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Round 1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Alsasua, E..”]
[Black “Reyes, Virgil”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B32”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3

Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5
5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3

d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nc3
Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Bf5 13. O-O Bxd3 14. Re1 e4 15. Bg5 O-O-O

16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Bf4+
Ka7 18. Bc7 Rde8 19. b4 b5 20. d6 Kb7 21. a4 Nd7 22.

axb5 axb5 23. h3 f5 24.
Nd5 Re5 25. Ne7 Bc4 26. Ba5 Ra8 27. Red1 Ra6 28. Rd4 f4

29. Re1 g5 30. Rdd1
1/2-1/2

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Patterson, Cameron”]
[Black “Casten, Fred”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B08”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6

3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7
5. Be3 c6 6. h3 Qa5 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O O-O 10.

a4 Re8 11. Rad1 Qc7
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. f4 h6 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Nxe6

Nxe6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18.
f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Ree8 20. Bxh6 Nh7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f6+

Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8 24.
Rf5 Rg6 25. Qh4 Kg8 26. Rh5 Nxf6 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Rxa8

Qb6+ 29. Qf2 Qb4 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Fischer, George”]
[Black “Dease, Dan”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D93”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4

g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5
5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4

10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc4
Qb6 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. O-O Rad8 14. Be5 Ne4 15. Qf4 Bxe5

16. Qxe5 Qxd4 17. Qxd4
Rxd4 18. Nxe4 Rxc4 19. Ng3 Bd3 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Rd2 Rcd4

22. Rc1 R4d6 23. Rc3
f5 24. Ra3 a6 25. Ne2 e5 26. Ra5 e4 27. Kh2 Bb5 28. Rxd6

Rxd6 29. Nc3 Rd2 30.
Nxb5 axb5 31. b3 Rxf2 32. Kg3 e3 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Re8

f4+ 35. Kg4 Kf7 36. Re4
h5+ 37. Kg5 c5 38. a4 bxa4 39. bxa4 Rxg2+ 40. Kxf4 Ra2

41. Kf3 e2 42. Kf2 g5
43. Re5 Kf6 44. Rxc5 e1=Q+ 45. Kxe1 Rxa4 46. Kf2 Re4 47.

Rb5 Re5 48. Rxe5 Kxe5
49. Ke3 h4 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. Ke3 g4 52. hxg4+ Kxg4 53. Kf2

1/2-1/2

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Zavala, Jonathan”]
[Black “Peterson, David”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A07”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 {0} e6 2. d3

d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3
e5 5. c3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O dxe4 9. dxe4

Be6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Re1
Bg4 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 Qe6 14. Qb5 Rab8 15. Nh4 Rfd8 16.

Ndf3 a6 17. Qe2 g6 18.
Qe3 Kh7 19. c4 Nb4 20. Nxe5 Nc2 21. Qc3 Nxe1 22. Rxe1

Rd1 23. Rxd1 Bxd1 24. f4
Bg4 25. Nxg4 Qxg4 26. Bf3 Qe6 27. f5 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Rg8

29. e5 Qf2 30. Bg2 Ne8
31. fxg6+ fxg6 32. Nf3 Rf8 33. e6 Qe2 34. Ng1 Qxe6 35.

Bd5 Qc8 36. Qe3 Bg5 37.
Qc5 Nd6 38. Be5 Be7 39. Qd4 Ne8 40. Qe3 Nf6 41. Bf4 Nxd5

42. cxd5 Qd7 43. d6
Qc6+ 44. Nf3 Bxd6 45. Kg1 Bxf4 46. Nd4 Bxe3# 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Herald, Matthew”]
[Black “Leung, Eric”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C42”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3

Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 d6
5. d3 h6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 d5 10.

Bd2 d4 11. Ne2 Bd6 12.
O-O c5 13. Nh2 g5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Nh5 a6 16. Ng7+ Kd7

17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ng4 Qe7
19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qh5 Rag8 21. c4 Rg6 22. Ra4 Rhg8 23.

f3 Qd8 24. Rfa1 Be7 25.
Qg4 Rh8 26. b4 h5 27. Qg3 g4 28. bxc5 h4 29. Qxe5 gxf3

30. Ba5 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1
Qg8 32. Qxd4+ Ke8 33. Bc7 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Galima, Tim”]
[Black “Chinnici, Tony”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B90”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6

3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be2 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10.

O-O-O Qc7 11. f3 Ne5
12. Bh6 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h4 b5 16. h5

b4 17. Nd5 Qxa2 18.
Nb3 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. hxg6 Bxg6 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Nd4

Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxb2 24.
Nc6 Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 Qc3+ 26. Rd2 Rac8 27. Qg5 Rxc6 28.

dxc6 Qa1+ 29. Ke2 Qxh1 30.
Qxe7 Qc1 31. Rxd6 b3 32. c7 1/2-1/2

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Arteaga, Rick”]
[Black “Turner, Rob”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B00”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 b6 2. g3 Bb7

3. Bg2 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4
5. Nge2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. d3 d6

10. b4 Nd7 11. Bb2 f5 12.
Ne2 e5 13. f4 Nf6 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Qd2 dxe5 16. h3 Nh6

17. Bxe5 Ng6 18. Bb2
fxe4 19. Rxf8+ Nxf8 20. Bxe4 Ne6 21. b5 Rc8 22. Rf1 Rc7

23. Be5 Rc8 24. Nf4 Qg5
25. Qg2 Qxe5 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. bxc6 Nxf4 28. Rxf4 Qc5+

29. Kh2 Rxc6 30. Rc4
Ng4+ 31. hxg4 Rh6+ 32. Qh3 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Moscow, Elliot”]
[Black “Chung, Kevin”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A06”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2

e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5.
Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. f4 Bb5

10. d3 Qc7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Rf3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Rg3 f6 15. Qg4 Bc6 16.

Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Rf1 b5 18.
Nf3 Rae8 19. Qh3 d4 20. exd4 Bxf4 21. Rg6 Qf7 22. Nh4

Re3 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Olson, Jeff”]
[Black “Johnson, Marc”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B35”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3

Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Qd2 Ng4 9. Nxc6 dxc6

10. h3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3
Qc7 12. O-O-O b6 13. Rd2 Bb7 14. Rhd1 Rad8 15. Rxd8 Rxd8

16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qf3
e6 18. Qd3 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. f3 Kg7 21. Ne2 Be3+ 22.

Kd1 e5 23. g4 c5 24.
Bd5 Ba6 25. c4 b5 26. b3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Bc8 28. Nc3 f5

29. Nb5 fxe4 30. Bxe4 a5
31. a4 Bd7 32. Ke2 Bg5 33. Kd3 h5 34. Bd5 hxg4 35. hxg4

Kf6 36. Ke4 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Johnson , Rhomer”]
[Black “Pease, Andrew”]
[Result “1-0”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3

Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5.
c5 b6 6. Bb5 Bb7 7. Ne5 bxc5 8. Nxc6 Qd6 9. Ne5+ Ke7 10.

b3 c6 11. Ba4 Ke8 12.
Ba3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6 14. Nf3 h5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5

Rd8 17. Qd4 Ke7 18. Qe5
Qd7 19. Qd6+ Ke8 20. Qxd7+ Rxd7 21. Ne5 Rc7 22. Nc3 Ke7

23. b4 Rd8 24. b5 cxb5
25. Nxb5 Rxc5 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Kf8 28. Rc7 Ba8 29.

Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rxa7 Rb8
31. g3 Ne4 32. Nc7 Bb7 33. Nd7 Bc8 34. Nxb8 1-0

Round 2

[Event “nosom 13”]
[Site “LV, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Reyes, Virgil”]
[Black “Alsasua, Eluterio”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B70”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6

3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10.

O-O Bg7 11. Rad1 O-O
12. Bh6 Qb6 13. Kh1 Rac8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. a3 h6 16. Nb3

Ne5 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18.
Rxd4 Rc7 19. Na5 Ba8 20. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Casten, Fred”]
[Black “Patterson, Cameron”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D02”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3

d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. Nbd2 e6
5. e3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. Bg3 Nbd7 8. f4 c5 9. c3 c4 10.

Bh4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12.
Nef3 Bb7 13. g3 f5 14. Nh4 Nf6 15. Be2 Rg8 16. Ndf3 Ne4

17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5
a5 19. a3 Qe7 20. Ng2 Kd7 21. Bf3 b4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23.

Nf4 Qg5 24. Qe2 Qg4 25.
Qxg4 fxg4 26. Nh5 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rgb8 28. Nf6+ Ke7 29.

Kd2 Bc6 30. Rhb1 Rb3 31.
Rxb3 cxb3 32. c4 h5 33. Kc3 a4 34. d5 exd5 35. cxd5 Bb5

36. Rc1 h4 37. Kd4 b2
38. Rb1 Rc8 39. Kxe4 Rc2 40. d6+ Ke6 41. d7 Rc4+ 42. Kd3

Rc1+ 43. Kd2 Rxb1 44.
d8=Q Rd1+ 45. Kxd1 b1=Q+ 46. Kd2 Qb2+ 47. Kd1 Qb1+ 48.

Kd2 Qb2+ 49. Kd1 Qe2+
50. Kc1 Qxe3+ 51. Qd2 Qxa3+ 52. Qb2 Qc5+ 53. Qc2 Qxe5

54. Ne4 Qa1+ 55. Kd2 Qd4+
56. Kc1 hxg3 57. hxg3 Ke5 58. Nc3 Bd3 59. Qb2 Qe3+ 60.

Qd2 Qxg3 61. Qg5+ Kd4
62. Nxa4 Qe3+ 63. Qxe3+ Kxe3 64. Nc3 g3 65. Nd1+ Kf3 66.

Kd2 g2 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Dease, Dan”]
[Black “Fischer, George”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B07”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6

3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7
5. Qd2 b6 6. O-O-O Bb7 7. f3 Nbd7 8. g4 c6 9. h4 h5 10.

g5 Nh7 11. f4 Qc7 12.
Bd3 b5 13. Nf3 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6

17. Qe2 Qxa2 18. Kd2 O-O
19. e5 c5 20. Rhf1 Qb2 21. Ke1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Ra1 23.

Rxa1 Qxa1+ 24. Qd1 Qc3+
25. Qd2 cxd4 26. Qxc3 dxc3 27. exd6 exd6 28. Bxb6 Re8+

29. Re3 Rxe3+ 30. Bxe3
d5 31. f5 gxf5 32. Bxf5 Bf8 33. Ke2 Bd6 34. Kf3 Nf8 35.

Bf2 Ng6 36. Bc8 Kg7 37.
Bb7 Ne7 38. Bd4+ Kg6 39. Ba6 Kf5 40. Bd3+ Ke6 41. Bf1

Kf5 42. Bf6 Ng8 43. Bh8
Ne7 44. Bg2 Be5 45. Bh3+ 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Peterson, David”]
[Black “Zavala, Jonathan”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A11”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4

g6 3. g3 c6 4. b3 d5 5.
Bb2 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e3 e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10.

cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Re8
12. d3 Nf8 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3

Ne6 17. Bg2 h5 18. Ne2
g5 19. Rce1 h4 20. g4 Qc7 21. Rc1 Rad8 22. Kh1 Qd6 23.

Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 b6 25.
b4 Re6 26. Qb2 Bf8 27. f4 Nh7 28. f5 Ree8 29. f6 Rc8 30.

Qf2 Qxb4 31. Qf5 Qd6
32. e4 Bh6 33. e5 Qe6 34. Qxe6 Rxe6 35. Bxd5 Nf8 36. Be4

Rd8 37. Bb2 c5 38.
Rfd1 Nd7 39. d4 Nxf6 40. Bf5 Ne8 41. d5 Re7 42. d6 Rb7

43. Be4 Rbb8 44. Bd5 Bg7
45. Rf1 Nxd6 46. Rc2 Ne8 47. Bxf7+ Kh8 48. Bc4 b5 49.

Be6 c4 50. Rf7 Rb6 51.
Bf5 a6 52. Kg2 Kg8 53. e6 Bxb2 54. e7 Rd2+ 55. Rxd2 Kxf7

56. Rd7 Ba3 0-1

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Leung, Eric”]
[Black “Herald, Matthew”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B50”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d6

3. Nf3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 e5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qe3 Nf6 9. Bb2 Qb6

10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O
12. h3 Re8 13. O-O Bf8 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qe3

Rb8 17. Bc3 Ra8 18. Qd2
a4 19. Rad1 axb3 20. axb3 Rd8 21. Bxe5 Be6 22. Bxf6 gxf6

23. Ne3 Ra2 24. Qc3
Bg7 25. Nd4 c5 26. Ndf5 Bf8 27. Qxf6 Qb8 28. Nd5 Bxf5

29. exf5 Rxc2 30. Rd3 Re8
31. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Chinicci, Tony”]
[Black “Galima, Tim”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A15”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3

c6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 d6 5.
d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 dxc4 10.

bxc4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Nfd7
12. e4 Rb8 13. a4 a5 14. e5 Na8 15. Qc2 b6 16. d5 cxd5

17. cxd5 Nc5 18. d6 Bg5
19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. f4 Qd8 21. Rac1 Ba6 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23.

Nb5 Qd7 24. Bxa8 Rxa8
25. Nc7 Rac8 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Turner, Rob”]
[Black “Arteaga, Rick”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C42”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6

3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Be7
5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Ng5 Nb6 8. Bb3 Bd7 9. f4 Ng4

10. f5 Bxg5 11. Qxg4 Bxc1
12. Raxc1 Qf6 13. Ne2 g6 14. Rf3 Qg7 15. Rg3 c6 16. Rf1

d5 17. Qh4 h6 18. f6
Qh7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qb4 Bc6 21. Qd2 g5 22. c4 Rad8 23.

cxd5 Nxd5 24. Bc2 Nf4
25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Rxf4 Bd7 27. Rf2 Bf5 28. Qa5 Qg6 29.

Rxf5 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Chung, Kevin”]
[Black “Moskow, Elliot”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C10”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5

3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 Be7 7. Qe2 c5 8. Nxf7 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6

10. Nxh8 Qxb2 11. Rd1
Nf8 12. Nf3 cxd4 13. O-O Bd7 14. Ne5 b5 15. Bb3 Bd6 16.

Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Qxb5+ Kc8
18. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Johnson, Marc”]
[Black “Olson, Jeff”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A47”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3

e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Bd3 O-O
5. O-O b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Re8 9. a3 h6 10.

Qe2 Nh7 11. Rac1 a5 12.
c4 d6 13. e4 Bf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Be7 16. Rfd1 Qc8

17. Ne4 Nf8 18. Ng3 Nd7
19. Ne4 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. Nh4 Nce5 23.

Qg3+ Kf8 24. Ng6+ Nxg6
25. Qxg6 Ne5 26. Qxh6+ Kf7 27. Ng5+ fxg5 28. Bxe5 Rg8

29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kf7
31. Bh7 a4 32. Bxg8+ Qxg8 33. Rd7 axb3 34. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event “nosom13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Pease, Andrew”]
[Black “Johnson, Rhomer”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B32”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3

Nc6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5
5. Nc3 Qe6+ 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Bf4

a6 10. O-O-O g6 11.
Qd8# 1-0

Nevada State Championship 2013

David Lucky and Jerry Weikel, who commented that he was playing some of his best chess ever squared off for the 2 game match in Tonopah Nevada at the Station House on September 28, 2013. In the first game, Jerry was slowly outplayed in a double rook ending, and he put up a tenacious defense in a long game. The second game was a quick affair when David easily refuted an early knight sacrifice to win 2-0.

[Event “NVStCh13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Lucky, David”]
[Black “Weikel, Jerry”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B10”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5
Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. d4 e6 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 g6 11. c4
a5 12. h4 h5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Bf4 Qc6 16. d5 exd5 17. Qe2+ Ne4 18.
Rc1 O-O 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qe5 22. Bd5 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Be6 24.
Bxe6 Rfe8 25. Rhd1 Rxe6+ 26. Kf1 Bf6 27. Rd7 Bxg5 28. hxg5 b6 29. Rcd1 Kf8 30.
Rb7 Rae8 31. g3 f6 32. gxf6 Rxf6 33. Rdd7 Kg8 34. Rdc7 Kf8 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. a4
Kf8 37. c5 bxc5 38. Rxc5 Re7 39. Rcxa5 Rd6 40. Rxe7 Kxe7 41. Ke2 Kf6 42. Rb5
Rd4 43. a5 h4 44. Rb6+ Kf5 45. Rb5+ Kf6 46. Ke3 Ra4 47. gxh4 Rxh4 48. Rb6+ Kf5
49. Rb8 Ra4 50. Ra8 g5 51. a6 Kf6 52. Kd3 Kg7 53. Kc3 Kf6 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb4
Rb1+ 56. Kc5 Rc1+ 57. Kb6 Kf5 58. Rf8+ Ke6 59. a7 Rb1+ 60. Kc5 1-0

[Event “NVStCh13”]
[Site “Tonopah, NV”]
[Date “2013.09.28”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Weikel, Jerry”]
[Black “Lucky, David”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C10”]

{318MB, Fritz11.ctg, USER-BF45D6A2CE} 1. e4 {0} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Bd7 5. Bd3 Bc6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Neg5 h6 8. Nxe6 Qe7 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11.
Re1 Qf6 12. Ne5 Kc8 13. Qd3 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Ne7 15. Bh5 Nf5 16. c4 Bd6 17. g4
Nxd4 0-1

Nevada North-South Match 2013

The two teams met in conjunction with the state championship for the annual match to see who takes that big trophy back home. This writer knew that if the south was to win, we would have to take the match, and most of the north players sported higher ratings.
The south team lead 6-4 after the first round and with two very(!) quick victories in round two, they were even. The rest of the games were all tough games,with the balance shifting back and forth, and the match hung in the balance for a long time. A couple of south players converted lost or equal positions to win their games. Cameron Patterson’s brilliant endgame combination with Fred Casten’s sealed the match that ended 6.5-3.5 in the second round. Score South 12.5 North 7.5

nvstch-nvnosom13 — nvstch-nvnosom13 Wall Chart, Page 1

Name/ID Rate Rnd 1 Rnd 2
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1. Lucky, David |2359 | W 5 | B 5 |
10462967 | | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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2. Alsasua, Eleuterio A. |2174 | W 4 | B 4 |
10492211 | | 0.5 | 1.0 |
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3. Casten, Frederick |2098 | B 7 | W 7 |
10102570 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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4. Reyes, Virgilio T |2024 | B 2 | W 2 |
12455050 | | 0.5 | 1.0 |
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5. Weikel, Jerome V |2007 | B 1 | W 1 |
10429170 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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6. Fischer, George E. |1950 | B 8 | B 8 |
12516864 | | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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7. Patterson, Cameron |1895 | W 3 | B 3 |
14400926 | | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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8. Dease, Daniel |1820 | W 6 | W 6 |
12745558 | | 0.5 | 1.5 |
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9. Peterson, David Norman |1815 | B 10 | W 10 |
12442267 | | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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10. Zavala, Jonathan |1800 | W 9 | B 9 |
13836980 | | 0.0 | 1.0 |
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11. Herald, Matthew Bruce |1787 | W 14 | B 14 |
13200825 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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12. Chinnici, Charles |1779 | B 13 | W 13 |
12662705 | | 0.5 | 1.5 |
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13. Galima, Tim |1772 | W 12 | B 12 |
12706608 | | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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14. Leung, Eric |1755 | B 11 | W 11 |
12475574 | | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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15. Turner, Robert L |1540 | B 18 | W 18 |
12698895 | | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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16. Moskow, Elliot |1482 | W 17 | B 17 |
12954778 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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17. Chung, Kevin |1471 | B 16 | W 16 |
14677331 | | 1.0 | 2.0 |
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18. Arteaga, Ricardo |1435 | W 15 | B 15 |
12582988 | | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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19. Olson, Jeff |1395 | W 21 | B 21 |
12575990 | | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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20. Pease, Andrew |1320 | B 22 | W 22 |
14991370 | | 0.0 | 1.0 |
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21. Johnson, Marc D |1305 | B 19 | W 19 |
13038428 | | 0.5 | 1.5 |
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22. Johnson, Rhomer |1211 | W 20 | B 20 |
12511853 | | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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On Friday, December 6th, 2013 not just one, but two grandmasters came to visit the Las Vegas Chess Center at the corner of Fremont Street and 8th Street in downtown Las Vegas. GM Timur Gareev is number 3 on the most recent list of top USA players with a USCF rating of 2769 and 102 in the world with a current FIDE rating of 2650. GM Jaan Ehlvest is number 16 on the most recent list of USA players with a USCF rating of 2627 and 297 in the world with a current FIDE rating of 2577. And both of these players demonstrated their abilities at the Las Vegas Chess Center on Friday night.
The evening began with a presentation by Timur on how to play the white pieces against the dragon variation of the Sicilian defense. Then the two grandmasters teamed up against 20 club members in a tandem simultaneous chess exhibition. Many chess aficionados have seen a simultaneous chess exhibition, in which a strong player plays against many opponents simultaneously. But a tandem simultaneous exhibition is even more impressive. The two grandmasters moved from board to board, taking turns making moves without ever speaking to each other. This is much more difficult than a normal simultaneous exhibition, because the two grandmasters had to manage to play a coherent game of chess on every board without ever communicating with each other in any way (other than making the best moves they could on the chess boards). The grandmasters’ task was made even more difficult by the strength of the field, which included three masters. So it was hardly a surprise that one of the masters managed to achieve a victory.
J. Ehlvest/T. Gareev – FM Brownscombe,Tom (2226) [B82]
tandem simul, 06.12.2013
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bd3 0–0 9.0–0 a6 [Active play with 9…Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 is the right way.] 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.Qf3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 [White misses an opportunity to gain an advantage with 14.Qg3 Bd6 15.Be3±] 14…Be6= 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rad8 17.Rad1 [17.c4 e4 18.Bxe4 Qxc4=] 17…Rxd5 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Rxd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Qxc2 21.Qxb7 Qe2 22.Qe4+ [My engine says that 22.Rg1 is the move that holds this position together, but it is not easy to find such a counterintuitive move when playing a simul.] 22…Kg8 23.Qf3 Qxb2 24.Qg3 f5 25.Bc1 Qb5 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Qb3+ Qxb3 29.axb3 Kf7 30.Kg1 Bb6+ 31.Kf1 Ke6 32.Ke2 Bd4 33.h3 f4 34.Ba3 e4 35.Bf8 Kf5 36.Bd6 g5 37.Bb4 g4 38.hxg4+ Kxg4 39.Bd6 f3+ 40.Kf1? [40.gxf3+ is the only way to keep fighting.] 40…e3 41.gxf3+ Kxf3 0–1

The big surprise of the night occurred in Rhomer Johnson’s game. Rhomer holds a current USCF rating of just 1113. He has not even played against a master level opponent in USCF rated tournament competition in over 20 years. And in the opening and early middlegame, he appeared to be completely outclassed by his grandmaster opponents. Rhomer traded off his good bishop. Then he lost a center pawn. Then his opponents gained space and generated play on the queenside and in the center. But Rhomer didn’t give up. Despite having an objectively lost position, he kept on fighting. Rhomer played for a kingside attack and generated threats against black’s castled king. And those threats led to a blunder by one of the grandmasters, followed by resignation.
Johnson,Rhomer (1113) – J. Ehlvest/T. Gareev [A46]
tandem simul, 06.12.2013
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 d5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qa4 Nc6 7.Ne5 Nxe5 8.dxe5 a6 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.0–0 b5 11.Qc2 [11. Qf4 Qc7 does not hold the e-pawn] 11…Nxe5 12.b3 Bd6 13.Nd2 0–0 14.Qd1 c4 15.Bb2 Nd3 16.Qc2 f5 17.f4? The weak pawn on e3 will quickly become a serious problem. 17…Rc8 18.b4 Qb6 19.Rf3 Bxb4 [19…Bxf4 would be crushing.] 20.cxb4 Nxb2 21.Qc3 [21.Qxb2 c3 is objectively better, but black is still winning.] 21…Na4 22.Qe5 Rfe8 23.Rg3 Rc7 24.Nf3 Rd7 25.Nd4 [Black has an easy win with 25…Qc7, but…] 25…Qd6?? 26.Rxg7+ Now black must choose between losing the queen with 26…Rxg7 27.Qxd6, losing a rook to 26…Kh8 27.Rxd7+, getting mated after 26…Kf8 27.Qf6+, or resigning. 1–0

Congratulations Rhomer Johnson, bane of the grandmasters.

Thirty-eight chess players came to the Venetian®|The Palazzo® Congress Center on Saturday, December 7th and Sunday, December 8th to compete in the Second Las Vegas Mind Sports Open Chess Tournament. This tournament was part of the second Las Vegas Mind Sports Festival. The Festival included competitions in chess, scrabble, go, the trading card game Magic the Gathering, and other strategy games. Grandmasters Timur Gareev and Jaan Ehlvest were the pre-tournament favorites in the open section of the chess tournament, and they demonstrated their skills by drawing against each other and defeating all others to tie for first place in the open section with 4.5 out of a possible 5 points. Timur won the first place medal on tie-breaks, but the two grandmasters shared the first and second place prize money equally. FM Nachum Salman, NM Ronald Gross, Glenn Bidari, Virgilio Reyes, Juan Jauregui, Daniel Dease, William Wijaya, and Jonathan Zavala all tied for third through tenth place in the open section with 3 points each. They split the remaining prize money equally. But young Jonathan Zavala earned the third place medal due to his excellent tie-break score, even though he was the lowest rated player in this massive tie. Here are two of the key games, with notes by GM Gareev:

GM Gareev, Timur (2739)- GM Ehlvest, Jaan (2624) [D61]
MSI 2013, 07.12.2013
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0–0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.Rd1 Qa5 [9…cxd4 10.Rxd4] 10.Nd2 [10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.Be2 cxd4 13.Rxd4 Nc6 14.Rd1 Nf6 15.0–0 Bd7 16.Rd6 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Be8] 10…cxd4 11.Nb3 Qc7 [11…Qb6 12.Rxd4] 12.Rxd4 a6 13.Bg3 Qc6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Rc4 Qb6 16.Be2 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Nf6 18.0–0 [18.Qd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 Bd7 20.Rc7] 18…Bd7 19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.Nxd4 Rac8 21.Rfc1 Rxc4 22.Rxc4 Rc8 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Bf3 Nd5 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Be5 Bd7 27.Ne2 f6 28.Bc3 Bd6 29.f3 h5 30.h4 ½–½

Zavala, Jonathan (1830)– GM Gareev, Timur (2739) [C63]
MSI 2013, 08.12.2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.0–0 d6 8.Nc3 [8.Qe2! a5 9.Rd1 Ba6 10.c4 Qc8 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Nh4 Qg4] 8…Be7 9.h3 a5 10.Be3 0–0 11.Re1 Qe8 12.Nd2 Qg6 13.Kh1 d5 [13…Be6!] 14.exd5 [14.Nf3 Qh5 (14…Bd6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Bb7 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.Nh4 Qf7 19.Qg4 Rf8) 15.exd5 Bg4 16.Kg1 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Nxd5³] 14…cxd5 15.Bf4 Bb7 [15…d4 16.Nb5 Nh5 17.Bxe5 Rxf2; 15…Ng4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.Nf3 d4 18.Nd5 Qh5+ 19.Bh2 Bd6] 16.Rxe5 d4 17.Rg5 Qf7 [17…Qh6 18.Ne2 Bd6] 18.Ne2 Nd5 19.Re5 Nxf4 20.Nxf4 Qxf4 21.Rxe7 Qg5 [21…Qh4] 0–1

Daniel Quinones won the under 1800 section with 4.5 points, and Michelangelo Barozzi took clear second place with 4 points. Jason Cruz and Eric Leung tied for third place in the under 1800 section with 3 points each, with Jason Cruz winning the third place medal on tie-break points. Matthew Kursar won the under 1400 section with 4.5 points, and David Sletten, Jr. took clear second place with 4 points. Kevin Yarwood and Richard Zhou tied for third place in the under 1800 section with 2.5 points each, with Richard Zhou winning the third place medal on tie-break points.

The next Las Vegas Mind Sports Festival will be held on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus on the weekend of January 25th and 26th. The chess tournament was organized and directed by Juan Jauregui and Tom Brownscombe on behalf of the Las Vegas Chess Center in cooperation with Mind Sports International. To see the full tournament results, please visit http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201312088982.0. For more information about the Las Vegas Chess Center, please visit http://www.vegaschessclub.com. For more information about Mind Sports International, please visit http://www.mindsportsacademy.com.

There will be a meeting of the Nevada Chess Board of Directors on Sunday, December 8th in the Galileo Ballroom, located on the 2nd Level of The Venetian®| The Palazzo® Congress Center, immediately after the conclusion of the Mind Sports International Chess Tournament (approximately 6PM). This will be an open meeting. Anybody who wishes to express their opinion(s) about Nevada chess is welcome to attend. The main item on the agenda will be planning for the 2014 Nevada Scholastic Chess Championship.

Have you ever tried to play an entire game of chess blindfolded? Have you ever tried to remember an entire chess game move by move just from the notation, without ever looking at a chess board? With some practice, most experienced tournament players can manage this. What about two games? With practice, most strong tournament players can manage to keep track of two blindfold games without looking at a chess board. But what about 14 games? Keeping track of 14 different games of chess simultaneously while blindfolded is an amazing feat that most ordinary players can only dream of. But for GM Timur Gareev, it’s just another practice session.

On Sunday, September 29, GM Timur Gareev visited the Las Vegas Chess Center and gave a 14 board blindfold simultaneous chess exhibition. A comfortable seat was created in the middle of the room using bean bag chairs, and tables were put in a circle around that seat. After a brief introduction and explanation of the rules, Timur literally put on a blindfold and started to play 14 games simultaneously. The club members announced their moves verbally and made the moves on the chess boards that were in front of them. But Timur could not see any of those chess boards. He had to keep track of all 14 of the positions in his head. When Timur was ready to make his move he announced it verbally, and his assistant made the move on a physical chess board. Timur played like this for more than seven hours without ever looking at a chess board. Timur won ten games, drew two, and lost two.

John Trivett and Jonathan Mikolic achieved draws against the grandmaster. With an over the board rating of just 1591, Jonathan Mikolic was one of the lowest rated players participating in the exhibition. But he played very solid chess. Timur probed Jonathan’s position, but Mikolic gave no ground. Eventually Mikolic forced a queen trade, and a few moves later Timur offered a draw in a completely equal minor piece ending.

Trivett appeared to be gaining an advantage in his game. But Timur sacrificed a rook for a knight, a pawn, and active play. Timur was able to use his well placed king and knight to force trades that lead to an equal endgame. In a dead drawn position, Timur offered a draw and Trivett accepted.

Daniel Dease and FM Tom Brownscombe managed to defeat the grandmaster. Here are their games:

Dease,Daniel (1791) – GM Gareev,Timur (2769) [B57]
blindfold simul, 29.09.2013

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 g6 8.0–0 Bg7 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qd2 0–0 11.Be2 Ne5 12.Bh6 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Qxc4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Rfe1 b6 16.Rad1 Bb7 17.Qd4 Rac8 18.e5 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 dxe5 20.Rxe5 e6 21.f3 Rc7 22.Re2 Rfc8 23.Rdd2 a6 24.Nd1 a5 25.c3 Ba6 26.Re1 Nd5 27.Ne3 Nf4 28.Nc1 Bb7 29.c4 b5 30.c5 Rxc5 31.Nb3 Rh5 32.Nxa5 Bd5 33.Rd4 g5 34.a3 Rh4 35.Rd2 Rh5 36.Nf1 Rh6 37.g3? Nh3+ 38.Kg2 g4 39.Rxd5 exd5 40.Ne3 gxf3+ 41.Kxf3 Re6 42.Rd1 Ng5+ 43.Kf2 Rf6+ 44.Ke2 Rh6? After more than six hours of blindfold play, Timur overlooks a knight fork. 45.Nf5+ Kg6 46.Nxh6 [46.Ne7+ Kf6 47.Nxc8 would win more material. But after 47…Rxh2+ Black would have more counter play.] 46…Kxh6 47.Rxd5 Rc2+ 48.Rd2 Rxd2+ 49.Kxd2 Nf3+ 50.Ke2 Nxh2 51.Nb7 Kg6 52.b4 Kf6 53.Nd6 Ke5 54.Nxb5 Kd5 55.Nc3+ Kc4 56.Nd1 Kb3 57.Ne3 Excellent technique by Dan! The black knight is trapped. 57.b5 Ng4 would be less clear. 1–0

FM Brownscombe,Tom (2226) – GM Gareev,Timur (2769) [E83]
blindfold simul, 29.09.2013

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.f3 0–0 7.Qd2 a6 8.0–0–0 Rb8 9.g4 e5 10.Nge2 b5 11.d5 Na5 12.Ng3 Bd7 13.c5 b4 14.Nb1 [14.c6 or 14.g5 would be better.] 14…Ba4! I underestimated this move. 15.Bxa6 Bb3 16.Qd3 Bxa2 17.Nd2 Ra8 18.c6 Qb8 19.h4 Nxd5 This sacrifice is a good idea, but 19…Bxd5 20.exd5 Nxd5 would be more accurate. 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.h5 Bxf3? This is the losing move. Timur gets a lot of pawns and some strong play for his sacrificed pieces, but it isn’t enough. In a normal tournament game, Timur would probably have found a better move. But when playing 14 games simultaneously against a field of opponents that includes master and expert level players, even a strong grandmaster sometimes has trouble keeping track of all of the tactics. 22.Nxf3 d5 23.Qb5 Qxb5 24.Bxb5 d4 25.Bg5 Rfb8 26.Bd3 Rb6 27.Kd2 Nb3+ 28.Kc2 Nc5 29.Ne4 Nxd3 30.Kxd3 Rxc6 Timur could try to regain some of his material with 30…f5, but after 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Rhg1 White’s active pieces would create unbearable pressure against Black’s exposed king. 31.h6 1–0 White is driving back the few remaining black pieces and taking control of the game. Timur wisely resigns this hopeless game in order to focus his attention upon the other games still in progress.

Timur gave this exhibition as part of a series of blindfold exhibitions in various cities. George Koltanowski currently holds the record for playing the largest blindfold simultaneous chess exhibition, but Timur hopes to set a new world record before the end of this year.

I would like to thank PostNet for sponsoring this exhibition. Please show your appreciation of PostNet’s sponsorship by using them for all your printing needs. Juan Juaregui organized the exhibition, and Marck Cobb assisted GM Gareev by making most of his moves on the physical chess boards.

If Nevada was the world… then this qualifer comprised

6 world champions, current and past. That’s right, 6

state champions entered the lists, with 4 masters, 4

experts and 12 class players at the City of the World

Art Gallery Aug. 10-11, 2013. There was a California

player playing hors concours, Brian Allen at 2325,

coming back after a 25 year layoff. Tom Brombescombe(!)

was back for a shot 20 years after he won the title 2

times. Tim Galima shined with a 3.5/5 result. This was

a fighting tournament as the scores indicated. David

Lucky and Tom Brownescombe tied for first with 4.5/5

playing very powerful chess, in a league of their own

one point ahead of the field. Stan Vaughan 3.5/5 and

Ryan Phillips 3/5 won the expert prizes. Tim Galima

3.5, Dan Dease 2.5, and Scott Raymond 2.5 won the A/B

prizes. Robert Lucero 2.5, Elliot Winslow 2, and both

Paul and Pancritius Ventura 2 won the C/D…prizes.

David Lucky won the qualifer narrowly on tiebreak.This

writer directed the event. I would like to thank the

players, Juan and Sabrina Jauregui, City of the the

World Gallery, Vegas Chess Club, SNCC.

No. Name Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4 Rnd5
1 Lucky, David 2359 4.5 W9 W7 D2 W11 W5
2 Brownscombe, Tom 2200 4.5 W18 W5 D1 W12 W7
3 Vaughan, Stan 2160 3.5 W19 W8 W6 -H- -N-
4 Galima, Tim 1742 3.5 D11 W9 L5 W14 W12
5 Phillips, Ryan 2009 3.0 W10 L2 W4 W8 L1
6 Allen, Brian 2325 2.5 W13 W12 L3 -H- -N-
7 Bidari, Glenn 2149 2.5 W14 L1 D11 W17 L2
8 Raymond, Scott Gre 1826 2.5 W20 L3 W16 L5 D9
9 Dease, Daniel 1820 2.5 L1 L4 W20 W15 D8
10 Lucero,Robert 1390 2.5 L5 L18 D13 W16 W17
11 Salman, Nachum 2200 2.0 D4 W17 D7 L1 -N-
12 Reyes, Virgilio T 2024 2.0 W16 L6 W18 L2 L4
13 Currell, John 1800 2.0 L6 L16 D10 W20 D14
14 Moskow, Elliot 1482 2.0 L7 W15 D17 L4 D13
15 Ventura, Paul Guil 1424 2.0 L17 L14 W19 L9 W20
16 Ventura, Pancratiu 1194 2.0 L12 W13 L8 L10 -X-
17 Pereira, Royce Tre 1880 1.5 W15 L11 D14 L7 L10
18 Landsem, Lars 1770 1.5 L2 W10 L12 -H- -N-
19 Diaz, Nephtali T 1639 1.0 L3 L20 L15 -B- -F-
20 Sletten Jr, David 1172 1.0 L8 W19 L9 L13 L15

The following is the report from the Barber Tournament in Madison, Wisconsin by Liceu Pereira, the father of our Nevada Champ: Royce Pereira.
From the onset, I would like to apologize for the size of this post. This is the report for our recent trip to Madison, Wisconsin for the 2013 Barber K-8 Tournament of State Champions. In addition to the games Royce played at the tournament, I will also make… some comments about the side trips we made while on our way to and from Madison.

I know I have some chess friends, some non-chess friends, and some non-English speaking friends. Therefore, feel free to read this (if at all) as it applies to your interests.

We left Las Vegas (very) early Friday, July 26, and took a fight to Chicago. When we got there, we headed to the somewhat new consolidated rental car facility. As airports expand, the administrators are combining these facilities to all companies under one roof, stand-alone facilities.
Once we got there, we used the kiosk, and were on our way to a road trip that would take us through four states, and two time zones.
Our first stop was in Gary, Indiana. While Gary has long seen its best days, this is the birthplace, and childhood home of the Jackson family. After a Google search, and the help of a GPS, it was fairly easy to find the place.

As you can imagine, the neighborhood was not the best, but not the worst either. The house is located at the end of the Jackson Street, behind Roosevelt High School that looks abandoned. From what I read, the house looked like any other one on the same street. However, I think that since so many people have started visiting since Michael’s death, the house (and its surroundings) is probably in the best shape it has been. The yard is in immaculate condition, and there are different stones, floorings, paying homage to Michael Jackson. Notwithstanding its condition, it is shocking to see how a family of 11 could fit in a tiny house like that, and become one of the most famous families in the world.

From Gary, we headed to the beach city of New Buffalo, Michigan (and EDT.) New Buffalo is a really nice place. It is very “un-Michigan.” Many nice places, nice houses (even several mansions), and a nice beach. Speaking of mansions, I saw a gigantic house with a purple roof on Google maps, and I saw that it actually is a blue roof!

After New Buffalo, we headed to our final destination of the day: Madison, capital of Wisconsin. On the way, we entered a big storm, and torrential rain. While inconvenient to drive, it was nice to enjoy rain, and temperature in the 60’s after leaving Vegas with over 100 degrees.
On Saturday, we slept in from a long previous day. We had lunch, and headed to the opening ceremony, since we did not stay at the tournament’s hotel.

The opening ceremony was somewhat dull to be honest. It seems that there were a lot more self congratulatory speeches than last years’. I do understand that a lot work goes in putting these events together, but these events are for the players who won their respective state tournaments. A funny note was that the University of Wisconsin-Madison mascot was there, and Royce did not want to take a picture with him. However, as we were waiting for the ceremony to start, the mascot came over to our seats, and sat by Royce to take a picture.
After the opening ceremony, we headed back to the hotel, to wait for the first round. As I suspected, Royce was playing up, and because of his initial rank, he would play up, against a master, and with black (since it was an odd number.)

His first game was against NM Atulya Vaidya, rated 2198, from Texas. Royce played with black. Here is the game:

1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. Rac1 Nc6 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. b4 Rab8 16. Qc3 f6 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. Be2 Bf7 19. h3 c6 20. e4 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bc4 Rd8 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 b6 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd6 32. Be4 h6 33. Kd3 g5 34. Kc4 a6 35. Bb7 b5 36. Kd3 a5 37. bxa5 Kc5 38. a6 Kb6 1-0

Here, everything was essentially equal until Royce played 22. …Bxd5. Had he taken with the Rd8, the game would have continued equal, and I believe Royce would have been able to draw. The fact that his opponent said he had to spend a little over 5 minutes to remember the Budapest line (but not necessarily how to win) further shows Royce could have picked up a half a point.

On the next day, there would be two rounds. On Round 3, Royce played over 800 points down against the tournament’s youngest competitor, Jacob Nathan, from Idaho. The game itself was uneventful, and Royce was winning with relative ease. Perhaps the uniqueness of this game was the fact that even though the time control was 90 minutes with a 30 second increment, Royce’s opponent actually ran out of time. As Royce pointed to the clock to show he had ran out of time, he instinctively went to hit the clock, even before making his move.

Since his game ended early, we decided to visit downtown Madison, and visit the Capitol. Unfortunately we got there after 4:00p.m. and the building was closed. We ended up returning on Monday, and actually entering the building.

On Round 3, Royce played Justin Lohr from Virginia, rated 2087 with black. In fact, until the last round, Royce played up with black, and down with white.

This game was a heartbreaker. Here it is:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 b6 7. g3 Nge7 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. b3 O-O 14. Rac1 N5c6 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. c5 b5 18. f4 e5 19. Qc2 Bh6 20. Ne2 Rcd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Bc8 23. Kf2 exf4 24. Nxf4 Bg4 25. Rd2 Bg7 26. h3 Bc8 27. Qd1 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qd7 29. Qd6 h5 30. h4 Kh7 31. Bh3 Qb7 32. Kf3 Ng8 33. Qd8 Bxh3 34. Nxh3 f6 35. Nf4 Qa7 36. Qb6 Qa8 37. Qc7 Qe8 38. Qb7 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Kf2 Nf6 41. Bd4 Qd7 42. Qxd7 Nxd7 43. Ke3 Kh6 44. Bxg7 Kxg7 45. Kd4 Nf6 46. Ke5 Ne4 47. Kxf5 Nxg3 48. Ke5 Kh6 49. Ke6 Ne4 50. Kd7 Nxc5 51. Kxc6 Ne4 52. Kb6 Nc3 53. Kxa6 b4 54. Ka5 Nxa2 55. Kb5 Nc3 56. Kxb4 Ne4 57. Ka5 Ng3 58. b4 Nf5 59. b5 Nxh4 60. b6 Nf5 61. b7 Ne7 62. Kb6 Nf5 63. b8Q Kg5 64. Qe5 h4 65. Nh3 Kg4 66. Qf4 Kxh3 67. Qxf5 Kg3 68. Qf1 Kh2 69. Kc5 h3 70. Kd4 Kg3 71. Qh1 h2 72. Ke3 Kg4 73. Qxh2 Kf5 74. Qh5 Ke6 75. Ke4 Kd6 76. Qd5 Kc7 77. Qe6 Kd8 78. Qf7 Kc8 79. Kd5 Kb8 80. Kc6 1-0

After 35. …Qe7, Royce is in trouble. However, his opponent instead of playing Qe8, he plays Qb6. Now if Royce had played Qd7, he would have had a somewhat clear path to win. Instead, he plays Qa8. While still equal, he goes on to commit some endgame inaccuracies, and looses the game.

On Round 4, Royce played with white against Aidan Fejzulai, from South Carolina. While he was playing down about 500 points down, Aidan had won the biggest upset prize for the first round by defeating the Arizona representative.

Here is the game:

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Be6 9. Nge2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf4 Bc7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. f4 Bb6 14. Ne2 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bg1 Rxf1 19. Qxf1 Qf6 20. Bxd5 Kh8 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Nf6 23. Rc1 Re8 24. a3 g5 25. Rc2 Ne4 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. g4 Nb5 28. Rd2 Bc7 29. a4 Nd6 30. d5 Ne5 31. Bd4 Kg8 32. Ng3 Ng6 33. Nh5 Nf4 34. Nxf4 gxf4 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 b6 37. Be5 Kf7 38. Bxf4 a5 39. Bd3 Kg8 40. Kf3 1-0

On Round 5, Royce again played up with black, this time against the Maryland representative, Sahil Sinha. This was perhaps the game he was most upset. After the game, he saw the exact moves for a win, but chose an alternate path and lost. Here is the game:

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Qc2 d6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a3 Bc5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Nd5 f6 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. c5 Qf7 17. f4 Kh8 18. fxe5 Bxd5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rf1 Qe6 21. Bd4 dxc5 22. bxc5 Kg8 23. Rf4 Bb3 24. Qc3 f5 25. Raf1 Bd5 26. Bh5 Be4 27. Qe1 Rf7 28. Qg3 Kf8 29. Bxf7 Kxf7 30. Qg7 Ke8 31. Qh8 Kd7 32. Qxa8 Qa2 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Qxa7 Qxa3 35. Qxb7 a5 36. Qd5 Ke8 37. Qe6 1-0

In the last round, Royce finally played up with white. This time, he played against Dex Webster from Louisiana. Here is the game:

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e3 Be6 7. d4 e4 8. Nge2 Bd6 9. O-O Nc6 10. b3 O-O 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 f5 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. exf4 Rc8 15. Qb3 Nxd4 16. Qd1 Nf3 17. Bxf3 Rxc3 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Re1 Nb6 21. Bd4 Rc6 22. Bb5 Rc2 23. Bc5 Rxc5 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25. Bf1 d4 26. Qc1 Qd6 27. Qb2 d3 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. axb4 Bb3 30. Reb1 Bc2 31. Rb2 Na4 32. Rba2 d2 33. Bb5 Nc3 34. Rxc2 Ne2 35. Bxe2 Rxc2 36. Rd1 1/2-1/2

At the end, his results were less than expected, but unlike last year, he had legitimate chances of winning more games, against tougher opponents, and most important his attitude when playing up has changed. He is far more confident, and is playing much better.

After the tournament, we headed to Chicago. As it is in most of our “chess trips,” we try to include side trips just for fun.

This time we spent a day in Chicago. After waking up, we headed downtown. We went to the (former) Sears Tower, the John Hancock Center, and Chicago’s stadia. We also, stopped by the Richard Daly Center (think of The Blues Brothers movie).

Overall, this was a really fun trip. I am looking forward for next year’s tournament in the newly crowned “National Chess Capital” of Saint Louis.
However, before we make any plans, Royce will have to face some really tough competition in the state championship. Royce has won three straight state championships, and there will be at least two players who will try to break his streak.

Lastly, most of the places I mentioned in this report, you should be able to see pictures in the “2013 summer trip” album.