Deadly Damiano's Defense Downs another Duffer

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samsloan

2012-08-10 07:24:59 UTC

[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Simonson, Jay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g4 e5 2.d3 d5 3.h3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.g5 d4 7.gxf6 Qxf6 8.Ne4
Qe7 9.Nf3 h6 10.a3 Bf5 11.Ng3 Qe6 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bb2 O-O-O 14.Qd2 Rhe8
15.a4 e4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.h4 Bxc2 18.Bh3 f5 19.Qxc2 d3 20.Qc3 dxe2
21.Bxf5 Rd1+ 22.Rxd1 exd1=Q+ 23.Kxd1 Rd8+ 24.Kc1 Qxf5 25.Nxf5 Bxf2
26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 g6 28.Qh8+ Nd8 29.Bf6 1-0

[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Picini, Eric"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.d4 d5 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 f5 6.Nxe5 fxe4 7.Qh5+ g6
8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg8 11.Bg5 Bg7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.c3 Nc6
14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxc7+ Kg8 16.O-O Bg4 17.Nd2 Qg6 18.Qg3 Bh6 19.Nc4 Be2
20.Qxg6+ hxg6 21.Nd6 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 e3 23.fxe3 Bxe3 24.Ke2 Bf4 25.Nxb7
Rb8 26.Nc5 Rxb2+ 27.Kd3 Rxg2 28.a4 Rxh2 29.Rd1 Bd6 30.Ne4 Be7 31.d5
Rh3+ 32.Kc4 Ne5+ 33.Kb5 Re3 34.Rd4 Nf3 35.Rc4 Rd3 36.Rc7 Rxd5+ 37.Ka6
Re5 38.Nf2 Bc5 39.Nd3 Re6+ 40.Kb5 Be3 41.a5 g5 42.c4 g4 43.c5 g3
44.Rxa7 g2 45.c6 0-1

samsloan

2012-08-11 10:59:49 UTC

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Post by samsloan
[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Simonson, Jay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
1.g4 e5 2.d3 d5 3.h3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.g5 d4 7.gxf6 Qxf6 8.Ne4
Qe7 9.Nf3 h6 10.a3 Bf5 11.Ng3 Qe6 12.b4 Bb6 13.Bb2 O-O-O 14.Qd2 Rhe8
15.a4 e4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.h4 Bxc2 18.Bh3 f5 19.Qxc2 d3 20.Qc3 dxe2
21.Bxf5 Rd1+ 22.Rxd1 exd1=Q+ 23.Kxd1 Rd8+ 24.Kc1 Qxf5 25.Nxf5 Bxf2
26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 g6 28.Qh8+ Nd8 29.Bf6 1-0
[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Picini, Eric"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.d4 d5 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 f5 6.Nxe5 fxe4 7.Qh5+ g6
8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg8 11.Bg5 Bg7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.c3 Nc6
14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxc7+ Kg8 16.O-O Bg4 17.Nd2 Qg6 18.Qg3 Bh6 19.Nc4 Be2
20.Qxg6+ hxg6 21.Nd6 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 e3 23.fxe3 Bxe3 24.Ke2 Bf4 25.Nxb7
Rb8 26.Nc5 Rxb2+ 27.Kd3 Rxg2 28.a4 Rxh2 29.Rd1 Bd6 30.Ne4 Be7 31.d5
Rh3+ 32.Kc4 Ne5+ 33.Kb5 Re3 34.Rd4 Nf3 35.Rc4 Rd3 36.Rc7 Rxd5+ 37.Ka6
Re5 38.Nf2 Bc5 39.Nd3 Re6+ 40.Kb5 Be3 41.a5 g5 42.c4 g4 43.c5 g3
44.Rxa7 g2 45.c6 0-1

[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancoucer WA"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Sellers, Matthew B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "2188"]

1.g4 e5 2.d3 d5 3.h3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be6 6.e4 d4 7.Nce2 Bd6 8.f4
Qh4+ 9.Kf1 Qe7 10.Nf3 f6 11.f5 Bf7 12.Ng3 O-O-O 13.a3 g6 14.Kf2 Qf8
15.Bd2 Nge7 16.b4 c4 17.b5 Nb8 18.a4 c3 19.Bc1 Nd7 20.Qe2 Kb8 21.Qd1
Nc5 22.Qe2 Nc8 23.Ba3 Nxd3+ 24.Qxd3 Bxa3 25.Rhe1 Nb6 26.a5 Bc4 27.Qd1
Na4 28.Bf1 Nb2 29.Qb1 d3 30.cxd3 Bxd3 31.Qa2 Bc5+ 32.Kg2 Bxf1+ 33.Nxf1
Nd3 34.Red1 gxf5 35.exf5 e4 36.Ne1 Nf4+ 37.Kg3 Nd3 38.Qc4 Bf2+ 39.Kg2
Bxe1 40.Rxe1 Nxe1+ 41.Rxe1 Rc8 42.Qxe4 c2 43.Rc1 Qc5 44.Qf4+ Ka8
45.Ne3 Qxb5 46.Nxc2 Qe2+ 47.Qf2 Qe4+ 48.Kg1 Rhd8 49.a6 bxa6 50.Kh2 Rd3
51.Re1 Rxc2 52.Qxc2 Rxh3+ 53.Kxh3 Qxc2 54.Re8+ Kb7 55.Re7+ Kb6 56.Rxh7
Qd3+ 57.Kh4 Qd2 58.Kg3 Qe3+ 59.Kh4 a5 60.Rf7 Qg5+ 61.Kg3 a4 62.Re7 a3
63.Re2 Qc1 64.Re6+ Kb5 65.Re2 Qc3+ 66.Kg2 Qb2 67.Kf3 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Soetedjo, James"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Bd3 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.c3 c5
8.Re1 a6 9.a4 Qa5 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.h3 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.b3 b5 14.Ncd2 cxd4
15.cxd4 Qc3 16.Ba3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 bxa4 18.bxa4 Qa5 19.Nc4 Qh5 20.Kh2 h6
21.Rg1 Nh7 22.f4 Qd5 23.Rac1 Rfb8 24.f3 Rb3 25.Be4 Qh5 26.Bxa8 d5
27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Rxa3 29.Rc8+ Bf8 30.Bxd5 Ng5 31.Rg3 Kg7 32.Qf2 e6
33.f4 Nh7 34.Qf3 Qh4 35.Bc4 Rxa4 36.Qa8 Ra3 37.Qe4 Ng5 38.Qc2 Ra1
39.fxg5 Rh1+ 40.Kxh1 Qxg3 41.gxh6+ Kh7 42.Rxf8 Qxh3+ 43.Kg1 Qxe3+
44.Qf2 Qg5+ 45.Kf1 Qc1+ 46.Kg2 Qg5+ 47.Kf3 Qf5+ 48.Ke3 Qh3+ 49.Qf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 e6 4.Qb3 Nd7 5.cxd5 Bc5 6.Qg3 Ngf6 7.h3 Bf5
8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.Bxb7 Rb8 10.Bf3 O-O 11.Nc3 Bd6 12.Qg2 Ne5 13.d4 Nc4
14.Bh6 Ne8 15.b3 Bb4 16.Rc1 Qxd4 17.bxc4 Bxc3+ 18.Kf1 Rd8 19.Qg5 f6
20.Qg3 Bb2 21.Be3 Qd7 22.Rb1 Rb8 23.Qh4 Bf5 24.Be4 Nd6 25.Rd1 Bxe4
26.Qxe4 Qa4 27.Qd5+ Nf7 28.Rd3 Rbd8 29.Qe6 Rxd3 30.exd3 Qd1+ 31.Kg2
Qxd3 32.Nf3 Qg6+ 33.Kh2 Kh8 34.Rg1 Qh5 35.Qe7 Rg8 36.Rg4 f5 37.Rf4 Nh6
38.Ne5 Re8 39.Rxf5 Bxe5+ 40.Qxe5 Rxe5 41.Rxh5 Rxh5 42.Bxa7 Ra5 43.Bb8
Rxa2 44.Bxc7 Rxf2+ 45.Kg3 Rc2 46.Bf4 Rxc4 47.Bd2 Nf5+ 48.Kf3 Rh4
49.Kg2 h6 50.Bc3 Kh7 51.Be5 g5 52.Bc3 h5 53.Bf6 Kh6 54.Bd8 Ra4 55.Bb6
g4 56.hxg4 hxg4 57.Bc7 g3 58.Kh3 Ra2 59.Bb6 Rh2+ 60.Kg4 g2 61.Bg1 Rh1
62.Bf2 g1=Q+ 63.Bxg1 Rxg1+ 0-1

[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Allyn, Robert C."]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5 7.Bxd5+
Kg6 8.f4 h5 9.f5+ Kh7 10.Bf7 Ne7 11.d4 Qd6 12.Qxd6 cxd6 13.Bxh5 Kg8
14.Be2 d5 15.g4 dxe4 16.Bc4+ Kh7 17.Nd2 Nec6 18.Nxe4 Bb4+ 19.c3 Re8
20.Bd3 Be7 21.O-O Kg8 22.Bc4+ Kf8 23.f6 gxf6 24.Bh6# 1-0

samsloan

2012-08-12 06:02:37 UTC

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Post by samsloan

[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancoucer WA"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Sellers, Matthew B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
1.g4 e5 2.d3 d5 3.h3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be6 6.e4 d4 7.Nce2 Bd6 8.f4
Qh4+ 9.Kf1 Qe7 10.Nf3 f6 11.f5 Bf7 12.Ng3 O-O-O 13.a3 g6 14.Kf2 Qf8
15.Bd2 Nge7 16.b4 c4 17.b5 Nb8 18.a4 c3 19.Bc1 Nd7 20.Qe2 Kb8 21.Qd1
Nc5 22.Qe2 Nc8 23.Ba3 Nxd3+ 24.Qxd3 Bxa3 25.Rhe1 Nb6 26.a5 Bc4 27.Qd1
Na4 28.Bf1 Nb2 29.Qb1 d3 30.cxd3 Bxd3 31.Qa2 Bc5+ 32.Kg2 Bxf1+ 33.Nxf1
Nd3 34.Red1 gxf5 35.exf5 e4 36.Ne1 Nf4+ 37.Kg3 Nd3 38.Qc4 Bf2+ 39.Kg2
Bxe1 40.Rxe1 Nxe1+ 41.Rxe1 Rc8 42.Qxe4 c2 43.Rc1 Qc5 44.Qf4+ Ka8
45.Ne3 Qxb5 46.Nxc2 Qe2+ 47.Qf2 Qe4+ 48.Kg1 Rhd8 49.a6 bxa6 50.Kh2 Rd3
51.Re1 Rxc2 52.Qxc2 Rxh3+ 53.Kxh3 Qxc2 54.Re8+ Kb7 55.Re7+ Kb6 56.Rxh7
Qd3+ 57.Kh4 Qd2 58.Kg3 Qe3+ 59.Kh4 a5 60.Rf7 Qg5+ 61.Kg3 a4 62.Re7 a3
63.Re2 Qc1 64.Re6+ Kb5 65.Re2 Qc3+ 66.Kg2 Qb2 67.Kf3 Qxe2+ 0-1
[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Soetedjo, James"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Bd3 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.c3 c5
8.Re1 a6 9.a4 Qa5 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.h3 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.b3 b5 14.Ncd2 cxd4
15.cxd4 Qc3 16.Ba3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 bxa4 18.bxa4 Qa5 19.Nc4 Qh5 20.Kh2 h6
21.Rg1 Nh7 22.f4 Qd5 23.Rac1 Rfb8 24.f3 Rb3 25.Be4 Qh5 26.Bxa8 d5
27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Rxa3 29.Rc8+ Bf8 30.Bxd5 Ng5 31.Rg3 Kg7 32.Qf2 e6
33.f4 Nh7 34.Qf3 Qh4 35.Bc4 Rxa4 36.Qa8 Ra3 37.Qe4 Ng5 38.Qc2 Ra1
39.fxg5 Rh1+ 40.Kxh1 Qxg3 41.gxh6+ Kh7 42.Rxf8 Qxh3+ 43.Kg1 Qxe3+
44.Qf2 Qg5+ 45.Kf1 Qc1+ 46.Kg2 Qg5+ 47.Kf3 Qf5+ 48.Ke3 Qh3+ 49.Qf3
1/2-1/2
[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 e6 4.Qb3 Nd7 5.cxd5 Bc5 6.Qg3 Ngf6 7.h3 Bf5
8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.Bxb7 Rb8 10.Bf3 O-O 11.Nc3 Bd6 12.Qg2 Ne5 13.d4 Nc4
14.Bh6 Ne8 15.b3 Bb4 16.Rc1 Qxd4 17.bxc4 Bxc3+ 18.Kf1 Rd8 19.Qg5 f6
20.Qg3 Bb2 21.Be3 Qd7 22.Rb1 Rb8 23.Qh4 Bf5 24.Be4 Nd6 25.Rd1 Bxe4
26.Qxe4 Qa4 27.Qd5+ Nf7 28.Rd3 Rbd8 29.Qe6 Rxd3 30.exd3 Qd1+ 31.Kg2
Qxd3 32.Nf3 Qg6+ 33.Kh2 Kh8 34.Rg1 Qh5 35.Qe7 Rg8 36.Rg4 f5 37.Rf4 Nh6
38.Ne5 Re8 39.Rxf5 Bxe5+ 40.Qxe5 Rxe5 41.Rxh5 Rxh5 42.Bxa7 Ra5 43.Bb8
Rxa2 44.Bxc7 Rxf2+ 45.Kg3 Rc2 46.Bf4 Rxc4 47.Bd2 Nf5+ 48.Kf3 Rh4
49.Kg2 h6 50.Bc3 Kh7 51.Be5 g5 52.Bc3 h5 53.Bf6 Kh6 54.Bd8 Ra4 55.Bb6
g4 56.hxg4 hxg4 57.Bc7 g3 58.Kh3 Ra2 59.Bb6 Rh2+ 60.Kg4 g2 61.Bg1 Rh1
62.Bf2 g1=Q+ 63.Bxg1 Rxg1+ 0-1
[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Allyn, Robert C."]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5 7.Bxd5+
Kg6 8.f4 h5 9.f5+ Kh7 10.Bf7 Ne7 11.d4 Qd6 12.Qxd6 cxd6 13.Bxh5 Kg8
14.Be2 d5 15.g4 dxe4 16.Bc4+ Kh7 17.Nd2 Nec6 18.Nxe4 Bb4+ 19.c3 Re8
20.Bd3 Be7 21.O-O Kg8 22.Bc4+ Kf8 23.f6 gxf6 24.Bh6# 1-0

[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.11"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Dalthrop, Dan"]
[Black "Sloan, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]

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 Bb4 11.Qxb4 Bxb7 12.Qxb7 Nd7 13.Qd5 Ne7
14.h5+ Kh7 15.Qd3 Re8 16.Nc3 Kh8 17.b3 c6 18.Bb2 Qc7 19.O-O-O Rad8
20.Qg3 Qa5 21.Kb1 Nf6 22.e5 Nf5 23.Qh3 Qxe5 24.Na4 Qd5 25.Nc3 Qc5
26.Na4 Qd5 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Qc3 Nd4 29.Rhe1 Rg8 30.g3 Qxh5 31.Rh1 Qg6
32.Rh4 Nb5 33.Qb2 Rd6 34.Rdh1 Kg7 35.d3 Re8 36.Qc1 Re2 37.f3 Nd4
38.Rg4 Nxf3 39.Rxg6+ Kxg6 40.Qxh6+ Kf7 41.Qh5+ Kg7 42.Qxf3 Rde6
43.Qg4+ Kf7 44.Rh7+ 1-0

samsloan

2012-08-15 16:17:59 UTC

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[Event "US Open Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver WA"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Sloan, Sam"]
[Black "Culbreth, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.d3 Ne7 6.e4 Be6 7.f4 Ng6 8.Nf3
exf4 9.d4 Be7 10.O-O Nd7 11.Qd3 h5 12.g5 Bxg5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Bd2 Be7
15.Rae1 Rh6 16.Ne2 Bd6 17.Kh2 Kf8 18.Nc3 Nf6 19.Ne5 Ng4+ 20.hxg4 hxg4+
21.Kg1 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Qb6+ 24.Be3
fxe3 25.Ne2 Qxb2 26.Nd4 Rd8 27.Qxe3 Qxa2 28.Qf4 Qa6 29.Rb1 Rd7 30.Bf1
Qa3 31.Bd3 Qe7 32.Bf5 Bxf5 33.Nxf5 Qc5+ 34.Nd4 Qc3 35.e6 Re7 36.Qb8+
Re8 37.Qd6+ Kg8 38.exf7+ Kxf7 39.Qxd5+ Kf8 40.Nf5 Re1+ 41.Rxe1 Qxe1+
42.Kg2 Qh1+ 43.Kg3 Qxd5 0-1

I missed a fantastic combination at the end of this game.

I did not play 37. e7+ because he can simply play 37. ... Kxe7 and I
cannot play 38. Re1+ because of 38. ... Qxe1+ followed by mate.

What I missed was I can play 38. Qe5+ and if 38. ... Kf8 then 39. Ne6+
with a discovered attack on the queen so Black's queen on c3 is lost.

If instead he plays 38. ... Kd8 I win the queen the same way with 39.
Ne6+ and if he plays 38. ... Kd7 I play 39. Rxb7+ followed by mate.

The moral to this story is keep looking for surprising resources even
when your position seems hopelessly lost.

Sam Sloan