[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fraatz, Oliver"]
[Black "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Grunfeld Defence} 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Qc1 $146 (5. Bh4
{Taimanov} Bg7 (5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. e3 Qa5 (7... Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qb3 dxc4
10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qa3 f6 13. e4 Nd7 14. O-O Bf7 15. Rad1 a6 16. Rfe1
Nb6 17. Nd2 Qd6 18. Qa5 Na4 19. Nb3 Qd8 20. Rc1 Bh6 21. Rc2 Bxb3 22. Qxd8 {
Bosbach,G-Schlick,V/BL2-SW 8889 1989/BL2/0-1 (43)}) 8. Qb3 Bg7 9. Nf3 c5 10.
cxd5 cxd4 11. Qb5+ Qxb5 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. cxd4 Nf6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. Rc1 Kd7 17. Ne5+ Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rac8 19. Kd2 f5 20. f4 {
Damm,S-Murawski,C/BLW 1992/BIG 90/1-0 (36)}) (5... c5 6. e3 (6. cxd5 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 Bg7 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5
Qa5 14. a4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rb1 Bf5 17. Rb5 Qe4 18. g4 Bc8 19. Bf3 Qc4
20. h3 a6 21. Rb6 Qc5 22. Qb1 Qa5 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 a5 25. Rb6 Bd7 26. Be7
Rfe8 27. Bxb7 Ra7 28. Bc5 Bf8 29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Bxa7 Bb4 31. Rc1 Bxa4 32. Bd5
Bd7 33. Rc7 Be6 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Bd4+ f6 37. g5 Be7 38. Ra8 {
1-0 Rivas Pastor,M-Sion Castro,M/Salamanca 1989/CBM 13}) 6... Qa5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qb3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 11. Be2 Bh6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 b6 14. Qb5
Rfc8 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Be4 17. Rb2 e6 18. Bf6 Qxb5 19. Rxb5 Na5 20. c5 Bc6
21. Rb2 bxc5 22. dxc5 Bd5 23. Bc3 Rxc5 24. Bb4 Nc4 25. Rc2 Rcc8 26. g4 Rab8 27.
a3 a5 28. Be7 Bxf3 29. Bxf3 Nd2 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Be2 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 Bf8 {
0-1 Tataev,M-Yuferov,S/Moscow op 1990/EXP 19}) 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3
Qa5 9. Qd2 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14. Bb5 Be6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bc5 Bxa2 18. Ra1 Bd5 19. Bxa7 Be4 {
Sessler,J-Schmall,J/Eppingen MB 1988/GER 04/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 (
6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. d5 Rg8 8. Qxc4 c6 $11) 6... c5 7. Bh6 $15 (7. e3 h6 8. Bf4 Bg7
$11) 7... cxd4 8. Bxf8 Rxf8 9. cxd4 Qa5+ $11 (9... dxc4 10. e3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 $17
) 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 dxc4 12. Rb1 Nc6 13. Kc3 Na5 14. e4 f5 15. Rb5 b6 16.
e5 {This push gains space} Ba6 17. Rb2 e6 18. Nf3 Ke7 19. Be2 Rfd8 20. h4 h6
21. Nd2 {White intends h5} Rac8 22. g4 $19 (22. Bf3 $5 $17) 22... fxg4 (22...
Nc6 23. gxf5 Nxd4 24. f6+ Kf7 25. Nb1 $19) 23. Bxg4 Nc6 24. Nf3 Rf8 {
Black threatens.... what?} 25. h5 g5 (25... Rf4 26. Rg1 g5 27. Rd2 $19) 26. d5
$4 {White crumbles in face of a dire situation} (26. Nh2 $142 $19) 26... exd5
27. Bxc8 (27. Rd2 {no good, but what else?} Rf4 28. Rg1 $19) 27... Rxf3+ (27...
Rxf3+ 28. Kc2 Rxf2+ 29. Kc1 Rxb2 (29... Bxc8 $6 {succumbs to} 30. Rxf2 d4 31.
Rf6 Nxe5 32. Rxh6 Nd3+ 33. Kc2 $15) 30. Kxb2 Bxc8 $19) (27... Rxc8 $6 {
is a weaker possibility} 28. Rg1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sarma, Venu"]
[Black "Amini, Amir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1465"]
[BlackElo "1412"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {English Opening, Nimzo-English Variation} 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2
Bb7 5. O-O Be7 (5... c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7
11. Bb2 (11. e4 Qb8 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Ne5
17. h3 h5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 d5 20. cxd5 h4 21. Nxh4 Nxh4 22. gxh4 Qxf4 23.
dxe6 fxe6 24. e5 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Nh5 26. Qxh5 Qg3 27. Nd5 Rxd5 28. Rf1 Qxg2+ 29.
Kxg2 Rd2+ {0-1 Polugaevsky,L-Ftacnik,L/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}) 11... O-O 12.
e4 Qc7 13. Qe3 Rfe8 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Nd4 Qb8 17. f4 Qa8 18. Nc2 b5
19. g4 Nc5 20. Re1 bxc4 21. bxc4 d5 22. e5 Nfe4 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Nd4 Qa7 25.
h3 Nb3 26. Nxe4 Nxc1 27. Bxc1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 dxe4 29. Qf2 Bc5 30. Rxc5 Qxc5 31.
Nf5 Rc8 32. Bf1 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rc3 34. Nd6 e3+ 35. Ke1 Bf3 {
0-1 Shadarevian,M-Granda Zuniga,J/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06}) 6. d3 O-O (6...
c5 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. h3 d6 10. Be3 a6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4
Qc7 14. Rac1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rac8 16. b3 Qb8 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qb2 Bf8 19. Be3
Bc6 20. Bg5 Re8 21. a4 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Be3
Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rb8 27. Rc3 Nc5 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Qc2 g6 30. Bf1 Qb4 31. Kg2 Rd8
32. Be2 h5 33. Bf3 Qd4 34. Qc1 Qe5 35. Qe3 Rd4 36. Rc4 Bd6 37. h4 Rxc4 38. bxc4
Qb2 39. Be2 Be5 40. Qf3 Bd4 41. Kf1 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qe1 43. Bd3 Kg7 44. Qe2 Qxe2 {
1/2-1/2 Forintos,G-Balashov,Y/2.BLW9697 Plettenberg-Schott Mainz 1997/BL2-W})
7. Nc3 c5 $146 (7... d6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Qc2 e5 11. Rad1 Bf8 12. Qc1
Nc5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. f3 g6 17. e4 Bg7 18. Nde2 a5 19.
Ba1 c6 20. Nf4 Qc7 21. Nfe2 Rad8 22. h4 {
Devos,P-Denker,A/London-B 1946/MCL 03/0-1 (50)}) 8. Re1 Nc6 (8... d5 9. cxd5
exd5 10. d4 $11) 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 f5 11. Bd2 Qe8 12. e4 g6 $14 (12... Qg6 13.
Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 $11) 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Ne5 $11 (15. d4 cxd4 16.
Nxd4 Rc5 $14) 15... Qc8 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 ({Less advisable is} 16... dxc6 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Bh3 $16) 17. Ne4 Qb7 18. b4 $15 (18. d4 d5 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. cxd5 exd5
21. Bxg7 dxc3 22. Bxc3 Bc5 $14) 18... cxb4 19. Qb3 a5 20. Qb2 {
The mate threat is Qxg7} Ne8 21. d4 Bf8 22. d5 $19 (22. Qd2 $5 $17) 22... exd5
23. Bxf8 Rxf8 (23... Kxf8 $4 {Black cannot capture the bishop} 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25.
cxd5 $18) 24. Ng5 $2 $19 (24. cxd5 $142 Bxd5 25. Re3 $19) 24... dxc4 25. Bxc6
Qxc6 (25... dxc6 $6 26. Qd4 b5 27. Ne6 $19) 26. Re7 (26. Qd4 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} Nf6 $19) 26... Qf6 27. Qxf6 Nxf6 (27... Nxf6
28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 c3 $19) (27... Rxf6 $6 28. Rae1 Ng7 29. Rxd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg5 (6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bf4 (9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. e5 Nxg3 13. fxg3 dxe5
14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 b5 16. Qe2 c4 17. Nxe5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 cxd3 19. Qh5 Kg8 20.
Rxf7 Bxe5 21. Raf1 Ra7 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. R1xf6 Rxf7 25. Qxf7+ Kh7
26. Qg6+ Kg8 27. Rf7 Rh7 28. Re7 Bd7 29. Qf7+ Kh8 30. Re8+ {
1-0 Mikhalevski,A-Yudasin,L/Beersheba 1996/TUR 96}) 9... g5 10. Bc1 O-O 11. Nd2
Nbd7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bxb5 Qa5 15. Ng3 c4 16. O-O Rb8 17. Qa4 Qxa4
18. Bxa4 Nd3 19. Bb5 Ng4 20. Nge2 Nxc1 21. Raxc1 Ne5 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 a6
24. Ba4 Nd3 25. Rc2 f5 26. Ng3 f4 27. Nge2 f3 28. Ng3 fxg2 29. Kxg2 Bg4 30. Nf5
Nf4+ 31. Kg3 Bxf5 32. exf5 Bxc3 33. Kf3 Be5 34. Ke4 Rb4+ 35. Rc4 Rfb8 36. f6
Kf7 37. Kf5 Rxc4 38. bxc4 Ne2 39. Re1 Nd4+ 40. Kg4 h5+ 41. Kh3 Kxf6 {
0-1 Cuellar Gacharna,M-Fischer,R/Sousse izt 1967/IZT}) 6... g6 7. Nf3 {
Benoni Defence, Uhlmann's Line} Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. Nd2 (9. Be2 a6 10. a4 h6 11.
Bh4 b6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. O-O Re8 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. Bg3 Bf8 16. f4 Nbd7 17. Bf3 b5
18. axb5 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. e4 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. e5 Ne8 23. Bf2 Qa5 24.
Ne4 Qb4 25. exd6 Bxd6 26. f5 g5 27. h4 f6 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Re1 Qxb2 30. Nxc5
g4 31. Nxb7 gxf3 32. Nxd6 Nxd6 33. Qxf3 Nf7 34. Qh5 Ne5 35. d6 Ra1 36. Rd1
Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Nd7 38. Qd5+ Kf8 39. Be3 Qa1+ 40. Kf2 Qb2+ 41. Kf3 Qa3 42. Qxb5
Qxd6 43. Bh6+ Ke7 {
Csulits,A-Doeres,H/2.BLO9697 Forchheim-Halle 1997/BL2-O/1/2-1/2 (76)}) 9... Na6
(9... b6 10. Bc4 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Be2 Re8 14. Kh1 h6 15. Bh4 g5
16. Bg3 Ne5 17. h3 Bf5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 Bd3 20. e4 c4 21. Rf5 Nfd7 22. Bh5
Ng6 23. Qf3 a6 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Nd1 Nh4 {
1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Barczay,L/Dortmund 1982/MCL 01}) 10. Be2 Nc7 11. O-O $146 (
11. e4 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 Rb8 14. a4 a6 15. Bd3 Rxb2 16. O-O Rb4 17. Nc4
Re8 18. f3 a5 19. Bd2 Nh5 20. Bxb4 Bd4+ 21. Rf2 axb4 22. Raa2 Ba6 23. a5 f5 24.
g3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Qf3 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Nxe4 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Kg2 Nxf2 30.
a6 Qc8 31. Rxf2 Bxf2 32. Qxf2 Qf5 33. Qb2+ Kg8 34. Qa2 Qe4+ 35. Kh3 Re5 {
0-1 Vogel,R-Paulsen,D/BL2-N 1996/BL2}) 11... a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 12.
a4 h6 13. Bh4 b6 (13... Rb8 14. a5 $11) 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Ne4 $11 (15. Bg3 Nce8
$14) 15... g5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bg3 Be7 18. a5 b5 19. Nb6 {
The knight dominates} Bf5 20. f4 Bh7 21. f5 $15 (21. Bd3 $5 $14 {
looks like a viable alternative}) 21... Na8 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. e4 Bf6 24. Ra2
Re8 25. Bd3 c4 {Black gains space} 26. Bb1 b4 27. Bf2 b3 28. Ra4 Rc8 29. Bd4
Qd7 $4 $18 (29... Qe7 $142 $11 {is just about the only chance}) 30. Bxf6 Qxa4 (
30... Qa7+ {desperation} 31. Kh1 c3 32. bxc3 Bg6 33. fxg6 fxg6 $18) 31. Qh5 {
Threatening mate: Qxh6} (31. Qh5 Re6 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Qxh6 Qd7 34. fxe6 Qa7+
35. Kh1 Rc5 36. Be5 Qe7 37. Rf8+ Qxf8 38. Qxg5+ Bg6 39. Qxg6+ Qg7 40. Qxg7#)
1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Beltsos, Michael"]
[Black "Egg, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "1339"]
[BlackElo "1099"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 {
Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation} 7. O-O Be7 (7... b5 8. f4 Bb7 9. Qf3
Nbd7 10. Be3 b4 11. Nd1 Nc5 12. Nf2 Be7 13. Nb3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 O-O 15. g4 d5 16.
g5 Nd7 17. Qg3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Rc8 19. f5 exf5 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. exf5 f6 22. Nd4
Ne5 23. Bf4 Kh8 24. Rfe1 Qh5 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Rxe5 fxe5 27. Bxe5+ Bf6 28. Ng4
Bxe5 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 {
1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H-Hellers,F/Malmo 1988/CBM 11}) 8. Kh1 (8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4
Nbd7 10. Qf3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Rae1 Nc5 13. Bf2 O-O 14. Qh3 Rfe8 15. Kh1 d5 16.
e5 Nfe4 17. Bh4 Bf8 18. Nce2 Rac8 19. b4 Na4 20. Rf3 Nb2 21. Qg4 g6 22. Bxe4
dxe4 23. Rh3 h5 24. Bf6 Bg7 25. Rxh5 Nd3 26. cxd3 exd3 27. Qh4 {
1-0 Dueball,J-Matthias,H/NRW-I 1995/GER 10}) 8... O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 (10.
Nf3 Nc6 11. a3 b5 12. Re1 Bb7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxh7+
Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Qh5 Rfe8 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. Nd5+
Ke8 23. Nxc7+ Bxc7 24. f5 Ne7 25. Nh7 Ng6 {1-0 Pina,J-Das,B/WchJW U10 1996})
10... Nc6 11. Qf3 $146 (11. Nb3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qf3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qh3
e5 16. f5 Qd8 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g4 Bg5 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 h6 23. Qh5 Qe7 24. Rde1 Bh4 25. Re2 Qf6 {
Da Luz,M-Usuanlele,A/Manila olw 1992/TD 92\07/0-1 (39)}) 11... Nb4 12. Rac1 Rb8
13. a3 Nc6 14. h3 {Covers g4} h6 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Nce2 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf5
{Threatening mate... how?} Bxf5 {Attacks the isolani on e4} 19. Rxf5 Qd7 20.
Nd4 Nc6 (20... Rfe8 21. Rcf1 Qd8 22. Ne2 $14) 21. b4 (21. Rcf1 Rg8 $14) 21...
Nxd4 $16 (21... Ne5 $5 $14) 22. Bxd4 Qe6 23. Rcf1 (23. Rcf1 b5 24. Qh4 $14) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {Sicilian Defence, Closed System} a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3
(5. Nge2 e6 6. O-O d6 (6... Nf6 7. d3 d6 8. Re1 Nc6 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Be7 11. c3
d5 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Ne5 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. Be3 O-O 17. Qd4
Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc4 19. Rad1 e5 20. b3 exd4 21. bxc4 Rac8 22. Rxd4 Bc6 23. a5 Ba4
24. Nf4 {1/2-1/2 Roos,J-Gheorghiu,F/Baden Baden op 1987/TD 87\04}) 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nd7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Nxa4 Ngf6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Ra3 O-O 14.
Rc3 Qb8 15. Rb3 Qa7 16. Rxb7 Qxb7 17. e5 Nd5 18. c4 dxe5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nf5
Bf6 21. Bc3 e4 22. Nc5 Qc7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Bxe4 Bxc3 25. bxc3 g6 26. Ne3 Rad8
27. Bxd5 Rfe8 28. c4 a5 29. Qd4 h5 30. Ra1 a4 31. Qd1 h4 32. gxh4 Qe7 33. Rxa4
Qxh4 34. Qg4 Qf6 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. Qf3 {
1-0 Franzoni,G-Alexandria,N/Biel op 1994/TD 94\02}) 5... e6 (5... d6 6. f4 g6
7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Nd4 10. Be3 e6 11. Rb1 Ne7 12. Ne2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3
O-O 14. c3 Rc8 15. g4 f5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rc7 18. Qf2 c4 19. d4 Rcc8 20.
Rbd1 {Dudek,R-Heinemann,T/BL9697 HSK-Eppingen 1997/BL9697/1/2-1/2 (62)}) 6. f4
Nf6 $146 (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. h3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bd2 Qe7+ 12.
Ne2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. g4 Rfe8 15. Ng3 Qd6 16. g5 Nd7 17. c3 d4 18. Ne4 Qc7
19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. cxd4 {
Veja,G-Huppertz,A/WchJW-U14 Duisburg 1992/TD 92\06/1-0 (50)}) (6... d5 7. e5
Qb6 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. O-O Nbc6 10. Ne2 d4 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Nf5 13. Ng3 c4 14.
Nxf5 exf5 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 O-O-O 18. Ng5 Rd7 19. e6 fxe6 20.
Rxe6 Qc7 21. Rae1 Nd8 22. Re8 Rxh5 23. Ne6 Qd6 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nxd8+ Rxd8
26. Qg2+ Kb8 27. R1e7 {1-0 San Claudio,F-Sanchez Silva,L/ESP-ch 1993/TD 93\10})
7. Nf3 d6 {Secures e5} 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 {Secures g4} Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 b4
{Black wins space} 12. Ne2 d5 13. e5 {White gets more space} Nd7 14. c3 {
Consolidates d4} a5 15. g4 O-O 16. g5 {White wins space} f5 17. gxf6 gxf6 {
Controls g5} 18. exf6 {Pushes the passed pawn} Nxf6 $14 (18... Rxf6 $5 {
must definitely be considered} 19. d4 Kh8 $11) 19. Ng3 $11 (19. f5 $5 $14 {
must be considered}) 19... Ba6 20. Ng5 {White prepares the advance f5} Qd6 21.
f5 $17 (21. c4 $142 $5 $11 {and White could well hope to play on}) 21... Qxg3
22. Nxe6 $19 (22. Rf3 $142 $5 Qh4 23. Bf2 $15) 22... Kh8 $15 (22... Bd6 $142 $5
23. Bxc5 Qh2+ 24. Kf2 Bg3+ 25. Ke3 Rfe8 $19) 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Rf3 Qc7 25. Bf4
Bd6 26. Re1 $17 (26. Bxd6 $5 {is noteworthy} Qxd6 27. Re1 $15) 26... Bc8 $15 (
26... Bxf4 $142 $5 27. Qxf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Bxd3 $17) 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qh6 Bd7 (
28... Rf7 29. Rfe3 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ Rxf8 31. a3 $15) 29. Rfe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Black "Benham, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 {Dutch Defence, Modern System} e6 4. Nh3 d5 5. O-O
Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 (7. Nd2 c6 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. f3 exf3
12. exf3 c5 13. f4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Bc3 h6 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Nf2
Rad8 19. Nd3 Bc8 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21. Qe3 Qf8 22. Rd2 Bc7 23. Rfd1 a5 24. Ne5 Nxe5
25. Bxe5 Qe7 26. c5 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rd8 28. Bxc7 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Qxc7 30. Qd4 Bd7
31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. cxd6 b6 33. Kg1 Kf7 34. Kf2 e5 35. Ke3 g5 36. Bd5+ Kf6 37. Kd3
exf4 38. gxf4 gxf4 39. Kd4 h5 40. h4 Be8 41. a4 Bd7 42. Bf3 Ke6 43. Bxh5 Kxd6
44. Bf3 Ke6 45. Bd5+ Kf6 46. h5 Be6 47. Bc6 Bxb3 48. h6 Bd1 {
0-1 Gallego,V-Rivera,D/Madrid -B 1992/TD 92\09}) 7... Ne4 (7... a5 8. Ba3 Na6
9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nf4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Nf3 Qe7 15.
Qd4 Rd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 c6 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Rac1 Na6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Rxc6 Bf7 22. Rfc1 {Gerber,R-Arnold,L/Bodensee Cup 1996/EXP 53/0-1 (61)}) (7...
c6 8. Ba3 Bd7 9. Qc1 b5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nf4 a5 12. Nd2 Na6 13. Nf3 Ne4 14.
Ne5 Rfd8 15. f3 Nd6 16. c5 Nf7 17. Nxf7 Qxf7 18. Nd3 Qe7 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. a3 Be8
21. Ne5 a4 22. b4 Ra6 23. e4 Bg6 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. g4 Bg6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. g5
Re8 28. Rae1 Raa8 29. Re5 Rad8 30. Bh3 Rd7 31. Qe3 Qf7 32. f4 Rde7 33. Kg2 Kh8
34. Kg3 Kg8 35. Bg4 Kh8 36. h4 Kg8 37. Bd1 Rf8 38. Bc2 {
1-0 Palatnik,S-Tradardi,M/Roma op 1990/TD 90\03}) 8. f3 $146 (8. Ba3 dxc4 9. e3
Bxa3 10. Nxa3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Bc6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Nc4
Nf6 16. Na5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c6 18. Qc5 Re8 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Rdc1 Ne8 21. Nc4 Nd7
22. Nd3 a6 23. Ra2 Rb8 24. f4 Nef6 25. Kf3 Ne4 26. g4 c5 27. gxf5 exf5 28. dxc5
Nexc5 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. b4 Ne4 31. Rac2 Rd8 32. Ne5 g5 33. h3 h5 34. Rc8 g4+
35. hxg4 hxg4+ 36. Ke2 Ree8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Rc2 Kf8 39. Ke1 Nd6 40. Rc7 Rc8
41. Rh7 Kg8 42. Rd7 Ne4 43. Ng6 Rc1+ 44. Ke2 g3 45. Nh4 Rh1 46. Nxf5 g2 47.
Rg7+ Kf8 48. Rxg2 Rb1 49. Kd3 Rxb4 {
1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L-Agdestein,S/Lyon 1988/CBM 07}) 8... Nd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3
c6 {Controls b5+d5} 11. Qc2 Bf6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bf2 Qe7 15. Rae1
Rad8 $14 (15... g5 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 $11) 16.
Nf4 Bf7 $16 (16... Bg5 $5 $14 {is worth looking at}) 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4
19. Nxe4 ({Inferior is} 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qa3 $11) 19... dxe4 20. Bxe4 (
20. Rxe4 $6 Qd6 $11) (20. Qxe4 $6 Qxe4 21. Rxe4 Nb6 $15) 20... Qd6 21. Bxh7+
Kh8 22. Be4 $16 (22. Qf5 Bxd4 23. Qh3 Qh6 24. Qxh6 gxh6 25. Bxd4+ Kxh7 $18)
22... Nb6 $18 (22... Bxd4 $5 23. Rd1 c5 $16) 23. Be3 $16 (23. d5 $5 cxd5 24.
Bc5 $18) 23... Rfe8 24. Qg2 Rxe4 $2 $18 (24... Kg8 $142 25. d5 Nxd5 (25... cxd5
$143 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Nxd5 $18) 26. Bxa7 Nc3 $14) 25. Qxe4 g5 (25... Re8 26.
Qf5 $18) 26. Kg1 $4 $11 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (26.
Ng2 $142 {and White has it in the bag} Kg7 27. Qg4 $18) 26... gxf4 27. Rxf4 Qd5
$16 (27... Nd5 $142 $5 {might be a viable alternative} 28. Rf2 Nxe3 29. Rxe3
Bg8 $11) 28. Qc2 Bg5 29. Rg4 Bf6 30. Qf2 {Do you see the mate threat?} Nd7 (
30... Rd6 31. Rf1 Bg8 32. Qf4 $16) 31. Qf4 (31. Rf4 $5 Kg7 32. Rf1 $18) 31...
Qh5 32. Qh6+ $14 (32. d5 Re8 (32... Bxd5 $4 33. Bd4 (33. Bxa7 $6 {
is a bad alternative} Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $16) 33... Rf8 34. Rh4 $18 (34. Bxa7
$6 {is easily refuted} Qh3 35. Re2 Qh7 $14)) (32... cxd5 $4 33. Bd4 (33. Bxa7
$6 {is no comparison} Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $16) 33... Qxg4 34. Qxg4 $18) 33. dxc6
bxc6 $18) 32... Qxh6 33. Bxh6 Bd5 $16 (33... Bh5 $5 {
is an interesting alternative} 34. Rge4 Bg6 $11) 34. Be3 $11 (34. Bg5 $5 $16)
34... Re8 35. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lidums, Aivars"]
[Black "Szeremenda, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "1352"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 {
Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defence} c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O dxc4
9. Bxc4 b5 (9... Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5b6 12. Bb3 e5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14.
Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Nh4 exd4 16. exd4 Qe4 17. g3 Qg4 18. Qd3 Be6 19. f3 Qh5 20. Rfe1
Rfe8 21. Re4 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Rxe4 23. fxe4 Qe2 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 Re8 26. Nd2
f5 27. e5 f6 28. Nf3 fxe5 {
1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Afifi,A/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06}) 10. Bd3 Bb7 11.
Rc1 a6 12. Re1 $11 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 Rac8 15. Nd2 f5 16. Bf3
e5 17. e4 exd4 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Be4 Rce8 21. Qh5 Qf7 22. Qh3 Bc8
23. g4 g6 24. f4 Nc4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Nf3 Qh7 {
Ruzzier,D-Stantic,S/Portoroz 1996/EXP 51/0-1 (36)}) (12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 Rc8 14.
Qe2 Qa5 15. Nbd2 c5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nb3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qxa4 19. Ra1 Qc6 20.
Bxa6 Rc7 21. Rfc1 Qb6 22. Qc4 Be7 23. Bb5 Qb7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. dxc5 Qxf3 26.
Nd4 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ 28. Ke2 Qh5+ 29. Ke1 Rd5 30. c6 Bd6 31. c7 Rc5 32. Qxc5
Bxc5 33. Ra5 Rc8 34. Raxc5 Qxh2 35. Nc6 Qd6 36. Rd1 Qxc7 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Nxc8
{1-0 Szabolcsi,J-Aubert,L/FRA-chT 1994/TD 94\03}) (12. Qe2 c5 13. Bb1 cxd4 14.
exd4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. a3 Nf8 18. Rd3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Rd2 f6 22. Ng4 Bc4 23. Qd1 Red7 24. Ne3 Rxd4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26.
Rxd4 Qxd4 {Bischof,D-Fodre,S/Dortmund op 1987/TD 87\03/0-1 (58)}) (12. h3 c5
13. Bf4 c4 14. Bb1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rcd1 f5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19.
Bxe5 Qd7 20. Qe2 b4 21. f3 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rxf1+ 25.
Rxf1 dxe4 26. Qxc4+ Qd5 {
Chinasamy,D-Zelaya,G/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (12. Qc2 h6 13.
Bxf6 Nxf6 $14) 12... Rc8 13. Rc2 (13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bxe4 f5 $11)
13... Nd5 $14 (13... c5 $5 $11) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Ne4 h6 {
Prevents intrusion on g5} 16. Nc5 {A beautiful square!} Nxc5 17. Rxc5 f6 18.
Nh4 Qe8 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qg3 g5 (20... Rd8 21. Bc2 $16) 21. Nf3 Ng6 22. Ne5 (22.
h4 gxh4 23. Nxh4 Kh7 $16) 22... Rd8 23. Rec1 Nxe5 (23... Rd5 24. Nxg6 Qxg6 25.
f4 $16) 24. Qxe5 Rd5 25. Qg3 $14 (25. Rxd5 $5 cxd5 26. Rc7 $16) 25... Qd7 $16 (
25... f4 26. Qh3 fxe3 27. fxe3 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 $16) 26. Be2 Kh7 27. h3 Qd6 $4 $18
{another step towards the grave} (27... f4 $142 28. Qg4 Kg7 $16) 28. Bf3 $16 (
28. Rxd5 $142 {secures the point} Qxd5 29. Qc7+ Kg8 30. Qxb7 $18) 28... Qxg3
29. fxg3 Kg6 $18 (29... Rd6 $5 $16) 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Kf2 Rf6 32. Kf3 h5 33.
Ke2 Re6 34. Kd3 a5 (34... Kf6 35. Ra1 $18) 35. R1c2 (35. a4 $5 Kf6 36. Kd2 bxa4
37. Rxa5 Bc8 $18) 35... Kf6 36. Rf2 Kg6 37. Rf1 Ba6 38. Kd2 a4 39. b3 (39. Rfc1
Bb7 $18) 39... a3 (39... axb3 $142 $5 40. axb3 b4 $16) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Wawryck, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1337"]
[BlackElo "1472"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 {Queen's Gambit Declined} Nbd7 (4... Be7 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bd2 a6
12. Rac1 Ba7 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. Be1 Ng4 15. e4 Nce5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Bc6 18.
Kf1 Bd4 19. f3 Rd7 20. Bf2 Rad8 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.
Nxd1 Kf8 25. Ke1 Ng6 26. Ne3 Ke7 27. Kd2 Kd6 28. Kc3 Kc5 29. g3 Bb5 30. b4+ Kb6
31. Bd1 Kc7 32. a4 Bd7 33. f4 Bc6 34. Kd4 Ne7 35. Bb3 Be8 36. Nc4 Nc6+ 37. Kc5
Nd8 38. Nb6 f6 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Bg6 41. Bc2 h5 {
1/2-1/2 Steinitz,W-Gunsberg,I/Wch03-New York 1890/MAINB}) (4... c5 5. Nf3 Nc6
6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 a5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Qc2 e5 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Ng5
Bh5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Ba7 16. Bd2 Bg4 17. h3 Be6 18. Nb5 Bb6
19. Rfd1 Qg5 20. Nd6 Bxh3 21. Qb3 Ba7 22. Qxb7 Ne7 23. Bf3 f5 24. Kf1 e4 25.
gxh3 Rab8 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Rf7 28. Bg4 Qh4 29. f4 Kh8 30. Be1 Qf6 31. Bc3
Qa6+ 32. Be2 Qc8 33. Bg4 Qa6+ 34. Kg2 Nf5 35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Rd7 {
1-0 Reshevsky,S-Euwe,M/Wch18-NLD\URS (Moscow) 1948/MAINB}) 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3
c6 7. Be2 $146 (7. Bd3 Bd6 (7... Qa5 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ne4
Qc7 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bb4 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Rc1 b6 16. Qc2 Nfd7 17. Bxh7+
Kh8 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Bb5 a5 20. Bc3 Rac8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ng5 {
Kraemer,B-Sperling,C/RLPF-chJW U20 1988/GER 05/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 8. O-O O-O 9. h3
Re8 10. Qc2 (10. Bd2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. Rac1 Bb8 13. Na4 Qd6 14. Rfe1 h6 15.
a3 Ng5 16. Ne5 Nfe4 17. f4 f6 18. Ng6 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Nc5
Re8 22. Kh2 Bf5 23. Nxb7 Qc7 24. Nh4 Be4 25. Nc5 g5 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Nf3 gxf4
28. Kg1 fxe3 29. Rxe3 Qf4 30. Rce1 f5 31. Qf2 Bd6 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Qxf2+
34. Kxf2 c5 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. g4 fxg4+ 38. hxg4 Rxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Ke6
40. Rf1 Kxe5 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. Rh5 Rb8 43. Rxh6+ Ke5 44. Rh5+ Ke6 45. Rh6+ Ke5 {
1/2-1/2 Horvath,L-Bauer,P/Zalakaros op 1996/EXP 52}) 10... Nf8 11. e4 dxe4 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Nd2 Qh4 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. Nf3
Qf6 19. Bg4 Nf4 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Rfe1 Rcd8 {
1/2-1/2 Landry Vuorenpaa,S-Wijaya,N/Thessaloniki olw 1984/BIG 80}) (7. Qc2 Be7
8. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Seres,L-Farago,S/Budapest FS04 IM 1996/EXP 52}) 7... Bd6 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O Re8 11. Rfe1 Nf8 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Nh4 Ne4 {
Black gets strong initiative} 14. Nf3 $2 $19 (14. g3 $142 {
and White can hope to survive} Ng5 15. f4 $11) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bxh2+ 16.
Kf1 Ng5 $15 (16... Nxd2+ $142 $5 17. Qxd2 Qh4 $19) 17. Ke2 $2 $19 (17. Kg2 $142
$15 {is the best option White has}) 17... Qf6 18. Bf5 Qxd4 (18... g6 19. Rh1
Bb8 20. f4 Bxf4 21. Bd3 $19) 19. Rh1 Qc4+ 20. Bd3 (20. Qd3 Qxd3+ 21. Bxd3 Nfe6
22. Bxh7+ Nxh7 23. Rxh2 Nd4+ 24. Kd3 Nxf3 $19) 20... Qf4 21. Raf1 (21. Be4 Qh4
(21... Rxe4 $6 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. exf4 Nxf3 24. f5 $17) 22. Bf5 Nfe6 $19) 21...
Qxf3+ 22. Ke1 Qg2 23. Be2 (23. Kd1 Nh3 24. Be1 Bc7 $19) 23... d4 $1 {
takes home the point} 24. Na4 Rad8 25. Nc5 (25. Bxa5 {
cannot undo what has already been done} Rd5 26. Rxh2 Qxh2 $19) 25... b6 (25...
dxe3 $142 {and Black can already relax} 26. fxe3 Rxe3 27. Bxe3 Bg3+ 28. Bf2
Bxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxh1+ 30. Rf1 Qh4+ 31. Rf2 $19) 26. Nd3 dxe3 27. Bxe3 Ng6 (27...
Nf3+ $142 {it becomes clear that Black will call all the shots} 28. Kd1 Bg1 $19
) 28. Bxg5 $2 (28. Rxh2 $142 Qxh2 29. Bxg5 $19) 28... Rxd3 $15 (28... Qxg5 $142
{nails it down} 29. Rxh2 Qf5 $19) 29. Qxd3 Qxg5 {Black threatens strongly Nf4}
30. Rxh2 Qc1+ 31. Qd1 Qxb2 32. f4 Qc3+ 33. Qd2 Qg3+ {
The isolani on f4 becomes a target} 34. Rhf2 Nh4 $16 (34... Nxf4 35. Qxf4 Qc3+
36. Kd1 Rd8+ 37. Bd3 Rxd3+ 38. Rd2 Rxd2+ 39. Qxd2 Qa1+ 40. Ke2 Qe5+ 41. Qe3
Qb5+ 42. Kf2 g6 $16) 35. Kd1 Qa3 36. Bc4 $11 (36. Bd3 $142 $5 $16) 36... b5 $2
$16 (36... Nf5 $142 $5 {would keep Black in the game} 37. Re1 Ne3+ 38. Rxe3
Qxe3 (38... Rxe3 $143 39. Qd8+ Qf8 40. Qxb6 $16) 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 $15) 37. Qd7 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Rf8 $18 (37... Qe7 38. Qxe7 Rxe7 39. Bd3 $16) 38.
Bb3 $16 (38. Bd3 Ng6 $18) 38... a4 39. Bc2 Qg3 $18 (39... Qc3 $142 $5 40. Rd2
Qa1+ 41. Ke2 Qc3 $16) 40. Qd3 (40. Qxc6 $5 Ng6 $18) 40... Qg4+ 41. Kc1 {
Threatening mate... how?} Ng6 42. Qd6 Qg3 (42... Rc8 43. Re1 $18) 43. Rf3 Qg2
44. Bxg6 $16 (44. f5 $142 $5 Qg5+ 45. Kb1 $18) 44... fxg6 45. Qe6+ (45. Qxc6 $6
Qxa2 46. Qxb5 Rc8+ 47. Kd1 Qa1+ 48. Kd2 Qa2+ 49. Ke3 Rd8 $11) 45... Kh8 46. Qe7
{Threatening mate: Qxf8} (46. Qxc6 $6 Qxa2 47. f5 gxf5 $11) 46... Rc8 47. R3f2
{Do you see the mate threat?} Qd5 48. Rd1 Qc4+ 49. Rc2 (49. Kb2 Rg8 $18) 49...
Qxf4+ 50. Kb2 {Threatening mate... how?} Rg8 51. Rxc6 b4 52. Rd8 {
The mate threat is Rxg8} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Black "Fraatz, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {French Defence, Tarrasch Variation} Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5.
Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 (13. a3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qd8 (14... Kh8 15. h3 Rae8 16. b4 Qd8
17. Rc1 a6 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Bb8 20. Qc2 Ne4 21. Rfd1 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Ng5 23.
Kg2 Qf6 24. f4 Bxf4 25. Qd2 e5 26. Rh1 Nf3 27. dxe5 Ncxe5 28. Qe2 Qg5+ 29. Kf1
Bxh3+ {0-1 Popovic,P-Kindermann,S/Dortmund 1988/CBM 07}) 15. Rc1 Be8 16. h3 Nh5
17. Ng5 Bb8 18. f4 Nxf4 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qg4 Qd6 21. g3 Ng6 22. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 23.
Rxf1 Bxg6 24. Kg2 Nd8 25. Ne2 Qe7 26. Bf4 Kg8 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Nf4 Bf5 29. Qh5
Rc8 30. Ng6 {1-0 Svidler,P-Djurhuus,R/Gausdal AC 1991/TD 91\06}) 13... Kh8 14.
Bc2 (14. h3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rc1
Qb6 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Qd2 Rf7 22. Qf4 Qxb2 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Qxb8+ Ng8 25. Qg3
Qb6 26. Rb1 Qc6 27. Rec1 Qd7 28. Rc2 Bf5 29. Bxf5 Qxf5 30. Rbc1 h6 31. Rc7 Ne7
32. Rxb7 Ng6 33. Rcc7 Rxc7 34. Qxc7 Qf6 35. Rxa7 d4 36. Qf7 Qxf7 37. Rxf7 Kg8
38. Rd7 Nf4 39. a4 Kf8 40. Kf1 Ne6 41. a5 Ke8 42. Rd5 Ke7 43. a6 Nc7 44. Ra5
Kd6 45. a7 Na8 46. Ke2 Kc6 47. Kd3 Kb6 48. Ra2 Kc5 49. Rc2+ Kb6 50. Kxd4 Kxa7
51. Ra2+ Kb7 52. Rxa8 Kxa8 {1-0 Stojanovic,N-Worek,J/WchJW U10 1996}) 14... Bd7
15. a3 Rae8 $14 (15... Rac8 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. Bg5 Ng6 18. Rab1 Ng4 19. h3 Nf6 20.
Nh4 Nf4 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Nf3 N6h5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rc4 26.
Rd1 h6 27. Be7 Rf7 28. Bb4 g5 29. h4 gxh4 30. Rxh5 Nxh5 31. Bg6 Rf4 32. Bxh5
Rcxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Bc5 Rd2 35. b4 b6 36. Be7 Kg7 37. Bxh4 d4 38. Ne4 Rd3
39. Kf1 Bb5 40. Ke1 a5 41. bxa5 bxa5 42. Be2 Rb3 43. Bf6+ Kg6 44. Bxb5 Rxb5 45.
Bxd4 Rb3 46. Bc5 Kf5 47. Nd2 Rc3 48. Bf8 h5 49. Ke2 Kf4 50. Bd6+ {
Holoubkova,M-Jankurova,J/CSR-chJW 1990/TD 93\02/1-0 (88)}) (15... Rac8 16. h3
$11) 16. Be3 $11 (16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 $14) 16... Ng4 17. Qd3 {
Threatening mate... how?} g6 18. h3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 $11 (19. Qxe3 Qxb2 20. Bxg6
hxg6 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+
$11) 19... Bf4 20. Ree1 Qd8 (20... Qxb2 $2 {doesn't work} 21. Na4 Qxa1 22. Rxa1
$18) 21. Re2 Bh6 22. Ne5 $15 {The knight dominates} (22. Rd1 Bg7 23. Ree1 Qf6
$11) 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Amini, Amir"]
[Black "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1412"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 {Queen's Gambit Declined} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6.
Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 (7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. O-O dxc4
12. Rxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Re4 Qf6 17. Re5 Be6 18.
Qb4 Rad8 19. Bb1 Bc8 20. h3 g6 21. e4 Qd6 22. Qb3 b6 23. Kh2 Be6 24. Qg3 f6 25.
Rh5 Qc7 26. e5 f5 27. Rg5 Rd2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Qf7 30. h4 Bxa2 31. Bxa2
Qxa2 32. h5 Qe6 33. Qh4 Kg7 34. Rg3 Rg8 35. Rd3 Kh8 36. Rd6 g5 37. Rxe6 gxh4
38. Rxc6 Rg4 39. h6 Kg8 40. e6 Kf8 41. Rc7 Rg6 42. Rxa7 Rxh6 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44.
Rxf5 Rxe6 45. Rb5 Re4 46. f5 Rf4 47. Kh3 Kf7 48. Rxb6 Rxf5 49. Kxh4 Re5 50. Kg4
Rd5 51. Kf4 Rd4+ 52. Ke3 Rg4 53. Kf3 h5 54. Rb3 Kf6 55. g3 Rd4 56. Ke3 Rg4 57.
Kd2 Ke5 58. Rd3 Rg8 59. b4 Kf5 60. b5 Rb8 61. Rd5+ Kg4 62. Kc3 Rh8 63. Rd3 Re8
64. Kb4 Rb8 65. Kc5 Rc8+ 66. Kb6 Rc1 67. Ka5 Rb1 68. b6 Rb2 69. Ra3 {
1-0 Hebden,M-El Assiouti,S/London Lloyds 1993/TD 93\09}) 7... h6 (7... O-O 8.
h3 (8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qa4 a6 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Rc3 h6 14.
Bh4 Qb8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfc1 f5 17. Nf1 Qd8 18. Ng3 Qe7 19. Nh5 Rfc8 20. a4
Kf8 21. g3 Bb4 22. R3c2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Bd6 24. Qe2 Bb8 25. Rc3 Ke8 26. Nh4 Qb4
27. Qc2 Kd8 28. Be2 Ba7 29. Nf4 Nf6 30. Nd3 Qe7 31. Ne5 Ne4 32. Rc6 f6 33. Nhg6
Qe8 34. Rc7 fxe5 35. Rxb7 Rc8 36. Qb3 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Kxc7 38. Nxe5 Kb7 39. Nd3 a5
40. f3 Nd6 41. Ne5 Bb8 42. Qc2 Qc8 43. Qxc8+ Kxc8 44. Ba6+ Kd8 45. Nc6+ Kd7 46.
Nxb8+ Kc7 47. g4 Kxb8 48. Kf2 Kc7 49. Bd3 fxg4 50. fxg4 Kd7 51. Kf3 Ke7 52. Kf4
Kf6 53. h4 Nf7 54. Bb1 Nd8 55. g5+ hxg5+ 56. hxg5+ Ke7 57. g6 Kf6 58. g7 Kxg7
59. Ke5 Kf7 60. Kd6 Kf6 61. Kc7 Nf7 62. Kxb6 Nd6 63. b3 {
1-0 Karpov,A-Ljubojevic,L/Wijk 1988/CBM 05}) 8... Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. Ne5 N6d7
11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 c5 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. g4 dxc4 15. Ndxc4 Rd8 16. g5 Ne8 17.
Rad1 cxd4 18. exd4 g6 19. Be4 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 21. Ng4 Rb8 22. Qc3 Nd7 23. d5
h5 24. Ne5 exd5 25. Bxd5 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. fxe5 Rb6 28. Bxf7+ Kg7 29. Bb3
Bf5 30. h4 Re8 31. Rfe1 Be6 32. Bxe6 Rbxe6 33. Rd7+ R8e7 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Kf2
Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Ke4 Rf7 38. Kd4 Rf4+ 39. Re4 Rf5 40. b4 b6 41. a4 Rf1 42.
Kc4 a6 43. Kc3 Rd1 44. Rf4 Kxe5 45. Rf6 Rd6 46. Rxd6 Kxd6 47. Kd4 a5 48. b5 {
1/2-1/2 Troffiguer,O-Bellincampi,S/Cannes op 1990/EXT 90op}) 8. Bh4 (8. Bf4 O-O
9. O-O b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 c5 13. Qf3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne8 15.
Bxh6 Qd7 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. e6 Rf6 20. Qxf6+ Nxf6 21.
exd7 Nxd7 22. Bf4 Bf6 23. b3 Ba6 24. Rfe1 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. f4 Bb2 27. Rc2
Bf6 28. Nf3 Re8 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd2 Kg7 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. g4 Bc8
34. Kg3 Be6 35. e4 Rg5 36. Rf2+ Ke7 37. exd5 Rxd5 38. Rfe2 Rd6 39. h4 Kf7 40.
Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Rxe6 Kxe6 42. Kf4 b5 43. h5 a5 44. h6 Kf6 45. g5+ Kg6 46. Ke4 c4
47. bxc4 b4 48. Kd3 a4 49. Kc2 {1-0 Roeder,M-Herzog,K/BL 8687 1987/BL 80}) 8...
O-O 9. O-O dxc4 $146 (9... c5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Nb6 13. Qc2 Bd7
14. e4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. Be2 Qb6 18. f4 Rfd8 19. f5 c4+ 20.
Kh1 Bg5 21. Rad1 Qb7 22. Bh5 Bc6 23. Bf3 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Rd8 25. Qe1 Bd2 26. Qe2
Rd3 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Bg4 Qd7 29. Qf2 Bxe4 30. Qf8+ Kh7 31. Rf7 Qxf7 32. Qxf7
Bc1 33. Bh4 Rd2 34. Bf6 {1-0 Link,U-Niesslbeck,H/BL2-S 8788 1988/BL2}) 10. Nxc4
b5 11. Nce5 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 Nd5 $16 (14... Nxe5 $5 {
deserves consideration} 15. Nxe5 g5 $14) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ne5
Qe7 18. Rc5 {A beautiful square!} Rc7 19. Rdc1 Rfc8 20. f4 Nf6 21. Qc2 {
The pressure on the backward pawn c6 grows} Qe8 22. a4 $14 (22. b4 Rd8 $16)
22... Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Rd5 $18 (25... cxb5 26. Rxc8
Bxc8 27. Qxc8 $16) 26. Ba4 Qd7 27. Qb3 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Ba8 29. Qb6 Qb7 30. Qxb7 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Bxb7 31. Bd1 Ra8 32. Bf3 Ra6 33. b4 Rb6 34. Rc4
Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke2 $4 $19 {a transit from better to worse} (36. g4 $142
$16) 36... Kd6 $4 $16 {allows the opponent back into the game} (36... Ba6 $142
37. b5 Bxb5 $19 (37... cxb5 $6 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Kd3 $11)) 37. Kd2 Ra6 38. Kc2
Rb6 39. Kc3 Ba6 40. Rc5 Bb5 41. Be4 Ra6 42. Kb3 Ra1 43. Rc3 Re1 44. Bf3 Ra1 (
44... Rb1+ 45. Ka3 $14) 45. Be4 $11 (45. h4 $142 $5 $16) 45... Rd1 $16 (45...
Re1 $142 $5 $11 {must be considered}) 46. Kc2 Ra1 47. Kd2 $14 (47. Kb2 Re1 $16)
47... Ra2+ (47... f5 48. Bf3 $14) 48. Rc2 Ra3 49. Rb2 Ra1 50. Bd3 Rg1 51. Bxb5
Rxg2+ $4 $18 (51... cxb5 $142 {the rescuing straw} 52. Kd3 Rd1+ 53. Ke2 Ra1 $14
) 52. Be2 Rxh2 53. Rb1 (53. Ra2 {seems even better} g5 54. fxg5 hxg5 $18) 53...
h5 (53... g5 54. fxg5 hxg5 55. Rg1 $18) 54. Rg1 g6 55. e4 (55. Ra1 {
and White can already relax} f6 $18) 55... h4 (55... Rh3 56. Ra1 f5 57. Ra6 $18
) 56. Ke3 (56. Ra1 {makes it even easier for White} Kd7 $18) 56... h3 (56...
Kc7 57. Ra1 Kb7 58. e5 $18) 57. e5+ Ke7 58. Bf3 (58. Kf3 $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} Kd7 $18) 58... Rb2 59. Bxc6 Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Howard, George"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1337"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Sicilian Defence, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack} Nc6
(3... Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 (7. Qe2 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9.
cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 (10... Ng8 11. a3 Nge7 12. b4 Nc8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 Be7
15. Rfc1 O-O 16. Ne1 Rfc8 17. Nd3 Na4 18. Nb3 b6 19. Rc2 Bf8 20. Rac1 Ne7 21.
Ne1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. h3 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qb5 25. Nd2 a5 26. Nd3 Nc6 27. Nf3
axb4 28. axb4 Nxb4 29. Nxb4 Bxb4 30. Ng5 h6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Nh7
Qe8 34. Qxg7 Kd8 35. Bxh6 Be7 36. Nf6 Bxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kd7 38. Bd2 Nb2 39. h4 Nc4
40. Bb4 Qg8 41. h5 Qh7 42. h6 Kc6 43. Qg7 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Qxb4 45. h7 Nd2 46. h8=Q
{1-0 Barua,D-Ward,C/London Lloyds 1993/TD 93\09}) 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7
13. Rac1 O-O 14. Rc2 Rac8 15. Rfc1 a6 16. h4 Bxh4 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Nxh4 Rxc1+
19. Bxc1 Qa4 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. a3 Qc2 22. Qf4 Kg8 23. b4 Rc8 24. Be3 Qd1+ 25. Kh2
Qh5 26. g3 Rc3 27. a4 Rb3 28. Kg2 Rxb4 29. a5 Rb1 30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Nxf3 b6 32.
axb6 a5 33. Bg5 a4 34. Be7 Rxb6 35. Ne1 Rb2 36. Bc5 h5 37. Nd3 a3 38. Bxa3 Rb3
{0-1 Hort,V-Huebner,R/BL 8182 1982/BL 80}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10.
Ne1 f6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Be3 e6 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Nd3 Nf7
17. Nf4 Nd6 18. Bf2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Bd8 20. Re2 Nf5 21. Na4 Ba5 22. Qd1 Qd6 23.
g3 Nh4 24. Qb3 b6 25. a3 Kh8 26. Rc1 Rg8 27. Kf1 Nf5 28. Qd3 Nfxd4 29. Bxd4 e5
30. Be3 exf4 31. Bxf4 Ne5 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. b4 b5 34. Qxb5 Bd8 35. Rd1 d4 36.
Nc5 Rgf8 37. Kg2 Qd5 38. Qb7 Qxb7 39. Nxb7 Bb6 40. Nd6 Re6 41. Nc4 Bc7 42. Rxd4
{1-0 Chiburdanidze,M-Ljubojevic,L/Bilbao 1987/CBM 03/[Anderson-Smith,W]}) 4. h3
(4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Nf6 6. Qe2 bxa3 7. O-O e6 8. d4 Be7 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7
11. Bxa3 O-O 12. Rd1 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 Qc7 14. Re3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 Qf4 17.
Rg3 Kh8 18. Nc3 e5 {Pyhala,A-Grivas,E/Gausdal TM 1993/TD 93\03/0-1 (29)}) 4...
a6 $146 (4... Bd7 5. c3 (5. O-O e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 Qc7 9. d5 Nb8 10.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. c4 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 a6 15. Qd2 Rfb8 16. Ne2
Kh7 17. Rab1 b5 18. b3 Rb7 19. a4 bxc4 {
Hevia,J-Lorinczi,P/Candas op 1992/TD 92\09/1-0 (40)}) 5... Nf6 6. d3 g6 7. O-O
Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 a6 10. Bc4 Rb8 11. Na3 Na5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxc4 14.
Naxc4 Nd5 15. Qf3 Be8 16. a5 f6 17. Ng4 Bc6 18. Qd1 e5 19. Qb3 {
Sanchez,R-Aguas,M/ESP-chT 1993/TD 93\10/1-0 (51)}) 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. b3 Nf6 7.
d3 {Controls e4} e6 8. Bb2 Be7 $14 (8... e5 9. O-O $11) 9. O-O $11 (9. e5 Nd5
$14) 9... Bb7 $14 (9... e5 10. Nbd2 $11) 10. c4 $11 (10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Rb8
$14) 10... Qc7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. Re1 e5 13. Nf1 h6 {Consolidates g5} 14. Ne3 Bc8
15. Nh2 Be6 16. Neg4 Nxg4 17. Nxg4 h5 (17... O-O 18. Ne3 $11) 18. Ne3 Qd7 19.
Kh2 $11 (19. Qf3 Bg5 $14) 19... g5 20. f3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} f6 (20...
Rh7 21. Kg1 $15) 21. Qe2 Kf7 22. g4 $15 (22. Qf2 Rhb8 $11) 22... hxg4 {
Black gets in control} 23. fxg4 Rh7 24. Nf5 $17 {
An ideal square for the white knight.} (24. Rg1 $142 $5 $11 {
should be investigated more closely}) 24... Bxf5 25. exf5 Rah8 26. Qf3 Qb7 $15
(26... d5 27. Re3 $17) 27. Bc3 Bd8 28. Rg1 Bc7 29. Kg2 d5 $11 (29... Rxh3 30.
Qxh3 Rxh3 31. Kxh3 a4 $15) 30. Rh1 d4 {This push gains space} 31. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 {Queen's Gambit, Albin's Counter Gambit} 4. Nf3
Nc6 5. g3 Be6 (5... Bg4 6. Bg2 Qd7 7. O-O (7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2 O-O-O 9. a3 Nge7
10. Ng5 Nxe5 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. O-O h5 13. Ne4 Qxc4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Rc1 Qb5 16.
a4 Qb6 17. Bd2 N7c6 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf2 Nb4 20. Rc4 a5 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. exd3 Bb4
23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Qf3 c6 25. Rfc1 Nb8 26. Qe4 Rhe8 27. Qf5+ Kc7 28. a5 Qa6 29.
Rxb4 Re3 30. Be4 Rxg3+ 31. Kh2 h4 32. Rb6 Qa8 33. b4 Rd6 34. b5 Qxa5 35. Rxb7+
Kd8 36. Rxb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kd8 38. Rc2 Qe1 39. Bg2 g6 40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Qc8 {
1-0 Horvath,P-Biro,S/Harkany op 1994/EXP 45}) 7... O-O-O 8. Qb3 h5 9. h4 f6 10.
exf6 gxf6 11. Rd1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Bc5 13. Nc3 Qg4 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Kh2 d3 16. Rxd3
Nge7 17. c5 Bxg3+ 18. fxg3 Bf1 19. Bf4 Bxe2 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bg2 Kb8 22. Re1
Rd3 23. Qc4 Rxf3 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Qe6 Qg6 26. Qc4 Bd5 27. Qc3 Bxa2 28. b3 Qf7
29. Qd2 Bxb3 30. Qd7 Ne5 31. Qd8+ Nc8 32. Ra1 Qc4 33. Bxe5 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qxe5
35. Rf1 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Qxh4+ 37. Kg2 Bxa4 38. Rxf6 {
0-1 Birnboim,N-Veinger,I/Munich zt 1987/CBM 03}) 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8. a3
$146 {Secures b4} (8. O-O Bh3 (8... Nge7 9. Ne4 Ng6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Qa4 a6 13. Nfg5 Bd7 14. e6 fxe6 15. a3 Nce5 16. Qc2 Bc6 17. Bh3 Bxe4 18.
Nxe4 Kb8 19. f4 d3 20. exd3 Nxd3 21. b4 Qd7 22. Rad1 Qd4+ 23. Nf2 {
Mueller,A-Braje,M/DVM U20 1996/1-0 (53)}) 9. Nb3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 h5 11. h4 Nh6
12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd2 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Ng4 15. Rfd1 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Qf4 Qe6 18.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxc4 20. Rac1 Qf7 21. Ne6 Ne5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {
Huss,R-Brandt,C/Hessen qual 1991/GER 02/1-0 (38)}) (8. Qb3 Be7 9. h4 Nh6 {
1/2-1/2 Portisch,F-Chetverik,M/Zalakaros op 1994/TD 94\02}) 8... Nge7 9. b4 Ng6
10. b5 $11 {White wins space} (10. Qa4 $5 {is an interesting alternative} Kb8
11. Bb2 $14) 10... Ncxe5 11. Qa4 Kb8 {Black prepares the advance d3} 12. O-O (
12. Bb2 Bc5 $11) 12... d3 13. e3 $15 {Covers f4} (13. Re1 Bg4 $11) 13... Bh3 (
13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bd6 15. Bb2 $15) 14. Bb2 (14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb2 Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 Qe6 $11) 14... Be7 $4 $18 {gives the opponent counterplay} (14... Nxf3+
$142 {would hold out} 15. Nxf3 Bxg2 $11) 15. Rfc1 $4 $15 {
overlooking an easy win} (15. Nxe5 $142 {secures the win} Nxe5 16. Bxh3 Qxh3
17. Bxe5 $18) 15... h5 $4 $18 {throwing away the advantage} (15... Bf6 $142 {
this is the best bet to save the position} 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 (16... Nxe5 $143 17.
Bd4 b6 18. Be4 $14) 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 $15) 16. Bh1 $4 $11 {
ruins a clearly superior position} (16. Nxe5 $142 {secures the point} Nxe5 17.
Bd4 $18) 16... Qg4 $4 $18 {
Black intends h4. letting the wind out of his own sails} (16... Bf6 $142 {
is just about the only chance} 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Bd4 c5 19. Bxc5
$18) 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 $11) 17. Nd4 $17 (17. Nxe5 $142 {nails it down} Nxe5 18.
Bxe5 $18) 17... h4 18. Rab1 $2 $19 (18. Nc6+ $142 $5 bxc6 19. bxc6 $17) 18...
hxg3 {Threatening mate: gxf2} 19. fxg3 Nh4 $4 $14 {
there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (19... Qh5 $142 {
a pity that Black didn't try this} 20. Re1 Bf5 $19) 20. Nc6+ $4 $19 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent} (20. b6 axb6 21. Nb5 Nhf3+ 22. Nxf3
Nxf3+ 23. Kf2 $19) 20... Nxc6 $1 {securing the advantage in this game} (20...
bxc6 $4 21. Bxe5 Bg5 22. Re1 $18) 21. bxc6 Bc5 {The mate threat is Bxe3} 22.
Re1 Qg5 $2 $18 (22... b6 $142 {would keep Black in the game} 23. Qa6 Qc8 24.
Qxc8+ Kxc8 25. gxh4 Rxh4 $16) 23. Be4 $4 $19 {gives away a clear win} (23. Bd4
b6 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Rb5 (25. gxh4 $6 {is the weaker alternative} Rxh4 26. Qb5
Qd6 $11) 25... Qxb5 26. Qxb5 $18) 23... Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Rhe8 $4 $14 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (24...
Nf5 25. Be5 Nxg3+ 26. Bxg3 Qxg3 27. Rxb7+ Ka8 28. Qxa7+ Bxa7 29. Rxa7+ Kxa7 30.
hxg3 Rde8 $19) 25. gxh4 Qf4 26. c5 $11 (26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Qa6 Bg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qg4+
29. Kh1 $18) 26... Bxc5 (26... Bxd2 27. Be5 $3 {a sacrifice to finish the game}
Bg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qc8 30. Qa6 Bb4 31. Rxb4 b6 32. cxb6 Qxa6 33. bxc7+
Ka8 34. cxd8=R+ Rxd8 35. c7+ Qc6 36. cxd8=Q#) 27. Bc3 {
With the decisive threat Qa6} Bb6 $11 (27... b6 28. Qa6 Bc8 29. Qc4 $19) 28.
Rxb6 $17 (28. Qc4 $142 $5 {would keep White alive} Qxh4 29. Qxf7 $11 (29. cxb7
f5 30. Qc6 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Nxe4 Bd7 $19)) 28... cxb6 {
Threatening f5} (28... axb6 29. cxb7 c5 30. Nc4 Rxe4 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32. b8=Q+
Rxb8 33. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 34. Rxe4 $11) 29. c7+ $2 $19 (29. Rc1 Re7 $1 {
the end of the story} 30. Qb5 $19 (30. cxb7 f5 (30... Rxb7 $143 31. Qb5 Re7 32.
Qc6 (32. Bxd3 $2 {is a blank shot} Bc8 33. Qg5 Bb7+ 34. Be4 Bxe4+ 35. Nxe4
Qxe4+ 36. Kg1 f6 37. Qg3+ Ka8 $19) 32... Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 34. Nxe4 $14) 31.
Bb4 Rxe4 (31... fxe4 32. Bxe7 Bg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qxd2+ 34. Kg3 Qxc1 35. Bxd8 $15)
32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 34. Qc6+ Kd8 35. Qa8+ Kd7 36. Qd5+ Kc7 37. Qf7+
Kc6 38. Qg6+ Kb5 $19)) 29... Kxc7 $4 $18 {
an unfortunate move that relinquishes the win.} (29... Qxc7 $142 {
finishes off the opponent} 30. Rc1 Bd7 $19) 30. Qc4+ $4 $19 {
forfeits the clear win} (30. Qxa7 $142 {and White has prevailed} Rb8 31. Rc1
$18) 30... Kb8 (30... Kb8 31. Rg1 Be6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ayris, Tony"]
[Black "Sarma, Venu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 {French Defence, Rubinstein Variation} 4. Nxe4
Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (7... Bxf6 8. Qe2 (8. O-O c5 9. dxc5
Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Be3 Rc8 {
1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Kaminski,M/POL-ch 1996/TUR 96}) 8... c5 (8... O-O 9. h4 Re8
10. Qe4 Nf8 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. Qg4 Qe7 14. O-O-O Red8 15. Rh3 Be8 16.
Rf3 Kh8 17. Qf4 Rac8 18. Ng4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qd6 20. Ne5 Qxd4 21. Qh2 g6 22. Rxf7
Bxf7 23. Nxf7+ Kg8 24. Nxd8 Qxd8 25. Qe5 Qd6 26. Qe3 Qb6 27. Qd2 Rd8 28. f4 Qc5
29. Qe2 Rd6 30. Rf1 a5 31. g4 Qd4 32. Be4 c6 33. c3 Qc5 34. Kb1 b5 35. Bc2 a4
36. a3 Nd7 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Qe5 39. Qh5 Nf8 40. f6 Rd7 41. f7+ Kh8 42. Rh1
Qg7 43. Bxh7 Nxh7 44. g6 {
1-0 Pavlovic,M-Rajkovic,L/JUG-Cup qual Arandjelovac 1991/TD 91\07}) 9. d5 Nb6
10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. h4 h6 12. a4 Qe7 13. a5 Nd5 14. a6 b6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. c4
Nb4 17. Be4 g5 18. Bb7+ Kb8 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nd3 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rd1
Nxc1 23. Raxc1 Bd4 24. g3 Qg5 25. Kg2 Rhf8 26. Bf3 Qf5 27. Rd2 e5 28. Rh1 Rh8
29. Rdd1 Kc7 30. b3 Rdf8 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Kf1 Rf8 33. Rd3 e4 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35.
Bxe4 Qe5 36. Qd3 b5 37. Kg2 Kb6 38. Bf3 Kxa6 39. cxb5+ Kb6 40. Qc4 Qd6 41. Bc6
d3 42. Qc3 Rd8 43. b4 Qd4 44. Qd2 Kc7 45. Bf3 Rd6 46. Qc1+ Kb6 47. Qa3 Kxb5 48.
Qa5+ Kc4 49. Qa2+ Kxb4 50. Qb1+ Kc5 51. Qc1+ Kb5 52. Qg5+ Kb6 53. Qd2 a5 54. g4
a4 55. Kg3 a3 56. Qa2 d2 57. Qb3+ Kc7 58. Qb7+ Kd8 {
0-1 Ivanov,A-Sierawan,Y/Reykjavik op 1990/EXP 18}) 8. c3 O-O 9. Qe2 $146 (9.
Bg5 Bd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. h4 Be8 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qf4 f5 15. Ne5 Nxe5
16. Qxe5 Qd6 17. Bc4 Qxe5+ 18. dxe5 Kf7 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. h5 f4 21. Bd3 Bc6 22.
f3 Rad8 23. Be4 Bb5+ 24. Ke1 Bd3 25. Rh3 Rd7 26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. Rh4 Bxe4 28.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 29. fxe4 Rd3 30. Rg4 Rg3 31. Rxg3 fxg3 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kf3 g6 34.
hxg6+ Kxg6 35. Kxg3 Kg5 36. b4 b5 37. Kf3 Kh4 38. Kf4 Kh5 39. g3 a6 40. a3 c6
41. Kf3 Kg5 {1/2-1/2 Borngaesser,R-Senger,R/BL 8182 1982/BL 80}) (9. Qc2 c5 10.
dxc5 Qc7 11. Bg5 h6 12. h4 e5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. O-O-O Bg4 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4
Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxc5 18. Rd7 Rad8 19. Rxb7 a5 20. Be4 Qc4 21. b3 Qc5 22. g4 g5
23. h5 Rd6 {Conquest,S-Kaloussis,E/Katerini op 1992/EXP 32/1-0 (64)}) 9... c5
10. O-O (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Qc7 $14) 10... Qc7 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Rac1 Bc6 13.
dxc5 $15 (13. Ne5 $142 $5 $14 {and White can hope to live}) 13... Bxf3 $16 (
13... Ng4 $142 {would allow Black to play on} 14. Qd2 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Bxf3 $15)
14. Qxf3 (14. gxf3 $6 Qxc5 15. f4 Rfd8 $15) 14... Qxc5 15. Be3 $11 (15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Qxb7 Qh5 $16) 15... Qd5 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Bb1 b5 $14 (17... Qe5 18.
Rce1 $11) 18. Bd4 Qg5 19. f4 Qh5 20. Qxh5 {White is in command} Nxh5 21. Be4
$11 (21. Rce1 Bf6 22. Be3 g6 $14) 21... Rac8 22. f5 Bc5 $14 (22... Nf6 23. Bb7
Rc7 24. Ba6 $11) 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. fxe6 fxe6 {Secures d5+f5} 25. Rcd1 {
The mate threat is Rxd8} Rcc8 $14 (25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nf6 27. Bf3 $11) 26. Bb7
Rxd1 $16 (26... Rb8 27. Ba6 $14) 27. Rxd1 Rc7 $16 (27... Rb8 28. Bf3 Nf6 29.
Rd6 $14) 28. Ba6 Rc5 (28... b4 29. cxb4 Rc2 30. Rd7 $16) 29. Rd8+ (29. Rd7 $5
Nf4 $16) 29... Kf7 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. Rxa7 Nf4 32. Rb7 Nd3 33. a4 $4 $11 {
White is ruining his position} (33. Rxb5 $142 {White has a promising position}
Rxb5 34. Bxb5 Nxb2 35. a4 $18) 33... Re5 {Threatening mate: Re1} 34. h3 Nc5 35.
Rb6 Nxa4 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Bxb5 Nxb2 38. Kf1 Nd1 39. c4 Ke7 (39... Nc3 40. Kf2
$11) 40. Ke2 Nc3+ 41. Kd3 Nd1 $16 (41... Nxb5 42. cxb5 g5 43. Kd4 $18) 42. Kd4
$14 (42. c5 Kd8 $16) 42... Kd6 $18 (42... Kf6 $142 $5 $14 {is interesting}) 43.
Ba4 $4 $19 {instead of simply winning the game} (43. c5+ $142 Kc7 44. Ba4 $16)
43... e5+ 44. Ke4 Nc3+ 45. Kf5 Nxa4 46. g4 (46. Ke4 {is not the saving move}
Nc5+ 47. Ke3 h5 $19) 46... Nc5 47. h4 (47. g5 $19 {there is nothing else anyway
}) 47... Ne6 (47... g6+ $142 {secures victory} 48. Kg5 Ne6+ 49. Kh6 e4 $19) 48.
g5 Nd4+ 49. Ke4 g6 50. c5+ (50. Ke3 {does not help much} Nf5+ 51. Kf3 Ke6 $19)
50... Ke6 (50... Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Benham, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "1329"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 {King's Gambit, Modern Defence} 4. exd5 Nf6 5.
Nc3 (5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 {Spassky} 7. d4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 (9. c4 Bg4
10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 Bh5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bc4 b6 14. b4 a5 15. bxa5 bxc5 16. dxc5
Qc8 17. Kh2 Nf5 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Rb1 Ne3 20. Bxe3 fxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qxc5 22. Rc1 Qe7
23. Qe1 Bb8 24. Qh4 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Qe5 26. g3 Rxa5 27. Nd4 Rc5 28. Rf5 Qe4+ 29.
Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31. Nf5 Ne4 32. Kg2 Ba7 33. Kf3 Nd2+ 34. Ke2 Nxc4 35.
Rxc4 g6 36. Nxe3 Re8 37. Rc3 Bd4 38. Rd3 Be5 39. Kf3 Ra8 40. a3 Ra4 41. Nc2 Kg7
42. Rb3 h5 43. Rb4 Ra5 44. a4 Bd6 45. Rc4 Rf5+ 46. Kg2 Rg5 47. g4 {
1/2-1/2 Riemersma,L-Ibragimov,I/Hania op 1993/EXP 36}) 9... 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... Nxd5 (5... Bd6 6.
Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. d3 a6 12. Bc4
Nxc4 13. dxc4 Bf5 14. Ne2 g5 15. Ned4 Bc5 16. b4 Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Bb2 Rg8
19. a4 Ng4 20. c5 {Perdomo,C-Estrada Nieto,J/Candas op 1996/EXP 51/1-0 (33)})
6. Bc4 Be6 7. Nxd5 Bxd5 8. Bxd5 $146 (8. Qe2+ Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. c3
a6 12. Ba4 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Qd1 Qf6 15. d4 Bd6 16. Bc2 Re7 17. Bd2 Rae8 18.
Bd3 Be4 19. Qc2 Qg6 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Rad1 Qg4 22. Rde1 Re2 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24.
Rg1 Ne7 25. Qd1 Re6 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. c4 Ne3 29. Bxe3 fxe3 30. Qe2
h6 31. Ne1 Qe4 32. Nc2 f5 33. Kg1 f4 34. b3 c5 35. d5 g5 36. h3 Kg7 37. Ne1 Qb1
38. Kf1 Be5 39. Qc2 Qxc2 40. Nxc2 h5 41. Ke2 Kf6 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. Ne1 g4+ {
0-1 Mazariego,C-Shterenberg,N/Thessaloniki olw 1984/BIG 80}) 8... Qxd5 9. O-O (
9. d4 Bd6 $15) 9... Nc6 10. d3 g5 11. Bd2 (11. Re1+ Be7 $17) 11... O-O-O 12.
Bc3 Rg8 13. Nd2 Nd4 14. Nb3 Nf5 15. Bd2 (15. Qh5 Bg7 $17) 15... Bd6 (15... Bg7
16. Rb1 $17) 16. Qf3 $19 (16. Qg4 $142 $5 $17) 16... Qxf3 17. Rxf3 Rde8 18. Re1
Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Re8 20. Bc3 $19 (20. Bd2 h5 $17) 20... Ne3 $15 (20... Re2 $5 $19
) 21. Bf6 $19 (21. Rh3 $142 $5 $15 {is an interesting idea}) 21... h6 22. c4 (
22. Bg7 Nxc2 23. Bxh6 f6 $19) 22... Ng4 23. Bc3 f5 24. c5 Be5 {
Black gets the initiative} 25. d4 Bg7 26. Nd2 Re1+ 27. Rf1 Re2 28. Nc4 Re4 29.
Rd1 Ne3 30. Nxe3 fxe3 31. Rd3 (31. g3 $142 $19) 31... f4 (31... e2 $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 32. Kf2 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4 e1=Q+ 34. Bxe1 Rxd4 35. b4
$19) 32. Kf1 g4 33. Ke2 h5 34. b4 Re8 35. Rd1 Rd8 $17 (35... Bh6 36. Rf1 $19)
36. g3 fxg3 (36... Bh6 37. gxf4 Bxf4 38. Rh1 $19) 37. hxg3 Bh6 $15 (37... Rf8
38. Rh1 Rf2+ 39. Kxe3 Rf3+ 40. Kd2 Rxg3 41. Rxh5 $17) 38. d5 $17 (38. Rf1 c6
$11) 38... Rf8 $15 (38... b6 39. d6 cxd6 40. cxb6 axb6 41. Rh1 $15) 39. Rf1
Rxf1 40. Kxf1 Kd7 41. Ke2 Bg5 42. Bd4 a6 43. Bxe3 Bf6 44. Kd3 Bb2 45. a4 Be5
46. Bf2 Ke7 $14 (46... b5 47. Ke4 Bg7 48. axb5 axb5 49. Bd4 $16) 47. Ke4 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wawryck, Stephen"]
[Black "Beltsos, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "1472"]
[BlackElo "1339"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 {English Opening, Carl's "Bremen" System} Be7 (3...
Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 (5. b3 Re8 6. a3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Nc5 10.
Be3 Bd7 11. Rd1 b6 12. Ne2 Qc8 13. O-O Ng4 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Kh2 a5
17. a4 Rb8 18. Nc1 Bc6 19. f3 g6 20. Rf2 Qe6 21. Bf1 Kg7 22. Bd3 Rf8 23. Qe2
Rbe8 24. Rh1 Nh5 25. Bc2 f5 26. Nd3 f4 27. gxf4 Nxf4 28. Nxf4 Rxf4 29. Kg1 Qf6
30. Rhh2 Rf8 31. Bd1 Qh4 32. Qf1 Bd7 33. Qg2 Qh6 34. Be2 Rh4 35. Bf1 Qe3 36.
Qg3 Rxe4 {0-1 Pieper Emden,C-Christiansen,L/BL9091 1991/BL 90}) (5. Nf3 e4 6.
Ng5 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8. f3 exf3 9. Nxf3 Qe7 10. e3 d6 11. O-O Nc6 12. d3 Ne5
13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Bxb7 Rad8 16. Bg2 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Nb4 19.
cxb4 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxa1 21. Be3 Qxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Rd6 23. Bc5 {
1-0 Kosic,D-Bogdanovski,V/JUG-sf Kladovo 1990/TD 90\01}) 5... Bxc3 6. bxc3 Re8
7. Ne2 c6 8. Qb3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f4 exf4 11. d3 d5 12. Bxf4 Nbd7 13. exd5
Rxe2 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. Qd1 Re3 16. dxc6 Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Bxc6 19. Qf4
Qh5 20. Bd4 Ng4 21. h4 Nge5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. d4 Nxc4 24. Rae1 Qd5 25. Re2 h6
26. g4 Qh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxh4+ 28. Kg1 Rf8 29. Rh2 Qe7 30. Rh5 Qe3+ 31. Qxe3 Nxe3
32. Re1 Nxg4 33. d5 Nf6 {0-1 Christiansen,L-Ephisin,V/New York op 1990/EXP 16})
4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O (5... c5 6. d3 Bg4 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 Qd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2
Bh3 11. b3 a6 12. a3 Qg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rab1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4
17. Ne2 Bg5 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 {
Byrne,P-Graefe,S/DVMi U15 1995/1/2-1/2 (33)}) 6. d4 exd4 $146 (6... Nbd7 7. h3
c6 8. O-O a5 9. e4 Re8 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. b3 Bf8 14.
Rad1 h6 15. Rd2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. a3 Bc8 18. Nde2 Ncd7 19. Na4 b6 20. g4
Nc5 21. Nac3 {Mandl,R-Harari,Z/Dortmund op-A 1993/TD 93\06/1-0 (57)}) 7. Nxd4
c6 {Controls b5} 8. O-O Na6 9. a3 {Covers b4} Nc5 10. b4 Ne6 11. Nf5 Nc7 12.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bb2 $11 (13. Bg5 Nce8 $16) 13... Be6 14. Qd3 Rad8 $14 (14...
Rfe8 15. Rad1 $11) 15. Rac1 $11 (15. Qd4 a6 $14) 15... d5 16. cxd5 Ncxd5 17.
Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 $14 (18... Nb6 19. Ne4 $11) 19. Rcd1 Bg4 $16 (19... Qe7
$142 $5 $14 {must definitely be considered}) 20. Ne4 $11 (20. f3 Ne3 21. Rxd7
Nxc2 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc1 $11) 20... Nxe4 21. Bxe4 {
White fights for the Initiative} Qe6 $16 (21... h6 $5 $14 {is noteworthy}) 22.
Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Qc5+ Ne7 24. Qg5 $14 (24. Rxd8 $142 $5 Rxd8 25. Qxa7 $18) 24...
f6 {Prevents intrusion on e5} 25. Qc1 g6 $2 $18 (25... Rxd1 $142 {
and Black is still in the game} 26. Rxd1 Bxe2 $11) 26. f3 $4 $14 {
gives the opponent new chances} (26. Qh6+ $142 {and White gets the upper hand}
Kf7 27. Bxg6+ Nxg6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxg6 Bxe2 31. Bxf6 $18 (31.
Qxf6+ $6 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Rd1 33. Rxd1 Bxd1 $16)) 26... Kg7 $2 $18 (26... Bh5 $142
$5 {and Black can hope to survive} 27. Qh6+ Kf7 $11) 27. Bxg6 Nxg6 28. fxg4
Qxg4 (28... Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qxg4 30. Rf1 Qxe2 31. Qd7+ Kg8 32. Bd4 $18) 29. Rxd8
(29. Rf1 Rxd1 30. Bxf6+ Kh7 31. Qxd1 Rxe2 $18) 29... Rxd8 30. Qe3 (30. Rf1 Rf8
$18) 30... Rd5 (30... a6 $18) 31. Rf1 (31. Qxa7 Qd7 $18) 31... Ne5 32. Rf4 (32.
Qxa7 Qxe2 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxb7+ Kg6 $18) 32... Qh3 {Threatening mate... how?}
33. Bd4 {White begins to deal mighty blows} b6 (33... Qd7 34. Rh4 $18) 34. Rh4
Qf5 (34... Qd7 $18) 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Rf4 $16 (36. e4 $142 {
and White has reached his goal} Qg6 37. Qh7+ Qxh7 38. Rxh7+ Kg6 39. exd5 Nf3+
40. Kf2 Nxd4 41. Rh4 $18) 36... Qg6 37. Qh8 c5 38. bxc5 bxc5 39. Bc3 Qg7 (39...
Rd1+ $142 $5 40. Kg2 Nd7 $18) 40. Qa8 Rd1+ (40... Ke6 41. Bxe5 Rxe5 42. Qc6+
Kf7 43. Qc7+ Re7 44. Qxc5 $18) 41. Kg2 Ke6 (41... Nd7 {what else?} 42. Qxa7 Qg5
43. Rxf6+ Ke7 $18) 42. Qc8+ (42. Bxe5 $142 {and White wins} Qd7 43. Bc3 Qd5+
44. Re4+ Kd6 45. Qd8+ Kc6 46. Qxf6+ Kb7 47. Qe7+ Kb6 48. Qe6+ Qxe6 49. Rxe6+
Kb5 50. Re3 $18) 42... Qd7 (42... Rd7 43. Ra4 Qe7 44. Rxa7 $18) 43. Qxc5 (43.
Qg8+ {seems even better} Qf7 44. Qxf7+ Nxf7 45. Rxf6+ Ke7 $18) 43... Qb7+ (
43... Qd5+ 44. Qxd5+ Rxd5 45. h4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Fraatz, Oliver"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 {Albin's Counter Gambit} 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6 (
5... Bg4 6. Bg2 Qd7 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Qb3 h5 9. h4 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Rd1 Bh3
12. Bh1 Bc5 13. Nc3 Qg4 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Kh2 d3 16. Rxd3 Nge7 17. c5 Bxg3+ 18.
fxg3 Bf1 19. Bf4 Bxe2 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bg2 Kb8 22. Re1 Rd3 23. Qc4 Rxf3 24.
Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Qe6 Qg6 26. Qc4 Bd5 27. Qc3 Bxa2 28. b3 Qf7 29. Qd2 Bxb3 30. Qd7
Ne5 31. Qd8+ Nc8 32. Ra1 Qc4 33. Bxe5 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qxe5 35. Rf1 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1
Qxh4+ 37. Kg2 Bxa4 38. Rxf6 {0-1 Birnboim,N-Veinger,I/Munich zt 1987/CBM 03}) (
5... Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Bf5 7. Bg2 d3 8. e3 Nge7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Nb3 Be4 11. Nbd4 O-O
12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxe5 16. f4 Nxc4 17. Qxd3 b5 18.
Rd1 Bf6 19. Ra2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qe7 {
0-1 Kecskes,G-Honfi,K/Budapest FS10 IM-A 1995/EXP 50}) 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O
8. O-O h5 9. h4 (9. Qa4 h4 (9... Kb8 10. Nb3 Nxe5 11. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Rxd7
13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Rxd4 Rxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxc4 16. Bg5 Ne8 17. b3 Ba6 18. Rd1 Nd6 19.
Nc2 Bb5 20. Bf4 Be7 21. Ne3 h4 22. Nd5 Bf8 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. Bxc6 {
Mchedlishvili,M-Raetsky,A/Erevan op 1996/EXP 52/1-0 (38)}) 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}) 9... Nh6 10. Qa4 Kb8 11. b4 $146 (11.
Ng5 Nxe5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Bd5 Qd7 15. Nf3 Na5 16. Qc2 c6 17. Ne5
Qc7 18. Bg2 Bd6 19. Nd3 c5 20. a3 Nc6 21. b4 Ne5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Nxe5 {
1-0 Prudnikova,S-Finegold,G/Azov iztW 1990/TD 92\07}) (11. Ne4 Nxe5 12. Qxd7
Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rxd7 14. b3 Be7 15. Bf4 Ng4 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Rac1 Rg8 18. c5 g5
19. c6 bxc6 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Bg2 d3 23. exd3 Nxd3 24. Rc2 Nb4 25.
Rc5 Rgd8 {Stanescu,B-Bauer,C/Wiesbaden op 1988/GER 02/0-1 (36)}) 11... Nxe5 (
11... Nxb4 12. Qxd7 Rxd7 13. a3 $11) 12. b5 {White gets more space} (12. Qxd7
Nxf3+ (12... Rxd7 $4 13. Nxe5 Rd8 14. Ndf3 $18) (12... Nxd7 $143 13. Nxd4 Nf5
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rd1 $16) 13. Nxf3 Rxd7 $16) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 $11 (13.
Nxf3 Bc5 $14) 13... Bg4 14. Nb3 $15 (14. Bb2 d3 15. Rfe1 Nf5 16. exd3 Nxh4 17.
Bxg4 Qxg4 $11) 14... d3 $4 $18 {allows the opponent back into the game} (14...
Bxf3 $142 {and Black can hope to live} 15. exf3 Nf5 $11) 15. Bxb7 {
White threatens strongly Be3} dxe2 16. Be3 $1 {
an unexpected blow. Threatening mate... how?} exf1=Q+ (16... Kxb7 $4 {
capturing the bishop loses} 17. Qxa7+ Kc8 18. Qa8#) 17. Rxf1 c5 (17... a5 18.
Qxa5 $1 {finishing him off} c5 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxc6 Rd7 21. Bb6 Rb7 22. Bxb7
Kxb7 23. Qa7+ Kc8 24. Qc7#) 18. bxc6 Qd3 19. Qxa7+ Kc7 20. Qb6+ (20. Bc8+ Kd6
21. Bf4+ Kxc6 22. Qc7#) 20... Kd6 21. Qxd8+ (21. Qxd8+ Ke6 22. Bc8+ Qd7 23.
Bxd7+ Ke5 24. Qa5+ Kd6 25. Bc5+ Ke5 26. Bxf8+ Kf6 27. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ayris, Tony"]
[Black "Amini, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1412"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 {French Defence, Winawer Variation} 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 (6... cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. cxd4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Bb4+ Ne7 11.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 12. Qxg7 Qxd4 13. Qf6+ Kd7 14. Qxf7+ Kc6 15. Rb1 Qxe5+ 16. Kd1 Nd7
17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Qh5 Nc5 19. Bb5+ Kc7 20. Re1 a6 21. Bd3 {
Rogovski,V-Roos,J/EUCup Vilnius 1995/EXP 50/1-0 (39)}) (6... Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nbc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qh4 h6 (13... g6
14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. Ne5 Rae8 18. Ng4 Qxc3 19. Qf6 Rg7 20.
Nh6+ Kh8 21. Red1 Qxc2 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 {
1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Ulibin,M/URS-OT56 Uzhgorod 1988/TD 88\01}) 14. O-O c4 15. Bg6 Bd7
16. Rae1 Be8 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. Qg4 Qd6 19. a4 Rad8 20. Re3 Qa3 21. Rfe1 Qxa4
22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qg6 Qa3 25. Qf7 Qxc3 26. Re8+ {
1/2-1/2 Nilboer,F-Lputian,S/EU-chT Debrecen 1992/EU-chT}) 7. Qg4 $146 (7. f4
Nc6 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. Be2 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 c4 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Ba3 Re8 14.
Bd6 Nce7 15. Rfb1 Nf5 16. Bb4 Qd7 17. a5 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Rec8 19. Bc5 Bc6 20.
Rba1 Rc7 21. g3 Bb5 {
Lutring,A-Scagliarini,V/EU-chJW U12 Szombathely 1993/TD 93\05/1/2-1/2 (77)})
7... Kf8 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. a4 h5 11. Qf4 Ne7 12. Ng5 {
Threatening mate... how?} Nf5 13. O-O Qd7 $11 (13... Rc8 14. Ra2 $15) 14. a5 g6
$14 (14... b5 $5 $11) 15. axb6 axb6 16. Ba3 $11 (16. dxc5 bxc5 17. c4 d4 $14)
16... Kg7 17. f3 h4 18. Rfd1 Rhc8 19. dxc5 {White gets in control} bxc5 (19...
Nxc5 20. Bb4 $11) 20. g4 (20. c4 Qa4 $11) 20... hxg3 21. hxg3 {
Prevents intrusion on h4.} Rh8 $2 $16 (21... c4 $142 $5 {is a viable option}
22. Kg2 Qa7 $11) 22. g4 Rh4 23. Bxc5 $1 {
the best thing is for White to hand back some material} Rah8 24. Rxa6 $11 (24.
Bf2 Rh1+ 25. Kg2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 $18) 24... Rh1+ $4 $18 {
Black has let it slip away} (24... Qb5 $142 {would be a reprieve} 25. Nxe6+
fxe6 26. Ra7+ Kg8 27. Ra8+ Kg7 28. Ra7+ Kg8 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Ra7+ $11) 25. Kg2
Rxd1 (25... R8h2+ 26. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qb5 $18) 26. gxf5 {
The mate threat is f6} exf5 (26... gxf5 27. Qg3 Rd2+ 28. Kg1 Rd1+ (28... Rxc2
$4 {it may look tempting but Black must resist capturing the pawn} 29. Nxe6+
Kh6 30. Qg7+ Kh5 31. Qg5#) 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rd1+ 31. Kxd1 Rh1+ 32. Kd2 f6
33. Ne4+ Kf7 34. Nd6+ Qxd6 35. Ra7+ Qd7 36. Rxd7+ Ke8 37. Re7+ Kd8 38. Qg8#)
27. Ne6+ (27. e6 Qe8 28. Ra7 $18) 27... fxe6 28. Ra7 {
Do you see the mate threat?} Qxa7 {
Black must return some of the goodies he has collected} 29. Bxa7 Rh5 (29...
Rdh1 $18) 30. Bf2 (30. Qb4 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Rd2+ 31.
Kg3 Rxc2 32. Qe7+ Kh8 33. Qxe6 Rch2 $18) 30... Rdh1 31. Bg3 (31. Qb4 $142 $5 {
seems even better} g5 32. Qe7+ Kh8 $18) 31... Rd1 $2 (31... g5 32. Qb4 f4 33.
Qe7+ Kh8 34. Qxe6 fxg3 35. Qxd5 g4 36. fxg4 R5h3 $18) 32. Qb4 Rd2+ 33. Bf2 Rg5+
(33... Rxc2 {does not improve anything} 34. Qe7+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh6
37. f4 (37. Qxe6 $6 Rg5+ 38. Kf1 Rc1+ 39. Be1 Rh5 $18) 37... Rh2+ 38. Kxh2
Rxf2+ 39. Kg3 $18) 34. Kf1 (34. Kf1 Rh5 35. Qe7+ Kh8 36. Bh4 (36. Qxe6 Rh2 37.
Qf6+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Qe7+ Kh8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qd7+ Kg8 43.
Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qc7+ Kh8 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Qa7+ Kg8 $16) 36... Rxh4 37. Qxh4+ Kg7
38. Qf6+ Kh6 39. f4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Benham, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 f5 {Dutch Defence} 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 (4. e3 Nf6 5. Bg3 d6 (5...
Bg7 6. Bd3 d6 7. h4 g4 8. c3 Nc6 9. Qc2 e6 10. Ne2 Qe7 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nf4 Qf7
13. Qb3 O-O-O 14. Bxf5 Na5 15. Qxe6 {
1-0 Smirin,I-Vragoteris,A/Katerini op 1992/EXP 32}) 6. h4 Rg8 7. hxg5 hxg5 8.
Nc3 e6 9. f3 Qe7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 O-O-O 14. d5
exd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Re1 Kb8 17. Kb1 Bg7 18. a3 Rh8 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Bxe5
dxe5 21. Nf3 e4 22. Qxg5 Rh5 23. Qd2 Qd6 24. Nd4 a6 25. Bc4 Rh4 26. Bb3 Rg4 27.
Re2 e3 28. Qxe3 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd4 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Bc6 32. Nxc7 Rxg2 33.
Bd5 Rg1+ 34. Ka2 Rg7 35. Rxg7 Bxd5+ 36. Nxd5 Bxg7 37. c4 Kc8 38. a4 Kd7 39. a5
Kd6 40. b4 Bd4 41. Kb3 Bf2 42. Nf4 Be3 43. Nd3 Kc6 44. Ka4 Bg1 45. b5+ axb5+
46. cxb5+ Kc7 47. Nb4 Bf2 48. b6+ Kb8 {
1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas 1996/TUR 96}) 4... d6 $146 {
Secures e5} (4... Nf6 5. Be5 Bg7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 fxe4 8. Qh5+ Kf8 9. c3 d5
10. h4 Kg7 11. Qe2 b6 12. Nh3 Qd6 13. g3 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Qd1
e3 17. Nf3 Bxc3+ {0-1 Niehaus,S-Georg,H/Dortmund op 1991/TD 91\04}) 5. e3 Bg7
6. h4 g4 {Black wins space} 7. h5 Nf6 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. c3 {Consolidates b4} e5 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 O-O (11... Qd5 12. Rh2 $11) 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O-O Qe8 14.
Ne2 Nxh5 15. Bh4 $15 (15. f3 Nxg3 16. Nxg3 Be6 $11) 15... Nf6 $11 (15... Na5
16. Bb3 $15) 16. f3 {Controls e4} Na5 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Bg5 Qg6 19. e4 Qxg5 20.
exd5 b6 21. fxg4 $17 (21. Rdf1 gxf3 22. gxf3 Qd8 $17) 21... Qxg4 22. Rh3 Nb7
23. Rdh1 (23. Rg3 $5 Qh5 24. Ba6 $17) 23... Bd7 $15 (23... Qxg2 $142 $5 24. Bc4
Na5 $17) 24. b3 $17 {Covers a4.} (24. Ng3 $5 {looks like a viable alternative}
e4 25. Be2 $11 (25. Rxh6+ $2 {doesn't lead to the expected results} Bxh6 26.
Rxh6+ Kg7 $19)) 24... Qxg2 25. R1h2 $2 $19 (25. Nf1 $142 $5 Nc5 26. Ne3 $19)
25... Qxd5 26. Nf3 (26. Ng3 Nd6 $19) 26... Nd6 $4 $17 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent} (26... Qd6 27. Qd2 f4 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29.
Rxh6+ Bxh6 30. Rxh6+ Kg8 31. Rg6+ Kf7 32. Qxf4+ Qxf4+ 33. Nxf4 c6 $19) 27. Ng5
$2 $19 (27. Qd2 Bc6 28. Rxh6+ Kg8 29. Rh7 $18) 27... e4 $4 $18 {
ignoring the path to victory} (27... Rf6 $142 {secures the win} 28. Rh4 Rd8 $19
) 28. Nf4 $1 {the knock-out blow. Threatening mate: Ng6} Qc5 (28... Qe5 {
praying for a miracle} 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Nxe5 hxg5 $18) 29. Rxh6+ $17 {
Opening the h-file gets White a lot of play} (29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31.
Rxh6+ Bxh6 32. Rxh6+ Kg7 33. Rg6+ Kh8 34. Qh2#) 29... Kg8 $1 {
retaining the advantage} 30. Rg6 $19 (30. Rh8+ Bxh8 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 32. Qh2+ Kg7
33. Nge6+ Bxe6 34. Nxe6+ Kf6 35. Qh6+ Ke5 36. Nxc5 bxc5 $19) 30... Qe3+ $4 $18
{letting the wind out of his own sails} (30... Qg1+ 31. Kb2 exd3 $15) 31. Kb2
$1 {sealing the opponent's fate. Do you see the mate threat?} Qxf4 {
Black threatens to counter with Rf6} (31... exd3 $4 {
is definitely not advisable} 32. Rh8+ $3 {a small price for the final victory}
Kxh8 33. Qh2+ Qh3 34. Qxh3+ Bh6 35. Qxh6#) 32. Qg2 $1 {puts the final touch}
Qe5 (32... Rf7 {there is nothing better in the position} 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34.
Rxg7+ Ke6 $18) 33. Rh8+ $3 {giving up material to nicely decide the game} Kxh8
34. Qh3+ (34. Qh3+ Bh6 35. Qxh6#) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wawryck, Stephen"]
[Black "Phillip, Channa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "1472"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 {English Opening} 2. Nf3 d5 (2... e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+
Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O b6 8. d3 (8. Nc3 Bb7 9. d4 a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Rc8
(11... b5 12. Qf4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qc7 Ra7 15. Rfd1 Bxf3 16. Qc8+ Qd8 17.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Bxf3 Ke7 19. a4 b4 20. Ne4 Rc7 21. e3 f5 22. Nd2 Ba7 23. Nb3 Ne5
24. Be2 Rc2 25. Bxa6 Rxb2 26. Rab1 Rd8 27. Rxb2 Rxd1+ 28. Kg2 g5 29. Be2 Rd5 {
1/2-1/2 Mednis,E-Ribli,Z/Riga izt 1979/IZT}) 12. Qh4 b5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. Kxg2 Bd4 16. Rad1 Qb7+ 17. f3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Rd3 O-O 20. Bd2
Qe7 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Ra1 Rc4 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Rc8 {
1/2-1/2 Smejkal,J-Dizdar,G/BL9192 1992/BL 90}) 8... Bb7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O
11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. a3 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Ne8 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. d4 Qb8 17.
Nc4 cxd4 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Sokolov,A/Clermont Ferrand 1989/CBM 14}) 3. g3
Bg4 4. Bg2 dxc4 (4... Bxf3 5. Bxf3 c6 6. d4 e6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O
10. e4 Bb4 11. e5 Ne8 12. Qc2 f6 13. Bg4 f5 14. Bh3 g5 15. a3 Be7 16. Bg2 Nc7
17. Nf3 Kg7 18. Bd2 h6 19. Ne1 {
Markovic,M-Nikolic,G/JUG-chT Tivat 1995/EXP 48/1-0 (64)}) 5. Qa4+ $15 (5. Na3
c6 6. Nxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 a5 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. a3 f6
13. d4 N7b6 14. e4 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Nc7 16. Qb3 a4 17. Qe3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxf3 19.
Bxf3 fxe5 {Haritakis,T-Karanikolas,K/GRE-ch 1996/EXP 51/1-0 (86)}) (5. Ne5 c6
$11) 5... Nc6 $14 (5... Qd7 $5 {is noteworthy} 6. Qxc4 Nc6 $11) 6. Ne5 Qd6 7.
Nxg4 Nxg4 8. Qxc4 Nge5 9. Qa4 e6 {Consolidates d5} 10. O-O Be7 11. Nc3 Qb4 12.
d3 {Secures c4} Qxa4 13. Nxa4 O-O $14 (13... Nd4 14. Nc3 $11) 14. Bf4 Bd6 $16 (
14... Ng6 15. Be3 $14) 15. Rac1 $14 (15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Rab8 $16) 15...
Rab8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 $16 (16... Rfd8 17. Rfe1 $11) 17. Rxc5 Nd7 18. Rc3 e5 19. Bd2
Rfc8 20. Bh3 $14 (20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. b3 Rb6 $16) 20... Nd4 $2 $18 (20... Rd8
$142 $14 {would keep Black in the game}) 21. Bxd7 Nxe2+ 22. Kg2 Nxc3 23. Bxc8
$1 {an unpleasant surprise} (23. bxc3 {is no comparison} Rd8 24. Bf5 g6 $15) (
23. Bxc3 $6 Rd8 24. Bf5 Re8 $16) 23... Rxc8 (23... Na4 24. Bf5 $18) 24. Bxc3 f6
25. d4 exd4 26. Bxd4 c5 27. Be3 b6 28. Rd1 Rc7 29. Kf3 Kf7 30. h4 h5 31. Rd8
Re7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Kd3 Rd7+ 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. Bf4 a5 $2 (35... a6 $18) 36. f3
(36. a4 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Kd8 $18) 36... f5 (36... a4 $18)
37. Be5 (37. Kc4 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kc6 38. a4 Kd7 $18) 37... g6 (
37... a4 {cannot change destiny} 38. Bxg7 Kd6 39. a3 $18) 38. Ke3 (38. a4 $142
{and White can already relax} Kd8 $18) 38... Ke6 (38... b5 39. Kf4 Ke6 40. Bc7
$18) 39. Bc7 {White fights for the Initiative} Kf6 (39... b5 {
is not the saving move} 40. Bxa5 Ke5 41. Bc7+ Ke6 42. Kf4 $18) 40. Bxb6 g5 41.
Bd8+ Kg6 (41... Ke5 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 42. hxg5 f4+ 43. gxf4+
Kf5 44. Bxa5 $18) 42. Bxg5 Kf7 (42... a4 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 43. Kf4 c4 44. Be7 $18) 43. b3 Ke6 44.
Bd8 a4 45. bxa4 Kd7 46. Bb6 Kc6 (46... c4 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 47. Kd2 $18) 47. Bxc5 $1 {
surprise!} Kxc5 48. Kf4 (48. Kf4 Kb4 49. Kxf5 Kxa4 50. Kg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Black "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 {Grunfeld Defence, Neo-Grunfeld Variation}
O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O dxc4 (6... c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qb3 (9. Nxe4 dxe4
10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Ne3 Rfd8 16.
Be5 Rd7 17. Rc7 Rxc7 18. Bxc7 Bh6 19. Be5 Nd5 20. Bxe4 Bxe3 21. fxe3 f6 22. Bf4
g5 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. e4 gxf4 25. exd5 Qxd4+ 26. e3 Qxd5 27. Rd1 Kh8 28. Qb4 Qf3 {
0-1 Alterman,B-Glek,I/Haifa 1996/TUR 96}) (9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qa3 Bf5 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Rac1 a5 17. h4 a4 18.
Rd2 Bf8 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 e5 21. dxe5 Bxb4 22. Rd4 c5 23. Rxd5 Rac8 24. Rd6
c4 25. Rb6 Ba3 26. Rc3 Bc5 27. Rb5 Bd7 28. Rb7 Be6 29. Be4 Rb8 30. Rc7 Rec8 31.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Kg2 Bb4 33. Rc1 Ba3 34. Rh1 Bb2 35. a3 c3 36. Bc1 Rb8 37. Bc6
Bb3 38. Kf3 Rd8 39. Be4 Bd1 {0-1 Larsen,B-Xie Jun/Vienna Walzer 1993/TD 93\02})
9... Nc6 10. Rd1 e6 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. h4
Ne7 16. Bb4 Nf5 17. Rdc1 Qb6 18. Bc5 Qa6 19. Bf1 Nd6 20. e3 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Nxb5
22. Qb4 b6 23. Be7 Qb7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. a4 Nc7 26. Rc1 Ne8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28.
Qb5 f6 29. a5 bxa5 30. Bc5 Bf8 31. Qxa5 a6 32. Qb6 e5 33. Qb3 Qc6 34. Bxf8 e4
35. Ba3 exf3 36. Qb4 h5 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qxg6 Ng7 40. Bf8 Ne6 41.
Be7 {1-0 Karpov,A-Epishin,V/Las Palmas 1994/CBM 42}) 7. Qa4 Be6 $146 (7... Nc6
8. Rd1 Nd7 9. Qxc4 Nb6 10. Qb3 (10. Qc2 Bf5 11. e4 (11. Qd2 e5 12. dxe5 Qxd2
13. Bxd2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bc3 Rfd8 16. Rc1 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 c6 18. Rd1 a5
19. Be4 Be6 20. b3 Kf8 21. Bc2 Ke7 22. f3 Nd5 23. Nxd5+ Rxd5 24. e4 Rc5 25. Rd2
Rc3 {Sygulski,A-Pribyl,J/Jurmala 1987/CBM 05/0-1 (46)}) 11... Bg4 12. d5 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Qd3 c5 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Bg2 c4 17. Qf1 Qd7 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19.
Bxf3 Na4 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Qe2 Bg7 22. Bg5 Rfe8 23. Rd2 c3 24. bxc3 Nxc3 {
Zeh,R-Kyas,J/Cattolica 1993/TD 93\07/0-1 (36)}) 10... a5 11. Nc3 a4 12. Qc2 Bf5
13. Qd2 Nc4 14. Qf4 Bc2 15. d5 b5 16. Nxb5 Bxd1 17. Qxc4 a3 18. Nc3 Na5 19. Qd3
Bb3 20. Nd2 Rb8 21. axb3 axb2 22. Bxb2 {
Ivkov,B-Andersson,U/Wijk 1971/MCL 04/1-0 (34)}) (7... Nbd7 8. Qxc4 Nb6 9. Qb3
Be6 10. Qd1 Qc8 11. Re1 Rd8 12. e4 c6 13. Nc3 h6 14. Qc2 Bh3 15. Bh1 Bg4 16.
Ne2 Qe6 17. Nf4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 19. b3 Nb6 20. Bb2 a5 21. Ne5 Bc8 22. Rad1 {
Pawlowitsch,D-Schmider,B/Singen-U20 1985/GER 04/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 8. Ng5 Bd5 ({Not
} 8... Qxd4 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bxb7 $18) 9. e4 Bc6 10. Qxc4 h6 11. d5 {
White gains space} hxg5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxg5 Nh7 14. Bc1 Qd4 15. Qxd4 (15.
Qb3 Qb4 $11) 15... Nxd4 16. Nc3 c6 {Covers b5+d5} 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Be3 Rd7 19.
f4 Rfd8 20. e5 {This push gains space} Nf8 21. Ne4 $15 (21. Bh3 e6 $14) 21...
Nfe6 22. Bh3 b6 {Prevents intrusion on c5} 23. Bg4 Nf5 24. Bf2 Ned4 25. b4 Rd5
26. Nc3 R5d7 27. Rfd1 Nc2 28. Rxd7 {White launches an attack} Rxd7 29. Rb2 Ncd4
30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Rd2 Ke8 32. Bh3 Nf3 $2 $18 (32... Ne6 $142 $5 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 $14
) 33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Ke2 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Bxe5 36. Ne4 e6 37. Kd3 Ne7 38. Bd4 Bc7 (
38... Bxd4 39. Kxd4 Nd5 40. a3 $16) 39. Nf6+ Kd8 40. Bg2 Bd6 41. a3 Kc7 42.
Ne8+ Kd7 43. Nxd6 Kxd6 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sarma, Venu"]
[Black "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "1465"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 {Catalan Opening-Queen's Catalan} c6 5. Bg2
Bd6 (5... dxc4 6. Ne5 b5 $5 7. a4 Nd5 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Nc3 f6 $5 $146 10. Nf3
Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nh4 Qc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ng2 O-O
17. Nf4 Rf6 18. Nh5 Rf7 19. Nf4 Qc6 20. e4 Nd7 21. exf5 $142 $6 exf5 22. Re1
Bd6 $15 23. Ne6 Nb6 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Bf4 Re8 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Na4 28. Bd6
h6 29. Qd2 $142 $2 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 f4 $1 $17 31. Rd1 f3 32. Bf4 Re7 $1 33. Qf1
Qc8 34. Re1 Qxc5 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qc1 Qe2 37. h4 Nb2 38. Qa1 Kh7 39. Be3 Nd3
40. Qb1 a6 41. Kh2 Qe1 42. Qxe1 Nxe1 43. g4 Ng2 44. Bb6 b4 45. cxb4 c3 46. Bd4
c2 47. Bb2 Nxh4 {0-1 Ulibin,M-Kharlov,A/St.Petersburg zt 1993}) (5... Nbd7 6.
O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Re1 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxe5
Bxe5 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. a3 Be6 16. b4 Rab8 17. Rad1 c5 18. e4 Nf6 19.
Ne3 Bd6 20. f4 cxb4 21. e5 Bc5 22. axb4 Bxe3+ 23. Bxe3 Nd5 24. Bc5 Nxb4 25. Qf2
{1-0 Manor,I-Sehner,N/Lugano op 1989/TD 89\01}) 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. a4
$146 (8. Bf4 Qc7 9. Bxd6 (9. e3 dxc4 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Nc3 exd4 13.
Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 19. Kf2 {
1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Skembris,S/Komotini op 1992/EXP 32}) 9... Qxd6 10. Nbd2 (10.
cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rab1 Nf8 13. b4 g6 14. Rb2 a6 15. Na4 Bf5 16. Qb3 Qe7
17. Nc5 Ne4 18. e3 Nd6 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Re1 Nb6 21. Bf1 h5 22. a4 Nd7 23. Nxd7
Bxd7 24. Nf3 b5 {Doering,T-Doeve,M/NRW-II 1989/BIG 80/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 10... Re8
11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 e5 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. exd6 Nxd6
17. c5 Ne4 18. Nd4 f5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. f3 e3 21. Nc2 Be6 22. Rxe3 Bd5 23. Kf2
Rad8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Ne3 Re5 26. b3 Be6 27. Rc1 Rh5 28. h4 g5 29. hxg5 Rxg5
30. b4 Rh5 31. a3 Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Ra2 33. Rc3 Kf7 34. Ng2 Bd5 35. g4 Kf6 36. Re3
a5 37. bxa5 Rc2 38. Kh2 Rxc5 39. Nf4 Rxa5 40. Kg3 Bf7 41. Rd3 c5 42. Rd7 b5 43.
g5+ Kg7 44. Ne6+ Kg6 45. Nf4+ Kg7 46. Ne6+ Kg6 47. Nf4+ Kg7 {
1/2-1/2 Kottke,U-Niermann,R/Dortmund op 1987/TD 87\03}) (8. Nc3 dxc4 9. Rd1 Qe7
10. Nd2 Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nce4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb4 14. Bf4 h6 15. Nd2 Nd5 16.
Nxc4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Bd7 18. e3 f6 19. Qe4 Be8 20. Bf3 Rd8 21. Be2 Kh8 22. Bd3 g6
{Tregubov,P-Delander,A/Berliner Sommer 1996/EXP 54/1/2-1/2 (67)}) (8. Rd1 Re8
9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 b6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Bb7 13. Ncxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15.
Bh7+ Kf8 16. Nxf7 Qf6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qf5+ Nf6 19. Bf4 Qe6 20. Rd2 Qxf5 21.
Bxf5 Nd5 22. Bd6+ Kf7 {Kirchhoff,H-Brass,J/Dortmund op 1987/TD 87\03/1-0 (58)})
8... dxc4 (8... e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Rd1 $11) 9. Qxc4 (9. Nbd2 Bc7
$14) 9... e5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nf8 14. e4 Bg4 15.
f3 Bh5 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Nf5 Bb4 $14 (17... Be5 18. Be3 $11) 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Nd6
Bxd6 20. Rxd6 (20. Bxd6 Ne6 $11) 20... Rxd6 (20... Ne6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Be3
$11) 21. Bxd6 c5 22. e5 N6d7 23. f4 Ne6 24. Bxb7 Nd4 25. Qf2 f6 26. Bd5+ Bf7
27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rf1 (28. Qg2 Qb4 $18) 28... Nb6 $18 (28... Kg8 29. Qg2 Qa6
30. Qd5+ Ne6 31. Re1 fxe5 32. fxe5 $16) 29. Qg2 Kg8 30. Bc7 (30. exf6 gxf6 31.
Qb7 Nf5 $18) 30... Qa6 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Qd5+ Kh8 {The mate threat is Qxf1} 33.
Rd1 fxe5 34. fxe5 {The passed pawn on e5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon
} h6 35. Qe4 Qc8 36. Re1 Qe6 37. Nd5 Qc6 38. Nf4 {White gets the initiative}
Qxe4+ (38... Qxa4 39. e6 $14) 39. Rxe4 Kg8 40. Nd5 $16 (40. e6 Kf8 $18) 40...
Rb8 $18 (40... Re6 41. Kg2 $16) 41. e6 Kf8 $4 {Black falls apart} (41... Re8
$142 $18) 42. e7+ Ke8 43. Nc7+ Kd7 44. e8=Q+ Rxe8 45. Nxe8 Nf3 (45... g6 {
does not help much} 46. Ng7 $18) 46. Nxg7 Ng5 47. Rh4 Nf3 (47... Nf7 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 48. Kg2 $18) 48. Rxh6 (48. Rxh6 Ne5 49.
Rxb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Watters, Daniel"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[BlackElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {Sicilian Defence, Semi-Closed Variation} Nf6 4. Nc3
(4. d3 Nc6 (4... e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 b5 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10.
Bc2 b4 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Bb1 Ba6 15. Nb3 d5 16. a3 Nc6
17. e5 Ne4 18. Nfd2 f5 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Be3 Bd3 22. Bxd3 exd3
23. Qxd3 Qd5 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Nc5 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Ne4 Rab8 28. Qg3 Qa5
29. Qg4 Qf5 30. Qe2 Rd5 31. Kh1 Rbd8 32. Rd3 Bb6 33. Rf3 Qe5 34. Qf1 Ba5 35.
Nc3 Bxc3 36. Rfe3 Qf6 37. Rxe6 Qxe6 38. Rxe6 Rd1 {
0-1 Zagema,W-Ftacnik,L/Dortmund op-A 1992/TD 92\03}) 5. Bb3 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7.
Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Nf1 Ne5 11. Bc2 Nfd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nxf3+
14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qd1 Nc6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. f4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qh5 e6 20. g4
Bb7 21. gxf5 exf5 22. d4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Qg6+ Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.
Rad1 Be4 27. Be7 Rfe8 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Bxd6 Bxb2 30. Nf5+ Kg6 31. Ng3 Bd4+ 32.
Kg2 e3 33. Kf3 h5 34. f5+ Kf6 35. h4 Rg8 36. Bf4 Rae8 37. Ne4+ Rxe4 38. Kxe4
Rg4 39. Kf3 Rxh4 40. Rh1 e2 41. Rde1 {
1-0 Adams,M-Gelfand,B/Ciudad de Linares XIV 1997/CBM 57}) 4... Nbd7 5. d4 cxd4
6. Nxd4 Nc5 $146 (6... Nb6 7. Bb3 e5 8. Nde2 Be6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 (10. Qd2
Rc8 11. O-O a6 12. Rfd1 Rc6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Rac1 Re8 15. f3 g6 16. Be3 Nc4 17.
Bxc4 Rxc4 18. b3 Rc8 19. a4 Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. c4 f5 23. a5 Qb8
24. Bb6 Rf8 {Tenyi,J-Rezsek,G/HUN-chT 1994/TD 94\03/0-1 (50)}) (10. Qd3 O-O 11.
Rd1 Ne8 12. Bc1 Nc7 13. O-O Qd7 14. f4 Qc6 15. Nd5 Ncxd5 16. exd5 Qc5+ 17. Be3
Bf5 18. Bxc5 Bxd3 19. cxd3 dxc5 20. fxe5 Rad8 21. Nc3 Bg5 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Re4
Kh8 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. h4 Be7 26. d6 Bf8 27. Rf1 f6 28. Nc7 Rb8 29. Ne6 Rc8 30.
Nxf8 Rxf8 31. e6 {1-0 Matulovic,M-Cuellar Gacharna,M/Sousse izt 1967/IZT})
10... Bxf6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qb6 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Rac8 15. O-O Qc5 16.
Qe2 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Rd3 a6 21. a4 {
Byrne,R-Cuellar Gacharna,M/Sousse izt 1967/IZT/1-0 (49)}) (6... g6 7. O-O (7.
f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Ne5 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Qd2 a5 12. a4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
b3 Rc8 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Ndb5 h5 17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 d5 19. Nxd5 Bxb5 20. axb5
Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qc7 {Gipslis,A-Bilek,I/Sousse izt 1967/IZT/1-0 (38)}) 7... Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. a4 Nc5
15. axb5 axb5 16. Ndxb5 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qf4 Nf6 19. Qc4 d5 20. Qc7 Rb8
21. Qxd8 {Emms,J-Hodgson,J/BCF-ch 1993/TD 93\10/1-0 (45)}) 7. f3 {Secures g4}
a6 {Covers b5} 8. O-O e6 {Controls d5} 9. Nb3 (9. a3 Qc7 $11) 9... Ncd7 (9...
Qc7 10. Bd3 $11) 10. Kh1 b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nd4 O-O (13... b4 14.
Nce2 $15) 14. a3 Rb8 15. Qe1 Ba8 16. Rd1 Ne5 17. f4 $15 (17. Qg3 Qc7 $11) 17...
Nc4 $14 (17... Nxd3 $5 {must be considered} 18. cxd3 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 $11) 18.
Bc1 Qc7 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nf3 Rbc8 21. Bb2 Nh5 22. Ng5 $17 (22. Nd4 $142 $5 $11 {
should not be overlooked}) 22... Nxf4 23. Qh4 {Do you see the mate threat?} h6
24. Qxf4 Bxg5 25. Qg4 e5 26. Ne2 Bc6 27. h4 Bd7 {Black is in command} 28. Qg3
Be7 29. Bc1 Kh7 30. h5 Be6 31. Qf3 Nd7 32. g4 (32. Ng3 Nc5 $17) 32... Qd8 33.
Ng3 $19 (33. Rg1 Nc5 $17) 33... Bg5 34. Bxg5 Qxg5 (34... hxg5 $6 35. Nf5 $15)
35. Nf5 g6 $17 (35... Nf6 $142 $5 36. Rg1 Bxf5 37. Qxf5+ Qxf5 38. exf5 d5 $19)
36. Qh3 $2 $19 (36. Qe3 $142 Qxe3 37. Nxe3 $17) 36... d5 (36... Nc5 $5 {
and Black can already relax} 37. Rg1 d5 38. Qh4 dxe4 39. Be2 gxf5 40. Qxg5 hxg5
41. gxf5 Bxf5 42. Rxg5 $19) 37. hxg6+ (37. exd5 Bxd5+ (37... gxf5 {
is the less attractive alternative} 38. dxe6 fxe6 39. gxf5 $14) 38. Kg1 Be6 $19
) 37... fxg6 38. Ne3 (38. exd5 Bxd5+ (38... gxf5 $2 {is nothing because of} 39.
dxe6 Nb8 40. Rg1 $18) 39. Kg1 Be6 $19 (39... gxf5 {is the weaker alternative}
40. Rxf5 Rxf5 41. Bxf5+ Kh8 42. Rxd5 $11 (42. Bxd7 $2 {springs to mind, but}
Rxc2 43. Bf5 Rg2+ 44. Qxg2 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 h5 $19))) 38... d4 39. Nd5 (39. Rxf8 {
no good, but what else?} Rxf8 40. Nf5 $19) 39... Bxg4 40. Rg1 (40. Qh2 {
doesn't do any good} Nc5 $1 {a brilliant end} 41. Nb4 Nxd3 42. Nxd3 Rf3 $19)
40... Bxh3 {Threatening mate... how?} 41. Rxg5 hxg5 42. Rd2 g4 43. Kh2 Nf6 (
43... Nc5 $5 {seems even better} 44. b4 Nxd3 45. cxd3 $19) 44. Ne7 (44. Nb4 {
does not save the day} a5 45. Nd5 Nxd5 46. exd5 Bf1 $19) 44... Rc7 45. Nd5 Nxd5
(45... Rcf7 46. Re2 Nh5 47. c3 dxc3 48. Nxc3 Rf2+ 49. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 50. Kg1 g3 51.
Nd5 Nf4 52. Ne3 Bg2 53. Nxg2 Rxg2+ 54. Kh1 Rh2+ 55. Kg1 Nh3+ 56. Kf1 g2+ 57.
Ke1 g1=Q+ 58. Bf1 Qf2+ 59. Kd1 Qxf1#) 46. exd5 Rf4 (46... Rcf7 $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} 47. Be4 $19) 47. Re2 e4 (47... Bf1 {
makes it even easier for Black} 48. d6 Rd7 49. Rxe5 Bxd3 50. Re7+ Rxe7 51. dxe7
$19) 48. Bxe4 (48. Rxe4 {the last chance for counterplay} Rxe4 49. Bxe4 $19)
48... Kg7 (48... Rxe4 $142 {and Black takes home the point} 49. Rxe4 Rxc2+ 50.
Kg3 $19) 49. Bd3 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.10.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Beltsos, Michael"]
[Black "Kramer, Warren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "1339"]
[BlackElo "1337"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {Sicilian Defence} 5. Bd3 (5. Nc3 a6
6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Kh1 Nc6 (8... O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Qe1 Bb7 12.
f5 Nc5 13. a3 e5 14. Bg5 gxf5 15. Nh4 f4 16. Nf5 Ne6 17. Qh4 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Ne8
19. Qg4 Bc8 20. Nd5 Kh8 21. Rf3 Rg8 22. Rh3 Nf6 23. Qg5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 h6 25. g3
Qd7 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Rf1 Nc5 28. gxf4 exf4 29. Rxf4 Nxd3 30. cxd3 Rac8 31. Ne7
Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Rg4 Rc2+ 34. Kf3 f5 35. Nxf5 Rf6 36. Rhg3 Bf8 37. Rg2 Rxg2
38. Rxg2 d5 39. Rc2 dxe4+ 40. dxe4 Bd6 41. Rc6 Be5 42. Rxf6 Bxf6 43. b3 Kh7 44.
Kf4 Bb2 45. a4 bxa4 46. bxa4 Bc1+ 47. Ne3 Kg6 48. e5 h5 49. Ke4 Ba3 50. Nd5 Bc5
51. Nf4+ Kh6 52. Kf5 Bg1 53. e6 {
1-0 Akopian,V-Malisauskas,V/Vilnius 1988/CBM 07}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4 Nd7 11.
Qe1 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Nd1 Ba6 15. Nf2 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 c5 17. Bd2 Qc7
18. Qh4 Nf6 19. Rbe1 a3 20. e5 axb2 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Qf2 c4 23. Nb4 c3 24. Nd5
cxd2 25. Qxd2 Qa5 26. Nxf6+ exf6 27. Qd4 Rfb8 28. Rb1 Qxa2 29. h4 Qa4 30. Qc3
Kg7 31. Rxb2 Rxb2 32. Qxb2 Qc4 33. Qc1 Ra2 34. Rf2 Qc3 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Qd2 Qc4
37. Qe2 Qb4 38. Rf1 Rxf1 39. Qxf1 Qd2 40. c4 h6 41. Kh3 Qc2 42. Kh2 g5 43. hxg5
hxg5 44. fxg5 fxg5 45. Qa1+ Kg8 46. Qd4 Qh7+ 47. Kg3 Qh6 48. Qe3 Kg7 49. c5
dxc5 50. Qxc5 Qh4+ 51. Kf3 Qf4+ 52. Ke2 Kg6 53. Qf8 g4 54. Qg8+ Kh5 55. Qh7+
Kg5 56. Qd3 Qe5+ 57. Kd2 Kh4 58. Qh7+ Kg3 59. Qxf7 Qe4 {
0-1 Campora,D-Ehlvest,J/San Roque 1996/CBM 57}) 5... a6 (5... e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7.
c4 a6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. b3 b5 14.
Nd2 Nb6 15. O-O bxc4 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc4 Qa7 18. Ne3 Qa8 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20.
Nxe7+ {Degenhardt,N-Roevekamp,F/BL 8283 1983/BL 80/1-0 (51)}) 6. O-O (6. c4 Nc6
7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. f4 d5 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. b3 Ba3 19. Bc4
Bc5 20. Bd2 Bb4 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 22. Rd4 Bd5 23. Rad1 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4
Qxc4 26. bxc4 g6 27. g3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Kf3 Rc5 31. Ke4 Kd6 32.
Rc2 Kc6 33. Kd4 Ra5 34. Re2 h5 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. Kb4 Rf5 37. Re5 Rxe5 38. fxe5+
Kc6 39. a4 Kb6 40. a5+ Kc6 {
Kiss,J-Vitartaite,A/WchJW-U14 Szeged 1994/TD 94\01/1-0 (55)}) 6... Nc6 7. c3
Bd7 $146 (7... e6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Re1 b5 12. Nf1 Bb7 13.
Ng3 Rac8 14. a3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Rfd8 16. Qe2 h6 17. Rad1 Ba8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Nh5 Bg5 20. f4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Bh4 22. Qg4 g6 23. Qxh4 Qxh5 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Re3
d5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Kg1 Rc4 29. f5 Rg4 30. g3 h4 31. Kf2 hxg3+
32. hxg3 Kg7 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Bd1 Rg5 35. b3 Kf6 36. Bc2 Rh5 37. Re2 Rh2+ 38.
Ke3 Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Kg5 40. Ke3 a5 41. Bd1 h5 {
1/2-1/2 Veloso,P-Quispe,A/Novi Sad olw 1990/EXT 90}) 8. Bg5 e6 {Controls f5} 9.
Kh1 Be7 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Bc2 Qb6 $14 (11... h6 12. Bh4 $11) 12. Rb1 O-O $14 (
12... Rc8 13. Bb3 $11) 13. h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} Rac8 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 (15... bxc6 $2 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 $18) 16. e5 {
This push gains space} dxe5 17. fxe5 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ $2 $18 (18... Nd5 $142
19. Bf4 Rcd8 $16) 19. Qf3 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Qxc6 Nxc6 (21... Rxc6 22. Rbd1
$18) 22. Rbe1 (22. Nf3 {keeps an even firmer grip} Na5 $18) 22... Rcd8 23. Rf2
Rd5 24. Nf3 h6 25. Bb3 Rd7 26. Ree2 (26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Bxd1 Rd8 $18) 26... Rfd8
27. Nh4 b5 (27... Na5 28. Re4 $18) 28. Nf3 Ne7 (28... a5 29. Re4 $18) 29. Nd4
Nd5 30. Kg3 (30. Nc6 {and White can already relax} Re8 $18) 30... Kh8 $6 {
offers little resistance} (30... Ne7 $18) 31. Rf3 (31. Bxd5 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} exd5 32. e6 fxe6 33. Rxe6 Rd6 $18) 31... Nc7
32. Ref2 Kg8 33. Nc6 Re8 34. Nd4 $4 $11 {forfeits the clear win} (34. Kf4 $142
$18 {and White wins}) 34... a5 $4 $18 {hands over the advantage to the opponent
} (34... Red8 35. Kg4 g6 $18) 35. a3 a4 36. Bc2 Rb8 37. Bd3 Rb6 38. h4 Re7 39.
Rd2 Re8 40. Be4 Nd5 (40... Rd8 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 41.
Rdd3 Na6 42. Nxb5 $18) 41. Rfd3 f6 (41... Ne7 {doesn't improve anything} 42.
Nf3 $18) 42. exf6 (42. Nxe6 {seems even better} Nxc3 43. Rxc3 Rbxe6 $18) 42...
Nxf6 43. Bg6 Re7 (43... Rf8 {doesn't change anything anymore} 44. Re2 $18) 44.
Nf3 (44. Nc6 $142 $1 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rxc6 45. Rd8+ Ne8 $18) 44...
Nd5 45. Rd4 (45. h5 {might be the shorter path} Rd6 $18) 45... Rb8 (45... e5 {
does not win a prize} 46. Rg4 (46. Rxd5 $143 Rxg6+ 47. Kh3 e4 $18) 46... Rd6
47. h5 $18) 46. Re2 Nf6 (46... Rb6 {does not solve anything} 47. Ne5 $18) 47.
h5 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Black "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1801"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 {Alekhin's Defence, Modern Variation} Bg4
5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 Ne7 11. b3 (11.
Bd2 Ng6 12. Bc3 Qc7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. b4 Be7 15. Qb2 O-O 16. g3 Nb6 17. Qb3 f6
18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. c5 Nd5 21. Bg2 Rdf8 22. f4 Ngxf4 23. gxf4 Qxf4
24. Na3 Rh6 25. Qg3 Qxb4 26. Be4 Nc3 27. Nc2 Qxc5+ 28. Qe3 Nxe4 {
0-1 Day,L-Segal,A/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02}) 11... Ng6 12. Bb2 Qg5 {
e5 draws heavy fire} (12... Qc7 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Nc3 Ndxe5 15. Be4 Rd8 16. g3
O-O 17. f4 f5 18. fxe5 fxe4 19. Rf1 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 21. Nxe4 Bd4 22. Rxf8+
Nxf8 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Re1 h6 26. Kg2 Ng6 27. Qe3 b5 28. Qf3 bxc4
29. Nd2 Qg5 30. Qf2 {0-1 Paksashvili,D-Pribyl,J/Decin op 1996/EXP 53}) 13. Re1
Bb4 14. Qe3 Nf4 $146 (14... Qxe3 15. Rxe3 O-O-O 16. g3 Ba5 17. Bh5 Bc7 18. Bxg6
hxg6 19. Re2 Nc5 20. Nd2 Nd3 21. Bc3 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Kg2 Nd3 24. Ne4 Rh5
25. h4 f6 26. a3 g5 27. hxg5 f5 28. Nd2 Rxg5 29. Re3 f4 30. Re4 Nc5 {
0-1 Hernandez,G-Garcia,G/Granma zt 1987/CBM 03}) 15. Nc3 Bc5 16. Ne4 Bxe3 $11 (
16... Nh3+ $1 17. Kf1 Bxe3 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. gxh3 Bf4 $11) 17. Nxg5 Bxf2+ 18.
Kxf2 Nd3+ 19. Ke3 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 a5 (20... O-O 21. Ne4 $16) 21. Ne4 (21. Rd1 $5
Rd8 $18) 21... O-O (21... a4 22. Rd1 $18) 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. h4 (23. Nd6 Ra7 $18)
23... a4 (23... b6 24. g4 $16) 24. b4 $16 (24. Nd6 $5 Nf8 $18) 24... Nb6 25.
Rxd8+ (25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Kxd4 Rd8+ 27. Nd6 f6 $16) 25... Rxd8 26. Be2 a3 27. Bd4
Na4 28. Nd6 b6 (28... Rd7 29. c5 $18) 29. Bd1 Nb2 30. Bb3 Rb8 31. Ne4 $16 (31.
Bc2 Rd8 $18) 31... b5 $18 (31... h5 32. b5 c5 33. Nxc5 $18) 32. cxb5 cxb5 (
32... Rxb5 33. Bc5 $18) 33. Nd6 Na4 $4 {simply worsens the situation} (33... h5
$18) 34. Bxa4 bxa4 35. b5 f6 (35... Kf8 {does not help much} 36. Ba7 Rd8 37. b6
$18) 36. Ba7 $1 {a devastating blow} (36. Ba7 Rd8 37. b6 $18) ({Weaker is} 36.
exf6 gxf6 37. Bxf6 Rb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ayris, Tony"]
[Black "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1512"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {French Defence, Tarrasch Variation} c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5.
exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 {White terminates the opponent with strong threats} (6. dxc5
Bxc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 (7... Bd6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Ng5+ Kg8
12. Qh5 Bf5 13. O-O-O Bg6 14. Qh3 Qc8 15. Qf3 Nb4 16. c3 Qc4 17. Nd4 Nd3+ 18.
Kd2 Nxb2 {0-1 Podhraski,D-Znidarcic,A/Ljubljana op 1996/EXP 53}) 8. Be2 Nf6 9.
O-O h6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd4 Ne4 12. Be3 Re8 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qa4 Qf6 15. Rad1
Rad8 16. Nc2 Bc7 17. Nb4 d4 18. cxd4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qd6 20. Nxc6 Qxh2+ {
Adianto,U-Vaiser,A/Tilburg  20' 1993/[Knaak]/0-1 (39)}) 6... Qb6 (6... cxd4 7.
Qe2+ (7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. N2b3 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Nf6 11. Be3 a6 12. Bxc6
Bxc6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Bd4 Nd7 15. Ng3 Rg8 16. f3 g6 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Bf2 Be5
19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21. Nbd4 Rge8 22. Rde1 Kc7 23. Nf4 Kd6 24. Kd2 Ne5 25.
b3 Bd7 26. c3 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Dolmatov,S/Novgorod op 1995/EXP 49}) 7... 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}) 7. Qe2+ $146 (7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Re1+ Ne7 10. c3 a5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Qh5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ng6 14. Ndf3 Bxe5
15. dxe5 Qb4 16. Bd2 Qg4 17. Qxg4 Bxg4 18. Nd4 c5 19. Nb3 Rac8 20. Bxa5 d4 21.
Bb6 d3 {Anderskewitz,H-Kottenhahn,F/Wiesbaden op 1988/GER 02/1/2-1/2 (53)})
7... Be7 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Nb3 Qd6 10. Be3 b6 $4 $18 {Prevents intrusion on a5+c5
} (10... a6 $142 {is the best chance} 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $14) 11. Bf4 $3 {
a sacrifice in the best tradition} (11. Bf4 Qxf4 12. Bxc6+ Bd7 13. Bxa8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Watters, Daniel"]
[Black "Lidums, Aivars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1435"]
[BlackElo "1601"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian Defence} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 (3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6
6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 (10... Bf5 11. Nh4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qf3 Na5 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Rab1 Qd7 17. Qg3 Nc4 18.
Bc1 Rc7 19. f4 Kh8 20. f5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qh3 e6 23. g4 Rg8 24. Kh1 Nxe5
25. dxe5 Rxc3 26. gxf5 d4 27. Qf3 exf5 28. Rb3 Qc6 29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. Rxc3 dxc3
31. Bxf5 Rd8 32. Kg2 Rd5 33. e6 fxe6 34. Bxe6 Rd8 35. Bf7 Bf6 36. Re8+ Kg7 37.
Rxd8 Bxd8 38. Bb3 Kf6 39. Bh6 Bc7 40. h3 Be5 41. Bc2 {
1-0 King,D-Rajkovic,D/Bern 1988/CBM 08}) 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. a4 Bg4 13. Re3 Rfc8
14. h3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 e6 16. h4 a6 17. Bf1 b5 18. h5 b4 19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Be3
Na5 21. Rh3 Nc4 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qg4 Qe7 24. Bg5 Qf7 25. Qh4 Bh8 26. Bd3 Ra7
27. Rb1 Rac7 28. Rb3 Na5 29. Rb6 Rc6 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Bb5 Rf8 33.
Bh6 Rc8 34. Rf3 Qc7 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. Bg5 h5 37. Qh3 Qxg5 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. Qxc8
Qc1+ 40. Qxc1 {1-0 Torre,E-Van der Wiel,J/Thessaloniki olm 1988/TD 88\06}) 3...
e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Bb3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 d6
11. Qf3 Bd7 12. a3 $146 {Covers b4} (12. Rae1 Na5 13. g4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bc6 15.
g5 Nd7 16. f5 Ne5 17. Qh5 exf5 18. exf5 Rfe8 19. f6 g6 20. Qh3 Bf8 21. Rf4 Qd7
22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Bf2 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Re8 {
1/2-1/2 Kaabi,M-Jhunjhnuwala,N/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}) (12. Kh1 b5 13. a3 Na5
14. f5 e5 15. Nde2 Nc4 16. Ng3 Bc6 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nh5 Rab8 19. Bh6 Nxh5 20.
Qxh5 f6 21. Qe2 gxh6 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Nxe7 Bb5 25. Qd5 Bxf1 26.
Nc6 Rbc8 {0-1 Dragovic,M-Benderac,S/JUG-chT Budva 1996/EXP 53}) (12. f5 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 b5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Qh3 Qc8 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 b4 19.
Nb1 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Ne4 21. Bxg7+ {
1/2-1/2 Swan,I-Russell,M/SCO-ch100 1993/TD 93\10}) 12... b5 13. Rad1 Na5 14. f5
{White gets more space} Nc4 (14... e5 15. Nde2 $11) 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. g4 Qb7 (
16... h6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $11) 17. Bc1 (17. g5 Ne8 18. Bc1 e5 $11) 17... d5
(17... e5 18. Nde2 $11) 18. Rfe1 $15 (18. e5 Ne4 $11) 18... e5 19. Nde2 $17 (
19. g5 Ne8 20. exd5 exd4 21. Rxe7 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nd6 $17) 19... d4 20. Nd5 {
The white knight on an outpost} Nxd5 21. exd5 Ba4 22. Ng3 Bxc2 23. Rd2 e4 (
23... d3 $5 $17) 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Bc5 26. Rdd1 (26. Kh1 Rad8 $17) 26...
Rad8 27. Rf1 $19 (27. Kh1 $5 $17) 27... Qxd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Bf4 h6 30. Rc1
c3 $17 (30... d3+ 31. Kg2 Rd4 32. Rce1 $19) 31. bxc3 Bxa3 32. Ra1 Bb2 (32...
Bc5 33. c4 d3+ 34. Kg2 $17) 33. Rxa6 $19 (33. c4 $5 Bxa1 34. cxd5 $17) 33...
dxc3 34. Rc6 Rd4 35. Bg3 (35. f6 gxf6 36. Kg2 $19) 35... Rd3 (35... Rd3 36. Re1
Rfd8 $19) (35... Rxg4 36. Rd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Wawryck, Stephen"]
[Black "Szeremenda, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1472"]
[BlackElo "1352"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. c4 g6 {Robastch (Modern) Defence} 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 e6 $146 (3... c6 4. Bg2
d5 5. Na3 e5 6. d3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. b3 Na6 10. Bb2 f6 11. Nc2 b5 12.
Nd2 Be6 13. f4 Qd6 14. Qe1 Nb4 {
1/2-1/2 Feustel,B-Wockenfuss,K/BL 8182 1982/BL 80}) (3... d6 4. Bg2 Nd7 (4...
c6 5. Nc3 e5 6. O-O Ne7 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 f5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. b4 axb4
12. axb4 Nc7 13. Bb2 Ne6 14. Ra1 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 f4 16. Na4 fxg3 17. hxg3 Nf5 18.
c5 d5 19. Nb6 {Suess,P-Schaefer,J/NRW-I 8788 1988/BIG 80/0-1 (49)}) 5. Nc3 Ngf6
6. d3 e5 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b4 Nh5 9. O-O h6 10. Qb3 Kh7 11. Ba3 f5 12. c5 f4 13.
cxd6 cxd6 14. Ne4 Ndf6 15. b5 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qb6 17. Rfd1 fxg3 18. hxg3 {
De Bruycker,B-Kalisvaart,P/Vlissingen op 1996/EXP 53/1-0 (33)}) (3... e5 4. d4
e4 5. Ng5 f5 6. h4 Nc6 7. e3 Nf6 8. Nh3 Ne7 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nf4 O-O 11. h5 g5 12.
h6 Bh8 13. Nh3 g4 14. Nf4 Ng6 15. b4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Be6 17. Bb2 Bf7 18. Rg1 {
Lisenko,A-Tseshkovsky,V/Sverdlovsk 1989/TD 89\09/0-1 (53)}) 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. O-O
O-O 6. Nc3 Nbc6 7. d4 a6 $14 {Secures b5} (7... d5 8. e3 $11) 8. d5 {
This push gains space} Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Bc5 d6 13.
Ba3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 {Consolidates d4} e5 15. c5 Rb8 16. e4 {White gets in control
} Ne7 17. c4 (17. Qb3 b5 $16) 17... b6 18. cxd6 cxd6 {Controls c5} 19. Rb1 a5
$16 (19... Qc7 20. f4 Bd7 21. Qb3 $14) 20. c5 dxc5 (20... Ba6 21. cxd6 Nc8 22.
d7 Qxd7 23. Bxf8 Bxf1 24. Bxf1 Kxf8 25. Qf3 $14) 21. Bxc5 $11 {
The passed pawn on d5 quickly leads to threats} (21. d6 $142 $5 Be6 22. dxe7
Qxe7 23. Qc2 $16) 21... Ba6 22. d6 {Black has to watch this pawn} bxc5 (22...
Bxf1 23. dxe7 Qxd1 24. exf8=R+ (24. Rxd1 $143 Rfe8 25. Bd6 Bxg2 26. Bxb8 Bxe4
$15) 24... Rxf8 25. Rxd1 bxc5 26. Bxf1 $18) 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. dxe7 Bxf1 $4 $18
{Black is ruining his position} (24... Re8 $142 {was necessary} 25. Qd5+ Kg7
$15) 25. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 26. Bxf1 Qe7 27. Bc4+ Kg7 28. Qd5 g5 29. Qe6 (29. Qa8 $5
{might be the shorter path} Qd7 $18) 29... Qxe6 30. Bxe6 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32.
Bc4 Kd6 33. Ke2 a4 (33... Kc6 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game}
34. Kd3 $18) 34. a3 g4 (34... Kc6 {does not save the day} 35. Kd3 $18) 35. Kd3
Kc6 36. Kc3 h6 37. Be6 Kd6 (37... f5 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 38.
Bxf5 Kc7 39. Bxg4 $18) 38. Bxg4 Kc6 39. Kc4 Kb6 40. Bd1 (40. Bd1 Kc6 41. Bxa4+
Kd6 42. Be8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Black "Fraatz, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 {Dutch Defence} 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 (4... d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e4
fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. N2c3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Be3 Nxe4 13.
Nxe4 Nf5 14. Qd2 Qg6 15. Rac1 h5 16. h3 h4 17. g4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bd7 19. Kh2 {
Douven,R-Rotshtein,E/Groningen op 1991/EXP 26/1-0 (41)}) 5. Qb3 $146 (5. Nc3
Bg7 6. e3 (6. Nf3 O-O 7. d5 Qe7 8. Bf4 Qc5 9. O-O Qxc4 10. Nd2 Qc5 11. Nb3 Qe7
12. d6 Qf7 13. dxc7 Nc6 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. Nc4 e5 17. Qa4 a5 18. Rfd1
e4 19. f3 Kg7 20. fxe4 fxe4 {
Trifunovic,A-Mayers,D/Hastings Masters 1995/EXP 48/1-0 (41)}) 6... O-O 7. Nge2
d6 8. O-O c6 9. b3 e5 10. Ba3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14.
Bg2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qe7 16. Qg4 Rf6 17. Qc8+ Kf7 18. Rad1 Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Nxd7 {
Najdorf,M-Munoz Izcua/Montevideo 1954/MCL 02/1-0 (34)}) (5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Rd1 Ne4 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qb3 Na6 11. dxe6 Nac5 12. Qc2 Nxe6 13. Nbd2
N4c5 14. Rb1 a5 15. b3 d6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 18. e3 Bd7 19. Nd4 Ra7 {
Hansen,C-Johnsen,S/Gausdal Int 1990/TD 90\05/1-0 (46)}) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7.
O-O Bg7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. d5 {White wins space} Nd8 10. Bc3 d6 {
Prevents intrusion on e5} 11. Na3 e5 12. c5 Ne4 ({Not} 12... dxc5 13. d6+ (13.
Bxe5 $6 Nf7 $11) 13... Qf7 14. dxc7 $14) 13. cxd6 cxd6 {
White gets strong play along the open c-file} ({Weaker is} 13... Qxd6 14. Bb4
Nc5 15. Qc4 $16) 14. Rac1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 ({Worse is} 15. Rxc3 e4 16. Re3 Bh6 $17
) 15... e4 {Black gains space} 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Qb4 a5 18. Qd2 Rc8 $14 (18...
Qe5 $5 19. Ndb5 Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 $11) 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Ndb5 Nf7 21. Nc4 Bd7
22. Qxa5 Rc8 23. Qb4 $11 {Increases the pressure on d6} (23. Nba3 $5 $14 {
should be investigated more closely}) 23... Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Rc5 25. Qb4 Rxd5 26.
a4 $15 (26. f3 exf3 27. Bxf3 Rc5 $11) 26... Qc7 27. b3 Rc5 28. Ne3 Bc3 29. Qa3
Qa5 $11 (29... Bd4 30. g4 $15) 30. Rd1 d5 31. h3 Ne5 $14 (31... d4 $5 32. Nc4
Qc7 $11) 32. Qa2 $11 (32. b4 $5 Qxb4 33. Qxb4 Bxb4 34. Nxd5 $11) 32... d4 $4
$18 {forfeits the clear win} (32... Nc6 $142 $11 {the only rescuing move}) 33.
b4+ (33. b4+ Kg7 34. Nxf5+ (34. bxc5 $6 {is a useless try} dxe3 35. f4 exf3 36.
Bxf3 Nxf3+ 37. exf3 Qxc5 38. Rd7+ Kh8 $16) 34... gxf5 35. bxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Amini, Amir"]
[Black "Sarma, Venu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1412"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 {Budapest Counter Gambit} 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 $11 (4. Nf3 Nc6
5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 d6 11.
Be2 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. e4 Ng6 14. Bd3 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Re8 16. b3 Bd7 17. Rae1 Qe5
18. Qh4 Re6 19. Re3 Rh6 20. Qg3 Rg6 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. f4 exf4 23. Rxf4 Rg5 24.
e5 Re8 25. Be4 Rgxe5 26. Rd3 Bc8 27. Bd5 Re1+ 28. Kf2 R1e2+ 29. Kf1 Re1+ 30.
Kf2 R1e2+ 31. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Czebe,A-Kaposztas,M/Szekszard op 1994/EXP 45}) (4.
f4 Bc5 5. Nh3 d6 $14) 4... Bb4+ (4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 (8. Be2 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}) 8... Nxe5 9. Be2
O-O 10. O-O Bxd2 (10... 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}) 11. Qxd2
d6 12. Rfd1 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. c5 dxc5 15. bxc5 Ng6 16. Qd7 Qxd7 17. Rxd7 Nxf4
18. exf4 Rac8 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Rc1 Ra8 21. Bc4 Ba6 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bxc6 Rfc8
24. Rcd1 Rab8 25. Bd5 Rf8 26. h3 g6 27. a4 Kg7 28. Ra7 Be2 29. Rb1 Rbd8 30. Bc6
Rd6 31. Rc7 Rb8 32. a5 b5 33. a6 {1-0 Rogers,I-Dreyer,M/Auckland 1992/EXP 29})
5. Nd2 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ngxe5 (7... Ncxe5 $2 8. f3 $18) 8. e3 {Covers d4
} a5 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Nf3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O d6 {
Prevents intrusion on e5} 14. Rac1 Be6 $14 (14... Re8 15. Rfd1 $11) 15. c5 Rfd8
16. Qc3 Ng6 17. cxd6 cxd6 {Consolidates e5.} 18. Bg3 d5 19. Rfd1 Rdc8 20. Qd4
Qe8 21. Bf3 Ne7 22. h3 $11 (22. Rxc8 $5 Rxc8 23. Qb6 $16) 22... Nf5 23. Qf4
Nxg3 $14 (23... Qb5 24. Rb1 $11) 24. Qxg3 Qb5 25. Qe5 Rc5 $16 (25... Rc6 $142
$5 $14 {might be a viable alternative}) 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27. Bxd5 Rd8 28. e4 Qc2
29. Qd4 b5 30. Qd2 Qa4 $2 $18 (30... Qxd2 $142 31. Rxd2 Kf8 $16) 31. Bb3 $3 {
a forceful, logical sacrifice. Do you see the mate threat?} Rxd2 32. Bxa4 $16 (
32. Rxd2 $142 {and the result of the game is clear: White will win} Kf8 33.
Bxa4 bxa4 34. Rd4 $18) 32... Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Kf8 34. f4 Bc4 35. Kf2 Ke7 $18 (
35... Be6 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 $18) 36. Be2 Bxe2 37. Kxe2 Kd6 38. Ke3 (38. b4
axb4 39. axb4 Ke6 $18) 38... Kc5 39. Kd3 b4 (39... h6 40. g4 $18) 40. a4 g6 (
40... h6 $18) 41. b3 h6 42. g4 {White prepares f5} g5 43. f5 Kd6 44. Kd4 f6 45.
Kc4 (45. e5+ fxe5+ 46. Ke4 $18) 45... Kc6 46. Kd3 Kd6 (46... Kd7 {what else?}
47. e5 fxe5 $18) 47. Kd4 (47. Kd4 Kc6 48. e5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Yang, Song"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "1329"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c6 {Caro-Kann Defence} 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Bg4 $146 (
5... f5 6. Bg2 (6. Qe2 Nf6 7. exd5 (7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Re1 Qc7 10. h3 Na6
11. a3 Nc5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. b4 Na4 15. Nf1 Nc3 16. Qd2 Nb5 17. c3
a5 18. Bb2 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Qc8 21. c4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rxe8+
Qxe8 {1/2-1/2 Hartmann,W-Liesecke,A/RLNN 1988/BIG 80}) 7... O-O 8. Nc4 e4 9.
dxe4 fxe4 10. Nd4 Bg4 11. Qd2 cxd5 12. Ne3 Be5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Nec2 Bxd4 15.
Nxd4 e3 16. fxe3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nxd4 18. exd4 Nf2 {0-1 Schuh,T-Fahimi,M/DLM 1996})
(6. Nh4 fxe4 7. dxe4 Nf6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. c4 O-O 10. Bg2 Bc5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qc2
Na6 13. cxd5 Rc8 14. Ne4 Nb4 15. Qd2 Nbxd5 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. h3 Be6 18. b3 Qc7
19. Ba3 Rc2 20. Qg5 Rd8 {
Gik,E-Radmacher,B/Berlin Summer op 1992/TD 92\11/1-0 (32)}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O O-O
8. c3 Kh8 9. Re1 fxe4 10. dxe4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4
e4 15. Nfe5 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Qg5 18. Nxg6+ hxg6 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. c4
dxc4 21. Rxe4 Nc6 22. Qe2 Rad8 23. Qxc4 Rd2 24. Re2 Nd4 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Rf1
Qxb2 27. Qc5 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 Rf6 29. Qxa7 Qe5 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Kg2 Qd5 32. Kh2
Kh7 33. Rg1 Rf6 34. g5 Ra6 35. Qe3 Rxa2 36. Rg4 Qd6+ 37. Kg2 Qc6+ 38. Qe4 Ra5
39. h4 Re5 40. Qxc6 bxc6 41. Rc4 Re6 {
1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Miles,A/Tilburg 1986/CBM 03}) 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O $15 (7. h3
Be6 $11) 7... Qc7 8. Re1 Nbd7 9. Nf1 $15 (9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Be6 $11) 9... d4
$11 {This push gains space} (9... dxe4 10. dxe4 Nc5 11. h3 $15) 10. h3 Be6 11.
Nh4 g6 {Secures f5} 12. Nh2 O-O-O 13. a4 (13. c3 h6 $11) 13... Nh5 14. Bd2 Be7
15. N4f3 Bd6 (15... h6 16. b4 $11) 16. b4 b6 $14 (16... h6 17. b5 $14) 17. b5 {
White gains space} Bc5 $16 (17... h6 18. Qb1 $16) 18. bxc6 Nb8 19. a5 Nxc6 (
19... b5 20. Ng5 $14) 20. axb6 Bxb6 21. Ng5 Rde8 22. h4 Kd7 23. Nhf3 Bg4 $2 $18
(23... Ng7 $142 $14 {would keep Black alive}) 24. Nxf7 Rhf8 25. N3xe5+ $1 {
The passed pawn on e4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon. White should
return some of the goodies he has collected. White gets kingsattack} Nxe5 26.
Nxe5+ Rxe5 27. Qxg4+ Ke8 28. f4 Nf6 29. Qf3 Rc5 $2 (29... Nd7 $18) 30. Bb4 Rxc2
{White gets strong play along the open c-file} 31. Bxf8 (31. e5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Ng8 32. Qa8+ Qc8 33. Qxc8+ Rxc8 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 $18)
31... Kxf8 32. e5 Ne8 33. f5 Qf7 34. fxg6 (34. f6 {seems even better} Qe6 $18)
34... Qxf3 {The mate threat is Qxg2} 35. Bxf3 hxg6 36. Be4 Kg7 37. Rac1 Ra2 (
37... Rc3 $18 {there is nothing else anyway}) 38. Rc8 (38. Rc6 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Ra5 39. Rf1 Rxe5 40. Rxg6+ Kh8 41. Rf8+ Kh7 42. Rf7+
Kh8 $18) 38... Nc7 39. Rc1 Ne6 40. Bd5 Rd2 (40... Re2 {
there is nothing better in the position} 41. Bxe6 Rxe5 42. Rg8+ Kh7 $18) 41.
Bxe6 {Threatening mate: Rg8} Rxd3 42. Rg8+ Kh6 43. Rh8+ $18 (43. Rcc8 Bd8 44.
Rgxd8 Rd1+ 45. Kg2 Rd2+ 46. Kh3 Rh2+ 47. Kxh2 a5 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rcg8#) 43...
Kg7 44. Rcc8 Rxg3+ (44... Bd8 {is no salvation} 45. Rcxd8 Rd1+ 46. Kg2 Rd2+ 47.
Kh3 Rh2+ 48. Kxh2 a5 49. Rdg8#) 45. Kh2 (45. Kh2 Bd8 46. Rcxd8 Rh3+ 47. Kxh3 a5
48. Rdg8#) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Howard, George"]
[Black "Beltsos, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1339"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian Defence} 2. f4 d6 (2... d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+
Qxd7 6. c4 e6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. dxe6 (8. d3 O-O 9. dxe6 Qxe6 10. Qxe6 fxe6 11. Nf3
Nc6 (11... Nfd7 12. O-O Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Rxf4 14. Re1 Rf6 15. d4 Nc6 16. dxc5 Nxc5
17. Nc3 Nd3 18. Re2 Raf8 19. Rd1 Nf4 20. Re3 Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Rxf3 22. Rxe6 Rxh3
23. Nd5 {Sveshnikov,E-Aseev,K/Kemerovo/1995/0,5/37/}) 12. Nc3 $5 Rad8 13. O-O
Bc7 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nce4 Ng4 18. Nc5 e5 19. Nge6 Rc8
20. f5 $14 {Campora,D-Polgar,Zs/Biel/1987/}) 8... fxe6 9. d3 Nc6 (9... O-O 10.
Nh3 (10. Nf3 Ng4 11. Nc3 (11. O-O Nc6 12. Ng5 e5 13. Qe4 g6 14. Qd5+ Kh8 15.
Nc3 $36) 11... Nc6 12. O-O Bxf4 13. Qe4 Qd4+ 14. Qxd4 cxd4 15. Bxf4 dxc3 16.
Bd6 Rfd8 17. c5 cxb2 18. Rab1 b6 19. Rxb2 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxd3 21. h3 Nf6 22. Rc1
Rad8 23. Kh2 e5 24. Bf2 e4 25. Rxc6 exf3 26. Bxa7 Rd2 27. Rcc2 Rxc2 {
Hartston,W-Tal,M/Tallinn/1979/0,5/35/}) 10... e5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nc3 Rae8 13.
f5 Nd4 14. Qf2 e4 15. dxe4 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Rxe4 17. Bf4 Rxf4 18. Nxf4 Ng4 19. Qh4
Nxf5 {Elmeranta-Rijhimaki/corr/1989/0:1/40/}) 10. Nf3 O-O (10... O-O-O $5 11.
O-O Rhe8 12. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Qd4+ 14. Be3 Qxe5 15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Qd2 Nf5 17.
Bf4 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qxd3 19. Qe1 $36 {Antoshin,V-Oll,L/Berdiansk(URS-sf/1983/})
11. O-O Rae8 (11... e5 12. f5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Qd1 e4 $5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
dxe4 Qc7 $5 16. g3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kh1 Qh3+ $10 19. Kg1 Qg3+) 13...
exd4 14. Bg5 Rae8 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. g3 (16. h3 g6 $5 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qd5+ Kg7
19. Nd2 Re5 $15) 16... Nd7 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Qd5+ Nf7 (18... Kh8 19. Ne4 $5 Be7
20. Bf4 Bf6 21. Qxc5 $16) 19. Bf4 (19. Ne4 $2 Re5) 19... Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Re5 21.
Qg2 Re3 22. Nf1 Re5 {Campora,D-Shirov,A/Buenos Aires/1993/0,5/42/}) 12. Ne5 $2
(12. Nbd2 e5 13. f5 Qxf5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. dxe4 Nd4 17. Bd2 Rf7
18. Rf2 Ref8 19. Raf1 h6 20. Be3 Bc7 21. Nd2 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 {
Campora,D-Cramling,P/Sevilla/1994/0,5/56/}) (12. Nc3 e5 13. f5 Nd4 (13... Qxf5
14. Bg5 e4 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. Qd1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Nd4 19. Bxf6 Nxf3+
20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rxf6 22. Re8+ Rf8 23. Re6 Rd8 24. Kg2 Kf7 25. Re4 {
Short,N-Kasparov,G/Paris active/1990/1-0/52/}) 14. Qe1 (14. Qd2 Qxf5 15. b3 e4
16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qg5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Re2 {
Evans,L-King,D/London WFW/1988/}) 14... Nxf5 15. Ng5 Bb8 16. Nge4 {
Dorfman,J-Cifuentes,P/Platja d'Aro Barcino/1994/0,5/}) 12... Bxe5 13. fxe5 Nd4
$1 (13... Qd4+ 14. Be3 Qxe5 15. h3 Nd4 16. Qd2 Nc2 17. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 18. Qf2 Qxd3
19. Nc3 Ne4 20. Qh4 Qd4+ 21. Kh2 Qd6+ 22. Kg1 Qd4+ 23. Kh2 Nxc3 24. Qxd4 cxd4
25. bxc3 Rxf1 26. Rxf1 {Pirligras,M-Kapnisis,S/Baile Herculane/1994/0,5/40/})
14. Qd1 Ng4 $1 15. Qxg4 (15. Bf4 Nc2 16. Qxc2 (16. Qxg4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Ne3 18.
Qe2 Nxf1 19. g3 g5 20. Nc3 gxf4 21. Rxf1 fxg3 $19) 16... Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Rxf4 18.
Nc3 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rxf2 $19) (15. Rxf8+ Rxf8 16. Qxg4 Nc2) 15... Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1
Rf8+ 17. Kg1 (17. Ke1 Nc2+) 17... Nc2 18. Nc3 Nxa1 19. Nd5 $5 h5 $1 20. Qh3 Nc2
21. Bg5 (21. Ne3 Qf7) 21... Nd4 22. Ne3 (22. Ne7+ $2 Qxe7 23. Bxe7 Ne2+) 22...
Qf7 {0-1 Belotelov,D-Psakhis,L/Biel op 1995/EXP 48}) 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. b3 (4. d3 g6
5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. Qe1 Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. f5 exf5 10. Qh4 f6 11. exf5 Nxf5
12. Qc4+ Kh8 13. Nh4 Ne5 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qe4 Bc6 16. Qf4 Nxh4 17. Qxh4 f5 18.
Qh3 Qb6 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Rf4 Nxd3 21. Bxd3 c4+ 22. Kh1 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Re1+ 24.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 25. Nxf1 Qf2 26. Ne3 Re8 27. Qf1 Qxf1+ 28. Nxf1 Re1 29. Kg1 Bh6 {
0-1 Niedermayer,B-Heinicke,W/DLMw 1996}) 4... Nf6 $146 (4... f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6.
e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. dxc3 e6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7
13. h4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O h6 15. h5 Na5 16. Nd2 a6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Qxa6+ Kb8 19.
a3 Bc8 20. Qb5+ Bb7 21. b4 cxb4 22. axb4 Rd5 23. Qa4 Qxc3 {
0-1 Kravtsov,S-Stripunsky,A/Moscow op2 1995/EXP 50}) 5. d3 {
Prevents intrusion on e4} Bg4 6. Bb2 Nd4 7. Be2 Nxe2 8. Qxe2 Qb6 9. h3 Bxf3 10.
Qxf3 e6 11. Nd2 a6 $14 (11... Be7 12. O-O $11) 12. Nc4 Qc6 13. O-O d5 (13... b5
14. Ne3 $11) 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bxf6 (15. f5 b5 16. Na5 Qxf3 17. Rxf3 Be7 $16)
15... Qxf3 ({Less advisable is} 15... gxf6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Rfe1+ Kd8 18. Nb6
$18) 16. Rxf3 gxf6 {Controls e5} 17. Rd1 $11 (17. f5 $5 e5 18. Nd2 $11) 17...
Rd8 (17... b5 18. Ne3 $15) 18. Nd2 $15 (18. f5 Ke7 $11) 18... Be7 $11 (18... f5
$5 $15) 19. f5 e5 20. Ne4 {The knight feels good on e4} b5 21. Rd2 O-O 22. Kh2
Rd7 23. g4 Rfd8 24. Rff2 Rd4 25. Rde2 a5 26. Nc3 Rb8 27. Re4 b4 {
Black wins space} 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. h4 h6 31. Kh3 Kh8 32. Re2 Rd5
33. Nd2 Re5 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Nc4 f6 36. Nxa5 Kg7 37. Nc4 Kf7 38. a4 bxa3 39.
Nxa3 Ke8 40. Nc4 Kd7 41. Kg3 Kc6 42. Kf3 Kd5 43. Nd2 Bd8 44. Ne4 Kc6 45. g5 {
White gets strong initiative} hxg5 (45... fxg5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. f6 $18) 46. h5
{The passed pawn on h5 quickly leads to threats} Be7 47. Kg4 Kd7 (47... Kc7 48.
h6 Bf8 49. Kh5 $18) 48. h6 Bf8 49. Nxf6+ {
The passed pawn on f5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Ke7 50. Nd5+ Kd6
(50... Kf7 51. Kxg5 c4 52. bxc4 Ba3 $18) 51. Kxg5 Kxd5 (51... Bxh6+ {
cannot change destiny} 52. Kxh6 e4 53. dxe4 $18) 52. Kg6 (52. f6 {
might be the shorter path} Bxh6+ 53. Kxh6 e4 $18) 52... Bxh6 53. Kxh6 Kd6 (
53... e4 {does not solve anything} 54. dxe4+ Kxe4 55. f6 $18) 54. Kg7 c4 55.
bxc4 {The passed pawn on c4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Kc5 56. f6
Kb4 57. f7 Kc3 58. f8=Q Kxc2 59. Qf2+ (59. Qf2+ Kd1 60. c5 e4 61. dxe4 d3 62.
c6 d2 63. c7 Kc2 64. c8=Q+ Kd3 65. Qf3+ Kd4 66. Qcc3#) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 {Pirc Defence} c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7.
e5 Ng4 8. h3 (8. e6 Bxb5 (8... fxe6 $5 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5
12. Nxe6 Na6 13. Nxg7+ Kf7 14. Qxg4 $5 (14. Ne6 Nf6 15. Ng5+ Kg7 16. Ne6+ $11 {
Van der Wiel,J-Seirawan,Y,Luzern tt 1989-CBM 16}) 14... Kxg7 15. Be3 Qxb2 16.
O-O Qxc3 17. Rae1 Rhf8 $1 18. f5 Rxf5 {Anand,V-Gurevich,M,Linares 1991-CBM 22}
19. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 20. Qh4+ Rh5 21. Qf4+ Rg5 22. Qh4+ $11 {Gurevich,M}) 9. exf7+
Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 $1 (12... h5 13. h3 Nc6 14. Nde2
Nh6 15. Be3 Rhf8 (15... Nf5 16. Bf2 h4 17. a3 Nd8 18. Qd3 Nxf7 19. O-O Bxc3 20.
Nxc3 Rhc8 21. Rfe1 Qa6 22. Qd5 Nd8 23. Qg8 Qc4 24. Qxg6 Qf7 25. Qg4 Ne6 26. Qf3
Rc6 27. Re4 Nf8 28. Qd3 Ng6 29. Qb5 Kc8 30. Nd5 e6 31. Rae1 Nf8 32. c4 Qg6 33.
Qa5 Kb8 34. Ne7 {1-0 Wolff,P-Lobron,E/New York op 1988/CBM 08}) 16. Qd3 Nf5 17.
Bf2 Rxf7 18. O-O-O h4 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Qe4 Nd8 21. Rhe1 $14 {
Beliavsky,A-Tal,M,Brussels 1988-CBM 07}) 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4 $1 Rhf8 15. Bd2
Rac8 16. h3 $5 {N} Nf6 17. O-O-O Qa6 $8 18. Qxa6 bxa6 19. Rhe1 Rxf7 20. b3 Nd4
$6 (20... h5 $142 $5 $132) 21. Kb2 Nh5 22. Re4 Nb5 23. Ne2 $1 Nf6 24. Ra4 Nc7
$8 25. Be3 Ra8 26. c4 $1 Kc6 27. Nd4+ Kd7 28. Nf3 Kc6 29. Nd4+ Kd7 30. Ra5 $1
Rff8 31. g4 Ne4 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nxf5 Rf7 34. Re5 Nf6 $8 35. Rxe7+ $1 Rxe7 36.
Rxd6+ Ke8 37. Rxf6 Rd7 $8 38. Bf4 Kd8 39. Rf8+ Ne8 40. Bd6 $1 $18 h6 41. c5 Rc8
42. Nd4 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Kanstler,B/URS-chT Azov 1991}) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5
10. Nxb5 Nh6 $146 {Black gets in control} (10... Qa5+ 11. Qc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3
Nh6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 Nc6 (14... Na6 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Be3 Rxa8 17. Bxc5 dxc5
18. Rxb7+ Kc6 19. Rb1 Nf5 20. Kf2 h5 21. g4 Nh6 22. Kg3 Rd8 23. Rhd1 Ra8 24. c4
Bf8 25. Rb5 a6 26. Rb3 Ra7 27. Rb8 Bg7 28. Rc8+ Rc7 29. Rxc7+ Kxc7 30. Rd5 Kc6
31. Nd2 Bf8 32. Ne4 e6 33. Rd8 Bg7 34. Rc8+ {
1-0 Brettschneider,S-Rudolf,H/GER-chJ U17 1991/TD 91\04}) 15. Nb6+ (15. Rb1
Rxa8 16. Rxb7+ Kc8 17. Rb5 Nf5 18. O-O a6 19. Rd5 e6 20. Rd3 dxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5
22. g4 Nfe7 23. Ng5 f6 24. Nxe6 g5 25. Bxg5 {
1-0 Van den Brink,P-Leuw,M/Leeuwarden op 1993/TD 93\09}) 15... axb6 16. Kf2
dxe5 17. fxe5 e6 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Rhd1+ Kc7 20. Bd4 Ra8 21. Rdb1 Ncxd4 22. cxd4
Bh6 23. Ke2 Ra4 24. Kd3 Bf4 25. c3 Ne7 26. Nd2 Nd5 27. Ne4 h5 28. g3 Bh6 29.
Rf1 {1-0 Kunovac,D-Stanic,Z/JUG-chT 1989/TD 89\07}) (10... Nc6 11. Qe4 Qb6 12.
hxg4 Qxb5 13. Bd2 dxe5 14. Bc3 O-O-O 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Rd8+ 17. Kc1 Nd4
18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rxh7 Bh8 20. Qd3 Qd5 21. c4 Qd6 22. g3 f6 23. Qe4 Qa6 24. Nd2
e5 25. Qh1 Bg7 26. Rxg7 {1-0 Delaney,J-Brown,P/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06}) 11.
Qd5 Nc6 12. exd6 O-O 13. O-O $11 (13. d7 e6 14. Qd3 a6 $11) 13... exd6 {
Covers e5.} 14. Re1 $15 (14. c4 $5 $11) 14... Nf5 $11 (14... Nb4 $5 15. Qc4
Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Qb6+ 17. Be3 Qxb5 $17) 15. g4 Nh4 16. c3 $4 $19 {
Prevents intrusion on b4+d4} (16. Nh2 $142 {was a good chance to save the game}
Nb4 17. Qc4 (17. Qxb7 Nxc2 18. Bd2 Rb8 $19 (18... Nxa1 $143 19. Rxa1 Rb8 20.
Qxa7 Rxb5 21. Rb1 $19)) 17... Qb6+ 18. Be3 $17) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qb6+ 18.
Nd4 Bxd4+ (18... Nxd4 $6 19. cxd4 Rfe8 20. Rd1 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 $19) 19. cxd4 (19.
Kg2 {is no salvation} Bg7 $19) 19... Nxd4 {Threatening mate... how?.} (19...
Qxd4+ 20. Be3 Qxb2 21. Rab1 Qxa2 22. Rxb7 $19) 20. Qe3 (20. Qf2 {
cannot undo what has already been done} Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxe1 23.
Kxe1 Rac8 $19) 20... Nc2 (20... Rae8 $142 {and Black has reached his goal} 21.
Rb1 (21. Qxe8 $4 Ne2+ 22. Kg2 Rxe8 $19) 21... Rxe3 22. Bxe3 $19) 21. Qxb6 axb6
22. Bd2 Nxa1 23. Rxa1 Rfc8 24. Bc3 f5 25. Rd1 Rc6 26. a3 fxg4 27. hxg4 Rf8 28.
Rd4 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke6 30. Kf3 d5 31. Rb4 Rf7 32. Bd4 Kd6 (32... h5 33. Bxb6 h4
34. Kg2 $19) 33. Rb5 (33. Bxb6 h5 $19) 33... Rc4 (33... h5 34. gxh5 gxh5 35.
Rb3 $19) 34. Ke3 (34. Rxb6+ Kc7 35. Rf6 Rxf6 36. Bxf6 Kd6 $19) 34... Re7+ 35.
Kd3 Re4 36. Be3 Rxf4 $17 (36... Rc6 $142 $5 $19) 37. Bxf4+ Rxf4 38. Rxb6+ Kc7
39. Re6 Rxg4 40. Re7+ Kc6 41. Rxh7 b6 42. Rh8 Kb5 43. Rd8 d4 $15 (43... Rg3+
44. Kd4 Rb3 45. Rxd5+ Ka4 46. Rd7 Rxb2 47. Ra7+ Kb5 48. a4+ Kc6 49. a5 Rb4+ 50.
Ke3 bxa5 51. Rxa5 $15) 44. Ra8 (44. Rxd4 $4 {White will choke on that pawn}
Rxd4+ 45. Kxd4 Ka4 $19) 44... Kc5 $11 (44... Rf4 $5 $15) 45. Rc8+ Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sarma, Venu"]
[Black "Ayris, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "1465"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O {Benoni Defence, Fianchetto Variation} Na6 (9... a6 10. a4 Re8 11.
Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 (13... Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15. a5 (15. e4 Nc8 16.
Qd3 Qc7 17. Be3 Na7 18. Rfc1 b5 19. b4 c4 20. Qd2 bxa4 21. Nxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxa7
Rbc8 23. e5 Rxe5 24. Nxa4 Re2 25. Rxc4 Rxd2 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Rc1 Bf5 28. Rc6
Nxd5 29. Rxd6 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Ne3 31. Rb6 Be5 32. fxe3 Rd2 33. Nc5 {
1-0 Birnboim,N-Gruenfeld,Y/ISR-ch 1986/CBM 01}) 15... Nc8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Bd2
b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Na5 Bb5 20. Re1 Nfd7 21. Qb3 Ne5 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Nc6
Nbc4 24. Bc3 Nxc6 25. dxc6 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 {
1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Andersson,U/Biel izt 1976/IZT}) 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Rf8 16. Kh2 f5
17. f4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Naxb5 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bd7 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. Na3 Rbe8
23. Bd2 Qxb2 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Nc4 Nxg3 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Qe1 Nxe4+ 28. Kg2
Qc2 29. Nxe5 Rf2+ 30. Qxf2 Nxf2 31. Ra2 Qf5 32. Nxd7 Nd3 33. Bh6 Qxd7 34. Ra8+
Kf7 35. Rh8 Kf6 36. Kf3 Qxh3+ {
0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Kasparov,G/Luzern olm 1982/BIG 80}) 10. e4 Nc7 $146 (10... Re8
11. Re1 Nc7 (11... Bg4 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Rb8 16.
Bf1 Nc7 17. a4 b6 18. Rad1 a6 19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Ne6 21. fxe5 Qg5+ 22. Qg2
Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nd4 24. f4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne4 Ne6 27. Kg3 g5 28. f5 Bxe5+
29. Kg4 Nd4 30. d7 Red8 31. Nxc5 f6 32. Bg2 b4 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Re1 Kf7 35.
Rxe5 Kf6 36. Rd5 Ne2 37. Ne4+ Ke7 38. f6+ Kf7 39. Nxg5+ Kxf6 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41.
Re6+ Kxd7 42. Rxe2 Rg8 43. Kh5 Rb5 44. h4 Rf5 45. Bh3 {
1-0 Giese,R-Puhlmann,R/GER-CupT 1991/TD 91\01}) 12. a4 Bg4 (12... Rb8 13. Bf4
Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 a6 16. Qd3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rad1 b4 19. Na4 Nb5
20. e5 Nd7 21. exd6 Nd4 22. Bg2 g5 23. Bd2 Ne5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxc5 Qxd6 26.
Ne4 Qg6 27. Be3 {Polyak,I-Somogyi,I/HUN-chT 1992/TD 92\10/1-0 (37)}) 13. Qb3
Na6 14. Bf4 Nb4 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nbxd5 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Bxd6
Nfd7 20. Nb5 Ne5 21. Bg2 Red8 22. b3 c4 23. a5 Nbd7 24. bxc4 a6 25. Na3 Rac8
26. f4 Nc6 27. e5 Bf8 28. Rd5 Nb4 29. Rd2 Nc5 30. Red1 Nc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32.
Bxf8 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Kxf8 34. Rb2 f6 35. exf6 Kf7 36. Nc2 Kxf6 37. Nb4 Re6 38.
Kf2 Re4 39. Rc2 Nb3 40. Nd3 Nxa5 41. Ne5 Rd4 42. Ke3 Rd8 43. Rb2 Rd1 44. Rb6+
Kg7 45. Ke4 {Hoelzl,F-Valiente R,C/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06/1/2-1/2 (63)}) (
10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Be3 c4 16. Bd4
Qa5 17. a4 Nc5 18. Nb5 Nb3 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Kh2 Nd3 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. Na3 Qb4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxd3 {
Rashkovsky,N-Kotsur,P/Kurgan 1993/EXP 38/1-0 (68)}) 11. a4 Re8 12. Nd2 b6 13.
Nc4 Ba6 14. Qb3 Ng4 {The bishop aims for Bf6-g4-e5-d4} 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. axb5
Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 ({Weaker is} 17... dxe5 18. Rd1 $14) 18. f4 $17 (18. Re1 $5
$11 {might be a viable alternative}) 18... Bd4+ {Here comes the goal-getter}
19. Kh1 Qd7 {Attacks the isolani on b5} 20. e5 {White wins space} Qxb5 $15 (
20... dxe5 21. d6 Nxb5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Bd5 Nxd6 25. Bh6 $17)
21. Qxb5 Nxb5 22. e6 a5 (22... fxe6 $6 23. dxe6 Rac8 24. Bb7 $14) 23. f5 gxf5
24. exf7+ $19 (24. Rxf5 $142 $5 {is worthy of consideration} Rf8 25. Bh6 fxe6
26. Rg5+ Kf7 27. dxe6+ Kxe6 28. Re1+ Be5 29. Rh5 $11) 24... Kxf7 25. Rxf5+ Kg7
26. Bf4 (26. Bf1 $142 $5 Nc7 27. Rb1 $17) 26... Be5 $17 (26... Bxb2 $142 {
and the scales tip in favour of Black} 27. Rb1 a4 28. Rxb2 Re1+ 29. Bf1 a3 $19)
27. Rf1 $2 $19 (27. Rg5+ $142 Kf6 28. Rf1 Bxf4 29. Rg4 $15) 27... Bxf4 $17 (
27... Bxb2 $142 {and Black can already relax} 28. Rb1 a4 29. Rxb2 Re1+ 30. Bf1
a3 $19) 28. R5xf4 Rf8 29. Rg4+ Kh8 30. Re1 $19 (30. Rh4 Rae8 $17) 30... Rae8 {
Threatening mate: Rxe1} 31. Re6 Nd4 32. Rxd6 $4 {
White has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position} (32.
Rxe8 $142 Rxe8 33. Be4 $19) 32... Re1+ (32... Re1+ 33. Bf1 {
White is forced to give material back} Rexf1+ (33... Rfxf1+ $6 34. Kg2 Rf8 35.
Kh3 $19) 34. Kg2 R1f2+ 35. Kh3 Rxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Benham, Christopher"]
[Black "Yang, Song"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1329"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {Sicilian Defence, Closed System} Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5.
Nge2 (5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 (9... Rb8 10. Bh6
Bxh6 11. Qxh6 b5 12. a3 a5 13. Qd2 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Nd1 Nd4 16. Ne3 Nec6
17. Nc1 Na5 18. Qd1 Qb6 19. h4 Bb7 20. h5 Rbe8 21. c3 Ndc6 22. Ne2 Ba6 23. Kh1
Ne5 24. c4 Bb7 25. f4 Nd7 26. g4 Nc6 27. f5 Qd8 28. Qe1 Nde5 29. Rd1 Qg5 30.
Nf4 gxh5 31. Nh3 Qg7 32. g5 Ng4 33. Rf4 Nce5 34. Nxg4 hxg4 35. f6 Qg6 36. Qh4
gxh3 37. Bxh3 Kh8 38. Rg1 Nxd3 39. Rfg4 Ne5 40. Rf4 Ra8 41. Kh2 Ra2 42. Rg2
Bxe4 {0-1 Brueckner,T-Mainka,R/BL9192 1992/BL 90}) 10. Nd5 (10. Bh6 Be6 11.
Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 f6 13. Nd5 Nd4 14. Ne3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17.
Rae1 b5 18. a3 Bg8 19. Rf2 Nc6 20. Ref1 Ra8 21. h4 a5 22. f5 Ne7 23. Ng4 Kh8
24. Qh6 d5 25. Bh3 gxf5 26. Nxf6 Qe6 27. Nxg8 Qxg8 28. Kh2 dxe4 29. dxe4 Qg6
30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 Rd8 35. Rxe5
Rd2+ 36. Kh3 Rxc2 37. b4 cxb4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Rxb5 Rc4 40. Rb7 Rd4 41. h5 {
1-0 Hug,W-Saeed,S/Thessaloniki olm 1984/BIG 80}) 10... f6 11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12.
Be3 b6 13. c4 Rb8 14. b4 Be6 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. a3 Nd4 18. f4 exf4
19. Bxf4 Rbe8 20. Rbe1 Kh8 21. h4 Bg4 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. cxb5 Re6 24. a4 Rfe8 25.
Be3 f5 26. Kh2 fxe4 27. dxe4 Qc7 28. Rc1 h5 29. Bf4 Qe7 30. Bg5 Qc7 31. Bf4 Qe7
32. Bg5 Qc7 33. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Fedorowicz,J/Cannes 1987/TD 87\06}) 5...
d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 $146 {Controls b5} (9... f5 10.
Bh6 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rab1 Be6 15. c4 h6 16. b4
Rf7 17. f4 Raf8 18. c5 Qd8 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Nf4 Bc8 22. Rbe1
fxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd6 24. Qb2 Nf5 25. g4 Ne3 26. Rxd4 Qe5 27. Rf2 Nd1 {
0-1 Maggiolo,E-Iwaniuk,D/WchJW-U14 Szeged 1994/TD 94\01}) (9... Be6 10. f4 Qd7
{1/2-1/2 Keitlinghaus,L-Schwarz,M/Budapest Elekes 1994/EXP 41} (10... Qd7 11.
fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bh6 f5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nf4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Rae1 N7c6 17.
c3 Rae8 18. b3 b6 19. d4 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6 21. Ng5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. g4 Nxg4
24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Nfe6+ Bxe6 28. Nxe6+ Kg8 29. Qf4
Qe8 30. Qf6 {1-0 Neumark,P-Goetz,K/RLNS 1988/BIG 80})) 10. Bh6 (10. f4 exf4 11.
Nxf4 b5 $11) 10... Nd4 (10... Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qb6 12. Na4 $11) 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12.
f4 f5 $14 (12... f6 13. Nd1 $11) 13. exf5 Ndxf5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Ne4 Nd5 16.
Rfe1 $11 (16. Nxc5 $5 Qd6 17. Nb3 Qb6+ 18. d4 $11) 16... Nde3 $14 (16... b6 $5
$11) 17. Bh1 $11 (17. Nxc5 $5 Nxg2 18. Kxg2 $14) 17... c4 18. g4 $17 (18. Qc3
$142 $5 {must be considered} Nd4 19. Nxd4 (19. dxc4 $4 {a poisoned pawn} Rf1+
20. Rxf1 Nxe2+ 21. Kf2 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Qb6 $19) 19... exd4 20. Qd2
$11) 18... Nxg4 (18... Nxg4 19. dxc4 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Nfe3 $17) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Beltsos, Michael"]
[Black "Wawryck, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "1339"]
[BlackElo "1472"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian Defence} 2. Nf3 g6 (2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7
6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5
13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 b6 (15... Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qd8 18. a3
(18. Nd1 Qf8 {1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L-Smejkal,J/BL9293 1993/BL 90}) 18... Qf8 19. b4
axb4 20. axb4 Ne6 21. Nd5 Ra3 22. Bf2 Rca8 23. Nb6 Ra1 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1
Ra1 26. Be3 Ra3 27. Bf2 f5 28. b5 Be8 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Nd5 Kf8 31. Rc1 Qe5 32.
Rb1 Ra1 33. f4 Qe4 34. Rxa1 Bxa1 35. Bf3 Qxc4 36. f5 gxf5 37. h4 Bxb5 38. Qh6+
Ng7 39. Bg3 Bc6 40. Nxe7 Bxf3 41. Bxd6 Kf7 42. gxf3 Bd4+ 43. Kg2 Qe2+ 44. Kh3
Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Bg1+ {0-1 Filippov,V-Nielsen,P/Minsk 1996/TUR 96}) 16. Bd1 Qb8 17.
a3 Rc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a4 20. b4 Nb3 21. Qe2 b5 22. cxb5 Rc3 23. Bxb3
Rxb3 24. Rxb3 axb3 25. Qd3 b2 26. b6 Qe8 27. Rb1 Qa4 28. b7 Rf8 29. Bd4 Bxd4+
30. Qxd4 Qxa3 31. Rxb2 Qa4 32. Re2 Qd7 33. Qa7 Qc7 34. Kf2 Re8 35. b5 Kf8 36.
b6 Qc5+ 37. Kf1 {1-0 Anand,V-Larsen,B/Cannes 1989/CBM 11}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Bg7 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 (5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. c3 d6 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10.
Nd2 a6 11. a4 Ne5 12. Be2 d5 13. Qb3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Qc7 16. Nf3
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. h3 Be6 19. Qb6 Rfd8 {
Walzer,H-Hilge,A/Hessen qual 1990/GER 02/1-0 (73)}) 5... Bg7 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bf4
Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. O-O Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1 Qg7 13. Ne4 d5
14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Rb8 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qc6+ Kf8 18. b3 Qb2 19. Ng5 Bf5 20.
Qd5 Nh6 21. Rd4 Re8 22. g4 f6 23. gxf5 fxg5 24. f6 Nf5 25. fxe7+ Kg7 26. Qe5+
Kf7 27. Qd5+ Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Tseshkovsky,V-Pirrot,D/Baden Baden 1988/TD 88\04}) 5.
Nb3 Nc6 6. Bd3 $146 (6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Be6 8. f4 Qd7 9. Kh1 Nh6 10. Nc3 f5 11.
exf5 Nxf5 12. Ne4 Nfd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bd3 O-O 15. c3 Nf5 16. Qe2 Bd5 17. Bd2
e5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. c4 Bc6 20. Bc3 Rae8 {
Pinsi,G-Haskamp,S/Bad Woerishofen 1988/TD 88\04/0-1 (31)}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O O-O
8. c3 {Prevents intrusion on b4+d4} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. Be2 e5 $11 (12... Bf5 13. Na3 $15) 13. N1d2 f5 (13... Nd5 14. Nf3 $11) 14.
Nc4 Be6 15. Nxb6 axb6 {Consolidates a5+c5} 16. Be3 Na5 17. Bxb6 Nxb3 18. axb3 {
Secures c4} Rxa1 19. Bxd8 $15 (19. Rxa1 $142 $5 {is noteworthy} Rd2 20. Bd1 $11
) 19... Rxf1+ $11 (19... Ra2 20. c4 $15) 20. Kxf1 Bxb3 21. Be7 Kf7 22. Bc5 Ke6
23. Ke1 Kd5 24. Ba3 Bh6 25. Bb5 Bf4 26. g3 Bc1 27. Be8 Ke4 {
Black activates its king} 28. Ke2 Bc4+ 29. Ke1 Kf3 30. b3 $17 (30. Bd7 $5 $15 {
looks like a viable alternative}) 30... Bxa3 31. bxc4 Bc5 32. Bf7 Bxf2+ 33. Kf1
Be3 $15 (33... b6 $5 $17) 34. Bg8 g5 {Black intends f4} 35. Bxh7 f4 36. gxf4
Bxf4 37. h3 Bd2 38. Bg8 b6 39. Bd5+ e4 40. Be6 Bxc3 41. Bg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Fraatz, Oliver"]
[Black "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 {
Benoni Defence, Czech System (Hromadka Variation)} 6. Nge2 (6. f3 O-O 7. Nge2
e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 b6 (9... Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. Bg5 b5 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. a3
Qe8 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bh6 b4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. axb4 Bxe2 18. Ncxe2 Kg8 19. bxc5
Nxc5 20. Nd4 Nb5 21. Nge2 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 a5 23. Rxa5 Rxa5 24. Qxa5 Qb8 25. Qb5
Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Rb8 27. Nxd6 Rxb2 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Nc4 Rc2 31. Ne3 Ra2
32. Ke1 f6 33. Rd2 Ra3 34. Ke2 Nb3 35. Rb2 Nc1+ 36. Kd2 {
1-0 Gavrikov,V-Barlov,D/Oviedo rapid 1992/TD 92\09}) 10. a4 (10. Be2 Ba6 11.
O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Ne8 16. Rab1 Qh4 17. Be3
Nc7 18. Rfc1 Rfe8 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. Nf1 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. b4 Qc6 23. b5 axb5
24. axb5 Qb7 25. Qd2 Ne5 26. Ne3 Ra3 27. Qxd6 Nd3 28. Nc4 Nxc1 29. Nxa3 Ne2+
30. Kf1 Nd4 31. Nc4 Re6 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Ra1 Bf6 34. Qf8 Bg7 35. Qd8 Bf6 36.
Qf8 {1/2-1/2 Czerwonski,A-Urban,K/POL-ch 1992/EXP 29}) 10... Re8 11. Bf4 a6 12.
Be2 Qc7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. Rac1 h5 16. Bg5 Nh7 17. Bh4 b5 18. axb5
axb5 19. Kh1 b4 20. Nd1 Ra8 21. f4 Ndf6 22. Bf3 Ra2 23. Re1 Bh6 24. Nf2 Ba6 25.
e5 dxe5 26. Bg5 Bf8 27. Nfe4 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 exf4 29. Bxf4 Qb6 30. Be3 Ra5 31. d6
Rd8 32. Bxc5 Qb8 33. Bxb4 Rb5 34. Bc3 Bxd6 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 36. Qh6 Nf6 37. Rcd1
Rxd1 38. Bxd1 Rb6 39. Bb3 Qf8 40. Qxg6+ Qg7 41. Bxf7+ Kh8 42. Re8+ {
1-0 Bischoff,K-Gdanski,J/Biel op Torero Preis 1991/EXP 24}) 6... O-O 7. Ng3 e5
(7... Na6 8. Bd3 Nc7 9. O-O Bd7 10. a4 Na6 11. b3 Nb4 12. f4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Ng4
14. h3 Nh6 15. Bd2 f5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nf7 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Kh1
Bf6 21. Nce2 e5 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Kh2 Bh4 25. Bc3 Bc6 26. Rd1 Qc7
27. Rf3 {0-1 Guthmann,A-Busch,L/PF-op Bellheim 1994/GER 09}) 8. Be2 Ne8 (8...
Na6 9. O-O h5 10. a3 Nh7 11. Be3 h4 12. Nh1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 Bd7 15. Nf2
Qf6 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Qd2 b6 18. Rae1 Rg8 19. Bh5 Raf8 20. Qd1 Nc7 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. Ng4 Qd6 23. Nf2 {Adianto,U-Hernandez,G/Manila olm 1992/TD 92\02/1-0 (58)})
9. h4 $146 (9. O-O f5 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 g5 12. Bd2 f4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5
Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Nf6 16. g3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. gxf4 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 gxf4 20. Qxf4
Qf6 21. Qe3 Nd7 22. Qe6+ Qf7 23. Bh5 Qxe6 24. dxe6 Nf6 25. Bf7+ Rxf7 26. exf7+
Kxf7 27. Rae1 {1-0 Rivas Pastor,M-Grau,J/Oviedo rapid 1993/EXP 38}) 9... f5 {
Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base} (9... h5 10. Be3 $11) 10. exf5 gxf5
11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Bh5 $15 (12. Na4 $5 {should not be overlooked} Qc7 13. Bd2 $11)
12... Nf6 $11 (12... Qxb2 13. Nb5 f4 14. Ne4 $11) 13. Qd2 (13. b3 Bd7 $11)
13... Na6 $14 (13... f4 $5 14. Bxf6 fxg3 (14... Bxf6 $143 15. Nge4 $14) (14...
Rxf6 $143 15. Nge4 $14) 15. Bxg7 gxf2+ 16. Kf1 Kxg7 17. Qg5+ Kh8 $11) 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. Be2 Rae8 $16 (15... f4 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Nge4 $16) 16. Nh5 f4 $18 (
16... Nxh5 $5 17. Bxh5 Qb4 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 $16) 17. Nxf6+ $16 (17. Nxg7 $5 Kxg7
18. g3 h6 19. Bxf6+ Rxf6 $16) 17... Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Bh5 Bf5 20. Bxe8 $14 (
20. Rde1 $5 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $16 (21. Bxe8 Bf5 22. Ba4 Nb4 $15)) 20... Bxe4 {
White now must not overlook the idea Nb4} 21. Bh5 $4 $19 {
weakening the position} (21. Qe1 $142 {would keep White in the game} Bf5 22.
Ba4 $11) 21... Nb4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 22. b3 Nd3+ (22... Qa5 23. a4
Nd3+ 24. Kc2 Nxf2+ 25. Kc1 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Nxh1 27. Rxh1 Bxg2 28. Rb1 $19) 23.
Kb1 Nxf2+ 24. Ka1 Nxh1 25. Rxh1 Bf5 26. Qe2 $4 {shortens the misery for White}
(26. Kb2 Qc7 27. Qe2 $19) 26... e4+ 27. Kb1 (27. Qb2 {does not solve anything}
Qb4 28. Rd1 b5 $19) 27... e3+ 28. Kc1 Qa5 {The mate threat is Qc3} (28... Qa5
29. Qb2 $5 b5 30. cxb5 c4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Riches, L John"]
[Black "Watters, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1435"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 {
Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation} 6. e3 Be7 (6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Ne4 (11... g6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Bh4 a6 14.
a4 Ng7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 Bf5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Rb7 Qd6 20. Na4
Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Ne4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qa6 Qe8 25. Nb6 Rc7 26. Rc1
Ne6 27. f3 Nf6 28. Na8 Rc8 29. Nb6 Rc7 30. Na4 Nd7 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. Nc5 Nxc5
33. Rxc5 Qe7 34. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Hansen,L/Wijk op 1995/TUR 95})
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bf5 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Rfc1 Ng6 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18.
Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 Rd6 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Qa4 Qd7 24.
Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Rc5 Ra7 26. Ra5 Kf8 27. Rb6 Rea8 28. h4 Ke7 29. Kh2 Kd7 30. Kg3
Kc7 31. Rb2 Rb7 32. Rc5+ Kb8 33. Ra2 Re7 34. Kf4 Kb7 35. Rb2+ Ka7 36. Rc6 Rh8
37. Ra2 a5 38. Rxa5+ Kb7 39. Rca6 Rxh4+ 40. Kg3 Rh5 41. Ra7+ Kc6 42. R5a6+ Kb5
43. Rxe7 Rg5+ 44. Kh2 Kxa6 45. Rxf7 {
1-0 Karpov,A-Ljubojevic,L/Linares 1989/CBM 11}) 7. Qc2 b5 $14 (7... g6 8. Bd3
Nh5 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O Kf8 12. Ne5 Ng7 13. Qe2 f6 14. Qf3 Nf5 15.
Bxf5 Bxf5 16. g4 fxe5 17. gxf5 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qxf5 19. Qxf5+ gxf5 20. dxe5 Rxe5
21. Rg1 Nd7 22. Rg5 {
Pham Ngoc Tanh-Polgar,S/Novi Sad olw 1990/EXT 90/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (7... 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}) (7... Na6 8. Bxa6 bxa6 9.
Nf3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Na4 Rc8 14. Nc5 Be7 15. Rfc1
Bd6 16. h3 Be6 17. Nb7 Qc7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qd3 Qb4 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Rc5 Rfd8
22. Ra5 {Spiess,G-Schmidt,G/BL2-O 1992/BL2/1-0 (48)}) (7... b6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4
O-O 10. Nge2 Na6 11. a3 Re8 12. O-O Nc7 13. f3 c5 14. Rfe1 Rb8 15. Rad1 a5 16.
Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 g6 18. Qh3 Kg7 19. Bg3 Bd6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Ne6 22.
Nfxd5 Nxd5 23. dxc5 Nec7 24. Qg3 bxc5 25. e4 Rxb2 26. exd5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qf6
28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rb3 30. Ne4 c4 31. d6 Ne6 32. Nd2 Rxa3 33. Nxc4 Ra1+ 34.
Kf2 a4 35. Ra5 Kf6 36. Ke3 Ng7 37. d7 Rd1 38. Nb6 Ke7 39. Rxa4 Ne6 40. Ra8 Rb1
41. Re8+ {1-0 Juergens,V-Wagner Michel,A/BLW 1992/BIG 90}) (7... h6 8. Bh4 $11)
8. Bd3 Nbd7 (8... Qa5 9. Rc1 $14) 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 $14) 9... h6
10. Bh4 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. a3 {Secures b4} a6 13. b4 a5 14. Rab1 axb4 15. axb4
Nf8 $14 (15... Ra8 16. f3 $11) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e4 $11 (17. Bf5 Ra8 $14) 17...
dxe4 18. Nxe4 Ne6 {Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d4} (18...
Bxd4 $2 {is no good because of} 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rfd1 $18) 19. Rbd1 (19. Nxf6+
Qxf6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxb5+ Ke7 $11) 19... O-O (19... Nxd4 $2 {
would be great except for} 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nxd4 $18) 20. Nc5 {
An ideal square for the white knight.} Ba8 $16 (20... Nxc5 $142 $5 {
must definitely be considered} 21. dxc5 Qc7 $11) 21. Bf5 $14 (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22.
Nf4 Rf7 $16 (22... Bxd4 $4 {the pawn is something Black will choke on} 23. Bh7+
Kh8 24. Ng6+ Kxh7 25. Nxf8+ Kg8 26. Nxe6 $18)) 21... Qd6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rfe1
Rcd8 24. g3 {Controls h4} Rf7 25. Nf4 Re7 $2 $18 (25... Re8 $142 $16) 26. Ne4 (
26. Nfxe6 $6 {is the less attractive alternative} Rde8 $16) (26. Rxe6 $6 Rxe6
27. Nfxe6 Re8 $18) 26... Qxb4 (26... Qc7 {is not much help} 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28.
Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 $18) 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Nxe6 {Do you see the mate threat?.}
Rde8 (28... f5 29. Qxf5 $1 {the decision} Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Qf8 31. Qg4+ Kh8 $18)
29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Re4 (32. Re4 Qxd4 33. Rdxd4 c5 34.
Rh4+ Rh7 35. Rxh7#) 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Howard, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1337"]
[BlackElo "1571"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Queen's Gambit Declined} Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 (5.
Bf4 Ne7 (5... Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 (7. dxc5 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Nxc5 10. O-O
Be6 11. Rc1 Nce4 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 d4 15. Rc5 dxe3 16. Bxe3
Nd5 17. Bb1 Qe7 18. Rc2 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Dorfman,J-Dizdar,G/Sarajevo 1988/CBM 08})
7... Nc6 8. Nge2 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. a3 Be7 13. Rc1 Rc8
14. Na4 Re8 15. b4 Bg6 16. Nc5 b6 17. Na6 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qd7 19. Nc3 Bd6 20.
Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Nbc7 Red8 24. Rfc1 Nf5 25. Nb5 Rxc2 {
Bareev,E-Lautier,J/Paris Immopar Rapid 1991 1-0 (50+)}) 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
dxc5 Nd7 9. Nge2 Nxc5 10. O-O Bg4 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Nbd4 Ne6 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Qa4 Nc6 16. Bg3 e5 17. Nc3 Be6 18. e4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qc5 20. Rfd1 Rf7
21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Be4 Bc4 23. Qc2 h6 24. Rd2 Be6 25. h3 Na5 26. Rcd1 Rff8 27.
Bd5 Rce8 28. Bxe5 Nc4 29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Bd4 Qb5 31. Rd3 Nb2 32. Rg3 g5 33. Rb1
Rfe8 34. Rxb2 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 R8e7 36. Re3 {
1-0 Drasko,M-Teske,H/Budapest Autoteam 1991/EXP 26}) 5... Bd7 $14 (5... Ne7 6.
Bf4 (6. Qb3 Bd6 7. Nb5 O-O 8. e3 Nbc6 9. Nxd6 Qxd6 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Bd2 {
1/2-1/2 Zueger,B-Landenbergue,C/Ptuj zt 1995/TUR 95}) 6... O-O 7. e3 c5 8. Be2
Nbc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Ba7 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Nc6 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rxa5 Bxb3 18. Ra3 Be6 19. Bg3 Rd2 20. Bf3 {
Cebalo,M-Nogueiras,J/Taxco izt 1985/IZT/1/2-1/2 (30)}) (5... Nc6 6. Bg5 f6 7.
Bd2 Nge7 8. Rc1 Bg4 9. e3 Qd7 10. Be2 Bxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd8 12. O-O Nf7 13. Ne1
Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd6 15. Rc2 O-O 16. Bb4 c6 17. Nd3 Nef5 18. Qf3 a5 19. Bc5 Rfe8
20. a4 Ne4 21. Qg4 Qc8 22. Ba3 Nfd6 23. Qxc8 Nxc8 24. Rfc1 Nb6 25. b3 Nd7 26.
h4 f5 27. f3 Nef6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Bd6 h6 30. Rh1 h5 31. Bf4 Ng8 32. Rh3 Ngf6
33. Rg3 g6 34. Be5 Rg8 35. Bf4 Nh7 36. Rh3 Ndf8 37. Bd6 Ne6 38. Rh1 Rac8 39.
Ba3 Rcd8 40. Re1 Rde8 41. Bd6 Nf6 {
1/2-1/2 Petzold,K-Sygulski,B/NRW-I 1995/GER 10}) (5... c6 $5 $11) 6. a3 $11 (6.
Qb3 Nc6 $14) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bg3 c6 {
Consolidates b5} 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Qc2 $11 (12. O-O Bf5 (12... Qxc3 $143 13. Qb1
b6 14. Bd6 $16) 13. c4 Nd7 $14) 12... Bg4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bd6 Rfe8 15. h3 Bxf3
16. Bxf3 Nf6 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. c4 Rad8 $14 (18... a5 19. Bd2 $11) 19. cxd5 Nxd5
20. Bd2 Nh4 21. Bxd5 $15 (21. Be4 $5 {is an interesting idea} Nf6 22. Bd3 $11)
21... Rxd5 22. f4 Qe7 23. Rae1 Qe4 {The mate threat is Qxg2} 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25.
Rb1 Rd7 26. Rb3 Nf5 27. Kh2 $15 (27. Kf2 Nd6 $11) 27... Nd6 $11 (27... h5 28.
Rc1 $15) 28. Rc1 f6 29. Bb4 Nf5 30. Bd2 $15 (30. Rcc3 g5 31. g4 Nh4 $11) 30...
Ne7 $11 (30... h5 31. Kg1 $15) 31. Rcb1 b6 {Covers a5} 32. Rc1 c5 33. Rc4 cxd4
34. exd4 Rexd4 35. Rxd4 Rxd4 36. Be3 Rd7 37. Bg1 Kf7 38. g4 Nd5 39. f5 Ke7 40.
Rf3 Kd6 41. Bf2 Kc6 42. Rb3 b5 43. Kg3 a6 44. Rb2 (44. Kf3 a5 $17) 44... Nb6
45. Bxb6 Rd3+ 46. Kh4 (46. Kg2 Kxb6 47. a4 $19) 46... Kxb6 47. a4 Ka5 48. axb5
axb5 49. Ra2+ Kb6 50. Re2 (50. Ra8 g5+ 51. fxg6 hxg6 52. Rb8+ Kc5 53. Rc8+ Kd4
$19) 50... b4 51. Re7 (51. Re8 b3 $19) 51... b3 52. Re2 Rc3 53. Rb2 Kc5 54. g5
fxg5+ 55. Kxg5 Rxh3 (55... Rxh3 56. Kg4 Rd3 $19) (55... Kb4 $142 $5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 56. Rb1 Ka3 57. Ra1+ Kb2 58. Re1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sykes, Alexander"]
[Black "Cowley, Robert G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5 {
Benoni Defence} O-O 9. Bd3 a6 (9... b5 $5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6
(12... Ba6 $5 $132) 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Nc4 Bb7 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. Bd2
$1 Bxd5 18. Ba5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qc8 20. Bb3 Rb8 21. Re1 $44 {
Hracek,Z-Knazovcik,L/Luhacovice ch-CR/1993/}) 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 (11...
Re8 12. Bf4 (12. Re1 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Bh2 b6 16. Bc4 Ra7 17.
Qd3 Nh5 18. g4 Nf6 19. Qg3 Nd7 20. Bf1 Be5 21. f4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 g5 23. fxg5 Qxg5
24. Qxd6 Ne5 25. Ne2 Bxb2 26. Rab1 Nd3 27. Ng3 Be5 28. Qxb6 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Rb7
30. Qc6 Rf8 31. Nh5 Bxg4 32. hxg4 {0-1 Henley,R-Rohde,M/New York op 1990/EXP 16
}) 12... Qe7 13. Bh2 $1 {N} h6 14. Re1 Nh7 15. a5 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nhf8 17. Rad1 b5
18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Ra1 $16 Qf6 $6 20. Nd2 $1 Ne5 21. Bf1 Qe7 22. f4 Ned7 23. Nf3
Nh7 24. Kh1 Qd8 25. e5 $1 {[+]->>>} dxe5 26. fxe5 Ng5 27. Nxg5 Qxg5 28. Ne4 Qd8
29. e6 $1 fxe6 30. Nd6 $18 Rxd6 31. Bxd6 exd5 32. Qxg6 Nf6 $8 33. Bxc5 Be6 34.
Bd3 Bf7 35. Qf5 Qc8 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Bd4 Be6 38. Qf3 Qd8 39. Rf1 Ne8 40. Bxg7
Nxg7 {1-0 Lutz,C-Lobron,E/Baden Baden 1992} (40... Nxg7 41. Qf4 {
/\Qh6-h7# [Stohl]})) 12. Bg5 (12. Bf4 Nh5 (12... h6 13. Re1 g5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. e5 Qb6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rfe8 19. Re3 Qb4 20. Qe2 Red8 21.
Re1 Be8 22. Bc2 Qd4 23. Rd1 Qh4 24. g4 Nd7 25. Nf3 Qxh3 26. Ne1 {
1-0 Dinstuhl,V-Maier,C/BL 9495 Zähringen-Castrop Rauxel 1995}) 13. Bg5 Bf6 14.
Be3 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. a5 Kh8 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20.
Rab1 Qd8 21. Ne2 Be5 22. b4 c4 23. Bd4 Qf6 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rbc1 Bb5 26. Nc3
Rfe8 {Ionov,S-Szalanczy,E/Dortmund op-A 1992/TD 92\03/0-1 (52)}) 12... h6 13.
Be3 $146 (13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qd2 g5 15. Be3 Nf8 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxg6
fxg6 19. d6 Qf7 20. Bxc5 e4 21. Nh2 Bd7 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Rad8 24. Bb6 Rd7
25. f3 Re6 26. Bc5 exf3 27. gxf3 Bf8 {
Deak,S-Madl,I/Zalakaros op 1991/TD 91\05/0-1 (63)}) 13... g5 14. Nh2 Ne5 15. f4
gxf4 16. Bxf4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nh5 18. Bd2 f5 19. Rae1 f4 20. Nf3 $11 {
Blocks the pawn on f4} (20. Ne2 Be5 $14) 20... Bd7 21. e5 $15 (21. Rb1 $5 $11)
21... Bf5 $11 (21... dxe5 22. Qg6 Ng3 23. Rxe5 Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Rxf7 $11) 22. Qc4
Bxe5 $16 (22... dxe5 $5 {might be a viable alternative} 23. Nxe5 Qd6 $11) 23.
Nxe5 {Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on f4} dxe5 24. d6+ Qf7 25.
Qxf7+ (25. Qxc5 Rac8 26. Qxe5 Rce8 $18) 25... Rxf7 26. Rxe5 Rd8 27. Rxc5 $16 (
27. g4 Rxd6 28. Rf2 Rg6 $16) 27... Rxd6 28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. Rxf4 Bd7 30. Rxf7
Kxf7 31. Rc7 b5 (31... b6 32. Kf2 $16) 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nxb5 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Ke6
35. Nc3 Rd2 36. Ne4 Rxb2 37. Nc5+ Kd6 38. Rxd7+ Kxc5 39. Rh7 Rb6 40. Kg3 Rg6+
41. Kh4 Rxg2 42. Rxh6 {
The passed pawn on h3 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Kd5 43. Rf6 (43.
Kh5 Ke5 $18) 43... Ke5 44. Rf8 Rg7 45. Kh5 Rh7+ 46. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Anderson-Smith, William"]
[Black "Sarma, Venu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "1512"]
[BlackElo "1465"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O {
Grunfeld Defence, Grunfeld Gambit.} 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 {
Black gets strong play along the open c-file} Bf5 (8... Na6 9. Bg3 (9. Bxa6
Qxg2 (9... bxa6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Qb3 Qc6 12. Bg3 Be4 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Qa3 e6 15.
b3 Bf8 16. Qa5 Qb7 17. Rac1 Bb4 18. Qg5 Bd3 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Ra1 Be7 21. Qf4
Qc6 22. h4 f6 23. Kh2 Qd5 24. Rd1 Bf5 25. Nd2 g5 26. hxg5 fxg5 27. Qf3 Ba3 28.
Re1 Qxf3 29. Nxf3 Bb4 30. Rg1 h6 31. Ne5 a5 32. f3 Bh7 33. Nc4 Bd3 34. a3 Bxc4
35. bxc4 Bxa3 36. c5 Bb4 37. Rb1 Kf7 38. Be5 h5 39. Kg3 Kg6 40. Kf2 h4 41. Ke2
a6 42. e4 Kh5 43. Kd3 g4 44. fxg4+ Kxg4 45. Kc4 Rf8 46. c6 Rf2 47. Rc1 Ba3 48.
Rc3 Bb4 49. c7 Rf8 50. Rf3 Rc8 51. d5 exd5+ 52. exd5 {
1-0 Yakovich,Y-Kamsky,G/URS-OT56 Barnaul 1988/TD 88\01}) 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3
bxa6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Ke2 f6 14. Rc5 e6 15. Rhc1 Rfe8 16. Bg3 Bf8 17. Rc7 Bd5
18. Nd2 e5 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Nc4 e4 21. b3 Be6 22. h4 Red8 23. Be5 Rd5 24. Rg1
Rc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. h5 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. hxg6 h5 29. f3 exf3+ 30. Kxf3
Rf5+ 31. Ke2 Rf6 32. Ne5 Bf5 33. Rc1 Bxg6 34. Rc7+ Kg8 35. Rxa7 h4 36. Ra8+ Kg7
37. Ra7+ Kg8 38. Ra8+ {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Timman,J/Tilburg 1988/CBM 09}) 9...
Bf5 10. a3 Rac8 11. Nf3 Bc2 12. Qd2 Be4 13. Bd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxf3 15. O-O e5
16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Nb3 19. Rad1 Rc2 20. Rfe1 Rxb2 21. Rd5 Nd2
22. Rd4 b5 23. Kg2 Nb1 24. Rb4 Rxb4 25. axb4 Nc3 26. Bf3 Rc8 27. Ra1 Bf8 28.
Rxa7 Bxb4 29. Bg4 Re8 30. Bd7 Rd8 31. e6 f6 32. Bc7 Rf8 33. Ba5 Bxa5 34. e7 Rb8
35. Rxa5 Kf7 36. e8=Q+ Rxe8 37. Bxe8+ Kxe8 38. Ra7 h5 39. Kf3 g5 40. e4 Kf8 41.
Ke3 h4 42. Kd3 Nd1 43. Ra2 b4 44. f3 Kf7 45. Rd2 Nc3 46. Kc4 Nb1 47. Rb2 Nc3
48. Kxb4 Nd1 49. Re2 f5 50. exf5 {1-0 Akopian,V-Ledger,A/Oakham 1990/EXP 16})
9. Qb3 $14 (9. Ne2 Rc8 10. Nc3 Qc6 11. Bg3 Na6 12. Be2 $16) 9... Qxb3 {
Traps the king in the center} 10. axb3 Nc6 11. Ba5 Nxa5 12. Rxa5 a6 {
Controls b5} (12... b6 13. Ra6 $14) 13. Nf3 $11 (13. Ne2 Rfd8 $14) 13... Rac8
14. Ra1 $15 (14. Bc4 $5 $11) 14... Rc2 15. Nd2 Rfc8 {
Black fights for the Initiative} 16. Nc4 b5 17. f3 $2 $19 {
Prevents intrusion on e4+g4} (17. Nb6 Rc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 19. Ke2 Rc2+ 20. Kf3
Rxb2 21. b4 $17) 17... bxc4 18. Bxc4 $2 (18. bxc4 $142 Rb8 19. Rxa6 Rbxb2 20.
Ra8+ Bf8 21. Ra1 $19) 18... Rxg2 19. Rc1 (19. e4 Bd7 $19) 19... Bf6 (19... Rxb2
{might be the shorter path} 20. Rd1 Bc2 21. Ra1 $19) 20. h4 a5 21. h5 Kg7 (
21... Rxb2 {seems even better} 22. hxg6 Bxg6 23. f4 $19) 22. h6+ (22. hxg6 {
does not improve anything} fxg6 23. Rd1 Rxb2 $19) 22... Kg8 23. Ra1 Ra8 (23...
Rxb2 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} 24. O-O Bg5 $19) 24. b4 (24. Be2 Kf8
$19) 24... a4 (24... Rc2 $5 {and Black can already relax} 25. Be2 a4 26. Ra2
Rc1+ 27. Bd1 $19) 25. Bd5 $2 (25. Be2 $19) 25... Ra7 (25... Rc8 $5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 26. e4 Bh3 27. Rxh3 Rg1+ 28. Ke2 Rxa1 29. e5
$19) 26. b5 (26. b3 e6 27. Bc4 $19) 26... Rxb2 {
The passed pawn on a4 quickly leads to threats} 27. Bc6 Bd3 (27... Be6 $142 $5
{keeps an even firmer grip} 28. O-O a3 29. Rf2 $19) 28. Rc1 Bf5 $11 (28... Rc7
$142 {secures the point} 29. Ra1 e6 (29... Bxb5 $143 30. Bxb5 a3 31. Be2 $19) (
29... Rxb5 $6 {is clearly worse} 30. Bxb5 Bxb5 31. Kd2 $19) 30. Rxa4 Be7 31.
Ra8+ Bf8 $19) 29. Be4 $4 $19 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (29.
Ra1 Be6 30. O-O $19) 29... Bd7 (29... Rxb5 $6 {is clearly weaker} 30. Bxf5 Rb8
31. Be4 $19) 30. Bd3 (30. Rb1 {is not much help} Rxb1+ 31. Bxb1 e5 $19) 30...
a3 31. O-O Bg5 32. f4 Bxh6 33. Ra1 (33. Rb1 {doesn't change anything anymore}
Ra4 $19) 33... Bxb5 34. Bxb5 Rxb5 35. Ra2 Rb3 36. Rc1 (36. Kf2 {
does not win a prize} Rc7 $19) 36... Rxe3 (36... Rxe3 37. f5 Rb3 $19 (37...
gxf5 $4 38. Rg2+ Rg3 39. Rxg3+ Bg5 40. Rxg5+ Kf8 41. Rc8#)) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Moran, Raeph"]
[Black "Watters, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "1024"]
[BlackElo "1435"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 7. Bc4 {
Sicilian Defence, Leonhard-Sozin Attack} a6 (7... Be7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Bb3 O-O 10.
O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 (11. g4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Nd7 13. g5 (13. f4 b5 14. g5 Nc5 15. Rg1
Rb8 16. Kb1 a5 17. f5 a4 18. f6 axb3 19. axb3 b4 20. Nb5 Qa5 21. fxe7 $13 {
De Firmian,N-Lein,A New York op (4) 1990 1-0 38}) 13... Nc5 14. h4 b5 15. f3 $2
(15. h5 $132) 15... Rb8 16. Kb1 a5 $1 $17 17. a3 (17. Nxb5 $4 Rxb5 18. Qxb5 Ba6
$19) 17... b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Na2 Nxb3 20. cxb3 Qa5 21. Qh2 Bd7 22. Rc1 Ra8
23. Nxb4 d5 24. Bd2 Rfb8 25. Rc7 (25. Nc6 $4 Qa2+ 26. Kc2 Bxc6 $19) 25... Qb6
26. Rxd7 Qxd4 27. Rxe7 Rxb4 28. Bxb4 Qd1# {
0-1 Frolov,A-Shirov,A/Biel izt 1993/[Boensch]}) (11. Rhg1 Nd7 12. g4 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Nc5 14. g5 Re8 15. Rg3 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Kb1 e5 18. b4 Qd8 19. Bxe5
Be6 20. f4 Bf8 21. Qf3 Qc7 22. Bd4 d5 23. f5 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Bd7 25. g6 fxg6 26.
fxg6 Rac8 27. Bc3 Bc6 28. Nf6+ {1-0 Hellers,F-Cebalo,M/Herning 1991/EXP 27})
11... b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd4 Bb7 14. Rhe1 Bd8 15. f4 b4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5
Nd7 18. Ne4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Be7 21. Bc4 a5 22. c3 Rfb8 23. cxb4
axb4 24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Ref4 Ra7 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Re4
h5 30. Be2 g6 31. Kc2 Kf8 32. h4 Ke7 33. Kb1 Kd8 34. Kc2 Rb7 35. Rd4 Ke7 36.
Kb3 Nc5+ 37. Kc4 Nd7 38. Kb3 Nc5+ {
1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Kozul,Z/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44}) 8. Qd2 (8. f3 Qc7 9. Bb3 Na5
10. Qd2 Nc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4 12. O-O-O Be7 13. g4 O-O 14. h4 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16.
Nce2 Bb7 17. Ng3 Rac8 18. h5 a5 19. Qh2 Nd7 20. g5 Ne5 21. g6 h6 22. Qd2 fxg6
23. Bxh6 Nxf3 24. Nxf3 Rxf3 25. Bxg7 Qxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. h6 Rc8 28. Rc1
Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxg3 30. Rc7 Bxe4+ 31. Kc1 Bg5+ 32. Kd1 Rh3 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34.
Rf8+ Ke7 35. Rh8 Bd3 {0-1 Gullaksen,E-Degerman,L/Gausdal AC 1993/TD 93\03})
8... Be7 9. f3 (9. h3 Qc7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. f4 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14.
Ba4 bxc3 15. Bxc6 cxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Rb8 17. Ba7 Rb4 18. Rd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Nh5 20.
Rf1 Bf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bg5+ 23. Kd1 Rd8 {
Rohackova,V-Chistjakova,T/WchJW U10 1996/0-1 (34)}) 9... O-O $146 (9... Qc7 10.
Bb3 Na5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. Qf2 d5 16. Bb6 Qb8
17. Rfe1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Ng4 20. Qd4 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Bf6 22. Qg1 Qf4+
{0-1 Kloster,J-Hoepfl,T/Dortmund op-A 1992/TD 92\03}) 10. g4 (10. O-O Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 b5 $11) 10... Ne5 $14 (10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. O-O-O $11)
11. Bb3 b5 12. g5 Nfd7 $16 (12... Ne8 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nc6 $11) 13.
Bxe6 $4 $19 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (13.
f4 $142 Ng6 14. f5 $16) 13... Nxf3+ $4 $15 {gives the opponent new chances} (
13... fxe6 $142 {Black clearly has the better chances} 14. Qe2 Nb8 $19 (14...
Bxg5 $143 15. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 16. Kd1 $19)) 14. Nxf3 fxe6 {
Consolidates d5. Opening the f-file gets Black a lot of play} 15. Nd4 $17 (15.
Rf1 Bb7 16. a3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 $15) 15... Ne5 16. b3 {Covers c4} Bb7 17.
O-O-O Qc8 $15 (17... Nf3 18. Qd3 (18. Nxe6 $2 {
doesn't lead to the expected results} Qc8 (18... Nxd2 19. Nxd8 Nxe4 20. Nxb7
Nxc3 21. Rd3 Nxa2+ 22. Kb2 $15) 19. Nd5 Qxe6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Qxd6 Qxe4 $19)
18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 21. Kb2 $17) 18. Rhf1 Qd7 19. Bf4 Ng6
20. Bg3 Rac8 21. h4 e5 $14 (21... Rxf1 $142 22. Rxf1 Qc7 $17) 22. Nf5 {
The pressure on the backward pawn d6 grows} b4 $16 (22... Rc5 23. b4 Rc4 24.
Nd5 $11) 23. Nxe7+ $15 (23. Nd5 $142 $5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qd2 $14) 23...
Nxe7 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $11 (24... Kxf8 25. Na4 Qc7 26. Re1 $11) 25. Nd5 $17 {
White can be proud of that piece} (25. Na4 $142 $5 {
must definitely be considered} Bxe4 26. Nc5 $11) 25... Nxd5 26. exd5 Qg4 27.
Rg1 a5 28. Qd1 Qxd1+ $15 (28... Qf3 $5 $17) 29. Rxd1 Rf3 30. Be1 Kf7 31. Kb2
Rf4 32. c3 Rf1 $11 (32... Ke7 33. a3 $15) 33. cxb4 axb4 34. Kc2 $15 (34. Rc1 $5
Bxd5 35. Bxb4 $11) 34... Rf4 35. Kb2 Ke7 36. Rc1 Bxd5 37. Rc7+ Ke6 38. Rxg7 Rf7
$4 $16 {gives the opponent counterplay} (38... Re4 $142 {
and Black can hope to survive} 39. Bxb4 Rxb4 40. Rxh7 Rg4 $17) 39. Rxf7 Kxf7
40. Bxb4 {The passed pawn on b3 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Ke6 41.
a4 e4 $18 (41... Bf3 42. a5 Be2 43. Kc2 $16) 42. a5 Bb7 (42... Kd7 43. h5 $18)
43. Kc2 d5 44. Bc3 (44. Bc5 Ke5 45. Kc3 Kf4 $18) 44... Kf5 45. Bd4 Kg4 46. b4
Ba6 47. Kd2 (47. Kc3 Kxh4 48. Bf6 Kg3 $16) 47... Kxh4 48. Be3 Kg4 49. Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Kramer, Warren"]
[Black "Beltsos, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1337"]
[BlackElo "1339"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 {Pirc Defence} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7.
Bg5 (7. a4 a5 (7... Na6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Ne4 dxe5 12.
Nxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bf5 15. f3 Ne6 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Ba3 Kf8 18. Kf2
Bxe4 19. fxe4 Ke8 20. Ke3 Rab8 21. Bb2 h5 22. h4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rf1 c5
25. Bc3 Nd4 26. Rf2 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Shirov,A/Dortmund 1996/TUR 96}) 8. Be3
(8. h3 Na6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Nd2 d5 11. Bf3 $6 $146 (11. e5 $14) 11... dxe4 12.
Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 $5 14. Ng5 $6 e6 $5 {/\15...f4,/\15...h6} 15. c3 f4 16.
Bd2 Qxg5 17. cxb4 Bxd4 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 e5 20. Qb3+ $2 Kg7 21. Kh2 e4 $1
22. Bxe4 f3 $1 23. Bxf3 Qe5+ {
0-1 Tatai,S-Krasenkow,M/Reggio9697 1996/CBM 57/[Krasenkow,M]}) 8... Ng4 9. Bg5
h6 10. Bh4 Qc7 11. Nd2 $1 Nf6 12. f4 e6 13. Nc4 d5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Ne3 $16 Kh7
16. g4 f5 17. Kh1 b6 18. Rg1 Ba6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Bf3 Qf7 21. Ne2 Nc7 22. Ng3
Nd7 23. Ngxf5 gxf5 24. Bh5 Qe6 25. Bg6+ Qxg6 26. Rxg6 Kxg6 27. Nxf5 Kxf5 28.
Qh5+ Ke6 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. Rg1 Ne8 31. e6+ {
1-0 Psakhis,L-Kochyev,A/Groningen op 1990/CBM 22}) 7... b5 (7... h6 8. Be3 Nbd7
9. a4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Nc4 Nc5 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Ne6 15.
Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nc4 Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Nd5 19. Rd3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Be6 21.
Ne3 Rfd8 22. Rb1 {
Enders,P-Bologan,V/BL9697 Duisburg-Dresden 1997/BL9697/1-0 (42)}) 8. e5 Ne8 9.
exd6 $146 (9. d5 b4 10. Ne4 dxe5 11. dxc6 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 f6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14.
Rd8 Nxc6 15. Bd5 Nxd8 16. Bxa8 fxg5 17. Nfxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20.
Rd1 Ned6 {0-1 Prause,R-Nill,O/GER-chJ U13 1995}) 9... Nxd6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Re1
Nf5 12. d5 $15 (12. Qd3 $5 $11) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 {Consolidates d4} f6 $11 {
Secures e5} (13... Qxd5 $5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 f6 $15) 14. Bf4
cxd5 $14 (14... Qxd5 15. Qxd5+ cxd5 16. h3 Bxh3 17. gxh3 $16) 15. Bxb5 $15 (15.
h3 $5 {looks like a viable alternative} Bxh3 {Black return some of the material
} 16. gxh3 $14) 15... e5 16. Bxe5 $2 $19 (16. Bc1 $142 $11 {
and White can hope to live}) 16... fxe5 17. Rxe5 Qf6 $4 $16 {
there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (17... Nh4 $142 {
is the best option Black has} 18. Rxd5 Qc8 $15 (18... Nxf3+ $2 {
looks very interesting, but} 19. gxf3 Qf6 20. fxg4 $18)) 18. Qxd5+ Kg7 $2 $18 (
18... Kh8 $142 19. Re8 Rxe8 20. Bxe8 Qxc3 $16) 19. Rae1 (19. Qxa8 $142 $5 {
seems even better} Bxf3 20. Qxa7+ Rf7 21. Qxb8 Nd6 $18) 19... Na6 20. Re6 $4
$11 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (20. Qb7+ $142 {
White would have gained the upper hand} Kh8 21. Qxa6 (21. Bxa6 $6 Bxf3 22. gxf3
Rab8 $11) 21... Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 $18) 20... Nc7 21. Qb7 $17 (21.
Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxf6 Kxf6 23. Bc6 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 $17) 21... Qf7 $1 {
Black stays in the lead} (21... Qxc3 $4 {
A poison bait which should not be taken} 22. Rc6 Qxc6 23. Bxc6 $18) 22. Ng5
Rab8 $4 $18 {forfeits the advantage} (22... Nd6 $142 $1 23. Re7 Nxb7 $19) 23.
Qe4 (23. Nxf7 $2 {is tempting, but} Rxb7 24. Ng5 Kh6 $19) (23. Qxa7 $6 {
is the weaker alternative} Nxb5 24. Qc5 Qg8 $14) 23... Ng3 $4 {
leading to a quick end} (23... Qg8 24. Bc4 Nxe6 25. Nxe6+ Kh8 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27.
Qxg4 Qxa3 $18) 24. Qe5+ (24. Nxf7 Nxe4 25. R6xe4 Nxb5 $15) 24... Kh6 (24... Kg8
{cannot change what is in store for ?} 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. Rc6 Rxb5 27. Qxg3 $18
(27. fxg3 $6 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Bd1 $16) (27. hxg3 $6 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Rd7 $18)) 25.
Nxf7+ (25. Qxg3 $6 {succumbs to} Qf4 26. Qh4+ Bh5 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 $16) 25... Rxf7
26. Qe3+ Kg7 27. Re7 $1 {Boing!. Do you see the mate threat?} Nf5 28. Qe5+ Kf8
29. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sheldrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Fraatz, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[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 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 Nb8 (10... O-O-O 11. h4 (11. a4 Nb8 12. a5 Kb7 13. O-O Nc6 14.
axb6 cxb6 15. Bg5 Rb8 16. Rfb1 Ka8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nc3 h6 19. d5 exd5 20. e6
Qxe6 21. Bf4 Rb7 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Nxd5 Nf6 24. Nc7+ Rxc7 25. Bxc7 Ne4 26. Rxe4
fxe4 27. Bxb6 Re8 28. h3 Rb8 29. Be3 Qe7 30. Qg4 Rd8 31. Qf5 Rd7 32. Qb5 Ne5
33. Bf4 Nf3+ 34. gxf3 Rb7 35. Qxc4 Qe8 36. Qxe4 {
1-0 Riemersma,L-Beulen,M/Amsterdam OHRA-B 1987/TD 87\05}) 11... Nb8 12. h5 Nc6
13. Kf1 Na5 14. h6 g6 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qd3 Qa4 17. f3 Nc4 18. Kf2 Nb2 19. Qd2
Nc4 20. Qd1 Ne7 21. Ra2 Nc6 22. Nf4 Nd8 23. Bf6 Rhg8 24. g4 fxg4 25. fxg4 Nf7
26. Kg3 Qa5 27. Qd3 c5 28. g5 cxd4 29. cxd4 Nd2 30. Kg4 Kb7 31. c3 Nc4 32. Rf1
Qb5 33. Kh4 Qb3 34. Raf2 Qxa3 35. Qh3 Qa5 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37. Be7 Re8 38. Bb4 Qa4
39. Rxf7+ Kc6 40. R1f6 Rxf6 {1-0 Dolmatov,S-Timmer,R/Bern op 1994/TD 94\02})
11. Nf4 Nc6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxg7 Qg6 14. Qxh8 O-O-O 15. Be3 (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 26. Qe5 Rd6 27. Qe2 Rc6 28. Rg1 g3 29.
hxg3 hxg3 {Krakops,M-Del Rio,S/EU-chJM U20 1996/1-0 (46)}) 15... Rd7 16. g4 $14
(16. c4 f4 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. O-O-O fxe3 19. fxe3 Kb7 20. Rhf1 Qg5 21. Rf4 Rd7
22. g4 Rg7 23. h4 Qe7 24. e6 Qxa3+ 25. Kd2 Qe7 26. Rdf1 Rg6 27. d5 Qd6 28. c4
Ne5 29. Ke2 Ne7 30. Rf8 Nxc4 31. Rb8+ Ka6 32. Qe8 Qa3 33. Ra1 Qxa1 34. Qxe7
Qb2+ 35. Kf3 Rf6+ {0-1 Jacoby,F-Lieb,H/BL2-N 1993/BL2}) (16. O-O-O $142 {
White has the better game} h5 17. g4 fxg4 18. f4 $18) 16... fxg4 $2 $18 (16...
f4 $142 $14 {would keep Black in the game}) 17. f4 {
The passed pawn on f4 quickly leads to threats} Nce7 18. e6 $16 (18. O-O Nf5
19. Rae1 $14) 18... Rd6 19. Kd2 Rxe6 20. Rhe1 $11 (20. Rhf1 $5 Rf6 21. Rae1 $16
) 20... Qf7 {With the idea Ng6} 21. f5 Nxf5 22. Rf1 $4 $19 {
with this move White loses his initiative} (22. Bf2 $142 $11 {
had to be tried to avoid defeat}) 22... Re8 $1 {decapitation} (22... Rxe3 $6
23. Rxf5 Qxf5 24. Qxg8+ Kb7 25. Kxe3 Qf3+ 26. Kd2 Qf2+ 27. Kc1 Qf1+ 28. Kb2
Qb5+ 29. Ka2 Qc4+ 30. Kb1 Qb5+ 31. Kc1 Qf1+ 32. Kb2 Qb5+ 33. Ka2 Qc4+ 34. Kb1
Qb5+ 35. Kc1 Qf1+ $11) 23. Bg5 Qg6 24. Rxf5 {
White has to return some of his gains} Qxf5 25. Qg7 Qf2+ (25... Qf3 $142 {
and Black takes home the point} 26. Kc1 Qxc3 $19) 26. Kc1 Qxh2 27. Qf7 Qh1+ $17
(27... Qe2 $142 $5 $19) 28. Kb2 Qe4 29. Bf4 {The mate threat is Qxc7} Qe7 30.
Qxd5 Kb8 31. Bg5 (31. Rf1 Rd8 32. Qc4 h5 $15) 31... Qe4 (31... Qe6 32. Qb5 $17)
32. Qf7 h6 33. Bh4 Qe6 34. Qf4 $17 (34. Rf1 $5 {must be considered} Qxf7 35.
Rxf7 $17) 34... Qe4 $11 (34... Qd7 $142 $5 $17) 35. Qf7 h5 $4 $18 {
throws away a nice position} (35... Qc6 $142 $15 {saving the game}) 36. Re1 Nh6
(36... Qxe1 {cannot change destiny} 37. Bxe1 Rxe1 38. Qxg8+ Kb7 39. Qd5+ Ka6
40. Qxh5 $18) 37. Qxe8+ {White gets the initiative} Qxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kb7 39. Rh8
(39. Rf8 $5 {makes it even easier for White} g3 40. Bxg3 b5 $18) 39... Nf5 40.
Rxh5 Ne3 41. Rg5 g3 (41... Nc4+ {hardly improves anything} 42. Ka2 $18) 42.
Bxg3 Nc4+ 43. Ka2 Kc6 (43... c6 {cannot undo what has already been done} 44.
Rg7+ Ka8 45. Kb3 Nd2+ 46. Ka4 $18) 44. Rg7 (44. d5+ {keeps an even firmer grip}
Kd7 $18) 44... Nd6 45. c4 (45. Bxd6 {might be the shorter path} Kxd6 46. c4 a6
$18) 45... Ne4 (45... Nxc4 {praying for a miracle} 46. Rxc7+ Kd5 $18) 46. Rxc7#
1-0

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Amini, Amir"]
[Black "Ayris, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1412"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 {Sicilian Defence, Maroczy Bind (by transposition)} 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4
11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Nd5 (13. b3 Nd7 (13... Bh6 14. Rb1 Nd7 15. a3 Nc5
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ne6 18. Bf2 Ra3 19. Rb3 Ba4 20. Nxa4 Rxa4 21. c5 Ra2 22.
Bc4 Rd2 23. Qb1 Qc8 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 dxc5 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. bxc5 Rd8 28.
Qb3 Bg7 29. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Zelic,Z-Velimirovic,D/Belgrade GMA 1988/TD 88\07}) 14.
Be3 Nc5 15. Nd5 (15. Qd2 Qb6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Qd8 18. Bf1 b6 19. Nc3 Qd7
20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Rcd1 Ne6 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Bg5 Ne6 26.
Be3 Nc5 27. Qf2 e6 28. Qh4 exd5 29. cxd5 b5 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Rd5 Rb8 32. Red1
Ne6 33. Rc1 Qa6 34. a4 Nc7 35. Bxb5 Nxb5 36. axb5 Qb7 37. b6 Ra8 38. Qf2 a4 39.
bxa4 Rxa4 40. Qc2 Ra8 41. Qc6 Bb2 42. Qxb7 Rxb7 43. Rc7 {
1-0 Stohl,I-Prasad,D/Novi Sad olm 1990/TD 90\06}) 15... e6 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Qd2
Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 Kh8 22. Bf1 b6 23. Nc3 f5 24.
exf5 gxf5 25. Qc2 Qh4 26. Qf2 Qh5 27. Ne2 Rg8 28. Ng3 Qg6 29. Rc2 Be5 30. f4
Bf6 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. Qxd4+ Rgg7 33. Rc3 h5 34. h4 Qg4 35. Qd2 Qxh4 36. a3 Kg8
37. Qf2 Rg4 38. b4 Rxf4 39. Qe3 Ne4 40. Nxe4 Bxe4 41. c5 axb4 42. axb4 bxc5 43.
bxc5 d5 44. c6 Rc7 45. Rcc1 Qg5 46. Qb6 Qe7 47. Qb8+ Kh7 48. Be2 Bxg2 49. Rd2
Qg5 50. Qxc7+ Kh6 51. Rc3 Be4+ 52. Bg4 Qxg4+ 53. Kh2 Rf2+ {
0-1 Brodsky,M-Serper,G/URS-chJ Kherson 1991/EXP 21}) 13... Bxd5 (13... Nd7 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ e5 16. Qe3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. b3 Qb6 19. Rc4 Qa7 20. Rfc1
b5 21. R4c2 Rfb8 22. Kh1 b4 23. f4 Qe7 24. Rf1 a4 25. Bc4 axb3 26. axb3 exf4
27. Qxf4 f6 28. h4 Qe5 29. Re2 Ra1 30. Ref2 Nxe4 31. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 fxe5
33. Ra1 Nd2 34. Ra7+ Kf6 35. Be2 Nxb3 36. Rd7 Rb6 37. Rxh7 e4 38. g4 Nd4 39.
g5+ Ke5 40. Re7+ Kxd5 41. h5 Nxe2 42. hxg6 Rb8 43. g7 Rg8 {
0-1 Mueller,K-Cebalo,M/EUCup Maribor 1995/EXP 49}) 14. cxd5 Nd7 15. Bxg7 $146 (
15. Be3 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Ba3 17. Rxb7 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Bb5 a4 21.
Qd4 Qa5 22. Bc6 a3 23. e5 Qa6 24. exd6 exd6 25. Rfd1 Qe2 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Nd3+ 28. Ke3 Nb4 29. Rb3 Rfc8 30. Rdb1 Nxc6 31. dxc6 Rxb3+ 32. Rxb3 Rxc6 33.
Kd3 Ra6 34. Kc4 Rc6+ 35. Kd3 Ra6 {1/2-1/2 Weissmann,A-Gottschlich,C/DLM 1994})
15... Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Rc3 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Nc5 20. Ra3 (20. b3
b6 $14) 20... Qb6 21. Rb3 Qc7 22. Rb5 Rc8 23. Qc3 b6 24. a3 Na4 25. Qxc7 Rxc7
26. Bf1 Rc5 27. b3 Rxb5 28. Bxb5 Nc3 29. Bd3 Kf8 30. Kf1 b5 31. Ke1 b4 32. Kd2
e6 33. dxe6 fxe6 34. axb4 axb4 35. Ke3 e5 36. Bc4 Ke7 37. Bg8 h6 38. Kd3 Kd7
39. Kc4 Na2 40. h4 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kd5 $11 (42. Bh7 $142 $5 $16) 42...
Nc3+ 43. Kc4 Na2 44. Kb5 Kc7 45. Bc4 Kb7 46. Bd3 Kc7 47. Kc4 Kc6 48. Bb1 Nc3
49. Bd3 $11 (49. Bc2 $142 $5 $16) 49... Na2 50. Bc2 Kd7 51. Kb5 {
Active king in the endgame} Kc7 52. Bd3 Kb7 53. Bc4 Kc7 54. Bd5 Kd7 55. Kb6 Nc3
56. Bc6+ Ke6 (56... Ke7 57. Ka5 $14) 57. Kc7 $11 (57. Ka5 $5 $16) 57... d5 58.
Bd7+ Ke7 59. Bf5 $4 $19 {throwing away the advantage} (59. exd5 $142 {
would be a reprieve} Nxd5+ 60. Kc6 $11) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Lidums, Aivars"]
[Black "Riches, L John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "1724"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 {
King's Indian Defence, Orthodox System} c5 7. O-O (7. d5 e6 8. O-O (8. Nd2 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Bg5
Qd7 16. b3 Nh5 17. Rc1 Bd4 18. g4 Ng7 19. Bf4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Re7 21. Bd3 Rbe8
22. Ne2 Be5 23. Bd2 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f4 Bf6 26. g5 Bd4 27. Ng3 Be3 28. Bxe3
Rxe3 29. Qc2 Rf8 30. Rce1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 a6 32. h4 b5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. axb5
Nxb5 35. Qa4 Rb8 36. Rb1 Qe8 37. Rxb5 Ra8 38. Qb3 Nh5 39. Nxh5 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Manor,I/WchJM-U20 Adelaide 1988/TD 88\09}) (8. h3 Re8 9. O-O
exd5 10. exd5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bg5 Qc7 (13... Qb6 $5 14. Rb1
Bd7 (14... Nd7 {/\Ne5} 15. Qa4 $5 $13) 15. a3 a5 16. b3 $14 {
Karpov,A-Rashkovsky,N,URS(ch) 1973}) 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Qd2 $1 Na6 {(=Huebner,ECO)
} 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. b3 Qf6 20. Bf4 $1 $14 {><d6} Bg7
21. Kh2 Nb8 (21... Nc7 22. Bg3 b6 23. a3 h6 24. b4 $14) 22. Kg3 $2 Bc8 23. Qa5
$6 h6 $1 $138 24. Qc7 $4 g5 $1 25. Bd2 Na6 26. Qa5 Nb4 27. Bf1 Qb2 $19 {/\Be5}
28. Kh2 g4 $1 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 b6 31. Qa4 gxf3 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qxc8 Qe5+
34. Kg1 fxg2 35. Kxg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qxe1 37. a3 Na2 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Kg2 Qe5 40.
Qd7 Nc3 41. Qxa7 Ne4 42. Bd3 Qg5+ 43. Kf1 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qg5+ 45. Kf1 Nd2+ {
0-1 Hertneck,G-Nielsen,P/Bad Lauterberg 1991/[Dautov]}) 8... Re8 9. dxe6 Bxe6
10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Bxd6 Nd4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxd4
16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. b3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rd2 20. Bf3 Rxa2 21. Bxb7 Rb8
22. Bf3 Ra3 23. Bd1 a5 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Re1 a4 26. bxa4 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Bxc4 28.
f4 Ra2 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rd8 h5 31. Rd4 Be6 32. Bf3 Kf6 33. h3 Ke7 34. Bc6 Rc2
35. Bb5 Ra2 36. Kh2 h4 37. Kg1 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39. Kf1 Bf5 40. Bc6 Rc2 41.
Bd5 Be6 42. Be4 Ra2 43. Bc6 Rc2 44. Bb5 Ra2 45. Kg1 Bf5 46. Kh2 Ra1 47. Rc4 Be6
48. Re4 Ra2 49. f5 gxf5 50. Rxh4 Bd5 51. Bf1 Be4 52. Rf4 Rxa4 53. Rf2 Kf6 54.
Rd2 f4 55. Be2 Ra3 56. Bh5 Ra5 57. Bg4 Kg5 58. Rb2 {
1/2-1/2 Danner,G-Kosic,D/Prague Bohemians 1989/CBM 12}) 7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 (
8... Nb4 9. a3 Na6 10. Rb1 Bg4 11. Ne1 Qd7 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Bd2 Be5 14. Nf3
Nc7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Ne8 17. Bh6 Ng7 18. h3 Rfe8 19. f4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Nh5
21. Rf3 Rab8 22. Ne2 b5 23. Qc3 b4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Qd4 Qa4 26. Ng3 f6 27.
Nxh5 gxh5 {1-0 Falk,T-Ockenfels,S/RL-chJW U20 Bad Marienberg 1993/GER 05}) 9.
Nxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 b6 11. Qd2 $146 (11. a3 a5 12. Rb1 a4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 Qc8
15. d6 exd6 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Qxd6 Qe6 19. Nd5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Bxe5
21. Nxb6 Ra6 22. Bxc5 Rb8 23. Nd5 Be2 24. Rfe1 Bxc4 25. Bb4 Bd4+ {
Koerner,H-Schaefer,J/BL2-SW 8788 1988/BL2/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 11... a6 {Covers b5}
12. Bh6 Qd6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. a3 Bd7 15. Qg5 Ne8 16. Rab1 Kh8 $14 (16... f5 17.
b4 $11) 17. f4 f5 18. Kh1 Rb8 (18... exf4 19. Rxf4 Rd8 20. Rbf1 $14) 19. fxe5
Qxe5 20. Bg4 Nd6 21. exf5 Qf6 22. Qxf6+ Rxf6 23. Be2 $11 (23. Rbe1 Rf7 $14)
23... gxf5 $14 (23... Bxf5 24. Rbe1 $11) 24. Bd3 e5 25. dxe6 {
Don't underestimate that pawn} Bxe6 26. Nd5 {Menacing} Bxd5 27. cxd5 c4 28. Be2
b5 29. Bf3 a5 {Black intends b4} 30. Rfe1 b4 {Black gets more space} 31. Re6 $4
$19 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (31. Kg1 $142 $11 {
the rescuing straw}) 31... Rxe6 32. dxe6 Kg7 $17 (32... bxa3 $142 {
secures the win} 33. g3 a4 $19) 33. Rd1 $4 $19 {solves nothing} (33. axb4 Rxb4
34. Rd1 Rxb2 35. Rxd6 $19) 33... Rb6 $16 (33... bxa3 $142 {
and the result of the game is clear: Black will win} 34. bxa3 c3 $19) 34. Bd5
$4 $19 {stumbles just before the finish line} (34. axb4 $142 a4 35. e7 $16)
34... Kf6 $17 (34... bxa3 $142 {and Black has prevailed} 35. Bxc4 Nxc4 36. bxa3
Nxa3 $19) 35. Kg1 (35. g3 bxa3 36. bxa3 c3 $17) 35... c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 (36...
bxa3 $6 37. Ra1 $11) 37. Rc1 Rb5 38. Bc6 Rc5 $15 (38... Rb3 39. Kf2 $17) 39.
Bd7 Ne4 40. Rc2 Rd5 $11 (40... f4 41. Kf1 $15) 41. Kf1 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Ra1 43. e7
Kxe7 44. Bxf5 Nd6 45. Bxh7 Nb5 46. Kd3 Rxa3 47. Be4 Kd6 48. Bg6 Kd7 49. h4 Ra4
50. h5 Rd4+ $16 (50... Ke7 51. Re2+ Kf6 52. Rf2+ Kg7 53. Rf5 $14) 51. Ke3 Rh4
52. Kd3 $11 (52. g4 $142 $5 $16) 52... a4 $14 (52... Rd4+ $5 53. Ke3 Rh4 $11)
53. Bf7 $15 (53. g3 $142 $5 {is an interesting idea} Rd4+ 54. Ke3 $16) 53... a3
$11 (53... Ke7 54. Bg6 $15) 54. Re2 Rd4+ 55. Kc2 Ra4 $14 (55... Rb4 56. h6 Kd6
57. Re6+ Kc7 58. Re5 Rb2+ 59. Kd3 Rd2+ 60. Ke3 $14) 56. Be8+ Kd6 $16 (56... Kd8
57. Bxb5 a2 58. Re8+ Kc7 59. Re1 $11 (59. Bxa4 $2 {is seductive, but} a1=Q 60.
Re4 Qb2+ 61. Kd3 Qd2+ 62. Kc4 c2 (62... Qxg2 63. Re7+ Kb6 64. Re6+ Ka5 65. Bb3
$19) 63. Re7+ Kb6 64. Re6+ Ka5 65. Bxc2 Qxc2+ 66. Kd4 Qd1+ 67. Kc3 Qxh5 $19))
57. Kb1 $4 $19 {a weak move, ruining a winning position} (57. Re1 Rb4 58. h6
$18) 57... Rb4+ (57... Rb4+ 58. Ka1 Nd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Pennant A"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "1998.11.17"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Howard, George"]
[Black "Wawryck, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1472"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 - Anderson-Smith,W"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.10.13"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

1. e4 c5 {Sicilian Defence} 2. b3 d6 3. Nf3 (3. Bb2 Nf6 (3... Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5.
Nc3 g6 6. Nd5 e5 7. Bb5 Bg7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Nd2 Bh6 13. Nc4 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Rae1 Qe7 17. Bc1 Bg7 18.
f3 Raf8 19. Nd2 R5f7 20. Ne4 h6 21. Be3 Kh7 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Qf2 Qd8 24. Qg3 Bf5
25. Qf2 Be6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. a3 Bf5 28. Ng3 Bc8 29. Ne4 Bf5 30. Bf2 Rb8 31. h3
Rbf8 32. Qe2 Qd8 33. Be3 Bc8 34. Qd2 Bf5 {
1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Kindermann,S/BL 8586 1986/BL 80}) 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. f4 g6 (5...
Bg4 6. Be2 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O-O Nd4 10. Qe3 Ng4 11. Qg1 Bf6 12.
h3 Nh6 13. Qe3 Nxf3 14. Qxf3 Bd4 15. g4 f6 16. Kb1 Nf7 17. Bc1 c4 18. Ne2 Bb6
19. bxc4 Qc7 20. Qb3 O-O 21. d3 Rab8 22. f5 e5 23. Nc3 Bc5 24. h4 Qd8 25. Ba3
Bd4 26. Nb5 Bc5 27. d4 exd4 28. Nxd4 Qa5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Ne6 Rfc8 31. Qg3 Ne5
32. g5 b5 33. gxf6 bxc4+ 34. Ka1 Ng4 35. f7+ Kxf7 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rhd1 Qb4 38.
Nxg7+ Kf8 39. Ne6+ Ke8 40. Ng7+ Kf8 41. Ne6+ Ke8 42. Ng7+ Kf8 43. Ne6+ Ke8 44.
Re7+ Kxe7 45. Qd6+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ {
1-0 Velickovic,S-Gruenfeld,Y/Belgrade GMA 1988/CBM 10}) 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nf3 Bg7
8. d3 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 b5 12. Qh4 c4 13. e5 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 b4
15. Rh3 h5 16. Na4 c3 17. Bxc3 bxc3 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qg3 Qa5 20. Rf1 Bd4+ 21.
Kh1 Qf5 22. Qe1 Qe6 23. Qd1 f5 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Qf3 e5 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Rf3 Rae8
28. Qc6 d5 29. Qxd5 exf4 30. Rff1 Re3 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Qc4 Re2 33. Rfe1 f3 34.
Rxe2 fxe2 35. Re1 f4 36. Rxe2 f3 37. Re6 fxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qf2+ 39. Kh3 Qf3+ {
0-1 Honfi,K-Taimanov,M/WchS-Bad Woerishofen 1992/EXT 92ch}) 3... Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7
5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 (6. d3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nc3 a6 11. a4
b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. a5 bxa5 17. Na4 Bf8
18. Re3 Nd7 19. Rg3 f6 20. Bc3 Re8 21. Nb2 Ne5 22. Bxa5 Qf7 23. Bc3 d5 24. exd5
exd5 25. c5 Rad8 26. Nd3 Kh8 27. Nf3 Nc6 28. Qf4 d4 29. Bb2 Qxb3 30. Nxd4 Nxd4
31. Bxd4 Re4 32. Ne5 Rxf4 33. Rxb3 fxe5 34. Bxe5 Rf7 {
0-1 Ivanov,A-Petursson,M/London Lloyds 1994/EXP 43}) 6... e5 7. c3 Be7 8. d4
Qc7 $14 (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Bb2 Qb6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Qe2
Bb5 14. Nc4 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxb2 17. Reb1 Qc3 18. Rc1 Qa3 19. Qxb7
Bf6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qe4 Qc5 22. Rab1 Rc8 23. g3 {
Hund,B-Heinatz,G/BLW9293 1993/BIG 90/1-0 (40)}) (8... exd4 $5 9. cxd4 cxd4 $11)
9. d5 {White wins space} Nb8 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 $11 (12. Bc1
O-O $14) 12... Bxf6 13. c4 g6 14. Nc3 a6 {Controls b5} 15. Ne2 Qd8 16. a3 h5
17. Kh1 Bg7 18. Ra2 Qf6 19. b4 O-O 20. Qd2 b5 {Attacks the pawn chain} 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Rea1 Rfb8 23. a4 cxb4 24. axb5 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 $17 (25. Qxa2 $5 {
is worthy of consideration} Nc5 26. Qc4 $15) 25... Rxb5 26. Rb2 b3 27. Qd3 Rb7
28. Qc4 $19 (28. Nc1 Nc5 29. Qc3 Qd8 $19) 28... Nc5 29. Nc1 Qf4 30. Nxb3 (30.
Rxb3 Nxb3 31. Nxb3 Ra7 $19) 30... Qxe4 (30... Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 $19) 0-1

