MICHIGAN CHESS ASSOCIATION

Crosstables & Games from the 1998 MSU Pan-Am Speed
Preliminary and Finals

Preliminary Section A:

	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Finegold,B	2761/2765	¼	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
2	Lindsay,F	2405/2399	0	¼	0	1	1	1	1	1	5
3	Ashton,J	2314/2307	0	1	¼	½	0	1	1	1	4½
4	Ciaffone,B	2136/2147	0	0	½	¼	1	1	1	½	4
5	Rajlich,VG	2059/2060	0	0	1	0	¼	0	1	1	3
6	Sellers,M	2006/1987	0	0	0	0	1	¼	0	1	2
7	Sobocinski,M	1847/1855	0	0	0	0	0	1	¼	1	2
8	Finegold,SA	957/966	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	¼	½

Preliminary Section B:

	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Zaremba,A	2387/2419	¼	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
2	Turgut,T	2406/2409	0	¼	1	1	1	1	1	1	6
3	Baze,LL	2136/2140	0	0	¼	1	1	0	1	1	4
4	Ballicora,M	1982/2021	0	0	0	¼	1	1	1	1	4
5	Finegold,M	2205/2172	0	0	0	0	¼	1	1	1	3
6	Hartwig,Tom	2183/2154	0	0	1	0	0	¼	1	1	3
7	Foord,AC	1566/1571	0	0	0	0	0	0	¼	1	1
8	Seczney,E	1446/1429	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	¼	0

Consolation:

	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Sellers,M	1987/2065	¼	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
2	Finegold,M	2172/2156	0	¼	½	1	1	½	1	1	5
3	Rajlich,VG	2060/2044	0	½	¼	0	1	1	1	1	4½
4	Sobocinski,M	1855/1852	0	0	1	¼	½	0	1	1	3½
5	Foord,AC	1571/1622	0	0	0	½	¼	1	1	1	3½
6	Hartwig,Tom	2154/2104	0	½	0	1	0	¼	1	1	3½
7	Seczney,E	1429/1415	0	0	0	0	0	0	¼	1	1
8	Finegold,SA	966/959	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	¼	0

Finals:

	Name	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Finegold,B	2765/2769	¼	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
2	Zaremba,A	2419/2444	0	¼	1	1	1	1	1	1	6
3	Lindsay,F	2399/2396	0	0	¼	1	1	0	1	1	4
4	Ashton,J	2307/2297	0	0	0	¼	0	1	1	1	3
5	Ballicora,M	2021/2086	0	0	0	1	¼	0	1	1	3
6	Baze,LL	2140/2165	0	0	1	0	1	¼	0	1	3
7	Ciaffone,B	2147/2122	0	0	0	0	0	1	¼	0	1
8	Turgut,T	2409/2356	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	¼	1

Preliminary Section A

Finegold,B

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Ciaffone,B

(1)

D00/07 (2ed)

Queen's Pawn: Chigorin

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Prelim. A)

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.Bh6 0-0 7.h4 c6 8.h5 Nxh5 9.Rxh5 gxh5 10.Qg5 a5 11.Qxg7# 1-0.

Rajlich,V

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Lindsay,F

(2)

C02/05 (3ed)

French: Advance (Wade)

BvB

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Prelim. A)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Bb5 7.c4 Bxc4 8.Bxc4 dxc4 9.d5 Ne7 10.d6 Ng6 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Re1 Qc6 13.a4 Qd5 14.Qe2 Qd3 15.Na3 Qxe2 16.Rxe2 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Rxe6+ Kf7 19.Re1 Nde5 20.Rd1 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Rd8 22.Nxc4 Ne5 23.Nxe5+ fxe5 24.d7 Ke6 25.Be3 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Kxd7 27.Rd1+ Kc6 28.Rd8 Bg7 29.Rxh8 Bxh8 30.f4 Kd5 31.fxe5 Bxe5 32.b3 b6 33.Kg2 Ke4 34.Bh6 Kd3 35.f4 Bf6 36.Bg5 Bh8 37.Be7 Kc3 38.Bd6 Kxb3 39.Be5 Bxe5 40.fxe5 c4 41.e6 c3 42.e7 c2 43.e8Q c1Q 44.Qb5+ Ka2 45.Qd5+ Ka1 46.Qd4+ Qb2+ 47.Qxb2+ Kxb2 48.Kf3 Kb3 49.Kf4 Kxa4 50.Kg5 b5 51.Kh6 b4 52.Kxh7 b3 53.h4 b2 54.h5 b1Q+ 55.Kg8 Qb3+ 56.Kg7 Qg3+ 57.Kh7 Qg5 58.h6 a5 59.Kh8 Qxh6+ 60.Kg8 0-1.

Sellers,M

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Finegold,B

(3)

B01/11 (3ed)

Scandinavian: Classical

RBvRBN

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Prelim. A)

1.d4 Nc6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 e4 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Ne7 10.Be2 Be6 11.0-0 0-0-0 12.Qxd5 Nxd5 13.Bd4 Nf4 14.Be3 Nxe2+ 15.Kh1 Nd4 16.Rac1 Nf5 17.Bf4 Rd7 18.Rfe1 Bd5 19.c4 Bc6 20.b4 b6 21.c5 b5 22.Rb1 Nd4 23.a4 bxa4 24.Be3 Nb5 25.Ra1 a3 26.h3 Re8 27.Bf4 h6 28.Kh2 Rd3 29.Re3 Rxe3 30.fxe3 Bd5 31.Rd1 a2 32.Ra1 Na3 33.Rc1 Nb1 34.b5 a1Q 35.b6 Qb2 36.b7+ Kxb7 37.Rf1 Nd2 38.Rd1 Qc2 39.Ra1 g5 40.Bg3 h5 41.h4 gxh4 0-1.

Finegold,B

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Ashton,J

(4)

A56/01 (2ed)

Benoni

RvR

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Prelim. A)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bc3 0-0 8.Be2 Qc7 9.0-0 d6 10.Na3 a6 11.Nc2 Nc6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.b3 Rfc8 14.Ncd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qd8 16.Nd2 Bc6 17.Bf3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qd7 19.Rfd1 b5 20.h3 bxc4 21.Nxc4 Qc6 22.Qxc6 Rxc6 23.Nb6 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rb8 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Nd7 Rb5 27.Nxf6+ exf6 28.Rc6 a5 29.Rxd6 a4 30.bxa4 Rb1+ 31.Kh2 Rb2 32.Rxf6 Rxa2 33.Rf4 g5 34.Rf5 Kg7 35.a5 Kg6 36.g4 h5 37.Kg3 hxg4 38.hxg4 f6 39.Kf3 Ra4 40.e4 Kf7 41.Ke3 Ke6 42.f3 Ra2 43.Kd4 Rc2 44.Kd3 Rc6 45.Rb5 Rc1 46.a6 Ra1 47.Rb6+ Ke5 48.Kc4 Ra2 49.Kb5 Ra3 50.Kc6 Rxf3 51.Kb7 Kxe4 52.a7 Ra3 53.Ra6 Rb3+ 54.Kc7 Rc3+ 55.Kd7 Rd3+ 56.Ke7 Re3 57.Kf7 Kf4 58.Ra4+ Kg3 59.a8Q Kh4 60.Qh1+ Kg3 61.Qg1+ Kh4 62.Kg6 Rg3 63.Qh2+ Rh3 64.Qf2+ Rg3 65.Ra3 f5 66.Qxg3# 1-0.

Lindsay,F

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Finegold,B

(5)

E15/13 (2ed)

Queen's Indian: Fianchetto (Nimzovich)

RBvRN

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Prelim. A)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 d5 9.Ne5 Qc8 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bxd5 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Nc6 Qd7 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.Be3 c6 16.Rac1 a5 17.Rc3 Ra7 18.Rfc1 g5 19.Qb3 Rb7 20.Qc2 f5 21.Qd2 h6 22.R1c2 Qf6 23.f3 Re7 24.Bf2 Rfe8 25.e3 Re6 26.Qc1 Kh7 27.a3 a4 28.Kg2 b5 29.Rc5 f4 30.exf4 gxf4 31.Qxf4 Qxf4 32.gxf4 Rf8 33.Bg3 Rf5 34.Kf2 Kg7 35.R2c3 Kf7 36.h3 Ke8 37.Re3 Rxe3 38.Kxe3 Kd7 39.Bh4 Rh5 40.Bf6 Na6 41.Rc2 Nc7 42.Rg2 Ne6 43.Be5 Rxh3 44.Bf6 Rh5 45.Be5 Rf5 46.Rg6 h5 47.Rh6 c5 48.Rh7+ Kc6 49.dxc5 Kxc5 50.Re7 d4+ 51.Ke4 d3 52.Kxd3 Nxf4+ 53.Ke4 Nd5 54.Rd7 Nf6+ 55.Kxf5 Nxd7 56.Ke6 Nxe5 57.Kxe5 h4 58.f4 h3 59.f5 h2 60.f6 h1Q 61.f7 Qd5+ 62.Kf6 Qd6+ 63.Kg7 Qe7 64.Kg8 Kc4 65.f8Q Qxf8+ 66.Kxf8 Kb3 0-1.

Finegold,B

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Rajlich,V

(6)

B51/01 (3ed)

Sicilian: Moscow

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Prelim. A)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.0-0 Ngf6 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 e6 7.c3 Ne5 8.d4 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.Bg5 0-0 11.Na3 Qc7 12.Rad1 Rb8 13.h3 b5 14.d5 Nxd5 15.Bc1 Nf6 16.c4 b4 17.Nc2 Bb7 18.Qd3 a5 19.f3 Rfd8 20.Ne3 Nd7 21.b3 Ne5 22.Qe2 Nc6 23.Bb2 Qb6 24.Ng4 Nd4 25.Qf2 e5 26.Bd3 Re8 27.f4 Qd8 28.Rf1 Bh4 29.g3 Bf6 30.fxe5 Bxe5 31.Qxf7+ Kh8 32.Nxe5 Rxe5 33.Bxd4 cxd4 34.Rf4 Qe8 35.Rdf1 h6 36.Rg4 Re7 37.Qf4 Qd7 38.e5 dxe5 39.Qf8+ 1-0.

Sobocinski,M

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Finegold,B

(7)

D06/08 (2ed)

Queen's Gambit: Baltic

RRBvRRN

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Prelim. A)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.0-0 Nxc3 11.bxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.Re1 Rad8 14.Bb5 Bg4 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Na5 17.a4 e4 18.Qf4 Rd6 19.Reb1 Rf6 20.Qe5 Qxe5 21.dxe5 Re6 22.f4 exf3 23.gxf3 Rxe5 24.Kf2 g6 25.Bd3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Red5 27.Be2 Kf8 28.Rd4 c5 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Rb1 b6 31.Ke1 (time), 0-1.

Finegold,S

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Ciaffone,B

(7)

NPvP

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Prelim. A)

1.Qe3 f4 2.Qh3+ Qh5 3.Qxh5+ Kxh5 4.g3 Kg4 5.gxf4 gxf4 6.Ne2 Kf3 7.Nd4+ Ke4 8.Nc2 a5 9.Ke2 Ke5 10.f3 Kf5 11.b4 axb4 12.Nxb4 b5 13.Nd5 Ke5 14.Nc3 b4 15.Nb5 Kd5 16.a3 bxa3 17.Nxa3 Ke5 18.Nc2 Kd5 19.Kd3 Ke5 20.Nb4 Kf5 21.Kd4 Ke6 22.Ke4 Kf6 23.Kxf4 Ke6 24.Kg4 Kf6 25.f4 Ke6 26.f5+ Kf6 27.Nd5+ Kf7 28.f6 Kf8 29.Kg5 Kf7 30.Nb4 Kf8 31.Kg6 Kg8 32.Nc6 Kf8 33.Nd8 Kg8 34.Ne6 Kh8 35.f7 ½-½.

Finals

Ballicora,M

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Finegold,B

(1)

A40/04 (2ed)

Irregular Queen's Pawn: Nimzovich

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Finals)

1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Ng6 6.Ne2 Bc5 7.Nbc3 0-0 8.a3 Ng4 9.0-0 Qh4 10.h3 Nxf2 0-1.

Ashton,J

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Finegold,B

(2)

E30/03 (2ed)

Nimzo-Indian: Leningrad

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Finals)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 0-0 6.e3 d6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 e5 9.0-0 c6 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 Bc7 12.d5 Qe8 13.e4 Nh7 14.f3 Bb6+ 15.Bf2 Bxf2+ 16.Rxf2 Ndf6 17.Bc2 Qe7 18.Nc1 Nh5 19.Nd3 f5 20.c5 fxe4 21.Nxe4 cxd5 22.Nxd6 Ng5 23.Nb2 Nf4 24.Bb3 Be6 25.Rd2 Kh8 26.Nd3 e4 27.Nxf4 Rxf4 28.fxe4 dxe4 29.Bxe6 Nxe6 30.Re2 Ng5 31.Qd5 Raf8 32.Qxb7 Qf6 33.Ree1 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Qxa1 35.Nf7+ R4xf7 0-1.

Finegold,B

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Baze,L

(3)

E61/08 (2ed)

King's Indian

RRNvRBN

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Finals)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.Bf4 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.h3 c5 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.d5 a6 11.a4 Kh8 12.e4 Ng8 13.Qd2 e5 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Bxd6 Re8 16.Rad1 Qf6 17.Qg5 h6 18.Qg3 e5 19.Bc7 Qf7 20.Nh4 Kh7 21.Bg4 Bc6 22.Nxg6 Ndf6 23.Nxe5 Rxe5 24.Bxe5 Nxg4 25.Bxg7 Qxg7 26.Qxg4 Qxg4 27.hxg4 Nf6 28.Rd6 Nxe4 29.Rxc6 Nxc3 30.bxc3 1-0.

Ciaffone,B

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Finegold,B

(4)

C41/06 (3ed)

Philidor: Exchange

RBNvRBN

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Finals)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bc4 0-0 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Qe3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Ne5 11.Qe2 Nxc4 12.Qxc4 c6 13.Be3 Re8 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.Bf4 Bf8 16.Rfe1 Qb6 17.Qb3 Qxb3 18.axb3 Rad8 19.Bg5 Be7 20.f3 h6 21.Bf4 d5 22.exd5 Bc5+ 23.Kf1 Rxe1+ 24.Kxe1 cxd5 25.Kd2 d4 26.Ne2 Nd5 27.Bh2 Ne3 28.Rg1 Nxc2 29.Rc1 d3 30.Nc3 Be3+ 31.Kd1 Bxc1 32.Kxc1 Nd4 33.Kd2 Nxb3+ 34.Kd1 a6 0-1.

Finegold,B

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Lindsay,F

(5)

A04/06 (2ed)

Réti

QRBvQBN

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Finals)

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d6 3.Bb2 e5 4.e3 Nc6 5.d4 e4 6.d5 Nce7 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Ncxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.Nxe4 0-0-0 13.Qd3 Qg4 14.0-0 h5 15.h3 Qf5 16.Rad1 h4 17.a3 Rh6 18.f4 Rg6 19.Ng5 Qd7 20.Nxf7 Nf5 21.Nxd8 Kxd8 22.e4 Rg3 23.Rf3 Rxf3 24.Qxf3 Nh6 25.Qh5 Qe7 26.Re1 Kc7 27.e5 g6 28.Qxg6 Kb6 29.c4 Qd7 30.e6 Qe7 31.Bf6 Qc7 32.e7 1-0.

Turgut,T

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Finegold,B

(6)

D00/05 (2ed)

Queen's Pawn: Mason

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Finals)

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bf5 3.e3 e6 4.c4 Bxb1 5.Rxb1 Bb4+ 6.Ke2 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.Nf3 Qd5 9.a3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 cxd6 11.Rc1 b5 12.Qc2 Nge7 13.g3 Qh5 14.Bg2 d5 15.h3 f5 16.g4 Qg6 17.Rcg1 0-0 18.g5 b4 19.h4 Rab8 20.h5 Qe8 21.g6 h6 22.Ng5 bxa3 23.bxa3 Rb3 24.Nxe6 Rf6 25.Nc7 Qd7 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.Qxc4 Rb2+ 28.Ke1 Nce7 0-1.

Finegold,B

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Zaremba,A

(7)

D96/02 (2ed)

Grünfeld: Russian

RNvR

1998.12.12

[G/5]

USA East Lansing, MI (Pan-Am Speed Finals)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 0-0 9.Ba3 Nd7 10.Rd1 Nb6 11.Be2 Bg4 12.0-0 Qc7 13.h3 Be6 14.c4 Rfd8 15.d5 Bc8 16.c5 Nxd5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Rxd5 Be6 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Qa5 22.Bb4 Qa4 23.Qb3 Qc6 24.Rd1 Re8 25.a4 e5 26.Ng5 Qc7 27.Qd5 e4 28.Nxe4 Qf4 29.c6 bxc6 30.Qxc6 Qe5 31.Nd6 Rd8 32.Qc7 Qf6 33.Re1 Bf8 34.Ne4 Qd4 35.Bxf8 Kxf8 36.Ng5 Rd7 37.Qe5 Qxe5 38.Rxe5 Kg7 39.Re4 h6 40.Nf3 Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Ra1 42.g4 Ra3 43.Kg2 Kf8 44.Rb4 Kg7 45.Ne5 Kf6 46.f4 g5 47.Nd7+ Ke7 48.Nc5 a5 49.Rd4 gxf4 50.Rxf4 Rc3 51.Nb7 Rc2+ 52.Kg3 Rc3+ 53.Kh4 h5 54.Nxa5 hxg4 55.hxg4 Rc5 56.Nc4 Ke6 57.a5 Rc6 58.Nb6 Ke5 59.Ra4 f5 60.gxf5 Kxf5 61.a6 Rh6+ 62.Kg3 Rxb6 63.a7 Rb3+ 64.Kf2 Rb2+ 65.Ke1 Rb1+ 66.Kd2 Rb2+ 67.Kc1 Rb4 68.Rxb4 1-0.