May Swiss 2009

(1) Whearty,Richard (1464) - Strattner,Scott (1867) [C16] May Swiss Poughkeepsie (1), 11.05.2009 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Bg5 c5 6.Bb5+ [6.Qg4 Nbc6 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Nge2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxe5 14.Rfe1 Qf6 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Rxe6 Qf7 17.Rae1 0-0 18.Rxe7 Qxf2+ 19.Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1 Schuler,D-Bukal,V (2400)/St Ingbert 1991/EXT 1997; 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qa5 8.Qd2 Nbc6 9.Bxe7 Kxe7 10.Nf3 h6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.0-0 Rhd8 14.Rfb1 Na5 15.Nd4 Rac8 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Rxb3 b6 18.a4 Be8 19.Qf4 Kf8 20.Bd3 Rc7 21.h3 Qa5 22.Qd4 Rdc8 23.Raa3 Qc5 24.Kf1 Qe7 25.a5 b5 26.a6 Rc5 27.Ra5 Rb8 28.Ke2 Rb6 29.Rb4 Qc7 30.Rb3 Rb8 31.Ra2 Rc8 32.Kd2 Qb6 33.Raa3 Qd8 34.Ke2 Qg5 35.g3 Qh5+ 36.Kd2 Qxh3 37.Ra5 Qh5 38.Bxb5 Bxb5 39.Raxb5 Rc4 40.Qxa7 Qxe5 41.Rb7 d4 42.Rxf7+ Kg8 43.Rf4 dxc3+ 44.Kd3 Rxf4 45.gxf4 Rd8+ 46.Kc4 Qe4+ 47.Kxc3 Rc8+ 48.Kb2 Qxc2+ 49.Ka3 Qc1+ 50.Ka4 Qc4+ 51.Rb4 Qa2+ 52.Kb5 Qd5+ 53.Ka4 Rc1 54.Qb8+ Kh7 55.Qe5 Qc6+ 56.Qb5 Ra1+ 57.Kb3 Qxb5 58.Rxb5 Rxa6 59.Re5 Rd6 60.Kc4 Kg6 0-1 Potap,L (1892)-Thieme Garmann,A (2044)/Koblenz 2000/EXT 2005] 6...Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nf3 Nbc6 9.0-0 Bxc3 [9...cxd4 10.Ne2 Ng6 11.a3 Bc5 ] 10.bxc3 0-0 11.Rb1 Rab8 12.dxc5 Ng6 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Qe2 Qa5 15.Bd2 Qxc5 16.Rb5 Qe7 17.Bg5 Qc7 18.Reb1 a6 19.Rb6 Ncxe5 [19...Na5 ] 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Qxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxb7 [22.Bf4 f6 23.Rxe6 Rbe8 24.Rxe8 Rxe8 25.Rxb7 Rc8 26.Rb3= ] 22...Rxb7 23.Rxb7 f6 24.Be3 Rc8 25.Bd4 Nc6 26.Rb6 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Rxc2 28.g3 Rxa2 29.Rxe6 Kf7 30.Rb6 Ra4 31.Rb7+ Ke6?! [31...Kg6 32.Ra7 h5 33.Kf1 a5 34.Ke2 Kf5 35.Rxg7 Rxd4 36.Rh7 h4 37.gxh4 a4 38.h5 Rh4 39.Ra7 Rxh5 40.Rxa4 Rxh2 ] 32.Rxg7 Rxd4 33.Rxh7 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 d4 35.Kf3= a5 36.Ke2 Rb1 37.Ra7 Rb5 [37...Rb2+ 38.Kf3 Ra2 ] 38.Kd3 Rd5 39.f3 [39.Ra6+ Ke5 40.f4+ Kf5 41.h3 ] 39...Kf5 40.h4 Kg6 41.Ke4? [41.g4 ] 41...d3! 42.h5+ Kh6 [42...Kxh5?? 43.Kxd5 d2 44.Rh7+ Kg5 45.Rh1 ] 43.Kxd5 d2 44.Rxa5 d1Q+ White resigns 0-1

(2) Strattner,Scott (1867) - Fisher,Craig (1835) [C01] May Swiss Poughkeepsie (2), 11.05.2009 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Be3 Ne7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.c3 c6 [7...Bf5 8.0-0 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qd7 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Rfe1 f6 12.Nf1 Na6 13.Ng3 Nc7 14.Nh4 g6 15.Ne2 g5 16.Nf3 Ne6 17.Nd2 Rae8 18.Nf1 f5 19.Rad1 f4 20.Bc1 Nf5 21.Nd2 g4 22.Kh1 Qf7 23.Nf1 Nh4 24.Ng1 Qh5 25.f3 Ng5 26.Nd2 Nf5 27.fxg4 Qxg4 28.h3 Ng3+ 29.Kh2 f3 30.Re5 Rxe5 31.Ndxf3 Nf1+ 32.Kh1 Ne4 33.Rxf1 Ng3+ 34.Kh2 Nxf1+ 35.Kh1 Qg3 36.dxe5 Bc5 37.Qxf1 Bxg1 38.Kxg1 Re8 39.Qe2 Qg6 40.Bd2 Kh8 41.Qe3 Qb1+ 42.Bc1 1/2-1/2 De Graaf,D (2070)-Groffen,H (2218)/Vlissingen 2001/CBM 083 ext] 8.Qc2 f5 9.g3 [9.0-0 Qe8 10.c4 ] 9...Qe8 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.0-0-0 Nf6 12.Rde1 Ne4 13.Ng5 [13.Ne5 c5 (13...Bxe5 14.dxe5 Ng6 15.f3 Nxd2 16.Bxd2 ) 14.f3 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 ] 13...h6 14.Ngxe4? [14.Nh3 Qh5 15.Bf4 Bxf4 16.Nxf4 Qe8 17.f3 Nf2 18.Rhf1 Nxd3+ 19.Nxd3+/= ] 14...fxe4 15.Bf1 Nf5=/+ Draw agreed 1/2-1/2

(3) Johnson,Ernie (1963) - Strattner,Scott (1867) [A84] May Swiss Poughkeepsie (3), 18.05.2009 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.Qxc3 0-0 10.Ne5 [10.b4 d6 (10...Be4 11.a4 d6 12.a5 Nbd7 13.Bb2 Rfb8 14.Ra3 b5 15.Rc1 a6 16.c5 Nd5 17.Qd2 Rd8 18.Bf1 Bxf3 19.exf3 f4 20.Re1 Rf8 21.Re4 Rf6 22.Qe1 Nf8 23.Bc1 Qf7 24.Bg2 Re8 25.Ra2 Qh5 26.cxd6 cxd6 27.Rc2 fxg3 28.fxg3 Qf7 29.f4 Qd7 30.Bd2 Rc8 31.Qc1 Rxc2 32.Qxc2 Rf7 33.Re1 Qc7 34.Qxc7 Rxc7 35.Rxe6 Nxb4 36.Rxd6 Nd3 37.Bd5+ Kh8 38.Rd8 1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2619)-Strzemiecki,Z (2365)/Warsaw 2006/CBM 115 ext) 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Rac1 Rad8 14.Qa4 a5 15.c5 dxc5 16.bxc5 Bd5 17.Ba3 bxc5 18.dxc5 c6 19.Rfd1 Qf6 20.Qc2 Rb8 21.Nd2 Ne5 22.Rf1 Ng4 23.Nxe4 fxe4 24.Qc3 Ne5 25.Rc2 Qg5 26.Bc1 Qh5 27.Rb2 Rb4 28.Rxb4 axb4 29.Qxb4 Rf5 30.Qd2 e3 31.fxe3 Rxf1+ 32.Bxf1 Ng4 33.h3 Qe5 34.Qe1 Qe4 0-1 Jerez Perez,A (2434)-Zamarbide Ibarrea,B (2159)/Pamplona 2004/CBM 104 ext] 10...Bxg2 11.Kxg2 d6 12.Nd3 [12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Bxf6 Rxf6 14.Qf3 c6 15.Nd3= ] 12...Nbd7 13.b3 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bb2 Ne4 16.Qc2 Rae8 17.Rad1= Qg5? 18.Qc1 [18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5? 20.f4 ] 18...f4 19.Nxf4 exf4 20.Rxd7 Nf6 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Qd2 [22.Rxc7 Rxe2 23.Rxa7 f3+ 24.Kg1 Qxc1 25.Rxc1 Rd6 26.Rf1 Rdd2 27.a4 Rb2 28.Rb7 Rxb3 29.c5 Reb2 30.Re1 Kf8 31.cxb6 Rxb6 32.Rxb6 Rxb6 33.h4 ] 22...Rxe2! 23.Rd8+ Rf8?? [23...Kf7[] 24.Qd7+ Re7 25.Qc8 f3+ 26.Kg1 (26.Kh1 Qf5 27.Rf8+ Kg6 28.Rxf6+ Kxf6 29.Qf8+ Rf7 30.Qd8+ Kg6 ) 26...Qf5 27.Rf8+ Kg6 28.Rxf6+ Kxf6 29.Qf8+ Rf7 30.Qa8 Kg6 31.Qc6+ Kh5 32.Qe8 g6 33.Kh1= ] 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Qxe2 Black resigns 1-0

(4) Lynch,James (1596) - Johnson,Ernie (1963) [A85] May Swiss Poughkeepsie (4), 18.05.2009 1.Nf3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e4 d6 8.e5 Bg7 9.Qb3 [9.exd6 exd6 10.Be2 Nc6 (10...c6 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Rfe1 Nf8 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.a3 g5 16.Bd3 Qf6 17.Ne2 g4 18.Nd2 Ng6 19.b4 Qg5 20.b5 Re7 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.d5 c5 23.Ng3 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Rf8 25.Bf1 Rb8 26.Rb1 Rxb1 27.Nxb1 Qf6 28.Bd3 Nh4 29.Nh5 Qb2 30.Nxg7 Qxc2 31.Bxc2 Kxg7 32.Nd2 Kf6 33.g3 Nf3+ 34.Nxf3 gxf3 35.Bd1 Ke5 36.Bxf3 Kd4 37.Be2 Kc3 38.Kg2 Kb3 39.Kf3 Kxa3 40.Bd3 Kb3 41.Ke3 a5 42.Kd2 Kb2 43.Bc2 a4 44.Bxa4 Bxa4 0-1 Vager,I (2320)-Ionov,S (2545)/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 067 ext) 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.0-0 h6 13.b4 Nxb4 14.Rab1 c5 15.Rfd1 Bc6 16.a3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nc6 18.dxc5 dxc5 19.Bd5+ Kh7 20.Rxb7 Qf6 21.Nb5 Rad8 22.Nxa7 Ne5 23.Qa5 Nxc4 24.Qxc5 Nb2 25.Rf1 Nd3 26.Qb5 Qc3 27.Nc6 Rd6 28.Bf3 Qxa3 29.Rb8 Rdf6 30.Rd1 Nf4 31.Qb3 Qxb3 32.Rxb3 Re6 33.h4 Rfe8 34.Rc1 Ne2+ 35.Bxe2 1-0 Robatsch,K (2445)-Jhunjhnuwala,K/Buenos Aires 1978/EXT 2000] 9...Kh8 10.Be2 Nc6 11.e6? [11.Rd1 e6 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.0-0+/= ] 11...Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.0-0 Bxe6 14.Bf3 Rb8 15.Ne2 Be5 16.Rad1 b5 17.Bd5 bxc4 18.Qxc4 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Rxb2 20.Ng3 Bxg3 21.hxg3 e5 22.f4 Qa8 23.fxe5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 dxe5 25.Rxe5 Rxa2 26.Rc1 Rf7 27.Rec5 Kg7 28.Rxc7 Rxc7 29.Rxc7+ Kh6 30.Rf7 a5 31.Kh2 a4 32.Ra7 a3 33.Kh3 Ra1 34.Kh2 a2 35.Ra4 Kg5 36.g4 f4 37.g3 f3 38.Ra5+ Kxg4 White resigns 0-1

(5) O'Connor,Michael (1718) - Antonucci,David (1612) [B15] May Swiss Poughkeepsie (4), 18.05.2009 1.e4 c6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e5 Nd7 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bd3 [6.Be2 c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 Ne7 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Re1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Qxb6 Nxb6 13.Rad1 Bb4 14.Nd4 0-0 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Nde2 Bc6 17.a3 Be7 18.Nd4 Rfd8 19.Nxc6 bxc6 20.Kh1 c5 21.f4 c4 22.Bf1 Rac8 23.Ne2 Bc5 24.Nd4 Na4 25.Rb1 Bxd4 26.c3 Ba7 27.b4 Nxc3 28.Rbc1 Ne4 29.h3 Ng3+ 30.Kh2 Nxf1+ 31.Rxf1 d4 32.Rfd1 d3 33.Kg3 c3 34.Kf3 d2 35.Rc2 Rd3+ 36.Ke2 Rcd8 37.a4 Re3+ 38.Kf1 Rd4 39.g3 Rxg3 40.Kf2 Rdd3+ 0-1 Thielemann,F-Lichtblau,E/Ellwangen 1996/EXT 2006; 6.a3 c5 7.dxc5 Nxc5 8.Be2 Ne7 9.b4 Nd7 10.Bb2 Ng6 11.Na2 b5 12.Bd4 Be7 13.Nc1 0-0 14.Nd3 Bb7 15.0-0 f6 16.exf6 gxf6 17.Be3 e5 18.Nc1 Kh8 19.Re1 Rg8 20.Bf1 d4 21.Bh6 Nb6 22.Nb3 Nd5 23.Nc1 Ndf4 24.Bxf4 Nxf4 25.g3 Qd5 26.Bg2 Nxg2 27.Kxg2 e4 28.Nxd4 e3+ 29.Nf3 Qxd1 30.Rxd1 exf2 31.Kxf2 1-0 Menczer,D (1325)-Skidmore,M (1902)/Detroit 1999/EXT 2007] 6...c5 7.Bg5 [7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 Ne7 9.Na4 Ba7 10.Bg5 b5 11.Nc3= ] 7...Qc7 8.dxc5 Nxe5 9.0-0 Bxc5 10.Re1 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 Ne7 12.Ne5? [12.Be3 Bb4 13.Bd4 f6 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 0-0=/+ ] 12...f6 13.Bf4 fxe5 14.Bxe5 Bd6 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Qxh7 Bxh2+ 17.Kh1 Qf4 [17...Rxg7 18.Qxg7 Bd6~~ ] 18.Be5 [18.Nxd5! Rxg7 (18...Nxd5 19.Qxg8+ ; 18...exd5 19.Qxg8+ ) 19.Qxg7 Nxd5 20.Qh8+ Kd7 21.Qxh2 ] 18...Qxf2 [18...Qxe5! 19.Rxe5 Bxe5 20.Qh5+ Ng6 21.Kg1 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Bd7 ] 19.Qxh2 Ng6? [19...Qf5 20.Rad1~~ ] 20.Bg3 [20.Nxd5! Nxe5 21.Nc7+ Ke7 22.Rxe5 ] 20...Qf5 21.Qg1 Rh8+ 22.Bh2 Nh4 [22...Ne7 ] 23.Be5?? [23.Rad1 Rg8 24.Re5 Qxc2 25.Re2 Qf5 26.Nxd5 ] 23...Qxe5 24.Rxe5 Nf3+ 25.Qh2 Rxh2# 0-1

(6) Stokes,Aaron (1133) - Whearty,Richard (1464) [B51] May Swiss Poughkeepsie (4), 18.05.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.0-0 g6 6.Re1 Bg7 7.Nd5 [7.d3 Nf6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Bd5 11.Bg5 0-0 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Bh6 Bh8 14.Qg5 b6 15.Nxd5 1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M (2508)-Vuckovic,B (2506)/Pancevo 2006/CBM 112] 7...a6 8.Bc4 [8.Bxc6 ] 8...b5 9.Be2 e6= 10.Nc3 Nge7 11.d3 0-0 12.Bg5? h6 [12...b4 13.Na4 h6 14.Be3 Nd4 ] 13.Bf4 e5 14.Be3 Nd4 15.Bxd4 cxd4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 a5 18.c3 dxc3 19.bxc3 b4 20.cxb4 e4 21.Rb1 [21.dxe4 Bxa1 22.Qxa1 While still good for Black, Fritz prefers that White swap off Black's best piece] 21...exf3 22.Bxf3 axb4-+ 23.Qb3 Bc3 24.Rec1 Ba4 25.Qc4 Qb6?? 26.a3 [26.Rxc3! ] 26...Bb5 27.Rxb4 Bxb4 28.Qxb4 Rfc8 29.Rxc8+ Rxc8 30.g3 Qc5 [30...Rc1+ 31.Kg2 Bxd3! 32.g4 (32.Qxb6 Bf1+ 33.Kg1 Bh3+ 34.Bd1 Rxd1# ) 32...Qxb4 ] 31.Qa5 Bxd3 32.Qxc5 Rxc5 33.a4 Rc1+ 34.Kg2 Bf1+ 35.Kg1 Bh3+ 36.Bd1 Rxd1# 0-1

(7) Strattner,Scott (1867) - Brown,Lee (1224) [C01] May Swiss Poughkeepsie (4), 18.05.2009 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Ne2 Bd6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Nd2 Be6 8.c3 Qe7 [8...h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Qd7 11.Qc2 0-0-0 12.0-0-0 Nh5 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.g3 Ng7 15.f4 Ne7 16.Nf3 Ngf5 17.Qd2 g4 18.Ne1 b6 19.Ba6+ Kb8 20.Nd3 f6 21.b4 c6 22.a4 Ng7 23.Qb2 Bf5 24.Nc5 Rde8 25.Kd2 Kc7 26.Nb3 Be4 27.Rhe1 Nef5 28.Ng1 Re7 29.Nc5 Rhe8 30.Nxe4 dxe4 31.Kc1 h5 32.c4 h4 33.Ne2 Ne3 34.Rd2 Ngf5 35.d5 cxd5 36.cxd5 Kb8 37.Kb1 Rc7 38.Rc1 Rxc1+ 39.Qxc1 Nxd5 40.b5 e3 41.Rc2 Nc7 42.Qb2 Nxa6 43.bxa6 Re4 44.Rc8+ Kxc8 45.Qc2+ Qc5 46.Qxe4 Kd7 47.gxh4 Nd6 48.Qh7+ Kc6 49.Qc2 Nc4 50.Qe4+ Kd6 51.Qd3+ Ke6 52.Nd4+ Kf7 53.Qh7+ Ke8 54.Qg8+ Kd7 55.Qf7+ Qe7 56.Qxc4 Qe4+ 57.Kc1 Qh1+ 58.Kc2 Qxh2+ 59.Kd3 1/2-1/2 Hava,J (1775)-Stluka,F (2062)/Frymburk 2002/EXT 2004] 9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 0-0-0 11.0-0-0 Qd7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng3 Bf4 14.Kb1 Rhg8 15.Nb3 Bd6 16.Rhg1 Nb8 17.Nh5 Qa4 [17...Qe7 18.f4 f5 19.g3 Nd7 20.Rge1 Nf6 21.Nxf6 Qxf6 22.Re3 Rge8 23.Rde1 Re7 24.Nd2 Rde8 25.Nf3 Kb8 26.Ne5+/= ] 18.g3 [18.f4 Bg4 (18...Be7 19.Rde1 Nc6 20.Bf5 Rd6 21.Bxe6+ Rxe6 22.Qf5 ) 19.Bf5+ ] 18...Bd7? [18...Nd7 ] 19.Nxf6 Rgf8 20.Nxd5 Be6 21.Bf5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5+ Nd7 23.Nc5 Kb8?? 24.Nxa4 Rfe8 25.c4 Re2 26.c5 c6 27.Ndc3 Bf8 28.Nxe2 Black resigns 1-0