IWSCC 1995 Internet World Student Championship 1995

The IWSCC is an annual event held on the Internet Chess Club. This was the first-ever IWSCC, and the Harvard Chess Club had the distinction of claiming no fewer than 8 of the 55 contestants as members! The Harvard team comprised Dan Benjamin, Matt Bengtson, Jeremy Martin, Wenning Xing, Lilja Gretarsdottir, Eric Tulsky, Joseph Lind and Dylan Morris. Xing was the high scorer, notching 5/6 (in an extremely strong field including two GMs!) to tie for 2nd-3rd. Other high scorers were Martin with 4.5/6 (and a tie for 4th place) and Benjamin with 4/6.

Some games from the tournament:

White: Matt Bengtson "bengtson" (Harvard, 2347)
Black: ??? "pawnmarshall" (???, 2073)
Round 2

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. Rb1 f6 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nb5 c5 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Nb5 Ra8 15. a4 Bf5 16. Bxb7 Bxb1 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb1 Nd5 19. Bd2 f5 20. Qd3 Kh8 21. Na3 Qc6 22. a5 g6 23. Rc1 Qe6 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. b3 Qe4 26. Rb1 Kg7 27. Be1 Qxd3 28. exd3 Kf6 29. Kg2 g5 30. h3 h6 31. Bd2 Rb5 32. h4 Rb8 33. hxg5+ hxg5 34. f3 f4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Kf2 Ne3 37. Bxe3 fxe3+ 38. Kg3 Kf5 39. Rb2 Rg8+ 40. Kh2 Kf4 41. Rg2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Bh4 43. Kf1 Kxf3 44. Ne5+ Kf4 45. Nc4 Kf3 46. Ne5+ Kf4
1/2-1/2

White: Jeremy Martin "leander" (Harvard, 2200)
Black: GM Gabriel Schwartzman "gasch" (U. of Florida, 2600)
Round 2

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 b4 10. axb4 cxb4 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Be2 Na5 13. b3 Bb7 14. O-O Be7 15. Nb2 Nc6 16. Nd3 a5 17. Kh1 Na7 18. g4 h5 19. f5 hxg4 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 exf5 22. Rxf5 Nc6 23. Qe3 g3 24. h4 Nf8 25. Nc5 Ne6 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Raf1 Ncd8 28. Kg2 Rc8 29. Bd3 Nxg5 30. Qxg5 Qe7 31. Qxe7+ Kxe7 32. Kxg3 Rc6 33. Rg5 Rch6 34. Rg4 Ne6 35. Ra1 g5 36. Rxa5 Rxh4 37. Ra7+ Kf8 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Rxh8 Rxh8 40. Bf5 Kh6 41. Kf2 Rc8 42. Rg1 Rc3 43. Rd1 Nf4 44. Ra1 g4 45. Bxg4 Rxc2+ 46. Ke3 Kg5 47. Rg1 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Kh4 49. Bf5 Kh5 50. Bc2 Ne6 51. Bd1+ Kh6 52. Rg4 Ng5 53. Rf4 Ne4+ 54. Ke1 Re3+ 55. Kf1 Kg7 56. Bc2 Nd2+ 57. Kf2 Rc3 58. Bd1 Nxb3 59. Rf3 Rxf3+ 60. Bxf3 Nxd4 61. Bxd5 Kg6 62. Ke3 Ne6 63. Be4+ Kg5 64. Kd2 Kf4 65. Ba8 Kxe5 66. Kd3 Nd4 67. Kc4 b3 68. Kc3 f5 69. Bb7 Ne6 70. Bh1 Nc5 71. Bf3 Kf4 72. Bd1 Ke3 73. Bh5 f4 74. Kc4 b2 75. Bg6 Ne4
0-1

White: Joe Lind "PPack4th" (Harvard, 1200)
Black: "Stinger" (?)
Round 4

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. g3 Rb8 10. b3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qf2 Qa5 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. Qf3 d4 17. Na4 Ba3+ 18. Kb1 Qxa4 19. Ka1 d3 20. bxa4 Bb2+ 21. Kb1 Ba3+ 22. Ka1 dxc2 23. Be2 Bb2#
0-1

White: ??? "QPAWNS" (???, 1809)
Black: Matt Bengtson "bengtson" (Harvard, 2353)
Round 4

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qd2 a6 7. h3 b5 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. e5 b4 11. Na4 Nfd7 12. Qe3 Qa5 13. b3 Nc6 14. e6 Bxa1 15. exd7 Bxd7 16. O-O Bf6 17. Nxc5 Bd4 18. Nxd4 Qxc5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxe7 Rab8 21. Be4 Qe6 22. Bd3 Qxe7 23. Bxe7 Rfe8 24. Bd6 Rb6 25. Bc7 Rc6 26. Ba5 Rb8 27. Rd1 Rc5 28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Bxa6 Be6 30. Bd3 Rd5 31. Ra1 Bf5 32. Bc4 Rd2 33. c3 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Rc2 35. a4 Rxc3 36. a5 Rxc4 37. a6 Be4 38. f3 Ba8 39. Rb1 Rc8 40. a7 Kf8 41. Rb8 Re8 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Kg3 f6 44. Kf4 Rd8 45. h4 Kd7 46. Rb6 Bc6 47. h5 Kc7 48. Ra6 Rd4+ 49. Kg3 Rd8 50. h6 g5 51. a8=Q Rxa8 52. Rxa8 Bxa8 53. Kg4
0-1 (time)

White: Norbert Fogarasi "diceman" (University of Toronto, 2295)
Black: Matt Bengtson "bengtson" (Harvard, 2332)
Round 5

1. e4 d6 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O Rb8 9. Qe1 b5 10. f5 b4 11. Nd5 e6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nf4 Nge7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Rf7 Bd4+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 h6 19. Rh7 Rxh7 20. Nxh7 Ng8 21. Rf1 Qxh7 22. Qf4 Qe7
0-1

White: Joe Lind "PPack4th" (Harvard, 1592)
Black: "Spam" (?)
Round 5

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bd3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 d5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Rxe5 Qd6 15. Rxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd5 c6 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Ng5 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Rd5 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxa8 f6 24. Qxb7+ Kf8 25. Qf7#
1-0

White: Roman Gelman "slurpy" (CalTech, 2100)
Black: Jeremy Martin "leander" (Harvard, 2200)
Round 5

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. O-O e6 8. d3 Be7 9. Ne5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qb6 11. a4 O-O 12. Qf3 Nbd7 13. Be3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Bf2 a6 16. Na3 Qxb2 17. Rfb1 Qxe5 18. Nc4 Qc3 19. Be1 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Ra3 Nb4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Rxb4 Be7 24. Rxb7 Bxa3 25. Nxa3 Rfb8 26. Rd7 Rb4 27. a5 Rb2 28. Rc7 Ra2 29. Rc3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Ra7 32. h3 f6 33. Kd2 Kd7 34. Nc4 Rc7 35. Rb3 Ra1 36. Rb6 Ra7 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Rd4 Rg1 39. Rg4 g6 40. Ne3 Rb7 41. Rc4 Ra1 42. Rh4 h5 43. Nc4 e5 44. g4 Ke6 45. gxh5 g5 46. Re4 Rh1 47. Re3 Rh7 48. d4 Kd5 49. Kd3 Rd1+ 50. Ke2 Rxd4 51. Nb6+ Ke6 52. Rc3 Rxh5 53. Rc6+ Rd6 54. Rc8 Rxh3 55. Ra8 Rc6 56. Rxa6 Rxc2+ 57. Kd1 Rg2 58. Nc4+ Kf5 59. Nd2 Rh1+ 60. Kc2 g4 61. Rd6 g3 62. a6 Ra1 63. Kc3 Rxd2 64. Rxd2 Rxa6 65. Rb2 Kg4 66. Kd3 Kf3 67. Kc4 g2 68. Rb3+ Kf2 69. Rb2+ Kg3
0-1

White: Joe Lind "PPack4th" (Harvard, 1625)
Black: Dylan Morris "dylanstearns" (Harvard, 1347)
Round 6

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Ne2 Nxe4 7. d3 Ng5 8. Nxg5 Bxg5 9. Bxg5 Qxg5 10. Qc1 Qxc1 11. Nxc1 Bf5 12. c3 O-O 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Bd5 c6 16. Bb3 Nc2 17. Bxc2 Bxc2 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Ne2 Bd3 20. Ng3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 h6 22. Nh5 d5 23. Re7 b5 24. Rc7 Be2 25. Nf4 Bc4 26. Rxc6 Bxa2 27. Rc5 b4 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 a5 30. Rb5 g5 31. g3 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. h4 f5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. f4 g4 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kd4 a4 39. Rxb4 a3 40. Rb6+ Kd7 41. bxa3 Rxa3 42. Rf6 Rxg3 43. Rxf5 Rf3 44. Ke4 Rb3 45. Rg5 g3 46. f5 Ke7 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Rg6+
1/2-1/2

White: Jeremy Martin "leander" (Harvard, 2200)
Black: ??? "NoMercy" (Croatia, 2300)
Round 6

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bf3 e5 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rfc8 19. c3 b5 20. a5 h6 21. Rad1 Bb3 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Rb6 Rdc8 24. Kf1 Rc4 25. Bxh6 Nd7 26. Rd6 Nc5 27. Be3 Nb7 28. Rb6 Nxa5 29. Ra1 Ra4 30. Rxa4 Bxa4 31. Bc1 Nc4 32. Rb7 Rd8 33. Ke1 Bc2 34. Ra7 Rd6 35. g3 f6 36. Rc7 f5 37. exf5 e4 38. Be2 Ne5 39. Bf4 Nd3+ 40. Bxd3 Rxd3 41. Bd2 Rd5 42. g4 a5 43. c4 bxc4 44. Bc3 Rd4
1-0

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