Sam Sloan at Reno-Western States Open

[samsloan]

[Event "Reno-Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno NV"]
[Date "2012.10.20"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Karklins, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2230"]

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 e6 3.d3 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7
8.Nh3 Nxe4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bxe4 Bd7 11.Qd2 f5 12.Bf3 Nd4 13.Bd1 fxg4
14.Ng5 Bc6 15.Ne4 Bxe4 16.dxe4 O-O-O 17.Qe3 Rhf8 18.c3 Nf3+ 19.Bxf3
Rxf3 20.Qe2 Qh4 21.Rf1 Qxh2 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 Qd6+ 24.Kc2 Qa6
25.Qe1 Qd3+ 26.Kc1 g3 27.Qd1 Qxd1+ 28.Kxd1 g2 0-1

[Event "Reno-Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno NV"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Perez, Ignacio"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "1902"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.d4 d5 4.Nbd2 exd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd8 7.O-O c5
8.Re1+ Be7 9.Ne4 Qc7 10.b4 cxb4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd5 Ne5 13.Nxe5 fxe5
14.Qf7+ Kd8 15.Rd1+ Bd7 16.Be6 Nf6 17.Nxf6 Rf8 18.Qxg7 Rxf6 19.Rxd7+
Qxd7 20.Bxd7 Kxd7 21.Bg5 Re6 22.Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Reno-Western States Open"]
[Site "Reno NV"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1902"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4
8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nc2 a6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.f3 Qa5 13.f4 Rac8 14.c5
Qc7 15.cxd6 exd6 16.Bf3 Qb8 17.Nd4 Rfd8 18.Rf2 h5 19.h3 b5 20.Rd2 Be8
21.Nde2 Na5 22.b3 Nb7 23.Bb6 Rd7 24.b4 Nd8 25.Bf2 Ne6 26.Nd5 Rxc1
27.Qxc1 Nxd5 28.exd5 Rc7 29.Rc2 Rxc2 30.Qxc2 Nf8 31.f5 Nd7 32.fxg6
fxg6 33.Be4 Ne5 34.Nd4 Qd8 35.Ne6 Qe7 36.Qc7 Bd7 37.Nxg7 Kxg7 38.Bd4
Kf6 39.Qc2 Bf5 40.Bxf5 gxf5 41.Qc8 Kg5 42.Be3+ f4 43.h4+ Kxh4 44.Qh3+
Kg5 45.Qg3+ Ng4 46.Qxf4+ Kg6 47.Bd2 Qa7+ 48.Kf1 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[samsloan]

[Event "US Game in 30 Championship"]
[Site "Pleasanton, California"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Kaufman, Ray"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "1902"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5 7.Bxd5+
Kg6 8.h4 h6 9.Bxb7 Bd6 10.Qb5 a6 11.h5+ Kh7 12.Qd3 Ne7 13.Bxa8 c6
14.e5+ Bf5 15.Qxd6 Qe8 16.d4 Qf7 17.Nc3 Re8 18.Be3 Bxc2 19.Rc1 Bd3
20.Rh3 Kh8 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.Rxd3 Qf4 23.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "US Game in 30 Championship"]
[Site "Pleasanton, CA"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Schiller, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2202"]

1.g4 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Bxg4 6.Nf3 Qd7 7.h3 Bf5 8.Bd2
Nf6 9.Nh4 Qc8 10.e4 Bd7 11.f4 Nh5 12.Qf3 Bf6 13.Qf2 b5 14.Nf3 b4
15.Ne2 Bxb2 16.Rb1 Bg7 17.Qe3 Qa6 18.O-O Qxa2 19.e5 O-O 20.Rfc1 Qc4
21.c3 b3 22.Rd1 Bf5 23.Rb2 a5 24.Ra1 Nd7 25.Nc1 a4
26.e6 fxe6 27.dxe6 Bxe6 28.Ne5 dxe5 29.Bxa8 Rxa8 30.Rxb3 axb3 31.Rxa8+
Nf8 32.Rb8 exf4 33.Qe1 Bxh3 34.Nxb3 f3 35.Na5 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "US Game in 30 Championship"]
[Site "Pleasanton, CA"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Svoboda, Steven"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1902"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.O-O
Nc7 9.h3 Bd7 10.a4 b6 11.e4 a6 12.Re1 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8
15.e5 Nfe8 16.e6 fxe6 17.dxe6 Bc6 18.Nh4 bxc4 19.Ne4 Bd4 20.Be3 Bxe4
21.Qg4 Bxg2 22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.Qxg6+ Bg7 24.Bg5 Qf3
25.Bf4 Bxh3 0-1

[Event "US Game in 30 Championship"]
[Site "Pleasanton, CA"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Mason, Scott"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2010"]

1.g4 e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d6 5.h3 Nge7 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e4 Qd7 8.Qd2
h6 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.Qxe3 Ng6 11.Nge2 Nb4 12.Qd2 Nh4 13.O-O h5 14.f3 hxg4
15.fxg4 Qe7 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bd7 18.Ng3 Nxg2 19.Qxg2 Qh4 20.Nh5 Ke7
21.Rf3 Raf8 22.Raf1 f5 23.Nxg7 fxg4 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.Rxf8 Kxf8 26.Ne6+
Bxe6 27.dxe6 Qxh3 28.Qxb7 Qg3+ 29.Kf1 Qf3+ 30.Qxf3+ gxf3 31.Kf2 Ke7
32.Kxf3 Kxe6 33.Ke4 d5+ 34.Ke3 Kf5 35.Kf3 e4+ 36.dxe4+ dxe4+ 37.Ke3
Ke5 38.b3 a5 39.c3 Kf5 40.b4 a4 41.a3 Ke5 42.c4 Kf5 43.b5 Ke5 44.c5
Kd5 45.b6 cxb6 46.cxb6 Kc6 47.Kxe4 Kxb6 48.Kd4 Kb5 49.Kd5 Kb6 50.Kc4
Ka7 51.Kb5 Ka8 52.Kxa4 Kb8 53.Kb5 Ka8 54.Ka6 Kb8 55.a4 Ka8 1/2-1/2

[samsloan]

[Event "US Game in 60 Championship"]
[Site "Pleasanton, California"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Wang, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2070"]

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Ne7 6.Nc3 Be6 7.Qxb7 Nbc6
8.Nxd5 Rc8 9.Nxe7 Nxe7 10.Qxa7 g6 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.h3 Nc6 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.O-
O Qe7 15.d3 h5 16.g5 Nd4 17.Qd1 Nxf3+ 18.exf3 O-O 19.Be3 Bf5 20.Qe2
Qd7 21.h4 Bxd3 22.Rfd1 Bxe2 23.Rxd7 Rc2 24.Rd2
Rfc8 25.a3 Rxd2 26.Bxd2 Rc4 27.Re1 Bd3 28.Bf1 Bxf1 29.Kxf1 Rxh4 30.Rc1
e4 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.fxe4 Bxb2 33.f3 Rh1+ 34.Kg2 Ra1 35.Bc3 Bxc3 36.Rxc3
Ra2+ 37.Kg3 Kg7 38.Rb3 Ra1 39.f4 Ra2 40.f5 gxf5 41.exf5 Ra1 42.Kh4
Rh1+ 43.Rh3 Rf1 44.Kxh5 Rxf5 45.Kg4 Rf1 46.Rf3
Ra1 47.Kf5 Ra2 48.Rg3 Re2 49.Kf4 Kg6 50.Kf3 Ra2 51.Ke4 f6 52.gxf6+
Kxf6 53.Kd5 Ke7 54.Kc6 Rc2+ 55.Kb7 Rb2+ 56.Ka6 Kd7 57.Rc3 Rb1 58.a4
Rb2 59.a5 Rb1 60.Ka7 Rb2 61.a6 Rb1 62.Ka8 Rb2 63.Rh3 Kc7 64.Rh7+ Kc8
65.Rb7 Ra2 66.Rb6 Kc7 67.Rh6 Rb2 68.Rh1 Rb3 69.Rc1+
Kd7 70.Rc2 Rb1 71.Ka7 Rb3 72.Rh2 Kc7 73.Rh6 Rb1 74.Rg6 Rb2 75.Rg3 Rb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Game in 60 Championship"]
[Site "Pleasanton, California"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "03"]
[White "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "1902"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.Qd2
exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Be2 Qd7 12.O-O h5 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Rfd1
b6 15.Qc3 Ne8 16.Bxg7 Nxg7 17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.h4 Qe7 19.f4 Rfd8 20.Rd3
Bxc4 21.Nxh5 gxh5 22.Rg3 Rg8 23.Bxc4 Raf8 24.Rg5 f6 25.Rg6 Kh7
26.Bxg8+ Kxg6 27.Qg3+ Kh6 28.f5 Nxf5 29.exf5 Rxg8 30.Qxg8 Qe3+ 31.Kh1
1-0

[Event "US Game in 60 Championship"]
[Site "Pleasanton, California"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Mason, Scott"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "1902"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 exd4 5.Nxd4 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Ne6 Qa5
8.Bxd7+ Nxd7 9.exd5 Kf7 10.O-O Bd6 11.Ne4 Be5 12.Qg4 g6 13.N6g5+ fxg5
14.Qxd7+ Kf8 15.Nxg5 Ne7 16.d6 Bf6 17.dxe7+ Bxe7 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Rae1
Qf6 20.Re6 Qg7 21.Rfe1 Rd8 22.Qxd8+ Bxd8 23.Re8#
1-0

My game against Micheal Wang, aged 10, was a rook and pawn endgame.
Although I was a pawn ahead I could not find a win. I feel that there
was a win there, somewhere.

My opponent won all the rest of his games in the tournament and thus
finished clear second in this the US Game in 60 Championship.

Sam Sloan

[Offramp]

Post by samsloan
[Event "US Game in 30 Championship"]
[Site "Pleasanton, California"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Kaufman, Ray"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5 7.Bxd5+
Kg6 8.h4 h6 9.Bxb7 Bd6 10.Qb5 a6 11.h5+ Kh7 12.Qd3 Ne7 13.Bxa8 c6
14.e5+ Bf5 15.Qxd6 Qe8 16.d4 Qf7 17.Nc3 Re8 18.Be3 Bxc2 19.Rc1 Bd3
20.Rh3 Kh8 21.Bxh6 gxh6 22.Rxd3 Qf4 23.Qf6+ 1-0

A completely standard 'book' demolition of a Damiano.
In fact DAMIANO DEFENSE is an anagram of SEE A DEMOLITION.
Weird but true.