48.Kg3 Bc7+ 49.f4 Ke2!
50.Kh3 Bxf4 51.f3
Hoping for 51...Kxf3??
Stalemate.
51...Be5 52.Kg2 Bf6
53.Kg3 Ke3 54.f4 Bxh4+
55.Kxh4 Kxf4 0–1
Hunter Klotz-Burwell earned
a nice win in his second round
game.
White: Klotz-Burwell (2093)
Black: Joshua Cao (2094)
B22 Sicilian Defense
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bc4 Nb6
6.Bb3 c4!? 7.Bc2 Qc7
8.Qe2 g5!?
Black was clearly in a fighting
mood!
9.e6
9.Nxg5 Nxe5 and Black would
gain a center pawn for a wing
pawn and the open g-file.
9...f6
9...dxe6 10.Nxg5 Qe5 was
played inTiviakov-Van Wely,
Enschede 2005
10.Na3 g4N 11.Nb5! Qb8
12.Nfd4 Ne5 13.b3 a6
14.Na3 cxb3 15.Bxb3 dxe6
16.Nxe6 Qd6 17.Nd4 Nd5!?
18.Nc4 Nxc4 19.Qxc4! e6
20.0–0 Bd7 21.Re1 Be7?
25...Rf8 was necessary.
26.Ba3 Rc5 1–0
27.Bf7+ Kd8 28.Bxg6 wins a
lot of material.
Rayan Taghizadeh plays a nice
Kingside attack in this game
from the fourth round.
White: Taghizadeh (2167)
Black: A. Seela (2024)
B01 Scandinavian Defense
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3
Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Bc4 Nf6
6.Nge2 Bf5 7.0–0 e6
8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.f4
Qd8 11.Be3 0–0 12.f5 exf5
13.Nxf5 Bxf5 14.Rxf5²
White has gained the two
bishops, more space and lots
of pieces with quick access to
the kingside while Black still
lags in development.
14...Qd7N 15.Raf1 b5!?
15...Na6 was a better try with
the idea of ...Nb4–d5. If
16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Qxa6 Ng4
gives Black some counter
chances for the pawn.
16.Bd3!
If I were Black's King, I would
be a little nervous.
16...g6? 17.Rxf6! Bxf6
18.Rxf6 Kg7 19.Qf2 Qe7
(diagram)
In round 5, Christopher Pan
scores a nice upset win.
White: Stearman (2073)
Black: Chris Pan (1969)
C34 Kings Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Nf6
4.e5 Nh5 5.Be2 d6 6.exd6!?
Bxd6 7.0–0 0–0 8.d4 Bg4
9.c4N c6 10.Nc3 Re8
11.Qd3³
White has given up a pawn
but doesn't have much in the
way of compensation.
11...Nd7 12.Bd2 f5!? 13.h3
Bxf3 14.Bxf3
In light of what comes,
14.Rxf3 might have been
better providing protection to
the queen.
a better try was 21...Nb6
22.a4! Rc8 23.Qe2 Nf4!?
24.Qxg4 e5 25.Qg7! Ng6?
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20.Bh6+! Kxh6 21.Qh4+
Kg7 22.Rxg6+! hxg6
23.Qxe7 +- Na6 24.Qe5+
Kg8 25.Ne4! Kh7 26.Nf6+
Kh6 27.Ng4+ Kh7
28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Qh6 f5
30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Nf6
Rxf6 32.Qxf6+ Kg8
33.Bxb5 cxb5 34.Qxa6 b4
35.Qd3 f4 1–0
CalChess Journal
Summer 2014