[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1319"]
[BlackElo "1496"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 {Queen's Gambit [Exchange Variation]}
5. Nf3 c6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 $146 (6... Bd6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 (7... h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. e3 Re8
10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Nbd7 14. b4 Rc8 15. Nh2 Bxe2 16.
Qxe2 Nb6 17. Nf3 Qd6 18. Rab1 Nc4 19. b5 b6 20. bxc6 Qxc6 21. Rfc1 Qe6 22. Nd2
Re7 23. Qd3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 a6 25. Na4 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 b5 27. Nc5 Qc8 28. Qa3 Qf5
29. Rf1 Ra7 30. Qa5 Ng4 31. Qb6 Ra8 32. Qd6 a5 33. Qd7 Qxd7 34. Nxd7 Rc8 35.
Nc5 Nf6 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Nb3 Rc8 38. Rb2 Rc3 39. f3 a4 40. Nc5 Rxe3 41. Rxb5 Re2
42. Nxa4 {Wiechert,H-Klemm,J/BL2-S 1995/BL2/1-0 (66)}) 8. e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 h6 10.
Bh4 O-O 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. a3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Be6 16.
O-O Rac8 17. Nd4 a6 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. f3 Qd6 21. Nce2 {
Prochazkova,D-Gibiecova,B/CSR-chW 1992/TD 93\02/1-0 (59)}) (6... Na6 7. a3 Nc7
8. Bf4 g6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 Ne6 14. Be5
Ng4 15. b4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Nf3 a6 18. Na4 Nc7 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Qd2 Qe7 21.
Rab1 Nb5 22. Rb3 Bc7 23. a4 Nd6 24. Qc2 Rfc8 25. Nd2 Bb6 26. Rc3 Kg7 27. Nd3
Re8 28. Qb3 g5 29. R3c2 h5 30. Nb1 h4 31. h3 Bc7 32. Nd2 Rg8 33. Ne5 Qe6 34. e4
dxe4 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. Nd7 Rbd8 37. Nc5 Rge8 38. Ndb3 Kg6 39. Re2 e5 40. Rce1
exd4 41. Nxd4 {Assmann,T-Kishnev,S/Dortmund op-A 1993/TD 93\06/1/2-1/2 (81)}) (
6... h6 7. g3 Bd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4
13. e3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Re7 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Kh1 Nf6 17. Qa3 Ne4 18. Rac1 a5 19. b3
Re6 20. Qb2 Qh4 21. Qe2 {
Bern,I-Conquest,S/Copenhagen op 1988/TD 88\05/1/2-1/2 (42)}) (6... Bg4 7. Ne5
Bh5 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 Bd6 12. Be2 Bg6 13. Qb3 O-O-O
14. Rc1 Rhg8 15. Nxd5 Be4 16. Nxf6 Qf5 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Bf3 Qf5 19. a3 Bc7 20.
Qc2 Qa5+ 21. Qc3 {Kraeussling,A-Kuhn,N/Unterfranken-ch 1988/EXT 88ch/1-0 (37)})
7. e3 (7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O {
1/2-1/2 Meduna,E-Plachetka,J/Trnava 1987/TD 87\06 (10)}) 9... Re8 10. O-O Nf8
11. h3 Ng6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Qd6 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. a5 Rad8 17. Na4
Be7 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Bf5 Qc7 20. Ra1 {
1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Zifroni,D/Budapest ExpFS JulGM 1993/EXP 37 (20)}) 7... Bd6 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. a4 Re8 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 g6 14. Bd3 Ne6
15. Bd2 Ng7 16. f4 Ne4 $11 {Black can be proud of that piece} (16... Ng4 17.
Rf3 $15) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4 Rac8 19. Qb3 Kf8 20. Be1 f5 21. Rc1 a6 {
Secures b5} 22. a5 Rc7 23. Be2 Rec8 24. Bd2 Ne8 25. d5 $15 (25. Rc4 Nf6 $11)
25... cxd5 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 (26... Qxc7 $6 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Qxd5 $11)
27. Qxd5 Nf6 $15 (27... Rc2 28. Rd1 $15) 28. Qb3 Nd7 29. Qd5 Nf6 $11 (29... Rc2
30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Qb3 $11) 30. Qb3 Rc6 31. Bc3 Qf7 32. Qa4 Bc5 33. Bd4 Qe7 (33...
Bxd4 34. exd4 Qc7 35. Rd1 $17) 34. Kh1 (34. Rd1 h6 $11) 34... Nd5 $11 (34...
Bxd4 $5 35. exd4 Qc7 $15) 35. Bxc5 $19 (35. Rc1 $142 {
would allow White to play on} Rc7 36. Be5 $11) 35... Qxc5 (35... Rxc5 $6 36.
Qd4 Nf6 37. b4 $11) 36. Qd4 $19 (36. b4 Qc2 (36... Qxe3 $6 37. Qd1 $15) 37.
Qxc2 Rxc2 $19) 36... Qxd4 (36... Nxe3 $6 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Rg1 $15) 37. exd4 Rc2
38. Bd1 Rxb2 39. Ba4 (39. g4 Nb4 $19) 39... Nxf4 40. g4 Nd3 (40... e3 $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 41. Bd1 (41. Rxf4 $4 {too greedy} e2 42. Bb5 axb5
43. Kg1 e1=Q+ 44. Rf1 Qe3+ 45. Kh1 Qe4+ 46. Rf3 Qxf3+ 47. Kg1 Qg2#) 41... Rf2
42. Re1 $19) 41. gxf5 Rf2 $11 (41... g5 $142 $19 {
makes sure everything is clear}) 42. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 43. Kg2 Ng4 44. fxg6 hxg6 45.
Kg3 Nf6 $11 (45... Ne3 $5 $15 {looks like a viable alternative}) 46. Bc2 g5 47.
h3 $15 (47. Kf2 $5 $11) 47... Ke7 48. Bb3 $17 (48. Kf2 $5 $15) 48... Kd6 49.
Bc4 Kc6 50. h4 gxh4+ 51. Kxh4 Nd5 $17 (51... Ne8 $142 $5 $19) 52. Kg3 Ne3 53.
Be6 Nc2 54. d5+ Kd6 55. Bc8 Kc7 56. Bf5 Kd6 $11 (56... Ne3 $142 57. d6+ Kxd6
58. Bxe4 Kc7 $19) 57. Bxe4 $19 (57. Bc8 $142 $11 {is a viable option}) 57...
Nb4 58. Kf3 Nxd5 59. Kf2 Ke5 60. Bh1 Kd4 61. Ke1 Kc4 62. Kd2 Kc5 63. Kc1 Kc4
$11 (63... b5 $142 $5 64. axb6 Nxb6 $17) 64. Kb2 $15 (64. Kd2 b5 65. axb6 Nxb6
66. Bc6 $17) 64... Kc5 $11 (64... b5 $5 65. axb6 Nxb6 $17) 65. Kb3 $17 (65. Kc1
$5 $11 {must be considered}) 65... Kd4 $11 {Active king in the endgame} (65...
b5 $5 $17) 66. Bf3 Kc5 67. Bh1 Kd4 $11 {Black activates its king} (67... b5 $5
$17) 68. Bf3 Kc5 69. Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Webster, Thomas"]
[Black "Turner, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian Defence} 2. a3 Nc6 3. Nf3 $146 (3. b4 {Wing Gambit} cxb4 4.
axb4 Nxb4 (4... a6 5. b5 Nb8 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 d5 8. e5 Qb6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Qe2
Ne7 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. h4 a5 13. Nc3 Nc8 14. Na4 b6 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Qf3 Bxg5 17.
hxg5 g6 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19. gxf6 h5 20. g4 h4 21. Bg5 h3 22. Rh2 Kd8 23. Ke2 Kc7
24. Kf3 Na7 25. Rb1 Na6 26. c3 Nb4 27. cxb4 Bxb5 28. bxa5 Bxd3 29. axb6+ Kc6
30. Rc1+ Kb5 31. bxa7 Kxa4 32. Kg3 Kb5 33. Rc7 Rhf8 34. Bh6 Rfc8 35. Rxf7 Kb6
36. Rxh3 Rc3 37. Be3 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 Kxa7 39. Rh7+ Kb6 40. f7 Rc8 41. Bh6 g5 42.
Rg7 Rf8 43. Bxg5 {1-0 Wege,J-Haase,W/Hessen qual 1991/GER 02 (43)}) 5. d4 d5 6.
c3 Nc6 7. e5 (7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Na3 e6 9. Nb5 Bd6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. Nxd6 {
1-0 Kramps,R-Funke,R/NRW-I 1989/BIG 80 (11)}) 7... Bf5 (7... f6 8. f4 Bf5 9.
Nd2 e6 10. g4 fxe5 11. h4 Be7 12. gxf5 Bxh4+ 13. Ke2 exd4 14. Ndf3 Bf6 15. fxe6
dxc3 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Bh3 Nge7 18. Ba3 Qxf4 19. Kf2 Bd4+ 20. Kg2 Ng6 21. Bf5
Nge5 22. Nxe5 Qf2+ 23. Kh3 Bxe5 24. Ne2 d4 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. e7 Rb8 27. Rhf1
Qh2+ 28. Kg4 h5+ 29. Kf3 Bf6 30. Bg6+ Kd7 31. Qf5+ Kc7 32. Nf4 Ne5+ 33. Ke4
Qc2+ 34. Rd3 Qb3 35. Nd5+ Kc6 36. Qe6+ Kb5 37. Nxc3+ dxc3 38. Qxb3+ Kc6 39.
Qd5+ Kc7 40. Qd6+ Kc8 41. Bf5+ {1-0 Wege,J-Becker,R/Kassel op 1994/GER 08 (41)}
) 8. Ne2 e6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Bb5 Nge7 14. O-O
Nf5 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Ra2 O-O 17. Bd3 Nxg3 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. fxg3 f5 20. exf6
Rxf6 21. Qd3+ Kg8 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Rf2 Rf8 24. Nc5 Nd8 25. Bf4 {
1/2-1/2 Schlenker,R-Werner,V/Buehl rapid 1992/GER 04 (25)}) 3... d6 {
Prevents intrusion on e5} 4. h3 {Covers g4} Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Consolidates b5} 6.
Bc4 e6 {Controls d5} 7. d3 Qa5 $14 (7... d5 8. Bb3 $11) 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Rb1 Be7
10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bf4 b5 13. Ba2 e5 (13... Bb7 14. Qe3 $11) 14. Nd5 {
The white knight on an outpost} Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 {
Black gains space} 17. Bh2 Bb7 18. c4 (18. f4 Rae8 $11) 18... dxc3 19. Rfc1
Rac8 20. Rxc3 {White gets strong play along the open c-file} Qb6 21. Rbc1 Rc5
$16 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} (21... Rxc3 $142 $5 {
would keep Black alive} 22. Rxc3 Bd8 $15) 22. Rxc5 dxc5 {
Opening the e-file gets White a lot of play} 23. Qxe5 Bd6 $4 $18 {
further deteriorates the position} (23... Bf6 $142 24. Qe2 Qd8 25. Rxc5 Re8 $16
) 24. Qe3 $16 (24. Qxd6 $142 {and White wins} Qxd6 25. Bxd6 $18) 24... Bxh2+
25. Kxh2 Qd6+ $18 (25... Qf6 26. Rc2 $16) 26. f4 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxc5
Qb3 29. Qd4 h6 30. g4 $11 (30. Rc6 $142 a5 31. Rb6 $16) 30... Qd1 $16 (30...
Re8 $5 {deserves consideration} 31. Re5 Rxe5 32. fxe5 Qc2+ 33. Kg3 Qe2 $11) 31.
Kg3 $11 (31. Re5 $5 $16) 31... Re8 32. Re5 {Threatening mate... how?} Rc8 $16 (
32... Rxe5 $142 $5 {should not be overlooked} 33. fxe5 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35.
Kg1 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe2+ 37. Kh1 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qe2+ 39. Kg3 Qe1+ 40. Kf4 Qf1+ 41.
Ke4 Qh1+ 42. Ke3 Qxh3+ 43. Kd2 Qf3 $11) 33. Qe4 $11 (33. Re7 $142 $5 $16) 33...
Qg1+ 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rc2+ 36. Kf3 Rxb2 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Ra8 Rb3 39. Ke4
$15 (39. Rxa6 Rxd3+ 40. Kg2 g5 $11) 39... Rxa3 40. Ra7 Ra4+ 41. d4 b4 42. Rxf7
Ra5 $14 (42... a5 $5 $11 {must definitely be considered}) 43. Rb7 {
White fights for the Initiative} Rb5 44. Rxb5 axb5 45. f5 b3 46. Kd3 b4 47. Kd2
Kg8 48. Kc1 Kf7 49. Kb2 Ke7 50. Kxb3 Kd6 (50... Kf6 {does not improve anything}
51. Kxb4 Kg5 52. d5 $18) 51. Kxb4 Kd5 52. Kc3 Kc6 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. Ke3 Kd6 55.
Ke4 Ke7 56. Ke5 Kd7 57. d5 (57. d5 Ke7 58. d6+ Kd7 59. h4 $18) 1-0

[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1244"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 {Sicilian Defence [Classical System]} Nf6
(4... a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Qe1 Nc5 11.
Nf3 b5 12. e5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ne8 15. d4 Bb7 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Bg5
Bxg5 18. Nexg5 h6 19. Nh3 Rc8 20. Nf4 Qe4 21. Qg3 Qf5 22. Rf2 Nc7 23. h4 Nd5
24. Nh2 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Qh5 26. Ng4 Kh8 {
0-1 Meijers,V-Gheorghiu,F/Bern op 1995/EXP 46 (45)}) 5. Nc3 a6 (5... Bc5 6. Na4
Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Qb6 {
1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Kveinys,A/Bonn GSK 1995/TUR 95 (9)}) 6. e5 Ng8 7. Be3 (7. Qg4
d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Bg5 Qe5+ 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Qh4 Be7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Bd3 Nbd7
14. Rhe1 Nc5 15. Nf5 Ng8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Nxg7+ Kd8 18. Qf6 Rf8 19. Bc4+ Bd7
20. Nxe6+ Nxe6 21. Bxe6 Qc6 22. Rxd7+ {
1-0 Guid,M-Kierzek,M/Bled op 1996/EXP 51 (22)}) 7... Bb4 $14 {
Black should quickly conclude development.} (7... Qc7 8. Nf3 $11) 8. Qg4 {
White gets in control} g6 {Prevents intrusion on f5} 9. Ndb5 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nc6
11. Qg3 Nge7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bf6 Rf8 14. O-O-O b6 $2 (14... b5 $142 $5 $18) 15.
Ne4 Nb4 (15... Nf5 16. Qa3 a5 $18 (16... Nxe5 $4 {
the pawn is something Black will choke on} 17. Bg7 d6 18. Bxe5 $18)) 16. Nd6+
Kd8 (16... Qxd6 {what else?} 17. Rxd6 Ned5 $18) 17. Bc4 $18 (17. Bxe7+ Kxe7 18.
Qh4+ g5 19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Qg7+ Rf7 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Qxf6#) 17... Bb7 (17...
Nbc6 {otherwise it's curtains at once} 18. Qg5 Rg8 $18) 18. Bxe7+ Kxe7 19. Qg5+
$18 (19. Qh4+ f6 20. exf6+ Rxf6 21. Qxh7+ Kd8 22. Qg8+ Ke7 23. Qg7+ Rf7 24.
Qxf7+ Kd8 25. Qe8#) 19... f6 20. exf6+ $16 (20. Qh6 $142 {
and White has it in the bag} Rae8 21. exf6+ (21. Nxe8 $6 Kxe8 22. Qxh7 Be4 $18)
21... Kd8 22. f7 Rxf7 23. Nxf7+ Kc8 24. Nd6+ Kb8 25. Qd2 $18) 20... Rxf6 21.
Qh4 {The mate threat is Qxh7. The game is finished by a kings attack} Rh8 $16 (
21... Bd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 $11) 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 (22... d5 23. Bb3 a5 24.
Nxa5 bxa5 25. Rhe1 $16) 23. Bxe6 Nxa2+ $4 {
terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (23... dxe6 $142 24.
Qxb4+ Kf7 $18) 24. Bxa2 {Do you see the mate threat?} Qc6 (24... Rhf8 {
is no salvation} 25. Rhe1+ Kd8 26. Re6 $18) 25. Bd5 (25. Rhe1+ Kd8 26. Re6 g5
27. Qxg5 Kc8 28. Qxf6 dxe6 29. Qxh8+ Kc7 30. Qd8+ Kb7 31. Rd7+ Qxd7 32. Qxd7+
Kb8 33. Bxe6 h5 34. Bd5 h4 35. Qb7#) 25... Qd6 26. Rhe1+ Kf8 (26... Kd8 {
hoping against hope} 27. Be6 $1 {White has to consider giving back material}
Qf4+ 28. Qxf4 Rxf4 29. Rxd7+ Ke8 $18) 27. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1390"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 {
King's Indian Defence [Classical System]} c6 8. Bg5 (8. O-O cxd5 (8... b5 9.
dxc6 bxc4 10. Qa4 Qe8 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Qxc4 Kh8 13. Ng5 Nxc6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15.
Nc7 Qd7 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qh4 Ne7 20. Bh6 Nf5 21.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qb4 Nd4 23. Bd1 Rf8 24. Rc1 Rf7 25. Qb8 Qe7 26. Rc8 Kh6 27. b4
Ne4 28. Re8 Qg5 29. Rxe5 Qd2 30. Qd8 Qf4 31. Re7 Qg5 32. Re8 Qf4 33. g3 Qf5 34.
Qh4+ Kg7 35. Re7 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Belkhodja,S/Hyeres op 1992/TD 92\11 (35)}) (
8... a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. a3 Qc7 13. Rb1 Rfc8 14. Kh1 Be8
15. Re1 Qb6 16. Bg3 h5 17. Rf1 Bh6 18. f4 Nd7 19. c5 Naxc5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. Nxd6 exf4 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Bf2 Ne6 25. Bc4 Ng5 26. Bd4 Ne5 27. Bxe5
Qxe5 28. Qd2 f3 29. gxf3 Nxf3 30. Qg2 Ng5 31. h4 Ne6 32. Rf5 Qg7 33. Bxe6 fxe6
34. Rxa5 Rd8 35. Qg3 Qf6 36. Rxh5 Bf4 37. Qg4 Rd2 38. Rf1 Rh2+ 39. Kg1 Qd4+ {
0-1 Nedobora,M-Ubilava,E/Sevilla op 1994/TD 94\02 (39)}) 9. cxd5 a6 10. Ne1 b5
11. Nc2 Bb7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nbd7 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Ra2 Qc7 16. Nb4 Nc4 17.
Bc1 Nd7 18. Nc6 Ncb6 19. Be3 f5 20. f3 Kh8 21. Na5 Bc8 22. Qd2 fxe4 23. Nxe4
Nf6 24. Rc1 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Qd8 26. Nc6 {
1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-McDonald,N/Tbilisi 1986/TD 86\01 (26)}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5
10. Bg3 cxd5 11. cxd5 a6 $146 {Secures b5} (11... Nh5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. O-O Nxe2+
14. Qxe2 f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 h5 17. Rfc1 g4 18. Nb5 Na6 19. Nc4 Rf6 20. Bh4
gxf3 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. gxf3 Bd7 23. Nca3 Kh8 24. Nc7 Rg8 25. Nxa6 bxa6 26. Kh1
{Domotor,J-Bauer,P/Zalakaros op 1996/EXP 52/1-0 (36)}) 12. a4 $11 (12. Nd2 b5
$14) 12... Nbd7 $14 (12... Nxe4 $5 13. Nxe4 f5 $11) 13. h4 g4 14. Nd2 h5 15.
O-O b6 16. f3 Nc5 17. b4 Nb7 18. Ra3 a5 19. b5 {This push gains space} Nc5 20.
Nb3 Qc7 21. Bf2 gxf3 22. Bxf3 {White gets in control} Bg4 $16 (22... Ng4 23.
Nxc5 dxc5 24. Ra1 $14) 23. Nxc5 Bxf3 (23... dxc5 $5 24. Ra1 Qd6 $16) 24. Qxf3 (
24. gxf3 $6 dxc5 25. Qd2 Kh8 $14) 24... dxc5 25. Nd1 Ng4 26. Ne3 Qd7 27. Nf5
Kh7 28. Be3 Rg8 29. Ng3 Nf6 (29... Kg6 $142 $18) 30. Nxh5 {
Threatening mate: Nxf6} Ng4 (30... Ne8 31. Rd3 $18) 31. Qxf7 Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Nxe3
33. Rxe3 (33. Rxg7+ $6 Rxg7 34. Nxg7 Nxd5 $16) 33... Rac8 (33... Kg6 34. Rf5
Bh8 $18) 34. Rg3 Kh6 (34... Kh8 {desperation} 35. Nxg7 Rcf8 $18) 35. Nxg7 c4 (
35... Kh7 {hardly improves anything} 36. Rg5 Rgf8 37. Rb7 Rce8 38. Nxe8+ Kh6
39. Rxb6+ Rf6 40. Rxf6+ Kh7 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rf8#) 36. Nf5+ (36. Nf5+ Kh5 37.
Rh7#) 1-0

[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Webster, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 a6 3. Nf3 {French Defence} Be7 $146 (3... b5 4. a4 (4. Bd3 Bb7 (
4... c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. c4 Nf6 7. cxb5 axb5 8. O-O Bb7 9. e5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11.
Bxh6 gxh6 12. Bxb5 Rg8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Qxh7 Rg6 15. Bd3 Nxe5 16. Qh8+ Ke7 17.
Qxe5 Bd6 18. Qe3 Rxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Qa5 20. Bh7 Rh8 21. Be4 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 Qh5 23.
Nh4 Qe5 24. Nf5+ exf5 25. Bxb7 {
1-0 Comp Mephisto Portorose-Borsos,B/Dortmund 1990/EXT 90op (25)}) 5. c3 c5 6.
Nbd2 Nf6 7. Qe2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Nb4 11. Bb1 Rc8 12. Nf1 Qc7
13. Bd2 Qc4 14. Qd1 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. a3 Nc2 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 h6 {
Lemmers,O-Dam,R/Leeuwarden op 1993/TD 93\09/1-0 (33)}) (4. Be3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Nf6
6. Bd3 Nc6 7. h3 Nb4 8. O-O Rc8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 c5 12. c3 Nc6
13. a4 b4 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Nc4 exd5 17. exd5 Qg5 18. f4 exf4 19.
Bf3 Be7 20. d6 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Bf6 22. Rae1+ Kf8 23. Re4 bxc3 24. Rxf4 Bg7 25.
Rg4 Qh5 26. bxc3 Rg8 27. Rxg7 {
1-0 Gyugyi,P-Rabovszky,G/Balatonbereny opB 1996/EXP 53 (27)}) 4... b4 5. Bd3
Bb7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. cxb4 Bxb4 11. Bd2 Bxd2 12.
Nbxd2 c5 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. dxc5 Nb4 15. Qc3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nxc5 17. Qa3 Qe7 18.
Rec1 {Del Rio,R-Heider,O/OLHessen 1992/GER 02/1/2-1/2 (31)}) (3... Nf6 4. Bd3
Be7 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. a4 O-O 8. c3 e5 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. b3 Qd7 11. Bb2 Nh5
12. Rfe1 Nf4 13. Bf1 {
1/2-1/2 Burshaid,L-Sammut,R/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06 (13)}) 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5
exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 {Controls g5} 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. O-O $15 (9. Ne5 O-O $11)
9... Bf5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 $14 (10... O-O $5 $11 {might be a viable alternative})
11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 $14 (12... Bxe4 13. Rad1 $14) 13. Qc3 O-O 14. Rad1
Qe8 $16 (14... Qc8 15. Rd2 $14) 15. b4 $11 (15. Qxc7 $5 Rc8 16. Qxb7 $16) 15...
Qc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 {Secures b5} 17. a3 {Consolidates b4} Be6 $14 (17... a5 18.
c3 $11) 18. Rd4 $11 (18. f4 g6 $16) 18... Bf5 $16 (18... c5 $5 {
is an interesting alternative} 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxe4 Bxa3 $14) 19. Rc4 {
White is in command} f6 $2 $18 (19... a5 $142 $5 $16) 20. Rxc6 fxe5 21. Rxc7
Bd6 22. Rc6 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxa6 {
The passed pawn on b4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} (25. Bxa6 $6 Rd1+
26. Bf1 Bg4 $18) 25... Be6 (25... Bg5 {hoping against hope} 26. Bxg5 hxg5 $18)
26. Rxe6 Bd6 (26... Bf6 {is not much help} 27. Kf1 $18) 27. h3 (27. Bb6 $142 {
seems even better} Ra8 28. Rxd6 Rxa3 29. Bc4+ Kf8 $18) 27... Kf7 28. Bc4 Kf8
29. Bb6 Rc8 30. Bb3 Bc7 (30... Be7 $18 {what else?}) 31. Rc6 (31. Bc5+ $142 {
and White wins} Bd6 32. Bxd6+ Kf7 $18) 31... e3 32. fxe3 {
White gets kings attack} (32. Bxc7 $6 {is a bad alternative} e2 33. Bd6+ Ke8
34. Rxc8+ Kd7 $18) (32. Rxc7 {is much weaker} Rxc7 33. fxe3 Rb7 34. Bc5+ Ke8
$18) 32... Ke7 (32... Bxb6 {does not improve anything} 33. Rxc8+ Ke7 34. Kf2
$18) 33. Rxc7+ Rxc7 34. Bxc7 Kf6 35. Ba4 g5 36. g4 Ke6 37. c4 e4 38. Bc6 h5 39.
gxh5 Kf6 40. b5 Kf5 41. b6 {The mate threat is b7} g4 42. hxg4+ Kxg4 43. h6 (
43. b7 Kf3 44. b8=Q Kxe3 45. Qb3+ Kd4 46. Bb5 e3 47. Qd1+ Ke4 48. Qd5#) 43...
Kf3 44. Bf4 Ke2 45. b7 Kd3 46. Bd5 (46. b8=Q Ke2 47. Qb2+ Kd3 48. h7 Kxc4 49.
Qc2#) 46... Ke2 (46... Kd2 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 47. b8=Q Kd3 48.
Qb3+ Kd2 49. Qb2+ Kd1 50. Qc3 Ke2 51. Qc2+ Kf3 52. Qg2#) 47. b8=Q Kf3 48. Qe5 (
48. Qb2 Kg4 49. Qg2+ Kh4 50. Qg3+ Kh5 51. Qg5#) 48... Ke2 49. Bxe4 (49. Qc3 Kf3
50. Be6 Ke2 51. Bg4#) 49... Kd2 50. Qb2+ Ke1 51. Bg3+ Kd1 52. Bf3# 1-0

[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Webster, Thomas"]
[Black "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 {French Defence [Exchange Variation]} 4. Bb5+ (
4. Bd3 c5 (4... Bd6 5. Qf3 Ne7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. h4 Qd7 8. Nbc3 c6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10.
Qxf4 Na6 11. a3 Qg4 12. Qxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bf5 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Kd2 Nc8 16. g4
Bd7 17. Nf4 Nb6 18. b3 Rae8 19. a4 a5 20. Rae1 f6 21. Nd3 Bc8 22. Nc5 Kf7 23.
Ne2 Re7 24. Nf4 Rfe8 25. Rxe7+ Rxe7 26. h5 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Bxd7 28. Nd3 Bc8 29.
Nc5 g5 30. hxg6+ Kxg6 31. Nd3 Be6 32. Rh5 Bf7 33. Rf5 Rb7 34. Ke2 Rb4 35. Rh5
Rxd4 36. c3 {1-0 Kochetkov,G-Zitin,Y/Minsk 1995/EXP 46 (36)}) (4... Nc6 5. c3
Bd6 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4 8. b4 a6 9. Qc2 Qd7 10. Re1 {
1/2-1/2 Kaminski,U-Mischustov,M/2.BLO9697 Hof-NT Nuernberg 1997/BL2-O (10)}) 5.
Qe2+ Be7 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bxc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5
12. Bxg5 Qd6 13. Qf3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qg6 16. Qh4 Nd7 17. Nc3 f6 18.
Bf4 b6 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. Qh3 Rf7 21. Bg3 f5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Re8 24. Qh4
Nf6 25. Re5 Rd8 26. Qc4 Qg4 27. Qxg4+ Nxg4 28. Re2 f4 29. Bh4 Rd5 30. h3 Nh6
31. g4 fxg3 32. Bxg3 Nf5 33. Kg2 Rg7 34. Kh2 Nd4 35. Re8+ Kf7 {
0-1 Karayannis,A-Atalik,S/Ano Liosia op 1996/EXP 51 (55)}) 4... c6 5. Qe2+ Be7
6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 $146 {Controls g4} (7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bg5
Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Ne6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 Bd6
17. Nf3 Nh7 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Kg2 Nf4+ 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Rad1 Nf6 {
Harzheim,L-Kummerow,H/NRW-I 1989/BIG 80/0-1 (65)}) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 9. O-O
Nbd7 10. Be3 Nf8 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. b3 {Covers c4} Nd5 {A sound move}
14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Nc3 Ne6 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qb2 Rad8 {
Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d4} 19. Qc2 Qh5 20. Qc4 Rd5 21.
Kh2 Ng5 $15 (21... Bd8 22. Rfe1 $17) 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. g3 $17 (
24. Rfe1 Red8 $15) 24... Red8 $15 (24... Qe7 25. Rde1 Qxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxe1 27.
Qb4 $11) 25. Rfe1 g6 26. f4 Qf6 27. Re5 Kg7 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. b4 Qd6 30. Qc3 f6
31. h4 h5 32. a3 Qd8 33. Qe3 Qd7 34. Re1 Kf7 35. Rd1 b6 36. f5 $17 (36. Qb3 Kg7
$15) 36... Qxf5 $11 (36... g5 $5 $17) 37. Re1 {Threatening mate... how?} Qd7
38. b5 $4 $19 {gives the opponent counterplay} (38. Qh6 $142 $11 {
the only rescuing move}) 38... Rxb5 (38... cxb5 $6 39. Qh6 $11) 39. Re2 g5 40.
hxg5 Rxg5 41. Qb3+ Rd5 42. Qc2 (42. Re4 Qf5 43. Qc2 h4 44. gxh4 Qf3 $19) 42...
f5 (42... Kg7 {might be the shorter path} 43. Re4 $19) 43. Re5 Rxe5 (43... Rxd4
$6 44. Rxf5+ Ke8 45. Qe2+ Kd8 46. Rf8+ Kc7 47. Qxh5 $19) 44. dxe5 Ke6 45. Qc3
Qd5 46. Kh3 (46. Qc1 $19 {the last chance for counterplay}) 46... Qh1# 0-1

[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 {Modern Defence} Bg4 (5... Nf6 6.
h3 (6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. d5 c5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5
13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nd2 Ndf6 15. Nf1 Nf4 16. Ne3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5
19. f3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bd7 21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. h3 Kh7
25. Bh2 Qf6 26. g4 Bf8 27. Nf5 a6 28. Bg3 Be7 29. Be1 Bd8 30. b4 b6 31. bxc5
bxc5 {1-0 Epishin,V-Muelli,T/Bern op 1991/EXP 21 (49)}) 6... O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. O-O-O Kh7 12. f3 d5 13. Nc2 Nbd7 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qf6 17. Qd4 Qe6 18. Qc4 Qf6 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Bd4
Qg5+ 21. Qe3 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe5 23. Qa3 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Be6 25. h4 Qg3 26. Qd6 Qf2
27. Rd2 Red8 28. Rxf2 Rxd6 29. Ne3 Rad8 30. g4 a6 31. Rhh2 Na4 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33.
Nxc4 {1/2-1/2 Motwani,P-Martin,A/Edinburgh op 1988/TD 88\02 (60)}) 6. Be3 e5
$146 (6... Nd7 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2 Ngf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5
c5 13. g4 Ne8 14. Kg2 a6 15. h4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. gxf5 Ndf6 18. a4 b6 19. h5
e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 {
Kishnev,S-Gruettemeier,U/NRW-II 1993/TD 93\01/1-0 (43)}) (6... a6 7. Be2 b5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Nfd7 13. f4 bxc4 14.
Qxc4 Qb6 15. Qe2 Qb7 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Bf2 e6 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Nc4
Qc7 21. Ne5 {Smirin,I-Chernin,A/New York PCA-op 1994/EXP 41/1-0 (50)}) (6...
Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 (8. Bh3 Ngf6 9. f4 Qa5 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O Nxc3 12.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. bxc3 Kc7 14. Qb3 Rhd8 15. Rab1 Qa6 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. exd6+ exd6
18. f5 Rd7 19. Bf4 Rg8 20. f6 Bxf6 21. c5 Kc8 22. Bxd6 Qd3 23. Qa4 {
1-0 Rieke,T-Odendahl,R/NRW-II 1989/BIG 80 (23)}) 8... c5 9. d5 Qa5 10. Be2 a6
11. O-O h5 (11... Ngf6 12. a4 O-O 13. f4 Kh8 14. Kh1 Ne8 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Bd3
Ndf6 17. Rg1 e5 18. a5 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nd7 20. Bd2 Ne5 21. Be2 b6 22. axb6 Qxb6
23. f4 Nd7 24. b3 Qd8 25. Bf3 Bd4 26. Rg2 {
Schlemermeyer,W-Cablitz,H/BL2-N 8788 1988/BL2/1-0 (43)}) 12. a3 Ngf6 13. h3 Qc7
14. f4 Nh7 15. a4 Qa5 16. Kh1 Bf6 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. a5 b6 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Ra2
Bg7 21. Rg1 {Zhang Weida-Zhang Pengxiang/Beijing Lee Cup 1996/EXP 54/1-0 (54)})
7. dxe5 {White gets in control} Bxe5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Ne7 $16 (9... Qe7 $5
$11) 10. O-O-O Qa5 $4 $18 (10... Qc7 $142 $14 {saving the game}) 11. Bd4 $11 (
11. Qxb7 Bxc3 12. bxc3 $18 (12. Qxa8 $143 Qb4 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Kb1 Qb4+ 15.
Kc2 Qa4+ 16. Kd2 Qb4+ 17. Kd3 a6 $18)) 11... Bxd4 $14 (11... b6 $5 $11) 12.
Rxd4 Qc7 13. Qd1 d5 $18 (13... Nc8 $142 $5 $14 {is interesting}) 14. exd5 cxd5
15. cxd5 {The passed pawn on d5 quickly leads to threats} Nf5 16. d6 Qd7 17.
Re4+ $16 (17. Bh3 $5 Kf8 $18) 17... Kf8 18. Bh3 Nc6 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Ree1 $11
(20. Re2 Rg8 $14) 20... Rc8 $2 $16 (20... Rd8 $142 $5 $11 {
and Black is still in the game}) 21. Kb1 $14 (21. Qd2 $142 $5 h6 22. Rhg1 $16)
21... Rg8 22. Qd2 Rg6 23. Qf4 Rxd6 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qe6 26. Qh4 Qg6 27.
Rd7 b6 28. f4 Re8 29. Nd5 $4 (29. Rd1 $142 $15 {
this is the best way to fight back}) 29... Qg1+ 30. Kc2 Re2+ $19 (30... Nd4+
31. Kc3 Qc1+ 32. Kxd4 Re4+ 33. Kd3 Qc4+ 34. Kd2 Re2+ 35. Kd1 Qc2#) 31. Kb3 Qd1+
32. Ka3 {Threatening mate: Qh6} Qd3+ 33. Nc3 Qa6+ (33... Qxd7 $6 34. Nxe2 Qd3+
35. Nc3 $19) 34. Na4 Ke8 (34... b5 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 35. Qh6+
Ke8 36. Rd4 $19) 35. Rd6 Qc4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37.
Nc3 (37. Qxh7 Qd6+ 38. Kb3 Qd3+ (38... Qxf4 $6 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40. Qa8 $19) (38...
Rxf2 $6 39. Qxf5 Rxf4 40. Qb5+ Kf8 41. Nc3 $19) 39. Nc3 Qc2+ 40. Kb4 Qxb2+ 41.
Ka4 Qxc3 42. Qg8+ Ke7 43. Qg5+ Ke6 44. Qh6+ Kd5 45. Qd6+ Kxd6 46. Kb5 Qd3+ 47.
Kb4 Re4#) 37... Qc5+ 38. Kb3 Rxf2 (38... b5 $142 $19 {
and Black takes home the point}) 39. Qxh7 (39. Qg3 {does not win a prize} a5
40. a3 a4+ 41. Nxa4 Qd5+ 42. Kb4 Re2 $19) 39... Rxf4 (39... a5 $142 {
secures victory} 40. Qh8+ Kd7 $19) 40. Qg8+ Qf8 41. Qg3 Qb4+ 42. Kc2 Qc4 43. b3
Qc7 44. Kb2 Qe5 45. Qg8+ Ke7 {The mate threat is Rf2} 46. Qg5+ Ke6 47. Qg2 Rd4
48. Kc2 Qc5 49. Kb2 (49. Qe2+ Kf6 $19) 49... Rg4 (49... Rf4 {seems even better}
50. Qe2+ Kf6 51. Nd1 $19) 50. Qe2+ Kf6 51. Qd2 Qe5 52. Qh6+ Ke7 53. Qh3 Qe1 {
Threatening mate... how?} 54. Qd3 (54. Qe3+ {does not solve anything} Qxe3 55.
Nd5+ Ke6 56. Nxe3 Re4 $19) 54... Rg2+ 55. Ka3 Qc1+ 56. Ka4 (56. Kb4 {
is no salvation} Rc2 57. a4 a5+ 58. Kc4 Qf4+ 59. Qd4 Qf1+ 60. Qd3 Qf2 $19)
56... Qf4+ (56... Rc2 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 57. Qxf5 Rxc3 58.
Qe5+ Kd7 59. Qd5+ Kc7 60. Qxf7+ Kc6 61. Qe6+ Kb7 62. h3 $19) 57. Ka3 (57. Kb5 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Kf8 $19) 57... Qd6+ (57... Kf8
$142 $5 {and Black can already relax} 58. b4 $19) 58. Qxd6+ Kxd6 59. Nb5+ (59.
Kb4 {is not the saving move} Ke5 $19) 59... Ke5 (59... Kc5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 60. Nxa7 f4 61. b4+ Kd4 62. Nc6+ Kd5 63. Ne7+
Ke4 64. Nc8 $19) 60. Nxa7 (60. Kb4 {there is nothing else anyway} Rxa2 61. Nc3
a5+ 62. Kb5 $19) 60... f4 61. Nc8 f3 62. Nxb6 f2 63. Nc4+ Kf4 64. Nd2 Rg1 65.
h4 (65. Kb2 {does not help much} Rd1 $19) 65... Rd1 $1 {and the rest is history
} 66. h5 Rxd2 67. h6 Rd8 $19 (67... Rd8 68. h7 f1=Q 69. h8=Q Rxh8 70. Kb4 Rb8+
71. Kc5 Qb5+ 72. Kd4 Rc8 73. a4 Qd7#) (67... f1=Q 68. Kb4 Qa6 69. h7 Qb6+ 70.
Kc4 Rc2+ 71. Kd3 Qg6+ 72. Kd4 Qe4#) 0-1

[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
[BlackElo "1390"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 {
Queen's Indian Defence [Main Line]} c5 6. O-O d5 (6... cxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. b3 a6
9. Bb2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ra7 11. Rd1 Rd7 12. Nc3 {
1/2-1/2 Miladinovic,I-Atalik,S/Karditsa 1996/TUR 96 (12)}) 7. cxd5 Bxd5 $146 (
7... Nxd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a6 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Nf3 h6 18. Bd2 a5 19. a4 Ke7 20.
Bc3 Rhd8 21. Nd2 Bb4 22. Bxb4+ {
Unrath,H-Rehn,G/OLWuert 1990/GER 01/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Nxd5 exd5 ({
Instead of} 9... Nxd5 10. e4 Nc7 11. d5 $16) 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Qa4
O-O 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Nxe7+ $11 (14. Nxa7 $5 Ra8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qxe8 Rfxe8 17.
Nb5 $14) 14... Qxe7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bd2 Ra8 17. b4 cxd4 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+
Rxc8 20. Bf4 $17 (20. e3 dxe3 21. Rxe3 Ne5 $15) 20... d3 21. Bd2 (21. Qd1 Qxb4
22. exd3 Nc5 $17) 21... dxe2 22. Be3 $19 (22. f4 $5 $17) 22... Qd6 $17 (22...
Rc4 $142 $5 23. Qb3 Qxb4 24. Rxe2 Nc5 $19) 23. Rxe2 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. h3
Rc4 26. Rb2 d4 $11 (26... Ne5 $142 $5 $17) 27. Bf1 Rc3 ({Worse is} 27... dxe3
28. Bxc4 Ne5 29. Be2 $16) 28. Bxd4 Rc1 29. Be3 Rd1 30. Kg2 Ne5 31. Be2 Rd5 32.
Rd2 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Ne4 34. Bf4 Ng6 35. Bb8 Nc3 36. Bc4 b5 37. Bb3 a6 38. Bc7 $14
(38. Kf3 Kf8 $16) 38... Ne7 39. Be5 Ncd5 40. Bd6 Nc8 41. Bc5 Ncb6 42. Bxb6 Nxb6
43. Kf3 Kf8 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Kd4 f6 46. Kc5 Nd7+ 47. Kc6 Ne5+ 48. Kb6 Nd3 49. f3
$4 $11 {White lets it slip away} (49. Kxa6 $142 {White has a promising position
} Nxf2 50. Kxb5 $18) 49... Nxb4 50. a3 Nd3 51. Bc2 Ne5 52. Kxa6 Nxf3 53. Bd3
Kd6 54. Bxb5 $11 {The passed pawn on a3 quickly leads to threats} (54. Kxb5 Ng1
55. a4 Kc7 $14) 54... Ng5 55. Bf1 $11 (55. Kb6 f5 56. Bc6 f4 $16) 55... Ne4 56.
g4 g6 $14 (56... Kc5 57. a4 Kb4 58. a5 Nc5+ 59. Kb6 Na4+ 60. Kc6 Kxa5 61. Kd5
$16) 57. Kb6 f5 $16 (57... Nc3 58. Bd3 Nd5+ 59. Kb5 $14) 58. gxf5 gxf5 59. Bd3
Ng3 $18 (59... Ke5 60. a4 Kd6 $18) 60. a4 f4 (60... Ne4 61. a5 Nc5 62. Bxf5
Na4+ 63. Kb5 Nc3+ 64. Kc4 $18) 61. a5 Ke5 (61... Nh5 62. a6 Nf6 $18) 62. a6 Nf5
(62... Kd4 {does not win a prize} 63. Bb5 $18) 63. a7 (63. a7 Nd6 64. a8=Q $18)
1-0

[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Webster, Thomas"]
[Black "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian Defence} 2. a3 Nc6 3. Nf3 $146 (3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 (
4... a6 5. b5 Nb8 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 d5 8. e5 Qb6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. Bd2
Qd8 12. h4 a5 13. Nc3 Nc8 14. Na4 b6 15. Ng5 Be7 16. Qf3 Bxg5 17. hxg5 g6 18.
Qf6 Qxf6 19. gxf6 h5 20. g4 h4 21. Bg5 h3 22. Rh2 Kd8 23. Ke2 Kc7 24. Kf3 Na7
25. Rb1 Na6 26. c3 Nb4 27. cxb4 Bxb5 28. bxa5 Bxd3 29. axb6+ Kc6 30. Rc1+ Kb5
31. bxa7 Kxa4 32. Kg3 Kb5 33. Rc7 Rhf8 34. Bh6 Rfc8 35. Rxf7 Kb6 36. Rxh3 Rc3
37. Be3 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 Kxa7 39. Rh7+ Kb6 40. f7 Rc8 41. Bh6 g5 42. Rg7 Rf8 43.
Bxg5 {1-0 Wege,J-Haase,W/Hessen qual 1991/GER 02 (43)}) 5. d4 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7.
e5 (7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Na3 e6 9. Nb5 Bd6 10. Qg4 Kf8 11. Nxd6 {
1-0 Kramps,R-Funke,R/NRW-I 1989/BIG 80 (11)}) 7... Bf5 (7... f6 8. f4 Bf5 9.
Nd2 e6 10. g4 fxe5 11. h4 Be7 12. gxf5 Bxh4+ 13. Ke2 exd4 14. Ndf3 Bf6 15. fxe6
dxc3 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Bh3 Nge7 18. Ba3 Qxf4 19. Kf2 Bd4+ 20. Kg2 Ng6 21. Bf5
Nge5 22. Nxe5 Qf2+ 23. Kh3 Bxe5 24. Ne2 d4 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. e7 Rb8 27. Rhf1
Qh2+ 28. Kg4 h5+ 29. Kf3 Bf6 30. Bg6+ Kd7 31. Qf5+ Kc7 32. Nf4 Ne5+ 33. Ke4
Qc2+ 34. Rd3 Qb3 35. Nd5+ Kc6 36. Qe6+ Kb5 37. Nxc3+ dxc3 38. Qxb3+ Kc6 39.
Qd5+ Kc7 40. Qd6+ Kc8 41. Bf5+ {1-0 Wege,J-Becker,R/Kassel op 1994/GER 08 (41)}
) 8. Ne2 e6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Bb5 Nge7 14. O-O
Nf5 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Ra2 O-O 17. Bd3 Nxg3 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. fxg3 f5 20. exf6
Rxf6 21. Qd3+ Kg8 22. Rxf6 Bxf6 23. Rf2 Rf8 24. Nc5 Nd8 25. Bf4 {
1/2-1/2 Schlenker,R-Werner,V/Buehl rapid 1992/GER 04 (25)}) 3... g6 4. Bb5 Bg7
5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. O-O e5 (6... d5 7. d3 $11) 7. d3 Ne7 8. c3 Qb6 9. Ra2 d6 10. b4
cxb4 11. Be3 Qa5 12. cxb4 Qc7 13. h3 {Covers g4} O-O 14. Rc2 Rb8 15. Qd2 Rd8
16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh6 Be6 $14 (17... Bxh6 $142 $5 {should not be overlooked} 18.
Qxh6 a5 $15) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nc3 $15 (19. d4 exd4 20. Rfc1 Bf7 $14) 19... Qd7
$11 (19... a5 20. b5 $15) 20. Ne2 (20. d4 h6 $11) 20... h6 {Consolidates g5} (
20... d5 21. Ng3 $11) 21. d4 Qb7 22. Nc3 a5 23. bxa5 Qa6 24. d5 $15 {
White wins space} (24. Rb1 $5 {should be examined more closely} Ra8 25. Rb6
Qxa5 26. Rb7 $14) 24... cxd5 25. exd5 Bf7 26. Rb1 $17 (26. Nh2 $5 $15 {
is worthy of consideration}) 26... Qxa5 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. a4 f5 $15 (28... Nxd5
$142 $5 29. Nb5 Qb4 $19) 29. Nh2 $2 $19 (29. Nb5 $142 {
would allow White to play on} Qd8 30. Nc7 $15) 29... Nxd5 {
Black fights for the Initiative} 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 (31. Qc1 Rb4 32. Rd2
Rc4 $19) 31... Bxd5 (31... Rb1+ $5 32. Nf1 Bxd5 33. f4 exf4 34. Rd2 $19) 32.
Rc7+ (32. Rc1 $5 $19) 32... Kf6 33. Ra7 $4 {
but even a better move would not have saved the game} (33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Ra1 $19)
33... Rb1+ 34. Nf1 Bc4 35. g4 Rxf1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. gxf5 Kxf5 38. Kg3 Bd5 39.
Rh7 g5 (39... Rg1+ $142 $5 {seems even better} 40. Kh2 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 $19) 40. h4
(40. Rxh6 {is still a small chance} Be4 41. f3 $19) 40... Rg1+ 41. Kh2 (41. Kh3
{is no salvation} Rh1+ 42. Kg3 gxh4#) 41... Rh1+ 42. Kg3 gxh4# 0-1

[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Black "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {French Defence [Tarrasch Variation]} c5 4. exd5 exd5
5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 (7... Qe7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10.
dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Dolmatov,S/Haifa 1995/TUR 95 (10)}) 8. Bxd7+ $15 (8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nxd7 Nfxd7 11. Nb3 Bf6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Qh5 Nb6 14. Rad1
Nc4 15. Nc5 g6 16. Qh3 Qe7 17. Nd3 a6 18. Rfe1 Qd8 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nc5 Re8
21. Nxb7 Qd5 22. Nd6 Rxe1+ {
Khan,A-Kadimova,I/EU-chJW U20 Hradec Kralove 1992/TD 93\02/0-1 (47)}) (8. dxc5
O-O $11) 8... Nbxd7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. O-O Nxc5 11. Nb3 Qc7 (11... Nce4 12. Bf4 (
12. Nfd4 Re8 13. Be3 a6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Rac1 g6 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18.
hxg3 Bh6 19. Rd3 Qc4 20. Qf3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Ng4 22. Rc3 Qe2 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. f3
Ne3 25. Nd4 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Rd2 27. Nb3 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 Nc4 30. Nd3
Rc8 31. b3 Nd6 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. c3 Ne7
37. g4 f6 38. Kf4 h6 39. Ke3 Nc6 40. f4 b6 41. Ne1 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Ng2 Ke6
44. Kf3 Ne7 45. Ne3 Nf5 46. Nc2 a5 47. a3 d4 48. Ke4 dxc3 49. Kd3 Kd5 50. b4 h4
51. Ne1 h3 52. Nf3 c2 53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Nh2 Kxf4 55. bxa5 bxa5 56. Kxc2 Kg3 57.
Nf1+ Kg2 {0-1 Juelich,T-Lemanczyk,T/NRW-I 1994/GER 07 (57)}) 12... Qd7 13. Nfd4
Rac8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Qf3 a6 16. h3 Nd6 17. Rfe1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Bd6 19. Qf5 Qc7
20. Qg5 Bh2+ 21. Kf1 Be5 22. Nf5 Ne4 23. Qg4 Bf6 24. Rxd5 Nb6 25. Rd4 h5 26.
Qf3 Bxd4 27. Nbxd4 Nf6 28. Rd1 Qh2 29. Be3 Nbd5 30. c3 Ne4 31. Ne2 Nxe3+ 32.
Nxe3 Qe5 33. Nf4 Rcd8 34. Nfd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Qxd5 36. Nxd5 Nd2+ 37. Kg1 Re1+
38. Kh2 Nxf3+ 39. gxf3 Re2 {
0-1 Dobrovolsky,L-Rozentalis,E/Odessa Kotov-mem 1989/TD 89\09 (39)}) 12. Be3
Nce4 13. Nbd4 a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 14. Nf5 Rfe8 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Nd4
{The knight is not easily driven from d4} Qd7 17. Qf3 Rae8 18. c3 Nd6 19. Bg5
Nde4 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 (20... gxf6 $2 21. Nf5 Kh8 22. Nxe7 Rxe7 23. Qf4 $18) 21.
Rad1 Re5 22. h3 {Consolidates g4} Ne4 23. Qf4 g5 24. Qc1 h6 $16 (24... b5 $5
$14) 25. Nf3 $14 (25. f4 $142 $5 R5e7 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Nf5 $16) 25... R5e6 26.
Rd4 g4 $16 (26... b6 $5 $11) 27. hxg4 Rg6 28. Nh4 Rxg4 29. Qxh6 Re6 30. Qh5 Rg5
31. Qf3 Qc8 $18 (31... Qb5 $5 32. c4 Qxb2 33. Rxd5 Ree5 $18) 32. Qh3 (32. c4
Rh6 33. cxd5 Nd6 $18) 32... Qc6 33. f4 $16 (33. c4 $5 Rh6 34. cxd5 Qc2 $18)
33... Rg3 34. Qh2 (34. Qf5 Rg7 35. Qxd5 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Ng3 $18) 34... Rg7 (34...
Rh6 35. Rxe4 Rg4 36. Re3 $11) 35. f5 Rf6 $18 (35... Rh6 36. f6 Rg4 (36... Nxf6
$2 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Nf5 $18) 37. Qb8+ Kh7 $11) 36. Qb8+ Kh7 {
Both players are now short of time in a complicated position.} 37. Rf4 Ng5 $4
$18 {causes even greater problems} (37... Rh6 38. f6 Rxf6 $14 (38... Nxf6 39.
Nf5 Rg8 40. Rh4 Rxb8 41. Rxh6+ Kg8 42. Rdh4 $16)) 38. Kh2 $16 (38. Ng6 $142 $1
{and White wins} Rfxg6 39. fxg6+ Kxg6 40. Qe5 $18) 38... Qd6 $4 $18 {
but even a better move would not have saved the game} (38... Rh6 $142 39. Qd8
Qb5 $16) 39. Qxb7 $14 (39. Qxd6 $142 {secures the point} Rxd6 40. f6 $18) 39...
Rh6 $18 (39... Ne6 $142 $5 {is an interesting idea} 40. Qb4 Qxb4 41. Rxb4 Nxf4
42. Rxf4 Rb6 $11) 40. Qxd5 $4 $19 {instead of simply winning the game.} (40.
Kh1 $142 Nh3 41. Rf3 $18 (41. gxh3 Qe5 42. Rde4 dxe4 43. Qxe4 Rd6 $11)) 40...
Qb8 $16 (40... Rxh4+ $142 {and Black has prevailed} 41. Kg1 Nh3+ 42. Kf1 Rxf4+
43. Ke1 Qxd5 44. Rxd5 Rxg2 $19) 41. f6 $4 $19 {
simply marches past the door to victory} (41. Kh1 $142 Qxb2 42. f6 $16) 41...
Rxh4+ $1 {the final nail in the coffin} 42. Kg3 (42. Kg1 {praying for a miracle
} Nh3+ 43. Kf1 Nxf4 44. Qe4+ Rg6 45. Rb4 $19) 42... Ne4+ (42... Ne4+ 43. Kf3
Qxf4+ 44. Ke2 Rxg2+ 45. Kd3 Qf1+ 46. Ke3 Qe2#) 0-1

[Event "SA Candidates"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Black "Webster, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 {English Counter [King's Fianchetto]} 3. g3 (3. b3 e5 4.
Bb2 e4 5. Ng5 Bc5 6. Nc3 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Ng4+ 8. Kg1 Qxg5 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. h3 Qxe4
11. hxg4 d6 12. Qb1 Qxg4 13. Rxh7 Rg8 14. Qe1 Bf5 15. Qh4 Qg6 16. Rh5 f6 17. e3
O-O-O {Sulava,N-Kovacevic,B/Bled op 1995/EXP 46/0-1 (50)}) (3. d4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4
5. Qc2 d6 6. Bg5 (6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Qe7 8. b4 O-O 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11.
e3 a5 12. b5 Nd8 13. Bd3 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. O-O b6 16. f4 Qh6 17. e4 fxe4
18. Bxe4 Bb7 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Qh5 21. Qxc7 Qg4 22. h3 {
1-0 Svirin,O-Kornev,A/RUS-sf Yaroslavl 1995/EXP 49 (22)}) 6... h6 7. Bd2 Qe7 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. g3 d5 11. Bg2 Ne4 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Rd8 14. Bb2 Bd7 15.
Rfd1 Be8 16. Rac1 f5 17. Bh3 g6 18. Bg2 Rac8 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qd3 Kh7 21. Rc2
Rd6 22. Rdc1 Qe6 23. e3 Rb8 24. Qd1 Ra8 25. Qe1 Kg8 26. Ne5 Ra6 27. Nd3 Rb6 28.
b4 axb4 29. axb4 Rd8 30. Bf1 Qe7 31. Rc5 Rd7 32. b5 Nd8 33. R5c2 Ne6 34. Qa5 g5
35. Ne5 Rd8 36. Rxc7 Nxc7 37. Qxb6 Ne6 38. Bg2 Nd2 {
1-0 Greenfeld,A-Nevednichy,V/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (38)}) 3... d5 $146 (3... e5
4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Qc2 Nde7
11. b4 Nf5 12. e3 a6 13. Rb1 Nd6 14. Re1 g6 15. Nb3 Bg7 16. Nc5 Ne7 17. Ng5 h6
18. Nge4 {Schmall,J-Roehrl,B/VLNBaden 1992/GER 04/1/2-1/2 (35)}) 4. cxd5 Qxd5
5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Bg2 h6 {Secures g5} (6... e5 7. Nb5 Qd7 8. Qa4 $11) 7. d3 {
Controls e4} (7. d4 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxd4 $14) 7... g5 8. a3 {Covers b4} Bg4 9. Nb5
Qd7 10. h3 $15 (10. Qa4 $5 {might be a viable alternative} Rb8 11. Be3 $11 (11.
Nxa7 $143 Ra8 $17)) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 a6 $11 (11... Ne5 $5 {is noteworthy}
12. Bxb7 Rb8 $15) 12. Nc3 e6 {Consolidates d5} 13. Bd2 Bg7 14. Rb1 O-O-O 15.
Ne4 (15. Na4 Nd5 $11) 15... Nd4 16. Bg2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 ({Not} 17. dxe4 Qb5 18.
b3 Qc5 $17) 17... f5 18. Bg2 e5 19. e3 $17 (19. Bc3 $5 $11 {is interesting})
19... Nc6 20. Bf1 Rhe8 21. Be2 f4 $4 $16 {Black is ruining his position} (21...
e4 $142 {and Black hangs on} 22. dxe4 Rxe4 $15 (22... fxe4 $143 23. Bg4 Re6 24.
Bc3 (24. Bxe6 $6 Qxe6 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Ne5 $14) 24... Bxc3+ 25. bxc3 Qxd1+
26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 $18)) 22. Bg4 ({Worse is} 22. gxf4 Kb8 23. fxg5 hxg5
$14) (22. exf4 $4 {the pawn must remain untouched} exf4 23. O-O Rxe2 24. Qxe2
Qxh3 $19 (24... Qxd3 {is clearly worse} 25. Qg4+ Rd7 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Rbd1 $11
)) 22... Re6 23. Bxe6 $14 (23. Qb3 $5 Rde8 24. O-O $16) 23... Qxe6 24. Qg4 $14
(24. Bc3 fxe3 25. fxe3 Qf5 $16) 24... Qxg4 25. hxg4 fxg3 26. fxg3 Rxd3 27. Ke2
e4 28. Rbc1 $11 (28. a4 $5 $14) 28... Ne5 $16 (28... Bxb2 $142 $5 {
should be considered} 29. Rc4 Rd6 $11) 29. Bc3 Rd7 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rc2 Rd6
32. b3 Bxg3 33. Rc4 Re6 34. Rf1 b5 35. Rd4 Bd6 36. b4 Kb7 37. Rf7 Kb6 38. Rf5
a5 39. Rdd5 c6 40. Rd4 axb4 41. axb4 Ka6 42. Kf2 Kb6 43. Ke2 Ka6 44. Kf2 Kb6
45. Ke2 {Threefold repetition but Black did not claim!!} Bb8 46. Rf8 Bc7 47.
Rf5 Bd6 48. Kf2 (48. Kd2 Kb7 $14) 48... Ka6 49. Ke2 Kb6 50. Kf2 c5 $4 $18 {
Black has let it slip away} (50... Be7 $142 $11 {the rescuing straw}) 51. bxc5+
$14 (51. Rxd6+ $142 {and White takes home the point} Rxd6 52. bxc5+ Kc6 53.
cxd6 $18) 51... Bxc5 52. Rdd5 Rc6 53. Rfe5 Rf6+ $16 (53... b4 54. Rxe4 Kc7 55.
Rd3 $14) 54. Ke2 Bxe3 $4 $18 {the position is going down the drain} (54... Rc6
$142 $16) 55. Rxb5+ Kc6 56. Kxe3 Rf4 57. Rb2 (57. Rec5+ $5 {
and White can already relax} Kd7 58. Rb6 Rxg4 59. Rxh6 Rh4 60. Rxh4 gxh4 $18)
57... Kd6 (57... Rxg4 {is not much help} 58. Rh2 $1 {a devastating blow} Kd6
59. Ra5 $18) 58. Rxe4 Kd5 (58... Rf1 $18 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable}) 59. Rd2+ Kc5 60. Rxf4 gxf4+ 61. Kxf4 (
61. Kxf4 Kc6 62. Rh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "SA Candidates Match"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.04.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 {Grunfeld Defence [Classical System]} c6 (
4... a6 5. Be5 dxc4 6. e4 Nc6 7. Bxc4 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Ng4 10. Nd5
Kd8 11. Nb6+ Bd7 12. Rxd7+ Ke8 13. Rxc7 Rd8 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxe6
Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxb7 Bxb2 19. Nd5 Ba3 20. h4 {
1-0 Jackova,J-Barat,A/EU-chJW U12 Szombathely 1993/TD 93\05 (20)}) (4... Bg7 5.
Rc1 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e3 Be6 9. Be2 c5 (9... Nf6 10. Nf3 c6 11. Ne5
b5 12. f4 Nd5 13. Qd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5 15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Bf2 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Qd5
18. Rxg2 Qxg2 19. Bf3 Qh3 20. Bg4 Qg2 21. Bf3 Qh3 22. Bg4 Qg2 23. Bf3 {
1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Leko,P/Wijk 1996/TUR 96 (23)}) 10. Bxh5 cxd4 11. Bf3 dxc3 12.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bxb7 cxb2 14. Rd1+ Kc7 15. Bxa8 Rd8 16. Be4 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5
18. Rb1 c3 19. Nf3 c2 20. Ke2 cxb1=Q 21. Rxb1 Nc6 22. Nd2 Rd5 23. Bg3+ Kb7 24.
a3 Na5 25. Bf4 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Nc4+ 27. Kd3 Nxa3 28. Bxh6 Nxb1 29. Bxg7 Nc3 30.
Bxc3 b1=Q+ {0-1 Gomez Esteban,J-De la Villa Garcia,J/Pamplona 1996/CBM 57 (30)}
) 5. cxd5 (5. e3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. O-O
Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nf6 13. Rfc1 Bf5 14. Rc7 Rfc8 15. Rxe7 Rc2 16. Bd1
Rxb2 17. Rxb7 Ne4 18. Ne5 a5 19. Rxa5 Rc8 20. Ra1 Nxf2 21. Nxf7 Nxd1 22. Nd6
Nxe3 23. Nxc8 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Be4 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Nxd5+ Ke6 27. Ra6+ Kf5 28.
Nxe3+ {1-0 Novikov,I-Darnstaedt,F/Berliner Sommer 1995/EXP 47 (28)}) 5... cxd5
$146 (5... Nxd5 6. Be5 f6 7. Bg3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. c4
Qa3 12. Rc1 Bf7 13. Rc3 Qa4 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nc5 18.
Nd2 O-O-O 19. Be2 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 {
Karasev,V-Zhelesny,S/URS Army-ch Odessa 1991/TD 91\03/0-1 (38)}) 6. e3 Bg7 $14
(6... Nc6 7. Nf3 $11) 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 9. O-O
O-O 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. a3 $11 {Covers b4} (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qd7 $14) 11... f5
$16 (11... e6 $5 $11 {is an interesting idea}) 12. Nxd5 e5 (12... e6 13. Nb4
Nxb4 14. axb4 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 $16) 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 (13... Qxd5 $4 {
Black is doomed he takes the knight} 14. Bc4 Qxc4 15. Rxc4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 $18) (
{Less advisable is} 13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb1 $18) 14. dxe5 Bxe5 {
Opening the d-file gets White a lot of play} (14... Qxd5 $4 {
capturing the knight would seal Black's fate} 15. Bc4 Qxc4 16. Rxc4 $18) 15.
Ndc3 Be6 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 $18 (18... Qe7 $5 $16) 19. Nf4 $16
(19. Nd4 $142 $5 Bd5 20. Bf1 $18 (20. Nxd5 $6 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Nf6 $11)) 19...
Nxf4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 20. exf4 {
White creates threats along the open e-file} ({Inferior is} 20. gxf4 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Bd5 $19) 20... Bg7 21. Bf1 Qh6 22. Rd6 Bf7 23. Qd2 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25.
Qxc3 Qg7 26. Qb4 Be8 27. Re6 (27. Bg2 Bc6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 a5 30. Qc4+
Qf7 $18) 27... Bc6 (27... Bf7 28. Rb6 Bd5 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 $18) 28. Bxa6
Qd7 $2 (28... Rd8 $18) 29. Bc4 {Threatening mate... how?} Bd5 30. Rd6 (30. Rd6
Qxd6 31. Qxd6 Bxc4 32. Qd7 $18) (30. Qd2 {makes it even easier for White} Bxe6
31. Qxd7 Bxc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "SA Candidates Match"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.04.04"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {French Defence [Advance Variation]} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4
(5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 (6... Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Be2 Be7
11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 f6 13. g4 Nh6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. g5 Rxf3 16. Bxf3 Nf5 17.
Rd1 Rf8 18. Be2 Bd6 19. b5 Ncxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc5 22. Qg4 Rxf2 23.
Kh1 Bd6 {0-1 Cools,G-Motwani,P/Vlissingen op 1996/EXP 53 (23)}) 7. Nbd2 Na5 8.
Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Rb1 Nh6 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Rdf8 14. Ng3
Nxg3 15. Bxg3 h5 16. h4 f6 17. Qd2 Nb3 18. Qe3 Be8 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bd1 Bg6
21. Bxb3 cxb3 22. Rbc1 Kd7 23. Nd2 Bc2 24. c4 e5 25. c5 Qc6 26. Nxb3 Bxb3 27.
Qxb3 e4 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. d5 Qa4 30. c6+ bxc6 31. Rxc6 Qa5 32. Qb7+ Ke8 33. Re6
Qd8 34. d6 Rh7 35. Qxe4 f5 36. Qe5 Rff7 37. Bf4 Kf8 38. dxe7+ Rxe7 39. Qxf5+
Kg8 40. Rg6+ Rhg7 41. Be5 Qd5 42. Rxg7+ Rxg7 43. Qc8+ {
1-0 Prie,E-Apicella,M/FRA-ch 1996/EXP 54 (43)}) 5... Qb6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Be2 Nh6
8. b3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 $146 (10. Bd2 Nxd4 11. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Nbd2
Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qxf4 14. O-O Qxe5 15. Qc2 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Qd1 Nf5 18. Qe2
O-O 19. Bh5 Qe3 20. Qxe3 Nxe3 21. Rf2 Rc2 {
0-1 Stesser,C-Wallin,P/SVE-ch op Vaxjo 1992/EXT 92ch (21)}) (10. Kf2 Nf5 11.
Be3 Nxe3 12. Kxe3 O-O $15) 10... Nf5 {
Can d4 get defended?. Black fights for the Initiative} 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 $2 $19
(12. g4 $142 {and White can hope to survive} Nh4 13. Be3 $15) 12... Ncxd4 (
12... Nfxd4 $2 13. Be3 $18) 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Be3 $18) 14. Qxd4
Nxd4 15. Bd1 Rc8 16. Be3 (16. Bd2 $142 $19) 16... Nc2 17. Bxc2 Rxc2 18. g3 $2 (
18. Bd2 $142 $19) 18... Bb5+ 19. Kg1 d4 $1 {here's the full point} 20. Bxd4 (
20. Bd2 {desperation} Bc6 21. h4 Bxh1 22. Kxh1 $19) 20... Rc1+ 21. Kf2 Rxh1 22.
Bxa7 (22. Ke3 {cannot change destiny} a6 $19) 22... Bd3 (22... Bd3 23. h3 Bxb1
$19) 0-1