davidmoodychess (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} davidmoodychess) wrote,@ 2006-04-23 13:59:00 |
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Chess for no good reason, part 22
1975 U.S. Open
This was the first in my streak of 25 consecutive U.S. Opens. I really didn't know what to expect; for example, I expected to spend two weeks eating in the hotel restaurant. I found the local Burger Chef very quickly after one hotel meal.
What was the great attraction? After all, I rarely did well at the Open, never winning a prize and often leading Michigan players in most rating points lost. Probably, it was just the attraction of breaking the routine and meeting new people--though it seemed like I kept meeting the same ones year after year!
Grey,Peter (2023) - Moody,David (1640) [C89]
U.S. Open Lincoln, Neb. (1), 10.08.1975
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5
The great search for a defense to 1.e4 ended with the Marshall Counter-attack. I always preferred 1...e5, but my opponents generally played the Ruy and I usually managed to lose a pawn somehow. So I decided to play the Marshall, simply so I could say I sacrificed the pawn rather than losing it.
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Nf6
I considered the normal move, 15...g5, but rejected it because I didn't see 16.Bxg5 Qf5, winning a piece. After this, I never quite catch up, and the extra pawn just grows and grows throughout the resulting ending.
16.Rh4 Qf5 17.Bf4 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 Qh3 19.Rh4 Qf5 20.Rf4 Qh3 21.Qf3 Re8 22.Nd2 Re7 23.Ne4 Rxe4 24.Rxe4 Bg4 25.Rxg4 Nxg4 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.Qg2 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Rf8 29.Re1 Nxf2
Managing to scramble the second pawn back. This pattern continues for a few moves.
30.Re8 Rxe8 31.Bxe8 Nd3 32.Bxc6 Nxb2 33.Bb7 a5 34.Ba6 Nd1 35.Bxb5 Nxc3 36.Bc4
Tiring of that little game, White settles in for some serious technique.
36...Na4 37.Kf3 Nb6 38.Be6 g6 39.Ke4 Kg7 40.Ke5 Kf8 41.Kf6 Na4 42.d5 Nc5 43.d6 Nb7 44.Ke5 Nd8 45.Kd5 Ke8 46.Bc8 Nf7 47.Kc5 Kd8 48.Be6 Ng5 49.Bd5 Kd7 50.Bc6+ Kd8 51.Kb6 Nf7 52.d7 1–0
1975 U.S. Open
This was the first in my streak of 25 consecutive U.S. Opens. I really didn't know what to expect; for example, I expected to spend two weeks eating in the hotel restaurant. I found the local Burger Chef very quickly after one hotel meal.
What was the great attraction? After all, I rarely did well at the Open, never winning a prize and often leading Michigan players in most rating points lost. Probably, it was just the attraction of breaking the routine and meeting new people--though it seemed like I kept meeting the same ones year after year!
Grey,Peter (2023) - Moody,David (1640) [C89]
U.S. Open Lincoln, Neb. (1), 10.08.1975
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5
The great search for a defense to 1.e4 ended with the Marshall Counter-attack. I always preferred 1...e5, but my opponents generally played the Ruy and I usually managed to lose a pawn somehow. So I decided to play the Marshall, simply so I could say I sacrificed the pawn rather than losing it.
9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Nf6
I considered the normal move, 15...g5, but rejected it because I didn't see 16.Bxg5 Qf5, winning a piece. After this, I never quite catch up, and the extra pawn just grows and grows throughout the resulting ending.
16.Rh4 Qf5 17.Bf4 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 Qh3 19.Rh4 Qf5 20.Rf4 Qh3 21.Qf3 Re8 22.Nd2 Re7 23.Ne4 Rxe4 24.Rxe4 Bg4 25.Rxg4 Nxg4 26.Bxf7+ Kh8 27.Qg2 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Rf8 29.Re1 Nxf2
Managing to scramble the second pawn back. This pattern continues for a few moves.
30.Re8 Rxe8 31.Bxe8 Nd3 32.Bxc6 Nxb2 33.Bb7 a5 34.Ba6 Nd1 35.Bxb5 Nxc3 36.Bc4
Tiring of that little game, White settles in for some serious technique.
36...Na4 37.Kf3 Nb6 38.Be6 g6 39.Ke4 Kg7 40.Ke5 Kf8 41.Kf6 Na4 42.d5 Nc5 43.d6 Nb7 44.Ke5 Nd8 45.Kd5 Ke8 46.Bc8 Nf7 47.Kc5 Kd8 48.Be6 Ng5 49.Bd5 Kd7 50.Bc6+ Kd8 51.Kb6 Nf7 52.d7 1–0
