Klasse M (157 partier)
(Partiene fra NNM 1995 og 1996 er dessverre ikke lagt på data.)
NNM 94:
[pgn autoplayMode=none] [Event “NNM 94”] [Site “Tromsoe”] [Date “1994.05.21”] [Round “1”] [White “Revil, Bjoern”] [Black “Berglund, Jan S”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “D11”] [PlyCount “65”]1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Qc2 g6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 b5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Qd1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Nc4 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. b3 Nd6
15. a4 e6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nbd2 Nde4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ne5 Bg7 20. Qe2 Qb6 21.
g4 fxg4 22. Nxg4 Nd5 23. Bh6 Nc3 24. Qd2 Rg8 25. Kh1 f5 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Ne5
b4 28. Rg1 Qc7 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Rg1 Qf8 31. Qe1 Ke7 32. Qa1 Ra8 33. Qf1
1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 d5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Ne5 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 c6 12. b3 Rc8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bb2 Rfd8
15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Rd2 Bg5 19. Re2 Ba8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21.
Qh5 h6 22. f4 Bf6 23. Qf3 a5 24. Qe3 c5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. d5 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 exd5
28. cxd5 Re8 29. Qd3 Qd6 30. Re2 Rad8 31. Kf2 Rxe2+ 32. Qxe2 Qf6 33. Qe5 Qxe5
34. fxe5 Re8 35. d6 Rd8 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. Ke4 Ke8 38. Kd5 Kd7 39. Rf1 Rf8 40. g4
f6 41. e6+ Kc8 42. d7+ 1-0
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 h6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bc1 f5 10. exf5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxh2 12. Kxh2 Qh4+ 13. Kg1 Bxd4 14. Nb5
Bb6 15. c5 dxc5 16. fxg6 Be6 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Qc1 Rf5 19. Na3 Nd4 20. Bd1 Bd5
21. Nc4 Re8 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Bxd4 Rg5 24. f3 Qxd4+ 0-1
1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. d3
Nc7 9. Bc4 Nd4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qc6 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 b6 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. g4 Bc8 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Qd7 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rxe7
Qd6 22. Bxf7+ Kh7 23. Re4 Bh6 24. Rh4 Bf5 25. Bxh6 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Na6 7. Nc3 c5 8. Bg5
Nc7 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qc1 Be6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Ne5 Rb8 13. Bh6 Rd8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qe3 Na6 16. Nb5 Ng4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Nxa7 Qe6 19. Qxe6 Bxe6 20. b3 b6 21.
Nc6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. f4 f6 24. Kf2 h6 25. Rd2 f5 26. Ke3 g5 27. Ne5 Nb8
28. Bb7 gxf4+ 29. Kxf4 Kf6 30. a3 Rg8 31. h3 Bc8 32. Bf3 Be6 33. e3 Bc8 34. b4
cxb4 35. axb4 Na6 36. c5 bxc5 37. b5 Nc7 38. Bd5 Rd8 39. e4 fxe4 40. Ng4+ Bxg4
41. b6 Nxd5+ 42. Kxg4 Rg8+ 43. Kh5 Nxb6 44. g4 e3 45. Ra2 Nd5 46. Ra6+ e6 47.
Ra1 e2 48. Kh4 Rg5 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. b3 Ne4 14. Ne2 cxd4 15.
Nexd4 Ne5 16. Bb2 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Ne1 Qe5 20. f4 Qf6 21. Nd3
Qh6 22. Qe1 a5 23. Nb5 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Bd4 Qg6 26. Rf2 Rfd8 27. Rd2 h6
28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 Rd7 30. Rcc2 Rcd8 31. Rf2 Be7 32. Bb6 Rc8 33. c5 b3 34.
Rc3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd5 36. Nc7 b2 37. Rxb2 Bf6 38. Nxd5 exd5 39. Rcb3 Bxb2 40.
Rxb2 d4 41. exd4 Rxd4 42. Rb5 Rxa4 43. Bxa5 Rc4 44. Bb6 Rc2 45. g4 Ra8 46. Rb3
Ra4 47. Rf3 Re4 48. Kh3 Rcc4 49. g3 Re2 50. g5 hxg5 51. fxg5 Re5 52. Rf4 Rc3
53. Kh4 Re2 54. g6 fxg6 55. Rd4 Rh2+ 56. Kg4 Rg2 57. Bc7 Rxc5 58. Bf4 Rb2 59.
Re4 Rbb5 60. Ra4 Kh7 61. Re4 Rd5 62. Rc4 g5 63. Be3 Rd6 64. Bd4 Kg6 65. Bc3 Rb7
66. Rc5 Kh6 67. Rc4 Ra6 68. Bd2 Rb5 69. Bc3 Rb1 70. Bd2 Rb5 71. Bc3 Rd5 72. Bb2
Rb6 73. Bc3 Rdd6 74. Bd4 Rbc6 75. Rb4 Re6 76. Ba7 Rc2 77. Bb8 Rec6 78. Rb5
R6c4+ 79. Kf5 Rc5+ 80. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 81. Kg4 Kg6 82. Bd6 Rc4+ 83. Kf3 Kf5 84. Bb8
Rc3+ 85. Kg2 Kg4 86. Bd6 Rc2+ 87. Kg1 Kf3 88. Bb8 Rg2+ 89. Kh1 Rxg3 90. Bxg3
Kxg3 91. Kg1 g4 0-1
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2
Qe8 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Rf7 12. Bd6 Nh5 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. e4 f4 15.
g4 Nhf6 16. Ng5 Nxg4 17. Nxf7 Qxf7 18. h3 Ngf6 19. Rd2 g5 20. Rfd1 h5 21. f3 g4
22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Kf2 Bf8 24. Rh1 Nh5 25. c5 Ng3 26. Rh4 Bxd6 27. Rxg4+ Kf8 28.
Rxd6 Nxc5 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Rgg8 Ne6 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8 Kf6 33. Rh8 Qe7 34.
Ne2 Nxe2 35. Qxe2 Qc5+ 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Rh4 b5 38. Bh3 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Nd4 40. Qf2
Qd1 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bf4
O-O 9. c4 Qd8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Bb1 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nc6 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 f6 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Nd8 18. Rd2 Nf7 19. Nd4 f5 20. Bc2 Nd6 21. b3
e5 22. Ne2 Nf7 23. f4 e4 24. c5 Rd8 25. Rad1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Be6 27. Kf2 Rd8 28.
Nd4 g6 29. Ke3 Bd5 30. b4 Kg7 31. Bb3 Bxb3 32. axb3 Kf6 33. Ra2 a6 34. b5 axb5
35. b4 Rd7 36. Ra5 Nd8 37. Rxb5 Ne6 38. Nxe6 Kxe6 39. Rb6+ Kd5 40. h3 Kc4 41.
Rd6 Rc7 42. Rb6 Re7 43. g4 Rd7 44. Rd6 Rc7 45. Rb6 Rd7 46. Rd6 Rc7 47. gxf5
gxf5 48. Rf6 Kxb4 49. Rxf5 Rxc5 50. Kxe4 b5 51. Re5 Rc1 52. Rh5 Kc4 53. Rxh7
Re1+ 54. Kf5 b4 55. Rc7+ Kd4 56. Rb7 Kc3 57. h4 1/2-1/2
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Na5 13. Nxe5 Nxb3 14. axb3 f5
15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ng5 Qd6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. b4 Nf6 20. h3 Rad8 21.
Nd4 Bc8 22. Qf3 Nd5 23. Nb3 g5 24. Nc5 g4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Qg3 Qf6 27. Be3 h5
28. Bd4 h4 29. Qh2 Qh6 30. Re5 Nf4 31. Rae1 h3 32. Re7 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Nxg2 34.
Rf1 Nf4 35. Re4 Qg5 36. Qg3 Qf5 37. f3 Qxe4 38. dxe4 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Nxg3 40. Kxg3
Rxf3+ 41. Rxf3 gxf3 42. Kxf3 c6 43. Kg3 Kf7 44. Nd3 Bb7 45. Kxh3 Ke7 46. Nc5
Bc8+ 47. Kg3 Kf6 48. Kf4 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. g3 Na6 8.
c3 Nc7 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. O-O Bh3 11. Qb3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 b6 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Bd2 e6
15. c4 Nc7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Qe3 Rd8 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Qe7 22. Qf4 f5 23. Bg5 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Ng4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
e5 9. f3 exd4 10. Nb5 Ne5 11. Nxd4 Nbc6 12. c3 a6 13. Be2 Ng6 14. h4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 Nxh4 16. Bxh4 gxh4 17. f4 Qe7 18. e5 c5 19. Nf3 cxd4 20. Qxd4 dxe5 21.
fxe5 O-O 22. Bd3 Rd8 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qf4 Be6 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Qb4+ 27. Kf1
Rf8 28. Qg6 Rf4 29. Re1 Raf8 30. Rh3 Rg4 31. Qc2 Rg3 32. Rxg3 hxg3 33. Qg6 Qh4
34. Ke2 Qc4+ 35. Qd3 Qxa2 36. Qd4 Qe6 37. Rc1 h5 38. Rc7 h4 39. Qxh4 Bxe5 40.
Qh7# 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. e3
Qa5 9. Qb3 e6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. O-O Ba3 13. e4 O-O 14. exd5 exd5 15.
Qxd5 Qxc3 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Qf5 g6 18. Qh3 Bc8 19. Qg3 Ra7 20. Bf6 Re8 21. Qh4
Qc4 22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. d5 Na5 24. Ne5 Qc8 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Bxg6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Bf5 28. Re8+ Qxe8 29. Bxe8 Rc7 30. Qg3+ Bg6 31. Qxc7 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Qa4 Rb8 8.
Be2 b5 9. Qd4 Nb6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nf3 Nfxd5 12. Nxa4 e6 13. O-O Nxa4 14. Qxa4+
Bd7 15. Qxa6 Bc5 16. d4 Nb4 17. Qa5 Qxa5 18. Rxa5 Bb6 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Raa1 Nc2
21. Rad1 Bc6 22. Rc1 Bxf3 23. Bb5+ Ke7 24. Rxc2 1/2-1/2
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. O-O f5 7. d3 O-O 8. e3
d6 9. a3 Kh8 10. Rb1 Ng8 11. Qc2 g5 12. b4 g4 13. Ne1 Nce7 14. f4 Ng6 15. Ne2
Nf6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. e4 exf4 18. gxf4 Re8 19. Ng3 Nh4 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Ng8
22. d4 a5 23. Nd3 axb4 24. axb4 c6 25. Rfe1 Bd7 26. Re3 Ra3 27. Rbe1 Rea8 28.
Nh5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Qd6 30. d5 Ra2 31. Qc3 R8a3 32. c5 Rxc3 33. cxd6 Rxg2+ 34.
Kf1 Rxd3 35. R5e3 Rdd2 36. R1e2 Rdxe2 37. Rxe2 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 cxd5 39. Ke3 Nf3
40. h3 d4+ 41. Kf2 Nh6 42. Nf6 Bc6 43. hxg4 Nxg4+ 44. Nxg4 fxg4 0-1
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. e4 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 fxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Ba6 14. c5 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qe8 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Rc2 Rf7 19. Rcd2 Nb8 20. Nb5 a6 21.
Na7 Rc7 22. Ne6 Rb7 23. Rc2 Rxa7 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Bxa7 Nc6 26. Be3 a5 27. a3
Nh5 28. Qd2 e5 29. h3 Nf6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 d5 32. Rdc1 Ne7 33. Rc7 Ne4 34.
Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Qxd5 Qxb4 36. Qxe5+ Nf6 37. Bd4 Kh6 38. g4 Qa3 39. g5+ Kg7 40.
gxf6+ 1-0
1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 Ng4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 g5 8. Bg3
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h4 f6 12. Bxe5 fxe5 13. hxg5 Qxg5 14. Qxg5
hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Nd5 Kd7 17. Nf3 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Bf6 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Re1
O-O 9. d4 b5 10. d5 Na5 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Nc4 13. Nfd2 exd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15.
Nb3 Rc8 16. Na3 Re8 17. Qd3 a6 18. Na5 Ng4 19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. Re1
Ne5 22. Qe4 Nbc4 23. N5xc4 Nxc4 24. Nb1 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 Bd7 26. Bf1 Bc3 27. Rd1
Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Rc1 29. Rc2 Ra1 30. Kg2 g6 31. Qd4 Re1 32. Be2 Qe7 33. Bf3 h5 34.
h4 Bf5 35. Rc6 Kh7 36. Rxa6 Be4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Qc3 Rc4 39. Qf3 Rxb4 40. Kh2
Rd4 41. Rc6 Kg7 42. Rb6 b4 43. Kg2 Qe5 44. Rb5 Rd2 45. Rxb4 Qxd5 46. Qxd5 Rxd5
47. a4 Rd3 48. Rf4 f5 49. Kf1 Kf6 50. Ke2 Ra3 51. Kd2 d5 52. Kc2 Ke5 53. Kb2
Rd3 54. Kc2 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. O-O c5 10. Qa4 Kf7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. c4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6
15. Qd1 Qg8 16. N4b3 dxc4 17. Na5 Qg6 18. Ndxc4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Bb7 20. Nxd6+
cxd6 21. f3 Rhg8 22. g3 Qf5 23. Re3 Rac8 24. Bd2 Bd5 25. Bc3 Rc6 26. Qd3 Qxd3
27. Rxd3 Bc4 28. Rd4 e5 29. Rh4 Rg7 30. Kf2 d5 31. b3 Bd3 32. Bd2 Rc2 33. Ke3
Bb5 34. a4 d4+ 35. Ke4 Be2 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. Rh6 Rg6 38. g4 Rxd2 39. Rc6+ Kd7 40.
Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Rxf6 Rb2 42. Kxe5 d3 43. Rd6+ Kc7 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 Ngf6 7. Neg5 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Nh3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qe2 Nbd5 13. a3 a5 14. Ne5 Bc6
15. c4 Ne7 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. Nh5 Kf8 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21.
Qh5+ Ke7 22. Qxc5+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Bc3 Qg8 25. Qc5+ Kf7 26. Rad1 Rd8 27.
Qh5+ Ke7 28. Bg6 b6 29. Rd3 Be8 30. Rg3 Qf8 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Qb5 Kd7 33. Qxb6
Qd6 34. Qb3 e5 35. Rd1 Nd4 36. Qb7+ Ke6 37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Qe4+ Kf7 39. Qg6+ Ke7
40. Qg7+ Kd8 41. c5 Qe5 42. h3 Reg8 43. Qa7 Rxg3 44. fxg3 1-0
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. a4 c4 15.
Bc2 Nc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Bd2 g5 19. Nh5 Rhg8 20. Reb1 Nf4 21. Nxf4
gxf4 22. f3 Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Bc5 25. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Qxd4+ 27.
Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rc1+ Rc4 29. Rxc4+ bxc4 30. Rc1 Bxf3 31. Rxc4+ Kb7 32. Bg3 Bd5
33. Rf4 Rg7 34. Kf2 Kc6 35. h4 h5 36. Rf6 Rg4 37. Rf4 Rg8 38. Rxf7 Rb8 39. Kg1
Rxb2 40. Bf2 Re2 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nfd7 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Kh8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 c6 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. b4 Rf7 14. f3 c5 15. Nb5
Nf8 16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. Rb1 g5 18. Bf2 Ng6 19. Nf1 f5 20. Nb5 Qf8 21. Nc3 f4 22.
Nd2 h5 23. h3 Bh6 24. Na4 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. bxc5 Bxa4 27. Qxa4 g3 28. Bg1
Nxc5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rb6 Kg7 31. Qb5 Bg5 32. Nb3 Bd8 33. Nxc5 Kg8 34. Rxg6+
1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 e5 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 Be6 14. b3 Nd7 15.
Na4 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. h3 Be7 19. Kh2 Kg7 20. Kh1 Kf6 21. Kh2
b6 22. Ng1 Nf8 23. Nb2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Nd3 Be7 27. f4 Nd7
28. Nf3 Bd6 29. Kg1 Bc7 30. Kf2 a5 31. a4 b5 32. axb5 cxb5 33. fxe5+ Ke7 34.
cxb5 Bxb3 35. Ke3 Bc4 36. Kd4 Bxb5 37. Nf4 Bb6+ 38. Kc3 Bf2 39. Nd4 Ba4 40. e6
fxe6 41. Nde2 Ne5 42. g4 Be3 43. Nd3 Kd6 44. Nb2 Bb5 45. Nd4 Bxd4+ 46. Kxd4 g5
47. Nd1 Nc6+ 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Nc3 Nd4 50. Nb1 Nc2+ 51. Kd2 Nb4 52. Ke3 a4 53.
Na3 Bd3 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 Ng6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 Bh4+ 7. Kf1 d6 8.
Nd5 Bg4 9. Nxf4 O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. g4 c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nd5 Bf6
15. Be3 h6 16. Kg2 Nh4+ 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Rf1 Ne7 19. Nf4 Bc6 20. d5 Bd7 21.
Bd4 Ng6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Qe2 Qf4 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Bxe3 Bf6 27.
Bf4 Be5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Be2 g5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3
Ke7 34. Bf1 Bd7 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Kc3 Kc5 37. b4+ Kd6 38. Kb3 b6 39. a3 Be8 40.
Be2 Bg6 41. Bd3 h5 42. gxh5 Bxh5 43. Kc3 Bf3 44. Kd2 Bg2 45. Ke3 Bxh3 46. Kf3
Bd7 47. Kg3 Bc8 48. Bf1 Bd7 49. Bh3 Be8 50. Bf5 Bf7 51. Kg4 Bxd5 52. exd5 Kxd5
53. Kxg5 Kd4 54. Bd7 e4 55. Bb5 Kc3 56. Kf4 Kb3 57. Ba6 b5 58. Bxb5 Kxa3 59.
Kxe4 Kxb4 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Be7 6. c4 b4 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 c5
9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. e4 d6 11. h3 Nc6 12. Nh2 Nd7 13. f4 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ng4
Nxg4 16. hxg4 Nd4 17. Nf3 a5 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Rf2 Bc6 20. Rb1 Qc5 21. f5 Qe5
22. Rf4 h6 23. Qd2 Qc5 24. Rf2 f6 25. fxe6 Qe5 26. Kh2 Qxe6 27. Qb2 Qxg4 28.
Qxd4 Qh5+ 29. Kg1 Qe5 30. Qe3 Rfe8 31. d4 Qe7 32. d5 Bd7 33. Qb6 Reb8 34. Qd4
Rc8 35. Rc2 Rc5 36. a3 bxa3 37. Ra2 Rb8 38. Rxa3 Qd8 39. Rba1 Rb4 40. Kh2 Qb6
41. Qd2 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Qxb3 43. Rxa5 Qxc4 44. Rxc5 Qxc5 45. Qf4 Kf7 46. Bh3 Bxh3
47. Kxh3 Qc8+ 48. Kg2 Qd7 49. Kf3 h5 50. Kf2 Qe7 51. Qf5 g6 52. Qc8 Kg7 53. Kf3
Qe5 54. Qc7+ Kh6 55. Qc8 f5 56. Qf8+ Kg5 57. Qd8+ Qf6 58. Qa5 fxe4+ 59. Kxe4
Kg4 60. Kd3 Qe5 61. Kd2 Kxg3 62. Kd1 Qe4 63. Qa8 h4 64. Qf8 Qf3+ 0-1
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d3 e5 8. Bd2
Nh5 9. b4 f5 10. b5 Nc5 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Na5 9. O-O Nc4 10. Bc1 c6 11. a4 Qc7 12. b3 exd4 13. Qxd4 Nb6 14. a5 Nbd7 15.
Qd2 Nc5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qf3 b6 19. e5 Rxe5 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxc6
Rb8 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Bg2 Ba6 24. Bf3 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. Rad1 Rc6 27. Rd3
Ra6 28. Bc1 f5 29. Rfd1 Rc5 30. Be3 Rc8 31. Nd5 Kf7 32. Nb4 Ra5 33. Nd4 Bxd4
34. Rxd4 Nf6 35. Bf4 Rb5 36. R1d2 a5 37. Nd3 g5 38. Be3 Ne4 39. Re2 h6 40. Nb2
Nc3 41. Re1 d5 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. h4
h6 9. Ne5 Bh7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. d4 Nf6 12. Bf4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. O-O-O Bd6 15.
Rhe1 Qe7 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 17. Bxe6 Qc7 18. Nh5 Kd8 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Qf3 Qg7 21.
Ba5+ b6 22. Bc3 Qg6 23. Rd3 Rf8 24. g4 Kc7 25. Bd2 Na6 26. Rc3 c5 27. dxc5 bxc5
28. Bf4 Rad8 29. h5 Qg7 30. Ra3 Bxf4+ 31. Qxf4+ Kb6 32. Bc4 Nb4 33. Re6+ Kb7
34. Ra5 Rf7 35. a3 Nd5 36. Ba6+ Ka8 37. Qd6 Qg5+ 38. Kb1 Nc3+ 39. bxc3 Rb8+ 40.
Ka2 Qg8 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Qa5 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 e5 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ng3 Na5
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb7 17. Bd5 Rad8 18. e4 Ba6 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Rad1 Kh8 21.
Bc1 Rfd8 22. f4 Bxc4 23. fxe5 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rxd5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rxf7 Kg8 27.
Rf1 Rxe5 28. h3 c4 29. a4 Rd5 30. Ba3 g6 31. Rf4 g5 32. Rf8+ Kg7 33. Rc8 Rd7
34. Bb4 Nb7 35. Rxc4 Kf6 36. Kf2 Kf5 37. g4+ Ke5 38. Ke3 Nd8 39. Re4+ Kf6 40.
c4 Ne6 41. Bc3+ Kf7 42. a5 Nc5 43. Rd4 Re7+ 44. Kf3 Nb3 45. Rd5 Nxa5 46. Bxa5
bxa5 47. Rxg5 Rc7 48. Rxa5 Rxc4 49. Rxa7+ Kg6 50. Ra6+ Kg5 51. Ra5+ Kg6 52. Re5
Ra4 53. h4 h6 54. Re6+ Kg7 55. Re4 Ra3+ 56. Re3 Ra4 57. Kg3 Kg6 58. Rc3 Rb4 59.
Re3 Ra4 60. Re6+ Kg7 61. g5 hxg5 62. hxg5 Rb4 63. Rf6 Ra4 64. Rf4 Rxf4 65. Kxf4
Kg6 66. Kg4 Kg7 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O h6 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. c4 Bd7 14. Bb2
1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 Ne7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 b5 11. f4 d6 12. Qg4 Bb7 1/2-1/2
NNM 97:
[pgn autoplayMode=none] [Event “NNM Klasse M”] [Site “Tromsoe”] [Date “1997.05.08”] [Round “1”] [White “Hanssen, Gunnar B”] [Black “Evensen, Roy”] [Result “1-0”] [WhiteElo “2114”] [BlackElo “1813”] [ECO “B27”]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 0-0
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. e5 Ne8 15. Nd5 f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Bf4 f5 18. Bg5 Qb8 19. Qe3 Nf6
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. h4 Qd8 22. Ne6 Qe8 23. Nxf8 Qxf8 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qxa7
Ba4 26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. Qxb7+ Kh6 28. Rd2 Rc5 29. g4 Qh8 30. h5 Rb5 31. hxg6+
Kxg6 32. Rxd6+ Kg5 33. Qe7+ Kf4 34. c3 Rc5 35. Rd3 Re5 36. Qb4+
1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6
Qf6 8. Qc7 Qg6 9. f3 Nge7 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Be3 d5 12. Bc5 Re8 13. exd5
Qxc2 14. Ba3 e4 15. f4 e3 16. Be2 Qd2+ 17. Kf1 Bg4 18. dxc6 Nd5 19. Qd7
Bxe2+ 20. Nxe2 Rad8 21. Be7 Nxe7 22. Qxd2 exd2 23. Kf2 Nxc6 24. Rhd1 Nb4
25. Nc3 Nd3+ 26. Kf3 Nxb2 27. Rdb1 Rd3+ 28. Kf2 Rxc3 29. Rxb2 Rc1
0-1
1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. dxc5
0-0 8. c6 Nc5 9. cxb7 Bxb7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bc6 Bxc6 12. dxc6 Qb6 13. Ne5
Nfe4 14. Qe2 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Nd3+ 16. Kd1 Nef2+ 17. Kc2 Nb4+ 18. Kc3 Nxh1
19. Be3 Qa5 20. b3 Qxe5+ 21. Kxb4 Qxa1 22. Nc3 a5+
0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3
d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Rb1 0-0 11. Be2 Qd8 12. 0-0 e5 13. Qc2 Ne8
14. a3 Kh8 15. b4 b6 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Ng3 e4 19. Nd2 Qh4 20. bxc5
bxc5 21. Qa4 Qd8 22. Qc6 Bd7 23. Qb7 Be5 24. f3 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Ng7 26. fxe4
f4 27. Bd3 Be3 28. Nb3 Rg8 29. Ne2 Nh5 30. e5 Qg5 31. Be4 Bf5 32. Bxf5
Qxg2#
0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. c3
Bf5 8. Re1 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 0-0 10. Ng5 g6 11. Qh3 h5 12. g4 Kg7 13. gxh5
Rh8 14. h6+ Kg8 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qe6+ Ke8 17. Qxg6+ Kd7 18. Qe6+ Ke8
19. h7 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Rxh7+ 21. Kg2 Qd6 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. Qxh7 Rg8+ 24. Kf1
Qf6 25. Qh3+ Kd8 26. Re6 Qg7 27. Be3 Rh8 28. Rh6 Rxh6 29. Qxh6 Qg4 30. Nd2
1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 Qb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Rb1 g6
8. e4 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Nh5 11. Be3 Qb4 12. a3 Qa5 13. b4 Qd8 14. g4
Nhf6 15. 0-0 b6 16. h3 0-0 17. f4 e6 18. g5 Nh5 19. Bc4 e5 20. f5 f6 21. h4
Nf4 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 fxg5 24. Bxg5 Qe8 25. Qd2 Qe5 26. Nb5 Qxe4
27. Rf4 Qe5 28. Re1 Qb2 29. f6 Bxf6 30. Nxd6 Be5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qf2+
Kg8 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ Kh8 38. Qd8+
Kg7 39. Ne8+
1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5
Nbd7 8. Nc3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 a6 11. 0-0-0 Qxe2 12. Bxe2 Nb6 13. Rhe1
Bg7 14. Bf1+ Be6 15. Nd4 Kd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. d4 Nh5 18. Be2 Nxg3 19. fxg3
e5 20. Bg4+ Ke7 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. a4 Kf7 23. Bh5+ Kg7 24. a5 Nc4 25. Nd5
Bxb2+ 26. Kb1 Be5 27. Nxc7 Rac8 28. Ne6+ Kf6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rc6
31. Rf1+ Ke5 32. c3 Ne3 33. Re1 Rxc3 34. Rd2 d5 35. Bf3 d4 36. Rb2 Rc5
37. Rxb7 Rxa5 38. Re7+ Kd6 39. Re4 Rb8+ 40. Kc1 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 Rb2+
0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. Nxb5 Ba6 7. Nc3
d6 8. f4 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. e4 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 0-0 12. Kf2 Qb6 13. Kg1 Nbd7
14. Qe2 Rfb8 15. Nd2 Qb7 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Rf2 Ne8 19. Qc2
Bd4
0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. Re1 0-0
8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 c6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bf4
Re8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxh4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8
20. g5 f6 21. g6 hxg6 22. Qg4 g5 23. Bxd6 g6 24. Bb4 f5 25. Qf3 Nc4 26. Re1
Qd7 27. Re7 Qd5 28. Be4 fxe4 29. Qf6 Bxf2+ 30. Kh2 Bxd4 31. Qxg6+ Kf8
32. Re8#
1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7
Rg8 8. Qh6 Rg6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. c4
Na5 14. c5 Qc7 15. Qc2 b6 16. Nc3 bxc5 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. dxc5 Bb7 19. Be5
Nd5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Nxe4 Kg8 22. Bd6 Qh4 23. Bg3 Ne3 24. fxe3 Bxe4 25. Bxh4
Bxc2 26. Rc1 Be4 27. Bg3 Rc8 28. Ba6 Nb3 29. Bxc8 Nxc1 30. 0-0 Nd3 31. Ba6
Nxc5 32. Be2 Rg5 33. Rc1 Rd5 34. Be1 Kg7 35. Bc4 Rg5 36. Bc3+
1/2-1/2
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 a5
8. Nf3 Be7 9. g3 0-0 10. Bh3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. 0-0 b5 13. g4 g6 14. Kh1
Kh8 15. Rg1 Qb6 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Rc1 b4 18. Qe1 Bd3 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Ng3
Nd8 21. Qd1 Bb5 22. Rg2 Ne6 23. Rgc2 Rae8 24. Qd2 b3 25. axb3 Bb4 26. Qd1
a4 27. Rf2 a3 28. bxa3 Bxa3 29. Ra1 Bb4 30. Bf1 g5 31. Bxb5 Qxb5 32. Nxg5
Nxg5 33. fxg5 f4 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 35. Bxf4 Rf8 36. Nh5 Bc3 37. Rc1 Bb2 38. Rc7
Bxd4 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Qxd4 Qe6 41. Be3 Kg8 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Qh4 Qf5 44. Qh6+
Kf7 45. Qxh7+ Qxh7 46. Nxh7 Rb8 47. Bc5 Rxb3 48. Nf8 d4 49. e6+ Ke8 50. Nd7
1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c6 5. c4 Rg8 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3
Qa5 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Rc1 0-0-0 11. a3 e5 12. d5 Rxd5 13. b4 Bxb4
14. f3 Be6 15. Kf2 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Rc5 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Rhd1 Qxa3 19. Qxh7
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rd1+ Bd5 22. Ne2 Qb3 23. Rd2 Kc7 24. Qf5 Qb4 25. Qd3
Qh4+ 26. Ng3 Qxh2 27. Qa3 Rb5 28. Rd1 Rb3 29. Qe7+ Kb6 30. Qd8+ Kb5 31. Rd2
Qh4 32. Qd7 Kc4 33. Qe7 Kc3 34. Re2 Kd3 35. Qd6 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Kxe2 37. Qxf6
Rxe3 38. Kh2 Kd3 39. Qe7 b5 40. Qxa7 b4 41. Qa6+ Bc4 42. Qxc6 b3 43. Qd6+
Kc3 44. Qa3 Kc2 45. Qb4 Rc3 46. Qa4 Kd2 47. Qb4 f5 48. Kg3 Kc2 49. Qa4
Bd3 50. Kf2 Rc4 51. Qa3 b2 52. Qa2 f4 53. g4 Kc1 54. Qa3 Rc2+ 55. Ke1
Re2+ 56. Kf1 Re3+ 57. Kf2 Bc2
0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 exf3 7. Nxf3
e6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bg5 0-0 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne4 cxd4 13. Nxf6+
gxf6 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Rxf6
1-0
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be3 dxe5 7. Nxe5 N8d7
8. f4 Bg7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Be2 c6 11. 0-0 a5 12. a4 e6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Ne4
f6 15. Nd3 f5 16. Ng5 Rb8 17. Ne5 Re8 18. d5 Nxe5 19. Bxb6 Nd7 20. Bc7
Nc5 21. Qh3 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxc7 23. d6 Qg7 24. Rad1 Bf6 25. Qe3 b6 26. Bf3
Bd7 27. Rfe1 h6 28. Nh3 e5 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Qd2 g5 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. Bh5
Ne4 33. Qe2 Bxd6 34. Bf3 Qe5 35. g3 Be6 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Nf2 Bf5 38. Qh5
Bf8 39. g4 Be6 40. Qg6+ Bg7 41. Nxe4 Bxg4 42. Rf1 Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Kg1
Bf5 45. Qd6+ Qxd6 46. Nxd6 Bc2
0-1
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 0-0 7. h3 Re8
8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. 0-0 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nxb5 Bxe3
14. Bxe3 axb5 15. Bxb5 Nbd7 16. a4 Nd5 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. Rfd1 Nxb5 19. Qxb5
Bd5 20. Bf4 Ra5 21. Qb4 Qa8 22. b3 Ra7 23. Rc7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rxc7 25. Bxc7
Nf8 26. Qe4 Qa6 27. a5 Rc8 28. Bb6 e5 29. Qxe5 Ng6 30. Qe4 Qb5 31. b4
Rc1 32. Rxc1 Qg5+ 33. Kh2 Qxc1 34. Bc5 h6 35. a6
1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2
Kh7 9. Bd3 e5 10. Nge2 a6 11. h4 Nbd7 12. g4 h5 13. 0-0-0 exd4 14. Nxd4
Ne5 15. Be2 b5 16. g5 Ne8 17. f4 b4 18. Nb1 Ng4 19. Nxc6 Qc7 20. Nd4 Nxe3
21. Qxe3 Qa5 22. f5 Be5 23. fxg6+ fxg6 24. Rhf1 Bg7 25. Rxf8 Bxf8 26. a3
bxa3 27. Nxa3 Bg7 28. Bf3 Qe5 29. Nac2 Bb7 30. Rf1 Rc8 31. b3 Rc7 32. Bg2
Re7 33. Re1 Nc7 34. Kd2 Qh2 35. Re2 Qxh4 36. Bf3 Be5 37. Kd3 Bf4 38. Qg1
Bxg5 39. Rg2 Re5 40. Re2 Ne8 41. Nb4 Qf4 42. Nd5 Bxd5 43. cxd5 Nc7 44. Rc2
Nb5 45. Nxb5 Qxf3+ 46. Kd4 Rxe4#
0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7
8. 0-0 Nc5 9. f4 Nfxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 d5 13. Re1 Bc5
14. Rxe4 Bxd4+ 15. Be3 0-0 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 f6 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Rd1
Bd7 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Rd3 h6 22. Rg3 Qc7 23. Bf8 Re1+ 24. Kf2 Rxf8 25. Rg6
Qf4+ 26. Kxe1 Bxf5 27. Bxb7 Re8+
0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. c4 Nd7 7. Nc3 c6
8. Bd3 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. Qd2 a6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Ne2 e5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3
Bf8 15. Rfe1 Nb8 16. Bd1 c5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qd5 Nc6 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qc3
Rb8 21. Nh5 Qe7 22. Nh2 Bd7 23. Bg4 Be8 24. Rad1 Nd4 25. Qg3 f6 26. Qc3
Bg6 27. Ng3 Qf7 28. Qa5 h5 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Qxc4 31. Qc7 Qf7 32. Qb6
Qe6 33. Qc7 Qd7 34. Qb6 Qc6 35. Qa5 Rd7 36. Qa3 Nxf5 37. exf5 Rbd8 38. Qb3+
c4 39. Qc2 Bb4 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Rc1 Rd2 42. Qxc4+ Qxc4 43. Rxc4 Rxb2
44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Be7 46. Nf1 Rb1 47. g3 Ke8 48. Kg2 Kd8 49. Rc2 Rb4
50. Ne3 Rd4 51. Nc4 Bd6 52. Na5 Rb4 53. Nc4 Bb8 54. Kf3 Ke7 55. Ke2 Ba7
56. Na5 Kd7 57. Nc4 Bd4 58. Nd2 Bb6 59. f3 Ke7 60. Ne4 g4 61. hxg4 hxg4
62. Nc3 gxf3+ 63. Kxf3 Rd4 64. Ke2 Kd6 65. Kf3 Rd3+ 66. Kg4 Bd8 67. Ne4+
Kd5 68. Nf2 Rd4+ 69. Kf3 e4+ 70. Ke2 b5 71. Ng4 Rd3 72. Nf2 Rd4 73. Ng4
a5 74. Rc8 Be7 75. Re8 Kd6 76. Nxf6 Bxf6 77. Re6+ Kd5 78. Rxf6 Ra4 79. Re6
Rxa2+ 80. Ke3 Ra3+ 81. Kf4 Rf3+ 82. Kg4 a4 83. Rb6 Kc5 84. Rb8 a3 85. Kg5
b4 86. Rc8+ Kd6 87. Ra8 e3 88. f6 e2 89. Re8 a2
0-1
1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h4
Na6 9. Nd2 h5 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. f3 Nh7 12. g4 Bf6 13. g5 Bg7 14. Be3 f6
15. Qd2 fxg5 16. hxg5 Bd7 17. 0-0-0 Qc8 18. Ng3 Bh3 19. Rdg1 a4 20. Rh2
Bd7 21. Rgh1 Be8
1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Bf4 Qf6 10. Bxe5 Qxe5 11. 0-0-0 Nf6 12. Rd3 0-0 13. Qg3
Qxg3 14. Rxg3 Rfe8 15. Re3 Rad8 16. f3 Nd7 17. Rd3 Nc5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1
Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 f6 21. Ke2 Kf7 22. Ke3 Ke7 23. h4 Kd6 24. g4 Ne6 25. Ne2
b5 26. Nf4 c5 27. Nxe6 Kxe6 28. f4 c4 29. Kd4 Kd6 30. e5+ fxe5+ 31. fxe5+
Ke6 32. g5 h6 33. gxh6 gxh6 34. Ke4 c5 35. h5 a5 36. c3 a4 37. a3 b4 38. Kf4
1-0
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5
cxd5 8. Qf3 Bd6 9. Ne2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. d4 Bf5 12. Qxd5 Qd7 13. Bxf4
Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Nxd4 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Rad1 Nxb3 17. Rxd7 Nc5 18. Rc7 Rac8
1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. dxc5 Qa5+ 4. Qd2 Qxc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Nf3
a6 8. Bd3 b5 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Rfe1 g6 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 d5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. e5
Ne4 15. Qe2 e6 16. c3 bxc3 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxc3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nc5 20. Bxc5
Bxc5 21. b4 Bd6 22. Nxd5 Qd8 23. Qd4 Rf8 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Nxh7 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2
Bxf3 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Qxd8+
1-0
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bd7 7. f4 e6
8. Nf3 dxe5 9. fxe5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Be7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. c4 Nb6 13. Nc3 Be8
14. Ne4 Na5 15. Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nd6 Nc6 19. Qe4 f5
20. Qf4 Bh5 21. Qg3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Ndxe5 23. Bf4 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Nd4 25. Re3
Qxc5 26. Kh1 Bf6 27. b4 Qxb4 28. Ree1 Ne2 29. Rxe2 Bxa1 30. Qe3 Rf6 31. Re1
e5 32. Bg5 Bd4
0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7
8. Nb5 0-0 9. Nc7 cxd4 10. Nxa8 f6 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 fxe5 13. 0-0-0
Nc5 14. f3 e4 15. Nh3 d4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Qe1 Nc3 18. Bd3 Nb4 19. bxc3
Nxa2+ 20. Kb2 dxc3+ 21. Kxa2 Qb4 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rhf1 Rxf1 24. Rxf1
e5 25. Ng5 g6 26. Rf7 Be6+ 27. Nxe6 Kxf7 28. Nac7 Kg8 29. Nb5 Qb4 30. Ng5
a6 31. Na3 Qxh4 32. Ne4 b5 33. Nb1 Qe7 34. Nbc3 Qe6+ 35. Kb2 Kg7 36. Nc5
Qb6 37. N3e4 Kh6 38. g4 Kg7 39. Ng5 h6 40. Nge6+ Kf7 41. Be4 Qd6 42. Kb3
a5 43. Bd3 Qd5+ 44. Ka3 Qf3 45. g5 h5 46. Kb2 b4 47. Bb5 e4
0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 0-0
8. Bc4 a6 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. 0-0-0 Nxb3+ 12. axb3 b5 13. h4 b4
14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qa5 16. Kb1 Qxd5 17. Qxb4 Bd7 18. h5 a5 19. Qe1
a4 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qh4 h5 22. g4 axb3 23. Nxb3 Qxf3 24. gxh5 Qxe3 25. hxg6
Rf4 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rde1 Qa7 28. Rxe7 Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Qxb2+ 30. Kd1 Bg4+
0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 e3 7. Bc4 e6
8. Bxe3 Be7 9. Nge2 0-0 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. a3 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7
14. Rad1 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rfd8
1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Ne5 Bxb1 7. Rxb1
Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qxa2 9. Qc2 Qb3 10. Qxc4 Qxc4 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. 0-0 Nb6 13. Na5
0-0-0 14. e3 Nf6 15. Rfc1 Nfd5 16. b4 Kb8 17. b5 cxb5 18. Rxb5 Be7 19. Ra1
g5 20. Nb3 a6 21. Rba5 Nc4 22. R5a2 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Ka7 24. Nc4 Rc8 25. Ne5
f6 26. Nf3 Rc3 27. Rb1 Rhc8 28. Raa1 Ra3 29. Rxa3 Bxa3 30. Bh3 Rc6 31. e4
Nc7 32. e5 Be7 33. Rd1 f5 34. g4 f4 35. Bf1 Nd5 36. Bd3 h6 37. Bg6 b5
38. Ra1 Kb6 39. Be8 Rc3 40. Kg2 a5 41. Bd7 Nc7 42. Bxe6 Nxe6 43. d5 Nc5
44. d6 Bxd6 45. exd6 Rd3 46. Ne5 Rxd6 47. Rb1 Re6 48. Nf3 b4 49. Nd4 Rf6
50. Re1 b3 51. Re8 b2
0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 Qa5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. f4 e6
9. Nf3 exd5 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nc3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. O-O-O Bxe4
15. Bd3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Bc3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Be4 Qf6 20. f5 a6 21.
fxg6 hxg6 22. h4 Rab8 23. h5 g5 24. Qg2 Be3+ 25. Kb1 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rd5
Re5 28. Rhd1 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Kh8 30. Qg4 Bf4 31. Qd7 b4 32. Rf5 Qd4 33. Rd5 Qg1+
34. Kc2 Qc1+ 35. Kb3 c4+ 36. Ka4 Qxb2 37. Qxf7 Qa3# 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. c5 b6
8. b4 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nxe5 12. Qxe4 Qd5 13. Qxe5
Qxe5+ 14. dxe5 bxc5 15. b5 axb5 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 17. Rb1 Bxb5 18. Rxb5 Be7
19. Rb7 Rxa2 20. 0-0 Ra8 21. Be3 f6 22. g3 Rc8 23. Ra1 fxe5 24. Ra6 Bf6
25. Rxe6+ Kd8 26. Ra6 h5 27. h4 c4 28. Re6 Rc7 29. Bb6 Kd7 30. Rxc7+ Kxe6
31. Rxc4 Rb8 32. Be3
1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 Nd5 7. Nxd5
Qxd5 8. c4 Qd8 9. fxe4 e5 10. dxe5 Bb4+ 11. Kf2 Bc5+ 12. Ke1 Qe7 13. Nf3
Nc6 14. a3 Bg4 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Qa4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 0-0 18. Kf1 Nxe5 19. Kg2
Ng6 20. Bg3 Nh4+ 21. Kf1 Rd2 22. Qa5 Rfd8 23. Bxh4 Qxh4 24. Qxc5 Qh3+
25. Kf2 Rxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Qg2+ 27. Qf2 Rd2+ 28. Kxd2 Qxf2+ 29. Kc1 Qxf3 30. Re1
Qf2 31. Rd1 Qe3+ 32. Rd2 h5 33. Kc2 Qxe4+ 34. Kc3 f5 35. Rad1 f4 36. Rd4
Qe5 37. Kb3 f3 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rf8 Qe3+ 40. Ka2 Qe2 41. Rd4 g5 42. Rd7+
Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kf5 44. Rd5+ Kf4 45. Rgxg5 Qxc4+ 46. Ka1 Qxd5 47. Rxd5 f2
48. Rd1 Ke3 49. Rc1 Ke2 50. Rc2+ Kf3
0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. 0-0 e6 7. c3 Nge7
8. Be3 0-0 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qa4 Bd7
14. Qb4 Bc6 15. Rd1 Nc8 16. Na3 Re8 17. c4 Bf8 18. Qd2 Ba4 19. Nc2 Bxc2
20. Qxc2 Qc7 21. Rac1 Ne7 22. Bh3 Nc6 23. c5 Nb4 24. Qb3 Nc6 25. f4 Rad8
26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qc3 Bg7 28. b4 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qd3 Bh6 31. Rc2
Be3+ 32. Kh1 a5 33. b5 Re5 34. c6 Rde8 35. Bd7 Rd8 36. b6 Qd6 37. c7 Qxd7
38. cxd8Q+ Qxd8 39. Qxe3 dxe3 40. Rxd8+ Kg7 41. Re2
1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7
8. f4 Nc5 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Be3 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Qc7 12. f5 Nxb3+ 13. axb3 e5
14. Nde2 b5 15. g4 b4 16. g5 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Bb7 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Rhg1
Rfc8 20. Rg2 Bc6 21. Rdg1 Kf8 22. Rxg7 Bxg7 23. f6 Qa5 24. Rxg7 Ke8 25. Qh5
1-0
1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 d6 7. 0-0 Nf6
8. a4 Be7 9. c3 0-0 10. d3 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. h3 Nc7 13. Kh2 Qd7 14. Na3
Na5 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Ne1 Nc6 18. Qf2 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Be3
d4 21. Bd2 e5 22. f5 Ne8 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Be6 Qe7 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Nec2
e4 27. dxe4 Ne5 28. Bf4 Bxe4 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rae1 Nf6 31. Nb1 Qc7 32. Nca3
Nh5 33. Rg1 Bc6 34. Nb5 Qb8 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Nxa7 Rc7 37. Nxc6 Rxc6 38. Re1
Qb8 39. Qf3 Rf6 40. Qxh5 g6 41. Qe2 Rxf5 42. Qe8+ Qxe8 43. Rxe8+ Kg7 44. Kg2
Rf7 45. Re6 Rd7 46. Nd2
1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7
8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 Be6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 b5 13. a4 Nb6
14. axb5 Nbxd5 15. Bf2 axb5 16. Bxb5 Qc7 17. c4 Nf4 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Nc1
Ra1 20. b3 Rxc1 21. Qd2 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Qb7 23. Qe3 Ne6 24. Ba4 Nd7 25. Bb5
Ndc5 26. Qc3 Bf6 27. b4 Nd7 28. Qd3 Be7 29. c5 Nb8 30. cxd6 Bd8 31. Qc4
Nd4 32. Be8 Nf5 33. d7 Nd6 34. Qc5 Qb5+ 35. Ke1 Qxc5 36. bxc5 Nb5 37. Kd2
Nc6 38. Kd3 Kf8 39. Ke4 Nc7 40. f4 exf4 41. Kxf4 Nxe8 42. dxe8Q+ Kxe8
43. Ke4 Kd7 44. g4 Ke6 45. h3 g6 46. Bg3 f5+ 47. gxf5+ gxf5+ 48. Kf4 Bc7+
49. Kf3 Bxg3
0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7
8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. 0-0-0 Qa5 13. Kb1 Bb4
14. a3 Be7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 0-0-0 17. Ne4 Rd5 18. c4 Rd7 19. f3 Rhd8
20. Qe3 Nxe4 21. fxe4 f6 22. Bg3 Qb6 23. Bf2 Bc5 24. Qh3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4
Rxd4 26. Qxe6+ Kb8 27. Bxd4 Qxd4 28. Ka2 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Rh3 Kc8
31. Kb3 Kd8 32. Kc3 Ke8 33. Rd3 Re7 34. Kd4 Re5 35. Rh3 c5+ 36. Kd3 a5
37. a4 Rg5 38. g3 Re5 39. g4 Re6 40. Ke3 Rb6 41. Kf4 Rxb2 42. Kf5 Kf7
43. e5 Rf2+ 44. Ke4 Re2+ 45. Kf4 Rc2 46. Kf5 Rxc4 47. e6+ Ke7 48. Rb3
Rb4 49. Rd3 Rd4 50. Rb3 Rd5+ 51. Kf4 Kxe6 52. Rxb7 Rd4+ 53. Kf3 Rd7 54. Rb5
Rd3+ 55. Ke4 Rd4+ 56. Kf3 Rxa4 57. Rxc5 Kd6 58. Rb5 Kc6 59. Rb8 Rb4 60. Ra8
Kb5 61. Ra7 a4 62. Rxg7 a3 63. Rb7+ Kc4
0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 Nd5 7. Nxd5
Qxd5 8. Bxc7 e6 9. c3 Nc6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. fxe4 Qxe4 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Bg3
Be7 14. 0-0 0-0 15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rae1 Be8 18. Kh1 Qh5 19. Qe3
Qd5 20. Bb1 g6 21. Bf4 b5 22. a3 Na5 23. Qf2 Nc4 24. Be4 Qd7 25. b3 Nd6
26. Ne5 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Qd5 28. Re3 Bf8 29. Bg5 Rd7 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. b4
Qd5 32. Qf4 Qb3 33. Qg3 Qxa3 34. h4 h5 35. Bf6 Qa2 36. Be5 Bh6 37. Ref3
Qd5 38. Qf2 Qb7 39. Qe2 Qd5 40. Rg3 Kh7 41. Rgf3 Qb7 42. Qf2 Kg8 43. Rg3
Qe7 44. Bf6 Qc7 45. Rf3 a6 46. Be5 Qb7 47. Rh3 Qe7 48. Kh2 Rc6 49. Qe2
f5 50. Re1 Qd8 51. Qa2 Bf7 52. Qf2 Qd5 53. Bf6 Qb3 54. Qf3 Qc4 55. Re5
Bf8 56. Rg3 Kh7 57. Rc5 Rxc5 58. bxc5 Qd5 59. Qxd5 exd5 60. Re3 a5 61. Be7
Bh6 62. Re2 Bf4+ 63. g3 Bc7 64. Bd6 Bd8 65. c6
1-0
NNM 98:
[pgn autoplayMode=none] [Event “NNM 98 kl. M”] [Site “Tromsoe”] [Date “1998.05.29”] [Round “1”] [White “Vik-Hansen, Rune”] [Black “Paulsen, Viktor”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “B70”] [WhiteElo “1726”] [BlackElo “1786”] [PlyCount “52”]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. h3 Nc6 11. Nde2 Ne5 12. Nd4 Rac8 13. a4 a6 14. f4 Nc4 15.
Kh2 Qc5 16. b3 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Ng4+ 18. hxg4 Bxd4 19. Nd5 Bxa1 20. Nxe7+ Kg7 21.
Nxc8 Rxc8 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Ba3 Bd4 24. Rd1 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxd6 Bxa4 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bc1 Nc6 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Re1 O-O
15. e3 Rfd8 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 e5 19. Ne2 e4 20. Ba3 a5 21. Bxb4
axb4 22. Qd2 Qb5 23. Nf4 Bg5 24. Rfc1 Bxf4 25. exf4 Re8 26. Rc7 Qd3 27. Rd1
Rxa2 28. Qxd3 exd3 29. Rxd3 h5 30. f5 Ree2 31. Rf3 Rac2 32. Rb7 Rc3 33. Rf4 Re4
34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Rxb6 Rxb3 36. d5 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rd1 38. Rxb4 Rxd5 39. Rxe4 Rxf5
1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. h4 Rfc8 13. h5 Nxh5 14. g4 Nf6 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Kb1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qe3 Rc8 21.
Qb3 Ba4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rd2 h5 24. gxh5 Nxh5 25. Re1 Kg7 26. e5 dxe5 27. Rxe5
Kf6 28. Ra5 a6 29. Kb2 e5 30. Ne2 Bc6 31. Rd6+ Ke7 32. Rd3 Ke6 33. Kb3 Rh4 34.
Re3 f6 35. c4 Ng7 36. Ra3 Nf5 37. Rd3 Rh2 38. Nc1 Nd4+ 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Rae1 Nf8 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. f4
Qe8 15. Rf3 Nb6 16. f5 f6 17. Ng4 Bd7 18. Qb3 Nc8 19. e4 Nd6 20. Ref1 Qh5 21.
Rf4 Kh8 22. e5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qb4 fxe5 25. dxe5 Rae8 26. f6 Bxg4 27.
fxe7 Ng6 28. Rf8+ 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Nb3 Ne6 13. d4 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qe2
b6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Nd2 Bh6 18. h4 Nc6 19. Nc4 Bxc1 20. Rexc1 Rad8 21. Qf1 f5 22.
exf5 Rxf5 23. Be4 Rf6 24. Ne3 Ne7 25. Qc4 h5 26. Bd5 Rd6 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Qe4
Nf8 29. Qxe5 Kh7 30. Nc4 Rfe6 31. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxe5 33. Nxe5 Nxe6 34.
Rd7 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nb5
O-O 9. Nc7 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nxa8 cxd4 12. Ne2 e5 13. f3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Bf5 15.
Ng3 Be6 16. Bb5 Rxa8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. O-O h6 19. c3 dxc3 20. Qxc3 Qc7 21. Rac1
Rc8 22. Rce1 Nd7 23. f4 d4 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. fxe5 Qxh4 26. Qg6 Qg4 27. Qxg4 Bxg4
28. Rf4 h5 29. Rxd4 Re8 30. Nxh5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Re4 Nf3+ 33. gxf3 Bxh5
34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Rc4 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Bc7 9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. Nbxd4 Qd7 13. c3 a6 14. Be3 Rfe8
15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ng6 18. Qd2 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. b3 h6 21.
Re3 Nc6 22. Rae1 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Bh5 24. h4 Bg6 25. Kh2 Qd6 26. Bh3 Qf6 27. Bg2
Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Be4 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Rxe4 Rd2 32. Rf4 Kg7 33. a4
Rb2 34. b4 Rc2 35. Rf3 b6 36. Kg2 Ra2 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 Rxa5 39. c4 Rc5 40.
Rc3 a5 41. Kf3 a4 42. Ke3 a3 43. Kd4 Ra5 44. Rc1 Kf8 45. Kc3 Ke7 46. Ra1 Rf5
47. f4 Ra5 48. Kb4 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. b3 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. h3 bxc4 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 Rb8 8. b4
cxb4 9. axb4 Nxb4 10. d4 a6 11. Ba3 Nbc6 12. e5 O-O 13. Ne4 b5 14. Bd6 Ra8 15.
Nf6+ Bxf6 16. exf6 Nf5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. d5 exd5 19. Nf4 Bb7 20. Nxd5 a5 21. g4
Nfd4 22. Ne7 Qb6 23. c3 Ne6 24. Qd6 Qc7 25. Nxg6+ Ke8 26. Qxc7 Nxc7 27. Rfe1+
Ne6 28. Nh4 Kd8 29. Nf5 Kc7 30. h3 a4 31. Rab1 Ba6 32. Ne7 Rb8 33. Nd5+ Kd6 34.
f4 Rg8 35. f5 Ng5 36. Rbd1 Kc5 37. h4 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
Be7 9. a3 h6 10. c3 Qc7 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 c4 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. N3d2 Rdg8 15.
Ne3 Nd8 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. a4 Nc6 20. Bh3 Nd8 21. a5 g5
22. axb6 axb6 23. c4 g4 24. Bg2 Rg5 25. cxd5 exd5 26. h4 gxh3 27. Bxh3+ Kb8 28.
Nf5 Ne4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Nxe7 Qxe7 31. Bf4+ 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. c4 c5 18. Bc3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Kb1 Bc5
21. Nb3 Qc6 22. f3 b6 23. g4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Nc1 Ne8 27.
Nd3 f6 28. Nb4 Bxb4 29. Bxb4 e5 30. Bf8 Qd7 31. Kc2 Nc7 32. Qe3 Qa4+ 33. Kc3
Qa5+ 34. Bb4 Qxa2 35. Qxb6 Qb1 36. Bd6 Qc1+ 37. Kb3 Qd1+ 38. Ka3 Qa1+ 39. Kb3
Qd1+ 40. Ka3 Qa1+ 41. Kb3 Qd1+ 42. Ka3 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Qe4 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Nc4 Rab8 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. a3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Rbc8 19. Qb3 Ba6 20. Ne5 Bxe2
21. Re1 Ba6 22. Qa4 Bb7 23. Bd2 a5 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Bc3 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Nd5 28. Qe4 Qa8 29. Qf3 f6 30. Qg4 f5 31. Qh5 Rc7 32. Be1 Nf6 33. Qe2 Rc8
34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Be7 36. Nc4 Qc6 37. Ne5 Qc2 38. Qa6 Qxd1 39. Qxc8+ Qd8 40.
Qxe6+ Kf8 41. Qf7# 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 c5 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. d5 Qb6 7. Qc1 Nd7 8.
e3 g6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O-O e6 12. Bc4 exd5 13. Bxd5 Nf6 14. Bc4 Qc6
15. Rd6 Qe8 16. Qb3 Ng4 17. Nh3 Ne5 18. Bb5 Qe7 19. Rhd1 h6 20. Qd5 a6 21. Be2
Bf5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Rb6 Rab8 25. Bc4 Bc7 26. Rb3 b5 27. Be2 g5
28. c4 Be6 29. Rc3 Be5 30. Rc2 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxb2+ 32. Kd2 Bg4 33. Be2 Rfd8+
34. Ke1 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Be6 36. Rxc5 Bxa2 37. Bxa6 Bb3+ 38. Ke2 Rb6 39. Bc4 Ba4
40. f4 exf3+ 41. Kxf3 Bd7 42. Nf2 Rf6+ 43. Ke2 Kg7 44. h3 Rc6 45. Nd3 Ba3 46.
Rxc6 Bxc6 47. Kf2 Bd6 48. Ne1 f5 49. Nf3 Kf6 50. Bd3 Bc5 51. Ke2 h5 52. Bc4 g4
53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Ne1 h4 55. Kf2 Bb4 56. Nc2 Bd2 57. Bd3 Ke5 58. Ke2 Bxg2 59.
Kxd2 h3 60. Ne1 h2 61. Nxg2 h1=Q 62. Nf4 g3 63. Ne2 g2 64. e4 g1=Q 65. Nxg1
Qxg1 66. Kc3 Qe3 67. Kc2 Kd4 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Ne4 Nf6 11. Qd4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4+ Qe7 13. Bd3 d5 14. Qxe7+
Bxe7 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 Nf6 8. Qc2
O-O 9. e3 Bg4 10. Bd3 Bh5 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nbd7 13. b4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6
15. a4 Rc8 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. Rfc1 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Qe6 19. Ne2 Qf5 20. b5 axb5 21.
axb5 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Qd1 Nce4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
h6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Bg3 Re8 11. O-O Bf8 12. a3 Nbd7 13. b4 a6 14. Nd2 Ne4 15.
Ndxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Bd3 Re8 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
a4 Ne4 22. Rfc1 Rac8 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Qd7 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. bxc6 Rxc6 27.
Qb3 Re8 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. g3 Rc8 30. Rc1 Qd6 31. Qb7 Qc7 32. Qb4 f6 33. Qc5 Kf7
34. e4 Qe7 35. exd5 Qxc5 36. Rxc5 Ke7 37. dxc6 Kd6 38. c7 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. Nge2
Nd4 9. O-O Qc8 10. Nf4 h5 11. h4 Nh6 12. Nd1 Ng4 13. c3 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 Nc6 15.
f3 b5 16. Kh2 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. f4 a4 19. f5 Ne5 20. fxg6 Nxg6 21. Rab1 Bh6 22.
Nf4 Ne5 23. d4 Ng4+ 24. Nxg4 hxg4 25. Qf2 Bb5 26. Rfe1 Bg7 27. e5 dxe5 28. dxe5
e6 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Rbc1 Qd7 31. Qc5 Qe7 32. Bc6+ Bxc6 33. Qxc6+ Qd7 34. Qc5
Rb5 35. Qf2 Bxe5 36. Red1 Qb7 37. Qd2 Bb8 38. Qd8# 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
d3 Nd7 9. O-O c6 10. c4 Nc5 11. a4 f5 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Bd7 14. Bb2 Be7 15.
Be5 Bf6 16. d4 Ne4 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rf7 20. Rfe1 Rd7 21. c3
Qf8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Re5 g6 24. Rae1 Bf7 25. c5 Rad8 26. a5 a6 27. Qb1 h5 28.
R1e3 Kg7 29. Qe1 Kf8 30. Re2 Bd5 31. R2e3 Bf7 32. Qb1 Kg7 33. Qb6 h4 34. Qb2
hxg3 35. Rxg3 Qh4 36. Qf2 Rh8 37. Rxf5 Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Bc4+ 39. Ke1 Re7+ 40. Re5
Rxe5+ 41. fxe5 Rf8 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 43. Rf6 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Nd2 g6 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Nh6 9.
O-O d6 10. Nc4 Nc6 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. f4 Qd7
16. a5 Ba6 17. Ne3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne7 19. Rb1 Rh8 20. Kh2 Bh6 21. Rf2 Rd8 22. d4
cxd4 23. cxd4 exf4 24. Nxf4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Qc6 26. Rb2 g5 27. Nd5 Qxd5 28. exd5
gxf4 29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Bh3 f5 31. Qe1 Rh6 32. Bf1 Bc8 33. Rb8 Rd7 34. a6 Rc7 35.
Qd1 Kf6 36. Qb3 Rc1 37. Be2 Re1 38. Bf3 Bxa6 39. Qa3 Bf1 40. Qxd6+ Kg7 41. Qc7
Ra6 42. d6 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Re3 44. Qxe7+ 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Nb3 d6 8. Bg2
Qc7 9. a4 Ng6 10. O-O Be7 11. a5 Nge5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. f4 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. g4
Nxb3 16. cxb3 Nxa5 17. g5 Nxb3 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh4 b5 21. Rf3 b4
22. Rh3 h5 23. Bf3 Bf8 24. f5 bxc3 25. Bxh5 exf5 26. Bxg6 Bg7 27. Bh7+ Kf8 28.
exf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 c2 30. Rf1 c1=Q 31. Bxc1 Nxc1 32. Bg6 Rd7 33. Rhf3 Ne2+ 34.
Kh1 Qc6 35. Be4 d5 36. Bf5 Re7 37. Qb4 Rd8 38. Bd3 Qd6 39. Qh4 Nd4 40. Rf6 Qe5
41. R6f4 Ne6 42. Rf5 Qd4 43. Qh3 Nc5 44. Bb1 Ne4 45. g6 Nd6 46. R5f4 Qd2 47.
Qh4 Rdd7 48. gxf7 Qe2 49. Qh7 Rxf7 50. Qh3 Be5 51. Qh6+ Ke8 52. Bg6 Bxf4 53.
Qxf4 Qe6 54. Qg5 Rde7 55. Bxf7+ Nxf7 56. Qg8+ Kd7 57. Qb8 Qe4+ 58. Kg1 Qe3+ 59.
Kh1 Nd6 0-1
1. e4 0-1
[Event “NNM 98 kl. M”] [Site “Tromsoe”] [Date “1998.05.31”] [Round “4”] [White “Romsdal, Trond”] [Black “Jaeger, Frode B”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “E94”] [WhiteElo “2047”] [BlackElo “2054”] [PlyCount “46”]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. d5
Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. f3 Bh6 11. Nb3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 Nfd7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. f4 exf4
15. Qxf4 Qe7 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Nb5 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rf2 Kg7 20. Ref1 h6 21.
Rc1 b6 22. Rc3 Qg5 23. b3 Rfe8 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nxd4 8.
Nd5 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qd6 10. Bd2 Bxb2 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bc3 Qa3 13. Bxh8 Qa5+ 1-0
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Na6 7. a3 Bd6 8. Qf3
g6 9. h4 h5 10. Nge2 Qc7 11. Nf4 Bxf4 12. exf4 O-O 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. O-O Rb8
15. Na4 Re8 16. g3 Be6 17. Qc3 Rbd8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Rfe1 Kf7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qb6 23. b3 a5 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Kf1 Qd8 26. Ke1 Qe7 27. Qxe7+
Kxe7 28. Kd2 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nd7 9. c3 Qc7 10. a4 a5 11. Qe2 b6 12. Nf1 Ba6 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rd1 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Bc4 16. Ra3 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Ne1 Qd7 19. Ne3 Bd3 20. Nxd3 Qxd3 21.
Bf3 Bh6 22. Qxd3 Nxd3 23. Ra1 Nc8 24. Rb1 Nd6 25. b4 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxe3 27.
fxe3 Nc4 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nxe3 30. Bb3 c5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Kf2 c4 33.
Ba2 Nd1+ 34. Kf3 Nxc3 35. Bxc4 Nxa4 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. Bd5 Kf8 38. Kd2 Ke7 39. Kc3
f6 40. Kc4 Kd6 41. h4 a4 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Rad1 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc4 13. Bf4 a6 14. Be5 h6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne5 b5 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. b3 Rb8 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21.
Qa4 Qd6 22. Ne4 Rb4 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. a3 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Rxa4 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rc1
Rd8 28. e3 c5 29. dxc5 Rd5 30. Rfd1 Rxc5 31. Rc3 Rb5 32. Rd4 Rb1+ 33. Kg2 Ra1
34. Rdxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Rxa3 36. Kf3 Ra2 37. Rf4 Kg7 38. h4 a5 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1
Rb8 9. b4 b6 10. Ne1 Ne7 11. Qb3 Be6 12. e4 Nd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Nd5
Ng4 16. Nc2 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Nd4 19. Qd1 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Rc1
Qe7 22. Rc4 b5 23. Rc1 Rbe8 24. Nc2 Qh4 25. Qd2 Nxc2 26. Rxc2 fxe4 27. dxe4 Bh6
28. Qf2 Qg4 29. Qg3 Rxf4 30. Qxg4 Rxg4 31. Rxc7 Bf4 32. h3 Rh4 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 1/2-1/2
[Event “NNM 98 kl. M”] [Site “Tromsoe”] [Date “1998.05.31”] [Round “5”] [White “Vik-Hansen, Rune”] [Black “Roelvaag, Mikael”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “C15”] [WhiteElo “1726”] [BlackElo “2078”] [PlyCount “51”]1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 Nbd7 9. Ne2 b6 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O Rg6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. a4 Qc7 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nf4 Rg8 17. c4 Ng4 18. Qc3 Qe5 19. Qa3 Qf5 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. a5 Kd7 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2
c5 9. Nc3 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Ng4 14. Qc2 Bh6 15.
Ba1 Rb4 16. Nce4 Qb6 17. a3 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Qc7 19. h3 Ne5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qc3 f6
22. Nf3 Nb7 23. Ned2 Nd8 24. Nb3 Nf7 25. Na5 Re8 26. e4 g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28.
Nc6 Nde5 29. Ncxe5 fxe5 30. Nxg5 Nxg5 31. h4 Nf7 32. Bf3 Kh8 33. Bh5 Rf8 34.
Rf1 Kg8 35. Qf3 e6 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. dxe6 Qe7 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Bxf7 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e5 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
dxe5 Qxe5 9. Rc1 Nf6 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. O-O
Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qe5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Ne4
Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Kf7 22. a3 Ke7 23. b4 Rf8+ 24. Ke2 Rf5 25. Nc5 b6 26. Ne4 Kd7
27. Nc3 a5 28. b5 Na7 29. Rd1+ Ke7 30. a4 Nc8 31. Ne4 Re5 32. Rd4 Rd5 33. Rc4
Kd7 34. Rc6 Rh5 35. h3 Re5 36. Nc3 Rg5 37. g4 h5 38. Ne4 Re5 39. Kf3 hxg4+ 40.
hxg4 Rd5 41. Kf4 Rd3 42. Ng5 Rd6 43. Nf7 Rxc6 44. Ne5+ Kd6 45. Nxc6 Kd7 46. Kg5
Ke8 47. Kg6 Kf8 48. Ne5 Ne7+ 49. Kh7 g5 50. Ng6+ 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1 Be7 15.
Bb1 b5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxd4 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.
Qe4 Bxh4 22. Rxd4 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rc4 24. Red1 f5 25. Qe3 f4 26. Qe4 Rd8 27.
Qxe6+ 1-0
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d5 e5 7. Ne2 g6 8. Nec3
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Na3 f5 12. f4 Na6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nac5 15.
Nab5 Qe7 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Bf1 Ba6 18. Nc7 Ra7 19. Nxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc2 Raa8 21. a3
a4 22. Rad1 Rfc8 23. Qf2 Qf8 24. h3 Re8 25. Qc2 exf4 26. Bxf4 Ne5 27. Be3 Ned7
28. Bf2 Be5 29. Bd3 Qf6 30. Rf1 Bd4 31. Nb5 Bxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Rac8
34. Qf4 Ne5 35. Rd4 Rc5 36. g4 Rec8 37. gxf5 Rxc4 38. fxg6 Qxg6+ 39. Kh1 Rc1
40. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 41. Qxc1 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. h4 h6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h5 Bh7 8. f4 c5 9.
Ngf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Bb5 Qb6 12. c3 a6 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Be2 Qc7 15. N2f3
Qd7 16. Be3 Nxe5 17. Qxd7+ Nxd7 18. Kf2 Be4 19. Rhg1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nc5 21. Ke2
Nf6 22. Rac1 b5 23. b3 Nce4 24. c4 b4 25. cxd5 Nc3+ 26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. dxe6 fxe6
28. Nxe6 Kf7 29. Nd4 Bc5 30. Rd1 Re8 31. Rd3 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rexe3+ 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
c5 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. d5 b5 12. Ba2 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ra7
15. Ne5 Bf6 16. Re1 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Re8 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Qd4 Rxe5 20. Qxe5 Nc6 21.
Qe4 Bb7 22. Rc1 Na5 23. Rc7 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
c6 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 Nb6 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. a4 Rad8 18. a5 Nc4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Ne2 b6 21. axb6
Nxb6 22. Qc2 Rfe8 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bg3 Bf8 25. Ra5 Be7 26. Rfa1 Qe6 27. b3 Nc8
28. Ra6 Bb4 29. Rxc6 Qe7 30. Rc7 Qe6 31. Rc6 Qe7 32. e5 Nd5 33. Bxd5 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 a6 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bh4 e5 14. Qf2 Rd8
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f5 Be7 17. Nd5 Bf8 18. g4 Bd7 19. g5 Ba4 20. gxh6 Bxb3 21.
axb3 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2 23. hxg7 Bxg7 24. Rhg1 Rac8 25. Qg3 Qxc2+ 26. Ke3 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qc2 e4 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. Rb1 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Ba2 Ra5 18. Rc1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Rc5 Rxc5 21.
Qxc5 Nd5 22. Nc4 f5 23. Qd6 Qe8 24. Qe5 Qg6 25. Qd6 Qe8 26. Qe5 Qg6 27. Qg3 Qh5
28. Qe5 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d3 Nc5 7. Be2 Be7 8. d4
Ne6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nh2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Na5 14. b3 b6 15.
Ng3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Ng4 Kh8 18. Kh2 Qe7 19. Nf5 Qb4 20. Qd3 Rg8 21. c3
Qf8 22. Nfe3 Rd8 23. Qf5 Rd7 24. Rf2 Qe7 25. Raf1 Ng5 26. g3 Ne4 27. Rc2 c5 28.
Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxe4 Rgd8 30. Rcf2 R8d7 31. Ne3 Qd8 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxf7 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8.
f4 Bd6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6 12. c4 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Bd2 Be7
15. Bc3 O-O 16. h3 Nce8 17. Kh2 b5 18. b3 a5 19. a4 bxc4 20. bxc4 Nd6 21. Rab1
Rfb8 22. Ng1 Nf5 23. Ne4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Bf6 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Ne5
Rc8 28. g4 Ne7 29. Kg2 Bg7 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. Bxa5 Qa7 32. Rxb8+ Qxb8 33. Bd2 c5
34. dxc5 Qa7 35. a5 Qxc5 36. a6 Bxe5 37. fxe5 Nc8 38. Be3 Qc7 39. Qd4 Qc6+ 40.
Kg3 Qxa6 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Bh6+ Kxh6 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. h4# 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Ne2 c6 9. O-O Be6 10. Rb1 Bxa2 11. Rxb7 Bd5 12. Be3 a5 13. Qa1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Bc5 15. Qa4 Qd5+ 16. Kg1 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Na6 18. c4 Qc5 19. d4 exd4 20. exd4 Qg5
21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Qxc6 Nb4 23. Qg2 Qxc2 24. Qxc2 Nxc2 25. Rd1 a4 26. Rb2 Ne3 27.
Rc1 a3 28. Rb3 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 a2 30. Rc1 a1=Q 31. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 32. Kg2 Ra2+ 33.
Kh3 Rd2 34. d5 g5 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Nxd3 Rd8 37. Nb4 f5 38. Nc6 Rd7 39. Kg2 Kg7
40. Nb4 Kf6 41. h4 h6 42. hxg5+ hxg5 43. Kf3 Rb7 44. Nc6 Rb3+ 45. Ke2 Rb5 46.
d6 Rd5 47. Nb4 Rxd6 48. Nd3 Rd4 49. Ke3 Ra4 50. Ke2 Ra3 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Kd4
Rxd3+ 53. Kxd3 Kd5 54. Ke3 Ke5 0-1
[Event “NNM 98 kl. M”]
[Site “Tromsoe”]
[Date “1998.06.01”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Paulsen, Viktor”]
[Black “Jaeger, Frode B”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A41”]
[WhiteElo “1786”]
[BlackElo “2054”]
[PlyCount “34”]
1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 Be6 6. b3 c6 7. Nf3 f6 8.
Bb2 Nh6 9. O-O-O+ Kc7 10. h3 Nf7 11. e3 Be7 12. Be2 a5 13. Na4 Na6 14. Nd2 b6
15. Kb1 Bf5+ 16. e4 Be6 17. Bg4 Nd8 1/2-1/2
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. h4 Bg7 6. Be2 d6 7. Nh3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nf4 Bf7 11. Qc2 c6 12. Bd2 h6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bc1 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rab1 g6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Bh4 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15.
f4 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Ne2 Nef8 18. e4 Nf6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. e5 Rc7 21. exf6
Bb5 22. Qd2 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxf6 24. f5 Qd6 25. Qd2 Re8 26. Ng3 b5 27. fxg6 hxg6
28. Qh6 Rc4 29. Nh5 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Ng3 g6 14. f4 Nf6
15. f5 g5 16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Na5 19. Bd5 Rd8 20. e4 b6 21. Be3
Ke7 22. Rf2 h5 23. Qc1 Rdg8 24. Qa3 Rc8 25. Rd1 Rhg8 26. Rfd2 Be8 27. Rf2 Kf8
28. Qc1 Ba4 29. Rd3 Ke7 30. Bd2 g4 31. h4 gxh3 32. Rxh3 h4 33. Be1 Rg4 34. Rff3
Rcg8 35. Rh2 Kd6 36. Qd2 Kc7 37. Rfh3 Rh8 38. Qf2 Rf4 39. Rf3 Rg4 40. Rfh3 Rf4
41. Rf3 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Qg5 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Rc7+ Re7 20. Rf1+ Ke8
21. Qd6 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxb7 Nd7 24. Rf4 Rc8 25. Rxa7 Rc1+ 26. Kf2 Nc5
27. b4 Ne6 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Ng5 30. Bd3 Kd8 31. b5 h6 32. Rb7 Ra1 33. h4
Ne6 34. Rxb6 Nc5 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rc8 Kd6 37. Rg8 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. a4 Ra2
40. Kf3 Rxa4 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 14. b3 Nb4 15. Bg5
Rc8 16. Bd3 Rc5 17. Be3 Rc8 18. h4 d5 19. g5 d4 20. gxf6 dxe3 21. fxe7 exd2 22.
exd8=Q dxc1=Q+ 23. Rxc1 Rfxd8 24. Nb5 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxd3 27. Rc3
Rxc3 28. Nxc3 Bd7 29. Kc2 f6 30. Nb1 g5 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Nxa3 b5 33. Kd2 h5
34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Nb1 Ke6 36. Nc3 Kd6 37. Nd5 Ke6 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. Nb6 Bc6 40. a4
bxa4 41. bxa4 Ke7 42. a5 Kd8 43. Nc4 g4 44. Nxe5 Bb7 45. Nf7+ Kc7 46. fxg4 hxg4
47. e5 Bc6 48. Kg3 Bd7 49. Nh6 Kb7 50. Nxg4 Ka6 51. Nf6 Be6 52. Kf4 Kxa5 53.
Kg5 Kb6 54. Ne4 Kc6 55. Kf6 Bd5 56. Nc3 Bc4 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nb3 d6 8. g3
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 Ne5 11. Ned4 Bb7 12. f3 Qc7 13. Kf2 d5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4
dxc4 16. Nd2 c3 17. bxc3 bxc3 18. N2f3 Bxe4 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Qe2 Nd5 21. Ng5 Nf6
22. Qxa6 Bd5 23. h3 Bc5 24. Qb5+ Nd7 25. Qd3 h6 26. Nb5 Qc6 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28.
Nc7+ Kf8 29. Nxd5 hxg5 30. Nxc3 gxf4 31. Bxc5+ Nxc5 32. Kg2 fxg3 33. Kxg3 Rd4
34. Rab1 Rh6 35. Nb5 Rxa4 36. Nd6 Ra3+ 37. Kg2 Rg6+ 38. Kh2 Rf3 39. Rb5 Rf2+
40. Kh1 Rxc2 41. Nf5 Nd7 42. Rb7 Rf6 43. Nd4 Rc3 44. Rxd7 Ke8 45. Rb7 Rxh3+ 46.
Kg2 Rh5 47. Nxe6 fxe6 48. Rxg7 Kf8 49. Rg3 Kf7 50. Rf1 Rhf5 51. Rxf5 Rxf5 52.
Rf3 Kf6 53. Rxf5+ Kxf5 1/2-1/2
NNM 99:
[pgn autoplayMode=none] [Event “NNM kl.M”] [Site “Tromsoe”] [Date “1999.05.21”] [Round “1”] [White “Roeyset, Paal”] [Black “Hoejgaard, Samson”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “B05”] [PlyCount “57”]1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. b3 Qc7 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. a3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. g3 b5 15.
Be4 Nc5 16. Bg2 a5 17. f4 a4 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 c5 21. b5 Rab8 22.
Rad1 Rxb5 23. f5 Rfb8 24. Ba1 N7b6 25. Nd6 Rb3 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Qg4 Bxd6 28.
Qxe6+ Kh8 29. exd6 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 e5 10. h3 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Nd5 b5 14. Bb3 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Na7 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Rc2 Qb7 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Bg5 Rfe8 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21.
Ng5 g6 22. Re2 Bf5 23. Qg3 Kg7 24. Rde1 Qc7 25. Re3 Rce8 26. h4 h5 27. Bd1 Qc4
28. Bxh5 Qxd5 29. Bd1 Qd4 30. h5 Rh8 31. Ne4 Nc8 32. Qg5 Qxb4 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34.
hxg6 Bxg6 35. Bb3 Qd4 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qf6 Rg8 38. Rc1 Nb6 39. Bxf7 Rxf7 40.
Qd8+ Kg7 41. Rg3+ 1-0
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1+ 8.
Nxd1 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. b3 Rfd8 12. Bb2 h6 13. Nb5 e4 14. Nfd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Bg6 16. Rfd1 c6 17. Nc2 a5 18. Kf1 a4 19. Ke1 Ng4 20. h3 e3 21. Nxe3
Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bc2 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bd4 Bb4+ 25. Kf2 c5 26. Be5 f6 27. Bc7 Rd7
28. Bd5+ Kh7 29. Bb8 f5 30. bxa4 Bxa4 31. e4 fxe4 32. Bxe4+ g6 33. a3 Bd2 34.
Rb1 b5 35. cxb5 c4 36. b6 c3 37. Bc7 Rf7+ 38. Kg2 c2 39. Bxc2 Bxc2 40. Ra1 Be4+
0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8.
O-O h5 9. h4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Qa4 d3 12. exd3 Qxd3 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 Qxc4 16. Bf4 Bb6 17. Rac1 Qe2 18. Rc2 Qd3 19. b5 Nd4 20. Rxc7+ Bxc7
21. Bxc7 Kxc7 22. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 23. Kh1 Qc3 24. b6+ Kd6 25. Qa4 Ke7 26. Qf4 Rd3
27. Qf5 Rhd8 28. Qg6 Ng4 29. Qxg7+ Qxg7 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3
a6 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Rb8 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Rfd1 Bg4 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. f3 Bh3
15. e4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rbd8 17. Nde2 Qc6 18. Nf4 Rfe8 19. Nfd5 Nfd7 20. Nb4 Qc8
21. Nd3 Ne5 22. Nf2 f5 23. f4 Nc6 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Nd5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 27.
Kg1 e5 28. Re1 Qf5 29. Rf1 Nd4 30. Rce1 Qg4 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Ne3 Nxe3+ 33. Rxe3
Qc8 34. Qd5+ Kh8 35. Rfe1 h5 36. Qf7 Kh7 37. fxe5 Rf8 38. Qd5 dxe5 39. Qe4 Rd2+
40. R3e2 Qd7 41. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 42. Qe2 Rd8 43. Bc1 Qd6 44. Bb2 Qc6+ 45. Kg1 Qc5+
1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Ne5 g6 13. f4 c5 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Rf3
Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rg3 Nf6 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Kh1 Rfd8 20. Nb1 Qe6 21. Rf1 Kf8
22. Qf2 Ba6 23. Rd1 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Ng4 25. Qg1 cxd4 26. Rxg4 Qxg4 27. Bxd4 Be2
28. Re1 Rc2 29. Qf2 Bd3 30. Nd2 Rdc8 31. Qf6 Rxd2 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34.
Qh8+ Kd7 35. e6+ Qxe6 36. Qxh7 Rcc2 37. Rg1 Qf5 38. h3 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 Qf1+ 0-1
1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O f5 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. e4 O-O 8. b4 a5
9. b5 Qe8 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. a3 Qxc5 8. b4
Qc7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Rc1 e5 13. Qb3 e4 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 Nh5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. e4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qe5 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. e5 Ng4 21. Nh4
Bxh4 22. Rd4 Bxg3 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 a6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. Be2
Be7 9. h3 b5 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 b4 13. g5 bxc3 14. bxc3 hxg5 15.
fxg5 Nd7 16. d4 Nb6 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Bf4 Na4 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc4 Rb8 13. Nc3 Rxb2 14.
O-O Qd6 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Ba6 17. Rfb1 Rc2 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rd8 20.
Kf1 Kf8 21. Ke1 Rd4 22. Nd1 e5 23. Rc3 Ra4 24. a3 Ra5 25. Kd2 Ke7 26. Nb2 Rb5
27. Kc2 Bc8 28. a4 Bf5+ 29. Kc1 Rb4 30. f3 f6 31. e4 Be6 32. Kc2 h5 33. Ra3 g5
34. Kc3 a5 35. Nd3 Rb1 36. f4 exf4 37. gxf4 g4 38. f5 Bf7 39. Kd4 Rh1 40. e5
fxe5+ 41. Kxe5 Rxh2 42. Nf4 h4 43. Rd3 g3 44. Ne6 Re2+ 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. f4 exf4 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. exd5 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Nxd5 8.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Ne4 Ne3 10. Bxe3 fxe3 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Ke2 O-O 13. Kxe3 Re8+ 14.
Kd2 Nc6 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Kxc3 Bg4 17. Nd2 f5 18. h3 Bh5 19. g3 Re3 20. Rg1 Rae8
21. g4 Bg6 22. Nc4 Re1 23. Rxe1 Rxe1 24. Kd2 Rb1 25. Rh1 fxg4 26. hxg4 Bf7 27.
Bg2 Rxh1 28. Bxh1 Bxc4 29. dxc4 Ne5 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31. Bxb7 Nxg4 32. b4 Ne5 33.
Kc3 Ke7 34. Kd4 Kf6 35. c5 Nd7 36. b5 g5 37. a4 h5 38. a5 g4 39. b6 axb6 40.
cxb6 cxb6 41. axb6 Nxb6 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. Bc6 Kd6 44. Be8 h4 45. Bh5 g3 46. Bg4
Ke5 47. Bh3 Kd5 48. Kd3 Ke5 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Kd3 Ke5 51. Ke3 Kd5 1/2-1/2
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Nf3 fxe4 8. Bxe4
Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. Bc2 Qh5 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. Nb5 a6 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxc7 Bd6 17. g3 Qxh2+ 0-1
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. c4 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. cxb5 Nb6 7. bxa6+ Nxa4
8. Qxa4+ Bd7 9. Qd4 Rxa6 10. Nc3 Rd6 11. d3 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Bb5 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.
Bd2 e5 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. bxa6
O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bxa6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Re1 Ne8
15. Bd2 Nc7 16. a3 Nb5 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. a4 Na7 19. Bc3 Nb6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b3
Nd7 22. Nf4 Rab6 23. Qc2 Qb7 24. Re3 Rb4 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Nd2 Ne5 27. Nd3 Nxd3
28. Qxd3 Nc8 29. Nc4 Rxa4 30. e5 Qb5 31. exd6 Nxd6 32. Nxd6 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 exd6
34. Re1 Rab4 35. Ree3 Kf8 36. Kf1 Re8 37. Ke2 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Qc2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7 14. Qe4 Qc7 15.
Nd2 Bb7 16. Bh5 O-O-O 17. Rxf7 c5 18. Qe3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rhf8 20. Raf1 Bd5 21.
Ne4 b4 22. Nc5 Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Qc6 24. Bg4 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Rd7 26. Rf8+ Kb7 27. Rf6
Rc7 28. a3 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. axb4 Rb5 31. Kf2 Rxb4 32. Ke3 c3 33. Be2 Re4+
34. Kd3 c2 35. Rf1 Rxe2 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Nc2 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. b3 Bd7 15. Rab1
Nh5 16. g4 Nf6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc8 19. Rfe1 g5 20. h4 gxh4 21. g5 hxg5
22. Qxg5 Rg8 23. Kh1 Bh3 24. Qxh4+ Bh6 25. Rg1 Bg2+ 26. Rxg2 Rxg2 27. Kxg2 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nf3 g6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Bxh6 Qxb3 14. axb3 Rxh6
15. c4 Rh8 16. Ne2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Kf8 18. Nf4 Nb6 19. b3 Kg7 20. Rfd1 Rhd8 21.
Ra2 a5 22. c5 Bxc5 23. Ng5 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Ngxe6+ fxe6 26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27.
Nxd4 a4 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Rb2 Rxd4 30. Rxb6 Rd7 31. f4 Ke6 32. Kf2 Kf5 33. Ke3
Rc7 34. g3 Rd7 35. Rb3 Ke6 36. Ke4 b5 37. Rc3 Rc7 38. Rd3 Rd7 39. Rc3 Rc7 40.
Kd4 Kf5 41. Kc5 Rc8 42. Rd3 Kg4 43. Re3 Kf5 44. e6 Re8 45. Kd6 Kf6 46. e7 b4
47. Kd7 Kf7 48. Re6 b3 49. f5 gxf5 50. Re5 Kf6 51. Kxe8 Kxe5 52. Kd7 c5 53.
e8=Q+ Kd4 54. Kd6 c4 55. Qe5+ Kd3 56. Qb2 1-0
1. e4 d6 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Bg2 Nh5 12. Kh2 exf4 13. gxf4 f5 14. Ne2 Qh4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. c3 Bg7 17. Bd2 Qg3+ 18. Kh1 Qxd3 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rad1 Ng3+
21. Kh2 Nxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Qxe4 23. Bg2 Qe2 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 e5 4. Nf3 Qc7 5. axb4 Bxb4 6. c3 Be7 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bc4 Nd8 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. d4 d6 12. Ba3 a6 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. dxe5 Qe7 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. O-O O-O 18. e5 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Nd4
1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. a3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. d3 a6 10. Kh1 b5 11. Ba2 Rb8 12. Nd1 Qc7 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Ne3 b4 15. Rb1
b3 16. cxb3 Nxb3 17. Ng4 h6 18. Qh4 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nd4 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. gxf6
1-0
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Qb3 b4 14. Na4 c5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qd1 Nd3 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. axb4 axb4 20. h3 h6 21.
Qa4 Qb6 22. Nd4 Be4 23. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Ra8 25. Qb3 Qb7 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27.
Nxf3 Nd5 28. Ne5 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Nd3 f5 31. Qa4 Kh7 32. Qb5 Qc2 33. Nc5
Qxb2 34. Nxe6 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Nf4 b3 37. Qxd5 Qc3 38. Qxf5+ Kg8 39. Qd5+
Kh7 40. Qd3+ 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Bd3
e6 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ra7 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. f4 O-O 14. Na4 b5 15.
Nc5 Na5 16. Qc3 Qb6 17. O-O g6 18. b3 Nb7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Rc2 b4 21. Qc6 Rb8
22. Rfc1 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 a5 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Rc7 Rbb7 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. f3 Ra7 28.
Bb5 Kf8 29. Kg3 Kg7 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Ke2 Kg7 32. Kd3 Nh5 33. Rc5 Kf6 34. Rc8 Kg7
35. Kd2 Nf6 36. Kd3 Nh5 37. Kc2 Kf6 38. Kb2 Ng7 39. Bd3 Nf5 40. Bxf5 Kxf5 41.
h4 Kf6 42. a3 Kg7 43. axb4 axb4 44. Rb8 Kh6 45. Rxb4 Kh5 46. Ra4 Rb7 47. Ra1
Kxh4 48. Rg1 Kh3 49. Kc3 Rc7+ 50. Kd3 Rb7 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Bc6 14. Rd1
Qe6 15. Rd6 Qg4 16. h3 Qf4 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Nf5 19. Rdd1 e3 20. Qb4 Qh6 21.
Bg4 Nh4 22. Rd6 exf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qg5 24. Qd4 Rae8 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rdxd2 Rd8 27.
Rd6 Ng6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. e6 f6 30. Bb4 Re8 31. Rd2 Ne5 32. Bh5 g6 33. Bd1 Kg7
34. Bb3 h5 35. Bc3 a6 36. Rd6 Kf8 37. Kf2 Kg7 38. Bd4 g5 39. Bb6 Kg6 40. Bd8
Kg7 41. Ba5 Kg6 42. Bc3 Kg7 43. a4 Be4 44. g3 Bc6 45. a5 Kg6 46. Ke3 Bg2 47. h4
Bc6 48. Bc2+ Kh6 49. Bxe5 fxe5 50. e7+ Kg7 51. Re6 e4 52. hxg5 Kf7 53. Bb3 Kg7
54. Bd1 Rh8 55. Rxc6 bxc6 56. Bxh5 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f3 Na6 1/2-1/2
[Event “NNM kl.M”] [Site “Tromsoe”] [Date “1999.05.23”] [Round “5”] [White “Nilssen, Tor G”] [Black “Hoejgaard, Samson”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “A04”] [PlyCount “61”]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. e5 h6 10. h4 d4 11. c4 Rb8 12. Bf4 b6 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. Nf6+
Bxf6 16. exf6 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxg2 19. Bxb8 Bb7 20. Be5 Qd7 21. Qg4
Qc6 22. Re4 Qa4 23. h5 Kh7 24. hxg6+ fxg6 25. Rae1 Qxa2 26. Rf4 Bc8 27. Qe2 Qa6
28. Rxf5 Bxf5 29. Bd6 Rf7 30. Qe8 Qb7 31. Be7 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. O-O
Qd6 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Rac1 Rb4 19. Bc5 Qb8 20. Qxb8
Rbxb8 21. Bxe7 Rfe8 22. Bd6 Rb6 23. Bc5 Rc6 24. Nb5 Re5 25. Bb4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Rxb5 27. Rc4 Be6 28. Re4 Bxa2 29. g4 Rb8 30. h4 Bd5 31. Rf4 Be5 32. Rf8+ Rxf8
33. Bxf8 Kg8 34. Be7 Bf3 35. g5 Kf7 36. Bc5 Ke6 37. Bb4 Bf4 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bg2 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. b4 g6
15. Rac1 Re8 16. e4 Bf8 17. Ne5 Bh6 18. Qd3 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxb6 cxb6
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. a3 Bg7 23. Nf1 Rc4 24. d5 Rc3 25. Qe2 exd5 26. exd5 Qd6 27.
Rd3 Rc1 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 dxc3 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Kf8
8. Qxc5+ Qe7 9. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 10. Be3 d6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bg5 Qf5 13. Nbd2 Be6 14.
Rfe1 Re8 15. Bh4 Bd5 16. Bg3 Kf7 17. b4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rxe8 Kxe8 20. h3
Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Qb1+ 22. Kh2 Qxb4 23. Qe3+ Qe4 24. Qb3 Nd8 25. Qb5+ Qc6 26. Qg5
Kf8 27. Qf5 Qd7 28. Qa5 a6 29. Bh4 Nf7 30. Qc3 Qe7 31. Kg1 Kg8 32. a4 c5 33.
Qb3 h6 34. Kh1 Kh8 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Nh4 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. g3 Kg7 39. Qxb7
f5 40. Qf3 Kf6 41. Qh5 f4 42. Qg6+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ Kf8 44. Kg2 fxg3 45. fxg3 c4
46. Qg4 Ng5 47. Nh4 Qe4+ 48. Qxe4 Nxe4 49. Nf5 Nc5 50. Kf3 c3 51. Ke2 d5 52. a5
Kf7 53. Nxh6+ Ke6 54. Ng4 d4 55. Nf2 c2 56. Kd2 d3 57. Nxd3 Nxd3 58. Kxc2 Nf2
59. h4 Kd5 60. h5 Ng4 61. Kd3 Nh6 62. Ke3 Ke5 63. Kd3 Kd5 64. Ke3 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rc1 c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Be2 cxd4 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. exd4
Rfd8 15. O-O Qf6 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qd2 Bb3 20. Bf3
Bxd1 21. Bxa8 Bg4 22. Bb7 Rxd4 23. Qe3 Bf5 24. Ba6 g5 25. Qf3 Rd8 26. b4 g4 27.
Qg3 g6 28. Qc7 Rd2 29. Rf1 Qd4 30. Qxa7 e5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qc7 Rc2 33. Qe7 Be6
34. a4 e4 35. a5 e3 36. fxe3 Qxe3+ 37. Kh1 Rf2 38. Qb7 bxa5 39. bxa5 g3 40.
hxg3 Rd2 41. Qf3 Qh6+ 42. Kg1 Bd5 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Rf2 Rxf2 45. Qxf2 Qc1+ 46.
Kh2 Qc3 47. Qb6 Qd2 48. Bf1 Qe1 49. Qb5 Qd2 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2
1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Bc5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. h3 Na6 8. e4
Nc7 9. Re1 Ne6 10. c3 g6 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5
15. h4 Qe7 16. Kh2 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Kg1 Raf8 20. g4 Rxf2 21.
gxh5 Qxh4 22. Re2 Qg3 23. Rxf2 Rxf2 24. Qf1 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxd3
27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rf6 Kg7 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. a3 Nge7 7. Ba2 Nd4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. c3 Nxf3+ 11. Rxf3 Bb7 12. d3 d5 13. Qc2 c4 14. e5 d4 15. Rh3
cxd3 16. Qxd3 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qc6 19. Qe2 a6 20. Rc1 Rac8 21. b4
Rfd8 22. Bc5 Nf5 23. Qf2 Rd7 24. Re1 Rcd8 25. Bb3 Rd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qc2
Rxc3 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qc1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Ne5 Qb6 16. Nd3 Rac8 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nd4 20. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 21.
Kg2 Nxc1 22. Raxc1 Qa7 23. Bxc8 Qa8+ 24. Kg1 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Rc1 Qd8
0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nc2 Bc5 7. Be3 Be7 8.
g3 Ng4 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Nd5 f5 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bg5
15. b3 Qd7 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Na3 a6 18. Nb1 e4 19. Nbc3 Kh8 20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Bh3
Qf7 22. Nxe4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Qh5 24. Rh4 Qg6 25. Nf2 Ng4 26. Nd3 Qf6 27. Rf1 Qe7
28. Nf4 Kg8 29. Bg2 Bf7 30. Nd5 Qe6 31. Rxf5 Rd7 32. e4 Ne5 33. Rhf4 Qh6 34.
Qd4 Ng6 35. Rf1 Ne5 36. R5f4 Qh5 37. Bf3 Qh3 38. Ne3 Rdd8 39. Bg2 Qe6 40. Nf5
Bg6 41. Qd5 1-0
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 Bb7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. a4 Qe7 13. a5 Rad8 14. Ra4 Kh8 15.
Qc2 Qf7 16. b3 e5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. e4 d4 19. Bc4 Qg6 20. Nh4 Qg4 21. Nf5 Bb8
22. Nd5 Rg8 23. g3 Rg5 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Bxe2 Rxf5 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. c4
Qc7 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Rfe1 Bg4 15.
f3 Bc8 16. Nc2 Rd8 17. Ba3 Be6 18. Ne3 b5 19. Ne2 Qa7 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Nf4 Bf8
22. Qd4 Ne8 23. Qc3 Bg7 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Rd2 Ra7 26. Red1 Rad7 27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28.
Bh3 Qg5 29. f4 Qh5 30. Bg4 Qh6 31. e5 Bf8 32. Bb2 Bg7 33. Qe4 Rc8 34. Bxe6 fxe6
35. exd6 Kh8 36. Qxe6 Bxb2 37. Qxd7 Rb8 38. Rxb2 Nf6 39. Qxc6 Re8 40. Qxe8+
Nxe8 41. d7 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. a3
c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bxa6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. h4 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Nb6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. a3 Re8 11. b4 e5 12. e3 e4 13. Ne1 Nf8 14. Nb3 h5 15. h4 Ng4
16. Bh1 Nh7 17. Ng2 g5 18. hxg5 Nxg5 19. Nh4 Qc7 20. a4 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Bf6 22. f4
exf3+ 23. Nxf3 Rxe3 24. Kxh3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Ne3+ 26. Kh2 Nxc2 27. Rxf6 Nxa1 28.
Nxa1 Qe7 29. Rh6 Qe2+ 30. Bg2 Bg4 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O d6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qb8 13. Bb6 Nd7 14. Be3 Nce5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Na4 b5 17. Nc5 Nb6 18. Nd3 Nd7 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d5 2. d4 c6 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Nd7 9. Nd2 c5 10. c3 Qb6 11. O-O Ne7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Be3 c4 15.
Qc2 Be7 16. b3 Na5 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Kb8 19. f5 Rdg8 20. Ne2 Qd8 21. Bf2 b6
22. Bg3 Ka8 23. Nf4 Nf8 24. Ne2 Qe8 25. Nd2 Qc6 26. Rf1 Nh7 27. fxe6 fxe6 28.
Nf4 Nf8 29. bxc4 Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Qxc4 31. h5 g5 32. hxg6 Bg5 33. Rb4 Qc6 34. Nh5
Nxg6 35. Rf7 Qe8 36. Rc7 Qd8 37. Rc6 Be3+ 38. Kf1 Qg5 39. Qe2 Nh4 40. Bxh4 Qxh4
41. Qf3 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Rxg2+ 43. Kxe3 Qc1+ 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d3 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nc6 9. e5 Ne8 10. a4 a6 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nb4 13. Qd2 d6 14. exd6 Nxd6 15.
Nc3 Qb6 16. Ne2 Rad8 17. Qc1 f6 18. Bd2 e5 19. Nf4 Nf5 20. Bh3 Qc6 21. Bxf5
Qxf3 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 exf4 24. Rxe7 fxg3 25. hxg3 Nc6 26. Re3 Qf5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Ra6 Ne5 29. Kg2 Ng4 30. Re2 Rde8 31. Be3 Qh5 32. Qh1 Qf5 33. Kg1 c4
34. dxc4 bxc4 35. Qc6 Re4 36. Ra8 Ne5 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bc5+ Kf7 39. Qd5+ 1-0
NNM 2000 (kommentert av Fritz 6):
[pgn autoplayMode=none] [Event “NNM Narvik kl. M”] [Site “?”] [Date “2000.??.??”] [Round “1”] [White “Selfors, Willy”] [Black “Svedenborg, Paul”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “B40”] [WhiteElo “1591”] [BlackElo “2159”] [Annotator “Fritz 6 (60s)”] [PlyCount “44”] [EventDate “2000.??.??”]1. e4 {B40: Sicilian: 2…e6, Unusual lines} 1… c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nc3 $146 (7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 (8. c4 f5 (8…
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. c5 Bc7 11. Nc3 Nbc6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Bc2 a4 15.
Nd4 a3 16. Ncb5 axb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. f4 Bxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Rxa2 20. Bb3 Ra1 21.
Rxa1 bxa1=Q 22. Qxa1 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qa2 Be4 25. Bg3 Nd4 26. Rd1 Nxb3 27.
Qxb3 Qc8 28. Rc1 h5 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Qf2 Qf5 31. Re1 Ra8 32. h3 Ra4 33. Qe3 Qg6
34. Re2 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Rd1 36. Rd2 Rf1 37. Rf2 Rb1 38. Re2 Kh7 39. Ra2 Qf5 40.
Re2 Qc8 41. Bf2 Qc6 42. Qg3 Qa6 43. Re1 {
Colovic,A-Ivanisevic,I/Lazarevac YUG 1999/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 9. Bg5 fxe4 10. Bxe4
Qe8 11. Nc3 a6 12. Qd3 g6 13. h4 Nbc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne4 d5 16. Nf6+ Rxf6
17. Bxf6 Nf5 18. h5 a5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Ba6 21. b3 e5 22. Bb2 e4 {
Erdelyi,Z-Antal,G/Budapest HUN 2000/The Week in Chess/1/2-1/2 (33)}) (8. N1d2
f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Re1 Qf7 13. Bf4 h6 14. Bxf5 Qxf5
15. Bd6 Rf7 16. Re2 g5 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qf6 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Nb5 Qc5 21.
Nd6 Rxf2 22. Ne4 Rf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qg1# {
0-1 Saad,H-Diczew,F/Oropesa del Mar ESP 1999 (23)}) 8… Nbc6 9. Qh5 f5 10.
exf5 Nxf5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Na4 g6 13. Qh3 d5 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5
Nxe5 17. Bf4 Ra4 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qg3 Re4 20. c3 Qf7 21. Bxe5 Rexe5 22. Nd4
Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qe7 24. Qf2 Kg7 25. Nf3 Re3 26. Qd2 Qe4 27. Ng5 Qd3 28. Qf2 Bf5
29. g4 Re2 30. Qf4 h6 31. Qc7+ Kf6 32. Nh7+ Ke6 33. gxf5+ gxf5 34. Qxb6+ Ke7
35. Qxb7+ Kd6 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Qf8+ {
1-0 Varga Zo-Fogarasi T/01, FSGM Feb, Budapest HUN 1998 (37)}) 7… O-O 8. Na4
Bc7 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Qh5 d5 12. Nd4 $4 {throwing away the advantage}
(12. Bg5 $142 {and White is still in the game} 12… Qd7 13. Nc3 $11) 12… g6
$19 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bf4 15. Qe2 e5 16. Nb3 e4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qc4+ Rf7
19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Qd5 $2 (20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Nc3 Be5 $19) 20… Bg4 (20… Nc6
$142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 21. h3 e3 $19) 21. f3 (21. Qd8+ Kg7 22. Qxc7
Rxc7 23. Nd4 $19) 21… exf3 22. gxf3 (22. Qd8+ {
there is nothing better in the position} 22… Kg7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Nd4 fxg2
25. Rg1 $19) 22… Qe7+ (22… Qe7+ 23. Qe4 Qh4+ 24. Ke2 Re7 $19) 0-1
1. e4 {C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} 1… e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
f5 4. exf5 exf5 5. Ndf3 (5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. b3 Ne4
10. Bb2 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Ndf3 Be6 15. Rc1 Rac8
16. Qe2 a6 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Qc7 {
Manolov,I-Schweiger,G/Cannes FRA 2000/The Week in Chess 278/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 5…
Nf6 $146 (5… Bd6 6. Nh3 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nf6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. Nxf4
O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. h4 Nd8 13. Ne5 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Nd3 b6 16. Nf4 Bf7 17.
Rfe1 c6 {0-1 Svoboda Svatopulk-Nikolajevs Deniss/09, EuYouth U14 Boys, Tallinn
EST 1997 (17)}) 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. c3 {
Prevents intrusion on b4} 10… Qd6 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. O-O g6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Rad1
Be6 15. Bc2 Bg7 {Black prepares the advance f4} 16. Nc1 f4 17. Rde1 Bg4 18. Bd1
Nd8 19. h3 Bf5 20. Bc2 c6 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Re8+ Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nd3 Bh6
25. Re1 Nf7 26. Qe2 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1… c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4
6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nb5 Qe5+ 10. Be2 a6 11. N5a3 b5 12. Nd2
Bg4 $146 (12… e6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. O-O Be7 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Nb1
Be8 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Nbd2 Qb6 23. a3 Nd5
24. Bxe7 Ncxe7 25. Qe4 Nf6 26. Qa8 Nc6 27. h3 Qa7 28. Qc8 Kf8 29. Bd3 Qd7 30.
Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Nb3 Ke7 32. Kf1 Kd6 33. Ke2 Nd5 34. g3 Nb6 35. Kd2 e5 36. g4 Be6
37. Nc1 Bd5 38. Ne1 Nc4+ 39. Bxc4 Bxc4 40. Ke3 f6 41. Ng2 Ne7 42. Nd3 Nd5+ 43.
Ke4 g6 44. Nc1 Bf1 45. Kf3 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. h4 {
Ferron Garcia,C-Shipov,S/Internet ICC 2000/The Week in Chess 280/1/2-1/2 (62)})
13. Nf3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 e6 15. f4 Qe4 16. Rg1 Rd8 17. Be3 g6 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19.
Qxd1 Bxa3 20. bxa3 O-O 21. Bf3 Qc4 22. Qb3 Qxb3 (22… Nd5 $5 23. a4 Na5 24.
Qxc4 bxc4 $17) 23. axb3 $15 Nd5 (23… Na5 $5 $15 {
should be examined more closely}) 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {C02: French: Advance Variation} 1… e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5.
Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 Bxc4 8. Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5 Qb3 $146 (9… Ne7 10. Nc3 exd5
11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be7 13. Qxc4 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. Be3 Nd4
17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Qxd4 Bc5 21. Qd2 Bxa3 22. Qc2 Be7
23. h4 h6 24. Re1 {Parkin,J-Berg,E/Oropesa del Mar ESP 1999/1/2-1/2 (51)}) (
9… Nd7 10. Nc3 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Nxc4 Qb3 15. O-O
Kb8 16. f4 Bh6 17. fxe5 Bxc1 18. Rfxc1 fxe5 19. a4 {
1-0 Giaccio,A-Cristobal,R/Mar del Plata ARG 1999 (19)}) 10. Qxb3 cxb3 11. dxe6
fxe6 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nxb3 h6 {Consolidates g5} 14. Be3 b6 {Controls a5} 15.
O-O-O Rd8 16. Nbd2 Nge7 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. Rhe1 Be7 19. Nfd2 (19. h4 $5 $11) 19…
O-O 20. Ne4 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Bg5 (21… Rd5 $142 $5 $15 {is interesting}) 22. Nxg5
$14 hxg5 23. Rd6 Nd4 24. f3 Rxd6 (24… g4 $5 $11) 25. exd6 $14 ({Not} 25. Nxd6
g4 26. fxg4 Rf1+ 27. Kd2 Rf2+ 28. Kc1 a5 $11) 25… Rd8 26. Re5 b5 27. Nd2 Rxd6
28. Rxc5 Rc6 29. Rxc6 Nxc6 30. Ne4 Kf7 31. Nxg5+ Kf6 32. Ne4+ Ke5 33. Kd2 a6
34. Ke3 a5 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Ng3 Ne5+ 37. Kc3 Nc4 38. Nh5 g6 $2 (38… Ne3 $142
$16) 1-0
1. d4 {D44: Semi-Slav: Botvinnik System} 1… d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6
5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7
12. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Bg2 b4 16. Ne4 $146 (16. O-O Nxf6 17.
Qc1 Rh5 18. Ne2 exd5 19. Nf4 Re5 20. b3 Qe7 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23.
Qxc4 Ne4 24. Rfe1 O-O-O 25. Nd3 Nd2 26. Nxe5 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Rd4 28. Re8+ Kd7 29.
Rae1 Qd5 30. R1e7+ Kc6 31. Ne3 Qxa2 32. Rc8+ Kb6 33. Rb8+ Kc6 34. Rc8+ Kb6 35.
Rb8+ {1/2-1/2 Tisdall J-Ardiansyah/04, World Cities, Jakarta INA 1997 (35)})
16… Nxf6 17. Qd2 (17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. d6+ Kf8 $14) 17… Rg6 (17… Rh5 $142 $5
{should be considered} 18. O-O-O Bxd5 $15) 18. Qe2 Bxd5 19. O-O Nxe4 20. Bxe4
Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qh4 {Black cannot castle queen side} 22… Qd4 {
Black plans c3} 23. Qh5 Rc8 ({Weaker is} 23… Qxb2 24. Qxc5 Rd8 25. Rad1 $14)
24. Rab1 c3 25. Rbd1 Qf6 26. b3 (26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. Qe2 c4 $15) 26… Kf8 27.
Qe2 Kg7 28. Qc4 Qf5 29. Rfe1 Rh8 30. f4 $2 (30. Qe4 $142 $19) 30… Qh3 31. Qe2
Rxg3+ $3 {Demolition of pawn structure} 32. Kh1 (32. hxg3 Qh1+) 32… Re3 33.
Qg2+ Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Kf6 36. Rd1 (36. Kg3 {does not help much}
36… Rg8+ 37. Kf3 Rd8 $19) 36… Rd8 $1 {
the best thing is for Black to hand back some material} 37. Re1 (37. Rxd8 c2)
37… Rd2+ (37… Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa2 $19) 0-1
1. d4 {D01: Veresov Opening} 1… Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 Nbd7 5. Nxd5
Nxd5 6. e4 h6 (6… f6 7. Bh4 Be6 8. exd5 Bxd5 9. f4 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3
Qxc5 12. Nf3 e6 13. Bf2 Qc7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. O-O Bd6 17. Be3 O-O
18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qf2 Qc4 21. Nd2 {
De Souza Haro,P-Limp,E/Brasilia BRA 2000/The Week in Chess 272/0-1 (50)}) 7.
Bd2 e6 8. exf5 exf5 $146 (8… Qh4+ 9. g3 Qxd4 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. c3 Qb6 12. Qb3
Bc5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bh3 Ne5 15. Ke2 Nc4 16. f4 e5 17. Nf3 e4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19.
fxe5 Rf8 20. Rhf1 Rxf1 21. Bxf1 e3 22. Bc1 b5 23. a4 {
Remmel,T-Van der Veen,J/Dieren NED 1999/0-1 (53)}) 9. Qe2+ Ne7 10. O-O-O c6 11.
c4 Nf6 12. Bc3 Qd7 13. Nh3 (13. d5 cxd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rxd5 Qc7 $16) 13…
O-O-O $14 14. Nf4 Qc7 (14… Ng6 15. Nd3 $11) 15. g3 h5 16. Qf2 h4 17. Bh3 g5
18. Nd3 Bg7 19. Ne5 Rdf8 20. Qc2 g4 21. fxg4 fxg4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Bxg4+ f5
24. Bf3 (24. d5 $142 $5 Bxc3 25. d6 $16) 24… hxg3 $11 25. hxg3 Qxg3 26. Qe2
Qd6 27. a3 Qd7 28. Bb4 Bf6 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Kb8 31. Kb1 Rd8 32. Rhe1 Nc8
33. Qg2 Rdg8 34. Qc2 Rh3 35. Rd3 Rgg3 36. Rf1 Nb6 37. Be1 Rg8 38. Bf2 Rc8 39.
Qe2 Nc4 40. Rb3 Qa4 41. Rb4 $4 {cause more grief} (41. Ka2 $142 Bxb2 42. Rb1
Nxa3 43. Rxb7+ (43. R1xb2 $4 {White should leave the bishop alone} 43… Nc2+
44. Ra3 Qxa3+ 45. Kb1 Qa1#) 43… Kxb7 44. Rxb2+ Nb5+ 45. Kb1 Rxf3 46. Qxf3 $17
) 41… Nxa3+ $1 $19 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 42. bxa3 Qxa3 {
A double attack} 43. Rb2 (43. Bxa7+ Ka8 44. Bd4 Qxb4+ 45. Bb2 Rxf3 46. Rxf3
Bxb2 47. Qxb2 Qe4+ 48. Ka2 Qxf3 49. Qb3 Qf2+ 50. Ka3 $19) 43… Bxb2 (43…
Qxb2+ $6 44. Qxb2 Bxb2 45. Kxb2 Rxf3 46. Bxa7+ Kxa7 47. Rxf3 $15) (43… Rxf3
$6 {succumbs to} 44. Bxa7+ {Demolition of pawn structure} 44… Qxa7 45. Rxf3
Bxb2 46. Qxb2 $17) (43… Qxf3 $4 {taking the bishop will lose the game} 44.
Bxa7+ {Demolition of pawn structure} 44… Kxa7 45. Rxf3 (45. Qxf3 $6 Rxf3 46.
Ra2+ Kb6 47. Rxf3 Rd8 48. Rxf5 Be7 $18) 45… Rh1+ 46. Ka2 Bxb2 47. Kxb2 $18)
44. Qxb2 Qd3+ (44… Qd3+ 45. Ka2 Qa6+ (45… Qxf3 $6 {is impossible} 46. Bxa7+
Kxa7 47. Rxf3 Rxf3 48. Qb5 $17) 46. Qa3 Rc2+ (46… Qxf1 $6 {is a useless try}
47. Qxa7+ Kc7 48. Qb6+ Kb8 49. Qa7+ Kc7 50. Qb6+ Kb8 51. Qa7+ $11) 47. Kb1 Qxa3
48. Kxc2 Qa2+ 49. Kd1 Qb1+ 50. Kd2 Qxf1 (50… Rxf3 $6 {is a weaker possibility
} 51. Bxa7+ (51. Rxb1 $2 {is not as innocent as it looks} 51… Rxf2+ 52. Ke3
Rh2 $19) 51… Kxa7 52. Rxb1 $17) 51. Be3 Qxf3 52. Bf4+ Qxf4+ 53. Ke2 Qf3+ 54.
Ke1 Rh2 55. d6 Qe2#) (44… Qxf3 45. Bxa7+ {Demolishes the pawn shield} 45…
Kxa7 46. Rxf3 Rxf3 47. Qa1+ Kb6 48. Qd4+ Kb5 49. d6 Rb3+ 50. Ka2 $11) 0-1
1. e4 {A08: King’s Indian Attack} 1… e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3
Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 (8. Nh4 Bc7 9. f4 e5 10. f5 b5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Qf3 Nde7 13. f6 gxf6 14. Qxf6 Be6 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qh6 f6 17. c4 bxc4 18.
dxc4 Ndb4 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rxf6 Bxc4 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Ng6+ hxg6 23. Qh6+ Kg8
24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qg4+ {
1-0 Kassis,A-Kayle,C/Beirut LIB 2000/The Week in Chess (26)}) 8… Qc7 $146 (
8… Bc7 9. c3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 a5 13. Nf1 Re8 14. h4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nf8 16. N1h2 Rc8 17. h5 Qd7 18. h6 g6 19. Ng4 Bd8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Qd2 Nd7
22. Qf4 Ne7 23. Rac1 {Dumont,S-Vieira,A/Brasilia BRA 1999/1-0 (41)}) 9. Qe2 Nd7
10. c3 {Controls b4+d4} 10… b5 11. Nh4 d4 {This push gains space} 12. f4 Rb8
13. e5 {White gets more space} 13… Be7 14. Ne4 Nb6 15. Qh5 c4 $4 {
Black is ruining his position} (15… Bb7 $5 $15) 16. dxc4 (16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17.
exf6 Nd7 (17… cxd3 $4 {the pawn of course cannot be captured} 18. Qg5 g6 19.
Qh6 dxc3 20. Qg7#) 18. fxg7 Rd8 $18) 16… bxc4 $2 (16… dxc3 $142 17. cxb5
Nd4 $11) 17. g4 $4 {there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (17. Nf6+
$142 $1 Bxf6 18. exf6 $16) 17… Nd5 $17 18. g5 d3 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. gxf6 Bxf6
$4 {letting the wind out of his own sails.} (20… Rd8 $142 {would hold out}
21. Be4 Kf8 22. fxe7+ Qxe7 (22… Kxe7 $143 23. Qxh7 Qb6+ 24. Be3 Rg8+ 25. Qxg8
Nxe3 26. Ng6+ fxg6 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Bxc6+ Qxc6 29. Qxg6+ Kd8 30. Rxe3 $16) 23.
Qxh7 Ke8 $11) 21. Be4 $18 {Do you see the mate threat?} 21… Rd8 22. exf6 (22.
Qxh7+ Kf8 23. exf6 Ke8 24. Bxd5 Ne7 $18) 22… Kf8 $2 (22… Nxf6 23. Qg5+ Kf8
24. Qxf6 $18) 23. Qh6+ $4 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (23.
Qxh7 $142 {and White has prevailed} 23… Ke8 24. Bxd5 $18) 23… Ke8 $16 24.
Qg7 Qb6+ (24… Qd6 25. Qxh7 Bb7 26. Nf5 $14) 25. Kh1 (25. Be3 Qa5 26. b4 cxb3
27. axb3 $18) 25… Qc5 $11 26. Qg8+ (26. Nf5 $1 {is an interesting idea} 26…
Bb7 27. Bf3 $11) 26… Qf8 $15 27. Qg5 Bb7 28. Nf5 exf5 {
Deflection from d5. Opening the e-file gets White a lot of play} (28… Rd7
$142 $5 $15 {should be investigated more closely}) 29. Bxd5+ $14 {
Discovered attack} 29… Kd7 30. b3 ({Worse is} 30. Qxf5+ Kc7 31. Bf3 d2 $17)
30… Kc7 (30… cxb3 $5 {is worth looking at} 31. axb3 Qc5 $14) 31. bxc4 $16 (
31. Qxf5 $2 {is a blank shot} 31… Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Nb4 33. Qxb7+ Rxb7 34. cxb4
c3 $19) 31… Qd6 (31… Rxd5 $142 $5 32. cxd5 Qc5 $16) 32. Qxf5 $18 (32. Bxf7
$2 {doesn’t work} 32… Nd4+ 33. Bd5 Bxd5+ 34. cxd5 Qxd5+ 35. Qg2 Nc2 36. Qxd5
Rxd5 $19) 32… Re8 33. Bd2 Re2 (33… h6 34. Be3 $18) 34. Rxe2 (34. Qxd3 $5
Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rh8 $18) 34… dxe2 35. Re1 Nd8 $2 (35… Re8 $142 $18) 36. Rxe2
Bxd5+ (36… Ne6 $18) 37. Qxd5 (37. cxd5 $142 {might be the shorter path} 37…
Kb7 38. Re7+ Ka8 $18) 37… Rb1+ 38. Kg2 {Threatening mate… how?} 38… Qxf6
39. Qe5+ Qxe5 40. fxe5 (40. Rxe5 $6 Rb2 41. Rd5 Nc6 $16) 40… Ne6 41. Kf3 Rf1+
42. Kg4 Rg1+ 43. Kf3 $4 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (43. Kh5 a5
$18) 43… Kc6 $4 {weakening the position} (43… Rf1+ 44. Rf2 Rxf2+ 45. Kxf2
Nc5 $18) 44. Ke4 Kc5 $4 {sad, but how else could Black save the game?} (44…
Rg4+ $142 45. Kf5 Rxc4 $18) 45. Be3+ (45. Be3+ Kxc4 46. Bxg1 $18) 1-0
1. d4 {D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without …Bf5} 1… d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 e6 (7… Bf5 8. e3 (8. Ne5
Rc8 9. e3 h6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. O-O Be7 14. h3 O-O 15.
Rc2 Qa5 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. a3 Nd7 18. Nd1 Nb6 19. b4 Qa4 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6
Qxc6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 {Stoisavljevic,S-Ionescu Brandis,I/Banja Dvorovi YUG 2000/
The Week in Chess 290/0-1 (42)}) 8… e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Ne5 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O c5 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18.
Nxd5 Bc5 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. Nxa6 Ba3 21. Rc3 Bb2 22. Rb3 {
Illescas Cordoba,M-Topalov,V/Dos Hermanas ESP 1999/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 8. e3 Be7 9.
h3 O-O $146 (9… Ne4 10. a3 f5 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. g4 Qb6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. O-O {
1/2-1/2 Szekely,P-Pridorozhni,A/Pardubice CZE 1999 (14)}) 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bh2
f5 12. g4 Nf6 13. Ne5 {Praise the knight!} 13… Ne4 14. O-O Kh8 15. Bxe4 fxe4
16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Rf3 18. Kg2 e5 (18… a5 $5 $15 {deserves consideration})
1/2-1/2
1. d4 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5} 1… d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3
Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 (5… Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd5 10. Nxd5
cxd5 11. Bb5+ Nfd7 12. f4 a6 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O g6 15. Bd2 Bg7 16. Nf3 O-O 17.
Rac1 Rfc8 18. Ne5 Ndxe5 19. fxe5 Qe7 20. Rf3 Rf8 21. Rcf1 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23.
Rxf6 Bxf6 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Bc3 e5 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Bc2 Bxc3 29.
bxc3 Ne5 30. Qf4 Nc4 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Nd2 33. Rd1 Nxe4 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35.
Qxe4 Qb6+ 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Qd5+ Kf6 38. Qf3+ Ke6 39. Qh3+ Kd6 40. Qd3+ Kc7 41.
Qc4+ Kb8 42. h3 Qb2 {
1/2-1/2 Radziewicz,I-Hector,J/Stockholm SWE 2000/The Week in Chess 270 (42)})
6. Qxb6 $146 (6. c5 Qc7 7. Nc3 b6 8. cxb6 axb6 9. Bd2 e6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Rfc1 Nbd7 13. a4 c5 14. Qd1 Qb8 15. Nh4 Be4 16. f3 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6
18. f4 Rc8 19. Bf3 Qb7 20. Qe2 Ne4 {
Voiska,M-Madl,I/Ostrava CZE 1999/1/2-1/2 (55)}) (6. Nh4 Bxb1 7. Rxb1 Qxb3 8.
axb3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Bd3 f5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nxe4
fxe4 15. Be2 Rf6 16. f4 exf3 17. Bxf3 Rh6 18. g3 Be7 19. O-O Bg5 20. e4 Nb6 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. e5 Be7 23. h4 g5 24. h5 g4 25. Bxg4 Kh8 26. Be2 Rg8 27. Kh2 Nd7
28. Rf7 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Jirka,J/Litohoto GRE 1999 (28)}) 6… axb6 7. Nc3 e6
8. Nh4 Bg6 (8… Bc2 9. Nf3 $11) 9. Nxg6 $14 hxg6 10. a3 {
Prevents intrusion on b4} 10… Bd6 11. g3 {Secures f4} 11… Nbd7 12. cxd5
exd5 ({Worse is} 12… cxd5 13. Bd2 $16) 13. Bd2 b5 14. Na2 Nb6 15. Bb4 Bxb4+
16. Nxb4 O-O (16… Nc4 17. Ra2 $11) 17. Rc1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. f3 {
Consolidates e4+g4} 19… Rfe8 20. Kf2 Re6 21. h4 Rae8 22. Rhe1 Kf8 23. Rc3
R8e7 24. Nc2 Re8 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Re1 Rae8 27. Rb1 1/2-1/2
1. d4 {D05: Colle System with …e6} 1… Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6
$146 (4… Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 b6 8. e4 c5 9. c4 Re8 10. cxd5
exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Be4 Bb7 13. Nc4 N7f6 14. Ncd2 Qc7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qc2
Re6 17. b3 Rd8 18. Qd3 Nf4 19. Qb1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qb7 22. h3 Nxh3+
23. gxh3 Rd1+ 24. Ne1 Rxe4 25. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Harada S-Murphy M/Women, 1996 (25)}
) 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Bd7 7. c4 c6 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nc3 f5 10. Ne2 Be8 11. Ne5 {
White can be proud of that piece} 11… g5 12. Rc1 Bh5 13. f3 Nf6 14. Ng3 Nbd7
15. Bb1 Qe7 16. Qd2 Qg7 (16… Be8 $5 $16) 17. e4 f4 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nxh5 (
19. e5 Bc7 20. exf6 fxg3 21. Qxg5+ Bg6 $18) 19… Nxh5 $16 20. e5 Be7 21. Rc2 (
21. Qd3 $5 Rf7 22. Rfe1 $16) 21… Ng7 $14 {Manoeuvre Nh5-g7-f5-h4} 22. Qd3 Nf5
23. g4 Nh4 $2 {‘the knight is the knight!’} (23… Ne3 24. cxd5 Rf7 (24… Nxf1
25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Rxc6 $18) (24… cxd5 $4 25. Rc7 Rf7 26. Rxd7 Nxf1 27. Qxf1
$18) (24… Qxd5 $4 25. Rc5 Rf7 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Rc1 $18) 25. dxc6 bxc6 $16)
24. cxd5 $18 Rf7 (24… exd5 25. Rxc6 $1 {the decision} 25… Rf7 26. e6 Qxc6
27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxh7+ Kf6 29. Re1 $18) 25. dxc6 bxc6 26. Qe4 Rc8 27. Rfc1
Qd5 (27… Bb4 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 $18 (29. Qxc6 $6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Nxf3+ 31.
Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kf2 Re7 $18)) 28. Qxd5 exd5 (28… cxd5 $4 29. Rxc8+ Kg7 30. Kf2
$18) 29. Kf2 Bb4 30. a3 Ba5 31. b4 Bb6 32. Rxc6 Re8 33. a4 Rxe5 34. Rxb6 $1 {
a fitting end to a beautiful game} 34… Re3 (34… axb6 35. dxe5) 35. Rb8+ Kg7
36. Rc3 (36. Rbc8 $5 {seems even better} 36… Nxf3 37. R8c7 Nxh2 $18) 36…
Rfe7 {Threatening mate… how?} 37. Rxe3 fxe3+ 38. Ke2 Ng2 39. Bc3 Nf4+ (39…
Rc7 40. Kf1 Rxc3 41. Kxg2 e2 $18) 40. Ke1 (40. Kf1 $142 $18 {
and White takes home the point}) 40… e2 $4 {
the pressure is too much, Black crumbles} (40… Rc7 $142 41. Bd2 exd2+ 42.
Kxd2 Rc4 $18) 41. a5 (41. a5 Ng2+ 42. Kf2 $18) (41. Bd2 $142 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 41… Ng2+ 42. Kf2 Nf4 $18) 1-0
1. e4 {C09: French Tarrasch: 3…c5 4 exd5 exd5 5 Ngf3 Nc6} 1… e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6
10. Bg5 f6 $146 {Controls e5} (10… O-O 11. Bh4 (11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. c3
Re8 14. Nbd4 Qb6 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bc5 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rad1
Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rd8 21. Qa4 h6 22. Bd3 Nd6 23. Qf4 Nc4 24. Re2 Qd6 25. Qg4 b5 {
Acs P-Blauert J/08, FSGM Feb, Budapest HUN 1998/1-0 (40)}) 11… Bg4 12. Bxc6
bxc6 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 c5 17. Qc3 Rac8 18. Re5 h6
19. Rae1 Be6 20. Qa5 Ng6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. R5e2 Bd7 23. c3 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Re8
25. Kf1 {Bogoevska Irina-Smajlovic L/Women, EuT-ch , Pula CRO 1997/0-1 (64)})
11. Bh4 O-O 12. Bg3 Ne5 13. Nbd4 {A valuable piece} 13… a6 14. Be2 Qc7 15.
Re1 Bd7 16. c3 {Controls b4} 16… Kh8 17. Qd2 b5 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. Rac1 g6 {
Covers f5} 20. Bb1 Rbe8 21. Qh6 Ng8 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. Rcd1 Ne7 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25.
Re3 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Rde1 Qc4 29. Bd3 (29. a3 $5 $11 {
must be considered}) 29… Qxa2 $15 30. f4 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Qxb2 (31… Rxe3 $142
{and Black is on the road to success} 32. Rxe3 Re8 $19 (32… Qxb2 $6 33. Re7+
Rf7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxh7+ Ke6 36. Qg8+ Kd6 37. Qf8+ Kc7 38. Qxf6 $15)) 32.
Re7+ $15 Rxe7 33. Rxe7+ Rf7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxh7+ Ke6 36. Qh3+ $4 (36. Qg8+
$142 {and White can hope to live} 36… Kd6 37. Qf8+ Kc7 38. Qxf6 Qc1+ 39. Kf2
Qd2+ 40. Be2 $11) 36… Ke7 37. Qh7+ $2 (37. Qe3+ Kf7 38. Be2 $19) 37… Ke6 (
37… Kd6 $5 {and Black can already relax} 38. Qxg6 Qxd4+ 39. Kf1 Qxf4+ 40. Ke1
$19) 38. f5+ $4 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (38. Qh3+ Kd6 39. Qe3
$19) 38… Kd6 $19 39. fxg6 (39. Qh4 g5 40. Qg3+ Kc6 41. Qf2 Qc1+ 42. Bf1 $19)
39… Kc7 (39… Qxd4+ 40. Kf1 Qxd3+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Kf1 Qf4+ 43. Ke1 Qe3+ 44.
Kf1 Bg4 45. Qc7+ Kxc7 46. h3 Be2+ 47. Ke1 Bc4+ 48. Kd1 Bb3#) 40. h3 $4 {
allows the opponent back into the game} (40. Qh4 Qd2 41. g7 Qe3+ 42. Qf2 Qc1+
43. Bf1 Qg5 44. Qc2+ Kb7 $11) 40… Qc1+ $4 {throwing away the advantage} (
40… Qxd4+ $142 {the advantage is on the side of Black} 41. Kh2 Qxd3 $19) 41.
Kh2 $11 Qf4+ 42. Kh1 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 $4 {weakening the position} (44.
Kh1 $142 {and White has air to breath} 44… Kc6 45. g7 $11) 44… Qc1+ $4 {
Black lets it slip away} (44… Qxd4+ $142 {
would have given Black the upper hand} 45. Kh2 Qxd3 $19) 45. Kh2 $11 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {B24: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3 sidelines} 1… c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2
Nc6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. O-O Rb8 7. a3 $146 {Prevents intrusion on b4} (7. b3 b5 8.
Bb2 Bd7 9. Qc1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 Qb6 12. c3 e5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. d3 Ne7
15. Qd2 O-O 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. f4 Ne7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Bh3 Kh8 20. exf5 Bf6 21.
Nf4 Rg8 {Jung,H-Allan,D/Brantford CAN 1999/1-0 (40)}) (7. Nd5 e6 8. Ne3 Nge7 9.
c3 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. d5 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. b4 e5 16.
Nb3 f5 17. f3 Rc8 18. Qd3 Nc7 19. a4 b5 20. a5 f4 21. Nc2 Ncxd5 22. exd5 Bf5
23. Qxb5 Bxc2 24. Ra3 Rc3 25. Nd2 Bd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Qb8 28. Ne4 fxg3
29. hxg3 Nf5 30. g4 Nd4 31. Bg5 Rf7 32. Bd2 Bf8 33. g5 Qb5 34. Rxd4 exd4 35.
Nf6+ Kg7 36. f4 Re7 37. Bf3 Qd3 38. Rf2 h5 39. Kg2 Kh8 40. f5 Bg7 41. Nxh5 Qxf5
42. Ng3 Qb1 43. Bg4 Be5 44. Be6 Kg7 45. Nf1 Rc7 46. Rf3 a6 47. Rf2 Qe4+ {
0-1 Berglund,J-Trygstad,K/Langesund NOR 1999 (47)}) 7… e6 {Secures d5} 8. b4
b5 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. f4 Nge7 12. e5 {White wins space} 12… O-O 13.
Ne4 b4 14. axb4 Rxb4 15. Rxb4 Nxb4 16. N2c3 Rd8 17. Kh1 (17. Re1 c4 $11) 17…
Ba6 18. Rf2 (18. d3 c4 19. d4 Nf5 $17) 18… c4 (18… Nf5 19. d3 $15) 19. Bf3
$2 (19. g4 Ned5 20. Rf3 Bb7 $11) 19… Nbd5 (19… Nf5 $142 $5 $17) 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. d4 c3 22. g4 (22. Nc5 $5 $11 {might be a viable alternative}) 22…
Rb8 $17 23. Be2 Rb1 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. Kg1 Ne3 $1 {
Theme: Clearance for c6-f3} 27. Qe1 (27. Bxe3 {Exploits the pin} 27… Rxd1+ {
Annihilates a defender: d1}) 27… Nxg4 28. Rf1 Qd5 (28… Bf8 29. Qxc3 Bxc5
30. dxc5 Nh6 $15) 29. Qxc3 $11 Nh6 30. Qd3 Nf5 {
A comfortable square for the black knight} 31. c3 Qa2 32. Qd2 Qd5 33. Kf2 (33.
Qd3 Ra1 $15) 33… h5 (33… Nh4 34. Kg3 Qc4 35. Rd1 Nf5+ 36. Kf2 $15) 34. Qd3
Ra1 35. Qe4 (35. Bd2 $5 {is worth looking at} 35… Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 $11) 35…
Ra2+ $15 36. Kf3 $2 (36. Kg1 $142 $15 {would keep White in the game}) 36…
Rxh2 $19 {The mate threat is Qa2} 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. Rf2 (38. Na4 h4 $19) 38…
Rh3+ 39. Ke2 Rxc3 40. Bd2 (40. Bb2 {hoping against hope} 40… Nxd4+ 41. Kd1
$19) 40… Nxd4+ (40… Nxd4+ 41. Kd1 Rxc5 $19) 0-1
1. e4 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1… e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6
5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nc6 (7… dxc4 8. Bxc4 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nb6
11. Bb3 Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. f4 h6 14. f5 Bh7 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Rf1
Nfd5 18. Be5 {
1/2-1/2 Vitor,A-Prata,J/Santo Antonio POR 2000/The Week in Chess 290 (18)}) 8.
a3 $146 {Covers b4} (8. O-O Nb4 {
1/2-1/2 Waitzkin,J-Sher,M/New York USA 1999 (8)}) 8… Re8 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 {
Consolidates e4} 10… dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Kh1 Qd7 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15.
Bg5 Nxg4 (15… a6 $142 $5 $11 {and Black could well hope to play on}) 16. fxg4
$16 Qxg4 17. Bf4 Rad8 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. Nf4 Be4+ $4 {solves nothing} (19…
Qxd1 $142 20. Raxd1 Bc2 $16) 20. Nxe4 $18 Qxd1 21. Nxd6 (21. Bxf7+ $142 {
might be the shorter path} 21… Kh8 22. Nxd6 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Re7 24. Nxb7 Rxf7
$18) 21… Qxd4 $4 {leading to a quick end} (21… Qxf1+ $142 22. Rxf1 cxd6 $18
) 22. Bxf7+ (22. Nxe8 $6 {succumbs to} 22… Qxc4 23. Nxc7 g5 $16) 22… Kh8
23. Nxe8 Qe4+ (23… Qxb2 {does not save the day} 24. Bd5 Ne7 25. Rae1 Nxd5 26.
Nxd5 $18) 24. Ng2 g6 (24… Qd4 $18 {is still a small chance}) 25. Bxg6 $1 {
Demolishes the pawn shield} (25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rf8+ Kh7 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nxe4
Kxf8 29. Nf4 $18) 1-0
1. e4 {B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 1… c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4.
Bc4 a6 5. a4 (5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1 Bg7 9. Kh1 Nd4 10. Bb3 O-O
11. Bd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 f5 13. e5 d5 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Na4 Rf7 18. Ba5 Qe8 19. Rf3 Rb8 {
Elkadi,A-Abou el Zein,E/Tanta City EGY 2000/The Week in Chess 288/0-1 (51)})
5… Nge7 6. Nf3 $146 (6. Qh5 Nd4 7. Qd1 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Nce2
Nc6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. d3 Qc7 14. Kh1 Re8 15. b3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Be6 17.
Bb2 Re7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Ng3 h6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. f5
Qe3 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bc1 Re8 26. c4 dxc4 27. bxc4 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Nb4 29. f6 g5
30. Ba3 Nxd3 31. Rf5 Re5 32. Rf3 Nb4 33. a5 Nc6 34. Rd3 Rf5 35. Rd5 Rxd5 36.
cxd5 Ne5 37. Bxc5 Nd7 38. Be7 Kh7 39. Kh2 Kg6 40. Kh3 Nxf6 {
Grozdanic,V-Baric,B/Pula CRO 1999/0-1 (52)}) 6… d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d3 Be7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Ne4 b6 {Covers a5} 12. Bc3 Bb7 13. Nfg5 Nd4 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 {Black gets the initiative} 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Kh1 b5 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. c3
Qd7 19. Bb3 Bc6 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Qb7 {Black prepares the advance b4} 22.
a5 $4 {the position is going down the drain} (22. Re1 $142 $17) 22… c4 $1 $19
{Clearance to allow e7-c5} 23. dxc4 {A deflection.} (23. Bxc4 bxc4) 23… Bxe4
{Annihilates a defender: e4} 24. Qe2 b4 25. Ba4 (25. cxb4 {
doesn’t get the cat off the tree} 25… Qxb4 26. Qxe4 Qxb3 $19) 25… bxc3 26.
bxc3 Bf6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Re1 Bd3 29. Qg4 (29. Qe3 {
doesn’t change the outcome of the game} 29… Bxc3 30. Rd1 Bxa5 $19) 29… Bxc3
30. Rd1 Bxa5 31. Qg5 Qc7 32. h4 (32. Bb3 {doesn’t change anything anymore}
32… Qb6 33. Ba4 h6 $19) 32… h6 33. Qg3 (33. Qe5 {doesn’t do any good} 33…
Qxe5 34. fxe5 Rd4 $19) 33… Qxc4 34. h5 (34. Bc6 {does not solve anything}
34… Rd4 35. Bb7 Bc7 $19) 34… Qxa4 (34… Be4 $142 {
and Black has reached his goal} 35. Rxd8+ Bxd8 36. Qe1 Qxa4 37. Qd2 Qa1+ 38.
Kh2 $19) 35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. Qxd3 Qxf4 37. Qxa6 (37. g3 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 37… Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Bb6 $19) 37… Bc7 (
37… Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Bc7+ 40. Qd6 Bxd6+ 41. g3 Qxg3+ 42. Kh1 Qh2#)
38. g3 (38. Kg1 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qc5+ 40. Kf1 Bg3 41. Qa8+ Kh7 $19) 38… Qf3+ (
38… Qxg3 $6 {is a weaker possibility} 39. Qc8+ Bd8 40. Qxd8+ Kh7 41. Qg8+
Kxg8 $11) 39. Kg1 Qxg3+ 40. Kf1 Bf4 (40… Qh3+ $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 41. Kf2 Bg3+ 42. Kf3 Be5+ 43. Kf2 Qxh5 44. Qa8+ Kh7
45. Qe4+ Qg6 46. Qc6 $19) 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ f5 43. Qxe6 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 (44.
Ke1 {no good, but what else?} 44… Qxh5 45. Qd5 $19) 44… Be3+ 45. Kh2 (45.
Qxe3 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 45… Qxe3+ 46. Kg2 f4 47. Kf1 Qd2
48. Kg1 f3 49. Kf1 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qg2#) 45… Qxh5+ (45… Qf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47.
Kg3 Bf4+ 48. Kh4 Qh1#) 46. Kg2 (46. Kg3 {cannot change destiny} 46… Qg4+ 47.
Kh2 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg3 Bf4+ 50. Kh4 Qh1#) 46… Qg4+ 47. Kf1 (47. Kh2 {
does not improve anything} 47… Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg3 Bf4+ 50. Kh4 Qh1#)
47… Qf3+ (47… Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qf2+ 49. Kd1 Qd2#) 0-1
1. e4 {B40: Sicilian: 2…e6, Unusual lines} 1… c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. c4 (6. Na3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Qe2+ Ne7 9. Be3 Nbc6 10.
O-O-O O-O 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Kb1 Bf5 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16.
Nd4 Qd7 17. Rhe1 N5c6 18. Nab5 Nc8 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qf5 Qd8 {
Dabo Peranic,R-Jusic,Z/Bosnjaci CRO 2000/The Week in Chess 271/1-0 (43)}) 6…
Ne7 (6… Nf6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bf4 e5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c5 Bd8 12. Bc4
O-O 13. O-O Qg6 14. Qd3 b6 15. cxb6 Bxb6 16. Nd5 Kh8 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rfd1 Rd8
19. a3 Bb7 20. f3 Ne7 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Nc8 23. Rd2 Kg8 24. Rad1 d6 25. Rc2
Ne7 26. Nc1 Rac8 27. Nd3 Kf8 28. Rdc1 f5 29. Nf2 Rc6 30. Be6 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 fxe4
32. fxe4 d5 33. Ng4 dxe4 34. Nxe5 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Bd5 36. Nd7+ Ke8 37. Bg4 Rh1 38.
Nxb6 Rxh2 39. Kg3 Rh1 40. Nxd5 Nxd5 41. Re2 {
Stefansson,H-Thorfinnsson,B/Reykjavik ISL 1999/1-0 (63)}) 7. Nc3 $146 (7. Bd3
O-O 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Nc3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Ne4 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ng5 h6 14.
Nf3 Nh4 15. Nbd2 Bg4 16. Be2 Ng6 17. h3 Bf5 18. Nb3 Be4 19. Be3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3
d4 21. Bd2 Nge5 {Ng Tze Han-Nazarov,A/Shenyang CHN 1999/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 7… f5
8. Bg5 O-O 9. c5 Bc7 10. exf5 Rxf5 11. Bh4 Na6 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. O-O Bb7 14. f3
{Controls e4} (14. Qd3 Rh5 15. Bg3 Nd5 $14) 14… Qe8 15. Bg3 e5 16. Qd3 Rf7
17. Nd2 (17. Rae1 $5 Qb8 18. Qxd7 $16) 1/2-1/2
1. d4 {A52: Budapest Gambit} 1… Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. Nf3 Qe7 {Will e5 fall?} 7. Qd5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa3 9. Qd2 $146 (9. Qd3 f6
10. exf6 Nxf6 11. e3 d6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Qb3 Qc5 15. Be2 Ne4 16. f3
Nf6 17. Bg3 b6 18. Bf2 Bd7 19. e4 Qa5 20. c5+ Kh8 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Qb4 d5 23.
Qxa5 bxa5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. O-O Nxc3 26. Ba6 Rab8 27. Rfc1 Nb5 28. Bxb5 Bxb5
29. Rc5 {
1-0 Burnier,D-Richard,J/Crans Montana SUI 2000/The Week in Chess 290 (29)})
9… Qe7 10. Qd5 Qa3 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {B45: Sicilian Four Knights} 1… c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. Qf3 Nb4 11. Qe2 Ba6 12.
c4 (12. Qd2 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Rd8 $14) 12… c5 (12… Qd4 13. Rb1 Nxa2 14. Qe3 $11
) 13. g3 Be7 14. Bg2 {White fights for the Initiative} 14… O-O 15. O-O Rad8
16. Rd1 Nc6 17. Be3 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qf2 {Can c5 get defended?} 19… d6
20. f5 Ne5 21. b3 Ng4 22. Qe2 exf5 (22… Nxe3 $142 $5 {deserves consideration}
23. Qxe3 d5 $14) 23. Nc3 $18 Bb7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5+ (25. cxd5 $6 Rfe8 26.
Bh3 Qb4 $14) 25… Kh8 26. Bf4 Rde8 27. h3 Ne5 28. Qh5 Qb4 (28… Rb8 29. Qxf5
Qc7 30. Be4 $18) 29. Rac1 a5 30. Qxf5 a4 31. Be4 {Threatening mate: Qxh7} 31…
Ng6 32. h4 Rf7 33. Bd5 Rff8 1/2-1/2
1. d4 {A83: Dutch Defence: Staunton Gambit with 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5} 1… f5 2. e4
fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. f3 d5 $146 (5… exf3 6. Nxf3 d5 (6… e6 7. Ne5
Be7 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bh6 c6 13. Qf3 Qb6+
14. Kh1 Kd8 15. Qf7 Qxb2 16. Rae1 Qb4 17. Qg7 Re8 18. Qxh7 Kc7 19. Bxg6 Rd8 20.
c3 Qa3 21. Bf4 {1-0 Podvrsnik,M-Padjen,Z/Pula CRO 1999 (21)}) 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O
Qd7 9. Bb5 e6 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 O-O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rxf6
Rg8 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qe3 Kd7 17. Rf7+ Re7 18. Ref1 Ke8 19. Qf3 {
1-0 Corrigan F-Vialaret L/Cannes FRA 1995 (19)}) (5… e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe4
Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qd4 O-O 11. O-O-O d6 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nc3 a6
14. Kb1 b5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Bd3 Rae8 17. Rhf1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qf7 19. b3 Qg6 20.
g4 a5 21. Rf2 a4 22. b4 Rf4 23. Qe3 Ref8 24. Rdf1 d5 25. Ng5 Bxg4 26. a3 Qxg5
27. Re2 Bxf3 28. Rg1 Qf6 {0-1 Pertinez Soria,J-Rodriguez,A/Malaga ESP 2000 (28)
}) 6. fxe4 dxe4 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nge2 g6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. Nf4 a6 (10… e3 $5 {
is an interesting idea} 11. Qd3 Nb4 $15) 11. Bxc6 $14 bxc6 12. O-O (12. Bxf6 $5
{is an interesting alternative} 12… Bxf6 13. Nxe4 $14) 12… Bf5 $11 13. Rae1
{Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} 13… Ng4 14. Nxe4 Qxd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxd2 ({
Inferior is} 15… Bxe4 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxe4 $14) (15… Qxb2 16. Nd6+ {
Theme: Clearance for e1-e7} 16… cxd6 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Ne6+ Kg8 19. Rxg7+ (
19. Nxg7 $143 h6 20. Nxf5 gxf5 $18) 19… Qxg7 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22.
Qxd6 $18) 16. Nxd2 e5 (16… O-O-O $142 $5 {should not be overlooked} 17. Nc4
Rhe8 $15) 17. Nh5 O-O 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. h3 Nh6 20. Rxe5 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Rxe5 22.
Rxe5 Ng8 23. Rc5 Bd7 24. Nf3 Rf5 25. Rc3 Rd5 26. Kh2 Nf6 27. Bxf6+ (27. Re3 $5
Ng8 28. c4 $16) 27… Kxf6 $14 28. Ra3 a5 29. Kg3 Kf5 30. Ne1 g5 31. Rf3+ Kg6
32. Rd3 Bf5 33. Rc3 c5 34. Nd3 Bxd3 35. cxd3 Kf5 36. Kf3 Ke5 37. Ke3 h5 (37…
Kd6 38. Ra3 $16) 38. b3 (38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. d4+ Kd5 40. dxc5 $14) 38… c6 39.
Kf3 (39. Rc4 Kd6 $14) 39… Kf5 (39… Kd4 40. Rc4+ Kxd3 41. Ra4 $15) 40. Ke3 (
40. g4+ hxg4+ 41. hxg4+ Ke6 $14) 40… Ke5 41. Kf3 (41. Rc4 Kd6 $14) 41… Kf5
(41… Kd4 $142 $5 {should be considered} 42. Rc4+ Kxd3 $15) 42. g4+ $14 hxg4+
43. hxg4+ Ke5 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. Rc4 Kc7 46. Ra4 Kb6 47. Ke4 Kb5 48. Rc4 Kb6 49.
Ra4 Kb5 50. Rc4 Kb6 1/2-1/2
1. d4 {C14: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7 main line} 1… d5 2. Nc3 Nf6
3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 $146 (8. Bd3 c5
9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Rfe1 b5 13. a3 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Na4
Ncxd3 16. cxd3 Bd7 17. Nb6 Rab8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. d4 Rfc8 20. Rec1 h6 21. h3
Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 {Diaz Sanchez,J-Paredes Galan,A/Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week
in Chess 301/1/2-1/2 (71)}) 8… c5 {Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base}
9. Nb5 (9. Bb5 f6 $11) 9… Nc6 10. c3 {Controls b4} 10… a6 11. Na3 cxd4 12.
cxd4 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 (13… gxf6 $6 14. Nc2 $11) 14. Bd3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 Qxe5+ 17. Qe2 Qg5 {With the decisive threat Re8} 18. O-O Bg4 (18… Nh5
19. g3 $17) 19. f3 {Consolidates e4} 19… Rae8 20. Qc2 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Bh5 22.
Rad1 Re7 23. Qa4 Rfe8 24. Nc2 Qg5 25. Nd4 {
A comfortable square for the white knight} 25… Bg6 26. Qc2 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Re3
28. Qd2 Qe5 29. Kg1 h6 30. Rc1 Nh5 {Black gets deadly initiative} 31. Rc3 Rxc3
32. Qxc3 Nf4 33. Qd2 $4 {weakening the position} (33. Rd1 $142 $11 {
was possible}) 33… Qxd4+ $1 $19 {Eliminates the defender d4} 34. Qxd4 {
Theme: Deflection from e2} 34… Ne2+ {A double attack} 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Rd1
Nc6 37. Rxd5 Rd8 (37… Rd8 38. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $19) 0-1
1. e4 {B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} 1… c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5.
d4 e6 6. Be3 $146 (6. Nd2 Qb6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. g3 Nf5
11. Bh3 Nfxd4 12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qxb4 Qxe5+ 16. Be3
Bc6 17. O-O a5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Bxd4 O-O 20. f4 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 {
1-0 Remmel,T-Tare,M/Hoogeveen NED 1999 (21)}) 6… Qb6 7. Qd2 Nh6 8. Ng3 (8.
Bxh6 $5 gxh6 9. f4 $14) 8… Ng4 $11 9. Be2 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Nh5 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15. Na3 Bd7 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Rf1 Rf8 18.
Rf3 Rf7 19. Bd3 c4 {Black gains space} 20. Bf1 f5 21. Qc2 Rg7 22. b3 Qa5 23.
Nb1 b5 24. Nd2 Be8 25. Rf2 Nd8 26. Nf3 Nf7 27. Qb2 Nd6 28. Nd2 Rb7 29. b4 Qa4
30. Be2 Qa6 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {B16: Caro-Kann: Bronstein-Larsen Variation} 1… c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8. Bf4 $146 (8. Be3 e6 9. Qe2
Qd5 10. a3 Bh5 11. c4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Bc3 Bh6
16. h3 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ne1 Rhe8 19. Nc2 f5 20. Rhe1 Nf6 21. f3 Bf4 22.
Nb4 Bg3 {Suri,H-Lada,I/Biel SUI 2000/The Week in Chess 300/0-1 (52)}) 8… e6 {
Secures f5} 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Bg3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. c4 c5 14.
Bxd6 Qxd6 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Rxd5 {‘the rook is the rook!’} ({
Worse is} 17. cxd5 Nb6 $15) 17… Qc6 18. Qe7 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1… c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bg6
5. h4 (5. Nh3 e6 6. Nf4 Be4 7. Rg1 Nd7 8. Nd2 Bg6 9. h4 Qxh4 10. Qf3 Qd8 11.
Rh1 Bxc2 12. Qc3 Ba4 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. b3 Bb5 15. Ng6 fxg6 16. Rxh7 Rxh7 17.
Bxg6+ Kd8 18. Bxh7 Nh6 19. g5 Ng4 {
Charneira,H-Paulino,J/Lisbon POR 1999/0-1 (33)}) 5… h5 6. e6 (6. g5 e6 7. Bd3
Ne7 8. Ne2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nd7 10. Be3 g6 11. c4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Qd5 14.
Qxd5 Nexd5 15. Nbc3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nc4 17. Rh3 Nxb2 18. Rb1 Ba3 19. Ne4 O-O-O
20. Rf3 Rhf8 {
Shister,E-Kychanova,E/St Petersburg RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 285/0-1 (32)})
6… fxe6 $146 (6… Qd6 7. exf7+ Bxf7 8. g5 e5 9. dxe5 Qxe5+ 10. Be2 Bb4+ 11.
c3 Bc5 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bg6 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4
Nf5 18. Na3 O-O 19. O-O-O Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qf4+ 21. Qe3 Rae8 22. Qd2 Rxe2 {
0-1 Brokko M-Paidla K/ch-EST (women), Tallinn 1996 (22)}) 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
hxg4 9. Qg6+ Kd7 10. Qxg4 Nf6 11. Qh3 Na6 12. Nf3 Rh5 13. Ne5+ Rxe5+ (13… Kc7
$5 $14 {is worth consideration}) 14. dxe5 $16 Ne4 15. O-O (15. Nd2 Qa5 $16)
15… Qe8 16. Qg4 Qf7 {Attacks the backward pawn on f2} 17. f3 Nec5 18. b4 Na4
19. c3 b5 20. f4 Qf5 21. Qg3 c5 22. Na3 Nc7 23. bxc5 (23. Kf2 $5 $14 {
looks like a viable alternative}) 23… Nxc5 $11 24. Be3 Ne4 {
The black knight is well posted.} 25. Qg2 g6 26. Rac1 Bg7 27. Nc2 Rh8 28. Nd4
Qh5 29. Nf3 a6 30. Rc2 Qh6 (30… Bh6 31. a4 $11) 31. Rd1 Ke8 32. Qg4 {
With the idea Bb6. White fights for the Initiative} 32… Kf7 33. Rf1 Qh5 34.
Qxh5 Rxh5 35. Ng5+ Nxg5 36. hxg5 ({Instead of} 36. fxg5+ Kg8 $11) 36… Rh8 37.
a4 Rc8 38. Ra1 Bf8 39. Kg2 Bg7 40. axb5 Nxb5 41. Bd2 Rc6 42. Raa2 Bf8 43. Kf2
Bg7 44. Ke3 Bf8 (44… Nc7 $18) 45. Kd3 Bg7 46. Ra4 Nc7 47. Rb2 (47. c4 $5 {
seems even better} 47… Ne8 $18) 47… Nb5 48. Rba2 Nc7 49. Rb4 Nb5 50. Raa4
Bf8 51. Ra5 (51. c4 Nc7 $18) 51… Bg7 52. Rba4 Nc7 53. Be3 Bf8 $2 (53… Ke8
$142 $18) 54. Rc5 Rxc5 55. Bxc5 Ne8 56. Rxa6 Ng7 57. Be3 Nf5 58. Bf2 Bg7 59.
Kc2 Bf8 60. Kb3 Ng7 61. Kb4 Ne8 62. Kc5 Ng7 63. Kc6 Nh5 64. Be3 Ng3 65. Kd7 Nf5
66. Bf2 Ng7 67. Be1 Nh5 68. Bd2 Ng3 (68… Ng7 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 69. c4 dxc4 70. Be3 $18) 69.
Rc6 (69. Rxe6 {might be the shorter path} 69… Nf5 70. Ra6 Kg7 $18) 69… Ne4
(69… Nh5 $18 {what else?}) 70. Be3 Bg7 71. Rxe6 Bf8 72. Bd4 Nd2 (72… Ng3 {
is no salvation} 73. Rc6 $18) 73. Ra6 (73. Rf6+ {and White can already relax}
73… Kg8 74. Ke8 exf6 75. gxf6 Ba3 76. f7+ Kh7 $18) 73… Nb3 (73… Ne4 {
does not help much} 74. e6+ Kg8 75. Kc6 $18) 74. e6+ (74. Rf6+ $142 $1 {
ends the debate} 74… exf6 75. e6+ Kg7 76. gxf6+ Kh6 77. e7 Bxe7 78. fxe7 Nxd4
79. e8=Q $18) 74… Kg8 75. Ra8 (75. Ra8 Nc1 76. Bf6 Na2 77. Bxe7 Kg7 78. Bf6+
Kg8 79. e7 Kh7 80. exf8=Q Nxc3 81. Qe7#) 1-0
1. d4 {A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1… Nf6 2. Nf3
d6 3. Bg5 Ne4 (3… c6 4. Nbd2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. e4 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. c3 Nd7
9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Bh6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. gxf5 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O-O 14. Bc4 d5 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bxd5 Ne5 18. Bg2 Rhg8 19. f4 Rxg2 20. Qxg2 Qxc3+ 21.
Ke2 Qd3+ 22. Ke1 Rxd4 23. fxe5 Qc3+ 24. Kf2 Rd2+ 25. Kg1 Qxa1+ 26. Kh2 Qxe5+ {
0-1 Drejer,H-Simonsen,O/Copenhagen DEN 2000/The Week in Chess 298 (26)}) 4. Bh4
$146 (4. Bf4 h6 5. h3 g5 6. Bc1 Bf5 7. Nbd2 d5 8. e3 e6 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bd3
Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd6 14. Qe5 Qxe5+ 15. Nxe5 Bg7 16. f4 f6
17. Nd3 Na6 18. O-O O-O-O {Lebel Arias,J-Dacalor,A/Bescanon FRA 1999/0-1 (57)})
4… c5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 {Covers f5} 8. e4 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Nd7
10. O-O O-O {Black is behind in development.} 11. c3 {Prevents intrusion on d4}
11… a6 12. Ba4 Nf6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Rad1 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. f3 {
Prevents intrusion on g4} 16… Rad8 17. Nc2 Rfe8 18. Bf2 Qb8 19. a4 bxa4 20.
Bxa4 Rf8 21. Nb4 Qc7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rb8 24. Re2 Rfc8 25. b3 Kf8 26. Qe3
Qd8 27. Bh4 Rb7 28. c4 Qa5 (28… Qb6 $5 $14) 29. Bc6 $16 Rbc7 30. Be1 {
White is in command} 30… Qa3 31. b4 Qxe3+ 32. Rxe3 e6 33. Ra3 exd5 (33…
Rxc6 $5 34. dxc6 Rxc6 $16) 34. cxd5 $18 (34. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 35. cxd5 Rc1 36. Rxc1
Rxc1 $14) 34… Rxc6 35. dxc6 Rxc6 36. Rc3 Rb6 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Rc7+ Nd7 39.
Bh4+ f6 $2 (39… Ke6 40. Re1+ Be5 41. f4 Rxb4 42. Bg3 $18 (42. fxe5 $6 Rxh4
43. exd6+ Kxd6 $14)) 40. Be1 $4 {White loses the upper hand} (40. Bf2 $142 {
secures the win} 40… Rb5 41. Bc5 dxc5 42. Rcxd7+ Ke6 43. bxc5 $18) 40… Bh6
$16 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Ra7 Ne5 43. Rxh7 Bc1 44. Ke2 (44. Rxc1 $6 Nd3+ 45. Ke3 Nxc1
$11) 44… Ba3 45. Ra1 Bxb4 46. Bxb4 Rxb4 47. Rxa6 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 Nc4 49. g3 Nd2+
50. Ke2 Ne4+ 51. Ke3 Ng5 52. Rh6 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1… e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6
5. Bd3 (5. Qb3 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Qb4+ 7. Bd2 Qxb3 8. axb3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Bc3 Bb4
11. O-O O-O 12. Bd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bd6 14. Na3 Bf4 15. Nc2 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Rad8
17. c5 a6 18. Ne3 h5 19. Ng2 Bh6 {
Charpentier,W-Granados,C/Antiguo CRC 1999/0-1 (72)}) 5… c5 (5… c6 6. Ne2
Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Bf4 Nfd5 12. Be5 Bf5
13. Ng3 Bg6 14. f4 f6 15. f5 Bf7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nce4 Qb4 19. a3
Qe7 20. Re1 {Chocenka,D-Minelga,A/Vilnius LTU 2000/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 6. Qe2+ $146
(6. Be3 cxd4 7. Bxd4 Be6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be4 Nc6 10. Ne2 Bb4+ 11. Bc3 O-O 12.
O-O Qg5 13. Qc2 h6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bd2 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qh5+ 17. Kg1 Qxe2 18. Re1
Qb5 19. a4 Qb6 20. Ra3 Rac8 21. Rg3 Nce7 22. Bxh6 Ng6 23. Qd1 Nde7 24. Be3 Qxb2
25. Qh5 Qe5 26. Bxg6 Nxg6 27. Qxe5 Nxe5 28. Bxa7 Ng6 29. a5 Rc2 30. Bb6 Rfc8
31. Na3 R2c6 32. Nb5 Rc1 33. Rge3 Nf4 34. Nd6 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rb8 36. Bc7 Ra8
37. Nxb7 Nd5 38. Bb6 Nxb6 39. axb6 Rb8 40. Nc5 Rxb6 41. Nxe6 Rxe6 42. Rxe6 fxe6
43. Kh2 Kf7 44. Kg3 e5 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. g3 Kf6 {
1/2-1/2 Clausen,M-Ingolfsdottir,H/Copenhagen DEN 1999 (47)}) 6… Be7 7. dxc5
Nc6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe3 Re8 11. O-O Bd6 {Discovered attack} 12. Qg5
(12. cxd6 Rxe3) 12… h6 13. Qh4 Bxc5 14. h3 (14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 Re2 $17) 14… Bh5 (14… dxc4 $5 15. Bxc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 $19) 15. cxd5
Qxd5 16. Bc4 Qd6 17. Bb3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Re4 19. g4 Qd3 (19… Re2 20. Nd2 Nd4
$19 (20… Rxd2 $6 21. Bxd2 Qxd2 22. Qg3 $19)) 20. Kg2 $15 Be7 21. Rd1 Qb5 22.
Qg3 Re2 23. Be3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rac1 Qb6 26. Rc4 (26. Nd2 Nd4 $15) 26…
Ne4 (26… Rxb2 $5 27. g5 hxg5 28. Nxg5 Re8 $15) 27. Rxe4 $15 Rxe4 28. g5 {
Threatening mate… how?} 28… Na5 $4 {allows the opponent back into the game}
(28… Ne7 $142 $5 {is a viable option} 29. Ne5 Nf5 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ Qxg6
32. Bxg6 Nxg3 33. Kxg3 Re2 34. gxh6 gxh6 $17) 29. Bd5 $4 {
there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (29. Rd6 $142 {
and the result of the game is clear: White will win} 29… Qxd6 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7
31. Qxd6 $18) 29… Re7 30. g6 (30. b4 Rae8 $16) 30… Rf8 (30… Qf6 $142 $15
{would allow Black to play on}) 31. gxf7+ Rfxf7 $2 (31… Kh7 $142 32. Ne5 g6
$16) 32. Bxf7+ $4 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (32. Ne5 $142 {
the advantage is on the side of White} 32… Rxe5 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qxe5 Qg6+
35. Kh2 $18) 32… Rxf7 $11 33. Ne5 Rf8 (33… Rf5 34. Ng4 Qc6+ 35. Kh2 $11)
34. Ng6 (34. Rd7 $142 g5 35. Rd5 $16) 34… Rf6 $2 (34… Re8 $142 $11 {
would keep Black alive}) 35. Qb8+ $18 Kf7 $4 {simply worsens the situation} (
35… Kh7 36. Nf8+ Rxf8 37. Qxf8 Qg6+ 38. Kh2 $18) 36. Nh8+ (36. Ne5+ Ke7 37.
Rd7+ Ke6 38. Qe8+ Kf5 39. Nf3 Rg6+ 40. Kh1 Rg1+ 41. Nxg1 Qc6+ 42. Kh2 $18)
36… Ke7 $16 {Do you see the mate threat?} 37. Re1+ Re6 38. Ng6+ (38. Rxe6+
$142 $5 Kxe6 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40. Qxg7+ Ke8 41. Nf7 $18) 38… Kf6 $14 39. Rxe6+
Qxe6 40. Nf4 Qc6+ 41. Kg3 1/2-1/2
1. d4 {A59: Benko/Volga Gambit: White castles by hand} 1… Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5
b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2
Nbd7 11. h3 O-O 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. Re1 Nfd7 14. Qe2 $146 (14. Bf4 Qb8 15. Qe2 Qb7
16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ra4 18. Qb5 f6 19. Rb1 Rxa2 20. Ra1 Rfa8 21. Rxa2 Rxa2
22. Qc6 Qa8 23. Rb1 Qa6 24. Rxb6 Qe2 25. Bd2 Nxb6 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Bh6+ {
1-0 Handke,F-Pikula,D/Biel SUI 2000/The Week in Chess 300 (27)}) 14… Na4 15.
Nxa4 Rxa4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bc1 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qb5 20. b3 Ra7 21. Rb1 Rfa8
22. a4 Qb4 23. Bd2 Qb7 24. h4 (24. b4 Qa6 25. a5 cxb4 26. Bxb4 Rc8 $16) 24…
g4 25. Ng1 Ne5 26. Bc3 Rb8 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Qd2 Bg7 29. Qd1 Qd7 30. Ne2 Rab7
31. Qc2 Rb4 32. Nf4 1/2-1/2
1. d4 {D90: Gruenfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} 1… Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. Ba3 cxd4 $146 {
Black begins to deal mighty blows} (9… b6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Bb7
13. d5 Rad8 14. c4 Nf6 15. Bb2 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. e4 f6 19. Qc3
Nf7 20. Rde1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qa3 Qc7 23. f4 e5 24. f5 {
Schiller,E-L’Ami,E/Internet ICC 2000/The Week in Chess 292/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 10.
cxd4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Qb2 ({Worse is} 13. Qxb7 Nxd4 (13… Qxa3
$6 14. Qxc6 Rfc8 15. Qf3 $15) 14. exd4 Qxa3 $19) 13… Rfd8 14. Be2 (14. Qxb7
$2 {doesn’t solve anything} 14… Nxd4 (14… Qxa3 $6 15. Qxc6 Bxa2 16. Qa6
Qxa6 17. Bxa6 $15) 15. exd4 Qxa3 $19) 14… Rxd4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Qxb7 Bd5 17.
Qa6 $2 (17. Qxe7 $142 $5 Bxg2 18. Bc4 Bxh1 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Qc5 $17) 17…
Bxg2 $19 18. Bd3 $4 {shortens the misery for White} (18. f4 $142 Qxa6 19. Bxa6
Bxh1 20. Bc5 $19) 18… Qe5+ (18… Qe5+ 19. Ne4 Bxe4 $19) 0-1
1. e4 {C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 1… e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O
O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 $146 (12… a5 13. c4 Be7 14. Rc1 {
1/2-1/2 Turov,M-Zakharov,A/Linares ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 270 (14)}) 13. c3
Be7 14. Re1 Re8 15. f3 {Controls e4+g4} 15… Nd7 16. Bf2 Bh4 17. g3 Bf6 18. f4
Nb6 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Qg4 Nf8 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Bc5 {
The bishop likes it on c5} 24… e5 25. Bf5 Qc7 26. fxe5 Bxe5 {
Opening the e-file gets White a lot of play.} 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Bf5 (28. Rf1 Nh7
$14) 28… Bd6 29. Bd4 c5 30. Bf2 Rd8 31. Bd3 Qd7 32. Qh5 Be7 33. Bf5 Qd6 34.
Qf7 Bf6 35. Be6 (35. Qxa7 d4 $16) 35… Nxe6 (35… Nd7 $142 $5 {
should not be overlooked} 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Qe8+ Kh7 $14) 36. Rxe6 $16 ({Not}
36. Qxe6 Qxe6 37. Rxe6 d4 $17) 36… Qd7 37. Qxd7 Rxd7 38. Bxc5 (38. Bxc5 Rc7
39. Bf2 $16) 1-0
1. d4 {D01: Veresov Opening} 1… Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 e6
$146 (5… h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. Bd3 (8. Be5 f6 9. Bd3 Kf7 10. Bg3 Nxg3
11. hxg3 Bg7 12. e4 e6 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. g4 e5 16. dxe5 Re8 17.
exd5 cxd5 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 fxe5 20. Nxd5 e4 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qc4+ Kf8 {
Rocha,S-Santos,J/Lisbon POR 1999/1-0 (37)}) 8… Nxg3 9. hxg3 {
1/2-1/2 Mestrovic,Z-Dizdarevic,E/Pula CRO 1999 (9)}) (5… Qa5 6. Bxf6 Nxf6 (
6… gxf6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O f5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Qc7 11. Na4 Nf6 12. Nc5 Ne4 13.
Qe1 b6 14. Nd3 Ba6 15. Nb2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 b5 17. Nd3 f6 18. Nc5 Ke7 19. Kh1 a5
20. Nd2 h5 21. Ndxe4 {Survila,R-Samulevicius,T/Vilnius LTU 2000/1/2-1/2 (38)})
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 e6 11. a3 Bd6 12. f4 c5 13. O-O c4 14.
Be2 Ne4 15. f5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 f6 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. fxg6 Qg5 19. Kg2 Rc8 20. Bf3
hxg6 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Qf3 f5 23. Rab1 Qd8 24. Qc6+ Ke7 25. Qf3 Ke8 26. Qc6+ Ke7
27. Qf3 Ke8 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai,T-Acs,P/Budapest HUN 1999 (27)}) 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O
b5 8. a3 {Consolidates b4} 8… a5 9. e4 h6 10. Bf4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4
Bb7 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Be5 Qe7 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Qe3 Nd5
19. Qg3 {The mate threat is Qxg7} 19… f5 (19… Bxe5 $5 {
might be a viable alternative} 20. dxe5 Rd7 $14) 20. Nf3 $16 Bc8 21. Re2 Nf6
22. Rae1 Nh5 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Qe5 Rd5 25. Qe3 Rd6 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. c3 Nf6 28.
Qg3 Nh5 29. Qf3 Nf6 30. Qf4 Nd5 31. Qg3 Rd8 32. Ng6 Rf6 33. Nf4 Nxf4 34. Qxf4
Qf7 35. Re5 g5 36. Qf3 Bb7 37. Qe2 Rd6 38. Bc2 a4 39. Bb1 Bc8 40. g4 (40. Qd3
$142 $16) 40… fxg4 $11 41. Qxg4 Rxf2 42. Qg3 Rf4 {A classical outpost} 43.
Bf5 $4 {gives the opponent counterplay} (43. Be4 $142 $11 {would bring relief})
43… exf5 $19 44. Re8+ Kg7 45. R1e7 Rg4 (45… Bd7 $142 {
makes sure everything is clear} 46. Rxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 46. Qxg4 fxg4 47. Rxf7+
Kxf7 48. Rxc8 Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd5 50. Kf2 Kc4 51. Ke1 Kb3 52. Re2 h5 53. Kd1 Rf6
54. Rd2 (54. Ke1 Rf3 $19) 54… Rf1+ 55. Ke2 Rh1 56. Ke3 Re1+ 57. Kf2 Rb1 58.
d5 cxd5 59. Rxd5 Rxb2+ 60. Kg3 Kxa3 61. Rxg5 Rb3 62. Rxh5 Rxc3+ 63. Kxg4 b4 (
63… b4 64. h4 b3 $19) 0-1
1. e4 {C02: French: Advance Variation} 1… e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5.
Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 f6 7. b4 Bb6 $146 (7… Be7 8. Bb2 Nh6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 fxe5
11. cxd5 e4 12. dxc6 exf3 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Ne4 bxc6 15. gxf3 a5 16. O-O-O axb4
17. axb4 Be7 18. Rg1 g6 19. Bc4 Ra4 20. Nd6 Rxb4 21. Ba2 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 {
Crouch,C-Speelman,J/Birmingham ENG 1999/1/2-1/2 (35)}) 8. Bb2 fxe5 9. Nxe5 {
The knight is not easily driven from e5} ({Weaker is} 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qf6
11. Qh5+ g6 12. Bb5+ Kd8 $19) 9… Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qf4 {Black threatens strongly Ng4} 15. Qc1 (15. Bxf6 $142
$5 {should be investigated more closely} 15… Qxc4 16. Be7 $17) 15… Ng4 $19
{Threatening mate… how?} 16. Qxf4 Rxf4 17. Nd2 Nxf2 18. Bc1 Bd7 19. g3 Nd3+
20. Kg2 Rxf1 21. Nxf1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Kf7 23. Nd2 Ke7 24. Nf3 a5 25. Ne5 Be8 (
25… axb4 26. axb4 Bd4 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 28. Bd3 $17) 26. Bb3 {
Attacks the isolani on c6} (26. Bd3 $5 axb4 27. axb4 Ra2+ 28. Kh3 $15) 26…
axb4 $17 27. axb4 Ra3 28. Rb1 Ra8 $4 {with this move Black loses his initiative
} (28… Bd4 $142 $5 29. Nc4 Ra8 $19) 29. Rc1 $15 Rc8 30. Re1 Bc7 31. Nf3 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on e6} 31… Bd7 32. Bxe6 Bxe6 33. Nd4 Bb6 34. Nxe6
Kf6 35. Nf4 Kf7 36. Rd1 Kg8 37. Rc1 Kf7 38. Nd5 {White gets strong initiative}
38… Ba7 39. b5 c5 (39… cxb5 {A pinning theme} 40. Rxc8) 40. b6 $18 Bb8 41.
Nb4 Ke6 (41… c4 $5 $16) 42. b7 $18 {Do you see the mate threat?} 42… Rd8
43. Rxc5 Rd7 $2 (43… Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. Rc8 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Rxb4 47. Rxb8 $18)
44. Rb5 (44. Nc6 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for White} 44… Kd6 45. Nxb8
Rxb7 46. Rc6+ Kd5 $18) 44… Rd8 45. Na6 Kd6 (45… Re8 $18) 46. Rc5 (46. Nxb8
$6 {is the weaker alternative} 46… Rxb8 47. Rb3 Kc7 $14) 46… Rd7 47. Rc8
Rxb7 48. Rxb8 Ra7 49. Rb6+ Ke5 50. Nc5 Ra2+ 51. Kh3 g5 (51… Kd5 {
does not win a prize} 52. Ne6 Ra7 53. Kg4 $18) 52. Rh6 Kf5 {
Threatening mate: g4} 53. g4+ Kf4 (53… Ke5 $18 {desperation}) 54. Ne6+ (54.
Ne6+ Ke3 55. Rxh7 $18) 1-0
1. b3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 1… e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6
5. Nf3 Qe7 6. h3 $146 {Prevents intrusion on g4} (6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 $14)
6… a6 (6… Bd7 7. O-O $15) 7. Be2 (7. Bxc6+ $5 {
should be investigated more closely} 7… bxc6 8. c4 $11) 7… Nf6 $15 8. d4
O-O 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. a3 {Secures b4} 11… c5 12. c4 Be6 13. Ng5
Rad8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qc2 Bb8 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rd1 d4 19. Nf3 Bb8
20. exd4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxh7+ {Demolishes the pawn shield} 22… Nxh7
23. Rxd4 Ba7 24. Rd2 e5 (24… Qxa3 25. O-O $11) 25. O-O (25. b4 $142 $5 $16)
25… e4 $11 26. Rdd1 Ng5 27. Rde1 $4 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} (
27. Qd2 $142 $11 {was a good chance to save the game}) 27… Qe5 (27… Nxh3+
$142 {might be the shorter path} 28. Kh2 Qe5+ 29. g3 Nxf2 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 28. h4 $4 {
White has lost his nerve… understandable when you consider his position} (28.
Re3 Nf3+ {Demolition of pawn structure} 29. gxf3 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 exf3 31. Rg1 $19)
28… Nf3+ $1 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 29. gxf3 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1
Qg3+ (31… Qg5+ 32. Kh2 Rf6 33. Qxe4 Rh6+ 34. Qh4 Rxh4#) 32. Kh1 Qxf3+ (32…
Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Rf6 34. Qxe4 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Rh6+ 36. Qh4 Rxh4#) 33. Kg1 Rf4 (33…
Qg4+ 34. Kh1 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Rf5 36. Qd2 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Rh5#) 34. Rxe4 $19 Rxe4 35.
Rd1 Bxf2+ $1 {Demolition of pawn structure} 36. Kf1 (36. Qxf2 Rg4+) 36… Bd4+
(36… Bd4+ 37. Qf2 Qxf2#) 0-1
1. e4 {B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 1… c6
2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 $146 (8.
h3 Bf5 9. Bf4 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 e6 12. Rfe1 a6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Re2 Qd6 18. Rae1 b5 19. h4 Nf6 20. Ne5 b4 21.
c4 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Qc7 23. Rc2 Rac8 24. Rec1 Qa7 25. Ne5 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 a5 27. Rc5
Nd5 28. Qb5 a4 29. Nc6 Qa8 30. Qc4 Qb7 31. Qb5 Qa8 32. Qc4 Qb7 33. Qb5 Qa8 34.
Qc4 a3 35. b3 Qb7 36. Rb5 Qd7 37. Nxb4 Nxb4 38. Qxb4 Rd8 39. Ra5 Qc7 40. Qc5
Qd7 41. Ra7 Qe8 42. Rxa3 Rd5 {Achutti,A-Pelikian,J/Sao Paulo BRA 1999/0-1 (63)}
) 8… O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bc1 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nf4 14. Bc2
Rac8 15. Ne5 Nh5 ({Less advisable is} 15… Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nh5 17. Qxd5 $18) (
15… Nxe5 $2 {looks attractive, but} 16. Bxf4 (16. dxe5 $6 Bxe5 17. Qf3 Bd6
$11) 16… Qb6 17. Bxe5 (17. dxe5 $143 Qxb2 18. Bxg6 Rc4 $18) (17. Rxe5 $6 Bxe5
18. dxe5 Qxb2 $18) 17… Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qxb2 19. Rxe7 Rxc3 20. Rxd7 Rxc2 21.
Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Qxc2 $18) 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nxg6 Nf6 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Ng3 e6 {
Consolidates f5} 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Rf6 22. Re3 Qf4 {Threatening mate: Qxf2}
23. Rf3 Qe4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 24. Bxh6 Rxf3 25. gxf3 $4 {
throwing away the advantage} (25. Bxg7 $142 {was possible} 25… Rf5 26. Qh8+
Kf7 27. Qf8+ Kg6 28. Bf6 Rxf6 29. Qg8+ Kh6 30. Qh8+ Kg5 31. Qg7+ Rg6 32. Qxd7
$15) 25… Qh7 $19 (25… Qh7 26. Kh1 Bxh6 27. Rg1+ Bg7 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 $19) 0-1
NNM 2001 (kommentert av Fritz 6):
[pgn autoplayMode=none] [Event “NNM 2001”] [Site “?”] [Date “2001.06.02”] [Round “1”] [White “Simula, Leon”] [Black “Røyset, Pål N”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “A45”] [Annotator “Fritz 6 (80s)”] [PlyCount “88”] [EventDate “2001.06.02”] [SourceDate “2001.06.02”]1. d4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} 1… Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nd2 (
5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 (6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. c3 Be6 10. Nd2 f5
11. f3 g5 12. Bxg5 Rg8 13. Nh3 Bd5 14. O-O exf3 15. Nxf3 O-O-O 16. b3 b5 17.
Nf4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Rxg5 19. Ne6 Bh6 20. Nxd8 Kxd8 {
Orr,M-Visser,Y/Belfast IRL 2001/The Week in Chess 335/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 6… g6 7.
Be5 f6 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Ne2 Bh6 10. c4 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. d5 Bf7
14. Nbc3 f5 15. b4 Qc7 16. c5 Qe5 17. Qb3 f4 18. Rad1 Bg7 19. f3 exf3 {
Akopian,V-Herrera,I/Linares ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 324/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 5…
Nxd2 $146 (5… cxd4 6. exd4 Qb6 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Rb1 Bf5 9. g4 Bd7 10. Bg2 e5
11. Be3 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bc3 Bxg4 15. Bxe4 O-O-O 16. f3 Be6
17. Ne2 Bxa2 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bc4 20. b3 {
Curien,N-Franzoni,G/Bern SUI 2000/The Week in Chess 323/0-1 (51)}) (5… Qa5 6.
c3 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Bb5+
Kd8 13. Be2 Bd6 14. Nb5 Ke7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. f3 Rbc8
19. Kf2 Rc5 20. Rhd1 {
Zaitseva L-Minogina T/Women, ch-RUS , Elista RUS 1997/1-0 (46)}) (5… Qb6 6.
Nxe4 dxe4 7. Rb1 Bf5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. d5 O-O-O 10. Nc3 e6 11. dxc6 Rxd1+ 12. Rxd1
bxc6 13. Be2 f6 14. O-O e5 15. Bg3 Qxb2 16. Ba6+ Kc7 17. Rb1 Qxc3 18. Rb7+ Kd8
19. Rd1+ Ke8 {
0-1 Goldenberg,R-Kosten,A/Etang Sale FRA 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (19)}) 6.
Bb5+ Nc6 7. Qxd2 (7. Kxd2 $4 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxb5 $19) 7… Qb6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c3
cxd4 10. exd4 (10. cxd4 $2 e5 {Theme: Clearance for f8-b4} 11. a3 exf4 12. exf4
Ba6 $19) 10… e6 11. Ne2 a5 12. O-O Be7 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Rad1 c5 15. Be5 f6
16. Bg3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. Nc3 Rfe8 19. Re3 Rac8 20. Qe2 Bb4 21. h3 a4 22.
Qf3 Bxc3 {Black is in command} 23. bxc3 Qb2 24. Re2 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Bd6
Rec8 27. Rb2 R8c6 28. Bb4 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Bd6 h5 32. Rd2 Kf7
33. Kg3 e5 34. dxe5 h4+ 35. Kh2 Ke6 36. Re2 f5 37. f3 d4 38. Kg1 (38. Rd2 $5
$17) 38… Bb5 39. Rd2 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 d3 41. Ba3 Rb1 (41… Re1 42. f4 $19) 42.
g3 (42. Bf8 $142 $17) 42… Kxe5 43. Bb2+ Rxb2 44. Rxb2 Bc4 (44… Bc4 45. gxh4
Kd4 $19) 0-1
1. e4 {B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1… d5 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Ng3 Bg6 5.
Nf3 Nd7 6. d4 e6 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 Bd6 $146
(11… c5 12. Ne4 (12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Ne5 Rhf8 16.
Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Ne4 Bf4 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. g3 Bxd2+ 20. Qxd2 cxd4 21. Qxh6 Rfd8
22. Qxf6 Qa5 23. Re5 Qxa2 24. Rc5+ Kb8 25. Qe5+ Ka8 26. Ra5 Qc4 {
Mestrovic,Z-Pavasovic,D/Nova Gorica SLO 2000/0-1 (47)}) 12… Qb6 13. O-O-O Be7
14. Be3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qd3 O-O 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd4 Qa5
20. Kb1 Rad8 21. Qe5 Qb6 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Nxd4 Rd8 25. Nb5 a6 26.
Nc3 Rd2 27. Rf1 Nxh5 28. Ne4 Rd7 29. g3 b6 30. Kc1 Rd4 31. Nd2 Nf6 32. c3 Rd8
33. Nc4 b5 34. Ne5 Rd5 35. Nc6 Rd6 36. Nd4 Ne4 37. g4 g6 38. f3 Nc5 39. Kc2 e5
40. Ne2 e4 41. f4 Rd3 42. f5 Rf3 43. Rxf3 exf3 44. Ng3 f2 45. fxg6 fxg6 46. b3
{Salami,M-Kiss,A/Opatija CRO 2000/0-1 (60)}) 12. O-O-O a5 13. c4 a4 14. Rhe1
O-O 15. Ne5 b5 (15… a3 $5 {is worthy of consideration} 16. b4 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Bxe5 18. Qxd8 Bb2+ (18… Raxd8 $2 19. Rxe5 Ng4 20. Re2 $18) 19. Kc2 Rfxd8 $15)
16. cxb5 Nb6 {The black knight is safe in front of b5} (16… a3 $5 {
is worth consideration} 17. b4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxd8 Bb2+ (19… Raxd8 $2
20. Rxe5 Ng4 21. Re2 $18) 20. Kc2 Rfxd8 $15) 17. Nc6 $16 {A beautiful square!}
17… Qd7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Nd5 {The knight is not easily driven from d5}
20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Qf3 Rfb8 22. Nxb8 Rxb8 23. Qd3 Rxb5 24. Kb1 Qc6 25. Rc1 Qb6 26.
Rc2 Be7 27. g4 Bf6 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} 28. Re4 c5 29. a3 $4
{allows the opponent back into the game} (29. Kc1 $142 $16) 29… Rb3 $19 (
29… cxd4 $4 {Black will choke on that pawn} 30. Rc8+ Bd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.
Qxb5 $18) (29… Bxd4 $4 {Taking that pawn is naive} 30. Rxd4 $1 {doomsday}
30… Rb3 31. Qe4 Rxa3 32. Rxa4 Rxa4 33. Qxa4 $18) 30. Qc4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 cxd4
32. Qxa4 d3 $4 {Black has let it slip away} (32… Nc3+ $142 $1 33. Bxc3 dxc3
34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ f5 $17) 33. Rc8+ $16 Kh7 {Threatening mate: Rxb2} 34.
Qe4+ $4 {throwing away the advantage} (34. Bb4 $142 Rxb2+ 35. Kxb2 Qxf2+ 36.
Kb1 Qg1+ 37. Rc1 Qxg4 38. Qd1 $16) 34… f5 $17 35. Qe5 Rxa3 36. Qb8 (36. Rb8
Qc6 37. bxa3 Qc2+ 38. Ka1 Qxd2 39. Qxe6 Qc1+ 40. Ka2 Nc3+ 41. Kb3 Qc2+ 42. Kb4
Na2+ 43. Ka5 Qc5+ 44. Rb5 Qa7+ 45. Qa6 Qxa6+ 46. Kxa6 $17) 36… Qxb8 $17 37.
Rxb8 Ra4 38. gxf5 e5 39. b4 Ra6 40. Rb5 Rd6 41. Kb2 e4 42. Kb3 Rd7 43. Kc4 Nf6
44. Re5 Rc7+ ({Inferior is} 44… Nxh5 45. Rxe4 Rf7 46. Re5 $16) 45. Rc5 Rd7 (
45… Re7 46. Kd4 $15) 46. b5 (46. Re5 $142 $11) 46… Ng4 $4 {
hands over the advantage to the opponent} (46… e3 $142 {
and Black has air to breath} 47. fxe3 Ne4 $15) 47. b6 $16 Nxf2 $2 (47… Rb7
$142 $5 48. Kb5 Rb8 $16 (48… Nxf2 $4 {a poisoned pawn} 49. Rc7 Rxb6+ 50. Kxb6
$18)) 48. Rc7 $18 Rd8 $4 {the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (
48… Ng4 $142 49. Bc3 Nf6 50. Bxf6 Rxc7+ 51. bxc7 d2 $18) 49. Bc3 (49. Bc3 Rg8
50. Bxg7 Re8 51. Bb2+ Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kf8 53. f6 Rc8+ 54. Rc7 Ng4 55. Ba3+ Kg8 56.
f7+ Kh7 57. f8=Q+ Rxc7+ 58. bxc7 Ne3+ 59. Kb3 Nf5 60. Qxf5+ Kg7 61. Bb2+ Kg8
62. c8=Q#) 1-0
1. e4 {C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3…g6} 1… Nc6 2. Nf3 e5
3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c4 $146 (4. d3 d5 (4… g6 5. O-O (5. Bxc6 Nxc6 6. O-O Bg7 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 {
1/2-1/2 Osama,A-Osama,H/Dubai UAE 2000/The Week in Chess 295 (9)}) 5… Bg7 6.
Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 a6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. Bc5 Re8 13.
Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Nxd5 Rd7 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Ne3 c5 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rab1
{Lee,S-Hassan,A/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314/1-0 (49)}) 5. Nxe5 dxe4
6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bd7 8. Nxd7 Kxd7 9. Be3 Rd8 10. Ke2 Kc8 11. c3 a6 12. Ba4
Ne5 13. Nd2 h6 14. f3 f5 15. h3 g5 16. Bd4 Bg7 17. Bb3 N7g6 18. Be6+ Kb8 {
Monzonis Quail,D-Perello Clar,D/Mallorca ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 318/1-0(33)
}) 4… Ng6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4
11. Ne2 Bg4 12. Ne1 a5 13. Ba4 c6 {Consolidates b5} 14. h3 Be6 (14… Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 f5 16. Qh5 $15) 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Rb1 Qa7 17. a3 {Covers b4} 17… Bb6 18.
Ng3 Ne5 19. Nh4 Kh8 20. f4 Nf7 21. Qh5 {White plans f5} 21… Kg8 22. Bb3 Bd8
23. f5 {White gains space} 23… Bd7 24. Ne2 (24. c5 $5 {should be considered}
24… a4 25. Ba2 $16) 24… a4 $11 25. Ba2 Qc5 26. Nf4 Ng5 27. Nf3 Be8 (27…
Nxf3+ $5 28. Rxf3 Ba5 $11) 28. Qg4 $14 Bf7 29. Nh2 h6 30. h4 Nh7 31. Rf3 Kh8
32. Rg3 (32. Ng6+ $5 Bxg6 33. fxg6 $16) 32… Rg8 $14 33. Rf1 (33. Ng6+ Bxg6
34. fxg6 Nf8 $14) 33… Nf8 $11 34. h5 Nd7 35. Ng6+ {The knight dominates}
35… Kh7 36. Qf4 (36. Nf3 $5 $11) 36… Ne5 $15 37. Ng4 b5 (37… Bxg6 38.
hxg6+ Nxg6 39. fxg6+ Kh8 40. Nxh6 Re8 41. Rh3 Qh5 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. Rxh5 Kf8 44.
Qxd6+ Kg8 45. Rh8#) 38. N4xe5 fxe5 39. Qg4 Bf6 (39… bxc4 40. f6 {
Demolishes the pawn shield} 40… Bxf6 41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Qf5 $18) 40. Rc1 d5
41. Kh2 Rgd8 42. Qd1 (42. Qe2 dxc4 43. dxc4 Rab8 $17) 42… dxc4 (42… bxc4
43. Rc2 $19) 43. Qc2 Ra7 44. dxc4 Rad7 45. Rd3 $2 (45. Qd3 $142 $5 $17) 45…
Bg5 $19 46. Rf1 bxc4 (46… Bxc4 $6 47. Rf2 $19) 47. f6 (47. Rdd1 d3 48. Qc3
Rd4 $19) 47… gxf6 (47… gxf6 48. Rdf3 d3 49. Qxa4 Kg7 $19) 0-1
1. d4 {A55: Old Indian Defence with Nf3 and e4} (1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6
4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. d4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Nc5
11. Nd5 Ne6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qh4 Rab8 14. e4 Bxe4 15. Bxf6 {
1-0 Grant J-Harrald/op, Aberdeen SCO 1996 (15)}) (1. Nc3 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nb1
Nb8 4. Ng1 Ng8 5. e4 d6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11.
h3 Nh5 12. g4 Ng3 13. Rg1 Nxe2 14. Nxe2 cxd4 15. Nexd4 Nd7 16. c3 Qc7 17. Qe2
b6 18. f5 Nc5 19. Bf4 Ba6 20. c4 e5 21. fxe6 Nxe6 22. Be3 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4
24. Nxd4 Qxc4 25. Nb3 {
1/2-1/2 Bucher D-Rufener M/08, EuYouth U18 Boys, Tallinn EST 1997 (25)}) 1…
Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 {
Controls b5+d5} 8. e4 a6 {Secures b5} 9. b4 a5 {Black fights for the Initiative
} 10. b5 {White wins space} 10… Qc7 11. Ba3 Nb6 12. c5 dxc5 13. bxc6 (13.
Bxc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 cxb5 $15) 13… bxc6 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Na4 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on c5} 15… Rd8 16. Qc2 {
The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} 16… Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Bd3
19. Rad1 c4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qxc6 (21. e6 $142 $5 {
should be examined more closely} 21… Qc5 22. Rd2 $17) 21… Qa7 $19 (21…
Nxe5 $6 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf1 $15) 22. Rd2 $2 (22. Rf1 $142 $19) 22… Rac8 23.
Qb5 Rb8 24. Qc6 Nxf2 $3 {Demolition of pawn structure} 25. Rxf2 {Decoy to f2} (
25. e6 {the only chance to get some counterplay} 25… Nxe4+ 26. Kh1 $19) 25…
Rb2 (25… Rb2 26. Kh1 Qxf2 27. Re2 Rb1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 30. Bf1
Qxf1#) 0-1
1. e4 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1… c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6
6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Qd8 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Bg5 $146 (11. Qe2
a6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Bh4 Bd7 16. a3 Be8 17. b4 b6 18.
Bg3 Qb7 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. c5 b5 22. Qe4 g6 23. Bd6 Qa7 24. Qf4
Bg7 25. h4 Ne7 26. h5 Nd5 27. Qh2 Bf6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qh6 Bg7 30. Qh4 f6 31.
Be4 Qf7 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Re1 Bf8 34. Bxf8 Qxf8 35. Nd4 Rd7 36. Re6 g5 37. Qg3
Rh7 38. Rce1 Bd7 39. Rxa6 Qh6 40. f3 Qg6 41. Qd6 {
1-0 Vogt,L-Rufener,M/Lenk SUI 2001/The Week in Chess 337 (41)}) 11… h6 12.
Bh4 Be7 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Bb1 Bc6 18. Be5
Rfd8 19. Rde1 Rd7 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. Re2 (21. Nd5 $1 {is interesting} 21… Bxd5
22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Bc7 $14) 21… Qc5 22. b3 {Controls a4} 22… a6 {
Prevents intrusion on b5} 23. Rfe1 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. h3 {Secures g4} 25…
b4 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 (26… gxf6 $4 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8#) 27. Ne4 Qxc2 28. Nxf6+
1/2-1/2
1. d4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} 1… Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 g5 4. f3 gxh4 5. fxe4
c5 6. e3 Bh6 7. Bc4 Qa5+ $146 (7… e6 8. Qf3 (8. Nf3 Bxe3 9. d5 d6 10. Qe2 Bf4
11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. Nd3 Nc6 16. c3 Qg5 17.
Nxf4 Rxf4 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. O-O-O Rf2 {0-1 Granados Gomez,M-Paramos Dominguez,R/
Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 301 (19)}) 8… cxd4 9. exd4 Bc1 10. Qc3
Bh6 11. Ne2 Rg8 12. O-O Qg5 13. Qf3 Qg7 14. Nbc3 Nc6 15. Nb5 Be3+ 16. Kh1 Ke7
17. e5 a6 18. Nd6 Nxd4 19. Qe4 Kd8 20. g3 Nxe2 21. Nxf7+ Kc7 22. Bxe2 {
Shredder-MChess Pro 5 0/Paderborn GER 1995/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 8. Nc3 cxd4 (8… Qb4
$5 {is worth looking at} 9. Qd3 Qxb2 $11) 9. exd4 $14 Qg5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nf3
Qe3 $2 (11… Qg7 $142 $16) 12. Qxe3 $18 Bxe3 13. Nd5 Bxd4 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15.
Nxa8 Bxb2 16. Rd1 (16. Rb1 {keeps an even firmer grip} 16… Bc3+ 17. Ke2 Rg8
$18) 16… Bc3+ (16… b5 17. Ng5 bxc4 18. Nxf7+ Ke8 19. O-O $18) 17. Kf2 e6
18. Rd3 (18. Nxh4 $6 b6 $18) 18… Bf6 19. Rhd1 Rg8 20. Bb5 Be7 21. Bxc6 Bc5+
22. Ke1 bxc6 23. R1d2 f6 (23… Rg4 24. e5 Re4+ 25. Kd1 $18) 24. Nd4 (24. Nxh4
$6 Rg4 25. Nf3 Rxe4+ 26. Kd1 e5 $18) 24… Ke7 25. Nb3 Bg1 26. h3 (26. Rh3 $142
$5 {might be the shorter path} 26… Rg4 27. Kf1 Bb6 28. Nxb6 axb6 $18) 26…
Bh2 27. c4 Bf4 28. Rb2 Be5 29. Rbd2 $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails}
(29. Rc2 $5 Bd6 $18) 29… Bf4 $16 30. Rb2 (30. Kf2 $142 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 $16 (31.
Nxd2 $6 Bb7 $11)) 30… Be5 $11 1/2-1/2
1. b3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 1… d5 2. e3 c6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5
5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 $146 (6… h6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 (9. d3 a5 10.
Nd4 Bh7 11. f4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nbd7 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Rb1 Nfd7 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Qd2
a4 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Qe3 a3 19. Ba1 Na4 20. d4 Nf6 21. Nd2 Qd7 22. Nxa4 Rxa4 23.
Bd3 Qc7 24. Rb3 Bb4 25. Nf3 c5 26. d5 Ng4 27. Qc1 exd5 28. cxd5 Qe7 29. e5 Rxd5
30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. h3 f5 32. Qc2 {
1-0 Socko,B-Balogh,T/Budapest HUN 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (32)}) 9… Nbd7
10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 a5 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6
16. Qc2 a4 17. Ne5 axb3 18. axb3 Ra6 19. Rd3 Rfa8 20. Rg3 Ba3 21. Bc3 {
Lipnowski Irwin-Schulz Manfred/01, Canadian Open, Winnipeg CAN 1997/1-0 (34)})
7. Rc1 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Qf6 11. Nd2 Rad8 12. f4 Qh6 13. Ndxe4
Bxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qe1 f5 16. Qg3 Be7 17. Qh3 (17. Rcd1 $5 $14 {
is worthy of consideration}) 17… Qxh3 $15 18. gxh3 Rf6 19. Rf2 Rg6+ {
Black fights for the Initiative} 20. Kh1 Bh4 21. Rg2 Bf6 22. Ba3 Rxg2 23. Kxg2
g5 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Rc3 (25. Kf2 Bh4+ 26. Kf1 Kf7 $15) 25… e5 26. d5 f4 27.
Bg4 Kf7 28. exf4 (28. Bf5 $5 {deserves consideration} 28… Nf6 29. Be6+ Kg6
30. Be7 $15) 28… exf4 $17 29. Be6+ Kg6 30. h4 Bxh4 31. Bd6 Bf6 32. Rh3 Be5 (
32… Ne5 33. Bc7 Rf8 34. Kf1 $19) 33. Bxd7 $2 (33. dxc6 $142 {
had to be tried to avoid defeat} 33… Bxd6 34. cxd7 $15) 33… f3+ 34. Kf1
Bxd6 (34… Rxd7 $6 35. Bxe5 cxd5 36. Rh4 $11) 35. dxc6 Bc7 (35… Bc5 $142 {
makes it even easier for Black} 36. Rg3+ Kf6 $19) 36. b4 bxc6 37. Bxc6 Rd4 38.
Bd5 $2 (38. Rh4 Rxc4 39. Bxe4+ Kg5 40. Rxh7 $19) 38… Bf4 39. a4 (39. a3 h6
40. Bxe4+ Rxe4 $19) 39… Kg5 (39… h6 $5 {might be the shorter path} 40. Ke1
$19) 40. Bxe4 Rxe4 41. Rxf3 (41. Rxh7 Rxc4 42. Kf2 Rc3 $19) 41… Rxc4 42. Rb3
Bd6 43. b5 Rxa4 44. b6 (44. h3 {is not much help} 44… Kh4 $19) 44… axb6 45.
Rxb6 Bxh2 46. Kg2 Bf4 47. Kh3 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Kg4 49. Rb7 (49. Rb2 {
does not improve anything} 49… h5 $19) 49… Ra2+ 50. Kh1 h5 51. Rg7+ Bg5 52.
Rg8 (52. Rb7 {is still a small chance} 52… Ra1+ 53. Kh2 $19) 52… h4 53. Rg7
h3 54. Rg8 Kh4 55. Rg7 (55. Ra8 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 55… Rxa8 56. Kh2 Ra2+ 57.
Kg1 Be3+ 58. Kf1 h2 59. Ke1 h1=Q#) 55… Ra1+ (55… Ra1+ 56. Kh2 Bf4+ 57. Rg3
Bxg3#) 0-1
1. e4 {C77: Ruy Lopez: 3…a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 1… e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bc5 7. O-O (7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Ng4 9. O-O
Be6 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. Bc3 c5 13. Nbd2 f6 14. a4 g5 15. Nc4 h5 16.
Nfd2 Nh6 17. f3 Nf7 18. a5 Rh7 19. Kh1 Nh8 20. Rfb1 Ng6 21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4
Nf4 23. Qf1 h4 24. Rab1 Nh5 25. Nb6+ Bxb6 26. g4 Ng3+ {
0-1 Girinath,P-Ganguly,S/Calcutta IND 2000 (26)}) 7… Bg4 $146 (7… Ng4 8.
Nbd2 Qe7 9. Nc4 f6 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. a3 O-O-O 12. b4 Ba7 13. a4 Qf7 14. Bd2 Qh5
15. h3 g5 16. Nh2 Qg6 17. Nxg4 h5 18. Ngxe5 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Qe6 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21.
Be3 c5 22. bxc5 {Kristovic,M-Richter,B/Pula CRO 1999/1-0 (32)}) 8. Nbd2 b5 (
8… Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nb3 $11) 9. Qe1 Qd6 10. a4 h5 (10… O-O 11. h3 Be6 12.
Ng5 $11) 11. Nh4 Nd7 12. Nb3 Qf6 (12… Bb6 13. Bg5 $14) 13. axb5 (13. Nxc5
Nxc5 14. f3 Bc8 $16) 13… cxb5 (13… Be7 $5 $14) 14. Nxc5 $16 Nxc5 15. f4
exf4 16. Rxf4 Qd4+ (16… Qe5 $142 $5 $16) 17. Be3 $18 Qxb2 18. Bxc5 g5 19. Rf1
Qxc2 (19… gxh4 20. d4 Rg8 21. Qxh4 $18) 20. d4 Qe2 (20… Qb3 $18 {
desperation}) 21. Qg3 (21. Qa5 $142 {and White wins} 21… Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Kd8 23.
Rxf7 Bd7 $18) 21… O-O-O 22. Nf5 (22. Rxa6 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip}
22… Qxe4 23. Ra7 Qc6 24. Rxf7 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 $18) 22… Qxe4 23. Qa3 Rhe8
(23… Bxf5 24. Qxa6+ Qb7 25. Rxf5 Qxa6 26. Rxa6 g4 $18) 24. Qxa6+ Qb7 25. Ne7+
(25. Qf6 $142 $5 {seems even better} 25… Qe4 26. d5 Qxd5 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28.
Qxe7 f5 $18) 25… Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Rxd4 (26… Qxa6 {hardly improves anything}
27. Rxa6 Rxd4 28. Rxf7 $18) 27. Qf6 Qe4 (27… Qb6 {doesn’t do any good} 28.
Qxb6 cxb6 29. Rxf7 $18) 28. Ra8+ $3 {the final blow} 28… Kd7 (28… Qxa8 {
A deflection} 29. Qxd4) 29. Raa1 (29. Rd8#) 29… Qe3+ $4 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (29… Rd2 $142 {
was a good chance to save the game} 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Qxe7 $11 (31… Kxe7
$4 32. Re1 Qxe1+ 33. Qxe1+ Kd6 34. Qe8 $18)) 30. Kh1 $18 Rf4 (30… Bh3 {
doesn’t change anything anymore} 31. Ra2 Be6 $18) 31. Rxf4 (31. Rad1+ $142 {
nails it down} 31… Bxd1 32. Rxd1+ Qd4 33. Rxd4+ Rxd4 34. Qxd4+ Kxe7 35. Qe5+
Kd7 36. Qxb5+ Ke6 37. Qxg5 $18) 31… Qxf4 32. Qxf4 (32. Qxg5 {
and White can already relax} 32… Qxg5 33. Bxg5 c5 $18) 32… gxf4 33. Bb4 f3
34. gxf3 Bxf3+ 35. Kg1 f5 36. Kf2 Be4 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Rc1 c6 39. Kf4 Kd5 40. h4
Ke6 41. Rd1 Bd5 42. Rd3 Be4 (42… Kf6 {is no salvation} 43. Rg3 $18) 43. Rd6+
(43. Rd6+ Kf7 44. Kg5 $18) 1-0
1. e4 {B40: Sicilian: 2…e6, Unusual lines} 1… c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b4 b6 4. bxc5
bxc5 5. Nc3 $146 (5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 Rb8 8. e5 a6 9. Ne4 Nd4 10. Bd3
Bxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bc3 Ne7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Qxa6
O-O 17. Rb7 Rxb7 18. Qxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Be4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. d4
Rc8 23. Ra1 cxd4 24. Bxd4 d6 25. f4 dxe5 26. fxe5 Rc4 27. c3 Ra4 28. Rb1 h5 29.
Rb8+ Kh7 30. Rb7 Rxa2 31. Rxf7 Kg8 32. Rd7 Ra5 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Kf3 Bh6 35. e6
Bg5 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Bf6 {
1-0 Rossi,C-Straub,P/Padova ITA 2000/The Week in Chess 317 (37)}) 5… Nc6 6.
Rb1 Nge7 7. g3 (7. Ba3 Ng6 $14) 7… Ng6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. h4 h5 10. Ne2 Bf6 11. c3
{Secures b4+d4} 11… Qa5 12. O-O (12. Qc2 Ba6 $11) 12… Ba6 13. d4 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bd2 (17. Rd1 $142 $5 {
is the best option White has} 17… e5 18. Bg5 $11) 17… Qxa2 $17 18. Qd3 e5
19. Bb4 {Traps the king in the center} 19… a5 20. Ba3 {
White gets kings attack} 20… Qe6 21. Qb5 {The mate threat is Qb8} 21… Qf6
22. Bh3 {Do you see the mate threat?} 22… Qd8 (22… Nf8 $142 $5 $15 {
and Black hangs on}) 23. Qd5 $14 {The mate threat is Bxd7} 23… Rc8 24. Rfc1 {
Threatening mate: Rxc8} 24… Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 {Threatening mate… how?} 25…
Rh6 $4 {Black falls apart} (25… Ne7 26. Qd6 Bb6 27. Qxe5 $18) 26. Qd6 (26.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 27. Qa8+ Qd8 28. Rc8 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 f5 30. Rxd8+ Kf7 31. Rf8+ Nxf8
32. Qxf8+ Ke6 33. Qxf5#) 26… Ne7 $4 {the pressure is too much, Black crumbles
} (26… Bb6 $142 $18) 27. Bxd7+ $1 {Demolition of pawn structure.} 27… Kf8 (
27… Qxd7 28. Rc8+ {A beautiful mate combination}) 28. Rc8 (28. Qxe7+ Kg8 29.
Qxd8+ Kh7 30. Bf5+ g6 31. Rc8 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Kg7 33. Qf8+ Kf6 34. Rc6#) 28…
Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rf6+ 30. Qxf6 $1 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 30… Qxc8 (30…
gxf6 31. Rxd8+) 1-0
1. Nf3 {E60: King’s Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3}
1… Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 c5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nc2 d6 (7… a6
8. Bg2 Rb8 9. O-O d6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b3 Bd7 12. a4 Qc8 13. Re1 Bh3 14. Bh1 Ne5
15. Ne3 Re8 16. Bb2 Qc5 17. Ncd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Bf5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5
21. e4 Bd7 22. a5 {Santos,L-Solozhenkin,E/Algarve POR 1999/0-1 (44)}) 8. Bg2
Be6 9. b3 $146 {Consolidates c4} (9. Nd5 Qc8 10. b3 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
Bxa1 13. Nxa1 Nb4 14. Bb2 Nxd5 15. Bxh8 {
1-0 Giddins,S-Proksch,G/Bad Woerishofen GER 2001/The Week in Chess 332 (15)})
9… Qd7 {Black gets the initiative} 10. O-O Bh3 11. Rb1 (11. Bb2 $5 $11 {
is worth consideration}) 11… h5 $17 12. Nd5 h4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qd5 Be6 15.
Qd3 Bh3 (15… Ne5 $142 $5 16. Qd2 Bh3 $17) 16. Qd5 $11 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {C10: French with 3 Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3…dxe4} 1… e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. c3 c5 (7… O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Cistjakova,E-Medvetskij,D/St Petersburg RUS
2000/The Week in Chess 276 (10)}) 8. O-O $146 (8. Qe2 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O
Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. c4 Rfd8 16. Bd2 Rd4
17. Bc3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. a3 Qc7 21. h3 g6 22. Qe3 Ne8 {
Gavrilov,A-Totsky,L/Pardubice CZE 1999/1-0 (47)}) (8. Nxc5 Bxc5 9. dxc5 Nxc5
10. Be2 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 b6 12. Ne5 Nfd7 13. Nc4 Ke7 14. Bf4 Ba6 15. Re1 Rhd8 16.
Kc2 Nf6 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nce4 19. Rd4 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. f3 Nc5 22. b4
Ncd7 23. a4 Nd5 24. Bc1 Ke7 25. b5 Bc8 26. Ba3+ Nc5 27. a5 f6 28. axb6 axb6 29.
Bxc5+ bxc5 30. Kd2 e5 31. Ne3 Nb6 32. Bd3 g6 33. h4 Be6 34. c4 Kd6 35. Kc3 f5
36. g3 Na4+ 37. Kb3 Nb6 38. Kc3 Na4+ 39. Kb3 Nb6 40. f4 e4 41. Be2 h5 42. Nd1
Kc7 43. Nb2 {1/2-1/2 Zapata Alonso-Nogueiras Jesus/Matanzas City CUB 1995 (43)}
) 8… cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Re1 1/2-1/2
1. d4 {E67: King’s Indian: Fianchetto: 6…Nbd7} 1… Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7
4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. h3 Qb6 $146 (8… Re8 9. e4 Nf8
10. Re1 Be6 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Be3 a6 14. a3 Rc8 15. Rc1 h6 16. Nd4
e5 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Re2 Qe7 20. Rd2 Bf8 21. Bf4 Red8 22. Ne2
Rxc1 23. Nxc1 {
Medic,M-Gazic,J/Bad Wildbad GER 2000/The Week in Chess 284/1-0 (68)}) 9. Rb1
Qb4 10. Qd3 e5 11. a3 Qb3 12. Be3 Ne8 13. Nd2 Qb6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qc2 Qc7 16.
Bd4 Be6 17. Nce4 Qe7 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Qc3 d5 21. Ng5 Bf5 22. e4
dxe4 23. Ngxe4 ({Less advisable is} 23. Ndxe4 f6 24. g4 fxg5 25. gxf5 gxf4 26.
fxg6 hxg6 $15) 23… Bxe4 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Ng5 1/2-1/2
1. c4 {E91: King’s Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6…c5
and 6…Bg4} 1… Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5
e6 8. O-O Re8 9. h3 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 (10. Be3 exd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. h3 Ne4
13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Qc2 b5 17. cxb5 Nb6 18. Rad1 Nxd5 19.
Be4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rb8 21. Bc6 Rxe3 22. Qxc5 dxc5 23. Rxd8 Bf6 24. Rd5 Be6 25.
Rd2 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Bxd8 27. Rd1 Bb6 28. Kf2 c4 29. Nd4 Rd3 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31. Ke3
d2 32. Bf3 Bxa2 33. Bd1 Bb1 {
0-1 Palacios Perez,M-Smirnov,S/Linares ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 329 (33)})
10… exd5 11. exd5 Qb6 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. g4 Rxe2 14. Qxe2 Bxg4 15. f3 Bh3 16.
Rfe1 Nbd7 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Re8 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Rab1 Ne5 21. Qe2 g5 22.
Bg3 Bg6 23. Qg2 f5 {Littlewood,P-Farndon,D/Birmingham ENG 1999/1-0 (37)}) 9…
a6 $146 {Covers b5} 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. dxe6 Rxe6 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3
Ne5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Rxf4 Ng6 17. Rf1 Bd7 18. Nd5 Bc6 19. Rb1 (19. Bd3 Nd7 $14)
19… b5 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Bf3 Qd7 22. Kh2 Re8 23. Qc2 Ne5 {
A comfortable square for the black knight} 24. Bh5 (24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rbd1 Rg6
$15) 24… bxc4 (24… Nxc4 $142 $5 25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26. Nxc4 Bxe4 $17 (26… bxc4
$6 27. Rf1 Bxe4 28. Qxc4 $11)) 25. Rxf6 Bxf6 26. Rf1 Re6 27. Nf3 ({Weaker is}
27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Qxc4 Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Bxd6 Rf2 32. Bxc5
Rxb2 $19) 27… Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Qb7 29. Qxc4 Qxb2+ ({Inferior is} 29… Bxb2 30.
Rb1 Re5 31. Bg4 $16) 30. Rf2 Qb5 31. Qc1 Be5 32. Bxe5 dxe5 (32… Rxe5 33. Qxh6
c4 34. Rg2+ Rg5 35. Rxg5+ Qxg5 36. Qxg5+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ Be8 38. Qxd6+ Kg8 39. Qe7
Kh8 40. Qxe8+ Kg7 41. Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Bg6 c3 43. Qf8#) 33. Rc2 Kf8 34. Rxc5 Qe2+
35. Kg3 Bxe4 {The mate threat is Rg6} 36. Rc8+ (36. Bg4 $142 $5 {
is worth looking at} 36… Rf6 37. Qc3 $15 (37. Rxe5 $4 {
White will not be able to digest the pawn} 37… Rxf3+ 38. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kh4
Qf6+ 40. Rg5 hxg5+ 41. Qxg5 Qd6 $19)) 36… Kg7 $17 37. Bg4 Rf6 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 38. Qa3 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40. Kg3 Rd6 41. Qc1 Bg6
42. Qxd2 Rxd2 43. Ra8 Rxa2 44. Bc8 a5 45. Bd7 Ra3 46. Ra7 (46. Kf2 Bc2 $19)
46… e4 (46… e4 47. Kg2 exf3+ 48. Kf2 Bh5 $19) 0-1
1. e4 {B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} 1… c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3.
g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. Bh6 O-O 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10.
Nge2 Rb8 (10… e5 11. O-O Be6 12. f4 f6 13. h3 (13. Rf2 Qd7 14. Raf1 Nd4 15.
Nc1 Rad8 16. Nd1 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. c3 Ne6 19. Ne2 d5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Rxf8
Rxf8 22. Rxf8 Kxf8 23. Qe3 d4 24. Qf3+ Kg7 25. Nf2 Ng5 26. Nxh3 Nxf3+ 27. Kh1 {
1/2-1/2 Ledger,D-Muir,A/Birmingham ENG 2001/The Week in Chess 332 (27)}) 13…
Qd7 14. Kh2 Rab8 15. a4 b6 16. Rf2 d5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. a5 Nxc3
20. Nxc3 h5 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rf4 Rf7 23. Qf2 Nc6 24. Rfa4 Nd4 25. Ra8 {
Orlov,A-Malakhatko,V/St Petersburg RUS 1999/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 11. O-O b5 12. Nd1
$146 (12. f4 b4 13. Nd1 Nd4 14. Nc1 Ba6 15. Ne3 f5 16. c3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ndc6
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rf2 Qb6 20. Nb3 Na5 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 22. d4 d5 23. Nc2 Nc6 24.
Qe3 Nd8 25. Qe5+ {1-0 Bergre,J-Csolig,R/Budapest HUN 1999 (25)}) 12… b4 {
Black gets more space} 13. Ne3 e5 14. f4 Nd4 15. f5 (15. a3 bxa3 16. b3 Qb6 $14
) 15… f6 16. h4 (16. fxg6 $142 $5 {is an interesting alternative} 16… hxg6
17. a3 $14) 16… gxf5 $15 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nxf5+ Nxf5 19. exf5 Bb7 20. Rf2
Rg8 21. Kh2 Kh8 22. Bh3 a5 23. Rg1 d5 24. g4 Qd6 25. Kh1 e4 {
Black gains space. Black launches an attack} 26. Rh2 e3 27. Qe2 Qf4 28. g5 (28.
Qf1 $5 Qh6 29. Qf3 $15) 28… fxg5 $19 29. Rg4 (29. Rf1 $5 Qd6 $17 (29… Qxh4
$2 {would be great except for} 30. Bg2 $18)) 29… Qxf5 30. hxg5 Rxg5 31. Rh4 {
The mate threat is Bxf5} 31… Rbg8 32. Bg2 R8g7 33. Rxd4 (33. a3 {
doesn’t improve anything} 33… b3 34. cxb3 $19) 33… Qf2 (33… Rg3 $142 $19
{and Black wins}) 34. Qxf2 $17 exf2 35. Rf4 d4 {Threatening mate: Bxg2} 36.
Rxf2 Rxg2 37. Rfxg2 Rxg2 ({Less advisable is} 37… Bxg2+ 38. Rxg2 a4 39. Re2
$15) 38. Rxg2 h5 (38… Bxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Kg7 40. Kf3 $17) 39. Kh2 Bxg2 40. Kxg2
Kg7 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Kf4 Kf6 43. a3 bxa3 44. bxa3 a4 45. Ke4 h4 46. Kf4 h3 47.
Kg3 Kf5 48. Kxh3 Kf4 49. Kg2 Ke3 50. Kg3 Kd2 51. Kf3 Kxc2 52. Ke4 Kc3 (52…
Kc3 53. Kf4 Kxd3 54. Kg3 Ke3 55. Kh3 d3 56. Kg4 Ke4 57. Kg5 d2 58. Kg4 d1=Q+
59. Kg3 Qg1+ 60. Kh4 Kf4 61. Kh5 Qg5#) 0-1
1. c4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 1… e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5.
O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Rd1 $146 (9. Qxc4 a5 (9… e5 10.
dxe5 Be6 11. Qf4 Nd5 12. Qe4 a5 13. Nc3 Ra6 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5
Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Rb6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kf8 21. Rd7 Nxe5 22.
Rxc7 Rxb2 23. Bxb7 Rxe2 24. f4 Nd3 25. Rc3 Rd2 26. Rc8+ Ke7 27. Ra8 Rd1+ 28.
Kg2 Rd2+ 29. Kg1 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 {
1/2-1/2 Johansen,D-Solomon,S/Mingara NSW AUS 2000/The Week in Chess 270 (31)})
(9… Nb4 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qb3 bxa4 12. Nxa4 Rb8 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Nc3 Qc8 15. Bf4
Nd3 16. Rxd3 Bxf3 17. Qc2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Rxb2 21.
Rxa6 Bb4 22. Kf1 h6 23. Bxc7 Rb3 24. Ba5 {
Filippov V-Rodriguez Am/08, IV Anibal Open, Linares ESP 1997/1-0 (62)}) (9…
Na5 10. Qc2 Nd5 11. Bd2 b6 12. e4 Nb4 13. Bxb4 Bxb4 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Nc3 Qe7 16.
Ne5 f5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Na2 fxe4 19. Qxc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Bd6 21. Rd7 Rxd7 22.
Nxd7 Rd8 23. b4 Nc4 24. Rc1 {
Dotan,V-Potikha,L/Ramat Aviv ISR 2000/The Week in Chess 273/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 10.
Nc3 Nb4 11. Rd1 Nfd5 (11… c6 12. Bg5 b6 13. Qb3 Ba6 14. e4 Rc8 15. h3 Nd7 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Qxa2 Qb4 19. Qa3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxb4 axb4 22.
Rd6 Rb8 23. a5 Nb3 24. Ra4 Nc5 25. Ra1 Nb3 26. Ra4 Nc5 27. Ra1 {
1/2-1/2 Larsen,B-Van Riemsdijk,H/Pinamar ARG 2001/The Week in Chess 331 (27)})
12. e4 Nb6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. b3 c6 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Nc4
b6 19. Rd2 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. e5 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Nxe8 Rbxe8
25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Ne4 Qf3 27. Rxc6 Qxb3 28. Ng5 Qd5 29. Rxe6 Rc8 30. f4 Rc1+
31. Kf2 Qxg5 32. Re7 Qf5 33. d5 Nc5 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. d6 Nd7 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Qd4
Qf6 38. Rxd7 Ra2 39. Qe3 Rxa4 40. Re7 g5 41. Qe5 {
1-0 Kustar S-Ionescu D/05, Spring Festival, Budapest HUN 1997 (41)}) 9… Nb4
10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 (11. axb5 $4 {
the pawn must be left alone, otherwise White will be punished} 11… axb5 12.
Qxb4 Rxa1 $19 (12… Bxb4 $6 13. Rxa8 Qd5 14. Ne5 $17)) 11… Bb7 12. Nc3 Nbd5
13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 ({Worse is} 15… Nxd5 16. e4 (16. axb5
$143 axb5 17. Bb2 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qe8 $14) 16… bxa4 17. Qc2 $18 (17. Rxa4 $6
Nb6 $14)) 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Nc6 Bd6 18. Bd2 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Bxe7 20. axb5 axb5
21. Rdb1 c6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rb2 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1… c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4
5. f3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. e6 fxe6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qd6 $146 (10… e5
11. dxe5 e6 12. Qg6+ Kd7 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Qd3 Qa5+ 15. Nbc3 c5 16. Bd2 c4 17.
Qe3 Nec6 18. O-O-O Bc5 19. Qf4 Rf8 20. Qg3 Na6 21. Kb1 Bb4 22. g5 hxg5 23. Qxg5
Rf7 24. f4 b5 25. Qg6 {David,G-Cleven,M/Oropesa del Mar ESP 1999/1-0 (37)}) 11.
f4 Nf6 12. Qg6+ Kd8 13. Nf3 Nfd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qd7 16. Nc3 c5 17. Ne2
Nc6 18. c3 Kc7 19. Nf4 Nd8 20. dxc5 Rc8 21. Be3 Kb8 22. O-O-O Qa4 23. Qb1 (23.
Kb1 $5 $18) 23… Rxc5 $4 {solves nothing} (23… g5 $142 24. hxg6 Rg8 $16) 24.
Ng6 $18 (24. Ng6 Rc8 25. Nxh8 $18) (24. Bxc5 $6 {is not possible} 24… Qxf4+
25. Rd2 Qxg4 $16) 1-0
1. e4 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5}
1… c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 (6. Rg1 b5 7. g4 e6
8. g5 Nfd7 9. Rg3 Bb7 10. a3 Be7 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Qf2
Rc8 15. Be3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qc7 17. Kf1 Qc4+ 18. Kg1 Bxe4 19. Bd4 Bxg2 20. Rxg2
d5 21. f5 Bc5 22. f6 Rc8 23. fxg7 Qxc3 24. Bxc3 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rxc3 26. a4 b4
27. a5 Kxg7 28. Re1 Rc4 29. h3 Kg6 30. Ree2 e5 31. Re1 e4 32. Ref1 Ne5 33. Rf6+
Kg7 34. Rxa6 Rxc2 35. Rb6 Nf3+ 36. Rxf3 exf3 37. Rxb4 Ra2 38. Rf4 Kg6 39. Rf6+
Kg7 40. a6 d4 41. Rd6 f2+ 42. Kf1 Ra5 43. Rxd4 Rxg5 44. Kxf2 Ra5 45. Rd6 Ra3
46. h4 h5 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Ivanchuk,V/Elista RUS 1998 (46)}) 6… g6 7.
Bg5 $146 (7. Qg3 Bg7 8. Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Nc6 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. O-O Nd4 12. Bd3
Qd7 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 Rc5 15. h3 Nh5 16. Qe3 Re5 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Rxe5 Nxh3+
19. Kf1 Bxe5 20. Be4 Nf4 21. f3 Rh1+ {
Kogan,A-Savchenko,S/Cannes FRA 2000/The Week in Chess 278/0-1 (39)}) (7. Nd5
Nxd5 8. exd5 Bg7 9. Nb3 Nd7 10. Qd1 O-O 11. Be2 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nb6 14.
Ra2 Qc7 15. Na5 Nxd5 16. Bf3 Nb4 17. Bxa8 Nxa2 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bc6 Bxb2 20. c4
Nc3 21. Qc2 Qxa5 22. Qxb2 Qe5+ 23. Be3 Bxc4 24. h4 d5 25. Qd2 Rb8 {
0-1 Johnson,E-Berg,G/Parsippany USA 2001/The Week in Chess 331 (25)}) (7. h3
Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. g4 Qc7 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxc6 bxc6
14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Rxb2 17. O-O-O e4 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxa2
20. Nxe7+ Kg7 21. Bxe4 Be6 {
Velcheva,M-Balcerak,P/Biel SUI 2000/The Week in Chess 300/1-0 (40)}) 7… Bg7
8. h3 {Controls g4} 8… Qa5 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Nb3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Qe2 Be6
13. Be3 Qc7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. g4 Nxb2 $2 (16… Na5 $142 $5 $11 {
is the best option Black has}) 17. Kxb2 $16 Bxb3 18. axb3 $4 {
White loses the upper hand} (18. Kxb3 $142 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
exd5 $16) 18… e5 $17 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 O-O 22. d6 (22. Qh2
$5 $17) 22… Qxd6 $19 23. Bc3 Qc6 {Do you see the mate threat?} (23… Qc6 24.
Bb4 Qxh1 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 $19) 0-1
1. c4 {A34: Symmetrical English: 2 Nc3, lines with …d5} 1… Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3.
g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 $146 {Secures b4} (8.
d4 Nxc3 (8… cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd5 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 exd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13.
Qxd7+ Bxd7 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Rac1 Bb5 17. Rfd1 Bxb2 18. Rc7 a6 19.
Bxb7 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bd5 Be8 22. Bb3 Ra8 23. h4 {
Zelcic,R-Laurent,B/Metz FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 336/1-0 (63)}) 9. bxc3 {
1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Maksimenko,A/Lviv UKR 2000 (9)}) (8. Re1 O-O 9. a3 Bf6 10.
Rb1 Rb8 11. Ne4 Be7 12. d3 b5 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Bd2 Bb7 15. Rec1 Nd4 16. Nxd4
cxd4 17. b4 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. Rxc7 Nxc7 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Nc5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2
Nd5 23. Qb2 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qxd4 Qc6 26. e4 Rxc1 27. exd5 Qc5 28. Qe5
Rc2 29. Be3 Qxd5+ 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. Bxa7 Rc3 {
0-1 Loesche,H-Schober,M/Rowy POL 2000/The Week in Chess 306 (31)}) (8. Nxd5
Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Rc1 Nd4 12. Bf4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 e5 14. Be3 Qb6
15. b4 Qxb4 16. Rb1 Qa3 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Qc2 Rb6 20. Bc1 Qa6 21.
Be3 Rcb8 22. Rfc1 Rxb1 {
Asfora M-Frota G/05, Capablanca mem, Fortaleza BRA 1997/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 8… O-O
9. d3 Qd7 10. Bd2 Rd8 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Ne4 b6 15. Qd2
Bb7 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nf6 18. Neg5 b5 19. Rfc1 Qe8 (19… Bd6 20. Ne1 $15)
20. Bc5 (20. Nxf7 Ne4 21. Qa2 Qxf7 22. dxe4 Nxb4 23. Qxa7 $16) 20… Bxc5 $15
21. bxc5 b4 22. Ne1 a5 23. Nc2 h6 24. Nh3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Ne3 Rdd8 27.
Nc4 Qd7 28. Nd6 Ba8 29. Nf4 Nd4 {Black plans b3} 30. f3 (30. Qe3 $5 Nf5 31.
Nxf5 exf5 32. Qe5 $17) 30… e5 $19 31. Qe3 f6 (31… exf4 $6 32. Qxd4 fxg3 33.
hxg3 $11) 32. Ng6 Kh7 33. Nh4 b3 34. Qd2 g5 35. e3 gxh4 (35… Bxf3 $6 36. exd4
gxh4 37. Rf1 $11 (37. Qxa5 $4 {the pawn must remain untouched} 37… Qh3 38.
Qc7+ Rd7 39. Qxd7+ Qxd7 $19)) 36. exd4 hxg3 (36… Bxf3 37. Rf1 (37. Qxa5 $4 {
the pawn contains a lethal dose of poison} 37… Qh3 38. Qc7+ Rd7 39. Qxd7+
Qxd7 $19) 37… Qg4 38. Qe3 hxg3 39. Rxf3 gxh2+ 40. Kxh2 exd4 41. Qe7+ Qg7 42.
Re1 $18) (36… exd4 $6 37. Qf4 Qg7 38. Qxh4 $14) 37. hxg3 Rg8 (37… exd4 $6
38. Kf2 (38. Qxa5 Qh3 (38… Bxf3 $6 {is much worse} 39. Kf2 Bd5 40. Qe1 $19)
39. Ne4 Bxe4 40. Qc7+ Rd7 41. Qxd7+ Qxd7 42. fxe4 Qh3 $19) 38… Qe6 39. Re1
$11) 38. Kg2 $4 {another step towards the grave} (38. Kf2 Bxf3 $1 {
Demolishes the pawn shield} 39. dxe5 Bd5 $17) 38… Rg6 (38… Bxf3+ 39. Kf2
Qh3 40. Rg1 Qh2+ 41. Kxf3 Qxd2 42. Rbd1 Rxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rg8+ 44. Kf3 Qf4+ 45.
Ke2 Qh2+ 46. Kf3 Rxg1 47. Rxg1 Qxg1 48. Nc4 Qxd4 49. Kg2 Qxd3 50. Nb6 b2 51.
Nd7 Qe4+ 52. Kg3 Qf4+ 53. Kh3 b1=Q 54. Nxf6+ Kg6 55. Ng4 Qbf1+ 56. Kh4 Qh1#)
39. Rh1 $4 {
Attacking the backward pawn on h6. further deteriorates the position} (39. dxe5
fxe5 40. Qe1 Rf8 $19) 39… Rbg8 (39… Bxf3+ $142 $5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 40. Kf2 Bxh1 41. Rxh1 $19) 40. Rh3 $4 {
a blunder in a bad position} (40. Kf2 $142 Bxf3 $1 {Demolishes the pawn shield}
41. Rh4 $17) 40… Bxf3+ $1 $19 {Demolition of pawn structure} 41. Kh2 (41.
Kxf3 {Theme: Deflection from h3} 41… Qxh3 {Eliminates the defender h3}) 41…
Rg5 {Threatening mate… how?} 42. Rh4 Qg7 {Threatens Rh5} 43. Rg1 (43. dxe5
fxe5 (43… Rxg3 $6 44. Qxh6+ Qxh6 45. Rxh6+ Kxh6 46. Nf5+ Kh7 47. Nxg3 $17)
44. Rg1 b2 $19) 43… exd4 (43… Rxg3 44. Rxh6+ Qxh6+ 45. Qxh6+ Kxh6 46. Nf5+
Kh7 47. Nxg3 a4 48. dxe5 a3 49. exf6 b2 $19) 44. Rh3 (44. Qf4 Rg4 45. Qf5+ Qg6
46. Rh3 Qxf5 47. Nxf5 $19) 44… Rxc5 45. Nc4 Qg5 46. Qb2 (46. Qxg5 {
cannot change destiny} 46… fxg5 47. Rb1 a4 $19) 46… Qf5 (46… Qg4 47. Rh4
Rh5 48. Qf2 Rxh4+ 49. gxh4 Qf4+ 50. Kh3 Bg4+ 51. Rxg4 Qxf2 52. Nd6 Qf3+ 53. Kh2
Rxg4 54. h5 Qg2#) 47. Rh4 Qxd3 (47… Qxd3 48. Qd2 Qc2 49. Qxc2+ bxc2 $19) 0-1
1. c4 {D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 1… c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7
6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 (9… b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Ba6
12. Nxd6 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxd6 14. Bb2 Qc6 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Rc2 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Ne4
18. Ba3 h6 19. Ne1 a5 20. f3 Nef6 21. Bd6 Ne8 22. Bg3 Nf8 23. Qb5 Nd7 24. Rc6 {
Bischoff,K-Senff,M/Seebad Heringsdorf GER 2000/The Week in Chess 316/1/2-1/2
(48)}) 10. bxc4 e5 11. Rd1 (11. a4 Re8 12. Qb3 c5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Bb2 Bg4 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. f3 Bf5 19. e4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Bg6 21.
Qc1 Qe5 22. f4 Nxe4 23. fxe5 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nxd1+ 25. Kf1 Ne3+ 26. Kg1 Nd1+ 27.
Kf1 Ne3+ 28. Kg1 Nd1+ {
1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Proehl,H/Magdeburg GER 2000/The Week in Chess 318 (28)})
11… exd4 $146 (11… Re8 12. a4 (12. Rb1 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. c5 Bc7 15. Nc4
Be6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 b5 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qxc6 Rec8 20. Qe4 Rxa2 21. Rb2
Rxb2 22. Bxb2 b5 23. Nd2 Qd6 24. g3 Ba5 25. Qb1 Bxd2 26. Rxd2 Bd5 {
Li Wenliang-Zhu Chen/02, 4th ST Lee Cup, Beijing CHN 1997/0-1 (71)}) 12… e4
13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Qa2 Ng4 15. g3 Qg5 16. Ndxe4 Qh5 17. h4 Bb4 18. Qc2 f5 19. Ng5
f4 20. c5 fxg3 21. fxg3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Ne6 23. Nh3 Nc7 24. Nf4 Qh6 25. Bc4+ Kh8
26. e4 Rxe4 27. Ne6 Ne3 28. Ng5 {
1-0 Mah,K-Brinck Claussen,B/Copenhagen DEN 1999 (28)}) 12. exd4 Re8 13. Re1 Qd8
14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Nf8 16. Bf1 Ne6 17. g3 {Consolidates f4} 17… Nc7 18. Rxe8+
Ncxe8 19. Re1 Be6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. f4 Nb6 {
The isolani on c4 becomes a target} 23. Be3 Nxc4 24. Rd1 Qa5 25. Bf2 Rd8 26.
Rxd8 Qxd8 27. f5 Bd5 28. Nxd5 cxd5 29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. Qxc4 ({Weaker is} 30. Bxa7
Qd5 $17) 30… b6 {Covers c5} 31. Kg2 Nc7 32. g4 Qd5+ 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34. Be1 h5
35. h3 hxg4 36. hxg4 g6 37. Kf3 gxf5 38. gxf5 Kf8 39. Ke4 Nc7 40. Bb4+ Ke8
1/2-1/2
1. d4 {D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 1… Nf6
2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Ne5 e6 6. cxd5 $146 {
White fights for the Initiative} (6. h3 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 dxc4 9. h5 Be4 10.
f3 Bb4 11. Bg2 Bd5 12. e4 c5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. O-O Nb6 16. Be3 Qe7
17. Qe2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Nxc4 Bxd4+ {
Farago,I-Gutman,L/Bad Woerishofen GER 2001/The Week in Chess 333/1-0 (35)})
6… exd5 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. e4 Nf6 9. e5 {White wins space} 9… Ne4 10. Bd3 f5
11. O-O Be7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nf4 Qd7 15. Qb3 b6 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Nxe6
Qxe6 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Ba6 f4 20. Bf2 Rab8 21. Rfd1 Kh8 22. Qc2 c5 23. Bb5 ({
Instead of} 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Bf1 Qxe5 $17) 23… Rbc8 24. Qa4 Nb8 25. Qxa7 c4
26. b3 c3 $2 (26… cxb3 $142 27. axb3 Bb4 $18) 27. Rd3 Bb4 28. Qa4 Qe7 29. Be1
(29. Bh4 $1 {seems even better} 29… Qxh4 30. Qxb4 Rg8 $18) 29… Rc7 (29…
Rg8 $142 30. a3 Bxa3 31. Rcxc3 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Bb4 $18) 30. Bh4 $1 $18 {
finishing him off} (30. Bxc3 {is clearly worse} 30… Ba3 31. Rc2 Ra7 $17)
30… g5 (30… Qxh4 {A deflection} 31. Qxb4) 31. Bxg5 $1 {
sealing the opponent’s fate} 31… Qxg5 {Theme: Deflection from b4} 32. Qxb4
Rg8 {Threatening mate… how?} 33. Rc2 Rcg7 (33… Qh4 34. Rd1 (34. Rdxc3 $6 {
is clearly inferior} 34… Qe1+ 35. Bf1 Na6 36. Qxb6 Rxc3 $11) 34… Nc6 35.
Bxc6 (35. Qxc3 $6 {is the less attractive alternative} 35… Nxd4 36. Qxd4 Rxc2
37. e6+ Rg7 $11) 35… Rxc6 36. Kh1 $18 (36. Rxc3 $4 {
the pawn must be left alone, otherwise White will be punished} 36… Rh6 37.
Rf1 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qxh2#)) 34. Rd1 (34. Qxc3 $4 {taking the pawn is naive}
34… Qxg2+ {Demolishes the pawn shield} 35. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rg1+ 37. Ke2
R8g2#) 34… Rg6 (34… Qxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 $18) 35. Bf1 (35. Qxc3
$142 {and White can already relax} 35… Rh6 36. Kh1 Qh4 $18) 35… Qh5 36.
Qxc3 Rh6 37. g3 (37. Qd2 $5 Qxh2+ 38. Kf2 Nc6 $18) 37… fxg3 $16 38. h3 {
White is in command} 38… Qf5 (38… Rc6 39. Qd3 $18) 39. Qd3 Qf4 40. Bg2 Nc6
41. Qd2 Qh4 42. f4 Ne7 43. Rc7 Nf5 (43… Rh5 44. Qc2 $18) 44. Rdc1 (44. Bxd5
$6 Qxh3 45. Rc3 Nxd4 $16) 44… Rhg6 (44… Ne7 45. Rb7 $18) 45. Rc8 (45. Bxd5
$142 {and White wins} 45… Qxh3 46. Bxg8 Rxg8 $18) 45… Ne7 46. Rxg8+ Rxg8
47. Rc7 Rf8 48. Qc1 Ng6 49. Rc8 Kg7 (49… Rxc8 $142 $5 50. Qxc8+ Kg7 $16) 50.
Rxf8 $18 Kxf8 51. Qc8+ (51. Bxd5 $5 Qxh3 52. Bg2 $16) 51… Kg7 $16 52. Qd7+
Kh6 53. Qf5 Qxf4 54. Qxf4+ Nxf4 55. Kf1 Kg5 56. a4 Ne6 57. Bxd5 Nxd4 58. Kg2
Nf5 $2 (58… Kf4 $142 59. e6 Nf5 $18) 59. Be4 Nd4 60. Kxg3 Nxb3 61. Bxh7 Nc5
62. Bc2 Ne6 63. h4+ Kh5 64. Bd1+ Kh6 65. Bg4 Nc5 66. e6 Kg7 67. h5 Kf6 68. h6
Ne4+ (68… Nxe6 69. h7 Kg7 70. Bxe6 Kxh7 $18) 69. Kf4 Nd6 70. h7 Kg7 71. Bf5 (
71. Bf5 Nc8 72. Ke5 $18) (71. e7 $142 {and White has triumphed} 71… Ne8 72.
Bd7 $18) 1-0
1. Nf3 {A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 1… Nf6 2.
g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2
a6 10. b3 $146 (10. e4 Qc7 11. Qe2 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15.
b3 Bf8 16. Qf3 Na5 17. f5 Rac8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Qe2 Qg6 21. Nf3
Nd7 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Bf4 e5 24. Be3 Be7 {
Hart,R-Dive,R/Auckland NZL 2001/The Week in Chess 323/0-1 (63)}) 10… O-O 11.
Bb2 Qc7 12. e4 Qb7 13. Qe2 d6 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. f3 {Secures g4} 15… Ne8 16.
Nc2 Nc7 17. Ne3 b5 18. Rd2 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Nb1 Nc6 21. Ba3 {
Increases the pressure on d6} 21… b4 22. Bb2 a5 23. h4 Na6 24. h5 h6 25. Ng4
Nc5 {A valuable piece} 26. Qe3 Bg5 27. f4 Be7 28. Qf3 Qb6 (28… a4 $142 29.
Rf2 Na5 $15) 29. Nxh6+ $4 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (29.
f5 Nd7 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 32. Qf7 $18) 29… gxh6 $19 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31.
Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qxf7 Nxe4 {Black threatens strongly Qe3} 34. Re2 Rf8
35. Qg6 Nf6 36. f5 Rg8 $4 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (36… e5
37. Bxe5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 $19) 37. fxe6+ (37. Qf7 e5 38. Bxe5 Nxe5 39. Rxe5 $19)
37… Kc7 $19 38. Qf7 Raf8 $4 {weakening the position} (38… Qb7 39. Kh3 Raf8
40. Bxf6 Rxf7 41. exf7 Qc8+ 42. Kg2 Bxf6 43. fxg8=B Qxg8 $19) 39. Bxf6 $16 Rxf7
40. exf7 Rf8 41. Bxe7 Rxf7 42. Bxd6+ Kb7 43. Bf4 (43. Rd5 Qd8 $18) 43… Qc5 $2
(43… Nd4 $142 {is a viable option} 44. Re5 Qc6+ 45. Rd5 Ne6 $14) 44. Rd5 $18
(44. Bxh6 $2 {doesn’t solve anything} 44… Qxh5 45. Rde1 Qxh6 $19) 44… Qf8
45. Re6 (45. Nd2 Rxf4 46. gxf4 Qxf4 $18) 45… Rxf4 $16 46. gxf4 Qxf4 47. Re1 (
47. Rd7+ $142 $5 {must definitely be considered} 47… Kc8 48. Rg7 $14) 47…
Qg4+ 48. Kf2 Qh4+ 49. Kf1 Qh3+ 50. Kf2 Qh2+ 51. Ke3 Qxa2 (51… Qg3+ $142 $5 {
should not be overlooked} 52. Kd2 Qf2+ 53. Re2 Qg1 $11) 52. Nd2 $16 Qb2 53. Ke4
Qf6 54. Kd3 (54. Re3 $142 $5 $16) 54… Qc3+ $11 55. Ke4 Qh3 (55… Qf6 56. Re3
Kc7 $16) 56. Re3 Qg4+ 57. Kd3 Kc7 58. Kc2 Qg1 59. Red3 Qa1 60. Rd7+ Kc8 61.
R7d5 (61. R7d6 Kc7 $14) 61… a4 (61… Kc7 62. Nb1 $14) 62. Rc5 (62. bxa4 Qa2+
63. Kd1 Qxa4+ 64. Ke2 $14) 62… a3 {Pushes the passed pawn} (62… Kb7 $142 {
and Black could well hope to play on} 63. Rd7+ Kb8 64. bxa4 Nd4+ 65. Rxd4 Qc3+
66. Kd1 Qxd4 67. Rb5+ Kc7 $11) 63. Rxc6+ $16 Kb7 64. Rg6 (64. Rxh6 $142 Qb2+
65. Kd1 $16) 64… Qb2+ $11 65. Kd1 a2 {Threatening mate: a1Q} 66. Rd7+ Kc8 67.
Ra7 a1=Q+ 68. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {B86: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, without early …b5} 1… c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9.
O-O Qc7 (9… Nfxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 d5 13. f6 gxf6 14. Be3 exd4
15. Bxd5 Ng5 16. Bxg5 Qxd5 17. Rae1+ Be6 18. Rxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxf6 Qd7 20. Rf1
Bg7 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Bh6 Qd6 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. Rf5 Rg8 {
0-1 Remiro Juste,F-Ubilava,E/Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 301 (24)})
10. Re1 $146 (10. Qf3 Be7 (10… b5 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14.
Ng3 h5 15. Be3 h4 16. Nge2 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxc2 19. Nd4 exd4 20. Bxd4
Be7 21. Rfe1 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. g4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qe2
Qb7 27. g4 Rh4 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. g5 Kf8 30. g6 Bd8 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. gxf7 Bb6+
33. Kg2 Qxd5+ 34. Kg3 Qd3+ {0-1 Artizzu,G-Chilingirova,P/Padova ITA 1999 (34)})
11. Be3 O-O 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Nxb3 14. axb3 b5 15. g4 b4 16. g5 bxc3 17. gxf6
Bxf6 18. bxc3 Bb7 19. c4 d5 20. cxd5 Qxc2 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. b4 Kh8 23. Bc5 Rg8
24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Bd8 26. Rc3 Ra8 27. Rca3 Rc8 28. Rc3 Ra8 29. Rca3 Rc8 {
1/2-1/2 Natri,A-Liitiainen,E/Jyvaskyla FIN 2000/The Week in Chess 299 (29)}) (
10. Qe2 Be7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nfd7 13. f5 Ne5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qh3
Qb6 17. Be3 Nxb3 18. axb3 b4 19. Nf5 Qb7 20. Ng7+ Kd8 21. Na4 Qxe4 22. Bb6+ Kd7
23. Nc5+ {1-0 Bintafrit,S-Campos,E/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (23)
}) 10… Be7 11. e5 {White gets more space} 11… Nfd7 $2 (11… dxe5 12. fxe5
(12. Rxe5 $143 O-O $15) 12… Nxb3 13. axb3 $11) 12. exd6 (12. Nd5 $142 exd5
13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nf5 $18) 12… Qxd6 $11 ({Inferior is} 12… Bxd6 13. Ndb5 {
A double attack} 13… axb5 14. Nxb5 $18) 13. f5 Nf6 (13… e5 $5 {
is worth consideration} 14. Nd5 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6+ 17. Be3 Qc7
$15) 14. fxe6 $14 fxe6 15. Nxe6 {Traps the king in the center. .} 15… Nxb3
16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Nf4+ Kf7 18. cxb3 Bd7 19. Ncd5 Rhe8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 ({
Instead of} 20… Kxe8 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Nd5 $14) 21. Nxf6 $4 (21. Bd2 $142
$11 {would bring relief}) 21… Bc5+ $19 (21… gxf6 $6 {
is the less attractive alternative} 22. Bd2 $11) (21… Kxf6 $6 {
is no comparison} 22. Bd2 $11) 22. Kf1 (22. Be3 {is the last straw} 22… Bxe3+
23. Kh1 gxf6 24. Nd3 $19) 22… Bb5+ (22… Bb5+ 23. Ne2 Rxe2 24. Be3 Bxe3 25.
h3 Rxb2+ 26. Ke1 Rxg2 27. Kd1 Bd3 28. Nxh7 Rg1#) (22… gxf6 $6 {
is a useless try} 23. a4 $11) (22… Kxf6 $6 {is not possible} 23. a4 $15) 0-1
1. e4 {C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves} 1… e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. a3 Be7 5. exd5 $146 (5. e5 c5 6. dxc5 (6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nce2 Nc6 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Qb6 10. g4 f6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rb1 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Qxb1 14. c4 Qb6 15.
Qc2 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Kb8 17. Bd2 Nge7 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Qa2 Bc8 20. a4 fxe5 21. fxe5
Rhf8 22. Be4 Nxe5 23. Nexd4 Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Nd5 25. a5 a6 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Qc4
Ka8 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Qb3 Qe5 30. Qd3 Rc8 31. Rb1 Bc6 32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33. Re1 Qd6
34. Kh1 g6 35. h3 Rfc8 36. Qb3 Rc5 37. Be3 Qg3 38. Bxc5 Qxb3 {
0-1 Raguz,I-Macek,V/Pula CRO 1999 (38)}) 6… Bxc5 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3
Nge7 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Nb5 Ng6 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. O-O a6 15. Nbd4 Bd7
16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. c3 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Na5 {
Virtual Chess-Kaidanov G/Harvard 1995/1/2-1/2 (34)}) (5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxe4 7.
Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 a6 11. c4 b6 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Bd6
14. Re1 O-O 15. Ne5 c5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qc7 18. b4 a5 19. Rab1 Bxe5 20.
Bxe5 Qc6 21. f3 Nd7 22. Be4 Qc8 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5
Qa7 27. Rec1 Rec8 28. Qf2 Rc6 29. Rb5 Rac8 30. Rcb1 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Qxc5
Qxc5+ 33. Rxc5 Rd8 34. Rcb5 g6 35. Rb8 Rxb8 36. Rxb8+ Kg7 37. Ra8 f5 38. Rxa5
g5 39. Ra8 f4 40. a4 e5 41. a5 g4 42. a6 gxf3 43. gxf3 e4 44. fxe4 f3 45. a7 {
1-0 Lacau Rodean,I-Bayrak,A/Halkidiki GRE 2000/The Week in Chess 310 (45)})
5… exd5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. Qd2 c6 {Controls b5} 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6
11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O Nxg4 13. Qe2 (13. hxg4 {Exploits the pin} 13… Rxh1)
13… Nh6 14. h4 Nd7 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nf5 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. f3 $2 {
Covers e4+g4} (18. Nf3 Qd6 $17) 18… b5 (18… Ng3 $142 $5 19. Qe3 Nxh1 20.
Rxh1 Rc7 $19) 19. Rhe1 Qa5 $4 {gives the opponent counterplay} (19… Qd6 $142
$17) 20. Nxf7 $18 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 20… O-O (20… Kxf7 {
Decoy theme: f7} 21. Qe6+) 21. Ne5 (21. Qe6 $142 {and White gets the upper hand
} 21… Bxa3 22. Ne5+ (22. bxa3 $2 Rce8 23. Nh6+ Kh7 24. Nxf5 Rxe6 25. Rxe6
Qxa3+ (25… Qxc3 $6 26. Re3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 $19) (25… gxf5 $6 26. Nb1 $19) 26.
Kd2 gxf5 $19) 22… Kh7 23. h5 (23. bxa3 Qxa3+ 24. Kd2 Rce8 25. Qxc6 Nxd4 26.
Nxb5 Nxc6 27. Nxa3 Nxe5 $17 (27… Rxe5 $6 28. Rxe5 Nxe5 29. f4 $15)) 23…
Nxh5 24. Qxg6+ (24. bxa3 Qxc3 25. Qxg6+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ Kh7 $16) 24… Kg8 25. Nb1
$18 (25. Qxh5 $4 {White’s fate is sealed if he captures the knight} 25… Qxc3
26. bxa3 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxe1+ (27… Qxd4 28. Kb1 Qc3 29. Re3 $18) 28. Rd1 Qxe5
$19) (25. bxa3 Qxc3 26. Qe6+ Kh7 $16)) 21… Bxa3 $14 22. Nxg6 $4 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (22. Qd3 Bb4 23. Nxg6 $16) 22… Rfe8 $4
{Black loses the upper hand} (22… Qxc3 $142 $1 23. Qe6+ Kh7 24. Nxf8+ Rxf8
25. Qxf5+ g6 $17) 23. Qd3 $18 Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Nd6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Na2 Nc4+
27. Ka1 Re1 28. Bc1 Nd7 (28… Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qc7 30. Qe2 $18) 29. Rxe1 Qxe1 30.
Qf5 Ndb6 (30… Qe8 $18) 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. h5 (32. h5 Qc3+ 33. Nxc3 c5 34. Qh8#)
1-0
1. d4 {B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3…g6 and 3…dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 1…
d5 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 h5 $146 (5… Be6 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. Nge2 Nb6
8. Nf4 Bc8 9. Rd1 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. c3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 O-O 15. O-O Nd5 16. Rfe1 Qb6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Re2 Rfe8 19. Rde1 e6 20.
Qd2 Rec8 21. Bg5 Bh8 22. Kh1 a5 23. h4 Rc6 24. g3 f6 25. Bf4 Kf7 26. g4 Rg8 27.
g5 Bg7 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Qc7 31. Re5 Re8 32. Qh2 Kf8 33. Qh6+
Kg8 34. Rxd5 Qg3 35. Rd7 Qxf3+ 36. Kh2 {
1/2-1/2 Stasiunaite,L-Rumiancev,B/Vilnius LTU 2000 (36)}) (5… Nf6 6. Qd2 dxe4
7. fxe4 Ng4 8. Nf3 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Bg4 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qb6 13.
Bc4 Nd7 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Bxb2+ 19.
Kxb2 Rxd1 20. Qb3 Qxc5 21. Bxf7+ Kg7 22. c4 Qd4+ {
0-1 Clifford N-Smeele P/05, 7th NATO, Viborg DEN 1996 (22)}) 6. Qd2 Nf6 7.
O-O-O b5 8. Bd3 Na6 {Black should quickly conclude development.} 9. Kb1 Nc7 10.
Nce2 a5 11. Nc1 Be6 12. e5 {This push gains space} 12… Nd7 13. Bg5 c5 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} 1… c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4.
Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Qc7 8. Qe2 Bd6 $146 {
Black is behind in development.} (8… Nf6 9. Nd5 exd5 10. exd5+ Ne7 11. d6
Qxd6 12. Ng5 Qc6 13. Bxf7+ Kd8 14. Bb3 Ke8 15. Nf7 Rg8 16. Ne5 Qe4 17. Bf7+ Kd8
18. Be3 Ned5 19. Bxg8 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bc5 22. Bb3 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Bc5
24. Nd3 Bd4 25. Rad1 d6 26. Nf4 Be5 27. Nd5 Bg4 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. Re1 Nd7 30. Ne3
Bh5 31. Nc4 Ke7 32. Nxd6 Rc7 33. Nc4 Kf6 34. Nxe5 Nxe5 35. Rd6+ Kf5 36. Rd5 Re7
37. Bc2+ Kf6 38. Rd6+ Kg5 39. Rd5 Kf6 40. Rd6+ Kg5 41. Bxh7 Bf7 42. Bb1 Bc4 43.
b3 {Langrock,H-Luckow,R/Kiel GER 2000/The Week in Chess 303/1-0 (66)}) 9. Rd1
Nge7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rac1 Bxh2+ 13. Kh1 Bf4 14. Bxe6 Bxe3 (14…
fxe6 15. Nd5 {Clearance to allow c1-c7} 15… exd5 16. Rxc7 Bxc7 17. exd5 Bd6
$17) 15. Qxe3 $11 Qe5 (15… dxe6 $2 {is not as innocent as it looks} 16. Nb5 {
Discovered attack} 16… Qxc1 17. Nd6+ (17. Qxc1 $2 axb5 18. a3 Bd7 $19) 17…
Kf8 18. Rxc1 $18) (15… fxe6 {is much worse} 16. Nb5 $1 {Discovered attack}
16… Qe5 17. Nc7+ Kf7 18. Nxa8 $16) 16. Bb3 O-O 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxb2 19.
Rc3 Re8 20. Rg5 (20. Qd4 Qe2 21. Re5 Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Kf8 $18) 20… Qb1+ $11 21.
Kh2 Qxe4 22. Qg3 {Threatening mate: Rxg7} 22… Qd4 23. Rd3 (23. Rc4 Qf6 24.
Rf4 Qh6+ 25. Rh4 $16) 23… Qf6 $17 24. Rd6 {The mate threat is Rxf6} 24… Re6
25. Bxe6 fxe6 (25… dxe6 $4 26. Rxg7+ {Demolition of pawn structure} 26… Kf8
27. Rg8+ Ke7 28. Re8+ Kxe8 29. Qg8+ Ke7 30. Qd8#) 26. f4 b5 27. f5 Qe7 $4 (
27… Ra7 $142 $11 {would be a reprieve}) 28. fxe6 $18 dxe6 (28… g6 {
doesn’t get the bull off the ice} 29. Rgd5 Qf8 30. exd7 Qh6+ 31. Qh3 Qxh3+ 32.
Kxh3 Bxd7+ 33. Rxd7 Rf8 $18) 29. Qe5 (29. Rd8+ Qxd8 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Rg8+ Ke7
32. Qg7+ Kd6 33. Rxd8+ Kc6 34. Qe7 Rb8 35. Rd6+ Kc5 36. Qc7+ Kb4 37. Rd4+ Ka3
38. Qc2 e5 39. Qb3#) 29… Bd7 $11 30. Qe4 $4 (30. Rg3 $5 $11 {
should be investigated more closely}) 30… Rf8 (30… Qxd6+ $142 {
makes sure everything is clear} 31. Qe5 Qxe5+ 32. Rxe5 Rc8 $19) 31. Qg4 $4 {
cause more grief} (31. Qe5 $142 a5 32. Ra6 $17) 31… Qxd6+ $19 (31… Qxd6+
32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Rxg3 Rf2 $19) 0-1
1. c4 {A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} 1… f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
g3 e6 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Ba3 Bxa3 8. Nxa3 Qe7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. d4
b6 (10… Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nce1 Ne4 13. Qc1 Ndf6 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. Nfe5 Be8
16. a4 a5 17. f3 Nd6 18. Qc3 g5 19. b4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Rd8 21. Nc5 f4 22. Bh3 g4
23. fxg4 fxg3 24. g5 Nh5 25. Ne6 gxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Bg6 28. Nxd8 Qxg5
29. Rf8+ {
1-0 Leitao,R-Tempone,M/Buenos Aires ARG 2000/The Week in Chess 306 (29)}) 11.
Nce1 Ba6 $146 (11… Bb7 12. Nd3 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 c5
16. e3 dxc4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rxc4 Rfd8 19. Qd3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Qd5
22. Rd1 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Nd5 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. h4 {
Delai,P-Burijovich,L/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314/0-1 (40)}) 12. Ne5
Nfd7 13. N1d3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bb7 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. cxd5 Nxe5 17. dxc6 (17. dxe5 $6
exd5 18. f4 Qe6 $11) 17… Bxc6 {White gets strong play along the open c-file}
18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rxc6 Qd7 20. Qc2 Qxd4 21. Rd1 Qe5 22. Qc4 Rae8 23. Rd7 Rf7
24. Rcc7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 a5 26. e3 g5 (26… b5 $5 27. Qc6 b4 $14) 27. Qc6 $16
Rf8 {Black prepares f4} 28. Re7 f4 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 fxe3
32. fxe3 {The passed pawn on e3 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 32…
Rc8 33. Rf6 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Rf2 Rc3 36. Kf3 Rc5 37. Ke4 a4 38. Kd4 axb3
39. axb3 Rb5 40. Kc3 Rc5+ 41. Kb4 Re5 42. Rf3 Kg7 43. Kc4 Kg6 44. Kd4 Re8 45.
e4 Rd8+ 46. Kc4 Rd2 47. h3 Re2 48. Kd5 Rd2+ 49. Ke6 Rd8 (49… b5 50. e5 $18)
50. e5 Re8+ 51. Kd6 Rd8+ 52. Ke7 {Do you see the mate threat?} 52… Rb8 (52…
Rd1 $18) 53. e6 b5 54. Kd7 (54. Kd7 Rb7+ 55. Kc6 $18) 1-0
1. e4 {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} 1… e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4
4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 d3 6. Qb3 Na5 7. Bxf7+ Kf8 8. Qd5 (8. Qa4 Kxf7 9. Qxa5 d6 10.
Qd5+ Kf8 11. Qxd3 Nf6 12. O-O Qe8 13. Bf4 Qh5 14. Nbd2 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Qg4 16. Bg3
Nh5 17. Nc4 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Be8 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. Nd5 Rd8 21. Rad1 Bf7 22. Nxe7
Qxe7 23. e5 d5 24. e6 Bg6 25. Qe3 Kg8 26. Qxa7 {
1-0 Nguyen Anh Dung-Csapo,Z/Budapest HUN 2000/The Week in Chess (26)}) 8… c6
$146 (8… Nf6 9. Qxa5 Kxf7 10. e5 b6 11. Qb5 c6 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13. Qxd3 Nd5 14.
Nxh7 d6 15. Qg6+ Kd7 16. c4 Nb4 17. a3 Qg8 18. axb4 Rxh7 19. O-O dxe5 20. b5
Bb7 21. Nc3 Rh8 22. bxc6+ Bxc6 23. Rd1+ {Kimende R-Medina R/04, 1996/1-0 (39)})
9. Qf5 Nf6 10. Ng5 h6 11. e5 hxg5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bg6 Qe7+ 14. Be3 (14. Qe4
Nc4 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Bxd3 Ne5 $11) 14… Nc4 $15 15. Qxd3 Nxe3 (15… Nxb2 $5
{should not be overlooked} 16. Qe2 Na4 $15) 16. fxe3 $11 Qe5 17. Nd2 d5 18. Nf3
Qg3+ 19. hxg3 Rxh1+ 20. Kd2 Rxa1 21. e4 Bg4 (21… g4 22. e5 Be7 23. c4 Rxa2
24. Kc2 $16) 22. e5 (22. Kc2 $142 $5 $14 {is worth consideration}) 22… Bxe5
$15 (22… Rxa2 $2 {is worthless because of} 23. Qd4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 $18) 23. Qe3
(23. Nxe5 Rd1+ {Theme: Double Attack}) 23… Bf6 24. Nxg5 d4 $4 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (24… Rd1+ 25. Kc2 Rf1 26. Nh7+ Kg8 27.
Bd3 $14) 25. Nh7+ Kg8 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Qh6 dxc3+ (27… Rd1+ {desperation}
28. Kc2 d3+ 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Kxd3 Rd8+ 33. Ke3 Bc8
$18) 28. Kxc3 Rc1+ 29. Qxc1 (29. Qxc1 Kg7 30. Bd3 $18) 1-0
1. d4 {D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1… Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5.
Nxf3 c6 6. Ne5 $146 (6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxd4+ 9. Be3 Qg4 10. Qf2 e6
11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qh5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Be2 Qa5 15. Bd4 Be7 16. Qg3 Kf8
17. Kh1 Rd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Qb8 Qc7 21. Qxa7 Qe5 22. Bf3 Bc7
23. Qg1 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxc2 25. Rxb7 Bd6 26. Bh5 Be7 27. Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Qa7+ Kd6
29. Qd4+ Ke7 30. Qa7+ {1/2-1/2 DarkThought-LambChop/Paderborn GER 1999 (30)})
6… Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. g5 Nd5 9. Qf3 $2 (9. Bg2 $142 $5 {
and White can hope to survive} 9… e6 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. c4 $15) 9… Nb4 $19
10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 (11. Nxd3 Qxd4 12. Bf4 h6 13. gxh6 Bxd3 $17) 11… Qxd4
$19 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Rf1 f5 14. Be3 Qh4+ 15. Rf2 e5 16. O-O-O Qh5 17. Qh1 Be7
18. Rg1 Qh3 19. Re1 Nd7 20. d4 O-O-O 21. d5 Bc5 22. Rf3 (22. Nd1 f4 23. Rc2
Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 fxe3 25. dxc6 $19) 22… Bxe3+ 23. Rfxe3 Qxh2 24. Qf1 cxd5 25.
Nxd5 Kb8 26. Qb5 Rc8+ 27. Nc3 Rhd8 28. a3 Qf4 29. Kb1 Qc4 (29… Qxg5 {
seems even better} 30. Rd3 a6 31. Qd5 $19) 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 31. Qxe5+ Qc7 32. Qe6
Qd7 33. Qxg6 (33. Qe5+ {is the last straw} 33… Ka8 34. Rd1 $19) 33… Qd3+
34. Ka1 Rxc3 35. Qxg7 (35. Qe6 {is still a small chance} 35… Rc5 36. Ka2 $19)
35… Rxa3+ $1 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 36. bxa3 Qxa3+ 37. Kb1 Qb4+ (37…
Qb4+ 38. Qb2 Qxe1+ 39. Ka2 Qe6+ 40. Kb1 Rd1+ 41. Kc2 Qe2+ 42. Kb3 Qb5+ 43. Ka3
Rd3+ 44. Ka2 Qa4+ 45. Qa3 Qxa3+ 46. Kb1 Qb3+ 47. Kc1 Rd1#) 0-1
1. g3 {A00: Irregular Openings} 1… d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. b3 (3. c3 c6 4. d3 e5 5.
e4 dxe4 6. dxe4 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bc5 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Kc2 Nf8 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nb3 Bb6
12. Nh3 h6 13. a4 a5 14. Re1 N6d7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ke7 17. Nf2 Ng6 18.
Ree1 Rhd8 19. Red1 f6 20. Bh3 Bxb3+ 21. Kxb3 Nc5+ 22. Kc4 b6 23. b3 Nh8 24. Nd3
Nxd3 25. Rxd3 b5+ {
0-1 Zwicky,M-Staechelin,R/Basle SUI 2001/The Week in Chess 324 (25)}) 3… Nbd7
$146 (3… c5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Ne2 Re8 9. h3 h5 10.
e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 h4 12. gxh4 Nh5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bf3 g6 16. Bxh5
gxh5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Ne3 {
Wohl,A-Arkell,K/Millfield ENG 2000/The Week in Chess 301/1-0 (37)}) 4. Bb2 e5
5. c4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. a3 {Covers b4} 9… a5 10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. d3 Bf8 12. e4 Nc7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qg5 15. Nf5 Qg6 16. Nd2 Ne5 17.
Ne3 Nb5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Qxg4 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. a4 Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Kh1
Nd6 24. e5 {White gets more space} 24… Nf5 25. Rac1 Bb6 26. Ng5 Ne3 27. Rfe1
Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rd8 29. Rcd1 (29. Bc3 h6 30. Ne4 Bc7 $15) 29… Bg4 $15 30. Rxd8+
Rxd8 31. Bc3 Rd3 32. h3 Bd1 (32… Bd7 $142 33. Rc1 c5 $19) 33. e6 $11 {
Threatening mate… how?} 33… fxe6 (33… Rxc3 $4 {
Black cannot capture the bishop} 34. exf7+ Kf8 35. Re8#) 34. Rxe6 {
Threatening mate: Re8} 34… Kf8 35. Nxh7+ Kf7 36. Ng5+ Kf8 37. Nh7+ Kf7 38.
Ng5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 {A07: Reti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 1… d5 2. g3 Nf6
3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 c5 (5… O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. c4 c6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a5
10. d4 Ba6 11. Rc1 a4 12. Qc2 Qb8 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. bxa4 Bb7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16.
Qb3 Bc6 17. Ba3 Bxa4 18. Qb2 Bxa3 19. Qxa3 Bc2 20. Qb2 {
Hartoch,R-Yu Shaoteng/Wijk aan Zee NED 2001/The Week in Chess 325/0-1 (34)}) 6.
Bb2 Nc6 $146 (6… d4 7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nc4 O-O 9. e3 Rb8 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5
Ne8 12. f4 Qd6 13. a4 f6 14. Nc4 Qd7 15. Qe2 Nc7 16. e4 b6 17. d3 Bb7 18. f5
Rbe8 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Qh5 Bc8 21. Rae1 {
Bouton,C-Goldgewicht,L/1998-9 French Team Ch FRA 1999/0-1 (40)}) 7. d3 {
Secures e4} 7… O-O 8. Nbd2 Qc7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Rd8 11. Qe2 Nd4 12. Nxd4
cxd4 (12… Rxd4 $2 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nf3 $18) 13. Rac1 e5 14. Rfd1
Be6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 1/2-1/2
1. b3 {A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 1… d5 2. e3 e5 3. Bb2 Bd6 (3… Nd7
4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Ngf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. O-O Nb6
11. Be2 h6 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. a3 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Rad8 16. f3 Nd5 17.
Qc2 Bc7 18. Rfe1 {
Bischoff,K-Hansen,L/Dresden GER 2000/The Week in Chess 280/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 4. c4
$146 (4. Nf3 Qe7 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 Nf6 7. exd5 e4 8. Nd4 Be5 9. Nde2 cxd5 10. d4
exd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nf4 Be6 16. Bd3 Rac8
17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Kb1 d4 {
Lovric,B-Drei,A/Montecatini Terme ITA 2001/The Week in Chess 329/0-1 (49)}) (4.
f4 exf4 5. Bxg7 Qh4+ 6. g3 fxg3 7. Bg2 gxh2+ 8. Kf1 hxg1=Q+ 9. Kxg1 Qg5 10.
Bxh8 Bg4 11. Qe1 h5 12. Nc3 Ne7 13. Nb5 f6 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. Qg3 Nd7 16. Qxd6
Kf7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Rf1 Rg8 {Lovric,B-Drei,A/Kastav CRO 1999/1/2-1/2 (57)})
4… c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. Nc3 e4 {This push gains space} 9.
Qd1 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. Be2 dxc4 12. bxc4 exd3 13. Qxd3 Qe7 14. Rd1 Be5 15. O-O
Nbd7 16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Rd2 Nc5 {The knight is not easily driven from c5} 18. Rfd1
Bxc3 19. Bxc3 ({Not} 19. Qxc3 Nce4 20. Qd3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Qe7 $17) 19… Nfe4 (
19… Nce4 $142 20. Rd4 c5 $11) 20. Ba1 $4 {
there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (20. Rd4 $142 $14 {
and White could well hope to play on}) 20… Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Ne4 22. Qd4 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 22… Qf6 (22… f6 23. Qd7 $17) 23. Bf3 $2 (23.
Qxe4 $142 $1 {should not be overlooked} 23… Rxe4 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rd7 $15)
23… Rad8 24. Qxd8 {Discovered attack} 24… Rxd8 $4 {
allows the opponent back into the game. Decoy to d8} (24… Qxd8 25. Rxd8) 25.
Bxf6 $11 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Nxf6 27. Bf3 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kd6 30. Kd3 Kc5
31. Kc3 Ne8 32. Be4 1/2-1/2
1. e4 {B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6…Bd7
without 7 Qd2} 1… c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qa5
7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qxd4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Qc5 12. Qd2 e6 13.
h4 $146 (13. f4 b5 (13… h5 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Rhe1 a6 16. e5 d5 17. f5 fxe5 18.
fxe6 Bxe6 19. Rxe5 Bf6 20. Re2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Bf5 Qxd2 23. Rdxd2 Ke7
24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxd5 Rc6 26. Rg5 Kf6 27. h4 Rb6+ 28. Kc1 {
Socko,B-Paschall,W/Internet ICC 2000/The Week in Chess 292/1-0 (79)}) 14. Bd3
b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Rc1 d5 18. c3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bf3 Qb6 21.
Qd4 Qxd4 22. cxd4 Bd6 23. g3 Ke7 24. d5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rd1 Ba4 27. b3
Bd7 {Timoshenko,G-Milov,V/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 344/1/2-1/2 (54)})
13… h5 14. Rh3 a6 {Consolidates b5} 15. Rf3 Ke7 (15… b5 $5 $11) 16. Rxf6
$16 Bg7 17. Rf3 Qe5 (17… b5 $5 18. a3 Bh6 $14) 18. Rd3 $18 Bh6 19. Qe1 b5 20.
Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Kxd6 22. e5+ Kc5 (22… Kc7 $18) 23. Ne4+ (23. Qd1 $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 23… Bc6 24. Ne4+ Kb6 25. Qd4+ Kc7 26. Qa7+ Kd8 $18
) 23… Kb6 24. Nd6 Rcf8 (24… Bc6 {doesn’t get the cat off the tree} 25. a4
Rhd8 26. Nxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qe2 $18) 25. Qe4 (25. Qe4 Kc7 26. Qb7+ Kd8 27. Qxa6 $18
) 1-0
1. e4 {B30: Sicilian: 2…Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without …g6} 1… c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nge7 5. O-O Qb6 $146 (5… a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Be7 (
8… Nf6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c4 Qc7 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. g3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Be7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Re1 Bc6 18. Nd5 exd5 19. cxd5 Bb4 20. Re3 Nxd5
21. Bxd5 Qd7 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bc3 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3
Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Chernyshov,K/St. Petersburg RUS 1999 (26)}) (8…
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bf3 Nde7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Na3 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bc6 14. Bg5 h6
15. Be3 Nd5 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Nc4 Bd6 18. h3 O-O 19. Bd2 Bb4 20. Ne5 Bxd2 21.
Qxd2 Qb6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rc4 Ne7 24. Qc3 Rd6 25. Rb4 Qc7 26. Qb3 Nf5 27. Qa4
Rfd8 28. Be2 a5 29. Rc4 Nxd4 30. Bf1 Qb6 31. b3 Rd5 32. Qa3 Nb5 33. Qe7 Nd4 34.
Qh4 Nf5 35. Qf4 Rd2 36. Rec1 Nd4 37. Qe3 e5 38. Rxc6 Qxc6 39. Qxd2 Nf3+ {
0-1 Wohl,A-Almeida,O/Havana CUB 2001/The Week in Chess (39)}) 9. dxc5 (9. c4
Nf6 10. dxc5 Qxd1 (10… Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Nc3 Ke7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Rxd8
Nxd8 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Bd6 17. Be3 h6 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. h3 Be8 20. Nd4 Nd7 21. f4
Bc7 22. Nb3 f6 23. c5 Nc6 24. Bf3 Rd8 25. h4 {
Kasparov G-Kramnik V/Paris 1995/0-1 (63)}) 11. Rxd1 Bxc5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Bf4 h6
14. a3 Ba7 15. b4 Bb8 16. Be3 Ne7 17. Ra2 Bc7 18. h4 {
1/2-1/2 Aronian L-Bunzmann D/8, XII WYCF b14, Cala Galdana ESP 1996 (18)}) 9…
Bxc5 10. c4 Nde7 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Ne4 Nfd4 15. Nxc5
Nxe2+ 16. Kf1 Nxc1 17. Raxc1 Ke7 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rd8 20. Rxd8 {
Remmel,A-Jemeljanov,A/Tallinn EST 1999/1/2-1/2 (32)}) 6. Na3 Ng6 7. Bxc6 Qxc6
8. d4 b5 (8… Qxe4 $5 9. Re1 Qd5 $11) 9. d5 Qb6 10. Be3 a5 11. h4 exd5 (11…
Ba6 $5 {is an interesting idea} 12. Re1 b4 $11) 12. exd5 $16 Bd6 {
The bishop blocks d5} 13. h5 Ne7 14. Ng5 f5 15. h6 g6 16. c4 Ba6 (16… b4 17.
Nb5 Ba6 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 $18) 17. b3 $4 {White lets it slip away} (17. cxb5 $142
Bxb5 18. Qb3 $18 (18. Nxb5 $6 Qxb5 19. Qc1 Nxd5 $14)) 17… b4 $11 {
Black wins space} 18. Nc2 f4 19. Bc1 Be5 (19… O-O 20. Ne4 $11) 20. Rb1 (20.
Re1 d6 $16) 20… Qf6 21. Qg4 {White is in command} 21… O-O 22. Ne4 Qf5 23.
Qxf5 Nxf5 (23… Rxf5 $142 $5 {is worthy of consideration} 24. Rd1 d6 $14) 24.
Nxc5 $16 Bd4 $2 (24… Rf7 $142 $5 $16) 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. f3 (26. Nxd7 $6 Ne2+
27. Kh2 Rf5 $16) 26… d6 27. Ne4 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Nxc1 29. Rbxc1 Rad8 30. Ng5 Rf6
31. Rfe1 Rf5 32. Ne6 Rc8 33. Ng7 Rff8 34. Re7 Rf7 35. Rce1 Rcf8 (35… Bxc4 {
doesn’t improve anything} 36. bxc4 Rxc4 37. R7e2 $18) 36. Rxf7 (36. Ne8 $142 $5
{might be the shorter path} 36… Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Rf7 $18) 36… Kxf7 37. Ne6 Rc8
38. Nxf4 (38. Ng5+ {and White can already relax} 38… Kf6 39. Nxh7+ Kf5 $18)
38… Bxc4 (38… g5 {doesn’t get the bull off the ice} 39. Ne6 Rg8 40. Nd4 $18
) 39. bxc4 Rxc4 40. g3 (40. Nh3 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 40… Rc2+ 41.
Kg1 Rc7 $18) 40… g5 41. Ne6 Kg6 (41… Rc2+ {
doesn’t change the outcome of the game} 42. Re2 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 $18) 42. f4 (42.
Nf8+ $5 {makes it even easier for White} 42… Kf7 43. Nxh7 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc8
$18) 42… g4 (42… gxf4 {is one last hope} 43. gxf4 Rc2+ 44. Kf3 Rh2 $18) 43.
Ng5 (43. Nf8+ $5 {seems even better} 43… Kf5 44. Nxh7 Rc2+ 45. Kg1 b3 $18)
43… Kxh6 44. Re6+ Kg7 45. Rxd6 (45. f5 {might be the shorter path} 45… Rc8
46. Rxd6 Kg8 $18) 45… Rc2+ (45… h6 {does not win a prize} 46. Ne6+ Kf7 47.
Rc6 $18) 46. Ke3 Rxa2 (46… Rc3+ {cannot change what is in store for ?} 47.
Ke4 h6 48. Ne6+ Kf7 49. Ra6 $18) 47. Rd7+ (47. f5 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 Ra1 49. Rd7+ Kh8
50. f6 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Rd1+ 52. Ke2 Rxd5 53. Rxd5 a4 54. Rd8#) 47… Kg6 48. Rxh7
(48. Ra7 $142 {and White can already relax} 48… Rg2 49. Ra6+ Kg7 $18) 48…
b3 (48… Ra3+ 49. Ke4 Rxg3 $18) 49. Rb7 b2 50. d6 a4 (50… Ra3+ {
there is nothing else anyway} 51. Kd4 Ra1 52. Rxb2 Rd1+ 53. Ke5 a4 $18) 51. d7
Ra3+ 52. Kd4 (52. Kd2 Ra2 53. Kc3 b1=Q 54. Rxb1 Kf6 55. d8=Q+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ Kg6
57. Rb6+ Kf5 58. Qe6#) 52… Rb3 (52… Ra1 {praying for a miracle} 53. Ke5 Rd1
54. Rb6+ Kg7 55. Ne6+ Kf7 $18) 53. Rxb3 axb3 (53… Kh5 {
does not solve anything} 54. d8=Q axb3 55. Qh8+ Kg6 56. Qh7+ Kf6 57. Qf7#) 54.
d8=Q b1=Q 55. Qg8+ Kh5 56. Qh8+ (56. Qh8+ Kg6 57. Qh7+ Kf6 58. Qf7#) 1-0
1. d4 {A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} 1… Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 a5
6. Nc3 Ba6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 g6 (9… Nbd7 10. Qa4 g6 11. e5 dxe5
12. Nxe5 Qxb6 13. Bg5 Ra7 14. Re1 h6 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qf4 18.
Ned6+ Kd8 19. Re4 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qxh1 21. Nxf7+ Kc7 22. Qc6+ Kb8 23. Ncd6 Rc7 24.
Qb5+ {Galianina Ryjanova,J-Slavina,I/Elista RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 291/1/
2-1/2 (35)}) 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxb6 12. Qf3 $146 (12. Qa4+ Nfd7 $16) 12…
Qa6+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Bg7 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Nc4 {
White plans d6. The knight feels good on c4} 17… Nbd7 18. Na4 {
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} 18… Rab8 (18… Ra6 19. Rac1 $16) 19.
Rac1 Ne4 20. b3 Rb5 21. d6 Nxd6 22. Nxd6 exd6 23. Rxd6 Nf6 24. Rc4 h6 25. Nxc5
a4 26. b4 a3 27. Rd3 h5 28. Rxa3 Nd5 29. Bd2 (29. Rb3 Bf8 $18) 29… Nb6 30.
Re4 Rd8 $2 (30… Bf8 31. Nd3 $18) 31. Rd3 (31. Ra7 $142 $5 {
and White can already relax} 31… Nc8 32. Ra8 f5 $18) 31… Ra8 32. a4 f5 $2 (
32… Nxa4 33. Ra3 f5 34. Ree3 (34. Rxa4 $6 {is the less attractive alternative
} 34… Rxa4 35. Re8+ Kf7 $11) 34… Rxc5 35. bxc5 $18) 33. Re6 Nxa4 34. Ra3 (
34. Rxg6 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 34… Nxc5 35. bxc5 Kh7 $18) 34…
Kf7 35. Rd6 (35. Ree3 $142 $5 Rxc5 36. bxc5 $18) 35… Re8+ $16 36. Kf3 Nxc5
37. bxc5 Rxc5 38. Ra7+ (38. Rd7+ $142 Kg8 39. Raa7 $18) 38… Kf8 $4 {
the position is going down the drain} (38… Re7 $142 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Rxg6
Kf7 $16) 39. Rxg6 $18 Bd4 (39… Rc3+ {is the last straw} 40. Bxc3 Bxc3 $18)
1-0
1. d4 {A43: Schmid Benoni} 1… c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6.
g3 (6. e4 a6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. a4 Re8 11. Be2 b6 12. Nd2 Bb7
13. O-O Nc8 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. Rae1 Ne5 17. Ne3 Qf8 18. Bg3 f6 19. Kh2
Bh6 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bg4 Kh8 22. Nc4 Rb8 23. Be6 Bg7 24. e5 f5 25. Bd7 Rd8 26. e6
b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bxc8 Rdxc8 29. Nb6 b4 30. Nxc8 bxc3 31. Nb6 cxb2 32. Nd7
Bxd5 33. Nxf8 Rxf8 34. e7 Re8 35. Qa4 {
1-0 Dziuba,M-Radziewicz,I/Brzeg Dolny POL 2001/The Week in Chess 333 (35)})
6… Bg7 7. Bg2 Ne7 $146 (7… Nh6 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qe4+ Qe7 10. Bf4 f5 11. Qxe7+
Kxe7 12. e4 Nf7 13. O-O-O Na6 14. Nf3 Rhe8 15. Rhe1 Kf8 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5
Be5 18. Bh6+ Kf7 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne4 c4 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Be4 {
Volkov,S-Kotsur,P/Elista RUS 2000/The Week in Chess 303/1-0 (49)}) 8. e4 O-O 9.
Nf3 h6 {Secures g5} 10. h3 {Controls g4} 10… b5 (10… f5 11. O-O $11) 11. a3
(11. Nxb5 f5 12. O-O fxe4 $14) 11… Qb6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bf4 g5 15.
Bc1 Rae8 16. h4 f6 {Covers e5} (16… g4 $142 $5 {should not be overlooked} 17.
Nh2 h5 $11) 17. Bh3 $14 Bc8 (17… g4 18. Bxg4 f5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. exf5 $14)
18. Bg4 (18. Be6+ Kh8 19. hxg5 fxg5 20. Nxg5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rf6 22. Nf7+ Kh7 $18
) 18… a6 (18… Nb8 19. Bh5 Rd8 20. g4 $14) 19. Bh5 (19. Be6+ Kh8 20. hxg5
fxg5 21. Nxg5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 $18) 19… Rd8 $11 20. Qc2 c4 {
Black gets more space} 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Nd4 gxh4 23. g4 Qc7 24. Kg2 Nxe4 $4 {
there were better ways to keep up the pressure.} (24… Nd3 25. Rh1 $11) 25.
Nxe4 (25. Qxe4 $142 {with excellent chances for White} 25… f5 26. gxf5 Nxf5
27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 $18 (28. Qxe6+ $6 Kh8 $16)) 25… Nxd5 $14 26. Rad1 Ne7
27. Bf4 (27. Kh1 $142 $14) 27… Qb7 $4 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (27…
f5 $142 {and Black has air to breath} 28. Nxf5 Nxf5 29. gxf5 Bxf5 $11) 28. f3
Qb6 (28… Qc7 $142 $5 $16) 29. Nc3 $18 Nc6 (29… Qb7 30. Qe2 Nc6 31. Nxc6
Qxc6 $18) 30. Nxc6 Qxc6 31. Nd5 h3+ 32. Kg3 Rd7 (32… Qb7 33. Qg6 Kh8 34. Re7
Qxe7 35. Nxe7 $18) 33. Ne7+ Rxe7 34. Rxe7 f5 35. Rxd6 Qc5 (35… Qb7 {
the last chance for counterplay} 36. Rxb7 Bxb7 $18) 36. Rxg7+ $1 {
Eliminates the defender g7} 36… Kxg7 {Decoy to g7} 37. Qc3+ (37. Qc3+ Qd4 38.
Qxd4+ Kg8 39. Rg6+ Kf7 40. Rxh6+ Ke7 41. Qd6#) 1-0
1. d4 {A43: Schmid Benoni} 1… Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6.
d5 d6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. e4 $146 (8. Re1 Nc7 9. a4 a6 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nd2 Nb5 12.
Nce4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e6 14. Nc4 Re8 15. c3 Qe7 16. Bf4 exd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Qd2
Rbd8 19. Rad1 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxc3 22. Bg5 Nxd5 {
Hanley,C-Dunnington,A/Lichfield ENG 2000/The Week in Chess 297/1-0 (40)}) 8…
Nc7 9. a4 Bg4 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 a6 {Consolidates b5
} 14. Bh6 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qc1 Qd7 18. b3 (18. a5 $142 $5 $16)
18… Nb6 $14 19. a5 Nc8 20. Qe3 b4 {This push gains space} 21. Nd1 {
The idea is Nc3-d1-b2-c4} 21… Na7 22. Nb2 Nab5 23. Nc4 {
The knight feels good on c4} 23… Rad8 24. Bd3 Nd4 25. Rf2 Ncb5 26. Re1 Nc3 {
The knight dominates} 27. Nb6 {An ideal square for the white knight.} 27… Qg4
28. Rff1 h5 29. h4 ({Not} 29. Bxa6 Nxc2 30. Qd2 Nxe1 31. Rxe1 g5 $17) 29…
Ncb5 (29… e6 30. f5 (30. Bxa6 $2 {leads to nothing} 30… Nxc2 31. Qd3 Nxe1
32. Rxe1 exd5 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. exd5 Ra8 $19) 30… gxf5 31. Rf4 $11) 30. Kg2
f6 31. e5 fxe5 (31… Nf5 $5 {should be examined more closely} 32. Bxf5 Qxf5
$11) 32. fxe5 $16 Rde8 33. exd6 Nxd6 34. Rxf8 ({Inferior is} 34. Bxa6 Nxc2 35.
Qe5+ Kh7 $11) 34… Rxf8 35. Qxe7+ Rf7 36. Qxd6 (36. Qe5+ $5 Kg8 37. Rf1 $14 (
37. Bxa6 Nf3 38. Bc8 Nxh4+ (38… Nxe5 39. Bxg4 Nxg4 40. Re6 $17) (38… Nxc8
$6 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Qxf7+ Kxf7 41. Rf1 $19) 39. Kg1 Nxc8 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Qe5+
Kh7 $19)) 36… Qf3+ $11 37. Kh3 {The mate threat is Qxg6} 37… Qg4+ 38. Kg2
Qf3+ 39. Kh2 {Threatening mate… how?} 39… Qf2+ 40. Kh3 Qxe1 41. Qxg6+ Kh8 (
41… Kf8 $142 $5 {and Black has air to breath} 42. Be4 Qf1+ 43. Bg2 Qe2 $11)
42. Qxh5+ $16 Kg8 43. Qg5+ (43. Qg4+ Rg7 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+ Kg8 46. Qb8+ Kf7
47. Qf4+ Kg8 48. Kg2 $14) 43… Kh8 $11 44. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
1. d4 {B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 1… g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4.
Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 {
White gets strong play along the open d-file} 7… Nd5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6
$146 (9… b5 10. Bd3 Na6 11. f4 Nab4 12. Nxd5 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 cxd5 14. Bc3 Qb6
15. Bd4 Qa6 16. Qb3 b4 17. Qxb4 Bf5 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. bxa3 Rfc8 20. Rd2 Bh6 21.
Ne2 e6 22. g3 Bf8 23. Bb2 Rc4 24. Re1 {
Holzke,F-Appel,R/Wattenscheid GER 2001/The Week in Chess 323/0-1 (63)}) 10. h4
{White gets strong initiative} 10… Nxc3 (10… Nd7 $5 11. Nf3 Qc7 $11) 11.
Bxc3 $14 Bh6+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qa5 15. h5 b5 $2 (15… Qxe5
$5 16. hxg6 hxg6 $16) 16. Qb3 (16. Qh4 Qxa2 17. Rd4 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qa5+ 19. b4
Qb6 $18) 16… g5 17. h6 {With the idea Qe3} 17… Na6 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Qe3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 19… Ne6 20. Kb1 (20. Nxg5 $6 Qxa2 21. Rd3 Qa1+
22. Kd2 Qxh1 (22… Qxb2 $4 {That pawn is poisoned} 23. Nxe6 Qb4+ 24. Kc1 $18)
23. Nxe6 Qxg2 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 $11) 20… Qb6 21. Qe4 c5 22. Rd7 Rae8 23. Qf5 f6
24. Rhd1 a5 $4 {but even a better move would not have saved the game} (24…
Rd8 $142 $18) 25. R1d6 $3 {Theme: Double Attack} 25… exd6 (25… Qxd6 26.
exd6) 26. Qxh7# {The nicest combinations are those leading to mate} 1-0
1. e4 {B24: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3 sidelines} 1… c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3
(4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 {
1/2-1/2 Brokko,M-Piarnpuu,L/Tallinn EST 2000/The Week in Chess 287 (7)}) 4…
Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Rb8 7. Bg2 Bd7 $146 (7… e5 8. Nge2 b5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bh6
O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 Nd4 13. h3 Bd7 14. g4 Bc6 15. f5 b4 16. Nd5 Nxe2+ 17.
Qxe2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd7 19. Rf2 g5 20. f6+ Nxf6 21. Raf1 Ng8 22. Be4 {
Rodrigues,A-Pereira,E/Barreiro POR 2000/The Week in Chess 305/1/2-1/2 (38)}) (
7… Qa5 8. f4 Nd4 9. Nf3 Nh6 10. h3 f5 11. O-O Nf7 12. a3 O-O 13. Kh2 Bd7 14.
Rae1 Bc6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bf2 e6 18. Nb4 Bd7 19. c3 dxc3 20. bxc3
Qc7 21. exf5 gxf5 22. c4 {
Arakhamia,K-Shahade,J/New Delhi IND 2000/The Week in Chess 317/1-0 (33)}) 8.
Nge2 Nd4 9. h3 {Controls g4} 9… b5 10. Nd1 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Qc8 12. Qd2 b4 {
Black gets more space} 13. f3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} 13… h5 14. Rb1 Nh6
15. Nf2 Be6 16. O-O f5 17. Kh2 (17. a3 $5 $11 {must be considered}) 17… h4
$15 18. g4 fxg4 19. fxg4 Bxg4 (19… Bxa2 $5 {might be a viable alternative}
20. Ra1 Qe6 $11) 20. Nxg4 $14 Nxg4+ 21. hxg4 Qxg4 22. Bf4 Bh6 $4 {
strolling merrily down the path to disaster} (22… h3 $142 23. Bh1 Qe6 $16)
23. Bxh6 $18 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 (24. Kh1 h3 25. Bf3 $18) 1-0
1. d4 {E63: King’s Indian: Fianchetto: Panno Variation with 7…a6} 1… Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 a6 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. d5 Na5
10. Qd3 c5 11. Rb1 $146 (11. dxc6 bxc6 12. c5 d5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15.
Ng5 Nc4 16. Rb1 Nd5 17. Rd1 Bxc3 {
0-1 Bogdanov,R-Kulaots,K/Tallinn EST 2000/The Week in Chess 302 (17)}) (11. e4
b5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. f4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Qxc4 a5 16. Nd1 Qb6 17. Rf2 Ba6
18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Be3 Qd8 20. Rc1 Nb6 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Qd7 23. Kg2 e6 24.
dxe6 Qxe6 25. Rd2 d5 26. f5 gxf5 27. exf5 Qc6 28. Bf4 Rb7 29. Nf2 Nc4 30. Re2
Rxb2 31. Qd1 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Re8 33. Qf3 Qd7 34. Qh5 Qe7 35. Kg1 Qe2 36. Qh4 Bd4
37. Rf1 Kh8 38. Bg5 Qb2 39. Kh1 Nd2 40. Nd1 Qa1 41. Bxd2 Qxa2 42. Bc3 Bxc3 43.
Nxc3 Qd2 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qc6 Rd8 46. Qxc5 d4 47. Nd5 Qe2 48. Kg1 d3 49. Ne7+
Kg7 50. f6+ Kh6 51. g4 {1-0 Privman,B-Kaufman,L/Washington DC USA 1999 (51)})
11… Bd7 12. b3 {Secures a4} 12… b5 {Black undermines the pawn chain} 13.
Bf4 $2 (13. cxb5 $142 $5 {should not be overlooked} 13… axb5 14. b4 $11)
13… b4 $17 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qe3 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 Nb7 18. h4 a5 19.
h5 a4 20. hxg6 hxg6 ({Weaker is} 20… fxg6 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Ng5 $11) 21. Bh6
axb3 22. axb3 Ra8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ng5 Ra3 25. Be4 Qd7 26. f4 Nd8 27. Rf1 f6
28. Nf3 Nf7 29. Kf2 $2 (29. f5 $142 $19) 29… Nh6 30. Nh2 Qh3 31. Kg1 (31. Rh1
{hoping against hope} 31… Qxh2+ $3 {Annihilates a defender: h2} 32. Rxh2 Ng4+
33. Kf3 Nxe3 34. Kxe3 Rxb3+ 35. Bd3 $19) 31… Qxh2+ $3 {
Eliminates the defender h2} (31… Qxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Nxe3 $19) 0-1
1. c4 {E97: King’s Indian: Classical Main Line (6…e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8
d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} 1… Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. cxd6 (12. Qb3 Nxe4 13.
Ndxe4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. cxd6 Nd4 17. Qd3 cxd6 18. h3 Nxe2+ 19.
Qxe2 h6 20. Be3 b6 21. Rfd1 Bb7 22. a4 Rf7 23. b5 Bf8 24. Qd3 Qd8 25. Nc3 Kh7
26. Ne4 Bc8 {
El Arousy,A-Abdel Aziem,R/Cairo EGY 2001/The Week in Chess 339/1-0 (42)}) 12…
cxd6 13. Ba3 $146 (13. a4 Kh8 14. Ba3 Bh6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nc4 Ng6 17. b5 Ne8
18. b6 a6 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. g3 e4 21. f4 exf3 22. Rxf3 Bg7 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Qf1
Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. a5 Bd7 27. Ne4 Qe7 {
Kadiltzoglou,P-Solak,D/Chania GRE 1999/0-1 (39)}) 13… Kh8 14. b5 Neg8 15. Nc4
Ne8 16. Qb3 Ngf6 17. Bf3 Rg8 18. Bb4 f4 {Black gains space} (18… a5 $142 $5 {
is an interesting alternative} 19. Ba3 b6 $14) 19. Qa3 $16 Bf8 (19… g5 $142
$5 $16) 20. Nxe5 $1 $18 {the final nail in the coffin} 20… dxe5 {
A pinning theme} 21. Bxf8 g5 22. Be7 Qb6 23. Qc5 Qa5 24. Bxf6+ (24. Be2 $5 g4
$18) 24… Nxf6 25. Qe7 Nd7 {Black gets strong initiative} 26. Rac1 Rg7 27.
Qe8+ Rg8 28. Qe6 Rg6 29. Qf5 g4 30. Be2 Qd8 31. Qh5 (31. Bxg4 {
is clearly weaker} 31… Rg5 32. Qf7 Rxg4 $17) 31… Qe8 32. f3 (32. Bxg4 {
is the weaker alternative} 32… Nf6 33. Qh3 Bxg4 $17 (33… Nxg4 $6 34. Ne2
$19)) 32… Nf6 33. Qh4 Qf8 34. fxg4 Bxg4 35. Bxg4 (35. Qe1 Bxe2 36. Qxe2 Qh6
$11) 35… Rxg4 36. Qf2 (36. Qe1 Qh6 37. Rc2 Rag8 $15) 36… Qh6 $14 37. Qf3
Rh4 38. h3 $4 {cause more grief} (38. b6 $142 Rxh2 39. bxa7 $15) 38… Rg8 $19
39. Kf2 Rg3 40. Qd1 (40. Nd1 {doesn’t do any good} 40… Rxf3+ 41. gxf3 Rxh3
42. Rc8+ Ng8 $19) 40… Qg6 (40… Rxg2+ $142 $1 {nails it down} 41. Ke1 Rxh3
$19) 41. Rg1 (41. Ne2 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 41…
Rxg2+ 42. Ke1 Rxh3 (42… Qxe4 $6 {is the less attractive alternative} 43. Rc3
$19) (42… Nxe4 $6 {is clearly worse} 43. Qd3 $19) 43. Rc8+ Ng8 $19) 41…
Rxc3 $1 {Annihilates a defender: c3} (41… Rxc3 42. Qf3 Nxe4+ 43. Ke2 Ng3+ 44.
Kd2 Rxf3 45. gxf3 Rxh3 46. Rc8+ Kg7 $19) 0-1
1. c4 {D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7} 1… e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6
4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bb2 Be6 10. Nc3 Ne4
$146 (10… cxd4 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. Nbxd4 Rac8 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b6 15. Ne5
Qb7 16. Nd3 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne4 21. Bd4
f6 22. e3 Kf7 23. Nf4 Bd6 24. f3 Nc5 25. Nxe6 {Disconzi da Silva,R-Chemin,V/
Brasilia BRA 2000/The Week in Chess 272/1/2-1/2 (69)}) (10… Rc8 11. e3 b6 12.
Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 cxd4 15. exd4 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 Pacovsky,J-Mozny,M/Ostrava CZE 1999/The Week in Chess 291 (15)}) (10…
Qd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. e4 d4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Nc1 Rad8
17. Nd3 Bb6 18. b4 Qe7 19. a4 Rf7 20. a5 Bc7 21. Qb3 a6 22. Rac1 Bd6 23. Ba3
Nxa5 24. bxa5 Bxa3 25. Rc2 {
Hanken,J-Vayssie,P/Saint Paul USA 2000/The Week in Chess 304/1-0 (60)}) 11. e3
Bf6 (11… Re8 $5 $11 {should be considered}) 12. Nxe4 $16 dxe4 13. Nd2 cxd4
14. Nxe4 ({Less advisable is} 14. Bxe4 dxe3 15. Bxf6 Qxd2 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.
Qh5+ Kg8 18. Bxg7 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 exf2+ (19… Kxg7 $4 {
Black’s fate is sealed if he captures the bishop} 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Rf6 Bf5 22.
Rh6+ Bh7 23. Qf5 Rae8 24. Qxh7#) 20. Kxf2 Kxg7 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23.
Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ Kh7 $11) 14… Be5 15. f4 Bc7 16. exd4 {
The passed pawn on d4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 16… Bd5 17. Qh5
f5 18. Ng5 {The mate threat is Qxh7} 18… h6 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 {
The isolani on d4 becomes a target} 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Ne6 (21. d5 $5 Bb6+ 22. Kh1
$16) 21… Qxe6 $11 22. d5 Bb6+ 23. Kh1 Qe4 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Rac1 Qxf3+ 26.
Rxf3 Rfd8 27. Be5 (27. Rxc6 $4 {taking the pawn is naive} 27… Rd1+ 28. Kg2
Rd2+ 29. Kh3 Rxb2 $19) 27… Rd2 28. Rfc3 c5 29. R3c2 Rad8 30. Bc3 R2d3 31. Kg2
Kf7 32. Re2 g6 33. Be1 R3d5 34. Rcc2 g5 35. Bd2 g4 {This push gains space} 36.
b4 cxb4 (36… c4 37. a4 Rc8 38. Bc3 $15) 37. Bxb4 $11 R8d7 38. Be1 1/2-1/2
1. c4 {E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 1… Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d4 Be7 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Rd1 $146 (9. Qxc4 a5 (9… e5 10.
dxe5 Be6 11. Qf4 Nd5 12. Qe4 a5 13. Nc3 Ra6 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5
Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Rb6 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kf8 21. Rd7 Nxe5 22.
Rxc7 Rxb2 23. Bxb7 Rxe2 24. f4 Nd3 25. Rc3 Rd2 26. Rc8+ Ke7 27. Ra8 Rd1+ 28.
Kg2 Rd2+ 29. Kg1 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 {
1/2-1/2 Johansen,D-Solomon,S/Mingara NSW AUS 2000/The Week in Chess 270 (31)})
(9… Nb4 10. Nc3 b5 11. Qb3 bxa4 12. Nxa4 Rb8 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Nc3 Qc8 15. Bf4
Nd3 16. Rxd3 Bxf3 17. Qc2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Rxb2 21.
Rxa6 Bb4 22. Kf1 h6 23. Bxc7 Rb3 24. Ba5 {
Filippov V-Rodriguez Am/08, IV Anibal Open, Linares ESP 1997/1-0 (62)}) (9…
Na5 10. Qc2 Nd5 11. Bd2 b6 12. e4 Nb4 13. Bxb4 Bxb4 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Nc3 Qe7 16.
Ne5 f5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Na2 fxe4 19. Qxc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Bd6 21. Rd7 Rxd7 22.
Nxd7 Rd8 23. b4 Nc4 24. Rc1 Bd5 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Nc3 Rc8 28. Ne2
Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Kf7 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ne2 g5 32. Ke1 Kd6 33. Kd1 Bb3+ 34. Kd2 Bxa4
35. Bxe4 h6 36. f4 Bf6 37. Bb7 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Nc3 Bxc3+ 40. Kxc3 Bd7 41.
Kc4 a4 42. Kb4 Kc7 43. Be4 Kd6 44. Bb7 {
Dotan,V-Potikha,L/Ramat Aviv ISR 2000/The Week in Chess 273/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 10.
Nc3 Nb4 11. Rd1 Nfd5 (11… c6 12. Bg5 b6 13. Qb3 Ba6 14. e4 Rc8 15. h3 Nd7 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Na2 Nxa2 18. Qxa2 Qb4 19. Qa3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxb4 axb4 22.
Rd6 Rb8 23. a5 Nb3 24. Ra4 Nc5 25. Ra1 Nb3 26. Ra4 Nc5 27. Ra1 {
1/2-1/2 Larsen,B-Van Riemsdijk,H/Pinamar ARG 2001/The Week in Chess 331 (27)})
12. e4 Nb6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. b3 c6 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Nc4
b6 19. Rd2 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. e5 f5 23. exf6 Qxf6 {
Kustar S-Ionescu D/05, Spring Festival, Budapest HUN 1997/1-0 (41)}) 9… Na5
10. Bg5 c6 11. Nbd2 b5 12. e4 Bb7 13. Re1 h6 14. Be3 Bb4 15. Rad1 Nb3 16. Nxb3
cxb3 ({Instead of} 16… Bxe1 17. Nc5 Bb4 18. Nxb7 $14) 17. Qxb3 Bxe1 18. Nxe1
Qa5 19. Ra1 (19. Nd3 $142 $5 $15 {is an interesting alternative}) 19… c5 $19
{Black prepares b4} 20. dxc5 Bxe4 (20… Nxe4 $6 21. c6 Bxc6 22. Qc2 $11) 21.
Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qc2 Nf6 23. Nd3 b4 24. Qc4 Nd5 25. Bd2 Rab8 26. b3 Rfc8 27. Rc1
Rb7 28. Qg4 Nc3 (28… Nf6 $142 29. Qc4 Qd8 30. Bxb4 Rd7 $19) 29. Bxh6 $11 {
Threatening mate… how?} 29… f5 30. Qg6 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxc1 32. Qxe6+ Rf7 $4 (
32… Kh7 33. Qxf5+ g6 34. Qxc8 Rc7 $18) 33. Qxc8+ $18 Kh7 (33… Rf8 {
does not win a prize} 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Bxc1 $18 (35. Nxc1 Rf6 36. Qd7 Rxh6 37.
Qxf5+ Kg8 $18)) 34. Bxc1 (34. Bxc1 Qc7 35. Qxa6 $18) 1-0
NNM 2002 (Kommentert av Fritz 6):
[pgn autoplayMode=none] [Event “NNM 2002 kl. M”] [Site “?”] [Date “2002.05.18”] [Round “1”] [White “Tollefsen, Vegard”] [Black “Røyset, Pål”] [Result “0-1”] [ECO “C29”] [WhiteElo “1699”] [BlackElo “2218”] [Annotator “Fritz 7 (120s)”] [PlyCount “44”] [EventDate “2002.05.29”] [SourceDate “2002.05.29”]{C29: Vienna Game: 2…Nf6 3 f4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5.
d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 d4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be2 dxc3 9. O-O Bc5+ 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Bg4 (
11… Nd4 12. Bd1 b6 13. Qxc3 Bg4 14. Bb2 Ne6 15. Qc4 Bh5 16. d4 b5 17. Qd3 Bb6
18. c4 Bg6 19. Qc3 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Be4 {
1/2-1/2 Miralles,G-Chabanon,J/France 2000/EXT 2001 (20)}) 12. Qg3 Qd7 $146 (
12… Bh5 13. Ng1 (13. Bf4 Bg6 14. h4 Be7 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Bg4 h6 17. Nf3 Nxf3
18. Qxf3 Bxh4 19. Qxb7 Bg5 20. Bg3 Qe7 21. Bf3 Be3 22. Qa6 Rad8 23. Qc4 {
0-1 Benedikt,A-Halser,W/Graz 1991/EXT 99 (23)}) 13… Bg6 14. h4 Bxg1 15. Rxg1
Nd4 16. Bd1 Nf5 17. Qg5 Nxh4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bg5 Rd4 20. g4 Bxd3 21. Bxh4
Be4+ 22. Kh2 Rd2+ 23. Kh3 Bxc2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 25. Rgc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 c5 27. Rxc3
{Unterdorfer-Pamperin/cr-DDR cup 1978/1-0 (38)}) 13. Rb1 Rae8 14. Rb5 $2 (14.
Rxb7 $142 $5 {is a viable option} 14… Bxf3 15. Bxf3 (15. Qxf3 $143 Rxe5 16.
Bf4 Re6 $17) 15… Nxe5 16. Bf4 $15) 14… b6 $17 15. Rb3 f6 16. Rxc3 (16. Ba3
Bxa3 17. Rxa3 fxe5 $19) 16… fxe5 $19 17. Rc4 (17. Ba3 Nd4 18. Bd1 Bxa3 19.
Rxa3 c5 $19) 17… Nd4 18. Bd1 e4 19. dxe4 Rxe4 20. c3 (20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. c3
$19) 20… Nf5 21. Qxg4 (21. Rxe4 {does not win a prize} 21… Nxg3+ 22. hxg3
Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Qd1+ 25. Kh2 Qg1+ 26. Kh3 h5 $19) 21… Rxg4 (21…
Qd3 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 22. Rg1 Rxg4 23. Rxg4 Bxg1 24. Bb3+ Kh8
25. Nxg1 $19) 22. Rxg4 Ne3 (22… Ne3 23. Bb3+ Kh8 24. Bxe3 Qxg4 (24… Bxe3 $6
25. h3 $19) 25. Bxc5 bxc5 $19) 0-1
{A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with …Bd6)} 1. d4 f5
2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc1
b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 (14. Rfd1 a5
15. Rac1 Rac8 16. e3 Kf7 17. Ne1 {
1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Tal,M/Wijk aan Zee 1988/CBM 05 (17)}) 14… Ne4 $146 (14…
Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. e3 g6 17. Nb1 Ne4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nc5 20. Bf1 Red8
21. b4 Nd7 22. cxd5 exd5 23. f4 Nf8 24. Nc3 Ne6 25. b5 c5 26. Bg2 Nc7 27. Rd2
Rd7 28. Rcd1 Rcd8 29. a4 {Tugui,A-Covlea,V/Bucharest 1998/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (50)
}) (14… Rac8 15. Rfd1 (15. Rc2 Kf7 16. Rfc1 Ke7 17. b4 Ne4 18. Ne1 Nd6 19.
Nd3 Ba6 20. Nb2 b5 21. c5 Nc4 22. Naxc4 bxc4 23. Nd1 Rb8 24. Rb2 e5 25. e3 exd4
26. exd4 Nf6 27. a4 Kd7 28. f3 Kc7 29. Nc3 Rfe8 {
Marin,M-Varlan,H/ROM 1994/EXT 97/1-0 (42)}) 15… h6 16. h4 Ne4 17. Nc2 g5 18.
hxg5 hxg5 19. Nce1 g4 20. Nh4 Kg7 21. Nd3 Ng5 22. Nf4 Kf6 23. Rd3 Ne4 24. Rdd1
Rh8 25. Rc2 Rcd8 26. Bh1 Rh6 27. Bg2 Nd6 28. Rc3 Ne4 29. Rc2 {
Koskinen,H-Kivisto,M/Jyvaskyla 1987/EXT 97/0-1 (60)}) 15. e3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 g5
17. Ne1 a6 {Covers b5} 18. Nd3 Nef6 19. Rc2 Rfe8 20. Rdc1 Kf8 21. b4 b5 22.
cxd5 exd5 23. Nb1 Ne4 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 Re7 26. Bh3 g4 {Black gains space}
27. Bf1 Rce8 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 h5 30. a4 Kf7 31. axb5 (31. h4 gxh3 32. axb5
axb5 $14) 31… cxb5 (31… axb5 32. Ra2 $11) 32. Rdc2 $14 Rd8 33. Rc7 Rdd7 34.
Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Bd3 Ke6 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. Rc1 Kg5 38. h3 Re7 39. Be2 Rh7 {
Black prepares the advance h4} 40. f3 gxf3+ (40… Re7 $5 {
is an interesting alternative} 41. Rc3 Rg7 $14) 41. Kxf3 $16 h4 42. Bd3 hxg3
43. Kxg3 Kf6 44. h4 Rg7+ 45. Kf2 Rh7 46. h5 Rxh5 47. Rc7 Ba8 48. Ra7 Rh8 49.
Rxa6+ Kg5 50. Kg3 Re8 51. Kf3 (51. Bxb5 $6 Rxe3+ 52. Kf2 Rb3 53. Rxa8 Rxb4 $14)
51… Rf8 (51… Rb8 52. Re6 $16) 52. Bxb5 f4 53. exf4+ Rxf4+ 54. Ke3 Re4+ 55.
Kd3 Bb7 56. Ra7 (56. Rb6 $5 Re7 $18) 56… Bc8 $16 57. Bc6 Be6 $2 (57… Bf5
$142 58. Kc3 Re3+ 59. Kb2 Rd3 $16) 58. Bxd5 $3 {a sharp blow} 58… Bxd5 59.
Ra5 {A pinning theme} (59. Ra5 Kf6 60. Rxd5 $18) 1-0
{A67: Modern Benoni: Taimanov Variation} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5
exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2
Re8 12. O-O Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. e6 (15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 18. d6 Bf5 19. Qb3+ Kg7 20. Nd5 Qxd6 21. Rad1 Nd7 22. Qc3+ Kh6 23. h3
Rxe2 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Qc1+ Kg7 26. Nf4 {
1-0 Mestel,A-Littlewood,P/Hastings 1982/MCD (26)}) 15… f5 $146 (15… fxe6
16. Bc4 (16. Ng5 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Ne5 18. Nce4 exd5 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qe1 Nbd7 21.
Nxe8 Qxe8 22. Qh4 Qg8 23. Ra3 Nb6 24. Rf8 {
1-0 Muir,D-Eymann,H/Ramsgate 1983 (24)}) 16… Kh8 (16… exd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8
18. Ng5 Nh6 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Bf4 Nd4 21. Qd2 Bf5 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bd5 Rd7 24.
Rae1 Rf8 25. Bc4 Nf3 26. Qc1 Nxe1 27. Rxe1 Ng4 28. h3 Nf2+ 29. Kh2 Nd3 30. Bxd3
Rxd3 31. Nf3 {Budde,V-Zrinscak,S/Duesseldorf 1996/EXT 99/1-0 (51)}) 17. Ng5 Rf8
18. Qxg4 exd5 19. Qh4 h6 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxd8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8+ {
1-0 Gurevich,D-Lopez/Las Vegas 1996/EXT 2001 (22)}) (15… fxe6 $142 {
and Black can hope to live} 16. Bc4 exd5 $11) 16. h3 $16 Nf6 (16… Ne5 17.
Nxe5 Bxe5 18. a5 $18) 17. Ng5 $18 Bf8 $2 (17… Qa5 $142 $18) 18. Nf7 Qa5 19.
Bg5 Be7 (19… Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Qc1 $18) 20. Qd2 (20. g4 {
makes it even easier for White} 20… c4 21. gxf5 h6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 $18) 20…
Qb4 (20… c4 21. Kh1 $18) 21. Rf4 Qa5 (21… Qb6 {is not the saving move} 22.
g4 c4+ 23. Kh1 $18) 22. g4 (22. g4 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 $18) (22. Nh6+ $5 {
and White can already relax} 22… Kh8 23. d6 Bd8 $18) 1-0
{B86: Sicilian Scheveningen/Najdorf: 6 Bc4, without early …b5} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. O-O
Nfxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 d5 (12… Qe7 13. Qf3 Nc5 14. Nc6 Qc7 15.
Bd5 a5 16. Bg5 Ra6 17. Nd8 f6 18. Nf7 Rg8 19. Be3 g6 20. Ng5 Rg7 21. fxg6 Rxg6
22. Bf7+ Qxf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rad1 Be7 26. Rd5 Bg4 27. Qe4 {
Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 52/1-0 (66)}) 13. Re1 (13. f6 gxf6 14.
Be3 exd4 15. Bxd5 Ng5 16. Bxg5 Qxd5 17. Rae1+ Be6 18. Rxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxf6 Qd7
20. Rf1 Bg7 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Bh6 Qd6 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. Rf5 Rg8 {
0-1 Remiro Juste,F-Ubilava,E/Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext (24)}) 13… Bc5 14.
Rxe4 Bxd4+ 15. Rxd4 $146 (15. Be3 O-O 16. Rxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 f6 18. Bc5 Re8 19.
Rd1 Kh8 (19… Bd7 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Rd3 h6 22. Rg3 Qc7 23. Bf8 Re1+ 24. Kf2
Rxf8 25. Rg6 Qf4+ 26. Kxe1 Bxf5 27. Bxb7 Re8+ {
0-1 Hanssen,G-Jaeger,F/NOR 1997/EXT 2001 (27)}) 20. Rxd5 Bd7 21. h3 Re5 22.
Rxe5 fxe5 23. Bf7 Be8 24. Bg6 h6 25. Bxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bd6 Rd8 28.
Bxe5 Rd5 29. Bc3 Rxf5 {Topalov,V-Short,N/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 52/0-1 (46)}) (15.
Kh1 Qd7 16. Re1 O-O 17. c3 Bc5 18. Rxe5 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bd2 Qc6 21. Re1
Bd7 22. Qf3 d4 23. Bd5 Qb6 24. cxd4 Qxb2 25. Bc3 {
1-0 Stanciu,T-Kavalek,L/Sinaia 1965/EXT 2001 (25)}) 15… Qb6 ({Instead of}
15… exd4 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Qe2+ Kd7 18. Qe7+ Kc6 19. Qxf7 $16) 16. Be3 exd4 17.
Ba4+ Kf8 18. Bd2 (18. Bf2 $142 $5 Qf6 19. g4 $17) 18… d3+ $19 (18… Qxb2 $2
{is worthless because of} 19. Re1 Bd7 20. f6 $18) 19. Kh1 Qf2 (19… Qxb2 20.
Re1 b5 21. Qg5 $16) 20. Qg5 (20. Bb4+ $142 Kg8 21. f6 Qxf6 22. Qxd5 $17) 20…
Bxf5 21. Be3 h6 22. Bc5+ (22. Qh5 Qxe3 23. Qxf5 Qe4 $19) 22… Qxc5 (22… Kg8
$5 {might be the shorter path} 23. Bxf2 hxg5 24. cxd3 Bxd3 25. Rd1 $19) 23.
Qxf5 d2 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. Qf4 Qf6 26. Qb4+ (26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Kg1 b5 $19) 26…
Kg8 27. Rd1 Qf2 (27… Rd8 $5 28. Qxd2 Qxb2 29. Bb3 $19) 28. Qxd2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2
Rd8 30. Rd4 Kh7 31. Bb3 Rhe8 32. Kg1 Re5 33. c4 Re2 34. cxd5 Rd6 35. h4 (35.
Rf4 Kg6 $19) 35… Rxb2 36. h5 g6 37. Kh2 (37. Rf4 Kg7 $19) 37… Kg7 38. Kh3
gxh5 39. Rd3 b5 40. Rg3+ (40. a3 {does not help much} 40… a5 $19) 40… Kf8 (
40… Rg6 {seems even better} 41. d6 Rxg3+ 42. Kxg3 $19) 41. Rc3 Rd2 42. Rc8+
Kg7 (42… Kg7 43. Rc3 a5 $19) 0-1
{A22: English Opening: 1…e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 e5 4. d4 Bb4
5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Qd4 Qa5 7. Nge2 f5 (7… Nc5 8. Rb1 Ne6 9. Qe4 d5 10. exd6 O-O
11. Bd2 Re8 12. g3 Nd7 13. Bg2 Nf6 14. Qh4 g5 15. Qh6 Ng4 16. Qh5 Nd4 17. Be4
Nf6 18. Qxg5+ Qxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxe4 20. Nxd4 Nxc3+ {
0-1 Armino,L-Schalkx,J/Antwerp 1998/EXT 99 (20)}) 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. g3 $146 (9.
Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O Na6 11. h3 d5 12. cxd5 Bf5 13. dxc6 Nc5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qc4+
Bf7 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Bxa2 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. cxb7 Rab8 20. Bg2 Bxf2 21.
Nec3 Bc4 22. Kc2 Bb6 23. Nd6 Ba6 {
Ospanov,A-Dgebuadze,A/Sofia 1994/TD 94\01/1-0 (69)}) (9. a3 $5 {
is worthy of consideration} 9… O-O 10. Be3 $11) 9… O-O 10. Bg2 d5 (10… d6
11. Bf4 $15) 11. O-O $11 Bc5 12. Qh4 Ng4 13. h3 (13. cxd5 Nxf2 14. Qc4 Ne4+ 15.
Kh1 Rxf1+ 16. Bxf1 Nf2+ 17. Kg1 Nd3+ 18. Kg2 Qa6 (18… Nxc1 19. dxc6+ (19.
Nxc1 $6 Qb4 20. dxc6+ Kf8 $18) (19. Rxc1 $6 Kh8 $16) 19… Kh8 20. Qf7 (20.
Nxc1 $6 {is the weaker alternative} 20… Qb6 $14) 20… Bh3+ 21. Kxh3 Nxc6 22.
Qxb7 $18) 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 20. dxc6 Nab4 $11) 13… Nxf2 $15 ({Inferior is} 13…
Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 Ne5 15. cxd5 $16) 14. Kh2 Nd7 (14… Qb4 $5 {
is worth consideration} 15. cxd5 Qxh4 16. gxh4 Nd3 $11) 15. cxd5 $14 Ne5 16.
Bf4 (16. Qa4 $142 $5 {and White has air to breath} 16… Qb6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18.
Bf4 $14) 16… Ng6 $17 17. Qh5 Rf5 18. Qf3 Ne5 (18… Nxf4 {is clearly inferior
} 19. gxf4 (19. Nxf4 $6 g5 $14) 19… Bd7 20. Rxf2 Bxf2 21. Qxf2 $18) 19. Bxe5
Rxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd3 (20… Nxh3 {is the less attractive alternative} 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. Bxc6 $18) 21. Bd4 Bd7 (21… Nxb2 22. dxc6 Be6 23. Rab1 Bxd4 24. cxb7
$18) 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rad1 (23. b3 Rf8 $17) 23… Ne5 (23… Nxb2 $5 24. Rb1
Nc4 25. Ne4 $19) 24. Bg2 Nc4 25. dxc6 (25. b4 Qxb4 26. Rf4 g5 $19) 25… Bxc6
$19 26. Bxc6 (26. Bd5+ Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qe3 $19) 26… bxc6 27. Rd7 Rf8 28. Nf4 (
28. Rxf8+ $142 Qxf8 29. Ne4 $19) 28… Qf5 29. Re7 (29. Rd4 Qc2+ 30. Kg1 Nxb2
$19) 29… g5 30. Ne4 (30. Rg7+ {doesn’t do any good} 30… Kxg7 31. Nh5+ Kg6
32. Rxf5 Rxf5 $19 (32… Kxf5 $143 33. b3 Ne3 34. g4+ Ke5 35. Kg3 $19)) 30…
Ne3 31. Rf3 (31. Rg1 {is not much help} 31… gxf4 32. gxf4+ Kh8 $19) 31…
gxf4 32. Rxf4 (32. gxf4 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 32…
Nd5 33. Re5 Qxe5 34. Rg3+ Qg7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 32… Qb5 (32… Qa5 $142 {
secures the win} 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 33. Nc3 (33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Re8+ Kg7 35.
Re7+ Kg6 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Nd6+ Kxe6 38. Nxb5 cxb5 39. Kg1 $19) 33… Qxb2+ (
33… Qxb2+ 34. Ne2 Qxe2+ 35. Rf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qg2#) 0-1
{E60: King’s Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 1. c4
Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc2 Qc8 11. Re1 (11. Nc3 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rd8 14. Nd5 Nd7
15. Qd2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 e6 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Ne3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. Rd1 Rd7 23. Qg5 Rad8 24. Nf6+ Qxf6 25. Qxf6 Rxd1 {
Dizdar,G-Ulibin,M/Voskresensk 1990/CBM 19/1-0 (86)}) 11… Bh3 (11… a5 12.
Nc3 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rac1 Bh3 16. Bh1 Qg4 17. Ne3 Qh5 18. Ncd5
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Rac8 21. c5 dxc5 22. Rxc5 Qh6 23. Qc1 Qxc1 24.
Rexc1 Kg7 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 e6 27. Ne3 Red8 28. Rb5 Rd2 29. Rxb7 Rxa2 30.
Ng4 Ne7 31. Rd1 Nc6 32. Rdd7 Rf8 33. Rbc7 Rc2 34. Ne5 Nd8 {
1-0 Sahlender,F-Woynowski,M/MVP 2000/EXT 2001 (34)}) 12. Bh1 h5 13. Nc3 Ne5
$146 (13… Ng4 14. f3 Nge5 15. Qc1 Kh7 16. Nd5 Bh6 17. Qd1 h4 18. Bc1 Bg7 19.
gxh4 Qf5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Nce3 Qd7 22. Bf4 e6 23. Nc3 g5 24. hxg5 fxg5 25. Bg3
Bf5 26. Rc1 Rad8 27. Bg2 Qf7 28. Rf1 {
Toloza,P-Al Subaihi,K/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/1-0 (57)}) 14. Nd4 h4 15. Nf3 hxg3
16. hxg3 Neg4 17. Qd4 (17. e4 $142 $5 $11 {would keep White alive}) 17… Nxf2
$1 $17 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 18. Nd5 (18. Qxf2 {A deflection} 18… Ng4)
18… Qd7 $4 {there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (18… Re8 $5 19.
Qh4 Nxh1 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+ exf6 22. Kxh1 Kg7 $17) 19. Qh4 (19. Qxf2 $142
$5 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Nxf2 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Kxf2 $16) 19… Nxh1 $11 20. Ng5 (20.
Kxh1 $142 $5 {deserves consideration} 20… Rfe8 21. Ng5 $11) 20… Nh5 $17 21.
Bxg7 (21. Qxh3 Qxh3 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxh3 N1xg3 $17) 21… Kxg7
22. Qxh3 Qxh3 23. Nxh3 N1xg3 24. e4 Nf6 25. Nxe7 Ngxe4 26. Nf2 Rae8 (26… Nxf2
$142 {the advantage is on the side of Black} 27. Kxf2 Rh8 $19) 27. Nxe4 $15
Rxe7 28. Nxd6 Rd7 29. c5 b6 30. b4 a5 31. a3 Rfd8 32. Rac1 axb4 33. axb4 bxc5
34. bxc5 Rxd6 35. cxd6 Rxd6 36. Re7 Rd7 37. Re5 Ng4 38. Ra5 f5 39. Rc6 Kh6 (
39… Rd1+ 40. Kg2 $15) 40. Rxf5 $11 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2
{B04: Alekhine’s Defence: 4 Nf3} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5.
dxe5 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Re1 (8. Nd4 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 c6 10. c4 Ne7 11. f4
Nf5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qc2 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 g6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. a3 a5 17. b3 Nf8 18.
Nc3 Ne6 19. Ne2 O-O 20. Bb2 Rfd8 21. a4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 {
Savic,M-Schneider,S/Zagan 1997/CBM 59 ext/1/2-1/2 (89)}) 8… c6 9. Nbd2 $146 (
9. Ng5 Bf5 10. Bh5 g6 11. Bg4 Be7 12. Nh3 Bxg4 13. Qxg4 Qc7 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15.
Nd2 g5 16. Nc4 h6 17. a4 N5b6 18. Nxb6+ Nxb6 19. Bd2 Rd7 20. a5 Nd5 21. Kh1
Rhd8 22. Ng1 Bb4 23. Bxb4 Nxb4 24. Qc4 c5 25. Rac1 Rd2 26. Nf3 R2d5 27. h3 a6
28. Ra1 Nc6 29. Qc3 R8d7 30. Ra4 Nb4 31. Raa1 Nc6 32. Ra4 Nb4 33. Qc4 Nc6 34.
Qe4 Nb4 35. Raa1 Kb8 36. Rac1 Qd8 37. Qh7 Qf8 38. Qe4 Qd8 39. Kh2 Ka7 40. Qe3
Qxa5 41. c3 Nd3 42. b4 Qb6 43. c4 Nxe1 {
Mamouri,M-Goh Yoon Wah/Kuala Lumpur 1993/EXT 98/0-1 (60)}) (9. h3 Bh5 10. b3
Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Qc7 13. Qg5 Bg6 14. Nbd2 Nb4 15. Bd1 Bxc2 16. Qxg7
O-O-O 17. Qxf7 Bf5 18. Nc4 Kb8 19. Nh4 Rhf8 20. Qe7 Nd3 21. Re3 Nb6 22. Qxc7+
Kxc7 23. Nxb6 axb6 {Krupkova,P-Regan,N/Germany 2000/CBM 75 ext/1-0 (45)}) 9…
Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. c4 N5b6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Qe4 Nc5 15. Qe3 Bg6 16.
Nd4 O-O 17. N2f3 Rfd8 1/2-1/2
{B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5
exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 d4 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. dxe4 Be7 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. b3
$146 (11. Nf4 Bg5 (11… Bd6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nd5 Be6 14. c4 Rb8 15. h3 b5 16.
cxb5 Rxb5 17. b3 Qd7 18. Kh2 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Nb4 21. Qf1 Rb6 22.
Bd2 h5 23. Qe2 h4 24. Be4 g6 25. Kg2 hxg3 26. fxg3 a5 27. h4 f5 28. Bxb4 axb4
29. Bd3 Bf8 30. Qf3 Rf6 31. h5 Bd6 32. g4 Qg7 33. hxg6 fxg4 34. Qxg4 Qh6 35.
Qc8+ Bf8 36. Qh3 Rf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qxh3 {
0-1 Buecker,S-Nun,J/Dortmund 1989/CBM 13 (37)}) (11… a5 12. a3 a4 13. Nd5 Be6
14. c4 Ne5 15. b3 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qb6 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Rf2 {
1/2-1/2 Buckley,M-Stephenson,F/Torquay 1998/CBM 66 ext (19)}) (11… Re8 12. b3
(12. Re1 Bf8 13. c3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. Nd5 Be6 16. f4 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qc7 18.
Be3 Rad8 19. Qc4 Na5 20. Qe2 c4 21. Qf2 b6 22. Rab1 Nb7 23. e5 Bf8 24. Qf3 Nc5
25. Qc6 Rc8 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 {
Buecker,S-Kojder,K/Czestochowa 1984/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 12… Bf8 13. Nd5 Be6
14. c4 f5 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Qc2 Qf7 17. f4 Kh8 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. e5 Ne7 20. Nxe7
Rxe7 21. a4 Rd7 22. Bf1 b6 23. Bd3 a6 24. Rab1 {
1-0 Glinzk,M-Ellers,H/cr ch D teams 1991 (24)}) 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nd5 Bxc1 14.
Rxc1 Be6 15. c4 dxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5 17. c4 f6 18. Qb3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Re4
f5 21. Re3 Nf7 22. Rce1 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Qd6 24. h3 Kf8 25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4 b6
27. f4 g6 28. f5 g5 29. Qe6 Rd8 30. f6 h6 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Re6 Qf4 33. Qe8+
Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Be4+ Qxe4 {
1-0 Buecker,S-Bachmann,K/Germany 1989/GER-chT2 (35)}) 11… Bf6 12. Rb1 Nb4 13.
a3 Nxc2 $4 {gives the opponent new chances} (13… Nc6 $5 $11 {
should be examined more closely}) 14. Nf4 (14. Qd3 $142 $5 a5 15. Nf4 (15. Qxc2
$6 d3 16. Qxc5 dxe2 $14) 15… Nxa3 16. Bxa3 $18) 14… d3 $14 15. Nxd3 Nd4 16.
Nxc5 b6 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. e5 1/2-1/2
{C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3
Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 h6 8. c3 Bb6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. c4 (
11. b3 Qd7 12. Bb2 Bh3 13. Qc2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 d5 15. a3 Rad8 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17.
b4 b5 18. Rfe1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Qe6 20. Nd2 Nh7 21. Qb3 Qg4 22. h3 Qh5 23. Nf3 Ng5
24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Rd5 Ne7 {
Francsics,E-Xu Hanbing/Budapest 2000/CBM 76 ext/1-0 (53)}) 11… Qd7 12. Nh4 g5
13. Nf3 Bg4 $146 (13… Bh3 14. Be3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nh7 16. h4 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5
18. hxg5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Qh5 g4 21. Rh1 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qh8+ Kf7
24. Qh7+ Qxh7 25. Rxh7+ Kg6 26. Rxc7 Rf3 27. Rxb7 Rxd3 28. Rxb6 {
Lemonidis,C-Schmitt,T/Griesheim 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 14. Qd2 Nh7 15. b4
(15. Ne1 Bh3 $11) 15… f5 $15 16. b5 {White gets more space} (16. exf5 Qxf5
17. Ne1 Bh3 $15) 16… Nd8 (16… Na5 $5 $17) 17. exf5 $11 Qxf5 18. Ne1 Bh3 19.
Be4 Qd7 20. Ng2 (20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Ne6 $11) 20… Nf6 $15 21.
f3 {Consolidates e4+g4} 21… Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qf7 23. Qc2 Ne6 24. Be3 Ra3 25. Qd2
Nc5 26. Bxc5 (26. Rac1 Kh7 $15) 26… dxc5 27. Ne3 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxe3 (28…
Qe6 29. Rf2 $17) 29. Qxe3 Qxc4 30. Rd1 Qxb5 (30… Qxa2 31. Qd3 $17) 31. h4 Qa4
(31… Qe8 32. hxg5 Qh5 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Qc3 Qxg5 35. Kf2 $17) 32. Rd2 $15 Qc6
(32… Qe8 $5 33. hxg5 Qh5 34. Qb3+ Qf7 35. gxh6 Qxb3 36. axb3 Rxf3 $15) 33.
hxg5 $11 c4 34. Rd5 (34. gxh6 Qc5 35. Kf2 Ra8 $14) 34… Qe6 35. gxh6 Qf6 36.
Kg2 Rd8 (36… c6 37. Rd7 $14) 37. Qd2 (37. Qc3 Rf8 $16) 37… Rd6 $2 (37…
Re8 $142 $5 $16) 38. Rxd6 $18 cxd6 39. Qd5+ Kh7 40. Qxb7+ (40. Qxc4 Kxh6 41. a4
Qe7 $18) 40… Kxh6 41. Qxb6 Qe6 42. Qe3+ Kg6 43. Qd2 (43. Qc3 $5 $18) 43… c3
$16 44. Qxc3 Qxa2+ 45. Kh3 Qe6+ 46. g4 Qe7 $2 (46… d5 47. exd5 Qxd5 48. Qc2+
Kg7 49. Qf5 $16) 47. Qc2 (47. Qc8 $142 $5 $18) 47… Qh7+ 48. Kg3 (48. Kg3 Qh1
49. Qf2 $16) 1-0
{A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. e3 (7. a3 e4 8. Ng5 e3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nf3 Ng4
11. Nd5 Re8 12. Qd3 Nce5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qc3 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qe4 16. Rg1 Rb8 17.
Bg2 Qg4 18. b4 Bf8 19. Bb2 Re6 20. Nf4 Re8 21. O-O-O d6 {
Vondra,Z-Masek,J/Rakovnik 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 (75)}) 7… O-O 8. Be2 Re8 $146 (
8… d6 9. a3 (9. O-O Be6 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. Rd1 Qb8 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2
Bf5 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Qe1 Qa7 18. h3 Nf5 19. Kh2 e4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
exd4 Bxd4 22. Nb5 Bxf2 23. Nxa7 Bxe1 {
Terasti,P-Mertanen,J/Tampere 1998/EXT 99/1-0 (41)}) 9… a5 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2
Re8 12. O-O e4 13. Ne1 Bf5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bg6 16. g3 Qb6 17. Ng2 Qxb3
18. Rfb1 Ne7 19. Qd2 Qa4 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Qc3 f6 22. Nh5 Nc6 23. Nf4 {
Fernandez Arrue,R-Hoffman,A/Villa Martelli 1998/EXT 2000/0-1 (40)}) (8… a6 9.
O-O d6 10. h3 e4 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 Bb6 14. Na4 Bc7 15. Bb2 d5
16. c5 Nd7 17. g3 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Qd4 Qg6 21. Rxc6 f6 22.
Rxc7 Bxh3 23. Qxd5+ {Biallass,A-Voigt,M/Hamburg 1997/EXT 98/1-0 (44)}) 9. h4 (
9. O-O e4 10. Nd2 Qe7 $11) 9… d6 10. a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} 10… a5
11. b3 Bf5 {Black prepares the advance e4} 12. Bb2 e4 13. Ng5 h6 (13… Ne5 14.
h5 $11) 14. Nh3 (14. g4 Bd7 15. Nh3 Ne5 $14) 14… Ne5 $11 15. Nd5 (15. Nf4
$142 $5 $11 {looks like a viable alternative}) 15… Nxd5 $17 16. Qxd5 Qb6 17.
Qd1 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. O-O Bxh3 (19… d5 $5 {deserves consideration} 20.
cxd5 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Qg6+ 22. Qg4 Qxg4+ 23. hxg4 Rad8 $11) 20. gxh3 $11 Re6 (
20… d5 21. Qxd3 dxc4 22. Qxc4 $11) 21. Qxd3 $14 Qd8 22. Qf5 Qxh4 23. Kh2 Rae8
24. Qg4 (24. Rg1 $5 Rg6 25. Raf1 $16) 24… Qxg4 $11 25. hxg4 f6 {Covers e5} (
25… a4 26. Rac1 $11) 26. Bc3 (26. Kg3 a4 $14) 26… Bb6 (26… a4 $5 $11 {
is an interesting alternative}) 27. Rad1 Bc7 (27… Re4 $5 $14 {
is worthy of consideration}) 28. Rd5 $16 a4 29. bxa4 Re4 30. Bd4 Rxg4 31. Rg1 (
31. Kh3 $142 Rg5 32. Rb1 $16) 31… Rxg1 $11 32. Kxg1 Ra8 33. a5 (33. Rb5 $142
$5 {is worth consideration} 33… Rxa4 34. Rxb7 Rxc4 35. Kg2 $11) 33… Rxa5
$17 34. Rxa5 Bxa5 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. e4 Bd2 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Kg4 Bc1 (38… g6 39.
f4 $17) 39. a4 (39. f4 $5 $15) 39… g6 $17 40. f3 h5+ 41. Kg3 g5 42. Kh3 Bf4
43. Bc3 Be5 44. Be1 Bd4 45. Bg3 Be3 46. Bh2 (46. Kg2 $142 $17) 46… Bf4 $4 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (46…
Kd7 $142 $5 $19) 47. Bg1 $2 (47. Bxf4 $142 {and White can hope to live} 47…
gxf4 48. Kh4 $11) 47… Ke5 48. Bf2 h4 49. Kg4 Bd2 50. Bb6 Bc3 51. Be3 Bb4 52.
Bc1 (52. Bb6 $142 $5 $17) 52… Kd4 $19 53. Bb2+ Bc3 54. Ba3 Kxc4 55. Bxd6 Be5
56. Be7 Kd3 57. Bd8 (57. Bb4 $19 {otherwise it’s curtains at once}) 57… Ke3 (
57… Ke3 58. Bb6+ Ke2 $19) (57… Ke2 $142 {secures the win} 58. Ba5 h3 59.
Kxh3 Kxf3 $19) 0-1
{E05: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3 Be7} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O
O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Rb8 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Na5 Bd7 12.
Nb7 Qe8 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Bc6 15. f3 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rb5 $146 (16… Rfd8 17.
Rb1 h6 18. a3 e5 19. b4 a5 20. e4 axb4 21. axb4 Rd4 22. Qc3 Bb5 23. Re1 Ne8 24.
Be3 Rd3 25. Qa1 c6 26. Bf1 Rdd8 27. Bh3 Nc7 28. Red1 Na6 29. Qc3 Ba4 30. Rxd8+
Rxd8 31. Rb2 Bb5 32. Rd2 Nc7 33. Kf2 f6 34. Bf5 Kf8 35. Bg6 Ba6 36. Rd6 Nb5 37.
Qb3 Rc8 38. Re6 {1-0 Jacobs,J-Micheel,P/cr DDR 1982 (38)}) 17. Be3 Rfb8 18. b3
a5 19. Bf2 Nd5 20. Rfd1 a4 21. e4 Nb4 22. Qc3 axb3 23. axb3 R5b7 24. Bf1 h5 (
24… e5 25. Ra3 $16) 25. Rd2 Be8 26. Ra3 Bb5 27. Bg2 Bc6 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qxh5
Be8 30. Qh3 Nc6 31. Rd3 Ne5 32. Rc3 Qd7 33. Bf1 Qd1 34. Kg2 Bf7 35. f4 (35. Re3
$142 $18) 35… Qd2 $2 (35… Ng4 $142 36. Rd3 Qc1 37. Qxg4 Qxa3 $14) 36. Re3 (
36. b4 Nc6 37. b5 Nd4 $18) 36… Qb2 (36… Nc6 37. Bc4 $18) 37. Ra6 (37. fxe5
$6 Qxa3 38. exf6 Qxc5 39. fxg7 Qh5 40. Qxh5 Bxh5 $16) 37… Ng6 38. Bc4 (38.
Rxe6 Rxb3 39. Re2 Nxf4+ 40. gxf4 Rxh3 41. Rxb2 Rxb2 $17) 38… Nf8 (38… e5
39. Bxf7+ Kxf7 40. Qd7+ Kf8 41. f5 $18) 39. Rd3 (39. Re2 $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} 39… Qc1 $18) 39… Qc2 40. Qg4 e5 41. Qd1 Qxd1 42.
Rxd1 exf4 43. gxf4 Bxc4 44. bxc4 Rb2 45. Rd3 (45. f5 $142 $5 Rc2 46. Kg1 $18)
45… Ng6 $16 46. Kf3 Nxf4 47. Rda3 (47. Kxf4 {Deflection from f2} 47… Rxf2+)
47… Ng6 48. Bg3 Ne5+ 49. Bxe5 fxe5 50. Ra8 Rxa8 51. Rxa8+ Kh7 52. Ra7 Rxh2
53. Rxc7 Kg6 54. Ra7 Rc2 55. Ra4 Kf6 56. Ke3 Ke6 57. Kd3 Rg2 58. Ra6+ Ke7 59.
Ra7+ Ke6 60. Kc3 g5 (60… Re2 $142 $5 $16) 61. Rg7 $18 Kf6 $2 (61… Rh2 $18)
62. c6 Rh2 (62… Ra2 {no good, but what else?} 63. Rg8 Ra7 $18) 63. Rg8 Rh7
64. Kb4 (64. Kb4 g4 65. Ka5 $18) 1-0
{A49: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3: Anti-King’s Indian systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6
3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 b5 6. O-O (6. a4 Bb7 7. axb5 Bxd5 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 a6
10. bxa6 Rxa6 11. Bb2 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 Bc6 13. Nbd2 d6 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. c4 Qa8 16.
Qc2 Rb8 17. Ra1 Qb7 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Ne8 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Nf4 Nf5 22. e3
e6 23. Ra5 Ne5 24. Rb5 Qa8 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. Nd3 Nd7 {
1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-Shulman,Y/Stockholm 1998/EXT 99 (26)}) 6… Bb7 7. c4 d6 8.
Re1 Nbd7 $146 (8… O-O 9. e4 bxc4 10. Nbd2 Ba6 11. Bf1 c3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Nb3
Qa4 14. Qc2 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Nbd7 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 c4 19. Nbd4 Qxc2
20. Nxc2 Nxe4 21. Rxb8 Nxd2+ 22. Nxd2 Rxb8 23. Rxe7 {
Guerra,V-Pinho,P/Lisbon 1997/EXT 2001/1-0 (56)}) 9. e4 bxc4 10. Qc2 O-O 11.
Nbd2 Nb6 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 a5 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nb6 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Bc3
Rfb8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Qa4 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Bh3 Rf8 (21… Qxa2 {
is refuted by a beautiful mate} 22. Nxf7 {Demolition of pawn structure} 22…
Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxb2 24. Nh6+ Kf8 25. Rxb2 e5 26. dxe6 Ke7 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Qf7+
Kd8 29. e7+ Kc7 30. e8=Q+ Nd7 31. Qexd7#) 22. a3 Qc4 23. Qd2 Qb3 24. Bf1 Bc8
25. Re3 Qa4 26. b3 {Covers c4} 26… Qd7 27. f4 Qa7 28. Kh1 Bb7 29. Bg2 Rad8
30. h4 (30. f5 Rb8 $16) 30… h6 31. Nh3 e6 32. f5 {This push gains space}
32… Rfe8 (32… gxf5 $142 {would keep Black in the game} 33. Re2 Kh7 $11) 33.
fxg6 fxg6 34. Rf3 Kg7 $2 (34… Ba8 $142 35. Rf6 Qg7 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. dxe6 a4
$18) 35. Rbf1 $18 Rd7 (35… Bc8 36. Qf2 Kg8 37. Rf7 $18) 36. h5 Ba6 (36…
Nxd5 37. exd5 Bxd5 38. Rf6 Bxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Qb7+ 40. Kh2 $18) 37. R1f2 exd5 38.
Rf6 Kg8 (38… g5 39. Nxg5 $1 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 39… Rf7 40. Qf4
hxg5 41. Rxf7+ Qxf7 42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. Qxe8+ Kg7 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Rf8#) 39. Qxh6
Rg7 40. hxg6 (40. Nf4 Qf7 41. Rxf7 Rxf7 42. hxg6 Rxe4 43. gxf7+ Kxf7 44. Nxd5+
Ke8 45. Qg6+ Kd7 46. Rf7+ Re7 47. Rxe7+ Kc6 48. Rc7+ Kb5 49. Nc3#) 40… Qe7 (
40… Bf1 41. Ng5 Bxg2+ 42. Kg1 Bh3 43. Rf7 Qxf7 44. gxf7+ Kf8 45. Qxd6+ Re7
46. Qd8+ Re8 47. fxe8=Q#) 41. Rf7 Qe5 42. R2f6 (42. R2f6 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qxf6 44.
Rxf6 $18) (42. Nf4 Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. Nd3+ Qf5 45. Rxf5+ Kg8 46. Qg5 Rd7
47. Qf6 Rh7+ 48. gxh7+ Kxh7 49. Rh5+ Kg8 50. Rh8#) 1-0
{A39: Symmetrical English vs …g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 0-0 0-0 7 d4} 1. Nf3
(1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 {
1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M-Gostisa,L/Kladovo 1990/TD (7)}) 1… Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7
4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Na4 (9. Nd5 Ne4 10. Qc2
Nxc5 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 d6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 f6 16. Qc3 Nb6
17. Ne3 Qc7 18. Rac1 Be6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nf4 Qc8 21. Qe3 Bxc4 22. Qxb6 Bxa2 23.
Nd4 g5 {Pick,S-Zahorbensky,J/CZE 2000/EXT 2001/1-0 (46)}) 9… Rd8 $146 (9…
Ne4 10. Be3 d6 11. cxd6 Nxd6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Nb6 Rad8 14. Nd5 Nc8 15. h3 Bd7
16. a4 Be6 17. Nb3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 {
1-0 Riverol,J-Baker,E/Santiago 1996/EXT 2001 (18)}) (9… Ne4 $5 10. Be3 d6 $16
) 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. Bf4 d6 15. cxd6 exd6
16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. a3 Be8 (21…
f5 22. Ba5 b6 23. Bb4 $16) 22. Bb4 Qb6 23. d6+ Bf7 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8
26. Rc7 (26. Qf7 {might be the shorter path} 26… Bg7 27. Rfd1 f5 $18) 26…
Bg7 $2 (26… Bxd6 27. Bxd6 Qxc7 28. Bxc7 Rxd5 29. Bxb8 Rd2 $18) 27. Rfc1 (27.
Rfc1 Qd4 28. Qe6 Qxb2 29. d7 $18) 1-0
{C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3…g6} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
Nge7 4. c3 d6 5. d3 (5. d4 Bd7 6. Be3 (6. O-O Ng6 7. Re1 Be7 8. g3 O-O 9. Na3
Qe8 10. h4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bf6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Na6
16. Ng4 Bd8 17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Ngxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 b6 20. Qd3 Nb8 {
Moen,O-Roeyset,P/Stavanger 1997/EXT 2001/1-0 (32)}) 6… Ng6 7. h4 Be7 8. g3
Bf6 9. Nbd2 Nge7 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. h5 h6 13. Nc4 a5 14. a4 Ng8 15.
b4 axb4 16. cxb4 Be7 17. Qd3 Ngf6 18. Nh4 Nxh5 19. Nf5 g6 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21.
Bxh6 Bf8 22. Be3 h4 23. gxh4 Rxh4 24. Kd2 Rh5 25. Na5 Rxf5 26. exf5 Qh4 27. Qb5
Bh6 28. Rc1 Qxf2+ {0-1 Zarnicki,P-Ginzburg,M/Pena City 1996/CBM 55 ext (28)})
5… g6 $146 (5… Bd7 6. Be3 Ng6 7. h3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Na3 a6 10. Ba4 Rb8
11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. O-O-O c5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 d5 17.
Bxc5 dxe4 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. dxe4 Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Be6 {
0-1 Ranker,K-Murany,K/Bellheim 1994/GER (20)}) 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 a6 8. Ba4 b5
9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. g4 (12. a3 f5 $11) 12… Qc7 $15 13. Rc1
d5 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Nac6 16. Bc5 {The white bishop on an outpost} 16… O-O
17. Bb3 Rfd8 18. Ne3 (18. Ng5 Rac8 19. Qf3 Rf8 $17) 18… Rac8 (18… dxe4 $142
$5 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 $19) 19. Bxe7 $15 Qxe7 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. exd5 Nxb4 22. Rxc8+
Bxc8 23. a3 Bxg4 24. Rg1 h5 (24… Nxd3+ 25. Qxd3 e4 26. d6 $17) 25. h3 (25.
Rg3 e4 26. dxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Kf1 Be5 $11) 25… Bf5 $4 {
Black is ruining his position} (25… Nxd3+ $142 26. Qxd3 e4 $17) 26. axb4 $14
Qxb4+ 27. Nd2 (27. Ke2 $5 $14 {must be considered}) 27… Bh6 $11 28. Bc2 Bxh3
29. Ke2 Qd4 30. Ne4 Bg4+ 31. Rxg4 hxg4 32. Qh1 Kg7 33. Nf6 $4 {
gives the opponent new chances} (33. Qh4 $142 {had to be tried to avoid defeat}
33… Qxd5 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qxa6 $16) 33… Qf4 $19 ({Not} 33… Kxf6 34. Qxh6
Qxd5 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qxg4 $17) 34. Ne4 f5 35. Qh4 g5 (35… fxe4 36. Qe7+ Kh8
37. Qd8+ Bf8 38. dxe4 $19) 36. Qh5 (36. Qg3 $142 $5 fxe4 37. dxe4 $17) 36…
fxe4 $19 37. dxe4 g3 38. fxg3 Qxg3 39. Qe8 Qg2+ 40. Ke1 Qg1+ (40… Qxc2 41.
Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Bg7 44. Qh5+ Kg8 45. Qe8+ Bf8 46. Qe6+ Kh8 47.
Qxe5+ Bg7 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qh5+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Bf8 51. Qe6+ Kg7 52. Qe5+ Kh6 53.
Qe6+ Kh5 54. Qh3+ Kg6 55. Qf5+ Kh5 56. Qh3+ Kg6 57. Qf5+ Kh5 58. Qh3+ $11) 41.
Ke2 Qh2+ 42. Ke1 (42. Kd3 $142 Qh3+ 43. Ke2 Qg4+ 44. Ke1 $19) 42… Qg3+ $4 {
Black lets it slip away} (42… Qf4 43. Qd7+ Kh8 44. Qf5 $19) 43. Ke2 g4 $4 {
Black loses the upper hand} (43… Qg4+ $142 {
and the scales tip in favour of Black} 44. Ke1 Qf4 $19) 44. Qd7+ $11 1/2-1/2
{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6.
Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Na3 cxd4 10. Nb5 O-O-O (10… Rc8 11. Nfxd4 Bxe2
12. Qxe2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Nb3 Qc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 O-O 18.
Rd4 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Kf8 20. Na5 Qc7 21. Nc4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Bg3 Qc6 24. Ne5
Qe8 25. Rd3 {Chandler,M-Handoko,E/Surakarta 1982/MCD/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 11. Nbxd4 (
11. Qa4 d3 12. Rd1 a6 13. Na3 dxe2 14. Rxd5 Rxd5 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bxa3 17.
bxa3 Rhd8 18. Bd4 e5 19. Rc1 exd4 20. cxd4 Rxd4 {
0-1 Aglietti,G-Ortega,L/Lido Estensi 2000/CBM 76 ext (20)}) 11… Nxd4 $146 (
11… Bc5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qb3 Rd5 14. Bf4 Rhd8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Ne5 Qb6 17. Bc4
Qxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bg3 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rfd1
Kc7 24. Ra4 Nb6 25. Rad4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 {
Ullrich,F-Menz,U/GER 1996/EXT 2001/1-0 (48)}) 12. Nxd4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bc5 14.
Nb3 Bb6 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Qc4+ Bc7 17. g3 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rad1 ({Worse is}
19. Bxa7 b6 20. Rfe1 Nd2 $17) 19… b6 {Consolidates a5+c5} 20. Rfe1 Nd6 21.
Nd4 Kb7 22. b3 {Prevents intrusion on c4} 22… e5 23. Ne2 b5 24. Rd5 f6 {
Covers g5} 25. Red1 a6 26. Bc1 Kc6 27. Ba3 Nb7 28. R5d2 Nc5 29. f3 {Controls e4
} 29… Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Bxc5 Kxc5 33. Kf2 Kd5 34. Ke3 f5 {
Black plans e4} 35. Kd3 g6 (35… e4+ $5 36. fxe4+ fxe4+ 37. Ke3 Ke5 $15) 36.
c4+ $11 bxc4+ 37. bxc4+ Kc5 38. a3 (38. Nc3 $142 $11 {would keep White alive})
38… e4+ $17 39. fxe4 fxe4+ 40. Kxe4 Kxc4 41. Nd4 a5 42. Ke5 $2 (42. a4 $142
$17) 42… Bc7+ (42… Bc7+ 43. Ke4 a4 $19) (42… a4 $5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 43. Nc6 Bc7+ 44. Ke4 $19) 0-1
{E15: Queen’s Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations}
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bd6 (6… c5 7. O-O Nc6
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb2 Rc8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Na4 Re8 14.
Re1 c4 15. Nd4 Bb4 16. Bc3 Ba3 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qd7 19. e3 Bb5 20. Red1
Bxa4 21. bxa4 {Smyslov,V-Sosonko,G/Tilburg 1984/MCD/1-0 (31)}) 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nbd2 Qe7 $146 (8… Bb7 9. Bb2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 13.
Ndf3 Na6 14. Nd3 Rfe8 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Bb2 Ne6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19.
Qa1 Ne4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 f6 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 {
Litinskaya,M-Piarnpuu,L/Parnu 1996/CBM 50 ext/1-0 (66)}) 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Ne5 c5
11. Bb2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Rd8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 (14. Nec4 Nc6 15. Bxd5 Nxd4
16. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11) 14… Bxd5 $15 15. Ng4 (15. e4 $5 {should not be overlooked}
15… Bb7 16. Bc3 $15) 15… Na6 16. e4 Bb7 17. e5 $2 (17. Qe2 $142 $17) 17…
Bb4 $19 18. Ne4 (18. Be3 {praying for a miracle} 18… Qd7 19. Nh6+ Kf8 20. Re2
$19) 18… Bxe1 19. Nef6+ Kh8 (19… gxf6 $142 {
and the rest is a matter of technique} 20. Nxf6+ Kf8 21. Nxh7+ Kg7 $19) 20. Qd3
g6 (20… gxf6 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 22. exf6 $19) 21. Qe3 (21. Rxe1 $5 Qc5 22. Qe3 $19
) 21… Qf8 $19 22. Rxe1 Nb4 23. Re2 (23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 $19) 23…
Rac8 24. f3 $2 (24. Ne4 Nc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Nd6 $19) 24… Nc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2
26. Qf4 (26. Nh6 $19 {otherwise it’s curtains at once}) 26… Qb4 27. Bf2 Qxf4
(27… Qxf4 28. gxf4 Bxf3 $19) 0-1
{A91: Classical Dutch: Early Deviations} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5
5. Qc2 c6 6. Nh3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 h6 (8… Qe8 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. b3 (10. Ne5
Nd7 11. Nd3 Nd6 12. b3 Nf7 13. a4 a5 14. Nhf4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17.
f3 Nc5 18. Kh1 Na6 19. e3 Nb4 20. Qe2 Bd7 21. Bb2 Bg5 22. Nh3 Qh5 23. Rad1 Rfd8
24. Bd4 Be7 {Gieritz,D-Guth,T/GER 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 10… Nd7 11.
Nf4 Bd6 12. Nd3 Qh5 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 15. f3 Nc5 16. Ba3 b6 17. Nxc5
bxc5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bxc5 Qf7 20. Rac1 a5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qc5 Rf7 23. Qxe7
{Piket,J-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 45/1-0 (43)}) 9. Nf4 Qe8 10. b3 $146 (
10. Nf3 g5 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. b4 Rf7 13. a4 Rg7 14. b5 cxb5 15. axb5 dxc4 16.
Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qb3 Ne4 18. Nfe5 Qd8 19. e3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Ba3 Nc3 22. Bxe7
Rxe7 23. Ra5 Nc4 24. Nxc4 dxc4 {
Chekhov,V-Paehtz,T/Halle 1987/CBM 05/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 10… g5 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12.
f3 {Covers e4+g4} (12. Nf3 Qh5 $14) 12… Qh5 (12… e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2
Nxd3 15. exd3 $11) 13. Bb2 Rf7 14. Rae1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Rg7 16. e4 f4 17. Bc3 Bd7 (
17… N6d7 18. g4 Qe8 19. Nd3 $14) 18. Re2 Rd8 19. b4 Bc8 20. a4 N8h7 21. g4
Qe8 22. Rb1 Nf8 23. Bf1 h5 24. h3 Ng6 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nxg6 (26. c5 hxg4 27.
hxg4 Nd7 28. Nxg6 Qxg6 29. Qxg6 Rxg6 $16) 26… Rxg6 27. c5 {White wins space}
27… Rh6 28. Rbe1 {Exerts pressure on the backward pawn} 28… Kf7 29. Rh2 (
29. b5 Qh8 30. Bg2 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qg7 $14) 29… Qh8 30. Nb3 Qg7 31. Nc1 Rdh8
32. Ree2 Nd7 33. Nd3 Bf6 34. Qb2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rxh2 36. Rxh2 Rxh2 37. Kxh2 ({
Worse is} 37. Qxh2 Bxd4+ 38. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 39. Kg2 Qg7 $17) 37… Nf8 38. b5 {
White gains space} 38… Ng6 39. c6 (39. Ne5+ Kg8 $16) 39… Kg8 40. Nc5 (40.
cxb7 Qxb7 41. Kg1 Qc7 $14) 40… b6 {Secures a5} (40… bxc6 $5 {
looks like a viable alternative} 41. bxc6 Qc7 $11) 41. Nd3 $14 Nh4 42. Ne1 Ng6
43. Nd3 (43. Qd2 a6 $14) 43… Nh4 $11 44. Bg2 $4 {throwing away the advantage}
(44. Ne1 $142 $11 {would bring relief}) 44… Qh7 $19 45. Bf1 (45. Nxf4 {
hardly improves anything} 45… gxf4 46. Kg1 Qd3 $19 (46… Nxg2 $6 47. Kxg2
Bh4 48. Bb4 $19)) 45… Nxf3+ (45… e5 $142 {and Black has triumphed} 46. Nxe5
Bxe5 $19) 46. Kg2 Nh4+ 47. Kf2 $2 (47. Kg1 e5 $1 {Clearance to allow c8-g4} 48.
Ne1 e4 $19) 47… Qe4 48. Be2 (48. Qd2 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 48… Bxd4+ 49. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 50.
Ke2 e5 $19) 48… Qe3+ (48… Qe3+ 49. Kf1 f3 $19) 0-1
{A03: Bird’s Opening with 1…d5} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5.
O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 (8… Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e4 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Ba6 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Na3 Ng4 15. Nc4 Qb5 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Na5
Rac8 18. e5 e6 19. h3 Nh6 20. g4 Kh8 21. Be3 Bf8 22. a4 bxa4 23. c4 {
Zwaig,A-Bleiman,Y/Nice 1974/EXT 2000/1-0 (42)}) (8… Qb6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Kh1
Ba6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. c4 e6 13. e4 Rad8 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Rb1 Kh8 16. Nf3 f5 17.
Ng5 Re7 18. e5 h6 19. Nf3 Bf8 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Qa4 Bb7 22. Bd2 Nb6 23. Qc2 {
Heinola,K-Nakamoto,D/Hawaii 1998/EXT 99/1-0 (42)}) 9. fxe5 Ne8 10. d4 Nc7 $146
(10… Be6 11. dxc5 Bxe5 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Na3 Nc7 14. Qd2 (14. Bd4 f6 {
Radulov-Uhlmann/Raach 1969 (14)} 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. c4 e5 18. Bc3
Bh6 19. cxd5 Be3+ 20. Kh1 Bxc5 21. d6 Nb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb7 Rad8 24. Rfc1
Bxd6 25. Ba5 Rb8 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. e4 Be2 28. Rc2 Bf3+ 29. Kg1 f5 30. Bc3 fxe4
31. b4 Bc7 32. h3 Bb6+ 33. Kh2 Bd4 34. Re1 Rbc8 35. Rec1 Rcd8 36. Bc6 Bxc3 37.
Rxc3 Rd2+ 38. Kg1 Rd1+) 14… Qd7 15. Rf4 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Bf5 17. Rb4 Rab8 18. Bh6
Bh8 19. c4 Na6 20. cxd5 Nxc5 21. Be3 b6 22. Bd4 e5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rxb8 Rxb8
25. e4 {Keller,M-Koppe,X/cr tm/Ostsee 1986/1-0 (40)}) 11. e3 Bf5 12. g4 Be6 {
Blocks the pawn on e5} 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. h3 b6 15. Qe2 f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Qf2
Rae8 18. Nf3 (18. dxc5 bxc5 19. e4 d4 $11) 18… Nb5 $15 19. Ne1 f5 20. g5 f4
21. dxc5 f3 (21… bxc5 22. exf4 d4 23. a4 $17) 22. Nxf3 Bxh3 23. Bxh3 (23.
cxb6 $142 $5 {is worthy of consideration} 23… Bxg2 24. Qxg2 $15) 23… Qxh3
$17 24. Qg2 Qd7 (24… Qxg2+ $5 25. Kxg2 bxc5 $17) 25. a4 $11 Nc7 26. cxb6 axb6
27. a5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 Re4 {The rook dominates} 29. Nh2 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Be5 31.
Nf3 Qf5 32. Ke2 Rg4 (32… Bd6 $5 $11 {is worth consideration}) 33. Qh3 $14 Bd6
34. Bd2 (34. b3 $142 $5 $14 {must be considered}) 34… Qe4 $11 35. Kd1 Rg3 36.
Qc8+ Ne8 37. Ne1 Rxg5 38. c4 h5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. cxd5 Kf7 41. Qd7+ Be7 42.
Qe6+ (42. Bc3 $5 $15 {is an interesting alternative}) 42… Qxe6 $17 43. dxe6+
Kxe6 44. Ke2 Kd5 (44… g5 45. e4 $17) 45. Nd3 g5 46. Be1 Nf6 47. Nf2 Ne4 48.
Nxe4 $2 (48. Kf3 $142 Ke5 49. b4 $17) 48… Kxe4 $19 49. b4 g4 50. b5 Bc5 (
50… Bd8 51. Bb4 h4 52. Bd6 $19) 51. Kf1 (51. Bg3 Bb6 $19) 51… Bxe3 (51…
Kf3 52. e4 Be7 53. b6 $19) 52. Kg2 Bf4 53. Bh4 Kd5 54. Bf2 (54. Kf2 $142 $19)
54… Kc4 55. b6 Kb5 56. Kf1 Kc6 57. Ke2 Bg5 58. Kd3 h4 59. Ke4 h3 60. Bg1 g3
61. Kf3 Bf4 $3 {lovely play, a forceful sacrifice} 62. Be3 (62. Kxf4 h2) 62…
h2 (62… h2 63. Kg2 Bxe3 $19) 0-1
{E97: King’s Indian: Classical Main Line (6…e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5
Ne7, not 9 Ne1} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7.
O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Ne8 12. c5 h6 13. Nd2 (13. a4
f5 14. Nd2 dxc5 15. Bxc5 Nd6 16. f3 g5 17. Nc4 Ng6 18. Qb3 Rf6 19. Bxd6 cxd6
20. Rfc1 Nf4 21. Bf1 g4 22. fxg4 fxg4 23. Qb6 Qe7 24. Nb5 Bf8 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26.
Nxc7 Rb8 27. Ne8 Rg6 {Al Ghasra,A-Kassis,A/Beirut 2000/CBM 77 ext/1-0 (42)})
13… f5 14. f3 Bd7 $146 (14… f4 15. Nc4 g5 16. Nb5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 b6 18. Bf2
Ba6 19. d6 Nxd6 20. Nbxd6 cxd6 21. Nxb6 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Rb8 23. Rab1 Kh8 24. Qc4
h5 25. a4 g4 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. Qe6 g3 28. Qh3+ Kg8 29. hxg3 Rb7 30. a5 Rf6 31.
Nd5 Rh6 32. Rxb7 Rxh3 33. Nxe7+ Kh8 34. gxh3 Qxa5 35. Nf5 Bf6 36. Rc1 {
1-0 Veingold,A-Paasikangas Tella,J/Naantali 1996/EXT 98 (36)}) 15. Nc4 h5 (
15… dxc5 16. Bxc5 Nd6 17. Qb3 $14) 16. a4 Bh6 (16… h4 17. Qb3 $14) 17. a5
Bc8 18. Qb3 Kh7 (18… Bf4 19. Qa3 $16) 19. cxd6 $18 cxd6 (19… Nxd6 20. Nxe5
Bg7 21. Nd3 $18) 20. Qa3 b6 21. Nb5 Bf4 $2 (21… Ba6 $142 22. Nxb6 Rb8 $18)
22. g3 (22. Nxb6 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 22… Ra6 23. Nxd6 Rxa5 24.
Qxa5 (24. Ndxc8 $6 Rxa3 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Nxe7 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bxb6
$18) 24… Nxd6 25. Qc5 $18) 22… Nxd5 (22… fxe4 {no good, but what else?}
23. fxe4 Bh3 24. Nxb6 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Bh6 26. Nxa8 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qxa8 $18) 23.
exd5 (23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Kh1 Nxe2 25. Nbxd6 Qh4 $16) 23… Qg5 24. Kf2 Nf6 (
24… Bxg3+ {does not win a prize} 25. hxg3 f4 26. Rg1 bxa5 27. Bxd6 Nxd6 28.
Qxd6 $18) 25. Nxb6 Bxg3+ (25… Ba6 {cannot change destiny} 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 27.
Nc7 $18) 26. hxg3 f4 27. Ke1 (27. Rg1 {and White can already relax} 27… fxg3+
28. Ke1 Bd7 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 $18) 27… fxg3 (27… Qxg3+ {is no salvation} 28.
Kd2 Bh3 29. Rfe1 $18) 28. Bxd6 Re8 (28… Bh3 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qxf8 $18)
29. Nc7 (29. Nxa8 $5 {makes it even easier for White} 29… Nxd5 30. Rg1 Ne3
$18) 29… Qh4 {Black plans e4} (29… g2 {doesn’t get the cat off the tree}
30. Rg1 Qh4+ 31. Kd2 Qd4+ 32. Bd3 Qf2+ 33. Kc3 Qd4+ 34. Kc2 Qf2+ 35. Kb3 $18)
30. Kd2 (30. Qb4 $142 {secures victory} 30… e4 31. Kd2 Bh3 32. Nbxa8 e3+ 33.
Kd1 Qxb4 34. Bxb4 Bxf1 35. Bxf1 e2+ 36. Bxe2 g2 $18) 30… Qd4+ 31. Qd3 Qb2+
32. Ke3 e4 (32… Bf5 {hardly improves anything} 33. Rfb1 (33. Ncxa8 Bxd3 34.
Kxd3 e4+ 35. Kc4 Qxe2+ 36. Kc5 exf3 37. Bxg3 Ne4+ 38. Kc6 Nxg3 $19) (33. Nbxa8
Bxd3 34. Bxd3 Qd4+ 35. Kd2 Rd8 $11) (33. Nxe8 {is a useless try} 33… Bxd3 34.
Nxf6+ Kg7 35. Kxd3 g2 $18) 33… e4 34. Rxb2 exd3+ 35. Nxe8 Rxe8+ 36. Kd4 dxe2
37. Bxg3 $18) 33. Qc4 (33. Nbxa8 $2 {is not as innocent as it looks} 33…
exd3+ 34. Nxe8 Qxe2+ 35. Kd4 Qb2+ (35… Nxe8 $6 {is clearly inferior} 36. Bxg3
d2 37. Rab1 $19) 36. Ke3 Nxe8 $19) 33… Ba6 (33… exf3+ {does not help much}
34. Nxe8 Nxe8 35. Nxa8 Nxd6 36. Qc7+ Kh6 37. Qxd6 (37. Bxf3 {
misses a pretty mating combination} 37… Nf5+ 38. Kd3 Ba6+ 39. Qc4 Qd4+ 40.
Kc2 Qxc4+ 41. Kb2 Qb4+ 42. Kc1 Bd3 43. Ra3 Qb1+ 44. Kd2 Qc2+ 45. Ke1 Qc1+ 46.
Bd1 Qe3+ 47. Be2 Qxe2#) 37… Qxe2+ 38. Kf4 $18) 34. Nxa6 (34. Nbxa8 Bxc4 35.
Bxc4 Qc3+ 36. Kf4 g2 $19) (34. Ncxa8 exf3+ 35. Kxf3 Bxc4 36. Rf2 Bxe2+ 37. Kxg3
Re3+ 38. Kh4 Qxa1 39. Nd7 Qh1+ 40. Kg5 Qg1+ 41. Rg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxf6 Qf2+ 43. Kg5
Qf5+ 44. Kh4 g5#) 34… exf3+ (34… Rxa6 {does not improve anything} 35. Qxa6
g5 36. Bxg3 $18) 35. Kxf3 Ng4 (35… Ne4 {doesn’t improve anything} 36. Bf4
Nd2+ 37. Bxd2 Qxd2 $18) 36. Qc7+ (36. Ra2 $142 {secures the win} 36… Nh2+ 37.
Kxg3 Nxf1+ 38. Bxf1 $18) 36… Kg8 37. Be7 (37. Kxg3 $142 {
might be the shorter path} 37… Qxe2 38. Qf7+ (38. Nxa8 $4 {leads to mate in 2
} 38… Qh2+ 39. Kf3 Re3#) 38… Kh8 39. Kh4 $18 (39. Nxa8 {
is not directly advisable because of the following mate in 2} 39… Qh2+ 40.
Kf3 Re3#)) 37… Qd2 (37… Nh2+ {does not save the day} 38. Ke3 Nxf1+ 39. Rxf1
$18 (39. Bxf1 Qxa1 40. Nxa8 Qxf1 41. Qxg3 Rxe7+ 42. Kd4 Qf6+ 43. Kc5 Qxa6 $17))
38. Qc1 (38. Qf4 $142 {finishes off the opponent} 38… Rf8 {A pinning theme}
39. Bxf8 Rxf8 40. Qxf8+ Kxf8 41. Kxg3+ Kg7 42. Bxg4 hxg4 43. Ra3 $18) 38… Qd4
(38… Ne5+ {the only chance to get some counterplay} 39. Kxg3 Qxe2 $18) 39. d6
(39. d6 Rf8+ 40. Kxg3 Qe5+ 41. Rf4 $18) (39. Qg5 $142 $5 {seems even better}
39… Qe5 40. Qxe5 Nxe5+ 41. Kg2 Ra7 $18) 1-0
{B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6
4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Bg2 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 e6 (8… Nd4 9. h3 Qa5 10. f4
b4 11. Nd1 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. g4 f5 14. a3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17.
Nf2 a6 18. Bg2 Qb6 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qxb4 Rxb4 21. Ra2 Rd8 22. c3 dxc3 23. bxc3
{Raicevic,V-Andersson,U/Hastings 1979/MCD/0-1 (40)}) 9. O-O (9. d4 b4 10. Nd1
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qa4 14. Bd4 Ne7 15. f4 Ba6 16. Qd2 Nc4
17. Qf2 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. O-O Nc6 20. Qf6 N4a5 21. Rf2 Nxb3 22. cxb3 Qa5
23. Ne3 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rbxd8 25. Rd1 e5 26. Rfd2 Nd4 27. Nd5 Bb5 28. Nxb4 Ne2+
29. Kf2 exf4 30. a4 fxg3+ 31. hxg3 Nxg3 32. axb5 Nh5 33. Nc6 {
1-0 Westerinen,H-Hjorth,J/Gausdal 1999/CBM 70 ext (33)}) 9… b4 10. Nd1 Nge7
11. Bh6 $146 (11. c3 O-O 12. f4 f5 13. Nf2 Qb6 14. Nd1 d5 15. Bf2 fxe4 16. dxe4
d4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Re1 Ba6 19. Nc1 e5 20. Bf1 Nd8 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. fxe5 Ne6
23. Nd3 Nc6 24. Kg2 b3 25. Bg1 Bh6 {
Coast,P-Horton,M/Sunderland 1966/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 11… O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7
13. d4 (13. f4 $5 $11) 13… Ba6 $15 14. d5 {White gets more space} 14… Nd4
15. Nxd4 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 cxd4 17. dxe6 (17. Qxd4+ e5 18. Qxa7 f5 $11) 17… Nc6
18. e5 (18. exf7 Rxf7 19. Kg1 Qb6 $15) 18… Nxe5 $17 19. f4 (19. e7 Qxe7 20.
Qxd4 a5 $17) 19… fxe6 20. Kg1 Nf7 21. Qxd4+ Kg8 22. Qxa7 Qb6+ 23. Qxb6 Rxb6
24. a4 bxa3 25. Rxa3 d5 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. c3 Nd6 28. Kf2 Nc4 29. b4 Kg7 30. g4
Kf6 31. Ne3 (31. g5+ Kf7 $17) 31… Ra6 32. g5+ Kg7 33. Bh3 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 {
The backward pawn on e6 becomes a target} 34… Kf7 35. Ke2 Rc4 36. Kf3 Rac6 (
36… e5 37. fxe5 Ra3 38. Ke2 Raxc3 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Bd7 $19) 37. b5 $15 Rb6
38. Kg3 Ra4 39. Kf3 Ra1 ({Weaker is} 39… Rxb5 40. Bxe6+ Ke7 41. Bxd5+ Kd6 42.
Bg8 $14) 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Ra3 (41… Rxh2 $5 42. Bg2 h6 $17) 42. Bf1 $15
Rb3 (42… Ra1 43. Be2 $15) 43. h4 (43. c4 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 dxc4 45. Bxc4 Ke7 $11
) 43… Ke7 44. c4 dxc4 45. Bxc4 Rxe3+ 46. Kxe3 Kd6 47. Bd3 Rb7 48. Kf3 Ra7 49.
Kg4 Ra3 50. Be4 Ra4 51. Kf3 Rb4 52. Bc6 Rb3+ 53. Kg4 e5 54. fxe5+ Kxe5 55. Be8
Rb4+ 56. Kg3 Kf5 57. Bd7+ Ke4 {Active king in the endgame} 58. Be8 Rb1 59. Bc6+
Ke3 60. Bd7 Rg1+ 61. Kh2 Rd1 62. Bc8 Rb1 63. Bd7 (63. Kg3 Rxb5 64. Bh3 Kd4 $19)
63… Kf4 64. Kh3 $2 (64. Kg2 Re1 $19) 64… Rh1+ 65. Kg2 Rxh4 66. b6 (66. Bc6
Kxg5 67. Kf3 h5 $19) 66… Kxg5 67. b7 Rb4 68. Bc8 (68. Bc6 $19 {
the last chance for counterplay}) 68… Kf4 69. Kh3 (69. Kf2 {what else?} 69…
g5 70. Ke2 $19) 69… Ke5 (69… Ke5 70. Kg3 h5 $19) (69… Kf3 70. b8=R Rxb8
$19) 0-1
{B05: Alekhine’s Defence: 4 Nf3 Bg4} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5.
Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. c4 Ne7 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. Bd2 $146 (
11. Bh5 Qd4 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nf3 Qg4 15. Rd1 Be7 16. h3 Qh5 17.
Rd4 O-O-O 18. Rg4 Nf8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Rxg5 Qh6 21. Rg4 Qh7 22. Ng5 Qg8 23. Rf4
Rd7 24. Rd1 Rh5 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Nxf7 Kc7 27. Qd3 Qf8 28. Ng5 {
1-0 Istratescu,A-Karayannis,A/Aegina 1996/EXT 97 (28)}) (11. Nc3 Nd7 (11… Qd4
12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 O-O 16. g3 e5 17. b4 f5 18. Bb2
Qg5 19. Bg2 Rae8 20. h4 Qh6 21. Bc1 f4 22. h5 Nh8 23. Re1 Qxd6 24. gxf4 Qb8 25.
fxe5 Rxe5 26. Be3 Nf6 27. Rad1 Nxh5 28. Rd7 Ng6 29. Red1 Nf6 30. R7d4 Qc8 31.
Qd2 Ree8 32. b5 c5 33. Rd6 Ne4 34. Bxe4 Qg4+ 35. Bg2 Nh4 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Kh1 {
0-1 Bogut,Z-Titova Boric,E/Pula 1997/EXT 2000 (37)}) 12. Be4 Nc5 13. f4 Nxe4
14. Nxe4 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Rd8 16. Bd2 Qd3 17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. Bc3 Nh4 19. Rad1 Rxd1
20. Rxd1 Nf5 21. Rd3 h5 22. c5 Be7 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. exd6 Kd7 25. a4 b6 {
Mongontuul,B-Titova Boric,E/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/0-1 (46)}) 11… Nd7 12. Bc3
Qc7 {e5 draws heavy fire} 13. Re1 a5 14. Nd2 (14. Bh5 $5 $11 {
has some apparent merit}) 14… Bb4 $15 15. Qd3 Ndxe5 16. Qc2 O-O 17. a3 Bxc3
18. Qxc3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Rad8 20. g3 {Prevents intrusion on f4+h4} 20… c5 21.
h4 h6 22. h5 Ne7 23. Re4 (23. Rad1 Nf5 $17) 23… b6 24. Rae1 Qd6 25. Kg2 Nc6
26. g4 Nd4 27. g5 f5 28. Re5 Qc6 29. Kg3 Nxf3 (29… hxg5 $142 $5 30. Nxg5 Rf6
$19) 30. Qxf3 $11 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 hxg5 32. Rxe6 Rd3+ 33. R1e3 (33. Kg2 Rb3 $15)
33… Rxe3+ $17 34. Kxe3 Rf6 35. Re7 Kf8 36. Rb7 Re6+ 37. Kf3 Rd6 38. Ke3 Re6+
(38… Kg8 39. b3 $17) 39. Kf3 Rh6 (39… Kg8 40. Kg3 $17) 40. Rb8+ Kf7 41.
Rb7+ Kg8 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rb7 Rd6 44. Rb8 (44. Rf7 $142 $5 Rd3+ 45. Ke2 $19)
44… Rd3+ $19 45. Ke2 Rb3 (45… Rb3 46. Ke1 Rxb2 $19) 0-1
{D40: Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3.
exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10.
Re1 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nd5 (13… Na5 14. Ba2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5
16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Rad1 Nf4 19. Qe4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qe5 Rd8
22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Re4 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Kg2 f5 26. Re2 Rcxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4
28. Rc2 {Golikov,A-Yakovich,Y/Kecskemet 1991/CBM 23 ext/0-1 (41)}) 14. Bxd5
$146 (14. Bd2 Na5 15. Ba2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bf6 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Rad1 g6 19. Qh3 Rc7
20. Rd3 Ba6 21. Rd2 Bg5 22. Rdd1 Bf6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. d5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qc8 26.
Qd7 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Bc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxa7 {
1/2-1/2 Fedder,S-Payrhuber,K/Groningen 1969/EXT 2000 (30)}) (14. Ne4 f5 15. Nc3
Bxg5 16. Rxe6 Na5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxg5 Rxc3 19. Qb5 Rb3 {
0-1 Straeter,T-Jackelen,T/Germany 2000/CBM 74 ext (19)}) 14… Bxg5 15. Ba2 Bf6
{The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} 16. Rad1 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. Bb1 g6
19. f4 Bg7 20. Qg3 Nc6 (20… a6 21. Be4 $11) 21. Nxd5 $14 exd5 22. f5 Qd6 23.
Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Ba2 Rfe8 25. Qf4 (25. Rf1 Re4 $11) 1/2-1/2
{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2
Qxd5 6. O-O e6 7. Nf4 (7. Bf4 c6 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. c4 Qe4
12. Qxe4 Nxe4 13. Nbc3 Ndf6 14. c5 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Be5 Rad8 17. Nc1 Nxc3
18. bxc3 Nd7 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bg3 e5 21. Kf1 exd4 {
Rivas Pastor,M-Alvarez Ibarra,R/Cala Galdana 1994/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (32)}) (7.
Nbc3 Qh5 8. Nf4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. Re1+ Kd7 12. Ncxd5 Nxd5 13.
Nxd5 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Rad8 16. Rad1+ Kc8 17. c3 Rhe8 18. Kf1 Rxe1+ 19.
Kxe1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Kd7 21. Ke2 {
1/2-1/2 Sarquis,M-Trejo Morales,J/Bento Goncalves 2000/EXT 2001 (21)}) 7… Qf5
$146 (7… Qd7 8. c3 c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nfe2 Nc6 13.
Bg5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Nc3 Bc7 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bb6 19. b3
h6 20. Na4 Re4 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Qg3 f5 23. h4 f4 24. Bxf4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxd4
26. Bxh6 Rg4 {0-1 Pulito,A-Volokitin,A/Oropesa del Mar 1998/EXT 2000 (26)}) 8.
Qd3 1/2-1/2
{C05: French Tarrasch: 3…Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7, 5 f4 and 5 Bd3 sidelines} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O f5
10. exf6 Bxf6 (10… Nxf6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Nf4 Nd8 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Bb5 Rf8 15.
Ng5 cxd4 16. Ngxe6 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6+ Nxe6 19. Rxe6 Bc5 20. c4 a6 21.
Ba4 dxc4 22. Bd2 b5 23. Bd1 d3 24. Bf3 Ra7 25. Bc3 {
Braun,C-Foertsch,J/Bergneustadt 2000/EXT 2001/0-1 (60)}) 11. Nf4 Re8 12. Re1
Nf8 $146 (12… c4 13. Bb1 Nf8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Ng4 Be7 16. Qf3 Bd7 17. Nh5 Ng6
18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. Re3 Rf8 23. Bxf8 Qxf8
24. Qg3 Qg7 25. Qc7 Bg5 26. Re2 b5 27. h3 {
Kasanicky,R-Boldis,F/SVK 1998/EXT 99/0-1 (47)}) (12… c4 13. Bc2 Nf8 14. Be3
$16) 13. Nh5 (13. dxc5 Bd7 $18) 13… Be7 (13… e5 14. Nxf6+ (14. dxc5 $143 e4
$11) 14… gxf6 15. dxe5 $16 (15. dxc5 $143 e4 $11)) 14. Ne5 Bd6 $2 (14… Nxe5
$142 $5 15. dxe5 g6 $16) 15. Qg4 (15. Nxg7 $5 {seems even better} 15… Re7 16.
Nh5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Qg4+ Kh8 $18) 15… Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 (16… Re7 17.
Bg5 $18) 17. Nf6+ (17. Bh6 {and White can already relax} 17… g6 $18) 17…
Kh8 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Bd2 Qf7 21. Rae1 Be8 22. Rf3 Qg8 23. Rh3 Rd8
24. Ree3 g6 (24… Rd7 25. Qg5 $18) 25. Re1 Qg7 (25… Nd7 {
doesn’t get the bull off the ice} 26. Bg5 Rc8 27. c4 dxc4 28. Bxc4 $18) 26. Bg5
(26. Bg5 Kg8 27. Bh6 $18) 1-0
{D85: Exchange Gruenfeld: Unusual White 7th moves and lines with 7 Nf3} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Bc4 Qa5
9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. Rhd1 b6 $146 (13… Bd7
14. Rab1 Na5 15. Bd3 Rfc8 16. Rdc1 e6 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 (18… Rxc1
19. Kxc1 Kf8 20. Kc2 Ke7 21. Bc1 Kd8 22. Ba3 Kc7 23. Kd2 Nc6 24. Ke3 a6 25. f4
b5 26. Bc5 Na5 27. a4 Nb3 28. Ba3 bxa4 29. Bxa6 Kb6 30. Bd3 Bf6 31. e5 Bd8 32.
Nc3 Ka5 33. Na2 Bb5 34. Be4 Bb6 35. Bb4+ Ka6 36. Bc3 Ka7 37. g3 Kb8 38. Nb4 a3
39. Bb1 Na5 40. Nc2 Nc4+ 41. Kf2 Kc7 42. Bb4 Ba4 43. Nxa3 Bxd4+ 44. Ke1 Nb6 45.
Bd6+ Kd7 46. Be4 Nd5 47. Nb1 Bb5 48. Na3 Ba6 49. Nc2 Bg1 50. h4 Ne7 51. Nb4 Bb5
52. Nd3 Nf5 53. Bxf5 {1/2-1/2 Johan De Wolf-Goormachtigh,J/10th Max Euwe mem
Sas van Ghent NED 1996 (53)}) 19. Kxc1 Kf8 20. Kc2 Ke7 21. Bc1 Kd8 22. Ba3 Kc7
23. Kd2 Nc6 24. Ke3 a6 25. f4 b5 26. Bc5 Na5 27. a4 Nb3 28. Ba3 bxa4 29. Bxa6
Kb6 30. Bd3 Bf6 31. e5 Bd8 32. Nc3 Ka5 33. Na2 Bb5 34. Be4 Bb6 35. Bb4+ Ka6 36.
Bc3 Ka7 37. g3 Kb8 38. Nb4 a3 39. Bb1 Na5 40. Nc2 Nc4+ 41. Kf2 Kc7 42. Bb4 Ba4
43. Nxa3 Bxd4+ 44. Ke1 Nb6 45. Bd6+ Kd7 46. Be4 Nd5 47. Nb1 Bb5 48. Na3 Ba6 49.
Nc2 Bg1 50. h4 Ne7 51. Nb4 Bb5 52. Nd3 Nf5 53. Bxf5 {
1/2-1/2 De Wolf,J-Goormachtigh,J/Sas van Gent 1996/EXT 98 (53)}) (13… Rd8 14.
Ke1 Na5 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Bd3 Ba4 17. Bc2 Bb5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 b5 20. f4
Nc4 21. e5 e6 22. Kf2 Bf8 23. a4 Nxe3 24. Kxe3 bxa4 25. Nc3 a3 26. Nb5 Rab8 27.
Nxa3 Rb2 28. Kf3 Ra2 29. Nc4 Bb4 30. Rb3 a5 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Rb2 Rxb2 33. Nxb2
Rc2 34. Nd3 Bc3 35. Nf2 a4 36. Ne4 Bb2 37. d5 exd5 38. Rxd5 Rc8 39. Ra5 a3 40.
Nd6 Rd8 41. Nc4 Rb8 42. Kg4 Rb3 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. g3 Rb4 45. Nxa3 Bxe5 46. Kh3
Bd6 47. Nc2 Re4 48. Rd8 Bc5 49. Rd2 h5 50. Rg2 Kh6 51. Rd2 f5 52. Na1 Bb4 53.
Rf2 Re1 54. Nc2 {1/2-1/2 Nguyen,M-Navratil,R/Erlangen 1999/EXT 2001 (54)}) 14.
Rac1 Bb7 15. f3 e6 {Secures d5} 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 {
White can be proud of that piece} 17… Rac8 18. Ke1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2
{E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Bxc3+
6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. g3 f5 9. Bg2 Nc6 (9… Nf6 10. O-O Be4 11. Qc3 O-O
12. Rd1 d6 13. Bh3 Qe7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Bg2 Qf7 18. f3
Nef6 19. b3 Rae8 20. Bb2 Nh5 21. f4 Nhf6 22. Qd3 Qh5 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. exf3 {
Arkell,K-Jackson,A/Port Erin 2000/CBM 78 ext/1/2-1/2 (90)}) 10. O-O Qf6 11. d5
$146 {This push gains space} (11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qc2 g5 15.
d5 Nd8 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Be3 Nd6 18. Nb5 f4 19. Bd4 e5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Bc3 Qf6
22. Rf1 d6 23. g4 Bc8 24. h3 h5 25. f3 hxg4 26. fxg4 Qh6 27. Be1 Rf7 28. Bf2
Rh7 29. Rfc1 Nf7 30. b4 Nd8 31. c5 bxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Herold,M-Ziegler,A/GER 1998/EXT 2001 (31)}) 11… Nb4 12. Qa4 a5 13.
dxe6 Qxe6 14. Nd4 (14. a3 Nc5 15. Qd1 Nc6 $11) 14… Qe5 (14… Qxc4 $142 $5 {
might be a viable alternative} 15. Qd1 O-O $15) 15. Qd1 $14 O-O-O 16. a3 Nc6
17. Nxc6 dxc6 18. Qc2 c5 19. Ra2 Rhe8 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Qc1 (21. b4 g5 22. Be3 f4
$15) 21… h6 {Consolidates g5} 22. Bxe4 (22. Qc2 $142 $5 $15 {
should be examined more closely}) 22… Rxe4 $19 (22… Bxe4 $6 23. b4 Bb7 24.
Qb1 $15) (22… fxe4 $6 23. Be3 $11) 23. b4 g5 24. f3 gxf4 25. fxe4 Qd4+ 26. e3
$2 (26. Rf2 $142 Qxe4 27. Rf3 $19) 26… Qxe4 27. Re2 (27. Qc2 {what else?}
27… Qxe3+ 28. Qf2 $19) 27… Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qxh2+ 29. Ke1 Qxg3+ 30. Rff2 Bf3
31. Qc2 (31. Qc3 {does not improve anything} 31… Bxe2 32. Kxe2 Qg4+ 33. Rf3
cxb4 34. axb4 axb4 $19) 31… Bxe2 32. Qxf5+ Kb8 33. Kxe2 (33. Qxf4 {
is not much help} 33… Bh5 34. Qd4 cxd4 35. Kd2 Qxf2+ 36. Kd3 dxe3+ 37. Kc3
Qd2+ 38. Kb3 Bd1#) 33… Qxe3+ 34. Kf1 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qg3# 0-1
{E10: Blumenfeld Gambit} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 cxd4 (4… b6 5. d5
exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 a6 12. a4
Ra7 13. e4 Bg4 14. e5 Nh5 15. exd6 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3
Qxd6 19. Qe8+ Qf8 20. Re1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rd7 22. c4 Rd8 23. Qe5 Rd6 24. f5 {
1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Seirawan,Y/Lone Pine 1979/MCL (24)}) 5. Bg2 (5. Qxd4 Nc6 6.
Qf4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Bg2 Rc8 10. Qd1 Ncb4 11. Na3 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. e4 Nb6 14. Be3 Ba4 15. b3 Bc6 {
1/2-1/2 Cahuana,L-Cruz,F/Lima 2000/EXT 2001 (15)}) 5… Qc7 $146 (5… e5 6.
O-O Nc6 (6… d6 7. e3 dxe3 8. Bxe3 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Be6 12.
Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nb8 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. g4 Nbd7 17. Rac1 e4 18. g5
Nh5 19. Rc4 g6 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. fxg3 {
Karttunen,M-Solozhenkin,E/Jyvaskyla 1998/EXT 2000/0-1 (51)}) 7. e3 dxe3 8. Bxe3
d6 9. Ng5 Be7 10. f4 Ng4 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. fxe5+ Ke8 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. exd6
Qxd6 15. Bd4 Bf6 16. Rf4 c5 17. Qe2+ Qe6 18. Qxe6+ Bxe6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nc3 {
Kahn,E-Palkovi,J/Budapest 1993/EXT 97/0-1 (38)}) 6. Qxd4 Bc5 7. Qd1 Qb6 8. O-O
Ne4 {Now all is on f2} 9. e3 {Controls d4} 9… O-O 10. Nd4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Be7 12.
b3 a6 {Covers b5} 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nde2 Rd8 15. Nf4 Qa5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5
18. Bg2 Ne5 (18… d6 $142 $5 $16) 19. Nd5 $18 exd5 20. Bxe5 dxc4 21. Qd4 d5
22. Bxg7 (22. bxc4 $6 Be6 23. cxd5 Bxd5 $11) 22… Qc5 23. bxc4 (23. Qe5 cxb3
24. axb3 d4 25. exd4 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Bd6 $18) 23… Qxd4 (23… dxc4 $142 $5 24.
Qb2 Qb5 $14) 24. Bxd4 $18 dxc4 25. Rfc1 Rb8 26. Rxc4 Bd6 27. Bb6 Be6 28. Rd4
Be5 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Bxa1 31. Bxb7 Bxa2 32. Bxa6 Kf7 33. Bd3 Ke6 34. e4
fxe4 35. Bxe4 h6 36. f4 Bd4+ 37. Kg2 Bc4 38. Kf3 Bb3 39. f5+ Kf7 40. Kf4 Bg1
41. h4 Bc5 42. Bc7 Bf2 43. Be5 Be1 44. Bd4 Ba5 (44… Bd2+ 45. Be3 Ba5 46. Bf3
$18) 45. g4 Be1 46. g5 {White plans f6} 46… Bxh4 (46… Bd2+ {
does not save the day} 47. Be3 Bc3 48. Bf3 $18) 47. g6+ (47. gxh6 {
and White can already relax} 47… Kg8 48. f6 Bf7 $18) 47… Kg8 (47… Ke7 48.
Bc5+ Kf6 $18) 48. f6 Be1 49. Ke5 (49. Bc6 $142 {and White has reached his goal}
49… Bh4 $18) 49… Bg3+ 50. Kf5 Bc4 (50… Bh4 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 51. Be3 $18) 51. Be5 (51. Bf3
{makes it even easier for White} 51… Bd3+ 52. Kg4 Bxg6 53. Bd5+ Kf8 54. Bc5+
Ke8 55. Kxg3 Bh5 $18) 51… Be1 52. Bf4 h5 (52… Bc3 $18 {
no good, but what else?}) 53. Bc6 Bd3+ (53… Bb4 54. Be8 Kf8 55. f7 Bxf7 56.
gxf7 $18) 54. Kg5 Bc4 (54… Bh4+ 55. Kxh4 Bxg6 56. Bd5+ Bf7 57. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $18
) 55. Be8 {White prepares f7} 55… Bc3 56. f7+ Kg7 (56… Bxf7 {
doesn’t change the outcome of the game} 57. gxf7+ Kh7 58. f8=Q Bf6+ 59. Kxf6 h4
60. Bg6#) 57. Bd6 Bd2+ (57… Kh8 {does not solve anything} 58. f8=Q+ Bg8 59.
Qh6+ Bh7 60. Qxh7#) 58. Kxh5 Be2+ 59. Kh4 Be1+ (59… Bg5+ {doesn’t do any good
} 60. Kxg5 Bd3 61. f8=Q#) 60. Kh3 Bf1+ (60… Bg4+ {doesn’t improve anything}
61. Kxg4 Kf6 62. Bd7 Kxg6 63. f8=Q Bc3 64. Bf5#) 61. Kh2 (61. Kh2 Bg3+ 62. Kxg3
Kf6 63. f8=Q+ Ke6 64. g7 Kd5 65. g8=Q+ Kd4 66. Qb3 Bd3 67. Qf4+ Be4 68. Qe5#)
1-0
{C42: Petroff Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Bf5 9. Re1 Nb4 10.
Bf1 O-O (10… dxc4 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. a3 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Ba2 c5
16. Bg5 Re8 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxh4 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8
22. Qe4 Bf6 23. Bb1 Kf8 24. Qh7 Qxd5 25. Be4 {
Karpov,A-Portisch,L/Tilburg 1982/MCD/0-1 (32)}) 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Re8 (12…
Bf6 13. Be3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bg4 15. Nc3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd6 17. Bd3 Bxd4 18. Rad1
Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Re8 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Rh3 f6 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Qh5+
Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Alzate,D-Perez,R/Santa Clara 1999/CBM 70 ext (24)}) 13. Nc3 $146 (
13. Bf4 Bh4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Bxc7 Rac8 17. Bg3 Qf6 18. d5 Na5
19. Nd2 Qxb2 20. Rc1 Qxa3 21. Re3 Qb2 22. Rec3 b5 23. R3c2 Qb4 24. Rb1 Qe7 25.
Rxb5 e3 26. fxe3 Bxc2 27. Qxc2 Qxe3+ {
Kuntschke,L-Wallwork,G/cr free world 1993/0-1 (38)}) 13… Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg4
15. Rb1 Rb8 (15… dxc4 $5 {is worthy of consideration} 16. Bxc4 Bd6 $11) 16.
cxd5 $16 Qxd5 17. Be4 Qd6 18. Qd3 g6 19. h3 Bd7 20. d5 (20. c4 $142 $5 b6 21.
Rb5 $16) 20… Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Bd2 Bd6 23. g3 f5 (23… Qh5 $142 $11 {
and Black can hope to survive}) 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. c4 b6 26. Bc3 Be5 $4 {
further deteriorates the position} (26… Qf7 $142 $16) 27. Rxe5 $18 (27. Rxe5
Rxe5 28. f4 $18 (28. Bxe5 $6 Qxe5 29. c5 f4 30. gxf4 Qxf4 $14)) 1-0
{E15: Queen’s Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations}
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qc8 9. Nc3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qb7+ 11. f3 Be7 12. Rd1 a6 13. e4 O-O 14. Be3 (14. Qc2
Rc8 15. Qe2 Nc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne4 {
1/2-1/2 Mecking,H-Polgar,J/Buenos Aires 2001/CBM 85 (18)}) 14… d6 15. Rd2
$146 (15. Qc2 Rc8 (15… Nbd7 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Bf8 19. g4 Ne5
20. a4 h6 21. h4 h5 22. gxh5 d5 23. h6 dxe4 24. hxg7 exf3+ 25. Nxf3 Ba3 26. Qg3
Nfg4 27. Bd4 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 f6 29. Re1 Rc7 30. Ne4 {
Orlov,K-Karpman,V/Pancevo 1989/EXT 97/0-1 (37)}) 16. Qe2 Nc6 (16… Nbd7 17.
Rac1 Bf8 18. g4 Ne5 19. b3 g6 20. Kg1 h6 21. h3 Re8 22. Bf2 Ned7 23. Bg3 Rac8
24. Qh2 Qb8 25. Qe2 Qb7 26. a4 h5 27. Nc2 hxg4 28. hxg4 Qc7 29. Kg2 Nc5 30. Rb1
Rcd8 31. Nd4 {Alber,H-Kohlweyer,B/Frankfurt 1990/CBM 20/1-0 (50)}) 17. Rac1 Rc7
18. b3 Rac8 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. a4 Nd7 21. Bd4 R6c7 22. h4 Bf8 23. Qb2 Ne5 24.
Qf2 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Borges Mateos,J-Rodriguez,A/Pinar del Rio 1990/EXT 97 (24)})
15… Rc8 16. Qb3 (16. Rad1 Nfd7 $11) 16… Nbd7 $15 17. Nde2 (17. Nce2 $5 $15
{is an interesting idea}) 17… Ne5 $17 18. Rd4 Nc6 (18… Qc7 19. Na4 Nxc4 20.
Rxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Nxb6 $19) 19. Rd3 Rab8 20. Na4 {
White prepares c5. b6 seems the pivot of the position} (20. Qa4 $5 $15 {
deserves consideration}) 20… Nd7 $17 21. Rc1 {White prepares the advance c5}
21… b5 22. c5 (22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nac3 Na5 $19) 22… Nce5 (22… Na5 $5 23.
Qd1 Nc4 24. cxd6 $19) 23. Rdc3 Nc4 (23… bxa4 {is much weaker} 24. Qxb7 Rxb7
25. cxd6 $16) 24. Nb6 (24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. Qxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxc4 dxc5 $17 (26…
Nxc5 $143 27. b4 $14)) 24… Ndxb6 (24… Nxe3+ $5 25. Rxe3 Nxc5 26. Nxc8 Nxb3
27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. Rxb3 $19) 25. cxb6 $17 Nxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rxc1 27. Nxc1 Bg5 28.
Rc3 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Qxb6 30. Qc3 h6 31. b4 Kf8 32. h4 Qd8 33. Qc7 a5 34. Qc3 (34.
a3 axb4 35. axb4 Ra8 $15) 34… Ra8 35. Rc2 Kg8 36. Rd2 Qb6 37. a3 axb4 38.
Qxb4 Qe3 39. Rf2 Rxa3 40. Qxb5 (40. Qxd6 Qa7 $17) 40… Ra1 $19 41. Rf1 $4 {
White crumbles in face of a dire situation} (41. Qe2 $142 Qc1 42. Rf1 Qxf1+ 43.
Qxf1 Rxf1 44. Kxf1 $19) 41… Ra2+ 42. Kh3 Qd2 43. h5 Qh2+ 44. Kg4 Rg2 45. Kf4
Qxg3+ (45… e5+ 46. Ke3 Ra2 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Qh8+ Kxh8 49. Kd3 Qc2+ 50. Ke3
Ra3#) 46. Ke3 e5 47. Qe8+ (47. Kd3 Qh2 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qxf7 Rd2+ 50. Kc3 Rc2+
51. Kb3 Rb2+ 52. Ka3 $19) 47… Kh7 48. Qxf7 Qg5+ 49. Kd3 Qd2+ 50. Kc4 Qd4+ (
50… Qa2+ 51. Kb5 Qxf7 52. Kc6 Rc2+ 53. Kxd6 Rd2+ 54. Kc5 Qc7+ 55. Kb4 Rb2+
56. Ka3 Qc3+ 57. Ka4 Qb4#) 51. Kb3 (51. Kb5 {does not save the day} 51… Qc5+
52. Ka4 Qc6+ 53. Kb3 Qb5+ 54. Kc3 Qa5+ 55. Kd3 Rd2+ 56. Kc4 Rd4+ 57. Kb3 Qb4+
58. Ka2 Rd2+ 59. Ka1 Qb2#) 51… Rb2+ (51… Rb2+ 52. Ka3 Qb4#) 0-1
{A11: English Opening: 1…c6} 1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. b3 Bg7
6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 d4 (9… Re8 10. d4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12.
e3 e6 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Be1 Qe7 18. b4 h5
19. Rac1 h4 20. g4 Nd6 21. c5 Ne4 22. a4 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. b5 {
Pigusov,E-Romanishin,O/Tilburg 1994/CBM 44/1-0 (39)}) 10. b4 $146 (10. d3 e5 (
10… a5 11. Nd2 Na6 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. f4 Nac5 14. Nf3 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bc1
Ne6 17. Bd2 f5 18. a3 f4 19. g4 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Ra6 21. Rf1 Be5 22. b4 axb4 23.
axb4 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Bb8 25. c5 {
Vokroj,R-Krpelan,W/Austria 1998/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (73)}) (10… Qd7 11. Bg2 c5
12. b4 cxb4 13. a3 bxa3 14. Bxa3 Nc6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Qa4 Qe6 17. Rfe1 Bh6 18.
Nb3 Nd7 19. Kh2 Rfd8 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxd4 Qf6 22. Nf3 Ne5 23. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 24.
exf3 Qxf3 25. Bxe7 {Espig,L-Vogt,L/Halle 1981/MCD/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 11. Nd2 a5 12.
a3 Na6 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Bg2 Qe7 15. Rae1 f5 16. e3 dxe3 17. Rxe3 Qd6 18. Rfe1
Rad8 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. h4 Nc7 21. Qc3 b6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ne6 24. Qb3 Nc7 {
Kosic,D-Popovic,M/Herzeg Novi 1999/EXT 2001/1-0 (44)}) 10… e5 11. d3 {
Controls e4} 11… Nbd7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. c5 {This push gains space} 13… Rad8
14. Nc4 Nd5 15. Qb3 N7f6 16. a4 Rfe8 {Black plans e4} 17. Nd6 {White intends b5
} 17… Re7 18. Nc4 e4 19. Bg2 exd3 20. exd3 Nc3 {
The black knight is well posted.} 21. b5 {White gets more space} (21. Rae1 Ne2+
22. Kh2 Nc3 $11) 21… Nfd5 22. b6 axb6 23. cxb6 Qb8 (23… Qd7 24. Ba3 Re2 25.
a5 $15) 24. Ba3 Re6 25. Bc5 {The bishop feels good on c5} 25… h5 26. h4 (26.
Rfe1 h4 27. Rxe6 fxe6 $17) 26… f5 (26… Nf4 $142 $5 $17) 27. Rfe1 Rde8 28.
Rxe6 Rxe6 29. a5 f4 30. Bd6 (30. Bh3 Qe8 31. Bxe6+ Qxe6 32. Kg2 f3+ 33. Kh2 $19
) 30… Rxd6 $17 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. a6 bxa6 $4 {weakening the position} (32…
fxg3 $142 33. Bxd5+ Nxd5 $17 (33… Qxd5 34. Qxd5+ Nxd5 35. Re1 Nxb6 36. axb7
$18) (33… cxd5 34. a7 gxf2+ 35. Kg2 $11)) 33. b7 $18 Be5 34. Rxa6 $4 {
with this move White loses his initiative} (34. Re1 Nb5 35. gxf4 Bxf4 36. Re8+
Kg7 37. b8=Q Qxb8 38. Rxb8 Bxb8 39. Bxd5 cxd5 40. Qxd5 $18) 34… Kg7 35. b8=Q
$4 {hands over the advantage to the opponent.} (35. Ra7 $142 {
the rescuing straw} 35… Kf6 36. Ra8 $14) 35… Qxb8 $19 36. Qxb8 Bxb8 37.
Rxc6 (37. Bxd5 {is no salvation} 37… Nxd5 (37… cxd5 $143 38. Kg2 $19) 38.
Kg2 fxg3 39. fxg3 Ne3+ 40. Kh3 c5 $19) 37… fxg3 38. fxg3 (38. Rc8 {
doesn’t change the outcome of the game} 38… gxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Be5 $19) 38…
Bxg3 39. Rc5 (39. Bxd5 {doesn’t get the cat off the tree} 39… Nxd5 40. Rc4
Bf4 $19) 39… Ne3 (39… Nf4 {keeps an even firmer grip} 40. Rc7+ Kh6 41. Rc4
$19) 40. Bf3 Bxh4 41. Kh2 Be7 42. Rc7 Kf6 43. Rb7 (43. Rd7 {
cannot change destiny} 43… Nc2 $19) 43… Bd6+ 44. Kh3 Ncd5 45. Kh4 (45. Bxd5
{doesn’t do any good} 45… Nxd5 46. Kg2 Nf4+ 47. Kf3 Nxd3 $19) 45… Nf5+ (
45… Nf5+ 46. Kh3 Nf4+ 47. Kh2 Nxd3+ 48. Kg1 Nf4 $19) (45… Nf4 $142 {
seems even better} 46. Be4 g5+ 47. Kg3 Nxd3+ 48. Kf3 g4+ 49. Ke2 Nf4+ 50. Kf2
$19) 0-1
{C19: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 Nf3 and 7 a4} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Qa4 9. dxc5 (9. Qb1 O-O
10. Bb5 Qa5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. a4 Nbc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Re1 b6 15. Bd3 f6 16. exf6
Rxf6 17. Bg5 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Rf8 19. Qd1 c4 20. Bf1 Ng6 21. Bh3 h6 22. Bxe6+ Kh7
23. f4 Qd6 {Belotti,B-Efimov,I/Saint Vincent 1999/CBM 73 ext/1-0 (40)}) (9. Bd3
c4 10. Bf1 Nbc6 11. g3 Bd7 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Bh3 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. O-O e5 16.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Bg5 Nf5 19. Bf6 Re8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Re1 Rde7 22.
Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxd5 Qe8 {Petrukhin,D-Savchenko,B/Toljatti 2000/EXT 2001/1-0 (36)
}) 9… Nd7 10. Bd3 $146 (10. Nd4 a6 11. Qg4 (11. f4 Nxc5 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13.
cxd3 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rb1 b5 17. Nb3 Nf5 18. d4 O-O 19. Nc5
Rfd8 20. g4 Ne7 21. f5 exf5 22. Bg5 Kf8 23. gxf5 Rc7 24. e6 {
Romanenko-Calloway/Washington 1958 (24)}) 11… Nf5 (11… O-O 12. Bd3 Nxe5 13.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qxe5 Ng6 16. Qe2 e5 17. Nb3 Bd7 18. h4 Rfe8 19. h5
Nf4 20. Qf3 Bg4 21. Qg3 Qe4+ 22. Kf1 Qc4+ {
0-1 Roeyset,P-Romsdal,T/NOR 1996/EXT 2001 (22)}) 12. Qf4 g5 13. Qxg5 Nxd4 14.
cxd4 Qxd4 15. Rd1 Qxe5+ 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc3 f6 18. f4 Nd7 19. f5 Ne5 20. Be2
O-O 21. O-O exf5 22. Rxd5 Be6 23. Rd6 Kf7 24. Rb1 Bc8 {
Richardson,K-Kraus,E/cr BCF 1975/1-0 (28)}) (10. Nd4 a6 (10… Nxe5 $4 {
that pawn is deadly bait and will cause Black grave problems} 11. Bb5+ Qxb5 12.
Nxb5 $18) 11. f4 Nxc5 $11) 10… Nxc5 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O Nxd3 13. cxd3 ({
Inferior is} 13. Qxd3 Bb5 14. c4 dxc4 $17) 13… Bb5 14. Nd4 {
The knight feels good on d4} 14… Ba6 15. f4 Nf5 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Nxf5 exf5 18.
Bd4 ({Not} 18. Bxa7 Rxc3 19. Rfc1 Bxd3 $11) 18… Rc6 19. Rf3 b6 20. Rg3 Rg6 (
20… O-O 21. e6 $1 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 21… f6 22. Rh3 $18) 21. e6
$18 O-O (21… Rxg3 $5 22. hxg3 Qc6 $18) 22. e7 Re8 23. Qe5 Qc6 $4 {
another step towards the grave} (23… Rxg3 $142 24. hxg3 f6 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 $18)
24. Qxg7+ $3 {Demolition of pawn structure} 24… Rxg7 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rxf7+
(26. Rxf7+ Qf6 27. Bxf6+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rg5#) 1-0
{E73: King’s Indian: Averbakh Variation without 6…c5} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 Kh7 9. h3 (9. h4 e5 10.
d5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 12. h5 f4 13. hxg6+ Kg8 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 fxe3 16. Qxe3
Qa5+ 17. Kf1 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nf3 Ba6 20. Nc3 d4 21. Qe4 dxc3 22. Bc4+
Bxc4+ 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 {Byrne,R-Cafolla,P/IRL 1995/EXT 99/0-1 (34)}) 9… e5 10.
Nf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 $146 (11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxd6 Nxf3 15.
gxf3 Be6 16. Qc5 Qc7 17. Qb6 Qc8 18. h4 Nd7 19. Qa5 b5 20. f4 Re8 21. h5 gxh5
22. Rdg1 Nf6 23. f3 Qb7 24. Bd4 Qe7 25. f5 Bd7 {
Lippmann,U-Fuell,K/Griesheim 1999/EXT 2000/0-1 (49)}) 11… Qe7 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. O-O Nc5 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nxe5 $4 {
allows the opponent back into the game} (16. c5 $142 $14 {would bring relief})
16… Bxe5 $19 17. Bxh5 Qxb4 18. Ne2 {White intends c5} 18… gxh5 19. Rb1 Qa5
20. f4 Bc7 21. c5 b6 22. e5+ Kh8 23. Ng3 (23. f5 Ng7 24. Bxh6 $19) 23… Nxc5
24. Nxh5 Qa4 25. Qf2 Bd8 (25… Ne4 {keeps an even firmer grip} 26. Qh4 Bd8 27.
Nf6 Nxf6 28. exf6 $19) 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Qxc5 Rg8 28. Rb4 (28. Kh2 Qxa2 29.
Qxc6 Be6 $19) 28… Qxa2 29. Qxc6 Qa6 (29… Be6 {and Black can already relax}
30. Rf2 Qa3 31. Qe4 $19) 30. Qxa8 $2 (30. Qxa6 Bxa6 31. Ra1 $19) 30… Bb6+ 31.
Kh2 (31. Rxb6 {is no salvation} 31… Qxb6+ 32. Kh2 Bb7 33. Qxg8+ Kxg8 34. Nf6+
Kg7 35. Ne8+ Kg6 36. f5+ Kg5 $19) 31… Qxf1 32. Rxb6 axb6 33. Qe4 (33. Qf3 {
does not help much} 33… Qxf3 34. gxf3 b5 $19) 33… Bxh3 $1 {
Demolishes the pawn shield} 34. Ng3 (34. Kxh3 {Deflection from h1} 34… Qh1# {
A double attack}) 34… Rxg3 35. Kxg3 Qxg2+ (35… Qxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Bxg2 $19) 0-1
{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Nf3
Qe7 6. Qe2 g6 $146 (6… Nc6 7. h3 (7. d4 O-O-O (7… Bg4 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Be3
O-O-O 10. d5 Nb4 11. Na3 c6 12. Be2 cxd5 13. O-O Kb8 14. Nb5 a6 15. Bf4+ Ka8
16. Nbd4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nfd5 18. Be5 f6 19. Bg3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Rhd8 21. h3 Nb6 22.
Bb3 {Frois,A-Almeida,R/Almada 1988/EXT 97/1-0 (27)}) 8. d5 Qb4+ 9. Nc3 Bc5 10.
Qc2 Ng4 11. Be2 Bxf2+ 12. Kf1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qe4 Bxc3 15. dxe6 f5 16.
Qf3 Bd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd2 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qf2 Re8 20. b3 g6 21. Qxa7 Rxe6 {
Miezis,N-Kveinys,A/Bonn 1995/EXT 97/0-1 (29)}) (7. b3 O-O-O 8. Bb2 Nb4 9. d4
Bf5 10. Qxe7 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Bxe7 12. Nh4 Be4 13. f3 Nxd4 14. Nd2 Nc2 15. Kc1 Ne3
16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Nhf3 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Bb4 19. a3 Rxd2 20. Kb1 Be7 21. Bc3 Rf2 {
Morais,M-Dias,P/Viseu 2000/CBM 74 ext/0-1 (25)}) (7. d3 Qb4+ 8. Nc3 O-O-O 9.
Be3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Bc5 12. O-O-O Nd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qc2 Qb6 15.
Rd2 Rhe8 16. Bg2 Nh5 17. f4 Nxf4 18. Nd5 Qh6 19. Be4 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bxf2 21. Kb1
Bb6 {Stanka,W-Todor,R/AUT 1999/EXT 2001/0-1 (47)}) 7… O-O-O 8. d3 Qb4+ 9. Nc3
Bf5 10. Qd2 Bc5 11. Be2 Rhe8 12. O-O Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qf4 Bg6 15. Nb5 Be5
16. Qf3 a6 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Be3 Bxd3 19. Rad1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qe6 21. Rxd8+ {
Zuser,F-Todor,R/AUT 1999/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (22)}) (6… Nc6 $5 7. d4 Bg4 $11) 7.
d4 $16 Bg7 (7… Nbd7 8. Nc3 $16) 8. d5 (8. Nc3 $142 $16) 8… Qb4+ $4 {
cause more grief} (8… Bg4 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Be2 $16) 9. Qd2 (9. Nbd2 $142 {
and White takes home the point} 9… O-O 10. a3 $18) 9… Qxd2+ $16 10. Nbxd2
Bf5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Na6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. N2b3 Rfe8 15. Bf3 Nb4 16. Rd1 Ba4
17. Be3 Nd7 (17… Ne4 $16) 18. a3 (18. Rd2 $142 $16) 18… Nc2 19. Nxc2 {
A deflection} 19… Bxb3 20. Rd2 Ne5 ({Worse is} 20… Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bxc2 22.
Rxb2 $16 (22. Rxc2 $6 Bxa3 23. Rxb7 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 $14)) 21. Nd4 Nxf3+ 22.
Nxf3 Bxc4 23. Rc1 b5 24. b3 Bxb3 25. Rxc7 a5 26. d6 {Pushes the passed pawn}
26… b4 27. d7 Reb8 28. axb4 axb4 29. Ba7 (29. Ra7 $5 Bf6 30. h3 $11) 29…
Be6 30. h3 {Secures g4} 30… Rd8 31. Ng5 (31. Rb7 b3 32. Kh2 b2 $15) 31… b3
{A strong pawn} 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rb7 b2 34. Rd1 Bf6 (34… e5 35. Kf1 Kf7 36.
Ke1 $11) 35. Kf1 $14 Kf7 (35… Rf8 36. Ke2 Rad8 37. Kd3 $14) 36. Ke2 $16 Bg5 (
36… Kf8 $16) 37. Kd3 (37. Bb6 $142 $5 Bf6 38. Bxd8 Rxd8 39. Kd3 $18) 37… e5
(37… Rac8 $142 38. Rb1 Rc1 39. R1xb2 Rd1+ 40. Ke4 R8xd7 $14) 38. Ke4 $4 {
hands over the advantage to the opponent} (38. Kc2 $142 Ke6 39. Kxb2 $16) 38…
Bc1 $19 39. Be3 Rab8 $4 {Black loses the upper hand} (39… Rab8 40. Rxb8 Rxb8
41. Rxc1 bxc1=R (41… bxc1=N $6 42. Bg5 $11) 42. Bxc1 Ke6 $17) (39… Ra1 $142
{Black had this great chance} 40. Bc5 Bg5 $19) 0-1
{A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6
3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3 Na6 9. d4 d5 10. dxc5
Nxc5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qc2 (14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Rfd1
{1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Timman,J/Montreal 1979/MCL (15)}) 14… Qf5 15. Qc3+ $146 (15.
Qxf5 gxf5 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Kf6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc7 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rb8 22. b4 Ne4 23. Nd5+ Ke6 24. Nf4+ Kf6 25. Nd5+ Ke6 26. Nf4+ Kf6 27. Rc1
e6 28. Rc6 Kg7 29. f3 Nf6 {Szekely,P-Polajzer,D/Hamburg 1984/MCD/1/2-1/2 (42)})
15… Qf6 16. Qe3 Rac8 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 h5 19. Ng5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nb7 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rc1 Rd7 23. Rc8 Nd6 24. Qd3 Qf5 ({Instead of} 24… Nxc8 25. Qxd7
Nd6 26. Qxa7 $16) 25. e4 (25. Qxf5 $142 {and White can hope to live} 25… Nxf5
26. e4 $11) 25… Nxc8 $17 26. Qc3+ (26. exf5 $4 {a fat bite, but…} 26…
Rxd3 27. fxg6 Kxg6 $19) 26… Qf6 27. e5 Qf5 28. e6+ f6 29. exd7 Qxd7 30. Nf3
e5 31. Nd2 Ne7 32. f3 Nd5 33. Qc1 Qc7 34. Qa3 (34. Qxc7+ $142 Nxc7 35. Kf2 $17)
34… Qc2 $4 {Black loses the upper hand} (34… g5 $142 35. hxg5 Qc2 36. Qxa7+
Kg6 37. gxf6 Qxd2+ 38. Kh3 Nxf6 39. Qxb6 Qxa2 $19) 35. Qd6 $4 (35. Qxa7+ $142 {
was possible} 35… Nc7 36. Kg1 $11) 35… Qxd2+ $19 36. Kh1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+
38. Kh1 Qxf3+ 39. Kh2 Kf7 (39… Kf7 40. Qc6 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qd1+ 42. Kf2 e4 43.
Qb7+ Kf8 44. Qa8+ Ke7 45. Qb7+ Kd6 46. Qb8+ Kc5 47. Qc8+ Kd4 48. Qc4+ Ke5 49.
Qe2 e3+ 50. Qxe3+ Nxe3 51. Kxe3 Qg1+ 52. Kd2 Kd4 53. b4 Qf2+ 54. Kc1 Kc3 55. b5
Qc2#) (39… Qe2+ $142 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 40. Kh3 Qd1 41. Kh2
Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kh2 $19) 0-1
{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Nxe2
Qxd5 6. O-O e6 7. Nf4 (7. Bf4 c6 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. c4 Qe4
12. Qxe4 Nxe4 13. Nbc3 Ndf6 14. c5 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Be5 Rad8 17. Nc1 Nxc3
18. bxc3 Nd7 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bg3 e5 21. Kf1 exd4 {
Rivas Pastor,M-Alvarez Ibarra,R/Cala Galdana 1994/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (32)}) (7.
Nbc3 Qh5 8. Nf4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. Re1+ Kd7 12. Ncxd5 Nxd5 13.
Nxd5 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Rad8 16. Rad1+ Kc8 17. c3 Rhe8 18. Kf1 Rxe1+ 19.
Kxe1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Kd7 21. Ke2 {
1/2-1/2 Sarquis,M-Trejo Morales,J/Bento Goncalves 2000/EXT 2001 (21)}) 7… Qf5
$146 (7… Qd7 8. c3 c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nfe2 Nc6 13.
Bg5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Nc3 Bc7 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bb6 19. b3
h6 20. Na4 Re4 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Qg3 {
Pulito,A-Volokitin,A/Oropesa del Mar 1998/EXT 2000/0-1 (26)}) 8. Qd3 Qxd3 9.
Nxd3 ({Less advisable is} 9. cxd3 Nc6 $17) 9… Nc6 10. c3 {Secures b4} 10…
O-O-O 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Bf4 Rhe8 15. Kf1 Nf8 16. Re2 Ng6
17. Bg3 h5 18. h3 Nce7 19. Rae1 Nf5 20. Bh2 Rg8 21. b4 Ngh4 22. Nxh4 Nxh4 23.
Ne5 Rdf8 24. Re3 g5 25. g4 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 ({Not} 26. Rxe5 hxg4 27. Rc5 Nf3 28.
Rxc7+ Kb8 $19) 26… hxg4 27. hxg4 f5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. c4 (29. Rh3 $5 $14 {
might be a viable alternative}) 29… g4 $11 {This push gains space} 30. Rd1 f4
31. Ra3 g3 32. f3 (32. fxg3 fxg3+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Rf2+ 36.
Kg1 Re2 $11) 32… Rg5 33. Rdd3 $4 (33. Rxa7 $142 {was much better} 33… Rf7
34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Ke2 $11) 33… g2+ $19 34. Kg1 Rg3 35. Rxa7 (35. Rd1 {
the last chance for counterplay} 35… Rfg8 36. Bxf4 Rxf3 37. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 38.
Kf2 g1=Q+ 39. Rxg1 Nxg1 40. Be3 $19) 35… Rh3 (35… Nxf3+ $4 {
the pawn is safe and cannot be captured without dire consequences} 36. Rxf3
Rxf3 37. Ra8+ Kd7 38. Rxf8 $18) 36. Ra8+ Kd7 37. Rxf8 (37. Rd2 {
doesn’t change the outcome of the game} 37… Rh1+ 38. Kf2 g1=Q+ 39. Ke2 Qe3#)
37… Rh1+ 0-1
{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. cxd4
e6 7. Bd2 (7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. Bd2 dxe5 11. dxe5 Be7 12.
Nc3 N5b6 13. Rc1 Nc4 14. Qe2 O-O 15. b3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nxe5 17. Qe3 Nxf3+ 18.
Qxf3 Qa5 19. Qxb7 Ba3 20. b4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 {
Brady,S-Yudasin,L/USA 1990/EXT 97/0-1 (30)}) 7… Be7 $146 (7… Bd7 8. Nc3 Bc6
9. Bc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 N8d7 11. O-O Be7 12. Bf4 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 O-O 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. a3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. f4 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Nc4
21. Bxa7 Nxb2 22. Be2 {Spanton,T-Stebbings,A/Hastings 1995/CBM 48 ext/0-1 (47)}
) (7… b6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Be2 dxe5 13. Bxe5
Rc8 14. O-O Rxc3 15. Rc1 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bd6 18. Qb2 O-O 19. Rb1 b5
20. a4 b4 21. Nd3 a5 22. Nc5 {
Rojo Gomez,J-Cramling,P/Cala Galdana 1999/CBM 73 ext/0-1 (22)}) (7… Nc6 8. a3
dxe5 9. dxe5 Bc5 10. Qc2 Qb6 11. Bc3 Bd7 12. Bc4 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Nd4 14. Nxd4
Bxd4 15. Qe2 Qc5 16. Nb5 Qxe5 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. O-O Rd8 20. Qe5 O-O
21. Rd3 Bc6 22. Rg3 {Rott,G-Zoister,S/Graz 1998/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (45)}) (7… Qb6
8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Bc6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14.
Re1 O-O 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. h3 Bf4 17. Bc1 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Qf4 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20.
Qxe6 Nd5 21. Qe2 Raf8 22. Rf1 {
Fogel,U-De Souza,E/Novi Sad 1990/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (71)}) 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. Bxc3
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