[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Amini, Amir"]
[Black "Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "1412"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 c6 5. Be2 e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O {
Old (Chigorin) Indian Defence.} 8. h3 (8. Re1 a6 9. Bf1 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bg5 (
11. h3 Re8 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bf8 14. Nf5 Ne5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bg5 h6 17.
Bf4 Ng6 18. Bxd6 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qb3 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23.
Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Nd6 Bd5 25. a4 Rd8 26. Nf5 Be6 27. Ne3 Rd2 28. axb5 {
1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Tal,M/Cannes 1989/CBM 11}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Rc1 Qa5
14. c5 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. Nf5 Nxc5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nd5 Qb8 20.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Qxd6 Re6 22. Qxb8+ Rxb8 23. e5 Nd7 24. f4 f6 25. Nd4 Ree8 26. e6
Nf8 27. f5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Trepp,M/SWZ-Kasparov 1987/CBM 02}) 8... exd4 (8...
h6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Re8 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. Qd6+ Qe7 16. Qxc6 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Rec8 18. Qa4 Qb4 19. Qxb4+ axb4 20. Nb5 Bxb5
21. cxb5 Rc2 22. Rd2 b3 23. Rxc2 bxc2 24. Bd3 Rxa2 25. Rc1 Nc5 26. Bxc2 Rb2 27.
Nxe5 Rxb5 28. Re1 Ncxe4 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 {
1/2-1/2 Vavra,P-Znamenacek,K/Prague Bohemians 1991/TD 91\08}) 9. Nxd4 Nc5 $146
(9... d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
Ndb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 a6 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Rc1 Re8 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Kh1 b5 21. Bg5
Qf5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. f4 h5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Kg1 Qh2+ 26. Kf2 Qg3+ {
1/2-1/2 Lange,G-Urbild,O/RL-chS Kettig 1994/GER 09}) 10. Qc2 a5 11. Bf4 Re8 12.
Rad1 Qc7 13. Bg3 {N} (13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bf1 Bf8 15. Bh2 $14 {
Keres-Akakundju, Varna (ol) 1962.}) 13... Bf8 {Now all is on e4} 14. Bf3 Nfd7
15. Na4 Ne5 16. Nxc5 $15 (16. Bh5 $5 $11 {should be considered}) 16... dxc5 17.
Ne2 (17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Ne2 b5 $15) 17... Qb6 $14 (17... Nxf3+ $142 $5 {
and Black can hope to live} 18. gxf3 Qe7 $15) 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Rd2 $11 (19.
Rd3 Qc7 $14) 19... Re8 20. Rfd1 g6 {Covers h5} 21. Nc3 $11 (21. Rd3 Qc7 $14)
21... Be6 22. b3 {Prevents intrusion on c4} Qc7 23. Be2 Bg7 24. Bf1 h5 25. Be2
Qf4 26. Bf1 Bd4 {An ideal square for the black bishop.} 27. Bd3 $4 $19 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (27.
Rd3 $142 $11 {and White can hope to survive}) 27... h4 28. Kf1 (28. Na4 $5 Be5
$1 {Black gets the advantage} 29. Kf1 $17) 28... Qf6 $4 $15 {
throwing away the advantage} (28... Qh2 $142 {with excellent chances for Black}
29. Ke1 Qxg2 $19) 29. Nb1 Qe5 30. Re2 $4 $19 (30. Be2 $142 $15 {saving the game
}) 30... Qh2 {Threatening mate... how?} 31. Ke1 Qxg2 32. Kd2 (32. Qc1 Bxh3 33.
Qf4 g5 $19) 32... Qg5+ (32... Bxh3 {seems even better} 33. f4 Qg3 34. Kc1 $19)
33. Ke1 Bxh3 34. f3 (34. Qc1 {doesn't improve anything} Qf6 35. Qh6 Rad8 $19)
34... Qf4 (34... Qf4 35. Rf2 Qg3 $19) (34... Qg3+ $142 $5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 35. Kd2 Qf4+ 36. Ke1 Qxf3 37. a3 Qg3+ 38. Kd2
Qg5+ 39. Ke1 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
Sicilian Defence, Najdorf System.} 6. g3 b5 (6... e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9.
O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nc1 O-O 15. Re1 Rc4
16. Nd3 Qc7 17. Re2 Rc8 18. Rae1 Rd4 19. Nd1 d5 20. exd5 e4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22.
Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxd5 24. Re1 Ba8 {McHugh,K-Sadler,M/Dublin zt 1993 0-1 (40)}
) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O g6 (8... e6 9. a3 Qc7 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Kh1 Nb6
13. Be3 Nc4 14. Bg1 O-O 15. Nd1 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rfc8 19. c3
a5 20. Re1 Ba6 21. Qg4 Nc5 22. Ra1 Rcb8 23. f5 {
Escobar Forero,A-Kempinski,R/WchJM U20 1996/1-0 (45)}) 9. Re1 Qc7 $146 (9... e5
10. Nb3 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bg7 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 O-O 15. Na5 Qc7 16.
Re4 f5 17. Rc4 Qf7 18. Rb3 Bc8 19. Rb6 Qf6 20. Nc6 Nd7 21. Rb3 a5 22. Be3 f4
23. gxf4 Qh4 24. Qf3 {Bocksberger,S-Cordes,H/BL 8586 1986/BL 80/0-1 (44)}) 10.
Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 h6 {Controls g5} 12. h4 h5 $16 (12... Nd7 $5 $11) 13. Bg5 Nd7
14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Nb6 16. Ra5 Nc4 17. Ra2 Nb6 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Na5 f6 $2 (
19... Ba8 $142 $18) 20. Bxf6 $1 {the final blow} Rh7 21. b3 (21. Nxb7 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} Qxb7 22. Qd3 Kd8 $18) 21... Rf7 (21... Ba8 22.
Bd4 Nxd5 23. Nc4 $18) 22. Ba1 (22. Nxb7 $6 Rxf6 23. Na5 Qc5 $18) 22... Ba8 (
22... Bg7 {does not win a prize} 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Be4 Bxa1 25. Qxa1 $18 (25.
Rxa1 $6 Rg7 $18)) 23. c4 (23. Be4 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kd8 $18) 23...
Nd7 (23... e5 {cannot change destiny} 24. dxe6 Rf5 25. Bh3 $18) 24. Qd3 (24.
Be4 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kd8 25. Bxg6 Rf6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxh5
Rb8 $18) 24... Bg7 25. Qxg6 {White begins to deal mighty blows} Bxa1 26. Rexa1
(26. Bh3 {might be the shorter path} Nf8 27. Qxh5 Bf6 $18) 26... Ne5 (26... Qc5
27. Bh3 Bxd5 28. Qg8+ Rf8 29. Qxd5 $18) 27. Qxh5 Qb6 (27... Qd7 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 28. f4 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Nxg4 30. Nc6 $18) 28. Bh3
Bb7 (28... Rc7 $18 {is still a small chance}) 29. Nxb7 Qxb7 30. f4 (30. Bxc8
$142 $5 {and White can already relax} Qxc8 31. Rxa6 Nd7 $18) 30... Qxb3 31. Ra3
Qb6+ (31... Qxc4 32. Bxc8 $1 {the end, the rest is history} Qxc8 33. fxe5 Qc5+
34. Kh2 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 dxe5 36. Rxa6 Qf5+ 37. Qxf5 Rxf5 38. Re6 $18) 32. Kh1 Nxc4
(32... Qd4 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 33. Bxc8 Qe4+ 34. Kh2 Qc2+
35. Kh3 $18) 33. Bxc8 Nxa3 34. Be6 $1 {
the decision. Do you see the mate threat?} (34. Be6 Qc5 35. Qxf7+ Kd8 36. Qf8+
Kc7 37. Qc8+ Kb6 38. Qb8+ Ka5 39. Qb2 $18) (34. Rxa3 $6 {is not possible} Qb1+
35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kh3 Qxc8+ 37. Qg4 Qc4 38. Qg8+ Rf8 39. Qg6+ Rf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Errington, James"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {Pirc Defence.} 4. h3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 (
6... c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5 Qc7 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 dxe5 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nf8 15. b4 Ne6 16. c3 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. Qe1
Bg5 19. Bf1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Bd7 21. g3 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Hickl,J/BL9596 1996/BL 90})
9... Rb8 10. Qd2 b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Qxd5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. O-O Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bf6 19. c4 Ba6 20. Rb4 e6 21. Qe4
Be7 22. Rb3 Bb7 23. Qf4 e5 24. Qg3 Bc5 25. Rfb1 Bc6 26. Bf3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Bxf3
28. Qxf3 Qxc4 29. Rxe5 Rfe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qb7 b5 32. g3 Qd3 33. Rxb5 Re1+
34. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Tal,M/Tbilisi 1988/TD 88\01}) 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4
9. Ng5 (9. Nd2 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. f4 Nc6 14. O-O b5
15. Bxb5 Nxd4 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Rc1 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ne6 19. h4 Qe8 20. Na5 Qb5 21.
Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Kg8 23. Rc6 Kf7 {
King,D-McNab,C/London NWYM 1988/CBM 09/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 9... c5 10. Nxe4 $11 (10.
c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Nxe4 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. f4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qb4 16. a3
Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Be6 20. Bd3 {
1/2-1/2 Tebb,D-Faulkner,D/BCF-ch 1994/TD 94\03}) (10. c3 $5 $14) 10... cxd4 11.
Bxd4 {Black gets strong play along the open d-file} Nc6 12. c3 {
Consolidates b4+d4} Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 Bf5 15. Ng3 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 $11 (
16. Kf1 Nf4 (16... Nxb2 $143 17. Qb3 $16) 17. Nxf5 gxf5 $14) 16... Bxd3 {
White cannot castle king side} 17. Qf3 {Plans 0-0-0} Ba6 {
Black traps the enemy king in the center} 18. Ne2 (18. h4 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qe6 $15)
18... Qd7 19. h4 (19. Qe3 Rfd8 $15) 19... Rad8 {
Threatening mate: Qd2. Black launches an attack} 20. Qe3 Qb5 21. b3 Rd3 22. Qe4
(22. Qxe7 $2 {would be great except for} Re8 23. c4 Qc6 $19) (22. Qxa7 $4 {
the pawn is something White will choke on} Rd1+ $3 {
a sacrifice to finish the game} 23. Kxd1 Qxe2+ 24. Kc1 Bd3 25. Qxb7 Qc2#) 22...
Rd5 23. c4 (23. Qxe7 $4 {White will not be able to digest the pawn} Re8 24. c4
Qa5+ 25. b4 Rxe7 26. bxa5 Bxc4 $19) 23... Qb4+ 24. Kf1 Rd2 $15 (24... Rfd8 25.
Kg1 $17) 25. Qe3 $17 (25. h5 Rfd8 26. g3 g5 $15) 25... Rfd8 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 26. g3 (26. Kg1 b5 27. a3 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29.
Kh2 Qd6+ 30. Ng3 Rxh1+ 31. Kxh1 Qxa3 32. Qxa7 bxc4 33. bxc4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6
$11) 26... b5 27. Nf4 $2 $19 (27. Qxa7 Qd6 28. Nc3 Qd3+ 29. Kg2 Qxc3 30. Rae1
$19 (30. Qxa6 $4 {White should leave the bishop alone} Rxf2+ 31. Kh3 Qf3 32.
Qxg6+ fxg6 33. Rhg1 Rd4 34. cxb5 Qg4#)) 27... bxc4 28. h5 (28. Kg1 Bb7 29. Ng2
$19) 28... Qb7 $1 {a beautiful, forced end to the game. The mate threat is Qxh1
} 29. f3 (29. Kg1 {is no salvation} Rd1+ 30. Qe1 Qf3 31. bxc4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1
Rd2 $19) 29... R8d3 (29... cxb3+ $142 {and Black has it in the bag} 30. Kg1 b2
$19) 30. Nxd3 Rxd3 {Threatening mate: Rxe3} 31. Qe5 (31. Qxd3 {
the last chance for counterplay} cxd3 32. Kf2 $19) 31... Rxf3+ 32. Kg1 (32. Ke1
cxb3 33. Rd1 Qb4+ 34. Rd2 bxa2 35. hxg6 Re3+ 36. Qxe3 a1=Q+ 37. Kf2 Qxh1 38.
gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 40. gxf4 Qf1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Rf2 Bb7 43. f5 Qg1+
44. Kh4 Qxf2+ 45. Kg4 Qg2+ 46. Kf4 Qf3+ 47. Kg5 Qg3+ 48. Kh5 Bf3+ 49. Kh6 Qg7#)
32... Qb6+ 33. Kg2 Qf2+ 34. Kh3 Bc8+ 35. Kh4 Rf5 (35... Rxg3 36. Qg7+ Kxg7 37.
h6+ Kxh6 38. bxc4 g5#) 36. Raf1 (36. hxg6 {does not save the day} Rxe5 37.
gxh7+ Kxh7 38. Raf1 Kg6 39. Rxf2 Rh5#) 36... g5+ (36... g5+ 37. Kh3 Rxe5+ 38.
g4 Re3#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1322"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 {Caro-Kann Defence, Advance Variation.} 4. Nd2 (4.
Be2 Qb6 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 Ne7 8. Na3 Qc7 9. Nc2 a6 10. Ne3 Bg6 11. Nh4
Nc8 12. f4 Be7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ng4 Nd6
18. Bd2 Rae8 {Parcerias,P-Fernandes,A/POR-ch 1992/TD 92\10/0-1 (36)}) 4... Nd7
$146 (4... e6 5. Nb3 (5. Ne2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 c4 9. Nd2 h5 10. Ng3
Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 g6 13. Nf3 Nh6 14. O-O Be7 15. Re1 Kd7 16. Rb1 Qa6
17. b3 b5 18. Ng5 h4 19. Nf1 Bxg5 {
Komovec,I-Ivacic,V/Portoroz 1996/EXP 51/0-1 (49)}) 5... Nd7 6. Be3 Ne7 (6... b6
7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. c5 O-O 12. g4 Be4 13. f3
Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. Nh3 f6 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. g5 hxg5 20.
hxg5 Nd7 21. Qh2 Bg6 22. Nxe6 Qe8 23. Nc7 Qd8 24. Ne6 Qe8 25. Nxf8 Qxf8 26.
Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxf8+ Rxf8 28. cxb6 axb6 {
1-0 Koshdel,M-Ruessel,R/Endingen AT 1987/GER 04}) 7. f4 h5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf5 11. Bf2 h4 12. Bd3 g6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. g4 hxg3
16. Qxg3 Qb6 17. h4 O-O-O 18. Kb1 Bh6 19. Rdg1 {
Sting,T-Hoenig,A/NRW-I 1994/GER 07/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 5. g4 Bg6 6. f4 h6 $14 (6...
e6 7. Ngf3 $11) 7. f5 {White gets more space} Bh7 8. Ngf3 Qc7 9. Bd3 O-O-O 10.
b4 $11 (10. Qe2 Qb6 $14) 10... e6 11. fxe6 fxe6 {Secures f5.} 12. Bxh7 Rxh7 13.
g5 $15 (13. Rb1 $5 $11) 13... Bxb4 14. c3 $17 (14. Rb1 $5 {
has some apparent merit} c5 15. O-O $17) 14... Bxc3 15. Qc2 (15. Rb1 $5 $19)
15... Bxd2+ $17 (15... Bxa1 $142 $5 16. Qxh7 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxe5+ 18. Ne2 Qxg5
19. Rg1 Qh4+ 20. Rg3 $19) 16. Bxd2 Rh8 17. O-O Nb6 18. Ba5 Ne7 19. Rab1 Nf5 20.
Qc5 (20. Qc3 g6 $17) 20... Ne3 21. Rfc1 $2 $19 (21. Rf2 $142 Nec4 22. g6 $17)
21... Nec4 (21... Qf7 $142 {and Black can celebrate victory} 22. Rxb6 Qxf3 $19
(22... axb6 23. Qxb6 Nc4 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Qa7 Qxf3 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Qxb7+ Ke8
28. Bxd8 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Rf8+ 30. Bf6 Qf3+ 31. Ke1 Qe4+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 gxf6
34. gxf6 Qxh2+ 35. Kd1 Qg1+ 36. Kc2 Qf2+ 37. Kc3 Qf3+ 38. Kb2 c3+ 39. Kc2 Qe2+
40. Kxc3 Qe3+ 41. Kc2 $19)) 22. Rc3 (22. g6 Rdf8 23. Rxc4 dxc4 (23... Rxf3 $143
24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 $17) 24. Rxb6 axb6 25. Bxb6 Qb8 $19 (25... Rxf3 $6 26.
Bxc7 Kxc7 27. Qe7+ Kb6 28. Qc5+ Kc7 29. Qd6+ Kb6 30. Qc5+ Kc7 $11)) 22... Rhf8
23. Rcb3 (23. g6 Rf4 $19) 23... Qf7 24. Rf1 Qh5 (24... Qf4 {
and Black can already relax} 25. Kh1 $19) 25. h4 $6 {
hardly fazing for the opponent} (25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Qe7 $19) 25... Qg4+ 26. Kf2
(26. Kh2 {cannot undo what has already been done} hxg5 27. Bxb6 axb6 $19) 26...
Nxa5 (26... Qxh4+ {makes it even easier for Black} 27. Kg2 Qg4+ 28. Kf2 hxg5
29. Bb4 $19) 27. Qxa5 Qxd4+ 28. Ke1 Qe4+ 29. Kd1 Qc4 (29... Qa4 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 30. Qxa4 Nxa4 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. Rg1 $19) 30. Rf2
Rxf3 (30... Qa4 $142 {and Black can already relax} 31. Qc5 $19) 31. Rbxf3 (31.
Rfxf3 Qd4+ (31... Qxh4 $6 {is no comparison} 32. Qxa7 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qh2+ 34. Kf1
Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36. Ke1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 $11) 32. Kc2 Nc4 $19 (32... Qxe5 $6 {
is clearly inferior} 33. Qxa7 Qh2+ 34. Kb1 Qg1+ 35. Kc2 $11)) 31... Qd4+ 32.
Kc1 (32. Qd2 Qxh4 33. gxh6 Nc4 $19 (33... Qxh6 $6 34. Qxh6 gxh6 35. Rf6 $17))
32... Nc4 (32... Qxh4 $6 33. Qxa7 Qxg5+ 34. Kb1 Qg6+ 35. Kc1 $19) 33. Qc3 Qxh4
34. gxh6 Qxh6+ 35. Kb1 Qg6+ (35... Qh5 {might be the shorter path} 36. Rf1 $19)
36. Ka1 Qg1+ 37. Rf1 Qg2 38. Rf8 Qg4 (38... b6 $142 $5 {seems even better} 39.
R8f2 Qg5 40. Rf3 $19) 39. Rxd8+ Kxd8 40. Rf8+ Kd7 {Threatening mate... how?}
41. Rf7+ Kc8 $4 $11 {Black lets it slip away} (41... Ke8 $142 {
Black clearly has the better chances} 42. Rxb7 Qe2 $19) 42. Rf8+ Kd7 {
The mate threat is Qd1} 43. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Black "Hansen, Ernst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "1248"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O {Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence.} d6 5. Re1
Bd7 6. d4 Be7 (6... exd4 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11.
exd5 O-O 12. Qd3 Bf6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nf5 Re5 15. Ng3 Qe8 16. Bd2 Re7 17. Rxe7
Qxe7 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Nh5 Be7 20. Qg3 g6 21. Bc3 Qd8 22. Qe3 Bg5 23. Qd4 f6 24.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Kf1 Bb5+ 29. Ke1 {
1/2-1/2 Hippe,F-Schermuly,S/DLMw 1996}) 7. dxe5 $146 (7. c3 O-O 8. Qd3 (8. Ba4
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Bc2 g6 11. d5 Nb8 12. h3 Nh5 13. Nf1 Nf4 14. Ng3 Qf6 15.
Nh2 h5 16. Qf3 Bh6 17. Kh1 Kg7 18. Ne2 Rh8 19. Nxf4 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qd3
Bg4 22. Qd4 Nd7 {Nerlov,C-Jacobsen,B/Copenhagen op 1988/TD 88\05/1/2-1/2 (60)})
8... a6 9. Ba4 exd4 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. cxd4 Re8 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bf4 Kh7 14. Rac1
{1/2-1/2 Saulitus,J-Nisteriuk,S/WchJM-U12 Duisburg 1992/TD 92\06}) (7. d5 Nb8
8. Bd3 O-O 9. c4 a5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. h3 c6 12. Bf1 Qb8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8
15. Qd2 Be8 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. b3 Qa7 18. g4 Nc7 19. Re3 cxd5 20. exd5 Na6 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 {Ujtumen,T-Rubinetti,J/Palma de Mallorca izt 1970/IZT/1-0 (42)}) 7...
dxe5 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nbd2 $11 (9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 $14) 9... Ng4 10. Bxe7
Qxe7 ({Worse is} 10... Nxe7 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. h3 $16) 11. Qe2 Rfd8 12. c3 {
Controls b4+d4} a6 13. Ba4 Nf6 14. Nf1 Qc5 15. Rad1 g6 $14 (15... Bg4 16. Ne3
$11) 16. Ng3 (16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 $14) 16... Kg7 17. Qe3 Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Hunter, Daniel M"]
[Black "Stefan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1218"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian Defence} 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 (4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4
6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 Nd7 11. Bc4 d5 12. exd5
Nb6 13. d3 Nxc4 14. dxc4 b5 15. Qf2 bxc4 16. Nxd4 Qxd5 17. Be3 a5 18. c3 Rd8
19. Qc2 e6 20. Rad1 Qh5 21. Nc6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bb7 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rd7 Qb5 25.
Qd2 Bd5 26. Rc7 Be4 27. Nc8 Qd5 28. Nd6 Kg8 29. Nxc4 Rb8 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. Ba7
Ra8 32. Nd6 Bb1 33. Nxf7 Bxa2 34. Ng5 Re8 35. Bd4 Bh6 36. Nxh7 {
1-0 Polgar,J-Topalov,V/Dortmund 1996.}) 4... Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O d5
8. Bb3 O-O 9. f5 (9. a4 b6 10. Qe1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nb5 a6
14. Na3 Bb7 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Bd2 a5 17. f5 exf5 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Nd6 fxe4 20. Bg3
e3 21. Qe2 Ba6 22. Qg4 Bc8 23. Qg5 Nf5 {
0-1 Girinath,P-Tiviakov,S/Calcutta op 1993/EXP 33}) (9. a3 b5 10. Nxb5 Qb6 11.
c4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Rd8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Nc3 Rb8 15. Ba2 Nd4 16. Qf2 Nec6 17. e5
Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bb7 19. Qf2 Nd4 20. Be3 Ba8 21. Na4 Qc6 22. Nc3 Nf5 23. Bxc5 Nh4
{Trnovec,M-Szieberth,A/Balatonbereny op 1996/EXP 53/0-1 (36)}) 9... exf5 $11 (
9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 gxf5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bd2 Ncd4 15.
Na4 e4 16. Ng5 e3 17. Be1 Nxb3 18. axb3 Nd4 19. Nb6 Bg4 20. Nxa8 Bxd1 21. Rxd1
e2 22. Rd2 Rxa8 23. c3 Nxb3 24. Rxe2 h6 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Bh4 Rd1+ 27. Kf2 Nc1
28. Re3 c4 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Bxf6 Nd3+ 31. Ke2 Re1+ 32. Kf3 Rf1+ {
0-1 Houska,M-Wagner,C/Paris-London 1994/EXP 45}) (9... dxe4 $5 10. f6 Bxf6 11.
Nxe4 Bg7 $17) 10. exf5 $17 (10. Nxd5 $142 $5 {is noteworthy} Be6 11. Bg5 $11)
10... Bxf5 11. Bg5 f6 {Black is in command} 12. Be3 b6 {Secures c5} 13. Qd2 Na5
14. Bh6 $19 (14. d4 c4 15. Ba4 a6 $17) 14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 d4 17.
Ne4 Nd5 18. Nh4 Ne3 19. Rf3 (19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Qh3 Ne3 21. Qe6+ Kg7 $17) 19...
Ng4 (19... Nxc2 {is clearly worse} 20. Nxf5 Rf7 21. Nfd6 $18) 20. Qf4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 (21. dxe4 Ne3 22. c3 Qe8 $17) 21... Ne5 $17 (21... f5 $5 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23.
Rh3 $19) 22. Rg3 Qd7 23. Rf1 Rae8 24. Nf5 $19 (24. b4 cxb4 25. Nf5 Rd8 $19)
24... Kh8 25. Nh4 f5 26. Qf4 Ng4 27. h3 Ne5 28. Qh6 Kg8 $17 (28... Rf6 $5 29.
Nf3 $19) 29. Rg5 $19 (29. Qg5 $5 $17) 29... f4 30. Nf3 (30. Re1 $142 Qd6 31.
Rh5 $19) 30... Nf7 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Nh4 Qe6 $4 $15
{overlooking an easy win} (34... Nh8 $142 $19 {and Black has reached his goal})
35. Nf5+ Kg8 $4 (35... Kf6 36. Rxf4 Qe1+ 37. Rf1 Rh8 $11) 36. Qg4+ (36. Qg4+
Ng5 37. Qxg5+ Qg6 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Srdic, Goran"]
[Black "Nothdurft, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[BlackElo "1527"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
Sicilian Defence, Najdorf System.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 (8... Nbd7 9.
O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. h4 (14. f6 gxf6 15.
gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. Rg7 Bxg7 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. e5 d5 20. Qf6 b4 21. Nf5
exf5 22. Nxd5 Qd8 23. Qd6 f6 24. Bc4 Be6 25. Nc7+ Kf7 26. Bxe6+ {
1-0 Lobron,E-Chandler,M/BL 8586 1986/BL 80}) 14... b4 15. Nb1 Bb7 16. fxe6 fxe6
17. Nd2 e5 18. Nf5 O-O 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. g6 hxg6 21. Qg4 d5 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23.
exd5 Rad8 24. Qg5 Rfe8 25. Nf3 Rd6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Qxh5+ Rh6 28. Qg6 {
1-0 Ljubojevic,L-De Fermian,N/Wijk 1986/TD 86\01}) 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11.
Qh3 $4 $17 {forfeits the advantage} (11. Qg3 dxe5 12. fxe5 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
Bxb5+ Kf8 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe6+ fxe6 16. Rhf1+ Kg8 17. Qxe5 {
1-0 Haldane,R-Selim/Guernsey op 1988/TD 88\02}) 12... Nh5 13. Qh4 g6 (13...
Bxg5+ 14. Qxg5 g6 15. Bxb5+ Nc6 16. Bxc6+ Bxc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. g4 Ng7 19.
Rhe1 O-O 20. Ne4 Rfc8 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. c3 Ne8 23. Qh6 Nxf6 24. exf6 Rg8 25. Rd3
{1-0 Petri,W-Goff,S/Giessen op 1995/GER 11}) 14. Bxb5+ axb5 15. Ndxb5 Qc5 16.
Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. Rhf1 Rf8 20. g4 Bc6 21. gxh5 Nd7 22.
hxg6 hxg6 23. Nc4 Rh8 24. Rf2 Rh5 25. Re1 Rah8 26. Ree2 Bd5 27. Nxd5+ exd5 28.
Ne3 Ke6 29. Ng2 Rxe5 30. Rxe5+ Nxe5 31. Nf4+ Kd6 32. Rd2 Nf3 33. Rxd5+ Kc6 34.
b4 Rxh2 35. b5+ Kb6 36. a4 g5 37. Nd3 g4 38. Rd6+ Kc7 39. Rf6 Nd4 40. Rxf7+ Kb6
41. Rf6+ Kb7 42. a5 Rxc2+ 43. Kd1 Rc3 44. Kd2 Nxb5 45. Rb6+ Ka7 {
Matulovic,M-Gereben,E/EU-chT Bath 1973/EU-chT/1-0 (84)}) (11. Bxb5+ axb5 12.
Ndxb5 Qb6 13. Qg3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Rxd6 Nc6 17. Qxg7 Qe3+
18. Kb1 Qxf4 19. Rhd1 Rhd8 20. Nc7 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxa8 Rxd6 23. Rxd6
Kxd6 24. Nb6 Bxg2 25. a4 Kc6 26. Nc8 f5 27. b4 Nc4 28. b5+ Kb7 29. Ne7 f4 30.
Nc6 Bxc6 31. bxc6+ Kxc6 32. Kc1 e5 {
0-1 Momeni,H-Aalgars,O/Osterskan op 1994/TD 94\02}) (11. Qg3 b4 12. exd6 Qxd6
13. Nf5 exf5 14. Rxd6 Bxd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qe3+ Kf8 17. Na4 $18) 11... dxe5
12. Nxe6 $19 (12. fxe5 $5 Qxe5 13. Qh4 $17) 12... fxe6 13. Qxe6 {
White creates threats along the open d-file} Nbd7 $15 (13... Qc5 $142 $5 $19)
14. Bxb5 O-O-O $4 $18 {gives the opponent new chances} (14... axb5 $142 {
would hold out} 15. Nxb5 Qb6 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. fxe5 Kc7 (18...
Bxg2 $6 19. Nf7+ Ke8 20. Nd6+ Kd8 21. Nf7+ Ke8 22. Nd6+ Kd8 $11) 19. Qxe7 Rxa2
$11) 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. fxe5 {White gets strong play along the open f-file} Nd5
17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rhf1 $16 (18. Na4 Nd5 19. Rxd5 Bxd5 20. Nb6+ Kd8 21. Nxd5 $16
(21. Qxd7+ Qxd7 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 $17)) 18... Qc6 $4 $18 {cause more grief} (18...
Rhd8 19. Rf7 Qc5 $14) 19. Rd6 Qc7 (19... Rhd8 {doesn't get the cat off the tree
} 20. Rxc6+ Nxc6 21. Rd1 $18) 20. Rf7 (20. Na4 $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} Bc6 21. Nb6+ Qxb6 22. Rxd7 Qe3+ 23. Rd2+ Kb8 24.
Qxe7 Rc8 25. Qd6+ Ka8 $18) 20... Re8 21. Nd5 $14 (21. Na4 $142 {
and White has triumphed} Bc6 22. Nb6+ Qxb6 23. Rxd7 $18) 21... Bxd5 22. Rxd5
Nxd5 {The mate threat is Rxe6} 23. Qxe8+ Qd8 24. Qe6 Nc7 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qh3 ({
Instead of} 26. Qxh5 Qe8 27. e6 Nxe6 $17) 26... Qg5+ 27. Kb1 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Qd2 28. Rf8+ Kb7 29. a4 $15 (29. Qb3+ Kc6 30. Qc4+
Kb6 31. Qb3+ Kc5 32. Qa3+ Kd5 33. Qf3+ Kxe5 34. Qxh5+ g5 $15) 29... Qd1+ 30.
Ka2 Qd4 $14 (30... Qd5+ $5 {is interesting} 31. Ka3 Re7 $15) 31. b3 $11 (31.
Qb3+ $5 Kc6 32. e6 $11) 31... Qd2 {Threatening mate... how?} 32. Qf5 Qd5 33.
Qxh5 (33. g3 Re7 $11) 33... Qxg2 {The mate threat is Qxc2} 34. Qf5 Qd5 $11 (
34... Rd5 $5 $15) 35. Qf3 $15 (35. Qg4 $5 Qc5 36. Qxd7 Qxc2+ 37. Ka1 Qc1+ 38.
Ka2 Qc2+ 39. Ka1 Qc1+ 40. Ka2 Qc2+ $11) 35... Qxf3 {Do you see the mate threat?
} 36. Rxf3 Rd2 37. Rf7 Rxc2+ 38. Ka3 Rg2 39. Kb4 Kb6 40. Rd7 Rg6 $17 (40...
Rxh2 41. Rxg7 Rh4+ 42. Ka3 $19) 41. h4 $19 (41. Kc4 a5 $17) 41... Rg4+ 42. Kc3
Rxh4 43. Rxg7 Re4 44. Rg6+ (44. Kd3 Rxe5 45. b4 Re1 $19) 44... Kc5 45. e6 Re3+
46. Kd2 Rxe6 47. Rxe6 $2 (47. Rg4 $19) 47... Nxe6 48. Kc3 Nc7 (48... a5 $142
$19 {and Black has prevailed}) 49. b4+ Kb6 (49... Kd5 {seems even better} 50.
Kd3 $19) 50. Kc4 Kc6 $4 $11 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (50... Ne8
$142 $19 {the advantage is on the side of Black}) 51. b5+ Nxb5 52. axb5+ axb5+
53. Kb4 Kb6 54. Kb3 Kc5 55. Kc3 b4+ 56. Kb3 Kb5 57. Kb2 Kc4 {
Active king in the endgame} 58. Kc2 b3+ 59. Kb2 Kb4 60. Kb1 Kc3 {
Threatening mate: b2} 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.22"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Errington, Luke"]
[Black "Koodrin, Zina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "1461"]
[BlackElo "997"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Petrov's Defence.} 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6
Nxd6 7. Bd3 (7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 Be6 (8... g6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O
O-O 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Rab1 Bf5 14. Bxa7 Rb7 15. Bc5 Bxc2 16. Rbc1 Bf5 17. b4 Re8
18. Rfd1 Qa8 19. Nd4 Qa3 20. Nb3 Qb2 21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Qf4 Nd6 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24.
Nxd2 Ra8 25. Nb3 Bh6 26. Na5 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Rbb8 28. Nxc6 Re8 29. Nd5 Re2 30.
Nxc7 Raxa2 31. Bxd6 Rac2 32. Ra1 Rxc6 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Bf8+ Kf6 35. Nd5+ Ke5 {
0-1 Tilak,S-Barua,D/Sakthi 1996/TUR 96}) 9. Be3 g6 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. Nd4 O-O
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Rb8 15. h4 c5 16. Rd2 Rb4 17. Qe5 Rxh4 18.
Rxh4 Qxh4 19. Qxc5 h5 20. Qxa7 Nc4 21. Qd4 Qh1 22. Rd1 Nd6 23. a4 Qh2 24. a5
Nf5 25. Qc5 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 {
1-0 Tiviakov,S-Rozentalis,E/New York PCA-op 1994/EXP 41}) 7... Nc6 8. Qf4 (8.
Qe3+ Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bf5 13. Qd1 Re8 14. Nd5
Bf8 15. Ne3 g6 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. c3 Qb6 19. Qc2 h6 20. Bf4 Rad8 21.
Rad1 Bc5 22. g4 Rxd1 {
Jap Tjoen San,L-Prokopenko,O/WchJW-U16 Bratislava 1993/TD 93\05/1/2-1/2 (80)})
8... Be7 9. Bd2 $146 Be6 10. O-O (10. Nc3 O-O $11) 10... Qd7 11. Bc3 f6 {
Covers e5} 12. Re1 O-O-O $14 (12... Bd5 13. Nbd2 $11) 13. Na3 $11 (13. Nd4 Bd5
$14) 13... a6 $14 {Secures b5} (13... Rhe8 14. b4 $11) 14. Rad1 $11 (14. b4 Bf5
$14) 14... Bf7 $14 (14... Bxa2 15. b4 $15) 15. Nd4 $11 (15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4
Rhe8 $11) 15... g5 $14 (15... Ne5 16. Nf5 Nxd3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rxd3 $11 (18.
Rxe7 $4 Nxf4 19. Ba5 b6 $19) (18. cxd3 $6 {is much weaker} Qd7 $11)) 16. Qf3
$11 (16. Qe3 $5 {should not be overlooked} Ne5 17. Nb3 $16) 16... Ne5 17. Qe3 {
White gets deadly initiative} Bd5 18. Nf5 Nc6 $4 $18 (18... Nxf5 19. Qa7 Qe6
20. Bxe5 fxe5 $16) 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 (19... Nxe7 {does not improve anything} 20.
Qxe7 Qg4 21. Bf1 $18) 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Rxe7 Rhe8 22. Bxf6 Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Re8 (
23... Rd7 {is not much help} 24. Bxg5 Bxa2 25. b3 $18) 24. Bxd6 (24. Bxg5 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} Rg8 25. f4 h6 $18) 24... cxd6 25. Bxh7 Re2 (
25... Bxa2 {does not help much} 26. b3 b5 27. f4 gxf4 28. Rxd6 $18) 26. Kf1 Re7
27. Bf5+ (27. Bf5+ Be6 28. Nc4 $18) (27. Rxd5 {seems even better} Rxh7 28. h3
Kd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan"]
[Black "Hunter, Daniel M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Chigorin's Defence} 3. c4 Nf6 (3... e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ Bxc6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qb3 Rd6 17. Rfc1 Rg6
18. g3 {Meiler,J-Gimmerthal,I/DVM U15w 1996/1-0 (57)}) (3... Bg4 4. Nc3 e6 5.
e3 Nf6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bb4 8. Bd3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. Bd2 a6
12. Rac1 Ne7 13. Qd1 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 c6 15. Be1 Ng6 16. Rc2 Qd7 17. Re2 Ne4 18.
f3 Nd6 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Bg3 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Nf8 22. Kh1 g6 23. a4 f5 24. Qc5 Nf7
25. Qb6 g5 26. Qb3 Ng6 27. Qc2 Nh6 28. Bh2 Rg7 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 f4 31. e5
f3 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. e6 fxg2+ 34. Rxg2 Qe7 35. Bxg6 Rxg6 36. d5 cxd5 37. Qxd5
Rxe6 38. Rxe6 Qxe6 39. Qd4+ {1-0 Oll,L-Boey,J/Antwerpen op 1994/TD 94\02}) 4.
cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. d5 $146 (6. e4 e6 7. e5 Nh5 8. Be3 g6 9. Bb5 Qd7 10.
Ne4 b6 11. g4 f5 12. exf6 Bb7 13. Ne5 Qd5 14. f7+ Ke7 15. Bg5+ {
1-0 Hugbo,O-Benoiton,N/Manila olw 1992/TD 92\07}) 6... Nb8 7. e4 e6 8. Qa4+ c6
{Secures b5} 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Bc4 $11 (10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Bb5 Bd7 $14) 10... Bd7
11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nb4 (12... Bb4 13. O-O $11) 13. O-O Qc7 14. Bb3 Bc6 15. a3
Na6 16. Bg5 Nc5 {Pawn e4, live or die!} 17. Bc2 Bd6 $16 (17... Be7 18. b4 Ncd7
19. Rac1 $11) 18. Rac1 $14 (18. b4 Be5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 $16 (20...
Qxf6 21. Nb5 (21. bxc5 {is clearly weaker} Qxc3 22. Rfc1 Qxc5 $15) 21... Bxb5
22. Qxb5+ Nd7 23. Ba4 $18)) 18... Bf4 19. Bxf4 $11 (19. b4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Na6
$16) 19... Qxf4 {e4 becomes the focus of attention. Black launches an attack}
20. b4 $15 (20. Nb5 Rd8 21. Nxa7 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Ncxe4 23. Qb5+ Nd7 24. Qxb7 $18)
20... Ncxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Ba4+ Ke7 23. Rcd1 $19 (23. Nd2 $5 $17) 23... Ng4
$17 (23... Bxf3 $142 $5 24. gxf3 Rc3 $19) 24. Qd2 (24. Rd7+ Kf8 25. Rfd1 g6 $15
) 24... Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rhd8 26. Nd4 $19 (26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Ng5 Bd3 $17) 26...
Bd5 $17 (26... Ne5 27. Rfd1 $19) 27. Re1 Rc3 (27... Nf6 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. Nd4
$17) 28. Nb5 Rcc8 $11 (28... Rc6 $5 $17) 29. f3 $17 {Consolidates e4} (29. Nd4
Nf6 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. Nd4 $17) 29... Nh6 30. Nd4 a6 31. Re3 Kf6 32. Ne2 Bc4 33.
Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Ng3 Ke7 35. Bb3 (35. Bc2 b5 $17) 35... Rd3 (35... Bxb3 36. Rxb3
Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf1 $17) 36. Rxd3 Bxd3 37. Kf2 Nf5 38. Nxf5+ Bxf5 39. Ke3
Kd6 40. f4 Kc6 41. Ba4+ Kd6 $11 (41... Kd5 $142 $5 $17) 42. Bd1 $17 (42. Bb3 b6
43. a4 $17) 42... b6 43. Be2 a5 44. Kd4 axb4 45. axb4 f6 46. Bf3 e5+ 47. fxe5+
fxe5+ 48. Ke3 Be6 49. Be4 g6 50. g3 Bd5 51. Bc2 Bh1 52. Bb3 Bd5 $11 (52... g5
$142 $5 $17) 53. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 {Caro-Kann Defence, Two Knights' Variation} Bg4 4. h3
Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 (7... Be7 8. g4 Na6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Nb4
11. Qd1 Qb6 12. Bh3 dxe4 13. dxe4 O-O-O 14. a3 Na6 15. Bc1 h6 16. Qf3 hxg5 17.
hxg5 Nc7 18. Qg3 Nb5 19. Be3 Nc5 20. g6 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qb2 22. O-O Qxc3 23. gxf7
Qf6 24. f3 Qxf7 25. Rad1 b6 26. Bg4 Kb7 27. Qe5 Bf6 28. Qg3 Na4 29. Rd6 Nc3 30.
Kg2 Ne2 31. Rxd8 Nxg3 32. Rxh8 Nxf1 33. Kxf1 Qe7 34. Ke2 Bg5 35. f4 Bh6 36. e5
Qf7 37. Kf3 Bxf4 38. Bxe6 Qxe6 39. Bxf4 g5 40. Bg3 Qf5+ 41. Ke3 Qxc2 42. Rd8
Qg2 43. Be1 g4 44. Rd7+ Ka6 45. Rd3 g3 46. e6 Qh3 {
0-1 Tate,E-Epishin,V/New York op 1993/TD 93\03}) 8. g4 h6 $146 {Covers g5} (
8... g6 9. Qg2 (9. Bg2 Bd6 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. g5 d4 13. gxf6 dxc3
14. Bxc3 Bb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 16. c3 Qb6 17. O-O-O Nxf6 18. Qe5 Ke7 19. d4 Rhd8
20. d5 Rd6 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rb8 {
Mednis,E-Larsen,B/Riga izt 1979/IZT/0-1 (39)}) 9... Bd6 10. f4 d4 11. Ne2 e5
12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. g5 Nh5 14. O-O-O O-O 15. h4 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qg1 Nc5 18.
Bh3 Rf8 19. Kb1 Qd6 20. Bg4 Rf7 21. Bb4 Kh8 22. c3 Nf4 23. cxd4 Nxe2 24. dxe5 {
1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Van Mil,J/NLD-ch 1991/[Blatny,P]}) (8... d4 9. Ne2 Qb6 10.
Rb1 Bd6 11. Ng3 Ne5 12. Qd1 Ng6 13. Ne2 Nh4 14. f4 Nf3+ 15. Kf2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2
e5 17. f5 Nxe4+ 18. dxe4 d3+ 19. Kf3 dxe2 20. Qxd6 exf1=Q+ 21. Rhxf1 Qd4 22.
Qxd4 exd4 23. Rfd1 O-O-O 24. b4 Rhe8 25. Rb3 Rd7 26. Rbd3 Red8 27. e5 Re8 28.
Kf4 Rd5 29. Re1 Kc7 30. Re4 Red8 31. f6 g6 32. e6 g5+ 33. Kf3 fxe6 34. Rxe6
R8d7 35. Ke4 Kd8 36. Re5 h6 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxd4 Rxd4+ 39. Kxd4 Ke8 40. Ke5
Kf8 41. c4 {1-0 Stankovic,M-Lazic,M/JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993/TD 93\08}) 9. Qg3 d4
10. Ne2 e5 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. f4 {White undermines the pawn chain}
O-O-O 14. c3 $15 {Prevents intrusion on b4} (14. Qf2 $5 $11 {
must definitely be considered}) 14... c5 $11 (14... dxc3 $5 15. Nxc3 Nc5 $15)
15. Kb1 Kb8 16. cxd4 cxd4 ({Instead of} 16... exd4 17. e5 Rde8 18. Rde1 Nxe5
19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Qf3 $16) 17. fxe5 Bxe5 {A sound move.} 18. Bf4 Qd6 19. Qf2
Rhe8 $14 (19... Bxf4 $5 {might be a viable alternative} 20. Nxf4 Nc5 $11) 20.
Rhf1 $11 (20. Nxd4 $5 Bxf4 21. Nb5 $14) 20... Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Nb6 $14 (21... Ne5
22. Ne2 $11) 22. Ne2 Re7 23. Ng3 {White gets in control} Nfd7 $4 $18 (23... Rc7
$142 $14 {would save the game}) 24. Nf5 Qe5 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxf7 Qb4 (26...
Re8 {doesn't change anything anymore} 27. Rf5 $18) 27. Qf4+ (27. a3 $5 {
might be the shorter path} Qf8 $18) 27... Ka8 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Ne5 30. Rf5
Nbd7 31. Bf1 Kb8 32. Rg2 g6 33. Rff2 g5 34. Rf5 Ng6 35. Rf7 (35. Rc2 {
seems even better} Nge5 $18) 35... Nf4 (35... Nde5 36. Rf6 $18) 36. Rc2 Ne5 37.
Rh7 Nexd3 (37... Rc8 $18 {no good, but what else?}) 38. Bxd3 (38. Rcc7 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} a5 39. Rxb7+ Ka8 $18) 38... Nxd3 39. Rcc7 ({
Less advisable is} 39. Rxh6 b6 $18) 39... Ne5 (39... Ka8 {
is not the saving move} 40. Rxb7 Nc5 41. Rxa7+ Kb8 42. Rae7 $18) 40. Rxb7+ Ka8
41. Rxa7+ Kb8 42. Rhb7+ Kc8 43. Ra8+ (43. Rc7+ $142 {ends the debate} Kb8 44.
Rab7+ Ka8 45. Rb3 $18) 43... Kxb7 44. Rxd8 (44. Rxd8 Nf3 45. Kc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Black "Errington, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1461"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 f5 {The "Dutch" Reti Opening} 2. e4 d6 (2... fxe4 3. Ng5 d5 4. d3 e3 (
4... Qd6 5. dxe4 h6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qh4 c6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nf3 g5 10. Qh5+ Kf8 11.
O-O Nd7 $13 {Lautier,J-Bareev,E/Biel 1991}) 5. Bxe3 (5. fxe3 e5 6. e4 Nf6 7.
Qe2 Bc5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h3 Nd4 12. Qd1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe4
{0-1 Herrera,A-Del Rio,S/Linares op 1995/EXP 45}) 5... e5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4
Nc6 8. Qh4 Bf5 9. Bb5 Be7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rad1 h6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Rxd5 Qe8 15. Bc4 Kh8 16. Qg3 Qg6 17. Rxf5 Qxf5 18. Ne6 Rf7 19. Nf4 Bd6 20. Bxf7
Qxf7 21. Qg6 Qxa2 22. Ne6 Bf8 23. b3 Qb2 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. h3 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6
27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Rd7 Kg8 29. Rxc7 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxh6 Nd4 32. Be3 Nxc2
33. Bxa7 Na1 34. b4 Nc2 35. Bc5 b6 36. Bxb6 Nxb4 37. Kf1 Nd5 38. Bd4 Kg6 39.
Ke2 f5 40. Be5 Kf7 41. g4 Ke6 42. Bb8 Kf6 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. Be5 Ne7 45. Kg3 {
1-0 Rohde,M-Palatnik,S/Philadelphia opI 1992/TD 92\05}) 3. Nh4 $146 (3. Nc3 e5
(3... Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nbd7 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe5 Qd6 8. d4 Bd7 9. Bf4
O-O-O 10. f3 Nh5 11. Bd2 Qxe5+ 12. dxe5 f4 13. Bd3 e6 14. O-O-O Bc5 15. Rde1
Bd4 16. Ne4 Rhf8 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 g6 19. Bc4 {
1/2-1/2 Brauner,R-Lutz,K/Hessen-ch qual-C 1988/GER 02}) 4. d4 fxe4 5. Ng5 Nc6
6. Bc4 Nh6 7. Ngxe4 Nf5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bb3 c6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Nh4 12. Qh5+
g6 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxe5+ Kd7 15. Qd1 Kc7 16. Bf4 Nf5 17. Ne4 Bxe5 {
Habibi,A-Fischer,T/Dortmund op 1988/TD 88\03/1-0 (42)}) (3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 c6 5.
O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 e6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Re1 h6 11. Bd2 Kh7 12.
Qe2 Nd5 13. Nd1 Nd7 14. d4 Qb6 15. c3 N7f6 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. c4 Ne7 18. Bc3 Neg8
19. Ne3 Nh5 20. g3 Bxe5 21. dxe5 c5 22. Ng2 b6 23. g4 fxg4 24. Qxg4 Qf7 25.
Qxh5 Bb7 26. Rf1 Kg7 27. Qh3 Ne7 28. Rae1 Nf5 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rad8 31.
Ne3 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Qe7 33. Rf3 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Rf8 35. Qf6+ Qxf6 36. exf6+ Kf7 37.
Rd1 g5 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rg7+ Kh5 40. Rxa7 e5 41. f7 Kg6 42. f3 h5 43. h3 Kf5
44. Kf2 e4 45. fxe4+ Kxe4 46. Bg7 {
1-0 Sachs,T-Weissgerber,P/RL-op Kettig 1994/GER 09}) 3... Nf6 $16 (3... fxe4 $5
4. Qh5+ Kd7 5. Qg4+ Ke8 6. Qh5+ Kd7 7. Qg4+ e6 8. Qxe4 e5 $11) 4. exf5 Nc6 5.
Be2 Ne5 $18 (5... e5 6. fxe6 Bxe6 7. O-O $16) 6. d4 Nf7 7. g4 (7. O-O d5 $16)
7... e6 8. O-O $14 (8. fxe6 Bxe6 9. Ng2 d5 $16) 8... Qe7 $16 (8... exf5 $5 9.
Re1 Be7 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. gxf5 Qd7 $14) 9. Re1 e5 10. Nc3 $14 (10. Bc4 $5 $16)
10... Nxg4 11. Bxg4 Qxh4 12. dxe5 $11 (12. Nd5 $142 $5 Qd8 13. Bh5 $16) 12...
dxe5 (12... Nxe5 $2 13. f4 c6 14. fxe5 $18) 13. Ne4 $15 (13. Bf4 $142 $1 {
is interesting} Bd6 14. Bg3 $11) 13... h5 14. Bf3 Bxf5 15. Ng5 $17 (15. Qd3 c6
$15) 15... Nxg5 (15... Rd8 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Be4 $17) 16. Rxe5+ Be7
17. Rxf5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 O-O-O 19. Be3 Bd6 {
Both players are now in time trouble#} 20. Qg2 $2 $19 (20. h3 $142 {
would keep White alive} Qb4 21. b3 $15) 20... Kb8 $4 $14 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (20... Bxh2+ $142 {
a shame that Black overlooked this excellent chance} 21. Kh1 Bf4+ 22. Kg1 Bxe3
23. fxe3 Rde8 $19) 21. Re1 $4 $19 {with this move White loses his initiative} (
21. Bg5 $142 {saving the game} Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 $16) 21... Rhf8 $15 (21... Bxh2+
$142 {secures the win} 22. Qxh2 Qg4+ 23. Qg3 Qxf5 $19) 22. Rxf8 {
With the decisive threat Qh3} Rxf8 {
Black terminates the opponent with strong threats} (22... Bxf8 $4 23. Bg5 Qb4
24. c3 Qxb2 25. Bxd8 $18) 23. Re2 $17 (23. c3 Bf4 $15) 23... Qc4 24. f3 (24.
Rd2 Qxa2 25. Qg6 Rd8 $17 (25... Qxb2 {is clearly worse} 26. Rxd6 Qb1+ 27. Kg2
$18)) 24... Qxa2 25. Qxg7 $4 {
terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (25. Qf2 $142 $19)
25... Rg8 $1 {the end, the rest is history} (25... Rxf3 26. Bf2 b6 27. Re8+ Kb7
28. Qg2 $17) 26. Bg5 b6 {Black threatens strongly Rxg7} (26... Rxg7 $4 {
too greedy} 27. Re8#) 27. Qf6 Qd5 28. h4 (28. Kf1 {
the last chance for counterplay} Rxg5 29. Qc3 $19) 28... Qd1+ 29. Kf2 Bc5+ (
29... Bc5+ 30. Re3 Qd2+ 31. Kg3 Qxe3 32. Qd8+ Rxd8 33. Bxe3 Bxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Hansen, Ernst"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 {English Opening} e5 5. Nb5 Bb4+ $146 (
5... d5 6. Bg5 d4 7. Qa4 Nc6 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Qd1 Qa5 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Bh4 Nxd2 {
0-1 Landuyt-Manca,F/Cappelle op 1989/TD 89\04}) (5... d6 6. N5c3 Be7 7. g3 Nc6
8. Bg2 Be6 9. b3 Qd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd2 Bh3 13. O-O h5 14. Bxh3
Qxh3 15. Qd5 h4 16. Qg2 Qf5 17. Qe4 Qd7 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Nbc3 f5 20. Qg2 {
Shvartz,M-Hamid,M/Bratislava op 1993/EXT 93op2/1/2-1/2 (38)}) (5... Nc6 6. Nd6+
Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Ne4 8. Qd5 f5 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Qd6 Kf7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. e3 Kg8 13. c5
Ne4 14. Qd5+ Kh8 15. Bd2 d6 16. cxd6 Be6 17. Qd3 Nxd6 18. Qa3 e4 19. Nd4 Nc4
20. Bxc4 Nxd4 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qxa7 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxb7
Rc2 26. Bc3 Rc1+ {
0-1 Castellanos,M-Moyano Morales,F/Palma de Mallorca 1991/TD 91\08}) 6. N1c3 (
6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. N1c3 Na6 9. g3 Nc5 10. Bg2 a6 11. Nd6 Qa5 12. O-O
Rb8 13. Rfd1 $16 {Capablanca-Torre/Barcelona 1929}) 6... O-O 7. Bg5 Nc6 $14 (
7... a6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nc7 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 $14) 8. Rc1 a6 9. Nd6 Qc7 10. Nxc8
Raxc8 $14 (10... Ne4 $1 {is worthy of consideration} 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2
Rfxc8 $11) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 {Controls d4} Kh8 13. Bd3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Qd6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Ne7 16. Qh5 {
Threatening mate: Qxh7} Ng6 $18 (16... f5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 $16) 17. Bf5
Qb4 18. e4 $16 (18. Rd3 Qxb2 19. Rxd7 Kg7 $16) 18... Rg8 19. Rh3 $11 (19. Rb3
Qxc4 20. Rd1 Qc2 $14) 19... Rg7 {#} 20. b3 $17 (20. Rb3 $142 $5 {
should be considered} Qa4 21. Qd1 (21. Rxb7 $143 Nf4 22. Qd1 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Rxf2
(23... Qxc4 $143 24. Rxd7 Qxa2 25. Qd6 $11) (23... Qxa2 $143 24. Rxd7 (24. Qxd7
$143 Rcg8 25. Qd1 Qxc4 $17) 24... Rf8 25. Qd6 $14) (23... Rxc4 $4 {
the pawn is something Black will choke on} 24. Rb8+ (24. Qxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd7
Rxf2 $17) (24. Rxd7 $6 {is clearly inferior} Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Rd4 $14) 24... Kg7
25. b3 Qxa2 26. Qd6 $18 (26. bxc4 $143 Qxc4 27. Rg1 Rxg1+ 28. Qxg1+ Ng6 $18))
24. Rxd7 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Qxc4 $17 (25... Rxc4 26. Rd8+ (26. Rxf7 $6 Rc2 $16)
26... Kg7 27. Qg1+ Kh6 28. Rg8 $11)) 21... Qxa2 22. Qxd7 Qxb3 23. Qxc8+ Rg8 24.
Qc7 $11) 20... Nf4 21. Qf3 Nxh3+ 22. Qxh3 $17 (22. Bxh3 Qe7 $15) 22... Rcg8 23.
g3 Qd2 24. Qh5 $17 (24. Qh4 $5 $15) 24... Qxa2 25. Rd1 Qxb3 26. Rd6 (26. c5 Qc2
27. Rxd7 Qxc5 $19) 26... Qxc4 27. Rxf6 (27. Qh6 Qc7 28. Qxf6 Rd8 $19) 27...
Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Qg5 29. Qxg5 Rxg5 30. Rb6 d5 (30... Rb8 $5 31. h4 Rgg8 32. Kf3 $19
) 31. h4 Rxf5 32. exf5 Rb8 33. f6 (33. Kf3 a5 $19) 33... Kg8 34. Kf3 Rd8 $15 (
34... a5 $142 $19 {would have given Black the upper hand}) 35. Kg4 $2 $19 (35.
Rxb7 $142 $5 {and White can hope to live} h6 36. Re7 $15) 35... d4 36. Rxb7 d3
37. Rb1 d2 38. Rd1 a5 39. Kf3 (39. Kf5 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} a4
$19) 39... a4 40. Ke2 (40. g4 {does not save the day} a3 $19) 40... a3 {
Black threatens h5} 41. g4 a2 {With the idea h5} 42. f3 Rd4 43. Ke3 Kf8 44. f4
Rd8 (44... Ke8 $5 {and Black can already relax} 45. fxe5 Rb4 46. e6 $19) 45.
fxe5 a1=Q (45... Ke8 $142 {finishes off the opponent} 46. g5 Rc8 $19) 46. Rxa1
d1=Q {Do you see the mate threat?} 47. Rxd1 Rxd1 48. Kf4 Rd4+ 49. Kf5 Rb4 50.
Kg5 Rb5 51. Kf5 Ke8 52. h5 (52. Kf4 {doesn't do any good} Kd7 $19) 52... Kd7
53. Kg5 (53. g5 {hardly improves anything} Rc5 $19) 53... Rxe5+ 54. Kh6 Ke6 {
The mate threat is Kxf6} 55. g5 Rf5 56. Kg7 (56. g6 {does not help much} hxg6
57. hxg6 Kxf6 58. g7 Rg5 59. g8=Q Rxg8 60. Kh5 Rg5+ 61. Kh4 Kf5 62. Kh3 Kf4 63.
Kh2 Kf3 64. Kh1 Kf2 65. Kh2 Rh5#) 56... Rxg5+ 57. Kh6 (57. Kxh7 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} Rxh5+ 58. Kg7 Rh1 59. Kg8 Kxf6 60. Kf8
Rh8#) 57... Kxf6 58. Kxh7 Rxh5+ (58... Rxh5+ 59. Kg8 Rh1 60. Kf8 Rh8#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nothdurft, John"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1527"]
[BlackElo "1248"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. Nf3 {Budapest (Counter) Gambit} d6 5. g3 $146
(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 20. g4 Rac8 21. Qf4 d5 22. cxd5 Qa6+ 23. Ke3 Rc3+
24. Kf2 Qb6 25. Rhd1 Bb5 26. Kg3 Bd3 27. e5 Qg6 28. d6 h5 29. Rac1 Rxc1 30.
Rxc1 hxg4 31. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kxg4 Rd8 33. Rc7 {
1-0 Finegold,G-Rogers,C/Prague Bohemians-W 1990/TD 93\02}) (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 op 1993/EXT 93op2}) 5... Nc6 6. Bg2 Be6 $16 (6...
dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. O-O $14) 7. exd6 $14 (7. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 $16 (8. Bxe4
$6 dxe5 9. e3 Nc6 $11)) 7... Bxd6 $16 (7... Nxd6 8. O-O $14) 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. O-O
$14 (9. Ng5 Bf5 $16) 9... O-O $16 (9... Qd7 10. Ng5 $14) 10. a3 Rb8 11. Qc2 Bg4
12. b4 Be5 $18 (12... Re8 13. b5 Na5 14. Bb2 Rxe2 15. Rae1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rxd2
17. Qxd2 Nxc4 18. Qc3 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 $14) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Re1 Bh5 15. Bb2 Bg6
16. Qc3 Re8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 c6 20. Rd2 Rbd8 21. Red1 Rxd2
22. Rxd2 Rd8 (22... Qe6 $5 $18) 23. Rxd8+ (23. Qe3 Re8 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Bxf6
gxf6 $18) 23... Qxd8 24. e4 $16 (24. Qe3 a5 $18) 24... Ne8 25. h4 f6 26. e5 Qd3
$18 (26... fxe5 27. Qxe5 Qd7 28. c5 $16) 27. exf6 Qxc3 {The mate threat is Qxf3
} 28. Bxc3 Nxf6 29. Be2 Kf7 30. f3 Bc2 31. Kf2 Nd7 32. Ke3 g6 33. Kf4 h6 34. g4
Nb6 35. Ke5 Bb3 36. Kd4 Ke6 37. Bd2 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. f4 Kf5 40. Bd3+ Kg4
41. f5 Kxh4 42. f6 Nd7 43. f7 b5 (43... Kg4 44. Be2+ Kf5 45. Bxh5 $18) 44. Bh6
(44. Bf5 $5 Bxc4 45. Bxd7 Bxf7 46. Bxc6 Bc4 $18) 44... Bxc4 45. Bxc4 bxc4 46.
f8=Q {Threatening mate: Qf4} Nxf8 47. Bxf8 Kg3 48. Kxc4 h4 49. Kc5 h3 50. Kxc6
h2 (50... Kf4 {the only chance to get some counterplay} 51. Bd6+ Kf5 $18) 51.
Bd6+ Kg2 52. Bxh2 $1 {the final blow} Kxh2 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Srdic, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
Sicilian Defence,Najdorf System} 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Bd3 (9.
O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6
Bf8 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. Rg7 Bxg7 18. fxg7 Rg8 19. e5 d5 20. Qf6 b4 21. Nf5 exf5 22.
Nxd5 Qd8 23. Qd6 f6 24. Bc4 Be6 25. Nc7+ Kf7 26. Bxe6+ {
1-0 Lobron,E-Chandler,M/BL 8586 1986/BL 80}) 9... Nc6 10. Nb3 b5 11. O-O-O $146
(11. a3 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. f5 e5 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd2 Red8 19. Nc4 Nxc2 20. Bxc2 Qxc4 21. Bb1 Rab8 22. Ba2 Qb4 23.
Qe2 a5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 a4 {
Budde,U-Derlich,K/Dortmund op 1987/TD 87\03/1-0 (37)}) (11. O-O Bb7 $11) 11...
O-O $14 (11... Bb7 $5 $11) 12. g4 $11 (12. e5 $5 {deserves consideration} dxe5
13. fxe5 $14) 12... b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. h4 (14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 $11) 14...
e5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. g5 {This push gains space} Be7 17. f5 {White gains space}
f6 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. g6 (19. h5 a4 20. h6 g6 (20... axb3 $4 {
would spoil everything} 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. Qh6#)
21. fxg6 hxg6 $11) 19... h6 20. Nd2 a4 21. Nf1 $17 (21. Kb1 $5 $15 {
is worth looking at}) 21... Na5 $15 (21... Nd4 22. Rxd4 (22. Nxd4 $2 Qxc4 23.
Ne3 Qxa2 $19) 22... exd4 23. Bd5 $19) 22. Bd5 {The white bishop on an outpost}
Rb8 23. Ne3 Ba6 24. Ng4 $17 (24. Kd2 a3 $11) 24... Rfc8 $15 (24... b3 25. Nc3
bxa2 26. Bxa2 $15 (26. Nxa2 $143 Nb3+ 27. Kb1 Nd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 $17)) 25. Rd2 {
White threatens strongly Nxh6} Bf8 $15 (25... Bc4 26. Ne3 $17) 26. Be6 $2 $19 (
26. Kb1 $142 $5 $15 {and White could well hope to play on}) 26... b3 $1 {
hanging on to the material is worse. Black threatens.... what?} 27. axb3 (27.
Bxc8 $4 {a first-class blunder} Bxe2 $1 {doomsday} 28. Rxe2 bxa2 $19) 27...
Nxb3+ 28. Bxb3 Bxe2 $1 {finishing him off} 29. Rxe2 (29. Qxe2 axb3 30. c3 Qa5
$19) 29... axb3 (29... Rxb3 $142 {and Black takes home the point} 30. c3 a3 $19
) 30. c3 Qa5 31. Kd2 d5 $1 {Black should return material} 32. exd5 Rd8 $11 (
32... Rb4 33. Ne3 Rf4 $19) 33. Ne3 Bc5 34. Nc4 $17 (34. Rd1 $5 Bxe3+ 35. Kxe3 (
35. Rxe3 $143 Rxd5+ (35... Qxd5+ 36. Qxd5 Rxd5+ 37. Ke2 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 $16) 36.
Ke1 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Qa4 $17) 35... Qa7+ 36. Ke4 $11) 34... Qa8 {
The mate threat is Rxd5} 35. Ree1 Rxd5+ {
Black gets strong play along the open d-file} 36. Ke2 e4 $1 {
it's best to give back material. Threatening mate: exf3} 37. Qf4 (37. Qxe4 Re8
38. Nd2 Rxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Rxe4 (39... Qxe4 $6 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Kd3 $19) 40. Rxe4
Qxe4 41. Ra1 Qe3+ 42. Kd1 Qg1+ 43. Kd2 Qxa1 44. Kd3 Qf1+ 45. Kd2 Qxf5 46. Ke2
Qe4+ 47. Kf1 Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Bf2+ 49. Kf1 Bg3+ 50. Kg1 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qf1#) 37...
Rbd8 $1 {the punch. With the decisive threat e3} 38. Ra1 (38. Qxe4 $4 {
That pawn is poisoned} Rxf5 $3 {the crowning sacrifice} 39. Nd6 Rf2+ 40. Kd3
Qa6+ 41. c4 Qxd6+ 42. Kc3 Qd2+ 43. Kxb3 Qxb2+ 44. Ka4 Qb4#) 38... Qc8 (38...
Qc6 $142 $5 {and Black can already relax} 39. Ne3 (39. Qxe4 $4 {
White will choke on that pawn} Re5 40. Ne3 Qxe4 41. Rh3 Qg2+ 42. Ke1 Bxe3 43.
Rf3 Bf2#) 39... Bxe3 40. Qxe3 $19) 39. Rhd1 Qd7 {Black gets deadly initiative}
40. Rd2 (40. Nd6 {is no salvation} Rxd6 (40... Bxd6 41. Rxd5 Qb5+ 42. Rxb5 Bxf4
43. Rxb3 $18) 41. Rxd6 Bxd6 $19 (41... Qxd6 42. Qxd6 Bxd6 43. Ra4 $19)) 40...
Rxd2+ 41. Qxd2 {Do you see the mate threat?} Qc7 42. Qxd8+ (42. Nd6 Bxd6 (42...
Qxd6 43. Qxd6 Bxd6 44. Ra4 $19) 43. Kf1 Bc5 44. Qxd8+ Qxd8 $19) 42... Qxd8 43.
Rd1 (43. Nd2 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Qd3+ 44. Kd1 Kg8 45. Ra8+ Bf8
$19) 43... Qb8 (43... Qc7 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 44. Ne5 fxe5 45. h5
$19) 44. Ne3 (44. Rd7 e3 $1 {the logical end} 45. h5 Qh2+ 46. Kf3 Qxh5+ 47. Kf4
Qg5+ 48. Ke4 Qg2+ 49. Kf4 Qf1+ 50. Kg3 Qf2+ 51. Kg4 h5+ 52. Kxh5 Qxf5+ 53. Kh4
Qxd7 54. Nxe3 Qd3 55. Kg4 Qe4+ 56. Kg3 Qxe3+ 57. Kg4 Bd6 58. Kf5 Qe5+ 59. Kg4
Qf4+ 60. Kh5 Qg5#) 44... Qh2+ 45. Ke1 (45. Kf1 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Qh3+ 46. Kf2 Bxe3+ 47. Ke2
Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qf2#) 45... Qg1+ (45... Qg1+ 46. Ke2 Qxe3+ 47. Kf1 Qf2#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Stefan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Amini, Amir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "1218"]
[BlackElo "1412"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 (1... e5 2. Nf3 $11) 2. Nf3 d6 {Secures e5} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5. Sicilian Defence, Najdorf System} 6. Bg5 e6 {
Consolidates d5+f5} 7. f4 $11 (7. Bc4 Be7 $14) 7... Qb6 8. Qd2 (8. Nb3 Be7 $14)
8... Qxb2 {Traps the king in the center. Poison Pawn Variation.} 9. Rb1 (9. Nb3
Nbd7 (9... Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Kh1 h4 14. h3 Be7 15.
Rad1 b6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. f5 Rc8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bg4 Qb2 20. Rd3 f5 21. Rb1
Qxb1+ 22. Nxb1 fxg4 23. hxg4 h3 24. Rc3 hxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rg8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.
Kf1 Rxg4 28. N1d2 e5 29. Qc3 Bb7 30. Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G/Riga Tal 1995/TUR 95}) (9... Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11.
Na4 Qa3 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nc4 Qa4 14. a3 b5 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxe4+ 17. Be2
Qd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. O-O-O Ne7 20. Bf3 Be6 21. Rhe1 O-O 22. g4 f5 23. gxf5
Nxf5 24. Nc5 Ne7 25. f5 Nxf5 26. Bxd5 Bc8 27. Re5 Rb6 28. Rf1 Ng7 29. Re7 Ne6
30. Ne4 Nd8 31. Ng5 Rd6 32. Be4 Rh6 33. Rg1 Kh8 34. Nxh7 Nc6 35. Rc7 Rd8 36.
Ng5 Ne5 37. Rxf7 Re8 38. Rc7 Rxh2 39. Rc5 Rf2 40. Nf3 Ng4 {
1-0 Nunn,J-Stohl,I/BL9596 1996/BL 90}) 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O Nc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rab1 Qa3 15. Nxb5 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Stean,M/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80
}) 9... Qa3 10. f5 {White wins space} Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 {Covers d5+f5.} 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 {Controls b5.} 13. e5 $19 (13. Be2 $142 $5 $15 {
should be investigated more closely}) 13... Nd5 $17 (13... dxe5 $5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 $17) 14. Rb3 (14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 dxe5 16. O-O Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Ra7
18. c4 d4 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bd1 Be7 21. Ba4+ Kd8 22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. Qh6 Kd8 24.
Qg5+ Kc7 25. Rfe1 Rb7 26. Rbc1 h6 27. Qg3 Kb8 28. Bc6 Rc7 29. Bf3 e4 30. Rxe4
Rd8 31. Re5 Qb4 32. a3 Qb2 33. Ree1 {
1-0 Markovic,M-Shalnev,N/Pula op 1990/TD 90\01}) 15... Qc5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. O-O
dxe5 18. Qf2 Bd6 19. Qh4 e4 20. Be2 Be5 21. Bb6 Qd6 22. c4 g6 23. Kh1 Bd7 24.
Ba5 Rb8 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Rxb8+ Bxb8 27. Bb4 Qg7 28. cxd5 e3 29. Qf3 exd5 30.
Qxd5 Qe5 31. Qf7+ Kd8 32. Ba5+ Qxa5 33. Qf6+ Kc7 34. Rc1+ Kb7 35. Bf3+ Ka7 36.
Qd4+ {1-0 Bezgodov,A-Savon,V/Alushta op 1993/TD 93\07}) 14... Qa5 15. Nxd5
Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 cxd5 17. Bf4 Kd7 18. Be2 Be7 19. Bg4 h5 (19... Rf8 20. g3 $15)
20. Bf3 dxe5 $11 (20... Rf8 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Kxd6 23. Rhb1 $15) 21. Bxe5
Bf6 22. Bxf6 $15 (22. Re1 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Kd6 $11) 22... gxf6 23. c4 dxc4 24. Rb4
Ra7 25. Kc3 Rc7 26. Rxc4 {Threatening mate... how?} Rxc4+ 27. Kxc4 Ke7 28. Rb1
e5 29. Bd5 Bd7 30. Rb6 a5 31. Bc6 $4 $19 {White falls apart} (31. Kd3 $142 $17)
31... Rc8 32. Kc5 (32. g3 {doesn't improve anything} Bxc6 33. Kd3 a4 $19) 32...
Rxc6+ (32... Rxc6+ 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 $19) (32... Bxc6 {keeps an even firmer grip}
33. Kc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Koodrin, Zina"]
[Black "Errington, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "997"]
[BlackElo "1322"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 f5 {Dutch Defence} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Bd2 $146 (4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O
6. e3 d6 7. Be2 Ne4 8. Nbd2 c6 9. h4 h6 10. Qb3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Nd7 12. f4 Nf6
13. h5 gxh5 14. Bxh5 Nxh5 15. Rxh5 Qe8 16. Rh3 Qg6 17. Kf2 Kf7 18. Rah1 Rg8 19.
Rg3 Qh7 20. Qd1 Bd7 21. Qh5+ Kf8 22. Nf3 Be8 23. Qh3 a5 24. e4 e6 25. Re1 Bg6
26. b5 Re8 27. e5 d5 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Nh4 Bf7 30. Ba3+ Re7 31. Nxf5 Be6 32.
Bxe7+ Ke8 33. Nxg7+ Rxg7 34. Qxe6 Qc2+ 35. Re2 {
1-0 Hickl,T-Jahr,U/BL 8182 1982/BL 80}) (4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. g3
e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Qc2 Nxe5 10. Bg2 Nbc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Nb1 Rae8
14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. e3 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Qg7 17. Bc3 Rfe8 18. f4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20.
Qc3 Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nc3 Nb4 23. Bxb7 Nc2 24. Re2 Nxe3 25. Rde1 Nc2 26.
Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 28. Bf3 c6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bg2 Ke7 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. Kd2
Nd4 33. b4 Ke7 34. Kd3 Ne6 35. a3 a6 36. Bf3 Bd7 37. Bd1 Nd8 38. c5 a5 {
Averbakh,Y-Erenska Radzewska,H/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989/TD 89\13/1/2-1/2 (64)
}) (4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 (5. Be2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5
10. c5 Qe7 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nf7+ Rxf7 14. Bxf7 Qxf7 15. Rd1 Nc6 16.
a3 Be6 17. Qe2 e4 18. b4 Bc4 19. Qd2 Bb3 {
Lay,P-Kaenel,H/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02/0-1 (37)}) 5... O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6
8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Qc2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 Qe8 13. Qc1 Nc5 14.
Bc2 e4 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Nd4 Qf7 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. b3 Rad8 19. Bh6 Kh8 20. Bxg7+
Qxg7 21. Rd1 Ng4 22. b4 Ne6 23. Ne2 Rg8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qe1 Rg8 26. Qc3 Nf6
27. Qg3 Ng4 28. Rb1 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. h3 Ne5 31. Qe3 Qd8 32. Qc3 Qf6 33.
Kf1 Qg7 34. Qg3 Ng6 35. Rb3 Qa1+ 36. Bb1 Rd8 37. Ke2 Qd4 38. Qc3 Nf4+ {
Schlicht,H-Gegeny,C/Balatonbereny opB 1996/EXP 53/0-1 (50)}) 4... Bg7 5. e3 d6
{Prevents intrusion on e5} 6. Bd3 $15 (6. Be2 Nbd7 $11) 6... O-O $11 (6... e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bc2 $11) 7. Bc3 Qe8 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d5 {White gets more space}
c6 10. Bc2 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 $14 (11... Nbd7 12. Ng5 Nc5 13. Bc2 $11) 12. Nbd2 $17
(12. dxc6 a4 13. c5+ axb3 14. Qxb3+ (14. cxb6 $143 bxa2 (14... Qxc6 $143 15.
Qxb3+ e6 16. Nbd2 $16) (14... bxc6 $2 {doesn't lead to anything significant}
15. b7 Bxb7 16. Qxb3+ Rf7 17. Qxb7 $18) 15. Na3 Qxc6 $15) 14... Qf7 15. Qxf7+
Rxf7 16. cxb6 bxc6 17. Ng5 $16) 12... a4 13. Bc2 cxd5 14. Bd3 e5 15. Be2 Be6
16. Ng5 $19 (16. Bb4 $142 $5 e4 17. Nd4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Rc1 $17) 16...
dxc4 17. Nxe6 (17. Bf3 Nbd5 $19) 17... Qxe6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Bb4 Rfc8 20. Rc1 d5
(20... c3 21. Bxc3 Qxa2 22. Ra1 $19) 21. a3 Nd7 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 b5 24.
Bc3 (24. Bf3 e4 25. Be2 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 $19) 24... Nb6 (24... Nc5 25. Bf3 Nd3
26. Rcd1 $19) 25. f4 (25. Bf3 Rd8 $19) 25... Nd7 $4 $17 {
gives the opponent counterplay} (25... d4 $142 {and Black has prevailed} 26.
exd4 exd4 $19) 26. Bf3 $19 (26. Rfd1 $142 $5 Rc5 27. Bb4 $17) 26... e4 {
Black gets strong initiative} 27. Be2 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Nc5 29. Qb4 (29. Rc2 Rcb8
$19) 29... Qb6 30. Rcd1 Nd3 31. Bxd3 (31. Qd2 {does not solve anything} d4 $19)
31... exd3 32. Rf3 Re8 33. Qd2 Re4 {Black prepares d4} 34. Re1 (34. Kh1 {
cannot change destiny} Rae8 $19) 34... Rae8 35. Kf2 (35. Rff1 d4 36. exd4 Re2
37. Rxe2 Rxe2 $19 (37... dxe2 $6 38. Re1 $19)) 35... d4 36. g3 dxe3+ 37. Rfxe3
Rxe3 {Do you see the mate threat?} 38. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 {
Threatening mate: Re4} 40. Kxe3 Kf7 41. Kd2 Kf6 42. Kc3 Ke6 43. Kd2 Kd5 44. Ke3
Kc5 45. Kd2 Kd4 46. h3 Ke4 (46... Ke4 47. Kc3 Kf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Errington, Luke"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1461"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 {Sokolski Opening} f6 3. e4 Bxb4 (3... d5 4. exd5 Bxb4 5. Bc4
Bf5 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qf3 Nd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. O-O Nb6 12.
Bb3 Qd7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. dxc3 Qf5 15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. c4 O-O-O 17. a4 Rh4 18. Ba3
{Danielian,E-Vardanian,H/Erevan op 1996/EXP 52/1-0 (37)}) 4. Bc4 Qe7 (4... Ne7
5. Qh5+ Ng6 6. f4 exf4 7. Nf3 Qe7 (7... Nc6 8. Nc3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d6 10. Nh4 Nce7
11. Nf5 Kf8 12. O-O Qe8 13. Bxf6 Bxf5 14. exf5 d5 15. fxg6 gxf6 16. Qh6+ Kg8
17. g7 {1-0 Fischer,R-Gloger,J/Cleveland 1964}) 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3
d6 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. Nxg6 Qxe4+ 13. Kf2 Qxg6 14. Rhe1+ Kd8 15. Qd5 Ne5 16. Ba5
Kc8 17. Rab1 Bc6 18. Qe6+ Kb8 19. Bd5 Qxc2 20. Rxe5 Qxb1 21. Re4 Qb5 22. Bxc6
Qc5+ 23. Kf1 Qc1+ 24. Ke2 Qxc6 25. Rc4 Qxg2+ 26. Kd1 b6 27. Qd7 Qf1+ {
0-1 Tawbeh,M-Solomon,S/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06}) 5. Ne2 d6 6. Ng3 $146 (6.
c3 Bc5 7. Qb3 Nh6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. O-O Bh5 12. f4 Nd7 13.
fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf4 Nxc4 15. Qb5+ Qd7 16. Qxh5+ g6 17. Nxg6 Qg4 18. Qxh6 Nxd2 19.
Nxh8 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 O-O-O {Pimmingstorfer,C-Essing,A/NRW-II 1989/BIG 80/1-0 (36)
}) 6... Nh6 7. Qh5+ Nf7 8. Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 $17 (9. Qxf5 $5 Nd7 10. O-O $17)
9... c6 10. Be6 Na6 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 Nc7 13. fxe5 dxe5 $17 (13... fxe5 14.
Bb3 Qf6 15. Re1 $19) 14. Bb3 Kh8 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. d3 $2 (16. Rad1 $142 $5 $19)
16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qxc3 19. Bxf7 Qxc2 20. Rf3 {
Threatening mate: Qxh7} Rxd3 21. Bb3 (21. Rxd3 Qxd3 22. Rd1 Qe3 $19) 21... Qe2
22. Qxh7+ (22. Rg1 {is one last hope} e4 23. Rh3 Qxh5 24. Rxh5 $19) 22... Kxh7
23. Rh3+ Rxh3 (23... Rxh3 24. Rg1 Rd8 25. Rb1 Rd2 26. Rg1 Qh5 27. Bg8+ Kxg8 28.
Re1 Rxh2+ 29. Kg1 Rh1#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nothdurft, John"]
[Black "Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1527"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 {Old (Chigorin) Indian Defence} 4. e4 (4. f4 e5
5. e3 Qe7 6. Be2 c6 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. h3 exd4 10. exd4 Ngf6 11. O-O
Qd8 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Bf4 Kg8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Kh1 Kh7 18.
Ne5 Nxe5 {Bach,M-Behnk,R/BL2-N 1995/BL2/1-0 (68)}) 4... c6 $146 {
Prevents intrusion on b5+d5} (4... c5 5. d5 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Qa5 13. Qc2 Rb8 14. Rab1 Ne8
15. f4 Nc7 16. f5 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. b3 {
Trisa Ard,N-Palacios,A/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80/1/2-1/2 (35)}) 5. Qc2 (5. Nf3 e5
6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 (8. Re1 a6 9. a3 b5 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Bf1 h6 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Qb6 16. g3 Rfc8 17. Bh3 Ra7 18. a4
Rc5 19. b4 {Cramling,P-Espig,L/Novi Sad olm 1990 1-0 (43)}) 8... a6 9. Rd1 Qc7
10. Rb1 b5 11. b4 Bb7 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Nf5 Rfe8 15. Bg5 Nxc4 16.
Bxc4 bxc4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd6 Red8 19. Nxc4 {
Ioseliani,N-Espig,L/Plauen-Bamberg 1997 1-0 (29)}) 5... e5 6. d5 {
White wins space} Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O Nh5 10. Ne1 Nf4 11. Nd3 $11 (
11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Nd3 Bg5 $14) 11... Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nb6 13. b3 {Covers a4+c4}
f5 {Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base} 14. f3 f4 {Black gets more space}
15. a4 Bh4 16. Bd2 Rf6 17. Be1 (17. a5 Nd7 $11) 17... Rg6 18. Bxh4 Qxh4 19. Qf2
Qh5 20. Kh1 Bd7 $11 (20... Rh6 21. Qg1 $15) 21. Ra2 $15 (21. a5 Nc8 $11) 21...
Rf8 $11 (21... Rh6 22. Qg1 a5 23. Re1 $15) 22. Ne1 (22. a5 Nc8 $11) 22... Rff6
23. Ne2 (23. a5 Rh6 24. Qg1 Nc8 $15) 23... Na8 (23... Rh6 24. g4 fxg3 25. Nxg3
$15) 24. Ng1 $17 (24. a5 Nc7 $11) 24... Rg3 25. Ne2 Rh6 {
The mate threat is Qxh2} 26. Qg1 Rg5 27. g4 fxg3 28. Nxg3 Qh4 $11 (28... Qg6 $5
29. Rg2 Bh3 $17) 29. Rg2 Rgg6 30. Ne2 $15 (30. f4 $5 exf4 31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5
Rxg2 33. Nxg2 $11) 30... Bh3 31. Rxg6 {Do you see the mate threat?} Rxg6 32.
Qf2 Qh6 33. Rg1 Rf6 34. Qg3 Nc7 35. Nd3 Rg6 $15 (35... Bd7 36. f4 Rg6 37. Qf2
Rxg1+ 38. Kxg1 exf4 39. Qxf4 Qg6+ 40. Ng3 $15) 36. Qf2 Rxg1+ 37. Nxg1 Bd7 $11 (
37... Ne8 38. b4 b6 39. Nxh3 Qxh3 40. b5 $11) 38. f4 $15 (38. Nxe5 $5 dxe5 39.
Qxc5 $14) 38... exf4 39. Nxf4 Ne8 40. Nd3 $17 (40. e5 dxe5 41. Nd3 Qf6 42. Qxf6
gxf6 43. Nxc5 Bf5 $15) 40... Qg6 41. Qg2 Qf6 42. Qf3 (42. e5 dxe5 43. Nxc5 Bf5
$15) 42... b6 43. Qxf6 Nxf6 44. Nf2 Ng4 45. Kg2 Ne3+ 46. Kf3 $17 (46. Kh1 Kf7
$15) 46... Nc2 $15 (46... Nf1 47. Ke2 Nxh2 48. Nd3 $17) 47. Ne2 Kf7 48. Kf4 Kf6
49. Nd3 $17 (49. h4 g6 $15) 49... g5+ 50. Kf3 h5 51. Kf2 Bg4 $11 (51... Na1 52.
Ng3 $17) 52. Nc3 a6 53. Kg3 $15 (53. e5+ dxe5 54. Ne4+ Kf5 55. Ng3+ Kf6 $11)
53... Nd4 54. Nc1 $17 (54. e5+ $5 dxe5 55. Ne4+ Kf5 56. Nd6+ Kf6 57. Ne4+ Kf5
58. Nd6+ Kf6 59. Ne4+ $11) 54... Bf3 55. Kf2 g4 56. Kg3 Kg5 57. Nd3 h4+ 58. Kf2
Kf6 59. Nc1 $17 (59. b4 $5 {is an interesting alternative} g3+ 60. hxg3 $11)
59... a5 60. Kg1 (60. Nd3 Nxb3 61. Ke3 Nd4 $17) 60... g3 61. hxg3 hxg3 62. Kf1
Kg5 63. Nd3 Kh4 $17 (63... Nxb3 $142 $5 64. e5 Nd2+ 65. Kg1 Nxc4 $19) 64. e5
dxe5 $15 (64... Kh3 65. Nf4+ Kh2 66. exd6 $15) 65. Nxe5 Kh3 66. Kg1 $4 $19 {
another bit of territory lost} (66. Nxf3 $142 Nxf3 67. Ne2 $17) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Hunter, Daniel M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {Queen's Gambit Accepted} 3. Nc3 Nc6 (3... c6 4. e4 b5 5.
a4 e5 (5... b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 hxg5 11. Qxh8
Nf4 12. Be3 Qd5 13. f3 Ne6 14. Nd2 Nxd4 15. O-O-O c3 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Rxd4 Qxe5
18. Qxf8+ {1-0 Ward,C-Summerscale,A/ BCF-ch Nottingham 1996}) 6. Be3 b4 7. Nb1
Ba6 8. Nf3 $6 exd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. f3 Nfd7 12. Nd2 c3 $1 13. bxc3
bxc3 14. Nb1 Nb6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Ke2 Nc4 17. Bf2 $2 (17. Nxc3 Nxe3 18. Kxe3
Bc5 19. Nce2 $11 {(Hertneck)}) 17... Rb8 $17 18. Bg3 Rb2+ 19. Kd3 Na5 20. Nc2
Nb4+ 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. Nxc3 Ke7 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Bxa5 Bxa5 25. Rab1 Rxg2 26.
Rb7+ Rc7 27. Rxc7+ Bxc7 28. h3 Rf2 {0-1 Knaak,R-Lautier,J/Baden Baden 1992}) 4.
e3 Nf6 (4... e5 5. d5 (5. Nf3 exd4 6. exd4 Bb4 7. Bxc4 Qe7+ 8. Be3 Nf6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd3 Qe4 {
1/2-1/2 Matveeva,S-Miladinovic,I/Ano Liosia op 1996/EXP 51}) 5... Nce7 6. Bxc4
Ng6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. O-O Bc5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bd2 O-O
13. Rad1 b5 14. Qc2 b4 15. Na4 Bd6 16. Bc1 e4 17. Ng3 Rfe8 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Nb3
{Christiansen,L-Morozevich,A/New York PCA 1995/EXP 47/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 5. Bxc4 e6
6. Nf3 a6 $146 {Covers b5} (6... Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rc1 a6 10. a3 Bd6
11. Qc2 e5 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. d5 Ne7 14. b4 g6 15. e4 Bd7 16. Ne2 c5 17. Bd3 Rc8
18. Qb3 cxb4 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. axb4 Qb6 21. h3 {
Landenberger,A-Voigt,J/Klinge girls 1993/GER 04/1-0 (48)}) 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3 Nb4
9. Bb1 Bb7 10. a3 Nbd5 11. Ne2 Nb6 12. Ng3 Bd6 (12... c5 13. Qe2 $15) 13. e4
$17 (13. Qe2 $142 $5 $11 {is noteworthy}) 13... Bxg3 14. e5 Bxh2+ 15. Nxh2 Nfd5
16. Qg4 g6 17. Be4 Qd7 18. Qf3 O-O-O (18... Ra7 19. Bh6 $15) 19. Bg5 Rde8 20.
Ng4 c6 $14 {Consolidates d5} (20... Kb8 $5 $11 {
should be investigated more closely}) 21. Rac1 Kb8 22. Rfd1 Rc8 23. Nf6 {
A beautiful square!} Nxf6 24. exf6 $15 (24. Bxf6 Rhe8 $11) 24... Nd5 $11 {
A sound move} (24... h6 25. Bxh6 Nc4 26. Bf4+ Ka8 27. Rc2 $11) 25. Qg3+ $15 (
25. Bh6 Rhe8 $11) 25... Ka7 26. Rc5 {An ideal square for the white rook.} h6
27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Bf4 Qf5 $15 (28... g5 29. Bd6 $17) 29. Be5 {
'the bishop is the bishop!'} g5 30. Rdc1 (30. a4 h5 $15) 30... h5 {
Black launches an attack} 31. Qc3 h4 {Black gains space} 32. Qc2 Qd7 33. f4 $19
(33. a4 $142 $5 $17) 33... gxf4 34. a4 $2 (34. Rc3 $142 $19) 34... h3 35. axb5
(35. g3 fxg3 36. Rc3 $19) 35... Qg4 $15 (35... hxg2 36. Rc3 Rh1+ 37. Kxg2 Rch8
38. b6+ Ka8 $19) 36. bxc6 {He broke from his leash} Bxc6 37. Qf2 $4 $19 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on f4} (37. Ra1 Qxg2+ 38. Qxg2 hxg2 39. Kxg2 Rcg8+
40. Kf3 Rh3+ 41. Kxf4 $11) 37... hxg2 {Threatening mate... how?} 38. Qxg2 {
Black gets strong play along the open g-file.} Qd7 $17 (38... Qh4 39. Rxc6 Rxc6
$19) 39. Kf2 $4 $19 {causes further problems for ?} (39. Bxf4 $142 Rhg8 40. Bg3
$17) 39... Rcg8 {Threatening mate: Rxg2} 40. Qxg8 (40. Qf1 Rh2+ 41. Ke1 Qf5 $19
) 40... Rxg8 {Do you see the mate threat?} 41. Rxc6 Qg4 {Threatening mate: Qg3}
42. Rc7+ Kb6 43. R1c6+ (43. R7c6+ {hoping against hope} Kb7 44. Rc7+ Ka8 45.
Rc8+ Rxc8 46. Rxc8+ Qxc8 47. Kf3 $19) 43... Ka5 {The mate threat is Qg1} 44.
b4+ Ka4 45. Rxa6+ Kb3 46. Rb6 (46. Ra3+ {hardly improves anything} Kxa3 47.
Ra7+ Kb3 48. Ra3+ Kxa3 49. b5 Qg1+ 50. Ke2 Rg2+ 51. Kf3 Qf2#) 46... Qg3+ 47.
Ke2 (47. Kf1 {does not help much} Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Rg1+ 49. Kd2 Qe3#) 47... Qe3+ (
47... Qe3+ 48. Kd1 Rg1#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Srdic, Goran"]
[Black "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 {
Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation} 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 d5 $146 (7... Qc7 8.
g4 (8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Ne5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. f5 Ne5 14.
O-O-O Bd7 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. Rhg1 Be7 17. Rg3 Qc7 18. f6 gxf6 19. Nf5 Bc6 20.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. gxf6 Qc7 22. Bxe5 dxe5 {
Behr,R-Nodorp,D/OLNW 1992/BIG 90/1-0 (48)}) 8... h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10.
h4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Na5 12. Rg1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. g5 Ng8 15. f4 hxg5 16. hxg5
Ne7 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. f5 Bc6 19. g6 fxg6 20. fxe6 b5 21. Ng5 Rh5 22. Qf2 Ng8 23.
Qf7+ {1-0 Gallinnis,N-Wacker,P/NRW-I 1992/TD 92\01}) 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 Rb8
12. h4 Ne5 13. Kb1 d5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. dxe6 fxe6 18.
Bh3 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Nb3 a5 21. g5 a4 22. gxf6 axb3 23. f7+ Kf8 24. cxb3
Rxb3 25. Qc2 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Kxf7 27. Rd3 Qa7 28. Re1 Rb8+ 29. Kc1 Bf4+ 30. Kd1
Ba4 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 {0-1 O'Donnell,T-Huber,G/Canada zt 1992/TD 92\05}) (7... Nbd7
8. g4 h6 (8... Nb6 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. f4 Nec4 13. Bxc4
Nxc4 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. h4 Rc8 16. Kb1 b5 17. Bc1 b4 18. Nce2 e5 19. b3 exd4 20.
Qxc4 Qxc4 21. bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 {
Pfrommer,C-Wohlfahrt,H/BL2-S 1996/BL2/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 9. Rg1 Qb6 10. a3 Ne5 11.
Bf2 Qc7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qf3 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 d5 17. fxe5
Nxe4 18. Rg4 h5 19. Rh4 Bc5 20. O-O-O Bxf2 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qxf2 Rc8 23. Kb1
Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Rh3 Qd5 26. Rc3 Kd7 27. Qb6 Rd8 28. Rc5 Qd1+ 29. Ka2 Ke8
30. Qxb7 Qg4 31. e6 fxe6 32. Re5 Qg5 33. h4 Qxh4 34. Rxe6+ Kf8 35. f6 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Kamsky,G/Linares 1993/[Boensch]}) (7... b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6
10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nce2 (12. Na4 d5 13. Bh3 Qa5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nxc5
Bxc5 16. a4 dxe4 17. g5 Nd5 18. g6 f5 19. fxe4 Nxe3 20. Nxe6 Bc6 21. exf5 Ke7
22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rhe1 Rhe8 24. Rxe3+ Kf8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. f6 Qe5 27. Qxb4+ {
#6 1-0 Arakhamia,K-Zatulovskaya,T/ Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989}) 12... d5 13.
exd5 Nxd5 14. Bf2 Be7 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Nh5 $2 O-O-O 18. Bg3 Bd6 19.
Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Nxg7 Rhd8 21. Bb3 R6d7 22. Qxh6 Nf4 23. h5 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Ne2+ 25.
Kb1 Nxd4 26. Rd1 {0-1 Timman,J-Beliavsky,A/Tilburg 1993}) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5
Qxd5 10. Nb3 Qe5 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Bb6 Bd6 $14 (13... Nb4 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. a3 $11) 14. O-O-O Ke7 15. g3 {Secures f4} e5 16. Bg2 $11 (16. Nc5 $5
$16) 16... Be6 17. Rhe1 Rhc8 18. Kb1 Rab8 $16 (18... Nb4 19. Re2 $11) 19. c3
$14 {Prevents intrusion on b4} (19. Nc5 Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 $16) 19... h5 (19...
Bf5+ 20. Ka1 $14) 20. Nc5 Nd8 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Ka1 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Ne6 24. Re2 g6
$14 (24... Bc5 25. Bxc5+ Rxc5 26. Red2 $11) 25. Red2 Rc6 26. Ba7 Rbc8 27. f4
exf4 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Bf2 g5 $16 (29... f5 30. Rd3 $14) 30. Kb1 $14 (30. Rd5
Bc7 $16) 30... b5 $16 (30... f5 31. Kc2 $14) 31. Rd5 fxg3 32. hxg3 f6 33. Kc2
Nc7 $18 (33... b4 $142 $5 $16) 34. Rxd6 $1 {
better than holding on to the material} Rxd6 35. Bc5 Ne8 36. Rh1 Kd7 $18 (36...
Ke6 $5 37. Bxd6 Nxd6 38. Rxh5 Ne4 $16) 37. Bxd6 Nxd6 38. Kd3 $16 (38. Rxh5 Ne4
$18) 38... Nf5 39. Rg1 $14 (39. Rxh5 $5 Nxg3 40. Rh7+ Ke6 41. Ra7 $18) 39... g4
$16 (39... Ke6 $5 $14) 40. Ke4 Ke6 41. Kf4 Ne7 42. a4 $14 (42. Re1+ $5 Kf7 43.
Rh1 $18) 42... Nd5+ 43. Ke4 {White gets in control} f5+ 44. Kd4 f4 (44... Ne7
45. Re1+ Kf6 46. axb5 axb5 47. Ke3 $16) 45. gxf4 (45. Re1+ Kd6 46. axb5 fxg3
$18) 45... Nxf4 46. Ke4 Nd5 (46... Nh3 47. Ra1 $14) 47. axb5 axb5 48. Ra1 Nf6+
$18 (48... Nc7 49. Re1 $16) 49. Kf4 Nd5+ (49... Kd6 50. Kg5 Ke5 51. Re1+ Ne4+
52. Kxh5 $18) 50. Kg5 Kd6 (50... g3 51. Re1+ Kf7 52. Kxh5 $18) 51. Kxh5 Kc5 52.
Kxg4 Kc4 53. Kf3 Kb3 54. Ra5 Kc4 55. Ke2 Nc7 56. Kd2 Kb3 57. Kc1 (57. Kc1 Kc4
58. Kc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Amini, Amir"]
[Black "Errington, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1412"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d5 {Scandinavian (Centre Counter) Defence} 2. exd5 Qxd5 (2... Nf6 3. d4
Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 (4... Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Be7
10. c5 Nd5 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Qxb7 Ndb4 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxd4 15. Bxc7 Qxc5
16. a3 Nc2 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Qxc6 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 Rac8 20. Qd7 Rfe8 21. Rd1 Qg6 22.
b4 f5 23. Ng3 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Dautov,R/Sverdlovsk 1989/TD 89\09}) 5. c4 Nb6
6. Nc3 Bg4 7. c5 Nd5 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 b6 11. Bc4 e6 12. O-O
Bg7 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bc6 b5 16. Qa5 Rb8 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 g5 19.
Bg3 O-O 20. Rad1 {1-0 Svidler,P-Berend,F/EUCup Vilnius 1995/EXP 50}) 3. Nc3 Qa5
4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 (5. Nf3 c6 (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. h4 Bb4
10. Rh3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. Rb5 Qa4 15. Rb3 Qc6
16. g5 Ne8 17. Qg4 Nb6 18. Bg2 Qc4 19. Re3 Nd6 20. Re5 Kb8 21. Ra5 Nf5 22. Rc5
Qa4 23. Bf4 Rd7 24. c4 Qxa2 25. Rcb5 Nxd4 26. Rb2 Qxc4 {
0-1 Lobron,E-Rogers,I/Biel 1984/MCL 02}) 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Bd2
e6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bb3 h5 13. g5 a5 14. a4 h4 15. Qe2 Na6 16.
O-O-O Nc7 17. Rhg1 Bh5 18. Rde1 Bb4 19. c3 Bd6 20. g6 Bxg6 21. Bxe6 Kf8 22. d5
Qe8 23. Qc4 fxe6 24. dxe6 Ke7 25. Nxh4 Rxh4 26. Qxh4 Nxe6 27. f4 Kd7 28. Qxf6
Bd3 29. f5 Bc4 30. fxe6+ Kc7 31. Bf4 Rd8 32. Bxd6+ Rxd6 33. Qf4 {
1-0 Bologan,V-Rogers,I/Bl9596 1996/BL 90}) 5... c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Nd5 Qd8 8.
Nxf6+ exf6 9. Nf3 $146 (9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Qe2+ Kf8 11. Bxd6+ Qxd6 12. Qd2 b5 13.
Bb3 Nd7 14. a4 h5 15. Ne2 h4 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Ra5 a6 18. O-O g6 19. Qf4 Qb4
20. Ra3 Kg7 21. Nc3 Qf8 22. Nd5 h3 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rfa1 Qb8 26.
Qxb8 Nxb8 27. Ra5 Nc6 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Rxa6 Nxd4 30. c3 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 hxg2+ 32.
Nxg2 Rxh2 33. Kxe2 Rxg2 34. Rxe6 {
1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Christiansen,L/BL9596 1996/BL 90}) 9... Qe7+ 10. Be2 Qe4 11.
c3 {Controls b4} Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qb3 Nd7 (14... b6 15. h3 Be6
16. c4 $16) 15. h3 Bxh3 $18 {Black terminates the opponent with strong threats}
(15... Be6 $5 16. c4 b5 $16) 16. gxh3 Qf5 17. h4 $4 $11 {
gives the opponent counterplay} (17. Kg2 $142 {
White would have gained the upper hand} Qg6+ 18. Kf1 $18) 17... Qh3 $16 (17...
Qg4+ $142 $5 {looks like a viable alternative} 18. Kh1 Qh3+ 19. Kg1 Rae8 $11)
18. Bd1 (18. Qxb7 $6 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 $11)
18... Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ $11 (19. Re3 Qg4+ 20. Kf1 Qh3+ 21. Ke2 Bf4 $16) 19... Rxe8
20. Be3 $4 $19 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (20. Qc2 $142 $11 {
would be a reprieve}) 20... Re4 $1 {the final blow. The mate threat is Rg4} 21.
Ne1 (21. Bf4 {no good, but what else?} Rxf4 22. Ng5 fxg5 23. c4 Qxh4 24. Qg3
Qxg3+ 25. fxg3 Rxd4 26. Be2 $19) 21... Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Rxe3 $19 (22... Qf1+ 23.
Kxh2 Rxh4+ 24. Kg3 Qh3#) 23. fxe3 Bg3+ $11 (23... Bg3+ 24. Kg1 Qh2+ 25. Kf1
Qf2#) (23... Bf4+ $1 24. Kg1 Bxe3#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Hansen, Ernst"]
[Black "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 {
Semi-Slav Defence, Anti-Meran Gambit} dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5
hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 (10... Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O
15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 (16... Qd6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Bh6 19. Qc1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3
Ba6 21. a3 Kb8 22. h4 Rdg8 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. axb4 Nb7 {
1-0 Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Novgorod 1996/TUR 96}) 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19.
Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Qg7 Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Nxc5 d4 24. Bxb7+ Rxb7 25.
Nxb7 Qb6 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Rfd1 Qxb2 28. Nd6+ Kb8 29. Rdb1 Qxg7 30. Rxb4+ Kc7
31. Ra6 Rb8 32. Rxa7+ Kxd6 33. Rxb8 Qg4 34. Rd8+ Kc6 35. Ra1 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Wijk 1996/TUR 96}) 11. exf6 Bxf6 {
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} 12. Bxf6 (12. Be3 Na6 13. a4 Nc7 14. g3
Nd5 15. Bg2 b4 16. Ne4 Be7 17. O-O f5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. Re1 Kf7 21.
Bc1 e4 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bg5 Qd5 24. Qe2 Be6 25. Qf2 exf3 26. Bxf3 Qd7 27. Rad1
Bd5 28. Qd4 {1-0 Kolev,A-Haugli,P/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44}) 12... Qxf6 13. g3
Bb7 (13... Na6 14. a4 Bb7 15. Bg2 b4 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Qxc4 e5 19.
dxe5 Qxe5 20. O-O Rd4 21. Qc2 c5 22. Rfe1 Kb8 23. h4 Qd5 24. Bf3 Qf5 25. Re3
Rhd8 26. Rae1 c4 27. Qc1 Nc5 {
1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Fahnenschmidt,G/BL 8586 1986/BL 80}) 14. Bg2 Na6 {
The idea is Nb8-a6-b4-d5} 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Nb4 $11 {
The opening book is finally left behind.} (17... c5 18. Qa5 f5 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20.
Qxa6+ Qb7 21. Qxe6+ Kb8 22. Rhe1 Bf3 23. Rd2 Ka8 24. Qf6 Rhf8 25. dxc5 Qc7 26.
Nxb5 Qa5 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ {
1-0 Frohne,G-Rosenberger,F/Dortmund op 1995/EXP 48}) (17... c5 $5 {
should be examined more closely} 18. Qa5 cxd4 19. Qxb5 f5 $17) 18. Nc5 {
The white knight is well posted.} Nd5 $14 {
The knight is not easily driven from d5} (18... Nxa2+ 19. Kb1 Qxc5 20. dxc5
Rxd2 21. Rxd2 $16) 19. h4 Qc7 20. Rhe1 $11 (20. h5 Ne7 $14) 20... a5 21. Kb1 b4
$14 {Black wins space} (21... Ne7 22. Re5 Ba8 23. Qc3 $11) 22. Bxd5 $11 (22.
Qc2 $5 {might be a viable alternative} Nb6 23. Bf1 $14) 22... cxd5 ({Instead of
} 22... exd5 23. Re2 Rde8 24. Rde1 $16) 23. Re5 Bc6 24. Rg1 Qb6 25. h5 c3 26.
Qc2 cxb2 27. Kxb2 Rd7 $14 (27... Kb8 28. Rh1 $11) 28. Nxd7 {
Threatening mate: Nxb6} Qxd4+ 29. Kb1 Kxd7 30. Qb2 $15 (30. Qe2 Ba4 31. Rc1 b3
$11) 30... Qxb2+ 31. Kxb2 f6 32. Ree1 Rxh5 33. Rh1 Rf5 34. f4 e5 35. Rh7+ Kd6
36. Rf1 exf4 37. gxf4 d4 38. a3 d3 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rh8 $17 (40. Kb3 Kc5 $11)
40... d2 $14 (40... Rd5 $142 $5 $17) 41. Rh2 Bd5 42. Rxd2 Rh5 $16 (42... Kc5
43. Ra1 Kb5 44. Rd4 $14) 43. Ra1 Ke6 (43... Kc5 44. Ra6 Rf5 45. Ra5+ Kd6 46.
Rd3 $16) 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Ra7+ $16 (45. Rd6 Be6 46. Rb6 b3 $18) 45... Kg6 (
45... Ke6 46. Ra5 $16) 46. Ra5 (46. Rd7 $5 Ba8 47. R2d4 $16) 46... Bf7 $4 $18 {
solves nothing} (46... Be4 $142 47. Rxh5 Kxh5 $14) 47. Rg2+ Kh6 48. Rxh5+ (48.
Ra8 $142 {secures victory} Bg6 49. Rh8+ Bh7 50. Kb3 $18) 48... Kxh5 49. Rg7 Be6
50. Rg3 (50. Rb7 f5 $16) 50... Bf7 (50... Kh6 51. Re3 Bf7 52. Re7 $16) 51. Rg1
(51. f5 Kh6 $16) 51... Be6 52. Rg3 $11 (52. Re1 $142 $5 Bf7 53. Re7 $16) 52...
Bf7 53. f5 Bd5 $18 (53... Kh6 54. Kc2 $16) 54. Rg6 Be4 55. Rxf6 Kg5 56. Rb6
Bxf5 57. Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1248"]
[BlackElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 d6 (2... Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7
8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 (10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Ne2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 b6 13. a3 Bb7
14. b4 Qc7 15. b5 d5 16. c4 dxc4 17. dxc4 Rbd8 18. Qc2 Rd7 19. Rbd1 Rfd8 20.
Kf2 Nc8 21. e5 Bxf3 22. Kxf3 Qb7+ 23. Kf2 Ne7 24. Nc3 Nf5 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Ne4
h5 27. a4 g5 28. Nxg5 Qg2+ {0-1 Shaw,J-Arakhamia,K/ London Lloyds 1993}) 10...
Bd7 11. Ne4 Nef5 12. Bf2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 14. c3 h5 15. exd6 b6 16. Nf6+ Bxf6
17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Bb7 Rb8 19. Be4 Qxd6 20. Qa4 Qc7 21. Qa6 b5 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23.
Rfe1 Rd8 24. b4 $13 {Sale,S-Sadler,M/Cannes op 1995 0-1 (40)}) 3. Nd2 $146 (3.
g3 Nf6 (3... g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ne2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. f4 O-O 9. c3 Rb8
10. Nc4 f5 11. a4 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Nd5 Kh8 14. Be3 fxe4 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16.
dxe4 Rbd8 17. b3 Bg4 18. Rc1 Na5 19. Rf2 Qd7 20. Qc2 c4 21. b4 Nb3 22. Rcf1
Qxa4 23. Nc1 exf4 24. gxf4 Qa1 25. Na2 {
1-0 Kaulfuss,H-Lutz,K/Hessen-ch 1989/GER 02}) 4. Bg2 e6 (4... Nc6 5. h3 g6 6.
Ne2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d5 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nd2 b6 11. Nf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bb7 13.
Bf4 Qe7 14. Nh2 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rd2 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Qd7 19.
e5 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nd5 21. f4 h5 22. Kf2 Bh6 23. Be4 Ba6 24. Nf3 Nce7 25. b3 Kf8
26. c4 Nc7 27. a4 Bc8 28. a5 Bd7 29. b4 cxb4 30. axb6 axb6 31. Bxb4 Ke8 32.
Ned4 Na6 33. Ba3 Ba4 34. Nb5 Kd7 35. Nd6 f5 36. exf6 Nf5 37. Nf7 h4 38. Bxf5
hxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Bxf4+ {1-0 Oberst,T-Tobor,D/Balatonbereny op 1995/EXP 49}) (4...
g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 Nc6 9. h3 b5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. g4 b4 12.
f5 exf5 13. gxf5 Qd7 14. Nh4 Ne5 15. Bg5 Ba6 16. c4 Rae8 17. a3 Bc8 18. axb4
cxb4 19. b3 Nc6 20. Be3 Nxe4 21. d4 Nc3 22. Nxc3 Rxe3 23. Nd5 Ree8 24. f6 Bh6
25. Kh1 Qd8 26. Nf3 Bf5 27. Ra6 Qd7 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30. fxe7 {
0-1 Thi An H Nga Tran-Calotescu,C/Disney Girls U14 1996}) 5. Ne2 Be7 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nf3 Qc7 9. Bg5 e5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ng5
Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Nd4 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Rac1 Qf6 17. f3 Rac8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 c4
20. c3 Nf5 21. f4 Re8 22. Be4 Rc5 23. Rce1 g6 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. g4 {
1-0 Garcia,A-Mendes,I/Dubai olw 1986/TD 86\02}) (3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2
Bg7 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 e5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12.
exd5 Ne7 13. c3 Nxd5 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. Nxe4 Re8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bc4
Nf4 19. cxd4 Qg5 20. g3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Nf4+ 22. Kg1 Ne6 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Qg4 Nxd4
25. Rad1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nxe1+ 28. Kf1 Nc2 29. Bd5 Ne3+ {
0-1 Heinrich,S-Boenisch,A/RLPF-chJW U17 1988/GER 05}) 3... Nc6 4. h3 {
Controls g4} a6 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 {The game has become a King's
Indian Attack with h3 interposed (may be better held off until the Bishop goes
to g4).} Be7 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Bg5 Rfc8 12. Ne3 Be6 13. a3
{Covers b4} Nd4 $14 (13... Qd7 14. Nh4 $11) 14. Nd2 Rab8 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nf3 $11
(16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qd8 $14) 16... b5 17. b4 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 $11)
17... a5 18. bxc5 $15 (18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15 (20... gxf6
$143 21. Nh4 $16)) 18... dxc5 19. Qd2 b4 {Black gains space} 20. axb4 cxb4 21.
Bxf6 $17 (21. c4 Ne8 $15) 21... Bxf6 (21... gxf6 $6 22. Nd5 bxc3 23. Qxc3 $11 (
23. Nxc3 $143 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 $17 (24... Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Nxe6 $15)))
22. cxb4 Rxb4 $14 {The black rook on an outpost. .} (22... axb4 $142 23. Nd5
Qd8 $15) 23. Rec1 $15 (23. Nd5 $142 $5 {is worth looking at} Bxd5 24. exd5 $14)
23... Qd7 $11 (23... Qd8 24. Ra3 $15) 24. Ng4 $17 (24. Rxa5 $142 $1 {
and White could well hope to play on} Rcb8 25. Rac5 $14) 24... Bxg4 25. hxg4
Rb3 26. Bf1 Qxg4 27. Be2 $19 (27. Rc5 Rbb8 $17 (27... Qxf3 $6 28. Be2 Bg5 29.
Qc2 $16 (29. Bxf3 $4 {going for material but overlooking...} Bxd2 30. Kf1 Rxd3
$19))) 27... Qd7 28. Qc2 Rbb8 29. Qa4 Rb2 30. Qd1 Be7 (30... Rcb8 31. Rc2 $19)
31. Nd2 Qb7 32. Nc4 Rb5 33. Qc2 $2 (33. Nxa5 $142 Nxa5 34. Rxc8+ Qxc8 35. d4
$17) 33... Nd4 34. Qd1 Nb3 35. Rcb1 Nxa1 36. Rxb5 Qxb5 37. Qxa1 Rc5 38. Qa2 Qb4
39. Kg2 a4 40. Ne3 (40. Bd1 {otherwise it's curtains at once} a3 41. Bb3 $19)
40... Qb3 41. Qa1 (41. Qxb3 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game}
axb3 42. Nc4 b2 43. Nxb2 Rc2 $19) 41... a3 42. Nc4 (42. d4 {
does not solve anything} exd4 43. Nd5 Bf8 44. Qxd4 a2 $19) 42... a2 $1 {
finishing him off} 43. Nd2 Qc2 44. Qd1 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Koodrin, Zina"]
[Black "Stefan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "997"]
[BlackElo "1218"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 {Queen's Gambit Declined} 4. e3 c6 5. Nc3 Qa5 (
5... g6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ba3 Qc7
12. Rc1 b6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Ne4 Nfxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bxc5 bxc5
18. Rxc5 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 {1/2-1/2 Sicobo,J-Jawad,M/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44})
(5... Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 (8... a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11.
dxe6 fxe6 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. O-O Bc5 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17.
Qxe3 Ng4 18. Qh3 h5 19. Bd1 Nf6 20. Qe3 Ng4 21. Bxg4 hxg4 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. fxg3
g5 24. Rf6 Ra7 25. e5 Rah7 26. Ne4 Rxh2 27. Nd6+ Kd7 28. Kf2 Rh1 29. Rxh1 Rxh1
30. Rf7+ Kc6 31. Nxc8 Rb1 32. Ke3 Rxb2 33. Ne7+ Kc5 34. Rf6 Rxa2 35. Rxe6 b4
36. Rc6+ Kb5 37. Rc8 Rxg2 38. Nf5 Rg1 39. Nd4+ Kb6 40. e6 Re1+ 41. Ne2 {
1-0 Van der Sterren,P-Hector,J/Antwerpen op 1994/TD 94\02}) 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5
11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bd2 Bg7 15. Bb5 a6 16. Nc5 axb5 17. Nxb7
Qb6 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Ng5 Rhf8 20. Nxh7 Bxe5 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Qb3
Ra4 24. Rac1 Qb8 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Be5 27. Rec1 Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Qe5 29. Qh3
Bf4 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Bxf4 Qxf4 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Re1+ Kd7 34. Qe8+ Kc7 35. Re7+
{1-0 Stohl,I-Sakaev,K/Dortmund op-A 1992/TD 92\03}) 6. Qc2 $146 (6. Bd2 Nbd7 7.
Nxd5 Qd8 8. Nc3 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 Nb6 12. e4 Be7 13. a5 Nbd7 14.
e5 Ng8 15. d6 Bf8 16. Nd5 Bxd6 17. exd6 Kf8 18. Bc4 Ngf6 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Be3
Ne4 21. Qd5 Nxd6 22. Bxc5 {1-0 Sievey,J-Begum,M/Dubai olw 1986/TD 86\02}) 6...
Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 {Secures b4} (8. Qxc3 $4 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qb6
$19) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 (9. Bxh7 $2 {is worthless because of} Rxh7 10. e4 Rh5
$19) 9... Nd7 10. Bd2 c5 11. O-O $11 (11. Rb1 Bd6 $14) 11... Nb6 12. Be2 c4 13.
Ne5 Qa6 $16 (13... Bd6 14. f4 $14) 14. h3 $11 (14. a4 $5 $16) 14... Bd6 {
Black is behind in development.} 15. Nf3 $11 (15. f4 Bd7 $14) 15... Bd7 16. e4
Ba3 17. Bc1 Bxc1 $14 (17... Ba4 18. Qd2 Bd6 19. Qg5 $11) 18. Qxc1 O-O 19. Qe3
f6 {Consolidates e5+g5} 20. e5 {White wins space} Nd5 {A valuable piece} 21.
Qd2 f5 22. Nh2 Bc6 23. f4 Rac8 24. Nf3 Bd7 25. Nh4 (25. Rfb1 b5 26. a3 Rcd8 $11
) 25... Qa3 26. Rf3 $17 (26. Rfc1 $5 $11) 26... Rc6 $15 (26... Be8 $5 27. g4 b5
$17) 27. Rb1 Rb6 (27... Rc7 28. Qc1 Qxa2 29. Bd1 $11) 28. Rxb6 Nxb6 29. Rf1 Nd5
30. Bxc4 {White terminates the opponent with strong threats} Nxc3 31. Bb3 Ne4
32. Qd3 Qe7 $4 $18 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (32... Kh8 $142
$11 {the rescuing straw}) 33. Nxf5 $1 {decapitation} Rxf5 34. Qxe4 Bc6 (34...
Rf7 35. Qxb7 g6 $18) 35. Qxf5 Bd7 36. Qe4 Bc6 37. d5 (37. Qe3 Bd5 38. f5 Bxb3
39. Qxb3 h6 40. fxe6 Kh8 41. Rf7 Qd8 42. e7 Qxd4+ 43. Kh2 Qxe5+ 44. Qg3 Qxg3+
45. Kxg3 Kh7 46. e8=Q h5 47. Qf8 h4+ 48. Kxh4 Kg6 49. Qxg7#) 37... Qc5+ (37...
Bxd5 {cannot undo what has already been done} 38. Qc2 Bxb3 39. axb3 $18) 38.
Kh2 exd5 (38... Bxd5 {does not save the day} 39. Qd3 $18) 39. Qf5 (39. Rd1 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} g6 $18) 39... h6 (39... Qf8 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 40. Qxf8+ Kxf8 41. Rd1 $18) 40. Bc2 (40. Bc2
Qe7 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Bg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 {Sicilian Defence, Closed System} g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5.
Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 7. fxe6 dxe6 (7... fxe6 8. d3 d5 9. Bb3 b5 10. a3 c4 (10...
Nd4 11. O-O Nxb3 12. cxb3 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxd5
Qd7 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Nfd2 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1
Qxd3 23. Nxc5 Bxg2+ {0-1 Ermenkov,E-Muralidharan,M/Calcutta op 1993/EXP 33})
11. Ba2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 dxe4 13. Ng5 exd3 14. O-O d2 15. Bxd2 Nf5 16. a4 a6 17.
Qf3 Qd5 18. Ne4 O-O 19. Bg5 Bb7 20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Bxf6 Rf8 23.
Bg5 bxa4 24. Rab1 Bc8 25. g4 Nd6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rb6 Bd7 28. Rxa6 Ne4 29.
Bh6+ Kf7 30. Rxa4 Nxc3 31. Ra3 Nd4 32. Ra7 Ke6 33. Bg7 Ncb5 34. Ra6+ Kf7 35.
Bxd4 Nxd4 36. Rd6 Be6 37. Bxc4 Ke7 38. Rxd5 Bxd5 39. Bxd5 Nxc2 40. g5 Ne3 41.
Be4 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 West,G-Hoelzl,F/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06}) 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O
Na5 10. Qe1 (10. Bb3 Nec6 (10... Nxb3 11. axb3 b6 12. Qe1 Nc6 13. Qg3 Bb7 14.
e5 Nd4 15. Ne1 Nf5 16. Rxf5 exf5 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Nb5 Re6 19. Nd6 Bc6 20. c3 Qd7
21. Nc2 h6 22. h4 Bd5 23. c4 Bc6 24. b4 a6 25. b3 a5 26. b5 Bb7 27. Ra2 Rb8 28.
Ne3 Qe7 29. Nxb7 Rxb7 30. Nd5 Qe8 31. Kh1 Kh8 32. Qe3 f6 33. Re2 fxe5 34. Bxh6
Bxh6 35. Qxh6+ Rh7 36. Qg5 Rh5 37. Qd2 Rxh4+ 38. Kg1 Qd7 39. Qg5 Rh5 40. Qg3
Qg7 41. Qf3 Qh6 42. Nc7 e4 43. dxe4 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. g3 {
Gashimov,S-Timoshin,J/WchJM U12 1996/1-0 (74)}) 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Nxb3 13.
axb3 Nd4 14. Na4 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. g4 Rf8 17. Nxc5 e5 18. c3 Bxg4 19. cxd4
exd4 20. Bd2 Qd5 21. Ne4 Qh5 22. Ng3 Qd5 23. Ne4 Qh5 24. Ng3 Qd5 25. Ne4 Qh5 {
1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M-Semkov,S/Erevan 1988/CBM 08}) 10... Nxc4 11. dxc4 Nc6 $146 (
11... b6 12. Qh4 Nc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Ba6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5
Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd7 Rf7 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Bf4 e5 23. Be3 Rd8
24. Qg4 Ke7 25. h3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd7 27. Qxd7+ Kxd7 28. c4 f5 29. Kf2 f4 30.
Bd2 Bf8 31. Kf3 h5 32. Bc3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,A-Tolnai,T/Vienna op 1991/EXP 25})
12. Bg5 f6 {Covers e5} 13. Be3 b6 {Secures c5} 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Qg3 Bb7 16. Qc7
a6 $16 (16... Rf7 $142 $5 {is a viable option} 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 $15 (17... Nxe7 $2
18. Nd6 $18)) 17. Qxb6 $1 {White is still ahead} axb5 {Black launches an attack
} 18. Bxc5 Qd7 19. Bxf8 $14 (19. cxb5 Na7 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 $14) 19... Bxf8 20.
cxb5 Nb4 {Black threatens Qc8} 21. Rad1 $17 (21. Nd4 $142 {
is the best option White has} e5 22. c3 exd4 23. cxb4 $11) 21... Qe7 $4 $14 {
letting the wind out of her own sails} (21... Qc8 $142 22. Qf2 Bc5 (22... Rxa2
23. c3 Bc5 24. Nd4 $16) 23. Rd8+ Qxd8 24. Qxc5 Nxa2 $17) 22. Nd4 e5 23. a3 $11
(23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Bxe4 $16) 23... exd4 24. axb4 $15 (24. Qxd4 Na2 25. Ra1
Qxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxa2 Bxc2 28. Rxf6 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 $16) 24... Qxe4 {
The mate threat is Qxg2} 25. Rf2 Bh6 26. Kh1 (26. Qxf6 $4 {
taking the pawn will cause White grave problems} Rf8 27. Qxd4 Be3 28. Qxe4
Bxf2+ (28... Bxe4 $6 29. Rdd2 $17) 29. Kf1 Bxe4 $19) 26... Be3 27. Qxf6 Bxf2 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 28. Qxf2 Rf8 {Threatening mate: Rxf2} 29. Qd2 Re8
30. c4 $4 $19 {simply worsens the situation} (30. Kg1 $142 $17) 30... Qg4 {
Threatening mate... how?} 31. h3 Bxg2+ $1 {Black should return material} 32.
Kh2 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Bf3 (33... Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Qf4 Rxf4+ 36. Ke2 Bf3+ 37.
Kf2 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Qe2#) 34. Qh2 Qg4+ (34... Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Be2+ 36. Kf2 Rf8+ 37.
Ke1 Rf1+ 38. Kd2 Rxd1+ 39. Kc2 Qe4+ 40. Kb3 Qe3+ 41. Ka2 Bxc4+ 42. b3 Qxb3#)
0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hunter, Daniel M"]
[Black "Srdic, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 {Sicilian Defence, Closed System} e6 4. Bc4 (4. Nf3
Nf6 (4... d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. Qf3
Bb7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f5 exf5 13. Bd4 Nf6 14. Qxf5 O-O 15. e5 Bc8 16. Qg5 h6 17.
Qf4 Ng4 18. e6 f5 19. O-O Kh7 20. Rae1 Bg5 21. Qxg4 fxg4 22. Rxf8 Be7 23. Rf7
h5 24. Ref1 Kh6 25. Rxg7 {1-0 West,G-Tzoumbas,A/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02}) 5.
Be2 d5 6. e5 d4 7. exf6 dxc3 8. fxg7 cxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Bxg7 10. c3 Bd7 11. O-O Qc7
12. Ng5 Ne7 13. Qd3 Nf5 14. Bh5 O-O 15. Bg4 Rad8 16. Qh3 h6 17. Ne4 Bb5 18. Re1
Rd3 19. Qh5 Rd5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qh3 Rd8 22. Ng3 Rd3 23. Qg4 Rf6 24. f5 exf5
25. Nxf5 Rg6 26. Qf4 Qd7 27. Ne7+ Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rf1+ 30. Ke3 Re1+
31. Kd2 Rxe7 32. Kc2 Rxg2+ 33. Bd2 Rd7 34. Rd1 Be2 35. Re1 Bh5 {
0-1 Anand,V-Sveshnikov,E/Moscow B 1987/TD 87\01}) 4... g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. f5 Na5
(6... exf5 7. exf5 Nf6 8. O-O d5 9. Qe1+ Kf8 10. Bb5 Bxf5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b3
Qa5 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Qh4 Ne4 15. Rae1 Qd8 16. Qf4 Nxc3 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd6+
Qe7 19. Qb8+ Qe8 20. Qd6+ Kg8 21. Bxc3 {
Zhurov,S-Vaulin,A/Moscow op 1995/EXP 46/0-1 (47)}) (6... a6 7. a4 Nb4 8. fxe6
dxe6 9. d3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 Nec6 12. Qe1 Na5 13. Ra3 Nxb3 14. Rxb3 Nxc2
15. Qe2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nd1 e5 18. Nf2 b6 19. Ng4 Qh4 20. Nf2 Rb8 21. g3
Qe7 22. Ng4 Qe6 23. Nh6+ Bxh6 24. Bxh6 Qxb3 25. Qf3 Qe6 {
0-1 Szonyi,K-Trnovec,M/Balatonbereny op 1996/EXP 53}) 7. Qe2 Ne7 8. fxe6 dxe6
9. O-O $146 (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. d3 Nec6 13. e5 Nd4 14.
Qf2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nc6 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Qh3 Bxf6 19. exf6 Qe5 20.
Qh6 Rg8 21. Bg5 Nd4 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Re4 Nf5 24. Rxf5 gxf5 25. Rh4 Qd4+ 26. Be3
Qxh4 27. Qxh4 Rg4 28. Qh5 Rg6 29. Bf4 Rd8 30. Qf3 Rd7 31. Qe3 b6 32. Qe5 Rg8
33. Bh6 Rgd8 34. Qg3 {1-0 Fellegi,T-Szarvas,S/HUN-chT2 1993/TD 93\10}) (9. Bb5+
Bd7 $11) 9... O-O 10. d3 {Prevents intrusion on c4} Nxc4 {Black is in command}
11. dxc4 Qb6 12. Be3 $15 (12. Qf2 f5 $11) 12... Qxb2 13. Nb5 b6 {Controls c5}
14. Rfb1 Qxa1 15. Rxa1 Bxa1 16. c3 $17 (16. Qd1 $142 $5 {
looks like a viable alternative} Bf6 17. Qd6 $11) 16... a6 17. Qe1 axb5 18.
Qxa1 bxc4 19. Qb2 $19 (19. Ne5 f5 20. Bh6 Rd8 $17) 19... Bb7 $17 (19... f5 20.
Bg5 Nc6 21. Qxb6 $17) 20. Qe2 $2 $19 (20. Bxc5 $142 Rfe8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Qb4
$17) 20... Bxe4 21. Bg5 (21. Bh6 Bxf3 22. Qe5 Nf5 23. Bxf8 Bd5 $19) 21... Bxf3
22. Qxf3 (22. gxf3 {does not solve anything} Nf5 23. Qxc4 h6 $19) 22... Nd5 23.
Qe2 Rfe8 (23... b5 $5 {and Black can already relax} 24. Bh6 Rfe8 25. Qe5 $19)
24. Bh6 (24. Qxc4 Ra3 25. Qb5 Rb8 $19) 24... Ra4 (24... Nxc3 $4 {
the pawn is something Black will choke on} 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qc7 Ra7 27. Qxa7 Ne2+
28. Kf2 Re7 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Qf8#) 25. h4 f6 (25... Nxc3 $4 {
Black will choke on that pawn} 26. Qe5 f6 27. Qc7 Ra7 28. Qxa7 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Re7
30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. Qf8#) 26. Qg4 (26. Bc1 {doesn't do any good} b5 (26... Nxc3 $6
27. Qc2 $19) 27. Qc2 f5 $19) 26... Nxc3 27. h5 Kf7 28. Kh2 (28. hxg6+ {
does not save the day} hxg6 29. Qh3 Ne2+ (29... Nxa2 $143 30. Bf4 Re7 31. Qh7+
Ke8 32. Qxg6+ Kd7 33. Qxf6 $19) 30. Kf1 Rxa2 $19) 28... Nd5 (28... Rd8 {
makes it even easier for Black} 29. a3 $19) 29. Qd1 (29. Bc1 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} b5 30. a3 Raa8 $19) 29... Rxa2 30. Qb1 Rea8
31. Qb5 c3 32. Qd7+ Ne7 33. Qb7 (33. Qd3 {hardly improves anything} Nd5 $19)
33... R2a6 (33... c2 {might be the shorter path} 34. Bd2 Rd8 35. Be3 $19) 34.
Bf4 e5 (34... R8a7 {makes it even easier for Black} 35. Qb8 $19) 35. Bh6 R8a7 (
35... c2 {might be the shorter path} 36. Qe4 Nf5 37. Bc1 $19) 36. Qf3 Ra3 (
36... Nf5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 37. Qd5+ Ke7 38. Qg8 Nxh6 39. Qxh7+ Ke6
40. Qxh6 $19) 37. Bg5 f5 38. Qe2 Ke6 39. Bf4 (39. Bxe7 {is not the saving move}
Rxe7 40. Qb5 Kd5 41. Qxb6 Kc4 42. hxg6 c2 $19) 39... e4 40. Qc4+ (40. hxg6 {
does not improve anything} Nd5 41. Bh6 hxg6 $19) 40... Nd5 41. Bg5 R7a5 (41...
Ke5 {and Black can already relax} 42. Qb5 $19) 42. Qe2 b5 43. Qe1 c2 (43... b4
{seems even better} 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Qh4 $19) 44. Qh4 (44. Bc1 {
the only chance to get some counterplay} Ra1 45. Qd2 $19) 44... Ra1 (44... e3
$142 {and the rest is a matter of technique} 45. hxg6 hxg6 $19) 45. hxg6 hxg6 (
45... hxg6 46. Qh6 Ra7 47. Qxg6+ Ke5 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Errington, James"]
[Black "Errington, Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[BlackElo "1461"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 {English Opening} 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 (5. b4 Be7 6.
d3 O-O 7. Bd2 Kh8 8. Nd5 c6 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. a4 Ne6 13.
Rb1 f4 14. Bc3 Qe8 15. e4 a5 16. bxa5 c5 17. Rb6 Qe7 18. Nh4 g6 19. Qd2 Nd7 20.
Rbb1 Nb8 21. Nf3 Nc6 22. Rb6 g5 23. Rfb1 g4 24. Nh4 Ned4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. a6
Rxa6 27. Rxa6 bxa6 28. Rb6 Qf6 29. a5 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 gxf3 31. Kf1 Rg8 32. Qb2 h6
33. Ke1 Kh7 34. Rb8 h5 35. Rxc8 Rg7 36. Rb8 {
1-0 Ragozin,E-Malaniuk,V/St.Petersburg op 1995/EXP 46}) (5. d3 g6 (5... Be7 6.
f4 exf4 7. gxf4 c6 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. e3 O-O 10. O-O Kh8 11. Kh1 a5 12. b3 Na6 13.
Na4 Qd8 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Nc3 Nc5 17. Nd4 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. Rf3 Bf6
20. Nce2 Ra8 21. Rg1 Ne6 22. Rg3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 a4 24. b4 a3 25. Bc3 g6 26. b5
Rc8 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Rb1 c5 29. Nc2 Bc6 30. Nxa3 Bxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Ng8 32. Rb7 d5
33. Nb5 Rc6 34. a4 Qc8 35. Ra7 dxc4 36. dxc4 Rd8 37. Qe1 Qe6 38. Rxg6 Rd7 39.
Bxf6+ Nxf6 40. Ra8+ {1-0 Serper,G-Yermolinsky,A/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02}) 6.
Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 c6 9. b4 Kh8 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. e4 Be6 12. exf5 gxf5 13.
Re1 Nbd7 14. b5 f4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ba3 c5 17. Rb7 Qe8 18. Nb5 Qh5 19. Nc7 Bg4
20. Nxa8 e4 21. dxe4 Ne5 22. Rb3 Rxa8 23. Bb2 Nfd7 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxd6 Re8
26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxc5 f3 28. Bf1 Bh3 29. Bxh3 {
1-0 Hickl,J-Vonthron,H/BL9293 1993/BL 90}) 5... Be7 6. O-O c6 7. d3 $146 {
Prevents intrusion on e4} (7. c5 e4 8. cxd6 Qxd6 9. Ne1 Nbd7 10. d3 Nc5 11. Bf4
Qd8 12. Be3 exd3 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxd3 Bd6 15. b4 O-O 16. b5 Bd7 17. bxc6 Bxc6
18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rc1 Qe8 20. e3 Rd8 21. Qe2 Rf7 {
Anastasian,A-Meister,Y/Belgorod GMA-qual 1989/TD 89\02/1-0 (67)}) 7... h6 {
Controls g5} 8. Rb1 Be6 9. b4 O-O 10. Nh4 Qe8 11. b5 {This push gains space} d5
12. bxc6 bxc6 {Consolidates b5.} (12... Qxc6 $2 13. Ng6 Re8 14. Nxe5 $18) 13.
Qb3 Nbd7 $14 (13... Qf7 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Qxa3 $11) 14. cxd5 Rb8 $2 $18 (14...
Nxd5 $142 {would keep Black in the game} 15. Nxd5 Bxh4 $11) 15. Qa4 $4 $14 {
gives the opponent new chances} (15. dxe6 $142 {
and White can look forward to a comfortable game} Rxb3 16. exd7 (16. axb3 $6
Nb6 $14) (16. Rxb3 $6 Nc5 17. Nxf5 Nxb3 18. Bxc6 Qd8 19. axb3 Ne8 $11) 16...
Nxd7 17. Rxb3 $18) 15... Rxb1 $16 (15... cxd5 $5 {has some apparent merit} 16.
Rxb8 Nxb8 17. Qxe8 Rxe8 $14) 16. Nxb1 $11 (16. dxe6 $142 Nb6 17. Qxc6 $16)
16... cxd5 17. Qxa7 Ng4 $14 (17... Qb8 18. Qa6 Nc5 19. Qa3 Qxb1 20. Ng6 $11)
18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qh5 $16 (19... d4 20. Qd6 $14) 20. Qd6 Qf7 21. Nc3 (21.
Nf3 Rb8 $16) 21... e4 {Black wins space} 22. a4 $14 (22. h3 Ngf6 23. Ng6 Ne8
24. Ne7+ Kh7 $14) 22... g5 23. h3 (23. dxe4 $6 dxe4 24. Nxf5 Bxf5 25. Nxe4 Re8
$11) 23... Nge5 $18 (23... Ngf6 $5 24. Ng6 $1 {
White should return some of the goodies he has collected} Re8 $16) 24. dxe4 $4
$11 {allows the opponent back into the game} (24. f4 $142 exf3 25. Nxf3 Nxf3+
26. Rxf3 $18) 24... fxe4 25. Nxd5 {White is forced to give material back.} Bxd5
26. Nf5 Nf3+ $4 $18 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (26... Qxf5 27.
Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Nc5 $11) 27. exf3 Qxf5 28. fxe4 Rf6 $2 (28...
Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Qxd7 Rf7 31. Qd8+ Kh7 $18) 29. Qxd5+ (29. exf5 $6 Rxd6
30. Rd1 Nf6 $16) 29... Qxd5 30. exd5 Ra6 31. Ra1 Nc5 32. Bf1 Rxa4 33. Rxa4 (33.
Rd1 Kf7 $18) 33... Nxa4 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Kf6 36. Kg4 Nc3 37. Bg2 Nd1 (37...
Kg6 38. d6 h5+ 39. Kf3 $18) 38. Kf3 (38. Kh5 Nxf2 39. Kxh6 Nd1 $18) 38... Ke5
39. Ke2 Nc3+ 40. Kd3 Nxd5 41. Bxd5 Kxd5 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. Kf3 (43. f4+ $142 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Kf5 44. g4+ Kf6 $18) 43... Kf5 44. g4+ (44. Ke2 $5
Ke4 $18) 44... Ke5 45. Kg3 Ke4 46. h4 $4 $11 {a transit from better to worse} (
46. f3+ $142 {a shame that White overlooked this excellent chance} Ke5 47. f4+
gxf4+ 48. Kf3 $18) 46... gxh4+ 47. Kxh4 {With the decisive threat g5} Kf3 48.
Kh5 Kf4 49. Kh4 Kf3 50. Kh5 Kf4 51. Kh4 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.12"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Nothdurft, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 {
Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation} 8. Be2 (8. Qb1 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10.
O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Be7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bf5 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3
17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Qd1 Qf5 19. Kg2 Re6 20. Qb1 Qh5 21. Qd1 Qf5 22. Qb1 {
1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Jussupow,A/Reykjavik WCup 1988/CBM 10}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Re8
$146 (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 (10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Na4 Rac8
14. f3 Nd6 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. Bd3 b6 17. Nb3 c5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 c4 20. Nd2
b5 21. Nf1 Nd6 22. Ng3 Rfe8 23. Qd2 Qb7 24. a3 Re6 {
Schmitzer,H-Hund,J/Bad Woerishofen op 1989/TD 89\05/1-0 (37)}) 10... dxe4 11.
Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. b4 Nd5 14. Qb3 Qxb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Nxe4 Rd8 17. a3
Nd5 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. a4 f5 20. Nc5 Rd6 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Rb2 Nd7 23. Nb3 Nf6 24.
Na5 {Schubert,R-Braussemann,I/JBL NO95/96 1995/1-0 (51)}) (9... a6 10. Qc2 b5
11. a3 Nb6 12. Na2 Bb7 13. Nb4 Qd6 14. Ne5 Rac8 15. Bf3 h6 16. Bh4 a5 17. Nbd3
Rfe8 18. Bg3 Qd8 19. Rfc1 Bd6 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. Bh4 Be7 22. Nc5 Ba8 23. Rc3 Bd6
24. Ncd3 {Armbruster,M-Hinske,S/GER-chJ U13 1995/1-0 (55)}) 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4
Nf8 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Bh5 g6 14. Be2 Bd6 (14... N8d7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rc1 $11)
15. Ng4 (15. Qb3 g5 16. Qxb7 Bxe5 17. dxe5 gxh4 18. exf6 Qxf6 $14) 15... Bxg4
16. Bxg4 Kg7 17. a3 {Secures b4} (17. Bf3 N8h7 $11) 17... g5 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19.
hxg3 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Nh7 21. Qf5 Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Nxf6 ({Inferior is} 22... Kxf6 23.
e4 $11) 23. Re2 Re7 24. Rae1 Rae8 25. b4 Nd7 26. b5 Nb6 27. bxc6 bxc6 {
Consolidates b5} 28. a4 Nc4 29. Rb1 a5 30. Rb3 f5 31. Nd1 f4 {Black gains space
} 32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Rc2 fxe3 34. Nxe3 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 $17 (36. Rb7+
R8e7 37. Rxe7+ Rxe7 38. Rxc6 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Ra1 $11) 36... Rxe3 37. Rxc6 Ra3 38.
Rc5 $17 (38. Kf2 Rxa4 39. Ke3 Ra2 $17) 38... Rxa4 39. Rxd5 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 a4 41.
Rd7+ Kf8 $15 (41... Kg6 42. d5 $17) 42. g4 Rb1 $11 (42... a3 43. Ra7 $15) 43.
Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.12"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Black "Amini, Amir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1412"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 {Nimzo-Indian Defence} Bxc3+ (4... b6 5.
Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. e4 $11) (
4... d5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 (5... h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10.
O-O $11) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12.
Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. f3 $11) 5. bxc3 c5 (5... O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. e3
Nc6 9. Nd2 e5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 e4 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. f3 exf3 15.
Qxf3 Qxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Rxe3 17. Rxf6 Rxc3 18. Bd1 Nxd4 19. Bf2 Rd3 20. Nb3 Nxb3
21. axb3 Kg7 22. Rf3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bg4 24. Bd4+ Kg8 25. Re1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 c5
27. Bf6 b5 28. Be7 bxc4 29. bxc4 a5 30. Bxd6 a4 31. Rc1 Ra5 32. Kf2 a3 33. Ke3
a2 34. Be5 f5 35. Kd3 Ra4 36. Bb2 Kf7 37. Kc3 Rb4 38. Rf1 h5 39. Rd1 Ra4 40.
Kb3 {Gaprindashvili,N-Lehmann,K/Berlin Neukoelln 1988/TD 88\04/1/2-1/2 (51)})
6. Qc2 $146 (6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O b6 9. Rb1 Bb7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. a4 Nbd7
12. Rd1 Rac8 13. Ba3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxc4 16. Bxd6 Rfe8 17. Qb5
Qxb5 18. axb5 Rc2 19. Rdc1 Rec8 20. Rxc2 Rxc2 21. Ra1 Rb2 22. Bc6 Ne8 23. Ba3
Rb3 24. Bxd7 Nc7 25. h3 Nxb5 26. Bxb5 Rxb5 27. Bd6 a5 28. Rc1 g5 29. Rc6 a4 30.
Rc8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 b5 33. Kg3 Kf6 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. g4+ Kg6 36. Bg3
Rb3 37. h4 a3 38. h5+ Kh6 39. Bd6 Kg7 40. Rxa3 Rxa3 {
Klawonn,M-Reiser,D/GER-chJ U13 1995/1-0 (51)}) 6... b6 7. e4 Bb7 8. Bd3 $11 (8.
e5 Ne4 $14) 8... h6 $14 {Controls g5} (8... d6 9. O-O $11) 9. O-O $11 (9. e5
Ng8 $14) 9... O-O (9... d6 10. Rb1 $11) 10. h3 {Covers g4} (10. e5 Ne8 $11)
10... d6 {Prevents intrusion on e5} 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Rab1 Rac8 14.
f4 Rc7 $14 (14... Rfd8 15. Rfd1 $11) 15. e5 {White gets more space} dxe5 16.
dxe5 $11 (16. fxe5 Nd7 $14) 16... Ne8 17. Ne4 Rd7 18. Be2 Qd8 $11 (18... f6 19.
exf6 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. a3 $15) 19. Rbd1 Na5 20. Bc1 g6 {Covers h5} 21.
Kh2 h5 $14 (21... f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Nf2 $11) 22. Be3 Nc6 $16 (22... Rxd1 $5
23. Rxd1 Qa8 $11) 23. Rxd7 $11 (23. Bxh5 $5 gxh5 24. Ng5 $14) 23... Qxd7 24.
Rd1 Qc7 25. Nd6 (25. Bf3 Na5 $11) 25... Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.
Bf3 Na5 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Qe4 Na5 31. f5 (31. Bf2 Kh7 $15) 31... exf5 32. Qd5 {
Threatening mate... how?} Qxd5 (32... Qe7 33. Bh6 $17) 33. cxd5 Nc4 34. Bf4 Kf8
35. Kg3 Ke7 36. Bg5+ (36. Kf3 Kd7 $17) 36... Kd7 37. Bf4 b5 38. Kf3 Nb6 39. Be3
(39. d6 Ke6 $19) 39... Nxd5 40. Bxc5 Nxc3 41. Bxa7 Nxa2 42. Ke3 Kc6 (42... Nb4
{makes it even easier for Black} 43. h4 $19) 43. Kd4 Nb4 44. e6 (44. h4 Nd5 $19
) 44... fxe6 45. Ke5 (45. Bb8 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Nc2+ 46. Kd3
Ne1+ 47. Ke2 Nxg2 $19) 45... Nd3+ (45... Nc2 $142 $5 {
and Black can already relax} 46. Bb8 b4 47. Kf6 $19) 46. Kxe6 Nf4+ 47. Kf6 Kd5
48. g3 (48. Bb6 b4 49. Ba5 b3 $19) 48... Nxh3 49. Kxg6 Ke4 (49... b4 $142 {
and Black wins} 50. Be3 f4 51. gxf4 Nxf4+ 52. Bxf4 b3 $19) 50. Kxh5 b4 51. Bc5
b3 52. Ba3 Nf2 53. Kh4 (53. Bb2 {cannot undo what has already been done} Nd3
54. Bc3 b2 55. Bxb2 Nxb2 $19) 53... Nd3 (53... Nd1 $142 $5 {seems even better}
54. Kg5 $19) 54. g4 (54. Kh5 $19 {there is nothing better in the position})
54... f4 55. g5 Ne5 (55... f3 56. Kg3 f2 57. Kg2 Ke3 58. Bb2 Ke2 59. Kg3 f1=Q
60. Kh4 Qh1+ 61. Kg4 Qf3+ 62. Kh4 Nf2 63. g6 Qg4#) 56. Bb2 (56. Bc1 {
is no salvation} Kd3 $1 {the end of the story} 57. Bb2 f3 $19) 56... Ng6+ 57.
Kg4 {If White now only could play Bc1...} f3 58. Kg3 Ke3 59. Bc1+ Ke2 {
The mate threat is f2} (59... Ke2 60. Kg4 f2 61. Kh5 f1=Q 62. Kxg6 Qxc1 63. Kh5
b2 64. Kg6 b1=Q+ 65. Kf6 Qc6+ 66. Ke7 Qbb7+ 67. Kf8 Qcc8#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.12"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Hansen, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 {King's Gambit, Modern Defence} 5.
Nc3 (5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 (6... Be6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9. d4 Nxc4 10. Bxf4
c6 11. Qe2 b5 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Rad1 Bd5 16. Ne5 N6xe5
17. Bxe5 f6 18. Rxf6 Nxe5 19. Nxd5 gxf6 20. dxe5 Kf8 21. Kh1 Rc8 22. Nxf6 Qa5
23. Qh5 Rc4 24. Qe8+ {1-0 Hector,J-Ziatdinov,R/Antwerpen op 1994/TD 94\02}) 7.
d4 Be6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Bd6 12. Qb5 b6 13. Ng5 Qe7
14. Qf5 g6 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qh4 f6 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Bxf4 g5 19. Bxd6 Qe3+ 20. Qf2
Qxf2+ 21. Rxf2 cxd6 22. Nd2 Rfe8 23. Kf1 Rac8 24. c4 d5 25. cxd5 Rxc2 26. Re2
Kf8 27. a4 f5 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Ke2 Nf6 30. Kd3 Rc7 31. d6 Rd7 32. Re1+ Kf8
33. Nc4 Kg7 34. Re5 Kg6 35. a5 g4 36. Rb5 Rd8 37. axb6 axb6 38. Ne5+ Kg7 39.
Rxb6 Nd5 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Nf7 Rf8 42. d7 Nf4+ 43. Kc4 Ne6 44. d5 {
1-0 Gallagher,J-Van der Sterren,P/San Bernadino op 1992/TD 92\11}) 5... Nxd5 (
5... Bd6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. d3
a6 12. Bc4 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Bf5 14. Ne2 g5 15. Ned4 Bc5 16. b4 Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 Bd7
18. Bb2 Rg8 19. a4 Ng4 20. c5 Ne3 21. c6 Bc8 22. b5 Nxd5 23. Re5 bxc6 24. Nxc6
Be6 25. Ba3+ Ke8 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Ne7 axb5 28. Nxd5 Kd8 29. Rd1 Rxa4 30. Nb6+
Ke8 31. Re1+ Kd8 32. Be7+ Ke8 33. Bf6+ {
1-0 Perdomo,C-Estrada Nieto,J/Candas op 1996/EXP 51}) 6. Nxd5 $146 (6. Bc4 Be6
(6... Nb6 7. Bb3 Be6 8. d4 Bxb3 9. axb3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Qd3 Nc6
13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Bxf4 f6 18. Nh3 g5 19.
Bg3 Ne3 20. Rfe1 Re7 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Rxe3 a6 23. Nf2 Rac8 24. Nd3 Kf7 25. Nc5
Ra8 26. Rae1 b6 27. Ne4 Rd8 28. Ng3 Na5 29. b4 Nc4 30. R3e2 Nd6 31. Ne4 Nc8 32.
Ra1 Ra7 33. Nd2 b5 34. Nb3 Rd6 35. Nc5 Ne7 36. Rae1 Nc6 37. Re6 Rxe6 38. Rxe6 {
1-0 Shukurova,M-Kisonova,K/WchJW-U10 Szeged 1994/TD 94\01}) 7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8.
Qe2+ Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. c3 a6 12. Ba4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Qd1 Qf6
15. d4 Bd6 16. Bc2 Re7 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. Bd3 Be4 19. Qc2 Qg6 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 {
Mazariego,C-Shterenberg,N/Thessaloniki olw 1984/BIG 80/0-1 (43)}) 6... Qxd5 7.
b3 $17 (7. d4 g5 $15) 7... Bd6 8. Bc4 Qe4+ 9. Kf2 O-O 10. Re1 Qf5 11. Bb2 Nc6
12. d4 Be6 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. c4 Bg4 15. Be4 Rfe8 16. h3 Bxf3 $11 (16... Bf5 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. Kg1 $15) 17. Bxf3 $15 (17. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Rad8 $15) 17...
Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Bb4 19. Re2 Rad8 20. a3 Bf8 21. Qd3 $2 $19 (21. d5 $142 $5 {
and White hangs on} Na5 22. Bc3 Rxe2 23. Bxe2 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 $15) 21... Rxe2 (
21... Ne5 22. Qc3 Rxd4 23. Bxb7 $19) 22. Bxe2 (22. Qxe2 $5 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4
24. Bxb7 $19) 22... Nxd4 $17 (22... Bc5 $142 $1 23. Kh1 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 $19)
23. Bxd4 Bc5 $4 $14 {Black has let it slip away. Black gets strong initiative}
(23... f3 $142 24. Bxf3 Rxd4 $19 (24... Qxd4+ $6 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Bxb7 $15))
24. Bxc5 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 f3 {Threatens Qg5} 26. Bf2 ({Not} 26. Bxa7 b6 27. Rd1
Kf8 $15) 26... fxg2 $4 $18 (26... Qg5 $142 {is just about the only chance} 27.
g3 f5 $14) 27. Kxg2 $11 (27. Bxh4 $142 {secures the win} f6 28. Re1 $18) 27...
Qg5+ 28. Kf1 Qd2 29. Bf5 $15 (29. Be4 $5 $11 {should be considered}) 29... g6
30. Bg4 $17 (30. Be4 Qc3 31. Rb1 Qxh3+ 32. Ke2 b6 $17) 30... Qd3+ 31. Kg1 (31.
Kg2 Qxb3 32. Bf3 Qxc4 $17) 31... f5 (31... Qxb3 32. Rd1 $17) 32. Rd1 Qxb3 33.
Be2 {White gets decisive kings attack} Qxa3 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rd7+ Kh6 36. Kg2
$19 (36. Rxc7 $5 Qb2 37. Kf1 $17) 36... Qb2 37. Kf1 f4 $15 (37... Qb1+ $142 {
and Black could have gained the advantage} 38. Rd1 Qb3 39. Bxa7 Qxh3+ 40. Kg1
Qg3+ 41. Kf1 g5 $19) 38. Bd4 {Threatening mate: Bxb2} Qc1+ (38... Qa2 39. h4 f3
40. Bxf3 $11) 39. Kf2 {White intends h4} c6 $4 $18 {
simply marches past the door to victory} (39... c5 $142 {
had to be tried to avoid defeat} 40. Bxc5 Qc3 $11) 40. h4 $1 {
here's the full point. Do you see the mate threat?} g5 (40... Qe3+ 41. Bxe3
fxe3+ 42. Kxe3 b5 43. Kf4 b4 44. Rxa7 b3 45. Bd3 c5 46. Bb1 b2 47. Kf3 Kh5 48.
Rxh7#) 41. Rd6# 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.12"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Black "Koodrin, Zina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1008"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {Sicilian Defence, Lowenthal Variation
} 5. Nb5 (5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Qd3 Nh5 10. Be3 Nc6
11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bd5 Rc8 13. Nd2 Bg5 14. O-O Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qc7 17.
Rac1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 {
Degerman,L-Bator,R/Stockholm 1995/EXP 49/0-1 (53)}) (5. Bb5+ Bd7 (5... Nd7 6.
Nf5 a6 7. Ba4 (7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Nc3 Qc6 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. O-O Rc8 12.
a4 g6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. a5 O-O 15. Bd2 Nxe4 16. Ned5 Bd8 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qd3 {
1-0 Leko,P-Varga,Z/HUN-ch 1993/TD 93\10}) 7... b5 8. Bb3 Nb6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. O-O
g6 11. Ng3 Bg7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc4 14. Nd5 Nxb2 15. Qf3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxa1
17. Rxa1 bxc4 18. Rd1 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Ne7 20. Rxd6 Qa5 21. h3 O-O 22. Rf6 Qxa2
23. Be5 Rac8 24. Qe3 Nc6 25. Bc3 Qxc2 26. Nf5 Rfd8 27. Qh6 {
1-0 Hernandez,G-Diaz,J/Mexico City 1991/TD 91\09}) 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nf5 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Nxe4 9. Nxg7+ Bxg7 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Ng3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14.
Qa4 f5 15. Bg5 Rde8 16. Rfd1 Qe6 17. Rac1 Rhf8 18. Rxc4 Kb8 19. Rdc1 Rc8 20.
Re1 Qg6 21. Bd2 Nd4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bc3 f4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Ne2 f3 26. Ng3
h5 27. h4 a6 28. Qd1 Rf8 29. gxf3 Rd8 30. Re4 d3 31. Qd2 Bxb2 32. Qxb2 d2 {
0-1 Masserey,Y-Alexandria,N/Biel Credis 1995/EXP 48}) 5... a6 6. N5a3 Nf6 7.
Nc3 Be6 $146 (7... b5 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. c3 Nd7 12. Nc2
Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Qf3 Ke7 16. Qh5 Rc8 17. Be2 Qb7 18. Bf3 Kd7
19. O-O Be7 20. Nd5 Rcg8 21. Rfd1 Rg6 22. Nxe7 {
Andre,T-Luft,H/Biel opW 1991/TD 92\07/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 8. Bg5 Be7 (8... Nbd7 9.
Nc4 $11) 9. Bc4 (9. Nc4 O-O $14) 9... Qd7 $16 (9... Nbd7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4
$11) 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 (11... Qxf6 $2 12. Nd5 Qg6 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14.
Nxa8 Qxg2 15. Rf1 Qxe4+ 16. Qe2 $18) 12. Nd5 {The knight feels good on d5} Bd8
13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Qf3 b5 15. Nce3 Rc8 16. O-O-O $11 (16. a4 $5 $14) 16... O-O $14
(16... Bg5 17. Kb1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 $11) 17. h4 Bb6 $16 (17... Rc5 18. Nf5 $14)
18. Nf5 Bd8 (18... Kh8 $5 $16) 19. g4 $11 (19. Qg4 $142 $5 g6 20. h5 $16) 19...
Nf6 20. Nfe3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 {Here comes the goal-getter} Qd7 22. g5 {
White wins space} f5 (22... Qc6 23. Rd2 $11) 23. Qb3 $11 (23. gxf6 $5 {
looks like a viable alternative} Qc6 24. Qb3 $16) 23... Kh8 (23... fxe4 24.
Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxd7 Rxf2 26. Rhf1 Rcxc2+ 27. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Bf6 29. gxf6 b4
30. fxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rf6 b3+ 32. Kxb3 h5 33. Rg1+ Kh7 34. Nf8+ Kh8 35. Rh6#) 24.
f4 $17 {The game is finished by a kings attack} (24. f3 $142 $5 $15 {
might be a viable alternative}) 24... Rc6 $11 (24... exf4 $142 25. Qd3 fxe4 26.
Qxe4 f3 $17) 25. fxe5 fxe4 {White creates threats along the open f-file} 26.
Rdf1 (26. Rhf1 Re8 $14) 26... Be7 $16 (26... Re8 $142 $11 {
and Black is still in the game}) 27. Rxf8+ (27. Nxe7 $6 Qxe7 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $11
) 27... Bxf8 28. Rf1 {The mate threat is Rxf8} Qd8 $18 (28... Qe8 $142 $5 29.
e6 Rc8 $16) 29. e6 Be7 $4 {leading to a quick end} (29... Qe8 30. Qe3 Rc4 $18)
30. Nxe7 {Threatening mate: Nxc6} Qxe7 (30... Rc7 {no good, but what else?} 31.
Nd5 Rb7 $18) 31. Rf7 {Threatening mate... how?} Qe8 32. e7 (32. e7 h6 33. g6
Qxe7 34. Rxe7 Rc8 35. Qf7 Rg8 36. Re8 Rxe8 37. Qxe8#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.12"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Stefan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1281"]
[BlackElo "1247"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 {
Sicilian Defence, Paulsen Variation} Bc5 $146 (6... b5 7. Be3 Bb7 8. a3 (8. f3
Nf6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bd3 Nd7
15. Rc1 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qf2 Rfc8 19. a3 g6 20. Rfe1 Qxf2+
21. Kxf2 h5 22. h4 Kf8 23. Rcd1 Rc5 24. Rd2 Rac8 25. c3 Ke7 26. Bc2 R8c7 27.
Rd4 Bc4 28. Red1 Rd5 29. Be4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 f5 31. Bc2 e5 32. Rd2 Rd7 33. Rxd7+
Kxd7 34. g4 Ke6 35. gxf5+ gxf5 36. f4 e4 37. Bd1 Kd6 38. Bxh5 Kc5 39. Bg6 Bd3
40. h5 Kc4 41. h6 {1-0 Sulliman,O-Moraza,M/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02}) 8... Nf6
9. Qd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 Be7 12. Bf2 O-O 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Bg3 g6 15. Kh1
Nb6 16. Nb3 Nh5 17. Bf2 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Ng3+ 21. hxg3 {
Vranesic,Z-Ivkov,B/Amsterdam izt 1964/IZT/0-1 (40)}) (6... Bd6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3
Bb4 9. Qd3 Nxe4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Nb3 Bb4 14. c4 d6
15. Bd4 e5 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. f4 Ne7 18. a3 Bc5+ 19. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh2 Ng6 21.
Qxd6 {Kamsky,G-Polgar,J/Monaco rapid 1995/EXP 46/1/2-1/2 (35)}) (6... Be7 7.
O-O Nf6 8. Bg5 d6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Qe1 O-O 14.
Qg3 Rfe8 15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Bg5 Ba8 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 Bxf3 20.
Rxf3 Nh5 21. Qh4 {De Castro,E-Nurse,V/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02/1-0 (35)}) (6...
Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rfxc8
13. Bxa6 Rf8 (13... Rd8 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. f4 e5 16. f5 Rxb2 17. g4 h6 18. h4 h5
19. gxh5 Be7 20. h6 d5 21. Qe2 Kh7 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. Qg2+ Kh8 24. Kh1 Rg8 25.
Bg5 Rb4 26. Rg1 Rg7 27. Qd2 Qd6 28. Bh6 Rg8 29. Rg2 Ng4 30. Bg5 f6 31. Rxg4
fxg5 32. Rag1 dxe4 33. hxg5 Kg7 34. f6+ Kg6 35. Rxe4 Qd5 36. Qg2 Kf7 37. g6+
Kxf6 {1-0 Xu Jun-Ye Jiangchuan/Beijing op 1991/EXP 22}) 14. Bd3 Bd6 15. g3 (15.
f4 e5 16. b3 exf4 17. Bd4 f3 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 f2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxe5 21. Re2
Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rfe8 23. a4 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Re8 25. Qf3 h5 {
1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Bischoff,K/BL 8586 1986/BL 80}) 15... Rxb2 (15... Be5 16. a4
Bxb2 17. Ra2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. a5 Bc3 21. Ra4 Rb4 22. Ra3 Bxd2
23. Qxd2 Rdb8 24. a6 Qa7 25. Qe2 h6 26. Qe5 R4b6 27. c4 Nf6 28. c5 Rb2 29. Qd6
Nd5 30. Re1 Rc8 31. Ra4 Rbb8 32. Qe5 Nf6 33. Rf4 Rd8 34. Rd4 Rxd4 35. Qxd4 Nd5
36. Qe4 g6 37. Qe5 Nb4 38. Bf1 Rd8 39. Qf4 Nd5 40. Qxh6 Rb8 41. h4 Rb2 42. h5
Nf6 43. Rd1 Qe7 44. hxg6 Rxf2 45. g7 Rh2 46. Qxh2 {
1-0 Kamsky,G-Ehlvest,J/Linares 1991/CBM 22}) 16. Bd4 Rb4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg4+
Kh8 19. Qh4 Be5 20. Rad1 c5 21. f4 Bd4+ 22. Kg2 Qc6 23. Kh3 c4 24. e5 {
1-0 Poluljahov,A-Tregubov,P/Rostov op 1993/TD 93\03}) 7. Nb3 {
White gets the initiative} Ba7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Be3 b5 $16 (9... Bxe3 $5 {
is noteworthy} 10. fxe3 O-O $11) 10. Bxa7 Qxa7 11. Qd6 Nbc6 {
Black is behind in development.} 12. Bxb5 $11 (12. a4 $142 $5 b4 13. Nb5 axb5
14. axb5 $14) 12... O-O $4 $18 {allows the opponent back into the game} (12...
axb5 $142 {and Black can hope to survive} 13. Nxb5 Qb8 14. Qxb8 Rxb8 15. Nd6+
Kf8 $15) 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qc5 (14. Rad1 e5 $16) 14... Qc7 (14... Qxc5 15. Nxc5
Rb8 16. Rab1 $16) 15. Nd5 (15. Rad1 f5 $16) 15... Qb7 16. Nb6 $14 (16. Ne3 Qc7
$16) 16... Rb8 $16 (16... d6 17. Qe3 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rad1 $14) 17. Nc4
Qb4 18. Qxb4 (18. Rfd1 f5 19. e5 f4 $16) 18... Nxb4 19. c3 Nc6 $18 (19... d5
$142 $5 20. exd5 exd5 $14) 20. Nd4 $4 $11 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (20.
Rfd1 $142 $18 {and White could have gained the advantage}) 20... Bb7 $16 (20...
Nxd4 $142 $5 {is an interesting idea} 21. cxd4 d5 22. exd5 exd5 $11) 21. Nd6
Ba8 (21... f5 22. f3 $16) 22. Nxc6 dxc6 23. b3 c5 24. e5 Rfd8 25. Rab1 Bc6 26.
a3 $14 (26. f4 Kf8 $16) 26... a5 $16 (26... f6 $5 27. f4 g5 $16) 27. Rfc1 Bd5
28. b4 axb4 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. axb4 {
The passed pawn on b4 quickly leads to threats} Rd7 31. b5 g5 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33.
Nxc8 Rc7 $2 $18 (33... f6 $142 $5 $16) 34. Nd6 Ra7 35. b6 Ra8 36. Rc1 Kg7 (
36... Ra4 37. b7 Bxb7 38. Nxb7 $18) 37. b7 Rb8 38. Rc8 (38. Rc7 $142 $5 {
seems even better} Kg6 $18) 38... Rxb7 {Do you see the mate threat?} 39. Nxb7
Bxb7 40. Rc3 Bd5 41. Kf1 Kg6 42. Rc7 h6 43. f3 h5 44. Kf2 h4 45. g3 hxg3+ 46.
Kxg3 f5 (46... f6 47. exf6 Kxf6 48. Rc5 $18) 47. exf6 (47. h3 Bb3 $18) 47...
Kxf6 48. Kg4 e5 49. Rh7 (49. Rc5 Be6+ 50. Kh5 Kf5 $18) 49... Be6+ 50. Kh5 $14 (
50. Kg3 $142 $5 $18) 50... Bd5 51. Kg4 $11 (51. Rh8 $5 {must be considered}
Bxf3+ 52. Kh6 $14) 51... Be6+ 52. Kg3 Kg6 53. Rb7 Kf6 54. Rb8 Kg6 55. Re8 Kf7
56. Rh8 Kg6 57. Rb8 Kg7 58. Rb7+ $4 $11 {gives the opponent counterplay} (58.
h4 $142 {a pity that White didn't try this} gxh4+ 59. Kxh4 $18) 58... Kg6 $4
$18 {weakening the position} (58... Kf6 59. Ra7 Bd5 $18) 59. Rb6 Kf6 60. Kf2
Kf7 61. Ke3 Bf5 62. Kd2 Be6 (62... Bg6 63. Ra6 $18) 63. Kc3 $16 (63. Kd3 $142
$5 Bf5+ 64. Kc4 $18) 63... Kf6 $18 (63... Bd5 $142 $5 $16) 64. Kd3 Kf7 $2 (
64... Kf5 $142 $18) 65. Ke4 g4 (65... Kf6 $18 {desperation}) 66. Kxe5 (66. Rxe6
{and White can already relax} g3 67. Kf5 gxh2 $18) 66... Bc8 (66... Bc4 {
doesn't improve anything} 67. fxg4 Be2 68. Rb7+ Kg6 69. Kf4 $18) 67. Rc6 Bd7
68. Rc7 Ke8 (68... Kg6 69. Rxd7 gxf3 70. Rd6+ Kg5 71. Rf6 Kg4 72. Rf5 Kh4 73.
Rxf3 Kh5 74. Kf5 Kh6 75. Kf6 Kh7 76. Rh3+ Kg8 77. Rh6 Kf8 78. Rh8#) 69. Rxd7 (
69. Rxd7 Kxd7 70. fxg4 Ke7 71. h4 Kf7 72. h5 Kg7 73. Ke6 Kg8 74. Kf6 Kf8 75. h6
Kg8 76. g5 Kf8 77. h7 Ke8 78. Ke6 Kd8 79. Kd6 Kc8 80. h8=Q+ Kb7 81. Qg7+ Ka6
82. Qb2 Ka5 83. Kc5 Ka4 84. Qb4#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan"]
[Black "Srdic, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 {King's Indian Defence, Orthodox System} 9. Ne1 (9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11.
Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. Qc2 Ng8 14. f3 Ngf6 15. Bd3 f4 16. c5 (16. Nb5 b6 17. Bb2
Ne8 18. Be2 h5 19. Bc3 a4 20. c5 bxc5 21. Nc4 g5 22. h3 cxb4 23. axb4 Nb6 24.
Nxb6 cxb6 25. Ra1 Bd7 26. Ra3 Rf6 27. Be1 Rg6 28. Bf2 Kg8 29. Rfa1 g4 30. fxg4
hxg4 31. hxg4 Qg5 32. Rxa4 Rxa4 33. Rxa4 Bxg4 34. Kf1 Bd7 35. Ke1 Rh6 36. Bf3
Bxb5 37. Ra7 Rh1+ 38. Kd2 Rf1 39. Bxb6 Qg3 {
0-1 Hertneck,G-Piket,J/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02}) 16... dxc5 17. Nb5 b6 18.
bxa5 Rxa5 19. Nc4 Ra8 20. a4 Ne8 21. a5 h5 22. Bd2 g5 23. Be2 Rf6 24. axb6 cxb6
25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Bc3 Rg6 27. Qb2 g4 28. Na7 Qh4 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Ra7 Nef6 31.
Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 Rg8 33. Rf7 gxf3 34. Bxf3 Ng4 35. Bxg4 Qxg4 36. R1xf4 Qd1+
37. Rf1 Qd3 38. Bxg7+ R8xg7 39. Rxg7 Rxg7 40. Rf7 {
1-0 Nemet,I-Istratescu,A/Biel op 1994/TD 94\02}) 9... Nd7 10. Kh1 (10. Bg5 h6
11. Be3 f5 12. f3 g5 13. a4 a5 14. Bf2 b6 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bb1 Nd4
18. Ra3 Bd7 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. axb5 e4 21. Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6
24. b4 Nb7 25. Bxe4 Re8 26. bxa5 Nxa5 27. Rc3 Bf5 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Nc2 Rf4 30.
Ne3 h5 31. h3 Kg7 32. Rd1 Kg6 33. Kf2 h4 34. Rdc1 Rd4 35. Nf1 Re5 36. R1c2 Rf4
37. Nd2 Kf5 38. Re3 Rd4 39. Ke2 Nb7 40. Ne4 Nc5 41. Nf2 Kf4 42. Rxe5 dxe5 43.
Rc3 Na4 44. Nd3+ Kf5 {
Agdestein,S-Sokolov,I/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 10... f5 11.
exf5 gxf5 12. f4 Kh8 $146 (12... Ng6 13. g3 Nf6 14. Ng2 c6 15. Be3 Re8 16. fxe5
Nxe5 17. Qd2 Neg4 18. Bd4 Bh6 19. Qc2 c5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Bd3 Rf8 22. Bxf5
Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Ng4 24. Raf1 Qe7 25. Qd1 Ne5 26. b3 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 {
Miles,A-Tilak,S/Sakthi 1996/TUR 96/1-0 (43)}) 13. g3 Nf6 14. Ng2 Bd7 (14... e4
15. Ne3 $11) 15. Be3 Ng6 16. Rc1 Qe7 {Black prepares the advance e4} 17. Qc2 a5
18. Rce1 e4 {This push gains space} 19. Bd4 c5 20. dxc6 bxc6 {Secures b5+d5}
21. Ne3 Be6 22. g4 c5 23. Ncd5 cxd4 $2 $18 (23... Bxd5 24. Nxf5 $1 {
White takes the lead} Qd7 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. cxd5 Nh4 $16) 24. Nxe7 Nxe7 25.
gxf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Bd1 Nd7 (27... d5 28. Qd2 d3 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Bb3
$18) 28. Rg1 (28. Qg2 Nc5 $18) 28... Nc5 {Black intends d3} 29. Bg4 d3 (29...
Bg6 30. Ref1 $18) 30. Qf2 Bg6 31. Bh3 (31. b3 Rab8 32. f5 Be8 $18) 31... Rab8
32. b3 Be5 33. f5 a4 34. Rxg6 (34. Rb1 $142 $18 {seems even better}) 34... hxg6
35. Qh4+ Kg8 $18 (35... Kg7 $142 $5 $16) 36. fxg6 {Threatening mate... how?}
Rf4 $2 (36... Rb7 $18) 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh6+ Ke7 {#} 39. Qh7+ $11 (39. g7 $142
{and White takes home the point} axb3 40. axb3 $18) 39... Kf8 40. Qh6+ $4 $11 {
gives the opponent counterplay} (40. Qc7 Rb7 41. g7+ Kg8 42. Be6+ Nxe6 43. Qxb7
Bxg7 44. Qd5 $18 (44. Rxe4 $6 {is the less attractive alternative} d2 45. Qd5
Rxe4 46. Qxd2 Nf4 $11)) 40... Kg8 $4 $18 {ignoring the path to victory} (40...
Ke7 41. g7 axb3 42. axb3 Rg8 $18) 41. Qh7+ $11 (41. Rxe4 $142 $1 {
it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} Rb7 42. Rxf4 Bxf4 43. Qxf4
axb3 44. axb3 $18) 41... Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hunter, Daniel M"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 (2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5
8. fxe5 (8. dxe5 Nd5 9. Bd2 Ncb4 10. Be4 c6 11. Ne2 Na6 12. Nfd4 f6 13. exf6
Nxf6 14. Bf3 e5 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qd3 c5 19. Qb3+ Kh8
20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Qxe6 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Qh4+ 23. g3 Qb4+ 24. c3 Bxc3+ 25. Kf2 Rae8
26. Qd5 Bd4+ 27. Kg2 Qd2 {
0-1 Marjanovic,S-Beliavsky,A/JUG-chT Cetinje 1992/EXT 92ch}) 8... Nd5 9. O-O (
9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Be6 11. O-O Rad8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Qe1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15.
Qg3 h6 16. Rae1 Qe6 17. a3 Na5 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Qh4 h5 20. b4 Nc4 21. Bc1 Nb6
22. Ng5 Qc6 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Qf2 {
1-0 Ehlvest,J-Anand,V/Reggio Emilia 1988/CBM 11}) 9... Bg4 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. c3
Rad8 12. Qe1 Qd7 13. Qg3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 f5 15. exf6 exf6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Re1 Ne7
18. Bc4+ Nd5 19. Bd6 Qxd6 20. Qxd6 cxd6 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Bxb7 Rc7 23. Bd5 Bh6
24. g4 Bg5 25. Kg2 h5 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. Re6 Rb8 28. b3 Rd8 29. Rh3 h4 30. b4
Kg7 31. c4 Kf8 32. Ra3 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Ra6 Bf4 35. h3 Ke7 36. Kf3 Bd2
37. b5 f5 38. a4 Bc3 39. Ke3 f4+ {
1-0 Kotronias,V-Skembris,S/GRE-ch94 Glyfada 1995/EXP 47}) 2... Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {
Pirc Defence} 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d3 e6 $146 {Prevents intrusion on d5} (
6... Nc6 7. a3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qf2 Nd7 11. O-O e6 12. Nb5 d5 13.
Nxd4 dxc4 14. dxc4 Nb6 15. e5 Nxc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. c4 Qe7 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1
Rd7 20. Nb5 g5 21. Rxd7 {Radic,P-Gass,U/BL 8081 1981/BL 80/1-0 (45)}) (6... c6
7. O-O (7. Bb3 Na6 (7... a5 8. Bd2 Na6 {
1/2-1/2 Muellen,A-Treppner,G/Wittlich 1983/GER 05}) 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg1 e5 10. h3
Nf6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. O-O Be6 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Nxe5
Nxe4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nc3 Qb4 20. Nd1 Qd6 21. Kh1 f4 {
Khurtsilava,I-Danielian,E/EU-chJW U20 Litomysl 1994/TD 94\01/1-0 (41)}) 7... d5
8. Bb3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Ne2 Nc7 14. c3 f6
15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. d4 Nb5 18. Kh1 Nd6 19. Bc2 Qd8 20. Bc1 a6 21.
Qe3 {Short,N-Gurevich,M/Paris Immopar  rapid 1991/EXP 26/1-0 (62)}) 7. O-O c5
8. f5 $15 {White gains space} (8. Bb3 $5 $11 {looks like a viable alternative})
8... exf5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Nd5 $17 {Menacing} (11. Qd2 Re8 $15) 11...
g5 12. Nxg5 $2 $19 (12. Bg3 $142 $5 $17) 12... hxg5 $17 (12... Nxd5 $142 {
would have made live much easier for Black} 13. Nf3 Nde7 $19) 13. Bxg5 Be6 14.
Qe1 $17 (14. exf5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Re8 $15) 14... Bxd5 (14... Nd4 15. Rc1 b5 16.
Qh4 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 $15) 15. Bxd5 {
White terminates the opponent with strong threats} Nd4 $15 (15... Qb6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Qg3+ Bg7 18. exf5 $18) 16. c3 $17 (16. Qh4 Qe7 17. c3 Ne6 18. Rxf5
Nxg5 19. Qxg5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxg5 21. Rxg5 Rae8 $17) 16... Ne6 $11 (16... Nc2
17. Qh4 Nxa1 18. Rxf5 Nxd5 19. Bxd8 Raxd8 20. Rxd5 f5 21. Rxf5 Nc2 $18) 17. Bh4
$15 (17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxf5 Qg6 $11) 17... Qd7 $11 (17... f4 $5 $15) 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Qg3+ Ng7 $2 $18 (19... Kh7 $142 $11 {and Black can hope to survive})
20. Rxf5 Be5 21. Qg6 Rae8 (21... Kh8 {the only chance to get some counterplay}
22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxf7 Bf4 $18) 22. Rh5 (22. Rh5 Qf5 23. exf5 Bd4+ 24. cxd4
Re1+ 25. Rxe1 cxd4 26. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Errington, Luke"]
[Black "Nothdurft, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1461"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 (5... Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O
e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Rad1 a6 13. Bc4 Bg4 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. c3 b5 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxb3 20. axb3
{Berzinsh,R-Hoi,C/EU-chT Debrecen 1992/EU-chT/1-0 (70)}) 6. d5 (6. Nf3 Bg4 7.
dxe5 Bxf3 (7... dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Nd5 Rd7 10. c3 Nge7 11. Nxe7 Kxe7 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. Ke2 Bh6 15. Bc5+ Kd8 16. Rhd1 Bf8 17. Be3 Bh6 18. Bxh6
Rxh6 19. Ke3 Rh8 20. Be2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1+ Ke7 22. h4 Rd8 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. g3 Nb8
25. f4 Nd7 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Bf1 Nf6 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. fxe5 Ng4+ 30. Kf4 Ke7 31.
Be2 Nh6 32. Kg5 Ng8 33. Bc4 a5 34. a4 c6 35. b4 b6 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Bb3 {
1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Hornung,H/Bad Woerishofen op 1995/EXP 47}) 8. Bxf3 Nxe5 9. Be2
Nf6 10. f4 Ned7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Bf3 Nb6 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. g4 Rad8
16. Bxb6 axb6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nd5 Qf8 19. Nxc7 Nc5 20. Qc4 Rc8 21. Nxe8 Qxe8 22.
Qb4 Qc6 23. c3 Ra8 24. Qc4 Ra4 25. Qd5 Qb5 26. Rd2 Qa6 27. Kb1 Qa7 28. Re1 Ne6
29. f5 Nf4 30. Qb3 Be5 31. Bd1 Ra5 32. Be2 Qb8 33. Bb5 Qc7 34. a4 Nh3 35. Rd3
Nxg5 36. h4 Qe7 37. hxg5 Qxg5 38. Rf3 Qg4 39. Qd1 g5 40. f6 Ra8 41. Rf5 {
1-0 Masternak,G-Szymczak,Z/POL-chT Lubniewice 1994/EXP 45}) 6... Nce7 7. Qd2
$146 (7. g4 Nf6 (7... f5 8. gxf5 gxf5 9. Bh5+ Ng6 10. Qd3 N8e7 11. O-O-O O-O
12. Nge2 a6 13. Bg5 b5 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Qd2 b4 16. Nce2 Nh3 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18.
exf5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 Nxf5 {1/2-1/2 Gempe,T-Franz,K/OLO-A 1994/GER 08}) 8. h4 h5
9. f3 a6 10. a4 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. g5 Ng8 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. c3 Ne6 15. Bb6 Qd7
16. Ba5 Rb8 17. b4 Ne7 18. Nb6 Qc6 19. b5 Qc5 20. Nc4 d5 21. Bb6 dxc4 22. Bxc5
Nxc5 23. Bxc4 Be6 24. Bxe6 Nxe6 25. Ne2 O-O 26. Qc2 f5 27. Qb3 Kf7 28. O-O f4
29. Rad1 {1-0 Wehbrink,C-Schmitt,D/Giessen op 1991/GER 02}) 7... f5 {
The typical lever} 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. g4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. h3 h5 12. g5 Nh7
13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 {Black gets strong play along the open e-file.} Nf5 (14...
O-O 15. Ne4 $11) 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Nf3 (16. Nge2 a6 $11) 16... Re8 $14 (16...
Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne7 18. Qd2 $11) 17. Rhg1 Re7 18. Ne4 (18. Rde1 Rf7 $11) 18...
Qf8 19. Rdf1 Rae8 {Black gets the initiative} 20. Nxd6 $2 $19 (20. Nc3 $142 $11
{and White can hope to live}) 20... cxd6 (20... Nxd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Nh4 $15
(22. Bxg6 $143 Bxb2+ 23. Kb1 Bxh3 $15)) 21. Bxf5 (21. Qb4 a5 22. Qb6 Ra8 $19)
21... Qxf5 ({Weaker is} 21... gxf5 22. Bxd6 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd6
25. Rd1 $14) (21... Bxf5 $6 22. Bxd6 Bxh3 23. Rf2 $17) 22. Nh4 (22. Rf2 Bb5 23.
Nh4 Qe4 24. Bxd6 Qxh4 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 $19) 22... Qe4 23. Re1 (23. Rf3 $19) 23...
Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kd2 Re4 (26... Re4 27. Nxg6 Kf7 $19)
0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Errington, James"]
[Black "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. b4 {Sokolski Opening} e5 2. Bb2 a5 $11 (2... e4 3. e3 Nf6 4. b5 d5 5. c4 c6
6. a4 Be7 7. d4 Qa5+ 8. Bc3 Bb4 9. Qd2 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Nxc3 O-O 12. c5
Be6 13. Nge2 b6 14. Nf4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rc1 Rf8 18. Be2
Nfd7 19. O-O Nxc5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Rxc5 cxb5 22. axb5 Rd8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24.
Bc4 {1-0 Bott,H-Grabowski/Badenweiler op 1985/GER 04}) (2... Nf6 3. Bxe5 Nc6 4.
Bb2 Bxb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. c4 Bf6 9. Qc2 d6 10. d3 Ng5 11. Nxg5
Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Qxg5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Nd5 b5 15. Be2 bxc4 16. dxc4 Rb8 17. Qc3 {
Miltner,A-Schmidt,S/BL2-S 1995/BL2/0-1 (43)}) (2... d6 3. b5 Bd7 (3... Nf6 4.
c4 Be6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 h6 9. O-O c6 10. a4 a6 11. Nc3
Qc7 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Ba3 c5 15. e4 Nb6 16. d3 Nh5 17. Nxe5 Nf4
18. Nf3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bg4 20. Rc2 Bf6 21. Bc1 Qd7 22. a5 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nxc4
24. dxc4 Qe6 25. Qd3 f5 26. Qd5 Re8 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. Bf4 Rd8
30. Rd1 Bg4 31. Kf1 g5 32. Bg3 Kf8 33. h3 Bh5 34. Rb3 Ke7 35. Rb6 Bf7 36. Rxa6
Rg6 37. Ra7+ Rd7 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7 39. Ne5+ Ke6 40. Nxg6 Bxg6 41. Rxd6+ {
1-0 Samarian,N-Schwengel,G/RLPF-chW Speyer 1986/GER 05}) 4. a4 a6 5. e3 axb5 6.
axb5 Rxa1 7. Bxa1 Nf6 8. c4 c5 9. g3 Be6 10. Qa4 b6 11. d3 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13.
Ne2 Qc7 14. e4 Nbd7 15. O-O Qb7 16. Nbc3 Qa8 17. Qxa8 Rxa8 18. Bb2 Ra7 19. Ra1
Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Ne8 21. f4 h5 22. Bh3 g6 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Bb2 Bd8 25. Ke3 Nef6
26. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Niekisch,D-Scholze,M/DVMi U15 1995}) (2... Nc6 3. b5 Nd4 4. e3
Ne6 5. Bxe5 a6 6. a4 axb5 7. axb5 c6 8. Rxa8 cxb5 9. Bxb5 Nf6 10. Nf3 g5 11.
Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Rxc8+ Ke7 13. c4 Bh6 14. Nc3 Rxc8 15. Nd5+ Kf8 16. Nxf6 Ke7 17.
Nxd7 Kd6 18. Nfe5 Ke7 19. Qh5 f6 20. Qf7+ Kd6 21. Qxf6 Rc7 22. Nf7# {
1-0 Reimer,K-Lelle,N/RLPF-op Hauenstein 1991/GER 05}) (2... Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4.
e3 $11) 3. Bxe5 axb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb2 d5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. c4 Be6 8. Ng5 d4 (8...
Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 $11) 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Be2 g6 {Controls h5} (10... Bc5
11. Qc2 $11) 11. Bf3 d3 (11... Bc5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qf3 $14) 12. Bxc6+ bxc6
13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Qxc6+ Kf7 15. Be5 {The bishop feels good on e5} Ra7 16. Qc5 $4
$17 {gives the opponent new chances} (16. Bd4 $142 {
would allow White to play on} Qd7 17. Qf3 $11) 16... Qa8 17. O-O $4 $19 {
strolling merrily down the path to disaster} (17. Qd4 $142 Rd8 18. Qf4 Qxg2 19.
Rf1 $17) 17... Nd7 18. Qxb4 {Opening the b-file gets Black a lot of play} Bxe5
(18... Nxe5 $6 19. Nc3 $19) 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Nb5 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxa2 (21... c6 $5
{might be the shorter path} 22. Nd6+ Kg8 23. Qc3 Rxa2 24. Rf1 $19) 22. Rxa2
Qxa2 {Threatening mate: Qa1} 23. g3 c6 (23... Qc2 $142 {
makes sure everything is clear} 24. Kg2 $19) 24. Nd6+ (24. Qd6 {desperation}
cxb5 25. Qxd7+ Kf6 26. Qd4+ Ke7 27. Qc5+ Kd7 28. Qd4+ Kc6 29. Qe4+ Kb6 30.
Qxe6+ Ka5 31. Qd7 Qxd2 32. Qa7+ Kb4 33. Kg2 $19 (33. Qxb8 $4 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 d2 (
34... Kxc4 $6 {is impossible} 35. Qc7+ Kb3 36. Qd7 $15) 35. Qxb5+ Kc3 36. Qa5+
Kd3 $19 (36... Kxc4 $6 {is a bad alternative} 37. Qc7+ Kd5 38. Qd7+ Kc4 39.
Qd4+ Kb3 40. Qb6+ Kc2 41. Qc6+ Kd3 42. Qd5+ Kc3 43. Qc6+ Kd3 44. Qb5+ Kc3 45.
Qc6+ Kd3 $11))) 24... Kg8 25. Qc3 Qb2 (25... Qc2 26. Qd4 Rf8 27. Qg4 Qxd2 28.
Ne4 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 $19) 26. Qa5 (26. Qxd3 {does not improve anything} Nc5 27. Qd4
Qxd4 28. exd4 Nb3 $19) 26... Rf8 27. f4 Nf6 (27... Nb6 {
makes it even easier for Black} 28. Qc5 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qxd2+ 30. Kh3 $19) 28. h3
Qb8 (28... Qc1+ $142 {and Black can already relax} 29. Kg2 Qe1 30. g4 $19) 29.
Qe5 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qd1 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Ne4 (32. Qe7 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable} Qxd2+ 33. Kh1 $19) 32... Nxe4 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 33. Qxe4 Qxd2+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qb2+ (35...
Qb2+ 36. Kf1 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 d2 38. Qd3 d1=Q 39. Qxd1 Qxd1 40. Kf2 Re8 41. g4 Qd2+
42. Kg3 Rxe3+ 43. Kh4 Qd4 44. f5 Qf6+ 45. g5 Qd4#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Amini, Amir"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1411"]
[BlackElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 (6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6
8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ (18. c4 f5 19. O-O fxe4
20. Kh1 Ra7 21. Qc2 Qa5 22. Qxe4 Qc5 23. Bxh5+ Kd8 24. Bg4 Rf8 25. Rd1+ Kc7 26.
h3 Rb7 27. Rxb7+ Kxb7 28. Rb1+ Ka8 29. Qc2 Bd6 {
0-1 Harandi,K-Portisch,L/Rio de Janeiro izt 1979/IZT}) 18... Bxf6 19. c4 Bh4+
20. g3 Be7 21. O-O Bd7 22. Rb7 Rd8 23. Bd3 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Rg8 25. Be2 Ke7 26.
Bxh5 Rg7 27. Qh6 Qxc4 28. Qxg7+ Kd6 29. Qf6 Bd4 30. Rfb1 Qd3 31. R7b3 Qf5 32.
Qxd8 Qxh5 33. Qb8+ Kd5 34. Qc7 Qh7 35. Re1 Qf7 36. Rd3 Kc4 37. Rd2 Bc3 38. Qxd7
Qf3+ 39. Kg1 {1-0 Timman,J-Ribli,Z/Niksic 1978/MCL 04}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2
Be6 8. f4 Nh5 9. Qd3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Bh2 Ne5 12. Qd4 Rc8 13. O-O-O Qa5
14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Qb6 Qxa2 16. Nec3 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qa5 18. Qxb7 Nf6 19. Qxa6 Nxe4+
20. Kc1 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Be7 {
Kupreichik,V-Nevostrujev,V/Kemerovo2 1995/EXP 49/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 7... b5 $146 (
7... Be6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. g3
Nc6 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. Qd2 b5 16. f4 Nd8 17. f5 Nb7 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Qe2 Nc5 20.
Nd2 Na4 21. Nf1 O-O 22. Ne3 Qd4 23. c3 Rxc3 24. Nd5 b4 25. Nxe7+ Kh8 26. Bc2 b3
27. Rxd4 exd4 28. axb3 d3 29. bxa4 dxe2 {
1-0 Djeno,M-Gaso,D/Zagreb ztW 1993/TD 93\02}) 8. a3 Bb7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. f3 $11
{Consolidates g4} (10. Qf3 Be7 $14) 10... Be7 11. Qd2 h6 (11... Nc5 12. Nxc5
dxc5 13. Qf2 $11) 12. Be3 Qc7 13. O-O-O {Attacking the backward pawn on d6} (
13. Rd1 Nc5 $11) 13... O-O (13... Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 $15)
14. Kb1 (14. g4 Rfc8 15. Rh2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 $11) 14... Nc5 {
Black gets in control} 15. Nc1 Bc6 (15... Rfd8 16. b4 $15) 16. g4 Rfb8 17. g5
hxg5 18. Bxg5 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Bxf6 Rd4 ({Inferior is} 20... Bxf6 21. Nd5 (
21. Qxd6 $2 {is a blank shot} Qb6 22. Bb5 axb5 $19) 21... Bxd5 22. Qxb4 $16 (
22. exd5 $4 Rab8 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. cxb3 Rxb3 $19) (22. Qxd5 $143 Rab8 23. b3 a5
$17)) 21. Nd3 $15 (21. Bd3 Bxf6 22. N3e2 Ra4 $11) 21... Bxf6 22. Ne2 Ra4 23.
Rg1 $19 (23. Nc3 $142 {and White hangs on} Rd4 24. Ne2 Nxd3 25. Nxd4 Nxb2 26.
Kxb2 exd4 27. Bd3 $15) 23... Nxd3 24. cxd3 (24. Qxd3 $4 Qa5 $1 {
the end of the story} 25. b4 Ra1+ 26. Kb2 Qa2+ 27. Kc3 Bb5 $19) 24... Rb8 25.
Rc1 (25. Rg2 $142 $19) 25... Rab4 26. Rc2 Qb6 {With the decisive threat Ba4}
27. Bg2 (27. Rg2 Ba4 28. Nc3 Bxc2+ 29. Qxc2 $19) 27... Ba4 (27... Bg5 $142 $1 {
makes it even easier for Black} 28. f4 (28. Qxg5 $4 Rxb2+ 29. Kc1 Ba4 30. Qd8+
Qxd8 31. Rxb2 Qc7+ 32. Kd2 Rxb2+ 33. Ke1 Qc5 $19) 28... Bxf4 29. Nxf4 Qxg1+ 30.
Qc1 Qxc1+ 31. Kxc1 exf4 32. Rxc6 Rxb2 33. Bf3 $19) 28. Rgc1 Bxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Qd8
(29... Bg5 $142 $1 {and Black can already relax} 30. f4 exf4 31. Bf3 $19) 30.
Nc3 Bg5 31. Qf2 Qa5 32. h4 Bh6 33. Bh3 (33. f4 {is one last hope} Rb3 34. Qa7
$19) 33... Rb3 {The mate threat is Ra3} 34. Qa7 Qa3 (34... Qb4 $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} 35. Qxb8+ Qxb8 36. h5 $19) 35. Nd1 R3b7 (35... R3b6
$142 $5 {seems even better} 36. Bf1 Qb4 37. Qd7 $19) 36. Rc8+ (36. Qf2 $19 {
no good, but what else?}) 36... Kh7 $19 (36... Rxc8 37. Qe3 Qb3 38. d4 Bxe3 39.
Bxc8 Qxd1+ 40. Ka2 Qb3+ 41. Kb1 Qxb2#) 37. Rxb8 (37. Qf2 {
there is nothing else anyway} Rxc8 38. Bxc8 Qxd3+ 39. Qc2 Qxc2+ 40. Kxc2 Rc7+
41. Nc3 Rxc8 42. Kb3 $19) 37... Qxd3+ $1 {the end. . . . .} (37... Qxd3+ 38.
Ka2 Qb3+ 39. Kb1 Qxd1+ 40. Ka2 Qb3+ 41. Kb1 Qxb2#) (37... Rxa7 $2 {
is tempting but does not stand up to the reality of the position} 38. bxa3 g6
39. Nb2 $18) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Stefan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "1281"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 {King's Indian Defence} 5. f3 Nbd7 6.
Be3 e5 7. d5 (7. Nge2 O-O 8. d5 Nh5 9. Qd2 f5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Ndf6 12.
exf5 gxf5 13. Ng3 Qe8 14. Bd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 c5 16. Bh6 Qg6 17. g4 b5 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Rh4 bxc4 20. Bc2 h6 21. Rdh1 Qg5 22. Qxg5+ hxg5 23. Rh6 fxg4 24. fxg4
Bxg4 25. Rg6+ Kf7 26. Rf1 Ke7 27. Rg7+ Ke8 28. Ne4 Nd7 29. Nxd6+ Kd8 30. Rxf8+
Nxf8 31. Nxc4 Bd7 32. Rf7 Kc7 33. d6+ {
1-0 Botvinnik,M-Tal,M/Wch24-Moscow 1961/MAINB}) 7... Nb6 $146 (7... a5 8. Qd2
h6 9. g4 Nc5 10. h4 b6 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. Ng3 Qe7 13. Be2 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15.
b3 Bd7 16. O-O-O Ng8 17. a4 Kd8 18. Kb1 Kc8 19. Bd3 Kb7 20. Ne2 Nf6 21. Nc3 Be8
22. g5 {Kalkstein-Bauza,L/Montevideo 1954/MCL 02/1/2-1/2 (84)}) (7... Nc5 8.
Qd2 h5 9. b4 Na6 10. Nb5 b6 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. h4 Ng8 13. g3 Bh6 14. c5 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 bxc5 16. bxc5 f6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Rc6 Rb8 19. Nxd6+ Kf8 20. Nxc8 Nb4 21.
Qc5+ {1-0 Benderac,A-Gil,C/EU-chJW U20 1996/Inf 004}) (7... Qe7 8. Qd2 a6 9.
Bd3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Nc8 13. c5 b6 14. c6 Be8 15. Bg5 Kh8
16. g4 Rg8 17. Ng3 Qf8 18. Qe2 a5 19. a3 h6 20. Be3 Nh7 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Qd2 {
Rahman,T-Kgosimora,M/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02/1-0 (41)}) (7... O-O 8. Qd2 a6 9.
Bd3 Ne8 10. Nge2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. h4 Ng7 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Bb1
b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Ba6 18. Nec3 Rb8 19. Na7 Qd7 20. Nc6 Rb6 21. g4 Bb5
22. Nxb5 Rxb5 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Qg5 Qf7 25. gxf5 Na6 26. Nd8 h6 27. Qg4 Qe7 28.
Ne6 Kh8 29. Rhg1 Rf7 30. Qg6 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. Rxg7 Rxe6 33. dxe6 Kxg7 34.
Rg1+ Kf8 35. f6 Rc5+ 36. Kd2 Rd5+ 37. Ke3 e4 38. e7+ Kf7 39. Rg8 {
1-0 Kuligowski,A-Dominguez,J/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}) 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10.
Nge2 Ne8 11. g4 Qh4+ 12. Ng3 {White gets strong initiative} a6 $4 $18 {
Covers b5} (12... f6 $142 $11 {this is the best bet to save the position}) 13.
O-O-O $11 (13. Bg5 $142 {secures the win} Bh6 14. Bxh6 $18 (14. Bxh4 $143 Bxd2+
15. Kxd2 f6 $18)) 13... f5 $4 $18 {Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base} (
13... f6 $142 $11 {the rescuing straw}) 14. Bg5 $1 {the final blow} (14. gxf5
$6 Bf6 $18) (14. exf5 $6 Bf6 $18) 14... Qh3 (14... Bh6 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 15. Bxh6 $1 {final destruction} fxe4 16.
Ncxe4 (16. Bxf8 $6 exd3 17. Bh6 Nxc4 $18) 16... Rxf3 17. Be2 Bxg4 18. Bxf3 Bxf3
19. Rdf1 $18) 15. Bf1 $1 {the end, the rest is history} fxg4 16. Bxh3 Nxc4 (
16... gxh3 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 17. Qd3 $18) 17.
Qd3 Nxb2 18. Kxb2 Rxf3 (18... gxh3 {there is nothing better in the position}
19. Rhg1 Rc8 $18) 19. Qe2 (19. Qxf3 $142 $1 {makes it even easier for White}
gxf3 20. Bxd7 Kh8 $18) 19... b5 (19... Rxc3 {does not help much} 20. Bxg4 $1 {
the punch} Bxg4 21. Qxg4 $18 (21. Kxc3 $6 {is a useless try} Bxe2 22. Nxe2 c6
$18)) 20. Bg2 Rf7 (20... b4 {doesn't improve anything} 21. Nb1 Rf4 22. Nf1 $18)
21. h3 (21. Qd2 $5 {seems even better} Rc8 $18) 21... h6 (21... b4 {
hardly improves anything} 22. Nb1 Rf4 23. Qe1 $18) 22. Be3 b4 23. Nb1 Bb5 (
23... h5 {does not win a prize} 24. Qd2 $18) 24. Qxg4 (24. Qxg4 Kh7 25. Rc1 $18
) (24. Qd2 {keeps an even firmer grip} b3 25. axb3 Rb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.19"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Hansen, Ernst"]
[Black "Koodrin, Zina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[BlackElo "1008"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O {
King's Indian Defence, Fianchetto System} c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 (7... Qa5 {
Kavalek System} 8. h3 Be6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. cxd5 Rc8 12. Be3 (12. e4
Be8 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. a3 Ne5 15. Nb3 Qa6 16. Bd4 Nbd7 17. Rb1 Nd3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. Qe2 N7e5 20. Nc1 Nxc1 21. Qxa6 bxa6 22. Rfxc1 Rab8 23. Nd1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1
Ba4 25. Bf1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxb2 27. Rc1 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nd2 29. Bd3 Rb3 30. Bxa6
Rxa3 31. Bb7 Nxe4 32. Re1 f5 33. f3 Ra2+ 34. Kg1 Ng5 35. Rxe7+ Kf6 36. Rd7
Nxf3+ 37. Kf1 Nd2+ 38. Ke2 Ne4+ 39. Ke1 h5 40. Bc6 a5 41. Rd8 a4 {
0-1 Shapiro,D-Cvitan,O/New York op 1987/CBM 02}) 12... Na6 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Qd2
Be8 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4
Nb4 21. a3 Na6 22. f4 Nc4 23. Rf3 Nxb2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rb3 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Na4
27. Rxb7 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. g4 Bd7 30. Ng3 Nc3 31. e4 Nb1 32. e5 Nxa3 33.
exd6 exd6 34. Ne4 Nab5 35. Nxb5 Nxb5 36. Bf1 a5 37. Bxb5 Bxb5 38. Nxd6 Ba6 39.
Ne8+ Kf8 40. Nc7 Bc4 41. d6 a4 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 f6 44. Ne6+ Bxe6 {
0-1 Saidy,A-Dzindzichashvili,R/New York op 1989/CBM 12}) 8. Qc2 e5 9. Rd1 exd4
(9... Qe7 10. d5 (10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. e4 Nc5 13. Re1 Nfd7 14. Be3 a5
15. b3 Ne5 16. Rad1 a4 17. f4 axb3 18. axb3 Ned7 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nb3 h5 21. Ne2
Ra4 22. c5 dxc5 23. bxc5 Rb4 24. h4 Nf6 {
Simic,R-Sahovic,D/Belgrade Trako 1995/EXP 47/1-0 (55)}) 10... c5 11. a3 Nb6 12.
Nd2 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. Re1 Nh5 15. b4 Rac8 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. a4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 Rc5
19. Qa2 Rc7 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. a5 Nc8 22. Ndb1 Bf6 23. Na3 Bg5 24. Nab5 {
McNab,C-Gurevich,M/Oostende op 1991/EXP 26/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 10. Nxd4 $146 (10.
Rxd4 Qe7 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Rd2 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Nc7 15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Nd6
f5 17. Rad1 f4 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rd7 Qe8 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Bc1 Rd8 22. Rxd8
Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Bh3 Ng5 {
Mochalov,E-Loginov,V/Budapest Spring op 1991/TD 91\05/0-1 (34)}) 10... Ne5 11.
b3 {Prevents intrusion on c4} Bd7 12. Ba3 Qc7 $16 (12... Qe7 $5 $14) 13. Nf3
$14 (13. Ndb5 cxb5 14. Bxd6 Qc8 15. Bxe5 Re8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 $16) 13... Rfe8 $16
(13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Ne8 15. Rd3 $14) 14. Bxd6 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Qc8 16. Qd2 Bh3
17. Rac1 Qf5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Bxf4 Bg4 20. Kg2 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Nh5 22. Be3 f5
23. Rd7 b6 24. Bd4 (24. Bg5 h6 25. Be7 Be5 $16) 24... Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nf6 (25...
Rad8 26. Rcd1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 $16) 26. Rd6 Ng4 27. h3 Ne5+ 28. Kg2 Nf7 $18 (28...
Rad8 $142 $5 29. Rcd1 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Kf8 $16) 29. Rxc6 Rad8 30. Rc7 Nd6 (30...
a5 31. Rc2 $18) 31. Rxa7 Ne4 32. Nd5 (32. Nd5 Rd6 33. Rd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan"]
[Black "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 $14 {Budapest Gambit} 3. dxe5 Ne4 (3... Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5.
Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 (7. a3 Ngxe5 8. e3 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 a5 10. Qc3 d6 11.
Be2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. f3 a4 15. g4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 {
0-1 Kirchhoff,H-Schmidt,M/Giessen op 1994/GER 08}) 7... Ngxe5 8. Be2 (8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Nb3 a4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Nd4 Bb6 14. Nb5 Qe6 15. c5
{1-0 Flear,G-Vesin,J/FRA-chT 1993/TD 93\08}) 8... Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 O-O 10. a3 Bd6
11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qc2 f5 13. f4 Qf6 14. Nf1 d6 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Nh5 Qe7 17. Rg1
Rf7 18. Qc3 Be6 19. O-O-O Rg8 20. Rg5 Nb8 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. Rdg1 b6 23. Bc2 a5
24. b3 Nf6 25. Ng3 d5 26. Kb2 dxc4 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Ne8 29. Re5 Qh4 30.
Qxc4 Nd6 31. Qd5 Qxf2 32. Rg2 Qh4 33. Qd4 Rgf8 34. Rgg5 Qf2 35. Rh5 Rxf4 36.
Rxh7+ Kg8 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Re7+ Kh6 39. Qg7+ Kh5 40. Qg6+ {
1-0 Granda Zuniga,J-Sorin,A/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1996/TUR 96}) 4. Qc2 (4. a3
Qh4 (4... Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. g3 Nxf2 8. Kxf2 {
0-1 Marinelli,T-Osmanbegovic,S/Cannes op 1995/EXP 46}) 5. g3 Qh5 6. Bg2 Qxe5 7.
Qc2 Nf6 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. h3 c6 11. e4 d6 12. b4 Nfd7 13. Ne2 f6 14.
Nfd4 Nb6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qf7 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 N6d7 19. Be3 Na6 20.
Nf4 Naxc5 21. O-O O-O 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 23. Ne6 b6 24. a4 g6 25. Nd4 Kh8 26. Nxc6
Bf8 27. Bd5 Qg7 28. Qb2 gxf5 29. Nd4 Rab8 30. Bf4 Ne5 31. Nxf5 Qc7 32. Bg2 Re8
33. Ne3 Ncd3 34. Qd4 Bc5 35. Qxd3 {
1-0 Van Wely,L-Alburt,L/New York op 1994/EXP 40}) (4. Nd2 Bb4 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6.
Bxd2 Nc6 7. Bf4 Qe7 8. Nf3 f5 9. h4 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Qc2 h6 13.
O-O-O Rdf8 14. h5 Nc5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qxf5 Nb4 17. axb4 Be4 18. Rxd7 Nb3+ 19.
Kd1 Qxb4 20. Qxe4 Nc5 21. Rxc7+ Kxc7 22. e6+ Kd8 23. Qd5+ {
1-0 Olafsson,H-Olafsson,D/Reykjavik op 1994/EXP 39}) 4... d5 (4... Bb4+ 5. Nd2
Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 $14) 5. exd6 Bf5 6. Qb3 (6. Nc3 Bxd6 7. Nxe4 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Bxe4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $16) 6... Bxd6 (6... Nc6 7. Nd2 Nd4 8.
Qd3 Nxf2 9. Qe3+ Be6 10. Kxf2 $14) 7. Nc3 $14 (7. Qxb7 $5 Nd7 8. Nc3 $16) 7...
Nc5 8. Qd1 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Nd4 {White gets the initiative} Qf6 (10... Bg4
11. f3 Be5 12. a3 $16) 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Nd5 $11 (12. a3 $5 {
is worthy of consideration} Nc6 13. Nd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 $16) 12... Nxd5 {
Black threatens strongly Ne4} 13. cxd5 {
White should quickly conclude development.} Nd3+ $4 $18 {
Black has let it slip away} (13... Be7 $142 {would keep Black alive} 14. Nxf5
Qxf5 $11) 14. exd3 Bb4+ 15. Ke2 Bg4+ $18 (15... Rxd5 16. Nxf5 Qxb2+ 17. Kf3
Rxf5+ 18. Kg4 $14) 16. f3 Rhe8 (16... Bc5 17. Nc2 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 Rhe8+ 19. Kf2
$18) 17. Nc2 $1 {the end} (17. fxg4 Rxe3+ $1 {here's the full point} 18. Kxe3
Re8+ 19. Ne6 fxe6 $19) 17... Qxb2 (17... Bc5 18. d4 $1 {takes home the point}
Rxd5 $18) 18. Qc1 {The white queen on c1 is not without poison} (18. Rb1 $142 {
might be the shorter path} Rxe3+ 19. Kxe3 Qe5+ 20. Kf2 Bc5+ 21. d4 Rxd5 $18)
18... Rxe3+ 19. Kd1 $16 (19. Kxe3 $142 {and White has it in the bag} Qe5+ 20.
Kf2 Bc5+ 21. d4 Bxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Kg3 $18) 19... Rxf3 {Black must
some of the goodies he has collected. Do you see the mate threat?} 20. gxf3 (
20. Qxb2 $4 {a fat bite, but...} Rxf1#) 20... Bxf3+ 21. Be2 Bxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Re8+
23. Kf3 Qe5 {Threatening mate... how?} 24. Ne3 $17 (24. Nxb4 Qe2+ 25. Kg3 Re3+
26. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kg2 Qd2+ 28. Kf3 Qxb4 29. a3 $19) 24... Qf6+ 25. Ke2 Qf5 26.
Rf1 Qg4+ $14 (26... Qh5+ 27. Rf3 Qxh2+ 28. Rf2 Qh5+ 29. Rf3 Qh2+ 30. Rf2 Qh5+
31. Rf3 Qh2+ $11) 27. Rf3 Qg2+ 28. Rf2 Qg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Srdic, Goran"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 {Pirc Defence} 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
e5 {This push gains space} Ng4 8. h3 $11 (8. e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kf8 (9... Kd7 10.
Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4 Qh5 (14... Qf5 15. h3
Nf6 16. Be3 Qe6 17. Qe2 Qxf7 18. O-O-O a6 19. Kb1 b5 20. g4 Rab8 21. Rhe1 Rhc8
22. Bd4 Ne8 23. Ne4 Nb4 24. Nc5+ Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Qxa2+ 26. Kc1 Nc6 27. b3 Nc7 28.
Rd3 Rf8 29. Qe4 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qf6 31. Be3 b4 32. c4 Ne6 33. Rf1 Qb2+ 34. Ke1 Ng5
35. Qh1 Qc2 36. Qd5 Nxh3 37. Bd2 Ng5 38. Re3 Nf7 39. Rh1 Nfd8 40. Rxh7 Rxf4 41.
Rexe7+ Nxe7 42. Bxf4 Qc3+ 43. Ke2 Ndc6 44. Qxd6+ Ke8 45. Qd3 Qf6 46. Be3 Qe6
47. Rh4 a5 48. Kd2 Qe5 49. g5 Kf7 50. Re4 Qh2+ 51. Qe2 Qd6+ 52. Kc1 Nf5 53. Qd2
Qxd2+ 54. Kxd2 Ng3 55. Rf4+ Nf5 {
1-0 Gruenfeld,Y-Suttles,D/Thessaloniki olm 1984/BIG 80}) 15. Ne4 Rac8 16. Ng5
Kc7 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Bc3 e5 19. Qd3 d5 20. Qxd5 Ne3 21. Qe4 h6 22. Qxe3 hxg5 23.
fxe5 {1-0 Nunn,J-Baumhus,R/BL 8889 1989/BL 80}) 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Kxf7 $11) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 dxe5 $16 (9... Nh6 $5 $11 {
looks like a viable alternative}) (9... Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ (10... Nc6 11. Qe4
Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxb5 13. Bd2 dxe5 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Rd8+ 17.
Kc1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rxh7 Bh8 20. Qd3 Qd5 21. c4 Qd6 22. g3 f6 23. Qe4 Qa6
24. Nd2 e5 25. Qh1 Bg7 26. Rxg7 {
1-0 Delaney,J-Brown,P/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06}) 11. Qc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nh6
13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 Nc6 15. Nb6+ axb6 16. Kf2 dxe5 17. fxe5 e6 18. Be3 Nf5
19. Rhd1+ Kc7 20. Bd4 Ra8 21. Rdb1 Ncxd4 22. cxd4 Bh6 23. Ke2 Ra4 24. Kd3 Bf4
25. c3 Ne7 26. Nd2 Nd5 27. Ne4 h5 28. g3 Bh6 29. Rf1 {
1-0 Kunovac,D-Stanic,Z/JUG- chT 1989/TD 89\07}) 10. fxe5 $11 (10. Qd5 $5 e4 11.
Ng5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 $16) 10... Bxb5 11. Qxd8+ ({Instead of} 11. hxg4 Qxd4 12.
Nxd4 Bd7 $17) 11... Kxd8 12. hxg4 Bd7 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Rxh6 Nc6 15. O-O-O Ke8
16. Rdh1 $15 (16. Nd5 $5 Rd8 17. g5 $11) 16... Bxg4 17. Rxh7 Rxh7 18. Rxh7 Rd8
19. e6 $17 (19. a3 b6 $17) 19... Bxe6 20. Ng5 Nd4 21. b3 (21. Rh8+ Kd7 22. Rh4
Nc6 $17) 21... f6 22. Nge4 Rc8 23. Kb2 b5 $17 (23... Bf5 24. Rh4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4
$17) 24. b4 Kf8 25. Nc5 Bg8 26. Rh4 e5 27. N3e4 $19 (27. Rxd4 exd4 28. Nxb5 a5
29. Nd7+ Ke7 $17) 27... Ke7 28. Rh1 Ne6 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 {Black is in command} (
29... Bxe6 $6 30. Rh7+ Kf8 31. Nxf6 $15) 30. Rd1 Rc4 31. Nc5+ Kf5 32. c3 (32.
a3 Rg4 $19) 32... Rg4 33. Rd2 e4 34. a4 bxa4 35. Nxa4 (35. Rf2+ Rf4 36. Rxf4+
Kxf4 37. Nxa4 e3 $19) 35... e3 36. Re2 Kf4 37. Ka3 (37. Kc1 {
cannot change destiny} Bc4 38. Re1 Rxg2 $19) 37... Bc4 38. Re1 Rxg2 {
The mate threat is Ra2} 39. Nb2 Rc2 40. Nxc4 (40. b5 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} Bxb5 41. Kb3 Rd2 $19) 40... Rxc3+ 41. Ka4
Rxc4 42. Rf1+ Ke5 43. Kb3 (43. Kb5 {doesn't improve anything} Re4 44. Rc1 e2
45. Rc5+ Kf4 $19) 43... Re4 (43... Re4 44. Kc2 f5 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Hunter, Daniel M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C35"]
[WhiteElo "1329"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 {King's Gambit, Cunningham Defense.} 4. Bc4 Bh4+
5. g3 (5. Kf1 d5 6. exd5 (6. Bxd5 Nf6 7. Bc4 Bg4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bxf3 10.
Bxf3 Qd4 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. d3 g5 13. g3 Ne5 14. Qg2 g4 15. Bd1 Nh5 16. gxh4
Rhg8 17. Qf2 g3 18. Qxd4 g2+ 19. Kg1 Rxd4 20. Bxh5 f3 21. Bf4 Ng4 22. Bxg4+
Rxg4 23. Bg3 Rb4 24. b3 Rb6 25. Nd5 gxh1=Q+ 26. Kxh1 Re6 27. Ne3 Rg8 28. Rf1 b5
29. Rxf3 Rf8 30. Rf5 Ra6 31. Rxb5 Rxa2 32. Rc5 {
1-0 McDonald,N-Hector,J/Oviedo rapid 1992/TD 92\09}) 6... Bg4 (6... Be7 7. d4
Bd6 8. Kf2 Bg4 9. Re1+ Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Be2 Be7 13. c4 Nd7 14.
c5 f5 15. d6 fxe4 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Kg1 Kh8 18. Ne5 Ndxe5 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20.
Qxg4 Rad8 21. Qd1 Nh4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Re3 Qf6 24. Qd2 Rf8 25. Rae1 Rf2 {
0-1 Dominiguez,J-Hector,J/Oviedo rapid 1992/TD 92\09}) 7. d4 Ne7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9.
Qe2+ Be7 10. h4 h5 11. Qe4 Nd7 12. Bxf4 Nf6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Ne5 Ng4
16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qf2 Qd6 20. Rxe7 Nxe7 21. Ne4 Qb4
22. Bb3 Nf5 23. c3 Qe7 24. Bc2 Re8 25. g3 Nd6 26. Ng5 Qe2+ 27. Qxe2 Rxe2 28.
Bb3 Rxb2 29. Kg1 a5 30. Rh2 Rb1+ 31. Kf2 Rc1 32. c4 Nxc4 33. Ne4 Nd6 34. Nxd6
cxd6 35. Ke3 Rc3+ 36. Ke4 Rf3 37. Rc2 f5# {
0-1 Maes,W-Mitkov,N/Cappelle op 1994/TD 94\02}) 5... fxg3 6. O-O gxh2+ 7. Kh1
d5 8. Bxd5 Nf6 9. Ne5 $19 (9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Nxh4 Re8 11. Nc3 Kg8 12. Qf3 Nc6
13. d3 Bg4 14. Qf2 Rf8 15. Bg5 Nxe4 16. Qxf8+ Qxf8 17. Rxf8+ Rxf8 18. Nxe4 Nd4
19. Kxh2 h6 20. Be7 Rf7 21. c3 Nc6 22. Bb4 g5 23. Ng2 Be2 24. Ne1 Rf4 25. Ng3
Bg4 26. Ng2 Rf3 27. Ne4 Be6 {
1-0 Ternette,H-Ohnesorg,K/PF-chS Mehlingen 1992/GER 05}) (9. Bxf7+ $142 $5 Kxf7
10. Nxh4 $17) 9... O-O 10. Nxf7 (10. Bxf7+ Rxf7 11. Nxf7 $19) 10... Qe7 (10...
Rxf7 $6 {is much weaker} 11. Bxf7+ Kh8 12. Qf3 $11 (12. Kxh2 $2 {
is nothing because of} Ng4+ 13. Kg1 Qd4+ 14. Kh1 Qf2 15. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 16. Kg2
Nxd1 $19)) 11. Nh6+ Kh8 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 Nxd5 (13... c6 $142 {
makes it even easier for Black} 14. Nc3 cxd5 15. exd5 $19) 14. Rxf8+ Qxf8 15.
exd5 (15. d4 {cannot undo what has already been done} Nd7 16. Qe2 Re8 $19)
15... Qf2 (15... Na6 $142 {and the result of the game is clear: Black will win}
16. d3 Re8 $19) 16. Nc3 Nd7 {The mate threat is Re8} 17. Ne4 Qf5 (17... Qd4 {
seems even better} 18. d3 Nf6 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Qxd5+ 21. Nf3 $19) 18. d3
Nf6 19. Nxf6 gxf6 {Threatening mate: Qxd5} ({Inferior is} 19... Qxf6 20. Be3
Re8 21. Bxa7 Qxb2 22. c4 $19) 20. Kxh2 (20. Qe2 Rg8 21. Bh6 $19) 20... Qf2+ $19
(20... Bg3+ $1 21. Kg2 Rg8 22. Bg5 Qf2+ 23. Kh3 Qh2+ 24. Kg4 Rxg5+ 25. Kf3 Qf2+
26. Ke4 f5#) 21. Kh1 {Plans Bh6} Rg8 {Threatening mate... how?} 22. Bh6 (22.
Bg5 Bg3 $1 {sealing the opponent's fate} 23. Bxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qh5 Bh2 25. Qh3 Qf2
26. Qf1 Qh4 27. Qg2 Bf4+ 28. Kg1 Qh2+ 29. Kf2 Qxg2+ 30. Ke1 Re8+ 31. Kd1 Qe2#)
22... Qg2# 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Hansen, Ernst"]
[Black "Errington, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[BlackElo "1461"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 {Volga Gambit, not as difficult for
White as the improved lines of the Benko Gambit, but has the advantage of
being less well known.} 5. a4 b4 (5... bxc4 6. Nc3 e6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 d6 9.
Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Rxe7 Rxe7 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Nh4 Qe8 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Nf5 Qf8 {
1-0 Littke,A-Loeffler,S/Biel op 1993/TD 93\07}) 6. Nbd2 g6 (6... d6 7. g3 (7.
e4 e5 8. g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne1 Nbd7 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Nh5 14.
Nd3 f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. Ng5 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxc4 20. a5
b3 21. Qe2 Nxd5 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Ne6+ Kf6 25. Nxd8 Bxd3 26. Bxd5
Rxd8 27. Re1 Be4+ 28. Bxe4 Re8 {0-1 Glyanets,A-Kozlov,O/Kemerovo 1991/TD 91\03}
) 7... g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bh3 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe6 Nxe6
14. Rad1 Re8 15. Bg2 Qc7 16. e3 Rad8 17. Ne1 Bc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bd5 Bg7 20.
Ng2 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nf8 22. Nf4 Nd7 23. h4 h5 24. Ne4 Ne5 25. Nd2 Qd7 26. Nd3 Ng4
27. Nc4 Nf6 28. Nf4 Qg4 29. Qe2 Qf5 30. f3 Bh6 31. e4 Bxf4 32. Qg2 Be3+ 33.
Nxe3 Qe5 34. Nc4 Qc3 35. Rb1 Nh7 36. Rfe1 Kh8 37. Re3 Qd4 38. Qe2 Qg7 39. Kf2
Nf6 40. Rd1 Nh7 41. e5 {
Sjoberg,M-Astrom,R/SVE-ch Borlange 1995/EXP 49/1/2-1/2 (51)}) (6... e6 7. e4
exd5 8. cxd5 g6 9. e5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bh6 Ne3 12. fxe3 Bxe4 13. Bc4 Nc6
14. O-O Qc7 15. Ng5 Nxe5 16. Nxe4 Nxc4 17. Qd5 Nb6 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Bg7 {
1-0 Sorin,A-Pariente Lopez,F/Linares op 1994/TD 94\02}) 7. b3 $146 (7. g3 Bg7
8. Bg2 O-O (8... d6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Nbd7 11. h3 Rb8 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rb1 e6
14. b3 Rbe8 15. Bb2 Kh8 16. Rfe1 e5 17. Nf1 Bc8 18. Ne3 Nh5 19. Nh2 Ndf6 20.
Qe2 Bd7 21. h4 Qc8 22. Bc1 Ng8 23. Bb2 {
Zvjaginsev,V-Tseshkovsky,V/Rostov op 1993/TD 93\03/1/2-1/2 (77)}) 9. O-O e6 10.
e4 exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Nb6 15. Bf4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4
Nh5 17. Bg5 Qa5 18. Qc2 h6 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Bf4 Rad8 {
Froehlich,P-Votava,J/Altensteig-B 1993/EXP 35/0-1 (65)}) 7... Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9.
e4 d6 {Covers e5} 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. h3 {Consolidates g4} Re8 12. O-O $17 (12.
Qc2 $5 $11 {deserves consideration}) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxg7 Nxd2 14. Bb2 $2 $19 (
14. Qxd2 $142 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 $17) 14... Nxf1 15. Qc1 e6 (15... Ng3 $1 16. fxg3
e5 17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Ng5 $19) 16. Qh6 {Threatening mate... how?} e5 17. Ng5 {
The mate threat is Qxh7} Nf8 18. Rxf1 Qe7 19. f4 f6 20. fxe5 {
Do you see the mate threat?} dxe5 $1 {puts the final touch} (20... fxg5 21. e6
Red8 22. Rf6 Bxd5 23. cxd5 $18) 21. Ne4 Nd7 22. Bc1 Rf8 23. Qh4 Rae8 24. Bh6
Rf7 25. g4 Rb8 26. Rf3 Bc8 27. Qf2 Rb6 $17 (27... Ba6 28. Bf1 $19) 28. Be3 f5 (
28... Ra6 29. Nxc5 e4 30. Bxe4 Nxc5 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Bxc5 $17) 29. gxf5 gxf5
30. Rxf5 Rg6+ 31. Kh2 Rfg7 32. Rf3 Rg2+ 33. Qxg2 {With the decisive threat Bg5}
Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qh4 $4 $18 {solves nothing} (34... h5 $142 $16) 35. Bf2 $4 $16 {
White is ruining his position} (35. Nd6 $142 {and White has triumphed} e4 {
Black cannot hold on to the material} 36. Rg3+ Kf8 37. Bxe4 $18 (37. Nxc8 $6 {
is much worse} exd3 38. Nxa7 Qh5 $11) (37. Nxe4 $6 Qh5 $18)) 35... Qe7 36. Kh2
$14 (36. Rg3+ Kh8 $16) 36... a5 $16 (36... h5 37. Rf5 $16) 37. Be2 Ba6 $18 (
37... Kh8 38. Rg3 $16) 38. Rf5 $16 (38. Rg3+ Kh8 39. Bg4 Bc8 $18) 38... Bc8 39.
Bh5 {White gets kings attack} Nf8 $2 (39... Ba6 $142 $18) 40. Rf7 $1 {
it's all over. Threatening mate... how?} ({Not} 40. Bxc5 Bxf5 41. Bxe7 Bxe4 $18
) 40... Qd8 (40... Qxf7 {is one last hope} 41. Bxf7+ Kxf7 42. Nd6+ Ke7 43.
Nxc8+ Kd8 $18) 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Bxc5 {Threatening mate: Bxf8} Bf5 (42... Qxf6 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 43. Rxf6 (43. Bxf8 $6 {is impossible} Qh4 44.
Bh6 Qxh3+ 45. Kg1 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Qh4+ 47. Kg1 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 Qg3+ $11)
43... Nd7 44. Rc6 $18) 43. Bxf8 $1 {touché!. The mate threat is Bg7} Qxf8 $5
44. Rxf8+ Kg7 45. Nxh7 {Do you see the mate threat?} Bc2 46. Rf7+ Kh6 {
If Black now only could play Bxb3...} 47. d6 Bxb3 (47... Kxh5 {
does not improve anything} 48. d7 Kg6 49. Rf8 Kh6 50. d8=Q Bg6 51. Rg8 Kxh7 52.
Rh8+ Kg7 53. Qf8#) 48. d7 Bxc4 49. d8=Q (49. Rf6+ Kxh5 50. d8=Q Bd3 51. Qe8+
Bg6 52. Qxg6+ Kh4 53. Qg4#) 49... Bxf7 50. Qf6+ (50. Bxf7 e4 51. Qg8 e3 52.
Qg6#) 50... Kxh7 51. Qxf7+ Kh8 52. Bg6 b3 53. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Koodrin, Zina"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1008"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O {
Unnamed Queen's Pawn Opening} Bg4 $146 (6... e6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. b3 b6
10. Bb2 Bb7 11. e4 Rc8 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16.
Qe2 Nh6 17. Rac1 Nf5 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. Ne4 Kh8 20. Nc3 Ne7 21. Nb5 {
Foulon,G-Santa,R/Dubai olw 1986/TD 86\02/1-0 (46)}) (6... b6 7. c4 e6 (7... Bb7
8. e3 Nbd7 9. Rb1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. cxd5 Ba6 12. Nd4 Bxf1 13. Nxf1 Rc8 14.
b4 Nce4 15. Bb2 Qxd5 16. Nd2 e5 17. N4b3 Rfd8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qd3 20. Bf1
Qd7 21. Nf3 Ng4 22. Qb1 {
Janzen,C-Peterwitz,K/Bargteheide op 1989/TD 89\05/0-1 (78)}) 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2
a5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Rac1 c5 12. Qb1 Qe7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Qa1 cxd4
16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Nef3 Ncd7 18. Ne5 Nc5 19. Nef3 Ncd7 20. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Pigusov,E-Tukmakov,V/Moscow GMA-op 1989/TD 89\02}) (6... Re8 7. c4 e6
8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Bh6 12. e3 Bg7 13. Rfe1 Qd6 14. Rcd1
b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. a3 a5 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Rec8 20. c5 bxc5 21.
bxc5 {Batchilo,E-Kiema,N/WchJW-U18 Bratislava 1993/TD 93\05/1-0 (41)}) (6...
Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Ne5 f6 9. Nc4 f5 10. c3 Be6 11. Ne3 c6 12. f3 exf3 13. Bxf3
Nd7 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nb6 16. Nf4 Bc4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bg2 e5
20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. exd3 {Rey,G-Djuric,S/San Francisco 1987/CBM 05/0-1 (52)}) 7.
c4 c6 8. Ne5 Be6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Bb2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nd5 (12... Bh3
13. Ne5 Qe6 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Qc2 $11) 13. Qd2 (13. e4 Nb6 14. Ne5 Qd6 $11)
13... f6 {Prevents intrusion on e5} 14. e4 Nc7 15. Ne3 Bh3 16. f4 $15 (16. Bxh3
$5 Qxh3 17. Qb4 $11) 16... Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc8 $11 (18... f5 19.
exf5 Rxf5 20. Ne3 $15) 19. Qe2 $15 {White prepares the advance e5} (19. f5 gxf5
20. Rxf5 e6 $11) 19... Nb5 $14 (19... f5 $5 $15 {is an interesting alternative}
) 20. e5 $15 {White gains space} (20. f5 $5 $14 {is noteworthy}) 20... Nc7 21.
Ne3 Nd5 {A comfortable square for the black knight} 22. Nxd5 (22. f5 Nxe3 23.
Qxe3 gxf5 $15) 22... Rxd5 (22... cxd5 $6 23. e6 $11) 23. Ba3 (23. f5 fxe5 24.
fxg6 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 hxg6 26. dxe5 Qe6 $11) 23... Re8 (23... Qe6 24. Qe1 $15)
24. Qf3 (24. f5 fxe5 25. fxg6 hxg6 (25... Rxd4 $143 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. Bb2 $14)
26. dxe5 Rxe5 $15) 24... f5 25. Bb2 Qd7 26. Rfe1 Qe6 27. Qf2 Red8 28. Ba1 c5
29. Rd2 cxd4 30. Bxd4 Qd7 31. Red1 e6 32. Bc3 Qc6 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Qxd5
35. Qxa7 $17 (35. Qd4 $5 $11 {is worth looking at}) 35... Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qc2+ 37.
Kh3 {The mate threat is Qb8} Qxc3 $15 (37... g5 38. fxg5 Qxc3 39. Qxb7 $17) 38.
Qb8+ $17 (38. Qxb7 h6 $15) 38... Bf8 39. Qxb7 Qc5 40. Qd7 Qe7 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 41. Qxe7 Bxe7 42. a4 Bb4 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Kf3 h6
45. h3 (45. Ke3 Bc5+ 46. Kd3 Ke7 $17) 45... g5 46. Ke2 gxf4 47. gxf4 Ke7 48.
Kd3 Kd7 49. Kc4 Bd2 50. b4 Bxf4 51. Kd4 Bd2 52. b5 Ba5 53. Kd3 Kc7 54. Ke3 Kb6
55. Kd4 Bd2 56. Kd3 Be1 57. Kc4 Bf2 58. Kd3 (58. Kb4 {does not save the day} h5
$19) 58... Ka5 59. Ke2 Bc5 60. Kd3 Kxa4 (60... Kxa4 61. Kc4 Bb6 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Stefan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Errington, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1218"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d5 {Scandinavian (Centre Counter) Defence} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4
Nf6 (4... c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Kb1 (
10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 O-O-O 15. g4 Bg6 16.
f4 h5 17. h3 Qe7 18. Qf2 hxg4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxa7 gxh3 21. Ba5 Rde8 22. Qa8+
Kd7 23. Qxb7+ Ke6 24. Qxc6+ Kf5 25. Qxd5 {
1-0 Ulibin,M-Hauchard,A/Andorra 1996/EXP 54}) 10... O-O-O (10... Bg4 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Bd3 b5 17. Qe4 g6
18. h4 c5 19. Bh6 Rfb8 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. c3 a5 22. Rc1 Qd6 23. Rhd1 b4 24. cxb4
axb4 25. a4 Rxa4 26. Bb5 Ra5 27. Qd4 f6 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Qc4 b3 {
0-1 Maxion,D-Kuehn,P/BL2-N 1995/BL2}) 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qc7 13. Bd2 Nd5 14.
Nh4 Bg6 15. Bb3 N7f6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. g3 Qb6 18. Ka2 Ne7 19. c3 Kb8 20. h4 Ka8
21. Bg5 Rhe8 22. Qf3 Neg8 23. Rhe1 Rd7 24. Re5 Red8 25. a4 Rc8 26. a5 Qa6 27.
Kb1 Nd5 28. Bd2 Ngf6 29. g4 Ne8 30. c4 Ndf6 31. g5 Ng8 32. d5 exd5 33. cxd5 c5
34. d6 Nxd6 35. Bf4 Rdd8 36. Red5 Rc6 37. Ba4 {
1-0 Dolmatov,S-Wahls,M/BL9293 1993/BL 90}) 5. Be2 (5. Bf4 Bf5 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bc4
e6 8. Nge2 Bb4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Nb6 12. Be2 Bg6 13. Be5 Nbd7
14. b4 Qd8 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 O-O 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Qb3 Ne4 {
Zhuravliov,V-O'Cinneide,M/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (5. h3 Bf5 6.
Nf3 e6 7. Bd2 c6 8. Bc4 Qc7 9. Bb3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rfe1 Bd6
13. Rad1 h6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qe3 Rhe8 18. Qxa7 Rxe5
19. Qa8+ Nb8 {Niedermayr,H-Steiner,J/AUT-chT 1996/EXP 52/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 5... g6
$146 {Secures h5} (5... e5 6. dxe5 Qxe5 7. Nf3 Qd6 8. O-O Qxd1 9. Rxd1 c6 10.
Re1 Be7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bf5 14. Rxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bxf5 Rd8 16.
Bd3 Nd7 17. Be3 Kf8 18. Kf1 Nf6 19. h3 Nd5 20. Re1 {
Molitor,P-Lange,G/RLPF-chS Schweich 1990/GER 05/1/2-1/2 (35)}) (5... Nc6 6. Bf3
Bf5 (6... Bd7 7. Nge2 O-O-O 8. O-O e5 9. d5 Be6 10. dxc6 Rxd1 11. cxb7+ Kb8 12.
Rxd1 Bc5 13. Rd2 Bg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Nc3 e4 18. Re2
Qd6 19. g3 Ne5 20. Bf4 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Qg6 22. Rd1 Qh5 23. h4 Nxh4+ 24. gxh4 Qf3+
{0-1 Voller,O-Maurino,L/WchJM-U12 Bratislava 1993/TD 93\05}) 7. Nge2 Nb4 8. O-O
O-O-O 9. Bd2 Bxc2 10. Qc1 Bg6 11. Nf4 e6 12. a3 Nc6 13. Ncd5 Qa4 14. Bd1 Qxd4
15. Bc3 Qe4 16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Bxf6 Bh6 18. Bxh8 Bxf4 19. Qc3 Bd2 20. Qf6 Nd4
21. Bf3 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qe2 23. Bg7 Rg8 24. Rfd1 Bh5 25. Qd4 e5 26. Rxd2 Rxg7+
27. Qg4+ Rxg4+ {0-1 Tayeb,S-Soppe,G/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06}) 6. Nf3 Bg7 7.
O-O O-O 8. Ne5 c6 {Controls b5} 9. f4 Be6 10. g4 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Nc4 Qc7 $2
$18 (12... Qa6 $142 {would allow Black to play on} 13. f5 Nc3 14. Nxc3 Bxc4 $11
) 13. f5 c5 14. fxe6 $16 (14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 $18) 14... Bxd4+ 15. Kh1
N7b6 $4 $18 {the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (
15... fxe6 $142 16. c3 Bg7 $18) 16. Nxb6 (16. exf7+ $5 {
and White can already relax} Rxf7 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 $18) 16... Qxb6 (
16... Nxb6 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 $18) 17. exf7+ Rxf7 (17... Kh8 {
does not help much} 18. c3 Ne3 19. Bxe3 (19. cxd4 Nxd1 20. Bf4 Rxf7 21. Be5+
Rg7 22. Raxd1 Qxb2 $18) 19... Bxe3 20. Qd7 $18) 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. c3 Be5 (19...
Kg7 {desperation} 20. cxd4 cxd4 $18) 20. Qxd5+ Qe6 21. Ng5+ (21. Ng5+ Ke8 22.
Nxe6 Rc8 23. Bb5+ Rc6 24. Qd8+ Kf7 25. Ng5+ Kg7 26. Qxe7+ Kh8 27. Qxh7#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.02"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Hansen, Ernst"]
[Black "Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 {
King's Indian Defence, London System?} Nbd7 (6... c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. h3
Bd7 10. e4 Nh5 11. Be3 e5 12. O-O Nf4 13. Bb1 Bh6 14. a3 Na6 15. Kh2 g5 16. Ng1
Bg7 17. Bc2 Nc7 18. b4 b6 19. Rb1 cxb4 20. axb4 Qf6 21. g3 Ng6 22. Bd3 Qe7 23.
Be2 Ne8 24. Na4 f5 25. c5 f4 26. c6 Bc8 27. Bd2 {
0-1 Santos,I-Dekic,B/Manila olw 1992/TD 92\07}) (6... Nc6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Be2 Ne4
9. O-O e5 10. Bh2 exd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Nf5 15.
Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Bd3 c5 17. g4 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Bxd3 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qxd3 Bxd4 21.
Qf3+ Kg7 22. Qxb7+ Qe7 23. Qd5 Qf6 24. Rad1 Rab8 25. b3 Re2 26. Bg3 Rxa2 27.
Rd3 Rf8 28. Bxd6 Rxf2 29. Bxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxf2 Qxf2+ {
0-1 Mainka,G-Dueball,J/BL8990 1990/BL 90}) 7. h3 Re8 (7... Nh5 8. Bh2 e5 9. Be2
exd4 10. Nxd4 Nhf6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bf3 a5 14. Rfd1 Nfd7 15. Be2 Ne5
16. Nb3 b6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Nd5 c6 19. Nc3 Qe7 20. b3 d5 21. Rac1 dxc4 22. bxc4
Na6 23. Rb1 Nb4 24. Qb3 c5 25. Ndb5 a4 26. Qa3 Qh4 27. Nd6 Bc6 28. Nxe8 Rxe8
29. Nd5 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Nxb4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 Qe2 33. Rbb1 b5 34. Bf4 b4
35. Qxb4 Qxa2 36. Rbc1 Qe6 37. Rd6 Qe4 38. Qxe4 Bxe4 39. Rc4 {
1-0 Dzindzichashvili,R-Southam,T/New York op 1993/TD 93\03}) 8. Be2 c6 9. Bh2 (
9. O-O Nh5 10. Bh2 e5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 f5 13. Rac1 f4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
exf4 exf4 16. Nd4 Ndf6 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. c5 Rad8 20. Qb3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Nd5 22. Kf1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nhf6 {
Ermenkov,E-Kofidis,A/Athens op 1993/TD 93\07/0-1 (40)}) 9... Qa5 $146 (9... e5
10. Rc1 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 a5 15. Rcd1 Nc7 16.
Rfe1 Be6 17. b3 d5 18. f4 Nd7 19. f5 Bxd4 20. exd4 Bxf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3
Ne6 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Qg5 25. Qf3 Ra6 26. Ne3 b5 27. d5 Nec5 28. Bf4 Qf6
29. Ng4 Qb6 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 Nd3+ 32. Be3 Nxe1 33. Rxe1 Ne5 34. Nxe5 Qf6
35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Bg5+ Kxg5 37. Nf7+ Kf6 38. Nxd8 {
1-0 Sorensen,H-Bekker Jensen,D/Copenhagen op 1995/EXP 47}) 10. O-O e5 11. Nd2
Qd8 12. Bf3 (12. d5 Nb6 $14) 12... Qe7 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Re1 Nf8 15. d5 {
White gains space} c5 16. Rb1 N6d7 17. a3 f5 18. e4 Bh6 19. b4 b6 20. Nb3 Ba6
21. bxc5 Nxc5 {A valuable piece} (21... dxc5 $2 22. d6 Qf7 23. exf5 Bxc4 24.
Bxa8 Rxa8 25. fxg6 (25. Bxe5 $6 Re8 $14) 25... Nxg6 26. Nd2 $18) 22. Nxc5 bxc5
23. Qa4 Bc8 24. Re2 fxe4 25. Bxe4 ({Not} 25. Rxe4 Bf5 $17) 25... Qg5 26. Bg3
Bf5 27. Reb2 Nd7 28. Qd1 Rf8 29. Qe2 Qd8 30. Rb5 $14 (30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Rb7 Nb6
$16) 30... Nf6 $16 (30... Nb6 $5 $14 {is an interesting idea}) 31. Bh4 $4 $19 {
weakening the position} (31. Bxf5 $142 gxf5 32. Bh4 $16) 31... Qe8 $4 $16 {
ignoring the path to victory} (31... Nxe4 $142 {
would have made live much easier for Black} 32. Bxd8 Nxc3 $19) 32. Bxf6 (32.
Bxf5 gxf5 33. Rb7 Qg6 $16) 32... Rxf6 33. R5b3 (33. Bxf5 gxf5 34. Rb7 Rf7 $14)
33... Rf7 (33... Bc8 34. Bf3 Bf5 35. Ne4 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 $14) 34. g4 $14 (34.
Bxf5 $5 gxf5 35. Qh5 $16) 34... Bd7 35. Bc2 Bf4 {'the bishop is the bishop!'}
36. Ne4 {The knight is not easily driven from e4} Qf8 37. Kg2 Rd8 38. Rb7 (38.
g5 Qe7 $11) 38... Bc8 39. Rxf7 Qxf7 40. Ba4 h5 41. f3 hxg4 42. fxg4 Qe7 43. Bd1
Kg7 44. Qe1 Bg5 45. Rb3 Bh4 46. Qd2 Rf8 47. Rf3 Qd8 48. Rxf8 Qxf8 49. Ba4 (49.
Qa5 Qf7 $16) 49... Be7 50. Qe3 Qd8 51. Qd2 (51. Bc2 Bh4 $14) 51... Qb6 $14 (
51... Qf8 52. Qa5 Qf4 53. Bc2 Bxg4 54. hxg4 Qxg4+ 55. Kf1 Qf3+ 56. Nf2 $14) 52.
Nc3 Qa5 53. Qc2 Ba6 54. Be8 {Threatening mate... how?} e4 $2 $18 (54... Kh8
$142 55. Ne4 Qxa3 56. Bxg6 Bh4 $14) 55. Qxe4 {The mate threat is Qxg6} Qxc3 56.
Qxe7+ Kh8 (56... Kg8 57. Qe6+ Kh8 58. Bb5 Bxb5 59. cxb5 Qxa3 60. Qxd6 Qb2+ 61.
Kg3 Qxb5 62. Qf6+ Kg8 63. Qxg6+ Kf8 64. Qf5+ Ke8 65. Qe6+ Kd8 66. d6 Qd3+ 67.
Kf4 $18) 57. Qf8+ (57. Bxg6 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Qb2+ 58. Kg3
Qc3+ 59. Kh4 Qg7 60. Qd8+ Qg8 61. Qxd6 Bxc4 $18) 57... Kh7 58. Qf7+ $14 (58.
Qxd6 $142 $5 Qd2+ 59. Kf3 Qd3+ 60. Kf4 Qd2+ 61. Ke5 Qd4+ 62. Ke6 Bxc4 63. Qe5
$18) 58... Qg7 59. Qxg7+ Kxg7 60. Bb5 Bc8 61. g5 Bf5 62. h4 Kf8 63. Kf2 Ke7 64.
Kf3 Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.02"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Black "Hunter, Daniel M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4 {Sicilian Defence, Wing Gambit Deferred.} cxb4 (3...
d5 4. exd5 Nxb4 5. c4 e6 6. a3 Na6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Rb1 exd5 9. cxd5 Nc7 10. Bc4
Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 b6 15. Nc6 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Qd7
17. Bb2 Bb7 18. Qg3 Bf8 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Re1 Rd8 21. d3 b5 22. Nxb5 Nxb5 23.
Bxb5 Qb6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. dxc6 Qxb5 26. c7 Rc8 27. Bxf6 Rxc7 28. f5 {
1-0 Bosboom,M-Stone,R/Groningen op 1991/EXP 26}) 4. d4 d5 (4... e6 5. d5 Qf6 6.
c3 bxc3 7. dxc6 c2 8. Qxc2 Qxa1 9. e5 Ne7 10. a3 Nxc6 11. Bb2 Nb4 12. Qc1 Na2 {
1/2-1/2 Yilmaz,T-Kouatly,B/Thessaloniki olm 1984/BIG 80}) 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. c4
Qe4+ $146 (6... bxc3 7. Nxc3 Qa5 8. d5 e6 (8... Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qa3 10. dxc6 bxc6
11. Qc2 Bd7 (11... Qd6 12. Bf4 Qb4+ 13. Bd2 Qd6 14. Be2 Nf6 15. O-O Nd5 16.
Rfd1 e6 17. Ne5 Be7 18. Nxc6 O-O 19. Bb4 Nxb4 20. Rxd6 Nxc2 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22.
Rb1 a5 23. Bf3 Ra7 24. Nxc8 {1-0 Yilmaz,T-Veinger,I/Kusadasi op 1990/EXP 18})
12. Rb1 e5 13. Rb3 Qe7 14. Bc4 f6 15. O-O Nh6 16. Rfb1 Qd8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18.
Rd1 Qc7 19. Nh4 Bg4 20. Rdb1 Rd8 21. h3 Bc8 22. Ng6 hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Ke7 24. Qf7+
{1-0 Steinbacher,M-Wenzel,R/BL9495 1995/BL 90}) 9. Qb3 Bb4 10. Bd2 exd5 11.
Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nge7 13. Bb5 O-O 14. O-O Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Be6 {
0-1 Roeseler,W-Schmidt,M/NRW-II 1995/GER 10}) (6... bxc3 7. Nxc3 Qa5 8. Bd2 $17
(8. Bd2 e6 9. Bc4 Bb4 10. Rc1 Nf6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qxa3 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd3
Nb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Rc4 Qd6 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. g4 Bb5 19. g5 Nd5 20. Qb1 Bxc4
21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Qe4 Nf4 23. Nxc4 Qxd4 24. Ne5 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 f6 26. Nd7 {
0-1 Knox,D-Turner,M/BCF-ch 1994/TD 94\03})) 7. Be2 e5 $11 (7... e6 8. O-O $15)
8. dxe5 $15 (8. d5 $5 {might be a viable alternative} Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. O-O
$14) 8... Nxe5 9. O-O Nxf3+ (9... Nxc4 $2 {is no good because of} 10. Re1 Be7
11. Nbd2 $18) 10. Bxf3 Qxc4 11. Bd5 Qg4 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. a3 Qf5
$11 (14... Nf6 15. Rd1 $15) 15. Bc4 Nf6 16. axb4 b6 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Rxe7 $15 (
18. b5 $142 $5 $11 {should not be overlooked}) 18... Kxe7 {
Black launches an attack} 19. b5 Qe4 {Threatening mate... how?} 20. Ba3+ Ke8
21. Bf7+ $19 (21. Bf1 $5 $17) 21... Kd8 22. Qd1+ Nd7 23. f3 Qf5 24. Bb3 Rc8 25.
Qd6 (25. Bb2 Re8 26. Rxa7 $19) 25... Qf6 (25... Re8 $142 $5 26. Nd2 $19) 26.
Be6 {Do you see the mate threat?} Rc7 27. Ra2 Bc8 28. Re2 Re8 29. Bb2 Qe7 {
Black terminates the opponent with strong threats} 30. Qg3 (30. Qd3 Qc5+ 31.
Kf1 Qb4 $17) 30... Qc5+ 31. Kh1 (31. Qf2 $19) 31... Nf6 $1 {finishing him off}
32. Ba3 (32. Be5 {hoping against hope} Rce7 $1 {the final blow} 33. Bd4 Qxd4
34. Rd2 Qxd2 35. Nxd2 Rxe6 36. h3 $19) 32... Qxb5 $1 {forces the win} (32...
Rxe6 $6 {is a weaker possibility} 33. Rxe6 Qxb5 34. Re1 $17) 33. Rd2+ Rd7 {
Threatening mate: Qf1} 34. Rxd7+ (34. Qe1 {doesn't change anything anymore}
Rxe6 35. Qg1 Rxd2 36. Nxd2 Qd3 $19) 34... Nxd7 35. Nd2 Rxe6 36. h3 Qe5 (36...
Qa4 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} 37. Bd6 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxd2 39. Bc7+
Ke8 40. Qg4 $19) 37. Qh4+ (37. Qxe5 {cannot change what is in store for ?} Nxe5
38. Bf8 Nd3 $19) 37... Kc7 (37... Nf6 $142 {nails it down} 38. Qb4 Nd5 39. Qf8+
Re8 40. Qd6+ Qxd6 41. Bxd6 $19) 38. Nc4 Qe1+ (38... Qe1+ 39. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 40. Kh2
a5 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.02.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Nothdurft, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1528"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 {Sicilian Defence, Closed System.} g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5.
d3 e6 6. Be3 b6 (6... d6 7. Qd2 h6 (7... Rb8 8. Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rab1
Nec6 11. a3 b5 12. b4 O-O 13. f4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qc7 15. Rf2 a5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17.
bxa5 Qxa5 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2 b4 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Bxd4 {
1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Ftacnik,L/Vienna op 1986/CBM 01}) (7... Qa5 8. Nh3 (8. f4 Nge7
9. Nf3 Nd4 10. Nh4 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13. Nxe7+ Kf7 14. Bxd2 Kxe7 15.
c3 Nc6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. e5 b6 18. exd6+ Kxd6 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. d4 cxd4 21. Nf3
Ke7 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Rc7 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Bf1 Be4 27. Bc4
Rfc8 28. Bb3 Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Rd1 Rc5 32. Rd2 e5 {
1/2-1/2 Feustel,P-Nutu Gajic,D/Dubai olw 1986/TD 86\02}) 8... h5 9. f4 Nd4 10.
Nf2 h4 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Kb1 Nec6 13. Rc1 b5 14. e5 d5 15. Qe1 b4 16. Bxd4 cxd4
17. Ne2 Rb8 18. Rd1 Qc5 19. Ng4 a5 20. Nc1 a4 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. g4 Na7 23. Rd2
Nb5 24. Rf2 a3 25. Nb3 Qa7 26. Qxb4 Bf8 27. Qe1 axb2 {
0-1 Lobron,E-Tukmakov,V/Thessaloniki olm 1984/BIG 80}) 8. f4 Nge7 9. Nf3 Nd4
10. O-O Nec6 11. Ne1 b6 12. Nd1 Ne7 13. c3 Ndc6 14. Bf2 d5 15. e5 g5 16. Ne3
Ng6 17. Nf3 gxf4 18. gxf4 h5 19. h4 Bh6 20. Ng5 Nxf4 21. Nxf7 Qe7 22. Nxh6 Qg7
23. Nf7 Nxg2 24. Nxg2 Qxf7 25. Be3 Qg7 26. Bg5 Rh7 27. Bf6 Qg6 28. Qg5 Qxg5 29.
hxg5 Ba6 30. g6 Rh6 31. Nf4 Ne7 32. Bg5 Rxg6 33. Nxg6 Nxg6 34. Rf6 Bxd3 35.
Rxe6+ Kd7 36. Rd6+ Kc7 37. Rxd5 Be4 38. Rd2 Re8 39. Rf1 Rxe5 40. Bf4 Nxf4 41.
Rxf4 Bf5 42. Kf2 Be6 43. a3 Kc6 44. Re2 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Bb3 46. Rf5 a5 47. Rxh5
b5 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Rh6+ Kd5 50. Ra6 a4 51. Rb6 Kc4 52. Kd2 {
1-0 Balashov,Y-Shirov,A/URS-FL56 Klaipeda 1988/CBM 11}) 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. O-O-O
$146 (8. Nge2 a6 (8... Nge7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 (9... O-O 10. h4 f5 11. h5 Bxc3 12.
Nxc3 Rf7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Nb5 Nc8 15. Nc7 Qf8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nxa8 Bxa8 18.
Rh6 Rg7 19. O-O-O Nd6 20. Rh2 Nf7 21. Rdh1 {
1-0 Konopkova,S-Mudrochova,H/CSR-chJW 1990/TD 93\02}) 10. Qxh6 d5 11. exd5 Nf5
12. Qd2 Nb4 13. O-O Nxd5 14. Nf4 O-O 15. Ncxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rae1 Qd6
{1/2-1/2 Polzin,R-Teske,H/Berliner Sommer 1994/TD 94\02}) 9. O-O Nd4 10. Nd1
Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Ne7 12. Rb1 d5 13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 d4 15. Bg5 b5 16. Rb2 h6 17.
Bd2 O-O 18. f4 Qd7 19. Nf2 Kh7 20. h4 Rac8 21. h5 Rc7 22. Ng4 Rfc8 23. Ba5 Rc3
24. hxg6+ fxg6 25. Bb4 R3c7 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Bd6 Rc3 28. Bh3 Nc6 29. Rf2 Rd8 30.
Bc7 Rc8 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Bc7 Rc8 33. Bd6 Rd8 34. Nxc6 Rxd6 35. Ne5 a5 36. Rb1
Bc8 37. Kg2 Ra3 38. Qg4 Rxa2 39. Rxb5 Qxb5 40. Qxg6+ Kg8 41. Qf7+ Kh7 42. Qg6+
Kg8 43. Qf7+ Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,B-Nguyen Anh Dung/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44})
(8. f4 Nge7 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. a3 Na6 11. d4 d5 12. e5 Nf5 13. Bf2 Rc8 14. Nb5 Qd7
15. a4 Bc6 16. g4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nb4 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Rxc6
21. c4 Rc7 22. cxd5 exd5 {Burjan,A-Barat,A/HUN-chT2 1994/TD 94\03/1-0 (36)})
8... d6 9. Nf3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 $4 $19 {forfeits the advantage} (10. h4 $142 $11 {
was necessary}) 10... Bxd4 $4 $11 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (
10... cxd4 $142 {with excellent chances for Black} 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 $19) 11. Nxd4
{White is in command} cxd4 12. Nb5 e5 13. Qb4 Ke7 14. f4 {
Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base} a6 15. Na3 f6 $16 (15... a5 16. Qb3
$14) 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Nc4 a5 18. Qxb6 Qxb6 19. Nxb6 Nf6 $2 $18 (19... Rf8 $142
$16) 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Bf3 Bc8 22. Rhf1 Be6 23. Kb1 Bg4 (23... a4 24. c3 $18)
24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Rd2 Ne3 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 28. c3 g5 (28... Ke7 29.
Re2 $18) 29. cxd4 exd4 30. b4 (30. Rc2 {makes it even easier for White} Nxc2
31. Kxc2 a4 $18) 30... axb4 31. Rb2 Ke7 (31... d5 {cannot change destiny} 32.
Rxb4 dxe4 33. Rxd4 exd3 34. a4 $18) 32. Rxb4 {The passed pawn on a2 will
quickly become a dangerous weapon. White begins to deal mighty blows} Ke6 (
32... d5 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 33. a4 dxe4 34. Rxd4 $18) 33. Rxd4
Nf1 34. a4 Nxh2 (34... Nd2+ {does not improve anything} 35. Kc2 Nf3 36. Rd5 $18
) 35. a5 Nf3 36. a6 Nxd4 37. a7 Nc6 38. a8=Q (38. a8=Q Ne7 39. Qe8 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.02"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Srdic, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O {Queen's Gambit Declined} Re8 (9... b6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Ne5 h6 12.
Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rac1 a6 15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Qd6 17. Nb1 b5 18.
Qa5 Nb6 19. b3 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. Nf3 Ke7 24. Ne5
f6 25. Ng6+ Kf7 26. h4 Ne7 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Qd2 b4 29. Qe2 a5 30. Qg4 Kf8 31.
Qg6 Ba6 32. Bb1 Qc7 33. h5 Bc8 34. Bd3 f5 35. g4 f4 36. Bb5 Qf7 37. Qc2 Bb7 38.
Qc5+ Kg8 39. Qa7 fxe3 40. fxe3 Qc7 41. Kg2 Qc2+ 42. Kf3 Qe4+ 43. Kf2 Qc2+ 44.
Be2 Qc7 45. Bd3 Kf8 46. Kf3 Ke8 47. Ba6 Qf7+ 48. Kg2 Bxa6 49. Qa8+ Ke7 50. Qxa6
Kf6 51. Qxa5 Kg5 52. Kg3 Qf1 53. Qd8+ Qf6 54. Qb8 Qf1 55. Qe5+ {
1-0 Arkell,K-Ballon,G/Edinburgh op 1988/TD 88\02}) (9... Ne8 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11.
Rc1 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Na4 Bxa4 14. Qxa4 Nd6 15. Rc5 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 g6 17.
R1c2 Kg7 18. Rxc8 Nxc8 19. Rc5 Nd6 20. Qc2 Qd8 21. h3 {
1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow op2 1995/EXP 50}) (9... a6 10. Qe2
b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Ne4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 f5 16. Nbd2 Rf6 17.
Nxg5 Rg6 18. Nh3 Nf6 19. Nf3 h5 20. Ne5 Rg7 21. Rfc1 Bd6 22. Nf3 Ng4 23. Rc2 e5
24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Rd1 Qe8 26. b3 Be6 27. Nf4 Nxd3 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Qxd3 {
1-0 Spielmann,A-Coquel,D/Metz op 1994/TD 94\02}) 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bb1 b5 $146 (
11... Nf8 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 f5 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Bxf5 Nxe5 17.
fxe5 exf5 18. Nxd5 Qf7 19. Rc7 Qxc7 20. Nf6+ {
1-0 Marti,G-Wageneder,K/Balatonbereny op 1992/TD 92\11}) 12. Qd3 Nf8 13. Ne5
Bd7 14. a3 {Covers b4} Rb8 15. b4 Nh5 $16 (15... Rc8 16. Ne2 $14) 16. Bxe7 {
White gets strong initiative} Qxe7 17. Qe2 Qh4 18. Qf3 f5 $2 $18 (18... Nf6
$142 $14 {would keep Black in the game}) 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Nxd5 Kh8 (20... exd5
21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 $18) 21. Nc7 Re7 22. Ba2 (22. Nxa6 $5 {seems even better
} Rd8 $18) 22... e5 23. Qxf5 Rf8 24. Qc2 (24. Ne6 {keeps an even firmer grip}
g6 (24... Rxf5 $4 {Black is too greedy} 25. Rc8+ Nf8 26. Nxf8 $18) 25. Qc2 Rfe8
$18) 24... exd4 25. Nd5 (25. Ne6 $5 {and White can already relax} Rfe8 26. Nxd4
g6 $18) 25... Re6 (25... Ref7 26. Rcd1 Ne5 27. Rxd4 $18 (27. exd4 $143 Ng4 28.
h3 Nxf2 $17)) 26. Nf4 $4 $14 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (26.
Rcd1 $142 {and White could have gained the advantage} dxe3 27. Nxe3 $18) 26...
Rh6 $16 (26... Nxf4 $142 $5 {deserves consideration} 27. Bxe6 Nxe6 $14) 27.
Nxh5 Qxh5 {Threatening mate: Qxh2} 28. h3 Rg6 (28... dxe3 $142 $5 29. fxe3
Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qe8 $18) 29. Kh1 $16 (29. exd4 $142 $5 Rgf6 30. Qd2 $18) 29...
Qg5 $18 (29... dxe3 30. fxe3 Rgf6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Qc5 $18) 30. f4 d3 31. fxg5
(31. Qd2 Qe7 32. Qxd3 Rd6 $18) 31... Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 {The mate threat is Qc8}
dxc2 33. Rc1 Rc6 34. e4 $4 $19 {throwing away the advantage} (34. Bb3 $142 $16)
34... Rc3 35. Bb3 (35. Kh2 Ne5 36. Bd5 g6 $19) 35... Rxb3 36. Rxc2 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Kg8 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7 Ke7 39. e5 (39. g6 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} h5 $19) 39... Rxa3 40. Ra7 Ra4 41. Kh2
Rxb4 42. Rxa6 Re4 43. g6 (43. Kg3 {does not help much} Rxe5 44. g6 h6 $19)
43... h6 (43... h6 44. Ra7 Rxe5 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.02"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Errington, James"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[BlackElo "1248"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian Defence} 2. f4 g6 (2... d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+
Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. Nf3 (8. f5 O-O 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. dxe6 Qe7 11. Nf3
Nc6 12. O-O Rae8 13. Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Qxe6 16. Nf3 Qxe2 17. Rxe2
Rxe2 18. Nc3 Re6 19. d3 Nd4 {
0-1 Moyano Morales,F-Verat,L/Palma de Mallorca 1991/TD 91\08}) (8. d3 O-O 9.
dxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Rae8 12. Nc3 e5 13. f5 Nd4 14. Qd2 Qxf5 15. b3 e4
16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qg5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Re2 {
0-1 Evans,L-King,D/London WFW 1988/CBM 09}) 8... O-O 9. dxe6 Qxe6 10. Qxe6 fxe6
11. d3 Nc6 12. Nc3 Rad8 13. O-O Bc7 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17.
Nce4 Ng4 18. Nc5 e5 19. Nge6 Rc8 20. f5 e4 21. Nxc7 Rxc7 22. Nxe4 Ne5 23. f6
Rf8 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxf8 Kxf8 26. Rf1+ Kg7 27. Nf6 Rc6 28. Nh5+ Kh6 29. Nf4
b5 30. Re1 Ng4 31. b3 bxc4 32. dxc4 Ne3 33. Ne2 d3 34. Nc3 Ng4 35. h3 Nf6 36.
Rd1 {1-0 Campora,D-Polgar,Z/Biel 1987/CBM 03}) 3. Nc3 $146 (3. d4 d5 (3... cxd4
4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qd1 Ne4 7. Be3 d5 8. Bd3 Qa5+ 9. c3 Bg7 10. Nf3 f6 11.
exf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Nb3 O-O 14. Bb5 Kh8 15. Qe2 Ng4 16. Bd2 e5 17. h3
Nf6 18. Bxc6 {Damljanovic,B-Arsovic,Z/Belgrade Trako 1995/EXP 47/1/2-1/2 (51)})
4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qxd4 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. Be3 Qb4 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. a3
Qa5 11. Bxc5 O-O 12. Bb4 Qd8 13. O-O-O a5 14. Bc5 Na6 15. Bf2 Nc7 16. Bxd7 Bxd7
17. Qxb7 Rb8 {Hodgson,J-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk 1986/TD 86\01/1/2-1/2 (32)}) (3. c3
d5 4. e5 h5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nh6 8. Be3 e6 9. Bf2 Nf5 10. Nbd2 Be7
11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. g3 h4 14. O-O-O Ncd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxe2
17. dxc5 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 hxg3 19. hxg3 b6 20. d4 Qb5 21. Nb3 a5 22. Kb1 a4 23.
Nc1 bxc5 24. dxc5 Qc4 25. Nd3 Rh2 26. Rc1 Qxc2+ 27. Rxc2 Rh1+ 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29.
Kxc1 Kd7 30. b3 axb3 31. axb3 Kc6 32. Kb2 Rh8 33. Kc3 Kb5 34. b4 g5 35. Be3 Rh3
36. Bf2 Rh1 37. Be1 Rh2 {Horn,P-Kraehenbuehl,G/SWZ-chT 1993/TD 93\08/0-1 (51)})
3... e6 {Secures d5} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 $11 (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 $14) 5... Ne7
6. d3 h6 {Consolidates g5} 7. O-O d5 8. Bb3 Nbc6 9. f5 $15 {
This push gains space} (9. e5 O-O $11) 9... d4 $11 {This push gains space} (
9... gxf5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qe1+ Be6 13. Nh4 $15) 10. fxg6 $17 (
10. fxe6 $5 {must be considered} fxe6 11. Ne2 $15) 10... Nxg6 $11 (10... dxc3
$142 $5 11. gxf7+ Kf8 12. bxc3 Bxc3 $17 (12... Kxf7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Bxe6+ Bxe6
15. Nxe6 $16)) 11. Ne2 b6 12. Qe1 Bd7 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 e5 $16 (14... Rg8
$5 $14 {is noteworthy}) 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Nh4 {Attacks the backward pawn on f7}
Be6 (16... Bf6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 $18 (18. exf5 $6 Qd6 $11)) 17. Nf5 $16 (
17. Qg3 Bf8 18. Bd5 Qd6 $18) 17... Bxf5 18. Rxf5 (18. exf5 $6 Qf6 $14) 18... b5
$2 $18 (18... O-O $142 $16) 19. Bxf7+ Kd7 20. Bd5 (20. Qg3 $142 {
and White can celebrate victory} Bf8 21. Raf1 $18) 20... Raf8 21. Rxf8 $16 (21.
a4 b4 $18) 21... Rxf8 22. Qg3 Rf6 23. Rf1 {White gets in control} Rxf1+ 24.
Kxf1 Qf6+ 25. Kg1 Ne7 26. Bb3 Qg6 27. Qh3+ Kd6 28. a4 bxa4 29. Bxa4 {
Threatening mate: Qd7} Qe6 30. Qg3 Qg6 31. Qf3 h5 32. Qh3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Qg4 33. Qxg4 {Threatening mate... how?} hxg4 34.
Kf2 Ng8 35. Kg3 Bh6 36. Bxh6 Nxh6 37. Be8 (37. Kh4 {might be the shorter path}
Ke7 $18) 37... Ke6 38. Bh5 Kf6 39. Bxg4 {
The passed pawn on g2 quickly leads to threats} Nf7 40. h4 Nd6 41. Bd7 Nb7 (
41... c4 42. Kf3 $18) 42. Kf3 Nd6 43. g4 c4 44. Bf5 cxd3 (44... c3 {
is no salvation} 45. g5+ Ke7 46. b4 $18) 45. cxd3 a5 (45... Nf7 {
doesn't improve anything} 46. b4 $18) 46. Ke2 (46. g5+ $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} Ke7 $18) 46... Nb7 (46... Kf7 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 47. g5 $18) 47. g5+ Kg7 (47... Ke7 {
doesn't do any good} 48. h5 Nd8 49. Kf3 $18) 48. h5 {White prepares g6} Nd6 49.
h6+ Kh8 50. g6 {Threatening mate... how?} Ne8 51. g7+ (51. Kf3 $142 {
and the result of the game is clear: White will win} Nf6 $18) 51... Nxg7 52.
hxg7+ Kxg7 53. Kd2 Kf6 54. Kc2 Kg5 55. Kb3 Kf4 56. Be6 Ke3 57. Bc4 Kd2 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Hunter, Daniel M"]
[Black "Hansen, Ernst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c6 {Caro-Kann Defence.} 2. Nc3 (2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4
Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12.
Ngf3 Qc7 (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. O-O b6 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. Re1 Bd4 17. Qg3
Nh5 18. Qg4 Bxe5 19. Qxh5 f5 20. h3 Bd6 21. Qe2 e5 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Bd5 Bb7 24.
Bxb7 Qxb7 25. c4 Rae8 26. Bd2 e4 27. Bc3 f4 28. Rad1 Re6 29. Qh5 Qe7 30. Rd5
Kh7 31. Qd1 f3 32. Qc2 fxg2 33. Bd4 Qh4 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Rxd6 Kg8 36. Qd3 Rff4
37. Rd8+ {0-1 Sonntag,H-Andruet,G/BL 8687 1987/BL 80}) 13. O-O Bd6 14. Nc4 Be7
15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. a4 a6 19. Nd4 Qc7 20. Ne5 Nxd3 21. Rxd3
Rd8 22. Bf4 Qc5 23. Rad1 Nd5 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qf3 Rh7 26. Bg3 Bc8 27. c3 a5 28.
Nb5 g5 29. c4 Nf4 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Bxf4 gxf4 32. Qd3 Qb6 33. Nd6+ {
1-0 Gufeld,E-Bagirov,V/Tallinn 1981/MCL 03}) 2... d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 (
4... Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bd7 7. f3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g3 h6 11.
Nb5 Qb8 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. c3 O-O 14. Qd2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bxe5
Qxe5 18. Rae1 Bh3 19. Nf4 Ne4 20. fxe4 Bxf1 21. exd5 Qd6 22. Rxf1 gxf4 23. Rxf4
Qc5+ 24. Kf1 Qd6 25. c4 b6 26. Qc3 a5 27. Rf6 Qd8 28. Qe5 Re8 {
1-0 Van Houten,H-Ibrahim,A/Vlissingen op 1996/EXP 53}) 5. f4 $146 (5. Nf3 Bg4
6. Be2 e6 7. h3 (7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Nxe2 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. c3 Ng6
12. Qa4+ Qc6 13. Qxc6+ bxc6 14. Bg3 c5 15. O-O Be7 16. Rab1 a5 17. Rfe1 Kd7 18.
Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Rab8 20. Bd2 c4 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 Rb7 23. b4 Rhb8 24. Kf1
axb4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. Bxb4 Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Rxb4 28. Ra1 Kc6 29. Ra7 Rb7 30. Ra5
Kb6 31. Ra1 Kc5 32. Rd1 d4 33. Rc1+ Kd5 34. f4 d3 35. g3 Kd4 36. Ke1 Ke3 37.
Rd1 Rb2 38. Kf1 d2 39. Ra1 Rb3 40. Rd1 Rd3 41. h3 {
0-1 Cordero Romero,I-Tubshintugs,B/WchJM-U12 Duisburg 1992/TD 92\06}) 7... Bh5
8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 c5 14. c4
Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qb8 16. g3 cxd4 17. cxd5 e5 18. Nd3 Nxd5 19. Rc5 Qd6 {
Nguyen Hoang-Reuss,A/DLM 1996/0-1 (40)}) (5. Bb5 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Ne2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Na5
15. Qd3 h6 16. Ba2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. b3 cxb3 {
Hager,I-Hoerig,D/GER-chJ U13 1994/1-0 (70)}) (5. Bb5 Nf6 $11) 5... Nf6 6. Nf3
Bg4 7. Bb5 e6 8. a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qb6 11.
O-O O-O (11... Qxd4+ $4 {
the pawn is safe and cannot be captured without dire consequences} 12. Be3 O-O
13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Qd3 $18) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 {Consolidates b5} 13. Ne2 $15 (13. Qd3
Rab8 $11) 13... Ne4 {An ideal square for the black knight.} (13... c5 14. Rd1
$15) 14. b4 f5 15. Rd1 a5 16. Rb1 $15 (16. bxa5 Qxa5 17. a4 Rfb8 $15) 16...
axb4 17. axb4 Ra4 ({Worse is} 17... Bxb4 18. c3 c5 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. Bd2 $16)
18. c3 Rfa8 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Bf6 (20... c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 $11) 21.
Qe3 Kf7 22. Re1 Re8 23. Kh2 Re7 24. Rb2 Qb8 25. g3 {Secures h4} g6 26. Rbe2 {
Increases the pressure on the backward pawn} Qb5 27. Rc2 Qc4 28. Qe2 Qxe2+ 29.
Rcxe2 h6 30. h4 Ra1 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Kf3 Re7 33. Bb2 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Ra7 35. Rb1
$15 (35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Bxa1 Be7 $11) 35... Ra2 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Kc2
Ra8 39. Kb3 Ra7 40. Rg1 h5 41. Ba3 Kd7 42. Rd1 Ra8 43. Bb2 Kd6 44. Rc1 Kc7 45.
Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 {Benoni Defence} cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5
Bc5 7. e3 (7. N5c3 O-O 8. e3 e4 9. Be2 Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 $1 Qe7 12. O-O
a6 13. a4 $1 b6 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. b3 Ne5 $2 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 $2 18.
Qxe4 Qg5 19. h4 Qg6 20. Qxg6 Nxg6 21. h5 Ne7 22. d6 Nf5 23. d7 Re7 24. b4 $1 {
1-0 Lautier,J-Adams,M/Las Palmas 1994.}) 7... a6 (7... O-O 8. Be2 e4 (8... Nxd5
9. O-O a6 10. N5c3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. e4 Bg6 13. Kh1 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Roemling,S-Krauss,H/2.BLO9697 NT Nuernberg-ESV Leipzig 1997/BL2-O}) 9.
N1c3 a6 10. Nd4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Qd4 Re8 14. f4 exf3 15. Bxf3
Be5 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bd2 Na4 19. Rab1 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rcd8 21. e4 Qe7
22. Re1 Bd6 23. Nxa4 Bxa4 24. Nd4 g6 25. Bc3 Be5 26. b3 Bd7 27. a4 Bc8 28. Rbd1
h5 29. Qd2 Bc7 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. exf5 Qd6 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Rxe8+
Rxe8 35. d6 Bb6+ 36. Kh1 Rd8 37. a5 Ba7 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. Qxb7 Bc5 40. d7 Qf4
41. Qxa6 Qg3 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qxd8 {
1-0 Teske,H-Milov,L/Berliner Sommer 1993/EXT 93op}) 8. N5c3 O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 $146
(9... e4 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nd2 Rd8 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxd5 15. Bd4
Nc6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. g3 Ndb4 18. a3 Bxb3 19. axb4 Qe6 20. Kh1 Nxd4 21. exd4 Qd5
22. Qe3 Qxd4 23. Qxb3 {1-0 Muehlenhaus,S-Bongers,E/Neuwied op 1993/GER 09}) 10.
O-O e4 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 $14 (13. Ra2 Rc8 $16) 13... Ne5 $16 (
13... Nb6 14. Qd4 $11) 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Re1 Nfg4 (15... Bc7 $5 $16) 16. g3 (16.
Ndxe4 Qh4 17. h3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 $16) 16... Nf6 17. Rc1 Rc8
18. Qb3 h5 (18... b5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 $16) 19. Na4 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 h4 21. Bd4 hxg3 22. hxg3 Nfd7 $18 (22... Bh7 $5 $16) 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5
(24. Bxc5 $6 Nf6 $16) (24. Rxc5 $6 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Qd7 $11) 24... Qc7 25. c6 (25.
Nc4 $5 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Ne5 $18) 25... bxc6 26. dxc6 (26. Bxa6 $6 Qa5 27. Qc3 Qxd5
$11) 26... Nxc6 27. Qc3 $16 (27. Qd5 Ndb8 28. Bxg7 Ne7 29. Rxc7 Nxd5 $16) 27...
Ndb8 $18 (27... Nxd4 28. Qxc7 Nxe2+ 29. Kg2 Nxc1 30. Qxc1 $16) 28. Bxg7 Qd6 29.
Nc4 Qg6 30. Bf6 (30. Qf6 Rd8 $18) 30... Nd7 (30... Bg4 $5 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 $18)
31. Bd4 (31. Nd6 $5 Rf8 $18) 31... Nxd4 (31... Rc8 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. Rh1 Nxd4 34.
Qxd4 $18) 32. Qxd4 Nf6 (32... Rc8 33. Rd1 $18) 33. Ne5 Qh6 34. Rc7 Bg6 $2 (
34... Be6 35. Bxa6 Rb8 $18) 35. Bc4 Rb8 36. Qd1 (36. Qa1 $142 $5 {
and White can already relax} Rb6 $18) 36... Rf8 (36... Qh5 37. Qxh5 Bxh5 38.
Nxf7 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 $18) 37. Bxa6 (37. Rc6 {makes it even easier for White} Bf5
$18) 37... Kg7 38. Nxg6 Qxg6 39. Bc4 (39. Qd4 {seems even better} Kg8 $18)
39... Qf5 (39... Nh7 40. Bf1 $18) 40. Qd4 Kg8 41. Rc5 {Threatening mate: Rxf5}
Qg6 42. a4 (42. Qd6 {might be the shorter path} Qh6 $18) 42... Qh6 (42... Ng4 {
doesn't do any good} 43. Qd7 $18) 43. Qe5 (43. Qe5 Rd8 44. Bb3 $18) (43. Rf5
$142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kg7 44. Rf4 Qg5 45. Rxe4 Qg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Tanti, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 {Vienna Game} Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6
7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qf6 (8... Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 h6 (
12... f4 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 Ne8 15. c3 Nf6 16. Qh3 Nf5 17. Bd2 h5 18. O-O-O
Ng4 19. Rf1 Bh6 20. Kb1 Bxa8 21. Bd1 Qd6 22. d4 Nf6 23. Nf3 e4 24. Ne5 Rf8 25.
Nxg6 e3 26. f3 Ne4 27. fxe4 Bxe4+ 28. Ka1 Qxg6 29. Be1 e2 30. Bxe2 Ne3 31. b3
Bxg2 32. Qh2 Qc2 {0-1 Smolovic,M-Lengyel,B/Budapest FS11 IM-B 1994/EXP 45}) 13.
Nxb6 axb6 14. Qf3 Bg7 15. Qh3 e4 16. Ne2 exd3 17. cxd3 Re8 18. Bd1 f4 19. Bxf4
Nf5 20. O-O Nxh4 21. Nc3 Nd4 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. dxe4 g5 24. Bg3 Qxe4 25. Rc1 Re6
26. Bg4 Nhf5 27. Bc7+ Ke7 28. Bxb6 h5 29. Bxh5 Qf4 30. Qa3+ Nd6 31. Rce1 Be5
32. g3 Qd2 33. Qa8 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Parker,J/London Lloyds 1994/EXP 43}) 9.
Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Bh6 $2 $146 (10... b5 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Qc5 Bb7 13. Qxa7 Bxg2
14. h4 h6 15. Rh2 Nf3+ 16. Nxf3 Bxf3 17. Rh3 Bc6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. O-O-O {
1-0 Capel,H-Cutter,P/Guernsey op 1989/TD 89\14}) (10... b6 11. Nxb6 (11. h4 h6
12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qh3 Bxa8 14. d3 Bg7 15. Bd2 g5 16. Qg3 f4 17. Qg4 Nd4 18. c3
Ne6 19. hxg5 Nxg5 20. Nh3 Ngf7 21. Ng1 h5 22. Rxh5 Rxh5 23. Qxh5 Bxg2 24. f3
Qg5 25. Bxf7 Qg3+ 26. Kd1 Bf1 27. Kc2 Qxg1 28. Rxf1 Qxf1 29. Qg5+ Kc7 30. Qxg7
Nxf7 31. Qxf7 Qxf3 32. Qc4+ Kd6 33. Qe4 Qh5 34. d4 {
1-0 Morvay,M-Borsavolgyi,T/HUN-chT 1992/TD 92\10}) 11... axb6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13.
Ne2 Bg7 14. Qh3 f4 15. d3 h5 16. Bd2 g5 17. f3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. O-O-O Nf5
20. Ba4 Bd5 21. Rhe1 Qg6 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Rh4 24. Qg2 Qh5 25. Re4 {
Gdanski,J-Raetsky,A/Biel op 1994/TD 94\02/0-1 (47)}) (10... b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12.
Nxb6 axb6 $18) 11. d3 (11. d4 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 exd4 13. Ne2 $18) 11... Bxc1 12.
Rxc1 Re8 $2 {Black plans e4} (12... b6 13. Nxb6 axb6 $18) 13. Ne2 (13. Ba4 b6
14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Qxc6 Re7 16. Nxb6 Bb7 $18) 13... b6 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. Qh3 (15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. Qh3 Nd4 $18) 15... e4 16. O-O (16. Nxb6 exd3 17. Qxd3 Nd4 18.
Nxd7 Qe7 $16) 16... exd3 17. Qxd3 Rxe2 $2 (17... Ne5 $142 18. Qd4 Bxa8 $18) 18.
Qxe2 Nd4 19. Qe3 (19. Qd2 $142 {ends the debate} Ne4 20. Qd1 $18) 19... Nf3+ $4
{the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (19... f4 $142
20. Qh3 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 f3 $18) 20. gxf3 f4 21. Qc3 {Threatening mate... how?}
Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qh5 (22... Bxa8 {there is nothing better in the position} 23. Rcd1
Qc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Rxd6 Bxf3+ 26. Kg1 Kc7 $18) 23. Qc7+ $18 (23. Qf6+ Kc8
24. Qf8+ Ne8 25. Qxe8#) 23... Ke8 {The mate threat is Qxf3} 24. Rce1+ (24. Qxd6
$4 {White's fate is sealed if he captures the knight} Qxf3+ 25. Kg1 Qg2#) 24...
Ne4 25. Qb8+ (25. Qxb7 $6 {is easily refuted} Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+
28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) (25. fxe4 $6 {succumbs to} Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27.
Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 25... Ke7 26. Qxf4 (26. Qxf4 Bxa8 27.
fxe4 $18) (26. Rg1 {might be the shorter path} Qxf3+ 27. Rg2 Bc6 28. Qe5+ Kd8
29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Kd6 31. Qd4+ Ke7 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nothdurft, John"]
[Black "Errington, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 f5 {Dutch Defence} 2. h3 (2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4
d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. d5 a5 (8... Na6 9. Rb1 c5 (9... c6 10. b3 Nc7 11. Bb2 h6 12.
Qd2 c5 13. a4 Bd7 14. Rbe1 Qf7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nh7 17. Re3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2
Qg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Nxd6 exd6 {
0-1 Timoshchenko,G-Bareev,E/URS-FL Irkutsk 1986/TD 86\01}) 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4
Bd7 12. a3 Nc7 (12... Qf7 13. c5 d5 14. b5 Nc7 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bf4 Nfe8 17.
Ng5 Qf6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Ne6 {
1-0 Cvitan,O-Van Heste,J/Graz op 1987/TD 87\05}) 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. b5 Ne6 15. a4
Rb8 16. Qc2 f4 17. Ba3 g5 18. Rbd1 Qc8 19. Qa2 Kh8 20. Bc1 a6 21. bxc6 Bxc6 22.
Nd5 Qe8 23. a5 Nd7 24. Rd2 g4 25. Nh4 Ne5 26. Re1 Qf7 27. e4 fxe3 28. Rxe3 Ng5
29. Rd1 e6 30. Nf4 Bxg2 31. Nhxg2 Qc7 32. Ba3 Qxc4 33. Qe2 Qxe2 34. Rxe2 Nc4
35. Bc1 e5 36. Nd5 {0-1 Damljanovic,B-Bareev,E/Sochi 1988/TD 88\01}) 9. Nd4 Na6
10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 g5 12. e3 Qg6 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Rad1 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Na4
c5 17. Nb5 Rb8 18. Qd2 Qh5 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Nxd6 Rc6 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxc6 Nb4
23. Bf3 g4 24. Bg2 {1-0 Wells,P-Illner,A/Budapest FS04 GM 1995/EXP 46}) 2... d5
3. c4 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c4 (4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Be6 7. Be2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9.
Nbd2 Nbd7 10. c4 Ne4 11. c5 Qd8 12. b4 h6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nb3 g5
16. Bh2 Nf6 17. Qd1 Qd7 18. Be5 Rf7 {
Van Wissen,M-Jorgensen,M/Copenhagen op 1995/EXP 47/0-1 (40)}) 4... e6 5. Bf4
Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Qxd2 e5 12.
dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Qc2 Be6 16. e4 Qd7 17. Rad1 Qf7 18.
exf5 Bxa2 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Qc3 c6 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Ra1 Kf8 23. Qa5 Bd5 24.
Qxa7 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qd5+ 26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27. Kg2 Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Qd6+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+ {
1/2-1/2 Certek,P-Polasek,J/CSR-chT 1992/TD 92\10}) 3... Nf6 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Nc6
$146 (5... c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ne5
Nxe5 12. Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Jehnichen,G-Sauer,B/VLSBaden 1992/GER 04}) 6. Nc3 Ne4 7.
a3 {Covers b4} Be7 8. Nb5 {White launches an attack} Nd6 9. Nf3 a6 10. cxd5
exd5 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Bd3 g5 (12... O-O 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Qb3 $14) 13. Bxe4 {
White threatens strongly Nxg5} dxe4 $16 {Black wins space} (13... fxe4 14. Nxg5
O-O $16) 14. Nxg5 $1 {White stays in the lead} h5 15. h4 Rg8 $4 {
terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (15... Bf6 $142 $18)
16. Qxh5+ Kd7 17. Qf7 (17. Nd5 $142 {and White has prevailed} Qf8 18. Nh7 Qg7
19. Nxc7 Qxg2 $18) 17... Qf8 18. Qxf8 (18. Qc4 $5 {and White can already relax}
Bxg5 19. hxg5 Ne7 20. Qxc7+ Ke8 $18) 18... Bxf8 (18... Rxf8 {
does not win a prize} 19. Rc1 $18) 19. Nd5 Rg7 (19... Be7 {does not help much}
20. Rc1 $18) 20. Nxc7 Bd6 (20... Ra7 $18 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable}) 21. Nxa8 (21. Nxa8 Bxf4 22. exf4 $18)
1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Srdic, Goran"]
[Black "Koodrin, Zina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[BlackElo "1008"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 {Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defence.} 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3
(5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 (6. Re1 c6 7. Bc4 d6 8. d3 Ne7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Qh5 d5 11. Bb3
a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Nf3 f6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. h3 Kh8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. g4 g5 18.
Nxg5 fxg5 19. Bxg5 Ng6 20. f4 Bd6 21. f5 Bxf5 22. Bxd5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 {
0-1 Kristiansen,J-Malaniuk,V/Kecskemet 1989/TD 89\11}) 6... c6 7. Bc4 (7. Ba4
Ne7 8. f4 d5 9. f5 f6 (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 O-O 11. Bb3 Bd6 12. Qh5 d3 13. cxd3
Be5 14. Rf3 Qd4+ 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Rh3 h6 17. Bxh6 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qf2 19. Nc3 g6
20. fxg6 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Qf6 22. Be3 {
1-0 Spassky,B-Barua,D/New York op 1987/CBM 02}) 10. Qh5+ Kf8 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. c3
Be8 13. Qh4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qb6 15. Bb3 Bf7 16. Nd2 dxc3 17. bxc3 Qa6 18. Re1 Re8
19. Bxf7 Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kf8 21. Nb3 Qc4 22. Bf4 Ba3 23. Nd4 Qf7 24. Ne6+ Kg8 25.
Qd1 Ng6 26. Nd8 {1-0 Kindermann,S-Tatai,S/Budapest Noviki-A 1987/CBM 05}) 7...
d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 Bb4 13. Qf3 Ra6 14.
Qf4 Rf6 15. Qxd4 b6 16. Rf1 Bc5 17. Qe5 Bg4 18. c3 Re6 19. Qg5 Rg6 20. Qf4 Bh3
21. g3 Rf6 22. Qh4 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 Bxf2+ 24. Kg2 h6 25. d4 Nf5 26. Qg4 Re8 27.
Bf4 Ne3+ 28. Nxe3 Bxe3 29. Be5 Rf2+ 30. Kh1 f6 31. Re1 fxe5 32. Rxe3 Rxb2 33.
c4 exd4 {0-1 Anand,V-Tseshkovsky,V/Calcutta 1986/TD 86\01}) 5... c6 6. Ba4 (6.
Bc4 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ (8. Qe2+ Ne7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. O-O
O-O-O 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nb3 Bd6 14. Bd2 h6 15. Rfe1 g5 16. c3 g4 17. cxd4 Rdg8
18. Rac1 Qc7 19. g3 h5 20. Na5 h4 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 {
Bauer,A-Friedl,S/2.BLS9697 Regensburg-Marbach 1997/BL2-S/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 8...
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O Bc5 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 a5 15.
Qh5+ g6 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Rfe1 Nf5 18. a4 Nh4 19. Qg3 Nf5 20. Qg4 Kg7 21. Nc1
Rac8 22. c3 Rf7 23. Qh3 h5 24. Ne2 g5 25. Ng3 Nxg3 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. hxg3 Kf7
28. Kf1 Rh8 29. cxd4 Bxd4 30. Bxa5 Bxb2 31. Rab1 Bd4 32. Rb5 h4 33. gxh4 Rxh4
34. Reb1 Re7 35. Kg1 Rf4 36. Bb6 Bxb6 37. Rxb6 Rxa4 38. Rxb7 Ra3 39. d4 Rd3 40.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Rb4 Rc3 42. g4 Rc4 43. Rxc4 dxc4 44. Kf1 Ke6 45. Ke2 Kd5 46. Ke3
c3 {1/2-1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Salov,V/Rotterdam WCup 1989/CBM 13}) 6... Qa5+ $146 (
6... Nf6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxg5 9. g3 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Bb4 11. Qf3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
O-O 13. Bb3 d5 14. h4 Qe5 15. O-O Bg4 16. Qe3 Qxc3 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. e5 Bf5 19.
Rad1 d4 20. Qf4 Bxd3 21. Qg5 Ne4 22. Qf4 Re7 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rae8 25.
Rxd4 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Kf8 27. Qd6+ Re7 28. Re4 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Qd8+ {
1-0 Pino,A-Fernandez,P/ESP-chW 1992/TD 93\02}) 7. c3 {Consolidates b4} Bd6 $14
(7... d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. O-O $11) 8. O-O dxc3 9. Nxc3 Qb6 (9... b5 10. Bc2 $11)
10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 b6 {Secures c5} 12. e5 {White gets more space} Bb4 13. Ne4
d5 {Black is behind in development.} 14. exd6 {A strong pawn} Bxd6 {
White creates threats along the open e-file} 15. Bd4 f6 {Controls e5+g5} (15...
Bxf4 $4 {Black will not be able to digest the pawn} 16. Bxg7 $1 {
the knock-out blow} Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 $18) 16. Re1 Ne7 (16... Bxf4 $4 {
the pawn is indigestible} 17. Nxf6+ $1 {finishing the game} Kf7 18. Bb3+ Be6
19. Bxe6+ Kf8 20. Nd7+ Ke7 21. Qg4 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 $18) 17. Qh5+ (17. Nxd6+ $6
Qxd6 18. Bf2 O-O $11 (18... Qxf4 $4 {Black will choke on that pawn} 19. Bxc6+
Bd7 20. Bxa8 $18)) 17... Kf8 $4 $18 {another step towards the grave} (17... Kd8
$142 18. Qf7 Ng6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 $14) 18. Bb3 $1 {
surprise!. Do you see the mate threat?} (18. Nxd6 $6 {is the weaker alternative
} Qxd6 19. Bf2 Be6 $11 (19... Qxd3 $4 {taking the pawn will bring Black grief}
20. Rad1 Bg4 21. Qxg4 $18 (21. Rxd3 $6 {is much weaker} Bxh5 22. Rd7 Ng8 $14))
(19... Qxf4 $2 {fails to} 20. Rxe7 Kxe7 21. Re1+ Be6 22. Bb3 $18)) 18... Nf5 (
18... Ng6 19. Nxf6 $1 {doomsday} gxf6 20. Qh6+ Qg7 21. Re8+ Kxe8 22. Qxg7 Rf8
23. Re1+ Ne7 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxf6 Kd7 $18) 19. Nxd6 $16 (19. Nxf6 $142 {
secures the point} Be6 20. Rxe6 $18) 19... Nxd6 20. Re2 $11 (20. Rac1 h6 21.
Be5 fxe5 22. fxe5 $18) 20... Bf5 21. Rae1 Bg6 $14 (21... Bxd3 22. Re6 Bg6 23.
Qh4 $18) 22. Qf3 Rd8 23. Bf2 Bf7 $16 (23... Nf5 $5 $14) 24. Bxf7 Nxf7 25. b4
Nd6 $18 (25... h6 26. Rc2 $16) 26. a4 Nc8 (26... Qd7 27. Re6 $18) 27. Rc2 $16 (
27. Re6 $5 $18) 27... Ne7 28. a5 $14 (28. b5 c5 $16) 28... Kf7 $16 (28... Nd5
29. Rc4 Qd7 30. f5 $16) 29. axb6 axb6 30. b5 c5 31. d4 Rhe8 $18 (31... c4 $142
$5 $16) 32. dxc5 bxc5 (32... Kf8 33. f5 $18) 33. Rxc5 (33. Bxc5 $142 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} Nf5 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Qd5+ Kg6 $18) 33... Qa5
34. Qb7 (34. Qb3+ Kf8 35. b6 Qd2 $18) 34... Kf8 35. g4 (35. b6 Qd2 $18) 35...
Qd2 $2 $18 (35... Ng6 $142 $5 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $16) 36. Rc7 Qb4 37. b6 (37. Qa7
Qxf4 38. Rcxe7 Qxg4+ 39. Bg3 Rb8 40. Rxe8+ Rxe8 41. Qc5+ Kf7 42. Qd5+ Kg6 43.
Rxe8 Qb4 44. Qd3+ Kh6 $18) 37... Qxf4 $4 {
Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (37... g5 $142 $18) 38. Rcxe7 {
Threatening mate... how?} (38. Rexe7 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Qxg4+ 40. Bg3 Rd2+ 41. Kf1
Rd1+ 42. Be1 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Qg4+ 44. Bg3 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 Rd1+ 46. Kg2 $11) 38...
Qxg4+ 39. Kh1 {Do you see the mate threat?} Qf3+ 40. Qxf3 (40. Qxf3 Rxe7 41.
Bc5 Kg8 42. Bxe7 Re8 43. Qc6 Rb8 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Bd8 h6 46. Re8+ Kh7 47. Qf5+
g6 48. Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1247"]
[BlackElo "1323"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 {Benoni Defence.} (2... e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6
6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 Nh5 (
12... g5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 h6 (14... Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. f4 gxf4 17.
Bxf4 Bh5 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Qf2 a6 20. Qg3+ Bg6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 {
0-1 Ikonnikov,V-Kutuzovic,B/Pula op 1990/TD 90\01}) 15. Bd2 a6 16. Be2 Qe7 17.
Rae1 Qe5 18. Kh1 Qd4 19. f3 Nh5 20. Nb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Qe5 22. Bc3 Qe7 23. Bxe8
Qxe8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. b4 cxb4 26. Qb2+ Qe5 27. Qxb4 Nf4 28. Rd1 b6 29. Rf2 Nd3
30. Qxb6 Nxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxa4 32. Kg1 Ra1 33. Qe1 Ra2 34. Qg3 Qb2 35. h4 Ra1 {
0-1 Gligoric,S-Fischer,R/Palma de Mallorca izt 1970/IZT}) (12... Nfg4 13. h3
Nh6 14. f4 Nd7 15. Nf3 f5 16. Ng5 Nf8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bc4 Nf7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20.
Nb5 e4 21. Be3 b6 22. Nc7 Bb7 23. d6+ Ne6 24. Rad1 Qd7 25. b4 Rac8 26. bxc5
bxc5 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Bxe6+ Qxe6 29. d7 Rd8 30. Qxc5 {
1-0 Farago,I-Lyrberg,P/Budapest ExpFS FebGM 1993/EXP 36}) 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Nd1
Qh4 15. Ra3 Bd7 16. h3 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Re1 f5 19. Ne3 f4 20. Nf5 Qf6 21.
Nxg7 Qxg7 22. Nf3 Rf8 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rf3 Rf7 25. Bd2 Re8 26. Qc1 Ref8 27.
Bc3 Qe7 28. g3 Qg5 29. Kh1 Re8 30. gxf4 Qh4 31. f5 Rxe4 32. Rg3+ Kf8 33. Qh6+
Ke7 34. Rge3 Bd3 35. Kg1 Rxf5 36. Qxh7+ Kd8 37. Ba5+ {
1-0 Dlugy,M-Wedberg,T/New York op 1988/CBM 08}) 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e6 $146 (4...
Bf5 5. f3 (5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. f3 Bg6 8. e4 Qb6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bf4 Nd7
11. Ne2 Bh7 12. Nc3 g5 13. Bg3 Bg7 14. Bf2 Ne5 15. Be2 Qb4 16. Nb5 Qxd2+ 17.
Kxd2 Kd7 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nc3 Rab8 {
Atakisi,U-Nawaf,F/WchJM-U14 Szeged 1994/TD 94\01/1-0 (41)}) 5... g6 6. e4 Bd7
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bb1 a5 12. Qd2 a4 13. a3 Na6
14. Bh6 Qa5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bd3 Nc7 17. f4 b5 18. e5 Ng8 19. Rf2 {
Bruegge,B-Suchaja,N/Dresden op 1993/TD 93\06/0-1 (37)}) 5. g3 exd5 6. Nxd5 $11
{Menacing} (6. cxd5 Be7 $14) 6... Nxd5 7. Qxd5 $11 (7. cxd5 Be7 $11) 7... Be7
8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Qe4 Rb8 11. Bd2 Bf6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bc3 (13. h4 Nd4
14. Nxd4 cxd4 $11) 13... Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qe7 15. O-O Bg4 16. e3 {
Prevents intrusion on d4} Bxf3 $14 (16... b5 17. cxb5 Rxb5 18. Nd2 $11) 17.
Bxf3 Ne5 18. Bg2 b5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. b3 {Controls c4} Rbb8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22.
Bd5 Nd7 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Bf3 {Attacking the backward pawn on d6} Rb6 25. Rac1
Nd7 26. Qe4 Qf6 27. Bg2 Qe5 $2 $18 (27... a6 $142 $14 {
and Black is still in the game}) 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 (28... dxe5 $4 29. Rxc5 $1 {
better than holding on to the material} Kf8 30. Rc7 $18) 29. Rxc5 $1 {
White should return some of the goodies he has collected} Ra6 $4 {
Black falls apart} (29... Rdb8 30. Rc7 a6 $18) 30. Rxe5 (30. Rxe5 Kf8 31. Rb5
$18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Errington, Luke"]
[Black "Stefan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1461"]
[BlackElo "1281"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 {Sicilian Defence, Morra Gambit.} Nc6 5.
Nf3 g6 (5... d6 6. Bc4 e6 (6... Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bf4 Qa5 9. exd6 Qc5 10. Qe2
Nxf2 11. Be3 Qxd6 12. Bxf2 Bg4 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Ng5+ Ke8 15. Qxg4 Ne5 16.
Qa4+ Nc6 17. O-O a6 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Nf7 {1-0 Wisnewski,C-Bremer,M/DLM 1996})
7. O-O Nf6 (7... Be7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Nd5 exd5
13. Rac1 d4 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxd4 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. Nxc6 Rh6 19.
e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Re6 21. Qxh5 Rxe5 22. Qh8 Re4 23. Qxg8+ Bf8 24. Qxg5 Rc8 25.
Na7 {1-0 Morvay,M-Arutyunyan,A/Budapest Spring op 1991/TD 91\05}) 8. Qe2 Bd7 9.
Rd1 Qb8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rac1 a6 12. a3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nb5
axb5 16. Bxb5 Bc6 17. Rxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6+ Kf8 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Qf3 Ke7 21. Qc3
Rc8 22. Qd2 Kf8 23. Qe3 Rc4 24. Re1 Qc6 25. g3 Bd8 26. Kg2 Bb6 {
0-1 Hedke,F-Rabiega,R/BL2-N 1990/BL2}) 6. h4 $17 (6. Bc4 e6 (6... d6 7. e5 e6
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Ngxe7 10. exd6 Nf5 11. Ne4 Nh4 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 O-O
14. d7 Ne5 15. Qc3 Nxd7 16. Rad1 e5 17. f4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Nd6 Ng4 20.
Nxf7 Be6 21. Ng5 {Lochte,T-Genov,P/Berliner Sommer 1996/EXP 54/0-1 (54)}) (6...
h6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Nb5 d6 10. e5 Nh5 11. exd6 Nxf4 12. Nc7+ Kf8 13.
Re1 Be6 14. Bxe6 exd6 15. Nxa8 Nxe6 16. Qd5 Qd7 17. Nh4 Ke7 18. Nxg6+ fxg6 19.
Nc7 Ncd8 20. Rac1 Be5 21. Nxe6 {
Dettler,T-Schuetz,K/OLWuert 1993/GER 03/1-0 (36)}) 7. e5 (7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb5
Nge7 9. Nd6+ Kf8 10. Ng5 Ne5 11. Ndxf7 Nxf7 12. Qf3 Qe8 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Bf4
Nxg5 15. Bxg5+ Qf7 16. Qa3+ Kg8 17. f4 h6 18. Bh4 Qxf4 19. Bg3 Qxe4 20. Bd3 Qb4
{0-1 Jackson,R-Hj Matnor,H/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02}) 7... Bh6 8. O-O Bxc1 9.
Qxc1 Nge7 10. Ne4 Nf5 11. Nf6+ Ke7 12. Ne4 Kf8 13. g4 Ng7 14. Qf4 h6 15. h4 Ne8
16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bd3 Kg7 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. exd6 Qf6 20. Qe4 b6 21. Qe3 Qxb2 22.
Kg2 Bb7 23. Be4 Qf6 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Qd8 26. Rh1 f5 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxh8
Qxh8 29. Rh1 Bxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Qe8 31. Qh3 e5 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qf6+ {
1-0 Schuetz,R-Kirchhoff,H/Dortmund op 1987/TD 87\03}) (6. Qa4 Bg7 $15) 6... Bg7
7. h5 d6 {Controls e5} 8. Bc4 gxh5 {Black gets strong initiative} 9. Bxf7+ (9.
Rxh5 Nf6 10. Rg5 Rg8 $17) 9... Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Kf8 11. Qxh5 {
Threatening mate: Qf7} Ne5 $1 {a beautiful, forced end to the game} 12. Nxh7+
Rxh7 13. Qxh7 Nf6 $17 (13... Qb6 14. O-O $19) 14. Qh4 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxc1+ 16.
Raxc1 Qb6 17. Rc2 Be6 18. Qf4 (18. b3 Qa6+ 19. Kd2 Rc8 $17) 18... Bxa2 19. Rh3
(19. Nxa2 Qa6+ 20. Ke1 Qxa2 $19) 19... Rc8 20. Rg3 (20. Kf1 Be6 21. Rh4 Kg8 $19
) 20... Qb3 (20... Bb1 21. Rd2 Qa6+ 22. Ke1 $17) 21. Rd2 Qc4+ 22. Ke1 b5 $4 $11
{releasing the pressure on the opponent} (22... Rc5 $142 {
with excellent chances for Black} 23. Nxa2 Qxa2 24. Rxd6 Kf7 $19 (24... Qxb2 {
is much worse} 25. Rxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qb8+ Kf7 27. Rf3 $16)) 23. Qg5 Ne8 $14 (23...
Qf7 $5 {is worth looking at} 24. Qxg7+ Qxg7 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Nxa2 a5 $11) 24.
Nxa2 Qxa2 $4 $18 {allows the opponent back into the game} (24... Rc5 $142 {
the only rescuing move} 25. Qf4+ Nf6 $11) 25. Qf5+ Bf6 26. Qxc8 Qb1+ 27. Ke2
Qxe4+ 28. Kd1 Qa4+ 29. Qc2 Qh4 30. Qb3 {Threatening mate... how?} Qh5+ 31. Kc2
(31. Kc1 {keeps an even firmer grip} Bg7 $18) 31... Qc5+ (31... Qf5+ 32. Qd3
Qe5 33. Kb1 $18) 32. Kb1 {Do you see the mate threat?} Bg5 (32... Qf5+ 33. Rc2
Ng7 $18) 33. Rd5 (33. f4 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qf5+ 34. Rdd3 Qf7 35.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rxg5 a6 $18) 33... Qc1+ 34. Ka2 Bf6 (34... Qf1 $18 {
is the last straw}) 35. Rg8+ $1 {hanging on to the material is worse} Kxg8 36.
Rg5+ Kh7 (36... Kh8 {does not improve anything} 37. Qg8#) 37. Qh3# 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan"]
[Black "Errington, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1461"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. c4 c6
9. Nbd2 Na6 {Dutch Defence, Leningrad Variation.} 10. Qc2 (10. Re1 d5 11. Ne5
Be6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Nd3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nb6 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. e3 g5 17. Rac1 Qf7 18.
a3 Qg6 19. f4 g4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. Bc3 Rd7 23. Ba5 Nc7 24. Rb1 Nca8
{Stohl,I-Kontic,D/Vrnjacka Banja 1989/CBM 13/1-0 (39)}) (10. Qb1 h6 11. e4 fxe4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf5 14. Qe2 Qf7 15. Nh4 Rae8 16. f4 Bf6 17. Nxf5 gxf5
18. Bf3 Qg7 19. Bh5 Rd8 20. Rad1 Nc7 21. Rfe1 d5 22. c5 b6 23. Rd2 Rd7 24. Bf3
bxc5 25. dxc5 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Qd4+ 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Na6 29. Rc2 Rf6 30. a3
Rb7 31. b4 e6 32. Be2 Nc7 33. Ke3 a5 34. Rb2 axb4 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. axb4 Rf8
37. Ra1 Rb8 38. Ra4 Rb7 39. Kd4 Kf7 40. Ke5 Ke7 41. h3 Ne8 42. g4 Nf6 43. gxf5
Nd7+ 44. Kd4 exf5 45. Bd3 Kf6 46. b5 cxb5 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. c6 Rb6 49. c7 {
1-0 Sinkovics,P-Moor,R/Biel Credis 1995/EXP 48}) 10... Nc7 $146 (10... Bd7 11.
a3 Nc7 12. Rae1 h6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Qf7 {
1/2-1/2 Schmitz,J-Richter,R/NRW-I 1991/TD 91\01}) (10... Kh8 11. Rae1 d5 12.
Ne5 Be6 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. Nd3 Rc8 15. Nfe5 Bg8 16. e3 Nb8 17. f3 Nf6 18. e4 fxe4
19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxf8 Qxf8 21. Nf4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 e6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Rd8
25. Rf1 Qf5 26. Qe2 Na6 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Qh5 Nc5 30. Qh6 Re8 31.
Ba3 {1-0 Gruenberg,H-Mack,P/BL9091 1991/BL 90}) (10... h6 11. Rae1 g5 12. a3
Qh5 13. e3 Nc7 14. b4 Bd7 15. Nb3 Rf7 16. Qd1 Ne4 17. Nfd2 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Nxd2
19. Rxd2 f4 20. exf4 gxf4 21. Re1 Raf8 22. gxf4 Bf6 23. d5 Rg7 24. Bxf6 Rxf6
25. Re3 Rxf4 26. Na5 cxd5 27. cxd5 b6 28. Nb3 Nb5 29. Nc1 Nd4 30. Ne2 Nxe2+ 31.
Rdxe2 Bg4 32. f3 Bxf3 33. Rf2 Rxg2+ 34. Rxg2+ Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Kf7 36. Rc3 Rd4 37.
Rc7 a5 38. b5 Rxd5 39. a4 Rd4 40. Rb7 Rxa4 41. Rxb6 Rb4 {
0-1 Archangelsky,M-Anic,D/Paris-ch 1993/TD 93\04}) 11. Rfe1 h6 {
Prevents intrusion on g5} 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 {White fights for the Initiative
} Bf5 $14 (13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Be6 15. Nh4 $11) 14. Nh4 Qd7 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16.
Nxf5 gxf5 17. d5 {White gets more space} Rg6 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Qd2 {
The white queen on d2 is not without poison} Kh7 20. Bh3 Rf8 21. Re4 $14 (21.
b4 Qe8 $16) 21... Qe8 22. Rh4 Qg6 23. Re1 Rgf7 (23... cxd5 24. cxd5 Rf6 25. Bg2
$16) 24. Bf1 (24. Bg2 cxd5 25. cxd5 Rd8 $16) 24... Kg7 $18 (24... a6 $142 $5
$16) 25. Be2 Qg5 26. f4 Qf6 27. Bh5 Na6 $2 (27... cxd5 28. cxd5 Nb5 $18) 28.
Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Re6 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 Nc5 31. Rexh6 Ne4 32. Qe2 cxd5 (32... Nf6 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Rh8 $18) 33. Rh7+ (33.
Rg6+ {might be the shorter path} Kf8 34. cxd5 Ke8 $18) 33... Kg8 34. Rxf7 Kxf7
35. cxd5 Kg7 (35... Qg7 $18) 36. Rh5 Qf6 37. g4 e6 (37... Qd4 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 38. Rxf5 b5 39. h4 $18 (39. Qxb5 $6 Qf2+ 40.
Kh3 Qf3+ 41. Kh4 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf3+ 43. Kh4 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 $11)) 38. dxe6 Qxe6 39.
Rxf5 d5 (39... Nc5 {does not help much} 40. Qb2+ Kg8 41. Rg5+ Kf7 42. Qc2 Qe4+
43. Qxe4 Nxe4 44. Rf5+ Kg8 45. h4 $18) 40. Qd3 (40. Qb2+ $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Kg8 41. Qd4 a6 $18) 40... Nf6 (40... Qb6 {
does not improve anything} 41. Qc2 (41. Qxd5 $6 {is a useless try} Qf2+ 42. Kh3
Qf3+ 43. Kh4 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qf3+ 45. Kh4 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 $11) 41... Qd8 42. Qb2+ Kg6
43. Rh5 $18) 41. h3 Qc6 42. Kg3 (42. Qd4 $5 {seems even better} a5 $18) 42...
Ne4+ (42... Qc1 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 43. Qd4 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+
45. Qf2 $18) 43. Kf3 Nf6 (43... a6 {doesn't do any good} 44. Qxd5 (44. Rxd5 $6
Nf6 $16) 44... Qxd5 45. Rxd5 $18) 44. Qd4 Qc1 (44... Qe6 {
there is nothing better in the position} 45. Rxf6 Qxf6 $18) 45. Rxf6 $18 (45.
Qxf6+ Kh7 46. Qf7+ Kh8 47. Rh5#) 45... Qh1+ (45... Qf1+ {
the last chance for counterplay} 46. Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Qf2 Qe4+ 49. Qf3
Qc2+ 50. Kg3 Kxf6 51. Qxd5 Qc3+ 52. Qf3 Qe1+ 53. Qf2 Qc3+ 54. Kh4 Kf7 $18) 46.
Kg3 (46. Kf2 $142 {and White has it in the bag} Qh2+ 47. Ke1 Qh1+ 48. Kd2 Qg2+
49. Kc1 Qf1+ 50. Kb2 Qe2+ 51. Ka3 $18) 46... Qe1+ 47. Kg2 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Qe2+ 48. Qf2 $1 {
a brilliant end. Threatening mate: Qxe2} Qe4+ 49. Kh2 (49. Qf3 $142 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} Qc2+ 50. Kg3 Kxf6 51. Qxd5 Qc3+ 52. Qf3 Qe1+
53. Qf2 Qc3+ 54. Kh4 Kf7 $18) 49... d4 (49... Kxf6 50. Kg3 d4 $18) 50. Rd6 d3
51. Qd2 (51. Qb2+ $142 {and White wins} Kg8 52. Rd8+ Kf7 $18) 51... Qe2+ 52.
Qxe2 {The mate threat is Qe7} dxe2 53. Re6 e1=Q (53... a6 $18 {
is still a small chance}) 54. Rxe1 (54. Rxe1 Kf7 55. g5 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Hansen, Ernst"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 {Dutch Defence, Leningrad Variation.} 9. Nd4 (9. Rb1 Bd7 10. b4 c6 11. dxc6
bxc6 (11... Bxc6 12. b5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxb7
Rxc4 17. Bc6 Qf7 18. Nd5 Rc5 19. Nb4 Ne4 20. Na6 Nc3 21. Qd3 Nxb1 22. Nxc5 Nc3
23. Nd7 Rd8 24. a4 Qe6 25. a5 Rxd7 26. Rc1 Qa2 27. Rxc3 Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29.
Qd5+ Kf8 30. Bxd7 Qc7 31. Be6 Bc3 32. Bg8 e5 33. e4 fxe4 34. Bxh7 Qxh7 35. Qa8+
Kg7 36. Qxa7+ {time 1-0 Horvath,C-Soffer,R/Budapest FS04 GM 1994/EXP 42}) 12.
a3 (12. b5 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. a4 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bb2 a6 17. Nd2 d5
18. Nf3 axb5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Qxd5+ e6 21. Qb3 Bxe2 22. Bxg7 Bxf1 23. Bxf8
Bxg2 24. Bd6 {1-0 Schwartzman,G-Galdunts,S/Metz op 1994/TD 94\02}) 12... Nc7
13. Bb2 Ne6 14. Na4 c5 15. b5 f4 16. Nc3 g5 17. Nd5 Rb8 18. Bh3 h6 19. Qd3 Kh8
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. a4 fxg3 22. hxg3 Qf7 23. a5 h5 24. Bg2 g4 25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26.
Nh4 Kg7 27. a6 Nd4 28. e3 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 gxf3 30. Qe4 Rb6 31. Rfd1 Be6 32. Rd5
Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Kh6 34. Rd1 Rf7 35. Qe4 e6 36. Kh2 Rg7 37. Rd2 Rg4 38. Qd3 Rxh4+
39. gxh4 Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 Qg4+ 41. Kf1 d5 42. Rc2 dxc4 43. Qxc4 Rd6 {
0-1 Antunes,A-Gurevich,M/EUCup Gr2 Strasbourg 1994/EXP 43}) 9... Bd7 10. b3 c5
11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Ba3 $146 (12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Ba3 Nb4 14. Bxb4 Rxb4 15. Ndb5 cxb5
16. a3 Rxc4 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd5 Ne4 19. Qc2 e6 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Nc7 Qc8 22.
Qxc4 Rf5 23. Qxe4 Qxc7 24. Rfc1 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Rb8+ Bf8 {
Seul,G-Galdunts,S/Dortmund op-A 1992/TD 92\03/0-1 (39)}) (12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Rb1
a5 14. e3 Rb8 15. Qc2 e5 16. Nde2 g5 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20.
Qd2 Bf8 21. Na4 h5 22. Qxa5 f4 23. exf4 exf4 24. Re1 Ng4 25. Nxf4 Qf6 26. Qc3
gxf4 {Hausrath,H-Hetey,L/Dortmund op 1995/EXP 48/0-1 (40)}) 12... Rc8 13. Rc1
Nc7 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. Bb2 f4 18. Ne4 $15 (18. gxf4 Bh3
19. Bxh3 Qxh3 $14) 18... Bh3 $11 (18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 $11) 19.
Nxf6+ $15 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. gxf4 Bg7 $11) 19... Bxf6 20. Bxf6
Rxf6 21. Rc3 Rcf8 22. Rf1 (22. Bh1 Bg4 $11) 22... Qf5 23. e4 Qh5 24. f3 {
Covers g4} g5 $11 (24... Qc5+ 25. Rf2 fxg3 26. hxg3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 $11) 25. g4
Qh6 26. Rd1 Bxg2 27. Qxg2 Qg7 28. c5 Re6 29. Qc2 Rd8 30. Rcd3 Qe5 31. Qc4 Kf8
32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4 h5 $16 (33... Kf7 34. Kf1 $11) 34. gxh5 Kg7 35. Ra4 Rd7
36. Ra6 Rc7 37. Ra5 Kh6 38. h4 gxh4 39. Kg2 dxc5 $16 (39... d5 $142 $5 {
is interesting} 40. exd5 Re2+ 41. Kh3 e5 $11) 40. Rxc5 Rd6 (40... Rb7 41. Kh3
$18) 41. Rxd6+ exd6 42. Rf5 Rg7+ (42... Rd7 43. Kh3 d5 44. Kxh4 $18 (44. Rxf4
$6 d4 45. Rf6+ Kxh5 46. Rxc6 d3 $15)) 43. Kh2 $4 $11 {
a transit from better to worse} (43. Kh3 $142 $18 {White had this great chance}
) 43... Rg3 44. Rxf4 Kxh5 45. Rf7 Kg6 46. Rf4 d5 47. exd5 cxd5 48. Rxh4 Rxf3
49. Ra4 Rf7 50. Rd4 Rd7 51. Kg3 Kf5 52. Kf3 Ke5 53. Rh4 Rf7+ 54. Ke2 Rg7 55.
Rh2 Kd4 {Black activates its king} 56. Kd2 Kc5 (56... Kc5 57. a3 Rg3 $11) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nothdurft, John"]
[Black "Hunter, Daniel M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1528"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Queen's Gambit, Chigorin's Defence.} dxc4 4. Nf3 Bg4
(4... Nf6 5. e4 (5. e3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Bxc4 Ng6 8. h4 Bd6 9. h5 Ne7 (9... Nf8
10. h6 g6 11. e4 a6 12. Bg5 N8d7 13. a4 O-O 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Rd1 Ne8 16. Bc1 Nd6
17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Nb3 20. Be3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Nb1 Bd7 23.
b3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ncd2 Ra2 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 c6 29. dxc6
Bxc6 30. O-O Bg5 31. f4 Bxh6 32. e5 f6 33. Nf3 Bxf4 34. Nxd4 Rxe5 {
0-1 Khalifman,A-Morozevich,A/Yalta  rapid 1995/EXP 47}) 10. h6 g6 11. e4 Bg4
12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. O-O-O a6 16. Nd2 b5 17. Be2 f6 18. Be3
Qb8 19. Nb3 Nc8 20. Na5 Na7 21. Rhf1 c5 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Kb1 Qb7
25. Nd5 Nc7 26. Nc3 Be7 27. f4 Kh8 28. Bf3 Rac8 29. Qf2 Ne6 30. fxe5 fxe5 31.
Nd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 e4 33. dxe6 exf3 34. gxf3 Qc6 35. Bd4+ Kg8 36. Qe2 Rfd8 37.
Qe5 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Rogers,J/London Lloyds 1988/TD 88\02}) 5... Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7.
Bxc4 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bb5 e5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. a3 Ba5
14. Bf4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O Rae8 18. Ne2 Re6 19. Ng3 Qf4
20. Qc5 Bb6 21. Qf5 Qh6 22. Rd3 Rf6 23. Qd7 g6 24. b4 Rf4 25. Qe7 Rh4 26. Rd8
Rxd8 27. Qxd8+ Kg7 28. e5 Rf4 29. Kg2 g5 30. h3 Qg6 31. Rd1 h5 32. Qe7 g4 33.
Rd8 gxf3+ 34. Kh2 Qc2 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qxh5+ Kg7 37. Qh8+ {
1-0 Piket,J-Morozevich,A/London PCA-Intel GP 1995/EXP 49}) 5. d5 Bxf3 6. exf3
Ne5 7. Bf4 Nd3+ (7... Ng6 8. Bg3 e5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 e5 12.
O-O Bd6 13. Nb5 O-O-O 14. Nxa7+ Kb8 15. Nb5 Nf6 16. Bf7 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18.
Nxd6 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Rd1 Kc7 21. Kf1 Rf8 22. Bb3 {
Keene,R-Cuartas,C/Dortmund 1982/MCL 01/1-0 (59)}) 8. Bxd3 cxd3 9. Qxd3 c6 10.
O-O-O $146 {White gets kings attack} (10. Rd1 Nf6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qc4 Qb6 13.
O-O e6 14. Be3 Qb7 15. Rd2 Nd5 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qb6 18. Qd6 Rd8 19. Qa3
Nb4 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Ne4 Ke7 22. Qc3 f6 23. Nc5 Rd8 24. Re1 Rd6 25. a3 Nd5
26. Qc2 a5 27. g3 Kf7 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Nc5 Rd5 31. Na4 Qd8 32. Re1
h5 33. Nc3 Rd2 34. Qb3 Qd7 35. Qb6 h4 36. Qxa5 hxg3 37. hxg3 Rxb2 38. Na4 Rc2
39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Nc5 Qd4 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Ne4 Nf5 43. Qxe6 Qd5 44. Qe8 Qd4 45.
g4 Nd6 46. Qd7 Nb5 47. Qf5+ Kh8 48. Qh5+ {
1-0 Maric,A-Maksimovic,S/Belgrade 1992/TD 92\07}) 10... Nf6 11. dxc6 {
Threatening mate... how?} bxc6 {
Controls b5+d5. Opening the d-file gets White a lot of play} 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rd1+ Kc8 15. Be3 a6 16. Bb6 Nd7 17. Ba5 e6 $16 (17... g6 18. b4
$14) 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Nb8 21. Kc2 Re8 22. Kd3 Re7 23. Rd8+
Kb7 24. Kc4 e5 25. Bb4 Rd7 26. Rxd7+ $11 (26. Rh8 $5 $14) 26... Nxd7 27. Bd6
Kb6 28. g4 Kb7 29. g5 f6 30. gxf6 Nb6+ 31. Kd3 gxf6 32. f4 exf4 33. Bxf4 Kc8
34. Be3 Nd5 35. Bc5 Kd7 36. Kd4 Ke6 37. Bf8 f5 38. Kc5 {
Active king in the endgame} Kd7 39. h4 $11 (39. Bh6 $142 $5 $16) 39... Kc7 $14
(39... Nf4 $5 {deserves consideration} 40. Kb6 Ng6 $11) 40. Bd6+ Kd7 41. f4 $11
(41. Be5 a5 $14) 41... a5 42. Be5 Nb4 43. a3 $15 (43. Bc3 Nxa2 44. Bxa5 Nc1 $11
) 43... Nd3+ 44. Kd4 Nxb2 45. Kc3 Na4+ 46. Kc4 Nb6+ $15 (46... h5 47. Bd4 $15)
47. Kc5 {The white king gets dangerous} Nd5 48. Bb8 $17 (48. h5 $5 $15 {
should be considered}) 48... a4 49. Be5 h5 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Kc5 Ne7 52. Bd4 Ng6
53. Kb4 (53. Kxc6 Nxh4 54. Kb5 Ng2 $19) 53... Nxh4 54. Kxa4 Nf3 55. Bf2 Ke7 (
55... h4 {keeps an even firmer grip} 56. Kb4 $19) 56. Kb4 h4 57. a4 Kd7 58. a5
Kc7 59. Kc5 h3 60. Bg3 h2 (60... Kb7 {and Black can already relax} 61. Kd6 $19)
61. Bxh2 Nxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Errington, James"]
[Black "Srdic, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. b4 {Sokolski Opening, Fertile ground for the player who wants to forc their
opponent to use their own resources as their are very few master game examples.
} a5 2. b5 e5 (2... Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3 c5 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Rc1 a4 11. d3 e5 12. Ba3 Qe7 13. Re1 Ne8 14. d4 e4 15.
Nd2 f5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Nxd5 20. cxd5 b6 21. Bc4
Kh8 22. Ng5 Be5 23. h3 Qe7 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. e4 f4 26. Qd2 Nd6 27. Bb2 Qf6 28.
Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Nd8 Bd7 30. Nxf7+ Nxf7 31. Rf1 g5 32. h4 h6 33. d6 Nxd6 34. Rfd1
Nxc4 35. Qxd7 Ne3 36. Qc6 {1-0 Teichmann,E-Nemet,I/Bern op 1991/EXP 21}) (2...
c6 3. a4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. Nf3 e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O
10. O-O c5 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qd1 Bg6 15. Nc3 Rc8 16.
Rc1 Qb6 17. Ba3 {Heyer,T-Wiltink,J/Giessen op 1995/GER 11/0-1 (58)}) (2... d6
3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e3 e5 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. Ba3 e4 10.
Rc1 Ne5 11. Nxe4 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 Nxc1 13. Qxc1 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8 15. Kg2 Re8 16.
d3 Be6 17. h4 d5 18. Bf3 dxc4 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Nd4 cxd3 21. Rxd3 Bf5 22. Rc3 Be4
23. Rxc7 Bxf3+ 24. Nxf3 h6 25. Nd4 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Qc2 Qe5 28. Qc4 Qe4+
29. Kg1 Qg6 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Qg4 Rbd8 32. Kg2 Re4 33. Qc8 Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35.
b6 Re6 36. Bc5 Qe4 {0-1 Bulcourf,C-Llanos,G/Buenos Airies Konex 1991/TD 91\09})
3. Bb2 (3. e3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nf3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O h6
10. Ba3 f5 11. Rc1 f4 12. exf4 Rxf4 13. b6 Nxb6 14. dxe5 Nxc4 15. g3 Rg4 16. h3
Nxa3 17. hxg4 Be6 18. Qa4 b5 19. Qxa3 b4 20. Qa4 bxc3 21. Rxc3 dxe5 22. Rd1 Qe8
23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 c6 26. Rd7 Kf8 27. Nd2 Rb8 28. Nb3 Rb4 29.
Nxa5 {1-0 Bulcourf,C-Fraschini,M/Buenos Aires Konex 1991/TD 91\09}) 3... d6 4.
a4 $146 (4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4 O-O 9. d4 e4 10.
Nfd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Re8 12. Nc3 d5 13. Rfc1 Bb4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bxd2 16.
Qxd2 Nf6 17. a4 Nxd5 18. Ba3 Re6 {
Labahn,W-Chlaifer,R/NRW-I 1994/GER 07/1-0 (35)}) 4... Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Bc4 (7. d3 Be6 $11) 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nc3 f5
12. Nd5 c6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. d4 e4 {Black gains space} 15. Nd2 Bf7 16. Nc4
Bxc4 17. Bxc4+ d5 18. Bb3 f4 {Playing against the pawn chain} 19. Ba3 Nd6 20.
c4 $14 (20. bxc6 bxc6 21. c4 Qe6 22. cxd5 cxd5 $16) 20... Qe6 (20... fxe3 21.
bxc6 exf2+ 22. Kh1 $14) 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Qg4 Rf5 23. Bxd6 Nf6 24. Qh4 $11 (24.
Qxf5 $1 {looks like a viable alternative} Qxf5 25. Bxf4 $16 (25. exf4 $6 e3 $11
)) 24... Qxd6 25. Rfc1 Rf8 26. exf4 Qb4 ({Instead of} 26... Qxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4
28. Rc7 $18) 27. g4 $17 (27. Qg3 Nh5 (27... Qxd4 $143 28. Qe3 Qb4 29. Rc7 $16)
28. Qc3 Nxf4 29. Qxb4 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 axb4 $15) 27... Rxf4 28. Qg5 Qd2 $11 (28...
Rxf2 $142 $1 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. Kxf2 h6 $17) 29. Rc2 ({Less advisable is} 29.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 $19) 29... Qxd4 30. Qxf4 Qxa1+ 31. Kg2 {Threatens g5}
Qa3 32. Qe3 Kh8 33. Rc7 d4 $11 (33... Qb2 34. Qc5 Rg8 35. Bd1 $15 (35. Bxd5 $2
{doesn't work because of} e3 (35... Nxd5 $143 36. Qxd5 e3 37. Qf3 $11 (37. Rxb7
$4 {the pawn is something White will choke on} Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Rc8 $19)) 36. Qxe3
Nxd5 $19)) 34. Qg3 $2 $19 (34. Qg5 Ne8 35. Qe7 Qxe7 36. Rxe7 $16) 34... d3 $17
(34... e3 $142 $5 35. Bf7 Ne4 $19) 35. Rf7 $2 $19 (35. Bf7 b6 36. g5 $15) 35...
Re8 $1 {the end of the story} (35... Qxb3 $2 {
may look interesting but has some grave disadvantages} 36. Rxf8+ Ng8 37. Qf4
$18) 36. Bd1 (36. Bc4 Qxa4 37. Be6 d2 $19 (37... Rxe6 $6 38. Qb8+ Ng8 39. Rf8
$14)) 36... Qa1 $17 (36... Qa2 $142 {and Black wins} 37. Rxf6 gxf6 $19) 37. g5
Qxd1 $11 (37... Ng8 $142 $5 38. Bh5 Rc8 $17) 38. gxf6 {The mate threat is Qxg7}
g6 $4 (38... Qf3+ $142 {the only rescuing move} 39. Qxf3 exf3+ 40. Kxf3 gxf6
$11) 39. Qc7 $18 (39. Qe5 $1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Rg8 41. Rf8 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Qg1+ 43.
Kxg1 h5 44. f7+ Kh7 45. fxg8=Q+ Kh6 46. Qgg7#) 39... Qf3+ 40. Kg1 {
Threatening mate: Rxh7} Qxh3 41. Rf8+ $3 {a sacrifice that decides the game} (
41. Rf8+ Rxf8 42. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.16"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Koodrin, Zina"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1008"]
[BlackElo "1247"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 {Queen's Gambit} g6 (3... Nd7 4. g3 (4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4
Nb6 6. Bxc4 Nxc4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O c6 12.
Rfd1 Qa5 13. d5 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. b4 Qa4 16. Qxc3 O-O-O 17. Qxf6 exd5 18.
exd5 Be6 19. d6 Rhg8 20. Ne5 Qb3 21. Rd3 Qc2 22. Rad1 Bd5 23. g3 Kb8 24. d7 Ka8
25. b5 h5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Rxd5 cxd5 28. Qf3 {
1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Luther,T/Hastings9596 1996/TUR 96}) 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 Nb6 6.
Ne5 Ne7 7. Nxc4 Nc6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. e3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13.
Be3 Bc5 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. a3 Ba4 16. Qb1 Bb5 17. Re1 Re8 18. b4 {
Krasenkow,M-Smagin,S/Moscow PCA qual  rapid 1996/EXP 52/1-0 (39)}) (3... Nf6 4.
Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
b4 $11) 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Bg5 Bg7 $146 (5... c6 6. e4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. e5 O-O 9.
Ne4 Nd7 10. Qd2 f6 11. Bxe6+ Kh8 12. Bxd7 fxg5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Qxg5 Rf5 15.
Qd2 Nd5 16. Nd6 Bf8 17. Nxc8 Bb4 18. Nd6 Bxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Nf4 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21.
g3 Nd3+ 22. Ke2 Qxd4 23. f4 Nxb2 24. Rhd1 Qd3+ 25. Kf2 Nxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qc2 27.
Ke1 Qxa2 28. Nf3 b5 29. Nh4 Qe6 30. Rd6 Qc8 31. e6 Kg7 32. Nxf5+ Kf6 33. g4 b4
34. e7+ Kf7 35. Kd2 c5 36. Rd8 Qe6 37. Rf8+ Kg6 38. e8=Q+ Qxe8 39. Rxe8 c4 40.
Rc8 c3+ 41. Kc2 a5 42. Ra8 b3+ 43. Kxb3 a4+ 44. Kxc3 a3 {
1-0 Andre,G-Budde,M/DVMi U15 1994}) (5... c6 6. Bf6 Rg8 7. Ne5 $14) 6. e3 (6.
Bxe7 Qxe7 7. cxd5 O-O $16) 6... Nbc6 7. Bd3 a6 {Secures b5} 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Bc2
(9. O-O O-O $11) 9... Bd7 (9... dxc4 10. Ne5 $15) 10. b3 {Secures a4} (10. c5
O-O $11) 10... c6 {Consolidates b5} (10... c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qd2 $11) 11.
O-O Qc7 12. Ne2 (12. c5 f6 $11) 12... b6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Qd2 Qd8 $14 (14... c5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. h3 $11) 15. Nf4 Nf5 $14 (15... f6 16. Nd3 $11) 16. Rab1 $11 (
16. Bxf5 exf5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Bc6 $14) 16... Nh4 17. Bd1 Nxf3+ $14 (
17... Nf5 18. Be2 $14) 18. Bxf3 e5 $16 (18... Qh4 $5 $11 {
is an interesting alternative}) 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. cxd5 Bxf4 21. exf4 cxd5 22.
Bxd5 Bf5 $18 (22... Be6 23. Rbd1 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 $16) 23. Rbc1 $16
(23. Rbd1 Rc8 $18) 23... Rc8 24. Rxc8 {Threatening mate... how?} Qxc8 (24...
Bxc8 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. h3 $16) 25. Bc4 (25. Re7 Bd7 $16) 25... Rd8 26. Qe2 $4 $17
{White is ruining his position} (26. Qe3 $142 b5 27. Bf1 $16) 26... Qd7 $4 $18
{Black has let it slip away} (26... b5 $142 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qe7+ Kg8 $19)
27. h3 $4 $17 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (27.
Bxa6 $142 {would have made live much easier for White} Be6 28. g3 $18) 27... h5
$4 $18 {forfeits the advantage} (27... b5 $142 $17) 28. Rc1 $4 $17 {
with this move White loses his initiative} (28. Bxa6 $142 {
a shame that White overlooked this excellent chance} Be6 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. Qxc4
$18) 28... Qd2 $4 $16 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (28... b5 $142
$17) 29. Re1 $11 (29. Bxf7+ Kf8 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Rc7 Rxa2 32. h4 $14) 29...
Qxe2 $14 (29... Qd7 30. Bxa6 Be6 $18) 30. Rxe2 $4 $19 {
allows the opponent back into the game} (30. Bxe2 $142 {was possible} a5 31.
Bc4 $16) 30... Kf8 $4 $16 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (30... b5
$142 $19 {would have given Black a clear advantage}) 31. a4 $14 (31. Bxa6 $5
Rd4 32. Bb5 $16) 31... a5 32. Re3 Rd7 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. f3 $14 (34. Kg3 f6 $16)
34... Kf6 $16 (34... h4 $5 $14) 35. Rc3 $14 (35. g4 $5 Bc2 36. Kg3 $16) 35...
Rd2 $16 (35... h4 36. Ba6 $14) 36. Bf1 Rc2 37. Rxc2 Bxc2 38. Bc4 Bd1 $16 (38...
h4 $5 $14 {is worth consideration}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.09.16"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[BlackElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
Sicilian Defence, Najdorf System.} 6. Be2 e5 {Opocensky Variation.} 7. Nb3 Be6
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd2 $146 (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 (10. O-O Nc6 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. Qd3
Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. c3 Rd7 18. Nf1 Qc5
19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Rc8 22. Rd2 Kf8 23. Bd1 Ke7 24. Bb3 Bc4 25.
Kf2 b5 26. Bd1 Rb7 27. Bg4 Rc5 28. b3 Be6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rad1 Rb6 31. Rd3
Rbc6 32. Rc1 a5 33. Ke2 d5 34. Rcd1 Rxc3 35. exd5 Rxd3 36. dxc6 Rxd1 37. Kxd1
Kd6 38. e4 Kxc6 39. Kd2 Kc5 {1/2-1/2 Unzicker,W-Huebner,R/BL 8687 1987/BL 80})
10... O-O (10... Bg5 11. h4 Be7 12. g3 Nd7 13. a4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. c4 O-O
16. Nd2 Qa5 17. O-O Bd8 18. b3 Bb6 19. Kg2 Bc5 20. Ra2 Bd7 21. Rc2 Bc6 22. Bf3
Qb4 23. Kh2 g6 24. h5 Kg7 25. Kg2 Qb6 26. Qe2 Qd8 27. Nb1 Qg5 28. Nc3 Rae8 29.
Qd2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 f5 31. Nd5 a5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. g4 fxg4 34. Bxg4 Rf7 35. f3
Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Ref8 37. Rh1 Rh8 38. Rdd1 Rff8 39. Rxh8 Rxh8 40. Rh1 Rxh1 41.
Kxh1 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 Wolf,V-King,D/BL 8586 1986/BL 80}) 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qxd6
Nc6 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qa3 Bxb3 15. axb3 Rd2 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1
Qf4 19. Qa1 h5 20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Nb4 22. Rd1 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. cxd3
Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 Kd6 27. b4 Kc6 28. d4 exd4 29. Kd3 Kb5 30. f4 Kxb4 31.
Kxd4 a5 32. f5 f6 33. e5 fxe5+ 34. Kxe5 Kc4 35. h4 a4 36. g4 hxg4 37. Kf4 Kd5
38. Kxg4 b5 39. h5 b4 40. f6 Ke6 41. fxg7 Kf7 42. h6 a3 43. bxa3 bxa3 {
0-1 Wolf,V-Middendorf,F/BL 8384 1984/BL 80}) (9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. Ne3 Qb6 13. Rb1 Qc5 14. O-O b5 15. a3 Bd8 16. Qd3 Bb6 17. Ned5 Nxd5
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 20. Rbc1 f5 21. c4 b4 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Qc3 a5 24.
Qxb4 axb4 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. g3 Bd4 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. b3 Ra2 29. Bd1 Kf7 30. g4 g6
31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Kf3 Rd2 {
0-1 Masserey,Y-Gallagher,J/Geneve op 1995/EXP 46}) 9... O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bxf6
Bxf6 12. Nd5 {The white knight on an outpost} Bg5 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. f4 $17 (14.
a4 $142 $5 $11 {might be a viable alternative}) 14... exf4 $15 (14... Bxd5 15.
fxg5 Bc4 16. Qd2 $15) 15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. Qd4 (16. Nxe6 $4 {
would lead to destruction} Qb6+ (16... fxe6 $6 17. Qh3 $11) 17. Qd4 Be3+ 18.
Kh1 Bxd4 (18... fxe6 $6 {is the weaker alternative} 19. Qxb6 Bxb6 20. g3 $15)
19. Nexd4 Qc7 $19) 16... Bxf4 17. Rxf4 Rc8 18. c3 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qe3 Ng6
21. Rf2 Re8 22. Qa7 Ne5 {A comfortable square for the black knight} 23. Raf1 {
f7 seems the pivot of the position} Rxe4 24. Qxa6 Qd7 25. Nd4 b4 26. Nf5 {
The isolani on d6 becomes a target} Nc6 $16 (26... Ng4 $5 {
is an interesting idea} 27. Nxd6 Nxf2 28. Nxe8 Nh3+ 29. gxh3 Rxe8 30. cxb4 Qd4+
31. Kh1 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Qd5+ 34. Kg1 Qd4+ $11) 27. cxb4 Rxb4 (27...
Re1 28. b5 Nd8 29. Qxd6 (29. Nxd6 $143 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Re6 $15) 29... Qxb5 30.
Qd4 $16) 28. Qd3 (28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qxc6 Rxb2 32.
Qd5+ Ke7 $11) 28... d5 (28... Reb8 29. Re1 (29. Nxd6 {is clearly inferior} Rd4
30. Qc3 Rxd6 $17) 29... Qa7 30. Kf1 $16) 29. Qg3 $14 (29. Nxg7 $142 $5 Kxg7 30.
Qg3+ (30. Rxf7+ $6 Qxf7 31. Qc3+ d4 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qf3+ Ke7 34. Qxc6 Rxb2
$14) 30... Kf8 31. Rxf7+ Qxf7 32. Qd6+ Re7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qxc6 Rxb2 35.
Qxd5+ Kf8 36. h4 $16) 29... f6 30. Nh6+ (30. Nxg7 Qxg7 31. Qd6 Rc4 32. Qxd5+
Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 30... Kh8 31. Nf5 (31. Qd6 Qe6 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 $11) 31...
Nd4 32. Nxd4 {A valuable piece} Rxd4 33. Qc3 Rc4 34. Qd3 Qc6 35. Rd1 {
Attacks the isolani on d5} Re5 36. Qa3 {Threatening mate... how?} Qe8 37. Rdf1
Rce4 38. Qc3 d4 39. Qd3 Rd5 40. Qc4 Rd7 41. Rf4 $17 (41. Qd3 Re3 42. Qf5 Rde7
$15) 41... Rxf4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 42. Rxf4 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on d4} Rd8 43. Qd3 Qc6 44. Rf1 Qd5 45. a3 Re8 46.
h3 Re3 47. Qa6 Qd8 $11 (47... h6 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ Qxf5 50. Rxf5 $11) 48.
Rc1 Re8 49. Rd1 h6 50. Qd3 Re3 $4 $18 (50... Qd6 $142 $11 {would be a reprieve}
) 51. Qxe3 $3 {a small price for the final victory} (51. Qxe3 Qb6 52. Qe8+ Kh7
53. Qe4+ Kg8 54. Qd5+ Kf8 55. Rxd4 $18) 1-0

