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I have been part of the Eastview Chess Team since I was a freshman here... since then the team has made some serious improvments. In 05-06, we placed 2nd in the conference for the first time in school history. This year, for the first time, our team took home First Place in our conference. Our coach is Mr. Dettmer, definitely one of the best teachers in the building. You can read more about our team and our accomplishments here.

Originally, I was placed at about 7th board (varsity is 6th board and above) and my skills were mediocre, but now I am at third board and have made several improvments (not to mention Matthias graduated) and I hold the record for being the only player on the varsity team to go undefeated for one season, but I will not claim too much fame because one of the games in there is a real fluke. Below are some of my games, notated in algebraic. I typed which color I was for each game:

Vs. Eagan (white, 4th board)

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Ne7 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e4 Ba6 6. Bg5 Nbc6 7. d5 Nb4? 8. a3 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 f6 10. Bh4 g6 11. Bxf6 Rg8 12. Ne5 g5 13. Qh5+ Rg6 14. Nxg6 Bg7 15. Ne5+ Kf8 16. Qf7, mate

Vs. St. Thomas (black, 4th board)

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bd3 Bd6 4. g3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 e5 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Bc4 e4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. c3 Bxf3 13. Qc1 Qh6 14. d4 Qh3 15. Bxf7+ Bxf7 16. Qg5 Qg2, mate

Vs. Prior Lake (black, 2nd board)

1. Nc3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 Bg4 6. e3 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Ne5 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qb5 Qd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 b6 15. d3 0-0 16. Be3 Be7 17. Rad1 f5 18. d4? fxe4 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Bxb6 Rab8 22. Bxc7 Rxc5 23. Rfe1 Bc5+ 24. Kh2 Rxb2 25. Rxe4 Rxc2+ 26. Kh1 Rxa2 27. Rxe6 Nd4 28. Re5 Rf5 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rde1 Nf3 31. g4 Rh2, mate

Vs. Apple Valley (black, 3rd board)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. 0-0 d4 11. Ne2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne7 13. b3 0-0 14. Nf4 Nf5 15. a3 Rad8 16. b4 Be7 17. Rb1 Nh4 18. h3 Qb5 19. Rb3 Qxe5 20. Re1 Qf5 21. Kh2 Bd6 22. Re4 Ng6 23. Kg1? Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. h4 Nh3+ 26. Kf1 Nf4 27. Qd2 Qh3+, 0-1

Vs. Northfield (black, 2nd board)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf5 Nc6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. 0-0 Nf6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Be5 Qe7 14. Qd3 0-0 15. Ndb5 Ng4 16. Bd6? Qh4?? 17. Bxf8 Qxh2 † 18. Kf1 Rxf8 19. Qd4 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Nf4! 21. Qxf4 Qxf4 22. f3 Ne3+ 23. Rxe3 Qxe3 24. Re1 Qd2 25. Re2 Qc1+ 26. Kf2 Qxb2 27. g3 Qxc3 28. Re3 Qc5 29. Ke2 Rc8 30. Re3 Qxc2+ 31. Rd2 Qb1 32. Ke3 Rc3+ 33. Ke2 Rc2 34. Ke3 Qe1+ 35. Kf4 Rxd2 36. a4 Rd4+ 37. Kg5 Qe5, mate

Vs. Eagan (black, 2nd board)

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. Bxb8 Rxb8 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 Qf6 8. Nd2 b6 9. c6 Bxb4 10. c7 Rb7 11. Qc1 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Qd4+ 13. Ke1 Ne7 14. e3 Qb4+ 15. Kd1 0-0 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Qb2 Nf5 18. Ba6 Rxc7 19. Qxb6 Bxa6 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21. Rb6 Bd3 22. Rxd6 Rd2 23. Nf3 Rb8 24. Nd2 Rxa2 25. Rc6 Ra1+ 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Kxc1 Rc8+ 28. Kh2 Rc2+ 29. Kb3 Rxd2 30. Rc1 Bc3+ 31. Kc3 Rxf2 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Kxc2 g5 34. g4 Kg7 35. h3 Kg6 36. Kc3 Ba6 37. Kd4 h5 38. gxh5+ Kxh5 39. Ke5 Kh4 40. Kf6 Kxh3 41. Kxg5 42. Kf6 Kf3 43. Kxf7 Bc8 44. Ke7 Kxe3 45. Kd8 e5 46. Kxc8 d4 47. Kd7 d3 48. Kd6 e4 49. Kd5 d2 50. Ke5 d1=Q 51. Kf5 Kf3 52. Ke5 e3 53. Kf5 e2 54. Kf6 e1=Q 55. Kf5 Qd5+ 56. Kf6 Qee6+ 57. Kg7 Qdd7+ 58. Kf8 Qee8, mate

Vs. St. Thomas (white, 2nd board)

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Qa5 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Ne4 Qc7 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. g3 a5 9. a3 Rg8 10. Qc2 Qb6? 11. c5! Qb5 12. e4 b6 13. Bxb5 cxb5 14. cxd6 Nc6 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Qxh7 Rf8 19. Qh4 f6 20. Bh6 Bb7 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Qxe5 Kf8 24. 0-0 a4 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26. Rfe1 Bxd5 27. Re5 Bc4 28. Ra5+ Kh8 29. Qg7, mate

Vs. Prior Lake (black, 3rd board)

1. d4 d5 2. f3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. e4 e6 5. e5 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nxd4 9. Ne2 Nxe2 10. Bxe2 Bd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. f4 0-0 15. g4 Qb6 16. Bd4 Qd8 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. 0-0 Nc6 20. Qa4? Nxd4! 21. Bxd7 Ne2+ 22. Kf2 Nxc1 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Qxa7 Qc2+ 25. Kg3 Qd3+ 26. Rf3 Qd4 27. Qa6 Qxb2 28. f5 Qxe5+ 29. Kg2 exf5 30. Rxf5 Qe4+ 31. Kh3 g6 32. Rf2 Nd3 33. Rc2 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 Qxc2 35. Kxf4 Qxh2+ 36. Kf3 Re8 37. a4 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Re2+ 40. Kf3 Qf2, mate

Vs. Apple Valley (black, 2nd board) <this is the fluke!>

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. cxd5 e5 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Ne4 Bf5 8. Nxc5 Qxc5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 10. Qa5+ Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Qg3 g6 14. e4 0-0 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. Qe3 Qd6 17. 0-0 Rae8 18. Qd4 Re5 19. g4? Bxg4 20. f3 Bh3 21. Re1 Qf6 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. Ke2 Nf4+ 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qg1 Rg5 26. Qd4 Rg2+ 27. Kd1 Qd2, mate

Vs. Northfield (white, 2nd board)

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. a3 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 Nxe4 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Bf5 Be7 11. Bd3 Bc6 12. Bxf6 g6!? 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne5 Qg5 15. f3 Rd8 16. Qc3 Rd6 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Nec4 Rd5 19. Be4 Rb5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ne4 Qd5 22. Rfe1 Rab8 23. b4 Re8 24. Rad1 f5 25. Ng5 Nb6 26. Nxb5 Qxb6? 27. a5! f4 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Re5 Qd7 30. Rde1 a5 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 a4 33. Rxb6 Qd5 34. Qc5 Qb3 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Qf8, mate