Tulsa Spring Open 2009

(1) Unruh,Charles D. (2061) - Chikkala,Sneha (1295) [C64] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (1), 21.03.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.0-0 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Qf6 7.d4 Bd6 8.Nf3 Bf4 9.e5 Qh6 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Bxf4 Qxf4 12.Ne2 Qh6 13.Ng3 0-0-0 14.c3 Ne7 15.h3 Be6 16.Qc1 Qxc1 17.Rfxc1 Nd5 18.Ng5 Rde8 19.Re1 h6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Re4 Rhf8 22.Rg4 Rg8 23.Ne4 Ref8 24.g3 Ne7 25.Nc5 h5 26.Rg5 Rf5 27.Nxe6 Rxg5 28.Nxg5 g6 29.Kg2 Kd7 30.Re1 b6 31.Re4 Rg7 32.Rf4 Ke8 33.Ne6 Rg8 34.Nxc7+ Kd7 35.Nxa6 Nd5 36.Rf7+ Kc8 37.Ra7 Rd8 38.Ra8+ Kd7 39.Rxd8+ Kxd8 40.Nb4 Kd7 41.Nxd5 cxd5 42.Kf3 Ke6 43.Kf4 Kf7 44.Kg5 b5 45.b3 Kg7 46.e6 Kf8 47.Kxg6 Ke7 48.Kf5 Ke8 49.Kf6 Kf8 50.e7+ Ke8 51.h4 b4 52.cxb4 Kd7 53.Kf7 Kd6 54.e8Q Kc7 55.Ke6 Kb7 56.Kd6 Kb6 57.a4 Ka7 58.Kc6 Ka6 59.Qa8# 1-0

(2) Lin,Kenny (1732) - Unruh,Charles D. (2061) [B77] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (2), 21.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d6 8.f3 Bd7 9.Bb3 a5 10.Qd2 [10.a4 Holds a slight advantage for White and changes the game into a positional battle.] 10...0-0 11.0-0-0 [RR 11.a3 a4 12.Ba2 Qa5 13.Rd1 Rfc8 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.0-0 Rab8 16.Rb1 Rf8 17.Rfd1 Rb7 18.Ne2 Qa6 19.Qd3 Qa5 20.Bd2 Qa7+ 21.Be3 Qa8 22.b4 axb3 23.Rxb3 Rfb8 24.Rdb1 Be8 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 Gonzalez,B (2246)-Spangenberg,H (2531)/Internet ICC 2000/EXT 2001/0-1 (38)] 11...a4-/+ 12.Bc4 [RR 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bc4 b5 14.Bxb5 Bxb5 15.Nxb5 Qb8 16.Nd4 Qb7 17.c3 Rfb8 18.h4 Nd7 19.Qc2 Ra6 20.g4 Ne5 21.Rh2 Nc4 22.Bg1 Be5 0-1 Guennoun,A (2159)-Laclau,D (2277)/Montpellier 2006/CBM 113 ext] 12...Ne5 13.Bd3N [RR 13.Be2 Rc8 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 a3 16.Qd2 axb2+ 17.Kxb2 Nc4+ 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Nb3 b5 20.Nb1 Qc7 21.Rc1 Ra8 22.Nc3 Rxc3 0-1 Maslesa,B-Imamovic,S/Sarajevo 1974/EXT 2001] 13...Qa5 [>=13...a3 ] 14.a3 Rfc8 15.Bh6 A mistake, White still has a reasonable game after 15.K-b1 15...Rxc3-+ 16.bxc3 Bxh6 17.f4 [17.Qxh6 Qxc3 18.Kb1 Qxd4-+ ] 17...Rc8 18.Kb2 Bxf4 19.Qe1 Qb6+ 20.Ka2 Qc5 21.Kb2 Nc4+ 22.Bxc4 Qxc4 23.Rf1 Be5 24.Ne2 Bg4 25.Rd3 Nxe4 26.Nd4 Nxc3 27.Qf2 Ne4 28.Qe3 Qxc2+ 29.Ka1 Rc4 30.Qxe4 Rxd4 0-1

(3) Unruh,Charles D. (2061) - Paolercio,Anthony (1901) [A04] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (3), 21.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 0-0 [RR 9...e5 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb4 13.c4 0-0 14.a3 Na6 15.Rb1 Nf5 16.Kh1 Rb8 17.Qa4 h5 18.Bh3 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bh6 20.Rf3 f5 21.Rbf1 Qe7 22.b4 cxb4 23.axb4 Kh8 24.R1f2 Biyiasas,P (2435)-Lombardy,W (2530)/Columbus 1977/EXT 1999/1-0 (45)] 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.d4 Qb6N [RR 11...cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Rad1 Nc4 14.Qc1 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 a6 16.Rfe1 Qc7 17.Re2 Bd7 18.Red2 Rfd8 19.Nde2 Be8 20.Qf4 Be5 21.Qe3 Rac8 22.Nd4 Nc6 23.Nce2 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 b5 25.c3 Qc4 26.a3 Kies,W-Jakobi,R/Leverkusen 2000/EXT 2001/1-0 (42); RR 11...b6 12.d5 Na5 13.Qd3 e5 14.Nh4 f5 15.f4 exf4 16.gxf4 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Qxh4 18.c3 Rb8 19.Bf2 Qd8 20.Ne3 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Rxf4 22.Bxg6+ Kh8 23.Bg3 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Be6 25.Nf5 Rb7 26.Nxd6 Rebolledo,F-Palomar Ramon,S/Spain 1997/EXT 2003/1/2-1/2 (47)] 12.dxc5 Qxb2?! The move is very suspect yet introduces sharp play into quiet opening pursued by White. 13.Na4 Qa3= 14.cxd6 Bxa1 [14...Qxa4= ] 15.dxe7 Nxe7 16.Rxa1+/- Qxa4 17.Bxh6 Re8 18.Bg5 [18.Qf4! f6 (18...e5 19.Qh4 Nf5 20.Ng5+ Kg8 21.exf5 Qxh4 22.gxh4+- ) 19.Qh4 Nf5 20.Qxf6 Nxh6 (20...Kxh6 21.exf5 exf5 22.Ne5 Rg8 23.Bd5 Be6 24.Bxe6+- ) 21.Ng5+ Kg8 22.Qxg6+ Kf8 23.Nh7+ Ke7 24.Rd1 mate in 5.] 18...Ng8 19.Qf4 Kg7 20.Qh4? [20.Ne5! f6 21.Bxf6+ Nxf6 22.Qg5+/= ] 20...f6=/+ 21.Be3 e5 22.c4 Be6 23.g4 Rad8-+ 24.h3 Rd1+ 25.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 26.Kh2 Bxc4 27.g5 Qd6 28.Qg3 Bxa2 29.Nh4 Bf7 30.gxf6+ Qxf6 31.Bg5 Qe6 32.Be3 a5 Black finally makes a small error but White is very short on time. [32...Nf6-+ ] 33.Nf5+-> Kf8 34.Bc5+ Ne7 35.Nxe7 [35.Qg5 gxf5 36.exf5 Qc4 37.f6 Qf4+ 38.Qxf4 exf4 39.Bxb7-/+ ] 35...Rxe7 36.Qh4 Ke8 [36...b6-/+ ] 37.Bxe7 [37.Bf1= Rd7 38.Bb5 Bg8 39.Qg5 ] 37...Qxe7 38.Qh8+ Kd7 39.Qb8 0-1

(4) Hughes,Devin (1946) - Unruh,Charles D. (2061) [A05] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (4), 21.03.2009 1.Nf3 b5 The Polish Defense, a choice to lead Devin out of the opening book. 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 c5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.a4 a6 [RR 5...b4 6.c4 e6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 0-0 9.d3 d5 10.e3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Re1 Na5 14.d4 Bf6 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Ne5 Re8 17.f4 cxd4 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.exd4 Nf8 20.Nf1 Nemet,I (2455)-Ljubojevic,L (2615)/Zagreb 1977/MCD/0-1 (42); RR 5...bxa4 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.e4 Qb8 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Be7 12.Rxa4 0-0 13.Rb4 Nb6 14.Bf4 Nbd7 15.Ndb5 e5 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Rc8 18.Bh3 a5 19.Rb3 Rxc4 20.Bd2 Stukner,S (2107)-Vaclavik,A (1982)/Frydek Mistek 2007/CBM 118 ext/1/2-1/2 (34)] 6.axb5N [RR 6.c3 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.e4 d6 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Ne1 Qc7 12.f4 e5 13.c4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 Nb8 15.Nc2 Nc6 16.Ne3 Nd4 17.Qd1 Bc6 18.Ra3 a5 19.Nf3 Nd7 20.Bh3 Bf6 Kosic,E (2315)-Bobanac,M (2250)/Zadar 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (36); RR 6.d3 g6 7.e4 d6 8.c3 Qc7 9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Bxa8 11.Qb3 Bc6 12.Na3 Qb7 13.Ng5 e5 14.f4 Bg7 15.Be3 Na6 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.Ne6 c4 18.Nxg7+ Kf8 19.Ne6+ fxe6 20.dxc4 Kg7 Wendt,J (2280)-Bouroutzakis,G/Germany 1997/EXT 1998/1-0] 6...axb5+/= 7.Rxa8 Bxa8 8.d4 e6 9.Bf4 Be7? 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bd6 [>=11.Qd3+/= ] 11...Qb6= 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Qd4 Na6 14.Qxc5 Nxc5 15.Nd4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 b4 17.c3 bxc3 18.Nxc3 Ke7 19.b4 Nce4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Rb1 Rb8 22.f4 Nc3 23.Rb3 Nb5 24.Nxb5 Rxb5 25.e4 Kd6 26.e5+ Kc6 27.Rc3+ Kb7 28.Rd3 1/2-1/2

(5) Gehly,Stephen (1320) - Paolercio,Anthony (1901) [B33] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (1), 21.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bg5 h6 [RR 7...Bc5 8.Qd2 h6 9.Bh4 Rb8 10.0-0-0 Bd4 11.Bc4 Qa5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Rhf1 Qb4 14.Bb3 Ba6 15.Rfe1 Rb7 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxc3 18.bxc3 Ke7 19.Rd2 d6 20.Red1 Rd7 21.g3 Bb7 22.f4 Costa,E-Mchedlishvili,M (2631)/Ajaccio 2007/CBM 120 ext/0-1 (67)] 8.Bh4 Rb8 [RR 8...Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bc4 0-0 11.0-0 d6 12.h3 Qe7 13.Qd2 Bg5 14.Qd3 Be6 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.Qa6 Rdc8 18.Rd3 Rc7 19.Rfd1 Rd8 20.Qa3 Rcd7 21.Ne2 d5 22.exd5 cxd5 23.Nc3 Rapoport,V-Ladyka,A/Nikolaev 2007/EXT 2008/0-1 (80)] 9.Bc4N [RR 9.Rb1 Qa5 (RR 9...g5 10.Bg3 Qa5 11.Qd3 Bb4 12.Rd1 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 0-1 Sepulveda,L-Cativelli,G (2230)/Buenos Aires 1994/EXT 1998) 10.Bxf6 Rxb2 11.Bxe5 (RR 11.Kd2 Rxb1 12.Qxb1 gxf6 13.Qb8 Kd8 14.Qb3 Bb4 15.Bc4 d5 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Bd3 e4 18.Be2 d4 19.Qxf7 Bxc3+ 20.Kd1 Qg5 0-1 Pawlitzki,T-Salai,L (2405)/Germany 1994/GER) 11...Qxe5 12.Rxb2 Qxc3+ 13.Qd2 Qxb2 14.c3 Qb1+ 15.Ke2 Bc5 16.Kf3 d5 17.exd5 Qf5+ 18.Ke2 0-0 19.Kd1 Qb1+ 20.Qc1 Qxa2 21.Qd2 Qb3+ 22.Kc1 Ba3+ 0-1 Lopez Mendoza,J (1815)-Nuin Goni,J (2025)/Terrassa 1996/EXT 2002] 9...Rxb2 10.Bb3 Qa5 11.Qd2 Bb4 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.Qd6 Qb4 14.Qc7 0-0 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rab1 Rxb1 17.Rxb1 d5 18.Qxa7 Qxe4 19.Qc7 Bd4 20.Qxc6 Qe2 21.Qxf6 Be6 22.a4 Kh7 23.Rf1 Rg8 24.Qh4 Qf3 25.g3 Rg5 26.c3 Rh5 27.Bd1 Bxf2+ 28.Rxf2 Qxd1+ 29.Rf1 Qe2 30.Qe7 Qxh2# 0-1

(6) McCann,David (1686) - Spann,Nabil (1032) [A05] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (1), 21.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.a3N [RR 7.c3 Bd7 (RR 7...e5 8.a3 Nc6 9.b4 b6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Nh4 Nd7 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 cxb4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.Nc4 Na6 17.f5 Nac5 18.Ne3 b5 19.Rc1 Qb6 20.Qe2 d5 21.exd5 Rfe8 22.fxg6 Tringov,G-Mestrovic,Z/Sarajevo 1965/MCD/1-0 (52)) 8.h3 Qc8 9.Kh2 c4 10.Nh4 Bc6 11.Na3 cxd3 12.Qxd3 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Nc5 14.f3 Rb8 15.Be3 b5 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Nc2 Nh5 19.Nb4 d5 20.Bxc5 Nxg3 21.e5 Nxf1+ Kauder,H-Dornieden,M/Berlin West 1959/EXT 2002/1-0 (44); RR 7.e5 dxe5 (RR 7...Ne8 8.exd6 Nxd6 9.c3 Nc6 10.Be3 b6 11.d4 Nf5 12.d5 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Nb8 14.Na3 Bg4 15.Qa4 Qd7 16.Qf4 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 a6 18.Nc4 Qd8 19.d6 Ra7 20.dxe7 Rxe7 21.Rad1 Rd7 22.Rxd7 Benko,P-Sherwin,J/New York 1962/MCD/1/2-1/2 (42)) 8.Nxe5 Nfd7 9.Nc4 (RR 9.Nxd7 Qxd7 10.Nd2 1/2-1/2 Muench,K (2036)-Jermann,F (2088)/Bayern 2007/EXT 2008) 9...Nc6 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Nba3 Be6 12.Rxe6 fxe6 13.c3 Nxc4 14.Nxc4 Qd7 15.a4 Rad8 16.Be4 b6 17.h4 Rf5 18.Be3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.Qg4 Rf5 21.Re1 e5 Bosboom,M (2460)-Piket,J (2590)/Eindhoven 1991/CBM 026/1/2-1/2 (40)] 7...Nc6= 8.Re1 b6 9.e5 Nd7 10.exd6 exd6 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.d4 d5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Bb7 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Bxd5-/+ 18.Qxd5 Qxd5 19.Bxd5 Rad8 20.c4 A better plan is 20... Rb8->b3 20...Kh8 21.Rb1 a5 22.Bf4 Rd7=/+ 23.Bd2 Ra7 24.Kf1 Bd4 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 cxb4 27.Bxb4 Rb8 28.Rd1 Rxb4 29.Rxd4 Kg7 30.h4 Rd7 31.Rf4 f5 32.Ke2 Kf6 33.Kd3 Ke5-+ 34.Kc3 Rb8 35.Rf3 Re7 36.Re3+ Kf6 37.Rd3 Ke5 38.c5 Rd8= 39.Kc4 Red7 Nabil is another rising young OSCO chess player! Look for a future rating at least at the C level. 1/2-1/2

(7) Triplett,Bill (1374) - Nichels,Michael (778) [B30] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (1), 21.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nc3 a6 5.d3 Qc7 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Re1 0-0 9.Bg5 b5 10.Bb3 d6 11.a4 b4 12.Ne2 Bb7 13.Rb1 a5 14.c3 Ba6 15.cxb4 Nxb4 16.Bc4 Rfe8 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.Rc1 Rb6 19.Ned4 Na2 20.Nb5 Qd7 21.Ra1 Nb4 22.d4 cxd4 23.Nfxd4 Nc6 24.Nxc6 Rxc6 25.e5 Nd5 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.exd6 Qf6 28.Rc1 Nb4 29.d7 Rf8 30.Rxc6 Nxc6 31.Nd6 Rd8 32.Nb7 Rb8 33.Qd6 Rxb7 34.Qxc6 Rb8 35.Qc8+ Qd8 36.Rc1 Rxc8 37.Rxc8 1-0

(8) Paolercio,Anthony (1901) - Triplett,Bill (1375) [C62] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (2), 21.03.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Nf5 h6 10.Bh4 0-0 11.0-0 Bxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe7+ Kh7 14.Qg4 Ng5 15.Bxg5 f5 16.Qh5 Rf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qg6+ Kh8 19.Qxh6# 1-0

(9) Hughes,Devin (1946) - Anderson,Mark (1665) [A39] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (2), 21.03.2009 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 c5 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 9.c5 Ne8 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bxc6 Rb8 12.Bg2 Qa5 13.Nd5 Qxc5 14.Be3 Qd6 15.b4 Bxa1 16.Bc5 Qe6 17.Nxe7+ Kg7 18.Qxa1+ f6 19.Nxc8 d6 20.Nxd6 Nxd6 21.Bh3 Qe7 22.Rd1 Rfd8 23.e4 Qc7 24.e5 Ne4 25.exf6+ Nxf6 26.Bd4 Rf8 27.Bxf6+ Rxf6 28.Rd7+ Qxd7 29.Bxd7 Rxb4 30.Qe5 Rb5 31.Bxb5 axb5 32.Qxb5 1-0

(10) Paolercio,Anthony (1901) - Farell,Ryan (1947) [A40] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (4), 21.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.c4 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 [RR 6...d6 7.d5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne5 9.Nxe5 Qxc3+ 10.Bd2 Qxe5 11.Bd3 Nf6 12.f3 0-0 13.Bh6 Qc3+ 14.Kf2 Qb2+ 15.Be2 Re8 16.Qd3 Ng4+ 17.fxg4 Qf6+ 18.Kg3 g5 19.h4 gxh4+ 20.Rxh4 Qxa1 21.Rh5 Granaldi,A (1995)-Dragojlovic,A (2368)/Porto San Giorgio 2006/CBM 113 ext/1/2-1/2] 7.d5 Nxe4 8.dxc6 Nxc3 9.cxd7+N A mistake by White, in one of Ryan's prepared defenses. After 9.Qd2 b6 Black has the advantage. [RR 9.Qd2 b6 10.Bd3 dxc6 11.0-0 Na4 12.Qc2 (RR 12.Qxa5 bxa5 13.Rab1 Nxb2 14.Be4 0-0 15.Bxc5 Be6 16.Nd4 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 Nxc4 18.Bxc6 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Rd6 20.Bf3 Rfd8 21.Bc5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23.Bxd1 Nb2 24.Be2 Bxa2 25.Bxe7 Bc4 26.Ba3 Bxe2 Schmid,L (2550)-Gheorghiu,F (2540)/Nice 1974/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (41); RR 12.b3 Qxd2 13.Bxd2 Bg4 14.Be4 0-0-0 15.Bg5 Bxa1 16.Rxa1 Nc3 17.Bxc6 f6 18.Be3 Kc7 0-1 Contin,D (2300)-Gheorghiu,F (2455)/Switzerland 1998/EXT 2006; RR 12.Qe2 Nxb2 13.Be4 0-0 14.Bxc6 Be6 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Be4 Qxa2 17.Ng5 Bxc4 18.Qf3 h6 19.Rxc4 Nxc4 20.Nxf7 Nxe3 21.fxe3 Qxf7 0-1 Shkliar,A-Anisimov,P (2346)/Togliatti 2000/EXT 2001) 12...Nxb2 13.Be4 Bd7 14.Rab1 f5 15.Rxb2 fxe4 16.Bd2 Qa6 17.Bc3 exf3 18.Bxg7 Rg8 19.Be5 Bf5 20.Qc3 fxg2 21.Re1 0-0-0 22.Bg3 Rd7 23.Qe5 Kb7 Vadasz,L (2380)-Moldovan,D (2420)/Brasov 1998/CBM 063 ext/0-1] 9...Bxd7-+ 10.Qd2 Rd8! 11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.bxc3 Bf5 12... Bc6 or Bg4 are stronger as after 13. Be2 Black damages the White Kingside with 13...Bxf3. -+ 13.Qb2 0-0 14.Be2 Bd3 15.0-0 b6 16.Rac1 Qxc4 17.Bxd3 Rxd3 18.Qe2 e6 19.Rc2 Rc8 20.Nd2 Qd5 21.c4 Qd7 22.Ne4 f5 23.Ng5 e5 24.Ne6 Bf6 25.c5 Rd5 26.Qc4 Qxe6 27.Rd2 Rcxc5 After 10...Rd8 Ryan held the advantage with solid play for the point and clear 1st First Place with 4-0-0. Ryan's rating is fast closing in on USCF Expert. 0-1

(11) Albakri,Omar (1743) - Hughes,Devin (1946) [B20] Tulsa Spring Open 09 (3), 21.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.c3 Be7 5.Bb3 d5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 [RR 7.Nf3 0-0 8.0-0 b5 9.Bg5 c4 10.dxc4 bxc4 11.Ba4 dxe4 12.Bxc6 exf3 13.Bxf3 Rb8 14.Bf4 Rb5 15.b4 Nd5 16.Bg3 Bf6 17.a4 Rxb4 18.cxb4 Bxa1 19.Qxc4 Bb7 20.Na3 Bc3 21.Rd1 Bxb4 Rasik,V (2436)-Smirin,I (2664)/Czechia 2003/CBM 097 ext/0-1 (39); RR 7.Bf4 0-0 8.Nd2 b5 9.Bc2 b4 10.Ngf3 bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Nb3 Qxc3+ 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Nfxd2 Ba6 15.Rc1 Nb4 16.Bb1 Nxd3+ 17.Bxd3 Bxd3 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Rac8 20.Bd6 Rxc5 21.Bxc5 Rc8 Paral,S (2104)-Monje Peinado,R (2023)/Brno 2005/EXT 2006/0-1] 7...0-0 8.Nf3 b6= 9.Bxf6N [RR 9.e5 Nd7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.d4 a5 12.Nbd2 Ba6 13.Qe3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.0-0-0 a4 16.Bc2 Rfc8 17.Ne1 Bd3 18.Nxd3 Nxc2 19.Qg3 Na3+ 20.Nc5 Nb5 21.Qd3 Na7 22.b4 axb3 23.Ndxb3 bxc5 Sedgwick,D (2091)-Kosteniuk,A (2398)/Port Erin 2000/CBM 078 ext/0-1] 9...Bxf6 10.e5 Be7 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Nc3 Ba6 14.Nb5 Qd7 15.a4 Solid play by both sides lands Omar an equal game against the State Champion. 15...Rac8 16.0-0 Nc6 17.Rfc1 Na5 18.Bc2 Bxb5 19.axb5 Rc7 20.Bd3 Rfc8 21.Qd1 Nc4 22.Rab1 [22.Rc3 Nxb2 23.Bxh7+ Kh8 24.Rxc7 Qxc7 25.Qb1= ] 22...h6 23.h3 Bb4 24.Qe2-/+ Missing 24... Nxe5! 24...Na5= 25.Qd1 Qe7 26.Ra1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Qd7 28.Nh2 Nc4 29.Qe2 Bd2 30.Rc2 Bg5 31.Nf3 [31.Bxc4+/= ] 31...Na5 32.Nxg5 hxg5 33.Qh5 [33.Qd1= ] 33...Rxc2=/+ 34.Qh7+ Kf8 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Bxc2 Qc7 37.Qh7 g6 38.Bxg6 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qf4+ 40.Kg1 Omar has been a Tulsa chess club regular for the past several weeks. He has a real spirit for the game! Friday was his last day at chess club before moving to another duty station. We wish him the best and hope his stay in Oklahoma will be longer next time! 1/2-1/2