[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Coleman, Edwin"]
[Black "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1613"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 e5 6. Nbc3 Nge7 7. O-O {
English Opening [Botvinnik Variation]} O-O 8. Rb1 (8. Nd5 d6 9. Nec3 Rb8 10. d3
a6 11. a4 Be6 12. Bd2 b6 13. f4 f5 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. e4 a5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17.
Nd5 Nc6 18. Be3 Nd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qd2 Qd6 22. b4 axb4 23.
Nxb4 e4 24. dxe4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxc4 26. Nd3 Bh6 27. Qc2 Be3+ 28. Kg2 Bd5 29.
Nb4 Bxe4+ 30. Qxe4 Qxb4 31. Qe6+ {
1/2-1/2 Mackowiak,M-Bernei,A/Cappelle op 1989/TD 89\04 (31)}) 8... d6 $146 (
8... a6 9. a3 b5 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 bxc4 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Ba3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Ne7 15. Bxc4 d5 16. Ba2 Bh3 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Qa4 Bf3 19. b5 Qd7 20. g4 axb5 {
0-1 Godfrey,J-Barbero,G/Thessaloniki olm 1988/TD 88\06 (20)}) 9. a3 {Secures b4
} Be6 10. Nd5 {A comfortable square for the white knight} Rb8 11. Nec3 Qd7 12.
b4 b6 $14 (12... cxb4 $5 {should be investigated more closely} 13. axb4 b5 14.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. cxb5 d5 $11) 13. b5 {White wins space} Na5 14. d3 {
Consolidates c4} Nxd5 15. Nxd5 {The white knight is well posted.} Nb7 16. Bd2
Nd8 17. Bc3 Bh3 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5 20. Qc2 Ne6 21. a4 Nc7 22. Nxc7 Qxc7
23. Rbe1 Rbe8 24. e4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Be5 26. Rf3 f4 27. gxf4 Bxf4 28. Ref1 Qe7
29. Kh1 Be5 30. Rxf8+ $17 (30. Be1 $5 $11 {is an interesting alternative})
30... Rxf8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 {Do you see the mate threat?} 32. Kg2 Qf4 33. Bxe5
dxe5 34. a5 $17 (34. Qf2 g5 35. Qxf4 gxf4 36. Kf3 $17) 34... Kg7 $15 (34...
bxa5 35. Qc3 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Kg2 Qg5+ 38. Kf2 a4 $15) 35. Qc3 g5 36. Qa3
Qd2+ 37. Kf1 Kg6 38. axb6 axb6 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qg4+ 42. Kf2
Qf4+ 43. Kg1 h6 $11 (43... Kh5 44. Qb2 $15) 44. Qa6 Qf6 45. Qc8 h5 46. Qe8+ Kh6
47. Qc8 Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. h3 h4 50. Kg2 Qf4 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Qd7+ Kg6 53.
Qe8+ Kg7 54. Qe7+ Kh6 55. Qe6+ Kh5 56. Qe8+ Kh6 57. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Corner, Michael"]
[Black "Hatch, John H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 {Blackmar [Diemer] Gambit} c6
6. Bc4 Bg4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Ne5+ Ke8 9. Nxg4 Nbd7 10. O-O Nxg4 11. Qxg4 Nf6 12.
Qh4 h6 $146 {Consolidates g5} (12... Qa5 13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Rae1 Qb4 15. Rxf6 gxf6
16. Bxf6 Rg8 17. Qxh7 Qd6 18. Ne4 Qe6 19. Bh8 Rg6 20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21. Rxe6 Rxe6
22. Be5 Rh6 23. Qg8 Kd7 24. Bf4 Rf6 25. Qg4+ Ke8 26. Be5 Rh6 27. h4 e6 28. c3
Be7 29. g3 Kd7 30. Qg7 Rh5 31. Bf6 Re8 32. g4 Rb5 33. h5 e5 34. h6 exd4 35.
cxd4 Kc8 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. Bxe7 Rxb2 38. h7 {
1-0 Windt,A-Strobel,T/RLNN 1989/BIG 80 (38)}) 13. Bg5 hxg5 $16 (13... Rg8 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5+ Kd7 16. Rad1 $14) 14. Qxh8 Qxd4+ 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. Qxh4 gxh4
17. Rae1 Rd8 18. Rf4 Nd5 $4 $18 {causes even greater problems} (18... Rd2 $142
$16) 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Ref1 (20. Ref1 Rd6 21. Rxf8+ Kd7 22. R1f2 $18) (20. Rxh4
$6 {is clearly worse} Kd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Walshe, D Bradley"]
[Black "Freytag, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 {Ruy Lopez [Deviations from main line]} 10. dxe5 (10. a3 Bxf3 11.
gxf3 Qc8 12. f4 Qh3 13. Re3 Qh4 14. Rg3 exf4 15. Rg2 Na5 16. Bc2 c5 17. Nd2
cxd4 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. Nxd4 Qxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Nxe4 21. Nf5 Bf6 22. Bxf4 Nc4 23. Nxg7
Kh8 24. Nh5 Be5 25. Bxe5+ Nxe5 26. f3 Nc5 27. f4 Ng6 28. Bc2 f5 29. Re1 d5 30.
Rd2 Rad8 31. Red1 {
1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Gabriel,C/BL9697 Solingen-Bochum 1996/BL9697 (31)}) 10...
Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Nd3 $146 (11... Nfd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15.
gxf3 Ne5 16. Qe2 g5 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. Kh2 Ng6 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. Rxg5
Nf4 22. Qf1 Rg8 23. Rg4 Rxg4 24. fxg4 Qe7 25. f3 Rg8 26. Qf2 Rg6 27. Qg3 Qf6
28. h4 h6 29. Rd1 Ne2 30. Qf2 Rxg4 31. Kh3 h5 32. Rd5 Nf4+ 33. Kh2 Rxh4+ 34.
Kg1 Qg7+ 35. Kf1 Rh1+ {0-1 Valagoutis,A-Crouch,C/Ano Liosia op 1996/EXP 51 (35)
}) 12. Re3 Nc5 13. Bc2 d5 14. Qe1 $15 (14. e5 $5 Nfe4 15. b4 $14 (15. Bxe4 $143
dxe4 (15... Nxe4 $6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Nd2 $15 (18. Rxe4 $2 {
doesn't solve anything} Rd1+ 19. Ne1 Bf5 $19)) 16. h3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bg5 $17))
14... dxe4 $11 (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Re8 16. Nb3 $15) 15. Nxe4 {
White gets strong play along the open d-file.} Bxf3 16. Nxf6+ ({Weaker is} 16.
Rxf3 Nfxe4 17. b4 Re8 18. bxc5 Bxc5 $17) (16. gxf3 $6 Qd7 $11) 16... Bxf6 17.
Rxf3 ({Less advisable is} 17. gxf3 Qd5 $15) 17... Re8 {The mate threat is Rxe1}
18. Qf1 Ne4 $14 (18... Qd5 19. Bf4 $11) 19. Rd3 Qc8 20. Be3 Qe6 21. Bb3 Qf5 22.
Rd5 Re5 23. Rad1 c5 $16 (23... Rae8 24. Rd7 R5e7 25. Qd3 $14) 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 (
24... Qxe5 25. Bd5 Re8 26. Bc6 $16) 25. Qd3 {Do you see the mate threat?} Re8
26. Qd7 $11 (26. Bd5 $142 Nd6 27. Qxf5 (27. Bxc5 $2 {
doesn't lead to the expected results} Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Bd4 $19) 27... Nxf5 28.
Bxc5 $16) 26... Qxd7 27. Rxd7 c4 28. Bc2 Nf6 29. Ra7 Bf4 30. Rxa6 Ng4 31. h3
Nxe3 32. fxe3 Bxe3+ 33. Kf1 g6 34. b3 $15 (34. Ra5 $5 {should be considered}
Bf4 35. Kf2 $11 (35. Rxb5 $4 {A poison bait which should not be taken} Bg3 36.
Rb8 Rxb8 $19)) 34... Bf4 35. Kf2 Re3 36. bxc4 Rxc3 37. Bb3 bxc4 38. Rc6 Bg3+
39. Ke2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Speck, Nicholas S"]
[Black "Trice, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {Pirc Defence} 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O (5... c5 6.
dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd2 Qxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. h3 Nc6 10. Bc4 Qb4 11. Bb3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4
Qxe4 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. Bd5 Qb4 15. c3 Qa5 16. O-O Ke8 17. Rfe1 Kd7 18. Rad1 h6
19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Bxc6+ Qxc6 21. Be5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 exf6 23. Qe2 Kc7 24. Nd4 Qc5
25. Qe7+ Kb6 26. Nb3 {
1-0 Schuette,M-Schubert,R/2.BLN9697 Delmenhorst II-Anhalt 1997/BL2-N (26)}) 6.
Qd2 Nbd7 (6... Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb8 10. h4 h5 11. f4 Nbd7 12.
f5 Kh7 13. fxg6+ fxg6 14. f4 c6 15. O-O-O Qb6 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Bd3 b5 18. Nc3 b4
19. Ne2 Qa5 20. Kb1 cxd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bxg6+ Kxg6 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5
Rf5 25. Rxf5 Kxf5 26. Bxe7 Re8 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Bxd6 Re3 29. Bxb4 Bxh4 30. Nd4+
{1-0 Kuijf,M-Huenerkopf,H/Munich op9192 1992/TD 92\03 (30)}) 7. e5 $11 {
White gains space} (7. Bh6 e5 8. O-O-O Qe7 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Bd3 c6 11. h3 Re8
12. Qe3 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. f4 Rad8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. f5 Nc5 17. Be2 Rd7 18. g4
Ng8 19. g5 f6 20. h4 Bc8 21. Rdg1 Rf8 {
Horn,P-Umbach,A/Zuerich op 1992/TD 92\11/1-0 (39)}) (7. O-O-O c5 $14) 7... dxe5
8. dxe5 Ng4 9. O-O-O Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. h4 Qe8 $16 (11... h5 $5 $14) 12.
Nd5 $14 (12. Bh6 $5 Bg7 13. h5 $16) 12... Nb6 $16 (12... f6 $5 {
deserves consideration} 13. f4 Bd6 $14 (13... fxg5 $2 {
may look interesting but causes some serious problems} 14. fxe5 Qf7 15. Qxg5
$18 (15. hxg5 $6 Nxe5 16. Qd4 Nc6 $14))) 13. Nxe7+ (13. Bxe7 $2 Nxd5 $1 {
a devastating blow} 14. Bg5 Be6 $19) 13... Kh8 14. Nxc8 (14. h5 gxh5 15. Nxc8
Rxc8 $16) 14... Qxc8 15. h5 Qe6 16. Qa5 Qf5 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bd3
Qf6 20. Qa3 Rd7 (20... Qxf2 21. Qe7 $1 {finishing him off} Rd7 22. Qxe5+ Rg7
23. Bxg6 Kg8 24. Qe6+ Rf7 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Bh6+ Rg7 27. Rhf1 Nd5 28. Rxf2+ Nf4
29. Rxf4#) 21. Rde1 Bf4 22. Qc3 $15 (22. Bxf4 $142 {and White can hope to live}
Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 $16) 22... Qxc3 23. bxc3 Bxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Rad8 25. Rh4 Nd5 26. a3 {
Secures b4} g5 27. Rhe4 Nf4 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. g3 Nh3 31. Ke3 Rf7
$16 (31... Kf6 $5 $11 {is an interesting idea}) 32. f3 $11 (32. Bc4 $5 Rxf2 33.
Re7+ Kg6 34. Rxc7 $16) 32... Ng1 33. Be4 c6 34. Re5 h6 35. Re6 Rf6 36. Re7+ Rf7
37. Re6 $11 (37. Rxf7+ $142 Kxf7 38. Bf5 $18) 37... Rd7 $4 $18 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (37... Rf6 $142 {would be a reprieve}
38. Re8 Rf7 $14) 38. Rg6+ Kf8 39. Rxh6 g4 (39... Rd1 40. Kf2 Ra1 41. c4 $18)
40. fxg4 Rd1 41. Kf2 (41. Kf2 Ra1 42. Rh1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sarma, Venu"]
[Black "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1498"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. d3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 {Reti Opening} 6. O-O Bd6 7. e3
(7. Na3 Nge7 8. Nc2 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. b3 h6 11. Bd2 f5 12. Rb1 Ng6 13. b4 e4 14.
Nfe1 Qe7 15. e3 axb4 16. axb4 dxe3 17. Nxe3 Nxb4 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Nd5 Qd8 20.
dxe4 f4 21. Nd3 Ra3 22. Re1 Qg5 23. Rb3 Bg4 24. Qc2 fxg3 25. hxg3 Bf3 26. Rxa3
bxa3 27. Re3 Nh4 28. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Qh5 30. N5f4 Nd4 31. Qa2 Bxf4 32. Nxf4
Qc5 33. Qxa3 Qxc4 34. Rc3 Qf7 35. Qb2 Re8 36. Re3 Ne6 37. Nh3 Rd8 38. Rf3 Qd7
39. Rf5 Qc6 40. Re5 Kh7 41. Qe2 Rd4 {
Hickl,J-Loeffler,S/BL9596 1996/BL 90/1-0 (74)}) 7... Nge7 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 (
9. b3 O-O 10. Ba3 Bg4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. a3 a5 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Re1 Ng6 15. Qc2
Kh8 16. c5 Qf6 17. Rab1 Rad8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 e4 20. dxe4 f4 21. Rf1 Bxf3
22. Bxf3 Nge5 23. Qd1 d3 24. Kg2 Nd4 25. g4 Ra8 26. Ra1 Qg6 27. h3 {
0-1 Sunye Neto,J-Short,N/Solingen 1986/TD 86\01 (27)}) 9... a5 $146 (9... f6
10. Nbd2 Be6 11. a3 a5 12. Ne4 Bc7 13. Bd2 Qc8 14. b4 O-O 15. Nc5 Bg4 16. Qb3
b6 17. Na4 Rb8 18. b5 Nd8 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Rxe7 Be6 21. Re1 Kh8 22. Rxc7 Qxc7
23. Bf4 Qc8 24. Qb2 Rb7 25. Qxd4 {
1-0 Nutu Gajic,D-Reimer,E/Dubai olw 1986/TD 86\02 (25)}) 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2
Ng6 12. a3 {Covers b4} Bf5 13. Rb1 a4 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Ne4 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17.
Qxf3 Rab8 18. b3 axb3 {Black advances the passed pawn} 19. Rxb3 Be7 20. Bd2 f5
{Black gets deadly initiative} 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 e4 {This push gains space}
23. dxe4 Nce5 {Black prepares the advance d3} 24. Qd1 $17 (24. Qg2 d3 25. f4
Nxc4 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Qe4 $16) 24... d3 25. Nb4 $19 (25. f4 $5 dxc2 26. Qxc2
Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Nxc4 28. Rd3 $19) 25... fxe4 26. Rxe4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxg5 28. Rg4
Qf5 $1 {surprise!} 29. Rb2 (29. Nxd3 Nf3 30. Rxg6 Qxg6 31. Nf4 Nh4+ 32. Kh3 $19
) 29... h5 (29... Nf3 $142 {and Black can already relax} 30. h3 Rbe8 31. Nxd3
Qxd3 32. Qxd3 Ne1+ 33. Kf1 Nxd3 34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 $19) 30. Rxg5 Qxg5 31.
Qxd3 (31. Nxd3 Rbd8 32. Kh1 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qxb2 35. Qd5+ Rf7 36.
Qc5 $19) 31... Nf4+ (31... Nf4+ 32. Kg1 Nxd3 33. Nxd3 Qg4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Lee, Simon"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1421"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 {Queen's Pawn Game} c4 (4... Qc7 5. f4 g6 6.
Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 e6 11. b3 cxd4 12. cxd4
Qc3 13. Ndc4 Nxe5 14. Nd6+ Kd7 15. fxe5 Qxa1 16. Qd3 a6 17. Nxf5 Rac8 18. Bd2
Qxa2 19. Nxg7 {Herzog,A-Petschar,K/AUT-chT 1994/TD 94\03/1-0 (29)}) 5. Bc2 e6
6. f4 $146 (6. Nd2 Qc7 $11) 6... Bd6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. O-O
Ne7 11. Ba4+ Kf8 12. g4 a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 13. g5 {White wins space}
Nfg8 $4 $18 (13... Nf5 $142 {the only rescuing move} 14. gxf6 gxf6 $15) 14.
Nd7+ Ke8 15. Nxb6+ $1 {touché!} Bc6 16. Bxc6+ Nxc6 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 18. b4 (18. e4
$142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Nge7 $18) 18... Nge7 19. Nf3 h6 20. gxh6
Rxh6 21. Rf2 f6 22. a4 Kf7 (22... Qb8 23. b5 Na5 24. bxa6 $18) 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24.
Nxe6 f5 25. Ng5 Nd8 26. Raa2 Nf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Rg2 Qh8 (28... Qd8 29. Rg3
$18) 29. b5 a5 30. Rg5 g6 31. Qf3 Rh3 32. Rg3 Rh6 33. Qg2 Qf6 34. Rh3 Rh4 35.
Rxh4 Qxh4 36. Qg3 (36. Re2 {seems even better} Qh8 $18) 36... Qh5 37. Qe1 Ng8
38. Qe2 {The game is finished by a kings attack} Qh3 39. Qg2 Qh5 (39... Qxg2+ {
otherwise it's curtains at once} 40. Rxg2 Bc7 $18) 40. Qxd5+ Ke7 (40... Kg7 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} 41. Qxd6 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qxc1 43. b6 $18)
41. Qxc4 {The passed pawn on c3 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} (41.
Qxg8 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qd1+ 42. Kf2 Qxc1 43. Qg7+ Kd8 44. Qxg6 Bc7
$18) 41... Nf6 (41... Qd1+ {doesn't do any good} 42. Qf1 Qb3 43. Qe2 Qxc3 44.
Bd2 $18) 42. Qe2 Qh3 43. c4 Ne4 44. c5 Nc3 (44... Bb8 {does not help much} 45.
Rc2 $18) 45. cxd6+ Kxd6 46. Qg2 {Threatening mate: Ba3} Qh5 (46... Qxg2+ {
does not solve anything} 47. Rxg2 Nxa4 48. Rxg6+ Kd7 49. Bd2 $18) 47. Qc6+ (47.
Qc6+ Ke7 48. Qxc3 Qd1+ 49. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Pointer, Geoffrey"]
[Black "MacIlwain, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1364"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 (1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 (7.
Qe2 c5 (7... Ne4 8. Nc3 Nd6 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13.
dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 Qh4 15. Bd2 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. exf4 Nc6 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Qf2
Qf6 20. Rd2 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Rfe8 22. Qf2 {
Fernandez,R-Naer,E/WchJM-U16 Bratislava 1993/TD 93\05/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. h3 Ne5 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rac8
15. Na4 Bxa4 16. Bxa4 Ne4 17. Be1 a6 18. Bc2 Nd6 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bb3 Ne4 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bc2 Nd6 23. Bb1 Nec4 24. Bc3 Nb5 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
Bd3 Qb4 28. Qg4 Qc5 29. Rc1 h6 30. b3 Rd8 31. Bxc4 Rd2 32. Qf4 e6 33. e4 {
1-0 Gelfand,B-Balashov,Y/URS-FL Sverdlovsk 1987/TD 87\01 (33)}) (7. b3 c5 8.
Bb2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 (9... Bd7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. N2f3 Qa5 12. a3 Rac8 13. b4 Qb6
14. Qb3 Ne4 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfd1 Nd6 18. Be2 Bb5 19. Qb2+ Kg8
20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. a4 Qf5 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 {
1/2-1/2 Tunik,G-Najer,E/St.Petersburg op 1993/TD 93\09 (23)}) 10. Nd2 a6 11.
Rc1 e5 12. N4f3 Qe7 13. e4 Nh5 14. Re1 Nf4 15. Bf1 b5 16. a4 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5
18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Nb1 b4 20. Nbd2 Bb7 21. Nc4 Rbc8 {
Tibensky,R-Meister,Y/SVK-chT 1994/TD 94\03/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 7... a6 8. a4 b6 9.
Nc3 Bb7 10. Qe2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Rac1 Nb4 15. Bb3 Ra7
{Raichle,J-Lutz,R/OLWuert 1988/GER 01/1-0 (34)}) 1... Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4.
Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 $14 (5... c5 6. O-O $11) 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 {
Queen's Gambit Accepted} c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. a3 Qxc5 10. Qd4 Qc7 11. Qc3 Nc6 12.
Bd2 Bf5 13. Nd4 $2 $19 (13. Qb3 $142 $15 {is the best option White has}) 13...
Be4 $4 $15 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (13...
Bxb1 $142 {Black has a promising position} 14. Raxb1 Ne4 $19) 14. f3 {
Controls g4} Bd5 15. Be1 $4 $19 (15. Bb5 $142 $15 {
this is the best bet to save the position}) 15... Nxd4 (15... Nxd4 16. Bd3 Nc6
$19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Sremcevic, George"]
[Black "Balazs, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "1330"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 Nf6 {Queen's Indian Defence} 6.
Be2 $146 (6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 d6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. a3 Qb8
12. Qc2 h6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Qe2 Rd7 18.
Bc2 Rad8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qd6 22. Ne1 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Kf7 24.
f4 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Kxf6 26. Nd3 e5 27. g3 g5 28. Kf2 gxf4 29. gxf4 a5 30. Nb2 Nb8
31. Na4 Nd7 32. fxe5+ Kxe5 33. Bf3 Be4 34. Nc3 Bc2 35. Bc6 Nf6 36. Ba4 Ne4+ 37.
Nxe4 Kxe4 38. Ke2 f4 39. Bc6+ Ke5 40. Ba4 Ke4 {
Huber,H-Mertens,K/Hessenliga 1995/GER 11/0-1 (64)}) 6... Be7 $14 (6... cxd4 7.
exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O $11) 7. O-O $11 (7. d5 d6 $14) 7... O-O (7... cxd4
8. exd4 d5 9. Ne5 $11) 8. Bd3 d6 {Controls e5} 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. a3 Qc7 11. b3 a6
{Secures b5} 12. a4 (12. Bb2 Rfe8 $11) 12... Rfe8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Bb1 d5 15.
Bd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 {The bishop feels good on b4} 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Ne5 Rad8
19. Re3 dxc4 20. bxc4 Qxd4 $4 $18 {what a pity, victory was in sight.} (20...
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc6 $11) 21. Bxh7+ $1 {the knockout punch} Kxh7 (21... Nxh7 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 22. Qxd4 Bc5 23. Qf4 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 $18) 22.
Qxd4 Bc5 (22... Nxe5 {does not improve anything} 23. Qxb6 Nd3 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25.
Qxb7 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 $18) 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Rh3 {Threatening mate... how?} Kf8 25.
Nxd7+ (25. Nd5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 exd5 27. Bxf6 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 gxf6
30. Qxf6 dxc4 31. Rh8#) 25... Rxd7 (25... Nxd7 {does not save the day} 26. Nd5
$1 {takes home the point} f6 27. Nxf6 $18) 26. Ne2 (26. Nd5 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxd5
28. cxd5 Ng4+ 29. Qxg4 Rc8 30. Qxg7+ Ke7 31. Qf6+ Kd6 32. Be5+ Kxd5 33. Rd3+
Ke4 34. Rd4#) 26... Rd2 (26... Red8 {the only chance to get some counterplay}
27. Kh1 Ne4 28. Bxg7+ Ke8 $18) 27. Bxf6 Bxf2+ (27... gxf6 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 28. Qxf6 $1 {doomsday} Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxe2+
30. Kxe2 Bf3+ 31. Kxf3 e5 32. Rh8#) 28. Kxf2 (28. Kxf2 Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Bf3+ 30.
gxf3 gxf6 31. Qxf6 Rd8 32. Rh8#) (28. Qxf2 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 gxf6 30. Qxf6 Bxg2 31.
Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Bailey, Cliff"]
[Black "Thompson, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1300"]
[BlackElo "1774"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 {Queen's Gambit [Tarrasch Defence]} 9. a3 (9. h3 Bf5 10. a3 c4 11. b3 Na5
12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Ra2 Nd5 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Nd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 b5 17. e4 Bd7 18.
f4 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. f5 Rfc8 22. e5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Nb3 {
Zabasajja,W-Georgiades,G/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02/1-0 (34)}) 9... a6 $146 {
Consolidates b5} (9... Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bd6 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Bb2 a6 14.
Nbd4 Ne4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 a5 19. f3 Nd6 20. Qd4
axb4 21. Qxb4 Nf5 22. Qc3 Qa7 23. Bd4 Nxd4 24. exd4 {
Gnewuch,M-Schulze,S/Bargteheide op 1989/TD 89\05/0-1 (55)}) (9... Ne4 10. Nd2
cxd4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Ng3 dxe3 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. fxe3 Bc5 16. Kh1
Qe7 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. b4 Bd6 20. Bb2 Be5 21. Qd2 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Rcd8
23. Qc3 Qg5 24. b5 {Duesterwald,E-Kaluza,J/NRW-I 1989/BIG 80/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (
9... Bf5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na4 Bc7 13. Bb2 Ng4 14. Nc5 b6 15. Nd3
Re8 16. Rc1 Nce5 17. Nfxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Bxf4 21.
Rxf4 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Rad8 23. Rfd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 {
Kos,S-Bruhn,B/GER-chJI U20 Hamburg 1993/TD 93\05/1/2-1/2 (37)}) 10. b3 Bf5 11.
Bb2 h6 $14 {Covers g5} (11... b6 12. Rc1 $11) 12. Na4 $11 (12. Rc1 cxd4 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Re8 $14) 12... Ne4 $14 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
$14) 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 $11 (15. Rc1 Qd6 $14) 15... Bb6 16. Nd2
Re8 17. Nb3 d4 $14 (17... Qd6 $5 $11) 18. Nc5 $17 (18. exd4 $142 {
and White can hope to survive} Qh4 19. d5 $14) 18... Bxc5 19. bxc5 dxe3 20.
fxe3 {Prevents intrusion on d4} Qg5 21. Bc4 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Be6 (22... Qxc5 $6
23. Rc1 Qa5 24. Bc3 $11) 23. Qc2 Nd4 (23... Qxc5 $6 24. Rxf7 Ne5 25. Rc7 $11)
24. Qa4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ne6 26. Rf5 Rac8 27. Raf1 $19 (27. Qf1 $5 $17) 27... Rxc5
{Opening the c-file gets Black a lot of play} 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Qa4 Rd8 30. Qb3
b5 31. Qf3 Qc7 32. Qg4 (32. Bc1 Nc5 $19) 32... Qc4 {Do you see the mate threat?
} 33. Qf3 (33. Qxc4 bxc4 34. Kg1 $19) 33... Ng5 {Threatening mate... how?} 34.
Qg3 (34. Qf5 {there is nothing better in the position} Rd5 35. Qb1 $19) 34...
Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Black "Manning, Cliff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "1246"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 (6... Bd7 7. c3 Be7
8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ne3 g6 12. b4 h6 13. Bb3 Bg7 14. h3 Rf8
15. Kh2 Kh7 16. g3 Ne7 17. Bc2 a5 18. bxa5 Qc8 19. Ng1 Rxa5 20. a4 Qa8 21. Bd2
{Los,S-Ilincic,Z/Budapest Spring op 1990/EXP 17/0-1 (36)}) 7. Bb3 {
Ruy Lopez [Russian Defence]} Bg4 (7... Na5 8. Nbd2 c5 9. c3 Qc7 10. Bc2 Be7 11.
a4 O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Nb3 15. Rxa8 Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Bg4 17.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Bb3 Ne8 19. Ng5 g6 20. Bxf7+ {
1-0 Meszaros,A-Gal,K/Balatonbereny op 1995/EXP 49 (20)}) 8. c3 Qd7 $146 (8...
Be7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Kh1 d5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxd5 Qd7 15.
Nbd2 Rad8 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Rc1 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxe1+ 21.
Qxe1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxd5 23. Qe3 Bg5 {
0-1 Saakian,A-Geczi,M/EU-chJW U10 Herculane 1994/TD 94\01 (23)}) 9. a4 Na7 $14
(9... b4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 $11) 10. Re1 c6 {Covers d5} 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nbd2
O-O 13. Nf1 Rfb8 14. a5 c5 15. h3 Bh5 (15... Be6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Ng3 $11) 16.
Ng3 Nc6 $16 {Black plans b4} (16... Bg6 17. Nh4 $14) 17. Bc2 $11 (17. Nxh5 $5
Nxh5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxh5 $14) 17... Bd8 $16 (17... Bg6 $5 $11) 18. Bg5 $11 (
18. Nxh5 $5 Nxh5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qxh5 $14) 18... Bxf3 $14 (18... Bg6 19. Nh4
$11) 19. Qxf3 b4 {Black gets more space} (19... Nxa5 $2 {
doesn't work because of} 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxa5 $18) 20. Ba4 Ne8 21. Bxd8 Rxd8
22. Nf5 Nf6 $4 $18 {cause more grief} (22... Rac8 $142 $16) 23. Bxc6 Qe6 24.
Bxa8 Rxa8 25. cxb4 cxb4 26. d4 exd4 (26... g6 {is the last straw} 27. d5 Qd7
$18) 27. e5 $1 {puts the final touch} dxe5 (27... Rd8 {doesn't improve anything
} 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. exf6 Qxf6 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Rac1 $18) 28. Qxa8+ (28. Qxa8+
Qe8 29. Qxa6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Fraser, Lee"]
[Black "Condon, Robert F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ {King's Gambit Declined} 3. g3 Qe7 4. f5 $15 {
White gains space} (4. Nc3 exf4 5. d4 (5. gxf4 Qh4+ 6. Ke2 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. d4 g6 10. Be3 Bh6 11. Qe1 Qxe1+ 12. Raxe1 Bg7 13. d5 Nb4 14. Kd2 a5 15.
h3 Bd7 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O-O 18. a3 Na6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nh6 21. e6
Bxe6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 c6 24. Kc1 Nc7 25. Re5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Rxd5
{1/2-1/2 Stillger,B-Konopleva,N/Dortmund 1990/EXT 90op (27)}) 5... fxg3 (5...
c6 6. Bxf4 Nf6 7. Qe2 d5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. exd5+ Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12.
Bh3 Bb4 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Qg4 Na6 15. Nge2 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18.
Ne3 Nb4 19. a3 Na2+ 20. Kb1 Nc3+ 21. bxc3 Rxc3 22. Qxg7+ {
1-0 David,A-Hanser,M/Bled op 1996/EXP 51 (22)}) 6. hxg3 d5 7. Bf4 c6 8. Qe2 Be6
9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. Bxf6 Bxe2 12. Bxe7 Bxd1 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Kxd1
dxe4 15. Nxe4 g6 16. Nf3 Kg7 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 a5 {
Gallagher,J-Berezovsky,I/Bern op 1993/TD 93\03/1-0 (53)}) (4. d3 exf4 5. Bxf4
d5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. Qe3 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Nge2 Bb4 11. d4 dxe4 12.
Bg2 O-O 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nd5 15. Qxe4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 c6 17. Qe5 Qe7 18. Qd6
Qxd6 {Jorge,A-Jones,I/Thessaloniki olm 1984/BIG 80/0-1 (36)}) (4. fxe5 d6 $11)
4... d5 {Black fights for the Initiative} 5. d3 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qb4 8.
Qd3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Qb5 $2 $19 (10. a3 $142 {would allow White to play on}
Qb6 11. b4 $14) 10... Nxe4 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 Bxf5 14. a3
O-O-O+ 15. Kc1 Bc5 (15... Bxc3 {seems even better} 16. bxc3 Rhe8 17. Bg2 $19)
16. Bc4 Be3+ 17. Kb1 Nd4 (17... f6 {and Black can already relax} 18. Rf1 $19)
18. Ne1 (18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rf1 Bg6 20. Bxf7 Rdf8 21. Be6+ Kd8 $19) 18... Bd2
19. Nb5 (19. Nd3 $19) 19... Bxe1 20. Nxd4 (20. Rxe1 {is not much help} Nxc2 (
20... Bxc2+ $143 21. Kc1 $19) 21. Ka2 Nxe1 (21... Nxa1 $143 22. Rxe5 Bg6 23.
Kxa1 $19) 22. Rxe1 a6 $19) 20... Rxd4 21. Bxf7 (21. Rxe1 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} Rxc4 22. Rxe5 Bxc2+ 23. Ka2 Re4 $19)
21... Bf2 22. Ka2 e4 (22... Bxc2 {keeps an even firmer grip} 23. Rhf1 Rd2 24.
Bb3 $19) 23. Bh5 (23. Rad1 {cannot change destiny} Rhd8 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 $19)
23... e3 24. Rhf1 (24. Rad1 {is not the saving move} Rhd8 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 $19)
24... Bxc2 25. Be2 a5 26. Rac1 Rd2 27. Bg4+ (27. Bc4 {does not win a prize} Kd7
$19) 27... Kb8 (27... Kb8 28. a4 Rf8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Steffensen, Dennis A"]
[Black "Fereday, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1221"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bb7 {Queen's Indian} 6. f3 d5 (
6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. O-O (9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. O-O O-O-O
12. Nc1 g5 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. Re1 Nf4 15. Bf1 Qf6 16. Nb3 g4 17. fxg4 Rdg8 18. h3
h5 19. g3 hxg4 20. h4 Nh3+ 21. Kh2 Qg6 22. Bg2 Nf6 23. Nd2 Nh5 24. Rf1 Nxg3 25.
Kxg3 Qh5 26. Bxh3 Qxh4+ 27. Kg2 gxh3+ 28. Kh1 Qg3 29. Rf2 h2 {
0-1 Bastys,R-Kybartas,A/LTU-ch Vilnius 1996/EXP 53 (29)}) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 Qe8
11. Ng3 Kh8 12. f4 Ng8 13. e5 f6 14. exf6 Ngxf6 15. Qc2 Qf7 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17.
Re3 Nf8 18. f5 e5 19. d5 N8d7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 {
1/2-1/2 Effert,K-Heidenfeld,M/Wuert-ch Moeglingen 1989/GER 01 (20)}) 7. cxd5
$146 {White wins space} (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nge2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c6 11.
Rc1 Nd7 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qd1 cxd5 15. exd5 e5 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Ne4 a6
18. Bc4 f5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ng3 f4 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Rg8 23. Rg1 b5 24.
Bb3 Qb4+ 25. Kf1 Qxe4 26. Qf3 Qxf3+ 27. gxf3 Rxg1+ 28. Kxg1 Rd8 29. Rc5 Rc8 30.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Kf2 f6 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. a4 Kd6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Kd3 f5 36. Ke2
e4 37. Ba2 Bb7 {0-1 Norgauer,M-Scherer,M/Konstanz-U20 1983/GER 04 (37)}) (7. e5
Nfd7 8. Nge2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qh4+ 10. Ng3 c5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. a3 cxd4 13. axb4 dxc3
14. f4 cxb2 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. O-O Ndxe5 17. Qb3 Ng4 18. Rfd1 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 b1=Q 21. Rxb1 Qxg3 22. Bxe6 Nxe3+ {
0-1 Schauer-Sturm/Oberwart op 1991/TD 91\08 (22)}) 7... exd5 8. e5 $11 {
White gets more space} (8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Nge2 dxe4 10. fxe4 O-O $11) 8... Nfd7 9.
a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. f4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qe7 13. Nf3 c5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bxh7+
Kh8 16. Bc2 f5 $2 (16... cxd4 17. Qd3 g6 18. cxd4 a5 $18) 17. Nh4 Qe6 (17...
Kg8 {cannot undo what has already been done} 18. Nxf5 Qe6 19. Nd6 $18) 18. Qh5+
Kg8 19. Nxf5 (19. Bxf5 $5 {might be the shorter path} Rxf5 20. Nxf5 Rf8 $18)
19... g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Qg5 Ne7 (21... cxd4 {no good, but what else?} 22. f5
Qxe5 $18) 22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5+ Rxf5 24. Bxf5 Qe8 25. Qh6+ (25. Qh6+ Kg8 26.
Bxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Egg, Marcel"]
[Black "Hoff, Gregory A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1137"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 {Queen's Gambit} cxd4 $146 (4... Nc6 5. a3 (
5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8 8. Bxc4 a6 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2
b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ke2 O-O 14. Rhc1 Nc6 15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Nd8 17. Nb3 Rxc2+
18. Rxc2 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 {
Chekhov,V-Kosic,D/Prague Bohemians 1989/CBM 12/1/2-1/2 (60)}) (5. Nc3 cxd4 6.
exd4 {1/2-1/2 Johnsen,S-Hjelmaas,L/Gausdal TM 1991/TD 91\06 (6)}) 5... Nf6 6.
dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rd1 Rd8
13. O-O Bd7 14. Qb1 Rac8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qa1 Be6 17. Rfe1 Bb8 18. h3 Ba7 19.
Rc1 {Schandorff,L-Hartung Nielsen,J/Naestved op 1988/TD 88\05/1/2-1/2 (51)}) (
4... a6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. a3 Nf6 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Be2 Qe7 11.
O-O dxc4 12. Nxc4 Rd8 13. Qc2 b5 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17.
Rac1 f6 18. Bd4 Rac8 19. Qb2 Bb8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Qb1 Bb7 22. Bb2 Rxd1+ 23.
Bxd1 Qd6 24. h4 Nd2 25. Nxd2 Qxd2 26. Bb3 Kf7 27. Bd4 Bg3 28. Qf1 Bxh4 29. g3
Bg5 30. Qd1 Qxd1+ 31. Bxd1 f5 32. f4 Bf6 33. Kf2 h6 34. Ke1 g5 35. Kf2 Ke7 36.
Ke2 Bd5 37. Bxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kd3 e5 39. Kd2 {
Tyrtania,M-Blauert,J/2.BLN9697 SV Luebeck-Lasker 1997/BL2-N/0-1 (56)}) 5. exd4
dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} h6 {Controls g5} 8. b3 Nbd7
9. Bb2 Nb6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Ne4
$15 (15. Nc4 Nbd5 $11) 15... Nbd5 16. g3 {Consolidates f4} Nxe4 {
Black is in command} 17. Bxe4 f5 $11 (17... Nc3 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Bxc3 $11) 18.
Bxd5 $15 (18. Bc2 $5 $11 {is worth consideration}) 18... Bxd5 {A valuable piece
} 19. Ne5 {The knight dominates} f4 20. Qd3 $17 (20. Rc1 fxg3 21. hxg3 Rxc1 22.
Bxc1 Qf6 $17) 20... fxg3 21. fxg3 (21. Qxg3 $4 Rc2 22. Rab1 Bxe5 (22... Rfxf2 {
is much weaker} 23. Qxf2 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Bg2+ 25. Kg1 Be4+ 26. Kf1 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Bxb1 28. Nf3 $19) 23. Rxe5 Rf3 $19 (23... Rcxf2 $143 24. h3 $19)) 21... Bxe5
22. Rxe5 (22. dxe5 $4 Rc2 $3 {a sacrifice that decides the game} 23. Re4 Rxb2
$19) 22... Rf3 23. Re3 $2 $19 (23. Qe2 $142 $5 Rxb3 24. Rc1 (24. Rxe6 $4 {
would be a gruesome error} Rxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxe6 $19) 24... Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 $19)
23... Rxe3 {The mate threat is Rxd3} 24. Qxe3 Rc2 25. Rb1 (25. Bc1 Rg2+ 26. Kf1
$19) 25... Rg2+ (25... Qf6 $142 {nails it down} 26. Qf4 Qg6 $19) 26. Kf1 Rxh2
27. Bc1 Qf6+ (27... Qc7 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 28. Rb2 Rh1+
29. Kf2 Rxc1 30. Ke2 $19) 28. Qf4 (28. Ke1 {praying for a miracle} Bf3 29. Rb2
Rh1+ 30. Kd2 $19) 28... Qg6 {Threatening mate: Qd3} 29. Rb2 Qd3+ 30. Kg1 Rh1+ (
30... Rh1+ 31. Kf2 Rf1#) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Hannagan, Peter"]
[Black "Wouters, Eddy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1135"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 {Sicilian Defence [Rossolimo Variation]} 4. d3
$146 (4. Nc3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 e5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Be3 b6 9. Na4 Rb8 10. c3 Ne7
11. O-O O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. e5 cxd4 16. exd6 Qxd6 17.
Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Nc3 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Kf8 21. Rd2 Be8 22. Rfd1 Rd6 23.
Ne4 Rd5 24. Nc3 Rd6 25. a3 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Ne4 Rg6 28. f4 Ba4 29. Rd8+
Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Ke7 31. Ra8 f5 32. Ra7+ Kd8 33. Ng5 h6 34. Nf7+ Kc8 35. Rxa6 Bb5
36. Ra8+ Kb7 37. Rg8 Bc6 38. Nd8+ Kc7 39. Nxc6 Kxc6 40. Rf8 Rd6 41. Rxf5 Rd1+
42. Kh2 Rd2 43. Rf7 Rxb2 44. Rxg7 Kd5 45. Rg6 Ke4 46. Rxh6 Kxf4 47. Rh4+ {
1-0 Segal,A-Jzschenko,O/WchJW-U18 Duisburg 1992/TD 92\06 (47)}) (4. c3 a6 5.
Ba4 Nf6 6. Qe2 g6 (6... e5 7. O-O b5 8. Bc2 Be7 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rd1
O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nc3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Rxd4 b4
18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Meier,V-Von Herman,U/2.BLN9697 Anhalt-Tegel 1997/BL2-N (19)}) 7. O-O
Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. d3 d6 {1/2-1/2 Schaefer,M-Mainka,G/Dortmund-D 1991/EXP 22 (9)}
) 4... e5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 {Secures g4} Be7 8. g4 Qd7 $16 (8...
Be6 $142 $5 $11 {is interesting}) 9. Nxe5 Qd6 10. f4 Nxe4 $4 $18 {
leads to further unpleasantness} (10... Nd7 $142 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 $16) 11. dxe4
Bh4+ 12. Ke2 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 O-O (13... Be7 {is no salvation} 14. f5 $18) 14. g5
(14. Bxc5 $142 $5 {seems even better} Re8 $18) 14... Re8 (14... f6 {
hardly improves anything} 15. Nf3 fxg5 16. Bxc5 $18 (16. Nxg5 $6 Bxg5 17. fxg5
Bxh3 $18)) 15. Nf3 {White prepares e5} ({Worse is} 15. Bxc5 f6 16. gxf6 Bxf6
$18) 15... Bg3 16. e5 (16. Bxc5 $6 {is no comparison} Rxe4+ 17. Be3 Bf5 $18)
16... Rb8 17. Bxc5 (17. Nbd2 $142 {and White has prevailed} b6 $18) 17... Bxh3
(17... Bxf4 18. Bxa7 Ra8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Siow, David"]
[Black "Clarke, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1130"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 {
Pirc Defence} 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. h3 (11. Bh6 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7
13. Bd3 Qb8 14. Ne2 Qb6 15. Ng3 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nfg8 18. Bg4 f5 19.
exf5 Nh6 20. Bh3 Nhxf5 21. Ne4 {
1/2-1/2 Barczay,L-Keene,R/Dortmund 1982/MCL 01 (21)}) 11... b5 $146 (11... Ne8
12. Ne1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Ng6 15. Nd3 Kh8 16. a4 Rg8 17. Kh1 a5 18. Bh5
e4 19. Nc1 Nh4 20. Bf7 Rf8 21. Bxe8 Qxe8 22. Nb3 Rg8 23. Nd4 Qh5 24. Rf2 Bf6
25. Ncb5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rg3 27. Ne6 Rxe3 28. Kh2 Rg8 29. Ng5 Bxb2 30. g4 fxg4
31. hxg4 Qxg4 32. Rg1 Qh5 33. Nf7+ Qxf7 34. Rxg8+ Qxg8 35. Qxe3 Nf3+ {
0-1 Johannesson,L-Hoi,C/Reykjavik op 1988/TD 88\05 (35)}) 12. a3 a5 {
Black launches an attack} 13. Bxb5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxb5 15. Rfe1 f5 16. Bh6 $4
$19 {with this move White loses his initiative} (16. Nc3 $142 {
this is the best way to fight back} Bd7 17. Bh6 $14) 16... fxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Rxe4 Nf5 20. Rde1 h6 21. Ne6+ (21. Nf3 c6 $19) 21... Bxe6 22.
dxe6 Nd4 $4 $16 {throws away the game} (22... Qf6 $142 $19 {
would have made live much easier for Black}) 23. f4 $4 $19 {
White lets it slip away} (23. Rxd4 $142 Qf6 24. Ra4 $16) 23... Nxe6 24. fxe5 d5
25. Ra4 c6 26. Qd3 $2 (26. Qe3 $19) 26... Nc5 $1 {finishing the game} 27. Qd4
Nxa4 28. e6+ (28. Qxa4 {the last chance for counterplay} Qb6+ 29. Kh2 $19)
28... Qf6 (28... Qf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "McLean, John"]
[Black "Steffensen, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 {Grob} Nc6 (2... d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qb3 Ne7 6. Nc3 d4
7. Ne4 Nbc6 8. Ng5 Be6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Qxe6 Qc8 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8 12. d3 Ng6 13.
Be4 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 O-O 15. Nf3 Nge7 16. h4 Bd6 17. h5 {
Kessler,D-Werner,B/Wuert-ch Schramberg 1993/GER 03/0-1 (65)}) 3. d3 Nf6 $11 (
3... h6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Nge7 7. Bd2 Ng6 8. Nf3 Nh4 9. Nxh4 Qxh4 10.
Rf1 Be6 11. Na4 O-O-O 12. c3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 b5 15. Qd1 bxa4 16.
Qxa4 Qd7 17. Be3 Kb8 18. Qb5+ Ka8 19. Qa4 Rb8 20. O-O-O Rb7 21. d4 exd4 22.
Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24. Rxd4 f6 {
1-0 Kayser,P-Gawlas,G/Nuernberg 1990/EXT 90op2 (24)}) (3... d5 4. h3 $15) 4. g5
{White gets strong initiative} Ng4 $2 $18 (4... Ng8 $142 $11 {
would keep Black alive}) 5. h3 d5 (5... Nxf2 6. Kxf2 Bc5+ 7. Kg3 $16) 6. hxg4
Bxg4 7. c3 d4 (7... Qd7 8. Rh4 $18) 8. Qb3 Be6 (8... Rb8 $18) 9. Qxb7 Ne7 (9...
Nb4 {is not the saving move} 10. cxb4 $1 {a beautiful, forced end to the game}
Rb8 11. Bc6+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Qd5+ Kc8 14. Qxe5 Bxb4+ 15. Nd2 Bxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 $18) 10. Qxa8 Bd5 (10... Qxa8 {doesn't do any good} 11. Bxa8 Nf5 12. Nf3
$18) 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd8+ (12. Qxa7 $5 {might be the shorter path} dxc3 13.
bxc3 Nb6 $18) 12... Kxd8 13. Nf3 Bc5 (13... f6 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 fxg5 16. Bxg5+ Kd7 17.
Nc3 $18) 14. Nxe5 Rf8 (14... Re8 {does not save the day} 15. Nc6+ Kd7 16. Nxd4
Bxd4 17. cxd4 $18) 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Nc6+ Kc8 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd6+
Kc7 20. Ne4 Kc6 21. Rxh7 g6 22. Nbc3 Nb4 23. Kd1 a5 24. a3 Na6 25. Be3 c4 26.
dxc4 Rd8+ 27. Kc2 f5 28. gxf6 {Threatening mate... how?} Nc7 29. Rg7 (29. Nb5
Nxb5 30. cxb5+ Kd5 31. Re7 Rd7 32. Rd1+ Kc4 33. Re5 Rd5 34. Rexd5 a4 35. Nd6#)
29... Rf8 30. Rxg6 (30. Nb5 Rc8 31. Ned6 Ne6 32. Nxc8 Nxg7 33. fxg7 a4 34. g8=Q
Kb7 35. Ncd6+ Kc6 36. Qc8#) 30... Kb7 31. Rd1 {White gets decisive kings attack
} a4 32. Nxa4 Ne6 33. Rd7+ Kc8 (33... Kc6 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} 34. Nac5 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Nxd8 36. f7+ Kc7
37. Bf4+ Kc8 38. Nd6+ Kc7 39. Nf5+ Kc8 40. Ne7#) 34. Nb6+ $18 (34. Rgg7 Nd4+
35. Bxd4 Rxf6 36. Nxf6 Kb8 37. Rd8#) 34... Kb8 35. Rd6 $18 (35. Bf4+ $1 Nc7 36.
Rxc7 Rc8 37. Nxc8 Ka8 38. Ra7#) 35... Rf7 36. Rxe6 {Threatening mate: Rg8} Re7
(36... Rc7 {doesn't change anything anymore} 37. Rg8+ Kb7 38. Nd6+ Ka6 39. Ra8+
Ra7 40. Ree8 Rxa8 41. Rxa8#) 37. Rg8+ Ka7 (37... Kc7 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 38. Rxe7+ Kc6 39. Rc8#) 38.
Rxe7+ Ka6 39. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Black "Corner, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 {
English Opening [Symmetrical Variation]} e5 $146 (7... Ndb4 8. Bxc6+ (8. Nxc6
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Nc3 Bd7 (10... Bf5 11. Be3 O-O-O+ 12. Kc1 Nd4 13. Rd1
Nc2 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. Rxd8 Nxa1 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bxg5 Bg7 18. Rxh8 Bxh8 19. e4
Bg6 20. f3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 f5 22. Kb2 fxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Kxa1 e6 25. Kb2 {
Fritz,R-Baldauf,M/BL2-S 1990/BL2/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 11. Be3 g6 (11... O-O-O 12. Kc1
g6 13. Rd1 Bg7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxa7 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Rd8+ 18. Ke1
Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Morovic Fernandez,I/Santiago 1989/CBM 12 (18)}) 12. Rc1
Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. Ke1 e5 15. Kf2 exf4 16. gxf4 Be6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Ne4 Bd4 19.
Nc5 Bxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Rfe8 21. Kf2 Nb4 22. a3 Nd5 {
Andersson,U-Leko,P/Ter Apel 1996/TUR 96/1-0 (91)}) 8... bxc6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nf3
Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 f6 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. a3 Nd5 14. Rc1 Nxe3+ 15. fxe3 c5 16. Rc3 Be7
17. Kc1 O-O 18. e4 Rab8 19. Nc4 Rb5 20. Rd1 Rfb8 21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Kb1 {
Baldauf,M-Sideif Sade,F/Budapest Spring op 1989/TD 89\06/0-1 (45)}) 8. Nxc6
bxc6 {Secures d5} 9. O-O Bc5 10. Qc2 Qb6 11. a3 $11 {Covers b4} (11. Nc3 Nxc3
12. Qxc3 O-O $14) 11... O-O 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Ba6 14. Qc2 ({Instead of} 14.
Qxe5 Rae8 15. Qf4 Rxe2 $17) 14... Rad8 15. Rb1 Rd4 $2 $16 (15... Qb5 $142 $5
$11 {and Black is still in the game}) 16. b4 Be7 17. Be3 (17. Bxc6 {
is clearly inferior} Rc4 18. Qb2 Rxc6 $15) 17... Rc4 18. Qxc4 $1 {
a convincing end} (18. Bxb6 $6 Rxc2 19. Bxa7 Ra8 $14) 18... Bxc4 19. Bxb6 axb6
20. Bxc6 Rc8 21. Bf3 f5 22. Rfc1 e4 23. Bg2 b5 24. a4 bxa4 25. e3 $16 (25. Ra1
$142 $5 $18) 25... a3 26. Bf1 Be6 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Bc4+ Kf8 29. b5 $16 (29.
Rb3 Bd7 $18) 29... Bb7 30. Kf1 Bf6 31. Ke2 $16 (31. Rb4 Be7 32. Ra4 Bc5 $18)
31... Ke7 32. Kd2 Kd6 33. Kc2 Kc5 34. Ba2 g5 35. Rd1 Kxb5 36. Rd7 Bc6 37. Rxh7
Kb4 38. Rh6 (38. Rf7 Ba4+ 39. Kb1 Bc3 $18) 38... Ba4+ 39. Kb1 Bb2 40. Ra6 $14 (
40. h4 $142 {and White gets the upper hand} gxh4 41. gxh4 $18) 40... Bb5 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 41. Rb6 Kc5 42. Rxb5+ Kxb5 43. Be6 Kb4 {
Black activates its king} 44. Bxf5 $11 (44. h4 Kc3 $14) 44... Kb3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 45. Be6+ Kc3 46. Bd5 Kd3 47. Ka2 Ke2 48. Bxe4 Kxf2
49. Bf5 Kxe3 50. g4 $15 (50. h4 $5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Condon, Robert F"]
[Black "Speck, Nicholas S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 {
Alekine's Defence [Four Pawns' Attack]} 7. c5 (7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 e6 9. h3 Bxf3
10. gxf3 Be7 11. Be2 Bh4+ 12. Kf1 f6 13. c5 Nd5 14. Bg1 fxe5 15. Nc3 exd4 16.
Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bf6 18. Qa4+ c6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. h4 Qc7 21. Rb1 Kf7 {
Mozsar,L-Horvath,L/Balatonbereny opB 1996/EXP 53/0-1 (39)}) 7... Nd5 8. Bb5
$146 (8. Nf3 Bf5 9. a3 e6 10. Nc3 Be4 11. Bb5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qxf2+
14. Kxf2 Nde7 15. Bg5 Nf5 16. Rad1 h5 17. b4 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. d5 Nxe5 20.
Rhe1 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Rad8 22. dxe6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 c6 24. Bc4 fxe6 25. Re1 Nd4 26.
Ne2 Nc2 27. Rc1 Nge3 28. Nf4 Rh6 29. Bd3 Nd4 30. Re1 Nec2 31. Rc1 g5 32. Ne2
Nxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Nd4 34. Bc4 Rf6 35. a4 a6 36. Rb1 Rf4 37. Bd3 e5 38. b5 axb5 39.
axb5 Ne6 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. Rb7+ Kd8 42. Rb6 Kc7 43. Be2 Nxc5 {
0-1 Skok,J-Zelcic,R/Bled op 1993/TD 93\04 (43)}) 8... Bd7 {
Black begins to deal mighty blows} 9. Bc4 Bf5 10. Nc3 $4 $19 {
White has let it slip away} (10. Nf3 $142 $11 {
this is the best way to fight back}) 10... Ndb4 11. d5 (11. Kf1 Nc2 $1 {the end
} (11... Qxd4 $143 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Nge2 $19) (11... Nxd4 $143 12. Bg5 $17)
12. Rb1 Qxd4 (12... N6xd4 $6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Kg2 $17) 13. Qxd4 N2xd4 $19 (13...
N6xd4 $6 14. b4 $17)) 11... Nc2+ 12. Kf2 e6 (12... Nxe5 $142 {and Black wins}
13. Rb1 Nxc4 $19) 13. dxc6 Qh4+ $1 {a painful check} 14. g3 {
Threatening mate... how?} Bxc5+ $1 {the decision} 15. Kg2 Qxc4 16. Qd7+ $2 (16.
cxb7 $142 Rb8 17. Rb1 $19) 16... Kf8 {The mate threat is Ne1} 17. cxb7 $4 {
the pressure is too much, White crumbles} (17. Nf3 b5 $1 {takes home the point}
18. Rd1 Nxa1 19. Bg5 $19) 17... Ne1# 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Black "Steffensen, Dennis A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. Nf3 Qa5 {
Grunfeld Defence [Classical System]} 8. Bd3 (8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg3
N7f6 11. Nd2 b6 12. Nc4 Qb4 13. Qd1 b5 14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qa4 16. Qxa4 bxa4
17. Nb2 Ne4 18. Bc7 Be6 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. Nxa4 Nb5 21. Bg3 Nxa3 22. c4 Rab8 23.
Bxb8 Rxb8 24. O-O Rb4 25. Nc5 Bxc4 26. Rc3 Bxd3 27. Nxd3 {
1-0 Vigh,B-Jankovits,I/Zalakaros op 1996/EXP 52 (27)}) 8... Nbd7 (8... dxc4 9.
Bxc4 b5 10. Bxf7+ Rxf7 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Ne5 e6 13. Nxc6 Qb6 14. Nxb8 Qxb8 15.
Qxb5 Qd6 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. a3 Rc7 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1
Bxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. f3 Qd3 24. Ng3 Ne3 25. Kf2 Nc4 26. Rd1 Nxb2 27. Rd2 {
1-0 Illescas Cordoba,M-Alawieh,A/Sevilla op 1992/[Ftacnik] (27)}) 9. O-O dxc4
10. Bxc4 e6 $14 {Prevents intrusion on d5} (10... Qb6 11. Rac1 Qxb3 12. Bxb3
Nb6 13. e4 Bg4 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Bg5 Bc8 16. Rfd1 Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. e5 Nd5
19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bxb5 Rb7 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Bxc8 Rbxc8 24. b3 e6 25.
Rxc8 {Winkler,G-Kos,E/OLWuert 1988/GER 01/1-0 (41)}) (10... Nb6 11. Bc7 Ne8 12.
Be5 $11) 11. Rfd1 Nd5 12. Bg3 N7f6 13. Rac1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4 15. Be5 Bxe5 16.
Nxe5 Nd6 17. Bd3 c5 18. Bb1 Qc7 19. e4 c4 20. Qc2 b5 21. Qd2 Bb7 22. Re1 Rad8
23. Ng4 f5 24. exf5 exf5 25. Ne5 {A classical outpost} Be4 26. f3 Bxb1 27. Rxb1
a6 28. Re2 Nf7 29. Rbe1 Rfe8 30. Qf4 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 ({Worse is} 31. dxe5 Rd3 $15
) 31... Rxe5 {Threatening mate: Rxe1} 32. Rxe5 Qf7 33. Qe3 Kf8 34. Kf2 $11 (34.
Re6 Re8 35. d5 Rxe6 36. dxe6 Qc7 $15) 34... Re8 $14 (34... f4 $5 {is noteworthy
} 35. Qc1 Qf6 $14) 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kxe8 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. d5 Kd6 39. Kd4
h6 40. g3 g5 41. g4 $11 (41. h3 $5 $14) 41... f4 42. h3 a5 43. a3 a4 44. Ke4
Kd7 45. Kd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Hoff, Gregory A"]
[Black "Lee, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 {
Scandinavian Defence [Centre Counter]} Bg4 (5... a6 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Ne5
e6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Ng6 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxh8 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Nf3+ 14. Ke2
Nd4+ 15. Ke1 Nf3+ 16. Ke2 Nd4+ 17. Ke1 {
1/2-1/2 Tzermiadianos,A-Georgiev,K/Katerini op 1992/EXP 32 (17)}) 6. O-O $146 (
6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 e6 9. Bxc6+ Qxc6 10. Qxc6+ bxc6 11. b3 Bb4 12.
Bb2 Ke7 13. O-O-O Rhd8 14. Rhe1 Rab8 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Nd4 Nxf2 17. Nxc6+ Kf8 18.
Nxb4 Rxb4 19. Ba3 c5 20. Bxb4 cxb4 {Rechel,B-Mann,C/BL9495 1995/BL 90/0-1 (37)}
) 6... c6 {Consolidates b5} 7. Re1 e6 {Controls d5} 8. d3 {Covers e4} Be7 9.
Ne4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 Bxf3 (10... Bf5 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Ne5 $11) 11. Qxf3 ({
Less advisable is} 11. gxf3 Nd7 $15) 11... Bf6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bxe6 $11 (13. c3
$5 $14) 13... fxe6 14. Rxe6+ Kf7 15. Rae1 Qd5 16. Qg4 h5 (16... Qxa2 $4 {
the pawn is something Black will choke on} 17. Rxf6+ gxf6 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Re8+
Kg7 20. Bh6#) 17. Qh3 Na6 (17... Qxa2 18. Qf5 Nd7 19. Re7+ Kg8 20. Rxd7 (20.
Qxd7 $6 Bxe7 21. Qxe7 Rf8 $11 (21... Qxb2 $4 {
the pawn is safe and cannot be captured without dire consequences} 22. Be5 Qxe5
23. Rxe5 $18)) 20... Qxb2 21. g4 $18) 18. Rd6 Qa5 $4 $18 {
Black lets it slip away} (18... Qxa2 $142 {the only rescuing move} 19. Rd7+ Kg8
20. Rxb7 Nc5 $11 (20... Bxb2 $2 {leads to nothing} 21. Qd7 Bf6 22. Rxa7 $18))
19. Rd7+ $4 $15 {White is ruining his position} (19. Qe6+ $142 {
would have given White the upper hand} Kg6 20. Re5 $18) 19... Kg6 {
Threatening mate: Qxe1} 20. Re6 Raf8 $14 (20... Rhe8 21. Qe3 (21. Rxb7 {
White again will not be able to digest the pawn} Qe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 21...
Rxe6 22. Qxe6 $15) 21. Qg3+ (21. Rxb7 Nc5 22. Rxf6+ gxf6 (22... Kxf6 $4 23.
Qh4+ Ke6 24. Qe7+ Kf5 25. Qg5+ Ke6 26. Re7#) (22... Rxf6 $4 23. Qg3+ Kf5 24.
Qg5+ Ke6 25. Qe5#) 23. Qg3+ Kf5 24. Qh3+ Kxf4 25. Qe3+ Kf5 26. Qh3+ Ke5 27.
Qe3+ Kf5 28. Qh3+ Kg6 29. Qg3+ Kf5 30. Qh3+ $11) 21... Kh7 22. h4 $4 $17 {
with this move White loses his initiative} (22. Rxg7+ Bxg7 23. Qg6+ Kg8 24. Re7
$16) 22... Qf5 (22... Qxa2 $4 {taking the pawn will cause Black grave problems}
23. Rxf6 $1 {the knockout punch} Qb1+ 24. Kh2 Qg1+ 25. Kxg1 Rf7 26. Qg6+ Kg8
27. Qxf7+ Kh7 28. Qxg7#) 23. Rxf6 $19 (23. Red6 Nc5 (23... Bxb2 24. Rxb7 Rf7
25. Rxb2 Qxf4 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27. Rd8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rb7 Qc1+ 30. Kh2
Qf4+ 31. Kh3 $14) 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 $17 (24... Qxd7 $143 25. Qg6+ Kg8 26. Rxf8+
Kxf8 27. Bd6+ Kg8 28. Bxc5 $16)) 23... Qxf6 $4 $18 {
stumbles just before the finish line} (23... Qxd7 $142 {
the advantage is on the side of Black} 24. Qg6+ Kg8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 24. Be5
$1 {the final nail in the coffin. The mate threat is Rxg7} Rf7 25. Bxf6 {
Threatening mate... how?} Rxd7 26. Qg5 {Do you see the mate threat?} g6 $4 {
terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (26... Kg8 $18) 27.
Bxh8 Kxh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qxh5+ (31. Qxh5+ Kg8 32.
Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kh8 34. h5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "MacIlwain, Robert"]
[Black "Hannagan, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Ruy Lopez} Qf6 4. Nc3 (4. O-O Bd6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4
h6 7. d4 b5 8. Bc2 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Kh1 Na7 12. Re1 c6 13. Nf1
Be7 14. Ng3 d6 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. g4 Nf4 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5+ Kg8 19. Bxf4 g6 20.
Be3 Bxf5 21. exf5 Kg7 22. Qg4 Rh8 23. Ne4 Qh4 24. Qxh4 Rxh4 25. dxe5 f6 26. Ng3
Rh5 27. Nxh5+ {1-0 Rubertus,W-Fassing,W/Hessen-chS Doernigheim 1994/GER 08 (27)
}) 4... Nge7 5. Bxc6 $146 (5. d3 Qg6 6. O-O d6 7. Ne1 Be6 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4
O-O-O 10. d4 d5 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. c3 Bd6 15. Qf3
Rf5 16. Nd3 Re8 17. Qh3 Re6 18. Bxd6 Rh5 19. Qf3 Rf6 20. Nf4 {
1-0 Krasenkow,M-Paust,W/Hamburg 1993/EXT 93op (20)}) (5. O-O h6 6. Re1 a6 7.
Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bd7 12. d4 Rb8 13. Be3 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Qg6 16. e5 Kd8 17. Ba7 Rc8 18. Bb7 Bh3 19. Re3 {
1-0 Weigel,H-Eisenhuth,M/Bad Woerishofen op 1993/TD 93\04 (19)}) 5... dxc6 {
Prevents intrusion on b5+d5} 6. d4 Ng6 7. Bg5 Qe6 8. dxe5 {
Do you see the mate threat?.} Bd7 9. Qd4 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. O-O-O Bc5 12. Qd2
Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qe7 16. h3 {Secures g4} b5 17. Qd4 b4
$16 (17... Rg8 18. Rhe1 $14) 18. Qxg7 $11 (18. Na4 $142 $5 f6 19. Nc5 $16)
18... O-O-O 19. Ne2 $15 (19. Qd4 bxc3 20. Qxa7 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 Qb4 $15) 19...
Rdg8 $16 (19... Qxe4 $142 $5 {and Black can hope to live} 20. Rhe1 Bf5 $15) 20.
Qd4 {Threatening mate... how?} c5 21. Qe3 Rxg2 22. e5 {White gets more space}
Bc6 23. Rhg1 Rxg1 24. Rxg1 f6 (24... Rd8 25. Kb1 $14) 25. Rg6 Bb5 (25... Qf7 $5
26. Qxc5 Qxg6 27. Qxc6 Re8 $14) 26. Rxf6 Rg8 $18 (26... Qd7 27. Qe4 Qxh3 $11)
27. Ng3 (27. Qe4 Kb8 28. c4 bxc3 29. Nxc3 Qd7 $18) 27... Qg7 28. Ne4 $11 (28.
Qf3 c6 29. Nf5 Qg1+ 30. Qd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Rg1+ 32. Kd2 Rg2+ 33. Ke3 Rxc2 34.
e6 (34. Nxh6 $6 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 $11) 34... Rxb2 35. Rf8+ Kc7 36. e7 Re2+ 37.
Kf3 Rxe7 38. Nxe7 $18) 28... Qg1+ 29. Qxg1 {Do you see the mate threat?} Rxg1+
30. Kd2 Rg2+ 31. Kd1 $11 (31. Ke3 $142 Rxc2 32. Rxh6 $18) 31... Rg1+ 32. Kd2
Rg2+ 33. Kd1 $11 (33. Ke3 $142 Rxc2 34. Rxh6 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Clarke, Richard"]
[Black "Sremcevic, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1625"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 {
Sicilian Defence [Alapin Variation]} Nc6 7. c4 (7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Qd6 9. d5 Bxf3
10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nc3 e5 13. Be3 Kb8 14. a3 Qa6 15. Be2 Nd7 16. b4
Be7 17. Rb1 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd4 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Nxe4 {
Rozentalis,E-Savchenko,S/URS-YM Tbilisi 1989/CBM 12/1/2-1/2 (73)}) (7. O-O
O-O-O 8. Be3 e5 9. c4 Qd6 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 12. Bxd1 Nd7 13. Nc3
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ndxe5 15. Bd5 Nb4 16. Bf4 Ned3 17. Bg3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 h5 19. h4 g6
20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Ne4 Kd7 {
Heppekausen,J-Hogenacker,J/NRW-II 1995/GER 10/1/2-1/2 (49)}) 7... Qd7 8. d5 Nb8
$14 (8... Bxf3 $5 {should be considered} 9. Bxf3 Ne5 $11) 9. O-O g6 $16 (9...
Bf5 $5 $14 {should not be overlooked}) 10. Bf4 $14 (10. Ne5 $142 $5 Bxe2 11.
Nxd7 Bxd1 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Rxd1 $16) 10... Bg7 11. Nc3 a6 $16 {
Prevents intrusion on b5} (11... O-O $5 $14 {looks like a viable alternative})
12. Qd2 $14 (12. Na4 Qf5 13. Nb6 Qxf4 14. Nxa8 Nbd7 $16) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 (
13. gxf3 $6 b6 $11) 13... O-O 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Rad1 {White intends d6} Qd8 (
15... Ra7 16. Be5 $16) 16. d6 exd6 17. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qxd6 19. Bxd6 Nc6
20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. Be3 Nb4 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. b3 Re8 24. h3 h5 25. Nd5 Ne5 $2 $18 (
25... Nxd5 $142 $5 26. cxd5 Ne5 $18) 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxb7 a5 {
The passed pawn on c4 will become decisive later} 28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Kf1 (29. Bd2
{seems even better} a4 $18) 29... Be7 (29... g5 $18) 30. Bd4 (30. f4 $142 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Nd7 31. Bc6 Nf6 32. Bxe8 Nxe8 $18) 30... f6 31. f4 {
White fights for the Initiative} Nf7 32. Re1 Kf8 33. Re6 Nd8 34. Ra6 Bb4 (34...
Nf7 {hardly improves anything} 35. Rxa5 Nd6 36. Ra7 $18) 35. Rxf6+ Ke7 36. Rxg6
Rf8 37. Rg7+ Kd6 (37... Ke8 {the last chance for counterplay} 38. g3 h4 $18)
38. Be5+ Kc5 39. Rd7 Bd2 (39... Re8 {there is nothing better in the position}
40. Bd6+ Kb6 41. Bc7+ Ka6 42. Bxd8 Rf8 43. Bb7+ Ka7 44. Bc6+ Kb8 $18) 40. Bd6+
Kb6 41. Bxf8 Nc6 42. Bxc6 (42. c5+ Kb5 43. a3 a4 44. Rb7+ Ka6 45. Bxc6 Ba5 46.
Rb8 Bb6 47. Rxb6+ Ka7 48. Bd6 axb3 49. Bb8#) 42... Kxc6 43. Rxd2 (43. Rxd2 Kc7
44. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Thompson, Alan"]
[Black "McLean, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 {French Defence} a6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 axb5 5. Bxb5 Bb7 6. Nc3 Bb4
7. Bd3 f5 8. f3 fxe4 9. fxe4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bxe4 11. Nf3 $4 $11 {
White has let it slip away} (11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qe5 Bxg2 13. Bg5 $16 (13. Qxh8 $6
Qh4+ 14. Ke2 Kf8 $18)) 11... Nf6 12. O-O {White gets strong initiative} Ra5 13.
Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Ne5 Nf6 (14... Nxc3 $2 {doesn't solve anything} 15. Qf3 Ne2+ 16.
Qxe2 $18) 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Qb3 c6 17. Rf2 Rb5 18. Qc4 Qb6 19. Raf1 Kh8 (19...
Rb2 20. Rxb2 Qxb2 21. Qd3 $16) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rxf6 $11 (21. Qe2 $142 Rb1 22.
Qh5 $18) 21... Rxf6 22. Rxf6 Rxe5 23. Rf8+ Kg7 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 $14 (24... Re1+ $5
{deserves consideration} 25. Kf2 Qxb8 26. Kxe1 Qxh2 $11) 25. dxe5 Qb6+ $16 (
25... Qxe5 $5 {is an interesting idea} 26. Qd4 Kf6 $11) 26. Kf1 Qe3 $18 (26...
Qb1+ $5 27. Ke2 Kg8 $16) 27. Qd4 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ (28... Kf8 29. a4 $16) 29.
Kg3 Kh8 30. a4 Qg6+ 31. Kf3 Qh5+ 32. Kg3 $4 $11 {a transit from better to worse
} (32. Qg4 $142 {a pity that White didn't try this} Qe8 33. g3 $18) 32... Qg6+
33. Qg4 Qd3+ 34. Kh4 Qxc3 35. Qf4 {The mate threat is Qf8} Qe1+ (35... Qc5 36.
Qf6+ Kg8 $18) 36. g3 (36. Kh5 $142 {secures the point} Qe2+ 37. Kh6 $18) 36...
Qe2 $4 {
Black has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position} (
36... Kg8 $142 $18) 37. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Black "Walshe, D Bradley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Ng4 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 {Sicilian Defence [Accelerated Dragon]} 10. Qd1 Ne6 (10...
Nc6 11. f4 d6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Qd2 Kh8 15. Nc3 f5 16. Rae1 Rad8 17.
Ba4 Bc4 18. Rf2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Bd4 Bd5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.
Ng3 Qf6 24. b3 Kh8 25. c4 {
Luzikov,V-Petukhov,V/Vladivostok op 1995/EXP 46/1-0 (41)}) 11. Qd2 b6 $146 {
Secures c5} (11... d6 12. O-O-O (12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Qa5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nd5
Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rfe8 17. c3 b6 18. Rh4 Rac8 19. Rah1 Nc7 20. Bg5 Nxd5 21. exd5
b5 22. Re1 f6 23. Be3 a5 24. Bc2 g5 25. Rhh1 Kf7 26. Bb6 a4 27. Bd4 Rh8 28. Bd3
g4 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. g3 Rh5 31. c4 Bh6+ 32. Kc2 bxc4 33. Bxc4 Bg5 34. Kc3 Rh8
35. Be3 Bxe3 36. Rxe3 Rc8 37. Kd4 f5 38. b4 axb3 39. axb3 Rb8 40. Re2 Kf6 41.
Rb2 Rb4 42. Kc3 Rb7 43. b4 e5 44. dxe6 Bxe6 45. Kd4 Bd7 46. b5 Rb6 {
Tiviakov,S-Apicella,M/Clichy op 1991/TD 91\02/1-0 (77)}) (12. Bh6 Re8 13. Bxg7
Nxg7 14. O-O Be6 15. f4 Qa5 16. Rae1 Rac8 17. Re3 Rc5 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Rg3 Bxb3
20. axb3 e6 21. Rd3 a6 22. Rfd1 Rc6 23. Qd2 b5 24. Rxd6 b4 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26.
Na4 Qxe4 {Bezgodov,A-Berkovich,D/Ufa 1993/EXP 37/1-0 (50)}) 12... b6 13. h4 Nc5
14. f3 Be6 15. h5 Bxb3 16. axb3 Ne6 17. Rh3 Qc8 18. Kb1 Re8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20.
Rdh1 Qc6 21. Nd5 f6 22. g4 Rac8 23. f4 Nf8 24. Bd4 e5 25. Bc3 Ne6 26. f5 {
Thesing,M-Jovic,L/Dortmund-C 1989/TD 89\05/1-0 (37)}) 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. h4 h5 15. O-O-O d6 $16 (15... Nc5 16. g4 Rh8 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 $14) 16.
f4 $14 (16. g4 Rh8 $16) 16... Rc8 $16 (16... Nc5 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxe4 19.
Qd4+ Nf6 20. g4 hxg4 21. h5 $15) 17. f5 $11 (17. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 18. g4 $16) 17...
Nc5 18. Qd4+ f6 19. g4 $11 (19. Rhg1 $5 $14) 19... gxf5 20. gxf5 Nxb3+ 21. axb3
Kf7 22. Rdg1 Qc7 23. Qd1 {Threatening mate: Qxh5} Rh8 24. Rh3 Rh7 25. Rhg3 Rch8
$14 (25... Qc5 26. Qf3 $11) 26. Nd5 Qc5 27. Rc3 Qa5 28. Kb1 Rc8 $4 $18 (28...
Bxd5 $142 {would bring relief} 29. exd5 Qb5 $16) 29. Rcg3 $16 (29. Rxc8 $142 {
and White has prevailed} Bxc8 30. Qf3 $18) 29... Rch8 30. b4 $14 (30. Nxe7 Bxe4
(30... Kxe7 $4 31. Rg7+ Rxg7 32. Rxg7+ Ke8 33. Rxb7 $18) 31. Qxd6 Bxc2+ 32.
Kxc2 Qc5+ 33. Qxc5 bxc5 $18) 30... Qb5 31. Qd4 $14 (31. Nxe7 Qxb4 (31... Kxe7
32. Rg7+ Rxg7 33. Rxg7+ Kf8 34. Rxb7 Qxb4 35. Rb8+ Ke7 36. Rxh8 $18) 32. Nd5
Qxe4 33. Nxf6 Qf4 (33... Kxf6 $4 34. Qxd6+ Kf7 35. Qc7+ Kf8 36. Rg7 Rxg7 37.
Qxg7+ Ke8 38. Qxh8+ Kd7 39. f6 $18) 34. Nxh7 Rxh7 $18) 31... Bxd5 32. exd5 (32.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 33. exd5 a5 $16) 32... Rc8 $4 $18 {leads to further unpleasantness}
(32... Qe2 $142 33. Re3 Qh2 $16) 33. Qe4 {Do you see the mate threat?} Rf8 34.
Qe6+ Ke8 35. Rc3 {Threatening mate... how?} (35. Rc3 Qd7 36. Rc8+ Qxc8 37.
Qxc8+ Kf7 38. Qe6+ Ke8 39. Rg3 Rfh8 40. Rc3 Kf8 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Qxe7+ Kh6 43.
Qxf6#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Freytag, Justin"]
[Black "Coleman, Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1610"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. bxa6 {
Benko Gambit} Qa5 $146 (8... O-O 9. Qc2 (9. Be2 Nxa6 10. O-O e6 (10... Bb7 11.
Bf4 Qb6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Nc7 15. Bh6 Ba6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne3
Qb8 18. Rfc1 Qb4 19. Nc2 Qa5 20. a3 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Qb6 22. b4 Ne5 23. b5 f5 24.
exf5 Rxf5 25. Ne3 {Staniszewski,P-Kurr,G/NRW-I 1992/TD 92\01/1-0 (70)}) 11.
dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ng5 Nb4 13. Be3 Qe7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bb5 Ne5 17. h3
Rfd8 18. f4 Ned7 19. a4 Nb8 20. Qf3 Na6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Nd5 23. Nxd5 exd5
24. Bc6 Nb4 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rac1 Rc8 27. Qg4 Qe8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Nd3
30. Qd4 Nxe5 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Bd4 {
1-0 Mecking,H-Martos Exposito,M/Linares op 1995/EXP 45 (32)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Be2
Bxa6 11. O-O Qb6 12. a4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Ng4 14. Nd2 Nge5 15. Kh1 c4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4
17. Qxc4 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. Be3 Rfa8 20. Rfc1 Ne5 21. Nb5 Nd3 22. Nc7 Nxc1
23. Rxc1 {De Lagontrie,J-Scarwell,S/Val Maubuee op 1990/EXT 90op2/1/2-1/2 (37)}
) (8... Bxa6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Rad1 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Na4 15. Qe3 Qa5 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Rc2 Rfb8 18. Ng5 Nd7 19. Qh3 Nf8 20. Bc1
Qa4 21. Re2 Rb1 22. e5 Qc4 23. Qf3 f6 24. exf6 exf6 25. Re7 f5 26. Qh3 h5 27.
Ne6 Qxd5 28. Qg3 Qe5 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Qg5 {
1-0 Hammes,M-Pfeiffer,M/RLPF-chJ U17 1991/GER 05 (30)}) 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 $14
(10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. O-O O-O $16) 10... Nxa6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Rfb8 13. a3
Ng4 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bf4 Nc7 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nb5 19. h3 Nxc3 20.
hxg4 $14 (20. bxc3 $142 $5 Nf6 21. Rfb1 $16) 20... Na4 {
Increases the pressure on the backward pawn} 21. Rab1 {White prepares e5} Rb3
22. e5 Bb5 23. Qc2 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 $15 (24. Bxc4 $142 Rb7 25. Bb3 $14) 24... Rxb2
25. Qe4 Rxb1 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rxb1 dxe5 28. Bc4 Nb6 $11 (28... Qd6 $142 $5 $17)
29. Bxe5 {The mate threat is Qxg7} Bxe5 30. Qxh6+ Bg7 31. Qxb6 Qxb6 {
Threatening mate... how?} 32. Rxb6 Bd4 33. Rb3 Ke8 34. a4 Kd8 35. Bb5 Kc7 36.
Kf1 Kd6 37. Bc6 Ra7 38. Rb8 e6 39. Rd8+ Kc7 40. Rd7+ Kb6 41. Rxa7 Kxa7 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Hatch, John H"]
[Black "Manning, Cliff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1246"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 {Queen's Gambit} Nc6 (4... c5 5. cxd5 (5.
e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 b6
12. a4 Na5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ba3 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Rac1 f6 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18.
Bxc4 Qc6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 {
Amura,C-Rubinetti,J/Mar del Plata op 1996/EXP 51/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 5... exd5 6.
Bg5 Ne7 7. dxc5 Nbc6 8. e3 Qa5 9. Rc1 Qxa2 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Bb5+
Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 Ne7 15. Ra1 Bf5 16. Qd4 Bxc3 17. Rxa5 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 a6
19. Rfa1 {Christiansen,L-Kortschnoj,V/Monaco blind 1993/EXP 34/1/2-1/2 (42)})
5. e3 $146 (5. Bf4 dxc4 (5... Nge7 6. e3 Ng6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. cxd5 exd5
10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Rc1 Na5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Rxc4 Rc8
16. Qd2 Qd7 17. d5 Rfd8 18. e4 Bg4 19. Qc3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 {
Andre,G-Koelln,R/Fredeburg 1994/1-0 (48)}) 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Na5 8. Ne5 b5 9.
Qg4 Kf8 10. Qg3 Qe7 11. Nf3 Qa3 12. Nd2 Qxc3 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. Qg5 Bd7 15. Qc5+
Kg8 16. f3 Nd5 17. Be2 Nb7 {0-1 Burmeister,F-Henrich,T/OLO-B 1993/GER 03 (17)})
5... Nf6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 {Controls b4} Ne4 $14 (7... O-O 8. Rb1 $11) 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O Na5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 {Covers b5}
14. c4 Ba6 15. Qa4 Bxc4 {Praise the bishop!} 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc6 Nd6 18. Bd2
a5 (18... Rc8 19. Bb4 $16) 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Bxa5 c6 $2 $18 (20... f4 $142 21.
Bb4 Rf5 $16) 21. Bxd8 cxd5 22. Be7 Ne4 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. f3 (24. a4 {
makes it even easier for White} f4 $18) 24... Nd2 25. Rf2 c3 (25... Nb3 26. Rd1
$18) 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. h3 (27. g3 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Nb1 $18)
27... Rb3 (27... Kg8 $18) 28. Rxd2 (28. Rxd2 Rxa3 29. Rdc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Trice, James"]
[Black "Fraser, Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 c6 5. d3 h6 6. Nf3 {English Opening} d6
$146 {Consolidates e5} (6... Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a5 9. Na4 Ba7 10. b4 e4 11.
dxe4 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Nc3 axb4 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Nxa7 Rxa7 17.
axb4 Qxb4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxa7 Nc3 20. Qa1 Nxa7 21. Qxa7 {
Reschke,T-Holzschuh,G/Giessen op 1995/GER 11/1-0 (39)}) 7. O-O Bf5 $14 (7...
O-O 8. Qd2 $11) 8. a3 {Consolidates b4} e4 $16 (8... Bb6 $142 $5 $11 {
has some apparent merit}) 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. dxe4 O-O (10... Ng4 11. Na4 Nxf2 12.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qf6+ 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 $16) 11. Nf5 Ne8 12. Na4 Bb6 13.
Nxb6 axb6 14. Bf4 Bxf5 15. exf5 Qf6 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Rd2 Nc7 19.
Rfd1 Rad8 20. e4 b5 21. c5 dxc5 $2 (21... d5 $18) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8
24. Bxe5 f6 (24... Na6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 25. b3 $18) 25. Bxc7
Qxc7 26. Qxc5 b6 27. Qd4 c5 (27... Kf8 {doesn't do any good} 28. f4 $18) 28.
Qd5+ Kh7 29. Bf1 Qe5 (29... b4 {is not much help} 30. axb4 cxb4 31. Bc4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Fereday, Anthony"]
[Black "Sarma, Venu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1221"]
[BlackElo "1498"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 d6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3
e6 9. a4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe2 {
Sicilian Defence [Scheveningen Variation]} Rac8 (13... Nd7 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15. g3
Rfd8 16. Bg2 Nc5 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. f5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Qf2 Bc6 21. g4 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. h3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. f6 Be8 26. fxg7 b4 27. Nd1 Qc5 28. b3
Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rd2 Ra1 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Nxf2 Rc1 33. Kg3 Kxg7 34. Kf4 h6
35. Nd1 Kf6 36. Ne3 Ke7 37. Bf1 Bd7 38. h4 Ra1 39. g5 Ng6+ 40. Kg4 hxg5 41.
Kxg5 Ne5 42. Kf4 f6 43. h5 Nf7 44. Kg3 Ra8 45. Rd4 Rg8+ 46. Kf2 Rb8 47. Be2 Ng5
48. Bf3 {De Firmian,N-Kasparov,G/New York PCA 1995/EXP 47/1/2-1/2 (58)}) (13...
Rfd8 14. Qf2 Nd7 15. f5 Nce5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nd4 Nf8 18. Be2 Bf6 19. Qg3 Qe7
20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Nb3 Nfd7 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Qe1 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Bd4 Bc6
26. Qe2 b5 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Na5 Rc5 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Nxb5 Rxf1+
32. Rxf1 Qg5 33. Nd4 Qc5 34. Qf2 Rc8 35. Nxe6 Qh5 36. c3 h6 37. Qa7 Qb5 38. Qd4
Nf6 39. Nxg7 Ng4 40. Nf5 Qc5 {1-0 Koch,M-Heuermann,H/NRW-I 1996/GER 13 (40)})
14. Qf2 Nd7 15. Nd2 $146 (15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Rd2 Bf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxc5 bxc5
19. Bxc5 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Kh1 h6
25. Qg3 Ng6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxf6 Qxb2 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qf6+
Kg8 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ {
1/2-1/2 Bet,J-Faulks,N/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44 (35)}) 15... Na5 16. Ndb1 $17 (
16. Rfd1 $5 $11 {is an interesting alternative}) 16... Nc4 17. Rd1 (17. Bc1 d5
18. Kh1 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 $15) 17... Nxe3 $15 (17... Nxb2 $142 $5
18. Re1 Bf6 $19) 18. Qxe3 d5 19. Qd2 (19. exd5 $2 {is a blank shot} Bc5 20. Rd4
e5 (20... Bxd4 $6 21. Qxd4 Qd6 22. Na3 $17) 21. fxe5 Qxe5 (21... Bxd4 $6 22.
Qxd4 Nxe5 23. Nd2 $17) 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 $19) 19... d4 $15 (19... dxe4 20. Bxe4
Bxe4 21. Nxe4 $17) 20. Ne2 (20. Qxd4 $4 {the pawn must remain untouched} Bc5
$19) 20... Qxc2 21. Na3 $19 (21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Nxd4 Rxb2 23. e5 Bxf3 24. Nxf3
$19) 21... Bxa3 $17 (21... Qxd2 22. Rxd2 d3 23. Rxd3 $19) 22. Rxa3 Bxe4 23.
Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Nxd4 Nf6 25. Rb3 (25. Re1 Qd5 $17) 25... Nd5 26. Rf1 $2 $19 (26.
Rf3 $142 $5 $17) 26... Rc4 27. Rd3 $2 (27. Nf3 $19) 27... Nb4 (27... Rxa4 $6 {
is much worse} 28. f5 $17) 28. Re1 (28. Re3 {is the last straw} Qxd4 29. Qxd4
Rxd4 30. f5 $19) 28... Qxd3 (28... Qxd3 29. Nf3 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Rc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Black "Egg, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1137"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 {Sicilian Defence} 5. O-O (5. Qb3 Qb6
6. Qxb6 axb6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Na3 d5 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Bf4 e6 11. b3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd7
13. d4 Be7 14. Ng5 Bg6 15. O-O O-O 16. h4 h6 17. Nf3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb4 19. Rfc1
Be4 20. Nd2 Bh7 21. h5 Kh8 22. g4 f6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Rc6
26. Nxb7 Rb8 27. Rxc6 Nxc6 28. Nd6 Nxd4 {
0-1 Perez Pietronave,C-Fiorito,F/Buenos Aires Clarin op 1995/EXP 46 (28)}) 5...
Nxe4 $2 $18 (5... e6 6. Re1 (6. d3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nh2 Bxe2 10.
Qxe2 b5 11. f4 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Gavrikov,V/Budapest Texta 1988/CBM 09 (11)
}) 6... Be7 (6... Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. b3 Bb4 11. Rf1 Qb6
12. Be3 Rc8 13. a3 Be7 14. Nc3 Na5 15. b4 Nc4 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nd3
O-O 19. Nfe1 Bf5 20. Bg4 Be4 21. Bh3 a5 22. Bd2 Ra8 23. f3 Bg6 24. f4 axb4 25.
Nxb4 Bxb4 26. Bxb4 Ne3 27. Qe2 Nxf1 28. Qxf1 Re8 29. f5 exf5 30. Nd3 Nf8 31.
Nf4 Ne6 32. Bd6 Qg5 33. Nxd5 Ra5 34. Nxb6 Nf4 35. Qf3 Bh5 36. Qc6 Nxh3+ 37. Kh1
f6 38. gxh3 Qe3 39. Rf1 Qxd4 40. Qc4+ Qxc4 41. Nxc4 {
Fong,J-Karason,A/Saint John op-1 1988/CBM 06/0-1 (60)}) 7. d4 O-O 8. Ng5 Bxe2
9. Rxe2 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nf1 Rae8 15.
Ng3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qd2 Bd8 20. a3 Bb6 21. Rd1 Re7
22. Qd3 g6 23. Ree1 Ref7 24. Qe2 Re8 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. Qg4 Qf8 27. Nf3 Qg7 28.
Qh4 Rf7 29. Qh3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Nxd4 32. Qg4 e5 33. Rxd4 Nf6 34.
Nh5 Nxh5 35. Rxd5 Nf6 36. Qa4 Rf8 37. Rdxe5 Nh5 38. Qc4+ Kh8 39. Re8 Nf6 40.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 41. Qc7 {1-0 Torre,E-Wojtkiewicz,A/New York op 1989/CBM 12 (41)}) (
5... Qd7 $142 $11 {and Black could well hope to play on}) 6. Qa4+ Qd7 7. Qxe4
Bxf3 (7... Nc6 8. Re1 $18) 8. Bxf3 (8. gxf3 $6 d5 9. Qg4 e6 $16) 8... Nc6 9. d3
(9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 e6 $18) 9... h6 10. Be3 (10. Re1 Rd8 $18) 10... e6 11. Qa4
Be7 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. b4 $16 (14. Nd2 $142 $18 {
White missed this excellent chance}) 14... O-O $2 $18 (14... cxb4 $142 $5 15.
cxb4 Bf6 $16) 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bf6 19. Nb3 a5
20. a4 Rdb8 21. Rab1 Be7 (21... Rb4 22. Nc5 Rab8 23. Rbc1 $18) 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23.
dxc5 {White terminates the opponent with strong threats} g5 $6 {
doesn't faze the opponent} (23... Rb4 24. Ra1 Rd8 $18) 24. Rb6 Rxb6 (24... Kg7
{cannot change what is in store for ?} 25. f4 $18) 25. cxb6 {
The passed pawn on b6 quickly leads to threats} Rb8 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. Rd7 Ke8 28.
Rc7 Kf8 (28... c5 {doesn't improve anything} 29. b7 c4 30. Bd2 $18) 29. b7 (29.
b7 Kg7 30. Kf1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Wouters, Eddy"]
[Black "Pointer, Geoffrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1135"]
[BlackElo "1364"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 {Dutch Defence} O-O (5... b6 6.
e3 Bb7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Qc2 Na6 9. a3 c5 10. O-O Qe8 11. Rad1 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13.
Bg3 Ne4 14. d5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bf6 16. Nb5 g4 17. Nh4 Be5 18. Rd2 Kg7 19. Rfd1
Nb8 20. Qb3 {Pieper,C-Moritz,C/BLW9394 1994/BIG 90/1-0 (49)}) 6. Qc2 d6 7. Rc1
$146 (7. e3 Nc6 8. O-O-O d5 9. a3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 exd5
13. Qc5 Qd8 14. Bd3 Rf6 15. Kb1 Rb8 16. Rc1 b6 17. Qc2 b5 18. b4 a5 19. Qb3
axb4 20. axb4 Ne7 21. Rc2 Ra6 {
Dejkalo,S-Polasek,J/Prague Bohemians 1988/CBM 08/0-1 (40)}) (7. e4 Nc6 8. O-O-O
fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nb4 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qb3 Nxa2+ 12. Kb1 fxg5 13. h4 g4 14. Ng5 h6
15. Qc2 Rf5 16. Kxa2 Qf8 17. f4 Bd7 18. g3 Qg7 19. d5 hxg5 20. hxg5 exd5 21.
Bd3 Raf8 {Guyot,R-Ladanyike Karakas,E/Biel op3 1993/TD 93\07/1-0 (36)}) 7... c5
8. Bxf6 $15 (8. dxc5 $5 dxc5 9. Rd1 $14) 8... Bxf6 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. e3 {
Controls d4} Nc6 11. a3 {Secures b4} Qe8 12. Be2 Qg6 13. O-O b6 14. Rcd1 Rf7 (
14... Bb7 15. Rd7 Rab8 16. g3 $15) 15. Nb5 Re7 16. h3 a6 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Nh2 $4
$19 {throws away a nice position} (18. Rd6 $142 $11 {saving the game}) 18...
Nb4 (18... Nb4 19. Qe4 $5 fxe4 20. axb4 cxb4 $19) (18... Nd4 $142 {
and Black can already relax} 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nxc2 21. Bd3 Nxa3 22. bxa3
exd5 23. Rd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Balazs, David"]
[Black "Siow, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "1330"]
[BlackElo "1130"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3 {King's Gambit [Keres Gambit] Hay comments that
this line is recommended only to players who wish to improve their defensive
technique!!} Nc6 (3... Qh4+ 4. Ke2 d5 (4... d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nd5 Qd8 7. d4 Nf6
8. Bxf4 Nxe4 9. Qd3 f5 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bf7 12. Ne3 Nc6 13. Nxf5 d5 14. Bg2
Qd7 15. Rae1 O-O-O 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 h5 18. Rhf1 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bb4 20. c3
Bd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Kd1 Rh2 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Kb8 25. Nxd6 Bxa2 26. Nxb7
Rxg2 27. Nxd8 Bd5 28. Qe5+ Kc8 29. Nc6 Qxc6 30. Rf8+ Kb7 {
0-1 Ekstroem,R-Renner,C/Bodensee Cup 1996/EXP 53 (42)}) 5. Nxd5 Bd6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. d4 Nc6 8. c3 Nf6 9. Kd3 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5+ 11. Ke2 Qe7+ 12. Kf2 Nd8 13. Bb5+
c6 14. Re1 Be4 15. dxc6 O-O 16. cxb7 Qxb7 17. Ba6 Qc6 18. Qe2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3
Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 g5 21. h4 h6 22. Bc4 Kg7 23. Bd2 Rb8 24. b3 Nc6 25. Re2 Ne7 26.
g3 fxg3 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Ng6 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 {
0-1 Ullrich,F-Neunhoeffer,H/BL2-S 1995/BL2 (45)}) 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 Nxe4 $15 (
5... Bb4 $5 6. Qd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 $17) 6. Bxf7+ $17 (6. Qe2 f5 7. Nxe4 fxe4
8. Bxf4 d5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd4 $11) 6... Kxf7 7. Qh5+ {
White gets kings attack} g6 8. Qd5+ Kg7 9. Nxe4 Qh4+ (9... Bb4+ 10. c3 Qg8 11.
Qxg8+ Rxg8 12. Nf2 (12. cxb4 $2 {looks very tantalising, but} Re8 $19) 12...
Re8+ 13. Kd1 $11) 10. Kf1 Qg4 11. Nf3 d6 {Prevents intrusion on c5+e5} 12. Neg5
Qf5 13. Qb3 $17 (13. Qxf5 $5 Bxf5 14. d5 $15) 13... Nxd4 $15 (13... d5 $142 $5
$17) 14. Qc3 c5 15. Nxd4 {Do you see the mate threat?} cxd4 (15... Qxg5 $4 {
Black cannot capture the knight} 16. Ne6+ Kg8 17. Nxg5 $18) 16. Qxd4+ Qe5 17.
Qxf4 {Threatening mate... how?.} Qb5+ $14 (17... Bf5 18. Qb4 Be7 19. Nf3 $11)
18. Kf2 Bf5 $2 $16 (18... Qf5 $142 $5 $11 {would allow Black to play on}) 19.
Be3 Re8 $18 (19... Kg8 20. g4 $1 {taking the lead} h6 21. gxf5 hxg5 22. Qxg5
$16) 20. Bd4+ Kg8 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 (22. Kxe1 $6 Qb4+ 23. c3 Qxb2 $11)
22... Bg7 $4 {leading to a quick end} (22... h6 23. Ne6 $1 {the death sentence}
Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Bxh8 Kxh8 $18) 23. Qxd6 (23. Bxg7 $142 {
ends the debate} h6 24. Bxh8 $18) 23... Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 {
Do you see the mate threat?} a6 $4 {Black falls apart} (24... Qd7 25. Qxd7 Bxd7
$18) 25. Qd8+ (25. Re7 Qc5 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Qxc5 Bxc2 29. Qf8#)
25... Kg7 26. Qe7+ $1 {a mean check} Kh6 27. Nf7+ Kh5 (27... Kg7 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 28. Nxh8+ Kh6 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Re7+ Kf8
31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qg7#) 28. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.14"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Steffensen, Neil"]
[Black "Bailey, Cliff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "1125"]
[BlackElo "1300"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 (1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7.
Qe2 Bg4 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. c4 O-O-O 12. f3 Be6 13. b3
Rhe8 14. Bb2 f5 15. Kf2 Bf6 16. Rab1 Kc7 17. Rhd1 Bc8 18. a4 g6 19. Bc2 Bg5 20.
Bc1 Bxc1 21. Rbxc1 a5 22. Rd3 Nd7 23. Nc3 Nb8 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 Na6 26. Bb1
Kd7 27. Rd2 Ke7 28. f4 c5 29. d5 Nc7 30. Re2+ Kf8 31. Kf2 Ne8 32. h3 Bd7 33.
Re1 Nd6 34. Rg1 h5 35. Bd3 Re8 36. g3 Re7 37. Be2 Ne4+ 38. Nxe4 Rxe4 39. Bf3
Re8 40. Rd1 b6 41. d6 Rd8 {
1/2-1/2 Matanovic,A-Markland,P/EU-chT Bath 1973/EU-chT (41)}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6
{King's Indian Defence} 3. Nd2 e6 $146 (3... Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 e5 6. Ne2 O-O
7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. a3 Na6 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. b3 Nh5
14. O-O f5 15. f3 Qe7 16. Bb2 Bh6 17. Bc3 b6 18. Kh1 {
Schmidt,R-Schulz,P/BLW 1992/BIG 90/0-1 (37)}) 4. e3 d5 5. c5 {White gains space
} Bg7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. Nf4 Ne4 9. Bd3 Ndf6 $4 $18 {
hands over the advantage to the opponent} (9... c6 $142 $11 {
would save the game}) 10. O-O $4 $14 {throwing away the advantage} (10. f3 $142
$18 {White has the better game}) 10... b6 {Secures a5} (10... Nd7 11. Qc2 $11)
11. Bd2 $15 (11. f3 bxc5 12. fxe4 $11) 11... Nxd2 $11 (11... bxc5 12. dxc5 e5
13. Ne2 $11) 12. Qxd2 ({Instead of} 12. Nxd2 bxc5 13. dxc5 e5 $15) 12... Qe7
13. Rac1 c6 $14 {Covers b5} (13... e5 $5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 $11) 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. e4
dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Rad8 18. Qe2 Rde8 $11 (18... bxc5 19. dxc5 (19.
Rxc5 $143 Bxd4 20. Ra5 Bb6 $19) 19... e5 20. Re1 $11) 19. Qg4 $4 $19 (19. Re1
$142 $11 {is just about the only chance}) 19... f5 20. Qg3 fxe4 21. Nh5 (21.
Ne2 {does not win a prize} e5 $19) 21... gxh5 22. Re1 Qf7 (22... e5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 23. Rxe4 Qf6 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26.
Qxe5 Bxe5 27. g3 $19) 23. Rxe4 Qg6 {Black gets in control} 24. Qh4 (24. Qxg6 {
is no salvation} hxg6 25. f4 Ba6 $19) 24... Bf6 25. Qf4 (25. Qg3 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable} e5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxg6+ hxg6 28. f3
$19) 25... Bd8 (25... Bxd4 $142 {nails it down} 26. g3 Bxf2+ 27. Kg2 Rxf4 28.
Rxf4 Be3 $19) 26. Qe3 Be7 27. Nd2 (27. Qe1 {is not the saving move} Bg5 28. h3
Ba6 $19) 27... Bd8 $11 (27... bxc5 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} 28.
dxc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Rd8 $19) 28. Nc4 $4 $19 {
an unfortunate move that relinquishes the win} (28. Nb3 Rf7 29. Nd2 $19) 28...
bxc5 29. dxc5 Bc8 (29... Bc7 $5 {might be the shorter path} 30. Nd2 $19) 30. g3
e5 31. Nd6 Bh3 (31... Bf5 $142 $5 {seems even better} 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Qxe5
$19) 32. Qe2 (32. Nxe8 {does not save the day} Rxe8 33. b4 Bg5 $19) 32... Re7
33. Qc4+ (33. b4 {does not improve anything} Bc7 $19) 33... Be6 34. Qe2 (34.
Qc3 {does not help much} Bxa2 35. b3 Re6 $19) 34... Bd5 35. Rb4 Qb1+ 36. Qf1
Qg6 $11 (36... Qxf1+ $142 {finishes off the opponent} 37. Kxf1 Bc7 $19) 37. Nb7
$4 $19 {stumbles just before the finish line} (37. Qe2 Ba5 38. Re4 $19) 37...
Rff7 (37... Rxb7 38. Ra4 Rxb2 39. Rb4 Rxb4 40. f3 Rxf3 41. Qd1 Rxg3+ 42. Kf2
Rg2+ 43. Ke1 Bh4+ 44. Kf1 Bc4+ 45. Qe2 Bxe2#) 38. a3 (38. Nxd8 {
no good, but what else?} Rf8 39. Rb8 $19) 38... Rxb7 39. Qe1 Rxb4 {
Threatening mate: Rxb2} 40. axb4 Qg4 {The mate threat is Qf3} 41. Qc1 (41. Qd2
{a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Qf3 42. Kf1 Qg2+ 43. Ke1 Qg1+
44. Ke2 Rxf2+ 45. Kd3 Rf3+ 46. Qe3 Qd1+ 47. Kc3 Rxe3#) 41... Qf3 42. Kf1 (42.
Qg5+ {does not solve anything} Bxg5 43. b5 Qxf2#) 42... Qh1+ (42... Qxf2#) 43.
Ke2 Bf3+ (43... Qxc1 44. f4 Bc4+ 45. Kf3 Qf1+ 46. Ke4 Qe2#) 44. Kd2 Bg5+ 45.
Kc2 Qxc1+ 46. Kb3 Bd5+ 47. Ka4 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Speck, Nicholas S"]
[Black "Hoff, Gregory A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. d3 {Sicilian Defence [Closed System]
} h6 (5... d5 6. exd5 (6. Bf4 a6 7. Bd2 Be7 8. f4 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf3 Bb7 11.
O-O O-O 12. h3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qe2 b4 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Nxd5 Bxb2 17. Rab1
Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Kh2 Re8 20. Qg4 Bxd5 {
Worek,J-Aketaeva,A/Menorca 1996/1-0 (49)}) 6... exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nge2 d4 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Nef4 Be5 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6
Be5 16. Rxe5 Nxe5 17. Nh5 gxh5 18. Nf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Ng6 20. Re1 {
Zakharov,A-Cherniaev,A/Leningrad op 1991/TD 91\03/1-0 (43)}) 6. f4 $146 (6.
Nge2 Be7 7. h3 d6 8. f4 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Bd2 b5 13. axb5
axb5 14. Nb1 Nb6 15. c3 c4 16. d4 Qc7 17. g4 Na4 18. Qc2 Na5 19. Nc1 Bd7 20. f5
Bf8 {Fantini,D-Dimova,D/WchJW-U14 Szeged 1994/TD 94\01/1-0 (43)}) 6... d5 7. e5
{This push gains space} Nd7 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 10.
Qe1 O-O 11. g4 Qc7 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Rc1 f6 {Consolidates g5} 14. f5 {
White gets more space} Nxf3+ ({Worse is} 14... fxe5 15. fxe6 Nxe6 16. Nxd5 $16)
15. Bxf3 Nxe5 ({Inferior is} 15... fxe5 16. fxe6 Nf6 17. Nxd5 $16) 16. fxe6
Nxf3+ (16... Bxe6 $6 17. Bxd5 Qd7 18. Qe4 $11) 17. Rxf3 Rd8 18. Qe2 b5 $11 (
18... d4 $142 $5 $17) 19. Re1 $15 (19. Bf4 Qa5 20. a3 c4 $11) 19... Qc6 $11 (
19... d4 20. Bf4 Qa7 21. Ne4 $17) 20. Bf4 a5 $15 (20... Re8 $5 $17) 21. h4 $17
(21. Nd1 $5 $15) 21... d4 22. Qe4 Qb6 $4 $18 {gives the opponent counterplay} (
22... Qxe4 $142 23. Nxe4 Ra6 $17) 23. Nd5 $4 $14 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (23.
Qg6 $142 {the advantage is on the side of White} Bxe6 24. Bxh6 $18) 23... Rxd5
24. Qxd5 Bb7 25. Qh5 {White prepares the advance g5} Bxf3 26. Qf7+ Kh7 27. Qxe7
$15 (27. Bxh6 $5 {is noteworthy} Bf8 28. Bxg7 Bxg7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh8
31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 $11) 27... Qc6 $11 (27... Bxg4 $142 $5 {
should be investigated more closely} 28. Qf7 Qc6 $17) 28. g5 {White wins space}
hxg5 29. hxg5 Re8 $2 $18 (29... Qb7 $142 30. Qxc5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 $16) 30.
Qf7 {Threatening mate: g6} fxg5 31. Be5 {Do you see the mate threat?} (31. Bxg5
Rc8 32. Rf1 Qd5 $18) 31... Qb7 (31... Rg8 32. Rf1 Qe8 33. Rxf3 $18 (33. Qxf3 $6
Qxe6 34. Qe4+ Qg6 $18)) 32. Qxe8 Bg4 33. Qf7 {Threatening mate... how?} Bh3 (
33... Qxf7 {doesn't change anything anymore} 34. exf7 Kg6 35. f8=Q Be2 36.
Qxg7+ Kf5 37. Qf6+ Kg4 38. Qe6+ Kh5 39. Rxe2 g4 40. Rh2+ Kg5 41. Qf6#) 34. Qxb7
(34. Qxb7 Kh6 35. Qxg7+ Kh5 36. Qh7+ Kg4 37. Re4+ Kf3 38. Qxh3#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Clarke, Richard"]
[Black "Thompson, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "1625"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O {
Ruy Lopez [Exchange Variation]} Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8. Qxf6 (8. Qb3
O-O-O 9. d3 g5 10. Be3 h5 11. f3 Bh6 12. Qc3 Qe7 13. g4 Nf6 14. Nd2 Qe6 15. Qb3
Qd7 16. Nc4 Rde8 17. Qc3 Qe6 18. Kf2 Bg7 19. Rh1 Nh7 20. a4 f6 21. b4 Nf8 22.
b5 hxg4 23. fxg4 axb5 24. axb5 Ng6 25. Na5 Nf4 26. bxc6 Nxh3+ 27. Rxh3 Rxh3 28.
Nxb7 Rh2+ 29. Kg3 Rg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 31. Kf2 {
1-0 Videki,S-Gutierrez/Badalona op 1995/EXP 49 (31)}) 8... Nxf6 9. d3 Bc5 $146
(9... Bd6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. f4 f6 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4
Rfe8 16. Raf1 Ne5 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. Kh2 c5 19. g4 c4 20. dxc4 Ng6 21. R4f2 Rxe4
22. Nf5 Rxc4 23. Kg3 Re8 24. Rd1 {
Holler,M-Faust,M/Dortmund op-A 1993/TD 93\06/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 10. Be3 Bxe3 11.
fxe3 O-O 12. Nc3 b5 13. Rf5 Rfe8 14. Raf1 c5 15. g4 h6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 f6
18. e4 Rad8 19. Kf2 Rd6 20. Ke3 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Black "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 {Ruy Lopez [Classical Defence]
} Bb6 6. d4 (6. h3 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Nf5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bg5
Qe8 12. g4 Ne7 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. Nh2 c5 16. f4 cxd4 17. Ne2 d3+ 18.
Kh1 dxe2 19. Qxe2 d4 20. f5 Qc6+ {Nohr,J-Heymann,A/Lingen 1995/0-1 (32)}) 6...
exd4 7. cxd4 Ng6 $146 (7... d5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 (9. e5 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11.
gxf3 Kh8 12. Kh1 f5 13. f4 g5 14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qd2 gxf4 17. Nxf4
Nxf4 18. Bxf4 c5 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Bf6+ Rxf6 21. exf6 Qe4+ 22. f3 Qxd4 23. Qh6
Rg8 24. Rg1 {1-0 Ratcu,K-Krivec,J/WchJW-U14 Bratislava 1993/TD 93\05 (24)})
9... f6 10. Be3 Kh8 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf5 12. d5 Nce7 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Nc3
Kh8 15. Re1 Nd6 16. Nd4 Nxb5 17. Ndxb5 Nf5 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Rad1 Nh6 20. Qf4
Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Rf7 22. Rc1 c6 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Re7 25. Rec1 {
Ljubicic,F-Mujagic,R/JUG-sf Kladovo 1990/TD 90\01/1-0 (46)}) 11. Rc1 Bg4 12.
exd5 Nxd5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne4 Qe8 16. Ng3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18.
Kh1 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qxd4 20. Qc2 Rae8 21. Nf5 Qd5 22. Rcf1 Qxa2 23. Rg3 g6 24.
Nh4 Qf7 25. Nxg6+ hxg6 26. Rxg6 f5 27. Qc3+ Kh7 28. Rg5 Re3 29. Qc2 Qd5 30.
Rh5+ Kg6 31. Rh4 Rf6 {
0-1 Bazaj Bockai,S-Basagic,V/Manila olw 1992/TD 92\07 (31)}) 8. Bg5 Nce7 9. Nc3
c6 {Controls d5} 10. Bd3 h6 11. Be3 d6 {Covers e5} 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Ne1 Bd7 $11
(13... d5 14. e5 $15) 14. f4 f5 15. e5 {White gets more space} d5 {
The passed pawn on e5 will become decisive later} 16. b4 Be6 {
Blocks the pawn on e5} 17. Na4 h5 $16 (17... Bc7 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Nf3 $14) 18.
Nf3 Ng8 19. Rfc1 Nh6 20. Nc5 {White gets the initiative} Qe7 21. a4 O-O 22. a5
Bd8 23. a6 b6 24. Nb7 Bd7 25. Qe2 Qxb4 26. Nd6 {The white knight on an outpost}
Be7 $2 $18 (26... Nh4 $142 $14 {and Black hangs on}) 27. Rcb1 $14 (27. Bd2 $142
$5 Bxd6 28. Bxb4 Bxb4 29. g3 $18) 27... Bxd6 28. Rxb4 {
White begins to deal mighty blows} Bxb4 29. Ng5 Ng4 $18 (29... h4 $5 $16) 30.
h3 Bc3 (30... Nh6 31. Qxh5 Ne7 32. Bf2 $18) 31. Rf1 (31. hxg4 Bxa1 32. e6 Nxf4
33. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 34. Kh1 Be8 (34... fxg4 35. exd7 Be5 36. Bh7+ Kh8 37. Bxe5 $18)
35. Bxf5 Bc5 $18) 31... c5 $2 (31... Nh6 32. Qxh5 Ne7 $18) 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. g3
(33. dxc5 $5 {and White can already relax} Ba5 $18) 33... cxd4 (33... Rfc8 {
is still a small chance} 34. Qh2 Nf8 $18) 34. Qh2 $1 {
the decision. The mate threat is Qh7} (34. Qh2 Rf7 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qxg6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Corner, Michael"]
[Black "MacIlwain, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 {Grunfeld Defence [Main Line]} 12.
d5 Na5 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Na5 15. Bh6 f6 16. Bg4 Nc4 17. Be6+
Kh8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qc3 Rd8 21. Rb4 b5 22. Rxb5 a5 23. g3 Rd6 24.
Rb1 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Roos,D/EUCup Vilnius 1995/EXP 50 (24)}) 13. Rb1 (13. Rc1
b6 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd7 16. Qb5 Rfd8 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. Rxc6
f5 20. f3 Be5 21. Rfc1 Kf7 22. R1c2 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Bd4 e5
26. Rc6 exd4 27. Rxd6 Re8 {
Matamoros Franco,C-Clavijo,J/Capablanca mem-C 1996/EXP 52/0-1 (39)}) 13... b6
14. Nd4 $146 (14. Bd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rc8 17. Rbc1 Qd6 18. Qe3 Qb4
19. h4 Qb2 20. Bg4 Rc4 21. Rxc4 Nxc4 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Nd2 24. Rc1 Nxe4 25.
Rc7 Nf6 26. Bc4 a5 27. Rxe7 Rc8 28. Bb3 a4 {
Seidemann,U-Koglin,A/BLW9293 1993/BIG 90/1-0 (62)}) (14. Qa4 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Rxc1+
16. Rxc1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qd6 18. Bd2 Be5 19. g3 Qf6 20. Kg2 Bd4 21. h4 e5 22. Bb4
Rb8 23. Rc7 Qd8 24. Rxa7 Nb7 25. Qc6 Nc5 26. d6 Qf6 27. Be2 Ne6 28. Ra8 Rxa8 {
Matamoros,C-Kheir,A/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02/1-0 (47)}) 14... Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd7
16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Qa6 Kf8 18. Qb5 Ke8 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. Rxc6 {
An ideal square for the white rook.} Rxc6 21. dxc6 {Is this a dangerous pawn?}
Qc7 22. g3 Rc8 23. Rc1 e6 24. a4 Bf8 25. f4 $11 (25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27.
c7+ Qd7 $14) 25... h5 26. f5 {This push gains space} Bd6 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Qc4
Qe7 29. Bg5 $11 {The bishop is not easily driven from g5} (29. Qd4 Kf7 30. e5
Ba3 $14) 29... Bc5+ 30. Kg2 Qd6 (30... Qxg5 $4 {
taking the bishop will lose the game} 31. Qxe6+ Qe7 32. Qxc8+ Kf7 33. Rf1+ Kg7
34. Qf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxf8 $18) 31. Rd1 $15 (31. Qc3 $5 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Bxd4 33. Kf3
$11) 31... Qxc6 32. Kh3 Be3 $4 $18 {throws away the game} (32... a5 $142 $15 {
would be a reprieve}) 33. Rd8+ $3 {the final blow} (33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxc6+ Kf8
35. Bxd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Steffensen, Dennis A"]
[Black "Freytag, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
e5 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 {King's Indian Defence [Fianchetto Variation]} 11.
Rd1 Ne5 (11... Qb6 12. h3 Nxe4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Bxe4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 Qe1+ 16. Kg2
c5 17. Rxd6 Qxe4+ 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. b3 b6 20. Be3 Re6 {
1/2-1/2 Matlak,M-Wojtkiewicz,A/POL-chT Lubniewice 1993/TD 93\08 (20)}) (11...
Qc7 12. h3 a6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Rac1 Ne5 15. b3 c5 16. Nde2 Be6 17. f4 Nc6 18.
Qd2 Rbd8 19. g4 Qe7 20. Bf2 h6 21. Bf3 Bc8 22. Bh4 Qf8 23. Kg2 Rd7 24. a4 b5
25. axb5 axb5 26. cxb5 {Buturin,V-Tomescu,V/Decin op 1996/EXP 53/1/2-1/2 (69)})
12. b3 $146 {Secures c4} (12. c5 dxc5 13. Nf5 Nfd7 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Ng4 16.
h3 Nh6 17. b3 f6 18. Bb2 Nf7 19. Na4 Qe7 20. Rac1 h5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Qxc5
Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. e5 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Kf7 27. Be4 Bxh3 28. Rg5 {
1-0 Trichkov,V-Golubev,M/Katowice op 1992/TD 92\04 (28)}) 12... Qb6 13. h3 {
Covers g4} Nh5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rac1 a5 16. a3 Qe7 17. Qd2 a4 18. b4 $4 $17 {
gives the opponent new chances} (18. Nxa4 $142 Nf6 19. Bh6 $16) 18... Nxc4 19.
Qe2 Nxe3 $15 (19... Be6 20. b5 Rec8 21. g4 $17) 20. Qxe3 Qf8 21. g4 Bh6 22. g5
Bg7 23. Bf3 $17 (23. b5 Bd7 $15) 23... f5 24. Nxa4 d5 $11 (24... fxe4 $5 {
must definitely be considered} 25. Bxh5 gxh5 $17) 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Nxc8 Rbxc8
27. b5 $17 (27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Bxh5 Rxe4 $15) 27... c5 $11 (27... Bxd4 $5 28.
Rxd4 Ng7 $17) 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Bxh5 $11 (29. Rxd5 Ng3 30. fxg3 $18) 29... Rxe4
30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Bf3 Rd4 32. Qf1 Qe7 33. Qg2 Rxd1+ $14 (33... Qe6 $5 $11) 34.
Rxd1 {d5 seems the pivot of the position} d4 {Black gains space} 35. Bxb7 c4 $2
$18 (35... Kh8 36. a4 c4 $11) 36. Bd5+ Kh8 37. Bxc4 Qxa3 38. Bd3 Qb3 39. Qf1 (
39. Qf3 $5 Rf8 $18) 39... f4 40. Qe2 Qd5 (40... Qf7 41. Re1 $18) 41. h4 f3 42.
Qe4 {Threatening mate... how?} Qxe4 43. Bxe4 Rb8 44. Rb1 Kg8 (44... Rb6 45.
Bxf3 h6 46. Kf1 $18) 45. Bxf3 {
The passed pawn on f2 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Kf7 46. Be4 h6
47. f4 Ke7 48. f5 hxg5 49. hxg5 {
The passed pawn on g5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Be5 50. b6 d3 51.
Bxd3 Rxb6 52. Rxb6 (52. f6+ $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Bxf6 53. gxf6+
Rxf6 $18) 52... Bd4+ 53. Kg2 Bxb6 54. Kf3 Bd4 55. Ke4 Bb2 56. Bc4 Bc3 57. Kf4
Kf8 $2 (57... Bd2+ 58. Kg4 Bc3 $18) 58. f6 Bb2 59. Kf5 Bc1 60. g6 Bh6 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Hannagan, Peter"]
[Black "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian Defence} 2. e5 Nc6 3. f4 d5 $146 (3... d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bb5
a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nc3 e6 10. d3 Ne7 11. Qe1 h5 12. Nh4
Nf5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Nb1 Be7 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. c3 c4+ 18. d4 a5 19.
Qf2 Kd7 20. Be3 Rhb8 21. Rab1 a4 22. Qc2 Ra5 23. Nd2 Qa6 24. Rf2 Rab5 25. Nf1
a3 26. b3 cxb3 27. axb3 a2 28. Qxa2 Qxa2 29. Rxa2 Rxb3 30. Ra7+ Kd8 31. Rxb3
Rxb3 32. Bd2 Ra3 33. Rxa3 Bxa3 34. Kf2 Kc7 35. Ne3 Kb6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g6
38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Ke2 Kb5 40. Kd1 Bf8 41. Ke2 {
1/2-1/2 Bilawer,A-Caizapanta,O/OLO-B 1994/GER 08 (41)}) 4. Bb5 h5 5. Bxc6+ bxc6
6. d4 (6. d3 g6 $11) 6... Bf5 7. Nc3 $17 (7. Nf3 $5 $11 {
might be a viable alternative}) 7... e6 $11 (7... cxd4 $5 8. Qxd4 Bxc2 $17) 8.
Nf3 Qc7 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne7 11. Nxf5 $15 (11. O-O Rb8 $11) 11... Nxf5 (
11... exf5 $6 12. O-O $11) 12. Bf2 Rb8 13. Rb1 Be7 $11 (13... g5 14. g3 $17)
14. O-O g5 15. fxg5 Bxg5 16. Qe2 $17 (16. Qf3 $5 $15 {is worth looking at})
16... Kd7 $14 (16... Bf4 $142 $17) 17. Na4 Rbg8 18. Nc5+ Ke7 19. Nd3 Rg6 20.
Bc5+ {A sound move} Ke8 21. Nf4 Rg7 22. Nxh5 Rg6 23. Rbe1 Bh4 $14 (23... d4 24.
Qf3 $15) 24. g3 Rgh6 $16 (24... Qa5 25. b4 Qa3 26. c3 $11) 25. Rxf5 $1 {
White should return some of the goodies he has collected} (25. gxh4 Rxh5 26.
Rf4 Nxh4 $17) 25... exf5 26. Ng7+ Kd7 27. Nxf5 Rg6 28. Nxh4 (28. Qf2 Bg5 $16)
28... Rxh4 29. Qf2 Rh7 30. Qf5+ Kd8 31. e6 $11 (31. Re3 Rhg7 32. Ra3 $18) 31...
Rxg3+ 32. Kf1 (32. hxg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kf1 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Rxe1+ 35. Kd2 Rxe6 $19 (
35... fxe6 $143 36. Qf8+ Kd7 37. Qf7+ Kc8 38. Bf2 Qg5+ 39. Kxe1 Qc1+ 40. Ke2
Qxc2+ 41. Kf1 $16)) 32... Rgh3 $4 $18 {solves nothing} (32... Rg6 $142 $16) 33.
Qg5+ {White plans e7} Kc8 34. e7 {
The passed pawn on e7 quickly leads to threats} Rf3+ 35. Ke2 Qxh2+ 36. Kd1 $1 {
the knock-out blow. Threatening mate: e8Q} (36. Kxf3 $4 {avaricious play} Rh3+
37. Kg4 Rg3+ 38. Kf4 Rb3+ 39. Kg4 Qg3+ 40. Kh5 Qh3+ 41. Qh4 Qf5+ 42. Qg5 Rh3#)
36... Rh8 37. Qg4+ (37. e8=Q+ {and White can already relax} Rxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kb7
39. Re7+ Ka6 40. Rxa7+ Kb5 41. Ra5+ Kc4 42. Qg4+ Rf4 43. Qxf4+ Qxf4 44. Ra4+
Kxc5 45. Rxf4 Kb6 $18) 37... Kb7 38. Qxf3 (38. Qxf3 Re8 39. Qxf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Lee, Simon"]
[Black "Trice, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nbd2 {Queen's Indian} Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. c4 $146 (7. c3 d6 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. e4 c5 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qc7
13. Ng3 f6 14. exf6 N7xf6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Nf5 Bf4
19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. N5h4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Be4 {
Schmitt,M-Fahrenholz,N/GER-chJW U15 1992/TD 93\02/1-0 (75)}) (7. b3 d5 (7... d6
8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rfe1 d5 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14.
Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rf1 Rfd8 18. f4 Ne4 19. Qh5 f6 20. Ng4 Qf7
21. Qh4 Rac8 22. Rf3 {Gibiecova,B-Majercikova,L/CSR-chW 1992/TD 93\02/0-1 (39)}
) 8. Bb2 c5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Bd6 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. f4 cxd4 13. exd4 Ba3 14.
Bxa3 Qxa3 15. Rce1 Qd6 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. c3 Rc8 18. Rf3 Rc7 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5
Re8 21. Re3 Nf8 22. Qf2 Qd8 23. h3 Ree7 24. Qh4 Ng6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Nef3 {
1-0 Remon,A-Gonzales Mata,J/Mexico City 1991/TD 91\09 (26)}) (7. e4 d6 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nf1 Rfe8 12. Bg5 Nf8 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. Rac1 a6 15.
a4 Qc8 16. b4 c4 17. Bxc4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxc4 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21.
Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Spiekermann,U-Trzaska,P/NRW-II 1994/GER 07 (21)}) (7. Qe1 c5 8. c3
d6 9. e4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. e5 Nd7 12. Qe4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc7 14. Qg4 f6 15.
Nc4 dxe5 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. dxe5 f5 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qb8 21. Nd6
Rf8 22. Be7 {1-0 Kim,D-Wright,P/USA-op Los Angeles 1991/TD 91\09 (22)}) 7... c5
8. b3 Nc6 9. a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} cxd4 10. exd4 Rc8 11. Bb2 d5 12. Rc1
dxc4 13. bxc4 Bd6 14. Re1 Bb8 15. Qe2 Rc7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 {
Threatening mate: Qxh7} g6 18. Qf4 $11 (18. d5 $5 exd5 19. cxd5 $14) 18... Ne7
$2 $16 (18... Na5 $142 $5 {and Black has air to breath} 19. d5 f6 $11) 19. d5
$1 {keeping ahead of the opponent. Do you see the mate threat?} exd5 $4 $18 {
a blunder in a bad position.} (19... f6 $142 20. Rxe6 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22.
Rxc7 Bxc7 $16) 20. Qf6 {Do you see the mate threat?} Rc5 (20... d4 {
hoping against hope} 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc6 $18) 21. Qg7# (21. Qxe7 $6 {
is easily refuted} dxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bd6 (23... Qxd3 24. Rxc5 bxc5
25. Qf6 $18) 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Pointer, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Hatch, John H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "1364"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. e4 O-O {
Old Indian Defence} 7. Be2 Re8 $146 (7... Bd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. a3 Rc8
11. Rc1 Bf8 12. f3 {1/2-1/2 Kaiju,K-Sellberg,J/FIN-chT 1991/EXT 91ch2 (12)}) 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Nc5 {Black launches an attack} 10. e5 {White wins space} dxe5
11. fxe5 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 (12. Bh5 g6 13. Bf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c6 $15) 12... Nxe4 13.
Qd3 $17 (13. Rf4 $5 {must be considered} Ng5 14. Nb3 Qxd1+ 15. Bxd1 $15) 13...
Bc5 14. Qxe4 $19 (14. Be3 $5 Rxe5 15. Rad1 $17) 14... Qxd4+ ({Not} 14... Bxd4+
15. Be3 Rxe5 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rxe2 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 $17) 15. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 Rxe5 17. Bd3 Be6 (17... g5 18. h4 h6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Kh2 $19)
18. Bf4 Rc5 ({Weaker is} 18... Bxb2 19. Rab1 g5 20. Bxe5 (20. Rxb2 {
is much weaker} gxf4 21. Rxb7 Rd8 $17) 20... Bxe5 21. Rfe1 $14) 19. b4 (19.
Rad1 Rd8 $17 (19... Bxc4 $6 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. b3 $14)) 19... Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4
21. Rfd1 $19 (21. Rad1 $5 Bxf1 22. Rxd4 $17) 21... Bxa1 22. Rxa1 c6 23. a3 Re8
24. Kg1 Re2 25. Bb8 a6 26. Ba7 (26. Bg3 Rd2 $19) 26... Bd5 27. g3 Rg2+ 28. Kf1
Rxh2 29. Bc5 Rh1+ 30. Bg1 Bc4+ 31. Kg2 Bd5+ $4 $11 {
ignoring the path to victory} (31... Rh5 $142 $19 {secures victory}) 32. Kf2 $4
$19 {White loses the upper hand} (32. Kf1 f5 33. Re1 $19) 32... Rh5 33. Ke3 Rf5
34. Kd4 (34. Re1 h5 35. Kd2 Be6 $19) 34... Rf3 35. Kc5 Rxg3 36. Kb6 h5 (36...
a5 $5 {seems even better} 37. Kxb7 axb4 38. axb4 $19) 37. Kxb7 h4 38. Bf2 Rg4
39. Bc5 (39. Rg1 Rf4 40. Be3 $19) 39... h3 40. Bd6 Rg6 41. Bc5 (41. Bh2 {
cannot change destiny} c5+ 42. Kc7 Rc6+ 43. Kd7 cxb4 44. axb4 Rc2 $19) 41... h2
42. Kxa6 h1=Q 43. Rxh1 Bxh1 44. a4 Bd5 45. a5 Re6 46. Kb7 Re8 (46... Bc4 $142
$19 {secures the win}) 47. a6 f5 48. Bd6 (48. a7 $19) 48... c5+ 49. Kb6 (49.
Kc7 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} cxb4 50. Bxb4 Kf7 $19) 49... cxb4
50. Bxb4 Rb8+ (50... Re6+ {keeps an even firmer grip} 51. Kb5 Bf3 52. a7 Be2+
53. Kc5 $19) 51. Kc5 Rxb4 (51... Rxb4 52. Kxb4 g5 $19) (51... Be4 $142 {
and Black wins} 52. a7 Ra8 53. Kb6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "McLean, John"]
[Black "Balazs, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1330"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. g4 {Grob} Nc6 (1... d6 2. h3 g6 (2... c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. f4
Qc7 7. e4 b5 8. Ne2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Nd2 Nfd7 12. Rc1 d5 13. b3
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Bf2 N7f6 16. Bg3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bg2 O-O 19. f5 Qa5
20. Rc2 Rad8 21. Qc1 Nd5 22. Kh2 Bc8 23. Be4 Qb6 24. b4 Rfe8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26.
Qg5 Bf6 27. Qh6 Bg7 28. Qg5 Bf6 29. Qc1 Bg7 30. Qg5 {
1/2-1/2 Muellen,A-Kessler,A/RL-ch Kettig 1994/GER 09 (30)}) 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4
Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. d3 a6 8. Be3 e5 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. b4 O-O 11. Qd2 Re8
12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Nc3 Qg6 18.
Rg1 Ne6 19. Bh4 Kh8 20. Kf1 Qh5 21. Bg3 Bh6 22. e3 f4 23. Ne4 Rf8 {
0-1 Wall,T-McDonald,N/Barnsdale YM 1989/TD 89\14 (23)}) (1... Na6 2. Bg2 Nb4 3.
g5 h6 4. d3 Rb8 5. Kf1 d5 6. a4 Qd6 7. a5 Qa6 8. h4 Be6 9. Be3 f5 10. f3 g6 11.
Nh3 Rh7 12. Nd2 Rf7 13. Nf2 Bg7 14. c3 d4 15. cxd4 Bd5 {
1/2-1/2 Koval,D-Cimra,J/SVK-ch 1993/TD 93\10 (15)}) 2. Bg2 d6 $11 (2... d5 3.
h3 $15) 3. e4 e5 4. c3 {Controls b4+d4} g6 $11 (4... Be6 5. h3 $15) 5. Na3 Bg7
6. h3 Nge7 7. Ne2 b6 (7... d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 $15) 8. d3 Bb7
9. Nc2 Qd7 10. Ng3 O-O-O (10... d5 11. Qf3 Rd8 12. Be3 $11) 11. d4 $15 (11. Ne3
h6 $11) 11... exd4 $11 (11... d5 12. dxe5 dxe4 13. Qxd7+ Rxd7 14. e6 fxe6 15.
Nxe4 $15) 12. cxd4 Rhf8 $14 (12... Rhe8 13. f4 $11) 13. O-O $11 {
White should quickly conclude development.} (13. d5 Ne5 $11) 13... f5 14. d5 {
This push gains space} Ne5 15. f4 $15 (15. Nd4 Ba6 16. Ne6 fxg4 17. hxg4 Bxf1
18. Nxf1 Rg8 $11) 15... Nf7 16. g5 $17 {White gains space} (16. exf5 $142 $5 {
must definitely be considered} gxf5 17. Ne3 fxg4 18. hxg4 $11) 16... fxe4 17.
Ne3 Nf5 18. Kh2 $19 (18. Nxe4 $142 $5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 $17) 18... Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bxc1
20. Ngxf5 gxf5 21. Rxc1 Nh8 22. Qc2 Ng6 23. Kg3 (23. Qc4 Rde8 $19) 23... Qe7 (
23... h6 24. h4 $19) 24. h4 {White is in command} h5 $4 $16 {
Black lets it slip away} (24... Kb8 $142 $19 {with excellent chances for Black}
) 25. Bh3 Kb8 26. Bxf5 {The passed pawn on f4 quickly leads to threats} ({
Less advisable is} 26. Nxf5 Qf7 27. Ne3 Ba6 $11) 26... Rg8 27. Be6 (27. Qxe4
Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Rde8 29. Bxg6 Rxe3+ 30. Kf2 Ra3 31. Bxh5 Rf8 $16) 27... Rg7 $2
$18 (27... Rgf8 $142 $16) 28. Nf5 (28. Qxe4 $6 Qe8 $18) 28... Qf8 29. Nxg7 Qxg7
30. Qxe4 (30. f5 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Ba6 31. f6 Qf8 32. Qxc7+
Ka8 $18) 30... Re8 31. Rf2 Ne7 32. Qc4 Nxd5 (32... Ng6 $18) 33. Bxd5 Re3+ 34.
Rf3 Qd7 (34... Bxd5 {praying for a miracle} 35. Qxd5 Re8 $18) 35. Rxe3 Qg4+ (
35... Bxd5 {otherwise it's curtains at once} 36. Qxd5 Qg4+ 37. Kf2 Qxh4+ 38.
Ke2 Qg4+ 39. Kd3 Qd7 $18) 36. Kf2 {Threatening mate... how?} Qxh4+ 37. Rg3 Qh2+
38. Rg2 (38. Bg2 $142 {and White wins} c6 39. Qg8+ Kc7 $18) 38... Qh4+ 39. Kg1
{Threatening mate... how?} c6 40. Bxc6 {The mate threat is Bxb7.} Qh3 41. Rc3 (
41. Bxb7 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Qc5 43. Ba6 Kc7 44. Qf7+ Kd8 45. Re1 Qe5 46. Rxe5 dxe5
47. Rd2#) 41... Qh4 42. Rgg3 (42. Rgg3 Qxg3+ 43. Rxg3 Bxc6 44. Qxc6 a5 45. Rb3
Ka7 46. Qxb6+ Ka8 47. Qxa5#) (42. Qe6 Qxf4 43. Qe8+ Bc8 44. Be4 Qe3+ 45. Rxe3
a6 46. Rc2 h4 47. Rxc8+ Ka7 48. Qe7#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Sarma, Venu"]
[Black "Condon, Robert F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1498"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 {Trompovski Attack} f5 $14 (3... g5 4. Be5 f6 5. e3
(5. f3 Nf2 6. Kxf2 fxe5 7. Qd2 e6 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. e3 d5 11. Nge2
Bd7 12. Nc1 Qf6 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Be2 h5 15. Ke1 O-O-O 16. Qd4 Kb8 17. Nc5 Bxc5
18. Qxc5 b6 19. Qa3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qb4 g4 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Rf1 gxf3 24.
gxf3 Bc6 25. Ng3 Qxc2 26. Rf2 Qd3 27. Nf1 Rhf8 28. f4 Rg8 29. Rd2 Qe4 30. Rad1
Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rg1 32. Qc3 Qb1+ 33. Rd1 Rxf1+ {
0-1 Storm,R-Waschk,A/OLNN 1992/BIG 90 (33)}) 5... Bg7 6. Qh5+ Kf8 7. f3 Nd6 8.
Bxd6 cxd6 9. Nc3 Qe8 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Bc4 a6 12. a3 b5 13. Ba2 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4
15. Bb3 h5 16. Qf5 e6 17. Qa5 Nc6 18. Qa3 {
Wilk,J-Henkel,R/PF-ch Eisenberg 1993/GER 05/1-0 (46)}) (3... c6 4. Nd2 Qa5 5.
c3 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 d6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Qc2 Be7 12.
h3 O-O 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Rad8 15. a3 Qc7 16. Rad1 h6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Nd2 c5
19. c4 Qc6 20. f3 Nh5 21. Nb1 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Qg3 24. Rf2 Bg5 25.
Qc1 Qxf2 {0-1 Bartsch,S-Grigore,G/Berliner Sommer 1996/EXP 54 (25)}) (3... g6
4. Nd2 (4. f3 Nf6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 d6 9. Bh6 Nbd7 10. h4 b5
11. Bxb5 Rb8 12. Bxd7 Bxd7 13. b3 a5 14. h5 a4 15. Nge2 Qa5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
hxg6 fxg6 18. Nxa4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bxa4 20. bxa4 Rb4 21. Rhb1 Rxa4 22. Rb7 Kf7
23. Nc3 Rd4+ 24. Ke3 Rd8 25. a4 Rc4 26. Nb5 Ne8 27. c3 Ra8 {
1-0 Gerstner,W-Majer,D/Hessen-Baden 1993/GER 08 (27)}) 4... d5 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6.
Qd2 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. O-O-O c5 9. dxc5 Qxd2+ 10. Rxd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Rc8 12. Ne2 f5
13. g4 Nc6 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 a6 17. Be2 Rd8 18. Rhd1 {
Crouch,C-Krokos,I/Ano Liosia op 1996/EXP 51/1-0 (33)}) (3... d5 4. e3 $11) 4.
e3 c5 5. Nf3 $11 (5. Nd2 $5 Qa5 6. c3 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 $14) 5... e6 $14 (5... Qb6
6. b3 $11) 6. d5 $11 (6. Ne5 $5 {should be examined more closely} Nf6 7. Nc3
$11) 6... Qb6 7. Be5 $15 (7. b3 Qb4+ 8. Ke2 b6 $11) 7... d6 8. Bc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3
exd5 10. Nbd2 (10. Qxd5 $4 {A poison bait which should not be taken} Qb2 $19)
10... Be7 11. Bd3 $17 (11. c4 Be6 $15) 11... O-O 12. h4 $19 (12. c4 $5 $15 {
is an interesting alternative}) 12... f4 $17 (12... Bf6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. c4 $17)
13. e4 Bf6 {Black gets strong initiative} 14. Ng5 $19 (14. Rb1 Qa5 15. exd5
Bxc3 16. O-O $15) 14... Qc7 $4 $11 {weakening the position} (14... Bxc3 $142 {
and Black is on the road to success} 15. Rc1 h6 $19) 15. Nxh7 c4 {
Black wins space} 16. Nxf6+ $11 (16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. Be2 Bxc3 18. exd5 Bxa1 19.
Qxa1 b5 $14) 16... Rxf6 17. Be2 Be6 18. Bg4 Qe7 19. Bxe6+ Qxe6 20. Qf3 $2 $19 (
20. Qe2 $142 $5 $15 {and White is still in the game}) 20... dxe4 21. Qxe4 $2 {
Opening the e-file gets Black a lot of play} (21. Qe2 $142 d5 22. Rb1 $19)
21... Qxe4+ 22. Nxe4 Re6 23. Ke2 d5 24. Rad1 (24. Kf3 Rxe4 25. Rhd1 Nd7 26.
Rxd5 Nf6 $19) 24... dxe4 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Rhd1 Re8 (26... b5 {seems even better
} 27. R1d4 $19) 27. R1d5 (27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Rd4 f3+ 29. Kf1 fxg2+ 30. Kxg2 b5
$19) 27... f3+ (27... Rxd8 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 28. Rxd8 b5 29.
f3 $19) 28. gxf3 exf3+ 29. Kxf3 Nc6 (29... a6 30. a4 $19) 30. R8d7+ (30. Rxa8
Rxa8 31. Rd7+ Kf6 32. Rxb7 Rd8 $17) 30... Kg8 (30... Kg8 31. Rxb7 Rab8 32. Rxb8
Nxb8 $17) (30... Re7 $142 $5 31. Kf4 Rf8 32. Rf5+ Ke8 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Rxf8
Kxf8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Sremcevic, George"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "1421"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 {English Opening [Symmetrical Variation]} 3. d4 d5 (3...
cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Rb1
Nd7 11. Ng5 Nc5 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Nd5 Nc5 14. f3 Qd7 15. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 Domaske,A-Hanisch,K/OLO-B 1995/GER 11 (15)}) 4. Nc3 $11 (4. dxc5 Qa5+
5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qd4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. b4 Qd8 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bf4 Qc8
12. e3 b6 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 bxc5 15. bxc5 Rd8 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 {Tkalec,K-Zaloznik,V/SLO-chW 1992/TD 92\07/1-0 (38)}) (4. cxd5 Qxd5
5. Nc3 Qf5 $11) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 dxc4 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. Qa4+ $17 (7. Ndb5 Na6 8.
e3 Be6 $15) 7... Qxa4 8. Nxa4 e6 {Covers f5} 9. e3 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Bxc4
Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be5 Be7 15. h3 {Consolidates g4} Ne4 16. Rfd1
Rfd8 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. f3 Bc2 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rc1 Ba4 21. b3 Bc6 22. a4 a6
23. Bxa6 f6 24. Bd4 Bxa4 25. bxa4 bxa6 26. Rc7 Bb4 27. Ra7 a5 28. Bb6 Rd5 29.
Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 Ra2 31. Bxa5 Rxa4 32. Bb6 Rxa7 33. Bxa7 e5 34. Kg4 h6 35. h4
Kf7 (35... g6 36. h5 f5+ 37. Kh3 $11) 36. h5 Bc3 37. Kf5 {
The white king gets dangerous} Be1 38. Bb6 Bg3 39. Ba5 Bf2 40. Bd2 Bg3 $16 (
40... Ke7 41. Kg6 Kf8 42. g4 $14) 41. Kg4 Bf2 42. f4 $14 (42. g3 $142 $5 $18)
42... Bg1 $16 (42... exf4 $142 $5 {is worth consideration} 43. Kxf4 Bh4 $16)
43. g3 exf4 44. Kxf4 (44. exf4 $6 Ke6 $11) 44... Ke6 45. Kf3 Kf5 46. Bb4 $14 (
46. Kg2 $5 Bxe3 47. Bxe3 $16) 46... Bxe3 $2 $18 (46... Kg5 $142 $5 $14 {
is a viable option}) 47. Kxe3 Kg4 48. Bd6 $16 (48. Ke4 Kxh5 49. Kf5 g6+ 50. Kf4
g5+ 51. Kf5 g4 $18) 48... Kxh5 49. Kf4 Kg6 50. Kg4 Kf7 $2 $18 (50... h5+ $142
$5 51. Kh4 Kh6 $16) 51. Kh5 Kg8 (51... Ke6 52. Bf8 Kf7 53. Bb4 $18) 52. Kg6 Kh8
(52... h5 $18 {the only chance to get some counterplay}) 53. Bf8 (53. g4 $142 {
and White takes home the point} Kg8 54. Ba3 $18) 53... h5 54. Bxg7+ Kg8 55.
Bxf6 {The mate threat is Be7} h4 (55... Kf8 {doesn't get the bull off the ice}
56. Kxh5 Kf7 57. Bh4 $18) 56. Bxh4 {Threatening mate: Be7} Kh8 57. g4 Kg8 58.
Kf6 (58. Be7 Kh8 59. Kf7 Kh7 60. g5 Kh8 61. Bf8 Kh7 62. g6+ Kh8 63. Bg7#) 58...
Kh7 (58... Kf8 {does not save the day} 59. g5 Ke8 60. g6 Kd7 61. g7 Kc6 62.
g8=Q Kb6 63. Qd5 Ka6 64. Qc6+ Ka7 65. Bf2+ Kb8 66. Qd7 Ka8 67. Qc8#) 59. g5 (
59. g5 Kg8 60. g6 Kf8 61. g7+ Ke8 62. g8=Q+ Kd7 63. Qc4 Kd6 64. Bg3+ Kd7 65.
Qc7+ Ke8 66. Qe7#) (59. Kf7 Kh6 60. Be7 Kh7 61. g5 Kh8 62. Bf8 Kh7 63. g6+ Kh8
64. Bg7#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Coleman, Edwin"]
[Black "Bailey, Cliff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1613"]
[BlackElo "1300"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 O-O {
English Opening [Sicilian Attack]} 7. O-O (7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 Re8 9. O-O Bg4
10. h3 Bd7 11. g4 Kh8 12. a3 Na5 13. b3 Rb8 14. Rb1 a6 15. a4 Bf8 16. Qd3 Nc6
17. b4 d5 18. c5 Ne7 19. Bg5 c6 20. f4 Neg8 21. f5 Be7 {
Tabatadze,T-Georgiou,A/Ankara zt 1995/EXP 49/1-0 (39)}) 7... Bf5 8. d4 e4 9. f3
$146 {Prevents intrusion on g4} (9. a3 Re8 10. b4 a6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Na7
13. Nc3 Bf6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Bb2 Nb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Rfc1 Rec8 18. Bf1 Qe8 19.
Qe2 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rc2 d5 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. h4 Be7 {
Geanta,H-Vavrak,P/WchJM-U10 Duisburg 1992/TD 92\06/1/2-1/2 (78)}) 9... exf3 {
A strong pawn} 10. Rxf3 Qd7 11. Qf1 $11 (11. Rf1 Bg4 $14) 11... Bg6 $14 (11...
Bd3 12. b3 $11) 12. Nf4 a6 {Secures b5} 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Nxg6 Nxd2 15. Nxf8 ({
Weaker is} 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Qf2 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 b5 $19) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3
Rxf8 17. a3 {Controls b4} Na5 18. Qd5 (18. Qe2 Nb3 19. Rf1 c6 $14) 18... Nb3
19. Rd1 c6 {Consolidates b5} 20. Qh5 g6 (20... f5 21. e4 $11) 21. Qe2 Qc7 22.
Qc2 Na5 23. Na2 $11 (23. Qd3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 $16) 23... b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25.
Nb4 Nc4 26. Re1 (26. Rd3 d5 27. b3 Bxb4 28. axb4 Nb6 $14) 26... Bg5 $14 (26...
d5 27. e4 Bxb4 28. axb4 dxe4 29. Qxe4 $11) 27. Qc3 ({Instead of} 27. Bxc6 Bxe3+
28. Rxe3 Nxe3 $17) (27. Nxc6 $6 Nxe3 28. Qe4 d5 29. Ne7+ Qxe7 30. Qxe7 Bxe7 31.
Rxe3 Bf6 $14) 27... Re8 {The pressure on the backward pawn e3 grows} 28. Nc2 c5
(28... d5 29. b3 Qa5 30. Qxa5 Nxa5 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 $11) 29. b3 cxd4 30.
Qxd4 Nxe3 $14 {White gets strong play along the open e-file} (30... Ne5 $5 {
should be considered} 31. Re2 Rc8 $11) 31. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 32. Rxe3 {
Do you see the mate threat?. White gets in control} Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Qc2+ 34. Kf3
Qf5+ 35. Ke2 Qc2+ 36. Qd2 Rxe3+ 37. Kxe3 Qxb3+ 38. Qd3 Qe6+ 39. Be4 f5 (39...
Qe5 40. Qd5 Qc3+ 41. Bd3 Qxa3 42. Qxb5 $18) 40. Qd5 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Kf7 41. Qxe6+ Kxe6 42. Bc6 b4 (42... Ke5 43. Bxb5
Kd5 44. a4 $18) 43. axb4 Ke7 44. Kd4 Kd8 45. Kd5 Kc7 46. b5 g5 47. Ke6 f4 48.
gxf4 gxf4 49. Kf5 Kb6 50. Kxf4 Kc5 51. h4 d5 52. h5 d4 53. h6 (53. h6 d3 54.
Ke3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Manning, Cliff"]
[Black "Walshe, D Bradley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "1246"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 {Nimzo-Indian Defence}
O-O (6... cxd4 7. exd4 Qa5 8. Bd2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12.
O-O c5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Bxf6 Ba6 18. Qf5
Qxf6 {1/2-1/2 Tolstrup,B-Christensen,J/Copenhagen PC 1996/EXP 54 (18)}) 7. dxc5
(7. Bd2 d5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Qxd4 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a3 Bxc5 13.
Be3 Qe5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 Mohanty,P-Sahu,S/Calcutta 1992/EXP 27 (14)})
7... Bxc3+ $16 (7... Bxc5 $5 {is worthy of consideration} 8. Be2 b6 $11) 8.
Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 $14 (9. Qa3 b6 10. cxb6 Qxb6 $16) 9... f5 10. a3 {Controls b4}
Nxc5 11. b4 Ne4 12. Bd3 a5 13. b5 {White gets more space} ({Less advisable is} 
13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 axb4 $11) 13... Ne7 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf5 $18 (
15... d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qe5 $16) 16. O-O $16 (16. Bb2 $5 d6 $16) 16... Nd6
17. Qc2 $14 (17. Qd4 Nf5 18. Qb2 d6 $16) 17... b6 $16 (17... Qc7 18. Ng5 g6 19.
Rd1 $14) 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. Nd2 Rc8 20. Qc3 $14 (20. Qd3 Ne8 $16) 20... Rf7 $16 (
20... Qg5 21. g3 Nxb5 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. cxb5 $14) 21. Rac1 $11 (
21. Qd3 $142 $5 Ne8 22. Rac1 $16) 21... Nxb5 22. Qb3 Nd6 23. Bd4 Qg5 {
Threatening mate: Qxg2} 24. f3 {Covers e4} b5 $14 (24... Nf5 25. Qd3 $11) 25.
c5 $11 (25. cxb5 $5 {should be investigated more closely} Nxb5 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8
27. Bb6 $14) 25... Nf5 26. Ne4 $15 (26. Qxb5 Nxd4 27. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Rff8
$11) 26... Qg6 $14 (26... Bxe4 $142 $5 {should not be overlooked} 27. fxe4 Nxd4
28. exd4 Rcf8 $17) 27. Qxb5 Bc6 {The black bishop is safe in front of c5} 28.
Qe2 (28. Qxa5 $6 e5 29. Bxe5 Nxe3 $11) 28... Rcf8 29. Be5 h5 $16 (29... Nh4 30.
Bg3 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Qxe4 34. Bxh4 Qxh4 35. Qc1 $11)
30. Ng3 Nh4 $18 (30... Nxg3 $5 31. Bxg3 Qg5 $16) 31. Qc2 $16 (31. e4 Nxf3+ 32.
gxf3 h4 $16) 31... Nf5 32. Nxf5 Rxf5 33. Bd6 R8f7 34. Rb1 h4 35. Qf2 $16 (35.
Rb8+ $142 $5 Kh7 36. h3 $18) 35... Bxf3 $2 $18 (35... h3 $142 $5 36. Rb8+ Kh7
$14) 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Qxh4+ Bh5 {The mate threat is Rxf1} 38. Bf4 $4 $11 {
allows the opponent back into the game} (38. Rxf5 $142 {
would have given White a clear advantage} Qxf5 39. h3 $18) 38... e5 39. Rb6 {
Here comes the goal-getter} Qg4 40. Qxg4 Bxg4 41. h3 Bxh3 42. gxh3 exf4 43.
Rxf4 Rxf4 44. exf4 Rxf4 45. Kg2 Rc4 46. Rb5 Ra4 47. Rb3 Kg6 48. Rd3 Kf5 49.
Rxd7 Rxa3 50. c6 Rc3 51. Ra7 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Fraser, Lee"]
[Black "Wouters, Eddy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1135"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 {King's Knight's Gambit} Nc6 4. h4 $17 (4. Bc4 d6 (
4... Be7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Bxf4 Bxf3 8. Rxf3 Bf6 9. c3 Nge7 10. Qb3 O-O
11. Nd2 a6 12. Re1 b5 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Be3 Bg5 15. Ref1 Bxe3+ 16. Rxe3 Qg5 17.
Re2 Rae8 18. Ref2 Re7 19. Qc2 {Badura,M-Diehle,J/Osnabrueck 1994/1-0 (35)}) (
4... Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bxf4 h6 7. c3 Nf6 8. O-O d6 9. Kh1 Nxe4 10. Re1 d5 11.
Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bd3 f5 14. Ng1 O-O 15. Re3 Ne7 16. Rg3 Kh7 17. Nh3
Ng6 18. Bxe4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Qd6 20. Bxd5 c6 21. Ne6 Rf6 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Rg3
cxd5 24. Ng7 Rg8 25. Nh5 Rfg6 26. Rxg6 Rxg6 27. Qf3 Bc7 28. g3 Rg5 29. Nf4 Kh7
30. Nxd5 Bb8 31. Nf4 Qe7 32. Rg1 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Qe2 34. Qf1 Qxb2 35. h4 Rg4 36.
Qxf5+ Rg6 37. h5 {1-0 Alnajjar,H-Causon,M/Novi Sad 1990/EXT 90 (37)}) 5. O-O
Bg4 6. d4 (6. c3 Ne5 7. Be2 Nf6 8. d4 Ng6 9. Ng5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qe7 11. Nd2
O-O-O 12. b3 h6 13. Nh3 Re8 14. Re1 Nd5 15. c4 Ne3 16. Qd3 Qh4 17. Nf3 Qg4 18.
Bxe3 fxe3 19. Rxe3 Nf4 20. Nxf4 Qxf4 {
Weiss,M-Spatz,W/Bayern-chW2 1991/TD 92\07/1-0 (32)}) 6... Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Bxf4 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Nb4 11. Rae1 c6 12. Bb3 d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Be3 f6 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Nd1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5+ {
Schubert,D-Christen,W/OLNO 1992/BIG 90/1/2-1/2 (38)}) (4. d4 $5 $11 {
is noteworthy}) 4... d6 $15 (4... Nf6 5. e5 Qe7 6. d4 $17) 5. d4 Bg4 6. Bxf4 g6
(6... Qe7 7. Nc3 $11) 7. Qd3 $15 (7. Nc3 $5 $11 {is interesting}) 7... Bg7 $11
(7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qf6 9. Be3 $15) 8. Be3 a6 9. Qb3 $15 (9. Nbd2 Qe7 $11) 9...
Rb8 $14 (9... Bxf3 $142 $5 {is an interesting idea} 10. gxf3 Bxd4 $15 (10...
Nxd4 $2 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qa4+ c6 13. Qxd4 $18)) 10. Nbd2 $11 (10. d5 Bxf3 11.
gxf3 Nge7 $14) 10... b5 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. Ng5 {
Attacking the backward pawn on f7} (12. Bd3 d5 $11) 12... O-O 13. Ngf3 Na5 (
13... d5 14. e5 $11) 14. Qa3 c6 15. Nb3 $15 (15. Re1 $5 $14) 15... Nxb3+ $11 (
15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nbd2 $11) 16. Qxb3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Re1 Bxf3
19. gxf3 Bxd4 $11 (19... Nf5 $5 $15) 20. Bh6 $17 (20. Rd1 $142 $5 {
has some apparent merit} Bg7 21. h5 $11) 20... Bg7 $11 (20... Nf5 $142 $5 21.
Bf4 Ng7 $15) 21. Bf4 $17 (21. Bxg7 $142 $5 {is worth looking at} Kxg7 22. h5
$11) 21... Be5 22. Be3 Bg7 $11 (22... Bg3 $142 $5 23. Rd1 h5 $17) 23. Bd3 $17 (
23. h5 $142 $11 {would keep White alive}) 23... d5 $11 (23... c5 $142 $5 24.
Qa3 c4 $17) 24. h5 d4 25. Bd2 (25. hxg6 Nxg6 26. Bg1 c5 $17) 25... c5 26. Qa3
Qc6 $11 (26... c4 $5 27. hxg6 Nxg6 $17) 27. hxg6 $15 (27. e5 Nd5 $11) 27...
hxg6 28. f4 $2 $19 (28. Be2 $142 $15 {is the best option White has}) 28... c4
29. Bf1 Rb7 $15 (29... c3 $142 $5 30. bxc3 dxc3 $19) 30. Bh3 $17 (30. Qh3 c3
31. bxc3 dxc3 32. Be3 Qxe4 33. f5 $19) 30... Bf8 $15 (30... c3 $5 31. bxc3 dxc3
$19) 31. f5 $17 {White wins space} (31. Qa5 $142 $5 $15 {deserves consideration
}) 31... Nxf5 32. exf5 $4 $19 {
but even a better move would not have saved the game.} (32. Qf3 $142 c3 33.
bxc3 Ba3+ 34. Kb1 $19) 32... Bxa3 (32... Rxe1+ {keeps an even firmer grip} 33.
Rxe1 Bxa3 34. bxa3 $19) 33. bxa3 (33. Rxe8+ {there is nothing else anyway} Qxe8
34. bxa3 $19) 33... Rxe1+ (33... Rbe7 $142 {and Black has reached his goal} 34.
fxg6 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Bxe1 $19) 34. Rxe1 Qf3 (34... c3 $5 {
and Black can already relax} 35. Bh6 Re7 36. Rg1 $19) 35. Bf1 Qxf5 (35... Qxf5
36. Bg2 Rb6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Siow, David"]
[Black "Fereday, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1130"]
[BlackElo "1221"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
{Sicilian Defence [Paulsen Variation]} O-O (8... Nbd7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Qe1 Nc5
11. Nf3 b5 12. e5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Ne8 15. d4 Bb7 16. Ne4 Qd5 17.
Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nexg5 h6 19. Nh3 Rc8 20. Nf4 Qe4 21. Qg3 Qf5 22. Rf2 Nc7 23. h4 {
Meijers,V-Gheorghiu,F/Bern op 1995/EXP 46/0-1 (45)}) 9. Be3 Qc7 (9... Nbd7 10.
Qf3 Nc5 11. a4 Bd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Ne4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Rc8 15. Qg3 Bc6 16. Nxc6
Rxc6 17. d4 d5 18. Nc3 f5 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Qf3 Nc7 21. Qd1 Rc8 22. Ne2 Na8 23.
b3 Nb6 24. Rxc6 {Heissler,J-Boensch,U/BL9293 1993/BL 90/0-1 (80)}) 10. f5 $146
{White gets more space} (10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Nb3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qf3 Na5 14. Nxa5
Qxa5 15. Qh3 e5 16. f5 Qd8 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g4 Bg5
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 h6 23. Qh5 Qe7 24. Rde1 Bh4 {
Da Luz,M-Usuanlele,A/Manila olw 1992/TD 92\07/0-1 (39)}) 10... e5 11. Nb3 Nc6
12. Bg5 b5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 {The white knight is well posted.} Qa7+ 15.
Kh1 Bd8 16. Qh5 f6 17. Rf3 (17. a4 bxa4 18. Bc4 Kh8 (18... axb3 $4 {
is most certainly to be avoided} 19. Nxf6+ Kh8 20. Qxh7#) 19. Rxa4 Qd7 $16)
17... Qf7 18. Qh4 g5 $16 (18... Ne7 $5 {looks like a viable alternative} 19.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 $14) 19. Qh6 $14 (19. fxg6 $142 $5 hxg6 20. Raf1 $16) 19... Ne7 20.
Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. Rc1 d5 {Trying to unravel the pawn chain} 22. exd5 Qxd5 $16 (
22... Bb7 23. Be4 $14) 23. c4 Qd7 $18 (23... Qd8 $142 $5 $16) 24. Rh3 $16 (24.
Be4 Bb7 25. Rd3 Qc7 $16) 24... Rf7 25. cxb5 $11 (25. Be4 $142 $5 Bf8 26. Qh5
$16) 25... axb5 26. a3 {Consolidates b4.} Qd5 27. Nd2 $17 (27. Bc2 Bb7 28. Rg3
b4 $11) 27... Ra4 $4 $18 {instead of simply winning the game} (27... Bb7 $142
28. Ne4 Qd4 $17) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Egg, Marcel"]
[Black "Steffensen, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1137"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 {Queen's Gambit} Bb4+ (4... a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6.
dxc5 (6. cxd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bg4 12.
Be2 Qe7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Bd3 Qe5 17. Qe2 Bb8 18. g3
Qe7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rcd8 {
Rashkovsky,N-Rabiega,R/Berliner Sommer 1996/EXP 54/0-1 (34)}) 6... Bxc5 7. b3
O-O 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Bd3 d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14.
Bxd4 Rxd4 15. Nf3 Rd6 16. O-O b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Ne5 g6 19. b4 {
Malaniuk,V-Ivanchuk,V/Yalta super 1995/EXP 47/1/2-1/2 (31)}) 5. Bd2 Nc6 $14 (
5... Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rac1
Re8 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. Bd3 c6 14. h3 Kf8 15. Ndf3 Nfd5 16. Nh4 f6 17. Neg6+ Nxg6
18. Bxg6 Re7 19. Bh7 Ke8 20. Bg6+ {
Schmitt,R-Weiland,K/RLPF-chS Hauenstein 1991/GER 05/0-1 (57)}) (5... Be7 6. Qb3
$11) 6. a3 $11 (6. Bxb4 Nxb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 $14) 6... Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Ng4 8. Be2
O-O 9. h3 Nf6 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 $11 (11. b4 a6 $14) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 {
White launches an attack} Ne4 $16 (12... Nd7 $5 13. Nf3 Qe7 $11) 13. Nxe4 dxe4
{White gets strong play along the open d-file} 14. Qxd8 $14 (14. Qc2 Qh4 $16)
14... Rxd8 15. Rad1 {Threatening mate: Rxd8} Bd7 16. b3 {Secures a4} a6 17. Rd2
b5 $4 $18 (17... Bc6 $142 {was much better} 18. Rfd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Kf8 $14) 18.
Rfd1 bxc4 19. Bxc4 (19. Rxd7 $6 {is the weaker alternative} Rxd7 20. Rxd7 cxb3
21. Rxc7 Rb8 $16) 19... g6 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 a5 (21... Ra7 {
does not win a prize} 22. Kh2 $18) 22. a4 (22. Rxc7 $5 {
might be the shorter path} h5 $18) 22... Rc8 23. Kf1 c5 (23... h5 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. Bb5 $18) 24. Ke1 (24. Ra7 {
keeps an even firmer grip} g5 $18) 24... Kf8 (24... Ra8 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 25. Rc7 $18) 25. Ke2 (25. Ra7 $5 {
seems even better} g5 $18) 25... Ke8 (25... Ra8 {does not solve anything} 26.
Rc7 $18) 26. Bb5 Rd8 27. Rc7+ Kf8 28. Rxc5 Rd3 (28... Kg7 $18 {what else?}) 29.
Bxd3 exd3+ 30. Kxd3 h5 31. b4 (31. Rxa5 {might be the shorter path} Ke8 $18)
31... axb4 32. a5 b3 {
The passed pawn on a5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 33. Kc3 f5 34. f4
Kg7 35. h4 g5 36. g3 Kg6 37. a6 {The mate threat is a7} Kh6 (37... b2 {
does not improve anything} 38. Kxb2 gxh4 39. a7 h3 40. a8=Q h2 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42.
Rc7 h1=Q 43. Qxe6#) 38. a7 $1 {the end} b2 (38... gxh4 {does not help much} 39.
a8=Q b2 40. Qf8+ Kg6 41. Qf6+ Kh7 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Qg7#) 39. Kxb2 gxf4 (39...
gxh4 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 40. Rc7 h3 41. a8=Q h2 42. Qf8+ Kg6
43. Qg7#) 40. exf4 (40. a8=Q fxg3 41. Qh8+ Kg6 42. Rc7 f4 43. Qf6#) 40... Kg6 (
40... Kg7 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 41. Rc7+ Kh6 42.
a8=Q Kg6 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Qxe6#) 41. a8=Q Kh6 (41... Kg7 {cannot change destiny
} 42. Rc7+ Kh6 43. Qf8+ Kg6 44. Qg7#) 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Rc7+ Kg8
45. Qd8# (45. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Speck, Nicholas S"]
[Black "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 Nge7 8. Nf3
Nd4 9. O-O Rb8 {Sicilian Defence [Closed System]} 10. Bf2 $146 (10. e5 Nef5 11.
Bf2 dxe5 12. Nxe5 b6 (12... f6 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Ne4 b6 15. a4 Ne7 16. Ned6 Bd7
17. b4 Nd5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Ra3 Qc7 20. c3 Nf5 21. Ne4 Rfd8 22. Nxc5 Bc8 23.
Rb3 Bf8 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Qc1 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Qb3 27. Qb2 {
Claesen,P-Ragozin,E/Antwerpen op 1994/TD 94\02/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 13. Bc6+ Nxc6 14.
Nxc6 Qc7 15. Nxb8 Bb7 16. Rb1 O-O 17. Ne4 Rxb8 18. c3 c4 19. Re1 cxd3 20. Qa4
Ba8 21. Kf1 Qb7 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Nd6 24. d5 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qa6 26. Red1
Bxd5 27. Qe5 Rc8 28. a3 Bb3 29. Rd2 Qc4 30. Qd6 Qe4 31. Kf2 Bd5 32. Qd7 Qg2+ {
0-1 Bohnenblust,S-Lupkowski,E/WchJM-U14 Duisburg 1992/TD 92\06 (32)}) (10. Qd2
b5 11. a3 (11. Nd1 b4 12. e5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bb7 14. Qf2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O 16.
a4 Nf5 17. exd6 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Bd4 20. h4 Qxd6 21. Kh2 Bxe3 22.
Qxe3 Qd4 23. Qf3 Qd5 24. Rb2 Qxf3 25. Rxf3 h5 {
Droeber,A-Mantzouneas,N/Bad Woerishofen op 1989/TD 89\05/0-1 (62)}) 11... O-O
12. Rab1 a5 13. Ne2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 f5 15. c3 Bb7 16. exf5 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 gxf5
18. Rd1 Nd5 19. b3 Qc7 20. c4 Nf6 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Rdf1 bxc4 23. bxc4 d5 24.
cxd5 exd5 {Ptacnikova,L-Velcheva,M/Medellin 1996/1-0 (48)}) (10. Rb1 Nec6 11.
Ng5 O-O 12. Qd2 f5 13. Nd1 h6 14. Nh3 Kh7 15. c3 Nb5 16. Ndf2 Bd7 17. Kh1 b6
18. Ng1 Nc7 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Qe7 22. Nf3 Nd5 23. Bf2 Na5 24.
b3 Bc6 {Neumark,P-Kjetsae,J/BL2-N 8889 1989/BL2/0-1 (76)}) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3
Nc6 12. Bg2 Nd4 13. e5 {White gains space} dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne4 b6 {
Covers c5} 16. c3 Nb5 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. d4 Nd6 19. dxc5 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 O-O 21.
Rad1 Qe7 22. cxb6 axb6 {Prevents intrusion on c5} 23. Rd2 f5 24. Bd5 Kh8 25.
Re1 $11 {Now all is on e6} (25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 e5 $11) 25... e5 $14 (25...
Qg5 26. Bg2 e5 27. Rd5 $14) 26. Bd4 e4 {This push gains space} 27. Qe3 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on b6} Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Ba6 29. Ra4 Bb5 30. Rb4 Qc5 $4
$18 (30... Bd3 $142 $14 {is the best chance}) 31. Rxb5 $1 {
a fitting end to a beautiful game} (31. Rxb5 Qxe3+ 32. Rxe3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Steffensen, Dennis A"]
[Black "Corner, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 {Budapest Defence [Fajarowicz Variation]} 4. Nf3
d6 5. g3 $146 (5. Nbd2 Nc5 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. b4 Ne6 8. c5 Qf6 9. Rb1 Be7 10. Bb2
Qh6 11. g3 a5 12. a3 Na6 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Bg2 Rd8 15. Qc2 c6 16. O-O Nec7 17.
Nc4 axb4 18. axb4 Bg4 19. e4 Qh5 20. Nd4 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Nb5 22. Ba1 Be2 23. Rfe1
Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Na3 25. Qc3 {1-0 Blaho,S-Berg,B/Bratislava 1993/EXT 93op2 (25)})
(5. Qd5 Nc5 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Nb5 Nb4 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11.
Qd2 Qa4 12. Nd4 O-O 13. b3 Qa5 14. f3 Re8 15. e3 Ncd3+ 16. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 17. Ke2
Qxg5 18. Kxd3 Bd7 19. e4 Qg6 {
Finegold,G-Rogers,C/Prague Bohemians-W 1990/TD 93\02/1-0 (33)}) 5... Nc6 {
Black gets in control} 6. Bg2 $14 (6. Qd5 f5 7. exf6 Nxf6 $16) 6... Be6 $16 (
6... dxe5 $5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $14) 7. b3 $11 {
Black creates threats along the open d-file} (7. Nd4 $142 $5 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 $16 (
8. Bxe4 $6 dxe5 9. Nc3 c6 $11)) 7... dxe5 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nfd2 $4 $19 (9. Qd3
Nxf2 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. e3 $19) 9... Nxf2 10. Rxf2 (10. Bxc6+ {is not much help
} bxc6 11. Qc2 Qd4 $19) 10... Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Qd4+ 12. Kf1 (12. e3 {
doesn't do any good} Qxa1 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 $19) 12... Qxa1 13. Qc2 Qd4 14. Nf3
Qd7 15. Bb2 O-O-O 16. Nc3 Bf5 17. e4 Bg4 18. Nd5 Bxf3 (18... Rhe8 {
and Black can already relax} 19. Kg1 $19) 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qd1
Kb8 22. Qxd4 f5 (22... c6 {makes it even easier for Black} 23. Qe5+ Qd6 24.
Qxg7 cxd5 25. exd5 $19) 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Kg2 Rhf8 25. Qf2 (25. Qe4 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} Qxe4 26. Bxe4 c6 $19) 25... c6 26. Ne3
(26. g4 {desperation} Qxf3+ $1 {the logical end} 27. Qxf3 Rxf3 28. Kxf3 cxd5
29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. Ke3 $19) 26... Qxf3+ $1 {the knockout punch} (26... Qxf3+ 27.
Qxf3 Rd2+ 28. Kh3 Rxf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Thompson, Alan"]
[Black "Hannagan, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "1774"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Qf6 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Ne7
8. Re1 {Ruy Lopez [Classical Defence]} a6 $146 (8... O-O 9. Bc4 Ng6 10. d3 d6
11. Be3 Bb6 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Qf3 g5 14. h3 Qg7 15. a4 g4 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh4
Bxe3 18. Rxe3 gxh3 19. g3 f5 20. Qxh5 f4 21. Nf1 fxe3 22. Nxe3 Bd7 23. Bb5 {
Vetemaa,J-Van der Borgt,P/Vlissingen op 1996/EXP 53/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 9. Ba4 b5
10. Bb3 d6 $2 $18 (10... Qb6 $142 $5 {and Black can hope to live} 11. Qe2 e4
$11) 11. c3 $4 $11 {White is ruining his position} (11. d4 $142 Bxd4 12. Bg5
$16 (12. Nxd4 $6 exd4 13. a4 Bb7 $11)) 11... Bg4 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 14. gxf3 O-O $16 (14... Kd7 $142 $5 $11 {
must be considered}) 15. d4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Ng6 19.
Ree4 a5 20. Ba2 Rfb8 21. h4 Bc5 $18 (21... Re8 22. Kg2 $16) 22. h5 {
White fights for the Initiative} Ne7 23. Re2 Bd6 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bc1 Rb5 $18 (
25... Nf5 26. Rae4 $16) 26. Rxe7 (26. b4 Nxd5 27. Bc4 c6 28. Bxb5 cxb5 29. Rxa5
Rd8 $18) 26... Bxe7 27. d6+ Kf8 28. dxe7+ Kxe7 29. h6 gxh6 30. Rh4 (30. Re4+
Re5 $18) 30... h5 31. Bb1 Rd8 32. Bc2 Re5 33. Kf1 Kf7 (33... Red5 34. Re4+ Kd7
35. Bf4 $16) 34. Rc4 c5 35. Ra4 Rde8 36. Be3 Rb8 37. Bc1 $4 $11 {
with this move White loses his initiative} (37. b3 $142 {
and White can look forward to a comfortable game} c4 38. Rxc4 $18) 37... Rbe8
38. Be3 $11 (38. Kg2 $142 $5 $16) 38... Ra8 $4 $18 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (38... Rb8 $142 $11 {
would keep Black in the game}) 39. Be4 Rae8 40. Rxa5 {
White gets decisive kings attack} f5 (40... h4 41. c4 $18) 41. Bc6 Rc8 42. Bb5
c4 $2 (42... Rd8 $18) 43. Bxc4+ $1 {Boing!} Rxc4 44. Rxe5 Kf6 45. Bd4 Kg5 46.
b4 Rc7 47. b5 Kf4 48. b6 {Threatening mate... how?} Rf7 (48... Rb7 {
hardly improves anything} 49. Re3 h4 50. c4 $18) 49. Rb5 Rb7 (49... Kxf3 {
hoping against hope} 50. b7 Rxb7 51. Rxb7 h6 $18) 50. Kg2 $18 (50. Be3+ Kxf3
51. Rb4 Rxb6 52. Rf4#) 50... Rg7+ (50... Kg5 $18 {is one last hope}) 51. Bxg7 (
51. Bxg7 Kg5 52. b7 h4 53. b8=Q h3+ 54. Kxh3 Kg6 55. Qg3+ Kf7 56. Rb7+ Ke6 57.
Qe5#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Condon, Robert F"]
[Black "Clarke, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O {Pirc Defence} 6. Be3 c6 (
6... Nbd7 7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Bf4 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Nd1 f5 12. exf5
Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bxf5 14. O-O Bxd3 15. Re1 e5 {
1/2-1/2 Waechter,T-Medwed,E/Lingen 1995 (15)}) 7. h3 $146 {Secures g4} (7. Qd2
b5 (7... Ng4 8. h3 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 Nd7 10. e5 d5 11. Bd3 e6 12. h4 h6 13. g4 b6
14. O-O-O a6 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Rdg1 c5 17. c3 c4 18. Bb1 b5 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. h5 g5
21. Qc2 Nf8 22. Nh2 Rb7 23. f4 f6 24. fxg5 fxg5 25. Rf1 Ree7 26. Rf2 Rf7 27.
Rhf1 Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Qb6 29. Ng3 b4 30. cxb4 Qxd4 31. Ngf1 Bxe5 32. Nf3 Bf4+ 33.
Rd2 Bxd2+ 34. N1xd2 Qxg4 35. Qc3 Qxh5 36. Ne5 g4 37. Qg3 Qh3 38. Qf4 g3 39. Ng4
Kg7 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Nxh6+ Qxh6 42. Qxh6 g2 43. Qe3 e5 {
1/2-1/2 Walther,T-Tietje,C/Binz 1994 (43)}) 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. h4 h5
11. Bh6 b4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nb1 a5 14. Ng5 Nb6 15. f3 c5 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5
Qxe5 18. Rhe1 Qc7 19. g4 hxg4 20. h5 Nxh5 21. fxg4 Bxg4 {
Schosse,T-Kuehnrich,P/OLO-A 1993/GER 03/0-1 (54)}) (7. Bb3 Qc7 8. e5 dxe5 9.
Nxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. f4 Bf5 12. c3 Be4 13. Qg4 Nc6 14. O-O Na5 15. Qg3
Nxb3 16. axb3 Bc2 17. f5 f6 18. Qf2 Bxf5 19. Nf3 a6 20. Nd2 b5 21. h4 e5 {
Kaya,H-Buysschaert,R/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 7... Nxe4 8. Nxe4 d5
9. Bb3 dxe4 10. Ng5 b6 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Qg4 Na6 $14 (12... a5 13. Nc3 $11) 13.
O-O-O Qc8 $16 (13... Nb4 14. Qh4 $14) 14. Qh4 c5 15. Ng5 $11 (15. Qxe7 $5 Bxe4
16. Qxe4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 $16) 15... h5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rhe1 Bf6
19. f4 a5 ({Inferior is} 19... Bxg2 20. Qg3 Bc6 21. Nxf7 $16) 20. a3 a4 ({Not} 
20... Bxg2 21. Qg3 Bxg5 22. fxg5 $16 (22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. fxg5 Bxh3 $15)) 21. Ba2
Rac8 {Do you see the mate threat?} ({Worse is} 21... Bxg2 22. Qg3 Qb5 23. c3
Bxg5 24. fxg5 $16 (24. Qxg5 $143 Qxg5 25. fxg5 Bxh3 $15)) 22. Rd2 $17 (22. c3
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxa3+ 24. Kb1 Qxc3 $15) 22... e6 $11 {Controls d5} (22... Bxb2+
23. Kxb2 Qc3+ 24. Kc1 Bd5 $19) 23. Qg3 Bxg5 24. fxg5 Rfd8 25. Rf2 (25. Qf4 Rxd2
26. Qxd2 Qf5 $11) 25... Rd7 $11 (25... Rd4 $5 $15) 26. Rxe6 Rcd8 {
The mate threat is Rd1} 27. Re1 Bd5 $14 (27... Qd4 28. Qd3 {
White cannot hold on to the material} Qxf2 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+
Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ $11) 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Qf3 $4 $19 {
what a pity, victory was in sight} (29. Kb1 $142 $14 {
this is the best bet to save the position}) 29... Qa2 {Threatening mate... how?
} (29... Qa2 30. c3 Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Qxe1 $19) (29... Qxg5+ $6 {succumbs to} 30.
Qf4 Qd5 31. Kb1 $11 (31. Qxa4 $4 {
that pawn is deadly bait and will cause White grave problems} Qd1+ 32. Rxd1
Rxd1#)) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Hatch, John H"]
[Black "Lee, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 (2... c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O
Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 Lantini,M-Ljubisavljevic,Z/Roma op 1990/TD 90\03 (7)}) 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O {Queen's Gambit [Semi-Slav Defence]}
8. Qc2 Re8 $146 (8... h6 9. h3 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Be6 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Rae1 Bb8 19. b3
Bd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Nf3 Ng6 22. Qc1 Qd6 23. g3 {
Schlett,W-Falkenhagen,E/Ladenburg sen 1992/GER 04/0-1 (48)}) (8... c5 9. cxd5
exd5 10. b3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bb2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Be6 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. h3 Qa5
16. a3 a6 17. b4 Qb6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rfd8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxc8+ Rd8 24. Qc7 Qb8 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Rd1 b6 27. Rd5 Kf8 28.
Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Rd3 Be7 31. Rc3 Rb7 32. e4 {
1-0 Bacrot,E-Zaremba,A/Paris 1996 (32)}) (8... b6 9. cxd5 (9. Re1 Bb7 10. b3
Qc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Rad8 16. Rad1
Rfe8 17. Bd3 c5 18. Bg3 Qc8 19. Bf1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 cxd4 21. Be5 Qc5 22. Qb2 Nh5
23. Re4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Rexd4 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Kf8 28. b4 Ke7
29. Be2 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Kf1 Kc7 32. Ke1 Kd6 33. Kd2 a5 34. a3 axb4 35.
axb4 Nd7 36. f4 Nf8 37. Kd3 Nd7 38. Kd4 f6 39. Ke4 Nb8 40. Kd3 Nc6 41. Kc3 e5
42. fxe5+ Nxe5 43. Kd4 Nc6+ 44. Kc3 g5 45. Bf3 Ne5 46. Be2 f5 47. Bd3 f4 48. h3
h5 49. Be4 g4 50. hxg4 Nxg4 51. Bf3 Nxf2 {
1/2-1/2 Vidalinc,J-Feugeas,V/Chartres 1990/EXT 90op2 (51)}) 9... exd5 10. e4
dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Nd5 16. Nc3
N5f6 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Rcd1 Rac8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Re3 g6 22. Rh3
Kg7 23. Qd2 {Moerschbach,U-Sandten,U/NRW-I 8788 1988/BIG 80/1-0 (36)}) 9. h3 {
Prevents intrusion on g4} Bd6 10. c5 {White wins space} Bb8 11. b4 e5 {
Attacks the pawn chain} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb2 h6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16.
Rfe1 Bc7 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Nf4 Qg5 19. Bxe4 $17 (19. b5 $5 $11 {
might be a viable alternative}) 19... Rxe4 20. Qd2 Bf5 21. Bd4 Rae8 22. a3 R4e7
23. f3 g6 (23... Qg3 24. Ne2 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 $17) 24. a4 Qg3 25. b5 $4 $19 {
strolling merrily down the path to disaster} (25. Ne2 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 $15) 25...
Bxf4 (25... Bxf4 26. Kf1 Re6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Hoff, Gregory A"]
[Black "Sremcevic, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 {
Sicilian Defence [Labourdonnais Variation]} (5. Ne2 Bc5 6. Ng3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8.
Nc3 Ng4 9. Qf3 O-O 10. O-O Qh4 11. h3 Nd4 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Na4 Bxh3 14. Nxc5
dxc5 15. c3 b5 16. Bxb5 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Be6 18. Rd1 Ng4 19. Qe2 Qh2+ {
Langner,L-Prymula,R/CZE-chT 1994/TD 94\03/1/2-1/2 (68)}) 5... Qa5+ $16 (5... h6
6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Bc5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Nbc3 d6 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe3 12. Nxe3
Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Be6 15. Rc1 Nd4 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Rc3 Kd7 18. Rhc1
Rc7 19. b3 Rhc8 20. Nd1 {
Helenius,M-Salonen,J/FIN-chT 1991/EXT 91ch2/1/2-1/2 (42)}) (5... a6 6. Nd6+
Bxd6 7. Qxd6 $11) 6. N1c3 $14 (6. Bd2 Qd8 $14) 6... a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Nd4
$16 (8... Nf6 $142 $5 {should be examined more closely} 9. Bd3 Qb4 10. Qxb4
Nxb4 $14) 9. Bd3 Ne7 $18 (9... Ne6 $5 $16) 10. Bg5 $16 (10. Bd2 $5 Ne6 11. Nd5
Qd8 $18) 10... f6 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Ndc6 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Be3 $14
(15. Rad1 b5 16. Bb3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ng6 $16) 15... b5 16. Bd5 {
The bishop dominates} Bb7 17. fxe5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 $11 (18. Qxd5 Na5 19. Qd3 fxe5
20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Qxd7 Nc4 22. Qxb7 Nxe3 $14) 18... Nxe5 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Nc7
$17 (20. Bd4 $5 {deserves consideration} Nc4 21. Qf4 $11) 20... Nf7 $14 (20...
Nc4 $142 21. Qd4 Rb8 $17 (21... Nxb6 $6 22. Qxb6 Rb8 23. Qd6 $11)) 21. Qe7 $11
(21. Qf4 Ng5 22. Nxa8 Bxa8 $14) 21... Rb8 22. Ba5 $15 (22. Rxf6 $142 $5 {
and White can hope to survive} Bxe4 23. Ba5 $16) 22... Bc6 $4 $18 {
forfeits the advantage} (22... Ne5 $142 $15 {was necessary}) 23. Rxf6 $1 {
White is still in the lead. White gets strong play along the open f-file} Qd8
$2 (23... Kg8 $142 24. Rf2 Nh6 $18) 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Qxf7 Qg5 (25... Bxe4 {
praying for a miracle} 26. Qf4 Qe7 $18) 26. Rf1 (26. Ne8 $142 $5 {
seems even better} Bd5 27. Qf8+ Bg8 $18) 26... h6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 (27... Rc8 {
does not help much} 28. c3 $18) 28. exd5 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 {
White gets strong initiative} b4 (29... Qe4 {does not improve anything} 30. Bc3
Qg4 31. h3 $18) 30. Bxb4 a5 (30... Qg5 {cannot undo what has already been done}
31. c4 $18) 31. Bc3 {Threatening mate: Qxg7} Rg8 (31... Qg5 {
there is nothing better in the position} 32. Qxd7 a4 $18) 32. Qxd7 (32. Qg6
Qxc3 33. bxc3 a4 34. Rf7 a3 35. c4 d6 36. g4 Re8 37. Qxg7#) 32... Qe2 (32...
Qg5 {is not the saving move} 33. Bxa5 Rb8 34. b3 $18) 33. Qf5 a4 (33... Re8 {
is no salvation} 34. d6 $18) 34. Qf4 (34. Re1 $142 {and White has triumphed}
Qxe1+ 35. Bxe1 a3 $18) 34... Qh5 35. Qxa4 (35. d6 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip
} a3 $18) 35... Qxd5 36. Qf4 (36. Qg4 {and White can already relax} Kh7 $18)
36... Qh5 37. h3 Re8 (37... Rc8 {doesn't improve anything} 38. Qg3 Qg5 39. Qxg5
hxg5 40. Rf7 $18) 38. Qd6 (38. Qc7 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Qg5 39.
Rf7 Rg8 40. Bxg7+ Qxg7 41. Rxg7 Rxg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $18) 38... Qg5 39. Rf8+
Rxf8 40. Qxf8+ Kh7 41. Qxg7+ (41. Qxg7+ Qxg7 42. Bxg7 $18) (41. Bxg7 $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} Qd5 42. Qe7 Kg8 43. Bxh6 Qf7 44. Qg5+ Kh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Freytag, Justin"]
[Black "McLean, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 {French Defence} 2. d4 a6 3. Bd3 (3. c4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d5 Bc5 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Be2 bxc4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Bxc4 exd5 12. exd5 d6 13.
Nd4 Nbd7 14. Nf5 Nb6 15. Bb3 a5 16. O-O a4 17. Re1 Re8 {
Messa,R-Nokes,R/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80/1/2-1/2 (35)}) (3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5.
Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qe2 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. f5 Bd6 10. fxe6 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12.
Ng5 h6 13. Nf7 Qe7 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. exd7 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Nbxd7 17. Bd3 Be4 {
Davtian,T-Baghdasarian,M/Erevan op 1996/EXP 52/1-0 (46)}) 3... b5 4. Ne2 $146 (
4. c3 Bb7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. Qe2 Be7 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Re1 O-O
11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe4 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17.
Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6+ Bg7 {
1/2-1/2 Berlandier,L-Marchand,F/Chanac op 1989/TD 89\10 (18)}) (4. Nf3 c5 5. c3
Bb7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. a4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. exf6
Nxf6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qh5 Be7 16. Ng4 Qxd4 17. Qg6 {
1-0 Jacob,V-Schuettler,S/Heidelberg U20 1989/GER 04 (17)}) 4... c5 5. c3 Bb7 6.
O-O Nf6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2 Nc6 {Black is behind in development.} 9. Nf3 cxd4 10.
cxd4 Nb4 11. Bxf6 {Black cannot castle queen side} Nxd3 (11... gxf6 12. Re1 $15
) 12. Qxd3 gxf6 {Consolidates e5+g5} 13. a4 Be7 (13... d5 14. e5 $11) 14. Rfd1
{White prepares the advance d5} h5 15. d5 {White gets more space} (15. axb5
Qxb5 16. Qxb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 $11) 15... d6 $16 {Consolidates e5} (15...
Bc5 $142 {would allow Black to play on} 16. Rf1 b4 $11) 16. dxe6 {
White gets the initiative} fxe6 17. Ned4 Kf7 18. Nh4 $11 (18. axb5 $142 $5 axb5
19. Nxb5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 $16) 18... Rag8 $14 (18... bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rad8 20. Nhf3
$11) 19. axb5 f5 20. exf5 ({Not} 20. bxa6 Bxe4 21. Qb5 Bxh4 22. Qd7+ Kg6 23.
Qxe6+ Bf6 $11) 20... Bxh4 21. fxe6+ {He broke from his leash} Ke8 22. g3 (22.
bxa6 $2 {would be great except for} Bxg2 23. Qc3 Bb7+ 24. Kf1 Bxa6+ 25. Rxa6
Qxa6+ 26. Qd3 Qxd3+ 27. Rxd3 Rg4 $19) 22... axb5 23. Nxb5 (23. Qxb5+ Qxb5 24.
Nxb5 Ke7 $18) 23... Be7 $18 (23... d5 $5 24. Nc3 Ke7 $16 (24... Qxe6 25. Re1 (
25. Nxd5 $6 {is the less attractive alternative} Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
Bf6 $11) 25... Bc8 26. Qb5+ Kf7 27. Rxe6 Bxe6 28. Nxd5 Bxg3 29. fxg3 $18)) 24.
Rdc1 $11 (24. Nxd6+ $142 {and White could have gained the advantage} Bxd6 25.
Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 $16) 24... Kf8 $4 $18 (24... h4 25. Nc7+ Kd8 $17) 25. Qf5+
Ke8 (25... Kg7 {the last chance for counterplay} 26. Rc7 $1 {decapitation} Kh6
27. Rxe7 Rf8 28. Rh7+ Rxh7 29. Qxf8+ Kg6 30. Nxd6 Qxb2 31. Qf5+ Kh6 $18) 26.
Ra8+ (26. Ra8+ Bxa8 27. Rc8+ Bd8 28. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Black "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 {
Queen's Gambit [Main Line]} a6 7. c5 (7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e4 (9. Bd3
Nd7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. O-O Re8 12. Qb1 Nf6 13. b4 c6 14. a4 Bd7 15. Rc1 Ne4 16.
Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. Nb6 f5 20. Rc5 Qf7 21. Nc4 Qf6 22. g3 h6
23. Ne5 Qd6 {Gustke,N-Hasselmann,D/OLNN 1992/BIG 90/0-1 (40)}) 9... Nxc3 10.
bxc3 c5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Kontic,D-Rakic,T/JUG-ch 1991/TD 91\07 (12)}) 7... h6 $146 (7... a5 8.
a3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bf4 Bf6 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Bg3 e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxe5 Bb5 20. Bd4
Ra6 21. h4 Rg6 22. Qf3 {Burkart,P-Schneider,B/BL2-SW 1990/BL2/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (
7... b6 8. cxb6 cxb6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Na4 Nd7
14. Bg3 b5 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. Nb1 Qb6 18. Nbd2 Na5 19. Qe2 Rc6 20. e4
dxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nc4 Qd8 25. Nxa5 Qxa5 26.
Qc4 Qd8 27. Bc7 Qf8 28. h3 Nf6 29. Bc6 Bd6 30. Bb6 Qe7 31. Ne5 Bb7 32. a5 Nd5
33. Bc5 Bxc5 34. dxc5 Bxc6 35. Nxc6 Qb7 36. Nd4 Qc7 37. Nb3 Qc6 38. g3 Kf8 39.
Kh2 h5 40. Qh4 g6 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qh4 {
Sinkovics,P-Hvenekilde,J/Copenhagen op 1988/TD 88\05/0-1 (89)}) 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9.
Bd3 Re8 10. h3 {Secures g4} c6 {Covers b5} 11. b4 b6 12. Rc1 Nh5 13. Bh2 g6 {
Controls f5} 14. Bb1 b5 15. Ne2 (15. a4 a5 16. axb5 Nb8 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 $18)
15... a5 {Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base} 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Bf8 18.
Qd3 Bg7 19. g4 (19. Bc2 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 $11) 19...
Nhf6 20. Nc3 Ra3 21. Qc2 Nf8 22. Ne5 Ra6 23. Bg3 N6d7 24. f4 f5 25. Nf3 Nf6 $14
(25... Qc7 $5 $11) 26. Bh4 Qc7 27. Qg2 $11 (27. g5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Ne4 $14) 27...
Ne4 $14 {A beautiful square!} (27... N6d7 28. Rg1 $11) 28. Bxe4 $17 (28. Ne5
$142 $5 $14 {and White can hope to live}) 28... dxe4 $11 {Black gains space} (
28... fxe4 $142 $5 29. Ne5 Bb7 $15) 29. Nd2 $15 (29. Ne5 $5 $11) 29... Ra3 30.
Rg1 Bd7 $11 (30... Bb7 31. Qg3 $15) 31. Qe2 Rea8 32. Qd1 Bxd4 $4 $16 {
there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (32... Bc8 $142 $15 {
would keep Black alive}) 33. exd4 Qxf4 34. Qe2 $4 $19 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent} (34. Nf1 $142 $14 {
was a good chance to save the game}) 34... Rxc3 $1 {the end of the story} (
34... Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Ra1+ 36. Qd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kxd1 e3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "MacIlwain, Robert"]
[Black "Coleman, Edwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1613"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {Sicilian Defence} e5 6. Nde2
Bc5 7. Bg5 $17 (7. Ng3 $142 $5 $11 {and White can hope to survive} Qb6 8. Qd2 (
8. Qf3 d6 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. Qxf5 Nc6 11. Bd3 Nd4 12. Qh3 Ne6 13. Nd1 Qc6 14. f3
O-O-O 15. c4 Kb8 16. g3 h5 17. Bd2 h4 18. Qf1 Nh5 19. Qg2 Ba7 20. Nc3 hxg3 21.
hxg3 Nxg3 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Qxg3 Rh1+ 24. Bf1 Qxc4 25. Qg2 Rg1 26. Qxg1 {
1-0 Schiffer,S-Von Kiedrowski,K/Hessenliga 1994/GER 08 (26)}) 8... d6 9. Bc4
Be6 10. Bb3 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qe2 h6 13. Kh1 O-O 14. f4 Bd4 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16.
fxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf5 Qd8 18. Qf3 Nf8 19. Qh3 N6h7 20. Bxh6 Ng5 21. Qh5 Nfh7 {
Akopian,V-Csom,I/Erevan 1989/CBM 14/1-0 (34)}) (7. Qd3 Ng4 8. Nd1 Qb6 9. Qg3 d5
10. h3 Nxf2 11. Nxf2 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Qb4+ 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. exd5 Nd4 15. a3 Qa5
16. Be3 O-O 17. O-O-O Bf5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 Rac8 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Rhf1 b5
22. Rf3 Rb8 23. Rdf1 b4 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Rg8 27. Qxb4 Qd8
28. Qe4+ Kh6 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 Bf5 31. g4 Bc8 32. Ne4 Rf8 33. Nd6 Kg5 34.
Rxg7+ {1-0 Miller,M-Wollsdorf,F/Bad Woerishofen 1992/EXT 92ch (34)}) 7... d6
$11 (7... Qb6 $142 $5 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Qxb2 $17) 8. Qd2 Be6 9. h3 {
Prevents intrusion on g4} (9. Ng3 Nbd7 $11) 9... Qb6 10. Ng3 Bxf2+ $4 $18 {
forfeits the advantage} (10... Nbd7 $142 {and Black hangs on} 11. Bd3 Rc8 $15)
11. Qxf2 Qxb2 (11... Qxb2 12. Kd2 $1 {staying in the lead} Nbd7 $18 (12... Qxa1
$4 {Black is too greedy} 13. Bb5+ axb5 14. Rxa1 $18)) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Walshe, D Bradley"]
[Black "Egg, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1137"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
Bd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nc6 {Sicilian Defence [Scheveningen Variation]} 11. Nb3 (
11. a4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 {
1/2-1/2 Ye Jiangchuan-Gheorghiu,F/Thessaloniki olm 1984/BIG 80 (12)}) (11. Qe1
O-O-O 12. Bf3 h6 13. Qf2 Rdg8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. e5 Bxf3 16. exf6 Bxg2+ 17. Qxg2
gxf6 18. Qf3 h5 19. Rg1 h4 20. Rxg8+ Rxg8 21. Rg1 Rxg1+ 22. Kxg1 Qc6 23. Qxc6+
bxc6 24. Kg2 f5 25. Kh3 Kd7 26. Bf2 e5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bxh4 Bxh4 29. Kxh4 Ke6
30. Kg3 Kf6 31. Na4 Kg5 32. Nc5 f4+ 33. Kf3 f5 34. Ne6+ Kh4 {
1-0 Godlauskas,K-Chmielevskis,R/LTU-ch Vilnius 1995/EXP 49 (34)}) 11... Na5
$146 (11... b5 12. a3 O-O 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. Rae1 Be8 16. Qf2 Nd7
17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 Bf6 19. dxc6 Nb6 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 d5 22. Nf5 Bxc6
23. Qg3 g6 24. Re7 Rd7 25. Rfe1 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Bd7 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Rxf7+ Kh8
29. Qg5 Qd6 30. Nf5 Qe6 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Qh4 {
1-0 Micic,J-Holzmann,H/Balatonbereny 1993/EXT 93op (33)}) 12. Rc1 Nc4 $14 (
12... Bc6 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd3 $11) 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. e5 {
This push gains space} Nd5 15. Nxd5 $11 (15. Na5 Nxe3 16. Nxc4 Nxd1 17. Rfxd1
$11) 15... Qxd5 $14 (15... exd5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 $14) 16.
Qxd5 exd5 17. exd6 {Don't underestimate that pawn} Bxd6 18. Bd4 {
The bishop likes it on d4} O-O 19. Rf3 $15 (19. Bc5 $5 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 $11) 19...
Rac8 20. h3 $15 {Controls g4} (20. Na5 b5 $11) 20... f6 {Secures e5} 21. Nd2
Rfe8 22. c3 {Consolidates b4} Be6 $11 (22... Re2 $5 23. Rd1 Rce8 $17) 23. Rcf1
Re7 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Rf2 Bg8 26. Nf1 Rce8 27. Ne3 $15 (27. Re3 b5 $11) 27... Be6
28. Rgf3 Rc8 $11 (28... b5 29. g4 $11) 29. f5 Bg8 30. Ng4 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Rxf1+
32. Rxf1 h5 33. Ne3 Re8 34. Rd1 Bf4 35. Nf1 $15 (35. Rd3 h4 $11) 35... Bf7 $11
(35... Re2 36. g3 Bg5 37. Rb1 $15) 36. Kg1 $15 (36. g3 Bg5 $11) 36... Kh7 $11 (
36... Re2 $5 $15) 37. Kf2 Re4 38. g3 Bh6 39. Kf3 Re8 40. g4 Kg8 41. Ng3 h4 42.
Ne2 Bg5 43. b3 $11 (43. Bf2 $5 $14) 43... b5 $14 (43... g6 $5 44. fxg6 Bxg6 $11
) 44. Nc1 $11 (44. Bf2 g6 45. Nd4 Kg7 $14) 44... Bxc1 $16 (44... g6 $5 {
is worthy of consideration} 45. fxg6 Bxg6 $11) 45. Rxc1 Re4 46. Rd1 Re8 $16 (
46... Be8 47. Bf2 Bc6 48. Rd4 $14) 47. Bf2 Rc8 48. Bd4 $11 (48. Rd3 $142 $5 $16
) 48... Re8 49. Kf2 Re4 50. Re1 Rf4+ 51. Kg2 Re4 52. Re3 Rxe3 53. Bxe3 g6 54.
fxg6 Bxg6 55. Bf2 Be4+ 56. Kg1 Kf7 57. Bxh4 Ke6 58. Kf2 a5 59. Bg3 Bb1 60. a3
Ba2 61. b4 a4 62. Ke3 $14 (62. h4 Bb3 $16) 62... Bc4 $16 (62... f5 $5 $14) 63.
Kf4 Bf1 64. h4 {White plans g5} Bd3 65. h5 Be4 (65... Bc4 66. Ke3 $16) 66. Bf2
(66. c4 bxc4 67. Be1 Bd3 $18) 66... Bh7 67. Bd4 Be4 $2 $18 (67... Bc2 $142 $5
$16) 68. g5 $14 (68. c4 $142 $18 {
a shame that White overlooked this excellent chance}) 68... fxg5+ 69. Kxg5 {
Active king in the endgame} Kf7 70. Kf4 Ke6 $16 (70... Bd3 $142 $5 $14 {
is worth consideration}) 71. Ke3 $14 (71. c4 $5 bxc4 72. Ke3 $16) 71... Bh7 72.
Bg7 Be4 $18 (72... Kf7 $5 73. Be5 Bc2 $14) 73. Kd4 $16 (73. Kd4 Bf5 74. Be5 $16
) (73. c4 $5 bxc4 74. b5 Kd6 $16) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Trice, James"]
[Black "Siow, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1130"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 {English Opening} g6 (3... d5 4. b3 d4 5. Nb1 c5 6.
Bg2 Nc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 Qc7 12. a3 b5 13.
cxb5 axb5 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. e3 Rfc8 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne4
Be7 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bxh6 f5 23. Qh5 fxe4 24. Bxg7 Nd8 25. Qh8+ Kf7
26. f4 exf3 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. Rxf3+ Bf6 29. Rcf1 Ne6 30. Rxf6+ Nxf6 31. Rxf6+
Ke7 32. Qh4 Rc6 33. Nb4 Rc1+ 34. Rf1+ Kd7 35. Rxc1 Nxg7 36. Qg4+ Ne6 37. Rc6
Qxc6 38. Nxc6 Rf8 39. Nxe5+ Kd6 40. Ng6 Rc8 41. Nf4 Nxf4 42. Qxc8 {
1-0 Cukier,M-Cheng Ho,F/WchJM-U20 Halle 1995/EXP 48 (42)}) 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3
$146 {Covers e4} (5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. d3 d5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Qc1
Kh7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. c5 Nbd7 15. b4 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17.
Rdc1 Bb7 18. a4 Rfc8 19. d4 Qd6 {
Kappler,S-Ruessel,R/Eppingen AT5 1988/GER 04/1/2-1/2 (32)}) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O d6 {Prevents intrusion on e5} 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. Qg5
(11. d4 d5 $11) 11... Nf5 12. Rad1 Nxh6 13. Qxh6 Bg7 14. Qh4 e5 $11 (14... h6
15. d4 $15) 15. Nd2 Bf5 $14 (15... c6 $142 $5 $11 {should not be overlooked})
16. d4 $4 $17 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (16. Bxb7 $142 {
and White could well hope to play on} Rb8 17. Bc6 $16) 16... c6 $11 (16... exd4
$142 17. Nb5 c5 $17 (17... Rxe2 $6 18. Nxd4 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 $14)) 17. dxe5 dxe5
$14 (17... Rxe5 18. Nf3 Ra5 19. h3 $11) 18. Nf3 $11 (18. Nde4 Nd7 19. Qxd8
Rexd8 $14 (19... Raxd8 $143 20. Nd6 $18)) 18... Qb6 19. b3 e4 $11 (19... h6 20.
e4 Be6 21. Rd3 $17 (21. Nxe5 $4 {the pawn is indigestible} g5 22. c5 Qa6 $19 (
22... gxh4 $6 {is a useless try} 23. cxb6 hxg3 24. hxg3 $15 (24. fxg3 $2 Nh7
$19)) (22... Qxc5 $143 23. Na4 Qa3 24. Nc4 $19))) 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. h3 Rad8 $4
$18 (21... Bd7 $142 $11 {was possible}) 22. Na4 Qb4 23. Nc2 Qe7 24. hxg4 Qe6 (
24... b5 25. Nc3 $18) 25. g5 Nh5 (25... Nd7 {doesn't get the bull off the ice}
26. Rd2 $18) 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. Nxe4 (27. Nxe4 Qe6 28. c5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Balazs, David"]
[Black "Sarma, Venu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1330"]
[BlackElo "1498"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O {
Sicilian Defence [Morra Gambit]} Be7 $146 (7... Nf6 8. Qe2 (8. e5 Ng4 9. Bf4
Qc7 10. Qe2 f6 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exf6+ Nce5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxc4 15. Qh5+
g6 16. f7+ Kxf7 17. Qf3+ Kg8 18. Qf6 d6 19. Qxh8+ Kf7 20. Qxh7+ Ke6 21. Bc3 {
1-0 Zimmermann,P-Lyrberg,P/Bern op 1995/EXP 46 (21)}) 8... Be7 9. e5 Ng8 10.
Rd1 f6 11. Bxe6 Qa5 12. Bd5 Kf8 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bb3 h6 15. Nh4 Ke8 16. Ng6
Rh7 17. Bc2 Kd8 18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. Bxh7 Nxh7 20. Re1 Nf5 21. Qe8+ Kc7 22. Bf4+ {
Heinz,W-Gabriel,M/PF-op Mehlingen 1992/GER 05/0-1 (34)}) (7... Bc5 8. Qe2 b5 9.
Bb3 d6 10. Rd1 Nge7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Bg3 e5 14. h3 Qa7 15. a3 Nd4
16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bh4 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nf5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bd2 Bxb2 22.
Rb1 Nd4 23. Qd3 Bxa3 24. Ba2 Bc5 25. Rf1 Qf7 26. Ba5 Qg6 27. Qd1 f5 28. Kh1 f4
29. f3 Nf5 30. Be1 Ne3 31. Qe2 Nxf1 32. Qxf1 Qc2 33. Ra1 Qb2 34. Bh4 Bd4 {
0-1 Fleck,R-Hoffmann,H/Wiesbaden op 1988/GER 02 (34)}) (7... b5 8. Bb3 Bc5 9.
e5 f5 10. Qe2 Nge7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 Qe8 13. h6 Qh5 14. hxg7 Rf7 15. Be3 Bb4
16. Ng5 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Rxg7 18. f4 Na5 19. Bc2 Nd5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Nf3 Nxd4 22.
Nfxd4 {Mueller,A-Erdelyi,T/Wiesbaden op 1988/GER 02/0-1 (40)}) 8. Re1 Qc7 9.
Qe2 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Qc7 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. Rac1 Ng6 15. f5 {
White wins space} (15. e5 d5 16. exd6 Bxd6 $14 (16... Qxd6 17. Ne4 Qd4 18. Nxc5
Qxc5 19. Bxe6 $18)) 15... Nf4 $4 $16 {not a good decision, because now the
opponent is right back in the game. Black should quickly conclude development.}
(15... Ne5 $142 $11 {would keep Black in the game}) 16. Qg4 Bd6 (16... g5 17.
Qxg5 e5 $18) 17. Bxf4 $4 $11 {White is ruining his position} (17. e5 $142 {
White has a promising position} Bxe5 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Nd5 $18) 17... Bxf4 18.
Qxg7 {Traps the king in the center} Bxc1 $4 $18 (18... Qe5 $142 {
the only rescuing move} 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 $11) 19. Qxh8+ Ke7 20. Rxc1 (20. Nd5+
$142 {secures victory} Kd6 21. Qf8+ Ke5 22. Nxc7 $18) 20... b5 (20... Qf4 {
is one last hope} 21. Rf1 Qh6 $18) 21. Bb3 (21. e5 d5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Nxd5+
exd5 24. Rxc7+ Bd7 25. Qf6+ Ke8 26. e6 fxe6 27. fxe6 Rxa2 28. exd7#) 21... Kd6
(21... Qf4 {the only chance to get some counterplay} 22. Rd1 h6 $18) 22. Qd4+
$18 (22. Nxb5+ axb5 23. e5+ Ke7 24. f6#) 22... Ke7 23. Nd5+ (23. Nd5+ exd5 24.
Rxc7 Kd8 25. Rc3 d6 26. Qf6+ Ke8 27. Rc7 Bd7 28. Bxd5 Rc8 29. Qxf7+ Kd8 30.
Qxd7#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Wouters, Eddy"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1135"]
[BlackElo "1421"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 {Queen's Gambit [Symmetrical Defence]} (3... Nc6
4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. d5 a6
11. Ba4 b5 12. Nxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 O-O 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Qc2 Qc8 16. h4 Qa6 17.
a3 Nh5 18. Rd1 Nf4 19. Rg1 f5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qc3 Rf7 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5
Kf8 24. Rg5 {1-0 Lakunza,J-Gastanares,J/San Sebastian op 1994/TD 94\02 (24)})
4. Nc3 cxd4 $146 (4... Nc6 5. g3 Bf5 6. a3 e6 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. Qa4 Qa5 9. Qxc4
Rd8 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Bc2 15. Rac1 Bb3
16. Ba1 Rfe8 17. Rb1 Bc4 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 {
Bashir-Tammert,G/Baden FRG-Kuwait 1987/EXT 87/0-1 (29)}) 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 $15
(6. Qf4 $5 $11) 6... e6 $11 (6... d4 $5 7. Nb5 e5 $15) 7. a3 $15 {
Prevents intrusion on b4} (7. e3 Bb4 $11) 7... Be7 $11 (7... d4 8. Nb1 $15) 8.
Bg5 $15 (8. Bf4 dxc4 9. e4 Qa5 $11) 8... dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. e3 {Controls d4
} b6 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nd6 Na5 14. Nxb7 Nxb7 15. O-O Ne4 16. Bxd8
Rfxd8 17. Ba6 Nec5 18. Be2 Na4 19. Rab1 Rac8 20. Bb5 Nac5 21. Nd4 $11 (21. b4
Ne4 22. Ba6 Ned6 $14) 21... Rd6 $16 (21... a6 $142 $5 {has some apparent merit}
22. Be2 e5 $11) 22. Nc6 $4 $17 {gives the opponent counterplay} (22. Rfc1 $142
a6 23. Be2 $16) 22... Ra8 $11 (22... Rcxc6 $142 $5 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 $17) 23. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 {White is in command} a6 25. Be2 Kf8 26. Bf3 Ke8 27. b4 Nd7 28.
Nd4 Ra7 29. Rc1 Nd6 30. Rd1 $11 (30. Rc6 $5 Ke7 31. Rxb6 Nxb6 32. Nc6+ Kd7 33.
Nxa7 $14) 30... Rc7 $16 (30... Nb7 $142 $5 $11 {is worth looking at}) 31. Nxe6
$1 {it's best to give back material} fxe6 32. Rxd6 Ke7 33. Rd1 Rc3 34. Ra1 Ne5
35. a4 $11 (35. Be2 $142 $5 a5 36. Kf1 $16) 35... Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Rb3 37. b5
axb5 38. axb5 Rxb5 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. Rb7 Rb1+ 41. Kg2 b5 42. e4 b4 43. h4 (43.
f4 Rb3 $15) 43... b3 44. h5 h6 $11 (44... Ke5 $142 $5 $17) 45. f4 {
Threatening mate... how?} b2 $4 {simply marches past the door to victory} (
45... g5 $142 {would hold out} 46. Kf3 gxf4 47. Kxf4 e5+ 48. Kg4 Rg1+ 49. Kh4
Rh1+ 50. Kg3 Rb1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Bailey, Cliff"]
[Black "Pointer, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1300"]
[BlackElo "1364"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {
Sicilian Defence [Pelikan Variation]} 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O (8. exd5 Nxd5
9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qe1 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Nb4 14. Nf3 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 f6 16. Qb4 Qxd3 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Rc7 Rd7 19. Qxb7 Rad8 20. h4 {
1/2-1/2 Smith,L-Houna,M/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06 (20)}) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3
dxe4 (9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Ba3 Bf5 12. Nc5 Qc7 13. Qh5 Bg6 14. Qg5 O-O
15. Rab1 Rab8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. c4 Nf5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Qxe4 Nd4
21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23. cxd5 Nxc2 24. Bc1 Nd4 25. Ra1 Rc8 26. Be3 Nc2 27.
Rc1 Nxe3 28. fxe3 b6 29. Nb3 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Be4 31. d6 Kf7 {
0-1 Klimkevicius Laizanas,A-Skarulskis,R/LTU-ch Vilnius 1995/EXP 49 (31)}) 10.
Bb5 $146 (10. Be2 O-O 11. Bg5 b6 12. f3 Bf5 13. fxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Bf3
Qd6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Qh4 f5 20. Nf3 Rae8 21. Rae1 f6
22. Qh6 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Nh4 Qg7 {
Goerge,R-Baesler,H/Bad Woerishofen 1992/EXT 92ch/0-1 (35)}) 10... Bg4 $15 (
10... Qc7 11. Ba3 $17) 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bg5 $15 (12. Na5 Be2 13. Bxc6+ bxc6
$11) 12... O-O 13. Nc5 Na5 $11 (13... Rd5 14. Bxc6 Rxc5 15. Bxb7 Rxc3 16. Rfc1
$15) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe4 Kg7 16. Bd3 Be6 17. f4 $17 (17. Ng3 $5 $11) 17...
f5 18. Ng3 e4 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Ne2 a6 21. Ba4 Bc4 22. Rfe1 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Rxc3
24. g3 b5 25. Bb3 Nxb3 (25... Rd8 26. Kf2 $17) 26. axb3 Rfc8 27. Ra2 R8c6 28.
Kf2 h5 29. h4 $2 $19 (29. Ke1 $142 $17) 29... Rf3+ 30. Kg2 Rcc3 31. Rxa6 Rxg3+
32. Kf1 {White gets in control} Rgf3+ 33. Ke1 Rxf4 34. Kd2 Rc5 35. Ra5 Rd5+ 36.
Kc1 Rxh4 37. c4 Rd3 38. Rxb5 Kf6 39. Kc2 Rh1 40. Rf2 Rf3 41. Rd2 h4 42. c5 h3
43. c6 h2 (43... Rff1 $142 {and Black can already relax} 44. Kc3 h2 $19) 44. c7
Rc1+ 45. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 46. Kb2 Qh8 $4 $18 {spoils everything} (46... Qe1 47. Rc2
Rf1 48. Rxf5+ Kxf5 49. c8=Q+ Kf4 50. Qc7+ Kg4 51. Qd7+ f5 52. Qg7+ Kf3 53. Qg2+
Kf4 54. Qh2+ Kg4 55. Rg2+ Kf3 56. Qh3+ Kf4 57. Qh6+ Ke5 58. Qg7+ Kd5 59. Qd7+
Ke5 60. Qg7+ Kd5 61. Qd7+ Ke5 62. Qg7+ $11) 47. Rb8 Qg7 48. c8=Q Kg5+ (48...
Rg3 49. Qd8+ Kg6+ 50. Ka2 $18) 49. Ka2 Rf4 (49... Qc3 {what else?} 50. Rg2+ Kf4
$18) 50. Qc1 {Threatening mate: Rg2} Qe5 (50... e3 {no good, but what else?}
51. Rh2 $1 {forces the win} Kg6 52. Qc6+ Kg5 $18) 51. Rb4 $18 (51. Rg8+ Kf6 52.
Qc6+ Qe6 53. Qc3+ Ke7 54. Qc7+ Kf6 55. Qd8+ Qe7 56. Rd6+ Ke5 57. Qxe7#) 51...
Rg4 52. Ra4 Qf4 (52... Kg6 $18 {there is nothing else anyway}) 53. Qc3 (53. Ra8
$142 $18 {and White wins}) 53... Rg3 (53... Qf1 $18 {is the last straw}) 54.
Qg7+ Kh4 55. Rh2+ Rh3 56. Qh7+ Kg4 57. Qxh3+ (57. Qxh3+ Kg5 58. Qh6+ Kg4 59.
Qh5+ Kg3 60. Qh3#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Manning, Cliff"]
[Black "Fereday, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "1246"]
[BlackElo "1221"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 {Nimzo-Indian Defence} 6. Nf3
b6 (6... O-O 7. Bd2 d5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Qxd4 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a3
Bxc5 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Mohanty,P-Sahu,S/Calcutta 1992/EXP 27 (14)}) (6... d5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
a3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Ng5 h6 13. h4 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh5
15. f3 Qxg5 16. O-O-O Bf5 17. Bd3 Nd4 18. Qf2 Bg3 19. Qg1 Rac8 20. Kb1 Rxc3 21.
e4 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Ne2 23. Qd1 dxe4 24. Rd5 Nhf4 25. Rb5 exf3+ 26. Ka1 Rd8 27.
Qb3 fxg2 {0-1 Tolstrup,B-Nielsen,J/Copenhagen PC 1996/EXP 54 (27)}) 7. Be2 $146
(7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Bd3 cxd4 13.
exd4 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qc7 15. Re1 h6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. c4 Ncxe5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Ba3
Rfd8 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qc2 Rd4 {
Engel,M-Scepanik sr,H/Kassel op 1994/GER 08/0-1 (52)}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O Bxc3 9.
bxc3 {Consolidates b4} Na5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ba3 Rc8 12. Rab1 Ba6 13. dxc5 bxc5
14. Qa4 d5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Nb3 $15 (16. Bf1 $5 $11 {
is an interesting alternative}) 16... Bxc4 17. Nxa5 Bxe2 18. Rd2 Bh5 $17 (18...
Ne4 19. Rb7 (19. Rxe2 $4 {too greedy} Nxc3 20. Rb7 Nxa4 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 $19)
19... Nxd2 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Nb3 Nxb3 22. axb3 $19) 19. Rb7 Qd6 20. Nc4 Qc6 21.
Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Ne5 Ra6 $11 (22... Rb6 $5 {might be a viable alternative} 23. Rb2
Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Ne4 $15) 23. Bxc5 Ne4 24. Nd7 $17 (24. Bxf8 $142 {
is a viable option} Nxd2 25. Bc5 $14) 24... Nxc5 $11 (24... Nxd2 $142 $5 25.
Bxf8 Rxa2 $17) 25. Nxc5 Rc6 26. Na4 Ra8 27. Rdb2 h6 28. f3 {Covers g4} a5 $14 (
28... Bg6 29. Kf2 $11) 29. Rb8+ Rxb8 30. Rxb8+ Kh7 31. Ra8 Bg6 32. Rxa5 Bc2 33.
Rc5 $4 $19 {weakening the position} (33. Nc5 $142 $16) 33... Ra6 (33... Bxa4
34. Ra5 Bc2 35. Ra3 $19) 34. Nb6 (34. Nb2 $142 Rb6 35. c4 Rxb2 36. cxd5 exd5
37. Ra5 $19) 34... Rxb6 35. Ra5 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2 37. Kg3 Bb1 38. a4 Ra2 39. Ra7
f6 40. Ra6 Bf5 41. Kf4 (41. Ra8 Bd3 $19) 41... Rxg2 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 42. e4 dxe4 43. fxe4 Bh3 (43... Rg4+ $5 {
and Black can already relax} 44. Kf3 Rxe4 45. a5 $19) 44. a5 g5+ 45. Ke3 Rxh2
46. Ra7+ (46. c4 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Kg6 $19) 46... Kg6 47. Kd4
(47. c4 {cannot undo what has already been done} e5 $19) 47... Ra2 (47... e5+
$5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 48. Ke3 $19) 48. c4 (48. Ke3 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} g4 49. Ra8 e5 $19) 48... Ra4
49. Kc5 Bf1 50. Ra8 (50. Kd4 {is not the saving move} Bxc4 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2
Ra2+ 53. Kg3 Kh5 $19) 50... Rxc4+ 51. Kb6 (51. Kd6 {is no salvation} Rxe4 52.
Ke7 f5 $19) 51... Ra4 (51... Rxe4 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 52.
a6 Kf5 53. Rh8 Rb4+ 54. Ka5 Rb5+ 55. Ka4 $19) 52. Re8 (52. Rg8+ {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} Kf7 53. Rh8 Kg7 $19) 52... Rxe4 53. a6
Bxa6 (53... Rb4+ $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 54. Kc5 Rb5+ 55. Kd4 e5+
56. Ke3 Rb3+ 57. Kf2 Bxa6 58. Re6 Rb2+ 59. Ke3 $19) 54. Kc6 (54. Kxa6 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable} Kh5 55. Kb5 $19) 54... Kh5 (54... Kh5
55. Kd6 f5 $19) (54... h5 {seems even better} 55. Ra8 Ra4 56. Kd6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.15"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Steffensen, Neil"]
[Black "Fraser, Lee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1125"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 {Queen's Gambit Accepted} a6
$11 {Secures b5} (5... c5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Nb5 a6 8. N1c3 Bxb5 9. Nxb5 Qd7 10.
Bxc4 Be7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bd5 c4 16. Qc2 b4
17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nd1 Bc5 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 Ng4 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. Bb2 Rfe8 23.
Kh1 Rad8 24. f4 Nd3 25. Qg4 Qg6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Re2 Nxf4 28. Rc2 Rxe4 29. h3
Re1+ 30. Kh2 Rdxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Rxc5 Rd2 33. Be5 Nxg2 34. Kh1 f6 35. Ba1
f5 36. Be5 f4 37. Rc7 f3 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Rxg6 Rd3 40. Bg7+ {
Tompa,N-Gara,T/EU-chJW U10 Szombathely 1993/TD 93\05/0-1 (54)}) (5... Bb4+ $5
6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qh4 $15) 6. Bxc4 b5 $16 (6... Nf6 $142 $5 $11 {
must be considered}) 7. Bd5 Ra7 8. Qf3 $11 (8. Nc6 Nxc6 9. Bxc6+ Bd7 10. Qd4
Bxc6 11. Qxa7 Bxe4 12. Qxa6 Bxg2 13. Rg1 $18) 8... Nf6 9. Nc3 $11 (9. Bg5 Be7
10. Nc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6+ Bd7 $14) 9... Bb4 $14 (9... Nxd5 10. exd5 (10. Nxd5 $143
c6 $17) 10... c5 11. Nc2 $11) 10. O-O $11 (10. Bg5 O-O $11) 10... Bc5 $14 (
10... Bg4 11. Qg3 O-O 12. h3 $11) 11. Be3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bb6 $4 $18 {
the position is going down the drain. Black is behind in development.} (12...
Rb7 $142 $16) 13. Nxb6 (13. Qg3 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} O-O 14.
Nxb6 cxb6 15. Qxb8 Rd7 $18) 13... cxb6 14. Rfd1 $16 (14. Qg3 Rb7 15. Qxg7 $18)
14... Qf6 $2 $18 (14... Qh4 $142 $16) 15. Nf5 $4 $16 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent} (15. Qg3 $142 {
it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} Nd7 16. Nf5 $18) 15...
Bxf5 16. exf5 O-O 17. Rd2 $11 (17. Bd4 $142 $5 Qg5 18. f6 $16) 17... Rd7 18.
Rc2 Rd6 19. Re1 $11 (19. Rac1 Nd7 $14) 19... Nd7 $14 (19... Nc6 $5 $11) 20. Bf4
Rd4 21. Rce2 $15 (21. Bg3 $142 $5 $14 {and White is still in the game}) 21...
Qxf5 22. Re4 Rc4 23. Bd6 (23. Rxc4 bxc4 24. Qe3 Rc8 $15) 23... Qxf3 24. gxf3
Nf6 $14 (24... Rxe4 $142 $5 25. fxe4 Rc8 $15) 25. Bxf8 $17 (25. Rxc4 $142 {
and White has air to breath} bxc4 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rc1 $14) 25... Nxe4 26. Ba3
Nf6 27. Be7 Ra4 $15 (27... Rc2 $5 $17) 28. Rd1 {The mate threat is Rd8} h5 29.
Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rf8 $2 $19 (30. a3 $142 $15 {is the best option White has}) 30...
Kg6 $17 (30... Rxa2 $142 $5 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. b4 $19) 31. Rh8 $2 $19 (31. a3
$142 $17) 31... Nd5 32. Bf8 (32. Bd6 {does not save the day} Rxa2 33. Be5 Kf5
34. Rxh5+ g5 $19) 32... Rxa2 33. Kg2 Rxb2 34. Kg3 Nf6 (34... Rb1 {
and Black can already relax} 35. f4 $19) 35. Bb4 (35. Be7 $19 {
is still a small chance}) 35... Rxb4 36. Rb8 h4+ (36... Nd5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 37. f4 $19) 37. Kh3 (37. Kg2 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} Nd5 38. Kf1 a5 $19) 37... a5 (37... Nh5
$142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 38. f4 Kf5 39. Kxh4 $19) 38. f4 a4 39. Rxb6
(39. Ra8 {cannot change destiny} Rxf4 40. Ra6 Rxf2 41. Rxb6 Rf3+ 42. Kg2 Rb3
$19) 39... Rxf4 (39... a3 $142 {and Black wins} 40. Ra6 Ra4 41. Rc6 $19) 40.
Rxb5 a3 (40... Ne4 $5 {seems even better} 41. f3 Rxf3+ 42. Kg4 $19) 41. Ra5
Rxf2 (41... Rf3+ $142 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 42. Kg2 Rd3 43. Ra4
$19) 42. Rg5+ (42. Rxa3 {desperation} Ne4 43. Ra5 $19) 42... Kxg5 (42... Kh6
43. Ra5 a2 44. Rxa2 Rxa2 45. Kxh4 Ra3 46. h3 g5#) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Corner, Michael"]
[Black "Speck, Nicholas S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 {
King's Indian Defence [Four Pawns' Attack]} exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. O-O Bf5 11.
Bd3 Qd7 12. Qc2 (12. h3 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. g4 Bxg4 15. hxg4 Qxg4+ 16. Kh2 Qh5+
17. Kg2 Qg4+ 18. Kh2 b5 19. Rg1 Qh5+ 20. Kg3 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Re7 22. Qd3 Bh6 23.
Kg2 Rae8 24. Bd2 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qg4+ 26. Bg3 Re3 27. Qf1 Nh5 28. Kh2 Rxf3 29.
Qh3 Qxc4 {0-1 Conquest,S-Mestel,A/Hastings 1986/CBM 04 (29)}) (12. Bxf5 Qxf5
13. Nh4 Qg4 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. Nf3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. h3 Ne3 18. Bxe3 Rxe3
19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Nd2 Rae8 21. f5 Re2 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rf2 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+
25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 f5 {Kladiva,I-Glatt,G/HUN-chT 1994/TD 94\03/0-1 (40)})
12... Bxd3 $146 (12... Na6 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. a3 Nc7 15. a4 Re7 16. Bd2 Ne4 17.
Rae1 Rae8 18. b3 b6 19. Nd1 Na6 20. Kh1 Nb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Rg1
Kh8 24. Nf2 Bc3 25. Rb1 Nc5 26. Rgf1 Re2 27. Qd1 {
Vlasakova,P-Skacelova Zahorovska,L/CSR-chW 1992/TD 93\02/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (12...
Bg4 13. Bd2 Na6 14. a3 Nc7 15. Nh4 b5 16. f5 b4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Nd1 Be2 19.
Bxe2 Rxe2 20. Qd3 Re4 21. Nf3 a5 22. Nd4 Ree8 23. Nc6 Na6 24. fxg6 fxg6 25.
Rxa5 Ne4 26. Be1 Nac5 27. Qh3 Qxh3 28. gxh3 Rxa5 29. Nxa5 Bd4+ 30. Kg2 Nd3 31.
Nc6 Bc5 32. Na5 Bb6 33. Nc6 Bc5 34. Na5 Kg7 35. Nb7 Bd4 36. h4 Re7 37. Nd8 Nec5
38. Bg3 Bf6 39. Nc6 Re2+ 40. Kh3 Ne4 41. b3 Nxg3 42. hxg3 Rd2 43. Ne3 Nf2+ 44.
Kg2 Ng4+ 45. Kf3 Nh2+ 46. Ke4 Nxf1 47. Nxf1 Rb2 {
0-1 Granero-Blazquez,J/ESP-chJ 1992/TD 92\09 (47)}) 13. Qxd3 Na6 14. Bd2 Nb4
15. Qb1 Ng4 16. a3 Na6 17. Qd3 f5 18. Rae1 Nc7 19. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lee, Simon"]
[Black "Thompson, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1774"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. f4 (4. c3 b6 5. Nd2 Be7 6. f4 O-O 7. Ngf3 Ba6
8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qc2 c5 10. O-O Nc7 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Rf3 Nb5 13. Qb1 Nd6 14. Nd3
c4 15. Nf2 b5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Qc6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {
Kick Woerthmueller,I-Lagrotteria,S/Cattolica 1993/TD 93\07/0-1 (50)}) 4... c5
5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 {Queen's Pawn Game [Colle System]} cxd4 $146 (6... b6 7. O-O
Bb7 8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Qe2 c4 11. Bc2 O-O-O 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 h5 14.
Bd3 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Ne8 16. Ba3 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. e4 e5 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. exd5
Rxd5 21. Be4 Rdd8 22. d5 Nb8 23. Bf5+ Rd7 24. c4 Kd8 25. Ne4 Rf7 26. Bd6 Na6
27. Bxc7+ {1-0 Radjabov,T-Dos Santos Fier,A/Menorca 1996 (27)}) (6... Be7 7.
Nbd2 Ng4 8. Qe2 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bc2 Nxe5
14. fxe5 Qb6 15. Rxf8+ Bxf8 16. b3 Bd7 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. exd4 Rc8 19. a3 Be7 20.
Qg4 Bb5 21. b4 a5 22. a4 Bc4 23. b5 Rf8 24. Re1 Rf5 25. Bh6 Bf8 26. Be3 Qc7 27.
Bd1 Bd3 28. Bd2 Qc4 29. Qg3 Be7 30. Bg4 Qxa4 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. e6 Bxb5 33. Qb8+
Be8 34. Qxb7 Bh4 35. Rf1 Qc6 36. Qxc6 Bxc6 37. Rxf5 a4 38. Rf7 Bf6 39. Rc7 Be8
40. Ra7 {1-0 Schindler,V-Voss,H/Hessenliga 1995/GER 11 (40)}) (6... Bd7 7. Nbd2
Qc7 8. Ne5 cxd4 9. exd4 h5 10. Qf3 Be7 11. O-O Rf8 12. a4 Qb6 13. Kh1 Nxd4 14.
cxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nb3 Qf6 17. Qe2 g6 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Rac1
Kd8 21. a5 a6 22. Ba4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Kxc8 24. Rc1+ Kb8 25. Qc2 Qd8 26. Bg1 Nf6
27. Qf2 {1-0 Astolfi Perez,E-Gertosio Serena,S/FRA-chT 1991/TD 91\02 (27)}) 7.
exd4 h6 {Consolidates g5} 8. O-O Bd7 9. Ne5 h5 10. Nd2 Qe7 $16 (10... Bd6 $5
$11 {must definitely be considered}) 11. Ndf3 O-O-O 12. b4 Be8 13. b5 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 $11 (14. fxe5 $5 Ne4 15. c4 $16) 14... Nd7 15. Qa4 Kb8 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Qb3
f6 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Re1 Bd7 20. a4 Nc4 {Menacing} 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Qa2 $14 (22.
b6 cxb3 23. bxc7+ Kxc7 $15) 22... Qa5 23. Bd2 $11 (23. Qxc4 $5 Rc8 24. Qe2 Qxc3
25. Bd2 $14) 23... Rc8 24. Qc2 Bd6 25. Re2 Qc7 26. g3 Rce8 27. Rbe1 b6 28. Qg6
Bc8 29. f5 Qb7 30. Kf2 Qd5 31. fxe6 Bb7 $18 (31... Re7 $5 $16) 32. Nh4 Re7 $2 (
32... Rhg8 $142 $18) 33. Qf5 Bc7 (33... Ree8 {doesn't change anything anymore}
34. Qxd5 Bxd5 35. Nf5 $18) 34. Qxd5 Bxd5 35. Ng6 Rhe8 36. Nxe7 Rxe7 37. Bf4 g5
38. Bxc7+ (38. Bc1 $5 {and White can already relax} Kc8 $18) 38... Kxc7 39. h3
Kd6 40. Re3 Kc7 41. Ra1 Kd6 42. h4 Bxe6 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Rae1 Re8 (44... Rf7+
45. Rf3 $18) 45. Re4 (45. Kg1 Kd7 $18) 45... Re7 $4 {
Black prepares g4. sad, but how else could Black save the game?} (45... Rf8+
$142 46. Kg1 Bh3 $18) 46. R1e2 (46. Kg1 $142 {makes sure everything is clear}
Re8 47. d5 $18) 46... Kd5 $2 (46... Rf7+ 47. Ke1 Rf6 $18) 47. a5 (47. Kg1 $142
$18 {and White has it in the bag}) 47... g4 $2 (47... Rf7+ 48. Kg2 Bg4 $18) 48.
Ke3 (48. axb6 $142 {nails it down} axb6 49. Re5+ Kd6 50. Ke1 $18 (50. Rxh5 $143
Rf7+ 51. Ke1 Ra7 $18)) 48... Rg7 (48... Rf7 49. Kd2 Bd7 50. Re5+ Kd6 51. Rxh5
bxa5 52. Rh6+ Kc7 53. Ra6 $18) 49. Kf4 {Threatening mate... how?} Bd7 50. Re7
Rxe7 51. Rxe7 Bxb5 (51... Kd6 {does not win a prize} 52. axb6 axb6 53. Re5 $18)
52. Kg5 (52. axb6 $142 {and White can celebrate victory} axb6 53. Re5+ Kc6 54.
Rxb5 Kxb5 55. d5 $18) 52... Bc6 $2 (52... bxa5 $142 53. Rxa7 a4 54. Kxh5 Ke4
55. Kxg4 Bc6 $18) 53. Kxh5 b5 (53... bxa5 {is not much help} 54. Re5+ Kd6 55.
Rxa5 $18) 54. Re5+ (54. Kxg4 {might be the shorter path} b4 55. Re5+ Kd6 $18)
54... Kd6 55. Kg5 (55. Kxg4 $142 $5 {seems even better} Bd5 $18) 55... Bd5 (
55... Bd7 56. Kf4 $18) 56. Kxg4 b4 57. cxb4 c3 58. b5 c2 59. Re1 Bc4 60. Rc1
Be2+ 61. Kf4 Bd1 (61... Bd3 {does not solve anything} 62. Ke3 Bxb5 63. Rxc2 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Clarke, Richard"]
[Black "Hoff, Gregory A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "1673"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 {
Sicilian Defence [Alapin Variation]} Bg4 6. Be3 $15 (6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6
8. Bc4 Bxf3 9. Qb3 Nxd4 10. Bxd5 Nxb3 11. Bxb3 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bc6 13. Nc4 e6 14.
Bd2 Ne4 15. O-O-O Nxf2 16. Rdf1 Nd3+ 17. Kb1 f6 18. Na5 Nc5 19. Bc4 e5 20. Nxc6
bxc6 {Nehlert,P-Lohmar,J/VLSBaden 1993/GER 04/1-0 (31)}) (6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+
Qxc6 8. d5 Qd6 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 e6 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. dxe6 Bxe6
14. b3 Be7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Re1 h6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Rd2 20.
Ne4 Rd3 21. Bc7 Bf5 22. Ng3 Be6 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Be5 f6 26. Bc3
Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ne4 Be7 29. f3 f5 30. Nd2 Kf7 31. Kf2 g5 32. Be5 Bd7 33.
h3 Ke6 34. Bg7 h5 35. Bh6 Bf6 36. f4 g4 37. Bg5 Bd4+ 38. Kg3 Bc6 39. h4 Be3 40.
Nf1 Bc1 {Chemli,F-Cabello,F/Candas op 1992/TD 92\09/1/2-1/2 (53)}) (6. Be2 cxd4
7. cxd4 e6 $11) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc3 11.
bxc3 {Covers b4} Qxc3 12. Qa4 $17 (12. Rb1 Rb8 $11) 12... Nge7 $4 $16 {
gives the opponent new chances} (12... Qb4 $142 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 $15) 13. d5 $4
$17 {White has let it slip away} (13. Bd2 Bxf3 14. Bxc3 Bxe2 15. Rfe1 $18)
13... Nxd5 $11 (13... Bxf3 $5 14. Bxf3 exd5 $15) 14. Bd4 $4 $19 {
throwing away the advantage} (14. Qxg4 $142 {and White hangs on} Nxe3 15. fxe3
Qxe3+ 16. Rf2 $14) 14... Qb4 15. Qxb4 Ndxb4 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bf6 $2 (17. Bc3
$142 $19) 17... Nd5 18. Be5 (18. Rfb1 $19) 18... Bh3 (18... Nxe5 $142 {
secures the win} 19. Bb5+ Nc6 $19) 19. Bg3 Bxg2 $1 {
the best thing is for Black to hand back some material} 20. Kxg2 Nf4+ 21. Kh1
Nxe2 22. Rab1 Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 O-O-O 24. Rfc1 f6 25. Kg2 Rd6 26. Rc4 e5 27. Rh1
Rg7 28. Nh4 Rd4 29. Rc2 Rgd7 30. Nf3 (30. Nf5 Rd3 $19) 30... R4d5 31. Rh6 R5d6
32. Rc4 Kc7 33. Rch4 Nd4 $17 (33... Kb6 34. Kf1 $19) 34. Rxh7 Nxf3 35. Kxf3
Rxh7 36. Rxh7+ Rd7 $15 (36... Kc6 37. Rf7 $17) 37. Rh6 Rf7 38. Ke4 Kd6 39. g4
$15 (39. Kf5 Ke7 $11) 39... Ke6 40. g5 a6 41. f4 exf4 42. Kxf4 b5 43. Ke4 a5
$11 (43... Rf8 44. Rxf6+ Rxf6 45. gxf6 Kxf6 46. Kd5 $11) 44. Rxf6+ Rxf6 45.
gxf6 b4 46. Kd4 a4 47. Kc4 b3 48. axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Black "Steffensen, Dennis A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {Sicilian Defence [Pelikan Variation]
} 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N1c3 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc4 Rc8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne3
Nd4 12. Bd3 Bh6 13. Ncd5 Rg8 $146 (13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf5 15. Qf3 Bxd5 16.
exd5 Nh4 17. Qf2 f5 18. Bxf5 Qa5+ 19. c3 Nxf5 20. Qxf5 O-O 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22.
Qf6+ Kg8 23. O-O Qd8 24. Qh6 f5 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Qxf5 Rc7 28. Rf1
Qe7 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Qe6 Qxe6 31. dxe6 {
1-0 Bernath,R-Heiligermann,G/HUN-chT2 1993/TD 93\10 (31)}) (13... f5 14. exf5
Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Kf1 d5 19. Qe1 Qxe1+ 20.
Rxe1 Bg7 21. c3 Nc6 22. c4 Nb4 23. Be2 Nxa2 24. cxd5 O-O 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. g4 Nc3
27. Kg2 b5 28. g5 {Hausknecht,M-Meier,W/Hessen qual 1992/GER 02/1-0 (45)}) 14.
c3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 ({Inferior is} 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. Kf1 f5 $19) 15... Nc6 16. Be2
Ne7 17. Bf3 Rc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. Rd1 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Qb3 $11
(22. Qb4 $142 $5 $14 {is an interesting idea}) 22... Rd7 (22... e4 23. Be2 $15)
23. Bxb7 a5 $16 (23... Be6 $5 {should be considered} 24. Bd5 Rxg2 25. Bxe6 Qf6
$14) 24. Qb5 e4 $18 (24... Qb8 $142 $5 25. Bc6 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 Rc7 $16) 25. Bc6 (
25. Qxf5 $6 Rxb7 26. Rd2 Rxg2 27. Qxh7 Qg5 28. Qh8+ Ke7 $16) 25... Rc7 26. Qxf5
Rxc6 27. O-O Rc5 $4 {the pressure is too much, Black crumbles} (27... Rb6 $142
28. b3 a4 29. bxa4 Qa8 $18) 28. Qxc5 $3 {the opponent will choke on this} Qh4 (
28... Rg6 {doesn't do any good} 29. Qf5 $18) 29. Qxd6+ Kg7 30. Qg3+ (30. Qg3+
Qxg3 31. fxg3 $18) (30. Rfe1 {might be the shorter path} Re8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Hannagan, Peter"]
[Black "Freytag, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 {Ruy Lopez [Exchange Variation]} 5.
d3 f6 6. Be3 (6. h3 Be6 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. b3 O-O-O 9. Bb2 c5 10. a3 Ne7 11. Nf1
Nc6 12. Ne3 h5 13. Nh4 Qf7 14. Qd2 g6 15. g3 Bd6 16. O-O-O Nd4 17. Kb1 Rdg8 18.
Nhg2 g5 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh7 {
Oganessiants,E-Tsomaia,S/Erevan op 1996/EXP 52/0-1 (52)}) 6... c5 7. c4 $146 (
7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O Qd7 9. a4 a5 10. Nc4 b6 11. Nfd2 g5 12. Nb1 Ne7 13. Nc3 h5
14. Qe2 Ng6 15. f3 Be7 16. Kh1 Bd8 17. Rad1 c6 18. b3 Bc7 19. Qf2 Kf7 20. Ne2
Rad8 21. Qe1 Kg7 22. Qc3 Nf4 23. Ng1 Bf7 24. Bf2 Ne6 25. h4 Qe7 26. Bg3 Nf4 27.
Ne3 Be6 28. Qe1 Qd7 29. Ne2 Ng6 30. Qf2 Rdf8 31. Qe1 Bd8 32. Nc4 b5 33. axb5
cxb5 34. Nxa5 gxh4 35. Bf2 Be7 36. Ra1 h3 37. gxh3 Bxb3 38. Kh2 Bxc2 39. Ng3
Nh4 40. Qe3 Bxd3 41. Rfd1 c4 {
Mahayri,S-Ivanchuk,V/Thessaloniki olm 1988/TD 88\06/0-1 (53)}) 7... Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rd8 $11 {Attacks the backward pawn on d3} (10... O-O-O
11. Nd5 $15) 11. Ke2 Bd6 12. Qc2 $15 (12. Qb3 c6 $11) 12... Ne7 13. Rag1 O-O
14. h4 Kh8 15. h5 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Rg3 Qf7 18. Ne4 {A valuable piece} Nf5
19. Rgh3 Be7 20. Kd1 $17 (20. Rg1 b5 $15) 20... b5 21. cxb5 {
c5 draws heavy fire} Qxa2 22. bxa6 c4 23. Bc5 cxd3 $17 (23... Rxd3+ 24. Kc1
Rfd8 25. Nc3 Qa1+ 26. Qb1 Qxb1+ 27. Kxb1 Bxc5 28. Ne4 $19) 24. Qc3 Rb8 $15 (
24... h6 $142 $5 25. a7 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Nd4 27. Nxd3 Qxa7 $19) 25. Bxe7 $4 $19 (
25. h6 $142 {had to be tried to avoid defeat} Qa1+ 26. Qc1 Qa4+ 27. Kd2 $11)
25... Rxb2 $1 {the punch. Threatening mate... how?.} 26. Nd2 (26. Bxf8 $4 {
cheese in a trap} Rb1+ 27. Qc1 Qe2#) 26... Nxe7 (26... Qa4+ $142 {
and Black has prevailed} 27. Nb3 {
the only proper thing is for White to hand back some goodies} Rxb3 $19) 27.
Qxd3 Nd5 {The mate threat is Nf4} 28. Rh4 Nf4 {Threatening mate: Nxd3} 29. Rxf4
exf4 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kd1 (31. Kf1 {otherwise it's curtains at once} Rxd2 32.
Qxd2 Qxd2 33. a7 $19) 31... Qa1+ 32. Nb1 Rxb1+ (32... Rxb1+ 33. Qxb1 Qxb1+ 34.
Kd2 Rd8+ 35. Kc3 Qd3+ 36. Kb4 Rd4+ 37. Kc5 Qc4#) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Black "Coleman, Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "1613"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. b3 Bb7 {
English Opening [Symmetrical Variation]} 8. Bb2 Ne4 $146 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9.
Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 11. Qxb8 Raxb8 12. Nc3 Na5 13. Nd4 a6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15.
Rac1 Kf8 16. Na4 Ba8 17. Bc3 Nc6 18. c5 bxc5 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxa6 Re8 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Ra8 {
Kaenel,H-Karkanage,I/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80/0-1 (39)}) 9... Nc6 (9... a6 10.
Nc3 d6 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qb7 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. h3
{1/2-1/2 Messmer,M-Grathwohl,R/BL2-S 1994/BL2 (16)}) 10. Nxc6 (10. Bf3 Rc8 11.
Nc3 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Rc1 {1/2-1/2 Ivkov,B-Oll,L/Roma op 1990/TD 90\03 (13)
}) 10... Bxc6 11. Nc3 Qb8 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. Bxc6 dxc6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rxd1+
16. Rxd1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Gheorghiu,F/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06 (16)})
(8... d5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nf1
Ne4 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Bc2 Rcd8 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Bxe5
Rxe5 21. Ngxe4 dxe4 22. Qe2 Qg6 23. Red1 {
Petrovic,M-Cramling,P/Thessaloniki olw 1984/BIG 80/1/2-1/2 (34)}) 9. Nbd2 f5
10. g3 {Controls h4} h5 $16 (10... Nc6 $5 $11 {is noteworthy}) 11. Ne5 {
White gets the initiative} h4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf3 Nc6 $16 (13... d5 $5 $14 {
should be investigated more closely}) 14. Nxc6 $14 (14. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 15. Nxc6
dxc6 16. Qg4 $18) 14... dxc6 $18 (14... Bxc6 $142 $5 {is noteworthy} 15. d5 Bb7
$16) 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Qxe4 h3 (18... cxd4 19. Bxd4
hxg3 20. fxg3 $18) 19. f4 (19. Ba3 $5 a5 20. dxc5 b5 $18) 19... Rd8 20. Rf2 Rf7
$18 (20... Rd6 21. g4 cxd4 22. exd4 $16 (22. Bxd4 $143 c5 $17)) 21. Qg6 $16 (
21. Rfd2 $5 cxd4 22. Bxd4 c5 23. Bxf6 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxf6 $18) 21... cxd4 22.
exd4 ({Less advisable is} 22. Bxd4 c5 23. Qe4 cxd4 24. exd4 b5 $17) 22... c5
23. Rfd2 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 26.
Rxd4 Qc6 {The mate threat is Qg2} 27. Qe4 Qxe4 {Threatening mate: Qg2} 28. Rxe4
Re7 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Re5 Kf6 31. g4 Rd7 32. a4 Rd4 33. Kf3 Rd2 34. g5+ Ke7 35.
Re2 Rd4 36. Re3 Kd6 37. Kg4 a5 38. g6 $16 (38. Rxh3 e5 39. Kf5 Rxf4+ 40. Kg6
Ke6 $18) 38... Ke7 39. Kg5 Rd2 40. Rxh3 $14 (40. f5 Rxh2 41. Kg4 Rf2 42. Rxe6+
Kf8 43. Kxh3 Rf3+ 44. Kg4 Rxb3 $16) 40... Rg2+ 41. Kh5 Kf6 42. Rd3 $11 (42. Rg3
Rxh2+ 43. Kg4 Kxg6 $14) 42... Rxh2+ $14 (42... Kf5 43. Kh4 $11) 43. Kg4 Rg2+ ({
Instead of} 43... Kxg6 44. Rd6 $18) 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. Ke4 $11 (45. Re3 Rh2 $14)
45... Kxg6 46. Ke5 {White activates its king} Re2+ 47. Kd6 Kf5 48. Kc6 Kxf4 49.
Kxb6 g5 50. Kxa5 g4 51. b4 g3 52. Rd1 g2 53. b5 Re5 54. Kb4 $14 (54. Ka6 $5 Rg5
55. Rg1 $16) 54... Rg5 55. Rg1 Kf3 $16 (55... Ke3 56. a5 Kf2 57. Rxg2+ Rxg2 $18
) 56. b6 (56. a5 Kf2 57. Rxg2+ Rxg2 $18) 56... Kf2 $18 (56... e5 57. a5 Kf2 58.
Rxg2+ Rxg2 $18) 57. Rxg2+ $14 (57. b7 Rg8 58. Rxg2+ Kxg2 59. a5 $18) 57... Rxg2
(57... Kxg2 $4 58. a5 $18) 58. b7 $14 (58. c5 Ke3 59. c6 Rb2+ 60. Ka5 Kd4 $18)
58... Kf3 $4 $18 (58... Rg1 59. Kb5 Rb1+ 60. Kc6 e5 $18) 59. Kc3 Rg8 60. a5 Rb8
61. a6 (61. a6 Kf4 62. c5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Sremcevic, George"]
[Black "Walshe, D Bradley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 {
Queen's Gambit [Ragozin Defence]} Nbd7 6. e3 (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. e3 Nb6 11. Be2 Bf5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 c5 {
1/2-1/2 Monier,R-Shvidler,E/Thessaloniki olm 1984/BIG 80 (14)}) 6... O-O (6...
h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Korniushin,N-Zhidkov,V/Vladivostok 1994/EXP 43 (8)
}) 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c6 $146 (8... b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O c6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12.
Nxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bh4 Rfe8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Qd6 18.
Rc3 Rac8 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. Rxc8 {
1/2-1/2 Boenisch,A-Haubelt,B/RLPF-chJW U20 1989/GER 05 (20)}) 9. cxd5 Qa5 10.
Qb3 Nxd5 11. Rc1 N7b6 $16 (11... c5 $5 $14) 12. Bd3 $11 (12. e4 $142 $5 Nc7 13.
Be7 $16) 12... Na4 $16 {Increases the pressure on c3} (12... f6 $142 $5 {
must definitely be considered} 13. Bh4 Na4 $11) 13. O-O $14 (13. e4 Ndb6 $16 (
13... Ndxc3 $2 {is no good} 14. Bd2 $18)) 13... Ndxc3 $2 $18 (13... f6 $142 {
would allow Black to play on} 14. c4 fxg5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxg5 h6 $14) 14.
Be7 Re8 15. Bb4 Qb6 (15... Qd5 16. Qc2 $1 $18 {sealing the opponent's fate} (
16. Rxc3 $6 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rd8 $16)) 16. Qc2 $1 {the final nail in the coffin} (
16. Qc2 g6 17. Bxc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 $18) (16. Rxc3 $6 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 a5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Trice, James"]
[Black "Condon, Robert F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg2 {English Opening} c6 (5... d4
6. Ne4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nc6 8. d3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. Nf3 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 12. Bf4
Bd5 13. a3 a5 14. Rc1 Ra6 15. h4 h6 16. Kh2 g5 17. Bd2 Kh7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19.
Bxg5 Bxf3 20. Bxe7 Bxg2 21. Bxf8 Qh3+ {
0-1 Mothes,H-Verat,L/Paris 1992/EXT 92ch (21)}) (5... Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d4 Bf5
8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 h6 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne5 Nb6 12. a3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nxf7
Qd7 15. Rxc7 Qe6 16. Ne5 g5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Rc1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc4
21. Bd4 Nxe5 22. Rc7 b5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qc2 Rf7 25. Qg6+ Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7
27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rd1 Ke6 29. Kf3 Rc8 30. Rd2 h5 31. h3 Rc4 32. g4 h4 33. e3
Ke5 34. Rd3 a5 35. b3 Rc6 36. Ke2 Ke4 37. f3+ Ke5 38. Kd2 Rc5 39. Rc3 Rxc3 40.
Kxc3 Ke6 {1-0 Apresian,L-Shneider,V/Menorca 1996 (40)}) 6. d3 Bf5 $146 (6...
Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13.
Qc2 Qd7 14. f4 Bd4+ 15. e3 Bb6 16. Nd1 Rfe8 17. Nf2 Rad8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Qd1 Bh7
20. g4 Qd6 21. h4 {Schmitzer,P-Gurack,D/Cattolica 1993/TD 93\07/0-1 (66)}) (
6... Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Re8 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bxe5
Rxe5 13. d4 Re8 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Nf4 Qc8 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Nd3 Nf6 19.
Rfe1 Be4 20. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Nagel,R-Koelbach,R/RL-op Kettig 1994/GER 09 (20)}) 7.
Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 {Black gets strong initiative} 11. a3
{Prevents intrusion on b4} h5 12. Bf4 $15 (12. e3 Bg4 $11) 12... Nxf4 13. gxf4
h4 $11 (13... d4 14. Na4 $15) 14. h3 $15 {Secures g4} (14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. dxe4
$11) 14... d4 15. Nb1 Qc8 16. Ng5 $19 (16. Kh2 $142 $5 {deserves consideration}
Qc7 17. e3 $11) 16... Nh5 17. e4 dxe3 18. fxe3 (18. Rxe3 Nxf4 19. Qf3 Nd5 $17)
18... Bxg5 19. fxg5 Bxh3 20. Qf3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Ng3 22. Nd2 Qe6 (22... Qf5 23.
Qxf5 Nxf5 24. Kh3 $19) 23. d4 (23. b5 Rd8 24. d4 Rh5 25. bxc6 Rxg5 $19 (25...
Qxc6 $6 26. Rac1 Qg6 27. Kh2 $19)) 23... O-O-O (23... Rh5 $5 24. Qf4 Qd5+ 25.
Nf3 $19) 24. Nf1 $2 (24. b5 $142 $19) 24... Ne4 25. Qf4 (25. b5 {
doesn't improve anything} Nxg5 26. Qf4 Qh3+ 27. Kf2 Rd5 $19) 25... Rd5 (25...
Rd5 26. Kh2 Rf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "McLean, John"]
[Black "Bailey, Cliff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1300"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. g4 {Grob} e5 2. Bg2 d6 $11 (2... d5 3. d4 $15) (2... Nc6 3. d3 (3. c4 Bc5 4.
Nc3 d6 5. h3 Nge7 6. a3 O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. e3 Ng6 9. Be4 f5 10. gxf5 Bxf5 11.
Bd5+ Kh8 12. Nge2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Qh4 15. Nxb6 Bg4 16. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 17.
Kd1 d3 18. Qg2 Qf6 19. Rb1 axb6 20. Bb2 Ne5 21. Bxb7 Rad8 22. Be4 Qh4 23. Bxd3
Rf2 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxc4 26. Bc1 Rdf8 27. Bd5 Ne5 28. d4 {
1-0 Hanstein,M-Froehlich,H/GER-CupT 1991/TD 91\01 (28)}) 3... h6 4. e4 Bc5 5.
Nc3 d6 6. h3 Nge7 7. Bd2 Ng6 8. Nf3 Nh4 9. Nxh4 Qxh4 10. Rf1 Be6 11. Na4 O-O-O
12. c3 Qe7 13. Qe2 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2 b5 15. Qd1 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Qd7 17. Be3 Kb8 18.
Qb5+ Ka8 19. Qa4 Rb8 20. O-O-O Rb7 21. d4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd7 Bxd7 24.
Rxd4 f6 {1-0 Kayser,P-Gawlas,G/Nuernberg 1990/EXT 90op2 (24)}) 3. c3 c6 {
Consolidates d5} ({Worse is} 3... Bxg4 4. Bxb7 Nd7 5. Bxa8 Qxa8 6. Nf3 $16) 4.
d4 $17 (4. h3 $5 $11 {should not be overlooked}) 4... Bxg4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Bg5 Nd7
$11 (6... h6 $142 $5 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bxe7 Bxe7 $17) 7. Qb3 $17 (7. h3 Bf5 8. dxc6
bxc6 9. e4 $15) 7... Qc8 8. Nd2 $19 (8. h3 $5 Bh5 9. c4 $17) 8... Ng6 $15 (8...
Nxd5 $142 $5 9. Bxd5 cxd5 10. Qxd5 Qc6 $19) 9. Ne4 $17 (9. Qa4 Nb8 $15) 9...
Rb8 $15 (9... h6 10. Bd2 $17) 10. h4 Be7 11. Nf3 $19 (11. Qa3 $142 $5 {
has some apparent merit} f6 12. h5 Bxh5 13. Rxh5 fxg5 14. dxc6 $11) 11... Nf4
$15 (11... f5 $142 $5 12. Ng3 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nc5 $19) 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. h5 Bf5
14. Neg5 h6 $15 (14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nc5 16. Qc4 $15) 15. Nh3 Nf6 16. Nxf4 a6 (
16... Be4 17. Qa4 $11) 17. Nd4 O-O $16 (17... Bd7 $142 $5 $11 {
should be investigated more closely}) 18. O-O-O $11 (18. dxc6 $142 bxc6 19.
Nxc6 $18) 18... Ne4 $14 (18... Be4 $5 $11) 19. Bh3 $15 (19. Qc2 Bg5 20. Nxf5 (
20. Bxe4 $6 Bxf4+ 21. e3 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Bg5 $11) 20... Qxf5 21. e3 $16 (21. Bxe4
$6 Qxf4+ (21... Bxf4+ $2 22. e3 Bxe3+ 23. fxe3 $18) 22. e3 Qf6 $14) (21. Qxe4
Qxe4 (21... Qxf4+ $143 22. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 23. e3 $18) 22. Bxe4 Bxf4+ 23. e3 cxd5
$16)) 19... Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Ng5 $11 (20... Re8 21. f3 Ng3 22. Rh2 $17) 21. Nf4
$15 (21. Nxg5 Bxg5+ 22. e3 c5 $15) 21... Kh8 22. f3 $17 {Controls e4} (22. Qc2
$5 $15) 22... c5 {
White now played an illegal move and eventually won after 42 moves.} 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Balazs, David"]
[Black "Hatch, John H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1330"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 {Sicilian Defence [Morra Gambit]} e5
$146 (4... g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nf3 (6. Qf3 f6 7. e5 Qc7 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bb3 Nc6
10. Nge2 Ne5 11. Qe3 e6 12. Nb5 Qa5+ 13. Nec3 Nf7 14. Qc5 Kd8 15. Bf4 Ne8 16.
O-O-O a6 17. Rhe1 axb5 18. Rxe6 b4 19. Qe7# {
1-0 Horata,H-Thom,U/VLNBaden 1992/GER 04 (19)}) 6... d6 (6... e6 7. Nb5 (7. O-O
Ne7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 f6 10. Bh6 Nbc6 11. Rad1 a6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qf4 Qb6 14.
b3 Qb4 15. Ne2 b5 16. Bd3 Qa3 17. Bb1 a5 18. Qg3 a4 19. e5 axb3 20. Rd3 Qb2 21.
Rd2 Qa3 22. Rd3 Qb2 23. Rd2 Qa3 {
1/2-1/2 Beecht,R-Lubojanski,S/Giessen op 1991/GER 02 (23)}) 7... d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Bf4 Qe7+ 10. Kf1 Na6 11. Bd6 Qe4 12. Bxd5 Qf5 13. Qa4 Qd3+ 14. Kg1 Bd7
15. Bc4 Qf5 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Qa5+ Kc8 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Qc3 {
1-0 Freyre,J-Haces,R/Thessaloniki olm 1984/BIG 80 (19)}) 7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O Nf6
9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rfd1 Qe7 11. Rd2 Nc6 12. Rad1 a6 13. Rxd6 Qc7 14. Qc2 b5 15.
Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Rxa2 17. Rxc6 Qb7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e5 {
Frank,M-Grunwald,R/Dortmund op 1987/TD 87\03/1/2-1/2 (31)}) 5. Bc4 {
White terminates the opponent with strong threats} Nf6 $11 (5... Nc6 $5 $15) 6.
Nf3 d5 $14 (6... Qa5 7. Qb3 Nxe4 8. Bxf7+ Kd8 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 $15) 7. Nxe5
Bb4 $16 (7... Bd6 $5 {deserves consideration} 8. Bb5+ Kf8 $11) 8. Qa4+ Nc6 $18
(8... Nbd7 9. Qxb4 (9. exd5 $6 Qe7 10. f4 O-O $11) (9. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 10. exd5
Qe7 $15) 9... Nxe5 10. exd5 Nxc4 11. Qb5+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 $16) 9. exd5 {
The passed pawn on d5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Bxc3+ 10. bxc3
Nxd5 (10... Qa5 $142 11. Qxa5 $1 {the decision} Nxa5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7
$18) 11. Nxc6 Nxc3 (11... bxc6 {the last chance for counterplay} 12. Qxc6+ Bd7
13. Qxd5 O-O $18) 12. Bxf7+ $1 {White has to consider giving back material}
Kxf7 13. Nxd8+ Rxd8 14. Qc4+ (14. Qc4+ Nd5 15. O-O $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Black "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {Sicilian Defence} 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d3 e5 (5... Bg4
6. O-O (6. Bg5 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Nh2 Bxe2 12.
Qxe2 d5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ng4 Be7 15. e5 h5 16. Ne3 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Qf3 d4
19. Nc2 Rad8 20. c4 Qa5 21. Ne4 f5 22. Ng3 h4 23. Ne2 Rd7 24. a3 Qd2 25. Ne1 e5
26. Rf2 Qe3 27. Qh5 Nxf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Rd1 Bf6 30. Qxf5 Qe7 31. Qxf4 Bg5
32. Qxf8+ Qxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Nf3 Be3+ 35. Kf1 Rf7 36. b4 b6 37. bxc5 bxc5
38. Rb1 g5 39. Ke2 Rf6 40. Rb8+ Kg7 {
Nkwashu,L-Aguilar,W/Medellin 1996/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 6... e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Be7
9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Bg3 b5 12. a3 a5 13. a4 b4 14. c4 Nd7 15. Nb3 Qc7
16. Qd2 Bf6 17. Bg4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Kh1 Nb8 20. f4 {
Wendel,S-Bayer,E/BL8990 1990/BL 90/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 6. h3 $146 {Consolidates g4}
(6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc4 Rd8 11. Qc2 e4 12. dxe4
Qxe4 13. Qxe4 Nxe4 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Rad1 {
1/2-1/2 Reinartz,G-Balzar,A/NRW-ch Nordwalde 1988/EXT 88ch (15)}) 6... d5 7.
Qc2 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {Controls g5} 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. g4
O-O-O 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Nf5 Qa5 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Kb1 dxe4 17. Nb3 exd3 {
Is this a dangerous pawn?} 18. Bxd3 {
Black gets strong play along the open d-file} (18. Nxa5 dxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Bd5 $15)
18... Qc7 19. Be4 Nd5 20. Bf5 Nf4 21. Bxe6+ fxe6 22. Nc1 (22. Nd2 Rd5 $17)
22... Rxd1 {Black begins to deal mighty blows} 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Qc2 $19 (24.
Qa4 Kb8 $17) 24... Qd7 $17 (24... Qc6 $5 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Nxh3 27. Qe2 $19
) 25. Ne2 $19 (25. h4 Qc6 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 a6 $17) 25... Qd5 26. Rh2 $4 {
a blunder in a bad position} (26. Ng3 $142 $19) 26... Qf3 27. Nc1 e4 (27... Rd1
$142 {and Black has reached his goal} 28. h4 Rf1 $19 (28... Qxg4 $143 29. f3
Qxf3 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 $19)) 28. Qa4 $2 (28. a3 $19) 28... Kb8 29. Qb5 (29.
c4 {is still a small chance} Rd1 30. Qe8+ Kc7 31. Qe7+ Kb6 32. Kc2 $19 (32.
Qxf6 $4 {that pawn is deadly bait and will cause White grave problems} Qd3+ 33.
Ka1 Rxc1#)) 29... Qd1 $1 {the death sentence} 30. a3 (30. Qb3 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} Qg1 $19) 30... Nd3 31. Rh1 (31. f4 {
does not save the day} exf3 $1 {decapitation} 32. Rc2 f2 33. Qxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxf2
Rxh3 $19) 31... Qxh1 32. Kc2 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Wouters, Eddy"]
[Black "MacIlwain, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "1135"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 {Grunfeld Defence[Flohr Variation]} 5.
c5 $146 {White gains space} (5. h4 c6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 {
1/2-1/2 Wocke,R-Chandler,P/Wiesbaden op 1988/GER 02 (8)}) (5. e4 c6 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. Be3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bc2 f4 12. Bc1 Bxf3 13.
Qxf3 Bxd4 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Bb3 Qc5 16. Bd2 a5 17. Bc3 e5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qe4
a4 {Bolz,R-Enkrodt,U/PF-op Mehlingen 1992/GER 05/1-0 (38)}) (5. Qc2 O-O 6. Bg5
Bf5 7. Qd1 Ne4 8. e3 c5 9. cxd5 Qa5 10. Bxe7 Re8 11. d6 Nc6 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13.
Nxa4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Nxd6 16. g3 Rxe7+ {
0-1 Cummerow,R-Mach,H/Bargteheide op 1989/TD 89\05 (16)}) (5. Bd2 c6 6. Rc1 O-O
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. a3 Nb6 {
1/2-1/2 Gaab,W-Lenz,A/RLPF-chC Hauenstein 1991/GER 05 (11)}) 5... O-O 6. e3 Bg4
7. Be2 c6 {Secures b5} 8. Nd2 $15 (8. O-O b6 $11) 8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10.
O-O e5 {Playing against the pawn chain} 11. Nb3 Re8 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Bd2 Rad8
14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Be1 f5 16. Ng3 $15 (16. f3 $5 Ng5 17. Bh4 $11) 16... Nf8 $11 (
16... Nxg3 $5 {must definitely be considered} 17. fxg3 Nf6 $17) 17. Nxe4 $17 (
17. f3 $5 {should not be overlooked} Nf6 18. Ba5 $15) 17... fxe4 $15 {
This push gains space} (17... dxe4 18. Qc4+ Ne6 19. Bc3 $15) 18. Qc3 Ne6 19.
Rd1 Rf8 20. Qc2 Rf5 21. Bc3 Rh5 $11 (21... exd4 22. Bxd4 Bh6 23. Bc3 $17) 22.
g3 $15 {Covers f4} (22. dxe5 $5 Rf8 23. h3 $11) 22... Rf5 23. Qe2 Rdf8 24. a3
Ng5 {Black launches an attack} 25. Kg2 Nf3 (25... Qc8 26. dxe5 R5f6 27. e6 (27.
exf6 $2 Qh3+ 28. Kh1 Nf3 29. Qxf3 exf3 $19) 27... Qxe6 28. g4 $19 (28. Bxf6 $4
{leads to instant destruction} Qh3+ 29. Kh1 Nf3 30. Qxf3 exf3 $19)) 26. Rh1 (
26. dxe5 Qe7 $15) 26... Qe7 27. Rdf1 Qg5 (27... Nh4+ 28. Kg1 $19) 28. Na5 $4
$19 {cause more grief} (28. dxe5 $142 Qh5 29. Nd4 $17) 28... Qg4 $1 {
an unexpected blow. Threatening mate: Nh4} 29. h4 (29. Nxc6 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} Nh4+ 30. Kg1 Qxe2 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxf5 Nxf5
$19) 29... Nxh4+ $1 {leaving no more doubts} 30. Rxh4 Qxe2 {
Threatening mate... how?} 31. Be1 exd4 32. exd4 Bxd4 {The mate threat is Bxf2}
33. Rf4 Rxf4 34. gxf4 (34. Nxc6 {is not the saving move} Bxf2 $1 {the decision}
35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ R4xf5 37. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 38. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 39. Kh3 Qh5#) 34...
Rxf4 35. Nxb7 (35. Rg1 {does not win a prize} Bxf2 36. Bb4 Qf3+ 37. Kf1 Bg3#)
35... Qf3+ 36. Kh2 (36. Kg1 {is not much help} Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Rh4#) 36... Rh4+
37. Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Sarma, Venu"]
[Black "Egg, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1498"]
[BlackElo "1137"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 {
Sicilian Defence [Morra Gambit]} 8. Qe2 d6 (8... Nf6 9. e5 b4 10. exf6 bxc3 11.
bxc3 Qxf6 12. Nd4 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Nc6 15. Rb1 Bc5 16. Bc2 Nxd4 17. cxd4
Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bc6 19. Rb3 g6 20. Rd1 e5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Rf1 Qe6 23. Re3 Bb5
24. Qe1 Bxf1 25. Rxe5 Qxa2 26. Qxf1 Qxc2 27. Re2 Qb1 28. Re1 Rfe8 29. Rd1 Qb5
30. Qg1 Re2 31. h4 Rae8 32. Bh6 Qb4 {
0-1 Lenart,E-Bauer,T/HUN-chT2 1994/TD 94\03 (32)}) (8... Ne7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4
Nbc6 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Bd6 Re8 15. e5 Ng6 16. Bc2 g4 17.
Nd4 Ncxe5 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc5 Bxg2 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nc6 Bxc6 {
0-1 Lim Chuing Hoong-Batsanin,D/Menorca 1996 (21)}) 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Qc7 $146
(10... Qb8 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rxd7 Kxd7 15. Nxe5+ Nxe5
16. Bxe5 Qc8 17. Qd2+ Ke8 18. Nxb5 Qxc1+ 19. Qxc1 axb5 20. h3 Rc8 21. Qf1 Rc5
22. Bd4 Rg5 23. g3 b4 24. Ba4+ Kd8 25. Bb6+ {
Paszler,J-Patrat,A/HUN-chT2 1993/TD 93\10/1-0 (35)}) 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Rac1 Qd8
$14 (12... Be7 $142 $5 $15 {is worth consideration}) 13. Bf4 $15 {
White prepares the advance e5} (13. e5 $5 {is interesting} b4 14. Na4 $14)
13... Nh5 14. Be3 Nf6 $14 (14... Qd7 $5 $11 {has some apparent merit}) 15. h3
$15 {Prevents intrusion on g4} (15. e5 $142 $5 {
should be investigated more closely} b4 16. Na4 $14) 15... Qb8 {
Black is behind in development.} 16. Bf4 Be7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 ({Not} 18.
Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 O-O $15) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 ({Instead of} 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20.
Bxe5 Rc8 $17) 19... Qa7 20. Bxf6 $4 $15 {forfeits the advantage} (20. Nxb5 $142
{a shame that White overlooked this excellent chance} axb5 21. Qxb5+ Kf8 22.
Rc7 $18) 20... Bxf6 $4 $18 {Black has let it slip away} (20... gxf6 21. Nxb5 $1
{a forceful and devastating end} Bf3 22. Qxf3 axb5 23. Qc6+ Kf8 $18) 21. Nd5 $4
$11 {there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (21. Nxb5 $142 {
a pity that White didn't try this} axb5 22. Qxb5+ Bc6 23. Qxc6+ Kf8 24. Rd7 $18
) 21... Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Bc6+ Ke7 24. Qf3 $19 (24. a4 $142 $5 {
should be examined more closely} bxa4 25. Bxa4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 $15) 24... Rxd1+
$4 $11 {throwing away the advantage} (24... Bxb2 $142 {
would have given Black the upper hand} 25. Rb1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bd4 $19) 25. Rxd1
Rd8 $4 {throws away a nice position} (25... Bd4 $142 {would be a reprieve} 26.
Qa3+ Kf6 27. Qf3+ Ke7 28. Qa3+ Kf6 29. Qf3+ Ke7 $11) 26. Qa3+ (26. Qa3+ b4 27.
Qxb4+ Qc5 28. Qxc5+ Rd6 29. Qxd6#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Fereday, Anthony"]
[Black "Pointer, Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1221"]
[BlackElo "1364"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 {Sicilian Defence} 5. Bxf6 $146 (5. Nc3
g6 (5... e5 6. Bc4 h6 7. h3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nh2 Nd4 11. Nd5 Ne6 12.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bc1 Bg7 14. Ng4 Kh7 15. Ne3 Rb8 16. a4 b6 17. Bd2 f5 18. f3 Nf4
19. Nd5 Nh5 20. c3 Ng3 21. Rf2 f4 22. Be1 h5 23. Rd2 Qh4 24. Raa2 g5 25. Ne7
Bd7 26. d4 g4 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. exf5 gxh3 29. gxh3 exd4 30. cxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Rxd4
cxd4 32. Qxd4 Nxf5 33. Qe4 Qf6 34. Qxf4 Rbe8 35. Bb4 Re7 36. Bd3 Rg7+ 37. Kh2
Qg6 38. h4 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Rg3+ {0-1 Puls,T-Troyke,C/BL2-O 1996/BL2 (39)}) 6. Nd5
Bg7 (6... e5 7. Bb5 Bg7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Nd2 Bh6 13. Nc4 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Rae1 Qe7 17. Bc1 Bg7 18. f3
Raf8 19. Nd2 R5f7 20. Ne4 h6 21. Be3 {
Spassky,B-Kindermann,S/BL 8586 1986/BL 80/1/2-1/2 (34)}) 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bc4 (
8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. d4 f5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. e5
cxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Be3 dxe5 17. Bxc5 e4 18. Nh2 Qc7 19. Bd4 Rad8 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. Rad1 Be6 {
Kroencke,M-Traeger,S/BL2-N 1990/BL2/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1
a6 11. h3 Ra7 12. a4 b6 13. d3 f5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. exf5 Rxe1+ 17.
Rxe1 Bxf5 18. Qf4 Nb4 19. g4 d5 {Kadar,G-Murin,J/HUN-chT 1993/TD 93\08/0-1 (40)
}) (5. d3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bf1 Qc7 14. c4 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Bf6 16. Be3 Nc5 17. f3 a5
18. Qc2 Rac8 19. a3 Nd7 20. Bd3 Ne5 21. Nb1 Nc6 22. Qf2 Rd7 23. Nc3 Ne5 24. Bf1
Bd8 25. Nb5 Qb8 26. Bxb6 a4 27. Bxd8 Rdxd8 28. b4 Ba6 29. Nc3 Bxc4 30. Bxc4
Rxc4 31. Qe3 Rdc8 32. h3 Qc7 33. Ne2 Qd7 34. Rb1 R4c7 35. Red1 Nc4 36. Qd3 Qb5
37. Nd4 Qb6 38. Kh2 h6 39. b5 Ne5 {
Frolik,E-Kuenzner,F/BL2-S 8889 1989/BL2/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 5... exf6 {
Prevents intrusion on e5+g5} 6. Bb5 Bd7 $14 (6... f5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3 $11)
7. Qe2 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O {Black gets strong initiative} 11.
d4 $15 (11. O-O $5 $14 {is noteworthy}) 11... Qa5 12. Qc2 $2 $17 (12. Qd2 $142
$5 $11 {and White has air to breath}) 12... Bxe4 {
Black gets strong play along the open e-file} 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4 15.
Nd5 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bd8 17. Rhe1 f5 18. Kd3 Bh4 19. Re2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Kf8 22. Kxd4 Re8 23. Rc2 Re1 24. c5
$19 (24. f4 Ke8 $17) 24... Rd1+ 25. Kc4 b5+ $4 $18 {
ruins a clearly superior position} (25... dxc5 $142 26. Kxc5 g6 $19) 26. cxb6 {
The passed pawn on b6 quickly leads to threats} Re1 27. Kb4 g6 (27... Re8 {
praying for a miracle} 28. b7 Bxf2 $18) 28. Rc8+ (28. b7 $142 $5 {
and White can already relax} Kg7 29. b8=Q Bg5 $18) 28... Kg7 29. b7 Re5 (29...
Rd1 {does not help much} 30. Nc7 $1 $18 {the logical end}) 30. Kc4 (30. Kc4 Re2
31. b8=Q Rc2+ 32. Kd3 Rxc8 33. Qxc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Siow, David"]
[Black "Fraser, Lee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "1130"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O {Ruy Lopez [Old Steinitz Defence]} Bg4 (
4... Be7 5. d4 (5. h3 Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10.
Nc3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Na4 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Nf6 16. f3 Re6
17. Nd3 Qe8 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Qf2 Ne5 {Goergens,M-Spillecke,T/Binz 1994/1-0 (48)
}) 5... Bg4 6. d5 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. dxc6 bxa4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nc3 Qe8
12. Qxa4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. c5 f5 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Qb7 Qg6+ 18.
Kh1 Bh4 19. Rg1 {Zilahy,G-Derera,M/Balatonbereny 1993/EXT 93op/0-1 (56)}) 5. c3
d5 $2 $16 (5... a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Be7 8. Re1 Nf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. d3 O-O 11.
Nbd2 d5 12. Qe2 d4 13. c4 Nb4 14. Bb3 Nd7 15. a3 Nc6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bd5 Ra6
18. Nf1 Bd6 19. g4 Bg6 20. h4 {
Buntin,F-Fischer,L/GER-chJI U20 Hamburg 1993/TD 93\05/1-0 (37)}) (5... Qf6 $142
$11 {and Black can hope to survive}) 6. Qa4 Bxf3 $18 (6... Nge7 $5 7. Nxe5 Bd7
8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Re1 $16) 7. Bxc6+ $1 {puts the final touch} bxc6
8. Qxc6+ $1 {a beautiful, forced end to the game} Ke7 9. gxf3 dxe4 10. Re1 Nf6
(10... f6 $5 $18) 11. fxe4 $16 (11. d4 $142 $5 Qd5 (11... exd4 12. Bg5 e3 13.
cxd4 Qxd4 14. Bxe3 $18) 12. Qxc7+ Nd7 13. Rxe4 Ke8 $18) 11... h6 12. d4 Ng4 (
12... Nd7 $142 $18) 13. dxe5 $4 $14 {gives the opponent counterplay} (13. b3
$142 Qc8 14. Rd1 exd4 15. Rxd4 $18) 13... Nxe5 {Black gets in control.} 14. Qb5
$15 (14. Qc5+ $142 $5 {is a viable option} Ke6 15. Qe3 $14) 14... Nf3+ 15. Kf1
Nxe1 16. Kxe1 Qd7 17. Qe5+ Kd8 18. Bxh6 $4 $19 (18. Be3 $142 $15 {
had to be tried to avoid defeat}) 18... Rxh6 19. Na3 (19. Nd2 {
doesn't improve anything} f6 20. Qg3 Bd6 $19) 19... Bxa3 20. Rd1 (20. bxa3 {
otherwise it's curtains at once} Rg6 21. Ke2 $19) 20... Bd6 21. Qxg7 Re6 (21...
Rxh2 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 22. Qg1 Rh8 23. Rd5 $19) 22. Qd4 (22.
f3 {doesn't change anything anymore} Rg6 23. Qh8+ Qe8 $19) 22... Ke7 23. f4 (
23. Rd3 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Qb5 $19) 23... Qc6 (23... Qb5
{keeps an even firmer grip} 24. Rd2 Bxf4 25. Re2 $19) 24. e5 Qg2 25. Qe3 Rh8 {
Threatening mate... how?} 26. Rxd6 (26. Qf2 {
the only chance to get some counterplay} Qxh2 27. Qxh2 Rxh2 28. Rd2 Rh1+ 29.
Kf2 Bc5+ 30. Kf3 Rf1+ 31. Ke4 f5+ 32. Kxf5 $19) 26... Rxh2 $1 {
final destruction. The mate threat is Qh1} 27. Rxe6+ fxe6 (27... Kf8 28. Qc5+
Kg7 29. Rg6+ Kxg6 30. Qd6+ cxd6 31. f5+ Kxf5 32. exd6 Qe2#) 28. Qc5+ Kd7 $19 (
28... Ke8 29. Qb5+ Kf8 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qxc7+ Kh6 32. Qg7+ Kxg7 33. f5 Qe2#)
29. Qb5+ Qc6 {Threatening mate: Qxb5} 30. Qd3+ (30. a4 {desperation} Qxb5 31.
axb5 Rxb2 32. Kd1 $19) 30... Kc8 {Do you see the mate threat?} 31. f5 Qh1+ 32.
Qf1 Qxf1+ $19 (32... Qe4+ 33. Qe2 Qxe2#) 33. Kxf1 exf5 34. e6 Kd8 (34... Kd8
35. b4 Rxa2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Steffensen, Neil"]
[Black "Manning, Cliff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1125"]
[BlackElo "1246"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Queen's Gambit} Bb4 4. Bd2 (4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 a5 6.
e3 Nge7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Rc1 a4 9. Qc2 a3 10. b3 e5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5
13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Qd2 e4 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rc5 Nd5 17. Nc4 Qd8 18. Ra5 Be6 {
Lputian,S-Giorgadze,G/Kropotkin 1995/TUR 95/0-1 (88)}) 4... c5 $146 (4... Nc6
5. e3 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c5 b6 8. cxb6 cxb6 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O e5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. h3 d4 15. exd4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Qf3 Rb8 18.
Rfd1 Bb7 19. Be4 {Lauter,A-Schmittmann,D/Guben 1996/1-0 (50)}) 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3
Nf6 7. Bd3 (7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bd7 $11) 7... b6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1
Bb7 {Black fights for the Initiative} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e4 $17 (11. a3 $142 {
and White can hope to live} Ba5 12. Rc1 $11) 11... Bxc3 (11... cxd4 $6 12. Nxd5
Bxd2 13. Qxd2 $11) (11... Nxd4 $6 12. Nxd4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Qxd4 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Rad1 $17) 12. Bxc3 dxe4 (12... Nxe4 $6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxe4
dxe4 15. Nd2 $11) 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qd3 $2 (14. Rxe4 $142 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 cxd4
16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 $19 (17. Bxd4 $2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 $19)) 14... Nxc3 15.
Qxc3 (15. bxc3 {cannot undo what has already been done} cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 $19)
15... Nxd4 16. Ng5 (16. Nxd4 {there is nothing better in the position} cxd4 17.
Qg3 $19) 16... Qxg5 17. Re3 (17. Qg3 {hoping against hope} Qxg3 18. hxg3 $19)
17... Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Speck, Nicholas S"]
[Black "Lee, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 {
Scanddinavian Defence [Centre Counter]} 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be3 $146 (9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Rxe2 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Qd3 c5
14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rd1 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 Rad8 17. Red2 Rxd3 18. Nxd3 Be7 19. Ne5
Nbd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Nc4 {
1/2-1/2 Courtney,H-Veloso,P/Manila olw 1992/TD 92\07 (22)}) (9. Ne5 Bxe2 10.
Qxe2 O-O 11. Qb5 (11. Rd1 c6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bg3 Na6 15. Ne4 Nxe4
16. Qxe4 f6 17. Nc4 Bxg3 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. fxg3 Rfe8 20. Qd6 Qf7 21. b3 Rad8
22. Qf4 Qg6 23. Nd6 Re2 24. Nxb7 Qxc2 25. Qf3 Rde8 {
Kebbekus,T-Dreckmeier,D/NRW-I 1992/TD 92\01/1-0 (41)}) 11... Qc8 12. d5 Na6 13.
Be3 Nb4 14. Bg5 a6 15. Qe2 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Qf3 c6 19. Re2
Qe6 20. Ng6 Qd6 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bxf6 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Qxf6 {
Tzermiadianos,A-Kotronias,V/Katerini GP 1993/TD 93\09/0-1 (37)}) 9... c6 {
Covers b5} 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. f4 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 Qc7 16. Kh1 Nf6 17. c4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rad8 19. f5 exf5 20. Rxf5 {
Opening the e-file gets Black a lot of play} Bd6 21. Ng4 {
White prepares the advance d5} Rfe8 22. Qc2 h6 23. Rf3 $15 (23. d5 cxd5 24.
Rfxd5 Re6 $11) 23... Qe7 $11 (23... Rd7 24. Re3 Rde7 25. Rde1 $15) 24. Qf5 Qe6
25. d5 {White gains space} Qxf5 $11 (25... cxd5 26. cxd5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5 $17) 26.
Rxf5 c5 27. Rdf1 Rd7 28. R5f3 Re2 29. R3f2 Rde7 30. Kg1 Bg3 $15 (30... h5 31.
Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Nf2 $17) 31. Rf3 Bd6 $11 (31... Bc7 $5 $15) 32. R3f2 Bg3 $11 (
32... h5 $142 $5 33. Rxe2 Rxe2 $17) 33. Rf3 Bd6 $11 (33... Bb8 $5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Corner, Michael"]
[Black "Clarke, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 {Benoni [Main Line]} 13.
Nc4 (13. a5 Re8 14. Nc4 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Ra4 Nd7 18. Re1 Bd4
19. Kh1 Ne5 20. f4 Nd7 21. g4 Nf6 22. Qd1 h5 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. Qf3 Qb3 25. Ra3
Qc2 26. Ra1 Qf2 27. Qxf2 Bxf2 28. Re2 Bd4 29. Kg2 f5 30. exf5 Rxe2+ 31. Nxe2
gxf5 32. Ra4 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Kavalek,L/BL 8081 1981/BL 80 (32)}) 13... Nb6 14.
Nd2 $146 (14. Bg5 Re8 15. a5 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Na4
Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Nc3 b4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nd1 Ra1 24. Bf4 Bd4+ 25. Be3
Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxe3+ 27. Kf1 c4 28. Ke2 Bf4 {
Krisztian,G-Hever,M/HUN-chT 1993/TD 93\08/0-1 (43)}) (14. Bd2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Re8
16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. f4 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. Re2 b5 20. Qd3 c4 21. Qf3 Nc5 22. Be3
Nd3 23. Nd1 Qd7 24. Rb1 bxa4 25. Nf2 Rab8 26. Nxd3 cxd3 27. Rd2 a3 28. Rxd3
Bxb2 29. Rbd1 a2 30. Bd4 Bxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Rb1 {
0-1 Sorkin,I-Blodstein,B/ISR-chT 1996/EXP 52 (31)}) (14. Na3 Re8 15. Qc2 Nh5
16. a5 Nd7 17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Ra3 Qh4 20. Ne2 Rbd8 21. f3 Re7 22. Be3
f5 23. exf5 Rde8 24. Bf2 Qf6 25. fxg6 Nxg6 26. Nc3 Ngf4 27. Ne4 Qg6 28. Bh4
Rxe4 {Lputian,S-Suba,M/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT/0-1 (40)}) (14. a5 Nxc4 15. Qxc4
Re8 16. f3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 f5 21. h3 Nf7 22.
Qc4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qe7 24. Re1 Be5 25. Bf2 Qf6 26. Ra3 Qf4 27. g3 Qf6 28. Kg2
Ng5 29. Nd1 Rf8 30. Qe2 Rce8 31. h4 Nf7 32. Rf1 Qe7 33. Qg4 Bg7 34. Rb3 Ne5 35.
Qe2 Rf7 36. Be3 Rxf1 37. Qxf1 Ng4 38. Qf3 Nxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Qc7 40. Rb3 Rf8 41.
Qg4 Qxa5 42. Rf3 Rxf3 43. Kxf3 Qc7 44. Ke2 Qe7 45. b3 Qe8 46. Ne3 b5 47. h5
gxh5 48. Qf5 h6 49. Kd3 a5 50. g4 Qe5 51. gxh5 Qc3+ 52. Ke2 Qb2+ 53. Ke1 Qc3+
54. Ke2 Qb2+ 55. Ke1 Qe5 {1/2-1/2 Krisztian,G-Madl,I/HUN-chT 1992/TD 92\10 (55)
}) 14... Re8 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Re1 c4 17. Qf1 Qc7 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nxe5
Bxe5 ({Instead of} 20... dxe5 21. a5 Nd7 22. Rd1 $16) 21. Be3 Nd7 22. f3 Bg7
23. Rec1 Ne5 24. Rc2 Nd3 25. Nd1 Nb4 26. Re2 Nd3 27. Kh1 $15 (27. Rc2 $5 $11)
27... Qd7 28. Qg1 b5 $11 (28... f5 29. Bd2 Nxb2 30. Nxb2 Bxb2 $19) 29. axb5
Qxb5 {The pressure on b2 grows} 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 a5 $16 (31... Ne5 32. Qc3
$11) 32. Rc2 Rc5 $18 (32... Qc5 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11) 33. Ne3 Rec8 34. Ng4 Nxb2 $4
{leading to a quick end.} (34... h5 $142 35. Nh6+ Kf8 $16) 35. Rxb2 Qa6 36.
Nf6+ (36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Nxh7+ Kg8 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Nd7+ Kg8 40. Nxc5 dxc5 41.
Qc3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Thompson, Alan"]
[Black "Zaric, Srboljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "1774"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O {
Sicilian Defence [Scheveningen Variation]} 8. a4 (8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4
Qc7 11. Qd2 b6 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. h3 Bc6 16. Qe2 Qb7
17. Nd2 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nb3 b4 21. Na5 Qc7 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23.
Na2 Rb8 24. Bd2 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qe4 Rfc8 27. c3 bxc3 28. Nxc3 Bf6 29. Nxd5
exd5 30. Qe2 h6 31. b4 d4 32. Qg4 Kh8 33. Qh5 Kg8 34. Qg4 Kh8 35. Qh5 Kg8 {
1/2-1/2 Rutherford,E-Dembo,L/Paris 1996 (35)}) 8... Nc6 9. Be3 e5 $146 (9...
Bd7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. f3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Bc6 15. Qf2 d5
16. Kh1 b6 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Qh4 e5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 21. Qxe7 Nf6 22.
Bg5 Rd7 23. Qb4 Ne8 24. Rad1 Qb7 25. Nc3 Be6 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qe4 Rc8 28. Rd1
Qc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rd8 Rc8 31. Nb5 a6 32. Na3 f6 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. Be3 Bd7
35. Bxb6 Bxa4 36. Kg1 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. b3 Bc6 39. c4 Nd6 40. Nc2 Bb7 41. Nb4
Kd7 42. g4 Nc8 43. Bc5 Ne7 44. Bxe7 {
Barua,D-Vaidya,A/Calcutta 1986/TD 86\01/1-0 (55)}) 10. Nb3 Be6 11. f3 {
Secures g4} (11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 (13... Bxd5 $143 14. Rxf6 (
14. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 (14... Qxd5 $6 15. Qd2 $11) 15. Rd4 Nxd4 (15... Nxe3 $6 16.
Rxd8 Nxd1 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Rxd1 $11) 16. Bxd4 Nf4 $19) 14... Bxf6 15. Nxd5 $16
) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c3 {Controls b4}
f6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} 15. Qc2 Bf7 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bxf7+ (
18. Bd3 g6 $11) 18... Rxf7 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. Ne4 b6 {Controls c5} 21. Rcd1 Rfd7
22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Nf2 Na5 25. Qc2 Nc4 26. Bc1 $15 (26. Rd1 Qc8 27.
Rxd8 Qxd8 $11) 26... Bc5 27. b4 Ne3 28. Bxe3 Bxe3 29. Re1 Bxf2+ (29... Qd3 30.
Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Kf1 Bxf2 32. Kxf2 Rxc3 33. f4 $11) 30. Kxf2 g6 31. c4 Qd4+ 32.
Kf1 Rc8 33. Rc1 Kg7 34. Qc3 Qxc3 $11 (34... a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Qb3 $11) 35.
Rxc3 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Ke3 Rc7 38. g3 f5 39. h4 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Kd3 Rd7+
42. Ke3 Rc7 $11 (42... Rb7 $5 $15) 43. f4 $15 (43. Kd3 $5 $11) 43... e4 44. Kd4
$17 (44. Rc2 h5 $15) 44... Kd6 $11 (44... Rd7+ $5 45. Kc5 Rd3 $17) 45. c5+ Kc6
46. Ke5 $17 {The white king gets dangerous} (46. Rb3 Rb7 47. Rxb7 Kxb7 48. Kc3
$19) 46... Rd7 47. g4 (47. Rb3 $142 $5 $19) 47... Rd5+ 48. Kf6 fxg4 49. Re3 Rh5
50. Rxe4 g3 (50... Rxh4 $6 51. Kg5 Rh5+ 52. Kxg4 Rxc5 53. Re6+ Kd5 54. Re7 $17)
51. Re3 Kxc5 (51... Rxh4 52. Rxg3 Rxf4+ 53. Kg7 $19) 52. Rxg3 Rxh4 53. f5 gxf5
54. Kxf5 Kb4 55. Kg5 Rc4 56. Kh6 Kxa4 57. Kxh7 Kb5 58. Rg7 a4 59. Rb7+ Kc6 60.
Ra7 Kb6 61. Rf7 (61. Ra8 $19) 61... Rb4 (61... Rc7 $142 {secures the win} 62.
Kg6 Rxf7 63. Kxf7 a3 $19) 62. Rf2 a3 (62... a3 63. Ra2 Ra4 $19) (62... Rg4 {
might be the shorter path} 63. Kh6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Freytag, Justin"]
[Black "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1909"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 d6 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Bc4 f6 6. Be3 {Pirc Defence} (
6. Nc3 Bc5 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Na4 Bd6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Nb2 Nh6
13. O-O b5 14. Bd3 a6 15. a4 Rb8 16. h3 Bb4 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd1 Nf7 19. Bb2
Bc5 20. Nf2 Nd6 21. Rad1 Ra8 22. e5 Ra2 23. exd6 Rxb2 24. Ra1 {
1-0 Horvath,C-Dam,R/Leeuwarden op 1993/TD 93\09 (24)}) 6... Ne7 $146 (6... Nc6
7. a3 Bd7 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Nge2 Nge7 11. Rd2 b5 12. Ba2 Kc8 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Kb7 15. c4 bxc4 16. Rc2 a5 17. Rxc4 Ra6 18. Kb1 Kc8 19. Rhc1 Ne7
20. Nc3 c6 21. Na4 {
Mikztchian,L-Budylina,S/EU-chJW U12 Herculane 1994/TD 94\01/1-0 (49)}) (6... c6
7. Nc3 Kc7 8. a3 a5 9. Nge2 b5 10. Bf7 Na6 11. O-O Bc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxg8
Rxg8 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Na6 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Kf1 f5 19. Ke1 f4 {
1/2-1/2 Bock,U-Junger,U/OLWuert 1988/GER 01 (19)}) (6... Nd7 7. Nd2 Bc5 8. Bxc5
Nxc5 9. O-O-O Ke7 10. Ne2 Be6 11. f3 Nh6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Nc4 {
1/2-1/2 Holzapfel,D-Pawlitzki,T/BL2-N 1992/BL2 (13)}) 7. Nc3 c6 {
Consolidates b5} 8. O-O-O+ Kc7 9. h4 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 {Black wins space}
12. Nb1 h5 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. g3 {Covers f4} Be7 15. Bf7 Nf8 16. Nc4 Ra6 17. f4
Bg4 {The bishop dominates} 18. Rd3 Nfd7 19. fxe5 $15 (19. Rh2 Bc5 $11) 19...
fxe5 20. Nh3 $17 (20. Rd2 $5 $15 {is an interesting idea}) 20... Rf8 21. Bg6
Be2 22. Ng5 c5 $1 {securing the lead} 23. Bf5 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Bxg5 25. hxg5 g6
26. Bh3 Rf3 27. g4 hxg4 $15 (27... h4 28. Bg2 Rg3 29. Bf1 $17) 28. Bxg4 Rf7 29.
Rh8 Re7 30. Bg1 Rf7 $11 (30... Nc6 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Kd2 $15) 31. Bh2 $15 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on e5} (31. Be3 Kb7 $15) 31... Re7 $11 (31... Nc6
32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. Bxe5 $11) 32. Rh6 Rf7 33. Nxe5 {
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn. White gets the initiative} Rf1+ $14 (
33... Nxe5 $5 34. Bxe5+ Kb7 $11) 34. Bd1 Nxe5 (34... Kd8 $5 35. Nxg6 Ke8 $16)
35. Bxe5+ Kb7 36. Rh7+ Ka8 37. Rh8 Rb6 38. Kd2 Rf7 $18 (38... Ka7 $5 $16) 39.
Rc8 $16 (39. Bb3 Rd7 $18) 39... Ka7 40. Rxc5 {
The passed pawn on d3 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Nc6 41. Bf6 Rh7 (
41... Ra6 42. Bb3 Rh7 43. Bc4 $18) 42. Bf3 $16 (42. d4 $142 $5 Kb7 $18) 42...
Ka6 $18 (42... Rh2+ $142 $5 43. Be2 Rh4 $18) 43. d4 Rh2+ (43... Na7 44. d5 $18)
44. Be2+ {The game is finished by a kings attack} Kb7 45. d5 Nb8 46. Be5 Rh7 (
46... Rg2 47. Bf4 $18) 47. Bg4 Na6 (47... Ka8 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 48. Bd4 Ra6 49. Bc8 $18) 48. Bc8+ (48.
Rxa5 $6 Re7 49. Be6 Nc7 50. Bxc7 Rxc7 $18) 48... Ka7 49. Rxa5 Re7 (49... Rbb7 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 50. Bd4+ Kb8 51. Bxb7 (51. Rxa6 $143 Kxc8
52. Rxg6 Rbe7 $18) 51... Kxb7 52. Rb5+ Kc8 53. Rb6 $18) 50. Bd4 Rxe4 51. Rxa6+
Kb8 52. Rxb6+ Kxc8 53. Kd3 {Threatening mate... how?} Rg4 (53... Rf4 {
does not solve anything} 54. a5 Rf1 55. a6 $18) 54. Rxg6 (54. Rxg6 Kd7 55. a5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Hoff, Gregory A"]
[Black "Condon, Robert F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O {
Ruy Lopez [Archangelsk/Moller Defence]} Bc5 6. Re1 (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qd6 (
7... Qe7 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Ne3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 f5 12. exf5 e4 13. dxe4
Qxe4 14. Ng5 Bxd1 15. Nxe4 Bxc2 16. Ng3 O-O 17. Rf2 Bd3 18. b3 Rae8 19. Rd2
Rxe3 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Rad1 Rxg3 22. hxg3 {
Adams,M-Shirov,A/Linares 1997/CBM 57/1-0 (95)}) 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Nd7
11. Ng5 O-O 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. Qh5 Qf7 16. Qg4 Nf8 17.
f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Ng6 19. Rf5 Qe6 20. Raf1 Bd4 {
Kamsky,G-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco blind 1996/EXP 52/0-1 (45)}) 6... b5 $146 (6... d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Qd4
13. Qf3 Bg4 14. Qg3 Rbe8 15. Re3 Bd6 16. f4 Be2 17. Nxe2 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc4 19.
b3 Qxc2 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. dxc3 Re8 22. Kf2 Bc5+ 23. Nd4 Bb6 24. Be3 f6 25. Re1
Kf7 26. c4 {1-0 Ecker,C-Watkins,J/PF-op Eisenberg 1993/GER 05 (26)}) (6... d6
7. h3 O-O 8. c3 b5 9. Bb3 h6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 exd4
14. cxd4 c5 15. b3 Na5 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Nc3 Bc7 20.
Nd5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Be3 Nb7 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. f4 Ng6 25. Bxg6 Re8 26.
Nxc8 Raxc8 27. Bf5 Rc6 {
1-0 Kienast,M-Schwehm,C/RH-op Wallertheim 1994/GER 09 (27)}) 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 {
Covers b4} Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. a4 b4 11. a5 O-O {Black launches an attack} 12. d3
Rb8 13. Be3 $17 (13. Bc4 $142 $5 $11 {and White hangs on}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3
bxc3 15. bxc3 {Black gets strong play along the open b-file} Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nh5
17. Kh2 $19 (17. Ra2 $142 $5 $17) 17... Qg5 18. Rg1 Qxe3 19. Nd2 (19. Ra2 Nf4
$19) 19... Qf4+ (19... Nf4 {might be the shorter path} 20. Rf1 $19) 20. Kh1 Qh4
{The mate threat is Qxh3} 21. Kh2 Nf4 22. Qf1 Nxh3 {Threatening mate: Nf4} 23.
Rg4 $4 $19 {another step towards the grave} (23. Qxh3 $142 Qf4+ 24. Kh1 Qxd2
25. Ra2 $15) 23... Qf2+ (23... Qh6 $142 {
it becomes clear that Black will call all the shots} 24. Qe1 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nxg4
26. fxg4 Qf4 $19) 24. Kxh3 Qxd2 25. Bd5 Ne7 $1 {takes home the point} (25...
Qxc3 $6 {is much worse} 26. Rc1 Qxa5 27. Rxc6 $11) 26. Bc4 Rb2 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 27. Qg1 Ng6 28. Rf1 (28. Kg3 $19 {
is still a small chance}) 28... Qh6+ $1 {a nasty check} 29. Kg3 Nf4 {
The mate threat is Qh3} 30. Qh1 Rg2+ (30... Ne2+ $142 {and Black wins} 31. Kg2
Nxc3+ 32. Kg3 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Ng1+ 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxh1 36. Rxg1 Qh4+ 37.
Ke3 Rb8 $19) 31. Qxg2 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 Qd2+ 33. Rf2 Qxc3 34. Bxa6 Qxa5 35. Bc4 c6
36. f4 exf4 (36... d5 {and Black can already relax} 37. Ra2 Qc5 38. exd5 cxd5
39. Ba6 $19) 37. Rgxf4 Qg5+ {Black terminates the opponent with strong threats}
38. Kf1 d5 39. exd5 cxd5 40. Ba2 (40. Bb3 {otherwise it's curtains at once} Qh5
41. Re2 $19) 40... g6 (40... Rc8 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 41. Ke2 Qg6
42. Rf5 Rc2+ 43. Kd1 Rxf2 44. Rxf2 Qxd3+ 45. Rd2 Qf1+ 46. Kc2 Qf5+ 47. Kd1 Qg4+
48. Kc2 Qg6+ 49. Kc3 Qc6+ 50. Kd4 $19) 41. d4 (41. Bb3 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} Rb8 42. Bc2 Rb2 43. Rxf7 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Rxc2
45. Rf8+ Kg7 $19) 41... Qh5 (41... Rc8 42. Rxf7 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Qg4+ 44. R7f3 Qe4+
45. Re3 Qxd4 46. Bxd5+ Qxd5 47. Re8+ Kg7 48. Re7+ Kh6 49. Rf8 Rc2+ 50. Ke3 Qd2+
51. Ke4 Rc4+ 52. Ke5 Qd4+ 53. Ke6 Rc6+ 54. Kf7 Qd5+ 55. Re6 Qxe6#) 42. Kg1 Re8
43. Rxf7 (43. Rg2 {does not help much} Re1+ 44. Rf1 Rxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Qd1+ 46. Kf2
Qxd4+ 47. Ke2 Qb2+ 48. Kf3 Qa3+ 49. Kf4 Qd3 $19) 43... Re1+ 44. Rf1 Qg4+ (44...
Qg4+ 45. Kh2 Rxf1 46. Rxf1 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Qxa2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "McLean, John"]
[Black "Sremcevic, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1827"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. g4 {Grob} e6 $11 (1... d6 2. h3 g6 (2... c6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6.
f4 Qc7 7. e4 b5 8. Ne2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Nd2 Nfd7 12. Rc1 d5 13.
b3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Bf2 N7f6 16. Bg3 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bg2 O-O 19. f5
Qa5 20. Rc2 Rad8 21. Qc1 Nd5 22. Kh2 Bc8 23. Be4 Qb6 24. b4 Rfe8 25. fxg6 hxg6
26. Qg5 Bf6 27. Qh6 Bg7 28. Qg5 Bf6 29. Qc1 Bg7 30. Qg5 {
1/2-1/2 Muellen,A-Kessler,A/RL-ch Kettig 1994/GER 09 (30)}) 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4
Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. d3 a6 8. Be3 e5 9. Rc1 Qe7 10. b4 O-O 11. Qd2 Re8
12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Nc3 Qg6 18.
Rg1 Ne6 19. Bh4 Kh8 20. Kf1 Qh5 21. Bg3 Bh6 22. e3 f4 23. Ne4 Rf8 {
0-1 Wall,T-McDonald,N/Barnsdale YM 1989/TD 89\14 (23)}) (1... Na6 2. Bg2 Nb4 3.
g5 h6 4. d3 Rb8 5. Kf1 d5 6. a4 Qd6 7. a5 Qa6 8. h4 Be6 9. Be3 f5 10. f3 g6 11.
Nh3 Rh7 12. Nd2 Rf7 13. Nf2 Bg7 14. c3 d4 15. cxd4 Bd5 {
1/2-1/2 Koval,D-Cimra,J/SVK-ch 1993/TD 93\10 (15)}) (1... d5 2. h3 $15) 2. Bg2
d5 3. c4 g6 (3... Nc6 4. h3 $11) 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Ne7 ({Not} 5... Bxg4 6.
Qxb7 (6. Qxd5 $6 Qxd5 7. Bxd5 c6 $15) 6... Nd7 7. Bxd5 $16) 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bg5
$15 (7. Nc3 Nbc6 (7... Bxg4 $143 8. Qxb7 Nbc6 9. Nxd5 $14) 8. e3 Bxg4 9. Qxb7
Rb8 $15) 7... Nbc6 8. e3 {Prevents intrusion on d4} a5 $11 (8... f6 $5 {
is noteworthy} 9. Bf4 Bxg4 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxc7 Rxb2 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $15) 9. a3
$15 {Controls b4} (9. Nc3 $5 a4 10. Nxa4 $11) 9... h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 b6 $14
(11... Bxg4 $5 {is worthy of consideration} 12. Nc3 Be6 $15) 12. h3 {
Consolidates g4} Ba6 13. Nc3 {Increases the pressure on d5} Bc4 14. Qc2 Rc8 $16
(14... Qd7 $5 $14 {must be considered}) 15. b3 Ba6 16. Nxd5 $1 {
staying in the lead} O-O 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Ne2 $14 (18. Rd1 $5 c5 19. d5 $16)
18... c5 19. Qd2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 cxd4 21. exd4 Qxd4 $11 (21... Re8 22. O-O Nf5
23. Qd3 Nxd4 24. Kh1 $15) 22. O-O Rfe8 23. Rad1 Qb2 $14 (23... Ng6 24. Qf3 Qc3
25. Rd3 $11) 24. Qxb2 $11 (24. Qb5 Kf8 $16) 24... Bxb2 25. Rd6 (25. a4 f5 $11)
25... Ng6 (25... Bxa3 26. Rxb6 Rc3 27. Be5 $11) 26. a4 Re6 27. Rfd1 Be5 28.
Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. Bxe5+ Nxe5 $11 (30... Rxe5 31. Kh2 $11) 31. Bd5 Rf6
32. Kg2 Ng6 33. Bc4 Nf4+ 34. Kg3 Ne6 35. Rd7 Nc5 36. Re7 Kf8 37. Re3 Rf4 38.
Bd5 Kg7 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Rf3 Rxf3 41. Kxf3 Ke7 42. Ke3 f6 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. Bc4
Nd7 45. Bb5 Ne5 46. Be2 Nd7 47. Bb5 Nc5 48. Bc4 Nd7 49. Bd3 Ne5 50. Be4 Nc6+
$14 (50... Nd7 51. Kc4 $11) 51. Bxc6 Kxc6 52. Kc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Black "Balazs, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "1330"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 {Albin Counter Gambit} Bf5 (5...
Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Bg2 Bxc4 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 Qd7 10. b3 Bd5 11. Bb2 Nge7
12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Qg5 O-O 14. Nxd4 h6 15. e6 hxg5 16. exd7 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nb8 18.
Nb5 f6 19. Nxc7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 {Seul,G-Muse,M/BL9394 1994/BL 90/1-0 (63)}) 6.
Bg2 Bb4+ $146 (6... Qd7 7. O-O Nge7 (7... O-O-O 8. a3 Bh3 9. e6 Bxe6 10. b4 Bh3
11. b5 Na5 12. Qa4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b6 14. Bd2 f6 15. Bxa5 bxa5 16. Qxa5 Bc5 17.
Nbd2 Ne7 18. Qa6+ Kb8 19. Nb3 Qd6 20. Qxd6 Bxd6 21. Nfxd4 Be5 22. Rad1 g5 23.
Ne6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Kc8 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Rg8+ 27. Kf3 Bb2 28. Rd2 Bxa3 29.
Ra2 Bd6 30. c5 {1-0 Richter,M-Schilly,H/Berliner Sommer 1996/EXP 54 (30)}) 8.
a3 Ng6 9. b4 Rd8 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. b5 Ncxe5 13. Nxd4 Bh3 14. Qc2 (
14. Qb3 Bc5 15. N2f3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qg4 18. Kh1 Qe4 19. Rae1 Rfe8
20. Kg1 h6 21. Qc3 f6 22. Nd2 Qg4 23. Nb3 Bd6 24. f3 Qh3 25. f4 Nxf4 26. Qf3
Ne6 27. Qf5 Ng5 28. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 29. Kg2 Ng5 30. c5 Be5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rf4 Ne4
33. Rc1 Nd2 34. Nd4 g5 {
0-1 Bekker Jensen,S-Rewitz,P/Copenhagen op 1995/EXP 47 (34)}) 14... Qg4 15.
Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Qe4 Bd6 17. e3 Rd7 18. Qg2 Qh5 19. Bc3 c5 20. bxc6 Nxc6 21. N2f3
Rc8 22. Rab1 {1/2-1/2 Jelling,E-Rewitz,P/Copenhagen op 1995/EXP 47 (22)}) 7.
Bd2 Qe7 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Qa4 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 Qb4 $16 (10... a6 11. Nb3 $14) 11.
Qxb4 Nxb4 12. a3 Nc2 13. Rad1 d3 14. e3 $11 {Covers d4} (14. exd3 Bxd3 15. Nb3
Ne7 16. Rxd3 Rxd3 $14) 14... Nh6 15. h3 {Secures g4} Bd7 16. Ne1 Ba4 $16 (16...
Be6 17. b3 $14) 17. b3 Bc6 $2 $18 (17... Nxe1 $142 $5 18. Rfxe1 Bd7 $16) 18.
Bxc6 bxc6 19. g4 (19. Ndf3 Nxe1 20. Rfxe1 Rd7 $18) 19... f5 (19... Nxa3 20.
Ndf3 $16) 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Ndf3 Nxg4 $2 (21... Nxe1 $142 22. Nxe1 d2 $18) 22.
hxg4 Rdg8 (22... h5 23. Nxc2 dxc2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nd4 $18 (25. gxh5 $4 {
the pawn must be left alone, otherwise White will be punished} Rd1 $19)) 23.
Rxd3 Rxg4+ 24. Kh1 Rg6 (24... Nxa3 {praying for a miracle} 25. Rc3 Rhg8 $18)
25. Nxc2 Rh6+ 26. Nh2 (26. Nh2 c5 27. Rd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "MacIlwain, Robert"]
[Black "Steffensen, Dennis A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N1c3 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 a6 {Sicilian Defence[Lowenthal Variation]} 10. Nc3 Nd7 (10...
Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 {
1/2-1/2 Borge,N-Hansen,S/Copenhagen op 1995/EXP 47 (12)}) 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Be3 f5 14. f3 Nf6 $146 (14... g5 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Rac1 Kh8 17. b4 b6 18.
Bd3 e4 19. fxe4 f4 20. Bf2 Ne5 21. Be2 g4 22. Bd4 f3 23. gxf3 gxf3 24. Bxe5
Bxe5 25. Rxf3 Rg8+ 26. Kh1 Qh4 27. Bf1 Bg4 28. Rf2 Raf8 {
0-1 McCarthy,T-Roberts,P/Dublin zt 1993/EXP 34 (28)}) (14... Qe8 15. b4 f4 16.
Bf2 Rf6 17. Ne4 Rh6 18. g4 fxg3 19. Bxg3 Nf6 20. Rc1 Nh5 21. Qd2 Bf5 22. Bd3
Qg6 23. Qg2 Bg5 24. Rc2 Be3+ 25. Bf2 Bxf2+ {
0-1 Milanollo,M-Bukacek,E/AUT-chT 1993/TD 93\08 (25)}) 15. b4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rc8
17. Rac1 (17. Na4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Nh5 $11) 17... Be8 (17... Nh5 18. Rc2 $11) 18.
Rfd1 Kh8 19. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Coleman, Edwin"]
[Black "Hannagan, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1613"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 {English Opening} e4 $14 (3... h6 4. d3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2
a5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Re8 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nh4 exd3 11. Qxd3 d6 12. O-O
a4 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. f4 Nfd7 17. Bf1 f6 18. Rad1 Qb8 19.
h3 Qa7 20. Bd4 Qa5 21. Kh2 Qa6 22. Bf2 Qc6 23. Bg2 Qa6 24. Bf1 Qc6 25. Bg2 Qa6
{1/2-1/2 Makarichev,S-Gavrikov,V/Moscow GMA-qual f 1990/TD 90\03 (25)}) (3...
Bc5 4. d3 (4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. d4 exd4 10.
exd4 Be7 11. Nbc3 c6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Nxd5 Bd6 16.
Be3 Qd7 17. f4 f5 18. Qf3 Rae8 {
Trzaska,P-Borkott,F/NRW-II 1993/TD 93\01/1-0 (53)}) 4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6.
Qa4+ c6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Bb6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Qc2 Be6 13.
Rfd1 Nb4 14. Qb1 a5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. d4 Nd7 17. a3 Nd5 18. Bc1 {
Bucher,R-Manievich,V/Bern op 1996/EXP 51/0-1 (37)}) (3... g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4
Nc6 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh3 d6 9. Nf4 Re8 10. b3 g5 11. Nd3 Nd4 12. O-O h6
13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Rae1 c6 15. Nc1 Ne6 16. Rd1 Bf8 17. Qc2 Bh5 18. Qb1 {
Slutzkin,U-Zaltz,D/ISR-ch 1992/TD 92\10/1-0 (55)}) (3... Nc6 $5 $11 {
should be considered}) 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nxe4 c5 $4 $18 {
the position is going down the drain} (5... Nc6 $142 $16) 6. Nd6+ Ke7 7. a3 (7.
Nxb7 $142 $5 {seems even better} Qb6 8. Nxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxa8 Bxf2+ 10. Kf1 Bxg1
11. Rxg1 d5 $18) 7... Kxd6 8. axb4 cxb4 9. d4 Re8 (9... Ke7 10. Qb3 $16) 10.
Bf4+ Ke7 11. Nf3 $16 (11. c5 Kf8 $18) 11... a5 12. O-O (12. c5 Kf8 $16) 12...
d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Qd3 f5 16. Ne5 Nf6 $18 (16... Ra8 17. Rfc1
$16) 17. Rfc1 $16 (17. Qc4 $5 Be6 18. Qc5+ Qd6 19. Qxd6+ Kxd6 20. Rxa5 Rec8 $16
) 17... Kf8 18. Rc2 h6 19. Rac1 Kg8 20. Ng6 Kh7 21. Nf4 {
White gets decisive kings attack} h5 $2 $18 (21... Bd7 $142 $5 $16) 22. Rc7 Re7
$4 {a blunder in a bad position} (22... b6 $142 $18) 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxc8 {
Threatening mate... how?} Rxc8 25. Qxf5+ g6 26. Qxc8 Kh6 27. Qh8+ Nh7 28. h4
Qc7 (28... a4 {does not improve anything} 29. Qg8 Qg7 30. Qc4 $18) 29. Qg8 {
Threatening mate... how?} Qd6 (29... Qg7 {
the only chance to get some counterplay} 30. Qd5 Nf6 31. Qxa5 b3 $18) 30. Be4 {
Do you see the mate threat?} (30. Be4 Nf8 31. Nxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Hatch, John H"]
[Black "Trice, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1604"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O {
Nimzo-Indian Defence [Normal Variation]} 5. e3 b6 (5... d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Bxc3 8. bxc3 e5 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Qc2 g6 11. Nb3 e4 12. Be2 Bg4 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14.
a4 f5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ba3 g5 17. c5 d5 18. c4 Qf7 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Rab1 {
Florea,D-Mammen,H/VLNBaden 1993/GER 04/0-1 (54)}) 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 $146 (
7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Ng4 Nbd7 13. Nxf6+
Nxf6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bf3 Re8 16. Na4 Rc8 17. Qb3 Ba8 18. Rfd1 Ne4 19. Be1 Rb8
20. Qd3 Qh4 21. g3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qxa4 23. Bc3 Be5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxc5 Qxa2
26. b4 Ree8 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein,D-Averbakh,Y/Zuerich ct 1953/CAND (26)}) 8. d5
$15 {This push gains space} (8. b3 d5 $11) 8... Na6 9. e4 Nc5 10. Qc2 exd5 11.
exd5 d6 {Secures e5.} (11... Re8 12. Re1 $11) 12. Bg5 $15 (12. b4 $142 $5 {
and White can hope to live} Ncd7 13. a3 $14) 12... Re8 $11 (12... Nxd5 $5 {
should be examined more closely} 13. cxd5 Bxg5 $15) 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. Bf4 Bf6
15. h3 Ne5 $14 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 $11) 16. b4 Ncd7
17. Ne4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Be5 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Bh4 $11 (21. Nxf6+ $142
$5 Bxf6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qc1 $16) 21... Bc8 $2 $16 (21... g5
$142 $5 {is the best option Black has} 22. Bg3 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxg3 24. fxg3 Re5
$11) 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 $18 (22... Bxf6 $142 $5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 $16) 23. Be4 $16 (23.
Qd2 $142 $5 $18) 23... Bd7 $2 $18 (23... Bf4 $142 $16) 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. f4 Rg8 (
25... Qc8 {there is nothing better in the position} 26. Qf2 f5 $18) 26. fxe5
dxe5 27. Re3 (27. Re3 Kh8 28. Rf3 $18) (27. Rf1 Ba4 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Rxf6
Kxf6 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 31. d6+ Ke8 32. Bxa8 c5 33. Qf6 Kf8 34. Rf1 Be8 35. d7 Rg7
36. Qd6+ Kg8 37. dxe8=Q+ Kh7 38. Be4+ f5 39. Bxf5+ Rg6 40. Qdxg6#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Walshe, D Bradley"]
[Black "Fereday, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackElo "1221"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe1 Nc6 11. Qg3 Rd8 {
Sicilian Defence [Scheveningen Variation]} 12. f5 (12. Rad1 Rb8 13. e5 Ne8 14.
Kh1 b5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Qf2 b4 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Bb6 Rxb6 20. Nxb6
Bb5 21. Na8 Qb8 22. Rfe1 d5 23. Nb6 Qc7 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bxd5 Bc4 26. Bxc4
Qxc4 {Jell,K-Pieper Emden,C/BL 8687 1987/BL 80/0-1 (62)}) (12. Kh1 Na5 13. e5
Ne8 14. Ne4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. c3 b5 17. Ng5 Bb7 18. f5 dxe5 19. fxe6 f6 20.
Nf5 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. e7 fxg5 23. Qxg5 {
1-0 Ader,G-Espig,G/OLO-A 1995/GER 11 (23)}) 12... e5 $146 (12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4
e5 14. Be3 b5 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Bg5 d5 17. Bxf6 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxf6 19. Nxd5 Qh6
20. Ne3 Bb7 21. Bd3 Rd4 22. Ng4 Qd6 23. Rae1 Re8 24. Re3 b4 25. b3 a5 26. Qh4
f6 27. Bc4+ Rxc4 28. bxc4 Qd2 29. Rd3 Qxc2 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Rg3+ {
1-0 Ruefenacht,M-Christian,M/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02 (31)}) 13. Nb3 {
The game is finished by a kings attack} b5 $14 (13... Nb4 14. Bh6 Bf8 15. Bg5
$11) 14. Nd5 Qb7 $16 (14... Nxd5 $142 $5 {deserves consideration} 15. exd5 Nb4
$14) 15. Bh6 {The mate threat is Qxg7} (15. Nxe7+ $6 Qxe7 16. Bf3 Bb7 $14)
15... Bf8 $2 (15... Ne8 $142 $18) 16. Nxf6+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nxh7 (18. Nd5 {
and White can already relax} Bxg5 19. Qxg5 f6 $18) 18... Kxh7 19. f6 gxf6 20.
Rxf6 {Do you see the mate threat?} Bxf6 (20... Qa7+ 21. Kh1 Bf8 $18) 21. Bxf6 (
21. Qh4+ Kg8 22. Bxf6 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qg1+ 24. Rxg1 d5 25. Qh8#) 21... Rg8 (21...
Qa7+ {does not save the day} 22. Kf1 Qf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rg8 24. Qh4+ Kg6 25. Qg5+
Kh7 26. Qh5#) 22. Qh4+ (22. Qh4+ Kg6 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qh5#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Bailey, Cliff"]
[Black "Sarma, Venu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1300"]
[BlackElo "1498"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O {
English Opening [Symmetrical Variation]} e6 $146 {Covers d5} (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3
Nc6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d4 Na5 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. e4 b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15.
Qe2 e6 16. h4 Rac8 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. e5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Ne4 cxd4 21. cxd4
Qxa2 22. Nd6 {Webb,S-Liersch,A/Hamburg Concordia 1977/MCL 03/1/2-1/2 (33)}) 8.
a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} O-O 9. e4 Ne7 10. Qc2 $15 (10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4
f5 $11) 10... Nbc6 11. Re1 a6 {Consolidates b5} 12. Rb1 b5 13. Nd1 Qb6 14. d3
Rb8 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Bg4 $14 (16... Nd4 $142 $5 {must be considered} 17. Qd2
Bb7 $15) 17. b4 $15 (17. Bxc5 $142 $5 {would allow White to play on} Qd8 18.
Nc3 $14) 17... Nd4 {A classical outpost} 18. Nxd4 cxd4 {
Black gains space. Black creates threats along the open c-file} 19. Bg5 Rbc8
20. Qb2 Rfe8 21. f3 Be6 22. Kh1 h6 23. Bd2 Rc7 24. Nf2 Rec8 25. Rbc1 g5 26.
Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rc1 Kh7 28. h3 {Controls g4} f5 29. Kh2 f4 {
Black gets more space. Black gets in control} 30. Rc2 $17 (30. gxf4 exf4 31. h4
Rxc1 32. Bxc1 Ng6 33. hxg5 hxg5 $15) 30... fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Qb7 32. Qc1 Rxc2 33.
Qxc2 Qc8 34. Qc5 $19 (34. Qxc8 Bxc8 35. h4 gxh4+ 36. Kxh4 Bf6+ 37. Kh5 $11)
34... Ng6 $17 (34... Qxc5 35. bxc5 Nc6 $17) 35. Bf1 Bf8 36. Qxc8 Bxc8 37. Be2
Be7 38. Bd1 Be6 39. Bc2 h5 40. Bd1 Kg7 41. Kh2 Ba2 42. Bc2 Nf4 43. Nh1 Kg6 44.
Ng3 Be6 45. Bxf4 gxf4 46. Ne2 $19 (46. Nf5 $142 $5 {
is an interesting alternative} Bf8 47. Kg1 $17) 46... Bh4 $17 (46... a5 47.
bxa5 Bxa3 48. Nc1 $17) 47. Nc1 Be1 (47... Kg5 48. Bb3 Bc8 49. Bf7 $17) 48. Bb3
(48. Nb3 Bc8 $15) 48... Bc8 49. Na2 $19 (49. Bd5 $5 $17) 49... Kg5 50. a4 Kh4 (
50... bxa4 51. Bxa4 Be6 52. Nc1 Bxb4 53. Bb3 $19) 51. a5 (51. axb5 axb5 52. Bd5
Bd2 $19) 51... Bxh3 52. Bd5 Bc8 (52... Bf1 $5 {seems even better} 53. Nc1 Bd2
54. Kg1 $19) 53. Bf7 Kg5 54. Be8 $2 (54. Kg2 $19) 54... Bd2 (54... Be6 $142 {
finishes off the opponent} 55. Nc1 Bxb4 $19) 55. Kg2 $2 (55. Bf7 $19) 55... Be6
56. Kf1 Bxa2 57. Bxb5 Bxb4 (57... Bxb4 58. Bxa6 Be6 $19) (57... axb5 {
succumbs to} 58. a6 Bf7 59. a7 Bxb4 60. a8=Q $18) 0-1

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Fraser, Lee"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1421"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian Defence} 2. e5 e6 $146 (2... Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bb5
a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. h3 Bd7 9. Nc3 e6 10. d3 Ne7 11. Qe1 h5 12. Nh4
Nf5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Nb1 Be7 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. c3 c4+ 18. d4 a5 19.
Qf2 Kd7 20. Be3 Rhb8 21. Rab1 a4 22. Qc2 Ra5 23. Nd2 Qa6 24. Rf2 Rab5 25. Nf1
a3 26. b3 cxb3 27. axb3 a2 28. Qxa2 Qxa2 29. Rxa2 Rxb3 30. Ra7+ Kd8 31. Rxb3
Rxb3 32. Bd2 Ra3 33. Rxa3 Bxa3 34. Kf2 Kc7 35. Ne3 Kb6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g6
38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Ke2 Kb5 40. Kd1 Bf8 41. Ke2 {
1/2-1/2 Bilawer,A-Caizapanta,O/OLO-B 1994/GER 08 (41)}) 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc4 b5 5.
Be2 Bb7 6. Bf3 Qc7 7. Bxb7 Qxb7 8. Nf3 Qe4+ 9. Kf1 Qb7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6
12. Qg4 g6 (12... d5 13. exd6 Nf6 14. Qh4 $11) 13. Nc3 Nh6 $16 (13... d5 $142
$5 $11 {would keep Black in the game}) 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Re1 $11 (15. Ne4 $142
$5 O-O 16. Nf6+ Kg7 17. Qh4 $18) 15... Bg7 16. h4 h5 $11 (16... O-O 17. Re3 $11
) 17. Qg3 Qc7 {Can e5 get defended?} 18. Qf4 Ne7 19. Ne4 {
White gets kings attack} O-O 20. Nf6+ $17 {'the knight is the knight!'} (20.
Qg5 $142 $5 {would keep White alive} Nf5 21. Re2 $11) 20... Kh8 $11 (20... Bxf6
$142 21. Qxf6 Nd5 $17) 21. g4 hxg4 $4 $18 (21... Ng8 $142 {would bring relief}
22. Nxg8 Kxg8 23. gxh5 gxh5 $16) 22. Qxg4 (22. h5 $142 {
makes sure everything is clear} g5 23. h6 (23. Qxg4 $6 {is no comparison} Bxf6
24. exf6 Nf5 $16) (23. Nxg5 $6 Nf5 24. Nxg4 d6 $18) 23... Qc4+ 24. Qxc4 bxc4
25. hxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nxg5 $18) 22... Qc4+ (22... Bxf6 $5 23. exf6 Nf5 $18) 23.
Qxc4 bxc4 24. h5 {Threatening mate... how?} Bxf6 $2 (24... Bh6 $142 $18) 25.
exf6 Nd5 (25... Kg8 {is not the saving move} 26. fxe7 Rfe8 27. Ne5 $18) 26.
hxg6+ Kg8 27. g7 {Threatening mate: Rh8} Nxf6 28. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Ke2 (29.
Rg1+ $5 {might be the shorter path} Kh8 30. Ng5 Rg8 31. Nxf7+ Kh7 32. Rh1+ Kg7
$18) 29... Rb8 (29... Re8 $18 {what else?}) 30. Reg1+ Kf8 31. Rh8+ (31. Rh8+
Ke7 32. Rxb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Manning, Cliff"]
[Black "Wouters, Eddy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1246"]
[BlackElo "1135"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 {Queen's Gambit} 4. a3 $146 {Consolidates b4} (4.
Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. a3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. b4 (9. h3 b6 10. b4 dxc4
11. Bxc4 a5 12. bxa5 b5 13. Be2 Rxa5 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Qb3 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17.
Na2 Bd7 18. Nb4 c5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Bf3 Bf5 23. Qc3
c4 24. Nb4 Be4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Qd4 Qc5 27. Qd7 Nf6 28. Qc6 Rc8 29. Qf3 h6 30.
Rfd1 c3 31. Rd4 Ra4 32. Qd1 g6 33. Qb3 Rca8 34. Rf4 Kg7 35. Nd3 Qc7 36. Rb4 Ne4
37. Rxb5 Nd2 38. Qc2 Rxa3 39. Rc1 Ne4 40. Rb4 Ra2 41. Qb3 R2a3 42. Qd5 Nf6 43.
Qc4 Rc8 {Kozul,Z-Blatny,P/Munich op9293 1993/TD 92\11/0-1 (81)}) 9... dxc4 10.
Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 Nb6 16. Nbd2 Qa7
17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd5 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Ng5 g6 21. e4 Nb6 22. e5 Be7 23. Ne4
Nxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Qd2 Qa5 26. Qh6 f5 27. Nf6+ {
1-0 Poulenard,R-Guyot,P/Cannes op 1989/TD 89\04 (27)}) 4... Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
e3 c6 {Secures b5} 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Ne1 Bc7 10. f4 Re8 11. Nf3 Ne4 $14
{Black can be proud of that piece} (11... Qe7 12. b3 $11) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2
f5 14. b3 Nf6 15. Bb2 Rf8 16. c5 {This push gains space} Bd7 (16... Nd5 17. Nc4
$11) 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. Qe1 Nd5 {A valuable piece} 20. Qg3 Rf6 21.
Ne5 {Menacing} Bxe5 $14 (21... Rh6 $5 $11) 22. dxe5 {White wins space.} ({
Weaker is} 22. fxe5 Rg6 23. Qf2 Qg5 $17) 22... Rg6 23. Qf2 Be8 24. Rfd1 Rh6 25.
Bc4 $11 (25. Rd4 Bh5 $14) 25... Bh5 $14 (25... Qxc5 26. Rd4 Qe7 27. b4 $15) 26.
Rd2 Kh8 27. Bxd5 $15 (27. b4 $5 $14 {is interesting}) 27... exd5 ({Worse is} 
27... cxd5 28. c6 $14) 28. b4 a6 29. a4 Bf7 30. Qf1 Be8 31. Qf2 Re6 32. Qg3 Qf7
33. Qh4 Re7 34. e6 $17 {White advances the passed pawn} (34. Rcd1 $142 $5 $11 {
is an interesting idea}) 34... Qf8 $4 $16 {
with this move Black loses his initiative} (34... Qxe6 $142 35. Be5 Red7 $17)
35. g4 $4 $15 {weakening the position} (35. Be5 $142 $16) 35... Bg6 36. Rg2
Rxe6 $4 $18 {Black has let it slip away} (36... Rde8 $142 $15 {was necessary})
37. gxf5 Bxf5 (37... Qe7 {is still a small chance} 38. Rg5 Rf8 39. fxe6 Qxe6
$18) 38. Bxg7+ (38. Bxg7+ Kg8 39. Bxf8+ Bg4 40. Qxd8 h5 41. f5 b5 42. fxe6 bxa4
43. Qf6 d4 44. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Pointer, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Egg, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "1364"]
[BlackElo "1137"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 {English Opening} Nxc3 5. bxc3 (5. dxc3
Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 e5 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nf3 f6 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Kc2 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12.
b4 Nd7 13. Bc4 Nf8 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. Nc4 O-O-O 16. a4 Rd7 17. Rad1 Rhd8 18.
Rxd7 Rxd7 19. h4 h5 {
Strikovic,A-Sanchez Almeyra,J/Ibercaja op 1992/TD 92\04/1-0 (46)}) 5... e6 $146
(5... g6 6. Bb2 (6. Ba3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11.
cxd4 Nb6 12. Qb3 Bg4 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Rc1 Ba4 15. Qb4 e6 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5
Re8 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Rb1 Qc6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. e5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Rc6
24. g3 Ra8 25. Rd2 Bh6 26. Rdb2 Bc1 27. Rb1 Rxa2 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. Rxb6 Rb2 30.
Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke8 33. Kd3 b5 34. Ng5 h5 35. h3 Ba3 36. f3 Be7
37. Ne4 Kd7 38. g4 Kc6 39. Ng3 hxg4 40. fxg4 b4 41. Kc4 g5 42. Ne4 b3 43. Nc3
b2 44. Kb3 f6 45. Kxb2 fxe5 46. dxe5 Kc5 47. Kc2 Kd4 48. Nb5+ Kxe5 49. Kd3 {
1/2-1/2 Keres,P-Smyslov,V/Wch18-NLD\URS (Moscow) 1948/MAINB (49)}) 6... Bg7 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qc2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. h3 e6 13. d3 Qe7 14.
Ne1 b5 15. f4 b4 16. Nf3 Rfd8 17. c4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Rf3
f5 21. Re3 Qf6 22. g3 Rad8 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Qe7 26. Kf2 Re8
27. Qd2 a5 {1/2-1/2 Solice,R-Seils,G/BLW9293 1993/BIG 90 (27)}) (5... c5 6. Nf3
g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc8 13. Qd3
Rd8 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. a4 e6 18. Ne5 Qb7 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20.
Rfd1 {Eberhardt,F-Schulze,A/BL2-S 8788 1988/BL2/1-0 (40)}) 6. Qg4 a6 {
Controls b5} 7. Nf3 b6 8. Be2 g6 9. a4 $11 (9. d4 c5 $11) 9... Bg7 10. Ba3 (10.
d4 e5 11. Qg3 exd4 $14) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Ne5 $14 (11... e5 $5 12. Qg3 Qf6 $11)
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 $11 (14. e5 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 O-O $14) 14... cxd6
15. Qh3 O-O 16. Qh6 e5 $14 (16... Qc7 17. Qe3 $11) 17. Rad1 $11 (17. f4 exd4
18. f5 Qf6 (18... dxc3 $4 {taking the pawn will cause Black grave problems} 19.
f6 Qxf6 20. Rxf6 $18) 19. fxg6 Qxg6 20. Qxg6+ hxg6 21. cxd4 f5 $14) 17... Re8
$14 (17... Qc7 $5 $11 {is noteworthy}) 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Re8 20. e5 {
White gains space} d5 21. Bf3 Bb7 (21... Qc7 22. Bxd5 Ra7 23. c4 $14) 22. c4
Qe7 23. Bxd5 Rab8 24. Qh3 $16 (24. f5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qf8 26. Qxf8+ Rxf8 $16)
24... Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bxd5 $18 (25... Re7 26. e6 f5 27. Qh4 $16) 26. cxd5 {
The passed pawn on d5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} (26. Rxd5 $6 Qxc4
27. Qf3 Qxa4 $15) 26... Rbc8 27. d6 Re6 $2 (27... Rcd8 $142 $18) 28. Qh4 (28.
Qh4 g5 29. fxg5 $18 (29. Qxg5+ $6 Rg6 30. Qh4 Qc6 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Norwood Centenary"]
[Site "Norwood"]
[Date "1990.04.16"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Siow, David"]
[Black "Steffensen, Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C57"]
[WhiteElo "1130"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 {Two Knights' Defence} 6.
d3 (6. d4 Be7 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. Qf3+ Ke6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd5+ Kd6 11. Qd3 c6 12.
Be4 Kc7 13. Be3 Be6 14. O-O-O b5 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Qg3 Qc5 17. b4 Qxb4 18.
Qxe5+ Kb6 19. Rd3 Bc4 20. Rd7 Bg5+ {
Veinger,I-Brook,O/ISR-ch 1986/CBM 01/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 6... Bb4+ $146 (6... Be7 7.
Nxf7 (7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Bxg5 9. Bxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxd5 Bxh3 11. Qd2 Qxd2 12. Nxd2
Bd7 13. Nf3 Rfe8 14. a3 Kh8 15. Ng5 Be6 16. Nxf7+ Kg8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe5
Bd5 19. Rfe1 Rab8 20. b4 Re6 21. c4 Rbe8 22. cxd5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. dxc6
Rd5 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. b5 Rd5 27. a4 Rd4 28. a5 Rb4 29. b6 axb6 30. Ra1 bxa5 31.
Rxa5 Rb6 32. Rc5 Kf7 33. d4 Ke6 34. Re5+ Kd6 35. f4 Rxc6 36. f5 Rc4 37. Re6+
Kd7 38. d5 Rc5 39. Re5 c6 40. Kf2 Rxd5 41. Rxd5+ cxd5 {
Fuehrer,S-Diehle,J/Guben 1996/0-1 (65)}) 7... Kxf7 8. Qf3+ Ke8 9. Bxd5 Rf8 10.
Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qe4 c6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qxh7 Rf7 15. Qh5 {
1-0 Wagner,E-Schnegg,L/Biel op2 1993/TD 93\07 (15)}) (6... Qd7 7. c3 f6 8. Ne4
Be7 9. Qf3 Nd8 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Qxd5 c6 13. Qe4 O-O 14. O-O Ne6
15. Be3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nd2 Bg5 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Nxg5 h6 21.
Ne6 {Mohammadi,A-Lindgren,H/SVE-ch op Vaxjo 1992/EXT 92ch/1-0 (32)}) (6... Bc5
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nxd5 Be6 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. dxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Bxf2 12. Ke2 {
0-1 Jorgensen,C-Haeusl,K/EU-chJW U10 Herculane 1994/TD 94\01 (12)}) 7. c3 {
Prevents intrusion on d4} Be7 8. Qf3 {The mate threat is Qxf7} Bxg5 9. Bxd5 O-O
10. Bxg5 Qxg5 11. Nd2 ({Inferior is} 11. Bxc6 Qc1+ 12. Qd1 Qxb2 $17) 11... Be6
$14 (11... Ne7 12. h4 Qg6 13. h5 $11) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rab8 14. Nc4 $15 (
14. b4 $142 $5 $14 {is an interesting alternative}) 14... Bxc4 15. dxc4 Rfd8
$14 (15... Rb6 $142 $5 {is worthy of consideration} 16. Qc5 Qxg2 $15 (16...
Rxb2 $143 17. O-O $11)) 16. O-O Rxb2 17. Qxc7 Rc2 (17... a6 18. Rae1 Re8 19.
Qc6 $16) 18. Rab1 $14 (18. Rae1 Re8 19. Qxa7 Qe7 $18) 18... Rcd2 $16 (18...
Rxa2 19. Rb7 Rxf2 20. Qxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rxf2 f6 22. Rxa7 Qb6 $11) 19. Qxa7 {
The passed pawn on a2 quickly leads to threats} e4 20. a4 $16 (20. Rb8 h6 $18)
20... h6 $18 (20... Qe5 21. a5 $16) 21. a5 Qh5 22. a6 Rd1 $2 (22... Qe5 $142
$18) 23. h3 (23. Rbxd1 {makes it even easier for White} Qxd1 24. Qb7 Qd7 $18)
23... Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27. g3 f5 (27... Qf6 $18 {
the last chance for counterplay}) 28. Qb7 f4 (28... Kh7 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} 29. a7 Qd2 30. Kg2 $18) 29. Qd5+ Qxd5
30. cxd5 e3 31. fxe3 fxe3 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kf3 h5 34. Kxe3 Kf6 35. a7 Kf5 36.
a8=Q $1 {surprise!. Do you see the mate threat?} g5 37. Qh8 (37. Qc6 g4 38.
Qe6+ Kg5 39. h4#) 37... Kg6 38. Qd4 $18 (38. d6 g4 39. d7 gxh3 40. d8=Q Kf5 41.
Qxh5+ Ke6 42. Qhd5#) 38... Kf5 39. d6 (39. Qb6 g4 40. Qe6+ Kg5 41. h4#) 39...
Kg6 (39... g4 {doesn't change anything anymore} 40. d7 gxh3 41. d8=Q Kg6 42.
Q4f6+ Kh7 43. Qdh8#) 40. Qd5 (40. d7 g4 41. d8=Q gxh3 42. Q4f6+ Kh7 43. Qdh8#)
40... Kf6 (40... g4 {does not win a prize} 41. d7 gxh3 42. d8=Q Kg7 43. Qe7+
Kg6 44. Qde6#) 41. d7 Kg6 (41... Kg7 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 42.
Qxg5+ Kf7 43. d8=Q Ke6 44. Qgf6#) 42. d8=Q h4 (42... g4 {is no salvation} 43.
Qe6+ Kg7 44. Qdg8#) 43. Q8d6+ (43. Q8xg5+ Kh7 44. Qdg8#) 43... Kh7 44. Qb7+ Kg8
45. Qdb8# (45. Qd8#) 1-0

