White: Michael Nolan
Black: Dan Troyka
2002
1.E6-G8 E11-E9
2.C6-E6 C11-E11
3.H6-H8 H11-F9
4.D6-F8 J11-H11
5.D7-F5 G10-E8
6.F8xD8 D10-F8xH6xJ8
7.H8-G7 E9xC7
8.H7-J5 H11-J9-J7xH5
9.G6xI4 I10-G10-E8xG6xE4
10.E6-E8xG10xI10xI12 G11-H12
11.I12xG12 F11xH13
12.G8-G9 F10xH8
13.G7xI9xK7 D11-F11-D9
14.K7-I5 E4-D5
15.E7-G5 C7-D6
16.J5-H5-F5 D9-D8
17.F6-G6 E11-E9-C7-E5-C5
18.F5-E4 C5-E5xE3
19.J6-H4-J4-H6-F4xD2 D6-D4
20.I4-H4 H13-G12
21.G6-G4 G12-F11
22.G5-G3 F11-D9-D7
23.G3-F3 E10-E9
24.D2-E3 Resigns
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White: Dan Hale
Black: Bud Hale
1999
1.D6-F8 H11-H9
2.I6-G8 F11-F9
3.F6-H8 E11-E9
4.G6-E8 C11-E11
5.J6-J7 D11-D9
6.E8xC10 J11-H11-F11-D9xB11
7.H6-J8 I11-H11
8.C6-E8-G6-I8 E11-G9-I11
9.H8-I9 H9xJ9
10.J8xJ10xH12 I10-G12xI12
11.J7-H9xF11xD9xD11 I12-G10
12.G8xE10xE8 Resigns
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White: Michael Nolan
Black: Kerry Handscomb
1999
1.E6-G8 E11-G9
2.C6-E6 C11-E11
3.H6-F8 H11-F9
4.J6-H6 J11-H11
5.I7-G5 I10-G12
6.D7-F5 D10-F12
7.F6-D8 F9-E8
8.F5-D7xF9xH9 H10xH8xF6xH4
9.H6-G7 F11-F9
Resigns
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White: Michael Nolan
Black: Dan Hale
1999
1.E6-G8 J11-H9
2.F7-H5 H9xF7xF5
3.I7-G5xE5 E11-E9
4.H6-F8 F11-F9
5.H5-F7 H11-H9
6.G6-G8 I11-I9
7.C6-E8-G6 H10-H8
8.G8xI8 I10-G8xE6xC6xE8xE6xE4
Resigns
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White: Dan Hale
Black: Michael Nolan
1999
1.C6-E8 E11-E9
2.F6-F8 H11-F9
3.H6-H8 C11-E11
4.G6-G8 J11-H11
5.J6-J7 F10-D8
6.E8xC8 E11-C9xC7xE5
7.D7-F5xD5 D11-D9
8.F8xF10xD8 D9xD7xF5
9.G7-F6 E10-E9
10.F6xF4 I10-G12-E10-E8xG6xI8xH6
Resigns
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White: John Bosley
Black: Michael Nolan
2000
1.E6-G8 H11-F9
2.H6-F8 E11-G9
3.F6-H8 C11-E11
4.G6-E8 J11-H11
5.D6-D8 E11-E9xC7xC5
6.F8-D6 G11-E9
7.D6xB4 D10-F8xD8xD6xF8xH6xJ8
Resigns
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White: Dave Blizzard
Black: Michael Nolan
1999
1.F6-F8 G10-H9
2.E6-C8 H9-H8
3.G7xI9 C11-E9xG7xI5xK7
4.I9-H8 F11-D9
5.C8-D8 H11-H9
6.F7-G7 K7-L6
7.E7-C9 D10xB8
8.D8xD10xF12 J11-H11-F11xF13
9.I7-G9xE11xE9 B8-A7
10.E9-E10 D11xF9
11.C6-E8xG10xG12xE14 L6-K5
12.D6-D8 K5-J4
13.D7-D9 H9-G9
14.H8-F10 I10-G10xE10xC8xE8
And Black won in 40 moves
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White: Mark Thompson
Black: Michael Nolan
2002
1.G7-G8 E11-G9
2.H6-G7 H11-F9
3.F6-F8 C11-E11
4.E6-E8 J11-H11
5.J6-H6 G9-H8
6.G7xI9 E11-G9xG7xI5
7.I6xI4 I10xI8xI6xG8xE6xC8
Resigns
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White: Michael Nolan
Black: Dave Blizzard
1999
1.E7-C7 E11-E9
2.G7-H8 G11-G9
3.G6-G7 H11-H9
4.E6-G8 G10-E12
5.G8xG10xI8 J11-H9xJ7xJ5
6.I6xK4 E10-E8
7.I7-G9xE11xE13 E8xG6xI6xG8xG6xE6xC8
8.C7xC9xE11xG11xI9 I10xI8xG8
And Black won in 25 moves
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White: Michael Nolan
Black: Dave Blizzard
1999
1.E6-G8 G10-E12-C10
2.H6-F8 H11-H9
3.C6-E6 F10-G10
4.E7-G9 D10-F10xH8xH6xJ8
5.D7-F5-H7-F9xH11xJ9xJ7 C10-E12-G10-I10
6.G8-G9 H9xF9
7.F8xF10xF12xD10xF10xH12xJ10xJ12 Resigns
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White: Dave Blizzard
Black: Michael Nolan
1999
1.E6-E8 H11-F9
2.H6-F8 F11-H9
3.G6-G8 E11-E9
4.H7-J7 F9xH7xJ5
5.D7-F9xD9xF11xF9xH11xJ9 Resigns
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White: Dave Blizzard
Black: Michael Nolan
1999
1.E6-E8 J11-J10
2.G6-I8 G11-I9
3.H7-J7 F11-F9
4.I6-G6-G8 F9xH7xH5
5.J7-J8 I9xK7xI5
6.D7-F9xF11xH9xJ11xJ9 H5-H4
7.I7-H6 E10-F10
8.J9-H7-H5xJ5 C11-E9-G11-I9xI7xG5
9.C6-E6-G6xG4xI4 E11-G9
10.E8-D9 D10xD8
11.E7xC9 G9-E11-C11
12.J5-I5 D11-D10
13.C9xE11xG9 H10xF8xH6xJ4xH4
And Black won in 39 moves
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White: Michael Nolan
Black: Dave Blizzard
1999
1.G6-G8 G11-I9
2.J6-H8xJ10xJ12 I11xK13
3.I6-J6 H10-I9
4.E6-G6-I8 F10-H10-J8
5.I7xK9 I9xI7xG5
6.C6-E6-G6xG4 D10-F10-H10-J10xL8
7.J6-K7 L8xJ6
8.G8-I6 J6xH6xF8
9.E7xG9xG11xI11xI9
And White won in 23 moves
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White: Michael Nolan
Black: Dave Blizzard
1999
1.F6-F8 H11-H9
2.E6-G8 D11-C10
3.H6-H8 E10-F9
4.G8xE10xE12 I10-G8xE6xE8xG8xI8
5.H7xJ9 F11xD13
6.G6-F6 H9-H8
7.J6-H6-J8-J10xH12 H8xJ6xH6xF8
8.F6-E7 G11xI13
9.E7xG9xI11xK11 G10-H9
And Black won in 46 moves
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White: Dave Blizzard
Black: Michael Nolan
1999
1.E6-E8 H11-F9
2.I6-G8 J11-H11
3.C6-E6 E11-G9
4.G6-H5 C11-E11
5.E6-D5 H10-F8
6.G7xE9xC11 G9xG7xE5xC5
7.D6xB4 D11xB11
8.J6-I6 F10-F8
9.E7xG9xE9 F11-D11-F9
10.E9xG9 E11-E9xE7xG7xI5xG5
And Black won in 61 moves
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White: Clark Rodeffer
Black: Michael Nolan
2002
1.F6-F8 H11-H9
2.G6-I8 H9xJ7xJ5
3.I6xK4 H10-H9
4.E6-E8 I10-G8xG6xI6xI8xG6
5.F7xH5 J11-H11-F9xF7xD9
6.C6-E8xC10xC12 D11xB13
7.D6-D8 E10-F9
8.D8-C8 G10-G9
9.E7-C7 F9-E8
Resigns
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White: Paul Yearout
Black: Michael Nolan
2003
1.E6-E8 G10-H9
2.C6-E6 F10-G10
3.F6-F8 H9-H8
4.E6-G8xI8 J11-H9xJ7xJ5
5.I6xK4 H10-H9
Resigns
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White: Ken Wheeler
Black: Michael Nolan
1999
1.D7-F5 E11-G9
2.E6-G8 C11-E11
3.C6-E6 D10-F12
4.D6-F8 D11-F9
5.F6-H8 H11-H9
6.F5-F6 J11-H11
7.I6-J7 E10-G12
8.G8xE10xE12 I10-G8xI6xK6xI8xI6
Resigns
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1930
1.E6-E8 J11-J10
2.C6-E6-G8 H10-I9
3.F6-F8 F10-H10-J8
4.I7xK9 J10-H8xF6xD8
5.E8xC8 C11-E9xG7xI7xI5xG7xE7xC7xE5
Resigns
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1930
1.G6-G8 J11-J10
2.F6-F8 H10-I9
3.C6-E8-G6 F10-H10-J8
4.I7xK9 J10-H8xF6xD8
5.G6-E8xC8 C11-E9xG7xI7xI5xG7xE7xC7xC9
Resigns
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(Played or created by Charles Hanford Parker)
1930
1.G7-G8 F11-F9
2.I7-G7 H11-J9
3.H6-F8 G10-E8
4.E7xE9xG9 F10xH8xH6
5.D7-F5-H7xH5 H10-G10
6.I6-H7 J9-H11-F11-H9
7.F6-H8 D10-F10-H10
8.H5-I6 G11-G9
9.H8xF10xD10xD12xB10 H10-H8xH6xF6xH8
10.G8xI8 H9xJ7xJ5xH7
11.E6-G8 H7xF9
12.F8xF10xH10xJ10xJ12xH10 Resigns
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1930
1.E7-C7 E11-E9
2.E6-C8 J11-H9
3.F7-H5-J7 F11-F9
4.C8-C9 D10-D12-B10xD8xB6
5.D7-D5-B7xB5 F9-F8
6.F6-H8 I11-I9
7.H8xJ10 C11-E11-G9-E7xC5xC7
8.J6-J8 I10xK10
9.I7-K7-I9xG9xE11xC11 F8-D10
10.C11xB12 G11-I9
11.J8-I7 K10-J10
12.H6-H8 G10-G9
13.H8xF10xD8xB6 J10-H8xH6xJ6xJ8xH6xF6xH8
Resigns
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1930
1.G6-G8 J11-J10
2.C6-E8-G6-I8 H11-J9
3.I7-I9xK11 I10-H11
4.I8xK10 H11-J11xL11xJ9
5.H6-I7 J9-I10
6.E6-E8 I10-H11
7.I7-H8 G11-G9
8.H8-I9 H11-H9xJ9
9.D7-F9xH9xH11xJ11 J9-I10
10.J11xH9 G10xI8xG6xE6xC6
11.J6-H6-F8 E11-E9
12.I6-H7 C11-E11
13.H7-F9 E9xG9
14.G8xG10xE12xC10 E11-C9xC11
15.E7-E9 F10xD8
16.E8xC8 C11-E9-E11-C9xC7
17.G7-E7 E10-D9
18.F8-D6xB6xD8! (not 18.E7-E8? D9-D8, 19.E8xC8 C7xC9, Resigns)
18....D9xD7
19.E7xC7 Resigns
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White: Dave Blizzard
Black: Michael Nolan
1999
1.E6-E8 H11-F9
2.C6-E6 E11-E9
3.H6-H8 D10-F8xH6xJ8
4.H8-I7 J8xH6xH8
5.G6-G7 C11-E11-G9-I7xI5xK7
Resigns
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White: Dave Blizzard
Black: Michael Nolan
1999
1.E6-E8 H11-F9
2.J6-J7 H10-I9
3.G6-I8 D10-F12-H10-J8xJ6xH8xJ8
4.H7-H5-J7 I10-I8xK6
5.I6-I7 J8-H10-J12-J10-H8xJ6
6.H6-I7 K6-I6xI8
7.G7-G8 F9xH7
8.C6-E6-G8xI6xK6 G10-H10
Resigns
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White: Michael Nolan
Black: Paul Yearout
1999
1.E6-G8 H11-H9
2.H6-F8 J11-H11
3.C6-E6 E11-G9
4.J6-H6 C11-E11
5.I7-G5 D11-F9
6.D7-F5 D10-F12
7.H6-F4 I11-I9
8.I6-H6 G11-E9
9.F8xD10 E11xC9
10.H7-H5 F9xH7
11.H6xH8xJ10 H11-J9xJ11
12.F7-E8 E10-F9
13.E8-E9 F10xD8
14.F5-D7xD9xB9 F12-F10-F8xH6xH4
15.G5xI3 H9-G8
16.E6-F5 J11-H9
17.E7-E8 H9-F7xH5
18.D6-E5 F9xD7
19.F5-F7xH9xF9xH11xH9xJ11 Resigns
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White: Paul Yearout
Black: Michael Nolan
2001
(annotations by Michael Nolan)
1.E6-E8 H11-F9
2.C6-E6 J11-H11
3.H6-H8 E11-G9
4.J6-H6 C11-E11
5.I6-G8 G11-E9
6.D6-F8 F11-H9
7.I7-G5? (7.H8-I9 H10xJ8, 8.H6-H8xH10xJ12 J8xH6xH8, 9.G7xI9xI11xG11 G10xG12, 10.G8xG10 E9xG7xG5, 11.E6-G6xG4 E11-E9-G9xG11, 12.E8xG10 F10xH10 is better)
7.....G9xI7
8.H6-H8xJ6 H10-G9? (8....F10-G9!, 9.F8xF10xH8 D10-F8xD6xD8xF8xH6xF4 wins)
9.F8xH10xH12xJ10xH10xH8 D10-F8xD8xD6xF8xH6xF4
10.H8-G7 F10-F8
11.G8xE8 E9xE7xE5
12.F6xD4 E11-F10
13.G7-H6 D11-E11
14.J6-I7 F4-F3
15.F7-G7 E11-G9
16.I7-I6 E10-G8
17.G7-G5 F10-F11? (17....F3-E2! with an even game)
18.G6-F7 G8xE6
19.I6-G8xE10xG12 G9-F8
20.G5-G4 F3xH5
21.H6xH4 E6-F5
22.H7-I8 F8-F7
23.I8-I9 Resigns
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White: Paul Yearout
Black: Michael Nolan
1999
(annotations by Michael Nolan)
1.E6-E8 H11-F9
2.C6-E6 J11-H11
3.H6-F8 E11-G9
4.G7-E9! F10xD8? (4....F9xD9, 5.E8xC10xC12 D11xB13, 6.I7-G7-E9xE11xC9 G11-E9, 7.E6-E8xE10xG12 H11xF13 is better)
5.F8xF10xF12? (5.J6-H8xF10xH12xJ10! I10xK10, 6.E7xC9xE11xG11xI11xG9xE9xE11 D11xF11, 7.I7-G7-E9-E7-G9xG11xE11 wins)
5.....D10-F10-H8xH6xJ8!
6.D7xD9xF11xH9xJ11? (6.D7-F9xH9xF11xD9xD7 H11-J9-J7xJ5xH7xF5, 7.F6xF4 C11-E11xG13 is better)
6.....H11-H9-F9xD7xF5xH7xJ5xJ7!
7.J11xH11xH9xF9 C11-E11xG13
and Black won in 50 moves
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White: Dave Blizzard
Black: Michael Nolan
1999
(annotations by Michael Nolan)
1.E6-E8 H11-F9
2.H6-H8 E11-G9
3.H8-H6-F8 G11-E9
4.F7-D9?? (4.j6-H8-H6 with an even game)
4.... E9xC9?? (4......E10xC8xE6, 5.E8xE10xC12xC10xE10xG12 F9xF7xD7xD5xB7, 6.F6xD6 G10-F11, 7.G12xE10xG10xG8 J11-H9xF7xH5xJ7xJ5 wins)
5.C6-E6-C8xC10xC12? (5.J6-H8 F9xF7xD9, 6.C6-E8-E6-C8xC10xC12 D11xB13, 7.H7-H9 G10xI8xG8, 8.D7-F7-H7xF9xH9xH11xJ9 with an even game)
5.... F9xF7xF5? (5.... F9xF7xH5xJ7xJ5, 6.C12-D12 D11xD13, 7.D7-F9xH11xH9xF9xD11xD9 with advantage)
6.G6xE4 D10-D12xB12
7.D7-F9xH9xH11xJ9 J11-H11-F9xD7xD5xF3
8.G7-F8 E10-E9
9.F8xD10xD12 I11-I10
10.J9xH11xF9 F10xF8xD6
and White won in 31 moves
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White: Michael Nolan
Black: Dave Blizzard
1999
(annotations by Michael Nolan)
1.E6-G8 E11-E9
2.G6-I8? (2.J6-H8-F8 with an even game)
2.... J11-H9xJ7xJ5
3.I7-I5xK5 I11-I9
4.H7-J5? (4.G8-G6 with an even game)
4.... H11-F9? (4.... H10-H9, 5.F7-H7-H5 D10-F8xH8, 6.K5-I5-I7xG9xE11 I10-G8xG6xE6xE8, 7.D7xF9xD9 E10xE12 with an advantage)
5.I6-H5? (5.I6-G6-E8 D10-F8xH8, 6.E8-E6-G8 F9xH7xH5, 7.F6-E6 I10-I8-G8xG6xE8, 8.D7-F7xD9xF9xH11xH9xH7 with an advantage)
5.... F9xH7
6.H6xH8xJ10 C11-E11-G9-I11xK9
7.J5-K6 G10-H9
8.G7-G8? (8.F7-G6 D10-F8xH6xH4, 9.D7-F7-H5xH3 is better)
8.... D10-E11?? (8....H9-H8, 9.G8xI8 E10-E8, 10.F7xD9xF9 I10-G10xE8xE6xG6xI4 wins)
9.D7-C7? (9.G8-E6 F10-D8, 10.E7xC9 D11-C10, 11.C9xC11 E9-D10, 12.C11xE9 E10xE8xG6xI4 wins)
9.... E11-G9xG7xE5
10.D6xF4
10.... I10-G8xE6xE8? (10.... E10-E8, 11.F7xD9xF9 F10xF8xD6xB6xD8 is better)
and Black won in 47 moves
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White: Michael Nolan
Black: Dave Blizzard
1999
(annotations by Michael Nolan)
1.E6-G8 H11-F9
2.F7-H9 H10xH8xF8
3.E7xG9xE9 F10xD8
4.I7-G5-E7-C7xE9 (slightly better is 4.I7-G5-E7xC9 D10-F10-D12-B10xD8, 5.C6-E6-C8xE8)
4.... D10-F10xD8
5.C6-E6-C8xE8
5.... J11-H11 (slightly better is 5.... E11-F10)
6.E8-C6-E6 (slightly better is 6.H6-F8-D8)
6.... E11-E9 (slightly better is 6.... F11-H9)
7.H6-H8? (7.F6-E7 with an even game)
7... E9-E8
8.D7-D5-F7xD9
8.... C11-E11-E9xC9 (slightly better is 8.... E10xC8)
9.G7-I9?? (9.D6-D7 is much better, though Black retains his advantage)
9.... I10xI8xG8
10.H7xF9 E10xG8
11.G6-H7?? (11.E6-F5 F11-H9-F7, 12.G6xE8 G8-G7, 13.F5-F7-D9xB9 G7xE5xC7 is much better, though Black retains his advantage)
11.... F11-E10?? (11.... G10-E12-C10-C8, 12.H7xF9 C9-C7xE5xE7xG5, 13.J6-H6xF4 F11-G10, 14.F9-G9 G10xG8 wins)
12.H7xF9 E10xG8
13.E6-F5 G8-G9
14.J6-H6 D11-E10
15.I6-H7 G9-H10
16.H7-H5 E10-E9
17.H6-G5 C9-D10
18.H5-G6 I11-G9
19.D6-E6 G11-I9
20.E6-G4 H11-I10
21.G5-G3 G10-H9
22.F5-H3-F3 H10-J8
23.F6-H6 I10-J9
24.F3-H3 D10-F8-H10
25.H3-F3 E9-F10
26.H6-H5 F10-G10
27.F3-F2 G10-I8
28.G6-I4 G9-G8
29.G3-G2 G8-H7
30.H5-F3 I9-I7
31.I4-H3 H10-H8
32.H3-F5 H9-G8
33.G4-G3 G8-I6
34.G3-F4 J9-J7
35.F4-F6 H8-J6
36.F6-F7
36.... H7-G7? (36.... H7-G8, 37.F7xH9 I8xG10 with Black retaining his advantage)
37.F7xH7xJ5 J6xJ4
38.F5-G4 J4-J5
39.G4-H4
39.... I8-I6?? (39.... J7-K6 with Black retaining his advantage)
40.G2-E2-G4-I4xK6xI8xK8 Resigns