... 31. Qxd3 Qe6 32. Qh7 Qg8 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34. Qg6 Rf8 35. Rd1 Rf6 36. Qg4 g5 37. Kh2 Qxa2 38. Qc8 Ne8 39. Bb6 Kf8 40. Bd8 Rf7 41. h4 gxh4 42. Bxh4 Qc4 43. Qxa6 Kg7 44. Qa8 Qg4 45. Ra1 Qd7 46. Qb8 Qc6 47. b4 Kg6 ... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 ...

... 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Bxe4 Nxc4 10.Bd5 Bb4+ 11.Nc3 Nd6 12.O-O Re8 13.Bf3 Be6 14.Rd1 Ke7 15.Nd5+ Bxd5 16.Rxd5 c6 17.Re5+ Kf8 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Bf4 Nc4 20.b3 Ne5 21.Bg2 Bc5 22.Rc1 Bb6 23.Rd1 h6 24.h4 Ng4 25.e3 Nf6 26.Bd6+ Kg8 27.Ba3, draw. </a * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Round Four: Sicilian Defense, Accelerated Fianchetto Jim West (USCF 2200) - Miguel Garcia (USCF 1917), ...

... Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qb3 Qd6 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Ba5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qc7 14. Rac1 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Na6 18. Ne5 Bb6 19. Nf3 Qf4 20. Re1 Rd5 21. Nc3 Rd7 22. Rcd1 Rad8 23. Re4 Qd6 24. Rde1 Nc7 25. g3 Qf8 26. Kg2 Nd5 27. Qb3 Nf6 28. R4e2 Ba5 29. Ne5 Rc7 30. Nf3 Qb4 31. Qc2 Qf8 32. Re5 Bxc3 33. Qxc3 Nd5 34. Qa5 b6 35. Qa4 ...

... after this game and that is the reason you have never heard of him. Sam Sloan 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Ne2 Bg4 9.Ng3 Nh5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxg3 12.fxg3 Bc5+ 13.Be3 Bb6 14.g4 Qe7 15.Bxb6 cxb6 16.Rf2 Qe6 17.b3 a5 18.a4 f6 19.Qe3 Rab8 20.Raf1 d5 21.g5 d4 22.Qg3 fxg5 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Qxg5 Kf7 26.Kf2 Qf6+ 27.Qxf6+ gxf6 1/2-1/2

... . 20.Qf2 tends to snuff out a good deal of what I was aiming at. Still not to worry. 20...Qxf2 21.Rxf2 Rad8 22.Rfd2 Rfe8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.Kf1 Bb6! An orgy of exchanges and suddenly we have been transported to the endgame. To the untrained eye, the position may look roughly equal, roughly symmetrical. I have a couple of salt cellars, he has a couple of pepper pots. Material, so ...

... game, no original thought at all. Press, Shaun v The Knight of the Square Table Chessworld Friendly 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Ng8 8.Bc4 e6 9.0-0 Bc5 10.Ne4 Bb6 11.Qg4 g6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Nd6+ Kf8 14.Qf4 f5 15.Qh4 h6 16.Be7+ Nxe7 17.Qf6+ Kg8 18.Qf7# The whole game, up until move 16, had been played back in 1980, with J. Franklin Campbell defeating Lee Jerger.

... white is down in material ) 19... Be5 16... Nxb3+ Interesting is 16... b4!? 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Bxa4 Qa5 17. axb3 Qa5 18. Kb1 b4 19. Na4 Bxe4 Another option is 19... e5 20. Nf3 Bd8 to prevent 21.Bb6 21. Nd2 Rc 20. fxe6 fxe6 20... Be5 is probably better for e.g 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qh4 Nf6 21. Bf4?! White should have played 21. Qg4! Bf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 exf5 And black pawns looks weak ...

... bull; Greco's Attack variation, C54: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 • Center-holding variation, C53: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4 Bb6 • Canal variation, C50: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 The magority of variations of Italian Game are played via the following 3 lines: 4.c3 .., the 4.d3 .., and the 4.0-0 .. Within ...