[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Commisso, Mike"]
[Black "Mirijanian, George"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[Moves "26"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Giuocco Pianissimo: Italian Four Knights"]
[ECO "A"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. d3 h6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nd5
Be6 9. Ne3 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 Qe7 11. c3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Qb3 Nb6 15.
Ne3 Qd7 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Ng4 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Ngxe5 Nxe5 21.
Rxe5 Bf6 22. Re2 Rfd8 23. Rae1 c6 24. Bf4 Rd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kh2 Rd7
{Draw}
1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Shawn"]
[Black "Donahue, Jim"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[Moves "23"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defence: Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern"]
[ECO "A"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Rd8 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e6 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f5 Nc5 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Qf6+ Kf8 19. Nb5 Qd7 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rf1+ Ke7 23. Qg7+ 
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tsakiris, Todd"]
[Black "Cappallo, Roger"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[Moves "32"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Scotch Game"]
[ECO "C45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nf5 Bxe3 7. Nxe3 Nf6
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. f3 d6 11. O-O-O a5 12. Bb5 Nd7 13. h4 Nc5 14. Ned5
Bd7 15. Qf2 Ne5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Rhe1 b5 19. f4 Nc4 20. e5 c6 21.
Ne3 d5 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Qf2 Rab8 25. f5 Nd7 26. e6 Nf6 27. exf7
Qxf7 28. Qc5 Qc7 29. Kb1 Nd7 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Nxd5 $2 Qc8 32. Ne7 Nxc5 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Paulson, Ray"]
[Black "David, Michael"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[Moves "63"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Trompowski"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. c3 Be7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Na6 9. Nbd2 Nc7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. O-O-O c5 13. Rhg1 d5 14. Nf5 c4 15.
Be2 a5 16. Bf3 b5 17. e4 b4 18. exd5 b3 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. axb3 cxb3 21. Qxb3
Rfb8 22. Qa2 Qd6 23. Nc4 Qf4+ 24. Ne3 Ne8 25. h3 Nd6 26. Rd2 a4 27. Nc2 Ba6 28.
Na3 Rb3 29. Re1 Rab8 30. Kd1 Nc4 31. Nxc4 Bxc4 32. Qxa4 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 34.
Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Qxe4 36. Bxe4+ g6 37. Bc2 Bxd5 38. g3 Rb7 39. Kd2 f5 40. h4
Kg7 41. Re5 Ba2 42. Rc5 Rd7 43. Ke3 h5 44. Ba4 Re7+ 45. Re5 Rc7 46. Kd2 Kf6 47.
Bc2 Bc4 48. Re1 Rb7 49. Rb1 Re7 50. Bd3 Bd5 51. c4 Bf3 52. Kc3 Rc7 53. c5 g5 54.
Rb6+ Rc6 55. Kd2 Rxb6 56. cxb6 f4 57. Ba6 fxg3 58. fxg3 gxh4 59. gxh4 Kf5 60. b7
Bxb7 61. Bxb7 Ke6 62. Ke3 Kd6 63. Kf4
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moore, Matt"]
[Black "Nair, Anand"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "5"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[Moves "37"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Evans Gambit: Alapin-Steinitz Variation"]
[ECO "C52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. Bxf7+ Kf8 10. gxf3 exd4 11. Bh5 g6 12. Bg4 h5 13. Be6 Bb6 14. Bxg8 Rxg8 15. Bh6+ Rg7 16. Qe6 Ne5 17. Nd2 dxc3 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Nf3 Qf8 21. f5 gxf5 22. exf5 Qf6 23. Rae1 Rf8 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. h3 Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Re4 Bd4 28. Rfe1 b5 29. Kf1 b4 30. f4 Kxf5 31. fxe5 Ke6+ 32. Ke2 c5 33. Kd3 Rf3+ 34. Kc4 Rxh3 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Kxd4 c2 37. Kc4 Rc3+ 0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Couture, Dave"]
[Black "Spencer, Larry"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "6"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[Moves "40"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Modern Defence"]
[ECO "B06"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Ne7 10. O-O-O Nf5 11. g4 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Qc7 13. f5 Nd7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bc4 O-O-O 16. Bxe6 Kb8 17. c3 Rde8 18. Bb3 Nf6 19. Bc2 Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Re8 21. Qf3 Rxe4 22. Rhf1 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Rf4 24. Qe2 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 Bf4 26. Qe6 Nd5 27. Qg8+ Qc8 28. Qxc8+ Kxc8 29. c4 g5 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Kc2 Kd7 32. Rf3 b6 33. h4 h6 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rh3 Kc6 36. Rh6+ Kb5 37. Kd3 a5 38. Rf6 Bc1 39. b3 Ba3 40. Rf5 
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wheeler, Mark R"]
[Black "Ostrowski, Don"]
[WhiteElo "1304"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "7"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[Moves "53"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Colle Syatem"]
[ECO "D05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c4 6. Bc2 b5 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Qe2
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. O-O Qc7 12. f3 exf3 13. Nxf3 Be7 14. Ne5 Bf6
15. Qh5+? g6 16. Qe2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf2 Nd7 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5
21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Bd2 O-O 23. b4? Nf6 24. h3 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Qh4 Qf6
27. Qg3 Rd8 28. Rf2 Rd3 29. Qb8+ Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Rxd8 31. Kf1 g5 32. g3 Kg7 33.
g4 Kg6 34. Kg1 h5 35. gxh5+ Kxh5 36. Kh2 e5 37. Kg3 Rd3 38. Kh2 f4 39. exf4
exf4 40. Re2 Bf5 41. Rf2 Rxh3+ 42. Kg2 Rg3+ 43. Kh2 Kg4 44. Be1 Rh3+ 45. Kg2
Be4+ 46. Kf1 Rf3 47. Rxf3 Kxf3 48. Bf2 g4 49. Be1 Bd3+ 50. Kg1 Ke2 51. Bf2 g3
52. Bxg3 fxg3 53. Kg2 
0-1



[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nair, Anand"]
[Black "Xu, Shawn"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[Moves "25"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Reti Opening: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Variation"]
[ECO "A06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. exf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O e6
8. Re1 Bd6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qh4 Qa5 12. Nc3 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3
14. Ne2 Nb4 15. Nd4 a6 16. c3 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb2 18. Qxb4 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Qxa2
20. Nd6 Qa6 21. c4 dxc4 22. bxc4 b6 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Qe7 Nf8
{"Did black run out of time? Were more moves played?"}
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cappallo, Roger"]
[Black "Couture, Dave"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[Moves "54"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defence, Smith-Morra Gambit"]
[ECO "B22"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6 e6 9. O-O Bxd6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Rd1 Be7 13.
Qg4 Qc7 14. Bh6 Bf6 15. Nd2 e5 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. Nf3 Bg6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5
Rfe8 20. Nh4 Nc4 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Qg4 Nd6 23. Qxg6 Rad8 24. Qg4 e4 25. Rd4 e3
26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Rad1 Qe7 28. Qh4 g5 29. Rg4 Re5 30. Qg3 Kg7 31. h4 Ne4 32.
Qf3 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 f5 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qd5 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. g3 Re2+ 38.
Kh1 Qc6 39. Qxc6 bxc6 40. Ba4 c5 41. hxg5 Rxb2 42. Bb3 Kg6 43. Kg1 Kxg5 44. Kf1
Kg4 45. Be6 Rc2 46. c4 Rxa2 47. Bd7 Ra3 48. Kf2 a5 49. Be6 a4 50. Bd7 Ra2+ 51.
Ke1 a3 52. Kd1 Rg2 53. Kc1 a2 54. Kd1 a1=Q# 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ostrowski, Don"]
[Black "Paulson, Ray"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[Moves "50"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Petroff Defence: Nimzowitsch Attack"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Rg1 Qd7 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Qxg5 f6 14.
Bc4+ Kh8 15. Qe3 Nc6 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Bb3 Rae8 18. Qg3 c5 19. f4 cxd4 20. fxe5
dxe5 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Qd3 Re4 23. c3 Rd8 24. Bc2 Qe7 25. Qg3 Re3 26. Rde1
Qc5 27. Rxe3 dxe3 28. Re1 Re8 29. Qh3 Kg7 30. Qd7+ Re7 31. Qg4 Qd5 32. Qd1
Qxa2 33. Qd8 Qe6 34. Bb3 Qd7 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxe3 Bxg2 37. Re2 Bb7 38. Re6
g5 39. Re8 Kg6 40. Rg8+ Rg7 41. Re8 h6 42. Re3 f5 43. Re2 Kh5 44. Bd1 Kh4 45.
Rf2 f4 46. Bf3 Bxf3 47. Rxf3 Rd7 48. Rf2 h5 49. Kc2 Kh3 50. Rf3+ Kxh2 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mirijanian, George"]
[Black "Murray, Stephen"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[Moves "31"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "French Defence: Advance Variation"]
[ECO "C02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. a4 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. b3 Nf5 10. Be3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Nxe3+ 12. fxe3 O-O 13. g3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6
15. Kg2 Raf8 16. Rf1 Qc7 17. Ra2 Be8 18. Ng5 h6 19. Rxf6 Rxf6 20. Nh3 Bg6 21.
Bd3 Qf7 22. Rf2 Ne7 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Nf4 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Bd6 26. Qe2 Qf5 27. Nc3
a6 28. e4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Nxe4 Nf5 31. g4 1-0



[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donahue, Jim"]
[Black "Commisso, Mike"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "5"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[Moves "28"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defence"]
[ECO "A40"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. Qc2 (5. g3) 5... d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe6
Bxe6 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. Qd2 {I wasn't in as much trouble as I thought.
Looking to trade off here to relieve some pressure.} Nge7 11. Na4 {Engine
didn't think much of my plan.} (11. O-O-O {Top engine move. Never considered
it.}) 11... Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 Nb4 14. Kd1 O-O-O 15. a3 {I thought
that this was bad after the game. It's the engine top move. I need to be
fixing my kingside mess.} Nbc6 16. g3 d5 17. Ke1 Rhe8 18. Bg2 f4 19. cxd5 {Bad
decision. Realized it pretty quick.} (19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Nxf4 dxc4 21. Nxc4) 19...
Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 Nd4 22. Rxc5+ Kb8 23. Kd1 Rxe2 24. Rf1 (24. Nd3 Nf6
25. Re1 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2) 24... Rxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 26. Ke2 Nxc5 27. Rc1 Nb3 28.
Rc3 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spencer, Larry"]
[Black "Tsakiris, Todd"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "6"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[Moves "41"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov; London System: Jobava"]
[ECO "D00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. a3 Bd6 8. Nf3
Bxf4 9. exf4 O-O 10. Qd2 b6 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. Rad1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Qf6 16. Bf3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxf4 18. g3 Qd6 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Qe3 Rfe8
21. Qg5 f6 22. Qg4 e5 $2 23. Nf5 {Qxg7+!} Qf8 24. c4 Rcd8 25. Ne3 e4 26. Be2 d4
27. Nf5 Ne6 28. Bf1 Kh8 29. Bg2 g6 30. Nh4 f5 31. Qh3 Kg7 32. f4 Qc5 33. b4
Qxc4 34. Rc1 Qb5 35. Bf1 d3 36. Red1 Qa4 37. Rd2 Qxa3 38. g4 Qxc1 39. Rg2 Nxf4
40. Qg3 Nxg2 41. gxf5 Qe3+ 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David, Michael"]
[Black "Wheeler, Mark R"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1304"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "7"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[Moves "40"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defence, Two Knights Attack"]
[ECO "B10, B11"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 Bd6 6. e5 Bc7 7. Bf4 Nd7 8. h3 
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qe7 10. a3 a6 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. O-O g5 13. Bh2 h5 14. g4
hxg4 15. Bxg4 Nh6 16. Ng3 Nxg4 17. hxg4 O-O-O 18. Nh5 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20.
Nxf6 Rxh2 21. Nh5 Bc7 22. f4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 gxf4 24. Kxh2 Qh4+ 25.
Kg1 Rg8 26. Nxf4 Rxg4+ 27. Ng2 Qg5 28. Qe2 Re4 29. Qf2 Qg4 30. Re1 Rxe1+
31. Qxe1 Qxd4+ 32. Qe3 Qxb2 33. Qxe6+ Kb8 34. Qd6+ Ka8 35. Qc5 Qc1+ 36.
Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kf1 Qd1+ 38. Ne1 {38....Qxf4+ on scoresheet suggests an illegal
move; regardless several moves later White forced 3-fold repetition with White
Queen checking on back rank [Qe8 +], forcing Black to move Ka7; White moved Qe3+
and with White Knight on a4 prohibiting Kb6, the checkmate pattern was forced.}
{Draw}
1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bergeron, Mike"]
[Black "Moore, Matt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Board "8"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[Moves "49"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "London System: Jobava"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qd2 Bg7 5. Nf3 c6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Be5 O-O 8.
g4 Be4 9. g5 Bxf3 10. exf3 Nh5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Be2 Qd6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14.
Rdg1 e5 15. Rg4 Nf4 16. dxe5 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Nxe5 18. Qc3 f6 19. gxf6+ Rxf6
20. Rg3 Raf8 21. f4 Nd7 22. h4 Nc5 23. f3 Kg8 24. h5 d4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26.
Nxd4 Rxf4 27. Ne2 Rxf3 28. hxg6 Rf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kd2 Ne4+ 31. Ke3
Nxg3 32. gxh7+ Kxh7 33. Nxg3 Ra1 34. Kd3 Rxa2 35. Kc3 Kg6 36. Ne4 b6 37.
Kb3 Ra5 38. Nd6 Rd5 39. Ne4 Kf5 40. Nc3 Re5 41. Nd1 Ke6 42. c4 Kd6 43. Nc3
Re3 44. Kc2 Kc5 45. b3 Rh3 46. Ne4+ Kb4 47. Nd2 Rh2 48. Kd3 Rxd2+ 49. Kxd2
Kxb3 {"White resigns"}
0-1



[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paulson, Ray"]
[Black "Nair, Anand"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[Moves "60"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Accepetd"]
[ECO "D20"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bxc4 a6 8.
d5 Na5 9. Bb3 c4 10. Bc2 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. e4
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 d4 16. Qg3 Nc6 17. Rad1 d3 18. Bb1 Nd4 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3
Bc5 21. Qc4 Qe7 22. Rxd4 b5 23. Qd5 Rd8 24. Qc6+ Rd7 25. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 26.
Rxf2 Qxd7 27. Qxa6 O-O 28. Qd6 Qa7 29. a3 h6 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Qe3 Qe6 32.
Re2 g5 33. Bg3 Re8 34. Qd3 Qc6 35. Re1 Qc5+ 36. Bf2 Qe5 37. Qd4 Qe6 38. Qd5
Qa6 39. Bd4 Qa5 40. Bc3 Qb6+ 41. Qd4 Re6 42. Qxb6 Rxb6 43. Kf2 Kh7 44. Rd1
Kg6 45. Ke3 Kh5 46. e5 g4 47. hxg4+ Kxg4 48. Kf2 h5 49. Rd6 Rb7 50. Bd4 b4
51. axb4 Rxb4 52. Bc3 Rf4+ 53. Kg1 Rf5 54. Rf6 Rg5 55. Rxf7 h4 56. e6 Rd5
57. e7 h3 58. Rg7+ Kf4 59. e8=Q h2+ 60. Kxh2
{"Black resigns"} 1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Couture, Dave"]
[Black "Mirijanian, George"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[Moves "47"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Alekhine's Defence: Modern Variation, Main Line"]
[ECO "B05"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4
5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. a4 a5 12.
Nb5 Bg6 13. Bf4 Nc8 14. Qd2 Na6 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. h4
Qd8 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. b3 Qd7 24. Rad1 Rad8
25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Qe2 Qf5 27. Nd6 Qc2 28. Qf3 Nc6 29. c5 Nd4 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31.
Rxd3 Nc8 32. Nxb7 Ne2+ 33. Rxe2 Rxd3 34. Nxa5 Rc3 35. f3 Rd8 36. Bf2 Ne7 37.
Rb2 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rcc1 39. Kg3 Nf5+ 40. Kg4 Nh6+ 41. Kg3 Rh1 42. c6 f5 43. Bb6
f4+ 44. Kf2 Nf5 45. Nc4 Ng3 46. Ne3 Rcf1+ 47. Nxf1 Rxf1# 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Commisso, Mike"]
[Black "Xu, Shawn"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[Moves "46"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Reti Opening, King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense"]
[ECO "A05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d3
Nc6 9. h3 d4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Ne1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Qb3+ Kh8 16. Nd3 e4 17. Nf4 Be5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Bh4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Qxf4 21. Bg3
Qg5 22. Kh1 Qf6 23. Rg1 Qf7 24. Qxf7 Rxf7 25. Bf4 Kh7 26. h4 Be6 27. b3 Rd8 28.
h5 Rg7 29. Bh3 Rdg8 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Rc5 Rf7 32. Kg1 Rf6 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Be5
Nxe5 35. Rxe5 Kf7 36. Ke1 b6 37. Rb5 Bd7 38. Rb4 b5 39. Rxd4 Ke7 40. Kd2 Ra6 41.
a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. Rd5 Be6 44. Rc5 Ra2+ 45. Kc3 Ra3+ 46. Kd2 Rxh3
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moore, Matt"]
[Black "Cappallo, Roger"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[Moves "61"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "French Defence, King's Indian Reversed, Philador Variation"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O {  87 min} 
7... O-O {  81 min}  8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. c4 Nb6 12. Rb1 Nb4
13. Qb3 $2 ( 13. Nb3)13... Bd7 $1 14. Qd1 Nxd3 15. Re3 Nxc1 ( {  Best was }
15... dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxf2 )( {  I also considered the good } 15... Nxf2 16. Kxf2
Bd4 17. Nb3 Bxe3+ 18. Bxe3 {  but didn't see the strong continuation}  18... d4
19. Bd2 e5 20. Nxc5 Bc6 )16. Qxc1 d4 17. Re2 {  58 min}  17... Qc7 {  57 min} 
18. Ne4 Rae8 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 $1 {  I was a little worried by making this move,
but figured that the black Q could defend laterally}  20. b3 Bc6 21. Qh6 Qg7
22. Qh5 Qg6 23. Qxg6+ hxg6 24. Nh4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Kg7 ( {  stronger was } 25...
g5 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. h4 Kh7 28. h5 e5 {  but I was leary of allowing the N such
an infiltrating outpost. Apparently Black can just work around it, though.} 
)26. f4 e5 27. fxe5 ( 27. Rbe1 Nd7 28. Nf3 Re7 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nxe5 $4 Rfe8
$19 )27... fxe5 28. Rbe1 Nd7 29. Rf1 $2 {  this makes Black's win
straightforward}  ( 29. Nf3 Rf7 {  and Black save the e-pawn}  30. Nxe5 $4 Rfe7
)29... Rxf1 30. Kxf1 e4 31. Ke1 e3 32. Ng2 Ne5 33. Nf4 g5 34. Nd5 Nd3+ 35. Kf1
Rf8+ {  Not bad, but not nearly decisive enough. I looked at Nc1 and for some
reason rejected it, but it wins quickly}  ( 35... Nc1 36. Nxe3 ( 36. Re1 e2+
37. Kg2 d3 38. Nc3 d2 39. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 40. Kh3 Re1 41. Kg2 d1=Q 42. Nxd1 Rxd1
)36... dxe3 37. Re1 e2+ 38. Kg2 Nd3 39. Rg1 e1=Q 40. Rxe1 Rxe1 )36. Kg2 Rf7 (
36... Rf2+ 37. Rxf2 Nxf2 )37. Nxe3 dxe3 38. Rxe3 {  40 min}  38... Rd7 {  15
min}  39. Kf3 Kf6 40. h4 Ne5+ 41. Ke2 g4 42. Re4 Rd4 43. Rxd4 cxd4 44. c5 Kf5
45. b4 Ke4 46. a4 Kd5 47. h5 Kc4 48. h6 Kxb4 49. h7 Nf7 50. Kd3 Kxc5 51. a5 b5
52. axb6 axb6 53. Kc2 Kc4 54. Kd2 b5 55. Kc2 b4 56. Kb2 d3 57. Ka2 d2 58. Ka1
d1=Q+ 59. Kb2 b3 60. h8=Q Nxh8 61. Ka3 Qa1#
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsakiris, Todd"]
[Black "Ostrowski, Don"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "5"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[Moves "67"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defence: Pelikan Variation"]
[ECO "A"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 a6 10. Na3 Nd7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. a5 Qc7 16. Kh1 Bf5 17. c4 Rac8 18. f4 Qd7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Bg6 21. Qd2
f5 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qd6 24. Qd2 f4 25. Rac1 e4 26. Qd4 Qb4 27. Qb6 Qd2 28.
Bg4 Rce8 29. Rfd1 Qe3 30. Qxe3 fxe3 31. Rf1 Rf2 32. Be6+ Bf7 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34.
Kg1 Ke7 35. Rxf2 exf2+ 36. Kxf2 Kd6 37. b4 Re7 38. Ke3 g6 39. Rf1 Ke5 40. Rf4
Kd6 41. Rxe4 Rc7 42. Re6+ Kd7 43. Kd4 Rc8 44. Rf6 Ke7 45. Rf4 g5 46. Re4+ Kd7
47. c5 Rf8 48. d6 Kc6 49. g3 Rf2 50. Ke3 Rxh2 51. Re7 Rh1 52. Ke2 Rb1 53. Rc7+
Kb5 54. d7 Rb2+ 55. Kd3 Rb3+ 56. Kd4 Rb1 57. Kc3 Rd1 58. Rxb7+ Kc6 59. Ra7 Rxd7
60. Rxd7 Kxd7 {The recorded moves end here. The rest is our best attempt at
recalling.} 61. Kc4 h5 62. b5 axb5+ 63. Kxb5 h4 64. a6 Kc7 65. a7 $2 Kb7 66.
c6+ Kxa7 67. c7 Kb7 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Murray, Stephen"]
[Black "David, Michael"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "6"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[Moves "30"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Benoni Defense"]
[ECO "A"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O Ne8 10. f5 Nc7 11. Qe1 Re8 12. g4 Nf8 13. Qg3 g5 14. Kg2 f6 15. Bd2 a6
16. h4 Nd7 17. Rh1 Rf8 18. hxg5 fxg5 19. Rh5 Rf7 20. Rah1 Rg7 21. Nd1 Nf6 22.
R5h3 Nxe4 23. Qh2 Bf8 24. Rxh7 Qf6 25. Qh5 Rg6 26. fxg6 Bg7 27. Bxg5 Nxg5 28.
Nxg5 Qf4 29. Rh8+ Bxh8 30. Qxh8#
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wheeler, Mark R"]
[Black "Donahue, Jim"]
[WhiteElo "1304"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "7"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[Moves "29"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack"]
[ECO "A"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. f4 {Missed on move 3 that
maybe the Stonewall may be in store. Now it's too late to play what I normally
wouuld.} Bd6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 {I want to forse him to take with the c pawn while I
can. Helps keep his bishop bad.} 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Bb1 Bd7 10. a3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Na5
12. b4 Nc6 {Well, that was a waste of time.} 13. O-O O-O 14. Ndf3 Ne7 15. Kh1
Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. g4 Bb5 19. Rg1 Nd5 20. Qb3 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qd7
22. Bb2 Ba4 23. Qa2 Nxe3 24. gxf5 Nxf5 (24... Qxd2 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 {Looked at
this a lot. Seemed risky to me. Just wsn't sure.}) 25. Nc4 (25. Nxe4 Bc6) 25...
Bc6 26. Rge1 Bd5 (26... e3+ 27. Kg1 Qd5 28. Nxe3 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qxh2+ 30. Kf1
Ng3#) 27. Rad1 Qc6 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Kg1 b5 {I had a few even better. Maybe
jumped on this too fast. White resigned here.} 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spencer, Larry"]
[Black "Bergeron, Mike"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1497"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "8"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[Moves "53"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defence, Smyslov Variation"]
[ECO "A"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5 Ng4 9. Qc2 Nge5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13. h3 Re8 14. f4 g5 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qc8 17. O-O-O a6 18. Bf4 b5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. g4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qb7 22. e4 Qb4 23. Qb3 Reb8 24. Qxb4 cxb4 25. Ne2 Rc8 26. b3 Bb5 27. Ng3 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4+ 29. Kb2 Rc3 30. Nf5 Kf8 31. Rc1 Rac8 32. Rxc3 bxc3+ 33. Kb3 e6 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. dxe6 fxe6 36. Rc1 Kg6 37. h4 Rf8 38. Rxc3 Rf4 39. h5+ Kg5 40. Re3 Rxg4 41. h6 Rh4 42. a4 Kf4 43. Re1 Rxh6 44. Kb4 Rh3 45. a5 Re3 46. Rxe3 Kxe3 47. Kc5 Kxe4 48. Kb6 Kd5 49. Kxa6 Kc6 50. Ka7 Kc7 51. a6 e4 52. Ka8 e3 53. a7 Kc8
{Draw}
1/2-1/2



[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mirijanian, George"]
[Black "Paulson, Ray"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[Moves "29"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Vienna Gambit"]
[ECO "A"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nxd2
8. Qxd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Qg5 Qxg5+ 11. Nxg5 c6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. h4 h6
14. Nf3 b5 15. Ng3 Bh7 16. Bd3 Rfb8 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. h5 a5
20. g4 Nb6 21. g5 Ra7 22. gxh6 gxh6 23. Rhg1 Nc8 24. Rg4 Ne7 25. N3h4 Nxf5
26. Nxf5 Be7 27. Nxe7 Rxe7 28. Rdg1 Rf8 29. Rg7+ {"Draw agreed"}
1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xu, Shawn"]
[Black "Couture, Dave"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[Moves "61"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Scandanavian Defence"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2
Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13.
Ba2 Nb6 14. Ba5 Qd7 15. c4 Rfe8 16. h3 Nc8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. Bc3 Ne7
20. g4 Bg6 21. Qf3 Be4 22. Qg3 Qc7 23. f3 Bg6 24. Be1 Rad8 25. Nxg6 Qxg3+ 26.
Bxg3 Nxg6 27. b4 h5 28. Bb1 Nf8 29. Bh4 hxg4 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. fxg4 Ng6 32. Be4
Rc8 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Rc3 Rcd8 36. Rcd3 Rd7 37. d5 cxd5 38. cxd5 e5
39. h4 Rh8 40. Rh3 f5 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxf5 Kf6 43. Rf3 e4 44. Rf4 Ke5 45. Ke3
Rh6 46. Rxe4+ Kxf5 47. Rf1+ Kg6 48. Re6+ Kh7 49. Rxh6+ Kxh6 50. Kd4 h4 51. Ke5
Rg7 52. d6 Rg3 53. d7 Rd3 54. Rf6+ Kg7 55. Rd6 Re3+ 56. Kf4 Re1 57. d8=Q Rf1+
58. Kg4 Rg1+ 59. Kh5 Rf1 60. Qd7+ Rf7 61. Rg6+ 
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cappallo, Roger"]
[Black "Nair, Anand"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[Moves "43"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Giuocco Pianimisso"]
[ECO "C54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. O-O
d6 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Kh8 11. Ne1 $6 ( 11. d4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe1 $16 )11...
d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc2 $6 f5 {  55:75 min}  14. f3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 ( 15. d4 exd4
16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Nbxd4 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 $14 )15... Nb6 $2 16. b4 Bd6 17. Bb3 Qf6 (
17... a5 18. a3 )18. Qe1 $6 ( 18. Re1 f4 19. Bf2 Bf5 20. d4 )18... f4 19. Bf2
Be6 20. Ne4 Qf5 21. c4 Nd7 22. b5 Nd8 23. d4 Be7 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. dxe5 Nxe4 26.
fxe4 Qf7 27. Qe2 $2 ( 27. Nd4 Bxc4 $2 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Rc1 Qf7 30. Rxc7 )27...
a6 ( 27... c5 28. bxc6 Nxc6 $14 )28. Nd4 Bc5 29. Rd3 ( 29. Nf5 $1 Bxf2 30. Rxf2
Bxf5 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Qh5 Nf7 33. c5 Nxe5 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Qxg5 )29... Bxc4
$2 {  10:14 min}  30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Rfd1 $4 {  text move drops the eval from +7
to 0, because Q is shut out of K-side.}  ( 31. Nf5)31... Bxd4 ( 31... f3 32.
Nxf3 Bxf2 33. Qxf2 $10 )32. Qh5 Ne6 ( {  I was worried about } 32... Bxe5 33.
Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qxg5+ ( {  but winning is the line } 34. Rd7 $1 Nf7 35. Qg6+ Kh8
36. R1d3 Qc1+ 37. Bg1 g4 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qxg4+ )34... Bg7 )( {  the best
defense is } 32... Qe6 33. Rxd4 axb5 34. Rd7 Nf7 35. Rxc7 Rad8 36. Rd5 Rxd5 37.
exd5 Qxd5 {  when White still has significant work to do}  )33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34.
Qg6+ ( {  an easier win is had with the immediate B capture, as Black can't
blockade the e pawn in time } 34. Bxd4 Rad8 35. Qg6+ Ng7 $7 36. e6 Rxd4 37.
Rxd4 Qxe6 38. Qxg5 Qf6 39. Qxf6 Rxf6 )34... Ng7 35. Bxd4 Qe6 36. Qxg5 axb5 37.
Bc5 Rf7 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Rxd8+ Kh7 40. Qh4+ Kg6 41. Rh8 Rd7 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43.
Rf8# {  22 sec}
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ostrowski, Don"]
[Black "Commisso, Mike"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[Moves "61"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack"]
[ECO "C44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Nb8 6. Nxe5 Qf6 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bd3 Nc5 9. Bc2 d6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qe2+ Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Qe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe2 15. Re1 dxe5 16. Rxe2 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bd6 18. Bd2 Nd7 19. c4 f5 20. Re2 a5
21. Bc3 e4 22. a3 Nb6 23. Bb3 a4 24. Ba2 Nd7 25. Bd4 Bc5 26. Rd1 Bxd4 27.
Rxd4 Nc5 28. Bb1 Nb3 29. Rd1 Rac8 30. Bc2 Nc5 31. f3 {Draws offered}
1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Murray, Stephen"]
[Black "Tsakiris, Todd"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "5"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[Moves "51"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Bird Opening: Lasker Variation"]
[ECO "A"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. g3 Be7 11. Nc3 Bf6 12. O-O-O Nxc3 13. dxc3 Qa5 14. e4
O-O 15. Kb1 dxe4 16. Qe3 Rad8 17. g4 c4 18. g5 Be7 19. Qxe4 cxb3 20. cxb3 Qf5
21. Qxf5 exf5 22. c4 Bd6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 h6 25. gxh6 g6 26. Rd6 Rde8 27.
Re1 Re6 28. Red1 Kh7 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Rd6 Kxh6 31. Kc2 Re8 32. Rxc6 Kg5 33.
Kd3 Kf4 34. Kd4 Kg3 35. Rc7 Rf8 36. Rg7 Rd8+ 37. Kc5 Kf4 38. Rxg6 Kxe5 39. b4
f4 40. b5 f3 41. Rg1 Rd2 42. b6 axb6+ 43. Kxb6 Rxa2 44. c5 Rb2+ 45. Kc7 f2 46.
Rf1 Kd5 47. c6 Rc2 48. Kd7 e5 49. c7 e4 50. c8=Q Rxc8 51. Rxf2 Rc4 
{Draw}
1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Donahue, Jim"]
[Black "Moore, Matt"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "6"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[Moves "43"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Grunfeld Defence"]
[ECO "D91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e5
8. Nf3 exd4 9. Nxd4 c5 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Qd2 O-O 12. e4 b5 13. Nxb5 Qxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 Nd7 15. Rb1 Nb6 16. Be2 Na4 17. b3 Nc3 18. Nxc3 Bxc3 19. Rc1 Bb4 20.
Rc2 Re8 21. f3 f5 22. Bd3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rf8 24. Rf1 Bb7 25. Kd1 Rae8 26.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Nf3 Re8 28. Rf2 a5 29. Ng5 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Nxh7+ Kf7
32. Ng5+ Kf6 33. Nf3 a4 34. e5+ Kg7 35. d6 axb3 36. axb3 Bd5 37. Bc4 Bxf3+
38. gxf3 Kf8 39. Ke2 Bc3 40. f4 g5 41. Kf3 gxf4 42. Kxf4 Bd4 43. Kf5 {"Black resigns"}
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "David, Michael"]
[Black "Spencer, Larry"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "7"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[Moves "48"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defence, Two Knights Attack"]
[ECO "B10"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Qd2 b6 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Ng5 e5 14. O-O-O exd4 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bc4+ Nd5 17. Qf4+ Kg8 18. Qd6 Ne5 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bg5 Rd7 21. Bb3 dxc3 22. bxc3 Kf8 23. c4 Nb4 24. Kb1 c5 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. f4 Nf7 27. a3 Nc6 28. Bc2 Nxg5 29. fxg5 Be5 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Rf1+ Kg7 33. Ne4 Bf5 34. g4 Bxg4 35. Nf6 Be2 36. Rf2 Bxc4 37. Nd7 Bd4 38. Rf4 Rd8 39. Nf6 Ba6 40. Ba4 b5 41. Bc2 Rf8 42. Be4 Nd8 43. Bd5 Bxf6 44. gxf6+ Rxf6 45. Re4 Kf8 46. Ba8 Bb7 47. Bxb7 Nxb7 48. Re5 Rf4 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bergeron, Mike"]
[Black "Wheeler, Mark R"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "1304"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "8"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[Moves "29"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "London System"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 Bd7 7. a3 Qd8 8.
Bd3 c5 9. O-O Bc6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4+ Nbd7 13. Rac1 a6 14. e4
b5 15. Qxd4 Bb7 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxd7+ Nxd7 19. Rc7 Bc8 20. Rfc1
O-O 21. e5 h6 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Na5 Bg5? 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Nc6 Bb7 26. Ne7+ Kh8
27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Nxe5 29. Rc8 
1-0



[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paulson, Ray"]
[Black "Xu, Shawn"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[Moves "44"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Trompowsky"]
[ECO "A45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Bd6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O e5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qe7 12. Re1 f5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 e4 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Qe3 Qe5 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Nd2 Ng4 22. Qh3 Rad8 23. Be2 Nf6 24. Qe3 b6 25. g3 Nd5 26. Qd4 Be6 27. Qc4 Qf7 28. Qa4 a5 29. Bf1 Bd7 30. Qd4 Bc6 31. Bc4 b5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qb6 Qd7 34. Qe3 Rd8 35. Re2 Kh7 36. g4 Rd3 37. Qf4 fxg4 38. Rf1 Rxd2 39. Re3 Rxb2 40. Ra1 Rd2 41. Rg3 Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 43. Kg2 e3+ 44. f3 Rd2# 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cappallo, Roger"]
[Black "Mirijanian, George"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[Moves "40"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Alekhine's Defence: Exchange Variation"]
[ECO "B03"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. O-O a5 {  77:77 min}  13. d5 Ne5 14.
Bxb6 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 cxb6 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 g6 19. Rb3 f5 20.
Qd4 Ra6 $2 21. Re3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 $18 Ra8 23. Re1 Kf8 {  47:32 min}  24. Qd4 Kg8
25. Re6 Rc8 26. b3 b5 27. cxb5 Rc5 28. a4 Rc7 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Kh2 Rc5 31. Qd4
b6 32. g4 {  This felt impulsive afterwards, but the eval is still +7!}  32...
fxg4 33. hxg4 $4 $10 Rxd5 $1 ( {  or } 33... Qh4+ 34. Kg2 Rxd5 )34. Re7+ $1
Qxe7 35. Qxd5+ Kg7 36. Kg2 Qc7 37. g5 Qd8 38. f4 Qc7 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Qc4+ Kg7
$4 {  George was low on time, under 3 minutes, while I had 18 He resigned after
this blunder.}  ( 40... Qxc4 41. bxc4 Kf7 42. Kf3 Kf8 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Kd4 Ke7
45. Kd5 Kd7 $10 ) 
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nair, Anand"]
[Black "Ostrowski, Don"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[Moves "53"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defence, Pelikan Chelyabrinsk Variation"]
[ECO "B33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nab1 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. O-O
Rc8 15. Qd3 a5 16. c3 Bg5 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. cxb4 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5
axb4 21. Nd2 Rc5 22. Qb7 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. b3 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Rbc8 26. Rxd6
Kf8 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Rad1 Rc1 29. Rd7+ Ke6 30. R7d6+ Ke7 31. Ke1 Rxd1+ 32.
Rxd1 Rc3 33. Rb1 Kd6 34. Ke2 f6 35. h4 h5 36. Rb2 g5 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Rd2+
Kc6 39. Rd3 h4 40. Re3 Rc2+ 41. Kf1 Rc3 42. Kg1 g4 43. Kh2 g3+ 44. fxg3 Rxe3
45. gxh4 Rxb3 46. g4 Rb2+ 47. Kh3 Rb1 48. g5 b3 49. h5 b2 50. g6 Rh1+ 51. Kg4
b1=Q 52. Kg5 Qg1+ 53. Kh6 Qe3+ 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Couture, Dave"]
[Black "Donahue, Jim"]
[WhiteElo "1792"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[Moves "57"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "English Opening, Symmetrical Variation, Main Line"]
[ECO "A39"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5.
Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Qb6 10. e3 d6 11. b3 Na5 12. Rb1
Nd7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Ba3 Nf6 15. Qe2 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Bb2 Rb8
19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Be4 Bc6 22. Nd2 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nc6 24. Rb2 Qb6 25.
Kg2 Rbd8 26. h4 h5 27. Qd3 Ne5 28. Qc3 Kg8 29. Rbd2 Qc6 30. f3 Rd7 31. Qd4 Rfd8
32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Kg7 34. Kf2 Nc6 35. c5 Nb4 36. R5d4 Nc6 37. R4d2 e6 38.
Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Nxd6 Nd8 41. e4 Kf6 42. Ke3 e5 43. f4 Ke6 44. f5+
Kd7 45. Kd3 b6 46. Nc4 bxc5 47. Nxe5+ Kd6 48. fxg6 fxg6 49. Nxg6 Ne6 50. Nf4
Ng7 51. a5 Ke5 52. Ke3 Kd6 53. Nd3 Ne6 54. e5+ Kd5 55. Nf4+ Kxe5 56. Nxh5 Nd4
57. g4 Nxb3 58. g5 Kf5 59. Ng3+ Kg6 60. Ne4 c4 61. Nd2 Nxa5 62. Kd4 Nc6+ 63.
Kxc4 Ne7 64. Nf3 Nf5 65. Ne5+ Kh5 66. Nf3 Nxh4 67. Nxh4 Kxg5 
1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Commisso, Mike"]
[Black "Murray, Stephen"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "5"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[Moves "70"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Dutch Defense: Classical Variation"]
[ECO "A84, A90"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7
9. Bb2 Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne1 Ndf6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. f3
Bf5 14. Nc2 Qd7 15. f4 Rae8 16. Ne3 Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Qd2 Qf5 19. e3
Re6 20. h4 Be7 21. Bc3 Rff6 22. Kh2 Rh6 23. Qf2 Rh5 24. Be1 Rf6 25. Rc1
Qd7 26. Qg1 h6 27. Rc2 Qd8 28. Bh3 Qd7 29. Qg2 Rf8 30. Bxg4 Qxg4 31. Qh3
Qxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Rhf5 33. g4 R5f7 34. h5 Bd8 35. Bb4 Re8 36. Rcf2 a6 37. Bd6 Bc7
38. Bxc7 Rxc7 39. Rc2 Kf7 40. g5 hxg5 41. fxg5+ Kg8 42. b4 Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8
44. g6 Re7 45. Rf2+ Kg8 46. Kg4 b6 47. Rf5 a5 48. bxa5 bxa5 49. Kg5 Rb7 50. Re5
Kf8 51. Rf5+ Kg8 52. Re5 Kf8 53. h6 gxh6+ 54. Kxh6 Rb8 55. Rf5+ Kg8 56. Rf7 Rb2
57. Rc7 Rh2+ 58. Kg5 Rg2+ 59. Kf6 Rf2+ 60. Kg5 Rg2+ 61. Kf6 Rf2+ 62. Ke7 Rxa2
63. Rxc6 Kg7 64. Ke6 Re2 65. Kxd5 Rxe3 66. Ra6 Re1 67. Rxa5 Kxg6 68. Ra6+ Kf7
69. Re6 e3 70. Kc4
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsakiris, Todd"]
[Black "Bergeron, Mike"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1497"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "6"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[Moves "35"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defence: Semi-Averbakh System"]
[ECO "E73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nf3
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4
15. Rc1 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Rac8 17. Rc2 f5 18. Rfc1 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rf3 20. Rxc7 Rxc7
21. Rxc7 Rf7 22. d6 Bf6 23. Bb6 Kg7 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. d7 g5 26. d8=Q Bxd8 27.
Bxd8 Kg6 28. a4 h5 29. a5 g4 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Kg3 Ke6 33. Kxg4 Kd7
34. Bb6 Ke6 35. Kg5 
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wheeler, Mark R"]
[Black "Spencer, Larry"]
[WhiteElo "1304"]
[BlackElo "1540"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "7"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[Moves "33"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence: Tartakower, Forgacs Variation"]
[ECO "B15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. c3 O-O
8. Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Bf4 Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 Nd5 15. Bh2 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Nc7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8
20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Qe6 22. Qe3 Kf8 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Nd3 Ke7 25. Nc5 b6
26. Nd3 Nb5 27. f4 Nd6 28. Nb4 Kd7 29. Kg2 Nc4 30. Nd3 a5 31. Kf2 Nd6 32. Kf3
Nf7 33. a3 {draw by agreement} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moore, Matt"]
[Black "David, Michael"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "8"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[Moves "30"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "French Defence: King's Indian Attack, Reversed Philidor"]
[ECO "C00"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 c5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. Nb3 h6 8. Bf4
Qb6 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qd2 a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. h4 Qc7 13. d4 c4 14. Nc1 b6 15. Ne2 Ba6
16. c3 Nf8 17. h5 Kd7 18. g4 Qd8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Qe8 21. Bg3 f6 22. exf6
Bxf6 23. Qf4 e5 24. Qf5+ Kd8 25. dxe5 Bc8 26. e6 Nxe6 27. Qxd5+ Bd7 28. Nxe6+
Kc8 29. Nc7 Bxc3+ 30. bxc3
1-0



[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xu, Shawn"]
[Black "Cappallo, Roger"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[Moves "39"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "French Defence: Boleslavsky Variation"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. Qf2 Qb6 10. O-O-O c4 11. f5 Qa5 12. Qg3 g6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bd2 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 Nb6 17. h4 c3 18. bxc3 Nc4 19. Ka1 Na3 20. Rc1 Rb8 21. h5 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qb6 23. Nd2 gxh5 24. Rxh5 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. Nb3 Nc4 27. Rxh7 Rxh7 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qxh7 Qa3 30. Rb1 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Qa5 32. Rb1 Nd2 33. Rd1 Ne4 34. Rb1 Nd2 35. Rd1 Ne4 36. Qf7 Nc3 37. Nxc3 Qxc3+ 38. Kb1 Qb4+ 39. Kc1 Qa3+ 1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ostrowski, Don"]
[Black "Mirijanian, George"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "1961"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[Moves "27"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Alekhine's Defence: Exchange Variation"]
[ECO "B03"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 c6 8. Nf3 Bg4
9. b3 O-O 10. Be2 d5 11. c5 N6d7 12. O-O Bf6 13. b4 Re8 14. h3 Bh5
15. g4 Bg6 16. g5 Be7 17. h4 Bh5 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Ne5 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 f6 21. Nf3 Qd7
22. Ng3 Qg4 23. Kg2 fxg5 24. Bxg5 Ng6 25. Bxe7 Nf4+ 26. Kg1 Qxf3 27. Ne2 Qg2#
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murray, Stephen"]
[Black "Paulson, Ray"]
[WhiteElo "1712"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[Moves "20"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Petroff Defence: Modern Attack"]
[ECO "C43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd6 6. dxc6 e4 7. O-O exf3
8. Re1+ Be7 9. cxd7+ Bxd7 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Qh5 g6
14. Qg4 Bf6 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Qg3 Nc4 17. Qf4 Nxd2 18. Qxf6 Qg4 19. Be4 Nxe4
20. Nxe4 Rxe4 {"White resigns."}
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Donahue, Jim"]
[Black "Tsakiris, Todd"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[Moves "56"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian Defence"]
[ECO "E18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 d5 12. Rad1 Qe8 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. Bxb7 cxb3 {
Duh, taking the bishop first cost me a pawn.} 15. axb3 Nxb7 16. Qb1 Nc5 17. b4
Ncd7 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Nb5 Bb8 20. Qa1 e5 21. Nxa7 Rc2 22. e3 (22. Nb5) 22... e4
23. Bxf6 (23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. exf4 e3) 23... Nxf6 24. Nf4 Rc7 25. Qa6 Bxa7 26. Nd5
Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Qc8 28. Qa1 Rd7 29. Rfd1 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Bb8 31. Qd4 Bc7 32. Qxe4
Qe6 33. Qd3 h6 34. Rd7 Rc8 {Thank you. Even on blunders.} 35. Rxc7 Ra8 36. Rd7
Qc6 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kg8 40. b5 Qc5 41. e4 f6 42. Qd5+ Qxd5
43. exd5 Kf8 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. Kf3 f5 46. Kf4 Kd6 47. Kxf5 Kxd5 48. Kg6 Kc5 49.
Kxg7 Kxb5 50. f4 Kc4 51. f5 b5 52. f6 b4 53. f7 b3 54. f8=Q b2 55. Qf1+ Kb3 56.
Qb1 1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nair, Anand"]
[Black "Couture, Dave"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "5"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[Moves "30"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Scandanavian Defence"]
[ECO "B01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6
5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Qc7
12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rxe6+ Kf7 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Re1 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bd6
18. Qc4 Kg7 19. Kg1 Nb6 20. Qe2 Bf7 21. Nf5+ Kg8 22. Qg4+ Bg6 23. Nxd6 f5 24.
Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kg7 26. Nxf5+ Kf7 27. Rxh8 Nd5 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Rg8+ Kf6
30. Bg5# 1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spencer, Larry"]
[Black "Moore, Matt"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1497"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "6"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[Moves "52"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Grünfeld Defense: Modern Exchange Variation"]
[ECO "D85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd4 12. Rd1 e5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. e5 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. O-O c5 17. f4 Qe7 18. Bf2 Rfd8 19. Qc4 Rac8 20. Rc1 Bh6 21. Be1 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Rc4 Kf7 24. Bh4 Rd7 25. Be1 Rb7 26. g3 Ke7 27. h4 Kd7 28. Bf2 Bf8 29. Rfc1 Rcb8 30. Ra4 Rb1 31. Rxa7+ Kc6 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kg2 d3 34. Be3 d2 35. Bxd2 Rb2 36. Kf3 Rxd2 37. Rf7 Rd8 38. Ra7 c4 39. Ra4 Kb5 40. Ra7 Rc8 41. Rb7+ Ka4 42. Rb2 c3 43. Rc2 Bb4 44. Ke2 Rd8 45. g4 Rd2+ 46. Rxd2 cxd2 47. f5 gxf5 48. gxf5 exf5 49. e6 Ka3 50. e7 Bxe7 51. Kxd2 Bxh4 52. Ke3 Bg5+ 
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wheeler, Mark R"]
[Black "Commisso, Mike"]
[WhiteElo "1304"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "7"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[Moves "16"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Reti Opening: Nimzo Larsen Attack, Classical Variation"]
[ECO "A06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. e3 Bxc5 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxa3 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd4 Ne4 14. Kh1 Qc5
15. Qb2 Bb5 16. Rfd1 Nxf2+
0-1


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "David, Michael"]
[Black "Bergeron, Mike"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1497"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "8"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[Moves "45"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defence: Two Knights Attack"]
[ECO "B11"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. Bf4 a6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bd6 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. a3 Nd4 14. Bg5 Be7 15.
Be2 Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bf1 Qh4 18. Ne2 Nf5 19. Nc1 Ned6 20. Nb3 Nb5 21. g3
Qf6 22. c3 b6 23. Bg2 Rac8 24. Nd2 Nbd6 25. Nf3 Rfe8 26. Ne5 Qd8 27. Qa4 Qc7 28.
Rac1 f6 29. Nf3 Qc5 30. b4 Qb5 31. Qd1 e5 32. a4 Qd7 33. Nd2 Nf7 34. Qb3 e4 35.
dxe4 dxe4 36. Nxe4 Kh8 37. Rcd1 Qc7 38. Qd5 N5d6 39. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Nxd6
41. Re3 Nc4 42. Rf3 Rd8 43. Qh5 g6 44. Qh4 Rd6 45. Qe4
{Draw}
1/2-1/2



[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paulson, Ray"]
[Black "Cappallo, Roger"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[Moves "36"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Trompowsky"]
[ECO "D00"]

{  A heart-breaking game. Had I won I would have been club champion. I built a
huge advantage in the middle game, only to spend too much time trying to figure
out how to put it away, and eventually losing on time. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3.
Bxf6 gxf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. e3 Bxc5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Nb3 Be7 {  84:76 min} 
9. Be2 O-O 10. c3 Kh8 11. Qc2 Rg8 12. g3 a5 13. a4 e5 14. Rd1 Be6 15. Nh4 Qc8 {
 68:53 min}  16. Ng2 Bf5 $6 {  This sets a trap, which Ray obligingly falls
into. But actually it gives away much of Black's advantage if White responds
with 17. Qd2}  ( 16... Nb4 17. Qd2 ( 17. Qb1 Bf5 18. Qc1 Bc2 19. cxb4 Bxb3 20.
Qxc8 Raxc8 21. Ra1 Bxb4+ 22. Kf1 Rc2 )17... d4 18. exd4 ( 18. Nxd4 exd4 19.
exd4 Nd5 20. O-O )18... Bxb3 )17. Bd3 $4 Nb4 {  46 min}  18. Qe2 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3
Bxd3 ( {  I also considered the somewhat better } 19... Qc4 20. Nc1 Bxd3 21.
Nxd3 Qxa4 )20. Qxd3 Qc4 21. Qd1 $2 $19 ( {  I was trying to force or at least
encourage the Q trade, but that is bad for Black } 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. Nd2 Rac8 (
22... b5 23. axb5 Rgb8 24. Kd1 Rxb5 25. Kc2 f5 $17 )23. Nh4 $10 {  apparently
due to the outpost on f5}  )21... Rgd8 22. Nd2 Qd3 23. Qb3 Kg7 24. Kd1 d4 { 
41:21 min}  25. exd4 exd4 26. Nf4 Qf5 27. Re1 Bd6 {  28:9 min}  ( 27... dxc3
28. Rxe7 Rxd2+ 29. Kc1 Kh8 30. Qxc3 Rxf2 {  eval is -9.5, but the position is
still pretty spicy}  )28. Re4 $2 dxc3 29. bxc3 Be5 ( 29... Bxf4 30. Rxf4 Qd3
31. Rg4+ Kh8 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Qxb3+ 34. Nxb3 b6 )30. f3 Rac8 {  at this
point I stopped recording the score, as I was under 5 minutes. Ray still had
about 20.}  ( 30... Bxf4 31. gxf4 ( 31. Rxf4 Qd3 32. Rg4+ Kh8 33. Rd4 Rxd4 34.
cxd4 Qxd4 35. Ke2 )31... b5 32. Qxb5 Rd5 33. Qe2 Rad8 )31. c4 {  last chance to
trade the N, but I didn't see Nd5 coming}  31... Qd7 {  Black is still winning,
but the task has become much harder, and too hard to accomplish with a couple
of minutes on the clock.}  32. Nd5 Qh3 33. Rh4 Qg2 34. Qd3 Qg1+ 35. Kc2 Rh8 36.
Rg4+ Kf8 {  And here Black flagged.}
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mirijanian, George"]
[Black "Xu, Shawn"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[Moves "22"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defence: Hyper-Accelerated Dragon, Hungarian Variation"]
[ECO "B27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. h3 e6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Qb6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb1 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Ra3 Bg7 16. Re1 Nf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Rb3 Qa7 19. Rc3 Raf8 20. b3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Be3 Ra8 
1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donahue, Jim"]
[Black "Ostrowski, Don"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[Moves "24"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defence"]
[ECO "D33"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5
9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nxd5 Be6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc2 Bf5
14. Qc4 O-O 15. Be4 Rfe8 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Bf4 Nd4
18. Rae1 Re4 19. Nxd4 Rdxd4 20. Qc1 Rc4 21. Qb1 Qe6
22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Rxe2 24. Qc3 h6
1/2-1/2


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spencer, Larry"]
[Black "Nair, Anand"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[Moves "42"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Grunfeld Defence: Stockholm Variation"]
[ECO "D80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. e3 c6 7. Bf4 h5 8.
h4 Bg7 9. Qc2 Qa5+ 10. Qc3 Qb6 11. c5 Qd8 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Qc2
Qa5+ 15. Qc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nxc5 17. Bc2 f5 18. Ne2 Nd7 19. O-O e5 20. Bg5
exd4 21. cxd4 c5 22. Bb3+ Kh7 23. Rad1 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26.
Bxe6 Nd3 27. Bd5 Rab8 28. Be7 Rh8 29. Bc4 Nb2 30. Rc1 Rbe8 31. Bg5 a6 32.
Bd5 b5 33. Rc7 Rc8 34. Ra7 Rc5 35. Bf6 Rxd5 36. Bxg7 Ra8 37. Rxa8 Kxg7 38.
Rxa6 b4 39. Rc1 Rd2 40. Rc7+ Kh6 41. Ra8 g5 42. Ra6+
{Black resigns}
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Commisso, Mike"]
[Black "David, Michael"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "5"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[Moves "28"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav Defense, Main Line"]
[ECO "D45"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 O-O 11. Rd1 Nc7 12. b4 Rc8 13. Ne5 Ne6 14. Qb1 a6 15. Bd2
Rc7 16. Na4 c5 17. bxc5 b5 18. Nb6 Qe8 19. a4 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. axb5
axb5 22. Bxb5 Qb7 23. Ba6 Qb8 24. Qd3 Ra7 25. Rdb1 Qd8 26. Nc8 Ra8 27. Ba5
Rxa6 28. Nxe7+
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moore, Matt"]
[Black "Wheeler, Mark R"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1304"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "6"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[Moves "21"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence: Rasa-Studier Gambit"]
[ECO "B15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6
8. Be3 e6 9. O-O-O Bb4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12. Qg4 Qxa2 13. c3 Bf8 14.
Bd3 Nd7 15. Rhf1 Nf6 16. Qf4 Qa5 17. g4 h6 18. h4 O-O-O 19. g5 Nd5 20. Qxf7
Re8?? 21. Qxe8+ 
1-0


[Event "WCC Championship"]
[Site "Wachusett CC: FSU, McKay C-143, Fitchburg MA"]
[Date "2023.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bergeron, Mike"]
[Black "Murray, Stephen"]
[WhiteElo "1497"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "7"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[Moves "31"]
[TimeControl "G/90 d5"]
[Section "Closed"]
[Opening "Reti Opening: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Variation"]
[ECO "A06"]

1. b3 e6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. a3 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nf8 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Be2 Ng6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Bxg6
fxg6 15. b4 Bf5 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qe2 Rf5 19. O-O-O a5 20. Rhf1
axb4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Nd2 Bxd2+ 23. Qxd2 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bxh3 25. Rg3 Rh5 26.
Rh1 Bf5 27. Rxh5 gxh5 28. f3 Bg6 29. Rg1 Qf6 30. f4 Qf5 31. Rg5 Qb1#
{"Checkmate"} 0-1