San Antonio Chess Club

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Nb4 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 Qc7 15. Kb1 b6 16. Bxd7 16. Nc1 Nc5 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rhd1 Rac8 19. h3 16... Qxd7 17. Bxb6 Rfb8 18. Nb5 Qc6!? 18... Bc4 19. Nc3 Nxc2-/+ 19. Ba7? 19. Be3 Bc4 20. Ba7 Bxb5! 21. axb5 (21. Bxb8 Bxa4-+) 21... Rxb5-+ 19... Rxb5!? 19... Rxa7! 20. Qxa7 (20. Nxa7 Qxa4 21. h4 Nxc2-+) 20... Qxc2+ 21. Ka1 Rc8-+ (21... Nc6-+) 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Nc1 Qa4 22. b3 Qa3 23. Qb6 23. c3 a4! 24. cxb4 axb3 25. Qb2 Qxa7 26. h4 Rb8 27. Nd3 Qe3 28. Rhf1 Bc4 29. Qc3 Rc8-+ 23... Bg5! 24. Rxd6 24. f4 Bxf4 25. Rxd6 h6 24... h6 White resigns, seeing 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Rxa8 27. Qxb4 Qxb4 28. Rxa8 Qxe4-+ 27... Bxc1 forcing mate 0-1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxd4 6. Bxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6 8. e5 Qg6 9. Nc3 Ne7 9... Qxc2 10. Nd5 Ne7 11. Bd3 Qc6 12. Nxe7 Kxe7 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nb5 Kd8 13. f4 Nc6 14. c3 Na7 15. Nd4 g6 16. h4 Nc6 17. Nf3 h5 18. Ng5 Ke7 19. O-O Rd8 20. f5 gxf5 21. Rxf5 Rf8 22. Raf1 Nd8 23. Bc4 d5 24. exd6+ cxd6 25. Re1+ Be6 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27. Rxh5 Ra5 27... Rad8 28. Rh6 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. g3 28. Rh6 Re5 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Bxe6 30. Kf2 30... fxe6 31. Rh7+ Kf6 32. Rxb7 1-0 [S Anderson]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Qf6 NIC Base considers nine (!) moves for Black at move 6, but not this one. 7. e5 Qg6 8. Ng5?! 8. Nxd4 Bh3 9. Bd5 Rd8 10. Ne2 Bxg2 11. Nf4 Rxd5 12. Nxg6 Rxd1 13. Rxd1 Bf3= 8. Bd3 Qh5 9. Be4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3= 8... Nh6 9. f4 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Bxh6 O-O-O-/+ 9... Bc5 10. Kh1 10. e6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 d3+ 12. Kh1 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Bd6-/+ 10... O-O 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. Ndf3 Nf5 13. Qe1 h6 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Bd3 Qe6 16. Nh4 Ba5! 17. Qf2 Nb4 18. Bb1 Bb6 19. h3 19. Qe1 Nxh4 20. Qxh4 Bf5 21. a3 Nc6-/+ 19... d3-+ 20. Qd2 20. Qe1 Nxh4 21. Qxh4 Bf5 22. Ng3 Nc2 23. Bxc2 dxc2 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Bd2 Rad8 26. Bc3 Be3 20... Nxh4 21. hxg4 Qxg4 22. a3? Be3! 0-1

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Nge2 Qxb2 6. Rb1 Qa3 7. Qd2 d6 8. g3 Nf6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qa5 17. a3 Be6 18. Rxb7 Qa6 19. e5 Qxe2 20. Rf1 dxe5 21. Rxe7 exd4 22. Qg5 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. h4 Rfe8 25. Qf6 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Qxc2 27. h5 gxh5 28. Re1 Qf5 29. f4 0-1

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd3 e5 9... c5 10. Rb1 Ne4 11. Ng5+/= 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 c5? 11... Nc6= 12. Bf4 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. Bb2+/- 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Rad1! 15. Ng5!? Bxc4? (15... >= Bxa1 16. Nxe6 Qf6 17. Bh3+/=) 16. Qxc4+! Nxc4 17. Bd5+ Kf8 18. Nxh7+ Ke7 19. Bg5++- 15... Bxc4 16. Qb1 Bxe2 17. Rxd6 Qe7 18. Re1 Qf8? 18... Rad8 19. Rd2 Rxd2 20. Nxd2 Qd8 21. Ne4 Bd3 22. Qc1+/= Bxe4 23. Bxe4 19. Ng5+- Bb5 19... Kh8 20. Bd5 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Ne6 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Rd8 Rexd8 23. Nxd8+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nd6+ Kh8 26. Nxb5 21... Qe7 22. Re3 Bc6 23. Qe1 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qf7 25. Qxa5 b6 26. Qe1 Qb7 27. Rd8 Raxd8 28. Nxd8 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Qd7 30. Ne6 Bf6 31. Qe4 Qe8 32. Nxc5 Qc8 33. Be5 Kg7 34. Bxf6+ Kxf6 35. Qf4+ Ke7 36. Qe5+ Kf7 37. Ne4 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qc6 39. f3 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qc8+ 41. g4 Qc1 42. Nd6+ Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Black resigns 44... Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Ne4# 1-0 [S Anderson]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. O-O Bxf3 5... e6 6. Bxf3 e5 7. d4 e4 8. Be2 Bd6 9. b3 Qe7 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 a6 12. c5 Bc7 13. b4 O-O 14. a4 Rfb8 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rb1 a5 16... bxc5 17. bxc5 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 Rb8 19. Qc2 a5 20. Rb1= 17. Na2 Qf8 17... bxc5 18. bxc5 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 Rb8 20. Qc2= 18. Qc2 >= 18. cxb6 Rxb6= 18... axb4 19. Nxb4 bxc5 20. Nxc6 Rxb1 20... >= Rc8 21. Bb5 Bd6=/+ 21. Rxb1 Qd6 22. Bb5+/= c4?? 22... Kh8 23. Bb4+- Qe6 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. f5?! 25. Bc6! Bd6[] 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxa8 Qxe7 28. Qc3+- 25... Qb6 26. Bxd7 Nxd7? 26... Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qc7+ 28. Kg1 Qxd7 29. a5+/- 27. Nxd5 Qc6 28. Nxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxe4+- Rc8 30. Bc3 >= 30. Qe7 Nf6 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. Bc5+- 30... Nf6 31. Qf3 Qe7 32. Qe2 32. Rb7 Qa3 33. Bb2 Qxa4 34. e4 Qc2 35. e5 Ne4 36. Ba3 Ng5 37. Qf4 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qc2+ 39. Kg3 Ne4+ 40. Kh4 Qxg2 41. Rxf7 Nf2 42. Qg3 Qe4+ 43. Kh5 Qe2+ 44. Kh4 Qe4+= 32... h6 33. Bb4 33. Rc1 Qe4 34. Qf3 Qd3 35. d5 Nxd5 36. Bd4 Qa3 37. Rf1 Rd8 38. f6 g6 39. e4 Qxf3 40. gxf3 Nf4 41. Be3 Nd3 42. Ra1 Kh7 43. a5+- 33... Qe4 34. Rc1 Nd5 35. Bc5 c3 36. a5? 36. Qf3+/- 36... Nf4 37. Qc2 Qxe3+ 38. Kh1 Nd3 39. Rf1 39. Ra1 Qd2 40. Qb1 c2-+ 39... Qd2!-+ 40. Qxd2 cxd2 41. Ba3 Ne1 0-1 [S Anderson]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O h6 This was probaby not completely sound, but I wasn't enthused about the alternatives. 11. Bh4 b6 12. h3 With this move, I knew he had created a weakness I should exploit. 12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfe1 Ng5 Now, my plan is to remove defenders and start an attack. 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Kh2 I now targeted a sac on h3 and the weak f2 pawn. 16... Nf6 17. Qd1 Rfe8 I saw lines where he might play f3, so this discourages that. And it worked, but not like I thought. 18. Rc1 Qh4 19. Rf1 g5 While I was at one point reluctant to do this, here it's irresistable. 20. Kg1 g4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. Bf3 22. f3 Bd7 may have held, but is still difficult. 22... Kh8 23. g3 Now a decision. 23... Qh3 The other choce was 23... Qh5 24. Kg2 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 23... Rg8 attracted my attention, but it didn't work. 24. gxh4 Bxf3+ 25. Kh2 Bxd1 (25... Ng4+ 26. Kh3 Bxd1 27. Rcxd1) 26. Rcxd1 24. Bg2 Qh5 25. f3 The lure that he might play this move is why I played 23... Qh3. 25... Rxe3 26. fxg4 Nxg4 I didn't think he could escape the attack. 27. Rf2 Long think 27... Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qxg3 28... Rxg3 was probably better. 29. Qd2 Rae8 Here I decided all his moves lose. 30. Re2 Nh2+ 31. Kg1 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Nxd2+ 33. Rxd2 Re1+ 0-1 [S Anderson]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qb1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 a5 12. Rg1 g6 13. Na2 Qe7 14. Ke2 Bg7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Nxa2 17. Qxa2 Nh5 18. Be3 O-O 19. Qa3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. Rg4 Nf6 23. Rg3 Nh5 24. Rg4 Qe7 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Qxa5 Ra8 27. Qc5 Rxa4 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. b3 Ra2+ 30. Rd2 Ra3 31. d5 exd5 32. Bc5 dxc4 33. Bxa3 c3 34. Bxe7 cxd2 35. Kxd2 Be5 36. Ke3 Ng7 37. Rg1 Ne6 38. Rd1 Bf4+ 39. Kd3 Bc7 40. Kc4 b5+ 41. Kb4 Bb6 42. Rd2 Nd4 43. Rxd4 Bxd4 44. Bc5 Be5 45. Ka5 Bc3+ 46. Kb6 Kg7 47. Kxc6 b4 48. Kb5 Be1 49. Bxb4 Bxf2 50. Bc5 Be1 51. Kc6 Kf6 52. Be3 h5 53. Kc5 Ke6 54. b4 f5 55. Bf4 fxe4 56. fxe4 Bh4 57. Kd4 g5 58. Bb8 g4 59. hxg4 hxg4 60. Ke3 Bg5+ 61. Kf2 Bh4+ 62. Bg3 Be7 63. b5 Kd7 64. Ke3 Bg5+ 65. Kd4 Bd8 66. Kc5 Be7+ 67. Kd5 Bd8 68. e5 Kc8 69. Ke4 Kb7 70. Bf2 g3 71. Bg1 Bc7 72. e6 Bd6 73. Kf5 Be7 74. Kg6 g2 75. Kf7 Bd8 76. e7 Bb6 77. e8=Q Bxg1 78. Qc6+ Kb8 79. Qxg2 Bb6 80. Qc6 Ka7 81. Ke6 Bd8 82. Qa6+ Kb8 83. b6 Be7 84. Qa7+ 1-0

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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne5 17. Qd1 Bf6 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 g6 21. a4 Rc8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 Nc4 24. b3 Nb6 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Qf3 Be5 27. Bd3 Nc8 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Rac6 Rb7 30. Qe2 Ne7 31. f4 Bg7 32. Qf3 Nf5 I completely missed the point that I was losing the d-pawn with this move. 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 33... gxf5 34. Bd2! b4 35. R1c4 Rfb8 36. Ra6+- 34. Rxd6 Qd3 This at least gives me some compensation. 35. Bf2 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Bh6 37. Be3 37. Bg3! does not give Black a target on the e-file. 37... Re8 38. Rdc6 Rd7 39. R1c5 b4 40. Ra5+/= 37... Re8 38. Kf2 Bf8 Going for too much, I missed the best continuation. 38... Rbe7 39. Rc3 Bg7 and because 40. Rd3 Rxe3 41. Rxe3 Bd4 is hopeless, white has to instead try to hold on with 40. Rdc6. 39. Rb6 Rbe7 40. d6 Oh, yeah. That move. 40... Ra7 41. Rc2 Rd8 42. Rd2 Rad7 43. Bc5 h5 44. f5 Bh6 45. Be3 Bxe3+ 46. Kxe3 Kg7 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. h4 gxf5 49. Rd5 Kg6 50. Ke5 b4 51. Rxb4 Re8+ 52. Kd4 Red8 53. Rb6 Kf6 54. f4 Re8 55. Re5 Rxe5 56. fxe5+ Ke6 57. Rb8 f4 58. Re8+ Kf5 59. Re7 Rd8 60. Rxf7+ Kg4 61. Ke4 1-0 [S Anderson]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nb4 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 e6 10. O-O Be7 10... O-O-O 11. Ne5 Bg6 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. c3 Na6 14. b4 Bd6 15. Nc4 11. Bd2 h6 12. Ne2 b5 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Ng3 Bh7 17. Be3 Nbd5 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. c4 19. a4 b4= 19... bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qb5 21. Rfc1 Rc8 22. Qd1 c5 23. dxc5 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Bxc5 25. Qf3 a5 26. Nd1 Qd3? 26... >= Rfd8=/+ 27. Nc3 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Bxd3 29. Rd1 Bg6 27. Qxd3 Bxd3 28. Rc3 Ba6 29. Rac1 Bb4 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Nc3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Ba6 34. f3 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Kd4 g6 38. Bc4 Bb7 38... e5+!? 39. Kd3 Bxc4+ 40. Kxc4 Nd5 41. Ne4+ Kc6 42. g4 Nf4 43. h4= 39. Bb3 e5+ 40. Kd3 Bd5 41. Nf1 Kc5 42. Ne3 e4+ 43. fxe4 Bxe4+ 44. Kd2 Nd5 45. g3 f5 46. Nxd5 Bxd5 47. Ke3 g5 48. h4 Bc4 49. Kf3 Kb5 50. a4+ Kc5 51. Bc2 Bd5+ 52. Ke3 Kc4 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. Kd2 Be4 55. Bd1 f4 56. gxf4 gxf4 57. Be2+ Kc5 58. Bb5 Bc6 59. Bxc6 Kxc6 60. Ke2 Kc5 1/2-1/2 [S Anderson]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Nd5 d6 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. Bc3 Bh3 13. e4 Bxg2 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nxg2 f5 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. f3 Bh6 18. a3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rae1 b6 21. Qc2 Qd7 22. Re2 Re7 23. Rfe1 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. fxe4 Qf7 26. Qe2 Qf3 27. b3 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Rf3 29. Ne1 Be3+ 30. Kg2 Rf7 31. Nc2 Bh6 32. Rf2 Rb7 33. a4 1/2-1/2

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 a6 8. a3 Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Nd4 Be6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Qd6 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Bd4 Bb8 18. g3 Bh3 19. Re1 a5 20. Nc5 axb4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bc5 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 bxa3 24. Ra1 a2 25. Bc4 Be5 26. Rxa2 Rfd8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Be2 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Bxa1 30. f3 exf3 31. Bxf3 Bd7 32. Kf2 f6 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. Kd3 Be5 35. Kc4 Ke6 36. Be4 g6 37. Bg2 f5 38. e4 Bd6 39. exf5+ gxf5 40. Bd4 Kf7 41. Bf3 Kg6 42. Be3 Be6+ 43. Kd3 c5 44. Bf4 Be7 45. Be5 Bf6 46. Bxf6 Kxf6 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Bc6 Bd5 49. Bxd5 Kxd5 50. Kd3 c4+ 51. Kc3 h5 52. Kc2 Kd4 53. Kd2 c3+ 54. Kc2 Ke4 55. Kc1 Kd3 56. Kd1 c2+ 57. Kc1 Kc3 0-1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 d6 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bg6 12. Nd2 c6 13. f4 Ned7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. f5 Nxe4 16. Ndxe4 Bxf5 17. O-O Bxe4 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Ng3 Qc7 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. Bd4 Ne5 22. Bc5 Rfe8 23. Qc2 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Ng4 Re6 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Nxf6+ Nxf6 29. Bd4 Ne8 30. Bd3 c5 31. Bc3 d4 32. Bc4 Re7 33. Bd2 Nd6 34. Bd5 Rf8 35. Bg5 Re2 36. Rf4 Nf5 37. Rxf5 gxf5 38. Qh4 Qe5 39. Bf3 Rxb2 40. Bf6 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Rfb8 42. Qg3+ Kf8 43. Qg7+ Black resigns, on account of 43... Ke8 44. Bc6# 1-0 [S Anderson]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Kh1 b5 10. f5 e5 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. a4 b4 16. Na2 a5 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Bc4 Nxe4 21. Qh5 Ng5 22. h4 d5 23. hxg5 Kg8 24. g6 dxc4 25. gxf7+ Kf8 26. Nf3 Qc6 27. Rae1 Bf6 28. b3 c3 29. Nc1 Rc7 30. Nd3 Re7 31. Nf2 e4 32. Nh4 Bxh4 33. Qxh4 e3 34. Rg1 Qc5 35. Ng4 e2 36. f6 Rxf7 37. fxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rxe2 Qg5 39. Qg3 h5 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41. Nxe5 Re7 42. Rge1 h4 43. Nc4 Rxe2 44. Rxe2 h3 45. Re7+ Kf6 46. Rxb7 hxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Rd8 48. Nxa5 Rd2+ 49. Kf3 Rxc2 50. Nc6 Rb2 51. Nd4 Ke5 52. Rxb4 Rd2 53. Ke3 Rb2 54. a5 Ra2 55. Kd3 c2 56. Nxc2 Rxa5 57. Ne3 Ra6 58. Nc4+ Kd5 59. Rb5+ Kc6 60. Rh5 Ra8 Black resigns 1-0 [S Anderson]