[Event "Winnipeg m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kirton, Dale"]
[Black "Gentes, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Kirton,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 11. Nxe6 $3 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bb5 Rh7 (13... Ne5
14. Bg3 Rh7 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. Bxd7 $1 $146 Nxd7 18. Qg6 Rf7 19.
Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Qg6+ Kf8 21. Rf1 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxg5 (22... Bc5 23. Rd3 Ke7 (
23... Qc7 24. Qxe6 Nb6 25. Rf3+ Kg7 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Qg7 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29.
Rh3+ Qh7 30. Rxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. g6 Rf8 33. g7+ Kh7 34. gxf8=Q#) 24.
Qg7+ Ke8 25. Rf3 Qc8 (25... Qe7 26. Qg8+ Nf8 27. g6 Qg5 28. Qf7+ Kd8 29. Rd3+
Kc8 30. g7 $18) 26. Qf7+ Kd8 27. g6 Kc7 28. Qxe6 Bf8 (28... Kb8 29. Rf7 Nb6 30.
Qxc8+ Nxc8 31. g7 $18) (28... Qe8 29. Nd5+ Kd8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. g7 $18) (
28... Qh8 29. Nd5+ Kd8 30. Rf7 Nf8 31. Qf5 $1 $18) 29. Nd5+ Kb8 30. Qxd7 $1 $18
) 23. Qh7 Qf6+ (23... Be7 24. Rd3 $5 (24. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qxa8
Qd2 27. Qxb7 Qf4+ (27... Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Qxc2+ 29. Ne2 Kf6 30. Qb3 $18) 28. Ke2
Qxh2 29. Qa7 Qh5+ 30. Kd3 $18) 24... Qe8 25. Rf3+ $5 (25. Rxd7 $1) 25... Nf6 (
25... Bf6 26. g4 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. g5 Rh8 29. h3 Kg6 30. gxf6 $16) 26. g4
Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. g5 Rh8 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. h3 $16) 24. Ke2 Nc5 (24... Nb6
25. Qxb7 Qh6 26. Qxb6 $18) 25. b4 $18) 14. O-O+ Kg8 15. g6 Rg7 16. Rf7 Bxh4 17.
Qxh6 Qf6 (17... Rxf7 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rf1+ Bf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. e5 $1 dxe5
22. Be2 $1 $146 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Ke8 24. Qg8+ Ke7 25. Rd1 $3 Nf8 (25... Qd8 26.
Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rf1 $22) (25... Nc6 26. Bh5 Nd4 27. Ne4 Nf8 28. Qf7+ Kd8 29. Qxf6+
Kd7 30. Qxe5 $18) 26. Ne4 Nbd7 27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. h4 $1 Qe3 (28... Ng6 29. h5
Ndf8 (29... Ne7 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. h6 $18) (29... Ngf8 30. h6 Ng6 31. Qg7+ Kf5 (
31... Kg5 32. h7 Qd8 33. Bd3 $18) 32. Bd3+ e4 33. Bxe4+ Kxe4 34. Qxg6+ Kf4 35.
g3+ Ke5 36. Qg5+ Ke4 37. Qf4#) (29... Nf4 30. h6 Qf2 31. Qg7+ Kf5 32. Bg4+ Ke4
33. Bf3+ Ke3 34. Qg5 $1 e4 (34... Qxc2 35. Qg3 $18) 35. h7 exf3 36. Rd3+ Ke2
37. Rxf3 Qe1+ (37... Qxg2+ 38. Qxg2+ Nxg2 39. Rg3 b5 40. Rxg2+ Kf1 41. h8=Q Bb7
42. Qh2 $18) 38. Kh2 e5 39. h8=Q Kd1 40. Qhh4 Qe2 41. Qgg4 Nb6 42. Rf1+ Kxc2
43. Qxe2+ Nxe2 44. Qe4+ Kd2 45. Qb4+ Kd3 46. Rf3+ Kc2 47. Qe4+ Kd2 48. Qd3+ Ke1
49. Qb1+ $18) 30. Rf1+ Ke7 31. hxg6 Nxg6 32. Qf7+ Kd6 33. Rd1+ Kc6 (33... Kc5
34. b4+ $18) 34. Bf3+ Kb5 35. Rd3 Qc5 (35... Qa5 36. Rd5+ exd5 37. Qxd5+ Kb6
38. Qd8+ Kb5 39. c4+ Kb4 40. Qd6+ Qc5 41. Qd2+ Kxc4 42. Be2#) 36. Bxb7 Ra7 (
36... Rb8 37. Rb3+ Ka5 38. Ra3+ Kb5 39. Be4 Bb7 40. Qd7+ Kb6 41. Rb3+ Ka5 42.
Qd2+ Ka4 43. Ra3+ Qxa3 44. Qd7+ Ka5 45. Qc7+ Ka4 46. bxa3 $18) 37. Qe8+ Kb6 38.
Rb3+ Ka5 39. Qd8+ Ka4 40. Bc6+ Qxc6 41. Ra3+ Kb5 42. Qa5+ Kc4 43. Rc3+ Kd4 44.
Qb4+ Kd5 45. Rd3#) 29. Bh5 Ke7 30. Qf7+ Kd8 31. Qxf8+ Kc7 32. Qd6+ Kd8 33. Rf1
Qh6 34. g4 $1 a5 (34... b5 35. g5 Qh8 36. g6 Bb7+ 37. Kg1 Qh6 (37... Rc8 38.
Rf7 Qe8 39. g7 Rc6 40. Rxd7+ Kc8 41. Bxe8 $18) 38. Rf7 Qc1+ 39. Bd1 Qe3+ 40.
Kh2 $18) 35. g5 Qh8 36. g6 Ra6 37. Rf8+ Qxf8 38. Qxf8+ Nxf8 39. g7 $18) 18.
Rxf6 $1 (18. Rf1 axb5 19. Nxb5 (19. e5 Bg5 $1 $146 20. Qh7+ (20. Rxg7+ Qxg7 21.
Qxg5 Nc6 22. Ne4 (22. Rf7 Qxe5 23. Qh6 Qh8 $19) (22. Nxb5 Ndxe5 23. Nxd6 Qxg6
24. Qf4 Bd7 25. Ne4 Kg7 $19) 22... Qxe5 23. Qh4 Qh8 24. Rf8+ Nxf8 25. Nf6+ Qxf6
26. Qxf6 Ne5 27. g7 Nh7 28. Qd8+ Kxg7 29. Qxd6 Nf7 30. Qg3+ Kf6 31. Qh4+ Nhg5
32. Qf4+ Ke7 33. h4 Nh7 $19) 20... Rxh7 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. exf6 d5 23. Nxb5 Nc6
24. Nd6 Be3+ 25. Kh1 Bc5 26. Nxb7 (26. Nxc8 Nce5 $18) 26... Bf8 27. Re1 Rxa2
28. g4 Rxb2 29. Rxe6 (29. g5 Rxb7 30. Rxe6 Nd8 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8 32. Re8 Bh3 33.
Rxf8+ Kxh7 34. Kg1 Ne6 35. Re8 Kg6 $19) (29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Rxe6 Nce5 31. Re8+
Bf8 32. Rexf8+ Nxf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxh7 34. Rxc8 Kg6 35. Rc5 Nxg4 $19) 29... Rxc2
30. g5 Nce5 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Rxf8+ Kxh7 33. f7 Bxb7 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. f8=Q d4+
36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Nxh2+ 38. Kg1 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rf2+ 40. Kg1 Rxf8 41. Rxf8 Nf3+
42. Kf2 Nxg5 $19) 19... Rxa2 (19... Nc6 $2 20. Nc7 $4 (20. R1xf6 $1 $146 Bxf6
21. Nc7 $18) 20... Bg5 21. Qh3 Qxg6 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nxa8 Qxe4 24. Kh1 Qe2
25. Qc3+ Nde5 26. Re1 Qf2 27. Rd1 Be3 28. Nc7 Kg8 29. Nb5 Ng4 $19 {Yakir
Kurass-Ruchkin Moscow tt,1961}) (19... Bg5 $1 $146 20. Rxg7+ Qxg7 21. Qxg5 Nc6
22. Nxd6 (22. Rf7 Qxb2 23. Qh6 Qa1+ 24. Kf2 Qh8 $19) 22... Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxd6
24. Qh6 Qe7 25. g7 Qxg7 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qe8+ Qg8 28. Qh5+ $11) 20. R7xf6 (20.
Nxd6 $2 Bg5 21. Rxg7+ Qxg7 22. Qxg5 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Qf6 24. Qc1 Qxb2 25. Qh6 Qg7
26. Qc1 Nc6 27. Nxc8 Nf6 28. Nd6 Ng4 29. Qe1 Qd4 30. h3 Qxd6 31. hxg4 Qe7 32.
Qd2 Qg7 33. e5 Ra5 34. Qd6 Rxe5 35. Ra1 Rh5+ 36. gxh5 Qxa1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38.
Qxe5 Nxe5 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Kf4 Nd7 41. Kg5 Kg8 $11 {Adrian Mikhalchishin-Victor
Kupreichik Frunze ch-SU,1981}) 20... Bxf6 21. Nxd6 Nc6 22. Nf7 Rxf7 23. gxf7+
Kxf7 24. Qh7+ Ke8 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qxc8 Rxb2 27. Qg8 $14 {Adrian Mikhalchishin,
Lev Polugaevsky}) (18. e5 Nxe5 (18... Bf2+ $1 $146 19. Kh1 Qxg6 20. Rxg7+ Qxg7
21. Qxe6+ Qf7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Bd3 Nc6 24. Qh3+ Kg7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Qg7
27. Qxd6+ Qe7 28. Qh6+ Qg7 $11) 19. Ne4 (19. Rxf6 $1 $146 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Be7 21.
Be8 $18) 19... Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Qxg6 $19 {Mikhalchishin Informant 1981}) 18... Bxf6
19. e5 $3 $146 (19. Be2 $5 Ne5 20. Bh5 Bd7 21. Rf1 Be7 22. Rf7 Nxf7 23. gxf7+
Rxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh7+ $11 {Gaspariants-Eidlin,Moscow 1971} Ke8 (25...
Kf8 26. h4 $146 Bf6 27. e5 Bxe5 28. Ne4 d5 29. Ng5 Ke8 30. c3 Bd6 31. h5 Kd8
32. h6 Be7 33. Qg7 $18) 26. h4 $146 Nc6 27. h5 Bf8 28. h6 Ne7 (28... Ne5 29.
Qg8 Nf7 30. h7 $18) 29. Qh8 Kf7 30. e5 d5 31. h7 $18) 19... Bxe5 (19... Nxe5
20. Ne4 Be7 21. Be8 Bd7 (21... Nbc6 22. Rf1 Bd7 23. Rf8+ $1 $18) 22. Qh3 $1 d5
(22... Bc8 23. Rf1 Nxg6 (23... Nbc6 24. Rf8+ Kxf8 25. Qh8+ Rg8 26. g7+ Kxe8 27.
Qxg8+ Kd7 28. Qh7 d5 29. Nf2 b6 30. g8=Q Bb7 31. Qgg7 $18) 24. Rf6 Bxf6 25.
Nxf6+ Kf8 26. Bxg6 Rxg6 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxc8 $18) (22... Bxe8 23. Qxe6+ Kh8
24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qc8 Nxg6 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Rf1 Rg8 28. Rf7+ Kh8 29. Nf6 Bxf6
30. Qe3 Rg7 31. Rxf6 (31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Rxf6 Nc6 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Rf3 Re7 35.
Rf7+ Rxf7 36. Qxf7+ Kh6 37. Qxb7 $18) 31... Nd7 32. Qh6+ Rh7 33. Qxg6 Rg8 34.
Qf5 Nxf6 35. Qxf6+ Rhg7 36. Qh6+ Rh7 37. Qxd6 $18) 23. Ng3 Nxg6 (23... Bxe8 24.
Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qh3+ Kg8 26. Qc8 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Nxg6 28. Qxe8+ Nf8 29. Rf1 $18) 24.
Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Qxe6+ Kh7 26. Nf5 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Ndf8 28. Qf6 Rd7 29. h4 Re8 30. h5
Ne5 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Re1 Ba7 33. Qf6 Rh7 34. g4 Bb8 35. Nh6+ Rxh6 36. Qxh6 Nf7
37. Qg6+ Nxg6 38. Rxe8+ Nf8 39. Rxb8 Nd6 40. Rd8 $18) 20. Bd3 Nf8 (20... Nf6
21. Rf1 Nbd7 22. Qg5 b5 23. Ne4 Ne8 24. h4 Bb7 (24... d5 25. Ng3 Bf6 26. Qe3
Re7 27. Nh5 e5 28. Bf5 Bg7 29. Nxg7 Nxg7 30. Qg5 $18) 25. h5 d5 26. Ng3 Bd4+
27. Kh1 Bf6 28. Qg4 Re7 29. h6 Ne5 30. Qg5 $1 Nd7 (30... Nxd3 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32.
Qxf6 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Rae8 34. Nh5 $18) 31. Rxf6 Ndxf6 32. Nh5 Nxh5 33. Qxe7 Neg7
34. g4 Re8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 $18) (20... Nc5 21. Rf1 Nc6 22. h4 Bd7 23. h5 Bd4+ 24.
Kh1 Ne5 25. Qg5 Ncxd3 26. cxd3 Bc6 27. Ne2 Bxb2 28. Nf4 Rf8 29. Rb1 Rf5 30.
Qd8+ Rf8 31. Qh4 Nf3 32. Qg4 Rxf4 33. Qxf4 Be5 34. Qg4 Nd4 35. h6 Rd7 36. Rb4
Nf5 37. Qg5 b5 38. Kg1 a5 39. Qc1 Bd4+ 40. Kh2 Rc7 41. Rxd4 Nxd4 42. Qg5 $18) (
20... Nc6 21. Rf1 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nde5 (22... Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nde5 24. h4 Bd7 25. h5
Ne7 26. Qg5 Nf5 27. Be4 (27. Kg1 $5 Re8 28. g4 Ne7 29. Rf6 Bc6 30. Kf1 Nxd3 31.
cxd3 Nd5 32. h6 Nxf6 33. Qxf6 Rge7 34. g5 Bb5 35. Ke2 e5 36. h7+ Rxh7 37. gxh7+
Kxh7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. g6 $18) 27... d5 28. Rxf5 Nxg6 29. h6 exf5 30. Qf6 Re7
31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. h7 $18) 23. Ne4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Be5 (24... Bd7 25. Rf7 Nd8 26.
Rxg7+ Bxg7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nxd6 a5 29. h4 a4 30. h5 Ra5 31. Kg1 Bd4+ 32. Kf1
Bc6 33. g4 Rc5 34. h6 Rg5 35. g7+ Bxg7 36. hxg7+ Rxg7 37. Qh8+ $18) 25. h4 Ne7
26. h5 Nf5 27. Qg5 Bd7 28. g4 Ne7 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.
Qf6+ Kg8 33. g5 Bc6+ 34. Kh2 Bd5 35. b3 b5 36. Kh3 a5 37. Kg4 Nc6 38. d4 Ne7
39. h6 Rxg6 40. Qxe7 Be4 41. Qxd6 $18) 21. Rf1 Nbd7 22. Qh4 $1 Nxg6 23. Bxg6
Rxg6 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. Ne4 b5 26. Rf3 Bg7 27. Ng5+ Rxg5 28. Qxg5 Ne5 29. Qh5+
Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Rh3+ Bh6 32. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Vancouver CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ristovic, Nenad"]
[Black "Milat, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 exd5 (6... c4 7. Bxc4) 7.
exd5 (7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Be3 axb5 12. O-O-O Qb4 13.
Nf4 Ne7 14. Qf2 $1 $146 {Lalic,B-Alterman,B, Pula EU ch tt (3), 1997}) 7... Bd6
8. Na3 (8. Qe2+ Kf8 (8... Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Nc3 $14) 9. Nc3 axb5 10. Be3 c4
) 8... O-O 9. Bc4 Nh5 10. g3 (10. Ne2 Qh4+) 10... Re8+ 11. Kf2 Be5 12. Kg2 (12.
d6 Bb7 (12... axb5 13. Bxf7+) (12... Qf6 13. Bd5) 13. bxa6 Bd4+ 14. Kg2 Bxa6 (
14... Nxa6 15. Qb3) 15. Ne2) (12. f4 Qf6 13. Qxh5 Bxb2 14. Bxb2 Qxb2+ 15. Ne2
Qxa3 16. d6 Qe3+ 17. Kf1) 12... Qf6 13. Rb1 (13. Qc2) 13... axb5 14. Nxb5 (14.
Bxb5) 14... Ba6 15. a4 Nc6 (15... Bb7) 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Na3 Nxg3 (17... Rad8
18. Qc2) 18. hxg3 Qg6 19. Bd2 (19. f4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4) (19. Bxa6 Qxg3+ 20. Kf1
Bd4 21. Nh3 Rxa6 22. Bf4) 19... Qxg3+ 20. Kf1 Bxc4+ (20... Bd4 21. Be1) 21.
Nxc4 Rad8 22. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Vancouver CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f3 Qc7 (4... Qb6) 5. Be3 e5 6. g4 b5 7. Qd2 Be7
8. Nge2 O-O 9. Ng3 b4 10. Nce2 d5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nf5 Nb6 13. Neg3 dxe4 14.
fxe4 Rd8 15. O-O-O Bf8 (15... Bc5 16. Qf2 (16. dxc5 Rxd2 17. Bxd2) 16... exd4
17. Bf4 Qb7 18. Be5) (15... exd4 16. Bf4 (16. Bxd4 Bc5) 16... Qb7 17. Be5) 16.
Nh5 Be6 (16... c5 17. Nfxg7 (17. d5 Bxf5) 17... Bxg7 18. Nf6+ (18. d5) 18...
Kh8 19. d5) 17. Rg1 N8d7 18. Qf2 (18. Nhxg7 Bxg7 19. g6 (19. Ne7+ Kh8) (19.
Nxg7 Kxg7 20. g6 hxg6 21. Bh6+ Kh7) 19... hxg6) 18... Kh8 19. Qh4 Nd5 20. Rg3 (
20. Nhxg7 Bxg7 (20... Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 exd4 23. Nf5 Ne5 24. Rg3 Ng6
25. Qh5) 21. g6 fxg6 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Rxg6+ (25.
Bh3) 25... hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 (26... Kf8 27. Bh3) 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bh3) 20...
Nxe3 21. Rxe3 g6 22. Rh3 gxh5 23. Qxh5 Bxf5 24. exf5 h6 25. Qxf7 exd4 26. Bc4 (
26. Rh4 Qe5 (26... c5 27. Bc4) 27. Rhxd4) (26. Rxd4 Qe5 27. Rhd3 Nc5 28. Rxd8
Nxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Qf4+) 26... Qf4+ 27. Kb1 Qxg5 28. Rg3 Ne5 29. Qe6 Re8 30. Rxg5
Rxe6 31. Bxe6 hxg5 32. Rxd4 Be7 33. Re4 Bf6 34. Rxb4 Rd8 35. a4 g4 36. Rb7 a5
37. Ra7 Rd2 38. Ra8+ Kg7 39. Ra7+ Kh6 40. Ra8 Rxh2 41. Rf8 Bg7 42. Rf7 Nxf7 0-1

[Event "Vancouver CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tsui, Edwin"]
[Black "Wing, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "1795"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

{Brilliancy Prize} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bc4
d6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Qb3 Bh5 9. Nd5 a5 10. a3 a4 11. axb4 axb3 12. Rxa8 Nb8 13. Be3
b6 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 (14. Ba7 Qg5 15. Rxb8+ Kd7 16. Ne3 Bxe4 17. Bxf7 Nh6
18. Be6+ (18. Rxh8 Nxf7) 18... Kxe6 19. Rxh8 Kd7 (19... Nf5 20. Re8+) 20. f3 (
20. Bd4 Nf5) 20... b6) 14... Kd7 (14... Ne7 15. Bg5 (15. Nxe7 Kxe7 16. Ba7 Kd7
17. Rxb8 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Rxb8 19. Bxb8 Qf6) 15... f6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxf6+ Kf8
18. Rxb8) 15. Bb5+ (15. Bxb3) 15... c6) 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Bg5 (15. Nd4) 15... f6
16. Nd4 Kf7 (16... Bg4 17. f3) (16... Bf7 17. Bd2) 17. Bc4 Ne7 (17... fxg5 18.
Nf4+ Kf6 (18... d5 19. Bxd5+ Kf6 20. e5+ Kxe5 21. Re1+ Kd6 22. Re6+ Kd7 23. Nc6
) 19. Nc6 (19. Nxh5+ Kg6 20. Nxg7 (20. Ne6)) 19... Nxc6 (19... Qe8) 20. Nxh5+
Kg6 21. Rxd8 Nxd8 22. Ng3) 18. Nxe7+ (18. Nxf6+ Kg6 19. Nd5) 18... Kxe7 19.
Rxb8 Qd7 (19... Qxb8 20. Nc6+ Kd7 21. Nxb8+ Rxb8 22. Bd2) 20. Nf5+ (20. Rxh8)
20... Qxf5 21. exf5 Rxb8 22. Bd2 Kd7 23. Bxb3 Be2 24. Re1 Bd3 25. Be6+ Kc6 26.
Rc1+ Kb7 27. Bd5+ Kc8 28. Re1 Kd8 29. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Vancouver CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Black "Lapides, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "Lapides,A Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. b3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Bb2
O-O-O 15. Rad1 h5 16. h3 {This is probably premature. Black's attack comes out
of the blue. Black chooses another route for the knight, through e4, because
of the weakness of g3. White never had a chance for Be5 (nor after 17...Bc6,
neither after 21...Nxf2).} h4 17. Nf3 Bc6 18. Rxd8+ (18. Be5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bd6
(19... Qe7 20. Bxa6 bxa6 (20... Nd7 21. Bh2) 21. b4 Bb6 (21... Ba7 22. Qxa6+
Qb7 23. Qc4+) 22. a5 Bc7 23. Qxa6+ Kb8 24. Qb6+ Kc8 25. Qa7 Nd5 26. Qa8+ Kd7
27. Rxd5+ exd5 28. Qxd5+ Bd6) 20. f4) (18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qg4 (20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8) 20... Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Rd8) 18... Rxd8 19. Nxh4 (19. Ne5 Ne4 20. Qh5
Ng3 21. Qxf7 Nxf1 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Nxc6+ Qxc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Kxf1 Rd2)
19... Ne4 20. Qh5 (20. Bxg7 Rd2) 20... g5 21. Nf3 Nxf2 22. Nd4 (22. Rxf2 Qg3
23. Nd4 Rxd4) 22... Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxf2 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Vancouver CYCF U12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stevens, Christian"]
[Black "Gushuliak, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[Annotator "Gushuliak,J"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. h3 d5 7. e3 Be7 $2 8. Be2
(8. Bxb8 Qxb8 (8... Rxb8 9. Qa4+) 9. Qa4+ Kf8 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Qe8 12. Qxe8+
Rxe8) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. c4 Rc8 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. Ndxc4 Nd5
14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Bh2 b5 16. Nd2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nxd2 18. Rf4 $2 (18. Rf2 Bh4) (18.
Re1 Bh4) 18... Bg5 19. Bxb5 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Qd5 21. Bf1 Nxf1 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23.
Rxf1 Rc2 24. Rf2 Rfc8 25. Bg3 Rxf2 26. Bxf2 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Vancouver CYCF U12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gushuliak, Justin"]
[Black "Feoktistov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[Annotator "Gushuliak,J"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 (6... h5 7. Be2 Be7 (
7... c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nb3) 8. Bxh5 Bxh5 9. Nxh5 g6 10. Nf4 Rxh4
11. Rxh4 Bxh4 12. Qd3) 7. h5 Bh7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 (9. cxd3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qxb2
11. Nd2) 9... Qb6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be3 c5 12. dxc5 (12. O-O-O c4 13. Qe2 Bb4)
12... Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. f4 a6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Nge4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qc7 (
17... Qe7 18. Qd6) 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 Ne7 20. Nxh8 Nd5 21. Ng6 Nc5 22. Qd4
Rc8 23. Rd2 (23. Kb1) 23... Qa5 24. Kb1 b5 (24... Ne4 25. Rd3 Nb4 26. Ra3 Nxc2
27. Qxe4 Nxa3+ 28. bxa3) 25. Rh3 (25. Rhd1 Na4 26. Ka1) 25... Ne4 26. Rdd3 (26.
Re2) 26... Rc4 27. Qg1 Nb4 28. a3 Nxc2 29. Qd1 Rc8 30. Ne7 Rc7 31. Rd8+ Kb7 32.
Rd7 Nc5 33. Rxc7+ Qxc7 34. Ng6 b4 35. Qxc2 b3 36. Rxb3+ 1-0

[Event "Vancouver CYCF U10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goutor, Valentina"]
[Black "Cheng, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 (6... d6) (
6... Be7) 7. Bg5 Bg7 (7... Be7 8. Nd5) 8. e5 Qe7 9. O-O-O (9. Ne4 c5 10. Qd6)
9... c5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bc4 b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Bd5
Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. Qc3 f6 18. g4 Kg7 19. g5 h6 20. gxh6+ Kxh6 21. Qh3+ Kg7
22. f5 Rh8 23. Qg4 g5 24. h4 Kf7 25. hxg5 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Qxd5 27. Rh7+ Kf8 28.
Qh3 (28. Qh5) 28... fxg5 29. Rh8+ (29. Qh6+) 29... Kf7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Qg6+
Ke5 32. Rh5 Rc8 33. Qxg5 Rg8 34. Qe7+ Kf4 1-0

[Event "Vancouver CYCF U14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Lentini, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Ba6
9. Nfd2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 (10... dxe4) 11. exd5 (11. f4 exd4 12. e5 Bc5 13. exf6)
11... cxd5 12. Re1 (12. Nc3 exd4 13. Nxd5) 12... exd4 (12... Re8 13. Nc3) 13.
Bxd4 Rc8 (13... Bc5) 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Nb7 17. Nd2 (17. Qd3)
17... Na5 (17... Bb4 18. Rc1 Nd6 19. Bc3) 18. Bh3 Rc7 19. Qa4 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7
21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Bc3 Nb7 23. Ne4 (23. Re2) 23... Rc8 24. Nd2 b5 25. Rac1 bxc4
26. Be5 Bb4 27. Bc3 Ba3 28. Rb1 Nd6 29. Nf3 f6 30. Nd4 Nf7 31. Nc6 h6 (31...
Rxd5) 32. Rb5 Bf8 33. Ra5 Rcc7 34. Rc1 Nd8 35. Nd4 Bc5 36. Ra4 Nb7 (36... Rxd5
37. Rxc4 Rcd7) 37. Ne6 Rc8 38. Rd1 Nd6 39. Kg2 Bb6 (39... Bxf2 40. Bxf6 gxf6
41. Kxf2 Ne4+ 42. Ke1 Nc3) 40. Nf4 Bxf2 41. Nh5 Ne4 42. Ba1 Bb6 43. Re1 Rxd5
44. Rxe4 Rxh5 45. Rexc4 Rxc4 46. Rxc4 Ra5 47. a4 Rc5 48. Re4 (48. Rxc5) 48...
Rc1 49. a5 (49. Bd4 Rc4) 49... Bc5 50. Ra4 Rc2+ 51. Kh3 Bg1 52. Bd4 Rxh2+ 53.
Kg4 Bxd4 54. Rxd4 Ra2 55. Rd5 Ra3 56. Kf4 Kh7 57. g4 Kg6 58. Rc5 Ra4+ 59. Kf3
Ra1 60. Kg3 a6 61. Kf4 Kf7 62. Rc7+ Kg6 63. Rc5 Kh7 64. Kg3 Ra3+ 65. Kf4 g5+
66. Kf5 Rf3+ 67. Ke6 Kg6 68. Rc6 h5 (68... Rf4 69. Rxa6 Rxg4 70. Ra8 Re4+ 71.
Kd5 Kf5) 69. gxh5+ Kxh5 70. Rxa6 g4 71. Ra8 g3 72. Rh8+ (72. a6 g2 (72... Ra3
73. a7 Kg4 (73... g2 74. Rh8+ Kg4 75. a8=Q Rxa8 76. Rxa8 Kf3 77. Ra1) 74. Rg8+
Kf3 75. a8=Q+ Rxa8 76. Rxa8 g2 77. Ra1) (72... Re3+ 73. Kf5 (73. Kxf6) 73...
Rf3+ 74. Ke4 Ra3 75. a7 g2 76. Rh8+ Kg4 77. a8=Q Rxa8 78. Rxa8 Kg3 (78... f5+
79. Ke5) 79. Ra1 Kf2) 73. a7 g1=Q 74. Rh8+ Kg4 75. Rg8+ Kf4 76. Rxg1 Ra3 77.
Rg7 f5 78. Rb7 Ra5 (78... Ra4 79. Rb4+) 79. Kd6 Ke3) 72... Kg4 73. Rg8+ Kh3 74.
a6 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Vancouver CYCF U16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Sadoway, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "1865"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 (9... e6)) 9. bxc3 Bxf3 (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 O-O-O
11. Qxf7 e5 12. Bc4 exd4 13. O-O Bd6 14. cxd4 Qc7 15. Be6+ Bxe6 16. Qxe6+ Qd7
17. Qxd7+ Rxd7 18. Bc3 Rhd8 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Bb2 Bf4 22. g3 Rc2 {
1/2-1/2 Muller-Glass,E/Vienna 1935}) 10. gxf3 Qc7 11. d5 Ne5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 (
12... Kd8) 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 Qxf4 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (14... Kd8 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16.
Qxa7) 15. Qxb7+ Qc7 16. Qxa8 Qxc3+ 17. Ke2 Qe5+ 18. Kd3 Qf5+) 13... a6 14. Bf4
Qc8 (14... Qxf4 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 (15... Kd8 16. Qxb7 Rb8) 16. Qxb7+ Qc7) 15.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. O-O g5 (16... Rd8) 17. Be5 f6 18. Bd4 Bh6 (18... g4 19. f4 Bh6
20. Rfe1) 19. Rfe1 Kf7 20. Re6 Qb5 21. Rae1 (21. d6) 21... Rhe8 22. d6 Qxb3 23.
Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kf8 25. axb3 Rd8 26. Rxb7 Ke8 27. Re7+ Kf8 28. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Black "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[Annotator "Wright,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Na3 Bd7 14. a5 Nc8 15.
Nc4 Bb5 16. Qb3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd7 18. e4 b5 19. axb6 Ncxb6 20. Qe2 c4 21. Be3
Ne5 22. f4 Nd3 23. e5 dxe5 24. f5 e4 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Nxe4 Bg7 27. Qf3 Ne5 28.
Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Ng4 31. Rxb6 Nxe3 32. Bf3 Rad8 33. Re1 Nf5 34.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Kf2 Nd4 36. d6 Rd8 37. Bd5 Nf5 38. Bxc4 a5 39. Bd3 Rxd6 40. Rxd6
Nxd6 41. Ke3 f5 42. Kd4 Kf7 43. Kc5 Ke6 44. Kb6 Kd5 45. Kxa5 Kd4 46. Bf1 g5 47.
b4 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kostadinov, George"]
[Black "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Wright,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2
e5 9. f3 Qe7 10. O-O g6 11. e4 Nh5 12. d5 Nd8 13. Qd2 f6 14. g4 Ng7 15. Qh6 Qf8
16. Bc2 Nf7 17. Ba4+ Kd8 18. Qh4 Qe7 19. Bh6 Nxh6 20. Qxh6 Kc7 21. Rab1 Qf7 22.
f4 Bxg4 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Qh4 Bxe2 25. Rxf6 Raf8 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qg5 Kd6 28.
Rxb7 Ne6 29. Qf6 Rxb7 30. Qxe6+ Kc7 31. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Black "Wong, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Wright,S"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 dxc4 7. Bd2 Qc7 8. f4
Nxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. Bxc4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O Bc6 14. Qh5 g6
15. Qh4 Bg7 16. Rf2 Qe7 17. Qf4 O-O 18. Raf1 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qg3 Raf8 21.
Rxf6 Bxf6 22. Be1 Kg7 23. h4 e5 24. Bf2 cxd4 25. exd4 exd4 26. cxd4 Rd8 27. h5
Qd6 28. Qg4 Bxd4 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Bc2 Bb5 31. Bxd4+ Qxd4+ 32. Qxd4+ Rxd4 33.
Re1 Kf6 34. Re3 a6 35. Rg3 Be8 36. Bb3 g5 37. Rc3 Bc6 38. g3 Bd5 39. Rc7 Bxb3
40. axb3 Rb4 41. Rc3 Ke5 42. Kf2 Kd4 43. Re3 Rb5 44. g4 a5 45. Rh3 Ke4 46. Rf3
b6 47. Ke2 a4 0-1

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bates, Darren"]
[Black "Ivankovic, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Wright,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Nf6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e5 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8. Be2
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Bd6 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. g4 Rfe8 13. O-O-O d4 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 dxe3 16. Kb1 c4 17. Qxe3 c3 18. Bc1 a5 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. a3 Qe7 21. Ka2
a4 22. b4 Qe6+ 23. Kb1 Ra6 24. Rde1 Rb6 25. Bxg6 Qxe1 1-0

[Event "Prince Albert op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kowalczyk, Tony"]
[Black "Tootoosis, Harvey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B98"]
[Annotator "Kowalczyk,T"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ndxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qd7 13. Nxd6+ Kf8 14. e5
Be7 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. a4 g6 17. Ra3 Ba6 18. Rc3 Qb6 19. Bxa6 (19. Nc8 Bxc8 20.
Rxc8+ Kg7 21. Rxh8 Kxh8 22. c4) 19... Nxa6 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Rb5 Qc6 22. O-O Nc7
23. Rb7 $2 Nd5 (23... Bxd6 24. exd6 Qxb7 25. dxc7 Qxc7) 24. Rb3 Bxd6 25. exd6
Qxd6 26. Qd4 Ke7 27. Rb7+ Nc7 28. Qc3 Rac8 29. Kh1 Rhd8 30. a5 Qd4 31. Rxc7+
Rxc7 32. Qxc7+ Rd7 33. Qb8 Qc4 34. Rc1 $2 Qxc2 35. Qb4+ Ke8 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37.
Rg1 Qa4 38. Qe5 Rd5 39. Qc7+ Kf6 40. Qc3+ Ke7 41. b4 Rb5 42. Qc7+ Kf6 43. Qd8+
Kg7 44. Qd4+ e5 $5 45. fxe5 Rxb4 46. Qa1 Qxa1 47. Rxa1 Rb7 48. a6 Ra7 49. Kg1
Kf8 50. Kf2 Ke7 51. Ke3 Kd7 52. Kf4 h6 53. Rd1+ Ke7 54. Rd6 Rc7 55. Ke4 Rc5 56.
Rb6 Ra5 57. Rb7+ Ke6 58. a7 Ra4+ $2 (58... Rxe5+) 59. Kd3 Kxe5 60. Rxf7 Ke6 61.
Rg7 Kf6 62. Rb7 Ke6 63. Kc3 Ra3+ 64. Kb4 Ra1 65. Kb5 Kd5 66. Rd7+ Ke6 67. Rg7
Kf6 68. Rc7 Ke6 69. Kb6 Kd6 70. Rc6+ (70. Kb7 $4 Rxa7+) 70... Kd7 71. Rxg6 Rb1+
72. Ka6 Ra1+ 73. Kb7 Rb1+ 74. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Day, Lawrence"]
[Black "Livshits, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ruiz,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. e4 {WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS Black played very placidly in the opening and
paid dearly for it in the middle game. White quietly went about building up a
large king side presence of major and minor pieces. Black on the otherhand
wasted a lot of time jockeying his knights on rim outposts with zero potential.
Such lackluster play on Black's part not only cost him the game but placed him
out of contention for top prize in the Open Section.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4.
Be2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. O-O e6 7. Nh4 $5 {The complications begin.} Bxe2 8. Qxe2
Nc6 9. Nf3 $1 {The knight wisely returns to keep an eye on the center.} Be7 10.
d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. e5 $1 {Leads to very sharp play.} Nd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 {
Keeping the pressure on White's weak e5 pawn.} 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rfc8 {Rac8
is perhaps better here} 16. Nf1 Qd8 17. Ne1 $5 a5 {Qb6 pressuring Black's weak
d4 pawn looks stronger here} 18. Qg4 $1 {The White Queen clearly advertises
her intention to become very hostile.} Qf8 {Over cautious! The best form of
defense is attack! Qb6 is still preferred here.} 19. a3 $1 {A useful knight
impeding move.} Na7 $6 {First in the series of aimless wandering knight moves.
Why not b5 or a4 counter attacking immediately on the queen side.} 20. Bd2 Nb5
21. Ne3 Nb8 {The threat was of course Nxd5 winning a pawn. Qd8 or Qe8 stopping
the threat and freeing the queen from her current cramped position looks much
better here.} 22. a4 $1 {Otherwise Black will play a4 and the knight gets an
optimal outpost.} Nc7 23. f4 $5 {Ok but a bit premature. Rac1 snatching
control of the c file looks much stronger here.} g6 $6 {Another dubious move
that creates a permanent weakness on Black's King Side Castle. f5 must be
considered here first!} (23... f5 {for instance} 24. exf6 Qxf6 $1 {and Black
is back in the game!}) 24. f5 $3 {The critical can opener! this move should
have been precluded at all cost. After the text Black's game collapses in a
hurry.} Nc6 25. fxe6 $1 {f6 or fxg6 are very strong moves as well.} Nxe6 $5 26.
Bc3 $1 {Black tries to muddy the waters by enticing white to capture on d5.
However, after the text white obtains a cement position with the queen's
bishop strategically poised to enter the fray at an opportune time.} Rd8 27.
N1c2 Bg5 28. Qf3 $1 Ne7 29. Rf1 b6 30. Rf2 $1 {Threatening to load the f file
with mean looking triplets!} Bh6 $2 {A weak move that loses a valuable tempo.
Rac8 or Bh4 is more to the point.} (30... Bxe3 {also interesting is} 31. Nxe3
Nc6 {and White's f file roller derby is delayed for the moment.}) 31. h4 $5
Bxe3 32. Nxe3 Ng7 $4 {Another aimless knight move that injects further damage
to an already shaky position.} (32... Nc6 {much better is an if} 33. Rd1 Nxe5
34. dxe5 d4 {leading to wild complications!}) 33. Ng4 $1 (33. Raf1 $1 {
deserves consideration here as well}) 33... Nh5 $4 {Black cannot seem to rid
himself of the Knight Flanking Desease . The text loses a critical pawn.
Better was Ngf5 or Nef5.} 34. Qd3 $5 {Either a time trouble miss of the
obvious Qxf7+ winning a nice pawn or simply White wanting more out of an
overwhelmning position.} Ra7 35. Raf1 $3 {The big guns are in town! Look out!}
Nc6 36. Qe3 $1 Kh8 37. Nh6 $1 f5 {Sad but practically forced.} 38. exf6 (38.
Nxf5 {not} gxf5 39. Rxf5 Qg8 40. Rxh5 Rg7 {an the win is not so easy}) 38...
Re8 39. Qg5 $3 {Centralize and paralyse!} Nd8 $4 {another blunder in time
trouble. Rd7 looks forced to save the critical d pawn but Black's game is in
the doldrums anyway.} 40. f7 $3 {Ouch! Step into my office!} Ree7 41. Qxd5 $3 {
[#] The coup de grace. The threat of Qxd8 and d5 leading to mate is not easily
parried. Black resigns! A sparkling little gem turned in by Lawrence Day. Key
analysis done with the aid of Fritz 5.32. Colour Commentary by RichardRuiz.}
1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Livshits, Ron"]
[Black "Williams, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ruiz,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. d4 {HARD LUCK BLUES Chess players must quite often gamble on a freak attack
when nothing else but a win will guarantee a prize. White needing a win at all
cost here to stay in contention for 2nd prize money played with flawed
aggression in the middle game. Black played solidly for most of the game and
missed several opportunities to wrest the initiative from White. On move 32
perhaps in serious time trouble Black missed an elementary tactic and dropped
a piece. However, White had clearly the better game just prior to this
unfortunate mishap.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7.
Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Be6 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7
Rxe7 $146 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. g4 $5 {Clearly playing for the win.} c5 $1
17. Qf2 {so as to preserve his bishop on the h7 diagonal in the event of c4.}
a6 18. Rae1 $1 {Over-protecting e3 and allowing a safe haven for the bishop at
b1.} c4 19. Bb1 b5 $1 {Black rightfully counter attacks on the queen side.} 20.
f5 $1 Bf7 21. Ne2 b4 22. Nf4 Qc7 {Black clears the queen from the back rank in
order to double his rooks on the e file.} 23. Kg2 $6 {Black wants to wants to
put a rook on the g file targeting the weak g7 square.} Rce8 $1 {c3 looks very
strong here as well.} 24. Rg1 Qb6 25. Kh1 a5 {White decides to get his act
together fast as the double barrelled rooks on the e file and the ground
troops invasion on the queen side are becoming more than just menace.} 26. g5
fxg5 (26... a4 $5 $15 {is interesting but black wants no part of g6 cramping
the position even further.}) 27. Nxg5 Nf6 $2 $16 {This move denies the queen
access to g7 the major weak point in Black's current position.} (27... Qf6 {
would keep Black in the game}) 28. Qg3 $4 {a transit from better to worse
according to Fritz 5 (see the following variations)} (28. Qg2 g6 29. Nxf7 Rxf7
30. fxg6 (30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Qxd5 c3 $18) 30... hxg6 31. Bxg6 (31. Nxg6 $6 Rg7
32. Qg5 N8h7 $18) (31. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Qe6 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 $18 (33... Nxe6
$4 34. Bxg6 (34. Rxg6+ $6 Kf8 $18) 34... Ng7 35. Rg5 $18)) 31... Nxg6 32. Qxg6+
(32. Nxg6 $6 Rg7 $18) 32... Kf8 33. Qh6+ Ke7 34. Qxf6+ Qxf6 35. Nxd5+ Kd8 36.
Nxf6 Rxf6 37. e4 $16) 28... Ne4 $2 $18 {Black fails to capitalize on White's
last inaccuracy.} (28... Nh5 29. Nxh5 Bxh5 {and black's chances are excellent})
29. Bxe4 $2 {Nxe4 must be winning here} (29. Nxe4 Qh6 30. f6 dxe4 31. fxe7 Rxe7
32. Qg5 Qxg5 33. Rxg5 $18 {with an easily won ending.}) 29... dxe4 30. Rg2 $2 {
missing an elementary tactic} (30. Nxh7 Qh6 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 32. Qg5 Qxg5 33. Rxg5
$16 {and white is clearly better.}) 30... Qf6 31. d5 Qxf5 32. Nxe4 $1 {
exploiting the lingering tactic on g7} Bxd5 $4 $18 {A gross blunder in a
difficult situation. Black thinks he has eliminated the tactic on g7 with this
move but fails to see the Nf6+ tactic winning the queen if the bishop on d5 or
the knight on e4 is captured.} (32... Ng6 {interesting is:} 33. Nd6 Qxf4 34.
exf4 Rxe1+ 35. Kh2 Bxd5 36. Nxe8 Rxe8 $18 {with a difficult ending for both
sides}) 33. Nxd5 $3 {[#] Black resigns! Key analysis done with the aid of
Fritz 5.32. Colour Commentary by Richard Ruiz.} (33. Nxd5 Qxe4 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35.
Nxe4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rajlich, Vasik"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ruiz,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. e4 {HANGING TOUGH White came charging out of the gates like a Roman Trojan
mainly due to Black's choice of Opening Defense. Both sides played admirably
well for most of the game without any glaring blunders. Black must be
commended especially for his bull dog defense against his undauntable American
opponent known here in TO as the Mad Bomber! Black needing only a draw to
cinch clear first in the Open Section can hardly be blamed for missing a
mating combination at the end.} Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 $1 {This line
leads to very sharp play.} Ne5 5. Qd4 Ng6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Nge2 {Avoiding
standard lines such Bxb7.} Nf6 8. h4 $5 {No peace for the wicked!} c6 9. dxc6
bxc6 10. Ba4 e5 $1 {The gloves are off!} (10... Qb6 {Interesting is} 11. h5
Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bf4 Nc4 {with an unclear and lively position for both
sides.}) 11. Qc4 h5 $5 {Rb8 intending Rb4 is probably more annoying to White
than the text.} 12. Bb3 $1 {a la Morphy} (12. Bxc6 {not} Rc8 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 {
and Black is suddenly very large!}) 12... Qe7 13. Bg5 $1 {The pawn is not
going away! White develops the bishop with a pin and plans further hostilities
on the d file by castling long.} Rc8 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Qa6 $1 {Black has no
time to remove the bothersome bishop on b3.} Qc7 16. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Ng3 $5 (
17. Bxf6 {very interesting is the line:} gxf6 18. Nxe4 Kf7 19. Rhg1 {creating
a very queasy atmosphere in Black's camp.}) 17... Be7 18. Ncxe4 Nf4 19. Nd6+ $1
{A check with a gimmick.} Bxd6 20. Rxd6 $1 Kf7 (20... Qxd6 {not} 21. Qxc8+ {
and Black's game falls apart in a hurry.}) 21. Rhd1 Rhd8 {N4d5 is quite
playable here as well.} 22. Ne4 $1 {More trick or treat moves! both the rook
on d6 and the knight on e4 are taboos!} N4d5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. a3 $1 {A
precautionary move preparing for c4.} Ke7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. c4 f5 $1 {Black
fights fire with fire! The text is much sharper than the banal retreat to f4.}
27. Ng5 (27. cxd5 {not} cxd5+ 28. Nc3 d4 {and black may be winning}) 27... Nf4
28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. c5 $1 {Perhaps the best way to try for a win.} Ke7 (29... Qd7
{Looks more promising for Black as White's attack is starting to peter out.})
30. g3 Nd5 31. b4 $1 e4 $1 {Gaining more space and setting up a distant mating
web.} 32. b5 {white continues on his fearless journey} Kf6 (32... e3 {very
interesting is:} 33. fxe3 Nxe3 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. bxc6 e5 36. c7 Kd7 {and Black
looks much better.}) 33. Qxc6 Qe5 $1 {A brilliant all purpose move protecting
the e6 pawn and preparing to ambush the unprotected White King. Black is all
but assured a draw if not more. Suddenly it is white who must thread his way
very carefully.} 34. Qd6 $4 {Kb1 seems the best survival move here. White is
no longer winning but trying to stay alive. What a reversal of fortunes!} (34.
Kb1 Nc3+ 35. Kc2 Na4 {and black gets back his material. not} 36. Nh7+ Kg6 37.
Nf8+ Kf7 38. Nd7 Qb2+ 39. Kd1 {and white is a mating web}) 34... Qc3+ 35. Kd1
Qd3+ 36. Ke1 $4 {A gross error walking in a mating web however the Kc1 path is
also laden with booby traps and barbed wires. White is suddenly in grave
danger.} (36. Kc1 {for example:} Qxa3+ 37. Kd1 Qd3+ 38. Kc1 Qf1+ 39. Kc2 Qxf2+
40. Kb3 Qe3+ 41. Kc2 Qe2+ 42. Kc1 Qc4+ 43. Kb2 Qxb5+ 44. Kc1 Qf1+ 45. Kb2 Qe2+
46. Kc1 Qe1+ 47. Kb2 Qd2+ 48. Ka1 Qd4+ 49. Kb1 Nc3+ 50. Kc2 Qxd6 51. cxd6 Nb5
52. d7 Ke7 {and black wins.}) 36... Qb1+ 37. Ke2 (37. Kd2 Qb2+ 38. Kd1 (38. Ke1
Qc1+ 39. Ke2 Nc3#) 38... Nc3+ 39. Ke1 Qe2#) 37... Qd3+ 38. Ke1 Qb1+ 39. Ke2
Qd3+ {[#] Black taking no chances perhaps due to time pressure locks up clear
first in this section by taking a perp here in a winning final position. Hats
off to both masters for this enjoyable slug fest.} (39... Nc3+ 40. Ke3 (40. Kd2
Qb2+ 41. Ke1 (41. Ke3 Qe2+ 42. Kd4 Qd3#) 41... Qe2#) 40... Qe1+ 41. Kd4 Ne2+
42. Kc4 (42. Ke3 Nc1+ 43. Kd4 Qd2+ 44. Kc4 Qc2+ 45. Kd4 (45. Kb4 Qb3+ 46. Ka5
Qxa3#) 45... Qd3#) 42... Qc3# {with mating combos pouring out of the skies!
Key analysis done with the aid of Fritz 5.32. Colour Commentary by Richard
Ruiz.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arnprior op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benggawan, Amanda"]
[Black "Smeltzer, Wayne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Langer,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Re1 Ne5 10. Bb3 a6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 h6 (12... Re8) 13. Bh4 Qd7
14. Rxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bh4 c6 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Bc4 b5 20.
Bd3 f6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. f3 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rd2+ 26.
Kf1 c5 27. Be1 Rd1 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. b4 cxb4 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31. Bb3 a5 32. a4 bxa3
33. Bxa5 Rxb3 34. cxb3 Ke8 35. Bc3 Kd7 36. Kd3 Kc6 37. b4 Kd5 38. Ba1 a2 39.
Bb2 Kd6 40. Ke4 Kc6 41. g4 Kd6 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. h4 Kd6 44. Ke4 Kc6 45. g5 Kd6
46. gxh6 gxh6 47. h5 Kc6 48. f4 exf4 49. Kxf4 (49. Bxf6) 49... Kd5 50. Bxf6 Kc4
51. Ba1 Kxb4 52. f6 1-0

[Event "Arnprior op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Langer, Herb"]
[Black "Benggawan, Amanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "Langer,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O a6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rad1 b5 13. Rxd8+ Bxd8 14.
Rd1 Bb7 15. Be2 Be7 16. Ne5 h6 17. Bh4 Kf8 18. b4 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. a3 Rc8
21. f3 Ba8 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd7+ Ke7 24. Nc5 Bc6 25. Nxa6 Ra8 26. Nc7 Rb8 27.
f4 Rb7 28. Na6 Ra7 29. a4 Rxa6 30. axb5 Ra2 31. bxc6 Rxe2 32. b5 Rc2 33. Rd7+
Ke8 34. Rb7 Bd8 35. Kf1 Ba5 36. g4 g6 37. h4 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. e4 Rc4 40.
Kf2 Rxe4 41. c7 Rxf4+ 42. Kg3 Bxc7 43. Rxc7 Rb4 44. Rb7 f5 45. b6 e5 46. Rb8+
Kd7 47. b7 Kc7 48. Rh8 Rxb7 49. Rxh5 f4+ 50. Kf3 Kd6 51. Rh8 Ke6 52. Rh6+ Kf5
53. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cambridge op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Clarke, Brian"]
[Black "Devisser, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "Devisser,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 Bg4 6. h3 (6. Be2) 6... Bxf3 7.
Qxf3 Nc6 8. Be3 O-O 9. a3 (9. Bd3) 9... e5 10. Rd1 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4
Nd7 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Bd3 c6 $2 (14... Ne5) 15. O-O Ne5 16. Qg3 Rc8 (16... Qc7) (
16... Qb6) 17. f4 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rcd8 20. Re1 $2 Bd4 $1 21. Ree2
Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 a6 23. h4 $6 (23. Kf1) (23. g3) 23... d5 $1 24. cxd5 $2 (24. e5
d4 25. Nd1) (24. Kf1) 24... cxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 $1 26. Qxd5 (26. exd5 Re1+ 27.
Kh2 Qxf2) 26... Rd8 $1 27. Qe5 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kf8 $2 (
30... f6 31. Qe7+ Kh6 32. Qf8+ Kh5) 31. Qb8+ Ke7 32. Qe5+ Kd7 33. Qf6 (33. Qc3)
33... Qg1+ (33... Qg1+ 34. Kh3 (34. Kg3 Rd3+ 35. Kg4 Qxg2#) 34... Rd3+ 35. Kg4
(35. g3 Qxg3#) 35... Qxg2#) 0-1

[Event "Cambridge op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Den Otter, Albert"]
[Black "Litchfield, Gerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "Knechtel,T"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 (9... Ne8) 10. Be3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f4 $1 h6 13. fxe5 $6 dxe5
14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 c6 (15... Qc8 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bd5 $1) 16. Bc5 $1 Qc7 $2
17. Bd6 $1 Qd8 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bh3 Ng4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 (21...
Kxf8 22. Qf1+ Kg8 23. Qf7+) 22. Qxg4 Qf5 $1 23. Qh4 Ng6 24. Qe4 Qxe6 25. c5 $1
Bf8 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Bxf8 (27. Qb4) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Kxf8 29. b3 Qd5 30.
Qf5+ Kg7 (30... Qf7) 31. Qc2 Qd4+ 32. Nf2 Ne7 33. a3 Nd5 34. Qe2 Ne3 $1 35. Nd3
e4 36. Nf4 Nd5+ (36... Qxc5 37. Ne6+) 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Nxf4 39. gxf4 Kf6
40. Ke3 Kf5 41. h3 $1 h5 42. b4 b6 $2 43. b5 $1 bxc5 44. bxc6 Ke6 45. c7 (45.
f5+) 45... Kd7 46. c8=Q+ Kxc8 47. Kxe4 Kd7 48. Kd5 c4 49. Kxc4 Ke6 50. Kd4 Kf5
51. Ke3 a6 52. a4 a5 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. f5+ Kf6 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. Kg5
Kg7 58. f6+ (58. Kxh5) 58... Kf7 59. Kf5 h4 60. Kg5 Kf8 (60... Ke6) 61. Kxh4
Kf7 62. Kg5 Kf8 63. h4 Kf7 64. h5 Kf8 65. Kg6 Kg8 66. h6 Kh8 67. Kf7 $1 Kh7 68.
Ke8 1-0

