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MACA Chess Horizons Magazine Article
 Games from the 2011 MA Open U1500 section
 Bob Messenger
  November 2011
 

Samuel Qiu 1045
Tal Puhov 1136
Massachusetts Open 2011 (2)
[C50] Giuoco Piano 
 
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Bd2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.a3 Nd4 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.0-0-0 0-0-0 13.h4 h5 14.g5 Ng4 15.Rdf1 Nxf2 16.Rxf2 Bxf2 17.Qxf2 Rhf8 18.Qxa7 Qg4 19.Bd5 c6 20.Na4 Qg2 21.Rd1 f5 22.Bxc6 Rf7 23.Ba5 b6 24.Nxb6# 1-0
 
Aashish Welling 1427
Robert Norris 1370
Massachusetts Open 2011 (3)
[D31] Semi-Slav Defense
 
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Nh5 7.Be5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Nf6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 c5 12.dxc5 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Bxc5 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Nd2 Bb4 16.Rac1 a6 17.Nce4 Qxc2 18.Rxc2 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Rb8 20.Nc4 b5 21.Nd6 Rd8 22.Rc6 Bb7 23.Rb6 Bxe4 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Nxe4 Rc8 26.g3 h6 27.Rd4 Be7 28.Rd7 Bf6 29.Nxf6+ gxf6 30.Ra7 Rc6 31.Kg2 Kg7 32.b3 f5 33.Kf3 Kf6 34.a4 bxa4 35.bxa4 Kg6 36.a5 Kf6 37.h4 h5 38.Ke2 Rc2+ 39.Ke1 Rc1+ 40.Kd2 Rc6 41.f4 Kg6 42.Kd3 Kf6 43.Kd4 Kg6 44.Rb7 Rc1 45.Rb6 Rd1+ 46.Kc3 Rg1 47.Rxa6 Rxg3 48.Kd3 Rg4 49.Ra8 Rxh4 50.a6 Rh1 51.a7 Ra1 52.Rg8+ Kf6 53.a8Q Rxa8 54.Rxa8 Kg7 55.e4 fxe4+ 56.Kxe4 1-0
 
Jeffrey Qu 872
Robert Walton Jr. 1287
Massachusetts Open 2011 (3)
[B23] Sicilian Defense
 
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.b3 e6 7.Bb2 Nge7 8.d3 0-0 9.Qe2 a6 10.0-0-0 b5 11.Bxe6 Bxe6 12.h3 Nb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Na2+ 15.Kb2 Nxc3 16.Kxc3 Qa5+ 17.Kb2 b4 18.a4 h6 19.g4 Bd7 20.Rdg1 Bxa4 21.bxa4 Qxa4 22.h4 Qa3+ 23.Kb1 Rab8 24.h5 b3 0-1
 
Carissa Yip 1110
Daniel Plotkin 1027
Massachusetts Open 2011 (6)
[C50] Giuoco Piano
 
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.h3 Nd4 10.0-0 c6 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Qf3 Be6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Qg6 Rf6 17.Qg3 d5 18.Kh2 Qf7 19.f3 Rg6 20.Qe1 Qf4+ 21.Kh1 Qg5 22.Qe2 Be3 23.a4 Bf4 24.Qf2 Be3 25.Qe2 d4 26.Nd1 Bf4 27.Qf2 Bg3 28.Qe2 Rf8 29.Ra3 Rf4 30.Rb3 Rh4 31.Rxb7 Qh5 32.Kg1 Rxh3 33.Nf2 Bxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Qh4+ 35.Kg1 Rh1# 0-1