Philadelphia World Open (1999)

My final score was 3.0 out of 9.0. The time control was 40 moves in 2 hours, with sudden death in 1 hour.


Round 1

John Kececioglu (1989) - Johann Alvarez (2293)
Benoni Defense, Taimanov Variation

1. d4 (4:00) Nf6 (4:24) 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 ed 5. cd g6 6. e4 (4:05) d6 (4:27) 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 (4:10) Na6 (4:35) 11. O-O Nb4 12. Be3 a6 13. Be2 Re8 14. Bf2 Qe7 15. Bh4 (4:52) Qf8 (4:56) 16. f5 Nf6 17. fg hg 18. Ng5 Re7 19. h3 [19 Rf4!] Bd7 20. Qd2 (5:19) Qd8 (5:39) 21. Bg3 Be8 22. e5 de 23. d6 Nh7 24. Nce4 Nxg5 25. de Qxd2 (5:57) 26. Nxd2 (5:52) Nc2 27. Bac1 Ne3 28. Rfe1 Bxa4 29. b3 Rc6 30. Bd3 Nxg2 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Nh4 33. Bf6 Nhf3+ 34. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 35. Kf2 Ne2 36. Rxc5 Nxb3 37. Rc3 Na5 38. Bc2 Re8 0-1 (time)


Round 2

Samson Benen (2209) - John Kececioglu (1989)
French Defense, Exchange Variation

1. e4 (2:00) e3 (2:00) 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. ed ed 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Qh5 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bc Qd7 10. O-O (1:23) O-O-O (1:27) 11. Nf4 g6 12. Qg5 Bf5 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Qf6 Rh7 15. Ne2 (1:04) Be6 (1:00) 16. Ng3 Ng8 17. Qf3 f5 18. h4 Nge7 19. Bd2 Rg8 20. h5 (0:33) Bf7 (0:33) 21. hg Bxg6 22. Ne2 h5 23. Nf4 Bf7 24. Qh3 h4 25. Bb5 (0:26) Re8 (0:18) 26. Nd3 Qd6 27. Ne5 Be6 28. Bf4 a6 29. Bd3 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 (0:10) Qd7 (0:10) 31. Bf6 Rh5 32. f4 Ng6 33. Bg5 Kb8 34. Re3 Rf8 35. Rae1 (6:07) Bg8 (5:49) 36. Qf3 Rh7 37. Qe2 Bf7 38. Bxa6 Qd6 39. Bd3 Nxf4 40. Bxf4 Qxf4 41. Rf1 Qd6 42. Bxf5 Rh6 43. Bg4 Qg6 44. Be6 h3 45. Bxh3 (0:46) Rg8 (0:37) 46. R1f3 R6h8 47. Qf2 Be8 48. Be6 Rg7 49. Rg3 Qh5 50. Rh3 1-0


Round 3

John Kececioglu (1989) - Mark Knecht (2145)
Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cd? [3 Nc3] ed 4. Nc3 c6! 5. Qc2 (4:05) g6 (4:01) 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qxb6 ab 9. e3 b5 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. Be2 (4:21) b4 (4:05) 12. Nd1 Be7 13. Nd2 Ngf6 14. f3 O-O 15. Nf2 (4:34) Nb6 (4:18) 16. O-O Na4 17. g4 Be6 18. Nd3 Ra7 19. Rad1 Nb6 20. Nc1 (5:04) Nc4 (4:29) 21. b3 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Rfa8 23. Rc2 Ne8 24. Rd1 g5 25. Bg3 f5 26. h3 Nf6 27. Bd3 fg 28. hg h5 29. gh Nxh5 30. Be5 (5:26) Rf8 (4:45) 31. Rg2 Rxf3 32. Be2 Rh3 33. Rf1 Ng7 34. Bf3 Ra8 35. e4 (5:45) Rf8 (4:59) 36. ed Rhxf3 37. Rxf3 Rxf3 38. Bxg7 Bxd5 39. Bh6 (5:52) Rc3 40. Bxg5 Bxg2 41. Rxe7 Rxc1+ 42. Kxg2 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Rxa2 44. Bxb4 Rb2 0-1


Round 4

Christopher Dingle (2101) - John Kececioglu (1989)
King's Indian Attack

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. Nf1 Rb8 10. h4 b5 11. N1h2 h5 12. g4 (1:50) hg (1:31) 13. Nxg4 Qc7 14. h5 Nd4 15. h6 (1:14) Bh8 (1:08) 16. h7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. c3 Ndc6 20. Qg4 (0:25) Ng8 (0:59) 21. Qh4 Nxh6 22. Nxe6+ Bxe6 23. Bxh6+ Kg8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. f4 (0:21) Qd8 (0:46) 26. Qg3 Bg7 27. f5 Bc8 28. fg fg 29. Qxg6 Qf6 1/2-1/2


Round 5

Alfred Zerm (2207) - John Kececioglu (1989)
English Defense

1. c4 (4:04) b6 (4:09) 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 (4:11) Nf6 (4:17) 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 (4:13) Ne4 (4:29) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rc1 Rf6 13. d5 Rh6 14. g3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 (4:24) e5 (4:47) 16. Qb3 Kh8 (5:00) 17. Rfc1 Nf6 (5:16) 18. Ng5 Ng4 19. h4 Rf8 20. c5 (4:43) Nf6 (5:33) 21. Bc4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 fe (5:37) 23. cb cb (5:45) 24. Qa2 g5 25. h5 (5:21) Qf7 (5:48) 26. Qe2 g4 27. Qf1 Rf6 28. R3c2 Qxh5 29. Qg2 Rh6 30. Rc3 Rhf6 (5:53) 31. R1c2 Qg6 32. a4 (5:40) Rf3 (5:55) 33. Bb3 Qf5 34. Rc7 Rf7 35. Qh2 Rxe3 36. Rxf7 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Qf3+ 0-1


Round 6

John Kececioglu (1989) - Jarod Bryan (2227)
Modern Defense

1. d4 (4:08) g6 (4:00) 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Nge2 (4:15) e5 (4:02) 6. Be3 Nh6 7. f3 f5 8. d5 Ne7 9. ef Nexf5 10. Bf2 (4:33) Nh4 (4:09) 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Rg1 N6f5 13. Qd3 Nd4 14. Be2 Qg5 15. Nce4 (4:52) Qf4 (4:51) 16. Nd2 Bh6 17. O-O-O Bf5 18. Nxf5 Nhxf5 19. Kb1 Qxh2 20. Nf1 (5:21) Qf4 (5:21) 21. g3 e4 22. Qa3 Qe5 23. f4 Qf6 24. Bg4 Bg7 25. Bxf5 (5:26) Nxf5 (5:31) 26. g4 Nh4 27. Rh1 Nf3 28. Be3 a6 29. Ng3 Rfe8 30. g5 (5:45) Qf7 (5:41) 31. Rh3 b5 32. c5 dc 33. Qxc5 Rad8 34. Nxe4 (5:50) Qf5 (5:46) 0-1


Round 7

Jorge Amador (1880) - John Kececioglu (1989)
Closed Sicilian

1. f4 (4:00) g6 (4:00) 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg7 Nc6 5. O-O (4:01) e6 (4:07) 6. e6 d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. c3 e5 9. Na3 O-O 10. Be3 (4:25) Bg4 (4:35) 11. Qd2 b6 12. f5 gf 13. Nh4 f4 14. gf d5 15. h3 (5:04) Bh5 (5:28) 16. f5 f6 17. Bf3 Qe8 1/2-1/2


Round 8

John Kececioglu (1989) - Fricis Ukstins (1620)
Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Exchange

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cd ed 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 (4:08) Be7 (4:03) 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 (4:17) Ne4 11. Bg3 Nxg3 (4:08) 12. hg Nd7 13. O-O-O c5 14. Nxd5 cd 15. Nc7 (4:30) Ne5 (4:12) 16. Nxa8 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Qa5 18. Kb1 de 19. Qxe3 Be6 20. Nc3 (4:50) Rxa8 (4:26) 21. Rhe1 Rc8 22. Rd2 Bb4 23. Qe5 Bxc3 24. bc Rc5 25. Qd4 (5:14) Rd5 (4:45) 26. Qe3 Rb5+ 27. Ka1 Rb3 28. Qd4 Qa3 29. Qd6 Qa4 30. Rxe6 (5:26) Rxc3 (5:11) 31. Re1 Rc6 32. Qd3 Qb4 33. Re8+ 1-0


Round 9

Tim Mirabile (2212) - John Kececioglu (1989)
French Defense, Tarrasch Variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nbc6 7. Ne2 cd 8. cd Nb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. a4 (1:54) a5 (1:47) 11. Nf3 Nb4 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Re1 Nc4 15. Na2 (1:36) h6 (1:01) 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Qe2 Na8 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Qe3 (1:28) Nc7 (0:49) 21. Bd3 Na6 22. Bb5 Ba3 23. Rc2 Be7 24. Qe1 Nb8 25. Bxa5 (1:18) Qa7 (0:32) 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. Nxb4 O-O 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Rac1 Qb6 30. Qd2 (1:10) Rcd8 (0:16) 31. Qc3 Rde8 32. Qc5 Qd8 33. Nd3 Qd7 34. Qb6 Na6 35. Nc5 (0:59) Nxc5 (0:11) 36. Rxc5 f5 37. b4 Bxa4 38. Rc7 Qb5 39. Qxb5 Bxb5 40. Rxb7 (0:56) Bc4 (0:06) 41. Nd2 Rc8 42. f4 Rfe8 43. Kf2 Kf8 44. Ke3 Ba6 45. R7c7 (1:51) Rxc7 (1:03) 46. Rxc7 Rc8 47. Rxc8 Bxc8 48. Kd3 Ba6+ 49. Kc3 Ke7 50. Nb3 Bb5 51. Nc5 Bf1 52. g3 Bc4 53. Nb7 Kd7 54. Nd6 Be2 55. h4 Bh5 56. Kb3 Kc6 1/2 57. b5+ Kb6 58. Kb4 Bg6 59. Nc8+ Kc7 60. Ne7 Bh5 61. Kc4 Bf7 62. Nc6 Bh5 63. b6+ Kd7 64. b7 1-0



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