2002 January Thaw

(1) McBroom,B (1588) - Skovron,J (1831) [A04]
2002 January Thaw (Round 1)


1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 c5 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Re1 e5 9.c3 Nh5 10.Nb3 f5 11.d4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 c4 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Re1 e4 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.Nf1 Be6 18.Be3 Qf6 19.Qd2 Ng7 20.Rac1 Rad8? (h6 first!)

21.Bg5 Qf7 22.Bxd8 Rxd8 23.Bxe4! Bc7 24.Bg2 Bb6 25.Ne3 Nf5 26.Kh1 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Bf5 28.Rf1 Qe6 29.Rce1 Bd3 30.Rf4 g5 31.Rf3 Re8 32.e4 h6 33.e5 Be4 34.Rff1 Qxe5 35.Bxe4 dxe4 36.Qd7 Re7 37.Qc8+ Kg7 38.Qf8+ Kg6 39.g4 e3 40.Qg8+ Rg7 41.Qxc4 Rd7 42.Rf5 Qe7 43.Ref1 e2 Black resigns (44. Qg8+ Qg7, 45. Rf6 mate) 1-0

(2) Johansson,J (2041) - Moore,S (1663) [C00]
2002 January Thaw (Round 2)


1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Be2 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.c3 Nge7 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Nb3 b6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bf4 Qd7 12.Rad1 Rac8 13.Rfe1 Rfd8 14.Nbd2 b5 15.Nb3 Nb8 16.Qb1 d4 17.cxd4 cxd4 18.Rc1 Na6 19.Na5 Ba8 20.b4 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Nc7 24.Bf6 Re8 25.Qc2 Na8 26.Qd2 e5 27.Qh6 Black resigns (Mate next move) 1-0











(3) Erickson,R (1742) - Nowak,G (2170) [A30]
2002 January Thaw (Round 2)


1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.c4 b6 4.b3 g6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.Bb2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 d5 9.cxd5?! Bxd5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.Nc4 h6 12.Ne3 Rc8 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qc2 Kh7 16.h4 Nd4 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Qb2 Nc3 19.g4? e6 20.h5 gxh5 21.gxh5 Rg8 22.f4 Rxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Qh4 24.Rf2 Rg8+ 25.Kf1 Qh1# 0-1











(4) McBroom,B (1588) - Duke,D (1893) [B31]
2002 January Thaw (Round 2)


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.Re1 Qc7 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bxc6 Qxc6 8.d4 Nf6 9.d5 Qa6 10.dxe6 dxe6 11.Be3 b6 12.Qd6 Bb7 13.Rad1 h6 14.Nh4 Bf8 15.Qe5 Bg7 16.Nxg6 fxg6 17.Qxe6+ Kf8 18.e5 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Re8 20.Qd6+ Kg8 21.Nc7 Black resigns 1-0











(5) Lundby,K (1263) - Skovron,J (1831) [B07]
2002 January Thaw (Round 3)


1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 c5 4.c3 Qc7 5.Bf4 e5 6.Be3 a6 7.Ne2 b5 8.f4 Bb7 9.Nd2 Bxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.g3 Nd7 12.Bg2 f5 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.0-0 exd4 15.cxd4 Nf6 16.Rc1 Be7 17.b4 c4 18.a3 0-0 19.Rf2 Ng4 20.Nc3! Nxe3 21.Qe2 Nf5 22.Nd5 Qa7 23.Nxe7+? Qxe7 24.Rd1 d5 25.g4 Nd6 26.Rdf1 a5 27.f5 axb4 28.axb4 Qg5 29.h3 Ra3 30.Rh2 Rxf5 31.Rxf5 Nxf5 32.h4 Qe3+ 33.Qxe3 Nxe3 34.Rh3 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 Ra2+ 36.Ke1 Nc2+ 37.Kd1 Nxb4 38.g5 Nd3 39.h5 Nf2+ 40.Kc1 Nxh3 White resigns 0-1











(6) Nowak,G (2170) - Long,M (1765) [A07]
2002 January Thaw (Round 3)


1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c4 c6 6.Qc2 e6 7.d4 0-0 8.Nc3 Re8 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.b3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Rxe5 13.Bf4 Re8 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5! Bxa1 16.Nc7 Qf6 17.Nxe8 Qb2 18.Qxb2 Bxb2 19.Rd8 Black resigns 1-0











(7) Erickson,R (1742) - Duke,D (1893) [A14]
2002 January Thaw (Round 4)


1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 Ne4 7.Bb2 Bf6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Na3 c6 10.Nc2 Nd7 11.Ne3 Re8 12.d4 Qe7 13.Qc2 Ndf6 14.Ne5 Nd6 15.c5 Nf5 16.Nxf5 exf5 17.Rfe1 Be6 18.b4 Ne4 19.Nd3 f6 20.Nf4 Bd7 21.f3 Ng5 22.e3 Qf7 23.Re2 Re7 24.Rae1 Rae8 25.a4 g6 26.Qb3 a6 27.Nd3 Ne6 28.Qb2 Ng5 29.Qa2 Kg7 30.h4 Ne6 31.Bh3 Qg8 32.g4 f4 (White won on time?!) 1-0











(8) Nowak,G (2170) - Johansson,J (2041) [A29]
2002 January Thaw (Round 4)


1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.b3 0-0 9.Bb2 Bf5 10.d3 Qd7 11.Qc1 Rad8 12.Ba3 Rfe8 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Re1 a6 15.Nd2 Bc8 16.Nc4 Na8 17.Nb2 Nb6 18.Nc4 Na8 19.Qa3 Nb4 20.Qb2 c6 21.a3 Nd5 22.b4 f6 23.Rab1 Nxc3 24.Qxc3 Nc7 25.a4 Be6 26.Na5 Nd5 27.Qc5 Qf7 28.Qc2 Rc8 29.Nc4 Qe7 30.Qb2 Nc7 31.Na5 Nd5 32.Nc4 Nc7 33.e4 Rcd8 34.Na5 Na8 35.Bf1 Qd7 36.Rec1 Nb6 37.b5 Nxa4 38.bxc6 bxc6 39.Qb7 Rb8? 40.Qxb8! Rxb8 41.Rxb8+ Kf7 42.Rb7 Ke7 43.Rxd7+ Bxd7 44.Nxc6+ Kd6 45.Nb4 Nc5 Black resigns 0-1











(9) Long,M (1765) - McBroom,B (1588) [B18]
2002 January Thaw (Round 4)


1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nh3 e6 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Nf4 Bxf4 10.Bxf4 0-0 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.h4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Nbd5 14.Be5 h6 15.h5 Bh7 16.c4 Nb4 17.Qf3 Bc2 18.Re2 Bxb3 19.Qxb3 c5 20.Rd1 Qb6 21.dxc5 Qxc5 22.Bd6 Qa5 23.Bxb4 Qg5 24.Bxf8 Qh4 25.Be7 Black resigns 1-0











(10) Skovron,J (1831) - Nowak,G (2170) [D00]
2002 January Thaw (Round 5)


1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.b3 Be7 7.0-0 a6 8.e4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nf3 (Nde2)

10...Bb4! 11.exd5? Bxc3 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Ba3 Qa5! 14.Bd6 1/2-1/2

(Here, Nowak mistakenly accepts a draw!?? 14. ... Qb6 is enough to win! Check out the possible continuation...)

14...Qb6 15.Ba3 Bxa1 16.Qxa1 Qa5 17.Bd6 b6 18.Re1 Nc5 19.Qe5 Bd7 20.Bc4 Nb7 21.Bxe6 0-0-0 22.Qxa5 bxa5 23.Bxd7+ Rxd7 24.Ba3 Re8 25.Kf1 Rxe1+ 26.Kxe1 Nd5













(11) Lundby,K (1263) - Cohea,N (1047) [B21]
2002 January Thaw (Round 5)


1.e4 c5 2.d4 e6 3.c3 d5 4.f3?! dxe4 5.fxe4 Qh4+ 6.Kd2 Qxe4 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Qxf3 9.Nxf3 Nc6 10.Kc2 h6 11.Bf4 g5 12.Be5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 a6 14.Rf1 Bg7 15.Nd2 Rf8 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 f5 18.Bd3 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Bd7 20.b3 Ke7 21.c4?! b5 22.a4 b4 23.a5 Bc6 24.g3 g4 25.Rae1 Rad8 26.Rf4 Bf3 27.Be2 Be4+ 28.Kc1 Rd4 29.Rff1 Rfd8 (Black has the better position here with control of the d-file)

30.Rg1 Bd3? (Rd2!)

31.Bxd3 Rxd3 32.Rd1 Rxb3 33.Rxd8 Kxd8 34.Rd1+ Ke7 35.Rd6 Rc3+ 36.Kb2 Rxc4 37.Rxa6 Rd4 38.Rc6 Rd2+ 39.Kc1 Rxh2 40.a6 Ra2 41.Kb1 Ra5 42.Kb2 c4 43.Kc2 Rxe5 44.a7 Ra5 45.Rc7+ Kd6 46.Rh7 Kc6 47.Rxh6 Rxa7 48.Rxe6+ Kd5 49.Rf6 Ra2+ 50.Kb1 Rf2 51.Rb6 Kc5 52.Re6 b3 53.Kc1 c3 54.Re7 Rf1+ 55.Re1 Rxe1# 0-1











(12) Strong,M (1383) - Edmiston,R (1171) [C46]
2002 January Thaw (Round 5)


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Bc4 d6 5.h3 a6 6.a3 Nf6 7.d3 0-0 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Qe7 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.0-0 g5 12.Bxg5 hxg5 13.Nxg5 Kg7 14.Kh1 Rh8 15.f4!? (15. N:f7 K:f7, 16. N:c7 discovered check)

15...Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Qe7 17.Qf3 Nd4 18.Qg3 Kf8 19.fxe5 Ne2 20.Qf3 Nd4 21.Qxf7+ Qxf7 22.Rxf7+ Ke8 23.Nh7 Be6 24.Rxc7 Bxd5 25.exd5!? (Nf6+!)

25...b6 26.Rf1 dxe5 27.Rff7 Rxh7 28.Rxh7 Nf5 29.Ra7?! (Better is 29. R:c5 b:c, 30. Rh8+ which wins more easily.)

29...Rd8 30.Rxa6 Rxd5 31.Ra8+ Rd8 32.Rxd8+ Kxd8 33.Kh2 Nd4 34.c3 Ne6 35.g4 Nf4 36.d4 exd4 37.cxd4 Bxd4 38.b3 Nd5 39.Kg3 Ke8 40.Kf3 Bb2 41.a4 Ba3 42.g5 Be7 43.h4 Kf8 44.Ke4 Nc3+ 45.Kf5 Nd5 46.Ke6 Nf4+ 47.Kf5 Nd5 48.g6 Kg8 49.Ke6 Nf4+ 50.Kxe7 Nxg6+ 51.Kd6 Kxh7 52.Kc6 Nxh4 53.Kxb6 Nf5 54.a5 Nd6 55.a6 Nc8+ 56.Kb7 Nd6+ 57.Kc7 Nb5+ (Black resigns) 1-0

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