[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany,NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stoyko, Stephen E"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]

{Table 17, Board 1, #6 Kenilworth CC vs. #54 Star Check - Wrath of Kann} 1. e4 
e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 b6 9.
a4 Bb7 10. c3 Qc7 11. h4 h6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nb3 O-O 14. d4 Rfd8 15. Qe2 cxd4
16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qxc3 20. Bb2 Qb4 21. Nxe6
Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Bxb2 23. Nxd8 Bxa1 24. Nxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany,NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Massey, Scott"]
[Black "Mendez, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]

1. e4 {Table 7, Board 2, #6 Kenilworth CC No. 1 vs. #77 Gardez} c5 
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7
5. Re1 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6 Qxc6 (8... bxc6 9. e5 $1 (9. Na4 $5) 9...
f6 10. Bf4 f5 (10... fxe5 11. Nxe5 $1) 11. Na4 (11. Nd2 $5) 11... Qa5 12. b3
$16) 9. Bg5 (9. Nd5 $1 Nf6 $2 10. Ne5 $1 Qd6 11. Nc4 Qc6 12. Bf4 $18) 9... f6
10. Bf4 Ne7 $6 (10... e5 $1 11. Be3 Ne7 $13) 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Nb3
O-O 14. Bd6 $1 Re8 15. a4 Bf8 16. a5 {
White is developing a tremendous dark-square bind.} Qd8 17. Bc5 $5 (17. Na4 Nc6
18. Nb6 Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Rb8 20. Nd2 e5 21. Ndc4 $16) 17... Nc6 18. Bb6 Qe7 19. f4
d6 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Rad1 Na7 22. Bc7 Bc6 $6 {Black simply surrenders the pawn
since White gets a strong initiative if he tries to defend it.} (22... Nc8 23.
e5 $1 fxe5 24. fxe5 d5 25. Ne4 $1 $36) 23. Bxd6 Qf7 24. Bc5 Bxc5+ 25. Nxc5 Qc7
$6 26. b4 Rad8 27. Nxe6 $1 {Winning a second pawn.} Rxd2 28. Nxc7 Rxd1 29. Rxd1
Re7 30. N3d5 Rf7 31. c4 Nc8 32. e5 fxe5 33. fxe5 Rf5 34. Re1 {
White has a strong passed e-pawn.} Kg7 35. b5 axb5 36. cxb5 Bxd5 37. Nxd5 Kf8
38. Rf1 {Simplification to a won ending.  White will soon have two passed
pawns, which Black will not be able to resist.} Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Kf7 40. Nc7 Ke7
41. b6 Kd7 42. e6+ Kd6 43. Ke2 Ne7 44. Ke3 Nc6 45. a6 bxa6 46. Nxa6 Nd8 (46...
Kxe6 47. b7 Kd6 48. b8=Q+ Nxb8 49. Nxb8 $18) 47. Nc5 $1 Nc6 48. b7 Kxc5 49.
b8=Q Nxb8 50. e7 $18 {and White forces a queen, so Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "U. S. Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sinding, Steve"]
[Black "Massey, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenilworth Chess Club A"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5.
d3 Bc5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O Qe8 9. a3 a5 10. d4 Bb6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2
h6 13. Qd2 g5 14. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 15. Bxd5+ (15. cxd5 $142 Nd8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17.
Qc3 Nf7 18. f4 $40) 15... Kh7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 $5 (16... dxe5 17. b4 $14) 17. Bxe5
dxe5 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Qc2 c6 20. c5 Bc7 21. Ba6 Kh8 22. f4 gxf4 23. exf4 exf4
24. Nxf4 Qe3+ 25. Kg2 $2 (25. Kh1 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Be6 27. Bc4 $1 Rd2 $36) 25...
Bxf4 $1 $17 26. Rxf4 Be6 $6 (26... Bc8 $1 $19) 27. Rd1 Bxb3 28. Qb2+ Kh7 29.
Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Qf6 $6 (30. Kh3 $1) 30... Rd2+ 31. Kh3 Qe6 32. Qf8 Bd1 33. Rxf5
$2 h5 34. Kh4 Rxh2+ (34... Qe4+) 35. Kg5 Qg6+ 36. Kf4 Rf2+ 37. Ke5 Qxg3+ 38.
Rf4 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[White "Massey,Scott "]
[Black "Sheppard,Dore A "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Round "4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. a4 Nf6 
8. Bg2 h5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Nde2 h4 11. g4 Qb6 12. O-O Ne5 13. a5 Qc7 14. Bf4 d6 
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Nb3 Ba7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Ke7 19. Bf1 Ne8 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. Nf5+ Kf8 
22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nxd6 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 Be8 26. Rd8 f6 27. Ra4 Rc6 28. Rb4 b5 
29. axb6 Bxb6 30. Rb8 Ba5 31. R4b7 Rg8 32. b4 g5 33. bxa5 gxf4 34. Na4 f5 35. exf5 exf5 
36. Nb6 Rxc2 37. Nd5 Rg6 38. Re7 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[White "Massey,Scott "]
[Black "Apgar,Robert F "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C31"]
[Round "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Be2 Bh4+ 
8. Kf1 Qf6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. d3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 14. Bxf4 O-O 
15. Bd6 Rfe8 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Re1 Be6 18. g4 Nf6 19. h3 Ng6 20. Rh2 Red8 21. Bg3 Rd4 
22. a3 a6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd7 25. Ra4 Ra7 26. Ra5 Ne7 27. c4 Rd8 28. Be4 g6 
29. Bh4 f5 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Rg2+ Kf7 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Bxf5 Bxf5 34. Rxf5+ Ke6 35. Rf3 Kd6 
36. Re2 Rg7 37. Ke1 Rdg8 38. Kd2 h5 39. Rf6+ Kd7 40. Rh6 Rg5 41. h4 Rf5 42. Rh7+ Kd6 
43. Rhe7 Rg6 44. b4 c5 45. Ra7 Rg4 46. Rxa6+ Kd7 47. Ra7+ Kd6 48. Rae7 Rf6 49. Kc3 Rgf4 
50. bxc5+ Kc6 51. R2e4 R4f5 52. Kb4 Rf4 53. d4 R4f5 54. a4 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany,NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gardner, Lee"]
[Black "Allen, Edward J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]

1. e4 {Table 6, Board 3: #30 UTD Orange vs. #6 Kenilworth CC #1} c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. c3 e6 8. d4 Be7 9. a4 b6 10.
d5 e5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Nf1 Ne8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Nd2 Bg5
17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. b4 h5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Rab1 h4 22. Nf1 h3 23. g3
f5 24. Nfd2 f4 25. Rb6 Ne8 26. Qd1 Qf6 27. Rf1 Ra7 28. f3 Rh7 29. g4 Rc7 30.
Kh1 Qe7 31. Qe2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Amateur Teams East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goeller, Michael"]
[Black "Marcus, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Goeller,Michael"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 {
The purpose of this move instead of 3.d4 is to prevent Black's next.} Bg4 $6 {
Well, I knew this was supposed to be wrong. But then I had some trouble
figuring out exactly why.} 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 ({Also played is} 4... c6 $5 5. dxc6
Nxc6 6. h3 $1 Bh5 (6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Rc8 8. O-O $16) {And now White should play
} 7. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 $1 Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O Qd5 12. Ne4 $1
$14) 5. h3 $1 {Jeremy Silman at his website may have been the first to
identify this as the most critical move.} ({The supposed "book" move} 5. c4 $6
{does not hold up well after} e6 $1 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. d4 c6 8. Ba4 e5 $5 $13 {
Donaldson / Emms}) 5... a6 $5 {This is Silman's recommendation for Black. 
Others do not work out so well either.} ({a)} 5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 a6 7. Bxd7+ $5
(7. Ba4 $142 $1 b5 8. Bb3 Nc5 (8... Nb6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne4 $1 Nfxd5 $2 11. Ng5
$1 f6 12. Ne6 Qd6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 $1 Qxd5 15. Nxc7+ $18 {Silman}) 9. c4
$1 $14 {Chandler / Silman / Emms}) 7... Qxd7 8. c4 O-O-O (8... e6 9. dxe6 Qxe6+
10. Qe3 $14) 9. O-O b5 $6 (9... e6 $142 $1 10. d4 $1 (10. dxe6 Qxe6 11. d3 Nd7
$44) 10... exd5 11. c5 $14) 10. d3 c6 11. dxc6 Qxd3 12. c7 Kxc7 13. Bf4+ Kb6
14. c5+ Ka7 15. Qc6 Nd5 16. Bc7 Rc8 17. Bb6+ Nxb6 18. Qxb6+ Ka8 19. c6 {
1-0 Page-Heng, AUS-ch u18 2000}) ({b)} 5... Bf5 6. c4 $5 (6. Nc3 $5 a6 7. Ba4
b5 8. Nd4 $1 Bg6 $6 (8... bxa4 $142 9. Nxf5 Nb6 10. O-O Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12.
Ne3 $14) 9. Nc6 Qc8 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. Qf3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bxc2 13. d3 Bxb3 14. Nd4
Ba4 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Be5 h6 17. O-O Rd8 18. Nc6 Rc8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne4 Bg7
21. Nc5 Qd6 22. Qg4 O-O 23. Ne4 {1-0 Kerr-Silson, AUS Corr. 2001}) 6... a6 $6 (
6... Bd3 $6 7. Ne5 $1) (6... e6 $142 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nd4 $1 $14) 7. Ba4 (7. Bxd7+
$5) 7... b5 8. cxb5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nb4 10. bxa6 Nd3+ 11. Kf1 Nxc1 12. Qxc1 Rxa6 13.
Nc3 $5 c6 14. g3 e6 15. Kg2 Bb4 16. Bc2 $1 Qa5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. a3 Be7 19. Qf1
Rb6 20. Qe2 O-O 21. Rhd1 Bf6 22. Rd2 Rfb8 23. Rad1 Qa5 24. Ne5 Qa7 25. Ne4 Nf8
26. Rc1 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qc7 28. Nd6 Ng6 29. Rcd1 Rb3 30. Nc4 Nf8 31. Qe4 R8b5 32.
Rc1 Rd5 33. Qc2 Rbb5 34. b4 Nd7 35. f4 c5 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. Nd6 Rb6 38. Qf5 Nf6
39. Rxc5 Rc6 40. exf6 {1-0 Day-Kegel, Toronto Open 1995}) ({c)} 5... Bh5 6. Nc3
{Recommended by Larry Kaufman, this move gives back the pawn with the idea of
getting the standard edge for White.} ({
It may be better to try to hang onto the pawn with} 6. c4 $5 a6 (6... e6 $5 {
Emms} 7. g4 Bg6 8. Qe2 $14) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. d4 {
but this "is just bad for Black" according to Silman} O-O-O 9. Nc3 e6 10. g4 $1
Bg6 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. O-O $1 exd5 13. Re1 $1 $40 {
"and Black has problems down the e-file" says Emms}) 6... a6 7. Be2 Nb6 8. d4
Nbxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qd8 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 g6 14. Be3 Qc8
15. O-O Bg7 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bc5 Nd7 18. Ba3 Ne5 19. Rae1 O-O 20. Bxe7 Re8 21.
Ba3 Qd7 22. Be2 g5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Rxf4 Ng6 25. Rff1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Re3 27. Bg4
Rxb3 28. Bxd7 Rd3 29. Bf5 Re3 30. Rxe3 Bxe3 31. Re1 Bg5 32. c5 Rd8 33. d6 cxd6
34. cxd6 Nf8 35. g3 Bf6 36. Kg2 a5 37. b3 b6 38. Re7 Bd4 39. d7 {
1-0 Santo Roman-Santos, Loures POR 1997}) 6. Bxd7+ $5 $146 {
A novelty in this position, but perfectly good it appears.} (6. Be2 $1 {
is recommended by Emms} Bxf3 (6... Bf5 7. Nh4 Be4 8. c4 $16) 7. Bxf3 Ne5 $1 (
7... Nb6 $6 8. d6 $1 $16 {Emms} c6 (8... Qxd6 9. Bxb7 Rb8 10. Bxa6 Na4 11. Qe2
$16) 9. dxe7 Bxe7 10. d4 O-O 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 Bc7 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. g3 Nbd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. c4 Qg6 17. cxd5 Qxg5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qc1 Qf6 20. Qxc6 Bd6
21. Qc3 Rab8 22. Rac1 Rb5 23. Kg2 h5 24. h4 g5 25. a4 Rf5 26. Be4 Rf4 27. gxf4
Qxf4 28. Rg1 Qxh4 29. Qh3 Qxh3+ 30. Kxh3 f6 31. Rc6 {
1-0 Aguilar-Mejias, Logrono 2002}) 8. Nc3 ({Emms's suggestion may work here
also, though it is more complicated than Emms describes:} 8. d6 $1 Nxf3+ (8...
Qxd6 9. Bxb7 Rb8 10. Bf3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qe6+ 12. Qe2 Qc6 13. O-O Qxc2 14. Qxa6
$14) 9. Qxf3 c6 $5 10. dxe7 Qxe7+ 11. Qe2 (11. Qe3 O-O-O 12. O-O Nd5 $44) 11...
O-O-O 12. Nc3 (12. Qxe7 Bxe7 13. d3 Rhe8 14. O-O Nd5 $44) 12... Re8 $5 13. Qxe7
Bxe7 14. Kd1 $1 (14. O-O Bb4 $44) 14... Bb4 15. d3 Re6 16. Re1 $14) 8... Qd7 9.
d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 O-O-O $6 (10... Rd8 $142 $1 11. d6 (11. Bf4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5
Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Rxd5 14. O-O-O Kd7 15. c4 $11) 11... cxd6 12. d5 e6 13. O-O Be7
14. Qg3 O-O $11 15. Bh6 Ne8 16. Rad1 Bf6 $11) 11. Bg5 $1 h6 (11... Nxd5 12.
Qxf7 $14) 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. a3 $1 Re8+ 14. Kd2 g6 15. Rae1 Bg7 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8
17. Re1 Rxe1 18. Kxe1 f5 19. Ne2 Kd8 20. Qb3 Kc8 21. c4 h5 22. Qe3 Kd8 23. h4
Qa4 24. Qd3 Kd7 25. Kd2 Bh6+ 26. f4 Bg7 27. Qc2 Qa5+ 28. Qc3 Qa4 29. Qc2 Qa5+
30. Qc3 Qa4 31. Qb4 Qxb4+ 32. axb4 b5 33. Kd3 Bf8 34. Kc3 Kd6 35. g3 f6 36. Kb3
Be7 37. Nc3 g5 38. Ne2 Kd7 39. Kc3 Ke8 40. Kb3 Kf7 41. Kc3 Bd6 42. c5 Be7 43.
Kd3 Ke8 44. Nc3 Kd7 45. Nd1 Bf8 46. hxg5 fxg5 47. fxg5 Ke7 48. Ne3 Kf7 49. Nxf5
Kg6 50. d6 {1-0 Santo Roman-Dias, Loures POR 1997}) (6. Ba4 $6 Bh5 7. c4 b5 8.
cxb5 Nxd5 9. d4 e6 10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 c6 $1 $15 {Silman}) 6...
Bxd7 7. c4 e6 ({More complicated may be} 7... b5 $5 8. d3 c6 $1 9. dxc6 Bxc6
10. O-O Qd6 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Na3 $14) ({or} 7... c6 8. dxc6 Bxc6 9. d4 $14 {
though White has the extra pawn here as well.}) 8. Qe2 Qe7 $6 {This seems a
mistake, since it practically commits Black to an exchange of Queens later.} (
8... Be7 $1 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 $14 {looks good for White, though
Black retains the two Bishops and lots of activity for the pawn.}) 9. dxe6 Bxe6
10. O-O O-O-O (10... Bf5 $5 11. Re1 Qxe2 12. Rxe2+ Be7 13. b3 $1 $14) 11. d4
$16 {Now it appears that White simply has a pawn advantage -- and a quite
useful pawn at that since it helps him dominate the center and think about
developing a Queenside initiative.} Qd7 $6 {
I knew that my opponent was now eyeing the Bxh3 sac, but it is not good.} 12.
Be3 Bxh3 13. Ne5 $1 Qe6 14. gxh3 Bd6 15. f4 $1 {Attack over...or so I thought.}
Bxe5 $5 16. fxe5 Qxh3 $5 17. Rf3 (17. exf6 $2 gxf6 18. Kf2 Qh4+ 19. Kf3 Qh5+ {
gives Black at least a perpetual}) (17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Rxf3 Ng4 19. Nc3 Nxe3 20.
Rxe3 Rxd4 {gives Black two pawns for the piece, but it is hardly enough}) 17...
Qh5 $5 ({I had expected} 17... Qg4+ 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Ng4 20. Bg1 $1 $18)
18. Nc3 $5 {Safety first.  I felt no need to get greedy, though} ({Fritz thinks
} 18. exf6 {is now playable:} gxf6 (18... Rhg8 $5) 19. Kf2 Qh4+ 20. Rg3 Rhg8
21. Qf3 Rxg3 22. Qxg3 Qh1 23. Qg2 Qd1 24. Qh3+ Kb8 25. Qxh7 $18) 18... Ng4 19.
Rg3 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qxh5 Nxh5 {The Queens are off, the rest is easy.} 22.
Rf3 Rd7 23. Nd5 $1 Re8 24. Bg5 $5 {with the idea of eliminating his Knight} h6
(24... Rd6 $5 25. Rh3 g6 26. Rf1 $18) 25. Rh3 $1 hxg5 26. Rxh5 Re4 27. Rxg5
Rxd4 28. b3 Rd2 29. Rg2 Rd3 30. Rf1 b6 31. Rf8+ Kb7 32. Rg8 {
There goes his g-pawn.} Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rf1 34. R2xg7 Rff7 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Re8
$1 {Threatening to kill off his Rook with Re7.} Rh7+ (36... c6 $6 37. Re7+ Rxe7
38. Nxe7 $18) 37. Kg3 Rh6 ({Black should seek to exchange pawns with} 37... b5
$1 {when White probably needs to keep the Rooks on to avoid drawing tactics.})
38. Re7 Rc6 {This is much too passive a position for the Rook. I now play a
few moves to make time control and end up getting my Knight into a better
position.} 39. Nb4 Rc5 40. Nd3 Rh5 41. Nf4 $1 {
This actually forces the win of a pawn.} Rc5 (41... Rh1 42. Nd5 $18) (41... Ra5
42. a4 $1 Kc6 43. Nd5 $18) 42. Ne6 $1 Ra5 ({Black can no longer defend because
} 42... Rc6 $4 43. Nd8+ $18) 43. a4 $1 Kc6 44. Nxc7 Kd6 45. Rh7 Kc6 46. Nd5 ({
There is a problem-like win here with} 46. b4 $3 Rxa4 $2 (46... Re5 47. Nxa6
$18) 47. Ne8 $1 Ra3+ 48. Kf4 {and Black cannot avoid mate starting with Rc7+.})
({I did see the basic idea, though, and long-considered} 46. Ne8 $5 Kc5 $8 (
46... b5 $4 47. Rc7+ Kb6 48. c5#) 47. Rh5+ $5 Kb4 48. Rxa5 Kxa5 (48... bxa5 $5)
49. Nc7 {when I figured White should win but feated I may be overlooking some
brilliant drawing tactic since Black can draw if he eliminates all the pawns
or even all but the a-pawn in some cases.}) 46... b5 47. Rh6+ $1 Kc5 (47... Kd7
48. b4 Rxa4 49. Nb6+ $18) 48. b4+ Kxc4 49. bxa5 bxa4 50. Nb6+ $1 Kb3 51. Nxa4
$1 {I will soon be up a Rook and Pawn and should have no problem mating!} 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[White "Goeller,Michael J "]
[Black "Copeland,Sam S "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Round "3"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. Ng3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qc7 7. O-O Bd7 
8. c3 e5 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. d3 Be7 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nd7 14. Ng5 O-O 
15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qh3 Qb6 17. Bc4 Qxb2 18. Nf3 Qa3 19. Rab1 e4 20. Rb3 Qa4 21. Rxb7 exf3 
22. Bb5 Qxa2 23. Bxc6 Qxd2 24. Rxe7 Rac8 25. Qxf3 a5 26. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rosario, Salvador"]
[Black "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 c6 9. Ng3 h6 10. h4 Re8 (10... Ne8 $5 11. Bxh6 $1 (11. Nf5 $5 Bxg5 12.
hxg5 Qxg5 13. Rh3 $44) 11... gxh6 12. Qg4+ Kh8 (12... Ng7 $2 13. Nf5 Bf6 14.
Nxh6+ Kh8 15. Qf4 $1 $40) 13. Qh5 Ndf6 (13... Kg8 14. Qxh6 Ndf6) 14. Qxh6+ Kg8
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Ng7 17. g4 $40) 11. Nf5 Bf8 (11... Nf8 $142) 12. Bf4 Qb6
13. a3 $5 g6 $6 14. Na4 $5 {This forces Black into the following sequence
which leaves his King vulnerable.  Much safer is to get the two Bishops and
superior game with} (14. Nxh6+ Bxh6 15. Bxh6 Qxb2 16. Qc1 $14) 14... Qa5+ 15.
b4 Bxb4+ 16. axb4 Qxb4+ 17. Kf1 gxf5 18. Rb1 $5 (18. Bxh6 $2 b5 $17) (18. Bxf5
b5 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 (19... Bxd7 20. Nc5) 20. Qg4+ Kh7 21. Qh5 Qf8 22. Nc5 Nf6 (
22... Nxc5 23. Bxh6 Qxh6 24. Qxf7+ $11) 23. Qe2 $44) 18... Qf8 19. Bxf5 b5 20.
Nc3 b4 (20... Nb6) 21. Ne2 Nh5 22. g4 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Nf6 24. Bxc8 Raxc8 25. g5
Ne4 26. Rg1 $1 hxg5 (26... Nc3 $2 27. gxh6+ Kh8 28. Qh5 Nxb1 29. Rg7 Qxg7 30.
hxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qf6 $18) 27. hxg5 (27. f3 $5 Nf6 28. hxg5 $36)
27... Rc7 28. Nh5 $1 (28. g6 $5) 28... f6 $2 29. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $2 30. gxf6+ Kh8 $2
31. Rh1+ Rh7 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Ke2 {
and Black will soon be mated.} 1-0

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Black "Aaron, Ashok"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "135"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6
8. Rc1 c5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. e4 Qh5 $6
14. Be2 Qg4 15. g3 $6 Qg6 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. Ne5 Qf6 $5
19. Nd7 Qxb2 20. Be5 $5 Qa3 21. Nxf8 Bxd5 $5 22. Rc3 $6 Qxa2
23. Nd7 Rd8 24. Bg4 Be6 25. Ra3 $5 Qxa3 26. Bxe6 Nd3 $1 27. Qg4 Bg5 $1
28. Nf6+ $2 gxf6 29. Bxf6 Rd6 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Qxg5+ Kf8 32. Bc4 Qc3
33. Bxd3 Qxd3 $6 34. Re1 Qd2 35. Qe7+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Rf6 37. Re2 Qd4
38. Qg5+ Rg6 39. Qc1 a5 40. Rd2 Qe5 41. Qd1 Re6 42. Qg4+ Rg6 43. Qd1 Qc3
44. h4 $1 Qf6 $2 45. h5 Rh6 46. Qg4+ Kh7 47. Re2 Qc6 48. Re5 Re6
49. Qf5+ Kg7 50. Rd5 Kf8 51. Qg5 Rd6 52. Rxd6 Qxd6 53. h6 Qd1+ $1
54. Kg2 $6 Qd4 $1 55. Kh3 $2 a4 $1 56. h7 Qh8 57. Qh6+ Ke8 58. Qe3+ Kd7 $5
59. Qd3+ Ke6 60. Qc4+ $2 Ke7 61. Qh4+ f6 62. Qe4+ Kd6 $4 63. Qg6 Qc8+
64. g4 Qf8 65. Qg8 Qh6+ 66. Kg2 a3 67. h8(Q) Kc6 $2 68. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alex"]
[Black "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640, GM"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nge2 Rb8
7. f4 Ng4 $6 8. h3 Nf6 9. e5 Nd7 10. O-O dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5
12. Bf4 f6 13. Bxe5 fxe5 14. b3 g6 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. g4 Be6
17. Ne4 h5 $2 18. Qg5 $1 Qc8 $6 19. Qxg6+ Kd7 20. Nxc5+ Kd6
21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Kxc5 23. Nxe6+ Kb6 24. g5 Qa6 25. Qe4 $1 Rg8
26. Qd4+ Ka5 27. Rf5+ Rb5 28. Rxb5+ Qxb5 29. Qxa7+ Kb4 30. a3+ Kc3
31. Qd4+ Kxc2 32. Ra2+ Kxb3 33. Rb2+ Kxa3 34. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Black "Lec, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "1375"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qb3 O-O 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 Bxb6 11. Ke2 Rd8
12. Rac1 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Be4 Nxc3+ 15. Bxc3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rac8
17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Be5 $6 Ba5 $1 19. Bc3 Rdc7 20. Bxa5 Nxa5
21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1 f5 $6 23. Bd3 a6 24. Kf3 Kf7 25. e4 g6
26. Ke3 Ke7 27. f4 $2 Nc4+ 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd4 $2 Rc2
30. Rb4 b5 31. e5 $5 Rxg2 32. a4 Rxh2 $6 33. axb5 axb5
34. Rxb5 Kd7 35. Rb7+ Kc6 36. Re7 Rxb2 37. Rxe6+ Kd7
38. Ra6 Rb7 39. Kd4 Rc7 40. Kd5 Ke7 41. Re6+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Weber, Joe"]
[Black "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. Rhg1 Rfd8
12. g4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Ne8 14. f4 b5 15. g5 b4 16. Nb1 Rac8
17. Rg3 g6 $2 18. f5 $1 gxf5 $2 19. Qh5 $1 f4 20. Rh3 Bxg5 21. Rg1 f6
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rxg5+ Kh8 24. Qh6 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 Rf8 26. e5 $1 dxe5
27. Qxe5 a5 28. Rh6 1-0

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Black "Ramanujam, Srini"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "1761"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 a6 $6 5. e4 c6 $6 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. e5 Nc6 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O h6 10. Ne2 $5 Nge7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Nf4 Nf5
13. Bxf5 $2 exf5 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Rd1 Ne7 16. Nh5 Ng6 17. Qe3 $6 Qd7
18. Rd3 b5 $6 19. Bd2 Bb6 20. Bb4 Re8 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qe7
23. Re1 Bb7 24. b4 a5 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 axb4 27. axb4 Ra4
28. Qd2 Rea8 29. Qc3 d4 $5 30. Qxd4 Be4 31. Rdd1 $6 Qb7 $1
32. Nh4 Ra2 33. f3 Bc2 34. e6 $1 Qe7 $6 35. exf7+ Qxf7 36. Rd2 g5 $6
37. Ng6 $1 Qxg6 38. Rxc2 R2a7 39. Rce2 Qf7 40. Rd1 1-0 {time}

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany,NJ"]
[Date "2005.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minkov, Ari"]
[Black "Mandler, Rafael J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1334"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.02.??"]

1. d4 {Table 66, Board 1, #95 Lithuanian Athletic Club vs. #190 Paternos
Poisoned Pawns} d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3
c4 8. Bc2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Nf8 10. Ne5 Ng6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Ndf3 Ndxe5 13. fxe5 Bd7
14. Qe2 a5 15. Nd2 a4 16. a3 Qg5 17. O-O O-O 18. Rf3 Qd8 19. Rh3 h6 20. Qh5 Qg5
21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Rf3 Rf5 24. g4 Rff8 25. Raf1 Rxf3 26. Nxf3 Ra6
27. Nxg5 Be8 28. Kg2 Rb6 29. Rf2 Rc6 30. Kg3 b5 31. Kh4 b4 32. axb4 Ra6 33. Kg3
a3 34. bxa3 Rxa3 35. Nxe6 Bf7 36. Ng5 Be8 37. Rc2 Kf8 38. e6 Ke7 39. Kf4 Kf6
40. h4 Bc6 41. e4 dxe4 42. Nxe4+ Kxe6 43. Nc5+ Kf6 44. Re2 Kf7 45. Re3 Ra8 46.
Re6 Bb5 47. Rb6 Be8 48. Ra6 Rxa6 49. Nxa6 Ke6 50. Nc7+ Kd7 51. Nxe8 Kxe8 52.
Ke5 1-0