| I was fortunate enough to win the Michigan Open
7-0. My opponents USCF ratings were about: Rd 1-1850, Rd 2-1950,
Rd 3-2150, Rd 4-2380, Rd 5-2050, Rd 6-2230, Rd 7-2200. Here are my
games... enjoy. |
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B. Finegold - K. Turner
[E97/11] King’s Indian: Yugoslav (Taimanov)
Michigan Open, 1 Sep 2000 (Round 1)
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| 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 h6 11.Nd2 Bh3 12.Re1 Nf6 13.c5 Ne8 14.a4 f5
15.f3 f4 16.Nc4 Bf6 17.a5 Nc8 18.Bf1 Bxf1 19.Rxf1 Bg5 20.Ra2 Qf6
21.h4 Bxh4 22.gxh4 Qxh4 23.Rh2 Qg5+ 24.Kh1 h5 25.Rg1 Qh6 26.Nb5 Rf7
27.Bb2 a6 28.cxd6 cxd6 29.Nbxd6 Ncxd6 30.Nxe5 Rg7 31.Nxg6 Rxg6 32.Rxg6+
Qxg6 33.Rg2 Qxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Nc4 35.Bc1 Ned6 36.Bxf4 Rf8 37.Qc1 Rc8 38.Bxd6
Nxd6 39.Qg5+ Kf8 40.Qh6+ Ke7 41.Qe6+ 1-0. |
J. Aldrich - B.
Finegold
[D07/02] Queen’s Gambit: Chigorin
Michigan Open, 2 Sep 2000 (Round 2)
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| 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.e3 e5 5.dxe5 dxc4 6.Qa4 Bxf3 7.gxf3
Qd5 8.e4 Qxe5 9.Bxc4 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Nge7 11.Qb5 Qf6 12.f4 0-0-0
13.Kg2 Qg6+ 14.Kh3 a6 15.Qa4 Qxe4 16.Rg1 Qxc4 17.a3 Qe6+ 0-1. |
B. Finegold - A.
Levi
[A57/04] Benko Gambit
Michigan Open, 2 Sep 2000 (Round 3)
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| 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qc2 Bg7 6.e4 d6 7.cxb5 a6 8.Nc3
0-0 9.a4 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.e5 Nd5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Bc4 Bb7
14.Ne4 Qc7 15.0-0 axb5 16.Bxb5 Na6 17.Neg5 Nf4 18.Bxf4 Qxf4 19.Rfe1 Bd5
20.Nxe6 Qg4 21.h3 Qf5 22.Qxf5 Rxf5 23.Nxg7 Kxg7 24.Ne5 Rf4 25.Rad1 Nb4
26.Nd3 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Bc4 28.Rd7+ Kf6 29.Rd6+ Kg7 30.g3 Bxb5 31.gxf4 Bxa4
32.Ra1 Bc6 33.Rxa8 Bxa8 34.Rd8 Be4 35.Rc8 Kf6 36.Rxc5 h5 37.h4 Bf3
38.Re5 Bg4 39.b4 Bc8 40.b5 Bb7 41.b6 Ba6 42.Ra5 1-0. |
T. Turgut - B.
Finegold
[A56/08] Benoni: Czech
Michigan Open, 3 Sep 2000 (Round 4)
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| 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.g3 0-0 7.Bg2 Ne8 8.Nge2
g6 9.0-0 f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.f4 Nd7 12.a3 a6 13.Be3 Bf6 14.b4 b6 15.Rb1
Bg7 16.bxc5 bxc5 17.Na4 Nef6 18.h3 Re8 19.Qc2 Ra7 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Bg5 Nf7
22.Bh4 Qe7 23.Nf4 Qe3+ 24.Kh2 Ne4 25.Nb6 Ne5 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Rbe1 Qd2 28.Qb1
Ng6 29.Nxg6 hxg6 30.Rxe4 fxe4 31.Qxe4 Kh7 32.Be7 Qd4 33.Qe6 Re8 34.Be4
Qd2+ 35.Kh1 Qh6 36.Rf7 Raxe7 37.Rxe7 Rxe7 38.Qxe7 Qxh3+ 39.Kg1 Qxg3+ 40.Kf1
Kh6 41.Ke2 Qf4 42.Qe6 Qh2+ 43.Kf3 Qh1+ 44.Ke2 Qh5+ 45.Bf3 Qh2+ 46.Kd3 Be5
47.Qg4 Bf6 48.Be4 Bg5 49.Bg2 Qe5 50.Qh3+ Kg7 51.Qd7+ Be7 52.Qg4 Qb2
53.Ke4 Qd4+ 54.Kf3 Qd3+ 55.Kf2 Qxa3 56.Be4 Qb2+ 57.Kf3 Qc3+ 58.Kg2
Qd2+ 59.Kf1 Qg5 60.Qxg5 Bxg5 61.Ke2 Kf6 62.Kf3 a5 63.Bc2 Ke5 64.Bxg6 a4
65.Ke2 Kd4 66.Kd1 Kc3 0-1. |
B. Finegold - D.
Geisleman
[C41/01] Philidor: Blackburne (Albin)
Michigan Open, 3 Sep 2000 (Round 5)
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1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 e5 4.dxe5 Nd7 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Nc3 Ngf6 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4
Qe7 9.Bd3 Bb4 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 0-0-0 14.Re1
Ne5 15.Bg3 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Qc5 17.c4 h5 18.e5 hxg4 19.hxg4 Nd7 20.e6 Nf6
21.g5 Bxd3 22.cxd3 Qxg5 23.Rab1 Rxd3 24.Qxb7+ Kd8 25.Qxc7+ 1-0. |
T. Ward - B.
Finegold
[B38/06] Sicilian: Maróczy
Michigan Open, 4 Sep 2000 (Round 6)
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| 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Bg7
8.Be3 0-0 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qd3 Nd7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qd4+
Kg8 15.Bg4 Ne5 16.Bh3 Qb6 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.b3 g5 19.f3 h5 20.g3 g4
21.Bg2 gxf3 22.Bxf3 h4 23.Bg2 hxg3 24.hxg3 Kg7 25.Rc2 Rh8 26.Nd5
Bxd5 27.cxd5 Rhc8 28.Rfc1 Rc5 29.b4 Rxc2 30.Rxc2 Kf6 31.Bf1 Ra4 32.Rb2
Ra3 33.Kg2 Kg5 34.Be2 Re3 35.a4 Rxe4 36.a5 Rd4 37.axb6 Nd7 38.Rc2 Nxb6
39.Rc7 Nxd5 40.Rxb7 Rxb4 0-1. |
B. Finegold - E. Fischvogt
[D55/19] QGD: Pillsbury (Anti-Tartakower)
Michigan Open, 4 Sep 2000 (Round 7)
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| 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6
8.Qd2 c6 9.Rd1 Nd7 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.dxe5 Be7 14.Qc2
Qb6 15.e6+ Kxe6 16.Qg6+ Rf6 17.Qxg7 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Nf6 19.Qxh6 Qxb2
20.Ne4 Qb4+ 21.Kf1 Qb5+ 22.Kg2 Qh5 23.Rd6+ Bxd6 24.Qxf6+ Kd5
25.Nc3+ Kc5 26.Qd4# 1-0. |
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