The chess games of Kevin Spraggett

K Spraggett

Photo courtesy of Eric Schiller.

Kevin Spraggett
Number of games in database: 1,373
Years covered: 1972 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2601
Highest rating achieved in database: 2633
Overall record: +671 -216 =478 (66.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      8 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (133)
    B33 B62 B50 B63 B31
English (68)
    A10 A15 A13 A16 A17
English, 1 c4 e5 (51)
    A20 A28 A25 A29 A26
Ruy Lopez (50)
    C92 C60 C78 C96 C70
King's Indian (40)
    E92 E90 E97 E94 E98
English, 1 c4 c5 (39)
    A30 A34 A36 A33

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (201)
    B40 B42 B43 B80 B57
King's Indian (80)
    E97 E94 E98 E60 E73
Queen's Pawn Game (47)
    A46 E10 A41 A45 E00
Dutch Defense (38)
    A92 A89 A88 A81 A90
Caro-Kann (32)
    B16 B17 B10 B12 B14
Sicilian Kan (30)
    B42 B43 B41

Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   K Spraggett vs F South, 1976 1-0
   K Spraggett vs Vescovi, 2004 1-0
   K Spraggett vs Graham Glen, 1975 1-0
   K Spraggett vs C P Santos, 2000 1-0
   K Spraggett vs P San Segundo-Carrillo, 1989 1-0
   S Brynell vs K Spraggett, 2006 0-1
   K Spraggett vs Suba, 1994 1-0
   B Harper vs K Spraggett, 1972 0-1
   K Spraggett vs J Berry, 1976 1-0
   K Spraggett vs Mario Desautels, 1980 1-0

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   spraggets gems/unique themes II (51-100) by kevin86
   Kevin Spraggett's games-pt 2 by kevin86
   Canadian Games by ruylopez900

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KEVIN SPRAGGETT
(born Nov-10-1954) Canada

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Kevin Berry Spraggett was born on the 10th of November 1954 in Montreal, Canada. Awarded the IM title in 1975 and the GM title in 1985 he was joint Commonwealth Champion in 1984 and 1985 and won the Canadian Championship in 1984. He has qualified for the Candidates twice, in 1985 and 1988. In 1985 he did not make the play-offs but in 1988 he beat Andrei Sokolov (+2, =9, -1) but was then eliminated by Artur Yusupov (+1, =6, -2) in 1989. In tournaments he was 1st at Montreal 1986 and 2nd= at Hastings 1989-90.

page 1 of 55; games 1-25 of 1,373

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. K Spraggett vs Hebert	1-0	31	1972	Ch. Ouvert Montreal	B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
2. K Spraggett vs Hebert	½-½	26	1972	Ch. junior, London	B50 Sicilian
3. K Spraggett vs R Bedard	1-0	21	1972	Ch. Montreal	C13 French
4. K Spraggett vs Hebert	0-1	35	1972	Ch. jun., Chicoutimi	C78 Ruy Lopez
5. J Berry vs K Spraggett	0-1	41	1972	Ch. junior, London	B23 Sicilian, Closed
6. B Harper vs K Spraggett	0-1	41	1972	Ch. junior, London	E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System
7. H Brodie vs K Spraggett	0-1	39	1972	T. de l'Est, Quebec	B25 Sicilian, Closed
8. J MacPhail vs K Spraggett	1-0	41	1972	Ch. junior, London	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
9. Hebert vs K Spraggett	0-1	42	1973	Int. La Presse, Mtl	B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
10. K Spraggett vs Matera	0-1	31	1973	Can. Open, Ottawa	B89 Sicilian
11. Hebert vs K Spraggett	0-1	48	1973	Ch. Ouvert Montreal	A04 Reti Opening
12. L Day vs K Spraggett	½-½	46	1973	Can op Ottawa	B44 Sicilian
13. Suttles vs K Spraggett	1-0	47	1973	Can. Open, Ottawa	B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3
14. Biyiasas vs K Spraggett	0-1	45	1973	Ch. Ouvert du Quebec	B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
15. I Zalys vs K Spraggett	0-1	34	1973	Cacuri	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
16. L Williams vs K Spraggett	1-0	35	1973	Ch. Invitation	B40 Sicilian
17. K Spraggett vs P Nurmi	½-½	24	1973	Match Mtl-Toronto	B68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7
18. K Spraggett vs Doug Boileau	1-0	6	1973	QC-ch	C41 Philidor Defense
19. K Spraggett vs B M Amos	1-0	34	1973	Can. Open, Ottawa	C05 French, Tarrasch
20. K Spraggett vs M Campbell	1-0	32	1974	Ch. junior du Canada	A16 English
21. Hebert vs K Spraggett	1-0	47	1974	Ch. junior du Canada	B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
22. Nickoloff vs K Spraggett	1-0	50	1974	Ch. junior du Canada	E73 King's Indian
23. Hebert vs K Spraggett	½-½	56	1974	Sherbrooke	B40 Sicilian
24. Yanofsky vs K Spraggett	0-1	43	1975	Ch. Canada, Calgary	B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
25. Z Vranesic vs K Spraggett	½-½	33	1975	Calgary CAN ch zt	A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3


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Oct-23-06		PhilFeeley: Kevin's currently playing in a tournament in Spain, the Calvia Open, 20th-29th October 2006. He's in second place with a large group at 2.5/3. http://www.calviafestival.com/ Games to follow...

Oct-23-06		PhilFeeley: How can you like knights "too much"?

Oct-23-06		PhilFeeley: Kevin's games so far from Calvia: [Event "III Calvia International Open"] [Site "Calvia"] [Date "2006.??.??"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Barcelo, Pedro"] [Black "Spraggett, Kevin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2261"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2006.10.20"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. b3 O-O 14. f4 a6 15. f5 e5 16. Nc2 b5 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Ncb4 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Ba5 21. Bd2 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qa7+ 23. Be3 Qb7 24. a3 Ra8 25. g4 h6 26. h4 h5 27. gxh5 Bb6 28. Nc2 Rc8 29. Kh1 Nxh5 30. Qxh5 Rxc2 31. Bg5 Qc8 32. Be4 Qc3 33. Re3 Qa1+ 0-1

Oct-23-06		PhilFeeley: Round 2: [Event "III Calvia International Open"] [Site "Calvia"] [Date "2006.10.21"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Spraggett, Kevin"] [Black "Zawadzki, Stanislaw"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2422"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2006.10.20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Bd3 e5 15. Nb3 d5 16. Qa5 Bd6 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nxa6 Bd6 21. Bxb5+ Ke7 22. a4 Rhc8 23. Kb1 Bb7 24. Rxd6 Kxd6 25. Rd1+ Ke7 26. Nc5 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. b4 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. c4 e4 31. fxe4 Re8 32. Kc2 Nxe4 33. Nxe4+ Rxe4 34. Kd3 f5 35. a5 Kc7 36. b5 g5 37. a6 Rg4 38. b6+ Kb8 39. Bc5 1-0

Oct-23-06		PhilFeeley: Round 3 - an interesting draw with lots of play left in it: [Event "III Calvia International Open"] [Site "Calvia"] [Date "2006.10.22"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Neelotpal, Das"] [Black "Spraggett, Kevin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2006.10.20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Qb6 9. f3 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. h4 Ne5 18. Qg2 g6 19. h5 Rf8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bc1 Nc4 22. Bd3 e5 23. Ne2 b4 24. f4 Qc5 1/2-1/2

Oct-30-06		PhilFeeley: Kevin won his final game at the Calvia Interenational and finished with no losses and 6.5/9, good enough for 4th-10th place (he was ranked 6th). Both Tiviakov and Bruzon lost their final round game while Nijboer won his to finish first all alone. It's been tricky getting the games but they should all be available soon.

Oct-30-06		PhilFeeley: After this win, Kevin had a string of draws (including with Pia Cramling and Francisco Vallejo Pons. A third draw after that (against Holden Hernandez), went 165 moves!) Round 8 and 9 games have yet to be published. [Event "III Calvia International Open"] [Site "Calvia"] [Date "2006.10.23"] [Round "4"] [Board "6"] [White "Spraggett, Kevin"] [Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C97"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2476"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2006.10.20"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AUT"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1 h6 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.b3 Nc6 16.d5 Ne7 17.c4 Bd7 18.Bd3 g6 19.Bd2 Bg7 20.Qc1 Kh7 21.Nh2 g5 22.f3 Ng6 23.Nf5 Nf4 24.Bc2 Rg8 25.g3 Bxf5 26.exf5 N4h5 27.Kg2 Rge8 28.Be4 Nxe4 29.fxe4 Nf6 30.Qc2 Reb8 31.g4 Kg8 32.Nf3 Nd7 33.Rh1 a5 34.h4 f6 35.a4 bxc4 36.bxc4 Rb4 37.Rhc1 Rc8 38.Bxb4 cxb4 39.Nd2 gxh4 40.Rh1 Nb6 41.Rac1 Qd7 42.Rxh4 Qxa4 43.Qxa4 Nxa4 44.Ra1 Nb6 45.Rxa5 Nxc4 46.Nxc4 Rxc4 47.Ra8+ Kh7 48.Rb8 Rxe4 49.g5 Re2+ 50.Kf1 fxg5 51.Rhxb4 Re3 52.Kf2 Ra3 53.R4b7 g4 54.Rf7 Rf3+ 55.Kg2 h5 56.Rbb7 Kh6 57.Rxg7 Rxf5 58.Rgf7 Rf4 59.Rbd7 Rd4 60.Rxd6+ Kg5 61.Rd8 e4 62.d6 e3 63.d7 Kh4 64.Re8 Rd2+ 65.Kf1 1-0

Oct-30-06		PhilFeeley: The long draw was another R+B vs. R ending, proving how difficult this configuration is to win.

Nov-20-06		PhilFeeley: <samsal27: Spraggett will be playing in Mumbai in the Commonwealth Chess Championship from November 19th- 29th.> According to the official website, he's not there (http://www.indianchessfed.org/). In fact, no Canadians are there, and very few from other Commonwealth countries. This only proves how difficult it is to travel to India.

Jan-07-07		CdnPathfinder: Kevin is now rated number 80 in the world, 2nd or 3rd in the 50+ crowd (for active players) http://www.fide.com/ratings/top.phtml

Mar-28-07		PhilFeeley: Kevin next plays in the San Sebastian tournament in Spain starting April 1st. He's currently the top rated player entered.

Jul-12-07		PhilFeeley: Kevin accepting 5th place prize in this year's Andorra Open: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1406...

Oct-18-07		PhilFeeley: CG doesn't seem to want to have a Calvia Open page so I'll put Kevin's games here. Round 1: [Event "Calvia op"] [Site "?"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "1.11"] [White "Spraggett, Kevin"] [Black "Tofte, Sondre Waage"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2107"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2007.10.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. a4 Bb7 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Nf5 d5 16. Bg5 d4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Bb3 h6 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. N3h4 Kh7 21. Qf3 Ng8 22. g4 g6 23. Ng3 Nd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ng2 Bg7 27. h4 Rf8 28. Rc1 Ne7 29. h5 Ne6 30. Kh2 Qd6 31. Rh1 Bc6 32. g5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. hxg6+ fxg6 35. Kg1+ Bh6 1-0

Oct-18-07		PhilFeeley: Round 2: [Event "Calvia op"] [Site "Calvia"] [Date "2007.10.16"] [Round "2.11"] [White "Aloma Vidal, Robert"] [Black "Spraggett, Kevin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2398"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2007.10.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. dxe6 Nxe6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rae8 20. b4 b6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Bf4 Rxe1 1/2-1/2

Oct-18-07		PhilFeeley: His round 3 game: [Event "Calvia op"] [Site "Magaluf"] [Date "2007.10.17"] [Round "3.16"] [White "Spraggett, Kevin"] [Black "Mihailovs, Jurijs"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2366"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2007.10.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qg4 Nf6 9. Qg3 d6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Ne5 12. Be2 g5 13. O-O-O Rg8 14. f4 gxf4 15. Qxf4 Rxg2 16. Rhf1 Rg6 17. h3 Qb6 18. Qh4 Ng8 19. Bh5 Rg7 20. Bf4 Qc7 21. Nd4 Qe7 22. Qe1 Nf6 23. Be2 Rg6 24. Bg3 Nh7 25. Kb1 Bd7 26. Nf3 Nxf3 27. Bxf3 Bc5 28. a3 a5 29. e5 d5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Nxd5 Qd8 32. Bh4 Qc8 33. Qe4 Bxh3 34. Nf4 Bxf1 35. Rd8+ Qxd8 36. Bxd8 Rxd8 37. Nxg6 Ng5 38. Qxb7 fxg6 39. Qc6+ Kf7 tiempo 1-0

Oct-24-07		PhilFeeley: Even though he didn't win, Kevin stayed close to the lead and was in a large group in second place by the last round. He was the only one of the group to win his last game, putting him in sole possession of second place. Well done Kevin! His last round game, the rare Bird's defense of the Spanish: Spraggett-Larino Nieto, round 9, Calvia 2007: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. 0-0 c6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Be7 10. d4 0-0 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 a6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Ng3 Bf8 16. Qd2 c5 17. f3 Nd7 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Bb1 Qb8 21. d5 Nb6 22. b3 Rd7 23. Nf5 Qd8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 g6 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Ng4 Bg7 28. Rf1 g5 29. Bf2 f5 30. exf5 Nxd5 31. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 h5 33. f6 Bf8 34. Ne3 Nxe3 35. Bxe3 Qxf6 36. Qd2 Rg7 37. b4 g4 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. Rf1 Qe7 40. h4 Rf7 41. Rxf7 Qxf7 42. Bg5 g3 43. bxc5 dxc5 44. Qc3+ Bg7 45. Qxg3 Qe8 46. Bf4 Qe2 47. Bd3 Qe6 48. h5 Be4 49. h6 Bd4+ 50. Be3 Bxe3+ 51. Qxe3 Bf5 52. Qxc5 Qxh6 53. Qe5+ Kg8 54. Bxf5 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Qh6+ 56. Kg3. Qg5+ 57. Kf3 Qh5+ 58. Ke4 1-0. I love the configuration of the 4 bishops at move 50!

Oct-24-07		PhilFeeley: For those who want it in Chessbase format here it is: [Event "IV Open Internacional Calvia"] [Site "Calvia"] [Date "2007.10.23"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Spraggett, Kevin"] [Black "Larino Nieto, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C61"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2428"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2007.10.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. h3 b5 12. Bc2 a6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Ng3 Bf8 16. Qd2 c5 17. f3 Nd7 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Bb1 Qb8 21. d5 Nb6 22. b3 Rd7 23. Nf5 Qd8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 g6 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Ng4 Bg7 28. Rf1 g5 29. Bf2 f5 30. exf5 Nxd5 31. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 h5 33. f6 Bf8 34. Ne3 Nxe3 35. Bxe3 Qxf6 36. Qd2 Rg7 37. b4 g4 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. Rf1 Qe7 40. h4 Rf7 41. Rxf7 Qxf7 42. Bg5 g3 43. bxc5 dxc5 44. Qc3+ Bg7 45. Qxg3 Qe8 46. Bf4 Qe2 47. Bd3 Qe6 48. h5 Be4 49. h6 Bd4+ 50. Be3 Bxe3+ 51. Qxe3 Bf5 52. Qxc5 Qxh6 53. Qe5+ Kg8 54. Bxf5 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Qh6+ 56. Kg3 Qg5+ 57. Kf3 Qh5+ 58. Ke4 1-0 BTW, by finishing 2nd all by himself, Kevin pockets 2,000 Euros.

Nov-01-07		PhilFeeley: Does anyone know why neither Kevin, nor Alex Lesiege, Mark Bluvshtein or Pascal Charbonneau will be playing in the World Cup?

Mar-02-08		Resignation Trap: A photo of Spraggett at the recent Cappelle la Grande Open: http://www.chesspro.ru/_images/mate... .

Mar-02-08		MichAdams: Did someone tell him he looked good in that jacket?

Mar-25-08		PhilFeeley: Kevin took second in the San Sebastian Opening this year. He was close to the win the whole time, and this curious game could have lost it completely. It's listed as a win for white, but black has mate in 4 in the final position! [Event "31st San Sebastian Open"] [Site "Donostia ESP"] [Date "2008.03.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Spraggett,K"] [Black "Alvarez Ponga,H"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2588"] [BlackElo "2097"] [EventDate "2008.03.16"] [ECO "A96"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 d6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Bb2 Nd7 9. Nc3 Ndf6 10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 d5 12. Qc2 c6 13. b4 Qe8 14. Rab1 g5 15. a4 a6 16. e3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. f3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Qg6 20. Qe2 e5 21. Bh5 Qg7 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. dxe5 Be6 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bg4 Qd7 26. Bxe6+ Qxe6 27. Qh5 Be7 28. Rf1 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bd4 Rc8 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. h3 h6 34. h4 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qd3 Bxb4 40. Qxb5 Be7 41. Qe2 Kg7 42. g4 Qg6 43. Kg3 Qe4 44. Qf1 Kg6 45. Qa6+ Kh7 46. Qc8 Qh1 47. e6 1-0 Final position: click for larger view On move 46 Kevin could have won the black bishop, as the queen cannot get back in time to defend. 45...Kh7 is a mistake. But 47. e6 allows mate in 4 by black. I'd like to know the explanation behind this one. It doesn't seem to be a time trouble problem, but I have no way of knowing.

Jul-07-08		PhilFeeley: For all you Canadians out there, this week's tournament in Spain features our own Kevin Spraggett, currently in 2nd place with a bunch of others, behind 8 or 9 in first place. Several rounds yet to go: http://www.turismobenasque.com/spai... Live games under the RETRANSMISI�N PARTIDAS link...

Jul-07-08		PhilFeeley: Today Kevin played a long tense game and joined the leaders with a fine win: Spraggett - Ramalhandran Ramesh XXVIII OPEN INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ VILLA DE BENASQUE (http://www.turismobenasque.com/spai...) (sorry it's not in proper pgn format. That will have to wait a few days - P.) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bg5 d6 8. 0-0 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a3 0-0 11. Rb1 a5 12. Ne1 Bg7 13. Nc2 a4 14. Ne3 Qa5 15. Ned5 Be6 16. Nb5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qd8 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. h4 Kh8 20. e3 f5 21. Kg2 Ra6 22. Qc2 h5 23. Bf3 Rfa8 24. Nb5 Qd8 25. Qe2 Qd7 26. Rg1 Rf8 27. Nc3 Na5 28. Bd5 Nb3 29. Rbd1 Raa8 30. Qf3 Na5 31. Kh2 Rae8 32. Qg2 Rb8 33. Qh3 Qe8 34. Rd2. Nb3 35. Re2 Na5 36. f3 Nb3 37. Kh1 Qd7 38. g4 f4 39. Be4 fxe3 40. Rxe3 Bh6 41. Re2 Nd4 42. Rh2 Be3 43. Re1 Bf4 44. Rg2 Rf6 45. Nd5 Rbf8 46. Nxf6 Rxf6 47. Rf1 b6 48. Bd5 Kg7 49. Re1 Kf8 50. Rf2 Kf8 51. Kg2 Kd8 52. Be4 Ne6 53. Bd5 Nd4 54. Be4 Ne6 55 Kh1 Ng7 56. Qg2 Kc7 57. g5 Re6 58. b3 axb3 59. Rb2 Re8 60 Bxg6 d5 61. Rxb3 Re6 62. Bh7 dxc4 63. dxc4 Rd6 64. Rb2 Rd4 65. Be4 Rxc4 66. Qf1 Rd4 67. Reb1 Rd6 68. Kg2 Kd8 69. Qb5 Qc7 70. a4 c4 71. a5 Be3 72. axb6 Bxb6 73 Qxe5 c3 74. Ra2 Ne6 75. Ra8+ Kd7 76. Qb5+ 1-0 Kevin had a nicely centralized Bishop and knight, and started a kingside attack with black's heavy pieces on the opposite side trying to break through there (without success). Black then tried to get his king over to the other side (slowly) and ran into Kevin's counter-attack on the queenside. The final error 59...Re8 allowed 60 Bxg6. Black could have resigned then, but fought on for 15 more moves. Kevin's only checks came at the very end. I liked how there were no pawn exchanges until move 39! Most (75%) of the pieces were still on the board by time control and black made Kevin work for the win. The black fortress was tough to break even though he was down the exchange by move 46. Congrats to Kevin! Tomorrow should be even tougher! But at least he shares the lead now and has a good chance to win it all.

Jul-09-08		PhilFeeley: Kevin won again today, this time in 23 moves! Check it out: http://www.turismobenasque.com/spai...

Jul-30-08		Cactus: <PhilFeeley> Thanks for all the links and games!

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