** Richard Chess **
Richard Chess - Nebraska State Champ 1971, 1976, 1985, 1987
- Omaha City Champ 1979
- President of Omaha Chess Club 1978-79
- Cornhusker State Games - Open - Gold Medal 1990
[Gathering Games - to be posted at a later date.]
[Event "Cornhusker Classic Open"]
[Site "Omaha, NE"]
[Date "1974.05.12]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tomas, John; 2102"]
[Black "Chess, Rich; 2126"]
{ECO: B76 - Sicilian - Modern Dragon/Rauzer Attack}
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3 Kf8
14. h4 Bc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxd5 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rxd5
{Source: H.E.Ohman Memorial CC Newsletter; Fall 1974; pg 30}
[Event "Pan-American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Louisville, KY"]
[Date "1974.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Chess, Rich; 2036; Nebraska"]
[Black "Wachtel, R.; 2305; Toronto"]
{ECO: B03 - Alekhine Def}
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. Nge2 Bg4 9. Be3 Bh5 10. b3 O-O 11. Qd2 Bg6 12. Nf4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bg5
14. O-O Bxf4 15. Bxf4 Qf6 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qd2 Qg6 18. Bf4 Rd7 19. d5 Ne5
20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qe2 Re8 22. Rad1 c6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxd7 Nxd7
25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Rd5 f6 27. Qg4 Ne6 28. Ne4 h5 29. Nxf6+ Kf7 30. Nxh5
{Source: The Gambit; May, 1975, pg 4}
[Event "Charlie Graham Buick Invitational"]
[Site "Omaha, NE"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Chess, Rich"]
[Black "Anderson, Roger"]
{ECO: B03 - Alekhine Def}
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4
8. Be3 Be7 9. O-O Qd7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qc2 Bxe2 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bf5 Qe8
14. Qxe2 g6 15. Bd3 Bf6 16. Qf3 Bg7 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Nd2 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Bxf6
20. Nf3 Na5 21. Rac1 Nd7 22. b4 Nc6 23. Rc2 Ne7 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Re1 Ng8
26. c5 Bxg5 27. Nxg5 dxc5 28. dxc5 Ndf6 29. Bc4 Rad8 30. Bxf7 Rd7
31. Bc4 Re8 32. Kf1 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Ne7 34. Ne6+ Kh6 35. Rc3
{Source: H.E. Ohman Memorial Chess Club Newsletter; Summer 1975; p6}
[Event "Charlie Graham Buick Invitational"]
[Site "Omaha, NE"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Saxton, Delmar"]
[Black "Chess, Rich"]
{ECO: B06 - Modern Def}
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be2 Nd7 5. Be3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nf3 Nxf3+
8. Bxf3 Ne7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O Be6
14. b3 Qd7 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. f3 Qe6 18. Qd5 Qe5 19. Nb5 Rf7
20. c4 Re8 21. Qxe5 fxe5 22. Rf2 a6 23. Nc3 Nd4 24. Ne2 Ne6 25. Nc3 Nd4
26. Ne2 c5 27. Nc3 b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nd5 b4 30. Nb6 Ra7 31. Kf1 Rb8
32. Nd5 Rba8 33. Rdd2 g5 34. h3 Rf8 35. Ne3 Ra6 36. Ke1 Kf7 37. Nd5 Rfa8
{Drawn in 97 moves - 9hrs+}
{Source: H.E. Ohman Memorial Chess Club Newsletter; Summer 1975; p8}
[Event "Charlie Graham Buick Invitational"]
[Site "Omaha, NE"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Chess, Rich"]
[Black "Perry, Rich"]
{ECO: C02 - French Def}
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. g3 Bd7
8. Bh3 Nge7 9. O-O Na5 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nf1 Nb3 13. Rb1 a5
14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 h6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Nd2 a4
20. f4 g5 21. Nf3 Rhg8 22. Kh1 Qc6 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Rf1 Rg7 25. Ne1 Rdg8
26. Rf2 b5 27. N1g2 Na5 28. fxg5
{The f pawn falls}
{Source: H.E. Ohman Memorial Chess Club Newsletter; Summer 1975; p10}
[Event "Charlie Graham Buick Invitational"]
[Site "Omaha, NE"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Milton, John"]
[Black "Chess, Rich"]
{ECO: B08 - Pirc}
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3
8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Re8 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bd3 Nc5
14. Qf3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 d5 16. Bf2 c6 17. e5 Nd7 18. d4 f5 19. Kh1 Nf8
20. g4 Ne6 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Ne2 Kh8 23. Ng3 Bh6 24. Nxf5 Bxf4 25. Nd6 Rf8
26. Qh5 Qd7
{Source: H.E. Ohman Memorial Chess Club Newsletter; Summer 1975; p10}
[Event "Charlie Graham Buick Invitational"]
[Site "Omaha, NE"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Grande, Bob"]
[Black "Chess, Rich"]
{ECO: E91 - King's Indian}
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6
7. O-O c5 8. d5 Nd7 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5
11. f4 Bg7 12. f5 Kh8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Bh6 Rg8 15. Bxg7+ Rxg7 16. Rae1 f6
17. Bd3 Nc7 18. Ne2 g5 19. g4 a6 20. b3 b5 21. a3 Rb8 22. Rb1 b4 23. a4 Be8
24. Kg2 h5 25. h3 Rh7 26. Rh1 Bf7 27. Ng3 Qd7 28. Be2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rg8
30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rh1+ Kg7 32. Qe1 Qd8 33. Rh2 Kf8 34. Qh1 Ke8
35. Rh7 Rf8 36. Qh6 Kd7 37. Qh1 Na8 38. Bd1 Nb6 39. Bc2 Kc8 40. Qh6 Nd7
41. Qh3 Ne5 42. Nf1 Be8 43. Nd2 Bd7 44. Nf3 Nf7 45. Qh5 Be8 46. Qh3 Qb6
47. Qh1 Qb7 48. Qa1 Kc7 49. Kg3 Bd7 50. Qb2 Qb8 51. Qa1 Qe8 52. Qh1
{Source: H.E. Ohman Memorial Chess Club Newsletter; Summer 1975; p18}
[Event "Charlie Graham Buick Invitational"]
[Site "Omaha, NE"]
[Date "1975.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Blankenau, Mike"]
[Black "Chess, Rich"]
{ECO: B89 - Sicilian - Velimirovic Attack}
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7
8. Qe2 a6 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Rhg1 Nd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. g5 b5
14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 b4 16. Rg3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 f6 18. Rdg1 f5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6
20. Bd4 e5 21. Nd5 Rf7 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qxg6 Rxf6 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. gxf6 f4
26. Rg7+ Kh6 27. R1g6+ Kh5 28. Rg5+ Kh6 29. R5g6+
{Source: H.E. Ohman Memorial Chess Club Newsletter; Summer 1975; p21}
[Event "1977 US Open"]
[Site "Columbus,OH"]
[Date "1977.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hanken, Jerry"]
[Black "Chess, Rich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 O-O
8. dxc4 Nd7 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Bxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Qc2 Qc8
14. a3 Bf5 15. Qc1 Rd8 16. b4 a6 17. c5 Bf8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qe8
20. Nd5 Rc8 21. Qg5 Qe6 22. Ne3 Be4 23. Qh4 Bg6 24. Bh3 f5 25. Ng5 Qf6
26. Nd5 Qd8 27. Qc4 Kh8 28. Bxf5 Rb8 29. Ne6 Qc8 30. Bg4 Nd4
31. Ndxc7 Bf7 32. e3 Qxc7 33. exd4 exd4 34. Nxc7 Bxc4 35. Rxd4 Bb3
36. Be6 Ba4 37. Bc4 g6 38. Ne6 Be7 39. Bd5 h6 40. Rf4 Be8 41. Nc7 Ba4
42. Rf7 Bg5 43. f4 Bd8 44. Ne6 1-0
{Source: 1977 US Open Bulletin, Rd 8, 1977.08.15}