Boyd, James vs Michael Alier Noah
NCO 188 · Round 3 · 2004.10.08 · 0-1 · B06 Modern Defense
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PGN
[Event "NCO 188"]
[Site "North County Chess Club"]
[Date "2004.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boyd, James"]
[Black "Michael Alier Noah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[BlackFideId "32500289"]
[ECO "B06a"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]
1. e4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. Be3 ( 4. d5 { RR } 4... d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4
7. Nge2 O-O 8. h3 Bd7 9. a4 Na6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Kh7
14. Nb5 Na6 15. f4 Ne8 16. Nbc3 Nac7 17. g4 e6 18. dxe6 Bxe6
{ Zjukin,S-Kulaots,K/ EST 1996/CBM 52 ext/1/2-1/2 (41) } ) ( 4. dxc5 { RR }
4... Na6 ( 4... Qa5+ { RR } 5. Bd2 ( 5. c3 { RR } 5... Qxc5 6. Be3 ( 6. Bg2
{ RR } 6... Na6 7. Ne2 d6 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nd2 Qc8 11. Kh2 Nc5 12. Nb3
Bc6 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Re1 O-O 16. Nd5 Re8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Bxd5
19. exd5 Qf5 20. Be3 Rad8
{ Teodoro,E-O'Keefe,T/ Philadelphia 1995/EXT 2000/1-0 (67) } ) 6... Qc7 7. Bg2
Nf6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Rd8 11. f4 b6 12. c4 Bb7 13. Nd2 e6 14. Rc1 Nc6
15. a3 Rac8 16. b4 Qb8 17. Qb3 Qa8 18. Qb1 Ne7 19. Bf3 h5 20. Nd4
{ 1/2-1/2 Knezevic,M-Adorjan,A/ Luhacovice 1973/MCD (20) } ) 5... Qxc5 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Bg2 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3
Bxh3 14. f3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Rh1 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. g4
{ Lainburg,V-Landgraf,S/ Rheda-Wiedenbrueck 2001/EXT 2002/1-0 (57) } ) 5. Bg2
Nxc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Be3 Bc6 10. f3 b6 11. a5 O-O 12. Nd4
Bb7 13. b4 Ne6 14. a6 Bc8 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nc7 18. c4 e6
{ Hodgson,J-Plaskett,J/London 1991/ CBM 24/1-0 (48) } ) 4... b6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Nge2 d6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Rb1 Rc8 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bh3 Nbd7 13.
f4 a6 14. a4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b4 c4 17. Nd4 Ba6 18. Qf3 Rc7 19. Nc6 Rxc6
20. dxc6 Nb8 21. e5 Ne8 22. Rfd1 Nc7 23. Bg2 Qc8 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 dxe5 26.
fxe5 e6 27. Qc5 Qc7 28. Bf4 h6 29. Qd6 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Bc8 31. h4 Na6 32. Qd2 Kh7
33. Be3 Qc7 34. c3 Qxe5 35. Bf4 Qf5 36. Bd6 Rd8 37. Qf4 Qc2 38. Rbc1 Qb2 39.
Be5 Rxd1+ 40. Rxd1 Qe2 41. Rd8 Qxe5 42. Qxf7 h5 43. Rxc8 Qxg3 44. Qxe6 Qxh4+
45. Bh3 Qf4 46. Ra8 Nc7 47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Ra1 Be5 49. Ra2 Bxc3 50. Qd8 Qe4+ 51.
Bg2 Qb1+ 52. Kh2 Be5+ 53. Kh3 Qf5+ 0-1