Invitational "Best Game" Winners

There was a “Best Game” competition for the four Invitational events here in Orlando sponsored by the US Chess Trust and Dewain Barber. I was roped into being the judge for the competition, and Matthew O’Brien and Andrew Tang served as “sanity checks” for my choices. (My thanks to them!) While the submissions were slight in some sections, I think that all the winners are deserving. Without further ado, the Best Games Prizes went to: Denker: Aydin Turgut for Turgut-Wan, Round 2

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[Event "*2019 Denker"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Turgut, Aydin"]
[Black "Wan, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 d4 13. Rb1 b6 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bb7 16. Rb3 Rc8 17. Rg1 Bd5 18. Rb1 Rd8 19. Qb4 f5 20. exf6 Nf5
21. Bd3 Kf7 22. Kf2 Ba2 23. Bxf5 Bxb1 24. Re1 Ba2 25. Bh7 Rh8 26. Qe4 Qc5+ 27.
Re3 Kxf6 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Qg7+ Kd6 30. Kg3 Qh5 31. Rd3+ Bd5 32. a4 Qe2 33. Ba3+
Kc6 34. Rxc3+ Bc4 35. Bd3 Qe3+ 36. Kg4 Rdg8 37. Rxc4+ Kd5 38. Rc7 Rxg7+ 39.
Rxg7 a6 40. Bb2 Rxh2 41. g3 Qe1 42. Be5 Qd1+ 43. Kg5 Qh5+ 44. Kf6 Qe8 45. g4
Qd8+ 46. Kg6 Qe8+ 47. Kf6 Qxa4 48. Rc7 b5 49. g5 Rf2 50. c4+ bxc4 51. Bxc4+ Ke4
52. Bxe6 Qe8 53. g6 Qd8+ 54. Re7 Rg2 55. Bf5+ Kf3 56. Kf7 Qd5+ 57. Kf8 Qd8+ 58.
Re8 Qd5 59. Kg7 a5 60. Kf6 a4 61. g7 Qc6+ 62. Re6 Qa8 63. Kf7 Qb7+ 64. Re7 Qa8
65. Re8 Qb7+ 66. Re7 Qa8 67. Re8 Qb7+ 68. Kf8 Qb4+ 69. Re7 a3 70. Be6 Rd2 71.
Kf7 Rd8 72. Kf6 Qb6 73. Bc7 Qd4+ 74. Kf7 Ra8 75. Rd7 Qc3 76. Bd5+ Kf2 77. Bxa8
a2 78. g8=Q a1=Q 79. Bb6+ Ke2 80. Qg2+ 1-0

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Barber: Hersh Singh for Singh-Provence, Round 5

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[Event "2019 Barber "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Singh, Hersh"]
[Black "Province, Cael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. h3 h6 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 e5 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc5 20. Rdd1 e4 21.
Nh2 Rg5 22. Nf1 Qe6 23. h4 Rg6 24. Kh1 Ne5 25. Qxe4 Qf6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. f4
Qc6 28. Re1 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rg4 30. Rxe5 Rxh4+ 31. Kg1 Rd8 32. g3 Rg4 33. Kf2 Rg6
34. Rd5 Re8 35. a4 Rc6 36. Ne3 f6 37. f5 Rc7 38. Ba3 Kf7 39. Nc2 g6 40. Nd4
gxf5 41. Nb5 Rc6 42. Nd6+ Rxd6 43. Bxd6 Kg6 44. a5 1-0

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Haring: Alice Lee for Lee-Lei, Round 5

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[Event "2019 Haring"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lee, Alice"]
[Black "Lei, Amy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.06"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Bg5 Ngf6 7. d5 O-O 8. Nd2
h6 9. Be3 a5 10. Be2 Nc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. b3 Nh7 13. a3 f5 14. f3 f4 15. Bf2 Qe7
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na6 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. c5 Rfb8 20. c6 Bc8 21. Ra4 bxc6 22.
Qa3 cxd5 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Nxd5 Qd7 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Qxa6 c6 27. Nb6 Qc7 28.
Rc1 c5 29. bxc5 dxc5 30. Nd5 Qd8 31. Bxc5 Ra8 32. Qxg6 Ra2 33. Be7 Qa8 34. Bf6
Ra7 35. Nb6 Qg8 36. Rc8 Nxf6 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. Nd5 Ra6 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40. Nf5
1-0

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Senior: Lennart Bjorksten for Bjorksten-Magar, Round 2

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[Event "2019 Senior"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bjorksten, Lennart"]
[Black "Magar, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 c6 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. g4 Ne6 12. Bg3 Nd7 13. f4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qa5
15. f5 gxf5 16. gxf5 Nec5 17. e4 e6 18. exd5 cxd5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nxd5 exd5
21. e6 Nf6 22. Be5 Nfe4 23. Bxh8 Qxa2 24. Qxh5+ Ke7 25. Qf7+ Kd6 26. Rxd5+ Kc6
27. Rxc5+ Nxc5 28. Qf3+ Kb6 29. Bd4 Rd8 30. Bxc5+ Kxc5 31. Qa3+ Qxa3 32. bxa3
Re8 33. Re1 Kd6 34. e7 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Kd2 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kf5 38. Kf3 b5
39. Ke3 Kg4 40. Kd4 Kxh4 41. Kc5 Kg5 42. Kxb5 Kf4 43. Ka6 Ke5 44. Kxa7 Kd4 45.
Kb6 {Game may have continued...} Kc3 46. a4 Kxc2 47. a5 Kd3 48. a6 Ke4 49. a7
Kf5 50. a8=Q Kf4 51. Kc5 Kf5 52. Kd4 Ke6 53. Qc6+ Kf5 54. Qe4+ Kf6 55. Qf4+ Ke6
56. Kc5 Kd7 1-0

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