The WCA Illinois Championship 1998/99

[Event "WCA ILLINOIS CHAMPIONSHIP 98/99"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1998.12.22"]
[Round "1-G/77"]
[White "Palos Osman"]
[Black "CM-F/3.03"]
[Result "1-0"]

  1. d4         Nf6     
  2. c4         e6      
  3. Nf3        b6      
  4. g3         Ba6     
  5. Qa4        Be7     
  6. Bg2        O-O     
  7. O-O        d5      
  8. Ne5        c5      
  9. dxc5       bxc5    
 10. Nc6        Nxc6    
 11. Qxa6       Nb4     
 12. Qa4        Qe8     
 13. Qxe8       Rfxe8   
 14. Na3        Rad8    
 15. Rd1        dxc4    
 16. Bd2        Rd4     
 17. e3         Rd3     
 18. Nxc4       Red8    
 19. Bf3        Nc2     
 20. Rac1       Nb4     
 21. a3         Na6     
 22. Ba5        Rxd1+   
 23. Bxd1 !     Rd7 {Graet Moves, pieces positioning, understanding by both champions!}    
 24. Bf3        Nd5     
 25. Rd1        h6      
 26. Kf1        Nb8     
 27. Ke2        Nc6     
 28. Be1        Bf6     
 29. Kf1        Rd6     
 30. b3         Kf8     
 31. Ke2 ?      a6  {White's waiting move, also approaching the endgame, late middle game!}     
 32. Rd3        Ke7     
 33. Bg2        Rd7     
 34. f4         Ba1     
 35. Rd1        Bf6     
 36. Rd3        Ba1     
 37. Bd2        g6      
 38. e4         Nf6     
 39. e5         Nd4+ {? If Nd5, white still looks better, but can not win. The computer was running on old First Generation Pent 1 with 50/60 Mhz and 128 K or RAM. (not 128 MB)}         
 40. Rxd4       cxd4   
 41. exf6+      Kxf6  
 42. Ba5        Kg7 {On Kxf6 computer resigned but the game continued, very instructive game}     
 43. Bc6        Re7     
 44. Bd8        Ra7     
 45. Nd6        f6      
 46. Ne8+       Kf8     
 47. Bxf6       Bb2     
 48. a4         a5      
 49. Kd3        Ra6     
 50. Bb5        Rb6     
 51. Nc7        Kf7     
 52. Be5        Ke7     
 53. Ke4        g5      
 54. Bc4        gxf4    
 55. gxf4       Bc1     
 56. Bxd4       Rc6     
 57. Nb5        Bd2     
 58. Na7        Rc7     
 59. Bb6        Rd7     
 60. Bb5        Rd5     
 61. Nc6+       Kf7     
 62. Bxa5       Bxa5    
 63. Nxa5       Rh5     
 64. Nc6        Rxh2    
 65. a5         Rb2     
 66. Bc4        Kf6     
 67. Nd4        Rb1     
 68. Bxe6       Ra1     
 69. b4         Ra4     
 70. Bd7        Rxb4    
 71. a6         Rb1     
 72. a7         Re1+    
 73. Kd5        Ra1     
 74. Nb5        h5      
 75. Bc6        Kf5     
 76. a8Q        Rxa8    
 77. Bxa8       h4      
 78. Bc6        Kxf4    
 79. Bd7        Kg3     
 80. Ke4        h3      
 81. Bc6        h2      
 82. Nd4        Kf2     
 83. Kf4        Kg1     
 84. Nf3+       Kg2     
 85. Ng5+       Kf2     
 86. Bf3        Ke1     
 87. Ke3        Kf1     
 88. Ne4        Ke1 {Instructive ending!}     
 89. Ng3        h1R     
 90. Nxh1       Kf1     
 91. Ng3+       Ke1     
 92. Ne4        Kf1     
 93. Nf2        Ke1     
 94. Ng4        Kf1     
 95. Be4        Ke1     
 96. Nf2        Kf1     
 97. Nd3        Kg1     
 98. Kf3        Kf1     
 99. Bg6        Kg1     
100. Kg3        Kh1     
101. Nf4        Kg1     
102. Bd3        Kh1     
103. Bb5 {Mate in 2}  1-0 
  
[Event "WCA ILLINOIS CHAMPIONSHIP 98/99"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1998.12.22"]
[Round "2-G/77"]
[White "CM-F/3.03"] 
[Black "Palos Osman"]
[Result "1-0"]

  1. e4         e6      
  2. d4         d5      
  3. Nc3        Bb4     
  4. e5         c5      
  5. a3         Bxc3+   
  6. bxc3       Ne7     
  7. h4         Qa5     
  8. Bd2        Nbc6    
  9. h5         h6      
 10. f4         Bd7     
 11. Ne2        Qa4     
 12. dxc5       Qe4     
 13. Rb1        d4      
 14. Bc1        Nf5     
 15. Qd3?       Qd5     
 16. cxd4       Nfxd4   
 17. Nxd4       Qxd4    
 18. Qxd4       Nxd4    
 19. c3         Nf5     
 20. Rxb7       Ng3     
 21. Rh3        Nxf1    
 22. Kxf1       O-O-O {? - Right into the enemy fire}
 23. Rxa7       Kb8     
 24. Ra5        Bc6     
 25. Ke2        Kb7     
 26. c4         Ra8     
 27. Rxa8       Rxa8    
 28. Rb3+       Kc7     
 29. Rg3        Rg8     
 30. f5         exf5    
 31. Bxh6       Rh8     
 32. Bf4        Rxh5    
 33. e6+        Kd8     
 34. exf7       Ke7     
 35. Rxg7       Kf8     
 36. Bd6+       Kxg7    
 37. f8Q+       Kg6     
 38. Be5        Rh4     
 39. Qg7+       1-0 {Score 10.21+ pawns; Mate in 4;
Tied match, CM won on tie breaks G/15 and G/10, total of 4 games were
played, Palos winning one, CM winning the rest!}


[Event "Sarajevo op"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Palos,Osman"]
[Black "Nikolic,Stanimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "B47"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.a4 Be7 
9.0-0 h5 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.a5 h4 12.Bf4 e5 13.Be3 hxg3 14.hxg3 Be6 15.Na4 c5 16.Nb6 Rd8 
17.Qe2 Qc6 18.Bg5 Bg4 19.f3 Be6 20.c4 Rd4 21.Be3 Nh5 22.Bf2 Rh6 23.Nd5 Rg6 24.g4 Nf6 
25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.b4 Bxd5 27.exd5 Qd6 28.c5 Qxd5 29.f4 e4 30.g5 d3 31.Qe3 Kf8 32.Kh1  
1-0

[Event "Sarajevo op"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Dautovic,Dzenan"]
[Black "Palos,Osman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B96"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Bc4 Qc7 
9.Bb3 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qe2 Nc5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ba2 h5 14.f5 Bc8 15.0-0 Be7 16.Rad1 Bd7 
17.Qf3 Qa7 18.Kh1 e5 19.Nde2 Bc6 20.Nd5 Na4 21.b3 Bxd5 22.Rxd5 Nb6 23.Rd2 d5 24.exd5 Bxa3 
25.d6 0-0-0 26.Rfd1 Kb8 27.c4 Qb7 28.Qf2 Nd7 29.b4 Bxb4 30.Rb2 Bc5 31.Qh4 b4 32.Nc3 Bd4 
33.Rxb4 Qxb4 34.Rb1 Bxc3 35.Rxb4+ Bxb4 36.c5 Bxc5 37.Qc4 Ka7 38.Qxf7 Rhf8 39.Qd5 Rb8 40.Qc6 Rb7 
41.h3 h4 42.Kh2 Bd4 43.Bc4 Nc5 44.d7 Rxd7 45.Bxa6 Rb8 46.Bd3 Rb6 47.Qc8 Rdb7 0-1

[Event ""]
[Site "Tuzla (Bosnia & Herzegovina)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bukic Enver (SLO)"]
[Black "Palos Osman (BIH)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteELO "0"]
[BlackELO "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Nb8 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 a5 6.a3 Bc3 7.Bc3 d6
8.b4 Nf6 9.g3 Ne4 10.Bb2 0-0 11.Bg2 f5 12.e3 Qe8 13.Ne2 ab4 14.ab4
Ra1 15.Qa1 Na6 16.b5 Nac5 17.Qa3 b6 18.f3 Ng5 19.h4 Nf7 20.0-0
Qe7 21.Qc3 Na4 22.Qc2 Nb2 23.Qb2 Nd8 24.Ra1 Nb7 25.Qc3 Nc5 26.Ra7
h6 27.f4 Re8 28.Kf1 Kh7 29.fe5 de5 30.Ke1 Qd6 31.Kd2 Bd7 32.Kc1
Re7 33.Qa3 Be8 34.Bf3 e4 35.Bg2 g5 36.Bh3 Bd7 37.hg5 hg5 38.Ra8
Re8 39.Kc2 Ra8 40.Qa8 Qh6 41.Bf1 Qh1 42.Qa1 Kg6 43.Qd1 Qf3 44.Kd2
Qf2 45.Qb1 Nd3 46.Qa1 Nc5 47.Qb1 Kf7 48.Bh3 f4 49.Be6+ Be6 50.de6+
Ke6 51.gf4 gf4 52.ef4 e3+ 53.Kc3 Qe2 54.Qg6+ Ke7 55.Qg7+ Kd8
56.Qf8+ Kd7 57.Qf5+ Ne6 58.Qd5+ Ke7 59.f5 0-1

 
[Event "10th Open"]
[Site "King's Island USA"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[EventDate "2001.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "O Palos"]
[Black "Sergey Berchenko"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O c4 10. Be2 f6 11. Re1 Nge7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 f5 14. Nh4
Nce7 15. f4 O-O 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. Qd2 Nc8 18. Reb1 Nb6 19. Be1 Rab8 20. h3
Na4 21. Kh2 b5 22. Qe3 Qd8 23. Ng1 Rb6 24. Qg3 Qe7 25. h4 Rfb8 26. h5 Nf8
27. Qh3 Ra6 28. Bd2 Nb6 29. Rb4 Ra4 30. g4 Ra6 31. Bf3 Qf7 32. Ne2 Rd8 33.
Rbb1 Nc8 34. Ng3 Ne7 35. Rg1 Kh8 36. Rg2 Bc8 37. Qh4 Re8 38. Nf1 Nd7 39.
Ne3 Nb6 40. gxf5 exf5 41. Rag1 Rg8 42. Rg6 Rxa3 43. Rd6 Be6 44. h6 Ng6 45.
hxg7+ Qxg7 46. Qf6 Qxf6 47. exf6 Re8 48. Bh5 Bf7 49. Nxf5 Ra2 50. Nh6 Rf8
51. f5 Rxc2 52. Rg2 Nc8 53. Rc6 1-0

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "O Palos"]
[Black "La Kaufman"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2363"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. c4 e6 2. Qa4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Qd1 cxd4 8.
exd4 Rc8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Bxa7
b6 15. Na4 Bxa4 16. Qxa4 Qc7 17. b4 e4 18. Bxe4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. Bf5
Ra8 21. Qd7 Nh6 22. Bxb6 Bf6 23. Rab1 Qxd5 24. Bh3 Rxa2 25. b5 Rb2 26. Rxb2
Bxb2 27. Qc6 Qe5 28. Bc7 Ba3 29. b6 Bc5 30. b7 Ba7 31. Bxd6 Qf6 32. Qc7 Re8
33. g3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 Qxf5 35. Qc6 Qe6 36. Rc1 h5 37. Qxe8+ Qxe8 38. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Roman Levit Mem"]
[Site "Milwaukee USA"]
[Date "2001.12.25"]
[EventDate "2001.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "O Palos"]
[Black "J Donaldson"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nxd5
8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nc5 Bd5 14.
Ne5 f6 15. Ned3 e5 16. b3 exd4 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Qb4
Nd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxd4 Rad8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Be6
26. Qe3 Bf8 27. Nf3 c5 28. Qc3 Be7 29. Be3 Qd1+ 30. Qe1 Qxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Bf5
32. Nf3 Kf7 33. Nd2 Ke6 34. Kf1 Bd3+ 35. Ke1 Kd5 36. h4 a6 37. Kd1 f5 38.
g3 Bf6 39. Kc1 Be2 40. Kc2 Bd4 41. Nb1 Bf1 42. Nc3+ Kc6 43. Bxd4 cxd4 44.
Na4 Bb5 45. Nb2 Kd5 46. a4 Bf1 47. b4 f4 48. gxf4 Ke4 49. Kd2 Kxf4 50. Nd3+
Ke4 51. b5 axb5 52. axb5 Kd5 53. f3 Kd6 54. f4 Bg2 55. Ne5 Kc5 56. Nd7+
Kxb5 57. Nf8 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Open"]
[Site "King's Island USA"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[EventDate "2001.11.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "O Palos"]
[Black "P Bereolos"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O
8. Nc4 Nd7 9. O-O f6 10. d4 Qe7 11. b3 exd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd3 Nb6 14.
Nxb6 cxb6 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. h3 Rad8 18. Qc4+ Be6 19. Qc3 c4 20.
b4 c5 21. a3 cxb4 22. axb4 Bf7 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Re3 Qc7 25. Rae1 b5 26. e5
fxe5 27. Nxe5 Rf8 28. Rg3 Bd5 29. Ng4 Kh8 30. Re5 Rfe8 31. Rg5 Bg8 32. Ne3
Re7 33. Qa1 Rdd7 34. Qxa6 h6 35. Rc5 Qf4 36. Qa1 Rd2 37. Qf1 Qd6 38. Kh2
Rf7 39. Rf5 Qxb4 40. Rxf7 Bxf7 41. Qa1 c3 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qf3 Be6 44. Qc6
Rd6 45. Qe8 Qe4 46. Qe7 Qe5 47. f4 Qd4 48. Rxg7+ Qxg7 49. Qxd6 Bd7 50. Nd5
1-0


1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. O-O f6 10. d4 Qe7 11. b3 exd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6
15. Be3 Bg4 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. h3 Rad8 18. Qc4+ Be6 19. Qc3 c4 20. b4 c5 21. a3
cxb4 22. axb4 Bf7 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Re3 Qc7 25. Rae1 b5 26. e5 fxe5 27. Nxe5
Rf8 28. Rg3 Bd5 29. Ng4 Kh8 30. Re5 Rfe8 31. Rg5 Bg8 32. Ne3 Re7 33. Qa1 Rdd7
34. Qxa6 h6 35. Rc5 Qf4 36. Qa1 Rd2 37. Qf1 Qd6 38. Kh2 Rf7 39. Rf5 Qxb4 40.
Rxf7 Bxf7 41. Qa1 c3 42. Qa8+ Kh7 43. Qf3 Be6 44. Qc6 Rd6 45. Qe8 Qe4 46. Qe7
Qe5 47. f4 Qd4 48. Rxg7+ Qxg7 49. Qxd6 Bd7 50. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Roman Levit Mem"]
[Site "Milwaukee USA"]
[Date "2001.12.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Palos, O."]
[Black "Donaldson, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.12.23"]
[Source "Jan Lubek"]
[SourceDate "2001.12.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nxd5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nc5 Bd5 14. Ne5 f6
15. Ned3 e5 16. b3 exd4 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Re1 Qf7 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Qb4 Nd7 21.
Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxd4 Rad8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Be6 26. Qe3 Bf8
27. Nf3 c5 28. Qc3 Be7 29. Be3 Qd1+ 30. Qe1 Qxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Bf5 32. Nf3 Kf7 33.
Nd2 Ke6 34. Kf1 Bd3+ 35. Ke1 Kd5 36. h4 a6 37. Kd1 f5 38. g3 Bf6 39. Kc1 Be2
40. Kc2 Bd4 41. Nb1 Bf1 42. Nc3+ Kc6 43. Bxd4 cxd4 44. Na4 Bb5 45. Nb2 Kd5 46.
a4 Bf1 47. b4 f4 48. gxf4 Ke4 49. Kd2 Kxf4 50. Nd3+ Ke4 51. b5 axb5 52. axb5
Kd5 53. f3 Kd6 54. f4 Bg2 55. Ne5 Kc5 56. Nd7+ Kxb5 57. Nf8 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2002.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Palos, O."]
[Black "McLaughlin, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[Source "Jan Lubek"]
[SourceDate "2002.06.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Re1 d6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 O-O 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rad1
Qe7 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Be3 Rg8 17. Bc5 Qc7 18. Bd6 Qb7 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Qh4 Rg6
21. Bc5 Bd7 22. Be7 Kg7 23. Rd3 c5 24. Rg3 Qb4 25. Bxf6+ Kg8 26. Re4 c4 27.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. Rh4+ Rh6 29. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Rotary Open"]
[Site "Lindsborg Kansas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Palos, O."]
[Black "Kraai, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.12.17"]
[Source "Jan Lubek"]
[SourceDate "2002.12.30"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d5
Nb4 9. e4 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 exd5 11. exd5 d6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Ne2 Nd7 15.
Ng3 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. a4 Bc8 18. Rfb1 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Re1 Bg6 21. Qc3
Qd7 22. Nd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 Qe8 26. Qxe8+ Nxe8 27. f4
Bc2 28. Ngf1 Nf6 29. Ne3 Ne4 30. Nxc2 Nxd2 31. Na1 f5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ne4
34. Nc2 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rotary Open"]
[Site "Lindsborg Kansas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zuniga, I."]
[Black "Palos, O."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.12.17"]
[Source "Jan Lubek"]
[SourceDate "2002.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Nge7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bc8 14. a4 h5 15.
Nc4 h4 16. g4 Bh6 17. a5 Bf4 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qe1 f5 20. f3 e4 21. dxe4 Qc7 22.
Qxb4 Bd7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 b5 26. axb6 axb6 27. c4 e4 28. Nb5
e3 29. Rfe1 Rfe8 30. Rxa8 0-1

[Event "Rotary Open"]
[Site "Lindsborg Kansas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Palos, O."]
[Black "Khachian, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.12.17"]
[Source "Jan Lubek"]
[SourceDate "2002.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. f5 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 d4 14. Ne4 Bxf5
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bd2 e5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qf2 f4 19. c3 d3 20. Qf3 Qg6 21.
Rae1 Rfe8 22. Re4 Rad8 23. g3 f5 24. Ree1 fxg3 25. Rg1 e4 26. Qe3 Be5 27. hxg3
Bc7 28. Qf2 Bb6 29. Be3 d2 30. Rd1 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Rotary Open"]
[Site "Lindsborg Kansas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pruess, D."]
[Black "Palos, O."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.12.17"]
[Source "Jan Lubek"]
[SourceDate "2002.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Qe2 Bd6 7. Nd2 Ne7 8.
Nc4 Bc5 9. Nb3 b5 10. Ne3 Ba7 11. a4 b4 12. Nc4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg5 Nc6
15. O-O-O h6 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Qg4 O-O-O 18. Qxg7 Rhg8 19. Qxh6 Rxg2 20. f3 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qh4 Rh8 23. Qc4+ Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25. h4 Rh5 26. Rde1 Bf2
27. Re2 Rxh4 28. Rf1 Rhh2 29. Be4 Ba7 30. Rxg2 Rxg2 31. f4 Rg3 32. Na5 Ne3 33.
Nxb7 Nxf1 34. Bxb4 f5 35. Bd6+ Kd7 36. Bd3 Rxd3 37. Bc5 Re3 0-1

[Event "Rotary Open"]
[Site "Lindsborg Kansas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Palos, O."]
[Black "Muhammad, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.12.17"]
[Source "Jan Lubek"]
[SourceDate "2002.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 f6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. f4 Nf7 14. c4 Re8
15. Re1 Qb6 16. Kh1 Bg4 17. Nf3 f5 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. exf5 Qa3 20. Qe2 Nh6 21. f6
gxf6 22. Qf2 Nf5 23. Bc1 Qd3 24. Ng1 Kf7 25. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Rotary Open"]
[Site "Lindsborg Kansas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Palos, O."]
[Black "Donaldson, J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2002.12.17"]
[Source "Jan Lubek"]
[SourceDate "2002.12.30"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d5 d6 7. h3 e6 8. e4 exd5
9. exd5 Re8+ 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. O-O Na6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. a3 Bd7 15.
Rb1 b5 16. b3 b4 17. a4 h6 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Bg3 Rad8 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Bf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Rotary Open"]
[Site "Lindsborg Kansas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vucic, M."]
[Black "Palos, O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.12.17"]
[Source "Jan Lubek"]
[SourceDate "2002.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 b6 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 c6 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Qd6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Nf8
15. g3 Re7 16. a3 Rae8 17. Qa2 Ne6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Qb3 b5 20. Bg2 a6 21. a4 Bc8
22. Ne2 Bd7 23. Nf4 bxa4 24. Qxa4 Rb8 25. Nd3 Ree8 26. Nc5 Rb6 27. Ne1 Reb8 28.
Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Nd3 g6 30. Rc3 Qe7 31. Rdc1 Nb5 32. R3c2 Qe8 33. Ne5 Na7 34. Nxc6
Nxc6 35. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "12th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2003.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gorlin, A."]
[Black "Palos, O."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.05.23"]
[Source "Jan Lubek"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. O-O f6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bf4 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 Ng4
15. Qd4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Ba4 18. Bg4 Rf6 19. a3 Bd8 20. Rfe1 Bb6 21.
Nf3 Re8 22. Rac1 h6 23. h4 Kf7 24. Ne5+ Ke7 25. Nd3 Bxd4 26. Rc7+ Kf8 27. g3
{IM/GM PALOS OSMAN, RIP; 1949 - 2004} 0-1