Queens Chess Club Championship 2016 Round 6 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
(67) Casanova,Al (1780) Hua,Charles (1840) [B43] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.0-0 d6 9.a3 Nf6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Be7 12.Rad1 h6 13.Bxf6 + + + Q + + + Games + + + + + Q+ + + + + + 15...Nxf4?! 16.Kb1?! [16.exf4 Qe3+ 17.Kb1 Qxg3 18.Qe2++ ] 16...Nxd3 [16...Nxh3 17.Rxh3 Bxg4-+] 17.Rxd3 Qd6 18.e4 dxe4 19.Ngxe4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Qf4 21.Qe2 0-0 22.Rf1 Qc7 23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Qe7 Rad8 25.d5 Rfe8 26.Nxe8+ Rxe8 27.Rxf7+ 1-0 13...Bxf6?? [13...Nxf6 14.Rfe1 0-0=] 14.Ndxb5! axb5 15.Nxb5 Qc6 16.Nxd6+ Ke7 17.Nxb7 Be5 18.Qb4+ Ke8 19.f4 Bc7 20.e5 Qb6+ 21.Qxb6 Bxb6+ 22.Kh1 Rb8 23.Bc6 1-0 (68) Dippel,George (1807) Glad,Clayton (1578) [D36] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.0-0-0 g6 11.g4 Ng7 12.Nge2 Nf6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Ng3 Ne6 15.f4 (69) Lawson,Brian (2028) Parhami,Payam (2221) [A80] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bg5 Be7 4.h4 Nf6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Bd7 10.0-0-0 c4 11.Be2 b5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.g4 b4 14.gxf5 bxc3 15.Qxc3 exf5 16.Ne5 Qe7 17.Ndf3 Nb4 18.Kb1 Rab8 19.Rdg1 Rb7 20.Ka1 Rfb8 21.Rb1 Ba4 22.Bd1 Qe8 + + + + + + + + Q + + + + + + Page 2 [22...Nxa2 23.Kxa2 Bxd1 24.Rhxd1 Rb3] 23.b3?? Nxa2! 24.Kxa2 Bxb3+ 25.Bxb3 cxb3+ 26.Rxb3 Rxb3 0-1
(70) Spigel,David (1899) Frumkin,Ed (2007) [B07] 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.h3 0-0 6.Be3 Na6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bxa6 cxd4 9.Nxd4 bxa6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qd3 Rc8 12.Rae1 Rxc3 13.Qxc3 Nxe4 14.Qb4 Qd7 15.Kh2 Rc8 16.c3 Nc5 17.Qc4 a5 18.Nb3 Ne4 19.Qd3 a4 20.Nd2 Nxd2 21.Bxd2 Qc6 22.Rf2 e5 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.b3 e4 25.Qe3 axb3 26.axb3 Qb5 ½-½ + Q + + + + + (71) Felber,Joseph (2002) Arluck,William (2071) [B40] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be2 Qb6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.c3 Nf6 8.0-0 Nxe4 9.Bd3 Nf6 10.Nd2 d5 11.N2b3 Bxd4 12.Nxd4 Qd8 13.Bg5 0-0 14.f4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 h6 16.Bh4 Bd7 17.Qe2 Re8 18.Qe5 Rc8 19.Rf3 + + + + Q + + + + 19...Bc6?! [19...a6 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Rf1 Bb5] 20.Rg3 Kf8 21.Rf1 a6 22.Rff3 Bb5 23.Bxb5 axb5 24.h3 Rc1+ 25.Kh2 Rc6 26.Rxg7 Kxg7 27.Bxf6+ 1-0 (72) Mordukhay,Mikhail (1500) Sasmor,Kenneth (1855) [A00] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.Ng5 Qd5 6.d3 Bf5 7.Qe2? [7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.dxe4 Qxe4+ 9.Be2=] 7...exd3 8.cxd3 Nc6 9.Be3 e6 10.0-0-0 Qxa2 11.Qc2 Bb4 12.Ne4 Qa1+ 13.Qb1 Qxb1+ 14.Kxb1 0-0-0 15.Be2 Nd4 16.Bxd4 Rxd4 17.Nc3 a6 18.h4 Rhd8 19.Kc2 h6 20.f3 Be7 21.g4 Bg6 22.h5 Bh7 23.Rhf1 c5 24.Ne4 b5 25.Nf2 c4 26.Ne4 Kb7 27.Kc3 b4+ 28.Kc2 a5?! [28...b3+ 29.Kc1 cxd3 30.Bxd3 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Rxd3+ ] 29.dxc4 Bg5 30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Kb3 Bxe4 32.fxe4 Rd2 33.Rxf7+ Kb6 34.Bf3 Bf6 35.e5 Rd3+ 36.Kc2 Rxf3 37.exf6 gxf6 38.Rh7 Kc5 39.b3 Kd4 + + + + + + + Page 3
40.Rxh6 [40.Rd7+ Ke4 41.Rd6] 40...Rf2+ 41.Kd1 Kc3 [41...a4 42.bxa4 b3-+] 42.Ke1 Rf4 43.Rg6 a4 44.bxa4 b3 45.Rg8 b2 46.Rb8 Kc2 [46...Rxc4-+] 47.h6 Rxg4 48.a5 Rg8 49.Rb7 b1q+ 50.Rxb1 Kxb1 51.a6 Kc2 52.h7 Rd8 53.a7 Kc3 54.Kf2 Kxc4 55.Kg3 Kb5 56.Kg4 Kb6 57.Kh5 Kxa7 58.Kg6 e5 0-1 (73) Zilbermintz,Lev (2066) Kleinman,Jay (1957) [D00] 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nxe4 Nc6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Qd7 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Bxf5 Nxf5 10.Qd3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nf6 13.c4 Qg4 14.g3 0-0 15.Ne2 c6 16.Nc3 Rfd8 17.0-0 Rac8 18.e4 cxd5 19.cxd5 Rxc3?! [19...Rc7 20.Rab1 Rdc8 21.Rb3 Rc4 ] 20.Qxc3 Qxe4 21.Rae1 Qa4 22.Qxe5 Qxc2 23.d6 h6 24.Re2 Qd3 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Qxf6 Qxe2 27.Qxd8+ Kg7 28.Qe7 Qd1+ 29.Kf2 Qd2+ 30.Kf3 Qd3+ 31.Kg2 Qc2+ 32.Kh3 Qf5+ 33.Kg2 Qd5+ 34.Kg1 Qd1+ 35.Kf2 Qd2+ 36.Kf3 Qd3+ 37.Kf4 Qd4+ 38.Kf5 Qd3+ 39.Kg4 Qd1+ [39...Qg6+ 40.Kf4 Qf6+ 41.Ke4 (41.Qxf6+ Kxf6 42.Kg4 b5 43.Kf4 (43.Kh5 b4) 43...Ke6-+) 41...Qf2 42.a3 Qxh2=] 40.Kh4 Qd4+ 41.Kh3 + Q + + + + + (74) Lorenzo,Antonio (1800) Bonin,Jay (2413) [C02] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 Bb5 7.0-0 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Qa6 9.Qxa6 Nxa6 10.a3 c4 11.a4 f6 12.Na3 Ne7 13.Re1 Kd7 14.Nb5 Ng6 15.h4 h5 16.g3 Nb8 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bf4 Nxf4 19.gxf4 a6 20.Na3 Nc6 21.Nc2 Bd6 22.f5 exf5 23.Ne3 Ne7 24.Kh1 f4 25.Nc2 Nf5 26.Rg1 Rhg8 27.Rxg8 Rxg8 28.Rg1 Rxg1+ 29.Kxg1 Kc6 30.Na1 Kb6 31.b4 cxb3 32.Nxb3 Ba3 33.Kg2 Bb2 34.Nc5 Bxc3 35.Nd7+ Ka5 36.Nxf6 Kxa4 37.Nxd5 Kb3 38.Nxf4 a5 39.d5 a4 40.Nd3 a3 41.Nc1+ Kc2 42.Na2 Kb2 43.Nxc3 Kxc3 0-1 + + 41...Qd5 [41...Qc5= 42.Qxb7 Qh5+ 43.Kg2 Qe2+] 42.Kh4 [42.d7!+ ] 42...Qxa2 43.Qe5+ Kg8 [43...Kg6 44.h3 Qd2=] 44.h3 Qc4+ [44...Qd2 45.Qe7] 45.g4 Qd3 46.Qe8+ Kg7 47.d7 1-0 Page 4
(75) Ilao,RIto (1698) Muwwakkil,Mulazim (1908) [D38] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Qc2 Bh5 9.Bd2 Re8 10.Nb5 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 c6 12.Nc3 Nbd7 13.Ne2 Qc7 14.g3 Qa5 15.0-0 Ne4 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Bxe4 + + + Q+ The rest of the score was undecipherable. Black won in about 29 moves. 0-1 (76) Cohen,Ira (1859) Phanstiel,Jonathan (1709) [A01] 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 d6 5.Nc3 f5 6.g3 Bd7 7.Bg2 Bc6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Rc1 Nd7 10.d4 Be4 11.0-0 Nf6 12.e3 0-0 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Qc2 d5 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Qc5 [17.Qxc7 ] 17...c6 18.Rc2 Bf8 19.Qxd5 cxd5 20.Bh3 Ba3 21.Nb1 Bd6 22.Nc3 a6 23.Na4 g5 24.Bf5 Red8 25.Nb6 Rab8 26.Rb1 Bb4 27.Kg2 Ne8 28.Bg4 Nf6 29.Bf5 Kg7 30.h4 g4 31.Rc8 Ba3 32.Rxb8 Rxb8 33.b4 + + + + + + + + + + 33...a5?? 34.bxa5 h5 35.Rb3 Bf8 36.Bc8 Ne8 37.Bd7 Nf6 38.Bb5 Kg6 39.Kf1 Kf5 40.Bd7+ Kg6 41.Rb5 Rd8 42.Bc8 Ba3 43.Bxb7 Rb8 44.a6 1-0 (77) Rawlins,Guy (1530) Sirotnik,James (1658) [A46] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Be7 4.Nbd2 b6 5.e4 Bb7 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bg3 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Ne4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Rc8 12.Bh4 f6 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Be2 h5 15.a3 e5 16.Qd2 Qc7 17.0-0 Qc6 18.Bf3 Qe6 19.Rac1 Bc6 20.c4 Nf4 21.g3 + + + + + + + + + Q + + Page 5
21...Bxe4 [21...f5 22.Ng5 Bxg5 23.Bxg5 Nh3+ 24.Kg2 Bxf3+ 25.Kxf3 Rg8 ] 22.Bxe4 Nh3+ 23.Kg2 Rg8 24.Bd5 Nf4+ 25.Qxf4 [25.Kh1 Qh3 26.gxf4 Rg7 27.Bg3+ ] 25...exf4 26.Bxe6 dxe6 27.Kf3 fxg3 28.fxg3 Rg4 29.b3 Rc5 30.h3 Rf5+ 31.Kg2 Rxf1 32.Rxf1 Rg6 33.a4 f5 34.Bxe7 Kxe7 35.h4 Rg8 36.Rd1 Rd8 37.Rc1 Rd2+ 38.Kg1 e5 39.c5 bxc5 40.Rxc5 Rd1+ 41.Kf2 Rd2+ 42.Ke3 Rb2 43.Rxe5+ Kf6 44.Rb5 Rb1 45.Rb7 Rg1 46.Kf2 Rb1 47.b4 Rb2+ 48.Kf3 Rb3+ 49.Kf4 Rb2 50.a5 Rc2 51.b5 Rc4+ 52.Kf3 Rc3+ 53.Kg2 Rc2+ 54.Kh3 Rb2 55.b6 1-0 (78) Kopiecki,Edward (2050) Ryba,Andrew (2353) [B33] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.f4 Qb6+ 10.Kh1 d6 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Qf3 Qb4 13.Bd3 Be6 14.Qg3 Rad8 15.Qxe5 Ng4 16.Qf4 Bd6 17.e5 Qxf4 18.Bxf4 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Be4 c5 21.Na4 c4 22.Nc5 Bc8 23.h3 f5 24.Bb7 Bxb7 25.Nxb7 Rd2 26.Rae1 Nc6 27.Re6 Nb4 28.Nd6 g6 29.Nxc4 Rxc2 30.b3 Rxa2 31.Rd1 Rf7 32.Ne5 Rc7 33.g4 f4 34.g5 Re2 35.h4 + + + + + 35...Nd3! 36.Rc6 Rxc6 37.Nxc6 Nf2+ 0-1 Page 6