[Event "Bonn ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schrickel, Horst"]
[Black "Neven, Knut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. g3 Na5 11. Nbd2 d6 12. Re1 g6 13. Ng5 Qc6 14. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Bonn ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neven, Knut"]
[Black "Dombrowski, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. d5 exd5 5. exd5 Nce7 6. d6 Nf5 7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
dxe7 Ngxe7 9. g3 b6 10. Bh3 d5 11. Bxf5 Bxf5 12. O-O f6 13. Re1 Kf7 14. Nh4 Be4
15. f3 Bg6 16. Qe6+ Kf8 17. Bf4 Bf7 18. Qd6 g5 19. Nf5 gxf4 20. Qxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Nxe7 Re8 22. gxf4 Rxe7 23. Nc3 Rd7 24. a4 Bg6 25. Re2 Rg8 26. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bonn ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Uthe, Matthias"]
[Black "Neven, Knut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Be2
Nge7 9. b4 h6 10. O-O Nf5 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Qd3 Na7 14. Qb1 Bb5 15.
Bxb5+ Nxb5 16. Nxd5 Qc6 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rd1 Rhg8 21.
g4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Qd5 24. Nd2 g6 25. a4 Na7 26. e4 Qd7 27. Nc4 Rc6
28. Qf3 Rgc8 29. Nd6 Rf8 30. Qf6# 1-0

[Event "Bonn tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stolz"]
[Black "Neven, Knut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1300"]
[BlackElo "1000"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. c4 d5 10. e3 d4 11. exd4 exd4 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nxf6 gxf6
15. Qb3 Qb4 16. Rfd1 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Ra4 Bd7 19. c5 Rhe8 20. Rda1 Re2 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Bc6 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxa6 Kd7 26. Ra4 Rxb2
27. Rd4+ Ke7 28. b4 Rd2 29. Kg2 Rd1 30. h4 Rb1 31. g4 Rd1 32. Kg3 Rg1+ 33. Kf4
Rf1 34. f3 Rh1 35. h5 Rf1 36. Kg3 Rg1+ 37. Kf2 Ra1 38. Rf4 Ra2+ 39. Ke3 Rb2 40.
Re4+ Kd7 41. f4 Rg2 42. Kf3 Rh2 43. Re2 Rh3+ 44. Kg2 Rxd3 45. g5 Rd5 (45...
fxg5 46. fxg5 Rd5) 46. g6 fxg6 47. hxg6 Kc8 48. Re6 Rd8 49. Rxf6 Rg8 50. f5 Kd7
51. Rf7+ Ke8 52. Kg3 Kd8 53. Rh7 Rf8 54. g7 Rg8 55. Rh8 Rxh8 56. gxh8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Bonn ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Linnemann, Ralf"]
[Black "Neven, Knut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 Bf6 6. d4 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Qc1
Qa5 9. Kf2 Nh6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. exd4 Qb6 12. Kg3 Bh5 13. c3 Nf5+ 14. Kh3 Bxe5
15. fxe5 Qd8 16. Nf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qh4+ 18. Kg2 h5 19. Qe1 Rh6 20. Qxh4 Nxh4+
21. Kf2 f6 22. f4 Kd7 23. Rg1 Rh7 24. Bd3 Nf5 25. Ba3 Nce7 26. Rac1 fxe5 27.
fxe5 Rf8 28. Ke2 a6 29. c4 Nxd4+ 30. Ke3 Ndf5+ 31. Kd2 Rc8 32. cxd5 Rxc1 33.
dxe6+ Kxe6 34. Rxc1 Nd5 35. Rc5 g6 36. Be4 Rd7 37. Bxd5+ Rxd5+ 38. Rxd5 Kxd5
39. Bb2 Ne7 40. Ke3 g5 41. Bc3 Ng6 42. h3 Nxe5 43. Ba5 Nf7 44. Bb6 Ne5 45. Bd8
Nf7 46. Bb6 Ke5 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Bc7 Ne5+ 49. Kg3 Nd3 50. a3 Nc1 51. b4 Ne2+ 52.
Kg2 Nd4 53. a4 Ne6 54. Bd6 Ke4 55. Be7 b5 56. axb5 axb5 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Bd6 g4
59. Bb8 Kg5 60. hxg4 hxg4 61. Be5 Nd8 62. Bc7 Nc6 63. Bd6 Nd4 64. Bc7 Nf5+ 65.
Kg2 Kf6 66. Bf4 Ke6 67. Bc7 Kd5 68. Bb6 Ke4 69. Bc5 g3 70. Bb6 Kf4 71. Bc7+ Kg4
72. Bb6 Nh4+ 73. Kg1 Kf3 74. Bc7 g2 75. Bd6 Nf5 76. Be5 Ne3 77. Bd4 Nd1 78. Bc5
Nc3 79. Kh2 Ne2 80. Bb6 g1=Q+ 81. Bxg1 Nxg1 82. Kxg1 Ke2 83. Kg2 Kd2 84. Kf3
Kc3 85. Ke2 Kxb4 86. Kd2 Kb3 87. Kd3 b4 88. Kd4 Kc2 89. Kc4 b3 90. Kd4 b2 91.
Kc4 b1=Q 92. Kd4 Qb5 93. Ke4 Qc5 94. Kf4 Kd3 95. Kg4 Ke3 96. Kg3 Qg5+ 97. Kh3
Kf3 98. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Saskatoon Section AB"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Friberg, Bjorn"]
[Black "Neven, Knut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Qe2 Nxc4 6. Qxc4 e6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
O-O b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2 Rc8 14. Rac1
O-O 15. Qe2 d5 16. a3 f6 17. Rfe1 fxe5 18. dxe5 Na5 19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 dxc4
21. Nb5 Qg5 22. g3 Bf3 23. Qf1 Rc5 24. Nd4 Rxe5 25. Nxe6 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Qd5 27.
Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Qh3 Bh1 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qe8+ Kf6 31. Qe7+ Kf5 32. g4+ Kxg4 33.
Qxg7+ Kf4 34. Qh6+ Kf5 35. Qxh7+ Kf6 36. Qe7+ Kf5 37. Re5+ Qxe5 38. Qxe5+ Kxe5
39. Kxh1 b5 40. Kg2 a5 41. Kf3 b4 42. axb4 c3 43. bxc3 a4 44. b5 Kd6 45. Ke4 a3
0-1

[Event "Hamilton CA ch High School"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Neven, Knut"]
[Black "Filipovich, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. a3 O-O 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b4 Rac8
15. Qb1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bb2 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Qd6
21. f4 Qh6 22. Rf3 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Ng1 Rce8 25. Bc1 Nh2+ 26. Kf2 Re1 27.
Kxe1 Qxg1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2+ 29. Rf2 Re8+ 30. Be3 Rxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Ng4+ 32. Kd2 Qxf2+
33. Kc3 Ba4 34. Qe1 d4+ 35. Kc4 Ne3+ 36. Kc5 b6+ 37. Kd6 Qxf4+ 38. Ke6 Qf6# 0-1

[Event "Regina SK ch tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yee, Archie"]
[Black "Neven, Knut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Nf1 d4 11. e5 Rb8 12. h4 Bb7 13. N1h2 h6 14. Ng4 Nf5 15. Bf4
Nb4 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Nxh6+ Bxh6 18. Bxh6 Nxh6 19. Qxh6 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nxc2 21. h5
Qe7 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Re4 Rxf3 26. Rh4+ Qh7 27.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qxc8 Nxa1 29. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto PanAm student"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karlin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Lamb, Bryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "Lamb,B"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 {Being both a French and Sicilian player, I get to do stuff
like this and get away with it.} 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 d5 7.
Nbd2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 Rb8 {So far, not too exciting, but neither player
wants to remove the central tension. White could try e5 followed by d4, but
that would leave Black with the queenside pawn storm, which commences now,
still available.} 10. Qe2 b5 11. h3 {(?)} c4 {Guaranteeing that the center
won't become completely blocked.} 12. e5 cxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Nb3 a5 15. Nfd4
{The N/d4 looks solid, but one plan for Black is to play for ...f6 and take
advantage of the lack of a Pawn on d4.} Qb6 16. Be3 a4 {Ignoring the "threat"
Nxe6, but of course only after careful calculation.} 17. Nxe6 {Hook, line and
sinker...} Ncxe5 $1 18. fxe5 (18. Bxb6 Nxd3 19. Nxf8 (19. Bc7 fxe6 {This is
also bad for White.}) 19... Nxb6 {White loses 2 minors for a rook.}) 18... Qxe6
19. Nd4 (19. Bxd5 Qxe5 {The g3-pawn is attacked in addition to the N/b3.})
19... Qa6 20. Bxd5 {(?) Dropping the h3 pawn.} Nxe5 21. Qe4 Bxh3 22. Bh6 $1 {
A good try, with the object of removing Black's important N/e5. Black could
win the exchange here, but I decided to keep my Knight, as my opponent was
growing short of time and was probably expecting me to grab his rook.} Qd6 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf2 Rbd8 {I think that the reason for this move was to try to
deflect the B/d5 away from f7.} 25. Qh1 Ng4 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Bxf7 $4 {Time
pressure} (27. Ne6+ Kh8 28. Qxh3 Qxd5 29. Qxg4 {Black should win without much
trouble with the extra exchange.} (29. Nxd8 {White gets toasted with...} Qc5+
30. Kg2 Rf2+ 31. Kh1 Qd5+)) 27... Qxg3+ {[Lamb]} 0-1

[Event "Toronto PanAm student"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ng, Kit"]
[Black "Tovar, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Ng,K"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7
8. e3 h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be4 Rb8 14. b4 $4 {
Thinking the B/e4 is still safe, White forgets about the pin-breaking ...g5} (
14. Qc2 g5 15. Bg3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qd5+ Kh7 18. Nxe5 f4 {With
complications. Also, 18. Bxe5 g4 lead to complications. Perhaps 13. Be4 was
not too well motivated.}) 14... g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 $2 {15. ... Nxe4 would have
been better.} (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 (16. Nf3 Qe6) 16... Qxh4) 16. Bxg5 Qe6 17.
Bd5 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. e4 Kg7 20. Rfd1 $2 {20. Rad1, keeping the f4 push in
mind, would be better} Rh8 21. h3 Nh6 22. Rd3 f6 23. Bd2 Nf8 24. Rg3+ Kh7 25.
f4 Ng6 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Bc3 Bd7 29. b5 Rbe8 30. Rf4 $1 {
Threatening to pile up on the N/h6 by Rh4 and Bd2} a5 $2 {Black underestimates
White's threat and overlooks a tactic.} (30... c6 {This would be a better try.}
31. bxc6 Bxc6 32. Rh4 Bxd5 {Freeing the important squares f7 and g8.}) 31. Rh4
Ng6 32. Rh5 Nf4 $2 {Missing the turn-around sacrifice. Black thought that he
was easily winning at this point. At any rate, 33. Bd2 was hard to meet now,
as after 32. ... Kg7 White has 33. Rhg5! Perhaps 32. ... Re5 was necessary.}
33. Rxh6+ $1 Kxh6 34. Bd2 Kh7 35. Bxf4 {Not only winning two Knights for the
Rook, but gobbling up Black's Queenside pawns to boot.} Rc8 36. Bb7 Rb8 37. Bd5
Rbc8 38. Bb7 Rb8 39. Ba6 Rbe8 40. Bxc7 Rxe4 41. Bxb6 Rxc4 42. Bxa5 Bc8 {Black
needs to trade off one bishop; otherwise, Black's situation could become very
precarious. One is reminded somewhat of Fischer-Larsen (1971 match game 1),
where Fischer's passed b-pawn and 2 bishops cemented the win for him.} 43. Bxc8
Rfxc8 44. Rb3 Ra4 45. Bc3 Kg7 46. b6 Rb8 47. Be1 Rb7 48. Bf2 Kf7 49. Rc3 Ra6 (
49... Ke7 {This was a better try.} 50. Rc7+ $2 Rxc7 51. bxc7 Kd7 {Losing the
a-pawn}) 50. Rc7+ Rxc7 51. bxc7 Rc6 52. Bb6 $1 {The key move which Black may
have overlooked.} Ke6 53. a4 Kd7 54. a5 Kc8 55. Kf2 Kb7 56. Kf3 Rc4 57. Kg3 f5
58. h4 {White's direct plan to push the h-pawn is very strong, because if
Black's Rook leaves the c-file, then a6+ Kc8, a7 wins} Ka6 {58. ... Rg4+ right
away would be better than marking time, but in that event White would have
little trouble gobbling the f5-pawn and advancing his connected passers.} 59.
h5 Kb7 60. h6 Rg4+ 61. Kh3 Rg8 62. h7 Rh8 63. Kg3 Rxh7 {The h-pawn is immune
to capture, but if Black sits and waits, White eventually will win by marching
the King up.} 64. a6+ Kc8 65. a7 {[Ng, Lamb]} (65. a7 Kb7 66. a8=Q+ Kxa8 67.
c8=Q#) 1-0

[Event "Toronto PanAm student"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liu, Jesse"]
[Black "Chu, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "Chu,C"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

{Finally! Breakthrough round. Unfortunately, it seemed to be too little, too
late as far as the team goes. Ironically, I had earlier noticed that us A-team
members were consistantly play slow, grinding types of games [cont...]} 1. d4 {
(since we are all d4 or c4 players), which eventually takes a mental toll.
Therefore, I suggested that one of us would have to come up with a brilliancy
- a crushing, short game, in order to boost morale. However, when I [cont...]}
e6 {could finally contribute in that respect, the others all lost during this
round!...} 2. c4 b6 {At previous Pan-Ams, I had noticed that American players
tended to be very bookish, with a preference for heavily analyzed lines.
Therefore, I prepared the English defence for this tournament - which leads to
unclear play.} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 $6 {And here is the proof of the above
statement! W. is clearly trying to reach a Samisch Nimzo-Indian, but Black can
counter strongly by inserting f5 before Nf6. If W. cannot achieve e4, his
Q-side P weaknesses will be easily attacked.} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Bb7 6. f3 $6 {
Trying to get in e4 at all costs. However, this weakens the K-side
considerably.} (6. e3 {Perhaps he had to bite the bullet here and play this
move.} f5 7. Nf3 Nf6 {Black will try to attack the doubled pawns with the
manoeuver Nb8-c6-a5, and Ba6.}) 6... f5 7. e3 Qh4+ $1 {A common theme in thise
types of positions where White has played f3. The White kingside is now
completely disrupted.} 8. g3 Qh5 9. Bg2 {The only way for White to develop the
Kingside.} Nf6 10. Nh3 O-O 11. Nf2 {11. Nf4!? is a better try for active play 
(Black should counter with 11. ... Qf7, with the idea g7-g5, with Kingside
play).} Nc6 12. Bf1 $2 (12. Nd3 {This is a better try} Na5 13. c5 {Black has a
slight edge, with his lead in development. (13. ... Nd5!?)}) 12... Na5 13. Be2
Ba6 14. Qa4 d5 $1 {The start of a nice sequence, taking advantage of White's
marooned King in the center.} 15. cxd5 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Ne4 $3 {The critical move
of this attack. If 17. Nxe4 fxe4, and Black's heavy pieces will come crashing
in on the f-file.} 17. Bb2 Ng5 18. g4 $6 {Allows, the coming sacrifice, but
other alternatives are not much better.} (18. dxe6 Qxf3+ 19. Ke1 Ne4 $1 20. Rf1
Qxe3+) (18. Raf1 Qxf3+ 19. Kd2 exd5 {With a continuing attack along the
freshly opened e-file.}) 18... fxg4 19. fxg4 Rxf2+ $3 {Played without
calculating the variations all the way to the end. As Bronstein states in his
annotation of the famous game Averbach-Kotov, in Zurich 1953, intuition is
often an important part of many chess combinations. [cont...]} 20. Kxf2 {
Another factor influencing this quick decision was the previously mentioned
"team factor" - I hoped this might energize my teammates, who were all
embroiled in difficult positions at this point.} Rf8+ 21. Ke1 Qh4+ 22. Kd2 {
The keys to this attack are the weakness of the R on h1, and (to a lesser
extent), the B on b2. This is also a demonstration of the incredible power of
an attacking Q and N - and in this case, BOTH N's will be jumping [cont...]} (
22. Kd1 Qf2 23. Qc2 Qf3+ 24. Kd2 Nc4+ $19) 22... Qf2+ {into the fray to help
the Queen...} 23. Kc1 Qxe3+ 24. Kb1 Qe4+ 25. Ka2 Qxd5+ 26. c4 Nxc4 27. Qb3 Rf2
$6 (27... Rf3 $1 {Winning immediately} 28. Bc3 Rf2+ $19 {This line is
obviously not difficult to see, but at move 19, I had seen roughly to this
position, nad had been playing out the previous few moves fairly quickly.
Fortunately, 27. ... Rf2 is still sufficient...}) 28. Rab1 Ne4 29. Rhf1 $6 {
Played in extreme time pressure.} (29. Ka1 {This is White's last try, but...}
Ned2 30. Qg3 (30. Qa2 Rf3 31. Rbe1 (31. Bc1 Nxb1 32. Kxb1 Qe4+ 33. Ka1 Rxa3 34.
Bxa3 Qxh1+) 31... Nb3+ 32. Kb1 Ncd2+ 33. Kc2 Nxd4+) 30... Na5 $3 $19 {With the
unstoppable threat of Nab3+} 31. Qxf2 Nab3+ 32. Ka2 Nc1+) 29... Ned2 30. Rxf2
Nxb3 {After Wuite ditches his Queen in a panic, the rest of the game is rather
anti-climactic.} 31. Rbf1 h6 32. g5 hxg5 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. R1f3 Nbd2 35. Rh3+
Kg6 36. Ka1 $138 Qh1+ 37. Ka2 Qb1# {[Chu]} 0-1

[Event "Toronto PanAm student"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Raygada, Miguel"]
[Black "Olszewski, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "Olszewski,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 $5 {What the? I think my opponent tried to skirt my
preparation (he feared the Snake) and decided to play this line instead. I
knew from previous rounds that he like to play QGD lines, so after some
thought I believed [cont...]} d5 {that he would try to the transpose to those
lines. I decided to play along on a hunch.} 3. c4 $6 {And here it is, the move
I somehow knew he would play, which turns out badly for him.} Ne4 4. Bf4 {4.
Bh4 is very bad, taking the Bishop off the c1-h6 diagonal. White would face
serious problems after c5.} c5 $1 {It's difficult for White to deal with this
tension.} 5. cxd5 (5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 dxc4 {This looks -/+}) 5... Qxd5 6. Nc3
Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 (8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 {With a better position for Black.}
e5 10. Qe2 Bd6 {With an unpleasent position for White.}) 8... Bg4 $5 9. Ne5
cxd4 $5 {An amazing move, temporarily letting go of the piece, and injecting
total confusion into the position. In think we were both down to 30 (!)
minutes each at this point.} 10. Nxc6 {I don't know if this was the best
choice.} (10. Nxg4 h5 11. cxd4 (11. Ne3 Qe4 12. cxd4 e5 {This looks good for
Black as well. He is ready to castle long and put great pressure on White's
position. Either way, these lines were the lesser evil compared to what is
about to happen.}) 11... hxg4 {This looks really good for Black.}) 10... Qxc6
11. f3 (11. cxd4 Qc3+ {Winning a pawn.}) (11. Qxd4 Rd8 {This is just as ugly.}
12. Qe3 {Forced; this blocks in the f1 Bishop leaving White hopelessly
paralyzed.}) 11... e5 $1 {Seals White's fate. 12. Bxe5 loses intantly to 12. ..
. Qxc3+, and any Bishop retreat loses a pawn. White is now lost.} 12. fxg4 exf4
13. Qxd4 Be7 {Simple and strong.} 14. e4 Bf6 {14. ... fe3 was devestating as
well. The text forces White to uncover the long diagonal for the Black Queen.}
15. e5 Bh4+ 16. Ke2 Rd8 17. Qxf4 Qxc3 18. Qa4+ {If 18. Rd1 then 0-0} Ke7 19.
Rd1 Qxe5+ $2 {The simple Rxd1 followed by Rd8 won instantly.} 20. Kf3 Rxd1 21.
Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qa4 Qf6+ 23. Ke4 Kf8 {Severe time pressure has set in for both
sides.} 24. Qb4+ Kg8 25. Bb5 Bg5 26. Rf1 Qe6+ 27. Kf3 Qe3# {A finish that I
could feel really good about. We finally beat the Peruvians, and quite
convincingly too. [Olszewski]} 0-1

[Event "Buffalo m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alberoni"]
[Black "Ensor, Albert"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Fyffe,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1875.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 e6 $2 (4... c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bd3 e6) 5.
Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O h6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5+ 11. Kh1 Bd4 $2
12. Nc4 Qc5 13. Nb5 $1 Kd8 (13... O-O 14. Nxd4) 14. a4 Nd5 15. b3 Nc3 16. Nxc3
Bxc3 17. Ba3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. f5 Nf6 20. Be4+ Ke7 *

[Event "CA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ryan, J."]
[Black "Ensor, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Sweet,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1876.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 $2 (4... Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+)
5. h3 (5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6) (5. b4 Bb6 6. Qb3 Qe7 7. a3 $1) 5... Nf6 6. d3
h6 7. O-O Be6 8. Bb5 Bd7 $2 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Ba4 O-O 13.
a3 Ba7 14. Re1 b5 15. Bc2 (15. Bb3) 15... Ne7 16. Nh4 Nh7 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18.
Rxe5 Nf6 $2 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. Nd5 $3 g6 21. Nxg6 Nxe5 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "CA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1876.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ensor, Albert"]
[Black "Smith, W R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "Cherriman,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1876.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8.
Nc3 O-O (8... Bg4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Be3) 9. Bg5 Bg4 $1 10. d5 (10. Be3 Nxe4) 10...
Ne5 $2 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 15. Rae1 Bd4 $2 16.
Qd3 Bb6 17. Kh1 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. f4 Nxg3+ 20. Qxg3 Bd4 21. h4 $1 Kg7 $5 22.
Rf3 f6 23. Nb5 Bb6 24. Qg4 Re7 $4 (24... Qe7) 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Qh8+ 27.
Rh3 Kf7 28. Rf1 Rg8 29. gxf6 $3 (29. g6+ Kf8) 29... Qxh3+ (29... Rxg4 30. fxe7+
) 30. Qxh3 Rxe4 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. f7 Rg7 33. Qxg7+ (33. Qh8+) 33... Kxg7 34.
f8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White, John"]
[Black "Ensor, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Cherriman,J"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 $6 (4. Bd2) 4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxc4 6. Bf4
Nf6 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qxc4 Nc6 9. e3 Nd5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qd3 f6 12. Qc2 e5 13.
dxe5 fxe5 14. Bxe5 $6 (14. Nxe5) 14... Rxf3 $5 15. Bc4 $6 (15. gxf3 Nxe5 16.
Qe4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3) 15... Rxe3+ 16. fxe3 Qh4+ 17. Bg3 Qxc4 18. Kd2 Rd8 19. Qd3
Qc5 20. e4 Nf6 21. Kc2 $2 Bf5 22. Qxd8+ Nxd8 23. exf5 Qxf5+ 24. Kb2 Qb5+ 25.
Ka2 Qe2+ 26. Kb3 Ne6 27. Rae1 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Northcote, H."]
[Black "Ensor, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Cherriman,J"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 c5 $2 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 $2 (7.
Bxf6) 7... Nxe4 $1 8. Bxe4 Bxg5 9. O-O (9. Qd3) 9... Bf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 Nc6
12. Qd3 h6 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Nfd2 Rb8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6
18. c4 Be6 19. Qxd6 $2 Rbd8 20. Qxc5 Rxd2 21. b3 Rfd8 22. Qxa7 $4 Qxa1 $1 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hicks, William"]
[Black "Hale, J S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Fyffe,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1892.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Nf3 Nc6 (4... Nf6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 c4 $2 (6...
Nc6) 7. Bc2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. g4) 5. e3
Nf6 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O b5 (7... Bd6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Be1 $11) 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Nbd2 c4
$2 10. Bb1 Bd6 11. Nf1 $2 (11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. g4) 11... h6 12. Ng3 Qc7
13. Ne5 g6 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. b4 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Nh1 Rdg8 18. Qf3 Nd8 19. Nf2
Nh7 20. e4 $2 f5 $1 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nh1 Nf6 23. Re2 Ne4 24. Be1 Rg7 25. a4 $2
Bxe5 26. fxe5 (26. dxe5) 26... Ng5 $1 27. Qf1 Nxh3+ 28. Kh2 Ng5 29. axb5 axb5
30. Bc2 h3 31. g3 Ndf7 32. Bd1 Kb8 33. Rea2 Nd8 34. Ra5 Qb6 35. Qf2 Nc6 36.
R5a3 Nf7 37. Bd2 Nh6 38. Bf3 Ng4+ 39. Bxg4 fxg4 40. Qf6 Rhg8 $1 41. Qxe6 $4
Nxd4 (41... Nxd4 $1 42. Ra8+ Kc7 (42... Bxa8)) 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1891.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hicks, William"]
[Black "Narraway, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Fyffe,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1892.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. d4 Bf5 (2... e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O a6)
3. e3 Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Be2 e6 7. Nbd2 Ndf6 8. O-O h6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4
10. Bd3 $6 (10. Bd2) 10... c6 11. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 12. b4 Bd6 13. a4 $5 (13. Ne5 g5
14. Qh5) 13... g5 $1 14. Ne5 h5 15. fxg5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxg5 17. Rf2 Qxe5 18.
Bb2 Rg8 19. Qd2 O-O-O 20. c4 Qg5 $2 21. Bf6 $1 Qg6 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. c5 Rg8 24.
Ra2 h4 25. Qd4 $4 (25. Rb2) 25... Bxg2 $3 26. Rad2 (26. Rxg2 Qb1+) 26... Bf3+
27. Rg2 Bxg2 28. Qb2 Be4+ 29. Kf1 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 Rg2# 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1874.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jackson, George"]
[Black "Hicks, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Von Bokum,H"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1874.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 $6 (3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6) 3... cxd4 4.
Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 Bc5 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O $6 9. e5 $1 Ncxe5 10.
Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Qxe5 d5 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Qh5 Qf6
16. Be3 b6 17. Nd4 g6 18. Bg5 $4 Qxd4 19. Qh6 Qg7 20. Qh4 Qh7 $1 21. Qxh7+ Kxh7
22. Bf6 Re8 23. f4 Be7 24. Bd4 $2 Bc5 25. Rad1 Bd7 26. Rf3 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Rac8
28. c3 Kg7 29. g4 $2 e5 $1 30. Rxd5 Bc6 31. c4 Bxd5 32. cxd5 e4 33. Re3 Rcd8
34. h4 Rxd5 35. Kf2 $2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1874.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Howe, Henry"]
[Black "Hicks, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "Day,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1874.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 (2... Nc6) 3. Nf3 (3. Qe2) (3. e5 d5 4. exd6 Bxd6 5. g3 Bxf4
6. gxf4 Qh4+) 3... f5 $6 (3... d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. exd5 exd5) 4. e5
Be7 5. Be2 Bh4+ 6. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 7. g3 Qd8 8. Bh5+ g6 9. Bf3 Nh6 10. d4 $6 (10. d3
) 10... cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qf2 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Na3 (14. Nc3) 14... Ng4
$2 (14... Nf7) 15. Bxg4 fxg4 16. Qe2 (16. Bc5) 16... Nb4 17. c3 Qc6 18. O-O-O
b6 $2 (18... Nxa2+) (18... Nd5) 19. Qc4 Qxc4 (19... Nd5) 20. Nxc4 Nd5 21. Rhe1
Bb7 22. Nd6 Bc6 23. Rd3 $2 (23. Ne4 Nxe3 (23... Rad8 24. c4 Nc7 25. Nf6+ Kg7
26. Rd6 h5 27. Red1 Rf7 28. b4) 24. Rxe3 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rad8 26. Red4 Rf7 27.
Rd6 Re7) 23... Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, W R."]
[Black "Jackson, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Jones,F"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Be6 $6 9. cxd5 $6 (9. Qc2) (9. Re1) 9... Bxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. Bf4
Nb6 13. Re1 c6 14. Ne5 f5 15. Qh5 Qe8 16. Qh3 Be6 17. Re2 $5 (17. g4) 17... Nd5
18. Bd2 Nc7 19. Rae1 Bd6 20. f4 Bxe5 $4 21. fxe5 Rf7 22. g4 Qd7 23. Rf1 g6 24.
gxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Bh6 Rg8 30.
Re3 Rg4 31. Rh3 Kg6 32. Bd2 Ne6 $4 33. Rh6+ Kf7 34. Rxh7+ Rg7 35. Rh6 a6 $2 36.
Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1873.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ramsey, R H."]
[Black "Jackson, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Cherriman,J"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1873.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 $2 (5. d4) 5... Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Qf4 $2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
c3 Be5 14. Qf5 Ne7 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qh5 d5 17. d4 Bd6 18. Re1 Rf6 19. Nd2 Ng6 $2
20. Bxd5+ Kh7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Qf3 Nh4 23. Qd5 f4 $5 (23... c6) 24. b3 Rg6 25.
g3 Qf8 26. Re2 Nf5 27. Rf1 Rd8 28. Qg2 fxg3 29. fxg3 Bxg3 30. Qe4 Bd6+ 31. Rg2
Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 g6 33. Qg4 $2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Seaforth"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jackson, George"]
[Black "Coleman, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator "Toronto Daily Globe"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1875.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 (
7... Nge7 8. cxd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ba3 Be6) 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3
Bb6 (10... Nge7) 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Qb4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Qc6 14. Qg4 g6 15. Nf6+ Nxf6
16. exf6 Qxf6 $4 (16... d5) 17. Re1+ (17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "Ottawa"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jackson, George"]
[Black "Howe, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C23"]
[Annotator "Cherriman,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1875.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. Nf3 $6 (5. d4 exd4 6. Qh5) (5. Qb3
Qf6 6. f4) 5... d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bb6 8. O-O Bxd4 $6 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. f4 c6
11. Bb3 f5 12. Nc3 $6 (12. e5 dxe5 (12... d5)) 12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Ng5
O-O 15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Rf3 Nd7 $2 17. Bxf5 $1 Nxf5 (17... Rxf5 18. Ne6 (18. g4 Rf6
) 18... Qb8 19. g4 Rf7 20. f5 h5 21. Bf4 Qc8 22. h3) 18. Ne6 Qf6 19. Nxf8 Rxf8
20. Bb2 Re8 21. Qd2 Nd6 22. Re1 Ne4 23. Qa5 Qd6 24. Qxa7 Qc7 25. Qa3 (25. Rb3
Qxf4 (25... Rb8) 26. Rf1 Qd2 27. Bc1 Qc2 28. Rxb7) 25... Nb6 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. a3
(27. Rc1) (27. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 28. Qxe4) 27... Nc4 28. Bc1 b5 29. f5 Qa7 30. Rh3
Ne5 31. Qd1 Nc4 32. Rf3 Ne5 33. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ottawa"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Henderson, John"]
[Black "Jackson, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Fyffe,L"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/p1p1k1p1/1p1p1p1p/1P1PnP1P/PBPbB3/1K6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "1875.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. a4 $2 Nd6 2. a5 Nc4+ 3. Bxc4 dxc4 4. Kc1 Kd5 5. Kd2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Toronto Wentworth Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Black "Milicevic, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "Hartman,B"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg5 Nf6 (3... Qb6) 4. Nbd2 (4. Bxf6) 4... Bf5 5. g3 Nbd7
6. Nh4 Be6 (6... Bg6) 7. c3 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bg2 Qb6 10. Nb3 (10. Qb3) (10.
O-O) 10... a5 $2 11. O-O g5 12. Nf3 Bf5 13. Qc1 Bg7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7
16. e4 (16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Qe3 Qxb2 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ne6) 16... dxe4 17. Bxe4 O-O
18. Re1 (18. Nc5 Bh3 19. Re1 f5 20. Nd7) 18... Rae8 (18... f5 19. Bg2 Rae8 20.
f4 e5 $1) 19. Qc2 e5 (19... f5) 20. dxe5 Bxe5 (20... Rxe5 $1) 21. Bf5 $1 Bxf5
22. Qxf5 Bg7 (22... a4 $1) 23. Qxa5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxa5 25. Nxa5 Ra8 26. Nxb7
Rxa2 27. Re2 Bf8 (27... Bxc3) 28. Nd8 Ra6 29. b4 Kg7 30. Rd2 c5 31. b5 Ra1+ 32.
Kg2 c4 33. Rd4 Rb1 34. Rxc4 Rxb5 35. Rc7 Bd6 36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Rd7 Be5 38. c4
Rb2 39. Nc6 Bf6 40. Ne7+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Toronto Wentworth Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Day, Lawrence"]
[Black "Nickoloff, Bryon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "Hartman,B"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 (3... Nd7) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. d3 e6 (5... dxe4) 6.
Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Be3 Ng6 9. Qe2 (9. Qe1) 9... Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Na3 (11.
Nbd2 d4) 11... Rab8 12. Nc2 b6 13. g3 Rfd8 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1 $5) 14... Qb7 $1
15. f5 exf5 16. exf5 Nf8 17. Bf4 (17. g4) (17. f6) 17... Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19.
d4 (19. g4) 19... Nd7 20. g4 Nf6 21. h3 Re8 22. Qh2 Rd7 23. Ne5 Rde7 24. g5 Ne4
25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Qf4 Qb5 27. dxc5 Qxb2 28. Nd4 bxc5 29. f6 Re5 30. Rb1 Nxg5 $1
1-0

[Event "Toronto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Day, Lawrence"]
[Black "Winterton, Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Annotator "Day,L Gardner,R Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Ke2 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nd5 O-O-O 8.
Kd3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 f5 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. Nxf6 Qxf6 12. Be3 Kb8 13. c3 g5 14. Kc2
Re8 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. Rf1 d5 17. e5 Qh6 18. Qe2 f4 19. Bd2 Qh3 20. Rg1 h6 21.
Bxf4 Rhf8 22. Rg3 Qh5 23. Be3 Nxe5 24. f4 Qxe2+ 25. Bxe2 Nf7 26. Bh5 Re4 27.
fxg5 Nxg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Rxg5 Rh4 30. Rh1 c6 31. Rxg7 Rf2+ 32. Kb3 Rxh5 33.
Re1 a6 34. Re8+ Ka7 35. Ree7 Rhxh2 36. Rxb7+ Ka8 37. Ka3 c5 38. dxc5 d4 39. c6
1-0

[Event "Vancouver UBC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokourinski, Sergey"]
[Black "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 g6 $6 {the normal move here would be 4..
.d5} 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 {This position can also be reached via the Sicilian 
(Alapin, or even Mora Gambit)} 7. Bb5+ (7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10.
Bxf3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Be3 a6 14. a4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 {
Dvoiris-Khasin,1994,1/2-1/2 (27)}) 7... Nfd7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O {White chooses
the most calm continuation} (9. Nd5 $6 {leads to unclear positions} Qa5+ 10. b4
(10. Qd2) 10... Qxb5 11. a4 Qa6 12. Rc1 (12. Nc7 Qc6 13. Rc1 (13. Nxa8 b6)
13... Qxe4+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 f6 16. Be3 Nb6 17. a5 Na6 18. axb6 Nxc7 19.
bxc7) (12. b5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Rc1 b6 15. Nc7 Bb7) 12... b5 13. axb5 Qb7) (
9. h4 $5 {with the idea to use the knight's retreat from f6 was also a
possible plan}) 9... Nb6 (9... Nc6 10. Re1 (10. Nd5 $5 Ndb8 11. Qa4 $14) 10...
a6 11. Bf1 h6 12. Be3 b5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. a4 b4 15. Nd5 {Quadrio-Reis,1998,1-0 
(29)}) 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. d5 $6 $146 {after this
inaccuracy White has almost no advantage} (13. a4 $6 a5) (13. Rac1 a6 14. b3
Rc8 15. d5 Nb8 16. Rc2 Na8 17. Rfc1 Qa5 18. Bd3 $14 {was in the game Birnboim
-Kogan(1978)1-0,47}) (13. Nb5 $5 {with the threat Nd6 almost forced Black to
play f7-f6} Qb8 $2 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rac1 $16) 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. f4 Bg7 {White has more space but his kingside and the black squares
are weakened. Realizing that the position is approximately equal, my opponent
decides to make the game more complicated.} 16. Nb5 $6 (16. Rac1 Rc8) 16... Nc4
$6 (16... Na4 $5 {(during the game I didn't even see this move.)} 17. Kh1 $5
Qb6 $1 (17... Nxb2 $2 18. Rab1 Na4 19. Nxd6 Rf8 20. Nxb7 Qe8 21. d6 exd6 22.
Nxd6 Qe6 23. Bc4 $18) 18. Qb4 (18. Nc3 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Nxb2 20. Nb5 f6 21. Bh4
Rec8 $17) 18... Nxb2 {leads to very unclear positons} (18... Nc5 $5 19. a4 a5)
19. e5 (19. a4 {doesn't work only because of} Qe3 $1 20. Rfe1 a5 21. Qa3 Qxa3
22. Rxa3 Rac8 23. Rb1 Rc2 $17) 19... a6 20. Qxb2 axb5 21. Rae1 $15) 17. Bxc4
Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxb5 20. Rac1 $1 {Now the initiative is again in
White's hands. He wants to sacrifice a pawn (b2 or e4) to open a couple of
lines to make his own rooks more active.} Qa4 (20... Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rb1
Bd4 23. Rxb7 f6 (23... e6 24. Rd7 $15) 24. Bh6 $5 Rab8 25. Rfb1 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 {
would still give White some chances for victory because the black rook cannot
leave the last rank}) 21. b3 Qxe4 22. Rfe1 Qd4 (22... Qf5 23. Rc7 {and now
Black has to play} h5 {to save his queen (g2-g4 was the threat)}) 23. Qxd4 Bxd4
24. Rc7 {better than simply grabbing the pawn, because in that case I could
put the bishop on c5 and make difficult for white to break through} f6 (24...
e6 {didn't solve all problems of the defence} 25. dxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27.
Rxb7 Rc8 28. Kh2 Rc1 29. h4 Bg1+ 30. Kh3 Rc3+ 31. g3 Bf2 32. Kg2 Bxg3 33. Bh6
Bxh4 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rxa7 Rc8 $14) 25. Bh4 Kf7 $6 (25... Kf8 {would be more
precise}) 26. Rxb7 {In comparison with the lines after 20...Qb2, now the pawn
structure is mainly more favourable for White. He has the queenside majority
and the permanent weakness on e7.Yet the white d5 pawn gives Black some
counterplay.} Rac8 27. Bg3 {White's only passive piece is the bishop, and the
plan is to exhcange it by Bg3-h2-g1. But this plan is rather long and Black
should activate his c8 rook as fast as possible.} Kf8 {f5 and Bd6 was the
threat} 28. Bh2 Rc2 29. a4 Rd2 30. Bg1 Bxg1 31. Rxg1 $1 {The unusual way to
prevent the counterplay, which is typical for endings with four rooks!} (31.
Kxg1 $2 {immediately leads to a draw} Rc8 32. Rexe7 Rcc2 {This line also
reveals, why it is important for the black king to be on f8}) 31... Rxd5 $2 {
To my mind, this is a decisive mistake.In zeitnot I prefered to grab the pawn,
but with two passed pawns White wins quite easily.} (31... a5 32. Rb5 Ra8 33.
Rc1 Ra7 {and it is hard to find any clear-cut winning plan for white.}) 32.
Rxa7 Rd4 33. Rb7 $1 (33. a5 $2 Rb4 $1 {and the draw is again quite possible})
33... Rxf4 34. a5 Ra8 35. Ra1 $1 Rf2 36. a6 Rc2 37. a7 Rcc8 38. b4 Ke8 39. Re1
$1 e5 40. b5 Kd8 41. b6 h5 42. Rg7 {During the last 11 moves white has
demonstrated an excellent technique. To my mind, this game is interesting
because of numerous tactical variations after such moves as 9.Nd5, or 16...
Na4. It is also important to see how my opponent developed the initiative 20.
Rac1; 24.Rc7, and then prevented my counterplay by mysterious 31.Rxg1.} 1-0

[Event "Grande Prairie"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quiring, John"]
[Black "Ottosen, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[Annotator "Ottosen,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Bc4 Bb7 4. d3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. d4 Bb4 7. f3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Nh3 Rhe8 12. Kf2 Kb8 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. c3 Bf8
15. b4 a6 16. Na3 a5 17. Qb2 axb4 18. Nb5 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nb4 20. Be2 Re6 21. Nf4
Rc6 22. Qb3 Re8 23. Nc3 g5 24. Nd3 Nxd3+ 25. Bxd3 g4 26. Bb5 Qf5 27. Bxc6 Bxc6
28. Rhe1 gxf3 29. gxf3 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Nxe3 31. Re2 Bd6 32. Qb2 Qxf3 33. Nd1 Rg8+
0-1

[Event "Grande Prairie"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ottosen, David"]
[Black "Wong, Ford"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Ottosen,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Ndb5 e6 8.
Be3 Qd8 9. Bc4 a6 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Be7 12. f3 b5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. g4 h6 15.
h4 Qc7 16. O-O-O Nc4 17. Bf2 Na5 18. f4 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 b4 20. Nb1 d5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. f5 Rc8 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rd2 Nf4 25. Qxa6 e5 26. Ne2 O-O 27. Nxf4 Rxf4
28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Bf5 30. g6 Bg5 31. Be3 Rd4 32. Bxg5 Rxd2 33. c4 Rc2+ 34.
Kd1 Qd7+ 35. Bd2 Qd3 36. Ke1 Qg3+ 37. Ke2 Bd3+ 38. Kd1 Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "Hinton op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gardner, Robert"]
[Black "Rajski, Piotr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Rajski,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 $6 (5... Nbd7 $1 6. c4 e6
$1 7. dxe6 Bxe6 $1) 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. c4 e6 $6 8. dxe6 fxe6 $5 (8... Qxe6+) 9.
Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Be3 Bc5 $1 12. Nbc3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4+
15. Qxd4 Rxd4 16. b3 a6 17. Rfe1 Re8 $6 (17... Rd3) 18. Re3 Kd7 19. Rae1 Kd6
20. a3 h6 $2 21. Ne2 Rd2 22. Nf4 e5 23. Ng6 Nd7 24. f4 e4 $5 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26.
Rxe4 Rd3 27. b4 Nf6 28. Re7 Rxa3 29. Rxg7 Ng4 30. c5+ Ke6 31. Nf8+ Kf5 32. g3
Ra1+ 33. Kg2 Ra2+ 34. Kf1 Nxh2+ 35. Ke1 Nf3+ 36. Kd1 Ke4 $5 37. Rxc7 $6 (37.
Rd7) 37... Kd3 38. Rd7+ Nd4 39. Ke1 Kc3 40. Rxb7 $6 (40. Rxd4) 40... Nf3+ 41.
Kf1 Nh2+ 42. Kg1 (42. Ke1) 42... Nf3+ 43. Kf1 (43. Kh1 Rh2#) 43... Nh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hinton op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ottosen, David"]
[Black "Odachowski, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "Allan,D Odachowski,A Ottosen,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Qc7 (8... Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5) 9. O-O (9. Qe2) 9... Be7 10.
f4 Na5 $1 11. Ba4+ $5 b5 $6 (11... Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. f5 O-O (13... Nc4 14.
fxe6 $1) (13... e5 $2 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Ne6 $1)) 12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb8 14.
Nc7+ Kf8 15. Nxa8 Qxa8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Bb3 Qc6 (18... Nce3 19. Bxd5)
(18... Nde3 19. Qf3) 19. exd6 Nxd6 (19... Bxd6 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qd4+ f6 22.
Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Ne3) 20. f5 Ne4 $5 (20... Nxf5 21. Rxf5 exf5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5
23. Bxg7+) (20... Bb7 21. Qg4 (21. fxe6 Ne3 22. Qd2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 f6) 21... Nf6
22. Bxf6 gxf6 $1) 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Qe2 Nef6 23. a4 Bd6 24. Qf3 Ng4 $1 25. g3
h5 $1 26. Rae1 Bc5 $2 (26... Rh6) 27. Qe4 $2 (27. Rxe6 $3 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxe6
29. Bxd5 Qe7 (29... Qf6 30. Qa3+) 30. Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Ke8 32. c3 Bf6 (
32... Be5 33. a5 Ne3) 33. a5) 27... Rh6 28. c3 h4 (28... Ngf6 $5) 29. Bxc5+
Qxc5+ 30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31. cxd4 hxg3 $2 (31... Kg8 $1) 32. Rxe6 $1 gxh2+ 33. Kh1 (
33. Kh1 Rxe6 34. Bxd5 Re7 35. Bf3 Ne3 36. Rf2 Rd7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto ch Reserves"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hacat, Kevork"]
[Black "Riwanto, Hendry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Annotator "Lamb,B"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 Rfc8 13. h4 Rab8 14. Nb5 Qd7
15. Nxa7 Ra8 16. a3 (16. Nxc8 Qa4 (16... Bxa2+ 17. Kc1) 17. a3) 16... Rxa7 $1
17. Bxa7 Qa4 $1 18. Be3 (18. Bd4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxc2+ 21. Ka1 Qc1+
22. Rxc1 Rxc1#) 18... Nxe4 $1 19. fxe4 Ba2+ $1 20. Kxa2 $8 (20. Kc1 Qb3 21. c3
Rxc3+ 22. bxc3 Qb1#) 20... Rxc2 21. Bb5 $1 (21. Kb1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Qxe4+) (21.
Qb4 Rxb2+ 22. Qxb2 Bxb2 23. Rd3 Qc2) 21... Qxe4 22. Rhe1 Qe6+ 23. Kb1 Rxd2 24.
Rxd2 Qxg4 (24... Qb3 25. Rc2 Qxb5 26. Rc8+ Bf8 27. Bh6) 25. Bd3 Qxh4 1-0

[Event "Toronto ch Reserves"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chatzilias, Alexis"]
[Black "Moffat, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Annotator "Lamb,B"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 f5 5. e4 Nf6 6. f3 f4 7. g3 Be7 8. gxf4 exf4
9. Bxf4 O-O 10. Qd2 Nh5 11. Be3 Bh4+ 12. Kd1 Qf6 13. Kc2 Nd7 14. Be2 Ne5 15.
Rf1 Ng6 16. Bd1 Nhf4 17. Nce2 Ng2 18. f4 Ne5 $1 19. fxe5 (19. Bf2 Nxc4 20. Qc3
(20. Qc1 Bxf2 21. Rxf2 Ne1+ 22. Kb1 (22. Kb3 Nd3 23. Qxc4 Qxb2+ 24. Ka4 b5+ 25.
Qxb5 Qxa2#)) 20... Qxc3+ 21. Kxc3 Nce3) 19... Qxf1 20. e6 (20. Bg5 Ne1+ 21. Kb1
Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Nd3) 20... Be1 21. Qd3 Bg3 22. Bd2 Ne1+ 23. Bxe1 Bxe1 24. h4 b5
25. cxb5 a6 26. bxa6 Bxa6 27. Qh3 Qf6 28. Nc3 Qd4 29. e7 Qd2+ 30. Kb1 Bd3+ 31.
Qxd3 Qxd3+ 32. Bc2 Qf1 33. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 34. Nd1 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Toronto ch Reserves"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bergeron, Florian"]
[Black "Stroud, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "Lamb,B"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. h3 h6 13. Be3 Nh5 14. Re1 Nhf4 15.
Bf1 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Kh2 Qf6 18. Ng1 (18. g3 Nxh3) 18... Rf7 19. g3 Raf8 $1
20. gxf4 exf4 21. Bd2 Qh4 22. Qf3 $2 Ne5 23. Rxe5 $8 (23. Qe2 Ng4+ 24. Kg2 f3+
25. Nxf3 Bd3 $19) (23. Qg2 f3 24. Nxf3 (24. Qg3 Ng4+) 24... Bxh3) 23... dxe5
24. Re1 Qf6 25. Bd3 g5 26. Bxf5 (26. Be4 Qa6 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Qe4 Qxa2 29. Nf3
) 26... Qxf5 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Re8 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. f3 Rf6 31. Be1 Ra6 $1
32. Re2 Kf6 33. Bf2 b6 34. h4 Kf5 35. Rd2 Ra4 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Be1 Rxc4 38.
Re2 $2 Rd8 39. Rd2 Rxc3 40. Nh3 Rc1 41. Bf2 g4 $1 42. fxg4+ Kxg4 43. Ng1 e4 0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Connor, Michael"]
[Black "Golts, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "O'Connor,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 c5 5. e3 d6 $6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Rd1 a6 11. b3 $6 Rc8 $1 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Ng5 $5
h6 15. Nge4 cxd4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. exd4 Bg5 $1 18. Ra1 Qa8 19. d5 $1 exd5 20.
Bg4 $1 Rfd8 (20... Ne5 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Na4 $1) 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Qf5 $1 Rdc7
23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 (24. Rxd5 Rc5 25. Rad1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc5 27. f4 Rxd5 28.
cxd5 Bd8 29. Qd7 Qb8 30. Qc6) 24... Qxd5 25. Rxd5 b5 $5 26. h4 $1 Bxh4 27. cxb5
axb5 28. Bd4 $2 (28. g3 $1 Rc2 29. Bd4) (28. Rxb5 $2 Bxf2+) 28... Rb7 29. Rxd6
Be7 30. Rd5 Ra8 31. Bc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Kf8 33. a4 bxa4 34. bxa4 Rba7 35. a5 Ke7
36. Re1+ Kd6 37. Ree5 f6 38. Red5+ Ke6 39. Rb5 g6 40. g4 Rb7 41. Rxb7 Kxd5 42.
Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Divlijan, Igor"]
[Black "O'Connor, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[Annotator "O'Connor,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 $6 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 exd5 7. Qxd5 Be6
$5 (7... Bd7) 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. e3 (9. a3 Nd4 $1) 9... Nb4 10. Bb5+ Ke7 $1 (
10... Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Rxd7 12. Ke2) 11. Kf1 $1 a6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Nf3 Nc2 14. Rb1
b5 $6 (14... Nd5) 15. Nd4 (15. a3) 15... Nxd4 16. exd4 Rxd4 17. Be3 Rd7 18. Bf3
Nd5 19. Nxd5+ Bxd5 20. Rc1 $5 (20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Ke2) 20... Ke6 (20... Bxa2) (
20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 g6) 21. Rc8 g6 22. Re8+ Re7 23. Bxd5+ Kxd5 24. Rd8+ Ke6 25.
Bh6 Rd7 $1 (25... Rc7 26. Ke2 Bg7 27. Rxh8 Bxh8 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Kd5 30.
Kd3) 26. Re8+ (26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Ke2) 26... Kf6 (26... Be7 27.
Rxh8 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Rxh1) 27. g4 Bg7 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. Ke2 Rd4 $1
31. f3 Kg7 32. Rc1 h5 33. h3 hxg4 34. hxg4 Kh6 35. Rc6 Ra4 36. a3 a5 37. Rc5 $6
(37. Rb6 $1 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Rxb4 axb4 40. Ke3 (40. f4 f5 41. Kf3 (41. gxf5
gxf5) 41... fxg4+ (41... b3 42. Kg3) 42. Kxg4 b3 43. Kh4 Kh7 44. Kg5 Kg7 45. f5
gxf5 46. Kxf5 Kf7 47. Ke5 Ke7 48. Kd5 Kd7 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. Kxb3 Kb5) 40... Kg5
41. Ke4 Kh4 $1 (41... f6 $1) 42. b3 (42. Kf4 b3 43. Ke3 Kg3) (42. Kd3 Kg3 43.
Ke4 b3 44. g5 Kf2 45. Kd3 Kxf3 46. Kc4 Kf4 47. Kxb3 Kxg5 48. Kc4 Kf6 49. b4 Ke7
) (42. Ke5 Kg3) 42... Kg3) 37... b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Rxa5 Rxb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brantford op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demmery, Steve"]
[Black "Cafengiu, Greg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Cafengiu,G"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. cxd3 e6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d4 Rc8 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Ne5 Nc4 14. Nxc4
Rxc4 15. b3 (15. Rfc1 O-O) 15... Rc8 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Rfc1 O-O 18. Qb2 b6 19.
Rc2 Ba3 20. Qb1 (20. Rxc8 Bxb2 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Nxb2 Qe2) 20... Qd7 (20...
Qd3 21. Rxc8 Qxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Rxc8) 21. Nb2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Rc8 23. Qe2 Rc6 24. Nd3
Qc8 25. Be5 Rc2 26. Qf3 Ne4 27. Qg4 Bf8 28. f3 Qc3 29. fxe4 (29. Rd1 Qxd3 30.
fxe4 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Rc1) 29... Qxa1+ 30. Ne1 Qxe1# 0-1

[Event "Brantford op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cafengiu, Greg"]
[Black "Hartman, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Cafengiu,G"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 (7...
Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Bb6 $1 13. Nd2 Nxd2
14. Qxd2 c5 15. Nb3 (15. Nf3) 15... d4 16. Bf2 O-O (16... Bc6 17. f5 Qd5 18.
Qg5 c4) 17. a4 (17. c3) 17... a5 18. c3) 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Nxd2 (
10... Qh4 $5 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Qg6 14. c3) 11. Qxd2 Qe7 12. Nb3
Bb6 13. Qc3 O-O 14. O-O f6 15. exf6 (15. f4 Rae8 16. Bc5 $1 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5
$2 (17... Bf5 18. Rae1 Be4 $15) 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Qxe5 $18) 15... Qxf6 16.
Qxf6 Rxf6 17. Nc5 Bf5 18. c3 Rg6 19. Rfe1 Bh3 20. g3 a5 21. Bd4 (21. b3 $1 $11)
21... a4 22. Re7 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Re6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rb8 26. Ba3 c5 27. f3
d4 28. Rc1 d3 29. Rd1 c4 30. Rd2 Rb5 31. Kf2 h5 32. Ke3 Re5+ 33. Kf2 Kf7 34.
Bb4 Be6 35. f4 Rb5 36. Ke3 Rd5 37. Rf2 c6 38. Rd2 Bg4 39. Rf2 Be2 40. Kd2 g6
41. h3 (41. f5 $1 Rxf5 42. Rxf5+ gxf5 43. h4 $11) 41... Rb5 42. Ba3 Ke6 43. Rg2
Kf5 44. Rf2 Ke4 45. f5 $1 $11 Rxf5 (45... gxf5 $2 46. Rf4+ Ke5 47. Rxc4 $16)
46. Rxf5 gxf5 47. h4 1/2-1/2

