2001 January Thaw

(2) Skovron,J (1872) - Long,M (1741) [A45] 2001 January Thaw [Stonewall Attack] 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 d5 6.Nf3 g6 7.0-0 cxd4 8.exd4 Bg7 9.Qe1 a6 10.Ne5 0-0 11.Nd2 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Ne8 13.Nf3 f6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Ne5 Nd7 16.Nxg6 Rxf1+ 17.Kxf1 hxg6 18.Qxe6+ Kf8 19.Qxd5 Qh4 20.Bc4 Qf6+ 21.Kg1 Nb6 22.Qg8+ Ke7 23.Bg5 Qxg5 24.Qxg7+ Kd6 25.Qf8+ Kc7 26.Qf7+ Kb8 27.Rf1 Nxc4 28.Qxc4 Qe3+ 29.Kh1 Bf5 30.Qc5 Qe2 31.Qd6+ Ka7 32.Qc5+ Kb8 33.Qd6+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

(3) Warner,N (1404) - Preston,C (1308) [D35] 2001 January Thaw [Queen's Gambit Spurned] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.Rc1 0-0 7.a3 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Nb5 Qb6 10.Nxc7 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Ne4+ 13.Ke1 Nc6 14.Nxa8 Nxd4 15.e3 Nb3 16.Rd1 Rd8 17.Nc7 Be6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bd3 Nec5 20.Nf3 Re8 21.h4 e5 22.Bb5 Rf8 23.Nxe5 Ne4 24.Rxd5 Nxf2 25.Rf1 1-0

(4) Johansson,J (2052) - Skovron,J (1872) [B10] 2001 January Thaw [Caro-Kann] 1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Bd6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.0-0 Ne7 7.Nd4 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 Qc7 9.Ng3 0-0 10.Qg4 f5 11.exf5 Qd7 12.Nf3 Nxf5 13.Nxf5 Qxf5 14.Qxf5 Rxf5 15.Bd2 Nd7 16.Rae1 Re8 17.Re2 h6 18.Rfe1 g5 19.h3 Nf8 20.Nh2 Ng6 21.f3 Nf4 22.Bxf4 gxf4 23.Ng4 Kg7 24.d4 h5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Re6 1/2-1/2

(5) Hansen,D (1714) - Long,M (1741) [B21] 2001 January Thaw [French Defense] 1.e4 e6 2.f4 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d5 5.e5 a6 6.Be2 d4 7.d3 Nge7 8.Nbd2 Nf5 9.Nf1 Be7 10.g4 Nh4 11.Ng3 Ng2+ 12.Kf2 Nh4 13.g5 Nxf3 14.Bxf3 f6 15.Bh5+ Kf8 16.Qf3 f5 17.Qe2 g6 18.Bf3 h6 19.h4 hxg5 20.hxg5 Rxh1 21.Bxh1 Kf7 22.Bf3 Qh8 23.Bd2 Qh2+? 24.Bg2 Qh7 25.Rh1 Qg7 26.Bf3 Bd7 27.Nh5 gxh5 28.Bxh5+ Kf8 29.Kf1 Nd8 30.Bf3 Bc6 31.Rh5 Ke8 32.Bxc6+ Nxc6 33.Qg2 Kd7 34.Qh2 Rg8 35.Rh7 Qf8 36.c4 Qe8 37.a3 b6 38.b4 cxb4 39.axb4 Kd8 40.Qh1 Qd7 41.Rf7 Ke8 42.g6 Kd8 43.Qh7 Qe8 44.b5 axb5 45.cxb5 Rh8 And White's flag fell. 0-1

(6) Spaulding,J (1283) - Furdell,W (1307) [B62] 2001 January Thaw [Sicilian] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.Nf3 h6 11.Bh4 Nh7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qd2 b5 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.f4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Nf6 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Bf3 Rd7 19.e5 dxe5 20.Qxe5 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Rxd1+ 22.Nxd1 Rd8 23.Qe2 Qc5+ 24.Nf2 Ng4 25.Rd3 Rxd3 26.cxd3 Qd4? This simple blunder may seem bad enough, but it's a lot better than the blunder Bill feared he had made when trying to reconstruct the game at club the next night: 26...QxN+ 27.QxN?? Qxb2??? 27.Qxg4 Qxb2 28.Nd1 Qd4+ 29.Nf2 Qa1+ 30.Qd1 Qxa2 31.Ne4 Qd5 32.Qf3 Qd4+ 33.Nf2 Qa1+ 34.Nd1 Qd4+ 35.Qe3 Qxe3+ 36.Nxe3 a5 37.Kf2 a4 38.Nc2 f6 39.Ke3 Kf7 40.Kd2 g5 41.fxg5 hxg5 42.Kc3 And White held on for the win. *

(7) Drake,M (1268) - Rasmussen,S (100) [E60] 2001 January Thaw [Benoni Defense] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.a3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nh5 10.Qd1 d6 11.Nc3 Rb8 12.Be3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 b6 14.Rb1 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Rxb7 16.Bh6 Re8 17.e4 Nf6 18.Qe2 Qd7 19.Kg2 Ng4 20.Bf4 Qa4 21.Qxg4 Qxc4 22.Bh6 a5 23.Qf3 Rd7 24.Rfd1 b5 25.e5 Qe6 26.Rxb5 dxe5 27.Rxa5 Rxd1 28.Qxd1 Qc6+ 29.Kh3 Qc8+ 30.Kh4 Qc4+ 31.Kh3 Qxc3 32.Qd5 Qc8+ 33.Kg2 Rd8 34.Rc5 Qd7 35.Qxd7 Rxd7 36.Rc8+ Rd8 37.Rxd8# 1-0

(8) Schuyler,M (100) - Barnes,A (1256) [D00] 2001 January Thaw [Veresov's Opening] 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 c5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 c4 7.Nge2 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.Nf4 Be7 10.0-0 b6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Nfe2 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Nc3 f5 15.f4 Bf6 16.Qh5+ Kf8 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.g4 g5 19.gxf5 exf5 20.Rd2 Rd8 21.Qg6 Qe6 22.Bh3 g4 23.Bg2 Bc6 24.Rfd1 Be8 25.d5 Bxg6 26.dxe6 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Ke7 28.Rd7+ Ke8 29.Rxa7 Rh7 30.Rxh7 Bxh7 31.Na4 b5 32.Nc3 Bxc3 33.bxc3 Ke7 34.h3 h5 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Kf1 Kxe6 37.Ke1 Kd6 38.Kd1 Kc6 39.Kc1 Kb6 40.Kb2 Ka5 41.Bh1 Bg6 42.Bg2 Bh5 43.Bh1 g3 44.Bg2 Ka4 45.Bh3 Bg4 46.Bg2 Be2 47.Bh3 Bf3 48.Ka2 Ka5 49.Kb2 g2 50.Bxg2 Bxg2 51.Ka2 Kb6 52.Kb2 Kc6 53.Kc1 Bf3 54.Kd2 Bh5 55.Kc1 Be8 56.Kd2 Kb6 57.Kc1 Kc6 58.Kb2 Kd6 59.Kc1 Ke6 60.Kd2 Kf6 And the Black king's end-run eventually paid off. 0-1

(9) Richards,P (1283) - Dyer,T (100) [C22] 2001 January Thaw [Center-Counter Reversed] 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd1 d6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Ne5 7.f4 Nc6 8.f5 Ne5 9.Nf3 Nfd7 10.Bf4 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Be7 12.Be2 Bf6 13.0-0 0-0 14.Rab1 Ne5 15.Qe3 c6 16.Rbd1 Qc7 17.g4 h6 18.g5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.Qxg5 f6 21.Qg3 Bd7 22.h4 Rf7 23.b3 Kf8 24.Bh5 Re7 25.Ne2 Be8 26.Bxe8 Raxe8 27.Nf4 Kg8 28.Rfe1 Qd7 29.Ng6 Rf7 30.Nxe5 fxe5 31.Rd2 Qc7 32.Red1 Rd8 33.c5 Rfd7 34.cxd6 Qa5 35.h5 Rf8 36.Qe3 Qb6 37.Qxb6 axb6 38.a4 Rf6 39.b4 Rh6 40.Rh2 Rhxd6 41.Rxd6 Rxd6 42.Rg2 Kh7 43.Rg6 Rd4 44.f6 gxf6 45.Rxf6 Rxb4 46.Rf7+ Kh6 47.Rxb7 Kxh5 48.Kf2 c5 49.a5 bxa5 50.Rxb4 axb4 51.Ke2 Kg4 52.Kd3 Kf4 0-1

(10) Long,M (1796) - Johansson,J (2052) [A41] 2001 January Thaw 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nd7 3.g3 e5 4.e3 Ngf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Ne2 0-0 7.0-0 Re8 8.Nbc3 c6 9.a3 Qc7 10.b3 Nf8 11.Bb2 a6 12.d5 c5 13.h3 g6 14.g4 h6 15.f4 exf4 16.Nxf4 N8h7 17.Qc2 Bf8 18.Rae1 Qe7 19.e4 Nd7 20.Nd3 Bg7 21.Nd1 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Qf2 Re7 25.Qf4 Kg7 26.Qxe5+ Rxe5 27.Nb2 f6 28.Nd3 Re7 29.Rf2 Bd7 30.Ref1 Rae8 31.Kh2 b5 32.Nb2 Rb8 33.Nd1 Be8 34.Ne3 Reb7 35.Re1 Re7 36.cxb5 Bxb5 37.Nc4 Bxc4 38.bxc4 Rb3 39.Rf3 Rxf3 40.Bxf3 Ng5 41.Bg2 Rb7 42.Re3 Rb2 43.Kg3 Nf7 44.Rc3 a5 45.h4 a4 46.Bf3 Rb3 47.Rxb3 axb3 48.Bd1 b2 49.Bc2 Ne5 50.a4 Nxc4 51.Kf3 Nd2+ 0-1