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Tourney Chess

I came across my final two games of tournament chess from way back in ‘the day’. Since then I have not played seriously, although I have written a couple of nice chess engines and once got waxed by a homeless guy in Dupont Circle. I started this tournament strong, but quit after the first round. I was absolutely obsessed with chess until then, yet after these two wins I never played another serious game to this day. I had simply had enough. So here they are — pieces of my personal history.

Senior, Jason    —    Fogus, Mike
MD Open
1996.08.17     0-1     C33

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.d3 Qh4+ 4.Ke2 d5 5.Nf3 Qe7 6.Bxf4 dxe4 7.dxe4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bd7 9.Kf2 Nxe4+ 10.Nxe4 Qxe4 11.Qe1 Bc5+ 12.Be3 b6 13.Bxc5 f5 14.Bd3 Qxe1+ 15.Rhxe1+ Kd8 16.Be7+ Kc8 17.Bh4 g6 18.Rad1 Bc6 19.b4 a5 20.b5 Bb7 21.Bc4 Be4 22.Be6+ Kb7 23.Nd4 Rf8 24.Kg1 Ra7 25.c4 h6 26.Rc1 Ka8 27.g4 h5 28.h3 hxg4 29.hxg4 c5 30.Bd5+ Bxd5 31.cxd5 cxd4 32.Rcd1 Rh7 33.Bg3 f4 34.Bf2 Nd7 35.g5 Rf5 36.Re8+ Kb7 37.Rxd4 Rxg5+ 38.Kf1 Nf6 39.Rd8 Kc7 40.Ra8 Rh1+ 41.Ke2 Re5+ 42.Kd3 Rh3+ 43.Kc2 Nxd5 44.Ra7+ Kb8 45.Rg7 Nb4+ 0-1

Fogus, Mike    —    Senior, Jason
MD Open
1996.08.17     1-0     C54

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.O-O O-O 8.b4 Be7 9.b5 Na5 10.Nxe5 c6 11.Re1 cxb5 12.Bxb5 a6 13.Ba4 b5 14.Bb3 b4 15.c4 Nxb3 16.axb3 Nc3 17.Qf3 Be6 18.Nc6 Qd7 19.Bd2 Bf6 20.d4 Rfe8 21.d5 Nxd5 22.Nxb4 Bxa123.Nxd5 Bg4 24.Re7 Rxe7 25.Nxe7+ Qxe7 26.Qxa8+ Qf8 27.Qxa6 Bd4 28.Nc3 Qc5 29.Qa8+ Qc8 30.Qxc8+ Bxc8 31.b4 g5 32.Nd5 Be6 33.Bxg5 Kg7 34.Be3 Be5 35.b5 Kf8 36.f4 Bd6 37.b6 Bc8 38.c5 Bb8 39.c6 Ke8 40.f5 Be5 41.b7 Bxb7 42.cxb7 Kd7 43.Nb6+ Kc7 44.b8=Q+ Kxb8 45.Nd7+ Kc7 46.Nxe5 f6 47.Ng4 Kd6 48.Nxf6 Ke5 49.Nxh7 Kxf5 50.g3 Ke4 51.Kf2 Kd3 52.Kf3 Kc3 53.h4 1-0

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