These games were played by Bill Reed (1619) at our January 2005 Swiss tournament. Bill had a tough tournament, losing to expert James Marshall (2151) in round 2 and only drawing against Jeremy Crouse (1186) in round 3. His last round loss left him with only one and a half points as a final score.
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Bill Reed - Adem Music [A40]
McHenry Area Chess January Swiss (1) 2005
Jim Marshall - Bill Reed [A10]
McHenry Area Chess January Swiss (2) 2005
1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. b4 Qe8 The game is reminiscent of a Dutch Defense, except the White d pawn is held back, which gives deeper range to White's dark squared bishop. Both sides have stable pawn structures, but White has somewhat better attacking chances.
8. Bb2 Qh5 The queenside development should not be neglected.
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Nb5 c6 12. Nc7 White must be careful the knight doesn't get trapped undefended behind enemy lines.
12... Rb8 13. d4 Neg4 14. h3 Bd8 Black need not fear 15. hxg4 as the knight recapture sets up an unstoppable mate.
15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bf7 Not 17... Bxd5 18. hxg4 Nxg4 (though 18... fxg4 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Qc2 is advantageous to Black)
19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Nf3 and the mate threat has evaporated.
18. hxg4 Nxg4 19. Re1 19. Nf3 doesn't work out very well after 19... f4 20. gxf4 Bxd5 and the White defense crumbles.
19... Qh2+ 19... f4 is better both to pry open the White kingside and to put more pressure on d5 as an avenue of further attack. One possible continuation is 20. Nf3 (20. Nf1 fxg3 21. Nxg3 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Ne3+! 23. fxe3 Be6+ with mate to follow shortly.)
20... fxg3 21. fxg3 Bxd5 22. Bd4 else ... Bb6+ is devastating 22... Bf6 (or 22... Bg5)
(or 22... Rxf3)
Black's situation is so strong that there are many good alternatives to press the attack home. Black's game, while not easy, is all but certain to win.
20. Kf1 Nxf2! The knight sacrifice is a sharp way to press the attack and is the best move in this position.
21. Kxf2 Bxd5? The correct continuation is 21... Bb6+! 22. e3 f4! 23. gxf4 Bh5! 24. Nf3 Rxf4 25. Rh1 Bxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Qxg2 27. Rxh5 Rbf8 28. Ne5 Qf2+ 29. Kd3 Qxb2 30. Qg1 dxe5 with an easy win from here. Black's attack doesn't play itself, the strong moves are not obscure.
Unfortunately, the move played is easily defended against, and allows the attack to fizzle, passing the advantage to White.
22. Nf3 Bb6+ 23. e3 The score stops here, no doubt due to time trouble, but as Black's attack dissolves, White can activate his pieces quickly, possibly even making use of the enemy Queen's limited mobility, and with a material advantage due to Black's knight sacrifice, White went on to win.
1-0
Bill Reed - Jeremy Crouse [A17]
McHenry Area Chess January Swiss (3) 2005
Rudy Padilla - Bill Reed [B07]
McHenry Area Chess January Swiss (4) 2005
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