Round 3 Victory 8.16.14

I finished the tournament 2.5/3 and tied for second place. This game (Round 3) was definitely one of my better games. Enjoy :)

[Event "Southern Illinois Summer Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2014.08.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "Colvin, Mark"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1598"] [BlackElo "1705"] [PlyCount "47"] [SourceDate "2014.08.16"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 Ne7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. f4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. c3 h6 13. Nf3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. Ne5 Kh7 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Rf3 Bd7 18. Rg3 Nf5 19. Rh3 Be8 20. g4 Ne7 21. g5 Nf5 22. gxh6 Bxh6 23. Ng4 Rg8 24. Nxh6 1-0 '/>

Southern Illinois Summer Open 8.16.14 (Round 1)

I cannot feel THAT proud of my first round victory because my opponent was only 8 years old.

[Event "Southern Illinois Summer Open"] [Site "Salem, Illinois"] [Date "2014.08.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Owen, Cody"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B50"] [BlackElo "1598"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Bf4 a6 8. Ng5 b5 9. Bb3 Nd4 10. Nf3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 b4 12. Na4 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nb6 Qxb6 16. a4 a5 17. d4 cxd4 18. Qc2 Ba6 19. Rfc1 O-O 20. Qc6 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Bb7 22. Rb6 Bxe4 23. Ne1 d3 24. f3 Bf5 25. Rd1 e4 26. fxe4 Bd4 27. Kf1 Bg4 28. Rc1 Bxb6 29. Rc6 Be2# 0-1 '/>