Goley, Joshua (1190) vs Anderson, Marty (1362)
364132
[Event "Tournament of Aesthetes"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2015.03.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Goley, Joshua"] [Black "Anderson, Marty"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1190"] [BlackElo "1362"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Old Benoni: 2.dxc5"] 1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 Qa5+ 3.Nc3 Qxc5 4.e4 e5 5.Be3 Qb4 6.Qc1 Nf6 7.a3 Qa5 8.b4 Qc7 9.Nge2 Qc6 10.f3 d5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.c4 Qc6 14.Nc3 Be6 15.c5 Qc7 16.Be2 Be7 17.O-O O-O 18.Qc2 a5 19.Ne4 axb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 b6 22.Ng5 Bxg5 23.Bxg5 bxc5 24.bxc5 h6 25.Be3 Nd7 26.Ra3 Rc8 27.Rc3 Qa5 28.Bd3 Ba2 29.c6 Nf6 30.Rc5 Qe1+ 31.Bf1 Qxe3+ 32.Kh1 Bd5 33.h3 Qb3 34.Qxb3 Bxb3 35.Ba6 Rc7 36.Bb7 Ba4 37.g4 Ne8 38.Rxe5 Nd6 39.Kg2 Nxb7 40.cxb7 Rxb7 41.Kg3 Rb3 42.Rf5 Bc6 43.h4 g6 44.Rf4 Kg7 45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 Rb5 47.Kg4 Ra5 48.Rc4 Ra4 49.Rxa4 Bxa4 50.Kf4 f6 51.Kg4 Bd1 52.Kf4 fxg5+ 53.Kxg5 Bxf3 {#R} 0-1
0-1
Anderson, Marty (1190) vs Bell, Ian (1784)
364860
[Event "Tournament of Aesthetes"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2015.03.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Anderson, Marty"] [Black "Bell, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1190"] [BlackElo "1784"] [ECO "B15"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: 4.Nxe4 Nf6"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Be3 e6 8.a3 Bd6 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.O-O-O Qe7 11.Qa5 O-O 12.Bh6 Rfc8 13.Rg1 c5 14.Qb5 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bg6 16.Qxb7 Rab8 17.Qxa7 Be5 18.c3 Rc7 19.Qa4 Nc5 20.Nc6 Rxc6 21.Bb5 Nxa4 22.Bxc6 Rxb2 23.Bxa4 Rc2+ 24.Bxc2 Qxa3+ 25.Kd2 Qxc3+ 26.Ke2 Qxc2+ 27.Rd2 Bd3+ 28.Ke3 Bd4+ 0-1
0-1
Bell, Ian (2300) vs Copeland, Sam (1800)
364986
[Event "Tournament of Aesthetes"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2015.03.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Bell, Ian"] [Black "Copeland, Sam"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2300"] [BlackElo "1800"] [ECO "A60"] [Opening "Benoni: 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Bf5 10.Nd2 Qd7 11.e4 Bh3 12.a4 Na6 13.Nc4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nb4 15.Bf4 Ne8 16.Nb5 f5 17.Nbxd6 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Qxd5 19.Qxd5+ Nxd5 20.Be5 Nef6 21.Ng5 Rfe8 22.f4 Ng4 23.Rfe1 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Re7 25.Ne4 b6 26.Ned6 Nb4 27.Re2 Nc6 28.a5 Nd4 29.axb6 Nxe2 30.b7 Rb8 31.Rxa7 Nd4 32.Na5 Bxe5 33.Nc8 Rc7 34.Nb6 Kg7 35.Ra8 Rbxb7 36.Nxb7 Rxb7 37.Nc4 Bf6 38.Rc8 Be7 39.Kh3 Nf5 40.b4 cxb4 41.Ne3 b3 42.Nxf5+ gxf5 43.Rc6 b2 44.Rc2 b1=Q 45.Rb2 Qf1+ 46.Rg2 Kf6 47.Kh4 Qxg2 48.h3 Kg6# 0-1
0-1
Copeland, Sam (2300) vs Anderson, Marty (1200)
370273
[Event "Tournament of Aesthetes"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Copeland, Sam"] [Black "Anderson, Marty"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2300"] [BlackElo "1200"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Franco-Benoni"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.c4 d6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Nb6 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bf4 Qc8 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Re3 Nh5 15.Bh2 Qd8 16.Ne4 Bf5 17.Nfd2 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Qd7 19.Rae1 Nf6 20.Qe2 Rf8 21.Nxc5 dxc5 22.Rxe7 Qc8 23.Be5 Nfd7 24.Qe4 g6 25.Qxg6+ fxg6 26.Rg7+ Kh8 27.Rxd7+ Kg8 28.Rg7+ Kh8 29.Rxg6+ Kh7 30.Rg7+ Kh8 31.Rg3+ {#r} 1-0
1-0
Holmes, Gil (1800) vs Anderson, Marty (1200)
370274
[Event "Tournament of Aesthetes"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2015.03.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Holmes, Gil"] [Black "Anderson, Marty"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "1200"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Franco-Benoni"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 Nf6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.Nxd5 d6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxe7 Qxe7 8.Bd3 Qe5 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.c3 O-O 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.O-O Ne5 13.Ng3 Qh4 14.Be2 Rd8 15.f4 Ng4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Qd5 Rd7 18.Nf5 Qf6 19.Ne3 Be6 20.Qd2 Re8 21.f5 Bxa2 22.Rxa2 Rxe4 23.Rxa7 Qg5 24.Ra8+ Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Nd5 f6 27.Re1 Re5 28.Rxe5 dxe5 29.Qd3 Kf7 30.Qc4 Qd6 31.Nf4+ Ke7 32.Nd3 b6 33.b4 cxb4 34.Qxb4 Qxb4 35.Nxb4 Kd6 36.Kf2 Kc5 37.Ke3 Kc4 38.Kd2 g6 39.fxg6 hxg6 40.h4 f5 41.Nc6 e4 42.Ne7 f4 43.Nxg6 e3+ 44.Ke2 Kxc3 45.Nxf4 b5 46.Kxe3 b4 47.Nd5+ Kc4 48.Nxb4 Kxb4 49.h5 1-0
1-0
Davis, Chad vs Bell, Ian (1800)
370275
[Event "Tournament of Aesthetes"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2015.03.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Davis, Chad"] [Black "Bell, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "1800"] [ECO "E21"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Three Knights"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 b6 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 Nxe4 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.O-O-O f5 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Ba3+ 13.Kd2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 f4 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Bxf4 Rxf4 17.Rhg1 Qf6 18.Be4 Nc6 19.Rg4 Rxg4 20.fxg4 Qxf2+ 21.Kd3 Rf8 22.Qxf2 Rxf2 23.h3 Bd6 24.Rd2 Rxd2+ 25.Kxd2 Kg7 26.d5 Ne5 27.dxe6 dxe6 28.Ke3 Bc5+ 29.Ke2 Kf6 30.Bd3 Nxd3 31.Kxd3 Ke5 32.Ke2 Kf4 0-1
0-1
Copeland, Joseph vs Goley, Joshua (1300)
370277
[Event "Tournament of Aesthetes"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2015.03.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Copeland, Joseph"] [Black "Goley, Joshua"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "1300"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: KIA 2.d3 d5"] 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Bf4 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Bd6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.a4 Bxf4 8.~b1-a2 Bxb5 9.axb5 Ne7 10.Ke2 Be5 11.c3 c6 12.bxc6 Nbxc6 13.Ke1 O-O-O 14.Rd1 Rxd1+ 15.Kxd1 0-1
0-1
Bell, Ian (1881) vs ?
531350
[Event "Ron Simpson Memorial"] [Site "NC"] [Round "0"] [White "Bell, Ian"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1881"] [ECO "B32"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...Nc6"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.c4 a6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nb3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nxe4 {Having said A, Black might as well say B. Otherwise, he is simply in a lot of trouble on the dark squares as Ba3 is coming.} 11.Qd3 (11.Bd3! d5 12.Re1 {White's attack is very dangerous.} O-O 13.cxd5 exd5 14.c4 Nxf2!? {a fascinating computer suggestion.} 15.Kxf2 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Ne5 17.Be2 $16 Rd8 {White still has some work to do.}) 11...Nf6?! (11...f5! {White has compensation here, but there is no clear way through. I recommend Ba3. Black should not give ground with Nf6 until he has too. Too often, defending players retreat too quickly.}) 12.Ba3 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.f4?! {Objectively, simple developing moves of the rooks were better, but this is certainly dangerous.} Nxf4 (14...Nce7!? {If Black doesn't want to take the extra material, this solid move defends f5 and covers the dark squares.} 15.c4 {White retains attacking chances and forces Black to take on f4.} Nxf4 16.Rxf4 Qxf4 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.Qc3 O-O 19.Bd6 Qb6+ 20.Bc5 Qc7 21.Bd6 $10) 15.Rxf4 Qxf4 16.Rd1? (16.Rf1 {White has dangerous compensation, but he has taken on risk that he didn't have to in sacrificing the exchange.}) 16...f6?? (16...f5! {This move is necessary to allow the king running room on f7. Black is all tied up, but surprisingly, there is no clear way through.}) 17.Bh5+ {Black resigned here, preventing White from playing...} g6 18.Qxg6+!! {clearly the correct capture ;)} hxg6 19.Bxg6# 1-0
1-0
Eubanks, Keith (2070) vs Cremisi, Daniel (2190)
532352
[Event "Columbia Open"] [Date "2014.08.02"] [White "Eubanks, Keith"] [Black "Cremisi, Daniel"] [WhiteElo "2070"] [BlackElo "2190"] [ECO "A09"] [Opening "Reti: 2.c4"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Qc2 Nbd7 5.Bf4 e6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.e3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O a6 12.e4 c5 13.e5 Nd5 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Bh2 g6 16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Qxg6 Nc7 18.Rae1 Rf5 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.Qg6+ Kh8 21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Ne4 Qf8 23.Qc1 c4 (23...Rxf3) 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Nd5 26.Rxe6 Qg7 27.Nh4 Rf6 28.Re4 Kh8 29.Rfe1 Raf8 30.Rg4 Qf7 31.Be5 Nxe5 32.dxe5 Re6 33.Qg5 *
Fuerstman, Leland vs Eubanks, Keith (2080)
532353
[Event "Smokehouse"] [Site "Charlotte, NC"] [Date "2004.03.20"] [White "Fuerstman, Leland"] [Black "Eubanks, Keith"] [BlackElo "2080"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defence: 2.Nf3"] 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O d6 6.Nxd4 Ne5 7.Bb3 a6 8.f4 Neg4 9.h3 c5 10.Nf3 h5 11.e5 d5 12.hxg4 hxg4 13.exf6 c4 14.Re1+ Be6 15.Ba4+ b5 16.Ng5 Bc5+ 17.Be3 Bxe3+ 18.Rxe3 Qb6 19.Qe1 gxf6 20.Qf2 g3 21.Rxe6+ Qxe6 22.Qxg3 fxg5 23.Nc3 Qb6+ 24.Qf2 Rh1+ *
Farb, Paul vs MacDougall, James
533846
[White "Farb, Paul"] [Black "MacDougall, James"] [ECO "A03"] [Opening "Bird: 1...d5 2.b3"] 1.f4 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.Ne5 Rg8 8.d3 (8.g4) 8...g5 9.Nxd7 Nxd7 10.g3 gxf4 11.exf4 Bxf4 12.gxf4 Qh4+ 13.Kd2 Qxf4+ 14.Ke1 Qh4+ 15.Kd2 Rg2 16.Qe1 Qf4+ 17.Kd1 Rxe2 18.Qxe2 Bg4 19.Nc3 d4 20.Qxg4 Qxg4+ 21.Ne2 c5 22.Rg1 Qh5 23.Rg8+ Nf8 24.Ba3 O-O-O 25.b4 Ng6 26.Rxd8+ Kxd8 27.bxc5 Nf4 *
Farb, Paul vs MacDougall, James
533847
[White "Farb, Paul"] [Black "MacDougall, James"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird: 1..Nf6 2.b3"] 1.f4 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.Nf3 h6 5.e3 e6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.O-O Rg8 9.Kh1 g5 10.g4 Be4+ 11.Bf3 gxf4 12.Nxd7 Kxd7 13.Bxe4 Nxe4 14.d3 Nf6 15.exf4 Nxg4 16.Qf3 Nxh2 17.Kxh2 Qh4+ 18.Qh3 Bxf4+ 19.Rxf4 Qxf4+ 20.Kh1 Rg3 *
Richard N Bauer (2275) vs Benjamin Finegold (2511)
534918
[Event "Foxwoods Open"] [Site "Connecticut USA"] [Date "2001.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Richard N Bauer"] [Black "Benjamin Finegold"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2275"] [BlackElo "2511"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian: Rossolimo, 3...e6 4.Bxc6"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Re1 Ng6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.c4 O-O 10.Nc3 c5 11.Nde2 f5 12.exf5 Rxf5 13.Ng3 Rf7 14.Nge4 Bb7 15.Be3 Rc8 16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.Qxd6 Nh4 18.f3 Nxg2 19.Kxg2 Rxf3 20.Nd5 Rf6 21.Qe5 exd5 22.cxd5 Rg6+ 23.Kh1 Qf6 24.Qe4 Qh4 {#R} 0-1
0-1
Kain, Tony (2400) vs Beecham, C. Richard (2498)
534919
[Event "MT-Muir/B (CAN)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2012.02.15"] [Round "0"] [White "Kain, Tony"] [Black "Beecham, C. Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2498"] [ECO "D85"] [Opening "Gruenfeld: Exchange, 5.e4"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.Rb1 Bb7 11.Qd3 Qc7 12.d5 Nd7 13.Rd1 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.g3 e6 16.f4 Bg7 17.c4 Rad8 18.Bf3 Ba6 19.d6 Qd7 20.Bb2 e5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.fxe5 Rfe8 23.Qc3 Qe6 24.Rd5 Bb7 25.Rbd1 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 h5 27.Kg2 Kh7 28.Qe3 Rf8 29.h3 Qd7 30.a3 Rb8 31.Be2 a6 32.g4 hxg4 33.Bxg4 Qd8 34.Qf2 Kg8 35.Qf6 b5 36.Qxd8 Rfxd8 37.e6 fxe6 38.Bxe6+ Kg7 39.e5 bxc4 40.Kf3 Rb5 41.Ke4 c3 42.Rd3 Re8 43.d7 Rd8 44.Rxc3 Kf8 45.Rg3 Rb6 46.Rxg6 Ke7 47.Rg7+ Kxe6 48.Rg6+ Kxd7 49.Rxb6 Rc8 50.Kd3 a5 51.Rh6 Re8 52.Ke4 c4 53.Kd5 c3 54.Rd6+ Ke7 55.Rc6 Rd8+ 56.Ke4 Rh8 57.Rxc3 a4 58.Kd5 Rd8+ 59.Kc5 Rh8 60.Rc4 Rxh3 61.Rxa4 Ke6 62.Ra8 Rh5 63.a4 {#r} 1-0
1-0
Finegold, Ben vs Corrales, Fidel
535318
[Event "Bill Wright St. Louis Open"] [Site "Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis"] [Date "2013.04.13"] [White "Finegold, Ben"] [Black "Corrales, Fidel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E38"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...c5"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 h6 9.Bh4 Be7 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rad1 d6 13.Rd2 Rc8 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Ne4 Nb4 17.Qb1 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Nxa2 19.Nd4 Nb4 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Qg6+ Kh8 22.Qxh6+ Kg8 23.Qg6+ Kh8 24.Bg4 Qd7 25.Bf5 exf5 26.Rd4 f4 27.Rxf4 f5 28.Rdd4 Qd8 29.Rf3 f4 30.Rxd6 Bh4 31.Qh5+ Kg7 32.Rg6+ Kf7 33.Rxf4+ Ke7 34.Qe5+ 1-0
1-0
Pena, Edsel vs Carter, Lorenzo
540583
[Event "SC Open"] [Site "Greenville, SC"] [Date "2015.05.23"] [White "Pena, Edsel"] [Black "Carter, Lorenzo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...e6"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 d5 5.e5 dxc3 6.Nxc3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Bc5 8.O-O Nge7 9.Bf4 Ng6 10.Bg3 O-O 11.Rc1 a6 12.Ne2 Bb6 13.Nf4 Qd7 14.Rxc6 bxc6 15.Ng5 Bd8 16.Nxh7 Nxe5 17.Nxf8 Kxf8 18.Qh5 Bf6 19.Bc2 c5 20.Re1 Nc4 21.Qh8+ Ke7 22.Rxe6+ Qxe6 23.Nxe6 Bb7 24.Qh5 Kxe6 25.Bf5+ Ke7 26.Qe2+ Kf8 27.h3 Re8 28.Qc2 Nxb2 29.Qxc5+ Kg8 30.Qc7 Ba8 31.Bd7 Rf8 32.Bd6 Rd8 33.Be5 Rf8 34.Bxf6 gxf6 35.Qg3+ Kh8 36.Qc3 Nc4 37.Qxf6+ Kg8 38.Bf5 Re8 39.Qh6 Ne5 40.f4 Nc4 41.Bh7+ Kh8 42.Bg6+ Kg8 43.Qh7+ Kf8 44.Qxf7# 1-0
1-0
Cpu (1) vs You
545329
[Event "AI Factory's Chess"] [Site "Android Device"] [Date "2015.07.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Cpu (1)"] [Black "You"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "Open Game: Patzer/Parnham Opening"] 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Qg5 d6 5.h3 Bd7 6.Be2 Qe7 7.c3 O-O-O 8.a4 Kb8 9.b4 h6 10.Qe3 g6 11.Na3 Bg7 12.Nc2 Rhe8 13.g4 Qe6 14.Rh2 Qb3 15.Qd2 Be6 16.h4 Nxg4 17.Ne3 Nxh2 18.f3 Bf6 19.Bb2 Bxh4# 0-1
0-1
Randal Ferguson 2225 vs Sulia Mason 2056
557628
[Event "Columbia Open"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Date "2015.08.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Randal Ferguson 2225"] [Black "Sulia Mason 2056"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian: Closed, 2...Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. O-O Ne7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 f6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Nc3 Qc6 17. f3 b6 18. h4 h6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Bf2 Bb7 21. Be3 a5 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Qc3 Qe6 24. Qc4 Bd5 25. Qb5 Rb8 26. Nc3 Rf7 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxa5 f5 29. Ra4 f4 30. Bf2 g4 31. fxg4 Qe6 32. Qc4 Qxg4 33. Ra7 Rbf8 34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Ra1 Qd7 36. Ra8+ Bf8 37. Qe4 f3 38. Qxe5 fxg2 39. Kxg2 Qg4+ 40. Qg3 Qxg3+ 41. Bxg3 Rf6 42. Ra4 Rg6 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Re4 Bg7 {#r} 1-0
1-0
Randal Ferguson 2225 vs Kevin Seidler 2088
557629
[Event "Columbia Open"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Date "2015.08.22"] [Round "0"] [White "Randal Ferguson 2225"] [Black "Kevin Seidler 2088"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Two Knights Variation"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 h6 9. h4 b6 10. a3 a5 11. Qe2 Ndb8 12. O-O-O Ba6 13. g4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g6 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Rhe1 Na6 17. Nb5 Nc5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Ne4 20. d7+ Ke7 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Qd6+ Kf6 23. Qxc6 Kg7 24. Qxe4 Ra7 25. Qd4+ f6 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Kf7 28. gxf6 Rh5 29. Ng5+ Rxg5 30. Bxg5 Rc7 31. Qd6 {#r} 1-0
1-0
Edsel Pena 2074 vs Randal Ferguson 2225
557630
[Event "Columbia Open"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Date "2015.08.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Edsel Pena 2074"] [Black "Randal Ferguson 2225"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 Ne5 12. Nd5 O-O 13. c4 Ng6 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. Qd2 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Rae8 18. Bf3 Qc8 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Ne4 f5 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Nb3 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qxc4 25. Rc1 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Be5 27. Qd2 Qxf3 28. Bb6 Rf6 29. Qd5+ Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Bxb2 {#R} 0-1
0-1
Peter Suich 2183 vs Randal Ferguson 2225
557631
[Event "Columbia Open 2015"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Date "2015.08.23"] [Round "4"] [White "Peter Suich 2183"] [Black "Randal Ferguson 2225"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...f5 2.g3"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 e5 9. b3 f4 10. Bb2 fxg3 11. fxg3 Nh5 12. Nf1 Be6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Bc1 a5 15. Ng5 Bg4 16. Qxg4 Qxg4 17. Bh3 Qxh3 18. Nxh3 Rf3 19. Be3 h6 20. Nd2 Rf7 21. a3 Nf6 22. Nf2 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nde4 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Ne7 26. Ree1 b6 27. b4 Nf5 28. Kf1 Raf8 29. Ke2 Nd6 30. Rf1 axb4 31. axb4 Nb5 32. Ng4 Rxf1 33. Rxf1 Ra8 34. Ngf6+ Kh8 35. h4 Ra2+ 36. Ke3 h5 37. Nd5 Bh6+ 38. Ng5 Ra3 39. Rf7 Bxg5+ 40. hxg5 Kg8 41. Rf6 Kg7 42. Rc6 Ra7 43. Ke4 Ra1 44. Nxc7 Re1+ 45. Kf3 Na7 46. Rxb6 Nc8 47. Rb7 Nd6 48. Ne8+ {#r} 1-0
1-0
Randal Ferguson 2225 vs Kevin Wang 2007
557632
[Event "Columbia Open 2015"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Date "2015.08.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Randal Ferguson 2225"] [Black "Kevin Wang 2007"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Two Knights Variation"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. d4 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bd2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Re8 13. Bc3 Qc7 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. g3 Rad8 18. h4 Nd7 19. h5 g6 20. d5 Bxc3 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. Qxc3 Nf6 23. Bf3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qe5 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Qa3 Re8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 29. b4 a6 30. Kg2 Nd6 31. Qd3 Nf5 32. a4 Nd4 33. b5 axb5 34. cxb5 cxb5 35. axb5 Nxb5 {#d} 1/2-1/2
½-½
ABHIMANY BANERJEE (2038) vs CEZARTE RAMOS (2044)
574485
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Date "2015.01.11"] [Round "1"] [White "ABHIMANY BANERJEE"] [Black "CEZARTE RAMOS"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2038"] [BlackElo "2044"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine: Two Pawns (Lasker) Attack"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Bxc5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. d4 Bb4 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Nf3 Qe6 12. Qf4 Nc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 h6 15. Qh4 Ne7 16. Bc1 Kg8 17. Ba3 Nc6 18. Rfe1 b6 19. Bd6 cxd6 20. exd6 Qf6 21. Qh3 Kh7 22. Re3 Nd8 23. Re5 Ne6 24. Rf5 Qg6 25. Ne5 Ng5 26. Qd3 Ba6 27. Qc2 Nh3+ 28. Kh1 Nxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Qe6 30. Rxf7 Rhf8 31. Rxf8 Bd3 32. Rf7 Ba6 33. Re7 {#r} 1-0
1-0
CEZARTE CONCEPCION RAMOS (2044) vs SAMUEL STEPHEN COPELAND (2250)
574486
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Open"] [Date "2015.01.11"] [Round "1"] [White "CEZARTE CONCEPCION RAMOS"] [Black "SAMUEL STEPHEN COPELAND"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2044"] [BlackElo "2250"] [ECO "A80"] [Opening "Dutch: 2.Nc3"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Qd3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. f3 e5 8. O-O-O exd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. Nh3 c5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nf4 Bc4 13. h4 Qa5 14. Kb1 Nb4 15. b3 Bf7 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 c4 18. Rhe1 h6 19. Nfd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rae8 21. Bh3 Kh7 22. Be6 cxb3 23. axb3 Qd8 24. Qd4 a5 25. Ne2 Nd7 26. Qe4 g6 27. Nf4 Ne5 28. Nxg6 Nxg6 29. h5 Bxg5 30. Qxg6 Kh8 31. Bf5 Re7 32. Re6 Rg7 33. Qxh6 Bxh6 34. Rxh6 Kg8 35. Be6 Rff7 36. Rf1 Qc7 37. Rf2 Kf8 38. Rh8 Ke7 39. Bxf7 Qc5 40. Re8 Kd7 {#R} 0-1
0-1
CEZARTE RAMOS (2044) vs LM KLAUS POHL (2200)
574487
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Round "3"] [White "CEZARTE RAMOS"] [Black "LM KLAUS POHL"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2044"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Neo-Old Indian / Modern"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. O-O b6 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Ne1 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. e4 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. g3 b5 16. c4 b4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Nb3 Bc8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bxa6 Bh3 21. Ng2 Bh6 22. Ra5 Qg5 23. Re1 Bxg2 24. h4 Qd8 25. Kxg2 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rxc5 Bf8 28. Ra5 Rf6 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. d6 Rd8 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Rxe5 Rdxd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. Re6 Rxe6 35. Bxe6 Bg7 36. Qc4 Bxb2 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Nc5 Nf6 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. Qxb4 Bd4 41. Nd3 Qc6+ 42. Kh2 Nd7 43. Bxd7 Qxd7 44. Qf8+ Qg7 45. Qxg7+ Kxg7 46. Kg2 Kf6 47. Kf3 h5 48. Ke4 Bb6 49. f3 Ba5 50. g4 hxg4 51. fxg4 Bd2 52. Nf4 Be1 53. Ng2 Bxh4 54. Nxh4 Kg5 55. Nxg6 {#d} 1/2-1/2
½-½
ELIJAH NEUMANN (1932) vs SAMUEL STEPHEN COPELAND (2250)
574488
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Open"] [Round "1"] [White "ELIJAH NEUMANN"] [Black "SAMUEL STEPHEN COPELAND"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1932"] [BlackElo "2250"] [ECO "A10"] [Opening "English: Anglo-Dutch"] 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. d5 a5 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Rb1 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 c6 13. Bb2 Nc5 14. Rbd1 Qe7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. a3 Rad8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nce4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd3 Qe5 24. Red1 Qf6 25. Re3 d5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Rd3 {#d} 1/2-1/2
½-½
ERNEST NIX (1960) vs JONATHAN TAN (1984)
574489
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Date "2015.01.11"] [Round "4"] [White "ERNEST NIX"] [Black "JONATHAN TAN"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1960"] [BlackElo "1984"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. f3 Be7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. g4 h6 15. Rf2 d5 16. g5 hxg5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxg5 Bd6 20. Rg2 Ne5 21. h4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Bf6 Be5 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25. Qb4+ Bd6 26. Rh7 {#r} 1-0
1-0
JAMES MACDOUGALL (1965) vs EDSEL PENA (2054)
574490
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Round "3"] [White "JAMES MACDOUGALL"] [Black "EDSEL PENA"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1965"] [BlackElo "2054"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc: 2.Nc3"] 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 Ne7 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. d3 c5 9. Qe1 Qb6 10. Be3 Nbc6 11. Qf2 a5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Qc7 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 O-O 16. Bxc5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qh4 Re8 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Qxh7+ Kf6 21. Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Rf1+ Kg5 23. h4+ Kg4 24. Qxg6+ Kxh4 25. Qe4+ Kh5 26. Qe2+ Kg6 27. Qe4+ Kh5 28. Qxe5+ Qg5 29. Qe2+ Kh6 30. Qe4 Bb7 31. Qxb7 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Rh8 33. Qf3 Kg5+ 34. Kg3 {#r} 1-0
1-0
JAMES MACDOUGALL (1975) vs WAYNE CHRISTENSEN (2118)
574491
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Open"] [Round "1"] [White "JAMES MACDOUGALL"] [Black "WAYNE CHRISTENSEN"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1975"] [BlackElo "2118"] [ECO "C33"] [Opening "KGA: Bishop's Gambit"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 c6 7. exf6 cxb5 8. Qe2 Be6 9. Qxb5 Nc6 10. Qxb7 Rc8 11. Nf3 Rc7 12. Qb5 Qxf6 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Re7 15. Kf2 O-O 16. c3 Ba5 17. d4 Rfe8 18. Rf1 Bc7 19. Bd2 Nd8 20. Rae1 Ne6 21. Kg1 Qg6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qc2 24. Bc1 g5 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Nc7 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Kf2 Ne6 29. Re1 Rc7 30. Re5 h6 31. h4 Kg7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. g3 fxg3 34. Kxg3 Kf6 35. Bd2 Rb7 36. b4 Rc7 37. Kg4 Rc4 38. Rd5 Rc6 39. a4 Rc4 40. a5 Rc7 41. b5 Rc8 42. b6 axb6 43. axb6 Rb8 44. Rb5 Kg6 45. d5 f5 46. Kg3 Nd8 47. c4 Nb7 48. Bb4 {#r} 1-0
1-0
JONATHAN TAN (1984) vs LM KLAUS POHL (2200)
574492
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Round "0"] [White "JONATHAN TAN"] [Black "LM KLAUS POHL"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1984"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defence: 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Be4 15. Ng3 f5 16. c3 Bd6 17. Nh5 Qe7 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Qd2 Rg8 20. Bf1 Rg6 21. Nh2 Qh4 22. f3 Qxh5 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Be2 Qxh3 25. Ng4 Rxg4 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. Rf1 f5 28. Rae1 Rg8 29. c4 Ne7 30. Re2 Bg3 31. Rc1 Qh4 32. Kf1 {#R} 0-1
0-1
KEITH EUBANKS (2027) vs ERNEST E NIX (1960)
574493
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Open"] [Round "1"] [White "KEITH EUBANKS"] [Black "ERNEST E NIX"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2027"] [BlackElo "1960"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qb6 8. Nb3 d6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Be3 Qb5 14. Bd4 Ned7 15. e4 Rac8 16. Re1 Qa4 17. f4 Nc5 18. e5 Nfd7 19. Bh3 b6 20. Nxc5 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 dxc5 22. Bc3 Rcd8 23. Bf1 Nb8 24. Bc4 a6 25. a4 Rd7 26. Rd2 Rb7 27. b3 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bf1 Rc8 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Ba5 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Rc1 Rb5 34. Bc7 Rc5 35. d6 exd6 36. exd6 c3 37. d7 Rd8 38. Re2 Bd4 39. Kf1 Rxd7 40. Re8 Kg7 41. Bxb8 Rb7 42. Bd6 Rcb5 43. Bg2 Ra7 44. Bf8 Kf6 45. Re4 Ra4 46. g4 Rb2 47. Be7 Kg7 48. Re2 Raa2 49. Bf3 c2 50. Kg2 Rb1 51. Rcxc2 Rg1 52. Kh3 Raa1 53. Rcd2 Ba7 54. g5 h6 55. Bf6 {#r} 1-0
1-0
KLAUS A POHL (2200) vs JAMES MACDOUGALL (1975)
574494
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Open"] [Round "1"] [White "KLAUS A POHL"] [Black "JAMES MACDOUGALL"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1975"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defence: Colorado Counter"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e5 d6 4. Bb5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. d3 e5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nc3 Qe6 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. Nf3 Qh6 16. Qe2 Bc8 17. Qe3 Bf4 18. Qe7 Rb8 19. Rab1 c5 20. Nd5 Bd6 21. Qh4 Qxh4 22. Nxh4 Bd7 23. Nf3 h6 24. b3 Kh7 25. Re2 a5 26. Rbe1 Bc6 27. Ne3 a4 28. Nc4 axb3 29. axb3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Bf4 31. Ne3 Ra8 32. Nd5 Bd6 33. Nc3 Ra5 34. Kg2 Rfa8 35. Na4 Rf8 36. Re6 Rf7 37. h4 Rf8 38. h5 Raa8 39. f4 Rfb8 40. R1e3 Rb4 41. Rf3 Ra5 42. Kg3 Ra8 43. Nc3 Ra1 44. Kg2 Rxf4 45. Rxf4 Bxf4 46. Nd5 Bd6 47. Ne7 Rc1 48. Nxf5 Rxc2 49. Rg6 Bf8 50. Rc6 Bd6 51. b4 Rc3 52. b5 Rb3 53. b6 Rxb6 54. Rxb6 cxb6 55. Nxd6 g6 56. Kg3 gxh5 57. Kh4 Kg6 {#r} 1-0
1-0
SAMUEL STEPHEN COPELAND (2250) vs ABHIMANYU BANERJEE (1975)
574495
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Open"] [Round "1"] [White "SAMUEL STEPHEN COPELAND"] [Black "ABHIMANYU BANERJEE"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2250"] [BlackElo "1975"] [ECO "B11"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Two Knights, 3...Bg4"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Ne7 8. O-O g6 9. Re1 d4 10. Nb1 Bg7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nd2 e5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Nf3 b5 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 c5 17. Nh4 Rfc8 18. f4 c4 19. Qg4 Qd6 20. Re2 a5 21. Rf1 Nc5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. dxc4 h5 24. Qg5 Ne6 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. Qxg6 Nf4 27. gxf4 Qxg6 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. fxe5 Qg6 30. Kh1 bxc4 31. Bd5 Kh8 32. Rg2 Qe8 {#R} 0-1
0-1
SAMUEL STEPHEN COPELAND (2250) vs JAMES MACDOUGALL (1975)
574496
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Open"] [Date "2015.01.11"] [Round "2"] [White "SAMUEL STEPHEN COPELAND"] [Black "JAMES MACDOUGALL"] [WhiteElo "2250"] [BlackElo "1975"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Old Benoni: Clarendon Court, 3.c4"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. c4 Nf6 *
WAYNE CHRISTENSEN (2118) vs ELIJAH NEUMANN (1932)
574497
[Event "2015 SC State Championship"] [Site "Open"] [Date "2015.01.11"] [Round "3"] [White "WAYNE CHRISTENSEN"] [Black "ELIJAH NEUMANN"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2118"] [BlackElo "1932"] [ECO "A13"] [Opening "English: 1...e6 2.g3 d5"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Rac1 Nd5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Ba7 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. e4 Ndb4 18. e5 Nd5 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Nd6 Nxe5 21. Nxf5 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Qf8 23. Ne3 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Rf8 25. Kg2 Bc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Ng4 Rab8 28. Rxe6 Rxb2 29. Be1 Nb4 30. Re7 Bd4 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 32. Bxc6 Bc5 33. Re5 Bd6 34. Re6 Bc5 35. Re5 Bb6 36. f3 Rb2 37. Kh3 Bd4 38. Rd5 Bg1 39. Rd1 Bb6 40. Rd7 Re2 41. f4 Bg1 42. Rd1 Bb6 43. Rd7 Bg1 {#d} 1/2-1/2
½-½
Guruvelli, Raviteja (1200) vs Guruvelli, Gunatej (1479)
597525
[Event "MSCL IV"] [Site "Columbia, SC"] [Date "2016.04.09"] [Round "4"] [White "Guruvelli, Raviteja"] [Black "Guruvelli, Gunatej"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1200"] [BlackElo "1479"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo: 4.d3"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.h3 Nf6 7.Be3 Bb6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Nxe4 11.Qd3 d5 12.Bb3 f5 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Nd2 f4 15.Ndxe4 fxe3 16.fxe3 Na5? 17.Bc2! {White is invading all over the kingside!} dxe4 18.Qxe4 Rf6 19.Qh7+ Kf7 20.Rxf6+ Kxf6 21.Rf1+ Ke7 22.Qxg7+ Kd6 23.Qe5+ Kd7 24.d5 Bg8 25.Bf5+ Be6 26.Qxe6# 1-0
1-0
Copeland, Sam S vs Tanco, Daniel
907650
[Event "Columbia Open 2016"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn, Columbia SC"] [Date "2016.11.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Copeland, Sam S"] [Black "Tanco, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Advance, 3...c5 4.dxc5"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.c4 Nge7 8.Nc3 a6 9.Rc1 d4 10.Nxd4 Nf5 11.Nxf5 exf5 12.f4 Be6 13.Be2 Rd8 14.Qa4 Be7 15.O-O g5 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Rxd5 18.Qc4 Rd8 19.e6 gxf4 20.exf7+ Kf8 21.Bxf4 {#r} 1-0
1-0
Kumaresan, Jayavel vs Copeland, Sam S
907651
[Event "Columbia Open 2016"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Date "2016.11.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Kumaresan, Jayavel"] [Black "Copeland, Sam S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French: Advance, Euwe"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Qb6 7.Qb3 cxd4 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Bd1 Nd3+ 11.Kd2 Nxf2 12.Rf1 Bb4+ 13.Nc3 Ne4+ 14.Kc2 Rc8 15.Bd2 Nh6 16.a3 Bb5 17.Re1 Ba4+ 18.Kb1 Bxd1 19.axb4 Bxf3 20.Bxh6 Nxc3+ 21.bxc3 Be4+ 22.Rxe4 dxe4 23.Bg5 f6 24.Bf4 fxe5 25.Bxe5 O-O 26.Ra7 Rf2 27.Rxb7 Rxg2 28.Rxb6 e3 29.Rxe6 Rf8 {#R} 0-1
0-1
Caiello, Ben vs Pohl, Klaus
907652
[Event "Columbia Open 2016"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Date "2016.11.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Caiello, Ben"] [Black "Pohl, Klaus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Neo-Old Indian"] 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.Be3 O-O 6.Qd2 Nc6 7.O-O-O e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Nge2 Nxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Nh5 11.Kb1 Nf4 12.g3 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 f5 14.h4 f4 15.Bc1 fxg3 16.Rdg1 Rf4 17.h5 Rh4 18.hxg6 hxg6 19.Qg2 Bd7 20.Qxg3 Rxh1 21.Rxh1 Be8 22.Bg5 Bf6 23.Qh4 Kf7 24.Qh7+ Bg7 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.Rg1 Kf8 27.Rxg6 Bxg6 28.Qxg6 Rd7 29.Nb5 a6 30.Qf5+ Ke8 31.Qe6+ Re7 32.Nxc7+ Kd8 33.Qxd6+ Rd7 34.Ne6+ Ke8 35.Qxd7+ {#r} 1-0
1-0
Copeland, Sam S vs Caiello, Ben
907655
[Event "Columbia Open 2016"] [Site "Hilton Garden Inn"] [Date "2016.11.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Copeland, Sam S"] [Black "Caiello, Ben"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Old Benoni: 2.d5 Nf6"] 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Nf8 8.Bg5?! Ng6 9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Bd2 Nhf4 11.Bf1! Bg4 12.Ng1! Bg5 13.h3 Bd7 14.Nf3? (14.h4! Be7 15.h5 Nf8 16.g3! {traps the knight.}) 14...Be7 15.g3 Nh5 16.O-O-O a6 17.Kb1 h6 18.Be2 Rb8 19.Nh4 Bxh4 20.Bxh5 Bf6 21.f4 (21.a4!?) 21...b5 22.f5 Ne7 (22...Nf8 {is Ben's post-game recommendation. Maybe that is correct. It is very passive to relegate the knight to h7, but it seems to hold back White's pawns.}) 23.h4 Nc8 24.Rdg1 Nb6 25.Be2 Nxc4 (25...b4 {is the computer recommendation.} 26.Nd1 O-O 27.Qc1 {intending g4-g5 wins. The computer's horizon effect is creating problems. Strategically a human sees that White is winning.}) 26.Bxc4 bxc4 27.g4! Bxh4? 28.g5! Bf2 (28...hxg5? 29.Bxg5 {and due to the pin, White wins the bishop on h4.}) 29.Rg2 (29.gxh6? Bxg1 30.hxg7 Rg8 31.Rh8? (31.Rxg1 {gives compensation.}) 31...Ke7 {and Black holds.}) 29...Bd4 30.gxh6 gxh6 31.Rxh6 Rxh6 (31...Rf8 32.Rxd6 {White should win.}) 32.Bxh6 (32.Rg8+ Ke7 33.Bg5+ (33.f6+? Rxf6 {Black is fortunate the rook is on h6. If not, f6+ would mate.} (33...Kxf6 34.Bg5#)) 33...f6 34.Rg7+ Ke8 35.Bxh6 {was very tempting, but ...} Qb6 {allows the king to try to hide with ...Kd8 and ...Kc7.}) 32...Qf6 33.Rg8+ Ke7 34.Rxb8 Qxh6 35.Qg2! Qe3 36.Rg8 (36.a3 Bxc3 37.Qg8 {is crushing, but it is so much easier to trade queens.}) (36.Rb7? {This looks tempting. White threatens f6+ which wins the bishop.} Qe1+ 37.Kc2 Be3 38.f6+ Kd8 39.Qg8+ Be8 40.Rb8+ Kc7 41.Nb5+! {This move forces Black to capture which makes the a-pawn move so that the king cannot hide on a5.} axb5 42.Rc8+ Kb7 43.Rb8+ Ka7 44.Ra8+ {is a draw.}) 36...Qe1+ 37.Kc2 Qh4 38.Qg5+ {The queen trade is completely decisive. Black can't hold a6, d6, and f7/f6 in the long run.} Qxg5 39.Rxg5 Kf8 40.Rg3 f6 41.Rh3 Kg7 42.Nb1 Ba4+ 43.Kc1 Bb5 44.Nd2 Bf2 45.a4! {Now d6 will fall.} Bxa4 46.Nxc4 Bd4 47.Nxd6 Kf8 48.b3 {Now the knight is exchanged for the bishop, and the rook easily attacks the pawns.} Bb5 49.Nxb5 axb5 50.Rh7 c4 51.bxc4 bxc4 52.Rc7 c3 53.Kc2 Ke8 54.Rxc3 {The pawn endgame is obviously winning.} 1-0
1-0
Lam Nguyen 1658 vs Thames Stokes 694
944662
[Event "2017 SC Scholastic Championship"] [Site "Charles Pinckney Elem Mt Pleasant"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Lam Nguyen 1658"] [Black "Thames Stokes 694"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian: 2.exd5"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 c6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.d4 Qxd5 5.Be2 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 Rc8 9.Ne5 Bxd1 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Nxc6 a6 12.Nxa5+ Rc6 13.Bxc6+ Kd8 14.Kxd1 e6 15.Bg5+ Be7 16.Bxe7+ Nxe7 17.Ke2 Kc7 18.Bf3 Kb6 19.Nc4+ Kc7 20.Rhd1 f5 21.Rd3 g5 22.Rad1 Nc8 23.Rd7+ Kb8 24.Rb7+ Ka8 25.Na4 g4 26.Nab6+ Nxb6 27.Nxb6# 1-0
1-0
Jonatha Shaw 776 vs Lam Nguyen 1658
944663
[Event "2017 SC Scholastic Championship"] [Site "Charles Pinckney Elem Mt Pleasant"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Jonatha Shaw 776"] [Black "Lam Nguyen 1658"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian: English, 2...Nc6"] 1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 a6 7.d3 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.d4 Be6 10.d5 Bg4 11.dxc6 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.Nxb5 Nxe4 14.h3 Bf5 15.g4 Be6 16.c7 Qd7 17.a4 Bc4 18.Re1 Nxf2 19.Kxf2 Bxb5 20.Bh6 Bxa4 21.b3 Bxb3 22.Qxb3 Bxh6 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Ne5 dxe5 25.Bxa8 Qxc7 26.Bd5 e6 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Qxe6+ Kf8 29.Rxe5 Qd8 30.Rxc5 Qd4+ 31.Kf3 Qxc5 32.Qf6+ Kg8 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Qf6+ Bg7 35.Qd8+ Qf8+ 36.Qxf8+ Bxf8 37.h4 h6 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 Be7 40.Kg4 Kg7 41.Kf4 Kf7 42.Kg4 Ke6 43.Kf4 Bd8 44.Kg4 Ke5 45.Kh4 Kf4 46.Kh3 Bxg5 47.Kg2 Be7 48.Kh3 Kf3 49.Kh2 g5 50.Kg1 g4 51.Kh1 g3 52.Kg1 g2 53.Kh2 Bc5 54.Kh3 g1=Q 55.Kh4 Qg4# 0-1
0-1
Lam Nguyen 1658 vs Paul Pena 1337
944665
[Event "2017 SC Scholastic Championship"] [Site "Charles Pinckney Elem Mt Pleasant"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Lam Nguyen 1658"] [Black "Paul Pena 1337"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian-Three Knights Game"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Na5 7.Bd5 c6 8.Bc4 Nxc4 9.dxc4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nd2 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Qe2 Qxh1+ 17.Nf1 O-O 18.O-O-O Qc6 19.Ng3 Rac8 20.c3 Bb4 21.Bd2 Rfd8 22.Qxe5 Bd6 23.Qg5 Bxg3 24.fxg3 Qg2 25.Qa5 Qe4 26.Qf5 Qg2 27.Qa5 Qxg3 {#R} 0-1
0-1
Aidan Fejzulai 1596 vs Alexander Moreno 1410
944666
[Event "2017 SC Scholastic Championship"] [Site "Charles Pinckney Elem Mt Pleasant"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Aidan Fejzulai 1596"] [Black "Alexander Moreno 1410"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b6 10.a3 Be7 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Bb7 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.Bd2 Nc6 15.Bc3 Rad8 16.Qc2 Nd5 17.Bd2 h6 18.Rfe1 Qf6 19.b4 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.Re4 Nxb4 22.Rxf4 Nxc2 23.Rc1 Nxa3 24.Bb3 Bd5 25.Ba4 b5 26.Bd1 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Rb8 28.Rc7 Rbc8 29.Rfxf7 Rxc7 30.Rxc7 a5 31.Ra7 Nc4 32.Bd5+ Kh7 33.Rb7 Na3 34.Ra7 Rd8 35.Bf3 a4 36.g3 Rb8 37.Kf1 Nc4 38.Bd5 Nb2 39.Bc6 b4 40.Bxa4 Nxa4 41.Rxa4 b3 42.Ra1 b2 43.Rb1 Kg6 44.Ke2 Kg5 45.h3 h5 46.Kd2 Kf5 47.Kc2 Ke4 48.Re1+ Kf3 49.Kb1 Rb7 50.Re5 g6 51.Re6 Kxf2 52.Rxg6 Kg2 53.h4 Kh3 54.Rg5 Rb6 55.Rxh5 Kxg3 56.Rh8 Kg4 57.h5 Kg5 {#d} 1/2-1/2
½-½
Michael Burrell 1579 vs Aidan Fejzulai 1596
944667
[Event "2017 SC Scholastic Championship"] [Site "Charles Pinckney Elem Mt Pleasant"] [Date "2017.02.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Michael Burrell 1579"] [Black "Aidan Fejzulai 1596"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Nb8 11.Bc2 Nbd7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.b4 Bf8 14.a4 d5 15.exd5 exd4 16.Rxe8 Qxe8 17.Nxd4 Nxd5 18.Bb2 c5 19.bxc5 Nxc5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.N2f3 Na4 23.Qa1 Nxb2 24.Qxb2 b4 25.cxb4 Nxb4 26.Bb3 Nd3 27.Qa2 Bxf3 28.Nxf3 Bc5 29.Qc2 Bxf2+ {#d} 1/2-1/2
½-½

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