These games were played by Ben Ryan (863) at our March 2005 Championship tournament. Ben had a difficult tournament, being paired up in all his games but one. Ben finished with one point out of four in his games.

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.


Matt Riddle - Ben Ryan [D58]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship (1) 2005


1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Be2 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 exd5 13. O-O c4 14. Nd4 Na6 15. Bf3 Nc5 16. Nc6 Qd6 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Bb7 19. Rab1 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rad8 21. Bb5 Ne4 22. Rb2 Rd2 23. Rxd2 Nxd2 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Bc6 Kf8 26. Rc1 Rd3 27. h3 g5 28. Rc2 Ke7 29. Rb2 f5 30. f3 h5 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. Ke2 Nxf3 33. gxf3 f4 34. exf4 Rxc3 35. fxg5+ Kxg5 36. Bd5 Kf4 37. Rd2 Kg5 38. Kd1 a6 39. Rd4 Rd3+ 40. Rxd3 cxd3 41. Kd2 a5 42. Kxd3 Kf4 43. Kc4 Ke5 44. h4 a4 45. a3 Kd6 46. Bf7 1-0


Ben Ryan - Seth Wirtz [C00]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship/Elgin (2) 2005


1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bc4 Bb7 4. d3 Bxe4 5. dxe4 Qe7 6. O-O g6 7. e5 Qd6 8. Nbd2 Qxe5 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10. Qe2 Bxe5 11. Qxe5 f6 12. Qxc7 Ke7 13. Nf3 Kf8 14. Re1 Na6 15. Qd6+ Ke8 16. Bxa6 Rb8 17. Bb5 a6 18. Qxd7+ Kf8 19. Qd6+ Kf7 20. Qxe6+ Kg7 21. Bc4 Rc8 22. Qf7# 1-0


Jeff Colwell - Ben Ryan [C54]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship (3) 2005


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. b4 Be7 9. Re1 Nf4 10. Nxe5 Ne6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Kh8 13. Nd2 c5 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. Rb1 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nf4 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Qxf4 Qd6 19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Rad8 22. Rbe1 Kg8 23. Nf3 h6 24. h3 Rf4 25. Nd4 Rf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Re7 a6 28. Nf5 Rc8 29. c4 Rc5 30. Nxd6 Re5 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. c5 1-0


Jeremy Crouse - Ben Ryan [C96]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship (4) 2005


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. d3 c5 11. Be3 d5 12. Nxe5 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bd6 14. Nf3 Nc4 15. Bg5 Qe7 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 c4 21. Nd2 Rfe8 22. Nf3 Be5 23. Kf1 Ra7 24. Qe4 Rae7 25. Qh7+ 1-0




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