[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hamilton, Timothy"]
[Black "Curdo, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
1. Nc3
The Dunst Opening, a favorite of New York master Asa Hoffman.
e5
Of the natural retorts, this move may not be the most effective, as it allows White to essentially play the position as a double-king-pawn opening, where the knight on c3 fits in well. On 1 … d5, 2 d4 is a Veresov, whereas 2 e4 dxe4 3 Nxe4 is like a Caro where Black has not had to spend a tempo on … c7-c6. Also good is 1 … c5, heading most usually to a Closed Sicilian.
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4! exd4 4. Nxd4
Now the position is like a Scotch, only White has not played the "weakening" e2-e4. Thus, 4 … Nf6 is answered by 5 Bg5.
Bc5 5. Be3
Better is 5 Nb3 Bb6 6 Nd5, and if 6 … Nge7 7 c4, with a pleasant outpost on d5 for White.
Bb4?!
Overlooking White’s idea. 5 … Bb6 was indicated.
6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd4
White’s quick development and grip on the dark squares gives him a significant edge.
Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 f6
DIAGRAM
9. Bxa7!
An unusual combination. White had to look about 5 moves ahead.
Rxa7 10. Qe3+ Qe7 11. Qxa7 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxb2 13. Qe3+ Ne7 14. Qc1
Consolidating the extra material.
Qb6 15. e4 O-O 16. Qa3 Re8 17. Qb3+ Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Kd2 Rxe4 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Ra8 Nb6 22. Ra7 d6 23. Rxc7
1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IM Delaune, Richard"]
[Black "Passov, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Nd7 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. Nc3 Ned5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. h4 f5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Qe2 Qc7
14. Neg5 fxg5 15. hxg5 Kf7 16. Ne5+ Ke8 17. Rxh7 Kd8 18. g6 Nf6 19. Bf4
Nxh7 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxc7+ Kxc7 22. gxf7 Nf8 23. g4 Nd5 24. Qe4 Bd6
25. O-O-O Kb6 26. Rg1 Nf4 27. g5 Bd7 28. Qf3 e5 29. g6 N4xg6 30. Bxg6
exd4 31. Qf6 Ne6 32. Re1 Nf4 33. Qxd6 Nd3+ 34. Bxd3 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Santana, Joan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. Qe2 Ngf6 7. Neg5
Nd5 8. d4 Be7 9. Bd2 h6 10. Ne4 N7f6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Bb3 a5 16. c4 a4 17. Bc2 Bd4 18. Nf3 Bxb2 19. Rab1
a3 20. Qd3 Nf4 21. Qe3 e5 22. Bc1 Ng4 23. Qe1 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Re8 25. c5
Bd7 26. Bf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 e4 28. Qb4 exf3 29. g3 Nh3+ 30. Kh1 Ngxf2+
31. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 32. Kg1 Qe5 0-1
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "GM Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3
c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bd7 13. Ra1
Qb2 14. Bg5 Bb5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc8 17. Rfb1 Qc2 18. Rc1 Qxd3
19. Rxc8+ Bf8 20. Bh6 Nd7 21. Rxa8 f6 22. e5 Kf7 23. Re1 e6 24. Bxf8
Nxf8 25. exf6 Nd7 26. Rd8 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "IM Meyer, Eugene"]
[Black "Winer, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 f5 12. a3 Kh8 13. Qc2 Ng8 14. b4
Bh6 15. Rad1 Ngf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qxf5 Nxd5 18. Qh5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bf4
20. g3 Nf6 21. Qf3 Bh6 22. Ne4 axb4 23. Bxe5 Bg7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. axb4
Be5 26. Qe3 Ra4 27. Qb3 Ra8 28. f4 Bg7 29. Rfe1 Bf5 30. Bf3 Qb8 31. c5
Qa7 32. Qe3 Qa4 33. cxd6 cxd6 34. Nxd6 Qxb4 35. Qe7 Bc2 36. Nf7+ 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ritvin, Stan"]
[Black "GM Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Re1 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. Bf4 e5 10. Be3 h6 11. Na3 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nc2 Qf6
14. Nd2 Be6 15. f4 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 exf4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Re6
Qf5 20. Qf3 Be5 21. Qe4 Qg5 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 fxg3 24. dxe5 Qxd2
25. hxg3 Rac8 26. Bc4 d5 27. Qxd5 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Rf5 29. g4 Qh4+ 0-1
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meyer, John"]
[Black "Hamilton, Timothy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be3
g6 8. h4 Bg7 9. Qb3 Nge7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h5 Nf5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qxb7
Nfxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd5 Qf6 16. Rd2 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Qf4 18. g3 Nb3+
19. axb3 Qxd2+ 20. Kb1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rd1+ 23. Kb2 Rad8 0-1
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "GM Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lanier, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. a3 d6 7. h4 h6
8. e3 a5 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. h5 Nf4 13. Bf5 e4
14. Bxe4 Bg4 15. Kf1 Rfe8 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 N4xh5 18. Qh3 g5 19. g4
Kh7 20. Ne1 Rg8 21. gxh5 g4 22. Qg2 g3 23. Nd3 Ba7 24. Rh3 gxf2 25. Qxf2
Ng4 26. Qf5+ Kh8 27. Ne4 f6 28. Bc3 Raf8 29. Nf4 Ne5 30. Ng6+ 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "GM Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3
e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Qc7 13. a6 Bc6
14. Qd4 b6 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qe3 e5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rd3 Qd7
20. Nd2 b5 21. b4 Rc7 22. Nf1 Qe6 23. h4 h5 24. Qe2 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4
26. Qd2 Qe5 27. Re1 Rdc8 28. g3 fxg3 29. Nxg3 Bd7 30. Nge2 Bg4 31. Bg2
Bxe2 32. f4 Qe6 33. Rxe2 Qc4 34. e5 dxe5 35. fxe5 Ng4 36. Nd5 Bxh4
37. Nxc7 Qxc7 38. Rd7 Qb6+ 39. Qd4 Qh6 40. Qd2 Bg5 41. Qd3 Qb6+ 42. Kh1
Nf2+ 43. Rxf2 Qxf2 44. Qf3 Qh4+ 45. Bh3 Bf4 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Bf1 Qxe5
48. Rd5 Qe3+ 49. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 50. Kh1 g5 51. Bd3 h4 52. Kg2 Bf4 53. Rxb5
Re8 54. Rf5 Re3 55. b5 h3+ 0-1
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hamilton, Timothy"]
[Black "IM Meyer, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. e4 Nf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb5
Be7 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. f4 Re8
13. Rde1 Ng4 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qb5 Nf6 16. g4 Rb8 17. Qd3 d4 18. g5 Nd5
19. g6 hxg6 20. Nxg6 Bb7 21. Rhg1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 fxg6 23. Qxg6 Nxf4
24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Bf8 0-1
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacIntyre, Paul"]
[Black "GM Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 b6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. g3 Nb4 7. Kd1 c5
8. Bg2 Bb7 9. e5 e6 10. h4 h6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. c3 Nbc6
14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. Nc2 d4 16. c4 g5 17. hxg5 Ng6 18. gxh6 Nxf4 19. gxf4
Bxh6 20. Rh4 Ne7 21. Nce1 Ng6 22. Rxh6 Rxh6 23. Qd2 Rdh8 24. Kc2 f6
25. a4 Rh5 26. a5 Rf5 27. axb6 axb6 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Ra7 Bxg2 30. Rxc7+
Kxc7 31. Nxg2 fxe5 32. c5 exf4 33. cxb6+ Kb7 34. Qb4 Rc8+ 35. Kd2 Rfc5
36. Qxd4 e5 37. Qe4+ R8c6 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "MacIntyre, Paul"]
[Black "GM Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. c3 Nge7
8. a3 O-O 9. b4 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Nfd2 Be6 12. Nc4 b5 13. Ncd2 cxb4
14. axb4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Na3 f5 17. f3 Qb8 18. Qb1 g5 19. Qb2 b4
20. cxb4 Qxb4 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Ndc4 Ra6 23. Rab1 Nec6 24. Nb5 f4
25. Bd2 Nxd3 26. Ncxd6 Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Rxf5
30. Rb3 Nc5 31. Rb8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. gxf4 Nb3 34. Rd1 Nxd2
35. Rxd2 gxf4 36. Bf1 Ra3 37. Kg2 Bf6 38. Bd3 Kf7 39. Kh3 Be5 40. Kg4
Ke6 41. Kh5 Bg7 42. Kg4 Bf6 43. Kh5 Bg5 44. Kg4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kagan, Frederick"]
[Black "GM Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. f4
Qc5 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. Rhe1 a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Bxa4 18. Nxa4 Qb4
19. Qd4 Rg8 20. g3 h5 21. Re3 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rb8 23. Red3 h4 24. Nc3 Kd7
25. Ra4 Bd8 26. Ne2 Rb5 27. c4 Rh5 28. Nd4 hxg3 29. hxg3 Rh3 30. Kc2
Rh2+ 31. Kb1 Rg2 32. Nb5 R8xg3 33. Rxd6+ Ke7 34. c5 Rb3 35. Rad4 Rbxb2+
36. Ka1 Ra2+ 37. Kb1 Rab2+ 38. Ka1 Ra2+ 39. Kb1 Rab2+ 40. Kc1 Rxb5
41. Rxd8 Rb7 42. c6 Rc7 43. R4d7+ Rxd7 44. Rxd7+ Ke8 45. Rd4 e5 46. c7
exd4 47. c8=Q+ Ke7 48. Qc5+ Ke8 49. Qxd4 Ke7 50. Qc5+ Ke8 51. Qd6 a4
52. Kb1 Re2 53. Qxf6 a3 54. f5 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "IM Kaufman, Larry"]
[Black "Henry, Ron"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B29"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. exd6 e6 7. d4 Bxd6
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 Ne7 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. b3 Be5
14. Qe1 Bd4 15. Bf4 Rb7 16. Be5 Rd7 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Qe5 Rd7 19. Rad1
Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Ne4 c5 22. Rd2 e5 23. Rfd1 Bg4 24. f3 Be6 25. Ng5
Bc8 26. Rd8 Nc6 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Nxh7+ Ke7 29. Ng5 Nd4 30. Kf2 a5
31. Ne4 Bb7 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Re1 Kd6 34. f4 exf4 35. gxf4 Bxg2 36. Kxg2
f5 37. Re8 Re7 38. Nb5+ *
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "IM Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 d6
8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. d3 Re8 13. e3 Nf8
14. Rfd1 Rc7 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Qa5 N6d7 17. Rab1 Nb6 18. e4 Qa8 19. Nd2
e5 20. Nf1 f5 21. f3 Rf7 22. Ne3 g6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 f4 25. Qb5 g5
26. Bc3 h5 27. a4 g4 28. Rf1 Rb8 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. dxc6 Re8 31. a5 Nc8
32. fxg4 fxg3 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. gxh5 gxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Ne6 36. Bd2 Rh8
37. h6 Nf4 38. Bxf4 exf4 39. Bh3 Rxh6 40. Rf1 Ke8 41. Rxf4 Rh7 42. Kg3
Rc7 43. Bd7+ Ke7 44. Kf3 a6 45. Ke4 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Martinovsky, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. Nbd2 a5
8. b5 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Ng6 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 h6
14. Rb1 Qe7 15. Re1 Kh8 16. Rb2 Rae8 17. h3 Qd8 18. g3 Qc8 19. Kg2 Nh7
20. d4 f5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Bd3 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4
25. Bxe4 Nf6 26. Bb1 d5 27. Qd3 Bc5 28. Qg6 Qe8 29. Bf4 Qxg6 30. Bxg6
Bd6 31. Bxd6 cxd6 32. Re2 Rd8 33. Bf5 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. b6 d4
36. cxd4 d5 37. Be6 Nf6 38. Kf3 g5 39. Ke3 Kg7 40. Bc8 Kf8 41. Bxb7 Ke7
42. Bc6 Kd6 43. b7 Kc7 44. f4 Kb8 45. fxg5 hxg5 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kagan, Frederick"]
[Black "GM Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Ne5 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Be6 15. Rb5 Qc7 16. Qd2 a6 17. Ra5 Bc4 18. Ra4 b5 19. Rxa6
Qb7 20. Ra3 Bxf1 21. Na5 Qb6 22. Rxf1 b4 23. Rb3 Qxa5 24. Kb1 Ra8 0-1
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "IM Meyer, Eugene"]
[Black "GM Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. d3 bxc4 6. dxc4 Bb7 7. O-O Be7
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 d6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Ng4
14. Qe2 Nge5 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. h3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bf6 18. Qg4 Rab8 19. Rd2
Bc8 20. Red1 Bd4 21. Qe2 Rb4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nb1 e5 24. b3 a5 25. Na3
a4 26. Rb2 Ba6 27. Bf1 axb3 28. axb3 Na5 29. Rdb1 Rdb8 30. Qd1 Qc5
31. Nb5 Bb7 32. Ra1 Nc6 33. Bd3 Nd8 34. Ra5 Ne6 35. Rba2 Qb6 36. Bc2 Nc5
37. Qe1 Rxb3 38. Bxb3 Nxb3 39. R5a3 Nc5 40. f3 Qd8 41. Qa5 Kf8 42. Qxd8+
Rxd8 43. Nc7 g6 44. Ra7 Rc8 45. Nd5 f5 46. Rb2 fxe4 47. fxe4 d3 48. Kf2
Nxe4+ 49. Ke3 Bxd5 50. cxd5 d2 51. Rbb7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "IM Meyer, Eugene"]
[Black "GM Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rb1 a4 12. b4 axb3 13. Nxb3 b6
14. Ra1 Qe8 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Na7 Ra8 18. Nb5 Rc8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Treger, Effim"]
[Black "IM Kaufman, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O
8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne3 g6 16. Bb3 Ra7 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. a4 b4 19. Bd5 bxc3
20. bxc3 Ne7 21. Ba2 Rf8 22. Rb1 Kh7 23. Ndc4 Be6 24. Rb6 Nc8 25. Rb2 f5
26. Na5 Bd7 27. Nec4 f4 28. f3 g5 29. g4 fxg3 30. hxg3 Be8 31. Rh2 Raf7
32. Rf1 g4 33. Nd2 Qxa5 34. Bxf7 Rxf7 35. fxg4 Qxc3 36. g5 Rxf1+
37. Qxf1 Ne7 38. gxh6 Bxh6 39. Qf8 Ng8 40. Qxe8 Qxd3 41. Qf7+ Kh8
42. Qg6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "GM Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Gelman, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7
8. Rd1 h6 9. Bh4 Nh7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. f4 Qe7
14. O-O dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Qf2 b6 18. Ng3 g6 19. e4 Nf6
20. e5 Ne8 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Qh3 Kg7 24. Ng3 Qb4 25. b3 b5
26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6 Nc7 28. Qg4 Rf7 29. f5 Raf8 30. e6 Rf6 31. Nh5+
Kh7 32. Nxf6+ Rxf6 33. fxg6+ 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "GM Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 d4 7. Nb1
Nbd7 8. d3 e5 9. h4 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Qa5 11. a3 c5 12. g4 Nf8 13. Ke2 Bxd2
14. Bxd2 Qc7 15. g5 N6d7 16. b3 Ne6 17. Bh3 Qd6 18. h5 Rf8 19. Bf5 g6
20. Bg4 O-O-O 21. Qh3 Rde8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. a4 Kc7 24. Rae1 Nb8
25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Rh7 Nc6 28. Reh1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "IM Delaune, Richard"]
[Black "GM Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 c6
8. Rb1 a5 9. b3 Na6 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. a3 Rb8 12. Re1 b5 13. Ba1 b4
14. axb4 Nxb4 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Qb6 17. e3 Ng4 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Bf1
Qb7 20. Bc4 Bxa4 21. bxa4 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rfc8 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Rab1 Qd7
25. Nd4 Qxa4 26. Ra1 Qd7 27. Nc6 Ra8 28. Red1 Kf8 29. Nxb4 axb4 30. Bb5
Qc7 31. Rab1 Qc5 32. Bc6 Ra3 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. Bxb5 Rc5 35. Bc6 b3
36. Rb2 Ne4 37. Rd3 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rc2 39. Rdxb3 Rxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Rxb3
41. Re2 Kf7 42. Bd7 Kf6 43. g4 Rd3 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Bc6 Nc5 0-1
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Beckman, Thomas"]
[Black "Curdo, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A86"]
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nh3 O-O 7. Bg5 c6
8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c5 10. e4 f4 11. gxf4 h6 12. fxe5 hxg5 13. exf6 Bxf6
14. f3 g4 15. fxg4 Bh4+ 16. Kd1 Bxg4+ 17. Kc2 Nd7 18. Raf1 Qe7 19. Qh6
Ne5 20. Rf4 Rxf4 21. Nxf4 Bg5 22. Nxg6 Qf6 23. Nxe5 Qf2+ 24. Kb3 Bxh6
25. Nxg4 Qxg2 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Re1 Kxh6 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Qxh2
30. Re7 b6 31. Nb5 a6 32. Nc7 Rg8 0-1
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kagan, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5
Ng8 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. Bf4 Qa5 10. O-O Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1 Qf5 13. Qd4
Qf6 14. Qc5 Kf8 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Qd4 Nf6 17. Nd6 Qa5 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "GM Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "IM Shliperman, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6
8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2
b6 14. Kf2 g5 15. Nf3 gxf4 16. Qxd4 f6 17. Be2 O-O 18. exf6 Nxf6
19. Rhc1 Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Rf5 21. Rc7 e5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Nf6 24. h4
Rh5 25. Ng5 Rxh4 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Bc4 Be6 28. Nxe6 Ne3 29. Bb3 b5
30. Rac1 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "GM Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "IM Meyer, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 g6
8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Rc1 b6 11. Bb1 Bb7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Ne5
14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. f3 O-O 16. Qf2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Be3 Rab8 19. b4 f5
20. exf5 gxf5 21. Na4 Ba8 22. c5 bxc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Rbc8
25. Bd3 Bh6 26. Bxa6 Rcd8 27. Bc4 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Kh8 29. Nxe6 Qxc4
30. Rxc4 Rd1+ 31. Qf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Bd5 33. Nxf8 Bxc4+ 34. Kf2 Bxa2
35. Nd7 e4 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "GM Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Treger, Effim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7
8. Bd3 e5 9. d5 a5 10. Nge2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. O-O-O a4
14. g4 Ng8 15. Kb1 Ra5 16. Nb5 b6 17. Nec3 Ne7 18. Rhg1 Nc8 19. h4 Na7
20. h5 g5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Bxa4 Nc8 23. Bc2 Nb6 24. b3 Qc8 25. f3 Qb7
26. Bd3 Rfa8 27. a3 Bxb5 28. Nxb5 Nc8 29. a4 c6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Bc2
R5a6 32. f4 gxf4 33. g5 hxg5 34. Rxg5 Qd7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qg2+ Kf8
37. Rg1 Qe6 38. Qg7+ Ke7 39. h6 Qf6 40. Nc7 Qxg7 41. hxg7 Nb6 42. Nxa8
Rxa8 43. g8=Q 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "GM Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "GM Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Ba2 Rd8 13. Qc2
1/2-1/2
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "GM Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "GM Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 h6
8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 c5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6
14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bc3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "IM Shliperman, Igor"]
[Black "Gelman, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. h3 Qb6 7. a3 O-O
8. c5 Qd8 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Rc1 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxc5
14. Nd4 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Ne4 16. Rc1 Bc8 17. b4 a6 18. Bh2 Qh4 19. Bd3 Re8
20. f4 f6 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Qf7 Rg8 24. Rcd1 fxe5 25. fxe5
Qg5 26. Bf4 Qh5 27. Qe7 g5 28. Bg3 Bxh3 29. gxh3 Qxh3 30. Ne2 Qg4
31. Rf7 Rae8 32. Qd7 Qh5 33. Qf5 Qf3 34. Qxf3 exf3 35. Rxf3 Bxe5
36. Bxe5+ Rxe5 1-0
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "GM Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "GM Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3
7. Qd4 f6 8. Qxc3 e5 9. b4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "IM Meyer, Eugene"]
[Black "GM Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nh4 c6 11. Nf5 Bf8 12. h3 Nb6 13. b3 Ne4
14. g4 Bxf5 15. gxf5 Nd6 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. e3 Nc8 19. Ne2
Ne7 20. Ng3 Qg5 21. Qd3 h5 22. f6 Qxf6 23. Nxh5 Qg5 24. Ng3 Bxg3
25. fxg3 Qxg3 26. Rf3 Qg5 27. Qf1 Nc8 28. Qf2 Nd6 29. Rg3 Qh6 30. Kh2
Re6 31. Rg1 Rae8 32. Bf1 a6 33. Bd3 Kg7 34. Rf1 Rh8 35. e4 dxe4 36. Bc4
e3 37. Qf3 e2 38. Bxe2 Qd2 39. Rf2 Qxd4 40. Rg4 Qe5+ 41. Kg1 Rf6 0-1
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "GM Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "GM Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qb6 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. e3 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Bb2 Bf6
19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qf5 a5 21. Qf4 a4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "IM Delaune, Richard"]
[Black "IM Kaufman, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c5
8. d5 b5 9. cxb5 Qa5 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nc1 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6
14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. N1e2 Nc4 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bc1 Ne5 18. O-O Qd3 19. Qxd3
Nxd3 20. Rb1 Rfb8 21. b3 c4 22. bxc4 Rxb1 23. Nxb1 Rxa4 24. Rd1 Nxc1
25. Rxc1 Nd7 26. Kf1 Nc5 27. Nd2 Ra2 28. Nb1 Rb2 29. Rd1 Nb3 30. Ke1 Rc2
31. Nd2 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxc4 33. g4 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. exf5 Rh4 36. Kf1
Rxh2 37. f4 h5 38. Kg1 Rh3 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. Ng1 Kf7 41. Nf3 Kf6 42. Nh4
Ra4 43. Re2 Rxf4 44. Re6+ Kg5 45. Nf3+ Kxf5 46. Rxe7 Rg4+ 47. Kf2 Bd4+
48. Ke2 Bc5 49. Rf7+ Ke4 50. Nd2+ Kd4 51. Nf3+ Kxd5 52. Rh7 Kc4 53. Rxh5
Rg2+ 54. Kd1 Rf2 55. Rh4+ Kd3 56. Ne1+ Kc3 57. Rh3+ Kc4 58. Rh4+ Kb5
59. Nd3 Rg2 60. Nxc5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "GM Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "GM Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. h3 h6
14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bf4
Ra7 20. Qd3 Rd7 21. Rad1 g6 22. f3 Bg7 23. Qa3 Qb6+ 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Bd4
a5 26. b4 Ra8 27. bxa5 Qxa5 28. Qxa5 Rxa5 29. Bb3 Ra8 30. Re2 Ne8
31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rc2 Rc7 33. Rdc1 Rac8 34. Kf2 Bd7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7
36. Rxc7 Nxc7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Ne2 Be6 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. Kc3 Bxb3 41. axb3
d5 42. e5 Ne6 43. h4 Kd7 44. g3 Kc7 45. b4 Kd7 46. Kd3 Nc7 47. g4 Ke7
48. Nc3 Kd7 49. f4 Kc6 50. f5 gxf5 51. gxf5 Na6 * unsure after this point
[Event "Eastern Open U1600"]
[Site "Washington, DC"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Strum, William"]
[Black "Mc Manus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. Kf1 Nh6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4
Ng4 8. Nxh4 Qxh4 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Bxf4 Nxd4 11. Qd2 Qf6 12. Nd5 Qd8
13. Qxd4 d6 14. h3 c6 15. hxg4 cxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qh5 Bxc4+ 18. Kf2
h6 19. g5 Qb6+ 20. Be3 Qxb2 21. Rac1 Kh7 22. gxh6 g6 23. Qd1 Qf6+
24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rfe8 26. a3 d5 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. Rcd1 Be6 29. c3
b6 30. Rh4 Rac8 31. Rf1 f6 32. f4 Rf8 33. Kg3 Rc4 34. Bd4 g5 35. fxg5
fxg5 36. Re1 Bg4 37. Re7+ Kg6 38. h7 Rf3+ 39. Kxg4 Rfxc3 40. h8=N# 1-0
This game was BADLY scored, I think this is mostly correct. but the
underpromotion to a Knight-mate was nice by Strum, one of the co-winners
of the Under1600 section.
Michael,
10 year old Robert Brady was the only clear section winner in this year's
Eastern Open, winning the Under1300 by 1.5 points. Here are two of his
games, might make a interesting part of the article. If you decide not to
lightly annotate one, I'll just include it as a small box...
Abdul Farahi v. Robert Brady
Eastern Open – December 28, 1997
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 d6
4. c3 Bd7
5. 0-0 Nf6
6. Re1 Be7
7. d4 0-0
8. Bg5 Nxd4
9. Nxd4 exd4
10. Bxd7 dxc3
11. Nxc3 Nxd7
12. Bxe7 Qxe7
13. Nd5 Qd8
14. Rc1 c6
15. Nf4 Qf6
16. Nh5 Qxb2
17. Rb1 Qe5
18. Rxb7 Nf6
19. Nxf6+ Qxf6
20. Qb3 Qe6
21. Qb1 Rfc8
22. Re3 c5
23. f4 c4
24. Qb2 d5
25. Qd4 Qc6
26. Rg3 g6
27. Rb1 c3
28. f5 c2
29. Rc1 Qb6
30. Qf2 Qb1
31. Qf4 Rab8
32. f6? Qxc1+!
33. resigns
Robert Brady v. James Darr
Eastern Open – December 29, 1997
1. e4 c5
2. Bc4 e6
3. Nc3 Nc6
4. Nf3 Be7
5. 0-0 a6
6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. Be3 0-0
9. Nxc6 bxc6
10. e5 Ng4?
11. Qxg4 Re8
12. Ne4 d5
13. Rfd1 Kh8
14. Ng5 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 Qc7
16. Bd3 Qxe5
17. Qh4 h6?
18. Bxh6! gxh6
19. Qxh6+ Kg8
20. Bh7+ Kh8
21. Bg6+ Kg8
22. Qh7+ Kf8
23. Qxf7#