Michael Alier Noah vs Boyd, James
NCO 194 · Round 2 · 2005.05.27 · 1-0 · A15 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense
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[Event "NCO 194"]
[Site "North County Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Alier Noah"]
[Black "Boyd, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[WhiteFideId "32500289"]
[BlackElo "1756"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]
1. c4 { . . . Ribli } 1... Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 ( 4... b6 { RR }
5. e4 Rb8 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Be7 9. h3 a6 10. a4 O-O 11. f4 Nd4 12. g4
Bb7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Nc5 17. Kh1 Ne6 18. f5 Nc5 19.
Ng1 { Shaked,T-Polgar,J/Hoogeveen 1998/EXT 99/[Ribli]/0-1 (34) } ) 5. e3 ( 5.
a3 { RR } 5... a6 6. d3 d6 7. Rb1 Bd7 8. e3 Rb8 9. Nge2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3
Na7 12. b4 b5 13. bxc5 bxc4 14. Rxb8 Qxb8 15. dxc4 dxc5 16. Qc2 Bc6 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bb5 19. a4 Bxe2 { Poropat,M-Brecevich,A/Umag CRO 2005/1-0 (49) }
) 5... d6 6. Nge2 Bd7 ( 6... Be7 { RR } 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 ( 8. d4 { RR } 8...
exd4 9. exd4 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Qc8 12. Kh2 Bf5 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rc1 Bf8 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Nec3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rb8 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Bxh6 Be4 21.
Nf6+ { 1-0 Schredder, R-Schorgendorfer,H/Balatonbereny 1994/EXT 97 (21) } )
8... Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Kh2 Nb4 11. Nec3 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bf5 14.
e4 Bg6 15. d3 f5 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4
Rae8 21. Be3 { Shulga, J-Fedorchuk,S/Sevastopol 2000/EXT 2001/0-1 (53) } ) (
6... Be6 { RR } 7. Nd5 e4 8. Nec3 Ne5 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bxe4 Bxc4 11. d3 Ba6
12. O-O Qd7 13. Nd5 O-O-O 14. Nxf6 Qe6 15. Nd5 f5 16. Nf4 Qf6 17. Bg2 Bh6 18.
Nd5 Qf7 19. Qa4 Kb8 20. Rd1 Nxd3 21. b4 Qd7 22. Qc2 c4 23. a4 Bg7 24. Ra3 b5
25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Bd2 h5 27. h4 Be5 28. Bc3 Bc6 29. Rda1 Qg7 30. Rxa7 Rd7 31.
R7a6 Bb7 32. Rb6 Bxc3 33. Nxc3 d5 34. Ra5 f4 35. exf4 Nxf4 36. gxf4 d4 37.
Rxb7+ Rxb7 38. Ne4 Rxb4 39. Nc5 Rb6 40. Ra8+ Kc7 41. Ra7+
{ 1-0 O'Cinneide,M-Gillen,A/IRL 1994/EXT 98 (41) } ) 7. O-O Qc8 8. d4 h5 9. d5
Ne7 10. h4 Nf5 11. b3 Be7 12. Ne4 Nh6 13. Ng5 Nfg8 14. e4 f6 15. Ne6 $5 Bxe6
16. dxe6 Bd8 $6
{ An interesting attempt to free his pieces. But 16 ... Qxe6 is equal. } 17.
Nc3 Ne7 18. Bh3
{ Now it will be more difficult to win the e6 pawn and his d6 pawn is hanging. }
18... Nhg8 19. Qxd6 Qc6 20. Qd3 Bc7 21. Nd5 Rd8 22. Be3 Ba5 23. Rad1 Qc8
{ A waste of time. } 24. Qe2 Qc6 25. Rd3 g6 26. Rfd1 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Bg5
Qxe6
{ Black has finally won the e6 pawn but his pieces are not coordinated. White just trades pieces and gobbles a few pawns. }
29. Nxe7 Nxe7 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Qd3 Kf7 32. Bxe7 Bxe7 33. Bxf5 Qc6 34. Be4 Qa6
35. Qf3+ Kg7 36. Rd7 Qe6 37. Rxb7 1-0