SicilianB38

IM_Kraai
IM_Mezentsev

East Bay FIDE Swiss
Oakland, CA USA, 2006


1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ndb5 d6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Na3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Rfd1 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Bxb6 Qc8 18. Qe3 Ba8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bxc5 Qe6 21. Bc4 Qf5 22. b4 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Nb4 24. f3 e6 25. Bb3 Rfc8 26. Nc4 Qxc5 27. Rd8+ White wins 1-0










 

EnglishA16

IM Jesse Kraai (2534)
GM John Federowicz (2517)

East Bay FIDE Swiss
Oakland, CA USA, 2006


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6 8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Kc2 Nd7 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Bc5 13. Rhd1 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 O-O-O 15. b4 Rhe8 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Rad1 Rxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Re6 19. Kb3 c6 20. c4 Nd7 21. c5 a5 22. Nc4 axb4 23. Kxb4 Kc7 24. Rd3 Re8 25. Rd6 Re7 26. a4 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rh6 f4 29. g3 fxg3 30. hxg3 Kb8 31. Nb6 Rg7 32. Re6 Rg4+ 33. f4 Nxb6 34. cxb6 Kc8 35. Re8+ I don't see what's wrong with 35. Rxe5! Rg7 35... Kd7 36. Rb8 exf4 37. Rxb7+ Kc8 38. Rc7+ Kb8 39. gxf4 Rxf4+ 40. Ka5 Rc4 By caging the wK, Black secures the draw. 41. Rxh7 Ka8 42. Rh8+ Kb7 43. Rh7+ Ka8 44. b7+ Ka7 45. Re7 Rc5+ 46. Kb4 Rc1 1/2-1/2










 

FrenchC11

IM Josh Friedel (2535)
IM Jesse Kraai (2534)

East Bay FIDE Swiss
Oakland, CA USA, 2006


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. Rb1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Rf1 O-O 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Rxb5 Rc2 20. Rb2 Rfc8 21. Ke2 R2c4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Rf3 h6 25. Kd1 Ra4 26. Rfb3 Nc5 27. Rxb6 Nd3 28. R2b3 Nxf4 29. a3 Ng6 30. R6b4 Ra5 31. Rb5 Ra6 32. Rb6 1/2-1/2










 

QGDD13

IM_Kraai
IM_Milman

East Bay FIDE Swiss
Oakland, CA USA, 2006


1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Rab8 13. Nc5 Rfc8 14. h3 Ne4 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. Rc5 Ne7 20. Rfc1 Rbc8 21. Qc2 Nd5 22. a3 b6 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Qb1 a5 25. Bd1 f5 26. Bb3 Kf7 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Nxc7 30. g4 Kf6 31. Kg2 Ne8 32. Kg3 h6 33. d5 fxg4 34. Kxg4 e5 35. Bc2 Nd6 36. b3 Ke7 37. a4 Kf6 38. Kh5 Kf7 39. Kg4 Kf6 40. Kh5 Kf7 41. Kg4 g6 42. Bb1 Kf6 43. Bc2 Ke7 44. Bb1 Kf7 45. Bc2 Game drawn 1/2-1/2










 

FrenchC11

FM Daniel Rensch (2430)
IM Jesse Kraai (2534)

East Bay FIDE Swiss
Oakland, CA USA, 2006


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 c5 11. h4 cxd4 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Nfg5 Nxd3 15. Qh5 h6 16. Rxd3 e5 17. Rf3 Be6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rg3 Rac8 20. Rc1 Kh8 21. Rg6 Rf4 22. Qe2 Qb6 23. Nd2 e4 24. g3 d3 25. cxd3 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 Rxf2 27. Qxe4 Bf6 28. Nc4 Bxb2+ 29. Kd1 Qb4 Black wins 0-1










 

QGDD13

IM Jesse Kraai (2534)
GM Dashzegve Sharavdorj (2510)

East Bay FIDE Swiss
Oakland, CA USA, 2006


1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Qe7 14. Qa4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e5 17. Nb3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. Qb3 Nc4 20. Rc2 Na5 21. Qa4 Nc4 22. Qb3 Na5 23. Qd3 g6 24. b3 Qa3 25. Qd2 Nc6 26. Rfc1 Ne7 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Rb8 29. b4 Nc8 30. Nb3 Ne8 31. Rc5 Ne7 32. Ra5 White wins 1-0










 

EnglishA17

IM_Roozmon
IM_Kraai

East Bay FIDE Swiss
Oakland, CA USA, 2006


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. f4 h5 14. h3 Rfe8 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nc5 17. Bf2 d5 18. exd5 Qxf4 19. Be3 Qxg4 20. b4 exd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd1 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rcxd1 Bxg2 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Kxg2 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Ne4 27. Bb6 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rc6 29. c5 Re5 Black wins 0-1










 

CatalanE04

IM Jesse Kraai (2534)
IM Justin Sarkar (2467)

East Bay FIDE Swiss
Oakland, CA USA, 2006


1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 b5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Qd4 Bc5 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Rd1 h5 13. Qf4 h4 14. a4 hxg3 15. hxg3 b4 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Be3 a5? 17... Qe8 is a necessary defensive precaution, removing the Nxe6+ fork and the pin on the Nd7. 18. Ba7 Rb7 19. Nc5! Bxc5 20. Bxc5+ Ke8? 20... Kg8 21. Bc6 Rb8 22. Ba7 Bb7! 23. Qe4! (refusing to concede the long diagonal) is still bad for Black, but at least his K is not stuck in the center. 21. Bc6! Total domination. White's immediate threat is Rxd7 and Bxb7 (grabbing a piece while retaining control of the diagonal), and after ( 21. Bc6 ) 21... Rb8 22. Qxc4 , White can simply stack the Rooks on the d-file. 1-0










 

FrenchC11

IM David Pruess (2472)
IM Jesse Kraai (2534)

East Bay FIDE Swiss
Oakland, CA USA, 2006


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Qc7 17. g4 Bd6 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. g5 Bf4 20. Qe2 cxd4? Activating White's Rook leads to immediate problems. 21. Rxd4 e5 21... Be5?? 22. Rxd7! Rxd7 (22... Qxd7 23. Nxe5 Qe7 24. Qe4 g6 25. h5 steamrolls) 23. Qe4 picks off the Ra8. 22. Rxf4! Softening up the dark squares for gxh6. 22... exf4 23. Qe7 23. Qe4! Nf8 24. gxh6 gxh6 (24... g6 25. h5) 25. Rg1 keeps White's attack going nicely. Ne5 is on tap, and it can only be stopped by a weakening move like ...f6. Black is in trouble. 23... Qc6 24. gxh6? 24. Be4 . White was probably reluctant to admit the attack is over. 24... Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 24... Qxf3 25. hxg7+ Kg8 26. Be4 Qg4 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. h5 Qf5+ 29. Ka1 Kxg7 Black has survived the attack and retained an extra piece, and the payback's going to be severe. 30. Rd1 Nc5 31. b4 Ne6 31... Ne4 seems a bit better, although it's understandable that Black does not take undue risks when up material. 32. h6+ Kh8 33. Kb2 Rc8 34. Qb7 Nf8 35. Rd4 Re8 36. Rd2 f3 37. Ka3 Ng6 38. Qxa7 Ne5 39. Qa6 Qe4 40. Kb3 Ra8 41. Qb5 Nc4! Threatens ...Ra3#, and if ( 41... Nc4 ) 42. Qxc4 Ra3+! divorces the K and Q. 0-1

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