[Event "PCL, Rocky's Rooks vs. Triple Threat"]
[Site "Pittsburgh, PA, USA"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Franklin Chen"]
[Black "Bruce Leverett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 {5...c6 is better, to answer 6.Qb3 with 6...Qb6.}
5.Qb3 Qc8 6.Nc3 c6 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.Rc1 Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6
11.cxd5 exd5 12.f3 {?} {12.Bd3 first was much better} Bd6 {?}
{12 ... Qb8} 13.Nb5 Bb8 14.Bb4 {?!} {14.Qa3! Nb6 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.Qxd6 Qd7 17.Qa3 and}
{Black cannot castle} Nb6 15.Nd6+ Bxd6 16.Bxd6 Qd7 17.Bg3 {17.Bc5 Qc7 'with the idea' O-O-O; 17.Qa3 O-O-O}
O-O 18.Bd3 Rfe8 19.Bf2 Nc8 20.g4 {?!} {20.O-O =; Black's nice blockade of the e-pawn}
{neutralizes the two bishops} Nd6 21.Qc2 Re6 22.h4 {?} {Last chance for O-O}
Qe7 23.Kd2 Re8 24.Rce1 Nd7 25.Bg3 c5 {!} 26.Bxd6 {26.dxc5 Nxc5 27.Qxc5? Nc4+}
Qxd6 27.dxc5 Nxc5 28.Qc3 Nxd3 29.Qxd3 Qg3 30.Qe2 d4 31.e4 Rc8
32.Rhf1 d3 33.Kxd3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "PCL, Triple Threat vs. Bright Knights"]
[Site "Pittsburgh, PA, USA"]
[Date "2004.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bruce Leverett"]
[Black "Mark Heimann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
c5 8.Na4 {Ugly, but what other way to try for advantage?} cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.Be3 {Off the beaten track (10.Bf4, 10.Bg5)} d6
11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Rc1 e5 {A strategic mistake.  White will get there first on the}
{queenside.  Black should either sit tight or prepare} {...d5.}
13.d5 h6 14.Ne1 Bc8 15.b4 Ne8 16.f4 f5 17.Nf3 {!} Nc7 {17...e4 18.Nd4 exd3? 19.Ne6}
18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.c5 $18 Bg5 21.Qe2 f4 {21...Nxd5 22.Bc4 Be6 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Rcd1}
22.Bd2 f3 23.Rxf3 Rxf3 24.gxf3 Bxd2 25.Qxd2 bxc5 26.bxc5 Ba6
27.Bxa6 Nxa6 28.Ne4 Rc8 29.d6 Nb8 30.Qd5+ Kh7 31.Rb1 Nc6 32.Rb7
Qa5 33.Nf6+ Kg6 34.Qf7+ Kg5 35.Qxg7+ Kf5 36.Qh7+ Ke6 {36...Kxf6 37.Qxh6+ Kf5 38.Rf7#}
37.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "PCL, Pitt vs. Triple Threat"]
[Site "Pittsburgh, PA, USA"]
[Date "2005.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bryan Norman"]
[Black "Bruce Leverett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 {This was the main line around 1890; now 5...Nd6 is}
{more common} 6.dxe5 {6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7$14 is the main line}
O-O 7.Qd5 Nc5 8.Be3 Ne6 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bc4 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.Rad1
Qb4 13.Bb3 Bf6 14.a3 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5 16.Bxe6 Bxe6 17.Bd4 Be7
18.Be5 Nc4 19.Nd5 Bd8 20.Bc3 Bf5 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 c6 23.Ne3
Be6 24.Rd3 Bb6 25.Rfd1 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Kf1
f6 29.Bd4 Kf7 30.Ke2 Be7 31.Bb6 f5 32.Bc7 Bf6 33.b3 {?} {33.c3}
Ke7 34.Kd3 b5 35.g3 {35.f4} Kd7 36.Bb6 g5 37.Bd4 {?} Be7 38.a4
f4 39.Nd1 Bf5+ 40.Kc3 Ke6 41.f3 fxg3 42.hxg3 h5 $19 43.Bf2 h4
44.Ne3 Bc5 45.g4 Bg6 46.Kd2 h3 47.Bg3 Bd6 48.Nf1 Bxg3 49.Nxg3
Ke5 50.axb5 cxb5 51.Ke3 b4 52.Nf1 Bxc2 53.Kf2 Kf4 54.Ng3 Bxb3
55.Ne2+ Ke5 56.Kg3 Bc4 0-1

[Event "PCL, Triple Threat vs. Pitt"]
[Site "Pittsburgh, PA, USA"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bruce Leverett"]
[Black "Bryan Norman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.Bd2
c5 {?!} {13...e5 was Karpov-Kramnik, Monaco 1995, the game} {that caused everybody to give up on this line for White.}
14.d5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd2 16.Qxd2 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 Ne5 18.Nxf6+ gxf6
19.Be2 Rfe8 20.Rad1 Kf8 21.f4 Nc6 22.Kf2 Re7 23.Rd7 Rc8 24.h4
Rc7 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.g4 b6 27.Kf3 Kg7 28.Rd6 {Black has drifted imperceptibly into a bad game.}
Nb4 29.Bc4 Re7 30.e4 Nc2 31.Bd5 Nd4+ 32.Kf2 Rc7 33.Ke3 Nc2+ 34.Kd3
Ne1+ 35.Kc4 {??} {35.Kc3! threatening 36.e5 and 37.Kd2.  If 35...Re7}
{36.e5 fxe5 37.f5! and 38.Kd2.  Best is 35...Ng2 36.e5} {Nxf4 (or Nxh4) 37.exf6+ 'with the idea' Kc4, Kb5, Ka6, Bb7}
Ng2 36.a5 {36.e5 Ne3+ 37. Kb5 Nxg4$17} bxa5 37.Bc6 Nxf4 38.Kxc5
Rc8 39.Rd7 Rb8 40.Rxa7 Rxb2 41.Rxa5 Nd3+ 42.Kd6 Ne5 43.Ra6 Nxg4
44.Ke7 Ne5 45.Bd5 Rc2 46.Ra1 Rc7+ 47.Ke8 Rc8+ {47...f5! 48.exf5 Kf6! 'with the idea' Rc8# looks winning}
48.Ke7 Nf3 49.Rh1 Rh8 50.Rf1 Nxh4 51.Bxf7 {51.Rxf6? Re8+} f5
{Agreed drawn, but Black should see if White will fall for} {one last trap:  52.exf5? Nxf5+ 53.Ke6 Rf8 54.Bxg6}
{Nd4+!  Instead 52.Bd5 would be OK.} 1/2-1/2

