Chess Beat Reporter: MCC Club Championship 2013

[Event "MCC 2013 Club Championship"]
[Site "Metrowest Chess Club"]
[Date "2013.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martirosov, Vadim"]
[Black "Brattain, Mika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. c4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 cxd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxb7 e6 14. Qc6+
Ke7 15. Qb7+ Ke8 16. Qc6+ Ke7 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. Nb3 f5 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Qf3 Rb8
21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qc5 23. Red1 Rhg8 24. b3 Rb6 25. Rh4 Rg7 26. Qh3 Qa3 27.
Qc3 f6 28. Rh6 Rf7 29. Qe3 Qc5 30. Qh3 Qa3 31. Qe3 Qc5 32. Qf3 Rc6 33. Re1 Qa5
34. Kf1 Rc7 35. Qe3 e5 36. Qe2 Ke6 37. Rd1 Rc5 38. Rh5 f4 39. Qd3 Qb6 40. Qf5+
Ke7 41. Rxh7 Rxh7 42. Qxh7+ Ke6 43. Qg8+ Ke7 44. h4 Qa5 45. h5 Qxa2 46. Qb8 d5
47. Qa7+ Kd6 48. Qb6+ Rc6 49. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "MCC Club Championship 2013"]
[Site "Natick, MA USA"]
[Date "2013.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Times, Lawyer"]
[Black "Yedidia, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. c5
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 b6 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. Be2 bxc5 14. Ba6 Rc7 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 Ne7 18. Rad1 Rc6 19. Bb7 Rd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ba6
f5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Bd3 e4 24. Bb1 d4 25. Ne2 Ng6 26. Ng3 Rd5 27. Qb3 d3 28. Kh1
Nf4 29. a4 h5 30. Ba2 Qg5 31. Qc3 Bd4 32. Qc6 Rdd8 33. Rg1 Bxf2 34. Nxe4 fxe4
35. Qxe4 Bxg1 36. Rxg1 Ne2 0-1

[Event "MCC Club Championship 2013"]
[Site "Natick, MA USA"]
[Date "2013.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasik, Ilya"]
[Black "Rizzitano, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. d3 Re8 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rfb1 a5 15.
Nd2 Bd7 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Qxb7 Reb8 18. Qc7 Ra7 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qg4 f5 21. Qh5 Kg7
22. e3 g4 23. Qh4 Qxh4 24. gxh4 Kf6 25. b3 Ra6 26. Kf1 Rab6 27. Ke2 e5 28. h3
h5 29. Kd1 g3 30. exd4 Nxd4 31. fxg3 Rg8 32. Nf3 Nxb3 33. Ng5 Rgb8 34. Ra2 a4
35. Rab2 Rd6 36. Bd5 Bc6 37. Bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rf2 Rd8 39. Kc2 Kg6 40. Rbf1 Nd4+
41. Kc1 Rb6 42. Nf3 Nc6 43. Nd2 Nd4 44. Nf3 Nb3+ 45. Kc2 Re8 46. Re1 Rbe6 47.
Ng5 Nd4+ 48. Kc1 Rb6 49. Nf3 Nb3+ 50. Kc2 e4 51. dxe4 fxe4 52. Kc3 Rf6 53. Rff1
e3 54. Nh2 Rxf1 55. Nxf1 e2 56. Nd2 Re3+ 57. Kc2 Nd4+ 58. Kb2 Rd3 59. Kc1 Rxa3
60. Nb1 Ra2 61. Nc3 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "MCC2013 Club Championship"]
[Site "Metrowest Chess Club"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brattain, Mika"]
[Black "Rizzitano, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
Nf6 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Rb1 Qxc5 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Qc2 d6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Nb3 b6
14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Nb5 Qc8 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Bf3 f6 19. Bh4 Kg7 20.
Qe2 a6 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nc2 Qc7 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26.
cxd5 Nc8 27. Bf2 Nd6 28. Rfe1 b5 29. Rec1 Nc4 30. Rb4 Nb7 31. a4 Nbd6 32.
Rcb1 Rfc8 33. g3 bxa4 34. Rxa4 a5 35. Qa2 Rab8 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37. Qc2 Qc7
38. Be2 h5 39. Bd3 Rb8 40. Ra2 Kh6 41. Ra1 Kg7 42. Qa2 Nb2 43. Ba6 a4 44.
Qb1 Qa5 45. Bf1 Rb7 46. Qc2 a3 47. c4 Qb4 48. Be1 Qc5+ 49. Bf2 Qb4 50. Be1
Qc5+ 51. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MCC2013 Club Championship"]
[Site "Metrowest Chess Club"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yedidia, Jonathan"]
[Black "Krasik, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. h3
Re8 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Nf3 Ne5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Ng5 Bxd3 18. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "MCC 2013 Club Championship"]
[Site "Natick, MA USA"]
[Date "2013.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Times, Lawyer"]
[Black "Brattain, Mika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "a.gaa99qs"]
[Input "DGT324"]
[Owner "Metrowest Chess Club"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. b4 Nd7 12. b5 Na5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rc1 Rae8 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Nbd2 e5 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf1 Nac4 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Qd3 Bf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Rc2 Re3 24. Qf1 Re5 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. a4 Rfe8 27. Rd1
Qf3 28. Rcc1 Re4 29. Qg2 Qf4 30. Rb1 g5 31. Kf1 g6 32. Rd7 Qe5 33. Kg1 Qxc3 34.
Rxb7 Qc2 35. Rf1 Qxa4 36. Qf3 Rf4 37. Qc6 Rf8 38. Qc5 Qb3 0-1
 
[Event "MCC 2013 Club Championship"]
[Site "Natick, MA USA"]
[Date "2013.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rizzitano, James"]
[Black "Yedidia, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Board "a.g6qlr8o"]
[Input "DGT312"]
[Owner "Metrowest Chess Club"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Ng3 b5
9. Nxf5 exf5 10. a4 Nd7 11. Qf3 Bb4 12. Qxc6 Ne7 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Be2 Nb6 15.
axb5 axb5 16. O-O Nbd5 17. Bg5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bf4 Rb7 21.
Bh2 Re7 22. Ra6 Kf7 23. Rfa1 Kg6 24. Bf1 Re4 25. b3 Bc3 26. Rd1 Qc8 27. Rd6 Rd8
28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Qe7 31. Bb8 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kh2
Qb1 34. Qg3+ Kh7 35. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "MetroWest CC 2013 Club Championship"]
[Site "Natick, MA USA"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brattain, Mika"]
[Black "Yedidia, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Board "a.gaa99qs"]
[Input "DGT312"]
[Owner "Metrowest Chess Club"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 6. Bd3 Qf6 7. Qc2 Bd7 
8. b3 Nh6 9. Ne5 Na6 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Qd3 Rac8 14. Bd2 Rc6 15. f3 Qh4+ 16. Ke2 Rhc8 17. Na4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Ke8 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Rc1 Qc7 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. h3 Nf7 23. Bc3 g6 24. Kd2 f4 25. e4 dxe4 
26. Qxe4 Kd7 27. Qd3 Ke7 28. Nb2 Nh6 29. Qe4 Qd5 30. Nc4 Nf5 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Qb7+ Kf6 33. Qxa7 Qa3 34. d5+ Kg5 35. Qxh7 exd5 36. h4+ Nxh4 
37. Bf6+ Kxf6 38. Qxh4+ Kg7 39. Qxf4 Qxa2+ 40. Kc3 Qa1+ 41. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "MetroWest CC 2013 Club Championship"]
[Site "Natick, MA USA"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martirosov, Vadim"]
[Black "Rizzitano, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "LaRocca,Mark"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bc4 {According to
Powerbook 2012, 233 times out of 243 times, 6.Bxd7+... is played... But, there
is nothing really wrong with Vadim's move... In fact, I kinda like it.} Ngf6 7.
Nc3 e6 8. Be3 b5 9. Bb3 {Very agressive, but vulnerable to Black's Nc5 at some
point.  Black is equal.} (9. Be2 e5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. a3 {= is no better.}) 9...
Bb7 10. O-O-O {having said "A"...  it is no holds barred from here.} Qc7 11. h3
{Taking time to make luft... Oh no, I forgot... he castled kingside...
nevermind.} Be7 12. g4 {Afain... having said "A"...  But, this is just too
much... Black now has a big advantage.} b4 $2 {Let's call this a blunder...
although it doesn't lose... just because there was no need.  Instead...} (12...
Nc5 {remember this?... points out all White's weaknesses in one easy stroke...
or move.} 13. Rhg1 Nfxe4 14. Qxg7 Bf6 15. Qh6 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxc3
{and White is at a loos for words... or is it moves... I forget.}) 13. Qxb4 d5
14. Qd4 Bc5 15. Qd2 dxe4 16. g5 Nh5 {Whoa Nelly.... I don't like this move at
all and neither does Fritz (+/-  (1.0) White has an edge.} (16... Bxe3 17. Qxe3
exf3 18. gxf6 Nxf6 {is a game... and about equal.}) 17. Nd4 {As it turms out...
this is a weiner... no I didn't mispell...  but, check out this computer, I'm
better than you are, variation...} (17. Ba4 O-O-O 18. Bxd7+ Rxd7 19. Qxd7+ Qxd7
20. Rxd7 Bxe3+ 21. fxe3 Kxd7 22. Ne5+ Ke8 23. Rd1 {And White has the better
game... +/- (1.00)} f6 24. gxf6 gxf6 25. Nc4 {threatening Check winning the
Bishop.} Ke7 26. Na4 Bc6 27. Nc5 Rc8 28. b4) 17... O-O-O {Now, I'm sure that
IM Rizzatano saw the threat... and he probably decided that it doesn't win...
and it really doesn't... but, Black's game becomes really... really...
difficult.} (17... Bb4 {seems to prevent the game continuation... but does
allow...} 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qxd7+ Qxd7 21. Rxd7+ Ke6 22. Rxb7
Bxc3 23. Rb6+ Ke5 24. bxc3 {with a rather unbalanced game... let's call White
a bit better.}) 18. Bxe6 Bxd4 19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Bxd4 e3 21. fxe3 Bxh1 22. Rxh1
{Maybe this is the position that Black mis-evaluated.  White is better... with
Bishop and two pawns for the exchange... if he can hold them.} Qc6 23. Rg1 Re8
24. Qd3 g6 25. b3 Kb8 26. Na4 Qb5 {??  This is the loser... Black misses the
threat...} 27. Nc5 {!! winning...} Rd6 28. Be5 {!!  Wow... what a nice move...
+-(2.60)} Qxd3 (28... Qxc5 29. Bxd6+) (28... Rxe5 29. Qxd6+) 29. Nxd3 Kc7 30.
Rg4 Rxe5 31. Nxe5 Re6 32. Nc4 {And the rest, as they say, is technique.} f6 33.
h4 Ng7 34. e4 f5 35. exf5 Nxf5 36. Kd2 Re7 37. a4 Rd7+ 38. Kc1 Re7 39. Kd2 Rd7+
40. Kc1 Re7 41. Kb2 Re2 42. Kc3 Rh2 43. Re4 Rxh4 44. Rxh4 Nxh4 45. Nd2 Nf5 46.
Ne4 Kc6 47. Kc4 h6 48. gxh6 Nxh6 49. b4 Nf7 50. Kd4 g5 51. Nc5 Kb6 52. Nd7+ Kc7
53. Ne5 Nd6 54. c4 Nf5+ 55. Ke4 Nd6+ 56. Kd5 Nf5 57. a5 Ne3+ 58. Kd4 Nf5+ 59.
Ke4 Nd6+ 60. Kd5 Nf5 61. Kc5 Ne3 62. b5 axb5 63. cxb5 g4 64. a6 g3 65. b6+ Kc8
66. b7+ Kc7 67. Nc6 1-0

[Event "MetroWest CC 2013 Club Championship"]
[Site "Natick, MA USA"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Times, Lawyer"]
[Black "Krasik, Ilya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "LaRocca,Mark"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 {This is the first move out of my
book (Powerbook 2012), but it seems logical.  The game is equal} 12. a3 Nbd5
13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Be2 Be6 15. Qd1 {Black is better.  He has a lead in
development and control of d5.  His next move, however, gives back two tempi...
} Bc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qa4 Rc8 19. Bg5 Rc4 20. Qd1 Qb6 21. Qe2
Rcc8 {Things are pretty equal.  White can now safely grab the e7 pawn... 
However, Lawyer has another idea.} 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25.
Ne5 {Not the best... But, neither side is in danger... so, what the heck.} Rfd8
26. Rad1 Qe6 27. Qd2 Nb3 28. Qf4 Qd5 29. Nf3 {Well, the knight adventure ended
badly... it is back where it started and Black is slightly better.} Rc2 30.
Rfe1 Qd6 {?? This is a blunder... But, White misses it.} 31. Qh6 (31. Qe3 {
wins a pawn with the better position. +-((1.75)} Qb6 32. Qxe7 Qc7 (32... Rxb2
33. Ne5) 33. d5 {White is winning.}) 31... Qf6 {?? Believe it or not... this
is a blunder... although it ends up winning... Chess is a strange game.} 32.
Ng5 {?? Obviously, a time pressure blunder.  That's the way things go when you
just aren't in good form. The shame of it is... 32.Qe3... is still winning.}
Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "MetroWest CC 2013 Club Championships"]
[Site "Natick, MA USA"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krasik, Ilya"]
[Black "Brattain, Mika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Board "a.gaa99qt"]
[Input "DGT324"]
[Owner "Metrowest Chess Club"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Ne2 e6 6. Ng3 Bg6 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 Nc6
9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Na3 Qxb3 11. axb3 cxd4 12. Nb5 Kd7 13. cxd4 a6 14. Be3 Bb4+ 15.
Nc3 Nge7 16. Kd2 f6 17. f4 Na5 18. Bd1 Rac8 19. Ra4 Nac6 20. Be2 Nf5 21. Nxf5
Bxf5 22. Rg1 fxe5 23. fxe5 Be7 24. g4 hxg4 25. Bxg4 g6 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Bg5
Rcg8 28. Ne2 Bxg5+ 29. hxg5 Rh4 30. Ke3 Rh3+ 31. Kf4 Ne7 32. Rg3 Rh2 33. Ng1
Ng6+ 34. Kf3 Rxb2 35. Ra3 Rc8 36. Ne2 Rcc2 37. Ra1 0-1

[Event "MetroWest CC 2013 Club Championships"]
[Site "Natick, MA USA"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yedida, Jonathan"]
[Black "Martirosov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "LaRocca,Mark"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Nc2 Nh5 11. Nd5 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nce3 $6 {This should
lead to trouble for White.} (13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ne5 {And Black has a small
advantage.}) 13... Be6 $6 {Now, White is better +/=  Instead...} (13... Nd4 $1
14. Rf2 c6 15. Nc3 Nf4 16. Bf1 Qh4 {White is struggling. =/+}) 14. f4 {Looks
best.} Nd4 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Qxh5 $6 {A bit greedy... Black now gains some
counterplay.  Better was...} (16. f5 Bxd5 (16... Bf7 17. f6 {Loses a piece})
17. Nxd5 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Bf4 {just in time... White is near winning... +/
-for example...} c6 20. f6 Bxf6 21. g3 Nxg3+ 22. Bxg3 Qe4+ 23. Qf3 Bxb2 24.
Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Nf6+ (25. Rab1 cxd5 26. Rxb2 dxc4 27. Rxb7 {+- (2.20)  I don't
think Black has enough for the piece.})) 16... c6 17. Nc3 Bf7 18. Qg4 Qb6 19.
Na4 Qa5 20. f5 h5 21. Qd1 b5 22. f6 Qxa4 23. Qxd4 Bf8 24. Bd2 bxc4 25. Rf5 Re5
26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Qe4 Rd8 28. Bc3 Rd3 29. Qxe5 Qb5 30. Nf5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 Rd5
32. Re1 Bc5+ 33. Kf1 Kh7 34. h3 Rd2 35. Ne3 Bg6 36. Bc3 Bd3+ 37. Kg1 Rc2 38.
Kh2 Rf2 39. Kg3 Re2 40. Rxe2 Bxe2 41. Nf5 Kg6 42. Kf4 Bf1 43. Nh4+ Kf7 44. g4
Bd6+ 45. Kg5 hxg4 46. hxg4 Bd3 47. Nf5 Bf8 48. Nd4 Bb1 49. Nxc6 Bxa2 50. Nxa7
Bb1 51. Nc6 Ke6 52. Ne5 Ba2 53. Nf3 Bb1 54. Kh5 Bc2 55. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "MCC2013 Class Championship"]
[Site "Metrowest Chess Club"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rizzitano, James"]
[Black "Times, Lawyer"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c5 11. f4 Ned7 12. O-O Ne8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Kh1
Nc7 15. a4 a5 16. Rad1 Na6 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Nb5 Nc7 19. b3 Nxb5 20. cxb5
Rfd8 21. Bf2 Qc7 22. Bh4 Nb6 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Qd2 Nd7 25. Bg4 Nf6 26. Bf3
Rad8 27. Be1 b6 28. Bh4 Nd7 29. e5 Rb8 30. e6 fxe6 31. dxe6 Nf6 32. Bc6
Rf8 33. f5 Rbd8 34. fxg6 h6 35. Rde1 Ng4 36. Rf7 d5 37. Bg3 Qc8 38. h3 Nf6
39. Be5 Rxf7 40. exf7+ Kf8 41. Bxf6 Bxf6 42. Qxh6+ Bg7 43. Qh7 1-0

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Mark LaRoccaMay 7, 2013 at 7:08 AM
I have analyzed and posted comments on only a few of the games. I may change that as I get more time... so check back. Let me know what you think of the format. It is not optimal, but, I am looking at improving... as soon as I learn to use this new software.
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Monday, May 6, 2013

MCC Club Championship 2013

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