[Event "CCC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nissenboim, Josh"]
[Black "Al Sarraf, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.04.12"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 $6 {
This blocks the c-pawn and allows White a space advantage.  Better moves are} (
5... g6) (5... Bf5) (5... e6) (5... e5 $5) 6. Nf3 ({Strong is} 6. d5 Ne5 7. Qe2
Ng6 8. Nf3 e6 9. h4 $14) 6... Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 ({
Fritz8 likes} 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 $14) 10... Na5 $5 $146 {Black choos
es to move the Kt twice to free up the c-pawn rather than Bd6 to reinforce the
potential pawn break e5.  In view of the Fritz8 analysis given after 10..Bd6,
it might be the "lesser of two evils".} (10... Bd6 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Bg5 a5 13.
Nb5 Rc8 14. a3 $14) 11. Ne4 $6 ({Better is the straightforward} 11. Ne5 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Bg5 Qxc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Qxc4 17. Qh5 $14)
11... Bxf3 {The telltale sign that 11.Ne4 was "suspect" is that Black has two
satisfactory moves in reply.  Also good is} (11... Nxe4 12. Qxa5 c5 $11) 12.
gxf3 Nc6 13. a3 {Not a necessary precautionary move since White can proceed
directly with his attack down the half-open g-file.  His two bishops are
compensation for his doubled f-pawns along with the half-open file for which
to place his rook.} (13. Kh1 Qd7 (13... Bb4 14. Qd3 a5 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. Rad1 a4
17. Rg3 $14) 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. Rad1 $11) 13... h6 {Normally, a weakening move on
the kingside, but Black plans to defend by strongpointing g5 rather than
trying to defend g7.} (13... Qd7 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. b4 $11 {
White's two bishops and space advantage compensate for the doubled pawns.}) (
13... a5 14. Rad1 a4 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Rg1 $11) 14. Kh1 Nh7 15. Rg1 Ng5 16. Rg3
$6 (16. Rad1 Re8 17. Qc2 Nh3 18. d5 exd5 19. Rg3 Ng5 20. Rxd5 $18) 16... f5 17.
Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 Qxd4 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Rad8 22. Rd1 $2 {
The losing move!  White must take advantage of the tactics available with the
half-open g-file andplay} (22. f4 Rd2 23. Bh5 Rfd8 (23... Rxb2 24. Rag1 $18)
24. Rag1 R8d7 25. Be8 Re7 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. R5g2 Red7 28. h4 Rxg2 29. Kxg2 Rd2+
30. Kf3 Rxb2 31. Rd1 Rh2 32. Rd7 Rh3+ 33. Kf2 e5 34. fxe5 Rxh4 35. c5 Rc4 36.
e6 Re4 37. e7 Kf7 38. e8=Q+ Kxe8 39. Rxc7 Rc4 40. Rxg7 a6 41. Kf3 Rxc5 42. Kf4
Kd8 43. Rg5 Rc3 44. Rxf5 Kc7 45. e4 Rxa3 46. e5 Ra1 47. Rf7+ Kb6 48. e6 Re1 49.
Kf5 c5 50. Kf6 c4 51. e7 c3 52. Rf8 c2 53. Rc8 Rf1+ 54. Kg5 Re1 55. Kf6 Rf1+
56. Kg5 Re1 $11) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Ba4 Ne5 25. f4 Nxc4 26. Bb3 b5
27. a4 Rd3 28. Bc2 Rd2 29. Bb3 Rxb2 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rg1 Ra2 32. Rc1 Rxa4 33.
h4 Kf7 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. h5 e5 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Kf3 c5 38. Rg1 Kf6 39. Ke2 Ra2+
40. Kf3 c3 41. Rc1 c2 42. Ke2 Kg5 43. Kd3 Kxh5 44. Kc4 g5 45. e4 fxe4 46. Kxc5
Kg4 47. Kd4 Kf3 48. Kc3 e3 49. Kb3 Ra6 0-1

[Event "CCC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mayntz, Fred"]
[Black "Morton, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "978"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2007.04.12"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. d3 ({Better is} 5. exf5 Bc5 (5...
e4 6. Nh4 d5 7. d3 Be7 8. dxe4 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Bg5 O-O 11. O-O-O $16) (
5... Nd4 6. Nxe5 c6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nf3 Nxf5 10. Bxf5 Bxf5 11. Re1+ Be7
12. Qe2 $14) 6. O-O O-O 7. Nxe5 Nd4 (7... Nxe5 8. d4 $14) 8. Bd3 d5 9. Nf3 c6
10. h3 Nxf5 11. Bxf5 Bxf5 12. d4 Bd6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 $44) 5... Bb4 (5...
fxe4 6. dxe4 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qe7 8. O-O a6 9. Ba4 $14) 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bd2 fxe4 8. Bxc6
exf3 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. O-O c6 11. Re1 d6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Ne4 Bc7 {Black has equali
zed and will take over the initiative unless White plays very accurately. 
With} 14. c4 $6 {White challenges Black's expansion in the center with d5, but
leaves himself with a backward d-pawn.} Bf5 $6 ({Better is} 14... Be6) 15. Qb3
Qc8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Bc3 Bxe4 $6 {
Why give up the bishop for the knight with no compensation?} 18. dxe4 $14 Bb6
$2 {Simply drops the d-pawn.  Better would be} (18... a5 19. Rd3 a4 20. Qc2 Qe6
21. Bb4 b6 22. Red1 Rfd8 $14) 19. Rd2 {
White hesitates taking it, but increases the pressure on the d-file.} Qe6 20.
Red1 Rad8 21. Bb4 c5 $2 {
Misses the chance to post his bad bishop outside his pawn chain with} (21...
Bd4 22. Bc3 Bb6 $11) 22. Bc3 Rd7 23. Qa2 Bc7 24. b4 Rfd8 ({
White still has the advantage after} 24... cxb4 25. axb4 Bb6 26. Ba1 Rc8 27.
Be2 Qf7 28. Qc2 $14) 25. h3 b5 $2 26. cxb5 Qxa2 27. Rxa2 d5 28. bxc5 dxe4 29.
Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Be2 Rd5 31. Bb4 Rd4 32. Bc3 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eslinger, Dave"]
[Black "Skelcher, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "763"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. b3 d5 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. h3
Be6 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 f6 12. Nf3 Bf7 13. Rae1 f5 14. Ng5 e6 15.
f4 Nf6 16. c4 c6 17. Re2 Qc7 18. g3 h6 19. Nf3 Nh7 20. g4 Qe7 21. gxf5 exf5 22.
Rg2 Rfe8 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Rg3 Nf8 25. Kh1 Kh7 26. Rfg1 Bxe5 27. dxe5 dxc4 28.
Bxc4 Qe7 29. Qg2 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Qf7 31. Ba3 Qxc4 32. Bxf8 (32. Rxg6 Qe4 33. Rg7+
Kh8 34. Qxe4 Ne6 35. Qxf5 Nxg7 36. Qf6 Re7 37. Bxe7 Rg8 38. Qxh6#) 32... Rxf8
33. Rxg6 Qe4 34. Qxe4 fxe4 35. h4 Rg8 36. h5 Rad8 37. e6 Rde8 38. f5 Rxg6 39.
hxg6+ Kg7 40. Rg4 Kf6 41. Rf4 c5 42. Kg2 c4 43. Kf2 h5 44. Ke2 b5 45. Kd2 h4
46. Rxh4 Kxf5 47. g7 Rg8 48. e7 Kf6 49. Rh8 Kxg7 50. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rivers, Clark"]
[Black "Miller, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nc6 (3... Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7) 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5.
Nxe5 d5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 Bf5 9. O-O h5 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. Nc3 h4 12.
Bf4 f5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Be7 15. Qg4 d4 16. e6 Qd5 17. Nf7 Rh7 18. Ne5
O-O-O 19. Ng6 Qc5 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bg5 Qe8 22. Bxd8 Kxd8 23. Rad1 c5 24. c3
d3 25. Qxe4 g6 26. Rxd3+ Kc8 27. Rfd1 Kc7 28. Rd7+ Kb6 29. Rxh7 Qc6 30. Qxc6+
bxc6 31. e7 g5 32. e8=Q Kb5 33. Rb7+ Kc4 34. Qe4# 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Causey, David"]
[Black "Miller, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1076"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Re1 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qc8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qf3 (13. e5 Nd5
14. Ne4 O-O 15. c4 Nb6 16. Bf6 h6 17. b3 Qf5 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qc3 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+
Kg7 21. Ne4 $18) 13... Qb7 $2 (13... Ng4 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Na4 Qe6 16. c3 Ne5 17.
Qe3 $18) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxf6 O-O 16. b3 Rae8 17. Rad1 Re6 18. Qg5 Rfe8 19.
Rd8 Qb4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rd1 f6 23. Qd4 f5 24. Qc4+ Kf8 25. exf5
Qe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Qf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 gxf5 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Ke6 31. Kf4
h6 32. Nd1 Kf6 33. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Extra games"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nissenboim, Josh"]
[Black "Mayntz, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Ngf6 10. Bxh7 Nxh7 11. O-O e6 12. Bf4 Nhf6 13. c4 c5 14. d5 exd5 15.
Re1+ Be7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Extra games"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mayntz, Fred"]
[Black "Nissenboim, Josh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1436"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O Nbc6 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 Bf5 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Nh2 Kb8 14. Bg4 h5
15. Bxh5 Bxh3 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Bg4 Bd6 18. Bxe6 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qxe6 20. Bxg5 Qf7
21. Be3 Nf5 22. Qf3 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Ne7 24. Ke2 Qh5 25. Kd3 Qg6+ 26. e4 dxe4+
27. Rxe4 Nc6 28. d5 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mayntz, Fred"]
[Black "Causey, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 (5... d6 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. e4
e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O-O Qe8) (5... c5 6. dxc5 (6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. Nxd5 Bg7 10. Nc3 Bg4) 6... Na6 (6... Qa5 7. Qd2 Qxc5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9.
Nd5 Bg7 10. b4 Qd6 11. c5 $18 {Fritz8!}) 7. Qd4 Qa5 8. Rc1 Nxc5 9. b4 Qxb4 10.
Rb1 e5 11. Nxe5 Qa5 12. Rb5 Qa3 13. Rxc5 d6 14. Rb5 dxe5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. e4 b6
17. f3 h6 18. Be3 Rfc8 19. Nd5 Qf8 20. Rb1 Ne8 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Qb4 Kh8 23. O-O
Nb7 24. a3 Nc5 25. Be2 Bd7 26. Rfd1 $11 {
That was a Fritz8 analysis.  What a ride!}) 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 c6 (7... Nbd7 8.
Be2 c5 9. Qc2) (7... c5 8. Be2 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. dxc5 Nxg3 11. hxg3 dxc5 12.
Qc2 e6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Nde4 f5 16. Nd6 g4 $11 {Fritz8}) 8. Bd3 (
8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 e5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. O-O Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd2 Nh7 14.
Nde4 Bf8 $11) 8... a5 $146 {Maybe a novelty, but probably not a good one.} (
8... Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rad1 exd4 12. exd4 Nh5 13. Rfe1 Ndf6 $11)
9. O-O Na6 10. a3 Bd7 (10... g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Qc2 (12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5
14. Qh5 Nc7 15. d5 f5) 12... Nxg3 13. fxg3 $14) 11. Qc2 Nc7 12. Rad1 (12. c5
dxc5 13. dxc5 $14) 12... b5 13. Rd2 (13. c5 dxc5 14. dxc5 $14) 13... bxc4 14.
Bxc4 Be6 $2 (14... Ncd5 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Nh5 $11) 15. b3 $2 (15. Bxe6 Nxe6
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 $18) 15... Rb8 16. Rb1 (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne5 Bxc4 18.
bxc4 Qe8 19. Nd3 $14) 16... Qd7 $2 {
Black is oblivious to the tactics available to White.} (16... Nfd5 $11) 17. e4
$2 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne5 $14) 17... g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. e5 Bf5 20. Bd3 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Qf5 23. exd6 exd6 24. Ne4 $4 (24. Nd1 Nb5 25. Ne3 Qe4 26.
Re1 Nxa3 27. Qd2 Nb5 28. g4 Rfe8 29. Nf5 Qxg4 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 32.
Nxe1 $11) 24... Qxe4 25. Re1 Qg6 26. Nd2 d5 ({Better is} 26... Rfe8 27. Nf3
Bxd4 28. Rc1 Bc5 $19) 27. Nf3 Ne6 ({Also good is} 27... Rfe8 28. Qd2 Nb5 $19)
28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Nxd4 30. Qd1 Ne6 31. Rc3 Qf6 32. Rce3 d4 33. R3e4 c5 34.
f4 Rfc8 35. Qg4 d3 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Rf5 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Rc6 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40.
Rxg5+ Rg6 41. Rxg6+ fxg6 42. Qxg6+ ({
Black would have a more difficult time winning with} 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qd7+ Kf6
44. Qd6+ Kf5 45. Qf4+ Ke6 46. Qxb8 Qd4 47. Qe8+ Kf5 48. Qf8+ Kg5 49. Qe7+ Kh6
50. g4 d2 51. Qh4+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qe7+ Qg7 55. Qd8 Qh6+ 56.
Kg3 Qe3+ 57. Kh2 a4 58. b4 c4 59. g5 Qe5+ 60. Kh3 c3 61. Qd7+ Kg8 62. Qc8+ Kf7
63. Qd7+ Qe7 64. Qd4 Ke8 65. g4 Qh7+ 66. Kg2 Qc7 $19) 42... Qg7 43. Qxd3 Qh8+
44. Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Al Sarraf, Jacob"]
[Black "Rivers, Clark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1502"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 (3... e6 4. Qe2 Nxe4 5. Qxe4 d5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 $15
) 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Qh5+ Kg8 ({A better test of White's opening is} 5... Kf6 6.
Qh4+ Kg6 7. f5+ Kxf5 8. Qh5+ Ke6 9. Qg4+ Kf7 10. Qxe4 d5 11. Qe3 e6 12. Nf3 Bd6
13. Ng5+ Ke8 14. d4 Rf8 $15) 6. Qd5+ e6 7. Qxe4 d5 ({
A good try for an advantage is} 7... Qh4+ 8. g3 Qg4 9. d3 c5 10. Nc3 Nc6 $15)
8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. g3 ({Better is} 10. d4 $14) 10... Qf6 11. c3 e5 12.
fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15. d4 Bf6 16. Bf4 c6 17. Nd2 (17. O-O
$11) 17... b6 $6 (17... Bh3 18. O-O-O Kf7 $14) 18. O-O-O Kf7 19. Rde1 Bf5 20.
Rhf1 Kg6 21. Nf3 c5 22. Be5 Rae8 23. Nh4+ Bxh4 24. gxh4 Rhg8 $2 (24... Be4 25.
Rg1+ Kh5 26. Rg5+ Kxh4 27. Reg1 Rhf8 28. Rxg7 Bg6 29. Rxa7 cxd4 30. Bxd4 Re2
31. Ra4 Kh3 $11) 25. h5+ Kg5 26. h4+ Kg4 27. Rf4+ Kxh5 28. Rxf5+ Kh6 29. Bf4+
Kg6 30. Rg5+ Kf7 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rxd5 cxd4 33. cxd4 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eslinger, Dave"]
[Black "Nissenboim, Josh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "763"]
[BlackElo "1436"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Bb2 e5
9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. c3 $2 (11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Bxe5 (13.
Nc3 Qc6) 13... Qxe5 14. Nd2 O-O $11) 11... Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Be5 13. f4 Bd6 14. Nd2
Bg4 15. Qe1 O-O-O 16. b4 Rhe8 17. Qf2 c4 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Rad1 Ng4 20. Qf3 $2 ({
A little better is} 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Nf3 $19) 20... Nxe3 21. Rde1 Nxf1 22.
Nxf1 Be4 23. Qg4+ f5 24. Qh4 Bxf4 25. Kg1 Qb6+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 g5 28.
Bc1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Bxg2 30. Ng3 Be4 31. Re1 h5 32. Bxh5 f4 33. Bxe8 fxg3+ 34.
Kxg3 Rxe8 35. Kg4 Bf5+ 36. Kxg5 Rxe1 37. Kxf5 Re3 0-1

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Skelcher, Mark"]
[Black "Morton, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "978"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.04.12"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bd7 $6 {Not a blunder, but a move that does not
contribute to the opening process. Either the bishop should be developed to f5
(outside the pawn chain after the eventual e6) or moves like c6 or g6 should
be played, deferring the queen's bishop's development to a more opportune time.
} 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 c5 6. e3 Nh5 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Be2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Bf4 a6
11. O-O O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nf3 Nh5 14. Ne2 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 Bd6 16. c3 Ne5 $2 (
16... Qf6 $15) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qh5 $2 (18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20.
Qxe5 $16) 18... f5 19. Qf3 Qc7 (19... g5 20. Nh5 (20. Nxd5 g4 $19) 20... g4 21.
Qe2 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Qxh5 $17) 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. g3 Bc6 22. Qd1 Bd6
23. Bf1 e5 $2 (23... g5 24. Ne2 f4 $15 {
Opening up the position for Black's bishops.}) 24. Nxd5 Qf7 25. Bg2 Rd8 26. Qb3
Kh8 (26... Bxa3 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Rxa3 Be4 $15) 27. Rad1 Bb8 ({Also} 27... e4
28. c4 $11) 28. c4 Ba7 ({
The strongly posted knight needs to be undermined with moves like} 28... b5)
29. Nb4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 {White, with his strong knight and center control, can
easily fend off Black's wing attack.} Rde8 31. Nd5 g5 32. Qc3 Qg7 33. c5 f4 34.
e4 f3+ 35. Kh1 Qh6 36. Rg1 g4 37. Ne3 Rg8 38. Nf5 Qc6 39. Rd5 Bb8 $18 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miller, Paul"]
[Black "Miller, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1076"]
[Annotator "Frtiz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Bd3 ({The main book line is} 5. e5
h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 $14) 5... Nc6 (5... dxe4 6. Bxe4 Nbd7 7. Nge2
h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 6. Nge2 (6. e5 h6 7. Be3 Nd7 (7... Ne4 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Qg4
$16) 8. a3 $16) 6... Bd6 (6... dxe4 7. Bxe4 h6 $11) 7. f4 $2 (7. e5 $18) 7...
Qe7 $2 (7... dxe4 $11) 8. e5 $18 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Bb4 10. O-O Bd7 11. exf6 gxf6 12.
Bxf6 Qf8 13. Bxh8 Qxh8 14. a3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Qg8 16. Rf3 O-O-O 17. Raf1 Qh8 18.
Rxf7 e5 19. Rxh7 Qe8 20. Nxd5 Qe6 21. Ndc3 Rg8 22. Rff7 exd4 23. Nxd4 Bc5 24.
Rxd7 Qe5 25. Ncb5 Bb6 26. c3 a6 27. Nxc7 Bxc7 28. Rxc7+ Kb8 29. Rxb7+ Kc8 30.
Bf5+ Kd8 31. Nc6+ Ke8 32. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nissenboim, Josh"]
[Black "Mayntz, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bf4 e6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qa5+ 12. c3 $6 ({Now White has difficulty
castling either side since his "a" and "h" pawns are vunerable.  Better is the
book move} 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Ne4 ({Also good is} 14. Qe2)) 12...
Ngf6 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Be3 Nxe3 ({
Since the bishop is not going anywhere, Black can defer this exchange and play
} 14... N7f6 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rd8) 15. Qxe3 Nf6 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4
Be7 18. Nc5 $2 {This falls into Black's strategy of exchanging into a major
piece ending with a better pawn structure.} Bxc5 19. dxc5 O-O (19... O-O-O {
looks good, also.}) 20. O-O Rad8 21. a3 Rd5 22. b4 Qc7 23. Qf3 Rfd8 24. Rfd1
Qd7 (24... Qe5 $15) 25. Rdc1 Rd3 26. Qf4 Qd5 27. Qc7 Rd7 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qxa7
Qxh5 $17 {With White's rooks and queen far away from his king, Black can
create real threats on the kingside.} 30. Qa4 R7d5 ({Best is} 30... Rd2 31. Rf1
R7d5 (31... R7d3 32. b5 Qxc5 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Qf4 Kg8 35. Qb8+ Rd8 36. Qb4)
32. b5 cxb5 33. Qe4+ (33. Qxb5 Rg5 $1 $19) 33... Qg6 $19) 31. Qc2 g6 32. Re1
Rd2 (32... Qh4 $1 $19) 33. Qe4 Rd1 34. Raxd1 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd2 (
36... Qh5+ $11) 37. Qf3 f5 38. Qg3 f4 39. Qg4 e5 $2 {
Black needs to find a draw, fast!} (39... Qxf2 $11) 40. Qe6 (40. Qc8 $1 Qxf2
41. Qxb7+ Kg8 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qxe5 $18) 40... Qxc3 (40... Qxf2 41. Qd7+ Kh8
42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qxb7+ Kg8 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Qxe5 $18) 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qf6+ Kh7
43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. Qxg6 Qxa3 45. Qxh6+ Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kf8 47. Qc8+ Ke7 48. Qxb7+
Kd8 49. Qb8+ Kd7 50. Qd6+ Kc8 51. Qxc6+ Kb8 52. Qb6+ Ka8 53. c6 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rivers, Clark"]
[Black "Eslinger, Dave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
[BlackElo "763"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 d5 $6 ({
Correct is} 7... O-O) 8. Bb5 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. O-O-O Bb7 12.
exd5 Bxc6 13. dxc6 Ne4 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nxe4 Rc8 17. Rd1 a5
18. Rd7 Kf8 19. Bc5 Bh6+ 20. Kd1 Re8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. c7 f5 23. c8=Q+ Kf7 24.
Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Nc5 Kd6 26. b4 axb4 27. Ke2 Kd5 28. Kd3 Kd6 29. Qd7+ Kxc5 30.
Qxh7 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Causey, David"]
[Black "Al Sarraf, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1767"]
[Annotator "David Causey/Fritz8"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

{"How do you plan to play against such a talented player as Jacob?", a
fictitious spectator might ask.  "Oh, that's easy.  I'll just sacrifice a pawn
in the opening, give up my castling rights and win."  This is definitely a
game that defies normal play.} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 Qc7 4. g3 $2 ({
The best move to take advantage of Black's early placement of his Queen on c7
would be transposing to the Benoni Defensewith} 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3) 4... cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Qxc4 6. Bg2 $2 Bb4+ $1 7. Kf1 Nc6 ({Also good would be} 7... d5 8. a3 Ba5
9. b4 Bd8 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nd2) 8. Nc2 Be7 9. b3 {I believe Black's demise in
this game begins here.  He is faced with the dilemma of where to put the Queen
when it is attacked, either on a passive  square where it cannot be harassed
or on an active square where future tempo-gaining attacks by White are
numerous.  The ultimate problem for Black is that he loses valuable time on
the clock(G60) trying to determine which is best.} Qb5 $6 ({Better would be} 
9... Qa6 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. Nd4 O-O $17 {as White still has the problem of being
a pawn down and uncastled.  With the move in the game, White is able to gain a
few valuable tempi on Black's queen to compensate for his material deficit and
uncastled king.}) 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qf5 $6 ({Again, better would be} 11...
Qa5 {to avoid the immediate harassment by White's minor pieces.}) 12. Ne3 Qg5
13. h4 Qc5 14. Rc1 $44 {At this point, White has achieved compensation for his
pawn-minus and loss of castling.} O-O 15. Ncd5 $1 {
The initiative now turns in White's favor!} Qa5 $6 ({
One possibility for Black to stay in the game lies with} 15... Nxd5 $5 16. Rxc5
Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 Bxc5 $44) 16. Nc4 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 ({
Black could hold out better with} 17... Nxe7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd6 Qa5 {
but White can slowly strangle him with} 20. Qc2 ({
More direct but not as good is} 20. Qd4 Nf5 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Qd4
Qe5 24. e3 d6 25. h5 Rd8 26. Rh4 Be6 27. Kg1 d5 28. Bf3 b6 29. Qd1 Rac8 30.
Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rd4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Rd8 33. b4 f4 34. Rxf4 Rc8 35. Be2 Qb2 36. Bd3 h6
37. Qf3 Rc1 38. Bf5 Bxf5 39. Rxf5 Ra1 40. Qg4+ Kh7 41. Rxd5 Qb1 42. Qf5+ Qxf5
43. Rxf5 Kg7 44. Rd5 Rxa2 45. b5 Kf8 46. Kf3 Ke7 47. e4 Ke6 48. g4 a5 49. bxa6
Rxa6 50. Rd8 Ke5 51. Re8+ Kd4 52. Rh8 Ke5 53. Rxh6 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 f5 55. exf5 Kf4
56. Rf6 Kxg4 57. h6 Ra8 58. Rxf7 Rh8 59. h7 b5 60. Rb7 Kg5 61. Kf3 Kh6 62. Rxb5
Kxh7 63. Rb7+ Kh6 64. Kf4 Ra8 65. Rb6+ Kg7 66. Kg5 Ra7 67. f6+ Kf7 68. Rb5 Rd7
69. f4 Rd1 70. Kf5 Rf1 71. Rb7+ Kf8 $11 {with a drawn rook ending.(Fritz8)})
20... Qe5 21. Qd2 Nf5 22. Nc4 Qd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. e3 d5 25. exd4 dxc4 26.
Rxc4 Bd7 27. Bxb7 Rab8 28. Bc6 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Rfc8 30. Ra6 Rb7 31. Ke2 Rc2+ 32.
Ke3 Rc3+ 33. Kd2 Rbc7 34. Rd1 Kf8 35. Ke2 Rd7 36. Ra5 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rc3+ 38. Rd3
Rc6 39. b4 Rcd6 40. g4 e5 41. d5 f5 42. gxf5 Rh6 43. Rc3 Kg7 44. Rc4 Rhd6 45.
Ke4 Rh6 46. Rac5 Rd8 47. Rc8 Rxh4+ 48. Kxe5 Rxc4 49. f6+ Kg6 50. Rxd8 Rxb4 51.
Rg8+ Kh5 52. d6 Rb7 53. a4 a5 54. Rg7 h6 55. Kf5 $18 {(Fritz8)}) 18. Ba3 $1 {
Wins the exchange, leaving White with a technical win.} Qd8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20.
Nd6 a5 21. Bf3 Ne5 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Nxb7 Qb6 24. Qd6+ Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Ke7 26.
Nc4 Neg4 27. f3 Nh6 28. Kf2 Nd5 29. Rhd1 a4 30. e4 Nb4 31. Nb6 Rd8 32. bxa4
Nxa2 33. Rc7 Nb4 34. Rdxd7+ Rxd7 35. Rxd7+ Kf6 36. a5 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morton, Ian"]
[Black "Miller, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "978"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 Be6 $6 ({Better would be} 4... Nxe5 5.
Nxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5+ Be7 8. Bxe7+ Nxe7 9. O-O-O+ Bd7 10. Rd2 c6 $11)
5. exd6 cxd6 $2 ({
If you are going to sacrifice a pawn, at least develop a piece with} 5... Bxd6)
6. e4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qd7 8. O-O Bg4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 O-O-O 12. Nxf6
Qe6 13. Nxg4 Qxg4 14. h3 Qh5 15. Nh2 Qe5 16. c3 Ne7 ({Though Black has a
material deficit, he must open up the position for counterplay with} 16... d5)
17. Qa4 a6 ({Better is} 17... Kb8 {not weakening his pawns and moving his king
from potential checks by White's queen or bishop.}) 18. Qd4 (18. Qc4+ {
wins another pawn.}) 18... Ng6 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Be2 Kb8 $6 ({Again,} 20... d5
{would help Black develop his bishop and give him some life.}) 21. Nf3 Ng6 22.
Nd4 Re8 (22... Nf4 {
gives Black more chances to take advantage of any White tactical mistakes.})
23. Bf3 Rg8 24. Nf5 Re5 25. Rad1 Kc7 26. Rd5 b5 (26... Rxd5 27. exd5 Ne7 $18 {
A sly move trying to reach an opposite-colored bishop ending in order to
set-up potential drawn positions.}) 27. Rxe5 Nxe5 (27... dxe5 {
Get that bishop out!}) 28. Be2 Nc4 $2 {This allows White to trade his inactive
bishop for Black's active knight, leaving Black with a bad bishop against a
good White knight.} ({Better is} 28... Ng6 {
eyeing that f4 square with a double attack on the bishop and h-pawn.}) 29. Bxc4
bxc4 30. Rd1 Rg6 31. Rd4 Re6 32. Rxc4+ Kb6 33. f3 d5 34. exd5 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rb1
36. Rc6+ Kb7 37. b3 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa2 39. Nd6+ Bxd6+ 40. Rxd6 Ra3 41. Rd7+ Kb6
42. Rd6+ Kb5 43. c4+ Kb4 44. Rb6+ Kc5 45. Rc6+ Kd4 46. Rb6 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miller, Paul"]
[Black "Skelcher, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1076"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 (5... d5 $11) 6. e4 Bg4 7.
Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Ne8 10. Be2 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc5 {Fritz8 likes
White here, but Black's position is very playable.  He has a King's Indian
setup with White not having played c4 and having lost a tempo playing e4. 
White does not have the standard c5 pawn lever without expending many tempi to
achieve it.  Black has the f5 pawn lever ready to be played regardless of
whether the White bishop on d3 moves or stays.}) 10... f5 11. Bg5 ({Better is} 
11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 $14 {Fritz8}) 11... Bf6 ({
Slightly better is} 11... Nef6 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 f4 15. Qg4 ({White does not achieve much with} 
15. Qb5 Nc5 16. b4 a6 17. Qe2 Nd7 $11 {
Notice the lack of play for White when he does not have the pawn lever at c5.})
15... Rf7 16. g3 (16. Nf3 h5 17. Qg5 a5 $11) 16... Ng7 17. Nf3 a6 18. Rac1 $5 {
This looks suspect, but White needs a plan to improve his position, so why not
start a long range plan of c4-c5.} Raf8 19. Kg2 Qe7 20. Na4 $2 {
Takes the support away of the e-pawn.} (20. a4 Nb6 21. b3 a5 $11 {
Black has an answer for each White strategy.}) 20... Nf6 21. Qg5 Qd7 $6 (21...
Nxe4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 $17) 22. Nc3 c6 23. Rce1 (23. Qh4 cxd5 24. exd5 b5 $17)
23... Nfh5 (23... cxd5 $17) 24. dxc6 $6 ({Better is} 24. Qh6 Ne8 25. Ng5 Rf6
26. f3 $11) 24... bxc6 25. Rd1 Ne8 $2 (25... Ne6 $1 26. Qh4 fxg3 27. fxg3 Nd4
$17) 26. Nxe5 $2 (26. g4 $1 $14) 26... f3+ 27. Nxf3 Rxf3 28. e5 d5 29. Ne4 Qe6
30. Nd6 (30. Nc5) 30... Nxd6 31. exd6 Qxd6 32. c4 d4 33. c5 Qd7 34. Qe5 d3 35.
Qd6 Qf5 36. Rd2 Qe4 37. Kg1 Nf6 38. h3 Nh5 39. Rdd1 Nxg3 40. fxg3 Qe3+ 41. Kg2
Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Rxf1+ 43. Rxf1 0-1

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Al Sarraf, Jacob"]
[Black "Mayntz, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 ({Book is} 6. h4 h6
7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4) 6... Nd7 7. Bd3 ({
Again, book is} 7. h4) 7... Bxd3 {
This is not obligatory since Black can recapture with his h-pawn.} (7... e6 8.
Bf4 (8. Bxg6 hxg6) 8... Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 O-O (10... Nh5) 11. Re1) 8. Qxd3
e6 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Re1 Bd6 $6 (10... Be7) 11. Nf5 $1 Bf8 12. Bf4 g6 13. Nd6+
Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Nb6 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Ng5 O-O-O 17. Qf3 h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxf6
Qd7 20. c3 Rde8 21. Qxg6 Nd5 22. Re5 Nf4 23. Qe4 Qf7 24. Rf1 Rhg8 25. g3 Rg4
26. Qe3 Reg8 27. Kh1 h5 28. h4 Qg6 29. Rg5 Rxg5 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxf4 Qd5+ 32.
f3 Qc4 33. Re1 Qd3 34. Qe4 Qxe4 35. fxe4 Rxg3 36. Rg1 Re3 37. e5 h4 38. Rg8+
Kd7 39. Rg7+ Kc8 40. Re7 Rh3+ 41. Kg2 Rg3+ 42. Kh2 Rg6 43. Rh7 Rg4 44. Bd6 Re4
45. Rc7+ Kd8 46. Rxb7 Re3 47. Be7+ Ke8 48. Bxh4 Re2+ 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Skelcher, Mark"]
[Black "Causey, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 ({
An alternative strategy for White is} 6. e4 Nge7 7. c3 e5 8. Na3 O-O 9. Be3 d6
10. h3 h6 11. Nh2 Be6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. f4 f5 14. Nf3 Qd7 $11) 6... Nge7 7. Re1
O-O 8. e4 d6 9. Rb1 $6 ({More usual is} 9. c3 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nc4 b5 12. axb5
axb5 13. Ne3 e5 14. Bd2 h6 15. Nh4 Na5) ({or} 9. Nc4 b5 10. Ne3 Rb8 11. c3 b4)
9... Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. b3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Bb2 Bxb2 14. Rxb2 e5 15. h3 Qa5
16. Qa1 Ra8 17. Rbb1 Be6 18. c4 Qb4 ({Better is} 18... Qc7 19. Qc3 b4 20. Qc1
Qd7 21. Kh2 Ra3 $17) 19. Qb2 Nd4 $6 ({I had planned} 19... Rfb8 20. Ra1 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 bxc4 22. dxc4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Qxc4 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. bxc4 Nxc4 $17 {
but was unable to decide under the time contraints of G60.}) 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21.
f4 Rab8 22. Nf3 bxc4 23. fxe5 $6 ({Better is} 23. dxc4 Bxc4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25.
Nxe5 Be6 26. Red1 Rfd8 27. Qf2 Qd6 28. Nc4) 23... c3 24. Qc1 dxe5 25. Nxe5 Qd6
26. Nc4 $2 ({I was expecting} 26. Qf4 {
and was looking for a good reply to the threatened Nxg6, but Fritz8 gives} Bxb3
$1 {defending against it and winning the b-pawn.}) 26... Qxg3 $19 27. e5 Bxh3
28. Re2 Nd5 29. Qe1 Nf4 $1 30. Qxg3 Nxe2+ 31. Kf2 Nxg3 32. Kxg3 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 (
33. Kxg2 Rxb3 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "CCC Championship 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morton, Ian"]
[Black "Miller, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "978"]
[BlackElo "1076"]
[Annotator "Fritz8/David Causey"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 ({Better is} 3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 $11) 4. dxe5
dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Nxd8 $6 ({Better is} 5... Kxd8 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bg4
$14) 6. Nxe5 Bd6 7. Nc4 Bb4 8. Bd2 Be6 9. e4 Nc6 10. a3 Bxc3 $6 {Since Black
is pawn down, he should not trade, especially a bishop for a knight.} (10...
Bc5 11. Nd5 O-O-O 12. b4) (10... Be7) 11. Bxc3 Rd8 $4 (11... Nf6) 12. Bxg7 $18
Nd4 13. O-O-O c5 14. Bxh8 f6 15. e5 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Ke7 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Ne5 Rd5
19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Bc4 Rd8 21. Rhe1+ Kf8 22. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "CCC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nissenboim, Josh"]
[Black "Rivers, Clark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1502"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2007.04.12"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. O-O Qxc5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7
15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxb2 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Nxf7 Qc4 20. Nh6+ Kg7
21. Qb7 Qe6 22. Ng4 Kg8 23. f3 Rfb8 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 Rc8 26. Rf2 Rc7 27.
Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rac8 29. Ne3 Ne5 30. Re2 1/2-1/2

