MICHAEL FRANETT MEMORIAL AND IM NORM TOURNAMENT Organized by IM John Donaldson and the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club. All games will be played at Mechanics' Institute or the East Bay Chess Club between January 2 and January 16. This website by Michael Aigner is for his friends to track the results. This webpage will be updated regularly throughout the tournament, hopefully daily. Go to http://www.chessclub.org/Franett05.html for the official tournament website. Final score: 5.0/11 FIDE rating: +4 (2273 performance rating) USCF rating: +7 (2323 performance rating) LIST OF PLAYERS FIDE USCF 1. IM Vinay Bhat (USA) 2410 2462 2. IM Ricardo DeGuzman (PHI) 2407 2478 3. FM David Pruess (USA) 2394 2445 4. IM Odondoo Ganbold (MGL) 2382 2414 5. FM Alan Stein (USA) 2362 2410 6. WGM Camilla Baginskaite (USA) 2336 2373 7. NM Michael Aigner (USA) 2263 2283 8. FM Frank Thornally (USA) 2261 2259 9. NM Matthew Ho (USA) 2260 2259 10. FM Richard Lobo (ENG) 2223 2326 11. WFM Tuvshintogs Batchimeg (MGL) 2205 2294 12. NM Nicolas Yap (USA) 2189 2229 average ratings: 2308 2353 TOURNAMENT CROSSTABLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1. Bhat 2410 x = 1 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 = 9.0/11 +7 2. DeGuzman 2407 = X 0 1 0 = 1 1 0 1 1 = 6.5/11 +2 3. Pruess 2394 0 1 X 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5/11 +4 4. Ganbold 2382 0 0 1 X 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 7.5/11 +4 5. Stein 2362 0 1 1 1 X 0 1 1 = 0 1 0 6.5/11 +2 6. Baginskaite 2336 0 = 0 0 1 X = 1 0 0 = 0 3.5/11 -4 7. Aigner 2263 0 0 0 0 0 = X 1 = 1 1 1 5.0/11 -1 8. Thornally 2261 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 X = 0 0 0 1.5/11 -8 9. Ho 2260 = 1 0 0 = 1 = = X = 1 0 5.5/11 even 10. Lobo 2223 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 = X 0 1 4.5/11 -2 11. Batchimeg 2205 0 0 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 1 X 0 3.0/11 -5 12. Yap 2189 = = 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 6.0/11 +1 average FIDE rating = 2308 --> Category III --> IM norm = 8.0/11 WGM norm = 7.0/11 AIGNER'S PLAYING SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (see games at bottom of page) round 1: lost to FM Pruess with black (Lisitsin gambit, 65 moves) round 2: drew with WGM Baginskaite with black (Leningrad Dutch, 51 moves) round 3: *** postponed *** round 4: lost to FM Stein with white (Scotch game, 48 moves) round 5: defeated WIM Batchimeg with black (Maroczy bind, 44 moves) round 6: lost to IM DeGuzman with black (Leningrad Dutch, 59 moves) round 7: defeated FM Lobo with white (French / Alekhine-Chatard, 51 moves) round 8: drew with NM Ho with white (Bird's opening, 31 moves) round 9: defeated NM Yap with black (Ruy Lopez / Worrall attack, 54 moves) round 10: lost to IM Bhat with white (French / Winawer, 37 moves) round 11: defeated FM Thornally with white (Philidor's defense, 64 moves) round 3: lost to IM Ganbold with black (Rossolimo Sicilian, 25 moves) AIGNER'S GAMES [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "Berkeley"] [Date "2005.01.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Pruess, David"] [Black "Aigner, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [Opening "Lisitsin gambit"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 d5 4. d3 Qd6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. dxe4 h6 7. Nb5 Qd8 8. e5 hxg5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Qxd5 Qe7+ 11. Be3 c6 12. Qc4 Qb4+ 13. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 14. c3 cxb5 15. Bxb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. cxb4 Rh4 18. a3 Rc8 19. O-O a6 20. Rfc1 Rhc4 21. Kf1 b5 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Ke7 25. Ke2 Ke6 26. f3 Ke5 27. b3 Nf8 28. Ke3 Ng6 29. Bb2+ Kd5 30. g3 Ne7 31. Bc3 Nf5+ 32. Kd3 Ne7 33. Bd2 Nf5 34. Be3 Ne7 35. Bc5 Nf5 36. Bf8 g6 37. Bc5 Ke5 38. Bg1 Kd5 39. Bf2 Ke5 40. Be1 Ke6 41. Ke4 Ne7 42. Bf2 Nc6 43. Bc5 f5+ 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Bb6 Ke5 46. h3 Kd5 47. Bc7 Nd4 48. Bd8 Ne6 49. Bf6 Kd6 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Bc3 Kd6 52. Bd2 Kd5 53. Bc1 Ke5 54. Bxg5 Kd5 55. Be3 Ke5 56. Bg5 Kd5 57. Bf6 Kd6 58. Ke3 Kd7 59. g4 Ke8 60. h4 Kf7 61. Be5 Kg8 62. h5 Kh7 63. hxg6+ Kxg6 64. gxf5+ Kxf5 65. f4 1-0 [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "Berkeley"] [Date "2005.01.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Baginskaite, Camilla"] [Black "Aigner, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Opening "Dutch: Leningrad variation"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. b4 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. c4 d6 5. d4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. Qb3 Nc7 10. a4 Ne4 11. b5 c5 12. e3 Ne8 13. Nbd2 N8f6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Nd2 Be6 17. d5 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Bd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Rf6 21. a5 Raf8 22. Rfd1 Kg8 23. f4 R8f7 24. Re1 Qd8 25. Rde2 Qf8 26. e4 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Qg7 28. Qe3 Kf8 29. h3 h5 30. Kh2 Bc8 31. Re6 Ke8 32. h4 Kd8 33. Bh3 Bd7 34. Re2 Qf8 35. Bg2 Rg7 36. Qc3 Bc8 37. Bh3 Bd7 38. Rxf6 Qxf6 39. Qxf6 exf6 40. Be6 Re7 41. f5 gxf5 42. Kg2 Bxe6 43. dxe6 Rg7 44. Rf2 Ke7 45. Rxf5 Rh7 46. a6 b6 47. Kf3 Kxe6 48. Ke4 Rh8 49. Rd5 Rh7 50. Rf5 Rh8 51. Rd5 Rh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2005.01.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Batchimeg, Tuvshintogs"] [Black "Aigner, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [Opening "Sicilian: Accelerated dragon, Maroczy bind"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O Bc6 13. Bh6 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rad1 a5 16. f4 f6 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. Kh1 Qa7 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 f5 22. Qg5 Rae8 23. Bf3 Ne6 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. Bd5 Nc7 26. Qf4 Qc5 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Na4 Qb4 29. b3 Ne6 30. Qe3 Rfe8 31. Nb2 Qc5 32. Qc3 Qa7 33. Nd3 Rd4 34. Nb2 Red8 35. Qf3 Qc7 36. Nd3 Ng5 37. Qe3 Ne4 38. Nb2 Qxe5 39. Rde1 Rd2 40. Nd1 Qd4 41. Qxd4+ R8xd4 42. Kg1 Rxa2 43. g4 Rdd2 44. Ne3 Ng5 0-1 [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2005.01.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Aigner, Michael"] [Black "Stein, Alan"] [Result "0-1"] [Opening "Scotch game"] 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 Bb6 9. Na3 Qg6 10. Nac2 Ne5 11. Be2 d5 12. f4 Ng4 13. f5 Nxe3 14. fxg6 Nxd1 15. gxf7+ Rxf7 16. Raxd1 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 dxe4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Bd5 Rf8 22. Ke2 Nd6 23. Ne3 c6 24. Bb3 g6 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 Kg7 27. Nd2 Kf6 28. Nc4 Nf5 29. Bc2 Bc7 30. Bxe4 Bxh2 31. Bxf5 Kxf5 32. Na5 g5 33. Nxb7 Bc7 34. Nc5 h5 35. b4 h4 36. Nb3 Bb6 37. c4 Ke4 38. a4 g4 39. c5 Bc7 40. Kf2 Kd3 41. b5 cxb5 42. axb5 Kc4 43. b6 axb6 44. Nd2+ Kxc5 45. Ne4+ Kd4 46. Nf6 g3+ 47. Kf3 b5 48. Ne4 h3 0-1 [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2005.01.08"] [Round "5"] [White "DeGuzman, Ricardo"] [Black "Aigner, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [Opening "Dutch: Leningrad variation"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 c6 8. c4 Na6 9. Nbd2 Nc7 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. Rfe1 f4 12. e3 fxg3 13. hxg3 Bg4 14. Nh2 Bd7 15. g4 Nf6 16. f3 Ne6 17. Ndf1 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. Bc3 Ng5 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bf3 d5 22. Qg2 Nd6 23. Ng3 dxc4 24. Bb4 cxb3 25. axb3 Be6 26. e4 Nf7 27. e5 Nd5 28. Bd2 Nh6 29. Ne2 Qd7 30. Kh1 Nc7 31. f5 Bd5 32. Nc3 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 Nxf5 34. gxf5 Rxf5 35. Be3 Ref8 36. Nh2 Nd5 37. Nxd5 cxd5 38. Rf1 Qb5 39. Rxf5 Rxf5 40. Qc2 h5 41. Kg2 Kh7 42. Rf1 Rxf1 43. Nxf1 Qd7 44. Nh2 a6 45. Kf2 Qh3 46. Nf3 Bh6 47. Qc7 Qe6 48. Bg5 Bf8 49. Qxb7 Kg7 50. Bh4 Kg8 51. Qc7 Kg7 52. Ke3 Kg8 53. Bg5 Kg7 54. Qd8 Kf7 55. Bf4 Qc6 56. Kf2 Qc2+ 57. Kg3 Qxb3 58. e6+ Kg7 59. Be5+ 1-0 [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2005.01.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Aigner, Michael"] [Black "Lobo, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [Opening "French: Alekhine-Chatard attack"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Bxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qg3 b5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 b4 15. Rxb4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4 17. h5 Rb8 18. h6 g6 19. Rh4 Qxb2+ 20. Kd2 Qb7 21. Rf4 Qe7 22. Ne2 Ke8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Nf3 Kd8 25. Ng5 Be8 26. Ke2 a5 27. Rf6 a4 28. Qe3 Rb7 29. g4 Qb4 30. f4 Ke7 31. Qg3 Kd8 32. Qh3 Qc3 33. Qe3 Qb4 34. Kf3 Rc7 35. f5 gxf5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Bxf5 Ke7 38. Rb6 Qc5 39. Qxc5+ Rxc5 40. Rb7+ Kd8 41. Rxf7 Rc3+ 42. Kf2 Bxf7 43. Nxf7+ Ke7 44. Nxh8 Rc6 45. Ng6+ Kf7 46. e6+ Ke8 47. Nf4 Rc4 48. Kg3 d4 49. Bxh7 Rc3+ 50. Bd3 Rc8 51. Ng6 1-0 [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2005.01.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Aigner, Michael"] [Black "Ho, Matthew"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Opening "Bird's opening"] 1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d3 d4 5. Ne4 Bg7 6. Nxf6+ exf6 7. e4 dxe3 8. Bxe3 O-O 9. Qd2 f5 10. c3 Re8 11. Kf2 b6 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Rhe1 c5 15. Kg1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qg2 Qc7 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Qf3 Re6 21. Re2 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Rd1 Qa4 25. a3 Qc2 26. d4 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Qxb2 28. Bxg7 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Kxg7 30. Qd7+ Kh6 31. Qe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2005.01.09"] [Round "8"] [White "Yap, Nicolas"] [Black "Aigner, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Worrall attack"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. c3 d6 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Nf1 Ng4 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bb6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. Kh1 Kh7 17. Qf2 Be6 18. b3 Qe7 19. d4 Bd7 20. Qg3 Nc6 21. Rad1 b4 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Bd3 a5 24. Bc4 Be6 25. Bd5 Rbc8 26. c4 Nb8 27. Nh4 g6 28. Bc1 Nd7 29. Nf3 Nf6 30. Bb2 Bxd5 31. exd5 Ne4 32. Qe1 f5 33. Nd2 Nf6 34. Qg3 Rf7 35. Rde1 Rg8 36. Qf3 Qd7 37. Qh3 Ng4 38. Rf3 Qa7 39. Nf1 Rgf8 40. Qh4 g5 41. Qg3 h5 42. h4 f4 43. Qh3 Qe7 44. hxg5 Qxg5 45. Nd2 Bxe3 46. Ne4 Qg6 47. c5 Qxe4 48. Qxh5+ Nh6 49. cxd6 Qf5 50. Qh2 Kg8 51. Rh3 Ng4 52. Rh8+ Kg7 53. Rxf8 Nxh2 54. d7 Rxf8 0-1 [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2005.01.11"] [Round "9"] [White "Aigner, Michael"] [Black "Bhat, Vinay"] [Result "0-1"] [Opening "French: Winawer variation"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 12. Qg5 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 c4 16. Be2 Nf5 17. Bc1 Nd6 18. Nd2 e5 19. a4 Bf5 20. Ba3 Rad8 21. Kd1 Rfe8 22. Rb1 exd4 23. Bxd6 dxc3 24. Rxb7 Rxd6 25. Rhxh7 Ne5 26. Rhg7+ Kh8 27. Bh5 Rg8 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 29. Nf3 d4 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Bf7+ Kh8 32. Bxc4 Rh6 33. Rxa7 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Bxc2 35. Rc7 e4 36. f4 Bd1+ 37. Kf2 e3# 0-1 [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2005.01.12"] [Round "10"] [White "Aigner, Michael"] [Black "Thornally, Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [Opening "Philidor's defense"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 c6 8. Bb3 Qc7 9. O-O b5 10. d5 b4 11. Na4 Ba6 12. Re1 c5 13. c3 Nxe4 14. Bc2 Nef6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. c4 Bf8 17. a3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Bb7 19. Nc3 a6 20. Ne2 g6 21. g4 Bg7 22. Ng3 h6 23. Qc1 Kh7 24. Nh2 Nf8 25. f3 Rad8 26. Bd2 Qd7 27. h4 Ng8 28. Nf5 Rc8 29. Kg2 a5 30. Nf1 Ra8 31. N1g3 Qd8 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. h5 Bc8 34. Rh1 g5 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. Bxf5 f6 37. Qc2 Ne7 38. Rha1 Nxf5 39. Qxf5 Rb8 40. Bxa5 Qc8 41. Qxc8 Rexc8 42. Bd2 Rb7 43. Ra7 Rcc7 44. Rxb7 Rxb7 45. Ra3 Kf7 46. Kf2 Nd7 47. Ke3 Ke7 48. Kd3 f5 49. gxf5 Nf6 50. Kc2 Nxh5 51. Ra8 Kf7 52. Rh8 Kg7 53. Rd8 Ng3 54. f6+ Kg6 55. Rxd6 Nf5 56. Ra6 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 Kf5 58. f7 Rxf7 59. Rxh6 Nxb3 60. Rc6 Ra7 61. Rc8 Nxd2 62. Rf8+ Kg6 63. Kxd2 Kg7 64. Rc8 1-0 [Event "Michael Franett Memorial"] [Site "San Francisco"] [Date "2005.01.20"] [Round "11"] [White "Ganbold, Odondoo"] [Black "Aigner, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [Opening "Sicilian: Rossolimo variation"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nc3 e5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Qd2 f6 11. Na4 b6 12. a3 a5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nxb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Rb8 17. Qe3 Bf8 18. Ra7 Bb7 19. Nd2 Qd7 20. f4 Bh6 21. Qc5 exf4 22. Nc4 Bf8 23. Qa5 Qc8 24. Rxf4 Kf7 25. Bd4 1-0