These games were played by Tim Ailes (1544) at our March 2005 Championship tournament. Tim had an excellent tournament, playing at a performance level of 2102 to capture the overall second place trophy in this years Championship. Tim took three and a half points out of a possible four, drawing against Crystal Lake Champion Bob Cairone in a game that might have been won. Check it out.

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Tim Ailes - Joe Cygan [B90]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship/Elgin (2) 2005


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Bb3 e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Qe2 b5 12. a3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bb7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc6 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Rxd8+ Sicilian endgames are generally better for Black, so this just plays into Black's hands. But Black had at least equalized anyways. 19... Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qf2 22. h3 Qh4 23. Qe2 g5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Bxe6 The combination doesn't work, but neither does anything else - White's dark square weaknesses would cost him the game anyways. 25... fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 "Chess Dyslexia." After 26... Kg7 White cannot grab the Bb7 with 27. Qd7+ Kh6 28. Qxb7 because Black mates with 28... Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Be5+ 27. Qxf6+ Black resigns. 1-0


Tim Ailes - Bob Cairone [C26]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship (3) 2005


1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. f4 Bxg1 6. Rxg1 d6 7. f5 Nc6 8. g4 Na5 9. Bb3 c6 10. Qf3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. h4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nd7 14. Qg3 b6 15. g5 h5 16. f6 g6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Ne2 Nc5 19. Bc3 Nxe4 20. Qxe5+ Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Bf5 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. O-O-O O-O 24. Rge1 Nf2 25. Rd2 Ng4 26. Bd6 Rfe8 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. fxe7 c5 29. Nf3 Re8 30. Bxc5 Bc6 31. Rd8 bxc5 32. Nd2 f6 33. Nc4 Kf7 34. gxf6 Nxf6 35. Ne5+ Kxe7 36. Nxc6+ Kf7 37. Rxe8 Nxe8 38. Nxa7 g5 39. Nc6 Ke6 40. Kd2 g4 41. Ke3 Nd6 42. Kf4 Nf5 43. Ne5 Nxh4 44. Nxg4 hxg4 45. Kxg4 Ng6 Unfortunately, at this point the score stops due to time trouble. However, the game eventually ended with a draw, with White having two pawns in a phalanx on b3 and c3, and Black having a pawn on c5 and the knight. Black could not find a plan to advance the pawn without allowing White to give up both his pawns for Black's one, thus leaving insufficient mating material. Therefore the point was split. 1/2-1/2


Phil Jarrette - Tim Ailes [A00]

McHenry Area Chess 2005 Championship (4) 2005


1. g4 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. h3 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d3 Nbc6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2 Re8 9. Nf3 a6 10. Ne4 f5 11. gxf5 exf5 12. Nf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Rf8 14. Bc3 f4 15. b3 d5 16. d4 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qd6 18. d5 Nb8 19. Qd4 Nf5 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Qxh7+ Ke8 22. Ne5 Ne7 23. Be4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qh8+ Rf8 26. Qh6 Nd7 27. Nd3 Nc5 28. Rg1 Nxd3+ 29. exd3 Kd7 30. Kd2 Rae8 31. a3 Qc5 32. Qh4 a5 33. Rab1 b6 34. Rb3 Qd6 35. Qg4+ Kd8 36. Re1 Nf5 37. Rbb1 Qxa3 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Qxg6 Nd6 40. Qg5+ Kc8 41. Qxf4 Qa2+ 42. Rb2 Qa1? The Black queen is easily confined in the corner. The best plan would have been to extract the queen by 42... Qa3 or 42... Qa4 Black realized this just as all bad moves are recognized, just as the hand leaves the piece! 43. Qg4+ Kd8 This awkward move is necessary as anything else loses the queen to a rook check on the b file. 44. Qd1? Much better is 44. Bf6+ winning the exchange. 44... Qa3 45. Qg4 Rf8 46. Qh4+ Kc8 47. Qg4+ Kb7 48. f4 Qc5 49. Qg3 Nf5 50. Qf3 Ka7 51. Qe4 Qf2+ 52. Kc1 Qg1+ 53. Kc2 Ne3+ 54. Kb3 Qd1+ 55. Ka2 Nc2 56. d4 Nb4+ 57. Bxb4 axb4 58. d6 Rg8 59. dxc7 Qa4+ 0-1




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