[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bartron, Paul"]
[Black "Greninger, Harley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4
Qf6 15. Bg3 b6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Qa4 Rac8 19. Rfe1 Na5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7
21. Rd7 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Nxc6 23. Red1 Rfd8 24. Ne5 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rd8 26. Kf1 f6
27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Nd3 Ba3 29. Nb4 Bb2 30. c5 bxc5 31. Nd3 Ba3 32. Bd6 Nb7 33.
Bb8 a6 34. c4 e5 35. f3 Na5 36. Ba7 Nxc4 37. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MacGregor, Michael"]
[Black "Gale, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rhd8 13. c4 Qa5 14.
Bd2 Qc7 15. Re1 Na5 16. Bb4+ Ke8 17. Qd2 Nxc4 18. Qg5 Nd5 19. Rab1 Nxb4 20.
Rxb4 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Nxa5 22. f4 Ke7 23. f5 h6 24. Rg4 Kf6 25. fxe6 g5 26. exf7
Kxf7 27. h4 Rc5 28. Rge4 Rd7 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Re6 Rc6 31. Rff6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6
gxh4 33. Rg6+ Kf7 34. Rxh6 Rd4 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. Rh7+ Kf6 37. Kh3 Kg5 38. Rg7+
Kf6 39. Rg6+ Kf7 40. Rg4 Rxg4 41. Kxg4 a6 42. Kxh4 b5 43. Kg5 Nc6 44. Kf5 Nb4
45. Be4 Kg7 46. a3 Na2 47. Ke5 Nc3 48. Bd3 Nb1 49. c4 Nxa3 50. c5 Kf7 51. Kd6
1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chen, Howard"]
[Black "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. axb4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Qe6+ 8.
Qe2 Nxb4 9. Ra4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 e6 12. Nb5 Kd7 13. Nxa7 Bc5 14.
Bb5+ Kc7 15. Bb2 f6 16. d4 Rxa7 17. Rxa7 Bxa7 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bragg, David"]
[Black "Smith, Allen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Re1 b6 8.
Ne5 Bb7 9. Ndf3 c5 10. c3 Ne4 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f3 Nd6 14. a3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Rac8 16. Bf4 Qc2 17. Rb1 Nb5 18. Be3 f6 19. Nd3 Rc4 20. Bh3 Kf7 21.
Rc1 Qxd1 22. Rexd1 Nxd4 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Nf4 Nf5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. Rd7 Rb8 27.
Rc7 g5 28. Ng2 Ke6 29. Kf2 Kd6 30. Rxc4 Bc6 31. Nf4 Bb5 32. Rd4+ Kc6 33. Ne6
Ba6 34. Rd2 Bc8 35. Nd4+ Kb7 36. Nb5 Be6 37. Bd4 a6 38. Nc3 Rd8 39. e3 Bc5 40.
Ne2 Bc4 41. Rc2 Bxe2 42. Kxe2 Bxd4 43. Rd2 Kc6 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. exd4 Kd5 46.
Kd3 b5 47. Kc3 a5 48. Kd3 b4 49. a4 f4 50. g4 h6 51. h3 Kd6 52. Kc4 Kc6 53. d5+
Kd6 54. Kd4 Kc7 55. Kc5 b3 56. d6+ Kd7 57. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "June, Peter"]
[Black "Hadzic, Huso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 b6 9. Qe2 h6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Ncd2 Rad8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 c5
15. Bc3 Bc8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Qc4 e5 18. a4 Nh5 19. a5 Nf4 20. axb6 axb6 21.
Qb5 Bd7 22. Qb3 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qd7 24. Re3 Nxh3+ 25. Kf1 Nf4 26. Ng1 b5 27. Ba5
Ra8 28. Ne2 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Qxd2 30. Ra1 Qd7 31. Qa3 b4 32. Qa4 Qe6 33. c3 Bf8
34. Qb5 Rd8 35. Nxf4 exf4 36. Rd3 Qxe4 37. Rxd8 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qxa1 39. Qxc5
Qxb2+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 f3+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kh3 Kh7 44. Rxf8 bxc3 45. Qxc3
Qf5+ 46. Kg3 Qg5+ 47. Kxf3 Qd5+ 48. Ke2 Qb5+ 49. Ke1 Qb1+ 50. Kd2 Qa2+ 51. Kc1
g5 52. Rh8+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kf5 54. Qf3+ Ke6 55. Qe4+ Kf6 56. Qd4+ Kf5 57. Qd3+
Kf6 58. Qc3+ Kf5 59. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 60. Kxc2 h5 61. Kd2 h4 62. Ke2 Kf4 63. f3 f5
64. Kf2 g4 65. Rf8 Kg5 66. Kg2 Kf4 67. fxg4 Kxg4 68. Rg8+ Kf4 69. Kf2 h3 70.
Rg7 Ke4 71. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Selzler, Ricky"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 Bf6 12. Qg3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 d6 14. O-O Be6
15. Ra3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Rc6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Re1 Qb6 21. Qb5
Qd4 22. Qe2 Bd7 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Bg5 25. Rd3 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Be6 27. f3 Rb6
28. Nb5 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Bd7 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Nb5 Rbc6 32. Nd4 Rb6 33. Nb5 Bd7 34.
Nc3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ryan, Mark"]
[Black "Do, Nhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "Harrison"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 Nbd7 7. g4 Qa5 8. O-O-O
{White castles into the attack; note black is going to delay castling until
after the kingside becomes blocked up.} (8. Nge2 $5 {
develops and keeps white's options open.}) 8... b5 9. Kb1 Rb8 $146 (9... Nb6
10. Bd3 {seems to be the main line}) 10. h4 h5 $1 11. g5 Nh7 12. f4 Nb6 13. a3
Bg4 14. Re1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Ka1 O-O 17. Nce2 Qa6 18. Ng3 Rb5 19. N1e2
Rfb8 20. Rb1 c5 21. Rhg1 Nf8 22. f5 Nd7 23. Nf4 Ra5 24. c3 {Diagram #} ({
Nhon Do suggested} 24. Ka2 {
as a forced improvement, but black can still win after} {24...} cxd4 ({
Black can also play another move order} 24... c3 25. Qxc3 cxd4 26. Bxd4 {
and reach the same position}) 25. Bxd4 c3 26. Qxc3 Rc8 $1 (26... Rc5 27. Bxg7
Rxc3 28. Bxc3 Bxf5 $1 {is also better for black}) 27. Qb3 ({Now} 27. Bxg7 {
is no longer playable due to} {27...} Rxc3 28. Bxc3 Qc4+ 29. Ka1 Rxa3+ $3 30.
bxa3 Qxc3+ 31. Ka2 (31. Rb2 Qe3 $19) 31... Qxc2+ 32. Rb2 Qc4+ 33. Kb1 Qd4 34.
Rf1 Qe3 35. Nfe2 Qxa3 {and black has too much material}) (27. Qxc8+ Qxc8 28.
Bxg7 Qc4+ 29. Ka1 Kxg7 $19 {is not better}) 27... Bxd4 28. fxg6 Kh8 $19) 24...
Rxa3+ $3 25. bxa3 Qxa3+ 26. Qa2 Qxc3+ 27. Rb2 Rxb2 28. Qxb2 Qxe3 {
A model attacking game for black in the Pirc Defense.} 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Calpo, Benjamin"]
[Black "Warrier, Krishnan V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Qc7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Kh1 d5 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. b4 a6 14. Na3 b5 15.
Bb3 O-O 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. f3 Rd8 18. Ne4 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. Bc2 Be6 21. Rd1
Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nd5 23. Qd3 b4 24. Ng5 g6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. c4 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4
28. Nb5 Qe5 29. Rb1 Rd8 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. fxe4 Rd2 32. Bd1 Rxa2 33. h4 Kg7 34.
e5 Nxc4 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Rxb2 Nxb2 37. Nd4 Nd3 38. Nxe6+ Kh6 39. Bc2 Nxe5 40.
Nxf4 Bxh4 41. Kh2 Be7 42. Kh3 Kg5 43. g3 Nc4 44. Nd5 Bc5 45. Kg2 Nd2 46. Bd3
Kh6 47. Nf6 {remaining moves unclear} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Do, Nhon"]
[Black "MacGregor, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. e3 h6 11. h4 Bg4 12. Ne2 e6 13. Nh2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 g5 15.
hxg5 hxg5 16. f3 gxf4 17. fxe4 fxe3 18. exd5 Nxd4 19. Qh5 e2 20. Rf4 Qa5 21.
Ng4 e1=Q+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 23. Kh2 Nf5 24. Rf3 Qd2 25. Rf2 Qc1 26. Be4 Rac8 27.
dxe6 fxe6 28. Qg6 Rc6 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Rd2 e5 31. Nxe5 Qxg6 32. Nxg6 Rf7 33.
Rd8+ Kh7 34. Nf4 Bxb2 35. Ne6 Kg6 36. Nf4+ Kf6 37. Re8 Ne7 38. Kh3 Be5 39. Nh5+
Ke6 40. g4 Rf2 41. g5 Kf7 42. Rd8 Kg6 43. Re8 (43. Re8 Kxh5 $1 44. Rxe7 Rh2#)
0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Black "Bragg, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Ba7 8. Qe2
h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 d6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. d4 Bb7 15.
d5 Nb8 16. c4 c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bb3 Ra5 20. Rac1 Rda8 21. Nf1
Nb4 22. a3 Na6 23. Ng3 Nc5 24. Bc2 Ng4 25. Qe2 Ne6 26. h3 Nf6 27. Qd2 R5a6 28.
Rcd1 Rc8 29. Bd3 Qe8 30. Rc1 Nc5 31. Rc3 Rd8 32. Bc2 Ne6 33. Qc1 Rc6 34. Bb3
Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qc6 36. Qe3 Qc5 37. Qd2 Nf4 38. Bc2 Rc8 39. Bb1 g6 40. Kh2 Kg7
41. Nf1 Ne6 42. Qe3 b4 43. N3d2 bxa3 44. Qxc5 dxc5 45. bxa3 c4 46. f3 c3 47.
Nb3 Nd4 48. Nc1 Ba6 49. Ne3 Rb8 50. Bd3 Rb2 51. Kg1 Bxd3 52. Nxd3 Ra2 53. Nxe5
Nh5 54. Nd3 Rxa3 55. Nc1 Nf4 56. Kh2 c2 57. Kg1 Nde2+ 58. Kf2 Nxc1 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greninger, Harley"]
[Black "June, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bh4 Bb7 8. c3
d6 9. a4 a6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Nd7 15.
Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Qc7 17. Bxe7+ Kxe7 18. Bxa6 Nb8 19. Bc4 Qxb7 20. Bd5 Nc6 21.
Qh5 g6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bartron, Paul"]
[Black "Selzler, Ricky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[Annotator "Harrison"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Ne2 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qc7 8. Nbc3
d6 9. f4 a6 10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 Rb8 12. a4 b6 13. g4 Bf8 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. g5 Nd7
16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Rxa2 Bc6 19. b3 Rbd8 20. Qf2 Qb7 21. h4 d5 22. e5
Nb8 23. h5 dxc4 24. dxc4 Bxg2 25. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Rd3 27. Bc1 Nc6 $19 28.
Ne4 Rxb3 29. Rb2 Rxb2 30. Bxb2 Rd8 31. Bc3 Rd3 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. Bd2 Rf3+ 34. Kg2
Rb3 35. Rc1 Rb2 36. Kf1 Nb3 37. Rd1 Ra2 38. Be3 Rxa4 39. Rd8 Rxc4 $2 40. Nd6 $1
{Now black must give back the exchange, or ...} Rb4 $4 {Diagram #} (40... Rd4
41. Bxd4 Nxd4 42. Nc4 $16) (40... Na5 41. Nxc4 (41. Nc8 Nc6 $19) 41... Nxc4 $13
) 41. Nc8 $3 $18 {...get checkmated!} f6 (41... g6 42. Ne7+ Kg7 43. h6+ Kh8 44.
Rxf8#) (41... h6 42. Ne7+ Kh7 43. g6+ fxg6 44. hxg6+ Kh8 45. Rxf8#) 42. g6 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Gorman, Peter"]
[Black "Calpo, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Ne2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f4 a6 11. h3 Rc8 12. Qd3 Na5 13. e5 Ne8 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. b3
Bf5 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bb6 Bxc3 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfd1 Nd4 21.
Kf2 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Nxe2 23. Kxe2 e6 24. Ke3 b5 {
remaining moves indecipherable. Black won on move 41.} 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Warrier, Krishnan V"]
[Black "Hadzic, Huso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 d5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Be3
Qd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Qd3 Kh7 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. Qb3 Bxd4 20. Bxd5
Rcd8 21. Bb4 Rfe8 22. Bxf7 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qd4+ 24. Kf1 $4 (24. Kg2 Rxe1 $11)
24... Bh3# 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gale, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Chen, Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

{Game score not submitted}  0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "MacGregor, Michael"]
[Black "Bragg, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Bf4 Nh6 7. Nf3 f6 8. O-O
Nf7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. d5 Nce5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nc3
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qe2 Bf8 19. Qe6 Red8 20. h3
Kg7 21. Qe2 Qf5 22. Bg3 a6 23. Qe6 Qxe6 24. dxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ne5 26. Bxe5
fxe5 27. Rd7 b5 28. a3 Rc6 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Rc7 Rxe6 31. Ne4+ Kf5 32. f3 Rb6 33.
b3 g5 34. Ke2 h5 35. g4+ hxg4 36. hxg4+ Kg6 37. Rc8 Bg7 38. Rc7 Bf6 39. Kd3 Kf7
40. Kc3 Ke6 41. Kb4 Kd5 42. Rd7+ Kc6 43. Ra7 Kd5 44. Ka5 Rb8 45. Rxa6 Kd4 46.
Rc6 Ke3 47. Nxf6 Kxf3 48. Nd7 Ra8+ 49. Kxb5 e4 50. a4 e3 51. Re6 Rd8 52. Kc6 e2
53. Kc7 Rh8 54. a5 Rh1 55. b4 e1=Q 56. Rxe1 Rxe1 57. b5 Rc1+ 58. Kb7 Kxg4 59.
a6 Kf4 60. a7 Ra1 61. a8=Q Rxa8 62. Kxa8 g4 63. b6 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Black "Greninger, Harley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[Annotator "Harrison"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 e6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. b4
Qb8 9. Qd4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne7 11. f4 Nf5 12. Qc3 Be7 13. Nd2 f6 14. Nf3 a5 15.
bxa5 Qb5 16. Bd2 Kf7 17. a4 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Rb1 Rhb8 20. Ke2 Be7 21. Rb6
Bd8 22. Rxc6 Bxa5 23. Bxa5 Rxa5 24. Rc7+ Kg8 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Rc6
Rxa4 28. Rxe6 Rxf4 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rxd5 Rxc2+ 31. Kd1 Rxf2 32. Rd7 Rg2 33. Re8+
Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Ke2 Re4+ 36. Kf2 Re7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 38. Nd4 Kf7 39. Kf3
f5 40. Kf4 Kf6 41. Nf3 h5 42. Ne1 Ng6+ 43. Kg3 f4+ 44. Kf2 Ne5 45. Nc2 Kf5 46.
Nd4+ Ke4 47. Ne6 Ng4+ 48. Kg1 h4 49. Ng5+ Ke3 50. Kg2 Ne5 51. Kf1 f3 52. Nh3
Ng4 53. Kg1 {Diagram # Black had 1 hour of time left and white was down to 50
seconds with a 5-second delay.} Nf6 ({
Another way to win is through zugzwang with} 53... Ke2 $5 {and I was trying to
figure out the calculation when black played 53...Nf6. The variation works out
after} 54. Nf4+ Ke1 $1 55. Nd3+ Kd2 $1 56. Nf2 Ne3 $1 57. Nh3 Ke1 $22 58. Nf2
Ke2 {(mate in 21)} 59. h3 Nd5 60. Ne4 Nf4 61. Nf2 Nd3 62. Ng4 f2+ {
and after trading knights, the endgame is simple. (mate in 15)}) ({
My computer (Crafty 19 with the Nalimov endgame database) prefers} 53... Ne5 $1
54. Kf1 Nd3 55. Ng5 Nf2 56. Ke1 Ng4 {and mate in 30}) 54. Nf2 {Diagram #} ({
The computer says} 54. Kf1 {puts up a longer resistance, e.g.} Ne4 55. Kg1 Nc5
56. Kf1 Nd3 57. Ng5 Nf2 {and white must give up the h-pawn with} 58. Ke1 {
to avoid checkmate in 18 moves if the white king moves toward the corner.})
54... Ne4 $4 ({As I was watching, I was considering} 54... Ke2 $1 {again. Unfor
tunately for black he was not using his remaining hour of time for calculating
this candidate move.} 55. Nh3 (55. h3 Nd5 56. Ne4 Nf4 57. Nf2 Nd3 {
transposes to a variation listed above}) 55... Nh5 56. Nf2 Nf4 {
finally forcing white to advance his pawn} 57. h3 ({because} 57. Ne4 Nh3+ 58.
Kh1 Nf2+ {is easy}) 57... Ke1 58. Ng4 Ne2+ 59. Kh2 (59. Kh1 f2 60. Nh2 Ng3+ 61.
Kg2 Ke2 $19) 59... f2 60. Nxf2 Kxf2 $19) 55. Nh3 $4 ({
White was too short on time to see that} 55. Nxe4 $1 Kxe4 56. Kf2 {is a draw!}
Kf4 (56... h3 57. Ke1 Ke3 58. Kf1 f2 {stalemate!}) 57. Kg1 Ke3 58. Kf1 h3 59.
Ke1 {with the opposition}) 55... Ke2 $4 (55... Nc5 $3 56. Kf1 Nd3 57. Ng5 Nf2
$1 {transposes to the 53...Ne5 variation that was found by computer.}) (55...
Nc3 $1 {may take a few moves longer but should still be winning}) (55... Ng3 $4
{was my idea while watching the game. Unfortunately it's no good.} 56. hxg3
hxg3 57. Kf1) 56. Nf4+ Ke1 (56... Kd2 57. Kf1 Ke3 58. Nd5+ Kd4 (58... Kd3 59.
Nf4+ Ke3 60. Nd5+ {is another repetition.}) 59. Nf4 Ke3 60. Nd5+ {
repeating the position}) 57. Nd3+ Kd2 (57... Kd1 58. Nf2+ Nxf2 59. Kxf2 {
is drawn}) 58. Nf4 Ke3 59. Nh3 Kd4 60. Nf4 Ke3 (60... Ke3 61. Nh3 {
repeats the position for the third time.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chen, Howard"]
[Black "Bartron, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nd4 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. Qc1
Nf6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nd1 O-O 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bb5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. O-O Ne5 15.
Bg2 Qa6 16. c4 Bd7 17. Kh2 Nc6 18. Nc3 Rfe8 19. f4 Nd4 20. Rab1 b5 21. e5 dxe5
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Ne4 f5 24. Nxc5 Bxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Qd6+ 26. Kf2 Qxc5 27. Qc3 e5
28. Bf3 Rac8 29. b4 Qe7 30. Bxd4 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 exd4 33. Rbe1 Re3
34. Rxe3 dxe3 35. c5 Kf7 36. d4 Ke6 37. d5+ Ke5 38. Rd1 g5 39. c6 g4 40. hxg4
fxg4 41. cxd7 gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rd8 43. Kxe3 Rxd7 44. Rc1 a6 45. Rc6 Rd6 46. Rc5
Rxd5 47. Rc6 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hadzic, Huso"]
[Black "Smith, Allen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8.
Nde2 O-O 9. O-O Rd8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. h3 Nc6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. f4 Nc4
15. Qc1 Bb7 16. Rd3 b4 17. Nd1 Qc5+ 18. Nf2 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Be7 22. b3 Nb6 23. c4 bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qa3 25. Rd2 Nd5 26. Qf3 Bc5 27. Kh2
Rac8 28. Rc1 Bxf2 29. Rxc8 Bxg3+ 30. Nxg3 Rxc8 31. Ne4 Qc1 32. Qf2 Qb1 33. Nd6
Rc1 34. f5 Rh1+ 35. Kg2 Ne3+ 36. Qxe3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "June, Peter"]
[Black "Do, Nhon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2
a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5 13. Bf4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Qxa2 16. Qxb4 Nc5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bc4 Qa1+ 19. Kc2 Bf5+ 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Warrier, Krishnan V"]
[Black "Ryan, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. b4 a5 7. b5 e5 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Qb3 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Nf3 a4 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. e4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxb2 19. Rad1 Bd4 20. exf5 Qc8 21.
fxg6 hxg6 22. Bd5 Kg7 23. Rfe1 c6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bf3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rb8 27.
Rb1 Rxb1+ 28. Qxb1 Qe6 29. Qc2 a3 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Greninger, Harley"]
[Black "MacGregor, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "Harrison"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

{Black had a perfect score going into the last round and needed only a draw to
advance to the Washington Championship, while white was a full point behind
and needed a win to catch up and force a playoff.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3
d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 Bf5 6. Be2 O-O 7. Ne5 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nbd7 10. Bf3
Nb6 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. c3 Ne4 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 f6 15. Ng4 g5 16. Bc1 Bxg4 ({
This was black's last chance to play} 16... e5 {to exchange his backward
e-pawn. The weakness on the e-file and e6 will be black's Achilles heel.}) 17.
Bxg4 f5 18. Be2 f4 (18... e5 $6 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Be3 $14 {>< d5}) 19. gxf4
gxf4 20. Bg4 Rc6 21. Re1 $16 Rh6 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. b3 Rf7 24. a4 $1 e6 25. Ba3 $1
{White activates his "bad" bishop and connects his rooks in preparation for
doubling on the e-file.} Qc6 26. Re2 (26. Ra2 $1 {was a more efficient way to
double the rooks, because the bishop can retreat to c1 without interfering.}
Bf8 27. Bc1 Na8 28. Rae2 Nc7 29. Bh5 $1 Rf5 30. g4 $1 $18 {
when it is not possible to play 30...} fxg3 {because of} 31. Qxg3+ Kh8 32. Bxh6
) 26... Bf8 27. Bc1 (27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rae1 Rff6 29. c4 $1 $18 {,} {if} dxc4
30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. a5 Nd7 32. bxc4) 27... Rff6 (27... Na8 $5 {
with the idea ...Nc7} 28. Bxf4 (28. c4 $5 Nc7 $1 29. Bh5 Rf5 30. g4 Rg5 31. Kf1
$1 $16 (31. Bf7+ $2 Kxf7 32. Qxf4+ Ke8 $1 33. Qxg5 dxc4 $1 $17)) 28... Rhf6 29.
Qg3 Rxf4 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 32. Rae1 Nc7 $16 {
and white is still better}) 28. Bxf4 Bd6 $6 {Diagram #} 29. Bxh6 $1 (29. Qg3 $5
Rhg6 30. Bxd6 $18 {is also good}) 29... Rxf3 30. gxf3 Kf7 31. Rxe6 Qc7 32. Rae1
1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bragg, David"]
[Black "Calpo, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Qe2 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. g3 Qe7 12. e4 Nf6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Kg2 Rad8
15. h3 Rd7 16. g4 Rfd8 17. Nc4 Nh7 18. Qe3 Nf8 19. g5 Ng6 20. gxh6 Nf4+ 21. Kf2
Qxh6 22. Ncxe5 Nxh3+ 23. Ke2 Nxe5 24. Qxh6 gxh6 25. Nxe5 Re7 26. Ng4 Rd6 27.
Rh1 Rg6 28. Rxh3 Rxg4 29. Rxh6 Rg2+ 30. Kf3 $1 Rg5 (30... Rxc2 $2 31. Rg1+ Kf8
32. Rh8#) 31. Rah1 Rd7 32. R1h2 Kg7 33. R6h5 Rg6 34. Rg2 Rdd6 35. Rhg5 Rb6 36.
b3 Rbc6 37. c4 Rcf6+ 38. Ke3 Rf1 39. Rxg6+ fxg6 40. d4 Re1+ 41. Re2 Rh1 42. e5
Rh3+ 43. Ke4 Rh4+ 44. Kd3 g5 45. e6 Rh8 46. Rf2 Re8 47. Rf7+ Kg6 48. d5 g4 49.
Ke3 c6 50. Kf4 b5 51. Rxa7 bxc4 52. bxc4 g3 53. Ra3 cxd5 54. Rxg3+ Kf6 55. cxd5
Ra8 56. Re3 Ke7 57. a3 Rh8 58. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Do, Nhon"]
[Black "Bartron, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[Annotator "Harrison"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. e4 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfe1 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rac8 12. a3 Rfd8 13. b4 a5 14. Qb1
Qb8 15. Bg5 Re8 16. e5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ng5 Nf8
21. bxa5 h6 22. Nge4 Qa7 23. Nc4 Qa6 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. Nc5 Qa7 26. Rb1 Rb8 27.
Rb3 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. Rd1 Ne7 30. Nb6 Rc7 31. Qc3 Rd8 32. Qc5 Nd5 33. g3
Qa6 34. Nc4 Ra8 35. Rdb1 {and here the remaining moves were almost
indecipherable. My best guess is that the game continued as follows} Ne7 36.
R1b2 Nc8 37. Nd6 Rd7 38. a4 Qxa5 39. Qxa5 Rxa5 40. Nxb7 Ra8 41. Nc5 Rda7 42.
Rb4 g5 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. g4 Ne7 46. Rb7 Rxb7 47. Rxb7 Nd5 48. Rb3 f5
49. h3 Ra7 {I had to invent this move and white's next in order to reconstruct
the position which actually occurred in the game.} 50. Kg2 h5 51. f3 Nf4+ 52.
Kh2 hxg4 53. fxg4 fxg4 54. hxg4 Ne2 55. Nxe6 Rxa4 56. Rb7 Nxd4 {Diagram #} 57.
Nf8+ Kh6 58. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smith, Allen"]
[Black "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Harrison"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Nxc3 7. Bxd8 Nxd1 8.
Bxc7 Nxb2 9. Rb1 Nc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Rb4 Na6 12. Rxc4 b5 13. Rc3 Bb7 14. Ne2
b4 $1 15. Rc5 (15. Rc4 Rc8 $19) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bd5 17. c3 a5 18. Kd2 Bxa2
19. cxb4 axb4 20. Ra1 O-O 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. Rb1 Ra2+ 23. Ke3 b3 24. c6 Rc8 25.
Bd6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxb3 h5 28. Be7 Rcc2 29. Bh4 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hadzic, Huso"]
[Black "Chen, Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d3 Bb7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Bd6 13. Qg5 Qd7 14. a4 Rae8
15. axb5 axb5 16. d4 Re4 17. f3 h6 18. Qd2 Rh4 19. g3 Rh3 20. Qg2 Bc6 21. Na3
h5 22. c4 h4 23. cxd5 hxg3 24. dxc6 Qc8 25. f4 Qg4 26. Bd1 Qh4 27. Rf3 Rxh2 28.
Qxg3 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 Qxg3+ 30. Rxg3 Rxd1 31. Nxb5 Bxf4 32. Bxf4 Rxa1 33. Nxc7 Rb8
34. b3 1-0

[Event "Challengers Cup"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Gorman, Peter"]
[Black "June, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "Harrison"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bxc4 {Diagram #} 12. Qxg7 $1 Rf8
13. Bg5 Be6 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Bh6 a5 16. Qxh7 Bf5 17. Qg7 Be6 {Diagram #} 18.
Re5 $6 (18. f4 $3 $18 {wins outright, because of the threat f4-f5.} {
Black blocks with 18...} f5 ({
If either bishop moves, the other bishop will be pinned, for example} 18... Bf5
19. Qxf8#) (18... Bc5+ 19. Kh1 {doesn't help}) {Then} 19. Qg6+ Bf7 {Diagram #}
20. Rxe7+ $3 Kxe7 21. Bg5+ Ke8 22. Qf6 {mates in 6 moves, i.e.} {22...} Qd7 23.
Re1+ Qe6 24. Rxe6+ Kd7 25. Qe7+ Kc8 26. Qxf8+ Kd7 27. Qxf7+ Kc8 28. Re8#) 18...
Ra6 19. Qh7 Bf6 20. Bxf8 Bxe5 21. Qg8 f5 22. Qg5 Kxf8 23. Rd8+ Qxd8 24. Qxd8+
Kf7 25. g3 Rc6 26. c3 a4 27. Qa8 Rb6 28. Qa5 Kf6 29. f4 Bd6 30. c4 Rc6 31. Qc3+
Kg6 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Bc5+ 34. Kg2 Bd7 35. Qh8 Kf7 36. Qh7+ Ke8 37. h4 Rb6
38. h5 Bf8 39. Qh8 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Challengers Playoff Semi-final g/10"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bragg, David"]
[Black "MacGregor, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "Harrison"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. exf5 e4 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Nd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Qe5 10. Ne6 Bxe6 11. fxe6 Bd6 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Bb2 Rhe8 14.
O-O-O Qxe6 15. h3 Qf5 16. g3 Bc5 {Black has won a small advantage} 17. Rdf1 Qf3
18. Qe1 Rd7 19. Kb1 Red8 20. Bc1 Bd4 21. Ne2 Be5 22. Rh2 Nd5 23. Ng1 $1 {
This undeveloping retreat allows white to beat off the black attack and
equalize.} Qf5 24. Qe2 Bf6 25. f4 exf3 26. Rxf3 Qe5 {Black should not have
traded queens because white has better pawn structure and potential piece
locations for the endgame. Black's pawn structure is worse and since his
pieces are already placed aggressively it is hard to improve them.} 27. Qxe5
Bxe5 28. Re2 Bf6 29. c3 Re7 30. Rxe7 Nxe7 31. Kc2 Ng6 32. d4 b5 33. b4 Re8 {
around this point the players started to play too fast for me to keep score
and I may have got the move order wrong.} 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Ne2 Ne7 36. Bd2 {
I'm not sure if this move (which prevents a later ...Re1) was actually played
but white needed to spend a tempo to arrive at the position which follows.} Nc8
37. g4 h6 38. Ng3 {From this point forward the moves are accurately recorded.
Someone thought long enough for me to catch up.} ({The players missed} 38. Bxh6
$1) 38... Nb6 39. Ne4 {White has improved his knight and now has the advantage}
Be7 40. Rf7 Nc4 $2 (40... Rg8 {would have kept the damage to the minimum}) 41.
Rxg7 Rf8 42. Bxh6 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Rxh3 44. Bg5 {Black is now losing a piece, but
was determined to play quickly and hope white would lose on time.} Kc8 45. Rxe7
Rh2+ 46. Kd3 Rh3+ 47. Ke2 Rh2+ 48. Kf3 Rxa2 49. Nc5 Nd6 50. Rh7 Kb8 51. Bf4 Rc2
52. Bxd6 cxd6 53. Nxa6+ Kc8 {And here both players were moving too fast for
keeping score. I think the following moves were} 54. Rc7+ Kd8 55. Rxc6 {
and white lost on time about 10 moves later, before he could queen a pawn and
deliver checkmate.} 0-1

[Event "Challengers Playoff Semi-final g/10"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greninger, Harley"]
[Black "Do, Nhon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "Calpo"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qa5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. a3 Nh5 12. Be3 e5 13. b4 Qd8 14. Nb3 Qe7 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rc1 Qh4 18. Qd2 Nf4 19. g3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2 Qh5 21.
Rh1 Bg4 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Rxh3 Bf3+ 24. Kh2 Qg4 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxf4 27.
gxf4 Bxe4 28. Re3 Bc6 29. Na5 Rfe8 {and the remaining moves could not be
recorded. White won the endgame many moves later.} 1-0

[Event "Challengers Playoff Final g/10"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greninger, Harley"]
[Black "MacGregor, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "Harrison"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 O-O 7. Bb5 a6 8. Ba4
Qa5 9. Qd2 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Qc6 14. Rfe1 Rfe8
(14... b5 {This was black's last chance to play ...b5, although it's not
entirely desirable because white can challenge it later with a2-a4, and when
black pushes on with b5-b4 white will move the knight from c3 and then play
c2-c3, possibly activating his queenside pawn majority for the endgame.}) 15.
a4 $1 b6 $6 {Now the a6-pawn becomes weak and this factor will decide the game.
} ({The alternative is for black to play something like} 15... Rad8 {
as in the game, allowing white to play either 16.Be5 or} 16. a5 {with the threa
t of 17.Ba4 and also the maneuver Na4-b6. Black's position is unpleasant but
not actually losing material and white would still have the burden of finding
a winning plan of attack under time pressure.}) 16. Be5 Rad8 17. Qe2 $1 Ra8 $6
(17... a5 {gives up the b5-square to the white knight, but if} 18. Nb5 Ne4 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f3 Nd6 {white has an edge, but perhaps black's position is more
defensible than in the game.}) 18. h3 Ne4 $2 {Sensing that his position is
worse, black decides not to let white methodically dominate the game, but to
create complications and counterplay. Unfortunately this does not turn out
well for black.} 19. Nxe4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 dxe4 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe4 {So white h
as won a solid pawn on e5 and black still has weak pawns on the queenside and
no counterplay.} Rac8 23. b3 a5 {Transferring the weakness from a6 to b6.} 24.
c4 Rcd8 25. Rad1 Qc8 26. Rd5 (26. e6 {was another win, but white is justified
in continuing his plan for endgame domination.}) 26... e6 27. Rd6 Qc5 28. Red1
{White is obviously winning by this stage.} Rc8 29. Qd4 {Exchanging off
black's only active piece will ensure that black will not have counterplay.
This is good endgame technique.} Qxd4 ({Black's original intention was} 29...
Qb4 {but then he saw something like} 30. Rxb6 {. Black inquired whether he had
to move the queen because of touch-move, but white said that black could play
whatever he wanted to.}) 30. R1xd4 Rb8 31. Rd7 Rec8 32. R4d6 Kf8 33. Ra7 Rd8
34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Rb7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Re1 37. Rxb6 (37. f4 g5 38. fxg5 Rxe5 39.
Rxb6 Rxg5 40. Rb5 $18 {is another alternative}) 37... Rxe5 38. Rb5 Re2 39. Rxa5
Rxf2 40. c5 Rc2 41. b4 Kg7 (41... Ke7 {may have been played instead. I'm not
sure. Both players were moving quickly now.}) 42. Ra7 Kf6 43. Rc7 Rc4 44. b5
Rxa4 45. b6 Rb4 46. b7 Ke5 47. c6 Kd6 48. Rc8 h5 49. b8=Q+ Rxb8 50. Rxb8 Kxc6
51. Rd8 h4 {and here I was unable to record the remaining moves. White was not
in serious time trouble, and was able to force black to resign several moves
later.  With this game Harley Greninger finally won the right to play in the
2008 Washington Championship.} 1-0

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oberly, Calvin"]
[Black "Meliti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1069"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf5 Bxf5 8.
exf5 d5 9. Bg5 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. c4 d4 14. Bf3 Qc7
15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 f6 17. Bh4 Qc5 18. Qg4 Qxd5 19. Qxg7 $4 Rg8 20. Qxg8+
Qxg8 21. Rb2 Qg4 22. g3 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Buck, Stephen"]
[Black "Yu, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1391"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
d3 Be6 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. a3 f5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Bd6
15. Bc3 Kh7 16. e4 f4 17. gxf4 exf4 18. Qg4 g5 19. d4 Ne7 20. Nxe7 Bxe7 21. e5
Kg6 22. Qd7 Bd8 23. d5 Rf7 24. Qb5 Rb8 25. e6 Rf8 26. Qd3+ Kh5 27. d6 cxd6 28.
Qxd6 Bb6 29. e7 Rfe8 30. Bg7 Kg4 31. Bxh6 Kh4 32. Rae1 Kg4 33. Qxb8 Rxb8 34.
e8=Q Rxe8 35. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Jusak, Jeremy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "353"]
[BlackElo "1556"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h4 Nf6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bh3 Bg7 8. Bg5
Bxh3 9. Rxh3 Qd7 10. g4 Nxg4 11. Qd2 Nge5 12. Nd5 Qxh3 13. Nf6+ exf6 14. Qf4
Nxf3+ 15. Kd1 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Meliti, David"]
[Black "Subramani, Ramsamy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1305"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7
8. Be3 e5 9. Nb3 Nf6 10. f3 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 Bb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3
Rc8 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. Qh4 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Rxc3 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Bd2 Rxc2 20. Ba5 Qf6
21. Qb4 Qg6 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. Rab1 Ba8 24. Qa3 f6 25. Rbc1 Kf7 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27.
Rc1 Qf5 28. Qd6 Qe6 29. Qc7 Rb8 30. Nb3 Kg6 31. Nc5 Bc6 32. Nxd7 Re8 33. Rxc6
Qf7 34. Nxe5+ Rxe5 35. Qxe5 Qb7 36. Qg3+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jusak, Jeremy"]
[Black "Buck, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nb3 b5 11. a3 O-O 12. f5 Ne5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf4 Rfd8 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Qxe5 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Qd2 Ng4 21.
Qf4 Rf8 22. Qg3 Ne3 23. Rf2 Nc4 24. Rb1 Nxa3 25. Rbf1 Nc4 26. Nd4 Rxf2 27. Rxf2
Qh6 28. Qg4 Nxb2 29. Nxe6 Nxd3 30. cxd3 Rxc3 31. Qf5 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vanmane, Amith"]
[Black "Oberly, Calvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1086"]
[BlackElo "1069"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke8
8. Bxd5 Nd4 9. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Buck, Stephen"]
[Black "Meliti, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
O-O f6 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Qxa3 Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. d4 Bg4 14. e3
Rhd8 15. Nd2 Be2 16. Rfc1 Ba6 17. Ne4 Bc4 18. Nc5 Na5 19. Ne4 b6 20. Nd2 Bd3
21. Nf3 Nc4 22. Ne1 Bg6 23. Nc2 a5 24. Bf1 Nd2 25. Bg2 Be4 26. Ne1 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 Nc4 28. Nf3 c6 29. Kf1 e4 30. Ng1 a4 31. a3 b5 32. Ne2 Nd2+ 33. Kg2 Nb3
34. f3 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Nxa1 36. Rxa1 Kd6 37. Nf4 f5 38. Nd3 Re8 39. Ne5 Rxe5 40.
dxe5+ Kxe5 41. Rd1 Rb7 42. Rd4 g5 43. Rd8 c5 44. g4 fxg4+ 45. Kxg4 h6 46. Kh5
Rb6 47. Rh8 Kd5 48. Re8 Re6 49. Rd8+ Kc4 50. Rb8 Rxe3 51. Kxh6 Rh3+ 52. Kxg5
Rxh2 53. Kf5 Ra2 54. Ke5 Rxa3 55. Kd6 Rxc3 56. Rc8 Rd3+ {and here the players
stopped recording moves, either due to time trouble or resignation.} 0-1

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vanmane, Amith"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1086"]
[BlackElo "353"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nb4 6. d6 cxd6 7. Nxf7 Qa5 8.
Nxh8 Bg4 9. f3 Bf5 10. Bb3 d5 11. c3 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 e4 13. Bc2 Qb5 14. Qe2 Nxc1
15. Qxb5+ Nd7 16. Qxd5 O-O-O 17. Nf7 Re8 18. Qxf5 Re7 19. Nd6+ Kc7 20. Nxe4 g6
21. Qf4+ Kc6 22. Qd6+ Kb5 23. Ba4+ Kxa4 24. Qb4# 1-0

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meliti, David"]
[Black "Lai, Jingzhou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1613"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Qe2 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 Ba6 12. h4 b4 13. Bf4 c4 14. d4 Qa5 15. Qe3
Rab8 16. N1h2 Qa4 17. b3 Qa3 18. h5 Qb2 19. h6 g6 20. Qd2 Qa3 21. Ng4 Qa5 22.
Bh3 Qd8 23. Ng5 Qb6 24. Rad1 c3 25. Qe3 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Bc5 27. Red1 Bxd4 28.
Qxd4 Be2 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Re1 Bxg4 31. Bxg4 Ra6 32. Ra1 {and the players
stopped recording moves due to mutual time trouble. Black ran out of time
later.} 1-0

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Subramani, Ramsamy"]
[Black "Buck, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "1305"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nb3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. f3 O-O 15.
Bf4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc1 Qb6 18. Na4 Qb5 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 d5 21. e5
Nd7 22. c3 Bc6 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Ne2 a5 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Rb8
28. Rf2 Rb3 29. Ra1 a4 30. Ra3 Rfb8 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Rc2 Kf8 33. Kg1 Ke7 34.
Kf2 Kd7 35. Ke2 Bb5 36. Kd1 Kc6 37. Kc1 Rd3 38. Rd2 c3 39. bxc3 Rxc3+ 40. Rc2
Rxc2+ 41. Kxc2 Bf1 42. Bc1 Bxg2 43. f4 Kb5 44. Kc3 Bf1 45. h4 Be2 46. Ba3 f6
47. Bf8 fxe5 48. fxe5 g6 49. Be7 Bc4 50. Ba3 Bb3 51. Bc1 Kc6 52. Bd2 Kd7 53.
Be3 Ke8 54. Bd2 Kf7 55. Be3 Kg7 56. Bd2 h6 57. Be3 Bd1 58. Kb2 g5 59. hxg5 hxg5
60. Bxg5 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jusak, Jeremy"]
[Black "Vanmane, Amith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "1556"]
[BlackElo "1086"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
b5 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 a5 12. Nb5 d5 13. Bb6 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Bg5 15.
Bxd8 Bxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Kxd8 17. exd5 Bb7 18. dxe6+ Ke7 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Rxg2 fxe6
21. Re1 Kf8 22. Rf2+ Ke7 23. Nc7 Ra7 24. Nxe6 Kd7 25. Rf7+ Kd6 26. Rxa7 Re8 27.
Rb7 Nd7 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Nec5+ Kd8 30. Nb7+ Kc7 31. Rxe8 Kxb7 32. Re7+ Kc6
33. Rxg7 Kb5 34. Nc3+ bxc3 35. bxc3 Kc4 36. Rh7 Kxc3 37. Rxh6 Kb4 38. Kb2 Kb5
39. Rh8 Kb4 40. c3+ Kb5 41. Ka3 Kc4 42. Ka4 {This move was recorded as Kxa4,
thus the scoresheet was inaccurate. White checkmated black 9 moves later.} 1-0

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Oberly, Calvin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "353"]
[BlackElo "1069"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 h6 6. a3 Be7 7. c3 Nf6 8. Qd3
O-O 9. b4 Bd6 10. Be2 Nd5 11. c4 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. g3 Bg5 14. b5 Na5 15. h4
Bf6 16. O-O-O b6 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. Qe3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nb3+ 20. Kc2 Nxd2 21. Kxd2
Re8 22. Kd3 a6 23. Ra1 axb5 24. cxb5 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Ra4 26. Bd1 Ra5 27. a4 e5
28. f4 exd4 29. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Kxd4 Re1 31. Kc4 g6 32. g4 Re4+ 33. Kd5 Rxf4 34.
h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Rf5+ 36. Kc6 Rc5+ 37. Kd7 Ra8 38. Ra2 Ra7 39. Rc2 c6+ 40. Kd6
Rd5+ 41. Kxc6 Rxd1 42. Rc4 Ra1 43. Kxb6 R1xa4 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45. Kc6 Rb4 46. Kc5
Rb1 47. b6 f5 48. Kc6 f4 49. b7 f3 50. Kc7 f2 51. b8=Q+ Rxb8 52. Kxb8 f1=Q 0-1

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meliti, David"]
[Black "Jusak, Jeremy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1556"]
[Annotator "Meliti"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Qb6 9. Nc2 d6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Rb1 Nc5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 $2
Bxb2 15. Rxb2 Na4 16. Rbb1 Nc3 17. Qg5 Nxb1 18. Rxb1 Qc7 19. Ne3 e6 20. Qf6
Rab8 (20... Qd8 $142) 21. Ng4 Rfc8 22. Nh6+ Kf8 23. Bh3 Qd7 24. Rd1 Nb4 25.
Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lai, Jingzhou"]
[Black "Buck, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1613"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. e4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bb1 Bb7 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Qd5 16. f3 Bc5 17. Be3 Qxe5 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bc2 Nc4
22. Bh6 Qh5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. f4 Qd5 25. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vanmane, Amith"]
[Black "Piper, August"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "1086"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. f3
b5 9. Bb3 Nc5 10. a3 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. g4 d5 15.
exd5 exd5 16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Bc5 Ne4 18. fxe4 Bxc5 19. exd5+ Kd7 20. Nxc5+ Qxc5
21. d6 Rhe8 22. Re7+ Rxe7 23. dxe7+ Bd5 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Ke8 26. b4 Rc6
27. Kb2 Rd6 28. Nc7+ Kxe7 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. Nxa6 Ke5 31. h3 g6 32. Kb3 f5 33.
Nc5 f4 34. Nd3+ Ke4 35. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yu, Justin"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1391"]
[BlackElo "353"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Qe7 5. Nxf7 Rg8 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Bxg8 a6
8. d4 Nc6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bxh7 Bg4 11. Bg6+ Kd8 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bxh5 Nxh5 14. O-O
Nf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5+ Kc8 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Re8+ Nd8 20. Bf4
Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bd6 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Rxd6 Kc7 24. Rxf6 a5 25. Nd5+ Kd7 26. Rff8
Rc8 27. Nb6+ Kc7 28. Nxc8 Nc6 29. Rf7+ Kb8 30. Nd6+ Ka7 31. Rxb7+ Ka6 32. Ra8+
Na7 33. Raxa7# 1-0

[Event "Reserve Section"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oberly, Calvin"]
[Black "Subramani, Ramsamy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1069"]
[BlackElo "1305"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2007.12.??"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. O-O b5 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. a3 h6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Nf5
Nc5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bg3 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 20. b3 f5 21. c4 Qf6
22. Be2 bxc4 23. bxc4 f4 24. Rb1 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rc7 26. f3 Rf8 27. Rf1 Bc8 28.
g4 Bd7 29. Rb4 Rb7 30. Rxb7 Nxb7 31. Qb3 Nc5 32. Qe3 Qf4 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Rb1
Kf7 35. Rb6 Ke7 36. Kf2 g5 37. g3 fxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rf4 39. Rb8 Be8 40. Ra8 Bg6
41. Rh8 Bd3 42. Bxd3 Nxd3 43. Rxh6 Rf6 44. Rh5 Ne5 45. Rh7+ Rf7 46. Rxf7+ Kxf7
47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Kxf4 Kg6 49. c5 Nd3+ 50. Ke4 Nxc5+ 51. Kd4 Kg5 52. Kc4 Kxg4
53. Kb4 Kf4 54. Kc4 Ke4 55. Kb4 Kxd5 56. Ka5 Kc4 57. Kb6 0-1

[Event "Friday night game"]
[Site "Tacoma Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bartron, Paul"]
[Black "Anderson, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.12.29"]
[Source "Harrison"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qa4 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. Bd3 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Rxg2 14. Ke2
Bd7 15. Rhg1 Rxg1 16. Rxg1 O-O-O 17. Bb2 Be8 18. h4 d4 19. h5 Nd5 20. Qe4 f5
21. exf6 Bxh5 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Qf5 Bf7 24. Rg4 Re8+ 25. Kf1 Qa5 26. Qd7 Qd8
27. Qxf7 Rf8 28. Qg7 Rxf6 29. Be4 Nc3 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rxd4 Qf8 32. Rb4+ Nb5
33. Qxf6 1-0

