B36: Sicilian: Maroczy Bind: Gurgenidze System

This is one of the deciding games that occurred in the Kansas Open. It is between 2001 Kansas Open Champion and this year's (2003) Kansas Open Champion.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 wlc-This is the second Accelerated Dragons Andrei played in the Kansas Open. 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Be6 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bd4 Rac8 14. b3 b5 15. cxb5 wlc-This is a little anti-positional, taking with a pawn away from the center. Better is 15.Nd5! 15. Nd5 ! 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 +/= ((0.69) 15... axb5 16. Qd3 b4 17. Na4 wlc-Now the knight is out of play, whereas if 15.Nd5, this would not have happened. 17... Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qg5 19. Be3 Qh4 20. f3 Nh5 ! wlc-A good move. Threats are appearing on the kingside with the white knight over on a4 not able to help. 21. Bf2 21. Bf1 wlc-This may be slightly better, but white still has many difficulties. 21... Be5 22. g3 Nxg3 23. Qd2 Nxf1 24. Rxf1 f5 25. f4 Bf6 26. e5 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Bc8 28. Qd5+ e6 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 dxe5 31. fxe5 Bxe5 -+(-2.28) Black is still winning. 21... Qg5 22. Be3 Nf4 ! 23. Bxf4 wlc-Forced, it was mate or the white queen. 23... Qxf4 24. Rc2 ?! Another mistake: It is a bad square for the white rook. 24. Rc7 wlc-Better 24... Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. g3 Qc1+ 27. Kg2 Qe1 24. Rd1 (wlc-Also, better. Looking at meeting 24...Rc8 and possible 25...Rc1) 24... Rc8 25. g3 Qg5 -/+(-1.34) 24... f5 ! 25. exf5 ? wlc-The last losing move. 25. g3 wlc-Necessary to stay in the game. 25... fxe4 26. Qxe4 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qxe4 28. fxe4 Rc8 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. bxc4 25... Bd4+ ! 26. Kh1 Bxf5 27. Qc4+ d5 28. Qxd5+ e6 29. Qc4 Bxc2 30. Qxc2 Qe3 31. Qd1 Rf5 32. Bc4 ? wlc- It is over after this. 32. Bd3 wlc-Better. 32... Rh5 33. h3 Rg5 34. Qf1 -+(-2.28) 32... Re5 33. h3 Qf2 wlc-White resigns 0-1

B76: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 g4 and 9 0-0-0

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O wlc-This is a game between two players who both play the Dragon variation of the Sicilian on a regular basis. 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4 h6 16. g4 Qc7 17. g5 h5 18. Bc4 Red8 19. Qf2 a5 20. Rd3 a4 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. gxf6 Rab8 23. Rhd1 Bf5 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Be7 Qb7 27. c4 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Qc8 29. Kc1 Kh7 30. Qe2 Qc7 31. Bc5 e4 32. Qe3 ? wlc-Probably the losing move. 32. fxe4 wlc-A better move. 32... Qf4+ 33. Qe3 Qf1+ 34. Kd2 Be6 35. Be7 Bxc4 36. b3 Bb5 37. e5 wlc-Fritz says this position is even =(-0.03) 32... exf3 33. Qe7 Qf4+ wlc-Attacking the king, the pawn on c4, a re-inforcing the passed "f" pawn. 34. Be3 Qxc4+ 35. Rc3 Qf1+ 36. Kd2 Qe2+ 37. Kc1 Qe1# 0-1

C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4

This game occurring in the last round of the Reserve section, decided who would be champion, as both players going into this round had 4 points. Aaron Abramovitz won and finished with 5 points, winning the Reserve section.

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 10... Be7 wlc-It is a better move by black to retain the dark-squared bishop to obtain counterplay against all white's pawns that are now on dark squares. 11. c5 b6 wlc-Attacking the pawn chain right away is best. 12. cxb6 axb6 =(0.19) 11. c5 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qb4 13. Be2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. Rab1 f6 16. Ke3 Rf7 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. g4 Raf8 20. Rb2 h6 21. h4 f5 22. g5 Kh8 23. Rbb1 Ba4 24. Kd2 Rc7 25. Rhg1 Rg8 26. Rb4 Be8 27. Rbb1 Bc6 28. Ne1 hxg5 29. hxg5 g6 30. Nd3 Kg7 31. Nf4 Re7 32. Rh1 Be8 33. Rb3 Rh8 34. Rxh8 Kxh8 35. Ra3 a6 36. Rb3 Kg7 37. Rb6 Bc6 38. Nd3 Kf7 39. Nb4 Bb5 40. c6 bxc6 41. Nxa6 Bxa6 42. Rxa6 Rc7 43. Ra5 Rb7 44. Rc5 Rb2+ 45. Rc2 Rxc2+ ? wlc-The losing move by black. Although white does have an advantage in the position it increases greatly with the exchange of rooks. Black now hasn't any way to counter white's outside passed "a" pawn, which becomes now a decisive factor. 45... Rb6 46. Kc3 Rb1 47. a4 Ra1 48. Kb3 Rb1+ 49. Rb2 Rd1 +/-(1.16) Slight advantage white, though black obtains counterplay by attacking white's "d" pawn. 46. Kxc2 Ke7 47. Kb3 Kd7 48. Kb4 Kc7 49. Kc5 Kb7 50. f4 Kc7 51. a4 Kb7 52. a5 Ka6 53. Kxc6 Kxa5 54. Kd6 1-0

A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. f3 Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd7 15. Bd3 a6 16. Rab1 Rfc8 17. Bb6 e6 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. b3 Rc6 20. Bf2 b5 21. Be4 d5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Bd3 23. Bxd5 wlc-A better move. White needs to be careful with his king in the middle of the board. 23... Rd8 24. Rhd1 Rxd5+ 25. Ke1 Bc3+ 26. Kf1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Be5 28. g3 Rc2 29. Re1 f6 30. Re2 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 h5 =(0.00) wlc-An even position. 23... Rd8 24. Rhd1 Re8 25. Rf1 Bh6+ 26. Kd1 Rc3 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Rxe4 29. Re1 Rd3+ 30. Kc2 Rd2+ 31. Kc3 b4# 0-1