CCLA Best Games 2008

(1st Place - Master/Expert) (1) John Caliguire - GD [B13] CCLA 2208 Best Games Contest, 2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rfe1 Rab8 13.Ne5 b5 14.Bxb5 a6 15.Bxc6 Rxb3 16.axb3 Bf5 17.Rxa6 h5 18.b4 Ng4 19.Ndf3 f6 20.Nd7 Rc8 21.Bb5 Qf4 22.h3 Nh6 23.Nc5 Bxh3 24.Bd7 Rb8 25.Ra7 g5 26.Nd3 Qg4 27.Bxe6+ Qxe6 28.Rxe6 Bxe6 29.Ra6 Kf7 30.Nde5+ 1-0

(2nd Place - Master/Expert) (2) Paul Motta - PR [C14] CCLA 2208 Best Games Contest, 2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Qd3 g6 9.Nh3 Qe7 10.0-0-0 Nc6 11.Qg3 a6 12.Ng5 h6 13.Bd3 Nf8 14.Qe3 Nxd4 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Qxd4 c5 17.Qe3 Kg7 18.Na4 c4 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Be2 Nd7 21.f4 c3 22.bxc3 Nxb6 23.Qxb6 Bd7 24.c4 Bc6 25.Bf3 Rhd8 26.cxd5 exd5 27.Rh3 h5 28.Rdh1 d4 29.Bxh5 Qf7 30.Bxg6 Qxf4+ 31.Kb1 Qxe5 32.Rh7+ Kg8 33.Qb3+ Rd5 34.Bf7+ Kf8 35.Rf1 Rb5 36.Bh5+ 1-0

(1st Place - Class A/B) (3) CN - Randall Woodfield [B06] CCLA 2208 Best Games Contest, 2008 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 b6 6.Be2 Nd7 7.Bc4 e6 8.Be3 Ne7 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nh3 Bb7 11.Qd3 d5 12.Bb3 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nf5 14.0-0 Nf6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.c3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Nh4+ 18.Kg1 Qf3 19.Nf4 g5 20.Bd1 Qb7 21.f3 gxf4 22.Bxf4 Ng6 23.Bg3 Ne7 24.Re1 Rd8 25.Qe4 Qxe4 26.fxe4 Kd7 27.Be2 a5 28.Rf1 e5 29.Rxf7 Rhg8 30.Bg4+ Ke8 31.Bh5 Kd7 32.Rd1 Rdf8 33.dxe5+ Ke6 34.Rdf1 0-1

(2nd Place - Class A/B) (4) WN - Allan Miller [B05] CCLA 2208 Best Games Contest, 2008 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bc4 e6 6.c3 Nb6 7.Be2 Be7 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.h3 Bh5 10.0-0 f5 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Nh2 Bf7 13.Bh5 Bxh5 14.Qxh5+ Kd7 15.Nb3 Qe8 16.Qe2 Qg6 17.Re1 f5 18.Qf3 Rae8 19.Nf1 h5 20.Qg3 Qf6 21.Bf4 Nd5 22.Bd2 Rhg8 23.Qf3 h4 24.Nc1 Rg6 25.Ne2 Reg8 26.g3 hxg3 27.fxg3 Qg7 28.Kh2 Bg5 29.Nf4 Nxf4 30.Bxf4 Ne7 31.Rad1 Bxf4 32.Qxf4 Nd5 33.Qf3 f4 34.g4 Qh7 35.Kg2 Rh8 36.Rd3 Rh6 37.Qe4 Ne3+ 38.Rexe3 fxe3 39.Qxe3 Rf6 40.Nd2 Rhf8 41.Qg3 Rf2+ 42.Kg1 Re2 43.Nf1 Rff2 44.Rf3 Rxf3 45.Qxf3 Rxb2 46.a4 Ke7 47.Qe3 Qc2 48.Qg3 Rb3 49.Qh4+ Kd7 50.Qh5 Qxc3 51.Qf7+ Kc6 0-1

(1st Place - Class C & Under) (5) NH - Richard Kuhn [D31] CCLA 2208 Best Games Contest, 2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 Bxc3 5.Bxc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.e3 Nc6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Be2 Qe7 10.0-0 f5 11.Qc2 g5 12.h3 h5 13.e4 Nf4 14.e5 g4 15.Nh2 Nxh3+ 16.gxh3 gxh3 17.f4 Qg7+ 18.Bg4 hxg4 19.Kh1 g3 0-1

(2nd Place - Class C & Under) (6) Jay Simonson - LC [E60] CCLA 2208 Best Games Contest, 2008 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Be3 e6 9.Nc3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bf4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Be6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Be5 Qxd4 15.Bxd4 Bf5 16.Rae1 Rfe8 17.Nb5 Red8 18.f3 Be6 19.fxe4 Bc4 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Rxf6 Bxb5 22.Bf1 Bc6 23.Bc4 Rf8 24.b4 Rac8 25.e5 Kg7 26.Ref1 Be8 27.Bd5 Rc7 28.g4 Re7 29.e6 b6 30.h4 Rc7 31.h5 Rc1 32.h6+ Kxh6 33.Rxc1 Kg5 34.Rcf1 Kxg4 35.exf7 Bb5 36.R1f2 Kg5 37.R6f3 Kh6 38.Rh2+ Kg7 39.Rfh3 h5 40.Rf2 Bd7 41.Rg3 Bf5 42.Rxf5 Kh6 43.Rfg5 1-0