[Event "Westfield Quad"]
[Site "YMCA"]
[Date "2010.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Norris, Tony"]
[Black "Chatsky, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1938"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5
5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Qd6 9. d4 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bf4
h5 12. g5 Qe6 13. Qe2 Bf5 14. h4 f6 15. Nd3 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 e6 17. Kd2 Ne7 18.
Bd6 Ng6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Rae1 Kf7 21. Ne2 e5 22. Ng3 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Nf4+ 24.
Kc3 e4 25. b3 g6 26. f3 f5 27. Rhf1 Kg7 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rf2 Ne6 30. Ref1 Rxf2
31. Rxf2 Rf8 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 33. Ne2 Ke7 34. Kb4 Kd6 35. Ka5 c5 36. c3 cxd4 37.
cxd4 Nxg5 38. hxg5 h4 39. Nf4 e3 40. Kb4 0-1
[Event "W-field Quad"]
[Site "YMCA"]
[Date "2010.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Graif, William"]
[Black "Norris, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6
5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nb3 {I am out of the book here} a5 9. a4 d6
10. O-O Be6 11. f4 Qd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bf3 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16.
Bb6 Nbd5 17. Bxa5 Ne3 18. Qd3 Nxf1 19. Kxf1 {I like positions like this, I am
slightly on the defensive & black has two raking bishops but I am the exchange
up so I should win with perfect play} d5 20. Bb4 Rfc8 21. Nc5 Qc6 22. Re1 Re8
23. a5 b6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. c3 Rac8 {Bf8 instead maybe} 26. Nb3 Bf8 {
now it's not so good :-/} 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Nd4 Kf7 29. Re2 Ra8 30. Qb5 {
white offers draw, I refuse because I need a win to hope for prize money &
also because I like working on my engames OTB and I like chess & I came to
play it.
} Rab8 31. Qxb6 Rxb6 32. b4 {doesn't seem strong} Rc8 33. Rc2 Ne8
34. Ke2 Nd6 35. Bg4 Nb5 36. Kd3 Nxd4 37. Kxd4 Rc4+ {I saw Rxb4+ here but I was
scared to play it, I thought the passed pawn might be too strong for white.}
38. Kd3 Rxf4 39. Bf3 Kf6 40. Ra2 Rc4 41. h3 {I feel like white doesn't know
what to do here, unfortunately I am almost out of time} Rbc6 42. Ra3 {
white offers another draw & I decline again} Rd6 {kind of a useless move in
time pressure, I can't play d4 anyway due to the rook (not to mention letting
the passed pawns roll), probably Ke5 was better} 43. Ra5 Rdc6 44. Ra3 {
now I have another chance to make a better move, I choose h5, perhaps Ke5 was
better} h5 45. Rb3 Kg5 46. b5 Rb6 47. Be2 Rc5 48. Kd4 Kf4 $4 {I crack under
pressure & resign immediately after white takes the rook, still not sad I
didn't take the draw though, was an insturctive endgame (even more so after I
analyze it with an engine) & like I said, there would have been no money
either way. The last half-dozen moves or so were at about 2 or 3 minutes on
the clock but my little prodegy opponent remembered them so I copied them down}
1-0
[Event "Westfield Quad"]
[Site "YMCA"]
[Date "2010.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fleysher, Leonid"]
[Black "Norris, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "1938"]
1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. e4 fxe4
5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 a5 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 a4 {
this pesky move gives my c6-knight some future I hope} 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bg5 Nb3
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bd3 Bh4 17. Bc2 Nd4 18. Nxh4 {
this was a surprise to see} Qxh4 19. Qd2 Rf6 20. Ng3 Raf8 21. Rf1 Qxh3 {
perhaps, as Fritz likes to comment, there were "better ways to keep up the
pressure". this move allows white to bail out into an endgame withQxN} 22.
Qxd4 Qxg3 23. fxg3 exd4 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Rd1 d3 26. Bxd3 Re6 27. Re1 Re5 28.
Kf2 b6 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. g4 h6 32. g3 Bd7 33. Be2 g5 34. Kd4 {
here my opponent overed a draw, telling me "it's a draw", I disagreed & this
time refused, not out of principle or the lust for cash but simply because I
was fairly certain I could winit} c5+ 35. Kd3 Bc6 36. Bf3 b5 37. Rh1 bxc4+ 38.
Ke3 Re6 {just to be safe unfortunately the rest of the moves were not
recorded, I'm pretty sure my opponent played Kd2 here after which I took the
pawn on e4 & ended up winning about 10 moves after that.} 0-1