Georgia Durgan-Cook Memorial Open (1999)

My final score was 0.5 out of 4.0. The time control was sudden death in 150 minutes.


Round 1

(1/2-point bye.)


Round 2

John Kececioglu (1976) - Kazim Gulamali (1798)
Benoni Defense, Schmid Variation

1. d4 (3:30) c5 2. d5 e6 (3:33) 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 (:37) Be7 (:34) 6. Be2 O-O 7. Be3 a6 8. a4 ed 9. cd Qa5 10. Bd2 (:55) (:42) 11. Ra3 Bf8 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nh3 Nbd7 15. Nf4 (4:15) Bg6 (3:54) 16. Nxg6 hg 17. f4 Rac8 18. Bc4 Qb4 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. Re3 (4:48) Ng4 (4:04) 21. Rb3 Qc7 22. O-O Ngf6 23. Re3 Ng4 24. Rg3 Ngf6 25. Nc3 (:59) Rb8 (:12) 26. Re1 Nb6 27. b3 Qd7 28. Qd3 Na8 29. Rh3 Nc7 30. a5 (5:21) b5 (4:21) 31. ab Rxb5 32. Qg3 Nb5 33. Qh4 Nh5 34. Qf2? [34 g4 Be7 35 g5+- (e.g. 35 ... Nd4 36 Ne2 with the idea Nxd4, Ng3; 35 ... f6 36 Be2; 35 ... Nxc3 36 Bxc3 Bd8 37 f5 with the idea f6, Be2)] 34. ... Nd4 35. Na4 (5:45) R6b8 (4:28) 36. Nb2 Nhf6 37. e5 Ng4 38. Qh4 Nh6 (4:31) 39. Nd1 1/2 (5:52) Ndf5 40. Qf2 Ng4 41. Qe2 Nd4 42. Qd3 de 43. fe Nxe5 44. Qg3 Qg4 45. Qc3 Nxc4 46. Qxc4 Rxe1+ 47. Bxe1 Qxd1 48. Qf1 Nc2 0-1


Round 3

Mumtaz Yusuf (1814) - John Kececioglu (1976)
French Defense, Tarrasch Variation

1. d4 (3:30) e6 (3:31) 2. e4 e5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cd 9. cd f6 10. ef Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 (:31) Bd7 (:36) 14. Ng3 Rae8?! (:42) [14 ... Bf4!] 15. Kh1 Kh8 (:43) 16. Ne5 Nxd4 (:45) 17. f4 Nc6?? (:47) 18. Nxd7! Nxd7 (:48) 19. Qh5! (:35) 1-0


Round 4

John Kececioglu (1976) - Jon Thomas (1928)
Dutch Defense

1. d4 (145) e6 (145) 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 (142) O-O (144) 6. Nh3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. f3 e5 9. Nf2 a5 10. d5 (124) Na6 (134) 11. b3 Nc7 12. e4 cd 13. Nxd5 Ncxd5 14. cd fe 15. fe (101) Bd7 (115) 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 (92) Bxg4 20. Rc1 (85) Rxc1+ (101) 21. Qxc1 Qc8 22. Qxc8+ Bxc8 23. Bf1 Bd8 24. Bb5 Kf7 25. Kf2 (80) Bg4 (95) 26. Bd3 (76) h6 27. Ke1 Kg6 28. Bf2 Bf3 29. a4 Kg5 30. Ba7 1/2 (43) Bc7 (78) 31. Bc2?? b6 32. Kf2 Bg4 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Kc3 (36) Be2 (70) 36. b4 ab+ 37. Kxb4 Kd8 38. a5 ba+ 39. Ka4 Kc8 40. Be3 (33) Kb7 (65) 41. Bd2 Ka6 42. Bc3 Bb6 43. Bd2 Bb8 44. Bxa5?? Bb5+! 0-1


Round 5

(Withdrew.)



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