[Event "NYS Action-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rohde, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
Rb8 9. e5 Ne8 10. Qe2 dxe5 11. dxe5 f6 12. exf6 Ndxf6 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Rad1 Nc7
15. Nc4 Ncd5 16. Nce5 Qc7 17. c4 Nb4 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nxg6+ Kg8 20. Bf4 e5 21.
Bxe5 Qf7 22. Nxf8 Ra8 23. Ng5 Qxf8 24. Bd6 Qd8 25. Be7 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Bg4 27. f3
Bf5 28. Qe5 Re8 29. Qxf5 Rxe7 30. Rd8+ Ne8 31. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "NYS Action-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stubbelbine, Donald"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. c4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e4 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. b4 Bd7 15.
a4 Rae8 16. a5 Nh7 17. b5 f4 18. a6 b6 19. Rfc1 f3 20. gxf3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Ng5
22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. f4 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Qxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Rf1 $2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "NYS Action-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c4
Rc8 15. Kb1 Qf6 16. Be5 Bxg2 17. Bxg2 Qf5+ 18. Be4 Qh5 19. Qd2 1-0

[Event "NYS Action-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sperber, Ron"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg7 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf3 Qd6 14. Be3
Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qd2 Rfc8 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Rac1 e6 20. b4 Rc4
21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rd8 24. Rc5 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Kf1 Rd1+
27. Ke2 Rb1 28. a3 Rb2+ 29. Ke1 Ra2 30. Ra5 $1 c3 31. Kd1 Rxf2 32. Rxa7 Rxg2
33. b5 Rb2 34. a4 e5 35. Rc7 Rb4 36. Kc2 Rxa4 37. Kxc3 Ra1 38. Rc4 Kg7 39. b6
Ra8 40. Kb4 g5 41. Kb5 Kg6 42. b7 Rb8 43. Kb6 h5 44. Kc7 Re8 45. Rc6+ Kf5 {
The game was drawn several moves later.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NYS-ch U2000"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Campbell, Robert"]
[Black "Traldi, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bb2 Ndf6 11. Nd2 h5 12. h4 e5 13. Qc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 f4 15.
gxf4 Ng4 16. f3 Qxh4 17. fxg4 hxg4 18. Rfd1 $2 (18. e3 $1) 18... g3 19. Qe3
Qh2+ 20. Kf1 O-O 21. Ke1 Qxg2 22. fxe5 Qf2+ 23. Kd2 Bh3 24. Rg1 Qxe3+ 25. Kxe3
g2 26. exd6 Rad8 27. Ke4 Rxd6 28. Ba3 b6 29. Bc1 Rdf6 30. a4 Rf1 31. Be3 Bf5+
32. Ke5 Re8+ 33. Kd6 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 Rxe3 35. Rg1 Bh3 36. Kc7 Kf7 37. Kb7 Rxc3
38. Kxa7 Rxc4 39. Kxb6 Rxa4 40. Kxc5 Re4 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U2000"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Traldi, Arthur"]
[Black "Bachman, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 a6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
h6 9. Qe2 b4 10. Na4 Nf6 11. Be3 Nxe4 12. Bb6 Qf6 13. Rac1 Nc6 14. Qxe4 d5 15.
Bxd5 Nd8 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U2000"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zaas, Peter"]
[Black "Traldi, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
h3 h5 9. Qe2 Ng4 10. Rd1 Bc5 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Ne7 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Ne5
g3 15. Nd3 gxf2+ 16. Nxf2 Qh2+ 17. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U2000"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Traldi, Arthur"]
[Black "Concepcion, Danilo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Nc7 Bxe4 14. Bf3 Qc6 15.
Nxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Re1 Nd7 18. a5 Ng5 19. f4 Ne6 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Qe2
Nf4 22. Qe4 Nfg6 23. Qxa8 Rxa8 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Rad1 Bf8 26. Rc1 Nc4 27. c3 Nge5
28. cxb4 Nd3 29. b3 Nxc1 30. bxc4 Nd3 31. Rb1 Rxc4 32. b5 axb5 33. a6 Ra4 34.
a7 b4 35. Nb5 b3 36. Nc7 b2 37. a8=Q Rc4 38. Be3 Rxc7 39. Qa3 Ne5 40. Qxb2 Nc4
41. Qb8 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U2000"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Scott, Calvin"]
[Black "Traldi, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 c6 7. Bb3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. O-O a5 11. Be3 b5 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. a3 b4 14. Na4 Ba6 15.
Rfe1 Bf8 16. axb4 axb4 17. Bg5 Bb5 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. c4 bxc3 21.
Nexc3 Nc5 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Nd3 24. Be2 Bb4 25. Nxb5 cxb5 26. Bxd3 bxa4
27. Bb1 Bc5+ 28. Kf1 Bd4 29. Bc2 Bxb2 30. Bxa4 f5 31. Bc2 f4 32. Ke2 Kf7 33.
Kd3 Bd4 34. g3 g5 35. g4 Kg6 36. Ba4 Bg1 37. h3 Bd4 38. Kc4 h6 39. Kd5 Kf6 40.
Kd6 Bg1 41. Kd7 Bd4 42. Ke8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NYS-ch U1200"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nanjo, Ryosuke"]
[Black "Gambacorta, Amanda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1003"]
[BlackElo "757"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bg5 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. exf6 gxf6 8.
Bh4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 d4 11. Ne4 f5 12. Bxd8 Nxd8 13. Qxf5 Bb4+ 14.
Nd2 c6 15. Qe5+ Ne6 16. Qxh8+ Bf8 17. Qxh7 Ng5 18. Qh4 Be7 19. Qxd4 Ne6 20. Qe3
Bc5 21. Qe4 Bd4 22. O-O-O Bxf2 23. Bc4 Ke7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qh7+ Kd8 26. Ne4+
Ke8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Rd7 Bd4 29. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1200"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nanjo, Ryosuke"]
[Black "Brooks, Clayton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1003"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 e5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 f6 13. O-O-O b6 14. Rhe1 Bb7
15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. dxe5 Ncxe5 17. Nfd2 Rhe8 18. Ng3 Qf8 19. f4 Nxd3 20. Rxe8
Qxe8 21. Qxd3 Nc5 22. Qf1 Qc6 23. Nf3 Qe4+ $2 24. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 25. Ka1 Re8 26.
Re1 Nd3 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxd3 f5 29. Qxa6+ Kd7 30. Qb5+ Ke7 31. Qxf5 Re2 32.
Qh3 Kd6 33. a4 Kc5 34. Nd2 b5 35. Qh5+ Kb6 36. Qxb5+ 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1200"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Henchey, Chris"]
[Black "Nanjo, Ryosuke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "826"]
[BlackElo "1003"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qe3 O-O 9. Qg3 Kh8 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Bd6 12. Qd4 $2 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qxd4 14.
Bd3 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 Re8 16. Bd2 Nxf2 17. Nc3 Nxd3+ 18. Kh1 Nxb2 19. Rae1 Rxe1 20.
Rxe1 Bf5 21. Nb1 Bxc2 22. Be3 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U1400"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Russo, Tom"]
[Black "Benen, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "1181"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. d3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bb4 6. O-O Nf6 7. e4 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 dxe4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. c4 O-O 12. Ba3 Rfe8 13. c5 Nd4 14.
Rae1 Nxc2 15. Bb5 c6 16. Rxe4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxa3 18. Be2 Rd2 19. Ra4 Nb5 20.
Bxb5 cxb5 21. Rxa7 Rd7 22. c6 Rc7 23. cxb7 Rb8 24. Rb1 f6 25. Rxb5 Kf7 26. a4
Ke6 27. a5 Kd6 28. Rb1 Kc6 29. Rc1+ Kd7 30. Rxc7+ Kxc7 31. a6 Kb6 32. Ra8 Rxb7
33. axb7 Kxb7 34. Ra4 Kc6 35. Ra7 Kd5 36. Rxg7 e4 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1400"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bridy, Andrew"]
[Black "Balch, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "834"]
[BlackElo "1263"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 g5 10. Bg3 Bxc5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. a3 g4 15.
Nfd4 Bd7 16. Qd2 h5 17. Bh4 O-O-O 18. Rac1 Bd6 19. Bf5 Kb8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21.
Nxc6+ (21. Rxc6 $1) 21... bxc6 22. Rxc6 Qe6 23. Rc2 Rb7 24. Nd4 Qe5 25. Bg3 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1400"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "DeLong, Robert"]
[Black "Berlin, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1321"]
[BlackElo "1035"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2
f6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Qd1 Qd6 12. Ne2 O-O-O 13. O-O Nde7 14. Nec3 Bc4
15. Re1 Bd3 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bg2 Rhf8 19. b5 Na5 20. Bc3 c6 21. Bb4
c5 22. Qc2 Kb8 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 h5 26. d3 h4 27. h3 hxg3 28.
fxg3 Rh8 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bc7 31. Ra2 Rd7 32. a4 Rhd8 33. Bxa5 Bxa5 34.
Ra3 e4 35. Re1 Bb4 36. Rb3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. Kf2 b6 39. Ke2 a6 40. Rd1
Rxd1 41. Kxd1 axb5 42. axb5 Kc7 43. Kc2 Kd6 44. Kb3 Kd5 45. Nc3+ Ke5 46. Kc4
Bxc3 47. Kxc3 Kd5 48. h4 c4 49. Kb4 c3 50. Kxc3 Kc5 51. Kb3 Kxb5 52. Kc3 Kc5
53. Kb3 b5 54. Kc3 b4+ 55. Kb3 Kb5 56. Kb2 Kc4 57. Kc2 b3+ 58. Kb2 Kd3 59. Kxb3
Kxe3 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U1400"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berlin, Lev"]
[Black "Harnett, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1035"]
[BlackElo "1351"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 e6 8. Bf4
Ngf6 9. Ng5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 h6 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Ndf6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qb5+
Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. O-O-O b5 18. f3 Be7 19. Nb3 Nb7 20. Nd2 b4
21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. Nb3 a5 23. a3 Be7 24. Kb1 a4 25. Nd2 Na5 26. Be5 f6 27. Bg3
Nc6 28. Nf1 Ra6 29. Bf2 Rb8 30. Ka2 Rab6 31. Rd2 Na5 32. Nh2 $4 Nc4 33. Rc2
Rxb2+ 34. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 35. Ka1 Rxf2 36. Rb1 Rxg2 37. Rb7+ Ke8 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39.
Ng4 Rxg4 40. fxg4 Nxa3 41. Kb2 Nb5 42. Kc2 Nxd4+ 43. Kd3 a3 44. Ke3 a2 45. Kf4
a1=Q 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kf4 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carnevale, Christo"]
[Black "Benenati, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1582"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 d4 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. Nxd4 e5 10. N4f3 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 cxb5 15.
Ne3 Nb6 16. Nh2 Bb7 17. g4 f6 18. h4 Nf7 19. Bd2 Nd8 20. Rfc1 Ne6 21. Nf3 Nf4
22. Qf1 Na4 23. Nd1 Nxg2 24. Qxg2 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Ng5 Qe7 27. b3 h6 28.
bxa4 hxg5 29. Bxg5 Qd7 30. h5 Kh7 31. axb5 Rg8 32. Kf1 Bh6 33. Qh3 Bxg5 34.
Qxf5+ Qxf5 35. exf5 Bxc1 36. Rxc1 Bg2+ 37. Ke2 Bh3 38. Ne3 Bg4+ 39. f3 Bxh5 40.
Rh1 Rg5 41. c4 Kg7 42. Kf2 Be8 43. Ra1 Bd7 44. f6+ Kf7 45. Nd5 Rgg8 46. Nc7
Rad8 47. Rxa7 Bxb5 48. Nxb5+ Kxf6 49. Ke3 Rge8 50. Ke4 Re6 51. Nc3 Rd4+ 52. Ke3
Rf4 53. Nd5+ Kf5 54. Nxf4 exf4+ 55. Kf2 Rd6 56. Ra3 Ke5 57. Ke2 Kd4 58. Kd2 Rh6
59. Ke2 Rh2+ 60. Ke1 Ke3 61. Kf1 Kxf3 62. Kg1 Rg2+ 63. Kf1 Kg3 64. d4+ f3 65.
Rc3 Rd2 66. Ke1 Rxd4 67. Rc2 Rh4 68. Rf2 Rxc4 69. Rb2 Rc1+ 70. Kd2 f2 71. Kxc1
f1=Q+ 72. Kc2 Qc4+ 73. Kd2 Qd4+ {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stein, Jason"]
[Black "Connors, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. g3 d6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Qc7 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f4 Ng4 8. Qf3
Nxe3 9. Qxe3 O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d5 Rd8 13. O-O-O Bf8 14. Nge2 Na6
15. h4 Bg4 16. Qg5 Bh5 17. g4 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benenati, Anthony"]
[Black "Siegel, Donald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1330"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 b5
9. a3 Nge7 10. b4 g6 11. Nh4 Bg7 12. f4 a5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. g4 Be8 15. Qc2 f5
16. gxf5 exf5 17. Rae1 Nc8 18. Ndf3 Bf7 19. Bd1 Kh7 20. Qg2 Be8 21. Bc2 N8e7
22. Kh1 a4 23. Rg1 Qc8 24. Qh3 Rh8 25. Re2 Qe6 26. Nxg6 Nxg6 27. Ng5+ Kg8 28.
Nxe6 Bd7 29. Rxg6 Bxe6 30. Rxe6 Nd8 31. Rg6 Ra7 32. Bxf5 Re7 33. Reg2 Kf8 34.
Qh4 Nc6 35. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bechirian, Haig"]
[Black "Prochera, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "1599"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nb5 Nxg3 11. Nxg3 a6 12. c3 axb5 13. cxb4 Nc6 14. e5 Nxd4 15.
Nh5 Nf5 16. Nf6+ Kg7 17. Nh5+ Kg8 18. Qg4 Nh4 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. f4 Rh8 21. fxg5
hxg5 22. Qxg5+ Ng6 23. h4 Kf8 24. h5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Qe7 26. Nxd7+ Qxd7 27. Qxh8+
Ke7 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Bg6 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pickens, Slim"]
[Black "Stein, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1581"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 b6 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. O-O Qc7 7. c3 d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nd2 c4 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Qf3 Rg8 12. Ba4 g5 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. fxg5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Bxg5 16. Kh1 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 d4 18. Qh3 Bxg2+ 19. Qxg2 Rxg2 20. Kxg2 d3
21. Nf3 O-O-O 22. Bd2 Rg8+ 23. Kf2 Qb7 24. Rg1 Rd8 25. Rg4 b5 26. Rag1 Qc6 27.
Rg8 Qe4 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Re1 Qf5 30. Re3 Qh3 31. Re4 h5 32. Rd4+ Kc7 33. Rf4
a5 34. Rxf7+ Kb6 35. Rg7 (35. Rf4 $1 {traps the queen.}) 35... Qf5 36. Rg5 Qf7
37. h4 Qh7 38. Kg3 Qf7 39. Bf4 b4 40. Nd2 Kb5 41. Ne4 bxc3 42. bxc3 Ka4 43. Nd2
Ka3 44. Nxc4+ Kxa2 45. Nd2 Kb2 46. Ne4 a4 47. Kf3 a3 48. Rg2+ Kb3 49. Ke3 a2
50. Nc5+ Kc4 51. Rxa2 Kxc5 52. Rd2 Kc4 53. Rxd3 Qf5 54. Rd6 Kxc3 55. Rc6+ Kb4
56. Rc8 Qh3+ 57. Ke4 Qxh4 58. Rh8 Qe1+ 59. Kd4 Qc3+ 60. Ke4 Kb5 61. Rb8+ Ka6
62. Rh8 h4 63. Rh6 Qc2+ 64. Kf3 Qd1+ 65. Ke4 Qg4 66. Ke3 Kb5 67. Rf6 Kc4 68.
Rf8 Qh3+ 69. Kd2 Qg2+ 70. Ke3 Kb3 71. Rb8+ Kc2 72. Rc8+ Kd1 73. Rd8+ Ke1 74.
Rb8 Qd2+ 75. Ke4 Qd5+ 76. Ke3 Qc5+ 77. Ke4 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 h3 79. Bg3+ Kf1 80.
Rf8+ Kg2 81. Rg8 Qc3+ 82. Ke2 Qxg3 83. Rxg3+ Kxg3 84. Kf1 h2 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stein, Jason"]
[Black "Benenati, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Qb6 7. Qc1 Bg4 8.
Ne5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxe5 11. f3 Qd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Bd4 dxe4 14.
Bxh8 exf3 15. h3 Bf5 16. g4 Be4 17. Rg1 f6 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. O-O-O Ne5 20. Bxg8
Nf7 21. Bg7 g5 22. Rge1 Nd6 23. Rxd6 f2 24. Rdd1 fxe1=Q 25. Rxe1 Kd7 26. Bb3
Bc6 27. Re2 a5 28. a3 b5 29. Be6+ Kd6 30. Bf5 Rg8 31. Re6+ Kd7 32. Rxf6+ Kc7
33. Rf7 Kd6 34. Bxh7 Rd8 35. Bf8 Ke6 36. Bg8 Ke5 37. Bg7+ Kd6 38. Rf8 Rxf8 39.
Bxf8 Bg2 40. Bf7 Bxh3 41. Bh5 Ke6 42. Bg7 Bg2 43. Bc3 a4 44. Kd2 Be4 45. Be8
Bf3 46. Bxb5 Bxg4 47. Bxa4 Kd5 48. Ke3 Bf5 49. Bb3+ Kc6 50. Be5 Kc5 51. c3 g4
52. Kf4 Bd7 53. Bd4+ Kb5 54. c4+ Ka5 55. Bd1 Be6 56. b3 Bd7 57. Bxg4 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levina, Anna"]
[Black "Stein, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. f4 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
c5 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. g4 e5 $1 13. Ndb5 exf4 14. Nxd6
f3 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. e5 Rd8 18. Qf4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Bg7 20. Nc3 a6 21.
Qxf3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bc4 Be6 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Rf1 Ng5 26. Qf2 Nxh3 27.
Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rh1 Rd8 29. a3 Ng5 30. Qxg6 Rg8 31. Qh6 Qe6 32. Qh5 Qf7 33. Re1
Qd7 34. Re5 Nf3 35. Rf5 Qc6 36. Rf7 Ng5 37. Rf5 Nf3 38. g5 Nd2+ 39. Ka1 Ne4 40.
Qe2 Re8 41. Qf3 Kg7 42. Nd5 Qxc2 43. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Finnerman, David"]
[Black "Stein, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[BlackElo "1424"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nbd7 5. f4 e5 6. fxe5 Nh5 7. Nf3 dxe5 8. d5
Bc5 9. Bh6 Ndf6 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Qa4+ c6 12. O-O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qb6 14. Re1
Bf2 15. c5 Qc7 16. d6 b5 17. Qc2 Qb7 18. Qxf2 Be6 19. Qh4 f6 20. Nxg6 O-O-O 21.
Nxh8 Bxa2 22. Qxh5 Qa6 23. Qf5+ Kb8 24. Qc2 Bg8 25. Qb2 Ka8 26. d7 Rxd7 27.
Re8+ Kb7 28. Rxg8 Qa4 29. Be2 Qh4 30. Be3 Re7 31. Bxb5 Rxe3 32. Bc4+ Kc7 33.
Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Li, Anye"]
[Black "Benenati, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "1338"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Re1 Na6 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. e4 Rb8 14. Ne5 Be6 15.
f4 Nd7 16. Nf3 Rd8 17. Qe3 Nb6 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Rb1 Rb3 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Nd1 Nxe5
22. fxe5 Rb4 23. Nc3 $2 Rbxd4 24. Be3 R4d7 25. Bf4 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Ra1 h6
28. a5 b5 29. b4 g5 30. Bh2 Rd4 31. Rab1 h5 32. Re2 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Kf2
Rd3 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 Bh6+ 37. Bf4 Bxf4+ 38. Kxf4 Rd2 39. g3 Rf2+ 40. Kg5
Kg7 41. Rh1 Rg2 42. Kf4 Rf2+ 43. Kg5 f6+ 44. exf6+ exf6+ 45. Kh4 Kg6 46. Nd1
Rd2 47. Ne3 Rd8 48. Nf5 Rh8+ 49. Kxg4 Rxh1 50. Kf3 Bxf5 51. exf5+ Kxf5 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benenati, Anthony"]
[Black "Goldstein, Carrie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Na3 Bd7 7. Nc2 f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. O-O Kc8 $6 14. Nxe6
Re7 $5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. a4 g6 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bc2 Qe5 20. b5 d4 21.
cxd4 Qd5 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc1 Kb8 24. Bxg6 Qd6 25. Bf5 Qd5 26. Rc5 Qf7 27. Qc2
Nd7 28. Bf4+ Ka8 29. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1600"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stein, Jason"]
[Black "Geiger, Alvin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1448"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Bb4+ 4. c3 Be7 5. e4 b6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 c6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. O-O-O d6
15. f4 Qe7 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Qa3 Bb5 18. exd6 Qf6 19. Nf3 Qf5 20. Nh4 Qg4 21.
Bf3 Qh3 22. f5 g5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Nc3 g5 25. Nxb5 gxh4 26. Nc7 hxg3 27. hxg3
Rac8 28. Rh1 Qf5 29. Rdf1 Qg5+ 30. Kb1 Rf7 31. Rh4 Qd2 32. Rd1 Qf2 33. Bg4 {
Black started to play 33....Qxg3, but resigned instead.} 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berkey, Eric"]
[Black "Severson, Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Bh6 Nc5 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nde2 e5 14. Ng3 Ne6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Bd1 Qc4 18. b3 Qxd5 19. c3 Qxg2 20. cxd4 e4 21.
Be2 d5 22. h4 Bd7 23. h5 Rae8 24. Qe3 f5 25. Qg5 f4 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. Qxg2 f3
28. Qh2 fxe2 29. hxg6 Bxg6 30. Rc1 e3 31. fxe3 Rxe3 32. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Haraske, Stephen"]
[Black "Fett, Roddney"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1657"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. Nd2 exd4 8.
cxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 Qe7 12. Nf1 Ne4 13. Bd2 a5 14. g3 Nd8
15. Bg2 c6 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 b5 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Qa7 20. Kh1 Ne6 21. e5
Bf8 22. Bxc6 Nxd4 23. Be4 g6 24. Bxa8 Qxa8+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Nc2 27. Nd2
Nxa1 28. Rxa1 Rxe5 29. Kf2 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Rf5+ 31. Kg2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, James E"]
[Black "Wright, Polly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Qa5 8.
Nb3 Qd8 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Be6 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. c5 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 dxc5
15. Bxc5 b6 16. Be3 Neg4 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Bh4 Qc5 20. Rac1 Rac8 21.
h3 Nh6 22. Rfd1 Nh5 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Nd5 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kh2 Kh8 27.
Qe3 Rc2 28. Nf6 Rxb2 29. Nxh5 f6 30. Qg3 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Standing, Robert"]
[Black "Lehmann, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
d4 9. Nd1 e5 10. Ne1 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Nf2 b5 13. f4 c4 14. f5 $6 cxd3 15.
cxd3 Bd7 16. g4 g6 17. Nf3 Re8 18. g5 Nh5 19. Ng4 Bf8 20. Nh4 Bg7 21. fxg6 fxg6
22. Nf5 $2 gxf5 23. Nh6+ Bxh6 24. Qxh5 Bg7 25. exf5 Rf8 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. g6 h6
28. Bxh6 Rxf5 29. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boyce, Scott"]
[Black "Haraske, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
Qc7 9. e4 O-O-O 10. e5 Ng8 11. a3 Rf8 12. b4 c4 13. Bf1 g5 14. h3 h5 15. g3 Nh6
16. a4 Qd8 17. a5 Qe8 18. Bg2 f5 19. Nf1 Qg6 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Qc1 g4 22. b5 Nd8
23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Qa3 Qg7 25. Qc5+ Kb8 26. Nh4 gxh3 27. Bxh3 Rf7 28. Bg2 f4 29.
Ra2 Rg8 30. a6 b6 31. Qd6+ Kc8 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Qxd5 fxg3 34. Qa8+ Kc7 35.
Qxa7+ Kc8 36. Qa8+ Kc7 37. f3 Bxb5 38. Qd5 Nc6 39. Qxb5 Rf4 40. Ng2 Rf7 41. Rb2
Rb8 42. Nfe3 Qg6 43. Nd5+ Kd8 44. e6 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fett, Roddney"]
[Black "Boccio, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1547"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 c6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nfg5 Rf8 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. Nxf5 Rxf5 14.
Ne6 Qd7 15. Qe2 Re8 16. c3 Nd5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Nc7 $2 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20.
Qe6+ Kh8 21. g4 $1 Rb5 $4 22. Qxf6+ $1 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lehmann, John"]
[Black "Severson, Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. e4 e5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Re1 Qc7 12. c4 d4 13. b4 Rb8 14. Qb3 b6 15. a4
Bb7 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bh6 19. Qc2 Rxb4 20. Rea1 Qb6 21. Bc1
Rb8 22. Rxa7 Nc5 23. Re7 Ncd7 (23... Bxd2 $1 24. Bxd2 Rb2 25. Qd1 Nb3 $19) 24.
Bd5 Qd8 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Ba3 Kxf7 28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Nf3 Qc7 30.
Qe2 Nd7 31. Re1 Rb3 $2 32. Nxd4 Rb7 33. Nb5 Rxb5 34. cxb5 Qb7 35. d4 Bg7 36.
Qc4+ Kf8 37. Qc6 Qa7 38. d5 Nc5 39. Rc1 Nd7 40. Qd6+ Kg8 41. Rc7 Qa1+ 42. Kg2
Nf8 43. Qe7 e4 44. Qxe4 Qa2 45. Qc4 Qd2 46. d6+ Kh8 47. Qf7 Qd4 48. d7 Qe4+ 49.
Qf3 Qe7 50. Rc8 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Randolph, Norman"]
[Black "Standing, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 d5 5. Bg5 exf3 6. Nxf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd2 Qd7 10. O-O-O h5 11. Kb1 Bh6 12. Qe1 O-O-O 13. Rf1 Rhg8 14. h3
Bf5 15. Nh4 Bh7 16. Bxh5 Nb4 17. Rf2 Rg3 $2 18. Bg4 Rxg4 19. hxg4 Qxg4 20. Re2
Bf4 21. Nf3 Nxc2 22. Rxc2 Qxg2 23. Qe2 Bxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Qg6+ 25. Qd3 Qg2+ 26. Kb1
e6 27. Ne1 Qg4 28. Nc2 Rh8 29. Qf1 Rh3 30. a3 Rf3 31. Qe1 Bg3 32. Qh1 b6 33.
Rg1 Rf2 34. Qh8+ Kb7 35. Qh7 a6 36. Qd7 Qf5 37. Rc1 $2 (37. Qa4) 37... Bf4 38.
Nxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxd5+ exd5 40. Re1 Bd6 41. Rh1 Bf4 42. Nb4 Be3 43. Nc2 Bg5 44.
Nb4 Rd2 45. Nc2 c5 46. dxc5 bxc5 47. Ka2 $2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brady, John"]
[Black "Ries, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. d3 a6 7. Ba4 Bg4 8. Bg5
b5 9. Bb3 Nd4 10. h3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bxh3 12. Re1 h6 13. Be3 Nh5 14. f4 Nxf4 15.
Bxf4 exf4 16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Qh5 Qg5+ 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bd5 f3 20. Kh2 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peterson, Macauley"]
[Black "Wagner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1621"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. f4 Bg4 5. Ne2 Qd7 6. h3 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 g6 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qf2 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. g4 Nf6 14. O-O h5 15. g5
Nh7 16. f5 O-O 17. Qh4 Bd4 18. Rae1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. e5 Nxc2
22. e6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 gxf5 24. Bd5 Nd4 25. Rxe7+ 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Standing, Robert"]
[Black "Woodward, Timothy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. a3 Nxc5 5. b4 Ne6 6. Bb2 b6 7. Nd2 d5 8. e3
Nc7 9. Ngf3 g6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rc8
15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Nc4 Qe8 17. Nce5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nd7 19. Nc6 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 a6
21. Qd2 Nb8 22. Nfe5 Nxc6 23. Rxc6 Qb8 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Qd5 Qd8 26. Qxe6+ Kg7
27. h3 Rf6 28. Qe5 Kf7 29. Rxf6+ exf6 30. Qe4 Qc8 31. Qd5+ Kg7 32. Qd6 Qc1+ 33.
Kh2 Qxa3 34. Qe7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robida, Paul"]
[Black "Standing, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1771"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
d4 h6 9. Qe2 e6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Bf4 Nh7 12. g4 g5 13. Bxd6 Bxg4 14. Bxe7 Bxf3
15. Bxd8 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Rxd8 17. Rd3 Nf6 18. f3 Rb8 19. Rb3 Ke7 20. Rd1 a5 21.
Nc3 Nh5 22. Kh2 Nf4 23. Re1 h5 24. Na4 Rbg8 25. Rb7 Kd7 26. Nc5+ Kc8 27. Ra7
Kb8 28. Rxa5 g4 29. fxg4 hxg4 30. Re3 Rxh3+ 31. Rxh3 gxh3 32. Nd7+ Kb7 33. Ra3
Rg2+ 34. Kh1 Rxc2 35. Rb3+ Kc8 36. Nc5 Rd2 37. Rg3 Rxd4 38. Rg8+ Rd8 39. Rxd8+
Kxd8 40. a4 Kc8 41. a5 Kb8 42. Kh2 Ka7 43. Kg3 e5 44. Nd7 Nd3 45. Kxh3 c5 46.
Kg4 c4 47. Kf3 Nxb2 48. Nxe5 f6 49. Nd7 Nd3 50. Ke3 Ka6 51. Kd4 Kxa5 52. Nxf6
Kb5 $2 (52... Kb4 $1) 53. Ne8 c5+ 54. Kc3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Severson, Ken"]
[Black "Pearl, Barry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1460"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Qc7 9. O-O e6 10. Be3 Ngf6 11. c4 Be7 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Rac1 c5 14. b3 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Rfd8 16. Qc3 a5 17. Re2 Bb4 18. Qb2 Qd6 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. a4 h6 21. Rd1
Nc5 22. Rf1 Ncd7 23. Qb2 Ba3 24. Qa1 Bc5 25. Rfe1 Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Nc5 27. Nb5 Qd3
28. Re3 Qd2 29. h3 Nd3 30. R1e2 Qb4 31. Qb1 Nf4 32. Re1 Rd2 33. Ne4 Nxe4 34.
Qxe4 Ng6 35. Nd4 Re8 36. Nb5 b6 37. Qc6 Red8 38. Qxb6 R8d3 39. c5 $2 Rxe3 40.
Rxe3 Qf4 41. Rg3 Qxf2+ 42. Kh2 Rd1 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Rf3 Qxc5 (44... Qg1+ $1 {
with a forced mate, i.e.:} 45. Kg3 Rd2 46. Kg4 Qxg2+ 47. Qg3 Rd5 48. Rf5 exf5+
49. Kh5 f4+ 50. Kg4 Qxg3#) 45. Qb7 Qe5+ 46. Rg3 Rd3 47. Qc7 Qxc7 48. Nxc7 Rxg3
49. Kxg3 Ne5 50. Nb5 Nc6 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. Ke3 Kg5 53. Nd6 f6 54. Nc4 e5 55. Nxa5
Nxa5 56. b4 Nc4+ 57. Ke2 Na3 58. Kd3 Kf4 59. b5 e4+ 60. Ke2 Nc4 61. Kf2 g5 62.
g3+ Ke5 63. Ke2 f5 64. b6 Nxb6 65. a5 Nc4 66. a6 f4 67. gxf4+ gxf4 68. a7 Nb6
0-1

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Standing, Robert"]
[Black "Ries, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1664"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. Bb3 h6 7. Nge2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qe1 Qd7 10. Kh2 g5 11. Ng3 Na6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Qxe5 Qe7 14. Ba4+ Kf8
15. f4 g4 16. Nb5 gxh3 17. gxh3 Bd7 18. Bd2 Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Bc3 d4 21.
Bd2 Nb4 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. c3 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 dxc3 25. bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rac1 Bd2 27.
Rc7 Rh7 28. Rxh7 Nxh7 29. Ne4 Bb4 30. Bc4 Re8 31. Rb1 a5 32. Rb3 Re7 33. a3 Be1
34. Nc5 Bd2 35. Kg3 Nf6 36. Nxe6+ Ke8 37. Rb5 Bc3 38. Kf3 Bd2 39. Rf5 Nh7 40.
Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "NYS-ch U1800"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berlin, Alex"]
[Black "Larsen, James E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. f4 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nbc3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Na4 Nxe3 13. Nxb6 Nxd1 14. Nxa8
Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Bxf2 17. Nc7 Bd7 18. Nd5 Bh4 19. g3 e6 20. Ne3 Bf6
21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Nc2 Bb6 23. Kg2 Bc6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Kf3 f5 26. h3 Kf7 27. g4
fxe4+ 28. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Rc4+ 30. Kf3 d5 31. g5 Bc7 32. f5 Rf4+ 33. Ke3
Rxf5 34. Nd4 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adamec, Carl"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nbc6 9. h4 Rb8 10. Nd1 d5 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 d4 14. c4 b5 15. b3
bxc4 16. dxc4 f5 17. Ne1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bh3 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nf5 21. Nd3
Qb6 22. N1b2 Nb4 23. Qe4 Nd6 24. Qg4 Nxd3 25. Qe6+ Nf7 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Nxd3
e4 28. Nf4 e3 29. Be1 d3 30. Rb1 d2 31. fxe3 dxe1=Q 32. Rfxe1 Rfe8 33. h5 g5
34. Nd5 Ne5 35. Rf1 Re6 36. Rf5 h6 37. Rd1 Ng4 38. Kf3 Nf6 39. Nxf6+ Rxf6 40.
Rxf6 Bxf6 41. Rd7 Rd8 42. Rxd8+ Bxd8 43. Kg4 Bc7 44. a3 Kf7 45. b4 Ke6 46. bxc5
bxc5 47. Kf3 Ke5 48. g4 Ba5 49. a4 Bb4 50. Kf2 Ke4 51. Ke2 Ba5 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ariel, Donny"]
[Black "Frumkin, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nge2 e5 6. Be3 Nh6 7. d5 Ne7 8. f3 f5
9. Qd2 Nf7 10. O-O-O c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. c5 fxe4 13. fxe4 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rd2 Bxa2 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21.
c6 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Nxh6 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf7 25. Rd7+ Ke8 26. c7 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bloom, Bryan"]
[Black "Kharroubi, Clifton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. Bxb5+ Qxb5 8. b4
cxb4 9. axb4 Nc6 10. Nfd2 Rc8 11. Nb3 Qc4 12. Bb2 Qb5 13. Na3 Qb6 14. O-O a6
15. f4 h5 16. Kh1 g6 17. Nc2 Nh6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Nc5 Nhf5 20. Qa4+ Rc6 21. b5
axb5 22. Qa8+ Qd8 23. Nxb7 $2 Qxa8 24. Rxa8+ Kd7 25. Rd8+ Kc7 26. Nxf5 Nxf5 27.
Ra1 Ba3 28. Rxh8 Bxb2 29. Raa8 $2 Rxc3 {Black had less than five minutes left
at this point; he had stopped writing down the moves.} 30. Rhc8+ Kxb7 31. Rab8+
Ka6 32. Ra8+ Kb6 33. Rab8+ Ka5 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. Rb7 Bxd4 36. Rxf7 b4 37. Rf6
b3 38. Rxe6 b2 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Farrell, Gary"]
[Black "Noble, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. f4 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nh3 O-O 6. Nf2 c5 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. e4 e5
9. O-O Be6 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Ng4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. c3 Qe7 14. Qc2 Rad8 15.
Be3 Rfe8 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. Nd2 Be2 19. Nxe4 $6 Bd3 20. Qf2 Bxe4 21.
f6 Qxf6 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golyak, Isay"]
[Black "Felber, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2067"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 Qd6 7. exf7+ Bxf7 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. f4 Ngf6 10. h3 O-O-O 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Ne5 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qf3 Qf6
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qf2 Nb6 17. Be3 c5 18. c3 e6 19. Nd2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qh4+ 22. Ke2 Be7 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. Nf3 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Groberman, Elina"]
[Black "Michelman, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Be7 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Bf6 14. Qd2 Qe7
15. Bd3 Qe5 16. Rb1 O-O 17. O-O Re8 18. Nc2 Bd7 19. f4 Qh5 20. Qf2 Bd8 21. Rbe1
Bh4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Ne3 Bh3 24. Ng2 Rab8 25. Rc1 Rec8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qb6
Bxb2 28. Qxd6 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Qg6 (29... Bxg2+ $1 30. Kxg2 Rc2+ $1 {
and white wins!!}) 30. Qb4 Qb6 31. Qb1 Qc5 32. Rd1 Bg4 33. Re1 Qc3 34. e5 Qd2
35. Bxh7+ Kh8 36. Qd3 Qb4 37. Be4 Rc3 38. Qb1 Qc5 39. f5 a5 40. e6 fxe6 41.
fxe6 Bf2 42. Rf1 g5 43. e7 Bh5 44. Qd1 Be8 45. d6 Bd4 46. d7 Bxd7 47. Qh5+ Kg7
48. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grechikhin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kalifas, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e4 c5 4. d3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Ne1 e5 8. a3 Qb6
9. b4 Ngf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nc2 a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 Qc7 14. Na3 b6 15. Nb5
Qc6 16. Nb3 cxb4 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Bxb4 Bb7 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Bd2 Rfb8 21. Rb2
Ba6 {The rest of the scoresheet is almost completely unreadable and some of
the moves before this are suspect.  Black resigned around move 55.} 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kwartler, Lonnie"]
[Black "Nakamura, Asuka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Ne7 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Ne8 12. Bb2 f5 13. Qb3 c6 14. Ra1 Rb8 15. c5+
Kh8 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. b5 Be6 18. Qa4 c5 19. Nd2 Qd8 20. Nc4 Nd6 21. Rfd1 Ndc8
22. Qc2 b6 23. Nb1 Qc7 24. Nbd2 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Ra7 Nc8 $2 27. Rxg7 $1
Kxg7 28. Nf3 Bb3 29. Qxb3 Re8 30. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lack, Jonathan"]
[Black "Dean Kawamura, Ben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4 Bg4 8.
Be3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Ne4 13. c3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Bc5 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Rae1 Qb6 17. Re2 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Rfe1
Kf8 21. Kf1 f5 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. f3 exf3 25. Re3 Rc2 26. Rxf3
Rxb2 27. Rxf5+ Ke7 28. Ra5 a6 29. Ke1 Rg2 30. Ra3 Kd6 31. Rb3 Kc6 32. d5+ Kxd5
33. Rxb7 Rxg3 34. Kf2 Rg6 35. Ra7 Kc5 36. Rb7 h6 37. Kf3 Rg5 38. Kf2 a5 39. Kf3
g6 40. Kf2 Rf5+ 41. Kg3 Rf6 42. Rb2 Rd6 43. Kf4 Rd3 44. Rg2 g5+ 45. Kg4 Kb4 46.
Rb2+ Ka3 47. Rb6 Rd4+ 48. Kg3 Rh4 49. Ra6 a4 50. Ra5 Kxa2 51. Ra6 Kb3 52. Rb6+
Rb4 53. Rxh6 a3 54. Ra6 a2 55. Ra8 Kb2 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lawson, Brian"]
[Black "Simon, Jerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. e4 fxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 d6 6. f3 e3 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. f4 a6
9. a4 Qa5 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Rxe3 Re8 15.
Qe2 Rxe3 16. Qxe3 c4 17. b4 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Be4 Qf7 20. Qd4 Kb8 21. b5
a5 22. Bd5 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Re1 Qc8 25. Nd2 d5 26. Qxd5 Bc5+ 27. Kf1 Rd8
28. Qh5 Bb4 29. Nf3 Bxe1 30. Kxe1 Qe6+ 31. Kf2 Qe4 32. Qc5 Qxc2+ 33. Kg3 Qg6+
34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kg3 Qxa4 36. Nd4 Rxd4 37. Qf8+ Ka7 38. Qc5+ Ka8 39. Qc8+ Ka7
40. Qc5+ Kb8 41. Qf8+ Kc7 42. Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levine, Viktor"]
[Black "Collins, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e6 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Nc3 c6 10. a3 Na6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. a4 b4 14. Bxa6 bxc3
15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Bxc8 Rfxc8 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rab1 c4 $6 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Rb1 Nc6
21. Rxb8+ Nxb8 22. Ne5 Qa6 23. Qa2 Qb7 24. f3 Qb3 25. Qxb3 cxb3 26. Nd3 Nc6 27.
Kf2 Na5 28. Nb2 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kd3 Kd6 31. c4 e5 32. dxe5+ Kxe5 33. Kc3 a6
34. Nd3+ Kd6 35. Kb4 Nb7 36. Kxb3 Nc5+ $2 37. Nxc5 Kxc5 38. Kc3 a5 39. f4 h6
1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ross, Philip"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. N4b3 Nb4 8.
Be2 dxe4 9. a3 e3 10. axb4 exd2+ 11. Bxd2 Nf6 12. O-O Bd6 13. b5 Bc7 14. Be3
Qb8 {This scoresheet was very difficult to read, but up to now, the moves have
at least made sense.  Now white throws away a piece, and manages to draw the
game anyway.  Obviously something must be wrong with the preceeding moves, but
what?} 15. Bxa7 Rxa7 16. Rxa7 Qxa7 17. Bd3 O-O {The next move appears to be 18.
Be3, which is impossible considering the moves before.  The game was drawn on
move 21.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Chipkin, Leonard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1
Ne7 9. b3 b5 10. c3 O-O 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nf1 Qc7 15.
Qc2 f6 16. b4 Nd7 17. Bd1 Nb6 18. Ng3 Bc6 19. Qb1 Be8 20. Nh4 Bg6 21. Nxg6 Nxg6
22. Qf5 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Bg4 Nb6 25. Re6 Rd8 26. Nf5 Nc8 27. Nxd6 Nxd6 28.
Bf3 Nf8 29. Re7 Nf5 30. Ra7 Nh4 31. Bd1 Nhg6 32. g3 Rd7 33. Ra5 Rb7 34. Bf3 Ne7
35. Bf4 Nfg6 36. Bd6 Kf7 37. Bc5 Ke6 38. Bg4+ f5 39. Ra6+ Kf7 40. Bh5 Kf8 41.
Bxg6 hxg6 42. Rxg6 Kf7 43. Rb6 Rxb6 44. Bxb6 Ng8 45. Bd8 Kg6 46. h4 Nh6 47. f3
Nf7 48. Be7 Kh5 49. Kg2 Nh6 50. Kh3 Kg6 51. g4 Nf7 52. Kg3 fxg4 53. fxg4 Kh7
54. h5 Kh6 55. Kf4 g6 56. hxg6 Kxg6 57. g5 Kh5 58. Kf5 Nxg5 $1 59. Ke5 Ne4 60.
Kxd5 Nxc3+ 61. Ke5 Nd1 62. Kf5 Nc3 63. Ke5 Nd1 64. Kf5 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Scher, Edward"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. Qc2
Qc8 9. dxc5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Ng5 Qc6 16. f3 Nf6 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. b5 Qd5 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21.
gxf3 Rd2 22. Rf2 Rad8 23. Raf1 R2d3 24. c4 Rc8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. c6 bxc6 27. b6
Rb8 28. Rb2 Rc3 29. b7 Rxc4 30. Rfb1 Kf6 31. Rb6 e6 32. a3 Rc5 33. Ra6 Rb5 34.
Rxb5 cxb5 35. Rb6 b4 36. axb4 a4 37. Ra6 Rxb7 38. Rxa4 Ke5 39. Kf2 Kd5 40. Ra5+
Kd6 41. Kg3 h6 42. Ra1 e5 43. Rd1+ Ke6 44. Rb1 Kd5 45. Rd1+ Kc4 46. Rd2 Ra7 47.
b5 Rb7 48. Rd6 Rxb5 49. Rd7 f5 50. Rd6 Rb3 51. Rxg6 Rxe3 52. Kf2 Rb3 53. Rxh6
Kd5 54. Rh8 Ke6 55. Rh6+ Kd5 56. Rh8 Rb2+ 57. Kg3 Kd4 58. h4 Rb1 59. Rf8 f4+
60. Kg4 Ke3 61. h5 Rg1+ 62. Kf5 Kxf3 63. h6 e4 64. h7 Rh1 65. h8=Q Rxh8 66.
Rxh8 e3 67. Re8 Kg3 68. Rg8+ Kf3 69. Re8 e2 70. Rxe2 Kxe2 71. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Siegel, Noah"]
[Black "Arluck, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2296"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
O-O d6 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Nd5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Bc6
15. Qd3 d5 16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Kf1 Kf8
21. Bc4 Rac8 22. f3 e4 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Ke2 exf3+ 26. gxf3 Rd6
27. e4 f6 28. Ke3 g5 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. exd5 Kg7 32. Kd4 Kf8 33. Re1
b6 34. b4 h5 35. a4 Kf7 36. a5 bxa5 37. bxa5 Rd7 38. Kc5 Rc7+ 39. Kb6 Rc3 40.
Kxa6 Rd3 41. Kb6 Rxd5 42. a6 Rd2 43. Ra1 Rb2+ 44. Ka5 Re2 45. a7 Re8 46. Kb6
Kg6 47. a8=Q Rxa8 48. Rxa8 Kf5 49. Ra4 g4 50. fxg4+ hxg4 51. Kc5 Kg5 52. Kd5
1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Townsend, William"]
[Black "McMullan, Kirk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O b5 10. Be3 $2 Nc6 $6 (10... Ng4 $1 {Bisguier}) 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. Qg3
h5 13. f5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Bf6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. e5 Ncxe5 18. Nce4 d5
19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Nf3 O-O-O 21. a4 Rdg8 22. Qf4 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 e5 24. Bb4 Qc7
25. Qf5+ Kb8 26. h3 $2 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 $2 Bc8 28. hxg4 hxg4+ 29. Qh7 Rxh7+ 30.
Bxh7 Rh8 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ansel, Andrew"]
[Black "Farrell, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1968"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 e5 9. O-O Nf6 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 O-O 12. Qe1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. fxe5
Ng4 15. Bc2 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Be6 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ng1 Rfe8 20. Qh4 Nd5
21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Ne3 $1 23. Nf3 Nxf1 24. Ng5 Ng3+ 25. Kh2 Qe5 26. Qxh7+
Kf8 27. Bxg6 Ne4+ 28. Kg1 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Basescu, Neil"]
[Black "Ariel, Donny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qe2 Qc7 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Nd7 11. g3 Bb7 $2 12. Bh3 Ne5 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. f4
Nc4 15. Bxe6 (15. Qh5 $1 {W. Townsend}) 15... fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5
18. exd5 Ra7 19. Nd4 $2 (19. Qg4 $1 $18) 19... O-O 20. Nf5 Bd8 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22.
Qe8 Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Nf5+ {Notes by Neil Basescu.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bonin, Jay"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Nd5 17. Be4 Nb6 18. Rc2 f6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nc4 21.
Rfc1 Qc7 22. b3 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Rb8 27.
g4 Rb6 28. Rc7 Kh7 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. Kf3 Kh7 31. Ra7 Kg8 32. h4 Kh7 33. a4 Kg8
34. a5 Rc6 35. Rb7 Rc2 36. Rb6 Ra2 37. Rxa6 Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. a6 Ra4 40. e4
Rxd4 41. Rb7 Rd3+ 42. Ke2 Ra3 43. a7 {Due to the difficulty I had in reading
the scoresheet, some of black's moves may be in doubt, but the final position
seems correct.} 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dean Kawamura, Ben"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. f5 Ne5 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. Bh6 Qb6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Rxf6 exf6 16. Nd5 Rxc2 17. Qd1 Qxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Rxe2 19. Nxf6 Bh3 20. Qxd6
Rxg2+ 21. Kh1 Nf3 22. Nd7 Rxh2+ 23. Qxh2 Nxh2 24. Nxf8 Nf3 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26.
Rc1 g5 27. Rc7+ Kg6 28. Rxb7 g4 29. Rb3 Kg5 30. Rc3 Kf4 31. b4 g3 32. Rc2 Kxe4
33. a4 Kd3 34. Ra2 g2+ 35. Rxg2 Bxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Nd4 37. b5 Kc4 38. Kf2 Kb4 39.
Ke3 Ne6 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Felber, Joseph"]
[Black "Townsend, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Re1 Rae8
15. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 $2 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe5 20. Rc1
Bc6 21. Bc5 Rf4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rxe5 Qf7 25. Bxa7 Qxh5 26. Rxh5
Ra4 27. Bc5 Rxa2 28. Ba3 Bd5 29. h3 Kf7 30. Rh4 g6 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Kh2 e5 33.
Rhh7 Ra1 34. Rcd7 Bc6 35. Be7+ Kf5 36. Rd6 Rg8 37. Rf7+ Ke4 38. Bg5 $6 (38. Rd2
$1 $18 {Frumkin}) 38... Bd5 39. f3+ Kd4 40. Rfd7 Ra5 41. Bd2 Rb5 42. Bc3+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Frumkin, Edward"]
[Black "Lohrman, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Qd3 Na6 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nd4 Nb4 13. Nxe6 Nxd3 14. Nxd8 Nxf4
15. gxf4 Raxd8 16. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jackson, Rich"]
[Black "Golyak, Isay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 e6 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kalifas, Richard"]
[Black "Bloom, Bryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. Ngf3 h6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 c5 8. c3
Be7 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. c4 O-O 12. Be3 Rc8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qa4 Nb6
15. Qd1 Nc4 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. b3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bf6 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rac1 Qxc1
21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Kf2 Rc2 23. Nd2 Bc3 24. Qb5 Rxd2+ 25. Kg1 Rxg2+ 26. Kf1 Rd2
27. Qxb7 Rxa2 28. Qc6 Be5 29. b4 Rb8 30. b5 Bd3+ 31. Kg1 Rxb5 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kharroubi, Clifton"]
[Black "Grechikhin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. c3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4
Bg6 16. h4 Qd7 17. Nh2 h5 18. f4 exf4 19. Rxf4 hxg4 20. Qxg4 Ne5 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7
22. Ng4 Nxc4 23. dxc4 Rae8 24. Nf2 Rc8 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rd1+ Ke6 27. Re1 f6 28.
Rg4 Kf7 29. Ne4 {The next moves given are 29....Kf2??!! 30.Rgg1 Rxc4, so I
filled in the missing moves as best I could.} 29... Rhd8 30. Kf2 Bf5 31. Rgg1
Rxc4 32. Ng3 Rf4+ 33. Ke2 g6 34. Nxf5 gxf5 35. h5 Re4+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kf3
Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Rh2 39. Rd1 Ke6 40. c4 Rxh5 41. c5 bxc5 42. bxc5 e4+ 43. Kg3 Rg5+
44. Kf2 Rg7 45. Rd6+ Ke5 46. Rb6 Rc7 47. c6 Rxc6 48. Rxb7 Rc2+ 49. Ke1 Ra2 50.
Rb4 f4 51. Rc4 Kd5 52. Rb4 f3 53. Rb6 e3 54. Rb1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lawson, Brian"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O Nbd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qf2 Re8 11. Rhf1 Qa5 12. Qh4 h6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qxh6
Bf8 15. Qg5+ Bg7 16. h4 Qd8 17. dxc5 Qe7 18. Bb5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxe8
Nxe8 21. Rd8 Kf8 22. Ng5 f6 23. Nge4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Ke7 25. Rfd1 f5 26. Nc5 Nf6
27. R8d3 b6 28. Nb3 e5 29. Rg3 Bh6+ 30. Kb1 Be6 31. Rg6 Ng4 32. Nc1 Rg8 33.
Rxg8 Bxg8 34. Nd3 a5 35. Re1 e4 36. b3 Be6 37. Nb2 Bd2 38. Re2 e3 39. Na4 b5
40. Nc5 Bd5 41. Nd3 Nf6 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lapshun, Yurij"]
[Black "Ross, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. g3 d6 7. Nc3 Bxa6 8. Nh3
Bg7 9. Nf4 O-O 10. h4 h5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. O-O Rfb8 14. Bd2 Ne5 15.
Rab1 Ra7 16. b3 Rab7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qc8 19. Bg2 c4 $2 20. Rfc1 Ng4 21.
Bc3 Qc5 22. e3 cxb3 23. Rxb3 Rxb3 24. axb3 Rc8 25. Qa2 (25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6
Qxc3 $1 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Be4 Rc1+ {
and the game appears roughly equal.}) 25... Bb5 26. b4 Qxb4 $1 27. Rb1 Qxc3 28.
Rxb5 Qe1+ (28... Qc1+ 29. Bf1 Rc2 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Nd3 Qd2 32. Qa5 Bc3 33. Qa4
Rc1 34. Qe4 Qe2 35. Qg2 Qxd3 {and black is winning.}) 29. Bf1 Rc1 30. Qe2 Qc3
31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Nh3 Qa1 $2 33. Ng5+ Kh6 34. Nxf7+ Kh7 35. Ng5+ Kh6 36. Nh3 Re1
37. Qc4 Be5 38. Kg2 Rc1 (38... Rxe3 $1 39. Qc8 Rxg3+ 40. fxg3 Qa2+ 41. Kf3
Qxd5+ 42. Ke2 Qa2+ 43. Kd3 Qd5+ 44. Ke2 Qa2+ 45. Kd3 $11) 39. Qb5 Bxg3 40. Ng5
Nxe3+ $2 (40... Bxh4 $1 41. Nf7+ Kg7 42. Qe8 Nxe3+ {
with a forced win, or a forced mate, i.e.:} 43. Kh2 (43. fxe3 Rc2+ 44. Be2
Rxe2+ 45. Kf3 Rf2+ 46. Ke4 Qh1+ 47. Kd4 Qd1+ 48. Kc4 Qc1+ 49. Kb5 Rb2+ 50. Ka5
Qc5+ 51. Ka6 Qa3+ 52. Qa4 Qxa4#) 43... Nxf1+ 44. Kh3 Qc3+ 45. Kg2 Ne3+ 46. Kh2
Rh1+ 47. Kxh1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qxf2+ 49. Kh1 Qg2#) 41. fxe3 Rc2+ 42. Be2 Bxh4 43.
Nf3 Bf6 44. Qd3 Rc3 45. Qe4 Qa7 $2 46. Rg8 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McMullan, Kirk"]
[Black "Siegel, Noah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Be2 Qd7 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Rd1 f6 13. exf6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 gxf6
15. O-O h5 16. Kh1 Bg7 17. Rg1 Rhg8 18. a3 Na5 19. b3 Nxb3 20. Qb2 Na5 21. Rb1
c5 22. Nb5 Naxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qc3 Qd5 25. Bf4 e5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. Qb3 (
27. Bg5) 27... exf4 28. Rgd1 Nd2 29. Nxa7+ Kb8 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Nc6+ Ka8 32.
Ne7 Nxb1 33. Rxd5 Re8 34. Nf5 Bf8 35. Kg2 Nxa3 36. Nh4 Ka7 37. Rxh5 Ka6 38. Rh8
Rb8 39. Ng6 Bd6 40. Rxb8 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Buscemi, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14.
O-O-O+ Kc8 15. f3 e6 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc7 19. Bg5 Nd7 20.
Ne4 Bf8 21. Nf6 Nxf6 22. Bxf6 Bd6 23. Re1 Rb5 24. c4 Ra5 25. a3 e4 26. fxe4 Rc5
27. b3 Rh5 28. b4 Rxh2 29. Rg1 Re2 30. c5 Bf8 31. Rh1 h5 32. g4 Bh6+ 33. Kd1
Rxe4 34. gxh5 g5 35. Kd2 Kc6 36. Kd3 Rf4 37. Be5 Rf3+ 38. Kc4 Rxa3 39. Rd1 g4
$2 40. Rd6+ (40. b5+ Kb7 41. Rd8 Ra4+ 42. Kb3 {
And black has to give up his rook to prevent 42.Rb8 mate.}) 40... Kb7 41. b5
Rh3 $4 (41... Kc8 $16) 42. Rd8 a5 43. c6+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simon, Jerry"]
[Black "Scher, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d5 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bh6 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. e3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Qd4 Na6 14. h4 d5 15.
Qe5 Re8 16. h5 Bg8 17. Qxe7+ Rxe7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. b3 Rh8 23. Rxh8 Kxh8 24. Kc2 Kg7 25. Kc3 Kf6 26. Rh1 Kg7 27. Rh4
Rb7 28. Ne1 Kf6 29. f3 Re7 30. Nc2 c5 31. Rh8 Ke5 32. Rd8 g5 33. Na3 g4 34.
Nc4+ Bxc4 35. Kxc4 Kf6 36. Rd3 gxf3 37. gxf3 Rc7 38. Rd6+ Kg5 39. Rxa6 Re7 40.
Kd3 Rd7+ 41. Ke2 Rh7 42. f4+ Kh4 43. Rc6 Kg4 44. Rg6+ Kh4 45. Rg5 Rh5 46. Rg1
Kh3 47. Rh1+ Kg4 48. Rxh5 Kxh5 49. Kf3 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Waxman, Marian"]
[Black "Kwartler, Lonnie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Ng5 Nxg5 7. Bxg5 d5 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Re1 f6 10. Bf4 c6 11. Qd2 Na6 12. c4 e6 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Re2 Bd7 15.
Rae1 Nc7 16. Bd6 Rf7 17. Qf4 Ne8 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
Bc2 f5 22. Ba4 g5 $6 23. Qd2 Bc8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Qe3 Rf8 26. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bloom, Bryan"]
[Black "Arluck, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. d3 Bg4 10. a4 b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. Nbd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 d4 14. c4 Bb4 15. Ba4
Nxa5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qd6 18. Bd2 c5 19. Rfb1 Rb6 20. Nh4 Rfb8 21. Bc2 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 Nc6 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Qg5 g6 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Bd1 Nb4 27. Be2 Kh8 28.
Ng3 Ng8 29. Qd2 Qf6 30. Bg4 Ne7 31. Rf1 Qf4 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. Ne2 Qxd2 34. Rxd2
f5 35. Bf3 f4 36. g3 g5 37. Kg2 a5 38. h4 h6 39. Nc1 a4 40. Na2 Nec6 41. Bd1
Ra6 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kf3 Nxa2 44. Rxa2 a3 45. Ke2 Nb4 46. Ra1 a2 47. Bb3 Ra3
48. Bd1 Nxd3 49. g4 Nb4 50. Kd2 Rc3 51. Be2 Rc2+ 52. Kd1 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Be6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bc5 Rc8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Nd4 Rfd8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4 Nd6 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. e3 f6 20. b3 Nf7 21. g4
Bg6 22. f4 Nd6 23. f5 Bf7 24. Qf4 h6 25. Rfe1 Re8 26. Kf2 Qe5 27. Qxe5 fxe5 28.
e4 d4 29. Bf1 Nb5 30. Na4 Nd6 31. Ba6 Rc7 32. Rc5 Ree7 33. h4 Be8 34. Nb2 Nb7
35. Bxb7 Rxb7 36. Nd3 Rb5 37. Rxb5 cxb5 38. Rc1 Kf7 39. Rc5 Kf6 40. Kf3 a5 41.
Nxe5 g5 42. Nd3 gxh4 43. e5+ Kg5 44. Nf4 h3 45. Nxh3+ Kh4 46. Nf4 h5 47. gxh5
d3 48. Ng6+ Bxg6 49. hxg6 Rd7 50. Rc1 Kg5 51. g7 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Farrell, Gary"]
[Black "McMullan, Kirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. f4 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. Nf2 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. c3 Qe7 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Na3 Rad8 13. Re1 a6 14. Nc2 b5 15.
Ne3 b4 16. f5 Bc8 17. g4 gxf5 $6 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Qh3 bxc3 21. g5
Nd5 22. f6 Nxf6 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Nxe4 Qd4+ 25. Be3 cxb2 26. Rab1 Qa4 27. Nxc5
Qb5 28. Be4 h6 29. Qf5 Rfe8 30. a4 Qb4 31. Bxh6 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Qxc5
34. Rg4+ Kh8 35. Bg7+ Bxg7 36. Qxc5 Ne5 37. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golyak, Isay"]
[Black "Basescu, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Ne8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3
Nc7 16. Nf5 Re8 17. a3 Ne6 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Nc6 20. Bb3 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5
22. Rxa5 Qxa5 23. Bd5 Qxc3 24. Bd2 Qc5 25. Be3 Ned4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. N5xd4
exd4 28. Qa1 Qc3 29. Qb1 Rc8 30. Qxb5 h5 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Bc4 Kf8 $2 33. gxh5 d5
34. hxg6 Rxc4 35. dxc4 dxc4 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grechikhin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Qg5 7. f4 Qxg2 8.
Qf3 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 f6 10. d3 Be6 11. Be3 c4 12. Nd4 Bf7 13. dxc4 Bb4 14. O-O-O
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne7 16. Nb3 O-O 17. c5 Rae8 18. Rhe1 Ng6 19. Rd4 Re7 20. Na5 Rfe8
21. Bd2 Nh4 22. Rb4 Bg6 23. e5 Nf3 24. Re3 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27.
fxe5 Rxe5 28. Nxb7 h5 29. Rd4 Kh7 30. h4 Bf7 31. c4 g5 32. hxg5 Rxg5 33. Ke3
Rg2 34. c3 Rc2 35. Rd7 Kg8 36. Nd6 Be6 {
Rest of score illegible.  Black won on move 54.} 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kwartler, Lonnie"]
[Black "Taylor, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Nfd4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxe2 17. Be5 Qb6 {Black offered a draw here.} 18.
Bf3 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 Re7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxd5 Rd8 {Black offered a draw here.}
22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 fxe6 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rh8 Kg6 27. Rb8 Rc7
28. Kg2 b6 29. Ra8 Rc2 30. Rxa7 Rxb2 31. a4 b5 32. Rb7 b4 33. g4 b3 34. Kg3 h5
35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4 Ra2 37. Rb4 b2 38. f3 Rxa4 39. Rxb2 f5 40. Rb6 fxg4 41.
fxg4 Kg5 42. Rb5+ Kg6 43. Kh4 Ra1 44. Rg5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Taghian, Taghian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. dxe6 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
exf7+ Kxf7 9. Nc3 Nc2+ 10. Kf2 Qe7 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Nge2 Nh5 13. Be5 Qxe5 14.
Qxc2 Bc5 15. Ne4 Rxd4 16. Ke1 Bb4+ 17. N2c3 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4+ 19. Kd1 Re1+
0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stenzel, Harold"]
[Black "Kharroubi, Clifton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Rb1 Na5 14. Nxc3
a6 15. g3 Rc8 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Rb3 Bc6 18. Bg2 Nf5 19. O-O b5 20. Ne2 Qa7+ 21.
Kh1 a5 22. Be1 a4 23. Bf2 Qa8 24. Rb4 $2 d4 $1 25. Bxc6+ Qxc6+ 26. Kg1 Nh4 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Townsend, William"]
[Black "Kalifas, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nc2 $6 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8.
Be3 Qb6 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Be2 Nd4 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Qa7 13. Ne3 d6 14. Ned5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 b6 16. Bd3 $1 Be6 17. f4 b5 18. Kh1 exf4 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rxf4
Qa3 21. Rh4 Nf5 $2 22. exf5 Bxd5 23. f6 g6 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Qh6 Bxg2+ 26. Kg1
Qa7+ 27. Kxg2 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Weeramantry, Sunil"]
[Black "Lapshun, Yurij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Qg6 9. Nd2 Ne5 10. Be2 d5 11. Bh5 Qd6 12. f4 N5c6 13. e5 Qh6 14. Qe2 f5 15.
Bf3 Be6 16. N2b3 Bb6 17. a4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 a5 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Rac1 Nb4 21. Nc5
Na2 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rc3 Na2 24. Rc2 Rab8 25. Nd3 c6 26. b3 Nb4 27. Nxb4 axb4
28. Qxb4 Bc7 29. g3 Rf7 30. Kh1 g6 31. Bd2 Qg7 32. Qc5 Ra8 33. Bb4 Kh8 34. Qc3
g5 35. Qd2 g4 36. Be2 h5 37. Rfc1 h4 38. Bf1 Qh6 39. Kg1 Rh7 40. Qg2 Qg6 41.
Be1 Kg7 42. Qd2 hxg3 43. hxg3 Qh5 44. Bg2 Ba5 45. b4 Bd8 46. Ra2 Qh2+ 47. Kf1
Rh3 48. Qf2 Rh6 49. Qe3 Be7 50. a5 Bf7 51. Rac2 Qh5 52. b5 Be8 53. a6 c5 54.
axb7 Bxb5+ 55. Kf2 Rb8 56. dxc5 Bc6 57. Qd4 Qh2 58. Kf1 Rxb7 (58... Bb5+ $1 59.
Kf2 Qxg3+ $1 60. Kxg3 Bh4+ 61. Kh2 Bf2+ 62. Bh3 Rxh3+ 63. Kg2 Bxd4 64. c6 Rbh8
65. Bg3 Bd3 $19) 59. Rb2 Rb5 60. Bf2 Ra5 61. Qd3 d4 62. Bxc6 Rxc6 63. Qxf5 Qh1+
64. Bg1 Qf3+ 65. Rf2 Qxg3 66. e6 (66. Rg2 $1 Qf3+ 67. Bf2 Rg6 68. Qd7 Kf8 69.
Qxd4) 66... Qh3+ 67. Rg2 Kh6 68. Qxg4 Qxg4 69. Rxg4 Kh5 70. Rg7 Bf6 71. Rd7 Ra4
72. e7 Re6 (72... Re6 73. c6 d3 74. c7 Rxf4+ 75. Bf2 Re2 76. e8=Q+ Rxe8 77.
c8=Q Rxc8 78. Rxc8 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Basescu, Neil"]
[Black "Waxman, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 Bd6 4. d4 dxe4 5. Nc4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Bf5 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. f4 Bg4 $2 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne8 14. Nxe4
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 f6 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Nc5 Qg4 18. Rf4 Qg6 19. Raf1 Rg8 20. Ne4 fxe5
21. dxe5 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bonin, Jay"]
[Black "Golyak, Isay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 c6 8. O-O
Ne8 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. b4 e4 11. Nd2 f5 12. b5 Ndf6 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Rb1 g6 15.
Qa4 Qc7 16. d5 c5 17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. dxc6 Nc7 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Nb3 Nfe8 21. Nb5
Nxb5 22. cxb5 Kf7 23. a4 Ke7 24. a5 Rb8 25. Nd2 d5 26. Nb3 Kd6 27. Rdc1 c4 28.
Nd4 Nc7 29. Bd1 Kc5 30. Ba4 Bc8 31. Rc2 Ne6 32. Rd2 Nc7 33. Rdb2 Ne6 34. b6
axb6 35. Nxe6+ Bxe6 36. c7 Rb7 37. Rxb6 Rxb6 38. axb6 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dean Kawamura, Ben"]
[Black "Farrell, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. h5 Nxh5 15.
Bh6 e6 16. fxg4 Nxg4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. Rh3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21.
Rg1 Rh8 22. Rf3 f6 23. Rd3 Rxc3 $2 24. bxc3 Nf4 25. Rf3 Rh4 26. Qf2 Rh2 27.
Qxh2 Nd3+ 28. Rxd3 Qxh2 29. Rgd1 Bc6 30. Rxd6 Bxe4 31. Rxe6 Qf4+ 32. Kb2 g5 $2
(32... Bc6) 33. Rd4 $1 f5 34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. Rg6 Ke8 36. Rf7 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Felber, Joseph"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bb4 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3
Qxc3 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Qb1 O-O 18. Rxb7 Bxa2 19. Qb2 Bd5 20. Rxb8
Rxb8 21. Qe2 $2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kharroubi, Clifton"]
[Black "Kwartler, Lonnie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O c5 7. Be3 Ne7 8. c3 Nc6
9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 f6 12. f4 Be7 13. g4 Bg6 14. f5 Bf7 15. Nf3
O-O 16. Bd3 fxe5 17. Nxe5 exf5 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxf5 Nf8 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. Rae1
Bh4 22. Rc1 g6 23. Bd3 Qd7 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Bf4 Re8 26. Rf1 Qe6 27. Be5+ Kg8
28. Qh6 Qxg4+ 29. Kh1 Ne6 30. Bf5 gxf5 31. Rg1 Qxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Bg5 33. Qh5 (33.
Qh3 $1) 33... Rf8 34. Kf2 Bf4 35. Bxf4 Nxf4 36. Qg5+ (36. Qf3 $1) 36... Ng6 37.
h4 Kf7 38. h5 Ne7 39. Qh6 Rh8 40. Qd6 Rc8 41. Kf3 Rc2 42. Qb4 b6 43. Qb3 Rh2
44. Qa4 Rxh5 45. Qxa7 Rh6 46. b4 Rg6 47. a4 h5 48. Qc7 h4 49. Qh2 Rg4 50. Ke3
Re4+ 51. Kd3 f4 52. Qxh4 Rxd4+ 53. Kc3 Re4 54. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Asuka"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3
Nf5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Bc3 b5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4
15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd2 O-O 18. O-O Rfb8 19. Rab1 Bb5 20. Rfd1 Bc4
21. g4 Ne7 22. Ne1 Bb3 23. Nc2 Qb6 24. Rdc1 Nc6 25. Ne2 Na5 26. Nc3 $2 Bxc2 27.
Rxc2 Nb3 28. Qe3 Nxd4 29. Rd2 Nb3 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Rd3 Rb4 32. h3 Rab8 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ross, Philip"]
[Black "Bloom, Bryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. e5 Ng4 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Bb3 d6 13. exd6 Qc6 14. Bc2 Nc4
{This move pair was missing, and I am not sure of black's move. - WTT} 15. h3
f6 16. Bf4 Nge5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bxe5 cxd6 19. Bd4 Bf5 20. Re7 Rf7 21. Rxf7
Kxf7 22. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.??.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Levine, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Bg5 10. Be2 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nge7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8
15. Nd5 f5 16. Bf3 f4 17. b4 Ng6 18. Be2 Nh4 19. f3 Qf7 20. Bf1 g5 21. Qf2 Ne7
22. Ne1 Nc6 23. Nc2 Ne7 24. h3 h5 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. a3 Neg6 27. Ne1 g4 28. c5
dxc5 29. Rxc5 Rd7 30. Qb2 b6 31. Rcc1 Bxd5 32. exd5 Nf5 33. Bd3 Nd4 34. Be4 Ne7
35. Nd3 Qf6 36. Nxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxd4 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 gxh3 39. gxh3 Nf5 40. Bxf5
Rxf5 41. d6 Rf6 42. Rc6 Rg6 43. Rxb6 Rg3 44. Kh2 Rxf3 45. Rxa6 Rg7 46. Rd2 Rgg3
47. d7 Rxh3+ 48. Kg1 Rhg3+ 49. Rg2 Rxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Rg3+ 51. Kf2 Rg8 52. Re6 Kg7
53. Re8 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tahgian, Tahgian"]
[Black "Siegel, Noah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Be2
e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qd2 Rac8 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. exd4
Qa5 15. Ne5 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. b4 Qb6 19. Bxd3 Re8 20. Bg5 Qd8
21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Re3 g6 23. Rce1 Re7 24. Bb5 Rec7 25. Rf3 Qg7 26. h4 Ne7 27.
g4 Nc6 28. Kg2 Re7 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Qg5 Rec7 31. Ree3 (31. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 (31...
fxe6 32. Qd8+ Qf8 33. Qxf8#) 32. Qd8+ Qf8 33. Qxc7 $16) 31... Rc8 32. a4 R6c7
33. Rg3 b6 34. Qf4 a6 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Rd7 37. Re1 Qf8 38. h5 Qd6 39. Qd2
Ra7 40. hxg6 fxg6 41. Rge3 Re7 42. Qe2 Rce8 43. Re5 Qc7 44. Qd3 Qc4 $6 45. Qxc4
dxc4 46. Ra1 Kf7 47. Ra6 Rb7 48. f4 Rh8 49. Re1 h5 50. g5 Rd8 51. Kf3 Ke7 52.
Ra2 Rd6 53. Ra8 Rbd7 54. Rc8 Rd5 55. Rb1 {Since this position doesn't seem
resignable, it's possible that black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Townsend, William"]
[Black "Harris, Frederic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2032"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Nbd2 Bf5 9. Qe2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. h3 e6 12. Ne5 Qe8 13. O-O Nh5 14. Qe3
Nxf4 15. Qxf4 f6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Nf3 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Qe3 e4 (19... e4
20. Nd4 Qb6 {Harris}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ariel, Donny"]
[Black "Dean Kawamura, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d3
Be7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. c4 Qc7 11. Ng3 a5 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qe2 Ba6 14. b3 a4 15. f5
exf5 16. Nxf5 Bc8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bf4 axb3 19. axb3 Bg4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
Qf2 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Ra3 23. Qg3 Qe6 24. Bg5 Qg6 $2 25. e6 $1 Qxe6 26. Bh6 g6 27.
Re1 Qd7 28. Qd6 $1 Ra8 29. Qf6 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bonin, Jay"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Bonin"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. a5 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Na6 $6 11. Ng5 Nh5 {
White intended to open the f-file with f2-f4, and this prevents it.} 12. Ne2 {
To keep the black knight out of f4.} 12... Qe7 13. Be3 h6 14. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 15.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 16. Qd8+ Qf8 {IM Bonin thought this a little dubious, but he wasn't
sure that black had anything better.} 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Qxf8+ Bxf8 19. f3 Kf7
20. Nc1 g5 21. Nd3 Bd6 22. b4 Bc7 {Black doesn't take the b-pawn because the
black rook would then come charging down the b-file.} 23. Rab1 Nf4 24. Kf2
Nxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Ke7 26. c3 Nb8 27. h4 $1 gxh4 28. Rh1 h3 29. g4 b6 30. axb6 axb6
31. Rxh3 Nd7 32. Rxh6 Nf8 33. Rh8 Kf7 34. Bh6 {Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Buscemi, Edward"]
[Black "Steffek, Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 Bg4 5. d5 Bxf3 6. gxf3 Nce7 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
h4 c6 9. Bh3 Qc7 10. f4 f5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. e4 f4 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. c5 $1 cxd5
15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. Nxb7+ Ke8 18. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Collins, James"]
[Black "Adamec, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3
Nc6 9. e3 cxd4 10. exd4 Qb6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Nc4
15. Rhe1 Rac8 16. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Ba4 19. Rd6 Qa5 20. Qb2
Rxc3+ 21. Kb1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golyak, Isay"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nb5
O-O 9. Nc7 Nxe5 10. Nxa8 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nbc6 12. Qd2 Qd6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. f4
Ng4 15. Nh3 Rxa8 16. Nf2 Nf6 17. g4 Rc8 18. Kb1 Qb8 19. Be2 b5 20. g5 Ne8 21.
h5 Nd6 22. h6 g6 23. Bd3 b4 24. Ng4 Rc7 25. Qe3 a5 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qc5 Nb7 28.
Qb6 Nbd8 29. Qxb8 Nxb8 30. c3 Ba4 31. a3 Bc6 32. cxb4 axb4 33. Rc1 Nd7 34. Bb5
Nb8 35. Rh2 Rb7 36. Bxc6 Ndxc6 37. Rhc2 Rb6 38. Nd7 Nxd7 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Rxc6
Kg8 41. Rc8+ Nf8 42. Rc7 d4 43. Kc2 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grechikhin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Arluck, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. e5 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Nd5 10. Qd4 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe4 13. Rg1 Rb8 14.
Bc4 d5 15. exd6 cxd6 16. O-O-O Qe5 17. Qxe5+ dxe5 18. Rgf1 f6 19. Rd6 Rb6 20.
Rfd1 Ke7 21. Bb3 c5 22. R6d2 Bg4 23. Re1 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Kxd6 25. e4 Ke7 26. Bd5
Rb8 27. b3 Rb4 {Scoresheet illegible.  White won around move 81.} 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jackson, Rich"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Nb5 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Ke7 14. O-O-O
g6 15. Bd3 h5 16. g3 Nc5 17. h3 Bd7 18. Kd2 Rag8 19. g4 g5 20. f5 hxg4 21. hxg4
Rh4 22. Rhg1 Rh3 23. Rdf1 Rh2+ 24. Ke3 Rh3+ 25. Rf3 Rxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Bc6 27. Ke3
Nd7 28. Nf3 d4+ 29. Nxd4 Nxe5 30. b3 Rh8 31. Nxc6+ Nxc6 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Be4
Rh3+ 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kwartler, Lonnie"]
[Black "Michelman, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Ne5 Bf5 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Nc5 14.
Bxf7+ Ke7 15. Qd5 Qf5 16. d4 Qxf7 17. Qxc5+ Kd8 18. Qb5 Nc6 19. Bd2 a6 20. Qb6+
Qc7 21. Qb3 Bd6 22. Rc1 Qe7 (22... Nxd4 23. Qd5 Nc6 $11) 23. d5 Re8 24. e3 Nb4
25. Rc4 a5 {Black offered a draw.} 26. a3 Nxd5 (26... a4 $1) 27. Ra4 Nc7 28.
Qd3 Kd7 29. Rd4 Ra6 {The previous move pair is missing on the scoresheet.} 30.
Ke2 Rc6 31. Rd1 Kc8 32. Bc3 Bc5 33. Rd7 Qxg5 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35. Qd7+ Kb6 36.
Qxe8 Qg4+ {Black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nur, Nawrose"]
[Black "Kharroubi, Clifton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2116"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h3 Bh2+ 14. Kh1
Bf4 15. Bb5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 a6 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Rcd1 O-O-O 19. c4 Qe5 20. Qf3
Qf6 21. Qa3 e5 22. Nc2 Nb8 23. Rd5 Rxd5 24. cxd5 Rd8 25. Ne3 Nd7 26. Ng4 Qf4
27. Ne3 Kb8 28. Qd6+ Ka7 29. Qc7 Qf6 30. Ng4 (30. Nc4 $1 $16) 30... Qb6 31. d6
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozic, Isaac"]
[Black "Townsend, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Qb3 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bh4 Be6 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Qa4 Bf5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Bg3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Qf5 15. Qxf5+ Nxf5 16. O-O-O Rde8 17. Rde1 h5 18. Kd1 Re7 $2 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20.
h4 $1 Kd7 21. Ng3 g4 22. Ne2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. g3 Ne7 25. Nf4 c6 26. Rxe4
dxe4 27. Re1 f5 28. c4 Rh6 29. Kd2 Ng6 30. Ke3 Nxf4 31. Kxf4 Rd6 32. Rd1 Ke6
33. Kg5 Rd8 34. Rd2 Rg8+ 35. Kf4 Rd8 36. b4 b6 37. Ke3 a6 38. Rc2 Rc8 39. Rc3
Rc7 40. Ra3 Ra7 41. b5 $1 cxb5 42. cxb5 a5 43. Rc3 Rd7 44. a4 Rd8 45. Rc6+ Rd6
46. Rc8 Rd7 47. Rb8 Rd6 48. Rh8 Rd7 49. Rxh5 Rc7 50. Rh6+ Kd5 51. Rxb6 Rc3+ 52.
Ke2 Kxd4 $2 53. Rd6+ Ke5 54. Rc6 Ra3 55. b6 Rxa4 56. Rc5+ Kd4 57. Rxf5 Ra2+ 58.
Kf1 Rb2 59. Rxa5 Rxb6 60. Rg5 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chipkin, Leonard"]
[Black "Townsend, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1996"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 b6 4. f4 Bb7 5. Nf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. a3 Rc8 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 d6 12. Nc3 e5 $2 13. d5 $1 Na5 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. Nxe5 Nb3 16. Rb1 Re8 17. Be3 Bxa3 18. Nc4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. e5 $2 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 Ba6 22. b3 Rxe5 23. Qg3 Rh5 24. Ra1 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rxc7
27. Nb5 Rxc4 28. Rxa7 h6 29. Nc7 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Raxf7 Rdc5 32. Rb7 b5
33. Rff7 Rg5 34. g3 b4 35. Rfd7 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Rb2 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39.
Rdd7 b3 40. Re7 Rg6 41. Red7 Rg5 42. Re7 Rc2 43. Rxb3 Rh5+ 44. Kg4 Rcxh2 45.
Rbb7 $2 Rg5+ 46. Kf4 Rf2+ 47. Ke3 Rg2 48. Kf4 R5xg3 49. Re8 Rg5 50. Rc8 Kg6 51.
Rc6+ Kh5 52. Rb1 R5g4+ 53. Kf3 R2g3+ 54. Kf2 Kh4 55. Rb5 h5 56. Rc1 g5 57. Rbb1
Rg2+ 58. Kf3 R4g3+ 59. Ke4 Kh3 60. Kf5 h4 61. Kg6 Rd3 62. Rh1+ Kg4 63. Rb4+ Kf3
64. Kh5 Rg3 65. Rb5 h3 66. Rf5+ Kg2 67. Rhf1 Rdf3 68. R1xf3 Rxf3 69. Rxg5+ Kf2
70. Rb5 h2 71. Rb2+ Kg3 72. Rb1 Kg2 73. Kg4 Rf1 74. Rb2+ Rf2 75. Rb3 h1=Q 76.
Rg3+ Kf1 77. Kg5 Qd5+ 78. Kh4 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Collins, James"]
[Black "Lack, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. d4 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. e4 N5f6 14. Nb5 Qa5
15. Qb2 Ne5 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. Bxb4 Rd8 18. Bd6 Nd3 19. e5 (19. Nc7 $5) 19... Ne8
20. f4 Rd7 21. Rab1 a6 22. Na3 Nxd6 23. exd6 Rb8 24. Nxc4 b5 25. f5 Bb7 26.
fxe6 fxe6 27. Ne3 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxd6 29. Rfd1 Rbd8 30. Rf1 Nc5 31. Rb2 Rd2+ 32.
Rf2 Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Rd3 34. Kf3 Rxc3 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Nxc2 Kf7 37. Nb4 Kf6 38.
Ke3 Ke5 39. Nd3+ Nxd3 40. Kxd3 Kd5 41. a3 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kharroubi, Clifton"]
[Black "Simon, Jerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bg5 c5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Qd6 Rac8 14. Bb3
Bc6 15. Rad1 f5 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxc5 19. Qxb7 Rc7 20. Qd5
Qxd5 21. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kwartler, Lonnie"]
[Black "Golyak, Isay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. b3 e6 6. c4 bxc4 7. bxc4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d3 d6 10. Rb1 Bc6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Rxb8 Qxb8 14. Rb1 Qa8 15.
Nh4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Rb8 17. Rb2 Rxb2 18. Qxb2 Qb8 19. Qxb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lapshun, Yurij"]
[Black "Ariel, Donny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Burnett"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. g4 Bf6 13. Bd2 h5 14. h3 Bh4 15. Kg2
Kg7 16. Rh1 Rh8 17. Qg1 g5 18. c5 Nf6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. Bb4 Qd8 23. Nxe5 hxg4 24. hxg4 Ng6 25. Nxg6 Kxg6 26. Qd4 b5 27. Bc5 $2 (27.
Bc3 {with the idea of Bd3 and d5, d6 etc.}) 27... Bb7 28. Qe5 Bc8 29. Rad1 Re8
30. Qc3 Nd7 31. Bd4 Bb7 32. Bd3 Rc8 33. Qb4 (33. Qd2 $1 Ne5 34. Rxh4 gxh4 35.
Qxf4) 33... Ne5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Qd4 Qd6 36. Rc1 Rce8 37. b4 Kf7 38. Rc2 Rd8
39. Rhc1 Rd7 40. Rc5 Bg3 41. Bc2 Kg6 42. Bb3 Re8 43. Rh1 Rh7 44. Rxh7 Kxh7 45.
Rc1 Kg6 46. Rh1 Bh4 47. Rd1 Qf6 48. Qd2 Qe5 49. d6 Kf6 50. Qe2 Rd8 51. Qd3 Rd7
52. Kf1 Qb2 {At this point white was in critical time trouble: he only had a
couple of minutes until sudden death while black had about twenty minutes. 
The only reason that the rest of this game is recorded is that FM Ron Burnett
was taking down the moves.  The previous analysis is his.} 53. Bc2 Qe5 54. Bb3
Bg3 55. Bg8 Qb2 56. e5+ Qxe5 57. Bh7 Rxh7 58. Qxh7 Qe3 59. Qf5+ Kg7 60. Qxg5+
Kf7 61. Qf5+ Kg7 62. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levine, Viktor"]
[Black "Grechikhin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 d6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f6 13. Bh4 Kh8 14. Bd5 Qc7
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. d5 Be8 17. Nd4 Bf7 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Qc4 20. Bg3 Rf7 21.
Qb3 b5 22. Rae1 Bf8 23. R6e4 Qc5 24. Bf4 a6 25. Be3 Qc7 26. a4 Qd7 27. axb5
axb5 28. Rb4 Rb8 29. Ra1 Kg8 30. Ra5 Qf5 31. Qd1 {Rest of score illegible.} 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Asuka"]
[Black "Groberman, Elina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. exf5 e4 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Ne5 Nf6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O Bxf5 10. h3 Kh8 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nc4 Nd5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Kh1 $2
Qh4 $1 15. Kh2 Bxh3 $1 16. gxh3 Rf3 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs, NY"]
[Date "1997.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Adamec, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. O-O exd4 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qd3 Re8 11. b3 c5 12. Nf3 Bc6 13. Bb2 Qc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bd7 16. c4 Bf5 17. Qd2 a5 18. Rae1 a4 19. Bc3 Qa6 20. Qb2 Bf8 21. Rxe8
Rxe8 22. Re1 Rb8 23. Nd2 Qb7 24. Re3 axb3 25. axb3 c6 26. Rg3 g6 27. dxc6 Qxc6
28. Re3 d5 29. cxd5 Qxd5 30. Kf2 Bh6 31. Be5 Re8 32. Nc4 Re6 33. Qa1 f6 34.
Bxf6 Bxf4 35. Rxe6 Qxe6 36. g3 Bh6 37. Be5 Be4 38. Nd6 Bc6 39. Qc3 Bd7 40. Nc4
Qf5+ 41. Ke1 Qe4+ 42. Kd1 Be6 (42... Bg4+ {with a mate in one.}) 43. Bf4 Bg4+
44. Kc1 Bxf4+ 45. gxf4 Qxf4+ 46. Ne3 Be6 47. Qxc5 Qxh2 48. b4 Qg1+ 49. Kd2 Qf2+
50. Kc3 Qf6+ 51. Kc2 Qf8 52. Qe5 Qc8+ 53. Kd2 Qd8+ 54. Kc3 Kf7 55. b5 h5 56.
Kc2 Qf6 57. Qc7+ Qe7 58. Qf4+ Ke8 59. Qb8+ Qd8 60. Qe5 Qe7 61. Qb8+ Kf7 62. b6
Qc5+ 63. Kd3 Bc8 64. Nc4 Ke6 65. Qg3 g5 66. Qh3+ g4 67. Qh2 Ba6 {The players
stopped recording the moves at this point.  The game turned into a frantic
time scramble with 4 (!!) queens on the board, which black won when white
blundered.} 0-1