[Event "Calgary CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Black "Neven, Knut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

{NIC/YB41 - Dear GMs Genna Sosonko and Paul van der Sterren: After reading
your invitation to readers for submissions of original analysis for the new
Theory Forum section, I feel compelled to share my recent experiences in a
line covered in YB/38 by Victor Gavrikov and Yannick Pelletier, namely the
topical 13...Bc7 continuation classified as GI 4.16.  I have recently
completed a correspondence game vs. FM Geoffrey Borg of Malta, as well as a
game with GM Ilya Smirin played only last month at the Canadian Open in
Calgary, which shows a very nice way for Black to generate fully satisfactory
play after 14.Bc4.  In fact, GMs Smirin, Yudasin and Spraggett complimented me
on my opening analysis after the gaem, even though I ultimately failed to draw
a trivial ending - which is no doubt one of the many reasons why people like
him (and you!) are GMs and I am not!} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5
12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. Bc4 a6 ({Mark Dvoretsky suggests the immediate} 14...
b5 15. Rxb5 Ba6 16. Rxc5 Bb6 $17 {Dvoretsky,M} {However} 17. dxe6 Bxc5 18.
exf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxa6 {looks rather promising for White.}) ({Smirin himself did
not fare well with} 14... e5 15. Qf2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qf6 17. O-O Bxf4 18. Qxf4
Qxc3 19. e5 b5 20. Rxb5 Ba6 21. Rxc5 Qb4 22. Rc6 Bb7 23. d6 Qb2 24. Bxf7+ Kg7
25. Rf2 {1-0 Wells-Smirin, Antwerp op 1994}) 15. a4 b5 (15... Qe8 {1/2-1/2
Shipov-Golod, Heraklio op 1995}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 ({Now after} 17. Rxb5
Ba6 18. Rxc5 Bb6 {the disappearance of a/Ps leaves B/a6 protected and Black
remains on top after} 19. Rc6 Bb7 20. Rxb6 Qxb6 21. dxe6 fxe6) 17... exd5 18.
Bc6 ({The alternative} 18. exd5 Bb7 19. Bc4 Re8+ 20. Kf2 Bc8 $1 $44 {gives
Black excellent compensation for the P.}) ({Critical however is} 18. Qxd5 Qxd5
19. exd5 Bf5 20. Rb2 (20. Rb3 Ra2) {but} 20... Ba5 $142 {looks OK.} ({when
Black needs to avoid} 20... Bxf4 $6 21. Bxf4 $5 Ra1+ 22. Kf2 Rxh1 23. Rd2 Rb1
24. c4 $16 {with a huge passed P.}) {while} 21. Bd2 ({now} 21. Rb3 Be4) ({and} 
21. Kd2 Be4 {are both met adequately.}) 21... Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Ra1+ 23. Kf2 Rxh1
24. Rd2 Rb1 25. Bc6 Rc1 {gives Black better chances than the corresponding
ending with a remaining White P/c4, as in the 20...Bxf4 line examined
previously.}) 18... Ra6 19. Bxd5 ({Here} 19. Qxd5 Qf6 20. Bb5 Ra1 21. Rxa1
Qxc3+ 22. Qd2 Qxa1 {is fine for Black.}) ({Very complicated is} 19. exd5 Bf5 {
with several squares for the White R:} ({Geoffrey Borg suggested} 19... Rxc6 $5
20. dxc6 Re8+ 21. Kf2 Qf6 $44 {with compensation. Borg,G}) 20. Rb3 (20. Rb5 Bd7
$1 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. c4 Re8+ 23. Kf2 Re4 $17) (20. Rb7 Bb6 $1 21. O-O Bc8 22.
Rb8 Qc7 23. Rxb6 (23. Ra8 $2 Rxa8 24. Bxa8 Ba6) 23... Rxb6 {leads to forcing
play after} 24. f5 f6 $1 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Qh6 Bf5 27. Bf4 ({or} 27. Re1 Rxc6
$1 28. dxc6 Qxc6 29. Re7 Rf7 $11) 27... Qe7 28. d6 Qe6 29. d7 Rd8 30. Bc7 Rxc6
31. Bxd8 Qxd7 $11 {and Black is fine.}) (20. Rb2 c4 21. O-O Qf6 {is probably
best, when we get very rich play after} 22. Rb7 ({not so good is} 22. Re1 $143
Ba5 23. Re5 Bb6+ 24. Kh1 Bc7 25. Re8 Rxe8 26. Bxe8 Be4) ({or} 22. Rf3 Be4 23.
Rh3 Rd8) 22... Ba5 23. Bb2 Rd8 24. Qe3 ({also interesting is} 24. Qe1 Bd3 25.
Rf3 Bb6+ 26. Kh1 Be4 27. Qxe4 Qxc6 $1 28. Rb8 Qb5 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Bc1 Rd6 {
when Black looks to be on top.}) 24... Rxc6 $1 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. Qa7 $8 {what
else?} Rd2 27. Qa8+ Bd8 28. Rb8 Qxa8 29. Rxa8 Be4 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11 {is
finally level.}) 20... c4 21. Rb7 Bb6 {and Black has nice play.}) 19... Rd6 20.
O-O ({There is} 20. Qe2 Rxd5 21. exd5 Re8 22. Be3 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxe2+ 24. Kxe2
Qxd5 {but White remains with many weaknesses and an exposed K.}) ({
Alternatively, Geoffrey Borg analyzed} 20. Ba3 Bf5 21. Bxc5 Rxd5 22. exd5 Bxb1
23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Kf2 Be4 $13 {which looks relatively unclear. Borg,G}) 20...
Bf5 $3 {The key idea!} 21. Qc2 ({Here Borg-Neven, cr 1996 was agreed drawn
after} 21. exf5 Rxd5 22. Qc2 {1/2-1/2.}) {Smirin continues to press Black on
the issue of his misplaced R/f5.} 21... Rxd5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. c4 h5 $6 ({
Smirin suggested simply} 23... Rf6 $140 24. f5 Qd7 $11 {Smirin,I}) 24. g3 Qd4+
25. Kh1 Rd8 ({But not} 25... Re8 $2 26. Rd1 $1 Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd7 {
when Black cannot allow Rb8 followed by Bb2.}) 26. Bb2 Qd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28.
Rbe1 Rd8 29. h4 $5 {Further restricts Black's wayward R by preventing the ...
g5 break.} Bd6 30. Kg2 Bf8 31. Rd1 Rxd1 $2 {At this point I failed to notice
that in the position after 36.Rd2 Black cannot draw by simply waiting with ...
Ke7-e6-e7 etc because White has a check on e5 which clears d5 for his king...
GM Kevin Spraggett offered his condolences by sharing with me that he once
lost an identical ending some years ago...} (31... Rc8 $11 {Smirin,I}) (31...
Ra8 $11 {Yudasin,L}) 32. Rxd1 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Kf3 Kf6 $2 $18 ({Had I
noticed the check at this point, there was still time to bail out with} 34...
Rf6 $142 $13 {which probably trades the P/c5 for White's P/g3.}) 35. Ke4 Ke6
36. Rd2 f6 {And with this very necessary move my dreams for a draw against the
GM end abruptly. Now Black has no chance because he cannot meet both
infiltration threats on d5 and g7 simultaneously. The remainder is given for
the record.} ({On} 36... Ke7 {White wins easily with} 37. Rd5 Ke6 38. Re5+ $18)
37. Ra2 Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Rd7 Kf8 40. Rd5 Rxd5 41. Kxd5 Ke7 42. Kxc5 Ke6 43.
Kb6 Kf5 44. c5 Kg4 45. c6 Kxg3 46. c7 Kxf4 47. c8=Q g5 48. Qe6 Kg3 49. Qxf6
Kxh4 50. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Benggawan, Alexandra"]
[Black "Steiner, Tanya"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Benggawan,A"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+
Kxd8 8. Bd3 *

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 (9. Nb3) 9... Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2
Be7 14. Bf3 Bd7 15. Be3 (15. Rb7 Rd8) (15. Rb3 Qa5) 15... Qa5 16. Bb6 Qe5 17.
Bd4 Qa5 18. e5 $2 dxe5 19. Bb6 Qa3 20. Bc7 (20. Rb3 Qd6) 20... e4 21. Nxe4 Nd5
22. Be5 O-O 23. O-O Rf5 (23... Qe3+) 24. Bd4 e5 25. Bf2 Bb4 (25... Rxf3 26.
gxf3 Qxf3 27. Qd3 Qh5 (27... Qg4+ 28. Bg3 (28. Ng3 Nf4 29. Qe4 Bf5 $1 30. Qxf5
Qf3 $19) 28... Bf5 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Qxf5) 28. Ng3) 26. Qe2 (26. Rxb4 Nxb4 (
26... Qxb4 27. Nf6+ $1) 27. Qxd7) 26... Rd8 27. Rb3 Qa5 28. c4 Nc3 29. Qc2 Nxe4
30. Bxe4 Rh5 31. Rd3 (31. c5 Be6) 31... Be8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. c5 Ba5 34. Rd1 $6
(34. Be1 $1) (34. Qc4+) 34... Qc8 35. Rd6 $2 Bc7 36. Bxc6 $2 Bxd6 37. Bxe8 Qxe8
38. cxd6 e4 39. Qb3+ Kf8 40. Be1 Qd7 41. Bb4 Rf5 42. Qe3 Kg8 43. h3 Qb7 44. Qc3
h6 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Murariu, Andrei"]
[Black "Lentini, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[Annotator "Lentini,J"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Rb8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxc5 Bd4+ 14. Bxd4
Qxd4+ 15. Kh1 Nf5 16. Qe2 b5 (16... Ne3 17. Rf4 Qc5 (17... Qe5 18. Re4) 18. Na4
) 17. Rf4 Qg7 18. Re1 b4 19. Nd1 Bb7 20. c3 Bxg2+ 21. Qxg2 bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb1
23. Qc2 Rfb8 24. Rc4 Qh6 25. Rg1 Qh3 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Qxb1 Qg4 28. Qc2 Qf3+
29. Rg2 Rc5 30. Qe2 Qb7 31. d4 Rb5 32. Kg1 Rb1 33. h3 $2 Rc1 34. Qd3 $2 Rxd1+
35. Qxd1 Qxg2+ $1 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kagramanov, Dina"]
[Black "Rapcsak, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Kagramanov,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 Be6 (7...
Bd7) 8. Bxe6 (8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bxc4 10. Nxc4) 8... fxe6 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. d4 exd4
11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. O-O d5 14. Re1 (14. e5 Nd7) 14... Re8 15. Qg3
Bb4 16. e5 Nh7 17. a3 Be7 18. Nf3 Kh8 19. Nh4 Bxh4 20. Qxh4 c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5
22. Be3 Qb5 23. b4 (23. Rac1 Rac8 (23... Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qxa3 25. Rxb7 a5 26. Bxh6
gxh6 27. Qxh6 Re7) 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qe7 Qc6 26. Rc1) 23... Qa4 24. Rec1 a5 25.
g3 $2 (25. Rc7 axb4 (25... Rg8 26. Bxh6) 26. Bxh6 Rg8 27. Qe7) 25... axb4 26.
Qxb4 Qxb4 27. axb4 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Ng5 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golts, Roman"]
[Black "Londers, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Annotator "Golts,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 O-O (13... b5 14.
e5) 14. g4 h6 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. a4 b6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. g5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nh7 20. g6
(20. Qh5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Qc5) 20... fxg6 21. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Qc6 23. Nd5 Bf8
(23... Bh4) 24. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alcazar Jimenez, Jesus"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau,P"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {This was the beginning of a rarity. Four of my opponents,
maybe because they were worried of the kalashnikov, played Nc3 on move 2,
followed by Nf3, to restrain my possibilities. It seemed like all my opponents
were preparing the same variation over and over, as 3 played the g3 variation
of the taimanov, and the other couldn't because I played the accelerated
dragon! One of the particularities of these events is the amount of time you
get to prepare, often with a coach. Therefore it is primordial to have several
weapons, and even I felt my repertoire was a bit too narrow at times.} a6 {A
strange move, you will say. But it avoids a lot of theory in the closed
sicilian, and white will often choose to transpose in the paulsen.} 3. Nf3 e6
4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 {An interesting system, still favored by many top
players. It is not innoffensive as some may be led to believe.} Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6
8. O-O {The paulsen was a relatively new opening for me, and my repertoire
against each white variation was small. Three players playing g3 against me
made me feel slightly worried!} Bc5 9. Nb3 (9. Nxc6 {is a much more
threatening way to play for black, as Acher played against me in a later game.}
) 9... Be7 10. Be3 d6 11. Na4 $2 {White should play either a4 or f4, building
up a normal set-up, with their knight a bit badly placed on b3.} Nd7 12. f4 b5
13. Nc3 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 Nb6 $15 {White's tempo lost caused a significant
acceleration in black's queenside counterplay.} 16. Qd3 a5 17. Qb5 $2 Nd7 (
17... Nc4 $3 {I remembered having refuted Qb5 during my analysis when I played
a5, but somehow I couldn't remember it on the board, and didn't play the right
move! It is important to keep his concentration on the game and make sure all
variations are clear in our head before playing, as confusion can easily occur
in a chess player's mind.} 18. Bc1 (18. Qxc4 Ba6 $19) 18... Ba6 19. Qh5 Bf6 {
and black is in complete control over the position.}) 18. Qh5 Ba6 19. Rf2 g6
20. Qh3 (20. Qf3 Nce5 {I was secretly hoping for this original finish!} 21.
fxe5 Nxe5 22. Qf4 g5 $1 $19) 20... Bxe2 $1 {A difficult positional decision as
black's bishop is normally a powerful piece in the sicilian. However, black
gains control of the d4 square, hence keeping white's knight away from the
game at b3.} 21. Rxe2 Bf6 22. Rf1 {Giving up a pawn hoping to get an attack.
Objectively it must have been better to defend with Rb1.} Bxb2 23. f5 Rfe8 $1
24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Rf7 $5 Bg7 $1 {Calmly rejecting the offer, and indeed the
line:} (25... Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Bg7 27. Rf2+ Nf6 28. Bg5 Qb6 29. Bxf6 Qxf2+ 30.
Kxf2 Kxf6 31. e5+ {is far from clear.}) 26. Rf1 Nde5 27. Ref2 Qe7 28. Bh6 {A
final blunder caused by time pressure, but white was positionally lost anyways.
} Bxh6 $1 29. Qxh6 Ng4 $19 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Valeanu, Eduard"]
[Black "Gushuliak, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "Gushuliak,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {I recall finding a game of his in the database we
had and he played 3.d4.  I think he had prepared this as I had an earlier game
with 3.Bb5 which I had lost and it was published in the bulletin.} g6 {I like
this better than 3...e6.  I had tried both in blitz and was scoring better
with g6.} 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 {I played this to keep my prepared setup
with f6, Nh6-f7, OO and d6 with a very solid position.  5...dxc6 is the other
move in the position.} 6. e5 $5 {This is a new move to me.  I did not find it
in NCO, so it could either be bad or a novelty.  It seems now that the
pawn-pushes f6 or d6 don't look so strong.  If 6...d6 7.exd6 exd6 8.Re1ch Ne7 
(8...Be6 9.d4 and Black's King is stuck in the center) 9.Qe2 and now Black
must waste tempi to castle since 9...Be6 is met by 10.Ng5.  Though 7...Qxd6 is
interesting, Black gets active pieces and the two Bishops in exchange for bad
pawns, but that might prove fatal in the endgame.} f6 {I though that I could
open the f-file and maybe obtain strong center pawns.  This problem is that it
weakens the f7 and e7 squares.  If the e7 pawn is attacked twice it is not
easy to castle.} 7. Re1 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Qc7 {8...d6 is interesting, and if 9.Nxc6
then Qc7 10.Qf3 Bb7 and the Knight is trapped} 9. Nf3 d6 {To gain space with
the pawn push e5.} 10. Nc3 e5 {My opponent looked surprised after this move,
I'm not sure why.} 11. d4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 {If 12.Nxd4 then just 12...Ne7.} Be6 {
To stop 13.Qc4 which temporarily prevents me from castling.} 13. Qa4 {I
briefly looked at 13.Ng5 which fails to 13.Ng5 exd4 14.Nxe6 Qc8.} h6 {To
prevent the annoying Ng5 now or later.} 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Rad1 O-O {Now my King
is safe (finally).  It is time to make a plan and decide where the Rooks go.}
16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Bd2 Bd5 {If I ever play d5 then White just plays Nc5.} 18. c4
Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qb7 {To help with the thrust d5.  If 19...d5 then 20.cxd5 cxd5
21.Qb3.} 20. Bc3 Rad8 21. Re2 c5 {[#]White's threat was 22.c5 which would mess
up my pawns.  Black's move looks really bad, leaving a hole on d5, but White
has no threats, Black has more space and control over the center.  This move
also opens the h1-a8 diagonal for Black's Queen.} 22. Ba5 Rde8 23. b4 e4 {Time
to complicate thins, though Black isn't threatening exf3 due to Rxe8 Rxe8 and
Qxe8.} 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Rd7 $2 {[#]This is the losing move.  Just 25.Nd2 and
though things aren't looking great for White, at least he is not dead.} Qa6 26.
Rd5 Rb8 $1 {If White plays 26.Nde, the 26...Bc3 27.Nb3 Nd4 28.Nxd4 cxd4.  The
Bishop on a5 is hanging and the d-pawn will advance.} 27. Nd2 Rb4 28. Qa3 Bb2 {
Winning a piece and the game.} 29. Qh3 Qxa5 30. Rxe4 {If 30.Rxf5 then 30...
Rxf5 31.Qxh6 Rb6 followed by Bg7.} Bg7 31. g4 Nd4 32. Rd7 Qa4 $1 {I carefully
analyzed the variations, leaving me with only three minutes left on the clock
for the next eight moves.} 33. Ree7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 {If 34.Nf1 then Be5! White is
practically zugzwanged.  If 35.Qxh6 then 35...Qxg4ch 36.Nge Rb1ch 37.Kg2
Rxf2ch! and Qf3 mate.  35.Rxe5 is followed by 35...Nf3ch and Qxd7.} (34. Nf1
Be5 35. Qxh6 (35. Rxe5 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Qxd7) 35... Qxg4+ 36. Ng3 Rb1+ 37. Kg2
Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qf3#) 34... Rxf2+ {[#]} 35. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ $1 37. Kf2 {
37.Kh4 g5ch 38.Kh5 Qxh3ch 39.Kg6 Rb6 mates.} Rb2+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Qf1 Nf3+ 40.
Kh1 Rxh2# 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Alexey"]
[Black "Golts, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "Golts,R"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Na5 Qxa5 14.
Qxd6 Ng6 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qxc6 Qh5 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Qa4 Rfd8 19. f3 Bd7 20. Qa6
Rdb8 21. Qd6 Rd8 (21... Rxb2 22. Qd5 (22. Bc1 Rb6 (22... Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bh3+
24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. Bf4 (25. Kxf1 Qxh2) 25... Nxf3 (25... Ng6 26. Kxf1 Qh3+ 27.
Kf2 Qh4+ 28. Bg3 Rd8 29. Nf5) 26. Rxf1 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Qh4+ 28. Kg2 Qg4+ 29. Kh1
Qe2) 23. Qc7 Bc6) (22. Rf2) 22... Re8 23. f4 Qg6 24. fxe5 Rxe5) 22. Qc5 Rac8
23. Qxa7 Nd3 24. Qa3 Qe5 25. Nc2 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Nxb2 27. Bb6 Re8 28. Rfe1 Ba4
29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bd4 Nd3 31. Na3 Rc8 32. Rb1 f6 33. Bc3 Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35.
Ra7 Bc6 36. h4 Ra8 37. Rxa8 Bxa8 38. Nb1 (38. Nxc4 Bd5) 38... Kh5 39. a4 Kxh4
40. a5 Nc5 41. Kf2 Nd3+ 42. Kg1 Nc5 43. Na3 Bd5 44. Kf2 h5 45. Ke3 Ne6 46. Be1+
Kg5 47. a6 f5 48. a7 f4+ 49. Kf2 Nc7 50. Ba5 Na8 51. Ke2 Kf5 52. Nb5 g5 53.
Nd4+ Ke5 54. Bc3 Kd6 55. Nf5+ Kc7 56. Ng7 Bf7 57. Nf5 Bg6 58. Nd4 Bd3+ 59. Kf2
Kb6 60. Ne6 Kxa7 61. Nxg5 Nc7 62. Be5 Nd5 63. Ne6 c3 64. Bxc3 Nxc3 65. Nxf4 Bb1
66. Nxh5 Kb7 67. Ke3 Kc7 68. Kd4 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kazakevich, Anastasia"]
[Black "Steiner, Tanya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "Kazakevich,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 a6 8. a3 Ne4
9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. f3 (12. Qh5+ Qf7 13. Qxf7+ Kxf7 14.
g4 fxg4 15. Nxe4 e5 16. d5) 12... exf3 13. Nxf3 Bd7 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15. c5 Be8
16. O-O-O Qd7 17. Ne1 $2 (17. Be2) 17... Bf7 18. Qc2 e5 19. dxe5 Qxd1+ 20. Qxd1
Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Nxe5 22. Nf3 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Re8 24. Ke2 Re5 25. b4 g5 26. h3 h5
27. Rg1 Bc4+ 28. Kf2 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 g4 $2 30. fxg4 fxg4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Rg1
Re4 33. Ke2 b5 34. cxb6 cxb6 35. Kd3 Re5 36. Rxg4 a5 37. Rc4+ Kb7 38. Kd4 Rh5
39. e4 axb4 40. axb4 b5 41. Rc5 Rxc5 42. Kxc5 Kc7 43. Kxb5 Kd7 44. Kc5 Kc7 45.
e5 Kd7 46. b5 Kc7 47. b6+ Kc8 48. Kc6 Kb8 49. b7 Ka7 50. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Berczes, Csaba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Qf3 (7. h4)
7... Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h4 c5 11. Nde2 Bc6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 (
13. hxg5) 13... Be7 14. O-O-O Rb8 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. b3 Qb4 17. f3 Rb6 18. Nb1 $5
Bb5 $2 19. c4 Bc6 20. Bd2 a5 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Ng3 Nd7 23. f4 Ra6 24. Rd2 Kd8
25. h5 Kc7 26. Rhh2 Bb7 27. Nh1 $6 e5 $1 28. f5 Bg5 29. Ng3 Nf6 30. Kd1 Bxd2
31. Rxd2 Nxh5 $2 32. Nxh5 Rxh5 33. a4 $1 bxa3 34. Nxa3 Rh6 35. Nb5+ Kd7 36. Kc2
Ra2+ 37. Kc3 Ra6 38. Kb2 Ba8 39. Qg3 Bxe4 40. Qxe5 Bb7 41. Qxg7 Rh1 42. Qxf7+
Kd8 43. Qc7+ Ke8 44. Re2+ Kf8 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qg5+ (46. Rg2+ Bxg2 47. f6)
46... Kh8 47. Re8+ Kh7 48. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. f5 exf5 8. d3
Nge7 9. Qe1 Nd4 10. Qh4 Be6 (10... Nxc2 11. Bg5 Nxa1 12. Nd5 f6 $2 (12... Nc2
13. Bxe7) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ Kf8 15. Qh6#) 11. Bg5 Bxc4 12. dxc4 h6 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Nd5+ Kf8 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. g4 Nd4 $2 (17... Ne7)
18. Nh4 Kg8 (18... Ke8 19. Nc7+) 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20. Rxf7 Rhf8 21. Raf1 (21. Rxf8
Rxf8 22. Nexg6 Rf6) 21... g5 22. Nhg6 Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Ne6 (23... Nxc2 24. Nf5
Kxg6 (24... Rg8 25. Nge7 $18) 25. Rxg7+ Kf6 26. Rh7 (26. Rxb7) 26... Ke5 27.
Rxh6 Kf4 28. h3 Re8) 24. Kf2 Re8 25. c3 (25. Ke3 Nd8 26. Rf5 Nc6 27. Rf7 Nd8)
25... a6 (25... Nd8 26. Rf3 Nc6 27. Re3) 26. a4 Nd8 27. Rf3 Nc6 28. Rf7 Nd8 29.
Rf3 Nc6 30. Re3 Na5 31. Re4 Be5 $1 32. h3 (32. Nxe5 Rxe7) 32... Kg7 33. Kf3 (
33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Nxe5 Rxe7 35. Nd3 Nxc4+) 33... Kf6 34. Nxe5 Rxe7 35. Nd3 Rxe4
36. Kxe4 Ke6 (36... Nxc4 37. Kd5) 37. b4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Nxc4 39. Kd4 Ne5 40. Nf2
Nc6+ 41. Kc4 b6 42. Nh1 d5+ 43. Kc3 Ke5 44. Ng3 Ne7 45. Ne2 Ke4 46. Nd4 Ng6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kazakevich, Anastasia"]
[Black "Raeva, Eva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Kazakevich,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 c5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qd7 7. c3 c4 8. Qc2
Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. b3 b5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Nbd2 Nc6
15. Rab1 O-O 16. Rfc1 Rab8 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Ne1 Nce7 19. Nc2 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Rb8
21. Na3 Rxb1+ 22. Ndxb1 g6 23. g4 Ng7 24. Qb4 Nc6 25. Qc5 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27.
Nb5 Ne8 28. N1a3 Kf8 29. Kf1 f6 30. f4 Ke7 31. Ke1 Kd7 (31... g5 32. fxg5 fxe5
33. Ke2 exd4 34. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 35. cxd4 e5 36. dxe5 Ke6 37. Ke3 Kxe5) 32. Kd2 fxe5
33. fxe5 Nc7 34. Nd6 Ne8 35. Nf7 Ke7 36. Ng5 h6 37. Nf3 Nc7 38. Ne1 Kd7 39. Ng2
Ke7 40. Nf4 Kf7 41. Nc2 g5 42. Ne2 b5 43. Kc1 Ke7 44. Kb2 Na6 45. Ka3 Kd7 46.
Ng3 Ke7 47. Nh5 Kf7 48. Nf6 Ke7 49. Ng8+ Kf7 50. Nf6 Ke7 51. Ng8+ Kf7 52. Nf6
Ke7 53. h3 Kf7 54. Nd7 Ke7 55. Nf6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jauk, Nadine"]
[Black "Kagramanov, Dina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "Kagramanov,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Qe2 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Nf3 (12. f4 Bd4+ 13. Kh2 Bf6 14.
e5 Nd4 15. Qd1 Be7 16. c3 (16. Nf3)) (12. exd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxg3 (13... Bd4
14. Ne4 Bxh3 15. c3) 14. fxg3 Nb4 (14... Qxg3+ 15. Bg2 Bxh3 (15... Nd4 16. Qe5)
16. Nf1) 15. Bg2 Nxc2 16. Ne4 Nxa1 17. Bf4) 12... Bd6 13. e5 Be7 14. c3 Bd7 15.
g4 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Be7 18. h4 Bd6 19. d4 $2 (19. h5) 19... cxd4 20.
cxd4 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Nxd4 22. Qd3 Nc2 23. Rd1 Nxa1 24. Be3 Qc2 25. Qf1 Bb5 26.
Qe1 Qxb2 27. Bd4 Qe2 28. Rxa1 Qxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Kf7 30. Re3 g6 31. Bh3 Bd7 32.
Rf3+ Ke8 33. Re3 Ke7 34. Bf6+ Kf7 35. Rf3 Ke8 36. Re3 Rc8 37. Bxe6 Bxe6 38.
Rxe6+ Kd7 39. Re3 Rc4 40. Rh3 Ra4 41. Rd3 Rxa2 42. Rxd5 Kc6 43. Rd3 Ra4 44. Rh3
Ra3 45. Rxa3 Bxa3 46. f4 Bc1 47. Be5 Kd5 48. Kf2 Ke4 49. Kg3 b5 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chu, Stefanie"]
[Black "Orriols Miro, Clara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Annotator "Chu,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 {At this point in the tournament, I was off to a somewhat disappointing
start at 2.5/6, having faced several top-ranked players. However, after an
extremely relaxing free day spent shopping and getting lost in a nearby town,
I was recharged and determined to start fighting my way back!} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 {Of course, 6...Ng4?? is a known blunder
losing a piece to 7.Bb5+.} Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 {Rather than diving
into the multitude of unclear theory with the main line 9. 0-0-0, this line
with an early g4 avoids the theoretical mess, and can result in a quick
kingside storm if Black is slow to realize what is happening.} Bd7 {More
common is:} (9... Be6 {Where lines typically follow} 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4
Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3 Rab8 14. h4 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd4
18. Rxd4 Bd7 {With a slight advantage for White.}) 10. h4 h5 11. g5 $5 {An
unusual and interesting move in hindsight, not typical of the standard idea to
pry the g and h files open. However, in this position, White hopes to benefit
from the misplacement of the knight on f6.} (11. O-O-O {Seems attractive at
first since} hxg4 12. h5 {may be somewhat dangerous for Black. The problem is
if Black chooses not to capture immdediately on g4, playing for example 11...
Qa5, where White again is faced with the question of what to do with the g4
pawn.}) 11... Ne8 12. f4 {Taking control of the e5 square, while threatening
to advance futher.} Rc8 {If Black had tried} (12... e5 {with the idea of
loosening up White's position, then the d6 pawn appears to fall after} 13. Ndb5
exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. O-O-O {for example.}) 13. Be2 Qa5 $5 {With the obvious
but annoying idea of Qb4. Here I was at a loss for what to do, and spent
almost half an hour before finally playing a3. At the board, 14.Nb3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qa4 didn't look good, since I figured Black would be very happy, having
the appetizing c-file to pile up on and also ideas of Nc7-b5. However, after
14.Nb3 Bxc3 White can continue with the stronger 15.Nxa5! Bxd2 16.Bxd2 Nxa5 17.
Bxa5, and since Black cannot play 17...Rxc2 since 18.Bc3 traps the rook, White
retains a small but pleasant edge in the endgame due to the bishop pair and
space advantage.} 14. a3 Kh7 $6 {Surprising. I wasn't able to figure out the
meaning of this curious move.} 15. Rf1 Nxd4 {Wanting to simplify.} 16. Bxd4
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc5 18. Qd3 {Still trying to hold on to the attack!} Nc7 19. f5 {
This advance proves to be more effective now when a Black knight can no longer
settle on e5.} Kg8 $2 {More accurate was the solid} (19... Qe5 {where the
queen is ready for both attack and defense.}) 20. f6 exf6 (20... e6 21. Bxh5
gxh5 (21... Nb5) 22. g6 fxg6) 21. gxf6 Be6 (21... d5 22. O-O-O) 22. O-O-O {A
sneaky move with the idea of Rg1 which has the double threat of Bxh5 and Rg5.}
Rcd8 23. Rg1 Qe5 24. Rdf1 {The Queen looks badly in need of a square...} d5 25.
exd5 Nxd5 26. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kagramanov, Dina"]
[Black "Zapata Campos, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Kagramanov,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. h3 $2 (14.
Ng3 Kh8 15. Kh1 Rae8) 14... Rae8 15. Ne5 (15. Re1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5) 15... Re7 16. Nf4 g5 $2 (16... Be8) 17. Nh5 Nxh5 (17... Be8 18. Nxf6+
Rxf6 19. Qg4 h6 20. h4 Rg7) 18. Qxh5 Nxd4 19. Qxg5+ Rg7 20. Nxd7 Qc7 21. Bxh7+
Kh8 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. Bxd4+ e5 25. Bxe5+ Qxe5 26. f4 $4 Qe3+ 27.
Kh1 Kxh7 28. Rad1 d4 29. Rfe1 Qg3 30. Rf1 Qe3 31. Rfe1 Qxf4 32. Rf1 Qd6 33.
Rf7+ Kg6 34. Rxb7 a6 35. a3 d3 36. Rb4 d2 37. Rc4 Qe6 38. Rg4+ Kh7 39. Rf4 Bh6
40. Rff1 Qxb3 41. Ra1 Kg6 42. Kh2 Bg7 43. Rad1 Be5+ 44. Kg1 Qxa3 45. Rxd2 Qe3+
46. Rdf2 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "De los Santos, Maria"]
[Black "Chu, Stefanie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[Annotator "Chu,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O {These
typical Schevenigen positions which I have had some experience playing against
are usually quite comfortable.} Nc6 8. a4 Qc7 9. Kh1 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Bf3 Re8
12. Be3 Bf8 $5 {Up to this move we were following one of the main lines of the
Schevenigen. Black usually continues with 12...Rb8. Bf8 seeks to deploy the
black forces in a more harmonious fashion.} 13. Nb3 b6 {To prevent a5, where
White achieves an annoying space advantage.} 14. Qe1 Rb8 {This removes the
rook from the influence of the bishop on f3, and also plans Na5.} 15. g4 Na5
16. Nxa5 $2 {Now the rook on b8 is set to wreak havoc on the queenside. A
better continuation for White might have continued 16.Rd1 so that 16...Nc4
could have been answered with 17.Bc1.} bxa5 {Although the Pawns on a6 and a5
certainly look a little strange, the idea is to use the open b-file to my
advantage, and play against the weaknesses on b2, d4, and a4.} 17. Rb1 Rb4 18.
g5 Nd7 19. Bg2 Bb7 {Putting pressure on e4.} 20. b3 g6 {Bringing the bishop on
f8 into play. Here, I am not afraid of 21.Na2 since Rxe4! is extremely
dangerous for White.} 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Qe2 Bg7 23. Kg1 $6 Bd4+ {A tempting
check, playing to position the king on the vulnerable h1-a8 diagonal. However,
also possible was 23...Nxb3!? where Black wins a pawn after 24.cxb3 Bxc3 25.
Rfc1 Qb6+.} (23... Nxb3 24. cxb3 Bxc3 25. Rfc1 Qb6+) 24. Rf2 {A wise decision.
Rather than allowing 24.Kh1 Bxc3 25.Bxc3 Rxe4, she decides to offer the
exchange.} (24. Kh1 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxe4 26. Qf2 (26. Qd2 e5 27. Bxa5 Qe7 28. b4
Ne6)) 24... Bc6 {Creating a pathway for the Rook on b4 to retreat.} 25. Nd1
Rbb8 (25... Bxf2+ {is risky, since} 26. Nxf2 Rbb8 27. Ng4 {Where the
Black-squared Bishop is dearly missed.}) 26. Be3 Bg7 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Ne3 {
Just blundering a pawn. Perhaps a more hopeful try would have been 28.Rc1.}
Bxa4 29. Rd1 Bb5 30. Qf3 Bc6 31. Qh3 Rbd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Ng4 Rd1+ 34. Rf1
Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qxf4+ {An unfortunate crumble in time pressure.} 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gushuliak, Justin"]
[Black "Bassem, Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Gushuliak,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 e5 {I only found one game in my database where my opponent played Black
and so I prepared for the Sicilian Defence, but...} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Bxc6 {I don't normally play this.  My mood today wanted a slow game, whereas 4.
Ba4 forces you to calculate much more in the middle-game.} dxc6 5. Nc3 {
Playing the exchange variation for the first time and not knowing theory,
otherwise I probably would have played the normal 5.00.} Bc5 6. O-O {Another
possibility is 6.Nxe5 Bxf2ch 7.Kxf2 Qd4ch 8.Ke1 Qxe5 9.d4 Qd6 (or 9...Qe7 10.
Qf3)10. Be3 with play for both sides.} Qd6 7. Qe2 {My plan was to break with
the pawn-push d4.  I was going to place my Rook on d1, move my Knight from c3
and play c3 and d4.  This plan will take time of course, but after d4 it will
make it a bit easier to exchange pieces which favors me in the endgame due to
Black's doubled pawns.} Bg4 8. d3 O-O-O 9. Be3 Kb8 10. Rad1 {To prepare the
pawn push d4.} Ne7 {Black is going to play Rhf8 and f5.} 11. h3 Bxf3 {If 11...
Bh5, then 12g4 Bg6 13.d4 with advantage to White because of his space, better
pawn structure and coordinated pieces.  If the Bishop moves anywhere else,
White will respond with d4.} 12. Qxf3 f6 13. Ne2 {It is almost time for the
break d4.} Bxe3 14. Qxe3 {My mind was on the endgame a lot during this game. 
I didn't want to play 14.fxe3 because of the doubled pawns and after 14...c5
15.c3 Qb6 my d4 break is hard to get in.} Qe6 15. a3 g5 $2 {This is to control
the f4 square.  But now Black gets a backward f6 pawn along with his doubled
pawns.  My opponent tries a king-side attack which is nearly impossible.} 16.
d4 {When being attacked on a wing, counter-attack in the center!} Ng6 17. Ng3
Nf4 18. Rfe1 h5 $2 {Still persuing his faulty plan.} 19. Nf5 Rdg8 20. Qc3 $1 {
[#]So that after 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 fxe5 White has exchanged Queens and
Black is saddled with another weak pawn, and after 21.dxe5 fxe5 22.Qce and
White has an advantage because he will play Qe7 after b6 to exchange Queens
with control of the d-file, while Black's Rooks are misplaced.} h4 21. f3 {
Stopping Black's attack with just one move.  Had Black played 20...g4 White
would play 21.h4.} exd4 22. Qxd4 Ng6 23. b3 {If 23.Qd7, the 23...Qa2 can be
annoying.  There is no rush and White can afford to take his time.} Qe5 $2 {It
is a mistake for Black to voluntarily go into the endgame.} 24. c4 Qxd4+ 25.
Rxd4 {Now I have what I want, control of the only open file, quite a bit of
space, and better pawns going into the endgame.} Rd8 26. Red1 Kc8 27. Kf2 Rxd4
28. Rxd4 Rd8 29. g3 {I want to trade pawns on the side where I have the
majority.} Rxd4 30. Nxd4 hxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Nf4 32. h4 c5 33. Nc2 {This is a
defensive move.  If 33.Nf5 the 33...Ne2ch 34.Kg4 gxh4 followed by Nc1 forcing
White to let Black trade off his doubled pawns.  This still may be winning for
White, but it isn't as clear.} (33. Nf5 Ne2+ 34. Kg4 gxh4 35. Nxh4 Nc1 36. b4
cxb4 37. axb4 c5) 33... Kd7 34. Kg4 Ne6 35. h5 Ke7 36. Ne3 c6 37. Nf5+ Kf8 {37.
..Kf7 38.Nd6ch.} 38. Nd6 b5 39. Kf5 Nd4+ 40. Kxf6 Nxf3 41. h6 Kg8 42. Kg6 {[#]
Black is essentially in zugzwang, and White wins a pawn.} Ne5+ 43. Kxg5 Kh7 44.
Kf5 Nf3 45. e5 Kxh6 46. e6 {I found out after that my opponent was a Fide
Master, but he played weaker than a FM should.} 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chu, Stefanie"]
[Black "Smirnova, Marina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "Chu,S"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Interestingly enough, this was the third time I
repeated this opening in the tournament thus far! I had a sneaking suspcion
that my oppenent had something in store for me since 2....Nc6 was inconsistent
with what existed in the databases. However, I felt confident in my own
preparation, and decided to meet whatever surprise she had planned!} g6 4. O-O
Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 {This is a temporary pawn sacrifice in exchange for a
comfortable positional bind. Ideas include Bf4-d6, and Nbd2-b3, where the
'extra' Pawn on d4 is eventually won back.} cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 Nge7 9.
Bd6 {The Bishop sitting solidly on d6 proves to be a nuisance. It is really
quite difficult for Black to untie, and I have learned (from experience!) that
defending unpleasant cramped positions are insanely frustrating.} O-O 10. Nbd2
a6 11. Bd3 $5 {This looks natural, but is probably not the best. 11.Bc4 is
quite interesting, since after 11...b5 12.Bd5! Black is pretty much tied up
and has to watch out for possible sacrifices on f7.} Re8 12. Nb3 b6 {
Attempting to free some space with Bb7 and Nc8, also kicking the d6 Bishop out
of place.} 13. Ng5 {Probing the weak f7 pawn. Also possible again was 14.Bc4.}
Rf8 14. f4 Kh8 $6 {Doesn't seem to acheive much. Continuing with Bb7 would
appear to be more logical.} 15. Bc4 Qe8 16. a4 {To further restrict Black and
make sure b5 at any point will not happen.} f6 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Qd3 {Needing to
protect e4 before advancing any futher!} f5 19. Rfe1 {I seem to usually face
problems when having to decide which rook to move where! Here, 19.Rae1 seems
to be more logical, since the rook on f1 may have a future on the kingside
with Rf3-h3.} Rf6 (19... fxe4 20. Rxe4 Nb4 (20... Rf6 21. Ng5 (21. Ba3 d5)) 21.
Bxb4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qxe7 (23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Rad8 26.
Qc4 {And Black looks quite comfortable.}) 23... dxc4 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8 25. Nbxd4
Re4 26. Bc3 {Even though White still stands better, it is a much better try
for Black than what happened in the game.}) 20. e5 {Cementing the position and
depriving Black of counterplay.} Rf8 21. Nfxd4 {Taking back the pawn finally!}
Qd8 22. Rad1 h6 23. e6 Rf6 (23... Re8 {was worth considering, and might hold
more tenaciously than what was played.}) 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. e7 Qe8 26. Ba3 Bc8
27. Qd5 (27. Qe3 {was quicker, since after} Rb8 28. Rd6 Bb7 29. Qxb6 {pretty
much cleans up.}) 27... Rb8 28. Nd4 Bb7 {if:} (28... Na5 29. Qg8+ Qxg8 30. Bxg8
{And the Pawn crashes through.}) 29. Nf3 Na5 (29... Nxe7 30. Rxe7 (30. Qxd7
Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Ng8 32. Ne5) 30... Bxd5 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxd5) 30. Qg8+ Qxg8
31. Bxg8 Re8 32. Ba2 Bc6 33. Ne5 Bxa4 34. Nf7+ Kh7 35. Nd6 {Not much to do..}
Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Bxd1 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Ne8+ Kh8 39. Nxf6 Ba4 40. Kf2 Bc6 41. Bb4
Kg7 42. Nd5 Bxd5 43. Bxd5 Nc6 44. Bc3+ Kf8 45. Ke3 Ke7 46. h3 b5 47. Bxc6 dxc6
48. Bb4+ Ke6 49. Kd4 g5 50. g3 g4 51. h4 Kd7 52. Ke5 c5 53. Bxc5 Kc6 54. Bb4
Kb6 55. Kxf5 a5 56. Be7 b4 57. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Costa Ferrer, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
Nc6 (8... g6) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. f4 e5 $6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Rad1 O-O
14. Bc2 Rad8 15. Bb3 Rfe8 (15... exf4 16. Bxf4 Nd7) 16. f5 Rd7 17. g4 Red8 18.
g5 Ne8 19. Qg2 (19. g6 $1) (19. f6 gxf6 20. Qg4) 19... Bf8 20. Rf3 Qa5 21. Rh3
d5 $5 (21... f6 22. c5+ (22. Qf2) (22. Rxh7 fxg5 23. Qh3 Nf6 24. Rh8+ Kf7 25.
Bb6 Qxb6+ 26. c5+ Qxb3 27. axb3) 22... d5 (22... Kh8 23. Rxh7+ $18) 23. exd5
cxd5 24. Nxd5 $4 Bxd5 25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qe1+) 22. cxd5 Bc5 23. Kh1 Bxe3
24. Rxe3 cxd5 25. exd5 Nc7 26. Rxe5 Kf8 27. f6 $1 Nb5 $6 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. Qe4
g6 30. Bc4 $1 (30. Qh4 $6 h5 31. gxh6 Bxd5+ 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rexd5 Rxd5 34.
Rxd5 Qf1#) (30. Re1 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5) 30... Bxd5 (30... Qa4 31.
b3) 31. Rexd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bicho, Daniel"]
[Black "Lentini, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[Annotator "Lentini,J"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O Be6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 O-O 11. Nd4 $6 Qb6 12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Qd2 Qa3 14.
Nxc6 $6 bxc6 15. Rf3 Bg4 16. Rg3 $2 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 (17. Qxe2 $2 Qxc3) 17... Nxe4
18. Rxg7+ $2 Kxg7 19. Bh6+ Kh8 20. Qd4+ $2 Bf6 21. Qxe4 Bxa1 22. c3 $2 Bxc3 23.
Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Qe7 $2 Rae8 $1 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rainfray, Arnaud"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {Another white player avoiding the Kalashnikov, this
time playing exactly a line I play as white. One might expect me to know it
very well...} Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O
Be6 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. axb3 e5 14. Nfd4 $5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4
Be7 $4 {Yet I play too quickly and forget the famous game Lautier-Gelfand,
where white got almost no advantage and the game ended in a draw. There are
many variations, but black seems okay in all of them.} (15... f6 16. bxc3 Kf7
17. Nb5 a6 18. Be3 axb5 19. Bxb6 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qe8 21. Ra5 b4 22. c4 Qc6 23.
Rb5 Be7 24. Ba5 Ra8 25. h3 Kg8 26. Qe1 Bc5 27. Bxb4 Bd4 28. Bc3 Bc5 29. Bb4 Bd4
30. Bc3 Bc5 31. Qd2 b6 32. b4 Be7 33. Rxb6 Qxc4 34. Qd7 Ra1+ 35. Bxa1 Qc1+ {1/
2-1/2 Lautier,J-Gelfand,B/Linares 1994 (35)}) 16. Nf5 Bf6 {Unfortunately
forced, now black's king is stuck in the middle and white has a crushing
attack, exactly what I would like to obtain..as white.} 17. Qb5+ Kf8 18. bxc3
g6 $5 {I wanted to try to complicate matters, but it is hard to complicate
matters with my major pieces controlling mainly the corner squares.} 19. Qb4+
Kg8 {It is quite funny that my good buddy Fritz believes in black's chances
here. Of course it misevaluates the value of white's compensation for the pawn
which is enormous, but at least for once it is taking my side!} 20. Nh6+ Kg7
21. Ng4 {I was almost crying in this position, as it seems that black is
hopelessly lost. Until I saw a most bizarre move, and then I began smiling.} g5
$1 {A losing move, but one that surprises!} 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. f4 $3 {Opening
everything against my king, my smile has faded.} Kg7 24. fxg5 $2 {The worst of
the 3 possibilities, even though it looks crushing with a Q coming to f6 or h6,
I believe black can successfully defend his position.} (24. fxe5 {The most
obvious.} Qd8 25. Be3 Re8 (25... Nd5 26. Qxb7) 26. Rad1 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28.
Bxg5 $18) (24. Qe7 $1 {The most original!} Qd8 (24... gxf4 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26.
Ba3+) 25. Qxe5+ f6 26. Qf5 $18) 24... Re8 {Now I felt safe, and I began to
smile again!} 25. Qh4 Qc7 26. c4 Kg8 27. Bb2 Nd7 28. Rf3 Nf8 29. Raf1 Rad8 30.
Qf2 (30. Rxf7 {still looked very strong, since white can take the e5-pawn
after black trades the queen for the 2 rooks. Black should have prevented this
with Ng6 or Re7.}) 30... Rd7 31. Re3 (31. Qxa7 e4 $5) 31... Re6 32. Rfe1 Ng6
33. g3 Qd8 {Finally black's pieces are well placed, and black has good play.
Not a game for the faint-hearted!} 34. h4 Rd2 35. R1e2 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 f6 $1 {
Creating complications in my opponent's time scramble.} 37. h5 Nf8 38. gxf6 (
38. Qf5 {might have caused black difficulties, but it was a hard move to find.}
Rd2) 38... Rxf6 39. Qg2 Nd7 $1 40. Bxe5 Rf5 41. Qh3 (41. g4 $2 Rxe5 $1 42. Rxe5
Nxe5 43. Rxe5 Qh4+ 44. Qh3 Rd2+ {and black wins.}) 41... Rxe5 {and the draw
was agreed in view of black's perpetual check with the rook on d2-d1.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Dominguez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 {The most recent addition to my repertoire.} Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 {Black's
main and most dangerous option is dxc3. The text is rather drawish and black
hardly ever wins.} Bxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Rd1 Qd5 13. Nb5 Qxb3 (13... O-O-O $5
14. Nxa7+ Nxa7 15. Qxb6 Bc5 16. Qa5 Nc6 17. Qa8+ Kc7 18. Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Blatny,
P-Kotronias,V/Debrecen 1992 (56)}) 14. axb3 Rd8 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rxd4
17. Nxd4 a6 18. b4 Kd7 {Joel Benjamin, who plays this line as white, told me
that white had to be much better here, however, when looking at it closely
with him, we could not find anything convincing for white, if anyone does, he
may contact me, as black's play looked very suspicious but turned out well.}
19. b5 axb5 20. Ra7 Bc5 $1 {All passive moves would let white get an advantage.
} 21. Rxb7+ (21. Nb3 {looks very strong, but black has the surprising} Rd8 $3
22. Nxc5+ Kc6 {and it is white who finds himself in trouble!}) 21... Kc8 22.
Rxf7 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Rd8 {And now despite its pawn up white can't hope to win. A
surprising game even though it is short, with Rd8 being an amazing ressource.}
24. Be3 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. Kf1 Nc4 27. Bc1 Kc6 28. Ke2 Kd5 29. Kd3 Na5 30.
f3 Nc6 31. Be3 Nb4+ 32. Kc3 Nc6 33. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ontario op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dai, Jason"]
[Black "Zimninski, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[Annotator "Knechtel,T"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 (4. dxc5 $143 Qa5+ 5. c3 e6 6. b4 Qd8) 4...
Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 $1 (6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nge7) 6... cxd4 7. cxd4
Nge7 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. O-O Be7 (9... Nh4 10. Be3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7) 10. Nc3 O-O
11. g3 $1 Re8 (11... Qb6 $142 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qe2 f6 14. Bxg6 hxg6) 12. h4 Bd7
13. Ng5 Bxg5 $2 (13... Qb6 14. Nf3 a6 15. Bc2) 14. Bxg5 Nce7 15. h5 Nf8 16. Nb5
$5 (16. Qg4 Kh8 (16... Qb6 17. Bf6 g6 18. Qf4) 17. h6 Nfg6 18. hxg7+ Kxg7 19.
Qh5 $40) 16... Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Nd7 18. Qg4 $1 (18. Qa4 Nb6 19. Qb4 Nd7 $11) 18...
Kh8 19. Qf4 Rf8 (19... h6 20. Bxh6 (20. Bh4 Rf8) 20... gxh6 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22.
Qg5+ Kf8) 20. h6 Ng6 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bh6+ $1 (22. Qe3 Qc7 23. Rac1 $18)
22... Kg8 23. Qf3 Re8 $2 (23... f5 $8 24. Bxf8 Ndxf8 25. Rfc1) 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 (
24... Qxd7 25. Qf6) 1-0

[Event "Kitchener KW op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Demmery, Steve"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "Demmery,S"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3
Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. b4 Bb7 12. Bb2 e6 13. Qe2 Ne8 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Nd2
Nd6 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. Nc5 Ba8 18. Bb1 Qa7 19. h4 Rfe8 20. f4 f5 21. g4 Nb8 22.
Rf2 Nd7 23. g5 Nb6 24. Nd3 Nbc4 25. Bc1 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. fxe5
Bd5 29. Rh2 Rd7 30. Rf1 Nb6 31. Rff2 Rc8 32. Qe1 Rdc7 33. Rc2 Bc4 34. h5 Bd3
35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Bb2 Bxb1 37. Qxb1 Nd5 38. Qe1 gxh5 39. Qe2 Qf7 40. Rxh5 Nxe3
41. Qh2 Rc2 42. Qh4 Rxb2 43. g6 Qxg6+ 0-1

[Event "Hamilton CC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taherkhani, Majid"]
[Black "Brice, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A66"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "Brice,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. e5 {
A dangerous system known as the Mikenas Attack. It is rarely seen these days
because Black has adequate defensive resources available} dxe5 9. fxe5 Nfd7 10.
e6 fxe6 11. dxe6 Qe7 12. Nd5 $1 (12. Be2 Nb6 13. Bf4 Bxe6 14. Nf3 Bc4 15. O-O
Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nc6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Bd6 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 Rfe8 $13) 12... Qxe6+ 13.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 O-O (14... Be5 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Bc4 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. O-O
Nc6 19. Bg5 $16 {Putian-Norwood, Lvov 1986}) 15. Nc7 Nc6 16. Nxa8 Nb4 {Black
has seized the initiative at the cost of a rook. However White must return the
booty in order to achieve a playable game.} 17. Rb1 $6 (17. Kd1 Ne5 18. Bd2
Nbd3 $36) (17. Nf3 $8 Nc2+ 18. Kd1 Nxa1 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Re1 a6 21. Be6 Ne5 $1
$13) 17... Ne5 18. Nf3 Bf5 (18... Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bf5) 19. a3 Nbd3+ 20. Kf1 Rxa8
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[#]} 22. Ra1 $2 (22. Be3 $142) 22... Bd4 $1 (22... c4 {! 24....
Be4 wins the g-pawn but the text is stronger, providing a bind on the white
squares and a threat to penetrate the 7th with a rook.} 23. Bh6 Re8 {Kd1  Bxb2}
24. Rc1 c3 {Not 27... Bxc1 as the opposite bishop endgame is difficult to win.
Black now threatens to occupy the d1-a4 diagonal with his white bishop. This
would enable Black to regain the exchange and leave bishops of the same colour.
} 25. Rc2 {Bxc2+  Kxc2  Bxa3  ! -+ after 29...Re2+ 30.Kb3 Black's bishop would
be marooned on b2  Kxc3  Bf8} Bf4 26. Bg7 {Kb3} Re4 27. g3 a5 28. h4 a4 {Ka2 
b5} 29. Rc1 Rxe2 {Kb1  Rb2+  Ka1} 30. Rc2 {38... a3 leads to mate, but the
bishop ending is also winning.  Kb1  Rxc1+  Kxc1} h5 {Kc2  Kf7  Bd6  Ke6}) 23.
Bxd3 Bxd3+ 24. Ke1 c4 $1 (24... Be4) 25. Bh6 Re8+ 26. Kd1 Bxb2 27. Rc1 c3 (
27... Bxc1 $2) 28. Rc2 Bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Bxa3 $1 $19 (29... Re2+ 30. Kb3) 30. Kxc3
Bf8 31. Bf4 Bg7+ 32. Kb3 Re4 33. g3 a5 34. h4 a4+ 35. Ka2 b5 36. Rc1 Re2+ 37.
Kb1 Rb2+ 38. Ka1 Rc2+ (38... a3) 39. Kb1 Rxc1+ 40. Kxc1 h5 41. Kc2 Kf7 42. Bd6
Ke6 0-1

[Event "Hamilton CC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Egorov, Michael"]
[Black "Zakrajsek, Aljosa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Zakrajsek,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 (4... Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6) 5. Bc4 Ngf6
6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 (7. N1f3) (7. Ne2) 7... Nb6 8. Bd3 (8. Bb3 h6) 8... Be7 (8...
Qxd4 9. N1f3 Qg4 (9... Qd5 10. Ne5 Qxg2 11. Rf1 h6 (11... Be7 12. Nexf7 Rf8)
12. Nexf7 Rg8 13. Nxe6 Kxf7 14. Nd8#) 10. h3 Qxg2 11. Rg1) (8... a6) 9. N1f3 h6
10. Ne4 Nbd5 $6 (10... Nxe4) 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. O-O b6 (12... b5) 13. Bf4 Bb7
14. Rad1 Qd5 $2 (14... O-O 15. c4) 15. Ne5 (15. c4 Qh5 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 O-O
(17... Bxd5 18. Bb5+) 18. d6 (18. dxe6)) 15... O-O (15... Qxd4 16. Bg6 (16.
Nxf7) 16... Qxf4 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Ng6+) 16. Bc4 $6 (16. c4 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qxa2
18. Ng6 $18) 16... Qe4 17. Qxe4 $2 (17. Be3) 17... Nxe4 18. Rfe1 Nf6 (18... c5
19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nf6 22. Rd3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nc6 $1)
19. Ng6 (19. Nxf7 Rxf7 (19... Kxf7 20. Rxe6 (20. Bxe6+ Kg6) 20... Nd5) 20. Rxe6
(20. Bxe6 Re8 21. c4 Kf8) 20... Re8 (20... Kf8 21. Rde1 Re8 (21... Nd5)) 21.
Rde1 Nd5) 19... Rfe8 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Bc1 Rd8 22. Be2 (22. Bb3) 22... Red7
23. c3 Nd5 24. Bf3 Rc8 (24... b5) 25. a3 c5 26. c4 $1 Nf6 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28.
dxc5 Rxc5 29. b3 b5 30. Be3 Re5 31. c5 (31. cxb5 Rexb5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. b4 Rd5
(33... a5)) 31... Nd5 32. b4 a6 33. g3 Re4 34. Rd4 $6 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Ne7 $1 36.
f4 (36. Rd1 Rd7) 36... Rd7 37. Be5 Rd3 38. Ra1 Nc6 39. Bd6 $1 Nd4 $6 (39... Rb3
) 40. Ra2 (40. a4 Nc2 41. axb5 Nxa1 42. bxa6 Nc2 43. a7 (43. b5 Nd4 44. b6 Nc6
45. a7 Ra3 46. Bb8) 43... Ra3 44. Bb8 Nd4) 40... f6 41. a4 Nc6 (41... Rb3 42.
axb5 axb5) 42. axb5 axb5 43. Ra6 Nxb4 44. Rb6 Rd1+ 45. Kg2 Rd2+ 46. Kg1 Rd1+
47. Kg2 Rd2+ 48. Kh3 Nd3 49. Rxb5 (49. c6 Nf2+ 50. Kh4 Ne4 (50... Rxd6 51. c7
$18) 51. c7 Rxh2+ 52. Kg4 f5+ 53. Kf3 Nd2+ 54. Ke3 Nc4+) 49... Nf2+ 50. Kh4 Ne4
51. Kh5 Kh7 (51... Nxd6 52. Kg6 (52. cxd6 Kh7 53. Rb6 Rxh2+ 54. Kg4 h5+ 55. Kf3
Rd2 56. Ke3 Rd5) 52... Nf7 53. Rb8+ Rd8 54. Rb7 Rf8 55. c6 $13) 52. Bf8 $2 f5
$1 53. h3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Halifax op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Black "Charlton, Glenn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "O'Donnell,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. Bh6 O-O 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8.
O-O-O b5 9. f3 Bb7 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Nge2 (11. Kb1 b4 12. Nce2 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Bxe4
14. Ng3 Bxh1 15. Nxh1) 11... c5 12. g5 Ng8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. h4 Rc8 15. h5 $2 (
15. Kb1 $16) 15... b4 16. Qd4+ (16. hxg6 fxg6) 16... e5 17. Qxb4 Qxg5+ 18. Kb1
Rfd8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rg1 Qe3 $13 21. Bh3 Rb8 22. Ng3 Bxe4 $2 (22... Kf8) 23.
Qa5 $5 (23. Qc4 d5 24. Ncxe4 Qxg1 25. Rxg1 dxc4 26. Nxc5) 23... Qh6 $2 (23...
Qxf3 24. Rdf1 Bxc2+ 25. Kxc2) 24. fxe4 Qxh3 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. Nxd6 Ne6 27. Qxe5
Ne7 28. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Halifax op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Urquhart, Eddie"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "O'Donnell,T"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 e5 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. Be3
Nd4 9. Qd2 O-O (9... Bh3 $6 10. Nxd4 (10. O-O) 10... Bxg2 11. Ne6 fxe6 12. Qxg2
) (9... Bg4) 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 b5 12. Nd1 Be6 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qd7 15.
Kh2 f5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne3 (19. Nf2) 19... fxe4 20.
dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maritime op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Doucette, Raymond"]
[Black "Mayo, Alvah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "Mayo,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bf4 $2 (3. c3) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 $2 (4... e5 $1 5.
Bxe5 Qa5+) 5. Nb3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. c3 Nc6 8. N1d2 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. h4 a5 11.
Nf3 (11. a4) 11... a4 12. Nbd2 a3 13. h5 axb2 14. Rb1 Rxa2 15. Qb3 (15. hxg6
hxg6 16. Bxg6 Qa5 (16... fxg6 17. Qb3+)) 15... Be6 16. Qxb7 Qa8 17. Rxb2 Qxb7
18. Rxb7 Nxh5 19. Bb1 Ra1 20. Rc7 Rc8 $1 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. c4 Na5 23. O-O Nxf4
24. exf4 Ba6 25. Rc1 Nxc4 $1 26. Nb3 Ra3 27. Nfd4 e5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Nc5 exd4
30. Nxa6 Ra1 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. g3 d3 33. Nb4 d2 34. Rd1 Nb2 35. Rxd2 Rxb1 36.
Nc6 Bf6 37. Rc2 Nd3 38. Kg2 $4 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Maritime op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mayo, Alvah"]
[Black "Gulati, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "Mayo,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2
c5 9. c4 O-O 10. Re1 e6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Rc2 $5 a6 13. Qa1 $1 Rc8 14. h3 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Rec1 dxc4 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Nxc4 Rc5 $4 (21... Nf5) 22. Nd6 Qd5 23. Nxe8 Nxe8 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25.
Qc3 h6 26. Qxc5 Qd2 27. Qe3 $1 Qd7 28. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Maritime op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Livingston, James"]
[Black "Mayo, Alvah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "Mayo,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 (4... Qb6 5. b3) 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 d6
7. Be2 (7. Bd3) 7... Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bd7 12.
Qb3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. a4 $6 Rfc8 15. Rac1 Rab8 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. Bf1 b5 $1 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Qc2 $2 (19. Bxb5 Na7) 19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qd2 Bg7 22.
Ng3 Be6 23. Ne2 Bc4 24. Nd4 e5 $5 25. Bxc4 $2 (25. Nc2) 25... exd4 26. Bxf7+
Qxf7 27. cxd4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rf8 29. Rf1 Qd5 30. Rd1 Re8 31. f3 Rc8 32. Qe3 h6
33. b3 b4 34. Kh1 Rc3 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qd7 Rxf3 37. Kh2 (37. gxf3 Qxf3+) 37...
Rxb3 38. Rc1 Qxd4 39. Rc7 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Maritime op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Breau, Robert"]
[Black "Mayo, Alvah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "Mayo,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 $6 (5. e4) 5... Bxc3+ $5 6. bxc3
f5 7. Ng5 $6 Qa5 8. Qb3 Nf6 9. Qb5+ Qxb5 10. cxb5 Nxd5 11. g3 h6 12. Nh3 e5 13.
c4 Nb6 (13... Nb4 14. Kd1 a6) 14. e3 Be6 15. Bg2 Rh7 $1 16. a4 Nxc4 17. O-O g5
18. f4 (18. Kh1) 18... g4 19. Nf2 e4 20. Rd1 d5 21. Bf1 Na5 22. Bb2 Nd7 23. Ra3
Nb6 24. Raa1 Nbc4 25. Bxc4 Nxc4 26. Bc1 Rd7 27. Re1 Kf7 28. h3 h5 29. hxg4 hxg4
30. Kg2 Rh8 31. Nd1 d4 32. exd4 cxd4 33. Nb2 Nxb2 34. Bxb2 e3 $5 (34... e3 $5
35. Rxe3 Bd5+ (35... dxe3 36. Bxh8)) 0-1

[Event "Maritime op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mayo, Alvah"]
[Black "Guignard, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "Mayo,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nge2 f5
9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nc1 a5 11. Nd3 b6 12. Be2 Nc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. O-O-O Rf7 15.
Kb1 Bd7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qh4 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Bg5 Qg4 21. h3
Qd7 22. Qc2 Nh5 23. Rhe1 h6 24. Be3 Qe7 25. Qc4 Ng3 26. Rc1 h5 27. Rc3 Bf6 $1
28. Ra3 Bg5 29. Bg1 Bd2 30. Rd1 Qg5 31. Bc2 h4 32. Rd3 $6 (32. Qd3 Bf4 (32...
Bb4 33. Ra4 $1) 33. Qc3 $1) 32... Nf1 $1 33. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 34. d6 Kg7 (34... Ne3
35. Rxe3 Bxe3 (35... Qxe3 36. Bb3) (35... cxd6 36. Bb3 Raf8 37. Rf3) 36. Bb3
Raf8 37. dxc7) 35. Bb3 (35. Qd5 Raf8 (35... Rd8 36. Bb3 Rff8 37. Rf3 Rxf3 38.
gxf3 cxd6 39. Rxf1) 36. d7 (36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. gxf3 Ne3 38. Qxd2 cxd6) 36... Ne3
37. d8=Q Rxd8 38. Qxd8) 35... Raf8 36. dxc7 $2 (36. d7) 36... Qf4 $2 (36...
Rxc7) 37. Rf3 Ne3 38. Qxf7+ Rxf7 39. Rxf4 Rxc7 40. Rf7+ $1 Rxf7 41. Bxf7 Nxd1
42. b6 1-0

