To play the games, just click on the moves in the score in the right hand side. Moves in black are the ones actually played in the game, and moves in color are variations and analysis. You can also click on these moves to see the position on the board. Or you can use the control panel under the board to step through each move manually, or the game can be played automatically. In autoplay mode, you have the option of stepping into the analysis variations or bypassing them completely. Select games by scrolling in the right hand panel, or use the drop down list under the board. The interface is quite natural and easy to get used to. We hope you find it useful and enjoyable.


Jim Marshall - Joe Cygan [B99]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (2) 2004


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. Ba4 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Qb6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Bb3 Nc5 17. Qd2 Nxb3+ 18. cxb3 Rd8 19. e5 Qc6 20. Rf1 d5 21. f5 Qc7 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. f6 Rb4 24. Qg5 Due to a time scramble, the score ends here. However, despite White's very strong advantage, the game continued for some time, White eventually queening a pawn and winning. 1-0


Gary Levine - Mark Robledo Jr. [D94]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (2) 2004


1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. a3 Rb3 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Re1 e6 16. Qa6 Nh5 17. Ne2 Rfb8 18. g4 Rxh3 19. gxh5 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Ng1 Bxd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Rxb2 25. Qc8+ Kg7 26. h6+ Kxh6 27. Qf8+ Kg5 0-1


Mark Robledo Sr. - Nathan McCoy [A04]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (2) 2004


1. Nf3 c5 2. d3 d6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Nc6 6. e4 Be7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nh4 Ne8 10. Qg4 Bxh4 11. gxh4 Ne5 12. Qg3 f6 13. f4 Nf7 14. Kh1 f5 15. exf5 exf5 16. Nd5 Nf6 17. Bd2 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qf6 19. Bc3 Qg6 20. Rg1 Qxg3 21. Rxg3 g6 22. h5 Re8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rxg6+ Kf8 25. Bf6 Be6 26. Bg7+ Kg8 27. Bc3+ Kh7 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Bxe6 Nh6 30. Rg1 1-0


Clifford Adams - Roger Allison [B40]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (2) 2004


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d3 Qc7 5. Be2 Nc6 6. a3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. h3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qd2 Rad8 12. Rad1 d6 13. Nh2 d5 14. Bf3 d4 15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Ng3 Rc8 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Bxg4 g6 21. Rf1 Qf4 22. Qe1 h5 23. Bf3 h4 24. e5 Bxf3 25. exd6 Bxd1 26. Ne4 Bxc2 27. g3 hxg3 28. fxg3 Qe3+ 29. Qf2 Bxd3 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Qxe3 dxe3 32. d7 Rc7? 33. Ne8+! Kg8 34. Nxc7?? 34. d8=Q gives White a strong advantage. 34... Bxf1? 34... e2 or 34... Rd8 is necessary here. 35. Kxf1? Again, White misses an opportunity to win. 35. Ne8 and Black can't prevent the pawn from queening. 35... Rd8 36. Nxa6 Rxd7 37. b4 c4 38. a4 c3 0-1


Mark Engelen - Vladim Djordjevic [D11]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (2) 2004


1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. a3 Nb6 9. Ba2 Bd6 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qc2 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bb2 Bg6 15. e4 Bf4 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rfa8 18. Rcd1 Bd6 19. Nb3 R5a7 20. Nc5 Na4 21. Nxa4 Rxa4 22. Bb3 R4a5 23. a4 Rc8 24. Nh4 Bb4 25. Re3 Rh5 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Rc1 b6 28. Qc4 Bd2 29. Re2 Bxc1 30. Bxc1 b5 31. Qc2 bxa4 32. Bxa4 c5 33. Bb2 cxd4 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. e5 Nd5 36. Bd1 Nc3 37. Bxc3 dxc3 38. Bc2 Rh4 39. Be4 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 c2 0-1


Charles Giertz - Gary Wang [C44]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (2) 2004


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Ne5 9. Bb3 a6 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Kh8 12. Qe2 c5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Rb8 15. a4 Be6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Rab1 b5 20. axb5 Rxb5 21. b3 Qa8 22. Bxh6 Qb7 23. c4 Rb6 24. Bd2 Rb8 25. Ba5 Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Qxb3 27. Qf4 Qa2 28. Bc7 Rb1 29. Bxd6 Bd4 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qh4+ In an even position, the game is called a draw. 1/2-1/2


Eugene Lopez - Akhil Dutta [B13]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (2) 2004


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. c5 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. O-O e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h3 O-O-O 15. Re1 Rh7 16. Na4 Rdh8 17. Nb6+ Kb8 18. b4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Nxb4 22. Rab1 Bg5 23. Red1 Nxa2 24. Na4 Bf6 25. Rb2 Bxd4 26. Rxa2 g5 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Kf1 g4 29. hxg4 Rd8 30. g5 Be7 31. Rb2 Rc8 32. Ke2 Bxc5 33. Rdb1 b5 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Ne5 Rc7 36. g6 fxg6 37. g4 g5 38. Rd1 Kb7 39. Rdd2 Kb6 40. Rdc2 Ra7 41. Rc6+ Kb7 42. Rxe6 Rh6 43. Rxh6 gxh6 44. Rc2 Kb8 45. Kd3 Rc7 46. Rxc7 Kxc7 47. Kc3 47. Nf7 allows White to pick up a pawn and threaten others. It's difficult for Black to advance the pawns against the more mobile knight. 47... Kd6 48. Nd3? a5 49. f3 Kc6 and although the position unbalanced, it's dead even at this point. However, after several more moves in a time scramble, Black went on to win the game. 0-1


Suhrittam Sanyal - John Schaeffer [C55]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (2) 2004


1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8 8. d3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 Bd6 11. g4 Bg6 12. a3 a6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. O-O-O c5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 O-O-O 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. c3 f6 21. Qe2 Qe6 22. Nd2 Na5 23. Kb1 Bc7 24. Rc1 c4 25. f3 Rd6 26. Bf2 Rhd8 27. Rhd1 Rd3 28. Nf1 Nb3 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. Qd1 Bb6 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 0-1


Jeremy Crouse - Bill Hayes [B23]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (2) 2004


1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d3 e5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. f4 O-O 8. f5 Nd4 9. h3 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd2 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxf5 15. g4 Bg6 16. O-O-O h6 17. Be4 Bg5 18. h4 Bxh4 19. Rh3 Bxe4 20. dxe4 Bg5 21. Rdh1 Kh7 22. Qd2 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Qf6 24. g5 Qg6? 24... Qf4 preserves Black's advantage. 25. Rxh6+? The rook sacrifice is unjustified. Black should simply capture with the pawn on h6 now, as Black cannot prevent the h file from being opened up on the next move. 25... gxh6 26. Rxh6+ Qxh6 27. gxh6 Rg8 28. Qf2 Raf8 29. Qe2 Ra8 30. Qf3 Ra7 31. c4 Rg6 32. Qf5 Kxh6 33. Qc8 Kg7 34. Qb8 Re7 35. Qd8 Ra7 1/2-1/2


James Tao - Robert Hayes [D00]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (2) 2004


1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bc4 Nxc4 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Bg5 Bg4 14. Qe3 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rf1 Rd7 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh4 Nc4 19. Nd1 Nxb2 20. Nxb2 Bxb2 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rb1 Qd8 24. Rb5 Rd1# 0-1


Jason Lang - Donald Reyes [B09]

(2) 2004


1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 O-O 11. f5 Nh5 12. Bh6 Nxd4 13. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 14. Ke2 Nxd2 15. Kxd2 Nxg7 16. Rag1 c6 17. Rg3 e5 18. Rhg1 Qf6 19. a4 Rab8 20. b3 Nh5 21. R3g2 Nf4 22. Rg3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 bxa4 24. bxa4 Rb2+ 25. Ke3 Rxh2 26. Nb1 Qh4 27. Nd2 Qf4# 0-1







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