STL $5 Satellite (Round 1)

 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. O-O g6 9. Ng5 Qf5 10. c4 Nb6 11. Na3 Qd7 12. Qf3 Nd8 13. c5 Nc8 14. Nc4 Bg7
15. cxd6 Nxd6 16. Ne5 Qf5 17. Qb3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd2 Qf5 20. Rac1 Ne4
21. Qa4+ Nc6 22. Nxe4 O-O 23. Ng3 Qd5 24. Bc3 Qg5 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. h4 Qd5 27.
Qf4 e5 28. Qh6 Ne7 29. Rxe5 Qd6 30. Rd5 *1-0

Upcoming Tournament

 I'm going to play in the Megamind G/30 USCF rated chess tournament this weekend on Saturday, 10.16.2021.  It will be my first chess tournament in well over a half a year.  I did this strictly out of boredom.  But, who knows what may come out of it?  Maybe, I'll make some new friends or meet a girl.  IDK.  Or maybe I'll even win all three rounds and get first place (this has happened before).

This tournament is at the Saint Louis Chess Club.  It is their first standard rated Over-The- Board tournament since all this Corona shit started.  Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.  It's a 36-player tournament, I'll upload my games here at my blog.

I took lessons from the Iranian Chess Queen - Derakshani.  She's younger than my step-sister and is already an International Master.  She gave me some good general tips for guidance.  One thing she told me that really hit me, "I don't think chess players ever really quit playing chess".  Amen!  We all go long periods of time without playing but almost always come back to the game!  

Wish me luck!

2020 Summer Open (Round 3)

 [Event "Summer Open"]
[Site "Illinois"]
[Date "08.08.2020"]
[Round "3"]
[White "CJ"]
[Black "Lizzi"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 d6 5. c3 O-O 6. h4 Nbd7 7. h5 e5 8. Bg5 Qe8
9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Bc4+ d5 11. dxe5 dxc4 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd2 Be6
15. Qe2 Qf7 16. O-O-O b5 17. f4 Be7 18. Ngf3 Bg4 19. Qf2 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Bf6 21.
g4 Rfe8 22. g5 Bh8 23. Rh4 Qe6 24. Re1 Qe4 25. Rh3 Rab8 26. Qh4 Re7 27. Nh2 b4
28. Ng4 bxc3 29. Nh6+ Kf8 30. bxc3 Rb1+ 31. Kd2 Qd3# 0-1

2020 Summer Open (Round 2)

 [Event "Summer Open"]
[Site "Illinois"]
[Date "08.08.2020"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lizzi"]
[Black "Thain"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. Bf4
Ngf6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. O-O Nd5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Nf4 14. Qe4 Bd6
15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxf4 Nc4 18. Qe4 Nxb2 19. Rab1 Nc4 20. Qd3 Nb6
21. Rb3 Rh4 22. Re4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd6 24. Ne2 Qc7 25. g3 Nc4 26. Qd3 Nd6 27. c3
Nf5 28. Ra3 a6 29. Qc2 e5 30. dxe5 Qxe5 31. Ra4 Qd5 32. Nd4 Re8 33. Qc1 c5 34.
Nxf5 gxf5 35. Rf4 g5 36. Ra4 Qf3 37. Rc4 *

 My position slowly deteriorated throughout this game.  I need to study the Caro-Kann again and how to play against it.

 - Lizzi

2020 Summer Chess Open (Round 1)

 [Event "Summer Open"]
[Site "Illinois"]
[Date "08.08.2020"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tullis"]
[Black "Lizzi"]
[Result "1/2 - 1/2"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Ba2
Bb7 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 d6 11. Re1 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. d4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Nd5 Kh8 16. Bxd4 Bg5 17. Qd3 Ng8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qg5 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5
Rac8 22. Re3 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. c3 Qe6 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. exd5 Rce8 27. Rae1
Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Kg8 29. Re1 f5 30. Ra1 Re8 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. a4 Re5 33. axb5 axb5
34. Rd1 g6 35. Rd4 Kf6 36. Rd3 h5 37. f3 f4 38. Kf2 g5 39. g3 fxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Re2
41. f4 h4+ 42. Kf3 Re7 43. Re3 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Kf5 45. fxg5 Kxg5 46. Kf3 Kf5 47.
Ke3 Ke5 48. Kf3 Kf5 *

 This was the first time I played Alekhine's Defence in an official chess tournament.  It turned into the four-knights game which is a beginner's open and it has been so long since I've studied it!

 - Lizzi

2017 Mark Oestreich Memorial Round 3

[Event "2017 Mark Oestreich Memorial"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.03.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "Brestal, Ben"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "47"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 c5 10. e5 Ne8 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 h5 13. exd6 Nxd6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. f3 f5 18. Nf1 e6 19. fxg4 fxg4 20. Ng3 Bf6  21. Qh6 Bxh4 22. Qg6 Kh8 23. Qxh5 Kg8 24. Rxh4 1-0 '/>

2017 Mark Oestreich Memorial Round 2

[Event "2017 Mark Oestreich Memorial"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.03.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Bumpas, Stan"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D94"]  [PlyCount "57"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bg4 8. h3 Bd7 9. O-O c6 10. a4 a5 11. Qe2 e6 12. b3 Na6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. e4 b5 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. Ne5 Nd7 22. Nc6 Qb6 23. Ne7 Kh8 24. d5 exd5 25. Qxd5 Ne5 26. Rfe1 Rad8 27. Bc5 Rxd5 28. Bxb6 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 1/2-1/2 '/>

2017 Mark Oestreich Memorial Round 1

[Event "Mark Oestreich Memorial"] [Site "?"] [Date "2017.03.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "Bean, John"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. d5 Na5 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 e5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nb3 b6 11. Nxa5 bxa5 12. f4 Nd7 13. f5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Rf3 Nf6 16. Rg3 Qf4 17. Qd3 Ba6 18. Rf1 Qh4 19. Qe3 Kh8 20. Rh3 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. b3 f6 23. Rg3 Qh5 24. Rff3 Qh6 25. Qe1 Qh5 26. Rh3 Qf7 27. Qh4 Qg8 28. Ne2 Bc8 29. Ng3 g5 30. Qg4 Rf7 31. Rh6 Rb8 32. Ne2 a4 33. Rg3 Qg7 34. Qh5 Rbb7 35. h4 Qg8 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Rxd6 Qf8 38. Rh6 Rg7 39. Rxg5 Rxg5 40. Qxg5 Rg7 41. Qh4 Qg8 42. Qf6 Qf7 43. Qxf7 Rxf7 44. g4 Rg7 45. Rh4 Bd7 46. Ng3 Be8 47. f6 Rg5 48. Nf5 Kg8 49. Nd6 Bd7 50. Nf5 Kf7 51. Rxh7 Kxf6 52. Rxd7 Rxg4 53. Kf2 Rxe4 54. Nd6 Rd4 55. Rxa7 Rd2 56. Ke3 1-0 '/>

King's Island Open 2016 - Round 1

[Event "King’s Island Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "Nickell, Gary"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1610"] [BlackElo "1522"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Nd4 Nf4 15. Bf3 Rfd8 ({0.93 Fritz 15:} 15... Rad8 16. Qc2 Bc8 17. Rfe1 Qg5 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Rad1 c5 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qd2 Ng6 22. Be4 f5 23. Bd3 Ne5 24. Nb3 { 0.00/17}) 16. Qa4 ({0.07 Fritz 15:} 16. Bxb7 c5 17. Bxa8 cxd4 18. Qf3 Qg5 19. h4 Qxh4 20. cxd4 Bh3 21. g3 Qh6 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rxa8 25. Ke2 h5 26. Rc1 g6 27. Kf3 Rd8 28. Ke4 Re8%2B 29. Kd3 Kg7 30. d5 h4 31. Rh1 { 0.93/17}) 16... Bd7 17. Qc2 c6 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Ne2 ({-1.05 Fritz 15:} 19. Re3 Rab8 20. Rae1 c5 21. Ne2 Bf5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Ne6 24. Nc1 Rd2 25. R3e2 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 b6 27. Qa4 a5 28. h3 Rd8 {0.08/16}) 19... Nh3%2B 20. Kf1 Ng5 21. Ng1 Nxf3 22. Nxf3 Bf5 23. Qb3 b5 24. Nd4 Bd3%2B 25. Kg1 Bc4 26. Qc2 g6 27. b3 Bd5 28. c4 ({-2.00 Fritz 15:} 28. Re3 a6 29. Rae1 c5 30. Nf3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 Re8 32. Rd1 Qg5 33. Rfd3 Re6 34. g3 Rae8 35. Kg2 Qf6 36. R1d2 Re1 37. Rd6 R8e6 38. Rd8%2B Kg7 39. c4 {-0.17/19}) 28... Bxg2 29. Ne6 ({-5.05 Fritz 15:} 29. Kxg2 Rxd4 30. h3 Qg5%2B 31. Kf1 bxc4 32. Re3 Qd5 33. Kg1 Rd8 34. Rae1 cxb3 35. axb3 Qg5%2B 36. Kf1 Qb5%2B 37. Kg2 Rd3 38. b4 Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Rd4 40. Qc3 Qd5%2B 41. Kh2 Qc4 { -1.92/17}) 29... Bh3 0-1 '/>