(Rd:1 1/2 point Bye)

0257 SICILIAN DRAGON
2002 NC Ch, Rd: 2, 10-5-02, Burlington
NM H Mouzon (2215) NM L Fuerstman (2000)
1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cd 4 Nd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 0-0 8 Qd2 Nc6 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 h4 h5 11 0-0-0 Ne5 12 Bb3 Rac 13 Bg5 Rc5 14 g4 b5 15 Bf6 Bf6 16 gh gh 17 Qh6 Bg7 18 Rhg Bg4 19 Qd2 Nf3 20 Nf3 Bf3 21 Rdf Bg4 22 Nd5 e6 23 Ne3 Bh6 24 Kb Qh4 25 Qe2 Be3 26 Qe3 Qg5 27 Qg3 a5 28 Qd6 Rd8 29 Qb6 a4 30 Bd5 Rdc 31 Bb7 Rb 32 Qa7 Qe5 33 Bd5 Qc7 Qa6 Qb6 0-1

0257a  SLAV DEFENSE
2002 NC Ch, Rd:3, 10-5-02, Burlington
NM L Fuerstman (2000) Jack Berry (2148)
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 e3 e6 5 Nf3 Nd7 6 Bd3 dc 7 Bc4 b5 8 Bd3 Bb7 9 a3 b4 10 ab Bb4 11 0-0 0-0 12 e4 c5? (12...h6 is necessary) 13 e5 Bf3 14 Qf3 cd 15 ef dc 16 fg Re 17 Qe4??? (Here, White overlooks the killer!! 17 Bh7!! winning instantly for if a) 17...Kh7 18 Qh5 Kg7 19 Bh6! Kg8 20 Qg4 Kh7 21 Qg7# or 19 Bh6 Kh7 20 Bg5 winning the Queen or b) 17...Kg7 18 Qh5 Nf6 19 Qh6 Kh8 20 Bg5 Be7 21 Bf6 Bf6 22 Bg6 Kg8 23 Qh7 Kf8 24 Qf7#) 17...Nf6! (and White was so pissed off at himself, he played the rest of the game like a moron and resigned on move 59). 0-1

0257b FRENCH  DEFENSE (TWO KNIGHTS VARIATION)
2002 NC Ch, Rd:4, 10-6-02, Burlington
NM L Fuerstman (2000) Dakota Cronin (1958)
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bd3 c5 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 Be3 Qa5?! 7 0-0 c4 8 Be2 b5 9 ed ed 10 Ne5 Qb6 11 f4 Bd6 12 Bf3 Ne5 13 fe Be5 14 Bd5 Nd5 15 Nd5 Qc6 16 de (Slightly better is Qf3!) 16...Bb7 17 Qg4 Qd5 18 Rad Qc6 19 Qg7 Rf8 20 Rd6 1-0

Rd:5 was a 60 move Draw with Tapia (2091)