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[Event "1995 US CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Class B"] [Site "Syracuse Hilton"] [Date "1995.10.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Neaton, Larry"] [Black "Bergerstock, Keith"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "1685"] [BlackElo "1785"] [Annotator "Keith R. Bergerstock"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1995.10.21"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nge2 Be7 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. a3 Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nf4 Bg5 14. Ng2 f5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. h4 Qxg4 18. Qxg4 fxg4 19. Rd1 Rad8 {forces the loss of one of the center pawns, once one falls the other will go soon after siince it has no support.} 20. e6 Rxd4 (20... Nxd4 21. e7) 21. Rxd4 Nxd4 22. e7 Re8 23. Ne3 Rxe7 24. Nxg4 Bh5 25. Ne3 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nd2+ 27. Ke1 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Bf3 29. Rg1 g6 30. Rg5 Kg7 31. Re5 {helps black, white needs to get rid of pawns not pieces} 31... Rxe5 32. Nxe5 Kf6 33. Nd7+ Ke7 34. Nc5 b6 35. Nb3 c5 36. Kd2 Ke6 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. Nd2 Bg2 39. b4 h6 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. a4 Bf3 42. a5 Kd5 43. a6 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Nb1 Kc4 46. Kd2 Kb5 47. Kc3 Kxa6 48. Kc4 Kb6 49. Nd2 Kc6 50. Nb1 Be2+ 51. Kc3 Kd5 52. Kd2 Bd3 53. Nc3+ Kd4 54. Nd1 a5 55. Nb2 g4 56. Na4 c4 57. Nc3 g3 58. fxg3 e3+ 0-1 [Event "1995 US CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Class B"] [Site "Syracuse Hilton"] [Date "1995.10.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Bergerstock, Keith"] [Black "Hilton, Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1785"] [BlackElo "1725"] [Annotator "Bergerstock,K"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1995.10.21"] 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Ngf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nd7 (6... Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Ke7 9. Nxg4 ) 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Bh5 9. a4 Nc5 10. Qe2 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 a6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Be3 { sets a subtill trap} 13... Nf6 14. axb5 a5 {played to avoid the line in the note, but results in a very bad game for black} (14... cxb5 15. Qxb5+ axb5 16. Rxa8+ Ke7 17. Bc5+ Ke6 (17... Qxc5 18. Nxc5 {white regains material and has the better game}) 18. Ng5# {Be3 was played to close the door and make this line possible}) 15. b6 Qc8 16. Nxa5 Rxa5 17. Rxa5 Be7 18. Rxe5 O-O 19. Rxe7 1-0 [Event "1995 US CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Class B"] [Site "Syracuse Hilton"] [Date "1995.10.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Severson, Kenneth"] [Black "Bergerstock, Keith"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1825"] [BlackElo "1785"] [Annotator "Bergerstock,K"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1995.10.21"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Bg3 c5 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. exd4 Rc8 13. a3 a6 14. Bd3 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nh2 Nf6 17. Ne2 Nh5 18. c3 Nxg3 19. Nxg3 Qd5 20. Ng4 Bg5 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Qe2 f5 23. Nc4 Qc6 24. Ne5 Qd5 25. f3 Bf4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Ng6 Qg5 28. Nxf4 (28. Nxf8 Qxg3 29. Ng6 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Qg3+ 31. Kg1 Qh2+ 32. Kf2 Qg3+) 28... Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Nf1 e5 31. Rd1 exd4 32. Rxd4 Qg5 33. Nd2 Re8 34. Nc4 e3 35. Rd3 Bxg2 36. Kh2 (36. Qxg2 e2) 36... Bf3 37. Qxf3 e2 38. Re3 Rxe3 39. Nxe3 e1=Q 40. Qa8+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "1995 US CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Class B"] [Site "Syracuse Hilton"] [Date "1995.10.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Bergerstock, Keith"] [Black "Gebhardt, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "1785"] [BlackElo "1605"] [Annotator "Bergerstock,K"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1995.10.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qc2 g6 12. c5 Be7 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Re3 Nf6 16. Ne5 {to keep the knight out of g4} 16... Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Rae1 {here I am fully developed and my opponet has some severe dark square weaknesses } 18... Qd7 19. h3 Be6 { I took over 30 min. here to calc the results of R:e6. The worst I could do was Rook for Bishop and two pawns and a strong attack} 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Bxg6 Rec8 {the perfect square for me. the next move was the hard one to find at move 20 when I sacced the exchange.} (21... hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qg7) 22. Bf7+ Kh8 (22... Kxf7 23. Qxh7+ Ke8 (23... Kf6 24. Qg7+ Kf5 25. g4) 24. Qg8+ Bf8 25. Qxf8) 23. Bxe6 Qc7 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Qf5 { the queen on c7 is now overloaded} 25... Rg8 26. Bf4 {with the idea of Be4+ winning more material} (26. Bf4 Qd8 27. Be5+ Rg7 28. Qf7) 1-0 [Event "1995 US CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP Class B"] [Site "Syracuse Hilton"] [Date "1995.10.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Bergerstock, Keith"] [Black "Golster, Leonid"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "1785"] [BlackElo "1940"] [Annotator "Bergerstock,K"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1995.10.21"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Na5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Nbd2 Bf6 13. b4 Nc6 14. d5 Ne7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Nb3 Qb8 18. Na5 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Be3 Rd8 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. Bd3 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Bxb5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 e4 27. Ba6 Qa8 28. Rc1 Ne5 29. f4 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Qd5 31. Qb5 Qe6 32. Qf1 Rd5 33. Be2 Be7 34. Qg2 Nd2 35. Bc4 {worst mistake I made in this tournement} 35... Nxc4 36. Bd4 Bf6 37. Ra1 g6 38. Bxf6 Qxf6 39. Qxe4 Qe6 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. Qxe6 fxe6 42. Rc8 Nb6 43. Rc7+ Rd7 44. Rxd7+ Nxd7 {my opponent played too fast (blitz speed) over the last few moves and made several small errors. now with two outside passed pawns I can split his forces and use my king to attack his K-side pawns while he is restraining my Q-side pawns} 45. c4 Kf6 46. Kg2 Ke7 47. Kf3 Kd6 48. Ke4 Nf6+ 49. Kd4 Ng4 50. c5+ Kc6 51. h4 Kb5 52. f3 Nh2 53. Ke4 Nf1 54. Ke5 1/2-1/2