Books-A-Million 2

(1) Sylvester Robes (1700) - Larry Skorupski,U [D00] Books-A-Million 2 (1), 01.08.2002 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bg5 e6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bb5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Bd7 8.Ne5? Qe7 [ 8...Nxe5 9.dxe5 Bxb5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Rb1 ] 9.0-0 0-0-0 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Rb1 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qd3 Kd7 15.Rb7 a5 16.Qa6 Rc8 17.Qxa5 g5 18.Qb4 g4 19.a4 Ra8 20.Rd1 g3 21.fxg3 Qf5 22.Qb3 Qe4 23.Re1 h5 24.Qb2 f5 25.a5 f4 26.gxf4 Rhg8 27.Re2 Rxg2+ 28.Rxg2 Qxe3+ 29.Kh1 Qe1+ 30.Rg1 Qe4+ 31.Rg2 Rg8 32.Rxc7+ Kxc7 White resigned prematurely before move 33. He has a draw at the worst. 33.Qb6+ [ 33.Qb6+ Kd7 34.Qb7+ Kd6 35.Qb4+ Kd7 36.Qb7+ etc. ; 33.Qb6+ Kd6 34.Qb4+ etc.; 33.Qb6+ Kc8?? 34.Qxc6+ Kb8 35.Qb5+ Kc7 36.Qe2+- ] 0-1

(2) Matt Heyer,U - Ulf Hellsten (1700) [A08] Books-A-Million 2 (1), 01.08.2002 1.d3 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e5 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 h6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.c3 0-0 10.e4 d4 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Qc2 a5 13.Nbd2 Be6 14.a3 a4 15.Rfe1 Qd7 16.Rad1 b5 17.Ra1 Rfc8 18.Red1 Qc7 19.b3 axb3 20.Nxb3 c4 21.Nc1 Rxa3 22.Rxa3 Bxa3 23.Nh4 Bxc1 24.Qxc1 dxc3 25.Qxc3 Nd4 26.Re1 cxd3 27.Qxd3 Qc3 28.Qxc3 Rxc3 29.Nf5 Nxf5 30.exf5 Bxf5 31.Rxe5?? This pawn is drenched in as my old baby-sitter use to say "Pi-zun" 31...Rc1+ 32.Bf1 Bh3 0-1

(3) Sam Strickland (1348) - Kevin Bristow (876) [D02] Books-A-Million 2 (1), 01.08.2002 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 f6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e4 e5 5.Bxc4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Be3 Bb4+ 9.Nd2 c5 10.Nb5 Na6 11.Nd6+ Kd7 12.Nf7 Bxd2+ 13.Bxd2 Nb4 14.Bxb4 cxb4 15.Nxh8 Nh6 16.Nf7 Nxf7 17.Bxf7 g6 18.0-0 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Rfe1 Kc6 21.Rac1+ Kb6 22.Re8 a5 23.Rexc8 Rxc8 24.Rxc8 Kb5 25.b3 a4 26.Rh8 axb3 27.Bxb3 Kc5 28.Rxh7 b5 29.Rh5 Kb6 30.Rxf5 Ka5 1-0

(4) Michael Cothran,U - David Brown (1307) [B52] Books-A-Million 2 (1), 01.08.2002 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.c4 Bxb5 5.cxb5 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Re1 Nd7 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ngf6 11.e5 Nxe5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.b6 Qxb6 14.Be3 Qc6 15.Rc1 0-0 16.Na4 Qa6 17.Nc5 dxc5 18.Bxc5 Nd3 19.Rxe6 Qxe6 20.Qxd3 Rac8 21.Qd6 Qxd6 22.Bxd6 Rxc1# 0-1

(5) Ulf Hellsten (1700) - David Brown (1307) [A45] Books-A-Million 2 (2), 08.08.2002 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 g5 4.Bc1 h6 5.f3 Nf6 6.e4 d6 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.Ne2 Nh5 10.c3 e5 11.Qc2 Nf4 12.Nxf4 gxf4 13.Na3 Qh4+ 14.Qf2 Qxf2+ 15.Kxf2 exd4 16.Nc4 dxc3 17.Nxd6+ Ke7 18.Bxf4 cxb2 19.Rab1 Bd4+ 20.Ke2 Be6 21.Nf5+ Bxf5 22.exf5 Nd7 23.Kd2 Nb6 24.Rhe1+ Kd7 25.Be5 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Rhe8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Rxb2 Kd6 29.Rb4 f6 30.Rh4 Rh8 31.Re4 Nd5 32.g4 Rh7 33.h4 Re7 34.g5 fxg5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Rg4 Rg7 37.Re4 Nf4 38.Bc4 b5 39.f6 Rg6 40.f7 Rf6 41.Re8 bxc4 42.f8Q+ Rxf8 43.Rxf8 a5 44.Ra8 Nd5 45.Rxa5 Ke5 46.Rc5 c3+ 47.Kd3 Kd6 48.Rc4 c5 49.a4 c2 50.Kxc2 Nb4+ 51.Kb3 Nd3 52.a5 Ne5 53.Rc3 Kc6 54.Re3 c4+ 55.Kc3 Kd5 56.Rxe5+ 1-0

(6) Steve Tisinger (2069) - Matt Heyer,U [B09] Books-A-Million 2 (2), 08.08.2002 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Nc6 8.Be3 Nb4 9.0-0-0 Rb8 10.e5 Nd7 11.Bc4 0-0 12.Rhf1 c6 13.f5 d5 14.Bb3 Qc7 15.Bf4 Qd8 16.f6 exf6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Bg5 Qd7 19.Bxf6 Bh6+ 20.Kb1 a5 21.Be5 Rbe8 22.Qf6 1-0

(7) Larry Skorupski,U - Sam Strickland (1348) [B30] Books-A-Million 2 (2), 08.08.2002 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 e6 5.e5 a6 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.0-0 Bc5 8.d3 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Qg4 g6 11.c3 dxc3 12.d4 cxb2 13.Bxb2 Ba7 14.Nd2 Ne7 15.Ne4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 0-0 17.Ba3 a5 18.Qh4 b4 19.Bc1 Nf5 20.Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.d5 Bd4 22.Rb1 Bxe5 23.dxe6 dxe6 24.Bg5 Rd4 25.f4 Bg7 26.Rf3 h6 27.g4 hxg5 28.gxf5 gxf5 29.fxg5 Rg4+ 30.Kh1 Rxg5 31.Rd3 Bc3 32.a3 Kg7 33.axb4 axb4 34.Rd7 Kf6 35.Rd6 Ra1 36.Rxa1 Bxa1 37.h3 Rg3 38.Ba4 Rxh3+ 39.Kg2 Rh7 40.Rd1 Bc3 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.Rd7 Kf6 43.Ke2 Rh2+ 44.Kd1 f4 45.Rd3 Kf5 46.Bc2 Kg4 47.Kc1 Rh1+ 48.Bd1+ Kg5 49.Kc2 f5 50.Bf3 Rh2+ 51.Kb3 e5 52.Rd8 Rb2+ 53.Kc4 e4 54.Rg8+ Kh4 55.Rh8+ Bxh8 0-1

(8) David Brown (1307) - Steve Tisinger (2069) [C02] Books A Million 2 (3), 15.08.2002 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8 9.Be3 Nh6 10.Bd3 a5 11.b5 Ne7 12.a4 Nef5 13.0-0 Be7 14.Bxf5 Nxf5 15.Nbd2 0-0 16.Nb3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Rc3 18.Rc1 Rxc1 19.Qxc1 Rc8 20.Qb2 Rc4 21.Ra1 Be8 22.Nfd2 Rc7 23.Rc1 f6 24.Rxc7 Qxc7 25.Nf3 b6 26.Qc1 Qc4 27.Qxc4 dxc4 28.Na1 Bg6 29.Kf1 Bb4 30.Ke2 Bc3 31.exf6 gxf6 32.h3 Bxa1 33.Kd1 Bb2 34.Ne1 Be4 35.g4 Kg7 36.h4 Kg6 37.Ke2 h5 38.Kf2 hxg4 39.Kg3 Kh5 0-1

(9) Michael Cothran,U - Matt Heyer,U [C22] Books A Million 2 (3), 15.08.2002 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd1 Nf6 5.Qe2 d6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.e5 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nd4 10.Qe3 Nxc2+ 11.Kd1 Nxe3+ 12.Bxe3 dxe5+ 13.Bd2 0-0 14.Nc3 c6 15.Rc1 Qb6 16.Na4 Qxf2 17.Bc4 Qxf3+ 18.Be2 Qxh1+ 19.Kc2 Qe4+ 20.Kd1 Qxa4+ 21.b3 Qxa2 22.Rc2 Qxb3 23.Bc4 Qf3+ 24.Be2 Qh1+ 25.Be1 Bb4 26.Rd2 Bxd2 27.Kxd2 Rad8+ 28.Kc1 Qxe1+ 29.Bd1 Qxd1+ 30.Kb2 Rd2+ 31.Ka3 Qc2 0-1

(10) Kevin Bristow,U - Larry Skorupski,U [C20] Books A Million 2 (3), 15.08.2002 1.e4 e5 2.c3 Nf6 3.f3 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.cxd4 Be7 6.Bg5 0-0 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bxd4 10.Nh3 Bxh3 11.gxh3 Qh4+ 12.Ke2 Qf2+ 13.Kd3 Nb4# 0-1

(11) Sam Strickland (1348) - Ulf Hellsten (1700) [B08] Books A Million 2 (3), 15.08.2002 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 c6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Qd3 Qc7 8.Bf4 Nh5 9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 b5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Bxh5 Bc4 13.Qd2 Bxf1 14.Rxf1 gxh5 15.Bh6 e6 16.d5 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Qg7 18.Qxh5 Qg5 19.Qxg5+ fxg5 20.Nf3 b4 21.Ne2 exd5 22.exd5 g4 23.Nfd4 cxd5 24.Ng3 Nd7 25.Ndf5 Ne5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Nxd5 a5 28.b3 Rac8 29.Ne3 Rc6 30.Rd1 Rf4 31.Rd5 Kg8 32.Nh5 Kf7 33.Nxf4 1-0