[Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.17"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Short, Andrew"] [Black "Jackson, Ralph"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1666"] [BlackElo "1938"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Qd2 b5 7. e5 b4 8. exf6 bxc3 9. bxc3 exf6 10. Bh6 O-O 11. Bxg7 Re8+ 12. Be2 Ba6 13. Ng1 Kxg7 14. Kf1 Qa5 15. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 16. Ne2 Nd7 17. h4 h6 18. Rh3 Nb6 19. Qd3 Nc4 20. Rg3 d5 21. Nf4 Re4 22. Nh5+ Kh8 23. Nxf6 Rxh4 24. Kg1 Kg7 25. Nd7 Qa3 26. Re1 Qd6 27. Qf5 Rf4 28. Qh3 Re4 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Nc5 Rb8 31. Qg4 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Nd2 33. Nxe4 Nf1+ 34. Kh3 Ne3 35. Kh4 Qe7+ 36. Ng5 Rh1+ 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.17"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Cloudsdale, Colin"] [Black "Garcia-Blanco, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1699"] [ECO "C07"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "45"] [WhiteElo "1929"] { C09: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 5 Ngf3 Nc6 } 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 ( 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 12. fxe3 Nge7 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. O-O-O Bf5 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Be4 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Nb5 Re7 20. Nc3 Kf7 21. Rhd1 Rd8 22. Rf2 Re5 { Barkhagen,J ( 2468 ) -Brynell,S ( 2462 ) /Linkoping 2001/CBM 085/1/2-1/2} )( 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 d4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Nh4 dxc3 22. Nxc3 Rxd1 { Swieszek,J ( 1882 ) -Nowak,M ( 1947 ) /Leba 2006/CBM 111 ext/1/2-1/2} )8... Nge7 9. Be2 $146 ( 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 f6 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nfd4 Rb8 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Nd4 Be4 19. b4 Rbc8 20. Ne6 Re8 21. Rxe4 { 1-0 Jelica,M ( 2193 ) -Medic,M ( 2278 ) /Pula 2001/CBM 084 ext} )9... O-O { Black castles and improves king safety} 10. O-O { White castles and improves king safety} 10... Bf5 11. c3 { Prevents intrusion on b4+d4} 11... Qd7 ( 11... Be4 12. Qd2 $11 )12. Qd2 h6 { Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 13. Be3 Qc7 { Black has an active position} ( 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Rfe8 15. Rae1 $14 )14. Rfe1 Rad8 15. Bd3 Be4 16. Nfd4 { The knight feels good on d4} 16... Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne5 { Black threatens to win material: Ne5xd3} 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Bxh6 { Decoy: h6} 19... gxh6 ( 19... N7g6 $5 $142 20. Be3 Nc4 $14 )20. Qxe5 $18 Ng6 $4 { terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} ( 20... Nc6 $142 21. Qf6 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rfe8 $18 )21. Qf6 Kh7 ( 21... Nf4 { no good, but what else?} 22. Re3 Nh5 23. Qxh6 Qg4 $18 )22. Nf5 Rg8 23. Re7 $1 { Mate attack} ( 23. Re7 Qxe7 24. Nxe7 Nxe7 25. Qxe7 $18 ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.17"] [Round "1.3"] [White "McColl, Kevin"] [Black "Zaric, Srboljub"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2144"] [ECO "B41"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "55"] [WhiteElo "1900"] { B28: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 a6 ( O'Kelly Variation ) } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 ( 6. Nc2 Bc5 7. Be3 d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. a3 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. Kh1 Nce5 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. b4 Ba7 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nh7 { Spraggett,K ( 2536 ) -Khamrakulov,I ( 2452 ) /Seville 2004/CBM 098 ext/1-0} )6... Nf6 ( 6... Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O b6 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Bb7 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Rad1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 20. Qa4 b5 21. Qxa6 { Cori Tello,J ( 2050 ) -Dolezal,C ( 2402 ) /Villa Ballester 2006/CBM 110 ext/1-0 ( 67 )} )7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Nxc6 $146 ( 8. f3 Nxe4 9. fxe4 Qh4+ 10. Bf2 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Nxe2 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O d4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 O-O 18. Be2 Be6 19. b3 b5 20. Kb2 Rfe8 21. Rhe1 Bf5 22. Bf3 Rxe1 { Aslan,A-Alev,E/Izmir 2002/CBM 090 ext/1-0} )8... bxc6 { Black has a cramped position} 9. Qd4 ( 9. Bd3 e5 $14 )9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Bc5 11. Qd3 Ng4 { Black threatens to win material: Ng4xf2} 12. Nd1 Qc7 13. Be2 { White threatens to win material: Be2xg4} 13... Nf6 ( 13... Nxh2 $2 { fails because of} 14. f4 $18 )14. O-O O-O { Black castles and improves king safety} 15. b4 { White threatens to win material: b4xc5} 15... Be7 { Black has a cramped position} 16. Ne3 a5 17. a3 ( 17. b5 Bb7 18. b6 Qe5 $11 )17... d5 ( 17... Qe5 18. f3 axb4 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. f4 $15 )18. exd5 $11 ( 18. cxd5 $2 Ba6 19. Qc2 Bxe2 $19 )18... cxd5 ( 18... exd5 19. Bc3 $11 )19. cxd5 $14 exd5 ( 19... Rd8 $5 $14)20. Nxd5 $16 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Qe4 a4 ( 22... Bd6 $5 $16 $142)23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Bd3 g6 25. Bh6 Rfd8 26. Bc4 ( 26. Rcd1 Bb3 27. Rd2 Qe6 $18 )26... Bxc4 $16 27. Rxc4 Bf6 28. Qf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.17"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Cowley, Robert G"] [Black "Zulfic, Fedja"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1809"] [ECO "B27"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "112"] [WhiteElo "2056"] { B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bc4 O-O ( 8... Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Bb3 Bb5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Rc1 Qd8 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Qf3 Nbd7 15. Nd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nb6 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Nbxd5 20. Bg5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rac8 22. Re3 a5 23. Qe2 { Lerner,K ( 2445 ) -Sikora Lerch,J ( 2405 ) /Stary Smokovec 1977/MCD/1-0 ( 37 )} )9. Nc3 ( 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nb6 12. Qf3 Nfd7 13. Bb3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. h3 h5 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 20. Ne2 Nc8 21. Nf4 Re8 22. Re5 Nd6 23. Rde1 a6 { Lagarde,M ( 2091 ) -Uzun,S/Herceg Novi 2006/CBM 114 ext/1-0 ( 37 )} )9... Bf5 { Attacks the isolani on d5} 10. Qb3 Qc8 $146 ( 10... Nbd7 11. Qxb7 Nb6 12. Be2 Nfxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. O-O Be4 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Nc4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Rd1 e5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxd5 Bxb2 23. Bxb2 Rxb2 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 { Dianda,J ( 2164 ) -Rodrigues,A ( 2300 ) /Americana 1999/CBM 073 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 46 )} )( 10... Nbd7 $5 $11 $142 { is worthy of consideration} )11. O-O $16 Nbd7 12. Re1 { White threatens to win material: Re1xe7} ( 12. d6 $5 e6 13. Bf4 $18 )12... Nb6 $14 { Black threatens to win material: Nb6xc4} 13. Bf1 { White has a very active position} 13... Qc7 ( 13... Qd8 14. Bg5 $14 )14. Bg5 a6 15. a4 Rad8 16. Bxf6 ( 16. Rac1 Qd6 $18 )16... Bxf6 ( 16... exf6 17. Nh4 Bc8 18. a5 $16 )17. a5 Nc8 18. g3 ( 18. Rec1 $5 Nd6 19. Ne4 $16 )18... Nd6 $14 { The black knight is safe in front of d5} 19. h3 { Black has a cramped position} 19... Bd7 { White has a very active position} 20. Rec1 Qb8 21. Qb4 h5 { Black has a cramped position} 22. Bg2 { White has an active position} 22... Kg7 23. Re1 { Black has a cramped position} 23... Rh8 ( 23... Rc8 24. b3 $16 )24. Ne5 Bf5 ( 24... Qc8 25. h4 $16 )25. Na4 Nb5 26. Nb6 e6 $2 ( 26... g5 27. Rac1 $16 )27. Rad1 ( 27. Nbd7 $5 { seems even better} 27... Qd6 28. Qxd6 Nxd6 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 $18 )27... exd5 ( 27... Qd6 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Nec4 $18 )28. Nxd5 Bxe5 ( 28... Qd6 29. Qxd6 Nxd6 30. f4 $18 )29. dxe5 Rhe8 ( 29... Rd7 30. Qh4 Qd8 31. Qf6+ Qxf6 32. Nxf6 $18 )30. f4 ( 30. Qh4 $5 { and White can already relax} 30... Qc8 $18 )30... Qc8 31. Ne7 ( 31. Nf6 { makes it even easier for White} 31... Rf8 32. Kh2 Be6 $18 )31... Qe6 32. Nxf5+ Qxf5 33. Qe4 Nd6 ( 33... Qxe4 34. Bxe4 ( 34. Rxe4 $4 Rxd1+ 35. Kf2 Red8 $19 )34... Nd4 35. Bxb7 $18 )34. Qxf5 ( 34. Qd5 { keeps an even firmer grip} 34... Nb5 35. Qxb7 Rb8 $18 )34... Nxf5 35. Kf2 ( 35. Bxb7 { and White can already relax} 35... Nxg3 36. Bxa6 Ra8 $18 )35... Rc8 ( 35... Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rc8 37. Bxb7 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Rxb2 39. Bxa6 $18 )36. Bxb7 Rc2+ 37. Re2 Rxe2+ ( 37... Rc7 { is not much help} 38. Bxa6 Ra8 39. Bd3 Rxa5 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 $18 )38. Kxe2 Nxg3+ 39. Kf3 Nf5 40. Rd7 Rb8 41. b4 ( 41. Bxa6 $5 { makes it even easier for White} 41... Rxb2 42. Bc4 Rh2 43. Rxf7+ Kh6 $18 )41... Nd4+ 42. Ke4 ( 42. Rxd4 $6 Rxb7 43. Ke4 Rb5 $18 )42... Ne6 43. h4 ( 43. f5 $142 { might be the shorter path} 43... gxf5+ 44. Kxf5 Nd4+ 45. Ke4 $18 ( 45. Rxd4 $6 Rxb7 46. Rd6 Rxb4 $18 ))43... Nd8 ( 43... Nf8 44. Re7 Ne6 45. Ke3 $18 )44. Bxa6 ( 44. Bd5 $142 { seems even better} 44... Rxb4+ 45. Kf3 Rb8 $18 )44... Rxb4+ 45. Rd4 $4 { a transit from better to worse} ( 45. Kd3 Ne6 46. Bc4 Nxf4+ 47. Kc3 $18 )45... Rxd4+ $14 46. Kxd4 { A minor pieces endgame occured} 46... Nc6+ { Black forks: a5+d4} 47. Kd5 { White threatens to win material: Kd5xc6} 47... Nxa5 48. Be2 Nb7 49. f5 { White prepares e6} 49... Nd8 $4 { gives the opponent counterplay} ( 49... gxf5 50. Bxh5 Nd8 51. Bf3 $11 )50. Kd6 $4 { hands over the advantage to the opponent} ( 50. f6+ $142 { and White is on the road to success} 50... Kf8 51. Bc4 $16 )50... gxf5 $11 51. Bxh5 f6 52. e6 Nxe6 53. Kxe6 Kh8 54. Kxf6 Kg8 55. Bf3 Kh8 56. Bd5 Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.17"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Mdinaradze, Edgar"] [Black "Guthrie, Aaron"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2087"] [ECO "E86"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "122"] [WhiteElo "1896"] { E86: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6...e5 7 Nge2 c6 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. d5 Nb6 10. b3 ( 10. Nc1 cxd5 11. cxd5 Ne8 12. a4 a6 13. a5 Nd7 14. b4 f5 15. Nb3 Ndf6 16. O-O-O fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Kb2 Ng4 21. Bb6 Qe8 22. h3 Bh6 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Nd2 Nh5 { Cilia Vincenti,D ( 2189 ) -Kozul,Z ( 2640 ) /Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/0-1 ( 34 )} )10... Nh5 $146 ( 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 Nh5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Na3 f5 14. Qa5 Nd7 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nc4 fxe4 17. fxe4 b5 18. Na5 Nhf6 19. Ng3 Nc5 20. Nc6 Re8 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. a4 Bd7 23. Rc1 h5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 { Jeremic,V ( 2462 ) -Kozul,Z ( 2601 ) /Jahorina 2003/CBM 094 ext/1-0 ( 45 )} )( 10... cxd5 $5 { might be a viable alternative} 11. cxd5 Nh5 $16 )11. dxc6 $16 bxc6 12. O-O-O d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7+ 16. Qc5 Qb7 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Kb2 { White king safety dropped} 18... Rfc8 ( 18... Rfb8 19. Nb5 Bf8 20. Qc7 $14 ( 20. Qxe5 $4 { the pawn must be left alone, otherwise White will be punished} 20... Bg7 21. Qxg7+ Nxg7 $19 ))19. Qa5 $16 a6 20. Na4 Rc6 ( 20... Qc6 21. Rc1 Qe8 $16 )21. Rd8+ ( 21. Nc5 $142 { and the scales tip in favour of White} 21... Qb8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Kxc1 $18 )21... Rxd8 $14 22. Qxd8+ Bf8 23. Nc5 { White threatens to win material: Nc5xb7} ( 23. Be2 Rd6 24. Qa5 Nf4 $16 )23... Qb4 $11 24. a3 ( 24. Nxe6 $5 $142 { is the best option White has} 24... Qc3+ 25. Kb1 Qe1+ 26. Kb2 Qc3+ 27. Kb1 Qe1+ 28. Kb2 Qc3+ $11 )24... Qe1 $17 25. Bd2 ( 25. Nxe6 Qc3+ 26. Ka2 fxe6 27. Qd3 $15 )25... Qf2 $19 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Qa5 Rd6 28. Kc1 Rd7 ( 28... Rd4 29. Bc4 Bxa3+ 30. Qxa3 Qxd2+ 31. Kb1 Qxg2 32. Re1 Qxf3 33. Qxa6 $19 )29. Bc4 Bxa3+ $1 { Deflection: a3} 30. Kc2 ( 30. Qxa3 Qxd2+ { Double attack} ( 30... Rxd2 { Deflection} )( 30... Rxd2 { Overloading} ))30... Qxg2 ( 30... Bc5 31. Rd1 Bd4 32. Qa4 $19 )31. Rd1 $17 Bf8 32. Qxa6 $2 ( 32. Qxe5 $142 { and White hangs on} 32... Qxf3 33. Bxa6 $17 )32... Qxf3 $19 33. Qa8 Qf2 ( 33... Nf4 { and Black can already relax} 34. h3 $19 )34. Qc8 $2 ( 34. Qb8 Qxh2 35. Kc1 Nf6 $19 )34... Ra7 ( 34... Nf6 { might be the shorter path} 35. Bd3 Qa7 36. Bc3 $19 )35. Qd8 ( 35. Qe8 Ng7 ( 35... Qxh2 $6 36. Rf1 $11 )36. Qd8 Ne6 37. Bxe6 fxe6 $19 )35... Nf4 36. Qb8 $4 { leading to a quick end} ( 36. b4 $19)36... Ra2+ 37. Kc1 ( 37. Kb1 { does not solve anything} 37... Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Qxd2 39. Qa7 Qd1+ 40. Ka2 Qc2+ 41. Ka1 $19 )37... Qd4 ( 37... Nd3+ $1 38. Bxd3 Qd4 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Bh6+ Kg8 41. Rd2 Qg1+ 42. Bf1 Qxf1+ 43. Rd1 Ra1+ 44. Kb2 Qxd1 45. Be3 Rb1+ 46. Kc3 Qxb3+ 47. Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Ke1 Qxe3+ 49. Kf1 Qf2# )38. Qxf8+ $19 Kxf8 39. Bb4+ Kg7 40. Rxd4 exd4 41. Bd2 Ne6 ( 41... g5 { makes it even easier for Black} 42. b4 Ra7 43. Kd1 $19 )42. b4 ( 42. e5 Ra1+ 43. Kc2 Rh1 $19 )42... Ra8 ( 42... Ra1+ { keeps an even firmer grip} 43. Kb2 Rh1 44. Bxe6 Rxh2 45. Bd5 Rxd2+ 46. Kb3 $19 )43. Kc2 Kf6 44. Bd5 Rb8 45. Be1 g5 46. Kd3 h5 47. Bc6 ( 47. Bxe6 fxe6 48. Kxd4 e5+ 49. Kc4 Rc8+ 50. Kd3 Rd8+ 51. Kc2 $19 )47... Ke5 48. Kc4 { White prepares the advance b5} ( 48. b5 { a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 48... Nc5+ 49. Kc2 h4 $19 )48... h4 49. Bf2 d3 $1 { Deflection: d3} 50. Be1 ( 50. Kxd3 Rxb4 { Deflection} )50... Nf4 ( 50... Rd8 $142 { keeps an even firmer grip} 51. Bd5 Rc8+ 52. Kxd3 Nf4+ 53. Kd2 $19 )51. b5 g4 ( 51... f5 $142 { might be the shorter path} 52. Bc3+ Ke6 53. exf5+ Kxf5 $19 )52. Bd7 $4 { White falls apart} ( 52. Kc3 Ng6 53. Bf2 $19 )52... Rd8 ( { Weaker is } 52... Kxe4 53. Bxh4 Nd5 54. Kb3 $19 )53. Bc3+ ( 53. Bxg4 { the last chance for counterplay} 53... Kxe4 54. Bxh4 $19 )53... Kxe4 54. Bxg4 Nd5 55. Ba5 ( 55. b6 { is not the saving move} 55... Ne3+ 56. Kb5 Nxg4 $19 )55... Ra8 56. Bd2 ( 56. Bh5 { doesn't improve anything} 56... Rxa5 57. Bxf7 d2 58. Bg6+ Ke3 $19 )56... Ne3+ 57. Bxe3 Kxe3 58. Kc5 ( 58. Kd5 { there is nothing better in the position} 58... d2 59. Ke5 $19 )58... d2 59. b6 f5 $1 { Decoy: f5} 60. Bd1 ( 60. Bxf5 Ra5+ { Double attack} ( 60... Ra5+ { Decoy} ))60... f4 61. b7 Rb8 ( 61... Rb8 62. Kc6 f3 $19 ) 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.24"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Jackson, Ralph E"] [Black "Guthrie, Aaron"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2087"] [ECO "E61"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "99"] [WhiteElo "1938"] { E61: King's Indian: Early deviations for White, including Smyslov System } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. O-O c6 9. b4 ( 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 a5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. b3 Re8 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Nxf8 15. Rd2 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ne6 18. Ne2 Red8 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Rd8 21. g3 Rd6 22. Bg2 Qd8 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 { Fidrmuc,L-Tardif,S ( 1997 ) /Prague 2006/CBM 110 ext/0-1 ( 38 )} )9... Nh5 $146 ( 9... a5 10. b5 c5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b6 Qxb6 13. Rb1 Qd8 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Ng5 Bf8 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qh4 19. Nd5 Bd6 20. g3 Qd8 21. Bg2 b6 22. Nc3 Bf8 23. Bc6 Qc7 24. Qa4 { Mielczarski,M ( 2256 ) -Kusmierz,M ( 2180 ) /Polanica Zdroj 2004/CBM 102 ext/1/2-1/2} )( 9... Re8 10. a4 ( 10. Rb1 Nf8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. b5 e4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. h3 h5 17. Nb3 Ne6 18. Ba3 Rad8 19. Nc5 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 h4 21. Nb7 c5 22. Rb3 Nd7 23. Nc3 Nb6 24. Na5 Na4 { Shamis,A-Alburt,L/Kharkov 1967/URS-ch/0-1 ( 63 )} )10... exd4 11. exd4 c5 12. Bf4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nh5 14. Be3 Rxe3 15. fxe3 Qg5 16. Nd5 Ne5 17. Rae1 Bh3 18. Bxh5 Nxc4 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Kh1 Nxe3 21. Qd2 Bxd4 22. Nxe3 Bc3 23. Qd5 Be5 24. gxh3 { Torrecillas Martinez,A ( 2379 ) -Chiva Vega,F ( 2215 ) /Barcelona 2000/CBM 077 ext/ 1-0} )( 9... Re8 10. Re1 $11 )10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Rb1 f5 12. d5 { White wins space} 12... c5 13. Nb5 e4 { Black gains space} 14. Ne1 Ne5 ( 14... Rf7 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Ne6 $14 )15. bxc5 $16 dxc5 16. d6 Qh4 17. g3 Qg5 $2 ( 17... Qd8 $16 $142)18. f4 $18 exf3 19. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bd7 21. Bxb7 ( 21. Qg2 Kh8 $18 )21... Rad8 ( 21... Rab8 22. Nxa7 Kh8 23. Qg2 $18 )22. Qg2 ( 22. Nxa7 Be5 $18 )22... Nf6 23. Bf3 ( 23. Nxa7 $5 Ne4 24. Nb5 Rb8 25. Bd5+ Kh8 $18 )23... Ne4 $16 24. h4 { White threatens to win material: h4xg5} ( 24. Nc7 Bc8 25. h4 Qf6 $16 )24... Qh6 ( 24... Qf6 $5 { is an interesting alternative} 25. Bb2 Qe6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $16 )25. Bxe4 $16 fxe4 26. Qxe4 Kh8 ( 26... g5 $5 27. Qd5+ ( 27. Nxa7 $6 gxh4 28. Qxh4 Qg6 $11 )27... Rf7 28. Qxg5 ( 28. hxg5 Qh3 29. g6 hxg6 $19 )( 28. Qxc5 Qf6 29. Rb2 Bg4 $11 )28... Qxg5 29. hxg5 $16 )27. Qd5 $18 Rf5 ( 27... Rde8 28. e4 g5 29. Bxg5 $16 )28. Qg2 Rdf8 ( 28... Rff8 29. Rd5 g5 30. Rxg5 Rg8 $18 )29. e4 Qh5 30. g4 ( 30. exf5 { is a bad alternative} 30... Qxd1+ 31. Qf1 Qg4 $17 )30... Qxh4 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Bg5 ( 32. Rb3 { might be the shorter path} 32... f4 33. Rf3 Rg8 $18 )32... Qh5 33. Rd3 fxe4 ( 33... Bc6 34. Re1 ( 34. Nxa7 Bxe4 35. Rh3 Bd4+ 36. Kh2 Be5+ 37. Kg1 Qg6 $19 )34... Bxe4 35. Rh3 $18 )34. Rg3 a6 ( 34... Bxb5 { doesn't do any good} 35. Be3 ( 35. Rxb5 $6 Bd4+ 36. Be3 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Be5 $11 )35... Be5 36. Rf1 ( 36. Rxb5 $6 { succumbs to} 36... Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+ 40. Kg1 $11 )( 36. cxb5 $4 { the bishop is invulnerable} 36... Bxg3 37. Qxg3 Rg8 $19 )36... Bxg3 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rf1 $18 )35. Nc7 ( 35. Be7 $142 { keeps an even firmer grip} 35... Qf7 36. Bxf8 Qxf8 $18 )35... Bg4 ( 35... h6 { the only chance to get some counterplay} 36. Be3 Be5 $18 )36. Be3 Be5 ( 36... Bf3 { praying for a miracle} 37. Rg5 Qh6 $18 )37. Rxg4 Bh2+ 38. Qxh2 Qxg4+ 39. Qg2 Qh5 40. Bd2 ( 40. Ne6 Rg8 41. Bg5 Qg6 42. Qb2+ Rg7 43. d7 h6 44. d8=Q+ Kh7 45. Nf8+ Kg8 46. Nxg6+ Kh7 47. Nf8+ Kg8 48. Ne6+ Kh7 49. Qxg7# )40... Qe5 $18 41. Nd5 Qd4+ ( 41... e3 { hardly improves anything} 42. Bc3 Qxc3 43. Nxc3 e2 44. Qxe2 Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kg6 46. Qg4+ Kh6 47. Ne4 Rf1+ 48. Kxf1 a5 49. Qg5# )42. Be3 ( 42. Kh1 e3 43. Bc3 Qxc3 44. Nxc3 Rg8 45. Qf3 h5 46. Qf6+ Rg7 47. Rb7 e2 48. Qxg7# )42... Qd3 43. Qb2+ Kg8 44. Ne7+ ( 44. Kh2 Qd2+ 45. Qxd2 Rf3 46. Qg2+ Kf7 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. Qg4+ Kxd6 49. Rb6+ Ke5 50. Qe6# )44... Kf7 45. Rf1+ Ke6 46. Rxf8 Qxe3+ 47. Qf2 Qg5+ 48. Qg2 ( 48. Kf1 $5 { seems even better} 48... Qc1+ 49. Kg2 Qg5+ 50. Qg3 Qxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Kxd6 52. Nf5+ Ke5 $18 )48... Qe3+ ( 48... Qxg2+ { does not help much} 49. Kxg2 Kxd6 50. Nf5+ Kc7 51. Rf6 $18 )49. Rf2 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 ( 50. Kh2 Qh6+ 51. Qh3+ Qxh3+ 52. Kxh3 $18 ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.24"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Zulfic, Fedja"] [Black "Mdinaradze, Edgar"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1896"] [ECO "E61"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "69"] [WhiteElo "1809"] { E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6.. .Bg4 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 c6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 b6 $146 ( 10... e5 11. d5 Nh5 ( 11... Ne8 12. b4 f5 13. f3 Ndf6 14. Nb3 Rf7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. a3 c5 18. b5 Qc7 19. a4 f4 20. Bc1 Bf8 21. g4 g5 22. Kg2 Ng7 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Bb2 Ne6 25. Qd2 h5 26. h3 { Clara,H-Schnaebele,U/Germany 1990/GER-chT/1-0 ( 76 )} )12. Rfd1 c5 13. g3 a6 14. a3 Qe8 15. b4 b6 16. f3 f5 17. Bf2 Ndf6 18. Rab1 Qd7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb6 f4 21. Rdb1 fxg3 22. hxg3 g5 23. Rb7 Qc8 24. Kg2 g4 25. fxg4 { Ivanov,J ( 2425 ) -Djoric,D ( 2360 ) /Belgrade 1988/TD/1-0 ( 34 )} )( 10... a6 11. f4 b5 12. e5 Ne8 13. c5 Nc7 14. cxd6 exd6 15. Nde4 dxe5 16. dxe5 b4 17. Na4 Nd5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nac5 Bh6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. g3 f6 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qxa6 Re6 25. Rfd1 { Werner,D ( 2315 ) -Chernyshov,K ( 2544 ) /Budapest 2006/CBM 113 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 41 )} )( 10... Qa5 11. Rab1 Qh5 12. f3 Bh6 13. b4 a6 14. Rf2 Kg7 15. g4 Qh4 16. Rg2 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 e5 18. d5 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Ne2 f5 22. f4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 exf4 24. Nf3 Qh3 25. Nxf4 { Foldi,J ( 2230 ) -Szuhai,B ( 2240 ) /Hungary 1993/TD/1/2-1/2 ( 52 )} )11. b4 ( 11. f4 a6 $16 )11... Ne8 ( 11... c5 $5 $14)12. Rac1 $16 e6 13. Nb3 { White plans c5. Black has a cramped position} 13... Qc7 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5 b5 16. Na5 Rc8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 ( 18... exf5 19. Bd4 $16 )19. a4 a6 20. axb5 ( 20. Bh6 e5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. axb5 axb5 $18 )20... axb5 $16 21. Qd2 ( 21. Bh6 $1 Rf6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Nxb5 $16 )21... Ndf6 $14 22. Bg5 { Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: e8} 22... Qf7 23. Bxf6 ( 23. Bh6 Kh8 $14 )23... Nxf6 $11 24. Qd6 Ne4 25. Nxe4 fxe4 26. Qg3 ( 26. Rc2 e3 27. fxe3 Qf5 $14 )26... Kh8 $11 27. Rd6 { White threatens to win material: Rd6xc6} 27... Rg8 ( 27... Bh6 28. Rf1 Bf4 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Rxc6 $14 )28. Rcd1 ( 28. Qe3 Be5 29. Rxc6 Rcd8 $11 )28... Qf5 { Loses material} ( 28... Bd4 29. R1xd4 Rxg3 30. hxg3 $17 )29. Qb3 { Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn. White threatens to win material: Qb3xe6} ( 29. Qe3 $5 { deserves consideration} 29... Be5 30. g3 $11 )29... Rcf8 $15 { Black has a mate threat} 30. Rf1 $2 ( 30. Qe3 $5 $142 { and White could well hope to play on} 30... Bh6 31. Qe2 $11 )30... Be5 $17 31. Rxe6 $4 { shortens the misery for White} ( 31. g3 Bxd6 32. cxd6 $11 )31... e3 $1 { Deflection: e3} 32. Rxe5 ( 32. Qxe3 Qf4 { Double attack} ( 32... Qxe6 { Deflection} )( 32... Qf4 { Decoy} ))( 32. fxe3 Qxf1# { Mate attack} )( 32. -- Rxg2+ { Mate threat} )32... exf2+ ( 32... Rxg2+ $1 33. Kxg2 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 exf2+ 35. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf1# )33. Kh1 $19 Qxe5 34. Nxc6 ( 34. Qd3 { otherwise it's curtains at once} 34... Qe1 35. Nxc6 $19 )34... Qe4 35. Qb2+ 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.24"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Zaric, Srboljub"] [Black "Cowley, Robert G"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2056"] [ECO "B63"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "71"] [WhiteElo "2144"] { B60: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: Unusual Black 6th moves and 6...Bd7 without 7 Qd2 } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qd2 Bd7 ( 8... Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxd6 Be5 11. Qc5 Qxc5 12. Nxc5 Ke7 13. Bb5 Nd4 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. Nb3 Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Bd7 17. N5d4 Rac8 18. g3 Rc4 19. c3 Bc7 20. Rhe1 b5 21. Nc2 Bb6 22. f3 Rdc8 23. Kb1 { Khalifman,A ( 2616 ) -Avrukh,B ( 2609 ) /St Petersburg 1999/CBM 072/1/2-1/2 ( 67 )} )9. Bxf6 $146 ( 9. f3 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Be3 Be7 ( 11... b5 12. g4 h6 13. a3 Ne5 14. Qf2 Rb8 15. Bd4 a5 16. h3 b4 17. axb4 axb4 18. Na2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Kb1 Nc6 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Nce7 23. Rd4 Qg3 24. Rd3 O-O 25. Rg1 Qe1+ 26. Nac1 { Nanu,C ( 2456 ) -Itkis,B ( 2452 ) /Bucharest 2003/CBM 093 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 75 )} )12. g4 b5 13. h4 Ne5 { 1/2-1/2 Zinchenko,Y ( 2493 ) -Kuzmin,G ( 2514 ) /Alushta 2005/CBM 108 ext} )( 9. Be2 Be7 10. h4 a6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rh3 b5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rg3 Ne5 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qe3 Rc8 18. Rd2 b4 19. Rd4 Qf1+ 20. Rd1 Qc4 { 1/2-1/2 Franzen,J ( 2315 ) -Banas,J ( 2325 ) /Trencianske Teplice 1974/MCD} )( 9. O-O-O Rc8 $14 )9... gxf6 $11 { Black has the pair of bishops} 10. O-O-O { White castles and improves king safety} 10... Na5 11. Qf4 ( 11. Nd4 $5 $11 { has some apparent merit} )11... Nxb3+ $15 12. axb3 { White has new doubled pawns: b2+b3} 12... Be7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. h4 Kb8 15. g4 Qc5 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. Rhe1 h5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 { Opposite coloured bishops appeared} 19... e5 { Black threatens to win material: e5xf4} 20. Qh2 ( 20. Qf3 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Qxf2 $15 )20... hxg4 ( 20... Qxd5 $5 $142 21. gxh5 Qc5 $17 )21. Bf5 $11 Rdg8 22. Re4 Rg5 ( 22... Qb6 $5 23. Rc4 a6 $11 )23. Rc4 $14 Qxc4 24. bxc4 Rxf5 25. c5 dxc5 26. d6 { Black has to watch this pawn} 26... Bd8 27. Rg1 { White threatens to win material: Rg1xg4} 27... Rf4 28. h5 c4 ( 28... Rh6 $5 $11 $142 { is worth consideration} )29. h6 $16 Bb6 $2 ( 29... Rh7 30. Rd1 $16 )30. Rg2 ( 30. h7 { and White can already relax} 30... a5 31. Qh6 Ka7 $18 )30... Rd4 $2 ( 30... Rh7 $142 31. Qh5 a6 $18 )31. h7 Rxd6 ( 31... a6 { doesn't change the outcome of the game} 32. Qh6 Ka7 33. Qg7 $18 )32. Rxg4 Rdd8 33. Rg7 Rdf8 ( 33... a6 { doesn't get the bull off the ice} 34. Qh5 Rdf8 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Qxf7 Bxf2 37. Qg8+ Rxg8 38. hxg8=Q+ Ka7 39. Qxc4 $18 )34. Qg2 a6 35. Qd5 ( 35. Rg8 $5 $142 { seems even better} 35... e4 $18 )35... Bxf2 36. Rxf7 ( 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Qxf7 $18 ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.24"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Garcia-Blanco, Miguel"] [Black "McColl, Kevin"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1900"] [ECO "A16"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "91"] [WhiteElo "1699"] { A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5 } 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Ne4 $146 ( 11. Rd1 e5 ( 11... Bf5 12. a4 a5 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. Bc5 Ndb4 15. h3 Be6 16. Ra3 b6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rac8 19. Bd2 f6 20. Qb1 Bf7 21. e4 Nd8 22. Be3 Nb7 23. d4 c6 24. Nc3 Nd6 25. b3 g5 26. Nd2 { Ionescu,C ( 2495 ) -Razuvaev,Y ( 2535 ) /Sochi 1986/MCL/1/2-1/2 ( 49 )} )12. Bc5 ( 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. e3 c6 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Qc5 Rae8 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rad1 Kg7 22. a4 Na8 23. b4 Nc7 24. Rc1 Ne6 25. Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. a5 Rc8 { Hansen,L ( 2510 ) -Peek,M ( 2345 ) /Ostende 1991/CBM 026 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 43 )} )( 12. b4 f5 13. Rb1 Nd4 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Be1 c6 16. e3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rf7 18. Qc2 Rd7 19. a4 Nd5 20. e4 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 f4 22. Bg2 Qf6 23. f3 h5 24. Rd2 fxg3 25. hxg3 Qg5 26. Kf2 Bh6 { Brostrom,G-Marangunic,S/Harrachov 1967/MCD/0-1 ( 36 )} )12... Re8 13. e3 f5 14. a4 Be6 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. e4 Be6 18. Rac1 a5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. d4 exd4 21. Nh4 Bf6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5+ Kh8 25. Qf4 { 1-0 Filip,M-Milev,Z/Bucharest 1953/MCL} )( 11. a4 a5 12. Nb5 Nd5 13. Bc5 Ncb4 14. Bd4 f6 15. Rd1 c6 16. Nc3 e5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. e4 Na6 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. exd5 Bg4 21. Qe3 Qd7 22. Rdc1 h5 23. Qd2 Nc7 24. d6 Bh6 25. Be3 Bxe3 { Bukal,V ( 2425 ) -Jansa,V ( 2450 ) /Sarajevo 1972/MCD/1-0 ( 59 )} )11... e5 12. Nc5 Nd5 13. Bd2 { Black has an active position} 13... Nd4 { Black threatens to win material: Nd4xe2} 14. Re1 { Black has an active position} 14... Ne6 15. h4 b6 { Black threatens to win material: b6xc5} 16. Na4 Bb7 17. Nc3 Ne7 ( 17... Rb8 18. h5 $15 )18. Qc2 ( 18. Ng5+ $5 { is interesting} 18... hxg5 19. Bxb7 $11 )18... Bxf3 $15 19. exf3 { White has the pair of bishops} 19... Nc5 ( 19... c6 $5 $15)20. f4 $11 Nxd3 ( 20... c6 $142 { and Black is still in the game} 21. Ne4 Qxd3 $11 )21. Red1 $16 Nb4 22. Qa4 Nd3 ( 22... c5 23. fxe5 Qe8 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Bf4 $14 )23. Bc1 ( 23. Be1 $142 c6 24. fxe5 $18 )23... c6 $2 ( 23... Qd4 $142 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. Rxd3 dxc3 26. Bxa8 cxb2 27. Bxb2 Bxb2 $18 )24. Qc4 $18 e4 ( 24... Qd4 25. Qxd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 $18 )25. Bxe4 Nxb2 26. Bxb2 Qc8 27. Rac1 Qg4 28. Qf1 ( 28. Ba3 $5 { makes it even easier for White} 28... Rae8 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Qxc6 Rc8 $18 )28... Rfe8 29. Qg2 Qe6 ( 29... Rad8 30. Re1 $18 )30. a3 ( 30. h5 $5 { keeps an even firmer grip} 30... Rad8 $18 )30... Qb3 31. Ba1 ( 31. Rd2 Rad8 32. Bc2 Qc4 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 $18 )31... Qxa3 $2 ( 31... Rad8 $18 $142)32. Nb5 $1 { Deflection: c6} 32... Qa4 ( 32... cxb5 33. Bc6 { Double attack} ( 33. Bxa8 { Pinning} )( 33. Bxa8 { Deflection} )( 33. Bc6 { Decoy} ))33. Bxg7 ( 33. Nd6 { might be the shorter path} 33... Red8 34. Be5 a5 $18 )33... Qxb5 ( 33... Kxg7 34. Nd6 Red8 35. f5 $18 )34. Bf6 Rac8 ( 34... Nd5 { cannot change destiny} 35. f5 ( 35. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 36. Rxd5 Qb3 $18 )35... Nxf6 36. fxg6+ fxg6 37. Bxc6 $18 )35. Bxe7 ( 35. Rd7 $142 { and White wins} 35... Rcd8 36. Rxd8 ( 36. Bxe7 $6 { is easily refuted} 36... Rxd7 37. Bf6 Qe2 38. Bxc6 Rd1+ 39. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40. Kh2 Re6 $18 )36... Rxd8 37. Bxe7 $18 )35... Rxe7 36. Bxc6 Qb2 37. Rb1 ( 37. h5 Rcc7 $18 )37... Qc2 38. Rdc1 Qd2 39. Rd1 { White threatens to win material: Rd1xd2} 39... Qc2 40. Bf3 Rec7 ( 40... Qf5 41. Re1 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 $18 )41. Be4 Qc5 ( 41... Qc3 42. f5 g5 43. f6+ Kg8 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rd6 $18 )42. Rd5 ( 42. f5 { and White can already relax} 42... Re8 43. fxg6+ fxg6 $18 )42... Qa3 ( 42... Qe7 43. f5 $18 )43. h5 ( 43. f5 $18 $142 { makes it even easier for White} )43... Rc1+ ( 43... Re8 $18 { a last effort to resist the inevitable} )44. Rxc1 Rxc1+ ( 44... Qxc1+ 45. Kh2 Kg7 46. hxg6 $18 )45. Kh2 f5 ( 45... Kg7 46. hxg6 Rc7 47. gxf7 Rxf7 $18 )46. Bxf5 $1 { Mate attack.} ( 46. Bxf5 Rc7 47. Qe4 $18 ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.24"] [Round "2.5"] [White "Short, Andrew"] [Black "Cloudsdale, Colin"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1929"] [ECO "B30"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "110"] [WhiteElo "1666"] { A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Qc7 ( 6... d5 7. c3 Nf6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bg5 Qf5 13. Be3 b6 14. Na3 a6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Ng5 Rfe8 17. f4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qf8 19. Bh3 Qd6 20. Bf2 Nf8 21. Rfe1 { Damljanovic,B ( 2589 ) -Svidler,P ( 2723 ) /Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098/1/2-1/2 ( 46 )} )7. c3 $146 { Consolidates b4+d4} ( 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4 d6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nc4 e5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bd2 b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. fxe5 Nf5 16. Rxf5 gxf5 17. exd6 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qd8 19. Qe2+ Kd7 20. Nxb6+ Kxd6 21. Bf4+ { 1-0 Boetticher,T ( 1252 ) -Howe,D ( 1526 ) /Kiel 2006/CBM 113 ext} )7... Nge7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 b5 ( 9... d6 10. Nf1 $15 )10. Qe2 ( 10. Nb3 c4 11. dxc4 bxc4 $11 )10... Rb8 ( 10... b4 11. e5 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Ne4 $11 )11. Nf1 ( 11. e5 b4 12. Nb3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc5 bxc3 $11 )11... Ba6 ( 11... d6 12. Ne3 $15 )12. Qc2 b4 { Black gets more space} 13. Be3 { White threatens to win material: Be3xc5} 13... Qa5 14. Rec1 Rfc8 15. Bf4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb6 17. N1d2 Qa3 18. Rab1 e5 19. Rxb6 axb6 { White has a new backward pawn: a2} 20. Bg5 $2 ( 20. Nb1 Qa5 21. Bd2 b5 $11 )20... b5 { Loses material} ( 20... Bxd3 $5 $142 21. Qd1 h6 $19 )21. Bh3 $15 { White threatens to win material: Bh3xd7} 21... Rc7 22. d4 ( 22. Rb1 h6 23. Be3 d6 $15 )22... cxd4 $17 23. cxd4 exd4 { Black has a new passed pawn: d4.} 24. Nb3 $2 ( 24. Rb1 $5 $17 $142)24... Ne5 $19 25. Bxe7 Nxf3+ ( 25... Qxe7 { is much worse} 26. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 27. Kh1 $16 )26. Kg2 Qxc1 ( 26... Rxc2 $5 27. Bxa3 Rxa2 $19 )27. Qxc1 $17 ( 27. Nxc1 $4 Ne1+ 28. Kf1 Rxc2 29. Kxe1 Rxc1+ 30. Kd2 Ra1 $19 )27... Rxc1 28. Nxc1 { A minor pieces endgame occured} 28... Ne5 29. Nb3 ( 29. f4 $5 $142 { should be considered} 29... d3 30. Bb4 $11 )29... d3 30. Bd6 Bb7 ( 30... Nc4 31. Bb4 Bb7 32. Bxd7 Bf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 $17 )31. f3 $2 { Covers e4+g4} ( 31. Bxe5 $142 Bxe5 32. Bxd7 $17 )31... Nc4 $19 32. Bb4 Bh6 $4 { throwing away the advantage} ( 32... d5 33. e5 Nxe5 34. Kf2 $19 )33. Kf2 $2 ( 33. Nc5 $5 $142 { and White can hope to live} 33... d5 34. Nxb7 dxe4 35. fxe4 $11 )33... Be3+ ( 33... d5 34. Ke1 $19 )34. Kf1 ( 34. Ke1 $5 $17)34... d5 $19 35. exd5 $6 { offers little resistance} ( 35. Bd7 dxe4 36. fxe4 Bxe4 37. Ke1 $19 )35... Bxd5 36. Bg2 Ne5 ( 36... Bh6 37. Kf2 f5 38. f4 $19 )37. f4 Nf3 38. Bxf3 Bxf3 39. Nd2 Bd5 40. a3 f5 41. Nb1 h5 ( 41... Kf7 { makes it even easier for Black} 42. Ke1 $19 )42. h4 Kf7 43. Nd2 ( 43. Ke1 Ke6 $19 )43... Ke6 44. Nb1 Bc6 ( 44... Kd7 { seems even better} 45. Nc3 Bf3 46. Nb1 $19 )45. Ke1 Kd5 46. Nd2 Bc5 47. Nf3 Bxb4+ 48. axb4 Ke4 49. Ne5 Bd5 50. Kd2 Kd4 51. Nxd3 ( 51. Nxg6 $5 Bh1 52. Nf8 $19 )51... Kc4 52. Ne5+ Kxb4 53. Kc1 $4 { White crumbles in face of a dire situation} ( 53. Nxg6 $142 Ka3 54. Ne7 $19 )53... Kc3 54. Nd7 b4 55. Nc5 Bc6 ( 55... Bc6 56. Kb1 Be4+ 57. Ka2 Bc2 $19 ) 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.30"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Cloudsdale, Colin"] [Black "Jackson, Ralph E"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1938"] [ECO "B07"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "83"] [WhiteElo "1929"] { B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems } 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be3 e6 7. Bd3 d5 ( 7... Be7 8. Qe2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qh5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bb3 O-O-O 15. h4 Nb6 16. c3 Rd7 17. Rdg1 Bf6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qe4 Qb5 21. Rg7 a5 22. Bd1 { Suba,M ( 2525 ) -Rivas Pastor,M ( 2505 ) /Seville 1994/TD/0-1 ( 63 )} )8. Bg5 $146 ( 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Ne2 Bxf3 ( 9... c5 10. g4 Bg6 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Kg2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 15. a4 Nc4 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. b3 N4a5 18. Qd3 Nb4 19. Qb5+ Rc6 20. Nf4 a6 21. Qe2 Rc3 22. Bd2 Rxb3 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 { Naiditsch,I ( 2141 ) -Schebler,G ( 2500 ) /Dortmund 2005/CBM 107 ext/0-1 ( 53 )} )10. gxf3 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. f4 g6 14. Kg2 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. Rh1 Nb6 17. Ng1 Qd7 18. h4 h5 19. Nf3 a5 20. Kh3 Bf8 21. Rg1 Ne7 22. a4 bxa4 { Gergel,V ( 2320 ) -Barthel,A ( 2227 ) /Pardubice 2006/CBM 113 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 56 )} )( 8. O-O dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bxd5 Rhd8 19. Rfd1 Ke7 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Bc6 Rxb2 22. Re1+ Kd6 { Varavin,V-Orlov,G ( 2515 ) /Leningrad 1989/TD/0-1 ( 38 )} )( 8. e5 Nfd7 $14 )8... Qa5 9. Bxf6 ( 9. Bd2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qc7 $14 )9... gxf6 $11 { Black has the pair of bishops} 10. Qd2 Rg8 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nxg6 hxg6 { Opposite coloured bishops appeared} 15. Nd1 ( 15. h4 e5 $11 )15... Qb6 $15 16. c3 { Controls b4} 16... Rh8 17. h4 O-O-O 18. Ne3 f5 19. f3 Bh6 20. O-O-O Bf4 { The bishop is not easily driven from f4} 21. Kb1 Nf6 22. Qe2 Kb8 23. h5 { White wins space} 23... Rc8 { Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc3} 24. Ka1 ( 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Ng2 Bc7 $14 )24... a5 ( 24... gxh5 $5 $142 { might be a viable alternative} 25. gxf5 Rce8 $11 )25. Ng2 $14 { White threatens to win material: Ng2xf4} 25... Bc7 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rde1 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 Ng8 ( 28... Qd6 29. Rh6 Rg8 30. g5 $14 )29. a4 ( 29. Rh7 $5 a4 30. a3 fxg4 31. fxg4 e5 32. dxe5 Rf8 $18 )29... Qd6 30. Bb5 Rd8 31. Rh7 fxg4 32. fxg4 Qg3 ( 32... Nf6 $5 33. Rh6 Rg8 $16 )33. Rg7 e5 34. Ne1 ( 34. Rxg6 e4 $16 )34... Nf6 { Black intends e4. Attacks the isolani on g4} ( 34... e4 35. Rxg6 Ne7 36. Rh6 $14 )35. Nd3 ( 35. Rxg6 Ne4 36. Nc2 exd4 37. cxd4 Rf8 $14 )35... e4 $2 { Black gains space} ( 35... exd4 $142 { would keep Black alive} 36. Rxg6 Ne4 37. cxd4 Qg1+ 38. Ka2 Rh8 $11 )36. Nc5 $18 Qf3 $2 ( 36... Qxg4 37. Qxg4 Nxg4 $14 )37. Ne6 ( 37. Qc2 { makes it even easier for White} 37... e3 38. Qb3 Ne4 39. Na6+ Ka7 40. Nxc7 Nd2 $18 )37... Rc8 38. Rxg6 Qh1+ $4 { Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} ( 38... Ne8 $18)39. Ka2 Qh8 40. Nc5 ( 40. Qf1 $142 { keeps an even firmer grip} 40... Nxg4 41. Rxg4 $18 )40... Ne8 ( 40... Bb6 { no good, but what else?} 41. Qe3 Bxc5 42. dxc5 Ne8 $18 )41. Bd7 ( 41. Bc6 Bb6 42. Nd7+ Kc7 $18 )41... Qh7 ( 41... Nd6 { there is nothing better in the position} 42. Na6+ $1 { leaving no more doubts} 42... bxa6 43. Qxa6 Qh7 44. Rxd6 Bxd6 45. Qb6+ Ka8 46. Qxd6 Rc4 47. Qa6+ Kb8 48. Qb6+ Ka8 49. Qxa5+ Kb8 50. Qb6+ Ka8 $18 )42. Qb5 ( 42. Qb5 Nd6 43. Rxd6 Bb6 44. Rxb6 Qg6 45. Rxb7+ Ka8 46. Qxa5+ Qa6 47. Qxa6# ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.30"] [Round "3.2"] [White "McColl, Kevin"] [Black "Short, Andrew"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1666"] [ECO "C55"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "77"] [WhiteElo "1900"] { C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4 } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 Qe7 { Black threatens to win material: Qe7xe5} 12. Nd2 $146 ( 12. Qd2 Bxd4 ( 12... O-O 13. Bxg5 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Qxg5 15. Nd2 f6 16. Rae1 fxe5 17. Rxe5 Qf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Rfe1 Kf8 20. Nb3 Rc4 21. c3 Re8 22. Kf2 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 a5 24. Nd2 Rf4 25. Ke3 Rh4 26. h3 a4 27. f4 { Weichert,H ( 2200 ) -Bloch,N/Graz 1972/MCD/1-0 ( 39 )} )13. Qxd4 O-O 14. c4 Ne6 15. Qd2 dxc4 16. Na3 Rfe8 17. f4 Nf8 18. Nxc4 Be6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Qf2 Re6 22. Rfd1 f5 23. Rc3 Rg6 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rcd3 Qf7 26. Rxd5 h6 { Zwaig,A ( 2425 ) -Dueckstein,A/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD/0-1 ( 37 )} )( 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nd2 f6 ( 13... O-O 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qd2 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Qc3 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 f5 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Nc5 Rfd8 22. Rde1 Rd5 23. b4 a5 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Qc3 Bf7 27. Re3 Bg6 28. Ra1 { Calabrese,A ( 1967 ) -Yunusov,I/Turin 2006/CBM 113/0-1 ( 50 )} )( 13... f5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. b4 Bb6 16. c4 Qxb4 17. e6 Bc8 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qe5 O-O 20. cxd5 Qd6 21. Qxd6 cxd6 22. dxc6 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 24. Kh1 Rf7 25. Rad1 Bb6 26. Rfe1 e3 27. Rxd6 Re8 28. g4 { Witkowski,S ( 2340 ) -Castro Rojas,O ( 2410 ) /Lublin 1977/MCD/1-0 ( 66 )} )14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Rad1 Kc8 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Qa5 a6 20. Nb3 f5 21. c4 Bb4 22. Bc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Rd8 25. Rd4 Be8 26. Rfd1 Rxd4 { Kosintseva,N ( 2446 ) -Potapov,A ( 2530 ) /ChessAssistantClub INT 2004/CBM 103 ext/ 0-1 ( 59 )} )( 12. f4 $5 f6 13. Qd3 $14 )12... Qxe5 $15 13. Re1 Ne6 ( 13... Bxd4 $4 { Black should leave the knight well alone} 14. Bxd4 Qe6 15. Bxg7 $18 )14. f4 ( 14. N2b3 $5 Bb6 15. f4 $15 )14... Qf6 $17 ( 14... Nxf4 $4 { Black will choke on that pawn} 15. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 $18 )15. N2f3 O-O 16. Ne5 Be8 { White has an active position} ( 16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfd8 18. c3 Nxd4 19. Nxd7 Qxf4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 21. cxd4 Rxd7 22. Rac1 $17 )17. Ng4 $15 { White threatens to win material: Ng4xf6} 17... Qd8 18. Nxe6 ( 18. f5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qd6 $15 )18... Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 fxe6 20. Qd4 ( 20. g3 Rb8 $15 )20... Qd6 21. Ne5 ( 21. g3 $5 $17 $142)21... c5 $19 22. Qd2 Rxf4 23. Rae1 Rf6 ( 23... Rb8 $5 $19 $142)24. Ng4 $17 Rg6 25. Ne5 d4 26. Rf3 ( 26. R3e2 Rf6 27. Ng4 Rf5 28. Rxe6 Qf8 $17 )26... Rf6 ( 26... Rh6 $5 $19)27. Rxf6 $17 gxf6 28. Ng4 Qe7 29. Qh6 $2 ( 29. c3 $5 $142 Rd8 30. Qf4 $17 )29... Bg6 $19 30. Rf1 $2 ( 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. c3 h5 $19 )30... f5 $4 { weakening the position} ( 30... Rf8 $19 $142 { and the rest is a matter of technique} )31. Ne5 Qg7 32. Qf4 Kh8 ( 32... Rd8 $19 $142)33. Rf3 $11 Rg8 34. Rg3 Qe7 35. Qh6 $2 ( 35. Ra3 Rg7 36. Rxa7 Bh5 $11 )35... Qf6 ( 35... Be8 $5 $17 $142)36. Nxg6+ $11 Rxg6 37. Rxg6 { White has a mate threat} 37... Qxg6 { A queen endgame occured} 38. Qf8+ { White forks: c5+h8} 38... Qg8 39. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.30"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Cowley, Robert G"] [Black "Garcia-Blanco, Miguel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1699"] [ECO "D14"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "50"] [WhiteElo "2056"] { D14: Slav Defence: Exchange variation with ...Bf5 } 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 ( 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qd4 a6 13. f4 h5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qb6 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1 Nc5 19. Qc2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kb8 21. a3 a5 22. Rc1 Nb3 23. Rd1 Nd4 { Georgiev,V ( 2501 ) -Dominguez,L ( 2608 ) /Merida 2002/CBM 093/1/2-1/2 ( 52 )} )9... Qxd6 10. O-O h6 ( 10... O-O 11. Rc1 { 1/2-1/2 Kosikov,A ( 2427 ) -Semenov,D ( 2342 ) /Kiev 2006/CBM 110 ext} )11. a3 $146 { Covers b4} ( 11. Rc1 O-O 12. a3 Rac8 13. Na4 Na5 14. Ne5 Rc7 15. b4 Nc6 16. f4 Ne7 17. Nc3 a6 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Bf3 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Bd1 Bh7 22. Bb3 Nf5 23. Na4 Qd8 24. Nc5 Nd6 25. h3 Ra8 { Synbulatov,V ( 2257 ) -Denisov,L ( 2277 ) /Novokuznetsk 2001/CBM 085 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 38 )} )( 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Qxb7 Rfb8 13. Qa6 Rb6 14. Nb5 Qb4 15. Qa3 Rxb5 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. Rac1 Ne4 18. h3 Na5 19. b3 Nc6 20. Qb2 Rb8 21. Rfd1 a5 22. Ne1 h5 23. f3 Ng3 24. Qf2 Ne2+ 25. Kh2 Nxc1 { Snikkers,N-Olsarova,K ( 1864 ) /Herceg Novi 2005/CBM 108 ext/0-1 ( 40 )} )11... O-O 12. b4 Rac8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Qb3 Bg4 15. Qb2 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne7 17. Rfc1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Rc8 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 { White threatens to win material: g4xh5} 20... Bg6 21. Ne5 Be4 22. Qc1 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 f6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 b6 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.30"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Mdinaradze, Edgar"] [Black "Zaric, Srboljub"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2144"] [ECO "D35"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "112"] [WhiteElo "1896"] { D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 } 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qc2 ( 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. O-O-O Ne4 12. Be1 Nf8 13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. Kb1 b6 16. Nf3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bc2 Be6 19. Bb3 c4 20. Ba4 Reb8 21. Nd4 Rb6 22. Ka1 Rab8 { Wiedner,R ( 2500 ) -Steflitsch,E ( 2500 ) /Austria 1997/CBM 057 ext/0-1 ( 53 )} )8... a5 $146 ( 8... Nf8 9. Bd2 ( 9. O-O Ng6 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 Bc7 12. Ne2 Re8 13. a3 Ne4 14. b4 a6 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Kf1 Qf6 17. Neg1 h5 18. Rac1 Re6 19. a4 Nh4 20. Rb1 Nxf3 21. Nxf3 Bxh3 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Nd2 Bf5 { Huber,H ( 1588 ) -Gregoritsch,M ( 1742 ) /Dortmund 2006/CBM 113 ext/0-1 ( 50 )} )9... Bg4 10. Na4 Qe7 11. Nc5 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. a3 a5 14. Bc3 O-O 15. O-O h6 16. Rae1 Ne4 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rfe8 19. Qc2 c5 20. f4 c4 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. f5 Bc8 23. Nxf7+ { Fajer-Vidmar,M/Novi Sad 1945/HCL/0-1 ( 38 )} )( 8... Qe7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Re8 11. h4 h6 12. Rdg1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ne1 Nf6 15. f3 Bg3 16. Rf1 Bf5 17. fxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rf3 Bxh4 20. Nd3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bg5 22. Rhh3 Rad8 23. Qc3 { Lada,I ( 2189 ) -Zawadzki,S ( 2396 ) /Polanica Zdroj 2005/CBM 108 ext/0-1} )9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bd2 ( 11. Re1 Nb6 $11 )11... Nf8 ( 11... Qe7 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 $15 )12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Ng3 f5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5 { White has the pair of bishops} 16. Bc1 ( 16. b4 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 axb4 18. Qxb4 Ra5 $15 )16... Re7 17. Ne2 Rf7 18. Nd4 Ne6 ( 18... Ng6 $5 $17)19. f3 $11 Nxd4 20. exd4 Nd6 ( 20... Ng5 21. Bf4 $11 )21. Bf4 Be6 ( 21... Qf6 22. Qc3 $11 )22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. Re2 b6 ( 23... Re7 24. Rae1 $16 )24. Rae1 ( 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxc6 Rd8 26. Qxb6 Qd7 27. Qxa5 Nc4 $16 )24... Re8 25. Qc3 Rff8 26. b3 ( 26. Rc1 $5 Nc4 27. b3 $16 )26... Bf7 $14 27. Be5 Bg6 28. b4 { White threatens to win material: b4xa5} ( 28. Rc1 Rc8 $14 )28... Ra8 $11 29. Bf4 Ne4 { Black threatens to win material: Ne4xc3} 30. Qb2 axb4 31. Qxb4 c5 ( 31... Qa7 32. Qb2 $11 ( 32. fxe4 $2 { catches the eye, but} 32... fxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 $19 ( 33... Rxf4 $6 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Qd6 $17 ) ))32. Bb5 ( 32. Qxb6 Qxa4 33. Be5 Nc3 $14 )32... cxb4 $11 33. Bxd7 { Black has a new passed pawn: b4} 33... Nf6 34. Bb5 Be8 35. Bd6 Bxb5 36. axb5 Rfc8 37. Rb2 { White threatens to win material: Rb2xb4} ( 37. Bxb4 Rc4 38. Be7 Rxd4 39. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 )37... Rc4 { Black threatens to win material: Rc4xd4} ( 37... Ra5 38. Rxb4 Ra2 39. h3 $15 )38. Bxb4 $11 Rxd4 { Black has a new passed pawn: d5} ( 38... Re8 39. Rd1 $11 )39. Re6 { White threatens to win material: Re6xb6} ( 39. Bc3 Rda4 40. Bxf6 gxf6 $11 )39... Nd7 40. Bd2 $2 ( 40. Re7 $142 { would keep White in the game} 40... Ra7 41. Rc2 $11 )40... Nc5 $17 41. Re2 $4 { sad, but how else could White save the game?} ( 41. Rd6 $142 Nd3 42. Rb1 $17 )41... Ra1+ $19 42. Be1 ( 42. Kf2 { is no salvation} 42... f4 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. Re8+ Kf7 $19 )42... Rdd1 43. Kf1 ( 43. Re8+ { doesn't change the outcome of the game} 43... Kf7 44. Rbe2 Ne4 45. R8xe4 fxe4 $19 )43... Rxe1+ $1 { Decoy: e1} 44. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 45. Kxe1 Nd3+ 46. Kd2 Nxb2 47. Kc3 Na4+ ( 47... Kf7 $5 { and Black can already relax} 48. Kxb2 Ke6 49. Kc3 $19 )48. Kd4 Kf7 49. Kxd5 Kf6 50. f4 ( 50. Kd6 { a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 50... Kg5 51. Ke5 Nc3 $19 )50... g6 ( 50... g5 { seems even better} 51. g3 $19 )51. Kd6 ( 51. Kc6 { doesn't do any good} 51... Kg7 $19 )51... g5 52. fxg5+ ( 52. g3 { does not save the day} 52... Kg6 $19 )52... Kxg5 53. Kd5 Kf4 54. Kd4 h5 55. g3+ ( 55. Kd3 { cannot change what is in store for ?} 55... Nc5+ 56. Kd2 h4 $19 )55... Kg4 56. Ke5 Nc3 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.07.30"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Guthrie, Aaron"] [Black "Zulfic, Fedja"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1809"] [ECO "B27"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "52"] [WhiteElo "2172"] { B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 { Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 6. Qa4 $146 ( 6. Qf4 Nh5 7. Qe4 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. Qa4 O-O-O 11. Be2 Qb4 12. O-O Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Bxc2 14. Nc5 e5 15. Be3 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Nf4 17. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Bd1 19. Re3 b6 20. Ba3 Bxf3 { Plachetka,J-Alster,L/Jablonec 1962/MCD/0-1 ( 34 )} )( 6. Qc3 Ne4 7. Qe3 Qa5+ 8. c3 d5 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bf5 12. Qh4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Bc4 { 1/2-1/2 Rizouk,A ( 2501 ) -Frois,A ( 2376 ) /Balaguer 2003/CBM 095 ext} )( 6. Qc4 d5 7. exd6 Be6 8. Qa4 Bg7 9. dxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Nc3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bd1 Qd7 15. c3 Re4 16. Qc2 Rae8 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. h3 Bb8 20. Bf3 Qd6 { Blaskowski,J ( 2345 ) -Beikert,G ( 2445 ) /Germany 2004/CBM 100 ext/1-0 ( 37 )} )( 6. Qh4 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxe5+ 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 d6 12. Bg5 Qc5 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bf3 Rb4 16. Qg3 Qf5 17. Nd1 Qxc2 18. Rc1 Qa4 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. b3 Rc8 { Sturua,Z ( 2395 ) -Lukin,A ( 2460 ) /Moscow 1979/MCD/1/2-1/2 ( 95 )} )( 6. Qd3 Ng4 7. Qc3 Bg7 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. c3 Be6 15. Qd1 Rac8 16. Be2 b5 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Nc2 a5 20. a3 Nc4 { Tamin,U ( 2210 ) -Mawunto,F/Jakarta 1997/CBM 058 ext/0-1 ( 43 )} )6... Ng8 ( 6... Nd5 7. Be2 $14 )7. Nc3 $16 Bg7 8. Bf4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 { Black has new hanging pawns: d7+e7. Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 10. Bc4 ( 10. O-O-O O-O $16 )10... d5 { Black threatens to win material: d5xc4} 11. Rd1 e6 { Black has a cramped position} 12. Bb3 ( 12. Bb5 $5 $14)12... O-O $11 { Black castles and improves king safety} 13. O-O ( 13. Qa3 $5 $11 { is worthy of consideration} )13... Bd7 $15 { Black has a cramped position} 14. Qa3 a6 { White has a very active position} ( 14... Ne4 $5 $142 { is worth consideration} 15. Be3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxc3 $15 )15. Rfe1 $11 b5 16. Ne5 ( 16. Bd6 $5 $14 $142 { would allow White to play on} )16... Nxe5 $15 17. Bxe5 Ng4 $4 { there were better ways to keep up the pressure} ( 17... a5 18. Qd6 Rf7 19. a4 $17 )18. Bg3 $4 { gives the opponent new chances} ( 18. Bxg7 $142 Qh4 19. Bxf8 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Rxf8 21. Qc5 Rxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 $14 )18... Qb6 $4 { forfeits the advantage} ( 18... Bxc3 $5 19. bxc3 a5 $17 )19. Qd6 $4 { overlooking an easy win} ( 19. Nxd5 $142 { secures the win} 19... exd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Bxa8 $18 )19... Qxd6 $15 20. Bxd6 Rf7 ( 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rf5 22. Bc5 $15 )21. f3 ( 21. Nxd5 $5 exd5 22. Bxd5 $14 )21... Bxc3 $11 22. bxc3 { White has the pair of bishops} 22... Nh6 23. Be5 { A comfortable square for the white bishop} 23... a5 ( 23... g5 24. a3 $15 )24. a3 ( 24. a4 Nf5 $11 )24... Nf5 25. Re2 ( 25. f4 Rc8 $15 )25... Rc8 ( 25... g5 26. h3 $17 )26. Ba2 ( 26. f4 h5 $15 )26... Rc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.30"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Jackson, Ralph E"] [Black "Zulfic, Fedja"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1809"] [ECO "D02"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "85"] [WhiteElo "1938"] { D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4 } 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 f5 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. b3 $146 ( 7. f4 Nbd7 ( 7... O-O 8. Ndf3 ( 8. O-O c5 9. b3 b6 10. Qe1 Ba6 11. Rf3 Ne4 12. Rh3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Nc6 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. Be1 a5 18. a4 Nb4 19. Bh4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Qh5 Qe8 22. Qe2 a4 { Pytel,B ( 2053 ) -Carton,C ( 2207 ) /La Fere 2002/CBM 089 ext/0-1 ( 35 )} ) 8... Bd7 9. Bd2 Be8 10. c4 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. c5 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Bh5 14. O-O-O Nf2 15. Rdf1 Nxh1 16. Rxh1 Na6 17. h3 Rab8 18. g4 Bg6 19. g5 Bh5 20. Be2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qxg5 22. Qd1 { Lim,B-Srivachirawat,K ( 2169 ) /Singapore 2003/CBM 097 ext/0-1} )8. Ndf3 Ne4 9. Bd2 ( 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Ndf6 ( 10... Qe7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. c5 Bc7 13. Ne5 Rf6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qe1 Raf8 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Bd2 Kh8 18. b4 g5 19. g3 Qg7 20. Kh1 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 gxf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Qxg7+ { Stratmann,D-Hoyer,O/Northeim 2005/CBM 105 ext/0-1 ( 48 )} ) 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qc2 Be8 14. c5 Bc7 15. b4 Kh8 16. a4 Rg8 17. Bc3 g5 18. Nxg5 Nxg5 19. fxg5 Rxg5 20. Be1 Rh5 21. Be2 Rh6 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Bf4 Rf6 { Dgebuadze,A ( 2470 ) -Perez Guijarro,E/Malaga 1998/CBM 063 ext/1-0 ( 33 )} )9... Ndf6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be1 Qc7 13. c4 Bd7 14. c5 Be7 15. Bh4 Be8 16. Qe1 Qd8 17. a4 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ne5 Rf6 21. b4 Rh6 { Krebs,J-Umpfenbach,C/Binz 1995/Juniors/1-0 ( 32 )} )7... Nbd7 { Black threatens to win material: Nd7xe5} 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. c4 a5 11. a3 { Covers b4} 11... Ne4 12. Nf1 ( 12. O-O $5 $11)12... a4 13. f3 $2 ( 13. Nxd7 $5 $142 { would allow White to play on} 13... Bxd7 14. c5 $15 )13... Bxe5 ( 13... axb3 14. Ng3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 $19 )14. dxe5 Nec5 ( 14... axb3 $142 { the advantage is on the side of Black} 15. fxe4 fxe4 $19 )15. b4 $15 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 { Opposite coloured bishops appeared} 16... Qh4+ 17. g3 ( 17. Ng3 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 dxc4 $11 )17... Qxc4 $17 18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. Nd2 ( 19. Bd4 b5 $17 )19... b5 20. Ke2 ( 20. Bd4 Ba6 $17 )20... Bb7 ( 20... c5 $5 21. Bc3 $19 )21. Rhd1 $17 Rfd8 22. e4 ( 22. Bd4 Rac8 $17 )22... Nb6 ( 22... c5 $5 $19 $142)23. exf5 $17 exf5 24. Nf1 Nd5 25. Bd4 ( 25. Ne3 c3 26. Bc1 f4 27. Nxd5 cxd5 $15 ( 27... Rxd5 $143 28. Bxf4 c2 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Kd3 $14 ))25... Rac8 ( 25... f4 $5 $19 $142)26. Ne3 $15 Nxe3 27. Bxe3 Rd5 { Black threatens to win material: Rd5xe5} 28. f4 { White has a new protected passed pawn: e5} 28... Kf7 29. Rxd5 cxd5 { Black has a new passed pawn: d5} 30. Bd4 { A sound move} 30... h6 31. h4 Ke6 32. Kd2 Bc6 33. Kc3 Be8 34. Rh1 Bh5 35. Rf1 Rg8 36. Rh1 Kd7 ( 36... g6 37. Be3 $17 )37. Rh2 ( 37. e6+ $5 Ke8 38. Re1 $15 )37... Re8 38. Be3 Re6 39. Kd4 Kc6 40. Kc3 Bf3 41. h5 g6 42. hxg6 Rxg6 43. Bf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.07"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Zaric, Srboljub"] [Black "Guthrie, Aaron"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2087"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "0"] [WhiteElo "2144"] 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.07"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Garcia-Blanco, Miguel"] [Black "Mdinaradze, Edgar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1896"] [ECO "E91"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "142"] [WhiteElo "1699"] { E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6.. .Bg4 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Ne8 $146 ( 7... Nd7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qd2 f5 12. Bh6 Nf6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Bd3 h6 18. Nh3 Qf7 19. f4 e4 20. Be2 Kh7 21. Kh1 Bd7 22. Nd1 { Veselsky,J ( 2200 ) -Janco,J ( 2200 ) /Nova Bana 1983/MCD/1/2-1/2 ( 58 )} )( 7... a6 8. d5 Nb8 ( 8... Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. b4 f5 12. f3 f4 13. Bh4 c5 14. d6 Bf6 15. dxe7 Bxe7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. a3 Rf7 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. Kh1 cxb4 21. axb4 Ne6 22. c5 Qf8 23. Bc4 { Raub,J-Struth,E/Germany 1993/GER/1-0 ( 32 )} )9. Be3 c5 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. f4 Ne8 12. Nf3 Nc7 13. a4 Re8 14. Qd2 Nf8 15. h3 Bd7 16. a5 Rb8 17. f5 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Ng5 Qb8 20. Ra2 Rb3 21. Bd1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 { Van der Stricht,G ( 2417 ) -Hook,W ( 2109 ) /Turin 2006/CBM 113/1-0 ( 40 )} )( 7... Re8 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Ne1 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Nf8 13. b4 Kh7 14. c5 Ng8 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nb5 a6 17. Na7 Bd7 18. b5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Qb8 20. Qa4 Nf6 21. Bc6 Qc7 22. Rxb7 { Leibbrand,U-Schmidt,H/Mannheim 1990/GER/0-1} )( 7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 $14 )8. d5 { White gets more space} 8... Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. f4 Bf6 12. g4 c5 $2 ( 12... e5 $16 $142)13. e5 $18 dxe5 14. g5 exf4 ( 14... Re8 15. gxf6 Nf5 16. fxe5 Nxh6 17. Qd2 $18 )15. gxf6 exf6 16. Bxf4 Bd7 ( 16... Re8 { doesn't do any good} 17. Nb5 Bh3 18. Re1 $18 )17. Bd6 Re8 18. Bxc5 Re5 ( 18... Qc7 { is no salvation} 19. Bf2 $18 )19. Bf2 ( 19. Bd4 { keeps an even firmer grip} 19... Nf5 $18 )19... Rg5+ ( 19... Bh3 { praying for a miracle} 20. Bf3 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Rf5 $18 )20. Kh1 Bh3 21. Rg1 h5 22. Rxg5 fxg5 23. Qd3 ( 23. c5 { seems even better} 23... g4 $18 )23... Bf5 24. Qe3 ( 24. Qd4 { might be the shorter path} 24... Bh3 $18 )24... Qf6 25. Qd4 Qe7 ( 25... Qxd4 { doesn't improve anything} 26. Bxd4 a6 27. c5 $18 )26. a3 g4 27. Bd3 ( 27. c5 { makes it even easier for White} 27... Kh7 $18 )27... h4 ( 27... Re8 { doesn't change the outcome of the game} 28. Re1 Qg5 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Qe5 $18 )28. Ne4 ( 28. Bxf5 { and White can already relax} 28... gxf5 29. d6 Qg5 $18 )28... Nh5 29. Re1 Qd8 30. Be3 ( 30. Qe5 $5 { keeps an even firmer grip} 30... f6 31. Qd4 g3 32. hxg3 hxg3 33. Nxg3 Nxg3+ 34. Bxg3 Qc8 $18 )30... g3 31. Qe5 ( 31. Bd2 { might be the shorter path} 31... Qf8 32. hxg3 Bxe4+ 33. Bxe4 Qc8 $18 )31... f6 32. Qd4 gxh2 ( 32... Qe7 { is not much help} 33. c5 $18 )33. Kxh2 ( 33. Bf2 $5 { and White can already relax} 33... Qd7 $18 )33... Bxe4 34. Qxe4 Qd6+ 35. Kg1 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 f5 37. Qe6+ Kh7 ( 37... Kh8 { cannot change what is in store for ?} 38. Ke2 Ng7 $18 )38. Ke2 ( 38. Qe7+ $142 { secures victory} 38... Kg8 39. Ke2 $18 )38... Ng7 39. Qf7 ( 39. Qf6 $5 Re8 40. Kd2 h3 $18 )39... Re8 $16 40. Kd2 Qe5 $4 { further deteriorates the position} ( 40... h3 $142 41. Re2 h2 $16 )41. Qxb7 $18 Rb8 ( 41... h3 { does not help much} 42. Qxa7 Re7 43. Qb6 $18 )42. Qxa7 Rxb2+ 43. Bc2 Qe4 44. Qa4 h3 ( 44... g5 $18 { does not solve anything} )45. Kc3 { White threatens to win material: Kc3xb2} ( 45. Kc1 $142 { it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} 45... Qe5 46. Bd2 $18 )45... Qe5+ $14 46. Bd4 Rxc2+ 47. Kxc2 ( 47. Qxc2 $2 Qxe1+ 48. Kb2 f4 $19 )47... Qxe1 $4 { Black lets it slip away} ( 47... Qxd4 $142 { saving the game} 48. Qb4 h2 $14 )48. Qa7 $18 Qe2+ 49. Kb3 Qd3+ ( 49... Kh6 50. Qxg7+ Kh5 51. Qh7+ Kg5 $18 )50. Bc3 { White has a mate threat} ( 50. Kb4 $142 { finishes off the opponent} 50... Kh6 51. Qxg7+ Kh5 $18 )50... Kh6 $4 { a transit from better to worse} ( 50... Qxc3+ 51. Kxc3 h2 $11 )51. Qxg7+ $18 Kh5 ( 51... Kg5 { hardly improves anything} 52. Qf6+ Kh5 53. d6 Qb1+ 54. Bb2 Qd3+ 55. Kb4 $18 )52. Qh7+ Kg5 53. Qe7+ ( 53. a4 $18 $142 { and White can celebrate victory} )53... Kg4 $16 54. Qh7 f4 ( 54... Kg5 55. a4 f4 $18 )55. Qd7+ $4 { what a pity, victory was in sight} ( 55. Kb4 f3 56. Bf6 $11 )55... Kg3 $19 56. Qe7 ( 56. Kb4 { doesn't get the cat off the tree} 56... Qb1+ 57. Ka5 h2 $19 )56... h2 57. Qg5+ ( 57. Qe1+ { is not the saving move} 57... Kg2 58. Qe6 h1=Q 59. Qg4+ Qg3 60. Qe2+ Kh3 61. Qe6+ Qg4 $19 )57... Kf3 58. Qh4 Kg2 ( 58... Qb1+ $142 { and Black has prevailed} 59. Ka4 h1=Q 60. Qxh1+ Qxh1 $19 )59. Qg4+ $11 ( 59. Qxf4 $4 { the pawn must be left alone, otherwise White will be punished} 59... h1=Q 60. Qg4+ Kf2 61. Qd4+ Ke2 $19 )59... Qg3 { Black threatens to win material: Qg3xg4} 60. Qe2+ Kh3 61. Qf1+ Kg4 $4 { letting the wind out of his own sails} ( 61... Qg2 $142 { is the best option Black has} 62. Qxf4 h1=Q 63. Qh6+ Kg4 64. Qxg6+ Kf3 65. Qd3+ Kg4 66. Qg6+ Kf3 67. Qd3+ Kg4 68. Qg6+ $11 )62. d6 $18 Qg1 $2 ( 62... f3 $142 63. d7 Qg1 $18 )63. Qe2+ Kh3 64. Qe6+ Qg4 65. Qxg4+ ( 65. Qd5 { seems even better} 65... f3 66. d7 h1=Q $18 )65... Kxg4 66. d7 h1=Q 67. d8=Q Qb7+ ( 67... Qb1+ 68. Ka4 $18 )68. Bb4 ( 68. Kc2 { makes it even easier for White} 68... g5 $18 )68... f3 ( 68... Qf3+ 69. Kc2 Qe2+ 70. Kc3 $18 )69. Qd4+ Kh3 70. Qg1 g5 71. Qxg5 $4 { not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} ( 71. a4 Qe4 72. a5 $18 )71... f2 $11 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.07"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Short, Andrew"] [Black "Cowley, Robert G"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2056"] [ECO "A04"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "60"] [WhiteElo "1666"] { A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 } 1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 $146 ( 8. Nd5 Kh8 ( 8... Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nb8 10. e4 ( 10. Bd2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Bc3 e4 13. dxe4 fxe4 14. Qd5+ Kh8 15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qd5 Qd7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 b6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. b3 Rc7 21. Be3 Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 h6 { Tattersall Rodriguez,L-Torres,J/Palma de Mallorca 1992/TD/1-0 ( 36 )} ) 10... Nd7 11. exf5 Nb6 12. d4 e4 13. Nd2 Bxf5 14. Nxe4 Kh8 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Bf4 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. h4 Qf6 20. Qd2 a6 21. Rfe1 h6 22. Re3 Rce8 23. Rae1 { Kharlov,A ( 2591 ) -Fridman,D ( 2592 ) /Internet 2004/CBM 102 ext/1-0 ( 69 )} )9. a3 Be6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. b4 Nd8 12. Bb2 Nf7 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. e3 c6 15. Rac1 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. Nd2 f4 18. exf4 exf4 19. Qc3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Ne5 21. c5 Bf5 22. Ne4 Nxd3 { Golombek,H-Tartakower,S/Hastings 1946/MCL/1/2-1/2 ( 33 )} )( 8. Bd2 Qe8 9. Nd5 Bd8 10. b4 e4 11. Ne1 Ne5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Nc2 c6 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 d5 17. Bc5 Rf7 18. a4 b6 19. Bd6 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Ba6 21. b5 cxb5 22. axb5 Bxb5 { Ponzo,H ( 1965 ) -Gargiulo,L ( 2213 ) /Banfield 2004/CBM 100 ext/0-1} )( 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd2 g5 11. e3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. b4 Rae8 15. b5 Nd8 16. Qa4 f4 17. Qa5 Rf7 18. e4 Ref8 19. f3 c6 20. Nc3 g4 21. Qxa7 h5 22. Ne2 c5 { Grathwohl,R ( 2295 ) -Renner,C ( 2400 ) /Germany 1994/GER-chT2/0-1} )( 8. Be3 $5 $11)8... Qe8 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Nh4 { White threatens to win material: Nh4xf5} 10... Be6 11. h3 { Prevents intrusion on g4} ( 11. Nd5 $5 Bd8 12. f4 $15 )11... Qd7 $17 12. Kh2 Rae8 ( 12... d5 13. f4 dxc4 14. dxc4 Bxc4 15. Re1 $17 )13. Bg5 ( 13. f4 $5 $15 $142 { is worthy of consideration} )13... Ng4+ $1 $19 { Discovered attack: f6, e7-g5} 14. hxg4 Bxg5 15. Bd5 $2 ( 15. Nf5 $19)15... Nd4 ( 15... Bxh4 { keeps an even firmer grip} 16. gxh4 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 $19 )16. f3 $2 ( 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 $19 )16... c6 ( 16... Bxd5 $5 $142 { and Black can already relax} 17. Nxd5 c6 18. Nb4 Bxh4 19. gxh4 $19 )17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Ne4 ( 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. gxf5 Rxf5 20. Kg2 $19 )18... Bxh4 19. gxh4 d5 ( 19... Rf4 $5 { seems even better} 20. Ng5 Qf6 21. Nh3 Rxf3 22. g5 $19 )20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nc3 ( 21. Ng5 { doesn't change anything anymore} 21... Qf6 22. Kg3 Qd6 $19 )21... Re7 ( 21... Rf4 $142 { might be the shorter path} 22. h5 Ref8 23. Kg3 $19 )22. Kg2 ( 22. Ne2 Nxf3+ 23. Kg3 $19 )22... Ref7 23. Kg3 ( 23. h5 { cannot change destiny} 23... Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxg4+ 26. Rg3 Qb4 $19 )23... Rxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Nxf3 26. Kxf3 Qf6+ 27. Ke2 Qxh4 28. Nxd5 ( 28. Kd2 { there is nothing better in the position} 28... Qxg4 29. a3 $19 )28... Qxg4+ 29. Kf2 Qd4+ 30. Ne3 Qxb2+ ( 30... Qxb2+ 31. Nc2 Qxc2+ 32. Ke3 e4 33. Kxe4 Qb2 $19 ) 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.07"] [Round "4.5"] [White "Cloudsdale, Colin"] [Black "McColl, Kevin"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1900"] [ECO "B07"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "73"] [WhiteElo "1929"] { B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems } 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O-O Kc8 9. Bb5 ( 9. Bh4 Bb4 10. Nd5 Bc5 11. Ng5 Bxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxf7 Rf8 14. Bxf6 Rxf7 15. Bh4 Bxf2 16. Bxf2 Rxf2 17. g3 Kd8 18. d6 cxd6 19. Rxd6 Ke7 20. Rd5 Rc8 21. c3 Rc5 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 Rd5+ { Feygin,M ( 2520 ) -Prokopchuk,E ( 2410 ) /Pardubice 1996/CBM 055 ext/0-1 ( 54 )} )9... c6 10. Ba4 Bb4 11. Rhe1 $146 ( 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bb3 Nc5 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Rhe1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Kc7 16. Nd2 Rhg8 17. g3 Rad8 18. f3 b5 19. Nb1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. Re1 Kd6 23. Kd2 h5 24. Ke3 h4 25. Kf2 hxg3+ { Ruzicka,M ( 2069 ) -Neuman,P ( 2433 ) /Litomysl 2004/CBM 104 ext/0-1 ( 39 )} )11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bxa2 13. Bb3 ( 13. Kb2 Be6 $15 )13... Bxb3 $17 14. cxb3 a5 15. Kc2 a4 16. b4 b5 ( 16... Kc7 17. Kb2 $17 )17. Rd6 ( 17. Bxf6 gxf6 ( 17... Nxf6 $143 18. Nxe5 Kc7 19. Nxf7 $16 )18. Nh4 Rg8 $15 )17... Ne8 ( 17... Kc7 $5 $142 18. Rd3 Rhe8 $17 )18. Rd3 $15 ( 18. Rxc6+ $2 { doesn't work because of} 18... Kb7 19. Nxe5 f6 $19 ( 19... Nxe5 $6 20. Rc5 Nc7 21. Rxe5 $17 ))18... f6 { Black threatens to win material: f6xg5} 19. Be3 g5 $4 { gives the opponent new chances} ( 19... f5 $142 20. Red1 Nef6 $17 )20. Red1 $16 Nb8 21. Bc5 Ng7 ( 21... Na6 22. Rd8+ Kb7 23. R8d7+ Kc8 24. Bb6 $16 )22. Be7 $16 Nh5 ( 22... g4 $5 $142 23. Nh4 Nh5 $16 )23. g4 $18 Nf4 24. Rd6 a3 25. Bxf6 Rf8 26. Kb3 ( 26. Kb1 $142 { and White gets the upper hand} 26... Nh3 27. R1d2 $18 )26... a2 $14 27. Ra1 { White threatens to win material: Ra1xa2} ( 27. Kb2 $142 Nd3+ 28. Ka1 Nxf2 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kc7 31. Rh8 Nxg4 32. Bd8+ Kd6 33. Ba5 $14 )27... Ne2 $4 { forfeits the advantage} ( 27... c5 $142 { had to be tried to avoid defeat} 28. Bg7 Rf7 29. Bxe5 Nd3 $11 )28. Nxe5 $18 Kc7 ( 28... Ra6 29. f3 Kc7 $18 )29. Rd2 ( 29. Re6 $142 { and White has it in the bag} 29... c5 30. bxc5 $18 )29... Nxc3 $16 30. Kxc3 Rxf6 31. Raxa2 Rxa2 32. Rxa2 Kd6 ( 32... Re6 $5 $142 33. Kd4 Na6 $16 )33. Kd4 $18 h6 ( 33... Nd7 34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. Ke5 $18 )34. Ra8 ( 34. Ra7 $5 { makes it even easier for White} 34... Ke6 35. Rh7 Rxf2 36. Rxh6+ Rf6 $18 )34... Rf8 35. Nd3 Rd8 $2 ( 35... Nd7 36. e5+ Ke7 37. Rxf8 Nxf8 $18 )36. Nc5 Ke7+ 37. Ke3 $138 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.23"] [Round "5.1"] [White "McColl, Kevin"] [Black "Jackson, Ralph E"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1938"] [ECO "A10"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "110"] [WhiteElo "1900"] { A10: English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black } 1. c4 g6 2. g3 d5 $146 ( 2... c6 3. Bg2 ( 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. Nf3 Bh3 14. Qd2 Bxg2 { 1/2-1/2 Sher,M ( 2520 ) -Nunn,J ( 2625 ) /Hastings 1994/CBM 045} )( 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nh3 Bg7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. e3 b6 11. b3 a5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Rfe1 { 1/2-1/2 McNab,C ( 2445 ) -Kaminski,M ( 2523 ) /Koszalin 1999/CBM 073} )3... d5 4. Qa4 d4 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d3 e5 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 Nd7 10. Bb2 a5 11. a3 Ra6 12. Qc2 c5 13. b5 Rd6 14. Rae1 f5 15. e3 h6 16. exd4 exd4 17. h4 { Lobron,E ( 2545 ) -Nunn,J ( 2600 ) /Germany 1991/GER-chT/0-1 ( 40 )} )( 2... e5 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. f3 Qf7 9. fxe4 Qxc4 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. Rc1 Qxa2 13. O-O Qe6 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Nxc7+ Nxc7 16. Rxc7 O-O 17. Qd3 { Subbotin,A ( 2063 ) -Shilin,D ( 2413 ) /Kharkov 2002/CBM 086 ext/0-1 ( 37 )} )3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 { White's piece can't move: c1} 5... Qa5 6. Nc3 c6 { Covers b5+d5} 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 { White has the pair of bishops} 9... Nd7 10. d4 Rd8 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. e3 { Controls d4} 12... Ngf6 13. a4 a5 14. Ra3 ( 14. Nb1 Qa7 $16 )14... O-O 15. Rb3 { White threatens to win material: Rb3xb6} 15... Qa7 16. Qe2 e5 17. Qc4 ( 17. Rd1 Nb6 $11 )17... Rfe8 18. Rd1 Bf8 19. Bg2 Nb6 20. Qf1 exd4 21. exd4 Rxd4 22. Be3 ( 22. Bg5 $5 { should be investigated more closely} 22... Rxd1 23. Qxd1 $15 )22... Rb4 $17 23. Rxb4 axb4 ( { Less advisable is } 23... Bxb4 24. Qd3 Bf8 25. Qc2 $14 )24. Nb1 Qa5 25. Bd4 Bg7 26. b3 Nfd5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qd3 Qc5 29. Nd2 Qc3 30. Ne4 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Re7 ( 31... Nd7 32. g4 $17 )32. Kf1 ( 32. Nc5 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Rxd7 $11 )32... Nf6 ( 32... Nd7 $5 $17 $142)33. Nc5 Nbd5 34. a5 Rc7 35. Rd4 Kf8 36. h4 Ke7 37. g4 ( 37. Nd3 h6 $11 )37... Kd6 $15 { Black threatens to win material: Kd6xc5} 38. Rc4 $2 ( 38. Na4 $5 $15)38... b5 ( 38... Nxg4 $5 39. Ne4+ Ke5 $19 )39. axb6 $17 Nxb6 40. Rf4 ( 40. Rc1 Nxg4 41. Na6 Rc8 $17 )40... Nbd5 41. Rc4 Nxg4 $1 { Deflection: g4} 42. Nd3 $2 ( 42. Rxg4 Kxc5 { Deflection} ( 42... Kxc5 { Overloading} ))42... Nde3+ $1 $19 { Double attack: c4/f1} 43. fxe3 Nxe3+ 44. Kf2 Nxc4 45. bxc4 c5 46. Bd5 f5 47. Ke3 Re7+ 48. Kd2 Ra7 49. Nc1 ( 49. Kc1 { is no salvation} 49... Ra1+ 50. Kb2 Rg1 $19 )49... Ra3 50. h5 ( 50. Bg8 { otherwise it's curtains at once} 50... h6 51. Bh7 $19 )50... gxh5 51. Nd3 ( 51. Bg8 { a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 51... h4 52. Bxh7 f4 $19 )51... Ra2+ ( 51... h4 $142 { seems even better} 52. Ne1 h3 53. Nc2 $19 )52. Kc1 h4 53. Bg8 ( 53. Kb1 { does not help much} 53... Ra3 54. Nf2 h3 $19 )53... h6 ( 53... h3 $142 { makes it even easier for Black} 54. Bd5 h2 $19 )54. Nxb4 ( 54. Bh7 { the only chance to get some counterplay} 54... Ra1+ 55. Kd2 $19 )54... Rg2 55. Bd5 Rg1+ ( 55... Rg1+ 56. Kc2 cxb4 $19 ) 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.14"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Cowley, Robert G"] [Black "Cloudsdale, Colin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1929"] [ECO "B42"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "87"] [WhiteElo "2056"] { B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3 } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8. c4 d6 ( 8... Bc5 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Ng6 12. Qd2 b6 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. f4 f6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. a3 Qc7 17. Bb1 Be7 18. Qe3 Bc6 19. Ne2 b5 20. c5 Qb7 21. b4 f5 22. Ng3 Bf6 23. Bxf6 { Berndt,S ( 2501 ) -Volke,K ( 2455 ) /Germany 1999/GER-chT/1/2-1/2 ( 54 )} )( 8... Be7 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Bd2 d6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Rae1 Qc7 15. Qh5 O-O-O 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. b4 Rc8 18. Qe2 Bd4 19. a4 Rhe8 20. a5 Qd8 21. b5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Bc5 23. Rb1 { Abreu,A ( 2459 ) -Borges Mateos,J ( 2426 ) /Havana 2004/CBM 100 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 44 )} )9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qe2 $146 ( 10. Be3 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. a3 ( 12. f3 Bd7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qf2 Rab8 16. Bf1 Qb7 17. Kh1 Bc6 18. b4 b5 19. a3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qe2 Bxc4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxc4 Qb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 { Westerinen,H-Hennings,A/Havana 1967/MCD/1/2-1/2 ( 32 )} )12... b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Qh3 Rae8 16. Rf3 g6 17. Qh6 f6 18. Qh3 Bd8 19. b4 Bc8 20. Rff1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bd4 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rfe1 Rf7 { Voltolini,G ( 2264 ) -Straub,P ( 2123 ) /Lido Estensi 2003/CBM 094 ext/0-1 ( 32 )} )10... Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. e5 { White threatens to win material: e5xf6} ( 12. Be3 Nd7 $16 )12... Nd7 13. exd6 Bxd6 { Black's piece can't move: c8.} 14. Ne4 Be7 { White has an active position} 15. Ng5 { White threatens to win material: Ng5xh7} 15... Nf6 16. b3 Bc5+ ( 16... b5 $5 $14 { should be examined more closely} )17. Kh1 $16 Bd4 18. Rb1 b6 $2 ( 18... Rd8 $5 $16 $142)19. Nf3 ( 19. Nxh7 $5 { keeps an even firmer grip} 19... Nxh7 20. Be4 Qc7 21. Bxa8 Nf6 $18 )19... Bc5 20. Bb2 Bb7 21. Rbe1 $4 { White lets it slip away} ( 21. Bxf6 $142 { the advantage is on the side of White} 21... gxf6 22. b4 $18 )21... Rad8 22. Qc2 ( 22. Rd1 Kh8 $14 )22... h6 { Secures g5} 23. Bxf6 gxf6 { Black has the pair of bishops} 24. Be4 { White threatens to win material: Be4xc6} 24... Qc8 25. f5 e5 { Black has a new protected passed pawn: e5} 26. Rd1 ( 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Nd2 Bb4 $14 )26... Rfe8 27. h3 Kg7 28. Rfe1 Re7 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Bxb7 Rxb7 31. Qe4 { White threatens to win material: Qe4xb7} 31... Rd7 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33. Qh5 Bf2 { Black threatens to win material: Bf2xe1} 34. Rf1 Bg3 ( 34... Be3 35. Re1 Bf4 36. Ng1 $15 )35. Qg4 { White threatens to win material: Qg4xg3} ( 35. Ng1 Bf4 $11 )35... Bf4 $15 36. Qh5 ( 36. g3 Be3 $15 )36... Kh8 { Black king safety improved} ( 36... Qg8 37. Qh4 $17 )37. Nh2 Kg7 { Black king safety dropped} 38. Qg4+ Kh7 39. Qh5 Qg8 40. Rd1 $2 ( 40. Ng4 $5 $142 { is a viable option} 40... Qg5 41. g3 $15 )40... Qg3 $19 41. Nf1 Qf2 42. g3 Rxd1 $4 { Black has a mate threat. not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} ( 42... Bxg3 $142 { a shame that Black overlooked this excellent chance} 43. Nxg3 Rxd1+ 44. Qxd1 Qxg3 $19 )43. Qxf7+ $11 { White forks: f6+h7} 43... Kh8 44. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.14"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Mdinaradze, Edgar"] [Black "Short, Andrew"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1666"] [ECO "E84"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "115"] [WhiteElo "1896"] { E84: King's Indian: Sämisch Panno: 7 Nge2 a6 8 Qd2 Rb8 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 ( 12... c6 13. Be2 b5 14. O-O Be6 15. b3 bxc4 16. bxc4 c5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Rab1 Qa5 19. Nd5 Qa3 20. Bf2 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Bc3 22. Qc2 Bd4 23. Rb3 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qa4 25. Qc4 Qxc4 26. Bxc4 a5 27. Bb5 { Petursson,M ( 2530 ) -Timoscenko,G ( 2460 ) /Moscow 1989/TD/1-0 ( 58 )} )( 12... Be6 13. Rd1 c6 14. Be2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. b3 Qa5 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rc1 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Qe3 Rd7 22. Qf4 Qd8 23. Bc5 Rbb7 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Qg3 Bh6 26. Rb1 Bf4 27. Qf2 { Shumilov,I ( 2098 ) -Burdalev,K/Kiev 2006/CBM 110 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 48 )} )13. Be2 $146 ( 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Be2 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qe7 18. O-O-O Be6 19. Rhe1 b5 20. Qc3 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rb5 23. Qd4 Reb8 24. b3 Rb4 25. Qc3 R4b5 26. Kb2 Rc5 27. Qd4 Rb6 { Lee,C-Latham,J/Dubai 1986/TD/1/2-1/2} )13... b5 14. O-O b4 15. Nd5 a5 16. Rfd1 Nxd5 17. cxd5 ( 17. exd5 $6 Re8 18. Re1 Qh4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 )17... Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Rac1 Qb8 ( 20... f5 21. e5 b3 22. a4 dxe5 23. Qxe5 $16 )21. Rc6 f6 22. Rdc1 Rf7 23. Qc4 Rb7 24. Ra6 Ra7 25. Rc6 Re7 ( 25... Rb7 26. Qe2 Re7 $16 )26. Qd4 Kf7 ( 26... f5 27. h3 $16 )27. Kf2 ( 27. R1c4 Qa8 $18 )27... Qb7 28. h4 ( 28. Qd3 Kg8 $18 )28... Ra8 ( 28... Ra6 29. Rxa6 Qxa6 30. Rc6 $16 )29. Kg3 h5 30. Qe3 Kg7 31. R1c4 Ra6 32. Qd3 Ra8 ( 32... Rxc6 33. Rxc6 ( 33. dxc6 $6 Qb5 $11 )33... Qa7 34. Qd2 $16 )33. Kf4 ( 33. a3 Rf7 $18 )33... Qa7 34. Kg3 { White king safety improved} 34... Qg1 $4 { forfeits the advantage} ( 34... Qb7 35. a3 Rf7 $18 )35. Rc1 $18 ( 35. Rxc7 $6 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Re8 $16 )35... Qa7 36. Qc4 Rc8 37. Rxd6 $1 { Deflection: c7} 37... Qe3 ( 37... cxd6 38. Qxc8 { Pinning} ( 38. Qxc8 { Deflection} )( 38. Qxc8 { Clearance} ))38. Rc6 g5 39. hxg5 fxg5 ( 39... Qxg5+ 40. Kf2 h4 41. Kf1 $18 )40. Qc5 ( 40. d6 Rf7 41. Rxc7 Rfxc7 42. dxc7 Qf4+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Kg1 g4 $18 )40... Qf4+ 41. Kf2 Rxe4 42. Rxc7+ Rxc7 43. Qxc7+ Kf8 44. Qxf4+ Rxf4 ( 44... gxf4 45. fxe4 a4 46. d6 $18 )45. Ke3 ( 45. Rc5 a4 46. Ke3 Ke7 $18 )45... h4 ( 45... b3 46. Rc5 ( 46. axb3 $6 Rb4 $16 )46... bxa2 47. Rxa5 $16 )46. Rc7 ( 46. Rc5 b3 47. Rxa5 bxa2 48. Rxa2 Rb4 $18 )46... a4 $2 ( 46... Rf5 47. Ke4 Rf4+ 48. Ke5 $18 )47. Ra7 ( 47. Rh7 $5 $142 Rc4 48. d6 $18 )47... b3 $16 48. axb3 ( 48. a3 Ke8 49. Rg7 Rc4 50. Rxg5 Rc2 $16 )48... axb3 49. Rb7 Rc4 50. Rxb3 Rc2 { Black threatens to win material: Rc2xg2} 51. Rb7 Rxg2 52. b4 Rb2 ( 52... g4 53. Rh7 h3 54. b5 gxf3 55. Kxf3 $11 )53. d6 { White advances the passed pawn} ( 53. Ke4 h3 54. Kf5 Rb3 $16 )53... Ke8 $14 54. Ke4 h3 { White has to watch this pawn} 55. Kf5 h2 56. Rh7 Rxb4 57. Ke6 $4 { throws away a nice position} ( 57. d7+ $142 { would bring relief} 57... Kd8 58. Kxg5 $11 )57... Rf4 ( 57... Rh4 $142 { nails it down} 58. Re7+ Kf8 59. Rf7+ Kg8 $19 )58. Rh8+ ( 58. Rh8+ Rf8 59. d7+ Kd8 60. Rxf8+ Kc7 61. d8=Q+ Kc6 62. Qd7+ Kc5 63. Rc8+ Kb4 64. Qb7+ Ka3 65. Ra8# ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.14"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Guthrie, Aaron"] [Black "Garcia-Blanco, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1699"] [ECO "C02"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "71"] [WhiteElo "2087"] { C02: French: Advance Variation } 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. b3 $146 ( 7. Bg5 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Bxe7 Bxe7 10. Qd2 f6 11. O-O fxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. Nc3 Kh8 14. Rad1 Rf5 15. Bd3 Rh5 16. Rfe1 Rf8 17. Bb1 Be8 18. Re2 Rh6 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Rc1 Bh5 21. Qc3 Bxf3 { Cutter,P ( 2205 ) -Smith,A ( 2275 ) /Guernsey 1989/TD/0-1} )( 7. Be3 cxd4 ( 7... Nf5 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bd3 g6 12. Rc1 Na5 13. Qe2 Nc4 14. b3 Ncxe3 15. fxe3 Qa5 16. Nb1 O-O 17. Nbd2 Rc3 18. e4 Ng7 19. Rxc3 Qxc3 20. Bb1 Rc8 21. Qf2 Be8 22. Re1 { Guenther,A ( 2141 ) -Elschner,A ( 2124 ) /Germany 2000/CBM 075 ext/0-1 ( 34 )} )8. cxd4 ( 8. Bxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Qb6 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nc6 12. O-O f6 13. Rd1 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Kf1 Rf8 17. f3 Rf5 18. Bd3 Rxe5 19. Bxh7 Re3 20. Bd3 a6 21. Nc3 Rc8 22. f4 Ke7 { Vamos,V-Binder,T ( 2300 ) /Hungary 1993/TD/0-1 ( 43 )} )8... Nf5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O h5 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. Bd3 g6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. h3 Na5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rfd1 Na5 20. Nh2 Rh8 21. Rc2 Nc4 { Kusenkova,N-Foisor,M ( 2005 ) /Herceg Novi 2006/CBM 114 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 46 )} )( 7. dxc5 $5 { is an interesting idea} 7... Ng6 8. Be3 $11 )7... cxd4 $15 8. cxd4 { Black's piece can't move: f8.} 8... Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 ( 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qh4 $11 )10... O-O 11. g4 ( 11. h4 $5 $17)11... Nh4 $19 12. Nbd2 Nxf3 ( 12... f6 $5 13. Nxh4 fxe5 $17 )13. Nxf3 $15 f6 14. a3 { White threatens to win material: a3xb4} 14... Be7 15. exf6 Bd6 ( 15... gxf6 $5 $142 16. h4 Qb6 $15 )16. fxg7 $14 Kxg7 17. Qd3 { Black king safety dropped} ( 17. g5 Be8 $14 )17... Qf6 ( 17... Be8 $5 $15 $142 { deserves consideration} )18. g5 ( 18. h4 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 $14 )18... Qf4 ( 18... Qf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Rd1 $11 )19. Bc1 { White threatens to win material: Bc1xf4} ( 19. h4 $5 $14 { is noteworthy} )19... Qf7 20. Be3 e5 ( 20... Qh5 21. Qd1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 $15 )21. dxe5 Bxe5 ( 21... Bh3+ $5 $142 { might be a viable alternative} 22. Ke1 Nxe5 $14 )22. Nxe5 $16 Nxe5 23. Bd4 { White pins: Bd4xe5} ( 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. Bc5 $14 )23... Rae8 $14 24. Qg3 Kg8 25. h4 ( 25. Rg1 $5 $14 $142 { should be considered} )25... Qf5 $11 26. h5 ( 26. Kg1 $5 $142 { is an interesting alternative} 26... Qe4 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Bd3 $11 )26... Qe4 $17 27. Rh4 Ng4 $4 { a weak move, ruining a winning position} ( 27... Rf4 $1 $142 28. Qxf4 Bh3+ 29. Rxh3 Qxf4 $15 )28. Bxg4 $18 Bxg4 29. Rxg4 ( 29. Qxg4 $6 Qd3+ 30. Kg2 Re4 $11 )29... Qh1+ 30. Qg1 Qf3 ( 30... Qxh5 { doesn't change anything anymore} 31. g6 h6 32. Qg2 $18 )31. Qg2 Qxb3 32. Kg1 Re2 ( 32... Rf5 $18 { is the last straw} )33. h6 Qc2 ( 33... Qf3 { there is nothing better in the position} 34. g6 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rd2 36. gxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rf7+ Rxd4 39. Rxf8+ Kh7 $18 )34. Qxd5+ Rf7 35. Rf4 ( 35. g6 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Qxf2+ 37. Bxf2 hxg6 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. Qxf7+ Kxh6 40. Qxg6# )35... Qg6 ( 35... Qc7 { doesn't get the bull off the ice} 36. Rf6 Re4 37. Qxe4 Qd7 38. g6 Rxf6 39. Bxf6 Qf7 40. gxh7+ Kf8 41. Be7+ Qxe7 42. h8=Q+ Kf7 43. Qg7+ Ke8 44. Qexe7# )36. Qd8+ ( 36. Qd8+ Re8 37. Qxe8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8# ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.09.13"] [Round "5.5"] [White "Zulfic, Fedja"] [Black "Zaric, Srboljub"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2144"] [ECO "D11"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "73"] [WhiteElo "1809"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Bc2 Rd8 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. a3 Bb8 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Bg5 Qh2+ 20. Nxh2 Bxe2 21. Re1 Bxc4 22. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 gxf6 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxc4 Rd7 26. Re4 f5 27. Rf4 Kg6 28. g3 Red8 29. Kg2 Rd5 30. h4 R8d6 31. b4 a5 32. bxa5 Rxa5 33. Rf3 Rb5 34. Ra4 Rb1 35. Rf4 Rd1 36. Rb4 Rd7 37. a4 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.21"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Jackson, Ralph E"] [Black "Zaric, Srboljub"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2144"] [ECO "D43"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "76"] [WhiteElo "1938"] { D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 b5 8. Bxf6 $146 ( 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. a4 Qb6 ( 9... b4 10. Nb1 Be7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Nxc4 O-O 14. Nfe5 Rc8 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nd5 17. Bg3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ba6 19. Qb3 Bg5 20. Rce1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxf4 23. Re4 Bxe5 24. Bxe6 { Roca,P ( 2362 ) -Sanchez,J ( 2131 ) /Quezon City 1999/CBM 070 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 49 )} )10. O-O Bb4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 b4 15. Qb2 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Qc7 19. e4 Nc3 20. Rxc3 bxc3 21. Qxc3 g5 22. Bg3 O-O-O { Janowski,D-Tartakower,S/New York 1924/HCL/1/2-1/2 ( 42 )} )( 8. a4 Bd7 ( 8... a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Ra1 Rg8 15. Be2 Rxg2 16. Kf1 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qd5 18. f3 Qg5 19. h4 Qg6 20. d5 Nd7 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Bd3 { Marovic,D-Pomar Salamanca,A/Olot 1969/MCL/1-0 ( 35 )} )9. Ne5 Be7 10. axb5 O-O 11. Bxc4 Qb6 12. Nxd7 Nbxd7 13. Ra6 Qb7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. bxc6 Qxb2 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. O-O Nd5 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Ne4 Qb3 21. Ra2 Qd5 22. Ra5 Qd8 { Nguyen T Mai,H-Le Hoai Bao,D/Vung Tau 2004/CBM 102 ext/1-0 ( 40 )} )( 8. a4 Bb4 $11 )8... gxf6 9. a4 Bb4 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Qf3 { White threatens to win material: Qf3xc6} 12... Nb6 { Black threatens to win material: Nb6xa4} 13. a5 { White threatens to win material: a5xb6} ( 13. Be2 $5 $14)13... Nd5 $11 { Black threatens to win material: Nd5xc3} 14. e4 { White threatens to win material: e4xd5} 14... Nc7 15. Qg3 { Black cannot castle king side} 15... Kf8 { Black loses the right to castle} 16. Be2 Ne8 ( 16... f5 17. Qe5 f6 18. Qg3 $15 )17. Qh4 { Black king safety improved} 17... Bd7 18. Nf3 a6 19. Qf4 { White plans e5} 19... Qc7 20. e5 { White gets more space} ( 20. Qh4 c5 $11 )20... c5 $15 21. dxc5 Bc6 22. Qe3 ( 22. O-O Rd8 $15 )22... Bd5 ( 22... Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxe5 24. O-O $19 )23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Qd4 Ke7 25. Ne5 Rhg8 26. Bf3 $4 { strolling merrily down the path to disaster} ( 26. Qf4 Rac8 27. h4 Bxg2 28. Rg1 Qxc5 29. Rd1 $19 )26... Rg5 $19 27. Ng4 ( 27. Nxc4 { cannot change what is in store for ?} 27... bxc4 28. Qd1 Qe5+ 29. Kf1 Rd8 $19 )27... Nxg4 28. Bxg4 ( 28. O-O-O { doesn't improve anything} 28... Qxa5 29. Kb1 $19 )28... Rag8 ( 28... Bxg2 $142 { secures victory} 29. Qd6+ Qxd6 30. cxd6+ Kd7 31. Bxe6+ fxe6 $19 )29. f3 Qe5+ 30. Kd2 ( 30. Qxe5 Rxe5+ 31. Kf2 Bc6 $19 )30... Qxd4+ 31. cxd4 h5 ( 31... b4 $142 { with excellent chances for Black} 32. Rab1 Rb8 $19 )32. Bh3 $17 b4 ( 32... Rb8 33. Rhb1 b4 $15 )33. Ra4 $4 ( 33. Rhb1 Rxg2+ 34. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 35. Ke3 $19 )33... Rxg2+ $19 34. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 35. Kc1 ( 35. Ke3 { hoping against hope} 35... b3 36. Raa1 $19 )35... b3 36. Rb4 ( 36. Re1 c3 37. h3 $19 )36... c3 37. Kb1 Rb2+ 38. Kc1 Ra2 ( 38... Ra2 39. Ra4 Rxa4 40. Kb1 Bc4 41. Rd1 c2+ 42. Kc1 Ra1+ 43. Kb2 cxd1=Q 44. Kc3 Rc1+ 45. Kb4 Qd2+ 46. Ka4 Ra1# ) 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.21"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Garcia-Blanco, Miguel"] [Black "Zulfic, Fedja"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1809"] [ECO "A37"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "125"] [WhiteElo "1699"] { A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3 } 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 Be6 ( 10... b6 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Nc2 { 1/2-1/2 Resende,A ( 2368 ) -Toth,C ( 2344 ) /Rio de Janeiro 2004/CBM 099 ext} )11. Ne1 $146 ( 11. Ng5 Bd7 ( 11... Bg4 12. h3 ( 12. Nb5 b6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rb8 15. Ne4 Nd4 16. f3 Nxb5 17. fxg4 Nd4 18. g5 Kh8 19. Rf2 Nef5 20. Ra1 b5 21. bxc5 bxc4 22. g4 Nh4 23. cxd6 cxd3 24. exd3 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Qd7 26. Be3 Kg8 { Loginov,V ( 2505 ) -Vaulin,A ( 2515 ) /Kecskemet 1993/CBM 037 ext/1-0 ( 39 )} ) 12... Bc8 13. Nf3 h6 14. Ne1 Be6 15. Kh2 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qc1 Nd4 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxh6 Bc6 20. f3 Kh7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nc2 Rc8 23. Qd2 Rh8 24. Kg2 f5 25. Rg1 b5 26. Rbf1 { Stern,R ( 2474 ) -Almasi,Z ( 2630 ) /Germany 2001/CBM 088 ext/0-1 ( 40 )} )12. Nge4 Nc8 13. Nd5 a4 14. e3 Na5 15. Bc3 Bc6 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. Nef6+ Kh8 18. f4 Qd8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qd2 Ra6 21. Qf2 Nb6 22. g4 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bd7 24. Ne4 Bxg4 25. Nxc5 Rf6 { Titz,H ( 2295 ) -Ragger,M ( 2347 ) /Hartberg 2003/CBM 095 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 59 )} )( 11. Ng5 Bc8 $14 )11... f5 12. Nc2 ( 12. Qc1 Nd4 13. b3 Qd7 $14 )12... Rb8 ( 12... d5 13. b3 $11 )13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b6 15. Bg5 ( 15. b5 Nd4 $14 )15... h6 $11 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Ne3 f4 { This push gains space} 20. Ned5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 { A beautiful square!} 21... fxg3 22. hxg3 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 { White king safety dropped} 23... Bh3 $2 ( 23... Qa7 $14 $142 { and Black hangs on} )24. Rb7 $18 Qg4 ( 24... Qxb7 $142 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxb7 Kh7 $18 )25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Be4 Rf6 27. Qa2 h5 ( 27... Qg5 28. e3 Qg4 29. Nd5 $18 )28. Nd5 Kh6 ( 28... Qg5 { there is nothing else anyway} 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $18 )29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Bf3 ( 30. Rf7 Qe6 31. Bd5 Qxf7 32. Bxf7 h4 33. gxh4 Bg4 $18 )30... Qg5 ( 30... Qc8 $18 { doesn't get the cat off the tree} )31. Qc2 ( 31. Qa8 $142 { ends the debate} 31... Bd8 32. Rb8 $18 )31... h4 32. Rb1 ( 32. Bg2 $5 e4 33. Bxh3 e3 $18 )32... hxg3 ( 32... e4 33. dxe4 hxg3 34. Qc1 gxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxc1 36. Rxc1 Bh4+ 37. Kg1 $16 )33. Qc1 $16 gxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Bh4+ 36. Kg1 g5 ( 36... Kg5 37. e3 $16 )37. Rb1 $18 g4 38. Bg2 Bxg2 ( 38... Bg3 39. Rb6 e4 40. Bxe4 $18 )39. Kxg2 Be7 $2 ( 39... Kg5 $18 $142)40. Kg3 Kg5 41. Rb7 Bf8 ( 41... Bf6 42. e4 Bd8 43. Rd7 $18 )42. Rf7 ( 42. Rd7 { and White can already relax} 42... Kf6 43. Kxg4 Be7 $18 )42... Bh6 43. Rd7 Bf8 ( 43... Kf5 44. e4+ Ke6 45. Rd8 $18 )44. Rd8 Be7 45. Rg8+ ( 45. Re8 $5 { makes it even easier for White} 45... Kf6 $18 )45... Kf5 46. Rxg4 Ke6 ( 46... Bg5 47. Kf3 Bd2 48. Rh4 $18 )47. Kf3 ( 47. Rg8 { keeps an even firmer grip} 47... e4 48. dxe4 Kf7 $18 )47... d5 ( 47... Kf5 48. Rg1 $18 )48. cxd5+ Kxd5 49. Rc4 Bh4 ( 49... Bg5 { is not much help} 50. e3 $18 )50. Kg4 ( 50. Rxh4 Kd6 51. Ke4 $18 )50... Bf2 51. Kf5 Bd4 52. Ra4 ( 52. e4+ { might be the shorter path} 52... Kd6 $18 )52... Bb2 ( 52... Be3 { cannot undo what has already been done} 53. Re4 Bd4 54. e3 $18 )53. Ra8 Kd4 54. Ra2 Bc3 55. Rc2 Ba1 56. Ke6 Ke3 57. Kd5 Bd4 58. Ra2 Kf2 ( 58... Kf4 $18)59. Ke4 Kg3 ( 59... Ke1 { does not save the day} 60. e3 Bc3 61. Rc2 $18 )60. e3 Bc3 61. Rc2 Bb4 62. Kxe5 Kf3 63. d4 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.21"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Short, Andrew"] [Black "Guthrie, Aaron"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2087"] [ECO "B33"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "74"] [WhiteElo "1666"] { B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. cxb5 d5 15. f3 $146 ( 15. bxa6 O-O 16. O-O fxe4 17. Bb5 Be6 18. Qa4 ( 18. Qe2 f5 19. Bc6 Rad8 20. Nb5 f4 21. a7 f3 22. Qd2 Qh4 23. a8=Q Qg4 { 0-1 Mrovec,J ( 2065 ) -Mondrzycki,B ( 1879 ) /Polanica Zdroj 2006/CBM 113 ext} )18... Qa7 19. Nc2 f5 20. Bc6 Rad8 21. b4 f4 22. b5 e3 23. Rab1 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qb6 25. a7 f3 26. Qa6 Qc5 27. Qa3 Qb6 28. a8=Q Rxa8 29. Bxa8 fxg2 { Denis,L ( 2215 ) -Hellborg,T ( 2315 ) /Stockholm 1988/CBM 011/1/2-1/2 ( 61 )} )( 15. exd5 e4 16. O-O Bxb2 17. Qc2 ( 17. Nc4 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 O-O 19. Re1 axb5 20. Ne5 Bd7 21. Bc2 f6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bb3 Qd6 24. Qd1 Rab8 25. Qe2 b4 26. Qh5 Qe5 27. Rd1 Rbd8 28. h3 Rd7 29. Qh6 Rfd8 30. Ba4 Rg7 { 0-1 Winsnes,R ( 2330 ) -Ikonnikov,V ( 2480 ) /Berlin 1991/TD} )17... Qxa3 18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Qxa8+ Ke7 20. Qb7 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxd3 22. bxa6 Qb5 23. Rb1 Qxb7 24. Rxb7 Rc8 25. g4 Rc2 26. a4 Rc4 27. gxf5 Rxa4 28. a7 Kd6 29. h4 f6 { Liu Wenzhe ( 2395 ) -Morovic Fernandez,I ( 2545 ) /Belgrade 1988/TD/0-1 ( 35 )} )15... fxe4 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O f5 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rac1 ( 20. Qc2 axb5 21. Bxb5 Rb8 $19 )20... Rb8 ( 20... f4 21. Rc4 $19 )21. Qc3 Qg5 ( 21... f4 22. Qc7 Qg5 23. h4 $19 )22. Qc7 $2 ( 22. bxa6 $142 { and White could well hope to play on} 22... f4 23. Kh1 $15 )22... Be6 $19 23. Qa7 ( 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 axb5 25. Nxb5 f4 $19 )23... Qd2 $4 { releasing the pressure on the opponent} ( 23... f4 $5 $142 { makes it even easier for Black} 24. Kh1 $19 )24. Qxa6 ( 24. Bc4 $5 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. bxa6 $19 )24... Bc8 $19 ( 24... Qxe2 $6 25. Qxe6 Qxb2 26. Nc4 Qxb5 27. Nd6 ( 27. Rxf5 $4 { taking the pawn will bring White grief} 27... Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxc4 $19 )27... Qb6+ 28. Kh1 $15 )25. Qa7 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. Bh5 ( 27. Rfd1 $19)27... Be6 28. Rc5 ( 28. b3 $19)28... d3 29. Kh1 Bxb2 ( 29... Bxa2 { might be the shorter path} 30. b4 $19 )30. Nc4 Bd4 31. Rc6 Bd5 32. Rd6 ( 32. Nd6 { is not the saving move} 32... e3 33. Rcc1 Rf6 $19 )32... Rfd8 ( { Inferior is } 32... Bxc4 33. Rxd4 Bxb5 34. a4 $19 )33. Rxd8+ ( 33. Rxd5 { doesn't do any good} 33... Rxd5 34. Bd1 Rdxb5 $19 )33... Rxd8 34. Na5 ( 34. Nd2 { no good, but what else?} 34... e3 35. h3 $19 )34... Rg8 ( 34... e3 35. Bf3 Bxf3 $19 )35. Nc6 ( 35. Nc4 { hardly improves anything} 35... Bxc4 36. g3 $19 )35... Bc5 ( 35... e3 36. h3 Bxg2+ 37. Kh2 Bc5 38. Rb1 Bd6+ 39. Ne5 Bxe5+ 40. Kg1 Bxh3+ 41. Bg6 Rxg6+ 42. Kh1 Bg2+ 43. Kg1 Be4+ 44. Kf1 Rh6 45. b6 Rh1# )36. Rxf5 e3 $4 { Black has a mate threat. weakening the position.} ( 36... Rf8 $142 { and Black takes home the point} 37. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $19 )37. Ne5 $4 { another bit of territory lost} ( 37. Rxd5 $142 e2 38. Re5 $17 )37... Bxg2+ ( 37... Bxg2+ 38. Kg1 e2+ 39. Rf2 e1=Q# ) 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.21"] [Round "6.4"] [White "Cloudsdale, Colin"] [Black "Mdinaradze, Edgar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1896"] [ECO "B08"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "167"] [WhiteElo "1929"] { B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System } 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 c6 6. Be3 Nbd7 ( 6... Qb6 7. Qc1 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. a5 Nh5 14. Bc5 Rd8 15. Qe3 Qb8 16. Bc4 Nf4 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Be6 19. Bf1 Bf8 20. Na4 Qc7 21. b4 { Vasiesiu,D ( 2440 ) -Iordachescu,V ( 2562 ) /Romania 2001/CBM 085 ext/1-0 ( 39 )} )( 6... Qc7 7. Qd2 e5 8. O-O-O O-O 9. g4 Na6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd6 Qxd6 12. Rxd6 Ne8 13. Rd8 Nec7 14. Rxf8+ Kxf8 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Rf1 Ke7 20. Na4 b6 21. Rd1 { Schultheiss,M ( 1141 ) -Flint,M ( 1789 ) /Verden 2006/CBM 110 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 31 )} )7. Qd2 h6 $146 { Prevents intrusion on g5} ( 7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nh2 Qb4 13. f3 Qxb2 14. Ng4 Qa3 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Qe1 Qa5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Ndxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxc5 b6 21. Be3 Be6 22. a3 { Pross,B-Solinski,M ( 2220 ) /Germany 1995/Juniors/1-0 ( 31 )} )( 7... Qa5 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Re8 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rfe1 b5 13. Bh6 Bb7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Ng3 Bc8 17. Qg5 Nf8 18. Nh4 Ng8 19. Bf1 f6 20. Qc1 Be6 21. Nf3 Ne7 22. b3 { Kovalev,A ( 2545 ) -Labunskiy,D/Vladivostok 1995/CBM 046 ext/1-0} )8. O-O-O ( 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. exd6 exd6 $16 )8... Qc7 { Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 9. e5 { Decoy: e5} 9... Nd5 ( 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 { Decoy} )10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. e6 { White threatens to win material: e6xd7} ( 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Bf4 Qb6 $16 )11... Nf6 12. exf7+ Kxf7 { Black loses the right to castle} 13. Bd3 Ne4 { Black threatens to win material: Ne4xd2} 14. Qe1 Bd7 ( 14... Qc6 15. g4 Bf6 16. Qg1 $16 )15. Nd2 ( 15. Nh4 g5 16. f3 Nc3 $16 )15... Nxd2 ( 15... Nf6 16. g4 e5 17. Kb1 $11 )16. Rxd2 ( 16. Qxd2 e5 $14 )16... Bf6 ( 16... e5 $5 $14)17. f4 $16 h5 18. g3 ( 18. Rg1 Qa5 19. Kb1 Bf5 $16 )18... Rag8 19. Qf1 Qc8 ( 19... Qa5 20. Kb1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Rd3 $16 )20. Kb1 ( 20. Qg2 Qc6 $16 )20... Bf5 21. Rd1 Bxd3 { Black pins: Bd3xc2} 22. Qxd3 Qf5 23. c3 ( 23. Qe2 $5 $14 $142 { should not be overlooked} )23... Rc8 24. Kc2 { White king safety dropped} 24... Rc4 25. Kb3 ( 25. Rdg1 b5 $11 )25... Qd7 { Black has a mate threat} 26. Kc2 { White king safety improved} 26... Qa4+ { Black forks: c2+a2} ( 26... b5 $5 { is worth looking at} 27. b3 Rcc8 $15 )27. Kb1 $14 Qd7 28. Bc1 ( 28. Ka1 $5 $14 { looks like a viable alternative} )28... Qf5 $15 29. Qc2 ( 29. Kc2 b5 $15 )29... Rhc8 ( 29... b5 30. a3 $17 )30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Rdg1 Rg8 34. Rg2 Rcc8 35. Rhg1 Ke6 36. Rxg4 Rxg4 37. Rxg4 Kf5 38. Rg2 Rh8 39. Kc2 Rh3 40. Bd2 b5 ( 40... a6 41. a4 $15 )41. a3 ( 41. Rg8 Rh2 $15 )41... Ke4 ( 41... e6 $5 $15)42. Re2+ $11 Kf5 43. Rg2 a5 44. Rg8 Rh8 { Black threatens to win material: Rh8xg8} ( 44... Ke4 45. Ra8 a4 46. Rb8 $11 )45. Rg2 ( 45. Rxh8 $5 Bxh8 46. Kb3 $11 )45... a4 $17 { Black wins space} 46. Kd3 Rh3+ 47. Ke2 Ke4 48. Bc1 ( 48. Kd1 Kd3 49. Rg1 Bh4 $17 )48... Bh4 ( 48... Rh1 $5 49. Kd2 Kxf4 50. Kc2+ Kf3 51. Rg8 Rh2+ 52. Kb1 $19 )49. Kd1 $17 Kd3 { Black has a mate threat} ( 49... Kf5 $5 $17 $142)50. Rd2+ $11 Ke4 { Black threatens to win material: Ke4xf4} 51. Re2+ ( 51. Rg2 $5 $11 $142 { is interesting} )51... Kf5 $17 52. Kc2 Rh1 ( 52... Rf3 53. Be3 $17 )53. Bd2 Kg4 54. Re6 Bf6 55. Kd3 Rd1 56. Kc2 { White threatens to win material: Kc2xd1} 56... Rf1 { Attacks the isolani on f4} 57. Kd3 Rf2 58. Re1 Rg2 59. Re6 Kf5 60. Re1 Bh4 { Black threatens to win material: Bh4xe1} 61. Rh1 { White threatens to win material: Rh1xh4} 61... Kg4 62. Rf1 Bg3 63. Ke3 ( 63. Rb1 Rf2 $15 )63... Bh2 ( 63... Kf5 64. Kd3 $17 )64. Kd3 ( 64. f5 Bg3 $17 )64... Rg1 { Black threatens to win material: Rg1xf1} ( 64... e6 65. Kc2 $17 )65. Rf2 { White threatens to win material: Rf2xh2} 65... Bg3 { Black threatens to win material: Bg3xf2} 66. Re2 { White threatens to win material: Re2xe7} 66... Bh4 67. Re6 Bf6 68. Re2 Rg3+ 69. Kc2 Kf3 ( 69... Kf5 70. Rh2 $17 )70. Re3+ $15 Kf2 ( { Worse is } 70... Kxf4 71. Rxe7+ Kf5 72. Rd7 $14 )71. Re6 Rh3 ( 71... Rg2 72. Kd3 $15 )72. Kd1 ( 72. Re1 $5 $11 { is worthy of consideration} )72... Rh1+ 73. Kc2 Kf3 74. Kd3 Kg4 75. Re2 Rh3+ 76. Kc2 Bh4 77. Re6 Kf5 { Black threatens to win material: Kf5xe6} ( 77... Rh2 78. Rh6 Bg3 79. Rg6+ Kf3 80. Kc1 Bxf4 81. Bxf4 Kxf4 82. Kb1 $17 )78. Re2 ( 78. Rh6 $5 $11)78... Bf6 79. Kd1 e5 ( 79... Rh1+ $5 80. Kc2 e6 $17 )80. fxe5 $11 dxe5 81. dxe5 Bxe5 82. Kc2 Rh2 83. Rxh2 Bxh2 84. Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.21"] [Round "6.5"] [White "McColl, Kevin"] [Black "Cowley, Robert G"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2056"] [ECO "A26"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "138"] [WhiteElo "1900"] { A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3 } 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Nd4 $146 ( 12... Qc8 13. Kh2 h6 14. b5 Nd8 15. Bb2 f5 16. Qc2 g5 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Ne6 19. Bb2 h5 20. Nd5 Ng6 21. Nd2 g4 22. hxg4 hxg4 23. Qa4 Qd8 24. Qa7 Bc8 25. Rh1 Nh8 26. Ba3 b6 27. Bb4 { Martinovic,S ( 2450 ) -Miljanic,B ( 2431 ) /Neum 2002/CBM 090/1-0 ( 35 )} )13. Nxd4 exd4 { Black has new doubled pawns: d4+d6} 14. Nd5 c6 { Black threatens to win material: c6xd5} 15. Nf4 Ra2 16. Qb3 Qa8 17. Bb2 Qa7 18. Ra1 { White threatens to win material: Ra1xa2} 18... Ra8 19. b5 { White gains space} 19... Be5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxa2 Qxa2 22. Qb7 Qa7 23. Qxa7 Rxa7 24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Bxa1 { A minor pieces endgame occured} 25... Nf5 26. Bb2 h5 27. Bc1 Kf8 28. Be4 Ke7 29. Kg2 Ng7 30. Bf3 Ne8 31. g4 ( 31. e3 Ng7 $11 )31... hxg4 $15 32. hxg4 Nf6 { Black threatens to win material: Nf6xg4} ( 32... Nc7 33. Kf1 $15 )33. g5 $11 { White threatens to win material: g5xf6} 33... Nh7 34. Be4 Nf8 35. Kf3 f5 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. e3 { Consolidates f4} 37... c5 38. Nd5+ Kf7 39. Nc7 Bh3 40. Bd5+ Ke7 41. e4 ( 41. exd4 $5 $142 { would allow White to play on} 41... Bxd4 42. Be4 $11 )41... Bf1 { Black threatens to win material: Bf1xd3} 42. Bc6 ( 42. Bg8 $17)42... Bxd3 { White has new hanging pawns: e4+f2. Black has a new protected passed pawn: d4} ( 42... Nh7 $5 $17 $142)43. Bg5+ $11 { The bishop is not easily driven from g5} 43... Kf7 44. Bd5+ { Here comes the goal-getter} 44... Kg7 45. Kg4 ( 45. Ne8+ $5 $142 { is the best option White has} 45... Kh7 46. Kg2 $11 )45... Be2+ $17 46. Kh4 d3 ( 46... Bf3 47. Bd2 $17 )47. Ne8+ Kh8 48. Bd2 { Blocks the pawn on d3} 48... Nd7 ( 48... Nh7 $5 { has some apparent merit} 49. Kh3 g5 $17 )49. f4 { White threatens to win material: f4xe5} 49... Bf6+ 50. Kg3 Be7 51. Bc3+ Kh7 52. e5 $2 ( 52. Kf2 $15 $142 { would keep White alive} )52... dxe5 $19 53. fxe5 Nxe5 $1 { the death sentence. .} 54. Kf4 ( 54. Bxe5 d2 { Passed pawn} )54... Ng4 55. Be4 ( 55. Bf3 $142 Nf2 56. Bxe2 dxe2 57. Kf3 $19 )55... Nf2 56. Bd5 ( 56. Bc6 Kh6 $19 )56... g5+ ( 56... Nd1 { and Black can already relax} 57. Be1 $19 )57. Ke3 ( 57. Kf5 g4 58. Nf6+ Bxf6 59. Kxf6 Bf3 $19 )57... Nd1+ 58. Kd2 Nf2 ( 58... Nxc3 $142 { and Black has reached his goal} 59. Kxc3 Kg6 60. Be4+ Kf7 $19 )59. Nf6+ $4 { letting the wind out of his own sails} ( 59. Ke3 Ng4+ 60. Kd2 $19 )59... Kg6 $19 60. Ne4 Nh1 ( 60... Nxe4+ $5 61. Bxe4+ Kh5 62. Bxd3 Bxd3 63. Kxd3 $19 )61. Nxc5 ( 61. Be5 Kf5 62. Bd6 Nf2 63. Bxe7 Nxe4+ 64. Bxe4+ Kxe4 65. Bxc5 Bh5 $15 )61... Bxc5 62. Bxh1 ( 62. Be4+ $5 Kf7 63. Bxh1 $17 )62... Kf5 $19 63. Ba5 g4 64. Bb7 ( 64. Bc6 Bd6 65. Bb6 Bf4+ 66. Be3 Bc7 $19 )64... Ke5 ( 64... g3 65. Bg2 Kg4 66. Bc7 Bb4+ 67. Ke3 $19 )65. Bd8 ( 65. Bd5 g3 $19 )65... Kd4 ( 65... g3 $5 66. Bg2 $19 )66. Bf6+ $17 Kxc4 67. Ba6+ Kd5 68. Bh4 $4 { a blunder in a bad position} ( 68. Bb7+ $142 Ke6 69. Bh4 $17 )68... Ke4 $19 69. Bb7+ ( 69. Kc3 $19 { a last effort to resist the inevitable} )69... Kf4 ( 69... Kf4 70. Ke1 g3 71. Bxg3+ Kxg3 $19 ) 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.28"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Jackson, Ralph E"] [Black "Garcia-Blanco, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1699"] [ECO "A47"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "89"] [WhiteElo "1938"] { D05: Colle System with ...e6 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Qf3 c5 10. c3 Qc8 $146 ( 10... Ne8 11. Qh3 f5 12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Be7 14. g4 g6 15. Bd2 a5 16. Rf2 Ba6 17. Bc2 b5 18. Kh1 Rf7 19. Rg1 Rg7 20. Rfg2 Bc8 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Qg3 Re7 25. b4 { Manolache,M ( 2475 ) -Berescu,A ( 2420 ) /Baile Tusnad 2005/CBM 109 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 37 )} )11. Rf2 cxd4 ( 11... Qc7 12. g4 $14 )12. exd4 $14 Nc5 ( 12... Rd8 $5 $14 { is an interesting idea} )13. dxc5 $16 Bxc5 14. Nb3 Bxf2+ 15. Qxf2 Ne4 16. Qd4 f6 17. Nf3 e5 $2 ( 17... Qc7 $14 $142 { would keep Black in the game} )18. fxe5 $18 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Qe6 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. Rf1 Rf6 23. Ne5 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Qf5 25. Nf3 Rf8 26. Qe5 Qg6 27. Nbd4 Nxd2 28. Nxd2 Re8 29. Qc7 Bc8 ( 29... Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. N2f3 $18 )30. N2f3 ( 30. Qxa7 { might be the shorter path} 30... Qh6 31. Qa4 Rf8 $18 )30... Qe4 31. Qg3 ( 31. h3 h6 $18 )31... Qb1 ( 31... h6 32. Nb5 $18 )32. Qg5 Qxb2 $4 { terrible, but the game is lost in any case.} ( 32... Qe4 $18)33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. Qf7 ( 34. Ng5 $142 { seems even better} 34... h6 35. Qf7 Qxa2 36. Qxe8+ Qg8 37. Qg6 Bd7 38. Nf7+ Qxf7 39. Qxf7 g6 40. Bc4 Be6 41. Nxe6 b5 42. Qg7# )34... Rd8 ( 34... Rg8 35. Bc4 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Be6 37. Bxe6 Ra8 $18 )35. Qc7 ( 35. Qe7 Qf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rg8 37. Ng5 h5 38. Qf7 Bg4 39. Qg6 Rf8+ 40. Ke3 Bf5 41. Nxf5 Rxf5 42. Qh7# )35... Rf8 ( 35... Re8 { otherwise it's curtains at once} 36. Ng5 Qc1 37. Nf7+ Kg8 $18 )36. Qe7 Rg8 37. Ng5 h5 ( 37... Qxa2 { is not the saving move} 38. c4 h6 39. Nf7+ Kh7 40. Bd3+ Bf5 41. Bxf5+ g6 42. Ng5+ Kh8 43. Qh7# )38. Nf7+ ( 38. Qf7 Qf2+ 39. Kxf2 Bg4 40. Qg6 Rf8+ 41. Ke3 Bf5 42. Nxf5 Rxf5 43. Qh7# )38... Kh7 $18 39. Ng5+ ( 39. Nf3 Qxc3 40. N3g5+ Kg6 41. Qd6+ Kf5 42. Bd3+ Qxd3 43. Qxd3+ Kf6 44. Qc3+ Kg6 45. Qc6+ Kf5 46. Qf3+ Kg6 47. Qe4+ Kf6 48. Qf4+ Kg6 49. Ne5+ Kh6 50. Ngf7+ Kh7 51. Qg5 Re8 52. Qxh5+ Kg8 53. Qh8# )39... Kh6 $4 { overlooking an easy win} ( 39... Kh8 40. Qf7 Qf2+ 41. Kxf2 Bg4 42. Qg6 Rf8+ 43. Ke3 Bf5 44. Nxf5 Rxf5 45. Qh7# )40. h4 ( 40. Ndf3 Qxc3 41. Nf7+ Kh7 42. N3g5+ Kg6 43. Qd6+ Kf5 44. Bd3+ Qxd3 45. Qxd3+ Kf6 46. Qd6+ Kf5 47. Qd5+ Kf6 48. Ne4+ Kg6 49. Ne5+ Kh6 50. Qf7 Bf5 51. Qxf5 g6 52. Qg5+ Kh7 53. Nf6+ Kg7 54. Qxg6+ Kh8 55. Qxg8# )40... Qc1 ( 40... Qxc3 { desperation} 41. Qd6+ g6 $18 )41. Nf7+ Kg6 42. Nf3 Ba6 43. N7e5+ ( 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. N3g5+ Qxg5 45. Nxg5+ Kh8 46. Qg6 Bxf1 47. Qxh5# )43... Kh6 ( 43... Kh7 { doesn't get the bull off the ice} 44. Ng5+ Qxg5 45. hxg5 Ra8 46. g6+ Kh8 47. Nf7+ Kg8 48. Nd8 Bb5 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50. Qf8# )44. Qe6+ g6 45. Qxg8 ( 45. Qxg8 Qxf1+ 46. Kh2 Qxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Bf1+ 48. Kxf1 g5 49. hxg5# ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.28"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Short, Andrew"] [Black "Zaric, Srboljub"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2144"] [ECO "B29"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "96"] [WhiteElo "1666"] { B29: Sicilian: 2 Nf3 Nf6 ( Nimzowitsch Variation ) } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Re1 e6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 $146 ( 12. c4 Qf5 13. Qb1 Qxb1 14. Raxb1 Ke7 15. Bxf6+ Kxf6 16. Re4 e5 17. h4 Rad8 18. Rbe1 Rhe8 19. Kf1 h5 20. R4e3 Kf5 21. Ng5 f6 22. Ne4 b6 23. Rd1 Rd4 24. f3 Red8 25. Ke2 R8d7 26. g3 Kg6 { Melamedoff,M-Guimard,C/Buenos Aires 1959/MCD/0-1 ( 41 )} )( 12. Qc1 h5 $11 )12... gxf6 $15 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. d3 Rhg8 15. Qe4 Qh5 16. Rad1 ( 16. Kh1 Rg4 17. Qe3 Rdg8 $17 )16... Nd4 ( 16... Nb4 $5 17. Rc1 Rg4 $19 )17. Nxd4 $17 Rxd4 18. Qe2 Qh3 ( 18... Rdg4 19. g3 $17 )19. g3 Rh4 20. Qf3 { White threatens to win material: Qf3xf6} 20... Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ ( 21... Rh5 22. Qg2 $17 )22. Ke2 $15 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 { A double rook endgame occured} 23... Rh5 24. Rh1 { White threatens to win material: Rh1xh5} 24... Rgg5 25. g4 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 f5 { Black threatens to win material: f5xg4.} 27. Rxh7 fxg4+ 28. Kf4 { White threatens to win material: Kf4xg5} 28... Rf5+ 29. Ke3 ( 29. Kg3 $5 $15 { should be investigated more closely} )29... e5 30. Rh4 Rf4 31. Rh5 f6 32. Rh7 a6 33. Rg7 Kb8 34. c3 Ka7 35. a3 Kb6 36. Rg6 ( 36. a4 a5 $17 )36... Kc7 37. a4 ( 37. Rg7+ Kc6 $17 )37... Kd6 ( 37... b5 38. a5 $17 )38. Rg7 b6 39. Ra7 Rf3+ 40. Ke2 e4 $1 { Deflection: d3} 41. dxe4 Rxc3 42. b4 $4 { the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} ( 42. a5 $142 Rxb3 43. Rxa6 $17 )42... cxb4 $19 43. Rxa6 ( 43. Kd2 { is not much help} 43... Rf3 44. Rxa6 Kc5 $19 )43... Rc6 44. Ra8 b3 45. Rd8+ Ke5 ( 45... Kc5 $142 { keeps an even firmer grip} 46. Rd1 Kb4 47. Ke3 $19 )46. Rd3 ( 46. Rd5+ Kxe4 47. Rb5 Rc2+ 48. Kd1 Rxf2 49. Rb4+ Kf3 50. Rxb3+ Kg2 51. Rxb6 $19 )46... Rc2+ ( 46... b2 $142 { secures victory} 47. Rb3 Rc2+ 48. Kd3 Rxf2 49. Rxb6 g3 $19 )47. Ke3 $11 b2 48. Rb3 $4 { forfeits the clear win} ( 48. Rd5+ $142 { would hold out} 48... Ke6 49. Rb5 $11 )48... Rc3+ $3 $19 { a sacrifice that ends the game} ( 48... Rc3+ 49. Rxc3 b1=Q $19 ) 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.28"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Cloudsdale, Colin"] [Black "Zulfic, Fedja"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1809"] [ECO "B01"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "103"] [WhiteElo "1929"] { B01: Scandinavian Defence } 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 Bc8 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Nb6 { d5 draws heavy fire} 8. Bb5+ ( 8. Qd3 a6 ( 8... Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Bf5 10. Nb5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Nxc7+ Kd7 13. Nxd5 Bxc2 14. d4 e6 15. Nc3 Rc8 16. Nge2 Bb4 17. Bd2 Rhd8 18. Rc1 Bd3 19. a3 { 1-0 Schwarz,I ( 2004 ) -Kartsev,A ( 1827 ) /Dortmund 2006/CBM 113 ext} )9. Bb3 g6 10. a4 Bg7 11. a5 Bf5 12. Qd4 Nc8 13. Ba4+ Kf8 14. Qc4 Nd6 15. Qe2 Nb5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Bxc2 18. Qxb7 Nd7 19. d4 Bxd4 20. Bh6+ Bg7 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qb4 Ne5 { Kortschnoj,V ( 2619 ) -Beim,V ( 2512 ) /Odessa 2005/CBM 106 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 51 )} )8... Bd7 9. Qe5 $146 ( 9. d4 Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Nh3 O-O 14. Bd3 h6 15. c3 Nf6 16. g4 a6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bb5 19. c4 Ba4 20. Rdg1 b5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 { Dias Fernandes,A-Reeves,N/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/1-0} )( 9. Bc4 $5 $11 { must be considered} )9... Bxb5 $17 10. Nxb5 Nbxd5 11. Ne2 e6 12. Nbd4 $2 ( 12. O-O c6 13. Na3 Bd6 $17 )12... c6 ( 12... Bd6 $5 $142 13. Qg5 h6 $19 )13. d3 h6 14. Nc3 Bd6 15. Qe2 Qc7 ( 15... Qb6 16. Nf5 Bc5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. c3 $15 ( 18. Nxg7+ $2 { doesn't work} 18... Kf8 $19 ))16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. g3 Qb6 { Black threatens to win material: Qb6xd4} ( 17... Nxc3 $5 18. bxc3 h5 $17 )18. Nb3 $11 Rhe8 19. O-O-O { White castles and improves king safety} 19... Bb4 20. Rhe1 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nd5 { Black threatens to win material: Nd5xc3} 23. Qe5 f6 24. Qd4 Qxd4 ( 24... e5 $5 25. Qxb6 axb6 $15 )25. cxd4 $11 { White has a new doubled pawn: d3} ( 25. Nxd4 $2 Nxc3 26. Rxe6 Nxd1 27. Kxd1 g6 $19 ( 27... Rxd4 $6 { is the weaker alternative} 28. Rxe8+ Rd8 29. Re7 $11 ))25... Nc3 { Black threatens to win material: Nc3xd1} 26. Rd2 Nxa2+ 27. Kb2 Nb4 28. Rde2 { White threatens to win material: Re2xe6} 28... Na6 29. Rxe6 Nc7 30. R6e4 Rxe4 ( 30... b6 31. c3 $14 )31. dxe4 $16 Ne6 32. c3 Kd7 33. Ra1 a6 34. c4 Kc7 35. Kc3 Re8 36. f4 Nd8 ( 36... Kc8 37. Kd3 $16 )37. Kd3 $18 Nf7 ( 37... g6 38. d5 $18 )38. c5 ( 38. Nc5 Re7 $18 )38... h5 ( 38... f5 39. e5 $18 )39. Nd2 ( 39. f5 Rd8 $18 )39... Nh6 40. Nc4 { White prepares e5} 40... Ng4 ( 40... f5 41. e5 $18 )41. Nd6 Rb8 42. h3 Nh6 43. e5 ( 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kd7 $18 )43... fxe5 ( 43... Kd7 44. Rb1 $18 )44. dxe5 ( { Less advisable is } 44. fxe5 Kd7 $18 )44... Ng8 ( 44... Kd7 45. Ke4 $18 )45. Ke4 ( 45. g4 $5 { keeps an even firmer grip} 45... hxg4 46. hxg4 Ne7 $18 )45... Ne7 46. g4 { White intends f5} 46... hxg4 47. hxg4 g6 ( 47... Kd7 $18)48. Rh1 a5 ( 48... b6 { is no salvation} 49. Rh7 Kd8 50. f5 gxf5+ 51. gxf5 bxc5 52. Rh8+ Kc7 53. Rxb8 Kxb8 54. f6 $18 )49. f5 ( 49. Rh7 { and White can already relax} 49... Kd8 50. f5 Nd5 $18 )49... gxf5+ 50. gxf5 Rd8 ( 50... Rf8 51. Rh7 Kb8 52. Rxe7 Ka7 53. Rxb7+ Ka6 $18 )51. Rh7 Rd7 52. e6 ( 52. e6 Rxd6 53. Rxe7+ Kb8 54. cxd6 a4 55. d7 Kc7 56. f6 Kb6 57. d8=Q+ Ka6 58. Qa8+ Kb5 59. Rxb7+ Kc4 60. Qd8 a3 61. Qd4# ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.28"] [Round "7.4"] [White "McColl, Kevin"] [Black "Guthrie, Aaron"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2087"] [ECO "A25"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "46"] [WhiteElo "1900"] { A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3 } 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bg5 $146 ( 6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 d6 8. O-O ( 8. a3 a5 9. Bd2 Qe8 10. O-O f4 11. exf4 Qh5 12. h4 Bg4 13. Qe1 Rae8 14. Kh2 exf4 15. Nxf4 Qf5 16. Be4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qf7 18. f3 Bc8 19. Ncd5 Nd4 20. Qd1 c6 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Neg2 h6 { Vasconcelos,P ( 2100 ) -Maltez,N ( 2000 ) /St Joao da Madeira 2001/CBM 085 ext/0-1 ( 49 )} )8... Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Ne7 10. f4 c6 11. d4 e4 12. b3 d5 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. cxd5 cxd5 { 1/2-1/2 Bertok,M ( 2297 ) -Kristovic,M ( 2305 ) /Pula 2001/CBM 084 ext} )( 6. Qb3 Nd4 7. Qa4 O-O 8. Bd2 a5 9. e3 Ne6 10. Nge2 c6 11. a3 Be7 12. O-O Kh8 13. Rac1 Qe8 14. d4 e4 15. Nf4 g5 16. Nxe6 dxe6 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 e5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Ne2 Nxe5 { Walta,P ( 1826 ) -Paasikangas Tella,J ( 2307 ) /Vammala 2005/CBM 108 ext/0-1 ( 37 )} )( 6. e4 fxe4 7. dxe4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Re1 Qf7 14. Bf1 Nd7 15. a4 c5 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. f4 exf4 18. e5 f3 19. Nxf3 Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 { Engelen,J ( 1976 ) -Toll,A ( 2100 ) /Hoevelte 2003/CBM 096 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 32 )} )6... O-O 7. Nf3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 h6 9. Be3 d6 { Consolidates c5} 10. Rb1 Qe8 11. O-O Qh5 12. c5 d5 13. d4 ( 13. Bd2 Re8 $11 )13... e4 $15 { Black threatens to win material: e4xf3} 14. Ne5 Kh7 ( 14... Nxe5 $5 $142 { is interesting} 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 $15 )15. f3 { Controls g4} 15... g5 ( 15... Qe8 16. c4 $14 )16. g4 ( 16. Nxc6 $5 $142 bxc6 17. Qa4 $14 )16... fxg4 $11 17. fxe4 $4 { with this move White loses his initiative} ( 17. c4 $11 $142 { would save the game} )17... g3 $19 18. hxg3 $4 { White has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position} ( 18. h4 dxe4 19. Bxe4+ Nxe4 20. Rxf8 Nxe5 21. Qb3 $19 )18... Nxe5 19. Rxf6 ( 19. Bxg5 { the last chance for counterplay} 19... hxg5 20. Rxf6 $19 )19... Ng4 ( 19... Rxf6 20. dxe5 Re6 21. Qd3 dxe4 22. Bxe4+ Kg7 23. Rf1 $18 )20. Rxf8 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Nxe3+ 22. Kf2 Nxd1+ ( 22... Nxg2 $4 { taking the bishop will lose the game} 23. Qg1 Qh5 24. Qxg2 $18 )( { Weaker is } 22... Qxg2+ 23. Kxe3 Kg7 24. Qf1 Qxe4+ 25. Kd2 $18 )23. Rxd1 Bh3 ( 23... Bh3 24. Rxa8 Qxg2+ 25. Ke3 Qxg3+ 26. Kd2 Qf4+ 27. Kc2 Qxe4+ 28. Kd2 Bg4 $19 ) 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.28"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Cowley, Robert G"] [Black "Mdinaradze, Edgar"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1896"] [ECO "B06"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "119"] [WhiteElo "2056"] { B06: Modern Defence } 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. h3 ( 6. f4 Nd7 7. Bd4 f6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Bf2 Nh6 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Qa5 12. h4 Ng4 13. h5 f5 14. hxg6 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Nf6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 hxg6 19. Nh4 Rg8 20. Kf3 Nh6 { Siebenburger,V ( 2173 ) -Routner,J ( 2070 ) /Havlickuv Brod 2005/CBM 108 ext/0-1} )6... c5 7. f4 Nd7 8. Nf3 Qa5 $146 ( 8... a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Be2 f6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. Kh2 O-O 15. g4 Bh6 16. Kg3 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. a5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rfd1 Bg7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Rfe8 23. Bf2 { Puschmann,L ( 2360 ) -Rausz,A ( 2250 ) /Hungary 1991/TD/1-0 ( 39 )} )9. Qd2 a6 { Prevents intrusion on b5} 10. Be2 { Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 10... b5 { White has a very active position} 11. O-O b4 { Black gets more space} 12. Nd1 Ngf6 { Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4. Black is behind in development.} 13. Nf2 Nh5 14. Rfb1 Qb6 ( 14... Ng3 15. a3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 $14 )15. Kh2 ( 15. g4 Ng3 16. Bc4 h5 $16 )15... Bb7 $14 16. c4 bxc3 ( 16... Qc7 17. Nd3 $14 )17. bxc3 $16 Qc7 18. Rb3 { White has an active position} 18... Bc8 19. Rc1 O-O 20. g4 { White plans f5. White threatens to win material: g4xh5} 20... Nhf6 21. f5 { White wins space} 21... Ne8 { Black has a cramped position} 22. Bf4 Ne5 { Black prepares the advance c4} 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 ( 23... dxe5 24. Bg5 $14 )24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rb6 $4 { throws away a nice position} ( 25. Rcb1 Nd6 $16 )25... Nd6 ( 25... Qxb6 { seems even better} 26. Qe3 $19 )26. Qe3 $4 { stumbles just before the finish line} ( 26. Rc6 $5 Qd8 27. Rb1 $14 )26... c4 ( 26... Qxb6 $142 { secures the point} 27. Nd3 f6 28. Qxc5 Qb5 $19 )27. a4 Bd7 28. a5 Bb5 29. g5 gxf5 ( 29... Nc8 $5 $11 $142 { is worth looking at} )30. exf5 $16 e4 ( 30... Nxf5 31. Qe4 Nd6 32. Qxe5 $16 )31. Qf4 { White intends f6} ( 31. Qg3 Ra7 32. f6 Nc8 $18 )31... Ne8 ( 31... Ra7 32. Kh1 Nc8 33. Qe3 $18 )32. d6 ( 32. Qxc7 $5 Nxc7 33. Rd1 Rad8 $18 )32... Nxd6 $16 33. Nxe4 Ne8 34. Qxc7 Nxc7 35. f6 e6 36. Rd1 ( 36. Nd6 Nd5 37. Rb7 Bc6 $18 )36... Nd5 $16 37. Rd6 Rfd8 ( 37... Ne3 $5 38. Rb1 Rab8 $16 )38. Rxd8+ $18 Rxd8 39. Bf3 ( 39. Rd4 $5 Rc8 $18 )39... Rb8 $16 40. Rd4 Kf8 ( 40... h6 41. gxh6 Kh7 42. Nd6 Nxf6 43. Nxf7 $18 )41. Be2 ( 41. Nd6 Nxc3 42. Nxc4 Kg8 $18 )41... Ne3 $2 ( 41... Nf4 $5 $142 42. Bg4 Nd3 $18 )42. Nd6 $18 Nd5 ( 42... Nf5 43. Nxf5 exf5 44. Kg3 $18 )43. Bxc4 Nxc3 44. Nxb5 axb5 45. Bb3 Ke8 $4 { the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} ( 45... Ra8 46. a6 Ke8 $18 )46. Rh4 Kd7 ( 46... Rd8 { doesn't get the cat off the tree} 47. Rxh7 Rd2+ 48. Kh1 $18 )47. Rxh7 Kd6 48. Rxf7 Ne4 49. h4 ( 49. g6 $5 $142 { might be the shorter path} 49... Ke5 50. Rf8 Rxf8 $18 )49... Ke5 ( 49... Rh8 { there is nothing else anyway} 50. Rg7 Rxh4+ 51. Kg2 Nc5 $18 )50. a6 Rd8 ( 50... Rh8 { doesn't do any good} 51. Kg2 Rxh4 52. a7 Rg4+ 53. Kf1 Nd2+ 54. Kf2 Ne4+ 55. Ke2 Rg2+ 56. Kf1 Rf2+ 57. Ke1 $18 )51. a7 Kf4 ( 51... Ra8 { cannot change what is in store for ?} 52. Kh3 b4 53. Bc2 $18 )52. Rd7 $1 { the best thing is for White to hand back some material} ( 52. Bxe6 $6 { is impossible} 52... Rd2+ 53. Kg1 Rd1+ 54. Kg2 Rd2+ 55. Kh3 Rd3+ 56. Kg2 Rd2+ 57. Kh3 Rd3+ 58. Kg2 Rd2+ $11 )52... Rh8 ( 52... Rxd7 53. a8=Q { Combination} )53. Kg2 Nc5 54. Bxe6 $1 { leaving no more doubts.} 54... Nxe6 55. Rb7 Rd8 ( 55... Ra8 { does not solve anything} 56. Kf1 Nf8 57. Rb8 Rxa7 58. Rxf8 $18 )56. Rxb5 ( 56. Rb8 $142 { and the result of the game is clear: White will win} 56... Rd2+ 57. Kf1 Rd1+ 58. Kf2 Rd2+ 59. Ke1 Ra2 $18 )56... Rd2+ 57. Kf1 Ra2 58. g6 Rxa7 ( 58... Ra1+ { does not improve anything} 59. Ke2 Rxa7 60. f7 $18 )59. f7 Ra8 ( 59... Ke4 { doesn't change anything anymore} 60. Rb8 Ke5 61. Re8 Rxf7+ 62. gxf7 $18 )60. h5 ( 60. h5 Ra1+ 61. Ke2 Ra2+ 62. Kd3 $18 ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.09.06"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Cowley, Robert G"] [Black "Jackson, Ralph E"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1938"] [ECO "B15"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "143"] [WhiteElo "2056"] { B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6 } 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Nd7 ( 9... Bf8 10. h3 ( 10. Qd2 a5 11. Bf2 Be7 12. Nd1 Nf5 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 a4 15. b4 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 b5 { 1/2-1/2 Ruecker,B ( 2178 ) -Von Kiedrowski,K ( 2089 ) /Bad Zwesten 2004/CBM 098 ext} )10... Nf5 11. Bf2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 h4 13. Ne2 Be7 14. b3 a5 15. c4 Na6 16. c5 b5 { 1/2-1/2 Nanu,C ( 2342 ) -Badea,B ( 2480 ) /Miercurea Ciuc 2000/CBM 078 ext} )10. h3 $146 ( 10. Qd2 Nf5 11. Bf2 Bf8 12. Nd1 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Be7 19. Be2 O-O 20. g3 Qc7 21. h3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rf1 Ra2 24. g4 hxg4 { Bjelobrk,I ( 2197 ) -Valenti,R ( 2143 ) /Melbourne 2001/CBM 083 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 33 )} )10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 { White has the pair of bishops} ( 11. gxf3 $2 Qh4 12. Kg2 Nf5 $19 )11... Nf5 12. Bf2 h4 ( 12... g5 13. Ne2 $11 )13. Qd3 Bf8 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. a3 { Prevents intrusion on b4} 15... Be7 16. b4 ( 16. b3 $5 $14)16... Qb5 $11 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 ( 19. c4 dxc4 20. Rxa4 O-O 21. Bxb7 Nb6 22. Bxa8 Nxa4 $14 )19... Nb6 $15 { Black threatens to win material: Nb6xa4} 20. Ra2 Kd7 ( 20... a6 21. Nc1 $15 )21. b5 ( 21. Rb1 Rhc8 $11 )21... a5 $15 22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 bxa6 { Black has a new passed pawn: a6.} 24. Rb1 { White threatens to win material: Rb1xb6} ( 24. Ra1 $5 Ra8 25. Nc3 $15 )24... Nc4 $17 { 'the knight is the knight!'} 25. Bg4 Rc8 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Nc3 Na3 28. Rb3 Nxc2 29. Na4 Rc6 30. Rb7+ Rc7 { Black threatens to win material: Rc7xb7} 31. Rb6 a5 32. Ra6 { White threatens to win material: Ra6xa5} 32... Nb4 33. Rxa5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Nd3 { Black threatens to win material: Nd3xf2} 35. Ra7+ Rc7 ( 35... Kc6 36. Be3 Re1 37. Rxe7 Rxe3 38. Rxf7 Nxf4 39. Rh7 $17 )36. Rxc7+ Kxc7 { A minor pieces endgame occured} 37. Be3 Bb4 ( 37... Kc6 38. Nc3 $15 )38. g3 $11 hxg3+ 39. Kxg3 { White has a new passed pawn: h3.} 39... Be1+ 40. Kf3 Nb4 41. Ke2 Bg3 42. Kf3 Bh4 43. Nc3 Kc6 44. Bf2 { White threatens to win material: Bf2xh4} 44... Be7 45. h4 Kd7 46. Nb5 Ke8 47. Nc3 Kf8 48. Ne2 Kg7 49. Kg3 Nd3 50. Be3 Kh6 51. Kh3 Ne1 52. Ng1 ( 52. Bf2 Nf3 $15 )52... Bxh4 $1 { Double attack: e3/h4.} 53. Kxh4 Ng2+ 54. Kg3 Nxe3 55. Nf3 Kg6 56. Kf2 Nc2 57. Ke2 $4 { cause more grief} ( 57. Kg2 $17 $142)57... Kh5 $19 58. Ng5 ( 58. Kd3 { cannot undo what has already been done} 58... Kg4 59. Ng1 Na3 $19 )58... Nxd4+ ( 58... Kg4 $142 { keeps an even firmer grip} 59. Kd3 Kxf4 60. Nxf7 Ne1+ 61. Kc3 $19 )59. Kd3 ( 59. Ke3 { what else?} 59... Nc6 60. Nh3 $19 )59... Nc6 60. Nxf7 Kg6 ( 60... Kg4 $142 { finishes off the opponent} 61. Ng5 Nxe5+ 62. Ke3 d4+ 63. Ke2 Ng6 $19 )61. Nd6 $17 Kh5 62. Nb5 $4 { a transit from better to worse} ( 62. Nf7 Kg4 63. Ng5 Nxe5+ 64. Kc2 Kxf4 65. Nxe6+ Ke3 66. Nc7 $19 )62... Kg4 $19 63. Nc7 Kxf4 64. Nxe6+ Kxe5 65. Ng5 d4 66. Nf3+ ( 66. Nh3 { is not much help} 66... f4 $19 )66... Kf4 67. Nd2 Kg3 68. Nf1+ Kg2 69. Nd2 Kf2 70. Nb3 ( 70. Nc4 Kg3 71. Nd6 $19 )70... f4 ( 70... Kg3 $142 { ends the debate} 71. Kc4 f4 $19 )71. Ke4 Ke2 $4 { not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} ( 71... f3 72. Nd2 Ke2 73. Nxf3 d3 $15 )72. Kxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.09.07"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Mdinaradze, Edgar"] [Black "McColl, Kevin"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1900"] [ECO "E34"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "57"] [WhiteElo "1896"] { D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence ( 4 Nf3 Bb4 ) } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Nf3 c5 6. cxd5 ( 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 e5 9. Nc2 Nc6 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bg5 Ne4 12. Bxd8 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Rxd8 14. cxd5 Rxd5 15. e4 Rd8 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Bd5 Rac8 18. O-O Ne7 19. Bb3 Bb5 20. Rfd1 Be2 { Nawrot,A ( 1967 ) -Swieszek,D ( 1753 ) /Leba 2006/CBM 111 ext/1-0 ( 63 )} )6... exd5 7. e3 $146 ( 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 ( 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. g3 Na6 12. Bg2 Bf5 13. Qd2 Nxc5 14. Nd4 { 1/2-1/2 Thallinger,H ( 2363 ) -Lenz,A ( 2189 ) /Vienna 2003/CBM 095 ext} )9... Ba5 10. e3 O-O 11. dxc5 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 { 1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I ( 2625 ) -Kindermann,S ( 2560 ) /Pardubice 1994/CBM 042} )7... Nc6 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. a3 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na4 Rc8 13. Nxb6 ( 13. Bf5 $5 $142 { is interesting} 13... Rc7 14. Qd3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 $15 )13... Nxb4 $17 ( 13... axb6 $6 14. Qd1 d4 15. Bb2 $11 )14. Qb3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qxb6 16. Rb1 ( 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc4 $17 )16... Qc7 ( 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe6 18. Bb2 $17 )17. Bb2 Qa5+ 18. Nd2 ( 18. Qd2 Qa6 19. Bxf6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf6 21. Qxd5 $19 )18... Ne4 ( 18... Bh5 $142 { a shame that Black overlooked this excellent chance} 19. Bxf6 Bg6 $19 )19. f3 $15 { White threatens to win material: f3xe4} 19... Bf5 ( 19... Nxd2 $5 { is worth looking at} 20. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bd7 $15 )20. fxe4 $11 Bxe4 21. Qd4 f6 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Bxg2 { White wins a piece. Traps the king in the center} 24. Rg1 { White threatens to win material: Rg1xg2} 24... Rc8 ( 24... Be4 $5 $11 $142 { should be considered} )25. Kf2 $16 ( 25. Rxg2 $6 Rxc1+ 26. Ke2 Qb5+ 27. Kf2 Rc2 $14 )25... Bh3 26. Nf3 Rc2+ 27. Bd2 Bf5 ( 27... Be6 $5 $14 $142 { should be examined more closely} )28. Rc1 $16 Rxc1 $4 { sad, but how else could Black save the game?} ( 28... Qb5 $142 29. Rxc2 Bxc2 30. Qxa7 h6 $18 )29. Bxa5 $18 ( 29. Bxa5 Be4 30. Qxa7 $18 )( 29. Bxc1 $6 { is not possible} 29... Be4 $11 ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.09.07"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Guthrie, Aaron"] [Black "Cloudsdale, Colin"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1929"] [ECO "B49"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "57"] [WhiteElo "2087"] { B49: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 7 Be2 } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Nxc6 Bxc3 10. bxc3 ( 10. Na7 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Ba3 12. c4 O-O 13. e5 Qxe5 14. Bd4 Qc7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rb3 Rxa7 17. Rxa3 Qe5 18. Re3 Qf4 19. Rf3 Qe5 20. Re3 Qf4 21. c5 f5 22. Qa1 f6 23. Rd1 e5 24. Rd6 Qb4 { Stolz,M ( 2385 ) -Holzschuh,S ( 2257 ) /Osterburg 2006/CBM 112/1-0 ( 34 )} )10... bxc6 { White has the pair of bishops.} 11. Qd3 $146 ( 11. Bf3 d5 12. Bc5 dxe4 13. Be2 Bb7 14. Qc1 Nd7 15. Qa3 Nxc5 16. Qxc5 Qe7 17. Qb6 Rd8 18. Rab1 Ba8 19. Bxa6 O-O 20. Qe3 Qa3 21. Bc4 c5 22. Rb5 Rc8 23. Rd1 Bd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qxa2 { Kohler,A-Weil,W/Bad Oeynhausen 1938/HCL/1/2-1/2 ( 36 )} )( 11. c4 c5 12. f3 O-O 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. Rab1 d6 15. Qc3 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Bf4 h6 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. Rb3 Rb7 20. Bf1 Qd8 21. Qd2 Re7 22. Qd5+ Kh7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qc6 g5 25. Bd2 Ng7 { Magem Badals,J ( 2560 ) -Ljubojevic,L ( 2600 ) /Pamplona 1996/CBM 052/1-0 ( 62 )} )11... Qe5 ( 11... d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bd4 $14 )12. f3 ( 12. Bf3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 $16 )12... O-O 13. Bd4 Qa5 14. f4 d5 15. Qg3 Qd8 16. Bd3 g6 ( 16... a5 17. Rad1 $16 )17. exd5 ( 17. f5 $5 Nh5 18. Qe3 e5 19. Bxe5 Re8 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. exd5 Qxd5 $18 )17... Nh5 18. Qe3 cxd5 19. g4 { White prepares f5} ( 19. c4 $5 Ng7 $16 )19... Ng7 $16 20. f5 ( 20. Kh1 $16)20... Qh4 $2 ( 20... exf5 $5 $142 { would allow Black to play on} 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 $16 )21. fxg6 $18 hxg6 22. Kh1 f6 23. Bxg6 Bb7 ( 23... Bd7 $5 24. Rf3 e5 25. Bc5 $18 )24. Rab1 $18 Rab8 $4 { but even a better move would not have saved the game} ( 24... Bc6 $142 25. Rb6 Rac8 $18 )25. Qf3 ( 25. g5 $142 { and White can celebrate victory} 25... Qxg5 26. Qxg5 fxg5 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $18 )25... Qg5 26. Bd3 e5 27. Rxb7 $1 { Double attack: a6/f7} 27... exd4 ( 27... Rxb7 28. Qxd5+ { Double attack} )28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Qxf6 ( 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 dxc3 31. Bg6 $18 ) 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.09.09"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Zulfic, Fedja"] [Black "Short, Andrew"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1666"] [ECO "E90"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "32"] [WhiteElo "1809"] { E90: King's Indian: Classical: Early deviations and 6 h3 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Na6 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $146 ( 14... Rxd8 15. c5 Nb4 16. a3 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Kc2 Rd8 19. b4 Kf8 20. Re1 Ke8 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Rd4 23. Bd2 Kd7 24. f4 Ke6 25. Re3 Rd7 26. Rf3 Bg7 27. h4 f5 28. e5 Rd4 29. h5 { Rivas Pastor,M ( 2470 ) -Kupreichik,V ( 2580 ) /Hastings 1981/MCD/0-1 ( 53 )} )15. Be2 Be7 16. Rd1 Nc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.09.07"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Zaric, Srboljub"] [Black "Garcia-Blanco, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1699"] [ECO "B01"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "63"] [WhiteElo "2144"] { B01: Scandinavian Defence } 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bg2 c6 10. h4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 ( 11... Qb6 12. h5 ( 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 14. f3 Bd5 15. Qe2 a5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. f4 Qa6 18. Qf2 Nb6 19. h5 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 N8d7 21. O-O-O Rf8 22. g6 hxg6 23. hxg6 f6 24. Nf7 f5 25. Rde1 e5 26. dxe5 Nd5 { Hyldkrog,L ( 2074 ) -Sonderby,A ( 1926 ) /Copenhagen 2006/CBM 113 ext/1-0 ( 31 )} )12... Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qxg4 14. hxg6 Qxg2 15. gxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rg1 Qxg1+ 17. Nxg1 Nbd7 18. Nf3 h6 19. Qe2 Rhe8 20. O-O-O e5 21. Ne4 Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Kg8 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Nd6 { 1-0 Korneev,O ( 2601 ) -Rodkin,R ( 2237 ) /Benidorm 2005/CBM 109 ext} )12. Bxc3 $146 ( 12. bxc3 Qa4 13. Rc1 Be4 14. f3 Bd5 15. Bf1 Nfd7 16. c4 Nxe5 17. cxd5 Qxd4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 O-O 20. Rh3 Ng6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. c3 Qd8 23. Bg5 Qa5 24. Bd3 Ne5 25. Be2 Na6 26. Qd6 Rae8 { Pavlov,S ( 2342 ) -Panchenko,A ( 2395 ) /Kiev 2003/CBM 092 ext/0-1 ( 50 )} )12... Qa4 ( 12... Qb5 $5 $18)13. b3 Qa3 14. Qe2 ( 14. Qd2 $5 Na6 15. Qe2 O-O-O $18 )14... Qa6 15. Nc4 ( 15. Rc1 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 h5 17. Nxg6 fxg6 $18 )15... h5 16. g5 ( 16. gxh5 $5 Bxh5 17. Qd2 $16 )16... Nd5 $16 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Ne5 Bf5 ( 18... Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Bf5 20. Bf3 $16 )19. Bb2 Rd8 20. Bf3 ( 20. c4 $142 Nc7 21. Qe3 $16 )20... g6 $2 { Controls h5} ( 20... Nd7 $142 { is a viable option} 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Bxh5 c5 $14 )21. c4 $18 Ne7 22. Qc3 Rf8 ( 22... Kf8 $18)23. d5 $1 { Decoy: d5} 23... Nxd5 ( 23... cxd5 24. Nxg6 { Decoy} )( 23... exd5 24. Nxg6 { Decoy} )24. cxd5 exd5 25. Be2 ( 25. Nd7 { might be the shorter path} 25... Re8+ 26. Kd1 Qd3+ 27. Qxd3 Nxd7 $18 )25... Qb6 ( 25... d4 { is one last hope} 26. Qxd4 Qa5+ 27. b4 c5 28. Nxg6 cxd4 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. bxa5 Re8 31. Nxf5 d3 $18 )26. Nxg6 $1 { Mate attack} 26... d4 ( 26... Bxg6 27. Qg7# { Mate attack} )( 26... fxg6 27. Qg7# { Mate attack} )( 26... -- 27. Qg7# { Mate threat} )27. Ne7+ Kh7 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Be4 ( 29... Bg6 { hardly improves anything} 30. f4 Nd7 31. Rh3 $18 )30. f3 ( 30. O-O-O { and White can already relax} 30... Na6 31. Bf6 Nb4 $18 )30... Re8 ( 30... Bc2 { does not improve anything} 31. Rc1 Bg6 32. f4 $18 )31. Bf6 ( 31. fxe4 { makes it even easier for White} 31... Rxe7 32. O-O-O Nd7 33. Bxh5 c5 $18 )31... Bg6 ( 31... Bc2 { cannot change what is in store for ?} 32. Rc1 Bg6 33. f4 $18 )32. O-O-O 1-0 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.23"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Garcia-Blanco, Miguel"] [Black "Short, Andrew"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1666"] [ECO "A26"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "50"] [WhiteElo "1699"] { A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3 } 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd2 ( 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. b4 Ne7 14. b5 f5 15. Nd2 Kh7 16. b6 Nxd5 17. cxd5 cxb6 18. Qb3 Ra6 19. Nc4 e4 20. e3 exd3 21. Nxb6 d2 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Rfd1 Re7 24. Rxd2 Rc7 25. h4 h5 26. Bf1 Ra8 { Soukos,K ( 2138 ) -Kesaris,E/Agios Kirikos 2006/CBM 113 ext/1-0 ( 42 )} )12... Bg7 13. e3 f5 $146 ( 13... Ne7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 e4 16. d4 f5 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. b5 Ng8 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. b6 c6 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. Ra7 Be6 24. Qa4 Qd8 25. Qa5 Bg8 26. Rc1 Bh7 27. c5 d5 28. Nb3 { Djuric,S ( 2515 ) -Fedorowicz,J ( 2565 ) /Novi Sad 1990/TD/0-1 ( 50 )} )14. Nd5 ( 14. Qb3 Kh8 $11 )14... Ne7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Qc2 Be6 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 e4 { Black gains space} 21. Rd1 exd3 ( 21... Qb6 22. dxe4 Qxb4 23. Bh3 $11 )22. Qxd3 $11 Rd7 23. Nb3 Qb6 24. b5 d5 25. c5 Qxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.09.11"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Mdinaradze, Edgar"] [Black "Jackson, Ralph E"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1896"] [ECO "E80"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "83"] [WhiteElo "1938"] { E80: King's Indian: Sämisch: Lines without early ...0-0 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nfd7 6. Be3 ( 6. Nge2 a6 7. h4 c5 8. h5 Nc6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. a3 Ne6 12. b4 Qd8 13. Rc1 g5 14. h6 Be5 15. Nd5 O-O 16. g3 a5 17. b5 Bb2 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rc2 Bxa3 20. Nb6 Rb8 { Dreev,A ( 2670 ) -Dyachkov,S ( 2520 ) /Elista 1995/CBM 050/1-0 ( 35 )} )6... e5 7. d5 Bh6 { Black threatens to win material: Bh6xe3} ( 7... a5 8. Nge2 O-O 9. g4 Nc5 10. Ng3 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. fxe4 Bd7 15. Qd2 Na6 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Rg1 Kh8 18. Be2 Qe7 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Be3 { 1/2-1/2 Kucera,V-Eretova,K ( 2133 ) /Prague 2005/CBM 107 ext} )8. Qd2 $146 ( 8. Bxh6 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qxh6 10. Nh3 Nc5 11. Nf2 a5 12. Be2 Nba6 13. a3 O-O 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Qe3 16. Ra3 Nxb4 17. Rxa8 Qxc3+ 18. Kf1 { 1/2-1/2 Tassetti,M-Burgy,D ( 2145 ) /St Chely d'Aubrac 2003/CBM 095 ext} )8... Bxe3 9. Qxe3 a5 10. Bd3 { Black's piece can't move: c8} 10... Na6 11. Nge2 Nac5 { Black plans a4} 12. Bc2 a4 ( 12... Nb6 13. Qh6 $11 )13. h4 ( 13. Qh6 g5 $14 )13... h5 ( 13... Nb6 14. Bd3 $15 )14. g3 ( 14. Nb5 Nb6 15. Na3 Bd7 $11 )14... Qe7 ( 14... Nb6 15. Bd3 $15 )15. O-O-O Nb6 { Black threatens to win material: Nb6xc4} 16. Bd3 Kf8 17. f4 ( 17. Nb5 Bd7 $11 )17... Bg4 { A beautiful square!} 18. Rdf1 Kg7 19. f5 { Black king safety dropped} ( 19. Rf2 Rac8 $11 )19... Kh7 ( 19... Qf6 20. fxg6 Qxg6 21. Rh2 $17 )20. f6 { White threatens to win material: f6xe7} ( 20. Kb1 gxf5 21. exf5 Qf6 $11 )20... Qf8 ( 20... Qd7 21. Kb1 $15 )21. Kc2 { White king safety dropped} ( 21. Ng1 Qh6 22. Qxh6+ Kxh6 $11 )21... Qh6 { Black threatens to win material: Qh6xe3} 22. Qg5 ( 22. Qxh6+ Kxh6 23. Ng1 Rhf8 $11 )22... Ra5 23. Nc1 Nxd3 ( 23... Qf8 24. Nd1 Nxd3 25. Kxd3 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 $15 )24. Kxd3 ( 24. Qxh6+ Kxh6 25. Kxd3 Rc8 $11 )24... Rha8 ( 24... Qf8 25. Nd1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 $15 )25. Rf2 ( 25. Qxh6+ $5 { looks like a viable alternative} 25... Kxh6 26. Nb5 $11 )25... Qf8 $17 26. Rhh2 $2 ( 26. Nd1 $5 $142 Nxc4 27. Kxc4 $15 )26... Qc8 27. b4 ( 27. Kc2 c6 $19 )27... axb3 $1 { here's the full point} 28. Nxb3 $2 ( 28. axb3 c6 { Combination} )( 28. Nxb3 R5a6 { Combination} )28... R5a6 ( 28... c6 { keeps an even firmer grip} 29. Qc1 R5a6 30. Nb1 $19 )29. Qe3 { White intends c5} ( 29. Nb5 Qd7 30. Nc3 c6 $19 )29... c6 30. c5 Na4 31. Nxa4 ( 31. Rc2 { doesn't do any good} 31... Nxc3 32. Kxc3 cxd5 33. exd5 Bd1 $19 )31... Rxa4 32. Rc2 ( 32. Kd2 { cannot undo what has already been done} 32... dxc5 33. Qxc5 Rxe4 $19 )32... cxd5 ( 32... Rxe4 { makes it even easier for Black} 33. Qxe4 Bf5 34. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 35. Kd2 cxd5 36. cxd6 Qxf6 37. d7 $19 )33. cxd6 ( 33. exd5 { is not much help} 33... Bf5+ 34. Kc3 Qd7 $19 )33... dxe4+ 34. Kd2 Qd8 35. Kc1 Qxd6 36. Rhd2 Qa3+ 37. Kb1 Be6 ( 37... R8a6 { seems even better} 38. Rf2 $19 )38. Rb2 ( 38. Rc3 { doesn't get the bull off the ice} 38... R8a6 $19 )38... Rb4 39. Re2 ( 39. g4 { does not save the day} 39... Qa6 40. Re2 Bxg4 $19 )39... Bxb3 ( 39... Rd8 $142 { and Black wins} 40. Re1 Bxb3 41. Ka1 $19 )40. Rxb3 Qa4 ( 40... Rd8 { and Black can already relax} 41. Rxb4 Rd1+ 42. Kc2 $19 )41. Qc3 ( 41. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 42. Qb3 $19 )41... Rd4 42. Rd2 0-1 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.09.11"] [Round "9.2"] [White "Guthrie, Aaron"] [Black "Cowley, Robert G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "2056"] [ECO "B89"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "70"] [WhiteElo "2087"] { B89: Sicilian: Velimirovic Attack } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. Bg5 Be7 ( 11... b4 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. exd5+ Be7 15. Rhe1 Ra7 16. Qh5 Qc5 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rf8 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Ng7+ Kd8 21. dxc6 Qg5+ 22. f4 Qxg7 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Qb6 Kc8 25. Qxa6+ Kd8 26. Qa8+ { Fier,A ( 2489 ) -Chemin,V ( 2363 ) /Sao Paulo 2005/CBM 104 ext/1-0} )12. a3 Bb7 ( 12... Bd7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Rhf1 Rc8 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qe1 O-O 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Qh4 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rf2 b4 22. Bxf8 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qc3+ 24. Kc1 bxa3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg3+ Kf8 27. Ng5 { Rublevsky,S ( 2505 ) -Salov,V ( 2655 ) /Oviedo 1992/TD/1-0 ( 34 )} )13. f4 { White prepares e5} 13... Rc8 14. e5 $146 ( 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Qd7 16. Nd5 Rc5 17. b4 exd5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nc6 20. Bf5 Qc7 21. Ne6 Qxe5 22. bxc5 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qxa3 24. Nc7+ Kd8 25. Nxd5 Nd4 26. Qxf7 Re8 27. Nxe7 Qb4+ 28. Kc1 Qxc5 { Yevseev,D ( 2540 ) -Alekseev,E ( 2552 ) /St Petersburg 2002/CBM 086 ext/1-0} )( 14. Bxf6 $5 $142 { and White can hope to live} 14... Bxf6 15. Bxb5+ Kf8 16. Bxa6 $16 )14... dxe5 $15 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Ne4 ( 16. Bxe7 $5 Nxc3 17. Qg4 Qxe7 18. Qxg7 Nxd1 19. Qxh8+ Kd7 20. Qxh7 $17 )16... Qxe5 $17 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Nf3 Qf4+ ( 18... Nf4 $142 19. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Bxe4 21. Rd7+ Ke8 $17 )19. Nfd2 $4 ( 19. Kb1 $5 { is worthy of consideration} 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nfd2 Rxc2 22. Kxc2 Ne3+ 23. Kb1 Bxe4+ 24. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 25. Qd3 $15 )19... Nb3+ ( 19... Qe3 $142 { and Black can look forward to a comfortable game} 20. Rhe1 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Nf4 $19 )20. Kb1 $17 Nd4 21. Qh5 g6 { Black threatens to win material: g6xh5} 22. Qh3 h5 23. g3 { White threatens to win material: g3xf4} 23... Qg4 { Black threatens to win material: Qg4xh3} ( 23... Qc7 24. c4 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Rhd8 $19 )24. Qf1 $11 Rhd8 ( 24... Nxc2 $5 { is worth looking at} 25. Qf2 Qf5 $11 )25. Qf2 $14 e5 26. Rdf1 { White has a mate threat} ( 26. c3 $5 Qf5 27. cxd4 Qxf2 28. Nxf2 $16 )26... Qe6 $11 27. g4 $2 ( 27. Ng5 $5 { deserves consideration} 27... Qf6 28. Ndf3 Nxf3 29. Nxf3 $11 )27... Nf4 ( 27... hxg4 28. h3 f5 29. Ng5 $17 )28. gxh5 gxh5 { Black has a new passed pawn: f7. Black has an active position.} ( 28... Qh3 29. Rhg1 Qxh5 30. Re1 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 $15 )29. Qh4+ $15 f6 $4 { not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} ( 29... Kd7 $142 { is a viable option} 30. Rxf4 exf4 $15 )30. Rxf4 $18 exf4 31. Re1 Nf5 32. Qxf4 ( 32. Qxh5 Rh8 33. Qg4 Ne3 34. Qg7+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Nd6+ Ke6 37. Nxb7 Rc7 $14 )32... Kf7 $2 ( 32... Kf8 33. Qf2 Rxd3 34. cxd3 Qd5 $18 )33. Nd6+ $1 { Discovered attack: e4, e1-e6} 33... Nxd6 ( 33... Rxd6 34. Rxe6 { Discovered attack} )( 33... Qxd6 34. Bxf5 { Discovered attack} ( 34. Bxf5 { Deflection} ))( 33... Nxd6 34. Rxe6 { Double attack} ( 34. Rxe6 { Discovered attack} )( 34. Rxe6 { Decoy} ))34. Bg6+ $1 { an unexpected blow} 34... Ke7 ( 34... Kxg6 35. Rxe6 { Zwischenzug} )35. Rxe6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.09.11"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Zulfic, Fedja"] [Black "McColl, Kevin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1900"] [ECO "D94"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "83"] [WhiteElo "1809"] { D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3 } 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 a5 7. b5 Bg4 ( 7... c5 8. bxc6 bxc6 9. Ba3 Nbd7 ( 9... Ba6 10. Qa4 Nbd7 11. Qxc6 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Rc8 13. Qb5 dxc4 14. O-O Re8 15. Rab1 e6 16. Rfc1 e5 17. dxe5 Rb8 18. Qxc4 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21. Rb1 Qa7 22. Ne2 h5 23. h3 Re4 24. Nd4 { Akobian,V ( 2600 ) -Tuvshintugs,B ( 2208 ) /Ledyards 2006/CBM 111 ext/1-0 ( 35 )} )10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Be2 Nb6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qd3 Ra8 17. Bc5 Nc4 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. Qa3 Nf5 20. Qa4 Nh6 21. Rc3 e5 22. dxe5 { Roeder,M ( 2404 ) -Khamrakulov,I ( 2514 ) /Bajada de la Virgen 2005/CBM 106 ext/1/ 2-1/2} )8. a4 $146 ( 8. Bb2 Re8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Qb3 c6 12. Ng5 Nd7 13. e4 a4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Nxa4 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Nc5 17. dxc5 Nxc3 18. O-O Nxe4 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Rfe1 Nf6 22. Bf7 Rf8 { Bielicki,C-Behrensen,J/Mar del Plata 1965/MCD/1-0 ( 37 )} )( 8. Ba3 Re8 $14 )8... c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. exd4 { White has a very active position} ( 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 $15 )10... Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. Nxd5 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qe7+ 16. Be2 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Nb6 18. Qc5 ( 18. Bxb6 Bxa1 19. g3 Rfe8 $11 )18... Qxc5 ( 18... Nxa4 $5 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19 )19. Bxc5 $11 Bxa1 20. Bxb6 { Black wins the exchange} 20... Bc3 ( 20... Rfc8 $5 $11 { should not be overlooked} )21. Bf3 $14 { White threatens to win material: Bf3xb7} 21... Rfe8 22. g3 Re1+ 23. Kg2 Rae8 $4 ( 23... Rxh1 $142 { would hold out} 24. Kxh1 Re8 $14 )24. Rxe1 $18 Rxe1 25. Bxb7 Ra1 ( 25... Kf8 $18)26. c5 ( 26. Be3 $18 $142 { ends the debate} )26... Bd4 $16 27. Ba7 ( 27. Bd5 $5 $16 $142)27... Rc1 $11 28. Kf3 Rc2 ( 28... Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Ke4 $17 )29. g4 ( 29. Ke4 Bxf2 30. Kd5 $18 )29... Bxc5 $15 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Ke3 $2 ( 31. Ke4 $142 { is the best option White has} 31... Kf8 32. Kd4 $15 )31... Rc4 $19 32. Bd5 ( 32. Be4 Kf8 $19 )32... Rxa4 33. Kd3 Rb4 34. Bc4 Kf8 35. Kd4 a4 ( 35... Rb2 36. Kc5 $19 )36. Kc5 ( 36. Kc3 Rb1 37. Kc2 Re1 $19 )36... Rb2 37. b6 Ke7 ( 37... Rxf2 $4 { the pawn must remain untouched} 38. b7 $18 )38. Bb5 Rxb5+ ( 38... Kd8 $5 $142 39. Bxa4 Rxf2 $19 )39. Kxb5 $11 a3 { Is this a dangerous pawn?} 40. b7 a2 41. b8=Q a1=Q 42. Qb7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.09.11"] [Round "9.4"] [White "Zaric, Srboljub"] [Black "Cloudsdale, Colin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1929"] [ECO "B46"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "123"] [WhiteElo "2144"] { B46: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 a6 } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 Qc7 ( 9... Be7 10. Qg3 ( 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. c3 Nd4 14. cxd4 Qxb6 15. Bc3 d6 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qa7 18. Bb4 Rfe8 19. Rc7 Bc6 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Bxd6 Rd7 22. Bxb8 Qxb8 23. Bf3 Qd8 24. Rd1 a5 { Heinatz,M ( 1940 ) -Valiyeva,K ( 1599 ) /Belfort 2005/CBM 107 ext/1-0 ( 46 )} )10... O-O 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bf4 g6 14. Bd6 Re8 15. e5 Bg7 16. Rd3 Ne7 17. Bg4 h5 18. Bh3 Qxb2 19. Qg5 Qxc2 20. Rf3 b5 21. Bxe7 Bb7 22. Re3 Kh7 23. Ne2 Rac8 24. Ng3 { Geller,E ( 2545 ) -Romanishin,O ( 2580 ) /Yerevan 1982/MCL/1-0 ( 39 )} )10. Rd1 $146 ( 10. Qg5 b5 ( 10... Qe5 11. Qxe5 Nxe5 12. Be3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 Bb7 15. f4 Nc6 16. Bb6 Rc8 17. Rad1 Nb8 18. Bd3 d5 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Ba5 Nf6 21. exd5 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Ng4 23. Re2 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxf2 25. Nxb4 { Jap Tjoen San,L ( 2234 ) -Niklasch,O ( 2363 ) /Groningen 1999/CBM 073 ext/0-1 ( 34 )} )11. Bf4 d6 12. Rad1 b4 13. Na4 Ne5 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Nb6 Rd8 16. f4 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. f5 e5 19. f6 gxf6 20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. Bh5 Bxe4 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qe6+ Qe7 24. Qc8+ Qd8 { Kontic,D ( 2400 ) -Damljanovic,B ( 2550 ) /Podgorica 1993/CBM 036/1/2-1/2 ( 41 )} )( 10. a3 b5 11. Kh1 Be7 12. f4 d6 13. Qg3 O-O 14. f5 Kh8 15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Rd2 Rac8 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Qf4 exf5 22. Qxf5 Rc5 23. Qf2 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bxe4 { Zhivodov,G-Safaev,A ( 2209 ) /Saratov 1999/CBM 073 ext/1/2-1/2 ( 40 )} )( 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qg4 g6 $16 )10... Be7 $14 11. Kh1 ( 11. Qh3 d6 $14 )11... b5 12. f4 d6 13. Qg3 O-O 14. a3 { Controls b4} 14... Bd7 ( 14... Bf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Ne4 $11 )15. f5 { White gets more space} 15... Ne5 $2 { The knight feels good on e5} ( 15... Kh8 $5 $11 $142 { and Black hangs on} )16. Bh6 $16 Bf6 ( 16... g6 $5 $16)17. Bxg7 $1 $18 { Decoy: g7} 17... Bxg7 18. f6 Ng6 19. fxg7 Rfd8 20. Qxd6 ( 20. Rxd6 $142 { with excellent chances for White} 20... Bc6 21. e5 $18 )20... Qxd6 $16 21. Rxd6 Ne5 ( 21... Be8 22. Rad1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Kxg7 24. Kg1 $16 )22. Rad1 Kxg7 23. a4 { White threatens to win material: a4xb5. Deflection: b5} 23... b4 { Black threatens to win material: b4xc3} ( 23... bxa4 24. Bxa6 { Pinning} ( 24. Bxa6 { Deflection} ))24. Na2 a5 25. Bb5 { White threatens to win material: Bb5xd7} 25... Kf6 26. c3 ( 26. Rxd7 $2 { looks tantalising, but} 26... Nxd7 27. Bxd7 Ke7 $19 )( 26. Bxd7 $6 Ke7 $14 )26... bxc3 27. Nxc3 { White has a king attack.} ( 27. Bxd7 $2 { is tempting, but} 27... cxb2 28. Rb6 Rxd7 ( 28... Nxd7 $143 29. Rxb2 Nc5 30. Rf1+ Kg6 31. Nc3 $17 )29. Rf1+ Kg6 30. Rxb2 Rd4 $19 )( 27. bxc3 $6 { is the weaker alternative} 27... Ra7 $14 )27... Ke7 28. Bxd7 ( 28. R6d4 Be8 $14 )28... Rxd7 $11 29. Rxd7+ Nxd7 30. h3 Rb8 31. Nb5 Nc5 { Black threatens to win material: Nc5xa4} 32. Nd4 Rb6 33. b3 { Prevents intrusion on a4} ( 33. Rc1 Nxe4 34. Nc6+ Kf8 35. Nxa5 Rxb2 $11 )33... Nxe4 $15 34. Rc1 Kd6 35. Nb5+ Ke5 36. Rc7 { White threatens to win material: Rc7xf7} 36... Kf6 37. Kh2 Nd6 38. Nxd6 Rxd6 { A rook endgame occured} 39. Rb7 Rd5 40. Kg3 h5 41. Kf3 Rf5+ 42. Ke3 Rd5 43. h4 { White has a new backward pawn: g2} 43... Re5+ 44. Kd3 Rd5+ 45. Kc4 Rd2 { Black threatens to win material: Rd2xg2} 46. Rb5 { An ideal square for the white rook.} 46... e5 47. Kc3 { White threatens to win material: Kc3xd2} ( 47. Rxa5 Rxg2 48. Rc5 Rd2 $14 )47... Rd8 ( 47... Rxg2 48. Rxa5 Rh2 49. Ra6+ Ke7 50. Rb6 $11 )48. b4 ( 48. Rxa5 $5 $142 { might be a viable alternative} 48... Rc8+ 49. Kd3 Rd8+ 50. Ke2 $14 )48... axb4+ $11 49. Rxb4 { White has a new passed pawn: a4.} 49... Kf5 50. Rb1 ( 50. a5 e4 $11 )50... e4 ( 50... Rc8+ 51. Kd3 $15 )51. Rf1+ $11 Ke6 52. a5 f5 53. a6 { Don't underestimate that pawn} 53... Ke5 ( 53... e3 54. a7 Kf6 55. Re1 $11 )54. a7 $14 Ra8 { Black threatens to win material: Ra8xa7} 55. Ra1 Kf4 56. Ra5 ( 56. Kd2 Kg3 57. Ke3 Kxg2 58. Ra6 $11 )56... Ke3 $11 57. g3 { Black has a new backward pawn: f5} ( 57. Kc4 f4 58. Kd5 f3 59. gxf3 exf3 60. Ra3+ Kf4 $19 )57... Ke2 $15 58. Rxf5 ( 58. Kd4 $5 $142 { is worth consideration} 58... e3 59. Re5 Rxa7 60. Rxe3+ Kf2 61. Rb3 $15 )58... Rxa7 $19 59. Rxh5 e3 60. Re5 Rg7 { Black threatens to win material: Rg7xg3} ( 60... Rc7+ 61. Kb2 Kd3 62. Rd5+ Ke4 $19 )61. Kd4 $2 ( 61. h5 $15 $142 { and White can hope to survive} )61... Rxg3 $19 62. h5 { Following moves unknown. . .} 1/2-1/2 [Event "City of Adelaide Major"] [Site "Adelaide"] [Date "2007.08.23"] [Round "9.5"] [White "Garcia-Blanco, Miguel"] [Black "Short, Andrew"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Fritz 10"] [BlackElo "1666"] [ECO "A26"] [EventCountry "AUS"] [EventDate "2007.07.17"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventType "tourn"] [PlyCount "50"] [WhiteElo "1699"] { A26: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 and d3 } 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd2 ( 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. b4 Ne7 14. b5 f5 15. Nd2 Kh7 16. b6 Nxd5 17. cxd5 cxb6 18. Qb3 Ra6 19. Nc4 e4 20. e3 exd3 21. Nxb6 d2 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Rfd1 Re7 24. Rxd2 Rc7 25. h4 h5 26. Bf1 Ra8 { Soukos,K ( 2138 ) -Kesaris,E/Agios Kirikos 2006/CBM 113 ext/1-0 ( 42 )} )12... Bg7 13. e3 f5 $146 ( 13... Ne7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 e4 16. d4 f5 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. b5 Ng8 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. b6 c6 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. Ra7 Be6 24. Qa4 Qd8 25. Qa5 Bg8 26. Rc1 Bh7 27. c5 d5 28. Nb3 { Djuric,S ( 2515 ) -Fedorowicz,J ( 2565 ) /Novi Sad 1990/TD/0-1 ( 50 )} )14. Nd5 ( 14. Qb3 Kh8 $11 )14... Ne7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Qc2 Be6 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 e4 { Black gains space} 21. Rd1 exd3 ( 21... Qb6 22. dxe4 Qxb4 23. Bh3 $11 )22. Qxd3 $11 Rd7 23. Nb3 Qb6 24. b5 d5 25. c5 Qxb5 1/2-1/2