[Event "Rybka 4 vs Houdini 5 0, 90'/40+60'/80+1"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU"]
[Black "Deep Rybka 4 x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "0.12;0.13"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:80/3600:900"]

{AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 ProcessorW=31.6 ply; 2,619kN/s  B=21.0 ply; 105kN/s} 
1. d4 {Both last book move [%eval 12,23] [%emt 0:02:38]} d5 {
[%eval 13,17] [%emt 0:02:29]} 2. Nf3 {(Bf4) [%eval 14,22] [%emt 0:02:22]} Nf6 {
[%eval 14,17] [%emt 0:03:44]} 3. c4 {[%eval 14,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {
[%eval 17,18] [%emt 0:04:26]} 4. Nc3 {[%eval 14,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {
[%eval 17,17] [%emt 0:01:54]} 5. Bf4 {(e3) [%eval 16,22] [%emt 0:01:54]} O-O {
(dxc4) [%eval 25,16] [%emt 0:03:22]} 6. e3 {[%eval 19,22] [%emt 0:02:10]} Nbd7
{[%eval 19,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Qc2 {[%eval 17,22] [%emt 0:02:00]} c5 {
[%eval 21,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Rd1 {[%eval 19,23] [%emt 0:09:09]} Qa5 {
[%eval 26,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Nd2 {[%eval 15,22] [%emt 0:01:39]} Qb6 {
(cxd4) [%eval 23,17] [%emt 0:00:08]} 10. dxc5 {[%eval 22,22] [%emt 0:01:41]}
Nxc5 {[%eval 23,19] [%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Be2 {[%eval 25,23] [%emt 0:01:59]} Bd7
{[%eval 30,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} 12. O-O {[%eval 27,23] [%emt 0:02:10]} Rac8 {
[%eval 29,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} 13. Be5 {[%eval 21,21] [%emt 0:02:35]} Bc6 {
[%eval 27,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Bd4 {(cxd5) [%eval 21,21] [%emt 0:03:53]} Qa5
{(Rfd8) [%eval 33,16] [%emt 0:03:44]} 15. a3 {
(cxd5) [%eval 33,21] [%emt 0:01:37]} Nce4 {[%eval 52,17] [%emt 0:06:06]} 16.
Ndxe4 {[%eval 37,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nxe4 {[%eval 53,19] [%emt 0:04:10]} 17.
cxd5 {[%eval 35,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd5 {[%eval 51,20] [%emt 0:02:00]} 18. Bd3
{[%eval 38,25] [%emt 0:02:13]} f5 {(Nf6) [%eval 51,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Nxd5
{[%eval 43,24] [%emt 0:02:18]} Qxd5 {(Rxc2) [%eval 55,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 20.
Bxe4 {[%eval 40,25] [%emt 0:02:13]} Rxc2 {[%eval 55,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 21.
Bxd5 {[%eval 41,27] [%emt 0:06:16]} exd5 {[%eval 64,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 22.
Bxa7 {[%eval 39,27] [%emt 0:05:13]} Rxb2 {[%eval 64,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 23.
Rxd5 {(Bd4) [%eval 39,27] [%emt 0:06:20]} Bxa3 {
(b6) [%eval 63,21] [%emt 0:03:34]} 24. Bd4 {[%eval 37,25] [%emt 0:01:19]} Rb3 {
[%eval 63,22] [%emt 0:00:32]} 25. g3 {(Ra1) [%eval 38,25] [%emt 0:00:53]} Rf7 {
(h5) [%eval 67,20] [%emt 0:04:33]} 26. Ra1 {[%eval 42,27] [%emt 0:01:41]} h5 {
[%eval 76,21] [%emt 0:00:13]} 27. Kg2 {(h4) [%eval 42,27] [%emt 0:01:13]} Kh7 {
[%eval 78,22] [%emt 0:05:37]} 28. h4 {(e4) [%eval 42,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {
[%eval 87,23] [%emt 0:04:27]} 29. Ra2 {[%eval 42,26] [%emt 0:00:23]} Rc7 {
[%eval 87,23] [%emt 0:03:17]} 30. Kf3 {[%eval 42,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rf7 {
[%eval 87,23] [%emt 0:01:48]} 31. Rc2 {[%eval 46,28] [%emt 0:00:40]} Rb1 {
(Rb4) [%eval 87,22] [%emt 0:01:17]} 32. Rc8 {(Kf4) [%eval 50,27] [%emt 0:02:41]
} Rb3 {[%eval 87,22] [%emt 0:03:57]} 33. Rcd8 {[%eval 50,30] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Bf8 {(Bb2) [%eval 114,22] [%emt 0:05:28]} 34. Re5 {[%eval 57,27] [%emt 0:04:29]
} Ba3 {[%eval 114,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Rdd5 {
(Kf4) [%eval 64,29] [%emt 0:04:48]} Bb2 {[%eval 126,23] [%emt 0:07:45]} 36. Kf4
{(Re6+) [%eval 70,30] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd4 {[%eval 125,23] [%emt 0:02:37]} 37.
exd4 {[%eval 71,29] [%emt 0:04:15]} Rb6 {(Rb2) [%eval 126,24] [%emt 0:00:00]}
38. Rb5 {(Rxf5) [%eval 59,27] [%emt 0:03:17]} Rbf6 {
[%eval 126,25] [%emt 0:02:22]} 39. Rec5 {(Red5) [%eval 59,29] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Rd6 {(Rd7) [%eval 126,24] [%emt 0:02:09]} 40. Rd5 {[%eval 65,30] [%emt 0:04:00]
} Rdf6 {[%eval 126,26] [%emt 0:00:08]} 41. f3 {
(Rd8) [%eval 64,29] [%emt 0:00:29]} b6 {[%eval 140,23] [%emt 0:07:04]} 42. Rd8
{[%eval 65,31] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rc6 {(Rc7) [%eval 139,21] [%emt 0:03:31]} 43.
Rb8 {(Rb4) [%eval 74,25] [%emt 0:00:37]} Rc4 {
(Rff6) [%eval 188,20] [%emt 0:04:11]} 44. R5xb6+ {
(R8xb6+) [%eval 118,26] [%emt 0:02:00]} Rf6 {
(Kh7) [%eval 195,20] [%emt 0:02:28]} 45. Rb4 {[%eval 135,26] [%emt 0:01:58]}
Rcc6 {(Rc3) [%eval 202,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 46. Rd8 {
(R8b5) [%eval 123,24] [%emt 0:00:45]} Rf7 {[%eval 215,22] [%emt 0:05:17]} 47.
d5 {[%eval 171,28] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rc3 {[%eval 215,20] [%emt 0:01:06]} 48. Rd6+
{[%eval 180,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rf6 {[%eval 253,21] [%emt 0:01:20]} 49. Rd7 {
(Rxf6+) [%eval 187,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kh6 {(Ra6) [%eval 258,19] [%emt 0:04:10]
} 50. Rd4 {(Rbb7) [%eval 213,24] [%emt 0:00:56]} Rf8 {
(Ra6) [%eval 350,16] [%emt 0:03:00]} 51. d6 {[%eval 372,20] [%emt 0:00:09]}
Rcc8 {(Kg6) [%eval 360,17] [%emt 0:00:42]} 52. Re7 {
[%eval 482,20] [%emt 0:00:26]} g6 {(Kh7) [%eval 495,18] [%emt 0:00:26]} 53. d7
{[%eval 521,18] [%emt 0:00:04]} Ra8 {(Rcd8) [%eval 500,20] [%emt 0:02:12]} 54.
Ke5 {(Rd6) [%eval 865,23] [%emt 0:01:08]} Rab8 {
(Rg8) [%eval 793,19] [%emt 0:02:05]} 55. Ke6 {[%eval 1008,21] [%emt 0:00:25]}
Rfd8 {(Rh8) [%eval 927,20] [%emt 0:00:19]} 56. Rd6 {
(Rf7) [%eval 984,18] [%emt 0:00:01]} Rg8 {(Rh8) [%eval 32748,18] [%emt 0:01:49]
} 57. Rf7 {[%eval 1142,20] [%emt 0:00:01]} Ra8 {[%eval 32748,19] [%emt 0:01:21]
} 58. Ke7 {[%eval 32752,32] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rad8 {
[%eval 32748,20] [%emt 0:00:49]} 59. Rxf5 {[%eval 32753,35] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7
{(Ra8) [%eval 32750,21] [%emt 0:01:01]} 60. Rff6 {
[%eval 32755,38] [%emt 0:00:48]} Kh7 {(Kh6) [%eval 32750,22] [%emt 0:00:00]}
61. f4 {(Rxg6) [%eval 32757,41] [%emt 0:00:51]} Kh6 {
(Kh8) [%eval 32755,17] [%emt 0:01:41]} 62. f5 {
(Rxg6+) [%eval 32758,43] [%emt 0:00:49]} Rxd7+ {[%eval 32759,20] [%emt 0:00:59]
} 63. Kxd7 {[%eval 32759,54] [%emt 0:00:00]} Ra8 {
(Rg7+) [%eval 32760,21] [%emt 0:00:50]} 64. Rxg6+ {
(Ke7) [%eval 32760,47] [%emt 0:00:51]} Kh7 {[%eval 32760,1] [%emt 0:00:00]} 65.
Ke7 {[%eval 32761,69] [%emt 0:00:49]} Ra7+ {[%eval 32762,22] [%emt 0:00:00]}
66. Rd7 {[%eval 32762,68] [%emt 0:04:49]} Rb7 {
(Rxd7+) [%eval 32763,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} 67. Rxb7 {
[%eval 32763,83] [%emt 0:00:45]} Kh8 {[%eval 32764,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} 68. Rd7
{(Kf7) [%eval 32764,78] [%emt 0:00:42]} Kh7 {[%eval 32765,14] [%emt 0:00:00]}
69. Kf8+ {(Kf7) [%eval 32765,77] [%emt 0:00:48]} Kh8 {
[%eval 32766,14] [%emt 0:00:00]} 70. Rh6# {[%eval 32766,79] [%emt 0:00:44]} 1-0

[Event "Rybka 4 vs Houdini 5 0, 90'/40+60'/80+1"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deep Rybka 4 x64"]
[Black "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "0.16;0.14"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:80/3600:900"]

{AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 ProcessorW=19.5 ply; 105kN/s  B=24.5 ply; 2,403kN/s} 
1. e4 {Both last book move [%eval 16,20] [%emt 0:03:51]} e6 {
[%eval 14,27] [%emt 0:46:07]} 2. Nc3 {(d4) [%eval 14,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {
[%eval 8,26] [%emt 0:22:30]} 3. d4 {[%eval 14,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%eval 4,25] [%emt 0:10:58]} 4. Bg5 {[%eval 10,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {
[%eval 8,24] [%emt 0:05:20]} 5. e5 {[%eval 10,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nfd7 {
[%eval 4,21] [%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Bxe7 {[%eval 12,18] [%emt 0:01:40]} Qxe7 {
[%eval 8,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 7. f4 {(Nb5) [%eval 12,19] [%emt 0:03:46]} a6 {
[%eval 1,19] [%emt 0:00:17]} 8. Qg4 {[%eval 21,19] [%emt 0:13:06]} O-O {
(f6) [%eval 6,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Bd3 {[%eval 25,19] [%emt 0:05:25]} g6 {
(c5) [%eval 4,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 10. O-O-O {(h4) [%eval 33,20] [%emt 0:05:21]}
c5 {[%eval 18,20] [%emt 0:00:45]} 11. Nf3 {(dxc5) [%eval 33,19] [%emt 0:00:37]}
Nc6 {(cxd4) [%eval 4,19] [%emt 0:00:17]} 12. h4 {
(dxc5) [%eval 29,18] [%emt 0:03:10]} h5 {(cxd4) [%eval -2,18] [%emt 0:00:08]}
13. Qh3 {(Qg3) [%eval 23,18] [%emt 0:13:16]} cxd4 {
(f5) [%eval 5,15] [%emt 0:00:08]} 14. Ne2 {[%eval 46,17] [%emt 0:02:14]} Nc5 {
[%eval 18,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Nfxd4 {[%eval 42,16] [%emt 0:00:54]} Kg7 {
(f5) [%eval 18,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Kb1 {(c3) [%eval 54,17] [%emt 0:02:33]}
Bd7 {(Rh8) [%eval 19,19] [%emt 0:00:10]} 17. g4 {
(c3) [%eval 40,16] [%emt 0:03:11]} Rh8 {[%eval 11,16] [%emt 0:00:10]} 18. Rdg1
{(Nb3) [%eval 40,15] [%emt 0:00:38]} Nxd4 {[%eval 17,17] [%emt 0:00:10]} 19.
Nxd4 {[%eval 38,17] [%emt 0:01:08]} Nxd3 {[%eval 16,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 20.
Qxd3 {[%eval 38,18] [%emt 0:01:55]} hxg4 {[%eval 16,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 21.
Rxg4 {[%eval 37,19] [%emt 0:01:53]} Rh5 {[%eval 15,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Qe3
{(a3) [%eval 37,17] [%emt 0:00:42]} b6 {(Rc8) [%eval 15,20] [%emt 0:00:17]} 23.
Ne2 {(a3) [%eval 48,16] [%emt 0:01:49]} Qc5 {[%eval 19,19] [%emt 0:00:13]} 24.
Qc1 {(Qf3) [%eval 51,16] [%emt 0:00:51]} Rah8 {
(Rh6) [%eval 34,18] [%emt 0:00:20]} 25. Ng3 {[%eval 62,17] [%emt 0:01:21]} R5h6
{[%eval 33,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 26. h5 {[%eval 59,17] [%emt 0:01:11]} b5 {
[%eval 36,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Qd1 {[%eval 55,17] [%emt 0:04:14]} b4 {
[%eval 43,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 28. Re1 {[%eval 35534,16] [%emt 0:00:40]} Qb6 {
[%eval 39,22] [%emt 0:00:22]} 29. b3 {[%eval 42,15] [%emt 0:00:35]} Qc7 {
(a5) [%eval 40,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 30. hxg6 {[%eval 69,18] [%emt 0:02:35]} fxg6
{[%eval 43,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Rg1 {(Ne2) [%eval 69,18] [%emt 0:00:39]} Kf8
{[%eval 41,22] [%emt 0:00:37]} 32. Ne2 {[%eval 67,18] [%emt 0:00:04]} Be8 {
[%eval 41,21] [%emt 0:00:02]} 33. Nd4 {[%eval 66,17] [%emt 0:00:44]} Qb6 {
(Ke7) [%eval 37,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 34. R4g2 {[%eval 61,17] [%emt 0:01:51]} Bf7
{(a5) [%eval 36,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Qd2 {[%eval 54,16] [%emt 0:02:44]} a5 {
[%eval 35,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Rd1 {(Qf2) [%eval 54,16] [%emt 0:00:37]} Rh3
{[%eval 32,21] [%emt 0:00:33]} 37. Qf2 {[%eval 53,17] [%emt 0:00:08]} R8h4 {
(Ke8) [%eval 33,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} 38. Rg3 {(Rf1) [%eval 53,17] [%emt 0:00:55]
} Rh2 {[%eval 28,22] [%emt 0:00:11]} 39. Qe3 {[%eval 46,18] [%emt 0:00:40]} Ke8
{[%eval 31,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Rf1 {[%eval 36,18] [%emt 0:01:31]} Qc5 {
[%eval 26,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rfg1 {[%eval 41,18] [%emt 0:01:58]} Kd7 {
[%eval 26,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 42. R3g2 {[%eval 41,19] [%emt 0:02:00]} R2h3 {
[%eval 26,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Qf2 {[%eval 40,20] [%emt 0:02:23]} Rh6 {
(Qb6) [%eval 26,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Rd1 {[%eval 35,19] [%emt 0:02:26]} R6h4
{[%eval 26,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rf1 {(Rc1) [%eval 36,19] [%emt 0:02:31]} Rh8
{[%eval 25,24] [%emt 0:01:06]} 46. Qd2 {(Rc1) [%eval 36,19] [%emt 0:00:06]} Be8
{(Kc8) [%eval 22,21] [%emt 0:00:49]} 47. Rgf2 {
(Re1) [%eval 44,17] [%emt 0:02:02]} Rh1 {(Qb6) [%eval 18,22] [%emt 0:00:58]}
48. Kb2 {[%eval 48,18] [%emt 0:02:46]} R1h3 {[%eval 25,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 49.
Rf3 {[%eval 44,18] [%emt 0:01:18]} Rh2 {[%eval 25,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Qd3 {
[%eval 45,18] [%emt 0:01:14]} Ke7 {[%eval 24,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Qe3 {
[%eval 45,18] [%emt 0:02:59]} Kd7 {[%eval 24,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Rg3 {
[%eval 45,19] [%emt 0:02:17]} Kc8 {[%eval 24,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 53. Rc1 {
(Qd3) [%eval 43,18] [%emt 0:01:15]} Qb6 {[%eval 23,23] [%emt 0:01:09]} 54. Rcg1
{[%eval 39,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kb7 {(Kb8) [%eval 23,23] [%emt 0:01:09]} 55.
R1g2 {(R3g2) [%eval 43,18] [%emt 0:01:26]} Rh1 {
(R2h4) [%eval 23,24] [%emt 0:01:08]} 56. Qd2 {[%eval 40,19] [%emt 0:02:08]} Bf7
{(Kb8) [%eval 23,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 57. Qd3 {
(Rg1) [%eval 39,17] [%emt 0:02:12]} Re1 {(R8h4) [%eval 14,22] [%emt 0:01:20]}
58. Rg1 {[%eval 43,18] [%emt 0:03:10]} Re4 {[%eval 14,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} 59.
Nb5 {[%eval 33,18] [%emt 0:01:27]} Rxf4 {[%eval 15,25] [%emt 0:02:56]} 60. Nd6+
{[%eval 36,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kb8 {[%eval 12,25] [%emt 0:01:34]} 61. Rg4 {
[%eval 36,17] [%emt 0:01:04]} Rxg4 {[%eval 13,25] [%emt 0:00:28]} 62. Rxg4 {
[%eval 22,17] [%emt 0:00:08]} Be8 {[%eval 12,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 63. a3 {
[%eval 35534,17] [%emt 0:01:25]} bxa3+ {[%eval 12,24] [%emt 0:01:11]} 64. Kxa3
{[%eval 21,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%eval 12,24] [%emt 0:00:47]} 65. Kb2 {
[%eval 21,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rh2 {(Qc5) [%eval 14,23] [%emt 0:00:53]} 66. Rxg6
{[%eval 50,17] [%emt 0:01:06]} a4 {[%eval 14,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 67. Rg8+ {
[%eval 50,17] [%emt 0:01:20]} Kc7 {[%eval 12,24] [%emt 0:00:19]} 68. Qc3+ {
[%eval 50,18] [%emt 0:00:11]} Bc6 {[%eval 12,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 69. Rg7+ {
[%eval 45,18] [%emt 0:02:05]} Kb8 {[%eval 11,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 70. Ka3 {
[%eval 45,19] [%emt 0:02:19]} axb3 {(d4) [%eval 13,25] [%emt 0:04:40]} 71. Qxb3
{[%eval 42,19] [%emt 0:00:51]} Qxb3+ {[%eval 11,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} 72. Kxb3 {
[%eval 42,21] [%emt 0:00:22]} Re2 {[%eval 9,28] [%emt 0:00:47]} 73. Kc3 {
[%eval 42,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe5 {[%eval 8,28] [%emt 0:01:44]} 74. Kd4 {
[%eval 42,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} Re1 {[%eval 8,27] [%emt 0:01:17]} 75. c3 {
[%eval 42,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rc1 {[%eval 8,26] [%emt 0:00:39]} 76. Rh7 {
(Kc5) [%eval 42,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} e5+ {(Rc2) [%eval 7,26] [%emt 0:01:09]} 77.
Kc5 {[%eval 44,20] [%emt 0:01:00]} Ba4 {[%eval 6,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} 78. Kxd5 {
[%eval 43,20] [%emt 0:00:20]} Rxc3 {[%eval 5,25] [%emt 0:00:59]} 79. Kxe5 {
[%eval 40,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rc7 {[%eval 5,26] [%emt 0:00:39]} 80. Rh4 {
(Rh8+) [%eval 39,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} Re7+ {[%eval 4,25] [%emt 0:00:58]} 81. Kd5
{[%eval 37,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7 {[%eval 4,26] [%emt 0:00:53]} 82. Rh1 {
[%eval 30,21] [%emt 0:00:18]} Kc7 {[%eval 3,26] [%emt 0:00:40]} 83. Rc1+ {
[%eval 29,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kd8 {[%eval 3,25] [%emt 0:01:03]} 84. Ne4 {
[%eval 25,20] [%emt 0:00:03]} Rg7 {(Rh7) [%eval 3,25] [%emt 0:00:51]} 85. Ke5 {
[%eval 25,20] [%emt 0:00:36]} Re7+ {[%eval 2,27] [%emt 0:00:15]} 86. Kd4 {
[%eval 24,21] [%emt 0:00:03]} Re6 {[%eval 2,28] [%emt 0:01:07]} 87. Kd5 {
(Nc3) Draw accepted [%eval 23,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rybka 4 vs Houdini 5 0, 90'/40+60'/80+1"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU"]
[Black "Deep Rybka 4 x64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "0.17;0.16"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:80/3600:900"]

{AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 ProcessorW=27.1 ply; 2,496kN/s  B=22.5 ply; 101kN/s} 
1. e4 {Both last book move [%eval 17,22] [%emt 0:02:39]} e6 {
[%eval 16,19] [%emt 0:07:41]} 2. d4 {(Nc3) [%eval 10,22] [%emt 0:04:30]} d5 {
[%eval 13,19] [%emt 0:07:36]} 3. exd5 {[%eval 8,23] [%emt 0:00:19]} exd5 {
[%eval 11,19] [%emt 0:01:29]} 4. Nf3 {[%eval 8,22] [%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 {
[%eval 12,18] [%emt 0:01:16]} 5. Bb5+ {[%eval 8,22] [%emt 0:01:19]} c6 {
[%eval 12,18] [%emt 0:00:25]} 6. Bd3 {[%eval 7,23] [%emt 0:02:04]} Bd6 {
(Be6) [%eval 11,16] [%emt 0:00:49]} 7. Qe2+ {[%eval 4,23] [%emt 0:02:48]} Be7 {
(Be6) [%eval 7,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} 8. O-O {[%eval 7,23] [%emt 0:05:57]} O-O {
[%eval 5,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} 9. c4 {(Nc3) [%eval 8,22] [%emt 0:02:22]} dxc4 {
(Re8) [%eval 0,18] [%emt 0:03:17]} 10. Bxc4 {[%eval 2,22] [%emt 0:02:04]} Bg4 {
(Bf5) [%eval 0,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Be3 {(Re1) [%eval 5,22] [%emt 0:02:09]}
Nbd7 {(Qd6) [%eval -2,18] [%emt 0:03:46]} 12. h3 {[%eval 0,21] [%emt 0:01:54]}
Bh5 {[%eval -2,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} 13. Nc3 {[%eval -5,21] [%emt 0:01:41]} Bb4 {
(Bd6) [%eval -3,16] [%emt 0:01:19]} 14. g4 {[%eval 0,22] [%emt 0:01:42]} Bg6 {
[%eval 9,16] [%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Nh4 {(Ne5) [%eval 0,22] [%emt 0:01:40]} Nb6 {
[%eval -13,20] [%emt 0:06:18]} 16. Nxg6 {(Bb3) [%eval 0,23] [%emt 0:00:16]}
hxg6 {[%eval -2,21] [%emt 0:03:21]} 17. Bb3 {[%eval 0,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {
[%eval -2,20] [%emt 0:01:16]} 18. a4 {[%eval -6,23] [%emt 0:02:56]} Nbd5 {
[%eval -7,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Bd2 {(Qd3) [%eval -1,24] [%emt 0:02:34]} Qb6
{(Re8) [%eval 0,18] [%emt 0:02:27]} 20. Nxd5 {[%eval -1,23] [%emt 0:02:10]}
Nxd5 {(cxd5) [%eval 0,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Bxd5 {
[%eval -2,25] [%emt 0:02:07]} cxd5 {[%eval 0,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Bxb4 {
[%eval -1,26] [%emt 0:02:22]} Qxb4 {[%eval 0,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Qb5 {
[%eval -4,26] [%emt 0:05:19]} Rfc8 {(Qxb5) [%eval 0,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 24.
Qxb4 {[%eval 2,27] [%emt 0:02:22]} axb4 {[%eval 0,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 25. Rfe1
{(Rfc1) [%eval 0,28] [%emt 0:01:45]} Rc2 {[%eval 10,21] [%emt 0:04:43]} 26. Re5
{(Re7) [%eval 2,26] [%emt 0:01:45]} Rxb2 {[%eval 7,18] [%emt 0:03:05]} 27. Rxd5
{[%eval 2,27] [%emt 0:00:37]} Re8 {(b3) [%eval 10,20] [%emt 0:01:29]} 28. a5 {
(Rb5) [%eval 2,26] [%emt 0:02:29]} Re4 {[%eval 8,20] [%emt 0:03:13]} 29. Kg2 {
[%eval 7,25] [%emt 0:01:56]} Rf4 {(f6) [%eval 7,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Rf1 {
[%eval 7,27] [%emt 0:05:07]} g5 {(f6) [%eval 36,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Rxg5 {
[%eval 20,27] [%emt 0:01:44]} Rxd4 {[%eval 36,21] [%emt 0:00:22]} 32. Rb5 {
[%eval 20,29] [%emt 0:04:58]} Ra2 {[%eval 28,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Kg3 {
(Rxb7) [%eval 21,28] [%emt 0:03:46]} g6 {(Ra3+) [%eval 35534,23] [%emt 0:10:09]
} 34. f3 {[%eval 17,26] [%emt 0:02:30]} Rdd2 {[%eval 59,22] [%emt 0:07:25]} 35.
Rg1 {[%eval 13,28] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rdb2 {[%eval 59,21] [%emt 0:01:47]} 36. Re1
{(Rxb7) [%eval 18,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rg2+ {[%eval 42,21] [%emt 0:03:09]} 37.
Kh4 {[%eval 11,28] [%emt 0:01:49]} Rgf2 {[%eval 37,22] [%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Re3
{[%eval 11,28] [%emt 0:03:02]} Ra3 {[%eval 37,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Kg3 {
[%eval 11,29] [%emt 0:03:36]} Rf1 {[%eval 37,24] [%emt 0:00:17]} 40. Kf4 {
[%eval 11,28] [%emt 0:00:55]} Rc1 {(Rd1) [%eval 36,23] [%emt 0:03:57]} 41. Rxb4
{[%eval 10,24] [%emt 0:00:36]} Rxa5 {[%eval 36,23] [%emt 0:01:03]} 42. Kg3 {
(h4) [%eval 10,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rg1+ {[%eval 25,23] [%emt 0:02:52]} 43. Kh2
{[%eval 7,29] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rc1 {[%eval 25,23] [%emt 0:01:36]} 44. h4 {
[%eval 7,28] [%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%eval 25,24] [%emt 0:02:27]} 45. Re7 {
(Reb3) [%eval 7,28] [%emt 0:00:00]} Ra3 {[%eval 23,23] [%emt 0:02:45]} 46. Kg3
{[%eval 5,29] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rc4 {[%eval 23,24] [%emt 0:02:08]} 47. Rxc4 {
[%eval 5,30] [%emt 0:00:00]} bxc4 {[%eval 23,26] [%emt 0:01:17]} 48. Kf4 {
[%eval 5,30] [%emt 0:00:45]} Kg7 {[%eval 23,25] [%emt 0:00:28]} 49. Rc7 {
[%eval 5,30] [%emt 0:00:21]} Rc3 {[%eval 23,26] [%emt 0:01:42]} 50. Ke4 {
(Rc8) [%eval 5,32] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rc1 {[%eval 19,25] [%emt 0:02:08]} 51. g5 {
(Kd4) [%eval 5,31] [%emt 0:02:18]} Kf8 {(Re1+) [%eval 17,27] [%emt 0:02:53]}
52. Kd4 {[%eval 5,28] [%emt 0:00:45]} Rd1+ {(Rh1) [%eval 16,28] [%emt 0:01:11]}
53. Ke3 {[%eval 3,25] [%emt 0:01:13]} Re1+ {[%eval 16,28] [%emt 0:00:00]} 54.
Kf2 {(Kd2) [%eval 3,30] [%emt 0:00:46]} Rc1 {[%eval 16,29] [%emt 0:03:11]} 55.
Ke2 {[%eval 3,33] [%emt 0:00:00]} c3 {
Draw accepted [%eval 16,29] [%emt 0:02:30]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rybka 4 vs Houdini 5 0, 90'/40+60'/80+1"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deep Rybka 4 x64"]
[Black "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "0.16;0.09"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:80/3600:900"]

{AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 ProcessorW=19.7 ply; 91kN/s  B=23.7 ply; 2,303kN/s} 
1. e4 {Both last book move [%eval 16,20] [%emt 0:03:36]} e6 {
[%eval 9,27] [%emt 0:46:07]} 2. d4 {[%eval 14,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {
[%eval 9,26] [%emt 0:22:29]} 3. exd5 {[%eval 12,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {
[%eval 10,24] [%emt 0:04:57]} 4. Nf3 {[%eval 10,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%eval 8,23] [%emt 0:02:29]} 5. Bd3 {(Bb5+) [%eval 10,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {
[%eval 10,22] [%emt 0:01:38]} 6. Qe2+ {[%eval 10,19] [%emt 0:03:21]} Be6 {
(Qe7) [%eval 3,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Ng5 {(c4) [%eval 8,18] [%emt 0:03:50]}
Qd7 {(Qe7) [%eval 0,23] [%emt 0:01:55]} 8. Nxe6 {[%eval 22,18] [%emt 0:04:50]}
Qxe6 {(fxe6) [%eval 0,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Nc3 {
(c3) [%eval 32,18] [%emt 0:04:08]} Nc6 {[%eval 1,23] [%emt 0:01:14]} 10. Nb5 {
[%eval 34,18] [%emt 0:00:27]} Qxe2+ {(Bb4+) [%eval 2,23] [%emt 0:00:30]} 11.
Kxe2 {[%eval 39,18] [%emt 0:02:59]} O-O-O {[%eval 3,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 12. c3
{[%eval 38,19] [%emt 0:03:26]} Be7 {(Bf8) [%eval 5,24] [%emt 0:00:26]} 13. Bf4
{[%eval 35,18] [%emt 0:02:52]} Ne8 {[%eval 6,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 14. a4 {
[%eval 35,18] [%emt 0:01:27]} Kb8 {(a6) [%eval 8,23] [%emt 0:02:48]} 15. h4 {
(Rhe1) [%eval 42,18] [%emt 0:02:58]} a6 {[%eval -4,20] [%emt 0:00:15]} 16. Na3
{[%eval 41,19] [%emt 0:01:10]} Bd6 {[%eval 0,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Bg5 {
(Bxd6) [%eval 46,20] [%emt 0:01:58]} f6 {[%eval 4,22] [%emt 0:00:24]} 18. Be3 {
[%eval 42,19] [%emt 0:00:48]} Bxa3 {[%eval 4,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Rxa3 {
[%eval 46,19] [%emt 0:02:30]} Nd6 {[%eval 8,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 20. b3 {
[%eval 47,19] [%emt 0:03:13]} Rde8 {(Ne7) [%eval 11,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 21. f3
{[%eval 49,19] [%emt 0:04:22]} Re7 {[%eval 20,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Kf2 {
[%eval 53,20] [%emt 0:02:52]} Na5 {[%eval 23,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 23. h5 {
(Bf4) [%eval 53,19] [%emt 0:01:15]} Rhe8 {(Kc8) [%eval 25,23] [%emt 0:01:03]}
24. Bf4 {[%eval 60,20] [%emt 0:02:38]} h6 {[%eval 26,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} 25.
Rc1 {(Rb1) [%eval 65,20] [%emt 0:07:54]} Rd8 {
(Re6) [%eval 26,23] [%emt 0:00:37]} 26. Rb1 {[%eval 61,20] [%emt 0:02:55]} Kc8
{[%eval 26,28] [%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Ra2 {[%eval 62,19] [%emt 0:00:55]} Kd7 {
[%eval 26,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} 28. g3 {(Rd2) [%eval 65,18] [%emt 0:00:58]} Ra8 {
(Nc6) [%eval 26,21] [%emt 0:00:26]} 29. Bf1 {(g4) [%eval 68,20] [%emt 0:02:44]}
Rf8 {[%eval 31,21] [%emt 0:00:31]} 30. c4 {(Bh3+) [%eval 71,20] [%emt 0:04:02]}
Nc6 {[%eval 38,20] [%emt 0:00:22]} 31. Bh3+ {(Rd2) [%eval 71,19] [%emt 0:00:33]
} Kd8 {(Ke8) [%eval 28,20] [%emt 0:00:10]} 32. c5 {
(Rc1) [%eval 188,18] [%emt 0:02:08]} Nf7 {[%eval 132,20] [%emt 0:00:37]} 33. b4
{[%eval 188,18] [%emt 0:00:20]} Nxd4 {[%eval 121,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} 34. b5 {
(Rd2) [%eval 35534,16] [%emt 0:01:03]} Ng5 {[%eval 203,17] [%emt 0:00:10]} 35.
Bxg5 {[%eval 35534,17] [%emt 0:03:27]} Rfe8 {
(Re5) [%eval 454,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 36. c6 {
(Rd1) [%eval 629,17] [%emt 0:02:05]} b6 {[%eval 621,17] [%emt 0:00:08]} 37.
bxa6 {(Rd1) [%eval 629,18] [%emt 0:00:46]} Re2+ {[%eval 626,17] [%emt 0:00:13]}
38. Rxe2 {[%eval 629,17] [%emt 0:00:50]} Rxe2+ {[%eval 653,22] [%emt 0:00:00]}
39. Kf1 {[%eval 673,19] [%emt 0:01:20]} Ra2 {[%eval 658,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 40.
Rd1 {[%eval 673,20] [%emt 0:01:41]} Rxa4 {[%eval 658,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} 41.
Be3 {[%eval 673,19] [%emt 0:01:29]} 1-0

[Event "Rybka 4 vs Houdini 5 0, 90'/40+60'/80+1"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU"]
[Black "Deep Rybka 4 x64"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Annotator "0.13;0.11"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:80/3600:900"]

{AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 ProcessorW=27.3 ply; 2,570kN/s  B=24.3 ply; 98kN/s} 
1. e4 {Both last book move [%eval 13,26] [%emt 0:26:23]} e5 {
[%eval 11,20] [%emt 0:04:38]} 2. Nf3 {[%eval 17,23] [%emt 0:05:41]} Nc6 {
(Nf6) [%eval 12,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {(d4) [%eval 17,24] [%emt 0:07:41]}
a6 {[%eval 12,19] [%emt 0:04:57]} 4. Bxc6 {[%eval 16,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} dxc6 {
[%eval 12,20] [%emt 0:04:38]} 5. O-O {[%eval 15,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} f6 {
(Qf6) [%eval 13,19] [%emt 0:04:22]} 6. d4 {[%eval 22,24] [%emt 0:03:47]} exd4 {
(Bg4) [%eval 9,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nxd4 {[%eval 21,23] [%emt 0:03:26]} c5 {
(Ne7) [%eval 19,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Ne2 {(Nb3) [%eval 23,23] [%emt 0:03:04]}
Be6 {(Qxd1) [%eval 11,19] [%emt 0:04:09]} 9. Bf4 {
(Nbc3) [%eval 23,23] [%emt 0:04:18]} Qd7 {(Qxd1) [%eval 0,18] [%emt 0:03:20]}
10. Qxd7+ {(Nbc3) [%eval 19,23] [%emt 0:08:04]} Kxd7 {
[%eval -6,19] [%emt 0:02:51]} 11. Nbc3 {[%eval 16,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7 {
(Re8) [%eval -6,18] [%emt 0:01:28]} 12. Rfd1+ {
(Bg3) [%eval 19,22] [%emt 0:06:39]} Kc6 {[%eval -1,19] [%emt 0:04:11]} 13. h3 {
(Bg3) [%eval 18,23] [%emt 0:00:19]} Ng6 {(b6) [%eval -24,17] [%emt 0:02:11]}
14. Bh2 {(Bg3) [%eval 14,21] [%emt 0:00:35]} Ne5 {
(Re8) [%eval -12,18] [%emt 0:04:12]} 15. Nf4 {[%eval 20,20] [%emt 0:00:44]} Bf7
{[%eval -9,18] [%emt 0:00:26]} 16. Nfd5 {[%eval 21,21] [%emt 0:00:16]} Bd6 {
(Rd8) [%eval -11,17] [%emt 0:00:53]} 17. Bxe5 {
(Ne3) [%eval 18,20] [%emt 0:00:38]} fxe5 {[%eval -8,19] [%emt 0:02:02]} 18. Ne3
{[%eval 16,23] [%emt 0:00:25]} Rhd8 {(b5) [%eval -8,19] [%emt 0:02:19]} 19. b3
{[%eval 19,22] [%emt 0:01:04]} b6 {(b5) [%eval -8,19] [%emt 0:00:04]} 20. Rd3 {
(a4) [%eval 21,22] [%emt 0:00:54]} b5 {[%eval -6,19] [%emt 0:05:13]} 21. Rad1 {
[%eval 20,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {(Rd7) [%eval -4,18] [%emt 0:01:15]} 22. R3d2
{(Ncd5) [%eval 19,22] [%emt 0:01:27]} Rd7 {(Rab8) [%eval -3,18] [%emt 0:04:10]}
23. a4 {[%eval 17,22] [%emt 0:00:41]} Rad8 {[%eval 0,18] [%emt 0:00:16]} 24.
Ra1 {[%eval 12,22] [%emt 0:00:41]} Bf8 {[%eval 0,17] [%emt 0:00:21]} 25. Rxd7 {
(axb5+) [%eval 19,22] [%emt 0:00:47]} Bxd7 {[%eval 7,21] [%emt 0:04:23]} 26.
Kf1 {(f3) [%eval 22,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kb7 {[%eval 12,18] [%emt 0:02:33]} 27.
Ke2 {[%eval 22,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {(Rb8) [%eval 14,18] [%emt 0:01:57]} 28.
Ncd1 {(f3) [%eval 24,24] [%emt 0:01:22]} Be6 {[%eval 17,18] [%emt 0:02:35]} 29.
Nb2 {(f3) [%eval 24,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {(Rd4) [%eval 22,19] [%emt 0:03:22]
} 30. c4 {[%eval 32,24] [%emt 0:05:10]} c6 {(Bf8) [%eval 29,21] [%emt 0:00:00]}
31. Nd3 {[%eval 29,21] [%emt 0:00:47]} Rb8 {[%eval 29,20] [%emt 0:00:13]} 32.
axb5 {[%eval 31,23] [%emt 0:00:16]} cxb5 {(axb5) [%eval 29,21] [%emt 0:01:09]}
33. f3 {(Kd2) [%eval 35,22] [%emt 0:01:15]} Ra8 {
(g5) [%eval 31,21] [%emt 0:04:28]} 34. Nd5 {[%eval 38,21] [%emt 0:00:31]} bxc4
{(h6) [%eval 31,21] [%emt 0:01:44]} 35. bxc4 {[%eval 47,23] [%emt 0:00:24]} Kc6
{[%eval 31,21] [%emt 0:00:32]} 36. Ra5 {[%eval 45,23] [%emt 0:00:09]} Ra7 {
(Bc8) [%eval 39,20] [%emt 0:00:55]} 37. Ke3 {(Kd2) [%eval 52,24] [%emt 0:01:02]
} Bc8 {[%eval 40,20] [%emt 0:02:07]} 38. Kd2 {[%eval 60,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} h5
{(Rg7) [%eval 50,20] [%emt 0:01:25]} 39. Kc3 {
(Nc1) [%eval 58,16] [%emt 0:00:34]} h4 {(Rg7) [%eval 62,18] [%emt 0:01:23]} 40.
Nc1 {[%eval 86,25] [%emt 0:00:51]} Be6 {(Rg7) [%eval 77,21] [%emt 0:00:51]} 41.
Nb3 {[%eval 90,27] [%emt 0:00:38]} Bf8 {[%eval 87,23] [%emt 0:01:29]} 42. Ra1 {
[%eval 91,29] [%emt 0:00:00]} a5 {[%eval 84,24] [%emt 0:02:23]} 43. Rxa5 {
[%eval 87,30] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rxa5 {[%eval 84,26] [%emt 0:01:45]} 44. Nxa5+ {
[%eval 84,32] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%eval 84,27] [%emt 0:01:27]} 45. Nb7+ {
[%eval 80,31] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kd7 {[%eval 84,27] [%emt 0:01:25]} 46. Kb3 {
(f4) [%eval 80,31] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bf7 {[%eval 85,28] [%emt 0:03:57]} 47. Ka4 {
[%eval 80,33] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kc8 {[%eval 85,29] [%emt 0:01:45]} 48. Na5 {
[%eval 80,34] [%emt 0:00:00]} Be8+ {[%eval 85,30] [%emt 0:02:24]} 49. Ka3 {
[%eval 80,33] [%emt 0:03:35]} Bf7 {(Bd6) [%eval 86,30] [%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Nc6
{[%eval 81,32] [%emt 0:01:04]} Bg7 {[%eval 86,29] [%emt 0:00:02]} 51. Kb3 {
[%eval 81,29] [%emt 0:00:38]} Be8 {[%eval 115,27] [%emt 0:00:51]} 52. Na7+ {
[%eval 81,31] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kb7 {[%eval 115,28] [%emt 0:02:35]} 53. Nb5 {
[%eval 81,34] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kc6 {[%eval 115,29] [%emt 0:02:26]} 54. Ka4 {
[%eval 81,33] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {[%eval 115,28] [%emt 0:02:49]} 55. Ka5 {
(Nf6) [%eval 81,32] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%eval 102,28] [%emt 0:02:06]} 56.
Ndc3 {[%eval 81,31] [%emt 0:00:18]} Bb8 {[%eval 102,29] [%emt 0:01:16]} 57. Ka4
{[%eval 81,33] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bf7 {(Bd7) [%eval 102,30] [%emt 0:01:04]} 58.
Nd5 {(Kb3) [%eval 81,24] [%emt 0:00:50]} Be8 {
(Bd6) [%eval 102,28] [%emt 0:01:26]} 59. Kb3 {[%eval 81,30] [%emt 0:00:51]} Bf7
{(Bd6) [%eval 115,28] [%emt 0:00:00]} 60. Kc3 {
(Ne3) [%eval 81,30] [%emt 0:01:00]} Kd7 {(Bd6) [%eval 110,29] [%emt 0:01:40]}
61. Kd3 {[%eval 81,29] [%emt 0:00:53]} Kc6 {(Bd6) [%eval 110,29] [%emt 0:00:00]
} 62. Kd2 {(Nf6) [%eval 81,30] [%emt 0:01:23]} Kd7 {
(Bd6) [%eval 110,28] [%emt 0:01:12]} 63. Ke3 {[%eval 81,30] [%emt 0:00:51]} Kc6
{[%eval 110,29] [%emt 0:00:00]} 64. Kf2 {(Kd3) [%eval 81,31] [%emt 0:01:24]}
Kd7 {[%eval 110,28] [%emt 0:01:14]} 65. Ke2 {(Ke1) [%eval 81,32] [%emt 0:00:00]
} Kc6 {[%eval 115,30] [%emt 0:01:43]} 66. Kd3 {[%eval 81,32] [%emt 0:00:38]}
Be8 {(Bd6) [%eval 115,29] [%emt 0:00:00]} 67. Kc3 {
(Nf6) [%eval 81,30] [%emt 0:00:49]} Bf7 {(Bd6) [%eval 115,31] [%emt 0:01:04]}
68. Kc2 {(Nf6) [%eval 81,31] [%emt 0:01:25]} Kb7 {
(Bd6) [%eval 115,29] [%emt 0:01:36]} 69. Kd2 {
(Kb2) [%eval 81,30] [%emt 0:00:52]} Kc6 {[%eval 115,29] [%emt 0:00:58]} 70. Kd1
{(Kc1) [%eval 78,31] [%emt 0:00:11]} Be8 {(Kb7) [%eval 115,29] [%emt 0:01:11]}
71. Kc1 {(Kc2) [%eval 75,29] [%emt 0:00:56]} Kb7 {[%eval 115,30] [%emt 0:01:14]
} 72. Kd2 {(Kb2) [%eval 75,31] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kc6 {
(Bf7) [%eval 115,30] [%emt 0:01:08]} 73. Nf6 {[%eval 59,30] [%emt 0:01:22]} Bf7
{[%eval 115,33] [%emt 0:00:00]} 74. Kd3 {(Kc3) [%eval 59,30] [%emt 0:00:55]}
Be6 {[%eval 115,28] [%emt 0:00:55]} 75. Nc3 {(Ng4) [%eval 60,30] [%emt 0:00:00]
} Bc7 {[%eval 115,26] [%emt 0:01:48]} 76. Ng4 {[%eval 66,29] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Kd7 {(Bxg4) [%eval 115,25] [%emt 0:00:20]} 77. Nd5 {
[%eval 67,29] [%emt 0:01:37]} Bd6 {[%eval 115,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} 78. Kc2 {
(Kc3) [%eval 67,29] [%emt 0:00:56]} Kc6 {(Bf7) [%eval 115,27] [%emt 0:00:51]}
79. Kb3 {[%eval 67,29] [%emt 0:01:01]} Bd7 {[%eval 115,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} 80.
Nh2 {(Nf2) [%eval 85,28] [%emt 0:01:45]} Be8 {
(Kb7) [%eval 115,25] [%emt 0:00:52]} 81. f4 {
(Nf6) [%eval 122,26] [%emt 0:01:00]} exf4 {[%eval 166,19] [%emt 0:00:45]} 82.
Nf3 {[%eval 127,26] [%emt 0:00:29]} Kd7 {(Bb8) [%eval 101,22] [%emt 0:00:00]}
83. Nf6+ {[%eval 191,26] [%emt 0:01:22]} Kd8 {[%eval 186,25] [%emt 0:00:00]}
84. Nxe8 {[%eval 197,27] [%emt 0:01:44]} Kxe8 {[%eval 186,25] [%emt 0:00:00]}
85. Nxh4 {[%eval 185,28] [%emt 0:02:36]} Kf7 {[%eval 310,24] [%emt 0:00:00]}
86. Ka4 {(Nf3) [%eval 185,28] [%emt 0:01:06]} Be5 {
(Be7) [%eval 310,22] [%emt 0:00:41]} 87. Nf3 {[%eval 227,24] [%emt 0:00:38]}
Kf6 {(Ke6) [%eval 310,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 88. Ne1 {
[%eval 260,20] [%emt 0:00:36]} Bd4 {(Bc3) [%eval 310,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 89.
Nd3 {[%eval 203,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} Be3 {(g5) [%eval 355,22] [%emt 0:01:02]}
90. Kb5 {[%eval 361,23] [%emt 0:00:52]} Ke6 {[%eval 355,21] [%emt 0:00:11]} 91.
Kc6 {[%eval 361,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%eval 496,20] [%emt 0:01:17]} 92.
Nxc5+ {[%eval 379,25] [%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%eval 496,21] [%emt 0:00:09]} 93.
Kb5 {[%eval 379,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd4 {(Bg1) [%eval 496,20] [%emt 0:00:17]}
94. Nb3 {[%eval 379,21] [%emt 0:00:02]} Ba7 {
(Bc3) [%eval 496,19] [%emt 0:00:11]} 95. Ka6 {
(c5) [%eval 589,19] [%emt 0:00:09]} Bb8 {[%eval 893,16] [%emt 0:00:40]} 96. Kb7
{[%eval 920,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%eval 1133,18] [%emt 0:00:28]} 97. c5 {
[%eval 924,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bf8 {(Be7) [%eval 1133,18] [%emt 0:00:11]} 98.
c6 {[%eval 981,18] [%emt 0:00:06]} 1-0

[Event "Rybka 4 vs Houdini 5 0, 90'/40+60'/80+1"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deep Rybka 4 x64"]
[Black "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "0.20;0.19"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:80/3600:900"]

{AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 ProcessorW=18.6 ply; 98kN/s  B=22.3 ply; 2,240kN/s} 
1. e4 {Both last book move [%eval 20,20] [%emt 0:03:43]} c5 {
[%eval 19,21] [%emt 0:03:25]} 2. Nf3 {[%eval 19,19] [%emt 0:10:20]} Nc6 {
(e6) [%eval 13,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {(Nc3) [%eval 21,18] [%emt 0:03:22]}
g6 {[%eval 11,22] [%emt 0:01:46]} 4. Nc3 {[%eval 19,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {
[%eval 11,23] [%emt 0:02:52]} 5. O-O {[%eval 22,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
(Nd4) [%eval 14,23] [%emt 0:01:59]} 6. e5 {(Bxc6) [%eval 22,19] [%emt 0:03:29]}
Ng4 {[%eval 9,24] [%emt 0:02:42]} 7. Bxc6 {[%eval 22,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} dxc6 {
[%eval 8,24] [%emt 0:01:48]} 8. Qe2 {(Re1) [%eval 11,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {
[%eval 9,24] [%emt 0:03:18]} 9. d3 {[%eval 13,19] [%emt 0:00:28]} Nh6 {
[%eval 9,24] [%emt 0:03:39]} 10. Ne4 {(Bxh6) [%eval 13,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {
(Bg4) [%eval 8,23] [%emt 0:03:37]} 11. Bf4 {(c3) [%eval 11,18] [%emt 0:03:05]}
Nf5 {(Qd5) [%eval 7,23] [%emt 0:01:42]} 12. c3 {[%eval 15,18] [%emt 0:02:51]}
h6 {[%eval 15,21] [%emt 0:00:27]} 13. g4 {[%eval 25,18] [%emt 0:02:42]} g5 {
[%eval 35,23] [%emt 0:00:22]} 14. Bd2 {(gxf5) [%eval 22,19] [%emt 0:01:05]} Nh4
{[%eval 13,25] [%emt 0:07:03]} 15. Nxh4 {[%eval 22,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} gxh4 {
[%eval 13,24] [%emt 0:00:01]} 16. f4 {[%eval 16,19] [%emt 0:01:24]} Qd7 {
[%eval 18,24] [%emt 0:08:52]} 17. f5 {(Nf2) [%eval 35534,18] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Ba6 {[%eval 6,23] [%emt 0:02:06]} 18. c4 {(Rf3) [%eval 70,17] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Bxe5 {[%eval 30,20] [%emt 0:02:09]} 19. Bxh6 {
(Bc3) [%eval 70,16] [%emt 0:00:00]} Qd4+ {[%eval 48,20] [%emt 0:06:47]} 20. Kh1
{(Nf2) [%eval 35534,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rfe8 {
(Qxb2) [%eval 59,18] [%emt 0:01:43]} 21. Rad1 {
(Rae1) [%eval 152,15] [%emt 0:04:44]} Red8 {
(Rad8) [%eval 112,19] [%emt 0:09:16]} 22. Rd2 {
(Bg5) [%eval 208,15] [%emt 0:03:48]} h3 {[%eval 469,17] [%emt 0:05:09]} 23. Be3
{(g5) [%eval 35534,16] [%emt 0:00:00]} Qd7 {[%eval 134,9] [%emt 0:00:00]} 24.
g5 {(Qf3) [%eval 487,12] [%emt 0:03:35]} Kg7 {
(Qc8) [%eval 493,15] [%emt 0:00:53]} 25. f6+ {[%eval 697,16] [%emt 0:07:04]}
Kg6 {[%eval 927,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 26. Nxc5 {[%eval 697,16] [%emt 0:03:32]}
bxc5 {[%eval 1255,18] [%emt 0:00:15]} 27. Qf3 {
(Bxc5) [%eval 718,18] [%emt 0:02:51]} Bc8 {[%eval 921,19] [%emt 0:00:58]} 28.
Qe4+ {[%eval 717,18] [%emt 0:00:26]} 1-0

[Event "Rybka 4 vs Houdini 5 0, 90'/40+60'/80+1"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU"]
[Black "Deep Rybka 4 x64"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "0.15;0.18"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:80/3600:900"]

{AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 ProcessorW=26.9 ply; 2,469kN/s  B=21.7 ply; 91kN/s} 
1. e4 {Both last book move [%eval 15,23] [%emt 0:04:07]} e6 {
[%eval 18,17] [%emt 0:04:19]} 2. d4 {(Nc3) [%eval 11,23] [%emt 0:00:55]} d5 {
[%eval 14,18] [%emt 0:05:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%eval 15,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%eval 23,18] [%emt 0:02:18]} 4. Bg5 {[%eval 12,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} dxe4 {
[%eval 23,18] [%emt 0:02:43]} 5. Nxe4 {[%eval 16,23] [%emt 0:01:07]} Be7 {
[%eval 23,18] [%emt 0:00:42]} 6. Bxf6 {(Nxf6+) [%eval 11,23] [%emt 0:02:00]}
gxf6 {[%eval 18,19] [%emt 0:03:55]} 7. Nc3 {(Nf3) [%eval 10,23] [%emt 0:00:59]}
a6 {[%eval 7,17] [%emt 0:03:45]} 8. Qd3 {(Nf3) [%eval 12,23] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Nc6 {[%eval 15,18] [%emt 0:05:43]} 9. O-O-O {[%eval 15,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {
(Qd6) [%eval 17,18] [%emt 0:02:09]} 10. Nge2 {
(Nf3) [%eval 22,24] [%emt 0:03:17]} exd4 {[%eval 24,19] [%emt 0:03:58]} 11.
Nxd4 {[%eval 24,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd4 {[%eval 26,20] [%emt 0:02:44]} 12.
Qxd4 {[%eval 27,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd4 {[%eval 26,21] [%emt 0:03:02]} 13.
Rxd4 {[%eval 22,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%eval 28,20] [%emt 0:01:30]} 14. Ne4 {
[%eval 17,25] [%emt 0:04:09]} Be6 {(0-0) [%eval 28,20] [%emt 0:00:13]} 15. Nd6+
{[%eval 21,25] [%emt 0:11:59]} Bxd6 {[%eval 27,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Rxd6 {
[%eval 21,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {(Ke7) [%eval 29,18] [%emt 0:01:08]} 17. Be2 {
(Rd2) [%eval 24,25] [%emt 0:03:49]} Ke7 {[%eval 31,20] [%emt 0:02:00]} 18. Rd4
{(Rd2) [%eval 26,25] [%emt 0:00:52]} c5 {[%eval 32,18] [%emt 0:01:52]} 19. Rd3
{(Ra4) [%eval 26,25] [%emt 0:00:57]} Rad8 {[%eval 50,17] [%emt 0:02:12]} 20.
Rhd1 {(Rc3) [%eval 28,27] [%emt 0:05:54]} Rxd3 {[%eval 32,20] [%emt 0:03:55]}
21. Rxd3 {[%eval 25,27] [%emt 0:01:34]} f4 {(Rg8) [%eval 32,20] [%emt 0:00:00]}
22. Bf3 {[%eval 23,24] [%emt 0:02:34]} b6 {[%eval 31,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} 23. b3
{[%eval 20,24] [%emt 0:04:43]} Rb8 {(b5) [%eval 31,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Be4
{(Rd1) [%eval 21,24] [%emt 0:03:45]} Kf6 {(Rg8) [%eval 19,19] [%emt 0:02:42]}
25. Rd1 {(Kb2) [%eval 21,24] [%emt 0:02:01]} a5 {
(b5) [%eval 27,20] [%emt 0:04:57]} 26. h3 {(Kb2) [%eval 21,23] [%emt 0:02:39]}
h6 {[%eval 13,20] [%emt 0:02:01]} 27. Bf3 {[%eval 18,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} Ke5 {
[%eval 10,20] [%emt 0:01:19]} 28. Re1+ {[%eval 16,26] [%emt 0:04:32]} Kf6 {
[%eval 8,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Re4 {[%eval 16,27] [%emt 0:01:56]} Kf5 {
[%eval 8,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 30. c4 {[%eval 11,28] [%emt 0:04:34]} Rd8 {
[%eval 0,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 31. Kc2 {(Re2) [%eval 11,28] [%emt 0:02:44]} Kg5 {
[%eval 0,24] [%emt 0:02:23]} 32. Kc3 {(Re2) [%eval 11,29] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {
[%eval 0,26] [%emt 0:05:29]} 33. Re5 {[%eval 2,29] [%emt 0:02:12]} Kf6 {
[%eval 0,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Re2 {[%eval 0,29] [%emt 0:02:23]} Rd3+ {
[%eval 0,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Kb2 {[%eval 0,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {
[%eval 0,26] [%emt 0:05:00]} 36. Ka3 {(h4) [%eval 0,30] [%emt 0:00:00]} axb3 {
[%eval 0,23] [%emt 0:02:05]} 37. axb3 {[%eval 0,32] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bxh3 {
(Rd1) [%eval 0,24] [%emt 0:02:22]} 38. Be4 {[%eval 0,32] [%emt 0:09:32]} f3 {
Draw accepted [%eval 0,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rybka 4 G/60 Example"]
[Site "Microsoft"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Deep Rybka 4 x64"]
[Black "Houdini blows endgame"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "0.41;0.34"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "3600"]

{AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 ProcessorW=19.9 ply; 95kN/s; Rybka3Gen.ctg  B=28.0
ply; 2,419kN/s; Rybka3Gen.ctg} 1. d4 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 2. e4 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Qe2 {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
Both last book move [%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nf3 {
[%eval 41,20] [%emt 0:02:32]} Bg7 {[%eval 34,22] [%emt 0:02:53]} 6. O-O {
[%eval 31,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {[%eval 29,22] [%emt 0:01:56]} 7. c3 {
[%eval 31,19] [%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%eval 35534,0] [%emt 0:00:00]} 8. h3 {
[%eval 40,20] [%emt 0:02:15]} Bxf3 {[%eval 22,23] [%emt 0:01:21]} 9. Qxf3 {
[%eval 40,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {(e6) [%eval 24,24] [%emt 0:01:04]} 10. d5 {
[%eval 32,17] [%emt 0:02:08]} Ne7 {[%eval 26,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} 11. Rd1 {
(Be3) [%eval 33,17] [%emt 0:02:04]} Nd7 {(Nh5) [%eval 11,22] [%emt 0:01:23]}
12. Qe2 {(Bd3) [%eval 32,17] [%emt 0:02:43]} f5 {[%eval 17,22] [%emt 0:02:01]}
13. a4 {[%eval 30,17] [%emt 0:00:18]} a5 {(a6) [%eval 18,22] [%emt 0:01:02]}
14. b3 {(f3) [%eval 29,17] [%emt 0:01:54]} fxe4 {[%eval 3,23] [%emt 0:01:06]}
15. Nd2 {[%eval 27,18] [%emt 0:00:01]} e3 {[%eval 4,24] [%emt 0:01:09]} 16.
Qxe3 {[%eval 26,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nf5 {[%eval 2,23] [%emt 0:00:59]} 17. Qe1 {
(Qe2) [%eval 24,17] [%emt 0:00:07]} Bh6 {[%eval 0,21] [%emt 0:01:07]} 18. Bd3 {
[%eval 25,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nc5 {(Nf6) [%eval 0,20] [%emt 0:01:38]} 19. Bc2 {
[%eval 34,15] [%emt 0:01:48]} b6 {(Qe7) [%eval 0,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Bb2 {
[%eval 35,17] [%emt 0:02:10]} Bxd2 {[%eval 4,22] [%emt 0:03:04]} 21. Qxd2 {
[%eval 34,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} Qf6 {(Qh4) [%eval 5,21] [%emt 0:01:19]} 22. Rf1 {
[%eval 36,15] [%emt 0:02:45]} Ng7 {(Ne7) [%eval 5,22] [%emt 0:01:11]} 23. b4 {
(Rfe1) [%eval 47,17] [%emt 0:01:55]} Nd7 {[%eval 6,22] [%emt 0:01:46]} 24. Rae1
{(g3) [%eval 42,17] [%emt 0:02:42]} Qf4 {[%eval 9,20] [%emt 0:00:57]} 25. Qd3 {
(Qxf4) [%eval 42,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} Qf5 {(Nh5) [%eval 15,21] [%emt 0:00:50]}
26. Qe2 {[%eval 54,17] [%emt 0:01:35]} Qf7 {[%eval 18,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} 27.
Bc1 {(Qc4) [%eval 56,17] [%emt 0:05:34]} Nf5 {(Nh5) [%eval 9,21] [%emt 0:02:59]
} 28. Qd1 {[%eval 58,16] [%emt 0:02:51]} Qf6 {
(Kh8) [%eval 12,21] [%emt 0:01:22]} 29. Bd3 {(Qd3) [%eval 56,17] [%emt 0:05:04]
} Qf7 {(axb4) [%eval 18,19] [%emt 0:01:15]} 30. f4 {
[%eval 81,16] [%emt 0:02:01]} Qg7 {(Ng3) [%eval 41,20] [%emt 0:02:35]} 31. Bb5
{[%eval 35534,15] [%emt 0:01:49]} Ng3 {(e4) [%eval 51,20] [%emt 0:00:03]} 32.
Rf3 {(Rf2) [%eval 97,16] [%emt 0:01:38]} Nf5 {[%eval 45,20] [%emt 0:00:30]} 33.
Rf2 {(bxa5) [%eval 97,14] [%emt 0:00:00]} axb4 {
(Rae8) [%eval 60,18] [%emt 0:00:44]} 34. cxb4 {[%eval 105,17] [%emt 0:00:50]}
exf4 {[%eval 67,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Bxf4 {[%eval 105,17] [%emt 0:00:45]}
Ne5 {[%eval 89,21] [%emt 0:01:08]} 36. Qc1 {[%eval 35534,15] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Rab8 {(Rf7) [%eval 100,20] [%emt 0:01:40]} 37. Re4 {
[%eval 138,15] [%emt 0:01:17]} Rbc8 {(Ra8) [%eval 112,21] [%emt 0:01:32]} 38.
Qc3 {[%eval 35534,15] [%emt 0:01:10]} Rf7 {[%eval 126,22] [%emt 0:00:14]} 39.
a5 {(Bxe5) [%eval 157,16] [%emt 0:02:16]} bxa5 {[%eval 118,19] [%emt 0:00:27]}
40. bxa5 {[%eval 157,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {
(Rb8) [%eval 128,19] [%emt 0:00:25]} 41. Qxg7+ {[%eval 183,15] [%emt 0:00:26]}
Kxg7 {[%eval 162,21] [%emt 0:00:40]} 42. a6 {[%eval 194,16] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nc5
{[%eval 157,21] [%emt 0:00:42]} 43. Rc4 {[%eval 206,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nd3 {
(Rb8) [%eval 154,22] [%emt 0:00:39]} 44. Rf1 {
(Rf3) [%eval 211,14] [%emt 0:00:24]} Nxf4 {[%eval 163,20] [%emt 0:00:21]} 45.
Rfxf4 {[%eval 221,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%eval 156,21] [%emt 0:00:26]} 46.
dxc6 {[%eval 217,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} Ra7 {(Rfc7) [%eval 160,22] [%emt 0:00:31]}
47. Rc3 {(Rc1) [%eval 221,14] [%emt 0:00:22]} Ne7 {
[%eval 149,20] [%emt 0:00:30]} 48. Rd4 {(Rf1) [%eval 233,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} d5
{[%eval 142,15] [%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Rf4 {[%eval 234,17] [%emt 0:00:22]} Rac7 {
[%eval 172,20] [%emt 0:00:53]} 50. Rc5 {(Kf2) [%eval 234,16] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Rf8 {[%eval 169,21] [%emt 0:00:19]} 51. Rb4 {
(Rxf8) [%eval 229,15] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8 {[%eval 144,20] [%emt 0:00:16]} 52.
Rb1 {[%eval 214,16] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%eval 138,21] [%emt 0:00:48]} 53. Re1
{[%eval 218,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} Rd8 {(h5) [%eval 143,19] [%emt 0:00:17]} 54. g3
{(Kf2) [%eval 218,13] [%emt 0:00:16]} g5 {(Nf5) [%eval 147,18] [%emt 0:00:16]}
55. Kf2 {(Kg2) [%eval 223,15] [%emt 0:00:22]} h5 {
(h6) [%eval 140,21] [%emt 0:00:29]} 56. Kg2 {
(Kg1) [%eval 215,15] [%emt 0:00:20]} Rb8 {[%eval 132,20] [%emt 0:00:13]} 57.
Kg1 {(Kf1) [%eval 215,16] [%emt 0:00:00]} h4 {
(Rb6) [%eval 140,17] [%emt 0:00:13]} 58. gxh4 {[%eval 215,17] [%emt 0:00:20]}
gxh4 {[%eval 137,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Kf2 {[%eval 215,17] [%emt 0:00:07]}
Ra7 {(Rb6) [%eval 132,21] [%emt 0:00:11]} 60. c7 {
(Kg2) [%eval 238,15] [%emt 0:00:13]} Rc8 {[%eval 133,19] [%emt 0:00:02]} 61.
Rc3 {[%eval 238,17] [%emt 0:00:07]} Rcxc7 {[%eval 138,21] [%emt 0:00:06]} 62.
Rf3+ {[%eval 238,18] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%eval 138,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} 63.
Rg1+ {(Rf1) [%eval 238,18] [%emt 0:00:13]} Ng6 {[%eval 136,19] [%emt 0:00:02]}
64. Bd3 {[%eval 238,19] [%emt 0:00:04]} Rc6 {[%eval 136,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} 65.
Ke3 {(Rg5) [%eval 238,19] [%emt 0:00:07]} Rcxa6 {
(Kh6) [%eval 136,22] [%emt 0:00:14]} 66. Bxa6 {[%eval 239,18] [%emt 0:00:10]}
Rxa6 {[%eval 132,23] [%emt 0:00:15]} 67. Kd4 {[%eval 239,22] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Kh6 {[%eval 130,25] [%emt 0:00:13]} 68. Kxd5 {[%eval 239,20] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Ra5+ {(Ne7+) [%eval 130,26] [%emt 0:00:14]} 69. Kd4 {
(Kd6) [%eval 240,20] [%emt 0:00:24]} Ra4+ {(Ra6) [%eval 130,25] [%emt 0:00:12]}
70. Kc5 {[%eval 252,20] [%emt 0:00:09]} Ra5+ {
(Ra6) [%eval 131,24] [%emt 0:00:04]} 71. Kb4 {[%eval 253,22] [%emt 0:00:10]}
Re5 {(Ra6) [%eval 138,24] [%emt 0:00:07]} 72. Rg4 {
[%eval 283,20] [%emt 0:00:15]} Rd5 {(Re6) [%eval 138,25] [%emt 0:00:00]} 73.
Rf7 {[%eval 296,19] [%emt 0:00:18]} Rd6 {(Rd8) [%eval 138,26] [%emt 0:00:00]}
74. Kc5 {(Ra7) [%eval 314,18] [%emt 0:00:07]} Ra6 {
[%eval 158,25] [%emt 0:00:12]} 75. Rb7 {(Rd7) [%eval 315,19] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Ra5+ {[%eval 156,25] [%emt 0:00:20]} 76. Kb4 {
(Rb5) [%eval 35534,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} Ra1 {(Ra6) [%eval 174,25] [%emt 0:00:10]
} 77. Rb6 {[%eval 385,19] [%emt 0:00:08]} Rb1+ {[%eval 193,26] [%emt 0:00:03]}
78. Kc5 {(Ka5) [%eval 389,20] [%emt 0:00:01]} Rxb6 {
[%eval 198,27] [%emt 0:00:10]} 79. Kxb6 {[%eval 389,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} Ne5 {
[%eval 181,28] [%emt 0:00:12]} 80. Rxh4+ {[%eval 398,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kg5 {
[%eval 191,28] [%emt 0:00:13]} 81. Rh8 {(Rd4) [%eval 408,24] [%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf7 {[%eval 190,26] [%emt 0:00:09]} 82. Rf8 {[%eval 408,24] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6
{(Kg6) [%eval 207,28] [%emt 0:00:21]} 83. Kc5 {
(Kc6) [%eval 444,24] [%emt 0:00:08]} Nf5 {[%eval 210,29] [%emt 0:00:14]} 84.
Kd5 {[%eval 444,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} Ng3 {[%eval 299,29] [%emt 0:00:56]} 85. Kd4
{(Rh8) [%eval 474,28] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nh5 {(Kh4) [%eval 299,28] [%emt 0:00:08]}
86. Rg8+ {(Ke3) [%eval 478,25] [%emt 0:00:08]} Kh4 {
[%eval 299,30] [%emt 0:00:13]} 87. Rh8 {[%eval 478,28] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kg5 {
[%eval 299,30] [%emt 0:00:00]} 88. Ke4 {[%eval 478,28] [%emt 0:00:03]} Ng3+ {
(Nf6+) [%eval 312,31] [%emt 0:00:19]} 89. Kf3 {[%eval 35534,27] [%emt 0:00:13]}
Nh5 {[%eval 360,29] [%emt 0:00:08]} 90. Rg8+ {
(Rf8) [%eval 512,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kh4 {[%eval 197,17] [%emt 0:00:00]} 91.
Kg2 {[%eval 551,22] [%emt 0:00:02]} Nf6 {[%eval 360,25] [%emt 0:00:06]} 92. Rg6
{(Ra8) [%eval 551,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} Nd5 {(Nd7) [%eval 550,28] [%emt 0:00:52]}
93. Kf3 {[%eval 554,22] [%emt 0:00:11]} Ne7 {
(Nc3) [%eval 550,29] [%emt 0:00:00]} 94. Re6 {[%eval 554,21] [%emt 0:00:04]}
Ng8 {(Nc8) [%eval 572,27] [%emt 0:00:02]} 95. Kf4 {
[%eval 32743,21] [%emt 0:00:04]} Kxh3 {(Kh5) [%eval 32749,30] [%emt 0:00:19]}
96. Kg5 {[%eval 32751,17] [%emt 0:00:04]} Kg3 {[%eval 32750,31] [%emt 0:00:02]}
97. Re2 {(Re8) [%eval 32687,13] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kf3 {
(Nh6) [%eval 32752,32] [%emt 0:00:07]} 98. Re8 {[%eval 32756,18] [%emt 0:00:04]
} Kf2 {[%eval 32753,33] [%emt 0:00:06]} 99. Rxg8 {
[%eval 32757,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} Ke3 {[%eval 32755,39] [%emt 0:00:05]} 100. Rd8
{[%eval 32758,22] [%emt 0:00:00]} Ke4 {[%eval 32756,45] [%emt 0:00:05]} 101.
Kf6 {[%eval 32758,21] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kf4 {[%eval 32757,51] [%emt 0:00:04]}
102. Re8 {[%eval 32759,23] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kg4 {
(Kg3) [%eval 32758,51] [%emt 0:00:07]} 103. Re4+ {
[%eval 32760,21] [%emt 0:00:05]} Kg3 {[%eval 32759,68] [%emt 0:00:00]} 104. Kg5
{[%eval 32759,11] [%emt 0:00:02]} Kf3 {[%eval 32760,75] [%emt 0:00:03]} 105.
Re6 {(Re5) [%eval 32760,20] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kg3 {
(Kg2) [%eval 32759,15] [%emt 0:00:04]} 106. Re3+ {
(Re8) [%eval 32761,22] [%emt 0:00:06]} Kh2 {
(Kf2) [%eval 32761,79] [%emt 0:00:05]} 107. Kg4 {
(Rf3) [%eval 32761,23] [%emt 0:00:03]} Kg2 {[%eval 32762,77] [%emt 0:00:04]}
108. Re2+ {(Rf3) [%eval 32762,26] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kf1 {
[%eval 32763,76] [%emt 0:00:04]} 109. Kf3 {[%eval 32763,27] [%emt 0:00:00]} Kg1
{[%eval 32764,55] [%emt 0:00:00]} 110. Re1+ {
(Rc2) [%eval 32764,26] [%emt 0:00:04]} Kh2 {[%eval 32765,1] [%emt 0:00:01]}
111. Rb1 {(Rd1) [%eval 32765,26] [%emt 0:00:01]} Kh3 {
[%eval 32766,1] [%emt 0:00:00]} 112. Rh1# {[%eval 32766,26] [%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0

[Event "Skyland"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wright, John W "Bill""]
[Black "Hales, William T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[Annotator "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU (90s)"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A23: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 g3 c6} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5
4. Bg2 c6 {Controls b5+d5} 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 Na6 7. O-O Nc7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4
{Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} Ne6 10. Nf5 g6 (
10... d6 11. Rb1 a5 12. Na4 $14) 11. Ne3 (11. Nh6+ Kg7 $16) 11... d6 $14 12.
Rb1 a5 13. Ne2 Ng5 {Black threatens to win material: Ng5xe4} 14. Qc2 Re8 15.
Nc3 Bh3 16. Rd1 $2 (16. f3 $142 $11 {and White can hope to live}) 16... Bxg2
$19 17. Kxg2 Qd7 18. Nf5 Ngxe4 (18... gxf5 $6 19. Bxg5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21.
f3 $15) 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 (19... Rxe4 $6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Bg5 $17) (19... Qxf5 $6
20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. b3 $15) 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. f3 $4 {
an oversight. But White was lost anyway.} (21. Rf1 $142 Qe6 22. b3 $19) 21...
Nf2 22. Qc3+ (22. Ng4 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} Nxg4 23. b4 Ne3+
24. Bxe3 Bxe3 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Re1 $19) 22... f6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. fxg4 Qxg4
25. Re1 Re2+ 26. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 27. Kh3 Qf1+ 28. Kh4 g5+ $1 {Deflection: c1} 29.
Bxg5 Qf5 (29... Qxb1 $4 {fails to the following pretty mating combination} 30.
Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Bh6+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qg7#) 30. Bxf6+ (30. Qxf6+
{does not improve anything} Qxf6 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rf1+ Kg6 $19) 30... Qxf6+ (
30... Kg6 $142 {and Black has it in the bag} 31. g4 Bf2+ 32. Kh3 Qxb1 $19 (
32... Qxf6 $6 {succumbs to} 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rf1 $11)) 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32.
Rf1+ (32. Re1 {hardly improves anything} d5 33. cxd5 cxd5 $19) 32... Kg6 33.
Re1 d5 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. Rd1 (35. Re5 {does not solve anything} Rd8 36. Kg4 b6
$19) 35... Rd8 36. Rd3 (36. Kg4 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} h5+ 37. Kh4
d4 $19) 36... d4 37. Kg4 Rf8 38. a3 a4 39. b4 (39. Rd2 {cannot change destiny}
b6 $19) 39... h5+ (39... axb3 $142 $5 {and Black can already relax} 40. Rxb3 b6
41. Rb2 h5+ 42. Kh3 $19) 40. Kh3 (40. Kh4 Rf2 41. Kh3 $19) 40... Ba7 41. Kg2
Rf5 (41... Re8 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 42. Rd1 $19) 42. h3 Kf6 43.
Rf3 (43. Rd1 $19 {is one last hope}) 43... Ke5 44. Rxf5+ Kxf5 45. Kf1 (45. Kf2
{is not the saving move} d3+ 46. Ke1 Be3 47. Kd1 Ke4 48. b5 Kf3 49. g4 hxg4 50.
hxg4 d2 51. b6 Bg5 52. Kc2 Ke2 53. Kc3 d1=Q 54. Kb4 Qc1 55. Kxa4 Qc4+ 56. Ka5
Bd2#) 45... d3 46. Ke1 Ke4 (46... Ke4 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Be3 49. g5 Bxg5 50.
b5 Kf3 51. b6 d2+ 52. Kd1 Be3 53. Kc2 Ke2 54. Kc3 d1=Q 55. Kb2 Bd4+ 56. Ka2
Qa1#) (46... Be3 47. b5 Ke4 48. Kd1 Kf3 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 d2 51. g5 Bxg5 52.
b6 Be3 53. Kc2 Ke2 54. Kb2 d1=Q 55. Ka2 Qc2+ 56. Ka1 Bd4#) 0-1

[Event "TAO 60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jiang, Allan"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU (90s)"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3.
c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10.
O-O O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bf5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Be4 15. Nd2 Bd5 16. Nb3 e5
17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rd1 {
White threatens to win material: Rd1xd5} Qe6 21. h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4}
Nc4 22. e4 Qf6 23. Bc1 Qc6 24. f4 h5 25. Kh1 (25. e5 b5 $11) 25... Nd6 $15 {
Black threatens to win material: Nd6xe4} 26. e5 {
White threatens to win material: e5xd6} Nf5 27. Qd3 a6 28. Nd4 (28. Kh2 $5 $15
{must definitely be considered}) 28... Qd5 $17 29. Nb3 Qc6 (29... Ng3+ 30. Kh2
Qxd3 31. Rxd3 $17) 30. Nd4 $15 {Twofold repetition} Qd7 31. Nb3 (31. Be3 Rd8
32. Rd2 Bf8 $15) 31... Qa4 {Black threatens to win material: Qa4xa2} (31...
Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 $17) 32. Rd2 (32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. Rxd7 a5 $15) 32... h4
({Instead of} 32... Qxf4 33. Rc2 Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Nf1+ 35. Kg1 Qh2+ 36. Kxf1 $16)
33. Rf2 Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Bf8 35. Be3 Qb4 36. Bd2 {
White threatens to win material: Bd2xb4} Qb6 (36... Qe4 37. Qxe4 Nxe4 38. Rf1
$15) 37. Rf3 $15 Rd8 {Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd3} 38. Qe3 $4 (38.
Qc2 Qe6 $15) 38... Qb5 $4 {throwing away the advantage} (38... Qxe3 $5 39. Bxe3
Rd1 40. Rxg3 hxg3+ 41. Kxg3 $19) 39. Rxg3 $2 (39. e6 $142 {
would allow White to play on} Qf1 40. Qe1 Qxe1 41. exf7+ Kxf7 42. Bxe1 $15)
39... hxg3+ $19 40. Qxg3 Rd3 41. Qg4 (41. Qh4 Qc4 $19) 41... Qd5 42. Bc1 (42.
Qe2 b6 43. Be1 a5 $19) 42... Qc4 (42... a5 {seems even better} 43. f5 Qxe5+ 44.
Bf4 Qxf5 45. Qxf5 gxf5 46. Nxa5 $19) 43. Qg5 (43. Bd2 a5 $1 {Deflection: a5}
44. Bxa5 Bh6 $19) 43... Qe4 (43... Rxb3 $142 {and Black can already relax} 44.
axb3 Qxc1 $19) 44. Nd2 (44. Qh4 {is not the saving move} Rc3 45. Nd2 Qe2 $19)
44... Qf5 (44... Qe1 $142 {it becomes clear that Black will call all the shots}
45. e6 Qxc1 46. Ne4 $19) 45. Qh4 Rc3 46. Qe1 (46. Nb3 {hoping against hope} Qe4
47. Nd2 $19) 46... Qxf4+ 47. g3 (47. Kh1 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Rc2
48. Nb3 Qc4 $19) 47... Qf5 48. Ne4 (48. e6 {does not improve anything} Qxe6 49.
Qxe6 fxe6 $19) 48... Rc2+ (48... Rc2+ 49. Bd2 Qxe5 $19) 0-1

[Event "TAO60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Holmes, Gilbert"]
[Black "Jiang, Tian-shun Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "805"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[Annotator "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU (90s)"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 {
Black threatens to win material: d5xe4} 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4
dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Nf3 O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 9. Bf4 Nc6
10. Be5 (10. Nc3 Nb4 $11) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 {
Black has the pair of bishops} Qa5+ 13. Ke2 (13. Kf1 $5 $15) 13... Qb5+ 14. Bd3
Qxb2+ 15. Bc2 $4 {another bit of territory lost} (15. Qd2 $5 Qa3 16. Rhc1 $17)
15... Rd8 (15... b6 $142 {nails it down} 16. Qb1 Ba6+ 17. Ke3 Qc3+ 18. Kf4 Rac8
19. Bxh7+ Kh8 $19) 16. Qb1 Qxb1 17. Raxb1 b6 18. Rhd1 Ba6+ 19. Bd3 Bxd3+ (19...
Bb7 20. a4 $17) 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Kxd3 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Bc5 23. Nd2 (23. Rb2 $142
$5 $15 {is worth consideration}) 23... Bxf2 $1 $19 {Deflection: f2} 24. Rc1 (
24. Kxf2 Rxd2+ {Double attack} (24... Rxd2+ {Deflection}) (24... Rxd2+ {
Overloading})) 24... Bc5 25. Nb3 (25. Nf3 Rd5 $19) 25... Rd5 26. Nxc5 Rxe5+ (
26... Rxc5 27. Rd1 Rxe5+ 28. Kf3 Rf5+ 29. Ke2 $19) 27. Ne4 Rxe4+ 28. Kf3 f5 29.
Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Rxa7 b5 32. a3 $2 (32. Ra5 $142 $19) 32... Ra4 33.
Rxa4 bxa4 34. g4 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 (35. Kf4 {does not win a prize} h5 36. Kg3 e5
37. Kg2 e4 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Ke1 e3 40. Kd1 Kd4 41. Ke2 g5 42. Kf1 Kd3 43. Kg2 e2
44. Kf2 Kd2 45. Kg2 e1=Q 46. h4 gxh4 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 g3#)
35... Ke5 (35... Ke5 36. Kf3 Kd4 37. h3 e5 38. Ke2 e4 39. Kd2 e3+ 40. Ke2 g5
41. Kf3 Kd3 42. Kg2 e2 43. Kf2 Kd2 44. Kf3 e1=Q 45. Kg4 Qe5 46. h4 Qf4+ 47. Kh3
gxh4 48. Kg2 Qg4+ 49. Kh2 h3 50. Kh1 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "TAO 60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McHale, Michael"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "1831"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU (90s)"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 4. Bg5 {
Black is behind in developement} Bb4 5. e5 {White gains space} h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 {White has the pair of bishops} ({Weaker is} 7. exf6 Bxd4 8. fxg7 Bxg7
$17) 7... Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 {The typical lever} 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. O-O
Nc6 {Black should quickly conclude development.} 12. Rfd1 b6 (12... c4 13. Be2
$15) 13. Qe3 (13. c4 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 O-O $11) 13... O-O 14. h4 Ba6 15. g4 (15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 $15) 15... Bxd3 $17 16. Qxd3 cxd4 (16...
Rac8 17. Ne1 $17) 17. cxd4 $15 Nb4 18. Qd2 Rac8 {The backward pawn on c2
becomes a target. Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc2} 19. c3 {
White threatens to win material: c3xb4} Qa3 20. Rdc1 Rc6 21. cxb4 Rxc1+ 22.
Qxc1 (22. Rxc1 $5 Qxf3 23. Qd1 $15) 22... Qxf3 $17 23. Qd1 Qxd1+ (23... Qh3 $5
24. Rc1 Qxh4 $17) 24. Rxd1 $11 {A rook endgame occured} Rc8 25. Rd3 Rc4 {
The black rook on an outpost} 26. a3 a5 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Kf1 h5 29. g5 $2 {
White wins space} (29. gxh5 $142 $5 {and White is still in the game} Kh7 30.
Rf3 $11) 29... Kh7 $17 30. Ke2 Kg6 (30... Rc2+ 31. Ke3 $17) 31. Ke3 (31. Kd1 a4
$17) 31... Kf5 32. f3 $2 (32. Rb3 $5 $17) 32... a4 $19 33. Rd1 Rc3+ 34. Rd3 (
34. Ke2 $142 $19) 34... Rxd3+ 35. Kxd3 Kf4 36. Kc3 Ke3 ({Inferior is} 36...
Kxf3 37. Kb4 Ke3 38. Kxa4 Kxd4 39. Kb4 Kxe5 40. Kb3 $19) 37. f4 g6 (37... g6
38. Kb4 Kxd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "TAO 60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "Greene, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[Annotator "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU (90s)"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5
Ne7, not 9 Ne1} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 {
Black has a cramped position} 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 {
White threatens to win material: d5xc6} Ne7 9. b4 {Black has a cramped position
} Nh5 10. Re1 f5 {Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base} 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3
f4 {This push gains space} (12... fxe4 13. Ngxe4 Nf5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne4 $11
) 13. c5 $14 {Trying to unravel the pawn chain} Bd7 (13... h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15.
dxe6 dxc5 16. bxc5 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 $14 (17. Nxd1 $143 Nc6 $11)) 14. a4 b6 (14...
dxc5 $5 15. bxc5 h6 $14) 15. Ba3 $16 Ne8 16. Bg4 (16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Qc8 18.
cxd6 cxd6 $16) 16... Qc8 (16... Nf5 $5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nd4 $16) 17. Ne6
Rf6 18. Rc1 Bxe6 (18... a6 19. Qd3 $16) 19. Bxe6+ $18 Rxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21.
Nd5 (21. Nb5 $142 Qd7 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Qf7 $18) 21... Rc8 $4 {
the position is going down the drain} (21... Nxd5 $5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. exd5 b5
$16) 22. Nxe7+ $18 Qxe7 23. cxd6 Qxd6 (23... Nxd6 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 24. b5 Rd8 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Rc6 $18) 24.
Qg4 (24. Qb3+ $142 {and White can celebrate victory} Kh8 25. b5 Qf6 $18) 24...
Rb8 25. Red1 Nf6 (25... h5 26. Rxd6 hxg4 27. Rxg6 Kf7 28. Rxg4 Rd8 $18) 26.
Rxd6 Nxg4 27. Rxc7 Nf6 (27... Bf8 {does not save the day} 28. Rd3 $18) 28. Rdc6
Nxe4 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kf7 (30... Bf8 31. b5 Kg7 32. Bxf8+ Kf7 $18) 31.
Bb2 (31. Bb2 Ke6 32. Re8+ Kd6 33. f3 $18) 1-0

[Event "TAO 60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Watson, James"]
[Black "Lovelace, Randy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[Annotator "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU (90s)"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1. e4 d5 2. d4 (2. exd5 $5 Nf6 3. d4 $14) 2...
dxe4 $11 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 {Covers g4} e3 (4... exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. a3 $15) 5.
Bxe3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 {Consolidates d5} 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. g4 {
White threatens to win material: g4xf5} Bg6 9. h4 Nb6 10. Bb3 h5 {
Black threatens to win material: h5xg4} 11. Nf4 Bh7 12. g5 {
White gets more space} Nfd5 13. Ncxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 {
Black has the pair of bishops.} 15. Qe2 {Black king safety dropped} Qd7 16.
Nxh5 Bxc2 (16... O-O-O $142 $5 $11 {is a viable option}) 17. Nxg7+ $1 $16 {
Double attack: c2/e8} (17. Qxc2 $6 Rxh5 18. Bf4 O-O-O $11) 17... Bxg7 18. Qxc2
Qe7 (18... Rh5 19. O-O-O $16) 19. Qd2 (19. Kf2 $5 Rh5 20. Qf5 Qd7 $18) 19...
Rh5 $16 20. O-O-O O-O-O 21. Bf2 Rdh8 22. Rhe1 Qd7 23. Qf4 (23. Kb1 Bf8 $16)
23... Bf8 24. Qg4 Bd6 25. Rd3 Qxg4 (25... R5h7 26. Kc2 $16) 26. fxg4 Rxh4 27.
Bxh4 Rxh4 28. Rf3 Rxg4 29. Rxf7 b6 30. Re8+ Kb7 31. Re6 {
White threatens to win material: Re6xd6} (31. Rg7 $142 Bf4+ 32. Kc2 Rg2+ 33.
Kd3 Rg3+ 34. Ke2 Rxg5 35. Rxg5 Bxg5 36. Re6 $16) 31... Kc6 $4 (31... Bf4+ 32.
Kc2 Bxg5 $16) 32. g6 $18 Kb5 (32... Rg1+ {cannot change destiny} 33. Kd2 $18)
33. g7 Kc4 34. b3+ (34. Re8 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rg1+ 35. Kc2 Rg2+ 36.
Kd1 a6 $18) 34... Kc3 (34... Kd3 {is no salvation} 35. Re1 Bh2 $18) 35. Rf3+ (
35. Re3+ $142 {and the result of the game is clear: White will win} Kxd4 36.
Re8 $18) 35... Kxd4 $14 {Black has a new passed pawn: d5} 36. Re2 {
Loses material} (36. Rf7 $5 Be5 37. Ree7 $14) 36... Rxg7 $11 37. Kc2 Kc5 38. a4
Kc6 39. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "TAO 60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Campbell, Grace"]
[Black "Fuerstman, Leland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU (90s)"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
{Secures e5} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 5. Nc3 g6 {
Black is behind in developement} 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. O-O Bg7 9. Be3 {
Black has a cramped position} O-O 10. f3 {Controls g4} Ne5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Nd1
Nc4 13. Bf2 Nh5 14. c3 {Prevents intrusion on d4} Nf4 15. Qc2 e5 16. Ne2 Bh6
17. Nxf4 (17. Bxa7 $2 {doesn't work} b6 $19) 17... Bxf4 18. Re1 b5 19. Bxa7 (
19. Qd3 $5 $11) 19... Bxh2+ 20. Kf1 Bg3 {
Black threatens to win material: Bg3xe1} (20... b4 21. Re2 $15 (21. cxb4 $4
Ne3+ 22. Nxe3 Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Qc7 $19)) 21. Bf2 $11 Qg5 22. Bxg3 Qxg3 23. Qf2 {
White threatens to win material: Qf2xg3} Qg5 24. Ne3 f5 25. exf5 Nxe3+ 26. Qxe3
Qxe3 ({Worse is} 26... Rxf5 27. Qxg5 Rxg5 28. Rad1 $14) 27. Rxe3 Rxf5 {
A double rook endgame occured} 28. Rd1 Rc6 29. Rd5 Rb6 30. Re4 Rf7 31. Ke2 Ra7
32. a3 Kf7 33. Rb4 {
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn. White threatens to win material: Rb4xb5}
Rab7 34. Ke3 Ke6 {Black threatens to win material: Ke6xd5} 35. Ke4 h5 36. Rd1 (
36. f4 exf4 37. Rg5 Kf6 38. Kxf4 Rb8 $14) 36... Rf7 37. g3 Rbb7 38. Rd5 h4 39.
Rdxb5 $4 (39. Rd2 $142 $11 {would bring relief}) 39... Rxb5 $19 40. Rxb5 h3 41.
Rd5 Rxf3 $3 {Deflection: f3.} 42. Rd1 (42. Kxf3 Kxd5 {Deflection} (42... Kxd5 {
Overloading})) 42... Rxg3 43. Rh1 (43. c4 {
there is nothing better in the position} g5 44. a4 $19) 43... d5# 0-1

[Event "TAO 60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Fuerstman, Leland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[Annotator "Houdini 1.03a x64 2_CPU (90s)"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4.
g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O Bg4 {White's piece can't move: c1} 8. f3 {
White threatens to win material: f3xg4} Bd7 9. d3 h5 10. h3 {Covers g4} Qc7 11.
Rb1 a6 {Controls b5} 12. a3 {Consolidates b4} e5 (12... b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14.
Nxb5 $11) 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 {
Black has a new protected passed pawn: a6. Decoy: b4} 15. Kh2 (15. Rxb4 Qc5+ {
Double attack} (15... Qc5+ {Decoy})) 15... Nc6 (15... a5 16. h4 $11) 16. Bg5
Ne7 (16... Rb8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 $11 (18. Nxf4 $143 Ng4+ 19. hxg4 hxg4+ 20.
Kg1 Bxc3 $15)) 17. f4 $14 Bc6 $2 (17... h4 $142 {and Black has air to breath}
18. gxh4 Nfg8 19. fxe5 dxe5 $16) 18. fxe5 $18 Nh7 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qd7 (
20... Qd8 21. d4 b5 22. d5 $18) 21. d4 Qc8 (21... b5 22. d5 Bb7 23. cxb5 $18)
22. Bd6 (22. d5 $142 {and the result of the game is clear: White will win} Bd7
23. Na4 $18) 22... Qd7 23. Ba3 b5 (23... h4 24. gxh4 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Qb3
$18) 24. d5 (24. cxb5 {makes it even easier for White} axb5 25. Qb3 O-O $18)
24... Bb7 25. c5 h4 (25... Be5 26. Kh1 $18) 26. c6 hxg3+ 27. Kh1 (27. Nxg3 Bxc6
28. dxc6 Qxd1 29. Nxd1 $18 (29. Rfxd1 Bxc3 30. e5 Rc8 $14 (30... Bxe5 $2 31.
Rd7 Nf5 32. Re1 $18))) 27... Nxc6 $16 28. dxc6 Qxc6 $4 {
a blunder in a bad position. .} (28... Bxc6 $142 29. Qxd7+ Bxd7 $16) 29. Nd5 (
29. Rc1 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rc8 30. Nxb5 Qxb5 $18) 29... Ng5 (29... Qd7
{doesn't change the outcome of the game} 30. Qd2 Be5 31. Qe3 $18) 30. Nef4 (30.
Rc1 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} Nxh3 31. Rxc6 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 Nxd1 33.
Rxd1 $18) 30... Qd7 31. Rc1 Bxd5 (31... Rc8 32. Qd2 Nxh3 33. Nxh3 $18 (33. Bxh3
$6 Rxh3+ 34. Kg1 g2 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. Qxd7+ Kxd7 37. Rfd1+ Ke8 38. Nxh3 Rxc1
39. Bxc1 Be7 $14)) 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Nxd5 Nxh3 (33... Be5 {
praying for a miracle} 34. Nc7+ Bxc7 35. Rxc7 Rb8 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rexf7+ Kg8
$18) 34. Nc7+ Kd8 35. Rfd1+ Kc8 (35... Bd4 {is not the saving move} 36. Rxd4+
Kc8 37. Ne8+ Kb8 38. Rd8+ Kb7 39. e5+ Kb6 40. Bc5+ Ka5 41. Ra1#) 36. Nxa8+ (36.
Ne8+ Bc3 37. Rxc3+ Kb8 38. Rd8+ Kb7 39. e5+ Kb6 40. Bc5+ Ka5 41. Ra3#) 36...
Kb7 (36... Bc3 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 37. Rxc3+ Kb8 38. Bd6+
Ka7 39. Rc7+ Kxa8 40. e5+ Kb8 41. Re7+ Kc8 42. Bb7+ Kd8 43. Ba3#) 37. e5+ (37.
e5+ Kb8 38. Bd6+ Ka7 39. Rc7+ Kb8 40. Rd7+ Kc8 41. Nb6#) (37. Rd7+ Kxa8 38. e5+
Kb8 39. Bd6#) 1-0

[Event "Skyland"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fuerstman, Leland"]
[Black "Wood, Jordan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1792"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 1. e4 c6 2. d4
d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Be3 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8} (5. cxd5 Qxd5 6.
Nf3 e6 $14) 5... Nf6 $11 6. Nc3 e6 {Black is behind in developement} 7. Nf3 Qb6
{Black threatens to win material: Qb6xb2} (7... Be7 8. Bd3 $11) 8. Qc2 {
Black is behind in developement} Bd7 9. a3 {White has a very active position}
Rc8 (9... Qc7 10. c5 $14) 10. c5 $16 {White threatens to win material: c5xb6}
Qc7 {Black has a cramped position} 11. Bd3 e5 (11... Be7 $5 $14 {
should be considered}) 12. Nb5 $16 Qb8 13. Bf5 (13. dxe5 $142 $5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. O-O-O $16) 13... e4 {Black gains space} (13... a6 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.
Nc3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxc5 17. Rd1 $15) 14. Bxd7+ $11 Nxd7 15. Ng5 h6 (15... Be7
16. O-O b6 17. Nc3 $11) 16. Nh3 (16. Nxe4 $142 $5 dxe4 17. Qxe4+ Be7 18. Nd6+
Kf8 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. d5 $16) 16... g5 (16... b6 17. Nc3 bxc5 18. dxc5 $15) 17.
O-O f5 (17... b6 $142 $11 {would keep Black alive}) 18. f3 $16 Nf6 (18... a6
$142 $5 19. fxe4 axb5 20. Rxf5 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxc5 $18) 19. fxe4 $18 Ng4 20.
Rfe1 $4 {ignoring the path to victory} (20. Bf4 $142 {
White had this great chance} gxf4 21. exd5 Nxd4 22. Rae1+ Ne3 23. Nxd4 Bxc5 24.
Qxf5 Bxd4 25. Nxf4 $18) 20... Qxh2+ $19 21. Kf1 Nxe3+ 22. Rxe3 fxe4 23. Rxe4+
$4 {terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (23. Nf2 Be7 24.
Rh3 $19) 23... dxe4 24. Qxe4+ Be7 25. Nd6+ (25. Ke2 {does not solve anything}
Kf7 26. Rf1+ Kg7 27. Nxa7 Rce8 28. Nxc6 bxc6 $19) 25... Kd7 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 (
26... Qh1+ $142 {seems even better} 27. Ng1 Rf8+ 28. Ke2 $19) 27. d5 (27. Re1 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} Rf8+ 28. Ke2 Qg3 $19) 27... Rf8+ (27...
Qh1+ $142 {and Black has reached his goal} 28. Ng1 Rf8+ 29. Ke2 Nd4+ (29...
Bxc5 $6 {is a useless try} 30. dxc6+ bxc6 31. Rd1+ Kc7 32. Nh3 $17) 30. Kd3 Rf4
31. c6+ bxc6 32. dxc6+ Kd6 $19) 28. Ke2 Nd8 29. Qg4+ (29. b4 Bf6 30. Rd1 Rf7
31. Qg4+ Ke8 $19) 29... Ke8 30. d6 (30. Qe4 g4 $1 {Double attack: b2/e2} 31. d6
$19) 30... Qe5+ 31. Kd3 Qd5+ 32. Ke2 (32. Kc2 {doesn't change anything anymore}
Qxc5+ 33. Kb3 Qxd6 34. Re1 Qd5+ 35. Kc2 $19) 32... Qe5+ {Twofold repetition}
33. Kd1 $4 {throws away a nice position} (33. Kd3 $142 $11 {would be a reprieve
}) 33... Rf1+ $19 34. Kc2 Qxc5+ 35. Kb3 Rxa1 (35... Rxa1 36. d7+ Kf8 37. Qf3+
Nf7 38. d8=Q+ Bxd8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Skyland"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hales, William"]
[Black "Gordan, Daryl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "1762"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 {Consolidates g4} Nc6
7. Be3 a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 8. a3 {Black has a cramped position} b5 {
Black threatens to win material: b5xc4} 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qd2 {
Black has a cramped position} Na5 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Ne4 $4 {
Black has let it slip away} (13... Nd7 $142 {was necessary} 14. e6 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Nb6 16. exf7+ Kh8 $11) 14. Nxe4 $18 Nc6 $2 (14... Bxe4 15. Bxa5 Bxf3 16.
gxf3 Bxe5 $18) 15. Nc5 Bc8 (15... Nd8 {there is nothing better in the position}
16. Nxb7 Nxb7 $18) 16. Bd5 Nxe5 17. Bxa8 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Bd4 (19...
Be5 {doesn't do any good} 20. c4 $1 {Decoy: c4} Bd6 21. Be3 bxc4 22. Rc2 $18)
20. Nb3 (20. Bb4 {keeps an even firmer grip} Be5 $18) 20... Bg7 (20... Bb6 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 21. a4 bxa4 22. Rxa4 $18) 21. O-O Be6 22. Bb7
(22. a4 {keeps an even firmer grip} Bc4 23. Re1 e6 $18) 22... Rd8 (22... Rb8 {
doesn't improve anything} 23. Bc6 $18) 23. Bxa6 (23. Bb4 $142 $5 {
and White can already relax} Bf6 $18) 23... Rxd2 24. Nxd2 Bxa2 25. Bxb5 Bd5 (
25... Bc3 {does not win a prize} 26. Rd1 $18) 26. c4 Be6 (26... Bb7 {
does not improve anything} 27. Rd1 Bc3 28. Nb3 $18) 27. Ne4 (27. a4 {
makes it even easier for White} Bd4 28. Nb3 Ba7 $18) 27... Bd4 (27... Be5 {
is not the saving move} 28. Nc5 Bf5 29. a4 $18) 28. Ng5 Bf5 29. Rd1 (29. g4 {
might be the shorter path} Be6 $18) 29... Bb6 (29... Bc5 {is no salvation} 30.
a4 f6 31. Nf3 $18) 30. g4 Bc2 31. Rd2 Bb1 32. a4 h6 33. Nf3 Be4 (33... Ba5 {
does not save the day} 34. Bc6 Bc3 35. Rd7 $18) 34. Nd4 e6 (34... Ba5 {
cannot change destiny} 35. Re2 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Bc6 $18) 35. Nc6 Bxc6 36.
Bxc6 1-0

[Event "TAO 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Embler, Matt"]
[Black "Chen, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 {Covers b4} Nf6
5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 {White has a very active position} Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. d5 {White threatens to win material: d5xc6} Ne7 (9... Ne5 $5 {
is worth looking at} 10. bxc3 Nxc4 $11) 10. bxc3 $14 {
Black's piece can't move: c8} O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 11.
Re1 {White threatens to win material: Re1xe4} Nf6 12. Bg5 Ng6 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 13. Nh4 (13. d6 $5
$14) 13... d6 $11 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Bd3 (16. Qb2 $5 $11) 16... Bxd3
$15 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 {Black has a new doubled pawn: f7} 19. Re3 Rfe8
20. Rh3 Kg7 21. Qd2 Rh8 22. Rf3 Rh5 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Re3 Re5 25. Rae1 Qd7 26.
Kf1 (26. h3 Qb5 $17) 26... Rae8 27. c4 (27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Qc4 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1
Qf5 $19) 27... b6 (27... Qa4 28. R1e2 b5 29. g4 $19) 28. h3 $2 (28. Qd3 c6 $17)
28... Rxe3 (28... Qa4 $142 $5 $19) 29. Rxe3 $17 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Qa4 31. Qb3 (31.
Qe2 Qb4 32. Qd3 Qb2 $17) 31... Qxb3 $19 32. axb3 f5 33. b4 $4 {
shortens the misery for White} (33. f4 $142 $19) 33... a5 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Ke2
Kf6 36. f4 (36. g3 {doesn't change anything anymore} a4 37. Kd3 a3 $19) 36...
g5 37. Kd3 gxf4 38. Kc3 Kg5 39. c5 Kh4 40. cxd6 cxd6 41. Kc4 Kg3 42. h4 Kxh4 (
42... Kxg2 43. h5 f3 44. h6 f2 45. Kb5 f1=Q+ 46. Ka4 Qa1+ 47. Kb5 f4 48. Kc6
Qh8 49. h7 f3 50. Kb7 f2 51. Kc6 f1=Q 52. Kc7 Qb5 53. Kxd6 Qhe8 54. h8=Q Qb6#)
43. Kb5 (43. Kb3 {cannot undo what has already been done} a4+ $1 {
and the rest is history} 44. Kxa4 Kg3 45. Kb5 Kxg2 46. Kc6 f3 47. Kxd6 f2 48.
Ke7 f1=Q 49. d6 Qe1+ 50. Kd8 Qa5+ 51. Ke8 Qe5+ 52. Kd7 Qc5 53. Ke7 f4 54. Kf8
Qxd6+ 55. Kg7 f3 56. Kxf7 f2 57. Ke8 Qc7 58. Kf8 Qd7 59. Kg8 f1=Q 60. Kh8 Qf8#)
43... a4 $1 {puts the final touch} 44. Kc6 (44. Kxa4 Kg3 {Combination}) 44...
a3 45. Kxd6 (45. Kd7 {cannot change destiny} a2 46. Kxd6 a1=Q 47. Kc6 Qc3+ 48.
Kb5 Kg5 49. d6 Kf6 50. g4 Ke6 51. d7 Kxd7 52. gxf5 Kc7 53. f6 Qd4 54. Ka5 Kc6
55. Ka6 Qa4#) 45... a2 46. Kc7 (46. Kc5 {does not save the day} a1=Q 47. d6 Qa4
48. Kb6 Qd7 49. Kc5 Kg3 50. Kd5 Kxg2 51. Ke5 f3 52. Kf6 f2 53. Ke5 Qe6+ 54. Kd4
f1=Q 55. Kc3 Qec4+ 56. Kd2 Qcc1#) 46... a1=Q 47. d6 Qa7+ 48. Kc8 (48. Kc6 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} f3 $1 {Decoy: f3} 49. g3+ Kg4
50. d7 Qb8 51. d8=Q Qxd8 52. Kc5 f2 53. Kb5 f1=Q+ 54. Kb4 Qd4+ 55. Ka3 Qc1+ 56.
Ka2 Qdc4#) 48... Qc5+ (48... Qc5+ 49. Kd7 f3 50. gxf3 Kg5 51. Ke7 f4 52. Kd8
Kf6 53. Kd7 Qc2 54. Kd8 Qc6 55. d7 Qc5 56. Ke8 Qe7#) 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cunningham, Robin"]
[Black "Baldwin, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "1908"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 1. e4 c6 {
Secures b5} 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Bxf3 (7... Nxd5 8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O $11) 8. gxf3 (8. Qxf3 $5 Nxd4
9. Qd1 $14) 8... Nxd5 $11 {
White has the pair of bishops. The knight is not easily driven from d5} 9. Qb3
e6 {Covers d5} 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 {
Black loses the right to castle} 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16.
Be3 Ke6 17. O-O-O Rc8+ 18. Kb1 Bc5 19. Rhe1 Bxe3 20. Rxe3+ Kd6 21. Ra3 Rc7 22.
Ra5 {Attacks the isolani on d5. White threatens to win material: Ra5xd5} Rhc8
23. Rdxd5+ Ke6 {Black has a mate threat} 24. Rd1 g6 25. a4 h5 (25... Kf6 26.
Rdd5 $11) 26. Ra6+ (26. f4 Kf6 $14) 26... Ke5 $11 27. Re1+ (27. Rg1 Kf4 $11)
27... Kf5 28. h4 f6 29. Ree6 {White threatens to win material: Re6xf6} Rf8 30.
Re4 g5 31. Ra5+ Kg6 32. hxg5 fxg5 $4 {
there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (32... f5 $142 {was much better
} 33. Re1 Kxg5 $11) 33. Ree5 $18 Rxf3 34. Rxg5+ Kf6 35. Rxh5 Rxf2 36. Ra6+ Ke7
(36... Kg7 37. Ka2 $18) 37. Rh7+ Rf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rd6 Ke7 (39... a5 40.
Ka2 $18) 40. Rd4 (40. Rh6 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Kf8 $18)
40... Ke6 41. Ka2 Ke5 42. Rd8 Ke6 (42... a5 43. Kb3 $18) 43. Ka3 (43. b4 $142
a5 44. bxa5 $18) 43... Ke5 $2 (43... a5 44. b3 $18) 44. a5 (44. b4 $142 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Rc1 45. Kb2 $18) 44... Rb7 $4 {
Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (44... a6 $142 $18) 45. b4 Ke6 46.
Kb3 (46. Ka4 Rg7 47. a6 Ke5 $18) 46... Ke7 47. Rd4 Ke6 (47... Rc7 {
does not help much} 48. Ka4 Rb7 49. b5 $18) 48. Kc4 Ke5 (48... Rb8 $18 {
is one last hope}) 49. Rd8 Ke6 50. b5 Rc7+ 51. Kb4 Ke7 (51... Rd7 52. Ra8 Kd6
53. a6 $18) 52. Rd4 (52. Rh8 Kf6 53. a6 $18) 52... Rc1 53. b6 axb6 (53... a6
$18 {is still a small chance}) 54. axb6 Rb1+ (54... Rc8 {
does not improve anything} 55. Kb5 Kf6 56. b7 Rb8 57. Kb6 Ke5 58. Ra4 Kd5 59.
Ra8 Rxb7+ 60. Kxb7 Ke5 61. Kc6 Kf4 62. Kd5 Ke3 63. Ke5 Kd3 64. Rc8 Ke3 65. Rc3+
Kd2 66. Kd4 Ke2 67. Ke4 Kd2 68. Rc5 Ke2 69. Rd5 Kf2 70. Rd2+ Kg3 71. Kf5 Kf3
72. Rd3+ Kg2 73. Ke4 Kf2 74. Rc3 Kg2 75. Re3 Kf2 76. Kf4 Kg2 77. Rf3 Kh2 78.
Rf2+ Kh1 79. Kg3 Kg1 80. Rf5 Kh1 81. Rf1#) 55. Kc5 Rc1+ (55... Rb2 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 56. Kc6 Rc2+ 57. Kb5 Rf2 58. b7 Rf8 59.
Kc5 Ke6 60. Kb6 Rh8 61. Ra4 Ke7 62. Re4+ Kf6 63. Ka7 Kf5 64. Rb4 Ke6 65. b8=Q
Rxb8 66. Kxb8 Ke5 67. Kb7 Kf5 68. Kc6 Ke5 69. Rc4 Kf6 70. Kd5 Kf5 71. Rd4 Kf6
72. Rf4+ Kg5 73. Ke5 Kg6 74. Ke6 Kg5 75. Rb4 Kg6 76. Rg4+ Kh5 77. Kf5 Kh6 78.
Kf6 Kh7 79. Rb4 Kh8 80. Kg6 Kg8 81. Rb8#) 56. Kb5 Rb1+ (56... Rc8 {
is not the saving move} 57. b7 Rh8 58. Kc6 Kf6 59. Rf4+ Kg5 60. Rb4 Rb8 61. Kc7
Rf8 62. b8=Q Rxb8 63. Rxb8 Kf5 64. Kd6 Ke4 65. Rc8 Kf5 66. Rc4 Kf6 67. Rc5 Kf7
68. Rf5+ Kg7 69. Ke5 Kg6 70. Kf4 Kh6 71. Rf6+ Kg7 72. Kg5 Kh7 73. Rf7+ Kh8 74.
Kh6 Kg8 75. Kg6 Kh8 76. Rf8#) 57. Kc6 (57. Rb4 Rd1 58. b7 Rd8 59. Kc6 Ke6 60.
b8=Q Rxb8 61. Rxb8 Ke5 62. Kd7 Kf5 63. Rb4 Ke5 64. Ke7 Kd5 65. Rf4 Ke5 66. Ra4
Kd5 67. Rh4 Ke5 68. Rc4 Kf5 69. Rd4 Kg5 70. Ke6 Kg6 71. Rd5 Kg7 72. Rh5 Kg6 73.
Ra5 Kg7 74. Ra3 Kg6 75. Rg3+ Kh6 76. Kf5 Kh7 77. Kf6 Kh8 78. Kf7 Kh7 79. Rh3#)
57... Rc1+ 58. Kb7 Rb1 (58... Rf1 {does not win a prize} 59. Kc7 Rc1+ 60. Kb8
Rg1 61. Ra4 Rb1 62. Ka7 Ke6 63. b7 Rb2 64. b8=Q Rxb8 65. Kxb8 Kd6 66. Ra6+ Ke5
67. Kb7 Kf5 68. Ra4 Kf6 69. Kc8 Ke5 70. Kd7 Kf5 71. Kd6 Kf6 72. Ra8 Kf7 73. Ra5
Kf6 74. Kd7 Kg7 75. Re5 Kf6 76. Rb5 Kg6 77. Ke7 Kg7 78. Rb6 Kg8 79. Kf6 Kh7 80.
Kf7 Kh8 81. Rh6#) 59. Kc7 Rc1+ 60. Kb8 Rb1 (60... Kf6 {doesn't improve anything
} 61. b7 Rb1 62. Kc8 Ke5 63. Rh4 Rc1+ 64. Kd7 Rb1 65. Kc6 Kf6 66. Rh5 Kg7 67.
Rb5 Rxb5 68. Kxb5 Kf7 69. b8=Q Kf6 70. Qf4+ Kg7 71. Kc6 Kg8 72. Qd4 Kf7 73. Qg4
Kf6 74. Kd6 Kf7 75. Qg5 Kf8 76. Ke6 Ke8 77. Qg8#) 61. b7 (61. b7 Ke6 62. Kc7
Ke5 63. Ra4 Kd5 64. b8=Q Rxb8 65. Kxb8 Kd6 66. Ra5 Kc6 67. Re5 Kd6 68. Rg5 Kc6
69. Kc8 Kd6 70. Kd8 Ke6 71. Rh5 Kd6 72. Rb5 Ke6 73. Kc7 Kf7 74. Kd6 Kf6 75. Re5
Kf7 76. Re6 Kf8 77. Re7 Kg8 78. Ke5 Kh8 79. Rc7 Kg8 80. Kf6 Kh8 81. Kg6 Kg8 82.
Rc8#) 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Watson, James"]
[Black "Cunningham, Robin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1915"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3
e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nf3 {White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Nc6 5. O-O Nxc3
6. dxc3 {White has a king attack} Be7 7. Qd5 {White has a mate threat} O-O 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxe5 {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8}
Bf6 10. Qg3 d5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. f4 Qd6 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. f5 Be5 (14... c5 15. Rd1
$15) 15. g3 {Prevents intrusion on f4} d4 16. c4 Bc6 {
Black threatens to win material: Bc6xf3} 17. Qg4 f6 {Controls g5} 18. Bf4 Rae8
19. h4 (19. Bd2 b6 $15) 19... Bxf4 $17 20. Rxf4 Re3 21. Kh2 (21. h5 h6 $17)
21... Qe5 (21... Qb4 $142 $5 22. Raf1 Qxb2 $19) 22. Raf1 Re8 23. h5 h6 24. b4
b6 25. Rxd4 $2 (25. Kh3 Rd8 $17) 25... Rxg3 $4 {Black is ruining his position}
(25... Re2+ $142 {and Black has prevailed} 26. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 27. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 28.
Kg1 Rg2+ 29. Kh1 Rxc2+ 30. Kg1 Rg2+ 31. Kh1 Rxa2+ 32. Rd5 a5 33. bxa5 bxa5 $19)
26. Qxg3 $17 Qxd4 27. Rf4 (27. Qf4 Qc3 28. b5 Bb7 $17) 27... Qa1 (27... Qc3 $5
28. b5 Bb7 $19) 28. Rf1 $17 Qd4 {Twofold repetition} 29. Rf4 Re1 $4 {
with this move Black loses his initiative} (29... Qc3 $142 30. b5 Bb7 $19) 30.
Qxg7+ $16 (30. Rxd4 $4 {will allow a snap mate in 1} Rh1#) 30... Kxg7 31. Rxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "TAO 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cunningham, Robin"]
[Black "Greene, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 {
Black has a cramped position} 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 {Consolidates b5+d5} 7. a4
a5 8. h3 {Covers g4} Nbd7 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Qd2 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} Nb6 11. b3 {
Consolidates c4} e5 12. O-O h5 (12... d5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. exd5 exd4 15. Nxd4
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 (16. Bxd5 $143 Bxh3 17. Rfe1 Rad8 $15 (17... cxd5 $143 18. Nxd5
Qd8 19. c4 $14)) 16... cxd5 17. Nb5 $11) 13. Rad1 $14 Ne8 (13... Nbd7 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. f4 $14) 14. Be3 (14. dxe5 $5 Bxe5 15. f4 $16) 14... Nd7 15. f4 f5 (
15... exd4 $5 16. Nxd4 Nc5 $16) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qd3 b6 $4 {
another bit of territory lost} (17... exf4 $142 18. gxf4 Nb8 $16) 18. exf5 $18
gxf5 (18... Nc5 {is the last straw} 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. fxg6 Bf5 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22.
Qxc5 Bxg6 23. fxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qa7 25. Qxa7 Rxa7 26. Bxc6 Kh7 $18) 19. Qc4+
Kh7 20. Qxc6 (20. Bxc6 $142 {secures victory} Ra7 21. Nb5 $18) 20... Ra7 (20...
Rb8 21. Nb5 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Nef6 $18) 21. Nb5 (21. Nb5 Nb8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Nxc7
Nxc7 24. Bxb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "TAO 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McCartney, Patrick"]
[Black "Gragg, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "1824"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Nf3 d6 {Covers e5} 4. d4 e4
{Black wins space} 5. Nh4 Be7 {Black threatens to win material: Be7xh4} 6. Ng2
Nf6 7. Bg5 (7. Nc3 O-O $11) 7... O-O 8. Nc3 c6 {Controls b5+d5} 9. e3 Na6 10.
a3 {Consolidates b4} Nc7 11. Nf4 Ne6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 {
Black has the pair of bishops} ({Inferior is} 12... gxf6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. d5
$16) 13. Rc1 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Kh8 15. h4 Bd7 16. Kd2 (16. h5 $5 $15) 16... c5 $17
17. d5 a6 18. f3 (18. h5 $142 $5 $17) 18... exf3 $19 19. Qxf3 b5 20. Bd3 (20.
h5 b4 21. axb4 cxb4 $19) 20... b4 21. axb4 cxb4 22. Nd1 Qa5 (22... a5 23. Qe2
$19) 23. Ke2 (23. h5 Qc5 $19) 23... Rae8 (23... Qc5 24. Qh5 $19) 24. Kf2 Qc5
25. b3 a5 26. h5 a4 27. bxa4 b3 (27... Ra8 28. Kg2 $19) 28. Kg3 (28. Rb1 Qa3
$19) 28... Qb4 29. Nf2 Qxa4 30. c5 $2 (30. Rb1 $142 $19) 30... dxc5 31. Rxc5 (
31. Qe2 $19) 31... Qa2 (31... Qa7 {makes it even easier for Black} 32. Rhc1 b2
33. R1c4 $19) 32. Rd1 $4 {cause more grief} (32. Rc7 $142 Bc8 33. d6 $17) 32...
Qa7 $19 33. Rdc1 b2 34. R1c4 Bb5 $3 {the opponent will choke on this} 35. Nd1 (
35. Rxb5 Rxe3 {Combination}) 35... Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Qa3 (36... Qa6 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 37. Nxb2 Bxb2 38. Qe2 $19) 37. e4 (37. Bc2 {
cannot undo what has already been done} Rb8 38. Nxb2 Bxb2 $19 (38... Qxb2 $143
39. Bxf5 Qd2 40. Rc2 Qe1+ 41. Qf2 $19)) 37... fxe4 38. Rxe4 Qb3 39. Rxe8 (39.
Nxb2 {does not help much} Qxb2 40. Re6 Qd4 $19) 39... Rxe8 40. d6 (40. Nxb2 {
is not the saving move} Qxb2 41. d6 Qb6 $19) 40... b1=Q 41. Bxb1 Qxb1 42. d7
Rg8 43. Qd5 Qb4 44. Ne3 Qd4 (44... Qe1+ {seems even better} 45. Kf3 $19) 45.
Qe6 (45. Qxd4 {is no salvation} Bxd4 46. Nf5 Bc5 $19) 45... g5 46. hxg6 Rxg6+
47. Kf3 Rg8 48. Qf5 (48. Ng4 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Qd3+ 49. Ne3
Rf8 $19) 48... Rd8 (48... Rf8 $142 $19 {and Black can already relax}) 49. Nd5 (
49. Qe6 {cannot change what is in store for ?} Rf8 50. Qe8 Qd6 $19) 49... Bg7 (
49... Qd1+ 50. Kf2 Bd4+ 51. Kg3 Qg1+ 52. Kh3 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Rg8+ 54. Qg5 Qxd5 55.
d8=Q Qxd8 56. Qxg8+ Qxg8+ 57. Kf3 Qe6 58. Kg3 Qe2 59. Kh4 h5 60. Kg5 Qg4+ 61.
Kh6 Bg7#) 50. Qe6 $19 Qd1+ (50... Qd3+ $142 {might be the shorter path} 51. Ne3
Qxd7 52. Qxd7 Rxd7 53. Kg4 $19) 51. Kg2 (51. Kg3 {doesn't improve anything}
Qb3+ 52. Kg4 h5+ 53. Kxh5 $19) 51... Rg8 (51... Qa4 $142 $19 {and Black wins})
52. Qxg8+ $3 $18 {sacrificing for victory} Kxg8 53. d8=Q+ Bf8 (53... Kf7 54.
Qd7+ Kf8 55. Qf5+ Ke8 56. Qe6+ Kf8 57. Qe7+ Kg8 58. Qe8+ Bf8 59. Ne7+ Kg7 60.
Nf5+ Kf6 61. Qxf8+ Ke6 62. Ng7+ Kd7 63. Qe8+ Kc7 64. Ne6+ Kb7 65. Qb5+ Ka7 66.
Qa5+ Kb7 67. Nc5+ Kb8 68. Qb6+ Kc8 69. Qc6+ Kd8 70. Nb7+ Ke7 71. Qc7+ Kf6 72.
Qe5+ Kg6 73. Qd6+ Qxd6 74. Nxd6 Kh6 $18) 54. Qg5+ (54. Nf6+ Kg7 55. Qxd1 Kxf6
56. Qd7 Ba3 57. f5 Ke5 58. Qb5+ Ke4 59. Qa4+ Kxf5 60. Qxa3 Ke4 61. Qa8+ Ke5 62.
Kf3 h5 63. Qc6 h4 64. Qc5+ Kf6 65. Kf4 Ke6 66. Qc6+ Kf7 67. Kg5 Ke7 68. Kf5 h3
69. Qc7+ Ke8 70. Ke6 h2 71. Qb8#) 54... Kf7 55. Qf6+ Kg8 56. Qe6+ Kh8 57. Qe5+
Kg8 58. Nf6+ Kf7 59. Ne4 Qg4+ 60. Kf2 Qh4+ 61. Kf3 Qh3+ 62. Ng3 Qe6 63. Qc7+
Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asheboro Open 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maynard, Stephen"]
[Black "Liu, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} 1. e4 Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 2. Nc3 (2. e5 Nd5 $14) 2... d5 3. exd5
Nxd5 4. Nf3 e6 {Controls d5} 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O {
Black castles and improves king safety} 7. Re1 Nc6 8. d4 b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10.
Bd3 Bg4 11. c3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} Bd6 12. Qc2 (12. h3 Bh5 $14) 12... h6
(12... Bxf3 $142 13. gxf3 Qh4 $17) 13. Ne5 $14 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Re8 {
Black threatens to win material: Re8xe5} 15. Bf4 Bc5 16. b4 Bf8 17. Re3 Kh8 18.
Rg3 Qh4 19. Bf5 {White threatens to win material: Bf5xg4} (19. Bb5 Red8 $14)
19... Bh5 (19... Bxf5 $142 $5 {is an interesting alternative} 20. Qxf5 Qe7 $11)
20. Qd2 $16 d4 $4 {causes even greater problems} (20... Qe7 $142 $16) 21. Rh3
$18 dxc3 22. Qe3 (22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Rxh5 $18) (22. Rxh4 $6 {
is the less attractive alternative} cxd2 23. Rxh5 g6 $11) 1-0

[Event "TAO 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "King, Paul"]
[Black "Gragg, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A82"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1840"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A82: Dutch Defence: Staunton Gambit} 1. d4 f5 2. e4 (2. Nf3 e6 $14) 2... fxe4
$11 3. f3 exf3 4. Nxf3 e6 (4... Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Nc3 $11) 5. Bd3 Nf6 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: c8} 6. O-O Be7 $2 (
6... Bd6 $14) 7. Ne5 $4 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (7. Ng5 $142
$18 {White has a promising position}) 7... d6 $15 8. Rxf6 $2 {
White traps the enemy king in the center} (8. Ng4 $142 O-O 9. Nc3 $15) 8...
dxe5 $4 {throwing away the advantage} (8... Bxf6 $142 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Bxg6+ Ke7
$17) 9. Qh5+ $16 Kd7 10. Rxe6 Qf8 $4 {leading to a quick end} (10... Kxe6 $142
11. Bf5+ Kd6 12. dxe5+ Kc6 13. Qf3+ Kb6 14. Qb3+ Kc6 $18) 11. Bf5 Kd8 (11... g6
{doesn't do any good} 12. Rf6+ Kd8 13. Rxf8+ Rxf8 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qxg6 $18)
12. Rxe7 $1 {Double attack: h7/e7} (12. Rxe5 {is a weaker possibility} g6 13.
Qf3 gxf5 $17) 12... Nc6 (12... Kxe7 13. Bg5+ {Double attack}) (12... Qxe7 13.
Bg5 {Pinning} (13. Bg5 {Decoy})) 13. Rf7 (13. Rf7 Bxf5 14. Qg5+ Ke8 15. Rxf8+
Rxf8 16. d5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Williams, Mike"]
[Black "Embler, Matt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[Annotator "Williams,Mike"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be6 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc4 10. cxb4 Be6 11. Bc3 f6 12. b5 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Qe2
Kf7 15. Qe4 (15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Qe4 {would have turned out better}) 15... Bd5 16.
Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. gxf3 Rd5 19. a4 Rg5+ 20. Kh1 Rf5 21. Kg2 Rg5+ 22.
Kh3 Rd8 23. Rfe1 Rdd5 24. f4 $2 ({Much simpler and safer was} 24. Re4) 24...
Rg6 25. f5 $4 ({Gripped by panic I failed to find} 25. Kh4 Rg2 26. Re4 g6 27.
Kh3 Rxf2 28. Rc4 $11) 25... Rxf5 26. Re4 Rf3+ 27. Kh4 Rxf2 (27... f5 $1 {
forces mate after} 28. Rd4 Kf6) 28. Kh3 Rxc2 (28... Rf3+ 29. Kh4 f5 {still wins
}) 29. Rae1 Rh6+ 30. Kg3 Rhxh2 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. Rd7 h5 33. Ree7 h4+ 34. Kf4
Rcf2+ 35. Ke3 Re2+ 36. Kf4 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Rg2 38. Rxc7 h3 39. Kf3 Rg5 40. Rc2
Rh5 41. Rh2 Kf5 42. a5 g5 43. Kg3 g4 44. d4 Kg5 45. d5 f5 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Williams, Mike"]
[Black "Embler, Matt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5
Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be6 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc4 10. cxb4 Be6 11. Bc3 f6 {Secures g5}
12. b5 Nd4 (12... Ne7 13. Re1 $11) 13. Bxd4 $16 exd4 14. Qe2 {
White threatens to win material: Qe2xe6} Kf7 {Black loses the right to castle}
15. Qe4 {White threatens to win material: Qe4xb7} (15. Rfe1 Re8 $14) 15... Bd5
$11 {Black threatens to win material: Bd5xe4} 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18.
gxf3 {A double rook endgame occured} Rd5 19. a4 Rg5+ 20. Kh1 Rf5 {
Black threatens to win material: Rf5xf3} 21. Kg2 Rg5+ 22. Kh3 (22. Kh1 Rc5 $15)
22... Rd8 (22... Rc5 23. f4 $15) 23. Rfe1 Rdd5 24. f4 $2 (24. Re4 $142 $5 {
and White has air to breath} Rdf5 25. f4 $11) 24... Rg6 $17 25. f5 $4 {
terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (25. Kh4 $142 Rg2 26.
Re4 g5+ 27. fxg5 Rdxg5 28. Kh3 Rxf2 29. Rae1 Rxc2 30. R1e2 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 $17)
25... Rxf5 26. Re4 Rf3+ 27. Kh4 Rxf2 (27... Rg2 28. Re7+ Kxe7 29. Re1+ Kf8 30.
Re3 g5+ 31. Kh5 Rf4 32. Rh3 Rgg4 33. c4 Rh4+ 34. Rxh4 Rxh4#) 28. Kh3 (28. Rg4 {
doesn't improve anything} Rxh2+ 29. Kg3 Rxc2 30. Rxg6 Kxg6 $19) 28... Rxc2 (
28... Rf3+ 29. Kh4 Rg2 30. Re7+ Kxe7 31. Re1+ Kd6 32. Re6+ Kxe6 33. h3 g5+ 34.
Kh5 Rxh3#) 29. Rae1 Rh6+ 30. Kg3 Rhxh2 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. Rd7 (32. Rxc7 {
is not the saving move} Rxc7 33. Kxh2 Rd7 $19) 32... h5 33. Ree7 (33. Kf4 $19 {
what else?}) 33... h4+ 34. Kf4 Rcf2+ 35. Ke3 Re2+ 36. Kf4 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Rg2 38.
Rxc7 h3 39. Kf3 Rg5 40. Rc2 Rh5 41. Rh2 Kf5 42. a5 (42. Kg3 {
doesn't change anything anymore} g5 $19) 42... g5 43. Kg3 g4 44. d4 (44. Rb2
Kg5 45. Kh2 Kh4 $19) 44... Kg5 45. d5 f5 (45... f5 46. Kf2 f4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baldwin, Scott"]
[Black "Williams, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 b6 8. Nbd2 c5 9.
Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Qa4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qa3 (16. Qxa7 $4 {a poisoned pawn} Ra8 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Qxa8 Bxa8
$19) 16... a6 {Secures b5} 17. N4b3 Qc7 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qh4 e5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21.
Qh3 (21. Qa4 $5 $15 {is worth looking at}) 21... Rcd8 $17 22. Qf5 Bc8 (22... e4
$5 $17) 23. Qc2 $15 Rd6 24. Nf1 (24. e4 Bg4 25. Ra1 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4
Bh5 $11) 24... Qd8 25. Ne3 {Now all is on d5} Be6 26. Rd2 d4 {
Black threatens to win material: d4xe3} 27. Red1 Nd5 $4 {
Black lets it slip away} (27... Rd7 $142 {would keep Black alive} 28. cxd4 cxd4
$15) 28. Nc4 $18 Ra6 (28... Rc6 29. Nxe5 Rc8 30. Qa4 $18) 29. Nxe5 Qf6 (29...
Qc7 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Qa4 $18) 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Qa4 Qxe5 $4 {
but even a better move would not have saved the game} (31... Raa8 32. Qxd4 Rac8
$18) 32. Qxe8+ Kh7 33. Rxd4 (33. Qb5 $142 {
and the rest is a matter of technique} Rb6 34. Qxa5 Qb8 35. Bxd5 Rb5 $18) 33...
Nf6 34. Qe7 Rb6 35. R1d2 (35. b3 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Rb5 $18)
35... Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Qxd4 37. Qa3 Qd1+ (37... Bf5 {is not the saving move} 38.
Rb5 Bg6 39. Qc1 $18) 38. Bf1 g6 39. Qd3 Qa1 (39... Qc1 {is not much help} 40.
Qc2 Qg5 41. e3 $18) 40. Rd2 (40. Qb1 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for White}
Qxb1 41. Rxb1 Ne4 $18) 40... Nd5 41. Qd4 (41. a3 {and White can already relax}
Nc3 42. Rc2 Ne4 $18) 41... Qc1 $6 {puts up no strong fight} (41... Nc3 42. Kg2
Qc1 $18) 42. Rd1 Qa3 (42... Qc7 $18 {doesn't get the cat off the tree}) 43. Bg2
(43. e4 $142 {it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} Ne7 44. Qd6
Qxd6 45. Rxd6 Bxa2 46. Ra6 $18) 43... Nc3 $16 {Black plans a4} 44. Re1 $4 {
hands over the advantage to the opponent} (44. Qd3 $142 Qb2 45. Re1 $16) 44...
Nxa2 $4 {forfeits the clear win} (44... Nxe2+ $142 {
Black has a promising position} 45. Rxe2 Qc1+ 46. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 45. Ra1 (45. Bd5
$142 $5 {seems even better} Qe7 $18) 45... Qb3 46. h4 a4 47. Be4 (47. h5 $142 {
a pity that White didn't try this} Nc3 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. Qd3+ Kg7 50. Rc1 $18)
47... Nc3 $16 48. Bd3 a3 (48... Qb2 $142 49. Rxa4 Nxa4 50. Qxa4 Bd5 $16) 49.
Qa7 $4 {not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game
} (49. h5 $142 {would have given White the upper hand} Kg8 50. hxg6 $18) 49...
a2 $11 50. h5 {White threatens to win material: h5xg6} Nxe2+ 51. Kg2 $4 {
makes life more difficult} (51. Bxe2 $142 {saving the game} Qb1+ 52. Rxb1
axb1=Q+ 53. Kh2 $11) 51... Qxd3 $19 52. Rxa2 (52. Qe3 {does not help much} Bd5+
53. Kh2 Qxe3 54. fxe3 gxh5 55. Kh3 $19) 52... Bxa2 (52... Bd5+ 53. Kh2 Qf3 54.
hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Ra6+ Kg7 56. Rg6+ Kxg6 57. Qb6+ Kg7 58. Qb2+ f6 59. Qb7+ Bxb7
60. Kh3 Qh5#) 53. Qxa2 $19 Kg7 54. hxg6 Kxg6 55. Qb2 (55. Qa8 {
otherwise it's curtains at once} Kg7 56. Qc6 $19) 55... Qd5+ 56. f3 (56. Kh2 {
doesn't improve anything} Nd4 57. Kg1 Kf5 $19) 56... Nd4 57. Qb1+ (57. Qf2 $19
{hoping against hope}) 57... Kg7 (57... Kf6 58. Qa1 Qxf3+ 59. Kh2 Qf2+ 60. Kh3
h5 61. Qa6+ Kg5 62. Qa1 Nf5 63. Qc3 Qxg3+ 64. Qxg3+ Nxg3 65. Kxg3 h4+ 66. Kg2
Kg4 67. Kg1 f5 68. Kh2 f4 69. Kg1 f3 70. Kf2 Kf4 71. Kf1 h3 72. Kg1 Ke3 73. Kh2
f2 74. Kxh3 f1=Q+ 75. Kg4 Qf6 76. Kh5 Qg7 77. Kh4 Kf4 78. Kh3 Qg3#) 58. Qd3
Qxf3+ 59. Qxf3 Nxf3 60. Kxf3 Kg6 (60... h5 $142 $19 {keeps an even firmer grip}
) 61. Kg4 $4 {White crumbles in face of a dire situation} (61. g4 Kg5 62. Kg3
f6 $19) 61... f5+ (61... h5+ 62. Kf4 Kf6 63. Kf3 Kf5 64. Kf2 Kg4 65. Kg2 f6 66.
Kf2 Kh3 67. Kf3 f5 68. Kf2 Kh2 69. Kf3 Kg1 70. Kf4 Kf2 71. Ke5 Kf3 72. Kf6 Kxg3
73. Kxf5 h4 74. Ke4 h3 75. Kd5 Kf4 76. Kc6 Ke5 77. Kb5 Kd5 78. Kb4 h2 79. Kb3
h1=Q 80. Kc3 Qd1 81. Kb4 Qd3 82. Ka5 Kc5 83. Ka4 Qg3 84. Ka5 Qa3#) 62. Kh3 (62.
Kf4 Kf6 63. g4 fxg4 64. Kxg4 h5+ 65. Kxh5 $11) 62... h5 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baldwin, Scott"]
[Black "Williams, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1929"]
[Annotator "Williams,Mike"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bf4 b6 8. Nbd2
c5 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c3 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Qa4 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qa3 a6 17. N4b3 Qc7 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qh4 e5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21.
Qh3 Rcd8 22. Qf5 Bc8 23. Qc2 Rd6 24. Nf1 Qd8 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Rd2 d4 27. Red1
Nd5 $2 ({A time-pressure-induced blunder. Much better was} 27... Rd7 28. cxd4
cxd4 29. Nc4 Rc7 30. b3 Qc8) 28. Nc4 Ra6 29. Nxe5 Qf6 (29... Qc7 {
would put up more of a fight} 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Qxc7 Nxc7 32. Bc6 Re7 33. Rxd4
Bxa2 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Be4+ g6 36. f4 $16) 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Qa4 Qxe5 $4 ({
Overlooking the hanging rook on e8. Black should try} 31... Nc7 32. Qxd4 Bxa2
33. f4 {with a complicated position}) 32. Qxe8+ Kh7 33. Rxd4 Nf6 34. Qe7 Rb6
35. R1d2 $2 ({White's first slip in time pressure. Simpler is} 35. b3) 35...
Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Qxd4 37. Qa3 Qd1+ 38. Bf1 g6 ({The tempting} 38... Bh3 $2 {
loses to} 39. Qd3+) 39. Qd3 Qa1 40. Rd2 (40. Qb1 {
would have forced a queen trade} Qxb1 41. Rxb1 Bxa2 42. Ra1 Be6 43. Rxa5 $18)
40... Nd5 ({Again not} 40... Bh3 41. Rd1 $18) 41. Qd4 Qc1 42. Rd1 Qa3 43. Bg2
$2 ({Driving the black knight where it wants to go.} 43. e4 Nb4 44. Qf6 $1 {
wins, threatening Rd8 followed by mate on h8. This threat would have halted
Black's counterplay.}) 43... Nc3 44. Re1 Nxa2 $2 ({Missing a shot:} 44... Nxe2+
$1 45. Rxe2 Qc1+ 46. Bf1 Bh3 {(this finally succeeds)} 47. Re1 {(forced)} Qxe1
48. Qc4 $17 {Instead, the rest of the game is a typical time scramble.}) 45.
Ra1 Qb3 46. h4 a4 47. Be4 Nc3 48. Bd3 a3 49. Qa7 a2 50. h5 Nxe2+ 51. Kg2 (51.
Bxe2 Qb1+ $1 52. Rxb1 axb1=Q+ 53. Kh2 $11) 51... Qxd3 $19 52. Rxa2 Bxa2 (52...
Bd5+ {forces mate after} 53. Kh2 Qf3 {
but in a time scramble Black takes the exchange.}) 53. Qxa2 Kg7 54. hxg6 Kxg6
55. Qb2 Qd5+ 56. f3 Nd4 57. Qb1+ Kg7 58. Qd3 Qxf3+ 59. Qxf3 Nxf3 60. Kxf3 Kg6
$2 61. Kg4 f5+ 62. Kh3 h5 {White lost on time, but incredibly this position is
drawn. Black had to play 60...h5!} 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Williams, Mike"]
[Black "Maynard, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[Annotator "Williams,Mike"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. b3
Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. h3 Qa5 11. Bd3 Qh5 12. Nd5 Be6 13. O-O Bxh3 14. Nxf6+ $2 (
14. Nf4 $1 $18) 14... exf6 15. gxh3 $2 Qxf3 16. Kh2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qe3
Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rd7 ({Or} 20... Bh6 21. Rxf6 Bxe3 22. Rf3 Bc5) 21.
Be2 Rfd8 22. Rd5 Kf8 23. Kg3 Ke7 24. h4 Rxd5 25. exd5 f5 26. Rd1 Kd6 27. b4 b6
28. a4 h5 29. c5+ ({Better was} 29. a5 $1 bxa5 (29... f4+ 30. Kf2 $11) 30. c5+
Kc7 31. bxa5 $11 {A plausible and bizarre continuation might be} Bf8 32. d6+
Kc6 33. Bxa6 Kxc5 34. d7 Kb4 35. Rd5 Bc5 36. Be2 f6 37. a6 Bxe3 38. Rb5+ Kc3
39. Rb7 e4 40. a7 f4+ 41. Kh2 Bxa7 (41... f3 42. Bxf3 $1 Bxa7 $1 43. Bxe4 f5
44. Bxf5 Bb8+ 45. Rxb8 $1 Rxb8 46. Bxg6 Rd8 47. Be8 $11) 42. Rxa7 f3 43. Bb5 e3
44. Kg3 e2 45. Kf2 g5 46. Bc6 g4 $11) 29... bxc5 30. bxc5+ Kxc5 31. Bxa6 Rxd5
32. Rxd5+ Kxd5 33. a5 Bf8 ({Avoiding} 33... Ke4 $4 34. Bb7+ {
and White's a-pawn is unstoppable}) 34. Bb5 Bc5 35. Be8 (35. Kf3 e4+ 36. Ke2)
35... Ke6 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Bb5 f6 38. e4 f4 39. Be2 g5 40. Kg2 (40. hxg5 {
is even worse}) 40... g4 41. Bf1 Ba7 42. a6 f5 43. Bd3 fxe4 (43... f3+ 44. Kh2
Bf2 45. Kh1 g3 $19) 44. Bxe4 Kf6 45. Kf1 Bd4 46. Kg2 Bb6 47. Kf1 f3 48. Ke1 f2+
$2 ({In severe time pressure, Black misses a winning plan: Since White's
bishop is chained to watch the f3-pawn, march the king to a7 and free the
bishop to pick off the h4-pawn. Then return the bishop to the a7-g1 diagonal
and wins:} 48... Ke7 49. Kf1 Kd6 50. Ke1 Kc7 51. Kf1 Kb8 52. Ke1 Ka7 53. Bb7
Bd8 54. Kf1 Bxh4 55. Kg1 Be7 56. Kf1 Bc5 $19) 49. Kf1 {Now it's a dead draw.
White keeps his king on f1-g2 to watch the pawns. If Black tries to activate
his king, the bishop can go after the pawn on h5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asheboro Open 59"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Williams, Mike"]
[Black "Maynard, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "1929"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.07.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B53: Sicilian: 2...d6: Lines with Qxd4} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {Covers e5} 3. d4
cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 {Controls b5} 5. c4 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nc6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 6. Qd2 {Black's piece can't move: f8}
Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 7. Nc3 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O
10. h3 Qa5 11. Bd3 Qh5 {White has an active position} (11... Nd7 12. a3 $11)
12. Nd5 $14 Be6 (12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 $14) 13. O-O (13. Ke2 Qh6
14. Qxh6 Bxh6 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Bxf6 Rfe8 $16) 13... Bxh3 $2 (13... Nxd5 $142
14. exd5 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Bxh3 $16) 14. Nxf6+ $4 {
with this move White loses his initiative} (14. Nf4 $142 {
would have made live much easier for White} Qh6 15. Nxh3 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 $18)
14... exf6 15. gxh3 (15. Nd4 Bg4 $11) 15... Qxf3 $15 {
White has the pair of bishops} 16. Kh2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3
Rad8 20. Rad1 Rd7 (20... Bh6 21. Kg2 $17) 21. Be2 Rfd8 22. Rd5 Kf8 (22... Rxd5
23. cxd5 f5 24. exf5 $17) 23. Kg3 Ke7 24. h4 (24. Rxd7+ Rxd7 25. Rd1 a5 $15)
24... Rxd5 $17 25. exd5 f5 26. Rd1 Kd6 27. b4 b6 28. a4 h5 (28... Bf8 29. a5
bxa5 30. c5+ Kc7 31. d6+ Kc6 32. bxa5 Kxc5 33. d7 $17) 29. c5+ $2 (29. a5 $142
{and White could well hope to play on} bxa5 30. c5+ Kc7 31. bxa5 $11) 29...
bxc5 $17 30. bxc5+ Kxc5 31. Bxa6 Rxd5 32. Rxd5+ (32. Be2 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Kb4 $19)
32... Kxd5 33. a5 $6 {offers little resistance} (33. Bb7+ Ke6 34. Bc8+ Ke7 35.
Ba6 $19) 33... Bf8 $17 34. Bb5 (34. Bb7+ Ke6 35. e4 fxe4 36. Bxe4 $19) 34...
Bc5 $19 35. Be8 $2 (35. Kf3 $142 $19) 35... Ke6 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Bb5 f6 (37...
e4+ $142 {might be the shorter path} 38. Kf2 f6 $19) 38. e4 (38. Bf1 g5 39. Ke2
g4 $19) 38... f4 39. Be2 $4 {an oversight. But White was lost anyway.} (39. Kg2
g5 40. Ba6 $19) 39... g5 40. Kg2 (40. Bd1 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} g4+ 41. Ke2 f3+ 42. Kd3 Kd6 $19) 40...
g4 41. Bf1 Ba7 (41... f5 42. exf5 e4 43. Bc4 f3+ 44. Kg3 e3 45. Kf4 e2 46. Kg5
e1=Q 47. f6+ Kd6 48. Kxh5 Qe5+ 49. Kg6 Qe4+ 50. Kg7 Qxc4 51. Kh6 g3 52. Kg7 g2
53. h5 g1=Q+ 54. Kh7 Qf7+ 55. Kh8 Qxh5#) 42. a6 (42. Bd3 {
cannot undo what has already been done} f3+ 43. Kg3 Kd6 $19) 42... f5 $1 {
the final nail in the coffin} 43. Bd3 (43. exf5 f3+ {Passed pawn}) 43... fxe4
44. Bxe4 Kf6 (44... Kd6 {seems even better} 45. Bg6 e4 46. Bxe4 $19) 45. Kf1
Bd4 46. Kg2 Bb6 (46... Ke6 $142 {and Black can already relax} 47. Kf1 $19) 47.
Kf1 f3 48. Ke1 f2+ (48... Ke6 $142 $19 {
and the result of the game is clear: Black will win}) 49. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "TAO 58"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Watson, James"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d5 4. cxd4 (4.
exd5 $5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 $14) 4... dxe4 $15 5. Nc3 {
White threatens to win material: Nc3xe4} Nf6 6. f3 exf3 7. Nxf3 g6 {
Black is behind in developement} 8. Bc4 {White has a king attack} Bg7 9. O-O {
White has a very active position} O-O {Black castles and improves king safety}
10. h3 {Black has a cramped position} Nbd7 11. Be3 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} Nb6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nb6xc4} 12. Bb3 {Black has a cramped position}
Nbd5 {Black threatens to win material: Nd5xe3} 13. Bg5 h6 (13... Be6 14. Qd2
$17) 14. Bxf6 $15 Nxf6 {Black has the pair of bishops} 15. Ne5 e6 16. Qd3 {
Black has a cramped position} Nd7 $4 {forfeits the advantage} (16... Bd7 $142
$15 {would allow Black to play on}) 17. Nxf7 $18 Rxf7 18. Bxe6 (18. Rxf7 Ne5
19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qe3 $18) 18... Nf6 $11 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qc4+ Be6 {
Black threatens to win material: Be6xc4} 21. d5 {
White threatens to win material: d5xe6} Bd7 22. Rae1 (22. d6+ Be6 23. Qd3 Qb6+
24. Rf2 Rc8 $11) 22... Rc8 {Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc4} (22...
Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. Qe4 $17) 23. Qh4 (23. Qd4 $5 {must be considered} Kg8 24.
Qxa7 $15) 23... Kg8 24. Rf3 (24. Qd4 Ne8 25. Qf4 Qb6+ 26. Rf2 Nf6 $17) 24...
Qb6+ 25. Rf2 $4 {cause more grief} (25. Qf2 $142 $17) 25... g5 $19 26. Qg3 Nh5
(26... Nh5 27. Qd3 Bd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "TAO 58"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Ahmed, Zakir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 {Consolidates e5}
4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 {Black is behind in developement} Nf6 {
Black has a cramped position} 6. Nc3 {Black is behind in developement} Be7 7.
Be2 {Black has a cramped position} Qb6 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. O-O {
White has a very active position} O-O 10. b3 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} Ne5 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne5xd3} 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Nh4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qd4
$2 (13... g6 $5 $11) 14. Bb2 (14. Nf5 $5 Qxc3 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bb2 $18) 14...
Qb6 15. Nf5 Rfe8 16. Na4 {White threatens to win material: Na4xb6} (16. Rad1
Rad8 $16) 16... Qc7 $14 {White has an active position} 17. f4 {
White threatens to win material: f4xe5} (17. g4 Bf8 (17... Nexg4 $143 18. Nxg7
Kxg7 19. Qxg4+ Kh8 20. Kh1 $16) 18. g5 Nfd7 $14) 17... Ned7 $11 {
Black has a cramped position} 18. Qf3 b5 $2 (18... Bf8 $142 $11 {
and Black can hope to survive}) 19. cxb5 $18 cxb5 20. e5 $1 {the knockout punch
} Qc2 $4 {leading to a quick end} (20... dxe5 21. Nxe7+ {Combination}) 21.
Nxe7+ (21. exf6 $6 {is not possible} Qxf5 22. fxe7 bxa4 $16) 21... Rxe7 22.
exf6 (22. Qxa8+ $142 {ends the debate} Re8 23. Qxa7 bxa4 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Bxf6
gxf6 $18) 22... Ree8 23. Qg4 g6 (23... Nxf6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree}
24. Bxf6 Qg6 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Nc3 gxf6 27. Nxb5 $18) 24. Rf2 Qd3 25. Qg5 Qf5 (
25... Re6 26. f5 Qe3 27. Qxe3 (27. fxe6 $6 {is the weaker alternative} Qxg5 28.
exd7 bxa4 $18) 27... Rxe3 28. Nc3 $18) 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Nc3 Nxf6 28. Nxb5 Ne4
29. Nc7 (29. Re2 {and White can already relax} Nf6 30. Rae1 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Nh5
32. Nxd6 Nxf4 $18) 29... Rec8 (29... Nxf2 {doesn't do any good} 30. Nxe8 Nh3+
31. gxh3 Rxe8 32. Rc1 $18) 30. Rc2 Rab8 31. Rac1 Nc5 (31... Rb7 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 32. Nd5 Rc5 33. Bd4 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 $18) 32. Na6
(32. Nd5 $142 {makes it even easier for White} Rd8 33. Ne7+ Kf8 $18) 32... Rb6
33. Nxc5 dxc5 34. Rxc5 (34. Rxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "TAO 58"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eller, Chad"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6.
dxc5 Qxc5 7. Be3 {White threatens to win material: Be3xc5} Qc7 8. Be2 (8. h3
Bf5 $14) 8... Nc6 $11 9. O-O e6 10. Nbd2 {Black king safety improved} Be7 11.
c4 (11. Nd4 $5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 $11) 11... O-O $15 12. a3 {Controls b4} Rfd8 13.
b4 Ne4 14. Qc2 (14. Qc1 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 a5 $17) 14... Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
(16. gxf3 Bd6 $17) 16... Nd4 $19 17. Qc3 0-1

[Event "TAO 57"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3.
Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bc5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 {White threatens to win material: d4xc5}
Be7 {Black's piece can't move: c8} 7. Bd3 c5 {The thematic attack} 8. c3 Nc6 9.
O-O a5 10. b3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Bb2 g5 13. Qe2 Nf8 (13... Rg8 14. h3 h5 15.
g4 $11) 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 {Black has the pair of bishops} 16. Qe3 (16.
a4 Ng6 $11) 16... h6 (16... g4 $5 $17) 17. Rfc1 Ng6 18. Ne1 g4 19. f4 Nh4 20.
Nd3 (20. Nf1 Nf5 21. Qd2 a4 $11) 20... Nf5 $15 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf5xe3} 21. Qf2 h5 22. Nc5 h4 23. Nf1 a4 24.
Rab1 $2 (24. Ne3 $142 $5 {has some apparent merit} g3 25. Qd2 $17) 24... axb3
$17 25. Ba1 $2 (25. axb3 $142 $5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 $19) 25... g3 $19 26. Qd2 Qa5
27. Bc3 Qa7 (27... Qxc5 $142 $1 {
a shame that Black overlooked this excellent chance} 28. dxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Kh1 h3
$19) 28. Nxb3 $17 Bb5 29. Ne3 gxh2+ 30. Kxh2 {White has a new backward pawn: g2
} Ng3 31. Bb4 {White inhibits 0-0-0} Ne4 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne4xd2. A beautiful square!} 32. Qe1 h3 (32...
Qxa2 $2 {doesn't work} 33. Ra1 h3 34. Bxe7 (34. Rxa2 $6 {is clearly worse}
hxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxa2+ 36. Rc2 Rxc2+ 37. Nxc2 Bh4 $11) 34... Kxe7 35. Rc7+ Kd8
36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Rc2 Rxc2 38. Nxc2 hxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Rg8+ 40. Kf3 Rg3+ 41. Qxg3
Nxg3 42. Kxg3 $18) 33. Bxe7 hxg2+ $4 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (33...
Kxe7 34. Qb4+ Kd8 35. Qxb5 hxg2+ 36. Kg1 Nc3 37. Rxc3 Qxa2 38. Qb6+ Ke8 39.
Qb5+ Kd8 40. Qb6+ Ke8 41. Qb5+ Kd8 $11) 34. Kxg2 $4 {
White wins a piece. White loses the upper hand. .} (34. Bh4 $142 $18 {
White would have gained the upper hand}) 34... Kxe7 {Sacrifices material} (
34... Bd3 $5 35. Rb2 Kxe7 36. Qb4+ Kd7 $11) 35. Qb4+ $11 Kd8 36. Qxb5 $4 {
with this move White loses his initiative} (36. Nc5 $142 {was necessary} Rg8+
37. Kh2 $11) 36... Qxa2+ $19 37. Nc2 Rc8 $4 {
Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc2. weakening the position} (37... Kc7
$142 {and Black is on the road to success} 38. Kf1 Rh1+ 39. Ke2 Rg8 $19) 38.
Nc5 $11 {White has a mate threat} Rc7 $4 {lets it slip away} (38... Rg8+ $142 {
would be a reprieve} 39. Kh2 Rh8+ 40. Kg1 Rg8+ 41. Kh1 Rh8+ 42. Kg1 Rg8+ 43.
Kf1 Rxc5 44. dxc5 Nd2+ 45. Ke1 Nxb1 46. Qxb7 Rg1+ 47. Kf2 Rxc1 48. Qb8+ Ke7 49.
Qc7+ Kf8 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qf6+ Kf8 52. Qd8+ Kg7 53. Qf6+ Kh7 54. Qh4+ Kg8 55.
Qd8+ Kh7 56. Qh4+ Kg7 57. Qf6+ $11) 39. Ra1 $18 Rg8+ 40. Kf1 Nd2+ (40... Qc4+ {
what else?} 41. Qxc4 Nd2+ (41... dxc4 $4 42. Ra8+ Rc8 43. Rxc8+ (43. Nxe4 $6 {
is a weaker possibility} Rxa8 44. Ne3 Ra2 $16) 43... Kxc8 44. Nxe4 $18) 42. Kf2
Nxc4 43. Ra8+ Rc8 44. Nxb7+ Kc7 45. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $18) 41. Ke1 Nf3+ 42. Kf2 Nxd4
43. Nxb7+ (43. Nxb7+ Kc8 44. Nd6+ Kd8 45. Qb6 Nc6 46. Rxa2 Rg4 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48.
Nd4 Rxf4+ 49. Ke1 Rxd4 50. Rxc6 Re4+ 51. Nxe4 Ra7 52. Nf6+ Ke7 53. Qxa7#) (43.
Qb6 Nb5 44. Rxa2 Ke7 45. Qxb5 Rgc8 46. Nd4 b6 47. Qxb6 Kf8 48. Rg1 Re7 49. Qd6
f5 50. Ra7 Rcc7 51. Rxc7 Kf7 52. Qxe7#) 1-0

[Event "TAO 57"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Eberhardinger, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B42: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Bd3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: c8} Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 5. Bd3 a6 {Covers b5} 6. g4 (6. O-O
Qc7 $14) 6... d6 {Black is behind in developement} 7. g5 {
White threatens to win material: g5xf6} Nfd7 8. Nc3 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: c8} Nc6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 9. Nb3 (9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nb3 Qc7 $11)
9... Nc5 {White has an active position} 10. Be3 Be7 {
Black threatens to win material: Be7xg5} 11. Rg1 Qc7 12. f4 Bd7 {
White has a very active position} 13. Qd2 O-O-O (13... Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 h6 15. g6
Bh4+ 16. Kd2 $11) 14. O-O-O $14 Kb8 {Black has a cramped position} 15. Qf2 Rhf8
(15... h6 16. gxh6 (16. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 17. gxh6 Rxh6 $11) 16... gxh6 17. e5 Nxb3+
18. axb3 dxe5 19. Bb6 $16) 16. e5 (16. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 17. Nxc5 Nb4 18. Nxd7+ Rxd7
$11) 16... Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Qc8 $2 (17... d5 $142 18. Bb6 Qc8 $16) 18. exd6 $18
Bxd6 19. Bxa6 $1 {Discovered attack: d3, d1-d6} Be7 (19... bxa6 20. Rxd6 {
Discovered attack}) 20. Bb5 Be8 21. Na4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bd8 (22... f6 23. gxf6
Rxf6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Ba7+ Ka8 $18) 23. Bc5 Be7 (23... Ne7 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} 24. Bd6+ Bc7 25. Nb6 $18) 24. Nb6 (24.
Bxc6 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} Qc7 25. Ba7+ Ka8 26. Bb6 Qxc6 27.
Qd2 $18) 24... Qc7 25. Nd7+ $1 {Decoy: d7} Bxd7 26. Bxe7 (26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27.
Rxd7 $18 (27. Bxd7 $6 Rd8 28. Bb5 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 Ng6 $11)) 1-0

[Event "TAO 57"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "Watson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.05.25"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} 1. Nf3 h6 {Secures g5
} 2. b3 d6 {Controls e5} 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nbd2 c6 6. e4 e6 7. Bd3 Qc7 {
Black's piece can't move: c8} 8. Qe2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Be7 11. O-O Nf8 12.
Rfc1 Ng6 13. g3 {Secures f4+h4} O-O 14. c3 e5 (14... bxc3 $142 $5 15. Bxc3 Bd7
$14) 15. cxb4 $18 Bg4 (15... Qb7 16. a6 Qxb4 17. Rxc6 $18) 16. b5 (16. d5 c5
$18) 16... c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qe3 (18. Nc4 Rfe8 $18) 18... Nd7 19. Bc4 Qd6 (
19... Rab8 20. Nb1 $16) 20. Bd5 $18 Kh8 $2 (20... Rab8 $142 21. Bc6 Qf6 $18)
21. Nc4 Qf6 22. Nfd2 (22. Bxa8 {and White can already relax} Rxa8 23. Rd1 Rd8
$18) 22... Rab8 (22... Rad8 23. Rc3 $18) 23. b6 $1 {
a forceful and devastating end} axb6 24. a6 Ra8 $2 (24... b5 $142 25. a7 Ra8
26. Bxa8 Rxa8 $18) 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. f3 (26. Qd3 $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} Qe6 $18) 26... Be6 27. Qe2 Qg5 28. Kh1 h5 29. Ne3 h4
(29... Ra7 30. Rg1 $18) 30. Nd5 (30. f4 {keeps an even firmer grip} exf4 31.
gxh4 f3 32. Nxf3 Qh5 $18) 30... Bxd5 (30... Qh6 31. gxh4 Bxh4 32. Nc4 $18) 31.
exd5 hxg3 32. hxg3 Qxg3 33. Qh2+ (33. Ne4 $5 Qh4+ 34. Qh2 Kg8 $18) 33... Qxh2+
34. Kxh2 Nf6 $2 (34... Bg5 $142 $5 35. Rd1 Bxd2 36. Rxd2 Kg8 $18) 35. Nc4 (35.
a7 $142 $18 {seems even better}) 35... Nxd5 $2 (35... Nd7 $18) 36. Rd1 Nb4 (
36... b5 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 37. Nxe5 Ngf4 38.
Nxf7+ Kg8 39. Ne5 $18) 37. a7 Nc6 38. Rd7 (38. Rd7 b5 39. Ra6 Rxa7 40. Rdxa7
Nxa7 41. Nxe5 (41. Rxa7 $6 bxc4 42. bxc4 Kg8 $18) 41... Nxe5 42. Bxe5 $18 (42.
Rxa7 $6 {is a useless try} Nxf3+ 43. Kh3 Bf6 44. Bxf6 gxf6 $14)) 1-0

[Event "TAO 57"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Solarez, Daniel"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1814"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6.
Be2 e6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd4 $2 (10. Nd4 $142 $5 {
and White is still in the game} Ne5 11. Nd2 $11) 10... Nf4 $17 11. Kf1 $2 (11.
h3 $142 Nxg2+ 12. Kf1 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 $17) 11... Nxe2 12. Kxe2 e5
13. Re1 (13. Be3 e4 $19) 13... exd4 (13... Nxd4+ $6 14. cxd4 exd4 15. h3 $15)
14. Kd3+ (14. Kf1+ {does not save the day} Be7 $19) 14... Be7 15. Nbd2 (15.
Nxd4 {does not improve anything} O-O-O 16. Nd2 Bf5+ 17. Ke2 Nxd4+ 18. cxd4 Rxd4
$19) 15... Bf5+ 16. Kc4 (16. Ke2 {does not help much} dxc3 17. bxc3 O-O-O $19)
16... dxc3 (16... Rd8 {makes it even easier for Black} 17. Rxe7+ Kxe7 18. cxd4
Be6+ 19. Kd3 Nb4+ 20. Ke2 $19) 17. Kxc3 (17. bxc3 {
doesn't change anything anymore} O-O-O 18. Kb3 Rhe8 $19) 17... O-O (17... O-O-O
{and Black can already relax} 18. Rxe7 Nxe7 19. Nd4 $19) 18. a3 (18. Kb3 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} Rac8 19. a3 Be6+ 20. Rxe6 fxe6 $19) 18...
Rac8 19. Rac1 (19. Kb3 {is not the saving move} Be6+ 20. Rxe6 fxe6 $19) 19...
Rfd8 20. Kb3 Be6+ 21. Kc2 Nd4+ (21... Nb4+ $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 22.
Kb1 Nd3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd1 $19) 22. Kb1 Nxf3 23. Nxf3 Bf6 (23... Bf5+ {
seems even better} 24. Ka2 Bf6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Re2 $19) 24. Red1 (24. Rxc8 {
does not solve anything} Bxc8 25. Re2 Bg4 $19) 24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bb3 (25...
Bf5+ $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 26. Ka2 $19) 26. Rd2 Rd8 27. Kc1 (27.
Rxd8+ {doesn't improve anything} Bxd8 28. Nd2 Bd5 $19) 27... Bd5 28. Rd3 Rc8+
29. Kd2 (29. Kd1 {does not win a prize} Be4 30. Rd2 Bc6 $19) 29... Bxf3 (29...
Bc4 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 30. Rd7 Bxb2 31. Rxb7 Bxa3 32. Rxa7
Bb4+ 33. Kd1 $19) 30. Rxf3 Bxb2 31. Rb3 Bc1+ 32. Kd1 (32. Kd3 {is not much help
} b6 $19) 32... b6 33. g3 (33. a4 {doesn't do any good} Kf8 $19) 33... Bg5 34.
a4 Rc5 (34... Rc1+ {keeps an even firmer grip} 35. Ke2 $19) 35. Ke2 (35. Rb2 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} f5 $19) 35... Kf8 36. Kd3 Ke7
(36... Rd5+ {seems even better} 37. Ke4 Rd2 38. Rf3 $19) 37. f4 (37. Rb2 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} Bf6 38. Rb4 Rc3+ 39. Ke2 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Ke6
$19) 37... Bf6 38. g4 h6 (38... Ke6 {might be the shorter path} 39. Ra3 $19)
39. Kd2 0-1

[Event "TAO 56"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Flewelling, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} 1. e4 Nf6
2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 {White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Nb6 4. d4 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's pieces can't move: c8+f8} e6 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 5. Qg4 a6 {
Covers b5} (5... h6 $5 $16) 6. Bg5 $18 f6 $4 {
the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (6... h5 $142 7. Bxd8 hxg4 8.
Bxc7 Nd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 $18) 7. exf6 gxf6 (7... Qxf6 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qf4 $18) 8. Qh5+ Ke7 9. Bxf6+
$1 {Double attack: d8/f6. . . . . . . .} (9. Bxf6+ Kxf6 10. Qh4+ Kf7 11. Qxd8
$18) 1-0

[Event "TAO 56"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baldwin, Scott"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E60: King's Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 {White gains space} b5 6. cxb5 Qa5+ 7.
Bd2 {White threatens to win material: Bd2xa5} Qxb5 8. Bc3 O-O 9. e4 Qb7 {
White king safety improved} 10. Nbd2 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} e6 {
Black threatens to win material: e6xd5} 11. Bg2 (11. dxe6 $5 fxe6 12. Bg2 $11)
11... exd5 $15 12. exd5 Qb5 {
White king safety dropped. Traps the king in the center} (12... Re8+ 13. Kf1
$15) 13. Qb3 $11 {White threatens to win material: Qb3xb5} Re8+ 14. Kd1 {
White loses the right to castle} (14. Ne5 Qxb3 15. axb3 Ng4 $11) 14... Qe2+ $15
15. Kc2 Qxf2 16. Rhg1 $2 (16. Rae1 $142 Na6 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Re1 Nb4+ 19. Kd1
$15) 16... Ng4 $4 {weakening the position} (16... Ba6 $142 {
and Black is on the road to success} 17. Raf1 Bxf1 18. Bxf1 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
$19) 17. Rae1 $11 {White threatens to win material: Re1xe8} Ne3+ 18. Kc1 Bh6 (
18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 c4 20. Nxc4 Na6 21. Nxe3 Rxe3 $16) 19. Nh4 $4 {
throwing away the advantage} (19. Bf1 $142 {was much better} Ba6 20. Qa4 $14)
19... Ba6 $19 20. Qa3 (20. Bf3 Bd3 21. Bd4 cxd4 22. Qxd3 Na6 $19) 20... Rc8 (
20... Bd3 $142 {and Black can already relax} 21. Qxc5 Bg7 $19) 21. d6 $4 {
White crumbles in face of a dire situation} (21. Qa4 $142 Bd3 22. Be4 $19)
21... Nc4 22. Rgf1 Bxd2+ (22... Bxd2+ 23. Kd1 Qxg2 24. Nxg2 Nxa3 25. Bxd2 Bxf1
26. Rxf1 Nc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "TAO 57"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taylor, Josh"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6
3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 {White threatens to win material: Ne5xc4}
Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 {Black has an active position.} 10. Bf4
{White threatens to win material: Bf4xe5} Nfd7 11. Qd4 f6 {Secures e5} 12.
O-O-O {White is not afraid to castle} (12. Ne4 $142 $5 {has some apparent merit
} Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 $11) 12... Nc5 $17 13. Nd6+ $4 {
the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (13. Nd2 $142
$17) 13... Bxd6 $19 14. Qxd6 Nb3# 0-1

[Event "NC Girls Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ray, Bethany"]
[Black "Campbell, Grace"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1116"]
[BlackElo "1709"]
[Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6
3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nc3 h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 8. Bf4 d5 9. Re1 c5 10. Be5 (10. dxc5
Bxc5 11. Ne5 Nc6 $11) 10... Nc6 11. e3 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e3 Qc7 $15) 11... Nd7
(11... Ne4 12. h4 $17) 12. Qd2 Ndxe5 13. dxe5 (13. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 $15)
13... Qb8 $17 14. e4 d4 15. Ne2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Nxf4 Bd6 (
18... g5 $5 19. e5 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 $19) 19. e5 $17 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Be7 21. Rac1 c4
22. c3 d3 23. Re4 b5 24. Kf1 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Rac8 26. Ke1 a5 27. Kd2 Bc5 28. f4
Kf8 29. Ne3 Bxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Ke7 31. Re4 Kd7 (31... a4 32. Rh1 $17) 32. Rd4+ (32.
b3 $5 $15 {should be examined more closely}) 32... Kc6 $17 33. Rxd8 $2 (33. Re4
$5 $17) 33... Rxd8 $19 34. Ke3 (34. h4 Kd5 $19) 34... Kd5 35. Rd2 (35. Rf1 b4
36. Rc1 Kc5 $19) 35... Rb8 (35... g5 $142 {seems even better} 36. Rf2 Rg8 $19)
36. a3 $2 (36. Rf2 $19) 36... b4 37. a4 (37. cxb4 {praying for a miracle} axb4
38. axb4 Rxb4 39. h4 $19) 37... bxc3 38. bxc3 Rb3 39. Kf3 (39. Ra2 $19 {
hoping against hope}) 39... Rxc3 40. Ra2 (40. Ke3 Ra3 41. Rf2 Rxa4 42. f5 exf5
43. h4 $19) 40... Rc2 41. Ra1 Kd4 42. h4 Rh2 43. Rb1 d2 44. Kg4 (44. g4 {
is not the saving move} c3 45. Kg3 c2 46. Rb7 d1=Q 47. Kxh2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 c1=Q
49. Rd7+ Ke4 50. Rd4+ Kxd4 51. g5 Qce3#) 44... c3 45. f5 (45. Kh5 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} c2 46. Rb8 d1=Q+ 47. g4 Qe1 48. Rd8+ Ke3 49.
Rd3+ Kxd3 50. g5 Rxh4#) 45... c2 (45... c2 46. Rb4+ axb4 47. Kh5 d1=Q+ 48. g4
exf5 49. e6 Qxg4#) 0-1

[Event "NC Scholastic Championships 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Noden, Eric"]
[Black "Campbell, Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Be3 b4 14. Na4 Nbd7
15. Nac5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxe4 18. Bxb4 Rab8 19. Be7 Rd2 20. Bxf6
Bxf3 21. Bxe5 Rxg2+ 22. Kh1 Ba8 23. h4 Rxc2+ 24. Kg1 Rg2+ 25. Kh1 Re2+ 26. Kg1
Rxe5 27. Rac1 Re2 28. Rfd1 h6 29. Rc7 Kh7 30. Rdd7 Rbxb2 31. Rxf7 Rb1+ 32. Rf1
Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "NC Scholastic Championships 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Campbell, Will"]
[Black "High, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. c4 Nxd5 14. cxd5
Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bd7 17. Nc2 Rg8 18. g3 Bh6+ 19. Ne3 Ke7 20. Rac1
Rgc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Bxe3+ 23. fxe3 Rxc1 24. Kxc1 Kd8 25. Kc2 Kc7 26. Be2
f5 27. exf5 Bxf5+ 28. Bd3 e4 29. Be2 Bh3 30. Kc3 f5 31. g4 Kd8 32. gxf5 Ke7 33.
Kd4 Bg2 34. b4 Kf6 35. Bh5 Kxf5 36. Be8 Kg4 37. Bd7+ Kh4 38. Bc8 h5 39. Bxa6
Kh3 40. Bxb5 Kxh2 41. Bd7 Kg3 42. b5 Bf1 43. b6 Ba6 44. Kxe4 h4 45. Kd4 Kf3 46.
e4 Kf4 47. a4 Bb7 48. a5 Ba6 49. Bf5 Bb7 50. Be6 Ba6 51. Bd7 Bb7 52. Be6 Ba6
53. Bf5 Bb7 54. Kd3 Ba6+ 55. Kd2 h3 56. Bxh3 Kxe4 57. Bf1 Kxd5 58. Bxa6 Kc6 59.
Bc8 d5 60. Kd3 d4 61. Kxd4 Kb5 62. b7 Kc6 63. b8=R Kc7 64. Rb2 Kc6 65. Rb6+ Kc7
66. Kc5 Kd8 67. Rb7 Ke8 68. Kd6 Kd8 69. Be6 Ke8 70. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "NC Scholastic Championships 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Black "Campbell, Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. Qd2 a6 12. a3 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. g4 Rac8 15. a4
Na5 16. Qe2 d5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Bc1 Bf8 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Qf2 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4
22. Qxd4 Na5 23. Qd3 Bb4 24. Na2 Be7 25. Be3 Nc4 26. Bd4 Bc5 27. b3 Na5 28. Nc1
Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Qxc2 30. Qd3 Qc5 31. f5 d4 32. f6 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qf8 34. Ne2 Nc6
35. Qg3 Qc5 36. Qh4 Nxe5 37. Ng3 Qd5+ 38. Kh3 Rc2 39. Rg1 Nf3 0-1

[Event "NC Scholastic Championships 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Campbell, Will"]
[Black "Cartee, Elliot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qd8 6. Bf4 Na6 7. dxc5 Bg7 8.
Be5 O-O 9. e3 Ne4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qd4+ Nf6 12. Be2 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 Nxc5 15. b4 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf3 Ng5 18. Be2 d6 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. h4
Ne6 21. Nd5 Re8 22. Kd2 b6 23. a4 Bb7 24. Rhc1 Rbc8 25. g3 Bc6 26. e4 Bxd5 27.
cxd5 Nd4 28. Bc4 Nf3+ 29. Ke3 Ne5 30. Ba6 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Ra8 32. Rc7 Kf6 33. Bb7
Rb8 34. Bc6 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Bb5 Ra8 37. f3 h5 38. Kf4 e6 39. dxe6 Kxe6 40.
Ke3 Kf6 41. f4 Ng4+ 42. Kd4 Rd8 43. Bc4 Rf8 44. Ra7 Nh6 45. Rxa5 Ng8 46. Ra7
Ne7 47. e5+ dxe5+ 48. fxe5+ Kf5 49. Rxe7 Rc8 50. Rxf7+ Kg4 51. Bb5 Rd8+ 52. Rd7
Rf8 53. e6 Re8 54. Ke5 1-0

[Event "NC Scholastic Championships 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fan, Jim"]
[Black "Campbell, Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1465"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nxd4 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8.
Nb5 O-O 9. Bc4 Be5 10. Qh5 Bf6 11. Bd3 g6 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. Be4 Qb6 14. Bxd5 exd5
15. N5a3 Re8+ 16. Be3 d4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Qd1 Qa5+ 19. Nc3 Nf5 20. O-O Bxc3
21. bxc3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qxa3 23. Qd4 Be6 24. Rf4 Rad8 25. Qf6 Qb2 26. Raf1 Rd2
27. Qg5 Bd5 28. e4 Bxe4 29. R4f2 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Qa1+ 31. Rf1 Qxc3 32. Qf4 Qd4+
33. Rf2 f5 34. g4 Qd1+ 35. Rf1 Qxg4+ 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. hxg3 Rc8 38. Re1 Rc2 39.
g4 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rxg4 41. a4 Rh4 42. Re3 g5 43. a5 g4 44. Kf2 Rh2+ 45. Kg1 Rh1+
46. Kf2 h5 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 54"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McCartney, Patrick"]
[Black "Jiang, Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1844"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nd7 9. Bb3 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. dxc5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Ba3 13. Nfg5 h6 14. Nxf7
Kxf7 15. Nd6+ Kg8 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Nxc8 Nxc5 18. Bh3 Raxc8 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20.
Qd4 a5 21. Rb6 Nd7 22. Rxh6+ Kg8 23. Qd5+ Rf7 24. Rh3 Nf6 25. Qxa5 Bc5 26. Rd3
b6 27. Qd2 Ne4 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Qd5 Qf5 30. Qxf5+ Rxf5 31. g3 Nxf2 32. Kg2 Rh5
33. Rd7 Ng4 34. Rff7 Rxh2+ 35. Kf1 Ne3+ 36. Ke1 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 53"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "Holmes, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A19: English Opening: Flohr-Mikenas System with 3...c5} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 {
Prevents intrusion on d5} (2... e5 3. Nf3 $11) 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6.
d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 Bc5 (8... a6 $5 {should be examined more closely}
9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Nc6 $11) 9. Ne4 {White threatens to win material: Ne4xc5}
(9. Bf4 f6 10. Bxe5 fxe5 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Qxe5 d6 13. Qf4+ Qf6 $16) 9... Qb6 (
9... Be7 10. Bf4 f6 11. Nbd6+ Kf8 12. Bxe5 fxe5 13. Qf3+ Nf6 14. O-O-O $14) 10.
a3 {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} (10. Nxc5 Qxc5
11. Be3 Qc6 12. Nxa7 Rxa7 13. Bxa7 Ne7 $16) 10... Nf6 (10... a6 $5 11. Nbd6+
Bxd6 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 $14) 11. Nxc5 $16 Qxc5 12. b4 {
White threatens to win material: b4xc5} (12. Be3 Qc6 13. Qd4 $14) 12... Qc6 $14
13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. c5 {White has a king attack} Ne8 (14... b6 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Be3
$14) 15. Bb2 (15. f4 $5 Ng6 16. f5 Nxd6 17. Qxd6+ (17. fxg6 $6 Nf5 $11) 17...
Qxd6 18. cxd6+ Kxd6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bd3 $18) 15... f6 {Controls e5} 16. Bxe5
fxe5 17. Nc4 {White threatens to win material: Nc4xe5} (17. Nxe8 $142 $5 Qe4+
18. Be2 Kxe8 19. O-O $16) 17... Qe4+ $11 18. Ne3 a5 {
Black threatens to win material: a5xb4} 19. b5 {Black's piece can't move: c8} (
19. Rb1 axb4 20. Rxb4 Qc6 $11) 19... b6 {
Black prepares a4. Black threatens to win material: b6xc5} (19... Qd4 20. Qc1
$11) 20. Rc1 (20. cxb6 Bb7 $11) 20... bxc5 $15 21. Rc4 {
White threatens to win material: Rc4xe4} Qb7 22. Rxc5 d6 23. Rc1 a4 (23... Bd7
24. Be2 $15) 24. Qg4 Bd7 {Black threatens to win material: Bd7xb5} 25. Bd3 g6 {
Covers f5} (25... Rf8 26. Qg5+ (26. Bxh7 $143 Nf6 27. Qg5 Qxb5 $17) 26... Rf6
27. O-O $11) 26. O-O {White has a king attack} Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xg4} (26... Bxb5 $2 {doesn't solve anything
} 27. Rb1 Nf6 28. Qh4 $18 (28. Rxb5 $2 {looks very tantalising, but} Qxb5 29.
Bxb5 Nxg4 30. Nxg4 Rhc8 $19)) 27. Qb4 Rhb8 $2 (27... Rhc8 28. Nc4 Qd5 29. Rfd1
$11) 28. Qh4 (28. Rfd1 $142 Rd8 29. Nc4 $16) 28... Kf7 $4 (28... Rg8 $142 $11 {
and Black can hope to live}) 29. Nc4 (29. Ng4 $142 {seems even better} Nh5 30.
Be4 $18) 29... Ke7 $4 {terrible, but the game is lost in any case} (29... Kg7
$142 30. Nxd6 Qb6 $18) 30. Nxd6 g5 (30... Qb6 {doesn't get the bull off the ice
} 31. Ne4 Rf8 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Qxh7+ Rf7 34. Qh4+ g5 35. Qxg5+ Rf6 36. Be2 $18
) 31. Qb4 (31. Qh6 $142 {secures the win} Kxd6 32. Qxf6 Rf8 33. Qxg5 Rg8 $18)
31... Qd5 (31... Nd5 {desperation} 32. Qc5 Qc7 33. Nf5+ Kf6 34. Qxc7 Nxc7 35.
Rxc7 Bxb5 36. Bxb5 Rxb5 $18) 32. Nf5+ (32. Nf5+ Kf7 33. Qe7+ Kg6 34. Qg7+ Kh5
35. Qh6+ Kg4 36. Ne3+ Kf4 37. Qxf6#) 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 53"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fuerstman, Leland"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B78: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 Bd7 10 0-0-0 Rc8} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 {Secures e5} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 5. Nc3 g6 {Prevents intrusion on f5}
6. Be3 {Black is behind in developement} Bg7 7. f3 {Covers g4} Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O
9. Bc4 (9. O-O-O Qa5 $11) 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 (11... Na5 12.
Rhe1 $11) 12. g4 (12. Kb1 Qa5 $11) 12... Nc4 (12... b5 13. a3 $11 (13. Ndxb5
$143 Nxf3 14. Qg2 Bxg4 $17)) 13. Bxc4 $14 Rxc4 {Black has the pair of bishops}
14. Nde2 (14. Kb1 Qb8 $14) 14... b5 15. e5 {
White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Ne8 16. exd6 ({Instead of} 16. Bxa7 Qa5
17. Qe3 b4 $17) 16... Nxd6 17. Bh6 (17. Bd4 f6 18. Kb1 Qa8 $11) 17... Bc6 (
17... Bxh6 $5 18. Qxh6 Bc6 $11) 18. Bxg7 $11 Kxg7 {Black king safety dropped}
19. b3 {White threatens to win material: b3xc4} Qa5 20. bxc4 (20. Rhf1 $142 $5
{is worthy of consideration} Kg8 21. Kb1 $11) 20... Nxc4 $17 {
The knight dominates} 21. Qd4+ e5 {Black has a mate threat} 22. Qc5 Rc8 (22...
Bxf3 $142 23. a3 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 Rc8 $17) 23. Rdf1 $4 {ruins a very nice position
} (23. Rd3 $142 $5 {is worth looking at} Rc7 24. Rg1 Bxf3 25. Qxb5 Qa3+ 26. Kd1
Nb2+ 27. Kd2 Nxd3 28. cxd3 $14) 23... Rc7 (23... Bxf3 {seems even better} 24.
Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxf3 $19) 24. Kd1 $4 (24. a3 Bb7 25. Qb4 $11 (25. Qxb5 $2 {
fails to} Qxa3+ 26. Kd1 Ba6 $19)) 24... Be8 (24... Bxf3 $142 {
it becomes clear that Black will call all the shots} 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 (25... bxc4
$6 26. Rxf3 Rb7 27. Rg1 $17) 26. Rxf3 b4 $19) 25. Qg1 b4 26. Ke1 (26. Ne4 Nb2+
27. Kd2 Bb5 $19) 26... bxc3 27. Qg3 $4 {leading to a quick end} (27. Kf2 Rd7
28. Kg3 $19) 27... Ne3 (27... Qc5 $5 {might be the shorter path} 28. Qg1 Ne3
29. Kf2 $19) 28. Kf2 Qc5 29. Qh3 (29. Kg1 {the last chance for counterplay} Bb5
30. Rf2 $19) 29... Nxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qe3 31. g5 (31. Qg3 {
there is nothing else anyway} Rd7 32. Kg2 Qxe2+ 33. Qf2 $19) 31... Bb5 (31...
Rd7 32. Qg3 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Qxe2+ 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxh1 36. f4 Rxh2+ 37. Kf3
Rxc2 38. Ke4 Rg2 39. f5 c2 40. Kxe5 c1=Q 41. Ke4 Bc6+ 42. Kd3 Qa3+ 43. Kd4 Rg4+
44. Ke5 Qg3#) 32. Qg2 Rd7 (32... Rd7 33. Qf2 Qxg5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 53"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "Campbell, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5
Ne7, not 9 Ne1} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 (2... c5 3. Nf3 $11) 3. e4 (3. d4 Bg7 $11)
3... d6 (3... c5 4. Nf3 $11) 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 {Black has a cramped position}
O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O (7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O Nc6 $11) 7... Nc6 (7... exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 $11) 8. d5 {White threatens to win material: d5xc6} Ne7 (8... Nb8 9.
Be3 $14) 9. b4 (9. h3 Ne8 $14) 9... Nh5 10. Re1 f5 {
Trying to unravel the pawn chain} 11. Ng5 {Black has a cramped position} (11.
h3 a5 12. bxa5 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxa5 $14) 11... Nf6 (11... Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13.
Rc1 $14) 12. Bf3 (12. Qd3 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4
c6 $11) 12... f4 {Black wins space} (12... fxe4 13. Ngxe4 Nf5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Rb1 $11) 13. b5 {White gets more space} (13. Qb3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
Nc6 $14) 13... b6 14. a4 a5 15. bxa6 (15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 h5 $14) 15... h6
16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 $2 (18... Rxa6 $5 {
deserves consideration} 19. Bg4 Re8 $11) 19. cxd5 (19. exd5 Nd4 $16) 19... Nd4
20. Bb2 (20. Be2 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qc8 $16) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Rxa6 22. Rec1 Re8
23. Rc4 Re7 24. Rac1 Qb8 (24... Ra7 25. Qd3 $16) 25. Qb3 (25. g3 g5 $16) 25...
Bf6 26. Bc3 Rg7 27. Bd2 Kh7 (27... Qd8 28. g3 g5 29. Qb5 $16) 28. Qb5 {
White intends a5} Ra7 29. a5 Rb7 30. Rb1 Qd8 31. Rc6 Rb8 $2 (31... Qa8 $18) 32.
axb6 Rxb6 (32... cxb6 33. Rxb6 Rc8 34. h3 $18) 33. Rxb6 cxb6 34. Qxb6 Qxb6 (
34... g5 {desperation} 35. h3 Kg6 $18) 35. Rxb6 Ra7 36. Kf1 Ra2 (36... Be7 {
is not the saving move} 37. Bb4 $18) 37. Ke2 (37. Bb4 {
makes it even easier for White} g5 38. Bxd6 g4 $18) 37... f3+ (37... Kg7 {
cannot change destiny} 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. f3 $18) 38. gxf3 Bg5 39. e7 (39. e7
Rxd2+ 40. Ke1 Bxe7 41. Kxd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 53"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taylor, Joshua"]
[Black "McCartney, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A90: Dutch Defence: Miscellaneous and Modern Stonewall (with ...Bd6)} 1. Nf3
f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 {Covers d5} 4. g3 c6 {Consolidates b5+d5} (4... c5 5.
Bg2 $14) 5. Bg2 d5 6. d4 Bd6 7. b3 (7. O-O O-O $14) 7... b6 8. O-O O-O 9. e3 {
Prevents intrusion on f4} (9. Rb1 Bb7 $11) 9... Qe7 10. a3 {Controls b4} (10.
Bb2 Nbd7 $11) 10... Nbd7 11. Bb2 Kh8 (11... Ne4 12. Bh1 $11) 12. Qc2 (12. Ne2
Bb7 $11) 12... Ba6 13. Ne2 Rac8 14. Rfc1 Ne4 15. Ne5 Ndf6 (15... Bb7 16. Nf4
Nxe5 17. dxe5 $11) 16. f3 {White threatens to win material: f3xe4} Ng5 17. Nf4
(17. Qd2 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Bb8 $11) 17... Bxe5 (17... Kg8 18. Qd2 $11) 18. dxe5 $14
{White has the pair of bishops} Nd7 19. cxd5 (19. a4 dxc4 20. bxc4 Bb7 $14)
19... cxd5 20. Qd2 Nc5 {Black threatens to win material: Nc5xb3} 21. Qd1 (21.
Qb4 Rfe8 $14) 21... Nf7 22. b4 {White threatens to win material: b4xc5} (22. a4
Rfe8 $14) 22... Nd7 {Black threatens to win material: Nd7xe5} 23. Nh5 (23. Rxc8
Bxc8 24. Nd3 Ba6 $14) 23... Kg8 ({Less advisable is} 23... Nfxe5 24. f4 $18)
24. f4 Bc4 {A beautiful square!} 25. g4 fxg4 26. Qxg4 {White has a mate threat}
Nh6 {Black threatens to win material: Nh6xg4} 27. Qh3 Nf5 28. e4 dxe4 29. Bxe4
b5 {White has an active position} 30. Ng3 g6 {Secures f5} 31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. Bf3
Kh8 33. Kh1 Rg8 34. Rg1 Bd3 (34... Nb6 35. Bd4 $11) 35. Rxg8+ Rxg8 36. Bc6 (36.
Bd4 Nb6 $14) 36... Be4+ (36... Nc5 $5 37. bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 37. Bxe4 $14 fxe4 38.
f5 (38. Qe3 $142 $14) 38... e3 $2 {He broke from his leash} (38... Nb6 $142 39.
Bd4 Qd8 40. Bxb6 Qxb6 41. fxe6 e3 $11) 39. f6 $4 {
an unfortunate move that relinquishes the win} (39. Qxe3 $142 {
and White gets the upper hand} Nf6 40. Qf3 $18) 39... Nxf6 $1 $19 {
Clearance: d7} 40. exf6 (40. exf6 Qb7+ {Clearance} (40... Qb7+ {Mate attack}))
(40. -- Qb7+ {Mate threat}) 40... Qb7+ (40... Qb7+ 41. Qg2 Qxg2#) 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 53"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McCartney, Patrick"]
[Black "Ahmed, Zakir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "1865"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D90: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 sidelines} 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6
5. Nc3 g6 (5... Nc6 6. Qb3 $11) 6. Bf4 a6 {Consolidates b5} 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O (8... Nc6 9. Qb3 $14) 9. Rc1 (9. h3 Nc6 $14) 9... Nc6 10. h3 {Covers g4}
Bd7 11. O-O b5 12. Ne2 (12. Ne5 e6 $14) 12... Rc8 13. Nd2 (13. Qb3 Re8 $14)
13... Nb4 (13... Nh5 14. Bh2 $11) 14. Bb1 Rxc1 (14... Qb6 15. Nc3 $14) 15. Nxc1
(15. Qxc1 Qb6 $14) 15... Qc8 16. Ncb3 Bf5 17. Nc5 {
The white knight on an outpost} Bxb1 18. Qxb1 a5 (18... Nh5 $5 19. Bh2 e5 $14)
19. Rc1 Qa8 20. a3 Na6 (20... Nc6 21. Qd3 Na7 22. Qc3 $16) 21. Qd3 Qc6 $2 (
21... Nxc5 22. Rxc5 b4 23. Nb3 $16) 22. Ncb3 $4 {
White threatens to win material: Nb3xa5. releasing the pressure on the opponent
} (22. a4 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 $18 (23. dxc5 $143 bxa4 24. Be5 Nd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15))
22... Qb6 $16 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 (24... Nb8 25. Nd2 Nd6 26. Rc5 $16) 25.
Bxe5 (25. dxe5 Rd8 $16) 25... a4 {This push gains space} 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Qxd2
Rd8 (27... b4 28. Qe2 $16) 28. Qc2 $16 f6 29. Bc7 Qxc7 30. Qxc7 Nxc7 31. Rxc7
Rb8 $2 (31... Kf7 $142 $5 $16) 32. Rxe7 $18 b4 (32... Rc8 33. Rb7 Rc1+ 34. Kh2
$18) 33. Ra7 bxa3 34. bxa3 h5 35. Rxa4 h4 (35... Kf7 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. a4 $18)
36. Rb4 (36. Kf1 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kf7 $18) 36... Rc8 37. Rb2
(37. a4 Ra8 $18) 37... Ra8 (37... Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Rb5 $18) 38. Ra2 Ra4 39.
Kf1 Kf7 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Kd3 Kd6 42. Kc3 Rc4+ 43. Kb2 Kc6 (43... f5 44. a4 $18)
44. Ra1 (44. Kb3 $142 $18 {and White has it in the bag}) 44... Kb5 (44... Ra4
$18) 45. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 53"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hogue, Tanner"]
[Black "McCartney, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C28: Vienna Game: 2...Nf6 3 Bc4 Nc6} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 {Covers e4} Nc6
4. Nc3 Na5 5. Bb3 c6 {Secures b5+d5} (5... Bc5 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O $11) 6. f4 d6
7. h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} Qc7 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 b5 (10...
Nh5 11. Ne2 $11) 11. Ne2 c5 12. Bd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 ({Worse is} 13. cxb3 c4 $15)
13... c4 (13... exf4 14. Nxf4 Re8 15. Kh1 $14) 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. fxe5 (15. Be3
Qb8 $14) 15... dxe5 16. Bc3 cxd3 17. cxd3 Nd7 18. Qg3 f6 {Controls g5} 19. Kh1
(19. d4 Bd6 20. dxe5 fxe5 $11) 19... Nc5 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc5xd3} 20. Nd2 (20. Nh4 Qd6 21. Rad1 Rb8 $11)
20... Bb7 (20... Qd6 21. Rf3 $15) 21. b4 (21. d4 $5 {is an interesting idea}
Nd7 22. d5 $11) 21... Ne6 $15 22. Qg4 {White threatens to win material: Qg4xe6}
Bc8 23. Qg3 (23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Nc4 Rb8 $15) 23... Nf4 $1 $17 {Deflection: f4} 24.
Rxf4 (24. Nxf4 Qxc3 {Deflection}) 24... exf4 25. Qxf4 Qxf4 26. Nxf4 Bd6 27. Nd5
Bb7 28. Nc4 Rfd8 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 53"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smith, Damon"]
[Black "Fuerstman, Leland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} 1. d4
d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 (3. Bf4 Bf5 $11) 3... Ne4 4. Bh4 (4. Be3 Nc6 $11) 4... c6
(4... c5 5. c3 $11) 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nd7 7. c4 (7. Bd3 Ndf6 $11) 7... dxc4 (
7... e5 8. Nc3 $11 (8. Nxe5 $143 Nxe5 9. dxe5 g5 $17)) 8. Bxc4 g5 {
Black threatens to win material: g5xh4} 9. Bg3 g4 (9... Ndf6 $11) 10. Ne5 {
White threatens to win material: Ne5xg4} (10. Nfd2 $5 {
is worthy of consideration} Nd6 11. Be2 $14) 10... Qb4+ $15 11. Nd2 $4 (11. Ke2
$142 {was a good chance to save the game} Nxg3+ 12. hxg3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 $15)
11... Nxe5 $19 12. Bxe5 f6 13. Bc7 $6 {offers little resistance} (13. Bxf6 exf6
(13... Nxf6 $6 14. Qc2 $19) 14. a3 Qxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 Bd7 $19) 13...
Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qxc4 15. Rc1 Qa6 (15... Qxa2 {and Black can already relax} 16.
O-O $19) 16. d5 (16. b3 {does not win a prize} Be6 $19) 16... Bd7 17. d6 (17.
Rc3 {does not help much} cxd5 18. Qxd5 Bg7 $19) 17... exd6 18. Qd4 (18. Bxd6 {
cannot change destiny} O-O-O 19. Bxf8 Rhxf8 $19 (19... Rdxf8 $143 20. Qd6 $19))
18... Be7 (18... c5 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 19. Qxf6 Rg8 20. Qh4
$19) 19. Bxd6 Bxd6 20. Qxf6 (20. Qxd6 {desperation} Rf8 21. Qb4 $19) 20... Qa5+
(20... Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Qb5+ 22. Kg1 Be5 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open 52"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "High, David"]
[Black "Spurrier, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B06: Modern Defence} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 {
Black is behind in developement} Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 {
White has a very active position} (5... Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. h3 $14) 6. Be2 e5 (
6... Nf6 7. Qd2 $14) 7. d5 {White gains space} (7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 Nd4 $14) 7... Nce7 (7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nd4 9. Qd2 $14) 8. h3 {
White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Bd7 9. g4 h6 {
Black has a cramped position} 10. Qd2 f5 (10... Nf6 $5 $14 {is worth looking at
}) 11. gxf5 $16 gxf5 12. Rg1 Bf6 13. exf5 (13. O-O-O Qc8 $16) 13... Bxf5 14.
Nh2 Bxh3 (14... h5 15. O-O-O a6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 $16) 15. Bh5+ Kf8 $2 (
15... Kd7 $142 $5 $16) 16. Ng4 (16. O-O-O Bg7 17. Ng4 Nf5 $18) 16... Nf5 17.
Ne4 (17. O-O-O Ng7 18. Bg6 Bxg4 19. Rxg4 Ke7 $18) 17... Bg7 18. Bg6 $4 {
White threatens to win material: Bg6xf5. gives the opponent new chances} (18.
Qe2 $142 $5 Qh4 19. Bg6 $18) 18... Nge7 (18... Nh4 $142 $5 {
should be investigated more closely} 19. Qe2 Ne7 $15) 19. Bxf5 $14 Nxf5 {
Black has the pair of bishops} 20. Qe2 (20. O-O-O $142 $14) 20... Qh4 $4 (20...
Qd7 $142 $14 {was necessary}) 21. Qf3 $18 Qh5 22. Rg3 $4 {
overlooking an easy win} (22. Rh1 $142 {
and the result of the game is clear: White will win} Qxg4 23. Rxh3 $18) 22...
Bxg4 $11 23. Rxg4 Qf7 24. O-O-O h5 25. Rgg1 (25. Rg2 Nxe3 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.
fxe3 Bh6 $11) 25... Nxe3 26. Qxf7+ (26. Qxe3 Bh6 27. Ng5 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Rg8 $15)
26... Kxf7 $15 27. fxe3 Bh6 {Black threatens to win material: Bh6xe3} (27...
Rag8 28. Rdf1+ Ke7 29. Kd2 $15) 28. Kd2 $11 Raf8 {
Begins the manoeuvre Ra8-f8-f5-g5-g4} 29. Kd3 (29. Ke2 Ke7 $11) 29... Ke7 30.
Rh1 {White threatens to win material: Rh1xh5} Rf5 31. Rde1 (31. Rh3 Bf8 $11)
31... Bg7 (31... Kd7 $15) 32. Ng3 $2 (32. Rh3 h4 $11) 32... Rg5 {
Black threatens to win material: Rg5xg3} (32... e4+ $5 33. Kxe4 Re5+ 34. Kf3
Rxd5 $17) 33. Ne4 $15 {
White threatens to win material: Ne4xg5. The knight likes it on e4} Rg4 {
Menacing} (33... Rg2 34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 $15) 34. Ref1 (34. Rh2 c6 35. c4 b5
$11) 34... h4 35. Rh3 (35. Rh2 Kd8 $15) 35... c6 (35... Kd8 36. Rf7 $17) 36. c4
$15 Rf8 {Black threatens to win material: Rf8xf1} (36... b5 $5 {
must definitely be considered} 37. b3 bxc4+ 38. bxc4 cxd5 39. cxd5 Rb8 $11) 37.
Rfh1 Rg2 (37... Rh8 $11) 38. R1h2 (38. Rxh4 $142 $5 {
and White could well hope to play on} Rxb2 39. Rh7 $14) 38... Rxh2 $15 39. Rxh2
Rh8 40. b3 (40. Ke2 Kd7 $15) 40... Bf6 (40... Kd7 $142 $5 $17) 41. Ke2 b5 42.
Kf3 ({Weaker is} 42. Nxf6 Kxf6 43. dxc6 bxc4 $15) 42... bxc4 43. bxc4 ({
Worse is} 43. dxc6 cxb3 44. axb3 d5 45. Nxf6 Kxf6 $17) 43... a5 (43... cxd5
$142 44. cxd5 Rh6 $11) 44. Nxf6 $4 {White has let it slip away} (44. Rb2 $142
cxd5 45. cxd5 $14) 44... Kxf6 $17 45. Kg4 $4 {another bit of territory lost} (
45. dxc6 $142 h3 46. a3 $17) 45... cxd5 $19 46. cxd5 Rg8+ 47. Kf3 (47. Kh3 {
the only chance to get some counterplay} Kf5 48. Rb2 $19) 47... Rg3+ 48. Kf2
Kg5 49. Rh1 Kg4 50. Rc1 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 Rf6 (51... h3 {and Black can already relax
} 52. Rc8 Rf5 53. Rh8 $19) 52. Rg1+ Kh3 (52... Kh5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 53. e4 h3 54. Rh1 $19) 53. Rg7 (53. Kd3 {
hardly improves anything} Kh2 54. Rg7 h3 $19) 53... Kh2 (53... e4 {
and Black can already relax} 54. a4 $19) 54. Rg8 (54. Re7 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} h3 55. Re6 Rf5 56. Rxd6 e4 $19) 54... h3 55.
Rg7 (55. Kd3 {is not much help} a4 56. Kc4 $19) 55... Rf8 (55... e4 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 56. Rg4 $19) 56. Rg4 (56. e4 a4 57. Rg6 a3 $19)
56... Rb8 (56... e4 $5 {might be the shorter path} 57. Rg6 a4 58. a3 $19) 57.
Rg6 Rb2+ 58. Kf1 (58. Kf3 Rxa2 59. Rxd6 $19) 58... Rxa2 59. Rxd6 Rd2 (59... a4
$142 {seems even better} 60. Rd8 $19) 60. e4 (60. Ke1 {is still a small chance}
Rd3 61. Ke2 $19) 60... a4 61. Ra6 Kg3 62. Rg6+ Kf3 63. Ke1 Rb2 64. d6 (64. Rf6+
Kxe4 65. Ra6 $19) 64... h2 65. Rh6 h1=Q+ $1 {Decoy: h1} 66. Rxh1 Rb1+ 67. Kd2
Rxh1 (67... Rxh1 68. d7 Rh8 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open 52"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "High, David"]
[Black "Ahmed, Zakir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1865"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {
White gets more space} Bf5 4. h4 (4. Nf3 e6 $11) 4... h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 {
White has an active position} Be7 {Black threatens to win material: Be7xh4} 7.
Nf3 Bg4 8. cxd5 (8. Bg5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 $11) 8... cxd5 $11 9. Be2 (9. Qb3 Qc7
$11) 9... Nh6 (9... Nc6 10. O-O $11) 10. Bg5 (10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Qb3 Qb6 $11)
10... Nf5 $15 {Black has a cramped position} 11. Qd2 (11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. Ng5 Nc6
13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 Ncxd4 $11) 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxh4 (12... Nc6 $5 13.
Ne2 Rc8 $17) 13. Bxh4 $11 Bxh4 14. Nb5 Be7 15. Rxh5 Rxh5 16. Bxh5 a6 17. Nc3
Nc6 18. Qf4 (18. O-O-O g6 19. Be2 Qb6 $11) 18... g6 $15 19. Be2 Qb6 {
Black threatens to win material: Qb6xd4} (19... Bg5 20. Qg4 $15) 20. O-O-O $11
Rc8 21. Qd2 Bb4 22. Kb1 Nd8 (22... Na5 23. Ka1 $15) 23. Ka1 $11 Qa5 24. Rc1 b5
25. Qe3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 (26. bxc3 Qa3 $11) 26... Rxc3 $15 27. Qxc3 Qxc3 (27... b4
28. Qd3 Nc6 29. Kb1 $15) 28. bxc3 $11 {A minor pieces endgame occured} Nc6 29.
a4 b4 $4 (29... Na7 $142 $11 {the only rescuing move}) 30. Bxa6 $18 bxc3 (30...
Ke7 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 31. Kb2 bxc3+ 32. Kxc3
$18) 31. Bb5 Kd7 32. Kb1 Kc7 33. Bxc6 Kxc6 34. Kc2 Kb6 35. Kxc3 Ka5 36. Kb3 Ka6
37. Kb4 Kb6 38. f4 Ka6 39. a5 Ka7 (39... Kb7 {does not improve anything} 40.
Kb5 Kc8 41. Kc6 Kb8 42. Kb6 Kc8 43. a6 Kd8 44. a7 Kd7 45. a8=Q Ke7 46. Kc7 f5
47. exf6+ Kf7 48. Qh8 e5 49. Kd7 exf4 50. Qg7#) 40. Kb5 Kb7 (40... g5 41. fxg5
Kb7 42. a6+ Kc7 43. g4 Kd7 44. Kb6 Ke8 45. a7 Kd7 46. Kb7 Ke8 47. Kc6 Kf8 48.
a8=Q+ Kg7 49. Qd8 Kh7 50. Qf8 f6 51. exf6 Kg6 52. Qg7#) 41. a6+ Ka7 42. g3 Kb8
(42... g5 43. fxg5 Kb8 44. Kb6 Kc8 45. a7 Kd8 46. Kc6 Ke7 47. a8=Q f6 48. Qb7+
Ke8 49. exf6 Kf8 50. Qe7+ Kg8 51. Qg7#) 43. Kb6 (43. Kb6 Kc8 44. a7 Kd7 45.
a8=Q Ke7 46. Kc7 f5 47. exf6+ Kf7 48. Qh8 e5 49. Kd7 exf4 50. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open 52"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spurrier, Nick"]
[Black "High, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A62: Modern Benoni: Fianchetto Variation without early ...Nbd7} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 c5 3. d5 e6 (3... g6 4. Nc3 $14) 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 (7.
e4 a6 $14) 7... Bg7 $11 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 (9... a6 10. a4 $11) 10. e4 Re8
11. Re1 {White has an active position} Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 {
White has the pair of bishops} (13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Qe2 Ne5 $11) 13... Nc7 (13...
Nd7 14. Bf4 $11) 14. a4 (14. Bf4 Bf8 $14) 14... a6 {Covers b5} (14... Nd7 15.
Bf4 Ne5 16. Qe2 $11) 15. a5 (15. Bf4 $5 $14) 15... Nb5 $11 16. Nxb5 axb5 17.
Bd2 (17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Qe2 Rxa5 19. Rxa5 Qxa5 20. Bxd6 c4 $15) 17... b4 {
This push gains space} 18. Qa4 Nd7 (18... Qd7 19. Bf4 $15) 19. Ra2 Ne5 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne5xf3} 20. Be2 Qd7 (20... Qe7 21. Kg2 $11)
21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Bb5 Re7 23. Bg5 {White threatens to win material: Bg5xe7} f6
{Black threatens to win material: f6xg5} (23... Bf6 24. Be3 $11) 24. Bf4 Ne5
25. Bxe5 (25. Kg2 f5 $14) 25... Rxe5 $11 {Opposite coloured bishops appeared}
26. f4 {White threatens to win material: f4xe5} Re7 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. b3 Rc7 (
28... Bh8 29. Kg2 $11) 29. Ree2 (29. Rea1 Rb8 $14) 29... Re7 30. Kf3 g5 31. f5
{White gains space} h5 32. Ra4 Rc7 33. Rea2 Ra7 34. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open 52"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spurrier, Nick"]
[Black "Hogue, Tanner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6
4. c4 b6 (4... c5 5. Nc3 $11) 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. Bd3 (6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 $11)
6... Be7 (6... Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O $11) 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5
9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 $14) 8. Re1 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nd2 O-O $11) 8... Ne4 9. cxd5
exd5 10. Qb3 Ndf6 11. Ne5 (11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Ne5 O-O $11) 11... O-O 12. f3 {
Covers g4} Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bd6 (13... c5 14. b3 $11) 14. b4 (14. b3 a5 15. Qc2 c5
$11) 14... Qe7 15. a3 (15. Bd2 c5 $11) 15... c5 $11 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Bb2 (17.
Rb1 c4 18. Bf5 Rfe8 $11) 17... Bxe5 (17... c4 $5 {is noteworthy} 18. Bc2 Nd7
$11) 18. dxe5 $14 {White has the pair of bishops} Nd7 19. Rac1 f6 (19... c4 $5
{is worthy of consideration} 20. Bc2 Rfb8 $14) 20. exf6 $16 Rxf6 21. Bb5 (21.
Qc2 $142 $5 Rh6 22. Bf5 $16) 21... Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open 52"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hogue, Tanner"]
[Black "Watson, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1906"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} 1. e4 g5 2. Bc4 (2. d4
h6 $14) 2... e6 {Prevents intrusion on d5} (2... h6 3. h4 gxh4 4. Nf3 $14) 3.
Ne2 (3. d4 d6 $14) 3... a6 {Controls b5} (3... Nf6 4. e5 d5 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. O-O
$11) 4. d4 {Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: c8} b5 {
Black threatens to win material: b5xc4} (4... h6 5. Be3 $14) 5. Bd3 Bb7 (5...
c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nd2 $14) 6. Be3 d6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. c4 c6 (8... Ngf6 9. cxb5
axb5 10. O-O $16) 9. b3 (9. O-O Be7 $16) 9... h6 10. O-O Bg7 {
Black should quickly conclude development.} (10... Ngf6 11. Ng3 $14) 11. Rc1
Ngf6 12. f4 {White threatens to win material: f4xg5} (12. b4 $142 $16) 12...
Ng4 $15 13. Bf2 gxf4 14. Nxf4 $2 (14. b4 $142 $15 {
and White could well hope to play on}) 14... Nxf2 $19 15. Qh5 $2 (15. Kxf2
Bxd4+ 16. Ke2 $19) 15... Qg5 (15... Bxd4 $142 {and Black wins} 16. Rxf2 Qg5 $19
) 16. Nxe6 $15 {Traps the king in the center} Qxh5 (16... Bxd4 $5 {
is worth consideration} 17. Nxg5 Nxd3+ 18. Kh1 hxg5 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 $11) 17.
Nxg7+ $14 Kf8 (17... Ke7 18. Nxh5 Nxd3 19. Rc3 $14) 18. Nxh5 $16 Nxd3 19. Rc3
Nb4 (19... Nb2 20. Rcf3 Rh7 21. Rb1 Nxc4 22. bxc4 $16) 20. a3 c5 21. axb4 cxd4
22. Rd3 (22. Rcf3 Ne5 23. Rf6 Rd8 $18) 22... Rg8 (22... Ne5 $5 23. Rxd4 Ke7 $16
) 23. Rxd4 $18 Ke7 (23... Rg6 $142 $18) 24. Nf4 (24. Ng3 $142 {
makes it even easier for White} Rxg3 25. hxg3 $18) 24... Ne5 $16 25. Nd5+ (25.
c5 dxc5 26. bxc5 Rad8 27. Nd5+ Kf8 $16) 25... Bxd5 26. exd5 (26. cxd5 $6 Rac8
$15) 26... Rg6 $2 (26... bxc4 $142 27. Nxc4 Rab8 $16) 27. Ra1 $4 {
White loses the upper hand} (27. c5 Rag8 28. g3 Rf6 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Ne4+ Ke7
$18) 27... Rgg8 $2 (27... Rag8 $142 $5 {must definitely be considered} 28. g3
bxc4 29. bxc4 Rg4 30. Rxg4 Rxg4 $11) 28. h3 (28. c5 Rg5 $18) 28... Rgc8 $2 (
28... Rg3 29. Rf4 Rd3 30. Rf2 bxc4 31. bxc4 $16) 29. Ra5 (29. Re4 Kd8 $18)
29... Rcb8 (29... h5 30. Rh4 $18) 30. c5 Rc8 (30... f5 31. Ra1 $18) 31. Ne4 (
31. Re4 Kd7 $18) 31... dxc5 32. bxc5 (32. Nxc5 $142 Kd6 33. Ne4+ Kc7 34. Rd1
$18) 32... Rd8 $4 {cause more grief} (32... f5 $142 $16) 33. Rd2 $18 f5 34. Nd6
Rxd6 (34... f4 35. Rd4 Rxd6 36. cxd6+ Kxd6 37. Rxf4 Kxd5 38. Ra1 $18) 35. cxd6+
Kxd6 36. Rda2 Kxd5 37. Rxa6 Rh8 (37... Rxa6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree}
38. Rxa6 Nc6 39. Kf2 $18) 38. Rf6 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open 52"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brooks, John"]
[Black "Hogue, Tanner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1906"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 {
White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Qd6 4. d4 a6 {Secures b5} 5. Nf3 Nf6
6. Bd3 Bg4 {Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} (
6... g6 7. O-O $14) 7. O-O {White has an active position} Nc6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 8. Be3 (8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O-O $14)
8... O-O-O {White has an active position} (8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 $11) 9. Ne2 (9.
Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qe6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 $14) 9... e5 (9... Bxf3 $5 {
should be considered} 10. gxf3 e5 $15) 10. Nxe5 $11 Nxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Bf4 Nfd7
12. dxe5 Nxe5 $11) 11... Qxe5 $15 12. Qc1 $2 (12. Qd2 Bd6 13. Ng3 Qxb2 $11)
12... Nd5 $4 {Loses material. Black is ruining his position} (12... Rxd3 $142 {
would have made live much easier for Black} 13. Bf4 Qxe2 14. cxd3 Qe7 $19) 13.
Bd4 $11 Qh5 (13... Qe6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Bc4 $11) 14. Ng3 Qh4 15. f3 {
White threatens to win material: f3xg4} (15. Re1 Bd6 $14) 15... Be6 $11 16. c3
{Prevents intrusion on b4} (16. Ne4 $5 $11) 16... Bd6 $15 17. Bf2 (17. Bxg7 $4
{taking the pawn will bring White grief} Rhg8 18. Qh6 Bxg3 19. Qxh4 Bxh4 $19)
17... Bf4 {Black threatens to win material: Bf4xc1} 18. Qc2 $2 (18. Qb1 $142 $5
$15 {might be a viable alternative}) 18... Ne3 $19 19. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bf4
21. Kg1 Rd5 22. Rfd1 $4 {
White has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position} (22.
Rfe1 Rhd8 23. Rad1 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qxg3 $19) 22... Bxg3 (22... Be3+ $142 {
and Black has reached his goal} 23. Kh1 Qxg3 $19) 23. hxg3 $17 Qxg3 24. Be4 $2
(24. Qf2 $142 $5 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 $17) 24... Rh5 $19 25. Qf2 $4 {
terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (25. c4 $19) 25...
Rh1+ $3 {Deflection: h1} (25... Rh1+ 26. Kxh1 Qxf2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 51"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lawson, Josh"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D18: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5 6 e3} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5.
a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 {Covers d5} 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O {
White castles and improves king safety} O-O 9. h3 {Secures g4} (9. Qb3 a5 $11)
9... Nbd7 10. Nh4 Be4 (10... Qa5 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Na2 $11) 11. Nf3 (11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. Nf3 Ndf6 $14) 11... Bg6 12. Nh4 (12. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 12... Qe7 (12... Bh5
13. Nf3 $11) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {White has the pair of bishops} ({Inferior is} 13...
fxg6 14. Qb3 $16) 14. Qc2 (14. a5 Rfb8 $14) 14... Rac8 15. Bd2 c5 16. Be2 Rfd8
17. Bf3 (17. Rac1 $5 $11) 17... cxd4 $15 18. exd4 {
White has a very active position} Nb6 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Rfc1 (20. Qb3 Na5 21. Qc2
Qd7 $15) 20... b6 (20... Nxe3 $5 21. fxe3 e5 $17) 21. Qe2 Na5 (21... Bxc3 22.
Rxc3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 $11) 22. Rc2 {White has an active position} (
22. Na2 Bd6 $11) 22... Nb3 {Black threatens to win material: Nb3xa1} 23. Rd1
Bxc3 24. bxc3 e5 25. Bg5 Re8 (25... Qc7 26. d5 $11) 26. dxe5 (26. Bg4 Rc7 $14)
26... Qxe5 $11 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Bxf6 gxf6 {Black has a new doubled pawn: f7}
29. Rd7 {White threatens to win material: Rd7xa7} Kf8 30. Rxa7 {
White has a new backward pawn: a4} Re7 (30... Nd4 31. Rd2 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 $11)
31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Bxa8 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Ra1 (33... Nc5 34. Bc6 Re6 35. Bb5 $14) 34.
Rb2 $16 Nc5 35. Bc6 Nxa4 36. Bxa4 Rxa4 37. Rxb6 {A rook endgame occured} Rc4
38. Rxf6 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asheboro Open 51"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2112"]
[BlackElo "1980"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4.
Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 (6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 $11) 6... b6 (6... c5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bb2 $11) 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. d3 {Prevents intrusion on e4} (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9.
a3 c5 $11) 8... Nbd7 (8... c5 9. Qd2 $11) 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Re1 (10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Rc1 Re8 $11) 10... Qc7 (10... d4 11. Bh1 $11) 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. Qc2
Rfe8 (13... Bd6 14. Nb1 $14) 14. Bc3 (14. Nb1 $5 $16) 14... Bd6 15. Nh4 Nf8 16.
Nf5 Ne6 17. Ne3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 (18. Qd3 Qd7 $11) 18... cxd4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5
g6 (20... Qd7 21. Re2 $11) 21. Ne4 $11 Kg7 {Black king safety dropped} 22. Qd2
f5 (22... a5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. f4 $11) 23. Ng5 (23. Nxd6 $142 $5 Qxd6 24. f4
$16) 23... Bc8 24. f4 Bb7 $4 {gives the opponent counterplay} (24... e4 $142 {
would be a reprieve} 25. Qxd4+ Kg8 $11) 25. fxe5 $18 Bxe5 26. Ne6+ $4 {
with this move White loses his initiative} (26. d6 $142 {ends the debate} Qxd6
27. Bxb7 $18) 26... Rxe6 $16 27. dxe6 Bxg2 28. Qxg2 Re8 29. Qd5 Bf6 (29... Kf6
30. Rac1 Qd6 31. Rc2 Rxe6 32. Kf1 $16) 30. Rad1 Rd8 31. Qf3 Qe7 32. Qe2 Bg5 33.
Qd3 Rd6 34. Re2 Bf6 35. b4 (35. Rde1 $5 $16) 35... Rxe6 $14 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37.
Rd2 (37. Kf1 Qc6 38. Kf2 Qd6 $14) 37... Qd6 (37... Bg5 38. Qxd4+ Kh6 39. Kf2
Bxd2 40. Qxd2+ Kg7 41. Qd4+ Kf7 42. a3 $11) 38. a3 a6 (38... Bg5 39. Re2 $14)
39. Qf3 (39. Re2 $142 $14) 39... Qe5 $4 (39... Bg5 40. Rd1 $11) 40. Rc2 $4 {
gives the opponent new chances} (40. Re2 $142 Qc7 41. Qd5 $18) 40... Qe4 $11
41. Qxe4 $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (41. Rf2 $142 {
and White can hope to live} d3 42. Kg2 $11) 41... fxe4 $19 42. Kf1 (42. Rd2 d3
43. Rd1 Bd4+ 44. Kf1 Kf6 $19) 42... d3 43. Rc1 $2 (43. Rd2 $142 Bd4 44. Rd1 $19
) 43... e3 44. Rb1 (44. c5 bxc5 45. Rxc5 $19) 44... e2+ 45. Kf2 Bc3 (45... Bd4+
{and Black can already relax} 46. Kf3 $19) 46. Ke3 (46. a4 {
doesn't improve anything} Kf6 47. a5 bxa5 $19) 46... e1=Q+ 47. Rxe1 Bxe1 48.
Kxd3 Kf6 49. Ke4 (49. Ke2 {is not the saving move} Bc3 50. Kd3 Bb2 $19) 49...
Ke6 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open 51"]
[Site "Greensboro"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Lawson, Josh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[Annotator "Lawson,Josh"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

{Hey guys. In my final Round game, I had to face strong Expert John Timmel.
John is a powerhouse Expert who has been defeating Masters recently, so I had
to step up my game and rise to the challenge.} 1. e4 c5 {I was iffy about
playing the sicilian against such a strong player, but figured that my tactics
were going to be the only chance I had.} 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 {I was expecting
the normal Nf3, but I knew his plan was to play g3, Bg2 and 0-0, which he did
in the game.} Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 e6 {This gave white the
advantage. I should have played Nxc3. My light squared bishop is doing nothing.
It would be better if it were placed on g4 or f5.} 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 {
White missed a good opportunity of Nxd5.} O-O 9. a3 {Still missing Nxd5.} a6
10. Re1 Bf6 {This was the most crucial move of the game on my part. White
could have seized a great winning chance by playing Nxd5!} 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Rb1
e5 {Critical moment. I had to find a way to activate my pieces. e5 does many
things, such as activating my light squared Bishop, soon having my Rooks
connected and playing a possible f5 push to develop some sort of Kingside
attack.} 13. f4 {Giving the advantage away. He should have played N2c3.} Bg4
14. N4c3 exf4 {My Fischer style tactics are now in full force as I smell the
blood from my opponents King! :)} 15. Nxd5 f3 {Uh oh . . .} 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {
Nxe7!? only gives back the advantage.} 17. Nc3 fxg2 {Not f2+?? which will lead
to a devastating loss for Black, which will go like Kxf2 Bxd1 Rxe7 Bxc2 Bxc6!.}
18. Qd2 Qd7 {Now having a slight advantage, I had to find the correct moves
for the remainder of the game.} 19. Qxg2 Nd4 {This move was a bone in my
opponents throat. The King has no good squares. What to do?} 20. Rf1 {
Be3 may have been a little better, but still drops the exchange.} Bh3 21. Qf2
Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Rae8 {Not a good decision. Rfe8 was much better as I found out
in a few moves why this move was so bad.} 23. Be3 Nxc2 {A little passive. Even
though this sack is sound, the position doesn't call for it.} 24. Bxc5 Re5 25.
Bxf8 {Rybka thought Kg1 was better, but I can't say that what my opponent
played was terrible.} Rf5 26. Bc5 Rxf2+ 27. Bxf2 Qc6 {Seeing my time winding
down, I succumb to the time pressure. For some reason I didn't like the idea
of Qxd3+ cause I was worried about a possible back rank mate by Rd1. Time
pressure does make you think crazy things. Also, Nxa3! would have been good as
well.} 28. d4 Nxa3 {Qh1+ was better.} 29. bxa3 Qxc3 30. Rxb7 Qc1+ {Trying to fi
gure out a way to fork the King and Rook!? g6 was better, and then trying to
attack would have been more sufficient.} 31. Ke2 Qc2+ 32. Kf1 Qd1+ {
Qc4+ was better} 33. Kg2 h5 34. Re7 g5 {Trying to get some sort of an attack
going, but this only helps white out in securing a draw.} 35. Re5 f6 36. Re6
Kf7 {Worrying about my pawn I forget what my initial plan was. I should have
played h4! threatening to play h3+!} 37. Re3 g4 {Obviously not Qxd4?? which
allows for Re7+ winning the Queen and eventually the game. Even in time
pressure I see these things!! ; )} 38. Rc3 f5 39. Rc7+ Kg6 40. Rc6+ {Here I sto
pped taking notations since I was severely low on time. The game ended in
another 15-20 move time scramble draw to secure a second place finish. Even
though I didn't pull out a win, I was very happy with my performance during
this game. This game illustrates how to improve your position and turn your
opponents mistakes into your advantage. John Timmel is an extremely nice guy
and great chessplayer, and I feel that im going to have much more intense
battles with him over the board in the future.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asheboro Open 51"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B06: Modern Defence} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 {
Black is behind in developement} Nd7 7. O-O c5 {
Black threatens to win material: c5xd4} 8. Be3 {Black has a cramped position}
Ngf6 {Black should quickly conclude development.} 9. dxc5 Ng4 {
Black threatens to win material: Ng4xe3} 10. Bd2 Nxc5 11. h3 (11. Qe1 $11)
11... Qb6 (11... Nxd3 $142 $5 {and Black is still in the game} 12. cxd3 Qb6+
13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxf2 $15) 12. Nd5 $14 Qa7 13. hxg4 Nxd3+ 14. Be3 {
White threatens to win material: Be3xa7} Nc5 15. Bd4 (15. e5 $5 {
looks like a viable alternative} Bxg4 16. b4 $14) 15... Bxd4+ ({Weaker is} 
15... Bxg4 16. Bxg7 Ne6+ 17. Bd4 Bxf3 18. Bxa7 Bxd1 19. Bd4 (19. Rfxd1 $143
Rxa7 20. a4 b4 $15) 19... Nxd4 20. Raxd1 $16) 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. e5 {
Black has a cramped position} (17. g5 Be6 $11) 17... Be6 18. exd6 $2 (18. Nxe7+
$142 {would allow White to play on} Qxe7 19. exd6 $11) 18... Bxd5 $19 19. dxe7
Rfe8 20. Qxd5 Nb3+ 21. Kh1 (21. Kh2 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Qxe7 $19) 21... Nxa1 22. Rxa1
Qxe7 23. Re1 $2 (23. a4 $142 b4 24. Qd4 $19) 23... Qf6 24. Re4 Rad8 (24... Rad8
25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 51"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "Baldwin, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 1. e4 c6 {
Covers b5} 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nc6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 5. c3 {Black's piece can't move: f8}
Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 {Black threatens to win material: Bg4xd1} 7. Qb3 {
White threatens to win material: Qb3xb7} Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 {
Prevents intrusion on f5} 9. Ngf3 (9. h3 Bh5 $11) 9... Be7 (9... Nh5 10. Bg3 f6
11. O-O-O $11) 10. O-O {White has an active position} O-O 11. Qc2 (11. h3 Bh5
$11) 11... Bh5 (11... Bf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. h3 $11) 12. Ne5 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 {
White has the pair of bishops} 14. Nf3 a6 {Consolidates b5} (14... Nh5 15. Be5
$14) 15. Qe2 (15. h3 Ne8 $14) 15... Re8 {White has an active position} (15...
Nh5 16. Bg5 $14) 16. Rfe1 (16. h3 Qd8 $14) 16... Bf8 (16... Nh5 17. Be3 $14)
17. Be5 (17. Qe3 Qd8 $14) 17... Ne7 (17... Qd8 18. Bg3 $14) 18. Ng5 $14 Nf5 (
18... Qd7 19. Qf3 Nf5 20. g4 $14) 19. Qf3 (19. g4 Nh6 20. h3 Nd7 $14) 19... Be7
20. Qh3 (20. g4 $142 Nh4 21. Qg3 $14) 20... b5 $4 (20... Nh6 $142 $14 {
was necessary}) 21. Bxf5 $18 gxf5 22. Qh4 $4 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (22.
Re3 $142 {makes it even easier for White} Qd8 23. Rae1 b4 $18) 22... Qd7 $4 {
leads to further unpleasantness} (22... Qd8 $142 23. f4 Bd6 $16) 23. Re3 $18
Bd8 (23... g6 {there is nothing better in the position} 24. Qh6 Bf8 25. Qxf8+
Kxf8 26. Bxf6 Qd8 27. Bxd8 Rexd8 $18) 24. Rh3 Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7 Rf8 27.
Bxf6+ Ke8 28. Qxf8+ $1 {Decoy: f8} (28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 51"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Cato, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 (3. Nf3 Bg7
$11) 3... Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 (4... Nc6 5. a4 $11) 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nh3 (6. Bg5 d6 $11)
6... Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. f4 Bg4 {Black threatens to win material: Bg4xd1} 9. Qe1
Qd7 (9... O-O 10. Nf2 Be6 11. Qd1 $15) 10. Nf2 (10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf2 Be6 $15)
10... Nd4 (10... Be6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 $11) 11. Nxg4 (11. fxe5 dxe5 12.
Nxg4 Qxg4 $14) 11... Nxg4 $11 {White has the pair of bishops} (11... Nxc2 $2 {
doesn't lead to anything significant} 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qf2 Nxa1 14. Nd5 $18)
12. Qd1 Nf6 (12... exf4 13. Bxf4 h5 14. Nd5 $11) 13. fxe5 $14 dxe5 14. Bg5 {
White threatens to win material: Bg5xf6} Qd6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 f6 {
Black threatens to win material: f6xg5} 17. Bd2 O-O-O 18. c3 Nb5 (18... Nf5 19.
Rb1 $14) 19. a4 {White threatens to win material: a4xb5} (19. Qa4 $5 a6 20. Be3
$16) 19... Nc7 $14 {Black threatens to win material: Nc7xd5} 20. c4 {
White has a new protected passed pawn: d5} Qb6 (20... h5 $5 $11 {
might be a viable alternative}) 21. Rb1 (21. a5 Qd6 22. b4 $16) 21... a5 $2 (
21... Na6 22. Qe1 $16) 22. b3 $4 {White has let it slip away} (22. Qe1 h5 $18)
22... f5 $2 (22... Na6 $142 $11 {is a viable option}) 23. Qe1 $18 Qa7 24. Bxa5
b6 (24... h5 25. Bc3 $18) 25. Bc3 Na6 (25... h5 26. Ra1 $18) 26. Qf2 (26. a5
$142 $18) 26... g5 $4 {Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (26... Qc7
$142 $18) 27. Ra1 {White plans a5} (27. Qxf5+ {might be the shorter path} Kb8
28. a5 Rd6 29. axb6 Qb7 30. Qxg5 h6 $18) 27... g4 (27... f4 {
the last chance for counterplay} 28. a5 Rhf8 $18) 28. a5 f4 (28... Rdf8 29.
axb6 Qxb6 30. Rxa6 Qxa6 31. Qxc5+ Kd7 32. Ra1 $18) 29. axb6 Qxb6 30. Ba5 (30.
gxf4 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Nb8 31. b4 $18) 30... fxg3 (30... Qh6 {
what else?} 31. Bxd8 Kxd8 $18) 31. Qf5+ Rd7 (31... Kb8 32. Bxb6 gxh2+ 33. Kxh2
Rd6 34. Rxa6 e4 35. Ba7+ Ka8 36. Rxd6 g3+ 37. Kxg3 Rg8 38. Rd7 Bf6+ 39. Kh2 Be7
40. Rxe7 Rd8 41. Bxc5 h5 42. Ra1+ Kb8 43. Qf4+ Rd6 44. Qf8+ Rd8 45. Qxd8#) 32.
Bxb6 gxh2+ 33. Kh1 (33. Kh1 Rf8 34. Qxg4 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 h5 36. Qe6 Nc7 37. Qg8+
Bf8 38. Qxf8+ Rd8 39. Bh3+ Kb7 40. Qxd8 Nxd5 41. cxd5 e4 42. Qc7#) (33. Kxh2
Rhd8 34. Bxd8 Nb8 35. Bb6 g3+ 36. Kxg3 h5 37. Ra7 h4+ 38. Kxh4 Bf6+ 39. Qxf6
Rh7+ 40. Rxh7 Nd7 41. Rxd7 Kb8 42. Qd8#) 1-0

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liu, Dan"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6
(2... c5 3. g3 $11) 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 {Controls e5} 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 {White king safety dropped} Be7 10. b3 (10. Qa4+ Qd7
$14) 10... a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 11. Bb2 (11. Qd3 Qc7 $11) 11... Qc8 (
11... Qc7 12. Qd2 $11) 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Kg1 {White king safety improved} O-O 14.
Rc1 (14. Qf3 Qc7 $11) 14... Rd8 15. Qe2 Nc5 (15... h6 16. f4 $11) 16. Rfd1 (16.
b4 Ncd7 $11) 16... Ra7 (16... Qb7 17. Qf3 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Ne2 $11) 17.
Qf3 Rc7 18. Nde2 Qb8 19. Nd4 Qc8 20. Nde2 Qb8 21. Nd4 Rdc8 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. f3 {
Controls e4} Ncd7 24. e4 Bf8 25. Kg2 Ne5 (25... h5 26. h3 $11) 26. h3 {
Consolidates g4} Ng6 (26... h6 27. f4 Ned7 28. Qf3 $11) 27. Qe3 (27. f4 Ne7 $11
) 27... d5 (27... h5 $5 $11) 28. cxd5 exd5 29. exd5 {
White has a new passed pawn: d5. .} (29. e5 Nd7 30. e6 Nf6 $14) 29... Re8 (
29... Nxd5 30. Nxd5 Qxd5 31. Ne2 $11) 30. Qg5 (30. Qd3 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxc1 32.
Nf6+ gxf6 33. Bxc1 Rd8 $14) 30... Re5 {The pressure on the isolated pawn grows.
Black threatens to win material: Re5xg5} 31. Nf5 $4 {White loses the upper hand
} (31. Qd2 $142 $11 {would bring relief}) 31... h6 $19 32. Nxh6+ gxh6 33. Qxf6
Be7 34. d6 Bxf6 35. dxc7 Qxc7 $4 {
Black wins the queen. Black lets it slip away.} (35... Ne7 $142 {
a shame that Black overlooked this excellent chance} 36. Ba3 Nc8 $19) 36. Ne4
$15 {White threatens to win material: Ne4xf6} Qe7 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rd6 Qxd6 (
38... Qb7 $142 {would keep Black in the game} 39. Rcc6 Ne7 40. Rxb6 Qc7 $11)
39. Nxd6 $16 Re2+ 40. Kf1 Rxb2 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nxf6+ Ke7 43. Nd5+ (43. Rc6
Rxa2 44. Rxb6 Ne5 $16) 43... Ke6 44. Nxb6 Rxa2 45. Nc4 h5 46. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "McIntosh, Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 (3... Nf6 4. Bg5 $11) 4. e5 {White wins space} (4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Qe7+ 6.
Be3 f5 $14) 4... c5 {Black undermines the pawn chain} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 {
White has the pair of bishops} Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 {
White traps the enemy king in the center} Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 {
Black threatens to win material: Qc7xe5} ({Less advisable is} 9... dxc3 10. f4
$14) 10. Ne2 {White threatens to win material: Ne2xd4} Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 (11...
dxc3 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. Qd3 $11) 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 (13. h4 d4 $14) 13... a6 {
Secures b5} 14. Rb1 Nf5 (14... Na5 15. g3 $11) 15. Rg1 {
White loses the right to castle} (15. g4 Rxg4 16. Bh3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5+ 18.
Ne2 Rd4 $14) 15... Rc8 (15... Ncd4 16. g4 Rc8 17. Bd2 $11) 16. Ne2 $14 Na5 17.
Rb2 (17. g4 Ne7 $11) 17... Bb5 (17... Nc4 $5 18. Rb3 Ba4 $15) 18. Rxb5 $11 axb5
19. g4 {White threatens to win material: g4xf5} (19. Qxb5+ Kd8 20. g4 $11)
19... Qc5 (19... Qxc2 $142 $5 {is the best option Black has} 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 $15)
20. gxf5 $14 Rxg1 21. Nxg1 Qxg1 22. Qxb5+ (22. Be3 $142 Qxh2 23. Qxb5+ Nc6 24.
Qxb7 Qh4+ 25. Kd1 $16) 22... Kf8 $2 (22... Nc6 $142 {and Black hangs on} 23.
Qxb7 Kd8 24. Qxf7 Nd4 25. Qf6+ Kc7 26. Qe7+ Kb6 27. Qd6+ Kb7 28. Qa6+ Kb8 29.
Qb6+ Ka8 30. Qa5+ Kb8 $11) 23. Qxa5 $18 Rxc2 24. Bd2 Rb2 $2 (24... Ra2 $142 25.
Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Qxg5 28. fxg5 exf5 $18) 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qf6+
Kg8 (26... Kf8 27. Bb4+ Kg8 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 31. hxg3
exf5 32. Bd3 $18) 27. Qg5+ Qxg5 28. fxg5 Ra2 (28... Rb1+ 29. Ke2 exf5 $18) 29.
fxe6 fxe6 30. h4 Rxa3 (30... Ra1+ {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 31. Ke2 Rxa3 32. h5 $18) 31.
h5 Rf3 (31... Ra1+ {does not solve anything} 32. Kf2 $18) 32. h6 Rf5 (32... Kh8
$18 {a last effort to resist the inevitable}) 33. Bd3 Rxe5+ (33... Rf3 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 34. g6 Rxd3 35. h7+ Kg7 36. Bh6+ Kxh6
37. h8=Q+ Kxg6 38. Qg8+ Kf5 39. Qh7+ Kxe5 40. Qxd3 $18) 34. Kf2 d4 35. Kf3 b5 (
35... Rd5 36. g6 Kh8 37. Bf4 b5 38. Kg4 Kg8 39. h7+ Kh8 40. Bg5 Kg7 41. Bh6+
Kf6 42. h8=Q+ Ke7 43. g7 Kd6 44. g8=Q Kc5 45. Bf8+ Rd6 46. Qe5+ Kb4 47. Qxd6+
Kc3 48. Qa3+ Kd2 49. Qxe6 b4 50. Qe2#) 36. Kf4 Rc5 37. Bb4 Rc1 (37... e5+ 38.
Kf5 Rc6 39. g6 Rc7 40. Bd6 Rd7 41. Bxe5 Rb7 42. Bxb5 Kf8 43. Bd6+ Re7 44. h7
Kg7 45. Bxe7 d3 46. Bf6+ Kf8 47. h8=Q#) 38. h7+ Kg7 39. Bf8+ $1 {
Double attack: b5/f8} Kh8 (39... Kxf8 40. h8=Q+ {Double attack}) 40. Be7 (40.
Be7 e5+ 41. Kxe5 Re1+ 42. Kd6 Rxe7 43. Kxe7 Kg7 44. g6 Kh6 45. h8=Q+ Kg5 46.
Qxd4 b4 47. g7 Kh6 48. g8=Q Kh5 49. Qdh8#) (40. Bd6 Rf1+ 41. Bxf1 Kxh7 42. Bxb5
Kg6 43. Be5 Kf7 44. Bxd4 Ke7 45. g6 Kd6 46. g7 e5+ 47. Bxe5+ Kc5 48. Bd3 Kb4
49. g8=Q Ka4 50. Qc4+ Ka3 51. Qb5 Ka2 52. Qa4#) 1-0

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A14: English Opening: 1...e6 with b3 by White} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 {
Black threatens to win material: d5xc4} 4. Bg2 c6 (4... Be7 5. d4 $14) 5. O-O (
5. d4 h6 $11) 5... Nbd7 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 (7. Nc3 a5 $11) 7... O-O 8. d3 {
Covers e4} (8. Nc3 Ne8 $14) 8... b6 (8... b5 9. Nbd2 $11) 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 c5
(10... Nc5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qe2 $14) 11. e5 {
White threatens to win material: e5xf6} (11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qe2 Re8 $11) 11...
Ne8 (11... Ng4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Re1 $14) 12. Re1 (12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne4 Rb8
$14) 12... Qc7 (12... Nc7 13. Qe2 $11) 13. h4 (13. d4 Qc8 $11) 13... Rd8 14.
Qe2 Kh8 (14... d4 15. b4 $11) 15. Nf1 (15. d4 g6 $14) 15... b5 (15... Kg8 16.
cxd5 Bxd5 17. d4 $11) 16. N1h2 (16. cxb5 $5 Qb6 17. a4 $16) 16... bxc4 17. dxc4
(17. bxc4 Rb8 $11) 17... dxc4 (17... d4 18. h5 $11) 18. Qxc4 Qc6 19. h5 {
Black has a cramped position} Nb6 20. Qg4 c4 (20... h6 21. Rad1 $11) 21. Rac1
Bb4 {Black threatens to win material: Bb4xe1} (21... Rd2 22. Bd4 $11) 22. Nh4 (
22. Re2 h6 $14) 22... Qc7 (22... Qc5 23. Red1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Bxg2 25. Bd4 $14 (
25. Nxg2 $143 c3 $11) (25. Kxg2 $143 c3 $15)) 23. Bxb7 (23. Re2 Bd2 24. Rc2 Bh6
$14) 23... Bxe1 $11 24. Rxe1 Qxb7 {Black wins the exchange} 25. Ba3 {
White threatens to win material: Ba3xf8} Rg8 26. N2f3 cxb3 $4 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent.} (26... h6 $142 $5 {
and Black could well hope to play on} 27. Ng6+ Kh7 $11) 27. Ng5 $16 Rd7 $4 {
another bit of territory lost} (27... g6 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qxe6 $18) 28. axb3 (
28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. hxg6 Qg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rf8+ 33.
Bxf8 Nf6 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Rh1+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+ Kxf8 37. Qf7#) 28... Qd5 $4 {
but even a better move would not have saved the game} (28... g6 $142 29. hxg6
fxg6 30. Qxe6 Rc7 $18) 29. Nxf7+ $1 $18 {finishing him off} Rxf7 30. Ng6+ $1 {
the decision} hxg6 31. hxg6 Qd2 32. Qh4+ (32. Qh4+ Qh6 33. Qxh6+ gxh6 34. gxf7
$18) 1-0

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "Lilly, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B77: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav Attack, 9 Bc4 sidelines} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8}
5. Nc3 Bg7 {Black threatens to win material: Bg7xd4} 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 {
White has an active position} Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 (10... Na5 11. O-O $11) 11. Bxd4
Qa5 (11... Rc8 12. O-O-O $14) 12. O-O-O Rfc8 (12... Be6 13. Kb1 $14) 13. Kb1
Qd8 (13... b5 14. a3 $16) 14. g4 a5 15. a4 b5 (15... Be6 $16) 16. e5 {
White threatens to win material: e5xf6} (16. axb5 Qe8 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7
$18) 16... Ne8 $2 (16... dxe5 17. Bxe5 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20.
Bxa4 $14) 17. e6 (17. axb5 a4 18. Nxa4 Bxb5 $18) 17... fxe6 (17... Bxe6 18.
Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nxb5 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 $14) 18. Nxb5 $16 Rab8 (18... Nc7 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Nxc7 Rxc7 $18) 19. h4 $18 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 (20. Qxd4 $6 Qb6 $16) 20...
Rxb3 21. Nxb3 Bxa4 (21... Ng7 22. Qxa5 Qxa5 23. Nxa5 Bxa4 24. b3 $18) 22. h5
Bxb3 23. cxb3 Rc5 $4 {the pressure is too much, Black crumbles} (23... gxh5
$142 24. Rxh5 Nf6 $18) 24. hxg6 hxg6 (24... Rd5 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Qc3+ Ng7 27. Rxd5 exd5 28.
f4 $18) 25. Qd4 Nf6 26. Qxc5 $3 {Deflection: d6} (26. Qxc5 Kf7 27. Qg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "Myers, Dominique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 (5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 $11) 5... b5 {
Black threatens to win material: b5xa4} 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. c3 {
Consolidates b4} (8. O-O O-O $11) 8... Bg4 (8... O-O 9. O-O $11) 9. h3 {
White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Bh5 (9... Bd7 10. O-O $11) 10. Nbd2 Bb6
11. Nf1 Bg6 (11... O-O 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. O-O $14) 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Nh4 Ne7 (13...
a5 14. Bxb6 Rxb6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Ne3 $11) 14. Ng3 (14. Bg5 Nd7 $14) 14... c5
(14... Bxe3 $5 15. fxe3 Qd7 $11) 15. Bg5 h6 $2 (15... O-O $142 $5 $14 {
must be considered}) 16. Bxf6 $18 gxf6 17. O-O Rg8 18. Qf3 Nc6 (18... Bc7 $5
$18) 19. Ngf5 Rh8 (19... Ne7 20. Nxh6 Rh8 21. Nxg6 Rxh6 22. Qxf6 $18) 20. Qg4 (
20. Nxg6 $142 $5 {seems even better} fxg6 21. Ng7+ Kd7 22. Qg4+ f5 23. Qxg6 Ne7
24. Qe6+ Kc6 25. Nxf5 Nxf5 26. exf5 Rf8 $18) 20... h5 21. Ng7+ (21. Qg3 $5 Ne7
22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. Nxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6 Qf8 $18) 21... Kf8 22. Ne6+ $1 {
Deflection: e6} fxe6 23. Nxg6+ Kg7 24. Qg3 Qe8 $2 (24... Kf7 $142 25. Nxh8+
Qxh8 $18) 25. Nxe5+ Kh7 (25... Kh6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Bxe6 $18) 26. Nxc6 Rc8 27.
Qf3 (27. Bd5 {makes it even easier for White} Rxc6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 $18) 27... Rf8
(27... Rxc6 28. Qxf6 c4 29. dxc4 $18) 28. Ne7 $1 {finishing the game} Qxe7 29.
Qxh5+ Kg7 30. c4 (30. Qe2 Kf7 $18) 30... f5 (30... Rh8 31. Qe2 $18) 31. f4 (31.
Rfe1 Qf6 $18) 31... Qf6 32. Rf3 (32. Rae1 Rce8 $18) 32... Rg8 $2 (32... Qg6 33.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 $18) 33. Rg3+ (33. Re1 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qg6 34. Qxg6+
Kxg6 35. exf5+ Kxf5 36. g4+ Kf6 37. g5+ Kf7 $18) 33... Kf8 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35.
exf5 exf5 (35... Qxf5 36. Qxf5 exf5 37. Re1 $18) 36. Kh1 b4 37. Re1 Rf8 (37...
Kg7 38. Re3 Rh8 39. Qe2 $18) 38. Bd1 (38. Re3 {and White can already relax} Qg7
39. Re6 Rf6 40. Re8+ Rf8 $18) 38... Bd8 (38... Kg7 39. g4 Rh8 40. g5 $18) 39.
Bf3 (39. Re3 $142 {might be the shorter path} Qg7 40. Re6 Rf6 41. Re8+ Rf8 $18)
39... Kg7 40. Bd5 Qxb2 $4 {a blunder in a bad position} (40... Rh8 41. Qe2 $18)
41. Qf3 (41. g4 $142 {and the rest is a matter of technique} Qf6 42. Re6 Rh8
43. Rxf6 Rxh5 44. Rf7+ Kg6 45. gxh5+ Kxh5 $18) 41... Bf6 $4 {Black falls apart}
(41... a5 $18) 42. Qg3+ Kh8 (42... Kh7 {there is nothing else anyway} 43. Re6
Rd8 $18) 43. Qg6 (43. Qg6 Qxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Bg5 45. fxg5 Rf7 46. Re8+ Rf8 47.
Rxf8#) 1-0

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ardaman, Miles"]
[Black "Schroer, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 {
White threatens to win material: Bb2xe5} Nc6 3. e3 {Controls d4} d5 4. Bb5 {
White has a cramped position} Bd6 5. f4 Qh4+ (5... f6 6. fxe5 fxe5 7. Nf3 $11)
6. g3 Qe7 7. Nf3 f6 {Consolidates g5} (7... Bg4 8. Bxe5 Bxe5 9. fxe5 Bxf3 10.
Qxf3 Qxe5 11. d4 $11) 8. Nc3 {White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} (8. fxe5
fxe5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nxe5 Nf6 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Bxf6 O-O $11) 8... Be6 9. Qe2
(9. O-O O-O-O $11) 9... Nh6 10. fxe5 fxe5 11. e4 dxe4 (11... d4 12. Nd5 Qd7 13.
Ng5 $11) 12. Bxc6+ (12. Nxe4 O-O $14) 12... bxc6 $14 13. Qxe4 (13. Nxe4 $5 O-O
14. O-O $14) 13... O-O $11 14. O-O-O Bg4 15. Rhf1 (15. Rdf1 Bh3 16. Qxc6 Bxf1
17. Rxf1 Rad8 $11) 15... Kh8 (15... Qf6 $5 {must definitely be considered} 16.
Rf2 Qf5 $15) 16. h4 $11 Bf5 17. Qxc6 Bd7 18. Qe4 Bf5 {
Black threatens to win material: Bf5xe4} 19. Qe3 {Black has an active position}
Bh3 {Black threatens to win material: Bh3xf1} 20. Rg1 {
Black has a very active position} (20. Rfe1 Bg4 21. Nxe5 Bxd1 22. Nxd1 Qe6 $14)
20... Bc5 (20... Bg4 21. Ng5 Bxd1 22. Qe4 $11) 21. d4 $14 {
White threatens to win material: d4xc5} Nf5 22. Qxe5 (22. Qd3 exd4 23. Na4 Ne3
24. Nxc5 Qxc5 (24... Rxf3 $2 {looks very tantalising, but} 25. Bxd4 Bf5 26. Qc3
$18) 25. Bxd4 Qa3+ 26. Kb1 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Qd6 $14) 22... Qxe5 $11 23. Nxe5 {
White can be proud of that piece} Bxd4 24. Rge1 Bf2 25. Rh1 Bg2 {
Black threatens to win material: Bg2xh1} 26. Rh2 {
White threatens to win material: Rh2xg2} Bxg3 27. Ng6+ (27. Rxg2 $142 $5 {
and White could well hope to play on} Bxe5 28. Rgg1 $11) 27... hxg6 $17 28.
Rxg2 Bf4+ 29. Kb1 Ne3 30. Rxg6 Nxd1 31. Nxd1 Rf7 32. a4 Re8 33. Rg1 (33. Nc3
Re1+ 34. Ka2 Kh7 $17) 33... Be5 (33... Kh7 34. Bc3 $17) 34. Nc3 Ref8 35. Rg5 (
35. Nb5 $5 Rf1+ 36. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 37. Ka2 Bxb2 38. Kxb2 $17) 35... Rf1+ 36. Ka2
Bf6 {Black threatens to win material: Bf6xg5} (36... R1f5 $142 $5 37. Rxf5 Rxf5
$17) 37. Rc5 $11 {White threatens to win material: Rc5xc7} Rf3 38. h5 (38. Nb5
a5 $11) 38... a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} (38... Rf7 39. b4 $15) 39. b4 (39.
Rxc7 $5 {is worth consideration} Rh3 40. Rc5 $11) 39... Rb8 $17 40. b5 axb5 41.
axb5 (41. Nxb5 Ra8 42. Rc4 c6 $17) 41... Rh3 42. Ne2 Bxb2 (42... Ra8+ $5 43.
Kb1 Rh1+ 44. Nc1 Ra4 $17) 43. Kxb2 $15 c6 {
Black threatens to win material: c6xb5} 44. Nf4 $2 (44. c4 $142 {
would keep White alive} cxb5 45. cxb5 $15) 44... Rf3 $19 45. Ng6+ $2 (45. Rc4
Rxb5+ 46. Kc1 Rf2 $19) 45... Kh7 46. c4 (46. b6 Rxb6+ 47. Kc1 Rb5 $19) 46...
cxb5 47. cxb5 Re8 48. Rc3 Rf5 49. Rb3 (49. Kc2 $19 {desperation}) 49... Rb8 50.
b6 Rf6 (50... Rf2+ $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 51. Kc1 Rc8+ 52. Kb1 $19
) 51. b7 Rf7 52. Rd3 (52. Kc2 {does not improve anything} Rbxb7 53. Re3 Rb5 $19
) 52... Rfxb7+ 53. Kc2 (53. Kc1 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Rb1+ 54. Kd2 R8b2+ 55. Ke3 Rb3
$19) 53... Rb2+ 54. Kc1 Rh2 55. Nf4 (55. Ne7 {
cannot undo what has already been done} Rbb2 56. Nd5 Rbf2 $19) 55... Ra8 56.
Kb1 Rf8 (56... Rf8 57. Rd4 Rh4 $19) 0-1

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schroer, Jonathan"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A60: Modern Benoni: Early Divergences} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 (4.
e3 d5 $11) 4... exd5 (4... b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 $11) 5. cxd5 d6 {Covers e5}
6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3 {Secures g4} (7. e4 a6 $14) 7... Na6 (7... a6 8. e4 $14) 8. e4
Nc7 (8... O-O 9. Bd3 $16) 9. a4 {Black has a cramped position} (9. Bd3 O-O $16)
9... O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 10. Bc4 {
Black has a cramped position} Re8 11. O-O Rb8 (11... Nd7 12. Bf4 $16) 12. Re1 {
White plans e5} b6 $2 (12... a6 $142 $16) 13. e5 $18 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bf8 (14... b5
15. Ba2 Bf8 16. Nxd6 Nxe5 17. Nxe8 (17. Rxe5 $6 Bxd6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11) (17.
Nxe5 $6 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 Bxd6 $16) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 (18. gxf3 $6 Nxe8 19. axb5
Nd6 $14) 18... Nxe8 19. axb5 $18) 15. Bg5 f6 16. exd6 Na6 17. Bd2 Nb4 $2 (17...
Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxd6 $18) 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Nd4 Rxe4 (19... f5 {is not much help}
20. Nc6 fxe4 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxe4 Bxd6 23. Re3 $18) 20. Nc6 (20. Rxe4 $142 $5
{seems even better} Bxd6 21. Nc6 Qf8 22. Nxb8 Nxb8 $18) 20... Qe8 21. Ne7+ $1 {
Decoy: e4} Bxe7 (21... Kh8 {does not save the day} 22. Rxe4 Nc5 23. Re1 $18)
22. Rxe4 Ne5 (22... Nc5 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 23. Re1 $18 (23.
dxe7 $6 {is easily refuted} Nxe4 24. d6+ Kh8 $16)) 23. Rxe5 fxe5 24. dxe7 Bd7 (
24... Kh8 {cannot change destiny} 25. d6 Bb7 26. Qg4 $18) 25. d6+ Kh8 26. Bb5
$1 {Decoy: b5} Rc8 (26... Bxb5 27. Qd5 {Double attack} (27. Qd5 {Decoy})) 27.
Rc1 (27. Rc1 Rc4 28. Rxc4 Be6 29. Bxe8 g5 30. Bb5 Bf7 31. d7 Be6 32. e8=Q+ Kg7
33. d8=Q Bf7 34. Qxg5+ Bg6 35. Qdd7#) 1-0

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Potter, John Russell"]
[Black "Schroer, Jonathon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E81: King's Indian: Sämisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)} {
(EDITOR's Note  This game was orginally transcribed with an ERROR in the score
11.Qc2?? which led to several other problems with Rybka's analysis.  While the
original scoresheet was unclear, this editor should have realized that two
players of this caliber would not have made so many gross mistakes.  Apologies
extended and lesson learned!)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {
Consolidates g4} (5. h3 O-O $11) 5... O-O 6. Be3 c5 (6... Nfd7 $5 $11) 7. dxc5
$14 dxc5 8. Bxc5 (8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 $14) 8... Nc6 (8... Qc7 9. Ba3 $11)
9. Be3 (9. Qxd8 Rxd8 (9... Nxd8 $2 10. Bxe7 Re8 11. Ba3 $18) 10. Ba3 b6 $11)
9... Qa5 (9... Qc7 10. Qb3 $11) 10. Nge2 (10. Qa4 Qxa4 11. Nxa4 Nb4 $11) 10...
Rd8 $11 {Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd1} 11. Qc1 Nd7 12. Kf2 {
White loses the right to castle} Nc5 13. Nf4 Ne5 (13... b6 14. Rb1 e6 15. Be2
$11) 14. Ncd5 {White threatens to win material: Nd5xe7} Ne6 $2 (14... e6 15. b4
Nxe4+ 16. fxe4 $14) 15. Be2 (15. Nxe7+ $142 $5 Kh8 16. Qe1 $16) 15... Nxf4 $14
16. Bxf4 e6 {Black threatens to win material: e6xd5} 17. Nc3 (17. Bd2 $142 $5
Qa6 18. Ne3 $14) 17... Nxc4 $11 18. Bxc4 {White wins a piece} Qc5+ 19. Be3 Qxc4
20. Rd1 {White threatens to win material: Rd1xd8} Bd7 21. Qd2 Qc7 {
Black threatens to win material: Qc7xh2} 22. Bf4 Qb6+ 23. Be3 {
White threatens to win material: Be3xb6} Qc7 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bc6 26. Rad1
Rxd6 27. Rxd6 h5 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 e5 {
Black threatens to win material: e5xd4} 31. Rd2 a5 32. Ke3 f6 33. Nd5 {
White threatens to win material: Nd5xf6. A classical outpost} Kf7 34. a4 Ra6
35. b3 {Secures a4} b5 36. axb5 Bxb5 37. Ra2 a4 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Bxa4 40.
h4 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schroer, Jonathon"]
[Black "Erb, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 (2... c5 3. d5 $11) 3. g3 (3. Nf3 Nc6 $11) 3... c5 (3... Bb4+ 4. Bd2
Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 $11) 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ (6... Qb6 7. Nxc6 dxc6
8. Qb3 $11) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 {
Black has an active position} 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rb1 {
White threatens to win material: Rb1xb7} (12. Qb3 Qe7 $14) 12... Na5 (12...
Nxd4 13. cxd4 b6 14. a4 $14) 13. Rb5 b6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 (15... Rac8
16. Qd3 $14) 16. Rxd5 $16 Rac8 17. Qd3 Nc4 18. Nf5 (18. Rb1 g6 $16) 18... Rfe8
19. Rc1 g6 {Black threatens to win material: g6xf5} 20. Nh6+ Kg7 $4 {
causes further problems for ?} (20... Kf8 $142 $16) 21. Ng4 $18 Qe6 22. Qd4+ f6
(22... Kf8 {doesn't change anything anymore} 23. Nf6 h5 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. Rd1
$18) 23. Rd7+ (23. Nxf6 $142 {secures victory} Kf7 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxc4 $18)
23... Re7 24. Nxf6 Rxd7 25. Nxd7+ Kf7 26. Rd1 Rc7 $4 {Black falls apart} (26...
Qxe2 27. Qf4+ Kg7 $18) 27. Qf4+ Kg7 (27... Qf5 {doesn't improve anything} 28.
Qxc7 Kg8 29. Qxc4+ Kg7 30. Qd4+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Qd8+ Kf7 33. Rd7+ Qxd7 34.
Nxd7 Ke6 35. Nf8+ Kf7 36. Nxh7 g5 37. Nxg5+ Kg6 38. f4 a6 39. Qg8+ Kh5 40. Qh7+
Kg4 41. Qh3#) 28. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Campbell, William"]
[Black "Schroer, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E72: King's Indian: 4 e4 d6 5 g3} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5.
Nc3 d6 (5... c5 6. Nf3 $11) 6. e4 (6. Nf3 c5 $11) 6... Nc6 (6... c5 7. dxc5
dxc5 8. Qb3 $11) 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 {White threatens to win material: d5xc6} Nd4
9. O-O c5 10. dxc6 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 bxc6 12. Rd1 Qc7 (12... Qe7 13. Be3 $14) 13.
h3 {Covers g4} (13. c5 dxc5 14. Be3 Rd8 $14) 13... a5 (13... Be6 14. Bg5 $11)
14. Be3 (14. Qd3 Rd8 $14) 14... Ba6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Rd2 (17. Na4
Bf8 $14) 17... Nf8 (17... Nc5 18. Rf1 $11) 18. Ne2 (18. c5 dxc5 19. Na4 Ne6 $14
) 18... Ne6 19. Rad1 c5 {Black has a new backward pawn: d6} 20. Nc3 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 (21. Nd5 Qa7 22. Qd3 Rab8 $11) 21... cxd4 22. Nd5 {
White threatens to win material: Nd5xc7} Qc5 23. a4 {
White has a new backward pawn: b3} (23. Qd3 Bc8 $15) 23... Bb7 24. g4 (24. Rb1
Ra7 $17) 24... Bxd5 25. exd5 Bh6 26. Re2 Rab8 27. Be4 Rb4 28. Rb1 Reb8 29. Qd1
R8b6 (29... Qb6 30. Reb2 $17) 30. Kh1 Qc8 31. Qd3 (31. Bc2 $5 $17) 31... Qb8
$19 32. Reb2 Rxa4 $1 {Deflection: b3} 33. bxa4 Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Qxb2 35. Qc2 Qa3
36. Kg2 Bf4 37. Qd1 Kf8 38. Qc2 Ke7 (38... Bg5 39. Bd3 $19) 39. Qd1 (39. h4 h6
$17) 39... Kd7 (39... Bg5 $5 $19) 40. Qb1 $17 Qb4 (40... Qxa4 {
is the less attractive alternative} 41. Qb7+ Kd8 42. Qb8+ Kd7 43. c5 dxc5 44.
d6 $18) 41. Qxb4 axb4 42. Bc2 Kc7 43. Kf3 Kb6 44. Ke2 (44. Ke4 h5 $17) 44...
Bg5 (44... b3 $142 $5 45. Bxb3 e4 $19) 45. f3 Kc5 46. Bb3 Bd8 47. Kd3 f5 48.
Ba2 $4 {causes even greater problems} (48. gxf5 $142 gxf5 49. Ba2 $17) 48...
e4+ $1 $19 {puts the final touch} 49. fxe4 fxg4 50. hxg4 h5 51. gxh5 (51. Bb3 {
hardly improves anything} h4 $19) 51... gxh5 52. Bb3 (52. Ke2 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} h4 $19) 52... h4 53. Bd1 h3 54. Bg4 h2
55. Bf3 b3 56. Bh1 Ba5 57. Bg2 Bc3 (57... b2 58. Ke2 b1=Q 59. e5 d3+ 60. Kf3 d2
61. Kf4 d1=Q 62. Be4 dxe5+ 63. Kf5 Qf3+ 64. Ke6 Qbxe4 65. Ke7 Qh7+ 66. Ke6
Qff5#) 58. Bf3 (58. a5 b2 59. Ke2 b1=Q 60. a6 d3+ 61. Ke3 Qe1+ 62. Kf3 Qe2+ 63.
Kf4 Qxg2 64. Kf5 h1=Q 65. e5 Qh7+ 66. Kf6 Qgg6#) 58... b2 59. Kc2 (59. Ke2 {
is not much help} b1=Q 60. Bg2 d3+ 61. Kf3 h1=Q 62. Bxh1 Qxh1+ 63. Kg4 d2 64.
Kf5 d1=Q 65. e5 Qh7+ 66. Kg5 Qg7+ 67. Kf5 Qdg4#) 59... d3+ $1 {forces the win}
60. Kb1 (60. Kxd3 b1=Q+ {Promotion}) 60... d2 61. Kc2 b1=Q+ $1 {Decoy: a3} 62.
Kxb1 (62. Kxb1 Bb4 {Decoy} (62... h1=Q+ {Mate attack})) 62... d1=Q+ $1 {
Deflection: h1} (62... d1=Q+ 63. Bxd1 h1=Q 64. Kc2 Qe1 65. Kb3 Bf6 66. e5 Qxd1+
67. Ka3 Bxe5 68. a5 Kxc4 69. Ka2 Qb3#) 0-1

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hales, William"]
[Black "Newsom, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1178"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C06: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7 5 Bd3 main lines} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nd2 (3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 $11) 3... Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 4. e5 {
White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Nfd7 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 5. Ngf3 c5 {
Black undermines the pawn chain} 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6 {Controls f5} 8. O-O Bg7
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 (10. Qe2 a6 $11) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 f6 (11... Qb6 12. Qa4
$11) 12. exf6 $11 Nxf6 {Black has a new backward pawn: e6} 13. Bb5 {
White has a very active position} Ne4 {Attacking the isolated pawn on d4} 14.
Be3 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ng3 Rb8 $11) 14... Bd7 15. Bd3 (15. Ng3 a6 16. Be2 Nd6
$11) 15... Nf6 {White has an active position} 16. h3 {
White has a very active position} Nh5 (16... Qb6 17. Ne5 $11) 17. N1h2 Nf4 (
17... Qb6 18. Ng4 $14) 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. Qd2 (19. Ng4 Nh5 $14) 19... Nh5 (19...
Qf6 20. g3 Nh5 21. Bg5 $14) 20. Ng4 $14 Qb6 {
The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} (20... Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rac1 $14
) 21. Red1 {White has an active position} (21. Nfe5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qc7 $16)
21... Nb4 (21... Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Rac1 $14) 22. a3 (22. Bh6 Qd6 $16)
22... Nc6 (22... Nc2 23. Rac1 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 $14) 23. Nge5 {
White threatens to win material: Ne5xd7} Qd8 (23... Nxe5 24. dxe5 (24. Nxe5
$143 Bb5 $11) 24... Qc7 25. Rac1 $16) 24. Bh6 (24. Rac1 Bf6 $16) 24... Nxe5 25.
Nxe5 {White has an active position. A sound move} Ba4 (25... Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Rc2
27. Rd2 $14) 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 (26... Nxg7 27. Rdc1 $16) 27. Rdc1 $16 Nf6 (27...
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nf6 29. Qb4 $16) 28. Qb4 (28. Rxc8 $5 Qxc8 29. Rc1 $16) 28... Bc6
$16 29. Bd3 (29. Rc2 a5 30. Qb3 Nd7 $16) 29... Nh5 (29... Nd7 $5 $14) 30. Qd2 (
30. Rc2 Kg8 $16) 30... Nf4 31. Bf1 Qg5 (31... Kg8 32. Qe3 Rc7 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34.
Rc2 $16) 32. Qe3 Bb5 $2 (32... Qd8 $142 $16) 33. Ng4 $4 {
a weak move, ruining a winning position} (33. Rxc8 $142 {
makes sure everything is clear} Bxf1 34. Rc7+ (34. Kxf1 $143 Qxg2+ 35. Ke1 Rxc8
36. Qxf4 Rf8 $15) 34... Kg8 35. Ng4 Bxg2 36. Qe5 Nxh3+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4
Nxf4 39. Rxb7 $18) 33... Bxf1 $11 34. Kxf1 h5 35. Qe5+ Qxe5 36. Nxe5 {
A classical outpost} (36. dxe5 $4 hxg4 37. Rab1 gxh3 38. gxh3 Nxh3 $19) 36...
g5 37. b4 Rfd8 38. Rc5 b6 39. Rc6 Rxc6 40. Nxc6 Rd7 41. b5 Rc7 42. Re1 Kf6 43.
Re3 a5 $4 {weakening the position} (43... a6 $142 {was necessary} 44. a4 Rc8
$11) 44. Rf3 $18 Kg7 45. h4 $1 {Deflection: h4} Kg6 (45... gxh4 46. g3 {
Double attack} (46. Rxf4 {Deflection}) (46. g3 {Decoy})) 46. g3 Nh3 {HALES:  Ex
hausted at the end of a tournament, I accepted Gary's draw offer here knowing
that I had good chances to win.  (It turns out chances were better than my
estimate at the time).  In hindsight, this was a mistake with plenty of time
left on my clock.  Hopefully, a lesson learned.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meyers, Dominique"]
[Black "Hales, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xd5} 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. a3 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8.  HALES:  Rub it in,
Rybka.} e6 {White has an active position} 6. c4 {
White threatens to win material: c4xd5} Nf6 7. Nc3 c6 {
White has an active position} (7... Bd6 8. Bd3 $14) 8. Bd3 (8. Nh4 Bg4 9. Qb3
Qc7 $14 (9... Qxd4 $143 10. Qxb7 Qb6 11. Qc8+ Qd8 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. h3 $16))
8... Bg4 {Black has a cramped position} (8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. O-O $11) 9.
Be2 (9. Be3 Qc7 $14) 9... Qc7 {White has a very active position} 10. O-O Nbd7
11. Re1 Be7 (11... Rd8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 $14 (13. gxf3 $143 Bd6 $15)) 12.
Be3 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 O-O $14) 12... Rd8 13. b4 {
White has an active position} O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 14.
Qb3 a6 {Covers b5} 15. Ne5 {HALES:  This piece trade baits me for a tactic,
but I failed to notice that the tactic didn't work.  See variation below with
17...Bd6.} (15. h3 Bh5 $11) 15... Bxe2 $11 ({Worse is} 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5
17. Bb6 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 $14) (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bb6 Bd6) 16. Rxe2 Nxe5
17. dxe5 {Black has a cramped position} Ng4 {
Black threatens to win material: Ng4xe5} ({Not} 17... Qxe5 18. Bb6 Qf4 19. Bxd8
Bxd8 20. Na4 $16) 18. Bf4 {Black has a cramped position} Bf6 (18... Rd4 19. Re4
Rfd8 20. h3 $15) 19. Rae1 $11 g5 {Black threatens to win material: g5xf4  
HALES:  An ugly but interesting idea.  Better would have been 19...Rd4  20.g3 .
..g5!} (19... Rd4 20. g3 Be7 21. h3 $11) 20. Bg3 $14 Bg7 (20... Be7 21. Ne4 Nh6
22. Nd6 $14) 21. Qc2 Rd4 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Nd2 Rfd8 (23... h5 24. Nf3 Rd7 25. Qc1
$14) 24. Nf3 {White threatens to win material: Nf3xd4} (24. Nb3 $5 Rd3 25. f3
$16) 24... Rd3 $14 {Black threatens to win material: Rd3xa3} 25. h4 {
White threatens to win material: h4xg5} (25. Qc1 a5 $14) 25... Nh6 {
HALES:  Dropping a pawn but gaining a knight-post.} 26. Nxg5 (26. hxg5 Nf5 27.
Bf4 Rxa3 $14) 26... Nf5 $11 27. Bf4 h6 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5}
(27... Rxa3 $2 {would be great except for} 28. g4 Qxb4 29. Rb1 $18) ({
Inferior is} 27... Nxh4 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxh7+ (29. Bxd2 $6 Ng6 $11) 29... Kf8
30. Bxd2 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Rxd2 32. Qh4 $18) 28. Ne4 Rxa3 29. Rd2 Rxd2 (29... Nxh4
$2 {doesn't work because of} 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Rd1 $18) 30. Qxd2 Rb3 $4 {
Black is ruining his position.  HALES:  I considered Qxh4, but making the time
control here had something to do with this blunder.} (30... Qxh4 $142 {
and Black could well hope to play on} 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. exf6 Qh5 $11) 31. Nc5
$18 Ra3 32. Qb2 Qxh4 33. g3 $4 {gives the opponent new chances} (33. Re4 b6 34.
Qxa3 bxc5 $18) 33... Nxg3 $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails.  HALES: 
I think both Dominique and I can be forgiven for missing that 33.Qh3! makes
the rook on a3 a poison morsel.  See variation below.  UNBELIEVABLE!!!} (33...
Qh3 $142 {and Black hangs on} 34. Rd1 (34. Qxa3 $4 Nh4 $1) 34... Rf3 35. Rd8+
Kh7 $11) 34. fxg3 (34. Bxg3 Rxg3+ 35. fxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 Qf4+ 37. Qf2 Qxc4+ 38.
Kg2 b6 $18) 34... Rxg3+ 35. Bxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 Qf4+ 37. Kg2 $4 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent} (37. Qf2 $142 {
and White gets the upper hand} Qxc4+ 38. Kg2 $16) 37... Qg4+ $11 38. Kf2 $4 {
White lets it slip away} (38. Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Qf2 Qxc4+ 40. Kg2 b6 $18) 38... Qf4+
(38... Qh4+ $142 {and Black wins} 39. Kf3 Qxe1 $19) 39. Kg1 $11 {
Black has a cramped position} Qg3+ 40. Kf1 {Twofold repetition} Qf4+ 41. Qf2
Qxc4+ 42. Re2 (42. Kg2 $142 b6 43. Ne4 Qxb4 44. Nd6 Qg4+ 45. Qg3 $18) 42...
Qc1+ $2 {HALES:  My second-dumbest move of the game.  Just take the pawn!} (
42... Bxe5 $142 43. Nxb7 Qc1+ 44. Qe1 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Bg7 $16) 43. Kg2 $18 Qc4 (
43... b6 44. Nxa6 Qg5+ 45. Qg3 $18) 44. Re4 Qd5 45. Qf4 $4 {
forfeits the advantage.  HALES:  Easy for you to say, Rybka.} (45. Qd4 $142 $5
{seems even better} b5 46. Qxd5 cxd5 47. Re2 $18) 45... b6 (45... a5 $5 46.
Nxb7 axb4 $16) 46. Nb7 c5 47. Nd6 cxb4 48. Qxf7+ Kh7 49. Kh3 (49. Kf2 $142 $16)
49... b3 $4 {cause more grief} (49... Qd1 50. Kh2 Qd2+ 51. Kg3 Qc3+ 52. Kf2
Qd2+ 53. Re2 Qd4+ 54. Re3 Qd2+ 55. Kf3 Qd5+ 56. Kg3 Qd4 $18) 50. Nf5 $1 $18 {
Deflection: e6} Qd3+ (50... exf5 51. Qxd5 {Pinning} (51. Qxd5 {Deflection})) (
50... -- 51. Qxg7# {Mate threat}) 51. Ng3 Qc3 (51... Qd8 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 52. Qxe6 b2 53. Qf5+ Kg8 $18) 52. Kh4 (52.
Rg4 $142 {it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} Qxe5 53. Nh5 $18
) 52... b2 $4 {further deteriorates the position.  HALES:  I missed 52...Qd2,
an excellent draw try!} (52... Qd2 $142 $16) 53. Nh5 {HALES:  Send my saddle
home, this cowboy rides the range no longer.  This was a messy, but very
satisfying game of chess.} (53. Nh5 Qg3+ 54. Kxg3 b1=Q 55. Qxg7#) 1-0

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hales, William T."]
[Black "Shemesh, Yuval"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "2031"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} 1. e4 c5 2.
c3 (2. Nf3 e6 $11) 2... Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 3. e5 {
White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's pieces can't move: c8+f8} 6. Nf3 d6 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8} 7. Nc3 (7. Bc4 dxe5
8. dxe5 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bb5+ Bd7 $11) 7... e6 {Prevents intrusion on d5}
(7... dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxc3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. bxc3 $11) 8. Nxd5 (8.
Bd2 Be7 $11) 8... exd5 $11 9. exd6 (9. Bd3 $5 $11) 9... Bxd6 $15 {
White king safety dropped.} 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O h6 {Covers g5} (11... Bg4 12.
h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 $11) 12. h3 Qf6 {Attacks the isolani on d4} 13. a3 {Secures b4
} Kh8 (13... Re8 14. b4 $15) 14. Be3 Bd7 (14... Bf5 15. Re1 $11) 15. Qb3 {
White threatens to win material: Qb3xd5} Bxh3 16. Qxd5 (16. gxh3 $4 {
White must not take the bishop, otherwise he will bring himself grief} Qxf3 17.
Bc2 Qxh3 $19) (16. Qxb7 $6 {is a bad alternative} Ne7 $15) 16... Qe6 (16... Ne7
17. Qh5 Bf5 18. Bg5 $11) 17. Qxe6 (17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd7 $14) 17... Bxe6
$11 (17... fxe6 $2 18. Nh4 (18. gxh3 $6 Rxf3 19. Kg2 Rf7 $11) 18... Bg4 19.
Ng6+ Kg8 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Bc4 $18) 18. Be4 Bg4 (18... f5 $5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 $11)
19. Rac1 $14 Bd7 20. Rfd1 f5 (20... Rfd8 21. d5 Ne5 22. Bc5 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 $14)
21. Bd5 (21. Bb1 Ne7 $14) 21... f4 22. Bd2 Rab8 (22... Ne7 23. Ba2 $14) 23. Bc3
Ne7 24. Be4 (24. Bb3 Bg4 $16) 24... Bf5 $14 {
Black threatens to win material: Bf5xe4} 25. Re1 (25. Nd2 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Rbd8
$14) 25... Bxe4 $11 26. Rxe4 Nd5 {A valuable piece} 27. Ne5 Rfe8 $4 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (27...
Kg8 $142 $11 {this is the best bet to save the position}) 28. Nf7+ $18 Kg8 29.
Rxe8+ (29. Nxd6 {seems even better} Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Rf8 $18) 29... Rxe8 $2 (29...
Kxf7 30. Rxb8 Bxb8 $18) 30. Nxd6 Re7 31. Kf1 (31. Nc8 {
makes it even easier for White} Re6 32. Nxa7 Rb6 $18) 31... a6 (31... Rd7 {
does not help much} 32. Nc4 $18) 32. Nc4 (32. Ba5 {and White can already relax}
b6 33. Rc8+ Kh7 $18) 32... f3 (32... Rc7 {doesn't change anything anymore} 33.
Ne5 $18) 33. gxf3 Rf7 (33... Rc7 {is not the saving move} 34. Bd2 $18) 34. Ne5
Rf5 (34... Rc7 {does not save the day} 35. Ke2 $18) 35. Bd2 h5 (35... Rf8 {
does not win a prize} 36. Ke2 $18) 36. Rc5 Nf6 (36... Nf4 {
does not solve anything} 37. Nd3 $1 {Discovered attack: e5, c5-f5} Nd5 38. Nb4
$18) 37. Rc7 h4 38. Ng6 (38. Kg2 {keeps an even firmer grip} b5 $18) 38... Rh5
(38... Rb5 {doesn't improve anything} 39. b4 $18) 39. Nf4 (39. Rxb7 $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} Kh7 40. Nf8+ Kh8 $18) 39... Rb5 40. Bc1 (40. Bc3 {
seems even better} Rg5 $18) 40... Rb3 (40... Ne8 {is no salvation} 41. Rd7 $18)
41. Rc3 (41. Ne6 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Nh5 $18) 41... Rb5 42. Kg2 Kh7
(42... Nd5 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 43. Nxd5 Rxd5 44. Be3 $18) 43.
Kh3 Nd5 44. Nxd5 Rxd5 45. Be3 Rb5 (45... Rd7 {cannot change destiny} 46. Rc5
$18) 46. b4 Rf5 (46... Kg6 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 47. Kxh4 b6 48.
Kg4 $18) 47. f4 Kg6 (47... Rb5 {doesn't do any good} 48. Rc5 Rb6 49. Kxh4 $18)
48. Kxh4 (48. Rc7 $142 {and White can already relax} b6 $18) 48... Rh5+ (48...
Rf7 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 49. Rc5 $18) 49. Kg4 Rh1 (49... a5
50. Rc5 Rh2 51. bxa5 Rg2+ 52. Kh3 $18) 50. Rc2 (50. f5+ $142 {
makes it even easier for White} Kf7 51. Rc7+ Kf8 $18) 50... Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Kf5
52. Rc5+ Kf6 53. d5 (53. Rc7 $142 {might be the shorter path} Kf5 54. Rf7+ Ke6
55. Rxb7 Kd5 $18) 53... Rd1 (53... Ke7 {hardly improves anything} 54. Rc7+ Kd6
55. Rxb7 Kxd5 56. Rb6 $18) 54. Ke4 (54. Ke4 Ke7 55. Rc7+ Kf8 56. Rxb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "NC Open 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vlahovic, Branislav"]
[Black "Hales, William T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D45: Semi-Slav: 5 e3} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 (4... Bf5 5. Bd3
Bxd3 6. Qxd3 $11) 5. Nc3 (5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 $14) 5... Bb4 (5... Bd6 6. Bd3
$14) 6. Bd2 (6. Bd3 O-O $11) 6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 Qe7 8. a3 {
White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Bd6 9. O-O e5 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O
$11) 10. e4 (10. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. f4 $14) 10... dxc4 (10... exd4
11. exd5 dxc3 $15) 11. dxe5 (11. Bxc4 $142 $5 {
and White could well hope to play on} O-O 12. Be3 $11) 11... Nxe5 $17 (11...
cxd3 $2 {is very tempting, but} 12. exd6 (12. exf6 $6 Qxf6 13. Bg5 Qg6 $11)
12... Qxd6 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 $18) 12. Nxe5 (12. Be2 $142 $5 $17) 12... Qxe5
$19 (12... Bxe5 $6 13. Bxc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qe2 $11) 13. f4 Qc5+ (13...
Qd4+ 14. Kh1 cxd3 15. e5 $19) 14. Kh1 cxd3 15. e5 Bg4 {HALES:  I offered a
draw here understanding fully that my position was superior.  After about one
hour of post game analysis with Dr. Vlahovic, I stand by my decision.  Black
has some impending king safety issues, and the the position is quite volatile,
with chances for both sides.  Rybka's 1.5 pawn advantage for black is not so
easy to convert into a win against a player of this caliber.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "TAO 50"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C12: French: Classical System: McCutcheon Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 {
Black threatens to win material: d5xe4} 3. Nc3 Bb4 {
Black has a cramped position} (3... Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 $14) 4. Bd3 dxe4 5.
Bxe4 Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 6. Bg5 (6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3
O-O $11) 6... h6 (6... Nbd7 7. Bf3 $11) 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 {
Black has the pair of bishops} 8. Qd3 (8. Nf3 O-O $11) 8... Nd7 9. Nge2 O-O {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 10. O-O c5 11. Rad1
cxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc4 a5 $11) 12... Qe7 13. Bxb7 (13. Bf3 Bc5 14.
Qe4 Nb6 $11) 13... Bxb7 14. Qxd7 Qxd7 (14... Rab8 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. Rd2 $11)
15. Rxd7 Ba6 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 (16... Rfb8 17. Nd4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 $11) 17. a3 $14
Bxe2 (17... Bf8 18. R1d2 $14) 18. Nxe2 $16 Rxc2 19. Nd4 Rd2 20. Rxd2 Bxd2 21.
Nc6 {White threatens to win material: Nc6xa7} (21. b4 Bg5 $16) 21... Bc1 $14 {
Black threatens to win material: Bc1xb2} 22. Rb7 ({Not} 22. Nxa7 Bxb2 23. a4 e5
$11) 22... Kf8 (22... a5 23. a4 $14) 23. a4 $16 a5 {
White has a new backward pawn: b2} 24. Kf1 (24. g3 Bg5 $16) 24... Bg5 (24...
Bf4 25. g3 Bd6 26. Rd7 $14) 25. Ke2 (25. Ne5 f5 $14) 25... Bd8 (25... Bf4 26.
g3 Bd6 27. Rd7 $14) 26. Kd3 $16 Rc8 27. Ne5 f6 28. Ng6+ (28. Nc4 Ra8 $14) 28...
Ke8 (28... Kg8 29. h4 $14) 29. Rxg7 Rb8 30. Kc2 Rb4 (30... Rc8+ 31. Kb3 $14)
31. Rg8+ Kd7 32. b3 Re4 33. f3 Re3 34. Nf4 Bc7 {
Black threatens to win material: Bc7xf4} 35. Nd3 Re2+ 36. Kd1 Ra2 37. h4 (37.
Nc5+ Kc6 38. Nxe6 Bxh2 39. Nd4+ Kc5 $14) 37... Bb6 $14 38. Nc1 {
White threatens to win material: Nc1xa2} (38. Ne1 Rb2 $14) 38... Rf2 (38... Rb2
39. Ne2 $11) 39. Rg4 (39. Ne2 Be3 $14) 39... Be3 (39... Rb2 40. b4 axb4 41. Nd3
$11) 40. Re4 (40. Ne2 $5 $14) 40... Bxc1 $11 41. Kxc1 Rxg2 42. b4 axb4 43. Rxb4
{White has a new passed pawn: a4.} Kc6 44. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "TAO 50"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stamper, David"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A86: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: Unusual lines and 5 Nh3} 1. d4 f5 2. c4
Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 {White gains space} (7. O-O
e6 $11) 7... Na6 8. O-O e5 9. dxe6 {Deflection: e6} Nc5 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc5xe6} (9... Bxe6 10. Bd5 {Double attack} (
10. Bxb7 {Discovered attack}) (10. Bxb7 {Deflection}) (10. Bd5 {Decoy})) 10.
Nf4 (10. Ng5 Rb8 $14) 10... c6 $11 {Prevents intrusion on b5+d5} 11. Qd2 (11.
Be3 Qe7 $11) 11... Qe7 12. Rb1 Nxe6 (12... Bxe6 13. b3 $11) 13. Nxe6 (13. Rd1
Rd8 $11) 13... Bxe6 $11 14. b3 {Covers c4} Rfd8 15. Ba3 Qc7 (15... Qe8 16. Qc2
$11) 16. Rfd1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5+ Rxd5 20. Qc2 Rad8 21.
Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Rd1 Qa5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 c5 26. Qc3 b5 {
Black plans c4} 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. Qe5 c4 29. Qb8+ Kf7 30. Qxa7+ Kf6 31. Qd4+ Ke6
32. bxc4 bxc4 {
White has a new passed pawn: a2. Black has a new passed pawn: c4.} 33. Qe3+ Kd6
34. Qd4+ Kc7 35. Qe5+ Kb6 36. Qb2+ Ka6 37. Qa3+ Kb5 38. Qb2+ Ka4 39. Qc3 Qd5
40. f3 g5 (40... Qc5+ 41. Kf1 $11) 41. Kf2 $14 f4 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. e4 (43. Ke1
h6 $14) 43... fxe3+ $11 44. Kxe3 Kb5 45. f4 Qc5+ 46. Ke4 Qf2 $4 {
weakening the position} (46... Qc6+ $142 {is a viable option} 47. Ke3 Qc5+ 48.
Kf3 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Qg6+ 50. Kf2 Qh6 51. a4+ Kc5 $11) 47. a4+ $1 $18 {
Deflection: a4} Kc5 $4 {
Black has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position} (
47... Kxa4 48. Qxc4+ {Deflection} (48. Qa1+ {Decoy})) 48. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 49. Kxe3
Kb4 50. Kd2 Kb3 51. Kc1 Kxa4 52. f5 Kb3 53. f6 Kc3 54. f7 1-0

[Event "TAO 50"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "King, Paul"]
[Black "Campbell, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 (
2... c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e3 $11) 3. Bg5 (3. g3 c5 $11) 3... c5 $11 4. e4 (4. Nc3
cxd4 5. Nxd4 h6 $11) 4... cxd4 5. e5 h6 6. Bxf6 (6. Bh4 $142 $5 {
must be considered} g5 7. exf6 gxh4 8. Qxd4 $15) 6... gxf6 $17 7. exf6 Qxf6 (
7... Nc6 $5 $17) 8. Qxd4 $15 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 {Black has the pair of bishops} Bg7 (
9... Nc6 10. Nb3 $15) 10. c3 {Consolidates d4} a6 {Controls b5} (10... Nc6 11.
Nc2 $15) 11. g3 (11. Nd2 $5 $11) 11... Bxd4 $15 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14.
O-O-O Nc6 15. Ne4 (15. Bh3 b5 $15) 15... d5 $17 {
Black threatens to win material: d5xe4} 16. Nf6+ (16. Nc5 $5 $17) 16... Ke7 $19
17. Nh5 (17. Ng4 e5 18. Ne3 d4 19. Nd5+ Kd6 $17) 17... Bd7 (17... e5 18. Be2
Bf5 19. g4 $19) 18. f4 (18. Bg2 Nb4 19. Kb1 e5 $19) 18... Rac8 19. Kb1 (19. h3
$142 $19) 19... Na7 $4 {a transit from better to worse} (19... e5 $142 {
and Black can already relax} 20. h3 Bf5+ 21. Bd3 Bg6 $19) 20. Bg2 (20. Bh3 $17)
20... Rc7 (20... Rc5 $142 $5 $17) 21. Rhe1 Kd6 22. f5 Rhc8 (22... Nc8 23. Nf6
Nb6 24. b3 $11) 23. Nf6 {Black king safety dropped} Rc2 $4 (23... Ba4 24. b3
Nb5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rxd5+ Kc6 27. Rd8+ Kb6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. bxa4 Nc3+ 30.
Kc2 Nxa4+ 31. Kd2 Rd8+ 32. Ke3 Re8+ 33. Kf2 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 $11) 24. Be4 {
White threatens to win material: Be4xc2} (24. Bxd5 $142 {nails it down} Rc1+
25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 exd5 27. Ne8+ Bxe8 28. Rxe8 $18) 24... Rxh2 $14 25.
Bxd5 exd5 (25... Ba4 26. Bb3+ Ke7 27. Bxa4 Kxf6 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rd6 $14) 26.
Rxd5+ $16 Kc7 27. Rc1+ $4 {spoils everything} (27. Rxd7+ $142 Kb8 28. Rxf7 $16)
27... Bc6 $19 28. Rd7+ Kb6 29. Rxf7 (29. Rd3 {doesn't change anything anymore}
h5 30. Rdd1 Rf2 $19) 29... Rf2 (29... Rd8 $142 {and Black takes home the point}
30. Ka1 Rdd2 31. Rb1 $19) 30. g4 (30. Rh7 $19 {is still a small chance}) 30...
Rd8 (30... Rd8 31. Ka1 Rdd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "TAO 50"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jiang, Allan"]
[Black "Parrish, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "1785"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 {Consolidates e5} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 5. Nc3 a6 {Secures b5} (5... g6 6. Be3
$11) 6. Be2 e6 {Controls d5+f5} (6... e5 7. Nb3 $14) 7. f4 {
Black is behind in developement} (7. O-O e5 8. Nf3 Be7 $14) 7... Nbd7 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: c8} (7... Be7 8. Qd3
$11) 8. O-O (8. Be3 Qc7 $11) 8... b5 9. Bf3 {Black has a cramped position} Bb7
10. e5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11. Nxf3 $142 $5 {and White can hope to survive} dxe5 12.
fxe5 $11) 11... dxe5 $17 12. Nc6 Bc5+ (12... Qb6+ $142 $5 13. Kh1 exf4 $17) 13.
Kh1 $11 e4 14. Nxe4 Qc7 15. f5 (15. Nxc5 $142 {and White can hope to live} Nxc5
16. Ne5 $11) 15... Nxe4 $17 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. a4 (18. b4 $142 $5 Bd6
19. Nd4 $17) 18... b4 $19 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. fxe6 (20. Bg5 Be7 $19) 20... O-O (
20... fxe6 21. Qe3 e5 22. c3 $19) 21. Bg5 (21. Bf4 Qc4 22. c3 Bc5 $19) 21...
fxe6 22. Qb3 (22. Qe3 Qc6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 $19) 22... Nd5 23. Rfc1 (
23. c3 Bd6 $19) 23... Bd6 (23... Qe5 $5 {seems even better} 24. Bh4 Qe4 25. Qg3
$19) 24. c4 Bf4 25. Rc2 (25. Bxf4 {the last chance for counterplay} Qxf4 26.
Qh3 $19) 25... Bxg5 (25... Bxg5 26. Re2 Qxc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 $19) 0-1

[Event "NC Champions Meet 5 min "]
[Site "TOMCO-6BD9B49FE"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Crittenden (Retired), Charles "Kit""]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} {While this is far from a "serious"
game, it marks a historically significant meeting between two of North
Carolina's great chess minds.    *       NM Kit Crittenden won the NC chess
championship in 1948 at the age of 14, and still holds the national record as
the youngest state champion in US history.  He went on to win the title five
times, and was the first official chess Master from North Carolina. He no
doubt would have won more titles had he not left the state, and there were
also years in which he did not compete.  Charles "Kit" Crittenden now resides
in California, where he continues his life's work in philosophy.  At the time
of this meeting, it had been about 20 years since Dr. Crittenden had played
competitive chess.     *         FM Ron Simpson is the current North Carolina
champion, sixty years after young Kit won the title.  He grew up in the
Brooklyn, New York area, and earned his chess chops among a talented group of
African-American players in that area.  His list of chess accomplishments is
impressive, and includes a Senior Master title with a 2427 rating in 1991.  He
now resides in the Raleigh area with his wife and kids, and works for the NOAA
weather service.    *           While Simpson won this 5 minute encounter, it
was impressive to see Crittenden hold his own with black well into the game. 
He clung to the draw margin relentlessly, until time pressure reared its ugly
head and blunders ensued.    *           (Written comments by Tom Hales,
reporting from the scene)    ********************************} 1. e4 c6 2. d4
d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's pieces can't move: c8+f8} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 6. Ng3 (6. Nc3 g6 $11) 6... e6 {
Covers f5} 7. Bd3 Be7 8. c3 {Controls b4} O-O 9. h4 (9. O-O c5 $11) 9... c5 10.
Bg5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 (11... h6 12. Bc2 $11) 12. Qd2 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} (12. Qe2 h6 $11)
12... Nc5 13. O-O-O Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 {Black has the pair of bishops} e5 {
Black threatens to win material: e5xd4} (14... h6 $5 $11 {
looks like a viable alternative}) 15. Ndf5 $14 Qxd3 16. Nxe7+ (16. Rxd3 Be6 $16
) 16... Rxe7 $14 17. Rxd3 {Opposite coloured bishops appeared} Be6 {
Black threatens to win material: Be6xa2} 18. Re1 {
White threatens to win material: Re1xe5} (18. Nh5 Bxa2 19. Rhd1 h6 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Nxf6 Rc8 $14) 18... Bc4 (18... Rd7 $142 $5 {
is an interesting alternative} 19. Red1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Nd5 $11) 19. Rf3 $16 Re6
20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. b3 Bd5 22. Rf5 (22. Rd3 $5 Bc6 23. Nf5 $16) 22... Rc8 {
Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc3} 23. Kb2 (23. Re3 $142 Kf8 24. Nh5 $14)
23... b5 $2 (23... Kg7 $142 $11 {and Black can hope to live}) 24. Nh5 $16 Rcc6
25. f4 (25. a4 $5 Kf8 26. f3 Rb6 $18) 25... Kf8 $16 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rfxe5 (
27. Re2 f6 $16) 27... Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Bxg2 29. Rxb5 Rh6 30. Nf4 (30. Ng3 Bh3 $16)
30... Be4 31. Re5 f5 32. h5 Rd6 (32... Kf7 33. c4 Rd6 34. Ra5 $16) 33. c4 (33.
Ne6+ Kg8 34. Nd4 Rf6 $18) 33... Rd2+ (33... Kf7 34. Ra5 Kf6 35. Kc3 $16) 34.
Ka3 $18 Bb1 (34... Kg7 35. Re7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 $18) 35. Kb4 Rxa2 36. Kc5 (36. c5
Be4 37. Ne6+ Kf7 $18) 36... Be4 (36... Ra5+ 37. Kd6 Rxe5 38. Kxe5 $16) 37. b4
$18 Kf7 (37... Rh2 38. Kd6 Rd2+ 39. Nd5 $18) 38. Nd5 Rc2 $4 {
Black falls apart   (Editor:  Under Severe Time Pressure!)} (38... a6 $142 $18)
39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Rxa7 Bd3 41. Ne3 Re2 (41... Rb2 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 42. Ra3 Bb1 43. b5 $18) 42. Kd4 Be4 (
42... f4 {does not improve anything} 43. Nd5 Rd2 44. Nxf4 Bf1+ 45. Kc3 $18) 43.
Ra5 (43. b5 $142 {might be the shorter path} h6 $18) 43... Kf7 (43... Rd2+ {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 44. Ke5 Rh2 45. b5 $18) 44. Nxf5 {Crittenden,
whose clock had expired a couple of moves earlier, resigned at this point.} (
44. Nxf5 Bg2 45. Ra7+ Kf6 46. Ne3 $18) 1-0

[Event "TAO 49"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Campbell, William"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D04: Colle System} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 (3... e6 4. c4 $11) 4. Bd3 (
4. c4 c6 $14) 4... e6 {Covers f5} 5. c3 {Consolidates b4} c5 6. Qa4+ (6. Nbd2
cxd4 7. Qa4+ Nbd7 8. exd4 Bd6 $11) 6... Nbd7 7. Ne5 c4 {Black gains space} (
7... Bh5 8. Nxd7 Nxd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 $15) 8. Nxg4 $11 Nxg4 {
White has the pair of bishops} (8... cxd3 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O $14) 9. Be2 {
White threatens to win material: Be2xg4} Ngf6 (9... Qh4 10. g3 Qh3 11. Bxg4
Qxg4 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 $11) 10. b4 (10. b3 $142 $5 $14 {is noteworthy})
10... Be7 11. Nd2 O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 12. Bb2 (12. O-O
h6 $15) 12... a5 13. bxa5 (13. b5 Nb6 14. Qc2 a4 $15) 13... Rxa5 {
Black has a new backward pawn: b7} 14. Qc2 b5 (14... Qc7 15. O-O $17) 15. a3 {
Secures b4} (15. O-O Qb6 $17) 15... Qb6 $17 16. O-O Rfa8 17. Qc1 Qa7 18. Nb1
Nb6 19. Bd1 (19. Qc2 Ra4 $17) 19... Na4 20. Bxa4 Rxa4 21. f3 (21. h3 g5 $17)
21... Nd7 (21... Bd6 22. Qc2 $17) 22. Rf2 (22. Qc2 Nb6 $17) 22... Nb6 23. g3
Ra5 24. Kg2 Na4 25. Rc2 (25. Ra2 Bf8 $17) 25... h6 26. Kh3 (26. Qe1 Kh8 $17)
26... Qd7 (26... e5 27. f4 $19) 27. Kg2 e5 $1 {Decoy: e5} 28. h4 (28. dxe5 Qf5
{Decoy}) 28... Qf5 $19 {Black prepares the advance e4} 29. Ra2 $2 (29. Rf2 R8a6
30. Qc2 Qh5 $19) 29... R5a6 30. Ba1 (30. Nd2 exd4 31. exd4 Bxh4 $19) 30... Rg6
31. Qh1 (31. Nd2 Bxh4 32. Nf1 $19) 31... Rga6 (31... Bd6 $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 32. Qh3 Qxh3+ 33. Kxh3 exd4 34. exd4 Rxg3+ 35. Kh2
$19) 32. Qc1 e4 (32... exd4 {makes it even easier for Black} 33. exd4 Rg6 34.
Nd2 Bxh4 35. Nf1 $19) 33. f4 (33. Nd2 Rg6 34. fxe4 Qg4 $19) 33... Qg4 (33...
Rg6 $142 $5 {and Black can already relax} 34. Kh2 Rg4 35. Rg2 Bxh4 36. Nd2 $19)
34. Kh2 g5 35. hxg5 (35. Rg2 $19) 35... hxg5 36. Rg2 (36. Kg1 $19) 36... Kg7 (
36... Rh6+ $5 {might be the shorter path} 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Rh2 $19) 37. Kg1 Rh6
38. Qd2 (38. Rh2 {no good, but what else?} Rah8 39. Qe1 $19) 38... Rah8 39. Qe2
Rh1+ 40. Kf2 Qxe2+ 41. Kxe2 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "TAO 49"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "Gragg, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "1819"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D06: Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4
cxd4 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 {White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Qd8 (5...
Qa5 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd5 $14) 6. Nxd4 (6. Qxd4 Bd7 $14) 6... a6 {
Prevents intrusion on b5} (6... e5 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Na3 $11) 7. e4 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} (7. Bf4 $5 $16)
7... e5 $11 {Black threatens to win material: e5xd4} 8. Nc2 {
The knight aims for Nd4-c2-e3-d5} Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 {
White loses the right to castle} Be6 10. Ne3 (10. Be3 Nc6 $11) 10... Nc6 $15
11. Ned5 {Here comes the goal-getter} O-O-O 12. Bc4 Na5 {
Black threatens to win material: Na5xc4} (12... Nf6 13. Bg5 $15) 13. Bd3 $11
Kb8 14. Be3 (14. Ke2 Nc6 $11) 14... Nc6 $15 15. Bb6 Rd7 16. Ke2 (16. f3 Nf6 17.
Ke2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 $15) 16... Nd4+ $15 {A classical outpost}
17. Ke3 (17. Kf1 Ne7 $15) 17... f5 (17... Nf6 $5 $15) 18. f4 $11 {
White threatens to win material: f4xe5} Nf6 $4 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent} (18... fxe4 $142 {
the only rescuing move} 19. Bxe4 Nh6 20. fxe5 Nc6 $11) 19. fxe5 $18 Nxd5+ 20.
exd5 (20. Nxd5 $6 fxe4 21. Bxd4 exd3 $14) 20... Bxd5 21. Bxd4 f4+ 22. Kf2 $4 {
there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (22. Kxf4 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Bxg2 23. Ne2 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Rxd3 $18)
22... Bxg2 $4 {causes further problems for ?} (22... Bc6 $142 23. Ne2 Rxd4 24.
Nxd4 Bc5 $16) 23. Kxg2 $18 Rxd4 24. Rad1 Be7 (24... Bb4 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 25. Kf3 $18) 25. Kf3 g5 (25... Re8 {
does not help much} 26. Bxh7 Bc5 27. Ne4 $18) 26. Bf5 Bc5 (26... Rhd8 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Bxh7 $18) 27. Rxd4
Bxd4 28. Ke4 Rf8 (28... Bc5 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 29. h4 gxh4 30.
Rxh4 $18) 29. Bxh7 (29. Kxd4 $142 {seems even better} Rxf5 30. Nd5 Rf8 $18)
29... Bxc3 30. bxc3 f3 (30... Kc7 {is not much help} 31. Rg1 $18) 31. Bf5 1-0

[Event "TAO 49"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Campbell, William"]
[Black "High, Zachary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "1520"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D36: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation: Main line (5 Bg5 c6 6 Qc2)} 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 (4. Nf3 Nc6 $11) 4... exd5 $11 5. Bg5 {
Black has an active position} Nbd7 6. e3 c6 {Secures b5} 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O
9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3 {Covers e4+g4} (11. h3 b6 $14) 11... h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 12. Bh4 Qb6 (12... Bd6 13. Qd2 Ng6 $14)
13. e4 (13. Bg3 $5 $14 {is an interesting alternative}) 13... dxe4 $15 14. fxe4
Be6 (14... Ne6 15. Bf2 Ng4 16. Bc4 $17) 15. Bf2 (15. h3 Rac8 $14) 15... Qc7 (
15... Ng4 16. Kh1 $11) 16. e5 {White threatens to win material: e5xf6} (16. h3
Rac8 $14) 16... Ng4 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 {Black has the pair of bishops} Bg5
19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Rd1 {White has an active position} Qe7 (20... Re7 21. Rf3 $11)
21. Rff1 {Black has a cramped position} (21. Ne4 Be3 (21... Bxa2 $2 {
doesn't work because of} 22. b3 $18) 22. Rff1 Qh4 $14 (22... Bxa2 $2 {
doesn't lead to anything significant} 23. b3 $18)) 21... Be3 {
Black threatens to win material: Be3xd4} (21... Nd7 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. N2g3 $11)
22. Rf3 (22. Ne4 Qh4 (22... Bxa2 $2 {is a blank shot} 23. b3 $18) 23. Rf3 Bxd4
$14) 22... Bg5 {Black has a cramped position} (22... Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxd4 24.
Bh7+ Nxh7 25. Rxd4 $11) 23. Ne4 $14 Ng6 (23... Bd5 24. Rdf1 $14) 24. Nxg5 Qxg5
(24... hxg5 $142 $5 {is interesting} 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6 Bf7 $16) 25. Rg3
$16 Qh5 26. Bxg6 (26. Rxg6 $142 fxg6 27. Nf4 $16) 26... fxg6 $11 27. Qxg6 (27.
Rf1 $5 c5 28. Nf4 $11 (28. Qxg6 $2 {doesn't lead to the expected results} Qxg6
29. Rxg6 cxd4 $19) (28. Rxg6 cxd4 29. Nf4 Qf5 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nxe6+ Qxe6 $11
)) 27... Qxg6 $15 28. Rxg6 Bxa2 {White has a new protected passed pawn: e5} 29.
Nf4 $2 (29. Rg4 $142 $15 {would keep White in the game}) 29... Rxe5 $1 $19 {
Deflection: d4} 30. Rg4 (30. dxe5 Rxd1+ {Pinning} (30... Rxd1+ {Deflection}))
30... Re4 31. Ra1 Bc4 (31... Bf7 $142 {seems even better} 32. d5 cxd5 $19) 32.
Rc1 $4 {simply worsens the situation} (32. Rxa7 $142 Rdxd4 33. Ng6 Re1+ 34. Kh2
Rxg4 35. hxg4 $19) 32... Rdxd4 33. g3 (33. Ng6 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} Rxg4 34. hxg4 Rxg4 $19) 33... Rd2 34. Rg1 (
34. Kg1 {is no salvation} Rxb2 35. Ng6 Rxg4 36. hxg4 Be2 $19) 34... Rxb2 (34...
Rxf4 $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. gxf4+ Kf6 37. Ra1
$19) 35. Rd1 (35. Ra1 {is not the saving move} a5 36. Nh5 Rxg4 37. hxg4 Ra2 $19
) 35... Kh7 (35... a5 $5 {might be the shorter path} 36. Nh5 Rxg4 37. hxg4 Bd5+
38. Kg1 $19) 36. Nh5 Rxg4 37. hxg4 a5 38. Rd7 a4 39. Nf6+ (39. Nxg7 {
doesn't do any good} a3 40. Nh5+ Kh8 41. Rd8+ Bg8 $19) 39... Kg6 40. Nh5 Bf7
41. Rd6+ (41. Nf4+ {does not win a prize} Kf6 42. Rd6+ Ke7 $19) 41... Kh7 (
41... Kg5 $142 {and Black can already relax} 42. Rd3 b5 43. Nf4 Kxg4 44. Re3
$19) 42. Rd7 (42. Rd3 {doesn't improve anything} Rb3 43. Rd4 a3 $19) 42... Bxh5
(42... a3 43. Rxf7 a2 44. Rf1 $19) 43. gxh5 a3 44. Rd1 a2 45. Ra1 b5 (45...
Rb1+ 46. Rxb1 axb1=Q+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Qf3 49. g4 b5 50. g5 hxg5 51. h6
gxh6 52. Kh2 b4 53. Kg1 b3 54. Kh2 b2 55. Kg1 b1=Q+ 56. Kh2 Qbh1#) 46. g4 b4
47. g5 b3 48. g6+ Kg8 49. Rd1 (49. Kg1 {cannot change what is in store for ?}
Rb1+ 50. Kg2 Rxa1 51. Kh2 b2 52. Kh3 Rh1+ 53. Kg4 b1=Q 54. Kg3 a1=Q 55. Kf4 Qc3
56. Kg4 Qe4#) 49... Rb1 (49... Rb1 50. Rg1 Rxg1+ 51. Kxg1 a1=Q+ 52. Kg2 b2 53.
Kg3 b1=Q 54. Kg2 Qh1+ 55. Kg3 Qc3+ 56. Kf2 Qce1#) 0-1

[Event "TAO 49"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "High, Zachary"]
[Black "Cato, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1520"]
[BlackElo "1618"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B32: Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
e6 (3... cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 $11) 4. Nc3 (4. d5 $142 Nce7 5. d6 $16) 4...
h6 $2 {Consolidates g5} (4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 $14) 5. Bc4 $4 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (5. d5 $142 $5 Nb8 6. Ne5 $18) 5... a6 {
Prevents intrusion on b5} (5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. O-O $14) 6. a4 (6. d5 Na5
7. dxe6 dxe6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $16) 6... Na5 {
Black threatens to win material: Na5xc4} (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9.
O-O $11) 7. Ba2 $14 b6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. O-O $14) 8. O-O (8. d5 Bb7 $14)
8... Bb7 (8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Qd3 $14) 9. d5 Qc7 10. Be3 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: a5} (10. e5 Qc8 $14)
10... Nf6 $14 {Black is behind in development.} 11. e5 {
White threatens to win material: e5xf6} (11. Re1 e5 $14) 11... Nh7 $2 (11...
Nxd5 $5 {should be considered} 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc6 $14)
12. Ne4 (12. Re1 c4 $16) 12... exd5 (12... Ng5 $5 13. Bxg5 hxg5 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. exd6 Qd8 $16) 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qc6 15. Qd3 (15. Rfd1 Be7 $16) 15...
Nb7 (15... Be7 $5 $16) 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. Ng3 Nf8 18. Nf5 Ne6 19. c3 (19. Nxe7
Kxe7 20. Nh4 g6 $18) 19... a5 (19... Bf8 20. b4 $1 {Decoy: b4} g6 21. b5 $16)
20. b3 (20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Nh4 Ke8 $18) 20... g6 (20... Bf8 $5 $16) 21. Nxh6 $18
Rd8 (21... c4 22. bxc4 Nbc5 23. Qd5 $18) 22. Qc4 d5 23. exd6 $1 {Decoy: d6}
Bxd6 $2 (23... Nxd6 24. Qg4 {Combination}) (23... Rxd6 24. Nxf7 {Decoy}) (23...
Bxd6 24. Ng4 {Combination}) 24. Nd4 {Deflection: c5} Qe4 (24... cxd4 25. Qxc6+
{Double attack} (25. Qxc6+ {Pinning}) (25. Qxc6+ {Deflection})) 25. Qb5+ (25.
Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Qa6 Rb8 $18) 25... Kf8 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 $4 {Black falls apart} (
26... Qxe6 $142 27. h3 Kg7 $18) 27. Qxb6 $18 Bxh2+ (27... Rh7 $18 {
praying for a miracle}) 28. Kxh2 Rxd1 (28... Re8 {desperation} 29. Qc7 Qh4+ 30.
Kg1 Rxh6 31. Bxh6+ Qxh6 32. Qxb7 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rd7+ Kh6 $18) 29. Rxd1
Qe5+ 30. Kg1 Rh7 (30... Qd4 {does not solve anything} 31. cxd4 Rh7 32. Qxe6 Nd8
33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qxh7+ Ke6 35. d5+ Kf6 36. Ng4+ Kf5 37. Qd7+ Ke4 38. f3#) 31.
Rd8+ $1 {Mate attack} Nxd8 (31... Nxd8 32. Qxd8+ {Mate attack}) 32. Qxd8+ Kg7
33. Qe7+ (33. Qe7+ Kh8 34. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "TAO 49"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ahmed, Zakir"]
[Black "High, Zachary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1891"]
[BlackElo "1520"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} 1. c4 (1. e4 e6 $11) 1... c5 2. Nc3 e6 {
Prevents intrusion on d5} (2... Nc6 3. Nf3 $11) 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. d4
cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 (6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qe3 $14) 7. Nxc6 (7. Be3 Be7 $14)
7... bxc6 8. Bd3 (8. Be3 Be7 $11) 8... Bc5 $11 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 {Secures b4} (
10. Be2 Rb8 $11) 10... a5 (10... d6 11. Rb1 $15) 11. Rb1 (11. Be2 Ba7 $11)
11... Rb8 12. Bd2 (12. Na4 Bd4 $11) 12... Ba6 13. Na4 {
White threatens to win material: Na4xc5} Bd4 {
The backward pawn on b2 becomes a target} 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 d5 (15... Ne5
16. Bf4 $15) 16. exd5 $11 exd5 ({Instead of} 16... cxd5 17. b5 dxc4 18. Bxg6
Bxb5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rxb5 $16) 17. b5 {White gains space} dxc4
18. bxa6 (18. Bxg6 $5 {is an interesting idea} cxb5 19. Bf4 hxg6 20. Bxb8 $11)
18... cxd3 $15 {
White has a new passed pawn: a6. Black has new passed pawns: c6+d3} 19. Rb7 (
19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Bc3 Qd6 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 $15) 19... Qd5 (19... Ra8 $142 20. Bb4
Re8 $17) 20. Nc3 $4 {further deteriorates the position} (20. Be3 $142 $17)
20... Bxc3 $19 21. Bxc3 Nf4 22. Qf3 (22. Qg4 {
there is nothing better in the position} Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxc3 24. Qb4 $19) 22...
Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Nxc3 (24... Nxc3 25. Rc7 d2 $19) 0-1

[Event "TAO 49"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blair, David L."]
[Black "Campbell, Grace"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1253"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 (2. Nf3 d6 $11) 2... d5 (2... Nf6 3. e5
Nd5 4. Nf3 $11) 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 (4... Bf5 5. Nf3 $11) 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be3 (
6. Na3 a6 $11) 6... cxd4 (6... Be7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 $11) 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3
{White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 {
White has the pair of bishops} O-O 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 Ng4 $14) 11... b6 (11... e5
$5 {is worthy of consideration} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxe5 Bf5 $11) 12. O-O {White castles and improves king safety} Bb7 13. Bg5 (13.
Qc2 Rac8 $11) 13... Nd7 (13... Rac8 14. Re1 $14) 14. c4 {
White threatens to win material: c4xd5} (14. Re1 Na5 $14) 14... Qd6 15. d5 (15.
Qd2 $5 $14) 15... exd5 $11 16. cxd5 {
White has a new passed pawn: d5. White has an active position. .} (16. Be4 Ne7
$15) 16... Nce5 17. Be4 (17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Qxd5 (18... Bxd5 $143 19. Qh5 f5
20. Bxf5 $14) 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxe5 Rfe8 $11) 17... Nc5 $15 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc5xe4} 18. Qc2 (18. Bc2 Bxd5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5
$15) 18... Nxe4 (18... f5 19. Nxe5 Nxe4 20. Nf3 $17) 19. Qxe4 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3
Qxd5 {Opposite coloured bishops appeared.} 21. Qg3 Rac8 (21... f6 22. Bf4 $17)
22. Rfd1 $15 {White threatens to win material: Rd1xd5} Qf5 23. Bh6 Qg6 24. Qxg6
{White has a mate threat} hxg6 {Black has new doubled pawns: g6+g7} 25. Bf4 Rc4
{Black threatens to win material: Rc4xf4} 26. Bg3 Rfc8 27. Kf1 (27. f3 Ra4 $15)
27... Ba6 28. Ke1 $4 {causes even greater problems} (28. f3 $142 $17) 28...
Re4+ 29. Kd2 Re2# 0-1

[Event "TAO 49"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "High, David"]
[Black "Chen, Kevin Bell"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C77: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 (5.
O-O Bd6 $11) 5... b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 (8. a4 b4 $11) 8... h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. c3 {Consolidates b4} d6
11. O-O b4 (11... Qe7 12. Nbd2 $11) 12. Rd1 (12. Nbd2 Qe7 $11) 12... a5 13. Ba4
g5 (13... Qe7 $142 $11) 14. d4 $4 {gives the opponent new chances} (14. Bg3
$142 $14 {and White has air to breath}) 14... exd4 $17 (14... gxh4 {
is no comparison} 15. dxc5 h3 16. g3 $14) 15. cxd4 (15. Bxc6 d3 16. Qxd3 Bxc6
$19) 15... Nxd4 $19 (15... gxh4 {is the weaker alternative} 16. dxc5 h3 17.
cxd6 (17. gxh3 $6 Qc8 $11) 17... cxd6 18. Nbd2 $16) 16. Nxd4 gxh4 17. e5 (17.
Bc6 $142 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 $19) 17... dxe5 $4 {
letting the wind out of his own sails.} (17... Ne4 $142 {
the advantage is on the side of Black} 18. Nc6 Nxf2 19. Nxd8 Nxd1+ 20. Kh1 Nf2+
21. Qxf2 Bxf2 22. Nxb7 Ra7 $19) 18. Nf5 $15 {
White threatens to win material: Nf5xh4} Bd4 {Menacing} 19. Nxh6+ $4 (19. Nd2
$142 {was much better} Kh8 20. Nf3 $15) 19... Kh7 $19 20. Ng4 (20. Nd2 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} Kxh6 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Ra6 $19)
20... Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Rg8 22. Bc2+ $4 {terrible, but the game is lost in any case
} (22. Qh5+ Kg7 23. Nd2 $19) 22... Kh6 23. Qf5 (23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxg2+
25. Kf1 exd4 26. Bf5 $19) 23... Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Qg8 (24... Rxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Ba6+
26. Rd3 Bxf2 27. Kxf2 Bxd3 28. Bxd3 Qxd3 29. Nc3 bxc3 30. b4 axb4 31. a4 c2 32.
Rf1 Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1 c1=Q+ 34. Kf2 Rxa4 35. Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kh3 Ra3+ 37. Kxh4 Qe4#)
25. Qf6+ Kh5 26. Rxd4 Rg1+ (26... exd4 {succumbs to} 27. Bd1+ Rg4 28. Qf5+ Kh6
29. Bxg4 $16 (29. Qxg4 $143 Ba6+ 30. Ke1 Qxg4 31. Bxg4 Rg8 $15)) 27. Ke2 exd4
28. Bf5 (28. Kd3 {is not the saving move} Qh7+ 29. Kd2 Qh6+ 30. Qxh6+ Kxh6 $19)
28... Ba6+ (28... Qe8+ $142 {and Black can already relax} 29. Be6 Qxe6+ 30.
Qxe6 fxe6 $19) 29. Kf3 Qg2+ 30. Kf4 Qxf2+ 31. Ke5 Qxh2+ (31... Qe2+ 32. Kd5
Qb5+ 33. Kxd4 Qc4+ 34. Ke3 Re1+ 35. Kd2 Qc1#) 32. Kd5 $19 Qd6+ $1 {Decoy: c6} (
32... Qd6+ 33. Qxd6 cxd6 $19) 0-1

[Event "TAO 49"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Embler, Matt"]
[Black "Campbell, Will"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "1903"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 (2. Nf3 Nc6 $11) 2...
Nc6 3. f4 (3. Nf3 d6 $11) 3... g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 (5. Bb5 d6 $11) 5... e6 (
5... d6 6. O-O $11) 6. f5 {White wins space} (6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Nge7 $15) 6...
Nge7 (6... gxf5 7. d3 $15) 7. fxe6 $11 dxe6 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Qe1 Nxc4 (
10... Nec6 11. Bb5 $11) 11. dxc4 {Black has the pair of bishops.} Nc6 12. Bg5
f6 {Controls e5} (12... Qb6 13. b3 h6 14. Bf4 $11) 13. Bf4 (13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bh4
Qa5 $11) 13... e5 (13... Nd4 14. Rd1 e5 15. Be3 $11) 14. Be3 $11 Nd4 {
Black threatens to win material: Nd4xc2} 15. Qf2 {
White has a very active position} (15. Qd2 Nxf3+ 16. Rxf3 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bg4 $11
) 15... Be6 (15... f5 16. Qd2 $15) 16. b3 {Prevents intrusion on c4} Qa5 (16...
f5 17. Rad1 $11) 17. Nd5 $11 b5 (17... Rae8 18. Bd2 (18. Bxd4 $143 cxd4 19. a4
Qd8 $17) 18... Qd8 19. c3 $15) 18. Bxd4 (18. cxb5 Bxd5 19. exd5 (19. Bxd4 $2 {
springs to mind, but} cxd4 (19... exd4 $6 20. exd5 Qxb5 21. Nd2 $15) 20. exd5
Qxb5 $19) 19... Qxb5 20. Rae1 $11) 18... cxd4 $15 19. cxb5 $2 (19. Qe1 $142 {
and White has air to breath} Qd8 20. c3 dxc3 21. Qxc3 $15) 19... Bxd5 $19 20.
exd5 Qxb5 21. c4 $2 (21. Rad1 $142 $19) 21... dxc3 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 (22... e4 $142
{and Black can already relax} 23. Nd4 Qxd5 24. Nc2 $19) 23. Qe3 (23. Rac1 Rac8
24. Qe3 Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 $19) 23... Rxd5 (23... f5 $5 {seems even better} 24.
Ne1 $19) 24. Qxc3 Rad8 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 (25... Rxd5 $6 26. Qc8+ Bf8 27. Rc1 $19)
26. Qe3 (26. Ne1 e4 27. Rc1 $19) 26... e4 27. Ne1 (27. Rc1 {hoping against hope
} exf3 28. Qxf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 $19) 27... f5 (27... f5 28. Qc1 Qd4+ 29. Kf1 Qxa1
30. Qc4+ Kh8 $19) 0-1

[Event "TAO 48"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Dana, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E65: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...c5 7 0-0 without d5 by White} 1. Nf3 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 {Secures e5} 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Be3 {White threatens to win material: Be3xc5} Qa5 (8... Qb6 9. Na4 Qb4+ 10. Nd2
$11) 9. O-O $14 {White castles and improves king safety} Nc6 10. Qb3 Qb4 11.
Na4 {White threatens to win material: Na4xc5} Na5 (11... Be6 12. Rac1 Qxb3 13.
axb3 $11) 12. Qxb4 $14 cxb4 {Black has new doubled pawns: b4+b7} 13. Rac1 Nc6 (
13... Ng4 14. Bf4 $14) 14. Nd4 $16 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 (15... Nd7 16. Rfd1 $16)
16. Be5 (16. Bc5 Bd7 17. b3 Rab8 $16) 16... Bh6 17. Rcd1 Nd7 18. Bc7 Nb6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nb6xa4} 19. Nc5 (19. Bxb6 $5 axb6 20. b3 $14)
19... Nxc4 $11 20. Nxb7 (20. Na6 Bg4 21. Bxb7 Bxe2 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxb4 Nd2
$15) 20... Bg4 $15 (20... Nxb2 $2 {is inferior since it leads to} 21. Nd8 Nxd1
22. Rxd1 $18) 21. b3 (21. Rd4 $5 {is worthy of consideration} Bxe2 22. Re1 $15)
21... Rac8 $17 22. Bf4 (22. Rd8 Rexd8 23. Bxd8 Nd6 24. Nxd6 Rxd8 $17) 22...
Bxf4 23. gxf4 Nb6 (23... Bxe2 $142 $5 24. bxc4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxc4 $17) 24. Rd2
$15 Rc3 {Here comes the goal-getter} 25. e3 Rec8 26. h3 Be6 27. Rfd1 Kg7 28.
Nd8 Bf5 29. Rd4 (29. Kh2 R3c7 $15) 29... Rc2 (29... Rc1 30. R4d2 $15) 30. R1d2
$11 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rc2 (31... h5 $142 $5 $15 {and Black has air to breath}) 32.
Rxc2 $16 Bxc2 33. Nc6 {White threatens to win material: Nc6xa7} Bb1 34. Nxb4
Nd7 35. a3 e5 (35... Nc5 $142 $5 $16) 36. fxe5 $18 Nxe5 37. Nc6 (37. f4 $5 Nd7
$18) 37... Nxc6 $16 38. Bxc6 Kf6 {And White went on to win.} 1-0

[Event "TAO 48"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Simpson, Ronald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1977"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "8.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} 1. e4 e5 (1... e6 2. Nc3 $14) 2. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Nc6 (2... Nf6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Nf3 $14)
3. d4 (3. Bb5 Bd6 $14) 3... exd4 $11 4. Bc4 (4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 $11) 4...
Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 5. e5 {
White threatens to win material: e5xf6} d5 {
Black threatens to win material: d5xc4} 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Bxc6+ (8. O-O
Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 $11) 8... bxc6 $15 {Black has the pair of bishops} 9. O-O (9.
Be3 Ba6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O $15) 9... O-O (9... Ba6 10. f3 Bxf1 11. Kxf1
Bxd4 12. Qxd4 $17) 10. f3 {Controls g4} (10. Be3 Qe8 $15) 10... Ng5 (10... f6
11. fxe4 fxe5 12. Rxf8+ Qxf8 13. c3 $15) 11. f4 (11. Be3 Ne6 $15) 11... Ne4 (
11... f6 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Re1 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 $17) 12. Be3 (12. Nc3 f6 13. Nxe4
dxe4 $15) 12... Ba6 {Black threatens to win material: Ba6xf1} (12... f6 $5 13.
Nd2 fxe5 14. fxe5 Rxf1+ 15. Nxf1 Qe8 $15) 13. Re1 $11 Qh4 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3
Bb6 (15... Bxd4 16. cxd4 Rab8 17. Bc1 $14) 16. g3 {
White threatens to win material: g3xh4} Qh3 (16... Qh6 17. f5 Bxd4 18. cxd4 $14
) 17. Nxc6 Bb7 {Black threatens to win material: Bb7xc6} 18. Qxd5 (18. Bxb6 $5
Bxc6 19. Bd4 $16) 18... Kh8 $14 19. Rad1 Rae8 20. Bxb6 axb6 {
White has a new backward pawn: a2} 21. Rd2 h6 (21... Qg4 $5 $14 {
should be considered}) 22. Qc4 $16 Qg4 23. Nd4 (23. Rf2 $5 $16) 23... c5 $14 {
Black threatens to win material: c5xd4} 24. Qe2 {
White threatens to win material: Qe2xg4} Qd7 (24... Qc8 $5 25. Nf3 f6 $14) 25.
Nf3 $16 Qc6 (25... Qe6 26. Red1 $16) 26. Kf2 Ra8 27. Rd6 Qc7 28. Ra1 Ra3 29.
Qd3 (29. Nh4 Bc8 $16) 29... b5 (29... Bxf3 30. Qxf3 b5 31. Rad1 $16) 30. Nh4 (
30. Ne1 Bc6 $16) 30... b4 31. Rd1 (31. Rd7 Qc6 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. exd6 Bc8 $16)
31... Rxc3 $14 {Menacing} 32. Qf5 {White king safety dropped} Kg8 33. e6 (33.
Rd7 Qc6 34. e6 g6 35. exf7+ Kh7 36. Qxg6+ Qxg6 37. Nxg6 Rxc2+ 38. Ke3 Kxg6 39.
R1d6+ Kg7 40. Rxb7 Rxf7 (40... Rxh2 $143 41. f5 $16) 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 $14) 33...
fxe6 $11 34. Qxe6+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Rxf7 {FM Simpson went on to win an intense
time scramble, with McNeill's flag deciding it.} (35... Kxf7 $4 36. Rd7+ Kg8
37. Rxb7 Rxc2+ 38. Kf3 $18) 0-1

[Event "TAO 48"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Lovelace, Randy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 (3... Bc5 4. O-O $11)
4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 {Black wins a piece} 8. Nc3 {
White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Qh5 9. Nxe4 {White has a mate threat}
Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 {Opposite coloured bishops appeared} 12. Bf4 Qd5
13. c3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} O-O 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Rfc8 16. b3 Rc3
17. Rc1 {White threatens to win material: Rc1xc3} Rac8 18. Rxc3 {
White has a mate threat} Rxc3 19. Qd2 {White threatens to win material: Qd2xc3}
Rc8 20. Qb4 g5 21. Bxd6 a5 {Black threatens to win material: a5xb4} (21... f6
22. Bg3 Rc2 23. h4 $11) 22. Qb6 Qe4 $2 (22... h6 $142 $5 $14 {
is worth consideration}) 23. Qxa5 $18 (23. Rxe4 Rc1+ 24. Re1 Rxe1#) 23... Qd5 (
23... Qf5 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. h3 $18) 24. Qb4 (24. Qxd5 $142 $5 Bxd5 25. h4 $18)
24... Rc2 $16 25. h3 (25. h4 Qf5 26. Bg3 Rxa2 27. Qxb7 $16) 25... Qf5 (25... f6
$5 $16) 26. Bg3 $18 h5 $4 {terrible, but the game is lost in any case} (26...
Rxa2 $142 27. Qxb7 Bd5 $18) 27. Re5 Qf6 28. Qb5 h4 (28... Rc1+ {
is still a small chance} 29. Kh2 Kh7 30. Rxg5 Rd1 31. Rxh5+ Kg6 $18) 29. Rxg5+
(29. Rxg5+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ Kh6 31. Bxh4 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ 33. Rg3 $18) 1-0

[Event "TAO 48"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jiang, Tian-Shun Allan"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1793"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "8.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 {White king safety dropped}
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 {White threatens to win material: c4xd5}
Qd7 7. Be3 {White has an active position} O-O-O 8. O-O (8. Nbd2 $142 $5 $14 {
would allow White to play on}) 8... Bxf3 $15 9. Bxf3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qxd4 {
Black king safety dropped} 11. Qa4 e6 {Secures d5} (11... Qxb2 $4 {
That pawn is poisoned} 12. Nc3 {Decoy: c3} Rd6 13. Nb5 $18) 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. b4
Be7 (13... Rd4 14. c5 Qa6 15. Qb3 $11) 14. Rab1 (14. c5 $5 {
must definitely be considered} Qa6 15. Qb3 $14) 14... Qa6 15. Qb3 Rd4 {
Black threatens to win material: Rd4xc4} (15... Rd2 16. c5 $11) 16. Nb5 {
White threatens to win material: Nb5xd4} (16. c5 Qc4 17. Qa3 Rd2 18. Qxa7 Qa6
19. Qxa6 bxa6 $11) 16... Rd2 $15 17. a4 Rhd8 18. Rfd1 $2 (18. Qe3 $5 $11) 18...
Rxd1+ (18... R8d3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 $17) 19. Rxd1 (19. Bxd1 c6 20. Rc1 Ne4
$15) 19... Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 $2 (20. Bxd1 $142 $5 c6 21. Qc3 $17) 20... Bxb4 $19
21. Qd4 c6 22. Nxa7+ Kb8 23. c5 (23. g4 e5 24. Nxc6+ Qxc6 (24... bxc6 $6 25.
Qxe5+ Ka7 26. Qf4 $17) 25. Qxe5+ Bd6 $19) 23... Ba5 (23... Kxa7 $6 24. Qxb4 Nd5
25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. g3 $17) 24. Nxc6+ bxc6 25. Qd6+ (25. g3 Bc7 $19) 25... Bc7
26. Qxc6 (26. Qd1 Qc4 27. Qb1+ Kc8 28. Bxc6 Qxc5 29. Bb7+ Kd8 $19) 26... Qxc6
27. Bxc6 Be5 28. Bb5 Bd4 29. c6 (29. Kf1 {
cannot undo what has already been done} Bxc5 30. g3 Ne4 $19) 29... Kc7 (29...
Ng4 {makes it even easier for Black} 30. Bd3 g6 31. Kf1 Nxf2 32. Bb5 $19) 30.
Kf1 Nd5 31. f3 Nc3 32. g4 (32. Bd3 {doesn't do any good} g6 $19) 32... Nxb5 33.
axb5 Be5 34. h4 Kb6 35. Ke2 (35. c7 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Bxc7 36.
Ke2 Kxb5 $19) 35... Kxb5 36. Ke3 Kxc6 37. f4 (37. Ke4 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} Bc7 $19) 37... Bc7 38. Ke4 {
White plans f5} f6 39. f5 e5 40. g5 h6 41. gxh6 gxh6 42. h5 Bd8 (42... Bb6 43.
Kd3 Kd5 44. Kd2 e4 45. Ke1 Kd4 46. Kd2 Ba5+ 47. Ke2 e3 48. Kd1 Kd3 49. Kc1 e2
50. Kb1 Kc3 51. Ka2 e1=Q 52. Ka3 Qa1#) 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Ke3 Bb6+ (44... e4 45.
Kd2 Kd4 46. Kc1 Kd3 47. Kb2 e3 48. Kb3 e2 49. Kb4 e1=Q+ 50. Kc5 Qe4 51. Kd6 Kc4
52. Kd7 Qe7+ 53. Kc6 Qc7#) 45. Kf3 Kd4 46. Ke2 Ke4 (46... e4 47. Kd2 Ba5+ 48.
Ke2 e3 49. Kf3 Kd3 50. Kg2 e2 51. Kh2 e1=Q 52. Kh3 Qf1+ 53. Kg3 Bc7+ 54. Kh4
Qf4+ 55. Kh3 Qg3#) 47. Ke1 Ke3 (47... Kd3 48. Kf1 e4 49. Kg2 e3 50. Kg3 e2 51.
Kg2 e1=Q 52. Kf3 Qf2+ 53. Kg4 Qg2+ 54. Kh4 Bf2#) 48. Kf1 Bd8 49. Ke1 e4 50. Kf1
Kd2 (50... Kf3 51. Ke1 e3 52. Kd1 e2+ 53. Kc2 e1=Q 54. Kb3 Qb1+ 55. Kc3 Ke4 56.
Kc4 Ba5 57. Kc5 Qb6+ 58. Kc4 Qb4#) 51. Kf2 e3+ 52. Kg3 (52. Kf3 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} Kd3 53. Kg3 e2 54. Kf2 Bc7 55. Kf3 e1=Q
56. Kg2 Ke3 57. Kh3 Qg3#) 52... e2 53. Kg2 e1=Q 54. Kf3 Qe3+ (54... Qe2+ 55.
Kg3 Bc7+ 56. Kh3 Qf3+ 57. Kh4 Qg3#) 55. Kg4 (55. Kg2 {does not solve anything}
Bc7 56. Kf1 Qh3+ 57. Kg1 Bb6#) 55... Qg5+ (55... Bc7 56. Kh4 Qg3#) 56. Kf3
Qxf5+ 57. Kg2 (57. Kg3 {doesn't change anything anymore} Bc7+ 58. Kg2 Ke2 59.
Kh1 Qf1#) 57... Ke2 (57... Qg4+ 58. Kh2 Bb6 59. Kh1 Qh3#) 58. Kg3 Qg5+ (58...
Bc7+ 59. Kh4 Qf4+ 60. Kh3 Qg3#) 59. Kh3 (59. Kh2 {does not improve anything}
Kf3 60. Kh1 Qg2#) 59... Kf2 60. Kh2 Qxh5# 0-1

[Event "TAO 48"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eberhardinger, Mike"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1977"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "8.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 {
White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. h3 {Covers g4} (5.
Nf3 a6 $11) 5... a6 {Covers b5} 6. Nf3 b5 (6... Nc6 7. Bd3 $11) 7. a3 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} (7. Bd3 Bb7 $14)
7... Bb7 $14 {White has an active position} 8. Be3 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} (8. Bd3 e6 $11)
8... e6 {White has a very active position} 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 O-O
12. Bf1 (12. Qd2 Rfd8 $11) 12... c5 (12... Rad8 13. Qe2 $11) 13. Be2 (13. dxc5
Qxd1 14. Rexd1 Nxc5 $11) 13... Rac8 (13... Rfd8 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Qc1 Nxc5 16.
Bf4 $15) 14. dxc5 Qxd1 (14... Nxc5 15. Qxd6 Bxd6 16. Rad1 $11) 15. Raxd1 $11
Nxc5 {White has an active position} 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+
19. Bxd1 Nfe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. f3 {White threatens to win material: f3xe4} Bd5
22. Kf2 (22. b4 Nb7 $11) 22... f6 {Consolidates g5} 23. Nd3 Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 {
A double bishop endgame occured.} Kf8 25. f4 Ke8 26. Bf3 (26. b4 Kd7 $15) 26...
Bxf3 $15 27. Kxf3 Kd7 28. Bd4 Kc6 29. Bc3 Kd5 30. b4 (30. g4 g6 $15) 30... Bd8
$17 31. Ke3 (31. Ke2 $5 $17) 31... Bb6+ 32. Ke2 Bd4 (32... Bd4 33. Be1 g6 $17)
0-1

[Event "TAO 42"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Campbell, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 {
Black has a cramped position} 5. Qe2 e5 (5... c6 6. Bb3 $14) 6. dxe5 dxe5 7.
Nf3 {White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Qe7 8. Bg5 (8. h3 O-O $14) 8...
c6 $14 {White has an active position} 9. O-O-O {White has a king attack} (9. a4
$142 $14) 9... a6 $4 {
Black loses the upper hand. Black is behind in development.} (9... O-O $142 $11
{would bring relief}) 10. Nxe5 $18 Qxe5 11. f4 Qc7 12. e5 O-O $4 {
the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (12... Nd5 $142 13. Bxd5 O-O
$18) 13. exf6 (13. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 14. exf6 Nd7 $14) 13... Bxf6 14. Ne4 (14. Bxf6
$142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Nd7 15. Bd4 Nf6 $18) 14... Bg7 15. Nd6 b5 (
15... h6 {hoping against hope} 16. Qe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe7 Bg4 $18) 16. Bxf7+ Kh8 17.
Be7 (17. Bb3 $142 {and White takes home the point} Bf5 18. g4 c5 19. gxf5 c4
$18) 17... Bg4 18. Bxf8 Bxb2+ (18... Bxe2 {no good, but what else?} 19. Bxg7+
Kxg7 20. Ne8+ Kxf7 21. Nxc7 Ra7 $18) 19. Kxb2 Bxe2 20. Bg7+ $1 {
Double attack: c7/g7} Kxg7 21. Ne8+ Kxf7 22. Nxc7 Ra7 23. Rd8 Rxc7 24. Rxb8 Bg4
25. Rh8 h5 $4 {terrible, but the game is lost in any case} (25... Kf6 $18) 26.
Rh7+ Ke8 (26... Ke6 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 27. Rxc7
Kd5 28. Ra7 $18) 27. Rxc7 Bd7 28. Rd1 Bf5 29. Rxc6 (29. Rxc6 a5 30. Rb6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 41"]
[Site "Asheboro "]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chumachenko , Andrey"]
[Black "Simpson , Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D13: Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5} {Hi, this is FM RON
SIMPSON with some comments on my game with FM Chumachenko.    ********** 
First, some general comments:  I am preparing deeply for the "Land in the Sky"
tournament, and my performance reflected this preparation.  The relationship
between analyzing well and opening study appears to have a reciprocal nature.
Throughout my games, I found myself unable to remain in the moment (analyzing
each move independent of opening theory).  My games were quite instructive for
me in respect to self reflection. Perhaps one day I will address this topic in
greater depth!  **********  Now on to this game:  My preparation for
Chumachenko was correct in that we entered the a6-Slav.  I had studied many
positions in the Slav, but unfortunately for me the exchange variation was
something I skimmed over.   **********} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 (3... dxc4
4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 $11) 4. Nc3 (4. e3 Bf5 $11) 4... a6 {Secures b5} (4... dxc4
5. e3 Be6 6. Ng5 $11) 5. cxd5 (5. e3 g6 $11) 5... cxd5 6. Bf4 {(FM SIMPSON): 
Now the game appeared simple, with little for me to be concerned about. Our
opening struggle seemed to have subsided, and both sides were now ready to
develop without any real danger looming. However, this is where inexperience
CAN and DOES go wrong!  **********   (FM SIMPSON):  My feel for the position
and my understanding of piece placement wasn't flowing!  It was as if I was in
this position for the FIRST TIME, with only memories to guide me. I failed to
think my way through to the next move, instead trying to recall previous
studies.  **********} e6 {(FM SIMPSON):  Blocking my light squared Bishop!!} 7.
e3 Nh5 {
(FM SIMPSON):  Ah, as you can see now my brain is confused... 8-|  **********}
(7... Nc6 8. Be2 $14) 8. Bg5 {White threatens to win material: Bg5xd8 
**********  (FM SIMPSON):  Chumachenko played well, with straightforward moves
taking little or no risk, but achieving a good position.  The basic difference
between our play is that he is held to fundamental opening principles, while I
am violated many of these principles!  **********} (8. Be5 Nc6 $14) 8... Qa5 (
8... Qb6 9. a3 $14) 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Bd3 (10. Rc1 Nc6 $14) 10... Nc6 (10... Be7
11. O-O $14) 11. a3 {Covers b4} Bd6 (11... Be7 12. O-O $14) 12. O-O (12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Qg4 Ne7 $14) 12... Qc7 (12... Qd8 13. Rc1 $16) 13. f4 (13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Qh5 f5 $14) 13... h6 (13... Be7 14. Nf3 $16) 14. Bh4 (14. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 15.
Qg4 $16) 14... g5 {Black threatens to win material: g5xh4} 15. Bg3 {(FM SIMPSON
):  Ok, this position is interesting but I am not sure how to resolve the
tension!  **********} h5 {
Black prepares the advance g4  **********  (FM SIMPSON)  Ambitious on my part!}
(15... Rg8 16. Rc1 $16) 16. Qf3 (16. fxg5 Ng4 17. Qf3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qe7 $16)
16... g4 {(FM SIMPSON):  Better was gxf4.  (Editor--Analysis below)  **********
} (16... gxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 (18. exf4 $143 Qb6 19. Ne2 Ng4 $17) 18...
Qxf4 19. Rxf4 $16) 17. Qf2 Ne7 (17... O-O 18. Rac1 $16) 18. Rac1 {(FM SIMPSON):
Simple but effective.  (EDITOR's NOTE):  They don't call Andrey the Karpov of
NC for nothing!  **********} (18. Bh4 Neg8 $18) 18... Qd8 {(FM SIMPSON): 
Better was Qb6  **********  (FM SIMPSON):  I'm simply moving in the dark, with
no real feel for the position, and most importantly with no imagination!!  I
couldn't think of any good things to do.  **********} (18... Qb6 19. b4 $18)
19. Bh4 $18 Ng6 $2 (19... Neg8 $18) 20. Bg5 Be7 $2 (20... Nf8 $18) 21. f5 exf5
{(FM SIMPSON):  And the game is over for me!  (EDITOR's NOTE):  This position
requires more than a passing glance by average players to understand why the
game is over.  A rich position!  **********} (21... Nh7 {
doesn't improve anything} 22. Bh6 (22. fxg6 $6 Nxg5 23. gxf7+ Kf8 $18) 22...
Bh4 23. g3 $18) 22. Bxf6 (22. Bxf5 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Be6 23.
Bxf6 O-O $18) 22... Bxf6 23. Bxf5 {(FM SIMPSON):  I resigned at this point. 
**********  (FM SIMPSON):  Andrey's game was solid and well-played.    
**********  (FM SIMPSON):  Now for some closing thoughts:  Many chess players
may think this was a bad tournament for me because of the score, but actually
this was a great tournament for me. My preparation for the Land in the Sky has
intensified, and I will be in better chess shape because of this tournament.  
(FM SIMPSON):  I would love to see what your computer analysis has to say
about some of the positions.     **********  (EDITOR's NOTE):  This was
analyzed with DEEP RYBKA 3.0 on a dedicated, hopped up and tripped out
computer monster.  I added an additional 30s per move, to total 120s per ply. 
At this level, the computer normally sees at least 18 moves deep, and should
be over 3000 in rating.} (23. Bxf5 O-O 24. Bxc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 41"]
[Site "Asheboro"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Jones, Craig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} {**********  (FM
Simpson):  This game was a comedy of errors on both our parts.  I played the
opening poorly, and he played the middle game poorly.  In all it balanced out,
and both us were lucky to walk away with a draw!  I haven't added any comments
to the game.  My game notation is incomplete because we were in time trouble! 
The game ended in an interesting pawn vs Bishop configuration.    **********} 
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 (3. Qa4 dxc4 4. Qc2 Nf6 $11) 3... Nf6 (3... dxc4 4. e3
$11) 4. b3 (4. e3 g6 $11) 4... Bf5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 (7. Bd2 $142 {
and White can hope to survive} Be7 8. O-O $11) 7... Bc3 $19 8. Ba3 Qa5 9. Bd6
Ne4 10. Bf4 Bxa1 11. Qxa1 Qc3 12. Qd1 (12. O-O Qxa1 13. Rxa1 h6 $17) 12... Nxd2
(12... Qb2 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. O-O $19) 13. Nxd2 (13. Qxd2 Qa1+ 14. Qc1 Qxa2 15.
cxd5 exd5 $19) 13... Qxd4 $19 14. Qc1 O-O 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rd1 (16. Re1 Qb6 17.
e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Rfd8 $19) 16... Qf6 (16... Qc5 17. Be3 Qe7 18. cxd5 exd5 19.
Qb2 $19) 17. Nf3 (17. e4 e5 18. exf5 exf4 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Rac8 $19)
17... h6 18. Bd6 Rfe8 19. Ba3 (19. Nh4 Rac8 $19) 19... Ne5 (19... Be4 20. Bb2
Qe7 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Ba3 $19) 20. Ne1 (20. Nh4 $19) 20... dxc4 (20... Qg6 $142
$5 $19) 21. Bb2 $17 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qa1 (23. f4 Qe7 24. Bxe5 $19) 23...
Rd2 24. Bxe5 Qd8 25. Bc3 $2 (25. bxc4 $142 Rd1 26. Qc3 $17) 25... Rd1 $19 26.
Qb2 Rb1 27. Qa3 Qd1 28. g4 cxb3 29. gxf5 Qxe2 $4 {throws away the game} (29...
Qc2 $142 $1 {and Black wins} 30. Qxb3 Rxb3 31. Nxc2 Rxc3 $19) 30. axb3 $11
Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Bf1 Qe4 {Black threatens to win material: Qe4xf5} 33.
Qd6 Qg4+ 34. Bg2 Qxf5 35. Qd1 (35. Qb8+ Kh7 $11) 35... g6 36. h3 a5 (36... c5
37. Qd7 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qxb3 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Qxc5 $11) 37. Qd8+ $11 Kg7 38. Qd4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Asheboro Open 41"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dejong, Andrew"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A25: English Opening vs King's Indian with ...Nc6 but without early d3} 1. c4
(1. e4 Nc6 $11) 1... e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 $11) 4. Nc3 Nf6 5.
d3 {Secures e4} Bb4 6. Bg5 (6. Nf3 Be7 $14) 6... d6 (6... h6 7. Bd2 $14) 7. e3
{Consolidates d4} h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxf6 10. Rb1 $11) 9. Nge2
O-O (9... f4 10. gxf4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Kf1 $14) 10. O-O
Qf7 (10... Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Nd8 12. d4 $14) 11. Nd5 $14 Ba5 12. Qa4 Be6 (12... Rb8
13. b4 Bb6 14. d4 $14) 13. b4 (13. Ndf4 $5 exf4 14. Nxf4 $16) 13... Bb6 $14 14.
Qc2 Ne7 (14... Nd8 $5 $11) 15. Nxb6 (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxb7 Rab8 $16) 15...
axb6 16. Bxb7 Rab8 (16... Ra7 17. Bg2 $16) 17. Bg2 $16 f4 $2 (17... e4 $142 $5
18. dxe4 Bxc4 $16) 18. exf4 $18 Qh5 (18... Bf5 19. a4 $18) 19. d4 (19. Rae1 Ng6
20. Nd4 Bh3 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. fxe5 Nxe5 $18) 19... Bg4 (19... exf4 20. Nxf4
Rxf4 21. gxf4 $18) 20. Rae1 Bf3 21. dxe5 dxe5 (21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 dxe5 23. Qe4
$18) 22. h3 (22. Bxf3 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qxf3 23. fxe5 Nc6 $18)
22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nc6 (23... Qg6 24. Qc3 $18) 24. a3 (24. b5 {
and White can already relax} Nd8 $18) 24... Ra8 (24... Rbd8 $142 $18) 25. Qe4
Ne7 26. Ra1 (26. fxe5 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Rxa3 27. Nf4 Qf5 $18)
26... Ng6 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 (28. Qd5+ Kh7 29. Nd4 Rfd8 30. Qxe5 Nxe5 $18)
28... Nxe5 $16 29. c5 (29. a4 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 $18) 29... bxc5 30. bxc5 (30. f4
Nc4 31. Rfc1 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Nxa3 33. Rxc5 Rb8 $16) 30... Ra4 (30... Nd3 $5 $16)
31. Nf4 Nc4 (31... g5 32. Nd5 $18) 32. Nd5 (32. Rfb1 Ra7 $18) 32... Kf7 $2 (
32... Rf7 $142 $5 $16) 33. Rfe1 $18 Rd8 (33... c6 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Nb6 Rxa3 36.
Rxa3 (36. Nxc4 {is the less attractive alternative} Rxa1 37. Nd6 Ra2 $17) 36...
Nxa3 37. Rc7 $18) 34. Nxc7 (34. Rad1 {seems even better} c6 35. Nb6 Rxd1 36.
Rxd1 Nxb6 37. cxb6 Rxa3 $18) 34... Rc8 35. Ne6 Ra6 (35... Rxa3 36. Rac1 Ra6 37.
Ng5+ hxg5 38. Rxc4 $18) 36. Nf4 (36. Rac1 $142 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 38. Rxc4 Kd5 $18) 36... Rxc5
37. Nd3 Rca5 38. f4 (38. Rac1 $142 {would have given White a clear advantage}
Rd6 39. Rxc4 Rxd3 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Ree7 $18) 38... Rxa3 $14 39. Rxa3 Rxa3 40.
Ne5+ Nxe5 41. Rxe5 {A rook endgame occured} Kf6 42. Rb5 Ra6 (42... g5 43. fxg5+
hxg5 44. Kf2 $14) 43. Kf3 g6 44. g4 Rc6 45. Re5 Rc3+ 46. Re3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asheboro Open 41"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "King, Paul"]
[Black "Dejong, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 1. Nf3 c5 (1... Nf6
2. d4 $11) 2. b3 (2. e4 Nc6 $11) 2... Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 (3... Nc6 4. e3 $11) 4. c4
(4. e3 Nc6 $11) 4... Nc6 5. e3 {Prevents intrusion on d4} g6 (5... d5 6. Na3
$11) 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. d4 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3
e5 $15) 9... b6 (9... cxd4 $5 10. exd4 h6 $11) 10. dxc5 $14 bxc5 (10... Ne4 11.
Qc1 $16) 11. Na4 {White threatens to win material: Na4xc5} Qd6 (11... dxc4 $5 {
deserves consideration} 12. Qc1 cxb3 13. axb3 Qe7 $14) 12. Rc1 $16 Nd7 {
Black intends d4} 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. a3 (14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bb5 Kg8 $16) 14... d4
{Black gains space} 15. Ng5 (15. exd4 $142 $5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rc3 $16)
15... f5 16. Qd2 e5 17. e4 $2 (17. b4 $142 $11 {
and White could well hope to play on}) 17... h6 $19 18. exf5 (18. Nh3 fxe4 19.
Bg4 Nf6 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 $19) 18... hxg5 19. fxg6 Qxg6 (19... Rb8 20. Rb1 $19)
20. b4 $2 (20. Bg4 Rf4 21. Bxd7 Bxd7 22. Nxc5 Bf5 $19) 20... cxb4 (20... Qf5 $5
21. Rce1 Qf4 22. Qb2 $19) 21. axb4 Nf6 (21... g4 22. b5 Nd8 23. f4 $17) 22. b5
Ne7 (22... Rh8 23. bxc6 Qh6 24. f3 $17) 23. Nc5 (23. Rce1 Ne4 24. Qb2 Nd6 $17)
23... Rh8 24. Bd3 $4 {leading to a quick end} (24. Qd3 $142 $17) 24... Qh6 (
24... Qh5 {might be the shorter path} 25. f3 Qxh2+ 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Ke2 $19)
25. f3 (25. h3 {does not help much} Bxh3 $1 {a brilliant end} 26. gxh3 Qxh3 $19
) 25... Qxh2+ 26. Kf2 Qf4 (26... Qh4+ $142 {finishes off the opponent} 27. Ke2
Nf5 $19) 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Rfe1 Kf7 (28... Ng6 29. Ra1 g4 30. Nb3 $19) 29. Re5
(29. Nb3 $5 $17) 29... g4 $19 30. Rce1 Ng6 (30... g3+ 31. Kg1 Ng6 32. Rg5 $19)
31. Rg5 (31. Bxg6+ Kxg6 32. Nd3 g3+ 33. Ke2 Rh4 $19) 31... g3+ 32. Kg1 Rh6 33.
Ne4 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 $4 {White crumbles in face of a dire situation} (34. Bxe4
$142 Rb8 35. Rd5 $19) 34... Be6 35. Rxd4 (35. Rxg6 {is not much help} Rxg6 (
35... Kxg6 $143 36. Rxe6+ Kg7 37. Re7+ Kf6 38. Re4 $19) 36. Rxf4+ Rf6 37. Rxd4
Rc8 $19) 35... Rah8 36. Bxg6+ Kf6 37. Rh5 Rxh5 38. Bxh5 Rxh5 39. Rxf4+ Ke5 (
39... Ke7 $142 $5 {seems even better} 40. Re4 Rc5 41. Kf1 Rxc4 42. Re1 $19) 40.
Re4+ Kd6 41. Rd4+ (41. f4 $19 {desperation}) 41... Kc5 42. Re4 Bxc4 43. Rg4
Kxb5 44. Rxg3 a5 45. Rg7 Kb4 46. g4 Rh8 (46... Rd5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 47. Kf2 $19) 47. Rb7+ Bb5 48. g5 (48. Rc7 {
hardly improves anything} a4 $19) 48... a4 49. g6 (49. Re7 $19 {
is still a small chance}) 49... Rg8 50. g7 (50. Rc7 {does not save the day}
Rxg6+ 51. Kf2 a3 $19) 50... a3 (50... a3 51. Re7 a2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 41"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dejong, Andrew"]
[Black "Giannatos, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3} 1. c4 (1. e4 e5 $11)
1... e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 (3... Bc5 4. Nc3 $11) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {
White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move: c1} 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Nc6 7. O-O {
White castles and improves king safety} Be7 8. e3 {Covers d4} (8. d3 O-O $11)
8... Bg4 {White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move: c1} 9. h3 {
White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Bh5 (9... Be6 10. d4 $11) 10. Ne2 (10.
g4 $5 {might be a viable alternative} Bg6 11. d4 $14) 10... f5 {
White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move: c1} 11. d4 {
White threatens to win material: d4xe5} e4 {
Black threatens to win material: e4xf3} 12. Nh2 g5 (12... Bf7 $5 $15 {
is noteworthy}) 13. g4 $11 fxg4 14. hxg4 Bg6 {
White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move: h2} 15. Ng3 {
White threatens to win material: Ng3xe4} Qd5 (15... Qd7 16. Nxe4 O-O-O 17. Qb3
$11) 16. Qc2 {Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on e4} Nb4 {
Black threatens to win material: Nb4xc2} 17. Qb3 c6 {
White's piece can't move: h2} 18. Bd2 Nd3 19. Qxd3 (19. f3 $142 $5 {
is interesting} exf3 20. Bxf3 Qxb3 21. axb3 $11) 19... exd3 $15 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 {
Black has the pair of bishops} (20... cxd5 $5 21. Nf3 Rc8 $15) 21. Nf3 $11
O-O-O 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Nxg6 (23. f4 gxf4 24. exf4 Bc7 $11) 23... hxg6 $15 24.
Ne4 {White threatens to win material: Ne4xg5} Bc7 25. Nxg5 {A valuable piece} (
25. Nc5 $5 $15 {has some apparent merit}) 25... Rh4 $17 26. f4 Re8 (26... Rdh8
27. Rfd1 Bd8 28. Nf3 Rxg4+ 29. Kf2 Bh4+ 30. Kf1 $17) 27. Rfe1 $15 Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xg4} (27... Rf8 $142 $5 {
is worthy of consideration} 28. Nf3 Rxg4+ 29. Kf2 g5 $15) 28. Kg2 $14 Rxg4+ (
28... a6 29. e4 Reh8 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Rxh1 32. Kxh1 $14) 29. Kf3 Rh4 30.
Rg1 (30. Rh1 Reh8 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 $16) 30... Nd5 (30... Rh2 31. Rad1 $14) 31.
Rae1 (31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 $16) 31... b6 {Controls a5} (31... Rh2 32. Rg2 Rh4
33. Ne4 $11) 32. Rg4 {White threatens to win material: Rg4xh4} (32. Rh1 $142 $5
Reh8 33. Rxh4 Rxh4 34. Ke4 $18) 32... Rh2 $14 {
Black threatens to win material: Rh2xd2} 33. Rg2 {
White threatens to win material: Rg2xh2} Rh4 34. Rg4 {Twofold repetition} Rh2
35. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asheboro Open 41"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chumachenko, Andrey"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 1. d4 (1. e4 d6 $11) 1... d5
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 {Consolidates b5} 7. Qc2
O-O 8. e3 (8. h3 g6 $11) 8... Bg4 (8... Nh5 9. g3 $11) 9. Ne5 Bh5 10. Bd3 Nbd7
11. h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} Bg6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 {
White has the pair of bishops} 13. O-O Kh8 14. a3 {Controls b4} Ne8 15. b4 (15.
Be5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qd7 $14) 15... b5 {Black has a new backward pawn: c6} (15...
Bd6 $5 $11) 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Be5 (17. a4 a6 $16) 17... Nb6 $14 18. Nf4 Qd7 19.
Be2 Rxf4 $2 (19... Nf6 $142 $14 {is the best option Black has}) 20. Bxf4 Nf6
21. Be5 (21. Rfc1 a6 $18) 21... Bd6 (21... a6 22. Rfe1 $18) 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23.
Qc5 Qc7 (23... Qb8 24. Qc3 $18) 24. Bd3 Na4 25. Qc2 Qd7 26. Rfc1 Nb6 (26... a6
27. Re1 $18) 27. a4 $1 {Decoy: a4} a6 (27... bxa4 28. Ba6 {Combination}) (27...
Nxa4 28. Bxb5 {Decoy}) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra2 (29. Ra6 {
might be the shorter path} Qb7 30. Qa2 Na4 $18) 29... Nc4 (29... Kg8 30. Be2
$18) 30. Rca1 (30. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 31. Rca1 Qe8 $16) 30... Qe7 (30... Qe8 31. Ra6
$18) 31. Ra8 Rxa8 (31... Rg8 $18 {is one last hope}) 32. Rxa8+ Ng8 33. Qc3 (33.
Bxg6 {and White can already relax} hxg6 34. Qxg6 Qh4 35. Qxc6 Qe4 $18) 33...
Qb7 (33... Nb6 {does not save the day} 34. Rxg8+ $1 {a convincing end} Kxg8 35.
Qxc6 $18) 34. Qa1 Qe7 (34... Nb2 {there is nothing else anyway} 35. Bc2 Na4 $18
) 35. Qa7 (35. Qa6 $142 {makes it even easier for White} Qd7 36. Qc8 Qxc8 37.
Rxc8 g5 $18) 35... Qe6 (35... Qxa7 {the last chance for counterplay} 36. Rxa7
Nb2 $18) 36. Qb8 Nd6 (36... Nb2 {cannot undo what has already been done} 37.
Bxg6 $1 {Deflection: g8} hxg6 38. Qf8 $18) 37. Qf8 g5 38. Rd8 Ne4 39. Re8 (39.
Re8 Qxe8 40. Qxe8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Quark 9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fuerstman, Leland"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2011"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1. e4 d5 (1... e5 2. Nf3 $14) 2. d4 (2. exd5 $142
$5 {should not be overlooked} Nf6 3. d4 $14) 2... dxe4 $15 3. Nc3 {
White threatens to win material: Nc3xe4} Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5 (5... e6 6.
Bf4 $11) 6. Bc4 (6. Bd3 Bg6 $11) 6... e6 $15 {Black is behind in developement}
7. O-O {White has a very active position} Be7 {White has an active position} (
7... Nc6 8. h3 $15) 8. Ne5 (8. d5 exd5 9. Nxd5 O-O $15) 8... Bg6 {
Loses material} (8... Bxc2 9. Qe2 Qxd4+ 10. Kh1 $17) 9. Be3 {
White has a very active position} (9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 $11 (10. Bxd5 $143 c6
11. Bb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 $17)) 9... Nbd7 $15 10. Nxg6 hxg6 {
White has the pair of bishops} 11. Qf3 c6 {Covers b5} 12. Ne4 Nb6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nb6xc4} 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Rad1 (14. Bf2 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 $17) 14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nxe4 (15... Qc7 16. g3 $17) 16. Qxe4 Bd6
$4 {makes life more difficult} (16... Qc7 $142 17. g3 Bf6 $17) 17. Rxf7 $3 $18
{Mate attack. .} Bxh2+ (17... Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ {Mate attack}) (17... -- 18. Qxe6+
{Mate threat}) 18. Kf1 Qd6 19. Bxe6 Rf8 20. Bb3+ (20. Rxf8+ $142 {nails it down
} Kxf8 21. Qxg6 $18) 20... Kd8 $14 21. Rxf8+ (21. Qh4+ Kc8 $14) 21... Qxf8+ 22.
Ke2 Kc7 23. Rf1 {White threatens to win material: Rf1xf8} Re8 {
Black threatens to win material: Re8xe4} 24. Rxf8 Rxe4+ 25. Kd3 {
White threatens to win material: Kd3xe4} Re7 26. c4 Bd6 27. c5 {
White gains space} Re3+ 28. Kxe3 Bxf8 {A bishop endgame occured} 29. Bf7 g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Quark 9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Singleton, Spencer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "1554"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7 h4 and 7 Qg4} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 (3... Nf6 4. Bg5 $14) 4. e5 {White gets more space} c5 {The typical lever}
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c4 {This push gains space} 7. Qg4 g6 8. h4 h5 {
Black threatens to win material: h5xg4} 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. Qf6 {
White threatens to win material: Qf6xh8} O-O $4 (11... Rf8 $142 $11 {
saving the game}) 12. g4 $1 $18 {Mate threat} hxg4 (12... hxg4 13. h5 {
Combination}) (12... -- 13. Bh6 {Mate threat}) 13. h5 Nf5 (13... Nd7 {
is no salvation} 14. Qxe7 Qd8 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. hxg6 fxg6 $18) 14. Ng3 {
Loses material} (14. hxg6 Ng7 15. Rh8+ Kxh8 16. Qh4+ Nh5 17. Qxh5+ Kg7 18. Qh7#
) 14... Nd7 (14... Qd8 $142 $5 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. hxg6 fxg6 $16)
15. Qg5 $18 Nb6 $4 {
the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (15... Nxe5 $142
16. dxe5 Qxe5+ 17. Ne2 Bd7 $18) 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Nxf5 (17. Nh5 Qg7 18. Nxg7
Kxg7 $18) 17... exf5 $4 {leading to a quick end} (17... Rxf5 18. Qxg6+ Qg7 19.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 $18) 18. Rh6 Rf7 (18... Qg7 {is one last hope} 19. Rxg6 Rf7 $18) 19.
Qxg6+ Rg7 (19... Kf8 {cannot change destiny} 20. Rh8+ Ke7 21. Bg5+ Kd7 22. Rd8+
Qxd8 23. Qd6+ Ke8 24. Qxd8#) 20. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Quark 9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hales, William T."]
[Black "Fuerstman, Leland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} 1. e4 Nf6
2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 e6 {Consolidates d5} 4. Nxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 d6 6. exd6 (6. d4
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 $11) 6... Bxd6 $11 7. Be2 {
White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move: c1} O-O 8. d4 Nd7 (8...
Bf5 9. c3 $11) 9. O-O c6 {Secures b5} (9... Nf6 10. c4 $11) 10. b3 (10. Bd3 Re8
$11) 10... Qc7 (10... Nf6 11. Bg5 $11) 11. Bg5 (11. c4 Nf6 $11) 11... h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 12. Bh4 f5 13. Qd2 (13. Qd3 Re8 $15)
13... Nf6 (13... Nb8 $5 $15 {must definitely be considered}) 14. Bxf6 $14 Rxf6
15. c4 Be6 (15... dxc4 16. Bxc4+ Be6 17. Rfe1 $11) 16. Rfe1 (16. c5 Bf4 17. Qc2
Qe7 $14) 16... g5 {Black king safety dropped} (16... Ba3 17. Bd3 $11) 17. Bd3
g4 {Black wins space} 18. Ne5 (18. Rxe6 Rxe6 19. Bxf5 Rf6 20. Bxg4 Re8 $11)
18... c5 (18... dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. bxc4 $11 (20. Nxc4 $143 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1
Bf4 $15)) 19. f4 (19. cxd5 $5 Bxd5 20. Rac1 $16) 19... gxf3 (19... dxc4 $5 20.
Bxc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 cxd4 $15) 20. Nxf3 $11 cxd4 21. cxd5 (21. Nxd4 $2 {
is nothing because of} Bc5 22. Bf1 Qb6 $17) 21... Bxd5 22. Kh1 (22. Rac1 $5 {
is worthy of consideration} Bc6 23. Bc4+ (23. Nxd4 $143 Bxh2+ 24. Kf1 Bf4 25.
Rxc6 Rxc6 $17 (25... Bxd2 {is much worse} 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. Rxc7 Bxe1 28. Kxe1
$18) (25... bxc6 $6 26. Qc3 Be5 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Nxf5 $19)) 23... Kh7 24. Kh1
$11) 22... Bf4 $17 23. Qb2 (23. Qe2 Re6 24. Qd1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qc3 26. Bxf5
Qxe1+ (26... Bxf3 $6 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ Ke8 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31.
Rg1 $11) 27. Rxe1 Be3 $15) 23... Bxf3 (23... Qc3 24. Qe2 $17) 24. gxf3 Qc6 {
Black threatens to win material: Qc6xf3} (24... Rd8 $142 $5 $17) 25. Rg1+ $11
Kh7 26. Qg2 (26. Qxd4 $5 {is interesting} Qxf3+ 27. Rg2 $11) 26... Qd7 $15 27.
Rae1 (27. Qh3 Raf8 $17) 27... Be3 $17 28. Rgf1 (28. Bb5 $5 Qc7 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30.
Rxg3 $17) 28... Rg8 $19 29. Qb2 Qg7 (29... Qd6 $142 $19) 30. Qc2 $4 {
further deteriorates the position} (30. Bc4 $142 Rc8 31. Bd3 $17) 30... Kh8 $19
31. h3 (31. Bc4 {is the last straw} d3 $1 {Deflection: g2} 32. Qb2 $19) 31...
Rg6 32. Qh2 Rg2 33. Qd6 Rd2 (33... Rxa2 34. Qf6 Qxf6 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Rf2 Re1+
37. Bf1 Bxf2 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. f4 Qxf4+ 40. Kh1 Rxf1#) 34. Be2 (34. Qf6 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} Qxf6 35. Re2 Qg6 36. Bxf5 Qg1+ 37. Rxg1 Rxg1+
38. Kh2 Rxe2#) 34... Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Seafarer"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hales, William"]
[Black "Fuerstman, Leland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 (1... e5 2. Nf3 $14) 2. d4 (2. Nf3 Nc6 $11) 2...
cxd4 $11 3. c3 (3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd2 Nf6 $11) 3... d6 (3... dxc3 $5 {
is an interesting idea} 4. Nxc3 e6 $11) 4. cxd4 $14 Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 5. Nc3 g6 (5... e6 6. Bd3 $14) 6. Nf3
{Black is behind in developement} (6. h3 d5 7. e5 Ne4 $14) 6... Bg4 (6... Bg7
7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 $14) 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 (9. d5 Ne5 10. Bb5+ Nfd7
$14) 9... Bg7 10. Bb5 {Black has a cramped position} (10. Rd1 O-O $11) 10...
O-O 11. a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4} (11. O-O a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 $14) 11... e5 (
11... a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rb1 $11) 12. Bxc6 $14 exd4 13. Bxd4 {
Sacrifices material} (13. Bxb7 dxc3 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. bxc3 Nxe4 $14) 13... bxc6
$11 {Black has new hanging pawns: c6+d6} 14. O-O {Black has a cramped position}
c5 {Black threatens to win material: c5xd4} 15. Be3 {
Black has a cramped position} Rb8 {Black threatens to win material: Rb8xb2} (
15... Re8 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bh2 $11) 16. Rab1 (16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxc5 Re8 $14)
16... Nd7 17. Bf4 {White threatens to win material: Bf4xd6} Ne5 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne5xf3} 18. Qe2 Nc6 {
White has an active position} (18... Rb3 19. Rfd1 $11) 19. Be3 (19. Nd5 Re8 20.
b4 Nd4 $14) 19... f5 (19... Qe7 20. Qc4 $11) 20. Rfd1 (20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. exf5
Rxf5 $11) 20... Qe7 (20... Nd4 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Ne2 $11) 21. Bf4 {
Attacks the backward pawn on d6} (21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. exf5 gxf5 $16) 21... Bd4 22.
Qc4+ Kh8 23. Nb5 $4 {White lets it slip away} (23. Qd5 $142 {was possible} Ne5
24. Be3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 $11) 23... Qxe4 $19 24. Nxd4 (24. Be3 {
doesn't change anything anymore} Bxe3 25. Nxd6 Qxc4 26. Nxc4 Bd4 $19) 24...
Qxf4 (24... Nxd4 {and Black can already relax} 25. Kh1 Qxf4 26. f3 $19) 25. Re1
(25. Kh1 {doesn't do any good} Nxd4 (25... cxd4 $6 26. Qxc6 Qxf2 27. Qxd6 $17)
26. f3 g5 $19) 25... Nxd4 ({Worse is} 25... Qxd4 26. Qc2 $19) ({Instead of} 
25... cxd4 26. Qxc6 d5 27. g3 $16) 26. Qc3 (26. Qa6 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable} Rbe8 27. Qd3 $19) 26... Rb3 27. Qa5 Qg5
28. Kh1 Qh4 (28... f4 29. Rf1 Qf5 30. f3 Rxf3 31. Qd2 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 $19) 29.
Re3 Qxf2 30. Re7 (30. Rxb3 {the only chance to get some counterplay} Nxb3 31.
Qxa7 $19) 30... Nc6 (30... Rg3 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qc7+ Kh6 33. Qb7 Ne2 34. Qf3
Rxf3 35. Rc1 Rxh3+ 36. gxh3 Ng3#) 31. Rxh7+ (31. Qe1 {desperation} Qxe1+ 32.
Rexe1 $19) 31... Kxh7 32. Qc7+ Kg8 (32... Kh6 33. Rg1 Re8 34. Qxd6 Nd4 35. a4
Rxh3+ 36. gxh3 Qf3+ 37. Rg2 Qxh3+ 38. Qh2 Re1+ 39. Rg1 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Nf3+ 41.
Kf2 Nxh2 42. Ke2 Qb3 43. Kd2 Nf3+ 44. Ke2 Nd4+ 45. Ke1 Qe3+ 46. Kf1 Qe2+ 47.
Kg1 Nf3+ 48. Kh1 Qf1#) 33. Qxc6 (33. Qxd6 {is the last straw} Kg7 34. Qxc6 $19)
33... Rxb2 34. Qd5+ Rf7 (34... Kg7 $142 {ends the debate} 35. Rg1 Re8 36. Qf3
Qxf3 37. gxf3 $19) 35. Rg1 (35. Rxb2 {doesn't change the outcome of the game}
Qxb2 36. Qxd6 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Kh7 $19) 35... Qd4 (35... Rd2 $5 {
might be the shorter path} 36. Qe6 Qg3 37. Qe1 Qxe1 38. Rxe1 $19) 36. Qe6 (36.
Qf3 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Re7 37. Qd1 Qxd1 38. Rxd1 Re6 $19) 36...
Qe5 (36... Kg7 $142 {and Black can already relax} 37. Qe1 c4 $19) 37. Qc4 (37.
Re1 {does not solve anything} Qxe6 38. Rxe6 Rd2 $19) 37... Kf8 (37... f4 38.
Qc1 f3 39. Qxb2 Qxb2 40. gxf3 Rxf3 41. Rxg6+ Kf7 42. Rg5 Rxh3+ 43. Kg1 Qh2+ 44.
Kf1 Rf3+ 45. Ke1 Qf2+ 46. Kd1 Rd3+ 47. Kc1 Qd2+ 48. Kb1 Rb3+ 49. Ka1 Qb2#) 38.
Qh4 Qf6 (38... Kg7 $142 {and the rest is a matter of technique} 39. Qe1 $19)
39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Re1 Rb8 (40... Rf8 {seems even better} 41. Qf4 Rfb8 42. Re3
$19) 41. Qf4 (41. Qe3 {cannot undo what has already been done} c4 $19) 41...
Re7 42. Rd1 Re4 (42... Qe5 {and Black can already relax} 43. Qxe5 dxe5 44. Rc1
$19) 43. Qg3 (43. Qxd6 {does not help much} Qxd6 44. Rxd6 Kf7 $19) 43... Rd8 (
43... f4 44. Qf3 Qe5 45. Kh2 $19) 44. Qb3+ (44. Rf1 {is not the saving move}
Rde8 $19) 44... c4 (44... Qe6 $142 {might be the shorter path} 45. Qxe6+ Rxe6
46. Kg1 $19) 45. Qb7 (45. Qb1 Rde8 46. Rg1 Qd4 $19) 45... Qe7 (45... Rde8 $142
{makes it even easier for Black} 46. Qd5+ Qe6 47. Kh2 Qxd5 48. Rxd5 $19) 46.
Qd5+ Qe6 47. Qd2 Re2 (47... Re8 48. Qc2 Re1+ 49. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 50. Kh2 d5 51. Qb2
Qe5+ 52. Qxe5 Rxe5 53. Kg3 c3 54. Kf4 Re4+ 55. Kg5 Kf7 56. g4 c2 57. Kh4 c1=Q
58. Kg3 Qe1+ 59. Kf3 Qf1+ 60. Kg3 Re3+ 61. Kh4 Rxh3+ 62. Kg5 Qc1#) 48. Qc3 (48.
Qd4 {does not win a prize} Qe4 49. Qxe4 fxe4 $19) 48... Qe4 (48... Re8 $142 {
nails it down} 49. Rg1 Re1 $19) 49. Qg3 f4 50. Qg5 Re1+ 51. Kh2 Rxd1 52. Qxd8+
0-1

[Event "Reverse Angle 11"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giannatos, Peter"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 {White king safety dropped}
3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 a6 {Covers b5} 6. g3 (6. Bd3 g6 $11) 6... b5 (6...
Bf5 $5 $11) 7. Bg2 $14 Bb7 8. Bf4 {White threatens to win material: Bf4xd6} Qb6
9. O-O (9. a4 e6 $14) 9... e6 {Consolidates d5} 10. Qe2 {
White has an active position} (10. a4 Bd6 11. Be3 b4 $14) 10... Be7 {
Black should quickly conclude development.} (10... Bd6 11. Be3 b4 12. Nd1 $14)
11. Rad1 (11. a4 b4 12. a5 Qa7 13. Bxc7 Nbd7 $16) 11... Nd5 (11... b4 $5 {
is worth consideration} 12. Nb1 O-O $11) 12. Nxd5 $14 Bxd5 13. b3 {Covers c4}
b4 14. Qe5 {White threatens to win material: Qe5xg7} (14. Ne5 $5 Qb7 15. Bxd5
Qxd5 16. a3 $14) 14... O-O $11 15. Qxc7 Qxc7 16. Bxc7 {
White has a new backward pawn: c2} Rc8 17. Bxb8 Raxb8 {
Black has the pair of bishops} 18. Ne1 (18. Rd2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rb5 $11) 18...
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rd8 20. f4 Rb5 21. Nf3 Rbd5 22. Rf2 Bf6 (22... h6 23. h4 $14) 23.
Rfd2 (23. a3 Bxd4 24. Rfd2 Bc3 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. axb4 Kf8 $14)
23... Ra5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rxd2+ 26. Rxd2 {White has a mate threat} Kf8 (
26... h6 27. c4 bxc3 28. Rc2 $14) 27. c3 bxc3 28. Rc2 {
White threatens to win material: Rc2xc3} Ra3 (28... g5 $5 $14) 29. Kf3 a5 $4 {
an oversight. But Black was lost anyway.} (29... Ke7 $142 $16) 30. Ke4 (30. Ke3
$142 {seems even better} Ke8 31. Kd3 $18) 30... a4 (30... Ke8 $18 {
the only chance to get some counterplay}) 31. b4 Ke7 (31... f5+ {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 32. Kd3 Ke7 33. b5 $18) 32. Kd4 Kd7 33. b5
Kc7 (33... Kc8 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 34. Kc4 $18) 34. Kc5 Kb7 (
34... f6 {does not save the day} 35. Kb4 Kb6 36. Kxa3 Kxb5 37. exf6 gxf6 38.
Rxc3 $18) 35. Kb4 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 c2 37. Rxc2 a3 38. Ka5 (38. Kc5 h6 39. b6 g6
40. Rd2 a2 41. Rxa2 g5 42. fxg5 h5 43. Ra7+ Kc8 44. Rxf7 h4 45. gxh4 Kd8 46.
Kd6 Kc8 47. g6 Kb8 48. g7 Kc8 49. g8=Q#) 38... a2 39. Rxa2 (39. Rxa2 g6 40. Rd2
h5 41. Rd7+ Kc8 42. Rxf7 Kb8 43. Ka6 Kc8 44. b6 Kd8 45. b7 Ke8 46. Rc7 Kd8 47.
b8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "Reverse Angle 11"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Tkatchouk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D26: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4 e3 e6 5 Bxc5 c5 sidelines} 1. e4 c6 {
Prevents intrusion on b5} 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 (4. Nf3 e6 $11) 4... dxc4
5. Bxc4 e6 {Controls d5} 6. Nf3 {Black is behind in developement} Nf6 7. O-O {
White castles and improves king safety} Be7 (7... Bd6 8. Nc3 $14) 8. Nc3 {
White has a very active position} O-O {Black castles and improves king safety}
9. Re1 (9. Be3 Nc6 $11) 9... Nbd7 (9... Nc6 10. Bf4 $11) 10. Qe2 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} Nb6 {
White has a very active position} 11. Bb3 {Black has a cramped position} Nbd5
12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxf6 {Black has the pair of bishops} 15. Bc2
(15. Ne5 b6 $11) 15... g6 {Controls f5} (15... Qc7 16. Rac1 $14) 16. Ne5 (16.
Qe3 Kg7 $14) 16... Qc7 {Black threatens to win material: Qc7xc3} 17. Qg4 (17.
Qe3 Bg7 $11) 17... Bxe5 (17... Qxc3 18. Rac1 Bg5 19. Bxg6 Bxc1 20. Bxf7+ Kh8
21. Ng6+ Kg7 22. Nf4+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ Kg7 24. Nf4+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ $11) 18. dxe5 $14
({Weaker is} 18. Rxe5 Qxc3 19. Rc1 Rd8 $17) 18... Kg7 (18... Rd8 19. Re3 Rd7
20. Qf4 $16) 19. Qf4 {White has a king attack} (19. Re3 Qe7 $14) 19... Qe7 $14
(19... Qxc3 $4 {taking the pawn will cause Black grave problems} 20. Qf6+ Kg8
21. Bxg6 $18) 20. Rad1 Bd7 $4 (20... b6 $142 $14 {saving the game}) 21. Qf6+ $1
$18 {Deflection: f6} Qxf6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. Rxd7 Rab8 (23... b6 24. Re3 $18)
24. Bb3 (24. Re3 {and White can already relax} a5 $18) 24... a5 (24... Rfd8 25.
Red1 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 $18) 25. c4 (25. Re3 {keeps an even firmer grip} g5 $18)
25... b5 (25... Rfd8 26. Red1 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 $18) 26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. Ra7 (27. Rc1
$142 $18 {makes it even easier for White}) 27... Rc8 (27... Rc5 $18) 28. Rxf7+
$1 {Double attack: c8/f7} Kg5 (28... Kxf7 29. Bxe6+ {Double attack}) 29. f4+
Kh4 30. g3+ (30. g3+ Kg4 31. Bxe6+ Kf3 32. Bxc8 Rb8 33. Rc7 Rxc8 34. Rxc8 g5
35. f5 Kg4 36. f6 h5 37. f7 h4 38. f8=Q hxg3 39. Rc4+ Kh5 40. Qf7+ Kh6 41. Re6#
) 1-0

[Event "Reverse Angle 11"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Pohl, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} 1. e4 Nc6 (1... e6 2.
Nf3 $14) 2. d4 d5 {Black threatens to win material: d5xe4} 3. Nc3 {
White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} (3... dxe4 4. d5 Nb8 5. Nxe4 $11) 4.
e5 $14 {White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Nd7 5. Nxd5 Ndb8 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8} 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Qxd4
(7. Be3 $5 Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1 $14) 7... Nxd4 $11 {White king safety dropped} 8. Bd3
Bf5 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Nb5 {White threatens to win material: Nb5xc7} Na6 {
Black's piece can't move: f8} 11. g4 {White threatens to win material: g4xf5} (
11. Nf3 c6 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e6 $11) 11... c6 {
Black threatens to win material: c6xb5} (11... Nh4 12. Be3 $11) 12. Na3 (12.
gxf5 cxb5 13. Be3 g6 $11) 12... Nd4 (12... Nh4 13. Be3 $15) 13. Be3 $11 c5 (
13... Ne6 $5 $11 {should be considered}) 14. Bxd4 $14 cxd4 {
White king safety improved} 15. O-O-O e6 (15... Rc8 16. Nf3 $16) 16. Nb5 ({
Less advisable is} 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Re4 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Rc8 $11) 16... Bc5 17.
Ne2 {White threatens to win material: Ne2xd4} O-O-O 18. Nexd4 (18. Nbxd4 Rd5
19. f4 h5 20. gxh5 Rdd8 $16) 18... Rd5 (18... h5 19. g5 Nc7 20. Nb3 $14) 19. f4
(19. Nf3 $142 $5 $16) 19... Rhd8 $11 20. c3 {Secures b4} Nb8 (20... Nc7 $5 21.
Kc2 Nxb5 22. Nxb5 a6 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. exd6 Rxd6 $14) 21. b4 $16
a6 (21... Bxd4 $5 22. Nxd4 a5 $16) 22. bxc5 $18 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxc5 24. a4 Nc6 (
24... g5 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. fxg5 Nc6 $16) 25. Rxd8+ (25. g5 $142 $5 $16) 25...
Kxd8 $14 26. Rd1+ Ke7 27. Kb2 Rc4 {Black threatens to win material: Rc4xa4} 28.
Nd4 Rxa4 29. Nxc6+ bxc6 {A rook endgame occured.} 30. Rd4 {
White threatens to win material: Rd4xa4} Ra5 31. Rb4 g5 32. Rb7+ Kf8 33. fxg5
Rxe5 34. h4 Re4 35. Rb4 Rxb4+ (35... Re3 $142 $5 $11 {
must definitely be considered}) 36. cxb4 $16 Ke7 37. Kc3 Kd6 $4 {
another bit of territory lost} (37... e5 $142 38. Kd3 Kd7 $16) 38. Kd4 $18 e5+
39. Ke4 Ke6 40. h5 Kd6 41. Kf5 Kd5 42. Kf6 e4 43. Kxf7 e3 44. g6 hxg6 45. hxg6
e2 46. g7 e1=Q 47. g8=Q Kc4 48. g5 Kxb4 49. Qb8+ Kc3 (49... Ka5 50. Qc7+ Kb5
51. g6 Qf1+ 52. Ke8 Qe2+ 53. Qe7 $18) 50. Qh8+ (50. Qd6 {
makes it even easier for White} Kc2 51. Qc5+ Kb2 $18) 50... Kc4 (50... Kc2 51.
Qh2+ Kb3 52. Qf4 $18) 51. g6 (51. Qf6 $142 {might be the shorter path} Qd1 52.
g6 Qd7+ 53. Kf8 Qc8+ 54. Ke7 Qc7+ 55. Ke6 Qc8+ 56. Ke5 Qb8+ 57. Kf5 Qb1+ 58.
Ke6 $18) 51... Kd5 (51... Qd2 52. Qf6 Qd7+ 53. Kf8 Qc8+ 54. Ke7 Qb7+ 55. Kd6
Qb8+ 56. Ke6 Qc8+ 57. Ke5 Qb8+ 58. Kf5 Qb1+ 59. Ke6 Qa2 $18) 52. Qf6 Qg3 53.
Qe6+ Kc5 54. g7 Qf4+ 55. Qf6 Qg4 56. g8=Q Qc4+ 57. Kf8 (57. Kf8 Qxg8+ 58. Kxg8
$18) 1-0

[Event "Reverse Angle 11"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holmes, Gilbert"]
[Black "Hales, William T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1766"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 1. e4 c6 {
Consolidates b5} 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 {
Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nf6 5. c3 (5.
Nf3 Nc6 $14) 5... Bg4 (5... g6 6. Nf3 $11) 6. Qb3 {
White threatens to win material: Qb3xb7} Qb6 (6... Qc7 7. h3 Bd7 8. Nf3 $14) 7.
Bf4 (7. Qxb6 axb6 8. h3 Bd7 $14) 7... Qxb3 {Black has a mate threat} 8. axb3 {
White has new doubled pawns: b2+b3. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nc6 9. Nd2 e6
{Covers f5} 10. Ngf3 (10. h3 Bh5 $14) 10... Be7 11. Bb5 {
White has an active position} O-O 12. O-O a6 (12... Rfc8 $5 $14) 13. Bxc6 $16
bxc6 14. b4 (14. Ne5 Rfc8 $16) 14... Bf5 (14... Nd7 15. Rfe1 $14) 15. Ne5 $14 {
White threatens to win material: Ne5xc6} Rfc8 (15... Bd6 16. Rfe1 $14) 16. Nb3
(16. h3 h5 $16) 16... Ng4 (16... Bd6 17. h3 $14) 17. Nd7 $16 Bd3 18. Rfe1 (18.
Rfc1 Rd8 19. Nbc5 Be2 $16) 18... Rd8 (18... Bh4 19. g3 Bd8 20. Nbc5 $16) 19.
Nbc5 Bxc5 (19... Bb5 $142 $5 $16) 20. Nxc5 $18 Bb5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Bg5 h6 23.
Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ra5 (24. b3 Rab8 $18) 24... Ra7 (24... Kh7 25. b3 $18) 25. f4 (
25. b3 Raa8 $18) 25... Kh7 26. Raa1 (26. b3 $5 $18) 26... Rda8 $16 27. Ra5 Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reverse Angle 11"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hales, William T."]
[Black "Roach, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
c5 4. c3 (4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 $11) 4... cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} (5... dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 $11) 6.
e5 {White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Nfd7 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 7. Bd3 Nc6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 8. Nb3 (8. Ne2 Qb6 9. Nf3 Qb4+ 10. Qd2
f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 $14 (11... gxf6 $143 12. Nc3 $16)) 8... b6 {Controls a5+c5} (
8... a5 9. a4 $11) 9. Nh3 (9. a3 Bb7 $14) 9... Nb4 {
Black has a cramped position} (9... a5 10. Be3 $11) 10. Bb5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6
12. a3 {Secures b4} Rc8 13. O-O Rc4 (13... Nc7 14. Be3 $14) 14. Be3 Qc8 15. Rc1
Rxc1 16. Nxc1 h6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} 17. Nd3 g5 $2 (17... Be7 $142 $5
$14) 18. Qh5 (18. f4 gxf4 19. Ndxf4 Be7 $18) 18... Rg8 $2 (18... Bg7 19. f4 Qc2
20. fxg5 Qxd3 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Re1 $18 (22. Qxg7 $6 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Re8 $18))
19. Rc1 (19. f4 $5 {seems even better} gxf4 20. Nhxf4 Rg5 $18) 19... Qd8 (19...
Qb7 20. f4 gxf4 21. Nhxf4 $18) 20. f4 g4 $2 (20... gxf4 21. Nhxf4 Nc7 $18) 21.
Nhf2 g3 22. Ng4 gxh2+ (22... Rg6 23. hxg3 Nc7 24. Kh2 $18) 23. Kxh2 Rg6 (23...
Nc7 24. Rc6 Rxg4 25. Qxg4 $18) 24. Rf1 {White plans f5} (24. Bf2 {
and White can already relax} Nc7 25. Bh4 Be7 26. Bxe7 Kxe7 27. Nxh6 Nf8 $18)
24... Qe7 $2 (24... Nc7 25. Kg1 $18) 25. f5 (25. Bf2 $142 {
it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} Rxg4 26. Qxg4 $18) 25...
exf5 26. Rxf5 Nc7 27. Nb4 (27. Rf1 $142 $18 {White has the better game}) 27...
Qe6 $16 28. Nd3 Rg8 $4 {Black is ruining his position} (28... Qe7 29. Nf4 Rg5
30. Rxg5 hxg5 $18) 29. Nf4 $18 Qe7 30. Bd2 $4 {
there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (30. Nxh6 $142 {ends the debate
} Rg7 31. Ng4 $18) 30... Rg5 $16 31. Rxg5 Qxg5 32. Be3 Qxh5+ 33. Nxh5 Ne6 (
33... Kd8 $142 $16) 34. Ng3 $4 {White has let it slip away} (34. Ngf6+ $142 {
White has a promising position} Nxf6 35. Nxf6+ (35. exf6 $6 Kd7 $11) 35... Kd8
36. Nxd5 $18) 34... b5 (34... Bg7 35. Kh3 $14) 35. Kg1 (35. Kh3 $5 $16) 35...
Nb6 $11 36. Nf6+ {Here comes the goal-getter} (36. Nxh6 $2 {
doesn't lead to anything significant} Nc4 37. Ng4 Kd7 $19) 36... Kd8 37. Nf5 {
White threatens to win material: Nf5xh6} Nc4 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc4xb2} 38. Bc1 (38. Bxh6 $5 {
should not be overlooked} Nxd4 39. Bxf8 Nxf5 40. b3 Nxe5 41. Nxd5 $11) 38...
Nxd4 $1 $17 {Decoy: d4} 39. Nxd4 Bc5 40. Nxd5 $2 (40. b3 $142 Bxd4+ 41. Kf1 $17
) 40... Bxd4+ $19 41. Kf1 Nxb2 (41... Bxb2 {seems even better} 42. Bxb2 Nxb2
43. Nc3 $19) 42. Bf4 $2 (42. Ke2 $142 $5 $19) 42... Nc4 43. Bxh6 (43. Ke2 Bxe5
44. Bc1 h5 $19) 43... Nxa3 44. Nb4 (44. Ke2 Nc4 $19) 44... Kd7 45. Bc1 (45. Bg7
{a last effort to resist the inevitable} Ke6 46. Nc6 $19) 45... Nc4 46. Ke2
Nxe5 47. Bd2 a5 48. Na2 (48. Nc2 {is no salvation} Bb6 $19) 48... b4 (48... a4
{might be the shorter path} 49. Kd1 $19) 49. Nxb4 (49. Bxb4 {does not help much
} axb4 50. Nxb4 Ke6 $19) 49... axb4 50. Bxb4 Ke6 (50... f5 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 51. Be1 $19) 51. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reverse Angle 11"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hales, William"]
[Black "Taylor-Brill, Seth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "1302"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 (1... Nc6 2. Nf3 $14) 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 (3. Qxd4
Nc6 4. Qd3 Nf6 $11) 3... d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xd4} Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 (6... Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qe6+
8. Be2 $11) 7. O-O (7. cxd4 Rd8 $14) 7... Nf6 (7... d3 8. Bxd3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3
Qxf3 10. gxf3 $11) 8. cxd4 Bxf3 (8... Qd7 9. Be3 $14) 9. Bxf3 $14 {
White has the pair of bishops} Qd6 (9... Qc4 $5 $14 {deserves consideration})
10. d5 $16 Ne5 11. Nc3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Rd8 13. Bf4 Qd7 (13... Qb6 14. Rae1 $18)
14. Rad1 $18 g6 $2 (14... Qg4 $142 15. Qe3 a6 $18) 15. d6 $1 {Decoy: d6} e6 (
15... exd6 16. Ne4 {Double attack} (16. Ne4 {Decoy})) 16. Be5 Bg7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6
18. Qxf6 O-O 19. Ne4 Qc6 (19... Qb5 {does not win a prize} 20. Qd4 e5 21. Qxa7
Qxb2 22. Rb1 $18) 20. Qd4 (20. Qe5 $142 {makes it even easier for White} f6 21.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Qxf6 $18) 20... h5 (20... Qb5 {the last chance for counterplay}
21. Rfe1 Qf5 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nd7+ e5 24. Rxe5 Qxd7 25. Re7+ Kg8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7
27. Qxa7 Rfd8 $18) 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Ne8+ Kh6 23. Qg7+ Kg5 24. h4+ $1 {
Mate attack} Kxh4 (24... Kxh4 25. Qf6+ {Mate attack}) 25. Rd4+ (25. Qf6+ g5 26.
Rd4+ Qe4 27. Rxe4#) 25... Kg5 26. f4+ Kh4 (26... Kg4 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 27. Qf6 Qc5 28. f5+ Qxd4+ 29. Qxd4+ Kg5
30. Qf4#) 27. Qf6+ Kg4 28. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "10 RATING POINTS TONIGHT!!! #2 (NC)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McCartney, Patrick"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 (2. d4 Bf5 $11) 2... dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5
{Black threatens to win material: Bf5xe4} (3... Nc6 4. Nf3 $11) 4. Ng3 Bg6 5.
Bc4 (5. Nf3 Nc6 $11) 5... Nf6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. h4 h6 {Covers g5} 8. h5 {
White threatens to win material: h5xg6} Bh7 9. d3 {Secures e4} e6 {
Prevents intrusion on d5+f5} 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qf6 13. c3 Ne5 (
13... O-O 14. O-O $11) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. g3 {Consolidates f4} (15. Bd2 $142 $5
{and White can hope to live} Bf4 16. O-O-O $11) 15... Bxc3+ $1 $17 {Decoy: c3}
16. Kf1 (16. bxc3 Qxc3+ {Double attack} (16... Qe5 {Decoy})) 16... Ba5 (16...
Be5 17. Kg2 $17) 17. Bf4 (17. Kg2 O-O $17) 17... Bb6 (17... O-O-O 18. e5 Qf5
19. Rc1 $17) 18. f3 e5 19. Bd2 O-O-O 20. Kg2 Rd7 (20... Qe7 21. a4 $17) 21.
Rac1 (21. Rad1 Bd4 $17) 21... Rhd8 22. Rhd1 Qe7 (22... Kb8 23. a4 Qe7 24. a5
$17) 23. a4 (23. Bc3 Kb8 $17) 23... f5 $17 24. Bd5 (24. a5 $5 Bc5 25. b4 fxe4
26. fxe4 Bxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 29. Be2 Bxb4 30. a6 $15) 24...
fxe4 (24... c6 25. a5 Bd4 26. Be1 $19) 25. fxe4 Bg8 (25... c6 26. Bc3 Kb8 $17 (
26... Rxd5 {is clearly worse} 27. exd5 Rf8 28. Rf1 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 $18 (29. Qxf1
$6 Be4+ 30. Kh2 Bxd5 $11))) 26. Bxb7+ $4 {cause more grief} (26. Bxg8 $142 Rxg8
27. a5 $17) 26... Kxb7 $19 27. a5 (27. Bc3 {cannot change destiny} Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Bc4 29. Qxc4 Rxd1 $19) 27... Bb3 28. Qb5 (28. axb6 {
otherwise it's curtains at once} Bxd1 29. Rxd1 axb6 30. b3 $19) 28... Bxd1 (
28... Rxd2+ 29. Kh1 Rxd1+ 30. Qf1 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Qb4 32. a6+ Ka8 33. Rg1 Bxg1
34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35. Kf1 Qxe4 36. Kxg1 Qb1#) 29. Qc6+ $19 Kb8 30. axb6 Rxd2+ 31.
Kg1 cxb6 (31... cxb6 32. Qc4 Bg4 33. b3 Rc8 34. Qf1 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Qb4 36. Qc4
Rd1+ 37. Qf1 Qd4+ 38. Kg2 Qxe4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2 Rxf1 41. Kxf1 Bh3#) 0-1

[Event "November Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Ahmed, Zakir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 1. e4 c6 {
Prevents intrusion on b5} (1... e5 2. Nf3 $14) 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 (8. Bb5 e6 $11) 8... Nxc3 (8... Bxf3 $5 {
is worthy of consideration} 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qxb5+
Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Nxd5 exd5 $11) 9. bxc3 $14 Bxf3 10. gxf3 {
White has the pair of bishops} Qd7 11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. Qxf7 Ne5 $2 (12... e6 13.
Qxd7+ Rxd7 14. Bh3 $16) 13. Qb3 (13. Qh5 $142 $5 {seems even better} Ng6 14.
Bd3 $18) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Ke2 Kb8 $4 {the pressure is too much, Black crumbles}
(14... Qc6 $142 $5 15. Bh3+ Kb8 $18) 15. Kxf3 (15. Bg2 $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} e5 16. Bxf3 b6 $18) 15... Qc6+ (15... e5 16. Bg5 Bd6
17. Bxd8 exd4 18. Qxb7+ Qxb7+ 19. Rxb7+ Kxb7 $18) 16. Kg3 (16. Ke2 $142 {
secures victory} e5 17. Rg1 exd4 18. Bf4+ Bd6 19. Rxg7 Rhe8+ 20. Be3 $18) 16...
Qg6+ $16 17. Kf4 e5+ 18. Ke3 (18. dxe5 b6 19. Be3 Bb4 $15) 18... exd4+ (18...
b6 19. Bd3 Qg5+ 20. Ke2 Qg4+ 21. Kd2 exd4 22. Kc2 $16) 19. cxd4 Re8+ $2 (19...
b6 $142 20. Bd3 Qg5+ 21. f4 Re8+ 22. Kf3 Qh5+ 23. Kg3 Bd6 $18) 20. Kd2 $18 Qe4
21. Bd3 $4 {ignoring the path to victory} (21. Qe3 $142 {secures the win} Bb4+
22. Rxb4 Qxh1 23. Qg3+ Ka8 24. Qg2 Qxg2 25. Bxg2 $18) 21... Qxh1 $19 22. d5 $4
{terrible, but the game is lost in any case} (22. Kc2 $142 Qg2 23. Bf4+ Ka8 24.
Kc3 $19) 22... Qe1+ 23. Kc2 Rc8+ 24. Bc4 Qe4+ (24... Qxf2+ $142 {
and Black can already relax} 25. Kd1 Qg1+ 26. Kc2 Qg6+ 27. Kd2 $19) 25. Kc3 (
25. Kd1 {cannot undo what has already been done} b6 26. Bb5 Qg4+ 27. Ke1 Bb4+
28. Qxb4 Rxc1+ 29. Kd2 Rd1+ 30. Ke3 Qg5+ 31. Ke2 Rxd5 $19) 25... Rxc4+ $1 {
Deflection: c4} 26. Qxc4 Qxb1 27. Bf4+ Bd6 $1 {an unpleasant check} 28. Bxd6+
Ka8 29. Bc7 (29. f4 Qf5 30. Bc7 Rc8 $19) 29... Qc1+ 30. Kb4 (30. Kb3 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Qxc4+ 31. Kxc4 b6 $19) 30...
Qxc4+ (30... Qb2+ 31. Qb3 Qxf2 32. Bg3 Qd2+ 33. Qc3 Qxa2 34. Bd6 $19) 31. Kxc4
b6 32. d6 (32. Be5 {there is nothing else anyway} Rf8 33. f4 $19) 32... Kb7 33.
Kd5 Rf8 34. Ke6 Rf6+ 35. Kd7 Rxf2 36. Bd8 Rd2 (36... Rxa2 $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} 37. Bg5 Re2 38. Be7 $19) 37. Be7 b5 38. Bg5 Rd3 39.
Ke6 (39. Be7 {does not solve anything} b4 40. Ke6 Kc6 $19) 39... Kc6 40. Be7 (
40. Bf4 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} g5 $1 {Deflection: g5} 41. Be5
b4 $19) 40... a5 41. Kf7 (41. Bg5 {does not improve anything} Rxd6+ 42. Kf7
Rd7+ 43. Kf8 b4 $19) 41... Kd7 42. Kxg7 Rh3 0-1

[Event "November Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brad, Marts"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E14: Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4 e3)} 1. d4 (1. e4 Nc6 $11) 1... d5
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 (6. a3 h6 $11) 6... b6 (6...
dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8. O-O $11) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7... exd5 8. Ne5 $11) 8. O-O Bb7 9.
Ne5 (9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. e4 Bb7 $11) 9... Nd7 (9... c5 10. Bd2 $11) 10. f4 (10.
Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Qc2 h6 $11) 10... N7f6 (10... Nxe5 11. fxe5 Rc8 12. Qg4 $11) 11.
f5 (11. Qe2 c5 $11) 11... exf5 12. Rxf5 c5 (12... Bd6 $142 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11)
13. Ng4 $2 (13. Nxd5 $142 $5 {deserves consideration} Qxd5 14. Qe2 $15) 13...
Nxg4 14. Qxg4 Nxc3 (14... Nb4 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 $17) 15. Rh5
(15. bxc3 Bc8 16. Qe2 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Bg5 $17) 15... g6 (15... Ne2+ 16. Qxe2 g6
17. Qg4 $17) 16. bxc3 Bf6 (16... Qd6 17. Bb2 $17) 17. Bd2 (17. Qf4 Bg7 18. Rh3
Re8 $15) 17... Bg7 (17... Qd6 $142 $15) 18. Rf1 $4 (18. Rh4 $142 $15 {
this is the best bet to save the position}) 18... f5 $19 (18... gxh5 $2 {
looks tempting, but} 19. Qf5 Re8 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Qf5 $18 (21. Qxb7 $6 Qe7 22.
Qd5 Rf8 $16)) 19. Bxf5 gxf5 (19... Rxf5 {makes it even easier for Black} 20.
Rhxf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5 $19) 20. Qh3 (20. Rfxf5 Qe7 21. d5 Rae8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $19)
20... Be4 (20... Qd5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 21. a4 $19) 21. Rf4 (21. Rxh7
Qd5 $19) 21... Qd5 22. Rxh7 Qxa2 $4 {makes life more difficult} (22... Rf6 $142
{secures victory} 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 23. Rfh4 $11 f4 (23... Qxd2 {
is impossible because of the following mating combination} 24. Rxg7+ {
Mate attack} Kxg7 25. Qg3+ Kf6 26. Rh6+ Kf7 27. Qc7+ Kg8 28. Qh7#) 24. Rxg7+ $4
{throwing away the advantage} (24. Rh8+ $142 {was necessary} Bxh8 25. Rxh8+ Kf7
26. Qd7+ Kg6 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Qxf4+ Kg7 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Qh6+ Kf7
32. Qf4+ $11) 24... Kxg7 $19 25. Qg4+ (25. Qd7+ {does not save the day} Qf7 26.
Rg4+ Bg6 27. Qxf7+ Rxf7 28. exf4 cxd4 29. cxd4 a5 $19) 25... Bg6 26. Qd7+ (26.
Qd1 {doesn't change anything anymore} Qc2 27. Qxc2 Bxc2 28. Rg4+ Kf7 29. dxc5
Rad8 30. Rxf4+ Kg7 $19) 26... Qf7 (26... Rf7 27. Qxf7+ Bxf7 28. Rxf4 Qxd2 29.
Rf3 Qe1+ 30. Rf1 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 c4 32. h3 Qxc3 33. Rf5 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 c3 35. Re5
Qxe5+ 36. dxe5 c2 37. h4 c1=Q 38. g3 Bd5 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40. Kg4 Be6+ 41. Kg5 Qf5#
) 27. Qd6 (27. Qb5 {does not help much} a6 28. Qe2 f3 $19) 27... fxe3 (27...
fxe3 28. Qe5+ Qf6 29. Bxe3 Qxe5 30. Bh6+ Kf7 31. dxe5 Rg8 $19) 0-1

[Event "November Open Gsbo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hales, William"]
[Black "Diaz, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1782"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 1. d4 (1. e4 e5 $11) 1... d6 (1...
Nf6 2. Nc3 $11) 2. e4 $14 Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 3. Nc3
g6 4. f3 {Covers g4} (4. Nf3 Bg7 $11) 4... Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 e5 (6... c6 7.
g4 $14) 7. O-O-O exd4 8. Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Be6 (9... a6 10. Nge2 $14) 10. Bh6 (
10. Nge2 Bc4 $14) 10... Ne5 (10... Bxh6 $5 {must be considered} 11. Qxh6 a6 $11
) 11. Bxg7 $14 Kxg7 12. h4 (12. f4 Nc6 $14) 12... h5 (12... Nh5 13. Rh2 $14)
13. Nh3 (13. f4 Neg4 $14) 13... Nh7 (13... Bxh3 14. Rxh3 (14. gxh3 $143 Nxf3
15. Qf2 Ne5 $15) 14... Re8 15. Be2 $14) 14. Nf4 (14. Ng5 Qf6 $16) 14... Bc4 (
14... a6 $5 $14 {has some apparent merit}) 15. Bxc4 $16 Nxc4 16. Qd4+ (16. Qd5
$142 Ne5 17. Qxb7 $16) 16... Qf6 $2 (16... Ne5 $142 $16) 17. Nxh5+ $1 $18 {
Decoy: h5} gxh5 18. Qxc4 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 c5 (19... c6 $18) 20. Nd5 Qg3 21. Ne7 Qe5
(21... Kh8 {hardly improves anything} 22. Nf5 Qg8 23. Nxd6 $18) 22. Nf5+ Kh8 (
22... Kg8 {does not save the day} 23. Rxd6 b6 24. Rhd1 $18) 23. Rxd6 (23. Nxd6
{keeps an even firmer grip} Qg7 24. Qxc5 Qg6 $18) 23... b5 24. Qd3 Rg8 (24...
a5 {does not help much} 25. Rh6 Rae8 26. Rxh5 $18) 25. Nh6 (25. f4 {
seems even better} Qe8 26. Rh6 b4 $18) 25... Rgf8 26. Rd1 Qg7 (26... a6 {
is no salvation} 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. R1xd5 $18) 27. Qe3 c4 (27... f6 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 28. Nf5 Qg6 29. Qxc5 $18) 28. Qd4 (28. Nf5
$142 {it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} Qg8 29. g4 f6 $18)
28... f6 (28... Qxd4 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 29.
R1xd4 Rab8 $18) 29. Rd7 (29. Nf5 $142 {and White has reached his goal} Qg6 30.
Rd7 $18) 29... Qxh6 $16 30. e5 (30. Qc5 $142 $5 $16) 30... fxe5 31. Qxe5+ Qf6
$4 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (31... Nf6 32. R7d6 $11) 32. Qc7 {
Loses material} (32. Qxh5 $142 {and the rest is a matter of technique} Qf5 33.
R1d5 Qxh5 34. Rxh5 $18) 32... Qf5 (32... Qg6 33. Rxh7+ Qxh7 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35.
Qd5+ Qf7 36. Qg5+ Qg7 37. Qd5+ Qf7 38. Qg5+ Qg7 39. Qd5+ Qf7 $11) 33. R1d5 {
White threatens to win material: Rd5xf5} Rfe8 $4 (33... Rae8 $142 {
would hold out} 34. Qa5 Qe6 35. Qc3+ Nf6 36. Rxh5+ Kg8 37. Rg5+ Kh8 $14) 34. a3
(34. Qg3 {might be the shorter path} Qf6 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Rxh5+ Qh6 37. Rxh6+
Kxh6 38. Qg5+ Kh7 $18) 34... Re1+ (34... Qg6 {doesn't change anything anymore}
35. Rxh7+ Qxh7 $18) 35. Rd1 (35. Ka2 $142 {ends the debate} Qg6 36. Qc5 $18)
35... Rxd1+ $11 36. Rxd1 {Black wins a piece} Nf6 $4 {
hands over the advantage to the opponent} (36... Re8 $142 $11 {
this is the best bet to save the position}) 37. Qf7 $18 Qe5 38. f4 $4 {
White threatens to win material: f4xe5. White loses the upper hand} (38. g4
$142 {and White is on the road to success} Re8 39. g5 $18) 38... Qxf4 $11 39.
Rd7 {White has a mate threat} Qh6 40. Rd6 {
White threatens to win material: Rd6xf6} Rf8 41. Qxa7 Qf4 {
Black threatens to win material: Qf4xd6} 42. Qe7 {
White threatens to win material: Qe7xf8} Ng4 (42... Ng8 $142 $5 43. Qd7 Qf5 $15
) 43. Rd7 {White has a mate threat} Qh6 44. Qe1 (44. Rc7 $5 $14 {
is an interesting idea}) 44... Qe3 $11 {Black threatens to win material: Qe3xe1
} 45. Qd1 Kg8 $4 {lets it slip away} (45... Nf6 $142 {was much better} 46. Rb7
Qe4 $11) 46. Qd5+ $18 Kh8 47. Qxh5+ Nh6 (47... Qh6 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 48. Qxg4 c3 49. Qd4+ Qf6 50. bxc3 Qxd4
51. cxd4 $18) 48. Qg6 Rf7 (48... Nf7 {is the last straw} 49. Rd5 Qe1+ 50. Ka2
Qxh4 51. Rh5+ Qxh5 52. Qxh5+ Kg7 53. Qxb5 Rc8 $18) 49. Rd8+ (49. Rd8+ Qe8 50.
Rxe8+ Rf8 51. Rxf8+ Ng8 52. Rxg8#) 1-0

[Event "NC Open"]
[Site "Greensboro, NC"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7    Hi, this is FM Ron Simpson
with some opening remarks.  For Round 5, I was delighted to have control over
my destiny at the NC Open   Championship!  Chris Mabe was the current Champion,
so this was the most important game of the tournament for me.  The winner
would be the NC Champion.  I elected to go into the Botvinnik English
variation after starting out in a Sicilian defense. Chris and I have played a
few times, and I knew how resourceful he is, so a Sicilian defense was the
last thing I wanted to play against.  Chris had lost to Timur in round four
with a better position, and I figured he would still be feeling the effects of
that game.  A slow positional game between us would be best for me. My
strategy  turned out to work well, but  I missed a critical  tactic that
allowed Chris to win a  pawn!  I was indeed lucky to come out of it with a
great position. The game ended with me surviving a successful tactical shot by
Chris.} 1. e4 c5 2. c4 (2. Nf3 Nc6 $11) 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 (4. Nf3 Bg7
$11) 4... Bg7 5. Bg2 a6 {Controls b5} (5... d6 6. d3 $11) 6. Nge2 (6. Nf3 Nf6
$11) 6... e6 {Prevents intrusion on d5} (6... h5 7. h4 $11) 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3
Rb8 (8... d6 9. Rb1 $11) 9. a4 (9. Be3 Nd4 $11) 9... O-O 10. Bf4 d6 {
Consolidates e5} 11. Qd2 Na5 (11... Qc7 12. h4 $11) 12. Ra3 (12. Rab1 Nb3 13.
Qc2 Qb6 $11) 12... Qb6 13. Rb1 Rd8 (13... Bd7 $5 $11) 14. b4 $14 {
White threatens to win material: b4xa5} Nac6 (14... cxb4 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rxb4
$14) 15. bxc5 (15. a5 Qa7 16. Be3 b6 17. axb6 Rxb6 $11) 15... Qxc5 $14 16. Rab3
Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bg5 Bxf2+ (18... f6 19. Be3 $14) 19. Kf1 (19. Kh1 $142 $5
Re8 20. e5 $16) 19... f6 $11 {Black threatens to win material: f6xg5} 20. Qxf2
(20. Bxf6 Bd4 21. Bxe7 Re8 $11) 20... fxg5 (20... Qxg5 21. Qb6 Nc6 22. e5 $11)
21. Kg1 Nc6 22. Rb6 Nd4 (22... Qa5 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Rxb8 Qxc3 25. h3 $11) 23.
Kh1 {White has a king attack} (23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qf7+
Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qf7+ $11) 23... Rf8 {
Black threatens to win material: Rf8xf2} 24. Qe3 {Black king safety improved}
Nc2 (24... Qe5 $142 $5 $15 {is interesting}) 25. Qxc5 $14 dxc5 26. e5 Rf5 (
26... Nb4 27. Rd6 b6 28. Ne4 $14) 27. Be4 {
White threatens to win material: Be4xf5} (27. Rxa6 Rxe5 28. Be4 Bd7 $16) 27...
Rxe5 (27... Rf7 28. a5 Ne3 29. Na4 $16) 28. Rxa6 Ne3 $2 (28... Bd7 $142 $16)
29. Rd6 $18 Ng4 (29... Kg7 30. a5 $18) 30. Rd8+ Kf7 (30... Kg7 31. a5 $18) 31.
a5 Nf2+ (31... Ra8 $18 {what else?}) 32. Kg2 Nxe4 33. dxe4 Ke7 (33... Kg7 {
does not improve anything} 34. a6 $1 {Deflection: b7} b6 35. Rbd1 $18) 34. Rbd1
(34. Rh8 Ra8 35. Rxh7+ Ke8 $18) 34... g4 35. Rh8 (35. Rg8 {seems even better}
b6 36. a6 Kf7 $18) 35... Rh5 (35... b6 36. axb6 Kf6 37. Rd2 $18) 36. Rdd8 Ra8 (
36... b6 {is not much help} 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Rxc8 bxa5 39. Ra8 $18) 37. Rxc8
Rxa5 38. Rc7+ (38. e5 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kd7 39. Rcd8+ Ke7 $18)
38... Kf6 39. Re8 (39. Rd8 {might be the shorter path} Ra1 40. Rd1 Rxd1 41.
Nxd1 Ke5 $18) 39... Ra3 $4 {
the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (39... Ra1 $142
$16) 40. Rf8+ $18 Ke5 (40... Kg5 {otherwise it's curtains at once} 41. Rxc5+
Kh6 42. Rxh5+ Kxh5 $18) 41. Rxc5+ (41. Rxc5+ Kd6 42. Rxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "NC Open Championship"]
[Site "Greensboro, NC"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Simpson , Ron"]
[Black "Dana, Maurice "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} {Hi, this is FM Ron Simpson
with some opening remarks.  In round 4 of the NC Open, I was happy to see
Maurice Dana because we must have played over ten games and he always goes
into a Ruy Lopez!  I am very much afraid to play against his Marshall, so I
decided  to test him with a hybrid  exchange variation. The game ended quickly
with Maurice trying a piece sacrifice.} 1. e4 e5 (1... e6 2. d4 $14) 2. Nc3 (2.
Nf3 Nc6 $11) 2... Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 (3... d6 4. Bc4 $11) 4. Bb5 (4. Nxe5 Nf6 $14)
4... a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 {Black has the pair of bishops} ({Worse is} 5... bxc6 6.
Nxe5 Qg5 7. Ng4 $16) 6. Ne2 {White's piece can't move: c1} Nf6 7. d3 {
Prevents intrusion on e4} Bg4 (7... Qe7 $5 $11 {should be considered}) 8. Nxe5
$16 Qe7 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. d4 O-O-O 11. f3 {
White threatens to win material: f3xg4} (11. c3 Ba7 12. Ng3 Nf6 $16) 11... Rhe8
(11... Qh4+ $142 12. g3 Qe7 $14) 12. fxg4 $4 {
with this move White loses his initiative.} (12. c3 Ba7 13. O-O Nf6 $16) 12...
Qxe4 $4 {Black has let it slip away} (12... Bxd4 $142 13. Qd3 Ba7 $17) 13. O-O
$14 {White should quickly conclude development.} Qxg4 (13... Bb6 14. Kf2 $16 (
14. Rxf7 $143 Qxe2 15. Qxe2 Rxe2 $11)) 14. Ng3 (14. Rf3 $142 $5 Bxd4+ 15. Nxd4
Rxd4 16. Qf1 $16) 14... Bxd4+ $14 15. Kh1 Qg6 (15... Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Be5 17.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Kg1 $14) 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. cxd3 {White wins a piece} Bb6 (17...
f6 18. Rb1 $14) 18. Bd2 $16 Rxd3 19. Bc3 f6 20. Nh5 {
White threatens to win material: Nh5xg7} Bd4 (20... Rg8 21. Rae1 $16) 21. Nf4 (
21. Nf4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rac1 $16) 1-0

[Event "NC Open Championship"]
[Site "Greensboro, NC"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aliyev , Timur "]
[Black "Simpson , Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} {Hi, this is FM Ron Simpson
with some opening remarks.  Round 3 of the NC Open was a tragic game for me.
Timur Aliyev is a strong competitor, and I believe he is actually stronger
than his rating suggests. So, when he played the four Knights I was a little
taken aback and felt fairly comfortable. I thought he was playing for a draw!
The last time he and I played, I won in a Sicilian Defense, so I thought he
was simply playing it safe.   I have played many Ruy Lopez defenses in the
USCL, so I felt particularly  confident against the Four Knights!!  I decided
to experiment with a few ideas, and got into some trouble.  I continued to
play aggressively with moves like 14.g5, but I completely miscalculated the
position after 20.gxf4 (The nail in my coffin). Timur went on to win this game
and the tournament.  Bitter sweet for me, but that's Chess!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Nc6 (2... Nf6 3. d4 $14) 3. Nc3 (3.
Bb5 Nge7 $11) 3... Bc5 (3... Nf6 4. Be2 $11) 4. Bc4 (4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bd6 6.
dxe5 Bxe5 $14) 4... Nf6 $11 5. d3 h6 {Secures g5} 6. O-O d6 7. h3 {Controls g4}
a6 {Covers b5} 8. Be3 Ba7 (8... Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Kh1 $11) 9. a4 (9. Bxa7
Nxa7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O $11) 9... Nd4 (9... Bxe3 $5 10. fxe3 O-O $11) 10.
Bxd4 $14 exd4 {Black has the pair of bishops} 11. Ne2 c5 12. Nf4 O-O 13. c3
dxc3 (13... Nd7 14. Qb3 Qf6 15. Nd5 $14) 14. bxc3 g5 (14... Qc7 15. Re1 $16)
15. Nd5 Bb8 (15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 (16. exd5 $6 Re8 $11) 16... Qf6 17. Qc2 $16)
16. a5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 {The white bishop on an outpost} Bc7 18. Nd2 (18. Qd2 Kg7
$16) 18... Bxa5 $14 19. Qb3 {The backward pawn on b7 becomes a target} Bc7 20.
f4 gxf4 $2 (20... Rb8 $5 $11 {might be a viable alternative}) 21. Rxf4 $14 Qg5
(21... Kh7 $5 $14) 22. Raf1 $16 Bxh3 23. e5 Kh8 (23... Rae8 $5 24. Rxf7 Rxf7
25. Rxf7 Kh8 $18) 24. Qxb7 $18 dxe5 $4 {
the pressure is too much, Black crumbles} (24... Rac8 $142 25. R1f2 dxe5 $18)
25. Rxf7 Qe3+ (25... Rfc8 {praying for a miracle} 26. Be4 Be6 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28.
Qxc7 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bxa8 h5 $18) 26. Kh2 Rg8 27. Qxc7 Qg3+ 28. Kg1 Qe3+
29. R1f2 (29. R1f2 Bf5 30. Nf1 Rac8 31. Qd6 Rg6 32. Rf8+ Kh7 33. Qe7+ Rg7 34.
Bg8+ Kg6 35. Qf6+ Kh5 36. Nxe3 Bd7 37. Qxg7 c4 38. Qxe5+ Kh4 39. g3+ Kh3 40.
Rh2#) (29. Kh1 Bf5 30. R1xf5 Qe1+ 31. Rf1 Rg7 32. Rxe1 Rxf7 33. Qxf7 Rb8 34.
Qf6+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qxe5+ Kg6 37. Qxb8 Kf6 38. Rf1+ Kg6 39. Bf7+ Kg5 40.
Qg3#) 1-0

[Event "NC Open Championship"]
[Site "Greensboro, NC"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simpson , Ron"]
[Black "Tkatchouk , Vladimir "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2089"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} {Hi, this is
FM Ron Simpson with some opening remarks.   Round 2 of the NC Open was fun
game for me and my best game of the tournament.  My opponent, Vladimir
Tkatchouk, appeared especially confident and determined. He moved his pieces
with certainty.  The Caro-Kann has never given me much problem and  we entered
into the Panov -Botvinnik variation with Black playing e6 and Be7.  My 7.g4
move just seemed correct, and a perfect fit for my playing style. The game was
dynamic and filled with tactics.} 1. e4 c6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} (1... Nc6
2. Nf3 $14) 2. c4 (2. Be2 d5 3. e5 Nh6 $11) 2... d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8} (4. cxd5 Nf6 $11)
4... Nf6 $11 5. Nf3 e6 {White has an active position} 6. Nc3 {
Black is behind in developement} Be7 7. g4 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O $14) 7...
h6 {Consolidates g5} (7... Nc6 8. Bd3 $11) 8. Rg1 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 O-O $15)
8... Nc6 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 {White has a very active position} a6 {
White has an active position} (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. a3 $15) 11. Bf4 (11.
cxd5 exd5 (11... Nxd5 $143 12. Bxe7 Ncxe7 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rxg7 $11) 12. Bd3
Qd6 $15) 11... g6 {White has a very active position} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5
$15) 12. Qc2 (12. Ne5 $142 $5 $11 {should be examined more closely}) 12... dxc4
$17 13. O-O-O (13. Bxc4 $142 Nxd4 14. Qd1 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 $17) 13... b5 (13...
Nb4 14. Qb1 Nfd5 15. Bd2 $17) 14. Rxg6 $2 {
White traps the enemy king in the center} (14. Ne5 Nb4 (14... Nxd4 $143 15. Qb1
Qb6 16. Nxf7 $14) 15. Nxf7 Nxc2 16. Nxd8 Nb4 $11 (16... Kxd8 $143 17. Kxc2 Nd5
18. Be5 $11)) 14... Nd5 (14... Bb7 15. Qb1 Nb4 16. Ne5 $17) 15. Rh6 (15. Be5
Rf8 (15... fxg6 $6 16. Bxh8 Kf7 17. Ne5+ Nxe5 18. Bxe5 $11) 16. Rg3 Ncb4 (16...
Nxe5 $143 17. Nxe5 (17. dxe5 $143 Bb7 $17) 17... Bb7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Kb1 $11)
17. Nxd5 Nxc2 (17... Nxd5 $143 18. Bg7 $14) (17... exd5 $6 18. Qb1 $11) 18.
Nc7+ Qxc7 19. Bxc7 Nb4 $15) 15... Rxh6 (15... Rf8 16. Ne5 Ncb4 17. Qe4 $17) 16.
Bxh6 f5 {Black has a new backward pawn: e6} (16... Bb7 $5 17. Be2 Nf6 $17) 17.
Qe2 $11 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 {Black threatens to win material: Qa5xc3} 19. Qc2 (
19. Bg2 Qxc3+ 20. Kb1 Qb4+ 21. Ka1 Bd7 $11) 19... Bf6 (19... Bb7 20. Re1 Nb4
21. cxb4 Qa3+ 22. Qb2 Qxf3 23. Rxe6 $15) 20. Bg2 Ra7 21. Bg5 (21. Re1 Rh7 22.
Bd2 Rg7 23. Qxf5 Qxa2 24. Qxf6 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 Rxg2 $11) 21... Bg7 (
21... b4 $142 $5 22. Bd2 Rc7 $17) 22. Re1 Kf7 {Black king safety dropped} (
22... Kf8 23. Nd2 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 $11) 23. Be3 Nd8 (23... Ne7 24. Bd2 Qa3+ 25. Kb1
$14) 24. Ne5+ (24. h4 Kg8 $14) 24... Bxe5 25. dxe5 {
White has the pair of bishops.} Rd7 26. Bc5 (26. Bf3 $142 Kg8 27. Rg1+ Rg7 28.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bg5 $14) 26... Rd3 $4 {Attacking the isolated pawn on c3.
throwing away the advantage. An ideal square for the black rook.} (26... Nb7
$142 {this is the best way to fight back} 27. Bb4 Qd8 $11) 27. Bb4 $18 Qc7 28.
Qe2 Ke8 $4 {shortens the misery for Black} (28... Kg8 29. Be4 Rd7 $18) 29. Qh5+
Qf7 30. Qh8+ Kd7 31. Bf1 (31. Rg1 $142 {and White has it in the bag} a5 32.
Bxa5 $18) 31... Rd5 32. Be2 Qg6 33. Qh4 $4 {forfeits the advantage} (33. Bh5
Nf7 34. Qxc8+ Kxc8 35. Bxg6 Nxe5 $18) 33... Qg7 (33... Nc6 34. Bf3 Nxb4 35.
cxb4 $11) 34. Bf3 {White threatens to win material: Bf3xd5} (34. Qf6 $142 $5
Qxf6 35. exf6 $18) 34... Rd3 $14 {Black threatens to win material: Rd3xf3} 35.
Be2 {White threatens to win material: Be2xd3} Rd5 36. f4 Bb7 (36... Nc6 37. Ba3
$16) 37. Qf2 Nc6 $4 {the position is going down the drain} (37... Kc8 $142 $16)
38. Qb6 $18 Kc8 39. Rg1 (39. Bf3 $142 {makes it even easier for White} Nxb4 40.
cxb4 Rd7 41. Bxb7+ Rxb7 42. Qxe6+ Qd7 43. Qxa6 Kb8 $18) 39... Qh8 $2 (39... Qc7
40. Qxc7+ Kxc7 41. Bd6+ Kb6 42. Rg7 $18) 40. Bf3 (40. Bd6 $142 {
makes it even easier for White} Rxd6 41. exd6 Qxc3+ 42. Kb1 Qb4+ 43. Kc2 Qa4+
44. Kd2 Qb4+ 45. Ke3 Qc3+ 46. Kf2 Qd4+ 47. Qxd4 Nxd4 48. h4 $18) 40... Nxb4 $4
{Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (40... Qd8 $142 41. Ba5 Qxb6 42.
Bxb6 Ne7 43. Bxd5 Nxd5 $18) 41. Qxe6+ Kc7 42. Bxd5 Nxd5 43. Rg8 Qxg8 44. Qxg8
Nxf4 (44... Nxc3 {does not improve anything} 45. e6 Nd5 46. Qf7+ Kb6 47. Qxf5
$18) 45. Qf7+ (45. Qh7+ $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Kb8 46. Qxf5 Nd3+
47. Kd2 Bc6 $18) 45... Kb6 46. Qf6+ (46. Qxf5 $142 {seems even better} Nd3+ 47.
Kd2 Nc5 $18) 46... Kc7 (46... Bc6 {hardly improves anything} 47. Qxf5 Nd5 48.
Kd2 $18) 47. Qd6+ Kc8 48. e6 (48. e6 Nd5 49. Qd7+ Kb8 50. Qd8+ Ka7 51. e7 Nxe7
52. Qxe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "NC Open Championship"]
[Site "Greensboro, NC"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Newsom , Gary"]
[Black "Simpson , Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A57: Benko/Volga Gambit} {Hi, this is FM Ron Simpson with some opening
remarks.    In Round 1 of the NC Open, Gary Newsom faced my Benko Gambit with
4.Qc2.  This move just seemed out of place, but I guess this is a line played
by many strong masters. I focused my thoughts on trying to exploit the move
order.   I got into trouble with my plan which won the exchange, but my Queen
was actually in jeopardy on a1. Newsom missed trapping my Queen with 10. b5
and I would have to give up a piece to get the queen out. In our post game
analysis we found that Gary made his 10th move too quickly, allowing me to
escape the test.  Still, it would have been quite complicated since I would
have had some compensation, with a Rook and pawn vs two minor pieces.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 {White wins space} b5 (3... g6 4. Nd2 $11) 4. Qc2 (4. cxb5
a6 5. bxa6 e6 $14) 4... bxc4 (4... e6 5. Nc3 $11) 5. e4 e6 {
Black threatens to win material: e6xd5} 6. Bxc4 {A sound move} Na6 (6... exd5
7. exd5 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Nc3 $11) 7. a3 {
Black has a cramped position} (7. Qe2 Nc7 8. Nc3 d6 $14) 7... Qa5+ (7... exd5
8. exd5 Bd6 9. Nc3 $14) 8. Bd2 (8. Nc3 exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 $16) 8... Nb4 (8... Qb6
9. Nf3 $16) 9. axb4 {Sacrifices material} Qxa1 10. bxc5 (10. b5 $142 {
would allow White to play on} Bb7 11. Bc3 exd5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Bxd5 $18) 10... Rb8 $17 {Black threatens to win material: Rb8xb2} 11. Bc3 (11.
b3 $5 Qd4 12. Nc3 Bxc5 13. Be3 Qxc3+ 14. Qxc3 $17) 11... Bxc5 12. Nf3 (12. Ne2
Bb4 13. b3 Bxc3+ 14. Nexc3 O-O $19) 12... Bb4 13. Bxb4 (13. O-O Bxc3 14. Nxc3
Rxb2 15. Qd3 $19 (15. Rxa1 $2 {
may look interesting but has some grave disadvantages} Rxc2 16. Nb5 Nxe4 $19 (
16... Rxc4 $6 {is the less attractive alternative} 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxc4 Nxe4
19. dxe6 $15))) 13... Rxb4 $19 14. b3 Ba6 15. Nfd2 Bxc4 16. bxc4 (16. Nxc4 O-O
17. O-O $19) 16... Rb2 17. Qd3 O-O (17... Rxd2 $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 18. Kxd2 Qb2+ 19. Ke1 $19) 18. O-O Qa2 (18... e5 19.
h3 $19) 19. e5 Ng4 20. Qg3 (20. Qe4 f5 (20... Rxd2 $6 21. Nxd2 Qxd2 22. Qxg4
$15) 21. Qd4 Rfb8 $19) 20... Nh6 (20... Rxd2 $6 21. Nxd2 Nxh2 22. Rd1 $15) 21.
Nc3 Qa6 (21... Nf5 22. Qg4 Qa3 23. Nce4 $19) 22. Nce4 Nf5 23. Qg5 (23. Qg4 Rc8
$19) 23... h6 24. Qh5 (24. Qg4 Rc2 $19) 24... exd5 25. Qxf5 (25. cxd5 Ne7 26.
d6 Ng6 $19) 25... dxe4 26. Nxe4 (26. Qxd7 Qa5 27. Nxe4 Qxe5 $19) 26... Qxc4 27.
g4 (27. Nd6 {cannot undo what has already been done} Qe6 28. Qd3 Qb3 $19) 27...
Qe6 (27... Rfb8 {and Black can already relax} 28. g5 hxg5 29. Nxg5 $19) 28. Nc5
(28. Ra1 {cannot change destiny} Rb5 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Rxa7 Rxe5 $19) 28...
Qxf5 29. gxf5 Rd2 30. Ra1 Rd5 31. Nb3 (31. Nb7 {does not solve anything} Rxe5
32. Rxa7 Rxf5 $19) 31... Rb8 (31... Rb8 32. Na5 Rc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Braylovsky, Gregory"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 1. Nf3 c5 (1... Nf6 2. d4
$11) 2. c4 (2. e4 e6 $11) 2... g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Rb8 6. Nc3 a6 {
Prevents intrusion on b5} (6... d6 7. d3 $11) 7. a4 (7. a3 d6 $11) 7... e6 {
Covers d5} (7... d6 8. h3 $11) 8. d3 Nge7 9. e4 (9. Ne4 d6 $11) 9... O-O 10.
Be3 Nd4 11. Ne2 {White threatens to win material: Ne2xd4} Nec6 (11... Nxf3+ 12.
Bxf3 b6 13. d4 $11) 12. Nfxd4 cxd4 {Black has new doubled pawns: d4+d7} ({
Inferior is} 12... Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. b4 $14) 13. Bd2 b5 (13... a5 14. Qb3
$11) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. b4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 {White has a new passed pawn: b4. .}
Qb6 17. Rfb1 (17. f4 f6 $11) 17... Bb7 18. f4 (18. b5 Ra8 19. Qb3 Ne5 $11)
18... Ra8 $15 {Black threatens to win material: Ra8xa4} 19. Qb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1
Rb8 21. Ra4 (21. Qc4 Bf8 $15) 21... Ba6 22. Qa3 (22. Nc1 Bf8 $17) 22... Bb5 $17
23. Ra8 Rxa8 24. Qxa8+ Bf8 25. Nc1 Qa6 26. Qe8 $4 {cause more grief} (26. Qxa6
$142 Bxa6 27. Kf2 $17) 26... Qa4 $19 (26... Qa4 27. Bf1 Qd1 28. Qxd7 Qxd2 $19)
0-1

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Milman, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B92: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Be2} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {Controls e5} 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 {Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 5. Nc3 a6 {Secures b5} (5... g6 6. Be3
$14) 6. Be2 {Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} (6.
Bg5 e6 $11) 6... e5 {Black threatens to win material: e5xd4} 7. Nb3 Be7 {
Black has a cramped position} 8. O-O O-O {
Black castles and improves king safety} 9. Re1 (9. Qd3 Qc7 $11) 9... b6 {
Controls a5+c5} (9... Be6 10. h3 $11) 10. Bg5 {Black has a cramped position}
Bb7 (10... Nbd7 11. Qd3 $11) 11. Bxf6 $14 Bxf6 {Black has the pair of bishops}
12. Bc4 {Black has a cramped position} Qc7 {
Black threatens to win material: Qc7xc4} (12... Nc6 13. Nd5 $14) 13. Bd5 {
The white bishop on an outpost} (13. Nd2 b5 14. Bb3 Nd7 $11) 13... Nc6 $11 14.
a3 {Secures b4} Rad8 15. Nc1 (15. Qe2 Bg5 $11) 15... Ne7 (15... Bg5 16. Qd3 $11
) 16. Bb3 Kh8 {White has an active position} 17. N1a2 a5 (17... Bg5 18. Nb4 $11
) 18. Re2 (18. Qd3 Qc8 $11) 18... Ba6 {Black threatens to win material: Ba6xe2}
19. Re1 Bg5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 g6 22. Nc3 f5 (22... Kg7 23. Ba2 $11) 23. Bb3
Bh6 (23... Qc5 $142 $11) 24. Kh1 $4 {White has let it slip away} (24. exf5 $142
{and White hangs on} gxf5 25. Qh5 $14) 24... fxe4 $17 25. Nxe4 $2 (25. Rb1 $142
$5 $17) 25... d5 $1 $19 {Decoy: d5} 26. Nc3 (26. Bxd5 Bc4 {Decoy}) 26... Rxf2
27. Qg4 Bd2 (27... d4 $142 28. Ne4 Rf4 $19) 28. Nxd5 $4 {
terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?.} (28. Red1 $142 Bxc3
29. Qg3 Rxg2 30. Qxc3 Qxc3 31. bxc3 $19) 28... Bxe1 29. Rxe1 (29. Nxc7 $4 {
simply mating in 1} Rf1#) 29... Qf7 30. Ne3 Qf4 31. h3 Bb7 (31... Bb7 32. Bc4
Bf3 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. gxf3 fxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jones, Craig"]
[Black "Zenyuk, Iryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2249"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5
Ne7, not 9 Ne1} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {Consolidates e5} 5. d4
{Black has a cramped position} O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 {
White threatens to win material: d5xc6} Ne7 9. Bg5 Nh5 10. Ne1 {
Black has a cramped position} (10. Re1 h6 11. Bd2 Nf6 $14) 10... Nf4 11. Nd3
Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 {Black has the pair of bishops} h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 13. Bd2 g5 (13... c6 14. Be3 $14) 14.
b4 {White intends c5} (14. Rac1 f5 $11) 14... f5 {The typical lever} 15. f3 {
Black has a cramped position} Ng6 16. c5 {Attacks the pawn chain} (16. Rac1 Nf4
17. Nxf4 exf4 $11) 16... Nf4 {Black threatens to win material: Nf4xe2} 17. Qe3
fxe4 18. fxe4 h5 (18... a5 19. b5 $11) 19. Rf2 (19. g3 Bh3 20. gxf4 Bxf1 21.
Rxf1 exf4 $14) 19... Bh6 (19... c6 20. Rc1 $11 (20. Nxf4 $143 exf4 (20... gxf4
$143 21. Qd3 $14) 21. Qe2 cxd5 $15)) 20. Raf1 Bd7 (20... h4 21. Nxf4 gxf4 22.
Qd3 $11) 21. b5 {White plans c6. Black has a cramped position} Qe7 22. c6 bxc6
23. bxc6 {White has an active position.} Bc8 24. a4 {
Black has a cramped position} Ba6 25. Nb5 {
White threatens to win material: Nb5xa7} Rab8 26. Nxf4 exf4 27. Qd3 Bg7 (27...
Rbe8 28. Re1 $11) 28. g3 (28. h4 $5 $14) 28... Bxb5 29. axb5 fxg3 (29... Rbe8
30. Ba5 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Bxc7 $11) 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. hxg3
{Black has a new backward pawn: a7} Qe5 33. Kg2 h4 $4 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent} (33... Qb2 $142 $11 {would hold out})
34. gxh4 $18 gxh4 (34... g4 $18) 35. Kh3 (35. Qf3+ {
makes it even easier for White} Ke8 36. Kh3 Bf6 $18) 35... Bf6 $2 (35... Qf6
$142 36. Qe2 Kg8 $16) 36. Qf3 $18 Qa1 (36... Ke8 37. Be1 $18) 37. Bg5 Ke7 (
37... Kg7 {is still a small chance} 38. Kxh4 Bxg5+ 39. Kxg5 Qe5+ 40. Kg4 Qb2
$18) 38. Bxh4 (38. Qxf6+ Qxf6 39. Kxh4 $18) 38... Bxh4 39. Kxh4 Qb1 40. Qg4
Qh1+ (40... Kf6 {there is nothing better in the position} 41. Qf5+ Kg7 $18) 41.
Kg5 Qc1+ 42. Kg6 (42. Kg6 Qh6+ 43. Kxh6 Kf8 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. Kg6
a5 47. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "USCL 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zaikov, Oleg"]
[Black "Federowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3
Bb7} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 (2. Nf3 e6 $11) 2... e6 (2... c5 3. d5 $11) 3. Nf3 b6 (
3... Nc6 4. Nc3 $14) 4. a3 {Controls b4} (4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O
$11) 4... Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Nd7 9. Bg5 {
White threatens to win material: Bg5xd8} Qc8 (9... f6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. e3 $11)
10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Nd2 (11. e3 O-O $11) 11... h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 12. Bh4 O-O {
Black castles and improves king safety} 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Nxd6 cxd6 {
White has the pair of bishops.} 15. Qd2 Qb8 16. e3 a6 {Consolidates b5} (16...
Rc8 17. Bb5 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 $11) 17. f3 $14 {Covers e4} e5 18. Bc4 d5 19. Ba2
exd4 20. Qxd4 Qe5 {Black threatens to win material: Qe5xd4} 21. Kf2 {
White loses the right to castle} Rac8 22. Bg3 Qf5 (22... Qxd4 23. exd4 Nf8 24.
Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bb1 $14) 23. Rhd1 Nc5 24. Kg1 Qg5 25. b4 Na4 26. Bb3 b5 27. Bf4 {
White threatens to win material: Bf4xg5} Qe7 28. Bxd5 (28. Kf2 $142 $5 $16)
28... Bxd5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qxd5 g5 {Black threatens to win material: g5xf4}
31. Qd6 {White threatens to win material: Qd6xe7} Re8 32. Bg3 Qxe3+ 33. Bf2 Qe6
34. Qxe6 (34. Qd2 Qc8 $14) 34... Rxe6 $11 ({Not} 34... fxe6 35. Rd6 $16) 35.
Rd8+ Kh7 36. Bd4 f6 {Prevents intrusion on e5} 37. Kf2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nov08 Greensboro"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lawson, Josh"]
[Black "Hales, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A52: Budapest Gambit} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 (2. Nf3 g6 $11) 2... e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4.
Nf3 Nc6 {Black threatens to win material: Nc6xe5} 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. e3 {
Prevents intrusion on d4} Ngxe5 7. Be2 (7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. f4 Ng6 $11) 7... O-O 8.
O-O d6 {Controls e5} 9. Nd4 (9. b3 Re8 $11) 9... Bd7 (9... Re8 10. Nd5 $11) 10.
a3 {Consolidates b4} (10. f4 Ng6 $14) 10... a5 (10... Ng6 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nxc6
Bxc6 13. Nd5 $14) 11. b3 (11. f4 Ng6 12. f5 Nge7 $14) 11... Qh4 (11... Ng6 12.
Bb2 $14) 12. Ncb5 (12. Ndb5 Rac8 $14) 12... Bb6 (12... Rac8 13. Bb2 $14) 13.
Nf3 {White threatens to win material: Nf3xh4} (13. Bb2 Rad8 $11) 13... Qf6 (
13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a4 15. Bb2 $15) 14. Ra2 (14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bd2 Rfe8 $11)
14... Rad8 (14... a4 15. bxa4 Bf5 16. Bb2 $11) 15. Rd2 (15. Nc3 $11) 15... Na7
(15... Nxf3+ $142 16. Bxf3 Ne5 $11) 16. Nxd6 $4 {
hands over the advantage to the opponent} (16. Nxe5 $142 Qxe5 17. Bb2 $16)
16... cxd6 $17 17. Rxd6 Nxf3+ (17... Be6 18. Rd2 $19) 18. Bxf3 $17 Be6 19. Bxb7
Bg4 $4 {throws away a nice position} (19... Qe7 $142 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 $17 (20...
Qxd8 $6 21. Bb2 $11) (20... Bxd8 $6 21. Bd5 $11)) 20. Rxf6 $18 Rxd1 (20... Bxd1
{doesn't change the outcome of the game} 21. Rxb6 Bc2 22. Bf3 $18) 21. Rxb6
Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rd8 (22... Rb8 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 23. c5 Nc8
24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. c6 $18) 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nc8 25. Rb8 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27.
Bd2 Kd7 (27... a4 {is not the saving move} 28. Ba5 Re8 29. bxa4 $18) 28. Bxa5
Re8 29. Rb7+ Ke6 30. Bb4 Kf6 (30... Rd8 {is no salvation} 31. a4 $18) 31. a4
Re6 (31... g5 {doesn't change anything anymore} 32. a5 $18) 32. Bc3+ Kg6 33. a5
f6 (33... Rc6 {doesn't improve anything} 34. Kd3 $18) 34. Rc7 Nd6 35. a6 (35.
Rc6 $142 {might be the shorter path} Kf7 36. a6 Nc8 37. Rxc8 Rxa6 38. Rc7+ Ke6
39. Rxg7 Ra3 $18) 35... Ne8 36. Rc8 Rxa6 37. Rxe8 Rb6 (37... Kf7 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 38. Rb8 $18) 38. b4 Kf7 (38...
Rc6 {doesn't do any good} 39. Kd3 Rc7 40. b5 $18) 39. Re4 (39. Ra8 {
makes it even easier for White} Ke6 40. Ra7 g5 $18) 39... Ra6 (39... Rb7 {
is not much help} 40. b5 $18) 40. b5 Ra2+ 41. Kd1 (41. Kd3 $142 {
and White can already relax} Ra8 42. c5 $18) 41... Rxf2 (41... Ra3 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable} 42. Bd4 f5 $18) 42. b6 Rxh2 43. b7 Rh1+
44. Kc2 (44. Be1 f5 45. Re5 g6 46. b8=Q Kf6 47. f4 Rxe1+ 48. Kxe1 Kf7 49. Qa7+
Kf8 50. Qd7 g5 51. Re8#) 44... Rh2+ 45. Kb3 Rh1 (45... f5 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 46. Re5 Kg6 47. b8=Q Rh3 48. Qc8 Rxf3 49.
Qc6+ Kg5 50. Qxf3 g6 51. Re6 Kh4 52. Be1+ Kg5 53. Qf4+ Kh5 54. Qh4#) 46. b8=Q
Rb1+ 47. Bb2 1-0

[Event "QCCA Tuesday"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hurtado, Fabio"]
[Black "Hales, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A07: Réti Opening: New York and Capablanca Systems} 1. Nf3 (1. e4 e5 $11) 1...
d5 2. g3 (2. c4 c6 $11) 2... Nd7 (2... Nc6 3. d4 $11) 3. Bg2 e5 (3... Ngf6 4.
c4 $14) 4. d3 (4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Ngf6 $11) 4... Ngf6 5. Nbd2 (5. O-O Bc5 $11)
5... Bc5 6. O-O {White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move: c1}
O-O 7. e4 c6 (7... dxe4 8. dxe4 Qe7 9. Qe2 $11) 8. Re1 (8. exd5 cxd5 9. d4 exd4
$11) 8... h6 {Secures g5} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Nxe5 (10. d4 $142 $5 {
is the best option White has} exd4 11. Nb3 $11) 10... Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bxf2+ {
Double attack: e5/f2} 12. Kh1 (12. Kxf2 Ng4+ {Double attack}) 12... Bd4 {
Black threatens to win material: Bd4xe5} (12... Bg4 $142 13. Nf3 Qb6 $15) 13.
Re1 $2 (13. Re2 $142 $5 $15 {deserves consideration}) 13... Ng4 $17 14. Rf1 (
14. Re2 Re8 15. Nb3 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Bxf2 $19) 14... Ne3 $19 15. Qh5 $4 {
terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (15. Qe2 $142 Re8 16.
Nb3 Nxf1 17. Qxf1 $19) 15... Bg4 16. Qh4 Qxh4 (16... g5 $142 {and Black wins}
17. Qxh6 Bg7 18. Nf3 Bxh6 19. Bxe3 $19) 17. gxh4 Nxf1 18. Nxf1 Rfe8 (18... Rae8
$142 {and Black can already relax} 19. Bf4 Re2 $19) 19. c3 (19. Bd2 Re2 $19)
19... Bf2 (19... Re1 $5 {seems even better} 20. cxd4 Rc8 21. Kg1 Rcxc1 22. Rxc1
Rxc1 23. Bxd5 $19) 20. h3 (20. Bf4 {doesn't change anything anymore} Re2 $19)
20... Bf5 21. Bf4 Bxd3 22. Rd1 Be4 23. Nd2 (23. h5 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Re2 $19) 23...
Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bxh4 (24... Re2 {keeps an even firmer grip} 25. Kf3 Rae8 26. Nb3
Rxb2 27. Rxd5 Bxh4 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 $19) 25. Nf3 (25. Kf3 {
hardly improves anything} Re6 $19) 25... Re2+ 26. Kh1 Bf6 27. Bc1 Rd8 (27...
Rae8 {might be the shorter path} 28. a4 Rf2 29. Nd2 $19) 28. Rd2 (28. Kg1 {
doesn't do any good} Rde8 29. Kf1 Rc2 $19) 28... Rxd2 (28... Rde8 {
makes it even easier for Black} 29. Kg1 R8e3 30. Kf1 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Rxh3 32. Kg2
$19) 29. Bxd2 d4 30. c4 (30. cxd4 {doesn't improve anything} Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4
$19) 30... Re8 31. b4 (31. b3 {does not solve anything} Re2 32. Kg1 d3 $19)
31... Re2 32. Kg1 Kf8 (32... d3 {makes it even easier for Black} 33. Kf1 $19)
33. a4 (33. Kf1 {does not save the day} d3 $19) 33... Ke8 (33... d3 $5 {
seems even better} 34. Kf1 $19) 34. Kf1 d3 35. b5 Kd7 36. Bb4 Rb2 (36... Ra2 {
and Black can already relax} 37. Bd2 $19) 37. Bd2 Kd6 38. Be3 b6 39. Nd2 Ra2 (
39... Ke6 {might be the shorter path} 40. Ke1 $19) 40. Ne4+ (40. a5 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} Rxa5 41. Kg2 Ra2 $19) 40... Ke5 41. Nc3
(41. Nxf6 {does not win a prize} Kxf6 42. Bd4+ Kg6 $19) 41... Rc2 42. Nd1 Bg5 (
42... Ke4 $142 {ends the debate} 43. c5 bxc5 44. a5 $19) 43. Bxg5 hxg5 44. Ne3
Kd4 45. Nf5+ Kxc4 46. Nd6+ Kb4 (46... Kd5 47. Nf5 Rc1+ 48. Kf2 d2 49. Ne3+ Ke4
50. a5 bxa5 51. b6 axb6 52. Ke2 Re1+ 53. Kxd2 Rxe3 54. Kc1 f5 55. h4 gxh4 56.
Kd1 h3 57. Kd2 h2 58. Kd1 h1=Q+ 59. Kc2 Re2+ 60. Kb3 Qb1+ 61. Ka4 Qb4#) 47.
Nxf7 Kxa4 (47... Rc1+ 48. Kf2 d2 49. Nxg5 d1=Q 50. Kg3 Qd6+ 51. Kg2 Qd2+ 52.
Kf3 Qxg5 53. h4 Rc3+ 54. Ke2 Qe3+ 55. Kf1 Qd2 56. h5 Rc1#) 48. Ne5 Rc1+ (48...
Rc1+ 49. Kf2 d2 $19) 0-1

[Event "QCCA TRPnts"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McCartney, Patrick"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.11.11"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. Nc3 (1. e4 c5 $11) 1... d5 2. e4 (2. d4 Bf5 $11)
2... dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 {Black threatens to win material: Bf5xe4} 4. Ng3 Bg6 5.
Bc4 (5. Nf3 Qd6 $11) 5... Nf6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. h4 h6 {Controls g5} 8. h5 {
White threatens to win material: h5xg6} (8. d4 c6 $11) 8... Bh7 9. d3 {
Consolidates e4} e6 {Secures d5+f5} 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qf6 13.
c3 Ne5 (13... O-O 14. Bd3 $11) 14. Nxe5 $11 Bxe5 15. g3 {Covers f4} (15. Bd2
$142 $5 {and White can hope to live} Bf4 16. O-O-O $11) 15... Bxc3+ $1 $17 {
Decoy: c3} 16. Kf1 (16. bxc3 Qxc3+ {Double attack} (16... Qe5 {Decoy})) 16...
Ba5 (16... Be5 17. Kg2 $17) 17. Bf4 (17. Kg2 O-O $17) 17... Bb6 (17... O-O-O
18. e5 Qe7 19. Be3 $17) 18. f3 e5 19. Bd2 O-O-O (19... O-O 20. Kg2 $17) 20. Kg2
Rd7 21. Rac1 Rhd8 22. Rhd1 Qe7 (22... Kb8 23. Bc3 $17) 23. a4 f5 24. Bd5 (24.
a5 Bd4 25. a6 Kb8 $17) 24... fxe4 (24... c6 25. Be1 $19) 25. fxe4 Bg8 (25... c6
26. Bc3 Kb8 $19 (26... Rxd5 {is clearly weaker} 27. exd5 Rf8 28. Rf1 Rxf1 29.
Rxf1 $18 (29. Qxf1 $6 Be4+ 30. Kh2 Bxd5 $11))) 26. Bxb7+ $4 (26. Bxg8 $142 {
this is the best way to fight back} Rxg8 27. a5 $17) 26... Kxb7 $19 27. a5 (27.
Bc3 {cannot undo what has already been done} Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bc4 29. Qxc4 Rxd1
$19) 27... Bb3 28. Qb5 (28. axb6 {what else?} Bxd1 29. Rxd1 axb6 30. Qe1 $19)
28... Bxd1 (28... Rxd2+ 29. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kh1 Qf7 31. Rxc7+ Qxc7 32. a6+ Kb8
33. Qe8+ Rd8 34. Kh2 Qc2+ 35. Kh3 Rxe8 36. g4 Rf8 37. g5 Be6+ 38. Kh4 Qf2#) 29.
Qc6+ Kb8 30. axb6 Rxd2+ 31. Kg1 cxb6 (31... cxb6 32. Qc4 Bg4 33. b3 Rc8 34. Qf1
Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Qb4 36. Qc4 Rd1+ 37. Qf1 Qd4+ 38. Kg2 Qxe4+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kg2
Rxf1 41. Kxf1 Bh3#) 0-1

[Event "NC Open 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lawson, Josh"]
[Black "Potter, Russell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D53: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 d5 {Black threatens to win material: d5xc4} 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3
(6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 $11) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 (7... c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. Nge2 $11) 8. Qf3 c6 {Covers b5} 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. Rd1 (10. O-O Re8 $14)
10... Nbd7 11. Ng3 (11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Qc8 $11) 11... Qc8 (11... h6 12. Bf4 $11
) 12. Qe2 (12. O-O b5 13. Be2 c5 $11) 12... c5 (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. O-O
$11) 13. O-O a6 {Secures b5} 14. a4 Qc6 (14... Rd8 15. f4 $14) 15. f3 (15. d5
$142 $5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 $16) 15... cxd4 $11 16. exd4 {
White has an active position} ({Weaker is} 16. Rxd4 h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15) 16...
Rfc8 17. Ba2 (17. b3 Qc7 $11) 17... b5 (17... Re8 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Qf2 $11) 18.
Kh1 (18. Nf5 Bf8 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. axb5 Rc5 23. bxa6
Rxa6 $11) 18... Nb6 {Black threatens to win material: Nb6xa4} (18... b4 19. d5
Nxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxe7 (21. Bxe7 $143 bxc3 22. bxc3 g6 $15 (22... Qxa4
$143 23. Nf5 $14)) 21... bxc3 22. bxc3 $11) 19. Nf5 (19. a5 Nc4 20. d5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 exd5 22. Qxe7 Re8 $14) 19... Bd8 (19... exf5 $142 $5 {
is an interesting idea} 20. Qxe7 Nfd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5
$11) 20. d5 $16 exd5 21. Bxf6 (21. Rfe1 Qe6 22. Qd3 Qd7 $16) 21... Bxf6 $14 22.
Nxd5 Nxd5 (22... Re8 23. Qf2 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 (24. Rxd5 $2 Qe6 25. Rxb5 Qxa2 $19)
24... Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ne3 $14) 23. Bxd5 $14 Qxd5 24. Rxd5
Bxd5 25. Re1 bxa4 26. Ne7+ Bxe7 27. Qxe7 Rab8 28. h4 h6 (28... Rxb2 29. Qe8+ {
Clearance: e7} Rxe8 30. Rxe8#) 29. Rd1 {White threatens to win material: Rd1xd5
} Be6 30. Rd2 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NC Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Parrish, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "11.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 (3.
Nf3 Nc6 $11) 3... g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 {Controls d5} (6... Nf6 7.
Nf3 $11) 7. Qd2 (7. Nf3 Nd4 $11) 7... Nge7 (7... Nf6 8. h3 $11) 8. Bh6 {
White threatens to win material: Bh6xg7} O-O 9. Nge2 Nd4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. h4
Nxe2 12. Nxe2 h5 13. O-O-O e5 14. Rdf1 Ng8 (14... Nc6 15. f4 $14) 15. Nc3 (15.
f4 Nf6 $14) 15... Be6 (15... Nf6 16. f4 $11) 16. Bh3 (16. f4 Nf6 $14) 16... Nh6
(16... Bxh3 17. Rxh3 b5 18. f4 $14) 17. Bxe6 (17. f4 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 f5 $14)
17... fxe6 $14 {Black has new doubled pawns: e5+e6} 18. Nd1 Rf3 (18... Qe7 19.
f3 $14) 19. Ne3 (19. Qe2 Qf6 20. Ne3 b5 $14) 19... b5 (19... Qd7 20. Qd1 Raf8
21. Nf5+ Nxf5 22. Qxf3 Nxh4 23. Qe3 $11) 20. Qe2 $14 {
White threatens to win material: Qe2xf3} Qf6 21. Nf5+ {Decoy: f3} Rxf5 (21...
exf5 22. Qxf3 {Decoy} (22. Qxf3 {Interception})) (21... gxf5 22. Qxf3 {Decoy} (
22. Qxf3 {Interception})) (21... Nxf5 22. Qxf3 {Decoy} (22. Qxf3 {Interception}
)) 22. exf5 exf5 {White wins the exchange} 23. Qf3 Rf8 (23... Rb8 24. Qc6 Qd8
25. f3 $14) 24. Re1 (24. Qb7+ Qf7 25. Qc6 Qe6 $16) 24... Qf7 (24... Ng4 25. Kb1
$14) 25. Kb1 (25. Qc6 Rd8 $16) 25... Rc8 26. Re2 Ng4 {
Begins the manoeuvre Nh6-g4-f6-d5-b4-c6-a5-b3} 27. Rhe1 Nf6 28. Qg2 Nd5 29. f4
{White threatens to win material: f4xe5} Nb4 (29... exf4 $2 {fails because of}
30. c4 Ne3 31. Qf3 $18) 30. b3 c4 $2 (30... Nd5 $142 {
and Black can hope to live} 31. Kc1 Nc3 (31... exf4 $143 32. Qf3 fxg3 33. c4
$16) 32. fxe5 Nxe2+ 33. Rxe2 dxe5 34. Rxe5 Kf6 $11) 31. dxc4 $18 e4 32. a3 (32.
cxb5 $6 Nd5 33. c4 Nc3+ 34. Ka1 Nxe2 35. Qxe2 d5 $11) 32... Nc6 33. c3 $4 {
White is ruining his position} (33. Rd2 $142 bxc4 34. Rxd6 cxb3 35. cxb3 Qxb3+
36. Qb2+ Qxb2+ 37. Kxb2 $18) 33... Na5 {Black threatens to win material: Na5xb3
} (33... bxc4 34. Rd2 Qf6 35. Qe2 $11) 34. Rb2 (34. Rd1 Nxb3 35. cxb5 Nc5 $11)
34... bxc4 $15 35. b4 {White threatens to win material: b4xa5} Nb3 {
A beautiful square!} 36. Rd1 d5 37. Qf2 a5 (37... Kh6 $5 $15) 38. Qb6 axb4 39.
axb4 {White has a new protected passed pawn: b4.} ({Weaker is} 39. Qxb4 Kh6 40.
Qd6 d4 41. Rxb3 cxb3 42. Qxd4 Re8 $15) 39... Kh6 $4 {Black has let it slip away
} (39... Re8 $142 $11 {was possible}) 40. Ra2 $18 Rc7 41. Ra8 Qg7 $2 (41... Re7
42. Rh8+ Kg7 $18) 42. Ra6 (42. g4 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rb7 43. Rh8+
Qxh8 44. g5+ Kh7 45. Qxb7+ Qg7 46. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $18) 42... d4 $4 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (42... Nc5 43. Ra8 Nb3 44. g4 $18) 43.
cxd4 (43. g4 $142 {and White takes home the point} e3 44. gxf5 Nd2+ 45. Kb2 $18
) 43... e3 $11 {Is this a dangerous pawn?} 44. Qe6 {
White threatens to win material: Qe6xf5} Nd2+ {Menacing} 45. Kc2 Re7 {
Black threatens to win material: Re7xe6} 46. Qxf5 e2 $4 {
throws away a nice position} (46... Ra7 $142 {was necessary} 47. Qg5+ Kh7 $11)
47. Qg5+ $18 Kh7 48. Re1 (48. f5 Qf8 49. Qxg6+ (49. Rxd2 e1=Q 50. Qxg6+ Kh8 51.
Qxh5+ Rh7 $11) (49. Qxd2 $4 {capturing the knight is not a good idea} Qxf5+ (
49... exd1=Q+ $6 {is impossible} 50. Qxd1 (50. Kxd1 Qxf5 51. Kc1 c3 52. Qxc3
Qf1+ 53. Kb2 Qxa6 $19) 50... Qxf5+ 51. Kb2 $15) 50. Kc1 c3 51. Qxc3 exd1=Q+ 52.
Kxd1 Qf1+ 53. Kc2 Qxa6 $19) (49. Kxd2 {succumbs to} c3+ 50. Ke1 exd1=N+ 51.
Kxd1 c2+ 52. Kxc2 Qxf5+ 53. Qxf5 gxf5 $18) 49... Kh8 50. Qxh5+ (50. Rxd2 $6 {
is easily refuted} e1=Q 51. Qxh5+ Rh7 $11) 50... Rh7 51. Qxe2 Qxf5+ 52. Kxd2
$18) 48... Nf3 $19 49. Rxg6 Qxg6+ (49... Qxg6+ 50. Qxg6+ Kxg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "NC Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xin, Samuel L"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "11.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 (1... e5 2. Nf3 $14) 2. exd5 Qxd5 {
White king safety dropped} 3. Nc3 {White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Qd6
4. d4 {Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: f8} Nf6 5.
Nf3 (5. Bc4 Be6 6. d5 Bf5 $14) 5... a6 {Consolidates b5} (5... g6 6. Bb5+ c6 7.
Bc4 $14) 6. g3 (6. Bc4 Be6 7. d5 Bf5 $11) 6... b5 (6... Bg4 $5 $11 {
should be examined more closely}) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 {
Prevents intrusion on d5} 9. Bf4 {White threatens to win material: Bf4xd6} (9.
Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 c6 $16) 9... Qb6 10. Re1 (10. a4 Bd6 $14) 10... Be7 11. Qd2 (
11. a4 O-O $14) 11... O-O 12. a4 {White has an active position} b4 {
Black threatens to win material: b4xc3} 13. Ne2 (13. Nd1 Nc6 $11) 13... Bd5 (
13... Be4 14. Be5 $11) 14. Rac1 (14. c4 bxc3 15. Nxc3 Nc6 $11) 14... Qb7 15.
Qd3 (15. Qe3 c5 16. h3 cxd4 17. Nexd4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11) 15... Nbd7 16.
Red1 (16. c4 $5 {is worth looking at} Be4 17. Qe3 $15) 16... c5 $17 17. Ne1 c4
(17... Bxg2 $5 18. Nxg2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 $17) 18. Bxd5 $15 exd5 ({Inferior is
} 18... Nxd5 19. Qxc4 N7b6 20. Qb3 $11) 19. Qe3 {
White threatens to win material: Qe3xe7} Rfe8 20. Nf3 (20. Ng2 Qc6 $15) 20...
Ne4 (20... Bd6 $142 21. Be5 Ng4 $17) 21. b3 $2 (21. Ra1 $142 $5 $15 {
would allow White to play on}) 21... Bf8 $19 22. Ne5 (22. Re1 $142 $19) 22...
f6 $4 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (22... Nxe5 $142 {
and Black gets the upper hand} 23. dxe5 f6 $19) 23. Nxd7 $17 Nc3 (23... Qxd7
24. Qf3 $17) 24. Ne5 fxe5 (24... Nxd1 25. Rxd1 cxb3 26. cxb3 $15) 25. Bxe5 {
The white bishop on an outpost} (25. dxe5 $5 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 $15) 25... Nxd1 $17
26. Rxd1 cxb3 27. cxb3 Rac8 28. Qf3 Qf7 29. Qd3 Rc6 30. Kg2 Rec8 31. Rb1 (31.
h4 Qg6 $17) 31... Be7 (31... g6 $142 $17) 32. Nf4 $2 (32. h4 Qg6 33. Qxg6 hxg6
$17 (33... Rxg6 $6 34. Nf4 $11)) 32... Rc3 {
Black threatens to win material: Rc3xd3} (32... g5 33. Ne2 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6
35. Kf1 $19) 33. Qxa6 $2 (33. Qe2 $142 $15 {
and White could well hope to play on}) 33... g5 $19 34. Ne2 (34. Re1 gxf4 35.
Bxf4 Bf6 $19) 34... Qf3+ 35. Kg1 R3c6 36. Qb7 (36. Qb5 Rc2 37. Rf1 Qxe2 (37...
Rxe2 $143 38. Qd7 Rf8 39. Qxe7 $16) 38. Qxd5+ Kf8 $19) 36... Kf7 (36... Qxe2 $6
{is clearly inferior} 37. Qxe7 Rc1+ 38. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kh3 Qf5+
41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) 37. Re1 (37. Qd7 {
does not solve anything} Qxe2 38. Qxd5+ Kf8 $19) 37... Rc2 38. Qb5 (38. Rf1 {
is no salvation} R8c6 (38... Qxe2 $6 39. Qxd5+ Kf8 40. Bd6 $19) 39. Qd7 Qxe2
40. Qxd5+ Kf8 $19) 38... h5 (38... Ra2 39. Rf1 Rcc2 $19 (39... Rxe2 $143 40. g4
$19) (39... Qxe2 $6 {is easily refuted} 40. Qxd5+ Kf8 41. Qe6 $15)) 39. a5 (39.
g4 {praying for a miracle} Qxg4+ 40. Ng3 $19) 39... h4 40. a6 h3 (40... h3 41.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 42. f3 Rxe2 43. g4 Rxe1+ 44. Kf2 Rcc1 45. Bf6 Rf1+ 46. Ke2 Qxf3+ 47.
Kd2 Rfd1#) 0-1

[Event "NC Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huang, Kevin"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "11.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E18: Queen's Indian: Old Main Line (4 g3 Bb7 5 Bg2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3)} 1. c4
(1. e4 e5 $11) 1... e6 (1... e5 2. Nc3 $11) 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5.
d4 O-O 6. O-O b6 (6... dxc4 7. Ne5 $11) 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. b3 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5
h6 $14) 8... c5 9. Bb2 (9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne1 Qd7 $11) 9... dxc4 $11 10. bxc4 (
10. dxc5 cxb3 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. cxb6 bxa2 13. bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nxa2 Nc6 $11) 10...
cxd4 $15 11. Nb5 {White threatens to win material: Nb5xd4} Nbd7 (11... a6 12.
Nbxd4 Qc7 13. Rc1 $15) 12. Qxd4 ({Not} 12. Nfxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc8 $17) 12...
Bc5 {A comfortable square for the black bishop} (12... Qb8 13. Bc1 $11) 13. Qc3
(13. Qf4 Nh5 14. Qg4 Nhf6 $11) 13... a6 $15 14. Nbd4 Ne4 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne4xc3} (14... Qc7 15. Rad1 $15) 15. Qc2 Qc7
16. e3 {Prevents intrusion on d4} (16. Nb3 Bd6 $15) 16... Rfe8 (16... Rfd8 17.
Rfd1 $15) 17. Rfd1 f6 {Consolidates e5+g5} 18. Bh3 (18. Ne2 Rad8 $15) 18... Nf8
19. Nd2 {White threatens to win material: Nd2xe4} (19. Bg2 Nd6 $15) 19... Ng5 (
19... Nxd2 20. Rxd2 e5 21. Ne2 $17) 20. Bg2 $15 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 {
White king safety dropped} Qb7+ (21... e5 22. N4b3 $15) 22. f3 {Secures e4} (
22. e4 $5 $15) 22... e5 $17 23. Nf5 g6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 {
Black threatens to win material: Kg7xh6} 25. Ng4 (25. h4 Nxf3 (25... Kxh6 $143
26. hxg5+ fxg5 27. Ne4 $16) 26. Qe4 Ra7 27. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Kxh6 $15) 25...
h5 $17 26. Nf2 Bxe3 27. Nde4 Bxf2 28. Kxf2 (28. Nxg5 Bc5 (28... fxg5 $6 29.
Kxf2 Rac8 30. Rd6 $11) 29. Ne4 Ne6 $17) 28... Nxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. fxe4 Red8
31. Ke3 (31. Ba3 Ne6 $17) 31... Ne6 32. Rd5 Nc7 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Bc3 (34. a4
Ne8 $17) 34... Ne6 $19 35. Rb1 (35. Rc1 a5 36. Rc2 Kf7 $19) 35... Rd6 (35...
Nc5 $5 36. Bd2 Rd6 37. Bb4 Rd3+ 38. Ke2 $19) 36. Bb4 Rc6 37. Kd3 f5 38. Re1 $2
(38. a4 $142 $5 $17) 38... f4 $19 39. Bc3 (39. gxf4 Nxf4+ 40. Kc3 a5 $19) 39...
Kf6 40. Bb4 g5 41. Rf1 (41. Rb1 g4 $19) 41... g4 (41... Rc7 $142 {
makes it even easier for Black} 42. gxf4 Rd7+ 43. Ke2 Nxf4+ 44. Kf2 $19) 42.
gxf4 (42. Rb1 $19 {desperation}) 42... Nxf4+ 43. Kc3 a5 44. Bf8 Kf7 45. Ba3 b5
46. Bc1 (46. c5 {cannot undo what has already been done} Ke6 47. Kb3 Nd3 $19)
46... Rxc4+ 47. Kb3 (47. Kd2 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Rxe4 48.
Kd1 Ke6 $19) 47... Rxe4 (47... a4+ $142 {seems even better} 48. Kb2 Rxe4 49.
Kc3 $19) 48. Bxf4 (48. Bd2 {does not solve anything} a4+ 49. Kc2 Ke6 $19) 48...
exf4 49. Rc1 (49. Kc3 {cannot change what is in store for ?} f3 50. Rh1 b4+ 51.
Kb3 Re2 $19) 49... Re5 (49... Re3+ $142 {ends the debate} 50. Kc2 Rh3 51. a3
$19) 50. Rc7+ Kf6 51. Rc6+ (51. Rc1 {does not win a prize} Re3+ 52. Kc2 Rh3 $19
) 51... Kf5 (51... Kf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "NC Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Alston, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B26: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines with early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 (
3. Nf3 e6 $11) 3... Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 {Controls c5} 7. h3 {
Covers g4} O-O 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Nge2 b5 10. Bh6 (10. a3 Qb6 $11) 10... b4 {
Black threatens to win material: b4xc3} 11. Nd1 (11. Nd5 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 e6 $11)
11... d5 (11... Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Nd4 13. Ne3 $15) 12. Bxg7 $11 Kxg7 13. f4 (13.
exd5 $142 $5 {is a viable option} Nxd5 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 $15) 13... dxe4
$17 14. dxe4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rd8+ 16. Ke3 Ba6 17. Re1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4+ (18...
Rxd4 $6 19. Nf2 $11) 19. Kd2 Nh5 (19... d3 $142 20. c3 bxc3+ 21. bxc3 e5 $19)
20. a3 $2 (20. Bf3 $142 Nxg3 21. Nf2 $17) 20... b3 $19 21. Rc1 Nxg3 (21... bxc2
$142 {might be the shorter path} 22. Rxc2 Rb3 $19) 22. Bf3 $2 (22. h4 $19)
22... Nf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "NC Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Myers, Dominique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2008.11.01"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Nc6 3. Bc4 (3. Bb5 Nge7 $11) 3... Nf6
(3... Bc5 4. d3 $11) 4. d4 (4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 $14)
4... exd4 $11 ({Instead of} 4... Nxe4 5. dxe5 Nc5 6. O-O $14) 5. O-O d6 {
Secures e5} (5... Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 $11) 6. Nxd4 Be7 {
White has a very active position} ({Not} 6... Nxe4 7. Re1 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9.
Rxe4+ Be7 10. Rd4 $16) 7. Nc3 O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 8.
Re1 (8. h3 Ne5 9. Bb3 Qd7 $14) 8... Ng4 (8... Ne5 9. Be2 $14) 9. Nd5 {
Black has a cramped position} (9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Nf6 $14) 9... Bh4 $11 {
Black threatens to win material: Bh4xf2} 10. g3 {
White threatens to win material: g3xh4} Nce5 (10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Ne5 12. Be2
$11) 11. Be2 $14 (11. gxh4 $2 {looks attractive, but} Qxh4 (11... Nxc4 $6 12.
f3 c6 13. fxg4 cxd5 14. exd5 $15) 12. Bf4 Qxf2+ (12... Nxc4 $6 13. Qe2 Nge5 14.
Bg3 $15) 13. Kh1 Qxf4 14. Nxf4 Nf2+ 15. Kg2 Nxd1 16. Raxd1 Nxc4 $19) 11... c6 {
Black threatens to win material: c6xd5} 12. Nc3 ({Less advisable is} 12. gxh4
Qxh4 (12... cxd5 $6 13. f3 $11) 13. Ne7+ Qxe7 $17) 12... c5 $4 (12... Bf6 $142
$14 {and Black has air to breath}) 13. Ndb5 (13. Nf5 $5 {
might be the shorter path} Bxf5 14. exf5 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Bf6 $18) 13... Be7 14.
f4 a6 15. Na3 c4 (15... b5 16. Nd5 $18) 16. Nd5 Be6 $2 (16... b5 $142 17. fxe5
Nxe5 $18) 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxc4 b5 (18... Re8 19. Ncb6 Rb8 20. Qd4 $18) 19.
Nxe5 (19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 (20... Bxc4 $4 {
Black must leave the knight standing} 21. Qxe7 Ng6 22. Qc5 $18) 21. Nxd6 Rfd8
$18) 19... dxe5 20. Nxe7+ (20. Be3 {makes it even easier for White} Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Qc7 $18) 20... Qxe7 21. Bf3 Rad8 22. Qe2 Bc4 (22... Rd6 23. Be3 Rc6 24. c3
$18) 23. Qf2 h5 (23... Be6 24. Be3 Rc8 25. a3 $18) 24. Be3 Rc8 25. c3 (25. Bxh5
{keeps an even firmer grip} Be6 $18) 25... g6 26. b4 Rfd8 27. Bc5 Qe6 28. Red1
Bd3 (28... Qc6 {hardly improves anything} 29. Bg2 $18) 29. Rd2 (29. Qe3 $142 {
seems even better} Bc2 30. Rd5 $18) 29... Rd7 (29... Bc4 {
otherwise it's curtains at once} 30. Rad1 Qe8 $18) 30. Rad1 Rcd8 31. Qe3 (31.
Bb6 $142 {nails it down} Rb8 32. Ba5 $18) 31... Bc4 32. Rxd7 (32. Qg5 {
and White can already relax} Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 Qf6 $18) 32... Rxd7
33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Be2 Bxa2 35. Qd3 (35. Qg5 {might be the shorter path} Qc7 $18
) 35... Qc6 (35... Qxd3 36. Bxd3 f6 37. Kf2 $18) 36. Bf3 (36. Qd8+ $5 {
makes it even easier for White} Kh7 37. Bf3 Bb3 $18) 36... Qf6 37. Kg2 Bc4 (
37... Kg7 {doesn't change anything anymore} 38. h4 $18) 38. Qd6 Qg5 (38... Qxd6
{doesn't improve anything} 39. Bxd6 f6 40. g4 hxg4 41. Bxg4 $18) 39. Qd1 (39.
Be2 $142 $1 {and White has reached his goal} Be6 40. h4 Qf6 $18) 39... Qf6 40.
Be3 Qc6 (40... Kh7 $18) 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Bg5 Kg7 43. Bh6+ (43. Be7 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Ba2 $18) 43... Kh7 44. Bf8 Be6 (44... Bb3 {
is not much help} 45. Qg5 Kg8 46. Qh6 $18) 45. Bc5 (45. Qg5 $142 {
and White can already relax} Bh3+ 46. Kxh3 Qc8+ 47. Kg2 Qxf8 48. Qxe5 Kg8 $18)
45... Bc8 (45... Bg4 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 46. Qd6
Qd7 47. Bxg4 (47. Qxe5 $143 Qd2+ 48. Bf2 Qd3 $18) 47... Qxg4 48. Qxe5 Qe2+ 49.
Bf2 $18) 46. Qd6 (46. Be7 {seems even better} Qxc3 47. Bf6 Qb2+ 48. Kg1 Qc1+
49. Kf2 Qb2+ 50. Be2 Qd4+ 51. Qxd4 exd4 52. Bxd4 Kg8 $18) 46... Qe8 47. Qe7 Qd7
48. Qxd7 Bxd7 49. Be2 (49. Bd1 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kg7 $18) 49... Bc6 (
49... Be6 50. h3 $18) 50. Kf3 f5 (50... Kg7 {is not the saving move} 51. Bd1
$18) 51. Bd3 Kg7 52. Ke3 Kf6 53. c4 (53. Bb6 {might be the shorter path} Ke6
$18) 53... Bd7 (53... h4 {does not help much} 54. gxh4 bxc4 55. Bxc4 f4+ 56.
Kf3 $18) 54. Bb6 Bc6 (54... bxc4 {cannot undo what has already been done} 55.
Bd8+ Kg7 56. Bxc4 $18) 55. c5 Bb7 56. Bd8+ Ke6 57. exf5+ gxf5 58. Be2 Kd7 59.
Bh4 Bd5 60. Bxh5 a5 (60... Ke6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 61. Be8 $18)
61. bxa5 b4 62. Kd2 (62. Bf6 {makes it even easier for White} Ke6 63. Bg7 b3
$18) 62... Kc6 (62... f4 {is no salvation} 63. gxf4 exf4 64. a6 $18) 63. Be7 f4
(63... b3 {doesn't do any good} 64. a6 Kb5 65. a7 $18) 64. Be8+ Kc7 (64... Kb7
{doesn't change the outcome of the game} 65. Bd6 $18) 65. gxf4 (65. Bd6+ $5 {
and White can already relax} Kb7 66. gxf4 exf4 67. Bxf4 b3 $18) 65... exf4 66.
Bb5 f3 67. Bh4 b3 68. Kc3 (68. Kc3 Be4 69. a6 $18) 1-0

[Event "NCO 08"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hales, Wiliam"]
[Black "Balenstine, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1631"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 (2. Nc3 Nc6 $11) 2... cxd4 $11 3. c3 {
White threatens to win material: c3xd4} (3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 Nf6 $11) 3... Nc6 (
3... dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 $11) 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 {
White has an active position} Bf5 $2 (6... e5 $142 $5 {is an interesting idea}
7. Nc3 Bb4 $14) 7. Nc3 $16 Qd8 (7... Qa5 $5 8. d5 Nb8 $16) 8. d5 $18 Nb8 9. Qb3
Qc8 $2 (9... Nd7 $142 10. Qxb7 Qc8 11. Qxc8+ Rxc8 $18) 10. Bf4 a6 (10... Nd7
11. Nb5 e5 12. Nxe5 Bc2 $18) 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nb5 Nc5 (12... Qxc1+ {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 13. Bxc1 axb5 14. Bxb5 $18) 13. Rxc5 $1 {
Double attack: a8/e8} Qxc5 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 e5 16. Nxe5 Qe7 (16... Qb4+ {
is still a small chance} 17. Kd1 Bg6 18. Qxb4 Bxb4 $18) 17. d6 $1 {
Deflection: d6} Qe8 (17... Qxd6 18. Nxf7+ {Double attack} (18. Qxf7 {
Discovered attack}) (18. Qxf7 {Deflection}) (18. Nxf7+ {Decoy})) (17... -- 18.
dxe7+ {Mate threat}) 18. Qb6+ (18. Qb6+ Kc8 19. Qc7#) 1-0

[Event "NCO 08"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maynard, Stephen"]
[Black "Hales, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1602"]
[BlackElo "1631"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 {Secures b5} (1... e5 2. Nf3 $14)
2. d4 d5 3. f3 {Covers g4} (3. e5 Bf5 $11) 3... e6 4. Be3 Qb6 {
Black threatens to win material: Qb6xb2} 5. Qc1 c5 6. c3 (6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bxc5
Qxc5 $11) 6... Nc6 7. exd5 exd5 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nd2 (9. Kf2 Bd7 $11) 9... cxd4 (
9... a5 10. a4 $11) 10. Nxd4 $11 {Black has an active position} Bc5 {
Black threatens to win material: Bc5xd4} (10... Be7 11. N2b3 Qd8 12. Bd3 $14)
11. Bb5 (11. N2b3 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O $14) 11... Bxd4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxd4 c5
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O {White castles and improves king safety} O-O {
Black castles and improves king safety} 16. Nb3 Qb6 (16... Ba6 17. Rd1 Qc6 18.
Qd2 $11) 17. Qe3 $14 {White threatens to win material: Qe3xc5} Ba6 {
Black threatens to win material: Ba6xf1} 18. Rfe1 (18. Rfd1 $5 $14 {
should be considered}) 18... Rac8 $11 19. Rad1 {
White threatens to win material: Rd1xd5} Bc4 20. Nd2 (20. Rd2 $5 $11 {
must definitely be considered}) 20... Bxa2 $17 21. b4 d4 22. cxd4 $2 (22. bxc5
$5 dxe3 23. cxb6 exd2 24. Rxd2 $17) 22... cxd4 (22... cxb4 $5 23. Ne4 $19) 23.
Qa3 $17 Rc2 24. Ne4 $2 (24. Qa5 d3+ 25. Qxb6 axb6 $17) 24... Bd5 $4 {
gives the opponent new chances} (24... d3+ $142 $5 25. Kh1 Bc4 $19) 25. Qd3 (
25. Qa5 Qxa5 26. bxa5 Ra2 $15) 25... Rc4 $17 26. b5 (26. Nc5 Rd8 $17) 26... f5
(26... Rd8 27. Ng5 g6 28. Ne4 $17) 27. Ng3 g6 28. Ne2 (28. Qd2 Bf7 $19) 28...
Qxb5 (28... Rd8 $5 $19) 29. Nxd4 $17 Qc5 (29... Qb6 30. Qb3 $17) 30. Kh1 $15
Rc3 {Black threatens to win material: Rc3xd3} (30... Bf7 31. Ne6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6
$15) 31. Qb5 (31. Qd2 Bf7 32. Ne6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Kg7 $11) 31... Bf7 $15 32. Qxc5
Rxc5 33. Ra1 (33. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 $15) 33... Ra8 34. Kg1 (34. Ne6 Bxe6 35.
Rxe6 a5 $17) 34... Kf8 (34... a5 $142 $19) 35. Re6 $4 {
causes even greater problems} (35. Ne6+ $142 Bxe6 36. Rxe6 $17) 35... Rd5 $19
36. Ra4 (36. Rea6 {desperation} Rxd4 37. Rxa7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 $19) 36... Rxd4 37.
Rxd4 Bxe6 38. Rd6 Ke7 39. Ra6 Bc8 40. Rc6 (40. Ra5 {cannot change destiny} a6
$19) 40... a5 41. Rc7+ (41. Rc3 {is not the saving move} a4 42. Ra3 Kd6 $19)
41... Bd7 (41... Bd7 42. Rc1 a4 $19) 0-1

[Event "NC Open 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Graves, Joe"]
[Black "Hales, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1756"]
[BlackElo "1631"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 2. d4
d5 3. e5 {White wins space} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 (5. Be2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bf5 $14)
5... Bg4 (5... cxd4 6. cxd4 Bf5 7. Be2 $14) 6. Be2 (6. dxc5 e6 $11) 6... cxd4 (
6... Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e6 8. O-O $11) 7. cxd4 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8.} (7. Nxd4 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 e6 $11) 7... Qb6 8. O-O e6 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. Nbd2 Qb6 (10... Bf5 11. Ne1 $11
) 11. Rb1 $11 Qc7 12. Qb3 {White threatens to win material: Qb3xb7} Rb8 {
White has an active position} 13. Rfc1 Nge7 {
Black should quickly conclude development.} 14. h3 Bxf3 (14... Bf5 15. Rb2 $11)
15. Nxf3 $14 ({Instead of} 15. gxf3 h6 $15) 15... a6 {Consolidates b5} (15...
h6 16. Rc2 $14) 16. a4 (16. Qb6 Qd8 $16) 16... h6 {Controls g5} 17. Ne1 (17.
Bd2 g6 $14) 17... g6 {Covers h5} 18. g4 Bg7 (18... g5 19. Rb2 $14) 19. Nd3 $14
O-O {Black has a cramped position} 20. Nc5 {
White threatens to win material: Nc5xb7} Rfc8 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Rxb6 Na5 23.
Rcb1 {Black has a cramped position} Nec6 24. Nxb7 Nc4 (24... Nxb7 $142 $5 {
looks like a viable alternative} 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 a5 $16) 25. Bxc4 $18
dxc4 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8+ Nxb8 29. Nxc4 Bf8 30. h4 {
White prepares the advance g5} (30. Nb6 g5 $18) 30... Nc6 (30... h5 31. f3 $16)
31. Kf1 (31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 Bb4 $16) 31... Be7 (31... h5 32. f3 $16) 32. g5 (
32. h5 Kg7 $16) 32... h5 33. Ke2 Kf8 34. Kd3 Nb4+ 35. Ke4 Ke8 36. Nb6 Bd8 37.
Bd2 Bxb6 38. Bxb4 Kd7 39. Bc5 {White threatens to win material: Bc5xb6} (39. a5
$5 Bd8 40. d5 exd5+ 41. Kxd5 $18) 39... Ba5 40. d5 exd5+ 41. Kxd5 Be1 42. Bd4
Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NCO 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pursel, Bill"]
[Black "Hales, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1631"]
[Annotator "Rybka 3 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D01: Veresov Opening} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 {Prevents intrusion on b5}
4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 {White threatens to win material: Bd3xf5} Bg6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7.
Qe2 (7. h3 e6 $11) 7... e6 $11 {Secures f5} 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ (
10. O-O Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O $11) 10... Bxf6 (10...
gxf6 11. Bd2 $11) 11. h4 Bh5 {Black has a cramped position} 12. O-O-O (12. Be3
Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qa4 $11) 12... Bxg5+ $15 13. hxg5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxg5+ 15. Kb1 h6 (
15... Nf6 16. g3 $15) 16. Rh5 {White threatens to win material: Rh5xg5} (16.
Rh3 Qe7 $15) 16... Qf6 $15 17. Qe3 Nb6 18. Be4 (18. Rf5 Qe7 19. Re1 O-O-O $15)
18... O-O-O 19. c3 Nd5 {Black threatens to win material: Nd5xe3} 20. Qg3 {
Black king safety dropped} g6 {Black threatens to win material: g6xh5} 21. Re5
g5 (21... h5 22. Rd3 $17) 22. Re1 (22. Rh1 Rhf8 $15) 22... Rhe8 (22... Qf4 $142
$15) 23. c4 $2 (23. Rh1 Nc7 $15) 23... Nf4 (23... Nb6 24. Rd1 Nxc4 25. Bxc6
bxc6 26. Rc5 Qg6+ 27. Ka1 $19) 24. Qc3 (24. Qf3 g4 25. Qe3 Rg8 $17) 24... Ng6
25. Bxg6 Qxg6+ (25... fxg6 $6 26. f3 $11) 26. Ka1 (26. Kc1 Rd7 $17) 26... Qf6 (
26... Re7 27. a3 $17) 27. f3 (27. Qe3 Kb8 $17) 27... Qf4 (27... Kb8 28. Qe3 $17
) 28. d5 $15 {White gains space} c5 (28... Re7 29. a3 $15) 29. Qa5 Kb8 30. Qxc5
f6 $4 {Black lets it slip away} (30... Rc8 $142 $5 {should be considered} 31.
Qe3 Qxc4 $11) 31. R5e4 {White threatens to win material: Re4xf4} (31. Rxe6 $5
Rxe6 32. dxe6 $18) 31... Qf5 (31... Qd2 32. Qg1 e5 33. Rd1 $14) 32. b4 {
White king safety dropped} (32. Qb5 $5 $16) 32... e5 $14 {
White has a new protected passed pawn: d5} 33. Rd1 Qd7 34. b5 {
White gets more space} (34. Qe3 Qa4 35. Qe1 Qc2 $14) 34... Rc8 $11 {
Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc5} 35. Qb4 {Black king safety improved}
b6 {White has a new backward pawn: c4} 36. Kb2 Rc5 37. a4 Rec8 38. Rh1 {
White threatens to win material: Rh1xh6} (38. Rc1 Qc7 $11) 38... Qh7 (38... f5
39. Rxe5 Qc7 40. Re6 Rxc4 41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. Rxd6 Rxa4 43. Re1 $15) 39. Kb3 (39.
g4 Kb7 $11) 39... h5 40. a5 g4 {This push gains space} 41. axb6 axb6 42. Ra1
gxf3 43. Qa3 (43. gxf3 $5 {is worth consideration} f5 44. Rxe5 Rxc4 45. Qd6+
Qc7 46. Qxc7+ R4xc7 47. Rxf5 Rc3+ 48. Kb2 Rc2+ 49. Ka3 R2c3+ 50. Kb2 Rc2+ 51.
Ka3 R2c3+ 52. Ka2 Rc2+ 53. Ka3 $11) 43... Qb7 $17 44. gxf3 Rg8 $4 {
Black has let it slip away} (44... Rxb5+ $142 $1 {is a viable option} 45. cxb5
Qxd5+ 46. Ka4 f5 $15) 45. Re2 (45. Qb2 $5 $16) 45... Rg3 $14 {
Black threatens to win material: Rg3xf3} 46. Kb4 (46. Rf2 $142 $14) 46... Rc8
$4 {gives the opponent counterplay} (46... Rxc4+ $142 47. Kxc4 Qc8+ 48. Kd3
Rxf3+ 49. Re3 Rxe3+ 50. Kxe3 Qh3+ 51. Ke2 Qg2+ 52. Ke3 Qg3+ 53. Ke2 Qg2+ 54.
Ke3 Qg3+ 55. Ke2 Qg2+ $11) 47. Rh2 $4 {simply marches past the door to victory}
(47. Qd3 $142 {White would have gained the upper hand} Rh3 48. Qe4 $18) 47...
Qe7+ $19 48. Ka4 Rxc4+ 49. Kb3 Qxa3+ (49... Rxf3+ 50. Kb2 Rb4+ 51. Kc1 Qc5+ 52.
Kd1 Rxa3 53. Rxa3 Qg1+ 54. Kc2 Qxh2+ 55. Kd3 Qg3+ 56. Kc2 Qxa3 57. Kd1 Rb2 58.
d6 Qa1#) 50. Rxa3 $19 Rf4 51. Ra6 $2 (51. Kc2 $142 h4 52. Rc3 $19) 51... Rgxf3+
52. Kc2 Rf2+ 53. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 54. Kd3 Kb7 (54... Kc7 {seems even better} 55. d6+
Kxd6 56. Rxb6+ Kc5 57. Rb8 $19) 55. Ra4 (55. d6 Rf4 56. Ra2 $19) 55... Rf3+ 56.
Ke2 Rf4 57. Ra3 Rd4 (57... Kc7 {might be the shorter path} 58. Rc3+ Kd6 59.
Rc6+ Kxd5 60. Rxb6 $19) 58. Rh3 (58. Rg3 {does not improve anything} Re4+ 59.
Kf2 Rf4+ 60. Ke1 Kc7 61. Rc3+ Kd6 62. Rc6+ Kxd5 63. Rxb6 h4 $19) 58... Rxd5 (
58... h4 {and Black can already relax} 59. Rf3 Re4+ 60. Kd2 $19) 59. Rxh5 (59.
Rf3 {cannot change destiny} Rd6 60. Rg3 Kc8 $19) 59... Rd7 (59... Kc7 $142 {
makes it even easier for Black} 60. Rf5 Rd6 61. Rf1 $19) 60. Rf5 Rf7 61. Ke3 (
61. Rh5 Kc7 62. Rh8 Kd6 $19) 61... Kc7 62. Rf1 Kd6 63. Rc1 (63. Rd1+ Ke6 64.
Rd8 $19) 63... Rc7 64. Rd1+ Ke6 65. Rd8 Rc5 66. Re8+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 40"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holmes, Adam"]
[Black "Lawson, Josh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A08: King's Indian Attack} {Hey this is Josh Lawson. I will be annotating my
final round game in the Asheboro Open 40. In the final round, I had to face
powerhouse player Adam Holmes. Knowing that just last month, Adam upset FM Ron
Simpson, I knew I was going to have my hands full! But with careful and
tactical play, I managed to upset one of NC's rising stars.} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5
3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O {
LAWSON:  Typical setup for white in the Kings Indian Attack.} Nge7 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nf1 {LAWSON:  I really didnt want to play this move at first. I kept eyeing
f5, but I didnt want his rook to get to active in the beginning of the game.}
dxe4 (9... b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 d4 13. h4 e5 14. g4 h6 15. Ng3 Bc8
16. Nh2 Be6 17. b3 b5 18. Rf1 g5 19. Qc1 Ng6 20. Nf5 Rf7 21. Ra1 a6 22. Nf3
Rfa7 23. Qb2 Bf8 24. Rfd1 {
Schulze,M-Timpel,K (2287)/Germany 2003/EXT 2004/0-1 (33)}) 10. dxe4 b6 {
LAWSON:  No need to exchange Queens at the moment. My plan is to put as much
pressure on the e4 pawn as I can, and try to take control of e5.} 11. c3 Bb7
$146 (11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ba6 13. Bg5 (13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 Rad8 15. h4 h6 16.
Be3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ne1 Kf7 20. Bf3 e4 21. Bh5+ Ke6 22. Rd1
Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Ne5 24. Nd2 Nd5 25. Bc2 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Ng4 27. Ng2 Be5 {
Keuchkerian Burgui,K-Mellado Trivino,J (2270)/Aviles 1991/EXT 2004/0-1 (36)})
13... Rad8 14. N1d2 h6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Bc4 g5 18. h3 Ng6 19. a4
Rd7 20. Bb5 Rd6 21. a5 Rfd8 22. Be2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Rxd2 24. Nc4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 {Vu Dinh Hung-Nguyen Van Huy/Ho Chi Minh 2001/EXT 2004/0-1 (38)}
) (11... Ba6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Rd1 b5 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Be3 Na5 16. a4 Nc4 17. Bf4
e5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Bc1 Nb6 20. Be3 c4 21. b3 Qc6 22. N1d2 cxb3 23. Nxb3 Ba4
24. Nfd2 Rfc8 25. Rdc1 Qe8 26. Qa2 {
Sedina,E (2400)-Maksimenko,A (2545)/Nova Gorica 1997/CBM 056 ext/1-0 (42)}) 12.
Bf4 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Rfd8 {LAWSON:  Another error! Adam played a disturbing move
and showed me why exchanging queens was a bad idea.} 14. Bc7 {LAWSON:  Nice!!}
Rxd1 {LAWSON:  Forced} 15. Rxd1 Kf8 {LAWSON:  This move took me awhile to see.
But with careful analysis, I saw that if the rook came to the 7th, it would be
useless.} 16. Ne3 Ba6 17. e5 {LAWSON:  I dont think this was a good move by
Adam. He should have played Ne1! and put pressure on my c6 knight Maybe play
Bd6 and then e5!?} Rc8 18. Bd6 {The bishop dominates} Ke8 {LAWSON:  Unpinning
my Knight and threatining Be2. Adding more pressure to the e5 pawn.} 19. Bf1
Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rd8 21. a4 a6 22. Re1 (22. Ke2 Nc8 $11) 22... Nc8 $15 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc8xd6} 23. Nc4 {
LAWSON:  Im not sure about this move. Maybe Rd1 is better.} b5 24. axb5 axb5
25. Na3 {LAWSON:  The e5 pawn will be lost now. And with my dark squared
bishop, white will have to try and trade my powerful bishop for one of his
weak knights.} Nxd6 26. exd6 Na7 {
LAWSON:  Hanging on to b5 and soon the c pawn will march his way to the 8th.}
27. Ng5 Rxd6 28. Ne4 {White threatens to win material: Ne4xd6   LAWSON:  Even
though taking on h7 looks ugly, I think white could have gotten away with it.}
Rc6 29. Rd1 {LAWSON:  I didnt really care about white taking control of the e
file because his rook is useless. Even though it looks powerful, it really
isnt.} Ke7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Ng5 h6 32. Nf3 {
LAWSON:  Trying to cramp white's position.} Bf6 33. Ra1 Ra6 {
LAWSON:  Threatning b4, and winning the b and c pawns!} 34. Rc1 e5 35. Rd1 e4 {
LAWSON:  Whites Knight cannot find a good square, and soon it will be allalone.
} 36. Ne1 $2 (36. Nh4 Bxh4 37. gxh4 Rd6 $17) 36... b4 {
LAWSON:  I think better was Bxc3! But b4 is also playable.} (36... Bxc3 $142 {
might be the shorter path} 37. bxc3 Rxa3 $19) 37. Nb1 $4 {
a blunder in a bad position} (37. cxb4 $142 cxb4 38. Nc4 $19) 37... Ra2 38. Rd2
Nb5 {LAWSON:  The Knight will find a good home on d4.} (38... Bg5 {
seems even better} 39. cxb4 Bxd2 40. Nxd2 cxb4 41. Nc4 $19) 39. cxb4 (39. Ng2
bxc3 40. Nxc3 Bxc3 41. bxc3 Nxc3+ 42. Ke3 Ra3 $19) 39... Nd4+ 40. Kf1 cxb4 {
LAWSON:  Trapping the b Knight and making his pieces tied down to each other.}
41. h4 (41. Nc2 {cannot change what is in store for ?} Nb3 42. Nxb4 Nxd2+ 43.
Nxd2 Rxb2 44. Nd5+ Kd6 $19) 41... Ra1 42. Rd1 {LAWSON:  The only good move.}
Nb3 {LAWSON:  Threatning the cute Rxb1!!} 43. Ke2 (43. Kg2 {doesn't do any good
} Nd2 $1 $19 {decapitation}) 43... Ra2 {LAWSON:  Now the Rook has a place on
a2 cause my Knight covers d2 from his Rook going to that square.} 44. Ng2 Bxb2
(44... Rxb2+ $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 45. Ke1 Bc3+ 46. Nxc3 bxc3 $19)
45. Ke3 {LAWSON:  A blunder by Adam. He should have tried Ne3. Now he has to
give up a piece or go down the exchange, and the rest is now a matter of
technique!!} (45. Ke1 {no good, but what else?} Bc1 46. Nf4 $19) 45... Bc1+ 46.
Nd2 {LAWSON:  Rxc1 was better. Still a lost endgame though.} (46. Rxc1 {
is the last straw} Nxc1 47. Nf4 $19) 46... Bxd2+ 47. Ke2 Bc1+ {
LAWSON:  I missed Nd4+ but didnt miss it on the second try.} (47... Nd4+ 48.
Kf1 b3 $19) 48. Ke1 Bd2+ (48... Nc5 $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 49.
Rd5 Nd3+ 50. Kf1 Rxf2+ 51. Kg1 b3 $19) 49. Ke2 Nd4+ 50. Kf1 Nf3 {
LAWSON:  b3 was also good.} (50... b3 51. Rb1 b2 $19) 51. Rb1 Kd6 52. Rd1 Kc5
53. Ne3 {LAWSON:  There is no way white can stop the b pawn from advancing
without giving up his last attacker.} Bxe3 54. fxe3 b3 55. Rc1+ {
LAWSON:  What else can white do?  If Rc7 then Ra5!} Kb4 {LAWSON:  Here white
resigned. Its uselss trying to go after the b pawn because if Rb1 then Nd2+!!
This is the second time I have played Adam. I played him about 3 or 4 years
ago at the NC Open and he beat me bad. So I needed to get some revenge. But
all in all, Adam is a great player and a nice guy, and I hope we have more
heated battles in the upcoming years! Adam is always a pleasure to see at a
tournament, and always delivers a great game, whether a win, draw, or loss.} (
55... Kb4 56. Rc8 (56. Rb1 Nd2+) 56... b2 57. Rb8+ Kc4 58. h5 Nd2+ 59. Kg1 Nb3
60. Rc8+ Kd3 61. Rd8+ Kxe3 62. Rd1 Ra1 63. Rb1 Rxb1+ 64. Kg2 Ra1 65. g4 b1=Q
66. g5 Qh1+ 67. Kg3 Rg1#) 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 40"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lawson, Josh"]
[Black "Dejong, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit} {188MB, D6CM2XB1} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nf3 (7. a4 c6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Be2 a6 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. Nge2 Rd7 12. O-O O-O (12... Bb7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14.
Nf4 Re8 15. Nh5 f5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Qd2 f5 19. Qh6 Bf8 20. Nef6+
Kh8 21. Qe3 Rf7 22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Qe5+ Bg7 24. Nxg7 Rxg7 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Qxe6
Qxe6 27. Rxe6 {
Naranjo Espinosa,S-Ramirez Garcia,E/Bogota 2004/CBM 101 ext/1-0 (40)}) 13. Rfd1
f5 14. axb5 axb5 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Be7 17. Nf4 Rd6 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Rdc1 e5
20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rd3 {
Wehmeier,S (2340)-Kotronias,V (2550)/Munich 1993/TD/0-1 (42)}) 7... Bb7 $146 (
7... Nbd7 8. Be2 c6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qc7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3
O-O 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b3 Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. bxc4 f6 18. Nd3 bxc4 19. Nc5
Rfe8 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Rb2 Bc8 22. Rfb1 {
Baquer,M (1620)-Teboul,R (1790)/Provence 2003/EXT 2005/0-1 (68)}) 8. Be2 Nbd7
9. O-O a6 {Covers b5} 10. Rad1 Be7 11. a4 c6 {Secures d5} 12. e4 h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. h3 {
Prevents intrusion on g4} Qb6 16. Bg3 {White plans e5} Rad8 17. e5 {
White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Nd5 {
A comfortable square for the black knight} 18. Qe4 (18. Ne4 $5 $15 {
looks like a viable alternative}) 18... c5 $17 19. Qg4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxc3 (
20... Bb4 $5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 $17) 21. bxc3 $15 f5 {
Black threatens to win material: f5xg4} (21... bxa4 $5 22. Bxc4 Nc5 $15) 22.
Qh5 $11 Bc5 23. Bh4 {White threatens to win material: Bh4xd8} Be7 $4 {
a transit from better to worse} (23... Nf8 $142 $11 {
was a good chance to save the game}) 24. a5 $1 $18 {doomsday} Qxa5 $4 {
Black falls apart. A deflection} (24... Qa7 25. Nxe6 Bxh4 26. Qxh4 Rxe6 27.
Qxd8+ Nf8 $18) 25. Nxe6 Bxh4 (25... Qb6 {does not improve anything} 26. Qg6 Bf8
27. Nxf8 Qxg6 28. Nxg6 Nf8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Nxg6 $18) 26. Nxd8 (26. Rxd7
$142 {and White has prevailed} Re7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Nxd8 $18) 26... Qxd8 (
26... Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qxd8 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 $16) 27. Qxf5 (27. e6 $142 $5
Bxf2+ 28. Kf1 Bxg2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxe6 30. Kxg2 $18) 27... Rf8 {
Black threatens to win material: Rf8xf5} 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Rxd7 $2 (29. g3 $142
{is the best option White has} Bc8 30. Bg4 $11) 29... Bxf2+ $19 30. Kh1 Qa8 $4
{makes life more difficult} (30... Bxg2+ $142 {
would have made live much easier for Black} 31. Kxg2 Qa8+ 32. Kh2 Qe4 $19) 31.
Qg4 {White has a mate threat} (31. Qg6 $142 {and White wins} Rg8 32. Bg4 Bxg2+
33. Kh2 Bxh3 34. Bxh3 $18) 31... Bxg2+ $11 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 32. Kh2
(32. Qxg2 Qxg2+) 32... g5 $4 (32... Rg8 $142 {was possible} 33. Red1 Bc6 $11)
33. Qh5 $18 Qc6 34. Rd6 Qe4 (34... Bxe1 {otherwise it's curtains at once} 35.
Rxh6+ Qxh6 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Kxg2 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rxe2 40. Qh5+ Kg8
41. Qxe2 Bxc3 $18) 35. Qxh6+ (35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Qxg5+ Kf7 37. Bh5+ Qg6 38.
Qxg6+ Ke7 39. Qd6#) 35... Kg8 $18 36. Rg6+ Kf7 (36... Qxg6 {
there is nothing else anyway} 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 $18) 37. Qg7+ (37. Rg7+ Ke8 38.
Qe6+ Kd8 39. Qd7#) 37... Ke8 38. Re6+ Kd8 39. Qxf8+ Kc7 40. Qf7+ (40. Qf7+ Kb8
41. Re8# $18) 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 40"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lawson, Josh"]
[Black "Smithwick, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2009"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} {188MB, D6CM2XB1} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Qf6 7. Bd2 (7. Qc2 Bd7 (7... Ne7 8. b3 O-O 9.
Bb2 Nd7 10. O-O g5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g3 Ng6 13. a4 Rf7 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 g4
16. Ne1 Ndf8 17. Ng2 Ne6 18. f4 gxf3 19. Rxf3 Ng5 20. Rf1 Bd7 21. Raa1 Qe6 22.
Rae1 {Lee,C-Pilnick,C (2156)/Los Angeles 2003/CBM 093 ext/0-1 (44)}) 8. c5 Bc7
9. b4 Nh6 10. b5 O-O 11. a4 Be8 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Rb7 Qd8 15. Ba3
Rf6 16. Be2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. g3 Bc8 20. Rb3 Qe8 21. h3 Nhf7 {
Fronczek,H (2270)-Bagirov,V (2495)/Bad Wildbad 1997/EXT 99/0-1 (62)}) 7... Ne7
8. Qb3 $146 (8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Ne2 g5 11. Bb4 Bc7 12. Qa3 Re8 13. Bd6
Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Ng6 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qxf6+ Nxf6 18. Nxg5 Bd7 19.
Nf7+ Kg7 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Bxf5 Ne7 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 {
Uhlmann,W-Zinn,L/Schkopau 1958/EXT 2002/1-0}) 8... O-O (8... Nd7 9. cxd5 exd5
10. a4 $14) 9. h4 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 fxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 $16)
9... Nd7 10. Ne2 (10. cxd5 $5 exd5 11. e4 $16) 10... dxc4 $11 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12.
Ng5 h6 (12... N7b6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 $11) 13. e4 $14 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 Qe7 15. Bxd5 (15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O N7f6 $14) 15... exd5 $11 16. Nxd6 Qxd6
{Black's piece can't move: c8} 17. Bb4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 {
Black has a new passed pawn: d5.} 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Qa3 b6 {Covers a5+c5} 21. O-O
Bg4 22. f3 {Consolidates e4} Bd7 (22... Bh5 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Rfe1 $11) 23. Nc3
$14 {White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Qg3 (23... d4 24. Ne4 Qd5 25.
Bxc5 bxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Nxc5 $16) 24. Bxc5 $16 bxc5 25. Qxc5 Qxh4 26. Qxd5+
(26. Rd4 Qg5 $16) 26... Kh8 27. Qe4 Qf6 $4 {
the position is going down the drain} (27... Qxe4 $142 28. Nxe4 Kg8 $16) 28.
Rxd7 $1 $18 {Annihilates a defender: d7} Qb6+ (28... Rxd7 {A deflection} 29.
Qxa8+) 29. Rf2 Re8 (29... Rxd7 {doesn't improve anything} 30. Qxa8+ Rd8 31. Qe4
$18) 30. Qd4 (30. Qg4 {makes it even easier for White} Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re7 $18)
30... Re1+ 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qa6+ (32... Qxd4 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 33. Rxd4 Rb8 34. Rd7 $18) 33. Kg1 Rg8 (33...
Qb6 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 34. Qxb6 axb6 35. Rb7 $18) 34.
Rxa7 (34. Rd6 $142 {ends the debate} Qxd6 35. Qxd6 Re8 $18) 34... Qe6 (34...
Qg6 {does not solve anything} 35. a4 $18) 35. Ne4 Qc8 (35... Qg6 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 36. b4 Rc8 37. b5 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39.
Nd2 $18) 36. Nd6 Qc1+ (36... Qe6 {there is nothing better in the position} 37.
b4 Qg6 $18) 37. Kh2 Qc6 38. Nf7+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ (39. Ne5 $142 {
and White has reached his goal} Qc2 40. Ng4 $18) 39... Qxe4 40. fxe4 Kg6 (40...
Re8 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 41. e5 Re6 42. b4 $18)
41. Ne5+ Kf6 (41... Kg5 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 42. Kg3 h5 43. Nf3+
Kg6 44. b4 $18) 42. Nf3 (42. Nd7+ $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Ke7 $18) 42...
g5 (42... Kg6 {is not the saving move} 43. Kg3 Rb8 44. Ne5+ Kh7 45. b3 $18) 43.
Ra6+ Kg7 44. Kg3 (44. Nd4 Re8 45. Nf5+ Kg8 46. Rg6+ Kf7 47. Nd6+ Kxg6 48. Nxe8
Kf7 $18) 44... Re8 (44... Rb8 {is not much help} 45. b3 Rc8 46. Ra7+ Kf6 47.
e5+ Kf5 48. Ra6 $18) 45. e5 Rb8 (45... h5 {cannot change destiny} 46. Ra5 Kg6
47. b4 $18) 46. b3 Rb4 (46... Rb5 {cannot undo what has already been done} 47.
Kg4 Rb4+ 48. Kh5 $18) 47. Ra4 Rb5 48. Re4 Kf7 (48... Rb7 {
does not improve anything} 49. e6 Re7 50. a4 $18) 49. Kg4 (49. e6+ {
and White can already relax} Ke8 50. Kg4 Ra5 $18) 49... Kg6 (49... Rb7 {
does not save the day} 50. e6+ Kf6 51. e7 Rxe7 52. Rxe7 Kxe7 53. a4 $18) 50. e6
h5+ 51. Kg3 Rb8 52. e7 Re8 53. Nd4 (53. Re6+ Kg7 54. Nxg5 Rxe7 55. Rxe7+ Kf6
56. Re1 Kxg5 57. a4 h4+ 58. Kh3 Kf5 59. a5 Kf6 60. Kxh4 Kg6 61. a6 Kf5 62. a7
Kf6 63. a8=Q Kg7 64. Re7+ Kf6 65. Qe8 Kf5 66. Qf7#) 53... Kf7 54. Nb5 Rxe7 55.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 56. a4 (56. a4 Kd8 57. Nd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open 39"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dejong, Andrew"]
[Black "Jiang, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1760"]
[BlackElo "1592"]
[Annotator "deJong,Randal"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "300"]

{179MB, PC106391367623} 1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. g3 Bxc3 6.
bxc3 Bxe4 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. d3 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Qd3 Re8
13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Re2 Rad8 16. Qc2 c5 17. h3 Rc8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Rb1
cxd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. c5 Ne4 22. Rc2 b5 23. Qb3 Nb8 24. a4 Bc6 25. axb5 Bxb5 26.
Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Qa7 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 a5 30. c6 g5 31. Be3 Nd6 32. c7 Nc4
33. cxb8=Q Rxb8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Ra2 Rb3 36. Ke2 f6 37. Nd2 Rb2 38. Ra4 Rb4
39. Ra2 Rb2 40. Rxb2 Nxb2 41. Nb1 Kf7 42. f4 gxf4 43. Bxf4 Kg6 44. Na3 Kf5 45.
Bxh6 Ke4 46. Nc2 Nc4 47. g4 a4 48. Bg7 f5 49. g5 f4 50. Bf6 Kf5 51. h4 a3 52.
h5 a2 53. Be7 e5 54. g6 Ke6 55. h6 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 39"]
[Site "Asheboro, NC"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holmes, Adam"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "1952"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{Hi, this is FM Ron Simpson.  Ratings are usually good indicators of chess
performance, but in many tournaments we see chess players winning games when
their ratings are hundreds of points lower than their opponents!  Recently, I
faced such a situation at The Asheboro Open 39.  My opponent Adam Holmes at
USCF 1952 was undaunted by my 2436 standing.   
***************************************************************************** 
Adam and I entered into the Evans Gambit with me playing the black pieces. I
made an the unusual looking move, 5...Bd6, something I had seen in many Evans
Gambit games. The combination of me playing some new ideas while facing a
tactical talent  produced some uncontrollable fireworks!!      C51: Evans
Gambit: Declined and Accepted without 5...Ba5} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 {SIMPSON:  The idea is to overprotect the e pawn and
develop normally.  There are many games with the unusual looking move 5...Bd6
in the Evans Gambit.  I now believe this move is poor with respect to better
moves like 5....Be7. So, I wouldn't give the text move a "?" but I really
don't like it. I would say white has an advantage (Fritz says black is up by .
44).  I would prefer to play the white side of this position. 
********************************  [Editor's note:  This unusual looking move
has been played by H.N. Pillsbury, Kieseritzsky (of King's Gambit fame) and
other top level players.  See our "Evans Bd6 database" for example games]} 6.
d4 Qe7 {SIMPSON:  I believe this move was a mistake, and 6...h6 was clearly
better.  I would give this move a "?" because it allowed White to pressure the
f-pawn with Ng5!  During the game I just didn't realize how strong Ng5 would
be. Normally when someone attacks with two pieces out of the opening their
attack usually fails.  ************************************************* 
[Editor's Note:  6...Qe7 has been played before, but I can't find any example
of Adam's 7.Ng5 reply.  This may be a true novelty that needs further
investigation.]    Black is behind in development. Black's piece can't move:
c8} (6... Nf6 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Ba3 d6 9. Bb5 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12.
Bd3 Re8 13. f4 Qa5 14. Qc2 b6 15. Bb2 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nd2 b5 18. c4 Nd7
19. Rac1 b4 20. Rf3 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 {
Van der Wiel,J (2526)-Sokolov,I (2690)/Leeuwarden 2004/CBM 102/1/2-1/2 (49)})
7. Ng5 $146 {White threatens to win material: Ng5xf7} (7. O-O Nf6 (7... h6 8.
Re1 g5 9. g3 Qf6 10. Nbd2 Nge7 11. Bb2 b6 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Rb1 O-O-O 16. c4 Qd6 17. Bxh8 Rxh8 18. Bxf7 Ne5 19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Be2 g4
21. Nb3 Qg6 22. Nd2 {
Kosak,R (2258)-Weyrich,M (2332)/Germany 2003/EXT 2004/1-0 (45)}) 8. Ng5 O-O 9.
f4 exf4 (9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 exd4 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Ba3 Qf6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14.
cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nd2 Nf5 16. Qe2 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 d5 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Bxf5
Re8 21. Bxd7 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 g6 23. f5 g5 24. Nf3 {
Werner,H-Kammel,R/Germany 2000/EXT 2005/1-0}) 10. e5 Bxe5 11. Re1 Nxd4 12. Ba3
c5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nge4 d6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. Rad1 Qc7
19. Bd3 Be6 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Bb1 Rad8 {
Heldarskard,V-Joensen,J/Faroe 1999/EXT 2002/0-1 (45)}) 7... Nh6 {[Editor's note
:  The ugly 7...Nd8 might be a viable alternative to explore..  It leaves open
the possibility of h6, kicking the knight, and a better deployment of the king
knight to the perhaps more favorable f6 square.  Still, Fritzy likes Nh6 a bit
better.]  ************************************************    Black's piece
can't move: c8} (7... Nd8 $5 {Fritz 9:} 8. O-O h6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11.
Nh4 Nxe4 12. Nf5 Qf6 13. Nxg7+ Qxg7 14. Nxe4 {[%eval 43,12]}) 8. O-O O-O 9. f4
exd4 {[Editor's note:  It looks like this is the critical slip based on
computer analysis, allowing the e5 push]     SIMPSON:  Agreed.} (9... exf4 $142
$5 {must be considered} 10. Qh5 Kh8 $11) 10. e5 $16 {SIMPSON:  Adam finds a
great plan and completely destroys black's position.  ******************** 
White threatens to win material: e5xd6} Bc5 (10... Bxe5 $5 {
SIMPSON:  I failed to see this nice idea leading to an unclear position.} 11.
fxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd4 Nxc4 $16) 11. Qd3 $18 g6 (11... Nf5 $5 12. Qxf5 g6 13. Qh3
$16) 12. Qh3 Kg7 {SIMPSON:  Tactics are everywhere for Adam. At first I
thought his attack would fail because he is only using three pieces and I am
just a move away in getting back some control. But then 13.f5! just crushes my
position. I used all of my time trying to hold but Adam's attack was just too
strong and I was completely crushed. I think Fritz can show the rest of the
game better then I can. But the following position would make a nice chess
puzzle.} 13. f5 {SIMPSON:  Adam is definitely a NC Chess player to be taken
very seriously. I am sure this young man will be a master very soon!  I am
looking forward to playing Adam again in Asheboro...he finishes the game
nicely.  ***************************    Demolition of pawn structure} f6 $6 {
not putting up any resistance} (13... Nxf5 {Exploits the pin} 14. Qxh7#) 14.
Nxh7 $1 {Demolishes the pawn shield} g5 (14... Kxh7 {Decoy theme: h7} 15. Qxh6#
{The nicest combinations are those leading to mate}) 15. Bxg5 $1 {
Demolition of pawn structure} d3+ (15... fxg5 16. f6+ {A double attack}) 16.
Kh1 fxg5 17. f6+ Kh8 {SIMPSON:  The queen can't be taken, but nevertheless my
position can't be held and the games ends quickly.} 18. Bxd3 (18. Nxg5 Qh7 19.
Nxh7 Be3 20. Nxf8 d5 21. Qxe3 Kg8 22. Qxh6 Kf7 23. Bxd3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Ke8 25.
Qg6+ Kd8 26. Ne6+ Kd7 27. Nc5+ Kd8 28. Nxb7#) 18... Qxh7 {[Editor's Note: 
Ripley's Believe It or Not--Rybka calls this the BEST moves for black!]} 19.
Bxh7 Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kh8 21. Qg6 Rf7 22. Qxh6+ Rh7 (22... Kg8 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 23. Qxg5+ Kf8 24. e6 dxe6 25. Qxc5+ Ke8 26.
Na3 $18) 23. Qxg5 (23. Qg6 Bf8 24. f7 Rxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Ne7 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Rf6
Nf5 28. Qxg5+ Kh8 29. Qg8#) 23... d5 (23... Nd8 {no good, but what else?} 24.
Qg6 Nf7 $18) 24. f7 Bd7 (24... Bg4 25. Qf6+ Rg7 26. Qh6+ Rh7 27. f8=Q+ Rxf8 28.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qxf8#) 25. Qf6+ Rg7 26. Qh6+ {SIMPSON:  Great game Adam!! 
************************************  SIMPSON:  Looking back at the game, my
play was typical in that I will play anything of interest. I like playing the
white side of the Evans and I thought it would nice to see it from the black
side.  Adam played an outstanding game.  He punished  me with several really
good moves. I picked up my focus after 8...0-0, but I didn't see the nice idea
10.....Bxe5.  I believe the resulting position would have been unclear.  There
are several variations, but the main point is that Black would have about
seven pawns to White's three or four.} (26. Qh6+ Rh7 27. f8=Q+ Bxf8 28. Rxf8+
Rxf8 29. Qxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 39"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huang, Kevin"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1941"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{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. e3 d5 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Nb4 8. d4 (8.
e4 Qf6 9. d3 Bc5 10. Nf3 fxe4 11. dxe4 Bg4 12. a3 O-O 13. axb4 Bxb4+ 14. Kf1
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxf3 16. Qxf3 Rxf3 17. Be3 a6 18. Ke2 Raf8 19. Rhc1 R3f7 20. f4
exf4 21. gxf4 Re8 22. Rc4 a5 {
Filippov,V (2593)-Volzhin,A (2556)/Merida 2000/CBM 079 ext/1-0 (33)}) (8. d3
Nxd5 9. a3 Nf6 10. Qb3 c6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. d4 e4 13. Nc3 Qe7 14. Bf1 Be6 15. Bc4
Bf7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bd2 Ke6 19. Rc1 Rhc8 20. Ke2 b5 21. Rc2
a6 22. Rhc1 Kd7 {
Jurkiewicz,K (2290)-Grabarczyk,M (2453)/Dzwirzyno 2004/CBM 102 ext/0-1 (66)})
8... e4 9. Bf1 $146 (9. Ne2 Nxd5 10. O-O Be6 11. f3 exf3 12. Bxf3 Qd7 13. Nc3
O-O-O 14. e4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd5 17. Bf5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Bg5
Re8 20. Qb3 Bd6 21. Qxe6+ Rxe6 22. Rf7 h6 23. Bd2 Re2 {
Nemeth,Z (2379)-Friedrichs,K (2248)/Budapest 2000/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (69)}) (9.
Ne2 $5 {looks like a viable alternative} Nd3+ 10. Kf1 $11) 9... Qxd5 $15 10. a3
Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 exd3 {Black has the pair of bishops} 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Qxd5 Bxd5
14. f3 c5 15. Kf2 g5 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Bc3 O-O {Black has a king attack} 18. Rd1
(18. dxc5 $142 $5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 $15) 18... c4 $19 19. b3 b5 20. h3 (20. bxc4
bxc4 21. Rb1 g4 $19) 20... Rfe8 (20... cxb3 $142 21. Rxd3 Rfc8 22. g4 $19) 21.
Rh2 $2 (21. g4 cxb3 22. gxf5 Rac8 23. Rxd3 Bf8 $19) 21... Re6 (21... cxb3 {
makes it even easier for Black} 22. Rxd3 Rac8 23. Rh1 $19) 22. f4 $2 (22. bxc4
bxc4 23. g4 Ra6 24. gxf5 Rxa3 $19) 22... Rae8 (22... gxf4 {seems even better}
23. gxf4 cxb3 24. Bb2 $19) 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Re1 Ra6 25. Bb4 (25. Ra1 Rb8 26.
Ke1 Rab6 $19) 25... Bf8 26. Nf3 (26. Bxf8 {desperation} Kxf8 27. Ne2 dxe2 28.
fxg5 Rxa3 29. Rxe2 $19) 26... Bxb4 27. axb4 Ra2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kg1 Rxh2 (28...
Bxf3 $6 {is the weaker alternative} 29. Rxa2 c3 30. Kf2 $17) 29. Nxh2 d2 $19)
28... Rxh2 29. Nxh2 c3 30. Ra1 Rxe3 (30... Rxe3 31. b5 c2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Asheboro Open 39"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lawson, Josh"]
[Black "Mabe, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 e6 7. Be2 (7. Nc3 b4 8. Na2 c3 9. bxc3 bxc3
10. Bd3 Qa5 11. O-O Nd5 12. Be5 Nd7 13. e4 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Qc7 16.
Ne5 Ba3 17. Qc2 Bb2 18. Rab1 Qd6 19. Nxc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 O-O 21. Rfc1 Bd7 {
Storgaard,M-Petersen,M/Esbjerg 2004/CBM 101 ext/1-0 (33)}) 7... Bb7 $146 (7...
a6 8. b3 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 cxb3 10. axb5 b2 11. Ra2 cxb5 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Bd3 a5 14.
Rxb2 Nc6 15. Nbd2 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bb5+ 18. Kg1 Nd5 19. Ne5 Rc8 20. g3
Nxf4 21. gxf4 Qh4 22. Bd3 {
Schroter,T (2290)-Szelenyi,N (2330)/Hungary 1996/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (45)}) (7...
Bb4+ 8. Nc3 $11) 8. Nbd2 (8. O-O $5 $11) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd5 11.
Bg3 f5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. e4 (13. Ndf3 a6 $15) 13... f4 14. exd5 Nxe5 (14... fxg3
{is the less attractive alternative} 15. dxc6 Nxe5 16. cxb7 gxf2+ 17. Kh1 $18)
(14... cxd5 $6 15. Bg4 Nxe5 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. dxe5 $15) 15. dxe5 exd5 16. Nf3
fxg3 17. hxg3 b4 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Bh5 (19. Bg4 $142 $5 $15 {is worth looking at}
) 19... c5 $19 20. Ne2 Rf5 21. Nf4 Rxe5 22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Rfe1 Qd6 24. Red1 (24.
Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Re1 Bxf4 26. gxf4 $19) 24... Qe7 25. Kh2 (25. a5 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} g6 $19) 25... Rd8 26. Rc2 (26.
Rh1 {doesn't do any good} Re4 $19) 26... Re4 (26... g6 $142 $5 {
and Black can already relax} 27. Kg1 $19) 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 (28. Qxe2 {
does not solve anything} Qxe2 29. Bxe2 Re8 $19) 28... Bxb2 29. Nf4 Bf6 30. Ne6
(30. Qh3 {the only chance to get some counterplay} c3 31. Bg4 $19) 30... Bc8
31. Re1 Rd6 32. Nxc5 (32. Nf4 {otherwise it's curtains at once} Bxg4 33. Rxe7
Bxh5 34. Re1 $19) 32... Bxg4 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Bxg4 Rh6+ (34... Rh6+ 35. Kg1
Bxc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open 39"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lawson, Josh"]
[Black "Paradis, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2008.08.16"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C02: French: Advance Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3
Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. Bc2 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Rc8 11. O-O Ne7
12. a4 $146 {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8} (12.
Rd1 Nc6 (12... Nf5 13. b3 Bb4 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rc2 Qa5
18. Rdc1 b5 19. Qd3 h6 20. h3 Be7 21. Qd2 b4 22. Na4 Bxa4 23. bxa4 Rxc2 24.
Rxc2 Rc4 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Qc2 Qd5 27. Qd1 {
Sandrasegaran-Borg,G/Copenhagen 1982/EXT 2000/0-1}) 13. a3 Na5 14. b4 Nc4 15.
h4 (15. Qd3 Qa6 16. Bf4 Nb2 17. Qxa6 bxa6 18. Rd2 Nc4 19. Rda2 Nxe5 20. Nxe5
Rxc3 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22. Bb8 Be7 23. Bxa7 Rhc8 24. Kf1 R8c4 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Rd1
Kc6 27. Bc5 Rc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. f4 Kb5 {
Herzog,E-Kleifges,M/Donaueschingen 1985/GER/0-1 (50)}) 15... Qa6 16. Qb3 h6 17.
a4 Qb6 18. Rb1 Be7 19. g4 a5 20. b5 Qc7 21. Ne2 O-O 22. g5 h5 23. Nf4 g6 24.
Nh2 Nb6 25. Qf3 Qc2 26. Bd2 Nxa4 {
Basjuni,S-Uhlmann,W/Prague 1954/EXT 98/1-0 (60)}) (12. Bg5 Nf5 13. Qd2 (13. Qd3
Qxb2 14. Rfc1 Qa3 15. Rab1 Bb4 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Rcb1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3
Qc7 20. Rxb7 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Rxd7 Ra3 23. Rbb7 a5 24. Ng5 Rxa2 25. g4
Nh6 26. Nxe6 Rc8 27. g5 fxe6 {
Datuashvili,N-Titareva,T/Rimavska Sobota 1996/EXT 97/1-0 (33)}) 13... h6 14.
Be3 Be7 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Kh1 a5 17. Bf4 Rc4 18. Rad1 Rfc8 19. g4 Nh4 20. Nxh4
Bxh4 21. Rg1 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Be3 a4 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxd4 26. Bxf6
Qxf6 {Peek,M (2340)-Driessens,P/Mesa 1992/EXT 98/0-1 (40)}) (12. Qb3 Qxb3 13.
axb3 a6 $11) 12... Nc6 $15 {Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 13. Be3 {
Black has a cramped position} Be7 {White has a very active position} 14. Qd2 {
White has an active position} O-O 15. a5 {
White threatens to win material: a5xb6} Qc7 {Black has a cramped position} (
15... Qa6 16. Rfc1 $15) 16. Rfc1 a6 {White has an active position} 17. Na4 (17.
Ne2 Qb8 $11) 17... Qb8 (17... Qxa5 $142 $5 {should be examined more closely}
18. h3 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Nb4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17) 18. Nb6 $14 {
White threatens to win material: Nb6xd7. The white knight is well posted.} Rc7
{Black has a cramped position} 19. Qe1 Nb4 20. Qd2 Rxc1+ (20... Nc6 21. Nxd7
Rxd7 22. Bg5 $11) 21. Rxc1 $14 Bb5 22. Bg5 Qd8 (22... Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Nd3 24. Rc2
$14) 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nc8 {White threatens to win material: Nc8xe7} Qd7 25.
Qxb4 (25. Nd6 Nc6 $14) 25... Rxc8 $11 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qc5 Qxc5 {
Black has a mate threat} 28. dxc5 {A minor pieces endgame occured} Kf8 29. Nd4
{A valuable piece} Be8 30. f4 Ke7 31. b4 f6 32. Kf2 fxe5 33. fxe5 Bd7 34. Ke3
g5 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Kg4 {White threatens to win material: Kg4xg5} Kg6 37. b5
axb5 38. c6 bxc6 {Theme: Deflection from a6} (38... Bxc6 39. Nxc6) 39. a6 {
He broke from his leash} Bc8 40. a7 h5+ (40... Bb7 $142 $5 $14 {is noteworthy})
41. Kf3 $16 Bb7 42. Nxe6 Kf5 43. Nc5 Ba8 44. e6 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. Kd4 Kd6 47.
Kc3 Ke7 48. Kd4 {Twofold repetition} (48. Kd3 Kd6 $16) 48... Kd6 49. Na6 Bb7
50. Nc5 {White threatens to win material: Nc5xb7} (50. g3 Ba8 $16) 50... Ba8 {
Blocks the pawn on a7} 51. g3 g4 52. Ke3 b4 $4 {
further deteriorates the position} (52... Ke7 53. Na6 $16) 53. Kd3 (53. Kd4
$142 {might be the shorter path} b3 54. Kc3 Ke7 $18) 53... b3 $4 {
leads to further unpleasantness} (53... Ke7 $142 $16) 54. Kc3 $18 b2 55. Kxb2
Ke7 56. Kc3 Kd6 57. Kd4 Ke7 58. Ke5 Ke8 (58... d4 $18 {praying for a miracle})
59. Kd6 (59. Kf6 Kd8 60. e7+ Kc7 61. e8=Q Kb6 62. Nd7+ Ka5 63. Qxa8 Kb5 64.
Qb7+ Kc4 65. Qb2 h4 66. a8=Q d4 67. Ne5+ Kc5 68. Qxc6#) 59... Kd8 60. e7+ Ke8
61. Na6 (61. Ke6 h4 62. Na6 Bb7 63. Nc7#) 61... d4 62. Nc7+ (62. Nc7+ Kf7 63.
e8=Q+ Kg7 64. Ne6+ Kf6 65. Qf8+ Kg6 66. Nf4+ Kg5 67. Qg7+ Kf5 68. Qe5#) 1-0

[Event "Asheboro Open 39"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "Drake, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D33: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 sidelines} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6
5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Bf5 8. O-O (8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O h6 (9... Ne4 10.
Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nh4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 cxd4 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bxe4 Nd6
16. Bd5 Rc8 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Kf1 Kf6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxd4 Rc1+
22. Kg2 a5 23. Bb3 Ke7 24. a4 {Grivas,E-Apicella,M/Paris 1982/EXT 2004/1-0 (41)
}) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e3 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5
Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxf5 Rd2 21. b3
Rc8 22. Bxb7 Rcc2 {Brennan,J-Topfer,N/Belconnen 2003/EXT 2005/0-1 (56)}) 8...
Ne4 $146 (8... Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc5 13. Nd4
Bg6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Be7 16. Qd4 f6 17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Bf7 19. e4 Qb7
20. Ba5 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 cxb5 23. Rd7 {
Burriel Rosello,C-Garcia Domingo,J/Cullera 1995/EXT 2004/1-0}) (8... Rc8 9. Bg5
Be7 10. dxc5 d4 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nd6 Be6 14. Nxb7 Qd7 15. Nd6 Rb8
16. b3 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Ne4 Qf5 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21. Rc4 Rd5
22. Qd2 Rbd8 23. Rd1 {Vidarte Morales,A (2424)-Lazaro Porta,A (2077)/Castellar
1999/CBM 073 ext/1-0 (41)}) (8... c4 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Be6 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qe2+ Kf8 16. a3 Re8 17. Be3 Bd6 18.
Rac1 Qxd4 19. Rfd1 Qf6 20. Qxc4 Be7 21. Bd4 Qf5 22. Qxc6 h5 23. Re1 {
Prystenski,A-Moises,F/Manitoba 1991/EXT 97/1-0}) 9. Nh4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 {
White has a cramped position} Be6 11. Rb1 {
White threatens to win material: Rb1xb7} Qd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O-O (13...
cxd4 14. cxd4 Be7 15. Re1 $16) 14. Qa4 Bd5 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd5 $16) 15.
Bf5 $18 Be6 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Be4 Qxa2 (17... Qc4 18. Bxc6 Qxa4 19. Bxa4 Bxa2 20.
Ra1 $18) 18. Qb5 Na5 $4 {
terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (18... Qa6 19. Qxa6
bxa6 20. Bxc6 Bd6 $18) 19. Bxb7+ Kc7 20. Bf4+ Rd6 21. Qxc5+ {White forks: a7+c7
} Kd7 22. Qc8+ Ke7 23. Bxd6+ Kxd6 24. Rbd1+ Ke5 (24... Qd5 {
hardly improves anything} 25. Qd8+ Kc5 26. Qxa5+ Kd6 27. Rxd5+ Bxd5 28. Qd8+
Kc5 29. Qxd5+ Kb6 30. Qc6+ Ka5 31. Qa6#) 25. Rfe1+ (25. f4+ Kf6 26. Qd8+ Be7
27. Qd4#) 25... Kf6 26. Qd8+ Be7 27. Qd4+ (27. Qd4+ Kg5 28. Qxg7+ Kh5 29. Bf3+
Bg4 30. Bxg4#) 1-0

[Event "The Seafarer"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fuerstman, Leland"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "180"]

{119MB, RybkaII.ctg, JONATHON-5DE1DD B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3.
c3 Nc6 4. d4 Bf5 5. f4 (5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Bg5
Qb6 10. Nc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 h6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. Rac1 Be7 15. g4 Nxe3
16. Qxe3 Qa6 17. Ne1 O-O 18. f4 Rac8 19. a3 Nc6 {
Brueggemann,J (2365)-Hennings,A (2450)/Leipzig 1979/MCD/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (5. Bd3
Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. a4 c4 9. Qc2 Nge7 10. Na3 a6 11. O-O Na5 12. Bg5
Nb3 13. Ra2 Nc6 14. Be3 Nca5 15. Qe2 h6 16. g4 g5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Be7
19. Bxe7 Kxe7 {
Becerra Izquierdo,J-Rodriguez Sanchez,A (2021)/Malaga 2004/CBM 098 ext/0-1 (57)
}) 5... e6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be2 $146 (7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 (9. cxd4
Ne7 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Bd2 a6 12. Qa4 Be7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. Na3 Rfc8 15. Be2 Qc7 16.
Qd1 b5 17. Nc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Nxd4 19. Qd2 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 Qc4 21. Qg4 b4 22. Bd2
Qe4+ 23. Qe2 Bh4+ {
Petrovicova,E-Kubikova,H (2180)/Czechoslovakia 1992/TD/0-1 (68)}) 9... Bc5 (
9... Qxd4 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. cxd4 Ne7 12. O-O a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Be4 15. Be3
Nc6 16. Nc2 Kd7 17. Ne1 Rc8 18. a3 Be7 19. Nf3 h6 20. Nd2 Bd3 21. Rfc1 Bd8 22.
Bd1 Bb6 23. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Petrovicova,E-Sikorova,O/Czechoslovakia 1992/TD}) 10.
Qa4+ Ke7 11. Nb5 Bf2+ 12. Kd1 Nh6 13. h3 Rhd8 14. Nd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 16.
cxd4 Rdc8 17. g4 Bc2+ 18. Ke1 Rc7 19. Bd2 Be4 20. Rh2 Rac8 21. Bc3 Ng8 {
Petrovicova,E-Nemcova Fialova,D (2085)/Czechoslovakia 1992/TD/0-1 (47)}) (7.
Qb3 Nh6 $15) 7... Bg4 (7... Nh6 8. Qb3 $17) 8. Nbd2 $15 Nh6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3
cxd4 (10... Nf5 11. Bd3 Ng3 12. Rh2 $15) 11. cxd4 (11. Nxd4 $5 {
should be examined more closely} Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. cxd4 $15) 11... Nf5 $17
12. Kf2 (12. O-O Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 $17) 12... Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4+ (13... Bc5
$5 $17) 14. Qxd4 $15 Nxd4 {Black has a new protected passed pawn: d5} 15. Bd1
a6 16. Be3 {White threatens to win material: Be3xd4} Nc6 17. Rc1 Kd7 {
Black loses the right to castle} 18. Bf3 (18. Be2 $5 $15 {
deserves consideration}) 18... Nb4 $17 19. Rhd1 Nxa2 20. Rc4 Nb4 21. Bb6 Nc6
22. g4 Bd6 $4 {gives the opponent new chances} (22... g5 $142 {
Black would have gained the upper hand} 23. fxg5 Rc8 $19) 23. Bxd5 $16 exd5 24.
Rxd5 {White pins: Rd5xd6.} Rhc8 25. Rxd6+ {A classical outpost} ({Not} 25. exd6
Re8 $11) 25... Ke8 26. Re4 Ne7 (26... Nd8 $5 $14 {is worth looking at}) 27. e6
$18 Rc2+ 28. Kg3 f5 29. Red4 Nc6 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 g6 $4 {
terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (31... Ke7 $142 32.
Rd7+ Kxe6 33. Rxg7 fxg4 34. hxg4 Rh8 35. Rxb7 h5 $18) 32. Rd7 Nd8 (32... Kf8 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Rf7+ (34. Rxb7 $6 Re8 $18)
(34. Rxh7 $6 Re8 $18) 34... Kg8 35. Rxf5 $18) 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Bc5 a5 (34...
Nxe6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 35. Re7+ Kd8 36. Rxe6 $18) 35. Rxh7 (
35. Re7+ $142 {secures the point} Kf8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. e7 $18)
35... Nxe6 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rxe6+ Kf7 (37... Kg8 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} 38. Rf6 $18) 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. Rxb7 Rg8+
40. Kf3 a4 41. Ra7 Kg6 (41... Ke6 {does not improve anything} 42. Bd4 $18) 42.
Rxa4 Kh5 (42... Rd8 {is not much help} 43. Ra6+ Kf7 44. Rd6 $18) 43. Be7 (43.
b4 $142 {and the result of the game is clear: White will win} Rb8 44. Ra6 Rg8
$18) 43... Rb8 (43... Rc8 {doesn't do any good} 44. Ra5 $18) 44. b4 Rc8 45. Bc5
Rd8 (45... Kg6 {does not help much} 46. Ra6+ Kf7 47. h4 $18) 46. Ra3 (46. b5 {
might be the shorter path} Rd5 47. Rc4 Rd3+ 48. Ke2 Rd8 $18) 46... Rd1 47. Ke2
(47. b5 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rc1 48. Bf2 Rb1 $18) 47... Rh1 (47...
Rb1 $18 {otherwise it's curtains at once}) 48. b5 Rh2+ 49. Kf1 (49. Bf2 Rh1 50.
Rb3 Kg6 51. b6 Ra1 52. b7 Ra5 53. b8=Q Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Ra8 55. Qxa8 Kg7 56. Qa7+
Kg6 57. Rb6+ Kh5 58. Qf7#) 49... Rc2 50. Bf8 (50. Be3 {
and White can already relax} Rb2 51. b6 Kh4 $18) 50... Rb2 (50... Kg6 {
does not win a prize} 51. Bb4 Rc4 52. Bc3 $18) 51. Ra6 Rb1+ 52. Ke2 Rb2+ 53.
Kd3 Kh4 54. Rh6+ Kg3 55. b6 Kxf4 56. Rh4+ Kg3 (56... Kg5 {
does not solve anything} 57. Rb4 Ra2 58. b7 Ra3+ 59. Kc2 Ra2+ 60. Kb1 Rg2 61.
b8=Q Rg1+ 62. Kc2 Rg2+ 63. Kd3 Rg4 64. Be7+ Kg6 65. Qg8+ Kh6 66. Rb6+ Rg6 67.
Qxg6#) 57. Rb4 Rxb4 (57... Ra2 {hardly improves anything} 58. b7 f4 59. b8=Q
Ra3+ 60. Kd4 Ra2 61. Rb3+ Kg2 62. Qxf4 Ra4+ 63. Bb4 Rxb4+ 64. Rxb4 Kxh3 65.
Rb3+ Kg2 66. Rg3+ Kh1 67. Qh6#) 58. Bxb4 Kxh3 (58... f4 {is no salvation} 59.
b7 Kf3 60. b8=Q Kf2 61. Qg8 Kf3 62. Qg4+ Kf2 63. Bc5+ Ke1 64. Qe2#) 59. b7 f4 (
59... Kg3 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 60. b8=Q+ f4 61.
Qg8+ Kf3 62. Bd6 Kf2 63. Bxf4 Kf1 64. Be3 Ke1 65. Qg1#) 60. b8=Q f3 (60... Kg4
{cannot change destiny} 61. Ke4 f3 62. Qf4+ Kh3 63. Qxf3+ Kh2 64. Bd6+ Kg1 65.
Qe2 Kh1 66. Qf1#) 61. Be1 f2 (61... Kg2 {is not the saving move} 62. Qg3+ Kh1
63. Ke3 f2 64. Qh3+ Kg1 65. Bxf2#) 62. Bxf2 Kg4 (62... Kg2 {
doesn't improve anything} 63. Qg3+ Kf1 64. Qg1#) 63. Ke4 (63. Qe5 Kf3 64. Qg3#)
63... Kg5 64. Qe5+ (64. Qg8+ Kh5 65. Kf5 Kh6 66. Qg6#) 64... Kg6 (64... Kh6 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 65. Qf6+ Kh5 66. Bg3 Kg4 67. Qh4#) 65. Bd4 (
65. Bc5 Kh6 66. Bf8+ Kg6 67. Qf5#) 65... Kf7 66. Qf6+ (66. Kf5 Kf8 67. Ke6 Ke8
68. Qb8#) 66... Ke8 67. Qe6+ Kf8 68. Bc5+ (68. Qd7 Kg8 69. Qg7#) 68... Kg7 69.
Kf5 Kh7 70. Qg6+ Kh8 71. Bd4# 1-0

[Event "TAO 38"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chumenchenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Huang, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "1905"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

{D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} {
156MB, Fritz9.ctg} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8
7. Nh4 (7. Na4 Nbd7 8. Ne5 h6 9. f3 Bh7 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. e3 O-O 13.
Bd3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qe6 16. g4 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4 Qg6 19. Qb3
Rab8 20. O-O-O f5 21. hxg5 hxg5 {
Grachev,B (2466)-Kornev,A (2567)/Samara 2002/CBM 089 ext/1-0 (34)}) 7... Bg4
$146 (7... Bg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bh3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13.
Bg2 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 g5 16. Rfe1 gxf4 17. e4 f3 18. Bxf3 dxe4 19. Rxe4
Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 O-O-O 21. Qc4 Qc7 22. b4 {
Bozinovic,B (2245)-Troskot,N/Zadar 1998/EXT 2000/1-0 (49)}) (7... Be6 8. f3 h6
9. g3 g5 10. Ng2 Bg7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Na4 Bf5 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 Qc7 15. O-O-O
gxh4 16. Nxh4 Bh7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 O-O-O 19. e3 Nh7 20. Be2 Ng5 21. Rdg1
Bf6 22. Be1 {Peng,Z (2425)-Flear,C (2230)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext/1-0 (35)}) 8.
h3 Bh5 (8... Be6 9. Bf4 $16) 9. f4 e6 {Consolidates f5} 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg2 Be7
12. O-O {Seems a bit risky} Nbd7 13. g5 {White threatens to win material: g5xf6
} Nh5 14. e4 Ng3 15. Nxg6 hxg6 {White has the pair of bishops} 16. Rf3 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 dxe4 {White king safety improved} 18. Rg3 Qc7 19. Bxe4 Rd8 20. Qf3 Rc8 21.
Be3 Nb8 22. Rc1 a5 23. Kg2 Na6 24. a3 {Covers b4} Qd8 25. Rc4 Nc7 26. Ra4 {
White threatens to win material: Ra4xa5} Ra8 27. Bd2 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qc3
b6 30. cxb6 Qxb6 31. Re3 Kd7 32. b3 (32. Rxa5 $5 {is an interesting alternative
} Bd6 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Re2 $14) 32... Bd6 $11 33. Qd3 (33. Rf3 f5 $11) 33...
Qb5 $15 34. Qxb5 (34. Qe2 Qxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Rhb8 $15) 34... cxb5 $17 35. Rxa5 Rxa5
(35... Bxf4 $5 36. Rxb5 Bxe3 37. Rxd5+ Kc6 38. Rc5+ Kb7 39. Bxe3 Rxa3 $17) 36.
Bxa5 $15 Bxa3 ({Weaker is} 36... Bxf4 37. Rf3 Bxg5 38. Rxf7+ Ke6 39. Rxg7 $14)
37. Rf3 Bd6 38. f5 gxf5 39. Rxf5 Ke6 40. Rf2 (40. Rf3 b4 $15) 40... Rh4 $17 41.
Bb6 Re4 (41... Rh5 $5 $17) 42. Bc5 $15 {'the bishop is the bishop!'} Bb8 43.
Ra2 Kf5 {Black threatens to win material: Kf5xg5} 44. Ra8 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "TAO 38"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "High, David"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "180"]

{119MB, RybkaII.ctg, JONATHON-5DE1DD B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2.
exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 O-O-O 6. c3 e5 7. c4 (7. Be3 exd4 (7...
e4 8. Nfd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nf6 10. Nb3 Qf5 11. N1d2 Bd6 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. g3 Rhe8
14. Rde1 Qg6 15. Rhf1 f5 16. Nc4 Be7 17. Bd2 Bf6 18. Rg1 Qf7 19. Ne3 g6 20. Kb1
Nb6 21. Rc1 Bg7 22. Rgd1 {
Mezioud,A (1989)-Stefanova,A (2499)/Ekaterinburg 2006/CBM 111 ext/0-1 (38)}) 8.
cxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Qh5 10. h3 Bd6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Qf5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. d5 Nb4
15. O-O-O Ne5 16. a3 Nbd3+ 17. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 18. Kd2 Ne5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Qxa7 h5
21. g3 Rde8 {Boudre,J (2397)-Hauchard,A (2518)/Besancon 1999/CBM 073/1-0}) 7...
Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Bb4 9. d5 Bxd2+ $146 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2
Qb6 13. O-O Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa3 15. Ra1 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Qc5 17. Nxe5 Nh6 18. Qb3
Rhe8 19. Nd3 Qd4 20. Rfb1 Kd7 21. Qa3 Kc8 22. Rxb7 Qxa1+ 23. Qxa1 Kxb7 24. Qa4
{Martorelli,A (2255)-Abergel,T (2436)/Scanno 2005/CBM 109 ext/1-0}) (9... Bxf3
10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Nc3 $11) 10. Qxd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nd4 {
A beautiful square!} 13. O-O f5 (13... Nf6 14. Rac1 $15) 14. Bd1 Nf6 15. Nb3
Nxb3 16. Bxb3 Nd7 (16... c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rad1 $15) 17. Bc2 g6 {Secures f5}
18. b4 (18. f3 Rhf8 $11) 18... e4 {Black gains space} 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Rd6
(20... b5 21. Bb3 $15) 21. Bb3 $11 Rhd8 22. c5 {
White threatens to win material: c5xd6} R6d7 23. d6 Rg7 24. dxc7 {
White has a mate threat} (24. Be6+ $142 Kb8 25. f3 $14) 24... Rxc7 $4 {
throwing away the advantage.} (24... Kxc7 $142 {would hold out} 25. Rxd8 Kxd8
$11) 25. Be6+ $18 Nd7 26. Rd6 (26. g4 $142 $5 a5 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. a3 $18)
26... Rc6 $16 27. Red1 (27. Rxc6+ $142 $5 bxc6 28. g4 fxg4 29. Rxe4 $14) 27...
Rxd6 $11 {Black has a mate threat} 28. cxd6 {White has a new passed pawn: d6.}
Re8 {Black threatens to win material: Re8xe6} (28... Kb8 29. a3 $11) 29. Rc1+
$14 Kd8 30. Bb3 (30. Bd5 Nf6 31. Bf7 $14) 30... b5 (30... Rf8 $142 $5 $11 {
must be considered}) 31. Rc7 $16 Nb6 $2 (31... a6 32. Ra7 Nf6 33. Rf7 $16) 32.
Rxa7 (32. Rxh7 a6 33. Bf7 Re5 34. Bxg6 f4 $18) 32... Nc4 (32... e3 33. fxe3
Rxe3 34. Kf2 $18) 33. Bxc4 (33. Rxh7 Nxd6 34. Rh6 e3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Rxg6 Ne4
$18) 33... bxc4 34. Rc7 $4 {
White threatens to win material: Rc7xc4. releasing the pressure on the opponent
} (34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Kf1 $18) 34... Re6 $14 {
Black threatens to win material: Re6xd6} 35. Rxc4 Rxd6 {
Black has a mate threat. .} 36. Kf1 Rd2 $2 (36... Rd1+ $142 {and Black hangs on
} 37. Ke2 Ra1 $11) 37. a4 $18 Ra2 38. b5 Ra1+ 39. Ke2 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Ra3+ $4 {
terrible, but the game is lost in any case} (40... Rb2 41. g4 $1 $18 {
Deflection: g4}) 41. Kf4 (41. Kd2 $142 $18 {and White takes home the point})
41... Ra2 $16 42. f3 exf3 (42... Rxg2 $142 $5 43. fxe4 Rxh2 $16) 43. Kxf3 $18
g5 $2 (43... Rb2 44. h3 $18) 44. h3 (44. b6 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip}
Rb2 45. a5 Rb5 $18) 44... Ra3+ 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 f4 (46... h5 {
does not win a prize} 47. b6 Rb2 48. a5 $18) 47. b6 Ra1+ (47... Rb2 {
does not solve anything} 48. Rc6 Kd7 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Rxh7 Rb1+ 51. Kf2 Rb2+
52. Kf3 Rb3+ 53. Kg4 $18) 48. Kf2 Kd7 49. Rb4 (49. Rc7+ $142 {
and White has triumphed} Kd6 50. Rc8 $18) 49... Kc8 50. b7+ {
White forks: c8, c8, c8+c8} (50. Rb5 $5 Rxa4 51. Rxg5 $18) 50... Kb8 $14 51.
Kf3 Ra2 (51... h6 52. Rb6 Rxa4 53. Rxh6 Ra3+ 54. Kf2 Kxb7 55. Rg6 Ra2+ 56. Kg1
$11) 52. h4 {Deflection: h4} Ra3+ (52... gxh4 53. Kg4 {Double attack} (53. Rxf4
{Deflection}) (53. Kg4 {Decoy})) 53. Kg4 {
White threatens to win material: Kg4xg5} Rg3+ {Black forks: g2+g4} 54. Kh5 gxh4
55. Kxh4 Rxg2 56. Kh3 {White threatens to win material: Kh3xg2} Rg3+ 57. Kh4
Rg6 58. Rxf4 Kxb7 59. Rf5 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXXVIII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mabe, Chris"]
[Black "Chumachenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "300"]

{A16: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bg4 8. Kc2 Bxf3 (8... Nd7 9. Bf4
Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. Be3 h5 12. Bh3 Bh6 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Rd2 Ke7
16. Rhd1 Rhh8 17. b4 Rhd8 18. a4 Rxd2+ 19. Rxd2 a5 20. Kb3 h4 21. Bf1 c6 22.
Ka3 Ne8 23. Bh3 {Orlov,G (2522)-Roiz,M (2544)/Internet 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (38)})
9. gxf3 Nd7 10. Bc4 (10. Be3 e5 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. f4
Rhe8 15. f5 Rg8 16. Rhg1 Ke7 17. Bg5+ f6 18. Be3 gxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. h3 Kf7
21. Rg4 Rxg4 22. hxg4 Rg8 23. Rh1 Rxg4 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 {
Nikolaidis,I (2530)-Lputian,S (2605)/Yerevan 2000/CBM 078/1/2-1/2}) 10... e5
$146 (10... e6 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bb5 Ke7 14. Bxd7 Kxd7 15. Rad1 Ke7
16. Rd4 Rac8 17. Rhd1 Rhd8 18. f4 Rc5 19. e5 d5 20. R1d3 Rdc8 21. Kd2 Rc4 22.
Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rd4 Rc7 24. Kd3 f6 25. c4 {
Sommerbauer,N (2401)-Naumann,A (2480)/Austria 2000/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2}) 11. Rd1
Nb6 12. Be2 Bc5 {Black threatens to win material: Bc5xf2} 13. Bg5 O-O {
Black castles and improves king safety} 14. b4 {
White threatens to win material: b4xc5} Bd6 15. Be3 f5 16. c4 f4 {
Black threatens to win material: f4xe3} 17. Bd2 c5 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Kb3 Bc7 (
19... Nc8 $5 $14) 20. Bc3 $16 Nd7 21. Rd2 (21. Rd5 $5 $16) 21... Nf8 $14 22.
Rad1 Ne6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. bxc5 {A minor pieces endgame occured
} Ne6 26. Kb4 h5 27. Bd1 Kf7 28. Be2 Kf6 29. Bf1 g5 30. Be2 (30. c6 Bd6+ 31.
Kb5 Nc7+ 32. Ka5 bxc6 $11) 30... Bd8 $15 31. c6 bxc6 32. Bd1 Bb6 {
Black threatens to win material: Bb6xf2} 33. Be1 Ke7 (33... g4 34. fxg4 hxg4
35. f3 gxf3 36. Bxf3 Bc5+ 37. Kc3 Bxa3 38. Kd3 $17) 34. h3 Kd6 35. Kb3 Nd4+ {
The black knight is well posted.} 36. Kb2 $2 (36. Kb4 $142 $15 {
and White is still in the game}) 36... Kc5 $19 37. Bb4+ Kxc4 38. Bd6 Nb5 (38...
Kd3 39. Bxe5 Kd2 40. Bb3 $19) 39. Bxe5 Bd4+ 40. Bxd4 Nxd4 41. Ba4 $2 (41. Kc1
Kd3 $19) 41... h4 (41... Nxf3 {and Black can already relax} 42. Bd1 Ne5 43.
Bxh5 Nd3+ 44. Kc2 Nxf2 45. e5 $19) 42. Bd1 a5 43. Ba4 $4 {
simply worsens the situation} (43. Kc1 $142 Kc3 44. e5 $19) 43... Nxf3 44. Bxc6
(44. Bd1 {there is nothing better in the position} Ne5 45. Be2+ Kd4 46. Kc1 $19
) 44... Ne5 45. Bb7 g4 46. hxg4 h3 47. Ba6+ Kd4 48. Bf1 h2 49. Bg2 Nxg4 50. f3
Ne3 51. Bh1 a4 52. Kc1 Nc4 53. Kc2 Nxa3+ 54. Kb2 Nc4+ 55. Ka2 Ke3 56. Ka1 Kf2
57. Ka2 Kg1 (57... Kg1 58. Kb1 Kxh1 $19) 0-1

[Event "TAO 38"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Campbell, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "180"]

{119MB, RybkaII.ctg, JONATHON-5DE1DD B09: Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack} 1. e4
d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} Ne8 $146 (7... c5
8. e5 (8. Kh1 a6 9. a4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe1 e5 12. Nde2 exf4 13. Nxf4 Re8
14. Qh4 Qa5 15. Nfd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Re5 17. b4 Rh5 18. Qxh5 gxh5 19. bxa5 Bxa1
20. Be3 Be5 21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Ba7 b6 {
Meyer-Gubler,T/Donaueschingen 1985/GER/1-0 (42)}) 8... Ne8 9. exd6 Nxd6 10. Be3
c4 11. Be2 b5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nd5 Qb7 14. Bf3 Nxe5 15. Nf6+ exf6 16. Bxb7 Bxb7
17. dxe5 Nf5 18. Bf2 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rad8 20. Qe1 a6 21. Rd1 Rde8 22. Rd7 {
Savereide,D (2165)-Vujosevic,S (2120)/Tbilisi 1976/MCD/1-0 (40)}) (7... e5 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bc4 c6 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. Rd2
Re8 15. Nf3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rxe4 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qf2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qe7 20. f5
Re1+ 21. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 22. Qf1 {
Lange,V (1295)-Dorn,M (1728)/Willingen 2005/CBM 106 ext/0-1}) (7... a6 8. a4 e6
9. a5 Qe7 10. Kh1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. f5 Nc5 13. fxg6 fxg6 14. Qe1 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 Rd8 16. Bg5 c6 17. Qh4 Rxd3 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Qxf6 21.
Rxf6 {1/2-1/2 Arino Lison,J-Morchon Lopez,J/Aragon 1992/TD}) (7... e5 $5 $11)
8. Be3 $16 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qe1 (10. f5 Nd6 $16) 10... c6 {Consolidates b5}
(10... exf4 11. Bxf4 Ne5 $14) 11. Rd1 (11. f5 Nd6 $16) 11... Qe7 (11... exf4
12. Bxf4 Qb6+ 13. Rf2 Qxb2 14. e5 $11) 12. fxe5 (12. f5 $142 $5 $16) 12... Nxe5
$11 {A sound move} 13. Kh1 Bg4 14. Qd2 {White has an active position} (14. Be2
Nxf3 15. gxf3 Be6 $11) 14... Rd8 (14... Nd6 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. b3 $15) 15. Qc1 (
15. Bxa7 Qb4 16. Nxe5 Bxd1 $15 (16... Bxe5 17. Qg5 Qa5 18. Qxg4 Qxa7 19. Qh4
$11)) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Qe3 {
White threatens to win material: Qe3xd4} c5 {White has a new backward pawn: d3}
20. Ne2 Rd7 21. Rd2 (21. d4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 a6 $11) 21... Nc7 $15 22. Rfd1 Rfd8
23. d4 {White threatens to win material: d4xc5} Nb5 (23... cxd4 $5 24. Rxd4
Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Ne6 $11) 24. d5 $14 {White has a new protected passed pawn: d5}
Nc7 (24... Re8 25. a4 Nd6 26. Qxc5 $14) 25. Qf4 (25. Nc3 f6 $16) 25... Qd6 26.
Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Nc3 f6 28. Na4 b6 {Controls c5} 29. Nc3 Kf7 30. a4 a6 {Covers b5}
(30... R6d7 31. Kg2 $14) 31. Rc2 (31. f4 Re8 $16) 31... c4 32. Ne2 b5 {
Black threatens to win material: b5xa4} 33. b3 $1 {Deflection: c4} bxa4 $2 (
33... cxb3 34. Rc3 {Double attack} (34. Rxc7+ {Pinning}) (34. Rxc7+ {Deflection
}) (34. Rc3 {Decoy})) 34. bxc4 (34. bxa4 Ne8 35. Rxc4 $18) 34... a3 $2 (34...
Rb6 $142 $5 35. Ra1 Rb4 $16) 35. Ra1 Rb6 36. Rxa3 Ne8 (36... Ra8 37. c5 Rb5 38.
d6 $18) 37. Kg2 (37. c5 {makes it even easier for White} Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Ra8 $18)
37... Rc8 (37... f5 38. Nd4 Ra8 39. c5 $18) 38. c5 Rb5 39. c6 Ra8 40. Rca2 a5 (
40... Rb6 41. Nd4 $18) 41. Nd4 Rb4 42. Ra4 Rxa4 43. Rxa4 Ke7 44. Ne6 Kd6 45.
Kf2 Nc7 46. Nd4 Kc5 47. Ke3 Ne8 48. Kd3 (48. Ne6+ {might be the shorter path}
Kd6 49. Kd4 g5 $18) 48... Nc7 49. Rc4+ (49. Nb3+ $5 {
makes it even easier for White} Kb6 $18) 49... Kd6 50. Kc3 Rb8 $2 (50... a4 51.
Kb2 Rb8+ 52. Ka3 f5 $18) 51. Ra4 Nb5+ (51... Rb1 {
the last chance for counterplay} 52. Nb3 h5 53. Rxa5 Ke7 $18) 52. Nxb5+ Rxb5
53. Kd4 (53. Kc4 $142 {seems even better} Rb1 54. Rxa5 Rc1+ 55. Kd3 $18) 53...
Rc5 (53... g5 $18 {praying for a miracle}) 54. f4 h5 55. e5+ fxe5+ (55... Ke7 {
does not help much} 56. Kxc5 Ke8 57. e6 Ke7 58. c7 Kf8 59. c8=Q+ Kg7 60. e7 h4
61. e8=Q g5 62. Qf5 gxf4 63. Qfg6#) 56. fxe5+ Kc7 (56... Ke7 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 57. Kxc5 Kf8 58. c7 g5 59. c8=Q+ Kg7
60. Rxa5 g4 61. Ra7+ Kg6 62. Qe6+ Kg5 63. Qf6#) 57. Kxc5 g5 (57... Kd8 {
doesn't improve anything} 58. Rxa5 Ke8 59. Ra8+ Kf7 60. c7 Kg7 61. c8=Q Kh6 62.
Qf8+ Kg5 63. Ra4 h4 64. Qf6+ Kh6 65. Rxh4#) 58. Rxa5 g4 (58... Kd8 {
does not save the day} 59. Ra8+ Ke7 60. c7 h4 61. Rg8 g4 62. c8=Q g3 63. Qe6#)
59. Ra7+ (59. Ra8 g3 60. d6#) 59... Kc8 (59... Kd8 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 60. Kd6 Ke8 61. Rd7 h4 62. c7 g3 63.
c8=Q#) 60. d6 (60. Ra8+ Kc7 61. d6#) 60... h4 (60... Kb8 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 61. Kb6 h4 62. d7 g3 63. d8=Q#) 61. Ra8#
1-0

[Event "TAO 38"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "High, Zachary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "180"]

{119MB, Fritz11.ctg, JONATHON-5DE1DD B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation
and lines with early Nc3} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3
Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. f4 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 {
Black has a new backward pawn: e6} (10... Nxf6 11. Qe2 (11. Re1 Bd6 12. Ng5 Nd4
13. Be3 h6 14. Nh3 Bd7 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. g4 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 d4 18. g5 Ng4 19. Nd5
exd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. gxh6 Nxh6 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Qxc7 Bxc7 24. Re7 Bxh3 25.
Rg1 Bd8 {
Prados Montano,A (2203)-Colovic,A (2459)/Dos Hermanas 2006/CBM 111 ext/0-1})
11... Re8 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. h3 h6 14. Rae1 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Qd1
a6 18. Bf4 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 d4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Qe5 {
1-0 Balashov,Y (2545)-Schmidt,W (2485)/Halle 1976/MCL}) 11. Qe2 $146 (11. Re1
Re8 12. Kh1 a6 13. Qe2 Nf8 14. Nd1 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf2 Nxf3 17. Qxe8 Nxe1
18. Qxe1 Be6 19. Nh3 Qd7 {
1/2-1/2 Posch,W (2180)-Enigl,K/Austria 1995/CBM 045 ext}) (11. Kh1 Nb6 12. a4
a5 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. c3 Na7 16. Be3 Nxb5 17. Bxc5 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Nd6
19. Ne5 Qc7 20. d4 b6 21. Ba3 Rd8 22. Qc6 Ra7 23. Qa4 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Nc4 25. Re2
Bd7 {Zlatkovic,M (2131)-Damjanovic,L (2156)/Belgrade 2004/CBM 098 ext/1-0 (72)}
) 11... Qe8 (11... Nb6 $5 $11 {should be examined more closely}) 12. Re1 (12.
Nb5 $142 $5 Bd8 13. Re1 $16) 12... Nb6 $14 13. Nd1 (13. a4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4+
15. Kf1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxa4 $14) 13... Bd7 14. c3 {Controls b4+d4} Rb8 (14...
Qg6 15. Be3 d4 16. Bd2 $11) 15. Nf2 $14 Qg6 16. Bh3 {
Attacks the backward pawn on e6} (16. Be3 Na4 $14) 16... Rbe8 (16... e5 17.
fxe5 (17. Nxe5 $2 Bxe5 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. fxe5 Ndxe5 $19) 17... Nxe5 18. Bf4
Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Bxh3 20. Nxh3 $11) 17. Ng4 (17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. fxe5 $11) 17... Nc8
(17... e5 $142 {is the best option Black has} 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (18... gxf6 $143
19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Nh4 $16) 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 $15) 18. Nxf6+ $16 Rxf6 19. Kh1 (19.
b4 $5 cxb4 20. cxb4 $16) 19... N8e7 20. Nh4 {
White threatens to win material: Nh4xg6} Qf7 21. Bd2 b6 22. Qg2 Nf5 23. Nxf5
exf5 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Re1 Re6 26. Qf2 Bd7 27. Bg2 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 a5 (28... d4
29. c4 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Bxe8 31. a3 $11) 29. Qd1 (29. d4 c4 $14) 29... d4 $11 {
Black gains space} 30. Qb3 Qxb3 {Black has a mate threat} 31. axb3 {
A minor pieces endgame occured} Kf7 32. Bd5+ Kf6 33. Kg2 Ne7 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne7xd5} 34. Bf3 g6 {Prevents intrusion on h5}
(34... Bc6 35. Be1 $15) 35. h3 (35. b4 cxb4 36. cxb4 a4 $11) 35... h5 (35...
Bc6 36. c4 $15) 36. Be1 $11 Be6 (36... Nc6 $142 $5 $11 {
and Black could well hope to play on}) 37. cxd4 $16 cxd4 38. Bf2 Kf7 39. Bxd4
Bxb3 (39... Nd5 $5 $16) 40. Bxb6 $18 a4 41. Kf2 (41. Bc5 Nd5 $18) 41... Ke6 (
41... Nd5 42. Ba5 $16) 42. Bc5 $18 Nd5 43. d4 (43. h4 $5 $18) 43... Nf6 $16 44.
Ke3 (44. Bc6 Ne4+ 45. Ke3 Nxg3 $16) 44... Nd5+ 45. Kd3 Nf6 (45... h4 $5 {
must definitely be considered} 46. gxh4 Nxf4+ 47. Ke3 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 Nf4 $14) 46.
Bc6 Nd7 (46... h4 47. gxh4 Nd5 48. Kd2 $16) 47. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open 37"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Campbell, William"]
[Black "Fuerstman, Leland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Rybka 2.3 32-bit  (60s)"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B02: Alekhine's Defence: Chase Variation and lines with early Nc3} {Hi, this i
s FIDE Master Ron Simpson.  I had the pleasure of analyzing a wonderful game
recently between nine year old William Campbell (1616) and Leland Fuerstman
(2000).  The game was played at The Asheboro Open XXXVII on June 7, 2008. 
Tournament Director Tom Hales announced the game as an UPSET due to the huge
difference in ratings.     Upsets are more common in one day events with
shorter time controls, but I for one have a great respect for chess warriors
looking to beat players several hundred rating points higher than themselves! 
Nine year old William was about 400 points lower, but he was all business in
his usual suit and tie.  The game was a pleasure to observe.    Leland, a NC
"Hall of Famer," life Master, and really nice guy must have been quite
confident sitting across from his much younger opponent.  After all, he had
about 400 rating points on William, and a lifetime of playing experience
stacked against just nine years of life.  William's youthful enthusiam,
however, made him one to not underestimate.   
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*********************** 
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***********************        Editor's Notes:  This game has been deeply
analyzed by Rybka 2.3.  Ron Simpson's notes will be proceeded by "Simpson:"
for the remainder of the analysis.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4 {Simpson:  William offers
a nice tactical response to Leland's Alekhine's Defense.  At first glance, it
appears that Leland can simply snatch the e-pawn.  Things are a bit trickier,
though---see 2...Nxe4 variation that follows.} d6 (2... Nxe4 3. Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.
Qh5+ g6 5. Qd5+ e6 6. Qxe4) {Simpson:  If 2...Nxe4, White recaptures the
material with a nice tactical triangulation of his queen!  The resulting
position wouldn't have been bad for Black considering his central pawns,
bishop pair, etc...however, king safety might be in question.  Who would want
to play William in such a position?} 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 b5 5. Bb3 b4 6. e5 {
Simpson:  Leland puts his young opponent to the test, and William responds
agressively!  The players have entered a position that requires accurate
calculation.    Sometimes when pieces are being attacked, we tend to focus on
lines involving their capture...but it is a good practice to approachcomplicate
d positions with a simple, straight forward solutions before looking at
complicated lines.  See 6...dxe5 variation below.} (6. Na4 Nxe4 7. Qf3 d5 8.
Ne2 e6 9. Ng3 f5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qe5 Rg8 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Qxd6
Bxd6 15. O-O-O Rf8 16. Rhf1 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rxf2 18. Rd2 Rf7 19. h3 Nd7 20. c4
bxc3 {Ak Hafizon,O-Faraj,Y (2221)/Tagaytay City 2004/CBM 099 ext/0-1}) 6...
bxc3 (6... dxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Ng4 9. Ne4 Nxe5 {Simpson:  I like Black
here, but the position still has a lot of life for white!    White has a lead
in development, and some soft pawn targets on b4 and c6.  The question is, can
white develop in order to compensate for his lost pawn??  The result of
William's 6.e5 move could have produced this position.  Many chess coaches
warn their students of the dangers of playing for tactics.  Tactics are nice
to look at, and they provide satisfying short term accomplishments...BUT in
practice it is easy to overlook simple solutions.} {Fritz 9:} 10. f4 Ng4 11.
Ke2 Nd7 12. Nh3 Ndf6 13. Nhg5 Nd5 14. Kf3 h6 15. Ba4 {[%eval -90,11]}) 7. exf6
cxb2 (7... gxf6 {Simpson:  A common theme when taking pawns is to take toward
the center.  Black would have been fine if not better with this line--with
more central pawns, and no real weaknesses.  But capturing with 7...cxb2 gave
William many chances to go wrong!} 8. bxc3) 8. fxg7 $146 {Simpson:  Leland's 6.
..bxc3 move has led to a world of calculations!  My guess is that Leland
wanted to see these lines played out.  I must confess that this was a fun line
to explore during our post game analysis!} (8. Bxb2 exf6 9. Nf3 Qe7+ 10. Qe2
Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Bg4 12. Rhd1 Be7 13. Rd3 Na6 14. a3 O-O 15. Re1 Bxf3+ 16. Rxf3
d5 17. Kf1 Bd6 18. Kg1 Rfe8 19. Rfe3 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Kf8 21. g3 Rb8 22. Kf1 Nc7 {
Hyttrek,J-Meifert,T/Neumuenster 1996/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (34)}) 8... Bxg7 {
Simpson:  Imagine having to calculate this position without the help of a
computer, and without being able to move pieces around the board:  everything
must be calculated mentally.  I believe Leland correctly calculated that Bxg7
was best.  See my example variation 8...bxa1=Q} (8... bxa1=Q 9. gxh8=Q Qa5+ 10.
Kf1 Ba6+ 11. c4 {Simpson:  And I like white a little better here.  Black must
play carefully to avoid losing a piece!} Qb4 $2 12. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 13. Bh6+ Ke8
14. Qxa1) 9. Bxb2 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 (10. c3 O-O $11) 10... Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 {
White loses the right to castle} Bb7 12. Nf3 c5 13. c3 Bh6+ 14. Kd3 Rg8 15.
Rhg1 Nd7 16. d5 Bg7 17. Rab1 a5 (17... Nb6 $5 $15) 18. c4 $11 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 a4
(19... Ba6 20. Rbb1 $11) 20. Bc2 $14 Ba6 21. Kc3 a3 {
Black threatens to win material: a3xb2} 22. Rb3 {
White threatens to win material: Rb3xa3} Rg4 23. Bd3 Bc8 24. Bxh7 {Simpson:  Le
land simply missed hanging the h-pawn.  The game continued with Leland playing
some forcing moves, but William responded correctly.  The Master's tactical
ideas were countered move for move.} (24. g3 Nf6 $14) 24... Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xh7} 25. Bd3 Ra4 $2 (25... Ne4+ 26. Bxe4
Rxe4 27. Rc1 $14) 26. Nd2 (26. Rb8 Kd8 27. Kb3 Rb4+ 28. Rxb4 cxb4 $18) 26...
Ba6 (26... Kd8 27. g3 $16) 27. Bf5 (27. Rb8+ Kd7 28. Bf5+ Kc7 29. Bxg4 Kxb8 $18
) 27... Rgxc4+ 28. Nxc4 Rxc4+ 29. Kd2 Rd4+ 30. Kc2 {Simpson:  Leland can't
take the d pawn because William's bishop and rook will deliver mate!} Rc4+ (
30... Kf8 31. Rxa3 Nxd5 32. Kc1 $16 (32. Rxa6 $6 Nb4+ 33. Kb3 Nxa6 $11)) 31.
Kb1 $18 Rb4 32. Ka1 Nxd5 33. Rxa3 Bb7 (33... Rf4 $142 $5 34. Bd3 c4 $16) 34.
Rb1 $18 e6 35. Bc2 Bc6 (35... Nf4 36. g3 Rxb1+ 37. Kxb1 $18) 36. Rxb4 Nxb4 37.
Ba4 Kd7 $2 (37... Bxa4 38. Rxa4 d5 $18) 38. h4 Kc7 (38... Bxa4 39. Rxa4 Ke7 40.
Ra7+ Kf6 $18) 39. Bxc6 Kxc6 40. Rf3 (40. h5 $142 $18 {secures the point}) 40...
f5 41. h5 Nd5 42. Rg3 c4 (42... Nf6 {is one last hope} 43. h6 Kd5 $18) 43. h6
Nf6 44. Rg6 (44. Rg7 $142 {and White can celebrate victory} Kd5 45. Rf7 Ng4 $18
) 44... Nh7 45. Rg7 (45. Kb2 $142 $18 {and White can already relax}) 45... Nf6
(45... Nf8 {the last chance for counterplay} 46. Kb2 Kc5 $18) 46. Rf7 Ng4 47.
h7 Nh6 48. Rg7 (48. Re7 Ng4 49. h8=Q Ne5 50. Qa8+ Kc5 51. Qa5+ Kd4 52. Rxe6 Nf7
53. Qxf5 d5 54. Qxf7 Kd3 55. Qb7 Kd4 56. Qb4 Kd3 57. Re3+ Kc2 58. Re2+ Kd3 59.
Qd2#) 48... c3 49. h8=Q Kd5 {Simpson:  William is well on his way to becoming
a very strong chess player!  Monthly tournaments like these are a great
training ground for serious players.  I hope to have the pleasure of reporting
more games like this.} 1-0

[Event "TAO 37"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Campbell, William"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "180"]

{119MB, Fritz11.ctg, JONATHON-5DE1DD B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2.
exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. a4 (6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. d3 e6
9. Qe2 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Nd7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Nd2 O-O 15. f3
Bh4 16. Rf1 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 Qe5 18. Nc4 Qh5 19. g4 Qg6 20. Ne5 Qf6 {
Ivanovic,B (2501)-Benkovic,P (2469)/Subotica 2003/CBM 095/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 6...
Bg4 7. h3 (7. O-O e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 Qc6 11. Bb5 axb5 12. axb5 Bxf3
13. gxf3 Qxc3 14. Rxa8 Qxc2 15. Rxb8+ Bd8 16. Qc4 Qg6+ 17. Kh2 O-O 18. Ba3 Re8
19. Rg1 Qf5 20. Qd4 c5 21. Qd6 Qd5 {
Khanamiryan,A (1877)-Boric,M (1652)/Sibenik 2007/CBM 120 ext/1-0}) 7... Bh5 8.
Qe2 $146 (8. g4 Bg6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Qe2 e6 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Qc5 13. Rde1
Qa5 14. Bb3 Bb4 15. Rhg1 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc5 18. Bxb4 Nxb3+ 19. cxb3
Qxb4 20. Qc4 Rd5 21. Kb1 Qb6 22. Qf4 Qxb3 {
Lematschko,T (2267)-Danielian,E (2437)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 102 ext/0-1 (51)})
8... Nc6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bg6 {Black threatens to win material: Bg6xe4} 11.
Qe2 e6 {Secures d5} 12. c3 {Covers b4+d4} Na5 13. Ne5 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 {
Black has the pair of bishops} Qd3 15. Ne5 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 c5 17. h4 f6 (17...
Bf5 18. d3 $15) 18. Nxg6 $11 hxg6 19. d3 Rd8 20. Bd2 Kf7 21. Rh3 Be7 22. Rah1
Rd5 23. c4 {White threatens to win material: c4xd5} Rdh5 24. g3 (24. f4 $5 $11)
24... g5 $15 25. f3 (25. Be1 g4 26. R3h2 e5 $15) 25... f5 26. Be1 (26. f4 gxh4
27. Be3 e5 $17) 26... gxh4 $17 27. f4 g5 {Begins the manoeuvre Bg7-g5-e7-f6-d4}
(27... e5 28. fxe5 g5 29. R3h2 $17) 28. fxg5 $15 Bxg5 29. gxh4 {
White has a new passed pawn: h4. Black has a new protected passed pawn: f5.}
Be7 30. Bg3 Rg8 31. Kf3 Bf6 32. b3 Bd4 {Black can be proud of that piece} 33.
Re1 Kf6 34. Bf4 Rg4 {Black threatens to win material: Rg4xh4} (34... e5 35.
Bg5+ Ke6 36. Reh1 $17) 35. Bg5+ $15 {Menacing} Kf7 36. Rg3 Rxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Bf6
38. Bxf6 Kxf6 {A rook endgame occured} 39. Re2 (39. Rh1 a5 $15) 39... e5 (39...
Rh7 $5 $17) 40. Rh2 $15 Rh8 41. Rf2 $2 (41. Kf3 $142 $5 $15 {
and White can hope to survive}) 41... f4+ $19 42. Kh3 (42. Kg4 Rg8+ 43. Kf3
Rg3+ 44. Ke2 Rh3 $19) 42... Rg8 43. Rg2 $4 {
the pressure is too much, White crumbles} (43. Rd2 $19) 43... Rxg2 44. Kxg2 a5
45. Kh2 Kg6 46. Kg2 Kh5 47. Kh3 b6 48. Kg2 Kxh4 49. Kf3 Kg5 50. Ke4 Kg4 51.
Kxe5 f3 52. Kd6 f2 53. Kc6 f1=Q 54. Kxb6 Qxd3 55. Kxc5 Qxb3 56. Kd4 (56. Kd5 {
does not help much} Kg3 57. Ke6 Qxa4 58. c5 Qc6+ 59. Ke5 Qxc5+ 60. Ke6 a4 61.
Kf6 a3 62. Ke6 a2 63. Kd7 Qd5+ 64. Kc7 a1=Q 65. Kc8 Qg7 66. Kb8 Qgb7#) 56...
Qxa4 57. Kd5 Qb4 58. c5 a4 59. c6 Qb5+ 60. Kd6 Qxc6+ $1 {
it's best to give back material.} 61. Kxc6 a3 62. Kb5 a2 63. Kb4 (63. Kc5 {
does not save the day} a1=Q 64. Kd5 Qa5+ 65. Kd6 Kf5 66. Kc6 Ke6 67. Kb7 Kd6
68. Kb8 Kc6 69. Kc8 Qc7#) 63... a1=Q 64. Kb5 Qc1 (64... Kf4 65. Kc6 Ke5 66. Kb5
Qd4 67. Kc6 Qb4 68. Kc7 Qb5 69. Kd8 Qb7 70. Ke8 Ke6 71. Kd8 Qd7#) 65. Kb4 (65.
Kb6 {doesn't change anything anymore} Qe3+ 66. Ka6 Kf3 67. Kb7 Qe6 68. Kc7 Ke4
69. Kb7 Qd6 70. Kc8 Qe7 71. Kb8 Kd5 72. Kc8 Kc6 73. Kb8 Qb7#) 65... Qc6 66. Kb3
Qc5 (66... Kf5 67. Kb4 Qd6+ 68. Kc4 Ke4 69. Kc3 Qc7+ 70. Kb4 Qb6+ 71. Kc4 Qa5
72. Kb3 Kd3 73. Kb2 Qa4 74. Kb1 Kc3 75. Kc1 Qc2#) 67. Kb2 (67. Ka4 {
cannot undo what has already been done} Kf4 68. Kb3 Qb5+ 69. Kc2 Ke4 70. Kc3
Ke3 71. Kc2 Qb4 72. Kc1 Kd3 73. Kd1 Qd2#) 67... Qc4 68. Kb1 (68. Ka3 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} Kf4 69. Kb2 Ke3 70. Ka3 Qb5 71. Ka2 Kd4 72.
Ka3 Kc3 73. Ka2 Qb2#) 68... Qe2 69. Ka1 Kf3 70. Kb1 Ke3 71. Ka1 Kd3 72. Kb1 Kc3
73. Ka1 (73. Kc1 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} Qc2#) 73... Qb2# 0-1

[Event "TAO 37"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Black "Dejong, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "180"]

{119MB, Fritz11.ctg, JONATHON-5DE1DD B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without
early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2
Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Rb1 a6 $146 {Covers b5} (10... Bd7 11. e5 (11.
Kh1 Rac8 12. Qe1 Nd4 13. Qf2 Nec6 14. a3 Nxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Bg2 Qa6 17. h3
f5 18. Kh2 b5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Ne4 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bd4 22. Qd2 d5 23. Ng5 Qd6
24. Nf3 Bg7 25. c3 d4 {Abdulghafour,Y-Powell,J/Manila 1992/TD/1-0 (56)}) 11...
dxe5 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Nxc5 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. d4 Be8 16. Na4 Qc7 17. c4 e4 18.
Ne5 Nxe5 19. cxd5 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 exf3 21. Be3 exd5 22. Nc3 Bd7 23. Qxf3 Rfe8 24.
Rbc1 Qb6 25. Nxd5 {Leimand,P (2092)-Milov,V (2592)/Zwolle 2003/CBM 093 ext/0-1}
) (10... Nd4 11. Ne2 f5 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Kh8 14. g4 Qc7 15. h3 e5 16. Qd2
Be6 17. c4 Nc6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. g5 Qf7 20. h4 e4 21. dxe4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxc4
23. b3 d5 24. Bf3 Bxe2 25. Bxe2 {
Peniska,P (2017)-Grabarczyk,S/Klatovy 2007/CBM 119 ext/1/2-1/2 (48)}) (10...
Rd8 11. a3 d5 12. Bf2 d4 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. e5 b6 15. Nd2 h5 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. h3
Rb8 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Ba8 21. Bh4 Rf8 22. Qe1 Qd7 23. Bf6 Qc7
24. Qh4 Rfc8 25. Bxg7 {
Matta,F (1841)-Chiarion,E (1636)/Bratto 2006/CBM 113 ext/1-0 (40)}) (10... Bd7
11. Ne2 a5 12. d4 $11) 11. Qd2 Nd4 (11... d5 12. Na4 Qb5 13. b3 $11 (13. Nxc5
$143 d4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 $17 (14... Qxc5 {is no comparison} 15. Nxe6 Qb4 16. c3
$18))) 12. Ne2 (12. b4 Nec6 13. e5 dxe5 (13... cxb4 $2 {is a blank shot} 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Na4 $18) (13... Nxb4 {again, the pawn cannot be taken} 14. Bxd4
cxd4 15. Ne4 $18) 14. fxe5 Nxf3+ (14... Nxb4 {
once again taking the pawn will bring Black grief} 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Ne4 $18)
15. Rxf3 Bxe5 $16) 12... Nec6 (12... a5 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 $11) 13. c3 {
Prevents intrusion on b4} (13. b4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd4 $14 (14... Nxb4 $2 {
doesn't work because of} 15. a3 $18)) 13... Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qc7 15. Rbd1 b6 16.
d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 a5 18. Rfe1 (18. Qc2 Qd7 $11) 18... Ba6 19. Qc2 Qb7 20. Bf1 (
20. Qb3 $5 $14 {is worth consideration}) 20... Bxf1 $15 21. Kxf1 Nb4 {
Black threatens to win material: Nb4xc2} 22. Qb1 Rac8 23. Rd2 Rc7 (23... d5 24.
e5 $11) 24. a3 $11 {White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Nc6 (24... Na6 25.
d5 exd5 26. Rxd5 $11) 25. Qd3 (25. d5 $5 {must be considered} Nd8 26. Kg2 $16)
25... d5 26. Rc2 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Ne7 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29. Rec1 Nf5 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf5xe3} 30. Ke2 Rd8 {
Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d4} 31. Kd3 {
White king safety dropped} Rbd7 32. Rc8 Nxe3 (32... Ne7 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Rc7
$11) 33. Rxd8+ $14 Rxd8 34. Kxe3 Rb8 35. Rc7 h6 {Secures g5} 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37.
dxe5 b5 38. b3 b4 $2 {Black gets more space} (38... Kg7 $142 $5 $14 {
should be investigated more closely}) 39. a4 $16 Rd8 (39... g5 40. fxg5 hxg5
41. Ra7 $18) 40. Rc5 $18 Rd1 $2 (40... Ra8 $142 $5 41. Kd4 g5 $18) 41. Rxa5 Rb1
42. Rb5 Rxb3+ 43. Kd4 Rb2 (43... Kf8 44. Kc5 $18) 44. Kc4 Rxh2 (44... Ra2 45.
Kb3 Ra1 46. Kxb4 $18) 45. Rxb4 Rg2 (45... g5 {doesn't do any good} 46. a5 $18)
46. Rb3 (46. a5 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Rxg3 47. Ra4 Rg1 $18) 46... Kf8
47. Kb5 (47. a5 $142 {and White can already relax} Ke7 48. a6 $18) 47... Ke7
48. Rd3 (48. a5 $5 Kd7 49. Kb6 $16) 48... Rb2+ $14 49. Ka6 f6 50. exf6+ Kxf6
51. a5 g5 52. fxg5+ hxg5 {Black has a new passed pawn: e6. .} 53. Ka7 Kf5 54.
a6 {A strong pawn} g4 55. Re3 e5 56. Ka8 Rb6 57. a7 Rb4 {
Black prepares the advance e4} 58. Rc3 Ke4 59. Rc6 Kf3 {
Black threatens to win material: Kf3xg3} 60. Rc3+ Kf2 61. Ra3 e4 62. Rc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "TAO 37"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Williams, Larry"]
[Black "McNeill, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]
[TimeControl "180"]

{119MB, Fritz11.ctg, JONATHON-5DE1DD D03: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Bg5, including
Torre Attack with early ...d5} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. e3
Be7 6. Bd3 h6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bf4 c5 (7... O-O 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nh7 10. h4 b6
11. Qh5 f5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Rdg1 c5 14. Qf3 c4 15. Be2 c3 16. Nb3 cxb2+ 17.
Kb1 Be8 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. g4 Kh8 20. g5 g6 21. h5 Rg8 22. hxg6 {
Yee,S-Courtney,H (1980)/Wanganui 2007/CBM 116 ext/1-0}) 8. c3 b6 9. Ne5 Nxe5
10. Bxe5 O-O 11. f4 Bb7 12. Qf3 Ne4 13. f5 Qc8 14. Qg4 Bg5 15. f6 Nxf6 16. Qg3
Ne8 17. h4 Bf6 18. Bf4 Kh8 19. O-O Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. e4 cxd4 {
Wesseln,K (2315)-Finegold,B (2445)/Germany 1990/GER-chT/0-1 (57)}) 7... Nxf6 8.
h3 $146 {Consolidates g4} (8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 c5 10. c3 Bd7 11. f4 Rc8 12. g4
Be8 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Ndf3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 g5 16. Bc2 Kg7 17. Qd3 Rh8 18. f5 c4 19.
Qe2 f6 20. Ng6 Bxg6 21. fxg6 Qd6 22. Rae1 Rc7 {
Peralta,E (2285)-Sedeno,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 044 ext/0-1 (43)}) 8... b6 9. c3 {
Consolidates b4} Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. b3 Rc8 13. Qe2 (13. Rc1 cxd4
14. exd4 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 $15) 13... Bd6 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. f4 $15)
14. Ndf3 (14. Rac1 Qe7 $11) 14... Bb8 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Qc7 16. a3 $15) 15.
g3 (15. Rac1 Ne4 $15) 15... Ne4 $15 {Black threatens to win material: Ne4xc3}
16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 {Black has new doubled pawns: e4+e6} 18. Nh2 (18.
Nd2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd5 $17) 18... Rfd8 $17 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Qh5 (20. h4 Bc7 $17)
20... f6 21. Ng6 Qf7 22. Nf4 Qxh5 23. Nxh5 cxd4 24. cxd4 Kf7 25. Ng4 $4 {
the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (25. g4 $142 $5 $17) 25... Ba6
(25... Rxc1 $142 {might be the shorter path} 26. Rxc1 e5 27. dxe5 fxe5 28.
Nxh6+ gxh6 29. Rc2 $19) 26. Nf4 Bxf4 $4 {forfeits the advantage} (26... Rxc1
$142 {and Black can look forward to a comfortable game} 27. Rxc1 e5 28. dxe5
fxe5 $19) 27. gxf4 $17 h5 {Black threatens to win material: h5xg4} 28. Nh2 g6
29. Nf1 Bxf1 (29... e5 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Ng3 Bxh3 33. Nxe4 $15)
30. Kxf1 $11 {A double rook endgame occured} Ke7 31. f3 exf3 32. Kf2 {
White threatens to win material: Kf2xf3} Kd7 33. Kxf3 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rc8 35.
Rxc8 Kxc8 {A pawn endgame occured} 36. Ke4 Kd7 37. d5 Kd6 38. dxe6 Kxe6 39. f5+
$4 {lets it slip away} (39. Kf3 $142 $11 {saving the game}) 39... gxf5+ $19 40.
Kf4 (40. Kf3 {there is nothing better in the position} Ke5 41. h4 $19) 40... h4
41. e4 fxe4 42. Kxe4 f5+ 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. a3 a6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. Kf3 f4 47. Kf2
Ke4 48. Ke2 (48. Ke1 {is no salvation} f3 49. Kd2 Kd4 50. Kc2 f2 51. b4 f1=Q
52. b5 a5 53. a4 Qc4+ 54. Kb2 Qxa4 55. Kc1 Kc3 56. Kb1 Qc2+ 57. Ka1 Qb2#) 48...
f3+ 49. Kf2 (49. Kd2 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Kd4 50. Kc2 f2
51. Kd2 f1=Q 52. a4 Qd3+ 53. Kc1 Kc3 54. b4 Qc2#) 49... Kf4 50. b4 (50. Ke1 {
is not the saving move} Ke3 51. Kd1 f2 52. Kc2 f1=Q 53. b4 Qg2+ 54. Kc3 b5 55.
Kb3 Qd2 56. a4 bxa4+ 57. Ka3 Qc2 58. b5 Qb3#) 50... b5 (50... b5 51. a4 bxa4
52. b5 axb5 53. Ke1 Ke3 54. Kf1 a3 55. Kg1 f2+ 56. Kg2 a2 57. Kh2 a1=Q 58. Kg2
Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "TAO 25"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Helfst, Matt"]
[Black "Jodrey, Josh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1756"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Nf6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e6 8. b3 Bd6
(8... Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. c4 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 13. Rac1 dxc4 14.
Nxc4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Rfc8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Kf1 Rd7 19. Ke2 Rad8 20.
f3 Kf8 21. Nb2 f5 22. Nb5 {
1/2-1/2 Hoi,C (2407)-Brinck Claussen,B (2359)/Copenhagen 2002/CBM 088}) 9. Bb2
O-O 10. c4 Re8 $146 (10... Bb4 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 Re8 13. f4 Qe7 14. Rf3 Rac8
15. Rh3 Red8 16. c5 Nf8 17. Rf1 Ng6 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Rd5 21.
Qf3 Nf6 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. g4 Qc7 24. g5 Ne8 25. f5 {
Watson,C-Crakanthorp,S/Melbourne 1931/EXT 2003/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 11. Rfd1 e5 12.
dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5 15. Nf3 {
White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Re8 16. Qf5 Qe7 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Rd4
h6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qc2 a6 21. Qb2 Nc7 22. Qd2 Ne6
23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Rd8 {Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd3} 25. Qc2 Rd6
26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qd2 Qxd2 {Black has a mate threat} 28. Nxd2 {
A knight endgame occured} Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 b5 31. Kd3 c5 32. g3 {
Controls f4} Kd6 33. f3 Nc7 34. Ne4+ Kc6 35. Nc3 f5 36. a3 Ne6 37. h4 g5 38.
hxg5 hxg5 39. Ne2 Kd5 40. Nc3+ Kd6 41. Ne2 Nc7 42. Nc3 Nd5 43. Nxd5 Kxd5 {
A pawn endgame occured} 44. Kc3 $4 (44. a4 $142 {is just about the only chance}
Ke5 45. e4 $15) 44... g4 $19 45. fxg4 fxg4 46. Kd3 Ke5 (46... Ke5 47. a4 Kf5
$19) (46... c4+ $142 {seems even better} 47. bxc4+ bxc4+ 48. Kc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "TAO 25"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jodrey, Joshua"]
[Black "Jones, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C05: French Tarrasch: 3...Nf6 4 e5 Nfd7, 5 f4 and 5 Bd3 sidelines} 1. e4 e6 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 f5 (8... f6
9. Bd3 fxe5 10. fxe5 Nxd4 11. O-O Bc5 12. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nxe5 14. Nf3 Nxf3
15. Qxf3 Bf6 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Rae1 Kd6 20. Qh4 Rf8
21. Qb4+ Kc7 22. Rxe6 Bxe6 23. Rc1+ {
Chernyshov,K (2470)-Cech,P (2325)/Litomysl 1996/EXT 98/1-0}) 9. Nb3 (9. Bd3 Be7
10. O-O Nb6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Kh1 Nb4 13. Bb1 a6 14. Rg1 Bb5 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. b3
a5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Nf1 g6 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. fxg5 O-O 22. h4 Nb8 23.
Nh2 Qe7 {
Thorhallsson,G (2250)-Wustefeld,E (2295)/Amsterdam 2002/CBM 089 ext/0-1 (61)})
9... Be7 10. Bd2 $146 (10. Bb5 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. Ng5
Nc4 15. Qh5 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Nc2 18. Rac1 Nxd4 19. h4 Nxb5 20. axb5
Bd7 21. Kh1 Bxb5 22. Rf4 Rc8 23. Rb1 Qb6 24. Qf3 a4 {
Staszewska,A-Szymanska,M (2056)/Polanczyk 2000/CBM 079 ext/0-1 (38)}) 10... O-O
{Black's piece can't move: c8} 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Rc1 Nb4 (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4
14. Rxc4 $11) 13. Bxb4 $16 Bxb4+ 14. Nbd2 {Black has a cramped position} (14.
Kf2 Be7 $16) 14... Bd7 15. O-O {White castles and improves king safety} Na4 {
Black threatens to win material: Na4xb2} 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Nb3 {
White threatens to win material: Nb3xa5} Qb6 18. Qe2 {
Black's piece can't move: a4} Rfc8 (18... Rac8 19. Rbc1 $14) 19. g4 Be7 (19...
fxg4 $2 {is no good because of} 20. Ng5 h6 21. Qxg4 $18) 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Rfe1
(21. Kh1 a6 $16) 21... Qe6 (21... Qh6 22. Kh1 $14) 22. Ng5 $16 Bxg5 23. fxg5
Rc4 $2 (23... Rf8 24. Qh5 $16) 24. Qg2 (24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Na5 b5 $18) 24...
Rac8 (24... Rc7 25. Rf1 g6 26. Rf4 $16) 25. Rbc1 (25. Rf1 $142 $5 Rf8 26. Rf4
$18) 25... Rxc1 $14 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Qb6 {Black pins: Qb6xd4} 28. Nb3
Be6 {Black's piece can't move: a4} 29. Qc2 g6 30. Kf2 Qc6 31. Nc5 {
White threatens to win material: Nc5xa4} (31. Na5 Qd7 32. Be2 $16) 31... Nb6 $2
(31... Nxc5 $142 $5 {is interesting} 32. Qxc5 Qxc5 33. dxc5 d4 $11) 32. Nxe6 (
32. Qb3 Bf7 $18) 32... Qxe6 33. Qc7 Qc6 (33... Qd7 34. Qb8+ Nc8 35. a4 $16) 34.
Qxc6 (34. Qd8+ $5 Kf7 35. Qh8 Nd7 36. Qxh7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Nf8 $18) 34... bxc6
35. Ba6 {Score ends due to time pressure.  Be sure to see our video section
for the exciting conclusion in living color!!} 0-1

[Event "TAO25"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jones, Craig"]
[Black "Waddell, Bobby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Re8 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10.
Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qxc5 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Qc7 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Bf3
Nd7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfe1 Nf6 19. Re5 Rae8 20. Qd2 a6 21. Rde1 b5 22. a3 Qd6
23. Qe2 {Knaak,R (2495)-Zaitsev,I (2445)/Moscow 1982/MCL/1-0 (73)}) (8... c6 9.
Nf3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. O-O c5 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. e4
dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qc7 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Re7 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qc3 21. Re1
Nf6 22. Qb5 Rfd8 23. h3 {
Mitov,B (2187)-Kosachki,V (2093)/Sofia 2004/CBM 100 ext/0-1 (48)}) 9. Bd3 Nbd7
$146 (9... c5 10. dxc5 (10. Nge2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Be6
14. Na4 Qa5 15. Rac1 c5 16. b3 Rac8 17. Nb2 Rc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e4 c4 20.
exd5 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 c3 22. Qe2 Qxd5 23. Be4 Qc5 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 {
Hafner,O-Funk,P/Lauda 1986/GER/0-1 (38)}) 10... d4 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bb5 Nd5
13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5
19. e4 Bxa2 20. g3 Be6 21. f4 f6 22. Re1 Qa5 23. Re3 Reb7 24. Ra3 {
Mertens,K (2160)-Schmidt,J (2035)/Seefeld 1997/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2}) (9... Nc6 10.
a3 Bd6 11. Nge2 a6 12. Nxd5 g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 Nxd4 15. exd4 Qxd4 16.
O-O {1-0 Gaspar,L-Frisch,G/Luxembourg 1992/EXT 2005}) 10. Nf3 b6 (10... c6 11.
a4 $14) 11. O-O (11. Bb5 c5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 cxd4 $16) 11... c5 12. Bb5
Bb7 13. Ne5 (13. Bxf6 $142 Bxf6 14. Qa4 $16) 13... g5 $2 (13... Nxe5 $142 $5 {
is noteworthy} 14. Bxe8 Nxe8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. dxe5 Qxe5 $11) 14. Bg3 (14. Nxd7
$5 Nxd7 15. Qf5 cxd4 16. exd4 Rf8 $18) 14... a6 $16 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7
{Black wins a piece} 17. Qh7+ {White forks: f7+h6} Ke6 $4 (17... Kf8 $142 $14 {
would keep Black in the game}) 18. e4 $18 dxe4 (18... Nf6 19. exd5+ Bxd5 $18)
19. d5+ Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Kxd5 (20... Nf6 {is the last straw} 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 $18)
21. Qf5+ (21. Qf5+ Ne5 22. Rfd1+ Kc6 23. Qxe4+ Kc7 24. Bxe5+ Qd6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6
26. Bxd6+ Kd8 27. Be5 Re6 28. Rd1+ Ke8 29. Qxa8+ Kf7 30. Qb7+ Kg6 31. Qe4+ Kf7
32. Qh7+ Ke8 33. Rd7 Rxe5 34. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "TAO 25"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Newsom, Gary"]
[Black "Jones, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E13: Queen's Indian/Nimzo-Indian hybrid: 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bh4 Bb4} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9.
Qc2 c5 (9... d6 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Rhg1 Qf6 14. Nd2
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 O-O-O 16. f3 Kb8 17. e4 f4 18. Bf2 c5 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Be2 Rhd8
21. h4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Ba6 23. Rc1 e5 24. d5 {
Caire,F (2038)-Lawson,E (2347)/Quebec 2004/EXT 2005/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 10. Bd3 f5
$146 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. a4 a5
16. Nb1 h5 17. Na3 g4 18. Nb5 Nf6 19. Qf2 Be4 20. Be2 Nh7 21. Qf4 Bg6 22. Nxd6+
Kf8 23. e4 Kg7 24. e5 Rhf8 25. Qe3 {
Williams,S (2288)-Lutton,J (2031)/London 2001/CBM 085 ext/1-0 (49)}) (10...
Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 cxd4 13. exd4 $14) 11. O-O (11. O-O-O Nxg3 12. hxg3
g4 $16) 11... Bxc3 (11... Nxg3 12. fxg3 g4 13. Nh4 cxd4 14. exd4 $14) 12. bxc3
$16 Nxg3 13. fxg3 g4 14. Nh4 Qg5 15. Rae1 O-O 16. d5 (16. e4 Nc6 17. exf5 cxd4
$18) 16... Na6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Nc7 $4 (19... Rf8 20. Bh7+
Kg7 21. Rxf8 Kxf8 22. dxe6 dxe6 23. Ng6+ Kg7 24. Nf4 $11) 20. Bh7+ (20. Qf2
$142 {it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} Qg7 21. Qf4 $18)
20... Kg7 $16 21. Bg6 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Rf8 23. Qd1 Qd2 24. Qb1 (24. Qxd2 $4 {
will give the opponent a chance to mate in 1} Rxf1#) 24... Rf2 $2 (24... Nxd5
$5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 $14) 25. Bh5 $18 Qc2 $4 {shortens the misery for Black} (25...
Qe3 $142 26. Rxf2 Qxf2 27. Qg6+ Kf8 $18) 26. Qe1 Rd2 (26... Qd2 {
the only chance to get some counterplay} 27. Qxf2 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Nxd5 29. cxd5
Bxd5 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rxd7 Bxa2 32. Rxa7 Bb3 $18) 27. Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "TAO 24"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blach, Noah"]
[Black "Hogue, Tanner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nf3 c5 6. e4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qb6 8.
Nb3 d6 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Bc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qd3 Nbd7 14. Bf4 O-O
15. Bf3 b6 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bb5 20. Qd2 bxc5 21.
Be3 Rab8 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qa5 24. b3 Ra8 25. Ra1 Rfb8 26. Bd2 Qb5 27. Qxb5
axb5 28. a3 Bd8 29. Rdb1 h6 30. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "TAO 24"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Holmes, Adam"]
[Black "Ivens, Ken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B72: Sicilian Dragon: 6 Be3, lines with h3+Bc4 and sidelines} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Bd7 8. g4 $146 (8. f3 Nc6
(8... O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. Bh6 b5 11. h4 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. h5
Rfd8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qh6+ Kf7 18. g4 Rh8 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Qf4
Kg7 21. Nxe7 Rad8 22. g5 Ne8 23. Nd5 {
Nuber,B (1763)-Lobmeyer,F (1522)/Willingen 2004/EXT 2005/1-0}) 9. Qd2 Rc8 10.
O-O-O h5 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. exd5 c5 15. Bc4 Bb5 16. Qe2
Qa5 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. c3 Rb8 20. Bxb5 Rb7 21. a4 Rfb8 22. c4 axb5 {
Villegas Bohorquez,J-Bolivar,J/Colombia 1999/EXT 2002/1-0 (51)}) (8. f4 Nc6 9.
O-O e5 10. Ndb5 O-O 11. Nxd6 Qc7 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Kh1 Rfd8 14. Bf4 Neg4 15.
Nxf7 Qb6 16. Nxd8 Rxd8 17. Qe1 Bc6 18. h3 Nh6 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Rxf6 Bg7 21.
Bc4+ Kh8 22. Rxg6 Qxb2 {Boszhard,L-Pothof,H/Hengelo 1994/EXT 2001/1-0}) (8. O-O
$5 $14) 8... h5 $11 9. g5 (9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Qd2 Nc6 $11) 9... Ng4 $15 10. Bxg4
(10. Bc1 Qb6 11. Nd5 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxd4 $17) 10... hxg4 $17 (10... Bxg4 $6 11.
Qd2 $11) 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. O-O $2 (12. Qd2 $5 $17) 12... Ne5 (12... Be5 13. Re1
$19) 13. f4 (13. Qe2 $142 $5 $19) 13... gxf3 14. Nxf3 (14. c3 Bg4 15. Rf2 Qd7
$19) 14... Bg4 15. Nxe5 (15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nc7+ Kd7
19. Nxb5 $19) 15... Bxd1 16. Nxf7 (16. Rxf7 {doesn't get the cat off the tree}
Bxe5 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Rxd1 Qc8 19. Rf1+ Kg8 20. Rxe5 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qh3 22. Nf6+
Kf7 23. Re7+ Kxe7 $19) 16... Qd7 17. Nxh8 Qg4+ 18. Kf2 Bf3 19. Rg1 Qxe4 20.
Nc7+ (20. Nxg6 {does not win a prize} Qxd5 21. Nf4 Qc6 $19) 20... Kd7 21. Nxa8
Bh5 22. Rg3 Be5 23. Rh3 (23. Bxa7 {a last effort to resist the inevitable}
Bxg3+ 24. hxg3 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Ke1 Qh1+ 28. Kd2 Qxa1 29.
Nb6+ Ke6 30. Na4 Qxa2 31. b3 $19) 23... Bg4 (23... Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Qg4+ 25. Rg3
Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qf3+ 27. Kh2 Qe2+ 28. Bf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kh3 Bf3 30. Nb6+ axb6 31. Rg1
Qxg1 32. g4 Qxg4+ 33. Kh2 Qg2#) 24. Rh7 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 (26. Kg2 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Bd4#) 26... Qf3+ (26... Bf3#
) 27. Kg1 Bd4# 0-1

[Event "TAO 24"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilberter, Lev"]
[Black "Parrish, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (45s)"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6
5. Bb5 Bg7 6. O-O Bg4 (6... a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Bd2 Ne8
11. Qh4 Rb8 12. b3 Nc7 13. Rae1 Nb5 14. Nd1 e6 15. Qh3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. e5
a5 18. Nf2 Rb5 19. Re2 dxe5 20. a4 Rd5 21. fxe5 {
Szell,L (2435)-Georgiev,K (2415)/Zamardi 1978/EXT 98/0-1 (53)} Bxe5 22. Rxe5
Rxe5 23. Ng4 Rh5 24. Nf6+ Qxf6 25. Rxf6 Rxh3 26. gxh3 Kg7 27. Rf1 Rd8 28. Bxa5
Rd5 29. Bb6 Rg5+ 30. Kf2 e5 31. Re1 Bxh3 32. a5 Bc8 33. c4 dxc3 34. Rc1 Rf5+
35. Ke3 Bb7 36. Rxc3 {
Szell,L (2435)-Georgiev,K (2415)/Zamardi 1978/EXT 98/0-1 (53)} Rh5 37. Rc2 Rh3+
38. Kd2 Rxh2+ 39. Kc3 Rxc2+ 40. Kxc2 Kf6 41. Kc3 Ba6 42. d4 h5 43. Kb4 e4 44.
d5 cxd5 45. Bf2 g5 46. Kc5 h4 47. b4 h3 48. Bg3 e3 49. b5 Bc8 50. a6 e2 51. Kb6
{Szell,L (2435)-Georgiev,K (2415)/Zamardi 1978/EXT 98/0-1 (53)}) 7. Bxc6+ $146
(7. d3 Nf6 (7... a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Qe1 e6 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Rb1 Qa5
13. Qf2 Ne7 14. e5 Nf5 15. exd6 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. a3 Be8 19.
b4 Qxa3 20. Rb3 {
1-0 Semenova,L (2257)-Shliahtich,G (2250)/Alushta 2002/EXT 2003}) 8. Qe1 O-O 9.
Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qh4 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 e6 12. f5 Nh5 13. Qh3 exf5 14. exf5 Qe7 15. Bd2
Nf6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bh6 Rae8 18. Ref1 d5 19. Qh4 d4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. dxe4 Qe7 {
Fogarasi,N (2162)-Brana,C/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004/1-0 (31)} 22. f6 Bxf6 23.
Rxf6 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rxf7+ Ke8 27. Rxh7 Re2 28. Rff7 Rxc2
29. Rxa7 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 {
1-0 Fogarasi,N (2162)-Brana,C/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004 (31)}) (7. Qe1 Bxf3 8.
Rxf3 e6 9. d3 Nge7 10. f5 Bd4+ 11. Kh1 Qd7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 a6 14. Bxc6
Nxc6 15. Qe2 Bg7 16. Rf2 h6 17. Bf6 h5 18. Raf1 Rg8 19. h3 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Ne5
21. Nd1 O-O-O {
Kierzek,M (2028)-Gruenenwald,E (2038)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (31)} 22.
a3 Qe7 23. Qf2 g5 24. Ne3 g4 25. Qf4 gxh3 26. gxh3 Rg7 27. Kh2 Rdg8 28. Rf8+
Kc7 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Rf2 Rg7 31. Qf6 Kd7 {
1/2-1/2 Kierzek,M (2028)-Gruenenwald,E (2038)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (31)})
7... bxc6 {Black has the pair of bishops} 8. Qe1 Nf6 9. d3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Rb8
11. e5 {White gets more space} Ng4 12. h3 {
White threatens to win material: h3xg4.} Nh6 13. g4 {White plans f5} O-O 14. f5
{White wins space} Kh8 $4 (14... dxe5 $142 {had to be tried to avoid defeat}
15. Kg2 f6 $11) (14... dxe5 $142 {saving the game} 15. Kh2 c4 $15) 15. f6 $1
$18 {a convincing end. the final nail in the coffin} exf6 (15... Bxf6 16. exf6)
16. exf6 Re8 $4 {
a blunder in a bad position. Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (16...
Bxf6 $142 17. Bxh6 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Re8 $18) (16... Bxf6 17. Bxh6 Re8 $18) 17. Qh4
(17. fxg7+ $142 {might be the shorter path} Kxg7 18. Ne4 d5 19. Qc3+ d4 20.
Qxc5 Ng8 $18) (17. fxg7+ $142 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Kxg7 18. Ne4
Rxe4 19. dxe4 Ng8 20. Qc3+ f6 $18) 17... Bf8 18. Bxh6 Rxb2 (18... Re5 {
is still a small chance} 19. Ne4 Rxb2 $18) (18... Re5 {
there is nothing else anyway} 19. Ne4 c4 $18) 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Ne4 (20. Ne4
Qd7 21. Qh6 Qxg4+ 22. hxg4 Rb1+ 23. Rxb1 Rg8 24. Nxd6 c4 25. Nxf7#) (20. Ne4 a5
21. Qh6 Rb1+ 22. Rxb1 Rg8 23. Ng5 Qxf6 24. Qxh7#) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Helton, Joe"]
[Black "Newsom, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C02: French: Advance Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3
Bd7 6. Bd3 Rc8 7. Be3 (7. a3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3
a6 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Kh1 Ne7 14. f4 g6 15. Be3 Qd8 16. Qf2 Nf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18.
Bb6 Qe7 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Ne2 Qd7 21. Nd4 Bb5 {
Klauner,T (2200)-Rivas Pastor,M (2470)/Marbella 1982/MCD/1/2-1/2 (39)}) 7...
cxd4 8. Nxd4 $146 {A comfortable square for the white knight} (8. Bxd4 Nge7 (
8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. N2f3 Qb6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14.
Qe2 a6 15. Rab1 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Qxb5+ axb5 19. Rbd1 Ke7 20.
Rd4 Rc4 21. Rfd1 Rhc8 22. a3 R8c6 23. Kf1 {
Miklos,R (1830)-Diesterweg,U (2035)/Hassloch 1999/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (37)}) 9.
Na3 Nf5 10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 a6 13. a4 Nfxd4 14. Ncxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4
Qe8 16. a5 f5 17. f4 Bc5 18. Kh1 Rf7 19. Rac1 Ba4 20. g4 g6 21. gxf5 gxf5 22.
Rg1+ Kh8 {
Kovachev,D (2066)-Timmermans,I (2213)/Port Erin 2003/CBM 096 ext/1/2-1/2 (42)})
(8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 a6 11. a3 Ne7 12. O-O Nf5 13. g4 Ne7 14. Nd2
h5 15. f3 Nc6 16. Rf2 g6 17. Nf1 Bh6 18. Ng3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 hxg4 20. fxg4 Qh4
21. Qf4 Rf8 22. Rd1 Na5 {
Terwey,M (2065)-Hobusch,A/Recklinghausen 2002/CBM 089 ext/1-0 (36)}) (8. Bxd4
$142 $5 {should be examined more closely} Nge7 9. O-O $11) 8... Nxe5 $17 9. O-O
Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. N2f3 O-O 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. f4 Ne4 (14... a6 15.
Rae1 $19) 15. Rf3 (15. c4 Rfd8 $17) 15... f6 (15... Bd6 $5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 $19)
16. Nxd7 $15 Qxd7 17. f5 exf5 (17... e5 $142 $5 18. Ne6 Ng5 19. Bxg5 e4 $17)
18. Nxf5 $11 {Black king safety dropped.} Bc5 19. Raf1 (19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Bxc5
Rxc5 $15) 19... Bxe3+ (19... Rfe8 $142 $5 $17) 20. Nxe3 $11 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on d5} ({Less advisable is} 20. Qxe3 g6 21. Nd4
Rfe8 $17) 20... Rfd8 21. Rf5 {The pressure on the isolated pawn grows. White
threatens to win material: Rf5xd5} Rc5 (21... Qc6 22. Re1 Kf8 23. Nxd5 Qc5+ 24.
Kf1 $11) 22. Rd1 (22. c4 Re8 $16) 22... Qe6 23. Rxd5 Rcxd5 24. Nxd5 Rd7 25. c4
f5 26. Qf3 Qe5 {Black threatens to win material: Qe5xb2} 27. Ne3 (27. a4 $5 $11
) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 (28. Qxd1 $5 {is worth looking at} Nf6 29. Qd2 $15)
28... Qd4+ $17 29. Qe3 $4 {strolling merrily down the path to disaster} (29.
Ne3 $142 $17) 29... Qxd1+ (29... Qxd1+ 30. Qe1 Qxe1#) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Holmes, Adam"]
[Black "Hogue, Tanner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B40: Sicilian: 2...e6, Unusual lines} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5
5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. Qe2+ (7. O-O cxd4 8. c3 Bd6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nge7
11. Rd1 dxc3 12. Nxc3 d4 13. Nb5 Be5 14. Bf4 Qb8 15. Nxd4 Bxf4 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Qxf4 Qxf4 18. gxf4 Rd8 19. Re1 Rd6 20. Re3 Kd7 {
1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V (2615)-Nunn,J (2620)/Hastings 1998/CBM 063}) 7... Be7 8. Qb5
$146 (8. dxc5 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb5 Ne4 11. Qxb7 Rc8 12. Qb5 Nxc5 13. Be3 d4
14. Bc1 Re8 15. Nbd2 a6 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qe2 Nb4 18. Nb3 Nxc2 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20.
Rb1 Bxa2 21. b4 Rc8 22. Rb2 Bc4 {
Nogueira,I (2293)-Mortensen,E (2465)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 102 ext/0-1 (36)}) (8.
dxc5 Nf6 9. O-O O-O $11) 8... Qd7 (8... a6 $5 {should be considered} 9. Qd3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 $15) 9. dxc5 $11 Qe6+ 10. Be3 (10. Kf1 $5 $11) 10... Bxf3
$15 11. Bxf3 d4 12. Qxb7 {Traps the king in the center} Rc8 13. Bd5 Qxd5 14.
Qxc8+ Nd8 15. O-O dxe3 16. b4 exf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qd1+ 18. Kg2 Qd5+ (18... Nf6 19.
Qa6 Qd5+ 20. Rf3 $17) 19. Rf3 Qe4 $4 {
not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (19...
Bf6 20. c4 Qc6 21. Qxc6+ Nxc6 $11) 20. Qf5 $4 {
White threatens to win material: Qf5xe4. White is ruining his position} (20.
Nc3 $142 {White has a promising position} Qxc2+ 21. Kh1 $18) 20... Qxb4 $17 21.
c6 Qd6 22. Rc3 Nxc6 $4 {gives the opponent new chances} (22... Ne6 $142 23. Qb5
a6 24. Qxa6 Nf6 25. Qa8+ Bd8 $17) 23. Qb5 $18 Bf6 (23... Nf6 24. Rxc6 Qd7 25.
Rc8+ Bd8 $18) 24. Rxc6 (24. Rxc6 Qd7 25. Na3 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lovelace, Randy"]
[Black "Taylor, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1704"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. h4 Nbd7 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Ne4 10. Bxg7 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Kxg7 12. Qd2 h6 13. h5 g5 14. f4 f6 15.
Qd3 Qe8 16. O-O-O Be6 17. g4 Bg8 18. Rhf1 Bh7 19. f5 e5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4
Bg8 22. Qb4 Rb8 23. Bc4 exd4 24. exd4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Qf7 26. Qa4 Rfe8 27. Rfe1
a6 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. cxb3 Kf7 30. Kd2 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Re8 32. Rg1 Ke7 33. Kd3 Kd6
34. a4 Kd5 35. Rc1 b6 36. a5 b5 37. Rc5+ Kd6 38. b4 Re7 39. d5 cxd5 40. Rc8 Re4
41. Ra8 Rxg4 42. Rxa6+ Ke5 43. Re6+ Kf4 44. Rxf6 Ke5 45. Rxh6 Kxf5 46. a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McNeill, Jonathan"]
[Black "McAdams, Jeff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1379"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (40s)"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4
Nc6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nde7 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bd3 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12.
O-O e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Bxe5 Qxc3 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bb5+ Kd8 18.
Be5 Qb4 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Rb3 Qa5 21. Qf3 Be6 22. Qxb7 Rc8 23. d5 {
Zarkovic,D (2090)-Kaps,D (2202)/Litohoto 1999/CBM 072 ext/1-0}) (8... Bxc3 9.
bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. h4 d6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bb5 dxe5 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nxe5
Qe8 16. h5 b5 17. Qf3 Rb8 18. Qg3 f4 19. Qg4 Rf5 20. h6 g6 21. c4 Nf6 22. Qe2
bxc4 23. Bc3 {Billot,D (1900)-Bizzari,F/Metz FRA 2006/The Week in Chess 603/0-1
}) 9. Bd3 $146 (9. Nb5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. Bc4 a6 13. Nd6 b5 14.
Be2 Rb8 15. O-O Bb7 16. a4 Na5 17. Qd1 Bc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd3 Bd5 20. b4 Nc4
21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Qd2 Nd5 23. Rfb1 Bxe2 {
Lutz,A (2005)-Kowarsch,H (2035)/Bayern 1997/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (64)}) 9... O-O $4
{strolling merrily down the path to disaster} (9... d6 $142 10. Qe2 d5 $16) 10.
Bxh7+ $1 $18 {Demolishes the pawn shield} Kh8 (10... Kxh7 {Decoy to h7} 11.
Ng5+) 11. Bc2 (11. Ng5 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} Nf5 12. Qh5 $18)
11... Nf5 (11... d5 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qf3 $18) 12. O-O (12. d5 $142 {
and White can already relax} Nce7 13. Ng5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 $18 (14. Bxc3 $6 Nxd5
15. Bd2 Nh6 $18)) 12... Ncxd4 $4 {a blunder in a bad position} (12... d5 $18)
13. Nxd4 g6 (13... d5 {hardly improves anything} 14. Qg4 Be7 15. Rad1 $18) 14.
Nxf5 exf5 15. Bxf5 (15. Nd5 {might be the shorter path} Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Kh7 $18)
15... d5 (15... Qh4 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 16. Bc2 d6 17. Re1 $18)
16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Nxd5 $1 {Theme: Clearance for d2-b4.} Bxd2 (17... Qxd5 {
Decoy theme: d5} 18. Bxb4) 18. Qxd2 Rc5 (18... Qh4 {
the last chance for counterplay} 19. f4 Kg7 $18) 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Nf6+ (20.
Nf6+ Qxf6 21. exf6 Rfc8 22. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiselsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Hogue, Tanner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1627"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. a4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10.
Nb3 O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. f4 Nb4 13. Bf3 Bc6 (13... Rac8 14. Rf2 e5 15. Rd2 Rfe8
16. a5 Be6 17. Ra4 Bxb3 18. cxb3 d5 19. fxe5 Nxe4 20. Nxd5 Qxe5 21. Bxe4 Qxe4
22. Bg1 Bc5 23. Nxb4 Bxg1 24. Nc2 Qe5 25. Kxg1 Qxb2 26. Nd4 Qc3 27. Nf3 Qe3+
28. Kf1 {Sokolov,A (2569)-Delchev,A (2583)/France 2003/CBM 095/1/2-1/2 (127)})
14. f5 $146 {This push gains space} (14. Nd4 d5 (14... Bd7 15. Qd2 e5 16. Nde2
Rfe8 17. a5 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Bf8 19. Ng3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Be6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5
h6 23. Ra4 Nc6 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Nb6 Rc7 26. h3 Ne5 27. Bd5 Rce7 28. Rd4 Ned7 29.
Nxd7 {
De la Villa Garcia,J (2440)-Franco Ocampos,Z (2480)/Spain 1993/TD/1/2-1/2 (31)}
) 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. g4 Qc7 20. Qf2 Nd7 21.
Rae1 Nc6 22. Ne2 Nb4 23. Nc3 Nc6 24. Ne2 Nb4 25. Nc3 {
1/2-1/2 Matsuura,H-Resende,A (2320)/Cabo Frio 1984/EXT 2000}) (14. a5 d5 15. e5
Nd7 16. Rf2 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Ned4 Nc6 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Qd3 Rac8 24. c3 g6 25. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 Hornych,C-Sager,B/MVP 2000/EXT 2001}) (14. Nd4 $5 $14) 14... d5 $11 15.
exd5 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Bg1 Rad8 19. Qg4 e5 {
Black has a new passed pawn: e5} 20. Qe4 Nb4 (20... Nf6 $5 {
should not be overlooked} 21. Qe2 Rc8 $15) 21. f6 $14 gxf6 22. c3 {
White threatens to win material: c3xb4} Nd3 23. Be3 (23. Rf3 Nf4 $14 (23...
Nxb2 $4 {the pawn is indigestible} 24. Rh3 f5 25. Qxf5 $18)) 23... f5 (23...
Kh8 24. Rab1 $17) 24. Qxf5 (24. Rxf5 Qc6 25. Qg4+ Qg6 $11) 24... Qd7 (24... Qc8
25. Qf3 f5 26. Bd4 exd4 27. Qxd3 dxc3 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. bxc3 $11) 25. Qh5 Qe6 {
Black threatens to win material: Qe6xb3} 26. Rf3 (26. Bh6 Rfe8 (26... Qxb3 {
mating quickly in 3} 27. Qg4+ Bg5 28. Qxg5+ Kh8 29. Qg7#) 27. Rf3 Kh8 (27...
Qxb3 {is to be avoided because of the following mate in 3} 28. Qg4+ Bg5 29.
Qxg5+ Kh8 30. Qg7#) (27... Nxb2 {again, the pawn cannot be taken} 28. Rg3+ Qg6
29. Rf1 $18) 28. Rxf7 Qg6 (28... Qxb3 {the knight remains invulnerable} 29.
Raf1 Nf2+ 30. R7xf2 $18) 29. Qxg6 hxg6 $14) 26... Kh8 {Loses material} (26...
Qxb3 $4 {the knight mustn't be touched} 27. Rh3 Nf2+ 28. Bxf2 $18) (26... Nxb2
$4 {it may look tempting but Black must resist capturing the pawn} 27. Rh3 Qg6
28. Rg3 $18) 27. Raf1 (27. Bh6 Rg8 (27... Qxb3 $2 {is tempting, but} 28. Bxf8
Rxf8 29. Rxd3 $18) 28. Rxf7 Rg6 $11 (28... Nxb2 $4 {will allow a snap mate in 3
} 29. Rxh7+ Kxh7 30. Bf8+ Qh6 31. Qxh6#)) 27... f6 {
Black has a new protected passed pawn: e5} (27... Qxb3 $4 {the knight is taboo}
28. Rh3 Nf2+ 29. Bxf2 $18) 28. Rh3 {White has a mate threat} Qf7 (28... Rf7
$142 29. Na5 Nxb2 30. Nxb7 Rg8 $17) 29. Rd1 $4 {
a weak move, ruining a winning position} (29. Qe2 $142 $11 {is the best chance}
) 29... Qxh5 $19 30. Rxh5 Nf2+ $3 {Clearance to allow d8-d1} 31. Bxf2 Rxd1+ 32.
Bg1 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Callis, Tracy"]
[Black "Holmes, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5.
Bg5 c5 (5... h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Ne2 Rxe3 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Qd2 Re5 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Bg3
Re8 18. Nb5 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxa7 {
Kishnev,S (2375)-Kudriashov,A (2390)/Barnaul 1988/TD/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 6. e3 dxc4
$146 (6... cxd4 7. exd4 h6 8. Bh4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Kf2 Bxc3
12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Bxd7 Kxd7
18. Nh3 Rac8 19. Rc1 Rc4 20. Nf4 Kd6 21. Rhe1 {
Hajenius,W (2023)-Aerts,E (2150)/Westerlo 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (46)}) 7. Bxc4 Qa5
8. Nge2 cxd4 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. exd4 {Black has the pair of bishops} Nd7 11. a3 {
White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Be7 12. f4 e5 $2 (12... Rg8 $142 $5 {
would allow Black to play on} 13. O-O Qb6 $14) 13. b4 (13. O-O O-O $18) 13...
Qc7 14. Qb3 O-O 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Nec3 Bd8 (16... Nb6 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. dxe5 fxe5
19. O-O $16) 17. Ne4 Qb8 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. O-O exd4 (19... Kh8 20. Qh3 b5 $18)
20. Rf3 $4 {White has an active position. forfeits the advantage} (20. Rae1
$142 $5 $18) 20... Ne5 {Black threatens to win material: Ne5xf3} (20... Kh8 21.
Qd3 f5 22. Rff1 $14 (22. Qxd4+ $143 Qe5 23. Qc3 Qxc3 24. Nexc3 Ne5 $15)) 21.
Rg3+ (21. Nef6+ Bxf6 22. Nxf6+ Kg7 $16) 21... Ng6 (21... Kh8 $142 $5 {
would keep Black in the game} 22. Ndf6 Qc7 $14 (22... Nxc4 $4 {
a terrible mistake} 23. Qxc4 Bxf6 24. Nxf6 $18)) 22. Ndf6+ $16 Kg7 23. Rf1 Qe5
$4 {another bit of territory lost} (23... Bxf6 $142 24. Nxf6 Qe5 $16) 24. Rg5
$18 Qe7 (24... Bxf6 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Bxf7 d3 $18) 25. Qd3 Bb6 (
25... Qxf6 {desperation} 26. Nxf6 Bxf6 $18) 26. Rh5 Rh8 (26... h6 {
does not win a prize} 27. Nd5 Qd8 28. Qd2 $18) 27. Nd5 Qd7 (27... Qd8 28. Nxb6
f5 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Rhxf5 Rg8 31. Ng5 Rc7 32. Ne6+ Kh8 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34. Rd5
Re8 35. Qxd4+ Rg7 36. Rd8 h6 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rf7+ Kh8 39. Rxe8+ Nf8 40.
Rexf8#) 28. Nxb6 axb6 (28... Rd8 {doesn't change anything anymore} 29. Nxd7
Rxd7 30. Qxd4+ Kf8 31. Qxd7 Bxd7 32. Rxf7+ Ke8 33. Nf6+ Kd8 34. Rxd7+ Kc8 35.
Rc5+ Kb8 36. Rd8#) 29. Rxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qxd4+ Kf8 (30... Kg8 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Bxg6 Kg8 33. Qd5+ Be6
34. Qxe6+ Kg7 35. Qf7#) 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 (31... Be6 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 32. Bxe6 Ne5 33. Qd6+ Kg7 34.
Qe7+ Nf7 35. Qxf7#) 32. Qf6+ Kg8 (32... Ke8 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} 33. Rd5 Ne7 34. Qxh8+ Kf7 35. Ng5+ Kg6
36. Qxh7+ Kf6 37. Qf7#) 33. Nd6 (33. Nd6 Be6 34. Qxe6+ Kg7 35. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holmes, Adam"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A08: King's Indian Attack} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6
6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 f6 9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 Bg4 (10... c4 11. Nf1 Bg4
12. Ne3 Bh5 13. Qd2 (13. c3 Rb8 14. g4 Bf7 15. Nh4 g6 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. Qh3 Re8
18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Rg1 Bf4 20. Bf3 Kh8 21. Nc2 b5 22. Qg2 g5 23. Nf5 Nxf5 24. gxf5
Ne7 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Ne3 Nxf5 27. Nxd5 Qd6 {
Costantini,L (2068)-Burijovich,L (2212)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 102 ext/0-1 (40)})
13... Qd7 14. b3 b5 15. Nh4 g5 16. Nxd5 gxh4 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 18. Qg5+ Rg6 19.
Qxh5 hxg3 20. hxg3 Bb4 21. Re4 Bc3 22. Rh4 Bxa1 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. bxc4 bxc4 25.
Ba3 {Gervasio,R (2336)-Santo Roman,M (2418)/Vichy 2000/EXT 2001/1-0}) 11. dxc5
$146 (11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. c3 Qd7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3
Rad8 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. Ne6 Qb6 19. Qb3 Bf7 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Nd4
Kf8 23. Rae1 Rd7 24. Bf1 Bg6 25. Bd3 Bxd3 {
Haakert,J (2315)-Kiefer,G (2240)/Germany 1990/GER-chT2/1-0 (36)}) 11... Bxc5
12. Nb3 {White threatens to win material: Nb3xc5} Bb6 13. Be3 d4 {
Black threatens to win material: d4xe3} 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. a4 a5 {
White has a cramped position} 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Qb5 {
White threatens to win material: Qb5xb6} Qc7 $4 (17... Nd5 $142 $14 {
the only rescuing move}) 18. Bf4 $18 Ne5 {Black plans d3} 19. Nxe5 (19. Bxe5 $6
fxe5 20. Nxe5 Be6 $18) 19... fxe5 20. Bxe5 (20. Rxe5 $142 {
and White can already relax} Nc8 21. h3 $18) 20... Qxc2 21. Bf4 (21. f3 $142
Be6 22. Qxb6 Qxb3 23. Bxd4 $18) 21... Qg6 $4 {solves nothing} (21... Nc8 22.
Rac1 Qg6 $16) 22. Rxe7 $18 d3 23. Rxb7 d2 (23... Bxf2+ {is not the saving move}
24. Kxf2 d2 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Nxd2 Rxd2+ 27. Kg1 $18) 24. Bd5+ (24. Qxb6 $6 {
is a weaker possibility} d1=Q+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Qd3+ 28.
Kg1 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Re8 $11) (24. Nxd2 {is impossible} Bxf2+ {
Demolition of pawn structure} 25. Kh1 Bc8 $18) 24... Be6 (24... Kh8 {
the only chance to get some counterplay} 25. Qxb6 d1=R+ 26. Rxd1 Bxd1 27. Qxg6
hxg6 $18) 25. Rxb6 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 $1 {Annihilates a defender: d5} Bxd5 {
A pinning theme} 27. Rxg6 (27. Rxg6 d1=Q+ {Theme: Double Attack} 28. Rxd1 Bxb3
29. Rgd6 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jodrey, Joshua"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C68: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, sidelines} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. d3 Qf6 7. Be3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Bd6 10. Nc3
(10. Nd2 Ne7 (10... O-O-O 11. Rfb1 f5 12. Nc4 f4 13. Bd2 Nh6 14. Bc3 Nf7 15.
Kf1 c5 16. Ke2 b5 17. Na5 Kd7 18. Bd2 Ng5 19. a3 Ne6 20. c3 Rb8 21. b4 Rhd8 22.
Nb3 Ke7 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 cxb4 25. cxb4 {
Johannesson,I (2263)-Nygren,K (2207)/Gausdal 2003/CBM 093 ext/1/2-1/2 (63)})
11. Kg2 O-O 12. Rg1 {
1/2-1/2 Velikov,P (2485)-Nogueiras,J (2495)/Plovdiv 1982/MCD}) 10... Ne7 11.
Ne2 Ng6 12. Rad1 $146 (12. d4 O-O-O 13. c3 Rhe8 14. Kh1 f6 15. Rad1 Nh4 16. Ng1
g5 17. Rd3 exd4 18. cxd4 Rd7 19. Rfd1 Rg7 20. Bd2 h5 21. Re1 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5
23. Be3 Bd6 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Ng6 {
Llaneza Vega,V-Canteli Martinez,D (2060)/Asturias 2000/EXT 2002/0-1 (46)})
12... O-O-O 13. d4 (13. Kh1 $5 $11) 13... Nh4 $15 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Bxf4 16.
Bxf4 Nf3+ {Black forks: d4+g1} 17. Kg2 Nxd4 18. c3 {
White threatens to win material: c3xd4.} Ne6 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne6xf4} 19. Be3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+
Kxd8 22. f4 g6 23. Kf3 f5 24. e5 {White gets more space} (24. exf5 gxf5 25. b3
Ke7 $17) 24... c5 $17 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 b6 27. h4 Nd8 28. a4 Ke6 29. b3 Nc6
30. c4 (30. Bf2 h6 $17) 30... h6 31. Kc3 a5 32. h5 $2 (32. Kd2 $142 $19) 32...
gxh5 33. Bf2 h4 34. Bxh4 Nd4 35. Kd3 (35. Bd8 h5 $19) 35... Nxb3 36. Bf2 Nc1+
37. Kd2 Na2 38. Bh4 Nb4 39. Bd8 Kd7 40. Bh4 Nc6 41. Kd3 (41. Ke2 {
does not help much} Nd4+ 42. Ke3 h5 $19) 41... Nd4 42. Bf2 Ne6 43. Bg3 Ke7 (
43... c6 {seems even better} 44. Ke3 $19) 44. Ke3 Kd7 (44... Nd4 {
makes it even easier for Black} 45. Bh4+ Kd7 46. Kd3 $19) 45. Kd3 Kc6 46. Bh2 (
46. Ke3 {does not solve anything} Kb7 $19) 46... Kb7 47. Bg3 c6 48. Bh2 Ka6 49.
Kc3 b5 50. Kb3 (50. Kd2 {does not improve anything} b4 $19) 50... Kb6 (50... b4
{keeps an even firmer grip} 51. Kb2 $19) 51. Bg3 (51. cxb5 {
does not win a prize} cxb5 52. axb5 Kxb5 $19) 51... Nd4+ 52. Kb2 b4 53. Bh4 Kc7
(53... h5 $142 {might be the shorter path} 54. Bf2 $19) 54. Be7 (54. Bf2 {
is no salvation} h5 $19) 54... Ne6 55. Kc2 Kd7 56. Bh4 Nxf4 57. Bf2 Ne6 58. Kd3
(58. Kd1 {is not much help} Nd4 $19) 58... h5 59. Ke2 (59. Be1 {
doesn't do any good} Nd4 60. e6+ Kxe6 $19) 59... Nd4+ 60. Kd3 Ke6 61. Bg3 b3
62. Kd2 b2 (62... b2 63. Bf2 b1=Q 64. Bxd4 cxd4 65. Ke2 Qc2+ 66. Kf3 h4 67. c5
f4 68. Kg4 Qg2+ 69. Kxh4 Kf5 70. e6 Qg4#) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McCartney, Patrick"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 e5 4. Bc4 Qe7 (4... Bd6
5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Nfg5 Nh6 7. Qf3 Qd7 8. Ng3 Nc6 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. Be6
Ncd4 12. Qxf5 Nxf5 13. Bxd7 Kxd7 14. d3 Nd4 15. Kd1 a5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Nxe6
Kxe6 18. a4 h5 19. Kd2 {
Schlindwein,R (2345)-Touzane,O (2330)/Altensteig 1993/CBM 035 ext/1-0 (43)}) 5.
Nf3 Bg4 $146 {White's piece can't move: c1} (5... Be6 6. Qe2 Bxc4 7. Qxc4 Nc6
8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Qb4 10. Nxe5 O-O-O 11. Nxf6 gxf6 12. Qg4+ {
1/2-1/2 Steyer,B (2142)-Sehn,N/Germany 2002/EXT 2004}) (5... h6 6. O-O Nf6 7.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. Re1 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qd6 13. Qf3
Bf6 14. Qxb7 Na6 15. Nc4 Nc5 16. Qxa8 Bxb2 17. Qxa7 Qf6 18. Nxb2 Ne6 19. Nc4
Nd4 20. Ne5 {Geuss,P (2068)-Fries,W/Bad Woerishofen 2002/EXT 2003/1-0}) 6. O-O
{White castles and improves king safety} Nd7 7. d3 O-O-O {
Black castles and improves king safety} 8. Be3 (8. Qe2 Nh6 $14) 8... Kb8 (8...
f5 $142 $5 {should be considered} 9. Neg5 e4 $11) 9. h3 {
White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Bh5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. b4 h6 {Secures g5}
(11... Nb6 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Qe2 $14) 12. Re1 f5 13. Bd4 e4 (13... f4 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Rxe5 $16) 14. c3 $18 Bh7 15. Qa4 Nb6 16. Qb3 (16. Qa5 $5 Nf6 $18)
16... Nf6 17. a4 (17. Bc5 Qd7 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Bxb6 Qxe5 $16) 17... Nxc4 18.
dxc4 {Black has the pair of bishops.} (18. Qxc4 $5 Bg8 19. Qb5 $16) 18... Nd7 (
18... f4 19. Nf1 $15) 19. a5 {White gets more space} Qf7 20. Ne5 (20. a6 b6 (
20... exf3 $4 {is definitely not advisable} 21. axb7 a6 22. Rxa6 Kxb7 23. Ra7+
Kc8 24. Qd1 $18) 21. Qa4 Qxc4 $14 (21... exf3 {
is impossible because of the following mating combination} 22. Qc6 Nc5 23. Bxc5
Qd5 24. cxd5 Kc8 25. Re8 Bxc5 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Qxd8#)) 20... Nxe5 $15 21. Bxe5
Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rad1 (23. Ne2 f4 24. Nd4 Rg6 $15) 23... Rhd8 (23... Rxd1
$142 $5 24. Qxd1 Qxc4 $17) 24. Rxd6 $15 Rxd6 25. Rd1 (25. b5 c5 $15) 25... f4 {
Black threatens to win material: f4xg3} (25... Rd3 26. b5 $17) 26. Nf1 (26.
Rxd6 cxd6 27. Nf1 Bg8 $15) 26... Bg8 (26... Rd3 27. b5 $17) 27. Rxd6 {
White has a mate threat} cxd6 {Black has a new backward pawn: d6} 28. Qd1 {
White threatens to win material: Qd1xd6} Qf6 (28... Qe7 29. Qd4 $15) 29. Qh5 (
29. Nd2 $5 {should be investigated more closely} Bh7 30. Nb3 $11) 29... Bf7 30.
Qe2 Bg6 (30... Qe5 $5 $17) 31. Qd2 Bf7 {Black threatens to win material: Bf7xc4
} 32. Qe2 Qe5 (32... Qxc3 $6 33. Qxe4 Qe5 34. Qd3 $11) 33. Nd2 e3 34. fxe3 fxe3
{Black has a new passed pawn: e3.} 35. Nf1 {
White threatens to win material: Nf1xe3} Qxc3 36. Qxe3 Qxb4 (36... Qxc4 $5 37.
Qe7 Qd4+ 38. Ne3 a6 $15) 37. Qe7 $11 {White has a mate threat} Qc5+ (37... Qxc4
38. Qxd6+ Kc8 39. Qf8+ Kd7 40. Qxg7 $11) 38. Kh1 (38. Ne3 a6 39. Kf2 Bxc4 40.
Qd8+ Ka7 41. Qb6+ Qxb6 42. axb6+ Kxb6 43. Nxc4+ Kc5 $11) 38... Bxc4 39. Qf8+ (
39. Ne3 $142 {and White can hope to survive} Bb3 40. Qd8+ Qc8 41. Qxd6+ Qc7 42.
Qf8+ Qc8 43. Qd6+ Qc7 44. Qf8+ Qc8 45. Qd6+ $11) 39... Kc7 $17 40. Qxg7+ (40.
Nd2 $5 Be6 41. Qxg7+ Bd7 42. Qxh6 Qxa5 43. Qe3 $19) 40... Kc6 $19 41. Qf8 Qxa5
42. Qe8+ Kc5 43. Qc8+ Kb4 44. Qxb7+ Qb6 45. Qe4 d5 46. Qe1+ Kb5 47. Nd2 (47.
Qe8+ Ka5 48. Nd2 Qf2 $17) 47... Qd4 (47... a5 $5 48. Qe8+ Qc6 49. Qe3 $19) 48.
Qe8+ Kb4 49. Nxc4 $4 {another bit of territory lost} (49. Qf8+ $142 Kc3 50. Nf3
$17) 49... dxc4 $19 (49... Kxc4 $6 50. Qa4+ Kd3 51. Qd1+ Ke4 52. Qf3+ Ke5 53.
Qh5+ Ke6 54. Qxh6+ Kd7 55. Qa6 $11) 50. Qf8+ Kb3 51. Qxh6 (51. Qf5 {
is one last hope} Qd1+ 52. Kh2 $19) 51... c3 52. Qe6+ Qc4 53. Qe3 (53. Qe5 {
does not solve anything} c2 54. Qb8+ Qb4 55. Qg3+ Kb2 56. Qg7+ Kb1 $19) 53...
a5 54. Qb6+ (54. h4 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} a4 55. Kg1 $19)
54... Qb4 55. Qe6+ Kb2 56. Kh2 (56. h4 a4 57. Kg1 c2 58. Qe2 a3 59. g3 a2 60.
Kf1 a1=Q+ 61. Kg2 Qb7+ 62. Kh3 Qah1+ 63. Kg4 Qg7+ 64. Kf4 Qd4+ 65. Kg5 Qhd5+
66. Kg6 Qg8+ 67. Kf5 Qf7+ 68. Kg5 Qdg7#) 56... a4 57. Qe2+ c2 58. Qe5+ Kb1 59.
Qf5 (59. Qg5 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} a3 60. Qe5 a2 61. Qg5 a1=Q 62.
Qe3 Qad4 63. Qg3 Qbd6 64. Qxd6 Qxd6+ 65. Kg1 c1=Q+ 66. Kf2 Qf6+ 67. Kg3 Qcf4#)
59... a3 60. g4 (60. Kg3 {does not save the day} a2 61. Qg5 a1=Q 62. h4 Qe1+
63. Kg4 Qe4+ 64. Kh3 Qc3+ 65. Kh2 Qce5+ 66. g3 Qe2+ 67. Kh3 Qf1+ 68. Kh2 Qee2#)
60... a2 (60... a2 61. Kg3 Qe1+ 62. Kf3 a1=Q 63. Qb5+ Qb2 64. Qxb2+ Kxb2 65. g5
c1=Q 66. Kg4 Qe5 67. h4 Qd1+ 68. Kh3 Qf3#) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Callis, Tracy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E68: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e4 h6
(10... Ne8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Re1 Qf7 15. Ng5 Qxc4 16. Bf1
Qb4 17. a3 Qa5 18. b4 Qd8 19. Ne6 Qf6 20. Nxf8 Nxf8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Rad1 Ng6
23. f4 e4 24. Na4 Nc7 25. Bd4 {
Strikovic,A (2478)-Villar Nieves,A (2214)/Ortigueira 2004/CBM 101 ext/1-0 (37)}
) 11. b3 (11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. b3 g5 15. Be3 g4 16. h4 Bd7
17. Re1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qc7 21. Bf4 Qa5 22. Bd2 Qb6 23.
Be3 Qa5 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Bf4 Qa5 {Vassallo Barroche,M (2470)-Hernandez Guerrero,
G (2567)/Mislata 2001/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2}) 11... c5 $146 (11... Re8 12. Rb1 Nf8
13. Ba3 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 b6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Bxb4 Qf6 19.
Nd2 Bd7 20. Nc4 Nh7 21. Rd3 Rec8 22. Rc3 a5 23. Ba3 b5 24. Nxa5 Rxc3 25. Qxc3
Ng5 26. Nc6 {
Kirchanov,A (2331)-Mikhalev,V (2183)/Novosibirsk 2001/CBM 083 ext/1-0 (36)}) (
11... a5 12. Ba3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rd2 Re8 15. f3 Nfd7 16. Rad1 Qf6 17.
Nde2 Bf8 18. Bb2 Qd8 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Nce2 b6 22. Nc1 Be6 23. Ncd3
Bc8 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Qc3 b5 26. cxb5 {
Koval,D-Kocsis,G (2290)/Sarospatak 1995/EXT 99/1-0 (37)}) (11... Nh7 12. Ba3
Ng5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. f3 Ne6 18. Ne2 c5
19. Rf1 Nd4 20. Nc3 Qh8 21. Bb2 Qh5 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Be6 24. Rcd1 b6 25.
Rd2 Rfe8 26. Qf2 {
Schneider,A (2390)-Kahn,E (2390)/Budapest 1993/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (11...
exd4 $142 $5 {has some apparent merit} 12. Nxd4 Nc5 $11) 12. dxc5 $16 Nxc5 13.
Ba3 b6 {Consolidates c5} 14. b4 {White threatens to win material: b4xc5} Nb7
15. Rac1 {White has an active position} Be6 {
Black threatens to win material: Be6xc4} 16. Qd3 Rfd8 (16... Rfc8 17. Nd5 Qd8
18. Ne3 $11) 17. Nd2 {White has an active position} (17. Bb2 Rdc8 18. Nd2 h5
$16) 17... Rac8 (17... a5 $5 $11 {should not be overlooked}) 18. Nd5 Bxd5 (
18... Qd7 19. Bb2 $16) 19. cxd5 (19. exd5 $6 a5 $11) 19... Qd7 (19... a5 20. b5
$16) 20. Qa6 $18 Rxc1 (20... Rf8 $5 $18) 21. Rxc1 (21. Bxc1 $6 Ra8 $16) 21...
Rc8 (21... Ra8 22. Nc4 Rc8 23. Qxa7 $18) 22. Qxa7 Rxc1+ (22... b5 23. Qb6 $18)
23. Bxc1 Qc7 (23... b5 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 24. Qb6 $18) 24. Nb3
h5 (24... b5 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 25. Qa6 $18) 25. Be3 Ng4 (25...
Qc8 {cannot undo what has already been done} 26. Qxb6 Ng4 27. Bh3 $18) 26. Bxb6
Qc2 (26... Qc8 {doesn't improve anything} 27. Qa4 Qc2 28. Qa8+ Bf8 29. h3 $18)
27. Qxb7 Qd1+ (27... Qxa2 {is not much help} 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qc4 $18) 28. Bf1
Nxh2 {Demolition of pawn structure} 29. Qc8+ (29. Kxh2 {
Theme: Deflection from f1} Qxf1) 29... Kh7 30. Kxh2 (30. Qc1 {
might be the shorter path} Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Qxc1 32. Nxc1 h4 33. gxh4 Bh6 $18)
30... Qxf1 31. Qc3 (31. Be3 $142 {ends the debate} Qe2 32. Qd7 Qf3 $18) 31...
h4 32. Qf3 (32. Nd2 $142 {makes it even easier for White} Qb5 33. Nc4 hxg3+ 34.
Kxg3 $18) 32... Bh6 (32... hxg3+ {does not save the day} 33. Kxg3 Kg8 34. Kh2
$18) 33. Be3 (33. Qxf7+ $142 {and White has prevailed} Bg7 34. gxh4 $18) 33...
h3 (33... Bxe3 {there is nothing else anyway} 34. Qxe3 hxg3+ 35. fxg3 Kg8 $18)
34. Nd2 (34. Nd2 Qg2+ 35. Qxg2 hxg2 36. Bxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XXI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Tiselsky, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A08: King's Indian Attack} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6
6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 Rb8 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bf4 b4 (
12... Nb6 13. h4 Na4 14. Rab1 Bb7 15. h5 c4 16. d4 b4 17. h6 g6 18. Qe3 Qd8 19.
N1h2 Nb6 20. Ng4 Nd7 21. Rbd1 b3 22. c3 bxa2 23. Ra1 Ba8 24. Rxa2 Rb3 25. Qd2
a5 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Nxg5 {
Hernandez Gallardo,F (2255)-Galiana Salom,J (2205)/Spain 1998/EXT 2002/1-0 (41)
}) (12... a5 13. h4 Ba6 14. Ne3 Qb6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Ng4 c4 17. h5 b4 18. hxg6
hxg6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Nhxf7 Nd4 21. Qg4 Rxf7 22. Be3 Bc5 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4
Rf5 25. Qxb6 Rxb6 26. f4 cxd3 27. cxd3 {
Gross,S (2310)-Kastner,V (1919)/Litomysl 2003/CBM 098 ext/1-0}) 13. h4 Ba6 14.
Ne3 $146 (14. N1h2 Qb6 15. h5 Rfc8 16. h6 g6 17. Ng4 c4 18. Bh3 Nd4 19. Nxd4
Qxd4 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 cxd3 22. cxd3 Bxd3 23. Qd1 Ra8 24. Re3 Nc5 25. Bf1
Qxb2 26. Bxd3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Qxf6 28. Rc1 Rc3 {
Piochacz,P-Lange,C (1785)/Oberhof 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 14... Rfc8 (
14... Nb6 15. h5 h6 16. Nd2 $15) 15. Ng4 (15. Nxd5 $142 $5 {
might be a viable alternative} exd5 16. e6 $14) 15... Qa5 16. Ng5 c4 {
Black wins space} 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxb8 (19. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 20.
Qxe6+ Kg7 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Qxc6 $15) 19... Rxb8 $17 (19... Nxb8 $6 20. Nxf7 {
Demolishes the pawn shield} Rc6 21. Ng5 $14) 20. Nxf7 {
Demolition of pawn structure} Nd4 (20... Kxf7 {Decoy theme: f7} 21. Qxe6+ {
Theme: Double Attack}) 21. Nh6+ Kg7 (21... Kh8 $5 22. Qe5 Qb6 23. dxc4 $19) 22.
Qe5 Nxc2 $4 {stumbles just before the finish line} (22... Qb6 $142 23. Rac1 Rf8
$17) 23. Nf5+ $1 $18 {A double attack} exf5 {Exploits the pin.} (23... Kh8 {
is the last straw} 24. Qxb8+ Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rxe6 Bc8 $18) 24. Qxe7+ Kg8
25. Qxf6 Nxe1 26. Qe6+ Kf8 (26... Kg7 {doesn't change the outcome of the game}
27. Qe5+ Kf7 28. Qxf5+ Kg8 29. Bxd5+ Qxd5 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 31. Rxe1 Rf8 32. Qe5+
Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Re7 Rf7 35. Re8+ Rf8 36. Rxf8#) 27. Qd6+ (27. Qxe1 $6 {
is not possible} Re8 28. Qd2 Qb6 $16) 27... Kg7 (27... Kg8 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 28. Bxd5+ Qxd5 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31.
Qxb8+ Kg7 32. Rxe1 c3 33. Re7+ Kg6 34. Qg8+ Kh5 35. Rxh7#) 28. Qxb8 (28. Rxe1
Qb6 29. Qe7+ Kh8 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Bxd5+ Qe6 32. Bxe6+ Kf8 33. Qf6+ Ke8 34.
Bxf5#) 28... Nxg2 (28... Nxd3 {is not the saving move} 29. Qxa7+ Kf6 30. Bf1
$18) 29. Qe5+ Kg6 (29... Kf7 {there is nothing better in the position} 30.
Qxf5+ Ke7 31. dxc4 Bxc4 $18) 30. h5+ Kf7 31. Qxf5+ Kg7 (31... Ke7 32. Qxh7+ Kd6
33. Qg6+ Kc5 34. d4+ Kxd4 35. Rd1+ Kc5 36. Rxd5+ Kxd5 37. Qf5+ Kc6 38. Qxa5 Bb5
39. Kxg2 c3 40. bxc3 Bd3 41. cxb4 Bb1 $18) 32. h6+ Kg8 33. Qf6 (33. Kxg2 Qc7
34. Re1 Bb5 35. Qxd5+ Kf8 36. Qf5+ Qf7 37. Qc5+ Kg8 38. Qxb5 Qf6 39. Qd5+ Kf8
40. Qa8+ Qd8 41. Qf3+ Kg8 42. Qg4+ Qg5 43. Qxg5+ Kh8 44. Re8#) 33... Qc7 $18 {
Black intends c3} 34. Qxa6 (34. Kxg2 Qf7 35. Qd8+ Qf8 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Qf5+ Ke8
38. Re1+ Qe7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Qxh7+ Kd6 41. Qg6+ Kc5 42. Qxa6 Kd4 43. h7 Kxd3
44. Qg6+ Kd2 45. h8=Q Kc1 46. Qhh6+ Kxb2 47. Qd2+ Ka1 48. Qc1+ Kxa2 49. Qgb1#)
34... c3 (34... cxd3 35. Kxg2 Qd7 36. Qxd3 Qe6 $18) 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Kxg2 (36.
Kxg2 Qe7 37. Qf5+ Qf7 38. Qe5 Qe7 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qxh7+ Kf6 41. Qxe7+ Kxe7 42.
h7 c2 43. Re1+ Kd7 44. h8=Q Kc7 45. Re7+ Kb6 46. Qb8+ Kc5 47. Qxa7+ Kc6 48.
Re6+ Kb5 49. Qb7+ Ka4 50. Ra6#) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Helfst, Matt"]
[Black "Jodrey, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d5 3.
d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. O-O $146 (7. Nc3 Qxb3 8. axb3 Bb4 9.
Bd2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Rfc1 Ne4 12. Be3 Bf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 O-O 15. Na4
Nd6 16. Bf4 Nb5 17. e3 Be4 18. g4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. b4 Ra6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 {
Gasztonyi,E-Barcza,G/Budapest 1957/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Nbd7 (8... Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Na6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Kxd7 12. Bf4 b6 13. Ra1 Nb4
14. Rc1 bxc5 15. dxc5 e5 16. Bh3+ Kc7 17. Bxe5+ Kb7 18. Kd2 f6 19. Bd4 Be7 20.
Rc3 Rhb8 21. Ra1 Kc7 22. Ra5 Rb7 23. Rc1 {
Alberdi Sololuze,P-Alonso Fernandez,M (2143)/Formigal 2002/EXT 2003/1-0 (70)})
9. b4 a6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Nh4 Bc2 12. f4 (12. Kd2 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f4 Be7
15. Kc2 Ng4 16. h3 Nf2 17. Rf1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. g4 Nf6 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. e3
Nd5 22. Bxe4 Rxh3 23. Rae1 f5 24. Bd3 Rh2 25. Re2 Rh3 26. Bc4 Kd7 {
Hjorth,G (2390)-Sailer,D/USA 1990/EXT 2000/1-0 (59)}) 12... Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4
14. Rf1 Be7 15. Nf3 Bf5 16. Be3 h5 17. h4 Bd8 18. Kd2 Bc7 19. Ne5 Nb8 20. Bf2
f6 21. Nd3 Nd7 {
Nemeth,A (2265)-Nikolaidis,I (2540)/Szekszard 1995/EXT 99/0-1 (36)}) 7... dxc4
(7... Nbd7 8. Nbd2 $15) 8. Qxc4 $11 h6 {Consolidates g5} (8... Bb4 9. Nbd2 $11)
9. Nc3 Be7 (9... Nbd7 10. Re1 $14) 10. Ne5 $16 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 {
White threatens to win material: e4xf5} Bg6 13. e5 {
White has a new backward pawn: d4} (13. h3 $5 $14 {
looks like a viable alternative}) 13... O-O $11 14. Qe2 Rfd8 (14... Qxd4 $2 {
doesn't lead to anything significant} 15. Rd1 Qxe5 16. Rxd7 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 $18)
15. Be3 {White has an active position} Qa5 (15... Qb4 $5 $11 {
deserves consideration}) 16. f4 $14 Nb6 17. g4 c5 18. dxc5 $4 {
hands over the advantage to the opponent.} (18. Rad1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20.
Rxd4 $11) 18... Bd3 $17 19. Qf2 Nc4 20. Kh1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bxc5 22. Qf3 Bxf1 23.
Rxf1 Bd4 (23... Rd2 $142 $5 24. g5 Rxb2 25. gxh6 g6 $19 (25... gxh6 $6 26. Ne4
$11)) 24. Ne4 $15 Qxa2 {Black has a decisive advantage} 25. Nd6 $2 (25. g5 Qxb2
26. gxh6 g6 $11) 25... Bxb2 $4 {forfeits the advantage} (25... Rd7 $5 26. b4
Qd2 27. Nxb7 $19) 26. Qxb7 (26. g5 $142 $5 {is an interesting idea} Rd7 27.
gxh6 $11) 26... Rf8 $17 27. Nxf7 {Demolition of pawn structure} Rab8 (27...
Rxf7 {Theme: Deflection from a8} 28. Qxa8+) 28. Qc7 (28. Nxh6+ gxh6 29. Qe4 Rf7
$19) 28... Rbc8 29. Qd7 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Bxc1 31. Nd8 (31. Nxh6+ gxh6 32. Be4 Rxf4
33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qxh6+ Ke7 35. Qg5+ Kd7 36. Qg7+ Kd8 37. Qh8+ Kc7 38. Qg7+ Kb6
39. Qb7+ Kc5 40. Qc6+ Kd4 $19) 31... Bxf4 (31... Qe2 32. Qf7+ Rxf7 33. h4 Qe1+
34. Kh2 Bxf4+ 35. Kh3 Qg3#) 32. Qxe6+ $19 Qxe6 33. Nxe6 Rb8 34. Bd5 Rb1+ 35.
Kg2 Bxe5 $4 {makes life more difficult.} (35... Rb2+ $142 {seems even better}
36. Kf3 Bxh2 $19) 36. Nd8+ $4 {with this move White loses his initiative} (36.
Nf4+ $142 $1 {is just about the only chance} Kh7 37. Be4+ Kg8 38. Bd5+ Kh7 39.
Be4+ Kg8 40. Bd5+ $11) 36... Kf8 $19 37. Nc6 Bb8 (37... Rb5 {
might be the shorter path} 38. Bc4 Rc5 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Ba6 $19) 38. h4 (38.
Kf3 {hardly improves anything} Rb5 39. Be4 Rb3+ 40. Ke2 Bf4 $19) 38... Ke8 (
38... Rb5 {and Black can already relax} 39. Bf3 $19) 39. Kf3 Kd7 40. Ke4 (40.
h5 $19 {no good, but what else?}) 40... Kd6 41. Nd4 (41. g5 $19 {
there is nothing better in the position}) 41... Re1+ 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huang, Kevin"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A22: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Nf6} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2
O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 d5 (7... Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nb5 Bc5 10. Bg5 c6
11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Na3 Qe7 13. e3 dxe3 14. fxe3 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 Qe2 16. d4 Bxa3
17. bxa3 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 b6 19. d5 Bb7 20. Rxf6 cxd5 21. Rdf1 Bc6 22. Bxd5 {
Greenfeld,A (2555)-Tseitlin,M (2540)/Jerusalem 1996/CBM 056/1/2-1/2}) 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 $146 (9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 (10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Qb3 a5 12. a3 Nd4 13.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 14. Nxf7 Nxe2+ 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Be3 Nd4 19.
Rac1 c6 20. Nc5 Rb8 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Be4 a4 23. b4 axb3 24. Nxb3 Ra4 {
Ovsiannikov,M (2126)-Petukhov,D (2234)/Evpatoria 2003/EXT 2005/0-1 (45)}) 10...
Qe6 11. a3 Bf8 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Nd8 14. Qc2 c6 15. d4 cxb5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. Nd3
Bd7 18. d5 Qf7 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Nc5 Bf5 21. Rfc1 Qe7 22. Qb2 Be5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 {
Lalic,B (2515)-Messing,H (2355)/Pula 1993/EXT 99/1-0 (32)}) 9... h6 {
Consolidates g5} (9... Nb6 10. Rc1 $11) 10. a3 {
White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Bf8 11. e3 {Secures d4+f4} (11. Nxd5
Qxd5 12. Rc1 Qd6 $11) 11... Nb6 {Black has an active position} 12. Qc2 Bf5 {
Black threatens to win material: Bf5xd3} 13. e4 {
White threatens to win material: e4xf5} (13. Ne4 Qd7 $15) 13... Bg4 $15 14. Be3
Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Ne2 Qe6 {Black has an active position} 17. Rac1 Rd7 (
17... a6 $5 $15 {deserves consideration}) 18. d4 $14 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 exd4 20.
Bxd4 {White has the pair of bishops.} (20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 c5 $14) 20...
Red8 (20... Nxd4 $5 {looks like a viable alternative} 21. Nxd4 Qf6 $15) 21. Nf4
$14 {White threatens to win material: Nf4xe6} Qe7 22. Bxb6 axb6 {
Opposite coloured bishops appeared} 23. Nd5 {
White threatens to win material: Nd5xe7} Qe6 24. b4 Bd6 25. Bg2 Ne7 26. Nxe7+
Bxe7 (26... Qxe7 $2 27. Bh3 $18) 27. f4 c6 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Bf3 (29. Qc3 $5
$11) 29... Qd4+ $15 30. Kf1 $4 (30. Kg2 $142 {would bring relief} Qe3 31. Rd1
Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Qxa3 33. b5 $15) 30... Qe3 $19 31. Be2 Rd2 32. Qc4 Rxe2 $1 {
Annihilates a defender: e2} 33. Qxe2 {A deflection} Qxc1+ 34. Kf2 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jodrey, Joshua"]
[Black "Holmes, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B13: Caro-Kann: Exchange Variation and Panov-Botvinnik Attack} 1. e4 c6 2. d4
d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be3 e6 9. Be2
Be7 $146 (9... Bb4 10. Rc1 (10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Qb5 O-O 13. Qxa5 Bxa5
14. O-O Rfd8 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Rac1 Ndb4 17. Be3 Bb6 18. Rfd1 Bg4 19. a3 Nd5 20.
Be2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 e5 22. Na4 e4 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. d5 Ne7 {
Gutierrez,A-Moreda,L/Bratislava 1993/TD/1-0 (33)}) 10... Qa5 (10... O-O 11. O-O
Nxe3 12. fxe3 Rc8 13. Qe1 Bd6 14. Ne4 Bb8 15. Bd3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Ne5 17. dxe5
Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qxd3 19. Nc5 Qd5 20. e4 Qxe5 21. Qe3 Bd6 22. Nd3 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1
Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Rc8 25. e5 {Estevez Jacome,J-Rodriguez,J/Oviedo 1991/EXT 97/0-1})
11. Qb3 O-O 12. O-O Nce7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. a3 Be7 16. h3 Bh5 17.
Qd3 Bg6 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20. Bc4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bh5 22. Rf1 Bf6 23. Nd3
Bxd4 24. Rfe1 {Kilicbay,M-Yilmaz,B/Urgup 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (66)}) (9... Bd6 10.
O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qh4 12. h3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. a3 Rad8 16. Qe1
Qe7 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. b4 f5 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. Qh4 Rf6 21. Nxb7 Qh2+ 22. Kf2 Rg6 23.
Ke2 Bg3 24. Qh5 {Hansen,C (2305)-Hansen,L/Randers 1990/EXT 2000/1-0 (48)}) 10.
h3 {White threatens to win material: h3xg4} (10. O-O O-O $11) 10... Bh5 11. O-O
O-O 12. Qb3 Nxc3 (12... Na5 13. Qa4 $15) 13. bxc3 $11 {
White has new hanging pawns: c3+d4} Na5 14. Qb5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 ({Not} 15. gxf3
Rc8 $15) 15... Rc8 16. Rac1 (16. Bxb7 $2 {doesn't work} Rb8 $19) 16... a6 17.
Qh5 Qc7 18. Be4 g6 {Controls f5} (18... f5 19. Bd3 $11) 19. Qf3 $14 f5 {
Black threatens to win material: f5xe4} 20. Bc2 (20. Bd3 b5 $14) 20... Nc4 {
The knight likes it on c4} (20... f4 $5 {is worth consideration} 21. Bd2 Nc4
$11) 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Rfe1 b5 {White has a new backward pawn: c3}
24. Bb3 Kg7 25. Qe2 {White threatens to win material: Qe2xe6} Rfe8 26. Bxc4 (
26. Rcd1 Qb8 $14) 26... Rxc4 $11 {Here comes the goal-getter} 27. Qe5+ (27. Qe3
$5 $11) 27... Qxe5 $15 28. Rxe5 {A double rook endgame occured} b4 {
Black threatens to win material: b4xc3} (28... Kf7 29. Rce1 $15) 29. Rc5 $11
Rc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. c4 {White has a new passed pawn: c4} Kf6 32. f4 Ke7 (
32... Rd8 33. Rd1 $11) 33. Kf2 $14 Kd6 (33... a5 34. Ke3 $14) 34. Ke3 Kc6 35.
Kd3 Kb6 (35... Rg8 36. Re1 Kd7 37. h4 $16) 36. Re1 Rc6 37. Re2 a5 38. Rb2 Kc7
39. c5 Ra6 40. Kc4 Ra8 41. Kb5 Kd7 $2 (41... Rd8 42. Rd2 (42. Kxa5 $6 Rxd4 43.
Rxb4 Rd2 $11) 42... Rb8+ 43. Kc4 $16) 42. Rb3 (42. Kb6 $5 Rd8 43. c6+ Kc8 $18)
42... Rb8+ 43. Kc4 (43. Kxa5 Ra8+ 44. Kb6 Rxa2 $16) 43... Kc6 44. a3 (44. Re3
$142 Kd7 45. h4 $16) 44... bxa3 $11 45. Rxa3 {Black has a new passed pawn: a5.}
(45. Rxb8 $4 {avaricious play} a2 46. Rb6+ Kd7 $19) 45... Rb4+ 46. Kc3 Kd5 47.
Rxa5 Rc4+ 48. Kd3 Rxd4+ {Black forks: d3+f4.} 49. Ke3 Re4+ 50. Kf3 Rc4 {
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn. Black threatens to win material: Rc4xc5}
51. Ra7 {White threatens to win material: Ra7xh7} Rc3+ 52. Kf2 Rxc5 53. Rxh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open XX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malugu, Satyajit"]
[Black "Graves, Dr. Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3
d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 g5 $146 (9... Bd7 10. h3 (
10. Be3 b5 11. Bb3 Nf6 12. Rac1 O-O 13. h3 Qb8 14. g4 b4 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Nb6
Rad8 17. Bc2 Nb8 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. f3 Nbd7 20. Nbc4 Bb5 21. g5 Nh5 22. f4 g6 23.
Qg4 d5 24. exd5 exd5 {Novotny,J-Langner,L (2380)/CSR 1991/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (35)
}) (10. Bf4 e5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. h3 O-O 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Bd5 b5 15. a3 Na5 16.
Nd2 Be6 17. b4 Nc6 18. Nb3 Qd7 19. Rc2 Bd8 20. Qd3 Ne7 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd2
Rc6 23. Rdc1 Bb6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 {
Parma,B-Eliskases,E/Mar del Plata 1962/MCD/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 10... Qc7 (10... Rc8
11. a3 Qc7 12. Ba2 Nf6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 Bc6 17.
Rd3 O-O 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Rf1 b5 20. f4 a5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qh5 23. Qe1 Nd7
24. Rd3 b4 {0-1 Garcia,R-Quinones,O/Fortaleza 1963/EXT 2000}) 11. Bf4 Rd8 12.
Rac1 Qb8 13. e5 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 h5 16. Qd2 Qa7 17. a3 Kf8 18. Bg5 Kg7 19.
Qf4 Rf8 20. Bxe7 Ncxe7 21. Ne2 Qb8 22. Ned4 Qd8 23. Ng5 Rh6 24. Rc3 {
Gutierrez,J-Salas Romo,J/Santiago 1957/MCL/1-0 (32)}) (9... Qc7 10. Bf4 $11)
10. Be3 {Black has a cramped position} (10. e5 d5 $14) 10... h5 {
Black is behind in development.} (10... g4 $5 {should be considered} 11. Nd4
Ne5 $14) 11. e5 $16 d5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 (13... Bg4 $5 $16) 14. Nf6+
$18 {Clearance to allow d1-d8} Bxf6 (14... Nxf6 15. Rxd8+ {Theme: Double Attack
}) 15. Rxd8+ {A double attack} Bxd8 16. Bxg5 Bg4 17. Be3 (17. Qd3 Be7 $16)
17... Nge7 18. h3 Bxf3 (18... Be6 19. Bg5 $14) 19. Qxf3 Bc7 20. e6 (20. Re1 $5
Bxe5 21. Bc5 $16) 20... fxe6 $14 21. Qe4 (21. Rd1 Rd8 $11) 21... e5 (21...
O-O-O 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Re1 $11) 22. b4 Rd8 (22... O-O 23. Rb1 $14) 23. a4 $16
Rd5 24. Rc1 (24. Qc4 Bd6 25. b5 Nb4 $16) 24... Bd6 $14 25. Rc4 (25. Rb1 $5 $14
{should be investigated more closely}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open XX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mattison, Henry"]
[Black "Taylor, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B73: Sicilian Dragon: Classical System without 9 Nb3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f4
a5 $146 (10... Qa5 11. Bf3 (11. a3 Rb8 12. b4 Qc7 13. Qd2 a5 14. Rab1 axb4 15.
axb4 Ra8 16. Bf3 Ra3 17. b5 Qa5 18. Ne2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 cxb5 20. Nc3 Be6 21. Nxb5
Ra2 22. Rfc1 Rc8 23. Nc3 Ra3 24. Nd1 Ra4 25. Rb4 Rxb4 {
Sturma,M (2095)-Rossi,C (2361)/Arco 1999/EXT 2000/0-1 (33)}) 11... Rb8 (11...
Ba6 12. Re1 Rab8 13. Rb1 Bc4 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Rfd8 16. Qc1 Nd5 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. b4 Rxb4 19. Rxb4 Qxb4 20. Bxa7 Ra8 21. c3 Qa5 22. Bd4 Bxf3 23. gxf3
Qd5 24. Qe3 Rxa2 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 {
Randisi,A-Delmont,J (2056)/Guingamp 1999/EXT 2002/0-1 (62)}) 12. Rb1 Be6 13. a3
Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Kh1 Nb6 17. b3 a5 18. g4 d5 19. e5 Qa7 20. Qg2
Bc8 21. Ne2 a4 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Rbe1 e6 24. Bb4 Ba6 25. Rg1 {
Kalla,C-Schugal,M/Bergneustadt 2001/EXT 2002/0-1 (46)}) (10... Nd7 11. Qd2 Nb6
12. Rad1 Be6 13. b3 f5 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Ne2 fxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Bf3 c5 18. Bf2
Rac8 19. Rfe1 Bf7 20. Bg3 Qd7 21. Nc1 d4 22. Nd3 Bd5 23. Bxd5+ Nxd5 24. Ne5 Qf5
25. Nc4 {Marchenko,A-Sysoenko,A (2188)/Alushta 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (38)}) (10...
Bb7 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rab1 Rfd8 14. Qf2 Nd7 15. Qh4 Bf6 16. Qg3 Nb6
17. f5 Nc4 18. Bf4 Rab8 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Bg4 Ba6 21. Be6+ Kg7 22. Nd5 Qa5 23.
Nxf6 exf6 24. Bh6+ Kxh6 25. Qh4+ {Lingelmann,A-Krege,S/Kassel 1998/EXT 99/1-0})
11. Bf3 Qc7 12. g4 (12. Rb1 $5 $11) 12... Rb8 {
Black threatens to win material: Rb8xb2} 13. g5 {
White threatens to win material: g5xf6} Nd7 {Black has a cramped position} 14.
Rb1 Ba6 {Black threatens to win material: Ba6xf1} 15. Rf2 Nb6 (15... Kh8 16.
Qd2 $15) 16. Bd4 $11 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bc5 {
White threatens to win material: Bc5xf8. The bishop likes it on c5} Rfd8 {
Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd1} 19. Qe1 Nc4 (19... h6 20. Qc1 Nd7 21.
Be7 $11) 20. b3 {White threatens to win material: b3xc4} (20. Be2 Qc8 $16)
20... Nd6 21. Bg4 (21. Qe3 Nb5 $16) 21... Nb5 22. Nxb5 (22. Qe3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3
h6 $16) 22... cxb5 $11 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. Bxc8 Rdxc8 (24... Rbxc8 $2 25. Bb6 Qc6
26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Qf3 $18) ({Worse is} 24... Qxc8 25. Rbf1 Rd7 26. c3 $14) 25.
b4 (25. Rd1 b4 $14) 25... a4 {Black gains space} (25... axb4 $5 {
deserves consideration} 26. Bxb4 Qd7 $11) 26. Rbf1 Rb7 $2 (26... Bf8 27. Rxf7
Bxc5 28. bxc5 Qxc5 29. Rf8+ Qxf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qa3+ Kg8 $16) 27. h4 $4 {
allows the opponent back into the game} (27. Rxf7 $142 {
and White could have gained the advantage} Qc6 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Qd3 $18) 27...
Qc6 $11 28. Qf3 Qe6 {Black threatens to win material: Qe6xa2} (28... Rd7 $142
$11) 29. Rh2 {White prepares the advance h5} (29. h5 $142 $14 {
and White could well hope to play on}) 29... Qxa2 $17 30. h5 Qe6 31. Qg3 (31.
Rhf2 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Rd8 $17) 31... Bf8 32. hxg6 (32. Bxf8 Rxf8 (32... Kxf8 $6
33. hxg6 Qxg6 34. Qxe5 $11) 33. c3 Rd7 $19) 32... fxg6 (32... Bxc5+ 33. bxc5
fxg6 34. Rf6 $19) 33. Rf6 (33. Bxf8 Rxf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 33... Bxc5+ $19
34. bxc5 Qe7 35. c6 Qc5+ 36. Rhf2 Rbc7 (36... Ra7 37. Kh1 $17) 37. Qh3 Qe7 (
37... Re8 38. c3 $17) 38. Kh2 (38. Kh1 $142 Re8 39. Qc3 $15) 38... a3 (38...
Rxc6 $142 39. Rf7 {Theme: Double Attack} Qxf7 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 (40... Rxc2+ $6 41.
Kg1 Kxf7 42. Qd7+ Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Qd6+ Ke8 45. Qe6+ Kd8 46. Qd6+ Ke8 47.
Qe6+ Kf8 48. Qd6+ Kg7 49. Qf6+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kh8 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ $11) 41.
Qxh7+ Ke8 $17) 39. Rf7 $14 {A double attack} Qxf7 40. Rxf7 {
White has a mate threat} Rxf7 $4 (40... Kxf7 41. Qxh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43.
Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qxg6+ Kf8 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kf8 47. Qd6+ Kf7 48. Qxa3 Rxc6 49.
Qf3+ Kg6 50. Qf5+ Kh5 51. g6+ Kh6 52. Qh3+ Kxg6 53. Qf5+ Kh6 54. Qxe5 Rxc2+ 55.
Kg3 R2c3+ 56. Kg4 Rg8+ 57. Kh4 Rc4 $11) 41. Qxc8+ $18 (41. Qxc8+ Kg7 42. c7 $18
) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Parrish, Jacob"]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "FM Ron Simpson, Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3
Bb7} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 Bb7 {Simpson:  This game developed
along normal Queens Indian lines. I believe 4....Bb7 is normal but maybe I
should have played d5 or Ba6, pressuring the c-pawn.} 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
e3 {Simpson:  I believe white should play 7.Qc2 with the idea of a timely e4.}
Be7 {Simpson:  I was thinking about 7....Nxc3   8.bxc3  c5 and  I believe
black is fine. But I didn't feel any danger by keeping my knight on d5.} 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. e4 (11. Nxd5 exd5 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2 Bf6 14.
Ne5 g6 15. f4 Bg7 16. a4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 f6 18. dxc5 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. cxb6
axb6 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rf1 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2735)-Hjartarson,J (2550)/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 026}) (11. Qe2
Nd7 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. a4 Rac8 15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. c4 Bf6 17. a5 h6 18.
axb6 axb6 19. Nd2 Red8 20. Rac1 cxd4 21. exd4 Nf8 22. Qg4 g6 23. Ne4 Bg7 24.
Qh4 g5 25. Qh3 Ng6 {Roos,D (2411)-Lutz,C (2597)/Belfort 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (53)}
) 11... cxd4 12. Nb5 $146 {White threatens to win material: Nb5xd4} (12. Nxd5
exd5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Nxd4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qh5 Rf5 18. Bxf5
exf5 19. Be3 g6 20. Qf3 Qc8 21. Bd4 Qe6 22. Rac1 Ba6 23. Qe3 Bb5 24. Rc3 Bd7
25. Rec1 Bd8 26. Qh6 a5 {
Ayupov,D (2347)-Borsuk,K/St Petersburg 2002/CBM 086 ext/1-0 (31)}) (12. Nxd5
exd5 13. e5 Nc6 $16) 12... Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 13. e5
{White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Nd5 14. Nbxd4 Nc6 {Simpson:  I
blundered with 14....Nc6 ?  Jacob could have simply won my h-pawn.  However he
elected to play 16. Qe2.  with the idea of trying to setup a mate with the
Queen and Bishop along the b1-h7 diagonal.  (Editor's note see Fritz variation
9:2 below).} (14... Nd7 $5 $11 {must be considered}) 15. Nxc6 $16 ({Fritz 9: 1)
} 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Bb5 Qc8 20. Qg3 Rf7 21.
Bg5 f4 22. Qh4 Qc7 {[%eval 87,0]}) ({Fritz 9: 2)} 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6
17. Qc2+ Kg8 18. Qxc6 Rc8 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Qg4 Qc4 21. Qh5 Qb5 22. Re1 Rfd8 {
[%eval 84,10]}) 15... Bxc6 16. Qe2 (16. Nd4 $5 Bd7 17. Qf3 $16) 16... Qd7 17.
Rd1 Ba4 {Black threatens to win material: Ba4xd1} 18. Qe4 $4 {
With 18. Qe4  the game is lost for him. . weakening the position} (18. Re1 $142
$14 {is the best option White has}) 18... f5 $1 $17 {Theme: Clearance for f8-f5
} 19. Qe2 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Rfd8 21. Qb3 Nc7 22. Bc2 Qd5 23. Bg5 $2 (23. Bd2 $142
$17) 23... Bxg5 $19 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 (24... exd5 $6 25. Nxg5 g6 26. Rd1 $19) (
24... Nxd5 $6 25. Nxg5 Nf4 26. Bb3 $19) 25. Nxg5 Rxe5 26. Re1 $4 (26. b4 $19)
26... Rxe1# {Simpson:  The game ended with a speed chess type move! Jacob
played 26.Re1?  At first I thought he made a mistake and his hand slipped. But
judging from his body language and facial expression I realized this was
intentional.} 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simpson, Ron"]
[Black "Callis, Tracy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2
O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. b3 Re8 9. Qc2 (9. h3 e5 10. Be3 Qe7 11.
Rc1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bh6 13. e3 a5 14. g4 Bf8 15. Na4 h5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Ba1 Rb8
18. Nd4 Bg7 19. Nf5 gxf5 20. Qxh5 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Ne5 22. Rad1 Ng6 23. Qh6 Be6 {
Sibilio,M (2370)-Cazzaniga,W (2125)/Porto San Giorgio 2001/EXT 2002/1-0 (64)})
9... e5 (9... Qc7 10. Rd1 b5 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. c5 dxc5 14. dxc5 Nbd7
15. b4 a5 16. a3 a4 17. h3 Nf8 18. e3 Bf5 19. e4 Be6 20. Ne2 Rbd8 21. Nd4 Bc8
22. e5 Nd5 23. N2f3 Ne6 24. Nxe6 {
Dorfman,J (2520)-Itkis,B (2295)/Tallinn 1988/EXT 2000/1-0 (31)}) 10. Ba3 Qc7
11. e3 a6 $146 {Controls b5} (11... Bf8 12. Rac1 Ng4 13. Rfd1 f5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. c5 e4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Bf1 Qg7 19. Be2 Qh6 20. b4 Nfd7 21.
Qb3+ Kh8 22. Ne6 Nf6 23. Nc7 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 exf3 25. Qf7 Qh3 {
0-1 Apsenieks,F-Havasi,K/Paris 1924/HCL}) 12. Rfd1 Bf8 {
Black's piece can't move: c8} (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bb2 $11) 13. Rac1
Nb6 (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 h6 15. Bb2 $14) 14. Bxd6 (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8
$16) 14... Bxd6 ({Worse is} 14... Qxd6 15. dxe5 Qe6 16. exf6 $16) 15. c5 Bxc5
16. dxc5 Nbd5 17. Ng5 h6 (17... Qe7 18. Nge4 Bf5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. e4 $14) 18.
Nge4 $16 ({Weaker is} 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 $17) 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5
20. Qc4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 (21. Qxe4 $6 Rad8 $11) 21... Ne7 (21... Rad8 22. Bxd5
cxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 $16) 22. Rd6 b5 23. Qd3 f5 $4 {
but even a better move would not have saved the game} (23... Qa5 $142 24. Bxc6
Nxc6 25. Rxc6 Red8 $16) 24. Bxc6 $3 $18 {A double attack} e4 (24... Nxc6 {
A deflection} 25. Rxg6+) 25. Qd4 Rac8 (25... Qb8 26. Rd1 h5 $18) 26. Bxe8 Rxe8
27. Qe5 (27. Rd1 $142 {and White can already relax} f4 28. Rd7 Qxd7 29. Qxd7
Kf8 $18) 27... Rc8 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Rd7 (29. Rd7 Qxd7 30. Qxd7 $18) (29. Rcd1
Re8 30. Rd7 Qc6 31. R1d6 Qxd7 32. Rxd7 h5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Qxe7
f4 36. c6 fxg3 37. c7 gxf2+ 38. Kxf2 b4 39. c8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tiselsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Newsom, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1952"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C03: French Tarrasch: Unusual Black 3rd moves} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4.
Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 8. O-O Qb6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bb1 (10. Bc2 f5
11. Nf4 Nd8 12. h4 Qc7 13. g4 g6 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Kh1 Rf7 16. Rg1+ Kf8 17. Be3
cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nb6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Rxg5 Rg7 21. Qh5 Rxg5 22. Qxg5 Nc6 23. Rg1
Qf7 24. Bxf5 {1-0 Doostkam,P (2232)-Darban,M (2341)/Teheran 2003/EXT 2004})
10... f6 (10... Qc7 11. Qd3 g6 12. Ng5 Kg7 13. Qh3 h5 14. Qg3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qb6
16. Nf4 {1-0 Murariu,A (2389)-Hernandez Leon,A/Las Palmas 2003/EXT 2004}) 11.
Qd3 g6 12. Nh4 $146 (12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nf4 Ne7 14. Re1 Nb8 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16.
Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Nbc6 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Bc2 Qb6 22.
Bb3 Qc5 23. Rae1 Rf7 24. Nd4 Raf8 25. Rxg6+ Kh8 26. Rh6 Nf5 {
Schultz,H (2040)-Rehberg,A/Germany 1994/EXT 2002/1-0 (55)}) 12... Rf7 13. Nxg6
hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Rg7 {Black threatens to win material: Rg7xg6} 15. Qe8+ Nf8 16.
Bh6 fxe5 ({Instead of} 16... Qxb2 17. Nf4 (17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4 f5 (18... Qxa1
19. Nh5+ Kh6 20. Qf7 f5 21. Nf6 Bxf6 22. exf6 Qxc3 23. Qxf8+ Kh5 24. Qh8+ Kg6
25. Qg7+ Kh5 26. g4+ Kh4 27. Qg6 Qg3+ 28. fxg3+ Kh3 29. Qh5#) (18... fxe5 $4 {
Black will not be able to digest the pawn} 19. Nh5+ Kh6 20. Qf7 Qxb1 21. Raxb1
$18) (18... Qxc3 19. Nh5+ Kh6 20. Nxf6 $18) (18... cxd4 $4 {
taking the pawn will bring Black grief} 19. Nh5+ Kh6 20. exf6 Qxb1 21. Raxb1
$18) 19. Nh5+ Kg8 20. Bxf5 exf5 $14 (20... Qxc3 {
is impossible because of the following mating combination} 21. Bg6 Qf3 22. gxf3
Nxe5 23. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Nxg6 25. Qg7#) (20... cxd4 {
leads to a non-trivial mate} 21. Bg6 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nd8 23. Qxe7 Nf7 24. Qxf7+
Kh8 25. Qxf8#)) 17... f5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nxd5 $14) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. dxe5
Qxb2 (18... Bd8 19. f4 Bd7 $18) 19. Bd3 $4 {
releasing the pressure on the opponent} (19. Ng3 Bd7 20. Nh5+ (20. Qxa8 $6 {
is a bad alternative} Qxa1 21. Nh5+ Kh8 $11) 20... Kh6 21. Qf7 (21. Qxa8 {
is not possible} Kxh5 (21... Qxa1 $2 {
is tempting but does not stand up to the reality of the position} 22. Nf6 Nxe5
23. Ng8+ Kg7 24. Nxe7 $18) 22. a4 c4 $17) 21... Qxb1 22. Qg7+ Kxh5 23. g4+ Kh4
24. Raxb1 $18) 19... Rb8 (19... c4 $142 20. Nd4 Qa3 $11) 20. Rab1 $4 {
forfeits the advantage} (20. Rad1 $142 $11 {would allow White to play on})
20... Qd2 $19 21. Bb5 Bd7 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. f4 Rh8 (23... Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Rh8 25.
Qg4 $19) 24. Qg4 $2 (24. Qf3 Rf8 (24... Qxa2 $6 25. Bd3 Be8 26. Rxb7 $11) 25.
Rbd1 Qb2 $17) 24... Rh4 (24... Qe3+ $5 25. Kh1 a6 26. Rf3 $19) 25. Qg3 a6 $4 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (25... c4 $142 26. Qf2 b6 $17) 26. Bd3
$16 Rh6 27. Rfc1 $4 {White is ruining his position} (27. Rxb7 $142 Be8 28. Bxa6
$16) 27... c4 $19 28. Rd1 Qxa2 29. Ra1 Qb2 30. Qe3 $4 {
the pressure is too much, White crumbles} (30. Bxg6 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Rxg6 32. Qf3
$19) 30... cxd3 31. Qxd3 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Qf2 33. Rab1 (33. Rf1 {
is not the saving move} Qh4 34. h3 Bc5 $19) 33... Qh4 (33... Nxf4 $142 {
and Black takes home the point} 34. Nxf4 Qxf4 35. h3 $19) 34. h3 b5 {
EDITOR'S NOTE:  I believe black lost this game on time.} (34... Nxf4 {
might be the shorter path} 35. Nxf4 Qxf4 36. Rxb7 $19) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Xin, Samuel"]
[Black "Helfst, Matt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C17: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 sidelines} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5
c5 5. Bd2 cxd4 6. Nb5 Bc5 7. b4 Bf8 8. Nxd4 Nc6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4} 9. Bb5 $146 {White pins: Bb5xc6} (9.
Ngf3 Qc7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 f6 12. Qe2 fxe5 13. Qxe5 Bd6 14. Qe3 Nf6 15. c5
Be7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh3+ Kg8 20. Qxe6+ Kh7 21. Qh3+
{1/2-1/2 Bonte,H-Van den Berg,H/Hengelo 2001/EXT 2002}) (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nf3
c5 (10... Qb6 11. a3 f6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Qe2 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nf6 15. O-O Bd6 16.
f4 O-O 17. Rf3 c5 18. bxc5 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rc3 Qe7 22. Rxc5
Qxc5 23. Bb4 Qd4 24. c3 Qd8 25. Bxf8 {
Schammo,J-Rahman,Z (2305)/Dubai 1986/TD/1/2-1/2}) 11. bxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13.
O-O Nc6 14. Re1 h6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Reb1 Qa6 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4
O-O 20. Bc3 a5 21. Bb5 Ne7 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Bb7 {
Stopa,J (2167)-Heyken,E (2325)/Polanica Zdroj 2001/EXT 2002/0-1 (35)}) (9. Nxc6
$5 bxc6 10. Bd3 $14) 9... Nge7 $11 10. f4 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: f8} (10. Ngf3 Bd7 $11)
10... Bd7 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 ({Not} 11... Bxc6 12. Ngf3 $11) 12. c3 {Covers d4} (12.
Ngf3 Qc7 $15) 12... Nxd4 $17 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Nf3 Bxb4 15. O-O Bxd2 16. Qxd2
Bc6 (16... O-O $5 $17) 17. Rab1 {White threatens to win material: Rb1xb6} Qc7
18. Rfc1 (18. f5 exf5 19. Nh4 g6 $11) 18... O-O $15 19. Nh4 Qe7 {
Black threatens to win material: Qe7xh4} 20. Qf2 f6 21. Nf3 Rac8 22. Qe3 f5 23.
Rc3 Rc7 24. Rbc1 Rfc8 25. Qe2 Be8 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rb1 (27. Qb2 Bh5 $17) 27...
Qa3 $19 28. Qd2 b6 29. Ng5 (29. Ne1 Rc3 $19) 29... Bd7 (29... h6 30. Nf3 $19)
30. Re1 (30. h3 Rc4 $19) 30... Qc3 31. Qd1 (31. Qf2 h6 32. Nf3 Qa3 $19) 31...
h6 32. Nf3 Be8 33. Nh4 $4 {the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (33.
Qe2 $19) 33... Rc4 (33... Bh5 {and Black can already relax} 34. Nf3 Bxf3 35.
gxf3 $19) 34. Qe2 (34. Nf3 {is not the saving move} Bh5 35. Qb3 Bxf3 36. Qxc3
Rxc3 37. gxf3 Rxf3 $19) 34... Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 (35. Qe3 {does not improve anything
} Qxf4 36. Qxf4 Rxf4 $19) 35... Qxf4 36. Nf3 Bh5 (36... Bh5 37. Rd1 Re4 $19)
0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XIX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Holmes, Adam"]
[Black "Helfst, Matt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A08: King's Indian Attack} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6.
Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 f5 $146 (9... Re8 10. Nf1 Nf8 11. h4 b5
12. N1h2 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14. Bf4 Nh7 15. Qd2 Ng5 16. c3 d4 17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4
Rb8 19. Ng4 Nb4 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Re2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2
{Podkriznik,G (2364)-Sitnik,I (2254)/Ljubjana 2004/CBM 101 ext/1/2-1/2 (55)}) (
9... Qe8 10. Nf1 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Qf7 13. Qe2 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bh3
Re8 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. f4 Bd6 18. Bg2 Kh8 19. Bf3 Rf8 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. Bh5 g6 22.
Bf3 h5 23. Rf1 Ne7 24. Qg2 {
Rigo,J (2385)-Degenhardt,H (2310)/Frankfurt 1989/EXT 97/1-0 (34)}) (9... Rb8
10. Nf1 b5 11. Bf4 a5 12. h4 a4 13. a3 Qa5 14. c3 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4
cxd4 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Rc1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rfc8 22. Qh5 g6
23. Qf3 Qd8 24. Qf4 {
Tsanas,A (2235)-Kalaitzidis,P (2005)/Chania 2003/EXT 2005/1-0 (38)}) (9... a5
10. Nf1 a4 11. h4 a3 12. b3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne3
Nde5 17. Nxe5 Qxf2+ 18. Kh2 Nxe5 19. Ng4 Nxg4+ 20. Qxg4 Qxc2 21. Rf1 Bd7 22.
Qd1 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Rxf1 24. Bxf1 {
Prul-Ibragimov,I (2566)/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004/0-1}) (9... Qc7 10. Qe2 $15)
10. Nf1 Qe8 11. h4 (11. c4 d4 $11) 11... h6 {Consolidates g5} 12. Bf4 Qh5 13.
Qd2 Nb6 14. N1h2 Bd7 15. Bf1 Kh8 16. Be2 Qf7 17. Kg2 Rad8 18. Rh1 Kg8 19. h5 d4
{Black gets more space} 20. Rag1 (20. Nh4 Bxh4 21. gxh4 Ne7 $15) 20... Nd5 (
20... Qxh5 21. Kf1 $14) 21. Kf1 Kh7 (21... Qxh5 22. g4 Qe8 23. g5 $16) 22. c4
dxc3 23. bxc3 b6 (23... Be8 24. Qb2 $15) 24. c4 Nc7 25. Nh4 Nd4 {
Here comes the goal-getter} 26. Ng6 {The knight dominates} Rg8 27. g4 (27. Nf3
$142 Bc6 28. Qe3 $15) 27... fxg4 (27... Bc6 $142 $5 $17) 28. Rxg4 Nf5 (28...
Bc6 29. Rhg1 $11) 29. Rhg1 (29. Bf3 Na6 $14) 29... Na6 (29... Bc6 30. Bf3 Bxf3
31. Nxf3 $14) 30. Bf3 $14 (30. Nxe7 $6 Qxe7 31. a3 Be8 $15) 30... Nb4 31. a3 {
White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Nc6 32. Be4 ({Inferior is} 32. Nxe7
Ncxe7 33. Rg6 Bc6 $17) 32... Ncd4 33. Nf3 Bc6 34. Nxd4 (34. Nxe7 $2 {
doesn't work} Nxf3 35. Bxf3 Bxf3 36. Nxg8 Bxg4 37. Rxg4 Kxg8 $19 (37... Qxg8 $6
38. Qe2 $19) (37... Rxg8 $143 38. Kg2 $19)) 34... Bxe4 35. dxe4 Nxd4 36. Qe3
Rd7 (36... Nc6 37. Kg2 $14 (37. Nxe7 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Qxh5 $17)) 37.
Nxe7 $16 Rxe7 38. Rg6 Ree8 $4 {leads to further unpleasantness} (38... Qf8 $142
39. R1g4 Nc6 $16) 39. Bxh6 $1 $18 {Demolishes the pawn shield. . . . . .} (39.
Bxh6 Re7 40. Bxg7 Rxg7 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Rxg7+ Qxg7 43. Rxg7+ Rxg7 44. Qf6 $18)
1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XIX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huang, Kevin"]
[Black "Hogue, Tanner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1665"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4.
Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O a6 8. d3 Rb8 9. Be3 (9. f4 d6 10. g4 Nd4
11. f5 Nec6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. Ng3 Be5 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 h5 17.
fxg6 fxg6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Re4 hxg4 20. Nf1 b5 21. Rxg4 Qh5 22. Be4 g5 23. cxb5
Bb7 {Marusenko,P (2380)-Lalic,B (2560)/Hastings 1999/EXT 2000/0-1 (34)}) 9...
d6 $146 {Prevents intrusion on c5} (9... Nd4 10. Rb1 (10. b4 cxb4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4
12. Nxd4 bxc3 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Qxc3 e5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. f4 d6 17. f5 Qg5 18. c5
Rd8 19. Rae1 dxc5 20. Nxc5 Nd4 21. Nb3 Qe7 22. f6 Qd6 23. Qc1 Nxb3 24. axb3 Be6
{Kazantsev,V-Saulin,D (2450)/Tula 2002/EXT 2003/0-1 (42)}) 10... Nec6 11. a3
Qe7 (11... b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 O-O 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qd2 Qe7
17. Bh6 Rd8 18. Ne2 Bb6 19. d4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nc3 Bb7 22. Bg5 f6 23. Nd5
Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kg7 25. Bf4 g5 26. Bxe5 {
Stoll,F (2240)-Ostl,A (2295)/Germany 1996/GER-chT2/1/2-1/2 (57)}) 12. f4 O-O
13. g4 d6 14. Ng3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Ra8 18. Kh1 Ra3 19. Qc1
Rb3 20. Rxb3 Nxb3 21. Qa3 Nbd4 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Qb2 Ra8 24. h3 {
Ophoff,R-Speer,A/Bad Oeynhausen 1964/EXT 2001/0-1 (32)}) 10. d4 b6 11. f4 cxd4
12. Nxd4 {Black has a cramped position} ({Less advisable is} 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 O-O $15) 12... Qc7 (12... O-O 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 gxf5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16.
Qd2 $11) 13. Rc1 (13. Ndb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qd7 15. Nxd6+ Kf8 $18) 13... O-O 14.
Qd2 (14. Ncb5 Bxd4 15. Nxc7 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Rb7 $18) 14... f5 $2 (
14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bb7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ f6 18. Rcd1 $14) 15. Rfd1 (15.
Nxc6 $142 $5 Nxc6 16. Nb5 $18) 15... Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 {
Black threatens to win material: e5xd4} 17. Be3 Rd8 (17... fxe4 18. Qxd6 Qxd6
19. Rxd6 $16) 18. Qf2 (18. exf5 Bxf5 19. a3 Qd7 $16) 18... fxe4 $14 19. Bxe4 {
White has an active position. Black has new hanging pawns: d6+e5} Nf5 $2 (19...
Rf8 $142 $14 {and Black could well hope to play on}) 20. Nd5 $18 Qf7 21. Bxb6
Re8 $2 (21... Rf8 $142 $18) 22. Nc7 (22. Nc7 exf4 23. Bd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XIX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huang, Kevin"]
[Black "Marsh, Matt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E92: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5: 7 dxe5, 7 Be3 and Petrosian System
without 7...Nbd7} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. d5 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. Be3 Nd7 (9... Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ne1 f4 13.
Bd2 Nf6 14. gxf4 e4 15. f3 Nc5 16. Be3 Bh3 17. Ng2 Qe8 18. Qe1 Kh8 19. Qh4 Bf5
20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Kh1 Rf7 22. Bxc5 exf3 23. Rxf3 dxc5 24. Ne3 {
Skembris,S (2470)-Lagopatis,N (2235)/Serres 1990/EXT 97/1-0 (37)}) 10. Nd2 (10.
a3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Qd2 b6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bf3 e4
17. Be2 Bd7 18. Rad1 Ne8 19. Qe1 Nd6 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Nh3 Rg8 22. Bg5 Bf6 23.
Bxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qe3 Nc5 {
Rosenstein,W (1972)-Strunsky,A (1914)/playchess.com INT 2004/EXT 2005/1-0 (40)}
) 10... f5 $146 {Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base} (10... Ndc5 11. a3
Bd7 12. b3 f5 13. f3 Bf6 14. Rb1 Bg5 15. Bf2 Bf4 16. h4 fxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18.
Nxe4 Bf5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Bh6 22. g3 Nb8 23. Ra1 Nd7 24. Kg2
Nf6 25. Qd3 {
Malykin,V (2392)-Buenermann,V (2311)/Germany 2003/CBM 098 ext/1-0 (45)}) 11. f3
(11. exf5 $5 {is interesting} gxf5 12. f4 $14) 11... f4 $11 {
Black threatens to win material: f4xe3} 12. Bf2 g5 (12... Qg5 13. Kh1 $11) 13.
h3 (13. a3 Rb8 $14) 13... Nf6 14. a3 {Covers b4} Bd7 15. Rb1 (15. b4 b6 16. c5
bxc5 (16... axb4 $2 {would be great except for} 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19.
cxd6 $18) 17. bxc5 Nxc5 $11) 15... Qc8 16. Kh2 (16. b4 $5 {
should be investigated more closely} axb4 17. axb4 $11) 16... h5 $17 {
Black intends g4} 17. Rh1 Kf7 (17... g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. fxg4 Nxg4+ 20. Bxg4
Bxg4 $17) 18. h4 (18. Kg1 $142 $5 $15 {should not be overlooked}) 18... g4 $19
19. g3 gxf3 (19... Bh6 20. gxf4 Bxf4+ 21. Bg3 Bxg3+ 22. Kxg3 $19) 20. Bxf3 (20.
Nxf3 Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Bh6 $17) 20... Ng4+ $19 21. Bxg4 (21. Kg2 fxg3 22. Bg1 Kg8
$17) 21... hxg4 (21... Bxg4 $6 22. Qc2 $17) 22. Qe2 Bh6 23. Rbf1 Ke7 (23... Kg8
24. Kg1 $19) 24. Qe1 $2 (24. gxf4 Rxf4 25. c5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 $11) 24... Rh8
(24... Qe8 25. gxf4 Bxf4+ 26. Bg3 $19) 25. Ne2 (25. gxf4 Bxf4+ (25... exf4 $6
26. Bd4 $11) 26. Kg2 Qg8 $17) 25... Qg8 (25... f3 26. Nc1 $19) 26. Nc1 $2 (26.
gxf4 $142 $5 exf4 27. Bd4 $17) 26... Rf8 27. Nd3 b6 (27... Kd8 28. b4 a4 29. b5
$19) 28. b3 (28. gxf4 exf4 29. Bd4 Nc5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 (30... dxc5 $143 31. Be5
Kd8 32. b4 $17) 31. Bxh8 Qxh8 $19) 28... Nc5 (28... Kd8 29. b4 $19) 29. Nxc5 (
29. Bxc5 fxg3+ 30. Kg2 bxc5 31. Rxf8 Qxf8 $19 (31... Kxf8 $6 32. Nf1 $17) (
31... Bxf8 $6 32. Nf1 $17)) 29... bxc5 30. Rhg1 (30. Kg1 Kd8 $19) 30... Qh7 31.
Rh1 Bg5 32. Rfg1 $4 {
the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (32. Kg2 $19)
32... Qh6 33. Nb1 fxg3+ 34. Bxg3 Bxh4 (34... Rf3 $142 {secures the win} 35. Kg2
Bf4 36. Bxf4 exf4 $19 (36... Qxf4 $6 37. Rf1 $19) (36... Rxf4 $6 37. Rf1 $19))
35. Kg2 Bxg3 36. Qxg3 (36. Rxh6 Bxe1 37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38. Rxe1 Rh3 $19) 36... Qf4
37. Qxf4 exf4 38. Nd2 (38. Rf1 Rxh1 39. Rxh1 Kf6 $19) 38... Kf6 39. Rb1 (39.
Rd1 {does not help much} Ke5 $19) 39... Ke5 40. b4 (40. Rbf1 {
cannot change destiny} Rxh1 41. Rxh1 Rf7 $19) 40... axb4 41. axb4 (41. Rxh8 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} Rxh8 42. axb4 Ra8 $19) 41... Rxh1 42. Kxh1
Rb8 43. b5 Ra8 44. Kg1 {
White is down to one minute on his clock now, vs. 15 minutes for Black.} (44.
Rf1 {doesn't do any good} g3 45. Nf3+ Kxe4 46. Ng5+ Kf5 $19) 44... Ra2 45. Rd1
Be8 46. Kf1 (46. Nf1 {doesn't change anything anymore} f3 $19) 46... Bg6 47.
Ke2 (47. Kg1 $19 {desperation}) 47... Bxe4 48. Kf1 g3 49. Kg1 (49. Nb3 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} Rh2 50. Re1 f3 51. Rxe4+ Kxe4 52. Nd2+ Rxd2
53. Ke1 Re2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. Ke1 g2 56. b6 g1=Q#) 49... f3 50. Nxe4 (50. Nxf3+
{hardly improves anything} Bxf3 51. Kf1 Bxd1 52. b6 Bf3 53. Ke1 cxb6 54. Kf1
Ra1#) 50... Kxe4 51. Re1+ Kd4 (51... Kf4 52. Rb1 Rg2+ 53. Kf1 Rh2 54. Kg1 f2+
55. Kf1 Rh1+ 56. Ke2 Rxb1 57. Kd2 f1=Q 58. Kc3 Qd1 59. b6 Rb3#) 52. Re7 (52.
Rb1 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Rg2+ 53. Kf1 Rh2 54. Kg1
f2+ 55. Kf1 Rh1+ 56. Kg2 Rxb1 57. Kxg3 f1=Q 58. Kg4 Qg2+ 59. Kf5 Qg8 60. Kf6
Rf1+ 61. Ke7 Qg7+ 62. Kd8 Rf8#) 52... Ra1+ (52... Ra1+ 53. Re1 Rxe1#) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XIX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marsh, Matt"]
[Black "Holmes, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5
4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 $146 (5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. e3 (6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. O-O h6
9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. a3 Qd7 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Qb3 Be6 15. Qd1
Nf5 16. e3 Rfd8 17. Nb3 a5 18. b5 Nce7 19. a4 f6 20. Nfd4 Nxd4 {
Naranjo Henao,R-Arango,J/Medellin 2000/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (45)}) (6. Nc3 Bb4 (
6... d4 7. Na4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4
Qxd4 13. Rxd4 O-O 14. e3 Be6 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Be2 Nd5 18. O-O
Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxa2 20. Rc1 Kf8 21. Kf1 {
Khonji,A-Sompisha,J/Dubai 1986/TD/1-0 (53)}) 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. e3 a6 10.
a3 Ba5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rac1 h6 14. Qc2 Be6 15. b4 Bc7 16. Na4 Bd6
17. Bc3 Qe7 18. Qb2 Rfc8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 {
Majul,I-Saritha,N/Rio Gallegos 1986/EXT 2003/1-0 (67)}) 6... Nc6 7. a3 a5 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qxd1 14. Nxd1
Bd6 15. Nc3 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Nb5 Be5 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rfd8 {
Benko,P-Barcza,G/Budapest 1951/MCL/0-1 (73)}) (5. Be3 c4 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Qb6 13. h3 Ne4 14. Kh2
Re8 15. Nd2 Nxd2 {1/2-1/2 Kiriakov,P (2530)-Egin,V (2425)/Sochi 1997/EXT 99}) (
5. Nc3 Nf6 $14) 5... b6 (5... Nc6 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxc5 8. Qb3 $11) 6. Bf4 (
6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 $16) 6... Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. a3 {Covers b4} O-O
10. O-O {White castles and improves king safety} Bg4 (10... c4 11. Bf5 $11) 11.
Ne5 $14 {White threatens to win material: Ne5xc6} Bd7 (11... Qc8 12. b3 $14)
12. Nd2 c4 {Black gets more space} 13. Bf5 (13. Nxd7 $142 $5 Qxd7 14. Bf5 $16)
13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Qd7 {Black threatens to win material: Qd7xf5}
16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Nf3 Nxf4 18. exf4 {
White has a new doubled pawn: f2. Black has a new passed pawn: d5} Rfd8 (18...
f6 19. Rfe1 fxe5 20. fxe5 $15) 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Nd4 {White prepares f5} Bc5 21.
f5 Qe7 (21... Re8 22. f4 $15) 22. e6 (22. Nc6 $142 {
and White is still in the game} Qh4 23. b4 $14) 22... Bxd4 $17 23. exf7+ Qxf7
24. Rxd4 Re8 25. Rad1 Re5 26. g4 Rae8 27. Qc3 g6 28. fxg6 Qxg6 {
White has a new passed pawn: f2} (28... hxg6 29. Qg3 $17) 29. Qf3 Re4 (29...
Rf8 $5 30. Qg2 Qc2 $15) 30. h3 $11 Rf8 31. Qg2 (31. Qg2 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Qb1+ 33.
Kh2 $11) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XIX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moose, David"]
[Black "Hogue, Tanner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1665"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Ngf3 (
5. f4 c5 (5... Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bb4 7. c3 Ba5 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. fxe5 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4
11. Nxe4 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qg4 c6 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Rf3 g6 16. Nf6 h5 17. Nxh5
gxh5 18. Qxh5+ Kg7 19. Rg3+ {1-0 Pamartin-Bvasnani/playchess.com 2004/EXT 2005}
) 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. a3
Bxd2 13. Bxd2 a5 14. Rac1 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qg4 Rc8 18. Rxc8
Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qd7 {Graef,M (2110)-Mueller,J/Germany 2002/EXT 2005/1/2-1/2 (42)})
5... c6 6. O-O $146 (6. c3 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb1 Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. c4 e5 11.
e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Nf6 17.
Bc2 Be6 18. b3 Qc7 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qb6 {
Pintor,A (1641)-Soares,T (1337)/Porto 2002/EXT 2003/1-0 (46)}) 6... Nbd7 7. e4
dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 10. Bg5
(10. Bd3 Qc7 $14) 10... Qc7 11. Bxf6 (11. Bd3 Bd7 $14) 11... gxf6 $11 {
Black has the pair of bishops} 12. Re1 Bd7 13. d5 $4 {
gives the opponent counterplay} (13. Rb1 $5 $11) 13... O-O-O (13... cxd5 $142
$5 14. Bd3 O-O-O $19) 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Qe2 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 {
Black threatens to win material: f5xe4} 17. Qa4 {
White threatens to win material: Qa4xa7} Kb8 18. Re3 Bc5 19. Rc3 Qb6 {
Black threatens to win material: Qb6xb2} (19... Rhg8 20. Kf1 $15) 20. Rf1 (20.
Rb3 Qd6 21. Rd3 Qe7 $11) 20... Rd5 (20... Rhg8 $5 21. Rb3 Rg4 22. Rxb6 Rxa4 $19
) 21. Rb3 $15 {White threatens to win material: Rb3xb6} Qd6 (21... Qc7 $142 $15
) 22. Qb5 $4 {makes life more difficult} (22. c4 $142 {would bring relief} Rd3
23. Rxd3 Qxd3 24. Ne5 $11) 22... Bxf2+ $3 $19 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 23.
Rxf2 (23. Kxf2 Rxb5) 23... Rxb5 {Eliminates the defender b5} 24. Rxb5 Qd1+ 25.
Rf1 Qxc2 26. Nd4 (26. Rb3 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Rg8 27. g3 e5 $19)
26... Qd3 (26... Qc4 $142 {and Black has triumphed} 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. b3 $19) 27.
Rb4 Qe3+ (27... Rg8 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 28. a3 a5 29. Nc6+ Ka8
30. Nxa5 $19) 28. Kh1 Qd2 29. a3 a5 (29... Rg8 $142 {
makes sure everything is clear} 30. Rg1 $19) 30. Nc6+ Kc7 (30... Ka8 $5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 31. Nxa5 Rc8 32. Nc4 $19) 31. Nxa5 Rg8 32. Rg1
e5 (32... Rb8 $142 $19 {seems even better}) 33. Nb3 $4 {
leads to further unpleasantness} (33. Rxb7+ $142 Kc8 34. Nc4 $17) 33... Qxb2 (
33... Qd5 $142 {and Black can already relax} 34. a4 f4 $19) 34. Rc1+ (34. Na5 {
no good, but what else?} Qe2 35. Rxb7+ Kd6 36. Rb2 $19) 34... Kb8 35. Rg1 Qxa3
36. Rb6 Qb2 (36... Rg6 $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 37. Rxg6 fxg6 38.
Nd2 $19) 37. Rb5 (37. Nc5 {the last chance for counterplay} Qxb6 38. Nd7+ Kc7
39. Nxb6 Kxb6 40. g3 $19) 37... e4 (37... f4 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip}
38. Rb6 f3 39. gxf3 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 $19) 38. g3 (38. Nd4 {
hardly improves anything} Qxd4 39. Rgb1 Qd7 $19) 38... Rd8 39. h4 Rd3 (39... e3
40. Nd4 Qxd4 41. Rgb1 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Qg2#) 40. Rxb7+ Kxb7 41. Nc5+
Kc6 (41... Kc6 42. Nxd3 exd3 43. Rf1 d2 44. Kg1 Qd4+ 45. Kg2 d1=Q 46. Rxd1 Qxd1
47. Kf2 Qd2+ 48. Kg1 Qe2 49. Kh1 Qf2 50. h5 h6 51. g4 f4 52. g5 f3 53. gxh6
Qg2#) (41... Kc7 42. Nxd3 exd3 43. Rf1 d2 44. h5 Qc1 45. Kg2 Qxf1+ 46. Kxf1
d1=Q+ 47. Kf2 Qd2+ 48. Kf3 h6 49. g4 Qd3+ 50. Kg2 fxg4 51. Kg1 Qd2 52. Kf1 g3
53. Kg1 Qf2+ 54. Kh1 Qf1#) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XIX"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Styers, Stephen"]
[Black "Marsh, Matt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1672"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d3 g6 3. g3
Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bg5 a6 (8... b6 9. Re1 Nd7 10.
Be3 Nde5 11. Nh4 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. h3 a5 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Ne2 Qb6
17. b3 Bd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. g4 e6 20. Ng3 Rbc8 21. Qf2 Qd8 22. Nf3 e5 23. f5 {
Peelen,P (2375)-Hoffmann,M (2465)/Groningen 1991/CBM 026 ext/0-1 (39)}) 9. Re1
(9. Qd2 b5 10. e5 Ne8 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxa8 Bh3 14. Bg2 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Qa8+ 16. f3 Nf5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Rab1 Ncd4 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. c3 Ne6 21. Be3
h6 22. a3 g5 23. Rfd1 Nxe3+ {
Koivistoinen,T-Kemppainen,T/Helsinki 2001/EXT 2002/1-0 (38)}) 9... Nd4 $146 (
9... Bg4 10. Qd2 b5 11. e5 Nh5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Rab1 Nf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4
Bf5 16. Re2 Rfe8 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rbe1 b4 19. Qe3 Kf8 20. Bh6 Bg4 21. h3 Bxf3
22. Bxf3 Nd4 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rd2 {
Schulz,A-Meiler,J/Burg Stargard 1995/EXT 2001/1-0 (75)}) (9... b5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6
11. Nd5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bg7 13. Ng5 e6 14. Nf4 Qxg5 15. h4 Qd8 16. c4 Rb8 17. Bh3
e5 18. Nd5 Bxh3 19. Kh2 Be6 20. Qc2 Nd4 21. Qb2 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nxe1+ 23. Rxe1
bxc4 24. Qd2 {Braun,K-Fuchs,J/Ueberlingen 2000/EXT 2001/0-1 (35)}) 10. Nxd4
cxd4 {Black has new doubled pawns: d4+d6} 11. Ne2 {
White threatens to win material: Ne2xd4} h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 12. Bd2 e5 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. f4 {
The typical lever} (14. c3 dxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 $11) 14... Be6 15. f5 $2 (15. Rf1
$142 $11 {would keep White in the game}) 15... gxf5 $19 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxb7
Ra7 (17... Rb8 $5 18. Bg2 Qd7 $19) 18. Bg2 $17 Qb6 19. Rf1 Bg6 20. Kh1 (20. b4
$5 $17) 20... Rc7 $19 21. Bh3 $4 {simply worsens the situation} (21. Qb1 $142
$19) 21... Bxd3 $3 {a sacrifice that ends the game} 22. Bf5+ (22. cxd3 {
A pinning theme} Rxc1 {Eliminates the defender c1}) 22... Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qc6+
24. Kg1 Qxc2 (24... Qe4 $142 {seems even better} 25. Rf2 Rxc2 26. Qe1 Rxb2 27.
Nc1 $19) 25. Qxc2 (25. Rf1 {is no salvation} Ne4 26. Bb4 f5 $19) 25... Rxc2 26.
Rd1 Ne4 (26... Ne4 27. Nxd4 exd4 $19 (27... Nxd2 {succumbs to} 28. Nxc2 Ne4 29.
Ne3 $16)) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XVIII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gorbounov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lang, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D15: Slav Defence: 4 Nc3 a6 and gambit lines after 4 Nc3 dxc4} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. g4 $146 (7. a4 a6 8. b3 Qa5 9.
Bd2 b4 10. Nxc4 Qd8 11. Ne2 e6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. Nxb7 Qb6
16. Bxe7+ Kxe7 17. Nc5 Rd8 18. Qc2 h6 19. Rc1 Ra7 20. g3 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 {
Kagas,K (2168)-Tsialas,P/Korinthos 2004/CBM 101 ext/1-0 (31)}) (7. Be2 e6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. b3 b4 13. bxc4 bxc3 14. c5 Nd7
15. e5 Be7 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. Bc4 Ba8 20. Rbd1 Qb7 21.
Nd2 Qb2 {Balogh,M (2248)-Kaniansky,M (2189)/Slovakia 2000/EXT 2002/1-0 (43)}) (
7. Be2 $142 $5 $11 {should not be overlooked}) 7... e6 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7
10. O-O Be7 11. e5 {White gains space} Qb6 12. Be3 (12. f4 $5 $17) 12... c5 $19
13. Ne4 Bd5 (13... Bxe4 $142 14. Bxe4 Rd8 $19) 14. dxc5 $11 Qc6 15. Qd4 $4 (15.
Nd6+ $142 $5 {is worthy of consideration} Bxd6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. exd6 $11 (17.
cxd6 $143 Nxe5 18. Bd4 f6 $17 (18... Qxd6 $4 {
taking the pawn will bring Black grief} 19. Bxe5 Qd7 20. Bxg7 $18))) 15... Bxc5
$1 {keeping the advantage} 16. Nxc5 {Exploits the pin} (16. Qxc5 Nxc5) 16...
Bxg2 17. Rfd1 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Bd5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 a6 22. Rda1
Kd7 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 {Black has a mate threat} 24. Rxa6 Ra8 25. Rd6+ {
Here comes the goal-getter} (25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. f4 f5 $11) 25... Kc7 26. f4 Ra1+
27. Kf2 Rb1 {Black threatens to win material: Rb1xb2} 28. Bb6+ Kb7 29. Bd4 Bc6
30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Kc7 (31... Rd1 32. Rd8 $11) 32. Bc3 (32. f6 gxf6 33. Rxf6
Bd5 $14) 32... Ra1 (32... Rh1 $5 $11 {is noteworthy}) 33. Rd4 $14 {
White threatens to win material: Rd4xc4} Rh1 {
Black threatens to win material: Rh1xh2} 34. Rh4 h6 35. Kg3 (35. f6 $5 gxf6 36.
exf6 $16) 35... Rg1+ $11 36. Kf2 Rg5 (36... Rh1 $5 $11 {must be considered})
37. f6 $14 gxf6 38. exf6 h5 39. Ke3 Bb5 (39... Bd5 40. Kf4 Rg4+ 41. Rxg4 hxg4
42. Kxg4 Be6+ 43. Kg3 $14) 40. Kf4 {White threatens to win material: Kf4xg5} (
40. Re4 Rd5 $16) 40... Rd5 41. Be5+ Kd7 42. Rxh5 Ke6 43. Rg5 Rd2 {
Black threatens to win material: Rd2xh2} 44. Bc3 {
White threatens to win material: Bc3xd2. In the style of Nimzovich} Rxh2 $4 {
the position is going down the drain.} (44... Rd5 $142 $16) 45. Rxb5 $18 (45.
Rxb5 Kd6 46. Kg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XVIII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gorbunov, Alexei"]
[Black "Tiselsky, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.11.11"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b4
cxb4 4. a3 e6 5. axb4 Bxb4 6. c3 (6. Bb2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bb5 O-O 9. O-O Be7
10. d4 Nc7 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Be2 b5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Ne4 Nbd5 15. Nfd2 Bb7 16. Bf3
Bc6 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Na5 Bd5 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 {
Rogulj,B (2460)-Bellin,R (2440)/Lodz 1980/MCD/1-0 (35)}) 6... Ba5 7. d4 d5 8.
e5 a6 $146 {Secures b5} (8... Nge7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.
Ng5+ Kg8 13. Qh5 Rd8 14. Ba3 Bb4 15. Qxf7+ Kh8 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. cxb4 Qd7 18.
Ra3 Nf5 19. Rh3+ Nh6 20. Qg6 Kg8 21. Rxh6 Re8 22. Rh8+ {
1-0 Becuwe,O (2120)-Breton,B (1960)/Champagne Ardenne 2001/EXT 2005}) 9. Bd3 b5
10. O-O {White castles and improves king safety} Bb7 11. Ba3 (11. Ng5 Qd7 $14)
11... Qd7 (11... Nge7 12. Nfd2 $11) 12. Nfd2 $14 Bb6 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Bxa5
15. Qg4 f5 {Black threatens to win material: f5xg4} 16. Qh3 Bd8 17. g4 (17. Nd2
$5 $14 {is interesting}) 17... g6 (17... Nh6 18. gxf5 Nxf5 19. Nd2 $15) 18.
gxf5 $11 gxf5 19. Be2 Qg7+ 20. Kh1 Ne7 21. Rg1 {
White threatens to win material: Rg1xg7} Ng6 22. Nd2 Be7 (22... Rg8 $5 $11 {
should not be overlooked}) 23. Nb3 (23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Nb3 Rac8 $16) 23... O-O-O
(23... Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Rc8 25. Bh5 $14) 24. Bf3 (24. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 25. Nc5 $16)
24... Bxa3 $14 25. Rxa3 Qe7 {Black threatens to win material: Qe7xa3} 26. Nc5 {
White threatens to win material: Nc5xa6. The white knight on an outpost} (26.
Rga1 Rdg8 27. Nc5 Nf4 $18) 26... Rhg8 (26... Nxe5 27. Rga1 Nc4 28. Rxa6 Bxa6
29. Rxa6 $14) 27. Rga1 Nf4 {Black threatens to win material: Nf4xh3} 28. Qh6 {
White threatens to win material: Qh6xf4} (28. Qf1 $142 Qh4 29. Rxa6 $14 (29.
Nxa6 $143 Qh3 30. Qxh3 Nxh3 $17) (29. Nxb7 $143 Nh3 30. Bg2 Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+
32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ 34. Kh1 Nf2+ $11)) 28... Rg5 $4 (28... Qg5 $142 {
saving the game} 29. Qxg5 Rxg5 30. Nxb7 Kxb7 $11) 29. Nxb7 $18 Nd3 30. R1a2 (
30. Bg2 $142 {and White has prevailed} Nxf2+ 31. Kg1 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 $18) 30...
Kxb7 31. Rb3 $4 {what a pity, victory was in sight} (31. h4 $142 {
had to be tried to avoid defeat} Rg6 32. Rxa6 Nxf2+ 33. Kh2 Rxh6 34. Ra7+ Kb8
35. Ra8+ Kc7 36. R8a7+ Kb8 37. Ra8+ Kb7 38. R8a7+ Kb8 $11) 31... Rg6 (31... Nc1
$142 {finishes off the opponent} 32. Qf6 Qxf6 33. exf6 Nxb3 $19) 32. Qd2 Qg5
33. Qxd3 $4 {a blunder in a bad position} (33. Qxg5 Rxg5 34. h4 $19) 33... Rdg8
(33... Qg1#) 34. Rxb5+ $4 {cause more grief.} (34. Qxb5+ $142 axb5 35. Rxb5+
Kc8 36. Rc5+ Kd8 37. Ra8+ Kd7 38. Ra7+ Ke8 39. Rc8+ Qd8 40. Rxd8+ Kxd8 41. h4
$15) 34... Kc7 35. Rc5+ (35. Qc4+ {does not improve anything} dxc4 36. Rc5+ Kd8
37. Bg4 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Rxg4+ 39. Kf3 Rf4+ 40. Ke2 Re4+ 41. Kf3 Qxc3#) 35... Kd7 (
35... Kd8 36. Rc8+ Kd7 37. Rc7+ Kxc7 38. Bg4 Qxg4 39. Qg3 Qe4+ 40. Kg1 f4 41.
Kf1 Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qxa2+ 43. Kd3 Qb1+ 44. Kd2 Rb8 45. Qxf4 Rb2+ 46. Ke3 Qe1+ 47.
Kd3 Qe2#) 36. Qb5+ $19 axb5 37. Ra7+ Ke8 {The game proceeded for a few more
moves which were not included on the score sheet--TH} (37... Ke8 38. Rc8+ Qd8
39. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XVI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lang, Jonathan"]
[Black "Jacobs, Ambrose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E67: King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7} 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. g3
Nd7 5. Bg2 Ngf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be3 {
White has an active position} Ng4 $146 (10... Qe7 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nd2 Ne8 13.
Nb3 b6 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qd2 Nd6 16. b3 f5 17. a4 f4 18. gxf4 exf4 19. Bxf4
Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxf4 {0-1 Gobe,P-Deunette,P/France 1989/TD}) (10... b6 11. O-O
Ng4 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 Qg5 16. Kh2 f4 17. g4 Qe7 18.
Ne2 Bf6 19. b3 Bh4 20. Qd3 Nf7 21. Kg1 Ng5 22. a4 h5 23. Ra2 Qh7 24. Rc1 Rf7
25. Rc3 {Lagha,K-Ivkov,B (2520)/Munich 1958/MCD/0-1 (31)}) (10... Ne8 11. O-O
f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qe2 Nd6 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Nde4
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd6 20. Bh3 Kh8 21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. Re3 Qf6 23. Rf1
Qd6 24. Rb3 b6 25. Be6 {Zelba,M-Koller,J/Neumuenster 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2}) (
10... Nfd7 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 e4 14. f3 Bh6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Ngxe4
Nxc4 {0-1 Loeffler,W-Surborg,E/Wiesbaden 1998/EXT 2002}) (10... Na6 11. h3 $11)
11. Bxc5 $14 dxc5 {Black has the pair of bishops} 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rad1 Nf6 14.
Ne1 Ne8 15. Nd3 b6 16. f4 Nd6 {Black threatens to win material: Nd6xc4} 17. Nb1
(17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 $14) 17... Bd7 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf3
{White threatens to win material: Nf3xe5} Bg7 (20... f6 $5 $11 {
should be examined more closely}) 21. e5 $16 Nf5 22. Rfe1 (22. Rde1 f6 23. g4
fxe5 24. gxf5 e4 25. fxg6 Bf5 $16) 22... Bh6 23. Qf2 Qd8 (23... f6 24. e6 Bc8
25. b3 $14) 24. g4 $16 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open XVI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xin, Samuel"]
[Black "Lang, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "1561"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6.
Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O O-O-O (8... Bb4 9. h3 Bh5 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bd8 12.
Nc3 Qd6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nge7 15. Nf4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bg6 17. Bb2 O-O 18.
Nxg6 Nxg6 19. Rd7 Rb8 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bd5 Nce7 22. Bb3 a5 23. h4 {
Olsar,J (2295)-Lisko,F (2315)/Slovakia 1998/EXT 99/1-0 (34)}) 9. Nc3 {
White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Qd7 $146 (9... Qh5 10. Be3 Bd6 11. g3
Nge7 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. a4 e5 14. Rc1 e4 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Rxc6+ Nxc6 17. Qc2 Bxe5
18. Rc1 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bxb5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Qxe4 Rhe8 22. Qf4 Qe2 23. Qf5+ Rd7
24. Bf4 {Dalakas,I-Mathiopoulos,A/Iraklio 2002/EXT 2004/0-1}) (9... Qa5 10. Be3
$14) 10. Be3 $16 Bxf3 (10... Nge7 11. Qa4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. b4 Bxb4 14.
Rab1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 $18) 11. Bxf3 Nxd4 $4 {
the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end.} (11... Bd6 12.
Bxc6 Qxc6 13. d5 $18) 12. Bxd4 (12. Rc1 $142 {and White has reached his goal}
e5 13. Nb5+ Kb8 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bf4+ Bd6 16. Qxd4 $18) 12... Qxd4 $16 13. Qb3
Qb4 14. Qc2 {White has a king attack} (14. Nb5 $142 $5 Qxb3 15. axb3 $16) 14...
Kb8 $11 {White has an active position} 15. a3 {
White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Qb6 {Black has a cramped position} (
15... Qc4 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rc1 $11) 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Na4 {
White threatens to win material: Na4xb6} Qc7 18. Qb3 Qe7 {
Black has a cramped position} (18... Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Nc5 $18) 19. Rfd1 {
White has a king attack} (19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Nf6 $14) 19... Nf6 $11 20. Rc2
(20. Rc4 Rd7 $11) 20... Rd7 21. Rcd2 (21. Rdc1 $5 $15) 21... Rhd8 $17 22. Qe3
Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qf3 (24. Nc3 $5 Qxe3 25. fxe3 $17) 24... Qh4 $19 25. h3
$4 {sad, but how else could White save the game?} (25. Rd4 $142 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1
Qh1+ 27. Ke2 $19) 25... Qxa4 (25... Qxa4 26. Rxd5 Qc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XV"]
[Site "Cincinnati,OH"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Patrick, Van Alan"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3
g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 {The knight aims for Ng1-f3-d2-f1-e3-d5} e5 6. d3 Nge7 7.
Nd2 O-O (7... a6 8. Nf1 Rb8 9. Ne3 b5 10. Ned5 d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13.
Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Bc6+ Kf8 15. O-O Bh3 16. Bg2 Bd7 17. Rb1 Kg8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. a3
f5 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. b4 Re8 22. Rfc1 {
Karbowiak,A (2256)-Ksieski,Z (2383)/Polanica  Zdroj 2004/CBM 102 ext/0-1 (34)})
8. Nf1 d6 9. Ne3 Be6 $146 (9... Bh6 10. O-O Rb8 11. f4 exf4 12. Ned5 Nxd5 13.
cxd5 Ne5 14. gxf4 Ng4 15. e4 Bg7 16. Ne2 Re8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ng3 h5 19. Bd2 h4
20. Ne2 c4 21. Bc3 b5 22. b4 Qe7 23. e5 Nh5 24. dxc4 {
Karlsson,L (2550)-De Firmian,N (2540)/Copenhagen 1985/MCD/1-0 (44)}) 10. Ned5 {
The knight dominates} Qd7 11. h4 h5 12. Rb1 Rab8 13. a3 {Controls b4} (13. Qa4
Kh8 $14) 13... Nd4 (13... b5 14. b4 $11) 14. e3 $14 {White threatens to win
material: e3xd4. White should quickly conclude development.} Ndf5 15. O-O Bxd5
16. cxd5 b5 17. b4 cxb4 (17... a6 18. Bb2 $14) 18. axb4 $16 {
Black has a new backward pawn: a7.} Rfc8 19. Bd2 Rc7 20. Qb3 Nc8 21. Rfc1 Nb6
22. Ne4 (22. Qa2 Rbc8 $16) 22... Ne7 (22... Rbc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Ra1 $14) 23.
Ng5 Rbc8 24. Bh3 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 f5 26. e4 Na4 27. Bb2 (27. Bd2 Bh6 $18) 27...
Nxb2 28. Qxb2 Bf6 29. Ne6 Kf7 (29... Qb7 $5 $18) 30. Qd2 Qe8 $2 (30... Rh8 $18)
31. Ra1 Qd7 32. Qh6 Rh8 33. Qe3 Ra8 34. Qf3 Qb7 35. Rc1 Rc8 (35... Kg8 {
is not much help} 36. Rc7 Qb8 37. exf5 $18) 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. exf5 Qc1+ (37...
Qh8 {does not solve anything} 38. d4 exd4 39. fxg6+ Kxg6 40. Nf4+ Kf7 41. Nxh5
$18) 38. Kg2 Qh6 39. fxg6+ Qxg6 40. Kh2 Kg8 41. Nc7 Bg7 (41... a6 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 42. Nxa6 Kg7 43. Nc7 $18) 42. Nxb5 (42. Nxb5
Kh8 43. Be6 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XV"]
[Site "Asheboro, NC"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Huang, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.08.22"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A08: King's Indian Attack} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6
6. Bg2 Bd7 (6... Rb8 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 b5 9. Qe2 a5 10. Nf1 Ba6 11. e5 Nd7 12.
h4 h6 13. N1h2 Nb6 14. h5 b4 15. c3 c4 16. d4 Na4 17. Qc2 Bb5 18. Be3 Na7 19.
Nd2 Bd7 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. f4 {
Matikozian,A (2467)-McEntee,T (2137)/Las Vegas 2004/CBM 100 ext/1/2-1/2 (43)})
7. O-O Be7 $146 (7... d4 8. Nc4 b5 9. Nce5 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12.
Re1 O-O 13. Ng4 Nd7 14. f4 c4 15. Nf2 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Ng4 Ng6 18. Qe2 Qc7
19. Bd2 f6 20. Rf1 Bd6 21. a3 a5 22. a4 {
Verendel,J-Fransson,O/Rodeby 1998/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (33)}) (7... Qc7 8. Re1 {
1/2-1/2 Mohr,G (2420)-Franic,M (2375)/Makarska 1994/EXT 97}) (7... b5 8. e5 Ng8
9. h4 Qb6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Nf1 h6 12. Bf4 Bd8 13. Qd2 a5 14. a3 Nge7 15. h5 Nf5
16. Rad1 Bc7 17. Ne3 Nfe7 18. Ng4 O-O-O 19. c3 a4 20. Qc2 Nf5 21. b3 axb3 22.
Qxb3 {Costa,J (2082)-Pinho,F (1911)/St Joao da Madeira 2003/EXT 2005/1-0 (51)})
8. Re1 O-O 9. e5 {White threatens to win material: e5xf6} Ne8 10. Nf1 f6 11.
exf6 Bxf6 12. c3 {Covers b4+d4} (12. Ne3 Nd6 $11) 12... d4 {
This push gains space} 13. c4 e5 14. h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} (14. N3d2
Qc8 $15) 14... Nd6 $17 15. g4 h6 {White has a cramped position} 16. Ng3 Be8 {
Black has an active position} 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 {
A comfortable square for the white bishop} b6 (19... Bh4 20. Nf5 $15) 20. Qf3
Ne7 21. Qg2 Bg6 (21... Bh4 22. Bd2 $15) 22. Nf5 $11 Kh8 23. Nxe7 Bxe4 24. Qxe4
(24. Rxe4 Qxe7 25. f4 g5 $11) 24... Qxe7 (24... Bxe7 25. Re2 Bd6 26. a4 $15)
25. f4 $11 {White threatens to win material: f4xe5} Rce8 26. f5 {
White gains space} Qf7 27. Bd2 Re7 (27... Bh4 28. Re2 $11) 28. b4 $14 {
Playing against the pawn chain} Rb8 29. bxc5 $2 {Black hallucinates his rook
is on b1! Next thing I know, the TD informs us of a fire! Well, maybe it was
just fumes afterall.} (29. b5 Bh4 30. Re2 Rbe8 $14) 29... bxc5 $11 30. Re2 Reb7
31. Rae1 Rb1 32. Kg2 Rxe1 (32... Qd7 33. Rxb1 Rxb1 34. Be1 $11) 33. Bxe1 $14 ({
Inferior is} 33. Rxe1 Rb2 34. Re2 Rxa2 $17) 33... Qb7 $2 (33... Kh7 $5 $14 {
is an interesting alternative}) 34. Qxb7 $16 Rxb7 35. Bg3 Kg8 (35... Rb1 36.
Bxe5 Rd1 37. Bd6 $16) 36. Kf3 $18 (36. Bxe5 $2 {
doesn't lead to the expected results} Re7 $19) 36... Re7 $2 (36... Rb1 $142 $5
37. Bxe5 Rd1 38. Bxf6 gxf6 $18) 37. Ke4 Rd7 38. Rb2 (38. Bxe5 $2 {
is no good because of} Bxe5 39. Rb2 Bd6 $19) 38... a6 $2 (38... Kf7 $18) 39.
Rb6 Kf7 40. Rxa6 (40. Rc6 {makes it even easier for White} Rb7 41. Rxc5 Rb2 42.
Bxe5 Rxa2 43. Rc7+ Ke8 44. Bxf6 gxf6 $18) 40... Rb7 41. Bxe5 Rb2 (41... Bxe5 {
is the last straw} 42. Kxe5 Re7+ 43. Re6 Ra7 $18) 42. Ra7+ Ke8 (42... Kg8 {
does not save the day} 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Bxf6 gxf6 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46. a4 Re2+ 47.
Kd5 Re5+ 48. Kd6 $18) 43. Bxf6 (43. Bd6 {might be the shorter path} h5 44. Bxc5
hxg4 45. hxg4 Rg2 $18) 43... Re2+ (43... gxf6 {there is nothing else anyway}
44. Kd5 Rd2 $18) 44. Kd5 gxf6 45. Kxc5 Re3 (45... Rh2 {doesn't do any good} 46.
Kxd4 Kd8 47. c5 $18) 46. Kxd4 Rxh3 (46... Rf3 {cannot change destiny} 47. c5 h5
48. c6 $18) 47. c5 Rg3 48. c6 Rxg4+ 49. Kd5 (49. Kc5 $142 $18 {
and White can already relax}) 49... h5 (49... Rg2 $18 {praying for a miracle})
50. Ke6 Kd8 (50... Rd4 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 51. c7 Rd8 52. Rb7
Rc8 53. Rb8 Kf8 54. Rxc8+ Kg7 55. Rb8 Kh6 56. Kxf6 Kh7 57. c8=Q h4 58. Qh8#)
51. Rd7+ (51. c7+ Kc8 52. Kd6 Ra4 53. Rxa4 Kb7 54. Rb4+ Ka6 55. c8=Q+ Ka5 56.
Qc5+ Ka6 57. Qb6#) 51... Kc8 $18 52. Kxf6 h4 53. d4 (53. d4 h3 54. d5 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XV"]
[Site "Cincinnati,OH"]
[Date "2006.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Williams, Larry"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1758"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. h3 e5 4. d4 e4 5. Bf4 (5. c4
Na6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. f3 f5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 Bd6 10. Kf1 Ne7 11. g5 Rb8 12. h4
b5 13. Nh3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Bc6 15. e3 Ne6 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Rc1 Rb6 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19.
Qxd5 Qd7 {Basman,M (2390)-King,D (2435)/Brighton 1984/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (61)})
5... Ne7 (5... Bd6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. a4 a5 9. b3 Ng6 10. f3 Nh4 11. Bf1
Bg3+ 12. Kd1 f6 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Bf4 Bf2 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qe7 17. Qg3 f5
18. e3 g5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 20. Qe1 {
Karasek,C-Renner,M/Bayern 1999/EXT 2001/0-1 (61)}) 6. e3 Ng6 7. Bg3 Nh4 $146 (
7... Be7 8. Ne2 Nh4 9. Bxh4 Bxh4 10. Nf4 O-O 11. Nc3 f5 12. Rf1 Bg5 13. gxf5
Bxf4 14. exf4 Bxf5 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nb6 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Qc3 a5 19. Ng3 Qd6
20. Ne2 a4 21. Rg1 Ra6 22. Qg3 {
Vromans,N-Comp Mephisto Berlin/The Hague 1994/EXT 99/0-1}) 8. Bf1 Bd6 (8... Be6
9. Nd2 $17) 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. c3 f5 12. Qb3 f4 (12... Qe7 $142 $17)
13. Nxe4 $2 (13. O-O-O $142 {and White is still in the game} Kh8 14. Ne2 fxe3
15. fxe3 $17) 13... Qe7 $19 14. Bd3 (14. Nc5 fxe3 15. f3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Rxf3
$19) 14... Kh8 15. Nc5 $2 (15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. cxb4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 $19) 15... Ng2+
16. Kf1 (16. Kd1 {is not much help} fxe3 17. f3 b6 $19) 16... fxe3 17. f3 (17.
Bf5 {is no salvation} Bxf5 18. Kxg2 exf2 $19) 17... Qh4 (17... Nf4 {
might be the shorter path} 18. c4 b6 19. Ne4 $19) 18. Qc2 Nf4 19. Qh2 (19. Re1
{hoping against hope} b6 20. Rxe3 bxc5 21. Qf2 $19) 19... b6 20. Be2 (20. Ne2 {
does not help much} bxc5 21. Nxf4 Rxf4 $19) 20... bxc5 21. dxc5 (21. Re1 {
is not the saving move} Nd7 $19) 21... Nxe2 (21... Nd7 $142 {nails it down} 22.
Bc4 Nxc5 23. Ne2 Nxh3 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. Nxg3 Rxf3+ 26. Kg2 Bxg4 27. Rxh3 Rf2+
28. Kg1 Bxh3 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Nxf1 $19) 22. Kxe2 Ba6+ 23. Kxe3 Nd7 24. f4 (24.
Rd1 {what else?} Rab8 25. b3 $19) 24... Rae8+ (24... Rae8+ 25. Kd2 Qe7 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XIV"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cloete, Eugene"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A37: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Nf3} 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2
c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. Nd5 h6 10. Rb1 (10. h3
a6 11. a3 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nxd5 15. exd5 e4 16. dxe4 Bxa1
17. Bxh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ f6 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. g4 Rc8 22. Rd1 Bb5 23.
Ng5 Bd7 24. Ne6+ Bxe6 {
Chokbengboum,T-Popchev,M (2451)/St Chely d'Aubrac 2003/CBM 095 ext/0-1 (61)})
10... f5 11. a3 g5 $146 (11... fxe4 12. dxe4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. f4 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Bd7 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bb4 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Bf8 21.
Bh3 Qc7 22. d6 Qc6 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qf6 Qg4 25. Rf1 Bg7 26. Qf7+ {
Linnanen,L-Luik,H/Helsinki 1989/EXT 2002/0-1 (34)}) (11... f4 12. h3 g5 13. g4
Ng6 14. Nh2 Rf7 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. b4 Nd4 17. f3 Rh7 18. Bc3 h5 19. Bxd4 exd4 20.
gxh5 Rxh5 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Rh7 23. Kf2 b6 24. Rh1 Nh4 25. bxc5 bxc5 26.
Rb5 {
Kangleon,J (2060)-Van Buskirk,C (2335)/Kissimmee 1997/CBM 058 ext/1/2-1/2 (38)}
) 12. b4 f4 {This push gains space} (12... fxe4 13. dxe4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Bd2 $11) 13. b5 {White threatens to win material: b5xc6} (13. gxf4 exf4 14. h3
b6 $14) 13... Nb8 (13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 (14. bxc6 $143 Nc3 15. cxb7 Bxb7 $19)
14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qh5 $11) 14. Ne1 Nd7 15. g4 (15. Bd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5
Qe8 $11) 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 $142 $5 {has some apparent merit} Nf6
17. h3 $15) 16... Nf6 $17 17. h3 Qe8 (17... h5 18. gxh5 Qe8 19. Qe2 $17) 18.
Be4 {A sound move} h5 19. f3 Bd7 20. Rf2 Kf7 21. Rh2 Rh8 22. a4 hxg4 23. fxg4
Nxg4 $4 {(Timmel) Black was determined to not draw this game. Eugene shows his
cool and takes care of business.. with this move Black loses his initiative} (
23... Nxe4 $142 24. dxe4 Qd8 $17) 24. hxg4 $14 Rxh2 25. Kxh2 {
White wins a piece} Qh8+ 26. Kg1 Qh6 {
(Timmel) B did not want to trade Qs, but Qh4 and getting the g pawn is better.}
(26... Qh4 $5 {is interesting} 27. Ng2 Qh3 $14) 27. Rb2 Rh8 28. Rg2 Qh1+ 29.
Kf2 Rh3 30. Ke2 f3+ $4 {the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (30...
Ke8 $142 $18) 31. Bxf3 e4 (31... Rh2 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 32. Rxh2 Qxh2+ 33. Ng2 $18)
32. Bxe4 Bc3 (32... Rh2 {is the last straw} 33. Kd2 Rxg2+ 34. Bxg2 Qh4 $18) 33.
Rf2+ Kg7 34. Bxh1 Rxh1 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XIV"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lawson, Josh"]
[Black "Hogue, Tanner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6.
cxd4 e6 7. a3 d6 8. Be2 dxe5 9. dxe5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Qc7 $146 (11... b6
12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bd1 Rfd8 16. b5 Na5 17. Qd4 Nb4 18. Qf4
Nd3 {0-1 Sarakauskas,K-Ungure,L (2119)/Platelia 2000/EXT 2005}) (11... f6 12.
Bd3 $11) 12. Bb2 {Black has a cramped position} Rd8 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. g3 {
Controls h4} Nd3 {Will e5 fall?} 15. Bxd3 Rxd3 {Black has the pair of bishops}
16. Qc2 {White threatens to win material: Qc2xd3} Qd7 {
Black's piece can't move: c8} 17. Rad1 Bxb4 $4 (17... Rd5 $142 $14 {
would keep Black in the game}) 18. axb4 (18. Ne4 $142 {
makes sure everything is clear} Rd5 19. Nfg5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 $18) 18... Nxb4 19.
Qc4 a5 20. Qe4 (20. Qg4 $142 Kh8 21. Ng5 $18) 20... Rb8 $4 {
the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (20... h6 $142
$18) 21. Ng5 g6 22. Qe2 (22. Qh4 {and White can already relax} h5 23. Nde4 Rxd1
24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxd7 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Bxd7 27. Nxf7 Nd5 $18) 22... b6 (22... Qb5
{cannot change what is in store for ?} 23. Nde4 Bd7 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Qg4 $18)
23. Nde4 Kg7 24. Nf6 Qb5 (24... Qd8 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 25. Qf3
Rb7 26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Qf4 $18) 25. Rxd3 (25. Nh5+ gxh5 26. Qxh5 Rb7 27. Qxh7+
Kf8 $18) 25... Qxd3 26. Qxd3 (26. Qg4 $142 {secures victory} Nd5 27. Qh4 $18)
26... Nxd3 27. Bc3 Ba6 28. Rb1 (28. Nge4 Rc8 29. Rb1 Rc6 $18) 28... Rc8 (28...
a4 29. Nd7 (29. Ngxh7 $6 b5 $11) (29. Nfxh7 $6 b5 $15) 29... Rb7 30. Rxb6 Rxb6
31. Nxb6 $18) 29. Nge4 Rc6 30. Ne8+ (30. Nd7 Bb7 31. f3 Rc7 $18) 30... Kf8 31.
N8d6 Ke7 (31... a4 32. Kg2 a3 33. Ra1 $18) 32. f4 h5 33. Bd4 Nb4 34. Be3 (34.
Ng5 $5 h4 35. Ngxf7 Kd7 $18) 34... Bd3 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36. Bxc1 Nc2 37. Nf2 (37.
Nc3 Kd7 $18) 37... Be2 (37... Ba6 $142 $5 $16) 38. Nc8+ $18 Kd8 39. Nxb6 Kc7
40. Na4 Nd4 41. Be3 (41. Nc3 {might be the shorter path} Nf3+ 42. Kh1 Ba6 $18)
41... Nf3+ 42. Kh1 Bb5 43. Nc3 Bc6 44. Nfe4 Ne1 45. Kg1 Nc2 46. Bc5 (46. Bc1
$142 {seems even better} Bxe4 47. Nxe4 Kc6 $18) 46... a4 $6 {
doesn't faze the opponent} (46... Bxe4 47. Nxe4 Kc6 48. Bf8 $18) 47. Nd2 (47.
Nd6 {keeps an even firmer grip} h4 $18) 47... Be8 (47... Kb7 {
is not the saving move} 48. Kf2 $18) 48. Ndb1 (48. Kf2 {
makes it even easier for White} Bc6 $18) 48... Bd7 (48... Kc6 49. Bf8 $18 (49.
Nxa4 $6 Kb5 $18)) 49. Na3 Be8 (49... Nxa3 {no good, but what else?} 50. Bxa3
Bc6 $18) 50. Nxc2 (50. Nxc2 Kc6 51. Bb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XIV"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Graves, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6
10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Bg2 $146 (13. Rd1 Bf5 (13... Rd6 14.
Ba4 Bg4 15. Re1 Bf3 16. Re3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 a6 20. Ra4
Rc6 21. Re2 f5 22. f3 Kf7 23. Kf2 Rb5 24. Ke1 e4 25. fxe4 Bxb2 {
1/2-1/2 Mathe,G (2415)-Reich,T (2400)/Austria 1996/EXT 98}) 14. Rxd8+ Rxd8 15.
Be3 a6 16. Rc1 Ng4 17. Nd5 e6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. c4 Nxe3 21. fxe3
Bh6 22. Rc3 Bf8 23. c5 Rc8 24. Bb7 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Bxa6 Bxe3+ 27. Kf1
Bd4 {Letelier Martner,R (2205)-Valenzuela Fuentealba,L (2355)/Vina del Mar
1997/CBM 058 ext/1/2-1/2 (64)}) (13. Re1 Bf5 14. Ba4 e4 15. Bb3 Rb7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxe4 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Rb4 20. Nc5 {
1/2-1/2 Zainullina,N (2176)-Kiselev,A (2251)/Serpukhov 2003/EXT 2005}) (13. Ba4
Bb7 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bb3 a6 17. f3 e6 18. Rad1 Rdc8 19. Rd2 e4 20.
fxe4 Bxb3 21. axb3 Bxb2 22. Rd7 f5 23. Rf2 Rb4 24. exf5 exf5 25. Kg2 Re4 26.
Bh6 Bc3 27. Kf3 Rce8 {Czerniak,M-Nielsen,A/Amsterdam 1954/EXT 2001/1/2-1/2 (40)
}) (13. Be3 Rxb2 14. Rfd1 Rd6 15. Ba4 Rb7 16. Bc5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bd7 18. Bxd7
Nxd7 19. Bxe7 f5 20. a4 Kf7 21. Ba3 a6 22. Rd5 Nb6 23. Rd8 e4 24. Nd5 Rd7 25.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 26. Bb4 Be5 27. c4 Ke6 {
Binks,M-Plaskett,J (2485)/Hastings 1995/EXT 97/0-1 (39)}) (13. Re1 Bh3 $15)
13... Bf5 $15 {Black threatens to win material: Bf5xc2} 14. Re1 Bxc2 15. Be3 (
15. Rxe5 e6 16. Ra5 Ng4 $15) 15... a5 (15... Rxb2 $5 16. Re2 Rd3 $17) 16. Rac1
$15 Bf5 ({Instead of} 16... Rxb2 17. Re2 Ng4 18. Rexc2 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Nxe3 20.
fxe3 $16) 17. b3 e4 18. Bf4 {White threatens to win material: Bf4xb8} Rbc8 19.
Nxe4 Rxc1 20. Nxf6+ (20. Bxc1 $4 {going for material but overlooking...} Bxe4
21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Rxc1 24. Rxe7 Rc2 25. Re8+ Bf8 $19) 20...
Bxf6 21. Rxc1 Kg7 (21... Bb2 22. Re1 e5 23. Be3 $11 (23. Bxe5 $4 Bxe5 24. h3
Bc3 $19)) 22. Kf1 (22. h3 e5 23. Be3 Be7 $14) 22... e5 $11 {
Black threatens to win material: e5xf4} 23. Be3 Bd3+ 24. Ke1 Be7 25. Bd2 (25.
f4 e4 $11) 25... Bb4 $15 26. Bxb4 axb4 {White has a new backward pawn: a2} 27.
Rd1 Rd7 28. Bh3 f5 (28... Rd4 $142 $5 $17) 29. Bf1 $11 e4 {Black gains space}
30. Bxd3 exd3 {A rook endgame occured.} (30... Rxd3 $4 31. Rxd3 exd3 32. Kd2
$18) 31. Kd2 Kf6 32. f3 f4 33. g4 (33. gxf4 Kf5 $11) 33... Ra7 {
Black threatens to win material: Ra7xa2} (33... Kg5 $142 $5 $15 {
should be investigated more closely}) 34. Kxd3 Rxa2 35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 {
A pawn endgame occured} Ke5 $4 {a weak move, ruining a winning position} (36...
Kg5 $142 {is just about the only chance} 37. Ke2 Kh4 $11) 37. Kd3 $18 Kd5 (
37... g5 {the last chance for counterplay} 38. Kc4 Kd6 $18) 38. g5 Ke5 39. Kc4
h6 (39... Kf5 {does not improve anything} 40. h4 Ke6 41. Kxb4 $18) 40. gxh6 Kf6
41. Kxb4 g5 42. Kc4 (42. Kc4 Kg6 43. Kd4 $18) (42. Kc3 $142 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Kg6 43. b4 Kxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open XII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haigler, Willard Ian"]
[Black "Hales, William T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1565"]
[BlackElo "1634"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A51: Budapest Gambit, Fajarowicz Variation} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. e3
d6 5. a3 a5 6. Nc3 (6. Qc2 Bg4 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 O-O 10. Ng3 g6
11. O-O Kg7 12. Bd2 h5 13. h3 h4 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 a4 16. Nc3 Nb6 17. Ne4
Nd7 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc3 f6 20. f4 e4 {
Krueger,B-Riegler,M/Eppingen 2004/EXT 2005/1-0 (41)}) 6... Bf5 7. Nge2 $146 (7.
Bd3 e4 8. Bc2 h5 9. b3 h4 10. h3 Qe7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. O-O-O O-O 14.
Na4 Nfd7 15. Ne2 Rfb8 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Nc3 a4 20.
Rhe1 Qd8 21. Qf4 Bg6 {
Everet,A (2290)-Lanzani,M (2375)/Saint Vincent 1998/EXT 99/0-1 (82)}) 7... Ne4
8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ng3 {White threatens to win material: Ng3xe4} Bg6 10. Bd3 O-O (
10... a4 11. O-O $11) 11. O-O (11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qg4 Nd7 $11) 11... f5 $15 12.
e4 (12. b3 $15) 12... fxe4 (12... f4 $142 $5 13. Nf5 Nd7 $17) 13. Nxe4 (13.
Bxe4 Qh4 14. Bxg6 hxg6 $14) 13... Bxe4 $11 14. Bxe4 {
The bishop is not easily driven from e4} Nd7 15. Qg4 Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xg4} 16. Qe6+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Qh3 $4 (
18. Qxe8 $142 {the only rescuing move} Raxe8 19. Rae1 $11) 18... Nxe4 $19 19.
Be3 Bxe3 (19... Qa4 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qc3 $19)
20. fxe3 (20. Qxe3 {cannot undo what has already been done} Nc5 21. b4 Na6 $19)
20... Qg6 (20... Qa4 {and Black can already relax} 21. Qh4 Qxc4 22. h3 $19) 21.
Rxf8+ (21. Rac1 {cannot change destiny} Nd2 22. Rfd1 Rf3 $19) 21... Rxf8 22.
Rf1 (22. Qh4 {does not improve anything} Nd2 23. Kh1 Qd3 $19) 22... Rxf1+ (
22... Nf2 {might be the shorter path} 23. Qh4 Qd3 24. g4 $19) 23. Kxf1 Qf7+ 24.
Ke2 h6 (24... Qf2+ {and Black can already relax} 25. Kd3 Nc5+ 26. Kc3 Qe1+ 27.
Kc2 Qe2+ 28. Kb1 Qf1+ 29. Ka2 Qxc4+ 30. Kb1 Qd3+ 31. Ka2 $19) 25. Qh4 (25. Qf3
{does not solve anything} Qg6 26. Qf8+ Kh7 $19) 25... Ng5 (25... Qg6 {
makes it even easier for Black} 26. g3 $19) 26. b4 (26. Qg4 {desperation} Qe8
27. Qf5 $19) 26... axb4 27. axb4 Qf5 28. Qh5 (28. h3 {is still a small chance}
Qc2+ 29. Kf1 $19) 28... Qc2+ 29. Kf1 Qxc4+ (29... Qc1+ 30. Ke2 Qxc4+ 31. Kd1
Qxd5+ 32. Kc1 Qc4+ 33. Kd1 Qf1+ 34. Kc2 Qxg2+ 35. Kb3 Qd5+ 36. Ka3 Qd3+ 37. Kb2
$19) 30. Ke1 (30. Qe2 {does not win a prize} Qxb4 31. Qd3 Ne4 $19) 30... Qxb4+
31. Ke2 Qb2+ 32. Kf1 Qc1+ 33. Ke2 Qc4+ 34. Ke1 Qxd5 (34... Ne4 $142 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 35. Qd1 Qc5 $19) 35. h4 Ne4 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Ke2 Nf6
(37... Nc3+ 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39. Kf3 Qe2+ 40. Kg3 Qxe3+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Ne2+
43. Kh1 Qxh4#) 38. Qa4 Qxg2+ (38... Qxg2+ 39. Kd3 b5 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hales, William"]
[Black "Williams, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "1634"]
[BlackElo "1727"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C45: Scotch Game} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 5. c3 (5. Bf4
Ng6 6. Bg3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. h4
Re8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. h5 Be6 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 h6 17. f4 Nec6 18. Qf2 f5 19.
Bh4 Qc8 {
Mueller,K (2485)-Keitlinghaus,L (2475)/Germany 1996/GER-chT/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 5...
d5 (5... g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nd2 d5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Qb3
Ne7 12. Rd1 dxe4 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxe4 Rxb2 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17.
Nc4+ Ke6 18. Nxb2 Bxc3+ 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Na4 {
Zapata,J-Diaz,A/Bogota 2003/EXT 2004/1-0}) 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 $146 (7. exd5
cxd5 8. Bd3 (8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 Ba6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Bc4 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. b3
Bd3 14. Na3 b5 15. Kd2 Ng6 16. Rhe1+ Kd7 17. c4 Bxa3 18. cxb5 Nxf4 19. bxc6+
Kc7 20. g3 Bb4+ {0-1 Vasconcelos,R-Lima,F/Lisbon 2001/CBM 080 ext}) 8... g6 9.
Bg5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Be6 12. Nd2 c5 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Bb5 Rf8 15. Bc6 Rb8
16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxe7 Rfc8 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Re2 Rb6 20. Rd2 Be6 21. Rad1 h6 {
Vydeslaver,A (2305)-Mikhalevski,V (2320)/Israel 1992/TD/1-0 (41)}) (7. Be2 $142
$5 $14 {would keep White alive}) 7... Ng6 $15 {
Black threatens to win material: Ng6xe5} 8. Qh5 Bc5 9. Bd3 (9. Nd2 $5 $15) 9...
Qe7 $17 10. Bxg6 $2 (10. f4 $5 $17) 10... fxg6 $19 11. Qe2 a5 (11... O-O $142
12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Rf5 $19) 12. O-O $4 {solves nothing} (12. Be3 $142 $17)
12... Ba6 $19 13. Qg4 (13. Qe1 {there is nothing else anyway} Bxf1 14. Kxf1 $19
) 13... Bxf1 14. Kxf1 O-O 15. f4 Qxe5 16. Na3 (16. Qf3 {
otherwise it's curtains at once} Qf6 17. Na3 $19) 16... Rae8 17. Bd2 Qf5 (17...
Be3 $142 {secures the win} 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. g3 $19) 18. Qf3 (18. Qxf5 {
is not much help} Rxf5 19. h4 Rb8 $19) 18... Re6 (18... g5 {
might be the shorter path} 19. g4 Qc8 20. Kg2 $19) 19. b4 (19. g4 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Qg5 20. Re1 Ref6 21. fxg5
Rxf3+ 22. Ke2 Rf2+ 23. Kd3 R8f3+ 24. Kc2 Bxa3 25. bxa3 Rxh2 $19) 19... axb4 20.
cxb4 Bd4 (20... Bd6 {makes it even easier for Black} 21. Kg1 $19) 21. Rc1 g5
22. g4 Qe4 (22... Qf6 $142 $5 {seems even better} 23. f5 g6 24. Nc2 gxf5 25.
Kg2 $19) 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. f5 Bb2 (24... Bb2 25. Nc4 Bxc1 26. Bxc1 c5 27. bxc5
g6 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open XI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tiselsky, Eugene"]
[Black "Hales, William T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[Annotator "Fritz & TH"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

1. d4 {Fritz 8 (20s)} Nf6 {Fritz 8 (20s)} 2. c4 e5 3. e3 e4 4. Nc3 c6 5. d5 (5.
Qa4 d6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O h5 10. f3 exf3 11. Bxf3 h4 12.
Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Ng5 O-O 16. e4 Nd7 17. Nh3 Bf6 18. Bc3
c5 19. e5 dxe5 {Selensky,A-Kalugin,S/Orel 1998/EXT 2002/0-1 (38)}) 5... cxd5
$146 (5... d6 6. Nge2 (6. Be2 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8. f3 Bf5 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. fxe4
Qh4+ 11. g3 Qxe4 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Bd3 Qxd3 {
0-1 De Castet,A-Le Gall,M/Meudon 1992/EXT 98}) 6... Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Be2 Nbd7
9. O-O Nb6 10. Qb3 Be7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Nbd7 13. Qc2 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. b4
Nd3 16. Bxd3 exd3 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bb2 Qc4 20. Ba1 {
Sergei-Wilson,K/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/1-0 (57)}) (5... Na6 6. a3 $11)
6. cxd5 d6 (6... Bb4 7. Nge2 $11) 7. Bb5+ (7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qa4+ Nd7 9. Qxe4+
Be7 $16) 7... Bd7 $14 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Qd4 Qe7 10. Nb5 (10. Nge2 $5 $14 {
is noteworthy}) 10... Nc5 $11 11. Nh3 (11. Ne2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 $15) 11... a6 12.
Nc3 Nd3+ (12... g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Qd1 $15) 13. Ke2 g6 (13... Nc5 $142 $5 $11 {
is a viable option}) 14. Nxe4 $1 $16 {securing the advantage in this game}
Nxc1+ (14... Nxe4 {A pinning theme} 15. Qxh8 {A pinning theme}) 15. Raxc1 (15.
Rhxc1 Bg7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $16) 15... Bg7 16. Qa4+ b5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $2 (17...
Bxf6 $142 $5 {and Black has air to breath} 18. Qb4 O-O $14) 18. Qe4+ $18 Kd7
19. Qg4+ Qf5 20. Qxf5+ gxf5 21. b3 Rac8 22. Ng5 Ke7 23. Kd2 (23. Rc6 Rxc6 24.
dxc6 b4 $18) 23... Bb2 24. Rc2 Ba3 25. Rb1 (25. Nh3 $142 $5 $16) 25... Bb4+ $11
26. Kd1 Rxc2 27. Kxc2 Rg8 28. h4 (28. Nf3 Rxg2 29. Rf1 f4 30. exf4 Rg4 $11)
28... h6 $15 29. Nf3 Rxg2 {Black offered draw; white refused. Black was
playing while directing the tournament...hence the draw offer in a slightly
better position.} 30. Rf1 Bc5 31. Kd3 f4 32. Nd4 {White offered draw; black
accepted. 1/2-1/2 Tiselsky,E-Hales,W/The Asheboro Open XI 2006/[Fritz 8 (20s)]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open X"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chumachenko"]
[Black "Branton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3
Bb7} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Be7 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. g3 Re8 (
7... Na6 8. Bg2 Nc5 9. Nd4 a5 10. O-O Ne8 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Na6
14. Nc6 Bf6 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Nxf6 Nxf6 17. Bb2 Ng8 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bc3 e5 20. f4
Qe8 21. b5 Nc5 22. Nb4 {
Henley,R (2525)-Ivanov,I (2515)/New York 1983/MCD/1/2-1/2}) 8. Bg2 a5 (8... d6
9. O-O Bf8 10. Ne1 c6 11. e4 cxd5 12. exd5 e5 13. Nd3 Nbd7 14. Be3 e4 15. Nf4
Ne5 16. b3 Neg4 17. Re1 Bc8 18. Bd4 g5 19. Nfe2 Bf5 20. h3 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5
22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Nxf5 {
Sharma,D (2369)-Ahmed,S (2297)/Dhaka 2004/CBM 100 ext/0-1 (72)}) 9. O-O Na6 10.
Bf4 $146 (10. e4 exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. b3 Bf8 14. Re1 g6 15. Bb2 Bg7
16. Qc2 Ng4 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. h3 Nf6 19. f4 Nh5 20. Kh2 Re7 21. Nc6 Ree8 22. b4
axb4 23. axb4 Na6 24. b5 Nc5 {
Huss,A (2330)-Adhami,V (2335)/La Valetta 1980/EXT 2000/0-1 (35)}) (10. e4 exd5
11. cxd5 Bc5 $14) 10... Nc5 $11 11. Nd4 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 {
Black has the pair of bishops} 14. Ndb5 {
White threatens to win material: Nb5xc7} Rac8 (14... Rec8 $5 $11 {
is interesting}) 15. b4 $14 axb4 (15... exd5 16. bxc5 c6 17. cxb6 cxb5 18. Nxd5
Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxb6 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. e4 $16) 16. axb4 $16 Na6 (16... exd5 $142
$5 17. bxc5 c6 18. cxb6 cxb5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxb6 21. cxb5 Qxb5 $16) 17.
dxe6 $18 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qxe6 (18... Ra8 19. exf7+ Qxf7 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. Nxc7
$18) 19. Rxa6 Qxc4 (19... c6 20. Na7 (20. Rxb6 $6 Qxc4 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Qxd6
Qxc3 $16) 20... Qxc4 21. Qd3 (21. Nxc8 $143 Qxa6 22. Nd6 Re6 $16) (21. Rxb6 $6
{is much weaker} Rc7 22. Qa1 Bxb4 $11) 21... Qxd3 22. exd3 $18) 20. Qd4 (20.
Qd5 $5 {might be the shorter path} Qg4 21. h3 Qg6 22. Qxd7 Bxb4 $18) 20... Qxd4
21. Nxd4 Bxb4 22. Nd5 Bc5 23. e3 Re5 24. Nc3 Kf8 25. Rd1 Ke7 (25... Bb4 26.
Nde2 $18) 26. Nb3 d6 27. f4 Re6 28. e4 Kd7 29. Nxc5+ bxc5 30. e5 f5 $2 (30...
Rb8 $18) 31. Nd5 (31. Nb5 {seems even better} Rb8 32. exd6 cxd6 33. Nxd6 Re2+
34. Kf3 Rxh2 35. Nxf5+ Kc7 $18) 31... Rb8 (31... Kd8 {is not much help} 32. Ne3
g6 33. Nc4 $18) 32. Ra7 Rc8 (32... Rb2+ {is still a small chance} 33. Kg1 dxe5
34. Nxc7+ Ke7 35. Nxe6+ Kxe6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 37. fxe5 Re2 $18) 33. Nb6+ (33. Nb6+
Kd8 34. Nxc8 Kxc8 35. exd6 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 cxd6 37. Rxg7 $18) (33. exd6 $142 $5 {
and White can already relax} Rxd6 34. Nb6+ Kd8 35. Rxd6+ cxd6 36. Nxc8 Kxc8 37.
Rxg7 c4 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open X"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chumachenko"]
[Black "Tiselsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "1558"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3
Bb7} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 O-O 7. g3 d6 (7...
Na6 8. Bg2 Nc5 9. Nd4 a5 10. O-O Ne8 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Na6 14.
Nc6 Bf6 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Nxf6 Nxf6 17. Bb2 Ng8 18. Qd2 f6 19. Bc3 e5 20. f4 Qe8
21. b5 Nc5 22. Nb4 {Henley,R (2525)-Ivanov,I (2515)/New York 1983/MCD/1/2-1/2})
8. Bg2 e5 9. b4 $146 (9. O-O Bc8 (9... Nbd7 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. e4 g6 12. b4 Ng7
13. Nd3 a6 14. f4 f6 15. f5 g5 16. h4 h6 17. Bf3 Qe8 18. Ra2 Qf7 19. Rh2 Kh7
20. Kg2 Rh8 21. Rfh1 g4 22. Bxg4 Kg8 23. Be3 Rh7 24. Qd2 {
Sarno,S (2395)-Squarci,F (2016)/St Vincent 2004/CBM 098 ext/1-0 (44)}) (9...
Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Nd7 13. Nf3 g6 14. Nd4 Ng7 15. b4 Rb8 16.
Ncb5 a6 17. Na7 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qf6 20. Qd2 Qf7 21. e4 fxe4 22. Bxe4
Nf6 23. Bg2 Rbe8 24. Bb2 {
Tisera,N (2175)-Larrarte,S/Trelew 1995/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (35)}) 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11.
d6 Bxd6 12. Bxa8 c6 13. b4 Bh3 14. Re1 Qc7 15. b5 Rd8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qa4 h6
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. bxc6 Be6 20. Nb5 Qc8 21. Bb7 {
1-0 Ewald,P-Hinte,F/Eppingen 1988/GER}) 9... a5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. O-O axb4 12.
axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qa8 14. Nb5 (14. Nh4 $5 $16) 14... c6 $14 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16.
Na7 Be4 17. b5 {White has a new backward pawn: c4} Nc5 {A sound move} 18. Nc6
Bxc6 19. bxc6 e4 (19... Qb8 $142 $5 $14 {has some apparent merit}) 20. Nd4 $18
Qxa1 $2 (20... Qc8 $142 21. f3 Bd8 $18) 21. Rxa1 (21. Bxa1 $6 Ra8 $18) 21...
Rc8 (21... Re8 22. Bh3 d5 23. c7 dxc4 24. c8=Q Rxc8 25. Bxc8 $18) 22. Ra7 Bf8 (
22... Bd8 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 23. Bh3 Rb8 24. Nb5 $18) 23. Bh3
Re8 24. c7 Nfd7 (24... d5 {doesn't do any good} 25. Nc6 Bd6 26. c8=Q Rxc8 27.
Bxc8 dxc4 28. Ra8 $18) 25. Nc6 Rc8 26. Bd4 (26. Bxd7 {seems even better} Nxd7
27. Rb7 h5 $18) 26... Ne6 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rb7 e5 29. Be3 Kf7 (29... d5 {
does not help much} 30. Na7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 $18) 30. Na7 Ra8 (30... Rxc7 {
hardly improves anything} 31. Rxc7 Ke6 32. Nc8 $18) 31. c8=Q Rxc8 32. Nxc8 Ke6
33. Nxb6 Nxb6 34. Bxb6 (34. Rxb6 {might be the shorter path} Kf7 $18) 34... Be7
35. f4 exf3 36. exf3 g5 (36... Bf6 {does not improve anything} 37. h4 $18) 37.
Kf2 h6 (37... h5 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 38. Ke3 $18)
38. Ke3 Kf7 (38... h5 $18 {there is nothing better in the position}) 39. Bd8 (
39. Bd8 Kf6 40. Bxe7+ Ke6 41. Ke4 d5+ 42. cxd5+ Kf7 43. Bxg5+ Ke8 44. Bxh6 Kd8
45. d6 Kc8 46. Rc7+ Kd8 47. Bg5+ Ke8 48. d7+ Kf7 49. Kf5 e4 50. d8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open X"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timmel"]
[Black "Chumachenko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D94: Grünfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3
O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bd3 (7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. O-O dxc4 11. Ne5
Bxe2 12. Nxe2 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Na5 14. Qh3 e6 15. Nf4 Nd5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+
Kh8 18. Ba3 Nf4 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 Qxd4 21. Rae1 h6 {
Rasmussen,L (2240)-Ristic,N (2415)/Luxembourg 1990/EXT 97/1-0 (44)}) (7. dxc5
dxc4 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nb5 Nd5 10. Nfd4 a6 11. bxc4 axb5 12. cxd5 Rxd5 13. Bxb5
Rxc5 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Bb2 Nxd4 16. exd4 Rc2 17. Bc1 Bxd4 18. Rb1 Bf5 19. Bd1
Bxf2+ 20. Kf1 Bd3+ 21. Be2 Rxe2 {
Stephensen,M-Kwapinski,L (1895)/Esbjerg 2004/CBM 101 ext/0-1}) 7... Nc6 8. Bb2
$146 (8. h3 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e6 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Ne2 Rd8 14.
Qc2 Nb4 15. Qc3 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Qxc3 17. Nxc3 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Be3 Bd7 20.
Rac1 Bc6 21. Rfd1 h6 22. Kf1 Rad8 {
Clasen,L-Klein,A/Troisdorf 1999/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (36)}) (8. Ne5 cxd4 (8... Nxe5
9. dxe5 dxc4 10. bxc4 Ng4 11. f4 e6 12. Qe2 Nh6 13. Bb2 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
O-O Bd7 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. g4 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. g5 Bxc3 21. Bxc3
Nf5 22. e4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 {Pust,E-Lorenz,J/Germany 1991/EXT 97-B/1/2-1/2 (37)})
9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. exd4 c5 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ng4 13. Bb2 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 e5 15.
Be2 f5 16. Nc6 Qc5 17. Qxd5+ Qxd5 18. cxd5 e4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21.
Ke2 Ba6+ 22. Ke3 Rf5 {
Perez Mas,J-Picornell Morant,J/Aragon 1997/EXT 2003/1-0 (55)}) (8. dxc5 $2 {
would be great except for} Ne4 {Theme: Clearance for g7-a1} 9. Bxe4 Bxc3+ (9...
dxe4 $6 10. Nd4 $17) 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ (10... dxe4 $143 11. Bxc3 exf3 12. Qxf3 $19)
(10... Bxa1 $6 11. cxd5 f5 12. Bc2 $17) 11. Nxd2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Qxd8
Rfxd8 $19 (13... Nxd8 $6 14. Nc3 $19)) 8... Bg4 9. dxc5 Ne4 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne4xc3. Clearance to allow g7-b2} 10. Qc1 $2 (
10. Nxe4 {Exploits the pin} Bxb2) 10... Nb4 11. Be2 Nxc5 12. O-O Nbd3 (12...
Ncd3 13. Qb1 Nxb2 14. Qxb2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 $19) 13. Qc2 $17 Nxb2 14. Qxb2 Bxf3
15. gxf3 $2 (15. Bxf3 $142 dxc4 16. Rad1 $17) 15... d4 $19 16. exd4 Qxd4 17.
Rac1 $2 (17. Qa3 Rac8 18. Nd5 $19) 17... Qf4 18. Kg2 Rad8 (18... Be5 {
makes it even easier for Black} 19. Rh1 Rad8 20. Qa3 $19) 19. Qa3 (19. Rg1 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} Nd3 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 $19) 19... Be5 (19...
Nd3 $5 {and Black can already relax} 20. Rcd1 Be5 21. Rh1 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 $19) 20.
Rh1 Nd3 21. Rc2 (21. h4 {praying for a miracle} Bd6 22. c5 Bxc5 23. Qa4 $19)
21... Ne1+ $3 {A double attack} (21... Ne1+ 22. Kf1 Nxc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open X"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McCartney, Patrick"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A02: Bird's Opening} 1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. c3
Bg7 (6... Bg4 7. Bd3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 e6 9. O-O h5 10. f5 gxf5 11. Bxf5 exf5 12.
Qxf5 Qd7 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Nf6 16. Nd2 Rhg8 17. b4 Bd6 18. Rf1
Qg4 19. Qxg4+ hxg4 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rae1 {
Bergmann,J-Madl,I (2435)/Recklinghausen 1999/EXT 2000/0-1}) 7. Bd3 Nh6 (7...
Nf6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe1 Qd7 11. Ne5 Qe6 12. Qe3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7
14. h3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nf3 f6 17. exf6 Qxe3+ 18. Bxe3 Rxf6 19. Rae1 e6
20. h4 Bh6 21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22. Ng5 {
Trapp,M (1506)-Hannes,D (1145)/Willingen 2003/CBM 094 ext/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 8. O-O
O-O 9. Na3 $146 (9. Ne5 f6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nd2 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Rxf8+
Qxf8 14. Nb3 Nf5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Be3 Qd6 18. h3 Re8 19. Qd2
Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bg3 21. Rf1 Re4 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Bh6 Re8 {
Janik,K (2210)-Radziewicz,I (2085)/Krynica 1994/EXT 98/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 9... Rb8
10. Nc2 b5 (10... Bf5 11. Be2 $14) 11. Ne5 $16 {
White threatens to win material: Ne5xc6} Qb6 12. Kh1 Nxe5 (12... e6 13. a4 bxa4
14. Rxa4 $14) 13. fxe5 $16 f6 (13... Bg4 14. Qe1 Qe6 15. Bg5 $18) 14. Ne3 (14.
exf6 $5 Rxf6 15. Bf4 $18) 14... fxe5 15. Rxf8+ Bxf8 16. Nxd5 Qd6 {
Black threatens to win material: Qd6xd5} 17. Be4 Ng4 18. Qc2 $4 {
hands over the advantage to the opponent} (18. Qf3 $142 {
and White is still in the game} exd4 19. Bf4 $16) 18... exd4 $17 19. Bf4 e5 20.
Bg3 Be6 21. h3 (21. Qe2 $5 Bxd5 22. Qxg4 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 $17) 21...
Bxd5 $19 22. hxg4 Qc6 $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (22... Rc8
$142 $19 {and Black could have gained the advantage}) 23. Qb3 {
White pins: Qb3xd5} Bxb3 {Deflection from c6} 24. Bxc6 Bc4 25. b3 {
White threatens to win material: b3xc4} (25. cxd4 $5 Rb6 26. d5 $11) 25... Rb6
$15 26. bxc4 Rxc6 27. cxb5 Rxc3 28. Bxe5 {Black has a new passed pawn: d4} Bc5
29. Rd1 (29. a4 Kf7 $17) 29... Rc4 $17 30. Rf1 (30. g5 Kf7 $19) 30... Rb4 $19
31. Rd1 Kf7 32. a3 Rc4 33. Re1 Bxa3 34. Kh2 (34. Bf4 $142 $19) 34... Bc1 $4 {
Black lets it slip away} (34... Bb4 $142 {would have given Black the upper hand
} 35. Rd1 Bc5 $19) 35. Bxd4 $11 Bf4+ 36. g3 Bxg3+ {Demolishes the pawn shield}
37. Kxg3 Rxd4 {A rook endgame occured} 38. Ra1 {
The rook intends Re1-a1-a6-c6. White threatens to win material: Ra1xa7} Rd7 39.
Ra6 Rb7 {Black threatens to win material: Rb7xb5} 40. Kh4 h6 41. Rc6 {
A beautiful square!} (41. Ra5 Ke8 $11) 41... Rxb5 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open VIII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Parrish, Jacob"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6
3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. Nc4 b6 10. e5
(10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd2 h6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. c3 e5 14. Qc2 Ng8 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4
f5 17. b5 Nce7 18. Bb4 Rf6 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qc7
Qxc7 23. Rxc7 a6 24. exf5 Nxf5 {
Sale,S (2381)-Kotsur,P (2600)/Abu Dhabi 2001/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (31)}) (10. Nh4
Bb7 11. Ne3 e5 12. c3 a6 13. Qe1 b5 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 b4 16. Bd2 a5 17. Kh1
Re8 18. Qf2 Qc7 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Bf3 Ne7 21. Rg2 c4 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qxe5
24. Nxc4 Qc7 {
Lahiri,A (2337)-Karavade,E (2199)/Mumbai 2003/CBM 093 ext/1-0 (45)}) 10... Ng4
11. e6 $146 (11. exd6 exd6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. c3 (13. Re1 Nge5 14. Nfxe5 dxe5 15.
Qd2 Nd4 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. c3 dxc3 19. bxc3 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Be6 21. Ne3
Rbc8 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. Red1 f5 24. c4 f4 25. Nd5 Bg4 26. Be4 fxg3 27. hxg3 Bxd1
{Meissner,H (2280)-Jakat,T/Rostock 1980/EXT 98/1-0 (51)}) 13... Be6 14. Bf4
Nge5 15. Na3 Bg4 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nbxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3
Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxd4 22. Rad1 Bxb2 23. Qb3 Bg7 24. Bxd6 Qb7 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 {
Lagrotteria,S (2150)-Caruso,D (2145)/Bratto 1996/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (56)}) (11.
exd6 exd6 12. Bf4 Nge5 $11) 11... f5 (11... fxe6 12. Ng5 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
Bh3 $11) 12. h3 {White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Nf6 (12... Bxe6 $2 {
leads to nothing} 13. Ng5 Nxf2 14. Rxf2 $18 (14. Kxf2 $143 Bd4+ 15. Ne3 Bd7 $18
)) 13. Ng5 Qe8 14. Bf4 (14. Re1 $142 $14 {and White can hope to survive}) 14...
h6 $17 15. Nf3 Bxe6 16. Re1 Qf7 17. Qd2 (17. Qc1 $142 $5 Bxc4 18. dxc4 $19)
17... Bxc4 $19 18. dxc4 Ne4 19. Rxe4 $2 (19. Qc1 $142 g5 20. Be3 $19) 19...
fxe4 20. Nh4 g5 (20... Qxc4 $6 21. Nxg6 Rf6 22. Re1 $19) 21. Bxd6 (21. Bxe4 {
hardly improves anything} Nd4 (21... gxh4 $6 22. Bxc6 hxg3 23. Bxg3 $19) 22. c3
gxf4 23. cxd4 fxg3 $19) 21... exd6 (21... Rbd8 $142 {
and Black has it in the bag} 22. Nf5 Qxf5 23. Qd5+ Qxd5 24. cxd5 Bxb2 25. Ra2
$19) 22. Bxe4 Ne7 (22... Nb4 $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 23. Nf5 Qe6
24. Re1 Rxf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxd6 $19) 23. Ng6 d5 (23... Nxg6 24. Bd5 Bd4 25.
Rf1 Qxd5 26. cxd5 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 $19) ({Less advisable is} 23... Bxb2 24. Re1
Be5 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Qe2 $19) 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Re1 (26. c3 {
is not much help} Rbe8 27. Kf1 Qd7 $19) 26... Qd7 27. Re6 (27. Kg2 {
does not win a prize} Qxa4 (27... Bxb2 $6 28. c3 Ba3 29. Ra1 Qxa4 30. h4 $19)
28. Re6 Qd7 $19) 27... Rbe8 28. Rg6 (28. Rxe8 {does not solve anything} Qxe8
29. c3 Qxa4 $19) 28... Qf5 (28... Qxh3 $142 {might be the shorter path} 29.
Rxg7 Kxg7 $19) 29. Rc6 (29. Rxg7 {cannot change destiny} Kxg7 30. a5 bxa5 $19)
29... Qxh3 (29... Bd4 30. Bg2 Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 Re1+ 32. Qxe1 Bxe1 33. Kh2 Bxg3+
34. Kh1 Qxc2 35. Rxh6+ Kg7 36. Rg6+ Kxg6 37. Be4+ Qxe4+ 38. Kg1 Qe2 39. h4 Rf1#
) 30. Bg2 (30. c3 {does not improve anything} Qg4 31. Bg2 Re2 $19) 30... Qf5 (
30... Qh5 31. Rd6 Re2 32. Qd3 Rfxf2 33. Rd8+ Bf8 34. Qf3 Rxf3 35. Re8 Qxe8 36.
c3 Re1+ 37. Bf1 Qe2 38. g4 Rfxf1#) 31. Rc7 (31. a5 {is still a small chance}
Qg4 32. c3 $19) 31... Bd4 (31... Bd4 32. Qd3 Qxf2+ 33. Kh2 Rf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open VIII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Jodrey, Josh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. g3 Be6 (4... Bd6
5. Bg2 Ne7 6. Ngf3 h6 7. O-O Be6 8. d4 Nd7 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. c4 Be6 11. Qe2 Bg4
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Be5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Rxd7 Qxd7
18. Nxe5 Qd1+ 19. Qxd1 {
Rubzova,T (2309)-Kolmakova,M (2112)/Serpukhov 2003/EXT 2004/1-0 (42)}) 5. Ngf3
(5. Bg2 Nd7 6. Ne2 Bc5 7. O-O Ne7 8. Kh1 Qc7 9. f4 f6 10. c3 O-O-O 11. f5 Bf7
12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 a5 14. Ba3 d4 15. c4 c5 16. bxa5 Bxa5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Nb1 Bb4
19. Nc1 Be8 {Wagner,F (1742)-Schmidt,A (1668)/Willingen 2003/CBM 094 ext/1-0})
5... Nd7 6. Bg2 Bc5 $146 (6... f6 7. Nh4 Ne7 8. c4 Nc5 9. Nb3 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 Qb6
11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. a3 d4 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O Nb4 16. fxe5 fxe5 17.
Bd2 Nxd3 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Ng5 Bc4 20. b4 h6 21. Nf3 {
Brokko Olde,M-Paidla,K (2100)/Tallinn 1997/EXT 2000/0-1 (35)}) 7. O-O f6 {
Consolidates g5} (7... Ngf6 8. exd5 Bxd5 9. Nb3 $11) 8. c3 {
White's piece can't move: c1} (8. exd5 cxd5 9. Nb3 Bb6 $14) 8... Ne7 $11 9. d4
exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Re1 O-O 12. e5 $2 (12. exd5 $142 $5 {
might be a viable alternative} Bxd5 13. Ne4 $11) 12... fxe5 $17 13. dxe5 (13.
Ng5 Bf5 14. g4 $19) 13... Ng6 $19 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open VIII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Lawson, Josh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6
5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Ncxe7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2
b5 $146 (11... Qd6 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. a3 Nc6 14. Ba2 Nf6 15. Bb1 Qe7 16. Rc5 Nd7
17. Rc3 f5 18. Ned2 Nf6 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Rc5 Nd8 21. e4 Nf4 22. Qe3 fxe4 23.
Rxc7 Nd5 24. Qxe4 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Nxc7 26. Qxh7+ {
Harovelo,I (2261)-Rouze,X (2078)/France 2004/EXT 2005/1-0}) (11... f6 12. Qc2
$16) 12. Bd3 g6 (12... Bb7 $5 $16) 13. Ne4 $18 Nf5 14. Rc5 (14. Nc5 $5 Nd6 $18)
14... Nd6 15. a3 Nb7 (15... Bb7 16. Rfc1 $16) 16. Rc2 $18 Bd7 17. Rfc1 c6 (
17... f6 18. Qd2 $18) 18. Ne5 f5 19. Nd2 Ne7 20. g3 (20. Qf3 {
might be the shorter path} Be8 $18) 20... Rc8 (20... c5 21. Qf3 Rb8 22. dxc5
$18) 21. h4 (21. Nb3 Be8 $18) 21... Be8 $2 (21... c5 22. dxc5 (22. Nxd7 $6 Qxd7
23. Qf3 e5 24. dxe5 Nc6 $11) 22... Nc6 23. Ndf3 $18 (23. Nxd7 $143 Qxd7 24. Rc3
Rcd8 $16)) 22. Ndf3 (22. Nb3 Rb8 $18) 22... h6 23. Ne1 (23. b4 Ra8 $18) 23...
Kg7 (23... c5 $142 $5 24. dxc5 Na5 $16) 24. Qf3 Qd6 25. Bf1 Nd8 26. N1d3 Nd5
27. Nc5 (27. h5 gxh5 28. Qh1 Nf7 $18) 27... Ra8 28. Qe2 g5 {Black prepares f4}
(28... Nf7 29. Ned3 $18) 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. e4 Ne7 31. Qd2 f4 32. Bh3 (32. gxf4
$5 {and White can already relax} gxf4 33. Ng4 Ng6 $18) 32... Ng6 33. Ng4 (33.
Qc3 $5 fxg3 34. fxg3 Nxe5 35. dxe5 Qe7 $18) 33... fxg3 34. e5 gxf2+ 35. Nxf2
Qe7 36. Nfe4 (36. Bg2 Nh4 $18) 36... Nf4 $16 37. Bg4 (37. Rc3 Bg6 38. Rg3 Nb7
$16) 37... Bg6 38. Rc3 Ra7 (38... Nf7 39. Ng3 $14) 39. Nf6 (39. Rf1 Bxe4 40.
Nxe4 Rd7 $16) 39... Rh8 (39... Rxf6 40. exf6+ Qxf6 41. Rg3 $14) 40. Nce4 (40.
Rf3 $5 $16) 40... Bxe4 $14 41. Nxe4 {Black king safety improved} Rh4 {
Black threatens to win material: Rh4xg4} 42. Rg3 {
White has a very active position} Rd7 43. Nf6 {A classical outpost} Rxg4 $4 {
another bit of territory lost} (43... Nf7 $142 44. Nxd7 Qxd7 $14) 44. Rxg4 $18
({Instead of} 44. Nxg4 Rxd4 45. Qe1 Nf7 $17) 44... Rxd4 (44... Kf8 {
there is nothing better in the position} 45. Qh2 Qg7 $18) 45. Rxg5+ Kf7 46. Qh2
Rd1+ (46... Qxf6 {does not solve anything} 47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. exf6 Ng6 49. Rxg6
Nf7 50. Rg8+ Kd7 51. Qxf7+ Kd6 52. Qf8+ Ke5 53. Qc5+ Ke4 54. Re1+ Kf4 55. Qxd4+
Kf5 56. Rf1#) 47. Rxd1 Qc5+ (47... Qa7+ {hardly improves anything} 48. Kh1 Nh3
49. Qxh3 Qg1+ 50. Kxg1 Ke7 51. Rd7+ Kf8 52. Qh6#) 48. Kh1 (48. Kh1 Qg1+ 49.
Rgxg1 Nd5 50. Qh5+ Ke7 51. Qe8#) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open VII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alan Patrick"]
[Black "Dave Pecora"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "12.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A06: Réti Opening:1 Nf3 d5} 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. Bb5 Bd7
6. O-O e6 7. d4 (7. c4 Be7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Qa5 12.
Rc1 Nxd4 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Qxd4 Bf6 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Ne4 Qxd2 18.
Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rxd2 Rac8 20. Rdc2 Kg7 21. Kf1 Kg6 {
Adamski,J (2405)-Szilagyi,G (2360)/Stary Smokovec 1974/MCD/1-0 (42)}) 7... Bd6
(7... cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 Ne4 11. Bd3 f5 12. c4 Bf6 13. cxd5
exd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bg5 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Bc1 f4 19. f3 Qxe5
20. Qe2 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 Nc5 22. Bxh7+ {
Brozhik,V (2140)-Arutiunov,V (2088)/Kiev 2004/CBM 098 ext/0-1 (34)}) 8. Nbd2
$146 (8. c4 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nd4 Qf6 13. Qc2
Bxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. g3 Qf6 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. e4 Nb4 19. Qc3 a5 20.
Nc4 Nd3 21. Nxe5 Nxb2 22. Qxb2 Bxe4 {
Garcia Fernandez,M-Soneira Muinos,J/Orense 2000/EXT 2001/0-1 (40)}) (8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O $11) 8... O-O (8... cxd4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxd4 $11) 9. a3 {
Covers b4} (9. dxc5 $5 {is worth looking at} Bxc5 10. c4 $11) 9... Nxd4 $15 10.
Nxd4 cxd4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. exd4 (12. Bxd4 e5 13. Bb2 b5 $15) 12... Qc7 13. g3
b5 14. Rc1 (14. c3 Rfe8 $17) 14... Qa5 (14... Rfc8 15. Nf3 $17) 15. b4 Qc7 16.
Qe2 Rab8 (16... a5 17. c3 Rfb8 18. Rce1 $17) 17. Nb3 Qc4 {
Black threatens to win material: Qc4xe2} (17... Qc6 18. Rce1 $17) 18. Qd3 (18.
Qxc4 bxc4 19. Nc5 Rfe8 $15) 18... Rfe8 (18... Qc6 19. Rce1 $17) 19. Rfd1 (19.
Nc5 Qxd3 20. cxd3 g5 $15) 19... h6 (19... Qc6 20. Qc3 Qb6 21. Re1 $17) 20. f3 {
Consolidates e4+g4} (20. Nc5 Ra8 $15) 20... Rec8 (20... Qc8 21. Nc5 $17) 21.
Kf2 (21. Nc5 $5 $15 {deserves consideration}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open VII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dave Pecora"]
[Black "Adam Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "12.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5.
d4 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Be7 11. Qb3 (11. Ne4
Qb6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. h4 Qxb2 15. Bd2 Bc2 16. Qc1 Ba3 17. h5 Rac8 {
0-1 Peteh,U-Krumpak,H (2112)/Ljubljana 2002/CBM 088 ext}) 11... Bxf3 $146 (
11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qb5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 {
1/2-1/2 Ostojic,P (2410)-Rohde,M (2405)/New York 1979/MCD}) (11... Qb6 12. Qxb6
Nxb6 13. Be3 O-O 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Bf3 N4d5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5
exd5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 {
1/2-1/2 Miroshnichenko,E (2270)-Drozdov,I (2450)/Vienna 1995/EXT 98}) (11...
Nb6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. a3 N4d5 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qd5
18. Ned2 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 Bg6 20. Na5 Nd5 21. Kf2 Rb8 22. b4 Bf6 23. Bc4 Ne7 24.
Ke2 Rfd8 25. Bd3 Bxd3+ 26. Kxd3 {
Bazant,P (2145)-Mitura,V (2270)/Czechia 1997/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (33)}) (11... Qb6
$5 $11) 12. Bxf3 $14 Nxd4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Bxd5 Qc7
17. Bf4 {White threatens to win material: Bf4xc7} Qb6 {
Black threatens to win material: Qb6xb2} 18. Be3 {
White threatens to win material: Be3xb6} Qc7 (18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rac1
$14) 19. Rac1 $16 Rfc8 (19... Rfd8 20. a3 $16) 20. b3 Bf6 21. Rd2 Qa5 $4 {
another step towards the grave} (21... a6 $142 $5 $16) 22. Qxa5 (22. Rxc6 $142
{makes sure everything is clear} Qxa4 23. Rxc8+ (23. bxa4 $143 bxc6 (23... Rxc6
$143 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rc2 $16) 24. Bf3 Be5 $17) 23... Rxc8 24. bxa4 $18) 22...
Nxa5 23. Rdc2 (23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bxa7 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 Nc6 $18) 23... Rxc2 24.
Rxc2 Rd8 (24... Nc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 $18) 25. Bf3 Be5 26. Kf1 Nc6 27.
Bxc6 bxc6 28. Bxa7 f6 29. Ke2 (29. a4 Rd3 30. Rxc6 Rxb3 $18) 29... Kf7 (29...
Ra8 30. Be3 Kf7 $18) 30. a4 Rd6 31. Bc5 Rd8 32. a5 Ra8 33. Bb6 Rc8 (33... Bd6
$18) 34. a6 Ke6 35. a7 Kd5 (35... Ra8 {is one last hope} 36. Rxc6+ Kd7 $18) 36.
Rd2+ Ke6 37. Rd8 (37. Rd8 Rxd8 38. Bxd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open VII"]
[Site "TOMCO-6BD9B49FE"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hales, W.."]
[Black "Simpson, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "1593"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bc2 (
11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 Qd7 13. Nf1 c6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. a4 cxd5 16. exd5 Qb7 17. Nh4
Nbd7 18. Ngf5 Nc5 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. f4 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Bd3 23. Qd1
Bc4 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Nf5 Qa7+ {
Apicella,M (2522)-Herndl,G (2181)/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 098/1-0}) 11... Nbd7 12.
Be3 Nc5 $146 (12... Rb8 13. Nbd2 Nb6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Bxb6 Rxb6 16. a4 c5 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Ra2 Rfb8 19. Rea1 Qc7 20. Nb3 Bd7 21. Nfd2 Bf8 22. Nf1 g6 23. Ne3
Qc8 24. f3 Bh6 25. Kh1 Nh5 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. fxg4 {
Janssen,A-Van Eijk,S/Leiden 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 (46)}) (12... Qc8 13. Nbd2 $11)
13. Bxc5 (13. h3 $5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $16 (14. gxf3 $6 Nh5 $11)) 13... dxc5 $11 {
Black has the pair of bishops} 14. Nbd2 (14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 c6 $11) 14... Nd7
15. a4 c4 {This push gains space} 16. Qb1 (16. b3 cxb3 17. Nxb3 bxa4 $14) 16...
Bc5 17. b3 cxb3 18. Bxb3 b4 (18... Qf6 19. h3 Bh5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qd3 $15)
19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Rc1 Rb8 21. Qc2 Bd6 {The black bishop is safe in front of d5}
22. Ne1 Nc5 23. Bc4 Qg5 24. f3 {White threatens to win material: f3xg4} (24.
Kh1 Qf4 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. Bxd3 Qxf2 27. Bxa6 Qd4 $14) 24... Bd7 $15 25. Nf1 (25.
Nd3 $5 $15 {must be considered}) 25... f5 26. a5 $2 (26. Ng3 $142 $5 fxe4 27.
Nxe4 $15) 26... fxe4 $19 27. fxe4 Rb4 28. Nf3 $4 {
terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (28. Ng3 $142 Qe3+
29. Kh1 $19) 28... Rxf3 29. Qe2 (29. Rcb1 {does not solve anything} Nxe4 $1 {
a beautiful, forced end to the game} 30. Qxe4 Rf4 $19) 29... Rf4 (29... Bg4 {
and Black can already relax} 30. Qc2 $19) 30. Ng3 (30. Nd2 {does not help much}
Qg6 31. Rf1 Rg4 $19) 30... h5 31. Rab1 (31. Qxh5 {praying for a miracle} Qxh5
32. Nxh5 Rxe4 33. Ba2 $19) 31... Rxb1 32. Rxb1 h4 33. Rb8+ (33. Qh5 {
does not win a prize} Qxh5 34. Nxh5 Rxe4 $19) 33... Kh7 34. Qh5+ Qxh5 35. Nxh5
Rxe4 36. Ba2 Nd3 (36... Nd3 37. Nf6+ gxf6 38. Rb1 Bc5+ 39. Kh1 h3 40. Bc4 hxg2+
41. Kxg2 Re2+ 42. Kh1 Bf5 43. Bxd3 Bxd3 44. Rb4 Bxb4 45. Kg1 Ra2 46. Kh1 Bc5
47. h4 Be4#) (36... Re1+ 37. Kf2 Nd3+ 38. Kf3 e4#) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open VII"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mike Eberhardinger"]
[Black "Dave Pecora"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1779"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "12.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B41: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 c4} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6
5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 $146 {
Black has a cramped position} (11. Rc1 Rd8 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1
Rfc8 (13... Rfd8 14. Qd3 Rac8 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb8
19. b4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rc4 Bd8 22. g3 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Qc7 24. Qd3 Nd7 25.
Kg2 g6 26. Qb3 Kg7 27. h3 Qc8 28. Bd1 {
Somlai,L (2360)-Izsak,G (2365)/Hungary 1994/TD/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 14. f3 Qb8 15. a4
Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Voekler,B (2360)-Vatter,H (2385)/Binz 1995/CBM 050 ext}) (11...
Bd7 12. f4 Rac8 13. Qd2 Qb8 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. Qe1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Bf3 b5
18. cxb5 axb5 19. f5 e5 20. Be3 h6 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Rfd1 Qb7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24.
exd5 e4 25. Be2 Nxd5 26. Bd4 {
Storkebaum,U-Muth,A/Moerlenbach 2004/EXT 2005/0-1 (60)}) 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. f3 Bd7
14. Nb1 Rac8 15. Qb3 Be8 16. Rc3 Ned7 17. Rfc1 Nc5 18. Qd1 Na4 19. R3c2 Qb8 20.
b3 Nc5 21. b4 Ba4 22. Nc3 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 Ncd7 24. f4 Qa8 25. g4 a5 {
Lode,S-Amadou,D (2190)/France 1998/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (31)}) (11. f4 Bd7 12. Qe1
Na5 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. b4 Nc6 15. Qg3 Qb8 16. Nf3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. e5 Nd5 19.
Nxd5 exd5 20. f5 dxe5 21. Bh6 g6 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Ng5 Bg7 25.
Qf3 Qd6 {Bachini,A-Rivarola,B/Atlantida 1960/MCD/1-0 (44)}) 11... Rd8 12. Qc2 (
12. f4 $5 $14) 12... Ne5 $11 13. Na4 {
White plans c5. White has a very active position} (13. Qd2 $5 $11 {
deserves consideration}) 13... Bd7 $15 14. Rac1 Bxa4 (14... Neg4 $5 15. Bxg4
Nxg4 $17) 15. Qxa4 $11 Nxe4 {White has the pair of bishops} 16. f3 {
White threatens to win material: f3xe4} Nf6 17. c5 $4 (17. Qc2 $142 $15 {
was a good chance to save the game}) 17... dxc5 $19 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Kh1 Qb6
20. Rb1 (20. Rfd1 $19) 20... Qa7 (20... Rxd4 {is a useless try} 21. Bxd4 Qd6
22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxb7 $16) 21. Rfd1 h6 (21... Nd5 {and Black can already relax
} 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bd2 $19) 22. Rb2 (22. f4 Nd5 23. Nb5 axb5 24. Qxa7 Bxa7 25.
Bxa7 $19) 22... b5 23. Bxb5 (23. Nxb5 {there is nothing better in the position}
Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 axb5 25. Bf4 $19) 23... axb5 (23... axb5 24. Qxa7 Bxa7 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open VI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Greene, Matthew"]
[Black "Smithwick, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A84: Dutch Defence: 2 c4 Miscellaneous} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. e3 Bb4 $146 (7... Be7 8. Bd3 O-O (8... Ne4 9. Bxe7
Qxe7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rae1 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. f3 Nxc3
16. bxc3 Rad8 17. Qb3 Bc8 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Kh8 21. e5 Qg5
22. Qc2 g6 23. Qf2 {
Kochert,B (1815)-Holemar,K (1630)/Klatovy 1997/EXT 98/1-0 (44)}) 9. O-O Qe8 (
9... Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Rf6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Be2 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Be6 17. Qe1 Qg5 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 b6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. b4
Rc7 22. a4 Kf7 23. a5 Ke7 24. Kf2 {
Gasik,P (2175)-Zhang Yushkov,N (2168)/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004/1-0 (50)}) 10.
Qc2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a3 Nd7 13. b4 a6 14. Na4 Rf6 15. Nc5 Rh6 16. Nxd7
Bxd7 17. a4 Rf8 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Qe8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Ra7 Qh5 22. Rb1 {
Heinrich,S-Umpfenbach,C (2036)/Neumuenster 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 (38)}) (7... Bd6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Qd7 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4
Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qe7 16. O-O Be6 17. Ne2 g5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. g4 fxg4 20. Qxe4 Qh7
21. Nc3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 {
Gabaldon Gomez,M (2250)-Lima,D (2420)/Suances 1997/EXT 2002/1-0}) 8. Bd3 O-O 9.
Qc2 g6 (9... Qe8 $5 $14) 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. h4 (12. Ne2 Re8 $16)
12... Kg7 13. h5 (13. Ne2 Qc7 $16) 13... h6 $14 14. Bxf6+ Qxf6 15. hxg6 b5 $4 (
15... Qxg6 $142 {would keep Black alive} 16. Ne2 Qg4 $14) 16. g3 (16. Ne2 c5
17. Bxb5 Rb8 $18) 16... Nb6 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. exf4 (19. gxf4 $6
Qxg6+ 20. Kh1 Qh5+ 21. Nh2 Rg8 $14) 19... Rac8 20. b3 Be8 21. Ne5 h5 22. Kg2
Bxg6 23. Rh1 Be8 24. Be2 Rh8 25. Rh4 c5 26. dxc5 d4 (26... Nd7 {
doesn't do any good} 27. Qb2 $18) 27. Qd1 Rd8 (27... Nd5 {
is still a small chance} 28. Qxd4 Ne7 $18) 28. cxb6 Qxb6 29. Qd3 (29. Bxh5 Qb7+
30. Kg1 d3 31. Bxe8 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Rd6 $18) 29... Kf6 (29... Qe6 {
there is nothing better in the position} 30. Rc7+ Kg8 31. Rxa7 Rh6 $18) 30.
Bxh5 $1 {White has to consider giving back material.} Rxh5 (30... Bxh5 {
Theme: Deflection from c6} 31. Rc6+ {A double attack}) 31. Rxh5 Qb7+ 32. f3 (
32. Kh2 $5 {might be the shorter path} Bxh5 33. Rc6+ Qxc6 34. Nxc6 Rd5 $18)
32... Bxh5 33. Rc6+ Qxc6 (33... Kg7 {no good, but what else?} 34. Qxf5 Bxf3+
35. Kxf3 Rd6 $18) 34. Nxc6 Rd5 35. Nxa7 (35. Qe2 $142 {secures the point} Bf7
36. Qe7+ Kg6 $18) 35... Be8 36. Nc8 Rd8 37. Nb6 (37. Qe2 Rxc8 38. Qe5+ Kg6 39.
Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qxc8 Bg6 41. Qd7+ Kh8 42. Qxd4+ Kh7 43. g4 Bf7 44. gxf5 Bh5 45.
Qd7+ Kh6 46. f6 Kg6 47. Qg7+ Kf5 48. f7 Kxf4 49. f8=Q+ Ke3 50. Qc5+ Kd2 51.
Qd7+ Ke2 52. Qf2#) 37... Bc6 38. a4 (38. Qc2 Rd6 39. Qc5 Re6 40. Qf8+ Kg6 41.
Qg8+ Kf6 42. Qg5+ Kf7 43. Qxf5+ Ke7 44. Nc8+ Kd7 45. Qf7+ Kxc8 46. Qxe6+ Bd7
47. Qa6+ Kc7 48. Qa7+ Kc6 49. Qxd4 Be6 $18) 38... bxa4 39. bxa4 Ke7 40. a5 Kd6
41. Qxd4+ Kc7 42. Qg7+ Kb8 43. a6 Rd2+ 44. Kh3 Bd7 45. Nxd7+ Ka7 46. Qf7 Kxa6 (
46... Rd6 {doesn't change anything anymore} 47. Nb8+ $1 {
Theme: Clearance for f7-b7} Kb6 48. Qb7+ Kc5 49. Qc7+ Kd5 50. a7 Rh6+ 51. Kg2
Rh4 52. a8=Q+ Kd4 53. Qa4+ Kd3 54. Qd6+ Ke3 55. Qe8#) 47. Qxf5 (47. Qxf5 Kb7
48. Qb1+ Kc8 49. Qc1+ Rc2 50. Qxc2+ Kxd7 51. f5 Kd6 52. Qc4 Ke5 53. Qc5+ Kf6
54. Qd6+ Kf7 55. Qd7+ Kf6 56. Qe6+ Kg7 57. Qe7+ Kh8 58. f6 Kg8 59. Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open V"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keller, Laurin"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "1705"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A65: Modern Benoni: 6 e4} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6
6. e4 g6 7. Qc2 (7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12.
Ng3 h5 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. Be2 c4 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Be3 Nfd7 18. f4 Ng4
19. Bd4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxg4 hxg4 {
Geldyeva,M (2284)-Wang Yu (2382)/Chennai 2001/CBM 084 ext/0-1 (43)}) 7... Bg7
8. Bg5 $146 {Black has a cramped position} (8. f3 O-O 9. g4 a6 10. a4 Re8 11.
h4 Nbd7 12. h5 Ne5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. O-O-O b5 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Bxb5 Ra1+ 18. Kd2 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Bd7 20. Qa4 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Qb6 22. g5 Nh5 {
Varadi,A-Kundrak,G (2232)/Hungary 1999/EXT 2001/0-1 (32)}) (8. Bc4 O-O 9. Nge2
Nbd7 10. f4 Nb6 11. Qd3 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 13. Nxb5 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Qd3 Bf5
16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Nbc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxe2 19. Kf2 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qh5 21. Bb2 Rab8
22. Rae1 Qf3+ {Utturkar,A (1458)-Goldsmith,A (2247)/Adelaide 2003/EXT 2005/0-1}
) (8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. b3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Qd2
Re8 15. O-O Nge5 16. Bb1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Ne5 18. Qf4 Qd7 19. Qg3 Qh3 20. Qxh3
Bxh3 21. Rfd1 Nxf3+ {0-1 Schmidt,F-MacDonald,J/Nuremberg 1989/EXT 97}) 8... O-O
9. f3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} (9. Nf3 h6 10. Bf4 a6 $14) 9... Na6 (9... a6
10. g4 $11) 10. Nge2 (10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Qd2 Rb8 $14) 10... Rb8 (10... Qb6 11.
Qd2 $14) 11. h4 (11. Ng3 b5 $14) 11... h6 {
Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 12. Bf4 b5 13. a3 {Covers b4} (13. Qd2
$5 Kh7 14. Ng3 $11) 13... Nh5 $15 14. Bd2 (14. Be3 $5 {
is worthy of consideration} b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 $15) 14... b4 15. axb4 $4
{causes further problems for ?} (15. Nd1 $142 f5 16. Qc1 fxe4 17. Bxh6 exf3 18.
gxf3 $17) 15... Nxb4 $19 16. Qb1 Ba6 (16... c4 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip}
17. Bc1 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Qb6 $19) 17. g4 $4 {the position is going down the drain}
(17. Rxa6 $142 Nxa6 18. g4 $17) 17... Nd3+ $19 18. Kd1 (18. Qxd3 Bxd3 19. gxh5
Rxb2 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rxa7 Rxf3 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 18... Nxb2+ (18... Rxb2 {
might be the shorter path} 19. Rxa6 Rxb1+ 20. Nxb1 $19) 19. Ke1 Nd3+ 20. Qxd3
Bxd3 21. gxh5 gxh5 (21... gxh5 22. Rxa7 c4 $19) (21... Qe7 $142 $5 {
seems even better} 22. Rd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open V"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Lawson, Josh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d5 5.
Nbd2 h6 $146 {Prevents intrusion on g5} (5... g5 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 (
8. exd5 exd5 9. Re1+ Nge7 10. Nb3 b6 11. c3 a5 12. a4 Bf5 13. d4 c4 14. Nbd2
O-O 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 Qd7 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Rfb8 19. Ba3 Be6 20. Nhf1 Nf5
21. Ne3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rc8 {
Loginov,V (2516)-Chepukaitis,G (2413)/St Petersburg 2004/CBM 101/1-0 (32)})
8... Nge7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nf1 {
1/2-1/2 Vorobiov,E (2477)-Ulko,J (2397)/Moscow 1999/EXT 2001}) (5... f5 6. Qe2
Be7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 b5 11. a4 b4 12. exf5 exf5 13. Rae1
Bd7 14. Ng5 Kh8 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6 Rad8 17. Qxf5 Ne4 18. Qg4 Bf6 19. Bxf6
Nxf6 20. Qd1 {Lee,P-Tejero Royo,F/Zuerich 1964/EXT 99/1-0 (39)}) 6. c3 {
Controls b4+d4} Bd6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. e5 (9. O-O b6 $11) 9... Bc7 10.
d4 (10. O-O a5 $15) 10... Ng6 (10... cxd4 $5 11. cxd4 a5 $17) 11. O-O $15 Bb6 (
11... b6 12. Re1 $15) 12. Nb3 {White threatens to win material: Nb3xc5} c4 {
Black threatens to win material: c4xb3} (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 a5 14. a4 $11) 13.
Nbd2 $14 Ba5 14. h4 f5 (14... Bd7 15. h5 Nge7 16. g4 $11) 15. exf6 (15. Nb1 $5
$14) 15... Qxf6 $11 {Black has a new backward pawn: e6} 16. h5 {
White threatens to win material: h5xg6} Nge7 17. Re1 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qf5
$11) 17... Bc7 (17... b5 18. Nb1 $15) 18. Nf1 (18. b3 b5 $14) 18... Qf7 {
Black threatens to win material: Qf7xh5} 19. Nh4 e5 20. Ng6 Nxg6 (20... Qxg6
21. hxg6) 21. hxg6 Qxg6 22. Bxd5+ {White forks: c4+g8} Kh8 23. Qxc4 ({
Instead of} 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Be4 Bf5 $17) 23... Qf5 {
Black threatens to win material: Qf5xf2} (23... exd4 $5 {
is worthy of consideration} 24. cxd4 Bf5 $15) 24. Be3 $14 Bb6 25. Bxc6 (25.
Rad1 exd4 26. cxd4 Na5 $14) 25... bxc6 $11 26. Qxc6 {
Black has the pair of bishops} Rb8 27. Qg2 Bb7 {
Black threatens to win material: Bb7xg2} (27... exd4 28. cxd4 (28. Bxd4 $143
Bxd4 29. cxd4 Rxb2 $17) 28... Bb7 29. Qh2 $11) 28. Qh2 exd4 29. cxd4 (29. Bxd4
Bxd4 30. cxd4 Bf3 $14) 29... Rbd8 $11 30. Red1 {White has a cramped position} (
30. Rad1 Qf7 $11) 30... Bf3 {Black threatens to win material: Bf3xd1} 31. Rdc1
Bxd4 32. Rc7 (32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. b3 $15) 32... Ba8 {Loses material} (32... Bxb2
33. Re1 Qg6 34. Nd2 $17) 33. Rc4 (33. Bxd4 $142 $5 {and White can hope to live}
Rxd4 34. Re1 $11) 33... Bxb2 $17 34. Re1 Bf6 35. g4 (35. Bc5 Rfe8 36. Rxe8+
Rxe8 $17) 35... Qd5 (35... Qe6 $5 36. Rf4 $19) 36. Rc5 $17 Qe4 (36... Qxa2 $6
37. g5 Be7 38. gxh6 Bxc5 39. hxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ Kh8 42. Qh4+ Kg8
43. Bxc5 $11) 37. g5 Bd4 {Black threatens to win material: Bd4xc5} (37... Qg6
$5 $17) 38. Rc4 Be5 {white won in a time scramble many moves later} 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open V"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Solarez, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4
Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c5
N6d7 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Nge2 Qa5 (13... Nf6 14. O-O h6 15. h3 Na5 16. Nb5 Nxc4 17.
Rxc4 Be6 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Qc2 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Nxa7 Ra8 23.
Nb5 Bd7 24. Nd6 Bc6 25. Nc3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Re1 Qg5 28. Nce4 {
Di Berardino,D (2312)-Vukanovic,S (2350)/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/1-0})
14. O-O (14. a3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Re8+ 17. Kf1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxa3 19.
Qf4 Nf6 20. Nb5 Qb2 21. Nd6 Be6 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. h4 Bxc4+ 24. Qxc4 Ne4 25.
Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qf3 Nxd6 27. cxd6 Rf8 28. Qe3 Rfe8 {
Rowson,J (2490)-Baburin,A (2593)/Port Erin 1999/CBM 074/1/2-1/2 (102)}) 14...
Nxc5 15. Nd5 $146 (15. b4 Nxb4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 (16... Ne4 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Ne7+ Kh8
19. Nxc6 Qxe1 20. Rfxe1 bxc6 21. Bd3 Nf6 22. Rxc6 Be6 23. a3 Rfd8 24. Ba6 Nd5
25. Bg5 Rdb8 26. Rec1 Rb6 27. Bd2 Bf8 28. a4 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Nb4 30. Bxb4 Bxb4
31. Nc1 {
Markarov,A (2274)-Bratchenko,A (2400)/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 076/0-1 (42)}) 17.
Qxd5 b6 18. Bxc5 Be6 19. Qe4 bxc5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qc4 Rfd8 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23.
Ng3 Qb6 24. Qe7 Rac8 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Rc8 29.
Nb3 Kg8 {
Florescu,C (2333)-Grunberg,M (2445)/Baile Tusnad 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (39)})
15... Ne6 16. b4 Qd8 ({Weaker is} 16... Nxb4 17. Bd2 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Bg5
$16) 17. Qa4 (17. f4 exf4 18. Nexf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Be6 $15) 17... Bd7 18. f4 (
18. b5 Ncd4 19. Qb4 Nxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 $17) 18... exf4 (18...
Ncd4 $5 19. Qa5 Nxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Qxa5 21. bxa5 exf4 22. Nxf4 Rae8 $17) 19. Nexf4
$15 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Ne5 21. Bb5 Bf5 22. Rfd1 Rc8 $4 {
letting the wind out of his own sails} (22... Nd3 $142 $1 {
is the best option Black has} 23. Bxd3 Qxd5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 $17) 23. Rxc8 $16
Bxc8 24. Qxa7 Qh4 25. Bg3 {White threatens to win material: Bg3xh4} (25. Qc5
$142 $5 Nc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Be5 $16) 25... Qg4 $14 {
Black threatens to win material: Qg4xd1} 26. Qa4 {White has an active position}
(26. Re1 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Bd4+ 28. Ne3 Qxg3+ (28... Bxa7 $4 {a fat bite, but...}
29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. Kf1 $18) 29. hxg3 Bxa7 $11) 26... Be6 $11 27. Ne3 (27. Nf4 $5
$11 {should be considered}) 27... Qe4 {Black threatens to win material: Qe4xe3}
28. Bf2 Ng4 (28... f5 $5 $17) 29. Nxg4 $11 Qxg4 30. Qc2 (30. h3 $5 Qf4 31. Bf1
$11) 30... Qxb4 {Black has a new backward pawn: b7} 31. Bc5 $4 {
causes even greater problems} (31. a4 $142 $17) 31... Qxb5 $19 32. Bxf8 Bxf8 (
32... Bxf8 33. a4 Qe5 $19) (32... Kxf8 $6 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Rd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open IV"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.09.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Parrish, Jacob"]
[Black "Dana, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1849"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6
3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. a3 $146 (6. c3 Qc7 (6... d6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8.
e4 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Re1 Ba6 11. d4 Bb7 12. h3 e6 13. g4 h6 14. e5 Ne8 15. Nc4
d5 16. Na3 Nc7 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Bg3 Nf8 19. Nh2 a6 20. f4 f5 21. h4 {
Haug,F (1967)-Hardersen,S (1506)/Alta 2001/EXT 2005/1-0 (55)}) 7. e4 b6 8. Bf4
d6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. Bh6 c4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nh4 cxd3 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Qxd3 Nc5
15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Nd2 e6 17. h3 Ba6 18. Re3 Rfd8 19. Nhf3 e5 20. c4 Bb7 {
Anceschi,V-Bessenay,M/Groningen 1972/EXT 2001/1-0 (51)}) (6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 e5 8.
Ng5 h6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. f4 Bg4 12. Qe1 Nd4 13. Qf2 Qd7 14. Ng1 exf4
15. gxf4 Nh5 16. Nd5 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Qg3 Bh5 20. f5 Be5 {
Sereinig,E (2205)-Turuncic,B (1692)/Feffernitz 1997/EXT 2004/1-0 (47)}) (6. Re1
d5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 d4 9. Nb3 Qd6 10. e4 e5 11. Nh4 dxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. d4 c4
14. dxe5 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. f4 Nd3 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bd2 Rfe8 20.
Nb5 Re7 {Molina,W (2225)-Izquierdo,D (2295)/Mendoza 1985/MCD/0-1 (43)}) (6. c4
Nc6 $11) 6... Nc6 7. Nbd2 d5 8. e4 d4 {This push gains space} (8... dxe4 9.
dxe4 Qb6 10. h3 $15) 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Nb6 11. Nfd2 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 Be6 13. f4 a6
14. f5 {White gets more space} Bxc4 15. dxc4 {White has the pair of bishops}
Ne5 {A sound move} 16. b3 {Controls c4} d3 17. Bb2 d2 {
Black has a new passed pawn: d2} 18. Kh1 (18. Rf2 Nxc4 19. Bxg7 Ne3 20. Qxd2
Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Kxg7 $16) 18... Qd6 (18... Qa5 $5 $11 {is interesting}) 19. Qe2
$14 Rfd8 20. Rad1 h5 (20... Nc6 $5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 21. Bc3 $16 Bh6 22. Bh3
Nc6 $4 {the final mistake, not that it matters anymore} (22... Rab8 $142 $16)
23. e5 $18 Qc7 24. e6 (24. fxg6 $142 {makes it even easier for White} fxg6 25.
Qe4 Kh7 26. Rf7+ Bg7 $18) 24... f6 25. fxg6 Nd4 26. Qxh5 (26. Qf2 $5 {
might be the shorter path} Nxc2 27. Bxd2 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Nd4 $18) 26... Kg7 27.
Bxd2 {White has a mate threat.} (27. Qh4 $5 Rh8 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qxd4 Qc6+ 30.
Qd5 Qxd5+ 31. cxd5 $18) 27... Rh8 $16 28. Qg4 (28. Be1 Bd2 {
Theme: Clearance for h8-h6} 29. Qg4 Bxe1 30. Rdxe1 $14 (30. Rfxe1 $2 f5 31. Qf4
Qxf4 32. gxf4 Rxh3 $19)) 28... Nxc2 $4 (28... Bxd2 29. Rxd2 f5 $18) 29. Bxh6+
$18 Rxh6 30. Rd7 Qc6+ (30... Qe5 31. Rxe7+ Kh8 32. Qf3 $18) 31. Bg2 (31. Kg1
Kg8 32. Qf4 Rxh3 33. Rxe7 Ne3 34. Qxe3 Qc8 $18) 31... Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Ne3+ 33.
Kf3 Nxg4 34. Rxe7+ (34. Kxg4 $6 Re8 35. h4 Rxg6+ 36. Kh3 f5 37. Rxf5 Rxe6 38.
Rxb7 Rc8 $18) 34... Kxg6 35. Kxg4 Rd8 (35... Rh5 {cannot change destiny} 36.
Rf7 Rg5+ 37. Kh3 $18) 36. h4 (36. Rf7 $142 {and White takes home the point}
Rd4+ 37. Rf4 Rxf4+ 38. gxf4 f5+ 39. Rxf5 Rxh2 40. Rf7 Rg2+ 41. Kf3 $18) 36...
Rd6 (36... Rd4+ {does not win a prize} 37. Rf4 f5+ 38. Kh3 Rxf4 39. gxf4 $18)
37. Rf5 (37. Re1 $142 {seems even better} Rd4+ 38. Kh3 $18) 37... b6 (37...
Rd4+ {a last effort to resist the inevitable} 38. Rf4 Rd6 $18) 38. h5+ Rxh5 39.
Rxh5 Rd4+ 40. Kf3 Kxh5 (40... Rd3+ {is the last straw} 41. Kf2 Rd4 $18) 41. Rd7
Kg6 42. Rxd4 cxd4 43. Ke4 (43. Ke4 d3 44. Kxd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open III"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carroll, Michael"]
[Black "Jodrey, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} 1. d4 c6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nd2 Nbd7 $146 (
4... Bg4 5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. f4 e6 7. c3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Bf5 10. Bb1 Bxb1 11.
Rxb1 c5 12. Qh4 Qa5 13. Ra1 Qa6 14. Ng3 Qd3 15. Nf3 Qg6 16. Qh3 Qg4 17. Qxg4
Nxg4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 {Franck,R-Crell/Ruhrgebiet 1999/EXT 2001/1-0 (57)})
5. f4 c5 6. c3 {Black's pieces can't move: c8+f8} c4 {
Black threatens to win material: c4xd3} 7. Bc2 b5 8. Ngf3 Nb6 9. O-O Bg4 (9...
g6 10. e4 $16) 10. h3 $16 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 (11. gxf3 $6 Rg8 $11) 11... e6 (11...
g6 12. e4 e6 13. f5 exf5 14. e5 $16) 12. e4 {White plans f5} (12. f5 Qc7 13.
fxe6 fxe6 14. e4 $16) 12... Be7 $2 (12... g6 $142 $5 $16) 13. e5 $18 Nfd7 14.
f5 Nf8 $2 (14... O-O 15. f6 Bxf6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qg3 $18) 15. fxe6 (15. Qg3
$142 {might be the shorter path} Rg8 16. f6 Bxf6 17. exf6 g5 $18) 15... f6 (
15... fxe6 16. Qf7+ Kd7 $18) 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qf5 (17. Qh5+ $142 {
and the result of the game is clear: White will win} g6 18. Qf3 Nxe6 19. Qxf6
Qxf6 20. Rxf6 Ke7 $18) 17... Qe7 18. Nf3 (18. Ne4 {seems even better} dxe4 19.
Qxb5+ Kd8 $18) 18... O-O-O (18... g6 19. Qg4 Nxe6 20. Re1 $18) 19. Re1 (19. Ng5
{makes it even easier for White} b4 $18) 19... h6 $2 (19... g6 $142 20. Qg4 h6
$18) 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 (21. dxe5 $6 Nxe6 22. Be3 Rhf8 $16) ({Weaker is} 21.
Rxe5 Rd6 22. Qf7 Kd8 $18) 21... Rd6 (21... Kb7 {what else?} 22. b3 a5 $18) 22.
Bf4 Rxe6 (22... Kc7 {hoping against hope} 23. Bf5 Nh7 24. Bxh7 Kc6 $18) 23.
Qb8+ Kd7 24. Bf5 Ng6 25. Qxa7+ (25. Qc7+ Ke8 26. Bxg6+ Kf8 27. Qb8+ Nc8 28.
Qxc8+ Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8#) 25... Kc6 (25... Ke8 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Bxe6 Nxf4 28. Qb8+ Ke7 29.
Qc7+ Kxe6 30. Re1+ Ne2+ 31. Rxe2+ Kf6 32. Qe5+ Kg6 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ g6 35.
Qf7#) 26. Rxe6+ Qxe6 27. Bxe6 (27. Qc7#) 27... Nxf4 $18 28. Qxg7 (28. Re1 b4
29. cxb4 h5 30. a4 h4 31. b5+ Kd6 32. Qxb6+ Ke7 33. Qc7+ Kf6 34. Qxf4+ Ke7 35.
Qf7+ Kd8 36. Qd7#) 28... Re8 29. Bg4 Na4 30. Qxh6+ (30. Qxh6+ Kb7 31. Qxf4 $18)
(30. Qd7+ Kb6 31. Qxe8 Ne2+ 32. Qxe2 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Kc7 34. Qe5+ Kb7 35. Qxd5+
Kc7 36. Qc5+ Kb7 37. Qxb5+ Kc7 38. Rb1 Kd8 39. Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open III"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chris Mabe"]
[Black "Dave Pecora"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "8.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B43: Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5 Nc3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6
5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bc5 8. Be3 d6 9. Qe2 Nc6 $146 (9... b5 10. Rad1
O-O 11. Nb3 Bxe3 (11... Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qh5 g6 15. exd6 {
1/2-1/2 Rogic,D (2435)-Kurajica,B (2595)/Makarska Tucepi 1995/EXT 97}) 12. Qxe3
Bb7 13. Kh1 (13. Rd2 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qg3 Qb6 18.
Nf4 N7f6 19. Nd4 Rad8 20. Nf3 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Rd5 {
1/2-1/2 Bisguier,A-Bilek,I/Stockholm 1962/IZT}) 13... Nbd7 14. f4 e5 15. fxe5
Nxe5 16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Be2 Rfe8 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Qh6 d5 20. exd5 Ng6 21. Nf5 Qf8
22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Nxb7 {
Morshedi,A (2156)-Hayward,K (2281)/Dallas 2003/EXT 2005/1/2-1/2}) (9... e5 10.
Nb3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Be6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Qg3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 exf4 15. Rxf4 h5 16. Nd5
Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Bf5 Nde5 19. Re1 g5 20. Rff1 Kd8 21. h3 h4 22. Qc3 Nf2+
23. Kh2 g4 24. Qd4 {
Sosiuk,E-Brunetti,F (1997)/Villa Ballester 2004/CBM 098 ext/1-0 (45)}) (9...
Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Bg1 Rfe8 14. Rad1 e5 15. fxe5 Rxe5
16. Rf5 Rxf5 17. Nxf5 Bxg1 18. Kxg1 g6 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Ned5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 a5 23. Bb5 Ne5 24. h3 {
Molvig,H (2240)-Emms,J (2525)/Copenhagen 1994/EXT 99/0-1 (47)}) 10. Nxc6 Qxc6
11. Bg5 Bd4 12. Kh1 (12. Nd1 h6 13. Bh4 Nd7 $14) 12... h6 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. f4
Qc7 15. Rae1 Bc6 (15... h5 16. h3 $16) 16. Bxf6 (16. e5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 dxe5 18.
fxe5 Nd5 $16) 16... gxf6 (16... Bxf6 $5 {should be examined more closely} 17.
Nd5 Qd8 $14) 17. Nd5 $18 Qd8 18. c3 Ba7 (18... Bc5 19. Qh5 $18) 19. Qh5 {
White intends f5} Kf8 20. Nb4 Ke7 (20... a5 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. b3 $18) 21. Qh4 (
21. Bxa6 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qb6 22. Bd3 Rag8 23. Nd5+ exd5 24.
exd5+ Kf8 25. dxc6 bxc6 $18) 21... Kd7 22. f5 e5 23. Bc4 Ke7 (23... Qe7 24. a4
$18) 24. Bd5 (24. Bxa6 Qg8 25. Qh3 Qg5 $18) 24... Qc8 (24... Qd7 25. Rd1 $18)
25. Qh5 Rh7 26. Rd1 a5 27. Nd3 (27. Nxc6+ $142 {
would have given White the upper hand} bxc6 28. Bxf7 Rxf7 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30.
Qxf7 $18) 27... Bxd5 $14 28. exd5 Qc4 29. Qe2 Rc8 (29... Kf8 $5 $14) 30. b3 Qa6
31. c4 Rhh8 32. a4 (32. Nf4 h5 $16) 32... Qb6 (32... Rcg8 33. Nf4 $16) 33. Rb1
(33. Rf3 Qc7 $16) 33... Rhg8 34. Nf2 (34. Rf3 $5 $16) 34... Qe3 $14 35. Qxe3
Bxe3 36. Ne4 Rg4 {Black threatens to win material: Rg4xe4} 37. Ng3 (37. Nf2 Rd4
38. g3 $11) 37... b6 (37... Rcg8 $142 $5 $15 {is worthy of consideration}) 38.
Rbe1 $14 Bd4 (38... Bd2 39. Re2 Rd4 $16) 39. Re4 {
White threatens to win material: Re4xg4} (39. Ne4 $142 $5 $16) 39... Rcg8 $11
40. Rfe1 (40. Re2 $142 $5 $11 {deserves consideration}) 40... Bf2 $17 41. Rxg4
Rxg4 42. Re4 Rg5 43. Rh4 (43. Ne2 $5 Rxf5 44. Ng1 Bxg1 45. Kxg1 $17) 43... Bxg3
44. hxg3 Rxf5 45. Kg1 h5 {
And the rest of the game finished in a time scramble..} 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open III"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dave Pecora"]
[Black "Laurin Keller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "8.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B01: Scandinavian Defence} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3
c6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. O-O $146 (7. f3 Bh5 8. Bf4 Qd8 9. Qd2 (9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 e6
11. h5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 h6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 Nbd7 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nd6+ Bxd6
17. Bxd6 Nb6 18. Bg3 Qb5 19. b3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Rhe8 21. Rhd1 Nbd7 22. c4 b6 23.
Kc2 Kb7 {
Ishkhamov,T (2290)-Gonzalez,R (2419)/Las Vegas 2004/CBM 100 ext/0-1 (60)}) 9...
Bg6 (9... e6 10. Ne4 (10. O-O-O Bb4 11. a3 Be7 12. g4 Bg6 13. h4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nbd7 15. h5 h6 16. Ng3 Nb6 17. Nce4 Qd5 18. Kb1 O-O-O 19. Nxf6 gxf6 20. Rhe1
Nc4 21. Bc1 Rd7 22. Ne2 Nb6 23. b3 Qa5 24. Qc3 Qa6 {
Fenollar Jorda,M (2251)-Abbasov,F (2443)/Dos Hermanas 2004/EXT 2005/1-0 (56)})
10... Nd5 11. O-O-O Bg6 12. Be5 Nb4 13. Bc4 a5 14. Nf4 Bxe4 15. fxe4 Nd7 16.
Qe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qg5 18. Rhf1 Be7 19. Kb1 Qxe5 20. a3 Na6 21. Nd3 Qg5 22. h4
Qg3 23. Rf4 Nc5 24. Rg4 {
Efimenko,Z (2547)-Sergeev,V (2447)/Simferopol 2003/CBM 097 ext/1-0}) 10. Bc4 e6
11. g4 h6 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Bg3 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bd6 15. Nf4 Bh7 16. O-O-O Nfd5 17.
Ncxd5 cxd5 18. Qe3 Qe7 19. Rde1 Kf8 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. Re2 Bxf4 {
Betancourt,J (1874)-Buzov,B (2234)/Koblenz 2004/EXT 2005/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 7... e6
(7... Nbd7 8. f3 Bh5 9. Bf4 $16) 8. Re1 (8. f3 $5 Bh5 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bf4 $16)
8... Qc7 $14 9. f3 {Consolidates e4} Bh5 10. Ne4 (10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 $14)
10... Nxe4 $11 11. fxe4 Nd7 12. Bf4 {White threatens to win material: Bf4xc7} (
12. c3 $14) 12... Bxe2 (12... e5 $142 {and Black can hope to survive} 13. Bg3
Bd6 $11) 13. Bxc7 $16 Bxd1 14. Raxd1 g6 15. d5 (15. Bc4 $5 $16) 15... Rc8 $14 {
Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc7} 16. Bg3 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 O-O $2 (17... e5
$142 $14 {would keep Black alive}) 18. dxe6 (18. dxc6 $142 Rxc6 19. Bb5 $18)
18... fxe6 $4 {a blunder in a bad position. .} (18... Nb6 $142 19. exf7+ Kxf7
$18) 19. Bc4 Rcd8 (19... Nb6 {hoping against hope} 20. Bxe6+ Kg7 21. Bxc8 Rxc8
$18) 20. Bxe6+ Rf7 (20... Kg7 {the last chance for counterplay} 21. Bc7 Rde8
22. Rxd7+ Re7 23. Be5+ Kh6 24. Rxe7 Bxe7 $18) 21. Rf1 Bb6 22. Bxf7+ Kg7 23. Bh4
(23. Bh4 Nc5 24. Bxd8 Bxd8 25. Rxd8 Nxe4 26. Rd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open III"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Davis, John T."]
[Black "Yu, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1590"]
[BlackElo "1551"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C07: French Tarrasch: 3...c5, 4 Ngf3 and 4 exd5 Qxd5} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Bxc6+ (6. exd5 exd5 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nf3
Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Nf4 Qc7 13. Qd3 Bd6 14. g3 c4 15. Qd1 Rae8 16.
Rxe8 Rxe8 17. Bd2 Ne4 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Qxg4 Qxd5 {
Vandevelde,L (1203)-Inghelbrecht,V (1570)/Gent 2004/EXT 2005/0-1}) 6... bxc6 7.
Ngf3 (7. Ne2 Ba6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Nf6 10. b4 Bxf2+ 11. Kh1 dxe4 12. a4 e3
13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bd3 15. Qb2 Ne4 16. Ne5 Nd2 17. Bxd2 Bxe2 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19.
Ng4 Bxg4 20. Rxf2 O-O 21. Raf1 Rd3 {
Niemiec,D-Socko,M (2165)/Biala Podlaska 1994/EXT 2001/0-1}) 7... Ba6 8. e5 $146
{White gains space} (8. Qc2 Nf6 9. e5 (9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 c5 11. e5 Nd7 12.
dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nd3+ 14. Kd1 Nxf2+ 15. Ke1 Qe3# {
0-1 Simler,K-Von Motschenbacher,A/California 1992/EXT 2000}) 9... Nd7 10. a4
cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 c5 14. Qd1 O-O 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5
17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Qb1 Rfc8 20. Kd1 Rc3 21. Ng5 Bd3 22. Qa1 Qxf2 {
Schuster,L-Zahn,R/Bad Wildbad 1999/CBM 073 ext/0-1}) (8. Qb3 cxd4 9. Qxb6 axb6
10. cxd4 Bb4 11. exd5 exd5 {
1/2-1/2 Grossjohann,D-Hieramente,M/Griesheim 1999/EXT 2000}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4
Ne7 10. Qb3 (10. Nb3 $5 $15 {is an interesting alternative}) 10... Ng6 11. Qxb6
axb6 12. Nb3 (12. Nf1 c5 $19) 12... Bb4+ (12... Bc4 13. Nfd2 Bb4 14. Kd1 $19)
13. Kd1 (13. Bd2 Be7 $17) 13... Bc4 14. Kc2 O-O 15. Nfd2 (15. h4 h5 16. a3 $17)
15... b5 (15... Bb5 $142 $19 {Black has a promising position}) 16. a3 Be7 17.
g3 f6 18. f4 (18. exf6 Bxf6 19. f4 Be2 $15) 18... fxe5 (18... Be2 19. exf6 Bxf6
20. Nc5 $15) 19. dxe5 $15 c5 20. Nxc4 bxc4 {
White has a new protected passed pawn: a3. Black has new doubled pawns: c4+c5}
(20... dxc4 $6 21. Nd2 $14) 21. Nd2 Ra4 22. b3 (22. Rf1 Nh8 $15) 22... cxb3+
$17 23. Kxb3 Ra6 24. Kc2 c4 {Black wins space} 25. Rd1 (25. Nf3 Bc5 $15) 25...
Rc8 (25... Bc5 26. Nf3 $17) 26. Nb1 (26. Nf3 $5 $15) 26... Bc5 $17 27. Bb2 (27.
Nc3 $5 $17) 27... Ne7 $19 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Nf5 30. Rd2 Ne3+ (30... d4 $142
$19) 31. Kc3 $2 (31. Kc1 $142 Rca8 32. Nc3 Rxa3 33. Rxa3 Rxa3 34. Nb5 $19)
31... Rb6 32. Re2 (32. Rda2 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} d4+ $1 {
a beautiful, forced end to the game} 33. Kd2 Rcb8 $19) 32... Rb3+ 33. Kd2 d4 {
Black prepares the advance c3} 34. Kc1 c3 35. Raa2 (35. a4 {desperation} Nd5
36. Rg2 $19) 35... Rcb8 36. Ra1 Rb2 (36... Nc4 $142 {and Black has triumphed}
37. Rc2 d3 38. Nxc3 dxc2 39. Kxc2 Nxa3+ 40. Rxa3 Rxa3 $19) 37. Nxc3 dxc3 $4 {
Black has a mate threat. throwing away the advantage.} (37... Nc4 $142 {
Black missed this excellent chance} 38. Rxb2 Rxb2 $19) 38. Rxe3 $15 c2 $4 {
weakening the position} (38... Rxh2 $142 39. Re1 Rbb2 $15) 39. Kd2 $4 {
instead of simply winning the game} (39. Re1 $142 $16) 39... Rb1 $19 40. Kxc2
Rxa1 41. h4 (41. Rb3 {does not win a prize} Rxb3 42. Kxb3 Rh1 $19) 41... Ra2+
42. Kc1 (42. Kd3 {doesn't change anything anymore} Rb3+ 43. Ke4 Raxa3 44. Rxb3
Rxb3 $19) 42... Ra8 (42... Ra8 43. g4 Ra4 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open III"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dumitru Lesenco"]
[Black "Dave Pecora"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "8.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C02: French: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3
Qb6 6. b3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Nxd4 9. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 10. Nbd2 Bd7 (10... Nxf3+
11. Qxf3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. O-O Qf4 15. g3 Qxe3 16. fxe3 Nxe5 17.
Be2 Bd7 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bb5 20. Rf2 Rac8 21. Be2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Rc3 23.
Rd1 Rfc8 24. Rd4 Rc1+ 25. Kg2 {
Newey,R-Pingas,F/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/0-1 (42)}) 11. Rc1 Ne7 $146 (
11... Bc6 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Ne7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. O-O Rac8 17.
Rc1 Bd7 18. a3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nd4 a6 22. b4 Nc6 23. Nxc6
bxc6 24. f4 Kf8 25. Kf2 g6 26. Ke3 {
Ries,H-Rueding,U/Ruhrgebiet 1998/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2}) 12. Bd3 (12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13.
Nf3 Qe4+ 14. Qe2 Rd8 $17) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Qe2 (14. Qe3 Bb5 15.
Bxb5 Qxb5 $19) 14... Ng6 15. g3 Qa3 (15... Rac8 16. Rd1 $19) 16. Rc2 (16. O-O
Qxa2 17. Qe3 Rfc8 $19) 16... Rac8 17. Nb1 $2 (17. O-O Rxc2 18. Bxc2 Qxa2 19.
Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qe3 $19) 17... Qa5+ (17... Qb4+ {seems even better} 18. Kf1 Rxc2
19. Bxc2 $19) 18. Kd1 (18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Nxe5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 $19) 18...
Rxc2 19. Qxc2 (19. Bxc2 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Bb5 20. Qd2
Qxa2 $19) 19... Rc8 (19... Nxe5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Re1 $19) 20. Qe2 (20. Qd2 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Nxe5 22. Be2 $19) 20... Qc5 (20... Qc7
{and Black can already relax} 21. Qc2 Qxe5 22. Re1 $19) 21. Kd2 (21. Qc2 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} Qd4 22. Qd2 Qxe5 $19) 21... Qb4+ (21...
Bb5 $142 $1 {secures victory} 22. Rd1 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Nxe5+ 24. Qxe5 Qc2+ 25. Ke3
Qxd1 26. Nc3 $19) 22. Kd1 Qd4 23. f4 (23. Qd2 {there is nothing else anyway}
Qxe5 24. Re1 Qh5+ 25. Qe2 Qxh2 26. Nd2 $19) 23... Bb5 24. Kd2 Bxd3 25. Qxd3
Qf2+ 26. Kd1 Qb2 27. Nd2 Qc1+ (27... Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Rxh1 29. h4 Rh2+ 30. Kd1 Ne7
31. f5 Qa1+ 32. Kc2 Nc6 33. Qc3 Qxa2+ 34. Kd3 Qa6+ 35. Kc2 d4 36. Qxc6 Qxc6+
37. Kb2 Qc3+ 38. Kb1 Rxd2 39. fxe6 Qb2#) 28. Ke2 Qxh1 29. Nf3 Qg2+ 30. Ke3 Qb2
31. Qe2 Rc3+ 32. Kf2 Rc2 (32... Rc2 33. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 34. Kg1 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Qxa2+
36. Ke1 Qxb3 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open III"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Solarez, Daniel"]
[Black "Parrish, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1757"]
[BlackElo "1816"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. exd6
Qxd6 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Be2 g6 $146 {Consolidates f5+h5} (8... e5 9. Nc2 (9. Nf3 Nc6
10. O-O Nc7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nc4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 f6 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Nxd8
16. Be3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nd2 Ne6 19. Nb3 Bd6 20. c4 Be4 21. f3 Bc6 22. Na5
Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 {
Perez,L (2310)-Gongora Reyes,M (2340)/Santa Clara 1998/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (
9. Nb3 Bf5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bf3 Rd8 12. Re1 Be7 13. Na3 f6 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15.
Qxd5 Rxd5 16. Nc4 Rd3 17. Nca5 Nxa5 18. Nxa5 b6 19. Nb3 a5 20. Be3 a4 21. Nc1
Rd6 22. Ne2 Kf7 23. Red1 Rhd8 {
Walker,L (2165)-Santiago,R/Detroit 1994/EXT 2000/0-1 (63)}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O
Be6 11. c4 Nf6 12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Rd1 {
1/2-1/2 Kulicov,O (2407)-Kalesis,N (2435)/Athens GRE 2006/The Week in Chess 608
}) (8... e5 9. Nf3 $14) 9. O-O (9. Na3 Bg7 10. Ndb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qc6 12. Qxd5
O-O (12... Qxd5 $2 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxd5 $18) 13. Qxc6 bxc6 $16) 9... Bg7 $14
10. Bf3 O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 11. Re1 e6 {
Prevents intrusion on d5+f5} (11... Rd8 12. Na3 $11) 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Ne4 {
White threatens to win material: Ne4xd6} Qc7 14. Bg5 Ne5 15. h4 (15. Bh4 $5 $14
{should be examined more closely}) 15... Rb8 (15... Nxf3+ $142 16. Qxf3 e5 $17)
16. Qc1 $2 (16. h5 h6 17. Bc1 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 g5 $15) 16... Nxf3+ (16... f6 $5
17. Bh6 Nd3 $19) 17. Nxf3 $17 b5 (17... f5 18. Ned2 $17) 18. h5 (18. Bh6 e5 $11
) 18... Bb7 (18... f5 $5 {is noteworthy} 19. h6 Bh8 $17) 19. Bh6 $11 Ba8 (19...
f6 20. a4 e5 21. b4 $11) 20. Nd4 (20. Qd2 e5 $11) 20... b4 (20... e5 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Nb3 $15) 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg7 (22. Qg5 $142 $5 $11 {
is an interesting idea}) 22... Kxg7 $17 23. Ng5 Nf4 24. f3 (24. Qe3 $142 bxc3
25. bxc3 $17) 24... Bd5 $4 {a transit from better to worse} (24... bxc3 25.
bxc3 Rbe8 26. Qe3 $19) 25. Qe3 $2 (25. c4 $142 {
and White could well hope to play on} Ba8 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Nxg5 28. Qxg5 $15
) 25... Rh8 $19 26. cxb4 $2 (26. c4 $142 Rh5 27. cxd5 Rxg5 28. Rac1 Nh3+ 29.
Kf1 $19) 26... Nxg2 $1 {Demolishes the pawn shield} (26... Rxb4 $6 27. Rac1 Qb8
28. b3 $17) 27. Kxg2 {Decoy theme: g2} (27. Qe5+ Qxe5 28. Rxe5 $19) 27... Rh2+
28. Kf1 Bc4+ 29. Re2 Rh1+ (29... Rh1+ 30. Qg1 Qh2 31. Qxh1 Qxh1+ 32. Kf2 Qh4+
33. Ke3 Qxg5+ 34. f4 Qg3+ 35. Nf3 Bxe2 36. Kxe2 Rxb4 37. Rf1 Rxb2+ 38. Ke3 Rxa2
39. Kd3 Ra3+ 40. Ke2 Qg2+ 41. Rf2 Ra2+ 42. Kd3 Qxf2 43. Ng5 Rd2+ 44. Kc4 Qd4+
45. Kb3 Rb2+ 46. Ka3 Qb4#) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open III"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Charles"]
[Black "Greene, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1551"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 c5 4. bxc5 Bxc5 5. d4 Be7
6. Nf3 O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. e3 Nc6 9. c4 (9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. c4
Ba6 13. Rac1 Na5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. f3 Bd6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. g4 Qe7
19. g5 Nd7 20. f4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bc5 22. h4 Nc4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 {
Juswanto,D (2430)-Tiviakov,S (2600)/Jakarta 1997/EXT 2000/0-1 (43)}) 9... Qa5
$146 (9... Bd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. f4 a6 14. Rf3 dxc4 15.
Ndxc4 b5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rh3 Ne7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qf3 Neg8 20. Bg6+ Nh6 21.
Bxf7 Kh7 22. Qg3 Rxf7 23. Rxh6+ Kg8 24. Rh8+ {
Gapp,W (1855)-Senoner,P (1790)/Vorarlberg 1996/EXT 99/1-0}) 10. Qc2 Ne4 (10...
Bd7 11. Rb1 $11) 11. Bd3 $14 f5 12. O-O {White castles and improves king safety
} Bf6 13. Nb3 ({Inferior is} 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qh5 $17) (13.
Bxe4 $6 dxe4 14. Nb3 Qc7 $11) 13... Qd8 14. Nfd2 (14. Ne5 Qe8 $16) 14... Na5
15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. f3 {White threatens to win material: f3xe4} Ng5 (
17... Nd6 18. c5 Nf7 19. e4 $14) 18. Rac1 Bd7 (18... Be7 $142 $5 $14 {
has some apparent merit}) 19. cxd5 $18 Qxc2 20. Bxc2 exd5 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Bb3
Rd8 23. e4 (23. Nd3 Be6 $18) 23... fxe4 (23... b6 24. Nd3 (24. Bxd5+ $143 Rxd5
25. exd5 bxc5 $14) 24... fxe4 25. Nf4 exf3 26. Bxd5+ Rxd5 27. Nxd5 $16) 24.
fxe4 b6 25. Bxd5+ (25. h4 $142 $5 Nf7 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. exd5 bxc5 28. Rxf6 gxf6
29. dxc5 $16) 25... Rxd5 $14 {Eliminates the defender d5} 26. exd5 bxc5 27.
Rxc5 {White has a new passed pawn: d5. White can be proud of that piece. .} (
27. Rxf6 $5 {is worthy of consideration} gxf6 28. dxc5 $14) 27... Rb8 28. Rf4 (
28. Re1 Bf5 29. d6 g6 $15 (29... Rxb2 $143 30. Rxf5 Kf7 31. Kf1 $14)) 28... Nf7
(28... Ba6 29. h4 Rxb2 30. hxg5 Bxg5 31. Re4 $17) 29. Bc3 Bg5 {
Black threatens to win material: Bg5xf4} 30. Rf1 Nd6 31. Bb4 Be3+ {
Black forks: g1+d4} 32. Kh1 Nf5 $2 (32... Bg4 $142 $11 {
would keep Black in the game}) 33. g4 $18 Nh6 $4 {
terrible, but the game is lost in any case} (33... Bxd4 $142 34. Rxc8+ $1 {
Annihilates a defender: c8} Rxc8 35. gxf5 Bb6 $18) 34. Rb5 $3 {A double attack}
Bb7 (34... Rxb5 35. Rf8# {Theme: Double Attack}) 35. Rxb7 $1 {
finishing the game} Rc8 (35... Rxb7 {A deflection} 36. Rf8# {
A classical mating theme}) 36. d6 (36. Rc7 $142 {seems even better} Re8 37. d6
$18) 36... Bxd4 (36... Bg5 {the last chance for counterplay} 37. d7 Rd8 $18)
37. d7 (37. Re7 $142 {and White can celebrate victory} Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $18)
37... Rd8 38. Be7 Ra8 39. d8=Q+ (39. Rc7 Rd8 40. Rc8 Bf2 41. Rxd8+ Kf7 42. Rf8+
Kg6 43. d8=Q Nxg4 44. Qd3+ Kh6 45. Qh3+ Kg6 46. Qxg4+ Kh6 47. Qg5#) 39... Rxd8
$18 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open II"]
[Site "http://home.triad.rr.com/ashe"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Jones, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A08: King's Indian Attack} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6.
Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 {Will e5 fall?} 11. Qe2 h6
12. Nb3 $146 (12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. c3 Rdg8 14. N1h2 (14. Bd2 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16.
g4 Nf8 17. Ng3 Ng6 18. Nxg5 Ngxe5 19. Nxf7 Nxf7 20. Qxe6+ Kb8 21. Qxf7 Rxg4 22.
Re2 Rf8 23. Qe6 Rgg8 24. Bh6 Rd8 25. Rae1 Bd6 26. Qf6 d4 27. Re6 Ka8 28. Ne4
Be5 {Gasik,P (2175)-Czarnota,P (2314)/Poraj 2003/EXT 2005/0-1 (43)}) 14... g5
15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Ng4 Rh5 (16... d4 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Rac1 dxc3 19. bxc3 Rh5 20.
d4 Rgh8 21. Qd3 Qd8 22. d5 exd5 23. Qxd5 Nd4 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nxd4+ Kc7 26.
e6 cxd4 27. cxd4+ Nc5 28. dxc5 Qxd2 29. cxb6+ Kxb6 30. exf7 Bc5 31. Rb1+ {
D'Amore,C (2465)-Weiss,C (2370)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext/0-1 (37)}) 17. a3 Rgh8
18. d4 Qd8 (18... Na5 19. b4 Nc4 20. Be3 Ba6 21. Reb1 cxb4 22. cxb4 b5 23. Ne1
Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Grzesik,T (2330)-Bischoff,K (2445)/Dortmund 1983/MCD}) 19. b4 Qg8
20. Qd3 c4 21. Qc2 Nf8 22. a4 Ng6 23. Ba3 Bd8 24. b5 Na5 25. Bd6 Kd7 26. Bb4
Nb3 {Grzesik,T (2300)-Backwinkel,P (2300)/Germany 1988/GER-chT/1-0 (66)}) (12.
h5 O-O $15) 12... g5 $17 13. hxg5 (13. a4 $5 $17) 13... hxg5 14. Nxg5 Qxe5 15.
Qxe5 Ndxe5 16. f4 Bxg5 17. fxe5 (17. fxg5 O-O-O $17) 17... Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Rh5
19. c3 (19. g4 Rxe5 20. c4 Rg5 21. cxd5 Nb4 22. dxe6 Rxg4 23. exf7+ Kxf7 $19)
19... Nxe5 20. Re3 O-O-O {Black prepares the advance c4} (20... c4 21. dxc4
Nxc4 22. Re2 $19) 21. d4 Ng4 (21... Nc4 22. Rf3 Rh7 23. dxc5 Nxb2 24. cxb6 axb6
25. Nd2 $19) 22. Rf3 f5 23. Re1 c4 24. Nc1 (24. Nd2 e5 $17) 24... Kd7 25. Rf4
Rdh8 26. Bf3 R5h6 27. Bg2 Bc6 28. Rff1 Kd6 29. Ne2 Ba4 30. Nf4 $2 (30. Rc1 $19)
30... Bc2 31. Re2 (31. Bf3 {is not much help} Nh2 32. Kf2 Nxf1 33. Rxf1 Be4 $19
) 31... Be4 32. Rf3 (32. Rxe4 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} dxe4 33. Rb1
e5 34. dxe5+ Kxe5 $19) 32... b5 (32... e5 $5 {might be the shorter path} 33.
Rxe4 dxe4 34. dxe5+ Kxe5 35. Rf1 $19) 33. Kf1 (33. Re1 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} Rh2 34. Ree3 a5 $19) 33... Rh1+ $1 {
here's the full point} (33... Rh1+ 34. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 35. Kg2 Rh2+ 36. Kf1 Bxf3 37.
Rxh2 Nxh2+ 38. Kf2 a5 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open II"]
[Site "http://home.triad.rr.com/ashe"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Solarez, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1773"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B03: Alekhine's Defence: Four Pawns Attack} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4
Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Be2 Qd7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Qd2 Bg4 (12... Rad8 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. b3 Qc8 17.
Qb2 f6 18. Rac1 Nd7 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. d5 exd5 21. cxd5 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Qxg4+ 23.
Kf1 Ne5 24. Bf2 Nxf3 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Qe2 Qh1# {
0-1 Stellwagen,R (2052)-Kotz,R (2147)/Kiel 2003/CBM 095 ext}) 13. Rad1 Rad8 14.
b3 $146 (14. Qc1 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. Ne5 fxe5 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19.
dxe5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Bxd1 22. Nxd1 Nxe5 23. Ne3 Nd3 24. Qc3 e5 25.
g4 Kg6 26. Nf5 Nf2+ 27. Kg2 Nxg4 28. Qg3 Kxf5 {
Moser,E (2335)-Wach,M (2398)/Oberpullendorf 2002/CBM 089 ext/1-0 (44)}) 14...
f6 15. c5 (15. Qe1 $5 $16) 15... Nd5 $14 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. exf6 (17. b4 fxe5
18. dxe5 a6 $11) 17... Bxf6 ({Instead of} 17... Rxf6 18. b4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 $14)
18. b4 a6 {Covers b5} 19. a4 (19. Rde1 Rde8 20. b5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Bh5 $11) 19...
Qe6 (19... Rde8 20. Bd3 Qe6 21. Rde1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxd4 23. Rf4 $15) 20. Bf2 (
20. Rde1 $5 $11 {is worth looking at}) 20... Nxb4 $15 21. Qxb4 Qxe2 22. Rfe1 {
White threatens to win material: Re1xe2} Qc4 23. Qxb7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rf7 25. Qc6
Qb3 {Black threatens to win material: Qb3xf3} 26. Qxa6 Qxf3 27. Rd3 {
White threatens to win material: Rd3xf3} (27. Qe6 Qa3 $15) 27... Qf4 (27... Qf5
$142 $5 28. Rdd1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 c6 $15) 28. Qe6 $11 Rdf8 (28... Be5 $1 {
is an interesting alternative} 29. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rf5 31. Qe6+ Kh8 $11) 29.
Qxd5 $16 c6 (29... Rd8 30. Qe4 Qg5+ 31. Qg2 $16) 30. Qe4 (30. Qxc6 $142 $5 Be5
31. Bg3 Bxd4+ 32. Kg2 $18) 30... Qg5+ $16 31. Qg2 Qf5 32. Rd2 (32. Red1 Rd7 $16
) 32... Bg5 (32... Ra7 $5 $14) 33. Rde2 $16 Qd3 $4 {
causes further problems for ?} (33... Bd8 $142 $16) 34. Qxg5 $18 (34. Qxg5 Qa6
35. Bg3 Qxa4 36. Bd6 Qxd4+ 37. Qe3 Qg4+ 38. Rg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "The Asheboro Open II"]
[Site "http://home.triad.rr.com/ashe"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wofford, Mathew"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1979"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.07.23"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{C41: Philidor Defence} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. O-O h6 6.
Be3 Ne7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qd2 g5 10. Rad1 Ng6 11. Bxg5 hxg5 12. Nxg5
Bh6 13. f4 $146 (13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14. f4 Nxf4 15. Rxf4 exf4 16. e5 Qxg5 17. Qd6+
Kxf7 18. e6+ Kg7 19. exd7 f3 20. g3 f2+ 21. Kf1 Rf8 22. dxc8=Q Raxc8 23. Qd7+
Kh8 24. Rd6 Rce8 {0-1 Sanz Cueco,F-Gomez,D/Spain 1997/EXT 2004}) 13... O-O 14.
Nxf7 $2 (14. Qd6 exf4 15. Nf3 $19) 14... Rxf7 15. Qe2 (15. Bxf7+ {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} Qxf7 (15... Kxf7 $6 16. f5 Bxd2 17. fxg6+ Kg7
18. Rxf6 Bxc3 19. Rf7+ Kxg6 20. Rfxd7 Bxd7 21. Rxd7 Bd4+ 22. Kf1 $19) 16. Kh1
exf4 $19) 15... exf4 16. Qh5 (16. Bxf7+ {doesn't do any good} Qxf7 17. Qh5 Kh7
$19) 16... Qg5 (16... Nde5 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 17. Bxf7+ Nxf7
18. Ne2 $19) 17. Bxf7+ (17. Qxg5 Bxg5 18. g3 Nf6 $19) 17... Kxf7 18. Rxf4+ Qxf4
19. Rf1 Nf6 20. Rxf4 Bxf4 21. Qe2 Bg4 22. Qc4+ Be6 23. Qb4 b6 24. g3 (24. Qa4
$19 {hoping against hope}) 24... Be3+ 25. Kg2 (25. Kf1 {is not the saving move}
Rd8 26. Nd5 Bc5 $19) 25... Ne5 (25... Rd8 $142 {
it becomes clear that Black will call all the shots} 26. Nd5 cxd5 27. e5 $19)
26. Qd6 Nfd7 (26... Re8 27. Qa3 Rd8 28. Ne2 $19) 27. Ne2 (27. h3 {
doesn't change anything anymore} Bc5 28. Qc7 Ke7 $19) 27... Bc5 28. Qd2 (28.
Qc7 {does not improve anything} Bg4 29. Nf4 Bf3+ 30. Kf1 Bxe4 $19) 28... Bh3+
29. Kh1 Bg4 30. h4 (30. Kg2 $19 {otherwise it's curtains at once}) 30... Bf3+
31. Kh2 Ng4+ 32. Kh3 Nf2+ (32... Ndf6 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 33. Nd4
Bxe4 34. a3 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 $19) 33. Kh2 Nf6 34. Nd4 N2g4+ 35. Kh3 (35. Kg1 {
is no salvation} Re8 36. Kf1 Bxe4 $19) 35... Bxe4 36. b4 (36. b3 $19 {
no good, but what else?}) 36... Bxd4 37. Qxd4 Ke7 (37... Re8 $142 {
makes it even easier for Black} 38. Qc4+ Kg6 39. Qe2 $19) 38. Qc3 (38. a4 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} Rd8 39. Qxe4+ Nxe4 40. Kxg4 Rd4 $19) 38...
Rd8 39. Qe1 Rd1 $1 {Black should return material} (39... Rd1 40. Qxe4+ Nxe4 41.
Kxg4 Nf6+ 42. Kf3 Rb1 $19) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open I"]
[Site "TOM"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hickey, Ron"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "1691"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "200.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3 B84: Sicilian
Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O e6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Bf3 $146 (9. Bh5 g6
10. Be2 b5 11. Re1 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Be7 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16.
dxc6 Nc5 17. Bxa6 O-O 18. Bb5 Ne6 19. Bh4 d5 20. Qf3 Ne4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rad1
Qc5 23. Qe3 Rfd8 {
Yurtaev,L (2515)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2495)/Manila 1992/TD/1/2-1/2 (57)} 24. f3 Qxe3+
25. Rxe3 N4c5 26. b3 d4 27. Re5 Rd6 28. h4 Na6 29. f4 Nac7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Rxf5
Rd5 32. g4 Rad8 33. Re1 Kf8 34. Bc4 Rxf5 35. gxf5 Nf4 36. a5 Nfd5 37. a6 Ne3
38. Bd3 Ke7 {Yurtaev,L (2515)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2495)/Manila 1992/TD/1/2-1/2 (57)}
) (9. f4 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Qd2
Nb6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Nce2 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nf5 Qxc2 20. Qe3 Qc5 21. Red1
Qxe3 22. Nxe3 Rfd8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 {
Slaven,V (2065)-Flores Honores,P (2211)/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/0-1} 24.
exd5 e4 25. Bxe4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. h3 Rc2 29. Nf4 Rdd2 {
0-1 Slaven,V (2065)-Flores Honores,P (2211)/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext}) (9.
a4 b6 10. Bh5 g6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qd2 Be7 15. Rad1 Rd8
16. g3 h5 17. h4 Nd7 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. Qc1 Bf6 20. Nce2 O-O 21. Nf4 Rfe8 22. c3
Bg7 23. Qc2 Bh6 {
Lengyel,B (2425)-Bischoff,K (2460)/Budapest 1987/CBM 005/0-1 (31)} 24. Qb3 Nc4
25. Nh3 Rc8 26. Re2 Red8 27. Qc2 Qe7 28. Rde1 Ne5 29. Rd1 Ng4 30. Nf3 Bc6 31.
Qb3 Rb8 {0-1 Lengyel,B (2425)-Bischoff,K (2460)/Budapest 1987/CBM 005 (31)}) (
9. Re1 b6 $14) 9... Be7 10. Re1 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} Ne5 11. Nce2 (11.
Be2 O-O $11) 11... Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 (12. Nxf3 $5 {must be considered} Nxe4 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd3 $15) 12... h6 $17 13. Bh4 (13. Be3 $142 $5 $17) 13... g5 $19
14. Bg3 e5 15. Nb3 (15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 h5 $19) 15... Be6 16. Qd2 Rc8 (16...
h5 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 17. h4 gxh4 18. Bh2 $19) 17. c3 Rg8 (17...
Nd7 18. Nbd4 $19) 18. Kh1 (18. Kg2 h5 19. h3 Kf8 $19) 18... h5 19. h4 gxh4 20.
Bxh4 (20. Bh2 Qc6 21. Qe3 Bd8 $19) 20... Nxe4 $1 {Theme: Clearance for e7-h4}
21. fxe4 Bxh4 22. Rg1 Bg4 (22... Kd7 {might be the shorter path} 23. f4 Qc4 24.
Qe3 $19) 23. Ng3 (23. Raf1 Bf3+ 24. Kh2 Rxg1 25. Nxg1 Bxe4 $19) 23... Bg5 24.
Qd3 Qe7 (24... Qc4 {seems even better} 25. Rad1 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 $19) 25. f3 (25.
c4 Qe6 26. Nd2 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Rxc4 $19) 25... Be6 26. Nd2 (26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5
$19) 26... Bf4 (26... Kd7 {makes it even easier for Black} 27. Ndf1 Bf4 28. Rg2
$19) 27. Nf5 Rxg1+ 28. Rxg1 Bxf5 29. exf5 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qxd2 (31...
Qxd2 32. Qxd2 Bxd2 $19) (31... Qxd2 32. Qxd2 Bxd2 $19) (31... Bxd2 $6 32. Qxd6
Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Ke2 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 $11) 0-1

[Event "The Asheboro Open I"]
[Site "Asheboro, NC"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "King, Paul"]
[Black "Timmel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.06.25"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{A45: Trompowsky Attack} 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 (5. Ne2
d5 6. O-O c6 7. Nd2 Bf5 8. b3 Qd7 9. Nf4 a5 10. Nd3 Na6 11. Ba3 Rfe8 12. Nc5
Nxc5 13. Bxc5 Bh3 14. c4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a4 16. Qe2 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. b4 Rac8
19. f4 Ng4 {Golovin,A-Labuckas,A (2335)/Lithaunia 2003/EXT 2005/0-1 (46)}) 5...
d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 c6 $146 (7... e5 8. Bb2 e4 9. Nfd2 Re8 10. c4 Nf8 11. Nc3
Bf5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rac1 h5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Rac8 16. b4 Nh7 17. Rfe1 Nf6
18. Qb3 Qd7 19. a4 Bh3 20. Bh1 Qf5 21. Rc2 Nxd5 22. Rec1 {
Aljechin,Y-Rutman,A (2315)/Ozery 1997/EXT 2001/0-1 (45)}) 8. Bb2 Qc7 9. c4 Re8
10. Nc3 e5 11. d5 {This push gains space} e4 {
Black threatens to win material: e4xf3} 12. Nd2 {
White threatens to win material: Nd2xe4} Nc5 13. Ba3 Bf5 14. h3 {Secures g4} h5
(14... Qa5 15. Ndb1 Nd3 16. g4 $15) 15. Ne2 (15. dxc6 $5 {
should be investigated more closely} Qxc6 16. Qc2 $15) 15... cxd5 $17 16. Nd4
Qd7 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 Bf8 {Loses material} (19... Qe6 20. Bb2
Bxb2 21. Nxb2 $17) 20. Qd2 (20. Bb2 Nd3 21. Bd4 Qe6 $11) 20... Rad8 (20... b5
$5 21. f3 Qe6 $17) 21. Rad1 (21. f3 exf3 22. Rxf3 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 $11) 21...
Nc7 (21... Nf6 22. Na5 $15) 22. Bb2 {Attacks the backward pawn on d6} Nd3 (
22... d5 $5 {is an interesting idea} 23. Qd4 f6 24. Qxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxf6 Rc8 $15)
23. Bxe4 $14 {Theme: Double Attack} Qxe4 (23... Rxe4 {Theme: Interference} 24.
Qxd3) 24. Qxd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "The Asheboro Open I"]
[Site "TOM"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timmel, John"]
[Black "Parrish, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Annotator "Fritz 9 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "200.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.11"]

{B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3
g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nh6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O c4 $146 (8... Bd7 9. h3 f5
10. exf5 Nxf5 11. g4 Nfd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Kh1 Rae8 15. Bd2 Qxb2
16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Rxb7 Be6 18. f5 Bc8 19. Rc7 Ne5 20. Bg5 Bd7 21. f6 exf6 22.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 {
Barsov,A (2400)-Graf,A (2510)/Tashkent 1992/EXT 97/0-1 (37)}) (8... f5 9. h3 (
9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. h3 Nf6 12. e5 Nh5 13. exd6 Nxg3 14. dxe7 Nxe7 15.
Re1 h6 16. Ne5 Kh7 17. Kh2 Nh5 18. Qe2 b6 19. Nc4 Ng8 20. Nd5 Bb7 21. Qe6 Qh4 {
0-1 Krajnc,R-Nakamura,H (2571)/playchess.com 2004/EXT 2005}) (9. Ne2 Qc7 10. c3
b5 11. Ng5 c4 12. dxc4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. cxb5 Qxb5 15. h3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb7
17. Ne6 Nd8 18. Nxg7 Bxe4+ 19. Kh2 Bd3 20. Nd4 Qc4 21. Rf3 Be4 22. Re3 d5 23.
Nge6 Nxe6 {Brodie,H-Posner,H/Ottawa 1969/EXT 2002/0-1 (49)}) 9... Nf7 10. Be3
Nd4 11. Qd2 Bd7 (11... Rb8 12. Rab1 b5 13. Ne2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b4 15. exf5 gxf5
16. d4 Qa5 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Qf2 Rbc8 19. Nh4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxc2
22. Bd5 Bc8 23. Re1 Qc5 24. Rbd1 Re8 25. Bb3 Rxb2 26. Ba4 {
Bejtovic,J (2319)-Terzic,S (2286)/Neum 2002/CBM 090/0-1 (45)}) 12. Rae1 Bc6 13.
Kh2 Qd7 14. Bg1 Rae8 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nb4 {
1/2-1/2 Golubovic,B (2420)-Dorfman,J (2590)/Cannes 1996/EXT 98}) (8... a5 9. h3
$14) 9. h3 {Controls g4} cxd3 10. cxd3 Qa5 (10... Qb6+ 11. Kh2 $14) 11. Nd5 (
11. Be3 $5 $16) 11... Be6 $11 {Black threatens to win material: Be6xd5} 12. Bd2
(12. Ne3 Qb6 $11 (12... Bxa2 $143 13. Qe2 $16)) 12... Qc5+ (12... Qb5 $5 $15 {
is interesting}) 13. Be3 Qa5 14. b4 (14. g4 $5 $14) 14... Qa3 $11 15. Bc1 (15.
Nc7 Bc4 16. Qc1 Qxd3 $14) 15... Qa6 $15 16. d4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxb4 18. Qb3 {
White threatens to win material: Qb3xb4} Qb6 19. Rb1 (19. Bd2 $142 $5 {
looks like a viable alternative} Bxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 21. Be3 $15) 19... Nxd5
$1 $19 {Clearance to allow b6-b1} 20. Qd3 (20. Qxd5 {Deflection from b1} Qxb1)
20... Qc7 21. Bd2 (21. Nh4 Qc3 22. Rd1 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Nb6 $17) 21... Rfc8 22.
Nh4 (22. Rfc1 Qd7 $19) 22... Nb6 (22... e6 23. Rfc1 Qd7 24. g4 $19) 23. f5 (23.
Rbc1 Qd7 24. f5 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Qc8 $19) 23... Qc2
24. Qxc2 (24. Rb3 d5 25. Re1 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Kf8 $19 (26... Nxf5 $143 27. Nxf5
gxf5 28. Rxe7 $17)) 24... Rxc2 25. Bxh6 Bxh6 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bxb7 Rb8 (27...
Rd8 28. Be4 Re2 29. Bd3 Rxa2 30. Nxg6 Be3+ 31. Kh1 fxg6 32. Rxb6 axb6 33. Bc4+
d5 34. Bxa2 Bxd4 35. Kg2 $19) 28. Be4 Rxa2 (28... Rd2 29. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1
$19) 29. Nxg6 Be3+ 30. Kh1 Re8 $4 {weakening the position} (30... e6 $5 31.
Ne7+ Kg7 32. Rf3 $19) 31. Rxb6 $4 {gives the opponent new chances} (31. Bc6
$142 {and White can hope to survive} Rd8 32. Nxe7+ Kf8 33. Nf5 $16) 31... axb6
$17 (31... fxg6 $6 32. Rb7 Kg7 33. Bc6 $11) 32. Bc6 Rb8 ({Weaker is} 32... Bxd4
33. Bxe8 Bf2 34. Nh4 $16 (34. Nxe7+ $6 Kf8 $11)) 33. Nxe7+ Kf8 34. Nf5 Rc2 {
Black threatens to win material: Rc2xc6} (34... Bf2 35. g4 $17) 35. Bd5 $15 {
The bishop is not easily driven from d5} Rc1 $4 {forfeits the advantage} (35...
Bf2 $142 $15 {is the best option Black has}) 36. Nxe3 $18 Rxf1+ 37. Nxf1 b5 (
37... Rc8 38. Kg2 Rc3 39. Kf2 $18) 38. Nd2 (38. Kg2 $5 b4 39. Nd2 Rc8 $18)
38... Rc8 $16 39. Nb3 Rc2 40. g4 f6 (40... b4 41. Kg1 $16) 41. h4 $18 Kg7 42.
Kg1 Kg6 $4 {terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game?} (42...
Rc3 $142 43. Kf2 Rh3 $18) 43. Be4+ (43. Be4+ Kf7 44. Bxc2 $18) 1-0

