[Event "LPCC Cardinal Medical Champ"]
[Site "Central Park, La Palma"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hanley, Joe"]
[Black "Hinrichsen, Dane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "IM Jack Peters"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.09.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.24"]

{Best game prize winner as judged by IM Peters and published in the LA Times
on 11/28/04.  Republished with permission from IM Peters.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3.
exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 {
Teh Exchange variation, a quiet system against the Caro-Kann Defense.} Nc6 5.
c3 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 {
Unnecessarily passive.  With 6...Bg4 Black activates the Bishop.} 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 Bd7 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be3 {Keeping Black cramped.} g6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5
Ng7 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Bxf5 {Eliminating Black's best piece.} gxf5 15. Qh5 {
White has a clear advantage.  His Knight will settle on d4, and Black has no
counterplay.} h6 16. Nb3 b6 17. Nd4 Bg5 $2 18. Nxf5 $3 {
The best combination of the tournament.} Rh7 ({White foresees} 18... exf5 19.
e6 Bxe6 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Rxe6+ Kf8 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Re5 {winning two pawns.})
19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. f4 Bh4 21. Rf1 f5 {Else 22. f5 opens the f-file.} 22. exf6
Bxf6 23. Bd4 {The simplist way to preserve the trapped Knight.} Bxd4+ 24. cxd4
Qf6 ({Or} 24... Ke7 25. Qe5 Qb8 26. Nf5+ {escaping.}) 25. Qe5 Ke7 26. Rac1 Rg7
$2 ({But even} 26... Qxe5 27. fxe5 {is hopeless for Black.}) 27. Rc7 {
also decisive.} ({Permitting} 27. Nf5+ $1 Qxf5 28. Qxg7+) 27... h5 $2 28. Rxd7+
1-0

[Event "LPCC Cardinal Medical Champ"]
[Site "La Palma, CA"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Soto, Ernesto"]
[Black "Martino, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[Annotator "IM Jack Peters"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.09.24"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.24"]

{Runner up best game as judged by IM Peters and published in the LA Times on
11/28/04.  Republished with permission from IM Peters.} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. c3
d5 4. e5 {Reaching the Advanced variation against the French Defense.} Nc6 5.
Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. O-O {The Milner-Barry Gambit.} cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 ({
Theory considers} 8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 ({and} 10... Qxe5 11. Re1
Qb8 12. Nxd5 Bd6 {best})) 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nb5 Qxe5 12. Re1 Qb8
13. Qf3 e5 ({More reasonable than} 13... f6 $2 14. Rxe6 $1 Bxe6 {when} 15. Bf4
Qd8 16. Bc7 {snares the Queen.}) ({But safest is} 13... Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Nc6 15.
Qxd5 Bd6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qxc6+ Ke7 {returning the pawns for equality.}) 14.
Bf4 $5 ({White could draw by} 14. Rxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qf6 $1 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17.
Nxb7+ Ke8 18. Nd6+) 14... Nc6 $2 ({The greedy} 14... exf4 15. Qxd5 Kd8 ({
Worse is} 15... Be6 $2 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6) 16. Qxf7 {
looks suspect as Black, as Black's King cannot find shelter.}) ({But} 14... f6
$1 15. Rac1 Bc6 {
supports Black's pawn center and prevents a White breakthrough.}) 15. Rac1 $6 (
{Stronger is} 15. Qxd5 {Black cannot stand} f6 ({or} 15... Be6 16. Bxe5 Bxd5
17. Bxb8+ Kd7 18. Bf5+) ({or} 15... Be7 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Be6 18. Rxe6 $1
fxe6 19. Qxe6) 16. Rac1) 15... Be7 $2 {Losing.} ({Only} 15... Be6 16. Rxc6 bxc6
17. Bxe5 Qb7 {keeps a litte hope.}) 16. Rxc6 $1 Bxc6 $6 ({
White meets the tougher} 16... exf4 17. Nc7+ Kf8 18. Rc2) 17. Bxe5 d4 ({As} 
17... Qd8 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Ne6+) ({and} 17... Qc8 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Nd6+ {
cost Black his Queen.}) 18. Qg3 Qd8 ({Or} 18... Qc8 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Bd6) 19.
Nc7+ Qxc7 20. Bxc7 1-0

