Arizona Junior Championship (1983)

My final score was 4.5 out of 5.0, tying for first place with Richard Ketcham. The time control was 40 moves in 2 hours, with a secondary control of 20 moves in 1 hour.


Round 1

(This is one of my favorite games I've played.)

John Kececioglu (2061) - John Matagrano (1837)
Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd ed 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. Qc2 c5 9. Ne2 c4 10. Bf5 g6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. e4 Bg7 13. Kf1 Nb6 14. Re1 O-O 15. Qc1 de 16. Nxe4 f5 17. N4c3 Nd5 18. h4 Nf6 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qd7 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. h5 1-0


Round 2

Richard Ketcham (2146) - John Kececioglu (2061)
Center Counter Defense

1. e4 d5 2. ed Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. b3 e6 8. O-O Be7 1/2 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 Qc8 11. Be5 Bxe2 12. Nxc6 bc 13. Qxe2 Rd8 14. Rad1 a5 15. Rd3 a4 16. c5 Nd5 17. Rxa4 Rxa4 18. ba Qa6 19. Qd2 Qxa4 20. Rb1 Ra8 21. a3 Bf6 22. Rdb3 Kf8 23. Qd3 Ke7 24. g4 h6 25. Qd2 Qc4 26. Qd3 Qa4 1/2-1/2


Round 3

John Kececioglu (2061) - Eric Green (1732)
Nimzo-Indian Defense, Saemisch Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bc c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. e4 b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. h4 f6 15. dc dc 16. Nc1 Ng7 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Ng3 Qe7 19. a4 Qf7 20. a5 Rfd8 21. ab Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxc4 23. Qd6 Rc8 24. b7 Qxb7 25. Nxc5 Qf7 26. Rfb1 Ne8 27. Qd2 Qe7 28. Qe3 Nd8 29. Nd3 Qd7 30. Nb4 Ne6 31. Rxa7 Rc7 32. Rba1 1-0 (time)


Round 4

Aran Aleamoni (1724) - John Kececioglu (2061)
English Opening, Mikenas Variation

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cd 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. Nf3 de 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. a3 Nf6 12. Qd3 Qxd3 13. Bxd3 O-O-O 14. Be2 Nd4 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Ne4 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rad1 Nb3 20. Rfe1 Kb8 21. Nc3 Nd2 22. c5 a6 23. b4 Rd4 24. Nb1 Rhd8 25. Nxd2 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. g3 Kc7 28. Re3 Kc6 29. Kf1 Kb5 30. Ke1 Rd4 31. Rc3 e5 32. Ke2 f6 33. Ke3 g5 34. f3 h5 35. h3 Kc6 36. Rd3 Rxd3+ 37. Kxd3 Kd5 38. a4 f5 39. g4 hg 40. hg f4 41. Ke2 Kc4 42. Kd2 Kxb4 43. Kd3 Kxc5 44. Ke4 b5 45. ab ab 46. Kxe5 b4 47. Kf5 b3 48. Kxg5 b2 49. Kxf4 b1=Q 50. Kg5 Kd5 51. f4 Ke6 52. Kh6 Kf7 53. f5 Qh1+ 54. Kg5 Qc1+ 55. Kh5 Kf6 56. Kf4 Qe3 57. g5+ Qxg5+ 0-1


Round 5

John Kececioglu (2061) - Richard Walk (1770)
King's Indian Defense, Saemisch Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. f3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. O-O Qa5 13. a4 Qd8 14. a5 Ng8 15. Kh1 f5 16. ef gf 17. f4 e4 18. Bc2 Qf6 19. g4 Ne7 20. gf Nxf5 21. Bxe4 Kh8 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Ng3 Bh3 24. Rg1 Nd7 25. Nh5 1-0



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