Boris Kogan Memorial Open (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

(1/2-point bye.)


Round 2

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

1. d4 (4:44) e6 (4:34) 2. e4 d5 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. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. a3 Kh8!? [14 ... Rae8 15 Bc2 Re7 16 Qd3 Be8 =] 15. Bc2 Rae8 (4:53) 16. Qd3 (4:54) Re7 17. Bg5 Be8? [17 ... Ref7 18 Bh4 g6 19 b4?! Nh5 with ... Rxf3 oo] 18. Bxf6 gf 19. Nxd5 Bg6 (5:13) 20. Qxg6 (5:11) hg 21. Nxb6 ab 22. d5 ed 23. Nh4 Ne5 24. f4 Bc5+ 25. Kf1 Kg7 (5:32) 26. fe fe+ 27. Ke2 Rf2+ 28. Kd1 e4 29. b4 Bd4 30. Rb1 Bc3 (5:35) 31. Re3 Bf6 32. Nxg6 Kxg6 33. Rg3+ Kf5 34. Rf3+ Rxf3 35. gf Rh7 36. fe+ de (5:50) 37. Rb3 Kf4 38. h3 Rh8 39. Ke2 Bd4 40. a4 Rg8 41. b5 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 e3 (6:06) 43. Bd3 Kf3 44. Bc4 Rg1+ 45. Kc2 Kf2 46. Rd3 Bc5 47. Rd7 Ra1 48. Rf7+ Kg2 49. h4 Rxa4 50. Bf1+ Kg1 51. h5 Ra2+ 52. Kd3 Rd2+ (6:33) 53. Ke4 e2 54. Bxe2 Rxe2+ 55. Kd5 Rh2 56. Rh7 Kf2 57. h6 Kd3 58. Kc4 Rh4+ 59. Kd5 Rh5+ (-0:15) 60. Kd6 Ke4 61. Kf6 Kf4 62. Kg6 Rg5+ 63. Kf6 Bd4+ 64. Ke6 Ke4 65. Kd6 Rg6+ 66. Kc7 Kf4 (-0:07) 67. Kxb7 Kg5 68. Rd7 Bh8 69. h7 Kh6 70. Rc7 ... 1/2-1/2


Round 3

John Kececioglu (1976) - Adam Caveney (2120)
English Defense

1. d4 (4:31) e6 (4:46) 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Qh4?! 5. Nd2 f5 (4:48) 6. Ngf3 (4:47) Qg4 7. O-O fe 8. h3 Qf5 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Nh4 (4:52) Bxd3!? (4:56) 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg5? [14 Bf4! O-O-O 15 a3 +- (e.g. 15 ... d5 16 Rfd1 Be4 17 Qe2) or 14 ... Bd6 15 Bxd6 cd 16 Rad1 Rc8 17 a3 +- (e.g. 17 ... Na5 18 b4 Nxc4 19 Qb7)] Be7 15. Bxe7 (5:05) Ngxe7 (5:03) 16. d5 Nd4 17. Qd1 1/2 c5 18. f4 O-O 19. Rc1 Be4 20. Qe1 (5:35) Bd3 (5:22) 21. Rf2 Rae8 22. Rc3 Bg6 23. de de 24. Re3 Nc8 25. Rd5 (5:48) Nd6 (5:38) 26. b3 Rf6 27. Kh2 R8f8 28. Kg3 Be8 29. Qe3 Bc6 30. Rf1 (5:54) Rg6 (5:46) 31. Kh2 N6f5 32. Qd3 Nh4 33. Re3 R6f6 34. Kg3 (5:59) Ng2 (5:58) 35. Re4 Rd8 36. Kxg2 R6f8 37. Kg1 Nf5 38. Qc2 Ng3 39. R4e1 Nxf1 40. Rxf1 (6:18) Rd4 (6:15) 41. Qe2 Be4 42. Qe3 Rfd8 43. f5 ef 44. gf R8d6 45. f6 (6:34) g6 (6:42) 46. Qg3+ Kf7 47. Qg5 f5 48. Qh5+ Rg6+ 49. Kf2 Kg7 50. Qh4 (6:48) Rg2+ (6:58) 51. Ke3 Rd3+ 52. Kf4 Rd4 53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Ke5 Kh6 55. Qh4+ Kg7 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Rf4 Rg6 58. Qe7 R5d6 ... 1/2-1/2


Round 4

John Kececioglu (1976) - Richard Francisco (1965)
King's Indian Defense, 5 Nge2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 (:82) c6 (:87) 7. Be2 a6 8. a4 e5 9. d5 cd 10. cd (:77) Nbd7 (:84) 11. a5? [11 h4 a5 12 h5 Nc5 13 Be3 Qb6 Ra3 +- or 11 ... Ne8 12 h5 a5 13 Ra3 Nc5 14 Be3 f5 15 Bxc5 dc 16 hg hg 17 ef gf 18 Nb5 Nd6 19 Nh5 f4 20 Bg4 +- or 11 ... h5 12 Bg5 Qb6 13 a5 Qxb2 14 Bd2 Nc5 15 Ra2 Qb3 16 Qa1 Qb4 17 O-O Nb3 18 Qb2 +-+-] b6 12. h4 ba 13. h5 Rb8 14. hg fg 15. Qc2 (:53) Nc5 (:79) 16. Ra3 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Be3 Qb6 19. Nd1 Rfc8 20. Rc3 (:26) Qb4 (:66) 21. O-O Ba4 22. Bxc5 dc 23. Qd3 1/2 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxb2 25. d6 (:17) Nd7 (:48) 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Rdc1 Bh6 28. R1c2 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Bf4 30. Kh3 (:9) Rb1 (:41) 31. Nf1 Rxf1 32. Bxf1 Qxf1 33. Rc1 Qf2 0-1


Round 5

John Lewis (1609) - John Kececioglu (1976)
French Defense, Exchange Variation

1. e4 (4:30) e6 (4:40) 2. Nf3 d5 3. ed ed 4. d4 Bd6 5. Be3 (4:34) Ne7 (4:50) 6. Be2 Bg4 [6 ... Bf5! 7 Nc3 c6 =+ or 7 Nh5 Be6 =+] 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 Nbc6? [8 ... Nd7 9 O-O c6 10 b4?! Qc7 11 Qd2 h6 a4 f5 =+] 9. Nc3 a6 10. Nh4 (4:54) Bxe2 (5:12) 11. Nxe2 Qd7 12. Qd3 Na5?! [12 ... f6 13 c4 dc 14 Qxc4 Na5 15 Qa2 Qb5 16 Nc3 Qb3 =+] 13. b3 Qb5 14. Qxb5? [14 Qd2! h6 15 a4 Qb4 16 Qxb4 Bxb4+ 17 Bd2 Nac6 18 Bxb4 Nxb4 19 Kd2 =] ab 15. a4 (5:07) Nac6 (5:30) 16. c3 Kd7 17. O-O ba 18. ba Na5 19. Rfb1 b6 20. Nf3 (5:15) Nc4 (5:36) 21. Nd2 Na3 22. Rb2 Rxa4 23. Rba2 Rha8 24. Bf4 b5 25. Bxd6 (5:27) Kxd6 (5:44) 26. g4 Nc4 27. Nxc4+ dc 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Rb1 Ra2 30. Kf1 (5:55) c6 (5:50) 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Ke1 Nf6 33. Ng3 Kd5 34. Ne2 (5:59) Ke4 (5:57) 0-1 (time)



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