[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Stokes, Brett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1467"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 {French Defence [unusual moves]} b6 (2... d5 3. Nd2 (3. Qe2 Nf6
4. Nf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 c5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. h4 Nc6 9. c4 dxc4 10. dxc4 Bb7 11.
O-O Qc7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. Nc3 a6 16. h5 Nf8 17. Bf4 h6
18. Ne4 g5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Qd7 21. Be5 Rg8 22. Bf6 g4 23. Nd2 Nd4 24.
Bxd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 {1-0 Glek,I-Granda Zuniga,J/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57 (41)})
3... Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10.
Nc4 Qc7 11. c3 a5 12. a4 O-O 13. Nh4 Rd8 14. Qf3 Bf8 15. Nf5 Nc5 16. Bc2 Be6
17. Nxe5 Ncxe4 18. Ng4 Bd5 19. c4 Bxc4 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bd3
23. Nfh6+ gxh6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxd7 Bxe4 26. Nxb6 {
Zeit. 0-1 Mowsziszian,K-Mann,C/BL9697 HSK-Eppingen 1997/BL9697 (39)}) 3. Nf3
Bb7 4. Nbd2 (4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nh4 c5 8. f4 Qc7 9. f5 e5 10.
c4 O-O-O 11. Nc3 a6 12. a3 Be7 13. Bf3 Rdg8 14. Ng2 g5 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. b4 Kb8
17. Rb1 cxb4 18. axb4 b5 19. Be3 bxc4 20. b5 Kc8 21. Qa4 Nb6 22. Qa5 Nbd5 23.
b6 Qd7 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Qh3 26. Kf2 f5 27. Qa4 Bd8 28. Qxc4+ Kb8 29. Bg5
Bxg5 30. Qc7+ Ka8 31. Ra1 Qh7 32. Rxa6+ Bxa6 33. b7+ Ka7 34. b8=Q# {
1-0 Yagupov,I-Karagodin,V/RUS-sf Briansk 1995/EXP 49 (34)}) 4... g5 $146 (4...
d6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Re1 (8. Ne1 d5 9. c3 c5 10. f4 dxe4 11.
dxe4 Qc7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. a4 e5 14. Nc4 h5 15. a5 h4 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7
hxg3 18. hxg3 Nh5 19. Qf2 {
1/2-1/2 Kaid,A-Kreh,F/GER-chJI U20 Hamburg 1993/TD 93\05 (19)}) 8... c5 9. Nf1
Qc7 10. c4 h6 11. a3 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. h4 Ne5 14. N3h2 Nc6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. Bb2
Rd7 17. Qd2 Qd8 18. Ne3 Ne8 19. Nc2 {
Schroeder,S-Welker,M/OLWuert 1990/GER 01/1-0 (55)}) 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O
Qe7 8. c3 {Prevents intrusion on b4+d4} h5 9. d4 h4 {Black gains space} (9...
g4 10. Nh4 $15) 10. d5 {This push gains space} Nd8 11. Nc4 f6 $16 {
Consolidates e5} (11... Qc5 $142 $5 {might be a viable alternative} 12. Ne3
hxg3 13. fxg3 c6 $11) 12. d6 cxd6 {Controls e5} 13. Nxd6+ Kf8 14. e5 fxe5 $4
$18 (14... Bc6 $142 $14 {this is the best bet to save the position}) 15. Bxg5 (
15. Bxg5 Bf6 16. Nxe5 $18 (16. gxh4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nc6 $16) (16. Nxb7 $6 Bxg5
17. Nxe5 Kg7 $18)) (15. Nxg5 $6 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf6 $14) (15. Nxb7 $6 Nxb7 16.
Bxg5 Qf7 17. Nxh4 d5 $18) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Black "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1320"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 {Two Knights' Defence} 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 $2
6. d4 (6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Nce7 9. O-O c6 10. d4 Ng6 11. dxe5 Qa5
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Ngxe7 14. Rad1 Rf8 15. Qxf8 {
1-0 Zu Bi,A-Zapusek,M/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80 (15)}) 6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Nxf7
Kxf7 9. Qf3+ Ke6 10. Qg4+ $146 (10. Qe4 Bf8 11. O-O Nce7 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5 Kd7
14. Be2 Ke8 15. c4 Nc7 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20.
d5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 cxd5 22. cxd5 Bd7 23. e6 Bb5 24. Qf4 Kd8 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Nxb5
Qxb5 27. d6 {1-0 Barden,L-Adams,W/Hastings5051 1950/MCL 01 (27)}) 10... Kd6 11.
Qe4 Be6 12. b3 Qg8 13. dxe5+ Kd7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Bb5 Qf7 16. c4 Nb6 17. a4 a6
$11 (17... Bf5 $142 $5 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 $17) 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. a5 Na8 20. Be3
$17 (20. Ra2 $142 $14 {and White hangs on}) 20... Qf5 $15 (20... Qg6 21. Qxg6
hxg6 22. Nd2 $17) 21. Qd4+ Ke8 22. Qa7 Qc2 $11 (22... Qxe5 $5 23. Nd2 Bf6 $15)
23. Qxa6 Qxb3 24. Qxc6+ Bd7 25. Qe4 Rb8 $2 $18 (25... Be6 $142 $5 $14 {
and Black can hope to survive}) 26. e6 Bc8 27. Qc6+ Kd8 (27... Kf8 28. a6 Qb2
$18) 28. Na3 (28. Nc3 $142 $1 {keeps an even firmer grip} h6 (28... Qxc3 29.
Rfd1+ Bd6 30. Bg5+ Qf6 31. Bxf6+ gxf6 32. Rxd6+ cxd6 33. Qxd6+ Ke8 34. Rd1 Bxe6
35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qxf6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kf8 38. Qf4+ Ke7 39. Qe5+ Kf8 40. Qxb8+
Kf7 41. Qf4+ Ke7 42. Qe5+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kg6 44. Rg7+ Kh6 45. Qg5#) 29. Rab1 Qxb1
30. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31. Nxb1 Re8 32. Qxa8 Bg5 33. Qd5+ Ke7 $18) 28... h6 (28... Bxa3
$4 {Black must not take the knight, otherwise he will bring himself grief} 29.
Bg5+ Be7 30. Rfd1+ Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1+ Bd7 32. Qxd7#) 29. Rfd1+ Bd6 30. c5 (30.
Rab1 $142 {seems even better} Qxb1 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Nxb1 Ke7 33. Qxa8 Rd8 $18
) 30... Qb7 31. e7+ Kxe7 32. cxd6+ Kf7 33. Qc4+ (33. Nc4 {
and White can already relax} Be6 34. Ne5+ Kf6 $18) 33... Be6 34. Qf4+ Kg8 (
34... Kg6 35. Qe5 Bb3 36. dxc7 Qxc7 37. Rd6+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Rd7 $18) 35.
d7 (35. Rab1 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} Bb3 36. Rd3 Rf8 37. Rbxb3
Qa6 $18) 35... Kh7 (35... Rd8 {desperation} 36. Qh4 $1 {
sealing the opponent's fate} g5 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. Qxg5+ Kf7 $18) 36. Rab1 g5 (
36... Qc6 {otherwise it's curtains at once} 37. Rxb8 Rxb8 $18) 37. Qd4 (37. Qf6
$142 {finishes off the opponent} Rhf8 38. Qe7+ Bf7 39. Rxb7 $18) 37... c5 (
37... Qd5 {is still a small chance} 38. Qxd5 Bxd5 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Rxd5 Rd8
$18) 38. Rxb7 (38. Qd3+ Kg7 39. Qc3+ Kf7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. Qxh8 Rxd7 42. Qh7+
Ke8 43. Qg6+ Ke7 44. Bxc5+ Kd8 45. Qf6+ Kc7 46. Nb5+ Kc6 47. Qxe6+ Kxc5 48.
Rc1+ Kb4 49. Rb1+ Kc5 50. Qb3 Kc6 51. Qc4+ Kb7 52. Nd6+ Ka7 53. Nc8#) 38...
cxd4 39. d8=Q+ (39. d8=Q+ Rxb7 40. Qxd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 {Sicilian Defence [Closed System]} 5.
d3 Rb8 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nd1 b4 9. Ne2 Bd7 (9... Qa5 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bh6
O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. a3 b3 14. c3 Ba6 15. f4 Nd4 16. Ne3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qc7
18. g4 h6 19. Rf2 e6 20. Raf1 {
1/2-1/2 Klinger,J-Rogers,I/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06 (20)}) (9... Nd4 10. O-O
Bd7 11. a3 a5 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. axb4 Rxb4 14. b3 Bh6 15. f4 e5 16. Nb2 Be6 17.
Ra2 Nf6 18. Rfa1 O-O 19. Rxa5 Rb7 20. h3 Nh5 21. Kh2 Rc7 22. Nc4 f5 23. Ra8 Rc8
24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qe1 {
1/2-1/2 Suttles,D-Portisch,L/Palma de Mallorca izt 1970/IZT (42)}) 10. d4 $146
(10. O-O Nf6 (10... Qc8 11. f4 Nf6 12. f5 gxf5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Nd4 15.
Nf4 Nxc2 16. Rc1 Nd4 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Rce1 Bxa2 19. exf5 Kd7 20. Ra1 b3 21. Ned5
Qf8 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Qxf6 Re8 24. Rac1 Re5 25. Rce1 {
Uritzky,M-Manor,I/ISR-chT 1996/EXP 52/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 11. h3 (11. Bh6 O-O 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h3 e5 14. Ne3 h6 15. f4 Nd4 16. f5 Bc6 17. g4 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 g5
19. Qf2 Rh8 20. Rfe1 Kf8 21. c3 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Ne3 Qb7 25.
Nc4 Qe7 26. b3 Nd7 27. Ne3 f6 {
1/2-1/2 Schreyer,A-Brauner,R/Hessen-chS 1992/GER 02 (27)}) 11... O-O 12. Bh6
Nd4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 Qc7 15. Ne3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bc6 17. g4 a5 18. Rf2 Nd7
19. Raf1 Rbe8 20. g5 f6 21. h4 e6 22. Qg4 f5 23. Qh3 Rh8 24. h5 Nb6 {
Welz,P-Sieg,U/BL2-N 1996/BL2/1-0 (44)}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5 12. O-O Nxd4
$14 (12... Nf6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. c3 $11) 13. Bxd4 Nf6 14. Re1 O-O $16 (14... h6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 $16) 15. e5 Ng4 16. exd6 Bxd4 $2 $18 (16... e5 $142 17.
Be3 Rfd8 $16) 17. dxe7 $1 {the death sentence. . . . . . . .} (17. dxe7 Rfe8
18. Qxd4 $18) (17. Qxd4 $6 exd6 18. h3 Nh6 19. Qxd6 Be6 $16) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stokes, Brett"]
[Black "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 {Pirc Defence} 2. b4 $11 (2. d3 g6 (2... e5 3. Be2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5.
Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Nf6 7. b4 a6 8. a3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Qc2 Bf8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. g4
d4 13. c4 Bc8 14. Ng3 a5 15. b5 Nb8 16. Bg5 Nbd7 17. Bh4 {
Meszaros,A-Rostalski,W/Bargteheide op 1989/TD 89\05/0-1 (44)}) 3. c3 c5 4. Nd2
Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Ndf3 Nc6 7. Nh3 Nge7 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 b5 10. a3 a5 11. Bd2 Rb8
12. O-O b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Nf2 Qb6 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Kh1 Ra8 {
Baesler,H-Mantzouneas,N/Bad Woerishofen 1992/EXT 92ch/0-1 (44)}) (2. c3 Nf6 3.
Nf3 Nxe4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxe4 g6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. d4 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10.
Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qe5 f6 14. Qxc5 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 h5 16. Be3
Rc8 {Hartleif,S-Barron,P/Fredeburg 1994/1-0 (35)}) (2. Nc3 e5 $11) 2... Nf6 3.
Nc3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Nd5 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 c6 {Covers b5+d5} 8. Qe2 Qb6
9. a3 a5 10. b5 O-O 11. Rb1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Bxd5 Bf5 15. Qd1
$17 (15. d3 Rfe8 16. Be4 $17) 15... Rfe8+ $15 (15... Qc5 $142 $5 16. Bf3 Bxc2
$19 (16... Qxc2 $6 17. Qxc2 Bxc2 18. Rb2 Rfe8+ 19. Ne2 $15)) 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. f3
Rad8 (17... Be6 18. Bb3 $11) 18. Bxf7+ {
White has to accept the fact that he must give back material} ({Worse is} 18.
fxg4 Rxd5 19. Kf1 f5 $17) 18... Kxf7 19. fxg4 Bh6 20. d3 Rd4 21. h3 (21. c3
Rxg4 22. g3 Qc5 $15) 21... Rd6 $11 {Black traps the enemy king in the center} (
21... Rf4 22. Rf1 Qd4 23. Rxf4 Qxf4 $19) 22. g3 $4 $19 {throws away the game} (
22. Kf1 $142 $11 {this is the best bet to save the position}) 22... Rde6 23.
Rh2 (23. g5 Bxg5 $1 {puts the final touch} 24. d4 Rxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Qxd4 26. Qxe8+
Kxe8 27. Rh2 Qg1+ 28. Ke2 Qxh2+ 29. Kf3 $19) 23... Qg1# 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "1489"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 {Sicilian Defence [Closed System]} (4...
g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 Nc6 8. Re1 Bd7 9. Nbd2 b5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4
Rc8 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd7 15. a3 Nb6 16. Bg4 Rc7 17. Be2 a6 18.
d5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Na4 20. Rb1 Qc8 21. Kg2 Qb7 22. f3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4
Rxc4 25. Qd3 Rfc8 26. Be3 Rc2+ 27. Re2 Qc7 28. Kf2 f6 29. Bd4 Rxe2+ 30. Qxe2
Qc2 31. Rd1 Qxe2+ 32. Kxe2 Rc2+ 33. Rd2 Rc1 34. Rd1 Rc2+ 35. Rd2 Rc1 36. Rd1 {
1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Ryskin,A/Wisla BES 1992/TD 92\04 (36)}) 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3 Bd7 9. Ne1 $146 (9. a4 a6 10. Nc4 b6 (10... b5 11. Ne3 Rb8
12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1 h5 16. Nf3 Ne5 17. Ng5 c4 18.
Nxh3 Qxh3 19. Bg2 Qd7 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. Rd1 Qb5 23. Bf1 Qb7 24. f3
Qc6 25. Rd4 Qb6 26. Kg2 Nd3 27. Nxc4 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Qb3 29. Qc2 Nd7 30. Qxb3
Rxb3 31. Rd2 Bh6 32. f4 Nc5 33. Na5 Rb6 34. Kf3 e5 35. Rcd1 exf4 36. gxf4 Ne6
37. Nc4 Rbc6 38. Nxd6 Rd8 39. Nxf7 Kxf7 40. Rxd8 Bxf4 41. R8d7+ Kf6 42. h4 Be5
43. Rb7 g5 44. hxg5+ Nxg5+ 45. Ke3 h4 46. Bb5 Rd6 47. Rf1+ Kg6 48. Be8+ Kh6 49.
Rb5 Re6 50. Bd7 Re7 51. Rb6+ Kh5 52. Rb5 h3 53. Bxh3 {
1-0 Degenhardt,H-Gutperle,M/BL2-SW 8889 1989/BL2 (53)}) 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bf4 d5
13. Ne3 d4 14. cxd4 cxd4 15. Nc2 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Nxe5 19.
Bb7 Rc5 20. b4 Rc3 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxc2 23. Bxa6 Qd6 {
Richter,O-Fink,P/NRW-II 1993/TD 93\01/1-0 (36)}) (9. Nh4 b5 (9... a5 10. a4 e5
11. Nc4 Ne8 12. Qe1 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Bf6 15. Nf3 d5 16. Ncd2 Qd7 17.
Qg3 Ng7 18. f5 gxf5 19. e5 f4 20. Qxf4 Be7 21. Ng5 Bf5 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4
Bxg5 24. Qxg5 {Goletiani,R-Ghate,S/Medellin 1996/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 10. f4 Ne8 11.
f5 b4 12. c4 e6 13. Ndf3 Bf6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Qd2 exf5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Kh1 Ne7
18. d4 Ng6 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Rad1 Bc6 21. Qf2 Qc8 22. Rd6 Bxh4 23. gxh4 Be4 {
Fedorov,A-Vorotnikov,V/Moscow VDFSO 1992/EXP 29/1-0 (37)}) (9. a3 Qc8 10. Rb1
Bg4 11. Qc2 Rd8 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 d5 14. b5 Nb8 15. Ba3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Re8
17. Qa4 Nbd7 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. Qb3 Bh6 20. Rc2 Nfd7 21. h3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxf3 23.
Bxb6 Bxg2 {Loginov,V-Wang Zili/Belgrade GMA 1988/TD 88\07/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 9...
b5 10. f4 b4 {Black gains space} 11. Qc2 bxc3 12. bxc3 {Controls b4+d4.} (12.
Qxc3 $2 Nxe4 $1 {finishing him off} 13. Qc4 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2 Bxf2 $19
) 12... Ng4 13. Nc4 Na5 14. Ne3 Rb8 15. h3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Qb6 17. Rf2 Nc6 18.
Rd1 Qa5 19. Rc1 Rb6 20. Nf3 Rfb8 21. d4 Rb2 $14 (21... Qa3 $142 $5 {
is noteworthy} 22. dxc5 dxc5 $15) 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Qa3 24. Rcc2 cxd4 25.
Nxd4 $15 (25. Bxd4 $142 $5 {has some apparent merit} e5 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Be3
$14) 25... Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Qxg3 28. Rb3 Qxf4 29. Rb8+ (29. Rb7 Ba4
30. Rc4 Qd2 31. Rxa7 Bb5 $17) 29... Kg7 30. Rc7 Ba4 31. Rbb7 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 $17 (
32. Kh2 Qxd4 33. Rxe7 Qc4 $15) 32... h5 $11 (32... Qxd4 $5 33. Rxa7 Kf6 $17)
33. Rxe7 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 {Alekin's Defence [Two Pawns Attack]} 4. e6 $146
(4. Nf3 e6 $11) (4. d4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 (5... Bg4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. O-O Bb4
9. h3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bh5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Qd3 Nc4 13. Rab1 N6a5 14. Qd1 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 b6 16. Qe1 Qe7 17. Qg3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 c5 19. h4 Kh8 20. h5 {
Dyrda,V-Rogule,A/Menorca 1996/1-0 (53)}) 6. Bb5 Bf5 7. Bd3 e6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3
O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Bg5 Rg6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ng3
Qd7 16. Qd3 f4 17. Qf5 fxg3 18. Qxd7 gxh2+ {
Djena,S-Koeditz,K/Guben 1996/0-1 (52)}) 4... fxe6 {Prevents intrusion on d5} 5.
Nf3 (5. d4 g6 (5... c5 6. dxc5 (6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 e5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Ng5 Nd4 10.
Qg4 Qe7 11. Nxh7 Nxc2+ 12. Kd1 Nxa1 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bg5 Qxe5 15. Qh5+ {
1-0 Hector,J-Konopka,M/2.BLN9697 SV Luebeck-Kreuzberg 1997/BL2-N (15)}) 6...
Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 (7... a6 8. Be3 Nf6 {
1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Pamplona 1996/TUR 96 (8)}) 8.
Bb5 Qc7 9. Qd4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 Qb7 12. O-O g6 13. Be5 Bg7 14. Ne2 O-O
15. Rfe1 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nf4 Rf6 18. Ne5 Raf8 19. Nfd3 Nh5 20. g3 Ng7 21.
Ng4 Nf5 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. Nxb4 a5 25. Nd3 {
0-1 Garbisu,U-Zaveskis,L/WchJM-U20 Halle 1995/EXP 48 (62)}) 6. h4 Nf6 7. h5 Rg8
8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Nf3 c5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Be3 Qa5 14.
Qf3 Qb4 15. O-O-O c4 16. g4 g5 17. Rh5 a5 18. Rxg5 Bg7 19. Rxg7 Rxg7 20. g5
O-O-O 21. gxf6 exf6 22. Qxf6 Re7 23. a3 Qd6 24. Bf4 Ree8 25. Nxc4 {
1-0 Hector,J-Schoen,W/Malmo 1988/CBM 11 (25)}) 5... c5 6. Ng5 Ne5 7. d4 (7. f4
Nf7 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Nxf7 Kxf7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 $11) 7... cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nbc6 9. Bb5
Qd6 10. Bf4 Bd7 11. Qe3 d4 12. Qg3 $17 (12. Bxe5 $5 dxe3 13. Bxd6 exf2+ 14.
Kxf2 exd6 15. Rhe1 $15) 12... dxc3 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 ({Less advisable is} 13...
bxc6 14. bxc3 h6 15. Bxe5 $16) (13... Bxc6 $6 14. O-O cxb2 15. Rab1 $15) (13...
cxb2 $6 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Rb1 $17) 14. Bxe5 cxb2 15. Bxb2 (15. Rb1 Qxc2 16.
O-O Qg6 $17) 15... h6 16. Qd3 $2 $19 (16. Qh4 $142 Qxc2 17. O-O hxg5 18. Qxh8
Qxb2 19. Qh5+ g6 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 21. Rad1 $17) 16... hxg5 17. Qg6+ Kd8 18. O-O-O
Rh6 (18... Qxg2 $6 19. Rxd7+ Kxd7 20. Rd1+ Qd5 21. Rxd5+ exd5 22. Qf7 $15) 19.
Qf7 Kc7 20. Rd3 (20. Bxg7 Bxg7 21. Qxg7 Rf6 22. Qxe7 Rf5 $19 (22... Rxf2 $6 {
is no comparison} 23. Rxd7+ Qxd7 24. Qc5+ Qc6 25. Qxf2 $11)) 20... Qxg2 21.
Rhd1 Rd8 $4 $15 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (21... Bb5 22. Rb3 Bc4
23. Bxg7 Qe4 24. Bxf8 Rh7 $15 (24... Bxb3 $143 25. Qxe7+ Kb6 26. Qc5+ Ka6 27.
Bxh6 $14)) 22. Be5+ {A valuable piece} Kc8 $4 $18 {gives away a clear win} (
22... Kb6 $142 {would be a reprieve} 23. Rb3+ Ka6 24. Ra3+ Kb5 25. Rb3+ Kc4 26.
Rc3+ Kb4 27. Rb3+ Kc4 28. Rc3+ Kb5 29. Rb3+ Kc6 30. Rc3+ Kb5 31. Rb3+ $11) 23.
Rxd7 $1 {decapitation} (23. Rxd7 Qd5 24. R1xd5 exd5 25. Rc7+ Kb8 26. Rxe7+ Ka8
27. Rxb7 Ba3+ 28. Kd2 Bb4+ 29. Kd1 Bc5 30. Qc7 Rhd6 31. Bxd6 Bxf2 32. Qb8+ Rxb8
33. Rxb8#) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Black "Stokes, Brett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1489"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 (3... Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 (5. h3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O
7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nd7 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Qd2 Bxc3 13.
Qxc3 Ne5 14. Bf1 Bd7 15. Rad1 Bc6 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bd4 Nxf4 18. Bxg7 Nxh3+ 19.
Kh2 Re6 20. gxh3 Rg6 21. Be5 {
1-0 Sermek,D-Mestrovic,Z/Portoroz 1996/EXP 51 (21)}) 5... Nxe5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 8. a4 Be7 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Bxa7 Nf6 13. O-O
Rd2 14. Be3 Rxc2 15. Ra2 Bb4 16. Bb3 Rxb2 17. Rxb2 Bxc3 18. Ra2 Ng4 19. Bc5 Bd4
20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Re1 Nf6 22. f3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. g4 Bd7 25. a5 Nd6 26.
Bc2 h6 27. Bd3 Bb5 28. Bxb5 Nxb5 29. Kf2 Nc3 30. a6 Kb8 31. Ra5 b5 32. Ke1 b4
33. f4 Ka7 34. g5 b3 35. Ra3 b2 36. Rb3 b1=Q+ 37. Rxb1 Nxb1 38. gxh6 gxh6 39.
f5 d3 {0-1 Reich,T-Beikert,G/Bodensee Cup 1996/EXP 53 (39)}) 4. d4 {Scotch Game
} Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Be6 (6... Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10.
e5 Ne8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rhe1 Be6 13. f4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 dxe5 15. Nd5 Qh4 16. g3
Qh6 17. Rxe5 Kh8 18. g4 Rd8 19. Rh5 Qe6 20. Qd3 g6 21. f5 Rxd5 22. Rxh7+ Kg8
23. Rh8+ Kg7 24. Rh7+ Kg8 {
1/2-1/2 Schepel,K-Ruenwongsa,P/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80 (24)}) 7. Nc3 Qf6 $146 (
7... Bxc4 8. Qxc4 Nf6 (8... c6 9. O-O Nf6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc8 13.
Bf4 Ne8 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Ra4 Qc7 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Nf5 Ne5 19. Qg3 Rg8
20. Rad4 Rad8 21. h3 f6 22. b3 Bf8 23. Bd2 {
Polster,W-Heilemann,M/BL9293 1993/BL 90/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 9. Bg5 (9. Qb5+ c6 10.
Qxb7 Qc8 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8 12. Be3 c5 13. f3 Be7 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5
Rc6 17. b3 a5 18. a4 Rb8 19. O-O c4 20. Rxa5 cxb3 21. cxb3 Rc3 22. Bf4 Rcxb3
23. Rd5 Rb1 24. Bxd6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Kf8 27. a5 Rb2 28. h4 Ra2 29.
Rd5 Ke7 30. Kg1 Ke6 31. Kh2 f5 {1-0 Gibb,I-Taylor,J/SCO-chT2 1994/TD 94\03 (31)
}) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 Qc8 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nd5 Bd8 16. Rf3 c6 17. Nc3 Qe6 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 {
1/2-1/2 Buttenmueller,P-Schrader,M/Osnabrueck 1994 (18)}) 8. Qd3 c6 {
Consolidates b5} 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Be3 a6 $16 {Prevents intrusion on b5} (10...
Kb8 $5 $14 {is an interesting alternative}) 11. Bb6 $14 (11. Bxa6 d5 12. exd5
cxd5 13. Bd4 $18) 11... Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Rd7 13. b4 Kb8 14. a4 {
White prepares the advance b5} Ne7 15. b5 {
This push gains space. White begins to deal mighty blows} d5 16. Qd3 cxb5 17.
Bd4 Qc6 $2 $18 (17... Qd6 18. e5 Qg6 19. axb5 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Nf5 21. bxa6 Nxd4
22. a7+ Ka8 $11) 18. Qg3+ ({Instead of} 18. axb5 Qc7 19. bxa6 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nc6
21. axb7 Qxb7 $18 (21... Nxd4 $4 {Black should leave the bishop alone} 22. Ra8+
Kxb7 23. Qa6#) (21... Rxd4 $4 {Black cannot capture the bishop} 22. Ra8+ Kxb7
23. Qa6#)) 18... Ka8 (18... Kc8 19. axb5 Qg6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22.
Rxa6 dxe4 23. Rd1 $18) 19. axb5 Qc4 20. Ra4 (20. Bxg7 $6 Rg8 21. Na4 Nc8 $16)
20... Qc7 21. Be5 Qc8 22. bxa6 (22. bxa6 b6 23. exd5 $18 (23. Bxg7 $6 {
is much weaker} Rg8 $16)) (22. Bxg7 $6 {is clearly inferior} Rg8 23. bxa6 b5 (
23... Rxg7 24. axb7+ Kxb7 25. Rb1+ Kc6 26. exd5+ Nxd5 27. Rc4+ Bc5 28. Ne4 $18)
24. Nxb5 Bxg7 $14) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 {
Sicilian Defence [Morra Gambit]} Nf6 (6... e6 7. O-O Be7 (7... Nf6 8. Qe2 a6 (
8... Qc7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rac1 O-O 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. Ng5
Nf6 15. Nxd6 Rxd6 16. e5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nxf7 Be6 20. Nd6
Qc7 21. Rc1 Rf8 22. Be3 d4 {
1.25-0.45. 0-1 Rios,E-Escobar Forero,A/Capablanca mem-D 1996/EXP 52 (22)}) 9.
Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Rxc7 Nxc7 16. Nxe5 O-O-O 17. Qd2 Bd6 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. e5 Nd5 20. exd6 Rxd6 21.
Qg5 Rd7 22. g3 Rf8 23. Qe5 Re8 24. h4 g6 25. a3 Kd8 26. Re1 Nc7 27. Qc5 {
1/2-1/2 Hedke,F-Kupreichik,V/Groningen op 1995/EXP 50 (64)}) 8. Qe2 a6 9. Rd1
Bd7 10. a3 h6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Nh4 b5 14. Ba2 Rc8 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16.
exf5 O-O 17. g4 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bb3 Nh7 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Ne4 d5 22. Bxd5
Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Rb4 25. Rxe5 Bf6 26. Bc5 Rc4 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28.
Bxf8 Rxg4+ 29. Kh1 fxe5 30. Bxh6 Nf6 31. Rxa6 Ne4 32. Be3 Ng5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34.
f6+ Kxf6 35. Rg8 Kf5 36. Rxg5+ {1-0 Nemet,I-Klauser,M/SWZ-ch 1993/TD 93\10 (36)
}) 7. e5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ (8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Qxd8 Nxd8 10. Nxe5+ Ke8 11. Nb5 Ne6
12. f4 h6 13. Nc3 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Rd1 Nh5 16. g3 Rf8 17. Ne2 Rf6 18. Be3 b5
19. Rd2 Rf8 20. Rad1 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Bb7 22. g4 Nhf4 {
Abdullah,M-Murray,G/Novi Sad 1990/EXT 90/0-1 (42)}) 8... Kxd8 9. Ng5 Na5 (9...
Ke8 10. Nb5 Rb8 11. Bxf7+ Kd8 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O-O+ Bd7 14. Be6 Ke8 15. Bb3 Nd4
16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Rc8+ 18. Kb1 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Bg6 20. Ba4+ Nd7 21. Bxd7+
Kxd7 22. Bxg7+ Kc6 23. Bxh8 Bh6 24. Rc1+ Kb7 25. Rxc8 Kxc8 26. Nf3 a5 27. Re1
Bf4 28. Rxe7 Bc7 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Nxe5 b5 31. Nxg6 hxg6 {
1-0 Braje,M-Oezaslan,M/Berlin 1996 (31)}) 10. Nxf7+ $146 (10. Bxf7 e6 11. Be3
Bb4 12. Bxe6 Ke7 13. Bxc8 Rhxc8 14. O-O Nc4 15. Nd1 h6 16. Nf3 Nd5 17. a3 Ncxe3
18. Nxe3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bd6 20. Rac1 Ke6 21. Kf2 {
1/2-1/2 Seyffer,B-Kuenzner,F/BL2-S 8788 1988/BL2 (21)}) 10... Ke8 11. Nxe5 $11
(11. Nxh8 $5 Nxc4 12. b3 $16) 11... Nxc4 12. Nxc4 Be6 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Ne4 $17 (
14. Bd2 $142 $5 $11 {must definitely be considered}) 14... Bf5 $11 (14... Nb4
$5 15. Kd1 Bxa2 $17) 15. Ng5 Nb4 16. O-O Nc2 17. Rb1 Nd4 18. Ra1 h6 19. g4 $15
(19. Ngf3 Nc2 20. Rb1 g5 $11) 19... Bxg4 $1 {
Black has to consider giving back material} ({Worse is} 19... hxg5 20. gxf5 Rh5
21. Be3 Nxf5 22. Rac1 $15) 20. Nxg4 hxg5 21. Kg2 Rh4 22. h3 Ne6 $11 (22... Rh5
23. f4 $15) 23. Re1 Nf4+ {The black knight on an outpost} 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25.
Rac1 Kf7 $14 (25... b5 26. Rc7 $11) 26. Rc7 b6 27. Re5 $11 (27. Ne5+ $5 {
is worthy of consideration} Ke6 28. Ng6+ Kd6 29. Rc3 $16) 27... Kg8 28. Rf5 e6
29. Rff7 ({Not} 29. Rxf4 Bd6 30. Rfc4 Bxc7 31. Rxc7 Rh5 $17) 29... Rd8 $14 (
29... Rh5 $5 $11 {might be a viable alternative}) 30. Ne5 $15 (30. Rxa7 $142 $5
{must be considered} Rh5 31. Rxf4 $16) 30... Rh5 31. Nc6 Rd3 32. Rxa7 $2 $19 (
32. Rxf4 $142 {and White hangs on} Bd6 33. Rd7 Bxf4 34. Rxd3 $11) 32... Rdxh3
$4 $15 {there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (32... Rg5+ 33. Kf1 f3
(33... Rxh3 $6 34. Rxf4 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 $11) 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Ra8+ Kf7 $19) 33.
Rxf4 Rh2+ 34. Kf3 Bc5 35. Ke2 Rf5 36. Ne7+ Bxe7 37. Rxf5 exf5 38. Rxe7 Rh6 39.
Kf3 g5 40. Rb7 Rc6 41. Ke3 Re6+ {Black gets strong initiative} 42. Kd4 g4 43.
Kc4 $15 (43. Kd5 $142 $5 {is an interesting idea} Re2 44. Rxb6 $14) 43... f4
44. Kb5 {Attacks the isolani on b6. White activates its king} (44. Rb8+ Kg7 $15
) 44... g3 45. fxg3 f3 $1 {decapitation} (45... fxg3 $6 46. Rd7 $17) 46. Rc7 f2
47. Rc1 Re1 48. Rxe1 fxe1=Q 49. Kxb6 Qb4+ 50. Kc6 Qxb2 51. a4 Kf7 {
Threatening mate: Ke6} 52. a5 (52. Kd5 $19 {is still a small chance}) 52... Ke6
53. a6 (53. Kc7 {cannot change destiny} Qc3+ 54. Kb6 Kd6 55. Ka7 Qb3 56. g4 Kc7
57. a6 Qb8#) 53... Qb8 $19 (53... Qc3+ 54. Kb7 Kd6 55. Kb6 Qb3+ 56. Ka7 Kc7 57.
g4 Qb8#) 54. g4 (54. Kc5 $19 {desperation}) 54... Qa7 (54... Qd6+ 55. Kb5 Kd5
56. a7 Qc5+ 57. Ka6 Qc6+ 58. Ka5 Kc5 59. a8=Q Qxa8#) 55. Kb5 (55. g5 {
is not much help} Qxa6+ 56. Kc5 Qd3 57. Kb4 Kd5 58. g6 Qc2 59. g7 Qb2+ 60. Ka5
Kc5 61. g8=Q Qb5#) 55... Kd5 56. g5 (56. Kb4 {does not save the day} Qd4+ 57.
Kb3 Qd3+ 58. Kb2 Kc4 59. Ka2 Qb3+ 60. Ka1 Kc3 61. a7 Qb2#) 56... Qc5+ 57. Ka4
Kc4 58. g6 (58. a7 {cannot change what is in store for ?} Qxa7#) 58... Qb4# 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Black "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 {
Queen's Gambit [Anti-Meran Gambit]} Bb4 (7... Bb7 8. e5 (8. axb5 cxb5 9. Nxb5
Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bxe4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxd4 14. Qe3 Nc2 15. Bb5+
Kf8 16. Bxf6 Nxe3 17. Bxd8 Nxf1 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bc1 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 a5 21. Bc4 Ke7
22. Na4 Rhd8 23. Be3 Rac8 24. b3 Rc6 25. Kg3 h6 26. Kf3 f5 27. Ke2 e5 28. Nb2
Bc3 29. Ra2 f4 30. Bc1 Rg6 31. Kf3 e4+ 32. Kxe4 Rxg2 33. Nd3 g5 34. Rc2 Ba1 35.
Bd2 Rg1 36. Bxa5 Rd4+ 37. Kf5 f3 38. Bb4+ Ke8 39. Ra2 Rxd3 40. Bxd3 Bd4 41. Ke6
Kd8 42. Bd6 {1-0 Hulak,K-Piket,J/Wijk op 1995/TUR 95 (42)}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5
10. exf6 gxh4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Qh5 Qxf6 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Qxb5+
Bc6 16. Qxc4 Bd6 17. Ra6 Rhc8 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Qa4 Qg5 20. Bb5 Qxg2 21. d5
Qxh1+ 22. Ke2 Kd8 23. Bxc6 Rb8 24. Nb5 exd5 25. Qa5+ Ke7 26. Qxa7+ Kf8 27. Qe3
Kg8 28. h3 Bf8 29. Qf4 Qe4+ 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. Ke3 Rb6 32. Bd7 Rf6 33. b3 Bc5+
34. Kxe4 Rxf2 35. Kd5 Bb4 36. Nd4 Kg7 37. Kc4 Rf4 38. Kd5 Kf6 39. Bc8 Rf1 40.
Bg4 Bc3 41. Nf3 Kg6 42. Nxh4+ Kg5 43. Nf3+ Kf4 44. Nh4 Rf2 45. Bc8 Kg5 {
0-1 Van Wely,L-Kramnik,V/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02 (45)}) 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5
10. fxg7 Rg8 11. h4 gxh4 12. Rxh4 Qf6 13. Rh5 $146 {
The game is finished by a kings attack} (13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Nd7 15. Kf1 a6 16.
Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. axb5 Rd8 19. Qa4 Bxc3 20. bxc6 Bxb2 21. c7+ Rd7 22.
Rh8 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 {
1-0 Danielian,O-Fridman,D/URS-chJ Alma-Ata 1991/TD 91\03 (24)}) (13. Qc2 Nd7 (
13... Bb7 14. Qe4 Nd7 15. axb5 Nc5 16. Qe5 Qxe5+ 17. Nxe5 f6 18. bxc6 fxe5 19.
cxb7 Nxb7 20. dxe5 Rxg7 21. Rxc4 Ba5 22. Rc6 Kf7 23. Ra6 {
1-0 Ragozin,E-Borst/Antwerpen op 1994/TD 94\02 (23)}) 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Qe4 Rb8
16. Rxa7 Qxg7 17. Rh7 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Rxg4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rb7 21. Ra8 Rc7
22. Be2 Re4 23. Rh5 Ke7 24. f3 Rd4 25. Rh8 Bd7 26. Kf1 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rd2 28.
Ke1 Rb2 29. f4 b4 30. Bh5 bxc3 31. Rhf8 Rc8 32. Rxf7+ Kd8 33. Ra7 Rc7 34. Ra8+
Rc8 35. Ra7 Rc7 36. Ra8+ {1-0 Zueger,B-Tukmakov,V/Lenk op 1991/TD 91\08 (36)})
13... Bb7 $14 (13... Bd7 $5 $11 {should be examined more closely}) 14. axb5
cxb5 15. Rxb5 Nc6 $4 $18 {the position is going down the drain} (15... Bxf3
$142 16. gxf3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rxg7 $18) 16. Rxb7 O-O-O 17. Raxa7 {
Do you see the mate threat?.} Nxa7 (17... Bxc3+ {
doesn't change anything anymore} 18. bxc3 Nxa7 19. Rxa7 $18) 18. Rxb4 Rxg7 (
18... Rd7 {what else?} 19. Rxc4+ Kb8 20. Rb4+ Ka8 $18) 19. Qa4 $1 {
a brilliant end. The mate threat is Qxa7} Rd7 20. Qa6+ Kd8 21. Rb8+ Ke7 22.
Qa3+ (22. Qa3+ Rd6 23. Qxa7+ Rd7 24. Qc5+ Rd6 25. Ne4 e5 26. Qc8 Rg8 27. Rb7+
Rd7 28. Rxd7+ Ke6 29. Rd8+ Ke7 30. Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Stokes, Brett"]
[Black "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 {
Ruy Lopez [Steenwijker Defence]} 7. d3 Qd6 8. b3 Bg4 $146 (8... Be6 9. Bb2 Nd7
10. Qe2 (10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qxd6 cxd6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15.
Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Sokolov,I/Reggio Emilia 1988/CBM 11 (15)}) 10... c5 {
1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Nikolic,P/Lugano op 1989/TD 89\01 (10)}) (8... Nd7 9. Nbd2
b5 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Re1 c5 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. c3 O-O 14. Qc2 Nb8 15. d4 cxd4 16.
cxd4 Nc6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Ne3 c6 19. Rad1 cxd5 20. exd5 Rac8 21. Qe4 Rfd8 22.
Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxd5 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Ng4 Qg5 26. Nd6 Nf4 27. Qxb7 Qxg4 28.
Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qb7 Rc2 30. Nf7+ {1-0 Vogt,L-Held,M/BL9596 1996/BL 90 (30)}) (
8... h6 9. Bb2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Qe6 12. Bxe5 O-O-O 13. Bb2 Rhg8 14. Qe1
g5 15. Nd4 Qd7 16. Nf5 Bg6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qe3 Kb8 19. Rae1 Nh7 20. g3 h5
21. Nc4 Qe6 22. Kh2 Nf6 23. f4 {
Rahal,M-Uriarte,G/San Sebastian op 1994/TD 94\02/1-0 (43)}) 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nc4
Qf6 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O 14. Bb2 Rhg8 15. Kh1 c5 16. a4
Bg5 17. Rg1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 f6 19. Rg2 Nf8 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf6 f3 22. Rxg7 Nd7
23. Rxg8 {Threatening mate: Rxd8} Rxg8 24. Bh4 Ne5 25. Bg3 Ng4 26. Rf1 {
White fights for the Initiative} Nxe3 27. Rxf3 Nxc2 28. Rf7 Nd4 (28... Kd8 29.
Rxh7 Nb4 30. Bxc7+ Ke8 $18) 29. Rxc7+ Kd8 30. Rxb7 ({Inferior is} 30. Rxc5 Nxb3
31. Rd5+ Kc8 $16) 30... Rg6 31. Bf2 h6 (31... Rd6 $18) 32. b4 c4 (32... Kc8 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 33. Rf7 $18) 33. dxc4 (33. dxc4 Kc8 34. Ra7
$18 (34. Bxd4 $6 {is clearly inferior} Kxb7 35. h3 Rd6 $11)) (33. Bxd4 {
keeps an even firmer grip} cxd3 34. Bb6+ Kc8 35. Rc7+ Kb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1659"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 {
Pirc Defence [Three Pawns' Attack]} 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5
Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 (11... h5 12. h3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nde2 Nh6 15. Be3 Raf8
16. O-O Rxf7 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. Bf2 Rc8 19. c3 Nd8 20. Qd3 Ne6 21. Rfd1 Ke8 22. a4
a6 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nh6 25. Qg3 Qc7 26. Ng5 Nxg5 27. fxg5 Ng8 28. Nd4 Qd7
29. Re1 e5 30. Re4 Ne7 31. Nf3 Qe6 32. Rae1 Kf8 33. a5 Kg8 34. Bb6 Rcf8 35. Nd2
Nd5 36. c4 Nxb6 37. axb6 Qe7 38. Qe3 Qd8 39. Rf1 Rxf1+ 40. Nxf1 Rf4 41. c5 dxc5
42. Nd2 Qxg5 43. Rxf4 Qxf4 44. Qxf4 exf4 45. Nc4 Kf7 46. b3 Ke6 47. Kg2 g5 48.
Kf3 Kd5 49. Na5 Bf6 {0-1 Edelman,D-Ehlvest,J/New York op 1990/EXP 16 (49)}) 12.
Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qd1 (14. Qc4 Rhf8 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. h3 Nf6 17. O-O-O
Qa6 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Rhe1 Rxf7 20. b3 Nd4 21. Kb2 Nh5 22. Re4 Nb5 23. Ne2 Nf6
24. Ra4 Nc7 25. Be3 Ra8 26. c4 Kc6 27. Nd4+ Kd7 28. Nf3 Kc6 29. Nd4+ Kd7 30.
Ra5 Rff8 31. g4 Ne4 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nxf5 Rf7 34. Re5 Nf6 35. Rxe7+ Rxe7 36.
Rxd6+ Ke8 37. Rxf6 Rd7 38. Bf4 Kd8 39. Rf8+ Ne8 40. Bd6 h6 41. c5 Rc8 42. Nd4 {
1-0 Beliavsky,A-Kanstler,B/URS-chT Azov 1991 (42)}) 14... h5 15. h3 Nh6 16. Be3
$146 (16. Qd5 Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Nd4 18. Kd1 Rhf8 19. c3 Ndf5 20. Kc2 Rxf7 21. Bd2
Rc8 22. Rad1 Ng3 23. Rhe1 Nhf5 24. Bc1 Rc4 25. b3 Rc8 26. a4 h4 27. c4 Nh5 28.
Nb4 Rf6 29. Bb2 Re6 30. Rxe6 Kxe6 31. Bc1 a6 32. Kd3 Nf6 33. Bb2 Nd7 34. Re1+
Kf7 35. Bd4 Nxd4 36. Kxd4 Nc5 37. Re3 a5 38. Nc2 Rc6 39. Kc3 Ne6 40. Nd4 Nxd4
41. Kxd4 e6 42. Ke4 Kf6 43. Rd3 {
1/2-1/2 Undrahbuyan,B-Dambravaite,A/Manila olw 1992/TD 92\07 (43)}) 16... Nf5
17. Bf2 Qb4 18. Qd2 h4 19. a3 Qc4 20. O-O-O Qxf7 21. Rhe1 Na5 22. Nd5 b6 23.
Nxe7 Qa2 24. Qe2 $4 $19 {White has let it slip away} (24. Qd5 $142 Nb3+ 25.
Qxb3 Qxb3 26. cxb3 Nxe7 27. Re4 $16) 24... Nc4 25. Qe6+ $4 {
shortens the misery for White} (25. c3 Rae8 $1 {final destruction} 26. Qc2 Rxe7
27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Re1+ Kd8 29. Re2 $19) 25... Kd8 (25... Kc7 $142 {
secures victory} 26. Qxc4+ {White cannot hold on to the material} Qxc4 27. Nd5+
Kb7 $19) 26. Nc6+ Kc7 {The mate threat is Qxb2} 27. Qf7+ Kxc6 28. Qd5+ Kc7 29.
Qf7+ Kb8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kc7 32. Qf7+ Ne7 $11 (32... Kc8 33. Qe6+ Kb7
34. Qd7+ Ka6 35. Qa4+ Na5 $19) 33. Qxe7+ Kc6 {Threatening mate... how?} 34.
Qe4+ Kc7 35. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1489"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 c5 {Pirc Defence} 6. dxc5 Qa5 7.
Qd3 Qxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. O-O-O (9. h5 Nxh5 10. Qb5+ Qxb5 11. Nxb5 Na6 12. Bxh5
gxh5 13. O-O-O f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Rxd6 Bxc2 16. Rd2 Bg6 17. Rh4 O-O 18. Ne2
Rfc8+ 19. Kd1 Bf6 20. Rh3 Nc5 21. Nbc3 Nd3 22. Nd5 Nxb2+ 23. Rxb2 Bxb2 {
Benjamin,J-Chernin,A/Buenos Aires 1992/TD 92\05/1/2-1/2 (37)}) (9. Qb5+ Qxb5
10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. f3 O-O 12. Nge2 Nc6 13. Kf2 Nb4 14. Bd3 Rfc8 15. a3 Nxd3+ 16.
cxd3 e5 17. Rac1 Bc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. b4 a6 21. Ng3 Kg7 22. Nge2
Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Hoosen,E-Andrade,M/WchJM-U16 Guarapuava 1995/JUN 95 (22)}) 9...
Nc6 10. a3 $146 {Controls b4} (10. h5 gxh5 11. f3 a6 12. a3 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Ne5 15. Qe4 Nd7 16. Rh4 Rb8 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Rxh5 Na4 20. c3
Bd7 21. Bh6 a5 22. Qe4 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Qc2 Bxh6+ {
Wolf,A-Braig,M/OLHessen 1991/GER 02/0-1 (63)}) 10... O-O $14 (10... Bd7 $5 $11)
11. Nd5 $11 (11. h5 Ng4 $14) 11... a6 $2 $16 (11... h5 $142 $5 $11 {
and Black hangs on}) 12. Bb6 Qb5 13. Qxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Nxd5 (14... Nxe4 $5 15.
h5 e6 $16) 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Bh6+ 20.
Kb1 Nxd7 21. Bd4 Ra5 22. Bc3 {White gets deadly initiative} Rb5 23. h5 Be3 $18
(23... Bg7 24. a4 Rb6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. h6+ Kf6 27. Rd4 $18) 24. hxg6 {
The mate threat is gxh7} fxg6 25. Rhe1 Bg5 26. Ne4 Bf4 27. g3 Bh6 28. Rh1 Be3
29. f4 Rf5 (29... Nb6 $142 30. Rd3 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Nxd5 $18) 30. Rde1 Bb6 31. Ng5
Bd8 (31... Ne5 32. fxe5 $1 {a beautiful, forced end to the game} Rxg5 33. exd6
exd6 34. Re8+ Kf7 $18) 32. Rxh7 Ne5 (32... Rxg5 {
the only chance to get some counterplay} 33. Rh8+ Kf7 34. fxg5 Rxd5 35. Rxd8
Nc5 $18) 33. Reh1 $1 {the decision} (33. Reh1 Rxb2+ 34. Bxb2 Bb6 35. Rh8+ Kg7
36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. Rf8#) 33... Nd3 34. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Black "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "1489"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O {Queen's Pawn Game} 6. Ne5 (
6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 (8. a4 Nc6 (8... Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nd5 11.
Nc3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. Rfd1 Bd5 14. Qb5 Na6 15. e4 Bc6 16. Qc4 Nb4 17. Ne5
Be8 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bd6 21. Nf3 Bc6 22. Rd3 Qc8 23. e5 Be7
24. Ne1 Ra6 25. Bh3 Qe8 26. Nc2 b5 27. Qc3 Be4 28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Re3 Rg6+ 30.
Rg3 Rc6 31. Nd4 Rxc3 32. Nxb5 Rc2 33. Nc3 Ba8 34. Bg2 Bh4 35. Rd3 Bxf2+ 36. Kf1
Bb6 37. Bxa8 Rxa8 {0-1 Hulak,K-Psakhis,L/Zagreb zt 1993 (37)}) 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10.
Nbd2 Rd8 11. e3 Qh5 12. e4 Bd7 13. b3 b5 14. Qc3 Be8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8
Rxa8 17. Bb2 Ra2 18. Qc1 Qh6 19. h3 g6 20. Re1 Qf8 21. Qb1 Nb4 22. Ne5 Nd7 23.
Bc3 Ra6 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Nf3 Qa8 26. Ne5 Bc6 27. Qd1 Na2 28. Bb2 b4 29. d5 Be8
30. Ng4 Nc3 31. Qf3 h5 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Qxf6 exd5 34. Qd4 Ra2 35. Qxb4 Nb5 36.
Bf6 Qa7 37. Re3 d4 38. Qe7 Nd6 39. Rd3 Qa6 40. Rd1 Qe2 41. Rf1 d3 42. Bd4 d2
43. Qe5 Kf8 44. Be3 Kg8 45. Bh6 Qxf2+ 46. Rxf2 d1=Q+ 47. Rf1 Rxg2+ 48. Kxg2
Qe2+ 49. Kg1 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Piket,J/Dortmund 1995/TUR 95 (49)}) 8... b5 9. Qc2
Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nbd5 14. Be5 Nd7 15. Nb3 Qe8
16. e4 N5b6 17. Rfe1 Bb4 18. Re2 Bd6 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. d5 exd5 21. Nfd4 Nf6 22.
exd5 Qd7 23. Qf5 Rcd8 24. Na5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nbxd5 26. Nac6 Qxf5 27. Nxf5 Rd7
28. Nfe7+ Nxe7 29. Rxe7 Rfd8 30. Rxd7 {
1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Lautier,J/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57 (62)}) 6... c5 (6... Nbd7 7.
f4 Ne4 8. Nd2 f5 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. c3 Bc6 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qc2 Qe7
14. b4 a5 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Bc5 Qd7 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. a3 Qc6 19. Rac1 Qc4 20. e3
axb4 21. axb4 Ra2 22. Qd1 Bxc3 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qxb4 25. Qc2 Bf6 26. Bf1
c6 27. Rb1 Qe7 28. Qa4 b5 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Qh8 {
1/2-1/2 Varejcko,J-Urban,R/Cattolica 1993/TD 93\07 (58)}) 7. e3 Nc6 8. f4 Qc7
9. c3 b5 10. a3 a5 $146 (10... c4 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Qe2 a6 13. e4 Nxe5 14. fxe5
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rfd8 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Rf2 Bf8 20.
Raf1 Rd7 21. Rf4 a5 22. Rh4 g6 23. Bg5 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bf6 {
Sedlakova,I-Mihalik,M/SVK-ch 1993/TD 93\10/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 11. Nd2 Ba6 12. g4 b4
{Black wins space} 13. Rf3 $17 (13. Nxc6 $142 $5 {should not be overlooked}
Qxc6 14. Re1 $15) 13... bxc3 14. bxc3 Rab8 $15 (14... Nxe5 $142 $5 15. dxe5
Nxg4 $17) 15. g5 {White gets more space} Ne4 $14 {
The black knight on an outpost} (15... Nxe5 $5 {is an interesting alternative}
16. dxe5 Nd7 $15) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 $14 (16... cxd4 17. Rh3 Nxe5 18. Qh5 (18. fxe5
$6 dxe3 (18... dxe4 $143 19. Bxe4 g6 20. exd4 $16) 19. Qh5 h6 $15) (18. cxd4
Ng6 19. Qh5 h6 20. gxh6 dxe4 21. hxg7 Kxg7 22. Qh6+ Kf6 23. Qg5+ Kg7 24. Qh6+
Kf6 25. Qg5+ Kg7 26. Qh6+ $11) 18... Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 $16) 17. Rh3 g6 18. Qg4 $15
(18. Ng4 $5 $14 {has some apparent merit}) 18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 $15 {
White gains space} (19. dxe5 Qb7 20. Qh4 h5 $17) 19... Qd8 20. Qh4 {
Do you see the mate threat?} h5 21. Bxe4 Bxg5 22. Qe1 Bb7 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3
cxd4 $11 (24... Rb3 25. Ra2 $15 (25. dxc5 $143 Bh4 26. Qe2 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Qxe5
$19)) 25. exd4 Bxc1 26. Qxc1 Qd5 27. Qf4 Rb2 $11 (27... Rb3 28. Rg3 $15) 28.
Raf1 {The pressure on the backward pawn f7 grows} Qa2 29. Rg3 {
Threatening mate: Rxg6. White gets decisive kings attack} Kh7 (29... Rxh2 $4 {
Black will not be able to digest the pawn} 30. Rxg6+ $3 {
a powerful sacrifice which decides the game} fxg6 31. Qxf8+ Kh7 32. Rf7#) 30.
Rg5 a4 31. Qh4 Qxa3 $4 $18 {an unfortunate move that relinquishes the win} (
31... Rbb8 $142 $11 {would be a reprieve}) 32. Kh1 $1 {
a convincing end. The mate threat is Rxh5} Kh6 (32... Qa2 {is the last straw}
33. Rxh5+ $1 {a fitting end to a beautiful game} gxh5 34. Qxh5+ Kg7 35. Qg4+
Kh7 36. Qh3+ Kg8 37. Rg1+ Rg2 38. Rxg2+ Qxg2+ 39. Qxg2+ Kh8 $18) 33. Rxh5+ $3 {
a sacrifice that ends the game} gxh5 34. Rf6+ (34. Rf6+ Kh7 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36.
Qg5+ Kh8 37. Rh6#) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Stokes, Brett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {French Defence [Winawer Variation]} 4. e5 b6 (
4... Qd7 5. Nh3 b6 6. Nf4 g6 7. h4 h5 8. g4 hxg4 9. h5 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. a3
Be7 12. Nce2 O-O-O 13. Ng3 gxh5 14. Rxh5 Rxh5 15. Nfxh5 f5 16. Qd3 Bh4 17. Nf4
Qf7 18. Be3 Nge7 19. O-O-O {Yurtaev,L-Matveeva,S/Frunze 1987/TD 87\01/1-0 (30)}
) (4... Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 (7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. Be2 Bd7
10. O-O c4 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Ng6 13. Bh5 Nce7 14. a4 O-O-O 15. Qe1 f5 16. Bc1
Nf8 17. Ba3 Nc6 18. Bd6 Be8 19. Nf4 Bxh5 20. Nxh5 Rd7 21. Nf4 g5 22. Nh5 Nh7
23. h3 Rf7 24. Qd2 Qd8 25. g4 Nf8 26. f4 Ng6 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Rf3 Rfh7 29.
Raf1 Rxh5 30. gxh5 Rxh5 31. Qf2 Nh4 32. Rg3 Qh8 33. Qe2 Ng6 34. Qg2 Nh4 35. Qe2
Qh6 36. Rf2 Ng6 37. Rh2 Nf4 38. Qd2 Nxh3+ 39. Rhxh3 Rxh3 40. Rxh3 Qxh3 41. Qxg5
Qxc3 42. Qg8+ Nd8 43. Be7 Qxd4+ {
0-1 Lanka,Z-Lamoureux,C/Cannes op 1993/TD 93\04 (43)}) 7... Kf8 8. Bd2 Qc7 9.
Rc1 Qa5 10. h4 Qxa3 11. h5 h6 12. Rh3 c4 13. Rf3 Nbc6 14. Rf4 b5 15. Qf3 Nd8
16. g4 Ke8 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. g5 Nf5 19. Bg2 a5 20. gxh6 Nxh6 21. Qg3 Kf8 22. Rf3
Nc6 23. Ng5 Rb7 24. Bh3 Nd8 25. Qg1 Ng8 26. Bg4 Qb2 27. Nh3 b4 28. Nf4 Ne7 29.
Bh3 b3 30. Ke2 a4 31. Ng6+ Nxg6 32. Qxg6 Qa3 33. h6 Rxh6 34. Bxh6 gxh6 35. Qf6
Ke8 36. Rg1 Qf8 37. cxb3 cxb3 38. Kd2 b2 39. Kc2 a3 40. Kb1 a2+ 41. Kxa2 Ra7+
42. Kxb2 Qa3+ 43. Kc2 Qa2+ 44. Kd3 Qc4+ 45. Ke3 Qxc3+ 46. Kf4 Qxd4+ 47. Kg3 Re7
48. Bf1 Qb2 49. Bd3 Nc6 50. Re3 d4 51. Rf3 Qb8 52. Re1 Kd7 53. Kh3 Qb4 54. Rc1
Qa4 55. Be4 Bb7 56. Rd3 Qa7 57. Rc4 Qa1 58. Bxc6+ Bxc6 59. Rdxd4+ {
1-0 Polgar,J-Nikolic,P/Linares 1997/CBM 57 (59)}) 5. Nh3 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. f4
$11 (7. O-O Nb8 8. Nf4 Bf8 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nce2 Nge7 11. c3 Na5 12. Ng3 g6 13.
Re1 Qd7 14. Nf1 Nf5 15. b4 Nc4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Be7 18. a5 O-O 19. Qa4
Qxa4 20. Rxa4 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. b5 Rab8 23. Rb1 Rb7 24. a6 Rbb8 25. Kf1 Rfc8
26. g4 Nh4 27. Ke2 g5 28. Nh5 Ng6 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 h6 31. f4 gxf4 32.
Bxf4 Nxf4+ 33. Rxf4 Kh7 34. Kd3 Rb6 35. Rg1 Rxb5 36. g5 h5 37. g6+ fxg6 38. f7
Kg7 39. c4 Rb3+ 40. Kc2 Rb4 41. Rgf1 Rf8 42. Kd3 e5 {
0-1 Schlick,V-Rosenthal,D/BL9293 1993/BL 90 (42)}) (7. Qg4 Bf8 $14) 7... Qh4+
8. Nf2 O-O-O $14 (8... c5 9. O-O $11) 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 {Covers b4} h5 11.
a4 Nh6 $16 (11... Nb8 12. O-O $14) 12. Qd3 $14 (12. a5 b5 $16) 12... Nb8 13. g3
{White is in command} Qe7 14. a5 Nf5 15. axb6 cxb6 16. O-O Kb7 17. Ba3 Qd7 18.
Ra2 Rc8 19. Rfa1 Rc4 20. Ne4 Rhc8 {Attacks the backward pawn on c3} 21. Bb2 a6
22. Nd2 R4c6 23. Ra3 Kc7 24. Kf2 $11 (24. Ra4 $5 $14 {is worth looking at})
24... Kd8 25. Qf3 g6 26. h3 b5 27. g4 {White begins to deal mighty blows} b4
$16 (27... hxg4 $142 $5 {must definitely be considered} 28. hxg4 Nxd4 29. cxd4
Rxc2 $11) 28. Rb3 ({Weaker is} 28. cxb4 Rxc2 29. Qd3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rxb2 31.
gxf5 Rcc2 $17) 28... Rxc3 29. Bxc3 bxc3 $18 (29... hxg4 $5 30. hxg4 Rxc3 31.
Rxc3 Nxd4 $16) 30. gxf5 cxd2 31. fxe6 Rxc2 $4 {
the pressure is too much, Black crumbles} (31... fxe6 32. Kg1 Nc6 $16) 32. Qd1
(32. Rxb8+ $142 {and White wins} Kc7 33. Qd1 fxe6 34. Qxc2+ Kxb8 35. Rb1+ Ka8
$18) 32... Qc7 33. Rxb8+ Ke7 34. exf7 {Threatening mate... how?} Kxf7 (34...
Qxb8 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 35. Qxc2 Qb6 36. Rb1 $18) 35. Rb7 (35.
Rab1 $142 {secures victory} Qc3 36. R1b7+ Ke6 $18) 35... Qxb7 36. Qxc2 Qb5 (
36... Qb4 {doesn't improve anything} 37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qxd5 $18)
37. Ra4 (37. Ra4 Qb2 $5 38. Qd1 $18) (37. Qxd2 $142 {
it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} Qb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2000.03.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {Controls e5} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
Sicilian Defence [Najdorf Variation]Secures b5} 6. Bg5 e6 {
Prevents intrusion on d5+f5} 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11.
Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 {White gets more space} Nd7 13. f5 {This push gains space} Nc5
$11 (13... Ne5 14. Qg3 $11) 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 16. Bxb5+ $2 $19 (16. a3
$142 $15 {is the best option White has}) (16. Rg1 h5 (16... Bb7 17. Rg7 O-O-O
18. b4 Bxg7 19. fxg7 Rhg8 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Ndxb5 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 axb5 23. Nxb5
Qd8+ 24. Kc1 Rxg7 25. Qc3 Qg5+ 26. Kb2 f6 27. Nd6+ Kb8 28. Ne8 Re7 29. Nxf6 e5
30. Qf3 Rf7 {0-1 Mende,A-Gruenberg,H/BL9192 1992/BL 90 (30)}) (16... Bd7 17.
Rg7 Bxg7 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. e5 d5 20. Qf6 b4 21. Nf5 exf5 22. Nxd5 Qd8 23. Qd6 f6
24. Bc4 Be6 25. Nc7+ Kf7 26. Bxe6+ {
1-0 Lobron,E-Chandler,M/BL 8586 1986/BL 80 (26)}) 17. a3 Bd7 18. Bh3 Na4 19.
Nxa4 bxa4 20. e5 Rc8 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Kb1 Be5 23. c3 Rb8 24. Rg2 Qc5 25. Ka1
Kf8 26. Qe3 Ke8 27. Qf2 Qb6 28. Rdg1 Rf8 29. Rg8 Bxf6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rf1 e5
32. Bxd7 exd4 33. b4 axb3 34. Qxf6 Qxf6 35. Rxf6 Ke7 36. Rf3 Kxd7 37. cxd4 b2+
38. Kb1 Ke6 39. d5+ Ke7 40. Rh3 f5 41. Rxh5 Kf6 42. d6 f4 43. d7 Rf8 44. Rd5
Ke7 45. Kxb2 f3 46. Kc2 Kd8 47. Rd1 Rh8 48. Rd2 Rh3 49. Rf2 Kxd7 50. Kd3 Kc6
51. Ke4 Kb5 52. Kf4 Ka4 53. Kg4 Rh8 54. h4 Kxa3 55. Rxf3+ {
1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Gruenfeld,Y/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989/TD 89\13 (55)}) 16...
axb5 17. Ndxb5 Qb8 18. e5 (18. Rhg1 Bd7 19. Nd4 Qb4 $19) 18... Bb7 (18... dxe5
19. Qxa8 $3 {giving up material to nicely decide the game} Qb7 20. Rhg1 $18)
19. Nd5 $4 {shortens the misery for White} (19. Qh5 dxe5 20. Rhe1 $19) 19...
exd5 (19... Bxd5 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 $19
) 20. exd6 Bxd6 (20... Kd8 {makes it even easier for Black} 21. Kb1 Ra5 22. Nd4
Qxd6 23. h3 $19) 21. Rhe1+ Ne4 (21... Ne6 $142 {and Black has it in the bag}
22. Qh5 Bf4+ (22... Rxa2 $4 {
the pawn is safe and cannot be captured without dire consequences} 23. Rxe6+
Kd7 24. Rxd6+ Qxd6 25. Qxf7+ Kc6 26. Nxd6 Kxd6 27. Qxb7 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Rxd1+ 29.
Kxd1 $18) 23. Kb1 Kf8 $19 (23... Bxh2 24. Rxe6+ Kd8 25. Rxd5+ Bxd5 26. Qxd5+
Kc8 27. Qc6+ Qc7 28. Qxa8+ Qb8 29. Na7+ Kd8 30. Qd5+ Bd6 31. Rxd6+ Ke8 32. Qe5+
Kf8 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Rd8+ Qxd8 35. Qxd8#)) 22. Qf5 $4 {
White has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position} (22.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 23. Qxe4+ dxe4 24. Rxd6 Rxa2 25. Kb1 $19) 22... Ra6 $17 (22... Bxh2
$142 {and Black can celebrate victory} 23. Kb1 Qc8 $19) 23. Rxe4+ $19 (23.
Nxd6+ Rxd6 (23... Qxd6 $6 24. Rxe4+ dxe4 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qe5+ Kd7 27. Qe7+
Kc6 28. Qxe4+ Kc7 29. Qc4+ Kb8 30. Qxf7 $11) 24. Qe5+ Kd7 25. Qe7+ Kc8 26. Rxe4
dxe4 27. Rxd6 Qc7 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 $19) 23... dxe4 24. Nxd6+ Rxd6 25. Qe5+ Kd7 {
Threatening mate... how?} 26. Qe7+ Kc6 $17 (26... Kc8 $142 $5 27. Rxd6 Qc7 28.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 $19) 27. Qxe4+ Kb5 {Threatening mate: Rxd1} 28. a4+ $19 (28. Qe5+
Bd5 29. Rxd5+ Rxd5 30. Qxd5+ Ka6 31. Qc6+ Qb6 32. Qa4+ Kb7 33. Qe4+ Qc6 34.
Qe7+ Kc8 35. Qxf7 Qh1+ 36. Kd2 Qxh2+ 37. Kc3 Qe5+ 38. Kb3 Qb5+ 39. Ka3 Qa6+ 40.
Kb3 Qb7+ 41. Qxb7+ Kxb7 $19) 28... Ka5 $15 (28... Ka6 $142 $5 29. Qc4+ Ka7 30.
Qc5+ Rb6 $19) 29. Qe5+ Rd5 {Threatening mate... how?} 30. Rxd5+ Bxd5 31. Qxd5+
Ka6 (31... Kxa4 $6 32. Qc5 Qf4+ 33. Kb1 $11) 32. Qc4+ Ka7 33. Qc5+ Kb7 $17 (
33... Qb6 $5 34. Qe7+ Kb8 35. Qe5+ Qc7 36. Qb5+ Ka7 $19) 34. Qe7+ $19 (34. Qd5+
Kb6 35. Qb5+ Kc7 36. Qc5+ Kd7 37. Qd5+ Qd6 38. Qxf7+ Kd8 39. Kb1 $19) 34... Ka8
35. b4 (35. Qxf7 $142 Qg8 36. Qc7 Qg1+ 37. Kd2 Qd4+ 38. Kc1 Qxa4 39. Kb1 $19)
35... Rd8 (35... Qf4+ 36. Kb1 Rb8 37. c3 $19) 36. a5 (36. Qe4+ Qb7 37. Qc4 Rc8
$19) 36... Qd6 37. Qe4+ Qd5 {The mate threat is Qxe4} 38. Qe2 $6 {
doesn't do very much to defend the position} (38. Qe1 $19) 38... Qg5+ (38...
Qd4 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 39. Qa6+ Kb8 40. Qb5+ Kc7 41. Qb6+ Qxb6
42. axb6+ Kxb6 43. c3 $19) 39. Kb1 Qxf6 40. Qe4+ Kb8 41. Qxh7 (41. Qe1 $19)
41... Qc3 (41... Rd1+ $142 {and Black has reached his goal} 42. Ka2 Ra1+ 43.
Kb3 Rb1+ 44. Kc4 Qf4+ 45. Kd5 Rd1+ 46. Qd3 Rxd3+ 47. cxd3 Qxb4 $19) 42. Qh5
Qxb4+ 43. Ka2 Qc4+ 44. Kb2 Rd5 (44... Rc8 $142 {
and the rest is a matter of technique} 45. Qh7 Rc5 46. Qd3 Rb5+ 47. Kc1 Qf4+
48. Kd1 Qg4+ 49. Kd2 Qg5+ 50. Kc3 Qe5+ 51. Qd4 Rc5+ 52. Kd3 $19) 45. Qh8+ (45.
Qf3 $19 {otherwise it's curtains at once}) 45... Ka7 {Threatening mate: Qb4}
46. Qf6 (46. Qc3 {no good, but what else?} Rb5+ 47. Qb3 Qd4+ 48. Kb1 Rxb3+ 49.
cxb3 $19) 46... Qd4+ $19 (46... Qb4+ 47. Kc1 Qe1+ 48. Kb2 Rb5+ 49. Ka2 Qxa5#)
47. Qxd4+ Rxd4 48. Kc3 (48. c4 Rxc4 49. Kb3 $19) 48... Rd8 49. Kc4 f5 (49... f5
50. Kc5 f4 $19) 0-1

