San Mateo-Burlingame Chess Club
Here are the Best Games from the 1996 McIlrath Memorial Tournament.
Analytical Judge: Allen J. Becker, USCF Master

MASTER SECTION:
Cross,S  (2205) -  Gallegos,P (2215)
Burlingame  2-1-96
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bc4 0-0
9.Nge2 axb5 10.Bxb5 e6 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Be3 Bf8
15.Bg5 Be7 16.Ne4 Nd5 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.N2c3 Ba6 19.Nxc5 Bxb5 20.Nxb5 Rd5
21.Nc7 Rxc5 22.Nxa8 Nd7 23.Rd1 Nd5 24.Kd2 Rc8 25.Rc1 Rxa8 26.a3 Ra4 27.g3
Rd4+ 28.Ke2 e4 29.fxe4 Rxe4+ 30.Kd2 Ne5 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.b4 Re3 33.Ra1 Nf3+
34.Kc1 Nd4 35.Rb1 Rxa3 36.b5 Ra2 37.b6 Ne2+ 38.Kd1 Ne3+ 39.Ke1 Nd4 0-1

EXPERT SECTION:
Macabeo,R  (2080) -  Teslawski,G (1725)
Burlingame  1-4-96
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.dxc5 Qc7 8.0-0
Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.b4 Be7 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.Nf3 a5 14.Ne5 axb4
15.cxb4 Ba4 16.Qe2 0-0 17.Bf4 Qc8 18.Rac1 Qe8 19.g4 Rc8 20.g5 Nd7
21.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Rc3 f5 24.Ng6 Bf6 25.Rh3 Bd4 26.Ne7+ Qxe7
27.g6 1-0

"A" SECTION:
Marshall,M  (1935) -  Vitlacil,J (1845)
Burlingame  1-25-96
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 d4 7.0-0 Bd6 8.a4 e5
9.h3 Be6 10.c3 h6 11.Kh2 Qd7 12.Ng1 Rc8 13.c4 g5 14.Ndf3 g4 15.Nh4 h5
16.f4 gxh3 17.Bxh3 Bxh3 18.Nxh3 Ng4+ 19.Kg2 exf4 20.Nxf4 Nb4 21.Nf5 Bxf4
22.Bxf4 Rc6 23.Rh1 Rg6 24.Qd2 a5 25.Qe2 b6 26.b3 Kd8 27.Rh4 Kc8 28.Rah1
Nf6 29.Qf3 Nc6 30.Nd6+ Kd8 31.e5 Ne8 32.Rxh5 Rxh5 33.Rxh5 Nxe5 34.Nb7+
Kc8 35.Rxe5 Nf6 36.Nxa5 Qa7 37.Nc6 Qd7 38.Re7 1-0

"B" SECTION:
Childress,J  (1705) -  Teslawski,G (1725)
Burlingame  2-8-96
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6
8.Bc4 h6 9.Bh4 0-0 10.0-0 Bd7 11.Ne5 Be8 12.a4 c5 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Nd3 Rd8
15.Bg3 Qc8 16.Qe2 Bxc5 17.Nf4 Bc6 18.Bb5 Rd4 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Rxd4 Rxd4
21.Rd1 Bxb5 22.axb5 Qd7 23.Rxd4 Qxd4 24.c3 Qa4 25.b4 Bb6 26.Kf1 Qa1+
27.Qe1 Qxe1+ 28.Kxe1 Ne4 29.Ne2 Kf8 30.f3 Nf6 31.c4 Be3 32.Nc3 Ke7 33.Ke2
Bd4 34.Kd3 Bg1 35.Be5 Ne8 36.c5 Kd7 37.Ne4 f6 38.Bb8 a6 39.bxa6 bxa6
40.Kc4 Kc6 41.h3 f5 42.Nc3 Nf6 43.Ne2 Be3 44.Nd4+ Bxd4 45.Kxd4 Kb5 46.Be5
Ne8 47.Kc3 g6 48.h4 h5 49.Kd4 Kc6 50.Kc4 f4 51.Kd4 Kb5 52.Ke4 Kxb4 53.c6
a5 54.c7 Nxc7 55.Bxc7 a4 56.Kxf4 Kc4 57.Be5 Kd3 58.g4 Ke2 59.gxh5 gxh5
60.Kg5 Kxf3 61.Kxh5 Ke4 62.Kg6 Kxe5 63.h5 a3 64.h6 a2 65.h7 Kd5 66.h8Q e5
67.Qa8+ 1-0

"C" SECTION:
Manis,G  (1593) -  Pantelides,K (1497)
Burlingame  2-1-96
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2
Be7 9.g4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Be3 Be6 12.0-0-0 0-0 13.Kb1 Qa5 14.g5 Nd7
15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Qxd6 Rfe8 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.h4 f6 20.Bh3 Bxh3
21.Rxh3 Rc8 22.gxf6 Nxf6 23.h5 h6 24.Bb6 Kf7 25.Bd8 Re8 26.Bxf6 gxf6
27.Rg3 Rcd8 28.Kc1 Rxd1+ 29.Kxd1 Rg8 30.Rxg8 Kxg8 31.Kd2 Kf7 32.Ke3 Ke6
33.f4 f5 34.exf5+ Kxf5 35.fxe5 Kxe5 36.c4 Kf5 37.b4 Kg5 38.b5 axb5
39.cxb5 Kxh5 40.Kf3 Kg5 41.a4 Kf5 42.a5 h5 43.a6 bxa6 44.bxa6 h4 45.a7 h3
46.Kg3 h2 47.Kxh2 Ke5 48.Kg3 Kd4 49.a8Q Ke5 50.Kf3 Kd4 51.Qe4+ Kc5 52.Qd3
Kc6 53.Ke4 Kc5 54.Ke5 Kc6 55.Qd5+ Kb6 56.Kd6 Ka6 57.Qb3 Ka7 58.Kc7 1-0

"D" SECTION:
Carrier,A  (1652) -  Kawagoe,K (1344)
Burlingame  2-8-96
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb4 7.Bb2 Qc7 8.Qd2
0-0 9.Nge2 e5 10.0-0 e4 11.Bb5 a6 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qd8 14.a4 axb5
15.axb5 Rxa1 16.Rxa1 Qb6 17.Qa5 Qxa5 18.Rxa5 Bg4 19.Nf4 Bd1 20.Ba3 Re8
21.Bd6 g5 22.Nh3 h6 23.Ra2 Nbd7 24.b4 Rc8 25.Ra7 Bxc2 26.Rxb7 Bd3 27.Bc7
Bxb5 28.Rxb5 Rxc7 29.g3 Rc8 30.Kg2 Rc4 31.Ng1 Rxd4 32.Ne2 Rd2 33.Kf1 Ne5
34.Rb6 Nfg4 35.Nc3 Nxh2+ 36.Ke1 Nef3# 0-1

"E" SECTION:
Keeton,D  (1185) -  Creed,T (850)
Burlingame  2-8-96
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.b3 Qd6 8.Bb2
Bd7 9.Nb5 Qc5 10.a4 Qb6 11.Nbd4 a5 12.Re1 Bd6 13.e4 e5 14.Ne2 d4 15.c3
Ra6 16.cxd4 exd4 17.Bxd4 Bc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.d4 Qb4 20.e5 Nd5 21.Rc1 Be6
22.Qc2 f5 23.Ng5 Nxd4 24.Nxd4 Qxd4 25.Nxe6 Rxe6 26.Rcd1 Qc3 27.Qe2 c6
28.Rb1 Rfe8 29.f4 Qe3+ 30.Qxe3 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 Rc8 32.Bf1 Ree8 33.Bc4+ Kf8
34.e6 Ke7 35.Rd1 Red8 36.Red3 Rb8 37.Rxd8 Rxd8 38.Rxd8 Kxd8 39.Kf2 Ke7
40.Ke3 b5 41.axb5 cxb5 42.Bd5 h6 43.h4 g6 44.Kd4 h5 45.Ke5 Ke8 46.Kf6 a4
47.bxa4 bxa4 48.Bc6+ Kf8 49.e7+ Kg8 50.e8Q+ Kh7 51.Qxg6+ 1-0

UNRATED SECTION:
Fanney,G (unr) -  Pantelides,K (1497)
Burlingame  2-8-96
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6
gxf6 9.Qd2 d5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.f4 Rb8 13.Rb1 fxe5 14.fxe5 c5
15.Nf3 Qa5 16.0-0 d4 17.Ne4 Qxd2 18.Nfxd2 Rg8 19.Nc4 Rg7 20.Ncd6+ Bxd6
21.Nxd6+ Ke7 22.Rf6 Bc6 23.g3 Rf8 24.Rbf1 Bd5 25.b3 Bc6 26.R1f4 Be8
27.Ne4 Rg5 28.Nxg5 1-0