[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Goldsmith, Alan D"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]

{ B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4 } 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nh4 ( 4. Nc3
e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 f6 7. O-O Nd7 8. exf6 Ngxf6 9. d4 c5 10. Re1 Qe7 11. Qa4
c4 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Ba3 Qf7 15. Ng5 Qh5 16. Rxe6+ Kd8 17. Be7+ Bxe7
18. Qa5+ b6 { Varela Olmedo,G-Millan Soto,M/Ferrol 2002/CBM 089 ext/0-1  ( 37
)}  )4... Bd7 5. d4 c5 $146 ( 5... e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3
Ne7 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Nbc6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bf4 Bb6 14. Nb5 Nc8 15. Bc2 a6 16.
Nc3 N8e7 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Nh4 Na5 19. Qg4 g5 20. Nf3 { Jentsch,D  ( 2291 )
-Reer,E  ( 2141 ) /Dresden 2001/CBM 084 ext/1-0  ( 63 )}  )6. c3 ( 6. Nf3 cxd4
7. Bd3 Nc6 $14 )6... Nc6 $11 7. f4 ( 7. Be2 $5 $11)7... e6 { Covers f5}  8. Nf3
cxd4 ( 8... Nh6 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bf2 cxd4 11. Qd2 $15 )9. Bd3 ( 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10.
a4 Nh6 $11 )9... dxc3 ( 9... Qb6 10. Qe2 $17 )10. bxc3 ( 10. Nxc3 Bc5 $15
)10... Bc5 $17 11. Qe2 Nge7 12. Nbd2 a6 ( 12... Na5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 $17
)13. Nb3 $15 { White threatens to win material: Nb3xc5}  13... Ba7 14. Ba3 (
14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Rc8 $15 )14... b5 { White has an active position}  15.
Rd1 Qc8 { Black has a cramped position}  ( 15... Rc8 16. Bd6 $15 )16. Ng5 Nf5
17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Rxd5 { Black has the pair of bishops}  ( 18. Rd2 Be6 $11
)18... h6 $15 { Black threatens to win material: h6xg5}  19. Qh5 { White has a
mate threat}  19... g6 { Black threatens to win material: g6xh5}  ( 19... Nd8
$5 $142 { is interesting}  20. Qh3 Rg8 $15 )20. Qh4 $14 b4 $4 ( 20... Be6 21.
Rd2 b4 22. cxb4 Bxb3 23. axb3 Nd8 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 $18 )21. Nxf7 $1 $18 {
Demolishes the pawn shield}  ( 21. cxb4 $6 { is much weaker}  21... Nxb4 {
Theme: Clearance for c8-c4}  22. Bxb4 Qc4 23. Nxf7 Qe4+ 24. Kf1 Qc4+ 25. Ke1
Qe4+ ( 25... Qxb4+ $143 26. Kd1 Rh7 27. Nd6+ Kf8 28. Re1 $16 )26. Kf1 Qc4+ 27.
Ke1 Qe4+ ( 27... Qxb4+ $143 28. Kd1 Rh7 29. Nd6+ Kf8 30. e6 $16 )28. Kf1 $11 )(
21. Bxb4 $4 { a terrible mistake}  21... Nxb4 22. cxb4 Qc3+ 23. Rd2 Be3 $19
)21... g5 ( 21... Kxf7 { Decoy theme: f7}  22. Qf6+ )22. Nd6+ ( 22. Qh5 bxa3
23. Nxh8+ Ke7 24. Qf7+ Kd8 $18 )22... Kd8 ( 22... Kf8 23. fxg5 Qd8 24. Nxf5
Qxg5 25. Bxb4+ Nxb4 26. Qxb4+ ( 26. cxb4 $143 Bxf5 ( 26... Qxf5 $4 27. Rf1
Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 $18 ) 27. Qxg5 hxg5 $15 )26... Kg8 27. Rxd7 Bf2+ 28. Ke2 ( 28.
Kxf2 $6 Qxf5+ 29. Kg3 Qxd7 $18 )28... Qxf5 29. Qc4+ Kf8 30. Rhd1 $18 )23. fxg5
Qb8 24. Nf7+ Kc8 25. Nxh8 Nxe5 ( 25... bxa3 { doesn't change anything anymore} 
26. gxh6 Be6 27. h7 $18 )26. Bxb4 Ng4 ( 26... Be6 { does not solve anything} 
27. Bd6 Bxd5 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 $18 )27. Bc5 ( 27. Ng6 $142 { and White wins}  27...
Bf2+ 28. Qxf2 Nxf2 29. Ne7+ Kd8 30. Nc6+ Ke8 31. Nxb8 $18 ( 31. Kxf2 $2 { is
not as innocent as it looks}  31... Qf4+ 32. Ke1 Bxc6 $19 ))27... Qf4 28. Bxa7
Qe4+ 29. Kd1 ( 29. Be3 $142 { and White can already relax}  29... Qxd5 30. Qg3
$18 )29... Ne3+ $4 { gives the opponent new chances}  ( 29... Qxd5+ $142 { is
just about the only chance}  30. Bd4 Qxg2 31. gxh6 Qxa2 $11 )30. Bxe3 $18 Qxh4
31. Rd4 ( 31. Rc5+ { makes it even easier for White}  31... Kb8 32. Ng6 Qg4+
33. Kc1 Ra7 $18 )31... Qh5+ 32. g4 fxg4 33. Rc4+ Kd8 ( 33... Kb8 { doesn't get
the bull off the ice}  34. Bf4+ Ka7 35. Rc7+ Kb6 36. Rxd7 hxg5 37. Bc7+ Kc6 38.
Rf7 Qxh8 39. Na5+ Kb5 40. Kc2 $18 )34. Re1 Rb8 35. gxh6 ( 35. Kc1 Rb5 36. Bf4
hxg5 37. Bc7+ Kc8 38. Bd6+ Kb7 $18 )35... g3+ 36. Kc1 ( 36. Kc2 $142 { keeps an
even firmer grip}  36... Be6 37. Rd4+ Ke7 38. hxg3 Rxh8 39. Bd2 Qg6+ 40. Kb2
$18 )36... Be6 ( 36... gxh2 37. Nf7+ Ke7 $18 )37. Rc5 Bf5 ( 37... Qh3 { doesn't
get the cat off the tree}  38. hxg3 Qxg3 39. Bg5+ Kd7 40. Rd1+ Ke8 $18 )38.
Rd1+ ( 38. hxg3 $142 { and White wins}  38... Rb5 39. g4 Rxc5 40. gxh5 ( 40.
gxf5 $6 { is impossible}  40... Rxc3+ 41. Kd2 Rxe3 42. Rxe3 Qxf5 $16 )40...
Rxc3+ 41. Kb2 Rc2+ 42. Ka3 $18 )38... Qxd1+ 39. Kxd1 gxh2 40. Bg5+ $4 { spoils
everything}  ( 40. Nf7+ $142 { and the rest is a matter of technique}  40...
Ke7 41. Rxf5 h1=Q+ 42. Ke2 $18 )40... Kd7 $14 41. Rc7+ ( { Weaker is } 41. Rxf5
h1=Q+ 42. Kd2 Rxh8 $15 )41... Kxc7 42. Bf4+ Kb6 43. Bxh2 Rxh8 44. Bf4 Be6 { The
idea is Bf5-e6-g8-h7}  45. Be3+ Kc6 46. Nd4+ { White forks: c6+e6}  46... Kd5
47. Kd2 ( 47. Nxe6 Kxe6 48. Kc2 Kf5 $16 )47... Bg8 48. Bg5 Bh7 { The bishop
blocks h6}  49. Nc2 ( 49. Nf3 $11)49... Kc4 ( 49... Rg8 $142 { and Black is
still in the game}  50. Ne3+ Ke6 $15 )50. Ne3+ $14 Kb5 51. c4+ Kb4 ( 51... Kc5
52. Kc3 $16 )52. Be7+ $16 Ka5 53. Nd5 ( 53. Kc3 Bb1 54. Bg5 $16 )53... Re8 $2 (
53... Bg8 54. Bg5 Bxd5 55. cxd5 Kb5 $16 )54. Bb4+ ( 54. Kc3 $5 Ka4 $18 )54...
Ka4 $16 55. Kc3 Re6 56. Bf8 Bg8 57. Kd4 Re8 ( 57... Rg6 58. Nc3+ Ka5 59. c5 $18
)58. Bd6 Re6 $4 { a blunder in a bad position}  ( 58... Rd8 $142 59. Nb6+ Ka5
$18 )59. Nc3+ Ka5 60. Kc5 Rxd6 { Clearance to allow g8-c4}  61. Kxd6 { Theme:
Deflection from b4}  61... Kb4 ( 61... Bh7 { hardly improves anything}  62. Nd5
Bf5 63. c5 Bg6 64. c6 Ka4 65. c7 Bh7 66. c8=Q Ka3 67. Qb7 Kxa2 68. Qb4 Ka1 69.
Nc3 a5 70. Qa3# )62. Nd5+ ( 62. Nd5+ Ka3 63. c5 Kb2 64. c6 Be6 65. Kxe6 Kc1 66.
c7 Kc2 67. c8=Q+ Kd2 68. Qc3+ Ke2 69. Nf4+ Kf2 70. h7 a5 71. a4 Kf1 72. Qf3+
Ke1 73. Qe2# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Juszczynski, Mathew"]
[Black "Obst, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[ECO "E07"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]

{ E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line  ( 5 Nf3 0-0 6 0-0 Nbd7 ) } 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6
3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4 c5 9. d5 ( 9. Bf4
cxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Be6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qc7
Qc5 16. Qxb7 Rfb8 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Qa6 Rxb2 19. Rad1 c3 20. Rd6 Rxf2 21. Rc6
Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Qd4 23. Qc8+ Nf8 { Nguyen Anh Dung  ( 2484 ) -Csom,I  ( 2472 )
/Budapest 1999/CBM 073 ext/0-1}  )9... exd5 ( 9... Nb6 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Qxd6
Bxd6 12. e5 Be7 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rfd1 f6 16. a4 a5 17. Ne4 Nd7 18.
Bf1 f5 19. Nd6 { 1-0 Matnadze,A  ( 2376 ) -Navarro,R  ( 2241 ) /Linares
2005/CBM 105 ext}  )10. e5 d4 $146 { Black wins space.}  ( 10... Ne8 11. Qxd5
Nb6 12. Qe4 Qd3 13. Rd1 Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nd6 Nxd6 16. exd6 Bf6 17. a4 Nxa4
18. g4 Bc2 19. Rd2 Bb3 20. g5 Bd8 21. Re2 Ba5 22. Ne5 c3 23. Bxb7 Rad8 24. Nc6
Rxd6 25. Nxa5 { Khegai,A  ( 2239 ) -Pourkashiyan,A  ( 2217 ) /Mallorca 2004/CBM
102 ext/0-1  ( 59 )}  )( 10... Ng4 11. Qxd5 Nb6 12. Qe4 Qd3 ( 12... f5 13. Qe2
Qd3 14. h3 Qxe2 15. Nxe2 Nh6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bd5+
Kh8 20. Bxc4 b5 21. Bd5 Rb8 22. h4 Be7 23. Nf4 Rb6 24. Rfe1 c4 25. Rad1 Bb4 26.
Re2 Be7 27. Bf3 { Misanovic,V  ( 2384 ) -Lematschko,T  ( 2290 ) /Batumi
1999/CBM 073 ext/1-0  ( 59 )}  )13. Qe1 Qg6 14. h3 Nh6 15. a4 Be6 16. a5 Nd5
17. Nh4 Bxh4 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rae8 20. Bxb7 Nf5 21. Bf4 Bg5 22. Qe4 Bxf4
23. Qxf4 Nd4 24. Kh2 Re7 25. Bg2 { Dankert,P  ( 2365 ) -Saacke,B  ( 2355 )
/Germany 1981/GER-chT/0-1  ( 42 )}  )( 10... Ne4 11. Nxd5 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13.
Qe2 $11 )11. exf6 Nxf6 { White wins a piece}  ( { Instead of } 11... Bxf6 12.
Nd5 $16 )12. Nb5 Be6 { Black has an active position}  13. Ne5 Nd7 { Black
threatens to win material: Nd7xe5}  14. Bf4 g5 15. Nxd7 $4 { weakening the
position}  ( 15. Bxb7 $142 { would keep White in the game}  15... Qb6 16. Bxa8
Rxa8 17. Qf3 $11 )15... Qxd7 $19 16. Be5 $2 ( 16. Nc7 $142 gxf4 17. Nxa8 fxg3
18. hxg3 Rxa8 19. Re1 $19 )16... Qxb5 17. Qh5 ( 17. Qf3 Qxb2 18. Rab1 Qxa2 19.
Rxb7 Bd8 $19 )17... f6 ( 17... Qxb2 18. Be4 f5 19. Rab1 fxe4 20. Rxb2 $18 )18.
Be4 ( 18. Bc7 { is still a small chance}  18... Qd7 19. Qe2 $19 )18... Rf7 19.
f4 fxe5 20. fxg5 Qe8 ( 20... Rg7 $142 { finishes off the opponent}  21. g6 hxg6
22. Qxe5 $19 )21. g6 Rg7 22. gxh7+ ( 22. Qxe5 { cannot undo what has already
been done}  22... Qd7 ( 22... Rxg6 $6 { is clearly worse}  23. Rae1 $19 )23.
gxh7+ Kh8 $19 )22... Kh8 23. Qxe5 Bh3 24. Rf2 ( 24. Rfe1 { there is nothing
else anyway}  24... Rd8 25. Bf5 $19 )24... Bg5 25. Qxe8+ ( 25. Rf5 { is not
much help}  25... Bxf5 26. Qxf5 Rf7 $19 )25... Rxe8 26. Bf5 ( 26. Bg2 { does
not win a prize}  26... Be3 27. Kh1 Bxf2 28. Bxh3 d3 $19 )26... Be3 27. Bxh3
Rf8 ( 27... Rf8 28. Kh1 Rxf2 $19 ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mdinaradze, Edgar"]
[Black "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[ECO "D24"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]

{ D24: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. a5 Bg4 $146 ( 6... b6 7. axb6 cxb6 8. Qa4 Bb7 9. Qxc4 b5
10. Qd3 Nb4 11. Qd1 Rc8 12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Bd2 e6 14. e3 Bd6 15. Be2 g5 16. O-O
Nxd2 17. Nxd2 g4 18. Nde4 f5 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Rc1 Ke7 21. f3 {
Letov,A-Kalichkin,I  ( 2425 ) /Perm 1997/CBM 058/1-0  ( 50 )}  )( 6... e6 7. e4
( 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 Bb4 9. g3 Qe7 10. Bg2 Nxa5 11. Qa2 Bc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5
h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe4 17. Ne5 Bxg2 { 1/2-1/2 Pomar
Salamanca,A  ( 2460 ) -Johannsson,I/Munich 1958/MCD}  )7... Bb4 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. e5 Qe7 13. Qd3 Bxa5 14. Qe4 Bb6 15. Bd3
g6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qf8 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. Qf4 Be6 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. h4 {
Thorfinnsson,B  ( 2373 ) -Postny,E  ( 2499 ) /Budapest 2003/CBM 095 ext/1/2-1/2
 ( 32 )}  )( 6... Bf5 7. e3 Nb4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Bxc4 e6 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. b3 Qb4
12. Nxc6 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 bxc6 14. Ba3 Be4 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. f3 Bd5 17. Bd3 Nd7
18. Rb1 e5 19. e4 Be6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Be2 { Vapnichnaya,R-Konshina,O/Soviet
Union 1967/MCD/1-0  ( 38 )}  )( 6... e5 7. d5 Nb4 8. e4 $15 )7. e3 ( 7. d5 $5
$142 { and White hangs on}  7... Na7 8. Ne5 $14 )7... e5 8. Be2 ( 8. Bxc4 $5 e4
9. h3 exf3 10. hxg4 fxg2 11. Rg1 $15 )8... exd4 $17 9. exd4 Bb4 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Be3 O-O 12. O-O Qd6 13. Bxc4 Nxa5 14. Ba2 Rad8 ( 14... Nc6 15. Qd3 $19 )15. Qc2
( 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 $17 )15... Nc6 ( 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Rfd1 $17
)16. Rad1 ( 16. Ne4 $5 Qe7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 $17 )16... Qd7 $19 17. Bb1
Rfe8 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. Qb3 ( 19. Rfe1 a5 $19 )19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qh3 21. Ng3 Nb4
( 21... Na5 $5 $142 { seems even better}  22. Qd3 Re4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. fxe4
$19 )22. Bf5 Qh4 23. Kg2 Nbd5 24. Rfe1 Nh5 ( 24... a5 $19 $142)25. Rg1 $4 {
terrible, but the game is lost in any case}  ( 25. Qxd5 $142 Rxe3 { Demolition
of pawn structure}  26. Qxb7 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 $19 )25... Nxe3+ 26. fxe3 Nxg3 (
26... Nxg3 27. Bh3 Nh5 $19 )( 26... Bxg3 $5 $142 { might be the shorter path} 
27. Kf1 Qxh2 28. Qc2 Rxe3 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Qxh2 Bxh2 31. Be4 Bxg1 32. Kxg1 $19
) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Black "Tao, Trevor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B06"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]

{ B06: Modern Defence } 1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Qc7 6. f4
b5 $146 ( 6... Nf6 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bg1 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bf2
Nd7 13. O-O Nb6 14. a4 Be6 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. a5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rae1 e6 19.
Nf3 Nf5 20. g4 Ne7 21. exd6 { Rahls,P  ( 2308 ) -Meszaros,I  ( 2224 ) /Dresden
2001/CBM 084 ext/1-0  ( 54 )}  )( 6... Nd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 ( 7... e5 8. O-O-O b5 9.
dxe5 b4 10. Na4 Qa5 11. b3 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb6 Bh6 14. Bxa5 Nxf3 15.
Qxh6 { 1-0 Rahls,P  ( 2215 ) -Haberscheidt,T/Berlin 1996/CBM 054 ext}  )8. Bd3
Nf6 9. a4 Ng4 10. a5 Nd7 11. e5 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Ng5 Nb8 15.
Qh3 h5 16. Qg3 Qd7 17. Nf3 Qe8 18. Nh4 Kh7 19. Rae1 Qf7 20. exd6 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1
{ Garnier Salvi,V-Lakat,G  ( 1995 ) /Budapest 2003/CBM 092 ext/1-0  ( 51 )} 
)7. Bd3 Nd7 8. Nf3 b4 ( 8... Ngf6 9. O-O $14 )9. Ne2 Rb8 10. O-O Ngf6 { Black
should quickly conclude development.}  11. f5 ( 11. a3 b3 $16 )11... gxf5 $14
12. exf5 h6 { Secures g5}  13. Ng3 Nb6 14. h3 { White has an active position} 
( 14. a3 Nbd5 $11 )14... Nbd5 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. Bf2 ( 17. Ne4 $5
$11)17... c4 $17 18. Bc2 Qa5 { Black threatens to win material: Qa5xc3}  19.
Ne4 O-O 20. Rfb1 ( 20. Bh4 $5 $17 $142)20... Bxf5 $19 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxf5
Qxf5 23. Rb2 ( 23. Rf1 Rb7 $19 )23... Kh8 ( 23... Ne4 24. Qc2 $19 )24. Rab1
Qxb1+ 25. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 26. Kh2 Rfb8 27. Bh4 $2 ( 27. Qf4 $142 Kg8 28. d5 $19
)27... Nd5 28. Qe2 ( 28. Qc2 Ne3 29. Qa4 R8b2 $19 )28... R1b2 ( 28... R8b2 $5
$142 { makes it even easier for Black}  29. Qe4 e6 30. Bg3 $19 )29. Qxc4 Rxg2+
$1 { Demolition of pawn structure}  30. Kh1 ( 30. Kxg2 { Decoy to g2}  30...
Ne3+ { A double attack}  )30... e6 31. Qa6 $2 ( 31. Be1 $19)31... Rc2 32. Qxd6
( 32. c4 { does not help much}  32... Rb1+ 33. Ne1 Nf4 34. Qxa7 f5 $19 )32...
Rb1+ 33. Ng1 ( 33. Ne1 { doesn't do any good}  33... Rxc3 34. Bf2 Rxh3+ 35. Kg1
Rh5 $19 )33... Nxc3 34. Bf6 ( 34. d5 { praying for a miracle}  34... Ne2 35.
Bf2 exd5 36. Kg2 $19 )34... Bxf6 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7+ Bg7 37. Qxe6 Rf2 38.
Qe3 Rff1 ( 38... Rbb2 $142 { ends the debate}  39. Nf3 Rf1+ 40. Ng1 Rxg1+ 41.
Qxg1 Rb1 42. Qxb1+ Nxb1 $19 )39. Qxc3 Rxg1+ 40. Kh2 Rgc1 41. Qd3+ Kh8 42. Qe4 (
42. Qa3 { doesn't change the outcome of the game}  42... Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rd1 $19
)42... Rb8 43. d5 ( 43. Kg3 $19 { desperation} )43... Rc3 ( 43... a5 $5 $142 {
seems even better}  44. d6 Rb2+ 45. Kg3 Rc3+ 46. Kf4 $19 )44. Qe2 ( 44. Kg1 {
is no salvation}  44... a5 45. Qg6 Rcc8 $19 )44... Rb2 ( 44... Rb2 45. Qxb2
Rxh3+ 46. Kxh3 Bxb2 $19 )( 44... Bd4 $142 { makes sure everything is clear} 
45. a4 Rg8 $19 ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Stevens, Tristan"]
[Black "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]

{ B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit } 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3
Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bf4 a6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. Rac1
O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 ( 13... Bd6 14. Rxd6 Qxd6 15. Ng6 e5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qe7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Re8 20. f4 Be6 21. Rc7 Qb4 22. Be4 Rac8
23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. h3 Qe7 25. Qd3 h6 26. Bd5 Be6 27. Kh2 f6 28. Bc3 { Horvath,T 
( 2280 ) -Csom,I  ( 2540 ) /Hungary 1974/MCD/0-1  ( 41 )}  )14. Bxe5 Qa5 {
Black has a cramped position}  15. Rd4 $146 ( 15. Bd3 g6 16. a3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Bf6
18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Bb1 e5 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Bb4 f5 22. Nd6 a5 23. Ba2+ Kh8 24. Nc4
Qf6 25. Bxf8 Bxf8 26. Nxa5 Nc5 27. Rxc5 Bxc5 28. Qc4 Qf8 29. Qd5 Be7 {
Mueller,A-Tutschka,J/Bruchkoebel 1993/GER/1-0  ( 38 )}  )( 15. Bb3 b6 16. Na4
Nd7 17. Bc7 Qg5 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Nxb6 Bb7 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Nc5 22. Bc4 Bxg2
23. Nd7 Bf3 24. Nxf8 Bxd1 25. Bb6 Rb7 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kf8
29. Rxc5 Rxb2 { Marlier,G  ( 1709 ) -Geuquet,M  ( 1908 ) /Worriken Buetgenbach
2004/CBM 099 ext/0-1  ( 37 )}  )15... Rd8 16. Rf4 ( 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Qa5
$11 )16... b6 { White has an active position}  ( 16... b5 $5 $142 17. Bb3 Bb7
$17 )17. Bb3 $11 Bd7 18. Bc2 { White has a very active position}  18... Rac8
19. a4 ( 19. Rb1 Qc5 20. b4 Qc6 $11 )19... b5 ( 19... Be8 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Re4
$17 )20. Bxf6 Bxf6 ( 20... gxf6 $4 21. Qh5 f5 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Qxf7 $18 )21.
Qe4 $2 ( 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5 $17 )21... bxa4 ( 21... b4 $5 22. Qxb4 Qg5 $19 (
22... Bxc3 $6 23. bxc3 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 $15 ))22. Qxh7+ $17 Kf8 23. Rd1 $2 ( 23.
Rf1 a3 24. Ne4 $19 )23... Bc6 24. Rf1 $2 ( 24. h3 a3 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Qh6+ Ke7
27. Ra1 $19 )24... Qg5 25. g3 Ke7 ( 25... a3 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 axb2 28. h4
$19 )26. Ne4 $2 ( 26. Bxa4 Ba8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Qe5 $19 )26... Qe5 (
26... Qd5 $142 { it becomes clear that Black will call all the shots}  27. Qh3
Bb5 28. Nxf6 gxf6 29. Bxa4 Rh8 $19 )27. Nxf6 $17 gxf6 28. Bxa4 $4 { but even a
better move would not have saved the game}  ( 28. Bg6 $5 Rf8 29. Rd1 $19 )28...
Rh8 ( 28... Ba8 $142 { secures the win}  29. Qh3 Rd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 $19 )29. Qd3
Qxf4 $1 { Eliminates the defender f4}  30. Bxc6 ( 30. gxf4 Rhg8+ )30... Qd6 31.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 32. Bb7 Rb8 33. Bxa6 Rxb2 34. Rd1+ Ke7 35. Rc1 f5 36. Rc3 Kf6 37.
Kg2 Rd8 38. Rc8 $4 { White has lost his nerve... understandable when you
consider his position}  ( 38. Rf3 $19)38... Rdd2 39. g4 ( 39. Kg1 { a fruitless
try to alter the course of the game}  39... Rxf2 40. Bf1 Rxh2 $19 )39... Rb6 (
39... Rxf2+ $142 { secures victory}  40. Kg1 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 Rxh2+ 42. Kg1 fxg4
$19 )40. Bc4 Rd4 ( 40... fxg4 $142 { keeps an even firmer grip}  41. Kg3 $19
)41. Be2 $2 { Following moves unknown.}  ( 41. gxf5 Kxf5 42. Rc5+ Kf4 43. Rb5
Rxb5 44. Bxb5 $19 ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Goldsmith, Alan D"]
[Black "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[ECO "B31"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]

{ B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6 } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5.
O-O d5 6. Qa4 ( 6. e5 Bg4 7. Re1 e6 8. d3 Ne7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Bxc6
Nxc6 12. Qg3 Rc8 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf3 d4 15. c4 bxc4 16. dxc4 Nb4 17. Bg5 Qb6 18.
Re4 Rc7 19. Rh4 Rb8 20. Bf6 Nc2 { Scherbin,Y  ( 1599 ) -Kaphle,S  ( 1944 )
/Belfort 2005/CBM 107 ext/1-0}  )6... Qd6 7. d4 $146 ( 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. d4 ( 8.
c4 Qd6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. d3 Bg4 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Qxc6+ Nd7 14. Ne5
Rc8 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Nxg4 e5 17. Bh6 f5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne3 f4 20. Ned5 f3 21.
Ne3 e4 22. Nxe4 Ne5 { Cynolter Bognarne,E  ( 2165 ) -Horvath,C  ( 2485 )
/Aggtelek 1997/CBM 058 ext/1-0  ( 32 )}  )8... Bd7 9. Be3 ( 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10.
Be3 Qf5 11. Na3 a6 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Qg4 14. Qb3 Nd8 15. h3 Qh5 16. Be2 Nf6
17. Rfe1 Bc6 18. Ng5 Qh4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qxf7+ Kd7 21. Qe6+ Kc7 22. Qxe7+
Rd7 23. Qe5+ Kd8 { Kummle,T-Berger,T/Germany 1989/GER-chT2/1-0}  )9... cxd4 10.
cxd4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Rad1 e6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bf4 Qc5 15. Rfe1+ Be6 16. b4
Qb6 17. Bd6 Kd8 18. Bc5 Qc7 19. Bc4 Kc8 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 { Wahls,M 
( 2460 ) -Rahman,Z/Adelaide 1988/TD/1-0}  )( 7. e5 Qc7 8. d4 Bd7 9. Bf4 e6 10.
dxc5 Nge7 11. Re1 h6 12. Na3 g5 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Nb5 Ne7 16. c6
Bxc6 17. Nxa7+ Kb8 18. Nxc6+ Nxc6 19. h3 Bf8 20. b4 Ne7 21. Nd4 Ng6 {
Zvorykina,K-Rubtsova,O/Moscow 1966/MCD/1-0  ( 49 )}  )7... cxd4 8. exd5 Qxd5 9.
cxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. d5 Ne5 $4 { further deteriorates the position}  (
11... Bxc3 $142 12. bxc3 Qxd5 $16 )12. Bf4 $18 f6 ( 12... Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bxb5
14. Nxb5 $18 ( 14. Qxb5+ $6 Qd7 $14 ))13. Rfe1 Rd8 ( 13... a6 14. Rad1 $18 )14.
Nd4 Kf7 ( 14... a6 { cannot undo what has already been done}  15. Bxd7+ Qxd7
16. Qb3 $18 )15. Bxe5 ( 15. Ne6 $5 $142 { seems even better}  15... Nh6 16.
Bxe5 fxe5 $18 )15... fxe5 16. Ne4 Qxd5 17. Ng5+ Kf6 18. Ndf3 $4 { White
threatens to win material: Nf3xe5. throwing away the advantage}  ( 18. Bxd7 $5
$142 Qxd7 19. Qb3 Kxg5 20. h4+ Kh5 21. Qf3+ Qg4 22. Qxg4+ Kxg4 23. Re4+ Kh5 24.
g4+ Kh6 25. g5+ Kh5 $18 )18... Bxb5 $2 ( 18... Qxb5 19. Qa3 Bc6 20. Rxe5 Rd3
$18 )19. Qh4 $16 Qc4 $4 { simply worsens the situation}  ( 19... h6 $142 20.
Rxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxe5 hxg5 $18 )20. Re4 $18 Qc2 ( 20... h6 { otherwise it's
curtains at once}  21. Rxc4 hxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf7 $18 )21. Rxe5 ( 21. Qg3 $142 {
makes sure everything is clear}  21... Rd5 22. Rxe5 Rd1+ 23. Re1 Qf5 24. Raxd1
Bh6 $18 )21... Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 23. Re1 Qa4 ( 23... Qxe1+ { a last effort to
resist the inevitable}  24. Nxe1 e5 $18 )24. b4 e5 25. Nxe5 Bf8 ( 25... Qxb4 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice}  26. Qxb4 a5 27. Ne4+ Kxe5 28. Nf6+ Be2 29.
Rxe2+ Kf5 30. Qg4+ Kxf6 31. Qf4# )26. Qf4+ Kg7 ( 26... Ke7 { does not save the
day}  27. Nef7+ Kd7 28. Qd4+ Kc7 29. Ne6+ Kb8 30. Qd8# )27. Ne6#  1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tao, Trevor"]
[Black "Stevens, Tristan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]

{ B01: Scandinavian Defence } 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. dxc6 bxc6 5.
Be2 e5 6. d3 ( 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. d3 Qb6 8. f3 Bxg1 { 0-1 Ruzicka,A  ( 1834 )
-Krivanek,V  ( 2078 ) /Klatovy 2005/CBM 107 ext}  )6... Qb6 $146 ( 6... Bc5 7.
Nf3 e4 ( 7... Ng4 8. O-O f5 9. Nc3 Qf6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. h3 h5 12. hxg4 hxg4 13.
Ng5 g3 14. Na4 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 f4 16. Ne4 Qh4 17. Nxg3 fxg3 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.
Bf3 Nd7 20. Qe4 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Nf6 22. Qxc6 { Maroczy,G-Helling,K/Dresden
1936/HCL/1-0  ( 33 )}  )8. dxe4 Qb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12.
Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Qd1 Nd7 14. Bd3 Re7 15. c3 a5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Rae1 Be6
19. Be5 Bxa2 20. Bxf6 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 { Bird,H-Pollock,W/New York 1889/HCL/1-0  (
56 )}  )( 6... Bf5 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nh4 Be6 12.
Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Rad8 14. Bd3 g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. b3 Nb6 18. Be3
Be7 19. Nf3 Rf8 20. g4 Kh8 21. Kh1 { Mortimer,J-Blackburne,J/Ostende
1907/HCL/1-0  ( 42 )}  )( 6... Bc5 7. Nf3 $14 )7. Nf3 $16 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Be6 9.
O-O Nbd7 10. Ng5 Bd5 ( 10... Nc5 $18)11. Nge4 ( 11. c4 $5 $18 $142)11... Bc7 (
11... Be7 12. Bg4 $16 )12. Bf3 h5 ( 12... O-O $5 $16)13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Ne4 Ng4
( 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. dxe4 $18 )15. h3 ( 15. Bxg4 Bxe4 16. Bd7+ Kxd7
17. dxe4+ Ke8 $18 )15... f5 ( 15... Rd8 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Bg5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 $18
)16. hxg4 ( 16. Bxg4 $6 hxg4 17. c4 fxe4 $14 )16... hxg4 ( 16... fxe4 17. Bxe4
Bxe4 18. dxe4 $18 )17. Bxg4 fxe4 ( 17... fxg4 18. Qxg4 c5 19. Rd1 $18 )18. dxe4
Bxe4 ( 18... Bf7 { does not solve anything}  19. Be3 c5 20. Qd7+ Kf8 21. b4 $18
)19. Qd7+ ( 19. Be3 $142 { and White has reached his goal}  19... Rd8 20. Bxb6
Rxd1 21. Bxc7 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bxc2 23. Bxe5 $18 )19... Kf8 20. Be3 c5 ( 20...
Rd8 21. Qxd8+ $3 { A double attack}  21... Bxd8 22. Bxb6 Bxb6 $18 )21. Be6 (
21. f4 { and White can already relax}  21... Rh6 22. fxe5+ Kg8 $18 )21... Bg6
22. b4 $1 { a fitting end to a beautiful game}  22... Bd6 ( 22... cxb4 { A
pinning theme}  23. Bxb6 { Eliminates the defender b6}  )23. bxc5 Bxc5 ( 23...
Rd8 { desperation}  24. cxd6 Rxd7 25. Bxb6 Re7 $18 )24. Rab1 Qd6 25. Rb7 Rh7
26. Rd1 Qe7 ( 26... Bb4 { doesn't change the outcome of the game}  27. Rxd6 Re8
28. Bf7 Rh1+ 29. Kxh1 Re6 30. Qd8+ Re8 31. Qxe8# )27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qd8+ $3 {
Theme: Double Attack}  28... Rxd8 ( 28... Be8 { doesn't change anything
anymore}  29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. Re7+ Kh8 31. Rxe8+ Qf8 32. Rxf8# )29. Rxd8+ Be8 30.
Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rxe8+ Qf8 32. Rfxf8# ( 32. Rexf8#) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Black "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[ECO "B03"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]

{ B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack } 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4.
c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Nf3 f6 11.
exf6 Bxf6 { Now all is on d4}  12. O-O O-O 13. h3 ( 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Bf2 Rad8
15. c5 Nd5 16. Re1 Nf4 17. Bb5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qg5 20. g3 Bg4 21.
Be2 Nxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Kh8 23. Qc2 e5 24. h4 Qh6 25. Qe4 exd4 26. Nxd4 Qd2 27. Rf1
Rxf1+ { Borm,F  ( 2260 ) -Bohm,H  ( 2410 ) /Amsterdam 1978/MCD/1-0  ( 62 )} 
)13... h6 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Rad8 $146 ( 15... Rae8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nh2 Rd8
18. Nf3 Bh7 19. Qc1 Rfe8 20. Kh1 Rd7 21. Rd2 Red8 22. Rfd1 Qf7 23. Rf1 Qe7 {
1/2-1/2 Wittmann,R  ( 2305 ) -Holzapfel,D/Germany 1984/GER-chT}  )16. Kh1 Kh8
17. Qc1 Rd7 18. d5 { White gains space}  18... Ne5 19. dxe6 ( 19. Bxb6 Nxf3 20.
Bxc7 $14 ( 20. gxf3 $2 axb6 21. Rf2 Be5 $19 )( 20. Bxa7 $6 { is the weaker
alternative}  20... Nh4 $14 ))19... Bxe6 { Will c4 fall?}  ( 19... Qxe6 $2 {
doesn't solve anything}  20. Nd4 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 $18 )20. Nd5 ( 20. Ne4 Nexc4 21.
Bc5 $16 )20... Bxd5 $15 ( { Worse is } 20... Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bg8 22. Bc5 $18 )21.
cxd5 Rfd8 ( 21... Nxf3 22. Rxf3 Rfd8 23. Bxb6 Qxe2 24. Rf2 $15 )22. Nxe5 Qxe5 {
Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d5}  23. Bd4 Qg5 ( 23... Qxe2
$142 { would allow Black to play on}  24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 $11 )24. Rxf6
$1 $16 { Demolishes the pawn shield}  24... Rxd5 $4 { but even a better move
would not have saved the game.}  ( 24... Qxf6 25. Bxf6 )25. Rxh6+ $18 Kg8 26.
Qxg5 Rxg5 27. Rh5 ( 27. Rh5 Rxh5 28. Bxh5 $18 )( 27. Rh4 { might be the shorter
path}  27... c5 28. Bf2 Rgd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 $18 ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Obst, James"]
[Black "Mdinaradze, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]

{ A45: Trompowsky Attack } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O
6. Bd3 f5 7. O-O $146 { White castles and improves king safety}  ( 7. c4 Bf6 8.
Nc3 c6 9. O-O g6 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Qc7 14. Ra1 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 b6 16. Qb2 Bb7 17. Rc1 Ra8 18. Be2 Qb8 19. Ne1 Bg7 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. Nd3
Ra7 { Tkeshelashvili,S  ( 2170 ) -Hahn,A  ( 2165 ) /Medellin 1996/Juniors/1-0 
( 52 )}  )7... Bf6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. c4 Ne7 10. Nc3 g6 11. Rab1 Re8 12. b4 { White
prepares c5}  12... c6 { Controls b5+d5}  13. c5 { This push gains space} 
13... Be6 14. Rfd1 Nd5 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Qc2 b6 17. Rdc1 dxc5 18. bxc5 b5 19. a4
a6 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Qb2 Reb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 Qb7 24. Bc2 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ra8
26. Bb3 Ra6 27. Rxa6 Qxa6 28. Qa2 ( 28. Nc1 $5 $14 { is noteworthy} )28... Qxa2
$11 29. Bxa2 { A minor pieces endgame occured}  29... Kf8 30. Bb3 Ke8 31. g3 {
Covers f4+h4}  31... Kd7 32. Kf1 Bd8 33. Nc1 g5 34. Ke2 h5 35. Nf3 f6 {
Consolidates e5}  36. h4 Nc3+ 37. Kf1 f4 { Black wins space}  ( 37... Bxb3 38.
Nxb3 Ke6 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Nc1 $11 )38. hxg5 $14 ( { Instead of } 38. exf4 gxf4
39. gxf4 Bxb3 40. Nxb3 Ke6 $15 )38... fxe3 39. Bxe6+ Kxe6 40. g6 { Is this a
dangerous pawn?}  40... exf2 { Black has a new passed pawn: f2.}  ( 40... Nd5
41. Nh4 $14 )41. Nd3 ( 41. Ne2 Nd5 42. Nf4+ Ke7 43. Nxh5 b4 $16 )41... Nd5 (
41... Bc7 42. d5+ { Clearance to allow f3-d4}  42... Nxd5 43. Nd4+ Ke7 44.
Nxc6+ Kf8 45. Kxf2 $11 )42. Kxf2 ( 42. Nf4+ $5 Nxf4 43. gxf4 $16 )42... Bc7 $11
43. Nh4 ( 43. Kg2 f5 $11 )43... Ne7 $15 44. Kf3 Ng8 $4 { Black lets it slip
away}  ( 44... f5 $5 $15)45. Nb4 { White threatens to win material: Nb4xc6}  (
45. g7 $142 Ba5 46. Nf4+ Kf7 47. Nf5 $16 )45... Kd7 $4 ( 45... Ne7 $11 $142 {
would keep Black alive} )46. Nf5 ( 46. d5 $142 { seems even better}  46... cxd5
47. Nf5 $18 )46... Ba5 $16 47. Nd3 Bc3 ( 47... b4 $5 48. d5 cxd5 $16 )48. Ke4
b4 49. Nc1 Ke6 ( 49... Be1 50. Kd3 $18 )50. Nb3 Be1 51. Ng7+ Kd7 52. Nxh5 Ke7 (
52... Ne7 53. Nxf6+ Ke6 54. Nh5 Nxg6 55. g4 $18 )53. d5 ( 53. Na5 { makes it
even easier for White}  53... b3 54. Nxb3 Kd7 $18 )53... cxd5+ 54. Kxd5 Bc3 (
54... f5 55. Kc6 Nf6 $18 )55. Ng7 Nh6 ( 55... f5 { cannot change destiny}  56.
Nxf5+ Kf6 57. g4 $18 )56. c6 ( 56. g4 Be5 57. Nf5+ Nxf5 58. gxf5 Kf8 $18 )56...
Be5 ( 56... Kd8 { cannot change what is in store for ?}  57. Ke6 f5 58. Ne8 $18
)57. g4 Nxg4 ( 57... Bf4 $18 { is the last straw} )58. Nf5+ Kf8 59. Nc5 Ne3+
60. Nxe3 Kg7 61. Nf5+ Kxg6 62. Nd6 ( 62. Nd6 Bf4 63. c7 Kh7 64. c8=Q Bh6 65.
Qf5+ Kg7 66. Ne6+ Kh8 67. Nf7+ Kg8 68. Qg6+ Bg7 69. Qxg7# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Juszczynski, Mathew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "E43"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]

{ E43: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...b6 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6
5. f3 O-O 6. Bd3 ( 6. e4 Ba6 ( 6... d5 7. e5 Nh5 8. Nh3 f6 9. a3 Be7 10. Be3
fxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. f4 d4 13. Qxh5 g6 14. Qg4 dxe3 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Bd3 Bc5
17. b4 Be7 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Ng5 Nd8 20. Nb5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 { Degtiarev,E  ( 2297
) -Handke,F  ( 2488 ) /Altenkirchen 2005/CBM 106/1-0  ( 41 )}  )7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 d6 9. Bd3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Ne2 e5 13. O-O g5 14. Bf2 Nh5
15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. f4 f6 18. d5 Na5 19. Qe2 Qe8 20. a4 Bc8 { Milov,V
 ( 2626 ) -Milos,G  ( 2633 ) /Buenos Aires 2000/CBM 080/1/2-1/2  ( 69 )}  )6...
d5 7. Ne2 $146 ( 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe7 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3
12. Ne2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Qb3 Rd8 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18.
Bb1 Ba6 19. Bd3 Na5 20. Qb1 Nc4 21. Bf2 Bb7 { Rantanen,M-Vestol,A/Saltsjobaden
1948/MCD/0-1  ( 36 )}  )7... Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 {
White has the pair of bishops}  11... Re8 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. Ra2 Qc7 ( 13... Nf8
14. Bb5 N8d7 15. Re2 $14 )14. Re2 $16 h5 ( 14... Qd6 $5 $16 $142)15. e4 $18 h4
( 15... Nf8 16. e5 N6h7 17. Nxh5 cxd4 18. cxd4 $18 )16. Nf5 dxe4 ( 16... g6 17.
Nh6+ Kg7 18. e5 $18 )17. fxe4 Nxe4 $4 { a blunder in a bad position.}  ( 17...
c4 18. Bc2 h3 $18 )18. Bxe4 ( 18. Nxg7 $5 $142 { keeps an even firmer grip} 
18... Qc6 19. Nxe8 Nxc3 20. Bh7+ Kh8 $18 )18... Rxe4 19. Bf4 ( 19. Rxe4 $142 {
and the rest is a matter of technique}  19... Bxe4 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Bf4 $18
)19... Rxf4 $19 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Ng6+ { Demolition of pawn structure}  21...
fxg6 22. Rxf4+ { Eliminates the defender f4}  22... Qxf4 23. Rf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2
Kg8 ( 24... g5 $5 { makes it even easier for Black}  25. Kg1 cxd4 26. Qxd4 $19
)25. Qa4 Nf6 26. Qb3+ $4 { sad, but how else could White save the game?}  ( 26.
dxc5 $142 bxc5 27. Qxh4 $19 )26... Bd5 27. c4 ( 27. Qb5 { is not much help} 
27... Re8 28. dxc5 Ng4+ 29. Kf1 Re6 $19 )27... Ng4+ 28. Kg1 Re8 29. Qc3 ( 29.
Qb1 { hardly improves anything}  29... Be4 30. Qe1 cxd4 $19 )29... cxd4 30. Qd2
( 30. Qc1 { hoping against hope}  30... Ba8 31. Qd1 $19 )30... Bxc4 31. g3 (
31. Qb4 Kh7 32. Qxc4 Re1+ 33. Qf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Nxh2+ 35. Ke2 $19 )31... h3
32. Qc1 b5 33. a4 ( 33. Qb1 { is not the saving move}  33... Re2 34. Qf1 d3 35.
Qxh3 Re1+ 36. Qf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kg2 Ne3+ 38. Kh3 d2 39. Kh4 d1=Q 40. h3 Qd8# )33...
Re2 34. axb5 ( 34. Qf1 { is no salvation}  34... Rc2 35. Qxh3 Rc1+ 36. Qf1 Bxf1
37. axb5 Bh3# )34... Rg2+ 35. Kh1 Nf2#  0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Juszczynski, Mathew"]
[Black "Goldsmith, Alan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[ECO "A31"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]

{ A31: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. e3 Ng4 $146 ( 8... e4 9. Qc2 ( 9.
Bc4 a6 ( 9... Nbd7 10. O-O ( 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. e4 Bg6
14. O-O Rac8 15. Nd2 b5 16. Bb3 Ng4 17. Qd3 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Ne3 19. Qxb5 Nxf1 20.
Qxf1 Be3 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Nc4 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxe4 24. Rd1 Rfd8 {
Parker,R-Matamoros Franco,C  ( 2395 ) /London 1987/TD/0-1  ( 34 )}  ) 10... Ne5
11. Be2 Bf5 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. b3 a6 15. Bb2 b5 16. Nd2 Qd6 17. Rc1
Rad8 18. Qc2 Ba7 19. Rfd1 h5 20. a4 b4 21. Nc4 Qb8 22. Nb1 Nxd5 23. Na5 Nxe3
24. fxe3 { Vega,R-Needleman,A  ( 2411 ) /Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/0-1  (
43 )}  ) 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Nde2 Nbd7 15. Nf4
Ne5 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Rg1 h6 18. h4 Nfg4 19. Rh1 Rc8 20. Kf1 Nf6 21. Qb3 b5 22.
Bd2 Nc4 23. Be1 Bxf4 { Varga,Z  ( 2460 ) -Fogarasi,T  ( 2500 ) /Budapest
1995/CBM 046 ext/0-1  ( 62 )}  )9... Bf5 10. Nd2 Re8 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Bf8 13.
Bb2 Rc8 14. Qb3 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. O-O Bd6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Nf1 h5 19. b5 Nfd7
20. Na4 Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. h3 Nge5 23. Bd4 { Lee,T  ( 2200 ) -Leontxo,O  (
2300 ) /London 1982/MCD/0-1  ( 31 )}  )( 8... Nbd7 9. Be2 $11 )9. Be2 { White
threatens to win material: Be2xg4}  9... Qh4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 { Black has the pair
of bishops}  11. Qd3 f5 12. O-O $2 ( 12. d6 $142 { and White hangs on}  12...
Rf7 13. O-O $15 )12... e4 $19 13. Qc4 ( 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. f4 exf3 15. gxf3 $19
)13... Bd6 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re1 Rf6 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Ndxe4 ( 18. Ne2
Bh3 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Qe2 $19 )18... fxe4 19. Nxe4 Rh6 ( 19... Ne5 $142 { and
Black can celebrate victory}  20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. f4 Nf3+ 22. Kf2 Qxh2+ 23. Qg2
Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 25. Kf1 $19 )20. h4 Ne5 21. Ng5 ( 21. f4 { is still a
small chance}  21... Nf3+ 22. Kf2 Nxe1 23. Qxe1 $19 )21... Qxg5 $3 {
Annihilates a defender: g5}  22. f4 ( 22. hxg5 Nf3+ { A double attack}  )22...
Qh5 23. fxe5 Rf8 ( 23... Bxe5 $142 { might be the shorter path}  24. e4 Rg6 $19
)24. Qd3 ( 24. exd6 { there is nothing else anyway}  24... Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 $19
)24... Qxe5 25. e4 Rf3 26. Bf4 Rxd3 ( 26... Rxd3 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Re2 Rxg3+
29. Kf1 Rxh4 30. Ke1 Rh1+ 31. Kd2 Rxa1 32. Re3 Rg2+ 33. Kd3 b5 34. Rf3 Rd1+ 35.
Ke3 Re1+ 36. Kd3 Bxf3 37. d6 Bxe4# ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mdinaradze, Edgar"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[ECO "E80"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]

{ E80: King's Indian: Sämisch: Lines without early ...0-0 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nfd7 7. d5 $146 { White wins space}  ( 7.
h4 O-O 8. d5 ( 8. h5 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nde5 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6
13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Nd5 Qf7 16. Bc3 c6 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. Be2 a6 19.
Rhf1 b5 20. c5 Qf4 21. Kb1 dxc5 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 { Tolush,A-Cherepkov,A/Leningrad
1957/MCD/1/2-1/2  ( 38 )}  )8... f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Qd2 Na6 12. h5
Ndc5 13. h6 Bh8 14. Be3 Qg6 15. O-O-O b6 16. g4 fxg4 17. fxg4 Nb4 18. Bxc5 bxc5
19. Ng3 Rf4 20. a3 Rd4 21. Qf2 Rxd1+ { Shamkovich,L-Cherepkov,A/Leningrad
1957/MCD/1-0  ( 31 )}  )( 7. Be3 Bh6 8. Qd2 ( 8. Bf2 O-O 9. Ng3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7
11. Bd3 f5 12. b4 Nf6 13. Qc2 fxe4 14. Ngxe4 Nf5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17.
O-O Nd4 18. Qd1 a5 19. a3 Bf5 20. Kh1 axb4 21. axb4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nf5 { Wang
Rui  ( 2481 ) -Boysan,F/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/1-0  ( 51 )}  )8... Bxe3
9. Qxe3 Nc6 10. O-O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qg5+ 13. Kb1 Qe5 14. Qd2 Nc5
15. f4 Qg7 16. b4 Na6 17. Nd5 Be6 18. c5 Bxd5 19. exd5 O-O 20. c6 Rab8 21. a3
Rfe8 { Jobava,B  ( 2556 ) -Jacimovic,D  ( 2486 ) /Leon 2001/CBM 086/1-0  ( 62
)}  )7... f5 8. exf5 gxf5 9. Be3 O-O { He knows no fear}  10. Qd2 a5 ( 10...
Nb6 11. b3 $11 )11. h4 { Black's piece can't move: c8}  ( 11. O-O-O Na6 $14
)11... Na6 $11 12. Nc1 ( 12. O-O-O f4 13. Bf2 Ndc5 $15 )12... Ndc5 ( 12... Rf7
13. Be2 $15 )13. Nd3 b6 { Secures c5}  14. Be2 f4 { Black gets more space}  15.
Bf2 Bf5 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 ( { Less advisable is } 16... dxc5 17. O-O-O $16 )17.
Bxc5 bxc5 ( { Not } 17... dxc5 18. O-O-O $16 )18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rb8 { Black
threatens to win material: Rb8xb2}  20. O-O-O Qd7 21. Ne4 { A comfortable
square for the white knight}  21... Bh6 ( 21... Rb4 22. Kb1 $11 )22. Kb1 Qf5
23. Rdg1 Kh8 24. Qc2 ( 24. g3 fxg3 25. Rxg3 a4 $11 )24... Qd7 25. Rd1 Qg7 26.
Rd3 Rg8 27. Rh2 Qe7 ( 27... Rb4 28. a3 Rb7 29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. Qxb3 $14 )28. Ra3
$14 { White threatens to win material: Ra3xa5}  28... Rg7 ( 28... Ra8 $14)29.
Rd3 ( 29. Rxa5 $5 Qe8 30. Ra6 $16 )29... Qe8 30. Rb3 Rg6 ( 30... Rb4 31. a3
Rxb3 32. Qxb3 $14 )31. Rxb8 { White pins: Rb8xe8}  31... Qxb8 32. a3 Qg8 33.
Kc1 Rg3 { The black rook is well posted.}  34. Qf2 Bf8 ( 34... Qb8 $11)35. Kc2
( 35. Qd2 Rg7 $14 )35... Be7 ( 35... c6 36. Qd2 ( 36. Nxg3 { would lead to
instant doom}  36... fxg3 37. Qf1 gxh2 38. dxc6 Bh6 $19 )36... Rg7 37. b3 cxd5
38. Qxd5 $11 )36. Qf1 ( 36. Nxg3 $4 { a gruesome error}  36... fxg3 37. Qg1
Qg6+ 38. Kc3 gxh2 39. Qxh2 Qb1 $19 )36... Rg6 37. Kd3 { White king safety
dropped}  ( 37. Kb1 Rg7 $11 )37... Qb8 { Black threatens to win material:
Qb8xb2}  38. Kc2 a4 { White has a new backward pawn: b2}  39. Qd3 Qg8 40. Kc3
$2 ( 40. Qe2 $5 $11 $142 { is the best option White has} )40... Rxg2 $17 41.
Rxg2 Qxg2 42. Nd2 Bxh4 ( 42... Qh3 $142 43. Qc2 Kg7 $19 )43. Qf1 $2 ( 43. Qf5
$5 $15)43... Qg8 ( 43... Qxf1 $5 44. Nxf1 Be1+ 45. Kc2 $19 )44. Qd1 ( 44. b3
axb3 45. Ne4 b2 46. Kxb2 Qc8 $17 )44... Qa8 45. b3 axb3 46. Qxb3 ( 46. Qh1 Qa5+
47. Kxb3 Qxd2 48. Qxh4 Qd3+ 49. Kb2 Qe2+ 50. Kb3 Qxf3+ 51. Ka4 $15 )46... Be1
47. Kc2 h5 $4 { hands over the advantage to the opponent}  ( 47... Bxd2 $142 {
and Black can already relax}  48. Kxd2 Kg7 $19 )48. Ne4 ( 48. Qb1 Bf2 49. Kd1
Qe8 $11 )48... h4 ( 48... Qe8 $5 $17)49. Kd1 { White threatens to win material:
Kd1xe1}  49... Bg3 ( 49... Ba5 50. Qc2 $17 )50. Qd3 ( 50. Qb1 Qd8 51. Nd2 Kg7
$11 )50... Qg8 { Black has a decisive advantage}  ( 50... Qe8 51. Ng5 e4 52.
Nxe4 Qg6 53. Qc3+ Qg7 $11 )51. Nf6 $11 { White threatens to win material:
Nf6xg8}  51... Qg7 { Black threatens to win material: Qg7xf6}  ( 51... Qf7 $5 {
should be examined more closely}  52. Qf5 Kg7 53. Nh5+ Kg8 54. Qg5+ Kf8 55.
Qd8+ Qe8 56. Qf6+ Qf7 57. Qd8+ Qe8 58. Qf6+ Qf7 59. Qd8+ $11 )52. Qf5 $14 {
White has a mate threat}  52... Qf7 $4 ( 52... Qh6 $14 $142 { saving the game}
)53. Qg5 $18 Qf8 54. Qg6 ( 54. Qg6 Qxf6 55. Qxf6+ Kh7 56. Qe7+ Kh6 57. Qxc7 Bh2
58. Qxd6+ Kh7 59. Qd7+ Kh8 60. d6 e4 61. Qc8+ Kg7 62. d7 Kf7 63. Qe8+ Kg7 64.
d8=Q h3 65. Qg5+ Kh7 66. Qeg8# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Black "Obst, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[ECO "A87"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]

{ A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3 } 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4.
Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. d5 a5 9. Nd4 Na6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bh1 Qf7 15. Be3 g5 $146 ( 15... Rae8 16. Qd2
b6 17. Nc6 ( 17. Rac1 Kh8 18. b3 Bd7 19. Bg2 e6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22.
Bd4 Bf6 23. Bc6 Re7 24. Bxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qc3 Kg7 26. f4 Rff7 27. a3 Bg4 28. Qxf6+
Kxf6 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Re7 { Roeder,M  ( 2448 ) -Hoang Thanh
Trang  ( 2450 ) /Budapest 1999/CBM 069 ext/1/2-1/2  ( 56 )}  )17... Nd7 18. Bd4
Nf6 19. Re2 Bd7 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rae1 Bxc6 22. dxc6 e5 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. a3 Ra8
25. Qd3 a4 26. Qc2 Qf5 27. Re4 Bf6 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 Kg7 30. Qe2 { Hirsch,J  (
2300 ) -Michalek,J  ( 2320 ) /Brno 1991/CBM 024 ext/0-1  ( 43 )}  )( 15... Rac8
16. Qd2 b6 17. b3 Kh8 18. Rac1 Bd7 19. h4 Qf6 20. Ne2 e6 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22. Bg2
Qb2 23. Rc2 Qf6 24. Qd1 Qf5 25. Rc1 Qg4 26. Nc3 Nd4 27. Qxg4 Bxg4 28. Kh2 Nf3+
29. Bxf3 Bxf3 30. Nb5 { Akopian,V  ( 2615 ) -Vyzmanavin,A  ( 2620 )
/Novosibirsk 1993/CBM 036/1-0  ( 61 )}  )( 15... Bd7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Rab1 Rac8
18. Bg2 c6 19. b4 axb3 20. Nxb3 Na4 21. Bd4 Bf5 22. Rbc1 c5 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24.
Be4 Bd7 25. Na5 Ra8 26. Bg2 Bf5 27. Be4 Bd7 28. Bg2 Bf5 29. Be4 { 1/2-1/2 Zhu
Chen  ( 2495 ) -Hoang Thanh Trang  ( 2447 ) /Jakarta 2004/CBM 100}  )( 15... h6
16. Qd2 g5 17. Rac1 Qg6 18. Rcd1 Rf7 19. b3 Raf8 20. Re2 b6 21. Bg2 Bxg2 22.
Kxg2 g4 23. Qc2 Qh5 24. Kg1 Nd7 25. Nc6 Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Rc1 Rf3 28. Qd1
e4 29. c5 b5 30. d6 { D'Costa,L  ( 2254 ) -McDonald,N  ( 2396 ) /Torquay
2002/CBM 091/1-0  ( 69 )}  )( 15... Rae8 16. Qd2 $11 )16. Qd2 $14 Qg6 17. Rad1
Rf7 18. b3 { Prevents intrusion on a4}  18... Raf8 19. Qxa5 Nd3 { Exerts
pressure on the backward pawn. Black threatens to win material: Nd3xe1}  20.
Re2 ( 20. Qxc7 $4 { it may look tempting but White must resist capturing the
pawn}  20... Nxf2 21. Nc6 bxc6 $19 )20... Nxf2 ( 20... Nf4 $5 { is worth
consideration}  21. Bxf4 gxf4 $11 )21. Rxf2 $16 ( 21. Bxf2 Bxd4 22. Qd2 Bxf2+
23. Rxf2 Rxf2 24. Qxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qc2+ 26. Ke1 Bg4 27. Bf3 Qc3+ 28. Rd2 Qxf3
29. h3 Qe3+ 30. Kf1 Bxh3+ 31. Rg2 Qxg3 32. Ke2 Qxg2+ 33. Ke3 Qg1+ 34. Ke2 Bg4+
35. Kd3 Qe1 36. Kc2 Bf5+ 37. Kb2 Qd2+ 38. Ka3 Bd7 39. c5 Qc1+ 40. Kb4 Qxc5#
)21... Bxd4 $4 { the position is going down the drain}  ( 21... Rxf2 $142 22.
Bxf2 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qc2 $16 )22. Bxd4 $18 Qc2 ( 22... Rxf2 { does not improve
anything}  23. Bxf2 Rf7 24. Qd2 $18 ( 24. Qxc7 $6 { is impossible}  24... Qc2
25. Rf1 Bxf1 26. Qc8+ Rf8 27. Qe6+ Rf7 28. Qc8+ Rf8 29. Qe6+ Rf7 30. Qc8+ $11
))23. Qd2 ( 23. Rxc2 $4 { will give the opponent a chance to mate in 2}  23...
Rf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1# )23... Rxf2 24. Bxf2 ( 24. Bxf2 Qf5 25. a4 $18 ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Stevens, Tristan"]
[Black "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[ECO "B21"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]

{ B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3
dxc3 5. Nxc3 a6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Qe2 ( 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Kh1 Nge7 10. Nd4
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qd2 b5 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. f4 Bb7 16. Qf2 Qb8
17. Rcd1 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. Bd4 Bf8 20. e5 d6 21. f5 Qc7 { Li Haoyu  ( 2314 )
-Wang Rui  ( 2509 ) /Tianjin 2001/CBM 083 ext/1/2-1/2}  )7... Nc6 ( 7... Be7 8.
O-O b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Rd1 d6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Kf8
15. Nxe7 Qe8 16. Nxg8 Kxg8 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bf6 Nc6 19. Qd7 Na5 20. Qxe8+ Rxe8
21. Bd5 h5 22. Bxh8 { Saradjen,J  ( 2176 ) -Orel,A  ( 2006 ) /Nova Gorica
2004/CBM 098 ext/1-0}  )8. Be3 $146 { Black is behind in developement. Black's
piece can't move: c8}  ( 8. a3 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bg5 b5
13. Ba2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 Qd7 18. dxc6 Rxc6
19. Ne5 Rxc1 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Nxd7 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rxd7 { Garcia Saez,J  ( 2169
) -Balcells Soriguera,M/Balaguer 2003/CBM 095 ext/1-0}  )( 8. O-O Bd6 $11 )8...
Bd6 9. O-O Nge7 { Black is behind in development.}  ( 9... Nf6 10. Bg5 $15 )10.
Rfd1 O-O { White has a very active position}  11. Rac1 Ng6 12. Bb3 b5 13. g3 {
Consolidates f4}  13... Rd8 14. Ng5 Be7 15. Nd5 exd5 16. Nxf7 { Demolishes the
pawn shield}  16... Kxf7 $4 { Black loses the upper hand}  ( 16... Rf8 $142 {
would bring relief}  17. exd5 Rxf7 18. dxc6 dxc6 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qf3+ Kg8
21. Rxc6 Qb7 22. Qd5+ Kh8 $15 )17. exd5 $18 Qe5 18. dxc6+ Kf8 ( 18... d5 { does
not help much}  19. c7 Be6 20. cxd8=R Rxd8 21. Rc6 $18 )19. c7 ( 19. Qf3+ $142
{ and White has prevailed}  19... Qf6 20. Qd5 $18 )19... Bb7 20. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8
21. Qg4 Qf6 ( 21... Qe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 $18 )22. Rxd7 Ne5 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bc5+
Ke8 ( 24... Be7 { there is nothing better in the position}  25. Bxe7+ Qxe7 26.
Qf4+ Qf6 27. Qb4+ Ke8 $18 )25. Re1 Bf3 ( 25... Bc7 { does not win a prize}  26.
Qd4 Qe7 27. Bxe7 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Nxd4 29. Bc5+ Kd7 30. Bxd4 $18 )26. Rxe5+ $1 {
Annihilates a defender: e5}  26... Qxe5 { A deflection}  27. Qxf3 Qe1+ ( 27...
Kd7 { the only chance to get some counterplay}  28. Bb4 h5 $18 )28. Kg2 ( 28.
Kg2 Kd7 29. Qd5+ Kc7 30. Qd6+ Kc8 31. Qxa6+ Kd7 32. Qxb5+ Kc8 33. Qa6+ Kc7 34.
Bb6+ Kb8 35. Qa7+ Kc8 36. Qa8+ Kd7 37. Qb7+ Bc7 38. Qxc7+ Ke8 39. Qf7# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.02.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Black "Tao, Trevor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "B15"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]

{ B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6 } 1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. exd5 cxd5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9.
Ne2 Bg7 10. c3 Nge7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 $146 ( 12. g4 f5 13. Bg5 fxg4 14. Qxg4
Qd6 15. f4 Nf5 16. Rf3 Rf7 17. Raf1 h6 18. Bh4 h5 19. Qxg6 Nxh4 20. Qh7+ Kf8
21. R3f2 Ne7 22. Qxh5 Nef5 23. Kh1 Ke7 24. Rg1 Rh8 25. Qg4 Bf6 26. Ng3 Rg7 { Da
Mata,L  ( 2122 ) -Pelikian,J  ( 2414 ) /Sao Paulo 2004/CBM 098 ext/0-1  ( 38 )}
 )12... a6 { Secures b5}  13. Bf4 ( 13. Qg3 Rc8 $14 )13... b5 ( 13... f6 14.
Qg4 e5 15. Bc1 $11 )14. a3 { Controls b4}  14... Qb6 ( 14... f6 15. Qg4 e5 16.
Bc1 $11 )15. Qg3 $16 Qb7 16. Nc1 { The knight intends Ne2-c1-b3-c5}  ( 16. Bd6
Rfe8 $14 )16... Na5 ( 16... f6 17. Bd6 $14 )17. b4 { White threatens to win
material: b4xa5}  ( 17. Re1 $5 $16)17... Nc4 $11 18. Nb3 Nb2 19. Re1 Qc6 20.
Nc5 { Menacing}  20... Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Nc8 { The idea is Ne7-c8-b6-c4}  22. a4
Nb6 { Black threatens to win material: Nb6xa4}  23. a5 { White threatens to win
material: a5xb6}  23... Nc4 { 'the knight is the knight!'}  24. Re2 Rae8 25.
Rae1 Qc8 26. Qg3 Re7 27. h4 h6 { Covers g5}  28. h5 g5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 {
Black wins a piece. Decoy theme: g5}  30... f6 { Black threatens to win
material: f6xg5}  31. Qg6 e5 32. h6 { A strong pawn}  32... e4 ( 32... Kh8 $5
$16 $142)33. Nxe4 $18 ( 33. hxg7 $6 Rxg7 34. Qh5 Rg5 $14 )33... dxe4 ( 33...
Rxe4 { Deflection from g7}  34. Qxg7# { The nicest combinations are those
leading to mate}  )34. Rxe4 ( 34. hxg7 { is much weaker}  34... Rfe8 35. Rxe4
Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Qxe4 Kxg7 38. Qe7+ Kg6 $15 )34... Ref7 35. Rg4 ( 35.
hxg7 $6 Rxg7 36. Qh5 Rg5 $11 )35... Qd7 36. Qh5 ( 36. Re6 $1 $18 $142)36... Nd6
$16 37. hxg7 Rxg7 38. Rxg7+ ( 38. Qd5+ $5 Rf7 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Re6 $16 )38...
Kxg7 $14 39. Re3 { White has a mate threat}  39... Re8 40. Rg3+ Kf8 41. Qh8+ {
White forks: f6+f8}  41... Ke7 42. Re3+ Kd8 43. Qxf6+ Kc7 44. Re5 Nc4 ( 44...
Qd8 $5 { must be considered}  45. Qh6 Re7 $14 )45. Rxe8 $16 Qxe8 46. g4 ( 46.
Qxa6 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qxf2 48. Qa7+ Kd8 49. Qb8+ Ke7 50. Qc7+ Ke6 51. Qc8+ Ke7 52.
Qc5+ Kd8 53. Qg5+ Kc8 54. Qg8+ Kc7 55. Qh7+ Kd6 56. Qg6+ Kc7 57. Qg7+ Kd8 58.
Qg3 $11 )46... Qe4 $11 { Black threatens to win material: Qe4xg4}  47. f3 {
White threatens to win material: f3xe4}  47... Qe2 48. Qf4+ Kc8 49. g5 Nd2 {
Black threatens to win material: Nd2xf3}  50. Qf5+ Kc7 51. Qc5+ Kd7 { Black has
a mate threat}  52. Qf5+ Kc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Goldsmith, Alan D"]
[Black "Tao, Trevor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "C44"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]

{ C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11.
O-O Na5 ( 11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Bf5 13. Qb3 Qa5 ( 13... Qxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. Bf3
Bd7 16. Nc4 Rae8 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. c4 b6 21. cxd5 bxa5
22. Rxa5 Rb8 23. Rxa6 Rfd8 24. Rd3 Rxd5 25. Rc6 Rbd8 26. Rxc7 Rxd4 27. Rxd4
Rxd4 28. Rc1 { Oleksienko,M  ( 2405 ) -Kravtsiv,M  ( 2160 ) /Lvov 2003/CBM 095
ext/1-0  ( 58 )}  )14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Qb2 Ne7 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. Qa3 Qd6 18. Qxd6
cxd6 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Rfe1 Rfc8 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Rab1 g6 23. Rb3 Rc7 24. Kf1 {
1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L  ( 2615 ) -Portisch,L  ( 2635 ) /Milan 1975/MCL}  )12. Re1
$146 ( 12. Ne5 c5 13. Be1 b6 14. c4 Qd6 15. Nf3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Ba6
18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. f3 Nc5 21. Kf2 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rd6 23. Nb5 Rde6
24. Bf1 R6e7 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 { Lehtivaara,R  ( 2280 )
-Elstner,H/Balatonbereny 1988/TD/1/2-1/2  ( 43 )}  )12... f5 ( 12... Re8 13.
Qc2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 $16 )13. Ne5 ( 13. Qc2 Be6 $16 )13... b5 14. Bf3 Nc4 15. Nxc4
bxc4 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Rb1 Bc6 18. Be5 Qd7 19. Re3 Bd5 20. g4 ( 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rb4 Bd5 $16 )20... Ng5 ( 20... Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 fxg4 23. Qe2 Rxf6 24.
Qxc4+ Rf7 25. Rbe1 $14 )21. Bxd5+ Qxd5 22. f4 { White threatens to win
material: f4xg5}  22... Ne6 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Qg4 ( 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 Raf8
$14 )24... g6 ( 24... Raf8 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Rb7
$11 )25. Rg3 ( 25. Qf3 $5 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 $16 )25... Raf8 26. Rb8 $4 { gives the
opponent new chances}  ( 26. Qf3 $5 $142 { looks like a viable alternative} 
26... Qxf3 27. Rxf3 $11 )26... Rxf4 $1 { Theme: Double Attack.}  27. Rxf8+ (
27. Qxf4 Nxf4 )27... Rxf8 28. Qh4 ( 28. Re3 c5 $17 )28... Qd7 { White king
safety improved}  ( 28... c5 $5 29. Qe7 Rf7 $17 )29. Qe4 $15 Qf7 { Black has a
mate threat}  30. Qe2 Ng7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 ( { Weaker is } 31... Qxg7 32. Qxc4+
Kh8 33. Qe6 $14 )32. Re3 Qf4 33. Re7+ Kh6 34. Re4 Qg5+ 35. Rg4 { White
threatens to win material: Rg4xg5}  35... Qf6 36. d5 ( 36. Kg2 Kg7 $15 )36...
Qxc3 ( 36... Qf5 37. Rxc4 Qg5+ 38. Rg4 Qxd5 39. Qe3+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 41.
Rxd4 $17 )37. Rh4+ { The isolani on c4 becomes a target}  ( 37. Rxc4 $5 Qa1+
38. Kg2 $15 )37... Kg7 $17 38. Rxc4 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Rf7 40. Rc2 Qf6 41. Rd2 h6 42.
h3 ( 42. Rd1 Qd6 $17 )42... Re7 ( 42... Qg5+ 43. Kh1 Re7 44. Qf2 $19 )43. Qg4
h5 44. Qg3 ( 44. Qd4 Re2+ $1 { Black pulls ahead}  45. Kg1 Rxd2 46. Qxd2 Qe5
$19 )44... Kh6 ( 44... h4 45. Qg4 Re5 46. Kh2 $19 )45. h4 $2 ( 45. Qf2 $142 Qd6
46. Qxa7 $17 )45... Re4 $19 46. Rf2 ( 46. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 47. hxg5+ Kxg5 $19 )46...
Qd4 47. Qg5+ ( 47. Qf3 { no good, but what else?}  47... Rg4+ 48. Kh1 Rxh4+ 49.
Kg2 $19 )47... Kg7 48. Qd2 Rg4+ 49. Kf1 Qc4+ ( 49... Qa1+ $142 { and Black
takes home the point}  50. Ke2 Re4+ 51. Kd3 Rd4+ 52. Ke3 Rxd2 53. Rxd2 Qe5+ 54.
Kf3 Qf6+ 55. Ke3 Qxh4 56. Kd3 $19 )50. Re2 Re4 51. Qb2+ Kf7 ( 51... Kf7 52. Kf2
Rxe2+ 53. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 54. Kxe2 g5 55. hxg5 Kg6 $19 )( 51... Kh7 $5 $142 { makes
it even easier for Black}  52. a3 $19 ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Black "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[ECO "B45"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]

{ B45: Sicilian Four Knights } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
e6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Bd3 Nxd4 10. Bxe4 Nb5 $146 ( 10...
Nc6 11. c4 f5 12. Bxf5 Qf6 13. Be4 O-O 14. Rb1 b6 15. Bb2 Qh4 16. Qe2 Ba6 17.
Bxc6 dxc6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Rbd1 Qxc4 20. Qe5 Qxc2 21. Rc1 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5
23. Rfd1 c5 24. Rd7 Rf7 25. Rcd1 { Lujan,M  ( 2263 ) -Tossutti,J  ( 2190 ) /Mar
del Plata 2004/CBM 099 ext/1/2-1/2  ( 56 )}  )( 10... Nc6 $5 { has some
apparent merit}  11. Re1 Qa5 $14 )11. Qd3 $16 Qa5 12. c4 Qc3 13. cxb5 Qxa1 14.
Ba3 Qe5 15. f4 Qc7 16. Bd6 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 f6 $4 { another step towards the grave}
 ( 17... g6 $5 $16 $142)18. c4 ( 18. Bxh7 { keeps an even firmer grip}  18...
Qxd6 19. Qxd6 Rxh7 $18 )18... a6 $2 ( 18... Kf7 19. c5 Qa5 20. f5 $18 )19. a4 (
19. Bxh7 $142 { might be the shorter path}  19... Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Rxh7 21. b6 $18
)19... axb5 $4 { the pressure is too much, Black crumbles}  ( 19... Kf7 20. c5
Qa5 21. Bxh7 Rxh7 22. Qxh7 b6 $18 )20. c5 ( 20. axb5 $6 { is easily refuted} 
20... Kf7 21. c5 Qa5 $18 )20... Qd8 ( 20... Qxd6 { praying for a miracle}  21.
cxd6 Rxa4 22. Bxh7 Ra6 23. Bg6+ Kd8 $18 )21. Bg6+ $1 { sealing the opponent's
fate}  ( 21. Bg6+ hxg6 22. Qxg6# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Obst, James"]
[Black "Stevens, Tristan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "C20"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]

{ C20: 1 e4 e5: Unusual White second moves } 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4.
Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Bxe6 $146 ( 9. Be3 Bxb3 10.
axb3 d5 11. O-O O-O 12. Na3 Kh7 13. b4 a6 14. c3 Qd6 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Nc2 Qe6
17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. Bc1 Red8 20. Rfe1 Ng8 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Nf6
23. e5 Ng8 { Nakamura,H  ( 2657 ) -Mitkov,N  ( 2530 ) /Minneapolis 2005/CBM
107/1/2-1/2  ( 55 )}  )9... fxe6 10. Qg3 { White threatens to win material:
Qg3xg6}  10... Kf7 { Black loses the right to castle}  11. O-O g5 ( 11... Nh5
12. Qg4 Nf6 13. Qf3 $11 )12. h4 { White threatens to win material: h4xg5} 
12... Nh5 { Black threatens to win material: Nh5xg3}  13. Qg4 { White threatens
to win material: Qg4xh5}  13... Nf4 14. h5 Qf6 $2 ( 14... Qe8 15. Nbc3 $11 )15.
Kh2 ( 15. Nec3 $5 $16 $142)15... Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Nd4 { Black threatens to win
material: Nd4xe2}  17. Qd1 g4 ( 17... c5 18. c3 Nc6 19. Be3 $14 )18. Kg3 ( 18.
Qxg4 $2 { is no good because of}  18... Nxc2 19. Na3 Nxa1 $19 )18... Bf8 19. c3
{ White threatens to win material: c3xd4}  19... Be7 { Black has a mate threat}
 20. Rh1 ( 20. Qxg4 { misses a pretty mating combination}  20... Rhg8 21. Kh3
Rxg4 22. g3 Rh4+ 23. gxh4 Qxh4+ 24. Kg2 Rg8+ 25. Bg5 Rxg5# )20... Nf3 $2 (
20... Nc6 $5 $14 $142 { and Black has air to breath} )21. gxf3 $18 gxf3 22. Rh3
Rhg8+ 23. Kh2 Rg2+ 24. Kh1 Rag8 25. Nd2 Ke8 ( 25... Qg7 26. Nxf3 ( 26. Rxf3+
$143 Ke8 27. Qf1 Rg1+ 28. Kh2 Rxf1 29. Rg3 Rxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qxg3 31. Nf3 Qxf3#
)26... Rxf2 27. Qg1 $16 )26. Nxf3 Rxf2 ( 26... Qg7 27. Qf1 Qg4 28. Rh2 Rxh2+
29. Nxh2 Qxh5 30. Be3 $18 )27. Be3 $18 Qg7 ( 27... Rxb2 28. Rb1 Rxb1 29. Qxb1
$18 )28. Qg1 ( 28. Qa4+ $5 Kd8 29. Rg1 Rf1 $18 )28... Rg2 $16 29. Qf1 Qg4 30.
Ng1 Rxb2 31. Qf3 Qg7 32. Rh2 ( 32. Bxa7 $6 b6 33. Rh2 Rxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Qg5 $15
)32... Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Bh4 34. Ne2 ( 34. Bxa7 $6 b6 35. Kh1 Kd7 $11 )34... Qe7 (
34... Rf8 35. Qh3 Qf6 36. Rg1 $18 )35. Rf1 d5 $4 { terrible, but what else
could Black do to save the game?}  ( 35... Bg5 36. Bxg5 Rxg5 $18 )36. Bc5 $3 {
the final blow}  36... Qg7 ( 36... Qxc5 { A deflection}  37. Qf7+ { A double
attack}  )37. Rg1 ( 37. exd5 $142 { finishes off the opponent}  37... Qg4 38.
Qxg4 Rxg4 39. Rf8+ Kd7 40. Kh3 $18 )37... Bg5 38. Be3 ( { Inferior is } 38.
Bxa7 b6 39. exd5 Qf8 $18 )38... Qe7 39. Bxg5 Rxg5 40. Rg4 ( 40. exd5 $5 $142
exd5 41. Rxg5 Qxg5 42. Ng3 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 $18 )40... Rxh5+ $16 41. Kg2 Rg5 42.
Ng3 Qa3 ( 42... c6 43. Kh3 $16 )43. Rxg5 Qxa2+ 44. Kh3 hxg5 45. Qh5+ ( 45. exd5
Qxd5 46. Ne4 Qd8 $18 )45... Kd7 46. Qxg5 ( 46. Qf7+ Kd6 $16 )46... Qc2 ( 46...
dxe4 47. Nxe4 Qe2 48. Qg3 $16 )47. Qg7+ Kd6 48. Qf8+ Kd7 ( 48... Kc6 $5 49.
Qe8+ Kd6 50. exd5 exd5 51. Qg6+ Kd7 52. Qf7+ Kc6 53. Qe6+ Kc5 54. Qxe5 Kb6 55.
Qd4+ c5 56. Qxd5 Qxc3 $16 )49. Qf7+ $18 Kd6 50. exd5 Qxd3 $4 { the position was
bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end}  ( 50... exd5 51. d4 Qxc3 52.
Qf6+ Kd7 53. dxe5 Qc6 54. Qf7+ Kd8 $18 )51. dxe6 $18 Qb5 ( 51... Qd5 { a
fruitless try to alter the course of the game}  52. Nf5+ Kc5 53. Qxc7+ Qc6 54.
Qxe5+ Qd5 55. Qe3+ Kb5 56. Kg4 $18 )52. Ne4+ Kd5 53. Qd7+ ( 53. Qd7+ Qxd7 54.
exd7 Kxe4 55. d8=Q $18 )( 53. Kg2 Qd3 54. Nf2 Qxc3 55. e7+ Kc6 56. e8=Q+ Kb6
57. Qfe6+ c6 58. Qd8+ Kb5 59. Qc7 Ka4 60. Qxb7 Qc2 61. Qxa7+ Kb5 62. Qb7+ Ka4
63. Qa6+ Kb4 64. Qe7+ c5 65. Qeb7+ Kc3 66. Qf3+ Kd2 67. Qh6+ Ke1 68. Qhe3+ Qe2
69. Qexe2# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[ECO "A60"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]

{ A60: Modern Benoni: Early Divergences } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3
exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Bg5 ( 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O
11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Na3 Bd7 13. O-O Re8 14. f3 Qc7 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. Bf4
Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd7 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Be2 Na7 21. Na4 Nb5 22. Nb6 Rad8 { Gomboc,M 
( 2144 ) -Kosanski,S  ( 2373 ) /Zadar 2003/CBM 097 ext/0-1  ( 65 )}  )8... Bg7
9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $146 ( 10... Bg4 11. Qc2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nbd7 13. a5 O-O 14.
f4 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Ra2 Qb4 17. Bg2 c4 18. O-O Nc5 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Bf1
Rab8 21. f3 Nh5 22. Be1 f5 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Qf2 Qb3 25. Rda1 { Hartston,W  (
2485 ) -Bronstein,D  ( 2555 ) /Tallinn 1979/MCD/0-1  ( 38 )}  )( 10... Qb6 11.
Qc2 $14 )11. Bg3 $16 Nh5 12. Be2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 { Black has the pair of bishops}
 13... Nd7 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Nc4 ( 16. Ra3 g4 $14 )16... Nxc4 $11 17.
Bxc4 O-O ( 17... h5 18. Be2 $11 )18. Kd2 { White loses the right to castle}  (
18. Kf1 $5 $14)18... Bd7 19. f4 ( 19. a5 $5 $11 { deserves consideration}
)19... f5 { White has a new backward pawn: e3}  20. Rae1 $2 ( 20. a5 Rfe8 21.
Rae1 Qd8 $15 )20... Qf6 ( 20... b5 21. Be2 $19 )21. Rhf1 ( 21. a5 $5 $17)21...
b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Rab8 ( 24... Qf7 25. Qd3 Rab8 26. b3
$17 )25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Rb1 ( 26. Ke2 Qf7 $17 )26... g4 { Black has a new backward
pawn: h6}  ( 26... Re8 27. Qd3 $17 )27. Ra1 ( 27. Ke2 Rfb8 $15 )27... Rfb8 (
27... Qe7 28. Rf2 $17 )28. Ra2 Qf7 29. Kc1 $2 ( 29. Rfa1 $15 $142 { would keep
White in the game} )29... Rb3 $19 30. Rd1 Qb7 31. Ra3 $4 { White crumbles in
face of a dire situation}  ( 31. Kd2 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Qxb2 33. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 34. Kd3
Bxc3 35. Kxc3 Rxg2 36. Ra1 Rxg3 37. Kd3 c4+ 38. Kd4 $19 )31... Rxb2 32. Qxf5
Qb4 33. Nb5 ( 33. Qf7+ { doesn't improve anything}  33... Kxf7 34. Rd2 Qxa3 35.
Rc2 Bxc3 36. Kd1 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Qa6+ 38. Kf2 Qf1# )33... Qxb5 ( 33... Qxb5 34.
Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qxh6+ Bxh6 36. Rh1 Qc4+ 37. Rc3 Qxc3+ 38. Kd1 Qd2# )( 33... Rxb5
$6 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Qf5+ Ke8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qf5+ Ke7 38. Qe6+ Kf8 $11 ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Juszczynski, Mathew"]
[Black "Mdinaradze, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[ECO "B09"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]

{ B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack } 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 ( 6... Na6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. g4 c5 9. f5 Qa5 10. h4 cxd4 11. Bxd4
Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qd2 Bg3+ 14. Bf2 Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Nc5 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Qf4
Qe5 18. Qg5 Qf6 19. Nd5 Qe5 20. Qxe7 Nc5 21. Nf6+ { Preis,B-Marton,I  ( 2245 )
/Zalakaros 1994/TD/1-0  ( 34 )}  )( 6... Re8 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nh5
10. g4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 f6 12. Qe2 Nf8 13. O-O-O e6 14. Bb5 Qe7 15. Bxe8 Qxe8 16.
Rhe1 b6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Bxc7 Qc6 20. Be5 Bb7 21. Bxg7 {
Saavedra,R-Acuna,M/Roque Saenz Pena 2003/CBM 095 ext/1-0}  )7. Be2 $146 ( 7.
Be3 e6 8. g4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 f5 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. Qe2 Nb4 14.
gxf5 gxf5 15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 Nd5 17. c3 c6 18. Kd2 b5 19. Bb3 Bd7 20. Rag1 Kh8
21. Nf2 Rg8 { Preisz,B-Marton,I  ( 2205 ) /Zalakaros 1996/CBM 052 ext/1/2-1/2 
( 39 )}  )( 7. Be3 Nh5 8. d5 Na5 $11 )7... Nh5 8. O-O { Black has a cramped
position}  8... Ng3 9. Re1 Nxe2+ 10. Nxe2 b6 ( 10... d5 11. e5 $11 )11. Be3 (
11. d5 Na5 $14 )11... Na5 12. b3 { Prevents intrusion on c4}  12... c5 13. Qd2
( 13. c3 Qc7 $11 )13... Bb7 $15 { Black threatens to win material: Bb7xe4}  14.
Ng3 Qc7 ( 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Nb5 $11 )15. c4 ( 15. f5 Nc6 $11 )15...
cxd4 ( 15... e5 16. fxe5 cxd4 17. Nxd4 ( 17. Bxd4 $143 dxe5 18. Bb2 Rad8 $15
)17... Bxe5 18. Nge2 $14 )16. Nxd4 Rad8 17. Rad1 { White prepares the advance
f5}  17... Qc8 18. f5 { White gains space}  18... Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bh6
Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qe5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 { Black king safety dropped}  23. Qf2 h5 ( 23...
Rg8 24. Rf1 $11 )24. Qe3 ( 24. Ne2 gxf5 25. exf5 Qf6 $16 )24... Rh8 ( 24... Rg8
25. Rd2 $11 )25. fxg6 ( 25. h4 Rhg8 $11 )25... fxg6 $11 26. Nf1 Rdf8 27. Nh2
Rf7 28. Nf3 { White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5}  28... Qf4 ( 28... Qg3
29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. Re3 $11 )29. Qd4+ Rf6 30. b4 ( 30. e5 $5 { should be
considered}  30... dxe5 31. Qxf4 ( 31. Nxe5 $143 Qg3 32. Re2 Rd6 $11 )31...
Rxf4 32. Nxe5 $14 )30... e5 { Black threatens to win material: e5xd4}  31. Qd3
Rhf8 32. a4 ( 32. c5 $5 dxc5 33. bxc5 $11 )32... g5 $15 33. Nd2 g4 { Black gets
more space}  34. Rf1 Qg5 35. Rxf6 Rxf6 36. Qg3 ( 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Nxf1 gxh3
38. Qxh3 Bxe4 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qf7+ Qg7 42. Qxh5+ Qh6 43. Qxh6+
Kxh6 $15 )36... Kg6 ( 36... Rf4 37. a5 $15 )37. h4 { White threatens to win
material: h4xg5}  37... Qf4 38. Kh2 Qf2 39. a5 ( 39. Qxf2 Rxf2 40. Kg1 g3 $15
)39... Qd4 ( 39... bxa5 40. bxa5 Kg7 41. Qxf2 Rxf2 42. Kh1 $17 )40. Qe1 ( 40.
axb6 axb6 41. Qe1 Kg7 $15 )40... bxa5 $17 41. bxa5 Qc3 ( 41... Bc6 42. Kh1 $17
)42. Rb1 ( 42. Rc1 Qd3 $11 )42... Ba6 { Black threatens to win material:
Ba6xc4}  ( 42... Rf7 $5 $17 $142)43. Rb8 Kg7 44. Rd8 Qd4 ( 44... Qd3 45. Rd7+
Rf7 46. Rxf7+ Kxf7 47. Nf1 $11 )45. Rd7+ ( 45. Nf1 Bxc4 46. Ng3 $16 )45... Kg6
$2 ( 45... Rf7 $5 $142 { should not be overlooked}  46. Rxf7+ Kxf7 $14 )46. Nb3
Qxc4 $4 { leads to further unpleasantness.}  ( 46... Qf2 $142 47. Qxf2 Rxf2 $16
)47. Qe3 $18 Rf4 48. Rxd6+ Kg7 ( 48... Kh7 { is no salvation}  49. Nd2 Qb5 50.
g3 Qe2+ 51. Qxe2 Bxe2 52. gxf4 exf4 53. Rd7+ Kg6 54. a6 $18 )49. Qxa7+ Rf7 50.
Qxa6 ( 50. Qe3 { seems even better}  50... Rf4 51. Nc5 Bc8 $18 )50... Qxe4 51.
Qd3 Qf4+ ( 51... Qxd3 { does not solve anything}  52. Rxd3 Rf6 53. Rd5 $18 )52.
Qg3 Rb7 ( 52... Qxg3+ { doesn't get the bull off the ice}  53. Kxg3 Rc7 54. Kh2
$18 )53. Rb6 Rc7 ( 53... Rd7 { cannot change destiny}  54. Nc5 Qxg3+ 55. Kxg3
$18 )54. Rb5 ( 54. a6 { and White can already relax}  54... Qxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Rc4
$18 )54... Kf6 ( 54... Qxg3+ { is not the saving move}  55. Kxg3 Kf6 56. Nc5
$18 )55. Qxf4+ exf4 56. Rxh5 Rc3 57. Nc5 ( 57. Rb5 $142 { keeps an even firmer
grip}  57... Rc7 $18 )57... Re3 ( 57... Rc2 { doesn't do any good}  58. a6 Ra2
59. Rg5 $18 )58. a6 Re2 ( 58... Kg7 { doesn't change anything anymore}  59.
Rg5+ Kh6 60. Rxg4 $18 )59. Rh6+ ( 59. a7 Re8 60. Nd7+ Kg6 61. Rg5+ Kf7 62. Nb8
Re6 63. a8=Q g3+ 64. Kh3 Rd6 65. Qb7+ Ke6 66. Qg7 Rd5 67. Qh6+ Kf7 68. Rg7+ Ke8
69. Qh8# )59... Kf5 $18 60. Rh5+ ( 60. a7 $142 { makes it even easier for
White}  60... Re8 61. Rh5+ Kg6 62. Ne6 $18 )60... Kf6 61. Rh6+ { Twofold
repetition}  ( 61. a7 Re8 62. Nd7+ Kg6 63. Rg5+ Kf7 64. Nb8 Rg8 65. Rd5 Rc8 66.
a8=Q Ke6 67. Rg5 g3+ 68. Kh3 Rc7 69. Qe4+ Kf7 70. Qg6+ Ke7 71. Re5+ Kf8 72.
Re8# )61... Kf5 62. Kg1 ( 62. Nb3 $142 { secures the win}  62... Ra2 63. Rh5+
Kg6 64. Rg5+ Kh6 65. Na5 $18 )62... g3 63. Re6 ( 63. Nd3 $5 { and White can
already relax}  63... Rd2 64. Ne1 Ra2 $18 )63... Ra2 64. Re1 Kg4 65. Kf1 {
White has a decisive advantage}  ( 65. Rf1 $142 { seems even better}  65... Ra5
66. Nd3 Rxa6 67. Rxf4+ Kh5 68. Kf1 $18 )65... Kxh4 $4 { ruins a very nice
position.}  ( 65... Rf2+ 66. Kg1 Ra2 $18 )66. Re4 $18 Kg5 ( 66... Ra1+ 67. Ke2
Ra2+ 68. Kd3 Ra3+ 69. Kc2 Kh5 $18 )67. Ra4 Rf2+ 68. Kg1 ( 68. Ke1 $142 { ends
the debate}  68... Rb2 69. a7 $18 )68... Rb2 ( 68... Rc2 { cannot undo what has
already been done}  69. Ne4+ Kf5 70. Kf1 $18 )69. Ra1 f3 ( 69... Rb8 { hardly
improves anything}  70. a7 Ra8 71. Ne6+ Kf5 72. Nc7 Rxa7 73. Rxa7 $18 )70. gxf3
Kh4 ( 70... Rb8 $18 { is one last hope} )71. a7 Kh3 72. a8=Q Rg2+ 73. Kf1 Rf2+
74. Ke1 Kg2 ( 74... Rc2 { doesn't get the cat off the tree}  75. Qg8 g2 76.
Qh8+ Kg3 77. Qe5+ Kh3 78. Qh5+ Kg3 79. Ne4+ Kf4 80. Qg5+ Kxf3 81. Ra3+ Kxe4 82.
Ra4+ Rc4 83. Rxc4+ Kd3 84. Qd5+ Ke3 85. Qe4# )75. Ra2 ( 75. Nd3 Rb2 76. f4+ Kh3
77. Qh8+ Kg4 78. Qxb2 g2 79. Nf2+ Kg3 80. Qg7+ Kxf4 81. Qf6+ Kg3 82. Qe5+ Kh4
83. Ra4# )75... Kg1 76. Ne4 Rf1+ 77. Ke2 g2 78. Qg8 Kh2 ( 78... Rb1 { does not
win a prize}  79. Ke3 Rb3+ 80. Kf4 Rb2 81. Ra1+ Rb1 82. Rxb1+ Kh2 83. Qg3# )79.
Qh7+ ( 79. Qg3+ Kh1 80. Ra8 Re1+ 81. Qxe1+ g1=N+ 82. Kf2 Kh2 83. Qxg1+ Kh3 84.
Qg3# )79... Kg1 80. Qg6 Kh2 81. Qh5+ Kg1 82. Qg4 Kh2 ( 82... Rb1 { doesn't get
the cat off the tree}  83. Ke3 Rb3+ 84. Kf4 Rb2 85. Ra1+ Rb1 86. Rxb1+ Kh2 87.
Qh4# )83. Ke3 Re1+ 84. Kf4 ( 84. Kf4 Rxe4+ 85. fxe4 Kh1 86. Qxg2# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mdinaradze, Edgar"]
[Black "Goldsmith, Alan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[ECO "D32"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]

{ D32: Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.
e3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O $146 (
9. a3 a5 ( 9... O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na4 Bc7 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Rc1 Be6
15. O-O Qd6 16. Bb5 Ng5 17. Re1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 d4 20. Bxc6 d3 21.
g4 bxc6 22. Red1 Bd5 { 0-1 Labra,M  ( 2125 ) -Calvo,P  ( 2231 ) /Santiago
2002/CBM 086 ext}  )10. O-O O-O 11. Nb5 Qe7 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Rc1 Bb6
15. Nbd4 Rd6 16. Rc2 Rh6 17. Qa1 Bc7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. g3 Bf5 20. Rfc1 Re8 21.
Rxc6 Nxf2 22. Bd4 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Ng4 { Uhlmann,W-Johansson,G/Reykjavik
1968/MCD/1-0  ( 39 )}  )( 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13.
O-O Bf5 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. Na4 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 b5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nd1 Rd2 19. Ne3
Be4 20. Rfd1 Rcd8 21. Rxd2 Rxd2 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Bxf3 { Sagalchik,G  (
2487 ) -Vescovi,G  ( 2648 ) /playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext/1-0  ( 40 )} 
)( 9. Nb5 O-O 10. a3 Bg4 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 a6 13. Nbd4 Ne4 14. O-O Re8 15. Rc1
Ne7 16. Ne5 Bc8 17. Bg4 Ng6 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Nf3
Qc4 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rc8 { Reeh,O-Vatter,H  ( 2250 ) /Germany
1985/GER-chT/0-1  ( 60 )}  )9... Bg4 10. Qa4 { Black has a very active
position}  10... O-O { Black castles and improves king safety}  11. Rd1 Qd7 12.
Nxd5 Nxd5 { Black wins a piece}  13. e4 $4 { not a good decision, because now
the opponent is right back in the game}  ( 13. Qc4 $142 { would be a reprieve} 
13... Bd6 14. Qxd5 $14 ( 14. Rxd5 $143 Be6 15. Rxd6 Qxd6 $15 ))13... Nb6 $19
14. Qc2 ( 14. Rxd7 Nxa4 15. Rxb7 $19 )14... Qe7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 ( 16. Be3
Bxe3 17. Qb3+ Rf7 18. Qxe3 Re8 $19 )16... Rfd8 ( 16... Rfe8 $5 $142 { and Black
can already relax}  17. Bd2 f5 18. Rac1 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 fxe4 20. Bg5 $19 )17.
Rac1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Qb1 ( 19. Qd3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Re8 $19
)19... Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bd6 ( 20... f5 { keeps an even firmer grip}  21. Kg2 $19
)21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Qc2 h6 25. Re1 ( 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8
26. Qb3+ Kh7 $19 )25... Qb4 26. Re2 Qd4 27. f4 Nc4 28. Kg2 Nd2 29. f3 ( 29. f5
b5 $19 )29... Nc4 30. Qb3 Qd3 31. Kf2 Kh7 ( 31... Qxb3 $142 { makes it even
easier for Black}  32. axb3 Na5 33. b4 $19 )32. g4 ( 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. e5 $19
)32... Qd4+ 33. Kg2 b5 34. e5 ( 34. f5 { is not the saving move}  34... Ne5 35.
Qc2 Nd3 $19 )34... fxe5 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Qxb5 ( 36. Qe3 { cannot change what
is in store for ?}  36... Qxe3 37. Rxe3 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Nc6 $19 )36... Ng6 ( 36...
Nd3 $5 $142 { might be the shorter path}  37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qe7
Nf4+ 40. Kg3 Nxe2+ 41. Qxe2 Qd6+ 42. Kh3 $19 )37. Qf5 Qd1 38. Rf2 Rd2 ( 38...
Qa1 { seems even better}  39. Qe4 Rd1 40. Kg3 $19 )39. b4 ( 39. b3 { does not
help much}  39... Rd4 40. Qc2 Qe1 $19 )39... Rxf2+ ( 39... Rd4 $5 { might be
the shorter path}  40. Qc2 Qe1 41. Kg3 $19 )40. Kxf2 Qd4+ 41. Kg2 ( 41. Kg3 {
does not save the day}  41... Qxb4 42. Qc2 a5 $19 )41... Qxb4 42. Qc2 a5 43. a4
( 43. Kf1 { doesn't improve anything}  43... a4 $19 )43... Qf4 44. Qb3 ( 44.
Qd1 Nh4+ 45. Kf1 Qxf3+ 46. Qxf3 Nxf3 $19 )44... Nh4+ 45. Kf2 ( 45. Kf1 $19 {
the only chance to get some counterplay} )45... Qd2+ 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kh3 Qh1+
48. Kg3 Qxf3+ ( 48... Qg1+ 49. Kf4 Qe1 50. Qe3 Ng2+ 51. Ke5 Qxe3+ 52. Kd6 Nf4
53. g5 Qd4+ 54. Kc6 Qc4+ 55. Kd6 hxg5 56. Kd7 Qe6+ 57. Kd8 Nd5 58. f4 Qd6+ 59.
Ke8 Qe7# )49. Qxf3 $19 Nxf3 50. Kxf3 ( 50. Kf4 $19 { there is nothing else
anyway} )50... Kg6 51. Kg3 ( 51. Kf4 { does not improve anything}  51... Kf6
52. Kf3 Ke5 53. Ke3 g5 54. Kf3 Kd4 55. Kg2 Ke4 56. Kf2 Kf4 57. Ke2 Kxg4 58. Ke3
h5 59. Kd4 Kf4 60. Kd5 g4 61. Kc6 g3 62. Kb6 h4 63. Kc6 g2 64. Kc5 g1=Q+ 65.
Kc6 h3 66. Kb7 h2 67. Kc6 h1=Q+ 68. Kb5 Qb1+ 69. Kc4 Qc6+ 70. Kd4 Qd1# )51...
Kf6 ( 51... Kg5 52. Kf3 Kh4 53. g5 Kxg5 54. Ke4 h5 55. Ke3 Kf5 56. Kd4 Kf4 57.
Kc5 g5 58. Kc6 g4 59. Kb5 h4 60. Kxa5 h3 61. Kb4 g3 62. Kc4 g2 63. a5 h2 64.
Kc3 g1=Q 65. Kc4 h1=Q 66. Kb5 Qd5+ 67. Ka4 Qc4+ 68. Ka3 Qgc1# )52. Kf2 ( 52.
Kf4 { desperation}  52... Ke6 53. Ke4 $19 )52... Ke5 53. Kf3 ( 53. g5 { doesn't
change the outcome of the game}  53... hxg5 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Kf3 g4+ 56. Ke3 g6
57. Ke2 Kf4 58. Kd1 g3 59. Kc2 g2 60. Kd2 g5 61. Ke2 g1=Q 62. Kd3 Qc1 63. Kd4
Qc6 64. Kd3 Qxa4 65. Kc3 g4 66. Kd3 g3 67. Kd2 Qb3 68. Kc1 g2 69. Kd2 g1=Q 70.
Ke2 Qbe3# )53... Kd4 ( 53... g6 54. Ke3 g5 55. Kf3 Kd4 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Ke2 Kf4
58. Kd2 Kxg4 59. Kc3 Kf4 60. Kc4 h5 61. Kb5 h4 62. Kb6 h3 63. Kxa5 g4 64. Kb4
g3 65. a5 h2 66. Kc3 g2 67. Kb3 g1=Q 68. Kc3 h1=Q 69. Kb3 Qe3+ 70. Kb4 Qb7+ 71.
Ka4 Qbb3# )54. Kf4 ( 54. Ke2 { is not much help}  54... Ke4 55. Kd2 Kf4 56. Kc3
Kxg4 57. Kc4 g5 58. Kb5 Kf4 59. Kc6 h5 60. Kb5 g4 61. Kxa5 h4 62. Kb6 h3 63.
Kc5 h2 64. Kd5 h1=Q+ 65. Kc4 Qc6+ 66. Kb3 g3 67. a5 Qd5+ 68. Kb4 g2 69. Kc3
g1=Q 70. Kb2 Qf2+ 71. Ka3 Qxa5+ 72. Kb3 Qfa2# )54... g6 55. Kf3 g5 ( 55... g5
56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Ke2 Kf4 58. Kd3 Kxg4 59. Kc4 h5 60. Kb5 h4 61. Ka6 h3 62. Kb5
Kf4 63. Kc4 g4 64. Kd4 g3 65. Kd3 h2 66. Kd2 g2 67. Kc3 g1=Q 68. Kc2 Qe3 69.
Kb2 Qd4+ 70. Kc2 h1=Q 71. Kb3 Qb7+ 72. Ka2 Qxa4# ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.14"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Black "Juszczynski, Mathew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "B47"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]

{ B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2 } 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6
3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nce2 O-O
10. c4 d6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rc1 Qb8 ( 13... Rfd8 14. f4 Qb8 15. a4 b5
16. cxb5 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 axb5 18. a5 b4 19. a6 Qb5 20. e5 Qxe2 21. exd6 Bf8 22.
a7 Nd5 23. Bf3 Qa6 24. f5 Qxd6 25. fxe6 Bxe6 { 0-1 Kupreichik,V  ( 2500 )
-Ribli,Z  ( 2570 ) /Germany 1997/GER-chT}  )( 13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Bc3
Qc5 16. Qd2 b5 17. cxb5 e5 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. bxc6 Qb5 20. a4 Qxb3 21. Bb4 Qxa4
22. c7 a5 23. Bxd6 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxd6 25. Bf5 Rxc7 26. Qxd6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 g6
28. Bd7 { Cucancic,S  ( 2286 ) -Zufic,M  ( 2173 ) /Pula 2000/CBM 076 ext/1-0  (
32 )}  )14. a4 Rfd8 15. Qd2 Nxd4 $146 ( 15... Be8 16. h3 Nd7 17. f4 Bf8 18. Bc3
Nc5 19. Rb1 e5 20. Nf5 b5 21. Ne3 bxa4 22. bxa4 Qa7 23. a5 Na4 24. Ba1 Nxa5 25.
Kh2 Nxc4 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. fxe5 Qe7 28. Nf4 dxe5 29. Nd5 Qd6 30. Rbd1 {
Chernyshov,K-Balashov,Y  ( 2565 ) /Katowice 1992/TD/0-1  ( 46 )}  )16. Nxd4 {
Black has a cramped position}  16... Bc6 { Black threatens to win material:
Bc6xe4}  17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Qe3 Bf8 20. Ba1 { Black has a cramped
position}  20... Qa7 $4 ( 20... e5 $142 { was possible}  21. Nxc6 bxc6 $11 )21.
Nxc6 $18 bxc6 ( 21... Rxc6 22. b4 $18 )22. b4 d5 ( 22... Rb8 { does not help
much}  23. bxc5 Rb4 24. cxd6 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Bxd6 26. c5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28.
Kf2 Rxa1 29. Rxc6 $18 )23. cxd5 ( 23. bxc5 $4 { would be a terrible mistake} 
23... Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 d4 $19 )23... cxd5 24. exd5 ( 24. bxc5 $6 {
is clearly inferior}  24... Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. exd5 exd5 $18
)( 24. Rxc5 $6 Bxc5 25. bxc5 dxe4 $16 )24... Qb6 25. bxc5 ( 25. Rxc5 $6 Rxc5
26. dxe6 fxe6 $14 )25... Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Bd4 ( 27. dxe6 $6 { is much
worse}  27... Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rxa1 $14 )27... Qc4 ( 27... Qd6 {
there is nothing better in the position}  28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 $18 )28.
Qe5 f6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 ( 29... Kf8 { is no salvation}  30. Bf2 Re8 31. Qd6+ Kg8
32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qc6 $18 )30. Bb6 Rf8 ( 30... Qxa4 { hardly improves
anything}  31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Qc6 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 $18 )31. a5 ( 31. d6 $142 { and
White can already relax}  31... Qb4 32. d7 Rb8 $18 )31... h6 ( 31... Qa4 { is
the last straw}  32. Bf1 Rce8 $18 )32. d6 Qxe6 ( 32... Qc3 { cannot undo what
has already been done}  33. d7 Rb8 34. Rd1 $18 )33. Rxe6 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+ (
34... Rg8 { doesn't do any good}  35. Bd5 Rd1 36. Bf3 $18 )35. Re2 ( 35. Re2
Rcc8 36. d7 $18 )( 35. Ke3 { might be the shorter path}  35... Rc3+ 36. Kd2
Rcc8 $18 ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.14"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Stevens, Tristan"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]

{ B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack } 1. e4 c6 2. d4
d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 a6 $146 { Consolidates b5}  ( 6...
Qb6 7. c5 Qxb2 8. Nge2 Bf5 9. Qc1 Qxc1+ 10. Rxc1 O-O-O 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Ng3 Bg6
13. Be2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 e5 15. Rd1 Be7 16. Bf3 Rhe8 17. O-O Bg5 18. Nxd5 exd4 19.
exd4 Bc2 20. Rde1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 { Spielmann,R-Rejfir,J/Maribor 1934/HCL/0-1  (
40 )}  )( 6... dxc4 7. Nf3 ( 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11.
d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be4 a6 14. a4 g6 15. f4 Nd3 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Ne4 Kg7
18. Qxd3 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. g4 Rfd8 21. g5 fxg5 { Gonzalvez Perales,J  (
1960 )  -Custard Gasco,D/Valencia 2004/CBM 098 ext/1/2-1/2  ( 39 )}  )7... h6
8. Bxf6 exf6 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rc1
f5 15. Re1 Bf4 16. Rb1 Ne7 17. Bc2 Be6 18. Bb3 Nd5 19. Qd3 g6 20. h4 h5 21. Na4
{ Tkachiev,V  ( 2635 ) -Dominguez,L  ( 2612 ) /Tripoli 2004/CBM 102/0-1  ( 33
)}  )( 6... Bf5 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. cxd5 Nb4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Bxd7+
Kxd7 12. O-O-O Qxe2 13. Ngxe2 Bd6 14. a3 Na6 15. Kb1 Nc7 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. hxg3
Kd6 18. Rh5 Rae8 19. Rdh1 g6 20. Rxh7 Rhf8 21. Rc1 { Mueller,H-Fuss,I/Vienna
1935/HCL/1-0  ( 63 )}  )( 6... Bg4 7. f3 Be6 8. Nge2 dxc4 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Nxe6
Nxe6 11. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Rd8 13. Kf2 Rd6 14. Rhe1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Nd8 16. Nb5
e6 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Bxa7 Nc6 20. Be3 Nde5 21. Be2 {
Benko,F-Grau,R/Buenos Aires 1939/HCL/1-0  ( 42 )}  )( 6... Be6 7. Nf3 $11 )7.
Nf3 $14 { Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8}  7...
Bg4 8. cxd5 ( 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. cxd5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qe7+ 11. Qe3 Nxd4 $16 )8...
Nxd5 $11 { White has an active position.}  9. Bc4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 { White has new
hanging pawns: c3+d4}  10... Qa5 { Black pins: Qa5xc3}  11. Qb3 Bxf3 $4 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent}  ( 11... e6 $142 { would hold out}  12.
Nd2 Bb4 ( 12... Qxg5 { the bishop remains invulnerable}  13. Qxb7 Qd8 14. Qxc6+
Ke7 15. O-O $18 )13. cxb4 Qxg5 $15 )12. Bxf7+ $18 ( 12. gxf3 $6 { is no
comparison}  12... e6 ( 12... Qxg5 $2 { may look interesting but has some grave
disadvantages}  13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxc6+ Kd8 15. Bxf7 $18 )13. Kf1 Be7 ( 13...
Qxg5 $2 { springs to mind, but}  14. Qxb7 Rd8 15. Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Re1 $18 )14.
Qxb7 O-O $11 )12... Kd8 13. gxf3 Rc8 $6 { doesn't do very much to defend the
position}  ( 13... Qxg5 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxc6 Rb2 $18 )14. Be6 Nxd4 ( 14... Rc7
{ otherwise it's curtains at once}  15. Be3 Qb5 $18 )15. Rd1 Qe5+ ( 15... Qxc3+
{ is not much help}  16. Qxc3 Rxc3 17. Rxd4+ Ke8 18. O-O $18 )16. Kf1 ( 16. Be3
$142 { keeps an even firmer grip}  16... Rxc3 17. Qb6+ Ke8 18. Rxd4 $18 )16...
Rc6 ( 16... Rxc3 { a last effort to resist the inevitable}  17. Qxc3 Qxe6 18.
Rxd4+ Ke8 $18 )17. Rxd4+ ( 17. cxd4 $6 Qxe6 18. d5 Qh3+ 19. Ke2 Rg6 $16 )17...
Rd6 ( 17... Qxd4 { doesn't change anything anymore}  18. cxd4 h6 19. Qd5+ Kc7
20. Bf4+ Kb6 21. Qd8+ Kb5 22. Kg2 Rg8 23. Rb1+ Ka4 24. Bb3+ Kb5 25. Bd1+ Kc4
26. Be2+ Kc3 27. Qa5+ Kc2 28. Qf5+ Kc3 29. Qd3# )18. Rxd6+ Qxd6 19. Kg2 ( 19.
Kg2 b5 20. Rd1 Kc7 21. Rxd6 exd6 22. Qb4 Kc6 23. Qd4 Be7 24. Bd5+ Kd7 25. Qa7+
Kd8 26. Qxe7+ Kc8 27. Qb7# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Black "Obst, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[ECO "B60"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]

{ B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6...Bd7 without 7
Qd2 } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Bxf6
gxf6 8. Qd2 Rc8 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Qc5 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. f4 Bc6
$146 ( 13... f5 14. e5 Bc6 ( 14... O-O 15. exd6 e6 16. h4 Qb6 17. Rh3 Kh8 18.
Rc1 Rfd8 19. Rd3 Bc6 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 Rxd6 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rd2 24.
g3 Bd4 25. Rf3 Bf2 26. c4 Bd4 27. Rb3 Kg7 28. Ba4 b6 29. Bb5 { Sprenger,J  (
2508 ) -Dreev,A  ( 2698 ) /Mainz 2005/CBM 107 ext/0-1  ( 45 )}  )15. exd6 Rd8
16. Nd5 Rxd6 17. c4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 O-O 19. Be2 Rb6 20. b3 Rb4 21. d6 Rd4 22. Qc2
Qxd6 { 0-1 Coelho,L  ( 2164 ) -Tsuboi,E  ( 2307 ) /Brasilia 2000/CBM 077 ext} 
)( 13... f5 14. e5 $15 )14. Bd3 b5 ( 14... f5 15. exf5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 $11 )15.
Rhe1 e6 { Covers d5}  16. f5 { This push gains space}  16... b4 ( 16... O-O $5
$14 { is an interesting idea} )17. Nd5 $16 Bxd5 ( 17... a5 18. Ba6 Rd8 19. Qd3
$16 )18. exd5 $18 e5 19. Re4 Rb8 ( 19... O-O 20. Rxb4 Qxd5 21. Be4 $18 )20. Rg4
Bf8 21. Bc4 ( 21. Rc4 Qa5 $18 )21... h5 22. Re4 Bh6 23. Qe2 Ke7 24. Bb3 ( {
Weaker is } 24. Qxh5 Bg5 25. Qe2 Rxh2 $16 )24... a5 25. Rc4 Qa7 26. Ba4 ( 26.
Qxh5 { is clearly weaker}  26... a4 27. Qf3 Rhc8 $17 )26... Be3 27. Rc6 Bc5 28.
Rd3 ( 28. Ra6 $5 Qc7 $18 )28... Bg1 $16 29. Rh3 ( 29. Rf3 Bxh2 30. Rf1 Bg1 $16
)29... Qf2 { Black intends h4}  ( 29... Bxh2 30. Rd3 $16 )30. Qxf2 ( 30. Qd1 $5
$16)30... Bxf2 $14 31. Rc7+ Kf8 32. c4 h4 ( 32... bxc3 33. Rhxc3 h4 34. Bd1 $14
)33. Rd7 { White threatens to win material: Rd7xd6}  33... Rg8 34. g3 hxg3 35.
hxg3 { White has a new backward pawn: g3.}  35... Bc5 { A valuable piece}  36.
Kc2 Kg7 37. Rh4 Rh8 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. Kd3 Rg8 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. Bd1 ( 41. Ke2
Kg7 42. Kf3 Rh8 $14 )41... Kg7 $11 42. Bh5 { White threatens to win material:
Bh5xf7}  42... Rf8 ( 42... Kh6 43. Bf3 Kg7 44. Bh5 $11 )43. b3 ( 43. Ke4 $5
$16)43... Kh6 $11 44. Bxf7 Kg5 45. Be6 { Here comes the goal-getter}  45... Kg4
46. Ke4 Kxg3 47. Rh7 { Begins the manoeuvre Rd7-h7-g7-g6}  47... Kg4 48. Rg7+
Kh5 ( 48... Kh3 49. Bg8 $14 )49. Rg6 { Praise the rook!}  49... Bf2 50. Kf3 Bd4
51. Kg3 e4 52. Kf4 e3 { Pushes the passed pawn}  53. Kf3 Ra8 54. Bd7 ( 54. Rg4
$5 Bc5 55. Rg1 $14 )54... Ra7 $14 { Black threatens to win material: Ra7xd7} 
55. Rg4 { White threatens to win material: Rg4xd4}  55... Rxd7 56. Rxd4 { A
rook endgame occured}  56... Re7 57. Ke2 Kg5 { Black threatens to win material:
Kg5xf5}  58. Rd1 Kxf5 59. Rf1+ Ke5 60. Rf3 { White threatens to win material:
Rf3xe3}  ( 60. Kxe3 Rh7 $15 )60... Rh7 ( 60... Kd4 $5 $17 $142)61. Kd3 $11 ( {
Worse is } 61. Kxe3 f5 $17 )61... Rd7 ( 61... e2 62. Re3+ Kf5 63. Rxe2 $11 )62.
Rxe3+ $14 Kf4 63. Re6 f5 64. Kd4 Kg3 $2 ( 64... Kg5 $5 $14 $142 { and Black is
still in the game} )65. Rg6+ $18 Kf3 $2 ( 65... Kh4 $142 66. Ke3 Kh5 $18 )66.
Rxd6 $1 { decapitation}  66... Rxd6 { Decoy to d6}  67. c5 Rh6 ( 67... Rd8 68.
c6 Rc8 69. Kc5 $18 )68. c6 Rh2 69. c7 Rc2 ( 69... Rd2+ { doesn't get the cat
off the tree}  70. Kc5 $18 )70. d6 f4 ( 70... Kg4 { does not improve anything} 
71. Kd5 $18 )71. d7 Rxc7 72. d8=Q Ra7 ( 72... Rc2 { doesn't get the bull off
the ice}  73. Qd5+ Kg4 74. Qe6+ Kg5 75. Qg8+ Kf6 76. Qf8+ Kg6 77. Qxf4 Rxa2 78.
Ke5 $18 )73. Kc5 ( 73. Ke5 $142 { seems even better}  73... Rg7 $18 )73... Kf2
( 73... Rg7 { does not win a prize}  74. Qd5+ Kg3 75. Kd4 $18 )74. Qh4+ ( 74.
Qd4+ { makes it even easier for White}  74... Kg3 75. Kd6 Rf7 76. Qd3+ Kf2 $18
)74... Ke3 ( 74... Kf3 { doesn't change the outcome of the game}  75. Qh1+ Kg4
76. Qg2+ Kh5 77. Kd6 Ra6+ 78. Ke5 $18 )75. Qe1+ Kd3 ( 75... Kf3 { cannot change
destiny}  76. Qd1+ Kg3 77. Kd6 $18 )76. Kb6 Ra8 ( 76... Rg7 77. Qe5 a4 78. Qxg7
axb3 79. axb3 Ke3 80. Qe5+ Kd3 81. Qxf4 Kc3 82. Qe3+ Kb2 83. Kc5 Kc2 84. Kxb4
Kb1 85. Qd2 Ka1 86. Ka3 Kb1 87. Qb2# )77. Qh1 ( 77. Qh1 Rb8+ 78. Kxa5 $18 )(
77. Qd1+ Ke3 78. Qc1+ Ke2 79. Qc4+ Ke3 80. Qc5+ Ke2 81. Qe5+ Kf3 82. Qd5+ Kg3
83. Qxa8 a4 84. bxa4 f3 85. Qg8+ Kf2 86. a5 Ke3 87. a6 f2 88. Qg3+ Ke2 89. Qe5+
Kd3 90. a7 f1=Q 91. Qb5+ Kc3 92. Qxf1 b3 93. Qf3+ Kb2 94. Qf2+ Kc3 95. a8=Q
bxa2 96. Qaf3+ Kb4 97. Qd4# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.14"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Tao, Trevor"]
[Black "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[ECO "A34"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]

{ A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 } 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4.
Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Rb1 ( 6. Be3 d6 7. Qc1 Nd4 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Bd2 h5 10. h3 Ne5
11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Rb1 a5 13. e3 Nc6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Qc2 f5 16. h4 O-O 17. Nd5
Rb8 18. Bc3 b5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. O-O e6 { Spraggett,K  ( 2585 ) -Gulko,B  (
2610 ) /Hastings 1989/TD/1/2-1/2  ( 44 )}  )6... O-O $146 ( 6... e6 7. e4 O-O
8. Nge2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. h3 Re8 12. Be3 b6 13. O-O Nxe2+ 14.
Qxe2 Bb7 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Rbd1 Ne5 17. Qe2 Ba6 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. Rfe1
f5 21. Re3 { Gurevich,M  ( 2605 ) -Ftacnik,L  ( 2535 ) /Biel 1993/CBM 037/1-0 
( 41 )}  )( 6... a5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rb8
12. c4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Be3
e5 19. Na4 f4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxb6 { Stanec,N  ( 2566 ) -Hofbauer,P  ( 2098 )
/Oberwart 2005/CBM 107 ext/1-0  ( 32 )}  )( 6... Rb8 7. a3 a6 8. b4 cxb4 9.
axb4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O d5 13. Bf4 Rb6 14. Qc1 d4 15. Nxb5
Nd5 16. Bh6 Rxb5 17. Bxg7 Nc3 18. Qh6 Rh5 19. Bxf8 Rxh6 20. Bxh6 Nxe2+ 21. Kh1
{ Philippe,G-Davie,A/Lugano 1968/MCD/1/2-1/2  ( 37 )}  )7. e3 { Secures d4} 
7... Rb8 8. Nge2 d6 9. a3 { Prevents intrusion on b4}  9... Bd7 10. b4 cxb4 (
10... a6 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. O-O $11 )11. axb4 $14 Qc8 ( 11... a6 12. b5 axb5 13.
cxb5 $14 )12. b5 { This push gains space}  12... Nd8 13. Nf4 Re8 14. O-O Ne6
15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Qa4 { White threatens to win material: Qa4xa7}  16... Nd7 17.
Ne4 ( 17. Qc2 $5 $14)17... Ne5 $11 { Black threatens to win material: Ne5xd3} 
18. Qb3 Bh3 ( 18... Nxd3 $5 19. Qxd3 Bxc4 $11 )19. Bb2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 { White
king safety dropped}  20... Qf5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 ( { Instead of } 21... dxe5 22.
c5 $16 )22. Qa2 { White threatens to win material: Qa2xa7}  22... Ra8 23. Rb3
Qd7 { White king safety improved}  24. Ra3 d5 ( 24... Rec8 $5 $16)25. cxd5 Qxb5
( 25... b6 26. d4 Bb8 27. Qb3 $18 )26. Rb1 $18 Qd7 27. Nc5 Qc7 ( 27... Qc8 28.
Rxa7 Rxa7 29. Qxa7 $18 )28. Nxb7 ( 28. d4 $5 $142 Reb8 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Qxa7
b6 31. Qxc7 Bxc7 $18 )28... Reb8 29. Rab3 a5 30. d4 ( 30. Qa4 Kg7 $18 )30...
Bd6 ( 30... Qc4 31. R3b2 Qxa2 32. Rxa2 $16 )31. Nxd6 Rxb3 32. Ne8 $1 { forging
ahead of the opponent}  32... Rxe8 ( 32... Qd7 33. Rxb3 Qxd5+ 34. e4 $16 )33.
Rxb3 Ra8 34. Qa4 Kg7 35. Rb2 Ra6 36. Rc2 ( 36. Qb5 Qa7 $18 )36... Qb7 $16 37.
Rc5 ( 37. e4 e6 38. Qe8 Qb1 $16 )37... e6 ( 37... Qb1 $142 38. h3 Qe4+ 39. Kh2
Qb1 $14 )38. Qb5 $4 { letting the wind out of his own sails}  ( 38. Qe8 $142 {
the advantage is on the side of White}  38... Ra8 39. Qc6 Qxc6 40. dxc6 $16 (
40. Rxc6 $143 exd5 41. Rc3 a4 $15 ))38... Qxb5 $11 39. Rxb5 exd5 40. Rxd5 a4
41. Rb5 a3 { Don't underestimate that pawn}  42. Rb1 a2 { Black threatens to
win material: a2xb1Q}  43. Ra1 Kf6 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kd5 ( 45... Kf5 46. Kd3
$11 )46. Kd3 $14 f5 47. Kc3 Ke4 48. Kb3 ( 48. Kb2 Rb6+ 49. Kxa2 Kd3 $16 )48...
Rb6+ ( 48... Kd3 $5 { might be a viable alternative}  49. Rxa2 Rb6+ 50. Ka4
Ra6+ 51. Kb3 Rb6+ 52. Ka4 Ra6+ 53. Kb3 $11 )49. Kxa2 $14 Kf3 50. Rb1 Ra6+ 51.
Kb3 Kxf2 52. Kc4 Kxe3 53. d5 g5 54. Re1+ ( 54. Kc5 Ra5+ 55. Kc6 Ra6+ 56. Rb6
Rxb6+ 57. Kxb6 f4 $16 )54... Kf3 55. Kc5 f4 $2 ( 55... Ra5+ $142 { and Black
could well hope to play on}  56. Kc6 Ra6+ 57. Kc7 Ra7+ 58. Kb6 Ra2 $16 )56. d6
$18 Ra8 $2 ( 56... Ra3 57. d7 Rd3 $14 )57. gxf4 gxf4 58. d7 Rd8 59. Kd6 Kg2 60.
Re2+ Kg1 ( 60... Kh3 $18 { hoping against hope} )61. h4 h5 ( 61... f3 { is one
last hope}  62. Re8 f2 63. Rxd8 f1=Q 64. Rg8+ Kh2 $18 )62. Re8 Rxd7+ ( 62...
Rxe8 { does not win a prize}  63. dxe8=R Kh2 64. Ke5 f3 65. Ke4 Kg2 66. Ke3 f2
67. Rg8+ Kf1 68. Rf8 Kg2 69. Rxf2+ Kg3 70. Rf4 Kg2 71. Rf3 Kg1 72. Rg3+ Kh1 73.
Kf2 Kh2 74. Rd3 Kh1 75. Rh3# )63. Kxd7 f3 64. Ke6 f2 65. Rf8 f1=Q ( 65... Kf1 {
does not solve anything}  66. Ke5 Ke2 67. Rxf2+ Kxf2 68. Kf4 Ke2 69. Kg5 Kf2
70. Kxh5 Ke3 71. Kg5 Ke4 72. h5 Kd3 73. h6 Kc3 74. h7 Kc4 75. h8=Q Kc5 76. Qc3+
Kd6 77. Qc4 Ke5 78. Qb4 Ke6 79. Qc5 Kf7 80. Qd5+ Ke8 81. Kf6 Kf8 82. Qf7# )66.
Rxf1+ Kxf1 ( 66... Kg2 { cannot change what is in store for ?}  67. Kf5 Kxf1
68. Kg5 Kf2 69. Kxh5 Ke3 70. Kg5 Ke4 71. h5 Kd3 72. Kg6 Kd2 73. h6 Kc3 74. Kg5
Kb3 75. h7 Kc3 76. h8=Q+ Kc4 77. Qc8+ Kb5 78. Qc3 Ka6 79. Qc5 Kb7 80. Qa5 Kc6
81. Qb4 Kc7 82. Kf5 Kc6 83. Ke6 Kc7 84. Qb5 Kc8 85. Kd6 Kd8 86. Qd7# )67. Kf5
Ke2 ( 67... Kf2 { a fruitless try to alter the course of the game}  68. Kg5 Ke3
69. Kxh5 Kf4 70. Kg6 Ke4 71. h5 Kd5 72. h6 Ke6 73. h7 Ke7 74. Kf5 Kd6 75. h8=Q
Kd7 76. Qd4+ Kc7 77. Qc5+ Kb7 78. Qb5+ Kc8 79. Ke5 Kc7 80. Ke6 Kc8 81. Kd6 Kd8
82. Qd7# )68. Kg5 Kd3 ( 68... Ke3 { doesn't improve anything}  69. Kxh5 Kf4 70.
Kg6 Ke5 71. h5 Kd6 72. h6 Ke6 73. h7 Ke7 74. h8=Q Kd7 75. Qd4+ Kc6 76. Qc4+ Kb6
77. Qb4+ Kc6 78. Qb3 Kc5 79. Qc3+ Kb6 80. Kf5 Kb7 81. Qb4+ Ka6 82. Ke6 Ka7 83.
Qa5+ Kb8 84. Kd6 Kb7 85. Qb4+ Kc8 86. Qb5 Kd8 87. Qd7# )69. Kxh5 Kc4 70. Kg6 (
70. Kg6 Kd5 71. h5 Ke4 72. h6 Kd3 73. h7 Kd2 74. h8=Q Kd3 75. Qc8 Kd4 76. Qc6
Kd3 77. Qc5 Ke2 78. Qc3 Kf1 79. Qc2 Kg1 80. Kf5 Kf1 81. Qd1+ Kf2 82. Kf4 Kg2
83. Qe2+ Kh1 84. Kg3 Kg1 85. Qg2# )( 70. Kg5 Kd5 71. h5 Kc5 72. h6 Kb4 73. h7
Kc4 74. h8=Q Kd3 75. Qb2 Ke4 76. Qb4+ Ke3 77. Qc3+ Ke4 78. Qc4+ Ke3 79. Qc2 Kd4
80. Kf5 Kd5 81. Qb3+ Kd4 82. Qb4+ Kd3 83. Kf4 Ke2 84. Qd4 Kf1 85. Kf3 Ke1 86.
Qd8 Kf1 87. Qd1# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Goldsmith, Alan D"]
[Black "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[ECO "B30"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]

{ B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6 } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Qc7 6. Nc3 ( 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Nxc6 ( 7... bxc6 8. d4 Ng6
9. h4 h5 10. b3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Bd2 Be7 13. g3 c5 14. Na3 cxd4 15. Nc4
Qa7 16. Ba5 Rb8 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Nc6 Bxf2+ 19. Kg2 Qc5 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Rc1 {
1-0 Saric,I  ( 2441 ) -Brulic,D  ( 2241 ) /Zadar 2004/CBM 103 ext}  )8. d4 cxd4
9. cxd4 b5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Nf3 Qb8 14. b3 Be7 15. Bb2
O-O 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Ng4 f6 { 1/2-1/2 Sedina,E  ( 2434 ) -Bosboom Lanchava,T  (
2329 ) /Istanbul 2003/CBM 094 ext}  )6... a6 7. e5 $146 ( 7. Bf1 b5 ( 7... b6
8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 h5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Nd5 exd5 14.
exd5+ Kd8 15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Re3 f6 17. Rd3 Bc5 18. Qf4 Qe6 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. b4
Be7 21. Bd4 Ba4 22. Re3 { Bielczyk,J  ( 2380 ) -Przewoznik,J  ( 2340 )
/Polanica Zdroj 1980/MCD/1-0}  )8. d4 b4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nxd4 11. Nxd4
cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bb7 13. dxe6 dxe6 14. Bg5 Qc5 15. Qg4 Bd5 16. c4 bxc3 17. Rac1 h5
18. Qa4+ Qc6 19. Qa5 Qc5 20. Qa4+ Qc6 21. Qh4 Qb7 { Taoubi,M-Koehler,G/Germany
1993/GER/0-1  ( 39 )}  )7... Ng6 ( 7... Nd4 8. Bf1 $11 )8. Bxc6 $14 Qxc6 9. d4
cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qh5 b6 12. f4 { Black has a cramped position}  ( 12. Be3
$5 $14)12... Bc5 $15 { Black pins: Bc5xd4}  13. Be3 { Black has a cramped
position}  13... Bb7 14. Rad1 Ne7 ( 14... O-O 15. Qh3 $15 )15. Bf2 { White has
an active position}  ( 15. Nb3 Bb4 $14 )15... g6 { Black threatens to win
material: g6xh5}  ( 15... O-O 16. Na4 d6 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Nf3 $11 )16. Qg5 (
16. Qh3 Nf5 $14 )16... Nf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf2+ ( 17... gxf5 $5 18. Re2 h6 $11 )18.
Kxf2 $16 gxf5 19. Rd6 h6 20. Qh5 ( 20. Qg3 O-O-O 21. Qd3 Kb8 $16 )20... Rg8 (
20... Qc5+ $5 { should be investigated more closely}  21. Re3 b5 $14 )21. g3
$16 O-O-O 22. Red1 ( 22. Qxh6 $4 { the pawn is something White will choke on} 
22... Rh8 23. Qg7 Rdg8 24. Qxg8+ Rxg8 $19 )22... Rg6 23. Qe2 Qc5+ ( 23... Kb8
24. Qe3 b5 25. Qd4 $16 )24. R1d4 $18 b5 25. a4 Bc6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Na2 Bd5 (
27... h5 $142 28. Nb4 Rh8 29. Nxc6 dxc6 $18 )28. c3 Bxa2 29. b4 Qa7 ( 29... Bc4
30. Qe3 Qc7 $18 )30. Qxb5 Bd5 31. Ra6 Qb7 ( 31... Qb8 32. Rc4+ $1 { a brilliant
end}  32... Bxc4 33. Qxc4+ Kb7 34. Qb5+ Kc8 35. Rb6 Qxb6+ 36. Qxb6 $18 )32. Rb6
( 32. Qa5 $142 { and White can already relax}  32... Rdg8 33. b5 $18 )32... Qa8
( 32... Qa7 33. Rc4+ Bc6 $18 )33. Qc5+ ( 33. Rc4+ Bc6 34. Ra6 Kc7 35. Qb6+ Kc8
36. Rxa8# )33... Bc6 $18 34. b5 ( 34. Rd2 $142 { seems even better}  34... Rg5
35. fxg5 $18 )34... Kc7 $4 { Black falls apart}  ( 34... Qa2+ 35. Ke1 Qb1+ 36.
Kd2 Qa2+ 37. Kd3 Qb1+ 38. Kc4 Qa2+ 39. Kb4 Qb2+ 40. Ka5 Qa2+ 41. Ra4 Qd5 $18
)35. Ra6 ( 35. bxc6 Qa2+ 36. Kf3 Rxg3+ 37. hxg3 Qf2+ 38. Kxf2 d6 39. Rb7+ Kc8
40. Qb6 dxe5 41. Qxd8# )35... Qb7 36. Ra7 Kb8 ( 36... Kc8 { is not much help} 
37. Rxb7 Rg4 38. Rdxd7 Rxf4+ 39. gxf4 Rxd7 40. Qxc6+ Rc7 41. Qxc7# )37. Rxb7+
Bxb7 ( 37... Kxb7 { does not solve anything}  38. bxc6+ dxc6 39. Rb4+ Kc7 40.
Qa7+ Kc8 41. Qb7# )38. Qd6+ ( 38. Qd6+ Ka8 39. Ra4+ Ba6 40. Qc7 Rxg3 41. Rxa6#
) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Obst, James"]
[Black "Tao, Trevor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]

{ A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack } 1. Nf3 f5 2. b4 e6 (
2... d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. e3 Be6 5. c4 Nd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. Qc2 c6 8. a4 Bf6 9. Nc3 Ne7
10. d4 e4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. b5 d5 13. Ba3 f4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 fxe3 16. fxe3
Nf5 17. Bxf8 { Fichte,W  ( 2035 ) -Stotyn,F  ( 2197 ) /Bad Zwesten 2005/CBM 104
ext/0-1}  )3. Bb2 Nf6 4. a3 b5 $146 ( 4... Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7
8. c4 a5 9. b5 Qe8 10. Nc3 Qg6 11. d4 d6 12. Ne1 Nbd7 13. Bf3 Ne4 14. Rc1 Ndf6
15. Nd3 Qf7 16. Na4 Rad8 17. Qc2 g5 18. g3 Qe8 19. Bg2 { Reis,L  ( 2225 )
-Dias,P  ( 2195 ) /Caldas de Felgueira 1999/CBM 069 ext/0-1  ( 35 )}  )( 4...
c5 $5 $15)5. e3 $14 a6 { Controls b5}  6. c4 bxc4 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O g6 ( 8...
Bd6 $5 $11 { must definitely be considered} )9. d3 $16 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3
Bd5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qc2 Kg8 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. e4 Nf4
18. Rfe1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 ( 19. dxe4 Nxg2 { Demolition of pawn structure}  20.
Kxg2 Rxf3 21. Nxd7 Nd4 22. Qxc7 Qh4 $19 )( { Inferior is } 19. Nxe4 Nxg2 {
Demolishes the pawn shield}  20. Kxg2 Rxf3 $17 )19... Na7 ( 19... Nh3+ 20. Kf1
Nf4 21. Qc3 $16 )20. Qd2 Nd5 21. Qg5 ( 21. a4 $5 $16)21... Qxg5 $14 22. Nxg5
Nf6 ( 22... Rfd8 $14)23. Nxd7 ( 23. Rh4 $5 $16 $142)23... Nxd7 $11 24. Rxc7 (
24. Nxe6 $5 Rfc8 25. Kf1 $11 ( 25. Rxc7 $143 Nb5 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $17 ))24... Nf6
25. Rxe6 Nb5 26. Rcc6 ( 26. Rb7 Rfe8 27. Kf1 Rxe6 28. Nxe6 Nxa3 $17 )26... Nd4
( 26... Nd5 $5 $142 27. Rxa6 Nxa3 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 $17 )27. Rxf6 $11 Nxc6 28. Rxc6
Rfd8 { Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd3}  29. Rc4 ( 29. f3 Rxd3 30. Rc7
Rf8 $11 )29... Rac8 ( 29... Rxd3 $5 30. g4 Rxa3 $17 )30. Rxc8 { White pins:
Rc8xd8}  30... Rxc8 { Black has a mate threat}  31. Kf1 Rc3 { Black threatens
to win material: Rc3xa3}  32. Ke2 Rxa3 33. Ne4 Kf7 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Kd4 Kd7 36.
Nf6+ { White forks: d7+h7}  36... Kd6 ( 36... Kc6 $5 $11)37. Nxh7 $14 Ra4 {
Black pins: Ra4xb4}  38. Kc3 Ke5 ( 38... Ra3+ 39. Kc4 $14 )39. Ng5 { The knight
likes it on g5}  ( 39. Nf8 Ra3+ 40. Kc4 Kf6 41. Nh7+ Kf5 $16 )39... Ra1 40. g3
Rc1+ 41. Kb2 Rc6 ( 41... Rf1 $5 $142 { is worth looking at}  42. Ne4 Kd4 $11
)42. f4+ $16 Kf5 43. Nf3 ( 43. h3 Rb6 44. Kc3 Rc6+ 45. Kd4 Rd6+ 46. Kc4 Rc6+
47. Kd5 Rc3 $16 )43... Rc7 ( 43... Rd6 44. Kc3 $14 )44. h3 ( 44. Kb3 Rc1 $16
)44... Rh7 ( 44... Re7 45. Ne5 $14 )45. Ng5 { White threatens to win material:
Ng5xh7}  ( 45. Nd4+ $5 $142 Kf6 46. h4 $16 )45... Rd7 { Black threatens to win
material: Rd7xd3}  46. Kc3 Rc7+ 47. Kd4 Rd7+ $4 { there were better ways to
keep up the pressure}  ( 47... Rb7 $11 $142 { and Black can hope to survive}
)48. Ke3 $18 Rb7 49. g4+ Kf6 50. Ne4+ Ke7 51. Nc5 Rxb4 52. Nxa6 Rb1 53. Nc5 Rh1
54. g5 ( 54. f5 gxf5 55. gxf5 Rxh3+ 56. Kf4 $14 )54... Rxh3+ $14 55. Ke4 Rh1
56. Ke5 Re1+ 57. Ne4 Re3 58. d4 Re1 59. d5 Kd7 60. d6 ( 60. f5 gxf5 61. Kxf5
$11 )60... Kc6 $11 61. f5 gxf5 62. Kxf5 { White has a new passed pawn: g5.} 
62... Kd7 $4 { a transit from better to worse}  ( 62... Rf1+ $142 { would save
the game}  63. Ke5 Rg1 $11 )63. g6 $18 Rf1+ ( 63... Rg1 { is not the saving
move}  64. Kf6 Rg4 $18 )64. Kg4 ( 64. Ke5 $142 { and White has it in the bag} 
64... Rg1 65. Nf6+ Kc6 66. d7 $18 )64... Ke6 65. Ng3 Rf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]

{ D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qd1 ( 9. h4 h5
10. Nh3 Bd6 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Bd3 Rh6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O-O
16. Rhe1 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nb6 18. Nxh5 Nd5 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. Nxd5 cxd5+ 21. Kb1 Kb8
22. Nxf6 Rxh4 23. g3 Rh2 { Bacrot,E  ( 2592 ) -Anic,D  ( 2467 ) /Besancon
1999/CBM 073/1-0  ( 49 )}  )9... Qb6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Nf3 $146 ( 11. Nge2 Bd6
12. g3 h5 ( 12... Nf8 13. Bg2 Ne6 14. h4 Bh5 15. Rc1 Rg8 16. a3 Qb3 17. O-O Rd8
18. Rfe1 Bg6 19. Nf4 Kf8 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. e4 Kg7 22. e5 fxe5 23. h5 Bf5 24.
dxe5 Be7 25. Ne2 Qb6 26. Nd4 Rdf8 27. Re3 { Legky,N  ( 2420 ) -Gulicovski,K  (
2200 ) /Vrnjacka Banja 1989/CBM 013/1-0  ( 42 )}  )13. h4 O-O-O 14. Bh3 Kb8 15.
a3 Qc7 16. b4 Nb6 17. O-O Nc4 18. Qd1 Rhg8 19. Bg2 Bf5 20. b5 Be4 21. Nxe4 dxe4
22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc1 f5 24. Qb3 Rc8 25. Rfd1 Qa6 { Shibaev,A  ( 2387 )
-Afromeev,V  ( 2547 ) /Internet 2004/CBM 104 ext/0-1  ( 63 )}  )11... Bd6 12.
Bd3 f5 ( 12... O-O-O 13. Nh4 $11 )13. Nh4 f4 14. Nf5 ( { Not } 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. O-O-O O-O-O $15 )14... Bxf5 15. Bxf5 { Opposite coloured bishops appeared} 
15... Nf6 ( 15... O-O-O 16. e4 dxe4 17. O-O-O $14 ( 17. Nxe4 $143 Bb4 18. Nc3
Rhe8+ 19. Kf1 f3 $17 ))16. O-O ( 16. O-O-O Kd8 $16 )16... Qc7 ( 16... O-O 17.
Ne2 $14 )17. Rac1 a6 ( 17... f3 $5 18. g3 h5 $16 )18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 ( 19.
Bxe4 $6 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 O-O-O $14 )19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 O-O-O 21. b4 ( 21. Bf3 Kb8
$16 )21... Qe7 ( 21... f3 22. g3 h5 23. Bxf3 $14 )22. Qd3 Kb8 23. Bxc6 ( 23.
Bf3 $16 $142)23... bxc6 $15 24. Rxc6 Qb7 { Black threatens to win material:
Qb7xc6}  25. Rxa6 ( 25. Qf3 $5 $15 { is interesting} )25... Rhg8 $17 26. f3 Rg6
( 26... Be5 27. Kh1 Bxd4 28. Re1 $17 )27. Ra5 ( 27. Rd1 $5 $11 { is worthy of
consideration} )27... Bc7 $17 28. Rb5 ( 28. Rh5 Bb6 29. Kh1 Rxd4 $17 )28... Rb6
( 28... Bb6 29. Rd1 Rgd6 30. Qf1 Rxd4 31. Re1 Rd1+ 32. Kh1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 $19
)29. Rf5 ( 29. Rxb6 Bxb6 30. Kh1 Rxd4 31. Qxh7 Rxb4 $17 )29... Rxb4 30. Rxf7
Rbxd4 31. Qc2 $2 ( 31. Qb1 $142 Qb6 32. Kh1 Qxb1 33. Rxb1+ Kc8 34. Rg1 $19
)31... Rd2 32. Qc4 ( 32. Rxc7 { doesn't do any good}  32... Rxc2 ( 32... Qxc7
$6 33. Rb1+ Kc8 34. Qf5+ R2d7 35. h3 $19 )33. Rxc2 Qb4 $19 )32... Rg8 ( 32...
Rd1 $142 { keeps an even firmer grip}  33. Qxc7+ Qxc7 34. Rxc7 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1
Kxc7 $19 )33. g4 ( 33. Kh1 Rdxg2 34. Rf8+ Rxf8 35. Kxg2 $19 )33... fxg3 ( 33...
Rxg4+ 34. Kh1 Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Qb2+ 36. Qe2 Qxe2+ 37. Rf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Rg1# )34.
Rxc7 ( 34. Qxc7+ { praying for a miracle}  34... Qxc7 35. Rb1+ Kc8 36. Rxc7+
Kxc7 37. hxg3 Rxg3+ 38. Kh1 $19 )34... gxh2+ 35. Kh1 Qxf3+ $3 { Demolition of
pawn structure.}  ( 35... Qxc7 36. Rb1+ Kc8 37. Qxg8+ Qd8 38. Qe6+ Qd7 39. Qa6+
Kd8 40. Qf6+ Kc8 41. Qf8+ Kc7 42. Rc1+ Kb7 43. Qb4+ Ka8 44. Qa5+ Kb8 45. Rb1+
Kc8 46. Qa8+ Kc7 47. Rb7+ Kd6 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. a4 $18 )36. Rxf3 { Deflection
from g1}  36... Rg1# { A beautiful mate combination}   0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Juszczynski, Mathew"]
[Black "Stevens, Tristan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "A08"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]

{ A08: King's Indian Attack } 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nf6
6. Nbd2 Bf5 { White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move: c1}  (
6... g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Qe7 10. Bb2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Rd8 12. b5 Nd4 13.
Nxd4 cxd4 14. c3 Bg4 15. Bf3 Nxe4 16. cxd4 Nxd2 { 0-1 Stehno,P  ( 2373 )
-Meduna,E  ( 2453 ) /Pardubice 2005/CBM 107 ext}  )7. Nh4 $146 { White
threatens to win material: Nh4xf5}  ( 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. e4
dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. c4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Qb1 h6 16. a3 Nc6
17. Nf1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qc1 b6 20. Nd2 a6 21. b4 Re7 { Koelsch,M  ( 1235
) -Weller,M  ( 1530 ) /Winterberg 2002/CBM 088 ext/0-1}  )( 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4
Bd7 $11 ( 8... Bxe4 $143 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe4 $16 ))7... Bd7 8.
e4 d4 { Black gains space}  ( 8... Bg4 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 $11 )9. a4 g6 {
White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move: c1}  ( 9... Bg4 10. f3
Be6 11. Qe2 $11 )10. Nc4 $14 Bg7 ( 10... Be6 $5 $14)11. Nd6+ $16 Ke7 12. Nc4 (
{ Less advisable is } 12. Nxb7 Qb6 $17 )12... Re8 ( 12... Be6 13. b3 $16 )13.
f4 Kf8 14. f5 ( 14. Nf3 $16 $142)14... Re7 $2 ( 14... Kg8 $16 $142)15. Bg5 $18
h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. fxg6 Bxh4 18. gxh4 ( 18. Qh5 $142 { might be the shorter
path}  18... Kg7 19. gxf7 $18 ( 19. gxh4 $6 { is clearly worse}  19... fxg6 20.
Qf3 Kh7 $14 )( 19. Qxh4 $6 fxg6 20. Nd6 Be6 21. Nf5+ gxf5 22. exf5 Rc7 23. Qg4+
Qg5 24. Qxg5+ hxg5 25. fxe6 Re8 $16 ))18... Be8 $4 { an oversight. But Black
was lost anyway.}  ( 18... Kg7 $142 19. gxf7 Rxf7 20. Rxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qh5+ Kg7
22. Nxe5 Qe8 23. Qxe8 Bxe8 ( 23... Rxe8 $4 24. Nxd7 b6 25. Rf1 $18 )24. Nxc6
Bxc6 $18 )19. Qg4 Qd7 ( 19... Bd7 { does not improve anything}  20. Qh5 Kg7 21.
Rf6 $18 )20. Qg3 Qc7 ( 20... Re6 21. Bh3 f6 22. Rxf6+ Rxf6 23. Bxd7 Rxg6 24.
Rf1+ Ke7 $18 )21. Rf6 Re6 22. Raf1 Rxf6 23. g7+ Kg8 24. Rxf6 Ne7 25. Rxh6 ( 25.
Nd6 $5 $142 { makes it even easier for White}  25... Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Ng6 $18
)25... Ng6 26. h5 Kxg7 27. hxg6 Kxh6 28. g7 ( 28. Nxe5 $142 { secures victory} 
28... Qe7 29. Qh3+ Kg5 30. gxf7 Bxf7 31. Nf3+ Kg6 32. Nh4+ Qxh4 33. Qxh4 $18
)28... Bxa4 ( 28... Bb5 29. g8=N+ Rxg8 30. Qxg8 $18 )29. g8=Q Rxg8 30. Qxg8
Bxc2 ( 30... f6 { the last chance for counterplay}  31. Qe6 Kg6 $18 )31. Qh8+
Kg5 ( 31... Kg6 { cannot undo what has already been done}  32. Bh3 f6 33. Bf5+
Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qxc7 Ba4 36. Bg6 Be8 37. Bxe8 Kg8 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qxf6+
Kh7 40. Bg6+ Kh6 41. Nxe5 c4 42. Nf7# )32. Qg7+ Kh4 33. Bf3 ( 33. Bf3 Bxd3 34.
Qg3# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Mdinaradze, Edgar"]
[Black "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[ECO "A65"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]

{ A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6
6. e4 g6 7. h3 ( 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. Ng3 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bg5 Qa5 12.
Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. O-O h4 15. Nh1 Qb4 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. h3 Nfd7 18. Ra3 c4
19. Na2 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. f4 Nd3 { Gurevich,M  ( 2688 ) -Degraeve,J  ( 2589 )
/Clichy 2001/CBM 085/1-0  ( 37 )}  )7... Bg7 ( 7... a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bd3 c4 10.
Bc2 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd4 Ng4 14. Qxc4 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16.
Qe2 Qc7 17. Bb3 f5 18. Bf4 fxe4 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe4 Bf5 21. Ng5 Qb6 22. Ra3
{ Braunlich,T  ( 2210 ) -Langer,M  ( 2259 ) /Stillwater 2005/CBM 104
ext/1/2-1/2  ( 38 )}  )8. Bg5 h6 { Black threatens to win material: h6xg5}  9.
Be3 $146 ( 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bd3 a6 ( 10... Re8 11. Nge2 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. a3 Na6
14. Rc1 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bb1 Ba6 17. Qa4 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qxa6 dxe2
20. Qxe2 Qa5 21. O-O Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxd5 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 {
Koczo,K  ( 2024 ) -Topp,M/Budapest 2002/CBM 089 ext/1-0  ( 44 )}  )11. a4 Re8
12. Nge2 Qc7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Re1 b6 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rad1 Nh5 17. Bh2 Ne5 18.
Bb1 Rb8 19. f4 Nc4 20. Qc1 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. g4 Nf6 23. Bd3 Nd7 { Motoc,A  (
2387 ) -Kubikova,A  ( 2170 ) /Balatonlelle 2003/CBM 095 ext/1/2-1/2  ( 71 )} 
)9... a6 { Controls b5}  ( 9... O-O 10. Nf3 $14 )10. a4 Qe7 11. Bd3 { Black has
a cramped position}  11... Nbd7 12. Nf3 g5 13. Nd2 { Black has a cramped
position. Black's piece can't move: c8}  ( 13. a5 O-O $14 )13... Ne5 $14 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne5xd3}  14. Be2 { Black has a cramped
position}  14... O-O 15. Nf3 ( 15. Qc2 Bd7 $14 )15... Nxf3+ ( 15... Ng6 16. Qc2
$11 )16. Bxf3 ( 16. gxf3 Bd7 $14 )16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 { White
has a new passed pawn: d5}  19. Qc2 b6 { Black plans f4}  20. g3 $4 { White has
let it slip away}  ( 20. O-O $11 $142 { had to be tried to avoid defeat} )20...
f4 $19 21. gxf4 gxf4 22. Bd2 Bf5 23. Qb3 Rae8+ 24. Kd1 Bd4 ( 24... c4 25. Qb4
Qg6 26. Kc1 $19 )25. Rg1+ Kh7 26. Rg4 $2 ( 26. Bc3 Rg8 ( 26... Bxh3 { is the
weaker alternative}  27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rc1 $14 )27. Bg4 Qe5 $19 )26... Bxf2 27.
Qc4 $6 { cannot solve the problems of the position}  ( 27. Rxf4 Bg6 28. Rxf8
Rxf8 $19 ( 28... Qxf8 $6 29. Bg4 $19 ))27... Be3 28. Ra3 ( 28. Bc3 Rf7 $19
)28... Qe5 ( 28... Bxd2 { makes it even easier for Black}  29. Kxd2 Qe5 30. Kc1
Qe1+ 31. Bd1 Bxg4 32. hxg4 $19 )29. Bxe3 $4 { White has lost his nerve...
understandable when you consider his position}  ( 29. Bc3 Bd4 30. Rg1 $19
)29... fxe3 30. Qc3 ( 30. Be2 { the only chance to get some counterplay}  30...
h5 31. Rf4 $19 )30... Bxg4 31. Bxg4 e2+ 32. Kc2 ( 32. Kc1 { is no salvation} 
32... Rf1+ 33. Kc2 Qe4+ 34. Qd3 e1=Q 35. Bf5+ Rxf5 36. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 37. Kb3 Qxd5+
38. Kc3 Rf2 39. a5 Re3# )32... e1=Q ( 32... e1=Q 33. Qd3+ Q5e4 34. Bd1 Rf1 35.
Qxe4+ Qxe4+ 36. Kc1 Qd4 37. Rd3 Qxd3 38. b3 Rxd1+ 39. Kb2 Re2+ 40. Ka3 Ra1# )(
32... Qe4+ 33. Qd3 e1=Q 34. Bd1 Rf1 35. Qxe4+ Qxe4+ 36. Rd3 Rxd1 37. Kb3 Rxd3+
38. Kc2 Qc4+ 39. Kb1 Rd1# ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Black "Goldsmith, Alan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[ECO "D79"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]

{ D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation  ( 6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5 ) }
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Ne5 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. h3 ( 11. Na4 Re8 12. h3 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Qd6 16. Qd2 g5 17. Rac1 f5 18. Qa5 Bd7 19. Nc5 f4 20. gxf4 gxf4
21. Bd2 Bxd4 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxc6 e6 24. Rc2 Bb6 25. Qa3 Qf7 { Patuzzo,F  (
2329 ) -Korkmaz,N  ( 1973 ) /Instanbul 2004/CBM 102 ext/1-0  ( 62 )}  )11...
Nh6 ( 11... Nf6 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Be5 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Re1 f5 16. f4 e6 17.
Rc1 Rb8 18. Na4 Bb5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Qa5 21. a3 Rfc8 22. Qc1 Qc7 23. b3
Ba6 24. Qe3 Kf7 25. Rec1 Rb6 26. R1c3 { Nemeth,Z  ( 2379 ) -Yu Mingyuan  ( 2419
) /Budapest 2000/CBM 075 ext/1/2-1/2  ( 60 )}  )12. g4 $146 ( 12. b4 Nf5 13. e3
e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bb2 Qd6 16. b5 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Rab1 d4
20. Ne4 Qe7 21. exd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. bxc6 Bb6 25. Rd7 Qe6
26. Rxb7 Rc8 { Straeter,T-Valkyser,S/Germany 1992/TD/1/2-1/2  ( 34 )}  )12...
Rb8 ( 12... f5 13. g5 Nf7 14. f4 $11 )13. Be3 ( 13. Bf4 $5 Rb4 14. Qc1 Nxg4 15.
hxg4 Bxd4 16. e4 dxe4 17. a3 $14 )13... f5 $11 { Black threatens to win
material: f5xg4}  ( { Not } 13... Rxb2 14. Qc1 Nxg4 15. Qxb2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 $16
)14. Qd2 Nf7 15. g5 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. b3 { Consolidates c4}  ( { Weaker is }
17. Bxa7 Nc4 18. Qf4 Be5 $19 )17... d4 18. Bxd4 f4 19. Ne4 f3 20. exf3 Nxf3+
21. Bxf3 Bxd4 { Black has the pair of bishops}  22. Rad1 c5 ( { Worse is }
22... Bxh3 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Bxf1 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. gxf6 $18 )23. Bg2 Bf5
$2 ( 23... Qb6 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. gxf6 $14 )24. Qc1 $4 { gives the opponent
counterplay}  ( 24. Nxc5 $142 { a pity that White didn't try this}  24... Bg7
25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Qxd8 Rbxd8 27. b4 $18 )24... Qe7 ( 24... Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qd6 26.
Bg2 $11 )25. Rde1 ( 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Qxd4+ Qg7 $16 )25... Qc7 $11
26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nd5 { White threatens to win material: Nd5xc7}  ( 27. Kh1 Bd3
28. Rg1 Rbd8 $14 ( 28... Bxf6 $143 29. gxf6 Qf7 30. Qxc5 $18 ))27... Qd6 (
27... Qd8 $5 { should not be overlooked}  28. Ne7 Bd7 $11 )28. Qf4 $14 Qxf4 29.
Nxf4 Bd7 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Rf5 { Black threatens to win material: Rf5xg5} 
32. Kh2 Rbf8 ( 32... Rxg5 33. f4 Rf5 34. Re7 $11 )33. f4 $14 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Rxf4
35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Re7+ ( 36. Ra8 c4 37. bxc4 h6 $14 ) 1/2-1/2

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Stevens, Tristan"]
[Black "Mdinaradze, Edgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[ECO "B07"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]

{ B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3 } 1. e4 Nf6
2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d3 c5 ( 5... c6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Nxe5 Qd4+ 12. Be3 Qxe5 13. d4 Qe7 14. dxc5 Ng4
15. Kh1 Be6 16. Rfe1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfd8 19. a3 Rd7 20. Rad1 {
Gesos,P  ( 2390 ) -Vadasz,L  ( 2460 ) /Rimavska Sobota 1974/MCD/1/2-1/2  ( 70
)}  )6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 Qa5 $146 ( 7... a6 8. h3 b5 9. g4 b4 10. Nd1 Qb6 11. Bg2
Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Kh2 h5 14. g5 O-O 15. Nh4 Rfe8 16. f5 Kh7 17. c3 a5 18. Bf4
Rad8 19. Ne3 Nce5 20. Rf2 Qa6 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. c4 { Fowler,D-Dawson,A/Coventry
2005/CBM 105 ext/0-1  ( 40 )}  )8. h3 { Secures g4}  8... Bd7 9. g3 a6 { Covers
b5}  ( 9... O-O-O 10. Ne2 $11 )10. Bg2 $14 Rb8 ( 10... Nh5 11. Bf2 $14 )11. O-O
( 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Ng8 $16 )11... O-O 12. Rae1 ( 12. e5 Ne8 $16 )12... b5
$14 13. a3 { Controls b4}  13... b4 14. axb4 Rxb4 ( 14... Qxb4 $5 15. e5 Ne8
$14 )15. e5 $16 Ne8 ( 15... dxe5 $5 $142 16. Nxe5 Qc7 $16 )16. Nd5 $18 Ra4 17.
Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Nd2 e6 $6 { doesn't faze the opponent}  ( 18... Rb5 19. Nc4 $18
)19. Nb6 ( 19. Nc3 { keeps an even firmer grip}  19... dxe5 20. Nb3 exf4 21.
Bxc6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ra2 23. Bxd7 fxe3 24. Nxc5 Rxc2 25. Rxe3 Nd6 $18 )19... Nb8
20. Ndc4 Ra2 21. exd6 ( 21. Nxd7 $5 { and White can already relax}  21... Nxd7
22. Bc6 d5 23. Bxd7 dxc4 24. Bxc5 Nc7 25. Bxf8 Bxf8 26. dxc4 Rxb2 $18 )21...
Bxb2 22. Bxc5 ( 22. Nxd7 $6 Nxd7 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 $14 )22... Bc3 23.
Re2 ( 23. Nxd7 $6 Nxd7 24. Bf2 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxc2 $11 )23... Nf6 24. Ne5 ( 24.
Rb1 Bc6 $18 )24... Rd8 ( 24... Bb5 25. Rb1 Bxe5 26. fxe5 $16 ( 26. Rxe5 $6 Rxc2
27. Ba3 Rc3 $11 ))25. g4 { White intends f5}  ( 25. Rb1 $5 $142 a5 26. d4 $18 (
26. Nexd7 $6 Nbxd7 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 $14 ))25... Bb5 $16 26. f5 Bxe5 27. fxe6 ( 27.
Rxe5 exf5 28. gxf5 Nbd7 29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. fxg6 hxg6 $18 )27... Bxd6 $2 ( 27...
fxe6 28. Rxe5 Nbd7 29. Rxe6 Nxc5 30. Rexf6 ( 30. Rfxf6 $143 Nxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxc2
$15 )30... Rxc2 31. Bd5+ Kg7 32. g5 $18 )28. Bxd6 ( 28. exf7+ $142 { secures
the point}  28... Kf8 29. Be3 $18 )28... Rxd6 $16 29. Rxf6 Rxe6 30. Rexe6 fxe6
31. Rxe6 ( 31. c4 $5 Bc6 32. Bf1 $16 )31... Rxc2 $14 32. d4 Kf8 33. d5 ( 33. g5
a5 $14 )33... Rd2 34. g5 a5 35. Rf6+ { An ideal square for the white rook.} 
35... Ke8 ( 35... Kg7 36. Bf1 Rb2 37. Na8 $11 )36. Nc8 $16 Bd7 37. Nd6+ Ke7 38.
Nc4 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 { White has a king attack}  ( 39. Kf2 $5 a4 40. Rb6 $16 )39...
a4 $14 { Black's piece can't move: b8}  40. Rb6 { White threatens to win
material: Rb6xb8}  40... Rd4 $2 ( 40... Rc1 41. Ne3 Rc8 $11 )41. Ne5 $4 { with
this move White loses his initiative}  ( 41. Na5 $142 a3 42. Rxb8 $18 )41... a3
$15 { Is this a dangerous pawn?}  42. Rxb8 $2 ( 42. Nxd7 $142 { and White has
air to breath}  42... a2 43. Nxb8 $15 )42... a2 $19 43. Ra8 $4 { leading to a
quick end}  ( 43. Rb7 $142 a1=Q 44. Rxd7+ Ke8 45. Rxh7 $19 )43... Kd6 $138 (
43... Ra4 $142 { and Black has it in the bag}  44. Rh8 a1=Q 45. Rxh7+ Kd6 46.
Nxg6 Qc1 $19 ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Black "Juszczynski, Mathew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]

{ B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3 } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6
5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 ( 10. Bg5 Be7 11.
e5 dxe5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rad1 c5 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 Ng4 17.
Bxe7 Nxe5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Na4 Rc8 20. f4 Ng4 21. g3 g6 22. Be2 Nf6 23. Rd6
Rc7 24. Rb6 Nd7 { Ker,A  ( 2348 ) -Dive,R  ( 2414 ) /New Zeeland 2001/CBM 079
ext/1/2-1/2  ( 39 )}  )10... e5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. c5 $146 ( 12. f5 Bb7 13. Be3 d5
14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxa6 O-O 19. Rfd1
Rfd8 20. Bb6 Bg5 21. Bxd8 Bxc1 22. Qxe5 Rxd8 23. Rxc1 Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Qxa6 25. b3
h6 26. f6 Qxf6 { Eichhorn,A  ( 2084 ) -Bergen,K/St Veit 2002/CBM 089
ext/1/2-1/2}  )12... O-O 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. f5 { White wins space}  14... Bc5+
15. Kh1 Bd4 { A classical outpost}  16. Bg5 Qd6 { White has a very active
position}  17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Bc4 a5 ( 18... Rfd8 19. Rf3 Qe7 20. Rc1 $11 )19.
Rf3 { White has an active position}  19... Rab8 $4 ( 19... Qe7 $5 $11 $142 {
should be examined more closely} )20. Rg3 ( 20. Rxd4 $142 { might be the
shorter path}  20... Qxd4 21. Bxf6 $18 )20... Nd7 $4 { cause more grief}  (
20... c5 $142 21. Bh6 Nxe4 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Nxe4 Qxh6 $16 )21. Qh5 $18 Ba8 (
21... Kh8 22. Rh3 h6 $18 )22. Bh6 Qf6 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rd3 Rxb2
( 25... Rbd8 { doesn't get the bull off the ice}  26. Rh3 Be3 27. Rxe3 Kh8 28.
Rh3 Nf6 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Qxf6+ Rg7 31. Qxd8+ Rg8 32. Qf6+ Rg7 33. Rg3 h5 34.
Qxg7# )26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Qg5 ( 27. Qg5 Rb1+ 28. Nxb1 h6 29. Qxh6# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Tao, Trevor"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[ECO "B19"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]

{ B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line } 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7 10. Be3 Ngf6
11. O-O-O ( 11. c4 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. Qb3 c5 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Rac1
Ng4 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc2 Qb6 21. b3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1
Rd8 23. Qe2 Nd3 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxf2+ { Binder,T  ( 2300 )
-Kiss,V/Hungary 1993/TD/1-0}  )11... O-O-O 12. Kb1 $146 { Black has a cramped
position. Black's piece can't move: f8}  ( 12. Ne2 e6 13. Qb3 ( 13. Kb1 Ng4 14.
Rhf1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bd6 { 1/2-1/2 Shadick,P-Cilia Vincenti,V  ( 2205 ) /Novi Sad
1990/TD}  )13... Nd5 14. c4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 e5 16. c5 exd4 17. exd4 Nf6 18. Ne5
Nd5 19. Rhf1 f6 20. Ng6 Rg8 21. Nef4 Qf7 22. Rde1 Rd7 23. h5 b6 24. Re6 Nc7 25.
Rfe1 bxc5 26. Qa4 Nxe6 { Marco,G-Tartakower,S/Bad Pistyan 1922/HCL/1-0  ( 53 )}
 )( 12. Qb3 Ng4 13. Ne2 e6 14. Rhe1 Be7 15. Kb1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Rhf8
18. Nxf7 Rde8 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. f4 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Qe4 Qb6 23. g3 Qf2 24.
Rf1 Qb6 25. Rf3 Rd8 26. c4 Ne7 { Teichmann,R-Mieses,J/Berlin 1910/HCL/1-0  ( 44
)}  )12... e6 { White has a very active position}  13. c4 { Black has a cramped
position}  13... Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Rd7 ( 16... Qa5 17. Rd3
$11 )17. Bd2 ( 17. c5 Bf4 $16 )17... Ng4 { Black threatens to win material:
Ng4xf2}  ( 17... c5 18. Bc3 $11 )18. Bc3 $14 f6 { Prevents intrusion on e5+g5} 
( 18... Kb8 $5 $14 { is worth consideration} )19. Rhe1 Re8 $4 { strolling
merrily down the path to disaster}  ( 19... Re7 $16 $142)20. Qg6 $18 ( 20. Qg6
Rde7 21. Qxg4 $18 ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Black "Obst, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[ECO "B40"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]

{ B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Qb6 5. Nb3 d6 6. Nc3 a6 $146 ( 6... Nc6 7. Bf4 Ne5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Qd2
Nf6 11. Be2 Be7 12. g4 a6 13. g5 Nd7 14. O-O-O b5 15. a3 Rb8 16. Kb1 b4 17.
axb4 Nxb4 18. Nb5 Qxc2+ 19. Qxc2 Nxc2 20. Nc7+ Kd8 21. Nxe6+ { Medvegy,Z  (
2456 ) -Dobosz,H  ( 2453 ) /Austria 2004/CBM 103 ext/1/2-1/2  ( 90 )}  )7. g3 (
7. Be2 Nf6 $16 )7... Nf6 { Black is behind in developement}  8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O
O-O 10. Be3 { White threatens to win material: Be3xb6}  10... Qc7 11. a4 Nc6
12. a5 { Black has a cramped position}  12... Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15.
e5 { White gets more space}  15... Nxa5 16. Be4 Nc6 17. Qh5 { White prepares
f5. White has a mate threat}  ( 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nd6 Nd4 $14 )17... g6 $11 {
Black threatens to win material: g6xh5}  18. Qh6 { Black has a cramped
position}  18... Nd4 19. f5 $2 ( 19. Bd3 $11 $142 { would keep White in the
game} )19... Qxe5 $17 20. f6 $2 ( 20. fxe6 $142 fxe6 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Qf4
Qxf4 23. Bxf4 $17 ( 23. gxf4 $2 Rb8 $19 ))20... Bxf6 $19 21. Rxf6 ( 21. Bf4
Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Qc7 $19 )21... Qxf6 22. Bg5 ( 22. Rf1 { is not much
help}  22... Qg7 23. Qh4 f5 $19 )22... Qg7 23. Qh4 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Qd4+ ( 24...
gxf5 $6 25. Rd1 f6 26. Bh6 $19 )( 24... exf5 $6 25. Bf6 g5 26. Bxg7 gxh4 27.
Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Na4 $19 )25. Kh1 ( 25. Qxd4 { doesn't change anything anymore} 
25... cxd4 26. Na4 exf5 $19 ( 26... gxf5 $6 27. Nb6 f6 28. Bf4 $19 ))25... Qxh4
26. gxh4 exf5 ( { Inferior is } 26... gxf5 27. Bh6 f6 28. Na4 $19 )27. Bf6 (
27. Be7 { cannot change what is in store for ?}  27... Bd7 28. Bxf8 Bc6+ 29.
Kg1 Kxf8 $19 )27... Bd7 28. h3 ( 28. Kg1 { does not improve anything}  28...
Bc6 $19 )28... Bc6+ 29. Kh2 h5 30. Ne2 ( 30. Kg3 { cannot undo what has already
been done}  30... Rfe8 31. Bg5 f6 32. Bxf6 Re3+ 33. Kh2 Rae8 $19 )30... Rfe8
31. Nf4 Re4 32. Nd3 ( 32. Rf1 { a fruitless try to alter the course of the
game}  32... Rae8 $19 )32... Re2+ 33. Kg3 Rae8 34. Nxc5 ( 34. Kf4 { does not
solve anything}  34... R8e6 35. Bc3 f6 36. Bxf6 Rxf6 $19 )34... R8e3+ ( 34...
f4+ 35. Kxf4 Rf2+ 36. Kg3 Ree2 37. Rf1 Rxf1 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. c4 Rg2# )35. Kf4
$19 Rf3+ ( 35... Rf3+ 36. Kg5 Kh7 $19 )( 35... b6 36. Nb3 g5+ 37. Kxg5 Rg2+ 38.
Kf4 Re4+ 39. Kxf5 Rf2+ 40. Kg5 Re6 41. Rg1 Rexf6 42. Kxh5+ Kh7 43. Rg8 R6f5+
44. Kg4 Bd7 45. Rh8+ Kxh8 46. h5 Rg2+ 47. Kh4 Rf4# ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.04.04"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Goldsmith, Alan D"]
[Black "Obst, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]

{ A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4 } 1. d4 g6 2. h4 Nf6 3. h5 ( 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 h6
5. Bf4 d6 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Nf3 c6
12. Kb1 Nc5 13. Qe1 Bg4 14. Bxe5 Rad8 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Bd4 Bxf3 17. Bxc5 Qxc5
{ Clarke,T  ( 2128 ) -Meyer,G  ( 2175 ) /Edinburgh 2003/CBM 095 ext/0-1  ( 33
)}  )3... Nxh5 4. e4 d5 { Black threatens to win material: d5xe4}  5. Nc3 $146
{ White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5}  ( 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Bc4
Nf6 8. Bg5 Bg7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bb3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 b4 15. exf6 bxc3+ 16. Kxc3 exf6 17. Rhe1+ Be6 18. Bf4 Ke7 19. Re2 Rhd8 {
David,A  ( 2455 ) -Kantsler,B  ( 2495 ) /Tel Aviv 1997/CBM 059/0-1  ( 163 )} 
)5... Nf6 6. exd5 ( 6. e5 Nh5 $14 )6... Nxd5 { Black has a cramped position} 
7. Bc4 { White threatens to win material: Bc4xd5}  7... c6 { Black is behind in
developement}  8. Qf3 Be6 9. Nh3 { White has a very active position}  9... Nc7
10. Bd3 ( 10. Qd3 Nba6 11. a3 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Bg7 $15 )10... Qxd4 $15 11. Nf4 (
11. Be3 Qg4 12. Qxg4 Bxg4 $17 )11... Bg7 $17 12. Rh4 ( 12. Be3 Qb4 13. Bd2 Qxb2
$19 )12... Qf6 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 ( 13... fxe6 $6 14. Qh3 Nd7 15. Be3 $15 )14. Qh3
Nd7 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. a4 $2 ( 16. Ra4 $5 $17 $142)16... h5 17. a5 Bh6 ( 17...
Kb8 18. Be2 $19 )18. a6 ( 18. Bxa7 Nf4 19. Rxf4 Bxf4 $19 )18... b6 19. Rc4 (
19. O-O-O $19)19... Bxe3 $4 { stumbles just before the finish line}  ( 19...
Ne5 $142 { and Black has reached his goal}  20. Ne4 Qg7 $19 )20. Rxc6+ $11 Kb8
{ Black has a mate threat}  21. Qxe3 Rc8 ( 21... Rhf8 22. Bxg6 Qe5 23. Rxb6+
axb6 24. a7+ Kc7 25. Be4 $11 )22. Rxc8+ $11 Rxc8 ( 22... Kxc8 23. O-O-O Nc7 $11
)23. Rd1 ( 23. O-O-O Ne5 24. Nd5 Qg5 ( 24... Nxd3+ $2 { is a blank shot}  25.
Rxd3 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Nxg5 27. Nxe7 $18 )25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. Nxe7 Re8 $14 )23... Nec5
( 23... Ndc5 $5 $17 $142)24. Be2 Qe6 $4 { there were better ways to keep up the
pressure}  ( 24... Ne5 $11 $142 { would keep Black alive} )25. b4 ( 25. Qxe6 $5
$142 fxe6 26. b4 g5 $18 )25... Qxe3 26. fxe3 Ne6 27. Rxd7 Rxc3 28. Rb7+ Kc8 29.
Rxa7 Nc7 30. Rb7 ( 30. b5 $142 Rxe3 31. c4 $18 )30... Rxe3 $2 ( 30... b5 31.
Rb6 Ra3 32. Bxb5 Nxb5 33. Rxb5 Rxa6 34. Rc5+ Kb7 35. Re5 $14 )31. Kd2 ( 31.
Rxb6 $5 { keeps an even firmer grip}  31... Nd5 32. Rc6+ Kb8 $18 )31... Re6 (
31... Re5 $5 32. Rxb6 Rd5+ 33. Kc1 Rd6 34. Rxd6 exd6 $16 )32. b5 $18 Rd6+ 33.
Kc1 e5 34. c4 $4 { weakening the position}  ( 34. Bf3 $142 { a pity that White
didn't try this}  34... Nxb5 35. c4 $18 )34... f5 35. c5 ( 35. g3 $5 $11 $142 {
should not be overlooked} )35... bxc5 $17 36. b6 ( 36. g3 Nd5 $15 )36... Na8
37. Re7 Nxb6 38. a7 Rd7 39. Re6 Na8 ( 39... Rxa7 $6 40. Rxb6 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 $15
)40. Ba6+ $2 ( 40. Rxg6 $5 $142 Rxa7 41. Rg5 $17 )40... Kd8 $19 41. Rxg6 Rxa7
42. Rg8+ ( 42. Bd3 e4 43. Bb1 e3 44. Bxf5 Nc7 $19 )42... Kc7 43. Be2 Kd6 44.
Rg6+ ( 44. Rd8+ Ke6 45. Bc4+ Kf6 46. Rf8+ Kg5 $19 )44... Kd5 45. Bxh5 e4 (
45... Nc7 { seems even better}  46. g4 f4 47. Rg7 $19 )46. Kd2 ( 46. Rg5 Ke6
$19 )46... f4 ( 46... Ra2+ $142 { might be the shorter path}  47. Ke1 $19 )47.
Rg8 ( 47. Rg4 Ra2+ 48. Kc3 Ra3+ 49. Kb2 $19 )47... Nb6 48. Rb8 ( 48. Kc3 { does
not help much}  48... Ra3+ 49. Kd2 Nc4+ 50. Kc2 Kd4 51. Rd8+ Ke3 $19 )48...
Ra2+ ( 48... Nc4+ { and Black can already relax}  49. Ke1 Kd4 50. Kf2 Ra2+ 51.
Kg1 $19 )49. Kc1 ( 49. Ke1 { is no salvation}  49... Ra1+ 50. Ke2 Nc4 51. Bf7+
Kd4 52. Rd8+ Kc3 $19 )49... Nc4 50. Bf7+ ( 50. Rd8+ { doesn't change anything
anymore}  50... Ke5 51. Bf7 Ra1+ 52. Kc2 Nd6 $19 )50... Kd4 51. Kb1 ( 51. Bxc4
{ is the last straw}  51... Kxc4 52. Rf8 $19 )51... Rxg2 ( 51... Rxg2 52. Rc8
f3 $19 ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.04.04"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[ECO "A57"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]

{ A57: Benko/Volga Gambit } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 6.
e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3 d6 ( 8... e6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Bg5 Ba6 11. Nh3 Bxc4 12.
Bxc4 Bd6 13. Qb3 exd5 14. exd5 Be5 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Rhe1 d6 17. Rxe5 dxe5 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. d6 Qd7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Qf5 23. g4 { Volkov,S  (
2605 ) -Khalifman,A  ( 2645 ) /Samara 1998/CBM 067/0-1  ( 46 )}  )9. Nb5 Nbd7
$146 ( 9... g6 10. Bc4 ( 10. a4 Bg7 11. b3 O-O 12. Ra2 Nbd7 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Nc1
Rfb8 15. Na3 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Nb6 17. Rc2 Nfd7 18. Nd3 Qa6 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Qc1
Nxa4 21. bxa4 Qxa4 22. Nxd6 exd6 23. Bxb4 Qxc2 24. Qxc2 cxb4 {
Astrup,H-Pedersen,O  ( 2111 ) /Gausdal 2004/CBM 102 ext/1/2-1/2}  )10... Nbd7
11. a4 Bg7 12. b3 O-O 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. Bd3 Nfd7 15. f4 Ba6 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Nf3
c4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Qxa4 20. e5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 dxe5 23.
fxe5 Qa1 24. O-O { Jankovits,I  ( 2020 ) -Medic,M  ( 2285 ) /Zalakaros
1994/TD/0-1  ( 35 )}  )( 9... Ba6 10. a4 $11 )10. Nh3 ( 10. a3 e6 11. dxe6 fxe6
$11 )10... g6 11. Nf2 Bg7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Ba6 { Black threatens to win
material: Ba6xb5}  14. a4 { White has a new passed pawn: a4}  14... Nh5 15. Rb1
Be5 16. g3 { Covers f4}  16... Bg7 17. b3 { White has a new protected passed
pawn: a4}  17... Rfb8 18. Rc1 Bxb5 ( 18... Nhf6 19. f4 $11 )19. Bxb5 ( { Not }
19. axb5 Bd4 $17 )19... Rxb5 20. axb5 Qxb5 { White wins the exchange.}  21. g4
{ White threatens to win material: g4xh5}  21... Nhf6 22. Ra1 ( 22. Be3 Ne8 $11
)22... Ra3 23. Rxa3 ( 23. Rb1 $5 $11 { is worth consideration} )23... bxa3 $17
24. Qc2 ( 24. Qb1 $5 $142 h5 25. Bc3 hxg4 26. Qa2 gxf3 27. Qxa3 Nxe4 28. Bxg7
Nxf2 29. Rxf2 Kxg7 30. Qa4 $17 )24... Ne5 $19 25. Bc3 $4 { an oversight. But
White was lost anyway.}  ( 25. Qd1 Nfd7 26. Bc3 Nxg4 27. Nxg4 Bxc3 28. Qc2 $19
)25... Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxh2 $3 { Demolishes the pawn shield}  27. Ra1 ( 27. Kxh2
{ A deflection}  27... Qxf1 )27... Nhxg4 ( 27... Nfxg4 $142 { secures the
point}  28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. Nxd3 Bxc3 30. Rxa3 $19 )28. Rxa3 ( 28. Nd1 { what
else?}  28... Qa6 29. Ra2 $19 )28... Ne3+ ( 28... Ne3+ 29. Kf3 Nxc2 30. Ra8+
Bf8 $19 ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.04.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Juszczynski, Mathew"]
[Black "Tao, Trevor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Anderson-Smith,William"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[ECO "A00"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]

 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.04.04"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mdinaradze, Edgar"]
[Black "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]

{ D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6.
Nc3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 ( 8. Nh4 g6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O Bf8 12.
Bd2 Nb6 13. Rad1 Nc4 14. Bc1 Nd6 15. Rfe1 Bg7 16. Na4 Nfe4 17. f3 Nxg3 18. hxg3
g5 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 gxh4 21. e5 hxg3 22. Rf1 Qh4 { Dzuban,O  ( 2415 )
-Smagin,S  ( 2355 ) /Barnaul 1984/MCD/0-1}  )8... Nf8 9. h3 $146 { Controls g4}
 ( 9. Bd2 Ng6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rde1 O-O 12. h4 b5 13. Ng5 b4 14. Na4 Re8 15.
f3 Bg3 16. Re2 a5 17. Nc5 Nf8 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Bg4 20. Re3 Bf2 21. Bc4 Bxe3
22. Bxe3 Re7 23. Nd3 h6 { Gnidenko,A  ( 2038 ) -Kotov,D  ( 2179 ) /St
Petersburg 2005/CBM 106 ext/1-0  ( 51 )}  )9... Ne6 10. Bd2 c5 11. Nb5 Be7 12.
dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc3 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 a6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nbd4 { The knight feels
good on d4}  16... Qb6 17. O-O O-O ( 17... Qxb2 $4 { a poisoned pawn}  18. Rfb1
Qxa1 19. Rxa1 $18 )18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rac1 g6 { Consolidates f5} 
21. Rc3 Rac8 22. Rd3 Bg7 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Bf5 25. Qd2 Be4 26. Ng5 h6 27.
Nxe4 dxe4 28. Qc3 Kh7 29. b3 f5 30. Qc4 Qd6 31. Rd2 b5 { Black threatens to win
material: b5xc4}  32. Qf7 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 34. g3 Rd6 35. Kf1 Bxd4 ( 35... b4
36. Ke2 $15 )36. exd4 { A rook endgame occured}  36... Kg7 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Ke3
( 38. Rc2 Rxd4 39. Rc6+ Kg5 40. Rxa6 Rd8 $11 )38... Rc6 $17 39. d5 Rc3+ 40. Kd4
{ White threatens to win material: Kd4xc3}  40... Rc1 41. h4 h5 42. d6 { Black
has to watch this pawn}  ( 42. a3 $5 $15)42... Ke6 $17 43. f3 exf3 44. Ke3 Rc3+
45. Kf4 Kd7 46. Rf2 $2 ( 46. Ke5 $19 $142)46... Kxd6 47. Kg5 ( 47. Rd2+ Kc5 48.
Rb2 $19 )47... Ke5 48. Kxg6 Ke4 49. Kxh5 ( 49. Rf1 { does not win a prize} 
49... Rc8 50. Kxh5 Rg8 $19 )49... Ke3 ( 49... Rc1 { keeps an even firmer grip} 
50. Kg5 Ke3 51. Rh2 $19 )50. Rb2 ( 50. Rf1 { a fruitless try to alter the
course of the game}  50... Ke2 51. Rb1 f2 $19 )50... f2 51. Rb1 Kf3 52. Kg5 (
52. Kg6 { doesn't get the bull off the ice}  52... Kg4 $19 )52... Kxg3 ( 52...
Rc5 { makes it even easier for Black}  53. Kf6 Kxg3 54. b4 $19 )53. Kxf5 Rf3+ (
53... Rf3+ 54. Ke4 f1=Q 55. Rxf1 Rxf1 $19 ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.04.04"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Black "Stevens, Tristan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[ECO "A29"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]

{ A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3 } 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6
3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be6 7. d3 e4 $146 { Black threatens to
win material: e4xf3}  ( 7... h6 8. a3 ( 8. h3 Qd7 9. Kh2 g5 10. Ne1 O-O-O 11.
a3 Rdg8 12. Nd5 Rg6 13. e3 h5 14. b4 Bb6 15. a4 a5 16. Nxb6+ cxb6 17. bxa5 bxa5
18. Rb1 h4 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4+ 21. Kh1 h3 22. Bf3 Rh4 {
Bukhalaf,E-Saleem,K/Moscow 1994/CBM 044 ext/0-1  ( 35 )}  )8... a5 9. Bd2 Qd7
10. Re1 O-O 11. Na4 Bh3 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Bh1 a4 14. Bc3 Rfe8 15. Nd2 Ra6 16.
Nf1 Na5 17. Qc2 Nb3 18. Rad1 Rd6 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Qc1 b6 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Ne4 {
Gruber,S-Rethy,P/Budapest 1931/HCL/0-1  ( 77 )}  )( 7... a6 8. h3 Qd7 9. Kh2 h5
10. e4 h4 11. Nxh4 O-O-O 12. Nd5 Rxh4 13. gxh4 Rh8 14. Bg5 Ng8 15. f4 f6 16. f5
Bf7 17. Bd2 Rxh4 18. b4 Bd4 19. Rb1 Nge7 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 Nd4 22. b5 {
Moranda,W  ( 2453 ) -Alsina Leal,D  ( 2322 ) /Belfort 2005/CBM 107 ext/1-0  (
40 )}  )( 7... Qd7 8. a3 a6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. b4 Bd4 12. Bd2 O-O 13.
e3 Ba7 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. a4 a5 16. b5 Nb4 17. Na2 c5 18. Bxb4 cxb4 { 1/2-1/2
Kloss,H-Stirmlinger,J/Bellheim 1994/GER}  )( 7... Bb6 8. Be3 $11 )8. Ng5 e3 $2
( 8... exd3 $5 $142 { has some apparent merit}  9. Qxd3 O-O $14 )9. Bxe3 ( 9.
fxe3 Bb6 10. d4 Bd7 $18 )9... Bxe3 $16 10. fxe3 Ng4 $2 ( 10... O-O $16 $142)11.
Nxe6 $18 fxe6 12. Qa4 ( 12. Qb3 $142 { and White is on the road to success} 
12... Rb8 13. c5 $18 )12... Qd7 $16 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd1 ( 14. c5 Nxe3 15. Rf3
Nf5 $18 )14... h5 15. c5 d5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Nf2 O-O 18. Qh4 ( 18. Qd4 Qf7 $16
)18... e5 19. d4 { White threatens to win material: d4xe5}  ( 19. g4 Rab8 20.
b3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe8 $16 )19... Rfe8 { Black intends e4}  ( 19... Qe6 $5 $11 {
deserves consideration} )20. Rae1 $14 Rab8 21. b3 e4 { This push gains space} 
( 21... Qe7 22. Kg2 e4 23. Nd1 $16 )22. Nd1 ( 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nh7 $16
)22... Re6 ( 22... Rf8 23. Rf4 $16 )23. Rf5 $16 Rf8 24. Ref1 Qd8 25. Qg5 Kh7
26. Re5 Qe8 $4 { the position is going down the drain}  ( 26... Re7 $16
$142)27. Qf5+ $18 g6 ( 27... Kg8 { praying for a miracle}  28. Qxe6+ Qxe6 29.
Rxe6 Rc8 $18 )28. Qxe6 ( 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 $18 )( 28. Rxe6 $6 gxf5 29.
Rxe8 Nxe8 $16 ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.04.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Stevens, Tristan"]
[Black "Goldsmith, Alan D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]

{ C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves } 1. e4 d5 2. d4 e6 3. Be3 dxe4 4. f3 Nf6
5. Nd2 Nd5 6. Qe2 Nc6 ( 6... exf3 7. Ngxf3 Nxe3 8. Qxe3 Be7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O
O-O 11. Ne4 c5 12. Nfg5 h6 13. Nh7 Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Qe4 Nf6 16. Rxf6 Qxd4+
17. Rf2 Qxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 { 0-1 Spanton,T  ( 2147 ) -Giddins,S  ( 2376 ) /Port
Erin 1999/CBM 074}  )7. c3 Be7 $146 ( 7... exf3 8. Ngxf3 Be7 ( 8... Nxe3 9.
Qxe3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. O-O Nd5 12. Qf2 O-O 13. Rae1 b6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5
Nxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. bxc3 g6 18. Ne4 Kg7 19. Qf4 Bb7 20. Nf6 Qe7 21. Qh4
Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rh8 23. Qf4 { Zamarbide Ibarrea,D-Strunsky,A/Peniscola 2002/CBM
090 ext/1-0  ( 32 )}  )9. Qf2 Bf6 ( 9... O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Nxe3 12. Qxe3
exd4 13. cxd4 Bf6 14. Nb3 Re8 15. Qf4 Qd6 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5
Rxe5 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Nd2 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Nc4 Re7 24. b3 {
Soikkeli,R-Ryan,J  ( 2328 ) /Cork 2005/CBM 105 ext/0-1  ( 37 )}  )10. Ne4 a6
11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Bd3 b6 13. Bd2 Na5 14. b4 Nb7 15. a3 b5 16. O-O Nd6 17. Nc5 Nb7
18. Ne4 Nd6 19. Rde1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bb7 21. a4 h6 22. Qe2 { Reuter,P-Guenthner,O
 ( 2280 ) /Baden 1992/GER/1-0}  )( 7... exf3 8. Ngxf3 Bd6 9. g3 $15 )8. fxe4
Nxe3 9. Qxe3 { Black has the pair of bishops}  9... Bg5 { Black threatens to
win material: Bg5xe3}  10. Qf2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 f5 ( 11... O-O $5 12. Kc2 e5 $15
)12. exf5 $11 O-O 13. Bc4 { White pins: Bc4xe6}  ( 13. Kc2 Rxf5 14. Nf3 e5 15.
dxe5 Be6 $11 )13... Kh8 ( 13... b5 14. Bb3 Na5 15. Nf3 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 $11 )14.
Nf3 ( 14. Kc2 Rxf5 15. Nf3 e5 $11 )14... e5 15. g4 ( 15. Kc1 exd4 16. g4 dxc3
17. bxc3 Qf6 $15 )15... e4 $15 16. Nh4 Ne5 { Black threatens to win material:
Ne5xc4}  17. Be2 c5 ( 17... Nxg4 18. Qg3 Nh6 19. Rhg1 $15 )18. Kc2 $11 { White
king safety improved}  18... Nc6 ( 18... Nd3 $142 { and Black can hope to
survive}  19. Qg3 cxd4 $14 )19. d5 $16 Qxd5 20. Rad1 Qf7 21. Qxc5 Re8 22. Bc4
Qf6 23. Ng2 Ne5 24. Bb5 Nd3 ( 24... Rf8 25. Ne3 a6 26. Bc4 $18 )25. Bxd3 ( 25.
Qd4 $5 $142 { and White can already relax}  25... Qxd4 26. cxd4 Rf8 27. Bxd3
exd3+ 28. Kxd3 g6 $18 )25... exd3+ 26. Rxd3 b6 $2 ( 26... Re2+ $142 27. Rd2
Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Bd7 $18 )27. Qd5 Ba6 28. Re3 Red8 29. Qe6 Qg5 ( 29... Bb7 30.
Qxf6 gxf6 31. Rg1 Bxg2 32. Rxg2 $18 )30. Rhe1 h5 31. h3 Bb7 32. R1e2 Bd5 33.
Qe7 ( 33. Qe5 $5 { makes it even easier for White}  33... a5 34. a4 b5 $18
)33... Qxe7 34. Rxe7 Bf3 35. Rf2 Bd1+ ( 35... hxg4 36. hxg4 Re8 $18 )36. Kc1
Rd3 ( 36... hxg4 { there is nothing better in the position}  37. hxg4 Ba4 $18
)37. Nf4 Rd6 38. Ng6+ ( 38. Nxh5 $5 { keeps an even firmer grip}  38... Ba4 39.
b3 Re8 40. Rxa7 Bd7 $18 )38... Kg8 ( 38... Kh7 { is no salvation}  39. g5 Ba4
40. b3 $18 )39. g5 { White plans f6}  ( 39. b3 $5 { might be the shorter path} 
39... hxg4 40. hxg4 Rc8 $18 )39... Ba4 40. b3 Be8 ( 40... Rxg6 { doesn't change
anything anymore}  41. fxg6 Be8 $18 )41. f6 ( 41. Ne5 $142 { and White wins} 
41... Kf8 42. f6 gxf6 43. gxf6 Rxf6 44. Rxe8+ ( 44. Rxf6+ $6 Kxe7 45. Rf1 Rd8
$16 )44... Rxe8 45. Rxf6+ Kg7 46. Rf5 $18 )41... gxf6 42. gxf6 Bf7 ( 42... Bxg6
43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rxg6 Rc8 $18 )43. Ne5 Bd5 ( 43... Be8 { is the last straw} 
44. Rc7 Rxf6 45. Rxf6 Rd8 $18 )44. Rg7+ { White prepares f7}  ( 44. Rg2+ $1
Bxg2 45. Rg7+ Kf8 46. Ng6+ Ke8 47. f7+ Kd7 48. f8=Q+ Kc6 49. Qxa8+ Kc5 50. Qc8+
Rc6 51. Qf8+ Rd6 52. Qf5+ Rd5 53. Rc7+ Kb5 54. a4+ Ka6 55. Qc8+ Ka5 56. Rxa7#
)44... Kf8 $18 45. Ng6+ ( 45. Rfg2 Rc6 46. Rh7 Rxf6 47. Nd7+ Ke8 48. Nxf6+ Kf8
49. Nxd5 Re8 50. Nf6 Re1+ 51. Kd2 Re2+ 52. Rxe2 a6 53. Re8# )45... Ke8 46. f7+
( 46. c4 $142 { nails it down}  46... Rc8 47. Rd2 Rd7 48. Rxd7 Kxd7 $18 )46...
Bxf7 47. Rgxf7 ( 47. Rgxf7 Rxg6 48. Rf8+ Ke7 49. Rxa8 $18 ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.04.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Black "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[ECO "B14"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]

{ B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6 } 1. e4 c6 2. d4
d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. a3 { White
threatens to win material: a3xb4}  ( 8. Ne5 Qa5 9. Qxa5 Bxa5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rb8 14. b3 O-O 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Rac1 Kf8 17. Rc2
Bb4 18. Rfc1 Ba3 19. Re1 Rc6 20. Bc1 Bd6 21. Ree2 Rb4 22. Be3 Ng4 {
Geldimamedov,H  ( 2200 ) -Furman,S  ( 2560 ) /Riga 1975/MCD/1/2-1/2  ( 41 )} 
)( 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Rad1 Bf6 14.
Be3 Ne7 15. Bb1 Nbd5 16. Ne4 b6 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bb7 20. Nd6
Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bc6 22. Rxf7 Qg5 { Fuentes Arjona,A  ( 2056 ) -Capella Gimenez,J 
( 2111 ) /Cullera 2005/CBM 107 ext/1-0}  )8... Be7 $146 { White has a very
active position}  ( 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. cxd5
Nxd5 13. O-O Na5 14. Bb2 Nxc3 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. Rc1
O-O 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rb1 Bd7 21. Bd3 Rc8 22. Qd1 Qd6 23. Rc1 { Struening,T  (
1676 ) -Stabolewski,A  ( 2226 ) /Bad Zwesten 2004/CBM 098 ext/0-1  ( 58 )}  )9.
c5 { Black has a cramped position}  9... O-O 10. b4 ( 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qd1 b6
$11 )10... e5 ( 10... Ne4 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nxd4 14. Ra2 $15
)11. dxe5 $11 Ng4 { Black threatens to win material: Ng4xe5}  12. Bf4 f6 {
Prevents intrusion on g5}  ( 12... d4 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Ne4 Ncxe5 15. b5 $11 )13.
e6 ( 13. Rd1 $5 Be6 14. Bb5 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Bxc6 Bxc5 17. O-O ( 17.
bxc5 $6 Rxf4 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxa4 20. Rxe5 Rxa3 $11 )17... bxc6 18. Qxc6
$16 )13... Bxe6 14. Bb5 ( 14. Be2 a5 15. b5 Nce5 $11 ( 15... Bxc5 $143 16. bxc6
Bxf2+ 17. Kf1 $18 ))14... Nge5 ( 14... a5 $5 $142 { is noteworthy}  15. Bxc6
axb4 16. Qxb4 bxc6 $15 )15. Bxe5 $14 Nxe5 { Black has the pair of bishops}  16.
Nd4 { White threatens to win material: Nd4xe6. A comfortable square for the
white knight}  16... Bf7 { Black has a cramped position}  17. O-O a6 18. Be2 b6
19. c6 ( 19. cxb6 $5 Qxb6 20. Nf5 $14 )19... b5 $11 20. Qb3 { Exerts pressure
on the isolated pawn}  20... Rc8 21. Rfd1 Nxc6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Nxd5 Bd6 24.
Qf3 Be5 25. Rab1 Rd6 { Black threatens to win material: Rd6xd5}  26. Ne3 Qb8
27. Rxd6 Bxd6 28. g3 { Consolidates f4}  28... Re8 ( 28... Be5 29. Bd3 $11 )29.
Rd1 ( 29. Qc6 Re6 30. Bg4 Qe8 31. Qxa6 Rxe3 32. Qxd6 h5 $14 ( 32... Rxa3 $143
33. Bd7 Qe5 34. Qxe5 fxe5 35. Bxb5 $16 ))29... Bf8 30. Bf1 Rd8 ( 30... Qc7 31.
Bd3 $11 )31. Rxd8 $14 Qxd8 32. h4 ( 32. Qb7 Qd6 33. Bg2 $14 )32... Qd4 $2 (
32... Qc8 $5 $11 { is worth looking at} )33. Qb7 ( 33. Qa8 Qb6 $16 )33... Qd6
34. Bg2 g6 { Covers f5}  35. Bd5 Bxd5 36. Nxd5 Bh6 $2 ( 36... f5 37. Kg2 $14
)37. f4 $4 { not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the
game}  ( 37. Nc7 $142 { White has the better game}  37... f5 38. Nxa6 $18
)37... Qe6 $11 38. Kf2 Bf8 ( 38... Bg7 39. g4 f5 40. Qa8+ Kf7 41. Qa7+ Kg8 42.
Qa8+ Kf7 43. Qb7+ Kg8 44. Qa8+ $11 )39. Kf3 ( 39. Qd7 Qf7 $14 )39... Qf5 40.
Ne3 { White threatens to win material: Ne3xf5}  40... Qe6 41. g4 f5 42. gxf5
gxf5 43. Qd5 Qxd5+ 44. Nxd5 { A minor pieces endgame occured}  44... Bd6 (
44... Kf7 $5 $11 { should be considered} )45. Ne3 $14 a5 $4 ( 45... Be7 $142 {
the rescuing straw}  46. Nxf5 Bf6 $16 )46. bxa5 $18 Bxa3 47. Nxf5 Bc5 48. Ke4
b4 49. Nd4 Kf7 50. Nb3 ( 50. Kd5 $5 { and White can already relax}  50... Ba7
$18 )50... Ba7 51. f5 ( 51. h5 $18 $142 { seems even better} )51... Kf6 52. a6
h5 53. Nd4 Bb6 54. Kd5 b3 $4 { sad, but how else could Black save the game?}  (
54... Ba7 $18 $142)55. Nxb3 Kxf5 56. Kc6 Ba7 57. Kb7 Bf2 58. Na5 Kg4 59. Nc4
Kxh4 60. Nb6 Bxb6 61. Kxb6 ( 61. Kxb6 Kg3 62. a7 h4 63. Kc5 Kf2 64. a8=Q Ke3
65. Qa3+ Kf2 66. Qh3 Ke2 67. Kd4 Kf2 68. Qxh4+ Kg2 69. Qg4+ Kh1 70. Qh3+ Kg1
71. Ke4 Kf2 72. Qh2+ Ke1 73. Ke3 Kd1 74. Qd2# ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.04.11"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Tao, Trevor"]
[Black "Mdinaradze, Edgar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[ECO "B38"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]

{ B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems } 1. e4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4.
Nge2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 { White has a very active
position}  8... Qa5 $146 9. O-O { White castles and improves king safety}  9...
O-O 10. Nb3 { White threatens to win material: Nb3xa5}  10... Qd8 11. f3 {
Controls g4}  11... Bd7 12. Qd2 { White has an active position}  12... Rc8 13.
Nd4 Nxd4 ( 13... Ne5 14. b3 $14 )14. Bxd4 $16 b6 ( 14... Bc6 15. Rfd1 a5 16. b3
Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Rab1 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 b6 22. Bb5 Be5
23. a3 f4 24. Bf2 Rc7 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nd7 27. Rbc1 Ra7 28. Rc2 Nf6 29.
Rdc1 { Fogarasi,T  ( 2455 ) -Balogh,B  ( 2260 ) /Kobanya 1992/TD/1-0  ( 64 )} 
)15. Rfd1 ( 15. Rac1 h6 ( 15... Be6 16. b3 Ne8 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4
Bf7 20. Bf3 Nc7 21. Rfd1 Qd7 22. Ne2 Rfd8 23. Bf2 Bf6 24. Nd4 Ne8 25. Qe2 Ng7
26. Nb5 a6 27. Nc3 b5 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 { Chuchelov,V  ( 2539
) -Thorfinnsson,B  ( 2292 ) / Cappelle la Grande 2001/CBM 080 ext/1-0  ( 38 )} 
)16. b3 Kh7 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. a4 Qb7 21. Bg5 Bxd5 22.
cxd5 Ng8 23. Bd3 a5 24. Bb5 Rc5 25. Be3 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Nxh6 27. Rxc5 dxc5 28. d6
exd6 29. Qxd6 Qb8 { Labollita,M  ( 2398 ) -Domingo Gil,A/Malaga 2002/CBM 086
ext/1-0  ( 37 )}  )15... Bc6 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Re8 19. b4 Ba4
20. Rf1 Bc6 21. Rc3 f6 ( 21... a5 22. a3 $16 )22. Rfc1 ( 22. Re3 a5 $16 )22...
Bb7 ( 22... e6 23. Ne3 Ne5 24. Nc2 $16 )23. Ra3 a6 24. f4 e6 25. Ne3 Bxe4 26.
Qxd6 { White has a king attack.}  26... Nb8 { Black has a cramped position} 
27. Rd1 Kf7 28. c5 b5 29. Qd4 ( 29. Rxa6 Nxa6 30. Qxa6 Qc7 31. Bxb5 Red8 $14
)29... Qxd4 $14 30. Rxd4 f5 { Black has a new backward pawn: e6}  31. Ng4 Red8
{ Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd4}  32. Ne5+ { The white knight is well
posted.}  32... Ke7 ( 32... Kf6 $5 $142 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 $14 )33. Rxd8 $18 Rxd8
34. Rh3 h5 35. Nxg6+ Kf6 36. Ne5 Nd7 ( 36... Nc6 37. Nxc6 Bxc6 38. Rd3 Rxd3 39.
Bxd3 $18 )37. Nf3 e5 $2 ( 37... Ke7 38. Rg3 $18 )38. Nxe5 ( 38. Rxh5 $142 { and
the rest is a matter of technique}  38... Bxf3 39. Bxf3 ( 39. gxf3 $6 Rg8+ 40.
Kf2 exf4 $18 )39... exf4 40. Rh6+ Ke7 41. Rxa6 $18 )38... Nxe5 39. fxe5+ Kxe5
40. a3 ( 40. Rc3 Rg8 41. Rg3 Ra8 $18 )40... Rd2 41. Bf3 ( 41. Bxh5 $6 Rxg2+ 42.
Kf1 Rb2 $11 )41... Rc2 ( 41... h4 42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Rxh4 $16 )42. Bxe4 $16 fxe4
43. Rxh5+ Kd4 44. g4 ( 44. h4 e3 45. Kf1 Rf2+ 46. Ke1 Ra2 $11 )44... e3 { A
strong pawn}  45. g5 $4 { forfeits the clear win}  ( 45. Kf1 $142 Rf2+ 46. Ke1
$14 )45... Rc1+ 46. Kg2 e2 47. Rh4+ Kd5 ( 47... Kd5 48. Rh7 e1=Q 49. Rd7+ Ke6
50. Rd6+ Ke5 51. Rd5+ Kxd5 52. g6 Qe3 53. h4 Rc2+ 54. Kh1 Qc1# ) 0-1

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.04.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Guthrie, Aaron"]
[Black "Juszczynski, Mathew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "C43"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]

{ C43: Petroff Defence: 3 d4 } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4
d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 ( 7... Qd7 8. Nc3 Nf5 9. Qe4+ Qe6 10. O-O-O Be7 11.
Qa4+ Bd7 12. Bb5 c6 13. Bc4 Qg6 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Rhe1 b5 16. Qa3 Qf6 17. Bxb5
Be6 18. Ba4 O-O 19. Bb3 a5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qd6 Nd5 22. Ne4 { Maksimenko,A  (
2514 ) -Sarwinski,M  ( 2374 ) /Bydgoszcz 2001/CBM 082 ext/1-0  ( 54 )}  )8. Qc3
$146 ( 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. Qe5 O-O 12. Rd1 Nd6 13. Bd3
Ng6 14. Qg3 Qe7+ 15. Kd2 Nf5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Kc1 Rad8 18. Nd4 Bc8 19. Rhe1
Qb4 20. a3 Qc4 21. Ndb5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nf4 {
Konstantinopolsky,A-Smyslov,V/Sverdlovsk 1943/HCL/1/2-1/2  ( 48 )}  )( 8. Bxd8
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Kxd8 $11 )8... f6 { Black threatens to win material: f6xg5}  9.
Be3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 ( 10... Ne4 11. Qd3 ( 11. Nxe4 $2 Bb4 $19 )11... Nxd2 12.
Bxd2 $15 )11. Nb3 { White has an active position}  11... Ne4 { Black threatens
to win material: Ne4xc3}  12. Qd3 f5 13. Qxd7+ Bxd7 14. O-O-O { White castles
and improves king safety}  14... Bd6 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 O-O { Black castles
and improves king safety}  17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Nc5 { White threatens to win
material: Nc5xd7}  18... Bxc5 19. Rxd7 { White has the pair of bishops}  19...
Bd6 20. Rf7 ( 20. Bd5 Rae8 $14 )20... h6 ( 20... Ne5 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Bd5 $11
)21. Be3 Rae8 ( 21... f4 $5 { has some apparent merit}  22. Bd2 Ne5 23. Rxf8+
Rxf8 $11 )22. Rxf8+ $14 Rxf8 23. Bd5 f4 24. Bd2 Nd8 25. Re1 c6 { Black
threatens to win material: c6xd5}  26. Bf3 Nf7 27. Bh5 Nd8 ( 27... Ne5 $5 $14 {
is worthy of consideration} )28. Re4 c5 29. Bc3 Nc6 ( 29... Kg8 30. Bf3 $16
)30. Re6 $18 Rd8 31. Rxh6+ Kg8 32. Re6 Nd4 33. Re4 ( 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Kd2 Kf8
$18 )33... f3 $16 34. gxf3 Bxh2 ( 34... Bf4+ 35. Bd2 ( 35. Rxf4 $4 Ne2+ 36. Kb1
Rd1# )35... Nb3+ 36. cxb3 Bxd2+ 37. Kc2 $16 )35. Bd2 Rf8 36. f4 Nc6 ( 36... Nf5
37. Bf3 $16 )37. Be3 b6 38. c3 Kh7 ( 38... Rf6 39. a3 $18 )39. Re6 ( 39. Bf3 g5
$18 )39... Na5 ( 39... Rf6 40. f5 Ne5 41. Rxf6 gxf6 42. Kc2 $16 )40. Bg6+ $18
Kg8 41. Re4 Rd8 ( 41... Nb7 42. Re7 Na5 43. f5 $18 )42. b3 Kf8 $2 ( 42... Rf8
$18)43. Re5 Nc6 ( 43... c4 { doesn't do any good}  44. Kc2 cxb3+ 45. axb3 $18
)44. Rh5 Rd6 45. Be4 ( 45. Be4 Re6 46. Bxc6 ( 46. Rxh2 $6 { is clearly weaker} 
46... Rxe4 47. Rh8+ Ke7 $16 )46... Rxc6 47. Rxh2 $18 )( 45. Rxh2 $6 { is the
less attractive alternative}  45... Rxg6 46. Rh8+ Kf7 $16 ) 1-0

[Event "SA Championship"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2006.04.11"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Obst, James"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[ECO "B13"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventDate "2006.02.14"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]

{ B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack } 1. e4 c6 2. d4
d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2
Rc8 10. Nf3 ( 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Bg4 12. Ngf3 e6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bg5 Bh5 15. f4
h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Ng4 18. Ndf3 Rg8 19. fxg5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Ne3 21. Qf2 Qxg5
22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nb3 24. f4 Qe7 { Benjamin,J  ( 2565 ) -Djuric,S  ( 2475 )
/New York 1988/CBM 008/0-1  ( 40 )}  )10... Nc6 ( 10... e6 11. O-O Be7 12. h3
O-O 13. Nbd2 b5 14. a3 Nc4 15. Ne5 a5 16. Rfe1 h6 17. a4 Nh5 18. Bh2 Bg5 19.
Ndf3 Bf4 20. Nxd7 Bxh2+ 21. Nxh2 Qxd7 22. axb5 Nf4 23. Bf1 Qd8 24. Nf3 Qf6 25.
Ne5 { Davila,C  ( 2339 ) -Cuartas,J  ( 2452 ) /Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/1/2-1/2  (
62 )}  )11. a3 $146 { Secures b4}  ( 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Nbd2 e6 13. Qe3 Bh5 (
13... Nd7 14. O-O Be7 15. Ne5 Ndxe5 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19.
Qg3 Bh5 20. Re3 Bg6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. Qh3 Na5 24. b3 b5 25. g4 Nc6
26. Rd1 b4 27. g5 Be7 28. cxb4 { Enklaar,B  ( 2425 ) -Donner,J  ( 2495 )
/Leeuwarden 1974/MCD/1-0  ( 31 )}  )14. Ne5 a6 15. Ndf3 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17.
O-O Qd7 18. h3 Bd6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ng8 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23.
Rac1 Rh5 24. f4 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 { Mestel,A  ( 2200 ) -Barcza,G  ( 2465 )
/Hastings 1972/MCD/1/2-1/2  ( 41 )}  )11... Bg4 { Black's piece can't move: f8}
 12. Nbd2 e6 { Prevents intrusion on f5}  13. O-O { White has an active
position}  13... Be7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Qb1 a6 { Secures b5}  ( 15... Kh8 16. Ne5
$14 )16. Ne5 $16 Bh5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Be5 b5 19. Bxf6 ( 19. Re3 Bg6 20. Bxg6
hxg6 21. Rh3 $14 )19... Bxf6 $2 ( 19... gxf6 $142 { and Black can hope to live}
 20. Bxh7+ Kg7 $11 )20. Bxh7+ $18 Kh8 21. Bd3 Qb6 ( 21... Qc7 22. Re3 g6 23.
Rh3 $18 )22. h3 a5 23. g4 Bg6 ( 23... b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. gxh5 bxc3 26. bxc3
$18 )24. Bxg6 fxg6 ( 24... b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Bd3 $18 )25. Qxg6 b4 ( 25...
Kg8 26. Nb3 b4 27. axb4 axb4 $18 )26. g5 Bxd4 ( 26... bxc3 { is not the saving
move}  27. gxf6 Rxf6 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Nf3 Rxf3 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qxf3 cxb2 32.
Qe3 $18 )27. cxd4 ( 27. Qh5+ { makes it even easier for White}  27... Kg8 28.
g6 Rf4 29. cxd4 Qxd4 $18 )27... Qxd4 ( 27... e5 { cannot undo what has already
been done}  28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. dxe5 $18 )28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. g6 Rf5 ( 29... Rf4 {
what else?}  30. Nf3 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Qf6 $18 )30. Qxf5 $1 { Eliminates the
defender f5}  ( 30. Qxf5 Qf6 31. Qh5 $18 ) 1-0

