These games were played by Dylan Ballard (Unrated) at our March 2005 Championship tournament. Dylan was only to win a single point in his last round victory against Andrew Brown, also unrated. Both of these players will improve with experience and practice. Unfortunately, we do not have the scores for that game, or his first round loss against Troy Makulec either.

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.


Steve Strathmann - Dylan Ballard [D05]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship/Elgin (2) 2005


This game is interesting to see because of what develops - or rather, what doesn't develop!

1. e3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Bd6 4. Bd3 g6 5. a3 f6 Interesting, but Black needs to develop something. 6. Bd2 e5 7. O-O Bg4 7... e4 wins a piece. 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c6 10. Bb4 Bxb4 11. axb4 h5 11 moves per side and only one piece is developed! 12. c3 b6 13. Nd2 a5 Black's non development only becomes a real problem after this move, which creates a weakness on a5. 14. bxa5 bxa5 Now White has a serious advantage. 15. Ra4 Nd7 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. e4 Rb8 18. Qa3 O-O 19. Rxa5 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qxe7 Rf7 22. Qe6 Nf8 23. Qh3 Ra7 24. Nb3 Ra2 25. Rb1 Nd7 26. Qxd7 Ra6 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qxf6+ Kh7 29. h3 exd4 30. Qxd4 Ra4 31. Qd1 dxe4 32. Be2 Ra2 33. Nc5 Qe8 34. Qb3 Ra5 35. Ne6 Ra8 36. Ng5+ Kg7 37. Rd1 e3 38. Qb7+ Kg8 39. Bc4+ Kh8 40. Qh7# 1-0


Dylan Ballard - Joe Riddle [C50]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship (3) 2005


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Ng5 Qxg5 5. h4 Qxg2 6. Rf1 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 d6 8. d3 Qxh4 9. c3 Bh3 10. Rh1 Qxf2+ 11. Kd2 Bf5 12. Rf1 Qe3+ 13. Kc2 Qh3 14. Rh1 Qg3 15. a3 Be3 16. Bd2 Na5 17. Kc1 b6 18. b4 Bxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Nc6 20. Qg1 Qxg1+ 21. Rxg1 g6 22. Bf3 Nge7 23. Bxc6+ Nxc6 24. Nf3 a5 25. Kb1 Bxd3+ 26. Kb2 e4 27. Nh4 b5 28. Ng2 axb4 29. cxb4 Nd4 30. Ne3 Ne2 31. Rge1 c5 32. Rad1 Nf4 33. bxc5 dxc5 34. Kb3 c4+ 35. Kc3 Rxa3+ 36. Kd4 c3 37. Ra1 Rxa1 38. Rxa1 O-O 39. Kxc3 Rc8+ 40. Kd2 Rc5 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Nd1 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 Ne6 44. Rb8 Re2# 0-1




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