Savannah College of Arts and Design Open (1999)

My final score was 2.5 out of 5.0. The time control was 30 moves in 90 minutes, with sudden death in 60 minutes.


Round 1

Mark Hoshor (2240) - John Kececioglu (1989)
Nimzo-Indian Defense, Leningrad Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxg3 10. hg Qf6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. de fe 13. Ne2 Ne5 14. a3 Ba5 15. f3 Bd7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. N2c3 Bc6 19. g4 Bc7 20. Ng3 Kb8 21. Qe2 Qf7 22. Rh3 d5 23. cd ed 24. Nf5 (-45) d4 (-15) 25. ed cd 26. Nb5 Nxd3+ (-10) 27. Qxd3 Be5 28. Nbxd5 Bd5 (-4) 29. Kb1 Ba2+ 30. Ka1 Bc4 31. Qc3 Ka8 32. Rxh6 (-80) Rhe8 (-33) 33. Rc1 Be6 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Qa5 R6e8 36. Nb5 a6 37. Nc3 Rd2 38. Na4 (-23) Qb3 (-7) 39. Nb6+ Ka7 40. Qxe2 Qxb6 41. Qb4 Qxb4 42. ab Bf4 ... 1-0 (on time)


Round 2

John Kececioglu (1989) - George Goanos (1920)
Englund Gambit

1. d4 e5 2. de Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. c4 Nxe5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 g6 8. b3 (-60) Bg7 9. Bb2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe2 (-50) d5 (-57) 13. cd cd 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. a4 Ne4 18. Qe1 Ng5 19. Be2 Ne4 20. Ba3 (-26) Qg5 (-9) 21. Rac1 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Bh3 23. Bf3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Rc8 25. Kf1 (-10) Be6 (-2) 26. Qd1 Nc3 27. Qd2 Ne4 28. Qb2 Qh4 29. Kg1 f5 30. g3 Qe7 31. Rd1 Bf7 32. Qd4 Qc5 33. Bb2 Qxd4 34. Bxd4 Rc2 35. Bxe4 1/2 fe 36. Kg2 Be6 37. h3 Kf7 1/2-1/2


Round 3

John Kececioglu (1989) - Mark Donovan (1640)
Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Variation

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cd cd 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Rc1 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 (31) Bd7 (7) 11. O-O Qa5 12. Ne5 Rfc8 13. a3 Be8 14. Bb1 Qd8 15. Qd3 g6 16. g4 Nxe5 17. de Nd7 18. Bh2 Rc6 19. f4 (-19) Rac8 (31) 20. Rcd1 b5 21. f5 Nc5 22. Qd4 Nb3 23. Qf4 Qb6 24. fg fg 25. Kh1 Rc4 26. Qf3 b4 27. ab Qxb4 28. Kg1 (-2) Nc5 29. Nxd4 ed 30. Qxd5+ Kg7 31. e6 Ne4 32. Be5+ Kg8 33. Bd4 1-0


Round 4

Adam Caveney (2129) - John Kececioglu (1989)
Closed Sicilian

1. f4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. e5 de 11. Bxc5 (-1:19) ef (-0:52) 12. gf Qa5 13. d4 b6 14. Ba3 Rd8 15. Qe1 Nd5 16. Nxd4 Qxe1 1/2 17. Raxe1 ed 18. c3 Ba6 19. Rf2 Bh6 20. Ne5 Bb5 21. b3 Rac8 22. c4 dc 23. d5 Nxe5 24. fe c3 25. d6 c2 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Bc4 Bxc4 28. bc Rxc4 29. e6 (-1) c1=Q (-1) 30. Bxc1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Bxc1 32. e7 Bg5 33. exd8=Q+ Bxd8 34. Rc2 Kg7 35. Rc8 Bf6 36. d7 1-0


Round 5

James Chaffin (1824) - John Kececioglu (1989)
Nimzo-Indian Defense, 4 Bd2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 f5 10. O-O d6 11. b4 Nd7 12. Bb2 (7) c5 (19) 13. Qe2 cb 14. a3 a5 15. ab ab 16. Qe1 (15) Qe8 (31) 17. Qxb4 Qh5 18. Be2 Rf6 19. d5 Rh6 20. Qb5 (26) Ng5 (50) 21. Rfd1 Nc5 22. Qxb6 ed 23. Qc7 d4 24. Bxd4 Nge6 25. Qxd6 f4 26. Bxc5 Bxf3 (-9) 27. Bxf3 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Ra2 (-2) 29. g3 Qxf2# 0-1



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