LPCC 30th Anniversary ChessFest

(1) Henebry,M (1808) - Young,S (1743) [C36]
La Palma 30th Anniversary La Palma Central Park, CA (3), 04.03.2005
[IM Jack Peters]

Best game prize winner as judged by IM Peters and published in the LA Times on 4/10/05. Republished with permission from IM Peters.

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 A reliable variation of the King's Gambit.

4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5+ Bd7 [ Usual is 5...c6 6.dxc6 bxc6 making White retreat.]

6.Bxd7+ reasonable [ athough theory concentrates on 6.Bc4 Qe7+ 7.Be2 ]

6...Qxd7 7.c4 c6 [ Possibly 7...Qe7+ 8.Qe2 c6 is more precise]

8.Ne5 Qe7?! [ Black can equalize by 8...Qc7 9.Qe2 Be7 10.dxc6 ( or 10.d4 cxd5 11.Bxf4 Qb6 ) 10...Nxc6 ]

9.0-0!? Henebry chooses an enterprising sacrafice that sets Black difficult problems. [ The natural 9.d4 cxd5 10.0-0 threatens 11.Re1 and seems to force 10...Qd8.]

9...Qxe5 Forced, [ as 9...cxd5? 10.Re1 is misreable for Black.]

10.Re1 Ne4 11.d4! White must continue energetically. [ The tame 11.d3 lets Black aim for solidity with 11...cxd5 ( or snatch a pawn by 11...Bc5+ 12.Kf1 f5 13.Qf3 Qd4! 14.dxe4 Qxc4+ ) 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Rxe4+ Be7 14.Bxf4 Nc6 ]

11...Qe7 12.Nc3 f5 13.Qf3 None of Black's pieces are working and White threatens mayhem on the e-file.

13...Kd8 What else? [ The greedy 13...cxd5 14.cxd5 Qb4 15.Bxf4 Qxd4+ 16.Kh1 leaves Black too far behind in development. White refutes 16...Bb4 neatly by 17.Nxe4! Bxe1 18.Nd6+ Kd7 19.Rxe1 Na6 20.Qe2 ]

14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Rxe4 Qd7 An undesireable spot for the Queen, but it's doubtful that Black can do better. [ After 15...Qb4 16.Bxf4 Bd6 for example, White wins with 17.Bg5+ Kc8 ( or 17...Kc7 18.c5 ) 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Re6 ]

16.Bxf4 c5 [ if 16...cxd5 17.Bg5+ Kc8 18.cxd5 the open c-file helps White: 18...Na6 ( Neither 18...Bd6 19.Rc1+ Bc7 20.Re7 ; nor 18...b6 19.Rf4! slows the attack.) 19.Rc1+ Nc7 20.Rxc7+! Kxc7 21.Qc3+ Kb6 ( Avoiding 21...Kb8 22.Re8+! Qxe8 23.Bf4+ ) 22.Re6+ Qxe6 23.dxe6 winning]

17.Rae1 Bd6 18.Re6 Bf8 The "best" defense. [ Black invites 18...Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Kc8 20.Re7 Qd8 21.Qf7 Rf8 else 22.Re8 wins 22.Rc7+! Qxc7 23.Qxf8+ Qd8 24.Re8 ; 18...Rf8 19.Rxd6 Qxd6 reaches a hopeless endgame.]

19.Qe2 Qf7 20.Re8+ Kd7 21.Qg4+ Black Resigns. The brilliancy prizewinner. 1-0

(2) Hunt,W (1912) - Henebry,M (1808) [A57]
La Palma 30th Anniversary La Palma Central Park, CA (4), 11.03.2005



1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Nf3 Nxe4 9.Bc4 g6 10.Qe2 f5 11.Ng5 Bg7 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Qxe4 0-0 14.0-0 Bf5 15.Qe2 Kh8 16.Re1 Re8 17.Bf4 Bd7 18.Bg5 Bf6 19.Bxf6+ exf6 20.Nxd6 Rxe2 21.Nf7+ Kg7 22.Nxd8 Rxb2 23.Ne6+ Bxe6 24.dxe6 Nc6 25.Bd5 Rbxa2 26.Rxa2 Rxa2 27.Bxa2 Kf8 28.Rc1 Nd4 29.Rxc5 b3 30.Bb1 Nxe6 31.Rb5 Nd4 32.Rb4 Ne2+ 33.Kf1 Nc1 34.Rb7 Resigns 1-0

(3) Rinaldo,J (2035) - Martino,W (1827) [B23]
La Palma 30th Anniversary La Palma Central Park, CA (2), 25.02.2005



1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nf3 Nxb5 6.Nxb5 Qb6 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.c4 a6 9.Nc3 d6 10.d3 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.h3 Bd7 13.g4 Ne8 14.Be3 Qd8 15.d4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Rc8 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.b3 b5 19.cxb5 Bxb5 20.Nxb5 axb5 21.Qxb5 Rb8 22.Qd3 Qb7 23.Rb1 Nf6 24.Nd2 d5 25.e5 Ne4 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Qe3 Rfd8 28.Rbc1 Qa8 29.Rf2 Rb4 30.Rc4 Rxc4 31.bxc4 Qc6 32.c5 h6 33.Kh2 Qd5 34.c6 Qxd4 35.Qxd4 Rxd4 36.Rc2 Rd8 37.c7 Rc8 38.a4 e3 39.Kg2 Bb4 40.Kf3 Ba5 41.Rc5 Bxc7 42.a5 Kf8 43.f5 Ke8 44.fxe6 fxe6 45.Rb5 Ra8 46.Kxe3 Bxa5 47.Rb7 Kf8 48.h4 Bd8 49.h5 Bg5+ 50.Kd4 Ra4+ 51.Kc5 Be7+ 52.Kc6 Rxg4 53.Rb3 Rg5 54.Kd7 Rxe5 55.Rf3+ Rf5 56.Re3 Kf7 57.Rh3 Rd5+ 58.Kc6 Ke8 59.Rg3 Bf6 60.Re3 Re5 61.Ra3 Rc5+ 62.Kd6 Be7+ 63.Kxe6 Rc6+ 64.Kd5 Bxa3 65.Kxc6 Kf7 66.Kd5 Kf6 67.Ke4 Kg5 68.Kf3 Kxh5 69.Kg2 Kg4 70.Kh1 Kf3 71.Kh2 g5 72.Kh1 g4 73.Kh2 h5 74.Kh1 h4 75.Kh2 g3+ 76.Kh1 g2+ 0-1

(4) Gonzales,R (1143) - Soto,E (1811) [E61]
La Palma 30th Anniversary Central Park La Palma, CA (4), 11.03.2005



1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.d4 e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.e4 Nd7 10.Be3 a5 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.0-0 Nc6 14.a3 a4 15.Qc2 Nd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Nxa4 Qd6 18.Qd1 Bd7 19.b3 f5 20.Nb2 d3 21.Ra2 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Bxb2 23.Rxb2 Qe5 24.Re1 Qxb2 25.Bxg6 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Bh3 27.Bxh7+ Kh8 28.Be4 Qxe1+ Resigns 0-1

(5) Young,S (1743) - Hutchinson,R (2024) [A40]
La Palma 30th Anniversary Central Park La Palma, CA (4), 11.03.2005



1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Qc2 Qh4 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.g3 Qh5 7.Be3 Nb4 8.Qd2 Nxd3+ 9.Qxd3 f5 10.d5 fxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qf4 Bd6 13.Qg5 Qxg5 14.Bxg5 exd5 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.f3 0-0-0 18.Nc3 Rde8+ 19.Kf2 Bc5+ 20.Kg2 Bc6 21.Nge2 Re3 22.Rhf1 Rhe8 23.Nf4 Bb4 24.Ncd5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Re2+ 26.Rf2 Bc5 27.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 28.Kh3 f5 29.b4 Bd6 30.a3 Rf2 31.f4 Re2 32.Rd1 a5 33.Nxb6+ cxb6 34.Rxd6 Kc7 35.Rd5 axb4 36.axb4 Kc6 37.Rxf5 d5 38.Rf6+ Kb5 39.Rd6 Kxb4 40.Rxd5 Kc4 41.Rd7 b5 42.Rxh7 b4 43.Kg4 b3 44.h4 b2 45.Rb7 Kc3 46.h5 Re1 47.Rxb2 Kxb2 48.Kf5 Kc3 49.g4 Kd4 50.h6 Rh1 51.Kg6 Ke4 52.f5 Ke5 53.h7 Rh4 54.g5 Rh2 55.f6 Ke6 56.f7 Ke7 57.Kg7 Rf2 58.g6 1-0

(6) Rinaldo,J (1958) - Binnix,D (1385) [C11]
La Palma 30th Anniversary Central Park La Palma, CA (4), 11.03.2005



1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 f6 9.exf6 Qxf6 10.0-0-0 c4 11.g4 h6 12.f5 Nb6 13.Bg2 Bd7 14.fxe6 Bxe6 15.g5 Qe7 16.Rde1 0-0-0 17.Bf4 Qd7 18.Qe3 Bh3 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Bxh3 Ng4 21.Qe6 Qxe6 22.Rxe6 Nf2 23.Rc6# 1-0

(7) Hinrichsen,D (2010) - Henebry,M (1808) [A58]
La Palma 30th Anniversary La Palma Central Park, CA (2), 25.02.2005



1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.f4 d6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.e4 Bxf1 10.Rxf1 Qb6 11.e5 Ng4 12.h3 Nh6 13.Qe2 0-0 14.g4 Nd7 15.e6 Qb4 16.Kf2 Nb6 17.Kg2 Qc4 18.exf7+ Rxf7 19.Qe6 Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qxd5 21.Qxd5 Nxd5 22.f5 Kg7 23.c4 Nb6 24.Bb2+ Kg8 25.Ng5 Rff8 26.Ne6 Rfb8 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.Bg7 Nf7 29.Rf2 Nxc4 30.Re1 Nfe5 31.Ree2 Ra7 32.g5 Nf7 33.Ba1 Ra3 34.Rf3 Rxf3 35.Kxf3 Rb1 36.Bc3 Rc1 37.Be1 Nfe5+ 38.Ke4 Rd1 39.Bc3 d5+ 40.Kf4 Rf1+ 41.Kg3 Rf3+ 42.Kg2 Rxc3 Resigns 0-1

(8) Dunn,D (1600) - Roberts,C (1965) [C11]
La Palma 30th Anniversary Central Park La Palma, CA (4), 11.03.2005



1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 c5 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Bf4 a6 8.Ne2 c4 9.c3 b5 10.Ng3 Nb6 11.Ng5 Be7 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qh6 Bf8 14.Qh3 h6 15.Be2 hxg5 16.Qxh8 gxf4 17.Nf1 Na4 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.Bd1 Nxd4 20.Bxa4 bxa4 21.Nd2 Nf5 22.0-0 Bd7 23.Nf3 Qd8 24.g3 fxg3 25.hxg3 Qb6 26.Kg2 0-0-0 27.Rh1 Bg7 28.Qh3 Rh8 29.Nh4 g5 30.Qg4 gxh4 31.gxh4 Bc6 32.Kf1 Bxe5 33.Qe2 Bxc3 34.h5 Bf6 35.Rh3 Bb5 36.Ke1 Rg8 37.Kd2 Qa5+ 38.Rc3 d4 39.b4 dxc3+ 40.Kc2 Nd4+ 41.Kd1 Rg1+ 42.Qe1 Rxe1+ 43.Kxe1 Nc2+ Resign 0-1



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