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1 Queens Chess Club Championship 2016 Round 5 Welcome to the 2016 Queens Chess Club Championship!! The time control is G/120, G/115 d5 or G/1:55 d5. A delay clock is preferred. Please bring sets and clocks. Our normal seating arrangement is to face all clocks toward the center aisle. The TD needs to be able to see the clock. We no longer enforce Rule 14H, which allows a player in time pressure in a game without time delay to request a delay clock, claiming no losing chances. We no longer allow this because our directors are also participating as players. If a game starts at 7:30PM with an analog clock, that clock will not be replaced or exchanged unless it dies during the game (and even so, will be replaced with the Past QCC champions 2015: IM Danny Kopec & Andrew Ryba 2014: Payam Parhami 2013: IM Jay Bonin 2012: IM Jay Bonin 2011: Andrew Ryba 2010: IM Jay Bonin, IM Danny Kopec 2009: IM Danny Kopec, Andrew Ryba, Nicholas Ryba 2007: IM (now GM) Alex Lenderman 2006: IM Jay Bonin & Ricardo Perez-Billinghurst 2005: IM Jay Bonin 2004: IM Jay Bonin 2003: IM Jay Bonin 2002: Devlin Sinclair 2001: IM Jay Bonin 2000: GM Alex Stripunsky & IM Jay Bonin 1999: Pieter Bierkens, Brian Lawson, Edgar Cimafranca Sr. 1998: Edward Kopiecki 1997: IM Jay Bonin & Edward Kopiecki 1996: Edward Frumkin 1995: Brian Lawson 1994: Joseph Felber & Edgar Ian Cimafranca (aka Jr.) 1993: Anatoly Tonkonogy 1992: Anatoly Tonkonogy 1991: Anatoly Tonkonogy, Bernard Hill & Steven Goldstein same type of clock if possible). We recommend that you be on time. If either player has fewer than five minutes remaining, neither player is required to keep score any longer, but a complete score is still required to claim a threefold repetition of position, unless a TD happens to have been present for all three appearances of the position at the time of claim. Up to three half point byes are permitted, but these must be locked in before Round 4. Players with identical USCF regular ratings will be ranked in order of their USCF quick ratings. In the last round, if two players with the same score who must be paired against each other have had identical color histories, color will be decided by lot (coin flip, choose a hand, etc.) Please mark your result on the pairing sheet as soon as your game is over. If you want to analyze your game, you must go to another table that doesn t have any tournament games on it, but there is still no talking permitted until all tournament games are over (we will close within 15 minutes of the last game finishing). We will be using carbon score sheets and will prepare weekly bulletins to be posted online. Please turn in your score sheets to Brian Lawson. We will attempt to have the next round s pairings posted by Tuesday (they will not be absolute, especially for Rounds 2-4 when new players can enter or byes taken). Queens Chess Club membership is required and must be valid through the end of the tournament. Have fun and play well!! Page 1

2 Games (52) Bonin,Jay (2413) Ryba,Andrew (2353) [E18] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 dxc4 12.Rd1 Qd7 13.Qxc4 c5 14.Be3 cxd4 15.Rxd4 Qc6 16.Qd3 Bf6 17.Rd6 Qa4 18.Qb3 Qa5 19.Rc1 Na6 20.Nf4 Nc5 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Nd3 Rab8 23.Rxc5 Qd2 24.Qc2 Rxb2 25.Nxb2 Qxd6= Diagram ½-½ Q+ (53) Glad,Clayton (1578) Mathew,Philip (1373) [D05] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 a6 7.Ne5 cxd4 8.exd4 Qa5+ 9.Nd2 Bb4 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Ne7 13.Rhe1 b5 14.Bc3 Dia gram [14...Ne4+ 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Rxe4 Bb7 17.Re2 (17.Rg4 Nf5=) ] 15.a4 Bb7 16.axb5 axb5 17.f3!? [17.Bb4! Rfe8 18.Bxb5] 17...Ba6 18.Ra5 [18.Bb4 Rfe8 19.Ra5 Ng6 20.Rea1 Bb7] 18...Rfb8 19.Rea1 Rb6 20.Bb4 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Rxc6 22.Bxb5 Rb6 23.Rxa6 Rbxa6 24.Rxa6 Rb8 25.Bd6 Rc8 26.Rc6 Ra8 27.Ba6 g6 28.Rc8+ Rxc8 29.Bxc8 Ne8 30.Be7 Kg7 31.b4 Nc7 32.Bd7 f5 33.Bd6 1-0 Page 2

3 (54) Sirotnik,James (1658) Mordukhay,Mikhail (1500) [D08] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 dxe3 7.fxe3 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nxe5 Diagram Q + 10.Qa4+ [10.Bxb4 Nd3+ 11.Ke2 Nxb4 12.Qa4+ Nc6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qxc6+ Kf8 15.Rd1+ ] 10...c6 11.Qxb4 Nd (55) Lawson,Brian (2028) Casanova,Al (1780) [E06] [Stockfish,7.64] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb Be7 6.c Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 c6 9.e4 Ba6 10.exd5 exd5 11.Re1 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 dxc4 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Bg5 Nbd7 Diagram Q 15.Bxf6?! [15.Bxc6! Rc8 16.Bxf6 Rxc6 (16...Bxf6 17.Qxe8+ Qxe8 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Bxd7) 17.Bxe7+ ] 15...Bxf6 16.Qxe8+ [16.Qxc4 Rc8 17.Bxc6 Nb8 18.d5 ] 16...Qxe8 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Bxc6 Rd8 19.Bb5 Bxd4 20.Rd1 Ne5 21.Kg2 Nd3 22.Na4 Nxf2 23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.Kxf2 Kf8 [24...Rd2+ ] 25.Ke3 Rg4 26.Kf3 Rg5 27.Nc3 Rc5 28.Ke4 Rh5 29.h4 g5 30.hxg5 Rxg5 31.Kf4 Rc5 32.a4 Ke7 33.g4 f6 34.Ke4 Ke6 35.Nd5 h6 36.Ba6 Kf7 37.Kd4 f5 38.gxf5 h5 39.Bxc4 h4 40.Nxb6+ Rxc4+ 41.Nxc4 Kf6 42.Ke4 h3 43.Ne3 Kg5 44.Kf3 1-0 (56) Frumkin,Edward (2007) Felber,Joseph (2002) [A17] 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb Be7 6.d e4 d6 8.Nc3 c5 9.Ne1 Nc6 10.f4 Nd4 11.e5 Bxg2 12.exf6 Bxf1 13.fxe7 Qxe7 14.Kxf1 Qb7 15.Be3 [15.Kg1 seems safer.] 15...d5 16.cxd5 exd5 [16...Nf5 17.Bf2 exd5 ] 17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.Nb5 Qd7 19.Nxd4 Rfe8 20.Nef3 Re7 21.Kg2 [21.Ne5+ ] 21...f6 22.Qd2 Rae8 23.h3 h5 24.b3 a5 25.Rf1 Qb7 26.Rf2 Qa6 27.a4 Qc8 28.f5 Rc7 29.Nb5 Rd7 30.Nfd4 Qb8 31.Rf4 Kf7 32.Qd1 Rh8 33.Rh4 Qe5 34.Rxh5 Rdd8 35.Qg4 [35.Nc6 Qb2+ 36.Kg1 Rhe8 37.Nxd8+ Rxd8+ ] 35...Rxh5 36.Qxh5+ Kg8 37.Kf3 [37.Ne6 Rb8 38.h4 Qb2+ 39.Kh3 Qc1 40.Qf3+ ] 37...Qe1 38.Kg4 [38.Ne2 Rf8 39.Nbd4+ ] 38...Qd1+ 39.Kh4 Qxd3 40.Qf3 [40.Qg6 Qe4+ 41.Kh5+ ] 40...Qd2 Diagram Q g4?? Qe1+?! [41...Re8 42.Ne6 Qe1+ 43.Kh5 Kh7 44.g5 Rh8 ] 42.Qg3 Qd2 43.Qf3 [43.g5 Qxg5+ 44.Qxg5 fxg5+ 45.Kxg5+ ] 43...Qe1+?!= [43...Re8 44.Ne6 Qe1+ 45.Kh5 (45.Qg3 Rxe6 46.Qxe1 (46.fxe6 g5+) 46...Rxe1-+) ] ½-½ Page 3

4 (57) Spigel,David (1899) Zilbermintz,Lev (2066) [A40] 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nge7 4.e4 Ng6 5.Qd5 h6 6.Bc4 Qe Ncxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.c3 d6 11.Be3 Qe5 12.Nd2 Qxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.Bb5+ Bd7 15.Bxd7+ Kxd7 16.c4 Nf5 17.Nb3 b6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Re8 20.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Rg8 22.b4 g5 23.Re3 Bg7 24.Bxg7 Rxg7 25.Ra3 Rg8 26.f3 Ra8 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.b5 Kd7 29.f4 g4 30.Kg3 f5 31.Re3 a6 32.Ra3 a5 33.Re3 Diagram Q Bd6?! [15...Nxe5 16.dxe5 Be7=] 16.Nxd7 Qxd7 17.Nb6 Qc7!? [17...Qc6 18.Nxa8 Bxf4 ] 18.Nxa8 Rxa8 19.Rac1 Qb8 20.g3 h5 [20...g6] 21.f5 h4 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Qg6 e5 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Qe6+ Kh7 26.Qxd5 hxg3 27.hxg3 Bxg3 28.Kg2!? [28.Qd3+ Kh8 29.fxg3+ ] 28...Bf4 29.Rh1+ Bh6 30.Qf5+ Kh8 31.Rcd1 Qe8 32.Rd7 Qg8 33.Rxh6+ gxh6+ 34.Kh2 Qb8+ 35.f a4? [33...Re8 34.Rxe8 Kxe8 ] 34.a3+ h5? [34...Re8 35.Rxe8 Kxe8 ] 35.Re6+ Rh8 36.Kh4 Rg8 37.Kxh5 Rh8+ 38.Kg6 Rxh2 39.Re2 Rh1 40.Kxf5 Ra1 41.Kxg4 Rxa3 42.f5 Ra1 43.Kg5 a3 44.g4 Rg1 45.Ra2 Rc1 46.Rxa3 Rxc4 47.Re3 Rc5 48.f6 Rxd5+ 49.Kg6 Rd4 50.g5 Rf4 51.Kg7 d5 52.f7 Kd6 53.f8Q+ Rxf8 54.Kxf8 d4 55.Re8 Kc5 56.g6 Kxb5 57.g7 c5 58.g8Q Kb4 59.Qa2 b5 60.Rb8 c4 61.Qb2+ Kc5 62.Qxb5+ Kd6 63.Rd8+ Ke6 64.Qxc4+ Kf5 65.Rd5+ Kf6 66.Qxd4+ Kg6 67.Qg7# 1-0 (58) Dippel,George (1807) Rawlins,Guy (1530) [D15] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a5?! 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Ne5 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.e Bd3 Nbd Bf5 12.Na4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nh5 14.a3 Nxf4 15.exf4 Diagram Page 4

5 (59) Kleinman,Jay (1957) Hua,Charles (1840) [B23] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 a6 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.d3 Nd Qc7 9.Re1 Be7 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.Qe2 Ngf6 12.h3 b4 13.Nd Nf2 c4 15.Nd4 cxd3 16.cxd3 Qb8 17.Bd2 a5 18.a3 bxa3 19.Rxa3 d5 20.Rxa5 dxe4 21.dxe4 Bc5 22.Bc3 Qc7 23.Rea1 Bxd4!? [23...Bb6 24.R5a4 Ra8 ] 24.Bxd4 Qc2 25.Qxc2 Rxc2 26.Ra7 Bc6 27.e5 Nd5 28.Be4 Rd2 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Nxd1 Nb8 31.Bc5 Rc8 32.Bg2 [32.Nf2] 32...Nxf4 33.Bxc6 [33.gxf4 Bxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Rxc5 35.Nc3=] 33...Nxc6 34.Be3 Nxa7 35.gxf4 Nb5 36.Nf2 Rc2 37.b4 Re2 38.Bc5 g5 39.fxg5 Rxe5 40.h4 Nc7 [40...f5 41.gxf6 Rh5-+] 41.Ng4 Diagram Re4?? 42.Nf6+ Kg7 43.Nxe4 Kg6 44.Bd6 Nd5 45.b5 Kh5 46.Nf (60) Arluck,William (2071) Kopiecki,Edward (2050) [D03] [Stockfish,7.64] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.e Bd3 b6 7.Qe2 Bb7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.h4 h6 10.g4 Be7 11.g5 h5 12.Ne5 g a5 14.f4 Kg7 15.Rdg1 c5 16.c3 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Nxa6 18.Nf1 Qc7 19.Ng3 Bd6 20.Nxh5+ gxh5 21.Qxh5 Rh8 22.Qg4 cxd4 23.exd4 Nb4 Diagram Q Kb1?? [24.h5+ ] 24...Bxe5 25.fxe5 Qc Qf3 Qxa2+ 27.Kc1 Qa1+ 28.Kd2 Qxb2+ 29.Ke1 Rhc8 30.Rh3 Qc1+ 31.Kf2 Qd2+ 32.Kf1 Nc2 33.g6 Qe1+ 34.Kg2 Qe4 35.Qxe4 dxe4 36.gxf7 Kxf7 The rest of the score was undecipherable. The game went to around move Page 5

6 (61) Sasmor,Kenneth (1855) Ilao,Rito (1698) [E61] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 g6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Be Re8 9.h3 Bf5 10.Qb3 Qc8 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bh2 Nf6 13.Rac1 Bh6 14.Rcd1 Nc6 15.Nh4 Bd7 16.Nf3 Na5 17.Qb4 b6 18.b3 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bd7 20.Ne2 Qb7 21.d5 Qc8 22.Qc3 Nb7 23.b4 Bg7 24.Qd2 a5 25.a3 axb4 26.axb4 Ra3 27.Bf4 Nh5 28.Be3 e5 29.dxe6 Bxe6 30.Qc2 Bd7 31.Qd2 Bxh3 32.gxh3 Qxh3 33.Nh2 Be5 34.Nf4 Diagram Q 34...Bxf4?! [34...Qh4! 35.Rfe1 Re6 36.Nf3 (36.Nxe6 Qxh2+ 37.Kf1 Qh3+ 38.Ke2 Qxe6-+) 36...Qg4+ 37.Ng2 Qxf3] 35.Bxf4= Rxd3 36.Qxd3 Nxf4 37.Qxh3 Nxh3+ 38.Kg2 Nf4+ 39.Kf3 g5 40.Ng4 Kg7 41.Ne3 Kg6 [41...h5 ] 42.Nd5 Nh3 [42...Nxd5] 43.Kg4+ Nf4 44.Nxf4+ gxf4 45.Kxf4 f5 46.f3 Kf6 47.Rd5 Re5 48.Rh1 Nd8 49.Rh6+ Kg7 50.Rhxd6 Ne6+ 51.Kxe5 1-0 (62) Muwwakkil,Mulazim (1908) Simonaitis,Arunas (2029) [D34] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be Bg5 Be6 10.dxc5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Qxd8?! [12.Bxe7] 12...Rfxd8 13.Bxe7 exf3 Diagram Bxf3 [14.Bxd8 fxg2 15.Rfd1 Nxd8 16.Kxg2=] 14...Nxe7 15.Bxb7 Rab8 16.c6 Re8 17.e4 Bc8 18.Rac1 Bxb7 19.cxb7 Rxb7 20.Rc2 Ng6 21.f3 Ne5 22.b3 f6 23.Kg2 Rd8 24.Kf2 Rbd7 25.Ke2 Nd3 26.a3 Kf7 27.f4 Ke7 28.Rc3 h6 29.Rf3 Nb2 30.Rc2 Nd1 31.b4 Rd4 32.Rc7+ Kf8 33.e5 Re4+ 34.Kf1 Ne3+ 35.Kf2 Rd2+ 36.Kg1 Rd1+ 37.Kf2 Ng4+ 38.Kg2 Re2+ 39.Kh3 h5 40.Rc8+ Kf7 41.e6+ Kg6 42.Rc2 Rxc2 0-1 (63) Phanstiel,Jonathan (1709) Drazil,Frank (1594) [D02] 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 h6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 c4 9.Bc2 Be7 10.Nbd2 Nf8 11.Ne5 Bd N8h7 13.Qf3 Ng5 14.Qg3 Nh5 15.Qg4 Nf6 16.Bxg5 Diagram Q Page 6

7 16...Nxg4? [16...hxg5 17.Qxg5 Kf8 ] 17.Bxd8+ Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Bb f4 Bd6 21.e4 Re8 22.a5 Bd7 23.Ba4 Bb5 24.Bxb5 axb5 25.Rae1 d4 26.cxd4 Bb4 27.Rd1 c3 28.bxc3 Bxc3 29.Nb3 f5 30.e5 g5 31.Rf3 b4 32.Rg3 Bb2 33.fxg5 h5 34.h4 Rac8 35.Nc5 Kg7 36.Nxb7 Rc2 37.Nc5 Ra8 38.Rgd3 Bc3 39.Rb1 f4 40.Rb3 Bd2 41.Ne4 Be3+ 42.Kh1 Rc1+ 43.Kh2 Rc2 44.Rxb4 Bc1 45.Rc3 Rc8 46.Bc5 Rxc5 47.Rxc5 Re2 48.Rc7+ Kg6 49.Rxc1 f3 50.Kg1 Rxg2+ 51.Kf1 Rh2 52.Nf2 Rxh4 53.a6 1-0 (64) Parhami,Payam (2221) Cohen,Ira (1859) [A45] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.Nd2 d6 5.e4 Nfd7 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.Bg Qc2 Qe8 9.Bb5 e5 10.dxe5 Ndxe Nxf3+ 12.Nxf3 a6 13.Bc4 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Be3 Re8 16.Bd3 Bd7 17.Rae1 Bc6 18.f4 Qe7 19.Bd4 Qd7 20.Qf2 d5 21.e5 Bb5 22.Qf3 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 b6 24.Bf2 Qb5 25.Qc2 Rad8 26.h3 c5 27.Rd1 Qc4 28.Bh4 Rd7 29.b3 Qb5 30.c4 Qc6 31.cxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Qxd5 33.Rd1 Qb7 34.Qd3 h6 35.Bf2 Bf8 36.Qd7 Qxd7 37.Rxd7 Rb8 38.g4 a5 39.f5 [39.a4] 39...gxf5 40.gxf5 Re8 41.Bg3 Be7 42.Rb7 Bg5 43.Kg2 Be3 44.Kf3 Bd4 45.f6 Diagram Bxe5?? 46.Re7 1-0 (65) Murphy,Richard (2014) Lorenzo,Antonio (1800) [A37] 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e Nge7 7.Rb1 d5 8.d Bd2 d4 10.Ne4 b6 11.h4 f5 12.Neg5 h6 13.Nh3 e5 14.Ne1 Rb8 15.b4 cxb4 16.Bxb4 Nxb4 17.Rxb4 Qd6 18.Qb3 Be6 19.Qb1 Qd7 Diagram Q+ 20.c5 [20.f4 e4 ] 20...f4 21.Kh2 Nc6 22.Rb2 fxg3+ 23.Kxg3 e4 24.dxe4 Qc7+ 25.f4 bxc5 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Qd3 Bxa2 28.e5 Nxe5 [28...Ne7-+] 29.fxe5 Qxe5+ 30.Kf2 Rb3 Diagram Q Page 7 31.Qe4 [31.Nf3 ] 31...Qxe4 32.Bxe4 Rxh3 33.Nf3 Bf6 34.Ra1 Bxh4+ 35.Kg2 Be6 36.Bd5 Rg3+ 37.Kh2 Bxd5 38.Nxh4 Re3 39.Nxg6 Rxe2+ 40.Kh3 Kg7 41.Nf4 Re3+ 42.Kg4 Re4 [42...Bf3+ 43.Kf5 d3] 43.Rxa7+?! [43.Kf5 Bb7 44.Ne6+ Kh8 45.Nxc5 Re7 46.Kf6 Rc7 47.Rxa7 Rc6+ 48.Kf7 Rxc5 49.Rxb7 Rc6 50.Rd7 Kh7 51.Rxd4 h5 ] 43...Kf6 44.Ra6+ Ke5 0-1

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