[Event "Las Vegas FIDE Wch KO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. d4 {It was a difficult choice to decide upon this move.  Many of the
alternative 'strategies' seemed neither better nor worse.  Personal choice in
chess is the secret to either success or failure...} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {
Not such a big surprise, as Yermo usually either tries this or the King's In
ian Defense.  I have to admit, now that the 'match' is over, that I was hoping
for the King's Indian.  But alas, again that 'damn' personal choice thing...}
4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 {When I had done some 'training' with Tony Miles last year I
'learned' about this modest move} O-O 6. b4 {I remember Tony told me that this
move was a 'must' if white wanted to 'do' something in this line...} b6 $5 {
Again the most critical move.} (6... c6 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 $13 {
My game with the talented youngster Igor Zugic followed this route.  This line
leads to quieter play, often characterized as 'drawish'.}) 7. Qb3 Bb7 $5 {Not
the usual reply in this position} (7... c5 $5 {the 'book' move} 8. Nxd5 $1 (8.
bxc5 bxc5 9. cxd5 $11 {the 'usual' boring line leading to equality.}) 8... Nxd5
9. cxd5 cxd4 $1 (9... cxb4 10. e4 $1) 10. e4 $3 {Mile's move, which may very
well change the evaluation of the 'usual' line. White actually stands better,
as Tony 'proved' to me in a number of 'un- official' games...}) 8. Bb2 (8. c5
$5 a5 $132) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxf3 $5 {Of course, this move is not 'forced',
but does create a 'concrete' problems for both sides to solve.} 10. gxf3 Nbd7
11. O-O (11. Rd1 $5 {Now, months after this match, I feel that this move could
be played.  White's  position has 2 bishops and a strong pawn center.} c5 12.
dxc5 bxc5 13. b5 $1 $14) 11... c5 12. Rfd1 $6 {After this move Black can
equalize the game.  During the game I didn't see Black's defense, and only
later realized the difference...The whole point, as we will see, is that black
will be able to get rid of his 'useless' QR} (12. dxc5 $1 bxc5 13. b5 $1 Qc7
14. Rad1 $14 {Quite simply, the two bishops and pawn mass in the center
outweigh any  counterchances that Black may develop.}) 12... Qc8 $1 13. Be2 (
13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Be2 Qh3 $1 $132) 13... a5 $1 (13... cxb4 $6 14. Qxb4 e5 15.
Rac1 $36) 14. a3 axb4 $1 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 cxd4 17. Rxd4 {Now my Rook
will have to lose time to get to a safer position} Ne5 18. Qd1 Qf5 $1 19. b5 {
To tell the truth, I wasn't sure how to play if I had allowed Black play the
move Nc6 move.  So I decided to 'prohibit' it.} Ned7 $1 {With the simple plan
of Nc5 and Ra8 and then why isn't Black just better?} 20. Nd5 $1 {After this
the game becomes a draw by repetition, and since this is the first game of the
match neither play wanted to risk trying to avoid it.} Qe6 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas FIDE Wch KO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. d4 {That old 'personal'choice thing...} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {Ah!  I am
not into that 'copying' thing.  To be honest, I've again taken up my old
'vice' and had prepared my opening to this game very 'thoroughly'} 4. e4 d6 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 $5 {One of the original moves when this variation
first first made it's debut in the 40's and 50's.  I had seen some Croatian
Grandmasters experiment with this move recently and wanted to try something
interesting,,,} 8. Re1 (8. d5 $5 {This is probably the critical test of the
line.  Yermo's move is good and  solid, and avoids any 'prepared' work}) 8...
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf1 (10. f3 $6 d5 $1 $132) (10. Qc2 Ng4) 10... Ng4 {This
manoeuvre is nowadays quite the 'rage' in many similar positions} 11. h3 Qb6
12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 {All this has been played before, and is recognized as
best play for both sides} Qxd1 $5 {In the first play off game I varied with...
Qe5, but failed to equalize after some very impressive play by Yermo.  Today,
my opinion is that this line is  more risky for black than white.} 14. Rxd1 Be5
{As I was sitting at my board, awaiting Yermo to make his move, I became wor-
ried about Na4 with the idea of f4 and taking on  d6.   The more I looked at
it the less I liked my position.  However, Yermo played the'usual' move...} 15.
Be3 (15. Na4 $1 Nd7 16. f4 Bg7 17. Rxd6 Rxe4 $132) 15... Nd7 16. Rac1 (16. Na4
$1 {But here this move is very strong, and at the hotel, later that night, I
could not find a reply to satisfy me.  In a number of lines white gives up an
ex- change but gets tremendous pressure forit.} a6 (16... f6 17. f4) (16... Nb6
17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Nxb6 $16) 17. f4 Bg7 18. Rxd6 Rxe4 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. Rd8+ Bf8
21. Bxb6 $16) 16... f6 $11 17. f4 {After the match was over, Yermo told me
that in the play offs he intended to play the simple pxp and f3 and then 'see
how things develop'.  However, having done my 'homework' and having spotted
Na4 I wasn't able to take the chance.} Bxc3 18. Rxc3 fxg5 19. Rxd6 gxf4 20.
Bxf4 Nc5 {All this had been played before.  But this next move of Yermo's is
very good. Up until now this position had been thought as 'at least equal for
black'.  At the board I would soon realize that it was atleast equal for white!
} 21. Bd3 $1 (21. Re3 Bg4 22. e5 a5 $13) 21... Bg4 {this took a long time.} (
21... Nxe4 $2 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24. Bg5) (21... Nxd3 22. Rcxd3 Be6 $5
23. Rb3) 22. e5 Nxd3 23. Rcxd3 c5 $1 {The correct idea.  Now black will fix
his pawns on the dark squares and a draw should be inevitable.  However, I had
used up most of my time by now, and to 'draw' a 'drawn' position was not going
to be such a simple task...} 24. b3 Rac8 25. Re3 Rc7 26. Bg5 Be6 27. Red3 Bf5
28. R3d5 b6 29. Bf6 h6 {This gives some manoeuvring room for the black king}
30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Kf3 Be6 32. Rd1 {Ofcourse, if he had left the rook on d5 I
wouldn't have dared taken it.  My plan is to expand on the king side where I
have some advantage.} g5 33. g4 Kg6 34. Kg3 Rh7 {We both have a few minutes
here.  The position is quite equal.  The next few moves are embarrassing to
both players.} 35. Rc6 h5 $2 (35... Bd7 $1 $11 36. Rcd6 (36. Rc7 Bxg4 37. Rxh7
Bxd1 38. Rg7+ Kf5) 36... Be6) 36. gxh5+ (36. Rd8 $1 $16) 36... Rxh5 37. Rc7
Rh3+ 38. Kg2 Rh7 {A sober decision.  Black cuts his losses, sheds a pawn, and
achieves an easily drawn positon} 39. Rxh7 Kxh7 40. Bxg5 Kg6 41. Bf6 Kf5 42.
Kf3 Rg8 43. Rh1 Bf7 $1 44. a4 Be8 $1 {Now black is threatening to invade.} 45.
Rh3 Bc6+ 46. Ke3 Rg2 47. Rh5+ Kg6 48. Rh8 Kf5 49. Rh5+ Kg6 50. Rh4 Rg3+ 51. Kf4
Rf3+ 52. Kg4 Rf1 53. Rh8 Rg1+ 54. Kf4 Rf1+ 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kf2 Rg2+ 57. Ke3
Kf5 58. Rh3 Rb2 59. Rh5+ Ke6 60. Rh7 Kf5 $1 (60... Rxb3+ 61. Kf4 $16) 61. Rh5+
Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas FIDE Wch KO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bg2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. Rfd1
Rc4 15. Qb2 Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 a6 18. Qb6 Qxb6 19. Bxb6 Ra4 20. Rd3 Bf6
21. Bxa5 Rxa5 22. Bxb7 Ra3 23. Rc1 Rxa2 24. c4 Rb8 25. Bf3 a5 26. c5 Rc8 27.
Rd7 Be5 28. Rxe7 Bd6 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Bd5+ Kf6 31. Bxa2 Rxc5 32. Rd1 Be7 33.
Bd5 a4 34. e4 Rc2 35. f4 g5 36. e5+ Kf5 37. Bg8 Rb2 38. Bxh7+ Ke6 39. Re1 gxf4
40. gxf4 a3 41. Ra1 Bc5+ 42. Kh1 Rf2 43. Rc1 Be3 44. Rc6+ Kd7 45. Rd6+ Kc7 46.
Bg8 Bxf4 47. Rf6 Rxh2+ 48. Kg1 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas FIDE Wch KO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf1 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Qe5 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. f3 Be5 18. b4 Nd7 19. f4 Bg7 20. Bd4 f6 21. gxf6
Nxf6 22. c5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Qf7 24. e5 Nh5 25. Ne4 Qxf4 26. Nd6 Be6 27. Nxe8 Rxe8
28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Bd6 a6 30. a4 Bb3 31. Ra1 g5 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Ng6 34. Ra7
Nxe5 35. Rxb7 Nf3+ 36. gxf3 Rxe1 37. bxc6 Bd4+ 38. Kg2 Be6 39. Re7 1-0

[Event "cr internet"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "The World"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 Qe6 11. Nd5 Qxe4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Qxc4 14.
Nb6+ axb6 15. Nc3 Ra8 16. a4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qb3 f5 19. Bg5 Qb4 20. Qf7
Be5 21. h3 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Qxh7 Bxb2 24. Qxg6 Qe4 25. Qf7 Bd4 26. Qb3 f4
27. Qf7 Be5 28. h4 b5 29. h5 Qc4 30. Qf5+ Qe6 31. Qxe6+ Kxe6 32. g3 fxg3 33.
fxg3 b4 34. Bf4 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 b3 36. g4 Kd5 37. g5 e6 38. h6 Ne7 39. Rd1 e5 40.
Be3 Kc4 41. Bxd4 exd4 42. Kg2 b2 43. Kf3 Kc3 44. h7 Ng6 45. Ke4 Kc2 46. Rh1 d3
47. Kf5 b1=Q 48. Rxb1 Kxb1 49. Kxg6 d2 50. h8=Q d1=Q 51. Qh7 b5 52. Kf6+ Kb2
53. Qh2+ Ka1 54. Qf4 b4 55. Qxb4 Qf3+ 56. Kg7 d5 57. Qd4+ Kb1 58. g6 Qe4 59.
Qg1+ Kb2 60. Qf2+ Kc1 61. Kf6 d4 62. g7 1-0

[Event "telex m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "CITY San Francisco"]
[Black "CITY Victoria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "Piper,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Qh3 h6 10. Nf3 (10. f4 $142) 10... Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O f5 13.
a3 a6 14. b4 Ba7 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Re2 Rc8 17. Nb1 b5 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Ng1 Bc6
20. f4 d4 21. Qh4 Nd5 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Nd2 Ne3 24. Rc1 g5 25. fxg5 hxg5 26.
Nh3 g4 27. Nf4 Kf7 28. Nf1 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Kg1 Rc3 31. Ra1 Be4 32. a4
Bxd3 33. cxd3 Rd7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ng3 Ke7 36. Rea2 Bb8 37. Ne2 Rxd3 38. Nf4
Re3 39. Rd2 Bxe5 40. Nd3 Bd6 41. Ra6 e5 42. g3 e4 0-1

[Event "telex m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "CITY Victoria"]
[Black "CITY San Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "Piper,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 (2... dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Qf3) 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 (6. c5 b6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Qa4 Nb8 9. c6 Bc8 10. Ne5)
6... b6 7. O-O (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Qa4 Nb8 10. Ne5 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ $40)
7... O-O 8. b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 a6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf5 Ra8
14. Ne2 Ne7 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 (16. Nd2 $142 f5 (16... Nf5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18.
Bb1 Qh4 19. Ng3) 17. f3) 16... dxe4 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Nc4 f5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. g3
Rad8 21. Qc2 Rd7 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Nc3 Ne7 24. Qe2 Qh6 25. Rd2 Nc6 26. Rcd1 Kh8
27. a3 Rd6 28. Nb1 Ne7 29. Nc3 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Rc1 c6 32. Rc3 b5 33. Rc5
Qg5 34. Qd1 Rh6 35. Qc2 Qg4 36. f4 exf3 37. Rf2 Re6 38. Qc3 Rde8 39. Rxd5 cxd5
40. Rc2 f4 41. exf4 Re1+ 42. Kf2 R1e2+ 0-1

[Event "telex m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "CITY San Francisco"]
[Black "CITY Vancouver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 b6 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bb5 Re8 11. Bc6 Rb8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Nc3
Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nxd5 Bd8 17. Qd3 c6 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Qa6 Rb8 20. Qxa7 cxd5
21. Qxd7 Bf6 22. Qxd5 h6 23. a4 Qb4 24. Qe4 Rd8 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. h3 Re8 27. Qh7
Qc3 28. d5 Be5 29. d6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Qc7 31. Rd1 f6 32. Nh4 1-0

[Event "telex m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "CITY Vancouver"]
[Black "CITY San Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Piper,T"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Be2 (7. Qb3
Bxf3 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. gxf3 g5 11. Qd5 Qd7 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 d3
$15) 7... dxc3 8. Nxc3 Nge7 9. Ng5 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 h6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. b3 f5 13.
Ng3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb6 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. h3 Rf7 17. a3 Raf8 18. Kh2 Ng6 19. Ra2
Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Re2 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. f3 Qf7 24. Rfe1 Be5 25. Re4 c6
26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Re8 28. Re4 Rfxe4 29. Nxe4 Qc7+ 30. Kh1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Qd7
32. Qc4+ Qd5 33. Qb4 b6 34. Qe7 Qd7 35. Qh4 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Rf8 37. Qe7 Qxb3 38.
Qxa7 c5 39. Qa6 Rd8 40. Qa7 Qe6 41. Qa4 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 b5 43. Qc2 c4 44. Qc1 Kh8
45. Kg1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Outaouais op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hergott, Deen"]
[Black "Sikharulidze, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Hergott,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 (3. c4) 3... d6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e4 e5 7.
dxe5 dxe5 8. Bc4 $5 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. a4 Qc7 11. a5 h6 (11... Nc5 $142 $14 {
[%cal Gc8e6]}) 12. Bh4 Kh7 13. b4 Nh5 $1 14. Qb3 $6 (14. Be7 Re8 15. Bg5 $5 (
15. Bxf7 $2 Rxe7 16. Bxg6+ Kxg6 17. Nh4+ $17) 15... Ndf6 16. Qb3 Be6 (16... Re7
17. Be3) 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Rfd1) (14. h3 $5) 14... Ndf6 15. Bg3 Ne8 $1 16. Qa2
Qe7 17. Bb3 Nd6 $15 18. Rfe1 Bg4 $1 19. h3 $5 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nxg3 21. fxg3 f5 $5
22. exf5 Rxf5 $6 (22... gxf5) (22... Nxf5 $5 23. g4 Nd6 24. Nd4) 23. Re3 $5 (
23. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Ga5a6]} Rg5 24. Nf3 (24. g4 e4 $1)) 23... e4 24. Rae1 Re8 25.
Bc2 Qf7 (25... exf3 26. Bxf5 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28. Bc2 $1) 26. Qxf7 Rxf7 27.
Nd2 (27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxc3 30. Rc4 $11 {[%cal Ga5a6]})
27... Nf5 28. Rxe4 Rd8 $1 29. Nb1 Nxg3 30. Re7 $6 (30. Re6 $1 {[%cal Ga5a6]})
30... Rd7 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Kf2 Nf5 33. g4 Ne7 34. Re6 $1 Kg8 $1 35. Ke2 $6 (
35. Bxg6 $4 Nxg6 36. Rxg6 Kf7 $19) (35. a6 $1 Kf7 36. axb7 Rxb7 37. Rd6 $36)
35... Kf7 36. Re4 $6 (36. Re3 $142) 36... Nd5 37. c4 $4 Nxb4 38. Rf4+ Ke7 $4 (
38... Bf6 $17) 39. Bxg6 Be5 $6 40. Rf7+ Kd6 41. Rxd7+ Kxd7 42. Nd2 Ke7 43. Nb3
Kd6 44. c5+ $5 Ke6 $5 45. Ke3 Nd5+ 46. Ke4 Nf6+ 47. Kd3 Kd7 $6 48. Bf5+ Kd8 49.
h4 $1 Bf4 50. Nd4 Bc1 51. g5 $1 hxg5 52. hxg5 Ne8 53. g6 Ng7 54. a6 $1 bxa6 55.
Nxc6+ Kc7 56. Nd4 Bb2 57. Ne6+ Nxe6 58. Bxe6 a5 59. Bb3 $1 a6 60. Kc4 Bf6 61.
Kd5 Bc3 62. Ba4 1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Day, Lawrence"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "Day,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Nd4 (4... Bg7 5. Bxc6) 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. c4
$5 Bg7 7. d3 e6 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. g4 d5 11. h4 a6 (11... Qa5 12. a3 a6
13. b4) 12. Ba4 b5 $5 (12... dxe4 13. dxe4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. e5) 13. cxb5
axb5 14. Bxb5 Qa5 15. a4 Bb7 (15... dxe4 16. dxe4 Bb7) 16. e5 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6
18. O-O e5 $2 (18... Qc7) (18... Qb6) 19. Nb3 $2 (19. Nc4 $1 dxc4 20. Qxb7)
19... Qb4 20. Qd1 Raf8 21. Bd2 Qd6 22. Qe1 $1 R6f7 23. Bb4 Qe6 (23... Qd8) 24.
f5 $1 gxf5 25. Nc5 Qg6 (25... Qc8 26. Bd7) (25... Qb6 26. Nd7) 26. Nxb7 Qxg4+
27. Kh2 Ng6 28. Qg3 Qh5 29. Bxf8 Bxf8 30. Nd8 Rf6 31. Rae1 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Day, Lawrence"]
[Black "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Day,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 $5 (6... c5) 7. d4
b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Qb6 (10... Bg4) (10... Bf5 $5) 11. h3 Nd7 12.
Kh1 Bb7 13. a4 $1 a6 14. a5 Qc7 15. Qe1 c5 16. c3 Rac8 $6 17. Bd3 cxd4 18. cxd4
Nb8 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Rc1 b4 21. Rc5 $1 Qd8 22. Qh4 f6 23. Rfc1 $1 Nxa5 24. Nfg5
$1 fxg5 25. Nxg5 h5 (25... h6 26. Ne6 Qb6 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Qxh6+ Kf7 29. Qh7+
Ke8 30. Qxg6+) 26. Bxg6 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Rf1+ 28. Kh2 Qb8 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Be4 Nf6
31. Rxa5 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Qd8 33. exf6 Qxa5 34. fxg7+ Kg8 35. Qxe7 Qf5 36. Bh6 1-0

[Event "North Bay op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Day, Lawrence"]
[Black "Rajlich, Vasik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "Day,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. Nge2 (6. Nf3) 6... Ng4 $5
7. O-O f5 8. d4 exd4 9. Na4 $1 (9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 d5) 9... d6
$1 (9... d3 10. Nxc5 dxe2 11. Qxe2) 10. Nxd4 fxe4 11. Bxe4 Rxf2 $5 (11... Bxd4)
12. Rxf2 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Qf6+ 14. Ke3 Bg4 15. Qxg4 $2 (15. Qd2) (15. Qd3 Nd7) (
15. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 (15... Kh8) 16. Qxg4 Qe5+ (16... Nd7 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qf5+)
17. Qe4+) 15... Qxd4+ 16. Ke2 Qf2+ (16... Qxa4 $4 17. Bxh7+) 17. Kd1 Qg1+ 18.
Kd2 Qd4+ 19. Ke2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Segovia, Javier"]
[Black "Filipovich, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Filipovich,D"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 (5. Qa4+) (5. Bb5+) 5... Nxd5
6. Bc4 e6 7. d4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Bb4 $6 9. Qd3 $1 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 (10... Nce7) (
10... Nf6) (10... Be7) 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Bb5 $2 (12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3) 12...
Bd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Bf4 (15. f4 Rac8 16. Rf3 Qd5 17. Rh3 Qf5)
15... h6 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21.
Qf3 (21. Qg3 Nxc3 22. Bxh6 Qxd4) 21... b5 22. Re5 Nxc3 $1 (22... b4 $3 23. Qg3
(23. cxb4 Qxd4) (23. Qg4 f5) 23... Kh7 24. Rh5 Nxc3 (24... bxc3 $4 25. Bxh6 $1)
) 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Rxb5 Rd8 26. Ra5 (26. Rd1 Rxd4) 26... Rxd4
27. Rxa7 Rd2 28. a3 Rcc2 29. Rf1 g5 (29... Ra2) 30. h4 Ra2 $4 (30... Kg7) 31.
hxg5 hxg5 32. Ra5 Kf8 33. Rxg5 Rxa3 34. Rb5 Raa2 35. Rbb1 Ke7 36. Ra1 $4 (36.
Rbd1) 36... Rxf2 $1 37. Rxf2 Rxa1+ 38. Kh2 e5 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. Kg4 Ra8 41. Rb2
f5+ 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Kf2 f4 44. Rb6+ Kf5 45. Rb8 $2 (45. Rb5 $142 Rc3 $1 46.
Ra5 Ke4 47. Ra4+ Kd5 $1 (47... Kd3 48. Kf3) 48. Ra5+ Kd4 49. Ra4+ Rc4 50. Ra8
e4 51. Rd8+ Kc3 52. Rf8 Kd3 $1) 45... Ra2+ 46. Kf1 (46. Kf3 e4#) 46... Rd2 47.
Rf8+ Ke4 48. Re8 Kd4 49. Ra8 e4 50. Ra4+ Ke3 51. Ra3+ Rd3 52. Ra1 f3 53. gxf3
Kxf3 54. Ke1 Rb3 55. Kf1 Rb2 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57. Kf1 (57. Kh1 Rg8 $19) 57... e3
58. Ra3 Rd2 59. Ke1 Rh2 60. Kd1 Rh1+ 61. Kc2 Kf2 62. Ra8 e2 63. Rf8+ Kg3 64.
Rg8+ Kf4 65. Rf8+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Northern Alberta ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Odachowski, Arthur"]
[Black "Fullbrook, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Odachowski,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. c4 {English has served me well over the years, and it's the perfect opening
to put Nigel to sleep.} Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 (
6. bxc3) 6... d6 7. Ne2 b6 (7... Be6 {is probably better}) 8. O-O Bb7 {putting
the pressure on the c4 pawn is better} 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 {With the first
place on the line I was forced to reject the obligatory draw offer.:)} 11. Be3
a5 12. g4 $5 {Nigel was sufficiently drowsy by then.} Nh7 13. Ng3 Nc5 (13...
Ng5 $5) 14. Nf5 Bc8 {The bishop is doing a lot of travelling.} (14... Ne6) 15.
Rad1 a4 16. Kh1 (16. f4 {was a weird option}) 16... Be6 (16... Bxf5 17. exf5 $1
{would bring White bishops into the action}) 17. Qe2 Ra5 $2 {I have a thing
for strange rook maneuvers too .} 18. Rg1 f6 19. h4 Kh8 $6 (19... Kf7 {I
expected something like}) 20. Bf1 Rf7 21. Rd2 Qf8 22. Qd1 {a sneaky move, I
like it better than Qe1} Nb7 23. Rh2 {Black is suffering from a complete lack
of counterplay.} Bxf5 (23... g5 {offers better chances for resistance} 24. Rg3
$16 (24. Nxh6 {interesting is} Qxh6 25. hxg5 Qg7 26. g6 Qxg6 27. Rh6 Qg7 28. g5
{with a big mess.}) 24... Bxf5 {just one of many lines} 25. exf5 Rg7 26. Rgh3
Qg8 27. Bd3 Nc5 28. Bc2 Qxc4 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 {with lots of fun}) 24.
exf5 Nd8 25. Bd3 d5 26. cxd5 (26. g5 $1 {FM Nenad Ristovic, recommended this
move, it cuts down on Black's counterplay. I was not too concerned about the
d-file during the game.}) 26... Rxd5 27. Qc2 Rfd7 28. Be4 R5d6 29. g5 $18 {
Black is toast.} fxg5 30. hxg5 a3 31. bxa3 {don't like foreign objects near my
1st rank.} hxg5 32. f6 $1 {I could have played this move instantly but used 30
minutes, just to make sure.} g6 33. Bxg6 (33. Bxg5 {Objectively stronger} Nf7
34. Be3 $18 {I decided to play differently.}) 33... Qxf6 (33... Qg8 34. Bxh7
Rxh7 35. Rxg5) 34. Be4 Ne6 (34... Rg7 35. Rg3) 35. Rh3 $1 (35. Bxh7 $2 Qxf3+)
35... g4 (35... Nf4 36. Bxf4) (35... Nef8 {best of the bunch}) 36. Rxg4 (36.
Rh6 {wins too.}) 36... Rd1+ $6 (36... Nef8) 37. Kh2 Nf4 $4 (37... Nef8 {black
is still lost} 38. Bg5 Qe6 (38... Qxg5 39. Rxg5 R7d2+ 40. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 41. Kg3)
39. Bxh7 Nxh7 40. Rh6) 38. Bxh7 (38. Qxd1 $1 {is much prettier.}) 38... Nxh3 {
Nigel decided to end the game. It's interesting that all of our past
encounters have ended with helpmates.} 39. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Reno US op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fairbairn, Stephen"]
[Black "Minev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "Fairbairn,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 (6... Bd7) (
6... e6) 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 (9... Bd7) 10. Bxf6 (10. Kb1 b5 11.
Qf4 Nd7 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb8 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nce5)
10... gxf6 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. f4 O-O-O (12... h5) 13. f5 h5 14. Be2 Kb8 15. Rhf1
Be7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 dxc5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. e5 f5 (20... fxe5
21. Rf7) 21. Bf3 h4 22. Rfe1 Be8 23. Ne2 Bf7 24. Nf4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. c4 Bg5 28. g3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Kc7 30. Kc2 b5 31. b3 bxc4 32. bxc4
Kb6 33. Kb3 Bh6 34. Kc3 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reno US op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Denker, Arnold"]
[Black "Fairbairn, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Fairbairn,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be2 (10. Qe2) 10... b6 11. Ba3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qb3
Nc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Ne5 (15... Na5 16. Qa3 (16. Qb4 Rd5 17. Bxe7 Nc6))
16. Bd4 $2 (16. Ba3 Ng4 17. g3 Qc6) 16... Nxf3+ (16... Ng4) 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18.
Bxg7 (18. gxf3 e5) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Kxg7 20. Rfd1 Qc6+ 21. Kg1 Rab8 (21...
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rc8) 22. Rxd8 Rxb3 23. axb3 Qb6 24. Rd7 Qxb3 (24... a5) 25. Rxa7
Qb2 26. Raa1 Qe2 27. c4 Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Qh3+ 29. Ke1 Qxh2 30. c5 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qh5+
32. f3 Qe5 (32... Qh2+ 33. Kd3) 33. f4 (33. c6 Qh2+) (33. Rab1) 33... Qh5+ 34.
Kf2 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brantford CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schmidt, Tom"]
[Black "Fullbrook, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Schmidt,T"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 (6... Ng4 $2 7.
Bb5+) 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 (9. O-O-O) 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 (10... Ne5
11. Bb3 Qa5 12. h4 Rfc8) 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 Qa5 (12... Nc4) (12... h5) 13. Kb1
Rc5 $6 (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. h5) 14. h5 (14.
Nd5 Nxd5) 14... Rfc8 (14... Nxh5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. g4 Nxg4 (16... Nf6 17. Qh2)
17. fxg4 Bxg4 18. Rdg1 $36) 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bh6 (16. Nde2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4
18. g4 Be6 19. Bd4) (16. g4 $2 Rxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Nxf3 18. Nxf3 Nxe4) 16... Bh8
17. Bf8 $5 (17. Nd5 Qd8 (17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 b5) 18. Bg5 Nxd5 19.
Bxd5) (17. Nf5 $1 Nc6 (17... gxf5 $140 $2 18. Qg5+) (17... Qd8 18. Bg5 gxf5 (
18... Bg7 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Bg7) (18... Bxf5 19. Rxh8+ Kxh8 20.
Bxf6+ exf6 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Rh1) 19. Rxh8+ Kxh8 20. Bxf6+ exf6 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22.
Rh1 Ng6 23. Qxg6+) 18. Bf8 Nh5 (18... Rxf8 19. Rxh8+) 19. Rxh5 gxh5 (19... Bxc3
20. Qh6 Rxf5 (20... Bf6 21. Qxg6+) 21. exf5 $18) 20. Qg5+ Kxf8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22.
Qg6+ $18) 17... Rxf8 18. Rxh8+ Kxh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Nd5 $6 (20. Rh1 $142 Nh5
21. g4 Nc4 (21... Nxg4 22. Qxg6+) 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. gxh5 g5 25.
Qxg5+) 20... Rxd5 (20... Nxd5 $2 21. Rh1) 21. Bxd5 e6 22. Rh1 Nh5 23. g4 exd5
24. gxh5 Re8 25. Rg1 $6 (25. hxg6 Nxg6 26. Qh7+ (26. Nf5 $2 Bxf5 27. exf5 Re1+)
26... Kf8 27. Qh6+ Ke7 28. Qg5+) (25. f4 Ng4 26. Qg5 Rxe4) 25... Re7 (25... Qd8
$1 26. hxg6 Nxg6 (26... fxg6 27. f4) 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kf7
30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Qh6+ Ke5 32. Qg7+ Kf4 33. Qh6+ Kg3) 26. Qg5 (26. f4 Ng4 27.
Qg5 Rxe4 28. c3 $13) 26... Qd8 27. f4 Nc6 $2 (27... Qe8 $1 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29.
Qf6 Rxh5 $19) 28. hxg6 f6 (28... Nxd4 29. gxf7+) 29. Qh5 (29. Qxd5+) 29... Qf8
30. Qxd5+ Kg7 31. Rh1 Qg8 (31... Kxg6 32. Qh5+) 32. Rh7+ (32. Qxd6 Qe8 (32...
Be6 33. e5 (33. Nxc6 $2 Rd7)) 33. Nxc6 Rxe4 (33... Bxc6 34. Rh7+) 34. Ne5 fxe5
35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Qd5+) 32... Kf8 33. Qxg8+ Kxg8 34. Nxc6 Rxh7 (34... Rxe4 35.
Ne7+ Kf8 36. g7+) 35. gxh7+ Kxh7 36. Na5 b6 37. Nc4 f5 38. exf5 $2 (38. Nxd6
$142 fxe4 39. Nxe4 Kg6 40. Ng3) 38... d5 39. Ne3 d4 40. Nd1 Bxf5 41. Nf2 Kh6
42. Kc1 Kh5 43. Kd2 Kh4 44. c3 dxc3+ 45. Kxc3 Kg3 46. Nd3 Kf3 47. Kd4 Bxd3 (
47... Ke2 48. Nb4) 48. Kxd3 Kxf4 49. Kd4 (49. Kc4 Ke3 50. Kb5 Kd3 51. Ka6 Kc2
52. b4 Kc3 (52... Kb2 53. Kxa7 Kxa2 54. Kxb6) 53. a3 Kb3 54. Kxa7 Kxa3 55. b5
Kb4 56. Kxb6) 49... Kf3 50. a4 $2 (50. Kc4) 50... Ke2 51. b4 Kd2 52. a5 bxa5
53. bxa5 Kc2 $2 (53... Ke2 $11 54. Kc5 (54. a6 Kf3 55. Kc5 Ke4 56. Kc6 Ke5 57.
Kb7 Kd6 58. Kxa7 Kc7) 54... Kd3 55. Kb5 (55. a6 Ke4 56. Kc6 Ke5 57. Kb7 Kd6 $11
) 55... Kd4 56. Ka6 Kc5 57. Kxa7 Kc6 58. a6 Kc7) 54. Kc4 $2 (54. a6 $1 Kb3 (
54... Kd2 55. Kc5 Kd3 56. Kc6 Kd4 57. Kb7 Kc5 58. Kxa7 Kc6 59. Kb8) 55. Kc5 Ka4
56. Kc6 Kb4 57. Kb7 Kb5 58. Kxa7 Kc6 59. Kb8) 54... Kb2 $2 (54... Kd2 $1 $11)
55. a6 1-0

[Event "Brantford CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gardner, Robert"]
[Black "Jung, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Jung,H Surlan,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 {Jung,H. Surlan,Dan} d6 (1... e5 {Surlan,Dan} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 $5) (
1... c6 {Surlan,Dan} 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4
7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Qe2 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 10. Qxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 $14) 2. d4 e5 $5 3.
Nf3 (3. dxe5 {Surlan,Dan} dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nf3 f6 6. Bc4 Bc5 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Ke2 $14 {Surlan-Chrolavicius, London 1976}) 3... f5 $5 4. Bc4 Nc6 $1 (4... fxe4
{Surlan,Dan} 5. Nxe5 $1 {Panov}) 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxh7 Ng4 7. Nxf8 Nxh2 $2 (7...
Kxf8 $1 {Surlan,Dan} 8. d5 b5 $3 9. Be2 Nxh2 $1 10. dxc6 Nf3+ 11. gxf3 Rxh1+
12. Bf1 Qe8 $19 13. b3 (13. Qd5 b4 $1) (13. exf5 b4 $1) 13... Qxc6 14. Qd5 Qxc2
$1) 8. Ng6 Rh7 9. dxe5 fxe4 $4 (9... Nf3+ $143 {Surlan,Dan}) 10. Be3 $6 (10.
Rxh2 {Surlan,Dan} Rxh2 11. Qd5 Rh1+ 12. Ke2 $1 $18) 10... Nf3+ 11. Ke2 Ncd4+
12. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 13. Kd2 $2 (13. Qxd4 $18 {Surlan,Dan}) 13... Qg5+ 14. Kc3 Bg4 $1
15. Qf1 Qxg6 (15... Be2 {Jung,H} 16. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 17. Kb3 Nd4+ 18. Kc3 Qxg6 19.
Rxh7 Qxh7 20. Kxd4 Qf5 $40) 16. Rxh7 Qxh7 17. Kxd4 Qf5 $1 18. Kc3 Qxe5+ 19. Kb3
d5 $4 (19... b5 $1 $19 {Surlan,Dan} 20. Bxb5+ Ke7 21. a4 a6 $3 22. c4 axb5 23.
cxb5 d5 $1 24. Nc3 d4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Re1 Be6+ 27. Ka3 Qc2 28. b3 Qxb3#) 20.
Be2 Be6 21. a4 O-O-O 22. Ka2 d4+ 23. Bc4 d3 24. cxd3 exd3 25. Nd2 Bxc4+ 26.
Nxc4 Qd5 27. b3 a6 28. Rd1 b5 29. Nb2 d2 30. Qe2 c5 31. axb5 Kc7 1-0

[Event "Brantford CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gardner, Robert"]
[Black "Ross, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. f4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. d3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Ne7 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O g6
9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. c3 Nd7 11. h3 a5 12. g4 b4 13. Rc1 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Ne1
Rb8 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 exf5 18. gxf5 Rg8 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Rf2 Nxe4 21. dxe4
Be5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rb2 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Nc6 26. Rh4 Rg7 27. f6 Rg6
28. Qf2 h6 29. Qf4 Ne5 30. Rxh6 Rxh6 31. Qxh6 Qb6 32. Qd2 Qd8 33. Qf4 Nd7 34.
Qxd6 Qxf6 35. Qxf6 Nxf6 36. Kf2 Bc4 37. a3 Nd7 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Nd3 Kd6 40. h4
Bxd3 41. Kxd3 Ne5+ 42. Ke3 $2 (42. Kc2 $1 Nc4 43. Kb3 Nb6 44. h5 Ke5 45. Bf3
Kf6 46. Be2 Kg5 47. Kc2 Nd7 48. Kd3 Ne5+ 49. Ke3 f6 50. c4 Nf7 51. e5 $1 Nxe5
52. Ke4 Nd7 53. Kd5) 42... Nc4+ 43. Kf4 Nxa3 44. e5+ Ke7 45. h5 Nb5 46. h6 Kf8
47. Bd5 Nxc3 48. Bc4 Kg8 $1 49. Kg4 a4 50. Bxf7+ Kh7 (50... Kxf7 $4 51. e6+ Kg6
52. e7 Kf7 53. h7 $18) 51. Kh5 a3 52. Bc4 a2 53. Bxa2 Nxa2 54. e6 Nc3 55. e7 (
55. Kg4 $1 Nd5 56. Kf5 $11) 55... Nd5 56. e8=N c4 57. Nd6 c3 58. Ne4 c2 59.
Ng5+ Kg8 60. Kg6 Ne7+ 0-1

[Event "Brantford CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Allan, Denis"]
[Black "Gardner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "Gardner,R"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 h6 6. Bc2 g5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 (
8. cxd4 g4 (8... d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4) 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3) 8... e5 9.
Ne2 Be6 10. Ng3 d5 11. Nd2 Qb6 $6 (11... d4 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Nf5
Bxf5 15. Qxf5 O-O) (11... Nxe4 12. Ndxe4 dxe4 13. Qxd8+ (13. Qe2 f5 (13... Be7
14. Bxe4 Qd7 15. O-O O-O-O) 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Qh5+ Kd7 16. Qf7+ Ne7 17. Bxg5
hxg5 18. O-O-O+) 13... Rxd8 14. Bxe4 Bc5 15. h4 Rg8 $6 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bh7
Rh8 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bxg5 Bf5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Bxh7 23. Bxd8
Kxd8) 12. Qf3 Nxe4 13. Ndxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O-O 15. O-O Be7 (15... Rg8) 16.
Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5+ Kb8 18. Qxf7 Rhf8 19. Qc4 $2 (19. Qb3 $142 Rxf2 $2 20. Rxf2
Bc5 21. Qxb6) 19... Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Bc5 (20... Rd1+ 21. Qf1 (21. Kh2 Qxf2 22. Be3
) 21... Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1) 21. Kh2 (21. Qe2 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1) 21... Bxf2 22. Qe2 Bc5
(22... Bg1+ 23. Kh1 (23. Kg3 Rf8) 23... Qf2) 23. b4 (23. Kh1) 23... Bg1+ 24.
Kh1 (24. Kg3 $5) 24... Qf2 25. Bf3 (25. Qg4 h5 26. Qxg5 Qe1 27. Bb2 Qxe4 28.
Rxg1 Qe2 29. Bc1) 25... Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Bf2 27. b5 Ne7 28. g4 Nd5 29. Kg2 Bh4 30.
Bd2 e4 31. Rd1 e3 (31... Nf4+ 32. Bxf4+ gxf4 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8) 32. Be1 (32. Bc1
Rf8 33. Rf1 (33. Rxd5 Rf2+) 33... Nf4+ 34. Kf3 Nd3+ 35. Kxe3 Rxf1) 32... Nf4+
33. Kf3 (33. Kf1 Rxd1 34. Bxd1 Bxe1 35. Kxe1) 33... Rxd1 34. Bxd1 Bxe1 0-1

[Event "Brantford CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Ross, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 (2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 2... Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3
Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. c5 $5 dxc5 11. dxe5
Ne8 12. e6 (12. Qc2) (12. Bg5) 12... fxe6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 Nf7 15. Nxf7 Bd4+
16. Kh2 Rxf7 17. e5 Bxc3 $1 (17... Nc7) 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. h4 (19. Qa4 b6 20. Be3
$1 Bb7 21. Rad1 Ng7 22. g4 Raf8 23. Qe4 c4 24. Qxc4 c5 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. a4 $1
Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Rf2 $2 (28. a5) 28... Qc6 29. Rg2 Rd8 30. Rd2 Rxd2+ 31.
Bxd2 Qf3 32. Be1 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 {0-1 Ross,D-Ivanov,I, Quebec (7) 1994}) 19...
Ng7 20. g4 b6 21. Qc2 Bb7 (21... Ba6 $5) 22. Be4 c4 23. h5 gxh5 24. Bxh7+ Kh8
25. g5 $5 (25. Qg6 $2 Qe7 $1 26. Kg3 Nf5+) (25. gxh5 Nxh5 26. Bg6 c5 $1) 25...
c5 26. Bg6 Rd7 $14 27. Be3 (27. Qe2 $5) 27... Rad8 28. Rad1 Qc6 29. Rxd7 Rxd7
30. Qe2 Kg8 31. Bc1 Qd5 (31... Rd3 $5 32. Bxd3 cxd3 33. Qf2 Nf5 34. Rg1 Kg7 35.
a3 Kg6 $44) (31... b5) 32. Bc2 Qc6 33. f5 $2 (33. Be3 $142 $15) 33... Nxf5 34.
Bxf5 exf5 35. Qxc4+ Qd5 (35... Kh8) 36. Qxd5+ Bxd5 (36... Rxd5 $5) 37. Rxf5 Rf7
$2 (37... Bxa2 $1 $17) 38. Rf6 Rxf6 39. exf6 Bxa2 40. g6 Bf7 41. gxf7+ Kxf7 42.
c4 $4 (42. Bg5 a5 43. c4 a4 44. Kg3 a3 45. Bc1 Kxf6 46. Bxa3 Ke5 47. Bb2+ Ke4
48. Bf6 $11) 42... Kxf6 43. Bf4 a6 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. Kf3 b5 46. cxb5 axb5 47. Bg5
Kd5 48. Ke3 b4 49. Be7 b3 50. Kd3 c4+ 51. Kc3 Ke6 52. Bh4 Kf5 53. Bg3 Ke4 (
53... Kg4 54. Be5 h4 55. Kxc4 Kf5 $1 $19) 54. Bh4 Kf4 55. Bf6 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Brantford CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khassanov, Marat"]
[Black "Gentes, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Khassanov,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. d3 h4 8.
O-O hxg3 9. hxg3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Rh5 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qb6 14. Bf4
Bd7 15. Rab1 a5 16. Rfc1 Bg4 17. Qe3 Kd7 18. f3 Bh3 19. g4 Rh4 20. Bg3 Rh7 21.
Bxh3 Rah8 22. b4 axb4 23. d4 Qa6 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. f4 Bg7 26. e5 Qxa2 27. Qd3
g5 28. Rxb4 gxf4 29. Kg2 Bxe5 30. Rxb7+ Kc8 31. Rcb1 f3+ 32. Qxf3 Qa8 33. Qb3 {
1-0 Khassanov,M-Miezes,N, Montreal op 1999}) 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 (6... Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 $132 {
Shirov,A-Kasparov,G, Sarajevo 1999}) 7. f3 b5 (7... Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nc6
10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. g5 b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Kb1 {Xie
Jun-Galliamova, m (14) 1999}) 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 (10. Kb1 d5 11.
exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne2 Be7 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17.
Bd2 Rc8 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Qe4 g6 20. h4 {Adams,M-Ftacnik,L, Biel 1993}) 10... h6
11. h4 b4 12. Na4 (12. Nce2 d5 13. Bh3 dxe4 14. g5 exf3) (12. Nb1 d5 13. Bh3 g5
14. hxg5 hxg5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Qa5 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Qxa2 19. Rh8 {
Leko,P-Topalov, Linares 1999}) 12... d5 (12... Be7 13. Kb1 d5 14. Bh3 Qa5 15.
b3 dxe4 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nd5 18. g6 O-O-O 19. gxf7 Nc3+ 20. Nxc3 bxc3 21.
Qe2 Nc5 22. fxe4 {Korneev-Herrera, Malaga 1999}) 13. Bh3 Qa5 14. b3 dxe4 (14...
Nc5 15. g5 Nxa4 16. bxa4 Nd7 (16... Qxa4 17. gxf6 Qxa2 18. Nb3 gxf6 19. Bd4) (
16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh3 18. Rxh3 Nd7 19. g6 Qxa4 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Kb1 e5 22.
Nb3 Rc8 23. Rh5 d4 24. Rf5+ Ke8 25. Qh2 $1 $16 {Tiviakov-Rashkovsky, Linares
1999}) 17. g6 e5 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. exd5 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bd6 21. Rhg1 {
Nedev-Palac, Yerevan 1996}) 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh3 (16... Nd5 17. Nxe6 fxe6
18. fxe4 $40) 17. Rxh3 Nd5 18. g6 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. fxe4 N5f6 20. gxf6 Nxf6
$40) 18... Nc5 (18... e5 19. gxf7+ Kxf7 20. Nf5) 19. fxe4 Nxe4 (19... Nxe3 20.
Qxe3 Nxa4 (20... Nxe4 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rf1+ Ke7 23. Rhf3) 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22.
Qf4+ Ke7 23. Rf3) (19... Nxa4 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. exd5 Nc3 22. Rf1+ Ke8 (22...
Kg8 23. Qd3) 23. a4 Bxd5 (23... Nxd5 24. Nxe6) 24. Rh8) 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rf1+
Ndf6 $44 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Nf3 Rd5 24. Bd4 Bc6 $2 (24... Bd6 $142 25. Qe3 Bc6 (
25... e5 26. Bb6 Qb5 27. Rg1 $16) 26. Re1 Bxa4 (26... Bd7 27. Bb6 Qb5 28. Nd4)
(26... e5 27. Bb6 Qb5 28. Rh8) 27. Bxf6) 25. Qxe4 $1 Nxe4 (25... Bxa4 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. bxa4) 26. Ne5+ Ke8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rh8+ Ke7 29. Nxc6+ Kd7 30. Nxa5
Rxd4 (30... Rxa5 31. Bxg7 Rg5 32. Bd4 $18) 31. Rh4 Kd6 32. c3 bxc3 33. Nxc3 Ke5
34. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Victoria op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moore, Harry"]
[Black "Ferguson, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Moore,H"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Qe8 7. Bc4 e5 8. O-O
Nc6 (8... exd4 9. cxd4 Nxe4 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Bd5) 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Nb3
Bg4 (11... exd4 12. Nfxd4) 12. d5 Ne7 13. Na5 Rb8 (13... g5 14. Bg3 b6 15. Nc6
Nxc6 16. dxc6) 14. a4 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. h3 (16. Bb5) 16... Bd7 17. Bf1 Nh5
18. g3 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Nf6 22. c4 Qh5 23. Nh4 Qg5 24.
Nb3 f4 25. Kg2 fxg3 26. fxg3 Kh8 27. Qd2 Qg7 (27... Rg8 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Nf3
g4 30. Nfd2 gxh3+ 31. Kxh3 Nf5) 28. Nd4 Nh5 (28... exd4 29. Rxe7) 29. Ra3 Rf6
30. Ne6 Qg8 31. Rf3 Qh7 32. Qf2 Rxf3 33. Qxf3 Qc2+ 34. Re2 Qxc4 35. Kh2 Qxd5
36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Edmonton"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grumic, Sasha"]
[Black "Milne, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[Annotator "Milne,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Ne7 5. a3 c4 6. Nd2 h5 7. Ngf3 Nf5 8. b3 cxb3
9. c4 dxc4 10. Bb2 (10. Nxc4 Nc6) 10... b5 11. a4 Bb4 12. Qc1 (12. Rc1 a6)
12... Qc7 $1 13. Bc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 b2 $1 15. Rb1 bxa4 16. Bxc4 O-O 17. O-O Bb7
18. Rxb2 Nd7 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Rbc2 Nb6 21. Qd3 Qd8 22. Ba2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8
24. Bb1 Rxc2 25. Bxc2 Qd5 $1 26. h3 h4 $1 27. Ne4 Qc4 28. Qd1 a3 29. Bb3 Qb4
30. Neg5 Bd5 $1 31. Bc2 a2 32. Nxh4 Qxd4 $1 33. Qh5 a1=Q+ 34. Kh2 0-1

