[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milat, Marcel"]
[Black "Martinovsky, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Milat,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Qd2 Na6 $6 (6... Bxf3 7.
gxf3 d5 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. h4 $14) 7. Be2 Nc7 8. h3 Bd7 (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 {White
is clearly better with the bishop pair.}) 9. O-O d5 (9... Nf6 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11.
Qxh6 $16) 10. Rae1 h5 11. Ne5 Nh6 12. Bf4 $1 {White has the threat of 13 Nd7
Qd7 14 Bc7 Qc7 15 ed5 winning a pawn. 12 Bf4 also prepares for blacks freeing
move 12...de4 since after 13 Ne4 Nf5 14 c3 black cannot capture the bishop on
e3.} dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 (13... Nf5 $142 14. c3 $16) 14. Nc5 f6 $2 (14... Ne6
$142) 15. Nxb7 $18 Qc8 16. Nxc6 $1 {This move is simplest.} (16. Nxg6) (16. Nc4
) 16... Qxb7 17. Nxe7 Be4 (17... Kd8 18. Bf3 $18) (17... Kd7 18. Bf3 $18) 18.
Nxg6 O-O-O 19. Nxh8 Bxg2 20. Qc3 $1 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 Bxh8 22. Ba6 Rg8+ 23. Kh2 {
With mate in 8.} Rg2+ 24. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Milat, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[Annotator "Milat,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe1 $1 $146 {White plans to support
a knight on c3 so that Na4,Nc5 is threatened. The knight on c3 will also guard
against possible Bb5 plans by black. Jack had prepared this in the past and
now I was the unlucky recipient of some past preparation.} (12. Nbd2 {This
move is regarded best by theory. White would like to play Nb3, Nc5 with an
edge.} Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nb8 $1 {If 14Nb3 Ba4!} 14. Qe2 $11 {The position is
considered equal but I prefer black slightly.}) 12... Nxe3 $2 {This move seems
natural but is actualy premature as it reenforces the d4 square and allows the
white queen access to g3 before the black forces can coordinate.} (12... f5
$142 $1 13. exf6 (13. Nc3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Nxb4 $5 (14... Nb8 $140 $1 $15 15. Bxf5
$2 Qc6 $1 $17) 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Rf2 Qa5 $13 18. Ra2 Qxa2 19. Nxa2
Bxe1) (13. Nbd2 Nxe3 (13... f4 $6 14. Bxf4 Nxd4 15. h3 Rc3 16. Qb1 O-O 17. hxg4
Rxf4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qg6 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Rf8 $16) 14. fxe3 Nb8 (14... Nd8 $5 15.
Nb3 (15. Qe2 $142 $13) 15... Bb5 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5 17. Nc5 O-O 18. a4 Qe8 $15) 15.
Nb3 Bb5 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5 17. Nc5) 13... Bxf6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rd1 (15. Na4 Qc7 16.
g3 e5 $17) 15... Nxe3 (15... Qc7 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. h3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 a6 19. Nc3
Na7 (19... g6 20. Rc1 Ne7) 20. e4)) 13. fxe3 f5 14. exf6 $1 Bxf6 15. Kh1 (15.
Nc3 $142) 15... O-O 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Rc1 g6 18. Qg3 Qc7 $2 {Based upon an
oversite. I did not see 22 Rc6 for white and thought the following combination
"Bad" for white.} (18... Bg7 $11 19. Ne5) 19. Qxc7 $1 (19. Nxd5 Qxc1 20. Nxf6+
Rxf6 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Ng1 $13) 19... Rxc7 20. Ne4 dxe4 $2 {Still not seeing
whites 22nd.} (20... Rcc8 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $16) 21. Rxc7 exf3 (
21... Bc6 {Only now did I see 22 Rc6. Black is lost.} 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. Bxe4
Nd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1 $18) 22. Rxd7 fxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nd5 24. Rf3 $18 {A fine
example of Opening prep. by Yoos.} 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milat, Marcel"]
[Black "Niksic, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator "Milat,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 $6 5. e4 $1 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Bd3 e5
8. Ne2 (8. f4 $1 $16 exf4 (8... Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. Rg1
Rg8 13. c5 bxc5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. dxc6 Qc7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qa4 Rc8 18. Rb1 Kf8
19. Ba3 Nxc6 20. Ba6 $18 Rb8 21. Bxc5+ Ne7 22. Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. Qa3 Qc7 24. Rg2
g6 25. Rb2) 9. Bxf4 Bb7) 8... h6 9. O-O c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. d5 (11. Rb1 $1 exd4
12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Rxb4 cxb4 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxb4 $36) 11... Na5 12. fxe5 $6 (
12. Ng3 $1) 12... dxe5 13. Ng3 Nb7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Nd7 $14 16. Rf3 f6 17.
Rg3 Qe7 18. Be2 (18. Qa4 $1) 18... Nd6 19. Bh5+ Kd8 20. Qe2 Kc7 21. Qc2 $1 {
Black has set up a nice blockade on the dark-squares. Only now did I realize
that I would have to play very energetically on both sides of the board to
maintain any advantage. It is important for white's queen to eye the a4, c6
squares.} g5 (21... Nxc4 22. Qa4 Nd6 23. Qc6+ (23. Rb1 $1 Kb8 24. Be2 f5 25.
Qc6 Rc8 (25... g5 26. Ba6 f4 27. Rd3 $16 g4 28. a4 Rf8 29. a5 Rf6 30. Ba3 Qd8
31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Qxc5 Nxe4 33. Qb4 $16) 26. Rxg7 Qxg7 27. Qxd6+ $16) 23... Kb8
24. Rxg7 (24. Be3 g5 25. Rb1) 24... Qxg7 25. Qxd6+ Kc8 26. Qc6+ Kb8 $11) 22.
Rb1 Nf8 $6 (22... Qh7 $5) 23. Rf3 Rg8 24. Be3 Ng6 25. Qa4 (25. Bxc5 $5 {During
the game I thought this continuation was good for white but I also thought I
could win without risk with Qa4. Now  upon calm reflection I realize Bc5 wins
also.} bxc5 26. Qa4 Kd8 $8 27. Bg4 $1 {The move I was unsure about during the
game. The main point is to play Qc6 and not allow Rc8.} f5 (27... Qc7 28. Rxf6
Ke7 29. Re6+ Kf8 30. Qa6 Rd8 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. dxc6 Nf4 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. c7 $16
) 28. exf5 e4 (28... Nh4 29. Rff1 (29. Qc6 Rc8 30. f6 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qc7 $19)
29... Qd7 30. Qa6 Rf8 31. f6 Qc7 32. Qa4 Ne4 33. g3 Nxc3 34. d6 Nxa4 35. dxc7+
Kxc7 36. gxh4 gxh4 $14) 29. Rh3 Ne5 30. Rxh6 $36 Nxg4 31. Qa5+ Kc8 32. Re6 Qd7
33. Qxc5+ Qc7 34. Qxd6 Qxd6 35. Rxd6 $18) 25... Qe8 26. Qa6 Nxe4 27. d6+ Kc6
28. Rff1 $6 (28. d7 $3 {The d-pawn rushes to its destruction.} Qxd7 (28... Qf7
29. Rf5 $1 g4 (29... Qxd7 $2 30. Bxg6 Rxg6 31. Rxb6+ $18) (29... Nd6 30. Bxc5
$1 Kxc5 (30... Kxd7 31. Bg4 $18) (30... Qe6 31. Bf3+ e4 $8 32. Rd5 $18) 31. Bf3
$18) 30. a4 Nd6 $8 (30... Nxc3 31. Rbf1 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Nef4 33. Bxf4 exf4 34.
R5xf4 $18) 31. a5 Qxc4 (31... Kxd7 32. Bxg4 Ke8 33. Rxb6 $1 $18) (31... Nxc4
32. Bxc5 $1 Kxc5 33. Qb5+ Kd6 34. Rbf1 Rgf8 35. Rxf6+ Qxf6 36. Rxf6+ Rxf6 37.
Qxc4 $16) 32. Rxb6+ axb6 33. Qxb6+ Kxd7 34. Rxf6 $18) 29. Bxg6 Rxg6 30. Rxb6+
axb6 31. Qxa8+ $18) 28... Qc8 29. Qb5+ Kxd6 30. Rbe1 f5 31. Qb1 Nf4 $2 (31...
Qe6 $142) 32. Bxf4 $1 gxf4 33. Rxe4 {Blacks last remaining active piece is
removed.} fxe4 34. Qxe4 $18 Rg7 (34... Qf8 35. Qd5+ Kc7 36. Bf3 Qe8 37. Rd1 $18
) (34... Qe6 35. Qb7 Qe7 36. Qd5+ Kc7 37. Bf3 Qe8 38. Rd1 $18 e4 39. Bxe4 Rb8
40. Qd6+ Kc8 41. Bc6 Qf7 42. Bd5) (34... Kc7 35. Bf3 $18) 35. Qd5+ Kc7 $138 (
35... Ke7 36. Bf3 $18 (36. Qxe5+ Kf8 37. Qxf4+ Kg8 38. Bf7+ Kh8 39. Qxh6+ Rh7
40. Qf6+ Rg7 41. Rf4 $18)) 36. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Davies, Alex"]
[Black "Milicevic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Milat,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

{Davies had an excellent tournament. Here he plays a nice attacking game.} 1.
e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 b4 $6
(8... dxc5 $142) 9. Ne2 dxc5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. c3 $1 {White seeks to open the
game for his better developed pieces.} bxc3 (11... c4 $142 12. Bc2 Nf6) 12.
Nxc3 e6 13. Rc1 $16 {White has mobilized his forces and opened the game.} Nf6
14. Na4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxc5 Bc6 17. Bd4 {This is a sign of a mature
player. White simply trades off blacks active pieces and weakens the dark
squares along the diagonal.} O-O 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Ne4 Qa7 21.
Nf6+ Kg7 22. Rc5 $1 $18 {White owns the dark squares.The rest is simple
technique.} Rc8 23. Rfc1 Kf8 24. Nxh7+ Kg8 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Kh1 Ke7 27. Ne4 Rd8
28. Qb4 Kf8 29. Rxc6+ Qe7 30. Qc3 f6 31. Nxf6 Nxc6 32. Ng4 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rac8
34. Qxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kg7 36. Rc7 Qxc7 37. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milat, Marcel"]
[Black "Hallam, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Milat,M"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 (6. Ne5 e6 7. Bg5 (
7. Qb3 $5) 7... Qa5 8. e4 $1 Bxe4 9. Bb5+ Nfd7 10. O-O $13 {Niksic-Sokorinski
Rd 1}) 6... Qb6 7. Nxd5 $5 (7. Qxb6 $1 axb6 8. Bf4 $1 {This reserves the b5
square for a latter timely  Nb5 or Bb5.} (8. Nb5 Na6 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxd2
11. Kxd2 f6 12. a3 Bd7 13. e3 e6 $11 {Black was able to solve his opening
problems in Hallam-Sokorinski Rd.6}) 8... Nc6 9. e3 e6 (9... Nb4 10. Bb5+ $16)
10. a3 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 $16)
7... Nxd5 8. Qxd5 e6 9. Qb3 Nc6 (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Bc2 11. Bd2 $14 {I prefer
whites postion after 7 Qb6 to this position.}) 10. Bd2 (10. e3 $2 Nb4 $17)
10... Bb4 (10... Qxb3 $142 11. axb3) 11. e3 a5 12. a4 $1 Be4 (12... O-O 13. Bb5
Be4 14. Bc3 $16 (14. Bxb4)) 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. O-O $16 Rhc8 {And
white won in another 20 moves.} 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dutton, Warren"]
[Black "Palsson, Halldor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. Ne2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 (10. Bd2 {was a safer option.}) 10... f6 11. Be3 O-O
12. g3 {allowing black to carry out beautiful attack.} fxe5 13. fxe5 (13. dxe5
Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Kg2 Ne4 $17) 13... Ndxe5 $1 {That is well-known
combination,but it doesn't lose its beauty.} 14. dxe5 Rxf3+ $1 {Another
sacrifice,but in few moves black returns material back.} 15. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 16. Kg2
(16. Kf4 Qd8 $3 {/\Qf6 and black gets mating attack.}) 16... Qxe3 $19 17. Nf4
$2 {loses at once in hopeless position.} (17. Qd4 Qf3+ 18. Kg1 Nd3 {and Bc5}) (
17. Nc3 d4 (17... Bd7 {or} 18. Qe2 Qg5 $19) 18. Qe2 $1 Qxe2+ 19. Nxe2 b5 $1 {
developing bishop to b7 on next move.}) 17... Qe4+ 18. Kh3 Qxh1 19. Qa4 Nc6 20.
Rd1 (20. Ng2 e5+ 21. g4 h5 $19) 20... e5+ 0-1

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitry"]
[Black "Hummel, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qr1k1/3bbp2/r2p1np1/2pP2B1/2N3P1/P4B2/2Q2P2/1RR3K1 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

{This is an ephisode from the first round.I was a little bit surprised to get
such a strong opponent already in the first day of the tournament(an average
rating of the GM-group became higher than last year,although strong GM's from
USA didn't come because of participation in Las Vegas).} 28. Re1 $1 {offering
black to capture on-g4 by two ways.} Nxg4 (28... Bxg4 29. Rxe7 (29. Bxg4 Nxg4
30. Qe2 Bxg5 (30... Ne5 31. Nxe5 Bxg5 32. Qxa6 $16) 31. Qxe8+ Qxe8 32. Rxe8+
Kg7 33. Rb6 $1) 29... Rxe7 (29... Qxe7 30. Bxg4 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 (31... Rxe4
$2 32. Bxf6) 32. Bd7 $16) 30. Bxf6 Bxf3 (30... Bf5 31. Kg2 $3 $18) 31. Qc3 $18)
29. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Bxg4 Bxg4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Qb2 Kh6 $2 (33...
f6 {was the best chance for black in my time-trouble.} 34. Rb7 Bd7 35. Qc3 $1 {
keeping Nb6 as a threat.} (35. Nb6 Rxb6 36. Rxb6 Qe4 37. Qb3 $1 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 c4
39. Qe3 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qxd5+ 41. f3 $14) 35... Kg8 36. Nb6 Rxb6 37. Rxb6 $16 {
and Qe3 or Qg3.}) 34. Rh8+ Kg5 35. Qd2+ Kf6 36. Qc3+ Kg5 37. Qd2+ Kf6 38. Qf4+
Bf5 39. Ne3 {Black doesn't have defense out of Ng4+.} (39. Ne3 Qe4 40. Ng4+ Ke7
41. Qg5+) 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chatzilias, Alexis"]
[Black "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 Qa5 7. Bd2 b4 8. e5
bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qa4 10. Qxa4 Rxa4 11. exf6 gxf6 12. b3 (12. Bb5 Ra7 13. Ne2 Bb7
14. Bc4 d6 15. a4 Nd7 16. a5 Nb6 17. Bb5+ Kd8 18. a6 Kc7 19. b4 Bxd5 20. bxc5
dxc5 21. Ba5 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bc6 23. Nc3 Ra8 24. Rb1 Bxb5 25. Nxb5+ Kc6 26. Bxb6
Kxb6 27. Nd6+ Kc6 28. Nxf7 Bh6 29. Nxh8 Rxh8 30. Rb7 Bf4 31. Rxe7 Bxh2 32. Rh1
Be5 33. Rhxh7 Ra8 34. Re6+ Kd5 35. Rb6 c4 36. Rh5 Ke4 37. Ke2 Rc8 38. a7 Ra8
39. Ra6 Kd4 40. f4 Bxf4 41. Rh4 Ke5 42. Ra5+ Ke4 43. Rg4 {1-0 Yuneev,A-Agrest,
E/Leningrad ch 1989}) 12... Ra7 13. Nf3 Rg8 14. g3 Ba6 $6 (14... Bb7 15. Bc4
Na6) 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. a4 Rb7 17. Rb1 d6 18. Ke2 Kd7 19. h3 Bh6 20. Kd3 $6 Nc7
21. Kc4 Na8 $2 22. a5 Nc7 23. Ra1 Rgb8 24. Rhb1 Nxd5 $1 25. Kxd5 Rb4 26. Nd4 f5
27. Re1 e6+ (27... cxd4 28. Rxe7+ (28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Rxe7+) 28... Kxe7 29. Bxb4
Rxb4 30. a6 Rb8 31. a7 Ra8 32. Kc6 d3 33. Kb7 Rd8 34. a8=Q Rxa8 35. Kxa8 f4 36.
g4 f3 37. Kb7 Ke6 38. Kc6) 28. Nxe6 Rxb3 29. Nxc5+ dxc5 30. Kc4 Kc6 (30...
Rxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Bg7+ 32. Kc4 Bxa1 33. Rxa1) 31. Ra4 f4 32. a6 R3b6 33. Re7 fxg3
34. fxg3 Ra8 35. Rxf7 Rbxa6 36. Rxa6+ Rxa6 37. Rf6+ Kb7 38. Rxa6 Kxa6 39. Kxc5
Kb7 40. Kd5 Kc7 41. Ke6 Be3 42. g4 Kc6 43. Kf7 Kd5 44. Kg7 Ke4 45. Kxh7 Kf3 46.
Be5 Kg2 47. h4 Kh3 48. g5 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitry"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kn6/p1Rr1p2/3P4/1p1q2p1/n6p/1N2QP2/5BPP/6K1 b - - 0 38"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

{In this stage of the game I wasas in time-trouble,and my opponent had about
40 minutes to the time control,but he made his moves as fast as me...} 38...
Qd1+ $2 {That is the typical mistake for second game per day.} (38... Nb6 39.
Nd4 a6 {and white can not use an activity of pieces.} (39... Rxd6 40. Qa3 a6
41. Rc5 $14)) 39. Be1 Nb6 40. Qe4+ $4 {"40th move" mistake.During 15seconds
left on my clock I couldn't initialize which move is better,so I made an
"obvious" one.} (40. Nd4 {with the killing threat Qe4.} f5 {only move.} 41.
Nxb5 {and whites advantage looks decisive.}) 40... Qd5 {Now I had enough time
to understand which move was better-40.Qe4 or 40.Nd4!} 41. Nd4 a6 42. Nf5 Qxe4
{My opponent offered me a draw,which I accepted because I managed that black
has better ending.Only at home, after an analyse I understood that this ending
is not worse and even better for me,but after a miss on 40th move I was
disable to continue.} (42... Qxe4 43. fxe4 Rxc7 (43... Nc4 44. Bf2 a5 45. Ba7
$1 {creating a play over black king.}) 44. dxc7 Nc6 45. Nd6 Ne7 46. Nxf7 Kb7
47. Nxg5 {and in this complicative position whites bishop are very strong in
play on an advancing.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Taylor, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/pbq3pp/3ppnn1/1Pp2p2/P1P5/4PP1N/1BQRB1PP/R5K1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

{In next ephisode Gordon Taylor developed a strong attack against much
high-rated player,but unfortunately destroyed a nice game by missing a winning
continuation.} 19... Nh4 20. Nf2 Qf7 21. Qd1 Qg6 22. g3 Nh5 23. Kh1 Nxg3+ $2 {
But win was so close for black!} (23... f4 $1 {It was not a hard task for
black to find it.} 24. exf4 (24. gxh4 fxe3 $19) 24... Nxf4 {and black is
crushing white by big diagonal.}) 24. hxg3 Qxg3 25. Qg1 $1 {Now white easily
reflectes blacks attack.} Bxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kh2 e5 28. Qg5 Ng6 29. Rg1
Rd7 30. Rg3 Qb7 31. Rh3 {and white has turned his advantage to win.} 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hergott, Deen"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. Nf3 {Danny Goldenberg had a good perfomance in this tournament and was
close to achieve IM-norm.} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. d5 Nbd7 8. h4 {That is Deen Hergott's speciallity in King's Indian.} Nc5 9.
Nd2 a5 10. g4 h5 11. f3 {Deen had already this position in one of his games,
but unfortunatly he lost that game.Now he chooses a new line,but 11.gxh5 looks
good for white too.} (11. gxh5 Nxh5 (11... gxh5 12. Rg1 $1 (12. Bxh5 Nd3+ 13.
Kf1 Nf4 14. Bf3 Bh3+ {getting an initiative.})) 12. Bxh5 Nd3+ 13. Kf1 gxh5 14.
Qxh5 Nf4 (14... f5 $6 15. Qg5 (15. Rg1)) 15. Qg5 {and white looks nice.}) 11...
hxg4 12. fxg4 Nxg4 {Such a brave man! I believe that white can succesfully
refute blacks initiative,but this sacrifice was created an interesting fight
which we can enjoy.} 13. Bxg4 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 f5 15. exf5 {Good enough,but 15.Bf3
was more accurate.} (15. Bf3 fxe4 16. Ncxe4 (16. Ndxe4 $2 Bg4) 16... Bg4 17.
Kg2 (17. Kg1 $1) 17... Nf4+ 18. Kg1 (18. Kg3 Nh5+ $1) 18... Nh3+ 19. Rxh3 Bxh3
20. Qe1 $16 (20. Ng5)) 15... Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Rh3 $2 {
letting black to develope strong initiative.} (18. Kg2 Nf4+ (18... Nxc1 $2 19.
Ne4 $1) 19. Kg1 (19. Bxf4 $6 Rxf4 {continuing with Rf8 and e5-e4.}) (19. Kf2
Rf8 (19... e4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21. Re1 Raf8 22. Neg5) 20. Ne4 Qe7 $44 {and black
still has some pressure.} (20... Nd3+ 21. Kg2 $1)) 19... e4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21.
Neg5 Raf8 22. Rh2 $1) 18... e4 $1 {White is threatening to block the center by
Ne4,so what should black do? Typical King's Indian break.} (18... Rf8 $2 19.
Ne4) 19. Nxe4 Qd4 20. Qe2 Re8 $1 {Continuing the series of sacrifices.White is
forced to accept it.} 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxe8+ Kh7 23. Be3 $4 {Missing 24th
move of black.} (23. Qe2 Qg4 24. Qg2 Qxc4 25. Qe2 Qg4 {I don't see more than
draw for both.}) 23... Qg4 24. Ke2 Qxc4 $1 {I guess that Deen had blundered
this move.Now white can not stop blacks attack.} (24... Qxh3 $2 25. Qf7+ Kh8 (
25... Bg7 26. Ng5+) 26. Qf8+ Kh7 27. Qh6+) 25. Ng5+ Kh6 26. Kd2 Rxd5 {White
can not prevent all threats around his king.} 0-1

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pushkedra, Frank"]
[Black "Djerkovic, Miladin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 g6 17. Ra3 Nd7 18. Nh2 c4 19. Rg3 Bg7 20. Ndf3 Nc5 21. Ng4 Kh7 $2
(21... Nbd3 22. Nxh6+ Bxh6 23. Bxh6 Nxe1 24. Qxe1) 22. Bxh6 Bxh6 (22... Nbd3
23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Re3) 23. Nxh6 Kxh6 24. Qd2+ Kg7 25. Qxb4 Nxa4
26. Nd4 Bc8 27. Nc6 Qc7 (27... Qf6 28. Rf3 Qxb2 29. Qxd6 Bf5 30. Ne7) 28. b3 (
28. Bc2 Nc5 (28... Nb6 29. Qc3+ Kg8 (29... f6 30. e5 Nxd5 31. exf6+ Kf8 32.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Bxg6+ Kd7 34. Qf3 Kxc6 35. Be8+ Bd7 36. Bf7)) 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30.
Qf6 Nd3 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kf8 33. Re3) 28... Nb6 (28... cxb3 29. Qd4+
Kg8 30. Qf6) 29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. bxc4 Nxc4 31. Qf6 Ne5 32. f4 (32. Rc3) (32. Nxe5
dxe5 (32... Rxe5 33. f4 Re8 34. e5)) 32... Nxc6 33. e5 Qe7 (33... Qb6+ 34. Kh2)
34. Rxg6 (34. Bxg6+ Kh6 35. Qxf7 Rf8 (35... Qxf7 36. Bxf7 Re7 37. dxc6) 36.
Qh7+ Qxh7 37. Bxh7 Nd4) 34... fxg6 (34... Qxf6 35. Rxf6+ Kg7 36. dxc6 dxe5 37.
fxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 (38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxe5 Be6) 38... Kxf6 39. Re8 b4 (39...
Bb7 40. Rxa8 Bxa8 41. Be4) 40. Be4 b3 41. c7 b2 42. h4 a5) 35. Qxg6+ (35. Bxg6+
Kg8 36. Bxe8 Qxf6 (36... Qxe8 37. Re3) 37. exf6 Nd4 38. Bg6) 35... Kh8 36. Qh5+
Kg7 (36... Kg8 37. Re3) 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. e6+ Bxe6 40. dxe6+ Qxe6
41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Rxe6 Rxe6 43. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Hummel, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. dxe6 (6. Nc3 Bb7 7. e4 exd5
8. exd5 d6 9. a4 Qxb6 10. Bc4 Nbd7 11. f4 Be7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Rab8 14. a5
Qa7 15. Ng3 Qa8 16. b3 Ne8 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Ra2 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 g6 20. Ba1 Nc7 21.
Rd2 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rf3 N5f6 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rxd4 d5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27.
Rxd5 Nf6 28. Rd6 Ne8 29. Rd4 Rb5 30. b4 Ng7 31. Ne4 Qc6 32. Rc3 Qe6 33. Nc5 Qc8
34. Rcc4 Ne6 35. Ne4 Nxd4 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Nd6 Rc6 38. Nxb5 Nxb5 {1-0 Shirov,
A-Andruet,G/Val Maubuee 1989}) 6... fxe6 7. Nf3 (7. e4 Nxe4 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe5
Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7) 7... Qxb6 8. g3 d5 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ng5
(12. e4 d4 (12... dxe4 13. Ng5 (13. Nd2) 13... Be5 (13... O-O 14. Ngxe4 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Rad8) 14. Ngxe4 Rd8 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qa4+ Kf7 17. Re1)
13. Na4 (13. e5) 13... Qc6 14. b4 e5 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qb3 Bxe4
18. Qe6+ Be7 19. Re1) 12... Be7 13. b3 h6 14. Nh3 O-O 15. Nf4 Rfe8 16. Na4 Qc6
17. Ba3 Nb6 (17... e5 18. Ng6 Bd6) 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bb2 Bd6 20. e3 Qc7 (20...
Bxf4 21. Bxf6 (21. gxf4 d4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. exd4 Rad8 24. Qe2 cxd4 25. Rad1)
21... Bd6 22. Qg4 Qc7) 21. Rc1 (21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5) 21... Qf7 22. Nd3 Nd7
23. f4 Rac8 (23... Rad8) 24. e4 Nb6 (24... dxe4 25. Nf2) 25. Ba3 (25. Ne5 Bxe5
26. fxe5 Qg6 27. exd5 Bxd5 (27... exd5) 28. Qe2 Bxg2 (28... Red8) 29. Kxg2 Nd5
30. Ba3) 25... Qf8 26. exd5 (26. e5 Be7 (26... Bc7 27. Nxc5) (26... Bb8 27.
Bxc5) 27. Qg4 (27. Bh3 Rc6 28. f5) 27... c4 (27... Rc6 28. f5) 28. Qxe6+ Qf7
29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. Ne1 cxb3 (31... Rd8 32. Nf3 cxb3 33. axb3 d4
34. Rfd1) 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 (32... b2 33. Nd3) 33. axb3 Rc7 34. Nf3 Rc3 35. Rb1 Bg4
36. Nd4 Rd3 37. Nc6) 26... exd5 27. Qh5 Red8 (27... Re3 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. fxe5
Qe7 30. Rce1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rf8) 28. Bh3 Rc7 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. fxe5
Qe8 32. Bf7 Qe7 33. Rf6 (33. e6) 33... Qf8 (33... Rc6 34. Bxc5) 34. Rf2 Qe7 35.
e6 Rdc8 (35... a5 36. Rcf1 Ba6 37. Bc1) 36. Rcf1 d4 37. Bc1 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitry"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

{The situation before last round was quite similar for me as in last year in
this tournament.At that time I played white against US IM Whitehead and I had
to win to share first place.Last year I did it after 6 hours struggle,and this
year "almost" everything was the same.} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6
5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 {With this setup black tries to save time comparing with
regular King's Indian and to push f7-f5 at once.But on other hand it allows
white to break immediatly on the queenside.} (6... Nd4 {worse is:} 7. Nge2 {
and black can not hold N on-d4.}) 7. c5 $1 a6 {covering b5-square against Bb5+.
} (7... f5 {Usually black plays:} 8. cxd6 cxd6 9. Bb5+ {and white gets an
opening advantage.}) 8. cxd6 (8. Qa4+ {As I had discovered at home the next
way is even more promising for white:} Kf8 (8... Qd7 9. Nb5 $1 Rb8 10. Nxc7+
Kd8 11. Qb4 $40) 9. Qb4 {and white looks perfect.}) 8... cxd6 9. Qa4+ Kf8 (9...
Bd7 10. Qb4) 10. f3 {aimed against next move of black.I could get clear
advantage by:} (10. Bd3 Bh6 11. Bxh6+ Nxh6 12. Qb4 $1 {taking control over
black squares.} f5 13. f3 {and white is much faster on the queenside.Ne7 is
traped for a long time.}) 10... Bh6 11. Bf2 {White had missed c1-square for
the rook,but the diagonal g1-a7 is very importent too.} f5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. h3 {
preventing f5xe4 and Ng4.g2-g4 will be prepared by white in close future.But
black still doesn't feel a danger.} b5 14. Qc2 b4 15. Na4 Rb8 16. b3 Bd7 17.
Nb2 (17. Bxa6 $2 Bxa4 18. bxa4 Qa5) 17... Rc8 18. Nc4 Bb5 19. Ne2 Kg7 20. g4
fxe4 21. fxe4 Rf8 22. Rg1 {That is the setup which I had dreamt about.} g5 {
buring the bishop on-h6,but what else could black do?} (22... Bf4 23. Nxf4 exf4
24. Bd4 $16 (24. Qd2)) 23. Qd2 {Already winning some material.The main threat
is h3-h4!} (23. Ng3 Nd7 24. Ke2 $16) 23... Bxc4 24. bxc4 Nd7 (24... Rxc4 25.
Bxc4 Nxe4 26. Qe3 Nxf2 27. Rf1 $18) 25. Ng3 Rf4 {Black lost strategical fight
in this game,but smartly tries to complicate things by sacrificing material.} (
25... Nc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. h4) 26. Qxb4 Nc5 27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. Nxf4 exf4 29.
Bxc5 {Black is dawn of exchange and pawn,but situation had changed completely
on the board:black pieces are becoming active very quickly through black
squares,N is coming to e5,bishop is coming to-g7,white pieces are disconnected
yet.} Rxc5 $2 (29... dxc5 {The best chance was: which lets black some
counterchances,but,of course,white keeps an advantage by careful play.} 30. Qa4
(30. Qb7 Qa5+ {blacks initiative is dangerous.}) 30... Qd6 31. Rf1 Ng6 32. Rb1
$16) 30. e5 $1 {At first,white should prevent Ne7-g6-e5 monouevre,even with
the loss of material.Bd3 becomes powerful.} Bg7 31. Rb1 $1 {Of course not:} (
31. exd6 Qxd6 {andQe5}) 31... Bxe5 32. Kd1 $1 {That is the point! That is the
safest place for king on-d1.} Qf8 33. Re1 Qf6 34. Qb7 f3 {The only way to
create some attack against whites king.} 35. Qd7 f2 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rf1 Qf3+
$1 {No way back!} 38. Be2 (38. Kc2 Rxc4+ $1 39. Bxc4 Qc3+) 38... Rxd5+ $1 {
Still not the end! I guess that my oppnent thought that he was achived draw,
but...} 39. cxd5 Qxd5+ 40. Kc1 $1 (40. Kc2 Qxa2+ $11) 40... Bf4+ 41. Kc2 Qd2+
42. Kb3 Qxe2 43. Rxf2 $1 Qe3+ 44. Ka4 Qd4+ 45. Rb4 Qd1+ 46. Ka5 {Just a lack
of concentration.The next way to win was not so complicative.} (46. Rb3 Qd4+ (
46... Kf7 47. Qa7) 47. Ka5 Qd5+ 48. Kxa6 Qa8+ 49. Kb6 Qb8+ 50. Qb7 $18) 46...
Qd5+ 47. Kb6 $4 {Destroying such a great game!  This move misses a win.I
calculated next variation before I played this move:47.Kb6 Be3+ 48.Kc7 Qc5 49.
Qd8 winning.Still it was not too late to go back to the winning variation:} (
47. Ka4 Qd1+ 48. Rb3 {-46.Rb3}) 47... Be3+ 48. Kc7 $4 {Even here I thought
that I'm still winning,simply overlooking check from-a5.} (48. Kxa6 Qa8+ 49.
Kb5 Qd5+ $11) 48... Qa5+ {Just now I started to understand that things turned
very bad for me.I was shocked for 5 minutes and then pressed a hand to my
lucky opponent.} 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baragar, Fletcher"]
[Black "Sasata, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Glinert,S Hartman,B Taylor,G"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Qd2 f5 8. f3 Nf6
9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nge2 Kh8 11. O-O-O f4 12. Bf2 Ne8 13. Kb1 g5 14. c5 g4 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. Rc1 gxf3 17. gxf3 Bh3 18. Rhg1 a6 19. Na4 Bf6 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nc3 Ng6
22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rcxf1 Bh4 24. a4 Nf6 25. a5 Bxf2 26. Qxf2 Rf7 27. Qg2 Nd7 28.
Nca4 Ndf8 29. Rc1 Qe8 30. h4 h5 31. Qg5 Qd8 32. Qxh5+ Rh7 33. Qg4 Rxh4 34. Rh1
Kg7 35. Rxh4 Qxh4 36. Rc7+ Kh6 37. Qg1 Qg3 38. Qh1+ Nh4 39. Nc4 Nfg6 40. Nxd6
Qxf3 41. Nf5+ Kg5 42. Qg1+ Qg2 43. Rc1 Qxg1 44. Rxg1+ Kf6 45. Nc5 Nxf5 46. Nd7+
Ke7 47. Nxb8 Ng3 48. Kc2 Kd6 49. Kd3 Ne7 50. Rc1 f3 51. Rc2 Ng8 52. Ke3 Nf6 53.
Kxf3 Ngxe4 54. Rc8 Nd2+ 55. Ke2 Nb3 56. Nxa6 Nd4+ 57. Kd3 bxa6 58. Ra8 Kxd5 59.
Rxa6 e4+ 60. Kd2 Ng4 61. Ra8 e3+ 62. Kd3 e2 63. Rd8+ Kc6 64. Re8 Kd7 65. Rxe2
Nxe2 66. Kxe2 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary Select 6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gomboc, Dave"]
[Black "Ottosen, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Ottosen,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf3 $6 (13. Nf5
$5) 13... b5 14. Bg5 Bb7 $2 (14... Be7) 15. Bh4 h6 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18.
hxg3 O-O 19. c4 $1 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rfc8 21. b3 a5 22. Qb2 a4 23. Rac1 Qb6 24. Qd4
$4 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 Nb4 $1 26. bxa4 $2 (26. a3 $2 axb3 27. axb4 b2 28. Rc2 Ra1 $19
) (26. Re2 $8) 26... Rxa4 27. Bb3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxa2 $1 29. Rc7 Rxd4 30. Rxb7
Rb4 31. Rxb4 Nxb4 32. Kf1 Nd3 33. Bc4 Ne5 34. Bb5 g5 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Ke3 f5 37.
Be2 Kf6 38. Bd1 Ng6 39. Bb3 e5 40. Bd5 h5 41. Bb7 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Bd5 Kg5
44. Bc6 Nf4 45. g3 hxg3 46. fxg3 Ne6 47. Bf3 Nd4 48. Bd1 Nb5 49. Kd3 Nd6 50.
Be2 Ne4 51. g4 Nf2+ 52. Kd2 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "Calgary op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ottosen, David"]
[Black "Tot, Nandor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "Ottosen,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 (6... e5 $145) 7.
f3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O $5 9. g4 Nc6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. h4 Nd7 $1 12. f4 $1 b5 13. g5
b4 $5 (13... Bb7) 14. Nce2 Bb7 15. Ng3 Rfc8 16. g6 $1 (16. Bh3 Nf8) (16. h5 Nf8
) 16... Nxd4 $1 (16... hxg6 17. h5 gxh5 18. Nxh5 $40) 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxd4
Bf6 $6 (18... Nc5 19. f5 (19. Bxc5) 19... b3 $1 20. fxe6+ Kg8) 19. Bxf6 Nxf6
20. Bd3 a5 21. Rhf1 Ba6 22. Rde1 b3 $1 23. axb3 a4 24. bxa4 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxa4
26. e5 $4 Rd4 27. Qe2 Ra8 $4 (27... Qa5 28. c3 Rxc3+ 29. bxc3 Qxc3+ 30. Qc2
Qa3+ 31. Qb2 Rc4+ 32. Kb1 Qd3+ (32... Rb4 33. Qxb4 Qxb4+ 34. Kc2 $13) 33. Ka1
Ra4+ 34. Qa2 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 Rb4+ 36. Qb3 Rxb3+ 37. Ka2 Qb2#) 28. c3 Ra1+ 29. Kc2
Rxe1 30. Rxe1 dxe5 31. fxe5 Ng4 32. Qf3+ $2 (32. Ne4 h5 33. Nd6+ Kg8 34. Nb5
$18) 32... Kg6 $4 (32... Kg8 33. Rf1 h6) 33. h5+ Kh6 34. Ne4 Nxe5 35. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Livshits, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bf8 13. Qf3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 $6
15. Be3 exf4 16. Bd4 Be7 17. Qxf4 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Qh4 Qg4 21.
Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Qf2 Qh5 23. Bf5 Nxd5 24. Bg4 Qg6 25. Bd7 Red8 26. Bf5 Qh5 27. g4
Qh4 28. Qg2 Nf6 29. Ra3 Ng8 30. Rh3 1-0

[Event "Shearwater op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brennan, Jim"]
[Black "Saunders, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[Annotator "Brennan,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Nxe4 f5 9. Ng3 g6 10. O-O-O Bh6+ 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 d6 13. h4 Bg7 14. Qd2 h5
15. Nd4 Kh7 16. Bc4 c5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Ne5 19. fxe5 Bh6 20. exd6 Bxd2+
21. Rxd2 b5 22. e7 Qa5 23. exf8=Q Rxf8 24. Be6 c4 25. a3 (25. c3 b4 26. Bxc4
bxc3 27. Rd3 cxb2+ 28. Kb1) 25... c3 (25... b4 26. Bxc4 (26. Rd5 Qb6 (26... Qa4
27. axb4 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2 29. Ne2 Qxb4+ 30. Nc3) 27. axb4 Qe3+ 28. Kb1 Qxe6
29. Rhd1) 26... bxa3 27. Rd3 a2) 26. Rd5 Qb6 27. Rd3 b4 28. a4 Rd8 29. Rhd1
cxb2+ 30. Kxb2 Qc5 31. Bb3 Rd7 32. R1d2 Qe5+ 33. Ka2 a5 34. Ne2 Qe4 35. Rd4
Qxg2 36. Nf4 Qc6 37. Ne6 Kh6 38. Ng5 Kg7 39. Be6 Qxa4+ 40. Kb1 Rd8 41. Bb3 Qb5
42. Ne6+ 1-0

