These games were played by Mike Schroeder (1147) at our March 2005 Championship tournament. Mike has been playing with us for years at the casual meetings at Borders in Crystal Lake, but this was his first time competeing in one of our tournaments. Mike's performance earned him the title of Lake in the Hills Champion.

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.


Mike Schroeder - Justin Shang [C21]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship (1) 2005


1. d4 e5 2. e4 Bb4+ 3. c3 Ba5 4. Nf3 d5 5. b4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. bxa5 c6 8. Nxe5 dxe4 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. Bxg4 g6 11. Ba3 h5 12. Be2 a6 13. Qd2 Qxa5 14. O-O c5 15. Bxc5 Nc6 16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Qxe4+ Ne5 18. Qxe5+ Kd7 19. Qf6 Rhe8 20. Bb6 Qd5 21. Bf3 Qd6 22. Qxd6+ Kxd6 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bxa6 Rb6 26. Bd3 Ra6 27. Bxa6 Kd5 28. Nd2 Kc6 29. Rab1 Kd6 30. c4 f5 31. Rfe1 h4 32. Rb6+ Kc7 33. c5 g5 34. Re7+ Kd8 35. Ra7 Ke8 36. Rb8# 1-0


Martin Franek - Mike Schroeder [D21]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship/Elgin (2) 2005


1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Bd7 4. Ne5 Be6 5. e4 g6 6. d5 Bg7 7. Nxc4 Bd7 8. Nc3 b5 9. Ne3 a6 10. Bd3 e6 11. O-O Ne7 12. a3 O-O 13. Ng4 c6 14. Qf3 cxd5 15. Nh6+ Bxh6 16. Bxh6 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nbc6 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Rxd7 Ne5 21. Qg3 Nxd7 22. Qc7 Nf6 23. Bb7 Rd7 24. Qf4 Nfd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Rc1 Qd8 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. h3 Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Rc6 a5 32. Kf1 h5 33. Ke2 Ke5 34. Ke3 f5 35. g3 g5 36. f4+ Kf6 37. fxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rxe6 f4+ 39. gxf4+ Kf5 40. Rh6 Rd1 41. Rxh5+ Kg6 42. Rxb5 Rb1 43. Kf3 a4 44. Rb4 Rh1 45. Rxa4 Rxh3+ 46. Kg4 Rh5 47. Ra6+ 1-0


Mike Schroeder - Michael Hayes [A80]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship (3) 2005


1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d5 c5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Nb6 11. Rb1 a6 12. Nf4 Qc7 13. a4 Bd7 14. Re1 Rf7 15. Ba1 Re8 16. Qd2 e6 17. a5 Nc8 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Nd5 Qd7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bd5 Ne7 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c4 Nc6 At this point the only score sheet submitted for this game becomes confused, and the moves cannot be reconstructed further. however, despite being up an exchange at this point, White ended up losing the game. 0-1


Arun Kumar - Mike Schroeder [C41]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship (4) 2005


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Qe7 5. O-O c6 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. c4 c5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Qc1 Qe6 14. Bh6 Be7 15. Bg7 Rg8 16. Qh6 O-O-O 17. Nh5 gxh5 18. Rad1 Qg4 19. h3 Qxg7 20. Qe3 Qxg2# 0-1




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