"The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake."
Savielly Tartakower
Games
Here's a collection of my games, organized by
Features
For amusement here's my
-
best and
worst game,
-
most and
least enjoyable game,
-
best and
worst tournament,
-
most and
least enjoyable tournament,
-
shortest win,
loss, and
draw,
-
longest win,
loss, and
draw,
-
highest-rated win,
loss, and
draw,
-
lowest-rated win,
loss, and
draw.
Players
The number after a player's name indicates whether I won (1), lost (0),
or drew (1/2).
- Aleamoni, Aran (1)
- Alvarez, Johann (0)
- Amador, Jorge (1/2)
- Ardaman, Miles (0)
- Benen, Samson (0)
- Brookshear, Tim (1)
- Bryan, Jarod (0)
- Caveney, Adam
(1/2,
0,
0)
- Chaffin, James (1)
- Cunningham, Robert (0)
- Dingle, Christopher (1/2)
- Donovan, Mark (1)
- Erb, David (0)
- Francisco, Richard (0)
- Gulamali, Kazim (0)
- Goanos, George (1/2)
- Green, Eric (1)
- Greene, Charles (0)
- Hathaway, Mark (1)
- Hinch, Isaac (1)
- Hoshor, Mark (0)
- Kawai, Mike (1)
- Ketcham, Richard (1/2)
- Knecht, Mark (0)
- de Koekkoek, Trevor (1)
- Lewis, John (1)
- Matagrano, John (1)
- Melvin, Bill (0)
- Mirabile, Tim (0)
- Patrick, Allan (0)
- de Peaza, Terrence (0)
- Prieto, Alberto (1/2)
- Prude, Sedrick (1/2)
- Reeder, Andy (1)
- Ruiz, Guillermo (0)
- Schulingkamp, Mark (0)
- Shabazz, Daaim
(1,
0)
- Smith-Soto, Mark (0)
- Thomas, Jon (0)
- Tisinger, Steve (0)
- Ukstins, Fricis (1)
- Walk, Richard (1)
- Whiteman, Stephen (1/2)
- Yusuf, Mumtaz
(0,
1/2)
- Zerm, Alfred (1)
In all:
16 wins, 24 losses, and 9 draws
(a score of 20.5/49, or 41.8%).
Openings
In the first group below I played white,
while in the second group I played black.
White
- Benko Gambit
(Melvin, 0;
Hathaway, 1;
Shabazz, 0)
- Benoni Defense, Dzhindzhichashvili Variation
(de Koekkoek, 1)
- Benoni Defense, Schmid Variation
(Gulamali, 0)
- Benoni Defense, Taimanov Variation
(Alvarez, 0)
- Budapest Gambit
(Ruiz, 0)
- Dutch Defense, Fluid Variation
(Thomas, 0)
- English Defense
(Caveney, 1/2,
0)
- Englund Gambit
(Goanos, 1/2)
- Modern Defense
(Bryan, 0)
- Nimzo-Indian Defense, Rubenstein Variation
(Erb, 0)
- Nimzo-Indian Defense, Saemisch Variation
(Green, 1;
Prieto, 1/2)
- King's Indian Defense, 5 Nge2
(Hinch, 1;
Francisco, 0;
Schulingkamp, 0;
Tisinger, 0)
- King's Indian Defense, Saemisch Variation
(Walk, 1)
- Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Exchange
(Brookshear, 1;
Knecht, 0;
Matagrano, 1;
Ukstins, 1)
- Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Exchange
(Donovan, 1)
With white:
9 wins, 12 losses, and 3 draws
(a score of 10.5/24, or 43.8%).
Black
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
(Greene, 0)
- English Opening, Mikenas Variation
(Aleamoni, 1)
- English Defense
(Patrick, 0;
Zerm, 1)
- French Defense, Chigorin Variation
(Whiteman, 1/2)
- French Defense, Exchange Variation
(Benen, 0;
Lewis, 1;
Prude, 1/2)
- French Defense, Tarrasch Variation
(Mirabile, 0;
Shabazz, 1;
Yusuf, 0,
1/2)
- French Defense, 2 Nf3
(Kawai, 1)
- Neo-Gruenfeld Defense
(Ardaman, 0)
- Nimzo-Indian Defense, Leningrad Variation
(Hoshor, 0)
- Nimzo-Indian Defense, 4 Bd2
(Chaffin, 1)
- King's Indian Attack
(Dingle, 1/2;
Smith-Soto, 0)
- Scandinavian Defense
(Ketcham, 1/2)
- Sicilian Defense, Closed
(Amador, 1/2;
Caveney, 0)
- Torre Attack
(Cunningham, 0;
Reeder, 1)
- Veresov Attack
(de Peaza, 0)
With black:
7 wins, 12 losses, and 6 draws
(a score of 10/25, or 40.0%).
Tournaments
- Arizona Junior Championship (1983)
- Atlanta Boris Kogan Memorial Open (1999)
- Atlanta Championship (1999)
- Atlanta Open (1998)
- Atlanta Winter Congress (1999)
- Georgia Durgan-Cook Memorial Open (1999)
- Georgia Summer Open (1999)
- North Carolina Land of the Sky (1999)
- Philadelphia World Open (1999)
- Savannah College of Arts and Design Open
(1999)
Chess