Robert Wheeler 2016 Open pgn Games

31 MARCH 2017

Game 1_ NM Andrew Mellace vs NM Paul Brooks (Annotated by President JCF, Ian Wilkinson

[Event "Wheeler Open (FIDE), PCJ, Jam"]
[Site "Liberty Prep & PCJ Auditorium"]
[Date "2016.05.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "NM Andrew Mellace"]
[Black "NM Paul Brooks"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator "Wilkinson, I"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.05.19"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.14"]

{Perhaps the peace treaty was signed too early.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 {Heading
into the Budapest Gambit.} 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 (4. Qd5 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 Be7
7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 Be6 $13) 4... g5 5. Bg3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. e4 ({White played in a more restrained manner and a draw resulted -} 9.
e3 d6 10. h4 g4 11. h5 Bf5 12. Bh4 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qd4 c6 16.
Nc3 Qf6 17. O-O-O Ke7 18. e4 Bc8 19. c5 Rd8 20. Be2 b6 21. cxd6+ Rxd6 22. Qxd6+
Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Kxd6 24. f4 gxf3 25. gxf3 Ke7 26. f4 Nd7 27. Rg1 Nc5 28. Kd2 Ba6
29. Bxa6 Rd8+ 30. Ke2 Nxa6 31. Rg7 Nb4 32. Rxh7 Nd3 33. Nd5+ cxd5 34. Kxd3
dxe4+ 35. Kxe4 Rd2 36. Rh8 Rxb2 37. h6 Rxa2 38. Ra8 {1/2-1/2 (38) Sunilduth
Lyna,N (2481)-Savchenko,B (2567) Olongapo City 2015}) 9... d6 10. Be2 Be6 11.
O-O h5 12. Nd5 $146 ({White easily handled Black's early kingside sortie and
won the following game -} 12. f3 h4 13. Bf2 Qd7 14. c5 Nc4 15. Qb3 Nd2 16. Qxb7
O-O 17. Bb5 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Qc6 Rxb5 20. Qxb5 Nc4 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Nd5
Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxb2 24. Rxg5 f5 25. Qd5+ {1-0 (25) Reilly,T (2256)-Bennett,H
(2032) Queenstown 2009}) 12... h4 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 (14. Bg4 h3 15. gxh3 c6
16. Ne3 Qf6 $17) 14... gxf4 15. Nxf4 Qg5 {[#]} 16. Nxe6 $2 (16. Qd2 O-O-O $17)
16... fxe6 17. Qd3 O-O-O 18. Qh3 Kb8 19. Bg4 Bd4+ (19... Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bd4+ 21.
Kh1 e5 $19) 20. Kh1 e5 21. Be6 Rdf8 1/2-1/2