1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 e5 6.Bc4 Bc5 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qd5+ Kf8 9.Qxc5+ Qe7 10.Qc4 Nf6 11.O-O d6 12.b3 Bg4 13.Ng5 h6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Nf3 Rc8 16.Ba3 Nd4 17.Nd5 Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Qe6 19.Qd3 Qxh3 20.Bxd6+ Kf7 21.Bxe5 Bg4 22.Nxf6 gxf6 23.Bg3 Be6 24.Rfc1 Qh5 25.Kf1 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Rxc1 White resigns 0-1

Leali, Mike - Getz, Henry
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum), 05/01/2006
Round 1

Henry sacks a rook for a bishop and then lets Mike queen first. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Bb5+ Nd7 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Ng6 8.O-O Be7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 c6 11.Be2 Nxe5 12.Bxf4 Qxd1 13.Raxd1 Ng6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Bxd6 Be6 16.a3 O-O-O 17.c4 Rd7 18.c5 Ne7 19.Bd3 g6 20.Rde1 Rhd8 21.b4 Rxd6 22.cxd6 Rxd6 23.Rf3 Nf5 24.Bxf5 Bxf5 25.Rfe3 Be6 26.Kf2 Kc7 27.R1e2 h5 28.Kg3 b5 29.Kf4 a5 30.bxa5 Rd4+ 31.Re4 Rxe4+ 32.Rxe4 Kb7 33.Ke5 Ka6 34.Kd6 Bd5 35.Rf4 Kxa5 36.Kc5 f5 37.g3 Be4 38.Rf1 Ka4 39.Ra1 Kb3 40.h3 Kb2 41.a4 Kxa1 42.a5 f4 43.a6 fxg3 44.a7 g2 45.a8=Q+ Kb1 46.Qc8 g1=Q+ 47.Kd6 Qd4+ 48.Ke7 Qe5+ 49.Kf7 Qf5+ White resigns 0-1

McGowan, Andy - Zimmerle, Wayne
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum ), 05/01/2006
Round 1

Wayne forgets to bring his brain. No competition for Andy at all. 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 d6 5.h3 Bd7 6.O-O Qc8 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 a6 11.e5 c5 12.Nxd6+ Bxd6 13.Qxd6 Qc6 14.Qxc6+ bxc6 15.exf6 O-O 16.fxg7 Rfe8 17.Be3 c4 18.Rfd1 Rab8 19.b3 cxb3 20.axb3 Kxg7 21.Rxa6 Rbc8 22.Rd7 c5 23.Bh6+ Kg8 24.Raa7 c4 25.b4 c3 26.Rxf7 Rc6 27.Rg7+ Kh8 28.Rxh7+ Kg8 29.Rag7+ Kf8 30.Rh8# 1-0

Zimmerle, Wayne - McConaghie, Peter
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum ), 05/08/2006
Round 2

In which Pete shows Wayne why his sack is unsound. 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.b3 e5 3.e4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bb4 8.Bb2 Bxc3 9.dxc3 Qe7 10.Qd3 Nh5 11.g3 Bh3 12.Rfe1 O-O-O 13.b4 Rhf8 14.Nd2 Qg5 15.Nf3 Qe7 16.a4 f5 17.a5 fxe4 18.Qxe4 Nf6 19.Qh4 Bf5 20.b5 Nb8 21.b6 axb6 22.axb6 c6 23.Ra8 Nd5 24.Qxe7 Nxe7 25.c4 Bxc2 26.Nd4 exd4 27.Bg4+ Nf5 28.Bxd4 c5 29.Bxg7 Rf7 30.Bh6 Kd7 31.Ra7 Kc6 32.Bd2 Nd4 33.Kg2 Kxb6 34.Ra3 Kc6 35.Bh5 Bg6 36.Bd1 Bc2 37.Bh5 Rff8 38.Re7 Nd7 39.Bh6 Rf6 40.Bg7 Re6 41.Bf3+ Kb6 42.Rxe6 Nxe6 43.Bc3 Kc7 44.Ra7 Rb8 45.Ba5+ Kc8 46.Bg4 Ndf8 47.f4 Be4+ 48.Kf2 Kd7 49.Ke3 Bc6 50.Bc3 Ke7 51.Ra1 Nd4 52.Bxd4 cxd4+ 53.Kxd4 Ne6+ 54.Kc3 Nc5 55.Re1+ Kf6 56.Kd4 Ra8 57.Be2 Ra3 58.Rb1 Ne6# 0-1

Getz, Henry - McGowan, Andy
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum ), 05/08/2006
Round 2

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.h3 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.e4 Nf4 12.Qd2 Nxg2+ 13.Ke2 Nh4 14.Rag1 Nxf3 15.Kxf3 e5 16.Qh6 Qf6+ 17.Qxf6 Nxf6 18.dxe5 Nd7 19.Kf4 Re8 20.Rg5 Nf8 21.Ke3 Be6 22.Be2 Rad8 23.f4 b5 24.b3 Bc8 25.Rhg1 g6 26.R5g3 Ne6 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Rd8 29.Be2 Kf8 30.h4 Ng7 31.Nd1 Be6 32.Nf2 h5 33.Nd3 a5 34.Nc5 Ke7 35.Nxe6 Nxe6 36.f5 Nf8 37.Rg1 gxf5 38.exf5 Rd5 39.Ke4 Nd7 40.Bxh5 Rxe5+ 41.Kf4 f6 42.Bg4 Nc5 43.Rd1 Rd5 44.h5 a4 45.bxa4 Nd3+ 46.Ke3 Nb4 47.axb5 cxb5 the rest of this score was lost in time pressure. Henry or Andy if you think you can reconstuct it email the reconstuction to me and I will add it in. 1/2-1/2

Peter Michlik - Mike Leali
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum), 05/08/2006
Round 2

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.Bf4 Ng6 8.Bd6 Bxd6 9.Qxd6 Qe7 10.Nb5 O-O 11.Rd1 a6 12.Qxe7 Ngxe7 13.Nd6 b5 14.Bb3 Na5 15.Nxc8 Raxc8 16.Rxd7 Nxb3 17.axb3 Rc1+ 18.Rd1 Rxd1+ 19.Kxd1 Rd8+ 20.Kc2 f6 21.Ra1 Rd6 22.Ne1 Nc6 23.Nf3 Kf7 24.Kc3 a5 25.Ne1 Ke7 26.Nd3 b4+ 27.Kc4 Rd4+ 28.Kc5 Kd7 29.Rd1 Kc7 30.f3 e5 31.Nf2 Rxd1 32.Nxd1 Nd4 33.Ne3 Nxb3+ 34.Kb5 Nc1 35.Kxa5 Nd3 36.Nd5+ Kd6 37.Kb5 b3 38.Kc4 Nxb2+ 39.Kxb3 Nd3 40.Kc3 Nc5 41.Ne3 g6 42.Kc4 Ne6 43.h3 Nf4 44.h4 Ke6 45.Kc5 f5 46.exf5+ gxf5 47.g4 fxg4 48.fxg4 Nd3+ 49.Kc6 Nf4 50.Kc5 Ng6 51.h5 Ne7 52.Kc4 h6 53.Kc5 Kf6 54.Nd5+ Ke6 55.Ne3 Kf6 56.Kd6 Nc8+ 57.Kd5 Nb6+ 58.Ke4 Nd7 59.Nc4 Kg5 60.Nxe5 Nxe5 61.Kxe5 Kxg4 62.Ke4 Kxh5 63.Kf4 Kh4 64.Kf3 h5 65.Kg2 Kg4 66.Kh1 h4 67.Kh2 h3 68.Kh1 Kg3 69.Kg1 h2+ 70.Kh1 Kh3 Stalemate 1/2-1/2

Getz, Henry - Zimmerle, Wayne
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum), 05/15/2006
Round 3

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a3 Nd5 10.e4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 h6 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.Bd3 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qh5 15.e5 Nh7 16.h4 Bxh4 17.Qe4 Bxf2+ 18.Kxf2 f5 19.Qh4 Qg4 20.g3 b6 21.Bf4 Bb7 22.Qe7 Bc8 23.Bc4 g5 24.Bxe6+ Kh8 25.Nxg5 Qxg5 26.Bxg5 Bxe6 27.Bxh6 Rae8 28.Qg7# 1-0

McGovan Andy - Michlik Peter
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum), 05/15/2006
Round 3

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Bc4 O-O 5.d3 d5 6.exd5 e4 7.dxe4 Nxe4 8.Qd4 Re8 9.O-O Bc5 10.Qd3 Bf5 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Qb3 Bd6 13.Bg5 Qc8 14.Nd2 Bxg2 15.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 16.Rxe1 Bh3 17.Bf4 Bxf4 18.Qxh3 Na6 19.Qxc8+ Rxc8 20.Nf3 Nc5 21.b4 Nd7 22.Re4 Bd6 23.a3 Nf6 24.Re2 Re8 25.Kf1 Rxe2 26.Kxe2 Ng4 27.h3 Ne5 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.Kd3 Kf8 30.Ke4 Bb2 31.a4 Ke7 32.Be2 Bc3 33.b5 Kd6 34.Kd3 Be1 35.f4 Bf2 36.Bh5 f6 37.c4 b6 38.Bf7 Draw 1/2-1/2

McConaghie, Peter - Leali, Michael
Peoria City Championship , 06/03/2006
Round 3

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.O-O Nc6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.Nbd2 e5 SB d5 9.Be3 Na5 10.Bb5 a6 11.Ba4 b5 12.Bc2 Ng4 13.Rc1 Nc6 14.h3 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Be6 16.b3 Qb6 SB Q-a5 17.Qe1 a5 18.Nh4 Bxh4 19.Qxh4 c4 20.d4 cxb3 21.axb3 exd4 22.exd4 Ne5 23.Nf3 Ng6 24.Qg5 Rac8 SB a4 25.Qd2 h6 26.h4 Ne5 27.Kh1 Ng4 28.Qd3 f5 29.Nd2 f4 30.e5 Bf5 SB g6 31.Qxf5 Rxf5 32.Bxf5 Ne3 33.Bxc8 Nxf1 34.Rxf1 dxe5 SB Q-c6 35.dxe5 Qe3 36.Nf3 Qxc3 37.Be6+ Kf8 38.Rd1 Ke7 39.Bd5 SB B-f5 39...Qc2 40.Rd2 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Re2 g4 44.Nd4 Qd1 SB f3! 45.Nf5+ Kd8 46.Re4 g3+ 47.Kh3 Qh5+ 48.Nh4 a4 49.bxa4 bxa4 50.Rxa4 Qxe5 51.Bf3 Qe6+ 52.Bg4 Qf6 53.Ra8+ Kc7 54.Ra5 Qb6 55.Rf5 Qg1 56.Bf3 Qd4 57.Ng6 Qd7 58.Kg4 Qe6 59.Nxf4 Qe1 60.Rf6 Qf2 61.Nd5+ Kd7 62.Nc3 Ke7 63.Ne4 Qe1 64.Ra6 Qc1 65.Nxg3 Time trouble for both; white was clearly winning! 65...Qc4+ 66.Be4 Qxa6 67.Nf5+ Kf6 68.Kf4 Qf1+ 69.Kg4 Ke5 70.Ng3 Qf4+ 71.Kh3 Qg5 72.Bf3 Kf4 73.Ne2+ Ke3 74.Ng3 Qf4 75.Nf1+ Kf2 76.Ng3 Qxg3# 0-1

Leali, Mike - McGowan, Andy
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum ), 05/22/2006
Round 4

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nxg4 Nxe4 7.Qe2 f5 8.d3 fxg4 9.Qxe4+ Qe7 10.Bxf4 Qxe4+ 11.dxe4 Bg7 12.Nc3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 d6 14.Rb1 O-O 15.Bc4+ Kg7 16.O-O Nd7 17.Rb5 Nc5 18.Bh6+ Kxh6 19.Rxf8 c6 20.Rxc5 dxc5 21.Be6 Bxe6 22.Rxa8 Bxa2 23.Rxa7 Bb1 24.Rxb7 Bxc2 25.Re7 g3 26.e5 Be4 27.Rf7 Kg6 28.Rf4 Bf5 29.Kf1 h5 30.Ke2 Bg4+ 31.Ke3 Kg7 32.Rxg4+ hxg4 33.Kf4 Black resigns 1-0

Wayne Zimmerle - Peter Michlik
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum), 05/22/2006
Round 4

in which Peter smothers the Polish opening with Be6 1.b4 e5 2.b5 d5 3.e3 Be6 4.Bb2 Nd7 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Be2 Qe7 7.a4 f5 8.Na3 g5 9.c4 g4 10.Ng1 Ngf6 11.cxd5 Bxd5 12.Bf1 Nc5 13.Qc2 Nb3 14.Nc4 Nxa1 15.Nxd6+ cxd6 16.Bxa1 Be6 17.Ne2 Rc8 18.Qb1 Kf7 19.Ng3 f4 20.Ne2 fxe3 21.fxe3 Rc4 22.Nc3 Rc5 23.Be2 Rf8 24.O-O Kg8 25.d4 exd4 26.exd4 Rg5 27.Qe1 d5 28.Bd3 Rg7 29.Bb2 Bc8 30.Qd2 Re8 31.Nd1 Ne4 32.Qa5 b6 33.Qe1 Qg5 34.Qb4 Rf7 35.Re1 Nd6 36.Rxe8+ Nxe8 37.Ba3 Bf5 38.Be2 Bc2 39.Nf2 Qe3 40.Qe1 Qxa3 41.Nxg4 Qb2 42.Nh6+ Kg7 43.Nxf7 Qxd4+ 44.Kh1 Kxf7 45.Bh5+ Bg6 46.Bxg6+ hxg6 47.Qf1+ Qf6 48.Qd1 Nd6 49.h3 d4 The rest of the moves were lost in time pressure. And a note from Peter-Check your best move after 29. .. Bc8 you could have equalized!! 0-1

McConaghie, Peter - Getz, Henry
Peoria City Championship (Barnes and Noble), 05/24/2006
Round 4

Notes by Peter McConaghie 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb3 h6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1+ Be7 9.Qe2 Be6 10.Ba4+ Nbd7 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Nxf7 Bxf7 13.Qxe7 Qc7 14.Qe2 Rae8 15.Qd1 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 Ng4 17.g3 Nde5 18.Qe2 b5 19.Bxb5 Nxf2 Quick note here: Henry used almost all his time on the last 7 moves, starting with move 13. He has now less than 5 minutes on the clock. Pete has over 45 min left. I include this just in case anyone wants to be too critical of Henrys moves through the end of the game. 20.Qxf2 Bh5 21.Bf4 Qb7 22.Qxc5 Nf3+ 23.Kf2 a6 24.Bc6 Qxb2 25.Bxd5+ Kh8 26.Qxf8+ Kh7 Henry has less than a minute... 27.Be4+ Bg6 28.Bxg6+ Kxg6 29.Qe8+ Kh7 30.Qe4+ Kh8 31.Kxf3 Qxa1 32.Nd2 Qc3 33.Qc4 Qf6 34.Ne4 Qf8 35.Nd6 g5 36.Nf7+ Kg7 37.Be5+ Kg8 38.Ke4 Kh7 39.Qe6 Qb4+ 40.Kf3 Qb7+ 41.Kf2 Qa7+ 42.d4 Kg8 43.Nxg5+ Kf8 44.Qxh6+ Ke8 45.Qh8+ Kd7 46.Qg7+ Kc6 47.Qxa7 Black is out of time 1-0

Michlik, Peter - Getz, Henry
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum), 06/05/2006
Round 5

notes by Henry 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 Nf6 given d6 vs the smith morra, the best continuation, database shows a 69% win for black. 5.e5 dxe5 the alekine continuation here is considered inferior! 6.Nxe5 Qd5 this isn't necessarily a bad move, but the continuation 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 leaves black in an unclear position given the inevitable 9. Nc3 a6 10.d5! Better altogether is 6....Qa5! 7.Qxd4 Nbd7 8.Nc4 Qc7 9.Bf4 Qc5 10.Qd1 e5 11.Be3 Qc7 +/=. 7.cxd4 Nc6 8.Bc4 again Nxc6 8...Qe4+ 9.Be3 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxc4 the only continuation worth anything. If ...10.Qxg2?! 11.Rf1 Nd7 (forced given Qb3 threat) 12.e6! fxe6 13.Nc3!. If Qxe5 then black is left with a losing position despite the material. 11.exf6 exf6 12.Qd4 Be6 better was maybe Qxd4, fritz liked it very much 13.Qxc4 Bxc4 14.Nd2 Bb4 horrible move given white's next move giving drawing chances with an opposite colored bishop position. 15.a3 Bxd2 16.Bxd2 Kd7 17.O-O-O Bb3 now despite the opposite colored bishops, black has a pawn and the initiative. This is probably a drawn game unless white makes a mistake. Attacking is a last resolve and the next few moves are key to setting up the attack. 18.Rde1 Rhc8+ 19.Bc3 a5 already I'm dreaming of ...b5-b4 and if the king ventures to b1, the sacrifice with ...b4, Bxb4 Ba2+, Ka1 Be6+, Kb1 Bf5 with mate to follow. 20.Kd2 b5 21.Rc1 Rc4 again threatening the ...b5 push and also looking to take control of the file 22.Kd3 Rac8 23.f3 Kd6 24.Bd2 Rc2 maybe better was ...Bc2, it equalizes but at the same time DOESN'T TRADE 25.Rxc2 Rxc2 26.Rb1 Rc1! and ...Rxb2, Bf4! {not Kc3? immediately allowing Rxd2! winning 26...Kd5 27.g3 Rc6 28.Rc1 Bc4 29.Kc2 Be2+ 30.Kb1 Bxf3 31.Rxc6 Kxc6 32.Bxa5 Kd5 33.Kc1 Ke4 34.Kd2 f5 35.Ke1 f4 36.Kf2 fxg3 37.hxg3 f5 38.Bd2 h6 39.Bb4 g5 40.Bf8 h5 41.Be7 g4 42.Bg5 Bd1 43.Bh6 h4 44.gxh4 Bf4 draws 44...f4 45.Bf8 g3+ 46.Kg1 f3 47.Bc5 f2+ 48.Kg2 Bf3+ 49.Kf1 Kd3 50.Bxf2 gxf2 51.Kxf2 Bd5 52.h5 Kc2 53.b4 Kb3 54.h6 Bg8 55.Ke2 Kxa3 56.Kd3 Kxb4 57.Kc2 Kc4 58.Kb1 b4 59.Kb2 b3 60.Kc1 Kc3 61.Kb1 Bh7+ 62.Ka1 b2+ 63.Ka2 b1=Q+ 0-1

Zimmerle, Wayne - Leali, Mike
Peoria City Championship (Lakeview Museum ), 06/06/2006
Round 5

1.b4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e3 Be7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Nf3 c5 8.bxc5 Bxc5 9.Bd3 h6 10.Qc2 Be7 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Rc8 15.Qb1 Qd6 16.Rg1 Qh2 17.Bf5 Rc7 18.f4 d4 19.Kf1 Rd8 20.Ng3 dxe3 21.dxe3 Rd2 22.Rg2 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Nd5 24.Kf3 Nf6 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Bh4 27.Bxc6 Rxc6 28.Bd4 Rxf2+ 29.Kg4 Be7 30.Kg3 Rfc2 31.Qxb7 Rc7 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Kf3 a6 34.Rg1 f6 35.Qe8 Bxa3 36.Bxf6 Bb2 37.Qg6+ Kg8 38.Bxb2 Rxb2 39.Qxa6 Rbb7 40.Qxh6 Ra7 41.Qe6+ Kf8 42.Rb1 Ra8 43.Qd6+ Re7 44.Rb8+ Rxb8 45.Qxb8+ Kf7 46.e4 Re8 47.Qd6 Re7 48.f5 Re8 49.Kf4 Kg8 50.h4 Kh8 51.h5 Ra8 52.h6 gxh6 53.Qxh6+ Kg8 54.Qg6+ Kh8 55.f6 Ra7 56.f7 Rxf7+ 57.Ke3 Ra7 58.Qf6+ Kg8 59.Qe6+ Kh7 60.Kf4 Ra1 61.Qf7+ Kh6 62.Qf6+ Black resigns 1-0

McGowan, Andy - McConaghie, Peter
Peoria City Championship (Bradley Library ), 06/14/2006
Round 5

1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 d6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 Bd7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Bg5 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 a6 11.Bxd7 Qxd7 12.Rad1 Qg4 13.Be3 Rfe8 14.h3 Qh5 15.Ne2 Nd7 16.Qc4 Rac8 17.Rd5 Ne5 18.Qa4 c6 19.Rdd1 Bf8 20.Ng3 Qg6 21.Kh2 d5 22.f4 Nc4 23.f5 Qf6 24.Bd4 Qg5 25.Qb3 Bd6 26.exd5 cxd5 27.Qf3 h5 White resigns 0-1