Land of the Sky (1999)

My final score was 1.0 out of 5.0. The time control was 35 moves in 90 minutes, with sudden death in 60 minutes.


Round 1

John Kececioglu (1977) - Steve Tisinger (2148)
King's Indian Defense, 5 Nge2 Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 Ne8 8. h4 f5 9. ef gf 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Bd2!? (11 Bd3!) 11 ... Na6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb3 a5 15. O-O-O c6 16. a3 Na6 17. Na4 Qf7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Bxa5 cd 20. cd? (20 Nxd5!) 20. ... f4 21. Nf1 Bf5 22. Nd2 Rbc8+ 23. Bc3 Rc7 24. Nf3 (-5) h6 25. Bc4 Ng4 26. Be1 Nc5 27. Qb5 Nd3+ 28. Kd2 Ndxf2 0-1 (time)


Round 2

John Kececioglu (1977) - Mark Hathaway (2088)
Benko Gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nd5 b5 4. cb a6 5. ba Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. f4 d6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. e4 (4) Bxf1 (37) 10. Rxf1 Bg7 11. Kf2!? (11 e5!) 11. ... O-O 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Kg1 Rfb8 14. h3 Ne8 15. e5 Nc7 16. a4 c4+ 17. Rf2 Qb4 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Nc6 Re8 20. Qe4 Qa6 21. f5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. fg hg 24. Bh6 Reb8 25. Raf1 Bf6 26. Rxf6 ef 27. Rxf6 Re8 28. Rxg6+ Kh8 29. Qd4+ Re5 30. Qh4 Qa7+ 31. Be3+ 1-0


Round 3

Allan Patrick (2176) - John Kececioglu (1977)
English Defense

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. ef c5 6. d4 cd 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd1 Nf6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Ne4 Ne8 14. f4 f5 15. Nc3 a6 16. Rc1 Nf6 17. Nd5 ed 18. cd Qd6 19. dc dc 20. Qxd6 Bxd6 21. Bxc6 Rcd8 22. Rfd1 Bc5 23. h3 Ne4 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Bxe4 fe 26. Kf1 Kg8 27. Ke2 a5 28. Be5 (-32) Rfe8 (-10) 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rc4 Bb4 31. Bc3 b5 32. Rc7 Rd3 33. Bxb4 ab 34. Re5 Rc3 35. Rxc3 bc 36. a4 1-0


Round 4

Mark Smith-Soto (2092) - John Kececioglu (1977)
King's Indian Attack

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c5 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 (10... Rb8!) 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd2 Rab8 13. f4 b5 14. Nf3 b4 15. d4 bc 16. bc Qa5 17. Rac1 Qa3 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. e5 cd 20. cd Nb4 21. Rd2 Nb6 22. Bf2 Nc4 23. R2d1 Nb2 (-20) 24. Rd2 Nc4 25. R2d1 1/2 Nb2 26. Rd2 Nd5 27. Ng5 Nc3 28. Qf3 Qa5 29. Rc2 Nxa2 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qb7 Qc3 (-5) 1/2 32. Qxa7 Nc1 33. Qxe7 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Nd3 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qe6 Nxf2 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Qg8+ Rxg8 40. Nf7# 1-0


Round 5

John Kececioglu (1977) - David Erb (2006)
Nimzo-Indian Defense, Rubenstein Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 O-O 7. Nge2 d5 8. a3 Be7 9. O-O c5 10. cd Nxd5 11. e4 Nf6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be3 cd 15. Be4 Qd7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bc3 (-22) Rfd8 (-17) 1/2 19. Qa4 Rd7 20. Qg4 Rad8 21. Ng3 Bf8 22. Nh5 Kh8 23. f4 Nd4 (-10) 24. Rae1 (-11) Nf5 25. Kh1 Rd3 26. Ng3? 1/2 Ne3 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. f5 Qd7 29. f6 g6 30. Ne4 (-5) a5 31. Qf4 Rd3 32. Nd6 Bxd6 33. ed Qxd6 34. Qh6 Qf8 35. Qf4 Rd1 36. h3 1/2 Qd6 37. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd6 39. Be5 Qd2 40. Qh4 Rd5 41. Qc4 Rc5 42. Qa6? (42 Qxe6!!) 42. ... Qd5 43. Bc3 Qd6+ 44. g3 h6 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qe8 Rc7 47. h4 e5 48. Bxe5 Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qd7+ 50. Qxd7 Rxd7 51. Kg4 1/2 Kg8 52. Kf4 Kf8 53. Ke4 Ke8 54. Bf4 h5 55. Ke5 Kd8 56. Be3 Kc7 57. Bf4 Kc6 58. Ke4 Re5 59. Be5 Rd2 60. Ke3 Kd5 61. Bc3 Rd1 62. Kf4 Ke6 63. Kg5 Rd3 64. Kf4 Rd5 65. Ke4 Rb5 66. Kd4 g5 67. b4 gh 68. gh Rd5+ 69. Kc4 b5+ 70. Kb3 a4+ 71. Kc2 Rf5 72. Kd3 Rf4 73. Ke3 Rxh4 0-1



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