I had not played in a tournament since 1974.  But when the National Open came to Chicago in 1988, I thought I'd enter.

In the first round I had an easy assignment against a 1800 minus rated.  Imagine my surprise when I looked at the Round 2 pairings that I was on board No. 5 against GM Dimitri Gurevich who was the highest ranking GM in Illinois at that time.

I  did not expect to last long against a GM much more a Russian GM if I played 1.e4. So I chose the Botvinnik English.

I was surprised I was still alive by the time we reached the time control. 

And when Gurevich offered me a draw I was elated.

I did well against a 1900 and then a 2200. But in the 5th round  senior master Danny Kopec cut me down to size, winning in 31 moves against my Modern Defense (1.e4 g6) on board No. 13.  I withdrew after the 5th round.

NOTE: THE YEAR (1987) ON THE DIAGRAM IS WRONG.  IT SHOULD BE 1988. The game took place on 3/18/1988

Nice game! He had a nice attack going but you defended very well, and the end was pretty good too.

Mahalo Ruben!

Enjoy your vaction!

Very nice game! you should be proud of yourself :D

with this draw you shouldav gotten like FM or CM :D

and when i read ur title i thought u were demetrois18 becuase apparently he beats gms and hes 1700 rated

that was a excellent game

looked like your played very well

lol I also thought this would be demetrios I was expecting to find more crap merely claiming to be a game vs a GM. 

In hindsight it was silly of me since for the mighty demetrios a draw vs a GM would not be something to boast about.