Atlanta Winter Congress (1999)

My final score was 1.5 out of 5.0. The time control was 35 moves in 90 minutes, with sudden death in 60 minutes.


Round 1

Sedrick Prude (1850) - John Kececioglu (1977)
French Defense, Exchange Variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. ed ed 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. c3 c6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. O-O Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g5 15. c4 O-O-O 16. c5 Bf4 17. b4 h5 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rfe1 Nf5 20. Nb3 g4 21. Nh2 gh 22. Qxh3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. b5 cb 25. Nf3 Qg4 26. Qxg4 hg 27. Nd4 a6 28. c6 Ne5 29. Rac1 Nc4 30. Re7 bc 31. Ra7 c5 32. Ne6 Rde8 33. Nxc5 a5 34. Nd7 Rd8 35. Nxf6 Kb8 36. Rg7 Rh4 37. Re1 R8h8 38. Kf1 Rh1+ 39. Ke2 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 Ne5 41. Rg5 Nd3+ 42. Kd2 Nxf2 43. Rxd5 Rh2 44. Rxb5+ Kc7 45. Rxa5 1/2 g3 46. Nd4+ Kc6 47. Nf4 Kb6 1/2 48. Ra3 Kb5 49. Ke2 Nh3 1/2 50. Nxh3 Rxg2+ 51. Kf3 Rc7 52. Kxg3 Kb4 53. Ra8 Rc3+ 54. Kg4 Ra3 1/2 55. Rb8+ Kc3 1/2-1/2


Round 2

Miles Ardaman (2461) - John Kececioglu (1977)
Neo-Gruenfeld Defense

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qxb3 11. ab Ne4 1/2 12. cd cd 13. O-O Nd6 14. Ra5 e6 15. Bf4 Ke7 16. g4 a6 17. Rd1 Nb5 18. e3 Rac8 19. Bf1 Rc6 20. Bxb5 ab 21. Rxb5 Rb6 22. Rxb6 Nxb6 23. Bc7 Na8 24. Ba5 h6 25. h4 h5 26. g5 Rc8 27. Ra1 Kd7 28. Bb4 Nb6 29. Bc5 Kc6 30. Rc1 Kb5 31. Rc3 Rc6 32. Kg2 Nd7 33. Be7 Kb6 34. Kg3 Kc7 35. Kf4 Kb6 1/2 36. Rd3 Kc7 37. b4 Kb6 38. Ra3 Rc8 39. Ra5 Rc2 40. Kg3 Rc8 41. b3 Kc6 42. Ra2 Kb5 43. Kf4 Kb6 44. Bd6 Kb5 45. Ne1 Rc6 46. Ra5+ Kb6 47. Bc5+ Kc7 48. Nd3 Ra6 49. Be7 Kb6 50. Ra4 Kb5 51. Nc5 Nxc5 52. bc Rxa5 53. ba Kxa5 54. Bf6 Bf8 55. Ke5 Kb5 56. Bd8 ... 1-0


Round 3

John Kececioglu (1977) - Guillermo Ruiz (2280)
Budapest Gambit

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. de Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. e3 Ngxe5 7. Be2 Nxf3 8. Bxf3 Ne5 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O a6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 f5 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nf4 Qe7 15. Qd2 b5 16. Nd3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 bc 18. bc Rb8 19. Rab1 Be6 20. Ba1 Rbe8 21. Bf3 Qf7 22. Rfc1 Rec8 23. Qd2? Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 25. Rb7 Rf7 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rb7 Bd4! 29. Qxd4 Qc1# 0-1


Round 4

John Kececioglu (1977) - Trevor de Koekkoek (1946)
Benoni Defense, Dzindzichashvili Variation

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bc f5 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bf4 Qa5 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Rc1 N7f6 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bd7 14. Be2 h6 15. f3 O-O-O 16. Rb1 Nh5 17. Bh2 Rhe8 18. Qb2 b6 19. Rd1 Kb7 20. Kf2 Rf8 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. Rb1 Rg8 23. Rb3 Qa4 24. Qb2 Bc8 25. Rb5 Nd2 26. Rb1 g5 27. hg hg 28. Rb3 Ne5 29. Ra3 Qd7 30. Rxa7+ Kxa7 31. Qxb6+ 1-0


Round 5

Robert Cunningham (2185) - John Kececioglu (1977)
Torre Attack

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 b6? 5. d5! h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 a6 (21) 8. Be2 (36) d6 9. O-O e5 10. Nd2 (45) Nd7 (41) 11. f4 Qd8 12. Nce4 ef 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. ef Be7 15. Bg4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qe2+ Be7 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Rae1 b5 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. f5 Rf8 22. Ne4 f6 23. Ng3 Qd7 24. Nh5 Kf7 25. Qg4 Rhg8 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Nf4 1-0



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