[Event "2008 NC State Scholastic Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huang, Kevin"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1922"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[TimeControl "300"]

{2MB, Fritz9.ctg, MYCOMPUTER D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 1. c4 e6 2.
Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4
c5 10. O-O Na6 $146 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nbd7 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Rfd1
Qe7 15. Na4 e5 16. Bg5 e4 17. Nd4 h6 18. Bf4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5
21. Nc3 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc5 25. b3 {
Albertsen,M-Hamann,M/Kiel 1992/EXT 2002/0-1 (40)}) 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13.
Rac1 (13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 $14) 13... cxd4 (13... Nbd5 $5 $14) 14. Nxd4 $16
(14. exd4 $6 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd8 $11) 14... Nc6 15. Ncb5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 (16. exd4
$6 Qd7 $11) 16... Bc5 17. a3 (17. Bb5 $5 Nd5 18. Be5 $16) 17... Bxd4 $14 18.
exd4 {White has the pair of bishops} ({Worse is} 18. Rxd4 b5 19. Bg5 Qc6 $17 (
19... bxc4 $2 {is tempting, but} 20. Bxf6 e5 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. Rxg4 $18 (22.
hxg4 $4 exd4 (22... gxf6 $6 23. Rdxc4 Rfd8 24. Rc7 $19) 23. Bxd4 Bd5 $19)))
18... Qd7 {White has an active position} 19. Qe5 Rac8 20. Bb5 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5
{Black has a cramped position. A comfortable square for the black knight} 22.
Bg3 Rxc1 {Black pins: Rc1xd1} 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. f3 Ne7 26. Kf1 a6
27. Bd3 b5 28. Ke2 Nc6 29. Ke3 g6 {Controls f5} 30. Bd6 f6 {Consolidates e5}
31. b4 Kf7 32. f4 Bb7 33. g3 Ke8 34. Bc2 Kd7 {
Black threatens to win material: Kd7xd6} 35. Bc5 Nd8 36. Bb3 Nf7 37. Bc2 Nh6
38. Be4 Bxe4 39. Kxe4 Nf7 40. d5 e5 41. h4 (41. fxe5 $142 $5 {
is the best option White has} Nxe5 42. Be3 $11) 41... f5+ $17 42. Ke3 e4 43.
Bd4 $2 (43. g4 $142 Nd6 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Kd4 $17) 43... Kd6 $19 {
The game proceeded for several more moves before white resigned.} (43... Kd6
44. g4 Kxd5 45. gxf5 gxf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "2008 NC State Scholastic Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wheeles, Amelia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "63"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3
Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nc4 Qb4 10. a3 Qe7 11. Bg2 c6 12. O-O $146
(12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. f4 Bh4 18.
Qf2 Bxg3 19. Qxg3 O-O 20. O-O-O Nf6 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 Bh5 23. Rde1 Re8 24.
Rhg1 g6 25. Qg5 Rc8 26. c3 Qb6 {Schneider,I (2301)-Bachmann Schiavo,A (2131)/
Villa Giardino 2002/CBM 088 ext/1-0}) (12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O Nb6
15. Re1 Na6 16. a4 Qd7 17. a5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. c3 Be7 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21.
Rxa4 O-O-O 22. Be3 Kb8 23. b3 Nc7 24. c4 a6 25. c5 Nb5 26. Bf1 Na7 {
Kovacevic,A (2465)-Vojinovic,G (2443)/Herceg Novi 1999/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (71)})
(12. Qe2 Qd8 13. h4 Qxd4 14. Ne3 h5 15. g5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. f3 Bg6 18. Nc4
Qc5 19. Be3 Qf5 20. O-O-O Qb5 21. Qd2 Qd5 22. Qc3 Qb5 23. Bf1 Qf5 24. Bd3 Qxf3
25. Rhf1 Qg3 26. Bxg6 fxg6 {
Adnoy,H (2185)-Aarefjord,C/Oslo 2001/CBM 081 ext/1-0}) 12... Nbd7 13. Bg5 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8} h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 14. Bh4 h5 15. g5 {
White threatens to win material: g5xf6} Nh7 16. Re1 Nxg5 (16... O-O-O 17. Qd2
$16) 17. Bg3 Nf6 (17... Nb6 $5 18. Nxb6 axb6 $16) 18. h4 $18 Ngh7 19. Nd6+ Kd8
$4 {Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (19... Qxd6 $142 20. Bxd6 Bxd6
$18) 20. d5 $1 {surprise!} cxd5 (20... Nxd5 21. Nxd5) 21. Nxd5 $1 {
the death sentence.} Nxd5 (21... exd5 {Exploits the pin} 22. Rxe7) 22. Bxd5 Qd7
23. Bxb7 (23. Nxb7+ $142 {and White wins} Ke8 24. Qf3 $18) 23... Bxd6 24. Qxd6
Qxd6 25. Bxd6 Kd7 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Be5 f6 28. Bg3 Bxc2 (28... Ke7 $142 $18)
29. Rac1 Rc8 30. Re2 Bd3 (30... Bb3 31. Rd2+ Bd5 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 33. Rc2+ Kd8 $18
) 31. Rd1 Rc1 (31... Rc6 {does not help much} 32. Rxd3+ Ke8 33. Rd6 Rxd6 34.
Bxd6 $18) 32. Red2 (32. Red2 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "2008 NC State Scholastic Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lang, Jonathan"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "77"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4
a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. h3 (7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e6 11. c3 f6 12.
Qb3 O-O-O 13. Re1 Bf7 14. c4 g5 15. c5 Qd7 16. Bxg5 Bg7 17. Bh4 Na5 18. Qc3 Nc6
19. Qb3 Rhe8 20. Rad1 Bg6 21. d5 exd5 {
Shirov,A (2699)-Romero Holmes,A (2524)/Ayamonte 2002/CBM 092/1-0 (35)}) (7. Be3
Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 O-O-O 11. c3 Ne4 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Qd5 14.
Qxd5 Rxd5 15. Rfd1 Rhd8 16. Rxd5 Rxd5 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 h6 19. h3 Bh5 20.
g4 Bg6 21. Nd4 Na5 {Wenbo Du-Uno,P/Dos Hermanas 2004/EXT 2005/1/2-1/2 (57)})
7... e6 $146 {Covers d5+f5} (7... Nb4 8. O-O Nxd3 9. Qxd3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4
Qd5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Re1 Qc6 17. Ba3 Rg8
18. Kh1 Qd7 19. Kh2 Rg6 20. Bc5 c6 21. c4 Bh6 22. Qe4 {
Kosa,P (2160)-Lengyel,L (2185)/Hungary 1999/EXT 2000/0-1 (37)}) (7... Bd7 8.
Ne2 (8. Be3 e5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. f4 Qa5 13. O-O-O
O-O-O 14. Bc4 Bb4 15. Nd5 b5 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Bxf7 Rhf8 18. Qf3 Kb8 19. Bb3 a5
20. a3 Qe4 21. Bd5 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Ne8 {
Semenova,I (2312)-Albert,K (2128)/Zalakaros 2001/EXT 2002/1-0 (62)}) 8... e5 9.
dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qxb2 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Rb1 Qxa2 15.
Rxb7 O-O 16. Nc1 Qa4 17. Rb6 Ne4 18. Nb3 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qh5 f5 21. Qf3
Qa2 22. Rb7 {Zelcic,R (2503)-Krumpak,H (2115)/Ljubljana 2001/EXT 2002/1-0 (64)}
) (7... g6 8. O-O $11) 8. Ne2 Nb4 9. Bc4 {White has a very active position} (9.
O-O Be7 $14) 9... b5 $11 {Black threatens to win material: b5xc4} 10. Bb3 {
White has an active position} Bb7 11. Nf4 Be7 12. c3 {
White threatens to win material: c3xb4} Nbd5 {
Black threatens to win material: Nd5xf4} 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Bc2 c5 15. a4 Bf6 16.
dxc5 Nxc5 17. O-O O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 18. Ng5 g6 19.
Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Ne4 {White threatens to win material: Ne4xc5} Qe7 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6
{White has the pair of bishops} 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Qg4 Ne7 (23... b4 24. Bg5 Qg7
25. c4 Qxb2 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Rab1 $11) 24. Bg5 Qg7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7
26. Qb4 {White threatens to win material: Qb4xe7} Ree8 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qxb5 {
White has a new protected passed pawn: c3.} Rab8 29. Qe2 Bd5 30. Bd3 Bb3 31.
Ra7 Rec8 32. Rfa1 Qf6 33. Rd7 Ra8 34. Raa7 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Qg5 36. Qf3 {
White has a mate threat} Rf8 37. Qe2 (37. Bf1 Qc1 38. Qe2 Rd8 $16) 37... Bd5
38. f3 {Controls e4} Rb8 (38... Qc1+ 39. Kh2 $11) 39. Ra1 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "2008 NC State Scholastic Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathan"]
[Black "Parish, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "65"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be2
Bd6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. h3 (10. O-O h6 11. Bf3 Ne5 12. h3
Re8 13. Qb3 a6 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Ng4 16. Qc4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qe7 18. e4 Bxh3
19. gxh3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qxd2 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Rf2 Qe3 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nf5+
Kh8 {Alves,H (2004)-Ferreira,A (2221)/Lisbon 2003/EXT 2004/1/2-1/2 (36)}) 10...
Re8 11. O-O $146 (11. N2f3 Ne4 12. Qb3 Ng3 13. Rg1 Nxe2 14. Nxe2 Na5 15. Qc2
Nc4 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Qd3 Qb5 19. Rd2 Nxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Bf5+ 21. Ka1
Qd3 22. Ned4 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Bd7 24. g4 a5 25. c4 dxc4 {
Gouma,R-Van de Werken,H/Rosmalen 1993/EXT 2002/0-1 (35)}) 11... Bb8 12. N2f3 a6
{Prevents intrusion on b5} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Re1 Ba7 16. Qd2 Kh8 {
Black has an active position} 17. Bd3 {White has a mate threat} Rg8 (17... Bd7
18. Bc2 $11) 18. Bc2 $14 Bd7 19. Qd3 g6 {Controls f5} 20. Re2 Rad8 21. Rae1 Bb8
(21... Kg7 22. Bb3 $11) 22. Bb3 Bc8 23. Bc2 (23. Ba4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Kg7 $14)
23... h5 (23... Bd7 $5 $11 {is an interesting idea}) 24. Nxc6 $14 Qxc6 (24...
bxc6 25. Ne5 $14) 25. Re7 {White threatens to win material: Re7xf7} (25. Qd4+
Rg7 $18) 25... Rdf8 $2 (25... Qf6 $5 $14 {is worth looking at}) 26. Qe3 (26.
Ne5 $142 $5 Qf6 27. Qxd5 $18) 26... Kg7 $16 27. Qd4+ (27. Nh4 $142 Qf6 28. Nxg6
$16) 27... Kh6 $4 (27... Qf6 $14) 28. Qe3+ (28. Ne5 $142 {
makes it even easier for White} Bxe5 29. R1xe5 $18 (29. Qxe5 $6 Rg7 $18) (29.
R7xe5 $6 f6 30. Re7 Rg7 $18)) 28... g5 $4 {
an unfortunate move that relinquishes the win} (28... Kg7 $142 $11 {
was much better}) 29. Nxg5 $3 $18 {this sacrifice makes everything clear} Rxg5
{Decoy theme: g5} 30. h4 Qf6 31. Qxg5+ (31. hxg5+ $142 {
finishes off the opponent} Qxg5 32. Qxg5+ Kxg5 33. Re8 $18) 31... Qxg5 32.
hxg5+ Kxg5 (32... Kg7 $18 {there is nothing better in the position}) 33. Re8 (
33. Re8 Rxe8 34. Rxe8 $18) 1-0

[Event "2008 NC State Scholastic Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goss, Jay"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1764"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "131"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4
Nc6 (5... a6 6. O-O e6 7. d4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Ne4 Qb6
12. c3 Be7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qh5 16. Nd4 Qd5 17. f3 O-O 18.
Bc2 Qh5 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. h3 {
Beganovic,E-Dizdarevic,E (2527)/Bihac 1999/EXT 2000/0-1 (37)}) (5... c6 6. O-O
Bg4 7. Re1 e6 8. d4 Be7 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. c3 Nf6 13.
Bf4 Qd7 14. Re2 O-O 15. Rae1 Nd5 16. Bc1 Bf6 17. Qg3 Rfe8 18. Bb3 Rad8 19. Bc2
Ne7 20. Qh3 {
Sergeeva,M (2308)-Munoz,D (1979)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 102 ext/1-0 (32)}) 6. O-O {
White castles and improves king safety} Bg4 $146 (6... e5 7. Re1 Be7 8. d3 Bg4
9. Be3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rad8 12. a3 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 h6 20. f4 exf4 21.
Bxf4 {Aflalo,S (1009)-Alonso,A (1020)/Hyeres 2002/EXT 2003/1-0 (41)}) 7. d3 {
Prevents intrusion on e4} e6 {Covers d5} 8. Nb5 {
White threatens to win material: Nb5xd6} Qd7 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. c3 {
Consolidates b4+d4} O-O 12. d4 d5 {Black threatens to win material: d5xc4} 13.
Bd3 Rfe8 14. Re1 Rac8 15. h3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19.
Bxe5 Ne4 20. f3 Ng5 21. Qd2 {White threatens to win material: Qd2xg5} Ne6 22.
Re1 Rc8 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bf6 h6 {Controls g5} 25. b3 (25. Qc2 f4 $11) 25... b5
26. Qd2 {White has a mate threat} Kh7 27. h4 a6 28. Rc1 Qc7 29. Rc2 Qb6 30. Be5
a5 31. g3 {Secures f4} Qc6 32. Kg2 a4 {This push gains space} 33. Kf2 Qa6 34.
b4 {White has a new backward pawn: c3} Qc6 35. Qe2 Qc4 36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. a3 Rc8
38. Bf6 Kg8 39. Be5 Kf8 40. Bd6+ Ke8 41. Bc5 Kd7 42. Re2 Re8 43. Bb6 Ng7 44.
Rxe8 Kxe8 {A minor pieces endgame occured} 45. Bc7 Kd7 {
Black threatens to win material: Kd7xc7} 46. Be5 {
White threatens to win material: Be5xg7} Ne6 47. g4 (47. Ke3 $5 $11 {
should be examined more closely}) 47... fxg4 $15 48. fxg4 Ke7 49. Kf3 f6 {
Black threatens to win material: f6xe5} 50. Bg3 Ng7 51. Bf4 h5 (51... g5 52.
hxg5 hxg5 $17) 52. g5 $4 (52. gxh5 $142 {saving the game} Nxh5 (52... gxh5 53.
Bh2 Ke6 54. Bf4 Kf5 55. Bg3 Ne6 56. Bd6 Ng7 57. Bg3 Ne8 58. Bf4 Ke6 59. Kf2 Nd6
60. Bxd6 Kxd6 61. Ke3 Ke7 62. Kf3 Ke6 63. Kf4 f5 64. Kg5 f4 65. Kxf4 Kf6 66.
Kg3 Kg6 67. Kg2) 53. Bd2 $11) 52... fxg5 $19 53. Bxg5+ Ke6 54. Kf4 Nf5 55. Bd8
$2 (55. Kf3 $19) 55... Nd6 56. Kg5 (56. Ke3 {is still a small chance} Nc4+ 57.
Kd3 Nxa3 58. Bg5 $19) 56... Kf7 57. Kf4 Nc4 58. Bg5 Nxa3 59. Ke5 Nc4+ 60. Kxd5
a3 61. Kc5 a2 62. Kxb5 Nb2 63. d5 a1=Q 64. d6 Qa4+ 65. Kc5 Qd7 (65... Ke6 66.
Bd8 Qa7+ 67. Bb6 Na4+ 68. Kd4 Qxb6+ 69. Kd3 Qxd6+ 70. Kc2 Qd5 71. b5 Nc5 72. c4
Qxc4+ 73. Kd1 Ne4 74. b6 Qd3+ 75. Kc1 Qd2+ 76. Kb1 Nc3+ 77. Ka1 Qc1#) 66. Kd5 {
And the game proceeded for a few more moves before white resigned.} 0-1

