| Round 1: Black misplayed the opening. 12...Ba6?
and 13...g6? and he is lost. |
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B. Finegold - R. Anderson
[A57/18] Benko Gambit: Half-Accepted
Chicago Open, Chicago, IL, 1999
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| 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4
8.Na3 d6 9.Nc4 Qd8 10.a3 bxa3 11.Rxa3 Rxa3 12.bxa3 Ba6 13.Bc3 g6 14.Qa4+
Qd7 15.Qb3 Qd8 16.Qa4+ Qd7 17.Nxd6+ exd6 18.Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.Bxf6 Bxf1 20.Kxf1
Rg8 21.Ne2 Be7 22.Bxe7 Kxe7 23.Nc3 Nd7 24.Ke2 Ra8 25.a4 Nb6 26.Ra1 Nc4
27.Rb1 Ra7 28.f4 f6 29.Rb8 h5 30.Kd3 Na5 31.Nb5 Ra6 32.Kc3 g5 33.fxg5 fxg5
34.Rh8 h4 35.Rh7+ Kf6 36.Rh6+ 1-0. |
| Round 2: White played the awful 17.Ne2? instead of the
theoretical 17.Bd4! Of course neither of us knew this position.
I played quite well this game. |
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M. Blankenau - B.
Finegold
[B89/15] Sicilian: Scheveningen (Velimirovic)
Chicago Open, Chicago, IL, 1999
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| 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7
8.Qe2 0-0 9.0-0-0 a6 10.Rhg1 Qe8 11.Bb3 Nd7 12.g4 Nc5 13.g5 b5 14.Qh5 b4
15.Nxc6 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 Qxc6 17.Ne2 e5 18.Ng3 a5 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Rfc8
21.Qe2 a4 22.Kb1 axb3 23.cxb3 Ra5 24.Rg4 Qa8 25.Rc4 Rxc4 26.Qxc4 d5 27.Qd3
d4 28.Bc1 Ra1+ 29.Kc2 Qc8+ 0-1. |
| Round 3: Black equalized quite easily, then I should have
played 20.Qf4! which seems to keep equality. I am worse this game,
then we both play badly in time trouble, and agree to a draw with little
time. |
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B. Finegold - A.
Goldin
[E39/12] Nimzo-Indian: Classical
Chicago Open, Chicago, IL, 29 May 1999
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| 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5
8.Bg2 Nce4 9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 d5 11.0-0 d4 12.Nce4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 f5 14.Bg2
e5 15.c5 Bxd2 16.Qxd2 Qe7 17.e3 Qxc5 18.exd4 Qd6 19.Rfd1 e4 20.d5 Bd7 21.Rac1
Rac8 22.Qa5 a6 23.Rc3 Rxc3 24.Qxc3 Rc8 25.Qb3 b5 26.a3 h6 27.Qe3 a5 28.Bf1
a4 29.b4 Rc2 30.Qd4 Be8 31.Rd2 Rc7 32.Qe3 Rc1 33.Kg2 Bd7 34.Be2 ½-½. |
| Round 4: This was awful. I played the weak 15...Kd8?
thinking 15...Kd7 was bad, but I played 15...Kd7 in this exact position
5-6 yrs ago in Groningen and won the endgame, and have lectured on this
game many times!! Arrghh. I am in a worse rook endgame, he
outplays me, gets a winning position, then blows it with 42.Rxh2?
I am totally drawing, but play the ridiculous 47...Rxb5?? after which I
am lost!! Simply 47...Ke5 is a total draw. |
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G. Kachieshvili - B.
Finegold
[D94/01] Grünfeld: Three Knights (Burille)
Chicago Open, Chicago, IL, 30 May 1999
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| 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Bd7
8.Qb3 Bxb5 9.Qxb5+ Qd7 10.Ne5 Qxb5 11.Nxb5 Na6 12.Bd2 Ne4 13.f3 Nxd2 14.Kxd2
Bxe5 15.dxe5 Kd8 16.Rac1 Nb4 17.Rc5 Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Kxc8 19.Nxa7+ Kb8 20.a3
Kxa7 21.axb4 Kb6 22.Kc3 Rc8+ 23.Kb3 Kb5 24.Rd1 e6 25.h4 Rc4 26.Rd4 Rc1
27.e4 dxe4 28.Rxe4 h5 29.Rf4 Rc7 30.g4 b6 31.gxh5 gxh5 32.Rf6 Rd7 33.f4
Rd3+ 34.Kc2 Rh3 35.Rxf7 Rxh4 36.Kd3 Rh1 37.Rf6 h4 38.Rxe6 h3 39.Rh6 h2
40.Kc2 Kc4 41.e6 Re1 42.Rxh2 Rxe6 43.f5 Rf6 44.Rf2 Kd4 45.b5 Ke4 46.Kc3
Rxf5 47.Rd2 Rxb5 48.Rd6 Rc5+ 49.Kb4 Rc2 50.b3 Ke5 51.Rxb6 Kd5 52.Ka5 Ra2+
53.Kb5 Rb2 54.b4 1-0. |
| Round 5: This game was ridiculous. I sac my queen
for nothing, he misses an easy win, and he plays horrible in time trouble
and loses the house. |
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B. Finegold - P.
Bereolos
[D93/08] Grünfeld: Three Knights (Hungarian)
Chicago Open, Chicago, IL, 30 May 1999
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| 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0-0 5.Bf4 d5 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5
8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.0-0 Qa5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Nd5
e5 15.Bh2 Rfe8 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Qc4 Nd6 18.Qh4 Ne4 19.Bc4 h6 20.b4 Qa3 21.b5
g5 22.Qh5 Bg6 23.Qxg6 fxg6 24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.bxc6 bxc6 27.Bf7
Rc8 28.Bb3 Qe7 29.Rd5 Qb7 30.Rd3 Re8 31.Rc4 c5 32.Rd1 Rf8 33.Bc2 Nf6 34.Nxe5
Rc8 35.Nxg6+ Kg8 36.Bf5 Qf7 37.Ne5 Qe8 38.Bxc8 Qxc8 39.Rdc1 Bf8 40.Ng6
Nd7 41.Nxf8 Qxf8 42.Ra4 Qa8 43.Ra6 Kh7 44.Rd6 Qc8 45.e4 Qe8 46.f3 Qc8 47.Bg3
c4 48.Rd4 Nb6 49.Bf2 Qc7 50.Rd2 Nd7 51.Bd4 Nf8 52.Rdc2 Qa5 53.Rxc4 Ne6
54.Bf2 Qxa2 55.Rb4 Qa6 56.Rcb1 Nd8 57.Rd4 Qa5 58.Rd7+ Kg6 59.Rxa7 1-0. |
| Round 6: Anna blunders with 16.exd5? when 16.cxd5 gives
her a clear advantage. Better for me in the opening was 9...Ne7 planning
a later ...Nd7, ...Nc5 and ...f5. My technique was good, and she
blundered the house in time trouble and resigned. |
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A. Khan - B.
Finegold
[D07/01] Queen’s Gambit: Chigorin
Chicago Open, Chicago, IL, 31 May 1999
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| 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.e3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3
Nf6 8.c4 Qd6 9.d5 Nb8 10.Qc2 Na6 11.Ne2 0-0 12.Ng3 Nc5 13.Be2 Bd7 14.0-0
c6 15.e4 cxd5 16.exd5 Rac8 17.Rac1 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 b6 19.Qb2 h5 20.Bg5 Nh7
21.Be3 h4 22.Nf1 Qg6 23.Kh1 h3 24.Ng3 hxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Ng5 26.Bh5 Qf6 27.Qe2
Nh3 28.Qd1 Nf4+ 29.Bxf4 exf4 30.Nf1 0-1. |
| Round 7: I played pathetically. I should play 7.f4!
when White is a little better, but play passively, trade pieces, and get
a lost/much worse position. Wojo blows it allowing me the nice shot
38.f4! (I am still sneaky even after the long layoff!) and White is equal
after that, and in time trouble he offered a draw, I thought for 20 min.
until I had less than 1 minute, and decided a draw was OK. |
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B. Finegold - A. Wojtkiewicz
[A42/18] Modern: Averbakh
Chicago Open, Chicago, IL, 31 May 1999
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| 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.Bg5+
f6 8.Rd1+ Nd7 9.Be3 c6 10.h4 h5 11.g3 Nh6 12.Bh3 Ng4 13.Bc1 Bh6 14.Bxh6
Nxh6 15.Nge2 Ke7 16.f3 Nc5 17.Bxc8 Rhxc8 18.Kf2 Rd8 19.Ke3 Nf7 20.Rxd8
Rxd8 21.Rd1 Nd6 22.b3 f5 23.Nc1 Rf8 24.Nd3 f4+ 25.Kf2 Nxd3+ 26.Rxd3 fxg3+
27.Kxg3 Nf7 28.Nd1 Nd8 29.Nf2 Ne6 30.Nh3 a5 31.Rd2 Rf7 32.Rf2 Rf8 33.Rd2
b6 34.Kf2 Nd4 35.Ng5 Kd6 36.Rd3 Rf6 37.Ke3 Kc5 38.f4 exf4+ 39.Kf2 f3 ½-½. |
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