[Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Kemp"] [Black "Watts"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird"] 1. f4 e6 2. g4 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Idaho Open"] [Site "Twin Falls, ID"] [Date "2006.08.26"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Campbell, Matthew"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "2054"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: 3.d3"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. h3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qh5 O-O 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. Bd2 Be6 9. O-O Kh8 10. Bb3 a5 11. c4 Nf6 12. Qf3 e4 13. dxe4 a4 14. Bc2 Bxc4 15. Bc3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nbc3 a3 18. Rad1 c5 19. b3 Ba6 20. Rfe1 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Qa5 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Ra6 24. Qxf7 Rf6 25. Qe7 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Bg3 27. Rg1 Bd6 28. Qe4 g6 29. Qh4 Qc3 30. Qe1 Qd4 31. Rd2 Qf4 32. g3 Qh6 33. Rh2 Qg5 34. Be4 c4 35. bxc4 Bc5 36. Rhg2 Bxg1 37. Rxg1 Qe5 38. Qb1 Rf2 39. c5 Rb2 40. Qd3 Rff2 41. Rg2 Rbd2 42. Qb1 Qd4 43. Qb6 Qxe4 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qc7+ Kh6 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Idaho Open"] [Site "Twin Falls, ID"] [Date "2006.08.26"] [Round "2.7"] [White "Porth, Adam"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "596"] [BlackElo "1626"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence"] 1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. d4 e6 4. a3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd1 g6 8. Ng5 Be7 9. Nb5 d6 10. Qf3 Ne5 11. Qc3 Rc8 12. Qb3 a6 13. Nd4 Bxg5 14. f4 Be7 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Be3 Rc6 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. O-O O-O 21. c3 Nc8 22. Qc2 Rd6 23. Qf2 Qe7 24. Bh6 Rfd8 25. g4 Rxd3 26. g5 Rxd1 27. gxf6 Qc5 28. Be3 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qb5+ 30. Kg2 Bxe4 31. Qh4 Qe2+ 32. Qf2 Bxf3+ 33. Kg3 Qxf2+ 34. Bxf2 Bd1 35. Kg2 Rd2 36. b4 Ra2 37. Kg3 Rxa3 38. Be1 b5 39. Kf2 Nd6 40. Ke3 Ra2 41. Bg3 Nf5+ 42. Ke4 Re2+ 43. Kd3 Nxg3 44. hxg3 Rg2 45. Ke4 Rxg3 46. Kxe5 Rxc3 47. Kd4 Rc4+ 48. Kd3 Rxb4 49. Kd2 Bf3 50. Kc3 Rc4+ 51. Kb3 h5 52. Ka3 h4 53. Kb2 h3 54. Kb3 h2 55. Ka3 h1=Q 56. Kb3 Qd1+ 57. Kb2 Qc2+ 58. Ka3 Ra4# 0-1

[Event "Idaho Open"] [Site "Twin Falls, ID"] [Date "2006.08.26"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Reynolds, Garrett"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1963"] [BlackElo "1626"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Nce2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. f4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. f5 Be7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nf4 Nf8 14. Qh5+ Kd7 15. Qg4 cxd4 16. Qxg7 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 Qg8 19. Nf3 dxc3 20. bxc3 Rf8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Rxf4 23. Qxg8 Re4+ 24. Kf2 Rxg8 25. Be3 Rf8+ 26. Ke2 Bg5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Idaho Open"] [Site "Twin Falls, ID"] [Date "2006.08.27"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Shouse, Donald L"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "1216"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: 3.d3"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d6 6. Qf3 Bg4 7. Qg3 Nh5 8. Qxg4 g6 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Qg3 Nh5 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Nd5 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd8 14. Nb6 O-O 15. Nxa8 Nd7 16. Qg4 c6 17. Qxg6+ Ng7 18. Qxd6 Ne8 19. Qg6+ Ng7 20. Ng3 Qg5+ 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Na6 bxa6 24. Bxa6 Rb8 25. b3 Nc5 26. Bc4 Nd7 27. h4 g4 28. h5 Nf6 29. h6 Nge8 30. Rh2 Nd6 31. Nh5 Nh7 32. f3 Nxc4+ 33. dxc4 Rd8+ 34. Kc3 Rd6 35. Ng3 Nf6 36. Nf5 Rd7 37. Rh4 Kh7 38. Ne3 gxf3 39. gxf3 Ng8 40. Ng4 Rd6 41. Nxe5 Rf6 42. f4 c5 43. Rg1 Ne7 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Nxf7+ Rxf7 46. Rxf7 Ng8 47. e5 a5 48. Rf8 Kh7 49. Rxg8 Kxg8 50. h7+ Kh8 51. Rg4 a4 52. bxa4 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Idaho Open"] [Site "Twin Falls, ID"] [Date "2006.08.27"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Flynn, Patrick M"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1836"] [BlackElo "1626"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. c4 Nd7 11. a4 a5 12. d5 e5 13. Nd2 g5 14. Qf3 Qg7 15. Nb1 h5 16. Nc3 Nc5 17. Nb5 f6 18. Qe3 h4 19. Be2 O-O-O 20. Bg4+ Kb8 21. h3 Bc8 22. f3 Qh7 23. Nc3 Rhf8 24. Rab1 Rf7 25. Ra1 Rdf8 26. Rab1 Qg6 27. Ra1 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rxf5 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rf4 33. Rxf4 gxf4 34. Qf3 Qe8 35. Qb3 Qh5 36. Qd3 Kb7 37. Kf2 c6 38. dxc6+ Kxc6 39. Qd5+ Kc7 40. Qd3 Qe8 41. Qb3 Qa8 42. Kf3 Qg8 43. Kf2 Qd8 44. Qb5 Qg5 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2006.09.15"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Nowak, Gregory W"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "2187"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Nf6 6. Ne2 Ne5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nbc3 O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 c6 11. Ng3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Bf8 13. Nce2 a5 14. O-O d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Be4 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Bb4 18. c3 Bc5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Ngf5 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Ng6 22. Nd6 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 a4 25. Qc3 Qa5 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 Be6 28. Nxa4 b5 29. Nc3 Nf4 30. Rd1 Bd5 31. f3 Re8 32. Kf2 b4 33. Nxd5 cxd5 34. Rd2 Ra8 35. Bc1 Rc8 36. Ke3 Ne6 37. Bb2 Kf8 38. a3 bxa3 39. Bxa3+ Ke8 40. g3 Ra8 41. Bc5 Kd7 42. b4 Kc6 43. Kd3 Ra3+ 44. Ke2 Kb5 45. Rd3 Ra8 46. f4 Kc4 47. Re3 g6 48. Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Kd1 Rxh2 50. Rf3 Nxd4 51. Bxd4 Kxd4 52. Kc1 Kc4 53. f5 Kxb4 54. fxg6 fxg6 55. g4 Kc4 56. g5 d4 57. Rf7 Rh5 58. Kd2 Rxg5 59. Rxh7 Rg2+ 60. Ke1 g5 61. Kf1 Ra2 62. Rc7+ Kb4 63. Rb7+ Kc5 64. Rg7 {(time)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2006.09.15"] [Round "2.3"] [White "DeGuzman, Eric S"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1717"] [BlackElo "1626"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence"] 1. e4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Nh6 7. d4 Nf5 8. Bd3 Ng7 9. O-O Ne6 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Nb3 a6 12. Bxc6+ Bxc6 13. Be3 c4 14. Nbd2 f5 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Qf3 h6 17. Nh3 Bc6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 e6 20. a4 Qc7 21. b3 a5 22. h3 Be7 23. Rfb1 g5 24. Bh2 h5 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 f4 27. Qe2 Kd7 28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxh2 30. Nxb6+ Qxb6 31. f3 Qxb1+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2006.09.15"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Jiang, Adam Z"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "1393"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian: Grand Prix, 2...d6"] 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Kh1 Bg4 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. Qe1 Qb6 11. Nbd2 e6 12. Nh4 Ne7 13. g4 Bc6 14. Kh2 Rad8 15. Ndf3 h6 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. b3 Nh7 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. Bb2 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ne5 Be8 22. a3 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 g5 24. Qe3 gxh4 25. Rgf1 Qc7 26. c4 f6 27. Kg1 fxe5 28. Rxf8+ Nxf8 29. Rf1 Ng6 30. Bf3 Nf4 31. Be4 b6 32. Kh2 Bc6 33. Rd1 Bxe4 34. Qxe4 Nxd3 35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. Qa8+ Rd8 37. Qg2 e4+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2006.09.16"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Zumbrunnen, Randy D"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2000"] [BlackElo "1626"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence"] 1. e4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. g3 h5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bd2 a6 10. Qe2 d6 11. h4 Qd7 12. O-O-O Qf7 13. Bh3 Be7 14. d4 Nd8 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. Nh2 Nh8 17. d5 Bc8 18. dxe6 Nxe6 19. Bg2 Rb8 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Be3 g6 22. g4 Ng7 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. Nb4 c5 25. Nc6 Qxa2 26. Nxb8 b5 27. Nc6 Bc7 28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Nxc8 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qxb2 31. Qd3 c4 32. Nxd6+ Kg7 33. Qc3 Qxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Ba5+ 35. Kb2 Bxe1 36. Rxe1 Rd8 37. Nb7 Rc8 38. c3 Nf7 39. f4 Nd8 40. Nxd8 Rxd8 41. Bf3 a5 42. f5 Ng3 43. Rg1 Rd3 44. Bf4 Ne2 45. Bxe2 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Idaho Open"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2007.03.31"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Nowak, Gregory W"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1655"] [BlackElo "2161"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.e3 g6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nc3 e5 6. f3 c6 7. Nge2 a6 8. O-O b5 9. b3 b4 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. a3 Ne8 13. c5 Nc7 14. axb4 Qe7 15. Rb1 Nd5 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Bc4 Rb8 18. Bd2 Kh8 19. N2g3 f5 20. Nd6 N5f6 21. Kh1 Ne8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Bc3 h5 24. Ne2 Nf6 25. Nc1 Nd5 26. Nd3 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 e4 28. Nf4 Bxc3 29. Nxg6+ Kg7 30. Nxe7 Rxe7 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Rf4 Be5 33. Rxe4 Bf5 34. h4 Bxe4 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Idaho Open"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2007.03.31"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Roland, Jeffrey T"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1718"] [BlackElo "1655"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 3.Bd3 e6"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nb4 7. Nc3 Nxd3+ 8. Qxd3 Bb4 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Qe7+ 11. Be3 Qe4 12. O-O-O Qxd3 13. Rxd3 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 O-O 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. h3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bd2 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Ne4 20. Re3 Nxf2 21. b4 a6 22. Rb3 Rc8 23. Be3 Ne4 24. Bxb6 Ba4 25. c5 Bxb3 26. axb3 d6 27. Nd3 Kf8 28. Kb2 Ke8 29. cxd6 Nxd6 30. Nc5 Ra8 31. Ka3 Nc8 32. Bc7 Ra7 33. Bb8 Ra8 34. Bc7 Na7 35. Bb6 Nb5+ 36. Ka4 Nc3+ 37. Ka5 Nd5 38. Nxa6 Nxb6 39. Kxb6 Kd8 40. b5 Kc8 41. b4 h5 42. Kc6 h4 43. Nc7 Ra2 44. Na6 Rc2+ 45. Nc5 Rb2 46. Na6 Rxg2 47. b6 Rg6+ 48. Kb5 Kb7 49. Nc5+ Kb8 50. Nd7+ Kb7 51. Nc5+ Kc8 52. Ka6 f5 53. Ka7 Rxb6 54. Kxb6 Kb8 55. Kc6 g5 56. Nd7+ Kc8 57. b5 g4 58. b6 gxh3 59. b7+ Kd8 60. b8=Q+ Ke7 {(Extreme time trouble now caused White to miss that 61.Qf8+ Ke6 62.Qf6 Mate terminates the game immediately.)} 61. Qe5+ Kf7 62. Qxf5+ Kg7 63. Qxh3 Kg6 64. Qxh4 Kf5 {(Black resigned a few moves later when he made an illegal move giving White two additional minutes.)} {#r} 1-0

[Event "Idaho Open"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2007.03.31"] [Round "3.7"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Harmon-Vellotti, Carl Honor"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1655"] [BlackElo "1204"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.e3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 c4 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. f4 Bd6 8. Nh3 b6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. g4 h6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Bd7 14. Qg2 Ne7 15. Ndf3 Nf5 16. Ne5 Nh7 17. Qh3 Nxg5 18. fxg5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Rf4 a5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Rh4 g6 23. Rh6 Be6 24. e4 fxe4 25. Be3 Bxh3 26. Rxh3 Qf5 27. Rh4 f6 28. Rf1 Qxf1+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "Idaho Open"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2007.04.01"] [Round "5.8"] [White "Viveros SE, Christopher Juan"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "1655"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Rc8 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. d5 Nc5 13. Qd4+ e5 14. Qc4 Ng8 15. a4 Ra8 16. Bd3 Bc8 17. h3 Qf6 18. O-O Bxh3 19. Ra3 Bc8 20. Rfa1 Bb7 21. a5 Rab8 22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Rxa4 Qd8 24. R4a3 Nf6 25. Rc3 Ne8 26. a6 Bc8 27. Ra4 Bd7 28. Be2 Rc8 29. Qb3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICA Sumr Classic"] [Site "Twin Falls, ID"] [Date "2007.07.14"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Featherston, Scott"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1604"] [BlackElo "925"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6"] 1. d4 e6 2. e3 a6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. f4 f6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Bxg6+ Kf8 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. Ngf3 Bd7 10. b3 b5 11. Bb2 a5 12. O-O Be8 13. Qh6+ Kg8 14. Qxf6 Bf7 15. Ne5 Qf8 16. Ng4 Qe8 17. Nh6+ Kf8 18. Qxh8+ Bg8 19. Bxh7 Ng6 20. Qxg8+ Ke7 21. Qxe8+ Kxe8 22. Bxg6+ Kd8 23. Nf7+ Kc8 24. Nxd6+ cxd6 25. f5 Nd7 26. fxe6 Nf6 27. Rxf6 Kb7 28. e7 Kc6 29. e8=Q+ Rxe8 30. Bxe8+ Kb6 31. Raf1 Kc7 32. Bxb5 Kd8 33. Rf7 Kc8 34. Rh7 Kb8 35. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "ICA Sumr Classic"] [Site "Twin Falls, ID"] [Date "2007.07.14"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Abderhalden, Katherine Louise"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1026"] [BlackElo "1604"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. e5 Qf4 12. Rb1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14. Be4 Nc6 15. cxd4 d5 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. c3 Rac8 18. Qd2 f5 19. Bd3 Qxa3 20. Ra1 Qd6 21. Kh1 Rc7 22. Rg1 Rf6 23. Rg2 Qd5 24. Qf4 Rcf7 25. Rg3 g5 26. h4 Rg6 27. Qd2 Rfg7 28. Rag1 Ne7 29. Kh2 a5 30. Rb1 gxh4 31. Rxg6 Rxg6 32. Qe2 Qd6+ 33. Kh1 Rg5 34. Rg1 Nd5 35. Rxg5+ hxg5 36. Qd2 Qf4 37. Qxf4 Nxf4 38. Bb5 Kf8 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. c4 Kd6 {#R} 0-1

[Event "ICA Sumr Classic"] [Site "Twin Falls, ID"] [Date "2007.07.14"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Unger, Graham D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1604"] [BlackElo "1736"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.e3 g6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. Nd2 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. O-O Re8 10. Bc4 h6 11. a3 e4 12. Ne1 Be6 13. Be2 a6 14. Nc2 Qe7 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bb2 Bc8 17. Rf2 Nh7 18. Qf1 f5 19. a4 Nf6 20. Ba3 Qf7 21. Rb1 Ne7 22. Kh1 Kh7 23. Nc4 Nfd5 24. Bb2 Nc6 25. b4 Qe7 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Nb8 28. Na5 b6 29. Nb3 Be6 30. c4 Nf6 31. d5 Bg8 32. Nbd4 Nfd7 33. Ba3 Qg5 34. Nc6 Nxc6 35. bxc6 Nc5 36. Bxc5 bxc5 37. Rb7 Be5 38. g3 Ra8 39. Qd1 Qe7 40. Qb1 h5 41. Rb3 h4 42. g4 fxg4 43. Bxg4 Rf8 44. Rd2 Qf6 45. h3 Kh6 46. Qg1 Bg3 47. Rd1 Ra2 48. Qg2 Qf2 49. Qxf2 Rxf2 50. Rc3 {(The players got into serious time trouble and stopped recording the moves. There were many witnesses to this amazing game. In the end, the players frantically exchanged off pieces and made moves in very serious time trouble. Finally, White was able to exchange off just enough of the right pieces so that there was insufficient mating material with about 2 seconds to spare on the clock!)} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICA Sumr Classic"] [Site "Twin Falls, ID"] [Date "2007.07.15"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Roland, Jeffrey T"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1734"] [BlackElo "1604"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 3.Bd3 Nf6"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. f3 e6 5. Ne2 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. a3 a6 8. Qd2 Na5 9. Ng3 c4 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O h5 12. h4 Qc7 13. Qe1 g6 14. Nd2 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nde4 Bc6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qd2 Rh7 20. Nge4 Nb7 21. Nxb7 Bxb7 22. Nd6 Ne7 23. g4 Nc8 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Qb4+ Kg8 26. Bxc4 hxg4 27. Be2 Rxh4 28. Qd2 Qd5 29. Kg2 Ne7 30. Rh1 Nf5 31. c3 Kg7 32. Rxh4 Nxh4+ 33. Kg3 gxf3 34. Bd3 Rh8 35. Qg5 Qa8 36. Kf2 Nf5 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Bxf5 Rh2+ 39. Kg1 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 exf5 41. d5 a5 42. Re1 Rh2 43. e6 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 Rh2+ 45. Kf1 dxe6 46. dxe6 Rh1+ 47. Kf2 Qa7+ 48. Qd4 Qxd4+ 49. cxd4 Rxe1 50. Kxe1 fxe6 51. Kf2 g5 52. Kxf3 g4+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "ICA Sumr Classic"] [Site "Twin Falls, ID"] [Date "2007.07.15"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Eacker, Barry D"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1604"] [BlackElo "1625"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.e3"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. Ne5 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf1 h6 8. Ng3 Bh7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Nh1 Rc8 14. Rf3 a6 15. Be3 b5 16. a3 Nb6 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Qe2 Bf5 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rh3 Bf5 22. g4 Bg6 23. Ng3 Bd3 24. Qd2 f5 25. g5 hxg5 26. fxg5 g6 27. Bf4 Bd6 28. Re1 Be4 29. Qf2 Kg7 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Qh4 Rh8 32. Qxh8+ Qxh8 33. Rxh8 Rxh8 34. Bxd6 Rh3 35. Bg3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2007.10.06"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Hernandez Valencia, Jorge Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1663"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.e3"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. f4 f5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bd2 Ne4 8. Be1 a5 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Bxe4 g6 12. Nxf5+ Kf7 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Qg5 Rh5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. g4 Rh3 18. Bg3 Nb4 19. Rf2 Rc8 20. Nc3 Kg7 21. Kg2 Rh7 22. Raf1 e5 23. fxe5 Bxg4 24. Rf7+ Kg8 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. exd6 Kg8 27. a3 Nxc2 28. Nxd5 Kg7 29. Be5+ Kh6 30. Rf6 Bf5 31. Kf2 Be4 32. Nc7 Bc6 33. d5 Bd7 34. Rf7 Bg4 35. Bg7+ Kh7 36. Bc3+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Ne6+ Ke8 39. Re7# 1-0

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2007.10.06"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Owen, Gary"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1545"] [BlackElo "1663"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bxe4 Bxe4 8. O-O Bb7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Ne4 d5 12. Neg5 Ba6 13. Qe3 h6 14. Rfe1 hxg5 15. h3 Nd7 16. Nh2 c5 17. c3 Rc8 18. Qf3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc4 20. Be3 Nb8 21. Qh5 f5 22. Nf3 f4 23. Bd2 Nc6 24. b3 Rc2 25. Qg6 Rxd2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Nxd2 Nxd4 28. Qg6 Bb4 29. Rad1 Qe8 30. Qb1 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nc3 32. Qb2 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Qh5 34. Re1 f3 35. a3 fxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Bc5 37. f3 Qh4 38. Qc1 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Be3 40. Rd1 Be2 41. Rf1 Bxf1 42. Qxf1 Qxd2 {#R} 0-1

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2007.10.06"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Morrow, Hans M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1663"] [BlackElo "1900"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.e3 e6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 b6 4. f4 Bb7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb4 7. Bd2 Nxd3 8. cxd3 Be7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Rc1 Qd7 11. a4 a6 12. e4 Rc8 13. h3 h6 14. Ne2 c5 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. g4 Nd7 17. f5 d5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Nh4 g5 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. e5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Ng6 Qe3+ 25. Rf2 Rg8 26. Qxb6 Bc6 27. Qa7 Bd7 28. Ne5 Qxe5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Qxb2 31. Qa7 Qg7 32. Nd4 h5 33. Re2 e5 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 Bxa4 37. gxh5 Bd7 38. Rxd5 Bxh3 {(Here both players stopped recording moves. A draw was the ultimate result.)} {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2007.10.07"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Fucsko, Janos"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1739"] [BlackElo "1663"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...b6"] 1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 h5 5. h4 d6 6. e4 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. a3 Bf6 9. c3 Nh6 10. Nh2 Bc8 11. Qxh5 Na5 12. Qd1 Be6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. b4 Nb7 15. d4 d5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rc1 f6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. f4 Bd6 20. exd5 Bh3 21. Qe2+ Kf8 22. Bxh3 Qxh3 23. Kf2 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Qxh4+ 25. Ke3 Re8+ 26. Ne4 Nd6 27. Qg4 Rxe4+ 28. Kf3 f5 29. Qg5 Qh3+ 30. Kf2 Qe3+ 31. Kg2 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 Re3+ 33. Nf3 Ne4# 0-1

[Event "Idaho Open (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2008.04.05"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Patterson, Emily N"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1343"] [BlackElo "1712"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. f4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qe2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 fxe4 8. Bxe4 Bxe4 9. Qxe4 Nc6 10. d5 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nxd5 12. c4 Qf6 13. cxd5 Qxa1 14. dxc6 Qxc1+ 15. Qd1 Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 dxc6 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Idaho Open (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2008.04.05"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Chen, Tony X"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1712"] [BlackElo "1934"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Stonewall Attack"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O Qxc5 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qe1 a6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Ba5 Qxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Nxe3 16. Rfe1 Ng4 17. Bc3 Bh6 18. Bd4 Bg7 19. Nd2 b5 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Idaho Open (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2008.04.05"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Abderhalden, Katherine Louise"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1199"] [BlackElo "1712"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: English Defence, 2.c4 Bb7"] 1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Bxf3 5. exf3 g6 6. Be2 e6 7. a3 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. f4 c6 11. d5 Na6 12. b4 Qb8 13. Rc1 Nc7 14. dxc6 dxc6 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. Qb3 Rd3 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Bxc6 Ne8 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. c5 Ng7 21. Rfd1 Qd8 22. Rxd3 Qxd3 23. Qc2 Qa6 24. c6 Bd8 25. Qd2 Bf6 26. Nb5 Ne8 27. c7 Nxc7 28. Nxc7 Qxa3 29. h3 h5 30. Nxe6 Kh7 31. Qd7+ Kh6 32. Rc7 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Bg7 34. Qxg7+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Idaho Open (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2008.04.06"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Owen, Gary"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1712"] [BlackElo "1511"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6"] 1. d4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. f4 c4 7. Bc2 Bd7 8. Ngf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Ne8 11. Rf3 f5 12. g4 Nf6 13. g5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Nf1 h5 16. gxh6 gxh6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rh3 Kh7 19. Qe2 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 b5 21. Bd2 Qf8 22. Be1 Rd8 23. Bh4 Bxh4 24. Rxh4 Qg7 25. Ng3 Be8 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Rh3 Bg6 28. Qe1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qe1 Rd3 31. Ne2 Qf7 32. Nd4 Bh5 33. Qh4 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Qg6+ 35. Rg3 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Ke1 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Ke1 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Idaho Open (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2008.04.06"] [Round "5.6"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Holland, Morry R"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1712"] [BlackElo "1685"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6"] 1. d4 e6 2. e3 f5 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. b4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Ba4 Ne4 8. Qd3 d6 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bf6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Ne2 Na6 13. Rc1 Nc7 14. O-O Be8 15. f4 g6 16. a4 a6 17. Be1 Qe7 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. e4 Kh8 20. Bc2 Rfc8 21. e5 Bg7 {And something goes wrong on the score sheet. The other score sheet was not turned in, so I am having difficulty reconstructing this game. The solution is likely very simple.--Jeff Roland.} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Tri-State M (ID, WY, MT)"] [Site "Jackson, WY"] [Date "2008.05.03"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Cohen, Richard W"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1672"] [BlackElo "1535"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Englund Gambit: 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7"] 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5 Nb4 5. Qb3 c6 6. a3 Na6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Nc5 9. Qe3 d5 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 h6 12. Nd4 f5 13. f4 Nf6 14. N4b3 Nfe4 15. O-O-O Nxg3 16. hxg3 g4 17. Qd4 Ne6 18. Qf2 b6 19. e3 Bb7 20. Bd3 Ng7 21. Nd4 Qc5 22. N2b3 Qe7 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Bc8 25. Bg6+ Kd8 26. Nd4 Kc7 27. Qe1 a5 28. e4 Rg8 29. Bf5 Bd7 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. e6 Qa4 33. e7 Bg7 34. Ne6+ Kb7 35. Nxg7 Rxg7 36. Qe5 Rag8 37. Qxd5+ Ka6 38. Qd3+ Qb5 39. Qxb5+ Kxb5 40. Rd8 Kc6 41. e8=Q+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Tri-State M (ID, WY, MT)"] [Site "Jackson, WY"] [Date "2008.05.03"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "McLaughlin, Edward J"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1672"] [BlackElo "1711"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.e3 g6"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. f4 Ng4 6. Ndf3 f5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qe2 c5 9. c3 c4 10. Bb1 b5 11. Nh3 Qb6 12. O-O a5 13. Be1 Qe6 14. Ne5 Ndxe5 15. fxe5 Nh6 16. Bg3 Bb7 17. Ng5 Qb6 18. Bc2 O-O 19. Bf4 Nf7 20. h4 h6 21. Nh3 b4 22. Ba4 b3 23. Qf2 Bc8 24. Qg3 Kh7 25. axb3 cxb3 26. Ra3 Ba6 27. Rfa1 Bc4 28. e6 Qxe6 29. Bxb3 Bxb3 30. Rxb3 Rfb8 31. Bxb8 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Tri-State M (ID, WY, MT)"] [Site "Jackson, WY"] [Date "2008.05.04"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Cohen, Richard W"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1535"] [BlackElo "1672"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d5 9. f3 c5 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Nf3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 b5 16. h4 Qd7 17. Kf2 f6 18. g3 Rae8 19. Kg2 h5 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rf5 23. Kh3 Ref8 24. Rhf1 Qf7 25. Kg2 Qg6 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Rc1 Qf7 28. Kh3 a6 29. Bb6 Rf3 30. Rc7 Qf5+ 31. Kh2 d4 32. Rxb7 Rf2+ 33. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Qxd3 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Kg2 Qxb3 39. Bxd4 Qd5+ 40. Kf1 Qxd4 41. Ra8 Qc4+ 42. Kg1 Qc5+ 43. Kf1 Qxa3 44. Ra7 Qf3+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "Tri-State M (ID, WY, MT)"] [Site "Jackson, WY"] [Date "2008.05.04"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Skovron, James J"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1784"] [BlackElo "1672"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: English Defence"] 1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Be7 6. Be3 c5 7. c3 c4 8. Bc2 Bc6 9. O-O Qd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. b3 Qc7 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Be4 Ra7 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. Rfb1 Nd7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 h6 19. Qh5 Nf8 20. Bh4 g6 21. Qf3 g5 22. Bg3 h5 23. h3 Ne7 24. Rb2 Bb7 25. Rab1 Nf5 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Nxc4 g4 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. Qe4 f6 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxb6 Qe4 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Nd6+ Nxd6 34. exd6 Kg6 35. Rc1 Kg5 36. Rb5+ e5 37. dxe5 Qh7 38. f4+ gxf3 39. Kf2 Qd3 40. exf6+ Kg6 41. Re1 fxg2 42. Kxg2 Qxc3 43. Rbe5 Nd7 44. R5e3 {(And the last couple moves are messed up on the scoresheet. It says, "44.R5e3 Kf2 45.Nxf3 0-1". Well, that just doesn't make sense...so we're missing a couple moves on this one. --Roland)} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Idaho Open (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2009.04.04"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Mothersill, Tom Edgar"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1718"] [BlackElo "1425"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6"] 1. d4 e6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 c4 5. Bc2 Nf6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Bg5 14. Qg7 Rf8 15. Nf3 Be7 16. Qxh7 b4 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Nf3 Be7 19. Ne1 Ba6 20. Bxg6 Qc7 21. Rxf7 Kd8 22. Rxe7 Qc6 23. Nf3 b3 24. Ng5 Kc7 25. Nxe6+ Kb6 26. Rxd7 Qxe6 27. Rd6+ Qxd6 28. exd6 Rad8 29. Qc7+ Kb5 30. a4# 1-0

[Event "Idaho Open (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2009.04.04"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Eacker, Barry D"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1610"] [BlackElo "1718"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: English Defence"] 1. d4 b6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nd2 a5 5. Ngf3 Na6 6. c3 Nh5 7. Bg5 g6 8. g4 Nf6 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. Rg1 Bg7 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Qe2 Qe6 13. h4 Nb8 14. e4 d6 15. d5 Qe7 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Bb5 O-O 18. Rde1 Nc5 19. Nd4 Ra7 20. f4 a4 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Idaho Open (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2009.04.04"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Ungureanu, Razvan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1718"] [BlackElo "1330"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.e3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 b6 6. f4 Bb7 7. Qf3 Be7 8. Nh3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O c4 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 14. Qc2 g6 15. Qa4+ b5 16. Qxa6 O-O 17. a4 Rfb8 18. axb5 Rxb5 19. Qa4 Rb3 20. Qa5 Rb5 21. Qa2 a5 22. Qb1 a4 23. Qc2 Rb3 24. Be3 Rab8 25. Ra2 Qb7 26. Bc1 Qc6 27. Ng5 R8b5 28. Qe2 a3 29. bxa3 Rxc3 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Qxd3 cxd3 32. Rxc6 Rb1 33. Rc7 Bxa3 34. Bxa3 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Idaho Open (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2009.04.05"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Nowak, Gregory W"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2129"] [BlackElo "1718"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Benko Opening"] 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 b6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qd5 Nba6 16. Qxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Nd5 Bf8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Rac1 Kh8 21. a3 h6 22. b4 Rd8 23. Nf4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nac7 25. Rd7 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. a4 Kg8 28. Bb6 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Ne6 30. Ra7 Nxf4 31. Ra8 Ne6 32. Bxa5 Kh7 33. Bb6 f4 34. a5 Bb4 35. a6 f3 36. a7 Nf4 37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. a8=Q f5 39. Qxf3 Nh5 40. Bd4 Bd6 41. Qc6 Nf4 42. Qxd6+ Kg5 43. Be3 Kh5 44. Bxf4 g6 45. f3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Idaho Open (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2009.04.05"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Roland, Jeffrey T"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1718"] [BlackElo "1782"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.e3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 b6 3. f4 Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bd2 Ne4 8. Be1 d5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. fxg5 e5 12. Qg4 exd4 13. exd4 c5 14. c3 Bc8 15. Qh4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Re8 17. Rc1 Nf8 18. Bg3 Ne6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Ba6 Bc8 21. Bb5 Bd7 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Ne5 Qa4 24. Rxf7 Qxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rc7+ Kg8 28. Ng4 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Nxg3 30. Nf6+ {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2009.09.26"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Laimana, Jershon"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1434"] [BlackElo "1723"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: French"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. c3 Be7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nbd4 Na6 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Rfe1 Bc5 17. Re4 Bd3 18. Rg4 Re8 19. c4 Be2 20. Qc3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 f6 22. Rg3 Qe7 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Qg4 g5 25. Qf5 Kg7 26. Nh4 Bd3 27. Ree3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 gxh4 29. Qxd3 Rf8 30. Qf5 Qb4 31. Qxd7+ Kh8 32. Re7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2009.09.26"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Abernathy, Caleb Patrick"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1723"] [BlackElo "1364"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Neo-Old Indian: 2.Bg5"] 1. d4 d6 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 Bf5 4. Nc3 g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. e4 Bg6 7. Qf3 Bxd4 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Bb5 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qd7 11. Qxh8 O-O-O 12. Qc3 Bxe4 13. f3 Bg6 14. Ne2 e6 15. Nd4 Nge7 16. Bf2 Kb8 17. Nxc6+ Nxc6 18. Qe3 Bxc2 19. Rd2 Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 21. h4 f6 22. h5 Be8 23. Rc2 Qf7 24. Kb1 e5 25. Rhc1 Qh7 26. Ka1 Nd4 27. Bd3 Nxc2+ 28. Rxc2 Qg8 29. Qxa7+ Kc8 30. Bf5+ Bd7 31. Qa8# 1-0

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2009.09.26"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Kircher, Caleb Paul"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1557"] [BlackElo "1723"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Nce2 c5 8. c3 Be7 9. f4 a6 10. Nf3 b5 11. O-O Qb6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Kh1 O-O-O 14. f5 Rdg8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 Nf8 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Ng5 Nd8 20. Qg4 Qe7 21. a4 h6 22. Nf3 g5 23. Ne2 h5 24. Qd4 Nc6 25. Qb6 Nd7 26. Qxb7+ Kxb7 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bxb5 Ndxe5 29. Ned4 Ra8 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Rae1 Qd6 32. Rf6 Ng4 33. Rf7+ Kc8 34. Bd7+ Qxd7 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 36. h3 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Ne4 38. Nf3 Kd6 39. c4 g4 40. cxd5 exd5 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Nd4 g3 43. Rc1 Rac8 44. Ra1 Rhf8 45. Nf3 Rc6 46. Nd4 Rb6 47. b3 Nd2 48. Re1 Kc5 49. Ne2 Rbf6 50. Nxg3 Kb4 51. Rd1 Kc3 52. Ne2+ Kc2 53. Rc1+ Kxb3 54. Ng3 d4 55. Rd1 Kc2 56. Re1 d3 57. Re7 R6f7 58. Re3 Nf1 59. Nxf1 Rxf1+ 60. Kh2 d2 61. Re7 d1=Q 62. Rc7+ Kb3 63. Rb7+ Kc4 64. Rc7+ Kb5 65. g4 Qd6+ 66. Kh3 Rh8+ 67. Kg2 Qxc7 68. Kxf1 Qc2 69. Kg1 Rh2 70. g5 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2009.09.27"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Watts, Victor G"] [Black "Owen, Gary"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1723"] [BlackElo "1598"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Indian: 2.e3"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. f4 Bd6 7. Nh3 c4 8. Bc2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. g4 g6 11. Qe2 Kg7 12. Qg2 Rh8 13. Nf3 h5 14. gxh5 Rxh5 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Nh7 17. Rxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxg6+ Ke7 19. Qg7+ Ke8 20. Bg6# 1-0

[Event "EIO (Open)"] [Site "Pocatello, ID"] [Date "2009.09.27"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Morrow, Hans M"] [Black "Watts, Victor G"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1912"] [BlackElo "1723"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defence: 2.d4 Bb7"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nd2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Ngf3 c6 6. Bd3 Qc7 7. O-O d6 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nd7 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 h5 12. Qc2 e5 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Qb3 Bf6 16. Nc2 Nc6 17. h3 Qd8 18. Be3 g5 19. d5 Ncb8 20. c4 g4 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nh2 Rg8 23. cxb5 Ke7 24. bxa6 Bxa6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Rxa6 Nxa6 27. Qb5 Nc7 28. Qe2 Qf8 29. Nxg4 Qg7 30. f3 Bh4 31. Bf2 Bg5 32. Nce3 Qh7 33. Nf5+ Kf8 34. Bg3 Nxd5 35. Qa6 {(Hans had 45 minutes to Victor's 5 minutes for the rest of the game. Hans placed his Queen at a5 (an illegal move!) so Black got 2 extra minutes. After the game, a very enjoyable, lengthy, and humorous exchange of how White was won in all lines (even if you gave Black extra moves) was conducted by Hans.--Roland)} Ne7 36. Qa8+ {#r} 1-0