MICHIGAN CHESS ASSOCIATION

	Michigan	October 1999
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1999 Interplay US Championship

Games of Ben Finegold

B. Finegold - Y. Seirawan
[D61/06] QGD: Orthodox (Rubinstein)
USA Salt Lake City, Utah
US Championship (1), 23.08.1999

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 a6 10.a3 b6 11.Bd3 ½-½.

G. Serper - B. Finegold
[B36/07] Sicilian: Maróczy
USA Salt Lake City, Utah
US Championship (2), 22.08.1999

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Bg5 0-0 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 a6 12.b3 Qa5 13.f3 Rfc8 14.h4 b5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nf4 Bd7 17.h5 Nxh5 18.Nxh5 gxh5 19.Bh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Qf8 21.Qxf8+ Kxf8 22.Rxh5 Kg7 23.Kd2 Rc5 24.Rxc5 dxc5 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Rxc5 Rxa2+ 27.Rc2 Ra1 28.Kc3 Rb1 29.Rd2 Bc6 30.Kb4 f5 31.exf5 Kf6 32.Bd3 Ra1 33.Bxb5 Bxb5 34.Kxb5 Ra8 35.Rb2 1-0.

B. Finegold - J. Benjamin
[B07/01] Pirc: Roscher
USA Salt Lake City, Utah
US Championship (3), 25.08.1999

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.h3 Bh5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 d5 7.Bg5 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nbd7 9.c3 c6 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.0–0 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.a4 Bg6 15.Qe2 Be7 16.Nd2 Qf4 17.g3 Qc7 18.Kg2 Rd8 19.Nf3 Kf8 20.Qe3 Kg7 21.h4 c5 22.Rh1 Bh5 23.Be2 Rd5 24.Rhg1 cxd4 25.Nxd4 Re5 26.Qf4 Bxe2 27.Nxe2 Qc6+ 28.Kh3 Re4 29.Qf3 Rd8 30.Nf4 f5 31.g4 Kh8 32.gxf5 exf5 33.Qg3 Qh6 34.Rae1 Bd6 35.Rxe4 fxe4 36.Rd1 Rg8 0–1.

R. Dzindzichashvili - B. Finegold
[D70/04] Grünfeld: Neo-Grünfeld (Schlechter)
USA Salt Lake City, Utah
US Championship (4), 26.08.1999

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.b3 e6 8.Ba3 Re8 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Rxe5 13.Bb2 Bf5 14.Qc3 Re8 15.Nf3 Nh5 16.Qc1 Nf4 17.exf4 Rxe2 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd4 Re4 20.Nxf5+ gxf5 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Rd1 Qd6 23.g3 Rae8 24.Qc3+ d4 25.Qa5 Kg6 26.Qxa7 d3 27.Qxb7 d2 28.Kg2 Qd3 29.h4 Re1 30.Qc6+ R8e6 31.Qc4 Qd7 32.h5+ Kh6 33.Qc5 Qb7+ 34.f3 R1e2+ 35.Kh3 Qxf3 36.Qf8+ Kxh5 37.Qxf7+ Kh6 38.Qf8+ Kg6 39.Qg8+ Kf6 ½-½.

G. Kaidanov - B. Finegold
[B65/03] Sicilian: Rauzer (Classical)
USA Salt Lake City, Utah
US Championship (5), 28.08.1999

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 0-0 10.f4 Qa5 11.Kb1 h6 12.h4 e5 13.Qd3 exf4 14.Bxf4 Be6 15.Be2 Rac8 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Rc5 18.Bf3 Rfc8 19.Rhe1 Qa4 20.g3 Bf8 21.Re2 b5 22.Be3 R5c7 23.Bd4 Nd7 24.h5 Ne5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Qf5 Bd6 27.Be4 Kf8 28.Rf2 Ke8 29.Qh7 Rd7 30.Bg6 Qg4 31.Qg8+ Bf8 32.Rdf1 1-0.

B. Finegold - N. de Firmian
[E90/19] King’s Indian
USA Salt Lake City, Utah
US Championship (6), 29.08.1999

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.h3 0-0 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bd3 Na6 9.0-0 Nc7 10.Re1 e5 11.Rb1 Nd7 12.Qc2 f6 13.a3 Rf7 14.b4 Qf8 15.Bd2 Bh6 16.Rf1 b6 17.Nd1 Bxd2 18.Nxd2 Ne8 19.Ne3 Qe7 20.g3 Ng7 21.Kg2 h5 22.Rbe1 a5 23.b5 Nf8 24.f4 exf4 25.gxf4 Ra7 26.Kh2 Qe8 27.Nf3 Rae7 28.Qg2 f5 29.e5 dxe5 30.fxe5 f4 31.Nd1 Bf5 32.Nf2 Nh7 33.Rg1 Nf8 34.e6 Rf6 35.Bxf5 Rxf5 36.Nh4 Qb8 37.Nxg6 f3+ 38.Qg3 Qxg3+ 39.Rxg3 Nxg6 40.Rxg6 Kh7 41.Rxg7+ Kxg7 42.d6 Kf6 43.d7 1-0.

A. Ivanov - B. Finegold
[B89/11] Sicilian: Scheveningen (Velimirovic)
USA Salt Lake City, Utah
US Championship (7), 30.08.1999

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Bb3 0-0 9.Qe2 a6 10.f4 Qc7 11.f5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 exf5 13.0-0 Be6 14.exf5 Bxb3 15.axb3 Rfe8 16.Qd3 d5 17.Kh1 Rad8 18.Rad1 Ne4 19.Nxd5 Rxd5 20.Qxe4 Red8 21.Qg4 f6 22.c3 Bc5 23.Bxc5 Qxc5 24.Rde1 Re5 25.h3 Rd2 26.Rxe5 Qxe5 27.Qc4+ Qd5 28.Qxd5+ Rxd5 29.Rf4 h5 30.Kg1 Rd1+ 31.Rf1 Rd5 32.b4 Kf7 33.Rf2 Ke7 34.Kh2 Rd3 35.Rf4 Rd2 36.Re4+ Kd6 37.Rh4 Rxb2 38.Rxh5 Ke7 39.Rh7 Kf7 40.Rh8 Rf2 41.Rb8 b5 42.Rb7+ Kg8 43.Rb6 Ra2 44.Rc6 Kh7 45.Rc5 Kh6 46.h4 Ra3 47.g3 Kh7 48.Kh3 Kh6 49.Kg4 a5 50.Rxb5 a4 51.c4 Rb3 52.c5 a3 53.Kh3 Kh7 54.c6 a2 55.Ra5 Rxb4 56.Rxa2 Rc4 57.Ra6 Rc3 58.Kg4 Rc4+ 59.Kf3 Rc3+ 60.Kf4 g6 61.Ra7+ Kh6 62.c7 Rc4+ 63.Ke3 gxf5 64.Kd3 Rc1 65.Kd4 Kh5 66.Kd5 f4 67.gxf4 1-0.

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