IDES OF MARCH MINI-SWISS
March 14, 2004
Tournament Director: Tom Green

POS	NAME	RATING	RD1	RD2	RD3	TOTAL
1	Robert Goldberger	1777	W4	W5	W2	3
2	David Michel	1637	W6	W3	L1	2
3	Matt Rosen	2010	W7	L2	W5	2
4	Allan Bennett	2234	L1	W8	W6	2
5	Alex Frenz	1820	W8	L1	L3	1
6	William Pursel	1800	L2	W7	L4	1
7	Sarvabhauma Karri	1709	L3	L6	WF8	1
8	Paul Liimatta	1693	L5	L4	LF7	0

Robert Goldberger, Mansfield, won the 12th annual Ides of March Mini-Swiss held March 14, 2004 in the Benes Room of the Hamilton Williams Campus Center on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University. David Michel, Kettering, Matt Rosen, a first year student at Miami University, and Allan Bennett, Pickerington, tied for second place and split $25.

Allan Bennett vs. Robert Goldberger[C15]
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Nge2 Nf6 5 exd5 exd5 6 a3 Bxc3+ 7 Nxc3 Bf5 8 Be2 0-0 9 0-0 c6 10 Bf4 Nbd7 11 Qd2 Re8 12 f3 Nf8 13 g4 Bg6 14 h4 h5 15 g5 N6d7 16 Rfe1 Nb6 17 b3 Qd7 18 Kg2 Rad8 19 Nd1 Ne6 20 Bg3 Nc8 21 Ne3 Nd6 22 c4?! Nf5 [dxc4] 23 Nxf5 Bxf5 24 c5 Nf8 25 b4 Re6 26 Kh2 f6?! 27 gxf6 Rxf6 28 Be5 Rg6 29 Rg1 Qe7 time 0-1

David Michel vs. Bill Pursel [D35]

1 d4 e6 2 c4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 c6 6 e3 Bf5 7 Nf3 h6 8 Bh4 Bd6 9 Bd3 Bxd3 10 Qxd3 Nbd7 11 0-0 g5 12 Bg3 Bxg3 13 hxg3 Qc7 14 b4 0-0-0 15 b5! G4 16 bxc6 gxf3? 17 cxd7+ [Nb5!] Qxd7 18 Qb5 Qxb5 19 Nxb5 a6 20 Rfc1+ Kb8 21 Nc3 fxg2 22 Na4 Ne4 23 Nc5 Nxc5 24 Rxc5 b6 25 Rb1 [Rc6] Kb7 26 Rc2 Rc8 27 Rcb2 Rc6 28 Kxg2 Rhc8 29 Kf3 Kc7 30 Ke2 Rb8 31 Kd3 Kd6 32 Rh1 Ke7 33 Rh5 Rd8 34 g4 Rg6 35 f3 Rdd6 36 Rc2 Kd7 37 Rf5 Rgf6 38 Rxf6 Rxf6 39 f4 [Rf2] Rg6 40 Rg2 f5 41 g5 hxg5 [Ke7] 42 fxg5 b5 43 Ke2 Rc6 44 Kf3 a5 45 Kf4 Ke6 46 g6 Rc8 47 g7 Rg8 48 Rg6+ Kf7 49 Rb6 b4 50 Rb5 a4 51 Rxb4 a3 52 Ra4 Kxg7 53 Rxa3 Rf8 54 Ra5 Kg6 55 Rxd5 Re8 56 Rd6+ Kg7 57 Ra6 1-0

Sarvabhauma Karri vs. Matt Rosen [B12]

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 f3 dxe4 4 fxe4 e5 5 Nf3 Bg4 6 Bc4 f6 7 0-0 Bxf3 8 Rxf3 Bc5?! 9 Kh1 Qxd4 10 Qxd4? [Nd2!] Bxd4 11 c3 Bb6 12 b3 Ne7 13 Be3 Nd7 14 Na3 0-0-0 15 Be6 Kc7 16 Bxd7 Rxd7 17 Nc4 Rhd8 18 Bxb6+ axb6 19 a4 Rd1+ 20 Rf1 Rxa1 21 Rxa1 Rd3 22 Rc1 Ng6 23 g3 Nf8 24 a5 bxa5 25 Nxa5 Re3 0-1

Alex Frentz Paul Liimatta [C00]

1 e4 e6 2 d4 a6 3 Bd3 b5 4 Ne2 Bb7 5 0-0 Nf6 6 Ng3 c5 7 c3 cxd4 8 cxd4 Nc6 9 Be3 Nb4 10 Nc3 Nxd3 11 Qxd3 b4 12 e5 Ng4 13 Nce4 Nxe3 14 fxe3 a5?! 15 Rf2 Ba6 16 Qd1 Be7 17 Nh5! G6 18 Qf3 [Nef6+; 18 Nhf6+] 18 …0-0 19 Nhf6+ Kg7 20 h4?! Bb7 21 g4 Bxe4 22 Qxe4 d5 23 Qg2 a4 24 g5 b3 25 axb3 axb3 26 Raf1 Ra2 27 h5 Qa5?? 28 hxg6 hxg6 29 Nd7 [Qh1 Rh8 30 Qxh8+ Kxh8 31 Rh2+ Kg7 32 Rh7+ Kf8 33 Rh8+ Kg7 34 Rg8#] 29 … Ra1 30 Nxf8 Rxf1+ 31 Rxf1 Kxf8 32 Qf2 Ke8 33 Qxf7+ Kd7 34 Qf2 Qa6 35 Qd2 Bxg5 36 Rc1 Qb5 37 Qc3 Qb7 38 Kf2 Bh6 39 Rh1 Bf8 40 Rh7+ Be7 41 Qa5 Ke8 42 Qa4+ Kd8 43 Qa8+ Qxa8 44 Rh8+ Kd7 45 Rxa8 Bh4+ 46 Kf3 Be1 47 Ra3 Bd2 48 Rxb3 g5 49 Kg4 Ba5 50 Kxg5 Bd8+ 51 Kg6 Ke7 52 Rb7+ Ke8 53 Rb8 Kd7 54 Rxd8+ Kxd8 55 Kf6 Kd7 56 Kf7 1-0

Robert Goldberger vs. Alex Frentz [D15]

1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 Bf5 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e3 e6 7 Bc4 Be7 8 Qe2 Bg6 9 e4 Nf6 10 0-0 0-0 11 Bg5 Nbd7 12 Rad1 h6 [Nxe4!] 13 Bf4 Qa5 14 d5 e5? [exd5] 15 Nxe5 Bh5 16 Nf3 g5? 17 Bg3 b5 18 Bb3 Nc5 19 dxc6 Nxb3 20 axb3 a6 21 Nd5 Bd8? 22 c7 [Ra1] Nxd5 23 cxd8Q Raxd8 24 Rxd5 Rfe8 25 Rfd1 Rxd5 26 Rxd5 Bxf3 27 gxf3 h5 28 Qd2 [Rxg5+] f6 29 Qxa5 1-0

Matt Rosen vs. David Michel [B10]

1 e4 c6 2 Nc3 d5 3 Nf3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Bg4 5 h3 Bxf3 6 Qxf3 e6 7 c3 Be7 8 d4 Nf6 9 Bd3 Nbd7 10 Bf4 Nxe4 11 Bxe4 Nf6 12 Bd3 Qd5 13 Be2 Qxf3 14 Bxf3 Nd5 15 Bd2 Bf6 16 0-0-0 0-0-0 17 Kc2 Kb8 18 b3 e5 19 dxe5 Bxe5 20 Rhe1 Bf6 21 Bxd5 Rxd5 22 Bf4+ Kc8 23 Rxd5 cxd5 24 Kd3 Kd7 25 g4 h6 26 Re2 Re8 27 Rxe8 Kxe8 28 Be3 g6? 29 Bd4 Ke7 30 Bxf6+?! [Bxa7] Kxf6 31 Kd4 Ke6 [Kg5] 32 Kc5 f5 33 f4?? [gxf5+] fxg4 34 hxg4 b6+ [h5] 35 Kd4 h5! 36 Ke3 hxg4 37 Kf2 Kf5 38 Kg3 g5 39 fxg5 Kxg5 0-1

Bill Pursel vs. Sarvabhauma Karri [A45]

1 d4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4 Bb4 4 Bg5 h6 5 Bxf6 Qxf6 6 e5 Qe7 7 Bd3 d5 8 exd6 cxd6 9 Qg4 f5 10 Qg6+ Qf7 11 Qg3 Nc6 12 Nf3 Qf6 13 a3 Bxc3+ 14 bxc3 Kd7 [14  e5] 15 0-0 g5 16 Rfe1 Rg8 [g4] 17 Nd2 h5 18 Nc4 f4 19 Qf3 [Qh3] g4 20 Qe4 d5 [Rg7] 21 Ne5+ Kc7 22 Qh7+ Rg7 23 Qxh5 Nxe5 24 Qxe5+ Qxe5 25 Rxe5 Bd7 26 c4 Rh8 27 cxd5 exd5 28 Rxd5 Bc6 29 Re5 g3 30 fxg3 fxg3 31 h3 Bd7 32 Rf1 Bxh3? 33 gxh3 Rxh3 34 Ref5 Kd6 35 Bc4 Rhh7 36 Rf7 1-0

Paul Liimatta vs. Allan Bennett [A04]

1 Nf3 d6 2 e4 Nf6 3 d3 c5 4 Be2 Nc6 5 b3 g6 6 Bb2 Bg7 7 Nbd2 0-0 8 0-0 Rb8 9 a3 b5 10 Bc3 a5 11 Re1 Bd7 12 Nf1 b4 13 axb4 axb4 14 Bb2 Ne8 15 Bxg7 Nxg7 16 Ne3 Ne6 17 Nd5 Ned4 18 Nxd4 Nxd4 19 Ra7 Nb5 20 Ra2? E6 21 c4 bxc3 22 Nf4 Nd4 23 g3 Rxb3 24 Rc2 Nxc2 25 Qxc2 Qb6 26 Rc1 Rb8 27 h4 Qb4 28 Kg2 Bc6 29 Bf3 Ra3 30 h5 g5 31 Ne2 Ba4 32 Qxc3 Rxc3 33 Rxc3 Bd1 34 Rc4 Qd2 35 Nc1 Rb2 36 Bxd1 Qxd1 37 h6 g4 38 e5 Qf3+ 0-1

David Michel vs. Robert Goldberger [D87]

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 c5 7 Be3 Bg7 8 Bc4 0-0 9 Ne2 Nc6 10 0-0 Qc7 11 Rc1 Rd8 12 Qc2 Na5 13 Bb3 cxd4 14 Nxd4 Nc4 15 Bg5 Qc5?! 16 Bh4 [Bxe7!] b5 17 Bxe7? Qxe7 18 Nc6 Qc7 19 Nxd8 Qxd8 20 Rcd1 Qc7 21 Qd3 Be6 22 Qf3 Rc8 23 Rfe1 a5 24 Rc1 Nd2 25 Qe2 Nc4 26 Qf3 a4 27 Bxc4 Qxc4 28 Qe2 Qxe2 29 Rxe2 Rxc3 30 Rb1 Bc4 31 Rd2 Ra3 32 h3 Rxa2 33 Rxa2 Bxa2 34 Rxb5 Bb3 35 Ra5 Bb2 0-1

Allan Bennett vs. Bill Pursel [C10]

1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nd7 5 Nf3 Ngf6 6 Nxf6+ Nxf6 7 Ne5 Qd5 8 Be2 c5?! 9 Be3 cxd4 10 Qxd4 Bd6 11 Nc4 Qxd4 12 Bxd4 Bc7 13 0-0-0 0-0 14 Be5 Bxe5 15 Nxe5 Ne4 16 Rhf1 f6 17 Nd3 e5 18 f4 exf4 19 Nxf4 Re8? 20 Bf3 [Bb5] Nc5 21 Nd5 Ne6 22 Bh5 Rd8 23 Ne7+ Kf8 24 Rxd8+ Nxd8 25 Nxc8 Rxc8 26 Rd1 g6 27 Bf3 Ke7 28 Re1+ Kd7 29 Bd5 Kd6 30 c4 g5 31 Re8 Kd7 [b5] 32 Rh8 Kd6 33 Kd2 b5 34 Bb7 Rb8 35 cxb5 h5 [35  Rxb7] 36 a4 Nc6 37 Rxb8 Nxb8 38 Bc8 Kc7 39 Bf5 Kd6 40 Kc3 Ke5 41 Bc8 f5 42 a5 f4 43 a6 g4 [Kd6] 44 b6! Nxa6 45 Bxa6 [bxa7] axb6 46 Bb7 g3 47 h4 Kf5 48 Bf3 1-0

Alex Frentz vs. Matt Rosen [B19]

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Bf5 5 Ng3 Bg6 6 Nf3 Nd7 7 h4 h6 8 h5 Bh7 9 Bd3 Bxd3 10 Qxd3 e6 11 Bf4 Ngf6 12 0-0-0 Be7 13 Kb1 Qb6 14 Ne4 Nxe4 15 Qxe4 0-0-0 16 c4 Bf6 17 Qc2 Rhe8 18 c5 Qb5 19 Rd3? Nxc5! 20 Rc3 Na6 21 Rc1 Qf5 22 Qxf5 exf5 23 Be5 Bxe5 24 dxe5 Nb4 25 a3 Nd3 26 R1c2 Nxe5 27 Nh4 g6 28 hxg6 fxg6 29 f4 Nd3 30 Nxg6 Re6 31 Rd2 Rxg6 32 Rcxd3 Rxd3 33 Rxd3 Rxg2 34 Rh3 Rg4 35 Rxh6 Rxf4 36 Rh7 Rf2 37 Rf7 f4 38 Kc1 f3 39 b4 a6 40 Kd1 Kb8 41 Ke1 Re2+ 42 Kd1 Re3 43 a4 Rb3 44 Rf4 Rb2 45 Kc1 Ra2 46 a5 f2 47 Kd1 Kc7 0-1

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Section B

 

POS	NAME	RATING	RD1	RD2	RD3	TOTAL
1	George Wilson	1370	W5	W7	W4	3
2	Bruce Goodwin	1401	W3	D4	W5	2.5
3	Dave Raymond	1567	L2	W8	W7	2
4	Ed Russell	1586	W6	D2	L1	1.5
5	Bruce Lindman	1521	L1	W6	L2	1
6	Dennis Woodland	1472	L4	L5	W8	1
7	Russell Bowerman	1551	D8	L1	L3	0.5
8	Doug Monroe	1382	D7	L3	L6	0.5

 

W=Win D=Draw L=Loss

In Section B, George Wilson, Delaware, won the section and $50 with a perfect score although he started the day as the lowest rated player in the section.  Bruce Goodwin, Powell, won the second place prize money of $25.

George Wilson vs. Bruce Lindman [C50]

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 Nc3 d6 5 d3 Nf6 6 Bg5 Be6 7 Nd5 Nd4?! 8 Nxd4 Bxd5? 9 Nf5! Bxc4 10 Nxg7+ Kf8 11 Bh6 [Nh5] Kg8 12 Qf3 [dxc4] Be6?! 13 Nxe6 fxe6 14 Qg3+ Kf7 15 Qg7+ Ke8 16 Qxh8+ Kd7 17 Qg7+ Kc6 18 Rf1 Qh8? 19 Qf7 [Qxh8 Rxh8 20 Bg7!] 19 … Ng4 20 Bg7 Qg8 21 Qxg8 Rxg8 22 h3 Bxf2+ 23 Ke2 Rxg7 24 hxg4 Bg3 25 Rf3 Rxg4 26 Rh1 Bf4 27 Kf2 h6 28 g3 Bg5 29 Kg2 d5 30 Re1 dxe4 31 dxe4 h5 32 Rc3+ Kb6 33 Kf3 Bd2 34 Rb3+ Kc6 35 Rd1 Ba5 36 Ra3 Bb6 37 Rc3+ Kb5 38 Rd7 Rg6 39 Rh7 Rf6+ 40 Ke2 Rf2+ 41 Kd1 Rf1+ 42 Ke2 Rf2+ 43 Ke1 Rg2 [Rh2] 44 Rxh5 Bf2+? 45 Kf1 Rxg3 46 Kxf2 Rxc3 47 bxc3 Kc4 48 Rxe5 Kxc3 49 Rc5+ Kd4 50 Rxc7 Kxe4 51 Rxb7 Kd4 52 Rxa7 e5 53 Re7 e4 54 c4 1-0

Bruce Goodwin vs. Dave Raymond [D03]

1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5 Ne4 4 Bf4 c5 5 c3 Nc6 6 Nbd2 Bf5 7 e3 Qb6 8 Qb3 e6 9 Qxb6 axb6 10 Bc7 c4 11 Bxb6 Bd6 12 Nxe4 Bxe4 13 Nd2 Bf5 14 b4 [e4!?] 0-0 [cxb3] 15 a4 Nb8 16 a5 Nd7 17 Bc5 Nxc5 18 dxc5 Be5 19 Ra3 Bf6 20 Be2 e5?! 21 Nf3 [e4] Ra7 22 0-0 Bd3 23 Bxd3 cxd3 24 Nd2 Rfa8 25 c4! Dxc4 26 Nxc4 e4 27 Nd6 Bc3? 28 Rxc3 1-0

Ed Russell vs. Dennis Woodland [C71]

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6 5 d4 Bg4 6 dxe5 Bxf3 7 Qxf3 dxe5 8 Bxc6+ bxc6 9 0-0 Bd6 10 Nc3 Ne7 11 Bg5 f6 12 Be3 0-0 13 Rfd1 Qc8 14 Na4 f5 15 Bc5 fxe4 16 Qxe4 Qe6 [Rf4] 17 g3 Rab8 18