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Chicago Open Games
[Albert Chow]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 c5 5.c4 d4 6.b4!?
[White tries a sacrifice as in Benko's gambit but with
colors resversed. Instead 6.d3 Nc6 7.e3 was solid and
typical of the Benoni.] 6...cxb4 7.a3 Nc6 8.d3 Be7
9.axb4 Bxb4 10.Ne5?! [Better was the thematic
10.Ba3! ] 10...Nxe5 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6
13.Qxb4 Nd7! 14.Qd6 c5 15.Nd2 a5! 16.Ne4 Ra6!
17.Qf4 e5! 18.Qg5 Qxg5 19.Nxg5 f6 Black is a clear
pawn up and makes the win look easy.

(3) Mihailuk − Pelts,P [A34]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (2), 05.2002
[Albert Chow]
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4
6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Qe2!? e6 8.g4! a6 [Better may be the
solid 8...h6 ] 9.g5 Nfd7 10.Bg2 Qc7 11.Be3 Nc6
12.Rc1! Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Rc8 14.b3 Be7 15.f4 0-0 16.00 e5 17.Be3 exf4 18.Bxf4 Rfe8 19.Qf2 Bf8 20.Nd5
Qd8 [Or 20...Bxd5!? when white must capture with a
pawn.] 21.Rfd1 Bxd5 22.Rxd5! Qc7 [Instead of
22...Ne5! Pelts moves his queen again. This must
have been a quick time control as the blunders look
like blitz moves.] 23.Rf5 Nc5? [A better post is
23...Ne5! ] 24.Bg3? Re7? [Both miss 24...Nd3!-+ ]
25.e5! dxe5 26.Bd5 Ne6? [Again 26...Nd3!-+ ]
27.Bxe5 Qc5 28.Qxc5 Rxc5?? [Best was 28...bxc5! ]
29.Bd6! black resigns. 1-0

(4) Khacheishvili,G − Kraai,J [A40]

20.Ne4 Bb7 21.Nd2 Kf7 22.Ba3 a4 23.Rfb1 Bc6
24.Rb2 Re8 25.Ne4?! Bxe4! 26.dxe4 Ke6 27.Rab1
Rc8 28.Kf1 g6 29.g4 Rcc6 30.Ke1 f5 31.gxf5+ gxf5
32.exf5+ Kxf5 33.Kd2 Rh6 34.Rb7 Rhb6! 35.R1xb6
Nxb6 36.Kd3 e4+ 37.Kc2 Nxc4 38.Bxc5 Rc6 white
resigns. 0-1

11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (5), 05.2002
[Albert Chow]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.d5 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Na6
7.Bg2 Nc5 8.Qc2 Bd6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 exd5 11.cxd5
Nxd5 12.b4 Ne6 13.Nb5 Be7 14.Bb2 Bf6 15.Rfd1
Bxb2 16.Qxb2 Nf6 17.Ng5 Nxg5 18.Bxb7 Rb8
19.Bg2 Ne6 20.Nxa7 Qe7 21.Nb5 f4 22.Rac1 c6
23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 fxg3 25.hxg3 c5 26.Rf4 Kh8
27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Qc2 d6 29.Rd1 Qe5 30.e3 Rb2
31.Qd3 Ra2 32.Rf5 Rxa3? [Better was 32...c4! ]
33.Rxf6! Qxf6 34.Qxa3 Qxf2+ 35.Kh2 Qe2 36.Rxd6
Qh5+ 37.Kg1 Qe5 38.Rd4 Qxg3 39.Rf4 Rb8 40.Qxc5
Rb1+ 41.Rf1 Rxf1+ 42.Kxf1 Qb8 43.Be4 Qd8 44.Ke2
black resigns. 1-0

(5) Wright,W − Formanek,E [A81]

(2) Yermolinsky,A − Bereolos,P [A31]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (2), 05.2002
[Albert Chow]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 cxd4
6.Nxd4 d6 7.Be2 Nc6 A transposition of moves to the
Moroczy bind vs. the Dragon Sicilian. 8.Be3 Nxd4
9.Bxd4 0-0 10.0-0 a6 11.f3 Be6 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.f4!?
[Exchanges could be avoided by 13.Be3 ] 13...Bxd4+
14.Qxd4 Qb6 15.Qxb6 Nxb6 16.b3 f6 17.Bf3 Rab8
18.e5! dxe5 19.fxe5 Nd7 20.exf6 exf6 21.Rad1 Ne5
22.Rd6! Nxf3+ 23.Rxf3 Rbe8 24.Rb6! Re7 25.Re3!
Rfe8 26.Ne4! Bf5 [If 26...Kg7 27.Nd6! Rb8 28.Nxb7
Rbxb7 29.Rxb7 Rxb7 30.Rxe6+− white is winning the
rook ending.] 27.Nxf6+ Kf8 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Kf2;
Bb1 30.Nd5 Rf7+ 31.Ke3 Ke8 [Not 31...Bxa2?

11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (6), 05.2002
1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3
d6 7.Bb2 c6 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.c4 e5! This liberating
advance often equalizes in the Leningrad Dutch.
10.dxe5 Ng4 11.h3 Ngxe5 12.Qc2 a5 13.Rad1 Qe7
14.Rfe1 Nc5= 15.Nd4 f4 16.g4 Bd7 17.N4f3 Nf7
18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.e3 Qf6 20.exf4 Qxf4 21.Ne4 Nxe4
22.Qxe4 Qxe4 23.Rxe4 Rfe8 24.Rde1 Kf8 25.Nd4 g5
26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.Be4 h6 29.Kg2
Ke7 30.Kg3 Kf6 31.f4 gxf4+ 32.Kxf4 Ng5 33.Bg2
Ne6+ 34.Nxe6 Bxe6 35.h4 a4 36.g5+ hxg5+
37.hxg5+ Kg7 38.Be4 axb3 39.axb3 Bf7 40.Kg4 draw
agreed. ½-½

(6) Palos,O (2480) − McLaughlin,J [B30]
32.Nc3] 32.a4 Kd8 33.a5 Kc8 34.b4 Ba2 35.Rd6 g5
36.Kd4 Rf2 37.Kc5 Rf7 38.Rf6 black resigned. 1-0

11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (5), 05.2002
[Albert Chow]

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