Atlanta Championship (1999)

My final score was 2.5 out of 5.0. The time control was 35 moves in 90 minutes, with sudden death in 60 minutes.


Round 1

John Kececioglu (1977) - Isaac Hinch (2100)
King's Indian Defense, 5 Nge2 Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 a6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Ne5 11. f3 e6? 12. f4 Ned7 13. de fe 14. Qxd6 Ne8 15. Qxe6+ Kh7 16. Qd5 Qa5 17. e5 Nc7 18. Qd6 Re8 19. O-O Ne6 20. Qd2 Bf8 21. Bd3 Nd4 22. Qf2 (-10) Be7 23. Nd5 Bf8 24. f5 (-5) Rxe5 25. fg+ Kh8 26. Qf7 Bg7 27. Bxh6 Ne6 28. Bxg7+ Nxg7 29. Qf8+ 1-0


Round 2

Terrence de Peaza (2169) - John Kececioglu (1977)
Veresov Attack

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg7 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c5 5. dc Qa5 6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. Qd4 Bf5 8. e3 a6 9. b4 Qa3 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cd e6 12. O-O b6 13. cb Bxb4 14. Rfc1 O-O 15. Rab1 Bc5 16. Qa4 Rab8 17. Rc2 Rb7 18. Rb3 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Bd6 20. Rc6 Rd8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. d4 Ne4 24. Ne6 f6 25. Nd3 Kd7 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8 (-15) Kxc8 (-5) 28. f3 Ng5 29. Ndc5 Nf7 30. Nxb7 Kxb7 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. dc Nd8 33. e4 d4 34. f4 Nc6 35. Rh3 h6 36. Rg3 g5 37. Rh3 1-0


Round 3

John Kececioglu (1977) - Alberto Prieto (2057)
Nimzo-Indian Defense, Saemisch Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bc Nc6 8. Ne2 d6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O b6 11. f4 Ba6? 12. f5 e5 13. f6 Nxf6 14. Bg5 Kh8 15. d5 Na5 16. Bxf6? (16 Ng3) 16. ... g6 17. Ng3 Rg8 18. Qh5 Rg6 19. Nf4 Qf8 20. Rf3 Rg5 21. Qh4 Bc8 22. Ne3 Qg7 23. Raf1 f5 24. ef f6 25. Rh3 Bd7 26. Qe4 Rag8 27. Rf2 Nb7 28. Rh4 Nd8 29. Bf1 Nf7 30. Rf3 Qf8 31. Rfh3 R5g7 32. Qc6 (-6) Ng5 33. Rg3 Qc8 (-34) 34. Rd3 (-4) e4 35. Bxe4 Re8 36. Bd3 Rge7 37. Kf2 b5 38. cb c4 39. Rxc4 Qf7 40. a4 Qb6 41. Rd4 h5 42. h4 Nf7 43. Qe2 Nh6 44. Qxh5 Rh7 45. Rg6?? Nxf5 46. Qxh7+ Kxh7 47. Rxf6 Kg7 48. Bxf5 Kxf6 49. Bxd7 1/2 Rf8 50. Be6 Qc5 51. Rf4+ Ke7 52. Rxf8 Kxf8 53. c4 Qa3 54. g4 Qxa4 55. h5 Qa1 56. Kf3 Kg7 57. Bf5 Kf6 58. Ke4 Kg5 59. Be6 Qh1+ 60. Kd4 Kf4 61. Nc2 Qh3 62. Bf5 Qb3 63. h6 Qb2+ 64. Kd3 Qb3 65. Kd4 Qg3 66. h7 Qh3 67. Bd3 Qh6 68. Kc3 Qf6 69. Kb3 Kxg4 70. Nb4 Qd4 71. Kc2 ... 1/2-1/2


Round 4

Daaim Shabazz (2028) - John Kececioglu (1977)
French Defense, Tarrasch Variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 cd 7. cd Nc6 8. Ndf3 Nb6 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bd3 h5 12. g3?! Na7! 13. Qe2 g6 14. Bd2 a4 15. b4 Rc8 16. Nh3 Nc4 17. O-O? Nb2 18. Rfc1 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bb5 20. Qe3 Be7 21. Nf2 Kf8 22. Nd3 Kg7 23. h3 Qb6 24. Nc5 Rc6 25. Kg2 R6c8 26. Ng5 Rcg8 27. Rc2 Nc6 28. Rac1 Re8 29. Nf3 Bd8 30. Ne1 (-13) Ne7 (-5) 31. g4 hg 32. hg Rh4 33. Qg3 Reh8 34. Nf3 Rh3 (-3) 35. Qxh3 Rxh3 36. Kxh3 Nc6 37. Bc3 Qa7 38. Rd2 Bc4 39. Rh1 b6 40. Nd3 Qa6 41. Nfe1 Na7 42. Bb2 Bb6 43. Kg3 Kf8 44. Nf3 Bc4 45. Nf2 Be2 46. Rh8+ Ke7 47. Ng5? Qc4 48. Rh7 Nc6 49. Nxf7 Qb3+ 50. Kh2 Qe3! 51. Ng5+ Ke8 0-1


Round 5

John Kececioglu (1977) - Adam Caveney (2075)
English Defense

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. ef Bb5+ 6. Bd2?! (6 Kf1) 6. ... Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 Bxg2 8. Qh5+ Kf8 9. fe de 10. Be4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Bxh1 12. Bxh1 c6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Ne4 Nbd7 15. Ng5 Re8 16. Bxc6 Rc8 17. Bb5 Kg8 18. N1f3 Nd5 19. Kb1 h6 20. cd hg 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. de g4 24. Ne1 Nd5 25. Nd3 (-32) Rxh2 (-2) 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 Kf8 28. Bc4 Nf6 29. Kd1 Ke7 30. Ke1 Ne4 31. Bd5 (-13) Nf6 32. Bb3 Ne4 33. Bd5 Nf6 34. Bb3 Ng8 35. Kf1 g3 36. fg b5 37. Nf2 Nf6 38. Kg1 Rh8 39. Kg2 Rd8 40. Kf3 Rxd4 41. Ke3 Rd6 0-1



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