White: GM Garcia, Gildardo 2482
Black: GM Becerra, Julio 2615
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Na5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Raxd8 13.Nxe5 Bd6 14.Bd4 c5 15.Nxg4 Nxg4 16.h3 cxd4 17.hxg4 Be5 18.Rd1 g6 19.Bd5 dxc3 20.Nxc3 Rc8 21.Rac1 Nc4 22.Bb7 Nxb2 23.Bxc8 Bxc3 24.Rxc3 Nxd1 25.Rc1 b4 26.Bxa6 Ra8 27.Bb7 Ra7 28.Bd5 Nc3 29.Rc2 Kg7 30.Rb2 Kf6 31.Bc4 Ke5 32.Rxb4 Nxa2 33.Bxa2 Rxa2 34.Rb7 Ke6 35.g5 Ra5 36.f4 Ra4 37.Rb6 Ke7 38.f5 Rxe4 39.f6 Kd7 40.Rb7 Ke6 41.g3 Re5 42.Re7 Kf5 43.Rxf7 Kxg5 44.Rxh7 1/2-1/2
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| # | Name | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Tot |
| 1 | GM Julio J Becerra | 2615 | 2621 | W6 | W5 | W8 | W4 | D3 | 4.5 |
| 2 | Eric N Cooke | 2241 | 2268 | W15 | L3 | W14 | W8 | W9 | 4.0 |
| 3 | GM Gildardo J Garcia | 2482 | 2481 | W12 | W2 | L4 | W7 | D1 | 3.5 |
| 4 | FM Fabio La Rota | 2285 | 2308 | W16 | W14 | W3 | L1 | D5 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Haskel | 2255 | 2268 | W19 | L1 | W11 | W10 | D4 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Eric Rodriguez | 2302 | 2314 | L1 | W17 | D7 | W13 | W10 | 3.5 |
Full standings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
eric cooke!
I was watching the day in 1989 or 1990 when eric lost to Deep Blue to a really brilliant move—a queen sac, I think.