STL $5 Satellite (Round 2)

 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. f5
Qc7 9. O-O g6 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. h3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qf2 gxf5 14. Qxf5 e6 15.
Qh5 c4 16. Be3 b5 17. Rf6 cxd3 18. cxd3 b4 19. Ne2 Qe7 20. Raf1 O-O-O 21. Qxf7
Qxf7 22. Rxf7 Bb5 23. Ba7 Bd7 24. Bb6 Re8 25. Rc1+ Kb7 26. Ba5 * 1 - 0

MegaMind Championship 10.16.2021 (Round 3, Win as Black)

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nbd7 9. c3 Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15.
Nd2 e4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 *

And I finally win a game.  I requested a half-point-bye for the 4th and final round and left for home in not a very good mood.  We shall go on.

All three of my opponents were very young kids rated at the beginner level.  I'm a bit rusty to say the least.

- Lizzi

MegaMind Championship 10.16.2021 (Round 2, Loss as White)

 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 c6 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Bf6 13. Qe3 c5 14. Bc4 Bd4
15. Qf3 Be5 16. Bh6 Qh4 17. g3 Qxh6 18. Qb3 Bh3 19. Rfe1 Bg4 *

I blundered my dark-squared Bishop on move 16. and it was all over from there.

- Lizzi

MegaMind Championship 10.16.2021 (Round 1, Loss as Black)

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 g5 6. Bg3 h5 7. h3 Nxg3 8. fxg3
Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 c5 11. Nc3 a6 12. g4 h4 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. O-O-O Nxe5 15.
Qf2 b5 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. e4 Qa5 18. Kb1 Nd7 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nc3 O-O-O 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Qxf7 d4 23. Bd3 Rhe8 24. Bf5 Qc7 25. Rhe1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 c4 27. Re8 Rxe8
28. Qxe8+ Qd8 29. Bxd7+ Kc7 30. Qxd8+ Kxd8 *

I forgot how to play the Trompowsky and immediately overlooked the standard reply of 3.Bf4 with ...c5 instead of ...d5 !!  

I let my opponent get after my King.  I blundered a piece.  I lost.  The kid was rated around 1000 ELO

This is what happens when you go long periods of time without playing, my friends!

- Lizzi

2021 Mark Oestreich Memorial (Round 3)

 [Event "19th Annual Mark Oestreich Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Buser, Landon"]
[Black "TERLIZZI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bb4 5. Ne2 Nxe4 6. O-O d5 7. Bb3 Bg4 8.
d3 Bxf3 9. dxe4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd4 11. Qe3 Nxb3 12. Qxb3 Bc5 13. exd5 O-O 14.
Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 b6 16. e4 Qd6 17. Kh1 Qg6 18. Qf3 a5 19. b3 b5 20. c4 bxc4
21. bxc4 Rab8 22. a3 Rb2 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 Qxe4 25. Rc1 Qd4 26. Qxd4 exd4
27. Rd1 Re8 28. h3 Re4 29. Rd3 Kf8 30. Kg1 Ke7 31. Kf2 Kd6 32. Rd1 Kc5 33. Rc1
d3 34. Kf3 Rxc4 35. Rd1 Rd4 36. Ke3 Kxd5 37. Kd2 c5 38. Rb1 Ra4 39. Kxd3 Rxa3+
40. Kc2 Ra2+ 41. Kc1 Rxg2 42. Rb7 f6 43. h4 Rh2 44. Rxg7 Rxh4 45. Ra7 a4 46.
Kd2 h5 47. Rf7 a3 48. Rxf6 Ra4 49. Rf5+ Kc6 50. Rxh5 a2 51. Rh1 a1=Q 52. Rxa1
Rxa1 53. Kc2 Kb5 54. Kb2 Rg1 55. Kc3 Rg3+ 56. Kb2 Kb4 57. Kc2 0-1

I finished the tournament 2 wins, 1 loss.  I played fairly well and am satisfied with my results.  I was also having really bad anxiety especially in the afternoon during round 2.  

- Lizzi

2021 Mark Oestreich Memorial (Round 2)

 [Event "19th Annual Mark Oestreich Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Terlizzi"]
[Black "Cedeno, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O b6 7. c4 bxc3 8. Nxc3
Ba6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qa4 Nc7 13. Bf4 Ne6 14. Be3 O-O
15. Nd2 d6 16. f4 dxe5 17. dxe5 d4 18. Bf2 Nxf4 19. Nf3 Bc5 20. Rad1 Ne2+ 21.
Kh1 Nc3 22. Qb3 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Qe7 24. Bh4 Qe6 25. Qb1 h6 26. Qe4 Qxa2 27. Qg4
Qe6 28. Qg3 Kh7 29. Re1 a5 30. Bg5 a4 0-1

2021 Mark Oestreich Memorial (Round 1)

 [Event "19th Annual Mark Oestreich Memorial"]
[Site "Salem Illinois"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P. Sarwinski"]
[Black "TERLIZZI"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxe5 9. fxe5 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qe4 13. Qd2 f6 14. e6 Rd8 15.
d5 Ne5 16. Qd4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxe6 19. Rfe1 Bf7 20. Rxe7 Rac8 21.
Bxa7 b6 22. c5 Bf8 23. Re3 Bxc5 24. Kf2 Bxe3+ 25. Kxe3 Ra8 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. b3
Bxd5 28. Bxd5+ Rxd5 29. a4 Re8+ 30. Kf3 Rd3+ 31. Kg4 Re4# 0-1

Thoughts for May 30, 2020

I don't ever remember the Chicago Open being canceled.  It has been a long tradition of mine. Well, it was canceled this year (2020).  I had hopes of getting my rating into the next rank this year.  I'm currently in Class B.  I was hoping to make it to Class A.  That surely won't happen in 2020.  How sad :( 

I'm still practicing blindfold chess at lichess.  I had the thought today, "Why don't I just focus on getting better at regular chess instead of trying to play blindfold everyday?".  The truth is, solely focusing on blindfold chess can throw off your game.  It requires a totally different mode of thinking.  In blindfold chess, a large part of success is being sharp with your short-term memory and focusing on tactics rather than strategy. At least from my experience this is the case.  If I improve my non-blindfold game, then my blindfold game will improve.  Generally, the stronger the player, the stronger his blindfold game will be.  Most Grandmasters can play just as strong blindfolded as they do regularly.  I will still practice blindfold, just not so much.

Do you want to know what makes a great chessplayer a great chessplayer?  An unusual mind.  It doesn't take so much a brilliant mind, just unusual.  Something about great chessplayer's minds is a talent for remember chess patterns (moves) on a 64 square board.  This implies at least three talents:  pattern recognition ability, a powerful memory and spatial awareness.  But having a powerful memory is one thing - being able to remember pieces (and how they move) on a 8x8 square board is quite another.  I have the spatial ability and a powerful memory (actually photographic), but it's just not designed for remembering so many patterns on a 64-square board.  Can I get improve that time of memory?  Not really, but what I can improve is the literal memorizing of pieces on the board simply by studying my mistakes over and over until my mistakes are engrained into my mind.  Some people need to work hard at memorizing their mistakes, some don't.  It's mostly concerning natural talent.

I dedicate about 1 -3 hours of study and play per day towards chess.  If I really want to improve, I probably need to dedicate more hours than that, daily.  Here is where passion comes in!

- Lizzi

 

Thanks Giving Open 2016 STL Chess Club (Round 6)

On move 30 my opponent played the bizarre Rc8. He saw that it meant I was no longer threatening his Queen as my Rook was pinned to my King. But this move had a simple response: Just take his rook with my rook and I'm up a piece. I guess it was just an outright blunder. I don't know what he was thinking! This is something you would see between two beginners!

[Event "STL Thanks Giving Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Ernst, Eddie"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "90"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Qf3 Nxe3 8. Qxe3 e6 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. a3 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Na5 16. Qd4 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Rad8 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. h3 e5 20. Qe3 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Qd3 Rdf8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Kh8 25. Re2 Qe8 26. Qe4 Rf4 27. Qd5 Qg6 28. Rc3 Bf6 29. Qxd6 Rd8 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5 Rff8 33. Qd4 h6 34. Re3 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Re2 g5 37. Kh2 Rfc6 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. Re6 R8c6 40. Re8 Kg7 41. Re7 Kg6 42. Re3 Rxb2 43. b4 Rbc2 44. f3 R2c3 45. Re4 Rxa3 0-1 '/>

Thanks Giving Open 2016 STL Chess Club (Round 4)

[Event "ThanksGiving Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "Millsap, Zachary"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1610"] [BlackElo "1513"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 O-O 7. h3 Bd7 8. Be3 Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Rb8 11. b5 axb5 12. cxb5 Na5 13. Rc1 c6 14. a4 cxb5 15. axb5 Rc8 16. O-O b6 17. Nd2 Rc7 18. Na4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qb8 20. d5 Rc8 21. Qb1 e6 22. Nxb6 Rc7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Qa2 Nb7 26. Qxe6 Rf7 27. Rc1 Qf8 28. Rc8 Nd8 29. Qb3 Qe8 30. Bb6 Bf8 31. Rxd8 Qe7 32. Bc4 d5 33. Bxd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Kg7 35. Bd4 Kh6 36. b6 1-0 '/>

Thanks Giving Open 2016 STL Chess Club (Round 3)

[Event "STL ThanksGiving Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Lazo, Orlando"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Kh1 h5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Ng4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qb6 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Qxf7 Kxf7 18. Be3 Ke6 19. Bxb6 Rac8 20. c3 g5 21. Bd4 Rh7 22. g3 Kd7 23. Rf5 b5 24. a3 a5 25. Rxb5 a4 26. Rf1 Kc6 27. Ra5 1-0 '/>

Thanks Giving Open 2016 STL Chess Club (Round 2)

[Event "ThanksGiving Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "French, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1610"] [PlyCount "68"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 a6 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O Ne5 9. Nd2 Nh6 10. f3 Bd7 11. Kh1 Qg6 12. f4 Neg4 13. Bg1 f5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bxg4 Ng3 16. hxg3 Bxg4 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Bh2 O-O-O 19. Qd5 Qe8 20. Nd4 h5 21. f5 h4 22. Kg1 hxg3 23. Bxg3 Qh5 24. Qe6 Kb8 25. Qg6 Qxg6 26. fxg6 Rh6 27. Bf4 Rxg6 28. g3 Re8 29. Rae1 Rge6 30. Kg2 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. b4 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34. Be3 Rxb4 0-1 '/>

King's Island Open 2016 (Round 5)

This loss really got me thinking as to whether or not I should still play the Sicilian Defense. I always have bad results with it in tournament play.

[Event "King’s Island Ohio"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Byrd, Johnny"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B88"] [BlackElo "1610"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. g4 Nxb3%2B 13. Nxb3 Rc8 14. h4 Ne8 15. h5 b5 16. g5 Nc7 17. g6 f5 ({3.37 Fritz 15:} 17... hxg6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qh2 Kf7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bb6 Qe8 22. Qxe5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nxb6 24. Rh7 {0.86/15}) 18. h6 hxg6 19. hxg7 Kxg7 20. Bh6%2B Kg8 21. Bxf8 ({1.91 Fritz 15:} 21. Rdg1 Be8 22. Qh2 Bf6 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Bxd6 Qg7 25. e5 Bd8 26. Ne2 Bf7 27. Nf4 g5 28. Kb1 a5 29. Nxa5 Na6 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Nb7 Bb6 32. Qh8%2B Qxh8 33. Rxh8%2B Ke7 34. Rxc8 Bxg1 35. Nd3 {2.87/16}) 21... Qxf8 22. Qh2 Qg7 23. Rdg1 Be8 24. exf5 exf5 25. Ne2 Nd5 ({2.73 Fritz 15:} 25... Bf6 26. c3 b4 27. Qxd6 bxc3 28. Nxc3 Rd8 29. Qc5 Ne6 30. Qc4 Bf7 31. Qc6 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Nf4 33. Kb2 Bd5 34. Qb6 Re8 35. Rg3 Bf7 36. Qd4 Re2%2B {1.00/17}) 26. Nbd4 Bd7 ({7.86 Fritz 15:} 26... Bf6 27. Nxf5 Be5 28. Nxg7 Bxh2 29. Rxh2 Kxg7 30. Ng3 Rc6 31. Kd2 Bf7 32. a3 Nb6 33. b3 Nd7 34. Ne4 Be6 35. Ke3 a5 36. Rhg2 d5 37. Rxg6%2B Kf7 38. Rg7%2B {2.34/17}) 27. Qh6 ({ 1.00 Fritz 15:} 27. Rxg6 Qxg6 28. Qh8%2B Kf7 29. Rh7%2B Qxh7 30. Qxh7%2B Ke8 31. Qg8%2B Bf8 32. Qxd5 Rc5 33. Qa8%2B Bc8 34. Nxf5 Kf7 35. b4 Rc7 36. Ned4 Bxf5 37. Qd5%2B Kg7 38. Nxf5%2B Kh7 39. Nxd6 Rg7 40. Qf5%2B Kg8 41. Ne4 Be7 42. Qc8%2B {7.86/16}) 27... Qxh6%2B 28. Rxh6 1-0 '/>

King's Island Open 2016 (Round 4)

[Event "King’s Island Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Huang, Stella"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1610"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rd3 e5 15. Be3 Nxe4 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Qxe4 Bg5 19. Qe2 Kh8 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qf5 22. Qh3 Qxh3 23. Rxh3 Rad8 24. Rd1 f5 25. Rdd3 f4 26. Rh4 g5 27. Rh6 Kg7 28. Rdh3 Rh8 29. Nc7 1-0 '/>

King's Island Open 2016 (Round 3)

[Event "King’s Island Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Stapel, Scott"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1461"] [BlackElo "1610"] [PlyCount "68"] 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. Nh4 Ne8 10. f4 Nxd5 11. Nxg6 ({-3.22 Fritz 15:} 11. Nxd5 c6 12. Nf3 cxd5 13. cxd5 f5 14. exf5 Qb6%2B 15. Kh1 Bxf5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Ng5 Rc8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxf8%2B Bxf8 20. dxe6 Ng7 21. e7 Bxe7 22. Qd5%2B Kh8 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Qxe5 Bf6 25. Qe3 Re8 {-0.13/17}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 fxg6 13. Qd5%2B Kh8 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nf6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Qh3 Nc5 18. Bh5 Bf6 19. Bh6 Bd7 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Bg6 Qe7 22. Rf3 Ne4 23. Qh5 Rg8 24. Re1 Nc5 25. Rh3 Rg7 26. Ree3 Kg8 ({-1.17 Fritz 15:} 26... Bc6 27. Qg4 Bg5 28. Reg3 Ne4 29. f6 Qxf6 30. Qc8%2B Qd8 31. Qxd8%2B Bxd8 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. c5 d5 34. Rh5 Rxg3 35. hxg3 Bf6 36. Kf2 Bg6 37. Rh1 Be7 38. Rd1 Bxc5%2B {-3.41/16}) 27. Bxh7%2B Rxh7 ({0.00 Fritz 15:} 27... Kf8 28. Bg6 e4 29. Qg4 Rg8 30. Qd1 Qe5 31. Rh7 Rg7 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Qh5 Kf8 34. Qh6%2B Bg7 35. Qg5 Qe7 36. h4 Bf6 37. Qh6%2B Qg7 38. Qxg7%2B Kxg7 39. g3 Bc6 40. a3 Nd3 {-1.17/19}) 28. Reg3%2B Rg7 29. Rxg7%2B ({-5.92 Fritz 15:} 29. Qh8%2B Kf7 30. Qh5%2B Kf8 31. Qh8%2B Kf7 32. Qh5%2B Kf8 33. Qh8%2B Kf7 34. Qh5%2B Kf8 35. Qh8%2B Kf7 36. Qh5%2B Kf8 37. Qh8%2B Kf7 38. Qh5%2B Kf8 39. Qh8%2B Kf7 40. Qh5%2B Kf8 41. Qh8%2B Kf7 42. Qh5%2B Kf8 43. Qh8%2B Kf7 44. Qh5%2B {0.00/25}) 29... Bxg7 30. Qh7%2B Kf8 31. Rg3 Qf6 32. Rg6 Qf7 33. f6 ({-8.97 Fritz 15:} 33. g4 e4 34. Qh3 Be8 35. Qf1 e3 36. a3 Qg8 37. Rg5 Ne4 38. Rxg7 Qxg7 39. Qf4 Bc6 40. f6 Qxf6 41. Qxe3 Qxc3 42. Qxc3 Nxc3 43. Kf2 Nd1%2B 44. Kg3 Ne3 45. Kf4 Nxc4 46. h4 Nxa3 47. h5 Kg7 48. g5 {-7.46/15}) 33... Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Qxf6 0-1 '/>

King's Island Open 2016 (Round 2)

[Event "King’s Island Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.11.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Davidson, Larry"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [BlackElo "1610"] [PlyCount "100"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Qa4%2B Nc6 4. Qxc4 e6 5. a3 Nf6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. b4 Be6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bb2 Nd7 ({0.49 Fritz 15:} 11... e4 12. Ne1 a5 13. b5 Nd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. d3 Rae8 17. Qd2 Bc5 18. Nc2 Qd7 19. d4 Ra8 20. Na4 Be7 21. Ne3 Be6 22. Nc3 Rfd8 {-0.41/17}) 12. d3 f6 13. Nbd2 Nb6 ({ 1.22 Fritz 15:} 13... a5 14. b5 Na7 15. Nh4 Nxb5 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bc6 Rf7 18. Ng6 Bd6 19. e3 Na7 20. Bf3 Nf8 21. Nxf8 Bxf8 22. Nc4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. e4 Qc5 {0.38/18}) 14. Nc4 ({0.39 Fritz 15:} 14. b5 Nb8 15. d4 a6 16. a4 c5 17. dxe5 f5 18. Nh4 Bxh4 19. gxh4 Qe7 20. Rfd1 axb5 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Rd8 23. h5 c4 24. Bc3 N8d7 25. Bxb7 Nxe5 {1.22/18}) 14... Nxc4 15. dxc4 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. e3 Qf7 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Qc3 Bg4 ({1.07 Fritz 15:} 19... Rd7 20. Be4 a6 21. Qc2 Rcd8 22. c5 Kh8 23. Bc3 Bh3 24. Rfe1 Be6 25. f3 Qh5 26. Nb3 Qf7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Nc1 Rd8 29. Rd1 {0.09/19}) 20. Rc1 ({0.13 Fritz 15:} 20. b5 Nb8 21. Bxb7 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 c6 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Qa5 Bc5 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Nb3 Nd7 27. a4 cxb5 28. axb5 Bb6 29. Qc3 Bc5 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. Ba3 Ne4 32. Qc2 Qg4 33. Rd1 Kf7 34. c5 {1.07/19}) 20... Bf5 ({0.95 Fritz 15:} 20... Rd7 21. Nb3 a6 22. Bd5 Be6 23. e4 Rcd8 24. Rcd1 Na7 25. Rfe1 c6 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qc2 Rd8 29. f3 Kh7 {0.13/18}) 21. Ne4 ({0.11 Fritz 15:} 21. b5 Rd3 22. Bd5 Rxc3 23. Bxf7%2B Kxf7 24. Bxc3 Nb8 25. Bb4 c5 26. bxc6 Rxc6 27. f4 Bh3 28. Rf2 Nd7 29. Nb3 b6 30. e4 g6 31. Bxe7 Kxe7 32. Rfc2 Be6 33. Rc3 g5 34. f5 Bf7 {0.95/19}) 21... Qg6 22. f3 Be6 23. b5 Nb8 24. a4 f5 25. Nf2 Bf6 26. e4 f4 27. g4 Nd7 28. c5 c6 29. b6 Qe8 30. Nd3 ({-1.14 Fritz 15:} 30. bxa7 Ra8 31. Qa5 Rdc8 32. Rfd1 Bd8 33. Qb4 Rxa7 34. Bf1 Ba5 35. Qa3 Bc7 36. Qb4 Rb8 37. Bc4 b6 38. Nd3 bxc5 39. Bxe6%2B Qxe6 40. Qc4 Qxc4 41. Rxc4 Bd6 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Rd2 Kf7 44. Nc1 Nb6 45. Rcc2 {-0.21/21}) 30... Bf7 ({0.04 Fritz 15:} 30... axb6 31. Ra1 bxc5 32. Nxc5 Nxc5 33. Qxc5 Be7 34. Qc2 Bd6 35. a5 Bf7 36. Rfd1 Qe7 37. Bf1 Bb4 38. Bd3 Ra8 39. a6 bxa6 40. Qxc6 Rab8 {-1.14/18}) 31. Rfd1 ({-1.14 Fritz 15:} 31. bxa7 Ra8 32. Qa5 Rdc8 33. Bh3 Bd8 34. Qb4 Rxa7 35. g5 Ba5 36. Qa3 hxg5 37. Bxd7 Qxd7 38. Nxe5 Qe8 39. Nxf7 Qxf7 40. Rfd1 Rca8 41. Ra1 Rd8 42. Rd6 Bc7 43. Rd3 b5 44. cxb6 Bxb6%2B 45. Kg2 Rxd3 {0.04/21}) 31... Qe6 ({0.19 Fritz 15:} 31... axb6 32. cxb6 c5 33. a5 c4 34. Nf2 Nc5 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Bf1 Na4 37. Qc2 Qb5 38. Ba3 Rd4 39. Rd1 Bh4 40. Rxd4 exd4 41. Bc1 Bxf2%2B 42. Qxf2 d3 43. Qd2 Qc5%2B 44. Kg2 g5 { -1.14/19}) 32. a5 Re8 33. Bf1 Rcd8 34. Ba3 h5 35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qe7 37. Bb2 Bh4 ({1.04 Fritz 15:} 37... a6 38. Nb4 Nb8 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. g5 Bxg5 41. Qxe5 Bh5 42. Be2 Nd7 43. Qxe7 Bxe7 44. Bd4 Nxb6 45. Nxc6 bxc6 46. cxb6 Rxd4 47. Rxc6 Rb4 48. Bxa6 Bf6 49. Kf2 Rb2%2B 50. Be2 Bd4%2B 51. Ke1 Kf8 52. Rc7 Bxb6 {0.31/17}) 38. Rc2 Bg3 39. Nc1 ({0.36 Fritz 15:} 39. bxa7 Ra8 40. Nb4 Rxa7 41. Rd6 Bh4 42. Bc4 Bf6 43. Rh2 Rf8 44. a6 Bxc4 45. Qxc4%2B Qf7 46. Qxf7%2B Rxf7 47. axb7 Rxb7 48. Nxc6 Rb5 49. Rg2 Nxc5 50. g5 Be7 51. Rd5 Bf8 52. Rgd2 Rc7 53. Nxe5 Rcb7 54. Bc3 {1.34/19}) 39... Nf6 ({1.96 Fritz 15:} 39... a6 40. Rd6 Qf8 41. Nd3 Bh4 42. g5 Re6 43. Rg2 Rxd6 44. cxd6 Qxd6 45. Nxf4 Qc5%2B 46. Qxc5 Nxc5 47. g6 Bb3 48. Bxe5 Rd1 49. Rh2 Bg3 50. Rh5 Bxf4 51. Bxf4 Ne6 52. Be3 Bc4 {0.36/18}) 40. Nd3 ({ 0.00 Fritz 15:} 40. Rxd8 Rxd8 41. Qxe5 Qxe5 42. Bxe5 a6 43. Nd3 Nd7 44. Bc7 Re8 45. g5 Bb3 46. Rc3 Bf7 47. Bh3 Be6 48. Bxe6%2B Rxe6 49. Nxf4 Re8 50. Nd3 Bxc7 51. bxc7 Rc8 52. Kf2 Rxc7 53. Ke3 {1.96/17}) 40... Nd7 41. Rg2 ({0.06 Fritz 15:} 41. bxa7 Ra8 42. Nb4 Rxa7 43. Rd6 Bh4 44. Bc4 Bf6 45. Rg2 g5 46. Rh2 Nf8 47. a6 Bxc4 48. Qxc4%2B Qf7 49. Qxf7%2B Kxf7 50. axb7 Rxb7 51. Nxc6 Rb3 52. Rf2 Re6 53. Nd8%2B Bxd8 54. Rxd8 Ng6 55. Rd5 Nh4 56. Rd7%2B {1.33/18}) 41... Nxc5 42. Ba3 ({ -0.18 Fritz 15:} 42. bxa7 Nxd3 43. Ba3 Qh4 44. Rxd3 Be1 45. Qc5 Rxd3 46. Bxd3 Bd2 47. Rxd2 Qe1%2B 48. Bf1 Qxd2 49. Bb4 Qe3%2B 50. Qxe3 fxe3 51. Bd3 Bb3 52. Kf1 Ra8 53. Bc5 Kf7 54. Ke2 Ke6 55. Kxe3 Kd7 56. f4 exf4%2B 57. Kxf4 {0.59/17}) 42... Nxe4 ({0.64 Fritz 15:} 42... axb6 43. Rc1 Rd7 44. axb6 Na4 45. Bxe7 Nxc3 46. Nxe5 Rdxe7 47. Nxf7 Kxf7 48. Rxc3 Rd8 49. Ra2 Ke6 50. Rc5 Rd1 51. Kg2 g6 52. Be2 Rb1 53. Bc4%2B Kf6 54. Rd2 Rxb6 {-0.18/18}) 43. fxe4 Qh4 44. Be2 Re6 45. Bf3 Rh6 46. Kf1 Be6 ({2.87 Fritz 15:} 46... axb6 47. axb6 Be6 48. Ke2 Bxg4 49. Nxe5 Rxd1 50. Kxd1 Bh3 51. Rb2 Bf2 52. Bc5 Bxc5 53. Qxc5 Be6 54. Rg2 Qd8%2B 55. Ke2 Bb3 56. Kf1 Kh7 57. Qg1 Qe7 {1.03/18}) 47. Qxe5 ({-4.56 Fritz 15:} 47. bxa7 Bxg4 48. Nf2 Bxf3 49. Rxd8%2B Qxd8 50. Rxg3 fxg3 51. Qxf3 c5 52. Qxg3 Qxa5 53. Bxc5 Qa1%2B 54. Kg2 Ra6 55. Qb3%2B Kh7 56. Qh3%2B Kg8 57. Qc8%2B Kh7 58. Qd7 Rxa7 59. Bxa7 Qxa7 60. Qf5%2B Kh8 61. Qxe5 b6 62. Nd3 {2.87/16}) 47... Bxg4 48. Bb2 ({ -#3 Fritz 15:} 48. Nf2 Bxf3 49. Rxd8%2B Qxd8 50. Rxg3 fxg3 51. Qxg3 Qf6 52. Bc1 Qa1 53. Qb8%2B Kh7 54. Qf4 Rf6 55. Qe3 axb6 56. e5 Rf5 57. axb6 Qxe5 58. Ke1 Rg5 59. Kf1 Qb5%2B 60. Qd3%2B Qxd3%2B 61. Nxd3 Rd5 62. Ne1 Be4 63. Kf2 {-4.45/16}) 48... Qh1%2B 49. Ke2 Bxf3%2B 50. Kxf3 Qxd1%2B 0-1 '/>

Southern Illinois Summer Open 2016 (Round 3)

[Event "SoIL Summer Open 2016"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.08.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Bumpas, Stan"] [Black "Terlizzi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "1333"] [BlackElo "1611"] [PlyCount "46"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d5 ({0.25 Fritz 15:} 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8%2B Kxd8 8. Nxe5 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxe5 10. Bg5%2B Ke8 11. Nf6%2B Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Rg8 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bd4 c5 15. Bc3 Nb8 16. Be2 Be6 17. b3 Nc6 18. Bf6 a5 19. Bf3 a4 20. Rd6 Rf8 {1.02/19}) 6... O-O 7. h3 Ne8 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O f4 10. b4 g5 11. c5 g4 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Be2 h5 ({1.37 Fritz 15:} 13... a5 14. cxd6 Nxd6 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. a4 Na6 17. Rb1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rf6 19. Ba3 Nc4 20. Bb4 Nxb4 21. Rxb4 Nd6 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. Rxb5 Rxb5 24. axb5 Rg6 25. Bh5 Rg5 26. Bg4 Bf8 27. Be6%2B Kg7 28. Qb3 {0.41/18}) 14. Nh2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nf6 16. f3 ({ 0.20 Fritz 15:} 16. a4 Kh7 17. Nf3 Bh6 18. Rb1 Rg8 19. Nh4 Na6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Nf5 Nc7 22. b5 Rc8 23. Ba3 Nce8 24. Bb4 Qc7 25. Rbc1 {1.09/17}) 16... Kh8 17. Qf2 Nh7 18. Bd2 Rg8 19. Rac1 Na6 20. a3 ({-0.11 Fritz 15:} 20. Na4 Qe8 21. c6 bxc6 22. dxc6 Bf6 23. Kh1 Ng5 24. b5 Nc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 Ne6 27. Qc4 Rd8 28. Bc3 Qg6 29. Rg1 Nd4 30. Ba5 {0.66/17}) 20... Bf6 21. Kh1 ({-0.66 Fritz 15:} 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Qe2 Bh4 23. Rfd1 Rc8 24. Be1 Bxe1 25. Qxe1 Nb8 26. Qf2 a6 27. Nf1 Nd7 28. Nd2 Ng5 29. Qh4 Nf6 30. Kh1 b5 31. Qf2 Nf7 {0.30/19}) 21... Bh4 22. Qe2 ({-3.21 Fritz 15:} 22. Qg1 Ng5 {-0.24/17}) 22... Bg3 23. Be1 ({ -#3 Fritz 15:} 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Qf2 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 dxc5 26. bxc5 Rg6 27. Nb5 Qf6 28. Nf1 c6 29. dxc6 Rag8 30. Ne3 bxc6 31. Nd6 Nxc5 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Ndf5 Rd8 34. Rb1 Qf7 35. Nc4 Qc7 36. g3 {-3.21/19}) 23... Qh4 0-1 '/>

Southern Illinois Summer Open 2016 (Round 2)

After I blundered a piece in the opening I decided to fight on and hope for a draw but I made the mistake of exchanging rooks on move 45.Rxf7+ when 45.Rd8 was my last hope for drawing chances.

[Event "SoIL Summer Open 2016"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.08.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "DeVilbiss, Mike"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1611"] [BlackElo "1700"] [PlyCount "112"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ng5 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nf3 Nxe2%2B 10. Qxe2 Bd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Qd3 a6 14. Ne2 ({ -1.47 Fritz 15:} 14. Be3 b5 15. a3 c5 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nh5 18. Rfb1 Nf4 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Rb3 Rec8 21. Ra5 Qb7 22. h3 Rc4 {-0.24/19}) 14... c6 15. c4 ({ -2.34 Fritz 15:} 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nc3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Neg5 Bb5 19. Qb3 hxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bd2 Bc4 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qc6 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rxb2 25. Nh4 Rb6 26. Qa4 {-1.42/17}) 15... cxd5 16. cxd5 Bb5 17. Qa3 Bxe2 18. Rfe1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd7 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxf6 Rad8 22. h4 Qg4 23. g3 Bg7 ({-2.53 Fritz 15:} 23... Bd2 24. Red1 Ba5 25. Kg2 Qxe4%2B 26. Qf3 Qxf3%2B 27. Kxf3 e4%2B 28. Ke2 Re5 29. Rac1 Rf5 30. Kf1 Bb6 31. Rc2 Re8 32. Kg2 Rf3 33. a4 Kg7 34. b4 Rd3 35. Rxd3 { -3.50/20}) 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Rc8 26. Rac1 f5 27. gxf6 Bxf6 28. Kg2 Bg5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Re2 Kf7 31. Kf3 Bc1 32. Kg4 g5 ({-1.67 Fritz 15:} 32... Kf6 33. f3 b6 34. Rh2 a5 35. Re2 b5 36. b3 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Rh2 Be3 39. Rb2 Rc3 40. Re2 a3 41. Rh2 Bd4 42. Rg2 Rc1 43. Re2 Rb1 44. Rh2 Rb2 {-2.94/25}) 33. b3 ({ -2.48 Fritz 15:} 33. Kf5 Ke7 34. f3 Rf8%2B 35. Kg4 Kd7 36. Rh2 Rf7 37. a4 Be3 38. b4 Kc7 39. Re2 Bb6 40. Rh2 Bd4 41. Rh1 Be3 42. Rh2 Kb6 43. Rc2 a5 44. b5 Rc7 45. Rxc7 Kxc7 46. Kf5 Kb6 {-1.67/28}) 33... Kg6 34. f3 Rc3 35. Rh2 a5 36. Rh8 Rc7 ({-1.09 Fritz 15:} 36... b6 37. Rg8%2B Kf6 38. Re8 Ba3 39. Re6%2B Kf7 40. Rh6 Kg7 41. Re6 Kf7 42. Rh6 Kg7 43. Re6 Kf7 44. Rh6 Kg7 45. Re6 Kf7 46. Rh6 Kg7 47. Re6 Kf7 48. Rh6 Kg7 49. Re6 Kf7 50. Rh6 Kg7 51. Re6 Kf7 {-1.92/25}) 37. Re8 Kf7 38. Rh8 Rd7 39. Kf5 Kg7 40. Rc8 Rf7%2B 41. Kg4 Be3 42. Rd8 Bc5 43. Kxg5 ({ -3.05 Fritz 15:} 43. Rb8 b6 44. a4 Be3 45. Re8 Bd4 46. Rb8 Rc7 47. Rd8 Rc3 48. Rxd6 Rxb3 49. Rd7%2B Kf6 50. Rh7 Ra3 51. d6 Bc5 52. d7 Rd3 {-1.46/27}) 43... Rxf3 44. Rd7%2B Rf7 45. Rxf7%2B ({-8.09 Fritz 15:} 45. Rd8 b6 46. Rb8 Rf2 47. Rb7%2B Kf8 48. Rb8%2B Kf7 49. Rb7%2B Ke8 50. Rb8%2B Ke7 51. Rb7%2B Ke8 52. Rb8%2B Ke7 53. Rb7%2B Ke8 54. Rb8%2B Ke7 55. Rb7%2B Ke8 56. Rb8%2B Ke7 57. Rb7%2B Ke8 58. Rb8%2B Ke7 59. Rb7%2B Ke8 60. Rb8%2B {-3.05/24}) 45... Kxf7 46. Kf5 b5 47. g4 a4 48. bxa4 ({-20.95 Fritz 15:} 48. Kg5 Be3%2B 49. Kf5 Bd2 50. g5 Be3 51. g6%2B Ke7 52. g7 Kf7 53. Kg4 Kxg7 54. Kh5 axb3 55. axb3 Kf6 56. Kh4 Kg6 57. Kg3 Kg5 58. Kf3 Bd4 59. Kg3 Bc5 60. Kf3 Bf2 61. Kxf2 Kf4 62. Ke2 Kxe4 63. b4 {-7.00/27}) 48... bxa4 49. g5 Ba3 50. g6%2B Kg7 51. Kg5 Bc1%2B 52. Kf5 Bd2 53. Ke6 Kxg6 54. Kxd6 Kf6 55. Kc6 Ke7 ({ -10.50 Fritz 15:} 55... a3 56. d6 Kg5 57. Kb5 Kg4 58. Ka4 Kf3 59. Kxa3 Kxe4 60. Ka4 Bg5 61. Kb5 Kd5 62. a4 Kxd6 63. Kc4 Bd8 64. Kb5 e4 65. Kc4 Ke5 66. Kc3 Bc7 67. Kc4 Ke6 68. Kd4 Kf5 69. Kd5 e3 70. Kc6 e2 {-20.55/26}) 56. Kc5 Kd7 ({ -7.30 Fritz 15:} 56... a3 57. Kb5 Kf6 58. Ka4 Bc1 59. Kb4 Kg5 60. d6 Kf6 61. Kc5 Ke6 62. Kc6 Bg5 63. Kc7 Bd2 64. Kc6 Bb4 65. d7 Be7 66. Kc7 Kf6 67. Kb7 Bd8 68. Kc6 Kg5 69. Kc5 Kf4 70. Kd5 Bh4 71. Kc4 Kxe4 {-10.50/30}) 0-1 '/>

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 '/>