Ra7+ Kf6 35. Ra6+ Kf7 36. Kf4 g6 37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. Rd7 h6 39. Ke5 Ne4 40. d5 Nxf2 41. Kd4 Ng4 42. Re7 Nxh2 43. d6 Nf3+ 44. Kc4 Nd2+ 45. Kd5 Ne4 46. d7 Nf6+ 47. Ke6 Nxd7 48. Rxd7 Rxe3+ 49. Kf6 h5 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Rxg6 Rf3 52. Ke5 Kf7 53. Rf6+ Kg7 54. Rxf5 Rxg3 1/2-1/2
October 29, 2011 Joshua Kouch(1448) - Mark Beatty(1507) Greater Memphis Open, September 18, 2011 round 6 QGD: Semi-Tarrasch defense 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a3 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bf6 17. b4 Bb2 18. Rb1 Bxa3 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qb3+ Kg6 22. Qxa3 Ne7 23. Ne5+ Kf6 24. Qc3 Qd5 25. Nc4+ Kg6 26. Qg3+ Kf7 27. Qf3+ Qxf3 28. Nd6+ Kf8 29. gxf3 Bxf3 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rbe1 Rc7 32. Re3 Bb7 33. Rfe1 Rxc5 34. bxc5 Nd5 35. Rf3+ Nf6 36. Rc3 Nd5 37. Rd3 Kf7 38. Re5 Nf6 39. c6 Bxc6 40. Rd6 Bb7 41. Rb6 1-0
October 28, 2011 Gary Pylant(1960) - Paul Linxwiler(2239) Memphis Candidates, January 10, 1987 round 3 Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nde2 Re8 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Qg5 b5 19. Qh4 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qc7 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3+ 25. Kd1 Bb5 26. Ke1 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 Bf6 28. Qh3 Rb8 29. Kf2 Bd4+ 30. Kg2 Qc4 31. Rhe1 Rc2 32. Bd2 Rbb2 33. Qh6 Qxd5 34. Rh1 Qc4 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Bh6+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 39. Kg3 Be5+ 40. Bf4 Qf2+ 0-1
October 27, 2011 Emmanuel Paxton(1154) - Roy Nilsson(1734) Greater Memphis Open, September 17, 2011 round 4 Scandinavian: Pytel-Wade variation 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nf6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Bb3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be7 13. Kg2 O-O 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Qd2 Rg8+ 18. Kf1 Rxg1+ 19. Kxg1 Rg8+ 20. Kf1 Bxf3 21. Re1 Qh2 0-1
October 26, 2011 Sam O'Bar(1833) - Jonathan Beatty(1729) National Chess Day, October 08, 2011 round 3 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bf4 c6 5. Qd2 Bg7 6. O-O-O b5 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 b4 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. Rdf1 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nef6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qa5 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Ned2 Nd5 17. Nc4 Qa4 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. h4 Rab8 20. h5 Nc5 21. Qe2 Nc3+ 22. bxc3 bxc3+ 23. Kc1 Qxa2 24. Kd1 0-1
October 25, 2011 Thomas Ousley(2147) - Gary Pylant(1960) LMU Open, June 29, 1985 round 3 Sicilian: dragon, Yugoslav attack, 10.O-O-O 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Kb1 Re8 15. h4 Qa5 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nb3 Qa6 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Bg5 Be6 21. Rxh8+ Kxh8 22. Bxf6+ exf6 23. Qh6+ 1-0
October 24, 2011 John Hurt(1831) - Morris Busby(1033) Bluff City Open, February 17, 1979 round 1 Sicilian: wing gambit, Marshall variation 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 Nc6 4. axb4 Nf6 5. b5 Nd4 6. c3 Ne6 7. e5 Ne4 8. d4 d5 9. f3 N4g5 10. h4 1-0
October 23, 2011 Jack Smith - Powers World Open, July 04, 1978 round 9 Sicilian: wing gambit 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. d4 d5 4. e5 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4+ 7. c3 Ba5 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 g6 12. Ra2 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Kh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qh6 Bxc3 16. Bf6 Nf5 17. Qh8# 1-0
October 22, 2011 Roy Nilsson(1728) - Jonathan Beatty(1869) Game in 90 Fun, October 21, 2011 round 2 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. h4 Bh6 14. g4 Bf4 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Rc8 18. Ne3 Qa5 19. Nf5 b4 20. Qg5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Ne5 22. Be2 bxc3 23. O-O cxb2 24. Rab1 Qd2 25. Bxa6 Rc1 26. Kg2 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Qc2 0-1
October 21, 2011 Edgar Davison(1964) - Jonathan Beatty(1729) GMCC G/1, October 15, 2011 round 2 King's Indian: London system 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O Re8 9. c4 c5 10. Rb1 b6 11. d5 b5 12. b3 b4 13. e4 a5 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Bd3 e5 16. dxe6 Rxe6 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Bh2 Bc3 19. Re2 Bb7 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Nb1 Bf6 22. Nbd2 Bc3 1/2-1/2
October 20, 2011 David Timberlake(2063) - Gary Newsom(1806) Mid-South Open, November 25, 1979 round 5 Bird's opening 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. g4 Qe7 8. g5 Ne4 9. d3 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Nd6 11. a4 Nf5 12. Qe2 a6 13. e4 axb5 14. axb5 Rxa1 15. Bxa1 Ncd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxb5 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bf6 Qc5 20. c4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Bc6 22. Nd2 Kd7 23. Nb3 Qa7 24. Kg2 Qb6 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Ra8 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Bxa1 Ba4 29. Nc1 Bd2 30. Ne2 Bc2 31. Kf3 Bxd3 32. Ng3 Bxc4 33. Nh5 b5 34. Nf6+ Ke7 35. Nxh7 b4 36. Be5 b3 37. Bb2 Bd3 38. Ba3+ Kd8 39. h4 Bc3 40. Ke3 Bc2 41. Nf6 b2 42. Bxb2 Bxb2 43. h5 Ke7 44. Kd2 Bxf6 45. Kxc2 Bd4 46. h6 Kf8 47. Kd3 c5 48. e5 Kg8 49. Ke4 Kh7 50. Kd3 Bg1 51. Ke4 Bh2 52. f5 exf5+ 53. Kxf5 c4 54. Kf6 Bxe5+ 55. Kxe5 c3 56. Kf6 c2 57. Kxf7 c1=Q 58. g6+ Kxh6 0-1
October 19, 2011 Graham Horobetz(2109) - Jonathan Beatty(1733) Game in 90 Fun, October 14, 2011 round 1 Sicilian Dragon 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. h3 a6 8. g4 e5 9. Nde2 O-O 10. Bg2 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. Bb6 Qxg5 14. Rg1 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nd7 16. Be3 Qd8 17. O-O-O Nhf6 18. Qxd6 Qa5 19. Kb1 Rfc8 20. h4 Bf8 21. Qd2 b4 22. h5 Rc7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. f4 Rac8 25. Rc1 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. fxe5 Ng4 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. Bh3 Ne3 30. Qe6 Rf8 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Rg1 Qb6 33. Rxg6+ Kh8 34. Qxb6 Bxb6 35. Rxb6 Rxc2 36. Nc1 Rf3 37. e6 Rxh3 38. e7 Rc8 39. Rd6 Kg7 40. Rd8 0-1
October 18, 2011 Cydney James(1019) - Keith Magouyrk(1299) Fall Classics 2011, September 30, 2011 round 4 Pirc: classical (two knights) system 1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. e5 Nh5 9. Qd2 Nxf4 10. Qxf4 cxd4 11. Ng5 Nxe5 12. Qh4 h6 13. Bxf7+ Nxf7 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Ne4 Qf8 16. Rad1 Rf4 17. Qg3 Rg4 18. Qb3+ Qf7 19. Qd3 Bf5 20. f3 Rh4 21. g3 Rh3 22. Kg2 d5 23. g4 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Rxd3 25. Rxf7 Rxd1 26. Rxe7 Rd2+ 27. Kh3 Rxc2 28. exd5 Rxb2 29. d6 Bf8 30. Re6 Kf7 31. Re4 Bxd6 32. Rxd4 Be7 33. a4 Rc8 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Rf3+ Kg7 36. Kg3 g5 37. Re3 Bd6+ 38. Kf3 Rf8+ 39. Ke4 Re8+ 40. Kf3 Rxe3+ 41. Kxe3 Rxh2 42. Kd3 Ra2 43. Kc4 Rxa4+ 44. Kd5 Bc7 45. Kc5 Rxg4 46. Kd5 h5 47. Ke6 h4 48. Kd7 h3 49. Kxc7 h2 50. Kxb7 h1=R 51. Ka6 Rb1 0-1
October 17, 2011 Alex Sytnytsky(1456) - John Sill(929) Greater Memphis Open, September 16, 2011 round 1 English: symmetrical variation 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 d5 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Na4 Rb8 12. O-O e5 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. e4 d4 15. Bc1 h6 16. Kh1 Nb6 17. Nb2 Bc8 18. f4 Bd7 19. f5 f6 20. Qg4 Be8 21. Bxh6 Rb7 22. Rf3 Rff7 23. h4 Kf8 24. Bd2 Ke7 25. h5 Kd7 26. Qh3 Kc8 27. g4 Rf8 28. Kg1 Rh8 29. Kf2 Kb8 30. Rh1 Rf7 31. Qg3 Rff8 32. Rh4 Rh7 33. Qh2 Rfh8 34. Rfh3 Qc8 35. a4 Qb7 36. Bf3 Nxa4 37. Nxa4 Qxb3 38. g5 Qxa4 39. g6 Rh6 40. Bxh6 Qc2+ 41. Kg3 Qxh2+ 42. Rxh2 Rxh6 43. Rb2+ Ka8 44. Rh1 Bc7 45. Rhb1 Bb6 46. Kg4 Kb7 47. Ra2 Ka8 48. Rxb6 Bd7 49. Rba6 1-0
October 16, 2011 Jeff Kovalic(1891) - Carlos Sims(1956) National Chess Day, October 08, 2011 round 3 English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense) 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Qc7 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Qd2 Nfg4 13. e4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Bg2 Bh3 16. Ne2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb6 18. Qc3 f6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nf4 Rfe8 21. Rd2 Nf7 22. f3 Ng5 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. Qb4 Nf7 25. Qc3 Ng5 26. h4 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Qd3 Rde8 29. Qd4 b6 30. Kf2 Bh6 31. Rd3 Bg7 32. R3d2 f5 33. Qxg7+ Qxg7 34. Bxg7 fxe4 35. Rxd6 Kxg7 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. fxe4 Rxe4 38. Rd7+ Kf6 39. Rxa7 Re7 40. Ra6 Rb7 41. c5 bxc5 42. Rxc6+ Ke5 43. Rxc5+ Kd6 44. Rc3 Ra7 45. a4 Rf7+ 1-0
October 15, 2011 Edgar Davison(1964) - Graham Horobetz(2109) Pre-National Chess Day, October 07, 2011 round 3 Sicilian: Grand Prix attack 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. d3 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 b6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. Bd2 f6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. exf6 exf6 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. f5 gxf5 17. Ng3 f4 18. Nf5 Ne3 19. Bxe3 fxe3 20. N3xd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 f5 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nc2 Bxb2 25. a3 Bb7 26. Bf3 e2 27. Bxe2 Rc8 28. Bd1 Rc5 29. Re1 Ba6 30. d4 Ra5 31. g3 Bd3 32. Kf2 Be4 33. Ke3 Bxa3 34. Nxa3 Rxa3+ 35. Kf4 Rd3 36. Bh5 Rxd4 37. Ke5 Rd5+ 38. Ke6 Kg7 39. Rc1 Rc5 40. Rd1 Rc7 41. Ke5 b5 42. g4 Bc2 43. Rc1 fxg4 44. Bxg4 b4 45. Be6 Rc3 46. Kd4 a5 47. Rg1+ Kf6 48. Bc4 Rf3 0-1
October 14, 2011 Edgar Davison(1964) - Graham Horobetz(2109) National Chess Day, October 08, 2011 round 3 Queen's pawn: Yusupov-Rubinstein system 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14. c3 b5 15. a4 d5 16. Qd3 b4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Rec1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Be7 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. Nf3 Nb6 24. b3 Re8 1/2-1/2
October 13, 2011 Sam O'Bar(1833) - Kyle Salzgeber(1668) National Chess Day, October 08, 2011 round 1 QGD Slav defense 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 cxd5 12. Bd2 a6 13. Rac1 b5 14. Na2 Nb6 15. Ba5 Qb8 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Qb8 19. h3 Ne4 20. Nd2 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 f5 22. Nb4 Qb7 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qc6 Qe7 25. Qxa6 f4 26. exf4 Bxf4 27. Rc8 Qd7 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Qxe4 Qc7 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. Qxh7 b4 33. axb4 Qa7 34. Ne5+ Bxe5 35. Qh5+ g6 36. Qxe5 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qxb2 38. b5 g5 39. Qc7+ Kf6 40. b6 Qxd4 41. b7 e5 42. b8=Q Qf4+ 43. Kg1 1-0
October 12, 2011 Carlos Sims(1956) - Graham Horobetz(2109) National Chess Day, October 08, 2011 round 2 Queen's pawn game 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Bd3 d6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 d5 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Rac1 g6 17. Ne5 Bf8 18. Qg3 Bg7 19. c4 Nf6 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc6 Qd7 22. Ne5 Qb7 23. Nc4 Red8 24. f5 Qe7 25. fxe6 Qxe6 26. Rce1 Qd7 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Rc2 29. e6 1/2-1/2
October 11, 2011 Sam O'Bar(1833) - David Sichel(1980) Pre-National Chess Day, October 07, 2011 round 3 Modern defense: Averbakh system, Kotov variation 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. h4 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Re8 11. Qd3 Qe7 12. Bf3 Nxe4 13. Kf1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Ne2 Be4 17. Bg4 h5 18. Bh3 Re7 19. Kg1 Rae8 20. Nd4 c5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. f3 c5 23. Nb5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxf3 25. Rf1 Qg3+ 26. Qg2 Qd3 27. Bf5 Qe3+ 28. Qf2 gxf5 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Qf3 Qg4+ 31. Qxg4 fxg4 0-1
October 10, 2011 Roy Nilsson(1733) - Sam O'Bar(1833) National Chess Day, October 08, 2011 round 2 Scandinavian Defence 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bd6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qc7 12. Qg4 Nd7 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Qxh7 O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rde8 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. h4 Nb6 18. Bf1 Rh8 19. Qxf7 Rhf8 20. Qg6 Rg8 21. Qe4 Rh8 22. f4 Bb4 23. c3 Bd6 24. g3 Kb8 25. Bh3 1-0
October 09, 2011 David Sichel(1980) - Edgar Davison(1964) Pre-National Chess Day, October 07, 2011 round 2 King's Gambit Declined 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 c6 8. Bb3 Ng4 9. Qe2 b5 10. h3 Ngf6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Qd2 a5 13. a3 Bf6 14. f5 Ng3 15. Rf2 Bb7 16. Kh2 Nh5 17. Rg1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Ne2 d5 20. g4 d4 21. gxh5 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Kh8 23. h6 g6 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 Qe7 26. h4 Nc5 27. Bc4 Ba6 28. Bxa6 Nxa6 29. Qg3 Nc7 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Rxe5 Qf6 33. Nd4 Qf1 34. Rf5 Rxf5 35. exf5 Nd5 36. Qe5+ 1-0
October 08, 2011 David Sichel(1980) - Graham Horobetz(2109) Pre-National Chess Day, October 07, 2011 round 1 Closed Sicilian 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 h5 6. d3 h4 7. Nd5 d6 8. c3 Ne5 9. gxh4 Rxh4 10. Bf4 Bh3 11. Bxh3 Rxh3 12. Ng3 e6 13. Ne3 Qh4 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Qg4 O-O-O 16. Qxh4 Rxh4 17. Ng2 Rh3 18. O-O-O Ne7 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bg7 21. d5 e5 22. Ne3 Rdh8 23. Ng4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Ne3 Bh6 26. Kb1 Kd7 27. Nexf5 Bf4 28. Nxe7 Kxe7 29. Nf5+ Kd7 30. Rhg1 R8h7 31. Rg6 e4 32. Re1 0-1
