PSO Rd 4

Open
Francis 1/2 Christensen
Pohl 0-1 King
Studen 1-0 McMillan
R Moon 1/2 Vest
L Johnson 0-1 Cuesta
Arnold 1/2 Taylor
Christianson 0-1 Ashmun

U2000
Sohani 1/2 F Johnson
Bledsoe 0-1 Bernat
B Moon 1-0 Lugonja
Austin0-1 Swaby

U1800
E Francis 0-1 Atwa
R Christianson 0-1 Shaw
Bukovics 0-1 Gonzalez
Peatman 0-1 Zimmy

U1600
Benal 1-0 Toberts
Walker 0-1 Nichlos
Mostafa 0-1 Steen
Chen 0-1 Garcia
Khanin full pt bye

U1400
Nikley 1-0 Rishi Bagga
Hollins 1/2 Rosenthal
Ray 0-1 Lane
Liu 0-1 R Zhang
Z Justice 0-1 Robinson
Rohan Bagga 1-0 KJ Zhang
De Credico 0-1 D Justice

Lugonja-Bledsoe Rd 3
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.a3 d5 4.e3 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.d4 Nbd7 7.b4 a5 8.b5 Bd6 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 f5 13.a4 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.f3 Bxg3 16.hxg3 Qxg3+ 17.Kh1 Rf6 0-1

I tell my students to ask 3 questions before making a move: 1) Why did my opponent make that move? 2) What move do I want to make, and why? 3) AM I LEAVING ANYTHING HANGING?!!!

Frank Johnson-Lugonja
1 e4 c6 2 c4 d5 3 cxd5 cxd5 4 exd5 Qxd5 5 Nc3 Qe5+ 6 Be2 Bg4 7 Qa4+ Nbd7??? (As Dierks Bentley would say, what was he thinking?) 8 Qxg4...and, mercifully, the game ended 8 moves later...