The Campbell Report - "Arne Henriksen Memorial Diary of John Mousessian"

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	Arne Henriksen Memorial - Diary of John Mousessian

Following are the ongoing Arne Henriksen Memorial games of USCF Senior Master John Mousessian. This is an ICCF invitational e-mail tournament organized by the Danish Chess Federation. The winner will be invited to play in the "DSU 2003" GM event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this organization. John was invited to represent the USA in this prestigious event and has agreed to share his games "live" with you, his fellow cc enthusiasts. The official start date was 15-Feb-2000, but a number of games started well before that.

This is an extremely strong event with a 2404 average rating. 8 points will earn the IM title and 11 points will gain a norm towards the GM title. See: Crosstable at ICCF Site.

Senior Master
John Mousessian

John Mousessian's final score is 8-6. He needed to score 8 points to achieve the IM title in this strong tournament and achieved this goal. Congratulations to John on this excellent result! See his game vs. Pribyl to see how he obtained the final point needed to win the title.

Java replay

White: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Black: Andresen, Tarald (NOR) 2417
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.e:d N:d5 10.N:e5 N:e5 11.R:e5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 f5 19.Qf1 Qh5 20.a:b f4 21.B:f4 B:f4 22.R:e6 B:e6 23.g:f4 a:b5 24.Qe1 Qg6+ 25.Kh1 N:f4 26.B:e6 N:e6 27.Qe2 Nf4 28.Qe4 Qh5 29.f3 Qh4 30.Rf1 Qh3 31.Rg1 Qh6 32.Nb3 Nh3 33.Rf1 Ng5 34.Qg4 Ne6 35.Re1 Rf6 36.Re4 Rg6 37.Qf5 Rf6 38.Qe5 Qh3 39. Nd2 h6 40.Rg4 Ng5 41.Qg3 Q:g3 42.R:g3 Re6 43.h4 Nh7 44.Ne4 Nf6 45.N:f6 R:f6 46.Kg2 Rd6 47.Rg4 Kf7 48.Re4 1-0
Last Updated: 2000.09.02

After 48.Re4 1 - 0

White: Bohak, IM Janko (SLO) 2398
Black: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 B:b4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 e:d 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Ng5 d5 9.e:d Ne5 10.Bb3 d:c3 11.Qe2 f6 12.Ne4 a6 13.Ba3 Bg4 14.f3 Bf5 15.f4 Bg4 16.Qc2 Nf7 17.Nb:c3 Bf5 18.Rae1 0-0 19.Qe2 Nd6 20.N:d6 c:d6 21.Q:e7 B:c3 22.B:d6 B:e1 23.Q:f8 Q:f8 24.B:f8 K:f8 25.R:e1 Re8 26.R:e8 K:e8 27.Kf2 Be4 28.g4 Kd7 29.Ke3 Bh1 30.a4 Kd6 31.Kd4 a5 32.h4 h6 33.g5 f:g5 0-1
if 34.f:g5 hxg5 35.h:g5 Bf3 36.g6 Bh5 37.Bc2 Be2 38.Bb3 Bf3 39.Bc4 Bd1 40.Bb5 Bb3

Last Updated: 2000.05.15

After 33... f:g5 0 - 1

White: Bratholm, Palle (DEN) 2309
Black: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

Displayed with a 3-move delay
1. d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.c:d5 N:d5 10.Bg3 c5 11.0-0 c:d 12.e:d4 Nc6 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Bd3 Bd6 15.Bb1 B:g3 16.h:g3 Nf6 17.a3 Ne7 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.Rfe1 a6 20.Qe2 b5 21.Ba2 Rcd8 22.g4 Nc6 23.N:c6 B:c6 24.Rcd1 Qf4 25.g3 Qf3 26.d5 Q:e2 27.R:e2 e:d 28.Rd4 Rd7 29.f3 Rfd8 30.Kf2 Kf8 31.b4 Ne8 32.Rc2 Bb7 33.Ne2 Nc7 34.Rd3 Na8 35.Nd4 Rc7 36.R:c7 N:c7 37.Bb3 Ne6 38.Nf5 g6 39.Nd4 N:d4 40.R:d4 Ke7 41.Ke3 Rd6 42.Kd3 Rf6 43.f4 Kd6 44.Kd2 g5 45.Bc2 Re6 46.Bb1 Re8 47.Bf5 Bc8 48.B:c8 R:c8 49.Rd3 Rg8 50.f:g5 R:g5 51.Rf3 Ke7 52.Rf4 Ke6 53.Kc2 Rg6 0-1
Last Updated: 2000.09.11

After 53... Rg6 0 - 1

White: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Black: Chambers, Duncan (ENG) 2324
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qd2 f6 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.Bd3 c:d4 9.B:d4 Qc7 10.Qe3 N:d4 11.c:d4 Qb6 12.0-0 Be7 13.Nc3 f5 14.Qe2 Nh6 15.Bb5 B:b5 16.Q:b5+ Q:b5 17.N:b5 Kd7 18.Rfc1 Rhc8 19.h3 g5 20.R:c8 R:c8 21.N:a7 Rc2 22.b3 g4 23.Ne1 Rd2 24.Nb5 Bh4 25.g3 Bd8 26.h:g f:g 27.Rc1 Nf5 28.Nc2 h5 29.Kf1 h4 30.Ke1 Bg5 31.g:h4 N:h4 32.Nb4 Nf3+ 33.Kf1 Be7 34.a3 Kd8 35.Nd6 B:d6 36.e:d6 Kd7 37.Rc7+ K:d6 38.R:b7 N:d4 39.Rg7 N:b3 40.R:g4 Rd1+ 41.Kg2 Ra1 42.Nc2 Ra2 43.Rg3 R:c2 44.R:b3 0-1
Last Updated: 2000.11.20

After 44.R:b3 0 - 1

White: Chorfi, IM Khalid (MRC) 2483 [D17]
Black: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 d:c 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.N:c4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.d:e N:e5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 Rd8 12.Qc1 f6 13.0-0 Be6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.a5 a6 16.Rd1! 0-0 17.Qc3 h6 18.h4 Qb8 19.b3 Bd5 20.Rd2 Rfe8 21.Rad1 B:c4 22.b:c4 Nc5 23.R:d8 R:d8 24.R:d8 Q:d8 25.N:c5 B:c5 26.B:e5 f:e5 27.Q:e5 Bb4 28.Qe6+ Kh8 29.Qf7 Qc8 30.e4 Qb8 31.e5 Q:e5 32.Q:b7 B:a5 33.Q:a6 1-0
Last Updated: 2000.03.09

After 33.Q:a6 1 - 0

White: Christiansen, Tonny (DEN) 2400 [D46]
Black: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 d:c4 9.B:c4 e5 10.h3 Qe7 11.a3 a6 12.Ba2 Bb8 13.Bd2 h6 14.Nh4 e:d 15.Nf5 Qe5 16.f4 Qc7 17.N:d4 Ba7 18.Nf5 Kh8 19.b4 Rd8 20.Rad1 Nf8 21.Kh1 Re8 22.Rf3 B:f5 23.Q:f5 Ng6 24.Qc2 Nh4 25.Rg3 ½-½
Last Updated: 2000.03.02

25.Rg3 ½ - ½

White: Clemente, Joel Martin (ESP) 2561
Black: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 h6 7.Nbd2 a6 8.0-0 0-0 9.h3 Ba7 10.Re1 Nh5 11.Nf1 Qf6 12.Be3 B:e3 13.f:e3!? Be6 14.Bc2 g6 15.Qe2 a5 16.d4 Bd7 17.Qf2 a4 18.a3 Na5 19.N1h2 Qe7 20.Rad1 Nf6 21.Nd2 Bb5 22.Qh4 Kg7 23.Ng4 Rh8 24.Rc1 Nc4 25.N:c4 B:c4 26.Nh2 Ra6 27.Bb1 Rb6 28.Qf2 Qd7 29.Rcd1 Qc6 30.Rf1 N:e4 31.B:e4 Q:e4 32.Qf6+ Kh7 33.Rf2 ½-½
Last Updated: 2000.08.20

33.Rf2 ½-½

White: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Black: Hidalgo, Carlos (ARG) 2290
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e:d e:d 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.Be3 c:d 8.B:d4 Nge7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.0-0 Bg4 11.Qa4 N:d4 12.N:d4 Ng6 13.Rfe1 Qg5 14.N2f3 Qh5 15.Bd7 Nf4 16.B:g4 Q:g4 17.g3 a6 18.Ne5 Nh3+ 19.Kf1 Qh5 20.Qd1 Q:d1 21.Ra:d1 Rae8 22.Nef3! R:e1+ 23.N:e1 Rd8 24.f4 g5 25.Kg2 g4 26.Nf5 Bf8 27.Nc2 h5 28.Nce3 f6 29.R:d5 R:d5 30.N:d5 Kf7 31.Nd4 Bc5 32.Nb3 Ba7 33.Na5 Ke6 34.c4 b5 35.Nc7+ Kd7 36.N:a6 Bb6 37.Nb3 b:c 38.Nd2 c3 39.b:c3 Nf2 40.c4 Ba7 41.Nb3 Nd3 42.Kf1 Nb2 43.c5 Na4 44.Ke2 Kc6 45.Kd3 Kb7 46.Nb4 N:c5 47.N:c5 B:c5 48.Nd5 f5 49.Ne3 Kc6 50.N:f5 Bg1 51.Ng7 h4 52.g:h B:h2 53.Ke4 g3 54.Kf3 g2 55.K:g2 B:f4 56.Kf3 Bc1 57.Ke4 1-0
Last Updated: 2000.04.27

57.Ke4 1 - 0

White: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Black: Kharitonov, Alexander (RUS) 2332
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 d6 5.e:d6 Q:d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 8.d4 0-0-0 9.0-0 e5 10.d:e Q:e5 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Qc2 g5 15.Nc4 Rhe8 16.a4 Kb8 17.b3 h6 18.Bb2 h5 19.Rad1 h4 20.Na3 h:g3 21.h:g3 Bf6 22.Nb5 Qc8 23.Qc1 Rg8 ½-½
Last Updated: 2000.05.25

23. … Rg8 ½ - ½

White: Larsen, Soren M. (DEN) 2303
Black: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

Displayed with a 3-move delay
1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 d:e 3.N:e4 e5 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Qe2 N:e4 7.Q:e4 Bd6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.d3 Nd7 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.0-0-0 Nc5 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.d4 e:d 14.N:d4 b5 15.Bd3 a5 16.Qf3 N:d3 17.R:d3 Ra6 18.h4 a4 19.Nf5 B:f5 20.Q:f5 a3 21.b3 c5 22.Rd5 c4 23.R:b5 c:b3 24.R:b3 Rc8 25.Rd1 g6 26.Qd3 Be5 27.Kb1 Rd6 28.Qe2 Re6 29.Rdd3 Bg7 30.Be3 Rc6 31.Qd1 R:c2 32.Rd7 Qe5 33.Rd8+ Bf8 34.Qd4 Qe7! 0-1
Last Updated: 2000.08.15

After 34. … Qe7! 0 - 1

White: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Black: Piccoli, Fabio (BRS) 2454
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.Ng3 g6 15.Nh2 Nc5 16.Bc2 a5 17.Qf3 h5 18.Be3 Nfd7 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.Ngf1 Bg7 21.b4 Na6 22.Qe2 axb4 23.Qxb5 Reb8 24.cxb4 Bc8 25.Qc4 Nxb4 26.Rb1 Ba6 27.Qc3 Nxa2 28.Rxb8+ Rxb8 29.Qxc7 Rb7 30.Qa5 Nb4 31.Rc1 Nc5 32.Nf3 Nxc2 33.Bxc5 Bxf1 34.Kxf1 dxc5 35.Rxc2 Rb1+ 36.Ke2 Bf8 37.Qa8 Rb4 38.Nd2 ½-½
Last Updated: 2000.08.13

After 38.Nd2 ½-½

White: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Black: Pribyl, Josef (CZE) 2420
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.e:d Q:d 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0-0 c:d4 8.c:d4 Be7 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bg3 a6 13.Nc3 0-0 14.Rc1 Nf6 15.h3 b6 16.a3 Bb7 17.Qd3 b5 18.Rfd1 Rac8 19.b4 Qb6 20.Bf4 Rfd8 21.Be3 Qc7 22.Qb1 Qb8 23.Bd3 h6 24.Ne4 N:e4 25.B:e4 Bf6 26.d5 Ne5 27.d:e N:f3+ 28.B:f3 B:f3 29.R:d8+ R:d8 30.e:f7+ K:f7 31.g:f3 Qd6 32.Kg2 Qd3 33.Qa2+ Kg6 34.Qe6 Rd6 35.Qe4+ Q:e4 36.f:e4 Re6 37.f3 Kh5 38.Rc2 g5 39.Bf2 Bd8 40.Bd4 Rd6 41.Be5 Re6 42.Bg3 Bb6 43.Kf1 Kg6 44.Ke2 Bd4 45.h4 Bf6 46.Ke3 Bg7 47.Be1 Be5 48.h:g h:g 49.Bd2 Rd6 50.Ke2 Re6 51.Rc5 Bf6 52.Bc3 Be7 53.Rc8 Kf7 54.Rc7 g4 55.e5 g:f 56.K:f3 Rh6 57.Bd2 Rh5 58.Ke4 1-0
Last Updated: 2000.1.16

After 58.Ke4 1-0

White: Soderberg, IM Kaj (FIN) 2434
Black: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 0-0 6.0-0 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Qe1 b6 9.h3 Qc7 10.Na3 Ba6 11.g4 e6 12.Bd2 Rad8 13.Qh4 h6 14.f5 g5 15.N:g5 h:g5 16.B:g5 Qe7 17.Rf2 Rd6 18.Raf1 e5 19.Bd2 Ne8 20.g5 f6 21.c4 Nc7 22.c:d N:d5 23.Nc4 Rd7 24.B:d5!? R:d5 25.Ne3!? Rd6 26.Ng4 1-0
Last Updated: 2000.04.09

After 26.Ng4 1-0

White: Mousessian, John (USA) 2466
Black: Sogaard, SIM Ove (DEN) 2465
Arne Henriksen Memorial, 2000

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 c:d 5.Nf3 Nc6 6. c:d d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 d:e5 9.N:e5 Bd7 10.Nf3 g6 11.0-0 Bg7 12.Nc3 0-0 13.Re1 Re8 14.Be3 Na5 15.Bf4 B:b5 16.N:b5 Nd5 17.Be5 Bh6 18.Re4 Qd7 19.Nc3 Rac8 20.Rh4 N:c3 21.b:c3 Bf8 22.Rc1 Red8 23.Qc2 Nc4 24.Bf4 Bg7 25.Bg5 Nd6 26.Rh3 Nf5 27.Qb1 b5 28.a3 a6 29.Bf4 e6 30.Bg5 f6 31.Bd2 Qd5 32.Re1 e5 33.dxe5 fxe5 34.Re2 Nd6 35.Ng5 Nc4 36.Be1 Nxa3 37.Qa1 Qb3 38.c4 Qxc4 39.Re4 Nc2 40.Q:a6 Qc6 0-1
Last Updated: 2000.08.26

After 40. … Qc6 0 - 1

John Mousessian
Glendale, California (USA)
johnmousessian@sprintmail.com

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