[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacon, Joseph"]
[Black "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. d4 Nxd4 8.
Qxe5+ Ne6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Qh5 f5 13. O-O c6 14. Nxb6 axb6
15. Nd2 Nf4 16. Qf3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne8 18. c4 d5 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Re2 Nh5 21.
Qd4 Qg5 22. g3 Nf6 23. f4 Qh5 24. Re3 Qf7 25. Rae1 Rxa2 26. Re7 Qg6 27. cxd5
Rxb2 28. Qxb2 Nxd5 29. Qb3 Kh8 30. R7e5 Nxf4 31. Qe3 Nd5 32. Qd4 f4 33. Rf1 Bh3
34. Rf3 b5 35. Ne4 h6 36. Qb2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Black "Burris, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. O-O b5
15. e5 Nd7 16. e6 Ne5 17. Be2 fxe6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxe7 Rf7 20. Bb4 Rf4 21.
Be7 Rf7 22. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Black "Good, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Ne4 Bf8 11. Ng3 a5 12. b3 Ra6 13. Bb2 Rh6 14. Nf5 Rf6
15. Qc2 d5 16. Ng3 dxc4 17. Rfd1 Rd6 18. bxc4 Qh4 19. Rd5 Rxd5 20. cxd5 Bd6 21.
Qc3 Qb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Ne4 Bf8 24. Rc1 c6 25. Ng3 Bd6 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. dxc6
bxc6 28. Rxc6 Rd8 29. f4 Bb8 30. Bc4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Re8 32. Bb3 f6 33. Bc2 Ba7 34.
Nf1 h6 35. Bg6 Rd8 36. h3 Bb8 37. Ng3 Bb7 38. Rb6 Bd5 39. Rxb4 Bxa2 40. Be4 Bd6
41. Rb6 Bc5 42. Rc6 Bb4 43. h4 Bf7 44. Nf5 Re8 45. Bf3 Rd8 46. g4 Rb8 47. Nd4
Ba5 48. Rc2 Re8 49. h5 Bg8 50. Be2 Bf7 51. Bc4 Rc8 52. Bxf7 Rxc2+ 53. Nxc2 Kxf7
54. f5 Bc3 55. Nd4 Bb4 56. Ne6 Ba5 57. Ke2 Bc3 58. Kd3 Be5 59. Kc4 Bb2 60. Kd5
Bc3 61. Kd6 Bd2 62. e4 Bc3 63. Kd7 Bb2 64. Nd8+ Kf8 65. Ke6 Ke8 66. Nf7 Bc3 67.
Nh8 Bd4 68. Ng6 Bc3 69. e5 fxe5 70. g5 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Black "Houser, Ted"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ba6 14. Bb2
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. d5 Nc5 18. Qc4 Qb7 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Ba1 b5
21. Qa2 Bf8 22. Ne5 Rd6 23. h3 Ra6 24. dxe6 Rxe6 25. Qd5 f6 26. Nf3 Qxd5 27.
exd5 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Na4 29. Bd4 a6 30. Rd3 Rd8 31. Nc2 Rxd5 32. Re3 Kf7 33. Kf1
Bc5 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Nd4 Nb2 36. Ke2 Nc4 37. Rb3 Re5+ 38. Kd3 Re1 39. Nc6 Rd1+
40. Kc3 Rf1 41. f3 Rg1 42. a4 Rc1+ 43. Kb4 bxa4 44. Kxa4 g5 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46.
Nd8+ Ke5 47. Rxh7 Kd4 48. Rb7 Ra1+ 49. Kb4 a5+ 50. Kb3 Ra3+ 51. Kc2 Ra2+ 52.
Kb3 Rb2+ 53. Ka4 Rxg2 54. Rb3 Rb2 55. Rxb2 Nxb2+ 56. Kxa5 Kd3 57. Ne6 Ke3 58.
Nf8 Kf4 59. Kb5 Nd3 60. Kc4 Ne1 61. Kd5 Kf5 62. Kd6 Nxf3 63. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Black "Martinec, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 bxc4 15.
bxc4 dxc4 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 Re8 18. a4 Ba6 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Nf1 Qc7 21. Ne3
e5 22. Bf1 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Black "Potter, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nge2 Nxc5 11. Nxd5 Nba6 12. Nec3 e6 13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14.
Bxc7 O-O 15. Rc1 Rfc8 16. Bf4 Bc6 17. Bd6 b6 18. f3 Rd8 19. Bg3 Rd7 20. Be2 Bh6
21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. exf4 Rd4 23. b4 Nd3+ 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 25. Kf2 Rd4 26. b5 Bb7 27.
Ne2 Rd2 28. Rhd1 Rxa2 29. Rd7 Bc8 30. Rc7 Rd2 31. c5 bxc5 32. R1xc5 Bd7 33. Ke3
Rd6 34. Nc3 Be8 35. Ne4 Rdd8 36. Rb7 Kf8 37. Rcc7 Rab8 38. Nf6 Rxb7 39. Rxb7 h6
40. Nxe8 Kxe8 41. Rxa7 Rd1 42. b6 Rb1 43. b7 Kd8 44. Ra8+ Kc7 45. Rf8 Rb3+ 46.
Kd4 Kxb7 47. Rxf7+ Kc6 48. Rg7 Rb2 49. Rxg6 Kd7 50. h4 h5 51. Rg5 Kd6 52. g3
Rb3 53. Rxh5 Rxf3 54. Rg5 Ke7 55. h5 Rf1 56. Rg6 Kf7 57. Ke4 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Black "Shea, Quin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4
O-O-O 16. Qe2 h6 17. Nh3 e5 18. a4 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Kb8 21. Bd3 a5 22.
Ba6 Nd7 23. Qb5 Qb6 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. Qc4 Rhe8 26. b3 exf4 27. Bxf4 Ne5 28.
Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rae1 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rd7 32. Re6 Rd6 33. Nf4 Kc7 34.
Re4 Kb8 35. Ne6 Qa6 36. Qxa6 Rxa6 37. g4 Rd6 38. Nxd4 cxd4 39. Rxd4 Kc7 40. Kg2
Rd7 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Black "Thompson, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 Bb7 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Bg5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qe7 18. Rd3 Be5 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Be3 c5 23. Bxc5 Bxc3 24. bxc3 {-0.22/9} 24... Qe8 25. Qd3 Nxe4
26. Be3 h6 27. c4 bxc4 28. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gach, Andrew"]
[Black "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. a4 Be6 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. b3 Na5 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Ne3 h6 21. axb5 axb5
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qb7 24. Nf3 Bd8 25. g4 Ra6 26. Qe2 Bb6 27. Qe4 f5 28.
gxf5 Rf8 29. Nh4 Rf6 30. Be3 Qa7 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 32. Qf3 Nb7 33. Ng6 Qa7 34. Rxa6
Qxa6 35. Ne7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koppersmith, Van"]
[Black "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb5 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qb6 12. Qd4 Bg4 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Qxb6
cxb6 15. Nd2 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe3 17. Rf2 N7d5 18. Re1 a6 19. Nbd6 f5 20. Ng3 f4
21. Nge4 Rab8 22. Rd2 b5 23. b3 b6 24. g3 fxg3 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 gxh2+ 27.
Kh1 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Nf6 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morss, Mark"]
[Black "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Rfc1 c6 17. e3 Bd6 18. Rab1 Re8 19. Rc2 Qe7 20. Ne1 Reb8 21.
Nd3 Kh8 22. Nc5 f5 23. Nd3 h5 24. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schakel, Corky"]
[Black "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C20"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Qd4 Qf6 8.
Qxe4 Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 10. Be3 d6 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bd4 c5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. h3
Nh6 15. Nd2 Nf5 16. Bf2 d5 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. g4 Ne7 19. f5 O-O 20. Nb3 a5 21.
Bc5 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 a4 23. Re1 Re8 24. Rh2 Ra5 25. Rhe2 Kf8 26. Nd3 f6 27. Nf4
Kf7 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6 Ra7 30. Bd3 Rb7 31. h4 h6 32. Be2 g6 33. fxg6+ Nxg6
34. Rxe8 Kxe8 35. Bb5+ Kd7 36. Bxa4 Ne5 37. Bc2 Kd6 38. Bf5 Ra7 39. a3 Ra4 40.
Rf1 Ke7 41. h5 Rc4 42. Kd2 Ra4 43. Kc2 c5 44. Rd1 Kd6 45. b4 Rxa3 46. bxc5+ Kc6
47. Be6 Ra7 48. Bxd5+ Kxc5 49. Be6 Re7 50. Bc8 Nc4 51. Rd7 Rxd7 52. Bxd7 Kd6
53. Bf5 Kd5 54. Kd3 Ne5+ 55. Ke3 Nc4+ 56. Kf3 Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robin"]
[Black "Brandhorst, Ted"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nd4 9. d6 Qf6 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 a5 13. b5 cxd6 14. Bb2
g5 15. d4 f6 16. Rfe1 h5 17. Rad1 h4 18. Ba3 Bc7 19. b6 Bb8 20. d5 Kd8 21. f4
1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacon, Joseph E. (USA)"]
[Black "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. d4 Bxd4 8.
Bg5 d6 9. c3 Bb6 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Qg3 h5 13. h3 Be6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Qg7 Kd7 16. Ne4 Qf8 17. Qxf8 Rxf8 18. Nexf6+ Kd8 19. Nxh5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 c6
21. Be4 f5 22. Bc2 f4 23. g3 fxg3 24. fxg3 Nd7 25. O-O-O d5 26. g4 Kc7 27. Bf5
e4 28. Rhe1 Ne5 29. Nf4 Rf6 30. Re2 Nc4 31. Rxd5 Be3+ 32. Kc2 Bxf4 33. Rd7+ Kb6
34. Rxe4 Ne3+ 35. Kd3 Nxf5 36. Rb4+ Ka5 37. Rxf4 Rd6+ 38. Rxd6 Nxd6 39. h4 Kb6
40. g5 Rg8 41. Rg4 Kc7 42. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacon, Joseph E. (USA)"]
[Black "Smith, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Nc2 Nc6 8. Bf4
Qb6 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. cxd4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Bd3 Ndb4 14. Bxb4 Nxb4
15. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Rc1 Qd5 18. Qa4 Be7 19. Nb6 axb6 20. Qxa8 Bd7
21. Qa7 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5+ 23. Ke3 e5 0-1

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burris, David E. (USA)"]
[Black "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5
8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. Ne5+ c6 11. d4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bg5
O-O-O 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Bxe6+ Qxe6 17. Qc4 Rhe8 18. Qxe6+ Rxe6 19. Nf7 Rd7 20.
Nxd6+ Rexd6 21. c3 h6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Rde1 Rf2 24. Rxe4 Rg2 25. Ree1 c5
1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Burris, David E. (USA)"]
[Black "Smith, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Nf8 18. Bb5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. c4
Ng6 21. f3 Qa4 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 h6 24. Be3 Ne7 25. Kf2 Red8 26. Rec1 Rd6
27. g4 g5 28. Ke2 Rd7 29. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Good, Gary (USA)"]
[Black "Bacon, Joseph E. (USA)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Gary Good"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

{My opponent is Joseph Bacon of Los Angeles, CA.} 1. e4 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
d4 exd4 4. c3 4... Nf6 {   An attacking defense! In declining the pawn this
way, black signals his aggressive intentions to wrest the iniative by
developing his KN while attacking the white e4 pawn, and more importantly
attempting to make the white c3 pawn look awkward by blocking the development
of the QN. So white is pretty much obliged to push.....} 5. e5 5... Ne4 {
Already at this point there is a rather incredible tranposition to a line in
the Ponziani Opening: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4  etc. So
black sinks a very annoying N into the center of the board, reminiscent of
positions akin to the 2 Knights Defense. This has clearly been the main line
response for black, although other 5th replies exist, for example, 5...Ng5, 5..
.Qe7, and 5...Nd5, to which ECO-3 devotes a whole line ending in equality,
while relegating the old main line 5...Ne4 to a mere footnote. Having never
encountered an opponent who played these former lines, I will leave this to a
future day.  White, the gambiteer, seeing black play 5...Ne4 has had his
testosterone challenged! As NBA basketball players like to phrase it after a
thundering "tomahawk dunk"--IN YOUR FACE, DISGRACE!! Of course white cannot
let this challenge pass with any "limp-wimp" responses, so what follows is an
ultra-sharp and complicated struggle in the center where white is trying to
kick the black N out, and black wants to eliminate the white outpost at e5.} 6.
Qe2 {White hits the black Knight immediately, and at the same time indirectly
supports the e5 outpost with pressure on the key e-file. The main drawback is
that it temporarily blocks the development of the KB and could expose the
Queen to a later .....Nd4 attack. Other white experiments are;  A). 6.Bd3 d5 7.
cxd4 etc, but black has the "Knight cork-screw" 6....Nc5!? 7.cxd4 Nxd3+ 8.Qxd3
d6 with complcations. Both ideas need a lot of testing.   B). 6.cxd4 Bb4+! 7.
Nbd2 d5 looks=, and definately not what white had in mind when essaying this
gambit.} 6... f5 {   This is the main reply today, an idea attributed to
Lasker, who was first to heavily analyze it. However in the past few years it
has been the subject of a revived theoretical controversy since the
publication of the book "How to Play the Goring Gambit" by Eric Schiller in
1997. Schiller advocates the reevaluation of the old line 6...d5, and gives as
evidence the famous game Velimirovic-Trifunovic, Vrnjacka-Banja, 1963;  6...d5
7.exd6 f5 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.cxd4 Bxd6 10.f3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Bxg3 12.hxg3 Qxh1 13.fxe4
Qxe4 14.Qxe4+ fxe4 15.Bf4 c6, where Schiller concludes that "white has only 2
pieces for the Rook and 2 pawns, and the position therefore favors black."
(ANALYSIS DIAGRAM #1)   In this line he then suggests that white use 11.Kd1!
(instesd of 11.g3) 0-0 12.fxe4 fxe4 13.Qc4+ (Bazan-Luna, Buenos Aires, 1970)
or 13.h3 (Uzman-Bisguier, Norristown, 1973). Diametrically opposed to this
opinion is the conclusion in the German monograph "Das Goring Gambit" by
Helmut Warzecha in 1993. Warzecha dismisses 11.Kd1 0-0 as inadquate
compensation for the piece, and instead continues Velimirovic-Trifunovic from
the above Analysis Diagram #1 with; 16.Nc3 Bf5 17.Bc4 0-0-0 18.d5! b5 19.Bb3!
giving white the advantage. Most major references agree with Warzecha,
including the earlier ECO editions, but they stop with 15.Bf4.} 7. exf6 {
Here white has tried 7.Nxd4, but Bc5! and white becomes "the hunted";  A).8.
Nxf5 0-0 9.Qxe4 d5 10.exd6 Bxf2+! 11.Kxf2 Bxf5 and black wins with analysis by
Dr. J. Penrose.  B). 8.Be3 Nxe5 etc.-advantage black.  C). 8.Nxc6 dxc6 (8....
Bxf2+!? 9.Qxf2! Nxf2 10.Nxd8 Nxh1 11.g3! with  the idea of Bg2 is unclear) 9.
Be3 Qd5 or 9....0-0 (M. Agulnick-G. Good, US12P01), both giving black a pull.
YES, I too play this line with black-see also Game #2 (Abramson-Good).} 7... d5
{   This is now forced to protect the pinned N, and we therefore arrive at a
key position in this line. Emmanuel Lasker analyzed this position nearly a
century ago and thought that white had the more difficult game. Indeed, black
has impressively dominated the center and can look toward free and easy
development. However, white has pinned the N/e5 and is menacing early action
at f6 against the black King side.} 8. Nbd2 {I played what has become the
accepted main line move here. White resigns himself to developing the QN to
the 2nd best square, but still pressuring the black N. White must also endure
a temporary case of cramps, as both Bishops are now blocked from action. White
has tried other plans in this tension-filled position;   A). 8.fxg6 (Attack!?)
Bxg7 9.Nxd4 0-0 10.Be3 Nxd4 11.cxd4 Nxf2! 12.Bxf2 Re8 13.Nc3 Bg4! and black
wins (Casa-Boey, Lugano 1968).  B). 8. Nxd4 (A seemingly logical choice) Nxd4
9.cxd4 and now both;  B1). 9....Kf7 10.fxg7 Bg4+ 11.Kd1 Re8 12.Be3 Kg8 13.a3
Ba5 14.Kc1 c5! and black won in the previously mentioned game
(Mondragon-Palciauskas. CCLA 1987), which revived interest in this line in the
CC community.   B2). 9....B4 10.Bd2 Bxd2 11.Nxd2 0-0 12.Nxe4 Re8 13.0-0-0 Rxe4
14.Qh5 g6 15.f7+ Kg7 16.f8(Q)+ Qxf8 17.Qxd5 Qf4+ and black is better
(Gheorghiu-Wade, London 1972). It was Wade who reinvigorated this whole
defense by reintroducing it at the 1955 British Championship.  C). Ng5!?
(another very risky attack, threatening 9.f7+ and 9.Nxe4, but moving the only
developed minor piece a 2nd time!) Qxf6 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Qxe4+Be7 11.Bd3 Be6 12.
cxd4 0-0-0 13.Be3 Nxd4 14.Nc3 Nf5 15.0-0 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 and white barely scrapes
by in this analysis by Schwarz. I cannot recommend this new and untested line
for white, but for those who like virgin territory, here's your chance to
explore.} 8... d3 $5 {Here there is a major branching of defensive lines. I
will deal with the very plausible 8....Qxf6 in game #3 (Good-Everitt). Another
unexplored territory is 8...Bf5?! but after 9.Nxe4 dxe4 (or...Bxe4) 10.Ng5!
looks good with threats of 11.f7+ and 11.Nxe4.    The text move 8.d3!? is a
rather odd-looking and surprising choice at first blush. Upon closer
inspection however, it has some subtle ideas.  } 9. Qe3 {   White threads his
way through the small pitfalls and contents himself with the text, preserving
the pin on the N and unmasking the KB for a later Bxd3. The pitfalls to avoid
are;  A). 9.Qxd3 (exactly what black hopes for, unpinning the N) Nxf6 and
black can feel very happy, having accomplished all his goals.  B). 9.fxg7 Bxg7
10.Qxd3 Bf5! is also convenient for black.  C). 9.f7+ also works well for
black after 9....Kxf7 10.Qxd3 Nf6! (according to Watson & Schiller better than
10....Bf5 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Ng5+! Qxg5 13.Bxg5 Bxd3 14.Bxd3 with white advantage)
11.Be2 (or 11.Ng5+ immediately) Bd6 12.Ng5+ Kg8 13.0-0 Ne5 14.Qc2 g6! planning
...Bf5 and ....Kg7. However, this too is untested.} 9... Bc5 $1 {One of the
tle benefits of 8....d3, opening this diagonal attack upon e3 and f2, while
developing the KB with tempo. White is now forced to take definitive measures.}
10. fxg7 {This forces the black reply.} 10... Rg8 {Now the black King will be
vulnerable in the center for a time, and white can attend to other pressing
matters.} 11. Nd4 {Continuing to preserve that annoying pin at e4.} 11... Bxd4
{So black decides to simplify.} 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Bxd3 13... Qe7 {   Finally
aking the pin. Despite being two pawns down, black now threatens .....0-0-0
with a lead in development and a comfortable game. Therefore white must set
some problems for black.} 14. Bb5 O-O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nxe4 16... dxe4 {
For the alternative 16....Bxe4, see Game #2 (Abramson-Good)} 17. Qc3 {
(DIAGRAM)  So white has simplified, ridding himself of the pesky Knight at e4
and breaking black's pawn structure completely, creating some targets for
attack. however he is sadly lagging in development, and black will soon win
the pawn at g7 evening the material.This is a tough position to judge, and
many major references stop at this point, simply saying "unclear". The only
well-known continuation from this position is the oft-quoted gameIskov-Kaiszaur
i, Oslo 1980, which ran;  [17...e3 line]} 17... Qxg7 {My opponent, Joe Bacon
here decides to leave the books, apparently mistrusting Kaiszauri's 17...e3.
And I must say that I agree, ie-Why should black deliberately give up the e
pawn and promote white's backward development, with the whimsical hope that
white will play the greedy 18.Bxe3 Rxg7 19.Qxc6 Be4 etc? White could certainly
try the obvious 19.g3 (instead of 19.Qxc6) and attempt to ride out the storm
with 2 pawns in his pocket. Or too white can try 19.0-0!? Bh3 20.g3! (not 20.
Bg5? Bxg2! 21.Bxe7 Bf3+ and mate follows!--Botterill) Bxf1 21.Rxf1 and white
sacrifices the Exchange for 2 pawns and a fine position.   With the text move
17...Qxg7 black decides to put terrific pressure on d4 and the King side,
lining up his forces where the white monarch is anticipated soon to be. Other
tries for black are the simple 17...Rxg7 which needs testing, and the
prophalactics 17.....Qd6,.....Qe6,....Qf6,....Qd7, all of which must be
considered if black does not wish to get involved with the bloody business
which follows.} (17... e3 18. Bxe3 Rxg7 19. Qxc6 Be4 20. Qc5 Qf7 21. Rc1 Rxg2
22. Qe5 Bb7 23. Rc5 Rg4 24. f3 Rg2 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. Kd1 Bxf3+ 27. Kc1 Rg4 28.
Bg3 28... Bxh1 {0-1 Iskov,G-Kaiszauri,K Oslo 1980.}) 18. Qxc6 $5 {Crass and ele
mentary in appearance, as white ignores the King side attack of black, and
himself attacks the broken carapace of the black King with the lone Queen.  I
believe there's an object lesson here. As children and flegling chessplayers,
we were all taught; "NEVER ATTACK YOUR OPPONENT WITH SILLY LONE QUEEN SORTIES",
which of course is a fine general principle, with the added caveat; "UNLESS IT
WORKS!!" This type of maneuver is usually not part of the gambiteer repertoire,
but I decided to force black to "show his wares" and took on the mantle of
crass-materialist.} 18... Rxd4 {Black is the first to "blink", and seems to
hesitate with second thoughts. However this is one of those positions which
defies exhaustive analysis. The question of course is; can black find safety
from the "hail of coming Q checks" without damage, and then continue his
attack? Here are some of the very difficult choices black had to consider;  A).
18...Qxd4 (threatening mate at d1) 19.Qa6+ and now;  A1).19...Kb8 20.Be3 Qb4+
21.Kf1 Qb7 and white holds the extra pawn.  A2). 19..Kd7 20.Qb5+ Ke7 21.Be3
Bd7 22.Qc5+ Qxc5 23.Bxc5+ again with the extra pawn.  B). 18...Rd6 (covering
the Q check at a6, and making the check at a8 innocuous) 19.Qc5 Qf6 20.Bf4 Rc6
21.Qxa7 Rxg2 22.d5 Rc4 (....Qxb2? 23.Qa8+!) and now;  B1). White can win the
Exchange with the very risky 23.Be5?! Qxe5 24.Qxh6+ followed by 25.Qxc5.  B2).
23.Rc1 (much safer) Rxc1+ 24.Bxc1 and white holds 2 pawns.  C). 18....Qxg2 (if
white can attack with the lone Queen, then so can black---or can he?) 19.Qa8+
Kd7 20.Qd5+ Ke7 21.Qe5+ Be6 (forced, as black cannot allow white to capture
the Bishop with check);  C1). 22.Rf1 and white "pulls in the horns", trying to
solidify his pawn advantage. He threatens 23.Qxc7+ and if black parries this,
then development with Bf4 or Be3 with a view toward 0-0-0 and consolidation. 
 C2). 22.Qxc7+?! (super greedy) Ke8 23.Rf1 (23.Qc6+ Bd7 and white is out of
checks) Bh3! 24.Qe5+ Kf7 25.Qc7+ Ke8 (25...Rd7? 26.Qc4+ and again white
solidifies) 26.Qc6+ and black cannot escape check, but also white cannot
afford time to develop his Q-side due to threats like ....Qxf1 and ....Qf3.
This line looks drawish.} 19. Bf4 {Now it is black who must be aware of mate
threats at c7, thus tying down the Queen.} 19... e3 {This is too late. If
black wanted to play this move, he has to try it at move 17.} 20. fxe3 {
Of course, simultaneously defending the white Bishop and attacking the black
Rook.} 20... Rb4 {A). 20....Be4 does not work now because 21.Qe6+ Rd7 22.Qxe4
wins.  B). 20...Rd7?? 21.Qa8 mate.  C). 20....Rd8 or 20...Rd3 and 21.Rc1! as
in the game.} 21. Rc1 $1 {And black resigns, as there is no satisfactory
defense against the 3-fold attack upon c7;  A). 21....Rxb2?? 22.Qa8+ Kd7 23.
Rxc7+ Ke6 24.Qc6 mate.  B). 21...Rb7 22.0-0 and white is up 2 solid pawns in a
solid position. Or if white is still feeling frisky, he can try 22.Qd5!? with
threats 23.Qxf5+ and also 23.Bxc7.} 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Good, Gary (USA)"]
[Black "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 cxb2 6. Bxb2 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6
8. Qc2 d6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. e5 Ng4 11. Nd5 Bc5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. h4 Nce5 14. Ng5
g6 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. h5 Rc8 18. hxg6 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Bxe4 20. Qxe4
Rxc4 21. Qe3 fxg6 22. Qxa3 Rxf2 23. Qxa7 Qf8 24. Ne7+ Qxe7 25. Qxf2 Rb4+ 26.
Ka1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Good, Gary (USA)"]
[Black "Smith, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rd1 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Qb8 12. Rac1 Be7 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kf8
15. Nh4 Ne8 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. a4 g6 20. Ne3 Kg7 21. axb5
axb5 22. Kh1 Qb6 23. f4 Nd7 24. Ng4 Bxb2 25. Be3 Bd4 26. Bxd4+ Qxd4 27. Qe7 Nc5
28. Rcd1 Qc3 29. f5 Nf6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rf1 Nce4 32. Rf3 Rae8 0-1

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Houser, Ted (USA)"]
[Black "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A87"]
[Annotator "UNFINISHED"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Rb1 c6 11. b3 Nc7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Nc2 g5 14. e3 f4 15. exf4
gxf4 16. Ne2 Nh5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 Qg6 19. Bf3 e5 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Qxd6
Rad8 22. Qe5+ Nf6 23. Na3 Ng5 24. Bxb7 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Rfe8 26. Qb2 Bf5 27. Nxf4
Nxf4 28. gxf4 Kf7 29. Rbe1 Bh3 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. f5 Qxf5 32. Qb1 Qf4 33. Qc1
Qb8 34. Bf3 Bxf1 35. Qxf1 Qb4 36. Nc2 Qd2 37. Ne3 Qxa2 38. Qd1 Qxf2 39. Bh5+
Nxh5 40. Qxh5+ Kf8 41. Qxc5+ Re7 42. Qf5+ Qxf5 43. Nxf5 Re2 44. Nd4 {
Last Updated: 2001.03.26} *

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Houser, Ted (USA)"]
[Black "Smith, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. h3 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. f4 Bd6 8.
Qf3 c6 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bg2 Ba3 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh5 14. d4 O-O-O
15. Na4 Bd6 16. Kb1 Nf4 17. h4 g6 18. Bf1 Rh7 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. c4 dxc4 21. bxc4
Qa5 22. Nc3 Qf5+ 23. Ne4 Bc7 24. Bxf4 Nc5 25. Bd3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Qxf4 27. Qxf4
Bxf4 28. Kc2 b5 29. Kb3 a6 30. Nf6 Rhh8 31. Rhh3 Bc7 32. a3 Bb6 33. Kc3 Ba5+
34. Kb3 Bc7 35. Ne4 Bb6 36. Kc3 bxc4 37. Kxc4 Rd5 38. Rd2 Rhd8 39. Rhd3 Kc7 40.
f3 Ra5 41. Kb4 Rad5 42. Kc4 Ba7 43. Nf6 Ra5 44. Kb3 Rf5 45. Ng4 Rf4 46. Kc3 Rd5
47. a4 Bb6 48. Rd1 Ra5 49. Kb3 Rd5 50. Kc3 Rd8 51. Ne5 Rxh4 52. Nxf7 Rd5 53.
Ne5 Bxd4+ 54. Rxd4 Rhxd4 55. Rxd4 Rxe5 56. f4 Rd5 57. Rb4 e5 58. fxe5 Rxe5 59.
Rg4 Kd6 60. Kb4 a5+ 0-1

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martinec, Bob"]
[Black "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1 f5 13. d4 fxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15.
Re1 exd4 16. cxd4 Qf6 17. Bg5 17... Qg6 {
Martinec resigned all his games because he has to go to Europe for six months.}
0-1

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martinec, Bob"]
[Black "Smith, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. Rd1 Nde5
15. Nd5 Bg5 16. Bg3 b5 17. c3 f6 18. Qf2 Re8 19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Bxe5 fxe5 0-1

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Black "Brandhorst, Wesley T.(USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. b4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Rfc1 c6 17. e3 Bd6 18. Rab1 Re8 19. Rc2 Qe7 20. Ne1 Reb8 21.
Nd3 Kh8 22. Nc5 f5 23. Nd3 h5 24. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Black "Gach, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 Qd8 11. Nf4 d4 12. Ne4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxb5 14. Qxb5 axb5 15.
Bxb5 Bc6 16. Bd3 d5 17. exd6 Nd7 18. b4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ra7 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21.
Bc6+ Kd8 22. O-O Bxd6 23. Rfb1 Ne7 24. Bb5 Ng6 25. Nd5 Ne7 26. Nb4 Kc7 27. a4
Rb8 28. Bg5 f6 29. Bh4 Rba8 30. Rc1 Kb6 31. Rab1 Bf4 32. Rc2 Rc7 33. Bf2 Be3
34. Bxe3 dxe3 35. Re2 Nxa4 36. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Black "Koppersmith, Van"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Na3 Qd5 8. O-O
Bxa3 9. bxa3 Bd7 10. Ng5 Qxd4 11. Bxb7 Ra7 12. Bg2 Bc6 13. Rb1 Nfd7 14. Qc2
Bxg2 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. f3 Nb6 18. Rfd1 Qf5 19. Ne4 O-O 20. Bc5 Re8
21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Qa4 Rf8 23. Rxb6 Rc7 24. Rb5 e5 25. Qxa5 Qc8 26. Nd6 Qd8 27.
Qc3 e4 28. fxe4 Nd7 29. Nxc4 Qc8 30. Rd4 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Black "Potter, Robert B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "Embrey"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 7... b5 {
7...a6 and 7...e6 are more conservative choices.} 8. cxb5 a6 9. a4 9... Nbd7 {
9...Qa5, 9...axb5, and 9...e6 are alternatives.} 10. Bd2 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12.
Qe2 Qb6 13. O-O Rfb8 14. e5 Bxb5 15. axb5 dxe5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. fxe5 Ng4 18.
Bf4 Ra7 19. d6 exd6 20. e6 Nde5 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. e7 Rxe7 24. Bg5
f6 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 c4 27. Qe3 Qd7 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. b3 cxb3 30. Qxb3+
Kg7 31. b6 Qb7 32. Rc1 Kf6 33. h3 h5 34. Rc7 Qb8 35. b7 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Black "Shea, Quinlan (USA)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Na6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Ndb5 O-O 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rfd1 Rd7 13. Bf4 Rxd1+ 14.
Rxd1 Bd7 15. Nd6 Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 Ncd7 18. Nxc4 a6 19. Na4 Nd5 20. Bd4
Rd8 21. e4 Nc7 22. Bc3 Nf6 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. f3 Nd7 25. Ba5 e5 26. Ncb6 Nxb6
27. Bxb6 Ne6 28. Bxd8 Nxd8 29. Nc5 a5 30. Kf2 f6 31. Ke3 Kf7 32. Kd3 Ke7 33. b4
axb4 34. Kc4 Nf7 35. h4 g5 36. Kxb4 Kd6 37. a4 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Black "Thompson, Paul L. (USA)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. f3 Bh5 11. Rc1 Bg6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nf4 Bxd3 14. Nxd3
O-O 15. Na4 Rac8 16. Nb6 Rc7 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qb6 Rfc8 20. Nc5 Qe7
21. Nd3 Qd7 22. Rc5 Ne7 23. Rfc1 Rxc5 24. Nxc5 Qc7 25. Qb3 b6 26. Nd3 Qb7 27.
Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Potter, Robert B"]
[Black "Smith, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. a3 Bb7 15.
Bg2 O-O 16. h4 Nc5 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. h5 Qa5 19. Qe3 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. g6 Bf6
22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rh3 Rab8 24. Rd2 Kg8 25. h6 g6 26. b3 Qa3+ 27. Kb1 e5 28.
fxe5 dxe5 29. Nde2 Nxb3 30. cxb3 Qxb3+ 31. Ka1 Bd5 32. Qd3 Bc4 33. Qc2 Qb6 34.
Na4 Qa5 35. Rc3 Rb4 36. Ra3 Be6 37. Nec3 Be7 38. Rd3 Rd4 39. Bh3 Bxh3 40. Qa2+
Rdc4 41. Rd5 Qc7 42. Rc5 Bxc5 43. Qxc4+ Qf7 44. Qxf7+ Kxf7 45. Nxc5 Rxc5 46.
Nd5 Bg2 47. Rxa6 Bxe4 48. Ra7+ Ke6 49. Ra6+ Kxd5 0-1

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schakel, Leonard L. (Corky)"]
[Black "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Bd7 5. exd5 Nd4 6. Qd1 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8.
Bc4 e4 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. d4 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bf4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. g3 Bd6
15. Nd2 Qg6 16. O-O Rae8 17. Bb5 Bg4 18. Qe3 Re7 19. c4 Bb4 20. c5 Qh5 21. Bc4
Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Bf3 23. Rfc1 Kh8 24. Qf4 f5 25. d6 cxd6 26. cxd6 Rd7 27. Bf1 Rfd8
28. Rc7 Rxd6 29. Qe5 Qg6 30. Bc4 h5 31. Bf7 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Rxf6 33. d5 Rb6 34. b3
g6 35. Be6 e3 36. fxe3 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Re1 Rb4 39. Rec1 Rbb5 40. Re7
Rbc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shea, Quinlan (USA)"]
[Black "Smith, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8.
O-O Bd6 9. f3 c5 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qh4 Be7 12. Qf2 a6 13. g4 b5 14. Ng3 b4 15.
Nce2 a5 16. g5 Nd7 17. f4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Rad1 a4 21. Bc1 c4
22. h4 f6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 f5 25. N4g3 Qd7 26. Rfe1 Nd5 27. Kh2 a3 28. bxa3
bxa3 29. Qf3 Bb4 30. Rf1 Na7 31. Rf2 Nb5 32. Qg2 Bf8 33. Qf1 Nb4 34. Ng1 Qd5
35. Nf3 c3 36. Ne5 g6 37. Re2 Nxa2 0-1

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robin"]
[Black "Brandhorst, Wesley T.(USA)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Smith"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nd4 9. d6 Qf6 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 a5 13. b5 cxd6 14. Bb2
g5 15. d4 f6 16. Rfe1 h5 17. Rad1 h4 18. Ba3 Bc7 19. b6 Bb8 20. d5 Kd8 21. f4 {
The final position is very funny. I have plugged it into a couple of programs
and they think Black is OK, in spite of being effectively 3 pieces down. In
the final position 3 pieces are permanently trapped behind his ownpawns!} 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robin"]
[Black "Gach, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O Nxd5 12. Qxe5 c6 13. d3 Rfe8 14. Bd2 b6
15. Qg3 Nb7 16. Rfe1 Bd6 17. Qh4 h6 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bc3 Rac8 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qd4 Ne6 23. Qg4 Qc7 24. Re1 Re7 25. g3 a5 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Rxe7
Bxe7 28. Qxd4 Bf6 29. Qxd5 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Qxc3 31. Qb3 Qd4 32. a4 Kf8 33. Qb5
Ke7 34. Qc6 Qd6 35. Qxd6+ Kxd6 36. Kf1 b5 37. Ke2 bxa4 38. Kd2 a3 39. Kc1 Kc5
40. Kb1 Kb4 41. Ka2 f5 42. d4 Kc4 43. c3 g5 44. Kxa3 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robin"]
[Black "Koppersmith, Van"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Rg1 d5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qd2 Bxh4 14. O-O-O
Bf6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 a6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Bc5 Rb8 19. b4 Kd7 20. c4 Kc7
21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Qd3 d4 23. Qc4 Kb7 24. Qxf7+ Qc7 25. Qd5+ Qc6 26. Rxd4 Qxd5
27. Rxd5 Rhd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Kc6 31. Ke2 Kd5 32. Kf3 h5
33. Kf4 Kc6 34. Bf8 Kb5 35. Ke4 Kc4 36. a4 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robin"]
[Black "Morss, Mark F. (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Bb6 8.
cxd4 d6 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nxc4 14. Qa4+ Qd7
15. Qxc4 Qf7 16. Nd5 O-O 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rfc1 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 c6 20. Bxd6 b5
21. Rb4 Re8 22. Nd2 f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Ra3 25. Rb3 Ra6 26. Ra3 Rxa3 27.
Bxa3 Nf4 28. Re1 Be6 29. Bd6 Nd3 30. Re3 Rd8 31. e5 Nf4 32. a3 Bd5 33. Ne4 Bc4
34. Kh2 b6 35. Re1 Ra8 36. Rd1 Ra7 37. Rd2 h6 38. Nc3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robin"]
[Black "Schakel, Leonard L. (Corky)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Rac8 14. h6 g6
15. Nh2 f5 16. Nf3 Na5 17. Qd4 Nac4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. Rd3 Rfc8
21. g3 a5 22. Rh2 b5 23. Ne2 b4 24. Ned4 Re8 25. Ng5 Rcc8 26. c3 Re7 27. Rc2
Ra8 28. cxb4 axb4 29. b3 Na5 30. Rc7 1-0

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Robin"]
[Black "Thompson, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. g4 Ne5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Nce2 d5 14. Ng3 Qc7 15.
Kb1 Nc4 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bd6 18. Nde2 Rc8 19. f4 Ba4 20. Rd2 Bc5 21. Qf3
dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 O-O 24. Rhd1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
Bd3 Bb5 28. Nc1 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Qh4 30. Qe2 a5 31. f5 exf5 32. Qe5 Be7 33. Qxf5
Qxh2 34. Qxa5 Qf4 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qg2 f5 37. gxf5 Qxf5 38. Qe2 Bf8 39. Qd3
Qxd3 40. Nxd3 g5 41. Kc1 h5 42. Kd2 Kg6 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Kf3 g4+ 45. Kg3 Be7 46.
Nf2 Bc5 47. Nd3 Bd6+ 48. Kh4 Kg6 49. c3 bxc3 50. bxc3 Be7+ 51. Kg3 Kf5 52. Nf2
Bf6 53. c4 Bd4 54. Nh3 Be5+ 55. Kh4 Bf6+ 56. Kg3 h4+ 57. Kg2 Bd4 58. a4 gxh3+
59. Kxh3 Kg5 60. c5 Bxc5 61. Kh2 Kg4 62. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US13F"]
[Site "ICCF-US"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thompson, Paul L. "]
[Black "Good, Gary "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 d6 6. exd6 Qf6 7. e3 g5 8.
Bg3 h5 9. dxc7 Nc6 10. h4 Qxb2 11. Ngf3 gxh4 12. Rxh4 Bf5 13. Rc1 Ba3 14. Nb3
Qxa2 15. Ra1 Bb4+ 16. Nbd2 Qb2 17. c5 Bc3 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. e4 Bxe4
21. Kf1 Nd5 22. Kg1 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Bf6 24. Rb1 Qa2 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26. Ne5 Rh5 27.
Bc4 Nc3 28. Qd6+ Kg7 29. Bxa2 Rah8 30. f3 Ne2+ 31. Kf2 Nxg3 32. Qd7 Bxe5 33.
Qxf7+ Kh6 34. Qe6+ 1-0

