Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

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Date: 07 Jul 2007 17:57:56
From: samsloan
Subject: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

Here are my games from the World Open. This includes a game I played
as a filler in the Under-2200 section.

As will be observed, in most of the games I was lost, but still I
managed to score 6 1/2 - 3 1/2. Had I won my last round game I would
have won $500.

Sam Sloan

[Event "World Open Championship"]
[Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "01"]
[White "Sloan,Sam"]
[Black "Daly,Chaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1812"]

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6
7.Qxb7 Nbd7 8.Nb5 Rc8 9.Nxa7 Rc7 10.Qa6 Nc5 11.Qb5+ Nfd7
12.Nc6 Qc8 13.Ne5 Nb3 14.Qxb3 Rxc1+ 15.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 16.Qd1
Qxd1+ 17.Kxd1 Nxe5 18.f3 Bh5 19.Nh3 Bd6 20.d3 Ke7 21.a3 Rb8
22.Kc2 Bg6 23.e4 dxe4 24.fxe4 Ng4 25.Bf3 Ne5 26.Be2 Nc6
27.Rb1 Nd4+ 28.Kd2 Bxa3 29.b3 Rxb3 30.Ra1 Rb2+ 31.Ke3 Rxe2+
32.Kf4 Bd6+ 33.Kg4 h5+ 34.Kg5 Nf3# 0-1

[Event "World Open Championship"]
[Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Pamatmat,Jarod M."]
[Black "Sloan,Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1934"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nf6
7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.c4 Qd6 9.Bb2 exd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Be2 Re8
12.Nf3 Bg4 13.O-O Rad8 14.d5 Na5 15.Qc2 Qc5 16.Ne5 Bxe2
17.Qxe2 c6 18.dxc6 Nxc6 19.Rfe1 Re6 20.Qe3 Qd6 21.f4 Ng4
22.Qg3 Qc5+ 23.Kf1 Rd2 24.Nxg4 Qxc4+ 25.Kg1 Rxb2 26.Kh1 h5
27.Ne3 Qb3 28.f5 h4 29.Qf4 Re5 30.h3 f6 31.Kh2 Rd2 32.Rab1
Qa2 33.Qg4 Rd4 34.Qg6 Rde4 35.Rxb7 Re7 36.Ng4 Rxe1 37.Nxf6+
Kf8 38.Nh7+ Kg8 39.Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open Championship"]
[Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "03"]
[White "Sloan,Sam"]
[Black "Layevskiy,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1824"]

1.g4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.h3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.e4 Ne7 7.f4 d4
8.Nce2 f5 9.gxf5 gxf5 10.fxe5 Bxe5 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.Bg5 Qa5+
13.Kf2 Qc5 14.Qd2 fxe4 15.dxe4 d3+ 16.Be3 Qxc2 17.Qxc2 dxc2
18.Ned4 O-O 19.Rac1 Nd7 20.Rxc2 Ne5 21.Rd1 b6 22.Bg5 N7g6
23.Nxc6 Nxf3 24.Bxf3 Bxh3 25.Kg3 Ne5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Bh1 Be6
28.Nf5 Bxa2 29.Rc7 Rf7 30.Rxf7 Nxf7 31.Nxg7 Nxg5 32.Nf5 Re8
33.Rd7 Nxe4+ 34.Bxe4 Rxe4 35.Rd8+ Bg8 36.Nh6 Kg7 37.Nxg8
Rb4 38.Ne7 Rxb2 39.Nd5 Rd2 40.Rd7+ Kf8 41.Kf4 a5 42.Ke5 a4
43.Rxh7 a3 44.Nxb6 a2 45.Ra7 Re2+ 46.Kd5 Ke8 47.Kc5 Kd8
48.Nd5 Kc8 49.Kc6 Rc2+ 50.Kb5 Kb8 51.Ra3 Rb2+ 52.Nb4 Kb7
53.Kc5 Rh2 54.Nxa2 Rh5+ 55.Kb4 Rh4+ 56.Kb3 Rh8 57.Nc3 Ra8
58.Na4 Kc6 59.Ra1 Rh8 60.Rg1 Rh3+ 61.Nc3 Rh8 62.Rg5 Rb8+
63.Kc4 Ra8 64.Rg6+ Kd7 65.Kc5 Rc8+ 66.Kd4 Ra8 67.Nd5 Ra4+
68.Ke5 Ra1 69.Rg7+ Kd8 70.Kd6 Ra6+ 71.Kc5 Ra1 72.Kb6 Rb1+
73.Kc6 Ke8 74.Kd6 Kf8 75.Ra7 Rh1 76.Ke6 Re1+ 77.Kf5 Rf1+
78.Nf4 Ke8 79.Ke6 Re1+ 80.Kd6 Rd1+ 81.Nd5 Kf8 82.Rb7 Ra1
83.Ke6 Ra6+ 84.Nb6 Ra1 85.Nd7+ Kg8 86.Nf6+ Kf8 87.Rf7# 1-0

[Event "World Open Championship"]
[Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2007.07.02"]
[Round "04"]
[White "Adekola,Adermi"]
[Black "Sloan,Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1934"]

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Bf4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nge7
7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Bg4 9.O-O-O Bxf3 10.exf3 Ng6 11.Bg3 Qd7
12.Bd3 O-O 13.f4 b6 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.Rhe1 Na5 16.h4 Nb3+
17.Kb1 Nc5 18.h5 Nf8 19.f5 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 c5 21.Bf4 Qc6 22.g4
a6 23.g5 b5 24.Rh1 bxc4 25.Qxc4 Qe4+ 26.Ka1 Qxf4 27.g6 Qxf5
28.f4 hxg6 29.h6 gxh6 30.Rxh6 Qxf4 31.Rdh1 Rxe5 32.R6h4 Qg3
33.Qc1 Qg5 34.Qd1 Rae8 35.Ka2 Re2 36.Qb3 R8e6 37.Qb8 Qd5+
38.Kb1 Re1+ 39.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 40.Kc2 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "World Open Championship"]
[Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2007.07.02"]
[Round "05"]
[White "Sloan,Sam"]
[Black "Rendon,Clemente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1933"]

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c5 3.h3 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.Nc3 d4 6.Nd5 Be6 7.e4
Nge7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bxf6 Bxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Qf3
Nf4 13.Qxb7 Nxg2+ 14.Qxg2 Rc8 15.Nf3 Bd6 16.O-O O-O 17.Nd2
Rf4 18.Nc4 Bb8 19.Rae1 h5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 hxg4 22.hxg4
Qd7 23.f3 Qd6 24.Re4 Rf6 25.Qh2 Qb6 26.b3 Rcf8 27.Qe5 Qc6
28.Kg2 Rd6 29.Rh1 Rdf6 30.Rh3 Rc8 31.g5 Rg6 32.Reh4 Re6
33.Rh8+ Kf7 34.Qf4+ Ke7 35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.Rh7 Qg8 37.Qc7+ Ke8
38.Rxg7 Re2+ 39.Kg3 Qd5 40.Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "World Open - Under 2200"]
[Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2007.07.02"]
[Round "05"]
[White "shall,Calvin"]
[Black "Sloan,Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "1934"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 e4 6.Nfd2 f5
7.Nc3 c6 8.a4 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nbc6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qg5 Bg7 12.Nb3
O-O 13.Be3 Nb4 14.O-O-O a6 15.Be2 h6 16.Qg3 g5 17.f4 exf3
18.Qxf3 f4 19.Bg1 Bf5 20.Bd3 Nxd3+ 21.cxd3 b5 22.a5 Qc8
23.Re1 Bg4 24.Qf1 Nc6 25.Kb1 Qd8 26.h3 Bf5 27.Bf2 b4 28.Na2
Nxa5 29.Nac1 Nxb3 30.Nxb3 a5 31.Nc5 a4 32.Ne6 Bxe6 33.Rxe6
a3 34.Qe2 axb2 35.Qxb2 b3 36.Rf1 Qb8 37.Re7 Rc8 38.h4 Rc2
39.Rfe1 Rxb2+ 40.Kxb2 Qb5 41.Rd1 Qb4 42.Kb1 Qc3 0-1

[Event "World Open Championship"]
[Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "06"]
[White "Sloan,Sam"]
[Black "Point,Gary R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1979"]

1.g4 c6 2.h3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nc3 Na6 7.a3
Nc7 8.b4 Bb6 9.Na4 Ne6 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 d5
13.Nf5 O-O 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bb2 Re8 16.Bc4 Nef4+ 17.Kf1 Bxf5
18.gxf5 b5 19.Qg4 g6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Kg1 Re4
23.Rd1 Nxh3+ 24.Qxh3 Qxd1+ 25.Kh2 Qh5 26.Kg2 Qxh3+ 27.Rxh3
f6 28.Bxf6 Kf7 29.Bb2 Re2 30.Rh7+ Ke6 31.Rg7 Rxc2 32.Rxg6+
Kd5 33.Rg5+ Ke4 34.Be5 Rxa3 35.Bd6 b6 36.Bc7 Ra6 37.Kg3 Rc4
38.f3+ Kd4 39.Bd6 c5 40.f4 Rxb4 41.f5 Ra3+ 42.Kg4 Kd5+
43.Bf4 Raa4 44.f6+ Ke6 45.Rf5 Rxf4+ 0-1

[Event "World Open Championship"]
[Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "07"]
[White "Idris,Syeed M"]
[Black "Sloan,Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "1934"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.d4 d5 4.dxe5 dxe4 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nfd2 f5
7.f3 e3 8.Nc4 f4 9.g3 g5 10.h4 b5 11.Nca3 Bb7 12.Be2 Be7
13.hxg5 Bxg5 14.gxf4 Bxf4 15.Nxb5 Nc6 16.N1c3 Nxe5 17.Ne4
Ne7 18.Nd4 Bxe4 19.fxe4 Kd7 20.Rh3 Rag8 21.Bxe3 Bxe3
22.Rxe3 Rg1+ 23.Bf1 Rf8 24.Nf5 Nxf5 25.exf5 Rxf5 26.O-O-O+
Ke7 27.Bd3 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 Rh5 29.Bxh7 Kd6 30.Bd3 c5 31.b3
Rh1+ 32.Kd2 Ra1 33.a4 c4 34.Rxe5 Kxe5 35.Bxc4 Kd4 36.Bb5
Rh1 37.c3+ Kc5 38.b4+ Kd5 39.Be2 Rh2 40.a5 Rh6 41.Kc2 Rh2
42.Kd3 Rh3+ 43.Kd2 Rh2 44.b5 Kc5 45.c4 Rg2 46.Ke3 Rg3+
47.Kd2 Ra3 48.a6 Kd4 49.Bf1 Ra2+ 50.Ke1 Ke3 51.Kd1 Ra1+
52.Kc2 Rxf1 53.Kc3 Rc1+ 54.Kb4 Kd4 0-1

[Event "World Open Championship"]
[Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "08"]
[White "Aaron,Deepak"]
[Black "Sloan,Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1934"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.Nc3 c6 5.d3 d5 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.h3
Bh5 8.Bd2 d4 9.Ne2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qd7 11.Ng3 c5 12.f4 Nbc6
13.f5 Nc8 14.Qh5+ Kd8 15.O-O-O b5 16.f4 Nb6 17.Be6 Qd6
18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Ne2 a5 20.Nf4 c4 21.dxc4 Nbxc4 22.Bc3 Kc7
23.Rxd4 Qc5 24.Bxc4 Kb6 25.Ne6 Qe7 26.Bd5 Rc8 27.Rd2 Rxc3
28.bxc3 Qa3+ 29.Kd1 Qxc3 30.Rf1 Bb4 31.Rff2 Rc8 32.Bb3 a4
33.Nf4 Qa1+ 34.Ke2 Bxd2 35.Nd5+ Ka5 36.Kxd2 axb3 37.axb3
Qd4+ 38.Ke1 Qxe4+ 39.Qe2 Qxd5 40.c4 Nd3+ 41.Kd2 bxc4 42.b4+
Nxb4+ 43.Kc3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "World Open Championship"]
[Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "09"]
[White "Sloan,Sam"]
[Black "Mateer,Armanda R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "1939"]

1.g4 e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nc3 d5 4.h3 c6 5.e4 Qh4 6.Qe2 Bxg4 7.Qd2
d4 8.Nd1 Nd7 9.Bg2 Bxd1 10.Qxd1 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 h6 12.a3 Ba5
13.b4 Bc7 14.Rb1 Ne7 15.c4 dxc3 16.Be3 Bb6 17.Nf3 Qf6
18.Kg1 Ng6 19.Kh2 Ndf8 20.Rg1 Ne6 21.b5 c5 22.Rc1 Ba5 23.b6
axb6 24.Qa4+ Ke7 25.Bh1 Nd4 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Qb5 Rhc8 28.Rg3
Rc5 29.Qa4 Nf4 30.Qc2 Rb5 31.Rb1 Rxb1 32.Qxb1 Rc8 33.Ne1
Ne2 34.Rf3 Qg5 35.Bg2 Qc1 36.Qb3 f6 37.Bf1 Qxe1 38.Bxe2 c2
39.Rg3 Qxf2+ 40.Rg2 Qf4+ 41.Rg3 c1=Q 42.Kg2 Qxg3+ 43.Kxg3
Qg1+ 44.Kf3 Qe3+ 0-1

Date: 10 Jul 2007 11:29:58
From: Richard
Subject: Re: Ismail Mohammed Sloan is not a USCF member

On Jul 10, 1:45 pm, Rob <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Jul 10, 12:25 pm, samsloan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 9, 11:33 am, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I move that any games played by "SAM SLOAN" be removed. Sam Sloan is
> > > not his legal name. Any USCF rated tournament must include the legal
> > > name of the entrant. As such, SLoans games are illegal and all matches
> > > are forefit.
>
> > Rob Mitchell is not even a member of the USCF and thus has no standing
> > to complain about USCF rules.
>
> > Sam Sloan
>
> You are not a USCF member either. SHow me the membership number for
> Mohammed Ismail Sloan. If that is your legal name, then you are not a
> USCF member.
> Rob (Which-Mitch)

If you really have a problem with the use of nicknames in USCF
membership, then you really are every bit as petty and pathetic as the
person you're complaining about. Get a life and stop spamming the
group.

--Richard

Date: 10 Jul 2007 10:45:41
From: Rob
Subject: Ismail Mohammed Sloan is not a USCF member

On Jul 10, 12:25 pm, samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Jul 9, 11:33 am, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I move that any games played by "SAM SLOAN" be removed. Sam Sloan is
> > not his legal name. Any USCF rated tournament must include the legal
> > name of the entrant. As such, SLoans games are illegal and all matches
> > are forefit.
>
> Rob Mitchell is not even a member of the USCF and thus has no standing
> to complain about USCF rules.
>
> Sam Sloan

You are not a USCF member either. SHow me the membership number for
Mohammed Ismail Sloan. If that is your legal name, then you are not a
USCF member.
Rob (Which-Mitch)

Date: 10 Jul 2007 10:26:39
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

On Jul 9, 11:33 am, Rob <[email protected] > wrote:

> I move that any games played by "SAM SLOAN" be removed. Sam Sloan is
> not his legal name. Any USCF rated tournament must include the legal
> name of the entrant. As such, SLoans games are illegal and all matches
> are forefit.

Rob Mitchell is not even a member of the USCF and thus has no standing
to complain about USCF rules.

Sam Sloan

Date: 10 Jul 2007 10:25:59
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open are forefit!

Date: 10 Jul 2007 10:25:35
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

Date: 10 Jul 2007 08:53:57
From: Rob
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open are forfeit!

On Jul 9, 10:33 am, Rob <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Jul 7, 12:57 pm, samsloan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Here are my games from the World Open. This includes a game I played
> > as a filler in the Under-2200 section.
>
> > As will be observed, in most of the games I was lost, but still I
> > managed to score 6 1/2 - 3 1/2. Had I won my last round game I would
> > have won $500.
>
> > Sam Sloan
>
> > [Event "World Open Championship"]
> > [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> > [Date "2007.07.01"]
> > [Round "01"]
> > [White "Sloan,Sam"]
> > [Black "Daly,Chaz"]
> > [Result "0-1"]
> > [ECO "A00"]
> > [WhiteElo "1934"]
> > [BlackElo "1812"]
>
> > 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6
> > 7.Qxb7 Nbd7 8.Nb5 Rc8 9.Nxa7 Rc7 10.Qa6 Nc5 11.Qb5+ Nfd7
> > 12.Nc6 Qc8 13.Ne5 Nb3 14.Qxb3 Rxc1+ 15.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 16.Qd1
> > Qxd1+ 17.Kxd1 Nxe5 18.f3 Bh5 19.Nh3 Bd6 20.d3 Ke7 21.a3 Rb8
> > 22.Kc2 Bg6 23.e4 dxe4 24.fxe4 Ng4 25.Bf3 Ne5 26.Be2 Nc6
> > 27.Rb1 Nd4+ 28.Kd2 Bxa3 29.b3 Rxb3 30.Ra1 Rb2+ 31.Ke3 Rxe2+
> > 32.Kf4 Bd6+ 33.Kg4 h5+ 34.Kg5 Nf3# 0-1
>
> > [Event "World Open Championship"]
> > [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> > [Date "2007.07.01"]
> > [Round "02"]
> > [White "Pamatmat,Jarod M."]
> > [Black "Sloan,Sam"]
> > [Result "1/2-1/2"]
> > [ECO "D08"]
> > [WhiteElo "1896"]
> > [BlackElo "1934"]
>
> > 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nf6
> > 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.c4 Qd6 9.Bb2 exd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Be2 Re8
> > 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.O-O Rad8 14.d5 Na5 15.Qc2 Qc5 16.Ne5 Bxe2
> > 17.Qxe2 c6 18.dxc6 Nxc6 19.Rfe1 Re6 20.Qe3 Qd6 21.f4 Ng4
> > 22.Qg3 Qc5+ 23.Kf1 Rd2 24.Nxg4 Qxc4+ 25.Kg1 Rxb2 26.Kh1 h5
> > 27.Ne3 Qb3 28.f5 h4 29.Qf4 Re5 30.h3 f6 31.Kh2 Rd2 32.Rab1
> > Qa2 33.Qg4 Rd4 34.Qg6 Rde4 35.Rxb7 Re7 36.Ng4 Rxe1 37.Nxf6+
> > Kf8 38.Nh7+ Kg8 39.Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2
>
> > [Event "World Open Championship"]
> > [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> > [Date "2007.07.01"]
> > [Round "03"]
> > [White "Sloan,Sam"]
> > [Black "Layevskiy,Michael"]
> > [Result "1-0"]
> > [ECO "A00"]
> > [WhiteElo "1934"]
> > [BlackElo "1824"]
>
> > 1.g4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.h3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.e4 Ne7 7.f4 d4
> > 8.Nce2 f5 9.gxf5 gxf5 10.fxe5 Bxe5 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.Bg5 Qa5+
> > 13.Kf2 Qc5 14.Qd2 fxe4 15.dxe4 d3+ 16.Be3 Qxc2 17.Qxc2 dxc2
> > 18.Ned4 O-O 19.Rac1 Nd7 20.Rxc2 Ne5 21.Rd1 b6 22.Bg5 N7g6
> > 23.Nxc6 Nxf3 24.Bxf3 Bxh3 25.Kg3 Ne5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Bh1 Be6
> > 28.Nf5 Bxa2 29.Rc7 Rf7 30.Rxf7 Nxf7 31.Nxg7 Nxg5 32.Nf5 Re8
> > 33.Rd7 Nxe4+ 34.Bxe4 Rxe4 35.Rd8+ Bg8 36.Nh6 Kg7 37.Nxg8
> > Rb4 38.Ne7 Rxb2 39.Nd5 Rd2 40.Rd7+ Kf8 41.Kf4 a5 42.Ke5 a4
> > 43.Rxh7 a3 44.Nxb6 a2 45.Ra7 Re2+ 46.Kd5 Ke8 47.Kc5 Kd8
> > 48.Nd5 Kc8 49.Kc6 Rc2+ 50.Kb5 Kb8 51.Ra3 Rb2+ 52.Nb4 Kb7
> > 53.Kc5 Rh2 54.Nxa2 Rh5+ 55.Kb4 Rh4+ 56.Kb3 Rh8 57.Nc3 Ra8
> > 58.Na4 Kc6 59.Ra1 Rh8 60.Rg1 Rh3+ 61.Nc3 Rh8 62.Rg5 Rb8+
> > 63.Kc4 Ra8 64.Rg6+ Kd7 65.Kc5 Rc8+ 66.Kd4 Ra8 67.Nd5 Ra4+
> > 68.Ke5 Ra1 69.Rg7+ Kd8 70.Kd6 Ra6+ 71.Kc5 Ra1 72.Kb6 Rb1+
> > 73.Kc6 Ke8 74.Kd6 Kf8 75.Ra7 Rh1 76.Ke6 Re1+ 77.Kf5 Rf1+
> > 78.Nf4 Ke8 79.Ke6 Re1+ 80.Kd6 Rd1+ 81.Nd5 Kf8 82.Rb7 Ra1
> > 83.Ke6 Ra6+ 84.Nb6 Ra1 85.Nd7+ Kg8 86.Nf6+ Kf8 87.Rf7# 1-0
>
> > [Event "World Open Championship"]
> > [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> > [Date "2007.07.02"]
> > [Round "04"]
> > [White "Adekola,Adermi"]
> > [Black "Sloan,Sam"]
> > [Result "0-1"]
> > [ECO "D08"]
> > [WhiteElo "1803"]
> > [BlackElo "1934"]
>
> > 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Bf4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nge7
> > 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Bg4 9.O-O-O Bxf3 10.exf3 Ng6 11.Bg3 Qd7
> > 12.Bd3 O-O 13.f4 b6 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.Rhe1 Na5 16.h4 Nb3+
> > 17.Kb1 Nc5 18.h5 Nf8 19.f5 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 c5 21.Bf4 Qc6 22.g4
> > a6 23.g5 b5 24.Rh1 bxc4 25.Qxc4 Qe4+ 26.Ka1 Qxf4 27.g6 Qxf5
> > 28.f4 hxg6 29.h6 gxh6 30.Rxh6 Qxf4 31.Rdh1 Rxe5 32.R6h4 Qg3
> > 33.Qc1 Qg5 34.Qd1 Rae8 35.Ka2 Re2 36.Qb3 R8e6 37.Qb8 Qd5+
> > 38.Kb1 Re1+ 39.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 40.Kc2 Qc4+ 0-1
>
> > [Event "World Open Championship"]
> > [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> > [Date "2007.07.02"]
> > [Round "05"]
> > [White "Sloan,Sam"]
> > [Black "Rendon,Clemente"]
> > [Result "1-0"]
> > [ECO "A00"]
> > [WhiteElo "1934"]
> > [BlackElo "1933"]
>
> > 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c5 3.h3 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.Nc3 d4 6.Nd5 Be6 7.e4
> > Nge7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bxf6 Bxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Qf3
> > Nf4 13.Qxb7 Nxg2+ 14.Qxg2 Rc8 15.Nf3 Bd6 16.O-O O-O 17.Nd2
> > Rf4 18.Nc4 Bb8 19.Rae1 h5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 hxg4 22.hxg4
> > Qd7 23.f3 Qd6 24.Re4 Rf6 25.Qh2 Qb6 26.b3 Rcf8 27.Qe5 Qc6
> > 28.Kg2 Rd6 29.Rh1 Rdf6 30.Rh3 Rc8 31.g5 Rg6 32.Reh4 Re6
> > 33.Rh8+ Kf7 34.Qf4+ Ke7 35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.Rh7 Qg8 37.Qc7+ Ke8
> > 38.Rxg7 Re2+ 39.Kg3 Qd5 40.Qc8+ 1-0
>
> > [Event "World Open - Under 2200"]
> > [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> > [Date "2007.07.02"]
> > [Round "05"]
> > [White "shall,Calvin"]
> > [Black "Sloan,Sam"]
> > [Result "0-1"]
> > [ECO "C40"]
> > [WhiteElo "2021"]
> > [BlackElo "1934"]
>
> > 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 e4 6.Nfd2 f5
> > 7.Nc3 c6 8.a4 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nbc6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qg5 Bg7 12.Nb3
> > O-O 13.Be3 Nb4 14.O-O-O a6 15.Be2 h6 16.Qg3 g5 17.f4 exf3
> > 18.Qxf3 f4 19.Bg1 Bf5 20.Bd3 Nxd3+ 21.cxd3 b5 22.a5 Qc8
> > 23.Re1 Bg4 24.Qf1 Nc6 25.Kb1 Qd8 26.h3 Bf5 27.Bf2 b4 28.Na2
> > Nxa5 29.Nac1 Nxb3 30.Nxb3 a5 31.Nc5 a4 32.Ne6 Bxe6 33.Rxe6
> > a3 34.Qe2 axb2 35.Qxb2 b3 36.Rf1 Qb8 37.Re7 Rc8 38.h4 Rc2
> > 39.Rfe1 Rxb2+ 40.Kxb2 Qb5 41.Rd1 Qb4 42.Kb1 Qc3 0-1
>
> > [Event "World Open Championship"]
> > [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> > [Date "2007.07.03"]
> > [Round "06"]
> > [White "Sloan,Sam"]
> > [Black "Point,Gary R"]
> > [Result "0-1"]
> > [ECO "A00"]
> > [WhiteElo "1934"]
> > [BlackElo "1979"]
>
> > 1.g4 c6 2.h3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nc3 Na6 7.a3
> > Nc7 8.b4 Bb6 9.Na4 Ne6 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 d5
> > 13.Nf5 O-O 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bb2 Re8 16.Bc4 Nef4+ 17.Kf1 Bxf5
> > 18.gxf5 b5 19.Qg4 g6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Kg1 Re4
> > 23.Rd1 Nxh3+ 24.Qxh3 Qxd1+ 25.Kh2 Qh5 26.Kg2 Qxh3+ 27.Rxh3
> > f6 28.Bxf6 Kf7 29.Bb2 Re2 30.Rh7+ Ke6 31.Rg7 Rxc2 32.Rxg6+
> > Kd5 33.Rg5+ Ke4 34.Be5 Rxa3 35.Bd6 b6 36.Bc7 Ra6 37.Kg3 Rc4
> > 38.f3+ Kd4 39.Bd6 c5 40.f4 Rxb4 41.f5 Ra3+ 42.Kg4 Kd5+
> > 43.Bf4 Raa4 44.f6+ Ke6 45.Rf5 Rxf4+ 0-1
>
> > [Event "World Open Championship"]
> > [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> > [Date "2007.07.03"]
> > [Round "07"]
> > [White "Idris,Syeed M"]
> > [Black "Sloan,Sam"]
> > [Result "0-1"]
> > [ECO "C40"]
> > [WhiteElo "1971"]
> > [BlackElo "1934"]
>
> > 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.d4 d5 4.dxe5 dxe4 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nfd2 f5
> > 7.f3 e3 8.Nc4 f4 9.g3 g5 10.h4 b5 11.Nca3 Bb7 12.Be2 Be7
> > 13.hxg5 Bxg5 14.gxf4 Bxf4 15.Nxb5 Nc6 16.N1c3 Nxe5 17.Ne4
> > Ne7 18.Nd4 Bxe4 19.fxe4 Kd7 20.Rh3 Rag8 21.Bxe3 Bxe3
> > 22.Rxe3 Rg1+ 23.Bf1 Rf8 24.Nf5 Nxf5 25.exf5 Rxf5 26.O-O-O+
> > Ke7 27.Bd3 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 Rh5 29.Bxh7 Kd6 30.Bd3 c5 31.b3
> > Rh1+ 32.Kd2 Ra1 33.a4 c4 34.Rxe5 Kxe5 35.Bxc4 Kd4 36.Bb5
> > Rh1 37.c3+ Kc5 38.b4+ Kd5 39.Be2 Rh2 40.a5 Rh6 41.Kc2 Rh2
> > 42.Kd3 Rh3+ 43.Kd2 Rh2 44.b5 Kc5 45.c4 Rg2 46.Ke3 Rg3+
> > 47.Kd2 Ra3 48.a6 Kd4 49.Bf1 Ra2+ 50.Ke1 Ke3 51.Kd1 Ra1+
> > 52.Kc2 Rxf1 53.Kc3 Rc1+ 54.Kb4 Kd4 0-1
>
> > [Event "World Open Championship"]
> > [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> > [Date "2007.07.04"]
> > [Round "08"]
> > [White "Aaron,Deepak"]
> > [Black "Sloan,Sam"]
> > [Result "0-1"]
> > [ECO "C40"]
> > [WhiteElo "1978"]
> > [BlackElo "1934"]
>
> > 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.Nc3 c6 5.d3 d5 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.h3
> > Bh5 8.Bd2 d4 9.Ne2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qd7 11.Ng3 c5 12.f4 Nbc6
> > 13.f5 Nc8 14.Qh5+ Kd8 15.O-O-O b5 16.f4 Nb6 17.Be6 Qd6
> > 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Ne2 a5 20.Nf4 c4 21.dxc4 Nbxc4 22.Bc3 Kc7
> > 23.Rxd4 Qc5 24.Bxc4 Kb6 25.Ne6 Qe7 26.Bd5 Rc8 27.Rd2 Rxc3
> > 28.bxc3 Qa3+ 29.Kd1 Qxc3 30.Rf1 Bb4 31.Rff2 Rc8 32.Bb3 a4
> > 33.Nf4 Qa1+ 34.Ke2 Bxd2 35.Nd5+ Ka5 36.Kxd2 axb3 37.axb3
> > Qd4+ 38.Ke1 Qxe4+ 39.Qe2 Qxd5 40.c4 Nd3+ 41.Kd2 bxc4 42.b4+
> > Nxb4+ 43.Kc3 Qd3+ 0-1
>
> > [Event "World Open Championship"]
> > [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> > [Date "2007.07.04"]
> > [Round "09"]
> > [White "Sloan,Sam"]
> > [Black "Mateer,Armanda R"]
> > [Result "0-1"]
> > [ECO "A00"]
> > [WhiteElo "1934"]
> > [BlackElo "1939"]
>
> > 1.g4 e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nc3 d5 4.h3 c6 5.e4 Qh4 6.Qe2 Bxg4 7.Qd2
> > d4 8.Nd1 Nd7 9.Bg2 Bxd1 10.Qxd1 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 h6 12.a3 Ba5
> > 13.b4 Bc7 14.Rb1 Ne7 15.c4 dxc3 16.Be3 Bb6 17.Nf3 Qf6
> > 18.Kg1 Ng6 19.Kh2 Ndf8 20.Rg1 Ne6 21.b5 c5 22.Rc1 Ba5 23.b6
> > axb6 24.Qa4+ Ke7 25.Bh1 Nd4 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Qb5 Rhc8 28.Rg3
> > Rc5 29.Qa4 Nf4 30.Qc2 Rb5 31.Rb1 Rxb1 32.Qxb1 Rc8 33.Ne1
> > Ne2 34.Rf3 Qg5 35.Bg2 Qc1 36.Qb3 f6 37.Bf1 Qxe1 38.Bxe2 c2
> > 39.Rg3 Qxf2+ 40.Rg2 Qf4+ 41.Rg3 c1=Q 42.Kg2 Qxg3+ 43.Kxg3
> > Qg1+ 44.Kf3 Qe3+ 0-1
>
> I move that any games played by "SAM SLOAN" be removed. Sam Sloan is
> not his legal name. Any USCF rated tournament must include the legal
> name of the entrant. As such, SLoans games are illegal and all matches
> are forefit.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Date: 09 Jul 2007 19:13:03
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

On Jul 8, 9:25 am, Richard <[email protected] > wrote:

> I found this interesting. Sam scored 4 wins and a draw as black. As
> white, he played the Grob every time (1. g4) and got 2 wins and 3
> losses. How many players do you know who score significantly worse as
> white than they do as black? I'd almost be willing to bet money that
> Sam's rating would be 200 points higher if he'd just give up the Grob
> and play ANY opening that starts with 1. e4 or 1. d4.
>
> I'm not trying to say that the Grob, or any other theoretically
> unsound opening, doesn't have its uses. Those types of things can be
> fine if you're playing blitz or just messing around for fun. But in a
> major tourney like this with a slow time control, I'd be sticking to
> the openings where I've had the best success rate.

Before leaping to any sweeping conclusions here,
we would need to know Sam Sloan's *overall* ratio
of wins to losses, not just the results from this one
tourney. I replayed the three wins he had as Black,
and although he displayed some chess skill, there
was more than a bit of luck involved in how things
turned out. Indeed, it looked like his opponents
were taken away from their usual strengths and
plunged into deep tactical waters, where they quite
simply drowned. Maybe the reverse would hold true:
if SS were to attempt any solid, sound openings, he
might come up wanting for lack of technique or
positional understanding of real chess.

-- help bot

Date: 09 Jul 2007 15:33:33
From: Rob
Subject: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open are forefit!

On Jul 7, 12:57 pm, samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
> Here are my games from the World Open. This includes a game I played
> as a filler in the Under-2200 section.
>
> As will be observed, in most of the games I was lost, but still I
> managed to score 6 1/2 - 3 1/2. Had I won my last round game I would
> have won $500.
>
> Sam Sloan
>
> [Event "World Open Championship"]
> [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> [Date "2007.07.01"]
> [Round "01"]
> [White "Sloan,Sam"]
> [Black "Daly,Chaz"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "A00"]
> [WhiteElo "1934"]
> [BlackElo "1812"]
>
> 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6
> 7.Qxb7 Nbd7 8.Nb5 Rc8 9.Nxa7 Rc7 10.Qa6 Nc5 11.Qb5+ Nfd7
> 12.Nc6 Qc8 13.Ne5 Nb3 14.Qxb3 Rxc1+ 15.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 16.Qd1
> Qxd1+ 17.Kxd1 Nxe5 18.f3 Bh5 19.Nh3 Bd6 20.d3 Ke7 21.a3 Rb8
> 22.Kc2 Bg6 23.e4 dxe4 24.fxe4 Ng4 25.Bf3 Ne5 26.Be2 Nc6
> 27.Rb1 Nd4+ 28.Kd2 Bxa3 29.b3 Rxb3 30.Ra1 Rb2+ 31.Ke3 Rxe2+
> 32.Kf4 Bd6+ 33.Kg4 h5+ 34.Kg5 Nf3# 0-1
>
> [Event "World Open Championship"]
> [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> [Date "2007.07.01"]
> [Round "02"]
> [White "Pamatmat,Jarod M."]
> [Black "Sloan,Sam"]
> [Result "1/2-1/2"]
> [ECO "D08"]
> [WhiteElo "1896"]
> [BlackElo "1934"]
>
> 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nf6
> 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.c4 Qd6 9.Bb2 exd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Be2 Re8
> 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.O-O Rad8 14.d5 Na5 15.Qc2 Qc5 16.Ne5 Bxe2
> 17.Qxe2 c6 18.dxc6 Nxc6 19.Rfe1 Re6 20.Qe3 Qd6 21.f4 Ng4
> 22.Qg3 Qc5+ 23.Kf1 Rd2 24.Nxg4 Qxc4+ 25.Kg1 Rxb2 26.Kh1 h5
> 27.Ne3 Qb3 28.f5 h4 29.Qf4 Re5 30.h3 f6 31.Kh2 Rd2 32.Rab1
> Qa2 33.Qg4 Rd4 34.Qg6 Rde4 35.Rxb7 Re7 36.Ng4 Rxe1 37.Nxf6+
> Kf8 38.Nh7+ Kg8 39.Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2
>
> [Event "World Open Championship"]
> [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> [Date "2007.07.01"]
> [Round "03"]
> [White "Sloan,Sam"]
> [Black "Layevskiy,Michael"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [ECO "A00"]
> [WhiteElo "1934"]
> [BlackElo "1824"]
>
> 1.g4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.h3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e5 6.e4 Ne7 7.f4 d4
> 8.Nce2 f5 9.gxf5 gxf5 10.fxe5 Bxe5 11.Nf3 Bg7 12.Bg5 Qa5+
> 13.Kf2 Qc5 14.Qd2 fxe4 15.dxe4 d3+ 16.Be3 Qxc2 17.Qxc2 dxc2
> 18.Ned4 O-O 19.Rac1 Nd7 20.Rxc2 Ne5 21.Rd1 b6 22.Bg5 N7g6
> 23.Nxc6 Nxf3 24.Bxf3 Bxh3 25.Kg3 Ne5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Bh1 Be6
> 28.Nf5 Bxa2 29.Rc7 Rf7 30.Rxf7 Nxf7 31.Nxg7 Nxg5 32.Nf5 Re8
> 33.Rd7 Nxe4+ 34.Bxe4 Rxe4 35.Rd8+ Bg8 36.Nh6 Kg7 37.Nxg8
> Rb4 38.Ne7 Rxb2 39.Nd5 Rd2 40.Rd7+ Kf8 41.Kf4 a5 42.Ke5 a4
> 43.Rxh7 a3 44.Nxb6 a2 45.Ra7 Re2+ 46.Kd5 Ke8 47.Kc5 Kd8
> 48.Nd5 Kc8 49.Kc6 Rc2+ 50.Kb5 Kb8 51.Ra3 Rb2+ 52.Nb4 Kb7
> 53.Kc5 Rh2 54.Nxa2 Rh5+ 55.Kb4 Rh4+ 56.Kb3 Rh8 57.Nc3 Ra8
> 58.Na4 Kc6 59.Ra1 Rh8 60.Rg1 Rh3+ 61.Nc3 Rh8 62.Rg5 Rb8+
> 63.Kc4 Ra8 64.Rg6+ Kd7 65.Kc5 Rc8+ 66.Kd4 Ra8 67.Nd5 Ra4+
> 68.Ke5 Ra1 69.Rg7+ Kd8 70.Kd6 Ra6+ 71.Kc5 Ra1 72.Kb6 Rb1+
> 73.Kc6 Ke8 74.Kd6 Kf8 75.Ra7 Rh1 76.Ke6 Re1+ 77.Kf5 Rf1+
> 78.Nf4 Ke8 79.Ke6 Re1+ 80.Kd6 Rd1+ 81.Nd5 Kf8 82.Rb7 Ra1
> 83.Ke6 Ra6+ 84.Nb6 Ra1 85.Nd7+ Kg8 86.Nf6+ Kf8 87.Rf7# 1-0
>
> [Event "World Open Championship"]
> [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> [Date "2007.07.02"]
> [Round "04"]
> [White "Adekola,Adermi"]
> [Black "Sloan,Sam"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "D08"]
> [WhiteElo "1803"]
> [BlackElo "1934"]
>
> 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e5 4.dxe5 d4 5.Bf4 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Nge7
> 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Bg4 9.O-O-O Bxf3 10.exf3 Ng6 11.Bg3 Qd7
> 12.Bd3 O-O 13.f4 b6 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.Rhe1 Na5 16.h4 Nb3+
> 17.Kb1 Nc5 18.h5 Nf8 19.f5 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 c5 21.Bf4 Qc6 22.g4
> a6 23.g5 b5 24.Rh1 bxc4 25.Qxc4 Qe4+ 26.Ka1 Qxf4 27.g6 Qxf5
> 28.f4 hxg6 29.h6 gxh6 30.Rxh6 Qxf4 31.Rdh1 Rxe5 32.R6h4 Qg3
> 33.Qc1 Qg5 34.Qd1 Rae8 35.Ka2 Re2 36.Qb3 R8e6 37.Qb8 Qd5+
> 38.Kb1 Re1+ 39.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 40.Kc2 Qc4+ 0-1
>
> [Event "World Open Championship"]
> [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> [Date "2007.07.02"]
> [Round "05"]
> [White "Sloan,Sam"]
> [Black "Rendon,Clemente"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [ECO "A00"]
> [WhiteElo "1934"]
> [BlackElo "1933"]
>
> 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c5 3.h3 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.Nc3 d4 6.Nd5 Be6 7.e4
> Nge7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bxf6 Bxd5 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Qf3
> Nf4 13.Qxb7 Nxg2+ 14.Qxg2 Rc8 15.Nf3 Bd6 16.O-O O-O 17.Nd2
> Rf4 18.Nc4 Bb8 19.Rae1 h5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 hxg4 22.hxg4
> Qd7 23.f3 Qd6 24.Re4 Rf6 25.Qh2 Qb6 26.b3 Rcf8 27.Qe5 Qc6
> 28.Kg2 Rd6 29.Rh1 Rdf6 30.Rh3 Rc8 31.g5 Rg6 32.Reh4 Re6
> 33.Rh8+ Kf7 34.Qf4+ Ke7 35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.Rh7 Qg8 37.Qc7+ Ke8
> 38.Rxg7 Re2+ 39.Kg3 Qd5 40.Qc8+ 1-0
>
> [Event "World Open - Under 2200"]
> [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> [Date "2007.07.02"]
> [Round "05"]
> [White "shall,Calvin"]
> [Black "Sloan,Sam"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "C40"]
> [WhiteElo "2021"]
> [BlackElo "1934"]
>
> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 e4 6.Nfd2 f5
> 7.Nc3 c6 8.a4 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nbc6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qg5 Bg7 12.Nb3
> O-O 13.Be3 Nb4 14.O-O-O a6 15.Be2 h6 16.Qg3 g5 17.f4 exf3
> 18.Qxf3 f4 19.Bg1 Bf5 20.Bd3 Nxd3+ 21.cxd3 b5 22.a5 Qc8
> 23.Re1 Bg4 24.Qf1 Nc6 25.Kb1 Qd8 26.h3 Bf5 27.Bf2 b4 28.Na2
> Nxa5 29.Nac1 Nxb3 30.Nxb3 a5 31.Nc5 a4 32.Ne6 Bxe6 33.Rxe6
> a3 34.Qe2 axb2 35.Qxb2 b3 36.Rf1 Qb8 37.Re7 Rc8 38.h4 Rc2
> 39.Rfe1 Rxb2+ 40.Kxb2 Qb5 41.Rd1 Qb4 42.Kb1 Qc3 0-1
>
> [Event "World Open Championship"]
> [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> [Date "2007.07.03"]
> [Round "06"]
> [White "Sloan,Sam"]
> [Black "Point,Gary R"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "A00"]
> [WhiteElo "1934"]
> [BlackElo "1979"]
>
> 1.g4 c6 2.h3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nc3 Na6 7.a3
> Nc7 8.b4 Bb6 9.Na4 Ne6 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 d5
> 13.Nf5 O-O 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bb2 Re8 16.Bc4 Nef4+ 17.Kf1 Bxf5
> 18.gxf5 b5 19.Qg4 g6 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Kg1 Re4
> 23.Rd1 Nxh3+ 24.Qxh3 Qxd1+ 25.Kh2 Qh5 26.Kg2 Qxh3+ 27.Rxh3
> f6 28.Bxf6 Kf7 29.Bb2 Re2 30.Rh7+ Ke6 31.Rg7 Rxc2 32.Rxg6+
> Kd5 33.Rg5+ Ke4 34.Be5 Rxa3 35.Bd6 b6 36.Bc7 Ra6 37.Kg3 Rc4
> 38.f3+ Kd4 39.Bd6 c5 40.f4 Rxb4 41.f5 Ra3+ 42.Kg4 Kd5+
> 43.Bf4 Raa4 44.f6+ Ke6 45.Rf5 Rxf4+ 0-1
>
> [Event "World Open Championship"]
> [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> [Date "2007.07.03"]
> [Round "07"]
> [White "Idris,Syeed M"]
> [Black "Sloan,Sam"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "C40"]
> [WhiteElo "1971"]
> [BlackElo "1934"]
>
> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.d4 d5 4.dxe5 dxe4 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nfd2 f5
> 7.f3 e3 8.Nc4 f4 9.g3 g5 10.h4 b5 11.Nca3 Bb7 12.Be2 Be7
> 13.hxg5 Bxg5 14.gxf4 Bxf4 15.Nxb5 Nc6 16.N1c3 Nxe5 17.Ne4
> Ne7 18.Nd4 Bxe4 19.fxe4 Kd7 20.Rh3 Rag8 21.Bxe3 Bxe3
> 22.Rxe3 Rg1+ 23.Bf1 Rf8 24.Nf5 Nxf5 25.exf5 Rxf5 26.O-O-O+
> Ke7 27.Bd3 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 Rh5 29.Bxh7 Kd6 30.Bd3 c5 31.b3
> Rh1+ 32.Kd2 Ra1 33.a4 c4 34.Rxe5 Kxe5 35.Bxc4 Kd4 36.Bb5
> Rh1 37.c3+ Kc5 38.b4+ Kd5 39.Be2 Rh2 40.a5 Rh6 41.Kc2 Rh2
> 42.Kd3 Rh3+ 43.Kd2 Rh2 44.b5 Kc5 45.c4 Rg2 46.Ke3 Rg3+
> 47.Kd2 Ra3 48.a6 Kd4 49.Bf1 Ra2+ 50.Ke1 Ke3 51.Kd1 Ra1+
> 52.Kc2 Rxf1 53.Kc3 Rc1+ 54.Kb4 Kd4 0-1
>
> [Event "World Open Championship"]
> [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> [Date "2007.07.04"]
> [Round "08"]
> [White "Aaron,Deepak"]
> [Black "Sloan,Sam"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "C40"]
> [WhiteElo "1978"]
> [BlackElo "1934"]
>
> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.Nc3 c6 5.d3 d5 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.h3
> Bh5 8.Bd2 d4 9.Ne2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qd7 11.Ng3 c5 12.f4 Nbc6
> 13.f5 Nc8 14.Qh5+ Kd8 15.O-O-O b5 16.f4 Nb6 17.Be6 Qd6
> 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Ne2 a5 20.Nf4 c4 21.dxc4 Nbxc4 22.Bc3 Kc7
> 23.Rxd4 Qc5 24.Bxc4 Kb6 25.Ne6 Qe7 26.Bd5 Rc8 27.Rd2 Rxc3
> 28.bxc3 Qa3+ 29.Kd1 Qxc3 30.Rf1 Bb4 31.Rff2 Rc8 32.Bb3 a4
> 33.Nf4 Qa1+ 34.Ke2 Bxd2 35.Nd5+ Ka5 36.Kxd2 axb3 37.axb3
> Qd4+ 38.Ke1 Qxe4+ 39.Qe2 Qxd5 40.c4 Nd3+ 41.Kd2 bxc4 42.b4+
> Nxb4+ 43.Kc3 Qd3+ 0-1
>
> [Event "World Open Championship"]
> [Site "Valley Forge, Pennsylvania"]
> [Date "2007.07.04"]
> [Round "09"]
> [White "Sloan,Sam"]
> [Black "Mateer,Armanda R"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [ECO "A00"]
> [WhiteElo "1934"]
> [BlackElo "1939"]
>
> 1.g4 e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nc3 d5 4.h3 c6 5.e4 Qh4 6.Qe2 Bxg4 7.Qd2
> d4 8.Nd1 Nd7 9.Bg2 Bxd1 10.Qxd1 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 h6 12.a3 Ba5
> 13.b4 Bc7 14.Rb1 Ne7 15.c4 dxc3 16.Be3 Bb6 17.Nf3 Qf6
> 18.Kg1 Ng6 19.Kh2 Ndf8 20.Rg1 Ne6 21.b5 c5 22.Rc1 Ba5 23.b6
> axb6 24.Qa4+ Ke7 25.Bh1 Nd4 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Qb5 Rhc8 28.Rg3
> Rc5 29.Qa4 Nf4 30.Qc2 Rb5 31.Rb1 Rxb1 32.Qxb1 Rc8 33.Ne1
> Ne2 34.Rf3 Qg5 35.Bg2 Qc1 36.Qb3 f6 37.Bf1 Qxe1 38.Bxe2 c2
> 39.Rg3 Qxf2+ 40.Rg2 Qf4+ 41.Rg3 c1=Q 42.Kg2 Qxg3+ 43.Kxg3
> Qg1+ 44.Kf3 Qe3+ 0-1

I move that any games played by "SAM SLOAN" be removed. Sam Sloan is
not his legal name. Any USCF rated tournament must include the legal
name of the entrant. As such, SLoans games are illegal and all matches
are forefit.

Date: 09 Jul 2007 12:13:58
From: JohnnyT
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open are forefit!

Rob wrote:
I move that any games played by "SAM SLOAN" be removed. Sam Sloan is
not his legal name. Any USCF rated tournament must include the legal
name of the entrant. As such, SLoans games are illegal and all matches
are forefit.

----------

Good thing they are not forfeit. But I suppose these might have been
won before hand, but I am guessing not because of the name.

And this is pretty darn stupid. I believe the rule is that it is that
the member is the same person as the participant.

But rant on. Sheesh.

Date: 08 Jul 2007 06:25:34
From: Richard
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

So getting back on topic (and removing the politics and computer chess
groups from the distribution) ...

I found this interesting. Sam scored 4 wins and a draw as black. As
white, he played the Grob every time (1. g4) and got 2 wins and 3
losses. How many players do you know who score significantly worse as
white than they do as black? I'd almost be willing to bet money that
Sam's rating would be 200 points higher if he'd just give up the Grob
and play ANY opening that starts with 1. e4 or 1. d4.

I'm not trying to say that the Grob, or any other theoretically
unsound opening, doesn't have its uses. Those types of things can be
fine if you're playing blitz or just messing around for fun. But in a
major tourney like this with a slow time control, I'd be sticking to
the openings where I've had the best success rate.

--Richard

Date: 08 Jul 2007 17:06:29
From: Ralf Callenberg
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

08.07.2007 15:25, Richard:

> I'm not trying to say that the Grob, or any other theoretically
> unsound opening, doesn't have its uses. Those types of things can be
> fine if you're playing blitz or just messing around for fun. But in a
> major tourney like this with a slow time control, I'd be sticking to
> the openings where I've had the best success rate.

Except for a few professionals: isn't the whole idea of playing chess to
have fun, to enjoy it? So, if somebody likes the types of games
developing from specific openings, why shouldn't he play it? Whether he
could get some rating points more with a different style - who cares? If
somebody plays for his ELO and not for the game itself, I think,
something is not quite right.

And is indeed more success guaranteed with switch of openings? Sam has
considerable experience with those kinds of openings (Grob's his not his
only unsound opening), where his opponents usually don't. It's not only
the moment of surprise on his side, it's also the unusual patterns
emerging from those strange openings he knows better than others.

Greetings,
Ralf

Date: 07 Jul 2007 20:13:27
From: Vance
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

On Jul 7, 7:02 pm, "Sammy Sanders" <[email protected] > wrote:
> "Chess Freak" <She is in 11th grade, pervert.
>
>
>
> You already checked her out?

He's a perv with a longtime proven track record. He likes little
girls, fantasizes about them and has been known to pretend to be one.
Check him out!

Vance

Date: 08 Jul 2007 01:46:52
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

>> You already checked her out?
>
> He's a perv with a longtime proven track record. He likes little
> girls,

17 is a little girl now? Isn't that legal in like 45 states?

--
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Date: 07 Jul 2007 16:46:33
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

It's AMANDA Mateer....

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Date: 07 Jul 2007 19:23:23
From: Sammy Sanders
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

"Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot"" < > It's AMANDA Mateer....
>

Does she have a nice rack?

Date: 07 Jul 2007 18:51:31
From: Chess Freak
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

Sammy Sanders is afflicted with pedophilia. She is in 11th grade,
pervert.

"Sammy Sanders" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Ray Gordon, creator of the "pivot"" <> It's AMANDA Mateer....
>>
>
> Does she have a nice rack?
>
>

Date: 07 Jul 2007 22:02:57
From: Sammy Sanders
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

"Chess Freak" <She is in 11th grade, pervert.
>

You already checked her out?

Date: 07 Jul 2007 21:50:35
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: Re: Sam Sloan's Games from the 2007 World Open

AMANDA Mateer....
>>
>
> Does she have a nice rack?

Put the chess goggles down.

--
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