| This used to be an easy event to cover. I
would just follow Ben Finegold around the tables with my video camera in
hand and tape all of his games thus ensuring all the games of the MI Speed
champion would be preserved. This year the task was more difficult
- I hedged a little and began following Fred Lindsay around the tables
(even after his early loss to Bill Calton). By the fifth round Bill
was undefeated, so I switched to taping his games... and then finally over
to Nate after Bill lost their seventh round encounter. |
| Another perk about taping Ben Finegold is that he
played very quickly (one of the top players in the world at one minute
chess). Towards the end of this event I began to run low on tape
and I began limiting my coverage to taping Nate, Fred and Bill. Next
year I will bring more blank video tape. |
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Fred Lindsay - Bill Calton
[A28/09] English: Four Knights
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 1
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.exd4
Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.h3 d5 9.0-0 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bf5 11.Re1 a6 12.a3 Bd6 13.Bg5
h6 14.Bh4 Be7 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Nd7 17.Bg3 Nb6 18.Bb3 c5 19.Qf3 Qc8 20.Nd5
Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Ra7 22.Rac1 b6 23.Bf4 Rd8 24.Ba2 Bf8 25.e6 Bxe6 26.Bxe6 fxe6
27.Qg4 e5 28.Qxc8 Rxc8 29.Bxe5 Rd7 30.Bc3 Rcd8 31.Kf1 b5 32.Re6 Rd6 33.Rxd6
Rxd6 34.Ke2 Be7 35.Rd1 Re6+ 36.Kf3 Bf6 37.Bxf6 Rxf6+ 38.Ke2 Kf7 39.Rd5
Rc6 40.Rd7+ Kg6 41.Ra7 c4 42.Kd2 Kf6 43.Kc3 g5 44.Rh7 Kg6 45.Ra7 Rf6 46.f3
h5 47.a4 Kf5 48.axb5 axb5 49.Rb7 Kf4 50.Rxb5 Rc6 51.Kd4 (Time), 0-1. |
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Lineas Baze - Fred Lindsay
[B84/10] Sicilian: Scheveningen (Paulsen)
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 2
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2
a6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.a4 Qc7 9.Nb3 b6 10.Kh1 Bb7 11.f3 Be7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Be3 0-0
14.Qd2 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bd3 Ne5 19.Nd4 Qb7
20.c3 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 e5 22.Nf5 Bxf3 23.Nxe7+ Qxe7 24.Qf1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bxd1
26.Qxd1 b5 27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Qf3 bxa4 29.h3 a3 30.bxa3 Qxa3 31.Bb6 Rc8 32.Qb7
Qxc3 33.Qxa6 Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.g3 Rc2+ 36.Kh1 Qc1+ 0-1. |
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Fred Lindsay - Hankinson
[A18/05] English: Mikenas (Flohr)
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 4
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3
Qxf6 7.d4 c5 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Be4 Bd7 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.0-0 g5 13.Re1
g4 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Ne5 Rd8 16.Qxg4 Be7 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Rb7 cxd4 19.cxd4
Qxd4 20.Qg3 Bf6 21.Bb2 1-0. |
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Kevin Czuhai - Bill Calton
[B02/04] Alekhine: Scandinavian
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 5
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 c6 6.h3
Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nd7 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Bd3 h6 12.a4 Kh7 13.Bd2
Bf5 14.Bxf5 gxf5 15.Nh4 e6 16.Qh5 Nd5 17.a5 Nf6 18.Qe2 Ne4 19.Nf3 Rc8 20.Reb1
b5 21.axb6 axb6 22.Qd3 b5 23.Bf4 Qd5 24.Ra7 c5 25.Rxb5 c4 26.Rxd5 cxd3
27.cxd3 exd5 28.dxe4 fxe4 29.Nh4 Rxc3 30.Be5 Bxe5 31.dxe5 Rc6 32.Rd7 Re6
33.Rxd5 Rfe8 34.f4 exf3 35.Nxf3 Kg7 36.g4 Ra8 37.Kg2 Ra2+ 38.Kg3 Ra3 39.Kf4
Rb6 40.Nh4 Rb4+ 41.Kf5 Rxh3 42.e6 fxe6+ 43.Kxe6 Rxh4 44.Rd7+ Kg6 45.Rd6
Re4+ 46.Kd5+ Kg5 47.Kxe4 Rxg4+ 48.Kf3 h5 49.Rd5+ Kh4 50.Kf2 Rf4+ 51.Kg2
Kg4 52.Rd8 Re4 53.Rg8+ Kf4 54.Rh8 Kg4 55.Rg8+ Kh4 56.Kh2 Re2+ 57.Kg1 Kh3
58.Rh8 h4 59.Kh1 Re1# 0-1. |
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Bill Calton - Tom Hartwig
[A45/03] Indian: Trompowsky
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 6
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.e3
d5 7.c4 Be6 8.Nc3 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nge2 Nc6 11.Nf4 Ne7 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Ncxd5
Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Qxd5 16.Nxd5 Rfd8 17.Nc3 f5 18.Ke2 a6 19.Rac1
Rd7 20.Na4 Re8 21.Kf3 Rd5 22.Rc5 Rxc5 23.Nxc5 b6 24.Nd3 Kf8 25.Rc1 Re6
26.Rc7 b5 27.Nc5 Rd6 28.Ra7 Ke8 29.Nxa6 g5 30.Nc7+ Kd8 31.Nxb5 Rf6 32.a4
f4 33.gxf4 gxf4 34.e4 Rh6 35.Rxf7 1-0. |
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Nate Solon - Bill Calton
[A80/02] Dutch: Hopton
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 7
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c5 3.dxc5 Na6 4.e4 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 fxe4 6.Qd2
Nf6 7.0-0-0 Nxc5 8.f3 e3 9.Bxe3 e6 10.Kb1 Be7 11.Nge2 0-0 12.Nd4 Na4 13.Nxa4
Qxa4 14.Bd3 d5 15.Rhe1 Qe8 16.Bf4 Qf7 17.Bg3 Bd7 18.Qe3 Bc5 19.c3 Rae8
20.Bc2 Re7 21.Qd3 g6 22.Be5 Nh5 23.g3 Bc8 24.f4 Ree8 25.Nf3 Be7 26.Rf1
Ng7 27.Nd4 Bf6 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Rde1 Qf7 30.g4 h5 31.f5 gxf5 32.gxf5 e5
33.Nb5 Bxf5 34.Rxf5 Qxf5 35.Qxd5+ Qf6 [Illegal move] 36.Qxg8
1-0. |
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Lineas Baze - Nate Solon
[B74/04] Sicilian: Classical Dragon
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 8
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2
Bg7 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nb3 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.Bh6 Ne5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.f3
Bc4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 a5 18.a4 Nc4 19.Qxe7 Ne3
20.Rfc1 Nxc2 21.Qd7 Qxb3 22.Ra3 Qxb2 23.Raa1 Nxa1 24.Rxc8 Qb1+ 25.Rc1 Qxc1#
0-1. |
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Nate Solon - Fred Lindsay
[D17/13] Slav: Czech (Wiesbaden)
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 9
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5
e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+
13.Kxd2 Qd4+ 14.Kc2 Na6 15.Rd1 Nb4+ 16.Kb1 Nd3 17.Nxd3 cxd3 18.Qxd3 Qxd3+
19.Bxd3 Ke7 20.Rhf1 Rad8 21.Rf4 g6 22.Kc2 f5 23.Rb4 Rd7 24.Be2 Rhd8 25.Rxd7+
Rxd7 26.a5 Kf6 27.a6 b6 28.Bf3 c5 29.Rb3 e5 30.Bc6 Rd6 31.Rxb6 e4 32.Rb7
Rxc6 33.Rxa7 Rd6 34.Ra8 Kg5 35.a7 Ra6 36.Kd2 Ra2 37.Kc3 Kf4 38.Rc8 Rxa7
39.Rxc5 Ke3 40.b4 Kf2 41.b5 e3 42.b6 Rb7 43.Rb5 e2 0-1. |
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Bill Calton - Fred Lindsay
[D02/17] Queen's Pawn: Zukertort (London)
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 10
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.e3 Bxc5 6.h3
0-0 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Nd7 11.Bg3 e5 12.e4 Nf6 13.0-0
Be6 14.Qe2 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nd7 16.Rad1 Be7 17.Bb5 Qc7 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxf4 Qc8
20.Qd3 Rd8 21.Bxd7 Rxd7 22.Qg3 Qxc2 23.Rxd7 Bxd7 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.Bxd6 Bc6
26.Be5 Qg6 27.Qxg6 hxg6 28.Bc3 Re8 29.Rf2 f6 30.Kh2 Kf7 31.Rd2 g5 32.Kg3
Re7 33.Kf2 Rd7 34.Re2 Re7 35.Rxe7+ Kxe7 36.g3 Ke6 37.Ke3 Kd5 38.h4 gxh4
39.gxh4 Ke6 40.Kf4 Bd5 41.Bd4 Bxa2 42.Bxa7 Bb1 43.Bd4 Kf7 44.Bc3 Kg6 45.Kg3
Kh5 46.Bd4 Kg6 47.Bc3 Kf5 48.Bd4 Ke4 49.Bc3 Kf5 50.Bd4 Kg6 51.Bc3 Kh5 ½-½. |
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Bill Calton - Nate Solon
[D00/07] Queen's Pawn: Chigorin
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 16
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Bf4 e6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bg5
0-0 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.0-0 Rb8 12.b3 cxd4 13.exd4
Be7 14.Bg3 Rc8 15.Na4 Ne4 16.Bf4 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Ba6 Rc6
20.Bb5 Rb6 21.a4 Qf6 22.Bg3 Rc8 23.Qe2 Bd4 24.Ra2 Qg6 25.Rc1 a6 26.Bxa6
Rc3 27.Rd1 e5 28.a5 Rbc6 29.Bd3 e4 30.Bb5 R6c5 31.a6 e3 32.a7 exf2+ 33.Bxf2
Bh3 34.a8Q+ Kh7 35.Bxd4 Rxc2 36.Bd3 Rxe2 37.Bxg6+ fxg6 38.Rxe2 Bg4 39.Bxc5
Bxe2 40.Qb7 Bxd1 41.Bf8 Bxb3 42.Qxg7# 1-0. |
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Fred Lindsay - Nate Solon
[A34/22] English: Asymmetrical (Three Knights)
Michigan Speed Championship (Finals), Round 18
USA Ann Arbor, MI, December 5, 1999
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| 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bb5+
N4c6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Be3 e6 11.0-0-0 Bc5 12.Nc2 Bxe3+
13.Nxe3 a6 14.Be2 Ke7 15.a4 Nb4 16.Nc4 N8c6 17.Nb6 Rad8 18.f4 Bc8 19.e5
Rd4 20.Rxd4 Nxd4 21.Bc4 Rd8 22.Rd1 Nf5 23.Ne4 Bd7 24.Nxd7 Rxd7 25.Rxd7+
Kxd7 26.Kd2 Kc6 27.g4 Ne7 28.Nd6 Ned5 29.Bxd5+ Nxd5 30.Nxf7 Nxf4 31.Ke3
Nd5+ 32.Kd4 Kd7 33.Nd6 b6 34.Nc4 b5 35.axb5 axb5 36.Nd6 b4 37.Kc4 g6 38.Nf7
h5 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.Ng5 h4 41.Nf3 (Time), 0-1. |
