2001 Chinook Open

(1) Stubblefield,M (1585) - Shields,W (100) [A00]
Chinook Open 2001
[English]


1.g3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Qa4+ Bd7 4.Qxc4 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg2 Qf6 7.d4 0-0-0? 8.Bg5 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Na5 11.Qd3 Qf5 12.Bxd8 Kxd8 13.0-0 Qh5 14.Rab1 a6 15.c4 Nf6 16.Ne5 Nc6 17.Rxb7 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Ng4 Fritz says White to move, Mate in 3.

19.h3 Nxe5 20.Rb8+ Ke7 21.Qa3+ Kf6 22.Rxh8 Qxe2 23.Qc3 Kg6 24.Re1 Qd3 25.Qxe5? [25.Be4+ or 25.Qxd3 Nxd3 26.Be4+ is better]

25...Qxc4 26.Qe4+ Qxe4 27.Bxe4+ f5 28.Bb1 1-0

(2) Hunt,S (100) - Furdell,W (1334) [B30]
Chinook Open 2001
[Sicilian]

Scott Hunt, playing here in his first rated game, shows a good feel for the opening, but he hangs a knight late in the middle game.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nc3 d6 5.0-0 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.Be3 0-0 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 a6 11.e5 b5? 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Ne4? [13.Bb3 would win the piece outright. ]

13...Bxd4 14.Qxd4 e5 15.Qd5 Be6 16.Qxd6 Bxc4 17.Rfd1 Qxd6 18.Nxd6 Be6 19.Re1 f6 20.Re4 Rfd8 21.Rd1 Rd7 22.f4? After 22.Re3, White can still support the knight.

22...Rad8 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxd6 25.Rxe6? Rxd1+ 26.Kf2 R1d2+ 27.Ke3 Rxc2 28.Ke4 Re2+ 29.Kf5 Rf8+ 0-1











(3) Stuckey,R (1179) - Erickson,R (1714) [A21]
Chinook Open 2001
[English]


1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.d3 c6 6.Be2 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Qc2 Na6 9.Be3 Nf6 10.a3 Nc7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qd2 g5 14.0-0 g4 15.Ne1 Bg5 16.Qd1 h5 17.Ne4 Ne6 18.Nxg5 Qxg5 19.Qc1 Nf4 20.Qe3 h4 21.Kh1 0-0-0 22.g3? Offering to open up the position here is a fatal mistake. All of Black's artillery is poised to attack .

22...hxg3 23.fxg3 Rxh2+! A sacrifice as sound as it is pretty.

24.Kxh2 Rh8+ 25.Kg1 Nh3+ 26.Kg2 Qxe3 27.Bxg4 Bxg4 28.Nc2 Qe2+ 29.Kh1 Nf4+ 30.Kg1 Qg2# 0-1











(4) Lundby,K (1230) - Hunt,S (100) [B02]
Chinook Open 2001
[Alekhine's]

For the second time in as many games, Scott outplays his opponent in the opening, only to fall victim to a middle game combination. The result is another win for Kirk, fresh from his strong showing in the Triple Header.

1.e4 Nf6 2.f3 Pretty passive, but playable. More usual is to push on the knight with 2.e5.

2...d5 3.Nc3 e5 4.d4 Nc6 Black can't afford this temporizing. Better was 4...ed4 5.Qxd4 Nc6, saving the pawn and gaining a tempo besides.

5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.exd5 Bb4 7.Bg5 Qd7 8.Bb5? Bxc3+ The old "zwischenzug" trick, winning a piece.

9.bxc3 Qxb5 10.Rb1 Qxd5 11.Bxf6 c6? Up a piece, Black should grab the chance to trade down with 11...QxQ. The text move blunders back his hard-won advantage.

12.Bxg7 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 Rg8 14.Bxe5 Be6 15.Ne2 Rg5 16.Bf6 Rg6 17.Bh4 Rh6 18.g3 f6 19.Nf4 Bxa2 20.0-0 Bc4 21.Rfe1+ Kf8 22.Ne6+ Bxe6 23.Rxe6 Kf7 24.Rde1 a5 25.Re7+ Kg6 26.R1e6 a4 27.Bxf6 [27.Rxf6+ Kh5 28.Re5# ]

27...Kf5 28.g4+ Kf4 29.Be5+ Kg5 30.Rg7+ 1-0











(5) Shields,W (100) - Stuckey,R (1179) [C28]
Chinook Open 2001
[Two Knights Defense]

Although a frequent visitor to the Great Falls Chess Club for years, Reverend Walter Shields was playing in his first rated tournament ever. He played extremely fast, but fast play does not always mean losing play, as this game shows.

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.a3 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 [5.Bxf7 is slightly better, since Black is going to get a piece back anyway.]

5...d5 6.Bb5 dxe4 7.Qe2 Bd7 8.Qxe4 Qf6 9.Nf3 0-0-0 10.c3 Bc5 11.b4 Bd6 12.0-0 a6 13.Bxa6?! bxa6 14.d3 Kb7 In his efforts to shore up the weakened kingside, Richard gets his pieces badly tangled, beginning with this move. A better plan was to challenge the queen with 14...Qg6, and worry about the kingside later.

15.Be3 Rb8 16.a4 Kc8 17.Qc4 Ra8 18.b5 Na5 19.Qd5 c6 20.Qe4 Bc7 Black could now save the game by forcing queens off the board with 20...Bf5! Then White's attack would come to nothing. [And Black would be up a piece-ed.]

21.Rfb1 h6 22.Qb4 Qd6? Necessary was 22...axb5, preventing the pawn push that is looming.

23.Bc5 Qxd3 24.b6 Rb8 25.Qxa5 Rb7 26.Rd1 Qf5 27.Qxa6 A move made after only 2 seconds thought. It gets the win, but 27.bxB wins a lot easier.

27...Bb8 28.a5 e4 29.Bd6?! Another quick decision by Walter. Richard should accept the knight sacrifice, but he doesn't. After 29...exN it's hard to see how White can continue the assault. A more sound sac would have been 29.QxR! with a long, exciting, and forced path to victory: [29.Qxb7+! Kxb7 30.a6+ Kc8 31.b7+ Kd8 32.a7 Bxa7 33.Rxa7 Kc7 34.Ne5! Rd8 (Not 34...QxN? 35.RxB+!) 35.b8Q+ Kxb8 36.Rb1+ Kc8 37.Bd6 ]

29...Qb5? 30.Qa8 Rxb6 31.axb6 Qxb6 32.Rdb1 1-0











(6) Furdell,W (1334) - Skovron,J (1842) [A20]
Chinook Open 2001
[English]

For 40 moves Bill hangs "annoyingly tough" until making one harmless-looking move that gives Jim all the edge he needs.

1.c4 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 f5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Ne2 c6 6.Nbc3 Na6 7.a3 Be6 8.b3 Nc5 9.d4 Nce4 10.0-0 Be7 11.dxe5 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 dxe5 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Qe2 0-0 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.Qxd1 Kf7 19.h3 Qc8 20.Kh2 Qc7 21.Qe2 a6 22.b4 b5 23.c5 a5 24.Qc2 axb4 25.axb4 Nd7 26.f4 e4 27.Ne2 g6 28.Nd4 Bf6 29.Nxe6 Kxe6 30.Qb3+ Another possibility is 30.g4, defining the kingside better first.

30...Ke7 31.Bf1 Bxb2 32.Qxb2 Nf6 33.Kg2 Qd7 34.Kf2 Nd5 35.Qa3 Nf6 36.Qc3 Qd5 37.Qb2 Nd7 38.Be2 Qf7 39.Bd1 Qf6 40.Qb1 This appears to be the losing move. Better was 40.Qd2, which keeps Black's queen at bay by threatening penetration with Qd6. White could then just sit tight and settle for an upset draw.

40...Qc3 41.Qb3 Qxb3 42.Bxb3 Nb8 43.Bg8 h6 44.g4 Na6 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Bh7 Kf6 47.Kg3 Nxb4 48.Kh4 Nd5 49.Kh5 b4 50.Kxh6 b3 51.Bg8 b2 52.Bxd5 cxd5 0-1











(7) Skovron,J (1842) - Erickson,R (1714) [E11]
Chinook Open 2001
[Nimzo-Indian]


1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 c5 6.g3 Nc6 7.e3 0-0 8.Bg2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.0-0 Re8 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Ne2 d4 13.Nexd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.exd4 Qxd4 16.Bc3 Qxd1 17.Raxd1 Ra6 18.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19.Bxe1! More accurate than the knee-jerk 19.RxR. Black has too many threats to contend with.

19...Re6 20.Bxa5 Re8 21.Bc3 Nd7 22.Bf1 [White can get away with Bxb7 which wins the pawn.-Ed.]

22...Nc5 23.Bb5 Bg4? 24.Rd4 Ra8 25.Rxg4 Ne6 26.Bc4 h5 27.Re4 Ng5 28.h4?? (Groan.)

28...Nxe4 29.Bb4 Nf6 30.f3 Rc8 31.b3 Rd8 32.Kf2 Rd1 33.Ke2 Rg1 34.Bd6 Rg2+ Against the bishop pair it would be a long fight, so Ron accepts a draw he probably knows in his heart he did not earn. 1/2-1/2











(8) Stubblefield,M (1585) - McBroom,B (1569) [A11]
Chinook Open 2001
[Reti Gambit Declined]

This year's Chinook Open saw more than its share of silly blunders. Mike was cruising to victory until, in two giant strides, reason deserted him.

1.g3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 e6 7.d3 Bc5 8.0-0 0-0 9.h3 Nc6 10.Nh4 Qc7 11.Nxf5 exf5 12.Kh2 Rad8 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxd5 Rxd5?! 16.Bxd5 f4 17.e3 Ne7 18.Be4 fxg3+ 19.fxg3 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Be5 21.Qf3 b6 22.Rbc1 Qd8 23.Bxh7+! Kxh7 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Qxe5 Ng6 26.Qc3 Qd5 27.Qc4 Qd6 28.d4 Qe7 29.Rf3 Qd6 30.d5? Ne5 31.Qe4 Nxf3+ 32.Qxf3 Qa3 33.Rc2 Qd3 34.Rf2 f6 35.e4 Qd4 36.Re2 Re8 37.h4 Rc8 38.Kh3 Rc3 39.Qf2 Qe5 40.Kg2 Rc1 41.Qf4 Qa1 42.Kh3 Rh1+ 43.Kg4 Qd1 44.Qd2 Qf1 45.Rg2 Qb1 46.Kf4 Qa1 47.Qb2 Rf1+ 48.Rf2? Qxb2 49.Rxf1 Qe5+ 50.Ke3 Qxg3+ 51.Kd4 Qe5+ 52.Kd3 Qg3+ 53.Kc4 Qc7+ 54.Kd3 Qc5 55.Rf5 Qa3+ 56.Kd4 Qb2+ 57.Ke3 Qxa2 58.h5 Qb3+ 59.Kf4 Qh3 60.e5 Qh4+ 61.Ke3 Qh3+ 62.Ke4 Qg4+ 63.Rf4 Qg2+ 64.Rf3 fxe5 65.d6 Qg4+ 66.Kxe5 Qxf3 67.Ke6 Qxh5 68.d7 Qh3+ 0-1











(9) Furdell,W (1384) - Stubblefield,M (1585) [A36]
Chinook Open 2001
[English]

This game, which won best upset prize for Bill, features a pretty checkmate.

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.a3 Nf6 6.e3 e5 7.Nb5 d6 8.h3 a6 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Nge2 Rb8 11.d4 Qb6 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.0-0? Nxc4 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.b3 Nb6 16.Bb2 0-0 17.Nf4 Rfe8 18.Kh2 Bf5 19.Ncd5? Nbxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxg7 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Bxb1 23.Bh6 Ba2? Instead, 23.Be4 should hold the win. Now the roof caves in on Mike.

24.Qa1 f5 25.Bd5+ Qf7 26.Qg7# 1-0











(10) McCourt,D (1661) - Lundby,K (1230) [B01]
Chinook Open 2001
[Center Counter]

Dan McCourt and Bill Furdell both got pretty checkmates using the same pinning tactics.

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe5+ 4.Nge2 Bg4 5.h3 Bxe2 6.Bxe2 e6 7.d4 Qa5 8.0-0 c6 9.Ne4 f5 10.Ng5 Ke7 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 Na6 13.Nxe6 Nf6 14.Qf3 Nb4 15.Bd2 Qb6 16.Bxb4+ Kd7 17.Nc5+ Bxc5 18.dxc5 Qc7 19.Qxf5+ Kd8 20.Rad1+ Nd7 21.Ba5 Rc8 22.Qxd7# 1-0











(11) McBroom,W (1569) - Skovron,J (1842) [A41]
Chinook Open 2001
[Quasi-Torre]

Jim throws away another one.

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bg5 Nd7 4.Nbd2 Ngf6 5.e4 e5 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Bd3 Be6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Bc4 0-0-0 13.Qe2 Nb6 14.Bxe6+ Qxe6 15.b3 h5 Doubling rooks on the open file is probably better.

16.Rad1 Rh6 17.Nf3 Rg8 18.Rd3 g5 19.Red1 Qe7 20.Qd2 g4?? 21.Nxe5? [ An easy win should follow after 21.QxR gxN. 21.Qxh6 gxf3 22.Rxf3 ] 1/2-1/2











(12) Hunt,S (100) - Stuckey,R (1179) [B44]
Chinook Open 2001
[Sicilian]

Newcomer Scott Hunt gets his first draw, thanks largely to good time management.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2? Nxd4 8.a3 Be7 9.e5 Ng8 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Qg4 g6 12.Rfe1 d6 13.exd6 Bxd6 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Rad1 Bd7 16.Ne4 Qc7 17.Bf4 Ne5 18.Qe2 Nf3+ 19.Qxf3 Qxc4 20.b3 Qc6 21.Rd3 Bxa3 22.Rd6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6+ Ke7 24.Bg5+ f6 25.Ne4? fxg5 26.Rd1 Rf8 27.Qe3 Nf6 28.Nc5 Nd5 29.Qd4 Nf6 30.f3 Rd8 31.Rd3 Qc7 32.b4 b6 33.Nb3 Bb5 34.Rc3 Rxd4 35.Rxc7+ Kd6 36.Rc3 Ne4 37.fxe4 Rxe4 38.Kf2 Richard, though clearly winning, was quite short on time. A few moves later the two agreed to a draw. 1/2-1/2











(13) Doulas,N (1280) - Hunt,S (100) [A07]
Chinook Open 2001
[Reti]


1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.0-0 e5 5.d3 d4 Premature.

6.c3 Bc5 7.cxd4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxd4 9.e4 0-0 10.Nd2 b6 11.Nf3 c5 12.Qb3 Qd7 12.Be6 develops with a tempo.

13.Nxd4 exd4? 13...Qxd4 leaves White with a backward pawn.

14.e5 Ne8 15.Bxa8 Bb7 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.e6 Nd6 18.exf7+ Nxf7 19.Re1 Kh8 20.Qe6 Ng5? 21.Bxg5 1-0











(14) Moore,S (1664) - Mitchell,R (1599) [D02]
Chinook Open 2001
[Colle]

With this draw, Bob Mitchell passed the landmark of 1600 for the first time. It was his first rated game since 1992. Welcome back, Bob!

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bg4 5.c3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qc2 Bh5 9.Ne5 Bd6 10.f4 Ne7 11.Ndf3 h6 12.h3 Qe8 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 Nxg6 15.Bxg6 fxg6 16.Ne5 Ne4 17.Kg2 Kh7 18.Bd2 Qe7 19.Rf3 Bxe5 20.dxe5 g5 21.Raf1 Rf7 22.Bc1 Raf8 23.c4 c6 24.b3 g6 25.a4 Qb4 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.Rd1 Qc3 28.Qxc3 Nxc3 29.Rd3 Ne4 1/2-1/2











(15) Skovron,J (1842) - McCourt,D (1661) [A85]
Chinook Open 2001
[Dutch]

This game - the last to conclude - pitted the top two players in the tournament.

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.e4 fxe4 7.Nxe4 0-0 8.Ne2 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 c6 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Qd2 Nf6 13.Bg2 Bf5 14.Nc3 Qd7 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Bd3 17.Bh3 Bf5 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.Qd2 e5 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Rae1 Rad8 22.Qe2 Rfe8 23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Kf7 25.Kg2 Re7 26.Re1 e4 27.Nd1 Ng4 28.Ne3 Qf3+ 29.Qxf3+ exf3+ 30.Kxf3 Ne5+ 31.Kg2 Nxc4 32.b3 Ne5 33.Rd1 Rd7 34.Rxd7+ Nxd7 35.f4 b5 36.Kf2 a5 37.Ke2 Nc5 38.Ng4 Ke6 39.Ne5 Kd5 40.Ke3 Ne4 41.Nxc6 Nc3 42.Nxa5 Nxa2 43.g4 Nb4 44.Nb7 Nc2+ 45.Kf2 In post-game analysis, 45.Kd3 also led to a draw.

45...Nd4 46.h4 Nxb3 47.Ke3 Nd4 48.Kd3 b4 49.Na5 Nf3 50.h5 gxh5 51.gxh5 Nd4 52.Nc4 b3 53.Ne5 [Note: Either the players were out of time or this scoresheet is a missprint becuase from here, Black easily pushes the b pawn to a Q with 53. . .b2 - Ed.] 1/2-1/2

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