[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kerr, Bill"]
[Black "Hester, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. d3 {Reti Opening (Barcza System)}
O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 (6... Nc6 7. e4 (7. c3 a5 8. a4 b6 9. Qc2 e5 10. e4 dxe4 11.
Nxe4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Ba6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bh3 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Be3 Rxd1+ 17.
Rxd1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Sher,M-Mikhalchishin,A/Ptuj 1993/EXP 38}) 7... dxe4 (7... e5
8. c3 a5 9. a4 Re8 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Re1 Be6 12. Nc4 f6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. Qc2
Rad8 15. Rad1 Qf7 16. Qb1 Bf8 17. Bc1 Kh8 18. Nfd2 Rd7 19. Bf1 Red8 20. Nf3
Nxc3 {0-1 Rosskothen,A-San Segundo,P/Berliner Sommer 1996/EXP 54}) 8. dxe4 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Nb3 Nde5 12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Rd1 Qc5 15.
Rd5 Qb6 16. c3 e6 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Rc5 Qd7 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. Bf4 f6 21. Bxe5 fxe5
22. h4 c6 23. Bh3 Kh8 24. Qg4 Rd8 25. Rf1 Rd2 26. Rxe5 Qd7 27. Rxe6 Rf8 28. Qg5
Rxb2 29. Qe3 Rc2 30. e5 Qd5 {(42) 1-0 Norwood,D-Antonio,R/Calcutta 1992/EXP 27}
) 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Nbd7 (8... a5 9. a4 Na6 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Rd1 Qc7
13. h3 {1/2-1/2 Hulak,K-Todorcevic,M/Marseille 1987/TD 87\06}) (8... Re8 9. c3
Na6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Nb3 Qc8 12. Re1 Bh3 13. Bh1 h5 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Ng5 Ndc5 16.
Nxh3 Qxh3 17. Bg2 Qg4 18. h4 Rad8 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Be3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 b6 22. Rd2
Rxd2 23. Bxd2 {Schulz,A-Hackbusch,J/DLMw 1996/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 9. Qe2 e5 10. b3
Qc7 $146 (10... Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. h3 Be6 15. Ng5 Rad8
16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. h4 c5 18. Qb5 Red6 19. Bxc5 Rxd2 20. Bxb6 Qxc2 21. Rc1 {
1-0 Kitagami,S-McDonald,T/USA-op Los Angeles 1991/TD 91\09}) 11. Bb2 Re8 12.
Rad1 b6 13. Nh4 Nc5 {The knight intends Nd7-c5-e6-d4} 14. Ba3 Ba6 15. c4 Ne6
16. Ndf3 c5 17. Bb2 Nd4 {The black knight is well posted.} 18. Nxd4 (18. Qd3
Rad8 $11) 18... exd4 {Black wins space} 19. Bc1 Bb7 {Will e4 fall?} 20. f3 {
Consolidates g4} h6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} 21. Bh3 Bc8 $11 (21... Rad8 22.
Ng2 $15) 22. Qg2 $15 (22. Bxc8 Raxc8 23. Ng2 a6 $11) 22... Bxh3 {
Black launches an attack} 23. Qxh3 Qd7 24. g4 $17 (24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Kf2 a6 $11
) 24... h5 25. Nf5 $2 $19 (25. Qg3 $142 hxg4 26. e5 $17) 25... gxf5 (25... hxg4
26. Nh6+ Bxh6 27. Qxh6 gxf3 28. Qf4 Rxe4 29. Qxf3 (29. Qxf6 $4 {
capturing the knight would seal White's fate} Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qg2#) 29... Qg4+ 30.
Kh1 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3 $19) 26. gxf5 Kf8 27. Rfe1 Qd6 28. Qh4 Qc6 29. e5 Nd7 30. f6
Nxf6 $17 (30... Nxe5 $5 31. fxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg3+ Qg6 33. Kg2 $17) 31. exf6 Qxf6
32. Qxh5 Qg6+ $15 (32... d3 $5 33. Qd5 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rd8 $15) 33. Qg4 $17 (33.
Qxg6 fxg6 34. Kf2 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Kf7 $11) 33... Qc2 34. Bf4 Qg6 $11 (34... d3
35. Kh1 Re6 $11) 35. Kf2 Qxg4 36. fxg4 Re6 37. Rxe6 fxe6 {
The passed pawn on g4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 38. Kf3 Kf7 39.
h4 Bf6 $16 (39... e5 40. Bc1 $14) 40. g5 Be7 41. Be5 (41. Kg4 Rg8 $16) 41...
Kg6 $18 (41... Rf8 $142 $5 $16) 42. Kg4 Rd8 (42... Kh7 43. h5 Rf8 44. Re1 $18)
43. h5+ Kh7 44. g6+ Kh6 45. Rf1 {Do you see the mate threat?} Rf8 46. Rxf8 $4
$16 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (46. Bf4+ $142 {secures victory}
Kg7 47. Re1 $18) 46... Bxf8 47. Bf6 d3 (47... Bd6 48. b4 $16) 48. Kf3 (48. Kf3
d2 49. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 d5 {Reti Opening (Dutch System)} 4. Bg2 f6 (4... f5
5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd6 8. Qxc4 Qe7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qb5 O-O 11. Qxb7
Nb4 12. Qb5 Rab8 13. Qa4 h6 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Qd1 Qe8 16. Ne1 e4 17. dxe4 fxe4
18. Be3 Qh5 19. Nxe4 {Hillarp Persson,T-Hector,J/Excelsior Cup Goteborg 1997/
CBM 57/[Tisdall]/1-0 (46)}) (4... Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 (6. c3 O-O 7. b4 e4 8.
Ne1 Bf5 9. d4 h6 10. Nc2 Qd7 11. Ne3 Bh3 12. f4 exf3 13. exf3 Rfe8 14. Qd3 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 a5 16. b5 Na7 17. a4 c6 18. bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rf2 b5 20. Rfa2 Bd8 21. axb5
Nxb5 22. Na3 Nd6 23. c4 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 dxc4 25. Nc2 Nd5 26. Qd2 c3 27. Qd3 Nc4
28. Ba3 Rb8 29. Bc5 Rb2 30. Kg1 Qb5 31. Rxb2 cxb2 32. Rb1 Qa4 33. Na3 Nde3 34.
Nxc4 Nxc4 35. Kg2 Bf6 36. h4 Qa2 37. h5 Nd2 38. Re1 Ne4 39. Kg1 g6 40. Qxe4 {
1-0 Barle,J-Tukmakov,V/Geneve op 1996/EXP 51}) 6... O-O 7. Nc3 Be6 8. e4 d4 9.
Ne2 Nd7 10. Bd2 a5 11. c3 dxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb4 13. d4 exd4 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4
Bxc3 16. Nxc3 c6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd4 21. Rxd4
Kf8 22. f4 f6 23. h4 Ke7 24. Kf2 h6 25. h5 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Bf3 Ke7 28. b3
Nd7 29. Ke3 b5 30. Be2 Kd6 31. Kd4 c5+ 32. Ke3 b4 33. Na4 Kc6 34. Kd2 Nb6 35.
Nxb6 Kxb6 36. Bc4 Bxc4 37. bxc4 Kc6 38. a4 Kd7 39. Kd3 {
White Lost On Time 0-1 Gufeld,E-Yermolinsky,A/London Lloyds 1994/EXP 43}) 5.
O-O Be6 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. a3 $146 {Controls b4} (7. c4 Nge7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 h5
10. Ne4 O-O-O 11. Qa4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bh3 13. Bh1 Be7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Qxc5 h4 16.
a4 g5 17. a5 Nd5 18. b4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Ndxb4 20. Bd2 Nd5 21. Rec1 Nde7 {
Meyer,S-Bennedik,M/Hessen qual 1992/GER 02/1-0 (36)}) 7... O-O-O 8. e4 d4 {
This push gains space} 9. b4 Bh3 (9... g5 10. b5 Nb8 11. a4 $17) 10. Bxh3 (10.
b5 Nb8 $11) 10... Qxh3 11. Nc4 h5 12. b5 Nb8 13. a4 h4 14. a5 ({Weaker is} 14.
Nxh4 g5 15. Nf3 Ne7 $17) 14... Nh6 15. Bxh6 $15 (15. b6 a6 16. bxc7 Kxc7 17.
Bxh6 hxg3 (17... gxh6 $143 18. Nxh4 Rg8 19. Nf5 $16) (17... Rxh6 $6 18. Nxh4 g5
19. Nf3 $11) 18. fxg3 Rxh6 $15) 15... Rxh6 $11 (15... hxg3 16. fxg3 Rxh6 17. b6
$11) 16. b6 cxb6 17. axb6 ({Instead of} 17. Nxh4 b5 18. Nd2 g5 $17) 17... a6
18. Qd2 (18. Nxh4 g5 19. Nf3 Be7 $11) 18... Nd7 $11 (18... hxg3 19. fxg3 Nc6
20. Ra4 $15) 19. c3 $17 {Covers b4} (19. Nxh4 $142 $5 {deserves consideration}
Rxh4 20. gxh4 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qf3+ 22. Kg1 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ $11)
19... dxc3 $15 (19... hxg3 20. fxg3 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Bc5+ 22. Ne3 $17) 20. Qxc3 {
Threatening mate: Nd6.} Nc5 {Black gets in control} 21. Rfd1 $17 (21. Nb2 hxg3
22. fxg3 Kb8 $15) 21... Kb8 $15 (21... hxg3 $5 22. fxg3 Ne6 $17) 22. Ne3 $17 (
22. Nxh4 $5 Ne6 23. Ne3 $15) 22... hxg3 23. fxg3 Ne6 24. Ra5 $19 (24. Nf5 Bc5+
25. Kh1 Rh7 $17) 24... Rc8 25. Qd2 (25. Qb2 Bc5 26. Qf2 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rc2 $19)
25... Bc5 (25... Nd4 $142 $5 26. Nxd4 Bb4 27. Qg2 (27. Qxb4 $4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1
Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Rh2+ 30. Ng2 Qxg2+ 31. Ke1 Qf2#) 27... Bxa5 28. Ndf5 Bxb6 29. d4
Bxd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Rxd4 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 $19) 26. Rb1 $4 {
sad, but how else could White save the game?} (26. Ra2 $142 $19) 26... Ng5 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 27. Nxg5 Bxe3+ $1 {forces the win} (27... fxg5 $6
{is easily refuted} 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rf1 $19) 28. Qxe3 (28. Kh1 {
is still a small chance} Qxg3 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Bxg5 32. Rd5
$19) 28... Qxh2+ (28... fxg5 $6 {is a useless try} 29. Ra2 $11 (29. Rxe5 Qxh2+
30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 Rc2+ 32. Qd2 Rxd2+ 33. Ke1 Qxg3+ 34. Kxd2 Rh2+ 35. Kc3
Qxe5+ 36. Kb3 Qd4 37. e5 Qxd3+ 38. Kb4 Rh4+ 39. Kc5 Rc4#)) 29. Kf1 {#} Qh1+ $19
(29... Rc2 30. Nf3 Qg2+ 31. Ke1 Rh1+ 32. Ng1 Qxg1+ 33. Qxg1 Rxg1#) 30. Qg1 fxg5
(30... Rc2 $142 {and Black can celebrate victory} 31. Rd5 Kc8 (31... fxg5 $6 {
succumbs to} 32. Rd8+ Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Kxc8 34. Ke2 Qxg1 35. Rxg1 $19) 32. Rc5+
Rxc5 $19) 31. Ke2 Rc2+ $17 (31... Qh5+ 32. Kd2 g4 33. d4 $19) 32. Ke3 Qh5 $1 {
Black is still in the lead. Threatening mate... how?} 33. Qf1 $4 {
White has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position} (33.
Rxe5 $142 Qe2+ 34. Kd4 $19) 33... Rf6 {The mate threat is Rxf1} 34. Qd1 {#} (
34. Rd5 {hoping against hope} Rxf1 35. Rd8+ Rc8 36. Rxc8+ Kxc8 37. Rxf1 $19)
34... Qh2 (34... g4 35. Rxe5 Qh6+ 36. Kd4 Rd6+ 37. Rd5 Qf6+ 38. e5 Qf2+ 39. Ke4
Qg2+ 40. Kf4 Rf2+ 41. Ke3 Rxd5 42. Qxg4 Rd2 43. Qc8+ Kxc8 44. Rc1+ Kd8 45. Rc8+
Kxc8 46. Kf4 Rf2+ 47. Kg4 Qf3+ 48. Kh4 Rd4+ 49. Kg5 Qg4#) 35. Qe1 g4 {
The mate threat is Rf3} 36. Rxe5 Qh6+ (36... Rc8 $142 {
it becomes clear that Black will call all the shots} 37. Rc1 Rf3+ 38. Kd4 Qb2+
39. Qc3 Qxb6+ 40. Rc5 Rf7 $19) 37. Kd4 Rxb6 {With the decisive threat Qf6} 38.
Re8+ Ka7 {Threatening mate: Rd6} 39. e5 Qc6 40. Rh8 (40. Rxb6 Qxb6+ (40... Qxe8
{is not possible} 41. Rxb7+ Kxb7 42. Qb1+ Ka8 43. Qxc2 $16) (40... Kxb6 $6 41.
Qb4+ Ka7 42. Rd8 $15) 41. Ke4 Qg6+ 42. Kf4 Qxe8 43. Qe3+ Ka8 44. Kxg4 Qg6+ 45.
Kf4 Qf7+ 46. Ke4 Rf2 $19) 40... Qd7+ (40... Rxb1 41. Qxb1 Qc5+ 42. Ke4 Re2+ 43.
Kf5 Rxe5+ 44. Kxg4 $19) 41. Ke3 Qd5 {Threatening mate... how?} 42. Kf4 (42. Re8
{does not win a prize} Qf3+ 43. Kd4 Re2 44. Qxe2 Qxe2 (44... Rxb1 45. Qxf3 gxf3
46. Rf8 $11) 45. Rxb6 Qf2+ 46. Kd5 Kxb6 47. Re6+ Ka7 $19) 42... Qd4+ (42...
Rxb1 $5 {might be the shorter path} 43. Qe3+ Rc5 44. Kg5 $19) 43. Kg5 (43. Qe4
{cannot undo what has already been done} Qxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Rxb1 $19) 43... Re6 (
43... Re6 44. Rxb7+ Kxb7 45. Qe4+ Qxe4 46. dxe4 Rf2 $19) (43... Rxb1 $5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 44. Qe4 Rb4 45. Qxd4+ Rxd4 46. Rg8 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1272"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 {King's Indian Defence (Smyslov's System)}
d6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 (7... a6 8. O-O Rb8 9. Qc2 c6 10. b4 (10. a4
b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. f4 Qc7 13. f5 b5 14. b4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 a5 16. fxg6 hxg6 17.
b5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Nb3 Ra8 20. Rac1 Qe4 21. Qe2 Nb6 22. Bxf6 exf6 23.
Nxd6 Qe7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Bb5 Qe7 26. Rc5 f5 27. Qf3 Ra7 28. Rfc1 Bh6 29. R1c3
Nd7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Rb5 Re8 32. Qg3 Raa8 33. h4 Qe7 34. Kh2 Bxe3 35. Rxf5 Bh6
36. h5 Qe6 37. Rcf3 Ra7 38. Rf6 Qe4 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Nc5 Qxd4 41. Qxg6+ {
1-0 Kovacevic,V-Mellado,J/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989/TD 89\13}) 10... b5 11. c5
a5 12. a3 d5 13. Rfb1 a4 14. Re1 Rb7 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bh4 Nh7 17. Bg3 f5 18. Nh4
Qe8 19. Nxd5 g5 20. Nxf5 Rxf5 21. Qxf5 Nb6 22. Qxh7+ Kxh7 23. Nxb6 Be6 24. d5
cxd5 25. Bf3 Rxb6 26. cxb6 Qc6 27. e4 d4 28. Bc7 g4 29. Rc1 Bc4 30. Be2 h5 31.
Bd3 h4 32. e5+ Kh8 33. Be4 Qd7 34. e6 Qc8 35. Bf4 {
1-0 Beim,V-Oratovsky,M/Tel Aviv Cup rapid 1996/EXP 52}) (7... e5 8. O-O h6 9.
Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 $11 11. dxe5 Nxg3 12. hxg3 dxe5 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rad1 $6 c6
15. Nd2 h5 $5 16. e4 f4 17. gxf4 gxf4 18. Bxh5 Qh4 19. Bf3 $6 Nf6 20. Qb3 $6
Kh8 21. Rfe1 Ng4 $1 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. f3 Rad8 $1 24. Nf1 $6 Bxf3 $1 25. gxf3
Rg8 $19 26. Nh2 Bf8+ 27. Kh1 Bc5 28. Re2 Rd7 $1 29. Na4 Bf2 $1 {
0-1 Ruban,V-Polgar,J/Groningen PCA 1993/[Belov]}) 8. O-O b6 9. Qc2 $146 (9. h3
Bb7 10. d5 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. e4 e6 13. Qd2 exd5 14. exd5 Rae8 15. Bd3 Bc8 16.
Rae1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Re2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 dxe5 21. f3 Ne8 22.
Be3 Nd6 23. Ne4 Nf5 24. a5 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 f5 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. Nf2 a5 28. Qe2
Qb4 29. Nd1 a4 30. g4 h5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Kg2 Qb6 33. Kh1 Qb3 34. Bc2 Qb4 35.
Kg2 Ba6 36. Bd3 Bc8 37. Qc2 Bd7 38. Bxf5 Bxf5 39. Qxf5 Qxc4 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41.
Nf2 Qc1 42. Qf5+ Kh6 43. d6 Qxb2 44. d7 Qd4 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. Qe7 {
1-0 Bernei,A-Pesztericz,L/HUN-chT 1994/TD 94\03}) 9... Bb7 10. d5 {
White gains space} Re8 11. Rad1 a6 {Controls b5} 12. h3 {Covers g4} Qc7 13. Rd2
Rad8 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Ng5 Nhf6 17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 Nf8 19. Bg3 Bc8
20. Bh2 Qd7 21. a4 Qc7 22. e4 Bd7 $14 (22... N6d7 23. Bd3 $11) 23. e5 {
Playing against the pawn chain} Bf5 24. Qc1 $11 (24. Bd3 $5 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 $14)
24... Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Re1 Bxf3 $14 (26... Nd7 27. Qc3 $11) 27. Bxf3 Rbd8
28. Rde2 f5 $14 (28... e6 29. Qc2 $11) 29. Qc2 $11 (29. exf6 Bxf6 30. f5 Kg7
$16) 29... Qd7 $14 (29... e6 30. exd6 Rxd6 31. Kh1 $11) 30. g4 {
White is in command} Kh8 $2 $18 (30... dxe5 $142 {and Black can hope to live}
31. fxe5 fxg4 32. Bxg4 e6 $16) 31. e6 Qb7 32. gxf5 Bd4+ (32... b5 33. axb5 axb5
34. b3 $18) 33. Kh1 gxf5 $4 {
a blunder in a bad position. White creates threats along the open g-file#} (
33... b5 $18) 34. Bh5 (34. Qxf5 Qc8 35. Rg2 Bf6 36. Reg1 Bg5 37. Rxg5 Qxe6 38.
dxe6 Nh7 39. Rg7 Nf6 40. Qg6 d5 41. Qxh6+ Nh7 42. Qxh7#) 34... Nh7 35. Bf7 (35.
Bxe8 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rxe8 36. Rg2 b5 37. Qxf5 bxc4 $18)
35... Nf6 (35... Rf8 36. Qxf5 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. cxb5 Qxb5 $18) 36. Qxf5 Rg8
37. Bg1 Rg3 (37... b5 38. Bxg8 Rxg8 39. Bxd4 cxd4 40. Rg1 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 $18)
38. Bxd4 {Threatening mate... how?} cxd4 39. Kh2 Rg7 40. Qd3 (40. Rg1 $142 {
secures the point} Rxg1 41. Kxg1 $18) 40... Rf8 $2 (40... b5 41. cxb5 Nxd5 $18)
41. Qxd4 (41. Rg1 $142 {ends the debate} Rxg1 42. Kxg1 Qa8 $18) 41... b5 (41...
Qc7 42. b3 $18) 42. axb5 axb5 43. Rg1 $1 {surprise!} Rxg1 44. Qxg1 {
Threatening mate: Qg6} (44. Kxg1 $6 bxc4 45. Qxc4 Rc8 $14) 44... bxc4 (44...
Qc8 {no good, but what else?} 45. Qg6 Qxc4 46. Qxh6+ Nh7 $18) 45. Qg6 {
The mate threat is Qxh6} Qxd5 (45... Rxf7 {is not much help} 46. exf7 Qb8 47.
Qxh6+ Nh7 48. Qg6 Nf6 49. Rxe7 Qf8 50. Qxf6+ Kh7 51. Re6 c3 52. Qh4+ Kg7 53.
Qh6+ Kxf7 54. Qg6#) 46. Qxh6+ Nh7 47. Bg6 (47. Bg6 Rf7 48. exf7 Qxf7 49. Bxf7
e6 50. Rxe6 c3 51. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Thiyagarajah, Anand"]
[Black "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1115"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bb5 g6 $14 (5... a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7.
O-O Ne7 (7... Be7 8. e5 d5 9. d3 Nh6 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. fxg5 Nf5 12. Qe1 Rb8 13.
Qf2 Qe7 14. Ne2 Rb4 15. c3 Rg4 16. h3 Rh4 17. Kh2 h6 18. g6 fxg6 19. g4 Rf8 20.
gxf5 Rxf5 21. Qg2 g5 22. Ng1 Rxe5 23. Qg3 Re2+ 24. Nxe2 {
1-0 Lai,W-Mohd Fadrus,Z/Kuala Lumpur op 1992/EXP 31}) 8. d3 Rb8 9. b3 g6 10.
Bb2 Bg7 11. Na4 Bxb2 12. Nxb2 O-O 13. Qe1 f6 14. Rd1 e5 15. Qg3 exf4 16. Qxf4
Be6 17. Rde1 Kg7 18. h4 Rb7 19. Na4 Nc8 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Kh1 Qe7 22. c4 Qg7 23.
Qf2 Rbf7 24. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Kaiser,H-Brix,G/Mannheim MB 1990/GER 04}) (5... Nf6
6. Bxc6+ (6. O-O Be7 7. d3 Qc7 8. Qe1 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nb4
12. Qf2 Ba6 13. a3 Nd5 14. c4 Nb6 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Rad8 18.
Qe3 Nd7 19. b4 Nf6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Ng4 h5 22. Nf2 e5 23. Qg3 Rfe8 24. Bb2 f6
25. f5 c5 26. Qg6 Bb7 27. b5 e4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Rae1 Ne5 31.
Qxh5 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Nf7 33. Qe2 Qf4 34. Bc3 Qxf5 35. a4 Qd3 36. Qxd3 Rxd3 37.
Re8+ Kh7 38. Re7 Kg6 39. Be1 Ne5 40. Rxa7 Nxc4 {
Tay,J-Agus,S/Kuala Lumpur op 1992/EXP 31/1-0 (51)}) 6... bxc6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. Na4 f6 11. b3 fxe5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bb2 e4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15.
Raxd1 c4 16. Ne5 cxb3 17. Nxc6 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Bf8 19. axb3 Bb7 20. Nd4 Bxe4 21.
Nxe6 Bd6 22. c4 Nf6 23. Nxg7 Ng4 24. h3 Ne5 25. Nh5 Bc2 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Ng4 {
1-0 Olesen,M-Molvig,H/Copenhagen 1995/EXP 45}) (5... Nf6 6. d3 $11) (5... Nge7
6. O-O a6 7. Be2 Nd4 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb1 g6 10. c4 Bg7 11. d3 O-O 12. b4 b5 13.
cxb5 axb5 14. Bb2 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd2 Be6 17. a3 Nc8 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4
Nb6 20. Nb3 Na4 21. Qe2 Qe7 22. Rfc1 Bh6 23. Rc2 Be3+ 24. Kh1 f5 25. Bc1 Bxc1
26. Rcxc1 Nc3 27. Qc2 fxe4 28. dxe4 Rf4 29. Nc5 Qf7 30. Qd3 Rf2 31. Re1 Rf8 32.
h3 Qe7 33. Qg3 Ne2 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Qe6 Qg5 36. Rg1 Nxg1 37. Rxg1 Rxg2 38. Rxg2
Rf1+ {0-1 Hector,J-Hjartarson,J/Gausdal zt 1987/CBM 04}) (5... Bd7 6. O-O Nf6
7. d3 Be7 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Qe1 Nd4 11. Qg3 h5 12. h3 Bxb5 13. hxg4
Bc6 14. Nd2 Nxc2 15. Nde4 Qd4+ 16. Rf2 O-O-O 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Rxf7 Bxe4 19. Bg5
Bxg5 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. dxe4 Be3+ {
0-1 Schultz Pedersen,J-Pedersen,S/Copenhagen op 1995/EXP 47}) 6. Bxc6+ $11 {
Sicilian defence (Grand Prix Attack) If playing this line it may be better to
delay Nc3 until after the Knight capture and playing c4 blockading the doubled
pawns. Ed.} (6. d4 $5 $14) 6... bxc6 {Prevents intrusion on b5+d5} 7. O-O Bg7
8. Qe1 Ne7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 a5 $14 (10... Rb8 11. Rb1 $11) 11. e5 {
This push gains space} a4 $16 (11... Nf5 $5 $14) 12. Ne4 (12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5
Nd5 $16 (13... Bxe5 $2 14. Ne4 $18 (14. fxe5 $6 Qxe5 15. Bf2 Qxe1 16. Raxe1 Rd8
$14))) 12... dxe5 $18 (12... Nf5 $5 $16) 13. fxe5 c4 14. dxc4 Ba6 (14... Nf5
15. Bc5 Re8 16. g4 $18) 15. b3 (15. Bc5 Bxc4 16. Rf2 Nf5 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Nf6+
Kh8 $18) 15... Qc7 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. Bd6 $16 (17. Qf2 Re8 $18) 17... Qa7+ 18.
Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nf5 20. Rd1 h5 21. Rfd2 Bh6 22. Re2 Kg7 23. Kh1 Bc8 (23...
Ne3 24. Rd4 $16) 24. Nd4 Nxd4 $18 (24... Bb7 25. Nc5 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 axb3 27.
cxb3 $18 (27. Nxb7 $4 {White should leave the bishop alone} bxa2 28. Re1 a1=Q
$19)) 25. Rxd4 axb3 26. cxb3 Rd7 27. Nf6 Rb7 $4 {
an oversight. But Black was lost anyway.} (27... Rd8 $142 $18) 28. Bf8+ $3 {
giving up material to nicely decide the game} (28. Bf8+ Kh8 29. Bxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Black "Vitols, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "904"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 {French Defence (Tarrasch Variation)} 4. exd5 (4.
Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1
O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qd2 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Ne5 16. Re3 N7g6
17. Qd4 a6 18. Bf1 Nc6 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. c3 Rad8 21. Rd3 d4 22. cxd4 Nf4 23. Rf3
Nxd4 24. Qxf4 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Qxb2 26. Qxb7 Rd6 27. Bxa6 Rf6 28. f3 h6 29. Bf1
Re8 30. Qa7 Rc8 31. Qd4 Rc3 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Bd3+ Rxd3 34. Qxd3+ Rg6 35. Qd2 {
1-0 Slobodjan,R-Casper,T/BL9697 Magdeburg-Erfurt 1997/BL9697}) 4... exd5 5.
Ngf3 cxd4 (5... Bg4 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O Nge7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nb3 Bb6
11. c3 O-O 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nge5 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qg5
17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rd3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rfd1 Rfe8 21. Nd4 Bc7 22. g3 Rd6
23. Re3 Rf6 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg4 Bd6 26. Qc8+ Bf8 27. Rd2 Re1+ 28. Kg2 h5 29.
Qxb7 g5 30. Qxd5 Bh6 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Nxe2 {
1-0 Moseki,G-Jenkins,D/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44}) (5... Nc6 6. Bb5 cxd4 (6... Bd6
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. c3 a6 13. Bd3
Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Nfd4 Rfe8 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Re2 Nc4
20. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Andersson,U/Ter Apel 1996/TUR 96}) 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8.
Ne5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Kd8 11. Nb3 f6 12. Bg5 fxg5 13. Na5 Qe8 14. Rfe1
Kc7 15. Qf3 Bb4 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. c4 Nf6 18. Naxc6 Ne4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. c5 Bxe5
21. Nxe5 Kc8 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Qb3 Bc6 25. Qc4 Qf6 {
0-1 Svidler,P-Dolmatov,S/Haifa 1995/TUR 95}) 6. Nxd4 $146 (6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Nfxd4
Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. c4 Bf6 12. Be3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne5 14.
Be2 Bd7 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Nb5 Nc6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Re5 19. b3 Be6 20. Qxd8+
Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 b6 24. Bd6 Bd7 25. Bf3 a5 26. a4 {
1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Dolmatov,S/BL9192 1992/BL 90}) 6... Bc5 7. N2b3 Bxd4 8. Nxd4 {
A sound move} Nf6 9. Be2 (9. Qe2+ Qe7 $14) 9... O-O (9... Qb6 10. c3 $14) 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Nb5 Bf5 $16 (12... Bd7 $142 $5 $14 {
should be examined more closely}) 13. Bd6 Na6 (13... Qb6 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. a4
$18) 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. c3 Qc5 (15... Nc5 16. Re1 $18) 16. Qd4 (16. Nd4 Bg6 $18)
16... Qe7 (16... Re8 17. b4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 $18) 17. Bf3 (17. Rfe1 Nc5 $18) 17...
b6 {White gets strong play along the open d-file} 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. c4 Nb4 (
19... Be6 20. Rad1 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Qa4 $18) 20. Rad1 (20. Nxa7 Qc7 (
20... Nbxd5 $4 {Black must leave the bishop standing} 21. Nc6 (21. cxd5 $6 Qxa7
22. d6 Ne8 $11) 21... Qc7 22. Nxd8 $18 (22. cxd5 $6 {
is the less attractive alternative} Qxc6 23. dxc6 Rxd4 $16)) 21. Nb5 Qb8 $18)
20... Nfxd5 21. Nc3 Be6 22. cxd5 (22. Rfe1 Qf8 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 $18) 22... Nxd5
23. Rfe1 Qc7 $4 {leading to a quick end} (23... Qf8 $18) 24. Re5 (24. Nxd5 $142
$5 {seems even better} Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Rf8 $18) 24... Qb7 (24... Qc6 {
cannot change destiny} 25. Nxd5 Kh8 26. Qc3 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 $18)
25. Nxd5 {Threatening mate: Nf6} Bxd5 26. Rxd5 {Threatening mate... how?} Rxd5
27. Qxd5 {Do you see the mate threat?} Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Kf8 29. Rd7 a5 30. Kf1 Ke8
31. Rb7 (31. Rb7 a4 32. Rxb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Schoech, Franz"]
[Black "Srdic, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 {Sicilian Defence (Unusual moves)} d5 3. Ne2 $146 (3. Nd2 Nf6 (
3... Nc6 4. Ngf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. Qd1 dxe4 8. dxe4 Qa5 9. c3 e6
10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. a4 a6 14. Nc4 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. e5
Nd5 17. Qe4 Qc7 18. f4 Rad8 19. a5 g6 20. g3 Rd7 21. h4 Qc6 22. Qc4 Rfd8 23.
Bf3 Qb5 24. Qe4 c4 25. Kg2 Bc5 26. Be2 Qc6 27. Kh3 b5 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. Qxc4
Be3 30. Rxa6 Qb7 31. Qb5 Bxc1 32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxc1 Rxb2 34. Bf3 Ne3 35. Re1
Nf5 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Bxa8 Rc2 38. Be4 Rxc3 39. Bxf5 gxf5 {
1/2-1/2 Todorcevic,M-Kosanovic,G/JUG-Cup Pula 1990/TD 90\01}) 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3
Bg4 6. h3 (6. Bg2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O Qc7 9. c3 h6 10. a3 Rd8 11. Qa4 Be7 12.
b4 O-O 13. Re1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd7 15. b5 Nce5 16. Re3 c4 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Qc2
Ncd3 19. f4 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Nd3 {
Todorcevic,M-Bologan,V/Las Palmas Pirez 1993/EXP 39/0-1 (38)}) 6... Bxf3 7.
Qxf3 e6 8. Bg2 Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 Rd8 11. Qe2 b5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14.
Re1 Nb6 15. h4 b4 16. Ng5 Na4 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nf3 Kh7 19. c4 Nb6 20. cxd5 Nxd5
21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nh3 {1/2-1/2 Autenrieth,M-Marian,R/BL 8586 1986/BL 80}) (3.
exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O g6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10.
Re1 Nf6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Qe2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 e6 15. Qf3 Nd5 16. Nxd5
Qxd5 17. Qxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Van den Berkmortel,T-Czebe,A/Budapest Spring op 1996/EXP 52}) (3. Qe2
Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Na3 Bf8 10. Bg5 Be6
11. Nd2 Be7 12. f4 dxe4 13. dxe4 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. f5 Bc8 16. Ndc4 a6 17.
Rad1 Qc7 {Carr,N-Conquest,S/BCF-ch 1988/TD 88\02/1-0 (57)}) (3. exd5 Qxd5 4.
Nc3 Qd8 $11) 3... dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nc6 6. a3 $15 {Controls b4} (6.
Nbc3 Nf6 $11) 6... f5 $11 (6... e5 $5 $15) 7. Nbc3 (7. Ng3 fxe4 8. Nxe4 e5 $14)
7... fxe4 (7... Nf6 8. Be3 $11) 8. Nxe4 Bf5 9. Nxc5 O-O-O+ 10. Bd2 e5 11. Nb3
Nf6 12. h3 $11 {Secures g4} (12. Kc1 $5 $16) 12... Be7 $16 (12... Ne4 $5 {
is an interesting idea} 13. Ke1 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bc5 $14) 13. f3 $14 {
Consolidates e4} (13. Ng3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 $14) 13... e4 14. Kc1 exf3 15. gxf3
{Secures e4.} Ne5 $16 (15... Rhe8 $5 $14 {is worth consideration}) 16. Ned4 Bg6
$18 (16... Bd7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bg2 $16) 17. Ba5 Rd5 18. Bb4 $14 (18. f4 $142 $5
Ned7 19. Bc4 $16) 18... Bd8 $18 (18... Bxb4 $142 $5 {
must definitely be considered} 19. axb4 Rhd8 $14) 19. Bg2 $14 (19. f4 $142 $5
Ned7 20. Bc4 $18) 19... Nc4 20. Re1 Bc7 21. Bd2 $15 (21. Bf1 $142 $5 {
and White can hope to survive} Bf4+ 22. Kb1 $14) 21... Nxd2 {
Black threatens strongly Bf4} 22. Kxd2 Bf4+ 23. Ke2 Rg5 $14 (23... Bg3 $5 24.
Red1 Rhd8 $11) 24. Kf1 Bh2 25. Ne6 Rb5 26. Rad1 Bf7 27. Ned4 $14 (27. a4 Re5
28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxg7 Bxb2 $16) 27... Bc4+ 28. Ne2 $11 (28. Kf2 Rg5 29. Ne2
Re8 $14) 28... Nh5 29. Kf2 Re8 30. Ned4 $4 $19 {White loses the upper hand} (
30. Bf1 $142 $11 {would be a reprieve}) 30... Bg3+ 31. Kg1 Rxe1+ (31... Bxe1
32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Rd5 Bf2+ 34. Kxf2 Re2+ 35. Kf1 Re5+ 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Kf2 $17
) 32. Rxe1 Bxe1 33. Nxb5 Bxb5 34. Nd4 (34. Bf1 Ba4 $19) 34... Bc6 (34... Bd7 {
and Black can already relax} 35. Ne2 $19) 35. h4 (35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Bf1 Nf4 $19
) 35... Nf4 (35... Bd7 {makes it even easier for Black} 36. Bf1 $19) 36. Nf5 (
36. Nxc6 {cannot change what is in store for ?} bxc6 37. h5 Nxh5 $19) 36... g6
(36... Nxg2 $6 37. Kxg2 g6 38. Kf1 gxf5 39. Kxe1 Bxf3 40. c4 $19) 37. Ne3 (37.
Nd4 {is not the saving move} Bd7 $19) 37... Nxg2 (37... Bxh4 {
might be the shorter path} 38. c3 $19) 38. Kxg2 Bxh4 39. Ng4 Kd7 40. Kh3 Bd8
41. f4 (41. Ne5+ {doesn't improve anything} Kc7 $19) 41... Ke6 42. c4 Bc7 43.
Kg3 (43. Ne5 {does not save the day} Bxe5 44. fxe5 Kxe5 $19) 43... g5 44. Kh3
Bxf4 45. Nf2 Kf5 46. b4 Bf3 47. Nd3 Be2 (47... Bc7 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 48. Nc1 g4+ 49. Kh4 $19) 48. Nb2 (48. Nxf4 Kxf4 49.
Kh2 Bxc4 50. Kg2 Bf1+ 51. Kxf1 $19) 48... Bf1# 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Black "Kerr, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 {Philidor's Defence} 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. dxe5 (5. Ng5 Nh6
6. a4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Ne5 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nf3 Nhg4 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nxe5
Nxe5 13. Rd1 f4 14. f3 Qe8 15. Bf1 Qg6 16. Kh1 Qh5 17. Ne2 g5 18. Qg1 Nxf3 19.
Nxf4 Rxf4 20. gxf3 Rxf3 21. Be2 Bg4 22. Rd3 Raf8 23. Raa3 h6 24. Rxf3 Rxf3 25.
Qg2 Rxa3 26. Bxg4 Qh4 27. bxa3 Qe1+ 28. Qg1 {
1/2-1/2 Kraut,R-Miltner,A/BL9697 Eppingen-Duisburg 1997/BL9697}) (5. O-O Be7 6.
dxe5 (6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. h3 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Bd3
Rfe8 13. Ne2 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. c4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bg7 17. Qc2 c5 18. Bc3 {
1/2-1/2 Ramesh,R-Murshed,N/Sakthi 1996/TUR 96}) 6... dxe5 7. Ng5 Nh6 8. Ne6
fxe6 9. Bxh6 O-O 10. Qg4 Bf6 11. Bxe6+ Kh8 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Bb3 Nc5
15. Qe2 Ne6 16. Rad1 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. f4 g5 19. Qh5 gxf4 20. Rxf4 Be6 21.
Rdf1 Bg7 22. Nf3 Bxb3 23. axb3 h6 24. Nh4 Qg5 25. Qd1 Re6 26. Rg4 Qe3+ 27. Kh1
Rxe4 28. Nf5 Qe2 29. Rxe4 Qxe4 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Re1 Qf4 32. Re7+ Kh8 33. g3
Qf6 34. Re4 c5 35. Kg1 Rf8 36. Qe2 Qg5 37. Re5 Qg6 38. Rxc5 Qd6 39. Re5 d3 40.
cxd3 {1-0 Akopian,V-Radulov,I/Cannes op 1993/TD 93\04}) 5... dxe5 6. O-O $146 (
6. Ng5 Nh6 7. h4 (7. h3 Qf6 8. Be3 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. Rd1
Kh8 13. O-O Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nc5 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 exf4 17. Qxf4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6
19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nc5 21. Rd4 Nf7 {
Andre,W-Autenrieth,M/OLNW 9293 1993/BIG 90/1/2-1/2 (31)}) 7... Bc5 8. Qe2 Nb6
9. Bb3 Qe7 10. a4 a5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Nf1 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Qb4+ 15. Kf1
Nc5 16. Ra3 Nxb3 17. Rxb3 Qxa4 18. Ra3 Qb4 19. c3 Qe7 20. c4 f6 21. Nf3 Be6 22.
Nd2 Rfd8 23. g4 Qb4 24. Rc3 Qxb2 25. Rc2 Qa1+ 26. Kg2 Qa3 27. g5 Nf7 28. Nf5
Bxf5 29. exf5 Qd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Ne4 Nh6 33. Rb2 Rf8 34. Rxb7
Nxf5 35. Nc5 Rd6 36. h5 Rf7 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Ra1 Kh6 39. Rg8 Rg7+ 40. Rxg7 Nxg7
41. Rxa5 Rd4 42. Ra4 Kxh5 43. f3 Nf5 44. Ne4 Kg6 {
0-1 Braeunlin,H-Theel,T/BL2-SW 1990/BL2}) 6... Qc7 7. a4 Be7 8. Nbd2 Nf8 9. Rb1
h5 (9... Ng6 10. b4 $11) 10. b4 Rh6 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Nc4 {
e5 draws heavy fire. White inhibits 0-0-0} Rd8 14. Qe2 Ne6 15. Qe3 Bxf3 16.
Qxf3 Ne7 17. Rbd1 Ng6 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qf5 Qe7 20. Nxe5 Nh4 $16 (20... Nxe5
21. Bxe5 g6 22. Qf3 $16) 21. Qh3 Nf4 $18 (21... Qxb4 22. g3 $16) 22. Qc8 Rd6
23. g3 $14 (23. Bxf7+ $142 {White has the better game} Kf8 24. b5 $18) 23...
Ne2+ $16 (23... f6 24. Bf7+ Kf8 25. gxf4 (25. gxh4 $143 fxe5 26. Bc4 Qxh4 $17)
25... fxe5 26. Bxh5 exf4 27. Qg4 $16) 24. Kh1 f6 25. f4 $4 $17 {
ignoring the path to victory} (25. Bf7+ $142 {a pity that White didn't try this
} Kf8 26. Bxh5 (26. gxh4 fxe5 27. Bxh5 Nf4 $18) 26... fxe5 27. Bxe2 $18 (27.
gxh4 $6 Nf4 28. Bg4 g6 $18)) 25... fxe5 26. fxe5 (26. gxh4 Qxh4 $1 {
sealing the opponent's fate} (26... Nxf4 {is clearly weaker} 27. Qf5 Rd2 28.
Qxe5 (28. Bxe5 $4 Rxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qg2#) 28... Qxe5
29. Bxe5 $16) (26... exf4 $6 27. Qf5 g6 28. Qe5 $15) 27. Bxe5 Rg6 $17) 26...
Rd7 27. gxh4 $4 $19 {forfeits the clear win} (27. Bc4 $142 {saving the game}
Qxb4 28. e6 $11) 27... Qxh4 28. Be6 (28. Bf7+ {is the last straw} Ke7 $1 {
an unpleasant surprise} 29. Bd5 Ng3+ 30. Kg2 Nxf1 31. Bd4 Qg4+ 32. Kf2 Qf4+ 33.
Ke1 Qd2+ 34. Kxf1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qxc2+ 36. Kf3 Qd3+ 37. Kg2 Qxd4 38. a5 $19)
28... Qxe4+ (28... Qxe4+ 29. Rf3 {White cannot hold on to the material} Qxf3#)
0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Thiyagarajah, Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1115"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Vienna Game} d6 4. d3 Nf6 $146 (4... Be6 5. Nge2 (
5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. f4 Qd7 7. Nf3 exf4 8. Bxf4 O-O-O 9. O-O Nf6 10. a3 Be7 11. b4
e5 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Qd2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Kb8 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Bf6
18. Qc4 c6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 {
Lendwai,R-Janetschek,K/AUT BL 1990/TD 90\04/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 5... Qd7 6. O-O Na5
7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 O-O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. b4 Nc6 12. a4 Nxb4 13. a5
b5 14. Bxa7 Kb7 15. Be3 c6 16. a6+ Ka8 17. d4 d5 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bb4 20.
e5 Rf8 21. Na2 {1-0 Strobel,W-Radic,P/BL 8182 1982/BL 80}) (4... Na5 5. Nge2
Nxc4 6. dxc4 Be6 7. Qd3 Qd7 8. Ng3 g6 9. f4 f6 10. O-O Bg7 11. f5 Bf7 12. Be3
Qc6 13. Nd5 g5 14. b4 b6 15. c5 dxc5 16. bxc5 Bf8 17. cxb6 axb6 18. a4 Ra5 19.
Rfd1 {Lang,J-Erler,R/2.BLN9697 Anhalt-Kreuzberg 1996/BL2-N/1-0 (39)}) (4... g6
5. f4 exf4 6. Bxf4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2
Re8 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxf6 h6
18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rxg6+ Rg7 20. Qxh6 Rxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qe8+ Qf8 23. Qg6+
Qg7 24. Qe8+ Qf8 25. Qh5 Qg7 26. Qe8+ Qf8 {
1/2-1/2 Leiser,S-Rohel,M/OLWuert 1990/GER 01}) 5. f4 g6 $146 (5... Na5 6. f5
Nxc4 7. dxc4 g6 8. g4 gxf5 9. gxf5 b5 10. cxb5 d5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13.
Nd5 Qh4+ 14. Kf1 Bb7 15. Qe1 Qh6 16. c4 Bxd5 17. exd5 O-O-O 18. Qxe5 Rg8 19.
Qxd4 Rg5 20. Qxa7 Rxf5+ 21. Ke2 Re8+ 22. Kd3 Rf6 23. Rd1 Rb6 24. d6 Qe3+ 25.
Kc2 Qe4+ 26. Kb3 Bxd6 27. Rd5 Qe3+ 28. Ka4 Re4 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Rxd6+ Rxd6 31.
b3 Qd3 32. Nh3 Rxc4+ 33. Ka3 Rdd4 34. Nf2 Ra4+ 35. Qxa4 Rxa4+ 36. Kxa4 Qd4+ 37.
b4 Qxf2 38. Rd1+ Kc8 39. Rc1 Qxa2# {
0-1 Morvay,M-Martynov,P/Budapest Spring op 1991/TD 91\05}) (5... Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. a3 exf4 8. Bxf4 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Bh4+ 12. g3 Bf6 13.
Qe2 c6 14. h3 Ne5 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. O-O-O Bd4 17. Rdf1 Qe7 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Bxe6
fxe6 20. Qg2 Qd6 21. Ne2 Be5 22. h4 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. h5 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1
Nf8 26. Bf4 c5 27. Qh3 b6 28. Qh4 h6 29. Qg4 Kf7 30. Kb1 a6 31. Ng1 Bxf4 32.
gxf4 Nd7 33. Nf3 Kf8 34. e5 Qd5 35. Nd2 b5 36. b3 a5 37. Qh4 Ke8 38. Ne4 Nf8
39. Nd6+ Kd7 40. Qg4 Qh1+ 41. Kb2 {1-0 Kuijf,M-Hedke,F/Groningen op 1995/EXP 50
}) 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O $11 (7. Bb5 exf4 8. Bxf4 Bg7 $14) 7... Bg7 8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 ({Not} 9. gxf3 Nh5 10. fxe5 Qh4 $17 (10... Bxe5 $143 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh2
$15)) 9... Qd7 10. Qf2 h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxh6 $14 (13. Bb3 $5
$16) 13... Nfg4 14. hxg4 Bxh6 15. Nd5 Nxg4 16. Nf6+ Nxf6 17. Qxf6 Be3+ $2 $18 (
17... c6 $142 $5 18. Qxg6+ Bg7 $16) 18. Kh1 Qg4 {Threatening mate: Qh5} 19.
Bxf7+ Kh7 20. Rf3 Bh6 21. Rh3 g5 (21... Rae8 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable} 22. Rf1 Rd8 $18) 22. Qxh6# (22. Rxh6#)
1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Srdic, Goran"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {Caro-Kann (Advance Variation)} Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6
6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 (7. Be3 cxd4 (7... Nc6 8. dxc5 Nxe5 9. Nf4 a6 10. Qe2 Nf6 11.
O-O-O Be7 12. Bg2 Nexg4 13. Nfxd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxg4 O-O 16. Bxd5 Qc7
17. f4 Rad8 18. Rhe1 Qa5 19. Bf2 Bxc5 20. Re5 Qa4 21. Bb3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Rd8+
23. Kc1 Qb4 24. Be1 Qd4 25. a3 Bxa3 26. c3 Qb6 27. Qh4 Bd6 28. Rd5 Re8 29. f5
Qxb3 30. Rxd6 Bxf5 31. Rd2 Qa2 {
0-1 Shabalov,A-Adianto,U/New York op 1993/TD 93\03}) 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. f4 Bb4 10.
a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Be4 12. Rg1 Nge7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Ke2 Ne7 18. Bd4 Nd5 19. f5 Rac8 20. Rg3 e3 21. Rxe3 Nxe3 22.
Kxe3 b6 23. Rb1 Kf8 24. Rb4 Ke7 25. a4 Rd5 26. c4 Rd7 27. c3 f6 28. exf6+ gxf6
29. fxe6 Kxe6 30. a5 bxa5 31. Ra4 Kf7 32. Rxa5 Rxc4 33. Ra6 {
1/2-1/2 Herbrechtsmeier,C-Chandler,M/BL 8182 1982/BL 80}) 7... h6 8. Be3 Qb6 9.
Qd2 $146 (9. Rb1 Nc6 10. f4 O-O-O 11. Qd2 c4 12. Bg2 Bb4 13. O-O Nge7 14. a3
Bxc3 15. Nxc3 h5 16. b3 cxb3 17. Rxb3 Qa6 18. Rfb1 Na5 19. Rb5 Nc4 20. Qe2 Bxc2
21. Qxc2 Nxe3 22. Qc1 Nc4 23. Ne4 dxe4 {
Mannion,S-Giulian,P/SCO-ch 1988/TD 88\02/1/2-1/2 (65)}) (9. f4 Nc6 (9... Ne7
10. dxc5 Qxb2 11. f5 exf5 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Rb5 Nbc6 14. Rxb7 Qa5 15. h5 Bh7 16.
gxf5 Bxf5 17. Bg2 Be6 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Qb1 Qa6 20. Rb3 Nf5 21. Nb5 Nxe3 22.
Rxe3 Bxc5 23. Rff3 Nxe5 24. Rg3 Qb6 25. Qb3 Nc4 26. Ned4 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 a6 {
0-1 Dubois Schall,M-Roos,C/Oisterwijk-W 1990/TD 93\02}) 10. f5 Bh7 11. Qd2
O-O-O 12. dxc5 Qb4 13. Nd4 Nxe5 14. O-O-O Nxg4 15. fxe6 N8f6 16. a3 Qxc5 17.
Bh3 fxe6 18. Rhe1 Qa5 19. Bf4 Bf5 20. Rxe6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Bd6 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23.
Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Qf4 {1-0 Bevia,L-Sanchez Guirado,F/Javea 1992/TD 92\09}) (9. h5
Bh7 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Be4 12. Rh3 Nc6 13. f3 Bh7 14. a3 b5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16.
b4 Bxb4 17. cxb4 Qb6 18. Nc3 a6 19. Bd3 Nxe5 20. Bxh7 Rxh7 21. a4 Rc8 22. Qc2
Nf6 23. Nxd5 Rxc2 24. Nxb6 Nd3+ 25. Kd1 Rc6 26. d5 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. axb5
axb5 29. Ra5 Nb2+ 30. Ke1 Nc4 31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. Bc5 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Kxc8 34. Bd4
Kd7 35. Rh2 f6 36. Ra2 Ne5 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Ra8 d4 39. Kd2 Kd6 40. Kd3 Kd5 41.
Rb8 e4+ 42. fxe4+ Ke6 43. Rf8 g6 {Bromberger,S-Schuster,M/DLM 1995/1-0 (54)}) (
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 9... Nc6 (9... Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxc2 11. Qxc2 Bxc2
12. Rxb7 $15) 10. f4 $15 (10. O-O-O $5 $11) 10... O-O-O $14 (10... Qxb2 $5 {
should be considered} 11. Rb1 Qxc2 12. Qxc2 Bxc2 13. Rxb7 c4 $15) 11. O-O-O Qa5
12. f5 $11 {White undermines the pawn chain} (12. h5 Bh7 13. a3 Kb8 $14) 12...
exf5 13. Nf4 $2 $17 (13. Bh3 $142 $11 {and White can hope to survive}) 13...
cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 $15 (14... fxg4 $142 $5 15. Bg2 Nge7 $19 (15... Nxd4 $143
16. Nxg6 Nb3+ 17. axb3 fxg6 18. Qf4 $15)) 15. Nxg6 (15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qd3 d4 $15
) 15... fxg6 16. Qxd4 {The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} Bc5 17. Qd3 Ne7
18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Bh3 g6 20. Kb1 d4 $11 (20... Rhf8 21. Rhf1 $15) 21. Ne2 Kb8
22. h5 g5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 $11 (23... Bb6 24. Rhe1 Qxe5 25. Ng3 $15) 24. Qxf5 Qb6
25. Rh3 (25. Nc1 Rhf8 26. Qe4 Qe6 $14) 25... Rhf8 26. Qg6 $15 (26. Qe4 Qe6 27.
Rhd3 Rd5 28. Nxd4 Qxe5 29. Qxe5+ Rxe5 $17) 26... Qxg6 $14 (26... Rfe8 $142 $5 {
is worth looking at} 27. Rf3 Rxe5 $15) 27. hxg6 {The passed pawn on g6 will
quickly become a dangerous weapon. Black has to watch this pawn} Rh8 28. Rdh1
$11 (28. c3 Rdg8 $11) 28... Bf8 29. Rf3 Bg7 {The bishop blocks g6} 30. e6 $15 {
Pushes the passed pawn} (30. Rf7 $5 {must definitely be considered} Bxe5 31.
Nc1 $11) 30... Rd6 $11 (30... Rde8 31. Rf7 Rxe6 32. Rxg7 Rxe2 33. Rf7 $11) 31.
Rf7 Rxe6 32. Rxg7 Rxe2 33. Rf7 Ree8 $18 (33... Rg8 34. g7 h5 $16) 34. Kc1 $16 (
34. g7 $5 Rhg8 35. a3 Rc8 36. Rxh6 a5 $18) 34... a6 $2 $18 (34... Rhf8 $142 35.
Rhf1 Rg8 $16) 35. Rhf1 $4 $16 {there were better ways to keep up the pressure}
(35. g7 $142 {and White has reached his goal} Rhg8 36. Rxh6 $18) 35... Ka7 $2
$18 (35... Rhg8 $142 36. g7 Rc8 $16) 36. g7 Rhg8 37. Rf8 Rxg7 38. Rxe8 g4 39.
Kd2 h5 40. Rh8 Rg5 41. a4 (41. Rh1 {makes it even easier for White} Rb5 $18)
41... Kb6 (41... g3 {does not help much} 42. Rh6 $18) 42. b4 g3 43. Rh6+ Ka7
44. Ke2 (44. a5 {and White can already relax} g2 45. Rg1 Kb8 $18) 44... a5 45.
b5 {The mate threat is b6} Re5+ (45... Rc5 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 46. Kd3 g2 47. Rb1 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 $18)
46. Kd3 Rg5 (46... Re8 $18 {no good, but what else?}) 47. Ke2 $11 (47. b6+ Ka6
48. Rf8 Rg8 49. Rxg8 h4 50. Ra8#) 47... Re5+ 48. Kf3 Re3+ 49. Kg2 {
Threatening mate... how?} Re2+ 50. Kxg3 Rxc2 51. b6+ (51. Rf7 $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} d3 52. Rhh7 Kb6 53. Rxb7+ Kc5 54. Rxh5+ Kb4 55. Rh4+
Ka3 $18) 51... Ka6 52. Rf8 {Threatening mate: Ra8} h4+ 53. Kf3 Rc6 54. Rxc6
bxc6 55. Ke4 c5 56. Kd5 {The mate threat is Kc6} Kxb6 57. Rf6+ (57. Rf6+ Kc7
58. Kxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Black "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1272"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 {Queen's Gambit Accepted} 4. Nc3 (4. e3 Nf6 5.
Bxc4 c5 (5... a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bg5 Bb7 11.
Rc1 O-O 12. Re1 Nc6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Nb4 15. Be2 Nfd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Nc5
Bd5 18. Ne5 Nf5 19. Qd2 a5 20. Qf4 Ra7 21. Red1 f6 22. Ned3 Nc6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6
24. Rxc6 Nxd4 25. Rxe6 Nxe6 26. Qc4 Qd6 27. Nf4 Qxf4 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Bc4 a4 {
0-1 Volzhin,A-Sadler,M/London Lloyds 1991/TD 91\08}) 6. Qe2 (6. O-O a6 7. Bd3
cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 a5 13. Rc1 Ba6
14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Rb6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Na4 Rb4 18. b3 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Ne7 20.
Nc5 Nf5 21. Ne4 Nxd4 22. Qd2 e5 23. f4 Ne6 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. Nxf6+ {
1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Huebner,R/Wijk 1996/TUR 96}) 6... a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6
9. a3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Rd1 f5 15. Bb1
Qc7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nb4 18. e4 a5 19. h3 Bc5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Rad8
22. Rc1 f4 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. Ne5 Rd2 27. Rb1 Ba8 28.
f3 Rc2 29. c4 Rd8 30. Rxa5 h6 31. Ng6 Bc6 32. h4 Rxc4 33. Nxf4 Kf7 34. Rb6 Rd7
35. h5 Rb7 36. Rba6 Kf6 37. Kh2 Rc3 38. Ra8 Ke7 39. Rg8 Kf6 40. Ng6 Rf7 41. Ne5
Rc7 42. Rf8+ Ke7 43. Rf7+ {1-0 Topalov,V-Lautier,J/Amsterdam VSB 1996/TUR 96})
4... a6 5. a4 (5. e4 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nf4 Ne7 10. exd5 Ng6
11. Bxc4 Bd6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe2+ Kf8 15. h3 Rh5 16. a5 Nf6 17.
Bg5 Bxh3 18. Bh4 Qd7 19. Bg3 Bxg2 20. Bxd6+ Kg8 {
0-1 Sosonko,G-Van der Sterren,P/NLD-ch 1996/TUR 96}) 5... Bb4 $146 (5... Nc6 6.
e4 (6. g3 Na5 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qc2 Nb3 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5
13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. h4 h6 16. Be3 Bd5 17. Ne1 O-O 18. Qe2 Qd7 19.
Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Ng2 Qe4 {Lobron,E-Lautier,J/Dortmund 1995/TUR 95/1-0 (44)}) (6.
e3 Nf6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Bd2 h6 13.
Ba2 Rd8 14. Rac1 Nf8 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Ng3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. d5 Nb4 19. d6
Nxa2 20. dxe7 Nxc3 21. exd8=Q Rxd8 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rdc1 c6 24. a5 f6 25. Ne4
Rc7 26. Nd6 e5 27. Rb3 c5 28. Rxb7 {1-0 Essing,A-Teich,U/NRW-II 1991/TD 91\01})
6... Na5 7. Be3 c5 8. Ne5 Nb3 9. Bxc4 Nxa1 10. d5 Nf6 11. Qxa1 exd5 12. Nxd5
Be6 13. a5 Bd6 14. Qa4+ Kf8 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5
Qxd5 19. O-O Rd8 20. Qa3 Qxe5 21. Bxc5+ Kg8 22. b4 h5 23. Qf3 Rd7 24. Qf2 Kh7
25. Re1 Qd5 26. Qc2+ g6 27. Qf2 Rc8 28. h3 Kg8 29. Kh1 Rdd8 30. Qf6 Re8 31.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bd4 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Bf6+ Ke6 36. Qe8+ Kxf6 37.
Qh8+ Ke7 {0-1 Levitt,J-Sadler,M/Hastings Challengers 1991/EXP 26}) 6. Bf4 $15 (
6. e3 $5 $11) 6... Ne7 $11 (6... Nf6 $5 $15 {
should be investigated more closely}) 7. e3 $17 (7. e4 $5 $11 {
should be examined more closely}) 7... Nd5 8. Rc1 $17 (8. Qd2 Nxf4 9. exf4 Nd7
$15) 8... Nxf4 9. exf4 Nd7 $15 {Manoeuvre Nb8-d7-b6-d5} (9... b5 $5 $17) 10.
Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 $17 (11. Bb3 Qf6 $11) 11... Nd5 $15 {A sound move} (11... Qd6
12. O-O $17) 12. g3 {Covers f4} c6 {Consolidates b5} 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne4 $15 (
14. Qc2 h6 $11) 14... Be7 15. Ne5 Bf6 $11 (15... f6 $5 16. Nf3 Bb4 $15) 16. Bf3
Bxe5 $14 (16... Be7 $5 $11) 17. fxe5 {White gets more space} Ne7 18. Nd6 {
'the knight is the knight!'} Qc7 (18... Nf5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. d5 cxd5 21. Qxd5
$14) 19. Be4 Bd7 20. b4 Qb8 21. Bc2 b5 (21... Nd5 22. Qd3 f5 23. exf6 $14) 22.
a5 {White gains space} Nf5 23. Ne4 {White gets in control} Qd8 (23... Rd8 24.
Qg4 $16) 24. Qd3 Kh8 25. g4 Nh4 26. f4 {White prepares the advance g5} Ng6 27.
Nc5 f5 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. g5 $15 (29. Qh3 $142 $5 $16) 29... Rf8 $16 (29... Rxf4
$142 {is the best option Black has} 30. Rxf4 Qxg5+ 31. Kh1 Qxf4 $15) 30. Qh3
Rf5 $18 (30... Kg8 $5 31. Bxg6 hxg6 $16) 31. Bxf5 exf5 32. Qg3 (32. Rce1 Be8
$18) 32... Qc7 33. Rcd1 Qd6 34. h4 Re8 (34... Be8 35. Rf2 $18) 35. h5 (35. Nxa6
Ne7 $18) 35... Nf8 36. Qf3 (36. Nxa6 Be6 $18) 36... Qd5 $2 (36... Be6 $142 $18)
37. Qxd5 {Threatening mate... how?} cxd5 38. Nxa6 Rc8 39. Nc5 (39. Rde1 $5 {
might be the shorter path} Kg8 $18) 39... Re8 (39... Be8 $18 {desperation}) 40.
Rde1 (40. Rde1 Rd8 41. Nxd7 Nxd7 42. Re7 $18) (40. Nxd7 $142 $5 {
seems even better} Nxd7 41. Rfe1 Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Hester, David"]
[Black "Schoech, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 {Albin Counter Gambit} Nc6 $16 (3... Be6 4. cxd5 Qxd5
5. Qxd5 Bxd5 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. e3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bb5
O-O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Rg8 15. Nxc6 Rd6 16. Nxa7+ Kb7 17. Nb5
Re6 18. Nd4 Re5 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Nf3 Rh5 21. Rac1 g6 22. g3 g5 23. Nd4 Ne4 24.
Bc3 Be7 {1-0 Wacker,M-Guenster,T/PF-op Eisenberg 1993/GER 05}) (3... dxc4 4.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5+ Kc7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bg3 Be6 10. e3 Bb4 11.
Nd4 b5 12. a4 Kb6 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Ndxb5 Nc6 15. Be2 Nge7 16. O-O Nf5 17. Bf3
a6 18. Nd4 {Mandel,A-Pfleger,M/BL2-S 1996/BL2/1/2-1/2 (43)}) (3... Bb4+ $5 4.
Bd2 Bc5 $16) (3... d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 (5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Nb3 Bg4 7. Nbxd4 Bc5 8.
Bg5 Qxg5 9. Nxc6 Bxf3 10. gxf3 bxc6 {
0-1 Dietz,H-Kadas,G/Kecskemet 1987/TD 87\05}) 5... Nge7 (5... Be6 6. Nbd2 Qd7
7. Bg2 O-O-O 8. O-O h5 9. Qa4 h4 10. Nxh4 Bh3 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxa7 Qg4 13.
Nhf3 d3 14. e6 Qxe6 15. exd3 Qf6 16. Re1 Rh5 17. d4 Bb4 18. Qa8+ Kd7 19. Qa4
Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Ne7 21. Qa3 Be6 22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Bf4 Qg4 24. f3 Qh3 25. g4 Ng6 26.
Bg3 Nh4 27. Re2 {1-0 Sher,M-Gusev,V/Belgorod 1990/EXP 17}) 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. Nbd2
Qd7 8. Bxe7 Bxe7 9. Bg2 O-O-O 10. Qb3 a6 11. a3 Bh3 12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Qd3 Rhe8
14. Rg1 Qe6 15. O-O-O Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Kb1 g6 19. Rd2 c5 20.
Rf1 Qe6 21. h4 f5 22. Qc2 Bf8 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. f4 h5 25. Nh3 Rd6 26. Ng5 Bg7 27.
Rf3 Bf6 28. Nh3 Rb6 29. Rfd3 Qe4 30. Ng1 Qh1 31. Rd1 Qg2 {
0-1 Huss,A-Mozny,M/Prague Bohemians 1988/CBM 08}) 4. cxd5 Nxe5 5. e4 c6 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 $18 (7... Bc5 8. Qc2 $16) 8. Bxf6 $16 (8. Qd4 $5 Ng6 9. O-O-O
$16) 8... Bxf6 9. Nf3 $14 (9. f4 $142 $5 Ng4 10. e5 Bh4+ 11. g3 cxd5 12. Qa4+ (
12. gxh4 $6 Qxh4+ 13. Kd2 Qf2+ 14. Qe2 Qxf4+ 15. Ke1 Ne3 $14) 12... Kf8 13.
gxh4 Qxh4+ 14. Kd2 Qf2+ 15. Nge2 Qe3+ 16. Kc2 Bf5+ 17. Kb3 $18) 9... Bg4 $16 (
9... O-O 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Qd2 $14) 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bxf3
13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 (14. O-O O-O 15. exd5 Re8 $16) 14... Qe7+ 15. Qe3 Qxe3+
16. fxe3 O-O-O 17. c4 Rhe8 18. Kf2 Re4 19. Rac1 Rd6 20. Rc2 f5 21. Rb1 f4 $16 (
21... g5 22. Rd1 $14) 22. exf4 Rxf4+ 23. Ke3 g5 24. g3 Rf7 25. Kd4 Rfd7 26. Rf1
b6 27. Rf5 h6 28. Rcf2 Kb7 29. Rf6 b5 $2 (29... Rxf6 $142 30. Rxf6 Rh7 $18) 30.
Rxd6 {Threatening mate: Rxd7} Rxd6 31. Rf7+ Kc8 (31... Ka6 {
does not save the day} 32. c5 Rd8 33. c6 $18) 32. Rxa7 (32. c5 $142 {
and White has triumphed} Rg6 33. Rf8+ Kc7 34. d6+ Rxd6+ 35. cxd6+ Kxd6 36. Rf6+
Ke7 37. Rxh6 $18) 32... bxc4 33. Kxc4 Kb8 34. Rh7 (34. Kc5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Rg6 35. Ra5 Kb7 $18) 34... Ra6 35. Kb5 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Rf6 (35... Rxa2 36. Rxh6 g4 37. Kc5 $18) 36. a4 (
36. a4 Rd6 37. Kc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Vitols, Wassim"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "904"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 {Bird's Opening} Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. b3 (3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3
(5. O-O d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe1 d4 9. Na3 Be6 10. h3 Nd5 11. Bd2 Rb8 12.
Ng5 Bc8 13. Rc1 b6 14. g4 e6 15. Nc4 h6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Nfe5 Nde7 18. cxd4 Nxd4
19. b4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f6 21. Nf3 Rc8 22. bxc5 Rxc5 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Bb4 Rc7 25.
Bc3 Qd7 26. Rf3 Rfc8 27. Bb2 b5 28. Ne3 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 f5 30. Bd2 Nc6 31. Rg3
Kh7 32. gxf5 exf5 33. h4 Bf6 34. Kh3 h5 35. Qg1 Qf7 36. Qg2 Nd4 37. Nd5 Rc2 38.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 39. Qb7+ Qg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Be1 Nxe2 42. Re3 Kf6 43. d4 Rxa2 44.
Re8 Nxf4+ 45. Kg3 Ne2+ {0-1 Beckman,T-Byrne,R/New York op 1994/EXP 40}) 5... d6
6. O-O e6 7. e4 Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Qd7 12. Re1 Bb7 13.
Bf2 h6 14. Nc4 Rae8 15. Qb3 Nc8 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Re2 Nd8 18. d4 Bd5 19. dxc5
bxc5 20. Nh4 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Nf7 22. Qb5 Qc7 23. Rae1 Nd8 24. a5 Ne7 25. Rd1 Nc8
26. Nh4 Nc6 27. a6 d5 28. Qb7 Qxb7 29. axb7 Nb6 30. Nd6 d4 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32.
Nxf5 {1-0 Malaniuk,V-Gauglitz,G/Budapest Spring op 1990/EXP 17}) 3... e5 4.
fxe5 g5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxe5 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. O-O g4 9. Ne1 N8e7 10. Nd3 O-O 11.
Nxc5 Qb6 12. N3a4 Qd6 13. c3 Nc6 14. Nd3 f5 15. Nab2 b5 16. a4 b4 17. cxb4 Bb7
18. Nc5 Bd4+ 19. e3 Bxc5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Bd5+ Kg7 22. bxc5 Nb4 23. Bb2+ Kh6 24.
Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Qg2 Qxc5 27. h3 Qd5 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. Bf6 Qh5 30. Nd6
Ne5 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxa8 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Qxg3+ 34. Qg2 Qxd6 35. Qh2+ Qxh2+ 36.
Kxh2 Kg5 37. Rf7 h5 38. Rg7+ Kh4 39. Rxd7 a5 40. Rg7 Nd3 41. e4 Ne1 42. e5 Nf3+
43. Kh1 Nxe5 44. d4 Nd3 45. d5 {
1-0 Pliester,L-Sveshnikov,E/Gausdal Int 1992/TD 92\08}) 3. Nc3 $146 (3. b3 e6
4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. Nc3 b6 9. Qe1 Bb7 10. Qg3 Nb4 11.
Ne1 Rc8 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Nxd3 d4 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Qh3 Bf6 16. Rfd1 dxe3 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 {Nautsch,W-Chandler,M/BL 8081 1981/BL 80/0-1 (38)}) (3. g3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5.
Bg2 Bf5 6. e3 g6 7. Qe2 Bg7 8. Nbd2 Nb4 9. Nb3 c4 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. Nbd4 cxd3 12.
c3 Ne4 13. Qd1 d2+ 14. Nxd2 Nd3+ 15. Kf1 Ndf2 {
0-1 Becx,C-Schmittdiel,E/Bern op 1994/TD 94\02}) (3. d3 Nc6 (3... d5 4. e3 b6 (
4... Nc6 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qe1 e5 8. fxe5 Nxe5 9. h3 Qe7 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11.
Bxf3 Bc7 12. Qf2 O-O 13. Nc3 Be6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 cxd4 17.
Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Rd1 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Rfe8 21. b3 Bc8 22. Bd5 Ba6+ 23. Bc4
Bxc4+ 24. bxc4 Rb6 25. Rd3 Qh1+ 26. Qg1 Re1+ {
0-1 Schlueter,W-Podlesnik,B/Mitropa-Cup Aosta 1988/TD 88\10}) 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O
Be7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Ndf3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Ne8 12. Qg3 f6 13.
Ng4 Nd6 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. Nf2 a5 16. a4 Qd7 17. Qh3 Bc6 18. b3 {
Mueller,E-Sutterer,R/Donaueschingen MB 1985/GER 04/0-1 (43)}) 4. e4 d6 5. Be2
e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. h3 h6 9. g4 Nh7 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Bd1 a6 12. Be3 Bf6
13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 e5 15. c4 {
1-0 Szlabey,G-Somasundram,J/Balatonbereny op 1996/EXP 53}) 3... g6 (3... d5 4.
e3 $11) 4. e4 d6 {Secures e5} 5. Bb5+ Nfd7 6. O-O (6. d4 Bg7 $11) 6... a6 7.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 {Black should quickly conclude development.} 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O
10. Rb1 Nf6 11. d3 e6 {Controls d5} 12. e5 {This push gains space} Nh5 13. Qd2
dxe5 14. fxe5 f5 15. exf6 {He broke from his leash} Nxf6 ({Inferior is} 15...
Qxf6 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Bxg7 (17. Nxc5 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Rxf3 19. Rxf3 Qd4+ 20. Qf2
Qxb2 21. Rf8+ Kg7 $17) 17... Nxg7 18. Nxc5 $16) 16. Qe3 Ng4 17. Qxc5 $4 $19 {
a transit from better to worse} (17. Qe4 $142 {the rescuing straw} Nf6 18. Qh4
$11) 17... Rxf3 $1 {a convincing end} 18. Rxf3 $2 (18. Na4 b6 19. Qxb6 Qxb6+
20. Nxb6 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 (21. Nxa8 $4 {White will regret his greed} Bd4+ 22. Rf2
Rxf2 23. c3 Be3 24. Rf1 Rf5+ 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. g3 Bb7 27. d4 Rf4#) (21. gxf3 $4
{going for material but overlooking...} Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxb6 $19) 21... Rxf1+ 22.
Kxf1 $19) 18... Bd4+ 19. Qxd4 {
White is forced to give material back. The mate threat is Qxd8} Qxd4+ 20. Kh1
Nf2+ 21. Kg1 (21. Rxf2 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Qxf2
22. Rc1 b6 $19) 21... Nd1+ (21... Nd1+ 22. Kh1 Nxc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kerr, Bill"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 {Reti Opening ("Alfred Wolf" Gambit - Benoni Reversed)} 3.
e3 (3. g3 Nc6 (3... g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. e3 dxe3 7. dxe3 Qd7 8. Nc3 Nf6
9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 c6 11. Qc1 Rd8 12. Ba3 Qe8 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Ne1 Na6
16. h3 Be6 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Ne2 b6 19. Rad1 Ndc5 {
1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Gleizerov,E/Oberwart op 1996/EXP 53}) 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6.
O-O Nd7 7. e3 (7. b3 a5 8. Na3 Be7 9. Nc2 Nc5 10. Rb1 Bg4 11. Bb2 Bh5 12. Ba1
O-O 13. a3 Bf6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Ne6 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Ra1 Qd7 18. b5 Rxa1 19.
Qxa1 Ncd8 20. Qa7 e4 21. dxe4 d3 22. Bxf6 dxc2 23. Bb2 Qd1 24. Qe3 b6 25. h3
Nb7 26. g4 Bg6 27. Ne5 Nbc5 28. Qc1 Rd8 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Qe3 g5 31. h4 Qd2 32.
Qxd2 Rxd2 33. hxg5 Rd1 34. e5 Nb3 35. e3 Nd2 {
0-1 Schlosser,P-Ward,C/BL9697 Passau-Wuppertal 1997/BL9697}) 7... Bc5 8. exd4
Nxd4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 c6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Nxe5 Bd4 14. Bc3 Bf5
15. Re1 Qd6 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Qf4 Rfd8 18. b4 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qxd3 20. Rg5 Ne8 21.
Qe5 Kf8 22. Rxg7 Nxg7 23. Qxg7+ Ke8 24. Re1 Qg6 25. Qe5 Kf8 26. b5 Rac8 27.
bxc6 bxc6 28. h4 Re8 29. Kh2 f6 30. Qd6+ Kf7 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qd7+ Re7 33.
Qxc8 {1-0 Anand,V-Speelman,J/Geneva CS 1996/EXP 54}) 3... Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5.
Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nd5 $15 (7. d3 Nf6 (7... Be6 8. Be3 Qd7 9. d4 exd4 10.
Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. Bc3 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Be7
16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke3 c5 19. h4 h6 20. Ng3 Re8 21. Kd2 Rd8 22. Ke3 {
Karkanage,I-Van Riemsdijk,H/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (7... Bc5
8. Be3 Qd6 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nxd4 Ne7 13. Be2 Bh3 14.
gxh3 O-O-O 15. O-O Rxd4 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Rad1 Rhd8 18. Qe3 Qe5 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20.
Bg4+ Kb8 21. b3 Re4 22. Qg3 {
Fioramonti,H-Kortschnoj,V/SWZ-chT 1993/TD 93\08/0-1 (68)}) 8. Be3 Qd8 9. d4
exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Be7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Rhe1 Bd6 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Nd5 Kg7 17. h3 Be6 18. Ne3 Bc5 19. f4 b5 20. f5 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22.
Nxc4 Rad8 23. Kc2 Kh6 24. a3 Kg5 25. b4 Bf2 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Re7 c5 28. bxc5
Bxc5 29. Rxf7 h5 30. Rc7 Bd4 31. Rc6 Kxf5 32. Rxa6 Rg8 33. Ra5+ Be5 34. g4+
hxg4 35. hxg4+ Ke6 36. Ne3 Bd4 37. Ra6+ Kd7 38. Nd5 Rxg4 39. Nxf6+ Bxf6 40.
Rxf6 Kc7 41. Kb3 Kb7 42. Rd6 Ka7 43. Rc6 Kb7 44. Rc5 Kb6 45. Rc8 Kb7 {
1/2-1/2 Lehmitz,G-Jacobowitz,J/Dresden op 1993/TD 93\06}) (7. Nb5 Qd7 $11) 7...
Bd6 8. d3 Be6 9. Be3 $17 (9. Qb3 Bxd5 10. Be3 Qh4 11. cxd5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+
13. Ke2 Nf6 $17) 9... Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxa2 11. Ra1 Qb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. Ra1 Bb4+
14. Ke2 (14. Nxb4 $142 Qxb4+ 15. Bd2 $17) 14... Qb2+ 15. Kf3 Bxd5+ $17 (15...
Bd6 $142 $5 $19) 16. cxd5 Bd6 17. d4 e4+ (17... Nf6 18. Qa4+ Kd8 19. dxe5 Qxe5
20. Rd1 $19) 18. Kxe4 Nf6+ 19. Kf3 O-O 20. Bc4 Rfd8 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Rhb1 Bb4
23. d6 $19 (23. Ra4 a5 24. Bd2 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rbxb4 Qc6 $19) 23... Qxd6
(23... cxd6 {is the weaker alternative} 24. d5 Qc7 25. Rxb4 $16) (23... Rxd6 $6
{is clearly worse} 24. Qb3 Qc6+ 25. Ke2 $17) 24. Bf4 $4 {
the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (24. Qb3 $142 a5
25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Qe6 $19) 24... Qc6+ 25. d5 Nxd5 (25... Nxd5 26. Qe4 f5 $19 (
26... Nxf4 $6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. Rxb4 $19)) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Srdic, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 {
Reti Opening (Barcza System)} Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 O-O (8... b6 9. a3 (9. c3
O-O (9... a5 10. a4 Ba6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 O-O 13. h4 Qc7 14. h5 Rad8 15.
Qe2 Rfe8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Ng5 e5 18. Qe4 Bb7 19. Qh4 Nf6 20. Ne4 Nh7 21. g4
Rxd3 22. Bf1 Rd7 23. Re3 Nd8 24. Rh3 Bxe4 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Bh6 f6 27. Re1 Qb7
28. g5 fxg5 {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Zapata,A/New York op 1993/TD 93\03}) 10. h4 Ba6 11.
exd5 exd5 12. Nf1 Qd7 13. Bf4 Rae8 14. Qd2 d4 15. c4 Bb7 16. N1h2 f6 17. a3 a5
18. Re2 Nc8 19. Rae1 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 h6 21. Nd2 Nd8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf3 g5 24.
Qxb7 Nxb7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bc7 Kf7 27. g4 Re8 28. Ne4 Bf8 29. Kf1 a4 30. Nf3
Bd6 31. Nexg5+ fxg5 32. Nxg5+ {1/2-1/2 Bricard,E-Hebert,J/Cannes op 1995/EXP 46
}) 9... a5 10. a4 Ba6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Bf4 Nb4 15. h4
d4 16. Qd2 Ned5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. b3 Ra7 20. Re1 Re7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7
22. Ng5 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nh2 h6 25. Ngf3 Bc8 26. Ne1 Nc3 27. Bf3 g5 28.
hxg5 hxg5 29. g4 f6 30. Nf1 Be6 31. Nh2 Qd6 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. Be4+ Kf7 {
0-1 Leskovar,M-Milos,G/Mar del Plata op 1996/EXP 51}) 9. e5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nd4 (
10... g5 11. Nxg5 Qxe5 12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf1 Nf5 {
1/2-1/2 Damljanovic,B-Giorgadze,G/Belgrade IKO 1992/CBM 31}) (10... b5 11. h4
h6 12. Nf1 Nf5 13. c3 d4 14. g4 Nfe7 15. c4 bxc4 16. dxc4 Ba6 17. b3 Rad8 18.
Bf4 Nd5 19. Bg3 d3 20. Qd2 Ndb4 21. Ne3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. a3
Nc2 25. Nxc2 {David,A-Marciano,D/Clichy 1995/EXP 51/0-1 (49)}) 11. Nxd4 cxd4
12. Nf3 Qb6 $146 (12... Nc6 13. h4 (13. a3 Bd7 14. h4 h5 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Ng5
Rae8 17. Bf3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qe2 fxg5 21. hxg5 Qd8 22. Bg2
Qxg5 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Rc8 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. Bh3 Kf6 27. f4 Rc6 28. Rce1 Rb6
29. b3 Rc8 30. R1e2 Rc3 31. Rf2 Rbc6 32. Ree2 b5 33. g4 Ra6 34. gxh5 gxh5 35.
Re5 Rxa3 36. Rxh5 Ra1+ 37. Bf1 Rc1 38. f5 exf5 39. Rh6+ Ke7 40. Re2+ Kd8 41.
Rd6 R3xc2 42. Re5 Kc7 43. Rg6 Rd2 44. Rg7 Rdd1 45. Rxf5 Kd6 46. Rf6+ Ke5 47.
Rf3 Bh3 48. Rxh3 Rxf1+ 49. Kh2 Rh1+ 50. Kg2 Rhg1+ {
0-1 Fehr,A-Karges,D/OLNW 9293 1993/BIG 90}) (13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. h4 a5
16. h5 a4 17. c4 dxc3 18. bxc3 b5 19. Rac1 Be8 20. Bh3 Rab8 21. Kg2 Qe7 22. Bh6
d4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. h6+ Kg8 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bc6+ 27. Kg1 b4 {
Antunes,A-Ye Jiangchuan/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02/0-1 (37)}) 13... Bd7 14. Bf4 h6
15. Nh2 Kh7 16. a3 Rac8 17. Ng4 h5 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Qb6 20. Bf3 e5 21.
Bg5 Bg4 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 e4 24. Bf4 {
1-0 Skripchenko,A-Teodorescu,M/ROM-chT 1992/EXT 92ch}) 13. b3 h6 {
Consolidates g5} 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. a4 a5 16. Qd2 g5 17. Nxd4 {
The knight feels good on d4} Nxd4 $2 $16 (17... Bxe5 $142 $5 {
is the best option Black has} 18. Nxc6 Bxb2 $11) 18. Qe3 Qc6 (18... Ne2+ 19.
Qxe2 f6 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Rxe3 $16 (21. fxe3 $6 fxe5 22. Ba3 Rf7 $14)) 19. Bxd4
(19. Qxd4 $6 Qxc2 20. Rec1 Qe2 $16) 19... Qxc2 (19... Qd7 $142 $18) 20. Bc5 $16
(20. Rec1 $142 {might be the shorter path} Qxb3 21. Qe2 $18) 20... Rd8 21. Rab1
(21. Rec1 d4 22. Bxd4 Qxb3 $16) 21... Qc3 22. Bd4 Qb4 23. Rec1 Bd7 24. Bc5 Qg4
25. d4 b5 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Ra1 Rdb8 $16 (27... a4 28. f3 Qh5 29. g4 $14) 28.
Bd6 $14 (28. Qc3 Be2 $16) 28... Rb7 29. h3 Qe2 $16 (29... Qf5 30. Ra3 $14) 30.
Qc3 Qd3 31. Rxa5 {White creates threats along the open a-file} Rba7 $2 (31...
Rxa5 $142 32. Qxa5 Kh7 $16) 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Bf1 Qxb3 35. Qc5 $4
$11 {what a pity, victory was in sight} (35. Bxb5 $142 {and White has triumphed
} Ra2 36. Bf1 $18) 35... Bxf1 $4 $18 {weakening the position} (35... Rb7 $142
$11 {is the best chance}) 36. Qxa7 (36. Rxf1 {
is the less attractive alternative} Ra2 $15) (36. Kxf1 {is clearly inferior}
Ra4 $15) 36... Bxh3 (36... Bc4 {is not much help} 37. Qxf7 Qd3 38. Ra1 $18) 37.
Qa3 $16 (37. Qxf7 $142 {and White has reached his goal} Qd3 38. Bf8 $18) 37...
Qb5 38. Qf3 Qb2 39. Qd3+ Bf5 40. Qc3 $11 (40. Qe3 $5 $14 {must be considered})
40... Qe2 41. Ra1 h5 42. Qe3 Qg4 {Black intends h4} 43. Kf1 h4 {
Black gets more space} 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Be7 $4 $19 {
hands over the advantage to the opponent} (45. Qe2 $142 {
this is the best way to fight back} Qg5 46. Qf3 $14) 45... Bh6 {
Threatening mate... how?} 46. Qe2 (46. Bg5 h3 47. Qg3 Qxd4 48. Bxh6 Qxa1+ (
48... Kxh6 $6 49. Rc1 $15) 49. Ke2 Qa6+ (49... Kxh6 50. Qh4+ Kg7 51. Qf6+ Kg8
52. Qd8+ Kh7 53. Qh4+ Kg6 54. Qf6+ Kh5 55. Qxf7+ Bg6 56. Qf3+ Kh6 57. Qf8+ Kh7
58. Qe7+ Kg8 59. Qd8+ Kf7 60. Qf6+ Ke8 61. Qxg6+ Kd7 62. Qf7+ Kc6 63. Qxe6+ Kc5
64. Qc8+ Kd4 65. Qg4+ Kc5 66. Qc8+ Kd4 67. Qg4+ Kc5 68. Qc8+ $11) 50. Ke1 Qa5+
51. Bd2 Qa1+ 52. Ke2 Qa4 $19) 46... Qh3+ $1 {a nasty check} (46... Qxd4 $6 {
is clearly weaker} 47. Ra3 $15) 47. Ke1 (47. Kg1 {there is nothing else anyway}
Be4 48. f3 Qg3+ 49. Kf1 $19) 47... Bd3 $19 (47... Bd3 48. f4 Bxe2 49. Kxe2 Bxf4
50. Bxh4 Qxh4 $19) (47... Qc3+ 48. Kf1 Qxa1+ 49. Kg2 h3+ 50. Kg3 Qg1+ 51. Kh4
h2 52. Qf3 h1=Q+ 53. Qxh1 Qg4#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bg5 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {
Queen's Gambit (Main Line, Deviations)} (5... exd5 6. e3 c6 (6... Nbd7 7. Nf3
O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. h3 c6 11. O-O-O a5 12. Kb1 a4 13. Nxa4 Qa5 14. b3
b5 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 Bb4 17. Bh4 Re6 18. Rhe1 Bxe1 19. Rxe1 b4 20. Rc1 Ba6
21. Ne1 c5 22. dxc5 Nd7 23. Bxa6 Rexa6 24. Nd3 Qb5 25. a4 bxa3 26. c6 Nf8 27.
Be7 Ne6 28. Ka2 R6a7 29. Bd6 Rd8 30. Bg3 Rc8 31. Qc3 h5 32. Nf4 Nd8 33. Qc5
Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Nxc6 35. Ka1 Ra5 36. Rxd5 Nb4 37. Rd1 h4 38. Bh2 Rc2 {
0-1 Anastasian,A-Lputian,S/Erevan 1996/TUR 96}) (6... h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7
9. Nge2 b6 10. O-O c5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bb1 c4 13. f3 Re8 14. Bf2 a6 15. Ng3 Bd6
16. Re1 b5 17. a3 Qb6 18. Nf5 Bc7 19. Qd2 a5 20. a4 b4 21. Nb5 Bb8 22. e4 dxe4
23. d5 Qa6 24. d6 Bc6 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Qd4 Ne5 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29.
Rxe4 f6 30. f4 Nf7 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. d7 Qd8 33. Re1 Be5 34. fxe5 Nxe5 35. Qd5
{1-0 Sadler,M-Burmakin,V/Oberwart op 1996/EXP 53}) 7. Qc2 Be6 8. Bd3 Nh5 9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. Qxc5 Qxc5 15.
dxc5 Ng7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. Nb3 b6 19. Rfc1 a5 20. a4 Rfb8 21. cxb6
Rxb6 22. Nxa5 Rxb4 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 {
1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Seirawan,Y/Wijk op 1995/TUR 95}) 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. e4 (7. Nf3
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. e4 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5
14. Qc2 Qe7 15. e5 h6 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. Qe2 Be6 18. f4 c4 19. Bb1 Qc5+ 20. Kh1
f5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Rd1 b5 23. Qe4 Bf5 24. Qe5 Qf8 25. Rd4 Kh8 26. h3 Re8 27.
Qc7 Qe7 28. Qa5 Qe2 29. Rg1 Bxh3 30. Qxb5 Bxg2+ {
0-1 Sadler,M-Ziatdinov,R/Dublin Telecom 1991/TD 91\08}) 7... Nb6 $14 (7... Nxc3
8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Rd8 (9... c5 10. Be2 {
1/2-1/2 Krumm,J-Ramroth,S/RL-op Trier 1992/GER 05}) 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12.
cxd4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nb4 17. Bb1 Nc6 18. Red1
Qd6 19. h4 Ne7 20. h5 f5 21. d5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 exd5 23. exf5 Nc6 24. Ng5 h6 25.
Ne6 Rd7 26. Re1 Re7 27. f6 Rf7 {
1-0 Munoa da Silva,E-Hartung,J/WchJM-U16 Guarapuava 1995/JUN 95}) (7... Nxc3 8.
bxc3 e5 9. Bd3 $11) 8. Nf3 c6 $14 {Prevents intrusion on b5} (8... O-O 9. Qc2
$11) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O N8d7 11. Rc1 $11 (11. a4 a5 $14) 11... Rd8 12. Re1 $11
(12. e5 Nd5 $14) 12... Nf8 $14 (12... e5 13. d5 $11) 13. Qe2 $11 (13. e5 Nd5
$14) 13... Ng6 14. Qe3 e5 15. dxe5 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 $11) 15... Nxe5
(15... Bg4 16. Be2 $11) 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qe7 18. f5 {This push gains space}
f6 19. Kh1 Nd7 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Rcd1 Re8 22. a3 $17 (22. Rd4 $5 $15 {
is interesting}) 22... Nb6 23. Ba2 Bxf5 24. a4 Bg6 25. a5 Nd7 26. Bb1 Ne5 27.
Rd4 h6 28. h3 Qc5 $17 (28... b6 29. axb6 axb6 30. Qf2 $19) 29. b4 Qe7 30. Red1
Bf7 31. Qf2 $19 (31. Na4 Rad8 $17) 31... b6 32. Rd6 bxa5 33. bxa5 {
Opening the b-file gets Black a lot of play} Rab8 34. Qd4 (34. Ba2 Bd5 35. Qc5
Bxa2 36. Nxa2 Rb5 $19) 34... Be6 (34... Bb3 35. Rd2 $19) 35. Ne2 (35. Ba2 Bd5
36. Qc5 Bxa2 37. Nxa2 Rb5 $19) 35... Qc7 36. Rc1 (36. Nf4 Bb3 37. Rc1 Qxa5 $19)
36... Qxa5 37. Nf4 Bg8 38. Qf2 Qb6 39. Qh4 Qc7 40. Rdxc6 (40. Rdd1 $19) 40...
Nxc6 41. Ng6+ Kh7 42. e5 Rxb1 $1 {
a fitting end to a beautiful game. Threatening mate: Rxc1} (42... fxe5 $6 {
is a useless try} 43. Nf8+ Kh8 44. Ng6+ Kh7 45. Nf8+ Kh8 46. Ng6+ Kh7 $11) 43.
Qe4 (43. Rxb1 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} Bf7 44. Nf4 $19) 43...
Rxc1+ 44. Kh2 {Black now must not overlook the idea Nf8} Bf7 (44... Bf7 45.
Nf4+ Kh8 $19) (44... Nxe5 45. Nf4+ g6 46. Qb4 Bd5 47. Qa4 Nd3 48. h4 Nxf4 49.
Qd7+ Qxd7 50. h5 Nxh5 51. g4 Rh1#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Thiyagarajah, Anand"]
[Black "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1115"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 {Petroff's Defence} 5. Bc4 (5. Bb5+
c6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Qxe2 9. Bxe2 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. d4
Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. h3 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,I-Kochyev,A/Moscow-B 1988/TD 88\01})
(5. Be2 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Qd2 Re8
12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. a4 Nbd7 16. a5 a6 17. Nb3 Re6 18. Bf1
Rae8 19. Rxe6 fxe6 {Camano,C-Ginzburg,M/ARG-ch 1994/TD 94\03/0-1 (31)}) (5. d4
d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 (6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3
Bg4 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. h3 a6 15. Rb1 Bh5 16. Re1 Nc6 17. Bg5 Qd6 18.
Bh4 b5 19. Bg3 Qd8 20. a4 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 bxa4 23. Re2 Qa5 24. Ra2
Rab8 25. Rba1 Rb3 26. Ra3 Rxa3 27. Rxa3 Ne5 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30.
Qxe5 Qb5 31. Qe1 Re8 32. Qd1 Qb2 33. Rxa4 Qxc3 34. Kh2 Re1 35. Qg4 Qc1 {
0-1 Ye Jiangchuan-Meijers,V/Bern op 1995/EXP 46}) 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 (8. Re1 Bf5
9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Re3 Bd6 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rbe1 f6 17. c4 Bf7 18. Rxe8+ {
1/2-1/2 Szmetan,J-Sorokin,M/Siembra Villa Ballester op 1996/EXP 51}) 8... Nb4
9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Qf5 21. Qe2
Nf6 22. Bd3 Qh3 23. Qb2 Re7 24. Bf1 Qf5 25. Nd3 Bd5 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Qa3 Re4 28.
c4 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Be4 30. Nh5 Qxd4 31. Nxf6+ gxf6 32. Qe7 f5 33. Qxb7 Rd8 34.
Qc7 h6 35. Re3 Kg7 36. h4 Rd7 37. Qf4 Qa1 38. Rxe4 fxe4 39. Qg4+ {
1-0 Zhang Zhong-Xie Jianjun/Beijing Lee Cup 1996/EXP 54}) 5... d5 6. Bb3 $146 (
6. Qe2 Be7 7. Bb3 Nc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bf6 11. Nc3 c6 12. d3 Bg4
13. Ra4 Bh5 14. Qe3 b5 15. Rf4 Na6 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Qd2 Nc7 18. Ng3 Bxf3 19.
Rxf3 Ne6 20. c3 Qd7 {Germann,S-Sperling,C/BLW 1992/BIG 90/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 6...
Nc6 7. d3 Nc5 8. O-O Bg4 9. Qe1+ Be7 10. Ne5 Be6 $11 (10... Nxe5 11. Qxe5 Nxb3
12. axb3 $15) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Nc3 (13. Qe3 Re8 $11) 13... Bf6 (
13... Re8 14. Qd2 $15) 14. Be5 Re8 15. Bxf6 $15 (15. f4 Bf5 $11) 15... Qxf6 ({
Worse is} 15... gxf6 16. f4 $14) 16. Qd2 Bd7 (16... d4 17. Ne2 $11) 17. Rfe1
Ne6 18. Rab1 Nf4 19. Ne2 g5 $16 (19... Rxe2 $142 $5 {
should be examined more closely} 20. Rxe2 a5 $11) 20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. d4 $14 (21.
Qa5 Rac8 $16) 21... Kh8 22. c3 (22. Qc3 Rg8 $14) 22... f3 23. g3 $15 (23. Rxe8+
Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 fxg2 $14) 23... Rg8 $16 (23... Qf5 $142 {
and Black can hope to live} 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $15) 24. Re5 Rg4 $18 (24... Rae8 25.
Rbe1 $16) 25. Rh5 $4 $19 {throws away the game} (25. Rbe1 $142 $18) 25... Bf5
$14 (25... Qg6 $142 {and Black has it in the bag} 26. Re5 Qxb1+ 27. Re1 Qf5 $19
) 26. Re1 Re4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Rh6 $14 (28. Re5 Rg8 $16) 28... Bg6 29. Rh4 $11
(29. Bd1 Re8 30. h3 Re4 $16) 29... Re8 30. Bd1 Qg5 $16 (30... Qf5 $5 {
should be considered} 31. h3 Qb1 $11) 31. Rf4 (31. Qxg5 $4 {
White will choke on that} Re1#) 31... Be4 $18 (31... Bh5 32. h4 Qh6 33. Qd3 $14
) 32. Qe1 $16 (32. Qe3 $5 $18) 32... Re6 33. Rxf7 $4 $19 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (33. h4 $142 Qg6 34. b3 $16) 33... Qg6
$4 $15 {gives the opponent new chances} (33... Bf5 $142 {
Black has a promising position} 34. Qf1 Qd2 35. Rxf5 Re1 36. Rxf3 Rxf1+ 37.
Kxf1 Qxd1+ 38. Kg2 Qb1 39. Rf8+ Kg7 $19) 34. Rxc7 Bd3 {The mate threat is Rxe1}
35. Qd2 Be2 $4 $18 {Black has let it slip away} (35... Qe4 $142 {
the rescuing straw} 36. Qe3 Qf5 37. Rc8+ Kg7 $11) 36. Rc8+ (36. Bc2 $142 $5 {
and White can already relax} Qf6 37. Rxh7+ Kg8 $18) 36... Re8 37. Bc2 {
Threatening mate: Bxg6} Qf7 (37... Qe6 {desperation} 38. Rc7 Re7 $18) 38. Rxc6
(38. Qf4 $142 {and the result of the game is clear: White will win} Qxf4 39.
Rxe8+ (39. gxf4 $143 Rxc8 40. Kh1 c5 $19) 39... Kg7 40. gxf4 $18) 38... Re6 (
38... Qf8 {is the last straw} 39. h3 Bc4 $18) 39. Rxe6 (39. Rc8+ $142 {
and the rest is a matter of technique} Re8 40. Qf4 Qxf4 41. Rxe8+ (41. gxf4 $2
Rxc8 42. Bb3 Rg8+ 43. Kh1 Bc4 $19) 41... Kg7 42. gxf4 $18) 39... Qxe6 {
Threatening mate... how?} 40. Qe3 Qh3 (40... Qf6 $18 {
otherwise it's curtains at once}) 41. Qe8+ (41. Qe5+ Kg8 42. Qxd5+ Kg7 43. Qe5+
Kf8 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Ba4+ Qd7 46. Qe6+ Kf8 47. Bxd7 Bc4 48. Qxc4 h5 49. Qc5+
Kf7 50. Qxh5+ Kg7 51. Be6 a5 52. Qf7+ Kh6 53. Bf5 Kg5 54. Qg6#) 41... Kg7 {
The mate threat is Qg2} 42. Qe5+ Kf8 43. Qf5+ Qxf5 44. Bxf5 Ke7 (44... Bc4 {
does not save the day} 45. b3 Bb5 46. Bxh7 $18) 45. Bxh7 (45. Bxh7 Bc4 46. a3
$18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Brown, Cyril D"]
[Black "Hester, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1272"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 {
Reti Opening (Dutch System)} Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. c3 Rb8 (9... b6 10.
a3 (10. a4 Ba6 11. Nc4 Qd7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bd2 Rab8 14. h4 Rfe8 15. b4 cxb4 16.
cxb4 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Qb3 d5 19. Ne3 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 {1/2-1/2 Sorokin,G-Arakelian,E/Kstovo op 1994/EXP 42}) 10...
Qc7 11. h4 h6 12. Nf1 Ne5 13. N3h2 Ba6 14. c4 b5 15. f4 N5c6 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17.
h5 Rac8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Nf3 Kh7 20. Be3 e5 21. Rc1 exf4 22. gxf4 Qd7 23. Qd2
Rf7 24. Ng3 Rcf8 25. f5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Bh3 Qd8 28. Re2 Kh8 29. Rh2 Bd7
30. Nh4 g5 31. Nf3 Nc6 32. Bg4 Kg8 33. Bh5 Re7 34. Bg6 g4 35. Nh5 Be5 36. Qxh6
Bxh2+ 37. Kxh2 Ne5 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. Rg1 Bxf5 40. Bxf5 {
1-0 Todorcevic,M-Cabrilo,G/Pancevo 1987/TD 87\06}) 10. Rb1 $146 (10. h4 h6 11.
Nf1 b5 12. Be3 b4 13. c4 Bxb2 14. Bxh6 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 e5 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Ne3
a5 18. Qd1 Bd7 19. h5 gxh5 20. Nh4 Nd4 21. Qxh5 Qg7 22. Nhf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Kf8
24. Be4 a4 25. Kg2 Ng8 26. Qd1 b3 27. Qd2 Qg5 28. axb3 axb3 29. Rb1 Rb4 30. Qc3
Nf6 31. Qa1 Kg7 32. Qa8 Qh5 33. Qd8 Nxe4 34. dxe4 Qf3+ 35. Kh3 Qh5+ 36. Kg2
Qf3+ 37. Kh3 Qh5+ 38. Kg2 Qf3+ 39. Kh3 {
1/2-1/2 Larsen,B-Ujtumen,T/Palma de Mallorca izt 1970/IZT}) (10. a4 b6 (10...
a6 11. Nf1 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bd7 15. Bf4 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Bg5 Bg4 18. N1d2 Qd7 19. Nb3 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Rfd8 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 h6
23. Be3 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bf4 {
Schroeder,C-Groenegress,W/BL 8283 1983/BL 80/1-0 (58)}) 11. Nf1 Ba6 12. Ne3 Ne5
13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bf1 Qd7 15. Qc2 Rbd8 16. Nc4 Nc6 17. Bg5 Rc8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19.
Bg2 h6 20. Be3 Rcd8 21. Bf1 Rd7 22. Ra1 Kh7 23. a5 b5 24. Nd2 Nd8 {
Kaminski,M-Da Silva,R/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44/1-0 (71)}) (10. h3 b5 11. Nb3 e5
12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 c4 14. d5 Nb4 15. Nbd4 Nd3 16. Re2 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Qb6 18.
Qd2 b4 19. Ree1 a5 20. Rac1 Ba6 21. h4 Rbc8 22. h5 Rfe8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bh3
Rc7 25. Kg2 Qc5 26. Ne6 c3 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Qf4 Qa7 29. Rh1 Nxd5 30. exd5 fxe6
31. Bxe6+ Rxe6 32. dxe6 Bb7 33. Rhe1 Re7 34. Qxd6 Bf6 35. Rxc3 Kg7 36. Rd3 Qa8
37. Qf4 g5 38. Qf5 Bc8 39. Rh1 Bxe6 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Qxf6 {
1-0 Luethgens,E-Wolf,V/BL2-W 1995/BL2}) (10. Nf1 b5 11. Bd2 b4 12. Qc2 a5 13.
Ne3 Ba6 14. Ng4 Qb6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Ngxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rbd8 18. Nc4 Qa7 19.
Rad1 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 Steinruecken,B-Hanewinkel,W/Dortmund op 1987/TD 87\03}) 10...
b5 11. Nf1 b4 {Black gains space} 12. cxb4 Rxb4 13. b3 a5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Bg5
Ba6 16. Bxe7 (16. a3 f6 17. Bc1 Qd7 $11) 16... Qxe7 17. Ne3 $17 (17. a3 Rb6 $15
) 17... Nb4 18. Nc4 Bxc4 (18... Nxa2 19. Qd2 Nb4 20. Rbc1 $19) 19. dxc4 Nxa2
20. Qc2 Nb4 21. Qd2 Nc6 22. h4 Rb4 23. Qe2 Rfb8 24. Qc2 (24. Qa2 Qc7 $19) 24...
Bd4 (24... Nd4 $5 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Kh2 $19) 25. Kf1 Qf6 26. Ng5 $2 (26. Red1
$142 $19) 26... h6 27. Nf3 Kg7 (27... a4 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path}
28. Qc1 h5 29. Rd1 $19) 28. Nh2 $2 (28. Red1 $142 $19) 28... g5 $17 (28... Ne5
$142 {secures victory} 29. f4 a4 $19) 29. Ng4 Qe7 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. Ne3 (31. e5
Nxe5 32. Nxe5 dxe5 $19) 31... Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Nd4 33. Qa2 a4 34. f4 Qg4 35. Qf2
Rxb3 36. Rbxb3 Rxb3 (36... Nxb3 $6 37. Bf3 Qg6 38. Rd3 $19) 37. Rxb3 (37. Qd2 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} Rxe3 38. Qxe3 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Kg1
Qb3 41. Qxb3 Nxb3 $19) 37... Qd1+ 38. Qe1 Qxe1+ (38... Qxb3 39. e5 Qxc4+ 40.
Kf2 $19) 39. Kxe1 axb3 (39... Nxb3 $142 {secures the point} 40. Kd1 a3 $19) 40.
e5 (40. Bf1 {does not improve anything} Kg6 $19) 40... dxe5 41. fxe5 b2 (41...
Kg6 {and Black can already relax} 42. Be4+ Kg5 43. Kd2 $19) 42. Be4 Nf3+ 43.
Kd1 Nxe5 44. Kc2 Nxc4 45. Bd3 Ne5 (45... Ne3+ {keeps an even firmer grip} 46.
Kxb2 Kf6 47. Kc3 $19) 46. Be2 Kg6 47. Kxb2 Kf5 48. Kc3 Ke4 49. Bh5 (49. Kd2 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} Nf3+ 50. Kc3 Ke3 $19) 49... Ke3 50. Bd1 Kf2
51. Kd2 Kxg3 52. Ke3 f5 53. Be2 Ng4+ 54. Kd3 Kf4 (54... e5 $142 $5 {
seems even better} 55. Kd2 h5 56. Bf1 $19) 55. Bd1 (55. Kd2 $19 {
is one last hope}) 55... h5 (55... Nf2+ $142 {and Black takes home the point}
56. Kd2 Nxd1 57. Kxd1 $19) 56. Kc4 (56. Bb3 {
there is nothing better in the position} c4+ 57. Kxc4 $19) 56... Ne3+ (56...
Ne3+ 57. Kxc5 Nxd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Schoech, Franz"]
[Black "Vitols, Wassim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[BlackElo "904"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 {Queen's Pawn Game} Bg4 (3... e6 4. Bd3 (4. c4 b6 5.
Nc3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bd2 Nbd7
12. Rac1 a5 13. Be1 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rac8 15. a3 f5 16. b4 b5 17. Qb3 a4 18. Qa2 Nb6
19. g3 Kh8 20. Nf4 g5 21. Ng2 f4 22. exf4 gxf4 23. Ne5 f3 24. Nh4 Bxe5 25. dxe5
Nc4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rxc4 Qe6 28. Rc2 Qh3 29. e6 c5 30. Rd7 {
1-0 Efimov,I-Chandler,M/Oviedo rapid 1992/TD 92\09}) 4... c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 (
6. a3 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Qc3 9. Rb1 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Ne4 Qb6 12.
Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qf3 f5 14. O-O Bg7 15. Qg3 O-O 16. c4 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qd4 18. Rb3
Qf6 19. Be2 e5 20. f4 e4 21. Bb2 Qh6 22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Qh4 Kh8 24. Rg3 Qb2 25.
Rd1 Be6 26. Rh3 Qg7 27. Rg3 Qb2 28. Rh3 Qg7 {
1/2-1/2 Zarubin,P-Makarichev,S/RUS-chT Moscow 1994/EXP 45}) 6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. a3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Ne5 Rac8 12. f4 Bb8 13. Rf3 Ne4 14. Rh3
Nxe5 15. dxe5 h6 16. Rf1 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 c4 18. Be2 Qc5 19. b4 c3 20. Qe1 Qc7 21.
Bc1 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rh5 Qf7 24. Qh4 Rf8 25. g4 g5 26. Qh3 Qg7 27. fxg5
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qf7 29. Qg2 d4 30. Qe2 Ba6 31. b5 Bxb5 32. g6 Qxf1+ {
0-1 Chiburdanidze,M-Galliamova,A/Tilburg ctW 1994/EXP 43}) 4. Be2 e6 5. a3 (5.
Nbd2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. b3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qd7 11. N2f3 a6
12. Bb2 Bd6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. Qc4 Bd6 18.
Nf5 exf5 19. Qxd5 Nc6 20. Qxf5 g6 21. Qf6 Qxf6 22. Bxf6 {
1/2-1/2 Kilpio,V-Tuomala,T/FIN-chT 1991/EXT 91ch2}) (5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7.
Nbd2 Bd6 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Ndf6 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 h5 13. Bd3 Bxd3
14. Qxd3 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Ng4+ 17. fxg4 hxg4+ 18. Kg1 Qh4 19. Nd6+
Kd7 20. Rxf7+ Kd8 21. Nxb7+ Kc8 22. Qa6 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qxg2+ 25. Kd3
Rh2 26. Nd6+ Kd8 27. Qa5# {1-0 Knopp,I-Heyer,T/Giessen op 1995/GER 11}) 5... c5
$146 (5... Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 c6 8. c5 Bc7 9. b4 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bb2 Re8
12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Ng6 16. h3 Qd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
Rad1 Qe6 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. N2f3 {
Stephan,E-Anger,R/Ladenburg sen 1992/GER 04/1-0 (32)}) 6. c4 $15 (6. h3 Bxf3 7.
Bxf3 Nc6 $11) 6... Nc6 $11 (6... dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Nbd2 $15) 7. h3 $15 (7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 $11) 7... Bh5 $11 (7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 dxc4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6
10. Nc3 $15) 8. Nbd2 Bd6 $11 (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Rc8 10. c5 $15) 9. Nb3 $15 (9.
cxd5 $5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 $11) 9... b6 $14 {Secures a5} (9... dxc4 $5 {
should not be overlooked} 10. dxc5 Be7 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bxc4 O-O $11) 10. Bd2
$11 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. g4 Bg6 12. dxc5 bxc5 $16) 10... O-O 11. Bd3 $15 (11. Bc3
Be7 $11) 11... Ne7 12. Qe2 $15 (12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rb8 $11)
12... Rc8 13. e4 $17 (13. cxd5 $142 $5 {is worthy of consideration} exd5 14.
Bc2 $15) 13... Bxf3 $11 (13... dxe4 $142 $5 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxf3 16.
Qxf3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxc4 $19) 14. Qxf3 $17 (14. gxf3 $142 $5 {
should be investigated more closely} cxd4 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ba6 $11) 14... dxe4
15. Bxe4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 $19 (16. Bd3 $142 $5 $17) 16... Rxc4 (16... Nxe4 $6 17.
Qxe4 Rxc4 18. b3 $17) 17. Bc3 (17. Qd3 Nxe4 18. Qxc4 Nxd2 $19) 17... e5 (17...
Be5 {might be the shorter path} 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. Nb5 $19) 18. Bd3 Rxd4 19. Bxd4
exd4 20. Rc1 Ned5 21. b4 $2 (21. O-O $142 $19) 21... Re8+ 22. Kd2 (22. Kf1 {
hardly improves anything} Nc3 $19) 22... Bf4+ 23. Kd1 (23. Kc2 {
cannot change destiny} Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Qc8+ 25. Kb2 Nc3 $19) 23... Bxc1 {
Black threatens strongly Qc7} 24. Kxc1 Qd6 (24... Qc8+ $142 $5 {
seems even better} 25. Bc2 $19) 25. Kd2 (25. Kb2 {is no salvation} Nc3 26. Ra1
a5 $19) 25... Qf4+ (25... Nxb4 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 26. Re1 Rxe1
27. Kxe1 Nxd3+ 28. Qxd3 Qe5+ 29. Kf1 $19) 26. Qxf4 Nxf4 27. g3 Ne6 28. Rc1 (28.
Re1 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} Kf8 $19) 28... g6 (28... Ng5 {
seems even better} 29. Rc7 $19) 29. Bb5 Rd8 30. Kd3 Nd5 31. h4 Kg7 32. Bc4 Kf6
33. Ke4 Nc3+ 34. Kd3 b5 35. Bb3 a5 36. bxa5 (36. Bxe6 {hoping against hope}
fxe6 37. bxa5 $19) 36... Nc5+ 37. Kc2 Rc8 (37... Re8 38. Rd1 Nxd1 39. Kxd1 Nxb3
$19) 38. Kb2 (38. Re1 {what else?} N3e4 39. Rg1 d3+ 40. Kb2 Na4+ 41. Ka1 $19)
38... Nd3+ (38... Nd3+ 39. Kc2 Ne2+ 40. Kxd3 Nxc1+ 41. Kxd4 Nxb3+ 42. Kd3 Nxa5
$19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Srdic, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 {
Sicilian Defence (Closed System)} 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Bd7
(10... Nef5 11. Bf2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Nd4 (12... Bd7 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Rxb2
15. Rac1 dxe5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. Qxc5 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Bd4 20. Qa3 Nh6
21. Bf3 Qb6 22. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. Rfd1 Qe5 25. Qa4 Qc3 26. Rf1 Qd2 27.
Rfd1 Qe3 28. Rf1 Qd2 29. Rfd1 Qc3 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. Qa7 Rc7 32. Qa4 Ng8 33. Bg2
Nf6 34. Bf3 Nd7 35. Bg2 Ne5 36. Rf2 Nd3 37. Rf3 Qd2 38. Rcf1 Ne5 39. R3f2 Qc3
40. Rd1 h5 41. Rfd2 Ng4 42. Re2 Rcb7 {
0-1 Kindermann,S-Spasov,V/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06}) 13. Qd1 dxe5 14. fxe5
Bxe5 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nxc5 Qd6 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bxb2 19. Ra5 Bc3 20. Ra4 b5
21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Bxa7 e5 23. Qf3 Be6 24. Kh1 b4 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Bg5 Bd5 27.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. Bxd5+ Rxd5 29. Kg2 Ra5 $2 30. g4 $1 Kf7 31. gxf5 Ra2 32. fxg6+
Kxg6 33. Be3 Rxc2+ 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ $11 35. Bxf2 Kf5 36. Kf3 Bd2 37. Bc5 Bc3 38.
Be3 Be1 39. Bh6 Kg6 40. Bf8 Kf5 41. Bc5 h5 42. h3 Bc3 43. Ke3 Kg5 44. Be7+ Kf5
45. Bh4 Bd4+ 46. Kf3 Bc3 47. Bf2 Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Marin,M/Manila izt 1990/[Boensch]}) 11. Ne4 Nef5 12. Bf2 Nxf3+
13. Bxf3 dxe5 (13... Bc6 14. exd6 (14. c3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxc5 Qc7 17.
d4 Bg7 18. Nd3 b6 19. g4 Ne7 20. Bg3 Qb7 21. Ne5 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 {
1/2-1/2 Stjazhkina,O-Litinskaya,M/Parnu-C 1996/EXP 50}) 14... b6 15. c3 Rc8 16.
Qe2 Nxd6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. d4 c4 19. Ng5 Qb7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qf3 Qd5 22. Kg2
f6 23. Nh3 Rce8 24. Rd2 h6 25. g4 f5 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5 Ne4 28. Rdd1 Qb5 29.
Rab1 e5 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31. Bg3 Bxg3 32. hxg3 Rd8 33. Nf4 Nd2 34. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 35.
Kh3 Qd7 36. Nxg6 f4+ 37. Qg4 Rh2+ {
0-1 Turner,M-Wolff,P/London Lloyds 1994/EXP 43}) 14. Bxc5 exf4 15. Bxf8 Qxf8
16. Qc1 $146 (16. Qd2 fxg3 17. hxg3 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bc6 19. Qh2 h5 20. Rae1 Qb8
21. g4 hxg4 22. Qxb8+ Rxb8 23. Bxg4 Ng3+ 24. Kh2 Nxf1+ 25. Rxf1 f5 26. Bh3 fxe4
27. Bxe6+ Kg7 {0-1 Relange,E-Chevallier,D/FRA-chT 1991/TD 91\02}) 16... Bd4+ (
16... fxg3 17. Nxg3 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 $11) 17. Kh1 fxg3 18. Nxg3 ({Inferior is} 18.
hxg3 Bc6 19. c3 Bb6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 $17) 18... Nh4 $16 (18... Nxg3+ $5 19. hxg3
Be5 $11) 19. Be4 $14 (19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. c3 Bb6 $11) 19... f5 20. c3 ({Worse is} 
20. Bxb7 Qb8 21. Be4 Bxb2 $17) 20... Bf6 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bg2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2
Bc6+ 24. Kf2 h5 $16 (24... Qd6 $142 $5 {should be examined more closely} 25.
Qc2 Qc5+ 26. Ke2 Qe5+ 27. Kf2 Bh4 $15) 25. Rb1 h4 26. Ne2 Qd6 27. Qf4 e5 28.
Qh6 Bg7 (28... Be8 29. Qe3 $16) 29. Qxh4 Qxd3 30. Rbd1 Qf3+ 31. Ke1 Qe3 $2 (
31... Qe4 $142 32. Qxe4 Bxe4 $18) 32. Qc4+ Kh8 (32... Kh7 33. Qxc6 Rxb2 34. Qf3
$18) 33. Qxc6 Rxb2 {Threatening mate: Rxe2.} 34. Qf3 (34. Rf2 {
and White can already relax} Kh7 35. Rg2 Qh6 $18) 34... Qb6 (34... Qh6 {
doesn't do any good} 35. a4 $18) 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 f4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Re8
g5 (38... Rxa2 {does not win a prize} 39. Rd1 $18) 39. Rg1 Bf6 (39... Kg6 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 40. h4 $18) 40. Re6 (40. h4 $142 {
seems even better} gxh4 41. Rf8 Rb6 42. Rf7+ Kh6 43. Rxa7 Re6 $18) 40... Kg6
41. a4 (41. Rd1 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kf5 42. Rdd6 Bd8 $18) 41... Kf5
42. Ra6 Bd8 43. a5 Be7 $18 (43... g4 44. Rxa7 Bh4+ 45. Kf1 f3 46. Ng3+ Bxg3 47.
Rxg3 Kf4 $11) 44. Rc6 $4 $14 {throwing away the advantage} (44. Re1 $142 $18 {
and White could have gained the advantage}) 44... e4 $2 $18 (44... g4 $142 $14
{is a viable option}) 45. Rc7 $14 (45. Re1 $142 {
White missed this excellent chance} f3 46. Ke3 fxe2 47. Rxe2 $18) 45... Bd6 46.
Rc6 $11 (46. Rc4 f3 47. Re1 g4 $14) 46... Be5 $16 (46... Be7 47. Re1 f3 $18)
47. Ke1 $11 {And white lost on time.} (47. Rc5 $142 f3 48. Rxg5+ Kxg5 49. Rxe5+
Kf6 50. Rxe4 fxe2 51. Rf4+ Ke6 52. Rh4 $16) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Black "Kerr, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 {
King's Indian Defence (Classical System)} Nbd7 (6... Na6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nc5 9.
Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. b3 Nh7 15. a3 f5 16.
exf5 Bxf5 17. Nce4 Qh4 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Bd3 Rf7 20. Rae1 Raf8 21. Re3 Kh8 22.
Rg3 Qe7 23. Nf3 Rb8 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Re2 Bh4 26. Nxh4 Qxh4 27. Qc3 Ra8 28. a4
Nf6 29. Rf3 Raf8 30. Nxf6 Rxf6 31. Ree3 Qd4 32. Qe1 Kh7 33. Be4 Kg8 34. Re2
Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Qb2 36. Re2 Qd4 37. Re4 Qb2 {
1/2-1/2 Zilberman,Y-Smirin,I/ISR-chT 1996/EXP 52}) 7. O-O e5 8. d5 a5 (8... Nc5
9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Qd7 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. b3 Ng8 13. a3 f5 14. f3 Bh6 15.
Bxh6 Nxh6 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Na6 19. Qb2 Qe7 20. Na4 f4 21. c5
g5 22. Nc4 Nf7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. b5 Nb8 25. Rc1 Nd7 26. Ncb6 Nc5 27. Nxc5 dxc5
28. Qc3 g4 29. Qxc5 Nd6 30. Nc4 Nf5 31. d6 {
1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Arnason,A/Reykjavik op 1988/TD 88\05}) 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd2 Ng4
13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. b3 Bd7 15. a3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. b4 Na6 19. Rab1
axb4 20. axb4 h5 21. Rfc1 g4 22. c5 g3 23. hxg3 fxg3 24. Bxg3 Qg5 25. Nf1 bxc5
26. bxc5 Nxc5 27. Qe2 Nb3 28. Rd1 Nd4 29. Qd2 Qg6 30. Kf2 Bh6 31. Qb2 h4 32.
Bxh4 Nxf3 33. gxf3 Rxf3+ 34. Ke1 Raf8 35. Bf2 Qg2 {
0-1 Dyballa,M-Mowsziszian,K/Berliner Sommer 1993/EXT 93op}) 9. a4 (9. h3 Ne8
10. Nh2 f5 11. f4 Nc5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Kh1 Bd7 16.
Nf3 e4 17. Nd4 f4 18. Rxf4 Rxf4 19. Bxf4 Qh4 20. Bh2 Ra6 21. Ne6 Nxe6 22. dxe6
Bxe6 23. c5 Ra8 24. Qa4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 c6 26. Qd4 Rd8 27. Qe3 Ng7 28. Bg3 Qf6
29. Qxe4 Bd5 30. Qh4 Qxh4 31. Bxh4 Re8 32. Bg4 h5 33. Bd7 Re2 34. c4 Bxc4 35.
g4 Bxa2 36. gxh5 Nxh5 37. Bg4 Bd5+ 38. Kg1 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Nf4 40. Ra4 Rc2 41.
Rxf4 Rxc5 42. Be7 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 b5 {
Rauch,F-Binder,T/HUN-chT2 1993/TD 93\10/1-0 (59)}) (9. Qc2 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11.
exf5 gxf5 12. f4 e4 13. Be3 Qh4 14. Qd2 Bh6 15. Nc2 Rf7 16. Nd4 Nf8 17. Kh1 Rg7
18. Rg1 Nf6 19. b3 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Rxg4 21. g3 Qe7 22. a3 Bg7 23. b4 h5 24. h3 Rg6
25. Kh2 Bf6 26. Rac1 axb4 27. axb4 Qg7 28. c5 dxc5 29. bxc5 Ra3 30. Ncb5 Ra6
31. d6 c6 32. Nc7 Ra3 33. Ne8 Qf7 34. Nxf6+ Qxf6 35. Ra1 Rd3 36. Qf2 Be6 37.
Ra7 Rg7 38. Rb1 Bd7 39. Rbxb7 Qg6 40. Nxc6 h4 41. Ne7+ Rxe7 42. dxe7 hxg3+ 43.
Qxg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Rxe3+ 45. Kf2 Rf3+ 46. Ke1 Kf7 47. Rxd7 Ke8 {
1-0 Krush,I-Cherednichenko,S/WchJW-U12 St.Lorenzo 1995/JUN 95}) 9... Nc5 10.
Nd2 $146 (10. Qc2 Nh5 11. Be3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rad1 f5 14. Nd2 g5 15. f3
g4 16. fxg4 fxg4 17. g3 f3 18. Nxf3 gxf3 19. Rxf3 Bh3 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Bf1
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Qf3+ 23. Bg2 Bxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Bxc3 {
0-1 Moeller,G-Groenke,K/Dortmund op 1988/TD 88\03}) 10... Ne8 11. Nb3 f5 {
The typical lever} 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Be3 b6 {Controls c5} 14. f3 Nd6 {
The black knight is safe in front of d5} 15. Kh1 f4 {Black gains space} 16. Bf2
g5 17. g3 $15 (17. Bd3 Bb7 $11) 17... fxg3 18. Bxg3 Bh3 19. Rg1 Qf6 20. Qd2 Rf7
21. Qe3 Raf8 {Increases the pressure on the backward pawn} (21... h6 22. Bf2
$15) 22. b3 (22. Be1 h6 $14) 22... Kh8 23. Ra2 h5 24. Be1 Bh6 25. Qd3 Bc8 26.
Nd1 Rg7 27. Ne3 Rfg8 28. Bd1 Bh3 $14 (28... g4 $142 $5 {should be considered}
29. Ng2 gxf3 30. Bxf3 h4 $15) 29. Rf2 $11 (29. Ng4 $5 {
should be investigated more closely} Bxg4 30. fxg4 $16) 29... Rg6 $2 $18 (29...
Bd7 $142 $11 {is the best option Black has}) 30. Nf1 $11 (30. Ng4 $142 $5 hxg4
31. fxg4 Bg2+ 32. Rgxg2 $18) 30... Bd7 31. Ng3 h4 {This push gains space} 32.
Nf1 {The knight intends Ng3-f1-e3-g4} Rf8 33. Ne3 Qe7 34. Ng4 {
The knight feels good on g4} Bg7 35. Rfg2 Bf6 $2 $18 (35... Nf7 $142 $5 $14 {
and Black is still in the game}) 36. Bd2 $14 (36. Nxf6 $142 {
a shame that White overlooked this excellent chance} Qxf6 37. Bxh4 $18) 36...
Rfg8 37. Qe3 Bxg4 $16 (37... Nf7 38. Qe1 Nh6 39. Nf2 $14) 38. Rxg4 R8g7 39. Qe1
Kg8 40. Be3 Kf7 41. Be2 Qf8 42. Bf1 Nc8 43. Bh3 Ke7 44. R4g2 Kd6 $2 $18 (44...
Nd6 $142 $16) 45. Qd2 $16 (45. f4 $142 {and the scales tip in favour of White}
Rg8 46. fxg5 $18) 45... Ne7 46. Be6 {An ideal square for the white bishop.} Rh6
47. h3 Rh5 48. Qe2 {White gets the initiative} Ng6 $18 (48... Rh8 $5 $16) 49.
f4 exf4 50. Bxc5+ $1 {retaining the advantage} (50. Qxh5 $6 fxe3 51. Qg4 Bd4
$14) 50... bxc5 51. Qxh5 Bd4 $2 (51... Ne5 $142 $18) 52. Rf1 (52. Bf5 Bxg1 53.
Rxg1 Nh8 54. Qh6+ Ng6 55. Bxg6 Qf6 56. Rxg5 Qa1+ 57. Kg2 Ke7 58. Qxh4 Qb2+ 59.
Kf3 Qc3+ 60. Kg4 Qg3+ 61. Qxg3 fxg3 62. Kxg3 Rg8 $18) 52... Ne5 {Black plans f3
} (52... Bf6 53. Rxg5 Bxg5 54. Qxg5 $18) 53. Rxg5 Rxg5 54. Qxg5 f3 55. Bf5 f2
56. Kg2 (56. Qxh4 {makes it even easier for White} Be3 $18) 56... c6 (56... Qh8
57. Rd1 $18) 57. dxc6 (57. Qxh4 $5 {might be the shorter path} cxd5 58. cxd5
Qg7+ 59. Bg4 Nf7 $18) 57... Kxc6 58. Rd1 Qb8 59. Qf6+ Kb7 {
Black terminates the opponent with strong threats} 60. Qg7+ (60. Qxh4 Qg8+ 61.
Bg4 Qg7 $18) 60... Ka8 61. Be6 {Threatening mate... how?} Qxb3 62. Bd5+ $4 $11
{there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (62. Qf8+ $142 {
and White gets the upper hand} Ka7 63. Qe7+ Qb7 64. Qxb7+ Kxb7 65. Rb1+ Kc7 66.
Rb3 $18) 62... Kb8 63. Qf8+ Kc7 {Do you see the mate threat?} 64. Qg7+ Nd7 {
Threatening mate... how?} 65. Rxd4 $17 (65. Qg4 $142 $5 {is noteworthy} Ne5 66.
Qg7+ Kb8 67. Qg8+ Kc7 68. Qg7+ $11) 65... cxd4 66. c5 $4 $19 {
causes further problems for ?} (66. Be6 Qg3+ 67. Qxg3+ hxg3 68. c5 $19) 66...
Qf3+ $3 {a sacrifice that decides the game} 67. Kf1 Qe3 {The mate threat is Qe1
} (67... Qxh3+ $6 {is impossible} 68. Kxf2 Qg3+ 69. Qxg3+ hxg3+ 70. Kxg3 Nxc5
71. Kf4 Nxa4 72. e5 $19) 68. Kg2 Qe1 $19 (68... Qe1 69. Qxd7+ {
White return some of the material} Kxd7 70. Bc4 Qg1+ 71. Kf3 f1=Q+ 72. Bxf1
Qxf1+ 73. Kg4 Ke6 74. Kg5 Qg2+ 75. Kh6 Kf7 76. Kh5 Kf6 77. e5+ Kf5 78. Kxh4
Qg5#) (68... Qe2 69. Qg3+ hxg3 70. Kxg3 f1=Q 71. h4 Qff3#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hester, David"]
[Black "Thiyagarajah, Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1115"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 {
White gets strong play along the open d-file} 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 {
Queen's Gambit (Semi-Slav Defence-Marshall Gambit)} Ne7 (8... Nd7 9. Nf3 c5 10.
Bc3 f6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nd2 Qc6 13. Bh5+ g6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Re1 e5
17. b4 Kg7 18. a3 Rb8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Rd8 21. Qe2 Qxc5 22. Bb4 Qc7 23.
Rad1 Be6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. c5 a5 26. Bc3 Qxc5 27. Qb2 b6 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rxe5
Qd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxe6 Nc8 32. Rc6 Ne7 33. Rxb6 Rd3 34. Re6 Nf5 35. Ra6
Rxa3 36. h3 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 a4 38. Bc6 a3 39. Bd5 Nd4 40. Bc4 Nc2 41. Bb3 Nb4 42.
Ra4 Nd3 43. Kg3 Nc5 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Bg8 h6 46. f4 Ne4+ 47. Kf3 Nd6 48. Rd7 a2
49. Bxa2 {1/2-1/2 Anderson-Smith,W-Lauer-Smith,J/SA Candidates 2.1 1999}) (8...
Na6 9. Bc3 (9. Bd6 e5 10. Qb3 Nf6 $11 11. Nf3 $15 Nd7 12. O-O f6 13. Rfe1 Nac5
$16 14. Qa3 b6 15. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 16. Bh5+ g6 17. Rxe4 Nxe4 18. Bf3 Nxd6 19. Qxd6
Bb7 20. Qe6+ {
1-0 Anderson-Smith,W-Groenhout,R/Correspondence 1980/[Anderson-Smith,W]}) 9...
f6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. O-O Qf4 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. g3 Qc7 14. Bc2 e5 15. Nd2 Bf5 16.
Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bb4 Qb6 19. Ba3 O-O-O 20. Rad1 Kb8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22.
Qxe4 h5 23. b3 Qa5 24. Bb2 Qxa2 25. Qc2 Qa5 26. Bc3 Qc7 27. Ra1 c5 28. b4 Qc6
29. Qa2 a6 30. b5 Qf3 31. bxa6 b6 32. a7+ Ka8 33. Qb2 h4 {
0-1 Leitao,R-Granda Zuniga,J/Sao Paulo zt 1995/EXP 47}) 9. Qd2 (9. Bc3 O-O 10.
Nf3 c5 11. O-O f6 (11... Nbc6 12. Bd3 Qf4 13. Re1 Ng6 14. a3 Rd8 15. b4 e5 16.
Qc2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. bxc5 Bh3 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qe4 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Bxg4 22.
Re7 Rac8 23. Nd2 b6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Ra1 {
Gokhale,J-Rahman,Z/Calcutta op 1996/EXP 50/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 12. Bd3 Qf4 13. Qc2
Ng6 14. h4 Qg4 15. Nh2 Qxh4 16. f4 Nc6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 Bd7 19. Rad1 Rad8
20. Qe4 Bc8 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. Rde1 Rd6 23. Re3 a6 {
Onischuk,A-Piket,J/Wijk op 1995/TUR 95/1/2-1/2 (55)}) (9. Nf3 Nd5 10. Nd2 Qd4
11. Ba3 Nf4 12. O-O e5 (12... Nd7 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Re1 f5 15. Qb3 Ned3 16. Re3
Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 18. Kg1 Kf7 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. Bd6 Ng6 21. c5 Re8 22. Rf1 Kg8
23. Bh5 b6 24. Rxf5 bxc5 25. Ref3 c4 26. Qe3 e5 27. Bxg6 Bxf5 28. Bxe8 e4 29.
Qxe4 {1-0 Maksimenko,A-Krasenkow,M/Aalborg 1995/EXP 49}) 13. Bf3 Bf5 14. Qe1
Nd7 15. Rd1 Nd3 16. Qe2 O-O-O 17. Be4 Nf4 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Bxc6 Qb6 20. Bd5 Nf6
21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nb3 Qg4 23. Qxg4+ Nxg4 24. Nc1 f6 25. h3 Nh6 26. Bc5 b6 27.
Be3 g5 28. c5 Kb7 29. g3 Ne6 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Ne2 Nf5 32. Nc3 Nfd4 33. Ne4 f5
34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Nd2 g4 36. hxg4 fxg4 37. f3 Rhg8 38. Kg2 Rd7 39. Rde1 Nc5 40.
Re2 Nd3 41. f4 Nxb2 42. Ne4 Nc4 43. Nf6 d3 44. Nxd7 dxe2 45. Re1 Rd8 46. Nf6
Rd2 47. Kf2 Rxa2 48. Nxg4 Nd6 49. Nf6 h6 {
1/2-1/2 Sherbakov,R-Sveshnikov,E/Novgorod op 1995/EXP 49}) 9... Na6 $4 $16 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (9...
Nd7 10. O-O-O Ng6 11. Bd6 e5 12. Nh3 Nb6 13. Ng5 Qf4 14. Bc5 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Nf4
16. Ne4 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Nxc4 18. b3 b6 19. Bb4 c5 20. Bc3 f5 21. Ng5 h6 22. bxc4
hxg5 23. Rxe5+ Kf7 24. Rhe1 Kg6 25. Re7 Rh7 26. f3 Ba6 27. R1e6+ Kh5 28. Rxg7
Rah8 29. Rgg6 Bxc4 30. Rd6 Rd8 31. g4+ fxg4 32. fxg4+ Kxg4 33. Rxd8 Rxh2 34.
Bd2 Bxa2 35. Rxg5+ Kf3 36. Rd3+ Ke4 37. Re3+ Kd4 38. Rg4+ Kd5 39. Ra3 Bc4 40.
Rxa7 b5 41. Rg5+ Kc6 42. Ra6+ Kb7 43. Rf6 {
1-0 Notkin,M-Abrosimov,A/Moscow-ch 1994/EXP 43}) (9... Ng6 10. O-O-O Qf4 11.
Nh3 Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Na6 13. Bc3 f6 (13... e5 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Rhd1 Bf5 16. g4 Be6
17. Bb4 f6 18. Bxc5 fxg5 19. Re1 Kf7 20. b3 Rhd8 21. Bd6 Kf6 22. c5 Bd5 23. Bd3
Re8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Rde2 e4 26. f3 exf3 27. Rxe8 f2 28. R8e2 fxe1=Q+ 29. Rxe1
Rh8 30. Rf1+ Ke6 31. Re1+ Kf6 {
1/2-1/2 Barsov,A-Kasimdzhanov,R/UZB-ch 1993/TD 93\10}) 14. f4 Bd7 15. Re1 O-O-O
16. Bg4 Rhe8 17. g3 e5 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 fxe5
22. Ng5 h5 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Ke3 Nc5 26. b4 Nd7 27. Ke4 Kf6 28. h4
Nb6 29. c5 Nd5 30. a3 {1/2-1/2 Schaefer,M-Brecht,A/OLO-B 1994/GER 08}) (9...
Qxg2 10. O-O-O Nd7 $15) 10. O-O-O {White gets kings attack} Nd5 11. Bc3 Bd7 $18
(11... O-O $5 12. cxd5 exd5 $16) 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 Rc8 $18 (13... O-O 14.
Bd3 Qa4 15. Bxg7 Rac8+ 16. Bc3 $18) 14. Bd3 $16 (14. Bxa6 $5 bxa6 15. Rhe1 Qc4
16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Bc6 $18) 14... Qa4 15. Kb1 f6 16. Rhe1 Nc5 $18 (16...
O-O 17. Nd4 Rfe8 18. f4 $18) 17. Bc2 Qg4 18. Qxd5 Kf7 (18... O-O 19. h3 exd5
20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Rxd5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rc7 $18) 19. Qd2 Qxg2 $2 (19... Bc6 20.
Qe2 Kg8 $18) 20. Qf4 {White threatens Rg1} Bc6 21. Ne5+ Ke8 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23.
Rd6 Qc7 24. Rdxe6+ Nxe6 25. Rxe6+ Kf7 {#} (25... Kf8 26. Rxf6+ $1 {
better than holding on to the material} gxf6 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 28. Qxh8+ Kd7 29.
Ba4+ Qc6 30. Qg7+ Kd6 31. Qe5+ Kd7 32. Qf5+ Kd8 33. Bf6+ Kc7 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35.
Qxh7+ Kb6 36. Qd7 Rg8 37. Bd4+ c5 38. Be5 Rg1+ 39. Kc2 Rg6 40. a4 Rc6 41. Bc7+
Kb7 42. Bd8+ Kb8 43. Qxc6 a6 44. Bc7+ Kc8 45. Be5+ Kd8 46. Bf6#) 26. Qe4 (26.
Rxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxf6+ Ke8 28. Qxh8+ Kd7 29. Ba4+ Qc6 30. Qg7+ Kd6 31. Qe5+ Kd7
32. Qf5+ Kd8 33. Bf6+ Kc7 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. Qxh7+ Kb6 36. Qd7 Rg8 37. Bd4+ c5
38. Be5 Rg1+ 39. Kc2 Rg6 40. a4 Rc6 41. Bc7+ Kb7 42. Bd8+ Kb8 43. Qxc6 a6 44.
Bc7+ Kc8 45. Be5+ Kd8 46. Bf6#) 26... Qc4 (26... Rhd8 $18 {
no good, but what else?}) 27. Re7+ Kf8 28. Qxb7 Re8 (28... a5 29. Rd7 Re8 30.
Bxa5 Qf1+ 31. Bd1 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Re7 33. Bb4 Kf7 34. Qxe7+ Kg6 35. Rg1+ Kh5 36.
Qxg7 Re8 37. Qxh7#) 29. Bb4 $1 {the final blow} (29. Bb4 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Rd8 31.
Rxg7+ Rd6 32. Qe7#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 {
Sicilian Defence (Morra Gambit)} g6 (5... d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 (7... Nf6 8.
Qe2 a6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Qc7 14. Rac1 O-O
15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {
1/2-1/2 Lendwai,R-Thorsteins,K/Borsodtavho 1991/EXP 23}) 8. Qe2 a6 (8... Nf6 9.
Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rac1 Nh5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bb3 Nf6 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 17. Bf4 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rad8 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Nd4 g6 21. h3 Bf8
22. Bh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Re5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Qe3 Rd5 27. Qc3 c5
28. b4 c4 29. Qxc4 {0-1 Torres,L-Olafsson,H/Thessaloniki olm 1988/TD 88\06}) 9.
Rd1 Bd7 10. a3 h6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Nh4 b5 14. Ba2 Rc8 15. Nf5 Bxf5
16. exf5 O-O 17. g4 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bb3 Nh7 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Ne4 d5 22.
Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Rb4 25. Rxe5 Bf6 26. Bc5 Rc4 27. Nxf6+ gxf6
28. Bxf8 Rxg4+ 29. Kh1 fxe5 30. Bxh6 Nf6 31. Rxa6 Ne4 32. Be3 Ng5 33. Ra8+ Kg7
34. f6+ Kxf6 35. Rg8 Kf5 36. Rxg5+ {1-0 Nemet,I-Klauser,M/SWZ-ch 1993/TD 93\10}
) 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. e5 a6 (7... Nh6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O Kh8 10. Re1 b6 11. Qd2 Ng8
12. Ng5 Nh6 13. Rad1 d6 14. exd6 e5 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Bd7 18.
Ne6 Bxe6 19. Bxh6 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qf5 21. Be7 Bd7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24.
Rc1 Rd8 25. Rc7 Qe6 26. Rxa7 Bf8 27. d7 Bc5 28. Qg5 f6 29. Qd2 Qc6 30. b4 Bd4
31. Rc1 Qe6 32. Qc2 Kg7 33. Qc7 Qe7 34. Rb7 f5 35. Rb8 Rxd7 36. Qc8 e4 37. Re1
Rc7 38. Qh8+ Kh6 39. Qxd4 {1-0 Junge,R-Glienke,M/BL 8889 1989/BL 80}) 8. O-O
Nh6 9. Qe2 $146 (9. Nd5 b5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. h3 Kh8 12. Bf4 d6 13. exd6 e5 14.
Bxh6 Bxh6 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Qd5 e4 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 e3 19. fxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1
Bb6 21. Rf1 Nd4 22. Qe5+ f6 23. Qf4 Qd7 {
Stasiunaite,L-Kantor,L/EU-chJW U16 Szombathely 1993/TD 93\05/0-1 (68)}) 9...
O-O 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd5 Qc7 {e5 seems the pivot of the position} 12. Bg5 Bb7 13.
h3 {Covers g4} d6 $11 (13... e6 14. Be4 Nf5 15. Rac1 $15) 14. Qd2 $15 (14. exd6
exd6 15. Ne4 Nf5 $11) 14... Nf5 15. g4 h6 $16 (15... b4 16. Ne4 e6 17. gxf5
exd5 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Nxd5 Qc8 $18) 16. gxf5 hxg5 17. fxg6 e6 (17... Nxe5 18.
Nxe5 dxe5 19. Rac1 $18) 18. gxf7+ Qxf7 19. Nxg5 Qg6 20. Be4 $1 {
a forceful and devastating end} (20. Bxe6+ $6 Kh8 21. Bd5 Bxe5 $14) 20... Rf5
21. f4 dxe5 22. Qg2 $16 (22. Bxf5 $142 $5 exf5 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Qd7 exf4 25.
Qxb7 Qxg5+ 26. Kh1 $18) 22... exf4 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 $18 (23... exf5 24. Rd7 Na5
25. Nd5 $18) 24. Rd7 Na5 (24... Nd8 $142 $5 25. Nge4 Qf8 $18) 25. Rxb7 $4 $17 {
ignoring the path to victory} (25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Nxe6+ Kh6 27. Qg7+ Kh5 28.
Ne2 Qg6+ 29. Qxg6+ Kxg6 30. N2xf4+ Kf5 31. Kf2 $16) 25... Nxb7 26. Rd1 (26. Kh2
Rf8 27. Rg1 Nd8 $15) 26... Rd8 27. Re1 Rd6 $17 (27... Rd3 28. Rf1 $19 (28. Nxe6
$4 {the pawn contains a lethal dose of poison} Rg3 29. Nxg7 Qg6 30. Qxg3 Qxg3+
31. Kf1 f3 $19)) 28. Nce4 Rd7 29. h4 Nc5 $15 (29... Rd3 30. Kh1 $17) 30. Kh1
$19 (30. Nxc5 $5 {looks like a viable alternative} Qxc5+ 31. Kh1 $15) 30...
Nxe4 {Black gets deadly initiative} 31. Nxe4 $19 (31. Rxe4 e5 $17) 31... Rd3
32. Nf2 Rg3 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qe4 Qxe4+ 35. Nxe4 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Rxh4 37. Ng5+ (37.
Nc5 Bxb2 38. Rxe6 a5 $19) 37... Kg6 38. Nxe6 Bxb2 39. Kf3 (39. Re2 Bf6 40. Nc5
$19) 39... Kf5 40. Nc7 (40. Nc5 {does not win a prize} Rh3+ 41. Ke2 Be5 $19)
40... Rh3+ 41. Ke2 Ra3 (41... Ra3 42. Kf1 Rxa2 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Vitols, Wassim"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "904"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O {Queen's Pawn Game}
Nbd7 7. b3 $146 (7. e4 e5 (7... c5 8. c3 Rb8 9. Qe2 a6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Ra3 cxd4
12. cxd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 Ne8 15. Be3 Nd6 16. Nbd2 Qb4 17. Rc1 Qxb2 18.
Raa1 Qb4 19. a5 f5 20. Ng5 fxe4 21. Ndxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qe7 23. Rc7 Qh4 24.
Rac1 Nf6 25. Bg5 Bg4 26. Bxh4 Bxe2 27. Bxf6 Bxd3 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Bxe5 h5 30.
Rxb7+ {1-0 Markovic,G-Bokan,J/JUG-chT Cetinje 1992/EXT 92ch}) 8. fxe5 dxe5 9.
d5 Nc5 10. Qe1 Nxd3 11. cxd3 c6 12. Nxe5 cxd5 13. Nf3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Re8 15. Nc3
Be6 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Re1 Ng4 18. Be3 Bc4 19. Qc2 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qc5 21. Rae1 Bh6
22. Nd5 Rec8 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qc3 Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Be6 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qe2 Rd1+ {
0-1 Josquin,R-Tuncer,U/DLM 1996}) (7. c3 Re8 (7... b6 8. a4 Bb7 9. f5 e5 10.
fxe6 Bxf3 11. exf7+ Rxf7 12. Rxf3 d5 13. a5 bxa5 14. Rxa5 c6 15. Ra6 Qc7 16.
Qe1 Bf8 17. Nd2 Bd6 18. Qh4 Raf8 19. e4 g5 20. Qxg5+ Rg7 21. Qh6 dxe4 22. Nxe4
{Bender,E-Lossau,S/Waldshut HT3 1991/GER 04/0-1 (34)}) 8. f5 e5 9. fxe6 Rxe6
10. Ng5 Re7 11. Qc2 d5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Qd5 16.
Nd2 c5 17. Nf3 c4 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Qd1 Rae8 20. Ne5 Rxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 {
Aufmwasser,G-Hodgson,J/Bad Woerishofen op 1994/EXP 39/0-1 (35)}) (7. c4 e6 $11)
7... e5 {Black begins to deal mighty blows} 8. fxe5 {This push gains space}
dxe5 9. Nc3 ({Weaker is} 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 $17) 9... Qe7 10. dxe5 $15 (
10. Be2 Rd8 $11) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 $19 (11. Qd2 $142 $5 $15 {
should be considered}) 11... Qxe5 12. Bd2 Ng4 {The mate threat is Qxh2} 13. Rf3
$4 {White has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position}
(13. Rf4 $142 f5 14. g3 Nxe3 15. Qe2 $17) 13... Qxh2+ 14. Kf1 Ne5 (14... Qh1+
$142 {and Black has reached his goal} 15. Ke2 Qxg2+ 16. Ke1 Nh2 $19) 15. Rf2 (
15. Rf4 $19) 15... Bg4 (15... Bg4 16. Ne2 Qh1+ 17. Ng1 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Rad8 $19)
(15... Qh1+ 16. Ke2 Bg4+ 17. Rf3 Qxg2+ 18. Ke1 Bxf3 19. Qe2 Bxe2 20. Bxe2 Qg1+
21. Bf1 Bf6 22. Kd1 Qxf1+ 23. Be1 Nf3 24. Kc1 Bxc3 25. e4 Qxe1#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Schoech, Franz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1349"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 {Queen's Gambit (Exchange Variation)}
5. Nf3 Nf6 (5... c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg3 Ne7 8. e3 Nf5 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 h6 11.
O-O O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qd3 Nf8 16. d5 c5 17. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 a6 19. a4 Bd7 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Nc4 b5 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. axb5 axb5
24. Nxb5 Qb6 25. Na3 Qxb2 26. Nc4 Qf6 27. Ne5 Qd6 28. Qf3 Be8 29. Nc4 Qa6 30.
Bd3 Rd8 31. d6 Bc6 32. Qf4 Bd5 33. Re7 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Ra7 Qd4 36. Qxd4
cxd4 37. Nb6 Rxd6 38. Nc8 Rd8 39. Ne7+ Kh8 40. Nxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxf7 Rd8 42. Re7
Nd7 43. Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Uhlmann,W-Sonntag,H/BL9596 1996/BL 90}) 6. e3 (6. Bg5 c6 (
6... O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ng6 12. b4 Ne4
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 f5 16. Rfc1 Be6 17. b5 Rad8 18. bxc6 bxc6
19. Qa4 Bd5 20. Nf1 f4 21. exf4 Nxf4 22. Ne3 Rf8 23. Ncxd5 cxd5 24. Qb3 Ne2+ {
0-1 Krudde,F-Ziatdinov,R/Dieren op 1990/EXP 19}) 7. Qc2 g6 (7... Na6 8. e3 Nb4
9. Qd1 Bf5 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Na4
Nd6 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Bxd3 18. Bxd3 Nc7 19. Qe1 f5 20. Nb6 Rae8 21. Qxa5 f4
22. exf4 Rxf4 23. Rce1 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,L-Tisdall,J/Gausdal TM 1992/EXP 28}) 8.
e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. h3 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. O-O Bf8 14. Nd2 a5
15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Bh2 Ng7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Ndxe4 Nf5 19. d5 Bg7 20. Rad1 Nd4 21.
Qd3 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Nc5 23. Nef6+ Bxf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rad8
27. Be5 Rxd4 28. Bxd4 Ne6 29. Bf6 Rc8 30. Rd1 a4 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. g3 Ke8 33. Ke2
Rc5 34. g4 Nf4+ 35. Kf3 Nd5 36. Bd4 Rb5 37. Rc1 Kd7 38. Ke4 Ne7 39. Rc4 Ra5 40.
Rb4 Kc6 41. Rb6+ Kc7 42. Rf6 Kd7 43. Rxf7 h5 44. Bf6 Ke6 45. Rxe7+ Kxf6 46.
Rxb7 {1-0 Hulak,K-Van der Sterren,P/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06}) 6... c6 $146 {
Secures b5} (6... O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O c6 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12.
Rd1 Bg6 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Re1 Qe7 16. Bd2 Kh8 17. Re2 Ne4 18. Rae1
Nd7 19. Bc1 Ndf6 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Nf1 Re7 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bd2 Nd5 24. Rc1 Qc7
{1/2-1/2 Landry Vuorenpaa,S-Evans,D/Thessaloniki olw 1984/BIG 80}) (6... Bf5 7.
Be2 Ne4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. c4 Be4 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bb7
14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Nb3 Nb4 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Bb2 Bb4 18. Rac1 Qg5 19. f4 Qh4 20.
Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxc7 Rfe8 22. Rcc1 Re6 23. Qb5 Bxb3 24. axb3 Bd2 25. f5 Rh6 26.
Qe5 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Rf8 28. d5 {1-0 Buysschaert,R-Saleh,N/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}
) 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11.
Re1 Re8 12. a3 {Consolidates b4} Qc7 13. b4 a6 {Controls b5} 14. Qc2 Bg4 15.
Be2 Bd6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nh4 Nf8 $16 (17... Bxe2 $142 $5 {
and Black has air to breath} 18. Rxe2 a5 $11) 18. Nf5 $15 (18. Nxd5 $142 $5
cxd5 19. Qxc7 Bxc7 20. Bxh5 $16) 18... Bg6 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Nxd6 $15 (20. Na4
Qd8 $11) 20... Qxd6 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Re7 25.
Rxe7 $15 (25. Rce1 Rae8 $11) 25... Nxe7 26. Be3 Re8 27. Qc5 Qxc5 $11 (27... Qd7
28. Rd1 $15) 28. dxc5 Nd5 29. Re1 Nf4 30. Bd2 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Nd3 32. Bc3 f5 33.
Kf1 Kf7 34. Ke2 $11 (34. g3 a5 $14) 34... Nf4+ 35. Kf3 g5 36. Be5 Nd3 37. Bc3
Ke6 38. Ke3 Nf4 39. Kf3 Kd5 40. Bg7 (40. g4 fxg4+ 41. hxg4 Ne6 $11) 40... h5 {
Black plans g4} 41. Bh6 Ne6 42. Ke3 $17 (42. Ke2 Kc4 $15) 42... Kc4 $15 (42...
f4+ 43. Kd3 $17) 43. h4 $17 (43. g3 $5 $15 {is interesting}) 43... g4 $15 (
43... gxh4 44. Ke2 f4 $19) 44. Ke2 Kb3 45. Bc1 Kc2 46. Bg5 Kb3 $11 (46... f4 $5
$15 {should be examined more closely}) 47. Bd2 $17 (47. Bc1 $142 $5 $11 {
would allow White to play on}) 47... Kxa3 48. Kd3 Kb3 49. g3 Nc7 50. Kd4 Nd5
51. Ke5 Nxb4 {The passed pawn on a6 quickly leads to threats} 52. Kxf5 a5 53.
Bh6 (53. Ke4 {cannot change what is in store for ?} a4 54. Bh6 Kc2 $19) 53...
a4 (53... Nd3 $142 $5 {and Black can already relax} 54. Bg7 Nb2 55. Kg5 $19)
54. Kg5 (54. Ke4 $19 {otherwise it's curtains at once}) 54... a3 (54... Nd5
$142 {seems even better} 55. Kxh5 a3 56. Bg7 $19) 55. Kxh5 (55. Bg7 {
is not much help} Kc4 56. Kf5 Nd3 $19) 55... a2 (55... Nd5 $142 {
ends the debate} 56. Bg7 Nc3 57. Kxg4 $19) 56. Bg7 Nd3 57. Kxg4 $4 {
sad, but how else could White save the game?} (57. Ba1 Kc2 $1 {
an unpleasant surprise} 58. Kg6 Nxc5 59. h5 $19) 57... Nb2 (57... Nxc5 $6 {
is easily refuted} 58. h5 $11) 58. h5 a1=Q 59. h6 Qd1+ 60. f3 (60. Kg5 {
cannot undo what has already been done} Qd5+ 61. Kf6 Qd4+ 62. Kf7 Qxf2+ 63. Kg8
Qe2 $19) 60... Qd7+ 61. Kf4 (61. Kg5 {cannot change destiny} Na4 62. f4 Nxc5
$19) 61... Nd3+ 62. Kg5 Qe7+ (62... Nxc5 {might be the shorter path} 63. Be5
$19) 63. Kg6 Qe6+ 64. Kh7 (64. Kg5 {the only chance to get some counterplay}
Ne1 65. g4 $19) 64... Qe8 (64... Nb4 65. Bf6 Qf7+ 66. Kh8 Qxf6+ 67. Kh7 Nd5 68.
g4 Qf7+ 69. Kh8 Nf4 70. g5 Ng6#) 65. f4 {If White now only could play Ba1...}
Nxc5 $19 (65... Nb4 66. f5 Nd5 67. f6 Nc3 68. f7 Qxf7 69. Kh8 Ne4 70. Bd4 Ng5
71. Bg7 Qe8+ 72. Bf8 Qxf8#) 66. f5 Ne4 67. Bd4 (67. Bf6 {does not save the day}
Qf7+ 68. Kh8 Nxf6 69. h7 Qxh7#) 67... Qf7+ (67... Ng5+ 68. Kg7 Qf7+ 69. Kh8
Qh7#) 68. Kh8 c5 (68... Ng5 69. Bg7 Qe8+ 70. Bf8 Qxf8#) 69. Be5 (69. Ba1 {
does not solve anything} Ng5 70. Bg7 Qe8+ 71. Bf8 Qxf8#) 69... Qe8+ (69... Ng5
70. Bg7 Qe8+ 71. Bf8 Qxf8#) 70. Kg7 {
If White now would get Ba1 in, he might survive} Qxe5+ (70... Qe7+ 71. Kg6 Qxe5
72. Kf7 Nd6+ 73. Kf8 Qf6+ 74. Kg8 Nxf5 75. g4 Ne7+ 76. Kh7 Qf7+ 77. Kh8 Ng6#)
71. Kg6 (71. Kf8 {doesn't change anything anymore} Qb8+ 72. Kf7 Qc7+ 73. Ke6
Qd6+ 74. Kf7 Qd7+ 75. Kg6 Qe8+ 76. Kg7 Qe7+ 77. Kg6 Qf6+ 78. Kh7 Ng5+ 79. Kg8
Qf7+ 80. Kh8 Qh7#) 71... Qe8+ (71... Qf6+ 72. Kh7 Ng5+ 73. Kg8 Qf7+ 74. Kh8
Qh7#) 72. Kg7 Qe7+ 73. Kg6 Nf6 $19 (73... Qf6+ 74. Kh7 Ng5+ 75. Kg8 Qf7+ 76.
Kh8 Qh7#) 74. g4 Ng8 $19 (74... Nd5 75. f6 Qxf6+ 76. Kh7 Ne7 77. g5 Qg6+ 78.
Kh8 Qg8#) 75. g5 Qf8 (75... Qe8+ 76. Kg7 Ne7 77. h7 Nxf5+ 78. Kf6 Nd4 79. h8=N
Qe6+ 80. Kg7 Qf5 81. Kh6 Ne6 82. Ng6 Qxg5+ 83. Kh7 Qh5+ 84. Kg8 Qxg6+ 85. Kh8
Qg7#) 76. h7 Ne7+ 77. Kh5 Nxf5 $19 (77... Qxf5 78. Kh4 Qf4+ 79. Kh3 Nf5 80. Kg2
Ne3+ 81. Kg1 Qf1+ 82. Kh2 Qg2#) 78. g6 c4 $19 (78... Ng7+ 79. Kg4 Qf5+ 80. Kg3
Nh5+ 81. Kg2 Qg4+ 82. Kf2 Qg3+ 83. Kf1 Nf4 84. h8=Q Qf3+ 85. Ke1 Qe2#) 79. Kg5
Ng7 {Threatening mate: Ne6} (79... Ng7 80. h8=Q Qxh8 81. Kf4 c3 82. Ke5 c2 83.
Kd6 c1=Q 84. Kd5 Qh5+ 85. Ke4 Qc4+ 86. Ke3 Qhe2#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Srdic, Goran"]
[Black "Kerr, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 {King's Gambit Declined} 4. c3 Qe7 (4... Bb6 5.
Bd3 (5. Na3 Nf6 6. d3 Ng4 7. d4 f5 8. h3 Nf6 9. fxe5 Nxe4 10. Nc4 d5 11. Nxb6
axb6 12. Bd3 Ng3 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Qc2 c5 15. Bf4 Ne4 16. a3 c4 17. Be2 Nc6 18.
Qc1 b5 19. Rb1 h6 20. h4 Qe8 21. Nh2 Kh7 22. Qe3 Be6 23. Nf3 Bf7 24. Nd2 Qe7 {
1/2-1/2 Arnason,J-Sokolov,I/Haninge 1989/CBM 13}) 5... exf4 6. Bc2 g5 7. d4 g4
8. Ng1 f3 9. gxf3 Qh4+ 10. Kf1 Ne7 11. Qe1 Qh5 12. f4 f5 13. Nd2 Rf8 14. Ne2
Nbc6 15. Nc4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Ng3 Qf7 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bd3 h5 20. Ke2 h4
21. Nf1 Bf5 22. Ne3 Bxd3+ 23. Kxd3 Qxf4 24. Rg1 Qe4+ 25. Kd2 g3 26. hxg3 h3 27.
Nf1 Qg6 28. Kd1 O-O-O 29. Bf4 Rxf4 30. gxf4 Qxg1 31. Qe6+ Kb8 32. Qxh3 Nf5 33.
Kc2 Qf2+ 34. Nd2 Ne3+ 35. Kd3 Nc4 36. Nxc4 dxc4+ {
0-1 Grosar,A-Sokolov,I/Maribor 1990/EXP 20}) (4... Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. fxe5 dxe5
7. Nxe5 Nxe4 8. Qe2 Bf5 9. Nd2 f6 10. Nxe4 fxe5 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Nxf5 Rxf5 13.
Qe4 g6 14. Bc4+ Kg7 15. Be6 Rf8 16. Qxe5+ Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Rxf6 18. Bc8 Nc6 19.
Bxb7 Re8+ 20. Kd1 Na5 21. Bf3 {1-0 Murrey,J-Sharif,M/Lyon 1988/CBM 07}) 5. d4 (
5. f5 Nf6 6. Qc2 d5 7. d4 dxe4 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Nc4 Bxf5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bg6
12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 e3 14. Qd1 exd2 15. Qxd2 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Nxd2
18. Nxd2 Rxe7 {0-1 Herguth,H-Schlindwein,R/DLM 1994}) 5... exd4 6. cxd4 Qxe4+ (
6... Bb6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e5 c6 9. Be2 Nd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bg4
13. Ng5 Be6 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. Bg5 Qa3 16. Nc5 Bd5 17. c4 b6 18. cxd5 bxc5 19. d6
Bb6 20. Bc4 O-O 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh4 cxd4 23. e6 d3+ 24. Kh1 {
1-0 Petrovic,V-Scekic,M/JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993/TD 93\08}) 7. Kf2 Bb4 $146 (7...
Bxd4+ 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Rf1 Qd5 11. Nc3 Qc5 12. Kg1 d5 13. Be3 Qd6
14. Nb3 b6 15. Bd4 c6 16. Be5 Qd8 17. Bxb8 {
1-0 Forgacs,G-Besztercsenyi,T/HUN-chT 1991/TD 91\05}) 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Nf6 10.
bxa5 Ng4+ (10... Qc6 11. Bb2 $18) 11. Kg1 O-O 12. Bd3 Qd5 13. Nc3 Qxa5 14. Qc2
Na6 (14... h6 15. Ne4 d5 16. Bd2 $18) 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bb2 $16 (16. Bd2 $5 c5 $18
) 16... Re8 17. g4 Bd7 18. Rh2 Re3 $18 (18... Bc6 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Nce4 Bxe4 21.
Nxe4 $18) 19. Rf1 $16 (19. Ng5 h6 20. Nge4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 c5 22. Bxb7 Rae8 $16)
19... Rae8 20. Bc1 R3e7 21. Bd2 $14 (21. g5 $5 Nh5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bd3 $18)
21... Qxa3 22. Qa2 $11 (22. Bxa6 $5 Qxa6 23. g5 $14) 22... Qxa2 23. Nxa2 Nd5 {
A valuable piece} (23... Bc6 24. Nh4 $11) 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Rf2 Nb8 26. Nb4 Nxb4
27. Rxb4 ({Instead of} 27. Bxb4 Re3 28. Ne1 b6 $17) 27... a5 28. Rb1 b6 {
Consolidates a5} 29. Bc4 d5 (29... Be4 30. Re1 $17) 30. Bb5 Re4 31. Bd3 f6 {
Secures e5+g5} 32. Bxe4 $15 (32. g5 R4e7 $11) 32... dxe4 33. Re2 $15 (33. d5
Bxd5 34. Nh4 a4 $11) 33... exf3 $11 (33... e3 $5 $15 {
must definitely be considered}) 34. Rxe8+ Bxe8 35. Bxa5 Bc6 $2 $18 (35... Na6
$142 {would allow Black to play on} 36. Bc3 Kf7 $11) 36. Bxb6 Na6 37. Rc1 $16 (
37. Kf2 Be4 (37... cxb6 $143 38. Rxb6 Nb4 39. Rxb4 $18) 38. Ra1 Bd3 $18) 37...
Nb4 38. Rc4 cxb6 39. Rxb4 b5 40. Rb1 $138 (40. Rb1 Kf7 41. Rc1 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Hester, David"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 {Benko Gambit} 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7.
e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nge2 (11. f3 Nbd7 12. Nge2 Qa5 13.
g4 Rfb8 14. h4 h5 15. Ng3 Ne5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Nxh5 gxh5 18. Rg1 Ng6 19. Qe1
Bd4 20. Rf1 Bf6 21. Rh1 Kh7 22. Qe3 Bg7 23. f4 Bh6 24. Qf3 Rg8 25. Kh3 Qa6 {
Skok,B-Krasevec,A/Ljubljana op 1994/TD 94\02/1-0 (44)}) (11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. h3 (
12. Re1 Ra6 13. a4 Qb8 14. Bd2 Ne8 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. a5 Ra7 17. Nd1 Na6 18. Ne3
Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Rb8 21. Nc4 Rab7 22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. Nxb2 Rxb2 24.
Bc3 Rc2 25. Bd2 Rb2 26. Bc3 Rc2 27. Bd2 Rb2 {
1/2-1/2 Bator,R-Cramling,P/Malmo 1996/TUR 96}) 12... Qb6 (12... Qa5 13. Re1
Rfb8 14. Re2 Ne8 15. Qc2 Nc7 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Bf4 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. e5 dxe5
20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Rxe7 Rd2 25. Rd7
Rb8 26. Kf3 Rbb2 27. Kf4 Rxf2+ 28. Ke5 Rb6 29. a3 Re2+ 30. Kf4 Rf6+ 31. Kg5 Kg7
32. Kh4 h6 33. Rc1 Re4+ 34. g4 Rf3 35. Rh1 Ree3 {
0-1 Moutousis,K-West,G/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44}) 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. Re2 Qa6 15.
Qc2 $5 {N} Nb6 16. a4 $8 Nfd7 17. Ra2 Nc4 $2 18. b3 $16 Nce5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20.
Nb5 $1 c4 21. Bf4 $1 Rc8 22. Bxe5 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Bxe5 24. Rec2 Rxc2 $8 25. Qxc2
Rc8 26. Qe2 Qa5 27. Rc2 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Qe1 29. Na7 $1 $18 Bc3 30. Nc6 Kf8 31.
Qd3 Bd2 32. Qd4 f6 33. h4 h5 34. Qd3 Kf7 35. Qf3 $1 Qa1 36. g4 Qxa4 37. gxh5
gxh5 38. Qxh5+ Kg7 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. Qe6 {
1-0 Spassky,B-Koch,J/FRA-ch 1991/[Stohl]}) 11... Na6 12. Rb1 Qb6 $146 (12...
Qd7 13. b3 Nc7 14. f3 Rfb8 15. Qc2 Nb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. a4 Qa6 18. Nc3 c4 19.
b4 Nd7 20. a5 Ne5 21. Bd2 Nd3 22. Na4 Bd4 23. b5 Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Rb1 Qa6
26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Bh6 Bxb6 28. Rxb6 Rxb6 29. axb6 {
0-1 Goldin,A-Bareev,E/URS-FL Irkutsk 1986/TD 86\01}) 13. a3 Nc7 14. b4 cxb4 15.
Rxb4 Qa6 16. Nd4 Nd7 17. Ncb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Rab8 19. Qe2 Nc5 20. Rd1 Rb7 21.
Bb2 $14 (21. Be3 Rbb8 $16) 21... Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Rfb8 23. Nd4 Rxb4 ({Worse is} 
23... Nxe4 24. Nc6 Rxb4 25. axb4 $18 (25. Nxb4 $6 Qa8 $11)) 24. axb4 {
The passed pawn on b4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Nxe4 $18 (24...
Nd3 $142 $5 25. Qc3 Nxb4 $14) 25. Nc6 Re8 26. b5 (26. Ra1 Qb5 27. Ra5 Qb6 28.
Nxe7+ Kf8 $18) 26... Qb7 27. Ra1 {With the idea b6} Nf6 28. Ra7 Qb6 29. Rxe7 (
29. Nxe7+ $6 Kg7 30. Ra6 Qb7 $18) 29... Rxe7 30. Nxe7+ (30. Qxf6 $6 {
is a useless try} Re4 31. Ne7+ Kf8 $11) 30... Kg7 31. Nc6 (31. g4 $142 {
and White takes home the point} Kf8 32. Qxf6 Qxb5 33. Qxd6 $18) 31... Qc5 $4 {
Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (31... g5 $18) 32. Ne7 $11 (32. b6
$142 {and White has prevailed} Qxd5+ 33. f3 $18) 32... Qb6 33. g4 g5 34. h4 $1
{better than holding on to the material} h6 (34... gxh4 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable} 35. g5 h3+ 36. Kxh3 Kf8 $18) 35. Nf5+
Kf8 (35... Kg6 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 36. h5+ Nxh5 37. Qh8
Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 f6 39. Qg8+ Ng7 40. Qxg7#) 36. Qxf6 (36. Qxf6 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2
gxh4 38. Qd8#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Thiyagarajah, Anand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1115"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {
Queen's Gambit (Exchange Variation)} Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. Qc2 h6 (8...
Nbd7 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 Ng6 (11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. e4 dxe4
14. fxe4 Ne6 15. d5 Nc5 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. Bc4 Rf8 19. Rd4 Re5 20.
Qd2 Bxe2 21. Bxe2 Nf6 22. Bf3 Rfe8 23. d6 Ne6 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Rd1 h6 26. b3 Nc5
27. Rd4 Ne6 28. Rd3 Nc5 29. Rd4 Ne6 {
1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Van der Sterren,P/NLD-ch 1995/TUR 95}) 12. Rae1 h6 13. Bxh6
gxh6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. e4 Nh7 17. Nf4 Bg5 18. exd5 Rg8 19. Qe4
Qd6 20. Nh5 Nf6 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Qe3 Bg7 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Nc5 Rae8
26. Qd2 Bc8 27. dxc6 Qxc6 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. d5 Qxb2 31. Rc2 Qb6 {
0-1 Matamoros,C-Barua,D/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nge2 Re8 11.
O-O Nd7 12. b4 Nf8 13. b5 Ne6 $146 (13... Bd7 14. bxc6 Bxc6 15. Rab1 g6 16. Bb5
Qd7 17. Nf4 Qd6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Na4 Reb8 21. Nac5 Rb6 22. a4 Rxb1
23. Rxb1 a5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Rb6 Rc8 26. Nc5 Qe8 27. g3 Be7 28. Nb3 Bb4 29.
Ra6 Qd8 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Qxc6 Kf8 32. h4 h5 33. Kf1 Ke7 34. Ke2 Qd6 35. Qb5
Qd7 36. Qxd7+ Kxd7 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Nc1 f6 39. Nd3 Kc6 40. Nf4 Bd6 41. Nxg6 Kd7
42. Nf4 Bxf4 43. Kxf4 Ke6 44. f3 {1-0 Taha,A-Adai,R/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02}) (
13... Bd7 14. Rab1 $11) 14. bxc6 bxc6 {Prevents intrusion on b5.} 15. Na4 Bd7
16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Nc5 (17. Rb1 Qa5 $14) 17... Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Be7 19. Qc2 Qc7 20.
e4 $15 (20. Nc3 Bd6 21. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Qd8 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 cxd5 $11)
20... Ba3 $11 (20... dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bd6 22. h3 $15) 21. Rb1 $15 (21. exd5 Bxc1
22. Rxc1 Rbc8 $11) 21... dxe4 22. Bxe4 c5 23. Bd3 Rbc8 $11 (23... Qd6 24. dxc5
Qxc5 25. Ng3 $15) 24. Qb3 Bb4 25. Rbc1 Qa5 26. Nf4 $17 (26. Bc4 $142 $5 {
should be examined more closely} Kh8 27. Qf3 $15) 26... Ba4 $15 (26... cxd4 $5
27. Bg6 Rf8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 $17) 27. Qd5 Bd2 28. Qf5 Bxc1 $4 $18 {
with this move Black loses his initiative} (28... Bxf4 $142 {
and Black can hope to survive} 29. Qxf4 cxd4 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 $15) 29. Qh7+ Kf8
30. Nd5 $1 {the final blow. The mate threat is Qh8} f5 31. Qxf5+ Kg8 32. Nf6+
$11 (32. Qh7+ $142 $5 Kf7 33. Bc4 $16) 32... gxf6 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Qxf6+ Kg8
35. Bc4+ Kh7 36. d5 $4 $19 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (36. Bd3+
$142 {was possible} Kg8 37. Bc4+ Kh7 38. Bd3+ Kg8 $11) 36... Bg5 $4 $17 {
Black has let it slip away} (36... Rc7 $142 {
and the scales tip in favour of Black} 37. Bd3+ Kg8 $19) 37. Bd3+ Kg8 38. Qg6+
Kf8 39. Qf5+ $4 {an oversight. But White was lost anyway.} (39. f4 Re1 $1 {
Black moves ahead of the opponent} 40. fxg5+ Rxf1+ 41. Bxf1 $17) 39... Ke7 40.
Rb1 (40. f4 {hoping against hope} Bh4 41. Qe6+ Kd8 42. Qxh6 $19) 40... Kd8 41.
Be4 (41. Qg6 {desperation} c4 42. Qd6+ Bd7 43. Rb7 $19) 41... Qc3 (41... Bc2
$142 $1 {and Black has reached his goal} 42. Qg6 Rxe4 43. Rf1 $19) 42. h4 (42.
g3 {cannot undo what has already been done} Bd7 43. Qg6 Qe5 $19) 42... Bd7 (
42... Bxh4 {might be the shorter path} 43. f3 $19) 43. Qh7 (43. Qf3 {
cannot change destiny} Qxf3 44. Bxf3 Bxh4 $19) 43... Re7 (43... Bxh4 $142 {
and the rest is a matter of technique} 44. f3 $19) 44. Qg6 (44. Qg8+ {
is not much help} Be8 $1 {sealing the opponent's fate} 45. hxg5 Rxe4 46. gxh6
Re1+ 47. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Qg3 Qf6 $19) 44... Rg7 (44... Bxh4 $5 {
seems even better} 45. f3 Qe3+ 46. Kh2 $19) 45. Qd6 Be7 46. Qxh6 Qf6 (46... Rg4
$5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 47. d6 Bxd6 48. Qxd6 Rxe4 49. g3 $19) 47. Qd2 (
47. Qxf6 {is not the saving move} Bxf6 48. h5 Rg5 $19) 47... Qd4 (47... Qxh4
$142 $5 {and Black can already relax} 48. Qa5+ Rc7 49. Rb8+ Bc8 50. Bf5 Rxg2+
51. Kxg2 Qg5+ 52. Kf1 Qxf5 53. Qd2 $19) 48. Qa5+ (48. Qxd4 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} cxd4 49. h5 Bg5 $19) 48... Ke8
49. Re1 Qb4 (49... Qb4 50. Qxb4 cxb4 $19) (49... Bxh4 50. Re3 Re7 51. Bg6+ Kf8
52. Qe1 Rxe3 53. fxe3 Bxe1 54. exd4 Bg3 55. Bd3 cxd4 56. a4 Rc1+ 57. Bf1 Bxa4
58. d6 Bb5 59. d7 Rxf1#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 {King's Gambit (Fischer Defence)} 4. Bc4 Nd7 $146
(4... Be6 5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. d4 c6 7. Bxf4 d5 8. O-O dxe4 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Qh5+ g6
11. Qh3 Qf6 12. Bh6 Qd8 13. Qxe6+ {
1-0 Wellinghausen,A-Reinhard,C/Dortmund op 1988/TD 88\03}) (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7
6. d4 O-O 7. Bxf4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12.
O-O Nd7 13. c3 Nf6 14. Bc2 c5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Ng4 18. Qf4 Qxf4
19. Rxf4 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Sanchez Almeyra,J-Braga,F/Roma op 1990/TD 90\03}) (4...
Bg4 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Nc6 7. c3 gxh4 8. Bxf4 Qf6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Qb3
Bxf3 12. Qxb7 Qxg5 13. Qxc6+ Ke7 14. gxf3 Qe3+ 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Qxc7+ Rd7 17.
Qc4 Rg8 18. O-O-O Rg2 19. Rhe1 Rf2 20. Kb1 Qf4 21. Nb3 Nh5 22. Qc6 Ng3 23. Bb5
h3 24. Qxd7+ Kf6 25. Qxh3 Rxf3 26. e5+ Kg7 27. Nd2 Rf2 28. Rg1 {
1-0 Nazarenus,O-Giretti,K/Budapest FS04 IM 1996/EXP 52}) (4... Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6.
Bxf4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Qh4+ 8. Bg3 Qh3 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Bxf7 Nf6 11. d5 Qg2 12. Rf1
Ne5 13. Be6+ Kb8 14. Qe2 Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Qg1+ 16. Qf1 Qb6 17. O-O-O a6 18. Bf2
Qa5 19. Bg1 {Fecher,M-Goetten,C/Wiesbaden op 1988/GER 02/1-0 (37)}) (4... h6 5.
d3 g5 6. g3 g4 7. Nd4 f3 (7... Bg7 8. c3 f3 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nf5 Be5
12. Nd2 Na5 13. Qb4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Ne7 16. Nce3 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 c5
18. Qb5 Kd8 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. h3 gxh3 21. Kf2 Kc7 22. Ne3 f5 23. Kxf3 Bd7 24.
Nd5+ Kc6 25. Rag1 c4 26. Rg7 cxd3 27. Nb4+ Kc7 28. Nd5+ Kc6 29. Nb4+ Kc7 30.
Nd5+ {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Flear,G/Paris-ch 1990/EXT 90ch2}) 8. c3 Nc6 (8... Nd7
9. Na3 Ne5 10. Bf4 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qb3 Ng6 14. Be3 Ne5 15.
O-O-O Rb8 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qb5+ Qd7 19. Qxe5+ Be6 20. Qxh8 h5 21.
Bg5 {1-0 McDonald,N-Flear,C/Hastings Challengers 1991/EXP 26}) 9. Na3 Nxd4 10.
cxd4 Bg7 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Bf4 c6 13. Qb4 a5 14. Qb6 d5 15. Bxd5 Ra6 16. Qb3 cxd5
17. Nb5 Qb4+ 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nxa6 bxa6 21. e5 Ne7 22. Rc1 Be6
23. h3 gxh3 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Kxf3 Nc6 26. g4 Nxd4+ 27. Ke3 Nc6 28. d4 f6 29.
exf6 Bxf6 30. Rxh3 Bxg4 31. Rxh6 Bxd4+ 32. Kd3 Rxh6 33. Bxh6 Bxb2 34. Rf1 Be6
35. Bd2 a5 36. Rh1 Bf5+ 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Rh6+ Kc5 {
0-1 Gallagher,J-Kuzmin,A/Biel op 1995/EXP 48}) 5. d4 g5 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 h6 8.
Re1 Ne7 9. e5 $17 {White gains space} (9. b3 Ng6 $15) 9... d5 10. Bd3 Nb6 11.
b3 {Controls a4+c4} O-O 12. a4 Be6 {The bishop blocks e5} 13. Ba3 Re8 14. h4
Nf5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Bxf5 $19 (16. Nfd2 $5 $17) 16... Bxf5 17. Nbd2 Re6 18. a5
Nd7 19. c4 c6 20. Nh2 (20. Nf1 Rh6 21. Qd2 Be6 $19) 20... Rh6 (20... Qxa5 21.
Nhf3 Qd8 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Nf1 $19) 21. Qf3 (21. Bb2 $5 $19) 21... Nf8 (21...
Qxa5 22. Qf2 Qb6 23. Bd6 $19) 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Bd6 $2 (23. Bxf8 $142 Kxf8 24.
b4 $19) 23... Be6 (23... Rxd6 $142 {
and the result of the game is clear: Black will win} 24. exd6 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1
Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Qxd6 $19) 24. b4 Qd7 $17 (24... Ng6 $5 25. Rac1 $19) 25. Nb3 Ng6
(25... Qb5 26. Rec1 $17) 26. Nc5 Qe8 27. Ng4 Rh4 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. exf6 Rd8 $11
(29... Qd8 30. Nxe6 Qxd6 (30... fxe6 $2 31. Rxe6 Nh8 32. Qxd5 $18) 31. Nxg5
Qxf6 $19) 30. Nxb7 $15 (30. Be7 Nxe7 31. Nxe6 Nc6 32. Nxd8 Qxd8 $11) 30... Rxd6
31. Nxd6 Qd8 $15 (31... Qd7 32. Ne8 Rg4 33. Ng7 $17) 32. Rxe6 $17 (32. Nb5 a6
33. Qc3 $11) 32... fxe6 33. Qd3 {Threatening mate: Qxg6} Kh7 $11 (33... Qxf6
$142 34. Rc1 f3 35. gxf3 Nf8 $19 (35... Qxd4+ 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. b5 $11)) 34.
Qa6 Qxf6 {Threatening mate... how?} 35. Qxa7+ Kh6 $14 (35... Kg8 36. a6 $14)
36. Ne8 $15 (36. Rf1 $142 $5 $14 {deserves consideration}) 36... Qh8 $11 (36...
Qf8 37. Qd7 f3 (37... Qxb4 $4 {Taking that pawn is naive} 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. Nf6#
) 38. gxf3 Rh1+ 39. Kxh1 Qxf3+ 40. Kg1 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Qd3+ 42. Ke1 Qc3+ 43. Kd1
Qxa1+ 44. Kc2 Qa2+ 45. Kc1 Qc4+ 46. Kd1 Qxd4+ 47. Kc2 Qc4+ (47... Qxb4 48. Qg7+
Kh5 49. Nf6+ Kh4 50. Qh6+ Kg3 51. Qxg5+ (51. Qxg6 $6 Qa4+ 52. Kd3 Qa3+ 53. Ke2
Qb2+ 54. Ke1 Qc1+ 55. Ke2 Qb2+ 56. Ke1 Qc1+ 57. Ke2 Qb2+ $11) 51... Kf2 52.
Ng4+ Kf3 53. Nh2+ (53. Qxg6 $143 Qa4+ 54. Kb2 Qb4+ 55. Kc1 Qc3+ 56. Kd1 Qd4+
57. Kc2 Qa4+ 58. Kd3 Qc4+ 59. Kd2 Qb4+ 60. Kd1 Qd4+ 61. Kc2 Qa4+ $11) 53... Kf2
54. Qxg6 Qa4+ 55. Kc1 Qf4+ 56. Kb2 Qb4+ 57. Kc2 Qa4+ 58. Kd3 Qc4+ 59. Kd2 Qb4+
60. Kd1 Qd4+ 61. Kc2 Qa4+ $11) 48. Kd1 Qb3+ (48... Qxb4 49. Qg7+ Kh5 50. Nf6+
Kh4 51. Qh6+ (51. Qxg6 $6 Qb3+ 52. Ke2 Qb2+ 53. Ke3 d4+ 54. Kf3 Qa3+ 55. Kf2
Qa2+ 56. Kf3 Qa3+ 57. Kf2 Qa2+ 58. Kf3 Qa3+ $11) 51... Kg3 52. Qxg5+ (52. Qxg6
$143 Qd4+ 53. Kc2 Qc4+ 54. Kd2 Qb4+ 55. Ke2 Qb2+ 56. Ke1 Qf2+ 57. Kd1 Qd4+ 58.
Kc1 Qc3+ 59. Kb1 Qb3+ 60. Kc1 Qc3+ 61. Kd1 Qd4+ $11) 52... Kh3 53. Qh5+ Kg2 54.
Qxg6+ Kf1 55. Qd3+ Kg1 56. Qe3+ Kg2 57. Qd2+ Qxd2+ 58. Kxd2 $18) 49. Kc1 Qc3+ (
49... Qxb4 $143 50. Qg7+ Kh5 51. Nf6+ Kh4 52. Qh6+ Kg3 53. Qxg5+ (53. Qxg6 $6
Qc3+ 54. Kd1 Qa1+ 55. Ke2 Qb2+ 56. Ke1 Qc1+ 57. Ke2 Qb2+ 58. Ke1 Qc1+ 59. Ke2
Qb2+ $11) 53... Kf2 54. Ng4+ Kf3 55. Nh2+ Kf2 56. Qxg6 Qa3+ 57. Kd1 Qa1+ 58.
Kc2 Qa2+ 59. Kd1 Qa1+ 60. Kc2 Qa2+ 61. Kd1 Qa1+ $11) 50. Kd1 g4 (50... Qxb4 51.
Qg7+ Kh5 52. Nf6+ Kh4 53. Qh6+ (53. Qxg6 $6 Qb3+ 54. Ke2 Qb2+ 55. Ke3 d4+ 56.
Kf3 Qa3+ 57. Kf2 Qa2+ 58. Kf3 Qa3+ 59. Kf2 Qa2+ 60. Kf3 Qa3+ $11) 53... Kg3 54.
Qxg5+ (54. Qxg6 $143 Qd4+ 55. Kc2 Qc4+ 56. Kd2 Qb4+ 57. Ke2 Qb2+ 58. Ke1 Qf2+
59. Kd1 Qd4+ 60. Kc1 Qc3+ 61. Kb1 Qb3+ 62. Kc1 Qc3+ 63. Kd1 Qd4+ $11) 54... Kh3
55. Qh5+ Kg2 56. Qxg6+ Kf1 57. Qd3+ Kg1 58. Qe3+ Kg2 59. Qd2+ Qxd2+ 60. Kxd2
$18) 51. Qxe6 g3 52. Qh3+ Kg5 $19) 37. Qg7+ Qxg7 {Do you see the mate threat?}
38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. a6 Rh8 40. a7 e5 (40... Ra8 41. b5 Nf8 $18) 41. a8=Q (41. b5
$142 $5 Ne7 42. dxe5 d4 $18) 41... Rxa8 42. Rxa8 {With the decisive threat b5}
exd4 43. b5 d3 44. Kf2 (44. Kf1 {seems even better} g4 45. b6 d2 $18) 44... Ne5
$2 (44... g4 45. b6 g3+ 46. Kf3 Kf6 $18) 45. b6 g4 {Black intends f3} (45... d2
{does not help much} 46. Ke2 Nc6 47. b7 $18) 46. b7 g3+ 47. Ke1 Nc6 48. b8=Q (
48. Rc8 $142 {and White wins} Nb8 {Black has to return material} 49. Rxb8 $18)
48... Nxb8 49. Rxb8 f3 50. gxf3 d2+ 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Schoech, Franz"]
[Black "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 {King's Indian Defence} 4. c3 (4. c4 c5 (4... O-O
5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1 Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 c6 11. h3 Qc7
12. c5 b6 {1/2-1/2 Andrianov,N-Touzane,O/Cannes op 1995/EXP 46}) 5. Bg2 Qa5+ (
5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc6 Rb8 11. Bg2
Qc7 12. b3 d5 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 dxc4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. bxc4 Be7
18. Qa4 Bc5 19. Rad1 Kg7 20. Rd2 Re8 21. Rfd1 Bd7 22. Qc2 Be6 23. Qc3 Bd4 24.
Rxd4 exd4 25. Qxd4+ Kh6 26. h4 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Re7 28. e3 a5 29. c5 Rb4 30. Qc3
Rg4 31. c6 Qc7 32. e4 f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Qf6+ Rg6 35. Qxf5 Re2 36. Qf8+ Rg7
37. Bf3 {1-0 Maiwald,J-Fritsche,L/BL9293 1993/BL 90}) 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
Na4 Qc7 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. c5 a6 13. Nbc3 d5 14. Nb6 Rb8
15. Ncxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bd4 18. O-O Bxc5 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bh6 Be6
21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. e3 f5 23. Qd2 e4 24. Rfd1 b5 25. f3 exf3 26. Bxf3 Ne5 27. Bg2
Bf7 28. Qd4 Qd6 29. a4 Kh8 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Rbc1 Rb8 32. Rc6 {
1-0 Huebner,R-Sokolov,I/Nussloch 1996/TUR 96}) 4... O-O $146 (4... d6 5. a3 a5
6. Bg2 c6 7. Bf4 Na6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Qd1 Nc7 10. Nbd2 Nfd5 11. e3 g5 12. Bxg5 hxg5
13. Nxg5 Nf6 14. Nde4 d5 15. Nc5 Nd7 16. Qf3 Bf6 17. Nh3 Nxc5 18. Nf4 Ne4 19.
Qe2 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. O-O-O Qd5 23. Kd2 O-O-O 24. Rc1 Rdg8
25. c4 Qd7 26. d5 Bg4 27. Qe1 Bf3 28. Rg1 Rxh2 29. Kc2 Qc7 30. Kb1 Rhh8 31. Qd2
c5 32. g4 Bh4 33. Qc3 Bxf2 34. Rgf1 Bg3 35. Rc2 Be5 {
0-1 Abu Mialah,N-Boxall,G/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02}) 5. Bg2 d6 {Covers e5} 6.
Be3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Ng4 9. Qe1 f5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 e5
13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 $11 (14... fxe4 15. Rxf8+ Nxf8 16. Nxe4 $15) 15. N2b3
$15 (15. exf5 Bxd4+ 16. cxd4 Qxd4+ 17. e3 Qxb2 $15) 15... Nf6 16. Qb1 $19 (16.
exf5 $142 $5 {might be a viable alternative} Bxf5 17. Kh1 $15) 16... c5 (16...
Nxe4 $6 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qxe4 $15) 17. Nf3 Nxe4 18. Qc2 a5 19.
Nh4 c4+ 20. Nd4 Bxd4+ $17 (20... g5 $142 $5 21. Nhf3 g4 $19) 21. cxd4 Qxd4+ 22.
Kh1 Be6 $15 (22... g5 $5 23. Rad1 Qe3 24. Qxc4+ Kg7 25. Bxe4 Qxe4+ (25... fxe4
$4 26. Rxf8 Kxf8 27. Rf1+ Qf4 28. gxf4 $18) (25... gxh4 {
is a weaker possibility} 26. Bd5 $14) 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Rxf8 Kxf8 $17) 23. Nxg6
Rf6 24. Nf4 {A sound move} Bf7 25. Rf3 d5 26. h3 $2 $19 (26. Rd1 $142 $5 {
and White could well hope to play on} Qe5 27. b3 $15) 26... Re8 $17 (26... Rb6
$5 27. Rb1 Qd2 $19) 27. Kh2 (27. e3 Qd2 28. Qxd2 Nxd2 $17) 27... Rb6 28. b3 $4
{shortens the misery for White} (28. Rd1 $142 Rxb2 29. Rxd4 Rxc2 30. Nxd5 Bxd5
31. Rxd5 $19) 28... Qxa1 29. Rf1 Qg7 30. Rf3 (30. Bxe4 {
does not improve anything} Rxe4 31. Rf3 Qd4 $19) 30... a4 (30... c3 $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 31. Rd3 Rc6 32. Bh1 $19) 31. bxc4 Rb2 (31... dxc4 {
and Black can already relax} 32. Qxa4 c3 33. a3 $19) 32. Qxa4 Nc3 33. Qd7 Nxe2
(33... dxc4 {makes it even easier for Black} 34. Qxf5 Nxe2 35. Nh5 Bxh5 36.
Qxh5 $19) 34. Qxf5 (34. Nxd5 {the last chance for counterplay} f4 35. g4 $19)
34... Nxf4 {Threatening mate: Rxg2} 35. Qxf4 (35. Rxf4 Ree2 36. Rg4 Rxg2+ 37.
Kh1 Rgd2 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qe5+ Kg6 40. Qxb2 Rxb2 $19) 35... Ree2 $1 {
surprise!. Do you see the mate threat?} 36. cxd5 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Bxd5 (37... Bxd5
38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qf4 Rb1+ 40. Rf1 Rf2+ 41. Qe4+ Bxe4+ 42. Kg1 Rbxf1#) (37...
Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rbg2+ 39. Kf1 Qa1+ 40. Qc1 Qxc1#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.17"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Vitols, Wassim"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "904"]
[BlackElo "1349"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 {Queen's Pawn Opening} 3. f4 (3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. f4 O-O
6. Qf3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. Ne2 Ba6 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. g4 Rc8 11. g5 Nd7 12. Qh3 g6 13.
Nf3 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 b5 15. Qg3 Re8 16. h4 Bf8 17. h5 Bg7 18. Bd2 cxd4 19. exd4
Nxd4+ 20. Nxd4 e5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Qh3 Bxd4+ 23. Kd1 Qe7 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Bd3
Be5 26. Kc2 b4 27. Rae1 bxc3 28. bxc3 Nf8 29. Bb5 Qa3 30. Rxe5 Qxa2+ 31. Kd3
Rxe5 32. Qxc8 Qb3 33. Qc5 Rf5 34. Be3 a5 35. Bc6 a4 36. Qb5 Ne6 37. Qxb3 axb3
38. Bd4 Nf4+ 39. Kd2 Rf8 40. Rb1 Ng2 41. Bxd5+ {
1-0 Klinger,J-Brod,M/Werfen op 1991/TD 91\08}) 3... g6 (3... Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5.
Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Qe2 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 Ne4 11. Nd2 c4 12.
Nf2 f5 13. Ndxe4 fxe4 14. b3 b5 15. a4 Na5 16. axb5 Nxb3 17. Ra6 Qd7 18. Qa2
Bc7 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Qxa7 Rb8 21. Ba3 Qc8 22. Qa6 Qxa6 23. bxa6 Ra8 24. Ng4
Rxa6 25. Bb4 Ra4 26. f5 Nd2 27. Rd1 exf5 28. Rxd2 Ra1+ 29. Kf2 fxg4 30. g3 h5
31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Rb2 Ke6 33. Bf8 g5 34. Rb7 Kd7 35. Rb5 Ra2+ 36. Kg1 Ra5 37. Rb2
h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. h3 gxh3 {0-1 Mesropov,K-Kramnik,V/Moscow4 1991/TD 91\03})
4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 $146 (5... c5 6. c3 b6 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (7... O-O 8. Qe2 cxd4
9. exd4 Bf5 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 fxe4
15. O-O Nxe5 16. fxe5 f6 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. e6 f5 19. Rxf5 Rxf5 20. Qxf5 Qc4 21.
Qh5 Rf8 22. Bg5 Qb5 23. Rb1 Rf5 24. Qg4 Qd3 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Bxe7 Qd2 27. Bh4
Bh6 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Re8 30. e7 b5 31. Kf2 Bf4 32. b3 Bd6 33. c4 Bxe7 34.
Bxe7 Rxe7 35. cxd5 a6 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. Rf2 Rc7 38. Kxe4 Rc1 39. d6 Re1+ 40. Kd5
Rc1 {1-0 Wall,G-McDonald,N/Hastings Masters 1995/EXP 48}) 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Ndf3
O-O 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Qc2 c4 12. Be2 b5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4
16. Bf3 Qb7 17. O-O f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rf4 {
Serpa,P-Dutton,L/WchJW-U14 St.Lorenzo 1995/JUN 95/1/2-1/2 (34)}) (5... b6 6.
Qe2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 (9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Be1 Nd7 11. Bh4 Ndf6 12.
Ne5 Qd6 13. g4 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qd7 17. Qe2 e6 18. Bf6
c4 19. Bc2 Qc6 20. Qf3 Rab8 21. a4 Qc5 22. Qg3 a6 23. h4 Bxf6 24. exf6 Kh8 25.
Rf2 Rg8 26. h5 Rbf8 27. g5 Qc7 28. Rh2 e5 29. fxe5 Re8 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Kf2 h5
32. Rah1 Qf7 33. Bxg6 {1-0 Markovic,G-Markovic,G/JUG-chW 1990/TD 92\07}) 9...
Nc6 10. Ng5 e6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Ndf3 Qe7 13. Nh3 Rfe8 14. Ba3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Qd8
16. Nfg5 f5 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Bb1 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rcd8 20. Nf2 Qc8 21. Qf3 h6 22.
Ngh3 Qc7 23. g4 Rf8 24. Nh1 Rf7 25. Ng3 Nf6 26. Nf2 Ne4 27. Rc2 Bf6 28. gxf5
exf5 29. Nfxe4 dxe4 30. Qg2 Bg7 31. Rd2 c4 32. b4 Nc6 33. b5 Ne7 34. Bxe7 Qxe7
35. Qf1 Bd5 36. Rg2 Rd6 37. Qe2 Kf8 38. Rf1 Bf6 39. a4 Rg7 40. Bc2 {
Schmittdiel,E-Wittmann,W/Mitropa Cup 1995/EXP 46/0-1 (86)}) (5... c6 6. O-O Bf5
7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Ne5 Nb6 10. b3 Nc8 11. a4 a5 12. Ba3 Bf8 13. Bxf8
Kxf8 14. c4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Kg7 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Rfc1
Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Qb8 21. g4 h6 22. Ndf3 Nfe4 23. Qd1 h5 24. g5 Nf5 25. Qc1 Ned6
26. Nd7 Qd8 27. Nfe5 Re8 28. Nf6 Re7 29. Kf2 Qb6 30. Qb2 Rc7 31. Nd3 Rxc2+ 32.
Qxc2 Qa6 33. Ne5 Qf1+ 34. Kxf1 Nxe3+ 35. Ke2 Nxc2 36. Kd3 Nb4+ 37. Kc3 Kf8 38.
Nfd7+ Ke7 39. Nc5 b6 40. Ncd7 {
Pinnel,P-Weise,M/Dortmund op 1987/TD 87\03/1-0 (59)}) 6. O-O O-O $11 (6... c5
7. c4 $15) 7. Nc3 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd3 $11 (
11... e6 12. Be1 $15) 12. cxd3 {Controls e4} d4 13. Ne4 $15 (13. exd4 Qxd4+ 14.
Be3 Qxd3 $15) 13... Nxe4 $11 (13... dxe3 14. Bxe3 Qxd3 15. Nc3 $17) 14. dxe4
$15 (14. Qxe4 Qb6 $11) 14... d3 {Pushes the passed pawn} 15. e5 {
This push gains space} Qb6 (15... Qd7 16. Bc3 $11) 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Bd4 Qb5 18.
Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qf1 Rc2 {'the rook is the rook!'} 20. Qxd3 Qc6 (20... Rxb2 21.
Qxb5 Rxb5 22. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 $16) 21. Qf1 $14 (21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 a6
$16) 21... Rc8 22. Bxa7 $15 (22. Rd3 $142 $14 {is the best option White has})
22... b6 23. Rd3 Qb7 24. Ra3 Rxb2 25. Rb1 (25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 $19) 25...
Rcc2 $4 $16 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (25... Rxb1 $142 26.
Qxb1 Ra8 $19) 26. Rxb2 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} Rxb2 27. Qf3 Qc7
28. Qa8+ (28. Ra6 h6 $16) 28... Bf8 29. Bb8 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Rb1 31. Qe4 $4 $19 {
there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (31. e6 $142 {
would be a reprieve} fxe6 32. Be5 $11) 31... Qg1+ $4 $11 {
forfeits the clear win} (31... Qh1+ $142 {ends the debate} 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33. Kh2
h5 $19) 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33. Kg4 (33. Kh2 h5 34. e6 $19) 33... f5+ $11 (33... f5+
34. exf6 h5+ 35. Kf3 Qd1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qh1+
40. Kg3 Qe1+ $11) (33... h5+ $142 {and Black wins} 34. Kf3 Rb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Srdic, Goran"]
[Black "Hester, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {French Defence (Winawer Variation)} 4. e5 c5 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 (7... f5 8. Qg3 (8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd1 Bd7 10. Bd2
Ba4 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. Rb1 c4 14. Be2 h6 15. h4 Qg7 16. Rh3 Nge7 17.
Qc1 Rdg8 18. Qb2 b6 19. Bf4 Nd8 20. Kd2 Nec6 21. Rbh1 Nf7 22. Qc1 Qf8 23. Ke1
Kb7 24. Kf1 a5 25. g3 {1/2-1/2 Kaminski,M-Matlak,M/POL-ch 1996/TUR 96}) 8...
cxd4 (8... Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 Bd7 12. Nf3 Ba4 13. Rb1 Qxc3
14. Ne1 b6 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bb4 Nbc6 17. Bd6 Qb7 18. Nd3 Qd7 19. Nb2 b5 20. Nxa4
bxa4 21. Bb5 Rf8 22. Qxe7+ Nxe7 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rb7+ {
1-0 Hjartarson,J-Berg,E/Gausdal Eikrem 1996/EXP 54}) 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O
11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. h4 Rf7 16. h5 Rc8 17. c3
Nb8 18. h6 g6 19. O-O Rc4 20. Nh5 Qc8 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Ng8 23. Rfe1 Qf8 24.
g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Qc8 26. Nxg8 Kxg8 27. Rac1 Nc6 28. Bg5 Rf5 29. Bf6 Qf8 30. Kg2
Qxh6 31. Rh1 Qf4 32. Qxf4 Rxf4 33. Rh6 Nxd4 34. Rch1 Rxc3 {
0-1 Almasi,I-Psakhis,L/Vienna op 1996/EXP 53}) 8. Nf3 cxd4 (8... Nc6 9. Bb5 Qf7
10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O Ne7 12. dxc5 Ng6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Qg3 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5
16. Rxe5 Rb8 17. h4 Kh8 18. Be3 Rb7 19. h5 h6 20. c4 Rd7 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Bd4
dxc4 23. c3 {Oll,L-Yermolinsky,A/URS-FL Sverdlovsk 1987/TD 87\01/1-0 (36)}) (
8... Qf7 9. Qg3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd6 Bb5 14. a4
Ba6 15. Ba3 Ne7 16. Bxc5 Nc6 17. O-O-O Rd8 18. Qf4 Rd7 19. Rhe1 Kd8 20. g4 Kc8
21. h4 b6 22. Bb4 h6 23. Qe3 {Rausch,S-Cordes,H/BL2-O 1995/BL2/1-0 (50)}) 9.
cxd4 Qc3+ $146 (9... fxe5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 12. Nxe5 Ne7 13. h4 Nd7
14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. h5 Kf7 16. Rb1 b6 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Bb5 Ke7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20.
Be5 Rhf8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rb3 Rf7 23. Rc3 Kd7 24. f4 {
Playa,M-Rojas,L/PAN-chJ 1993/1-0 (34)}) (9... Qxc2 10. Qxg7 Qc3+ 11. Kd1 Bd7
12. a4 Qxa1 13. Bd3 Bxa4+ 14. Ke2 Nd7 15. Qxh8 O-O-O 16. Re1 fxe5 17. Bd2 Qa3
18. Nxe5 Ngf6 19. Qg7 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ne4 21. Rc1+ Bc6 22. Qf7 Kb8 23. Rc2 Rf8
24. Qxe6 Rxf2+ 25. Ke3 d4+ 26. Kxd4 Rxd2 27. Qg8+ Kc7 28. Qxh7+ Kb6 29. Rxc6+
bxc6 30. Qh3 Qb4+ 31. Ke3 Rxd3+ {0-1 Teloudis,A-Dietz,J/RLN 1982/BIG 80}) 10.
Kd1 Kf7 (10... Qxa1 $2 {is tempting, but} 11. Qxg7 fxe5 12. Qxh8 $18) 11. Rb1
Nc6 12. Rb3 (12. Bd3 Kf8 $16) 12... Qa5 13. Bd3 Nce7 (13... Qc7 14. Re1 $16)
14. Qh5+ g6 15. Bxg6+ Nxg6 16. Nh4 N8e7 17. exf6 Kxf6 $4 {
terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (17... Qa4 18. Rb4
Qe8 19. fxe7 Kxe7 $18) 18. Bg5+ (18. Rf3+ Nf5 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Qxh8+ Ke7 21.
Qh7+ Kd6 22. Bf4+ Kc6 23. Rc3+ Kb5 24. Rc5+ Ka6 25. Rxa5+ Kxa5 26. Qxg6 Nxd4
27. Bd2+ Kb6 $18) 18... Kg7 (18... Kf7 {is the last straw} 19. Rf3+ $1 {
a forceful check} Ke8 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Nxg6+ hxg6 22. Qxh8 Qb6 $18) 19. Qh6+
Kg8 {If Black now would get e5 in, he might survive} 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kerr, Bill"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. O-O {
King's Indian Defence (Classical Fianchetto)} Re8 9. Be3 (9. Re1 h6 (9... exd4
10. Nxd4 Nc5 (10... a6 11. h3 Rb8 12. a4 Ne5 13. b3 c5 14. Nc2 Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Panchenko,A-Wolff,P/New York op 1992/TD 92\05}) 11. Rb1 Ng4 12. f4 c6
13. h3 Qb6 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh2 Bxc3 17. Re2 Bd4 18. Qf3 Ne6
19. Bd2 Qa6 20. f5 Nc5 21. Rf1 Qxc4 22. b3 Qd3 23. Be3 Rf8 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25.
Qf4 Qe5 26. Qh4 f6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Qh6 Qh5+ 29. Qxh5 gxh5 30. Rd2 Rad8 31.
Rfd1 Kf7 32. Rxd6 Ke7 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. Kh3 Ke7 36. e5 fxe5 37.
Kh4 e4 38. Kg5 e3 {0-1 Vescovi,G-Gelashvili,T/WchJM-U18 Guarapuava 1995/JUN 95}
) 10. h3 c6 11. Be3 g5 12. b3 Qc7 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Ng6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16.
Bc5 Bxh3 17. Bxh3 g4 18. Bg2 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Kg2 Nh7 22.
Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Ng5 25. Bg4 Bf6 26. Bd2 Qd8 27. Bc3 h5 28. Bxh5
Qd7 29. Qe2 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Nxe4 31. Bxg6 Nxc3 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nxc3 Ke6 34. Ne4
Be7 35. Qf3 a5 36. Qh1 Qf5 37. f3 Kd7 38. Kg2 Kc7 39. Qh3 Qf7 40. Qh8 Qe6 41.
Qe8 {1-0 Krogius,N-Kauschmann,H/Berliner Sommer 1996/EXP 54}) 9... exd4 10.
Nxd4 Nc5 {Pawn e4, live or die!} 11. f3 a5 12. Qd2 (12. Ndb5 Bd7 13. Qc2 Bxb5
14. cxb5 Nfd7 15. Rad1 a4 16. b6 c6 17. Rxd6 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Be5 19. R6d2 Nxb6 20.
Ne2 Ra5 21. f4 Bc7 22. e5 Ne6 23. Bf2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nc3 Bc7 26. Kh1
Nc5 {Stohl,I-Vukic,M/AUT-chT 1991/EXT 91ch/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 12... Ne6 $146 (12...
c6 13. Rfd1 (13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Nde2 Bf8 15. Bf4 Be6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Bg5 Be7 18.
Bf4 Qb6 19. Be3 Qa6 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qc2 b5 22. e5 Bf5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. fxe4
Bg4 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Nf4 Rxe5 27. h3 Bd7 {
Simon,T-Widmann,V/Neuwied op 1993/GER 09/0-1 (52)}) 13... Qe7 14. Bf2 Nfd7 15.
Nc2 Ne5 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nxg4 fxg4 21. Bd4
Rad8 22. Rd2 Qf7 23. Rad1 Bf5 24. Qf1 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 Re6 26. Qf2 Qe7 27. Bf1 h5
28. R1d2 Kf7 29. Re2 Rxe2 {1/2-1/2 Krnic,Z-Paunovic,D/JUG-chT 1989/TD 89\07}) (
12... Nfd7 13. Rf2 Ne5 14. Bf1 Bd7 15. Rd1 f6 16. Ndb5 Ne6 17. Nd5 Qb8 18. h3
Nf7 19. f4 Bc6 20. Qc2 b6 21. Nd4 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. Bg2 Qc8 24. Re1 Qd7 25.
Kh2 Nd8 26. Rd2 Rb8 27. Bf2 Qf7 28. Bf1 f5 29. exf5 Rxe1 30. fxg6 Qxd5 31. Bxe1
Qe4 32. Re2 Qxc2 33. Nxc2 hxg6 34. Re7 Rc8 35. Bc3 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Kf8 37. Re3 d5
38. c4 c6 39. Nd4 Kf7 40. cxd5 cxd5 41. Nb5 Ndb7 42. Bg2 d4 43. Nxd4 Rd8 44.
Nf3 Nd6 45. Ng5+ Kg7 46. Re7+ Kf6 47. Rc7 {
Loeffler,S-Pedersen,S/Gausdal AC 1991/TD 91\06/1-0 (57)}) 13. Rae1 Nxd4 $14 (
13... a4 14. Nd5 $11) 14. Bxd4 ({Instead of} 14. Qxd4 Nxe4 $1 {
Black pulls ahead} 15. Qd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bf5 $19) 14... Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15...
Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 $14) 16. cxd5 {This push gains space} c5 17. dxc6
bxc6 18. f4 (18. Rc1 d5 19. e5 Nd7 $16) 18... Rb8 19. Kh1 Rb4 20. Qd3 Rxd4 (
20... Nh5 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. b3 $14) 21. Qxd4 Nxe4 22. Qa7 (22. Qd1 f5 23. Bxe4
fxe4 $16) 22... Re7 23. Qg1 f5 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. f5 Bxb2 $16 (25... gxf5 26.
Rxf5 d5 27. Qc5 $14) 26. Qe3 $11 (26. Qg2 $142 $5 Be5 27. Qxe4 $16) 26... Kg7
$14 (26... d5 $142 $5 $11 {should not be overlooked}) 27. g4 d5 (27... gxf5 28.
Qg5+ Kh8 29. Rxf5 $16 (29. Qxf5 $143 d5 $15)) 28. Qc5 $11 (28. Qf2 Bf6 29. g5
Bxg5 30. f6+ Bxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qxc6 $18) 28... Qc7 29. g5 gxf5 30. Rxf5
Qd7 31. Qf2 d4 $4 $18 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (31... Bc3
$142 {would save the game} 32. Rf1 e3 $15) 32. Rf8 {Do you see the mate threat?
} d3 $4 {leading to a quick end#} (32... Rf7 33. Rxf7+ $1 {
leaving no more doubts} Qxf7 34. Qxb2 c5 $18) 33. Qxb2+ (33. Rf1 Qe6 34. Rg8+
Qxg8 35. Qxb2+ Kg6 36. Qf6+ Kh5 37. Qh6+ Kg4 38. Rg1+ Kf3 39. Qf6+ Ke3 40. Rg3+
Ke2 41. Rg2+ Kd1 42. Qf1#) 33... Kxf8 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Rf1+ $4 $19 {
overlooking an easy win} (35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. g6+ Ke6 38. Rxe4+ Kf5
39. Re5+ Rxe5 40. Qh3+ Kxg6 41. Qxd7 $18) 35... Ke6 36. Qf6+ Kd5 37. Rf5+ $4 {
sad, but how else could White save the game?} (37. Qc3 $19) 37... Kc4 {
Black threatens strongly d2} 38. Rxa5 {Black now must not overlook the idea Qb2
} d2 $1 {an unpleasant surprise. Threatening mate... how?} 39. Ra4+ Kb5 40.
Qf1+ (40. Rd4 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} d1=Q+ 41. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 42.
Kg2 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 $19) 40... Qd3 $1 {an unexpected blow. The mate threat is Qxf1
} 41. Qd1 {White threatens to counter with Ra3} Qf3+ 42. Qxf3 exf3 (42... exf3
43. Kg1 d1=Q+ 44. Kf2 Kxa4 45. Kg3 Qg1+ 46. Kxf3 Qf1+ 47. Kg3 Re3+ 48. Kg4 Qf3+
49. Kh4 Re4#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 {French Defence (Winawer Variation)} 4. e5 Qd7 5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 (7. Nh3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qg4 f5 10. Qh5+ g6 11.
Qe2 Nb8 12. c4 (12. g4 Nc6 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Bg5 Nd8 15. Bxd8 Rxd8 16. Nf4 Ne7
17. h4 c5 18. Rg1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Rg3 Qa4 21. c3 Qb3 22. Qd1 Qxd1+ 23.
Kxd1 Kf7 24. Kd2 Rc4 25. h5 Rg8 26. hxg6+ hxg6 27. Rh1 Ra4 28. Rh7+ Rg7 29. Rh8
Rg8 30. e6+ Kg7 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Nxg6 Nxg6 33. Rxg6+ Kf8 34. Ke3 Rxa3 35. Kf4
Ra2 36. Ke5 Re2+ 37. Kd6 a5 38. Rf6+ Kg8 39. e7 {
1-0 Dueball,J-Panzer,P/GER-CupT 1992/BIG 90}) 12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qc6 14. Qxc6+
Nxc6 15. Bb2 Nge7 16. O-O-O Nd8 17. c4 c6 18. Nf4 O-O 19. h4 Rc8 20. Kb1 Kf7
21. d5 cxd5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Re8 25. h5 g5 26. e6+ Nxe6 27.
Rxf5+ Kg8 28. f4 Rc5 29. Rxc5 bxc5 30. f5 Nd4 31. Rc1 Re5 32. g4 Re4 33. Rxc5
Rxg4 34. Rd5 Nf3 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 Rh4 38. f6 g4 39. a4 Ng5
40. Ba3+ Ke8 41. Re7+ Kd8 42. f7 Rh1+ 43. Kc2 Rh2+ 44. Kd1 Rh1+ 45. Ke2 Nxf7
46. Rxf7 Rxh5 47. Rxa7 Kc8 48. Bd6 Rd5 49. Rc7+ Kd8 50. Bg3 Ra5 51. Rc4 {
1-0 Kristiansen,J-Beulen,M/Lyngby op 1990/EXT 90op}) 7... f5 8. Qg3 Ba6 9. Bxa6
Nxa6 10. Ne2 c5 (10... Nb8 11. h4 (11. Nf4 Nc6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxg7 O-O-O 14.
Qxh8 Qg6 15. Bd2 Rd7 16. O-O-O h5 17. g4 fxg4 18. f4 Nce7 19. e6 Rd8 20. f5
Nxf5 21. Qe5 Nge7 22. Rhf1 h4 23. Rde1 a5 24. Bf4 Rd6 25. Qh8+ Rd8 {
Krakops,M-Del Rio,S/EU-chJM U20 1996/1-0 (46)}) 11... Nc6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bc1
Qf7 14. Nf4 Nge7 15. h5 Na5 16. a4 Kd7 17. Ba3 Rhc8 18. Rh3 c5 19. Qd3 Nc4 20.
Rg3 Rc7 21. Bc1 Ke8 22. Kf1 Rac8 23. Kg1 Rc6 24. Rb1 R8c7 25. Qe2 Kd8 26. dxc5
bxc5 27. Rb8+ Rc8 28. Rb5 Ke8 29. Be3 Kf8 30. Bc1 Rb6 31. Ng6+ Ke8 32. Nh8 {
1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Seirawan,Y/Tilburg 1990/CBM 20/[Knaak]}) 11. a4 $146 (11. O-O
Rc8 12. Nf4 g6 13. a4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. c3 Nc6 16. h4 Qf7 17. Ba3 Na5 18.
Bb4 Nc4 19. a5 bxa5 20. Bc5 Ne7 21. Rfb1 Nc6 22. Rb5 a6 23. Rb3 Nd2 24. Rb6 Nc4
25. Rab1 Nxb6 {Klovans,J-Jacot,L/Geneve op 1992/TD 92\04/1-0 (41)}) 11... Kf7
12. h4 Ne7 13. h5 Rag8 14. h6 g6 15. Bg5 (15. a5 Ra8 $11) 15... Rc8 16. Qd3 Nc7
17. Bf6 {White can be proud of that piece} Rhd8 18. Nf4 Ne8 19. Nh3 cxd4 20.
cxd4 Rc4 {Attacking the isolated pawn on a4. 'the rook is the rook!'} 21. O-O
$15 (21. Qa3 Rc7 $14 (21... Nxf6 $2 {is a blank shot} 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. exf6 $18
)) 21... Rdc8 {Exerts pressure on the backward pawn} ({Less advisable is} 21...
Nxf6 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. exf6 $16) 22. Rfc1 $17 (22. Bxe7 $142 $5 {is noteworthy}
Qxe7 23. Rfc1 $15) 22... Nc6 (22... Nxf6 $6 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. exf6 $14) 23. Ng5+
Kg8 24. c3 Nxd4 $1 {securing the lead} 25. Rd1 Nb3 (25... Nxf6 $6 26. exf6 Nb3
27. f7+ Kf8 28. Qg3 $17) 26. Ra3 Rxc3 $17 (26... Na5 $142 $5 $19) 27. Qb5 {
Threatening mate... how?} Qxb5 (27... Nxf6 $6 28. exf6 Qxb5 29. axb5 $11) 28.
axb5 {The game is finished by a kings attack} Na5 $4 $11 {
Black has let it slip away} (28... Rc1 $142 {with excellent chances for Black}
29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ (29... Nxc1 30. Rxa7 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 $18) 30. Kh2 Na5 (30... Nxf6
31. exf6 Na5 32. Re3 $18) 31. Nxe6 Rb1 $19 (31... Nxf6 $6 32. exf6 Rc4 33. Ng5
$15)) 29. Rxc3 {Threatening mate: Rxc8} Rxc3 30. Nxe6 Nxf6 31. exf6 {
The passed pawn on f6 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Rc8 32. Ng5 Nc4
$4 $18 {Black falls apart} (32... Nb3 $142 $16) 33. Rxd5 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Rf8 34. Rd7 {The mate threat is Rg7} Rxf6 35. Rg7+
Kf8 (35... Kh8 {there is nothing else anyway} 36. Rxh7+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 Rf8 38.
Rg7+ Kh8 $18) 36. Nxh7+ (36. Nxh7+ Ke8 37. Nxf6+ Kf8 38. Nd7+ Ke8 39. h7 Kd8
40. h8=Q+ Kc7 41. Qb8#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Thiyagarajah, Anand"]
[Black "Vitols, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1115"]
[BlackElo "904"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 {Queen's Pawn Opening} 4. Bd3 (4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. Be2
c5 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 Qc7 12. Rc1
Rac8 13. e4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Bb2 Qb8 16. b4 Qa8 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Nh5 {
Domotor,J-Horvath,G/Zalakaros op 1996/EXP 52/0-1 (66)}) 4... Ba6 (4... a5 5.
O-O Ba6 6. c4 d5 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12.
Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Rac1 Qb7 15. Ne5 b5 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. d5 b4 18. Nxc6 bxc3
19. Nxd8 Bxd8 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. e5 Nd5 22. Bxd8 cxb2 23. Rb1 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Nc6
25. Rxb2 Qa6 26. Rxd5 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 exd5 28. Bh4 d4 29. f4 Rc8 30. Kf2 d3 31.
Rd2 Nb4 32. Ke3 Rc4 33. a3 Nd5+ 34. Kxd3 Ra4 35. g3 Kf7 36. f5 Rxa3+ 37. Kd4
Ne3 38. Ke4 g5 39. fxg6+ {Berg,K-Blatny,P/Gausdal PG 1992/TD 92\08/0-1 (51)}) (
4... Bb7 5. O-O (5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Bb2
Nc6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Ne5 Ng6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Rad1 a5 15. a4 Rac8 16. Qe3 Qe8 17.
Ra1 Rc7 18. Ndf3 Qa8 19. Rac1 dxc4 20. bxc4 Be4 21. Be2 Ne7 22. g4 h6 23. h3
Bh7 24. Nd3 h5 25. Ng5 Be4 26. Nxb4 axb4 27. f5 exf5 28. d5 Nexd5 29. cxd5 Rxc1
30. Rxc1 Qxd5 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. Kh1 Re8 34. gxh5 Kh7 35. Rg1 Re5
36. h4 Rf5 37. Qg3 e3+ 38. Rg2 {
1-0 Kurajica,B-Pogorelov,R/Linares op 1995/EXP 45}) 5... d5 (5... c5 6. c4 Be7
7. b3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Ne5
Bf8 14. Ndf3 Rc8 15. Rd1 g6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Ba2 Bg7 18. Rac1 dxc4 19. bxc4 Nd7
20. Ng4 Na5 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. h3 Qf8 23. Nfe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Nc6 25. f4 Nxe5 26.
dxe5 Red8 27. Bb3 Qe8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. c5 Qc6 30. Qf2 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Qb6 32.
Ba2 Bf8 33. Rc2 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Be4 35. Qxb6 axb6 36. Re2 Bd3 37. Rf2 Bc5 38. Bb3
Rb1 39. Rd2 Be3 40. Rxd3 Bxf4+ {0-1 Piskov,Y-Lobron,E/BL9596 1996/BL 90}) 6.
Nbd2 Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. a4 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5
13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bf5 Rb8 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Ba8 17. h4 h6 18. Ba3 Qb7 19.
Rb1 Bf8 20. Bh3 Qa6 21. Bb2 Rb6 22. Ne1 Rc6 23. Ndf3 Qb7 24. Nd3 d4 25. exd4
cxd4 26. Qd2 Ne4 27. Qa5 Nc3 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rg6 30. h5 Ra6 31. Qf5 Nf6
32. Nxd4 Nce4 33. Bc1 Rd6 34. Be3 Rd5 35. Ne5 Qb4 36. Ndf3 Qxb3 37. Qc8 Qb7 38.
Rc1 Nd6 39. Qxb7 Bxb7 40. Rc7 Ra5 41. Nxf7 Bxf3 42. gxf3 Nd5 43. Bd2 Rxa4 44.
Rd7 Nf4 45. Bxf4 Nxf7 {1/2-1/2 Conquest,S-Wahls,M/Capablanca mem-A 1996/TUR 96}
) 5. O-O $146 (5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4
Bxc4 11. Qxc4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Qe2 Bb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rc1
Qa6 17. a3 Bxc3+ 18. Rxc3 Rd8 19. b4 b5 {
Dussol,P-Popov,S/Paris-ch 1992/EXT 92ch/1/2-1/2 (69)}) (5. Bxa6 Nxa6 6. Qe2 Nb4
$14) 5... c5 6. c3 $15 (6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. e4 cxd4 $11 (7... Nxe4 $2 8. Qe2 $18))
6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 d5 8. Nbd2 c4 {Black wins space} (8... Nc6 9. e4 $11) 9. Qe2
Ne4 $16 (9... Nbd7 $142 $5 $14 {must definitely be considered}) 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Nd2 Nd7 $18 (11... Qc7 12. f3 $16) 12. Nxe4 $16 (12. f3 b5 $18) 12... Qh4
$18 (12... Qc7 $5 $16) 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf3 (14. a4 $5 bxa4 15. Qxc4 Bd6 $18)
14... Qh5 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. b3 (16. a4 O-O $18) 16... O-O 17. b4 Nf6 18. a4 a6
19. h3 Qd5 20. Nd2 e5 $18 (20... Qh5 $5 $16) 21. e4 Qb7 22. d5 Nd7 23. a5 $16 (
23. Rd1 $5 $18) 23... f6 $18 (23... f5 $5 $16) 24. Rd1 Rf7 25. Nf1 Raf8 (25...
f5 26. exf5 Raf8 27. Ng3 $18) 26. Ne3 Kh8 27. Nf5 Qc7 28. g4 Rg8 29. Qe2 Bf8
30. Qc2 $11 (30. Qf3 $142 $18) 30... g6 $16 (30... Bd6 31. Qd2 Bf8 $18) 31. Ng3
h5 (31... Qd6 32. Be3 $18) 32. f3 $16 (32. gxh5 $142 $5 Rh7 33. Qe2 $18) 32...
Rh7 $18 (32... hxg4 $5 33. hxg4 Rh7 $16) 33. Be3 $16 (33. gxh5 $5 f5 34. hxg6 (
34. exf5 gxf5 35. Kh2 e4 $11) 34... Rxg6 35. Kh2 $18) 33... hxg4 34. hxg4 Bh6
35. Qd2 Bxe3+ 36. Qxe3 Kg7 37. Kg2 Rgh8 38. Rh1 Rxh1 {The mate threat is R8h2}
39. Rxh1 Rh7 40. Rxh7+ Kxh7 41. Ne2 Kg7 42. Qd2 Qd6 43. Ng3 Nf8 44. Qe3 Nd7 45.
Ne2 $11 (45. Kh3 $142 $5 $16) 45... Qc7 46. Ng1 Kh7 47. Nh3 Kg7 48. g5 {
White gets the initiative} f5 49. Qf2 f4 (49... Qd6 50. Qh4 fxe4 51. fxe4 $18)
50. Qh4 Nf8 (50... Kg8 51. Qh6 Nf8 52. Nf2 $18) 51. Nf2 Qd6 52. Ng4 Qe7 53. Nf6
{With the idea Qf2} Qf7 (53... Kf7 $18 {the last chance for counterplay}) 54.
Qh6# 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1349"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 {Caro-Kann (Exchange Variation)} 4. Nf3 Nc6 5.
c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 (6... Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 Nb6 (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10.
Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 (15.
Bg5+ f6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Be3 Ke6 18. O-O-O Bb4 19. a3 Rhc8+ 20. Kb1 Bc5 21.
Rhe1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3+ Kd6 23. Red3 Rc5 24. b4 {
1/2-1/2 Howell,J-Wells,P/Budapest FS06 GM 1994/EXP 41}) 15... exd5 16. Be3 Ke6
17. O-O-O Bb4 18. Kb1 Rhd8 19. Rd3 Rd7 20. Rc1 Rb8 21. Rc6+ Kf5 22. Ra6 Rbb7
23. a3 Be7 24. Ka2 Bf6 25. b4 d4 26. Bd2 Re7 27. Ra5+ Kg6 28. Ra6 Re2 29. Rxd4
Rxf2 30. Rd3 Rxh2 31. Kb3 Rf2 32. Bc3 h5 33. Bd4 Rd7 34. Bxf2 Rxd3+ 35. Kc4
Rxf3 36. Bxa7 h4 37. b5 h3 38. Bb8 Rf2 39. Rd6 Rc2+ 40. Kb3 Rb2+ 41. Kc4 Rc2+
42. Kb4 Rc8 43. Rb6 Kf5 44. Rb7 Rh8 45. Bh2 Be5 46. Rxf7+ Ke6 47. Bxe5 Kxe5 48.
Rf1 g5 {0-1 Brunner,L-Adorjan,A/BL8990 1990/BL 90}) 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd4 11.
Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Qxb7 g6 15. O-O Bg7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bg5
Bf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. d6 Rb8 20. Qc7 Ne5 21. Re3 Rc8 $2 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Rd1
Rc6 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. b4 Nd7 26. Rc3 $1 $16 Rb6 27. a3 f5 28. Nc5 Nf8 29. d7 Kf6
30. Na4 $1 Re6 31. Rc7 Ke7 32. Nc5 Rb6 33. Ra7 Ne6 34. Re1 Kf6 35. Nxa6 Rd6 36.
Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 37. Nc5 Rb6 38. Kf1 g5 39. Ke2 h5 40. Kd3 Rd6+ 41. Kc3 Ke5 42.
Rc7 Kf4 43. Rc8 R8xd7 44. Nxd7 Rxd7 $18 45. b5 Kxf3 46. b6 Kxf2 47. a4 e5 48.
a5 e4 49. a6 e3 50. b7 {
1-0 Rozentalis,E-Adams,M/Hastings9697 1996/CBM 57/[Donev]}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4
$146 (8. Bd3 Bg4 9. O-O e6 10. Be4 Be7 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Re1 Ncb4 13. Qd2 Nxc3
14. bxc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd5 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Qd3 b5 18. a4 Bf6 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Be4 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Speelman,J/BL9697 Solingen-Duisburg 1996/BL9697}) 8... Nxc3
9. bxc3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} e6 {Consolidates d5} 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 b5
12. Bd3 O-O $14 (12... Bb7 13. Rb1 $11) 13. Be4 $11 (13. a4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Qc7
$14) 13... Bb7 14. Qc2 h6 {Secures g5} 15. Rab1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qd7 $11 (16... Na5
$5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 $15) 17. Bxc6 $17 (17. a4 $142 $5 $11 {
and White could well hope to play on}) 17... Qxc6 ({Worse is} 17... Rxc6 18.
Ne5 Qd5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. f3 $16) 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Qe1 $19 (19. Qb2 $5 $17)
19... Qc4 $17 (19... Ba3 $5 20. Rc2 $19) 20. Ne5 Qd5 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 21. f3 Ba3 22. Rc2 Bd6 23. Bf4 $17 (23. Re2 $5 $15
{looks like a viable alternative}) 23... f6 24. Ng6 $19 (24. Nd3 e5 25. Be3
exd4 26. Bxd4 Qh5 $17) 24... Kf7 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 (25... Kxg6 $6 26. Bb4 $11) 26.
Re2 (26. Nh4 $142 g5 27. a4 $19) 26... Kxg6 (26... Bd5 $5 {
might be the shorter path} 27. Nh4 g5 28. Re3 $19) 27. Rxe6 Qd5 28. Re7 Rd7 $4
$18 {spoils everything} (28... Kh7 $142 $19 {Black has the better game}) 29.
Qg3+ Qg5 30. Qxg5+ $1 {the decision} hxg5 31. Rxd7 Bc6 32. Re7 (32. Rd6 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} a5 $18) 32... a5 (32... Bd5 33. Re3 $18) 33.
Rc1 (33. Kf2 {keeps an even firmer grip} a4 $18) 33... Bd5 34. a3 b4 35. axb4 (
35. Ra7 $5 {seems even better} Rxc3 36. Rxc3 bxc3 $18) 35... axb4 36. Re3 Rc4
37. Kf2 Kf5 (37... b3 38. Re8 $18) 38. Ke2 bxc3 (38... Rc6 39. Kd2 b3 40. Ra1
$18) 39. Rexc3 (39. Kd3 $5 {and White can already relax} Ra4 $18) 39... Rxd4
40. Rc7 g6 {Black prepares g4} (40... g4 41. Ke3 Ra4 42. Rd1 $18) 41. R1c5 (41.
Re7 $5 {might be the shorter path} g4 42. Ke3 Rc4 43. Rxc4 Bxc4 44. fxg4+ Kg5
$18) 41... g4 42. fxg4+ (42. Ke3 {makes it even easier for White} Rd1 43. fxg4+
Ke6 $18) 42... Kxg4 43. Rg7 (43. Ke3 Re4+ 44. Kd3 Re5 $18) 43... g5 (43... Kf5
44. g3 $18) 44. g3 (44. Ke3 Re4+ 45. Kd3 Ba8 $18) 44... Bc4+ (44... Bf3+ $142
45. Ke3 Re4+ 46. Kd3 Re6 $18) 45. Rxc4 $4 $15 {throws away the game} (45. Ke3
$142 Rd3+ 46. Ke4 $18) 45... Rxc4 46. Kd3 Rc5 47. Rf7 f5 $11 (47... Rc6 48. Kd4
$15) 48. Rd7 Ra5 49. Ke3 $15 (49. Rg7 f4 50. gxf4 Kxf4 51. Rf7+ Ke5 52. Re7+
Kf6 $11) 49... Ra3+ 50. Kf2 (50. Kd4 Ra4+ 51. Ke5 Ra5+ 52. Rd5 Ra8 $15) 50...
Ra2+ 51. Kg1 Kf3 {Threatening mate... how?} 52. Rd3+ Kg4 53. Rd4+ $4 $19 {
allows the opponent back into the game} (53. Rd7 $142 $11 {is a viable option})
53... Kh3 54. Rd5 Rxh2 55. Rxf5 Rg2+ 56. Kf1 Rxg3 57. Rf8 (57. Rd5 Rg2 $19)
57... Kg4 (57... Ra3 $142 $5 58. Rh8+ Kg3 59. Rh5 $19) 58. Rg8 Ra3 59. Kf2 Ra2+
60. Ke3 Ra4 61. Kf2 Ra2+ $11 (61... Ra6 $142 $19) 62. Ke3 Rh2 63. Rg7 Rh5 (
63... Rg2 64. Rg8 $19) 64. Kf2 Kh3 65. Ra7 $2 $19 (65. Kf3 $142 $5 $17) 65...
g4 66. Ra3+ (66. Rg7 Rf5+ 67. Kg1 Ra5 $19) 66... Kh4 $17 (66... Kh2 $142 {
secures the win} 67. Ra2 g3+ 68. Kf3+ Kh3 $19) 67. Ra4 $2 $19 (67. Ra8 $142 $17
) 67... Kh3 $4 $11 {gives the opponent new chances} (67... Rb5 $142 $19 {
Black has a promising position}) 68. Ra3+ Kh2 69. Rb3 (69. Ra2 $19 {
otherwise it's curtains at once}) 69... Rf5+ 70. Ke2 g3 71. Rb8 Kg2 (71... Rh5
72. Rg8 g2 73. Kf2 g1=Q+ 74. Rxg1 Rf5+ 75. Ke3 Kxg1 76. Ke4 Rh5 77. Kf3 Re5 78.
Kf4 Re1 79. Kf3 Re8 80. Kg3 Re3+ 81. Kf4 Kf2 82. Kg4 Rf3 83. Kh4 Rg3 84. Kh5
Kf3 85. Kh6 Kf4 86. Kh5 Kf5 87. Kh6 Rg6+ 88. Kh7 Kf6 89. Kh8 Rh6+ 90. Kg8 Rh1
91. Kf8 Rh8#) 72. Rh8 (72. Ke3 $19 {no good, but what else?}) 72... Re5+ 73.
Kd3 Kg1 74. Rg8 g2 75. Ra8 Kh2 76. Rh8+ Kg3 77. Rg8+ Kh3 78. Rh8+ (78. Rg6 $19
{hoping against hope}) 78... Kg4 79. Kd4 (79. Rg8+ Rg5 $1 {the knockout punch}
80. Rxg5+ Kxg5 81. Kd4 g1=Q+ 82. Ke4 Qe1+ 83. Kd5 Kf5 84. Kc4 Qe4+ 85. Kc3 Ke5
86. Kb3 Kd4 87. Kb2 Kd3 88. Kc1 Qe2 89. Kb1 Kc3 90. Kc1 Qc2#) 79... Rg5 $1 {
the punch} (79... Rg5 80. Rd8 g1=Q+ 81. Kc4 Qc5+ 82. Kd3 Qb5+ 83. Kc3 Qa5+ 84.
Kd4 Qxd8+ 85. Kc4 Qc7+ 86. Kd4 Qd6+ 87. Ke3 Re5+ 88. Kf2 Qd2+ 89. Kf1 Re1#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Black "Schoech, Franz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 {Grunfeld Defence} c6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 Bd7
$16 (6... Qa5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxd5 Qc7 11. Qc4 Qxc4
12. Bxc4 e6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Bd3 a6 15. Ke2 Bg7 16. Ne4 Nb6 17. Nc5 Nd5 18. Be4
Rd8 19. Na4 Bd7 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc2 Bf8 24. Rhc1
Rb5 25. Ne5 Bd6 26. Nd3 Kg7 27. h3 Re8 28. e4 Bb8 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. dxc5 Kf6 31.
c6 bxc6 32. Rxc6 a5 33. Rc5 Ba7 34. Rxa5 Bd4 35. Ra4 e5 36. f4 Re6 37. Rc4 Rb6
38. Rb4 Ra6 39. a4 Ke6 40. fxe5 {
1-0 Grivas,E-Kagambi,W/Thessaloniki olm 1988/TD 88\06}) (6... h6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. O-O Nxf4 12. exf4 O-O 13. Ne5 e6 14. Re1
Qc7 15. Qf3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. Bc2 Be8 18. Re3 Qb6 19. Na4 Qb4 20. Red3 b5
21. Nc5 Qxb2 22. Bb3 Nd5 23. a3 b4 24. Nc4 bxa3 25. Nxb2 axb2 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27.
Rb3 Rad8 28. Rxb2 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. g3 R4d5 31. Ne4 Rd3 32. Qe2 c5 33.
Nf6+ Kf8 34. Rb7 c4 35. Qe5 R3d7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Qc5+ {
1-0 Skoberne,D-Zeleznik,J/Nova Gorica 1996/EXP 51}) (6... Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 c5 12. O-O {
1/2-1/2 Rahn,K-Heger,R/RLNN 1989/BIG 80}) (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9.
e4 b5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxb5 Qb6 12. Nc3 Qxb2 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Rab1 Qa5 15. h3
Rd8 16. e5 Bg7 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. g4 e6 19. Nce4 Qd8 20. f4 h6 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22.
Nd6 Rd7 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxg6 Qe6 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nxh6+ Kh8 28.
Qxe6 Bxe6 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Rb7 a5 31. Nh4 Bb4 32. f5 Bc4 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Rc1
Bd5 35. f6 Na6 36. Rg7# {1-0 Biebinger,G-Pfeiffer,P/BL9091 1991/BL 90}) (6...
Ne4 $142 $5 $11 {is worthy of consideration}) (6... O-O 7. Qb3 (7. Rc1 h6 8.
Bh4 Be6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 a6 12. a4 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qxb3 14. Nxb3
Rfc8 15. f3 g5 16. Bf2 Ne8 17. Bg3 f6 18. O-O Bf7 19. a5 e6 20. Na4 Bf8 21.
Nbc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Rc6 23. b4 e5 24. Rfd1 Rd8 25. Rd2 Nc7 26. Nc3 Re6 27. Rcd1
Re7 28. Bc4 Red7 29. Bb3 d4 30. Ba4 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4
exd4 34. Bc7 {1-0 Rajkovic,D-Djoric,D/Belgrade GMA 1988/TD 88\07}) (7. Bd3 dxc4
8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O Qa5 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Nd7 14.
Rfd1 e5 15. Qg4 exd4 16. Qxd7 dxc3 17. bxc3 b5 18. Bb3 Bxc3 19. Rac1 c5 20. Qd3
b4 21. Bd5 Rad8 22. Qc4 Qc7 23. Rd3 Rd7 24. Rcd1 Kg7 25. g3 Rfd8 26. Kg2 a5 27.
a4 Rd6 28. Kh2 h5 29. h4 Rf6 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. Be4 Rd4 32. exd4 Qxe4+ 33. Kg1
Bxd4 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. Qxd4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Rb6 37. Rd2 b3 38. Rb2 Kf6 39. Kf1
Ke5 40. Ke2 Kd4 {0-1 Stokstad,P-Hoi,C/Gausdal Int 1990/TD 90\05}) 7... dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Qa5 10. h3 Nb6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 c5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4
cxd4 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Nxd4 Bd5 17. Qc7 $1 Rac8 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. b4 Qa3 20. e4
Bc4 21. Rfe1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Qc3 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. h4 h5 25. g4 hxg4 26. h5 Rh8 27.
Rc2 Qxb4 28. h6+ Kg8 29. Qxf6 Rh7 30. Nf5 gxf5 31. Rxc4 $1 {
1-0 Hjartarson,J-Santos,J/EUCup Gr6Clichy 1993/[Ftacnik]} (31. Rxc4 $1 Qxc4 32.
Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8#)) 7. Qc2 $14 (7. Qb3 $5 Qb6 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10.
cxd5 $16) 7... Bf5 $16 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Ne5 $14) 8. Qb3 {
White is in command} Qd7 9. Ne5 (9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 O-O $16) 9... Qc7 10.
Rc1 $14 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O $16) 10... b6 $4 $18 (10...
Ne4 $142 {had to be tried to avoid defeat} 11. Bf4 g5 $14) 11. cxd5 e6 (11...
a6 $18) 12. Nb5 Qd8 (12... Qe7 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 13. d6 $1
{a brilliant end} Qd8 14. Nc7+ Kf8 15. Qa3 $18) 13. dxc6 {
The passed pawn on c6 quickly leads to threats} O-O (13... Nxc6 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 14. Nxc6 Rc8 15. Nbxa7 Rxc6 16. Nxc6 $18) 14.
c7 Qc8 (14... Qe8 {is not the saving move} 15. Nd6 $1 {touché!} Qe7 16. Nxf5
gxf5 17. c8=Q Rxc8 18. Rxc8+ Bf8 19. Bh6 $18) 15. Nd6 Nbd7 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17.
Ba6 Nb8 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. O-O (19. cxb8=Q $142 {and White wins} Rxb8 20. Bxf6
Bxf6 $18) 19... Na6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qa4 (21. Qa4 Nxc7 22. Qd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Thiyagarajah, Anand"]
[Black "Srdic, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1115"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O {King's Indian Defence} 6.
O-O (6. h3 c5 7. c3 Nfd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bc2 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nb3 b6 12. Re1
f5 13. Nbd2 Nf7 14. c4 d4 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Ba4 Bb7 17. Nb3 d3 18. c5 Nb4 19.
c6 Nxc6 20. a3 Qd5 21. Nbd2 Nd4 22. Rb1 Ne5 23. Re3 f4 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. b4 Kh8
26. Bb2 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Bxb2 28. Bb3 Qd8 29. Rxb2 Rc8 {
0-1 Arenas,L-Komljenovic,D/Sevilla op 1993/TD 93\03}) 6... Bf5 (6... Nbd7 7. e4
c5 8. e5 Nh5 9. c3 Nf4 10. Bc2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nb3 Bg7 13. dxc5 e6 14. Re1
Qc7 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Rxe6 Nf6 17. Re3 Kh8 18. g3 Qc7 19. Ne5 b6 20. cxb6 axb6
21. f4 Bb7 22. Nd4 Rae8 23. Qe2 Ne4 24. Nef3 Qc8 25. Re1 h6 26. Nh4 Kh7 27. Bb3
Bf6 28. Nhf3 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Nd2 Kg7 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Bxc4
Bxd4 34. cxd4 Rd8 35. d5 Bxd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxe4 Rd2 38. R4e2 Rfd8 39. Rf2
R8d6 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Re6+ Rxe6 42. Rxd2 Kf5 43. Rf2+ Kg4 44. Kg2 Rd6 45. h3+
Kh5 46. Re2 b5 47. Kf3 Rd8 48. Re6 Rd3+ 49. Re3 Rd5 50. Ke4 Rc5 51. Rb3 g4 52.
h4 Kg6 53. Kf4 {1-0 Etchegaray,P-Braga,F/Zaragoza Casablanca 1992/TD 92\09}) (
6... c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bg4 9. Be2 a5 10. a4 e6 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nd7 13.
N2b3 Qe7 14. Qb5 Rfb8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 f5 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. Nd4
Re8 20. Nb5 Rec8 21. Qb7 Rab8 22. Qa7 {
1/2-1/2 Teske,H-Tischbierek,R/DDR-ch Zittau 1989/CBM 12}) 7. Bxf5 gxf5 8. c4 c6
9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 $146 (10. Qc2 Ne4 11. Bb2 e6 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Re8 14.
Nf1 b5 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. Nd2 a6 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Nf1 Nb6 19. f3 Nf6 20. c5 Nbd7
21. Bc3 Nh5 22. Be1 Qg5 23. f4 Qh6 24. Nd2 Nhf6 {
Danner,G-Tischbierek,R/Vienna op 1996/EXP 53/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 10... Kh8 11. Rc1
e6 12. Ne1 Rg8 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Bh6 16. f4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Rg7 18.
Rf3 Ne4 {A comfortable square for the black knight} 19. Qe2 f6 20. Nd3 $15 (20.
Rh3 Bxf4 (20... fxe5 $143 21. Rxh6 exf4 22. exf4 $11) 21. exf4 fxe5 22. fxe5
Qa5 $11) 20... Qe7 (20... Qa5 21. Rh3 Rg6 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Ba3 $15) 21. cxd5 (
21. Rh3 Rag8 22. g3 Rg4 $11) 21... exd5 22. Nc5 Rag8 23. g3 $17 (23. Rc2 $5 $15
) 23... Re8 $15 (23... Nxg3 $5 24. hxg3 Rxg3+ 25. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 26. Kf1 Rxe3 $17)
24. Qd3 Rf7 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. Rff1 Nd6 27. Rfe1 Rfe7 {
The backward pawn on e3 becomes a target} 28. Nd3 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3
Ne4 {A beautiful square!} 31. Nc5 $15 (31. b4 a6 $11) 31... Qf7 32. Rce1 Bf8 {
Black terminates the opponent with strong threats} 33. Nd3 Qc7 34. R3e2 Qa5 35.
Nc1 Bb4 36. Rd1 Kg7 37. a3 $17 (37. Rd3 $142 $5 $15 {has some apparent merit})
37... Bxa3 38. Ba1 Qb6 (38... Qb6 39. Re3 Bb4 $19) (38... Nc3 39. Bxc3 Qxc3 40.
Ree1 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Hester, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
{Reti Opening (Dutch System)} d6 (8... d5 9. e5 (9. c3 b6 10. Qa4 a5 11. exd5
exd5 12. Qf4 Ba6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Nf3 Nb4 17. Re5 Nd3
18. Qe3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Re8 20. Bd2 d4 21. Nxd4 Rxe5 22. Nc6 Rxe3 23. Nxd8 Rd3 {
0-1 Maier,C-Hjartarson,J/BL9394 1994/BL 90}) 9... Qc7 (9... Nf5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11.
Bf4 b6 12. c3 a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. g4 Nfe7 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Nc1 Qd7 17. Ne2 f6 18.
exf6 Bxf6 19. Ng3 Rf7 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 e5 22. h3 Rdf8 23. Nh1 Kh8 24. Bh6
Re8 25. Bg5 Kg7 26. Bh6+ Kh8 27. Bg5 Kg7 28. Bh6+ {
1/2-1/2 Howell,J-Socko,B/Groningen op 1995/EXP 50}) 10. Qe2 g5 11. h3 Ng6 (
11... h6 12. Nb3 b6 13. d4 Ng6 14. Be3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Nbxd4 Bd7 17. a4
Rac8 18. Ra3 Qb8 19. Re3 Bxa4 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Qd1 a5 22. Bd3 b5 23. h4 gxh4 24.
Bxg6 fxg6 25. Nxh4 g5 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. f4 Qb6 28. Kg2 Be8 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. c3
b4 31. Qh5 bxc3 32. Rh1 Rf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qxd4 34. Qh7+ Kf7 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kh3
Qf2 37. Ne7 g4+ 38. Kh4 Rc4 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40. bxc3 Qf3 41. Rb1 Bd7 42. Qg8+
Kxe7 43. Qxg7+ Kd8 44. Qg8+ Ke7 45. Rb8 {
1-0 Mowsziszian,K-Ulibin,M/Dresden op 1994/TD 94\02}) 12. Nb3 h6 13. Nxc5 Ncxe5
14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd1 Qd6 16. Nb3 e5 17. c4 Be6 18. Be3 b6 19. Rc1 d4 20. Bxa8
Rxa8 21. Qf3 Rf8 22. Bd2 Qd7 23. Bb4 Re8 24. c5 a5 25. Ba3 a4 26. c6 Qc8 27.
Nd2 Bxh3 28. Ne4 Bg4 29. Qg2 Re6 30. f3 Bf5 31. Nd6 Rxd6 32. Bxd6 Bxd3 33. c7
Ba6 34. Rc6 e4 35. Rxb6 Kh7 36. Rxe4 d3 37. Re1 Bd4+ 38. Kh1 Bxb6 39. Rc1 Bb7 {
0-1 Cobb,J-Kumaran,D/BCF-ch 1993/TD 93\10}) 9. Nf1 Rb8 10. h4 b5 11. Ne3 b4 12.
h5 Nd4 13. Ng4 Nec6 14. hxg6 $15 (14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 g5 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 exf5
18. Nxh6+ Bxh6 19. fxg5 f4 20. gxf4 Bxh3 21. Bxh3 Bxg5 22. fxg5 Nf3+ 23. Kh1
Nxe1 24. Qxe1 Ne5 25. Qe4 Qe7 26. g6 Qb7 27. Bh6 Qxe4+ 28. dxe4 Rf6 29. Rd1 Re8
30. Rd5 a5 31. Bf5 Nf3 32. Bf4 a4 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Bxd6 Kg7 35. Bf4 Nh4 {
1-0 Reenish,B-Apro,A/WchJM-U16 Szeged 1994/TD 94\01}) (14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. e5 f5
16. exf6 Bxf6 $11) 14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 fxg6 16. Bh6 e5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Kg2
$19 (18. Bg2 $142 $5 $15 {is an interesting idea}) 18... Nd4 19. Be2 Rb7 (19...
Qg5 20. Nh2 $19) 20. Qd2 Rbf7 21. Rf1 Qd7 $15 (21... Nxe2 $5 22. Qxe2 Qg5 $17)
22. f3 $17 (22. Bd1 $5 $15) 22... Nxe2 23. Qxe2 h5 24. Nf2 Rxf3 {
Black creates threats along the open f-file} 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 {
With the decisive threat Qf7} 26. Kxf3 Qe7 27. a3 a5 (27... b3 28. Rac1 $17)
28. axb4 axb4 29. c3 bxc3 $15 (29... Qf7+ 30. Ke3 $17) 30. bxc3 Qg5 31. Ra8 $19
(31. c4 $5 $15 {is an interesting alternative}) 31... Bg4+ {
Black gets in control} 32. Kg2 (32. Nxg4 Qxg4+ (32... hxg4+ $6 33. Ke2 $11) 33.
Kf2 c4 34. dxc4 Qxe4 $19) 32... Be2 {Black threatens strongly h4} 33. Rfa1 Qf6
{Threatening mate: Qf3} 34. R1a7+ (34. Nh3 $142 $19) 34... Kh6 35. Nh3 Bf1+ 36.
Kh2 Bxh3 37. Kxh3 Kg5 (37... Qf1+ $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 38. Kh2 $19)
38. Ra1 Qf3 39. d4 Qg4+ 40. Kh2 Qxe4 41. dxc5 dxc5 42. R8a5 (42. R1a2 c4 $19)
42... c4 43. Rb5 (43. R1a2 Kg4 $19) 43... Kg4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 44.
Rg1 Qe3 (44... Qc2+ {seems even better} 45. Rg2 Qxc3 46. Rbb2 $19) 45. Rb2 Qxc3
{Threatening mate... how?} 46. Rf2 (46. Re2 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} g5 $19) 46... Qe3 (46... Qd3 {
and Black can already relax} 47. Rgg2 $19) 47. Rgg2 c3 48. Re2 Qd3 (48... Qd4
$142 $19 {makes it even easier for Black}) 49. Ref2 $4 {
terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (49. Rxe5 g5 50. Re8
$19) 49... e4 (49... g5 {might be the shorter path} 50. Ra2 $19) 50. Rf4+ Kg5
51. Rff2 e3 {Threatening mate: exf2} 52. Ra2 Kf6 (52... Qd1 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 53. Kh3 $19) 53. Rge2 g5 54. Kg2 Qd5+ 55. Kh2 Kf5
56. Rac2 (56. Rg2 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Qd1 $19) 56... Qd2 57. Ra2
(57. Rcxd2 exd2 58. g4+ Kf4 59. Rf2+ Kxg4 60. Rg2+ Kh4 61. Rg3 d1=Q 62. Rh3+
Kg4 63. Rg3+ Kf4 64. Rg2 c2 65. Rf2+ Ke3 66. Rf6 c1=Q 67. Re6+ Kf3 68. Rf6+ Kg4
69. Rf4+ Qxf4+ 70. Kg2 Qdf1#) 57... Ke4 58. Kg2 (58. Raxd2 $4 {
White is too greedy} cxd2 59. Kg2 Kd3 60. Rxd2+ exd2 61. g4 d1=Q 62. Kf2 h4 63.
Kg2 Qxg4+ 64. Kf2 Qe2+ 65. Kg1 h3 66. Kh1 Qg2#) 58... Kd3 {
The mate threat is Kxe2} 59. Kf1 (59. Raxd2+ $4 cxd2 60. Rxd2+ exd2 61. g4 d1=Q
62. Kf2 h4 63. Kg2 Qxg4+ 64. Kf2 Qe2+ 65. Kg1 h3 66. Kh1 Qg2#) 59... Qd1+ (
59... Qd1+ 60. Re1 Qf3+ 61. Kg1 Qxg3+ 62. Kf1 c2 63. Rxc2 Kxc2 64. Re2+ Kd3 65.
Rd2+ Ke4 66. Ra2 Kf3 67. Rc2 Qh4 68. Kg1 Qd4 69. Kh2 Qd6+ 70. Kg1 Qd1+ 71. Kh2
Qxc2+ 72. Kg1 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ {Budapest Counter Gambit}
6. Nc3 (6. Nbd2 Qe7 (6... f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. e3 Qxb2 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11.
Nb3 Qf6 12. c5 Bc3 13. Rc1 Be5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Bg3 Qg6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qc3
Rae8 18. Na5 Nf6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bxe5 Ne4 21. Qb2 Bh3 22. Bg3 Nxg3 23. hxg3
Bf5 24. Bf3 h5 25. Qb4 Rb8 26. Qd4 Rfd8 27. Qf4 Bg4 28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Qxc7 Rbc8
30. Qf4 Rd5 31. Rc4 Rg5 32. Rb4 Qh5 33. Rd1 Rg6 34. Rb8 Rxb8 35. Qxb8+ Kh7 36.
Rd8 {1-0 Gleizerov,E-Bosch,J/Cappelle op 1996/EXP 51}) 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Be2 (8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qe5 14. Nc3
b6 15. Qd5 Ba6 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd5 c6 18. Nc7 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. Nd5 cxd5
21. Bxd5 Rc2 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Kf8 24. Bb3 R2c7 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 Nc6
27. Rd2 Na5 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Blatny,P/Prague Kottnauer 1996/TUR 96}) 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}) 6...
Qe7 {Will e5 fall?} 7. Qd5 f6 8. e6 $146 (8. e3 fxe5 9. Bg5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa3
11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. Qc2 Rf7 16. Rb1 d6 17.
O-O Qc5 18. Rb5 Qc6 19. Be4 Qxc4 20. Rb4 Qc5 21. Bxb7 Bxb7 22. Rxb7 f5 23. Qb3
Kg7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Rd1 Kf6 26. Rb5 Qc6 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. Nxe5 Qe8 29. Nxf7 Rb8
30. Qa3 Qxf7 31. Qxa7 Qd5 32. Rf1 Rg8 33. g3 Qc6 34. Qd4+ Kf7 35. Rd1 Ra8 36.
h4 Rxa2 37. Qh8 Qf6 38. Qh7+ Ke8 39. Rb1 Ra8 40. e4 Kd7 41. e5 Qg6 42. e6+ Qxe6
43. Rd1+ Kc6 44. Qg7 f4 45. Qd4 fxg3 46. fxg3 Nf5 47. Qf2 Nxg3 48. Qf3+ Ne4 {
0-1 Dao Thien Hai-Szabolcsi,J/Budapest FS07 GM 1994/EXP 41}) 8... g5 9. exd7+
Bxd7 10. Bd2 ({Weaker is} 10. Bxc7 Be6 11. Qe4 f5 $17) 10... Be6 (10... O-O-O
11. Rd1 $11) 11. Qe4 O-O-O 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 (13... Nxe5 14. e3 $11)
14. O-O-O $15 (14. a3 $142 $5 {is interesting} Nd4 15. g4 $14) 14... Rhf8 15.
f3 $17 {Controls g4} (15. g3 Rd4 16. Qe3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Bxc4 $11)
15... Rd4 $15 (15... Rxd2 $5 16. Rxd2 Bf5 $15) 16. Qe3 $4 $19 (16. Qc2 $142 {
had to be tried to avoid defeat} Bxc3 17. Bxc3 (17. Qxc3 $4 Rxc4 (17... Bxc4 $6
18. e3 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 $11) 18. a3 Rd8 $19) 17... Rxc4 18. Kb1 $15) 16... Bxc4 (
16... Rfd8 $5 17. Qxg5 Bxc3 18. Qxe7 Bxb2+ 19. Kc2 Nxe7 20. e3 $19) 17. Qxg5 $2
(17. g3 $142 $19) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 (18. Qxe7 Bxd2+ $1 {touché!} 19. Rxd2
Nxe7 20. b3 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 Rd8+ 22. Kc2 $19) 18... Qa3+ 19. Kc2 {
White threatens to counter with Rb1} Qxa2+ 20. Kc1 Bb3 (20... Bb3 21. Qg4+ Rxg4
22. hxg4 Qc2#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Schoech, Franz"]
[Black "Kerr, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O c5 {Queen's Indian Defence} 6.
Re1 $146 (6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bf4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Nh5 10. Bxb8 Qxb8 11. e4
Nf6 12. f4 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Qf3 f6 15. Qe4 a6 16. Rad1 Ra7 17. Rd3 g6 18.
Rfd1 b5 19. Nf3 Qc8 20. h4 Rc7 21. Nd4 Ng7 22. Nce2 Rf7 23. c3 Nf5 24. b3 Bf8
25. Nc2 Bg7 26. Ncd4 Bf8 27. Nf3 Bc5 28. Nfd4 fxe5 29. Nxe6 Nd6 30. Rxd6 Bxd6
31. Nxc7 Qxc7 32. Qd5 exf4 33. gxf4 Bf8 34. Rd3 Qb6 35. h5 Kg7 36. hxg6 hxg6
37. Ng3 Rxf4 38. Qe5+ Qf6 39. Rxd7+ Kh6 40. Qxf6 Rxf6 41. Rd5 Rf4 {
1/2-1/2 Lodhi,M-Agdestein,S/Thessaloniki olm 1984/BIG 80}) (6. dxc5 Bxc5 (6...
bxc5 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. b3 (9. Bf4 d6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nb5 Ne4 12. Rfd1 e5
13. Nd2 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 exf4 15. gxf4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Na6 17. Ne4 d5 18. cxd5 c4
19. Qxc4 Rfc8 20. Qb3 Bb4 21. Nd4 Qg6+ 22. Ng3 Re8 23. Qd3 Qd6 24. Nc6 Nc7 25.
Rac1 Bc5 26. e4 Bb6 27. e5 Qh6 28. Qf3 Qg6 29. h4 {
1-0 Sprecic,M-Raicevic,I/Pula op 1990/TD 90\01}) 9... Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3
a5 12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. e4 d6 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Rad1 e5 17. Nd2 Nd4 18.
Bxd4 cxd4 19. a4 Bc6 20. h4 Rab8 21. Qd3 Rf8 22. Rf1 Qb4 23. Rc1 Qc5 24. Kh2
Rb7 25. f4 Bf6 26. f5 Rfb8 27. Bf3 Qa3 28. Be2 h6 29. Ra1 Qb2 30. Rab1 Qc3 31.
Rfc1 Qb4 32. Bd1 Bd8 33. Bc2 Qc3 34. Rf1 Bb6 35. Rf3 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Bc5 37. Re1
Bb4 38. Re2 Kf8 39. g4 Ke7 40. Nf3 Bc3 41. Ne1 Rxb3 42. Bxb3 Rxb3 43. Nf3 Bxa4
44. Ra2 Bc6 45. Nd2 Rb4 {0-1 Sinkbaek,A-Skembris,S/Copenhagen op 1995/EXP 47})
7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Rc1 Nc5 11. Qc2 d5 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Nb5
dxc4 14. Bd6 Be4 15. Qxc4 Bd5 16. Qf4 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Qa6 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2
Qxa2 20. e4 Nb3 {Huebner,R-Urday,H/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44/1/2-1/2 (77)}) (6.
Bg5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 d5 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. c3 Be7 12. Nd2 O-O
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qe2 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Na4 17. Qb5 Qe8 18. Qb3 Qd7 19.
e5 b5 20. Rac1 a6 {Danko,I-Pergel,L/HUN-chT2 1994/TD 94\03/0-1 (66)}) (6. c4
cxd4 7. Qxd4 (7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 Bc5 9. Nb5 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. N1c3 a6 12.
Nd6 Nh5 13. Qd2 Nxf4+ 14. Qxf4 Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Ne5 16. Qb4 Qc7 17. b3 Nc6 18. Qa3
b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qc5 b4 21. Na4 Ra5 22. Qe3 Re5 23. Qd3 Rd5 24. Qe3 Re5 25.
Qd3 Qb7 26. f3 Rd5 27. Qe3 Qa6 28. Rfe1 Nd4 29. Rac1 Rb8 30. Qd3 Nb5 31. Qc4
Ra8 32. Nb6 Na3 33. Qxa6 {
1-0 Tsuranov,E-Maksimenko,A/Vladivostok op 1995/EXP 46}) 7... Nc6 8. Qf4 Ne7 9.
b3 Ng6 10. Qd2 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rd1 Bb4 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne1
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Nb5 a6 21. Na3 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Nc4 Ne7 25. a3 b5 26. Ne5 Rc8 27. Kf3 f6 28. Nd3
Bd6 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. e4 e5 31. Kg4 Na7 32. f4 Nc6 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Kf5 Kf7
35. h4 Ne7+ 36. Kg4 Ke6 37. Kf3 Nc6 38. b4 a5 39. Bc3 axb4 40. axb4 h5 41. g4
g6 42. g5 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Kurajica,B/San Sebastian op 1994/TD 94\02}) 6...
cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8. Kxg2 Qc7 $11 (8... d5 9. Nd2 $11) 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Qd3 $15 (
10. e4 a6 $11) 10... O-O $11 (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bg5 $11) 11. Bd2 Bc5
12. Kg1 (12. e4 Bxd4 13. Nb5 Qc5 14. Nxd4 d5 $11) 12... Qe5 13. Nf3 Qh5 14. Kg2
Nc6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 $11 (16... d5 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Bc3 Nxf3 19. exf3
$11) 17. Qh4 $15 (17. Qf4 Be7 $11) 17... Qg6 $11 (17... Qxh4 18. Nxh4 Rfc8 19.
Nf3 $11) 18. Qg5 Qf7 19. Bc3 h6 (19... d5 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Nf3 $15) 20. Qf4 g5
21. Qc4 $15 (21. Qd2 b5 22. b4 Bb6 $14) 21... d5 22. Qd3 $15 (22. Qa4 Rfc8 $11)
22... d4 23. Bd2 Rad8 $15 (23... e5 $5 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 e4 $15) 24. a3 $17
{Secures b4} (24. Qb5 Rc8 $11) 24... g4 $15 {Black wins space} (24... e5 25.
Qb5 Qd5 26. b4 $17) 25. Ng1 Kh7 26. b4 Be7 27. Bf4 $17 (27. b5 Ne5 28. Qb3 Rc8
$15) 27... e5 {Black is in command} 28. Bd2 e4 29. Qb5 Qe6 30. e3 (30. Bf4 Rd5
31. Qa6 b5 $17) 30... Bf6 31. Rac1 Ne5 $15 (31... Rd5 32. Qa6 Qc8 33. Qxc8 Rxc8
34. h3 $17) 32. Rf1 $2 $19 (32. exd4 $142 {and White can hope to live} Rxd4 33.
Be3 $15) 32... Nc4 33. Rfd1 Nxd2 $17 (33... Qc8 34. Qa4 $19) 34. Rxd2 dxe3 35.
Rxd8 Rxd8 36. fxe3 Rd2+ 37. Ne2 Bb2 38. Rf1 Rxc2 39. Kg1 Bg7 (39... Rd2 $5 $17)
40. Rf2 (40. Nf4 Qe5 41. Qxe5 Bxe5 $17) 40... Be5 41. Qa4 Rc7 42. Nf4 (42. Rf1
Bf6 $17) 42... Bxf4 $17 (42... Qd7 $5 43. Qxd7+ Rxd7 44. Ng2 Rd1+ 45. Rf1 Rxf1+
46. Kxf1 $19) 43. Rxf4 Qd5 (43... Rd7 44. Rf2 $17) 44. Rf2 $2 $19 (44. Qe8 $142
$17) 44... Qd3 $17 (44... b5 45. Qa6 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Qd1 47. Qxa7+ Kg6 48. Qb6+
Kg5 49. Rxf5+ Kxf5 50. Qxb5+ Ke6 51. Qe8+ Kd6 52. Qd8+ Kc6 53. Qe8+ Kc7 54.
Qe5+ Kc8 55. Qe8+ Qd8 56. Qe6+ Qd7 57. Qa6+ Kc7 58. Qa7+ Kd8 59. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $19
) 45. Rxf5 $2 $19 (45. Qe8 $142 Qxe3 46. Qh5 $17) 45... Qxe3+ 46. Kg2 $4 {
a blunder in a bad position} (46. Rf2 Rf7 47. Qc2 $19) 46... Qd2+ 47. Rf2 Qd5 {
Threatening mate... how?} 48. Re2 {Black now must not overlook the idea h3} e3+
49. Kf1 (49. Kg1 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Rc1+ 50. Qd1
Rxd1+ 51. Re1 Rxe1#) 49... Rc1+ (49... Rc1+ 50. Re1 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Rxe1#) (49...
Qh1#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Vitols, Wassim"]
[Black "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "904"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 {
Queen's Gambit (Tarrasch Defence)} 7. Bb5 Bd7 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6
10. Nf3 a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Qe7 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Nd4 Be5 16. Nxc6
bxc6 17. Na4 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 c5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Nd3 Qd6 21. Nf4 Bf5 22. Bf3 {
Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow PCA-GP  rapid 1996/EXP 52/0-1 (63)}) (7... Bd6 8.
O-O (8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. Be2 a6 14.
Nd4 Bxd4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Be5 17. Rfd1 Bxh2+ 18. Kf1 Qe6 19. Qf3 Be5 20.
Ba3 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Portisch,L/Brussels WCup 1988/CBM 07}
) 8... O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 Rc8 (11... a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bb2
Bd6 14. Rc1 c5 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nc3 Ng5 19. Qe2 Nxf3+
20. Qxf3 Be5 21. Ba3 Qg5 22. Bxc5 Rac8 23. Ne2 Bb2 24. Bb6 Re8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8
26. Bd4 Ba3 27. Bc3 Qg6 28. Be5 Qc2 29. Nd4 Qg6 30. Kf1 h6 31. Qe2 {
1-0 Ornstein,A-Wedberg,T/Rilton Cup 1995/EXP 45}) 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Ne2 Ne4 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qd4 f6 16. Qxa7 Nc5 17. Bd4 Ra8 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Re8 20.
Nfd4 Bd7 21. a4 f5 22. Rac1 g5 23. Rc3 Qf6 24. Bb6 f4 25. a5 h5 26. h4 fxe3 27.
fxe3 Qg6 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Nxc6 Rac8 30. Rfc1 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxe3
33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Re7 35. Rxe7+ Qxe7 36. Nd4 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+
39. Kh2 h4 40. a6 Qg3+ 41. Kh1 h3 42. gxh3 Qxh3+ 43. Kg1 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Qh4+ {
0-1 Lein,A-De Firmian,N/New York op 1994/EXP 40}) 8. O-O Bg4 $146 (8... a6 9.
Bd3 (9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. b3 Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nce2 Bd6
15. Ng3 Re8 16. Ndf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Be5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1
21. Qxc1 Re7 22. Qb2 Rc7 23. Rc1 g6 {
Vaganian,R-Wojtkiewicz,A/EU-chT Debrecen 1992/EU-chT/1/2-1/2 (46)}) 9... cxd4
10. exd4 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16.
Re1 Qc8 17. Bf1 Bf5 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rc1 Bb4 21. Qe3 Qe6 22. Nxc6
bxc6 23. f3 {Baumann,C-Stolz,C/SWZ-chIW 1992/TD 92\07/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 9. Re1 Be7
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. exd4 a6 14. Ba4 Na5 $16 (14... Qd7
15. Bc2 $14) 15. Bg5 Nc4 16. b3 $14 (16. Rab1 $142 $5 $16) 16... Nb6 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. b4 Rc8 $14 (18... Nxa4 19. Nxa4 Qd6 20. Rac1 $11) 19. Bb3 {
The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} Qd6 20. Bxd5 $15 (20. Nxd5 $5 {
should not be overlooked} Nxd5 21. Bxd5 $14) 20... Rxc3 21. Qxc3 $2 $19 (21.
Bxf7+ $142 $5 {and White has air to breath} Rxf7 22. Qxc3 $11) 21... Nxd5 (
21... Qxd5 $6 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 $15 (23. dxc5 $2 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Nd5 $19))
22. Qc5 Qd7 23. Rac1 Be7 24. Qc2 Bxb4 25. Qb3 Bd6 26. Kh1 (26. Qxd5 $4 {
too greedy} Bh2+ $3 {the crowning sacrifice} 27. Kxh2 Qxd5 $19) 26... Nf6 27.
Rc3 h6 28. Rb1 b5 29. Qd1 (29. Rd1 Ne4 30. Rc2 Re8 $19) 29... Bb8 30. Rb2 Qd6 {
Threatening mate... how?} 31. g3 g6 (31... Qd5+ 32. Kh2 $19) 32. Rbc2 (32. Rd3
Ba7 $19) 32... Qe6 (32... Ne4 33. Rd3 $19) 33. Kh2 Qd7 34. Qc1 Kg7 35. Rc8 $2 (
35. Rd3 $142 $19) 35... Rxc8 {Black threatens strongly Qf5} 36. Rxc8 Bd6 (36...
Ba7 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 37. Rc2 $19) 37. Qc6 Qe6 (37... Qf5
$142 $5 38. Kg2 Ne4 39. f4 $19) 38. Rd8 $4 {
terrible, but the game is lost in any case} (38. Kg2 $142 $19) 38... Bxg3+ $1 {
better than holding on to the material} (38... Bxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Qxc6 40. d5 Qc7+
41. Kf3 Qxd8 42. Ke2 Qe7+ 43. Kd1 Qe4 44. Kd2 Qf3 45. Kc1 Ne4 46. a4 Qc3+ 47.
Kb1 Nd2+ 48. Ka2 Qb3+ 49. Ka1 Qb1#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.08.31"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1349"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 {English Opening (Nimzo-English Variation)}
Ne4 (4... d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 (7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d4 e5 9. Bg5 Qg6
10. d5 Nb8 11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. O-O Bd6 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. c5 Bxc5 16.
Nxe5 f6 17. g4 Qxe5 18. Rae1 O-O-O 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Kb8 22.
Qd4 h6 23. c4 Rhe8 24. c5 c6 25. d6 Re6 26. Qe4 Ree8 27. Rb1 Ka8 28. Qh7 Rd7
29. Rb4 Rb8 30. Kg2 b5 31. Re4 a5 32. Qf5 Rbb7 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Qe4 Rd8 35.
Qxc6 Kb8 36. Qa6 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Ashley,M/New York CITS 1996/TUR 96}) 7... e5
8. Nf3 (8. Qe2 Be7 9. dxe5 Qg6 10. Nh3 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Nc6 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Qe3
Nb4 14. cxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 Bd2 16. Qg3 Qe4+ 17. Be3 Qxc4+ 18. Kf3 Qc6+ 19. Ke2
Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh1 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. Rc1 Rd7 {
0-1 Nikolic,P-Jussupow,A/Hastings A2 1989/TD 89\14}) 8... exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10.
Be2 f6 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nb3 Na6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be3 Ne4 16. Bd3
f5 17. f3 Nf6 18. O-O O-O 19. Re1 Be6 20. Bd4 Rad8 21. c5 b6 22. Qe2 Rfe8 23.
Bb5 Nd7 24. cxb6 axb6 25. a4 Bd5 26. Qb2 c6 27. Bf1 c5 28. Bf2 Bc4 29. Rxe8+
Rxe8 30. a5 bxa5 31. Rxa5 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Qc4+ 33. Kg1 Rb8 34. Qa1 Qd3 35. Ra8
Rxa8 36. Qxa8+ Kf7 37. h3 Qxc3 38. Qd5+ Ke7 39. Qxf5 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41.
Qxe5+ Nxe5 42. Bxc5+ Kf7 43. Bd4 Nc6 44. Bc3 h5 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 Nd8 47.
Kg3 Ne6 48. h4 g6 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Jussupow,A/Madrid 1995/TUR 95}) 5. Nxe4 dxe4
6. Qg4 e3 $146 (6... f5 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Qxe4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. Be2 (10. Bd3
Bd7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Be4 g5 13. O-O g4 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Nxg4 Bh5
17. Qe4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rhg8 19. Qe2 Rxg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Rg8 22. Qf3 Rf8
23. Qg2 Qd3 24. b3 Bd4 25. Ba3 c5 26. Rae1 Rf6 27. Qg8+ Kc7 28. Qg3+ {
1-0 Kamp,C-Behle,K/BL2-W 8889 1989/BL2}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. d3 Nd4 13.
Ne5 Be8 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. f4 Bc5 16. Kh1 Nf5 17. Bg4 Rd8 18. Rae1 c6 19. Bc3 Qh6
20. Bh3 Bh5 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Bd4 23. g4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nh4 25. g5 Qh5 26.
Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Rh3 {1-0 Raupp,T-Behle,K/BL 8586 1986/BL 80}) (6... Nc6 7. Qxe4
Qd4 8. Qxd4 Nxd4 9. Kd1 (9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Be4 O-O-O 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Nb4 13.
Ke2 Nd3 14. Bc3 Bc5 15. Nh3 h6 16. f4 g5 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Raf1 Rh4 19. Nxg5
Nf4+ 20. Kd1 Nxg2 21. Rxf7 Ne3+ 22. Ke2 Nf5 23. Nxe6 Ng3+ 24. hxg3 {
1-0 Kratochwil,C-Alterman,V/Baden Baden op 1987/TD 87\04}) 9... Bd7 10. d3 Bc6
11. Ne2 Bc5 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxd4 15. Kc2 Rhd8 16. Re1 b5
17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Re3 Rf4 19. f3 Rd5 20. Re4 Rxe4 21. fxe4 {
Cifuentes Parada,R-Inkiov,V/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06/1-0 (33)}) (6... Qd4 7.
Nf3 Qb6 8. Qxe4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bc5 10. O-O Bd7 11. a3 a5 12. d3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4
14. Rb1 a4 15. Be3 c5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Qg4 O-O 18. f4 f5 19. Qh4 Rf7 20. Bh5
g6 21. Bf3 {Blum,G-Schmidt,G/BL2-O 1996/BL2/1-0 (39)}) (6... Bd7 7. Qxe4 Bc6 8.
Qe2 Bc5 9. d3 Na6 10. Be3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qd4 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. h4 O-O-O 14. Rh3
Ba4 15. Rc1 Nxa2 16. Ra1 Bb3 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Nd2 Rd4 19. Re3 Rhd8 20. c5 Qb4
21. Re4 Bd5 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Nf3 Qxc5 24. d4 Qb6 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 a6 27.
Be2 Nb4 28. Kd2 Nc6 $138 {
0-1 Garcia Gonzales,G-Shamkovich,L/Rio de Janeiro izt 1979/IZT}) 7. fxe3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. a3 Qc7 (9... h5 10. Qe4 $16) 10. d4 Bd7 11. Qf4 h6 (11... f6 12. Bd3
$16) 12. Bd3 Be7 $18 (12... g5 13. Qg4 $16) 13. Bd2 {
White fights for the Initiative} g5 14. Qe4 {White intends d5} O-O-O 15. d5 $11
(15. Bc3 $142 $5 $16) 15... exd5 $2 $18 (15... g4 $142 {
is the best option Black has} 16. Qxg4 exd5 $14) 16. cxd5 f5 (16... g4 $142 17.
dxc6 gxf3 18. cxd7+ Qxd7 $18) 17. exf6 $1 {
the best thing is for White to hand back some material} Bxf6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 (
18... Qxc6 19. Qxc6+ Bxc6 20. Bf5+ Kc7 21. O-O-O $18) 19. Qf5+ Kb8 (19... Qd7 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 20. Ba5 (20. Qxf6 $6 Qxd3 21.
Qc3 Rhe8 $18) 20... Rde8 21. O-O-O (21. Qxf6 Qxd3 22. Bd2 Rxe3+ 23. Kf2 Re2+
24. Kg3 Rg8 $19) 21... Qxf5 22. Bxf5+ Kb8 23. Rhe1 $18) 20. Qxf6 Rhf8 (20...
Bxf3 {does not win a prize} 21. gxf3 (21. Qxf3 $6 Rxd3 22. O-O-O Re8 $18) 21...
Rhf8 22. Qc3 Rxf3 23. Bf1 $18) 21. Qc3 g4 22. Be2 (22. Nh4 $142 {
ends the debate} g3 23. O-O-O gxh2 24. e4 $18) 22... gxf3 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24.
gxf3 Rxf3 25. O-O-O Rdf8 (25... b6 {is no salvation} 26. Be1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 $18
) 26. h4 (26. Be1 {makes it even easier for White} Ka8 27. Bg3 Qc6 $18) 26...
Qe7 27. h5 (27. Rhg1 {might be the shorter path} Qe6 $18) 27... Qe6 (27... Re8
{is not the saving move} 28. Qc4 $18) 28. Kb1 (28. Rhg1 {seems even better} Qf5
$18) 28... c4 (28... R3f5 29. Ka1 $18) 29. Qd4 Ka8 30. Bb4 {
White terminates the opponent with strong threats} Rc8 31. Qd7 Qe4+ (31... Rxe3
{does not solve anything} 32. Rhf1 $18) 32. Ka1 {Threatening mate: Qxc8} Qe8
33. Qxe8 {The mate threat is Qxc8} Rxe8 34. Rd6 Rfxe3 (34... b6 35. Rxh6 Kb7
36. Rh7+ Kc6 37. Rxa7 Rfxe3 38. h6 $18) 35. Rxh6 b5 (35... Rf3 {
doesn't improve anything} 36. Rh7 b6 37. h6 $18) 36. Rh7 (36. Rg6 $5 {
and White can already relax} a5 37. Bxa5 R3e7 $18) 36... Rb3 (36... a5 {
otherwise it's curtains at once} 37. Bxa5 R3e7 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 $18) 37. h6 Re2 (
37... Rd3 {no good, but what else?} 38. Rf7 Red8 $18) 38. Bc3 {
With the idea Rf7} a5 {Plans Re8} 39. Rd7 {Do you see the mate threat?} (39.
Rd7 Rxc3 40. h7 Rc1+ 41. Rxc1 Re8 42. Rg1 Kb8 43. Rg8 Kc8 44. Rdg7 Rd8 45.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 46. h8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Black "Srdic, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 {King's Indian Defence} (
5... Re8 6. e3 b6 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Rc1 c6 9. Qa4 d6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. c5 Nc7 12. Be2
dxc5 13. dxc5 Ncd5 14. Rd1 Nxc3 15. Rxd8 Nxa4 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. b4 bxc5 18.
bxc5 Nxc5 19. O-O Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6 21. Rc1 Rb8 22. Bxb8 Nxb8 23. Ne5 Nd5 24.
Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Rxc6 Nb4 26. Rc8+ Bf8 27. a4 a5 28. Rc5 Nd3 29. Rxa5 Nb2 30. Ra8
Kg7 31. a5 e5 32. a6 Nc4 33. a7 Nb6 34. Rd8 {
1-0 Akraa,I-Santa,R/Dubai olw 1986/TD 86\02}) (5... b6 6. e4 d6 7. h3 Bb7 8.
Qc2 c5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Ne8 12. Rad1 Nc7 13. a4 Rb8 14. Rfe1 Bc8
15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bh2 Ne8 18. Qg5 f6 19. Qe3 Nd6 20. Rb1 Bd7 21.
Kh1 Qc8 22. Rec1 Qc7 23. f3 Nf7 24. Rc2 Bh6 25. Qf2 Kh8 26. Bg1 Rfc8 27. b3 Nd6
28. h4 Kg7 29. g3 Nf7 30. Kh2 Kh8 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. Bh3 Kh8 33. Bxd7 Qxd7 34. Ra2
Qc7 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Kh2 Rf8 37. Kg2 Rfc8 38. Rc2 Rf8 39. Kh2 Rfc8 40. Kg2 {
Hoenig,A-Bruemmer,A/NRW-I 1996/GER 13/1-0 (65)}) (5... c6 6. Qd2 d5 7. e3 dxc4
8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O b4 11. Na4 Nh5 12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Kh8 15. Nc5 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. e4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Nh2 {
Naung,K-Paasikangas,J/Subotica iztW 1991/TD 93\02/1/2-1/2 (55)}) (5... Nh5 6.
Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 c5 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. d5 Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13.
Qc2 e6 14. d6 g4 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. Nde4 Qg6 17. O-O-O b6 18. Bd3 f5 19. Nd2 Bb7
20. f4 {Stickler,A-Reschke,S/BL9394 1994/BL 90/0-1 (51)}) (5... d5 6. Qb3 dxc4
7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 $2 Bg4 $132 11. Bg5 $2 Na4 $1 12. Qa3
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 $1 14. Bxe7 Qb6 $3 15. Bc4 Nxc3 $1 16. Bc5 Rfe8+ $17 {->}
17. Kf1 Be6 $3 $18 18. Bxb6 $8 Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 Ne2+
22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 Ra4 $1 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2
28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5
Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1
Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# {0-1 Byrne,D-Fischer,R/New York 1956/MAINB}) 6. Bg3 $146 (6.
e3 c5 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Nh4 Bd7 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. dxc5 dxc5
13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6 15. Bf3 Bxf3 {
1/2-1/2 Finegold,B-Miles,A/New York op 1994/EXP 40}) (6. h3 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 (7...
c5 8. Be2 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qd2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Ba6 Ra8 16. Rac1 Nb8 17. Bb5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 a6 19. Ba4 Ra7 20. d5
Rd7 21. b4 b5 22. Bb3 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Tsiganova,M-Xie Jun/Moscow olw 1994/EXP 45})
8. Be2 Qe7 9. O-O b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Bh2 Ne8 12. b4 f5 13. Rac1 h6 14. c5 Ndf6
15. a4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nd2 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. e4 Be6 20. exf5 gxf5 21.
Rfe1 Qf6 22. Bxe5 {1-0 Anastasian,A-Polzin,R/Berliner Sommer 1996/EXP 54}) 6...
Nh5 7. e3 {Consolidates f4} Nxg3 8. hxg3 Bg4 9. Qb3 Bxf3 {
Traps the king in the center} (9... Qc8 10. Bd3 $11) 10. gxf3 Nd7 11. Rb1 (11.
Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qxa7 e5 $16) 11... e5 12. d5 {This push gains space} Nc5 13. Qc2
a5 14. Be2 f5 15. a3 a4 16. e4 h6 17. Bd1 {a4 draws heavy fire} Qf6 {
Black prepares f4} 18. Qd2 c6 $14 {Controls b5} (18... f4 19. g4 $11) 19. O-O
$11 (19. exf5 Qxf5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Qxd6 Nd3+ 22. Kf1 $16) 19... f4 {
Black gets more space} 20. g4 h5 21. Kg2 Kf7 22. Rg1 hxg4 {
Playing against the pawn chain} 23. fxg4 f3+ $11 (23... Rh8 $5 $15) 24. Kf1 Ke7
25. g5 $11 (25. Rg3 Qh4 $14) 25... Qf7 $14 (25... Qf4 $5 26. Qxf4 Rxf4 $11) 26.
Rg3 Nb3 $16 {An ideal square for the black knight.} (26... Qf4 $5 {
is noteworthy} 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28. Rxf3 Rh4 $16) 27. Bxb3 axb3 28. Qe3 Qf4 $2 $18
(28... Ke8 $142 $5 $16) 29. Ke1 $4 $11 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (29.
Qb6 $142 {a pity that White didn't try this} Rad8 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Qxc6 $18)
29... Qxe3+ 30. fxe3 f2+ $14 (30... Rh8 31. Rxf3 Rh5 32. Kd2 $11) 31. Ke2 Ra5 (
31... Rh8 32. Rf1 $14) 32. Rf1 Rc5 (32... Raa8 33. Rg2 $14) 33. Kd3 b5 (33...
Ra5 34. Rg2 $16) 34. cxb5 cxd5 $18 (34... cxb5 35. Rh3 $16) 35. Nxd5+ (35. exd5
$6 e4+ 36. Nxe4 Rxd5+ 37. Kc4 Rdf5 $15) 35... Kd7 36. Nc3 {Threatening Rg2} d5
37. Rh3 (37. exd5 e4+ 38. Nxe4 Rc2 $16) 37... d4 {Black wins space} 38. Nd5 Rc2
39. Rh7 Rf7 40. Nb6+ $15 (40. b6 $142 $5 {would keep White alive} Kd6 41. Nf6
$16) 40... Kc7 $11 (40... Ke6 $5 41. Nd5 Rxb2 $15) 41. Nc4 dxe3 {
He broke from his leash} 42. Nxe3 Rxb2 43. Nd5+ (43. Nc4 Rf3+ 44. Ne3 Rf7 $11)
43... Kd6 44. Kc3 Re2 45. Kxb3 Rxe4 $14 (45... Rf3+ 46. Ka4 Rxe4+ 47. Nb4 $11)
46. Nf6 Re3+ 47. Kb4 Ke6 48. Rxf2 Bf8+ 49. Kc4 Rxh7 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 50. Nxh7 Re4+ 51. Kd3 Rd4+ 52. Kc3 Bxa3 53. Rf6+
Kd5 54. Rxg6 e4 55. Nf6+ $11 (55. Rc6 e3 56. Nf6+ Ke5 $11) 55... Ke5 $4 $18 {
Black is ruining his position} (55... Kc5 $142 {and Black hangs on} 56. Rh6
Bb4+ 57. Kb3 Rd3+ 58. Kc2 Rd2+ 59. Kc1 Re2 $11) 56. Rg8 (56. Ng4+ Kd5 57. Ne3+
Kc5 58. Rc6+ Kxb5 59. Kxd4 Kxc6 60. Kxe4 Kd7 $16) 56... Bb4+ 57. Kb3 Bc5 (57...
e3 58. Re8+ Kf5 59. Rxe3 $18) 58. Re8+ Kf5 59. Kc3 $16 (59. Rxe4 $5 Rd1 $18)
59... Rb4 60. Nd7 Bd6 $18 (60... Rxb5 $5 61. Kc4 Rb1 62. Nxc5 Kxg5 63. Nxe4+
Kf5 $16) 61. g6 $14 (61. b6 $142 {
and White can look forward to a comfortable game} Rb1 62. g6 Kxg6 63. Re6+ Kf7
64. Rxd6 $18) 61... Kxg6 (61... Rxb5 62. g7 Re5 63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. g8=Q+ Kxd7 65.
Ra8 Rc5+ 66. Kd4 Be7 67. Qe8+ Ke6 68. Ra6+ Kf5 69. Qg6+ Kf4 70. Qxe4+ Kg3 71.
Ra3+ Rc3 72. Rxc3+ Kf2 73. Rf3+ Kg1 74. Qg4+ Kh2 75. Rh3#) 62. Re6+ Kf5 63.
Rf6+ Kg4 {Black activates its king} 64. Rxd6 Rxb5 65. Kd4 Rb4+ 66. Ke3 Kf5 67.
Rf6+ Kg5 68. Rf1 Ra4 69. Nc5 Rc4 70. Nxe4+ Kg6 71. Kf4 Ra4 72. Rg1+ Kf7 73. Ke5
Ra5+ 74. Kd6 Ra6+ 75. Kd5 Ra5+ 76. Nc5 Kf6 77. Rf1+ Kg5 78. Kd4 Rb5 79. Nd3 Ra5
80. Rg1+ Kf5 81. Ke3 Ra3 82. Rf1+ Ke6 83. Kd4 Ra4+ 84. Ke3 $11 (84. Kc5 $142 $5
$16) 84... Ra3 85. Re1 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Kerr, Bill"]
[Black "Thiyagarajah, Anand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1115"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 {Reti Opening} a5 (3... e6 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 Nh6 6. Ne5
Qc7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nd3 b5 9. Qxb5 Bb7 10. Rg1 cxb4 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. Nxd7 Rxd7
13. Bxd4 a6 14. Qe5 Qxc4 15. Bb2 Be7 16. Qb8+ Rd8 17. Qxb7 Qc2 {
0-1 Spangenberg,H-Granda Zuniga,J/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1996/TUR 96}) (3... g6
4. g3 (4. Bb2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a3 Ne7 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O
11. Re1 c5 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. e3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 $2 dxe3 16. fxe3 cxb4
17. Qxb4 Nf5 18. Re1 Na6 19. Qc3 Nc5 20. Qc2 $2 Rd8 21. Bf1 e4 $1 22. dxe4 Nxg3
$1 23. Bxg7 Nxf1 24. Ba1 Nxh2 $1 25. Nxh2 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxh2 27. Qc3 f6 {
0-1 Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/Reykjavik WCup 1991/[Horn,Pe]}) 4... Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Bg2
Ne7 7. Na3 (7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. a4 Re8 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. b5 Be6
13. Nb3 b6 14. Nfd2 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Nh7 16. a5 h5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nf3 {
1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Hort,V/Dortmund 1986/CBM 01}) 7... O-O 8. Nc2 a5 9. b5 c5 10.
bxc6 Nexc6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rb1 Bf8 13. Nd2 Na6 14. Ne4 $146 Be7 15. a3 f5 16.
Nd2 Nc5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Rb5 Ne6 20. Bd2 Ra7 $2 21. Qa1 $1 Qc7 $2
22. e3 $1 $36 Qg7 23. exd4 e4 24. dxe4 fxe4 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Qc1
Bd7 28. Bh6 Qf6 29. Rb6 $1 Ra6 30. Rxa6 bxa6 31. Be3 Bb2 32. Qb1 Nc7 33. Bg5 $6
Qg7 34. Bh6 Qf6 35. Bg5 Qg7 36. Bh6 Qf6 37. Ne3 Bxa3 38. Qb7 $6 Nxd5 $2 39.
Qxd7 {1-0 Granda Zuniga,J-Nikolic,P/Hoogovens 1997/CBM 57/[Horn,Pe]}) 4. Bb2
$146 (4. b5 c5 5. g3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bg2 e5 (7... Nh6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Ne5 Ra7 10.
Nc6 Nxc6 11. bxc6 O-O 12. Nb1 e5 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Na3 f5 15. Rb1 e4 16. dxe4
fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Qd3 Qf6 19. f3 Re7 20. Rxb6 Rfe8 21. Kd1 Rxe4 22. fxe4 {
Phominyh,A-Meister,Y/Katowice op 1993/TD 93\03/0-1 (34)}) 8. O-O Ne7 9. Bg5 h6
10. Bd2 O-O 11. Na3 Ra7 12. Ne1 f5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nac2 b6 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf3
Ng4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Qe1 Nh5 19. Rd1 Qd6 20. Bf4 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Qxf4 22. Nfxd4
Bxd4+ 23. Nxd4 Qxd4+ {
0-1 Reales Murto,M-Gomez Esteban,J/Sevilla op 1994/TD 94\02}) 4... axb4 5. Nxd4
c5 6. Nb3 {The knight blocks b4} e6 7. a3 bxa3 {Black advances the passed pawn}
8. Rxa3 Rxa3 9. Bxa3 b6 {Covers a5} 10. e3 Nf6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. O-O
O-O 14. Qb1 Nc6 15. f4 Qc7 16. Rf3 Ne7 17. Rh3 e5 $14 (17... Ng6 18. Bb2 $11)
18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. d4 Bd6 20. Bd3 {Pawn h7, live or die!} h6 21. Bb2 $17 (21.
Nb5 $142 $5 {should be considered} Bxb5 22. cxb5 $15) 21... Bc8 $11 (21... Ng4
$142 $5 22. Qf1 f5 $17) 22. Rh4 $4 $19 {a transit from better to worse} (22.
Nb5 Qb8 23. Rh4 $15) 22... Ng4 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. h3 $2 (24. Ne4 Bxh2+ $1 {
a brilliant end} 25. Kh1 $19) 24... Bh2+ 25. Kf1 Nxe3+ 26. Ke2 Nxg2 27. Re4 g6
(27... f5 $142 {and Black has prevailed} 28. Nb5 Qb7 29. dxc5 Kxh7 30. Rd4 Nf4+
31. Rxf4 Bxf4 32. Kf2 $19) 28. dxc5 (28. Nb5 {is not the saving move} Qg3 29.
dxc5+ Kxh7 $19) 28... Kxh7 29. cxb6 (29. Nb5 {is no salvation} Qd7 30. cxb6
Qxh3 $19) 29... Nf4+ 30. Kf3 (30. Rxf4 {is not much help} Qxf4 31. Qe4 Qg5 $19)
30... Qd7 {Do you see the mate threat?} 31. Rxe7 (31. Qf1 {
is still a small chance} Bb7 32. Nc5 $19) 31... Qxe7 (31... Qxh3+ 32. Ke4 Bf5+
33. Kd4 Bxb1 34. Kc5 Nd3+ 35. Kb5 Nxb2 36. Na5 Qxc3 37. Rd7 Ba2 38. Rc7 Nxc4
39. Rxc4 Bxc4+ 40. Nxc4 Qb3+ 41. Kc5 Rc8+ 42. Kd4 Rxc4+ 43. Kd5 Qd3#) 32. Nd4
Bb7+ 33. Kf2 {White threatens to counter with Nd5} Qh4+ $19 (33... Qh4+ 34. Ke3
Re8+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Nce2 Qe3+ 37. Kd1 Nxe2 38. Ne6 Rxe6 39. c5 Bf3 40. Kc2
Qxc5+ 41. Kb3 Rxb6+ 42. Ka2 Ra6+ 43. Ba3 Qxa3#) (33... Bg3+ $1 34. Kxg3 Qe3+
35. Kg4 h5+ 36. Kg5 f6+ 37. Kh4 Qxh3#) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Hester, David"]
[Black "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1694"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Bg7 {Dutch Defence (Leningrad System)} 5.
Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5 a5 (8... Na6 9. Rb1 (9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Rb1 (10.
a4 c6 11. a5 Rd8 12. Ra3 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Qb3 Nc5 16. Qb4 Rf7
17. Rd1 Bf8 18. Bg5 Re8 19. a6 Rc8 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nd5 cxd5 22. axb7 Rb8 23.
Rxa7 dxc4 24. Ra8 Rbxb7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Qxc4+ Qf7 27. Qd4 Ne6 28. Qxd6 Rxb2 {
1/2-1/2 Boensch,U-Lutz,C/BL9697 Porz-Empor Berlin 1997/BL9697}) 10... c6 11.
dxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Rc8 13. a3 c5 14. Nf3 cxb4 15. axb4 Be6 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Ba3
Qd7 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Bd7 20. Nc3 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Kf7 22. e3 Ng4 23. h3 Nf6
24. Bf1 Rb6 25. c5 dxc5 26. b5 Nb4 27. Na4 Rd6 28. Nxc5 Na2 29. Nxd7 Rxc1 30.
Ne5+ Ke8 31. Bxc1 Ne4 32. Ndc4 Rd1 33. b6 axb6 {
1-0 Huzman,A-Kobalija,M/Vienna op 1996/EXP 53}) 9... Nc5 10. b4 Nce4 11. Nb5
Qd8 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nbd4 Qe8 16. c5+ Kh8 17. Ng5 a4 18.
Qc2 e5 19. Ndf3 h6 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Ne1 d5 22. h3 g5 23. g4 Ba6 24. Bb2 Qe6
25. Qd2 h5 26. f3 hxg4 27. fxg4 Ng8 28. Nc2 Rf4 29. Rfd1 Ne7 30. Bf1 Ng6 31.
Ne3 d4 32. Ng2 e3 33. Nxf4 Nxf4 34. Qe1 Qd5 35. Bc1 Qe4 36. Rd3 Nxd3 37. exd3
Bxd3 38. Bg2 Qg6 39. b5 e4 40. Qg3 Rf8 41. h4 gxh4 42. Qxh4+ Qh6 43. Qg3 Qf4
44. Qh3+ Kg8 45. g5 Qxg5 46. Qe6+ Kh7 47. Qh3+ Qh6 48. Qg4 Qg6 {
0-1 Skomorokhin,R-Tseshkovsky,V/Novgorod op 1995/EXP 49}) 9. Nd4 Na6 10. h3
$146 {Prevents intrusion on g4} (10. b3 Bd7 (10... Nc5 11. Ncb5 Qd8 12. Bb2 g5
13. Qc2 Ng4 14. a3 e5 15. dxe6 c6 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nxd6 Rf6 19.
Nf7 Rxf7 20. exf7 Qf6 21. h3 Nh6 22. f8=B+ Qxf8 23. b4 Ne6 24. c5 Qf6 25. Rad1
axb4 26. axb4 Nf7 27. e3 Nc7 28. f4 Be6 29. fxg5 Qe5 30. Qf2 Nxg5 {
1/2-1/2 Schneider,A-Lenz,A/Budapest Schneider mem op 1991/TD 91\05}) 11. Bb2 g5
12. e3 f4 13. exf4 gxf4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 c6 16. Ne2 fxg3 17. hxg3 Ng4 18.
Bh3 Bxb2 19. Bxg4 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 Qg6 21. Bh3 Qh5 {
0-1 Lukacs,P-Szabolcsi,J/Budapest Autoteam 1991/EXP 26}) (10. Rb1 Bd7 11. b3 c6
12. Bb2 Nc7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nf3 c5 15. a4 Bc6 16. Nb5 Ne6 17. Ne1 f4 18. Bxf6
Rxf6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nf3 fxg3 21. fxg3 Qe4 22. Qd3 Qg4 23. Qd5 Raf8 24. Nc3
R6f7 25. Qd2 Rxf3 26. exf3 Qd4+ 27. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kg2 Bxc3 29. f4 Bf6 30. Kf3
Nd4+ 31. Ke4 Rb8 32. Kd5 Kf7 33. Rfe1 Nc2 34. Re2 Na3 35. Rbe1 Rxb3 36. g4 Rd3+
37. Kc6 h6 38. Kd7 e5 39. Rf1 Nxc4 40. g5 exf4 41. gxh6 Ne5+ 42. Kc7 g5 43. Kb6
Nc4+ 44. Kb5 Ne3 {Tunik,G-Malaniuk,V/Novgorod op 1995/EXP 49/0-1 (54)}) (10. f3
e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 Nc5 13. Bb2 Bf7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Rae8 16. Ncb5 a4
17. Qc3 axb3 18. axb3 Nh5 19. Qc2 c6 20. Na3 Qe3+ 21. Rf2 f4 22. Bc1 Qe5 23. g4
Nf6 24. Bb2 Nfd7 25. Bc3 Qe7 26. b4 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. e4 fxe3
30. Re2 d5 31. Qc3+ Qf6 32. Rd4 Kg8 33. Rxe3 Ne5 34. c5 Bxg4 35. f4 Nf7 36. Nc2
Nh6 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. b5 Nf5 39. Rd3 Qxc3 40. Rxc3 d4 41. Ra3 Re2 42. bxc6 bxc6
43. Nb4 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Rc1 {
Tcebekov,K-Hoang Thang Trang/Budapest FS05 IM 1996/EXP 52/1/2-1/2 (76)}) (10.
Be3 h6 11. f3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Bf2 c6 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4
17. Rxe4 cxd5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Nc7 21. Re2 Qd8 22. f4 e5 23.
fxe5 Bxe5 24. Be3 Bg7 25. Bb6 Qd7 26. Rae1 Rf7 27. Qd3 Ra6 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29.
Bd5 Rf5 30. Kg2 Re5 31. Rf1 Rb6 32. b3 Qe7 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. Rf7 Rb4 35. Bc4 b5
{0-1 Bezman,V-Tolstikh,N/Alushta op 1993/TD 93\07}) 10... Bd7 11. Be3 c6 {
Secures b5} 12. dxc6 $11 (12. Nb3 Nb8 $14) 12... bxc6 {Consolidates b5} 13. Qc2
e5 14. Nf3 e4 {Black gains space} 15. Nd4 Qf7 16. b3 Rac8 $14 (16... c5 17.
Ndb5 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Rad1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 $11) 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. Bh6 Nc5 19.
Bxg7 Qxg7 20. e3 {Controls f4} g5 21. Nde2 Rf6 $14 (21... f4 22. exf4 gxf4 23.
Qxd6 $11 (23. gxf4 Bxh3 24. Ng3 Bxg2 (24... Nxg3 $6 25. fxg3 Qxg3 26. Rae1 $19)
(24... Nxf4 $6 25. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 26. Kh2 $19) 25. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 26. Kg1 Qh6 27. Ncxe4
Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Rce8 29. Qxd6 Qh3 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. Ng3 Re3 32. Rfe1 Rxg3+ 33.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kh1 Rh4#)) 22. g4 $15 (22. Rfb1 $5 $14 {
might be a viable alternative}) 22... fxg4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4
Qc7 26. Ng3 $15 (26. Nd4 Bd7 $11) 26... Rcf8 27. Nxh5 Bxh5 28. Rad1 $2 $19 (28.
f4 $142 {and White hangs on} gxf4 29. exf4 $15) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Vitols, Wassim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "904"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 {
Sicilian Defence (Closed System)} 6. f4 f5 7. Nf3 (7. Nd5 e6 8. Ne3 Nf6 9. Ne2
O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. h3 Nd4 12. g4 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bd7 14. Bf3 fxe4 15. dxe4 Bc6
16. Qg2 Nd7 17. Nd1 Rf7 18. g5 Nb6 19. Bg4 Qe7 20. Nc3 Raf8 21. a4 Nc4 {
Kristiansen,J-Radulov,I/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80/1/2-1/2 (66)}) (7. exf5 gxf5 8.
Qh5+ Kf8 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Qh4 Nb4 11. Kd1 Bd7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Re2 Nd4
15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Qh6+ Bg7 19. Qh3 Qb6 20. b3 Re8 21.
Bf3 h5 {Borngaesser,R-Vandrey,W/Dortmund op-A 1992/TD 92\03/0-1 (49)}) 7...
fxe4 $146 (7... e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Nfd2
h6 13. Be3 b6 14. Qf3 Nge7 15. g4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. O-O-O Rad8 18. Nf3 Nd4
19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Rde1 Rc8 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. a3 b5 23. Nh4 Ne7 24. Be4 Kh7 25.
Rhf1 Bf6 26. Nf3 a5 27. h4 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. h5 Qa5 30. hxg6+ Kg7 31. Rh1
Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qxb2 33. Rc1 Qc3+ 34. Kd1 b3 35. g5 hxg5 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rxe7
bxc2+ 38. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 39. Rxc2 Rxc2 40. Kxc2 Bxe7 41. Nxe5 Kg7 42. Nc6 Bd6 43.
Nxd4 Rf6 {1/2-1/2 Maseyczik,I-Smith,V/Thessaloniki olw 1984/BIG 80}) (7... Nf6
8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Kh8 10. Be3 Be6 (10... Bd7 11. Bg1 Rc8 12. Re1 b6 13. exf5
gxf5 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Re2
e6 20. Rae1 d5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd1 Qf7 23. Nf2 Rfc8 24. c3 Rd6 25. Qa6 Rc4
26. Nd3 Qd7 27. Qa3 Kg7 28. g4 fxg4 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Rdc6 31. Rf1 Rc8 32.
Ref2 R4c7 33. Rf4 h5 34. Rf6 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Ksieski,Z/Moscow2 1991/EXP 21})
11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Bg1 Rae8 13. b3 b6 14. Rae1 Bg8 15. Re2 e5 16. exf5 gxf5 17.
Nh4 Nd4 18. Ree1 Bh6 19. Nd1 Ng4 20. c3 Nc6 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. Qd1 exf4 23. gxf4
Be6 24. d4 Rg8 25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Nf6 28. Qd3 Ng6 29. Qxf5
Qxf5 30. Nxf5 Bxf4 31. Rd1 Re6 32. Bh3 Rge8 33. Ng3 R6e7 34. Nf5 Re6 35. Rb1
Ne4 36. Rb7 Rf6 37. Rxa7 Ref8 38. Ne3 Be5 39. Rxf6 Bxf6 40. a4 Bxc3 41. Bf5 Ng5
42. a5 Bd4 43. Bxg6 hxg6 44. a6 Nf3 45. Rb7 Ne5 46. a7 Nc6 47. Rc7 Bxe3 48.
Rxc6 Bf4 49. Rb6 d5 50. Rf6 {1-0 Castro,O-Antunes,A/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44}) 8.
Nxe4 (8. dxe4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 $15) 8... Bg4 (8... d5 9. Nf2 $11) 9. h3 Bxf3
10. Qxf3 Nd4 (10... d5 11. Ng5 Nd4 12. Qd1 $14) 11. Qd1 d5 12. Ng5 Nf6 (12...
Qd6 13. O-O $14) 13. c3 Nc6 14. Ne6 Qd6 15. Qe2 Kf7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 (16... Kf8 $5
$16) 17. Be3 $14 (17. Qe6+ $142 $5 Qxe6+ 18. Nxe6 $16) 17... h6 $2 $18 (17...
b6 $142 $14 {is a viable option}) 18. Bxc5 $1 {
White has to consider giving back material} Qxc5 $4 {
the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (18... Qd7 19. Qe6+ Qxe6+ 20.
Nxe6 Rc8 $18) 19. Qe6+ (19. Qe6+ Kf8 20. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.07"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "1349"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {King's Indian Defence} 5. Bd3 O-O 6. f3
(6. Nge2 Nc6 (6... a6 7. O-O Nfd7 8. Bc2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h3 Rb8 11. a4 Qa5
12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nde5 14. b3 Bxh3 15. f4 Ng4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18.
gxh3 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bxa1 20. Rxa1 e5 21. Ng2 Qe7 22. Rd1 Rfd8 {
1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Lanka,Z/Regensburg op 1996/EXP 50}) 7. O-O e5 (7... Nd7 8. Bc2
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nb5 Nb6 12. Nxd4 Nxc4 13. Rb1 Re8 14. b3 Ne5 15.
Bb2 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. f3 Ba6 18. Rf2 Qb6 19. f4 Nd7 20. e5 Rad8 21. Qf3 dxe5
22. Nxc6 Bb7 23. Be4 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 e4 25. Bxe4 Bxb2 26. Rbxb2 Nf6 {
0-1 Haik,A-Groszpeter,A/Candas op 1996/EXP 51}) 8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2
Re8 11. f3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. b4 Na6 14. Rb1 c5 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc2 f5 17.
Nxd4 fxe4 18. Nb5 Bf8 19. fxe4 a6 20. Nd4 Bg7 21. Kh1 Qc7 22. Re1 Rf8 23. Bg3
Bd7 24. Qd2 Rae8 25. Nb3 Be5 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxb7 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Re5 29. Bd1
Bc8 30. Rb8 g5 31. Kh2 Qa7 32. Qb4 Qe7 33. Qb6 g4 34. Kg1 Qf6 35. Qe3 Qg6 36.
c5 dxc5 37. Qxc5 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Qxe4 39. Rxc8 {
1-0 Conquest,S-Atalik,S/Hastings9596 1996/TUR 96}) 6... e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nge2
Nc5 $146 (8... c6 9. O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Bd7 11. b4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nh5
14. a3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 b6 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Na2 Ba4 20.
Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Qc3 Rxc3 23. Naxc3 {
Fahrenholz,N-Morhart,M/GER-chJW U20 qual3 1995/1-0 (48)}) 9. Bc2 a5 10. O-O Ne8
11. Be3 f5 {The thematic attack} 12. Qd2 $11 (12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bf2 Qg5 $14)
12... f4 {Black gains space} 13. Bxc5 $15 (13. Bf2 Qg5 $11) 13... dxc5 14. Rad1
Nd6 {The black knight is safe in front of d5} 15. Qd3 g5 16. Ba4 h5 {
Black plans g4} 17. Nb5 g4 $14 {Attacks the pawn chain} (17... Nxb5 18. Bxb5
Qd6 19. Nc3 $11) 18. Nec3 $11 (18. fxg4 $5 hxg4 19. Nec3 $11) 18... Rf6 19.
Nxd6 $15 (19. Kh1 g3 $11) 19... cxd6 ({Not} 19... Qxd6 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nxc7
Qxc7 22. d6 $16) 20. fxg4 $15 (20. Ne2 Rg6 $11) 20... Bxg4 $11 (20... hxg4 $5
21. Rd2 Rh6 $15) 21. Rd2 Rg6 22. Bd1 Qh4 23. Bxg4 $11 (23. Nb5 Bd7 $14) 23...
Qxg4 $14 (23... hxg4 24. Nb5 $15) 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. Nb5 {The idea is Nc3-b5-c7-e6
} Rf8 26. Nc7 Rf7 27. Ne6 {'the knight is the knight!'} Qh6 28. Rdf2 h4 29. Qh3
Bf6 30. b3 $14 (30. Rf3 Bh8 $16) 30... Be7 31. Kh1 Qh8 32. Qc3 b6 33. Rf3 Rff6
34. a3 Rg3 35. Rxg3+ $11 (35. Re1 Rfg6 36. Rxg3 hxg3 $11) 35... hxg3 {
Threatening mate: Qxh2} 36. h3 Rh6 {Do you see the mate threat?} 37. Nxf4 $17 (
37. Kg1 $142 $11 {and White has air to breath}) 37... exf4 38. Qxh8+ Kxh8 39.
Rxf4 Rf6 $17 (39... Bf6 $142 $5 $19) 40. Rf3 Rxf3 {The mate threat is Rf1} 41.
gxf3 Bf6 $15 (41... Bg5 $142 $19 {and Black gets the upper hand}) 42. Kg2 $2
$19 (42. f4 $142 $15 {would allow White to play on}) 42... Be5 43. a4 (43. Kg1
$19 {the only chance to get some counterplay}) 43... Kg7 44. Kg1 Kg6 45. Kg2
Kg5 (45... Kg5 46. Kg1 Kh4 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.07"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Schoech, Franz"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 {King's Indian Defence} 6.
Nc3 c5 (6... Nbd7 7. e4 (7. d5 e5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nd4 Nb6 10. a4 Nbd5 11. Nxd5
exd5 12. a5 a6 13. Bg5 c6 14. Qc1 Bd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. e4 Qe8 17. Qxc4+ Kh8 18.
Rfe1 Ng4 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Qa2 Rae8 23. Rab1 Be6 24.
Qa3 d5 25. Bf1 {1-0 Sosonko,G-Hendriks,W/NLD-ch 1996/TUR 96}) 7... e5 8. Re1 (
8. h3 c6 9. Re1 b5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd6 Bb7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Be3
Qa5 15. a3 Rad8 16. Nd2 Bf8 17. Nb3 Qa6 18. Qd3 Bc8 19. Rd2 Qb7 20. Red1 Nb6
21. Qe2 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Be6 23. f4 Bg7 24. Qf2 Qc8 25. Kh2 exf4 26. gxf4 Qc7 27.
Bxb6 axb6 28. e5 Nh5 29. Nde4 Nxf4 30. Nd6 Bxe5 {
0-1 Timman,J-Polgar,J/Madrid 1995/TUR 95}) 8... c6 9. a4 Re8 10. h3 Qc7 11. a5
Rb8 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 a6 14. Ra3 b5 15. b4 Bb7 16. Nh2 e4 17. Rb3 Rbc8 18.
Re2 Qc4 19. Nf1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Rd2 Qc4 22. Ne3 Qc7 23. Rxd6 Ne5 24. Bb2
Red8 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qe2 Bd4 28. Rb1 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxc2 30.
Rc1 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd5 33. h4 h5 34. Qb6 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc8 36. Qe3
Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Malaniuk,V-Cherniaev,A/Hastings Challengers 1995/EXP 50}) 7. e3
$146 (7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 Na6 (9... Nfd7 10. Rfd1 Nc6 11. Na4 Rb8
12. Ne1 Re8 13. c3 c4 14. Nc2 Nf6 15. Na3 Bf5 16. Nc5 Na5 17. Nb5 Ng4 18. Bf4
e5 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Bc5 22. Be1 Nf6 23. Bc2 Nc6 24. Nd6 {
Appel,R-Troyke,C/BL9495 1995/BL 90/1-0 (41)}) 10. Ne5 (10. Na4 Nd5 11. Bd2 Bd7
12. Nc3 Ndb4 13. Ne1 Bc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18.
Rb1 Rab8 19. b3 d4 20. Bc1 Nb4 21. a3 Nd5 22. Bb2 c4 23. Nf3 cxb3 24. cxb3 Nc3
{Michalet,G-Nataf,I/FRA-chT 1993/TD 93\08/0-1 (50)}) 10... Nd7 (10... Ne8 11.
f4 Nd6 12. Rad1 Be6 13. b3 Rac8 14. a3 Nb8 15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Rd2 Nf5 17. Bf2 Nc6
18. Rfd1 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf4 Rxd2 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Rxd2 b6 23. Rd7 a5
24. g4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 {
Goldin,A-Kupreichik,V/URS-chT Podolsk 1990/TD 90\02/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 11. Nd3 c4
12. Nf4 Ndc5 13. Nfd5 Kf8 14. a3 Rb8 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Rad1 Ne6 18.
Bf6 b5 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Nb4 Nxb4 21. axb4 Nd4 22. Rd2 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24.
Ne4 Rb6 25. c3 Nc6 26. Ra1 Re7 27. Rd6 f5 28. Nc5 Nxb4 29. Rd7 Rxd7 30. Nxd7
Ra6 31. Rd1 Nc2 32. Nxe5 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Nxa1 34. Nc6 a6 35. Nd4 Kf6 36. Kf1 Ke5
37. f3 Kd5 38. Ke1 b4 39. Kd2 a5 40. e3 Kc5 41. h4 Kd5 42. cxb4 axb4 43. Kc1 c3
44. b3 h6 45. Kb1 c2+ 46. Kb2 c1=Q+ 47. Kxc1 Nxb3+ 48. Nxb3 Kc4 49. Kc2 {
1-0 Rentschler,J-Bauer,P/OLWuert 1990/GER 01}) 7... Nc6 8. a3 {Controls b4} Bg4
9. h3 Bd7 10. b3 $17 (10. d5 $142 $5 {and White is still in the game} Na5 11.
e4 $11) 10... Rc8 $11 (10... Qc8 $5 $17) 11. Bb2 a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5}
12. Kh2 b5 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Rab1 cxd4 {Black is in command} 15. exd4 e6 $11 {
Consolidates d5} (15... Bf5 16. Qd2 $15) 16. Ne2 e5 17. dxe5 Bf5 18. Qxd6 Rfd8
19. Bd4 Qb7 20. Qc5 $15 (20. Qxd8+ Nxd8 21. exf6 Bf8 $15 (21... Rxc2 $2 {
would be great except for} 22. Nfg1 (22. fxg7 Rxe2 23. Ng1 Qe7 24. Nxe2 Bxb1
$16) 22... Be4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. fxg7 $18)) 20... Nxd4 $14 (20... Nd5 21. Ne1
Bf8 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Qd7 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 $17 (24... Qxc6 $6 25. g4 Be6 26.
Ra1 $15)) 21. Qxc8 $4 $19 {instead of simply winning the game} (21. Nfxd4 $142
{the only rescuing move} Be4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qb4 $11) 21... Nxf3+ $1 {
the logical end} (21... Qxc8 $6 22. Nexd4 Ne4 23. Rbd1 $19) (21... Bxc8 $6 {
is clearly weaker} 22. Nfxd4 Ne4 23. f4 $19) (21... Rxc8 $6 {
is the less attractive alternative} 22. Nfxd4 Ne4 23. f4 $19) 22. Bxf3 Qxc8 23.
exf6 Bxf6 24. Rbc1 (24. Nf4 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} Bg5 25. Nd5 Bxh3
$19) 24... Bb2 25. Rce1 Bxa3 26. c4 (26. Nf4 {cannot change destiny} Qxc2 27.
Bg2 Qxb3 $19) 26... bxc4 27. bxc4 Qxc4 (27... Bxh3 $5 {
and Black can already relax} 28. Rh1 Bg4 29. Bxg4 Qxg4 30. Nc3 $19) 28. Ng1 a5
29. Re3 (29. Re2 $19 {no good, but what else?}) 29... Qxf1 (29... Qxf1 30. Bg2
Qxf2 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Srdic, Goran"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[BlackElo "1349"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 {French Defence (Winawer Variation)} 5.
a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxb4 (6... cxd4 7. Nb5 (7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10.
Qxh7 Nbc6 11. f4 Qxa5 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Ng5 O-O-O 14. Nxf7 Nf5 15. Nxd8 Qxd8 16.
Qh3 Ncd4 17. Qxc3+ Kb8 18. Bd2 Qh4+ 19. g3 Qh5 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Qd3 Bb5 22. c4
dxc4 23. Be2 Qe8 24. Qb1 Qc6 25. Rf1 Nxe2 26. Kxe2 c3+ 27. Kf2 {
0-1 Ernst,T-Karlsson,L/Gausdal PG 1993/TD 93\09}) 7... Bc7 8. f4 (8. Nf3 Nc6 9.
Bf4 Nge7 10. Nbxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Bg3 Ba5+ 15.
Kf1 Qe7 16. h4 Bc3 17. h5 Nf8 18. Rb1 Qxa3 19. h6 gxh6 20. Rxh6 Rg8 21. Bf4 Qc5
22. Ng5 Ng6 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Rxh7+ Ke8 25. Bg5 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Kd8 27. Qh5 Rf8
28. Qh6 Bxe5 29. Be3 Qa3 30. Bg5+ Kc7 31. Qxe6 {
1-0 Uhlmann,W-Knaak,R/Dresden Uhlmann 1995/TUR 95}) 8... Nh6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10.
Nxc7+ Qxc7 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 Nc6 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Bb2 Qb6 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5
Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Qa5 18. bxc6 Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1 20. cxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxf5 exf5 22.
e6+ fxe6 23. Ne5+ Kc8 24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Qc5+ Kb8 26. Qb6 Kc8 27. Qc5+ Kb8 28.
Qb6 Kc8 29. Qxe6+ Kc7 30. Qe7+ Kc8 31. Qe6+ Kc7 32. Qe7+ Kc8 33. Qe6+ {
1/2-1/2 Atlas,V-Kindermann,S/Ptuj zt 1995/TUR 95}) 7. Nb5 bxa3+ (7... Bc7 8.
axb4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. c3 a6 14. Qb1
Na7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rc1 Bb5 17. Bxb5+ Nxb5 18. Qd3 Rc4 19. Ra2 h6 20. Ne1 Qc7
21. Raa1 O-O 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Nc6 24. Kf1 a5 25. bxa5 Nxa5 26. Qg3 Kf8 27.
Rb2 Qc6 28. Ra1 b6 29. Rab1 Nxc3 30. Rxb6 Qc7 31. h4 Nxb1 32. Rxb1 Nc6 33. Qa3+
Ke8 34. Nf3 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. Be3 Rc4 {
0-1 Granara,S-Cubas,J/WchJM-U18 Guarapuava 1995/JUN 95}) (7... Nc6 8. axb4
Bxb4+ 9. c3 Be7 10. Ba3 Nh6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Bd3 f6 14. f4 f5 15.
Nf3 Nf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. g4 h6 18. Rg1 Bd7 19. Ra2 g6 20. h4 Rag8 21. Qb3 b6
22. Rag2 Kf8 23. Qa2 Be8 24. h5 fxg4 25. Rxg4 gxh5 26. Rxg8+ Rxg8 27. Rxg8+
Kxg8 28. f5 exf5 29. Qxd5+ Kg7 30. Bxf5 Qa3 31. Kd2 Ne7 32. Qe6 Nxf5 33. Qxe8
Qb2+ 34. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Knaak,R/BL9495 1995/BL 90}) 8. c3 Bc7 (8...
Ne7 9. Nd6+ Kd7 10. Rxa3 Rf8 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. O-O Ke8
15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Qb3 h6 17. Bc1 Be6 18. Ra1 Bb6 19. Ba3 Rc8 20. Bd6 Qd7 21. Rfd1
Rg8 22. Bb5 f6 23. Bc5 {Anand,V-Lodhi,M/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02/1-0 (72)}) 9.
Qg4 $146 (9. Bxa3 Ne7 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Qh4 Re8 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Qxd8 Bxd8 14. Nd6
Re7 15. Nxc8 Rc7 16. Nd6 Rxc3 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Nxb7 {
1-0 Campos Lopez,M-Chiu,Y/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}) 9... g6 10. h4 (10. Bxa3 Bd7
$11) 10... h5 11. Qg3 Nc6 12. Bd3 Nge7 13. Nf3 $15 (13. Nxc7+ Qxc7 14. Ne2 Nf5
15. Bxf5 exf5 $11 (15... gxf5 $2 16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Bh6 $18)) 13... a6 14. Nxc7+
Qxc7 15. O-O Bd7 $11 (15... Na7 16. Qg5 $15) 16. Ng5 $17 (16. Bxa3 $5 {
is noteworthy} Qd8 17. Qg5 $11) 16... Nf5 $14 (16... Na7 $142 $5 $17) 17. Bxf5
gxf5 (17... exf5 $4 18. Nxf7 $1 {it's all over} Rf8 19. Nd6+ Kd8 20. Qxg6 $18 (
20. Rxa3 $6 Ne7 $18) (20. Bxa3 $6 Ne7 $18)) 18. Bxa3 $11 {White inhibits 0-0} (
18. Nh7 O-O-O 19. Nf6 Ne7 20. Bxa3 Ng6 $14) 18... Ne7 19. Qe3 $17 (19. Nxf7 $5
{might be a viable alternative} Kxf7 20. Bxe7 $11) 19... Bb5 $15 (19... Ng6 20.
Bd6 Qc8 21. Qg3 $17) 20. Rfb1 Ng6 21. Bc5 Rc8 (21... Nxh4 22. Rxb5 Rg8 23. Rb6
$18) 22. Nf3 b6 23. c4 $19 (23. Bd6 $142 $5 Qd7 24. Ra3 $17) 23... bxc5 $4 $15
{allows the opponent back into the game} (23... dxc4 $142 {
Black clearly has the better chances} 24. Bd6 Qb7 $19) 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rxb5
c4 {Black gets more space. .} 26. Rab1 $15 (26. Rc5 $5 Qd8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28.
Ra7 $14) 26... f4 27. Qe2 {White gets deadly initiative} Qa7 $11 (27... Qd8 28.
g3 $17) 28. Rb7 Qa3 29. Ng5 f3 $16 (29... Nxh4 30. Nxf7 Rg8 31. Nd6+ Kd8 32.
Nf7+ (32. Nxc8 Qh3 33. Rd7+ Kxd7 34. Rb7+ Kxc8 35. Rb8+ Kxb8 36. Qb2+ Kc8 37.
Kf1 Qxg2+ 38. Ke1 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Rg1+ 40. Kxg1 Qg2#) 32... Ke8 33. Nd6+ Kd8 34.
Nf7+ (34. Nxc8 Qh3 35. Rd7+ Kxd7 36. Rb7+ Kxc8 37. Rb8+ Kxb8 38. Qb2+ Kc8 39.
Kf1 Qxg2+ 40. Ke1 Qe4+ 41. Kf1 Rg1+ 42. Kxg1 Qg2#) 34... Ke8 $11) 30. Qc2 $11 (
30. Qd1 O-O (30... Nxh4 $4 {A poison bait which should not be taken} 31. Ra1
Qxa1 32. Qxa1 $18) 31. Nxf3 Qd3 $14) 30... Nf4 $4 $18 (30... fxg2 31. Rxf7 Nxh4
$16) 31. Nxf7 $16 (31. Rxf7 $142 $5 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 $18) 31... Ne2+ $4 $18 {
terrible, but the game is lost in any case} (31... fxg2 $142 32. Qd2 $1 {
taking the lead} Ne2+ 33. Kxg2 Rg8+ 34. Ng5 Qd3 $18) 32. Kh2 {
Threatening mate... how?} Nxd4 33. Qg6 Kf8 34. Nxh8 (34. Nxh8 Qe7 35. Rxe7 Kxe7
36. Rb7+ Rc7 37. Qf7+ Kd8 38. Qxc7+ Ke8 39. Qe7#) (34. Nd6 Rc7 35. Rb8+ Rc8 36.
Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Schoech, Franz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 {Vienna Game} c6 (3... Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 (4... Na5 5.
Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bc5 7. Qd3 d6 8. O-O Be6 9. b3 O-O 10. Na4 Nd7 11. Ng3 a5 12.
Nxc5 {1/2-1/2 Shabalov,A-Ivanov,A/New York op 1994/EXP 40}) 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 a6
(6... Bg4 7. Na4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 b5 10. Nxc5 bxc4 11. fxe5 dxc5 12.
exf6 Qxf6 13. c3 Nc6 14. dxc4 Ne5 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Qh5 O-O 17. Qf5 Nd3+ 18. Ke2
Qa6 19. b3 g6 20. Qf3 f5 21. Rhd1 Ne5 22. Qg3 Rde8 23. Bxc5 f4 24. Qh3 f3+ 25.
gxf3 Rxf3 26. Qh4 Qc6 27. Rd8 Qxc5 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Qxh7+ Kxe8 30. Qg8+ Ke7
31. Qh7+ Ke8 32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qh7+ Rf7 34. Qh4+ Ke6 35. Rd1 g5 36. Qg3 Rf3 37.
Qg1 Qxg1 38. Rxg1 Rxc3 39. Rxg5 Rc2+ 40. Kd1 Rxh2 {
0-1 Tischbierek,R-Mikhalevski,V/Bad Endbach 1995/TUR 95}) 7. Rf1 O-O 8. f5 h6
9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qh5 d5 13. Bxd5 Bc5 14. Rf3 Be7 15.
Rg3 Qb6 16. Bxh6 Qg1+ 17. Ke2 Qxa1 18. Rxg7+ {
1-0 Gallagher,J-Giertz,N/SWZ-GP Suhr 1992/EXP 27}) 4. d4 (4. Qf3 d6 5. d3 g6 6.
h3 Bg7 7. Nge2 Qe7 8. O-O Be6 9. Bb3 Na6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Rfc1 O-O 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bd2 Bxb3 14. axb3 d5 15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Nb1 Na6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 {
Rogers,I-Agdestein,S/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 4... Qe7 $14 (
4... b5 5. dxe5 bxc4 6. exf6 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Bb4 (7... d6 8. e5 Qg6 9. Qe2 d5 10.
Be3 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 15. Nxg5 h6 16.
Nf3 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd7 19. Rde1 Nc5 20. f4 Rab8 21. Rhg1 d4 22. Ne4
d3 23. Nd6 dxc2 24. Kxc2 Nd3 25. Rb1 Nb4+ 26. Kd2 Nxa2 27. Ke3 Rb3+ 28. Kd4 Rb4
29. Kc5 Rdb8 30. Rg3 Rb3 31. Rxb3 cxb3 32. Kxc6 Nb4+ 33. Kc7 Rb6 34. Ra1 Rc6+
35. Kd7 Rc2 36. Rxa7 Rxb2 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Nxf7 Nd5 39. Rb8 Kg6 40. e6 Nf6+ 41.
Ke7 Kf5 42. Nxh6+ Kxf4 43. Kf7 Ke5 44. e7 Rxf2 45. Kxg7 Kd6 46. Rxb3 {
1/2-1/2 Delanoy,A-Fayard,A/Paris-ch 1991/TD 91\02}) 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10.
Ba3 Re8 11. e5 Qd8 12. Qd4 Ba6 13. Bd6 f6 14. Rfe1 Re6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Rxe6
dxe6 17. Be5 Qe7 18. Rd1 {1-0 Franke,J-Bilo,H/NRW-I 1990/BIG 90}) (4... Bb4 5.
dxe5 Nxe4 6. Qd4 (6. Qf3 d5 7. exd6 Nxd6 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Bf4 Qf6 10. O-O-O Nf5
11. Nge2 Nd7 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. h4 h5 14. Bg5 Ne5 15. Nf4 Qxg5 16. hxg5 Nxf3 17.
gxf3 h4 18. g6 Be7 19. gxf7+ Kh7 20. Rhg1 c5 21. Ng6 Nd4 22. Nxe7 Ne2+ 23. Kb1
Nxg1 24. Rxg1 {1-0 White,A-Hopper,P/SCO-chT1 1994/TD 94\03}) 6... d5 7. exd6
O-O 8. Nge2 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxd6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Bf4 Nf5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. O-O-O
Re8 14. Rhe1 Be6 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Nd4 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Re3 Na6 19. Rd7 {
Basagic,Z-Kovacic,P/Ljubljana op 1996/EXP 53/1-0 (43)}) (4... Bb4 5. dxe5 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 Nxe4 7. Qd4 $14) 5. dxe5 Ng8 $18 (5... Qxe5 $5 6. Nf3 Qe7 $16) 6. Nf3
b5 7. Bb3 h6 8. O-O d6 $4 $18 {simply worsens the situation} (8... Na6 $142 $16
) 9. Bf4 (9. exd6 $142 $5 {and White can already relax} Qxd6 10. Qxd6 Bxd6 11.
Nxb5 cxb5 $18) 9... dxe5 {Black is in command} 10. Bxf7+ $4 $16 {
weakening the position.} (10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Nd5 cxd5 12. exd5 $18) 10... Qxf7
11. Nxe5 Qxf4 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Nf7+ Kc7 14. Nxh8 Nd7 $16 {
Black should quickly conclude development.} (14... Be6 15. a4 Nf6 16. Qd1 $14)
15. Nd5+ $4 $19 {gives the opponent counterplay} (15. Qxb5 $142 $1 Ne5 16. Rad1
$16) 15... cxd5 16. Qxd5 $19 (16. Ng6 $5 Qd6 17. Nxf8 $19) 16... Bb7 $1 {
a forceful and devastating end} 17. Qf5 (17. Qxb5 Bd6 18. Qa5+ Nb6 19. Qc3+ Bc6
20. Qg3 (20. Qxg7+ $4 {the pawn contains a lethal dose of poison} Ne7 21. Qg3
Qf6 $19 (21... Rxh8 $143 22. Qxf4 Bxf4 23. g3 $19)) 20... Bxe4 21. Rfe1 Qxg3
22. hxg3 $19 (22. fxg3 $2 Bc5+ (22... Bxc2 {is clearly inferior} 23. Rac1 $14)
23. Kh1 Nf6 $19 (23... Bxc2 {is much weaker} 24. Rac1 $14))) 17... Qxe4 {
The mate threat is Qxg2.} 18. Qh3 Ngf6 (18... Qxc2 {is impossible} 19. Rac1 Qc6
20. Rxc6+ Bxc6 21. Ng6 $18) 19. Rfe1 Qg4 (19... Qxc2 {is much worse} 20. Rac1
Qc6 21. Rxc6+ Bxc6 22. Nf7 $16) 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 (21. Ng6 Bc5 22. Re2 Ndf6
$19) 21... Ngf6 (21... Nxf2 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 22. Kxf2
Bc5+ 23. Kg3 Bd6+ 24. Kf2 Rxh8 25. Re2 $19) 22. Ng6 Be4 (22... Bd6 {
might be the shorter path} 23. f3 $19) 23. Nf4 (23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Re2 a5 $19)
23... Kb6 (23... Bxc2 $6 {is clearly worse} 24. Rac1 $11) 24. c3 Nc5 25. Rad1 (
25. f3 Bc2 $19) 25... g5 26. Ne2 (26. f3 {does not improve anything} gxf4 27.
fxe4 Ncxe4 $19 (27... Nfxe4 $6 28. Rd4 $19)) 26... Nd3 27. Rf1 Nxb2 28. Rd2 Nc4
29. Rdd1 Bc5 30. Ng3 Bc2 31. Rc1 Bd3 32. Rfd1 (32. Rfe1 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Rd8 $19) 32... Ne5 (32... Ba3
$142 {and Black can already relax} 33. Rxd3 Bxc1 34. Nf5 $19) 33. Re1 (33. Rd2
{doesn't change anything anymore} Rd8 34. Re1 Nc4 35. Re6+ Kc7 $19) 33... Re8
34. Rcd1 Bc2 35. Ra1 h5 {Black intends g4} 36. Re2 Bd3 37. Rd2 (37. Ree1 {
does not win a prize} h4 38. Nf1 Ne4 $19) 37... h4 38. Nh1 g4 (38... Ne4 $142
$5 {makes it even easier for Black} 39. Rdd1 $19) 39. Rad1 (39. hxg4 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} Ne4 40. Rdd1 Bc4 $19) 39... Rd8 (39... g3
$142 {and Black wins} 40. a4 $19) 40. Re1 (40. Re2 {is not the saving move}
Bxe2 41. Rxd8 gxh3 $19) 40... Re8 $11 (40... gxh3 $142 {and Black has prevailed
} 41. Rxe5 h2+ 42. Kxh2 Ng4+ 43. Kh3 Nxe5 $19) 41. Rxe5 $4 $19 {
simply marches past the door to victory} (41. Red1 g3 $1 {the knockout punch}
42. a4 bxa4 43. Rb2+ Kc6 44. Rb4 $19) 41... Rxe5 42. Rxd3 Re1+ 43. Kh2 Kc6 (
43... Ne4 $142 {seems even better} 44. hxg4 Rxh1+ 45. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 46. Kh2 Nxd3
47. g5 $19) 44. g3 hxg3+ (44... gxh3 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 45.
Rd2 Ne4 46. Rc2 Bxf2 47. gxh4 $19) 45. Nxg3 Bd6 (45... Bxf2 $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} 46. hxg4 Nxg4+ 47. Kh3 $19) 46. Kg2 (46. hxg4 Nxg4+
47. Kg2 $19) 46... Bxg3 (46... Nd5 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 47. Rd4
gxh3+ 48. Kxh3 Nxc3 49. Rd2 $19) 47. Rxg3 gxh3+ 48. Rxh3 Nd5 49. Rh7 (49. Rh6+
{doesn't change the outcome of the game} Kc5 $19) 49... a5 50. Ra7 (50. Rh6+ {
does not save the day} Kc5 51. Kf3 Nxc3 $19) 50... a4 (50... Kb6 $142 $5 {
and Black can already relax} 51. Ra8 Nxc3 52. a3 $19) 51. c4 Kb6 52. Rd7 Nc3
53. cxb5 Nxb5 (53... Nxa2 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 54. f4 $19) 54.
Rd2 Ka5 55. f4 Kb4 (55... Nc3 $5 {seems even better} 56. Kf2 Rb1 57. Ke3 $19)
56. f5 Re5 57. Rf2 (57. f6 Rg5+ 58. Kf1 Rf5+ 59. Rf2 Rxf2+ 60. Kxf2 Nd6 $19)
57... Nd6 58. f6 Nf7 59. Kg3 Ka3 60. Kf4 Rb5 61. Re2 (61. Ke3 Rb2 62. Rf4 Rxa2
$19) 61... Rb2 62. Re7 (62. Rxb2 Kxb2 63. Kf5 $19) 62... Rf2+ 63. Ke3 Rxf6 64.
Ra7 Rd6 (64... Nd6 $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 65. Kd3 $19) 65. Rxf7
Kxa2 66. Rb7 a3 67. Ke2 Rd4 68. Rb5 Rd6 $11 (68... Rd8 $142 $19 {
finishes off the opponent}) 69. Rb7 Rh6 (69... Rd5 {keeps an even firmer grip}
70. Rb8 $19) 70. Kd2 Rh2+ (70... Rc6 $5 {and Black can already relax} 71. Rb8
$19) 71. Kc3 Rb2 {Threatening mate: Rxb7} 72. Ra7 Rb6 73. Ra8 (73. Re7 Rb3+ 74.
Kc4 Rb8 $19) 73... Rc6+ $4 $11 {spoils everything} (73... Rb7 $142 $19 {
makes sure everything is clear}) 74. Kd2 $4 $19 (74. Kb4 $142 $11 {
was necessary}) 74... Rd6+ (74... Rc5 $5 {seems even better} 75. Rd8 $19) 75.
Kc2 Rg6 76. Ra7 (76. Kc3 Rg3+ 77. Kc2 Rg7 $19) 76... Rg2+ (76... Rc6+ {
might be the shorter path} 77. Kd3 $19) 77. Kc3 Rg3+ 78. Kc2 Ka1 79. Rh7 Rg2+
$4 $11 {lets it slip away} (79... Re3 $142 $19 {ends the debate}) 80. Kb3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Rg3+ 81. Kc2 Rg1 $11 (81... Rf3 $142 $19 {
secures victory}) 82. Ra7 $4 $19 (82. Kb3 $142 $11 {was much better}) 82... a2
$4 $11 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (82... Ka2 $142 $19 {
would have given Black the upper hand}) 83. Ra8 $4 $19 {
gives the opponent new chances} (83. Rd7 $142 $11 {and White can hope to live})
83... Rg5 $4 $11 {Black is ruining his position} (83... Rg2+ $142 {
Black had this great chance} 84. Kc1 Rg6 $19) 84. Ra7 $4 $19 (84. Re8 $142 {
would be a reprieve} Rb5 85. Rd8 $11) 84... Rc5+ 85. Kb3 Rb5+ 86. Kc2 Rb2+ 87.
Kc1 Rb1+ $4 $11 {ignoring the path to victory} (87... Rb6 $142 $19 {
secures the point}) 88. Kc2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Thiyagarajah, Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1115"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 {Falkbeer Counter Gambit} 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 (4... Nf6
5. Bb5+ (5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 (6... Be6 7. Bb3 Bd6 (7... 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}) 8. c4 Nb6 9. d4 Nxc4 10.
Qe2 b5 11. Nc3 c6 12. a4 O-O 13. axb5 Ne3 14. Bxe3 Bxb3 15. Bf2 Re8 16. Qd3 Bd5
17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. d5 Bb7 19. Qb5 Qd7 20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Qd3 h6 22. Ra4 a5 23. Bb6
Rc8 24. Rae4 Na6 25. Ne5 Nb4 26. Qf3 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qd6 28. Bf2 Rd8 29. Qxf4 Qg6
30. R1e3 Nd3 31. Rxd3 Qxd3 32. Re3 Qc2 33. Re7 Bxd5 34. Nxd5 Qd1+ 35. Re1 Qxd5
36. Re7 Qb3 {0-1 Rechel,B-Ziatdinov,R/Groningen op 1993/EXP 38}) 7. d4 O-O 8.
Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Bxf4 c5 10. Nc3 Qc4 11. Qe1 Bf6 12. Bd6 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Rd8 14. Ne4
f5 15. Qh4 Nc6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Qxc4+ Kh8 19. Bxc5 Ne5 20. Qe2 b6
21. Be7 Bxe7 22. Qxe5 Bf6 23. Qc7 h6 24. Rae1 Ba6 25. Rxf5 Bxb2 26. h3 Rdc8 27.
Qe7 Bc4 28. Qb4 Bd4 29. Re4 a5 30. Qd2 Bb2 31. Rh5 Rc6 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxh6+
gxh6 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ {1-0 Gallagher,J-Balashov,Y/Lenk op 1991/TD 91\08})
5... c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Nc4 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Bc5
12. Bxc6 Qxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Kf1 bxc6 15. Bxf4 Nd5 16. Rd1 Bf6 17. Be5 Bg5
18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Bc5 h6 20. Rfd3 Bf6 21. g3 Re8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Re8+ 24.
Kf2 Re4 25. b3 a6 26. a4 h5 27. Ne3 Nc3 28. Kf3 Re6 29. Rd6 Ne4 30. Rxe6 Ng5+
31. Ke2 Nxe6 32. Bb6 Kf8 33. Nc4 Ke7 34. Bf2 {
1/2-1/2 Renet,O-Van der Sterren,P/Budel zt 1987/CBM 03}) 5. Nc3 (5. d4 Nf6 6.
Be2 Be7 7. Bxf4 c6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 Qd8 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd6
13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Kh1 Qb6 15. Na4 Qa5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Nc3 a6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19.
Bd3 h6 {Shulman,Y-Kula,R/Katowice op 1995/EXP 47/1-0 (36)}) 5... Qd8 6. Bc4 Bg4
(6... Bd6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d4 h6 9. Qe1+ Ne7 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Bxf4 f6 12. Qh4 fxe5
13. Bxe5 Bg6 14. Bxg7 Kd7 15. Qg4+ Kc6 16. d5+ Kb6 17. Qd4+ Ka5 18. Bxh8 Nd7
19. b4+ Bxb4 20. Qg4 Qxh8 21. Qxd7 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxc4 23. Qa4+ Kb6 24. Rab1 a5
25. a3 Qxc3 26. axb4 Bxc2 27. bxa5+ Ka7 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. Rxb4 Nxd5 30. Rh4 Rh8
31. Rc1 Bg6 32. Rg4 Be8 33. Rd4 Bc6 34. Kg1 Ka6 35. Rc5 Ne3 36. Kf2 Nxg2 37.
Rxc6+ bxc6 38. Kxg2 Kxa5 39. Kf3 Re8 40. Kg4 Re6 41. Kf5 {
Jorgensen,S-Lindholt,M/Copenhagen PC 1996/EXP 54/0-1 (64)}) 7. Bxf7+ $146 {
White gets the initiative} (7. d3 Qe7+ 8. Kf2 Qc5+ 9. Kf1 Qh5 10. Qe1+ Be7 11.
Ne5 Nh6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. Bxf4 Nd4 17.
Qd2 Rae8 18. Nc3 c6 19. Re1 b5 20. Bb3 b4 21. Ne4 f5 {
Lauer,D-Busse,A/Klinge-U20 1993/GER 04/0-1 (38)}) 7... Kxf7 8. Ne5+ Ke8 (8...
Ke6 $5 9. Nxg4 Qh4+ 10. Nf2 Nf6 $14) 9. Qxg4 (9. Nxg4 $6 Qe7+ 10. Qe2 Nc6 $14)
9... Nf6 $4 $18 {sad, but how else could Black save the game?} (9... Nh6 $142
10. Qxf4 c6 $18) 10. Qe6+ (10. Qxf4 $6 {is clearly inferior} Bc5 $16) 10... Qe7
11. Qc8+ Qd8 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nf7+ Ke8 14. Nxh8 Nc6 (14... g5 15. g4 fxg3 16.
hxg3 $18) 15. Nb5 Rc8 (15... Bd6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 16. O-O Ke7
17. Re1+ Kf8 18. d3 $18) 16. O-O (16. Kd1 {and White can already relax} Be7 17.
Re1 a6 $18) 16... Bc5+ 17. Kh1 g5 (17... a6 {does not help much} 18. d4 Bb6 19.
Na3 $18) 18. c3 (18. b4 {might be the shorter path} Be7 $18) 18... a6 19. d4
Be7 20. Na3 Ne4 (20... Kf8 21. h4 gxh4 22. c4 $18) 21. Nc4 Nd8 (21... Rd8 {
hardly improves anything} 22. a4 $18) 22. Bd2 (22. Ne5 $142 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} Nf6 23. h4 Nh5 $18) 22... b5 (22... Nxd2 {
does not win a prize} 23. Nxd2 Bf6 24. Ne4 Bxh8 25. Nxg5 $18) 23. Rae1 Nf6 24.
Ne5 Kf8 (24... Ng8 {does not solve anything} 25. g3 Kf8 26. gxf4 $18) 25. Nhg6+
(25. Nhg6+ hxg6 26. Nxg6+ Kf7 27. Nxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Hester, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 {
Queen's Gambit (Exchange Variation)} Nbd7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11.
Nd2 (11. Bg3 Nh5 12. O-O Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bd6 14. Rab1 a5 15. a3 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Qe7
17. Nd2 Ng4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Ndxe4 Be6 20. Na4 Rad8 21. Qc3 b5 22. Nac5 Bxc5 23.
Nxc5 Qf6 24. f3 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Rxd4 27. Qc3 Ne5 28. Be4 Red8 29.
Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Rxe5 Qg6 32. Qe1 Rd2 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kh7
35. Qe4 f5 36. Qf4 Rc2 37. b4 Qe6 {
1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Kveinys,A/Rimavska Sobota 1990/EXP 20}) 11... c5 $146 (
11... b6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Kb1 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb5 Rf8 16. Nf3 a6 17. Be2
Rc8 18. Qf5 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nd4 Qb4 22. Nb3 Rc7 23. Rd4
Qe7 24. Bd3 Rfc8 25. f3 g6 26. Qf4 {
De Wolf,C-Jonkheer,A/Vlissingen op 1996/EXP 53/0-1 (70)}) (11... Ng4 12. Bg3
Bh4 13. Nf3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ndf6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Nh2 Ne4 17. Nxg4 Bxg4 18. Rde1
Bf5 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Rh5 Rad8 23. Kd2 Kh7 24. Rc1
g6 25. Ra5 a6 26. b4 {Schneider,B-Capelan,G/Solingen 1986/TD 86\01/1/2-1/2 (69)
}) (11... Nf8 12. h3 Bd6 13. Ne2 g5 14. Bg3 Ne6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nb3 b6 17.
Rc1 Bd7 18. Bf5 Rac8 19. O-O Nf8 20. Ng3 h5 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5
Re6 24. Nd2 Kh7 25. Ng3 h4 26. Ne2 Kg6 27. Nc3 N8d7 28. b4 Ne4 29. Nb3 Ndf6 30.
Ne2 Kg7 31. a4 Nh5 32. Nc3 f5 33. Nxd5 Rf8 34. Nc3 g4 {
1-0 De Wolf,C-Minaux,G/Vlissingen op 1996/EXP 53}) 12. dxc5 Nxc5 ({Instead of} 
12... Bxc5 13. Nxd5 g5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bg3 $16 (15. Qxc5 Qxd3 16. Bxg5 Rd8
$17)) (12... d4 13. exd4 Bxc5+ 14. Nce4 Bxd4 15. O-O-O g5 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. Bxe5
Bxe5 18. Bb5 Re7 $11 {Anderson-Smith,W}) 13. O-O-O $15 (13. O-O d4 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 (14... gxf6 $143 15. exd4 Qxd4 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Rfd1 $14) 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16.
exd4 Bxd4 $15) (13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Be2 $11 {Anderson-Smith,W}) 13... Nxd3+ 14.
Qxd3 Be6 15. Nf3 $17 {The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} (15. Kb1 $5 $15
{looks like a viable alternative}) 15... Rc8 (15... Ne4 $5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Qc2 $19 (17. Nxe4 $4 {the pawn contains a lethal dose of poison} dxe4 18. Qa3
Rac8+ 19. Kb1 Qxa3 20. bxa3 exf3 21. gxf3 Bf5+ 22. e4 Be6 $19)) 16. Kb1 $19 (
16. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 17. Nd4 $17) 16... Qb6 $15 (16... Ne4 $142 $5 17. Nxe4 dxe4
18. Qxd8 Bxd8 (18... Rexd8 $143 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Ba3 exf3 21. gxf3 $14) (18...
Rcxd8 $6 19. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 exf3 21. Bb4 fxg2 22. Rg1 $19) 19. Rxd8 Rexd8
$19 (19... exf3 $6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. gxf3 $11)) 17. Nd4 $2 $19 (17. Rc1 $142
$15 {and White could well hope to play on}) 17... Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 {
The black knight will create threats} 19. Qe1 Bxh4 20. g3 Bf6 21. Rd3 (21. f3
Bf5 22. Ka1 Nc5 $19) 21... Bf5 22. Qf1 (22. Ka1 {
the last chance for counterplay} Nc5 23. Rd2 $19) 22... Nd2+ (22... Nd2+ 23.
Ka1 Nxf1 $19) (22... Nc5 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 23. Nb3 $19) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rigo, Bernard"]
[Black "Djelaj, Pasko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 {Caro-Kann} 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 (5... Qd6 6.
Nf3 (6. d4 Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 (7... e6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Be3 b6
12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bb1 Rad8 14. Qc2 g6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Na5 17. Qg4 Nb3 18.
Rcd1 f5 19. Qh3 f4 20. Bd2 Bxf3 21. Bb4 Qd5 22. Bxe7 Bxd1 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24.
Rxd1 Nxd4 25. Qg4 Rf6 26. Re1 f3 27. Be4 Qe5 28. Re3 h5 29. Qh4 Ne2+ 30. Kf1
Qxb2 31. Bxf3 Nf4 32. h3 Kg7 33. g3 Qc1+ 34. Re1 Qc3 35. Bd1 Qxe1+ {
0-1 Ledger,A-Cobb,C/BCF-ch Nottingham 1996/EXP 54}) 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. Nb5 Qd8 10.
Bf4 Na6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Rad1
Ba4 17. b3 Bc6 18. d5 Nh5 19. dxc6 Nxf4 20. cxb7 Rab8 21. Nd7 Bxc3 22. Nxb8
Rxb8 23. Rd7 e6 24. g3 Nfd5 25. a3 Nc6 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rc7 Bb2 28. Rxc6 Rxb7
29. a4 d4 30. Rd1 Bc3 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Ke2 b5 33. a5 b4 34. Kd3 Rb5 35. a6 Ra5
36. Kc4 h5 37. h4 Kf8 38. Rxd4 Bxd4 39. Kxd4 Ke8 40. Kc4 Kd7 41. Kxb4 Ra2 42.
Kb5 Rb2 43. Rc3 Rxf2 {1-0 Todorovic,G-Kostic,V/JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993/TD 93\08}
) 6... Nf6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. Nb5 Qb4
13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Qxb5 16. Bb3 a5 17. Re2 a4 18. Bc4 Qf5 19. Bc7
Rd7 20. Bg3 Qh5 21. a3 Rd8 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bg3 Rd8 {
1/2-1/2 Guseinov,A-Speelman,J/Baku 1983/MCL 01}) 6. d4 (6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 e6 8.
Bb5 Nge7 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ng5 Qc7 14. Nexf7
Rg8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Qd3 h6 19. Qg6 Ke7 20. Bd6+ {
1-0 Chernyshov,K-Molnar,J/Szekszard op 1994/EXP 45}) 6... a6 $146 {Secures b5}
(6... Nf6 7. Nf3 (7. g3 e6 (7... g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4
Nb6 12. d5 Nc4 13. Qb3 Nd6 14. Rac1 Nh5 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6
18. Bg2 Ne8 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Bb6 Rxa7 22. Bxd8 {
Sheremetieva,M-Ionita,M/ROM-chT 1992/EXT 92ch/1/2-1/2 (34)}) 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nge2
Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bf4 Qd7 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Nc3 Nce7
16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Ra7 20. Qc5 Ra8 21. Rac1 Qa4 {
Moncayo,E-Kaps,D/WchJW-U14 St.Lorenzo 1995/JUN 95/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 7... Nbd7 8.
Bg5 g6 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfe1 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Qf4 Bb7 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bxd5 hxg5 20. Qxf7+ {
1-0 Ardaman,M-Kantor,A/USA-op Los Angeles 1991/TD 91\09}) 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. d5 b5
9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. a3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 ({Weaker is} 12... exf6 13.
Qe2+ Qe7 14. Rd1 $14) 13. Nf3 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Qe2 O-O (15... Bxd5 $2 {
leads to nothing} 16. Nxd5 e6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bd5 $18) 16. Rad1 Qd6 17. Rfe1
Rfe8 18. Qd2 Rad8 {Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d5} 19. h3 {
Prevents intrusion on g4} Qb6 (19... Rc8 20. Ne5 $15) 20. Qf4 (20. Ne5 Nd7 21.
Nxf7 Kxf7 $14) 20... Nh5 21. Qb4 Rd6 (21... Qd6 22. Re4 $15) 22. Ne4 Rdd8 23.
Nc3 (23. a4 Bxb2 24. d6 exd6 25. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Bc3 27. Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Qxc3
Rxd6 $18) 23... Qc7 $14 (23... Qd6 $5 $11 {deserves consideration}) 24. d6 $17
(24. a4 $142 $14 {and White is still in the game}) 24... exd6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Qxd6 Qxd6 {Black threatens strongly Bxf3} 27. Rxd6 Bxf3 {
Threatening mate... how?} 28. gxf3 Nf4 $15 (28... Re1+ 29. Kg2 $17) 29. Kf1 $17
(29. Ne4 Bxb2 30. Rxa6 Kf8 $15) 29... a5 $11 (29... Bxc3 $5 30. bxc3 Rc8 $17 (
30... Nxh3 $143 31. Rxg6+ Kf8 32. Rxh6 $16)) 30. Rd7 Rf8 $14 (30... Bxc3 31.
Bxf7+ Kf8 32. bxc3 Rc8 $17) 31. Rb7 $17 (31. Nxb5 $142 $5 {and White hangs on}
Bxb2 32. Nd6 $11) 31... b4 $11 (31... Bxc3 $142 $5 32. bxc3 Rc8 $17) 32. axb4
axb4 33. Rxb4 Nd3 (33... Nxh3 34. f4 Bxc3 35. bxc3 $11) 34. Rb6 (34. Rb7 Nc5
35. Rb6 Nd3 $14) 34... g5 35. Ne4 Nxb2 36. Rb7 $11 (36. Ke2 Kh7 $14) 36... Nd3
37. Nd6 {The pressure on f7 grows} Nc5 38. Rb5 $15 (38. Bxf7+ Rxf7 39. Rxf7 Be5
$11) 38... Nxb3 39. Rxb3 Rd8 40. Nf5 Bf8 41. Rb6 Kh7 42. Rb2 $17 (42. Kg2 Rd5
43. Rf6 Rd7 $15) 42... Kg6 43. Ne3 Bg7 44. Rb6+ f6 45. Rb5 h5 (45... Rd4 46.
Kg2 $15) 46. h4 gxh4 47. Rb4 $17 (47. Kg2 $5 $15 {should not be overlooked})
47... Bh6 (47... h3 48. Rh4 $17) 48. Rxh4 Bg5 49. Ra4 Rd6 $11 (49... Rd2 $5 $15
) 50. Ra5 $17 (50. f4 $5 {might be a viable alternative} Bh6 51. Kg2 $11) 50...
Rb6 $15 (50... Rd2 51. Nf5 $15) 51. Ra2 $17 (51. Kg2 Rb3 $15) 51... Rb1+ $15 (
51... Rb3 52. Re2 $17) 52. Kg2 Re1 53. Nf1 h4 $138 (53... h4 54. Ne3 Bxe3 55.
fxe3 Rxe3 $15) 0-1

[Event "City of Adelaide"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1999.09.14"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Vitols, Wassim"]
[Black "Kerr, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "904"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 {Queen's Pawn Opening} b6 (2... d6 3. f4 Nbd7 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bc4
e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Qe2 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c5 10. Bd2 a6 11. a4 g6 12. Qb7
O-O 13. Qf3 d5 14. Be2 Ne8 15. g4 Nd6 16. Be1 Nf6 17. Qg2 {
Beyer,H-Schulenburg,B/BL2-N 1994/BL2/0-1 (50)}) 3. f4 $146 (3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3
e6 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Ne2 Bd6 8. Ng3 h5 9. h4 Ne4 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. Nxh5
Ne4 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13. Nxe6+ fxe6 14. Qf3+ Qf6 15. Qxf6+ Ndxf6 16. g3 Ke7 17.
Kg2 Rag8 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Kh2 Rxh4+ 20. Kg2 Bxg3 21. Rg1 Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Rxg1+
23. Ke2 Ba6+ {0-1 Parigini,L-Nazarenus,O/Lugano op 1989/TD 89\01}) (3. Nd2 c5
4. c3 Bb7 5. f4 e6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. Be2 d5 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. f5 exf5 12. Rxf5 Nd7 13. Bc4 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 g6 15. d5 Bd6 16. Rxe4 a6 17. a4
Bc8 {Lebel Arias,J-Lematschko,T/Dubai olw 1986/TD 86\02/0-1 (38)}) (3. Nf3 e6
$11 (3... Bb7 4. c4 (4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. a3
Qc7 10. Qe2 Rac8 11. c4 cxd4 12. exd4 d5 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. c5 a5 15. Rfe1 Nd7
16. Qe3 Bf6 17. Ng5 g6 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Ngf3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. dxe5 a4 23. b4 Na7 24. Nf3 Nb5 25. h4 Rc4 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Rd1 Qc8 28. Qg5
Re8 29. Qh6 Nc7 30. Ng5 Nf8 31. Ne4 Rd8 32. Rd6 Nb5 33. Qg5 Rd7 34. Nf6+ Kg7
35. Nxd7 Nxd7 36. Rd1 c3 37. Bc1 c2 38. Rd2 Qc6 39. Qe7 Nxe5 40. Rd8 Qe4 41.
Qf8+ Kf6 42. Bg5+ Kf5 43. Qc5 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Nc3 45. f3 Qxh4+ 46. Bxh4 c1=Q 47.
g4+ Kf4 48. Bg3+ Kxf3 49. Qf2+ {
1-0 Petkevich,J-Danielsen,H/Lyngby op 1990/EXT 90op}) 4... c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6.
exd4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bf3 Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Bg5 Rb8 13.
Qe2 a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. b4 Nfe8 17. Ng4 f6 18. Bf4 e6 19. h4 Bc8
20. Qd2 Nd6 21. h5 g5 22. h6 Bh8 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Ne5 Rb6 25. Bh5 Qd8 26. Nf3
Bd7 27. Rc1 Be8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. a4 g4 30. Nh2 f5 31. Qf4 Bf6 32. Nxb5 Nxb5
33. axb5 Bg5 34. Qe5 Bf6 35. Qf4 Bg5 36. Qe5 Bf6 37. Qf4 {
1/2-1/2 Adianto,U-Rohde,M/San Francisco 1987/CBM 05}) (3... e6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. c4
d5 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ 10. Ke2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Be7 12.
Kf1 Qc8 13. b3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Re1 a5 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Re5
Bxd2 19. Qxd2 h6 20. Qf4 c6 21. g4 Nd7 22. Rh5 f6 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Re3 Rf7 25.
Nd2 e5 26. Qf3 Qc7 27. Qf5 Nf8 28. Rhh3 Rd8 29. Rd3 exd4 30. c5 bxc5 31. Qxc5
Ne6 32. Qc4 Nf4 33. Ne4 Nxh3 34. Rxh3 Qe5 35. Nc5 Re8 36. Rd3 Qxh2 {
0-1 Avni,A-Gruenfeld,Y/ISR-ch 1992/TD 92\10})) 3... Bb7 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6.
Nc3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 c5 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne4
13. Nc3 $17 {White plans f5} (13. Bb4 $5 {must definitely be considered} a5 14.
Ba3 $11) 13... Rc8 $15 (13... Bxd4 14. exd4 Ne5 15. dxe5 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 Nxd2 17.
e6 $17) 14. Bb3 Nec5 15. f5 $15 (15. Bc2 Nf6 $11) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 ({
Worse is} 16. Qxb3 Nc5 17. Qd1 Bxd4 18. exd4 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Nd3 $19) 16... a6 {
Controls b5} 17. fxg6 hxg6 {Covers f5} 18. Nce2 $17 (18. b4 e5 19. Nde2 b5 $15)
18... Nc5 $15 (18... e5 19. Nf3 $17) 19. Ng3 $2 $19 (19. b4 $142 {
and White has air to breath} Ne4 20. b5 $17) 19... Qd5 (19... Bxd4 20. exd4
Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 $19) 20. Nf3 (20. Rf2 e5 21. Nde2 Qxb3 $19) 20... Nxb3 21. e4 (
21. Rb1 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rc2 $19) 21... Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nxa1 23. Qxa1
Qc4 24. Rc1 Qb3 25. Rxc8 (25. Bc3 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} Bxc3 26.
bxc3 Rfd8 $19) 25... Rxc8 26. Qa3 Qd1+ 27. Be1 Rc1 {Do you see the mate threat?
} 28. h3 Be5 29. Kh2 Bxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Qd6+ (30... Bxe4 $5 {seems even better} 31.
Bf2 Bxf3 32. gxf3 $19) 31. Kg4 (31. Qxd6 {is still a small chance} exd6 32. Bf2
$19) 31... Qxa3 (31... Bc8+ 32. Kh4 Qf4+ 33. g4 Rxe1 34. Qxe7 Qxf3 35. Qe5 Rg1
36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7+ Qxf7 38. Kg5 Rf1 39. Kh4 Qf6+ 40. g5 Qf4#) 32. bxa3 Bxe4
(32... f5+ $142 {seems even better} 33. exf5 gxf5+ 34. Kxf5 Bxf3 35. Bd2 Rc5+
36. Ke6 Bxg2 37. Kxe7 Bxh3 38. Kd6 $19) 33. Kg5 (33. Bf2 {is one last hope}
Bxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 $19) 33... Bxf3 34. Kh6 (34. gxf3 {desperation}
Rxe1 35. h4 $19) 34... Rxe1 $1 {the final nail in the coffin} 35. gxf3 Re5 (
35... Re5 36. a4 Rh5#) 0-1

