(1) BRECKENRIDGE,Steven (1646) - MCGEARY,Bill (2215) [B01]
Tacoma City Championship Tacoma, Washington (1), 19.08.2006
[MacGregor,Mike]

The first round on Board 1 featured Steven Breckenridge and Bill McGeary. Steven played above his rating every round and I expect he will only improve.

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd2 c6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Bc4 e6 8.0-0 Qc7 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Qe2 0-0 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Ng4 14.Rad1 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Qc7 16.Rd6 f6 17.Rxe6 Kh8 18.Rd6 Nxe5 19.Rd4 Qb6 20.Rf4 Qxb2 21.Rxf5 Qxc3 22.Bb3 Rfe8 23.Rh5 g6 24.Rh3 Qc5 25.Re3 a5 26.a4 b5 27.Kh1 bxa4 28.Bxa4 Red8 29.h3 Qb4? [Fritz 8: 1) 29...Rd4 30.Ra1 Rad8 31.Bb3 Qd6 32.Qf1 Rd1 33.Rxd1 Qxd1 34.Re1 Qd4 35.Kg1 -0.81/11 ; Fritz 8: 2) 29...Rab8 30.f4 Nc4 31.Rc3 Rd4 32.Bb3 Rb4 33.Qe6 -0.56/7 ]

30.Rxe5 Qxa4 31.Re7 Qb5 32.Re1 [32.c4 Qf5 33.Re1 a4 34.Qe3 g5 35.Qb6 c5 36.Kg1 Rd2 37.f3 Rad8= ]

32...Qxe2 33.R1xe2 a4 34.Rc7 Rdc8 35.Rb7 Rcb8-/+ Diagram [35...Re8 36.Rxe8+ Rxe8 37.Ra7 Re4 38.c3 c5 39.Kg1 Kg8 40.g3 Rc4 41.Kf1 h6 42.Ke2 Rxc3 43.Rxa4 Kf7 44.Ra6 Ke7 45.Rc6 Rc2+ 46.Ke3 h5 47.h4 c4 48.Ra6 Kf7 49.Rc6 g5 50.hxg5 fxg5 51.Rh6= ; 35...Rcb8 36.Rc7 Rb1+ 37.Kh2 a3 38.Ree7 a2 39.Rxh7+ Kg8 40.Rhg7+= ] 1/2-1/2