Games from the US Open Team Championship, 11/99
Loal Davis (2352) - GM Sergey Kudrin (2607)
Y2K4 - The Kudrinators, round 3, board 1
St. Louis, MO, US Open Team Championship, 11/20/99
Sicilian Defense
notes by Loal Davis
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 b5 6.a3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.O-O Nf6 10.Qe2 d6 11.Bf4!? (Different--it prepares 'a4' by pinning the 'd' Pawn) Nbd7 12.a4 b4 13.Na2 e5 14.Bd2 a5 15.c3 (I think White is better here) bxc3 16.Nxc3 Be7 17.Nb5 Qb6 18.Rfc1 O-O 19.Be3? (Better is 19. Qe1 Bd8 20. Be3. I saw Qe1 and Be3, but didn't put them together) Qd8 20.f3 d5 21.Bf2 dxe4 22.fxe4 Bb4 23.Rc7 Ba6 24.Rac1 h6 25.R1c2? (White controls nice squares, but there's little to attack. The text prepares to bulldoze the position with Na7, which fails at present due to ...Nc5. The tactics are such that the Rook on 'c1' is not defended. 25. R1c2 defends the Rook, but cuts the freee squares for the remaining Rook down to a minimum, and, more importantly, creates back row problems.) 25...Re8 26.Na7 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 Nf8! (Beautiful--the Knight's en route to 'd4' and/or 'f4' with tempo) 28.Qxd8 (28. Qe2 runs into a Knight tour to 'f4'. White is lost.) 28...Rexd8 29.g3 Nxe4 30.Bb6 Rd5 31.Nc6 Ne6 32.Ne7+ Bxe7 33.Rxe7 Rb8 34.Rc6 Rd1+ 35.Kg2 Rb1 36.Nc5 Rxb2+ 37.Kg1 N6xc5 38.Bxc5 Rd8 [0:1]
Loal Davis (2352) - Mike Kummer (1673)
Y2K4 - Team Kurczynski, round 1, board 1
St. Louis, MO, US Open Team Championship, 11/20/99
Sicilian Defense
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O d5 6.d3 Bg4 7.Nbd2 Qb8 8.b3 e5 9.h3 Bh5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nxe5 Bd6 13.Bb2 f6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Re1+ Kd7 16.Qf3 Ne7 17.Re2 d4 18.Rae1 Nc6 19.Nc4 Ne5 20.Rxe5 Bxe5 21.Qd5+ Bd6 22.Re6 Rxh3 23.Rxd6+ Ke7 24.Rd7+ [1:0]
David Cole (2098) - Clark Guo (1693)
The Kudrinators - Kaspacrushers
St. Louis, MO, US Open Team Championship, 11/20/99
1.Nf3 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.Rb1 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne1 Be6 10.f4 d5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.d4 Ng4 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.h3 Nf6 16.Rxf5 Be4 17.Bxe4 Nxe4 18.Qb3+ Kh8 19.Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Qe3 Re8 22.Ng2 c5 23.d5 c4 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Nf4 g5 26.Qd4+ Kg8 27.Nh5 Qg6 28.g4 Ng3 29.Nxg3 Qxb1+ 30.Kg2 Qc2 31.d6 Rxe2+ 32.Nxe2 Qxe2+ 33.Kg3 Qe1+ 34.Kf3 Qf1+ 35.Ke4 Qg2+ 36.Kf5 Qc2+ 37.Kxg5 Qc1+ 38.Kh5 h6 39.Qd5+ [1:0]