[Event "Bedford-A"]
[Site "Bedford"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klimov, Jesse"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. a4 a5 10. Nd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nbd7 12. e4 e5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qf3 Nf8 15. Bb2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bedford-A"]
[Site "Bedford"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Elmore, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. 0-0 Nf8 11. Rab1 g6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bedford-A"]
[Site "Bedford"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Khater, Sherif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 e6 8. Rc1 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. f4 b5 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. 0-0 0-0 14. g4 Ne7 15. Qf3 b4 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Qe2 f6 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Bb7 21. Rfc1 g6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc2 Bb7 25. Nd2 e5 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Nb3 exd4 28. exd4 Bc8 29. Qe2 Qf6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Kg2 h5 32. Kg3 hxg4 33. hxg4 g5 34. Qe3 Nc6 35. Nc5 Nxd4 36. Bxa6 Bxa6 37. Nxa6 Nc6 38. Qd3 Qf4+ 39. Kh3 Ne5 40. Qe2 Ng6 41. Nc5 Qf6 42. Ne6+ Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Bedford-A"]
[Site "Bedford"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kalra, Agastya"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 e6 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. b3 d5 12. c5 N6d7 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Nb5 b6 15. Bc7 Qc8 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Qc7 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. Nd6 Qd7 23. Bb5 Qxd6 24. Rxc6 Qa3 25. Ne5 Qxa2 26. Qxa2 Rxa2 27. Rxb6 Rb2 28. Ba4 Ne4 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Nc5 Nc3 31. Ra1 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Nxd4 33. Nd3 Rd2 34. Nf4 Bg6 35. Rf1 Bd3 36. Nxd3 Rxd3 37. b4 g6 38. Rc1 Rd2 39. f3 Nf5 40. Rc7 Ne3 41. Rbb7 Rf8 42. b5 Nxg2 43. b6 Nh4 44. Rc3 Nf5 45. Ra7 Rb2 46. b7 Nd6 47. Bb3 d4 48. Rd3 Kg7 49. Rxd4 Rxb3 50. Rxd6 Rb8 51. Rd7 g5 52. Kg2 Kg6 53. Kg3 h5 54. Rc7 h4+ 55. Kf2 f6 56. Rc6 Kf5 57. Ra5+ Kg6 58. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bedford-A"]
[Site "Bedford"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Levin, Anatoly Borisovich"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. c5 c6 6. d4 Be7 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qc7 12. 0-0 e5 13. b5 e4 14. Be2 Ne8 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. a5 f5 17. a6 f4 18. exf4 Rxf4 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Nef6 21. Qxb7 Rc8 22. Bc3 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Be5 Qxe5 25. Qxc8+ Ne8 26. Rac1 Bb6 27. g3 Rf8 28. Rc6 Bd4 29. Re6 1-0

[Event "Bedford-A"]
[Site "Bedford"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "McDermott, Kerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. f4 hxg4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxg4 Qb4 16. Qe2 a6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Kf2 Rc8 21. Rac1 0-0 22. h5 Bf5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Bxc2 27. b4 b5 28. Ke1 Kf8 29. Kd2 Ba4 30. Kc3 Ke7 31. Kd4 Kd7 32. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bedford-A"]
[Site "Bedford"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carter, David"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bb4 9. Bd2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rfd1 Qg4 14. f3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. Rac1 b6 18. g4 Qh3 19. Ne4 Bb7 20. b4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Bd6 23. e5 Be7 24. Rc7 Rfe8 25. Be1 a5 26. Rdd7 Bf8 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Rxf7 Qa3 29. Qf1 Re7 30. Bh4 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Qxa2 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Bf6 Qd5+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bedford-A"]
[Site "Bedford"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Berry, Frank Kimball"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bb1 b5 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bf4 Qc6 14. f3 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bedford-A"]
[Site "Bedford"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Nugent, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2011.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be3 e6 8. Bc4 Bb4 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Ne2 Nd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Nf4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Nh5 Qd6 15. c3 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nashoba CC February Swiss"]
[Site "Westford"]
[Date "2002.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bennett, Allan"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1865"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nce2 d4 5. c3 dxc3 6. Qa4+ Nd7 7. Nxc3 Nec5 8. Qf4 Ne6 9. Qe3 Nb6 10. Nf3 c5 11. Be2 g6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Nfg5 Qxe5 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Nxc5 Qxe3 16. dxe3 Bd5 17. Bb5+ Bc6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Bd2 Bg7 20. 0-0-0 Nc4 21. b3 Nd6 22. Kc2 0-0-0 23. Ba5 Rde8 24. Rd2 Nb7 25. Nxb7 Kxb7 26. Rhd1 Bf6 27. a4 Rhf8 28. Rd7+ Kb8 29. Bb4 Rc8 30. Bxe7 Bxe7 31. Rxe7 Rc7 32. Rdd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 h5 34. h4 f6 35. Rh7 1-0

[Event "US Open-102"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 0-0 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. 0-0 b6 12. Rfd1 e5 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Nd2 Rad8 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 h6 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. Bb2 e4 20. Re1 Rc8 21. f4 Nf6 22. Nd2 c4 23. Qa4 Re6 24. Ba3 b5 0-1

[Event "Lake Shore Farm 10th"]
[Site "Northwood"]
[Date "2000.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mac Intyre, Paul"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. Re1 0-0 8. e5 d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Bf4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 e5 13. Be3 f5 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Bxc5 Qc6 16. Bxe7 e4 17. dxe4 Rfe8 18. exf5 Qxa4 19. f6 1-0

[Event "Lake Shore Farm 10th"]
[Site "Northwood"]
[Date "2000.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 g6 5. e4 d6 6. cxb5 a6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. bxa6 Nxa6 10. Bc4 Nb4 11. Qb1 Qa5 12. 0-0 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Rd1 Rfb8 15. Ne1 Nd7 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Bg5 Nc4 18. a3 Nc6 19. Qc1 Nd4 20. Rb1 Rb3 21. Kh1 Nxa3 22. Nf3 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Nxb1 24. Nxb1 Rxb2 25. Nd2 Ra2 26. Bxe7 Qb7 27. Bxd6 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Monadnock Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2000.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nbd2 Qa5 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 Na6 8. cxb5 Nb4 9. Qb1 a6 10. b6 Nxe4 11. a3 Nxd5 12. Qxe4 Nxb6 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. Be2 d5 15. 0-0 c4 16. Nb1 Bf5 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Nfxd2 Na4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Ra2 Rb8 22. g4 Bd7 23. Rc2 Bg7 24. Bf3 Ba4 25. Ra2 e6 26. Re1 Bb3 27. Nxb3 cxb3 28. Rb2 0-0 29. Rb1 Rfc8 30. Bf4 Rb6 31. Rec1 Rxc1+ 32. Rxc1 b2 33. Rc8+ Bf8 34. Bh6 b1Q+ 35. Kg2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Monadnock Grand Prix op"]
[Site "Peterborough"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Curdo, John"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bb5 c6 7. Ba4 Ba6 8. Nce2 Bf8 9. Nf3 Bb5 10. Bb3 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. 0-0 Nge7 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Bc2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 cxd4 16. Bxf5 dxc3 17. Bxc3 exf5 18. Rac1 Bb4 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. Qb5+ Kf8 23. a3 g6 24. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Nashoba CC October Swiss"]
[Site "Westford"]
[Date "2000.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Bennett, Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 f6 7. g3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Be6 9. b3 a5 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. Nd2 axb3 14. Bb4 Ne7 15. 0-0 c5 16. Bc3 Kc7 17. Rfb1 Ra4 18. Rxb3 b6 19. e3 Rd8 20. Bf1 Nc6 21. Bb2 Na5 22. Rc3 Nb8 23. Bc1 Nbc6 24. Be2 Ne7 25. Bd1 Rxc4 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Bxc2 Bf5 28. e4 Bh3 29. f3 Nec6 30. Kf2 Be6 31. Ke3 Nd4 32. Bd1 Bb3 33. Bb2 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 Ndb3 35. Ke2 Nxd2 36. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Nc4+ 38. Kc3 Nxb2 39. Kxb2 Kc6 40. a4 b5 41. axb5+ Kxb5 42. Kb3 h5 43. Kc3 g5 44. h3 c4 45. h4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Danvers op"]
[Site "Danvers"]
[Date "2000.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mac Intyre, Paul"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Bd2 b6 6. g3 Ba6 7. Bh3 Nc6 8. Nce2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nge7 10. f4 Nf5 11. Nf3 0-0 12. g4 Bxe2 13. Kxe2 Nfe7 14. Rae1 Na5 15. b3 Qb5+ 16. Kf2 c5 17. c3 Qd7 18. Rhf1 Nac6 19. Kg1 a5 20. f5 a4 21. f6 Ng6 22. Qg5 axb3 23. axb3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nb4 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Nh4 Qe7 27. Rf6 Qc7 28. Ref1 Ra2 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. R6f3 Qc2 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qf4 Qd2 33. Qxd2 Rxd2 34. g5 Rxd4 35. Bxe6 Nc6 36. Bxf7+ Rxf7 37. Rxf7 Nxe5 38. Rb7 Rb4 39. Ra1 Rg4+ 40. Kh1 Rf4 41. Ra8+ Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Rxb6 Ke7 44. Kg2 d4 45. Rb4 Nc6 46. Rb7+ Ke6 47. Rb6 Kd5 48. Rxc6 Kxc6 49. Kf3 Kd5 50. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Nashoba CC June Swiss"]
[Site "Westford"]
[Date "2000.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bennett, Allan"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 Bb4 6. Bd2 c5 7. Nb5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 0-0 9. c3 Nc6 10. Bd3 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. 0-0 a6 13. Na3 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Be2 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Nc2 Qb6 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Qg5 Nf6 23. Nf5 Qc7 24. Ne3 h6 25. Nxd5 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 hxg5 27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nf5 Kg6 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Nf5 Kg6 31. Nd6 Rad8 32. f3 Rd7 33. Nc4 Rd5 34. g4 Rfd8 35. Ne3 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 R8d3 37. Rxd2 Rxd2 38. Rf2 Rxf2 39. Kxf2 Ne8 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Nd1 Ke5 42. Nf2 Nd6 43. Nh3 Nf7 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. b3 Ke5 46. Nf2 Kd5 47. Ne4 Ke5 48. Ng3 Nd6 49. Nh5 Ne8 50. Ng3 Nd6 51. Ne2 Nf7 52. Nc3 Nd6 53. Ne4 Nf7 54. Nc5 Nd6 55. Nd7+ Kd5 56. f4 gxf4+ 57. Kxf4 Ke6 58. Nc5+ Kd5 59. Na4 b5 60. Nc3+ Ke6 61. Ne4 Nxe4 62. Kxe4 Kf6 63. b4 Kg5 64. Kf3 Kh4 65. Kf4 g6 66. a3 Kh3 67. Kg5 Kg3 68. Kxg6 Kxg4 69. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Nashoba CC June Swiss"]
[Site "Westford"]
[Date "2000.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "La Rocca, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 Qd7 7. Nbd2 0-0-0 8. 0-0 h5 9. h4 Nge7 10. b3 Ng6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rc1 Bh3 13. a3 Bxh4 14. b4 Qg4 15. Nh2 Qe6 16. Ndf3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Be7 18. b5 Ncxe5 19. c5 h4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 hxg3 22. Rh1 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 gxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Keene Sunday Octos"]
[Site "Keene"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sillars, Tony"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nc4 14. Qb4 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. 0-0 Ke7 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Kf1 a6 20. Ke2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Kd2 h6 24. Kc3 Kd6 25. Nd2 Kc6 26. e5 Bb7 27. Ne4 Kb6 28. g3 Bd5 29. a3 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Nc6 31. f4 Ne7 32. g4 Nd5+ 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. a4 bxa4 35. Kb4 a3 36. Kxa3 Kb5 37. f5 Kc6 38. Kb4 Kb6 39. Ka4 Kc6 40. Ka5 Kb7 41. h4 Kc7 42. Kxa6 Kc6 43. Ka5 Kc7 44. Kb5 Kd7 45. Kc5 Ke7 46. Kxd5 Kd7 47. e6+ fxe6+ 48. fxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Connecticut State op"]
[Site "Middletown"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Plum, Mark"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.04.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. d3 Nc6 10. h3 g6 11. g3 Bg7 12. Kg2 Ncd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 0-0 15. Ne2 a6 16. f4 e5 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bd2 exf4 19. Bxf4 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Qb6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. Bxc7 Qc6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. e5 Bf8 29. Bb6 c5 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. Ke4 Ke8 32. b4 cxb4 33. Kxd4 Kd7 34. Bc5 Bg7 35. Bxb4 Kc6 36. a4 Bh6 37. Ke4 Bc1 38. g4 Bg5 39. Ba3 Bd2 40. d4 Be1 41. Bc5 Bg3 42. Bb4 Bf2 43. Bc3 Bg3 44. Bd2 Bf2 45. Be3 Be1 46. d5+ exd5+ 47. Kf4 Bh4 48. Bc1 Kd7 49. Ba3 Ke6 50. Bd6 Bd8 51. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nashoba CC February Swiss"]
[Site "Westford"]
[Date "2000.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "La Rocca, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2137"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 h5 8. f3 h4 9. Nge4 d6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. e4 c5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. d5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Bd3 Qd7 16. a4 0-0-0 17. 0-0 Kb8 18. f4 Rde8 19. Qf3 Ba6 20. Qe2 f6 21. Rfe1 e5 22. f5 Reg8 23. Rf1 g6 24. Rf2 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Rg6 26. Qf1 Qg7 27. Ra2 Bc8 28. Rff2 Rg8 29. Kh1 h3 30. Rfc2 hxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Qxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Rxg2 34. Kxg2 Kc7 35. Kg3 Kd8 36. Kh4 Ke7 37. Kh5 Kf7 38. Kh6 Bg4 39. h4 Bd7 40. Bc2 Bg4 41. Bf2 Nxc4 42. h5 Be2 43. Bh4 Ne3 44. Bb1 Ng2 45. Bg3 Nf4 46. Bxf4 exf4 47. e5 fxe5 48. Bg6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Worcester Game Octos"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1995.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cicovacki, Predrag"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. a3 Nd7 9. b4 Nb6 10. Qd3 e6 11. g3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg2 Be6 14. 0-0 Qd7 15. e5 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Bg5 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rce1 g5 23. Ng2 Re8 24. Ne3 Rfe6 25. Ng4 Qg7 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Rd1 h5 28. Ne3 Ne7 29. Rf1 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ Rxg6 31. Kf2 Re6 32. Re1 Kf7 33. Ncd1 Kf6 34. Nb2 Nf5 35. Nc2 Rxe1 36. Kxe1 h4 37. Kf2 hxg3+ 38. hxg3 Nc4 39. Nd3 b6 40. a4 a5 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Nc5 Ke7 43. g4 Nfd6 44. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Eastern Class-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Needham"]
[Date "1993.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Colding, Ernest"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.03.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nge2 d6 6. Ng3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. 0-0 a6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Qf8 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. b3 Bd7 16. Bf1 Nfg4 17. a4 f5 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bd3 Nhf7 20. Rcd1 Re7 21. Nge2 Rae8 22. Nc1 Bf6 23. Bf1 Qg7 24. Nb1 g5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Nd3 g4 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. h4 f4 29. g3 Rf8 30. Bd3 Ref7 31. Qc2 fxg3 32. fxg3 Rf3 33. Rf1 Rxg3+ 34. Kh1 Rh3+ 35. Kg1 Bd4+ 36. Kg2 Rff3 0-1

[Event "Sunday Swiss n85"]
[Site "Tewksbury"]
[Date "1992.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vigorito, David"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.06.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. h4 h5 10. 0-0-0 b5 11. Nf4 Nh7 12. Nfe2 Nxg5 13. hxg5 e5 14. d5 Nd4 15. cxb5 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Rxb5 17. Nc3 Rb6 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. Kb1 f6 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. Rc1 Rfb8 22. Rc2 Rb4 23. Bxa6 Qf8 24. Ne2 R8b6 25. Bc4 Bh6 26. Qd3 Qb8 27. b3 Bb5 28. Bxb5 R4xb5 29. Rb2 Kg7 30. Ka1 Ra5 31. f4 Rc5 32. f5 Qd8 33. fxg6 Kxg6 34. Ng3 Rc1+ 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 36. Rf2 Bf4 37. Nf5 Qg5 38. g3 Bc1 39. Qf3 Rb5 1-0

[Event "Nashua CC-ch"]
[Site "Nashua"]
[Date "1992.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abbasi, Nasser M"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. cxd4 fxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 0-0-0 11. Bf1 Bb4 12. Re2 Be8 13. a3 Bf8 14. b4 Kb8 15. b5 Nce7 16. Rc2 Qd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Nxc8 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. a5 Bc5 21. Nb3 Bf8 22. Be3 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 g6 24. g3 Nh6 25. a6 b6 26. Nd4 Ne7 27. g4 Nf7 28. f4 Bg7 29. g5 Rc8 30. Bh3 Nd8 31. Bc1 Nf5 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Ba3 Qf7 34. Bd6+ Ka8 35. Rc1 Rxc1 36. Qxc1 Qd7 37. Qd1 Qe8 38. Nxf5 Bf8 39. Qc2 Bxd6 40. exd6 Nf7 41. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Nashua CC-ch"]
[Site "Nashua"]
[Date "1992.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cotreau, Kevin L"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. Rc1 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Nc4 e5 15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rfd1 Qf6 18. b3 Rb5 19. Rc2 a5 20. a4 bxa3 21. Nxa5 c5 22. Ra2 Nd4 23. Rxa3 Reb8 24. Bf4 Nxb3 25. Nxb3 Rxb3 26. Ra7 Be6 27. Qxd6 c4 28. Qc5 Rc8 29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 h5 31. Bg2 c3 32. e4 Bf8 33. Qc7 g5 34. Be3 Qe7 35. Qa5 c2 36. Rc1 Rb1 37. Bxg5 Qd6 38. Kh2 Rxc1 39. Bxc1 Qd1 40. Qg5+ Kh7 41. Qf4 Bc5 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kh7 44. e5 Qe2 45. Qd2 Qxd2 46. Be4+ Kg7 47. Bxd2 Bb3 48. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nashoba CC March Swiss"]
[Site "Westford"]
[Date "1991.03.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bennett, Allan"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 0-0 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bd3 Nc7 9. Nge2 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Ng3 e5 12. f3 b6 13. Bh6 Bd7 14. h4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b3 bxc4 17. bxc4 Ra8 18. Rc1 Na6 19. h5 Nb4 20. Bb1 Qa5 21. Qg5 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Ba4 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qxf6+ Kg8 26. h6 1-0

[Event "Saturday Swiss n71"]
[Site "Billerica"]
[Date "1990.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fang, Christopher"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. 0-0 Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8. d4 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nf1 0-0 11. Ng3 Rae8 12. h3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Bb3 Be6 15. d5 Bc8 16. a3 1-0

[Event "Saturday Swiss n70"]
[Site "Billerica"]
[Date "1990.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Wall, Brian D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Nf8 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qg5 13. Nxd5 Qxe5 14. Nc3 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bf5 17. e4 0-0 18. 0-0 Bg6 19. Rad1 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Re8 23. f3 Rfe5 24. Rd7 R5e7 25. Rfd1 Kf7 26. Kf2 Rxd7 27. Rxd7+ Re7 28. Rd6 Ke8 29. Na4 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Nc5+ Kc8 32. Ne6 Bf7 33. Nxg7 Bxa2 34. Ke3 Kd7 35. Kd4 b6 36. f4 c5+ 37. Ke5 a5 38. f5 b5 39. Ne6 Bxe6 40. fxe6+ Ke7 41. Kd5 c4 42. Kc5 a4 43. Kd4 Kxe6 44. g4 Kd6 45. h3 Ke6 46. h4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Rhode Island op 102nd"]
[Site "Providence"]
[Date "1988.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Hertan, Charles E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. 0-0 Bd7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc6 11. Bf3 0-0 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Qg3 e5 14. Be3 exf4 15. Qxf4 Ne5 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Qf2 Bf6 18. Bd4 Be5 19. Bc4 Qc7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nf4 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Bb3 b6 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. c3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Bd5 Kf8 28. Kh1 f6 29. g3 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. exd5 Qc4 32. Qf3 Qxa2 33. d6 Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qxb2+ 35. Kh3 Qb5 36. Qb7 Qf1+ 37. Kh4 g5+ 38. Kg4 Qd1+ 39. Kf5 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Central New England op 25th"]
[Site "Fitchburg"]
[Date "1985.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bennett, Allan"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Rc1 Ng6 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. a4 h5 18. Nf2 Bf8 19. Qc2 Ne8 20. Nxa7 Rc7 21. Ba5 Rxc2 22. Bxd8 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bd7 24. Bb6 Bxa4 25. b4 Bd7 26. b5 Ne7 27. Nd3 Nc8 28. Nxc8 Bxc8 29. Nb4 Be7 30. Bc4 Kf8 31. Bf2 Bd8 32. Kf1 b6 33. Ke1 Bd7 34. Nc6 Bc7 35. Rc2 Nf6 36. Kd2 Ng8 37. Ba2 Nf6 38. Kc1 Ne8 39. Kb2 Bc8 40. Kb3 Bd7 41. Bb1 Bc8 42. Kb4 Bd7 43. Rc1 Ra1 44. Kb3 Ra8 45. Bd3 Bc8 46. g3 Bd7 47. gxf4 gxf4 48. Bh4 Kf7 49. Rg1 Nf6 50. Bc4 Bd8 51. Bf2 Bc7 52. Nxe5+ dxe5 53. d6+ Be6 54. dxc7 Bxc4+ 55. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Central New England op 25th"]
[Site "Fitchburg"]
[Date "1985.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Warnock, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1985.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 g6 11. Bg4 Nc5 12. Be2 N7e6 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Qc1 h5 15. f4 Bh6 16. h4 0-0-0 17. Rb1 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. Bf2 Bxf4 20. Bxb6 Bxc1 21. Bxa7 Bf4 22. 0-0 Bxe5 23. Rxf7 Bf6 24. Ne4 Nd8 25. Rxf6 exf6 26. Nxf6 Rf8 27. Ne4 Rf4 28. Nf2 Rd7 29. g3 Rxc4 30. Be3 Ne6 31. Nd1 Rc2 32. Nc3 Nd4 33. Bf4 Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "New England op 44th"]
[Site "Boxborough"]
[Date "1984.09.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Griego, David W"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1984.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 c5 6. e4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb4 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 e5 12. 0-0-0 Qc7 13. g3 0-0 14. Rhf1 Bd6 15. Kb1 Rad8 16. Be2 Nf6 17. f4 Nd7 18. f5 Bc5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bc1 Bd4 21. g4 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 c5 23. Bd3 Nb8 24. g5 Nc6 25. a3 Rd7 26. h4 Rfd8 27. h5 Na5 28. Rfe1 b5 29. h6 bxc4 30. Bxc4+ Nxc4 31. Qxc4+ Kh8 32. hxg7+ Kxg7 33. gxf6+ Kh8 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Boylston August op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1984.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mac Intyre, Paul"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. c4 Bxf3 5. exf3 d5 6. b3 e6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Qd7 9. Bb2 Rd8 10. f4 Be7 11. Nd2 0-0 12. Nf3 dxc4 13. bxc4 Na5 14. Ne5 Qc8 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Qa4 Be7 17. Bc3 Nb7 18. Nc6 Rd7 19. Qxa7 Nd5 20. Bb2 Qa8 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. f5 c6 24. Rfc1 Na5 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Bf3 Rae8 27. Ba3 b5 28. Kg2 Nc4 29. Bc5 f5 30. a4 Nd2 31. Bd1 Nf4+ 32. gxf4 Rg6+ 33. Kh3 Rh6+ 34. Kg3 Ne4+ 35. Kg2 Rg6+ 36. Kh3 Nxf2+ 37. Kh4 Re3 38. Ra3 Nxd1 39. Rxd1 Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boylston August op"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1984.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Shaw, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E83"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1984.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. Be3 Nc6 7. h4 e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nge2 Nxe2 10. Bxe2 Nh5 11. g4 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Qd2 Be5 14. 0-0-0 Qe7 15. Bd3 c5 16. Ne2 b5 17. Nxf4 Rb8 18. b3 Ba6 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Rxb5 21. Nd3 Bd4 22. Nb2 a5 23. Nc4 a4 24. Qc2 axb3 25. axb3 Ra8 26. Kd2 Qf6 27. Ke2 Qf4 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Kf2 Rb7 30. Kg2 Rba7 31. Rb1 Ra2 32. Rb2 d3 33. Qc3 Rxb2+ 34. Qxb2 h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. b4 Kh7 37. Nd2 Qxh4 38. b5 Rg8+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Central New England op 24th"]
[Site "Fitchburg"]
[Date "1984.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Carter, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1984.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Bd2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. h3 Qe7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 e5 14. Qxg6 Rad8 15. Qc2 exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bd3 Rxd4 18. Ne2 Rd7 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. Rfd1 a5 21. Nc3 Rfd8 22. Bf5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Nbd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. b3 Qf4 27. Bc2 Qe5 28. Qd3 g6 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. Bxe4 Nc3 31. Bc2 Kg7 32. f3 Kf6 33. Kf2 Ke5 34. g3 Kd4 35. h4 Nd5 36. g4 Nf6 37. Ke2 Kc3 38. Bd1 b5 39. Ke3 b4 40. f4 c5 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 c4 43. bxc4 Kxc4 44. Kd2 Ng8 45. Kc2 Nh6 46. Be2+ Kd4 0-1

[Event "Massachusetts op 53rd"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hart, Michael"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1984.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. c3 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. a4 Nf4 12. Be4 d5 13. Bb1 Ba6 14. Re1 Nd3 15. Re3 Nxb2 16. Qc2 Bd3 17. Qxb2 Bxb1 18. Qxb1 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 f5 21. f4 Qc5 22. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Massachusetts op 53rd"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Bauer, Richard N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1984.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 0-0 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Nf6 13. Qe5 Bg4 14. 0-0 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qa5 16. f4 Rac8 17. Rab1 a6 18. Bd3 Qxc3 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. Rfb1 b5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Ra3 Qxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb5 Rfb8 26. Rd1 Rxb5 27. Rxd7 Rxe5 28. Rd4 Rea5 29. Kg2 R8a7 30. Kf3 e6 31. Kg3 h6 32. Rc4 g5 33. f4 Kg6 34. fxg5 Kxg5 35. Rb4 h5 36. h4+ Kf6 37. Kf4 Ra8 38. Kf3 Ke5 39. Rc4 R8a6 40. Rc7 f6 41. Rc4 f5 42. exf5 Kxf5 43. Re4 e5 44. Rc4 Rg6 45. Raxa4 Rxa4 46. Rxa4 Rg4 47. Ra8 Rxh4 48. Rf8+ Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd5 50. Rd8+ Kc4 51. Ke3 Rf4 52. Ra8 Kd5 53. Rd8+ Ke6 54. Re8+ Kf5 55. Rf8+ Kg4 56. Rg8+ Kh4 57. Re8 Rf5 58. Rg8 Rg5 59. Rf8 Kg4 60. Rf1 h4 61. Rh1 h3 62. Kf2 Rf5+ 63. Ke3 Rf4 64. Rg1+ Kh4 65. Rh1 Ra4 66. Kf3 Ra7 67. Re1 h2 68. Rh1 Kh3 69. Re1 e4+ 0-1

[Event "Massachusetts op 53rd"]
[Site "Worcester"]
[Date "1984.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Terrie, Henry L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1984.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 Re8 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. b5 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qe2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rab1 Rad8 19. Qf1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxc3 21. Rc2 Bf6 22. Rbc1 b6 23. a4 Rd8 24. Rc4 Rd3 25. a5 Qd7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Kh2 Qxb5 28. Qe1 Rb3 29. R1c2 Kg7 30. Qe2 h5 31. f4 exf3 32. gxf3 Qe8 33. e4 Qe5+ 34. Kh1 Qf4 35. e5 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Rhode Island-ch98"]
[Site "Providence"]
[Date "1984.03.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hall, Kenneth"]
[Black "Messenger, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1984.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qc2 Qh5 16. 0-0 0-0 17. Ng3 Qh6 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qxb7 Ne5 20. Bf5 Bf7 21. b3 Qh4 22. Qc7 Ng4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Rfe1 g6 25. Bd3 Qd4 26. Rad1 Qb2 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Rhode Island-ch98"]
[Site "Providence"]
[Date "1984.03.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Messenger, Robert"]
[Black "Griego, David W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1984.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Rc1 0-0 8. Bd3 a6 9. c5 Re8 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 f6 13. Qc2 fxe5 14. h3 Nxf2 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Kxf2 exf4 17. exf4 b6 18. Na4 bxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Qxc5 Kxh7 22. Qxc6 Bf5 23. Rhd1 Rc8 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. Re5 Qa7+ 26. Kg3 Red8 27. Ng5+ Kh8 28. Qa4 g6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qd5+ Kg7 34. Nf3 Kh7 35. Kh2 Qe3 36. Ng5+ Kh6 37. Qd6 Qe8 38. Qxa6 Qb8 39. Qc4 1-0

