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MACA Chess Horizons Magazine Article
 Eastern Class Championship Games
 Bob Messenger
  April 2011
 
White: Michael Pascetta (1856)
Black: Dennis Moore (1999)
[B20] Sicilian
Eastern Class Championships (2)
 
1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Bd7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.c3 Nge7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Na3 Qb8 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 a6 14.Nc2 Na5 15.b3 b5 16.Qd2 Nac6 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.Nce1 Bf8 19.g4 a5 20.Nd3 b4 21.Nc5 Qa7 22.Nh4 Nd8 23.f5 exf5 24.gxf5 Bxf5 25.Nxf5 Nxf5 26.Bxd5 Rab8 27.e6 Bxc5 28.exf7+ Nxf7 29.dxc5 Rd8 30.Rxf5 gxf5 31.Qg2+ Kf8 32.Bd4 Rxd5 33.Qg7+ Ke8 34.Re1+ Kd8 35.Qf8+ Kc7 36.Re7+ Kc6 37.Qxf7 Qxe7 38.Qxe7 Rxd4 39.Qe6+ Kb7 40.Qb6+ Kc8 41.Qc6+ Kd8 42.Qf6+ 1-0 
 
White: IM Sam Shankland (2583)
Black: GM Alexander Shabalov (2668)
[D11] Queen’s Gambit Declined
Eastern Class Championships (5)
 
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.b3 0-0 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.Qxc4 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.b4 a5 13.bxa5 Qxa5 14.Rfc1 Nd5 15.Qb3 N7b6 16.h3 Be6 17.Nc4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 b5 19.Bf1 Nb6 20.Qa3 Na4 21.Bc3 Qa7 22.Bb4 Rc7 23.Bd3 Ra8 24.Be4 Qb7 25.Nd2 Ra6 26.Qd3 Qa7 27.Nb3 Bc4 28.Qc2 c5 29.Nxc5 Nxc5 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.dxc5 Bxa1 32.Rxa1 Qxc5 33.Qb2 Qa3 34.Qe5 Re6 35.Qf4 Rd6 36.Rb1 f5 37.Bf3 Qxa2 38.Re1 Qb2 39.e4 Qc3 40.Rb1 fxe4 41.Qxe4 Re6 42.Qf4 Re1+ 43.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 44.Kh2 Qe6 45.g3 Qd6 46.Qe4 Qc5 47.Kg1 b4 48.Bg4 Kf7 49.Bd1 Kg7 50.Bc2 b3 51.Bb1 Bf7 52.h4 e5 53.Qe1 Qd4 54.Kh2 Bd5 55.Kh3 Bf3 56.Qa5 Bd5 57.Qc7+ Bf7 58.Qe7 Qxf2 59.Qxe5+ Qf6 60.Qc7 h5 61.Bd3 Qd4 62.Bb1 Qg4+ 63.Kh2 Qe2+ 64.Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1
 
White: Alexander Paphitis (1852)
Black: Daniel Pascetta (1877)
[A37] English
Eastern Class Championships (5)
 
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 e6 7.e3 Nge7 8.d4 0-0 9.Rb1 a6 10.a3 Nf5 11.d5 Na5 12.Qd3 Nb3 13.Qc2 Nxc1 14.Rfxc1 e5 15.b4 cxb4 16.axb4 Qc7 17.Ne2 Ne7 18.Nd2 f5 19.e4 f4 20.Qc3 g5 21.c5 Bd7 22.Nc4 Nc8 23.Qa3 g4 24.Nc3 Qd8 25.Nd1 Qg5 26.Bf1 Rf6 27.h4 Qh5 28.Be2 Rh6 29.Nd2 Bf6 30.Kf1 fxg3 31.fxg3 Na7 32.Bc4 Rf8 33.Nf2 Bxh4 34.Ke2 Bg5 35.Rh1 Qf7 36.Rbf1 Nb5 37.Qd3 Rf6 38.Rh2 Bxd2 39.Qxd2 Nd4+ 40.Kd1 Nf3 41.Qh6 Nxh2 42.Qxh2 Rxf2 43.Rxf2 Qxf2 44.Qxf2 Rxf2 45.c6 Bc8 46.Kc1 Rf3 47.Kb2 Rxg3 48.b5 axb5 49.Bxb5 h5 50.cxb7 Bxb7 51.Bc6 Bxc6 52.dxc6 Rf3 0-1
 
White: GM Alexander Ivanov (2592)
Black: IM Jacek Stopa (2529)
[C03] French
Eastern Class Championships (4)
 
1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 a5 7.Ngf3 0-0 8.c3 Na6 9.e5 Ne8 10.Bxa6 bxa6 11.c6 Qb6 12.Nd4 a4 13.N2f3 a5 14.Qc2 a3 15.bxa3 Ba6 16.Rb1 Qa7 17.a4 Rc8 18.Nb5 Qa8 19.Nfd4 Bc5 20.0-0 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Rxc6 22.Qd2 f6 23.Ba3 Rf7 24.exf6 Nxf6 25.Qxa5 h6 26.Rfc1 Ng4 27.Rxc6 Qxc6 28.Rc1 Qa8 29.Rc2 Qb8 30.Bd6 Qb7 31.h3 Nf6 32.Be5 and White won. 1-0
 
White: Neil Fachon (1951)
Black: Michael Pascetta (1856)
[A21] English
Eastern Class Championships (3)
 
1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 f5 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nge2 0-0 8.d4 c6 9.0-0 Be6 10.b3 Bf7 11.Ba3 e4 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Rac1 Na6 14.c5 d5 15.Rb1 Qa5 16.b4 Qxa3 17.Rb3 Nxb4 18.Qb1 Qa5 19.Rxb4 Qd8 20.Rxb7 Rb8 21.a3 Qc8 22.Rb4 Nd7 23.Qb2 Rxb4 24.Qxb4 Qa6 25.Qa4 Qxa4 26.Nxa4 Rb8 27.Nec3 g5 28.Rb1 f4 29.Bh3 Be8 30.Rxb8 Nxb8 31.gxf4 gxf4 32.Ne2 fxe3 33.fxe3 Bh6 34.Kf2 Bd7 35.Bxd7 Nxd7 36.Ng3 Kf7 37.Nf5 Bf8 38.Kg3 Ke6 39.Kf4 Nf6 40.Nc3 h5 41.h3 Ng8 42.Kg5 h4 43.Na2 Be7+ 44.Kg6 Bd8 45.Nb4 Kd7 46.Kf7 Ne7 47.Nxe7 Bxe7 48.Nxc6 Bxc5 49.Ne5+ Kd6 50.a4 Bb4 51.Ng6 Be1 52.Ne7 Bf2 53.Kf6 Bg1 54.Nf5+ Kc6 55.Ke6 Bf2 56.Ne7+ Kb6 57.Kxd5 Bxe3 58.Kxe4 Bg5 59.Nc8+ Kb7 60.Nd6+ Kc6 61.Nc4 Bf6 62.Ne5+ Kd6 63.Nd3 Bg7 64.d5 Bf6 65.a5 a6 66.Nb4 Bc3 67.Nxa6 Bxa5 68.Nb8 Kc7 69.Nc6 Bc3 70.Nd4 Kd7 71.Nf5 Bf6 72.Kf4 Kc7 and White won. 1-0
 
White: IM Jacek Stopa (2529)
Black: GM Alexander Shabalov (2668)
[B98] Sicilian
Eastern Class Championships (3)
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.fxg5 Nfd7 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Bb5 Rh7 14.Qg6 Rg7 15.0-0+ Kg8 16.Qxe6+ Kh8 17.gxh6 Rh7 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Qxe7 Rxe7 21.Nd5 Rh7 22.Nc7 Rb8 23.Ne8 Rxh6 24.Rad1 Kg8 25.Nxd6 Ne5 1/2-1/2
 
White: Maxwell Schwartz (2099)
Black: Muharrem Brahimaj (2069)
[B30] Sicilian
Eastern Class Championships (2)
 
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Bd7 6.Nbd2 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Nc4 Qc7 9.a4 Nge7 10.c3 0-0 11.Be3 a6 12.a5 Ne5 13.Nb6 Rad8 14.d4 Ng4 15.Bg5 Be8 16.h3 Nf6 17.Re1 h6 18.Bf4 e5 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Bxe5 Rxd1 21.Bxc7 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Nxe4 23.Ne5 f5 24.Nd3 Bc6 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Nxc5 e3 27.fxe3 Rf3 28.e4 Bb5 29.Bf4 g5 30.Kg2 Be2 31.Bd6 Rf7 32.e5 1-0
 
White: GM Sergey Kudrin (2612)
Black: FM Nelson Castaneda (2335)
[B90] Sicilian
Eastern Class Championships
Sturbridge, Massachusetts (1)
 
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e6 7.g3 Be7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.a5 Rc8 13.Re1 Qd7 14.g4 h6 15.f4 d5 16.e5 Nh7 17.Bd4 Bb5 18.Nb1 Bc5 19.c3 Qc7 20.Na3 Bd7 21.Nc2 f6 22.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23.Nd4 fxe5 24.fxe5 Rf4 25.Rf1 Rcf8 26.Rxf4 Rxf4 27.h3 Ng5 28.Qe2 Rxd4 29.cxd4 Qxd4+ 30.Kh1 Bb5 31.Rd1 Qf4 32.Qe1 Nf3 33.Bxf3 Qxf3+ 34.Kh2 Be2 35.Rd2 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Qe3+ 37.Kh2 Qf4+ 38.Kg1 Qe3+ 39.Kh2 1/2-1/2