1997 Belconnen Open
6 Round Swiss
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 T PR
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1 Andrei Bliznyuk 1673 +17 +14 -2 +3 +8 +7 5.0 1862
2 Stavros Georgopoulos 1615 +12 +9 +1 +7 +5 -3 5.0 1854
3 Jeff Suptut 1633 +22 =5 +11 -1 +19 +2 4.5 1799
4 Richard Morton 1667 +20 =11 -5 =14 +13 +19 4.0 1760
5 Ian Rout 1733 +21 =3 +4 +6 -2 =8 4.0 1762
6 David Austin 1748 +10 -8 +13 -5 +17 +11 4.0 1730
7 Ilya Popovic 1555 +15 +23 +8 -2 +9 -1 4.0 1739
8 Ramakrishna 1647 +18 +6 -7 +17 -1 =5 3.5 1623
9 Ian Hosking 1694 +16 -2 +21 =19 -7 +15 3.5 1617
10 Robert Riggs 1495 -6 =18 -17 +22 +14 +16 3.5 1517
11 Henk Doel 1800 +19 =4 -3 +18 =16 -6 3.0 1542
12 Glen Carter 1240 -2 -21 +B -13 +23 +20 3.0 1360
13 Milan Ninchich 1566 -14 +20 -6 +12 -4 =17 2.5 1447
14 Shaun Press 1783 +13 -1 -19 =4 -10 +21 2.5 1507
15 Viktor Braguine 1750 -7 -17 =20 +23 +18 -9 2.5 1339
16 Peter Murphy 1344 -9 -19 +22 +21 =11 -10 2.5 1471
17 Ben Cusack 1342 -1 +15 +10 -8 -6 =13 2.5 1579
18 Gail Ransom 1289 -8 =10 +23 -11 -15 +B 2.5 1429
19 Jeff Wood 1576 -11 +16 +14 =9 -3 -4 2.5 1586
20 Justin Turtle 1302 -4 -13 =15 +B =21 -12 2.0 1297
21 Roger McCart 1465 -5 +12 -9 -16 =20 -14 1.5 1316
22 Steve Nikolaou 1200 -3 --- -16 -10 +B =23 1.5 1131
23 Paul Dunn 1255 =B -7 -18 -15 -12 =22 1.0 1086
Games
Round 1
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1997 Belconnen Open Round 1
White: Jeff Wood
Black: Henk Doel
Sicilian (Closed)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.f4 Nge7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O
d5 9.e5 f6 10.ef Bf6 11.Qe1 Nd4 12.Nd4 cd 13.Nd1 Qb6 14.Kh1 Bd7 15.c4
dc4 16.dc Nf5 17.Rb1 Rac8 18.b3 Bc6 19.Qf2 e5 20.fe Be5 21.Qg1 Bg3
22.Bd5 Bd5 23.cd Bd6 24.Bb2 Qb5 25.Bd4 Ng3 26.hg Rf1 27.Nc3 Rg1 28.Kg1
Qd3 29.Rd1 Qg3 30.Kh1 Qh2 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 1
White: Ben Cusack
Black: Andrei Bliznyuk
Sicilian (Najdorf)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.O-O Rc8 10.f3 Nb6 11.Na5 Qc7 12.Qd2 d5 13.ed Nbd5 14.Nd5 Nd5 15.Nc4 b5
16.Ne5 Qe5 17.Bd4 Qd4 18.Qd4 Bc5 19.Qc5 Rc5 20.c3 O-O 21.Bd3 g6 22.a3 Rd8
23.Be4 f5 24.Bb1 Nc7 25.Ba2 Ba2 26.Ra2 Rd2 27.Re1 Kf7 28.b4 Ra2 29.bc Ra3
30.Rc1 Ke6 31.Re1 Kd7 32.Rd1 Kc6 33.Rd6 Kc5 34.Rd7 Kb6 35.Rh7 Rc3 36.Rg7
Rc6 37.g4 fg 38.fg b4 39.Rg8 Kc5 40.Rf8 b3 41.h4 b2 42.Rf1 Kb4 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 1
White: Shaun Press
Black: Milan Ninchich
Hungarian
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 ed 4.Bc4 Be7 5.Nd4 d6 6.O-O Ne5 7.Bb3 c5 8.Ba4 Bd7
9.Bd7 Qd7 10.Nf5 Bf8 11.f4 Nc6 12.Nc3 g6 13.Ne3 Bg7 14.Nc4 Nd4 15.Ne2 O-O-O
16.c3 Ne2 17.Qe2 f5 18.e5 Re8 19.Rd1 d5 20.Qf3 Ne7 21.Nd6 Kc7 22.Ne8 Be8
23.Be3 b6 24.a4 g5 25.a5 Qb5 26.ab Qb6 27.b4 d4 28.bc Qb7 29.Qh5 Ng6 30.Qh7
1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 1
White: I M Hosking
Black: Peter Murphy
Sicilian
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d4 cd 6.Nd4 a6 7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O Ne5
9.Bg5 Nfd7 10.Nd5 Qb8 11.Qa4 b5 12.cb ab 13.Qa8 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 1
White: Roger McCart
Black: Ian Rout
Slav (Geller Gambit)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dc 5.e4 b5 6.a3 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O Bb7
9.h3 O-O 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qc2 h6 12.Nd2 e5 13.d5 cd 14.ed a6 15.Bf3 Bc5
16.Nde4 Be3 17.fe Nd5 18.Nd5 Bd5 19.Rad1 Be4 20.Be4 Ra7 21.Qf2 Qe7 22.Bd5
Nc5 23.Qf5 Rd7 24.Be4 g6 25.Rd7 Nd7 26.Qf2 Nc5 27.Bb1 Rd8 28.Qf3 e4 29.Qf4
Kg7 30.g4 Nd3 31.Qh2 Qg5 32.Kh1 Qe3 33.Rf7 Kf7 34.Qc7 Ke8 35.Qc6 Rd7
36.Qg6 Kd8 37.Qf6 Kc7 38.Bd3 Qd3 39.Qh6 Qf3 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 1
White: David Austin
Black: Robert Riggs
Sicilian (Grand Prix Attack)
1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.Be2 b5 5.d3 Bb7 6.O-O Nf6 7.f5 c4 8.e5 cd 9.cd
Nd5 10.d4 ef 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.Bf5 Nc3 14.bc Bd5 15.Qc2 h6 16.Be4
Be4 17.Qe4 Ra7 18.Qg4 Kh8 19.Nd2 Nc6 20.Ne4 Qb6 21.Kh1 b4 22.Qh5 Nd4 23.cd
Qd4 24.Bh6 Qe4 25.Be3 Kg8 26.Ba7 g6 27.Qh6 Rc8 28.Rae1 Qd5 29.Rf3 Qa2
30.Rh3 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 1
White: Gail Ransom
Black: Ramakrishna
French (Tarrasch, 3...Nf6)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cd
9.cd Be7 10.O-O f6 11.ef Nf6 12.Rb1 Nb4 13.Nf4 Nd3 14.Nd3 O-O 15.Nde5 Ne4
16.Be3 Qd6 17.Nd2 Nf6 18.Ndf3 b6 19.Qd3 a5 20.Rfe1 Ba6 21.Qd1 Bb5 22.Qb3
Be8 23.Rbc1 a4 24.Qc2 Ne4 25.Qc7 b5 26.Rc2 b4 27.Rec1 b3 28.ab ab 29.Qd6
Bd6 30.Rc8 Ra2 31.Rb1 Bb5 32.Rf8 Kf8 33.h3 h6 (time) 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 1
White: Ilya Popovic
Black: Victor Braguine
Three Knights
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 ed 5.Nd4 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bd7 8.f4 Nc6
9.Nc6 Bc6 10.a4 a5 11.b3 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Ne4 de 14.Bc4 Bc5 15.Kh1 Qh4
16.Qe2 Rd8 17.Be3 Qe7 18.Rad1 Kh8 19.c3 Be3 20.Qe3 f5 21.Rd4 Rd4 22.cd
Rad8 23.Rd1 Bd5 24.Qc3 c5 25.h3 g5 26.fg Bc4 27.bc cd 28.Rd4 Qg5 29.e6 Kg8
30.Rd5 b6 31.Qe5 Rc8 32.Rd6 e3 33.Rb6 e2 34.Qe2 Qc1 35.Kh2 Qf4 36.g3 Qc7
37.Rb5 Qc6 38.Re5 Rc7 39.g4 f4 40.Qe4 Qe8 41.Rg5 Rg7 42.Ra5 Rc7 43.Rg5 Rg7
44.Rb5 Re7 45.Qf4 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 1
White: Glenn Carter
Black: Steve Georgopoulos
Queen's Gambit Declined
1.Nf3 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.h3 c5 7.dc Bc5 8.Bg5 Qa5
9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Bd3 Nb4 12.Qb1 Nd3 13.Qd3 Bb4 14.O-O Bc3 15.cb Qc3
16.Rd1 Qc4 17.Qc4 dc 18.Rd4 Ng5 19.Ng5 b5 20.a4 f6 21.ab fg 22.b6 Bb7 23.ba
Rfc8 24.Rd7 Bd5 25.f3 c3 26.Kf2 c2 27.Rc1 Ba2 28.Kg3 h6 29.Kg4 Kh7 30.Kh5
Bb1 31.f4 Rd8 32.Rd8 Rd8 33.fg hg 34.Kg5 Rd5 35.Kf4 Ra5 36.Rf1 Ra7 37.Ke5
Rd7 38.Ke6 Rd1 39.Rf5 Ba2 40.Ke7 c1=Q 41.Rh5 Kg6 42.Re5 Qc7 43.Kf8 Qf7 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 1
White: Richard Morton
Black: Justin Turtle
Vienna
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 O-O 5.f4 ef 6.Bf4 c6 7.e5 d5 8.Bb3
Re8 9.Nge2 Nh5 10.d4 Nf4 11.Nf4 Bb6 12.O-O Qc7 13.Kh1 Be6 14.Ne6 Re6
15.Ne2 Nd7 16.c3 Rh6 17.Ng3 Re8 18.Qf3 Rf8 19.Nf5 Re6 20.Qg4 g6 21.Nh6
Kg7 22.Nf7 Rf7 23.Qe6 Nf8 24.Rf7 Qf7 25.Qf7 Kf7 26.Rf1 Ke7 27.g3 Ne6
28.Kg2 Ng5 29.Bc2 Ke6 30.Rf6 Ke7 31.h4 Nf7 32.b4 a6 33.h5 Bc7 34.hg hg
35.Rg6 b6 36.Rc6 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 1 Round 1
White: Jeff Suptut
Black: Steve Nikolau
Philidor
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.O-O Nh6 5.d4 f6 6.de de 7.Qe2 a6 8.Rd1
Bd6 9.Bh6 gh 10.Nh4 Ne7 11.Qh5 Ng6 12.Ng6 hg 13.Qg6 Kd7 14.Nc3 c6
15.Qg7 Qe7 16.Qh8 b5 17.Be2 Kc7 18.Rd3 Bb7 19.Qh6 Qf7 20.Rad1 Rd8
21.Rg3 Bf8 22.Qe3 Rd1 23.Nd1 Qa2 24.Qb3 Qa5 25.Nc3 c5 26.Qf7 Kc6
27.Qf8 b4 28.Rd3 Kb6 29.Qd8 Ka7 30.Qa5 bc 31.Rd8 cb 32.Qc5 1-0
Games of Belconnen Open Round 2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Ramakrishna
Black: David Austin
Budapest
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.de Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Qd5 Bc3 8.bc f6
9.ef Nf6 10.Qd3 d6 11.e3 O-O 12.Be2 Be6 13.Nd4 Ne5 14.Be5 de 15.Ne6 Qe6
16.O-O Rad8 17.Qc2 Rd7 18.Rad1 Rdf7 19.h3 Qc6 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Qb5
Ne4 22.Qe5 Nf2 23.Rd4 h6 24.Qh5 Qe6 25.Bf3 Nh3 26.gh Qe3 27.Kg2
Qc3 28.Qf7 Qc2 29.Rf2 Qf2 30.Kf2 Rf7 31.Ke3 b6 32.Be4 g5
33.Rd5 c5 34.Rd6 h5 35.Rh6 Kg7 36.Rh5
Kf6 37.Rh6 Ke5 38.Rg6 Rd1 39.Rg5 Ke6 40.Bd5 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Steve Georgopoulos
Black: I. M. Hosking
Sicilian (Closed)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.Nge2 d5 6.ed ed 7.d3 Be7 8.O-O
O-O 9.Nf4 d4 10.Ne4 Re8 11.Re1 Bf5 12.Nf6 Bf6 13.Re8 Qe8 14.Nd5 Be5
15.Bf4 Qe6 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.Be5 Ne5 18.Nf4 Qh6 19.Re1 Ng6 20.Qe2 b6
21.Ng6 hg 22.Qe7 Rd7 23.Qe8 Kh7 24.f4 g5 25.Re5 Qg6 26.Rf5 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Henk Doel
Black: Richard Morton
Nimzo-Indian (Classical)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dc Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3 Bc5 8.Bg5
b6 9.e3 Be7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.e4 Rc8 13.Qe2 d5 14.cd ed 15.O-O
de 16.Ne4 Nd4 17.Nd4 Be4 18.Be4 Qd4 19.Re1 Qe4 20.Qe4 Ne4 21.Re4 Bf6
22.Re2 Rc4 23.g3 Rfc8 24.Rd1 Rc2 25.R1d2 Rd2 26.Rd2 Rc1 27.Kg2 Rb1
28.Rd7 Rb2 Remainder of scoresheet incorrect. All queen-side pawns
were captured and Bishops swapped. White played on for a while but
after some manouvering a draw was agreed on move 48 when White lost
his h-pawn. 1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Andrei Bliznyuk
Black: Shaun Press
Four Knights (Spanish - Rubinstein)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 c6 6.Ne5 b5 7.Bb3 Nb3 8.ab
Qc7 9.Nf3 d6 10.h3 b4 11.Na2 Ne4 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Nb4 Bb7 14. d3 Nf6
15.Qe7 Be7 16.Be3 c5 17.Na2 Bf3 18.gf Kd7 19.Nc3 d5 20.Bd2 Rhe8 21.O-O
d4 22.Ne4 Nd5 23.Ra5 Rec8 24.Rfa1 Rc7 25.Ng3 Nb4 26.Bb4 cb 27.Rd5 Ke8
28.Nf5 g6 29.Nd4 Bf6 30.Kg2 Bd4 31.Rd4 Rc2 32.Rb4 Rb2 33.Rb7 Rd2
34.Re1 Kf8 35.Ree7 Rd3 36.Rf7 Kg8 37.Rg7 Kh8 38.Rh7 Kg8 39.Rhg7 Kf8
40.Rh7 Kg8 41.Rbg7 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Victor Bragin
Black: Ben Cusack
Queen's Gambit Declined
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c4 b6 8.O-O
Bb7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Nb3 cd 12.ed dc 13.Rc4 Rc4 14.Bc4 Nd5
15.Bd2 Qc7 16.Bd3 Bd6 17.Bh7 Kh7 18.Ng5 Kg8 19.Qh5 N7f6 20.Qh4 Bf4
21.Be3 Rc8 22.Rc1 Qd6 23.Re1 Bg5 24.Bg5 Nh7 25.Be3 Rc2 26.g4 Qc6 27.f3
Ne3 28.Re3 Rb2 29.Qd8 Nf8 30.Qh4 Rb1 31.Kf2 Rb2 32.Kf1 Qc2 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Peter Murphy
Black: Jeff Wood
Nimzo-Indian (S,misch)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bc3 5.bc O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.e3 Bb7 8.Bd3
d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Re8 11.e4 e5 12.Qc2 Nf8 13.Bg5 Ng6 14.Rad1 h6
15.Bc1 Nh5 16.g3 Nf6 17.d5 Bc8 18.Kg2 Qd7 19.Ng1 h5 20.Qe2 h4 21.h3 hg
22.fg Nf8 23.c5 Qe7 24.cd Qd6 25.Rf1 Nfd7 26.Bb5 a6 27.Bc6 Rb8 28.a4
Rf8 29.Rde1 Nc5 30.Ba3 Nfd7 31.Qh5 Qh6 32.Qh6 gh 33.Nf3 f6 34.Nh4 Rf7
35.Rf5 Kg7 36.g4 Nb7 37.Rh5 Ndc5 38.Bc1 Nd6 39.Bh6 Kg8 40.Ng6 Ne4
41.Be8 Ne8 42.Re4 Ng7 43.Rh4 Bd7 44.Be3 Ne8 45.g5 Bf5 46.Rh8 Kg7
47.Reh4 Bg6 48.gf Rf6 49.R8h6 Nd6 50.Rg4 Nf5 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Ian Rout
Black: Jeff Suptut
Four Knights (Scotch)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 ed 5.Nd4 Bb4 6.Nc6 bc 7.Bd3 d5 8.e5
Qe7 9.O-O Nd7 10.Bf4 Nc5 11.Be2 Bc3 12.bc Ne4 13.Qe1 Qc5 14.c4 Ba6
15.cd Be2 16.Qe2 cd 17.c4 Nc3 18.Qg4 Qc4 19.Qg7 O-O-O 20.Bg3 d4 21.Qg4
Qe6 22.Qf3 Qd5 23.Qg4 Qe6 1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Robert Riggs
Black: Gail Ransom
Ruy Lopez (Berlin)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Qe2 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.c3 a6 8.Bc6
bc 9.d4 ed 10.cd Bb6 11.Bg5 a5 12.e5 Ba6 13.Qc2 Bf1 14.Kf1 de 15.de h6
16.Bh4 g5 17.ef gh 18.Qf5 Kh8 19.Nc3 Qd6 20.Nh4 Qc5 21.Qf3 Qg5 1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Milan Ninchich
Black: Justin Turtle
Italian
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O h6 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4
a6 9.Ba3 Re8 10.Qb3 d5 11.ed Ne7 12.d6 Qd6 13.Bf7 Kf8 14.Be8 Be6 15.c4
Re8 16.Nbd2 Qd7 17.Ne5 Qd4 18.N2f3 Qf4 19.b5 ab 20.Ng6 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Glenn Carter
Black: Roger McCart
English (Symmetrical)
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.Rb1 O-O 8.d3
b6 9.Bf4 e5 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Nc6 Bc6 12.Bc6 bc 13.Ne4 Nf5 14.Qa4 Qd7
15.Rfe1 h5 16.Qc2 h4 17.Qd2 f6 18.b3 Rae8 19.Rbd1 g5 20.Be3 Rf7 21.Kg2
h3 22.Kg1 Nh4 23.f3 Ng2 24.Rf1 Qe7 25.Bf2 Bh6 26.Nc3 Qe6 27.e4 f5
28.Qe2 f4 29.g4 Bg7 30.Nb1 Ne3 31.Be3 fe 32.Kh1 Bd4 33.Na3 Qe5 34.Nc2
Qf4 35.Rde1 Ref8 36.Ne3 Be3 37.Qe3 Qe5 38.Re2 Rf4 39.Ref2 R8f7 40.Kg1
Rd7 41.Rd1 Kf8 42.Rfd2 Rd4 43.Qf2 Qf6 44.Rf1 Qd6 45.Qe2 Qe5 46.Qd1 Ke8
47.Re2 Rd7 48.Re3 Qd4 49.Qe2 Qe5 50.Rf2 Rf6 51.Qb2 Rd4 52.Kf1 Kd7 53.f4
Rf4 54.Ref3 Qd6 55.Ke2 Rf3 56.Rf3 Qh2 57.Rf2 Qg3 58.Rf3 Qg2 59.Rf2 Qg4
60.Ke3 Qg3 61.Ke2 Qd3 62.Ke1 Qd1 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Paul Dunn
Black: Ilya Popovic
Queen's Gambit Accepted
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc 3.e4 c5 4.Bc4 Qd4 5.Qd4 cd 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Nbd2
O-O-O 9.Bc6 Bc6 10.Ne5 Be8 11.Nb3 f6 12.Nd3 e5 13.Bd2 Bb5 14.Rc1 Kb8
15.Ke2 g5 16.Rc2 h5 17.Rhc1 Bd6 18.Nc5 Bc5 19.Rc5 Bd3 20.Kd3 Ne7
21.Rc7 Nc6 22.Rf7 Rhf8 23.Rh7 h4 24.Rc5 Rc8 25.Rd5 Rc7 26.Rh6 Kc8
27.a3 Rd7 28.Rc5 Rc7 29.Rd5 Rcf7 30.g4 hg 31.fg Kc7 32.g4 b6 33.b4 Ne7
0-1
Games of Belconnen Open Round 3
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: Steve Georgopoulos
Black: Andrey Bliznyuk
Sicilian (Closed)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Bd7 8.f4 Nd4
9.Nce2 Ne7 10.c3 Ne2 11.Ne2 Bc6 12.g4 f5 13.h3 Qc7 14.Ng3 O-O-O 15.O-O-O b6
16.Kb1 Qb7 17.Qc2 Rhf8 18.d4 fe 19.Be4 Nd5 20.Rhe1 Ne3 21.Re3 Rf4 22.Bc6
Qc6 23.dc bc 24.Re6 Be5 25.Qe2 Qb7 26.Qd2 Rdf8 27.Qd5 Qd5 28.Rd5 Rf3 29.Ne4
Rh3 30.Nd6 Bd6 31.Red6 Rh2 32.a4 Rff2 33.Rc5 Kb7 34.Rb5 Kc8 35.Rc6 Kd8
36.Ra6 Rf7 37.Rb8 Kc7 38.Ra7 Kb8 39.Rf7 Rh4 40.Ka2 Rg4 41.Rh7 Ra4 42.Kb3
Ra6 43.Rg7 Rf6 44.c4 Rf3 45.Kb4 Rg3 46.c5 g5 47.Kc4 g4 48.b4 Rg1 49.Kb5 g3
50.Kb6 Kc8 51.c6 Rd1 52.Rg8 Rd8 53.Rg3 Rh8 54.Ra3 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: Richard Morton
Black: Ian Rout
Sicilian (Grand Prix Attack)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.d3 Nge7 6.Qe2 g6 7.g4 Nd4 8.Nd4 cd
9.Nd1 Bg7 10.Nf2 h5 11.e5 hg 12.Ng4 Nf5 13.Qf2 Bd7 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.O-O-O Rc8
16.Kb1 Ba4 17.b3 a5 18.Qe1 Rh4 19.Ba5 Qc6 20.Be2 Qc2 21.Ka1 Bb3 22.ab Ra8
23.Qb4 Qc3 24.Kb1 Ra5 25.Qc3 dc 26.d4 Rg4 27.Bg4 c2 28.Kc2 Ne3 29.Kc3 Ng4
30.Ra1 Ra1 31.Ra1 Kd7 32.Ra8 Bh6 33.h3 Nf2 34.Rb8 Bf4 35 Rb7 Ke8 36.Rb8 Ke7
37.Rh1 Ne4 38.Kd3 Bd2 39.Rb1 Bg5 40.Rh1 f6 41.h4 Bf4 42.Rh7 Kf8 43.h5 gh
44.Rh7 fe 45.de Kf7 46.Kd4 Bd2 47.Rh7 Kg6 48.Rb7 Bc3 49.Ke3 Kf5 50.b4 Ke5
51.Kd3 Bd4 52.Rh7 Bf2 53.Rh1 Kd6 54.Rc1 Bb6 55.b5 Nc5 56.Kc3 e5 57.Rh1 Ne6
58.Rh6 e4 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: David Austin
Black: Milan Ninchich
Sicilian (Grand Prix Attack)
1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nc3 Nge7 6.Qe2 a6 7.a4 Nd4 8.Nd4
cd 9.Nd1 Qa5 10.O-O Bd7 11.f5 ef 12.d3 g6 13.Bg5 Qe5 14.Nf2 Be6 15.Be6
fe 16.Nh3 Bg7 17.Bf4 Qc5 18.ef ef 19.Rae8 Qc7 20.Ng5 Be5 21.Ne6 Qa5
22.b4 Qb6 23.Be5 de 24.Qe5 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: Ben Cusack
Black: Robert Riggs
Ruy Lopez
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.d4
ed 9.cd Bb6 10.e5 Ne8 11.Bg5 Ne7 12.Re1 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Ng5 hg 15.Bg5
Ng7 16.Bf6 Qe8 17.Qg4 Nef5 18.Re3 Bd4 19.Rh3 Be5 20.Qg6 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: Shaun Press
Black: Jeff Wood
Ruy Lopez (Worall)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3
d5 9.ed Nd5 10.Ne5 Nf4 11.Qe4 Ne5 12.Qe5 Bd6 13.Qe4 Qh4 14.Kh1 Ng2
15.Qh4 Nh4 16.f4 Bb7 17.Kg1 c5 18.d4 Rae8 19.Bd4 cd 20.cd Re4 21.Nd2
Rd4 22.Nb3 Re4 23.Bd2 Rfe8 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Rc8 Bc8 26.Bc2 Re2 27.Kf2 Rf2
28.Kf2 Nf5 29.Bf5 Bf5 30.Be3 Be6 31.Ne5 Bc5 32.Bc5 Ba2 33.Bb4 f6
34.Ke3 Kf7 35.Kd4 Ke6 36.Kc5 Kf5 37.Bd2 Kg4 38.b4 Kh3 39.Kd6 f5 40.Ke5
Bb1 41.Ke6 Kh2 42.Kf7 h5 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: Ilya Popovic
Black: Ramakrishna
French (Exchange)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.ed ed 4.Qe2 Be7 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.c3 Bf5 7.Na3 Qd7 8.Nf3
f6 9.Bf4 O-O-O 10.Nc2 g5 11.Bg3 h5 12.h3 h4 13.Bh2 g4 14.hg Bg4
15.O-O-O Qf5 16.Ne3 Qe4 17.Ng4 Qg4 18.Rd3 Nh6 19.g3 h3 20.Ng1 Qe2
21.Be2 f5 22.f3 Nf7 23.Kc2 Rdg8 24.g4 fg 25.Ng5 Ng5 26.Bf4 Ne6 27.Bd2
h2 28.Nf3 Bd6 29.Ne5 Rh7 30.b4 Ne7 31.Rg3 Rgh8 32.Rg2 Nc6 33.Bd3 Rg7
34.Bf5 Ncd8 35.Rgh2 Re8 36.Rh8 Be5 37.Re8 Kd7 38.Rhh8 Bf6 39.g5 Be7
40.g6 a6 41.Bh6 Kd6 42.Bg7 Ng7 43.Rd8 Bd8 44.Rd8 Ke7 45.Rd7 Kf8 46.Rf7
Kg8 47.Bd3 Ne8 48.Rd7 b6 49.Rd5 Kg7 50.Rd7 Kf6 51.Rd8 Ke7 52.Ra8 Kf8
1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: Jeff Suptut
Black: Henk Doel
Sicilian (Alapin)
1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d6 4.dc d5 5.ed Bc5 6.Bb5 Kf8 7.Nf3 Qb6 8.Qe2 Bf2
9.Qf2 Qb5 10.de Be6 11.Nd4 Qe5 12.Be3 Bc4 13.Nd2 Ba6 14.O-O-O Nf6
15.N2f3 Qd5 16.Nb3 Bd2 17.Rd3 Qd3 18.Rd1 Qb5 19.Rd8 Ne8 20.Ba7 Ra7
21.Qa7 Nc6 22.Qa3 Ne7 23.Nbd4 Qf1 24.Kc2 Qg2 25.Kb3 Qg4 26.Qa8 g6
27.Re8 Kg7 28.Rh8 Qd7 29.Qd8 Qg4 30.Qe7 Kh8 31.Qf8 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: Gail Ransom
Black: Paul Dunn
Caro-Kann (Classical)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 de 4.Ne4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3
Qc7 9.O-O Nf6 10.f5 ef 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Ne4 fe 13.Be4 O-O-O 14.Bd3 Bd6
15.Be3 Bh5 16.h3 Rde8 17.Qd2 Nf6 18.Ne5 Be5 19.de Nd5 20.Bd4 c5 21.Bf5
Kb8 22.Bf2 Re5 23.Bg3 Bg6 24.Be5 Qe5 25.Bg6 fg 26.c4 Qe3 27.Qe3 Ne3
28.Rf4 Rd8 29.b3 Nf5 30.Raf1 Rd2 31.R4f2 Rd4 32.Rf4 Rd2 33.R4f2 Rd7
34.g4 Nh6 35.Kg2 b6 36.Re1 Nf7 37.Rfe2 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: Justin Turtle
Black: Victor Bragin
Queen's Gambit Declined (Orthodox)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.O-O
dc 9.Bc4 Nd5 10.Be7 Qe7 11.Qc2 h6 12.Rb1 b6 13.Nd5 ed 14.Bd3 Bb7
15.Rc1 Rac8 16.Bf5 Rc7 17.Bd7 Qd7 18.b4 Rfc8 19.Ne5 Qd6 20.Nd3 Ba6
21.a4 Bc4 22.Ne5 b5 23.a5 a6 24.Nd3 Re7 25.Nc5 Ra8 26.Re1 g6 27.Qd1 f5
28.Qf3 Kg7 29.Qg3 Qf6 30.f3 g5 31.f4 g4 32.h3 h5 33.h4 Qd6 34.Ra1 Kf6
35.Ra3 R7a7 36.Qf2 Re8 37.g3 Qc7 38.Qd2 Qc8 39.Qf2 Rae7 40.Rc3 Kf7
41.Nd3 Kf6 42.Ra3 1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: Steve Nikolau
Black: Peter Murphy
Sicilian (Closed)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.a3 e6 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5
Qb6 9.Rb1 a6 10.h3 Qc7 11.Qd2 b5 12.Bd1 Bb7 13.Ne2 Rad8 14.Bf6 Bf6
15.b4 Ne5 16.Ne5 Be5 17.f4 Bf6 18.c3 e5 19.Bc2 d5 20.ed Rd5 21.Rbd1
Qc6 22.Qe3 Rd3 23.Qf2 Rh3 24.gh Qh1 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 3
White: I M Hosking
Black: Roger McCart
Ruy Lopez (Exchange)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bc6 dc 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 f6 7.de fe 8.Ne5
Nf6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.Qd8 Bd8 11.e5 Nd5 12.Bg5 Bg4 13.Nbd2 h6 14.Bd8 Rd8
15.h3 Bf5 16.Nd4 Bh7 17.Ndb3 Nf4 18.c3 O-O 19.Nc5 Rd5 20.Ncs6 Ne6
21.Nd6 Rf5 22.f4 Rf7 23.Rad1 Bf5 24.Rd5 cd 25.Nd8 Re7 26.Nb7 Re6 27.g4
Bc2 28.Nc5 Rb6 29.b4 d4 30.Rf2 Bg6 31.cd Rb4 32.Na6 Rd4 33.Nc7 Rd1
34.Kh2 Be4 35.f5 Kf7 36.Nb5 Rh1 37.Kg3 Ke7 38.f6 gf 39.ef Kf8 40.Nd6
Bc6 41.Rc2 h5 42.Rc6 h4 43.Kh4 Rh3 44.Kh3 Kg8 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 2
White: Henk Doel
Black: Richard Morton
Nimzo-Indian (Classical)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dc Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.a3 Bc5 8.Bg5
b6 9.e3 Be7 10.Bd3 h6 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.e4 Rc8 13.Qe2 d5 14.cd ed 15.O-O
de 16.Ne4 Nd4 17.Nd4 Be4 18.Be4 Qd4 19.Re1 Qe4 20.Qe4 Ne4 21.Re4 Bf6
22.Re2 Rc4 23.g3 Rfc8 24.Rd1 Rc2 25.R1d2 Rd2 26.Rd2 Rc1 27.Kg2 Rb1
28.Rd7 Rb2 29.Be3 a5 30.Rb7 Rb3 31.a4 Rb4 32.h4 Ra4 33.Rb6 Rb4 34.Ra6
a4 35.h5 Bd4 36.Bc1 Bb2 37.Bb2 Rb2 38.Ra4 g5 39.Kf3 Kg7 40.Re4 Rb5
41.Rd4 Re5 42.Kg4 f5 43.Kf3 Kf7 44.Rd6 Re6 45.Rd7 Kf6 46.Rh7 g4 47.Kg2
Kg5 48.Rf7 1/2-1/2
Games of Belconnen Open Round 4
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Shaun Press
Black: Richard Morton
Bogo-Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bb4 cb 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4 d6 8.Qc2
Nbd7 9.Rd1 b6 10.e5 Ne8 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.Neg5 g6 13.Qe4 Bb7 14.Qh4 h5
15.g4 Bf3 16.Nf3 Kg7 17.hg Rh8 18.Rg1 de 19.Rg6 fg 20.Qe7 Kg8 21.Qe6
Kf8 22.de Nc5 23.Qg6 Qf7 24.Qc6 Qb7 25.Qb7 Nb7 26.Bg2 Rd8 27.Nd4 Nc5
28.e6 Rd4 29.Rd4 Ne6 30.Rd5 Ke7 31.Bf3 Nf6 32.Re5 Kf7 33.Bd5 Nd5 34.cd
Nc5 35.Rf5 Kg7 36.Kd2 Re8 37.f4 Re4 38.b3 Rd4 39.Ke2 a5 40.Kf3 Rd3
41.Kg4 Ne4 42.Re5 Nf6 43.Kf5 Rd5 44.h6 Kf7 45.h7 Re5 46.Ke5 Nh7 47.Kd6
1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Ilya Popovic
Black: Steve Georgopoulos
French Defence (Rubinstein)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 de 4.Ne4 Qd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.a3 Bc3 7.bc c5 8.Nf3
Nc6 9.Bb2 Nf6 10.c4 Qe4 11.Be2 Nd4 12.Bd4 cd 13.O-O O-O 14.Bd3 Qf4
15.g3 Qh6 16.Nd4 e5 17.Nf5 Qh3 18.Ne7 Kh8 19.f3 Be6 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.Nd5
Nd5 22.cd Bd5 23.Be4 Rad8 24.Rad1 Qe6 25.Bd5 Rd5 26.Qe4 Red8 27.Rd5
Qd5 28.c4 Qe4 29.fe Kg8 30.Rb1 Rd7 31.Rb5 f6 32.Rd5 Rc7 33.c5 Kf7
34.Kg2 Ke6 35.g4 Rd7 36.c6 bc 37.Ra5 g6 38.Rc5 Rc7 39.h4 f5 40.Kf3 fg
41.Kg4 Kd6 42.Ra5 Rf7 43.Kg5 Rf4 44.Ra7 Re4 45.a4 h6 46.Kh6 Rh4 47.Kg6
e4 48.Kg5 e3 49.Kh4 e2 50.Ra8 e1=Q 51.Kg4 c5 52.Ra6 Kd5 53.Ra8 Kc4
54.Rf8 Qg1 55.Kh3 Kb4 56.Rf4 c4 57.Kh4 Kb3 58.Kh3 c3 59.a5 Qe3 60.Kg4
Qf4 61.Kf4 c2 62.Ke4 c1=Q 63.Kd5 Qd2 64.Ke4 Qa5 65.Kd4 Qb5 66.Ke4 Qc5
67.Kd3 Qc4 68.Ke3 Kc2 69.Kf3 Qd4 70.Kg3 Qe4 71.Kf2 Kd1 72.Kg3 Ke2
73.Kh2 Qg4 74.Kh1 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Ian Rout
Black: David Austin
King's Gambit Accepted (Bishop's Gambit)
1.e4 e5 2.f4 ef 3.Bc4 Qh4 4.Kf1 Qe7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 Nc6 7.Bf4 d6 8.Nf3
Be6 9.Nd5 Qd7 10.Ng5 Be7 11.Ne6 fe 12.Ne7 Qe7 13.g3 O-O-O 14.c3 d5
15.Bb5 de 16.Qa4 e5 17.Bc6 ef 18.Be4 fg 19.Qa7 Ne4 20.Qa8 Kd7 21.Qa4
Kc8 22.Qa8 Kd7 23.Qa4 c6 24.Qe4 Rf8 25.Kg2 Qe4 26.de gh 27.Rh2 h6
28.Rh3 Ke6 29.Rg3 Rf7 30.b4 Rd2 31.Kh3 Re2 32.a4 Re4 33.a5 g5 34.a6
Rf2 35.Rd3 ba 36.Ra6 Rc4 37.b5 Kf5 38.Rc6 Rh4 39.Kg3 Rb2 40.Rd5 Ke4
41.Rd4 Ke5 42.Rc5 Ke6 43.Rh4 gh 44.Kh4 Kd6 45.Rc6 Kd7 46.c4 Rc2 47.Kh5
Rh2 48.Kg4 h5 49.Kf3 Rh1 50.Ke4 h4 51.Kd4 h3 52.Kc5 Rb1 53.Rh6 Rb3
54.b6 Kd8 55.Kc6 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Roger McCart
Black: Peter Murphy
Benk" Gambit (Declined)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cb a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bd3 Qb6
9.Bc2 O-O 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.O-O a5 12.Rb1 Ba6 13.b3 Ne5 14.h3 Rfb8
15.Kh1 Qc7 16.f4 Ned7 17.Qe1 Nh5 18.Rf3 Nf8 19.g4 Nf6 20.Ng3 Re8 21.f5
e6 22.g5 ef 23.Nf5 gf 24.gf Bf6 25.Rf5 Qe7 26.Qg4 Ng6 27.Bg5 Bg5
28.Rg5 Kh8 29.Rg1 Rg8 30.h4 f6 31.Rh5 Qf8 32.Qf3 Ne5 33.Rg8 Kg8 34.Qf5
Qf7 35.Rh6 Rf8 36.Bd1 Bc8 37.Qf4 Qg7 38.Nb5 Nd3 39.Qe3 Nf2 40.Qf2 Qh6
41.Nd6 Bd7 42.Nf5 Bf5 43.ef Qc1 44.Qe1 Kh8 45.d6 Rd8 46.d7 Qh6 47.h5
Qg7 48.Qe8 Qf8 49.Qe6 Kg7 50.Bf3 Qf7 51.h6 Kf8 52.Kg1 Rd7 53.Qc6 Qe7
54.Kf1 Qd6 55.Qa8 Rd8 56.Qa7 Qd3 57.Kg2 Qf5 58.Qg7 Ke8 59.Bc6 Rd7
60.Qg8 (time) 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Andrey Bliznyuk
Black: Jeff Suptut
Four Knights (Spanish, Rubinstein)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Ne5 O-O 7.O-O Re8
8.Nd3 Bd6 9.Re1 Ne4 10.Ne4 Bh2 11.Kh2 Qh4 12.Kg1 Re4 13.c3 b6 14.cd
Ba6 15.Re4 Qe4 16.Qf3 Qf3 17.gf Bd3 18.b4 b5 19.Bb3 Re8 20.Bb2 Re2
21.Bc3 c6 22.Rc1 d5 23.Ba1 Bc4 24.Bc4 bc 25.Bc3 Re6 26.Kf1 h5 27.Rd1
f5 28.d3 ed 29.Rd3 f4 30.Bd2 g5 31.Ra3 h4 32.Ra7 h3 33.Kg1 Re2 34.Bc3
Rc2 35.Ra3 Kf7 36.Rb3 Ra2 37.Rb2 Ra3 38.Rc2 Kg6 39.Kh2 Kf5 40.Kh3 Ra6
41.Re2 Ra3 42.Re5 Kf6 43.Be1 Rf3 44.Kg4 Rd3 45.Rg5 Rd1 46.Rf5 Kg6
47.Bc3 Rd3 48.Bb2 Rd2 49.Bc1 Rf2 50.Rf4 Rg2 51.Kh3 Rc2 52.Rg4 Kf5
53.Bh6 Ke6 54.Bf8 Rf2 55.Bc5 Rf6 56.Kg3 Kd7 57.Rg7 Kc8 58.Kg4 Rf1
59.Kg5 Kd8 60.Kg6 Kc8 61.Rf7 Re1 62.Rf6 Kb7 63.Kf7 Rh1 64.Ke6 Kc7
65.Rf7 Kc8 66.Re7 Rh6 67.Ke5 Kd8 68.Re6 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Victor Bragin
Black: Paul Dunn
Caro-Kann (Panov)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.ed cd 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.c3 Nd7 6.Bb5 Ngf6 7.Ne5 a6 8.Bd3
Bd3 9.Nd3 e6 10.Bg5 Bd6 11.f4 Qc7 12.Nd2 O-O-O 13.O-O h6 14.Bh4 Rdg8
15.Ne5 Nf8 16.c4 Kb8 17.c5 Be5 18.fe Ne8 19.b4 g5 20.Bg3 Ng7 21.a4 Nf5
22.Rf5 ef 23.e6 f4 24.ef Qf7 25.Bf2 Ne6 26.b5 Kc7 27.Nf3 g4 28.Ne5 Qf5
29.Qd2 f3 30.Bg3 fg 31.ba ba 32.Qa5 Kc8 33.Qa6 Kd8 34.Qd6 Ke8 35.Qd7
Kf8 36.Qd5 Rg5 37.c6 Nf4 38.Nd7 Ke8 39.Re1 Kd8 40.Qf5 Rf5 41.Nc5 h5
42.Bf4 Rc5 43.dc Rh7 44.c7 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Milan Ninchich
Black: Glenn Carter
French (Advance)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Bd3 c4 7.Bc2 b5 8.O-O b4
9.Ng5 g6 10.Ba4 Bd7 11.g4 Nc8 12.Qf3 Qe7 13.Nh3 h6 14.Nf4 Nb6 15.Bc2
Rg8 16.b3 Na5 17.cb Qb4 18.Ba3 Qb5 19.Nc3 Qc6 20.b4 Nb7 21.Ng6 O-O-O
22.Qf7 Rg7 23.Qf6 Rg6 24.Bg6 Qc7 25.Bf7 Qc6 26.b5 Qc7 27.Bf8 Rf8
28.Qe7 Qd8 29.Qd8 Kd8 30.Bh5 Rg8 31.h3 Na8 32.a4 Nc7 33.a5 Ke7 34.b6
ab 35.ab Na8 36.Ra6 Bc6 37.Rfa1 Nd8 38.Ra8 Ba8 39.Ra8 Rg7 40.Na4 Nb7
41.Kf1 Kd7 42.Be8 Ke7 43.Bb5 Kf7 44.Nc5 Nc5 45.dc c3 46.Ke2 Kg6 47.f4
d4 48.Bd3 Kf7 49.b7 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Henk Doel
Black: Gail Ransom
English
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cd Nd5 6.Bg2 Nc3 7.bc Bg4 8.O-O
Be7 9.d4 ed 10.Nd4 Nd4 11.cd Rb8 12.h3 Bh5 13.Qa4 c6 14.g4 Bg6 15.Qa7
O-O 16.e4 Bd6 17.Be3 Qh4 18.e5 Bc7 19.f4 f6 20.Qa3 fe 21.de Rbd8
22.Bf2 Qh6 23.g5 Qh5 24.Bf3 Qh3 25.Bd5 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Ramakrishna
Black: Ben Cusack
French (Tarrasch 3...Nf6)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Be7 8.Bd3
Qc7 9.Ne2 f6 10.O-O Nf8 11.a3 Bd7 12.Be3 Qb6 13.b4 c4 14.Bc2 f5 15.Ng3
g6 16.Qe2 Nd8 17.Nd2 Nf7 18.a4 Qc7 19.Rfb1 h5 20.b5 Qc8 21.Nf3 Nh7
22.h4 Qd8 23.Ng5 Nhg5 24.fg Bf8 25.Qd2 Qe7 26.Ne2 O-O-O 27.Nf4 Rg8
28.Qe2 Nh8 29.Qf3 Qf7 30.a5 Kb8 31.Bd1 Rg7 32.Qg3 Qe8 33.Ba4 Ka8
34.Qf3 Kb8 35.Bf2 Qf7 36.Bg3 Ka8 37.Nh3 Be7 38.Nf2 Rgg8 39.Nd1 Rgf8
40.Bf4 Qe8 41.Ne3 Rc8 42.a6 Bd8 43.ab Kb7 44.Nd5 ed 45.Qd5 Kb6 46.Qd6
Kb7 47.Qa6 Kb8 48.Bd1 Bb6 49.e6 Rc7 50.Bf3 Bc8 51.Qb6 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Robert Riggs
Black: Steve Nikolau
Ruy Lopez (Steinitz)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.c3 a6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Ng5 Be6 8.d5
h6 9.Ne6 fe 10.dc dc 11.Be6 h5 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Nd2 14.cd Nd5 15.Be7 Qe7
16.Bf5 Qg5 17.Be4 O-O 18.Nf3 Qf6 19.Bd5 cd 20.Qd5 Kh7 21.O-O Rae8
22.Qe4 Kg8 23.Rad1 Re6 24.h4 Ree8 25.Rd7 Rf7 26.Rf7 Kf7 27.Ng5 Ke7
28.Rd1 Rf8 29.Qb4 Ke8 30.Qb8 Ke7 31.Qc7 Ke8 32.Qd7 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 4
White: Jeff Wood
Black: I M Hosking
Colle
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Nbd2 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 d5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qe2
Bd6 9.e4 de 10.Ne4 Ne4 11.Be4 Be4 12.Qe4 O-O 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rae8
15.Rfe1 e5 16.de Ne5 17.Ne5 Re5 18.Qh4 Rfe8 19.Re5 Be5 20.f4 Bd6
21.Qg4 c4 22.Bf6 Bf8 23.Be5 Qc6 Scoresheet illegible, agreed drawn
after move 28. 1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: Ramakrishna
Black: Andrey Bliznyuk
Sicilian (Richter-Rauzer)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Bf6 gf 8.Bc4
h5 9.f3 e6 10.Bb3 Bd7 11.Qd3 Ne5 12.Qf1 Bh6 13.f4 Nc6 14.Nde2 Qc7
15.O-O-O O-O-O 16.Kb1 Bf8 17.f5 Bg7 18.Nf4 Rde8 19.Qf2 Na5 20.Qf3 Nb3
21.cb h4 22.Ncd5 Qd8 23.Rc1 Kb8 24.Nc7 Re7 25.Qd3 Bc8 26.Nfd5 ed
27.Nd5 Re5 28.Rc4 Rhe8 29.Rhc1 Bd7 30.Nb4 Bc8 31.Qe3 Bf5 32.Rc7 Be4
33.Ka1 Rc5 34.R1c5 dc 35.Rf7 Qd1 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: David Austin
Black: Ben Cusack
French Defence (Advance)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cd 7.cd Nge7 8.O-O
Nf5 9.Be3 Qb2 10.Nd2 Nfd4 11.Bd4 Nd4 12.Nd4 Qd4 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Bd7 Kd7
15.Qb3 Qb4 16.Qe3 b6 17.Nb3 Rc8 18.Qf3 Qe7 19.Rac1 Rc1 20.Rc1 f5
21.Qc3 Qd8 22.Qc6 Ke7 23.Qb7 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: Steve Georgopoulos
Black: Ian Rout
Sicilian (Closed)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Nge2
Rb8 9.O-O Nge7 10.d4 cd 11.Nd4 O-O 12.Rad1 Rd8 13.Nb3 Qa6 14.Rfe1 Ne5
15.Qc1 b5 16.a3 Nc4 17.Bd4 Bb7 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Nd4 Ba8 20.Qg5 Nc6 21.Nd5
Nd4 22.Qf6 Kg8 23.Nb4 Qb6 24.Rd4 Ne5 25.c3 Rbc8 26.Red1 Rc4 27.Nd3 Rd4
28.cd Qd4 29.Qd8 Kg7 30.Qa8 Nd3 31.Rf1 Nb2 32.Qc6 b4 33.ab Qb4 34.Qc2
Nc4 35.Rc1 Ne5 36.Qc3 Qb6 37.h3 a5 38.Ra1 f6 39.Qa5 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: Jeff Suptut
Black: Jeff Wood
Ruy Lopez (Exchange)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bc6 dc 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Bc5 8.hg hg
9.Ng5 Qd7 10.Nf7 Kf7 11.Be3 Be3 12.fe Nf6 13.Rf5 Kg6 14.Nd2 b5 15.Re5
Qd6 16.d4 Rae8 17.Re8 Qh2 Kf2 18.Kf2 Qh4 19.Ke2 Re8 20.Qh1 Qg5 21.g3
Nh5 22.Rg1 Re6 23.e5 Qf5 24.e4 Qf8 25.Qh4 Kh6 26.Rh1 Qf7 27.Qg4 g6
28.Nf3 Qe7 29.d5 cd 30.ed Re5 31.Ne5 Qe5 32.Kf3 Qd5 33.Qe4 Qe4 34.Ke4
Kg5 35.Kf3 Nf6 36.Rd1 c6 37.Rd6 Nd5 38.Rc6 Nb4 39.Rc5 Kf6 40.a3 Na2
41.Rc6 Kf7 42.Ra6 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: Peter Murphy
Black: Henk Doel
Queen's Gambit Declined (Orthodox )
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 8.Bd3
dc 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Nbd5 11.O-O O-O 12.a3 b5 13.Qd3 b4 14.Ne4 Ne4
15.Be7 Qe7 16.Qe4 a5 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.Bc2 Nf6 19.Qd3 c5 20.Rfd1 Ba6
21.Qb3 Rfc8 22.ab c4 23.Qa4 Qb4 24.Qa5 Qb2 25.Rdc1 Qb5 26.Qa3 Qe8
27.Rab1 Nd5 28.e4 Nf4 29.Qf3 Ng6 30.Ng4 Qc6 31.Qg3 e5 32.Ne5 Ne5
33.Qe5 Re8 34.Qf5 Rad8 35.e5 g6 36.Qf4 Bb7 37.f3 Qd7 38.Rd1 g5 39.Qf6
Qc6 40.Qf5 Bc8 41.Qh7 Kf8 42.Ba4 1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: Richard Morton
Black: Milan Ninchich
Sicilian (Grand Prix Attack)
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 a6 7.a4 Bg7 8.e5 Ng4
9.h3 Nh6 10.Ne4 d5 11.ed Nf5 12.c3 Nd6 13.Nd6 Qd6 14.O-O Ne7 15.Qe1
O-O 16.Ng5 Bd7 17.Qh4 h6 18.Ne4 Nf5 19.Qf2 Qe7 20.Nc5 Bc6 21.Re1 Nh4
22.Ne6 fe 23.Re6 Nf3 24.gf Qf7 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: Robert Riggs
Black: Shaun Press
Scotch
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 ed 4.Nd4 Bc5 5.Nc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 Qc6 7.Nc3 Bb4
8.Bd2 Nf6 9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O d6 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 Bb6 13.Nd5 Nd5 14.ed Qd7
15.Rfe1 Kf8 16.Bc3 Qg4 17.Qe2 Qe2 18.Re2 Bg4 19.Re4 Bf5 20.Re2 Bd3
21.cd h5 22.Rae1 h4 23.h3 Rh5 24.Kf1 Rd5 25.d4 Bd4 26.Bd4 Rd4 27.Re7
Rc4 28.R1e3 Rc8 29.g4 hg 30.fg Rc2 31.g4 Rh2 32.Rd7 Re8 33.Rf3 f6
34.Rc7 Re7 35.Rc8 Kf7 36.Rd8 Rd2 37.h4 Rc7 38.Rf2 Rf2 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.h5
Ke5 41.Ke3 Rc3 42.Kd2 Rg3 43.Rg8 f5 44.gf Kf5 45.h6 Rh3 46.hg 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: Gail Ransom
Black: Victor Bragin
Sicilian
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd 4.Nd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Qb4 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd2 a6 8.Bd3
Qb6 9.O-O Nf6 10.Bf4 d6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.f4 Be7 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Qg3 Nb4
15.e5 Nfd5 16.Nd5 Nd5 17.Bd2 f5 18.Kh1 de 19.fe b5 20.Nd4 Kh8 21.c3
Rg8 22.Nf3 Bb7 23.Rae1 Rad8 24.Bc2 Nb6 25.Bg5 Nc4 26.Bb3 Bg5 27.Ng5
Qe7 28.Bc5 Bc4 29.Qh3 Qg5 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: Paul Dunn
Black: Glenn Carter
Queen's Gambit (Exchange)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cd ed 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3
Nc6 9.Nf3 Nb4 10.O-O Bg4 11.Be2 Qd6 12.a3 Nc6 13.Bf4 Qd7 14.Ne5 Ne5
15.de Be2 16.Qe2 Ne8 17.Rfd1 c6 18.b4 Nc7 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.Ne4 Qf5
21.Nc5 Bc5 22.Rc5 Ne6 23.Qc2 Qc2 24.Rc2 h5 25.Bg3 Rfe8 26.f4 g6 27.h3
Ng7 28.Bf2 Ne6 29.Rdc1 a6 30.Kf1 Rc7 31.g3 Rec8 32.Rd1 Rd8 33.Ke2 Rcd7
34.Rcd2 b6 35.e4 c5 36.ed Nc7 37.bc Nd5 38.c6 Nc3 39.Ke1 Rd2 40.Rd2
Rc8 41.Rc2 Nd5 42.Rd2 Ne7 43.c7 Rc7 44.Bb6 Rc3 45.Kf2 Nf5 46.g4 hg
47.hg Ng7 48.a4 Ne6 49.f5 Ng5 50.Be3 Ne4 51.Ke2 Nd2 52.Bd2 Rc4 53.e6
fe 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: Justin Turtle
Black: Roger McCart
Nimzo-Indian (Rubinstein)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bc3 8.bc
c5 9.Re1 d6 10.e4 Nbd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 e5 13.d5 Re8 14.Bc2 Qe7 15.Ba4
Red8 16.Bd7 Rd7 17.Bf6 Qf6 18.a4 Bc8 19.a5 Rb8 20.Qc2 Rdb7 21.ab ab
22.Ra3 Bg4 23.Nd2 Qg6 24.Qd3 Bd7 25.Rb3 Qg5 26.Reb1 g6 27.R3b2 Kg7
28.Nf1 f5 29.Qg3 Qf6 30.Nd2 f4 31.Qd3 g5 32.f3 h5 33.h3 Qg6 34.Kf2 Kf6
35.Rg1 Rg8 36.Qb1 Rgb8 37.Nb3 Bc8 38.Nd2 Qe8 39.g4 fg 40.Rg3 h4 41.Rg1
Bh3 42.Nf1 Bf1 43.Kf1 Qh5 44.Rg4 h3 45.Rh2 b5 46.Qa2 bc 47.Qa6 Rb6
48.Qa4 Rb1 49.Kf2 Ke7 Scoresheet incorrect. Drawn by repetition in a
Rook ending on move 72. 1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 5
White: I.M. Hosking
Black: Ilya Popovic
Italian
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qb3 Qe7 6.O-O b6 7.Na3 Bb7 8.Re1
Na5 9.Qc2 a6 10.b4 Nc4 11.Nc4 d6 12.Bb2 Nd7 13.d4 g5 14.de de 15.Nfe5
Bg7 16.Nd7 Qd7 17.Ne3 Qc6 18.Nf5 Be5 19.Rad1 Qf6 20.Rd2 O-O 21.c4 Rae8
22.Be5 Re5 23.f3 Bc8 24.Ne3 c6 25.Red1 h5 26.Rd6 Re6 27.Re6 Be6 28.Rd6
Rc8 29.Qd2 Qa1 30.Kf2 Qe5 31.h3 Kg7 32.Rd8 h4 33.Nf5 Bf5 34.Qg5 Kh7
35.Qh5 kg7 36.Qg5 Kh7 37.Qg8 Kh6 38.Qf8 Kg5 39.Rc8 Qd4 40.Kf1 Qc4
41.Kg1 Qd4 Scoresheet incorrect. White appeared to be mated in the
corner about 25 moves later. 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Jeff Suptut
Black: Steve Georgopoulos
French (Advance, Wade)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 Bb5 7.Nbd2 Bf1 8.Nf1
Nc6 9.b4 cd 10.cd Qb5 11.Bd2 f6 12.Ng3 fe 13.de Qd3 14.Nge7 15.O-O Ng6
16.Ng5 Kd7 17.f4 Be7 18.Rf3 Qf5 19.Ng3 Qg4 20.Ne6 Nh4 21.f5 Nf3 22.gf
Qc4 23.Bf4 Rad8 24.Rc1 Qb5 25.Ne4 Kc8 26.Nd8 Rd8 27.Nc3 Qc4 28.Ne2 Qb5
29.Nd4 Qb6 30.Kg2 Kd7 31.Ne6 Re8 32.Qd5 (time) 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Andrey Bliznyuk
Black: Ilya Popovic
Sicilian (Taimanov)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd 4.Nd4 e6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Bd3 a5 7.a4 Nb4 8.O-O
Qc7 9.Nc3 Nd3 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Qd3 Be7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Bc7 Qe8 14.Ba5 Ra5
15.Na5 b6 16.Nc4 d5 17.ed Nd5 18.Ncd6 Qc6 19.Nc8 Rc8 20.Nd4 Qb7 21.Qf3
Bf6 22.c3 Qa8 23.Nc2 Rc4 24.g3 h6 25.Ne3 Ra4 26.Ra4 Qa4 27.Nd5 ed
28.Qd5 Qc2 29.Re1 Qb2 30.Re8 Kh7 31.Qf5 g6 32.Qf6 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Peter Murphy
Black: Robert Riggs
Polish Defence
1.d4 b5 2.a4 b4 3.c3 e6 4.a5 Bb7 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nf3 a6 7.Be2 c5 8.O-O Nc6
9.cb Nb4 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Nbd2 ed 12.Ndc4 de 13.Be3 Ba5 14.Bc5 Qa5 15.Nd6
Ke7 16.Nef7 Rhf8 17.Nb7 Qc7 18.Nfd6 Ne8 19.Re1 Nc6 20.Ne8 Qb7 21.Nd6
Qb2 22.Nc4 Qb4 23.Rb1 Qc5 24.Qd2 Rab8 25.Rb8 Rb8 26.Qc3 Nd4 27.Bd1 Rb3
28.Qd2 Qc4 29.Qg5 Kf7 30.Qf4 Ke7 31.Bb3 Ne2 32.Kh1 Qf4 33.Bc2 Qc4 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Henk Doel
Black: David Austin
Budapest
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.de Ng4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.e3 Nge5
8.Ne5 Ne5 9.a3 Bd2 10.Qd2 d6 11.Be2 Bd7 12.b4 a6 13.O-O Rd8 14.Qc3 f6
15.a4 O-O 16.b5 ab 17.ab Ra8 18.Ra5 b6 19.Raa1 Bf5 20.Qd4 Qf7 21.Be5
fe 22.Qd5 Qd5 23.cd Be4 24.Bc4 Ra5 25.f3 Bg6 26.Rfc1 Rfa8 27.Ra5 Ra5
28.e4 Be8 29.Rb1 Kf8 30.Rb2 Ke7 31.Kf2 Kf6 32.Kg3 g5 33.h4 h5 34.hg
Kg5 35.Kf2 h4 36.Rb1 Bd7 37.g3 h3 38.g4 Kf4 39.Rh1 Bb5 40.Bb5 Rb5
41.Rh3 Rb3 42.Ke2 b5 43.Kd2 b4 44.g5 Rb1 45.Rh7 Kf3 46.Kc2 Rg1 47.Kd3
Rd1 48.Kc2 Re1 49.Kd3 Re3 50.Kd2 Re4 51.Rf7 Kg3 52.g6 Rg4 53.g7 e4
54.Rc7 Kf4 55.Re7 Rg2 56.Kd1 b3 57.Rb7 Ke5 58.Rb3 Rg7 59.Rb5 Rg3
60.Ke2 Rd3 61.Rb8 Rd5 62.Rb3 Rc5 63.Rb8 Kd4 64.Rb2 d5 65.Rd2 Ke5
66.Ra2 d4 67.Ra8 Rc2 68.Kd1 d3 69.Rh8 Kd4 70.Rd8 Ke3 71.Rh8 Rf2 72.Rh1
d2 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Roger McCart
Black: Shaun Press
Semi-Slav
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Bd3 Bb4 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4
de 9.Ne4 Ne4 10.Be4 Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bf3 Qb6 13.Qc2 Rd8 14.Rad1 Qa5
15.h4 e5 16.b3 ed 17.Nd4 h6 18.Bd2 Qe5 19.Bc3 Bd6 20.g3 Qc5 21.Kg2 a5
22.a4 Be5 23.Qb2 Bg4 24.Rfe1 Bd4 25.Bd4 Bf3 26.Kf3 Qh5 27.Kg2 c5
28.Rd2 cd 29.Rd4 Qc5 30.Red1 Rd4 31.Rd4 Re8 32.Qd2 Qc6 33.Kg1 Ne4
34.Qe3 Ng3 35.Qg3 Re1 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Victor Bragin
Black: I. M. Hosking
Nimzo-Indian (Classical)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bc3 6.Qc3 dc 7.Nf3 b5 8.Bg5
Bb7 9.Nd2 O-O 10.f3 h6 11.Bh4 Nbd7 12.e3 c5 13.Be2 Qb6 14.Bf2 Nd5
15.Qc2 cd 16.ed Rac8 17.Ne4 Qa5 18.Nc3 b4 19.Nd5 Bd5 20.O-O b3 21.Qc1
Nb6 22.Be1 Qb5 23.Bd2 Na4 24.g4 Qb6 25.Bc3 Rfd8 26.Kg2 Nc3 27.Qc3 Qd6
28.Rad1 Qf4 29.Rd2 Qg4 30.Kh1 Qf5 31.Rg1 e5 32.Rg3 e4 33.fe Qe4 34.Bf3
Qe1 35.Kg2 Bf3 36.Rf3 Rd6 37.Rg3 Rf6 38.h3 Qf1 39.Kh2 Rf2 40.Rg2 Rg2
41.Rg2 Qf4 42.Kg1 Re8 43.Rf2 Qg5 44.Kf1 Qd5 45.Kg1 Re4 46.Rd2 Qg5
47.Rg2 Qe3 48.Qe3 Re3 49.Rd2 Rh3 50.Kg2 Rd3 51.Rd3 cd 52.Kf2 h5 0-1
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Ian Rout
Black: Ramakrishna
French (Advance, Milner-Barry)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.O-O cd 8.cd Nd4
9.Nd4 Qd4 10.Nc3 a6 11.Qe2 Ne7 12.Kh1 Qh4 13.f4 g6 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Bf5
gf 16.Rac1 Bb4 17.Bd4 Bc3 18.Rc3 Bb5 19.Qf2 Qf2 20.Rf2 Kd7 21.Rfc2
Rac8 1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Ben Cusack
Black: Milan Ninchich
Ruy Lopez (Closed)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.h3 Nf6 8.Re1
O-O 9.c3 Bd7 10.d4 Qc8 11.Kh2 h6 12.Nbd2 Nh7 13.Nf1 Bf6 14.Ng3 Ne7
15.Be3 Ng6 16.Qd2 Kh8 17.Rad1 Nh4 18.Nh4 Bh4 19.de Bg5 20.ed c6 21.f4
Bh4 22.Rf1 Nf6 23.Qd3 c5 24.c4 Re8 25.cb Bg3 26.Kg3 Be4 27.Qc3 Bb5
28.Rfe1 Re4 29.Qd3 Rd4 30. Qc2 Rd1 31.Rd1 c4 32.Ba4 Qe6 33.Re1 Qd6
34.Bb5 ab 35.Rd1 Qc7 36.Qf5 Re8 37.Bd4 Qc6 38.Bf6 gf 39.Qd5 Qb6 40.Qf7
Qe3 1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Steve Nikolau
Black: Paul Dunn
Queen's Pawn
1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bd2 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.h3 Bf3 6.ef e6 7.Be3 Bb4 8.Qd3
Qa5 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.a3 Bd6 11.Ne2 Qc7 12.g3 O-O 13.Bg2 e5 14.O-O Rfe8
15.de Ne5 16.Qc3 Nc4 17.Rfe1 Re6 18.Bf4 Rae8 19.Kf1 Be5 20.Be5 Re5
21.b3 Nd6 22.f4 R5e6 23.Nd4 Re1 24.Re1 Ne4 25.Qd3 Nc5 26.Qd2 Re1
27.Ke1 Qe7 28.Kf1 Ne4 29.Qb4 Qb4 30.ab Kf8 31.g4 g6 32.Ke2 Nd6 33.Ke3
Ke7 34.f3 Nd7 35.Bf1 f5 36.Bd3 fg 37.hg Kf6 38.b5 c5 39.Ne2 d4 40.Kd2
Nb6 41.c3 dc 42.Nc3 Ke6 43.Ke3 Nd5 44.Nd5 Kd5 45.Ke2 b6 46.Kd2 Ke6
47.Kc3 Kf6 48.b4 cb 49.Kb4 h6 50.Kc3 h5 51.gh gh 52.Bf1 Kf5 53.Kd4 Kf4
54.Kd5 Nf5 55.Kc6 Nd4 56.Kb7 Nb5 57.Bb5 a5 58.Kb6 a4 59.Ba4 h4 60.Bd7
Kf3 1/2-1/2
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Glenn Carter
Black: Justin Turtle
French (Winawer)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.Qg4 O-O 6.Bd3 Ng6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.h4
f5 9.ef e5 10.fe Qe7 11.Qg5 e4 12.Qe7 Ne7 13.Ne4 fe 14.Be4 Nc6 15.Be3
Bf5 16.Bf5 Nf5 17.O-O-O Ne3 18.fe Nb4 19.a3 Nd5 20.Rhe1 Rae8 21.Rd3
Re4 22.Rb3 b6 23.Kd2 Rg4 24.Re2 Rf6 25.c4 Ne7 26.Rc3 Nf5 27.Kd3 Nh4
28.Nh4 Rh4 29.c5 Rh2 30.cb cb 31.Rc8 Rf8 32.Rf8 Kf8 33.Rf2 Ke7 34.e4
Rh1 35.d5 Kd6 36.Rf7 g6 37.Ra7 Rh2 38.Rb7 Kc5 39.Rc7 Kb5 40.d6 Rg2
41.d7 Rg1 42.Rc2 Rd1 43.Rd2 1-0
1997 Belconnen Open Round 6
White: Jeff Wood
Black: Richard Morton
Bogo-Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Nbd2 a5 5.e3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.0-0 0-0 8.a3
Bd2 9.Nd2 d5 10.c5 Ba6 11.cb cb 12.b3 Qc8 13.Re1 Be2 14.Re2 Nbd7
15.Bb2 Qb7 16.Rc1 Rfc8 17.Nf1 b5 18.Rc8 Rc8 19.Rc2 Ne4 20.f3 Nd6
21.Nd2 h6 22.e4 b4 23.a4 Qa6 24.Rc8 Qc8 25.Qc1 Qa6 26.Qf1 Qc6 27.ed
Qd5 28.Nc4 Nf5 29.Qf2 Nf6 30.g4 Ne7 31.h3 Qd8 32.Qe3 Nfd5 33.Qd2 Ng6
34.Kh2 Nf4 35.Kg3 Qg5 36.Ne3 Nh3 37.Kh3 Qe3 38.Qe3 Ne3 39.Kg3 Kf8
40.Kf4 Nd5 41.Ke4 Ke7 42.Bc1 Kd6 43.Bd2 Nf6 44.Kd3 Kd5 45.Bf4 Ne8
46.Bb8 Nd6 47.Bc7 Nb7 48.Bf4 Nd6 49.Bg3 f5 50.Be5 g6 51.Bf6 fg 52.fg
Nf7 53.Bh4 e5 54.de Ne5 55.Ke2 Nc6 56.Kd3 Ne5 57.Ke2 Ke5 58.Bd8 Nc6
59.Bc7 Nd4 60.Kf2 Nb3 61.Kg3 Nc5 62.Ba5 b3 63.Bc3 Na4 64.Bg7 b2 65.Bb2
Nb2 66.g5 h5 67.Kh4 Nc4 0-1
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