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.


Roger Allison - Jim Marshall [A26]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 e5 6. Qc2 Re8 7. Ng3 c6 8. c5 b6 9. b4 a5 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Nce4 axb4 12. Nd6 Re7 13. Nxc8 Qxc8 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. cxb6 d6 16. O-O Rxb6 17. axb4 Nd5 18. Bc3 Nxb4 19. Qa4 c5 20. Rfb1 Reb7 21. Qd1 h6 22. Rc1 Nd3 23. Rc2 d5 24. Rca2 Kh7 25. Ra6 Qc6 26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27. Ba5 Qb2 28. Bc3 Qb5 29. Ra5 Qb6 30. Ra1 d4 31. Ba5 Qc6 32. f3 f5 33. Ra3 Nb2 34. Qc2 Qb5 35. h4 Nc4 36. Ra1 Nxa5 0-1


Mark Robledo Jr. - Vladimir Djordjevic [D20]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 c6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Bxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Nf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Qc8 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8 12. Be3 Nb4 13. O-O Nc2 14. Rac1 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bd3 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Na4 Be7 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Rc1 Kd7 20. Nc5+ Bxc5 21. Rxc5 h6 22. Kf2 a6 23. Ke2 Bb7 24. Kd2 Bc6 25. Kc3 Rb8 26. b3 Bb5 27. Ne1 Bf1 28. g3 f6 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Nd3 Bxd3 31. Kxd3 Kd6 32. Kc3 h5 33. Ra5 Rc8+ 34. Kd3 Rc6 35. b4 e5 36. Rc5 Rb6 37. a3 f5 38. Rc8 h4 39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. Rxd5 e4+ 41. Kc4 hxg3 42. hxg3 Rg6 43. Rxf5 Rxg3 44. Re5+ Kd6 45. Rxe4 Rg1 46. Re8 Rc1+ 47. Kb3 Rd1 48. Ka4 Rd3 49. Re5 Rc3 50. e4 Rd3 51. Rd5+ Kc6 52. Rc5+ Kb6 53. d5 Re3 54. Rc6+ Kb7 55. Re6 Ka7 56. d6 Kb7 57. e5 1-0


John Gallagher - Mark Robledo Sr. [B01]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Qb3 Nf5 13. c5 Nd4 14. Qd1 Nxd5 15. Nxd4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 exd4 17. exd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Bc4 Bxh3 21. Bxf7+ Kg7 22. Bxe8 Bg4# 0-1


Gary Wang - Mark Engelen [B90]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Na5 Ba8 14. a4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Be2 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bc3 Bxg2 0-1


Joseph Cygan - Charles Giertz [B78]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. g4 Rfc8 14. h4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. h5 Be6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh2 Qa6 19. Kb1 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Bd4 Qa3 22. Qd2 Rc6 23. Qc1 Qa4 24. Qb2 Bc4 25. Rh2 e5 26. Be3 Nd7 27. Rhd2 Bf8 At this point, White has a slight edge. Unfortunately, due to time trouble the game score ends here. However, White went on to win this game. 1-0


Nathan McCoy - John Schaeffer [B02]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. exd6 exd6 7. d3 N8d7 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. a4 a5 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Ne4 Bxf3 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Be4 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Nexc4 19. dxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxf6 Nxd2 21. Bxd8 Nxf1 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Bxa5 b6 24. Bc3 d5 25. Bxd5 Rd8 26. Rd1 1-0


Robert Hayes - Gary Levine [B23]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Ne2 Nbc6 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. d3 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Be3 Qd6 15. d4 c4 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Qf3 Rae8 21. Rae1 Nc8 22. f5 g5 23. h4 h6 24. Rf2 Re7 25. Nf1 Nd6 26. g4 Ne4 27. Rfe2 Rfe8 28. Nd2 Qd6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qf2 Bc6 31. Kg2 Qc7 32. Kh3 Bf8 33. h5 Rd7 34. Nf1 Bd6 35. Nd2 Bd5 36. Kg2 Rde7 37. Kh3 a5 38. a3 b4 39. Nb1 Qb8 40. Kg2 Rb7 41. a4 Bc6 42. Kh3 Bxa4 43. Bxg5 hxg5 44. Rxe4 Rxe4 45. Rxe4 Re7 46. Qe2 Qe8 47. Re6 Rxe6 48. fxe6 Be5 At this point, neither player was keeping score due to time pressure. However, Black went on to win this game. 0-1


Akhil Dutta - Clifford Adams [C50]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rad1 b6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 c5 15. Qe4 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qa4 Re6 21. Rc1 b5 22. Qa5 Red6 23. h3 R8d7 24. Qe1 b4 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Re1 Bc4 27. Qe4+ Kh8 28. Qxc4 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kh2 Rb1 31. b3 Rb2 32. Qxc5 Rxa2 33. Qxb4 Rxc2 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ 1-0


Bill Hayes - Alan Jurgensen [B06]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d5 e5 7. Ng5 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Nh3 Bxh3 10. gxh3 f5 11. Be2 f4 12. Bf3 g5 13. Ne2 Ng6 14. Bh1 Qd7 15. Bd2 Qxh3 16. Bg2 Qd7 17. f3 Nh4 18. Bh1 g4 19. Nc3 Rf6 20. fxg4 Rg6 21. Bxf4 Rxg4+ 22. Bg3 Na6 23. Nb5 Nc5 24. Nxc7 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Ne6 Rg6 27. Qh5 Qe7 28. Nxc5 dxc5 29. Rf1 c4 30. Rf5 Nxf5 31. Qxg6+ Ng7 32. Qxh6 Qc5+ 33. Bf2 Qe7 34. Qh4 Qxh4 35. Bxh4 Bd6 36. Bf2 b6 37. Bf3 Ne8 White is in time trouble, and offers Black a draw despite his very strong advantage. The suggestion is quickly agreed to. 1/2-1/2


Eugene Lopez - Jason Lang [A08]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d4 7. O-O e5 8. a4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc4 Bd6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bc7 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Nh4 Qe7 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Ndxe5 20. c3 h5 Black has the better game here, but White has no reason to resign. Perhaps White feared that Black would open up the h file and attach with a column of rooks and the queen, but that strategy will take time and work and there is plenty of opportunity for counterplay by White on both sides of the board. 0-1


James Tao - Suhrittam Sanyal [B12]

McHenry Area Chess November Swiss (3) 2004


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. c3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Qxh1 8. Be3 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qd5 12. Bf3 Qe6 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. Qb4 Nd5 15. Qa3 Nxe3 16. Re1 Qc4+ 17. Kb1 Bf5+ 18. Ka1 Kd8 19. Qxe3 Be6 20. Qg5+ f6 21. b3 Qc3+ 22. Kb1 Qxe1+ 23. Qc1 Qxc1+ 24. Kxc1 Kc7 25. Ne2 Nd7 26. Kd2 Rhe8 27. h4 Bd5 28. Bh5 g6 29. Bg4 f5 30. Bh3 At this point the score contains errors and the game could not be reconstructed. After another dozen moves or so, Black won the game as expected. 0-1







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