[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ray Paulson"]
[Black "Brett Kildahl"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "??"]
[Moves "??"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld (Kemeri) defence, 5.cd, main line"]
[ECO "D72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
d5 Ne5 9. O-O c6 10. Nbc3 cxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Nbc4 14. b3
Nd6 15. Rc1 Bf5 16. Nd4 Nd3 17. Nxf5 Nxf4 18. Nxd6 Nxg2 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20.
Kxg2 Rc8 21. Qd3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxd5+ 24. f3 Rf6 25. Rf2 Rc6
26. Qe3 e5 27. Qxh6 e4 28. Qe3 Re6 29. fxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rc2 Re7
32. Kf3 Kg7 33. h4 Rd7 34. Rc3 Kf6 35. Re3 b5 36. Re2 Rd3+ 37. Kf4 Rd4+ 38.
Ke3 Rg4 39. Kf3 Rd4 40. Rc2 Rd6 41. Rc5 Ra6 42. Rc2 Rb6 43. g4 a6 44. Kf4
Rd6 45. Ke4 Re6+ 46. Kd4 Rd6+ 47. Kc5 Re6 48. Rd2 Ke7 49. Rh2 Kd7 50. h5
gxh5 51. gxh5 Rh6 52. Kd5 Ke7 53. Ke5 a5 54. Kd5 b4 55. Kc5 a4 56. bxa4 Kd7
57. Kxb4 Kc6 58. Rh4 Kb6 59. Kc4 Kc6 60. Kd4 Kd6 61. Ke4 Ke6 62. Kf4 Kf6
63. Kg4 Kg7 64. Kg5 Ra6 65. h6+ Kh7 66. Kf5 Ra5+ 67. Ke6 Ra6+ 68. Kd5 Ra5+
69. Kc6 Ra6+ 70. Kb5 {Last few moves missing. White won}
1-0


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gary Brassard"]
[Black "Paul Godin"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[Moves "28"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "A46 Queen's pawn game, London System"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Nc4 d6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Bf8 14. Rad1
h6 15. Ncd2 Ne7 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Ne4 Ng6 19. Bh2 Nd5 20. Ned2
b5 21. Nf1 a6 22. Qd3 Qf6 23. Ne3 Ndf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Qe4 d5 26. Ng4
dxe4 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rxe4 Nd5 {White resigns}
0-1


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mike Commisso"]
[Black "Roger Cappallo"]
[WhiteElo "1699"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[Moves "40"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "French Defence, Two knights variation"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 a6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ncxe5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Nce2 Nf6
14. b3 Qc7 15. Ng3 Bd6 16. Nde2 O-O 17. h3 Bd7 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Qf2 b5 20.
Nge2 Ne4 21. Qh4 Qd8 22. Qe1 f6 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. Qxg3 e5 25. Nf3 exf4 26.
Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxc2 28. Qg3 Qc7 29. Qh4 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Re8 31. Qf4 Ree2
32. Qb8+ Re8 33. Qf4 Qc7 34. Qb4 a5 35. Qh4 Re4 36. Qh5 Qg3 37. Rg1 Ree2
38. Qxd5+ Be6 39. Qa8+ Kf7 40. Nd4 Qxh3+ {White resigns}
0-1


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexander Venezia"]
[Black "Ken Gurge"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[Moves "42"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defence, Classical variation"]
[ECO "B18"]


1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3
8. Qxd3 e6 9. Bf4 Ngf6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qd3 Qd5 13. O-O Be7
14. c4 Qd8 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Bd2 Nxg3 19. Bxa5 Nxf1
20. Kxf1 b6 21. Nxc6 Bf6 22. Bc3 Rfe8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Red8 25. Rd6
Kf8 26. Bb4 Ke8 27. c5 bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rxd6 29. exd6 a5 30. a3 a4 31. Ke2 Rc8
32. Bb4 Rc2+ 33. Ke3 Rxb2 34. Bc5 Kd7 35. Kd3 f6 36. Kc3 Rb1 37. g3 e5 38.
Kc4 Kc6 39. Bb4 f5 40. f4 e4 41. Kd4 Rxb4+ 42. axb4 Kxd6 {White resigns}
0-1




[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paul Godin"]
[Black "Ray Paulson"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[Moves "62"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "English Opening"]
[ECO "A16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nge2 e5 5. d3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O Be6 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. h3 Nh5 11. Kh2 Qe8 12. g4 Nhf6 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4
Ne5 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Be3 b6 17. Bf2 Rab8 18. Rac1 a6 19. b3 Qd7 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. d4 Nf7 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qc7 24. Bg3 Nd7 25. Ne4 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
Nfxe5 27. Kh1 Rbe8 28. c5 bxc5 29. Nxc5 Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Qd6
32. Rc3 c5 33. Re3 Nd7 34. Rd3 Qc7 35. Qd1 Nb6 36. Rd6 Nd5 37. Bxd5 Qxd6
38. Bf3 Qxd1+ 39. Bxd1 Rd8 40. Be2 a5 41. Kg2 Rd2 42. Kf3 Rxa2 43. Bc4 Kf7
44. Ke4 Kf6 45. h4 Rh2 46. g5+ Ke7 47. Ke5 Rh1 48. Kf4 Kd6 49. Kg3 Rc1 50.
Kf2 Rxc4 51. bxc4 a4 52. Ke2 a3 53. Kd2 a2 54. Kc2 a1=Q 55. h5 Ke5 56. hxg6
hxg6 57. Kb3 Qa6 58. Kc3 Ke4 59. Kb3 Kd3 60. Kb2 Qxc4 61. Ka3 Qb5 62. Ka2
Kc2 {White resigns}
0-1


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brett Kildahl"]
[Black "Mike Commisso"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1699"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[Moves "46"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit, Chigorin Defence"]
[ECO "D07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Qd4 Ng6 6. e4 e5 7. Qxc4 a6 8.
Nf3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfd1
Nh5 15. Bf1 Nh4 16. Nh2 Ng6 17. g3 Nf6 18. Bg2 b5 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. a3 Rb8
21. Qc2 Qc8 22. h4 Bg4 23. Nxg4 Nxg4 24. Qe2 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Ne7 26. Rac1 b4
27. Na4 bxa3 28. bxa3 Qg4 29. Nc5 Rb2 30. Rd2 Rfb8 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Kh2
Re2 33. Bh3 Rxe3 34. Bxg4 Rxa3 35. Nb7 Rb3 36. Nxd6 cxd6 37. Rc7 Nxd5 38.
Rc8+ Kh7 39. exd5 g6 40. Rc6 h5 41. Bc8 Rd3 42. Rxd6 a5 43. Ba6 Rd4 44. Bb5
Kg7 45. Rd8 Kf6 46. Bc6 {Black resigns, or possibly ran out of time}
1-0


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alex Venezia"]
[Black "Gary Brassard"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[Moves "54"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Sicilian Decence, Hyper Accelerated Dragon, Maroczy Bind variation"]
[ECO "B36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Rb8 10. O-O Qc7 11. e5 Ne8 12. f4 d6 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. c5
Nb5 15. Bd2 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxc5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Qe2 Bxg2+ 20.
Qxg2 Qb6 21. Qd5 Bd6 22. Bc3 Qb7 23. Rfd1 Qxd5+ 24. Rxd5 Rfc8 25. Re1 Rc6
26. Bd4 a6 27. Bc3 Rbc8 28. Re2 f6 29. Kg2 b4 30. Be1 Rc2 31. Rdd2 Rxd2 32.
Rxd2 Rc1 33. Bf2 Bc5 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rc8 Be3 36. Rxc1 Bxc1 37. b3 Bb2 38.
Kf3 Ke6 39. Bc5 Bc3 40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Kd3 e5 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Kc4 Kc6 44.
Bxb4 Bxb4 45. Kxb4 Kd5 46. Kc3 Ke4 47. Kd2 Kd4 48. Ke2 Kc3 49. Ke3 Kb2 50.
Ke4 Kxa2 51. b4 Kb3 52. Kxe5 Kxb4 53. Kd4 a5 54. Kd3 Kb3 {White resigns}
0-1


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "(Roger's house?) Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roger Cappallo"]
[Black "Ken Gurge"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "POSTPONED"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[Moves "57"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined Slav Defence, 4.e3"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Re8 14.
Rab1 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Qd8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 c5 20. dxc5
Nxc5 21. Qc2 Nce4 22. Be1 Nxc3 23. Bxc3 Ne4 24. Bd4 Qd7 25. b6 Rec8 26. Qb3
Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 h6 28. Qc2 Qd8 29. Qb3 Rc8 30. Qb2 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 f6 32. Qc2
Qd7 33. g4 Kf7 34. Kg2 Ke8 35. Nd2 Nxd2 36. Qxd2 Kd8 37. Qa5 Qc6 38. Qa8+
Qc8 39. Qa5 Qc6 40. Qa8+ Qc8 41. Qa7 Kd7 42. Kf3 Kd8 43. Qa5 Qc4 44. Qa8+
Qc8 45. Qxc8+ Kxc8 46. e4 dxe4+ 47. Kxe4 Kd7 48. f4 Ke7 49. h4 Kf7 50. Kf5
g6+ 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. f5+ gxf5+ 53. gxf5+ Ke7 54. h5 Bb4 55. Be3 Kd6 56. Bxh6
Bc5 57. Be3 {White won on time.}
1-0



[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ray Paulson"]
[Black "Mike Commisso"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1699"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[Moves "48"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit, Chigorin Defence"]
[ECO "D07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. h3 Bf5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g4 Bg6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qf6 14. Be2
O-O 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qe1 Nb4 17. Qf1 Nd5 18. Rac1 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Be4 20.
Nd2 Bc6 21. f4 g5 22. Bf3 Ba4 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Rdc1 Bc6 26.
Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qf3 Qb4 29. b3 Rd6 30. R1c2 Qb5 31. Rxc6 Qb7
32. Kg2 Qb4 33. Rxc7 Rd5 34. Qf6 Rdd8 35. Rf2 Qd6 36. Rc5 e5 37. Qxe5 f6
38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. Rff5 Re8 40. Kf3 Kg7 41. d5 Red8 42. e4 Kg6 43. Kf4 h6
44. Ke3 R8d7 45. Rc8 Kg7 46. Rc6 Rxc6 47. dxc6 Rd6 48. Rc5 {Black resigns}
1-0


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paul Godin"]
[Black "Ken Gurge"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[Moves "35"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Reti Opening, King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O e6 5.d4 Be7 6.c3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Re1 c5 
9.c4 Qc7 10.b3 Rb8 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bb2 b6 13.Rc1 Qd8 14.Nc4 Bb7 15.e4 N5f6 
16.Ncd2 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.Re3 Qd7 19.f3 Rfd8 20.Nc4 Qe8 21.Qc2 Rbc8 
22.Qb1 Na6 23.Bf1 Bc5 24.e5 Rxd4 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.exf6 Bxe3+ 27.Nxe3 Rxc1 
28.Qxc1 Nc5 29.b4 Nd7 30.fxg7 Qc8 31.Qd1 Kxg7 32.Qd4+ Kg8 33.Ng4 Bxf3 34.Nh6+ Kf8 35.Qh8+
{Black resigns}
1-0


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alex Venezia"]
[Black "Brett Kildahl"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "98]
[Moves "49"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez, closed defence, Bogolyubov variation"]
[ECO "C91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. b4 Nc4 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2
Qxc6 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. Bd2 Qc6 17. Rc1 Be6 18. a3 Nd7 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3
Nb6 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Nc4 23. Ra1 Kh8 24. Qd1 f6 25. Nf3 Rfc8 26. Qc2
d5 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. Red1 Qe6 29. Nd2 h6 30. Nxc4 Qxc4 31. Rac1 Rd8 32. h3
Rac8 33. Rd2 e4 34. Rcd1 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 f5 36. Rd6 f4 37. Rxa6 Rd8 38. a4
Qd3 39. Qc1 bxa4 40. Rxa4 e3 41. fxe3 fxe3 42. Ra1 Rc8 43. Ra3 e2 44. Qe1
Rf8 45. Ra1 Rf1+ 46. Qxf1 exf1=Q+ 47. Rxf1 Qxc3 48. Rf8+ Kh7 49. Rb8 Qc1+
{White resigns}
0-1


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gary Brassard"]
[Black "Roger Cappallo"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "??"]
[Moves "??"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "??"]
[ECO "??"]
{Forfeit 0F-1F}
0-1



[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ken Gurge"]
[Black "Ray Paulson"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[Moves "40"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Petroff Defense, Nimzovitsch Attack"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Kb1 Nc5 11. Nd4 Bf6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. h4 Nxd3
14. Qxd3 g6 15. h5 Qe7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Nc6 Qf7 19. Qxf7 Rxf7
20. Nd4 a5 21. Ne2 Kg8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxf2 24. Nf4 Rf8 25. Nd5 Rxg2
26. Rf4 Rxf4 27. Nxf4 Rf2 28. Nd3 Rf3 29. b3 Bf5 30. Rd1 Bxd3 31. cxd3 g5
32. a4 Kg7 33. Re1 h5 34. Re7+ Rf7 35. Re2 g4 36. Kc1 Kg6 37. Re6+ Kg5 38.
Kd2 h4 39. Re8 h3 40. Ke2 Kh4 {White resigns}
0-1


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brett Kildahl"]
[Black "Paul Godin"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "??"]
[Moves "??"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined, exchange variation, positional line"]
[ECO "D35"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Nf3 c6
8. e3 Re8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. h3 h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14.
Ne5 Be6 15. f4 c5 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. dxc5 Qd8 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. b4 Re7 20. Rac1
a6 21. a4 Rec7 22. a5 N8d7 23. Nef3 Qe7 24. f5 Nh5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Kh2
Rf8 27. Bg6 Nhf6 28. Qe2 Rcc8 29. Kg1 Rfd8 30. Qe1 Nf8 31. Qg3 Ne4 32. Bxe4
dxe4 33. Ne5 Rd5 34. Ng6 Nxg6 35. Qxg6 Rd7 36. Qxe4 e5 37. Nf5 Qe6 38. Qc4
Qxc4 39. Rxc4 Re8 40. Nd6 Re6 41. Rc2 Rg6 42. Rcf2 Rg3 43. Rf3 Rg6 44. Rf8+
Kh7 45. R8f7 Rxf7 46. Rxf7 Rg3 47. Kf2 Rg5 48. Rxb7 Kg6 49. c6 e4 50. c7
Rd5 51. c8=Q Rd2+ 52. Ke1 Rxd6 53. Qg4+ Kf6 54. Qxg7+ {Black resigns}
1-0


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roger Cappallo"]
[Black "Alex Venezia"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[Moves "44"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defence, orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)"]
[ECO "E97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Bg5 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qb3 f4 14. c5 g5
15. Nd2 g4 16. Nb5 Kh8 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxg4 Ra8 20. Nc4 a6
21. Nb6 Rd8 22. Na3 Qh4 23. Be6 Nc7 24. Bf5 Rg8 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. Qc3 Nb5 27.
Nxb5 axb5 28. Qd3 Qg5 29. Be6 f3 30. Qf1 fxg2 31. Qe1 Rgf8 32. Rc7 Rf4 33.
Rxb7 Rdf8 34. Bf5 Rh4 35. f3 Rg8 36. Be6 Rf8 37. Bf5 Bf6 38. Nd7 Qf4 39.
Qxh4 Bxh4 40. Nxf8 Qe3+ 41. Kxg2 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qxf3+ 43. Kxh4 Qf4+ 44. Kh3
Qf3+ {Draw agreed}
1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mike Commisso"]
[Black "Gary Brassard"]
[WhiteElo "1699"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[Moves "32"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense, closed variation by transposition"]
[ECO "B23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Ba2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. d3 Bg4 11. Qe1 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nd4 13. Rf2 Re8 14.
Rb1 Ndf5 15. Kh1 Nd4 16. Qd1 b5 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. c3 Nxe2 19. Rxe2 Rad8 20.
Qe1 Kf8 21. Be3 Nf5 22. Bf2 Qd6 23. b4 d4 24. bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rb4 Rxe2 26.
Qxe2 Re8 27. Qd2 Qxc3 28. Rb2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Rc8 30. g4 Ne3 31. h3 Rc1+ 32.
Kh2 Nf1+ {Whits resigns}
0-1



[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gary Brassard"]
[Black "Ray Paulson"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[Moves "47"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian Defence, London System"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 O-O 11. Qh3 g6 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14.
Qh6 f6 15. Ng5 Rf7 16. Nxf7 Qd7 17. O-O fxe5 18. Nxe5 Qd6 19. f3 exf3 20.
Nxf3 Qd5 21. Qh3 Ba6 22. Rfd1 Qe4 23. Ne5 Qf5 24. Qxf5 exf5 25. d5 Bd6 26.
Nf3 h6 27. b3 c4 28. b4 Kf7 29. a4 Kf6 30. a5 b5 31. g3 Re8 32. Kf2 Bb7 33.
Nd4 a6 34. Rac1 g5 35. Ne2 Ke5 36. h4 Bxd5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rh1 Bxh1 39.
Rxh1 Re6 40. Nd4 Rf6 41. Rh7 Ke4 42. Ne2 Kd3 43. Ra7 Be5 44. Rd7+ Kc2 45.
Nd4+ Bxd4 46. cxd4 Kd2 47. d5 c3 {White resigns}
0-1


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brett Kildahl"]
[Black "Ken Gurge"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[Moves "51"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Reti Opening, King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[ECO "A07"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nc4 e5 13. Rd1 Nb6 14.
Be3 Rfd8 15. Bf3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 b6 17. a4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 c5 19. b4 Bf8 20.
b5 Rd8 21. Kg2 Rxd1 22. Bxd1 Qd7 23. Be2 Bd6 24. f3 Kg7 25. Qc3 Qe7 26. Bc4
Nd7 27. Qd2 Nf8 28. Bg5 Qd7 29. Bh6+ Kg8 30. Qd5 Bb8 31. Qa8 Qc7 32. Bd5
Ne6 33. Bc4 Nd8 34. Qd5 Qd6 35. Qxd6 Bxd6 36. f4 exf4 37. gxf4 Ne6 38. e5
Bf8 39. Bxf8 Nxf8 40. Kf3 h6 41. Ke4 Ne6 42. h4 Kf8 43. c3 Ke7 44. f5 Nc7
45. Bb3 Kf8 46. e6 gxf5+ 47. Kxf5 Ke7 48. exf7 Kf8 49. Kg6 Ne8 50. fxe8=Q+
Kxe8 51. Kxh6 {Black resigns}
1-0


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alex Venezia"]
[Black "Mike Commisso"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1699"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[Moves "54"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defence, Kan variation, 5.Nc3"]
[ECO "B43"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Nc6
8. Qd2 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 Ne5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Qd3 Qxd3 14.
cxd3 Bd7 15. h3 O-O 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nh5 18. Kh2 g6 19. Ne4 f5 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. Ng5 Bd6+ 22. g3 Rae8 23. Rae1 e5 24. Ndf3 Bc6 25. Bc1 e4 26. dxe4
Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Nd2 Bd5 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. b3 Ke7 32.
Nc4 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Bc5 34. Kg2 Ke6 35. Kf3 Ke5 36. Bb2+ Bd4 37. Ba3 b6 38.
Bc1 Kd6 39. Ba3+ Ke5 40. Bc1 Bc3 41. Kg4 Kf6 42. Be3 h5+ 43. Kh4 Ke6 44.
Kg5 Kf7 45. Bxb6 Be5 46. g4 Bf6+ 47. Kf4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Ke6 49. Ke4 Kd6 50.
Bd4 Bg5 51. c5+ Kc6 52. Ke5 Bd8 53. Ke6 Bg5 54. Kf7 {Black resigns}
1-0


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paul Godin"]
[Black "Roger Cappallo"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "POSTPONED"]
[PlyCount "??"]
[Moves "??"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "??"]
[ECO "??"]
{Forfeit 0F-1F}
0-1



[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ray Paulson"]
[Black "Alex Venezia"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[Moves "42"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defence, Fianchetto variation, Yugoslav system"]
[ECO "E64"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nb5 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. d6
Qd7 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Nxe8 Nxe8 17. Qd5 Qxd6 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Red1 e4 20.
Rxd6 exf3 21. Rd8+ Bf8 22. Bxf3 Kg7 23. Rc1 Be7 24. Re8 Bd6 25. b4 Be6 26.
Rxb8 Bxb8 27. bxc5 Bxa2 28. Bxb7 Kf6 29. c6 Bc7 30. Ra1 Bc4 31. Rxa7 Ke6
32. Bc8+ Kd6 33. Ba6 Bd5 34. Bb5 Bxc6 35. Bxc6 Kxc6 36. Kg2 f6 37. f4 g5
38. Kf3 h5 39. h3 Bd8 40. Rh7 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Rxh4 {Black resigns}
1-0


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roger Cappallo"]
[Black "Brett Kildahl"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[Moves "44"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld Defence, Exchange variation"]
[ECO "D85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. g3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Be4 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Ba3 Na6 13. Rac1 Rb8 14.
dxc5 Qc6 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Bxg2 17. d5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nc7 19. Rd3 Ne6
20. Qc3 Ng5 21. h4 Nh3+ 22. Kh2 Nxf2 23. Rf3 Ng4+ 24. Kg1 Qe6 25. Bb2 f6
26. e4 Rbd8 27. h5 Ne5 28. Re3 Qg4 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qb3+ Kg7 31. Rf1 Rd2
32. Bc3 Rdd8 33. Qxb7 Rd7 34. Qb5 Rh8 35. Qe2 Qh3 36. Qg2 Qh5 37. Bxe5 Qxe5
38. c6 Rc7 39. Rc1 Qd4 40. Qf2 Rb8 41. Rc2 Rb1+ 42. Kg2 Qd1 43. Kh3 Qh5+
44. Kg2 Qh1# {Black mates}
0-1


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: Debbie's kitchen, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ken Gurge"]
[Black "Gary Brassard"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[Moves "38"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Hyper Accelerated Dragon, Hungarian variation"]
[ECO "B27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nb6
8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h4 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. h5 d6 14.
hxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 Rf5 16. Qh4 Kf7 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Be3 Bf6 20.
Qh7+ Ke8 21. Qg8+ Kd7 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxb6 Re8 24. Nd5 Bh8 25. Bd4 Bxd4
26. Nxd4 Be4 27. Nxc6 Kxc6 28. Nc3 Bxg2 29. Rhg1 Bf3 30. Rde1 Bh5 31. Re3
e6 32. Kd2 Kd7 33. Ne4 Rf8 34. Ke1 Rc8 35. c3 Ke7 36. Ng3 Bg4 37. Re4 Kd7
38. Rxg4 {Black resigns}
1-0


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mike Commisso"]
[Black "Paul Godin"]
[WhiteElo "1699"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "??"]
[Moves "??"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "??"]
[ECO "??"]
{Forfeit 1F-0F}
1-0



[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roger Cappallo"]
[Black "Ray Paulson"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "??"]
[Moves "??"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined Slav Defense, 5.e3 (Alekhine variation)"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. e5 bxc3
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ne5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Bf6
21. c4 Ne7 22. Qe4 Rfd8 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. g5 Bxd4
27. Qxe7+ Kg8 28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 c5 30. Rab1 Qc6 31. Rb5 Rac8 32. Qe6+
Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rc7 34. Re5 Rdc8 35. Kg2 a6 36. Ra5 Rc6 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. f4
R8c7 39. f5 Kf8 40. Kf4 Kf7 41. h4 Rd7 42. Rexc5 Rd4+ 43. Ke3 Rxc4 44. Rxc6
Rxc6 45. Kd4 Rb6 46. Kc4 h5 47. Rc5 Rb7 48. a4 Ke7 49. Rc6 a5 50. Kd5 Rb4
51. Rc7+ Ke8 52. Rc4 Rb7 53. Ke5 Re7+ 54. Kd6 Kf7 55. Kc6 Re5 56. Rc5 Re4
57. Rxa5 Rxh4 58. Ra7+ Kf8 59. Kd6 Rf4 60. Ke5 Rf1
{Some missing moves, both players in severe time pressure}
{After missing a few moves, following moves recorded by PG.}
{... Kg7
Ke6 h4
Re7 Rf8
Kd5 h3
Re3 Rh8
Re1 h2
Rh1 Kxf7
a5 Ke7
Kc6 Kd8
Kb7 Rh7+
Kb8 Rh6
a6 Rxa6
Rxh2 Rh6+
Ka7 Rh3
Rh8+ Kd7
Rh7+ Kd6
Rh6+ Kc7
Rb6 }
{Draw agreed}
1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ken Gurge"]
[Black "Mike Commisso"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1699"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[Moves "42"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defence, Taimanov variation"]
[ECO "B44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6
8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Nxc6 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bf3 b5 13. Bxd5 exd5
14. Bd4 O-O 15. Re1 d6 16. Qh5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Be6 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Qh4 f5
20. Qg3 g6 21. Qg5 Rf7 22. h4 Bd7 23. h5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Qd6 25. hxg6 hxg6
26. Qg3 Qf8 27. Qg5 Kh7 28. Rxd5 Qh6 29. Qxh6+ Kxh6 30. Rd6 Bc8 31. Rd8 Bb7
32. Rh8+ Kg5 33. Be3+ Kf6 34. Rh6 Kg7 35. Rh4 Be4 36. Bd4+ Rf6 37. Bxf6+
Kxf6 38. Rh8 Bxc2 39. Ra8 Bd3 40. Rxa6+ Kg5 41. Ra5 b4 42. cxb4
{Black resigns}
1-0



[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brett Kildahl"]
[Black "Gary Brassard"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "??"]
[Moves "??"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "??"]
[ECO "??"]
{Forfeit 1F-0F}
1-0


[Event "WCC 'A' Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-159, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paul Godin"]
[Black "Alex Venezia"]
[WhiteElo "2002"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "??"]
[Moves "??"]
[TimeControl "G/100 d5"]
[Section "Championship"]
[Opening "??"]
[ECO "??"]
{Forfeit 0F-1F}
0-1