[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Louisville"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Hart, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. Bg5 0-0 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. 0-0 d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 d5 14. exd5 Kf8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Louisville"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olynik, Henry"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Bg4 13. Bg5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Ne7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rxf6 Ng6 17. Raf1 Qe7 18. Bc4 Qa3 19. Rxf7 Qxc3 20. Rxf8+ Kg7 21. Rxa8 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qe5 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. Rg8+ Kh6 25. Qh3+ Qh4 26. Qxh4+ Nxh4 27. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Louisville"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rosenkoetter, David"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Ne6 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. d3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nd4 9. Qd1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. c3 Nf5 12. Qf3 c6 13. Bf4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nf3 Qxd3 17. Qe5 Qd4 18. b4 Qxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. Nbd2 Bf4 22. Ne4 Nd6 23. Neg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Rf6 25. Rae1 Re8 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 e5 28. a4 Rf4 29. Rfe1 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Kf7 31. f4 exf4 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Kf2 g5 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ke4 Ke7 36. Kf5 Kd6 37. Kxg5 Kd5 38. Kxf4 Kc4 39. Ke5 Kxc3 40. Kd6 Kxb4 41. g3 c5 42. h3 c4 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 c3 45. g5 c2 46. g6 c1Q 47. g7 Qh6+ 48. Ke5 Qxg7+ 49. Kd5 Qc7 50. Ke6 Kc5 51. a5 Qd6+ 52. Kf5 Kd5 53. a6 bxa6 54. Kg5 Ke5 55. Kg4 Qg6+ 56. Kf3 Qe4+ 57. Kg3 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 Ke4 59. Kg1 Ke3 60. Kg2 Qg4+ 61. Kh1 Kf3 62. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Louisville"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Vidunas, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. d5 Nd4 7. Be2 c6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd1 Bd7 11. 0-0 g6 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Re1 0-0-0 14. Bb5 Bg7 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Nxd6+ Kd8 18. e5 Re7 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qg4 Bd4 21. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Louisville"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Siebrandt, Jeffrey B"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Nc6 6. Bc4 h6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. e5 Nh7 9. Qf4 0-0 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bxf7+ Kh8 12. Bxe8 Qxe8 13. Nb3 b6 14. Nbxd4 Bb7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Qf5 Nf8 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. Nxe6 dxe6 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Qxe6 Qg5 23. Qh3 Qd2 24. Qc3 Qg5 25. f3 Bc8 26. e6 Qe7 27. Qc6 Qb4 28. c3 Qe7 29. Qa8 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Rd1 Qe2 33. Qd7 Qxb2 34. e7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1999.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Honaker, Larry"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1169"]
[BlackElo "1189"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. c5 Bxc5 3. Qc2 b6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Ng4 6. Nf3 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 Bc5 8. d3 0-0 9. Bg5 f6 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Bh4 d6 12. Kd2 Be3+ 13. Kc2 Nc6 14. Nd5 Be6 15. Qb5 Nd4+ 16. Kd1 Nxb5 17. d4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopiccolo, Daniel"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1327"]
[BlackElo "1189"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 e5 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 Bf5 5. h3 h6 6. g4 Bh7 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 c6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nbd7 11. Nf3 e4 12. dxe4 Bxe4 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Ne4 16. f3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qf6 18. Qe1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 Ne3 23. Nxe3 Rxe3 24. Kg2 Rxc3 25. Ra2 Re8 26. Rf3 Re2+ 27. Rf2 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rxh3 29. Kg2 Rc3 30. a4 a5 31. Rb2 Rc4 32. Rxb7 Rxd4 33. Kf3 Rxa4 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 Rb4 36. Rb8+ Rxb8 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1999.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Schmit, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1189"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Bf4 Bb4 8. Qd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Rfe1 Ne4 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nxe5 14. Nxe4 Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Nc4 16. Qxe8+ Qxe8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. c3 Re2 20. b3 cxb3 21. axb3 a5 22. Kf1 Rc2 23. c4 b6 24. b4 Rxc4 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Kf8 27. Rc5 Rxc5 28. dxc5 Ke7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Kd3 Kd5 31. f4 f5 32. h3 Kxc5 33. Kc3 Kd5 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Betts, Allen"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "870"]
[BlackElo "1189"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 h6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bb4 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Be3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d5 9. d4 Re8 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf3 Nxe4 13. Qd4 Qf6 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Bf4 Qxf4 17. f3 exf3 18. Qxf4 Rg5 19. Rd2 Re8 20. Rfd1 fxg2 21. Rb1 Bf5 22. Rb4 Re1+ 23. Kf2 g1Q+ 24. Kf3 Qf1+ 25. Rf2 Qh3+ 26. Qg3 Rxg3+ 27. Kf4 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1999.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Olynik, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1189"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qa4 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rab8 14. b4 Be7 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. Qa5 Qb7 17. c5 Bd8 18. Ba6 Bxa5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. bxa5 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 dxc5 22. Rb7 Be6 23. Rxa7 g6 24. Na4 c4 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. f3 Rd2 27. Rc7 Rxa2 28. Nc5 c3 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxc6 c2 31. Ke1 c1Q+ 32. Rxc1 Rxg2 33. Rc5 Rxh2 34. Rxe5 Kf7 35. Rb5 Kf6 36. a6 Ra2 37. Rb6 Ke5 38. Rb5+ Kf4 39. Rb7 Rxa6 40. Rxh7 Kxf3 41. Rh2 Ra1+ 42. Kd2 Ra2+ 43. Kc3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Primm"]
[Date "1998.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Betts, Allen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1167"]
[BlackElo "848"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Ng5 Bf8 9. Nxe6 Qe7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nf3 Qd7 12. 0-0 Rd8 13. d4 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qxg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Re1 Rd7 21. Rxe4 Rd1+ 22. Kh2 Rf1 23. Rf4+ Ke7 24. g4 h5 25. Kg2 hxg4 26. Kxf1 Rxh3 27. Rxg4 Rh1+ 28. Rg1 Rh3 29. Bg5+ Ke8 30. Rd1 Bh6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Bf6 Rh5 33. Rg3 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 a5 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. e6 b5 37. e7+ Kf7 38. Rf3 Ke8 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40. e8Q# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Primm"]
[Date "1998.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schmit, Henry"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1384"]
[BlackElo "1167"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. d5 Na5 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Ne5 Qd6 10. Nd3 0-0-0 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Rc1 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd6 16. Bd2 Rhe8+ 17. Be3 b6 18. 0-0 Nb7 19. b4 Be5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 Rxd5 22. Rxc7+ Qxc7 23. Qg4+ f5 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Rc1+ Nc5 26. Qa6+ Qb7 27. Qe2 Qd7 28. Qa6+ Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Primm"]
[Date "1998.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Earl, Crista"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1042"]
[BlackElo "1167"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. 0-0 Bb4 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bd7 10. Qd3 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bh6 Nb4 13. Qc4 Bc6 14. Rae1 Qd6 15. a3 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Nc6 17. Rd1 0-0-0 18. b4 Bf6 19. c3 Rd7 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bc1 Rhd8 22. g3 exd4 23. cxd4 Qd5 24. Qd3 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Be3 Rd3 30. a4 Rb3 31. Bc5 b6 32. Be7 Kd7 33. Bf8 Kc6 34. a5 Kb5 35. axb6 cxb6 36. h4 Rxb4 37. Bxb4 Kxb4 38. f4 a5 39. Kf1 a4 40. Ke1 a3 41. Kd1 a2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Primm"]
[Date "1998.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Leventhal, Jay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1167"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 Bd7 9. Be3 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c5 Rfe8 14. Bf4 Qb8 15. Qd2 Qb4 16. cxd6 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. Bd2 Nxe2+ 19. Kh2 Qxd6+ 20. g3 Bf5 21. Qd1 Nd4 22. Bf4 Qd5 23. f3 e5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rf2 Rae8 26. Kg2 Re2 27. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 28. Kf1 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1997.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Kee, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1186"]
[BlackElo "1130"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1997.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bc4 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. h3 Bd7 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Qc8 10. Nd5 Bxh3 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. gxh3 Kh7 13. Nh2 Qxh3 14. Bxc5 Rg8+ 15. Kh1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1997.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Betts, Allen"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "857"]
[BlackElo "1186"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. 0-0 Bc5 6. d4 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Na5 9. Bb5 Bxe4 10. Ne5 c6 11. Ba4 Nf6 12. Bg5 0-0 13. c4 d6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. d5 Ne5 16. c3 h6 17. Bf4 Nfg4 18. Qd4 Bd3 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rad1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 exd5 23. Bc6 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rxc4 25. a4 Rxa4 26. h3 d4 27. Bc6 Rc4 28. Bb5 Rxc3 29. Be2 d3 30. Bf3 Qh4 31. Bd1 Rfc8 32. Bf3 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. g3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1997.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Hart, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1186"]
[BlackElo "1277"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. h3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. Qe2 Qf6 9. Nd5 Qd6 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. d3 0-0 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qd6 15. Ng5 Be6 16. Qh5 Nd8 17. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1997.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Alverson, Virginia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "1186"]
[BlackElo "1007"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 Rb8 10. b3 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Be7 15. Qxe5 f6 16. Qg3 Bb4 17. Rad1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Re8 19. Bf3 Qc7 20. Rd3 c5 21. Rfd1 Rbd8 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. hxg4 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Qxg4 27. f3 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qg3 29. Qe3 Qe5 30. Qe1 Qb2 31. Qa5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Ke3 Qc1+ 36. Qd2 Qg1+ 37. Kf4 Qh2+ 38. Kf5 Qe5+ 39. Kg6 Qe8+ 40. Kf5 Qc8+ 41. Kf4 Qb8+ 42. Ke3 Qg3 43. Qd5+ Kf8 44. Qxc5+ Kf7 45. Qxa7+ Kg6 46. c5 Qe1+ 47. Kf4 Qh4+ 48. g4 Qe1 49. c6 Qc1+ 50. Kg3 Qxc6 51. Qa5 Qd6+ 52. Kh4 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1997.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Walhout, Donald"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1699"]
[BlackElo "1186"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Re1 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Rf7 13. d5 Ne5 14. b3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be5 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxb7 Raf8 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 f5 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rfd7 24. g3 g6 25. Rbe1 Rd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kg2 Rd2 28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. c3 Rxa2 31. Rxc7 Ra5 32. b4 Rb5 33. Ra7 a5 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. bxa5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1996.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Honaker, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. h3 Be7 6. d4 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. a3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 dxc4 12. Qh5 Qd5 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Bg5 Qxe5 15. g4 Rd2 16. Bxd2 Qxh5 17. gxh5 Bxh3 18. Ng5 Rd8 19. Rxe7 Kf8 20. Rxf7+ Ke8 21. Re1+ Be6 22. Rxe6# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Honaker, Martha"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 a6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Re1 0-0 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bg5 Qxg5 13. Nxg5 f6 14. Nf3 dxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Qxd6 Rfd8 18. Qg3 Rab8 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rad1 Bd5 21. Ne5 Rb6 22. h4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1996.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Downing, Pauline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1996.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Bg4 6. hxg4 e5 7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3 Nxg4 9. Qxb7 Bg5 10. Qxc6+ Qd7 11. Qxa8+ Ke7 12. Qxh8 Bxc1 13. Nd5+ Ke6 14. Qxg7 Qa4 15. Ng5+ Kd7 16. Qxf7+ Kd8 17. Ne6+ Kc8 18. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1996.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hart, James"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1996.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 h6 6. 0-0 a6 7. a4 Be7 8. Bd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 c6 11. Bc4 c5 12. Bd5 0-0 13. Ra3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Re8 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bf6 19. Qg4 Qa5 20. Qd1 Bxc3 21. Be3 b5 22. Qc2 b4 23. Ra2 Rab8 24. Qb3 Re4 25. dxe4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1996.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Pietrolungo, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.07.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 c4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. a3 f5 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 Ne7 11. 0-0 Ng6 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. c3 c5 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Be7 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Qc2 Bb5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rfc1 Qd7 22. b3 Rhc8 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qd2 Qc6 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. Qb4+ Qxb4 27. Rxb4 Rb6 28. a4 Be2 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. Nh4 Bd1 31. Ng6+ Ke8 32. Nf4 Kd7 33. Nd3 Bxa4 34. f4 Kc6 35. Kf2 Kb5 36. Ke2 Kc4 37. Nb2+ Kb3 38. Nxa4 Kxa4 39. Kd2 Kb3 40. Kd3 b5 41. h3 b4 42. g4 g6 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. h4 Kb2 45. h5 b3 46. Kd2 Ka2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1995.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barrasso, Alexander"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "1192"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. 0-0-0+ Bd7 9. Bc4 Rf8 10. Rd2 Ke8 11. Rhd1 Rd8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Rxd7 Rg8 16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Bxg8 Kxg8 18. Nh4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1995.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pietrolungo, Albert"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1397"]
[BlackElo "1192"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd7 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Qb3 Rae8 15. Bd2 b5 16. Re2 Kh8 17. Rae1 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qd5 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Rxe8+ Kh7 25. g3 Re5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. f4 Bf6 28. Kf2 g5 29. f5 g4 30. Bf4 c5 31. Ke3 Bg5 32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Ke4 Kg7 34. Ke5 Kf7 35. f6 c4 36. Kf5 a5 37. Kxg5 b4 38. a3 bxc3 39. bxc3 a4 40. Kf5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1995.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Vidunas, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1192"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. h3 0-0 7. d3 Be6 8. Nd5 a6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Bd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. Qf3 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 f5 17. Be3 c6 18. Qf3 e4 19. dxe4 fxe4 20. Qg3+ Kf8 21. Bh6+ Ke7 22. Qg5+ f6 23. Nf5+ Kd8 24. Qxf6+ Kc8 25. Rad1 Re6 26. Qf8+ Kb7 27. Qg7 Qxg7 28. Bxg7 Rg8 29. Bd4 Rg5 30. Bxc5 Rxf5 31. Bxd6 Rd5 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Bg3 d4 34. Rd1 e3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Bf2 Re2 37. Bxd4 Rxc2 38. Bc3 Kc6 39. a3 Kc5 40. Rd7 Kc4 41. Be5 a5 42. Rc7+ Kb3 43. Rxc2 Kxc2 44. g4 Kb3 45. g5 b4 46. axb4 Kxb4 47. h4 a4 48. h5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1995.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Walhout, Donald"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1192"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Re1 0-0 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Re8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qxd7 Re7 18. Qd3+ g6 19. Re3 Kg7 20. Rg3 Qxe5 21. Qd2 Qd5 22. Rd3 Qh5 23. Rh3 Qf5 24. Qh6+ Kf6 25. Rf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Rd8 27. Qf4+ Kg7 28. Re1 Red7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Re4 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 R8d2 32. Rh4 Kf8 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Qxc7+ Kf6 35. Rh7 Rxb2 36. Rxf7+ Kg5 37. Qf4+ Kh5 38. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1994.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Leventhal, Jay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. Bd2 a6 10. a3 Ne8 11. Re1 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Bf1 Rab8 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rbc8 19. b3 Kh8 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Bh6 22. Rc2 Bg7 23. Ne4 Rf7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Rce2 Re8 27. Qd5 Kg7 28. c5 Kf8 29. Re6 Rf5 30. Qd4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1994.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Davis, Michael"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qe7 4. 0-0 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Re1 Qc5 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bc4 0-0 9. Nb5 Nd4 10. Be3 d5 11. Nbxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qc6 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Qe2 Nf4 17. Qe4 Nd5 18. c3 c6 19. b4 f5 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Qg3 Nb6 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rae1 Nd7 25. f4 b6 26. Kf1 Nf8 27. Nc4 Qd5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Ne5 Nd7 30. d4 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc4+ 32. R1e2 Rxe5 33. fxe5 Kf7 34. Qf3 c5 35. a3 cxd4 36. Qb7+ Re7 37. e6+ Kf6 38. Qf3 Rxe6 39. cxd4 Rxe2 40. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 41. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1994.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McStraw, Richard"]
[Black "Pietrolungo, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[BlackElo "1336"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. 0-0 0-0 6. Nc3 Na5 7. Nxe5 d6 8. Bxf7+ Kh8 9. Nc4 Rxf7 10. Nxa5 Qf8 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 b6 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. Qe1 Qe7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Rf8 18. Qe1 Qg5 19. Qg3 h5 20. h4 Qxd5 21. Rf1 Kg8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qf4+ Kg8 24. e4 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Ne3 Be6 27. b3 Kf6 28. Kf2 g5 29. hxg5+ Kxg5 30. g3 c6 31. c4 Kf6 32. Kf3 Ke5 33. Nc2 Bg4+ 34. Ke3 c5 35. d4+ cxd4+ 36. Nxd4 Bd7 37. Nf3+ Kf6 38. Kf4 a6 39. e5+ dxe5+ 40. Nxe5 Bf5 41. a3 Be6 42. b4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch blind"]
[Site "Columbus"]
[Date "1994.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Betts, Allen"]
[Black "McStraw, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1994.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bb5 e5 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. 0-0 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Qc5 10. Nf3 c6 11. Ba4 Re8 12. Rad1 d5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Nb3 Qxg5 17. a3 Bh3 18. Rd3 Qxg2# 0-1

