[Event "Budapest Elekes mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Annotator "Goldenberg,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rb1r1k1/2q1bpp1/pn1ppn1p/1p4B1/4PP1P/PNNB4/1PPQ2P1/1K2R2R w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 f5 21. Rh3 Bf8
22. Qg6+ Qg7 23. Qxe8 $18 1-0

[Event "Budapest Elekes mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lorincz, Istvan"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "Goldenberg,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3 Bd7
9. Re1 e5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Bg5 Rae8 12. dxc5 {After teh game, Istvan told me he
thought about playing 12.d5 but didn't like the closed position on the board.
I still think that the move is interesting since it provides white with more
space and black's bishop on g7 would remain bad for a while...} ({For example:
} 12. d5 $5 Na5 13. b4 $14) 12... dxc5 13. Nbd2 {The idea is to get the knight
through e3 to d5.} Be6 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. Qc1 (15. Ne3 h6) 15... f5 16. exf5 $6
gxf5 17. Bh6 f4 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Nxg4 22. Rxe6
Rxe6 23. hxg4 Qxg4 {I ended up th a rook and a pawn for two minor peices. In
general this correlation would favorise white, since they have the two minor
peices. But in this particular case I think black is batter since white' king
is not safe.} 24. Nh2 Qg7 25. Qd1 Rg6 26. Kh1 Kh8 (26... Rxg2 27. Qd5+) 27. Bd5
$2 {The best chance for white would probably be blocating the f4 pawn with the
bishop.} f3 $1 {Now all the lines and diagonals are open and the position is
probably lost.} 28. Bxf3 Rh6 29. Qd5 Qc7 30. Kg2 {Desesperation move} (30. Bh5
Qc6 31. Qxc6 (31. Bf3 Rxf3 32. Qd8+ Rf8+) 31... bxc6 32. Bg4 Rxf2 $19) 30...
Qxh2+ 31. Kf1 Rhf6 0-1

[Event "Budapest Elekes mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nemeth, Zoltan"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "Goldenberg,D"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

{I just had to win this game!} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg2
d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4
13. bxc4 Bh6 14. f4 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Rxb2 18. Qxb2 Ng4 {
I played the same variation this year in Trois-Riviers (PQ) and therefore I
knew the first 18 moves of the line...} 19. Qc1 Bg7 20. Rb1 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+
22. Rxf2 Bxf2 {After the game, russian IM, Y. Zimmerman explained me that the
whole idea of regaining back the exchange is false. Black has compensation for
the material and there are better ways to chose...} 23. Nf3 Re8 24. e4 c4 {And
suddenly I realised I can't take the pawn!} (24... Rxe4 25. Qc2) 25. e5 $5 (25.
Qb2 $5) 25... dxe5 26. Nxe5 {We were both not sure about this move. Probably
Qb2 would be better.} (26. Qb2 e4 27. Qxf2 {Maybe I would play} Qxd5 $5 {After
about 30 min of analyses we found that white can win. But would he find that
while playing? White has extra bishop for 2 pass pawns. It would be a weird
game...}) 26... f6 27. Qb2 Bc5 28. Nc6 $6 {Why exchange the bad knight on a5?}
Nxc6 29. dxc6 Qd3 $5 30. c7 $2 {Nemeth was sick while the tournament and
didn't play all his streinght. But his few last moves were really bad for his
level.} Bd6 31. Qb7 (31. Qb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb8+ Kg7 33. c8=Q Qd1+ 34. Bf1 Qxf1#)
31... Bxc7 32. Rc1 {I was thinking here for more than an hour. I sow many ways
for myself of making a draw, but I had to win the game...} Qe3 33. Qd5+ Kg7 34.
Qxc4 Bb6 {This position looked like a "dead draw", but black has a slight
advantage because white' king is not safe. But if white will exchange queens
the game wil become draw once again.} 35. a4 Rd8 36. Rb1 a5 37. Qc6 Rd2 38.
Qb7+ Kh6 39. f5 Qd4 $1 40. Qf3 g5 41. Rf1 Ra2 $1 42. Qa8 Bc5 $1 43. Qxa5 $2 {
Mistake that probably wouldn't change the final result. Nemeth was playing too
pasive and I gained a solid advantage by this point. After winning the pawn
Xa4 black has good chances for winning the game.} Ra1 {How to defend g1?} 0-1

[Event "Budapest FSIM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daamen, Ferry"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "Goldenberg,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/6kp/1r1p2p1/2p2p2/p1P1pP2/6P1/PPR1P1KP/1R6 b - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

33... Kf7 34. Kf2 {In this position Ferry offered me a draw. I declined his
offer only becuase I sow no way for myself to lose and therefore could
continue playing with no risk.} Ke6 35. e3 Rb4 {The main princip in endgames
is "never hurry up."} 36. Ke2 R8b7 37. Ke1 h6 38. h4 Rb8 39. Ke2 {Now when the
king on e2 blocates both !!! rooks I can play on the king side.} d5 $5 40.
cxd5+ Kxd5 41. Rd1+ Kc6 42. Rdd2 {You see what I ment by both rooks?} g5 $5 {
This move is very risky, but as they say in Europe: "who never risk, never
drinks champagne."} 43. h5 gxf4 44. gxf4 R4b7 {it is better to start with this
rook and to keep pressure on b2} 45. Kf1 Rg7 46. Rg2 Rbg8 47. Rxg7 Rxg7 48. Rg2
$2 (48. b4 $1 {owuld probably lead to a draw.}) 48... Rxg2 49. Kxg2 Kb5 50. Kf2
a3 51. bxa3 Ka4 52. Ke2 Kxa3 53. Kd2 Kb2 $1 ({Also winning} 53... Kxa2 54. Kc2
Ka1 $1 55. Kc1 (55. Kc3 Kb1 56. Kc4 Kc2 $19) 55... c4 56. Kc2 Ka2 57. Kc3 Kb1
58. Kxc4 Kc2 59. Kd4 Kd2 60. Ke5 Kxe3 61. Kxf5 Kf3 62. Ke5 e3 63. f5 e2 64. f6
e1=Q+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Budapest FSIM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eperjesi, Laszlo"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "Goldenberg,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. c3 b6 {I offered a draw in this position just to understand if my
opponent was trying to win with his passive opening.} 10. a4 Bb7 11. a5 Ne4 12.
a6 Bc6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 g5 15. Bg3 Rc8 ({I didn't like} 15... e5 {while
the game} 16. Nc4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. exd4 $14 {because of the weaknes of
d6.}) 16. Qb3 Ba8 17. Rfd1 Kh8 18. h4 e5 $5 {I was very patiant until now. But
Mr. IM started playing with fire. I took his invitation with pleasure.} 19.
dxe5 gxh4 20. Bf4 Bxe5 $5 21. Bxh6 Rg8 $2 {I made this move too fast.} (21...
Qf6 $1 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 {would give me a good attack on white' king. For example}
23. Nc4 Rg8 24. Rxd7 (24. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 $40 {with idea Nf3}) 24... h3 25. g3 (
25. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Qxe5 27. f4 exf3 $19) 25... Bxg3 26. fxg3 Rxg3+ 27. Kh1
Qf2 $19) 22. Qxf7 h3 23. g3 Qc7 {I spent more than an hour before playing Qc7.
It was my best practical chance. After playing the move I had less than 3
minutes remaining on the clock.} ({And suddenly I realised I was losing after} 
23... Qh4 $4 24. Bg7+ $1 $16) 24. Bf4 Rg7 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Qh5+ Qxh5 27. Bxh5
Ne5 28. Be2 Rf8 29. Nc4 $6 Nd3 $1 30. Rf1 {And here my opponnent who already
wrote B:d3 realised that something went wrong...} (30. Bxd3 $2 exd3 31. Rxd3 $2
h2+ 32. Kxh2 Rh7+ 33. Kg1 Rh1#) 30... Nxf2 $1 31. Rxf2 Rxg3+ 32. Kf1 $6 (32.
Kh2 $5 {would be better in this position, but my opponent just lost it by this
point. After he missed first Nd3 and then Nf2 he ws just trying to win on time.
.. which was very realistic.}) 32... Rfg8 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 34. Bf1 Bd5 $3 {I
consider this move as one of the best I made in Budapest. I had less than a
min on the clock...} (34... R8g2 $2 35. Rxg2 hxg2 36. Kf2 gxf1=Q+ 37. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 {and the endgame should be winning for white because the knight
is stronger than the bishop.}) 35. Nd2 R8g2 $1 36. Rxg2 hxg2 37. Kf2 gxf1=Q+
38. Nxf1 (38. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 {and this time the engame is better for
black because the bishop is active}) 38... Rg6 39. Nd2 Kg7 {In this position
Dr. Eperjesi offered me a draw without playing his move and since I had no
clue how many moves I had to make and how much time the flag will keep itself
from failing I accepted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FSIM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Black "Kapozstas, Miklos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[Annotator "Goldenberg,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Rae1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 {I had no clue
if this line was theoretical...} e5 14. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 15. exd5 exd4 16. Qxe7 Rae8
17. Qh4 f5 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Re1 Qc8 $1 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $1 21. Qe7 Qd7 22. Qxd7
Bxd7 23. Kg1 {I knew I was slightly better here and decided to play for a win
without risking anything.} Kf7 24. Kf2 h6 25. h4 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. g3 gxf4
28. gxf4 Kg6 29. Be2 Bb5 30. Bf3 ({I was not sure I can win after} 30. Bxb5
axb5 {and since my name is not FRITZ, I decided to decline this variation.})
30... a5 31. b3 b6 32. Ke1 Kh6 33. a3 Kg6 34. Kd2 Ba6 {Until now and later on
I was trying to play "slow" to make my opponent understand I "wanted a draw".}
35. c3 dxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Bf1 37. a4 Ba6 38. b4 axb4+ $2 {First mistake.} 39. Kxb4
Bd3 40. Bd1 $1 Kf6 41. Bb3 Kg6 (41... Ke7 42. Bc4 Bxc4 43. Kxc4 Kd7 44. Kb5 Kc7
45. a5 bxa5 46. Kxa5 Kb7 47. Kb5 Kc7 48. Ka6 $18) 42. Bc4 Bc2 43. Be2 $1 Kf6
44. Kb5 Ke7 45. Bf1 $1 {Never hurry up in endgames!} Bb3 (45... Kd7 $2 46. Kxb6
Bxa4 47. Bb5+ Bxb5 48. Kxb5 Kc7 49. Ka6 $18) (45... Kf6 46. Kc6 Bxa4+ 47. Kxd6
$1 $16) 46. Bd3 Bxd5 47. Kxb6 $1 Be4 48. Bb5 Ke6 49. a5 d5 50. Kc5 $1 1-0

[Event "Budapest FSIM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bognar, Csaba"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "Goldenberg,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 c5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Na3 Nc6 $1
15. O-O Nd7 $1 16. f4 Nd4 17. Bd3 b5 $1 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Ncxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxb5
Nf6 {It was the first time I could prepare for the game. One of my USA friends
let me to use his computer... Until now I spent 5 min against 1h30 for my
opponent. It is the last theoretical move.} 21. e5 Ng4 22. h3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Qa5
24. Qe2 Qb4 $1 {In comming time pressure my opponent start playing "crazy".}
25. g4 $6 dxe5 26. f5 Rxb5 $5 {I just can't play "normal" chess.} 27. Qxb5 Qd4+
28. Rf2 gxf5 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. Qe2 Bxh3 31. Rd1 Qh4 32. Re1 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Be6
34. Rg1 Bd5+ 35. Rgg2 Rd8 $17 36. Kg1 Bxg2 37. Rxg2 Qf4 38. Nc4 Qc1+ 39. Kh2
Rd1 $5 40. Nxe5 (40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qxe5+ f6 42. Qc7+ (42. Qg3+ Qg5 43. Qc7+
Kh6 $17) 42... Kh6 $17) 40... Qf4+ 41. Rg3 (41. Kh3 Rh1+ 42. Rh2 Qxh2+ 43. Qxh2
Rxh2+ 44. Kxh2 Bxe5+ 45. Kg2 Bxb2 $19) 41... Rd2 0-1

[Event "Edmonton CYCC B16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lentini, Joseph"]
[Black "Lawson, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. O-O
Nd4 9. Rb1 Nec6 10. Qd2 h6 11. h4 a6 12. f4 f5 13. Nd1 O-O 14. c3 Nxe2+ 15.
Qxe2 Bd7 16. h5 Qe8 17. Bf3 Ne7 18. Nf2 Bc6 19. Kg2 Rd8 20. Rh1 b6 21. g4 e5
22. Nh3 d5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. fxe5 dxe4 25. dxe4 fxe4 26. Bg4 Bxe5 27. Rbd1 Rd3
28. Nf2 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Bf4 30. Qe2 e3+ 31. Kh3 exf2 32. Qe6+ Qf7 33. Qe2 Nf5 34.
Qxf2 Ne3 35. Rdg1 Nxg4 36. Rxg4+ Kh8 37. Rf1 Bd7 38. Qe2 Qxh5+ 39. Kg2 Qxg4+
40. Qxg4 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "Edmonton CYCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bachand Fleurent, Julien"]
[Black "Gottlieb, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Nge2 Nd4 8. Qd2
Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Rb8 11. Nd1 Qc7 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 b5 14. Nf2 b4 15.
d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. g4 f5 20. gxf5 exf5 21. e5
dxe5 22. dxe5 Bc4 23. Nd3 Nd5 24. Bxd5+ Rxd5 25. Nf2 Rbd8 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Qb2
Bf8 28. a3 Qc7 29. Rb1 Rd7 30. Qb8 Qc6 31. Qb2 Qf3 32. Re1 Bd5 33. Nd1 Qh1+ 34.
Kf2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Edmonton CYCC B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Stevens, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Ng6+ hxg6 12. exf6+ Nxf6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. Qh4
e5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ (15... Nc6 16. Ng5+) 16. gxf3 e4 $2 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4+ (
18. Bxe4 Qe7 (18... Bb4+)) 18... Ke8 19. O-O (19. Bg5 Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Qd4) 19...
Qd4 20. Bb5+ Kf7 21. Be3 Qb4 (21... Qxb2 22. Bc4+) 22. Be2 Be6 23. b3 Be7 24.
Qg3 Rh8 25. h4 $2 (25. f4 Nd5) (25. Bf4 Nd5 26. Be5 Rh3 27. Qg2) 25... Nd5 26.
Bg5 Bd6 27. Qg2 Rxh4 $1 28. Rfe1 (28. Bxh4 Nf4 29. Qh1 Nxe2+ 30. Kg2 e3) 28...
Rh2 29. Qxh2 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qd6+ 31. Kg1 Qe5 32. Bh4 e3 33. Bc4 exf2+ 34. Bxf2
Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Bh3+ 36. Ke2 Qe5+ 37. Kf3 (37. Kd2 Qc3+) 37... Qc3+ $2 38. Be3
Qf6+ $4 39. Kg3 Qd6+ (39... Be6 40. Rf1) 40. Kxh3 Kf8 41. Bxd5 Qxd5 42. Rad1
Qf5+ 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton CYCC B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Gushuliak, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 (10... e5 11. Bxe5) 11. Qe3 Qa5 (11... Be7 12.
Be2 O-O 13. Qg3) 12. Be2 Bb4 (12... dxe4 13. Bc4 Qf5 14. g4 Nxg4 15. Qb6 Qxf4+
16. Kb1) 13. Be5 Bxc3 $6 (13... dxe4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxe4 Bd7 16. Qd4) 14.
Bxc3 Qxa2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qc3 Bd7 (16... O-O) 17. Qxf6 Rf8 18. Rhe1 (18. Bf3)
18... Rb8 (18... Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qa5+ 20. Qc3) 19. b3 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 a5 21. exd5
cxd5 (21... a4 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Bc4) 22. Bh5 (22. Bf3) 22... Qd6 23. Re5 Rc8 (
23... Rb5) 24. Rde1 Rc6 25. Rf5 Qe7 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. Rxd5 Ra6 28. Be2 Ra7 29.
Bb5 Bxb5 30. Rxb5 Rd8 31. Rbe5 Rd2 32. R5e2 Rad7 33. Kc1 R2d5 34. f4 Ra7 35.
Re4 Rad7 36. g3 Rd2 37. R1e2 Rd1+ 38. Kb2 R7d5 39. Kc3 Rf1 40. Re5 Rdd1 (40...
Rxe5 41. Rxe5 Rf2 42. Rh5 f5) 41. Rxa5 Rf3+ 42. Kc4 Rc1 43. b4 Kd6 44. Rc5 (44.
Ra7) 44... Ra3 45. Kb5 Rd1 46. Kb6 Ra8 47. Rc6+ Kd7 48. Rc7+ Kd6 49. Re3 Ra6+
50. Kxa6 Kxc7 51. Rc3+ Kb8 52. Kb6 Rd7 53. Rc6 Rb7+ 54. Kc5 Ka7 55. c4 Rd7 56.
b5 Rb7 57. Kd6 h5 58. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Edmonton CYCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yan Chong, Xia"]
[Black "Bachand Fleurent, Julien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1713"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qb6 10. Nd2 Nh6 11. Nf3 Nf5 12. g4 Ne7 13. Nh4 O-O-O 14. Kh1 Nc6
15. f4 g5 16. fxg5 Nxe5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Qc2 Bc6 19. Ng2 Qc7 20. Rad1 d4 21.
cxd4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 0-1

[Event "Edmonton CYCC B18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hacat, Kevork"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 Nd7 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 e5 15.
f5 Rfe8 16. Rac1 a5 17. Na4 Bg5 18. Rc2 Nf6 19. c5 d5 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Re1 dxe4
22. Bxe4 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Bxe5 Qc6 25. Qf2 Ba6 26. Bd6 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 d4
28. Nc4 Ra8 29. Qd1 Qe4 30. Re2 Qxf5 31. Re5 Qg6 32. Qxd4 Bb7 33. Re2 Bf6 34.
Qd2 Qf5 35. Qe1 h5 36. Ne3 Qd7 37. Nc4 Qg4 38. Ne3 Qd7 39. Nf1 h4 40. Ne3 h3
41. Kg1 hxg2 42. Nxg2 Bd4+ 43. Kh1 Bf3 44. Re7 Qc6 45. Qd2 Bxc5 46. Bxc5 Qxc5
47. Re3 Bb7 48. h3 Rc8 49. Kh2 Qf5 50. Rd3 Kh7 51. Qd1 Be4 52. Rd2 Qe5+ 53. Kg1
Rc3 54. Qg4 Rg3 55. Qh4+ Kg6 56. Re2 f5 57. a3 Rg5 58. Qe1 Qc5+ 59. Kh2 Qd6+
60. Kg1 Qb6+ 61. Kh2 Qb8+ 62. Kg1 Qxb3 63. Rxe4 fxe4 64. Qxe4+ Kf6 65. Qf4+ Rf5
66. Qd4+ Re5 67. Nf4 Qg3+ 68. Kh1 Kf5 69. Nd3 Qxh3+ 70. Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodina, Nataliya"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "St.Pierre,B"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c4 Nd4 10. cxb5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qh4 12. bxa6 Be7 13. Be3 Qe4 14. Qd3 Qxd5
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qb5+ Qxb5 17. Bxb5+ Kd8 18. O-O Bxa6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nb5 $6
(20. Nc2 $1 Bf6 21. Nb4 $18) 20... Kd7 21. Rfc1 Rb8 22. a4 Rb7 23. Rd1 Bf6 24.
Ra3 Rbb6 25. Rdd3 Rc6 26. g3 Rc4 27. Ra1 Rcxa4 28. Rad1 Rb6 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30.
Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxb2 32. Kg2 f5 33. h4 Ke6 34. Rd3 g6 35. Kf3 Rb7 36. Kf4 d5
37. Re3+ Kd6 38. Rd3 Re7 39. Rd2 Kc5 40. Rc2+ Kb4 41. Kg5 d4 42. Kf6 Re1 43.
Rc7 Ra1 44. Rxh7 Ra6+ 45. Ke5 d3 46. h5 Ra5+ 47. Kf4 gxh5 48. Ke3 Rd5 49. Kd2
f4 50. Rf7 fxg3 51. fxg3 Kc4 52. Rf3 Rd4 53. Re3 Rg4 54. Rxd3 h4 55. Rc3+ Kb4
56. Rc1 Rxg3 57. Rh1 Rg4 58. Ke2 Kc5 59. Kf3 Rc4 60. Kg2 Kd5 61. Kh3 Ke5 62.
Rf1 Re4 63. Rf8 Kd4 64. Rh8 Ke3 65. Rxh4 Rxh4+ 66. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gushuliak, Justin"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Gushuliak,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 {I had this line prepared
especially for this game, since I am very comfortable with the isolated queen
pawn positions that can result. White doesn't try for very much in this
opening, and instead puts his hopes on the ending.} Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8.
Bc2 Qxd6 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd3 11. Bxd3 Bg4 {Here I was a bit puzzled as to
how to continue with my development. Here 11...e5 has been played.} 12. Nbd2 {
After this move White has a hard time with the development of his B/c1 and I
felt that my position was a bit shaky. I planned to bring the bishop to
square-a3 after due preparation, although the immediage 12.Be4 looks playable
too. The danger for White lies in the fact that Black's kingside pawn majority
is more mobile than White's queenside majority.} e5 13. O-O Bd6 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. b3 {Another possibility to slow down Black's kingside expansion
was to play 16.Ng5 followed by the push g4. I even considered letting Black
take on f3 to give me isolated and doubled pawns on the f-file, and although
there must be something better than the text, I don't know what it is.} f5 17.
Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kh8 19. Ng5 {Now the play gets rather complicated, largely
because of the strange pawn structure.} h6 20. g4 hxg5 21. gxh5 {This obvious
weakling is destined to become a killer much later in the game!} Be7 22. Bd5
Bf6 23. Ba3 {Finally this bishop can breathe a little fresh air.} Rfd8 24. Bxc6
(24. Be6 $142) ({This looks forced, since} 24. c4 e4 25. Rad1 Ne5 {is annoying.
}) (24. Bg2 e4 {followed by 25...Ne5}) 24... bxc6 25. Rad1 e4 26. c4 Kh7 27.
Bc5 a6 $2 {A big mistake, since White is able to place his bishop on b6 and
thereafter controls the only open file on the board.} (27... Kh6 $142) 28. Bb6
Re8 29. Rd7 Rac8 ({After} 29... Kh6 30. Rd6 Rac8 31. Bd4 Rf8 32. f3 {the game
is most likely a draw.}) 30. Red1 f4 31. R1d6 Be5 32. Rg6 {White's pawn/h5
proves useful in the protection of the rook, and White's pieces become very
active.} c5 33. Ba5 $4 ({White appears to be winning after} 33. Kf1 $142 {
since Black has no constructive moves, and the obvious} Bd4 {fails to} 34. Bxc5
Bxc5 35. Rgxg7+ Kh8 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rdg7+ Kf8 38. h6 $1 {and mate next.})
33... Bd4 34. b4 e3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. bxc5 Rd3+ (36... Re1+) 37. Kf1 f3 38.
Rgxg7+ Bxg7 39. Rxd3 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Khaziyeva, Dinara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[Annotator "St.Pierre,B"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
e3 b6 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. Bc3 a5 13. f3 Nb4 14. Qb3 $2 (
14. Qb1 $1) 14... c5 15. a3 $4 a4 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Black "Egorov, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[Annotator "St.Pierre,B"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 d6 8. Nge2
Nd4 9. O-O e6 10. Nc1 Ne7 11. Nd1 O-O 12. c3 Ndc6 13. Bh6 d5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne3 Nde7 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Qe2 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 N5c6 22. Nc4 Nd5 23. Qf3 Nxf4+ 24. Qxf4 Qd5+ 25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 f5 27.
Ke2 e5 28. f4 Rfe8 29. Kf3 Rxd3+ 30. Rxd3 e4+ 31. Ke3 exd3+ 32. Kxd3 Kf6 33.
Ne3 Rd8+ 34. Kc2 Rd7 35. Rf2 Rd6 36. Kb3 Na5+ 37. Kc2 Nc6 38. a3 Ne7 39. Nc4
Re6 40. Rd2 Nc6 41. Kb3 b5 42. Nd6 Nd4+ 43. cxd4 Rxd6 44. d5 Ke7 45. a4 a6 46.
axb5 axb5 47. Kc3 Rd7 48. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bachand Fleurent, Julien"]
[Black "Gottlieb, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 d6 (5... e6) 6. Be3 $5 (6. Nf3)
6... e6 7. Nge2 Nd4 (7... Nge7 8. d4) (7... Nf6 8. h3) 8. O-O Ne7 9. Bf2 a6 $6
(9... Nec6) 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 d5 12. Bb3 Nc6 13. Re1 $2 (13. e5 $1) 13...
O-O 14. e5 f6 $1 15. Nxd4 fxe5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. fxe5 Rxf2 $1 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19.
Kg1 Bxe5 20. g3 Bxg3 21. Re2 (21. hxg3 $11) 21... Bc7 22. c3 (22. d4 $5 Bb6 23.
c3 c5 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25. Raxe1 cxd4 $13 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 $11) 22... e5 23.
Qe1 Bb6+ 24. Kh1 $5 (24. d4 Qg5+ 25. Rg2 Qf6 26. Kh1 (26. Rf2 Bf5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5
28. dxe5 Rf8 29. Re1) 26... exd4 27. Qe8+ Kg7 $132) 24... Qf4 25. Qg3 Bg4 26.
Rg2 Bf3 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Rf1 Re8 29. Bd1 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 g5 $2 (30... Bc7 $5
$17) 31. h4 h6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. c4 dxc4 34. dxc4 Kg7 35. Bf3 Rd8 36. Bxc6 Rd2+
37. Kf3 Rxb2 38. Kg4 Kf6 39. Rd1 Bc5 (39... Rxa2 40. Rd6+ Ke7 41. Rg6 Be3 42.
Rxg5 a5) 40. Rd5 Bb4 $4 (40... Rg2+ 41. Kh5 Rh2+ 42. Kg4 Rh4+ 43. Kf3 Rh3+ 44.
Ke2 Re3+ 45. Kf1 Rf3+ 46. Ke2 Rf2+ 47. Kd3 Bb4 $17) 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. Bd5+ Kd7
43. Rxg5 Rxa2 44. Rg7+ Kd6 45. Kxf4 a5 46. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Cormos, Eugen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau,P"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O (
7... a6) (7... Ne5) (7... b6) 8. O-O Ne5 (8... Bb6) 9. Be2 Qg6 10. Nd2 d5 11.
Bh5 $1 (11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxc5 Bh3 13. Bf3 Rfe8 14. Kh1 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf5) 11...
Qd6 (11... Qf6) 12. f4 N5c6 13. e5 Qd7 (13... Qh6 14. N2b3 Bxd4 15. cxd4) 14.
N2b3 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b6 $2 (16... Nf5) 17. f5 c5 $2 18. e6 (18.
Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 19. e6 Qe8 20. exf7+ Qxf7 21. Bxg7 $1) 18... fxe6 19. Bxg7 (19.
fxe6) 19... Rxf5 $5 (19... Kxg7 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. fxe6 Qd8 22. Bf7) 20. Qg4 Ng6
(20... e5 $2 21. Bh6+ Ng6 22. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1) 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Be5 $5 Qh7
(22... Rxe5 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 24. Qe8+ Kh7 25. Rf7) 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Qg5 Bd7 25.
Re1 Re8 26. Re3 $1 Qf7 (26... Qh5 $5 27. Qf6 Qh6 (27... Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29.
Kf3 Qd1+ 30. Re2 Qf1+ 31. Kg3 f4+ 32. Kh4)) 27. h4 f4 28. Qh6 $1 Qh7 29. Qxf4
Rf8 30. Qg5 Rf5 31. Qg3 Qh5 32. Bd6 $5 Bb5 33. Bf4 Qh7 34. Bg5 Qf7 35. h5 $5
Rf1+ (35... gxh5 36. Bf6+ Kh7 (36... Kf8 37. Qd6+) 37. Re7 Rxf6 38. Rxf7+ Rxf7
39. Qg5) 36. Kh2 Qh7 37. h6 Qf7 38. Re7 Qf5 39. h7+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "Goldenberg,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 $6 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 $6 7. Bd3 d5
8. Nxc6 (8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. f4
Bc5+ 14. Kh1 g6 $13) 8... bxc6 9. e5 d4 (9... Nd7 10. Qg4 Bf8 11. f4 Rb8 12.
Nd1 Ba6) 10. exf6 dxc3 (10... dxe3 11. fxg7 exf2+ 12. Kf1 Rg8 13. Bxh7 (13. Qg4
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Qc4 Bd7 16. Be4 $5 e5 17. Bf3 Rxg7 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Kxf2
Rg4 $13) 13... Rxg7 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Be4 Kc7 16. Kxf2 f5 17. Bd3 e5) 11. O-O
Qxf6 12. Be4 (12. b3 e5 13. Qh5 $5 h6 14. f4 e4 15. Bxe4 O-O 16. Rad1 Qe7 17.
Qe5) 12... O-O 13. b3 e5 (13... Ba6 14. Re1) 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Qd3 Bd4
17. b5 (17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4) 17... Bd7 18. Rfd1 (18. Bxd4 exd4
19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Qh3 Qh6 22. Qxh6 gxh6 23. Bf5) 18... Rad8 19.
Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 $6 (20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Qh3 Qh6 23. Qxh6 gxh6
24. Bf5) 20... Qxd4 21. Rxd4 c5 $2 (21... cxb5 22. Rad1 Rde8 23. f3 f5 (23...
Be6 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. R4d3) 24. Bd3 Bc6 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Re1) 22. Rd5 Bxb5 23.
Rxc5 Rd4 24. Bf3 Bc4 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Re8 27. h3 $1 Ba6 28. Bg4 h5 $2 29.
Bxh5 Rc8 $2 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. f4 $1 Bf5 32. Bd1 f6 33. Kf2 Be4 34. g3 Bf5 35.
h4 g5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. hxg5 Kg7 38. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Egorov, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Berube,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 (5. Nb3) (5. Nxc6) 5... Qf6
6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Bb6 $5 (7... Ne5 8. Be2) 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc2 (9. Na3) 9... d6 (
9... Bxe3 10. Nxe3) 10. f4 (10. Bxb6 axb6 11. f4 g5 $5) 10... Rd8 11. Bd3 Qh6
12. Qf3 d5 $6 (12... Bxe3+ 13. Nxe3) 13. e5 f6 14. Nd4 $5 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5
16. Qg3 Qh5 17. Bg5 N5c6 $6 (17... Nxd3 18. Bxe7 Re8) 18. Kh1 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Qg4
20. Qe3 Re8 21. Nc3 Qxd4 $6 22. Qf3 Bg4 23. Qg3 Bh5 $2 (23... Ne5) 24. Nb5 Qxb2
$4 (24... Qg4 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. Nxc7 Rac8 27. Nxe8) 25. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "St.Pierre,B"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. f4 e5 13. f5 Be7 14. b3 Nd7 15.
Qf2 Bb4 16. Na2 Be7 17. Rfb1 O-O 18. c4 Rfd8 19. b4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 c5 21. Bd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Nf6 23. Bxc5 Ng4 24. Qc2 Rxd5 25. Rc1 Bg5 26. Qc4 Nf6 27. Rd1
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rc8 29. Qxa6 Ne4 30. Qb6 Nxc5 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. bxc5 Rxc5 33.
Rb1 h5 34. Nb4 Rc4 35. a5 Bd2 36. Nd3 e4 37. Ne5 Rc5 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Nxf7 Rxf5
40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. g4 Rxf7 42. gxh5+ Kg5 43. a6 e3 44. Re8 Ra7 45. Kg2 Rxa6 46.
Kf3 Rf6+ 47. Ke2 Kxh5 48. Rh8+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raheb, David"]
[Black "Gushuliak, Justin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "Gushuliak,J"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 {My game preparations had discovered Raheb's liking
of this move, and I don't mind Black's position after this at all.} g6 4. Nc3
Bg7 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 $2 {Surely better here is 6...Nc6 or 6...0-0.} 7.
Qb3 $2 ({Now} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 ({Instead, I would have tried} 7... O-O {followed
by the attempt to surround pawn-d5 with ...b6, ...Bb7, ...Na6-c7 and possibly
the ...e6 advance.}) 8. Bb5+ {forces} Kf8) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O e5 $1 {
After this advance White might find his pieces slightly misplaced, such as
after 10.Nf3 Nc6 when Black threatens with 11...Na5.} 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qe7
12. e4 {Now the game focuses on the fight over the squares d4 and d5.} Bg4 13.
Bg5 Bxf3 (13... Nd4 14. Rxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Qd8 (15... Qd6 16. e5) 16. e5 $1 {
wins for White.}) 14. gxf3 Nd4 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Qd3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 {The
complications are over and the position has resolved in Black's favor. White
has two bishops, but has to contend with a strong centralized Black knight and
his own weak doubled and backward pawns on the f-file.} h6 18. Bd2 Rad8 19.
Rac1 Kh8 {Black intends to play ...f5 with an attack against White's pawn
weaknesses.} 20. Bc3 Ne6 21. Qc4 Nf4 {Black is prepared to sacrifice the
exchange for what will be huge compensation.} 22. Bb4 $2 {Tempting, but fatal.}
Qf6 23. Kh1 ({The exchange is taboo. After} 23. Bxf8 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Qg2+ 25. Ke1
Bxf8 {Black is winning with, for example} 26. a3 Qxf3 27. Rc3 Ng2+ 28. Kd2 (28.
Kf1 Ne3+) 28... Qxf2+ 29. Kc1) 23... Nxd5 24. Bxf8 Qxf3+ 25. Kg1 Nf4 26. Bxg7+
Kxg7 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Guo, Joshua"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[Annotator "Guo,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 Qb6 (10... Qxe5 11. Re1 Qb8 12. Nxd5 Bd6 13. Qg4 Kf8
14. Bd2 h5 15. Qh3 Bc6 16. Ne3 {Guo-Bath, Columbus 1997}) (10... a6 $1 11. Qe2
Ne7 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. f4 Nb4 14. Rd1 Bc5 $1 (14... Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5
17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rad1 $11 (18. f5 $5 d4 19. b4 $1 Qc7 20. Rad1 Bc6 21. Rxd4
exf5 22. b5 Be4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Qxe4 $14 {Guo-Ghobrial, Ann
Arbor 1998}) 18... Qe7 $2 (18... Bc6 $142) 19. f5 O-O $4 20. f6 $3 $18 {
Guo-Zugic, Winnipeg CCCC 1996}) 15. Bxa6 Qf2 $13) 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Kh1 O-O-O $2
(12... h6 $6 13. f4 g6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Rac1 a6 16. Qf2 $1 Nc6 17. Bb6 Qb4 18.
f5 gxf5 19. Bxf5 Qe7 20. Bh3 Rh7 21. Nxd5 $3 exd5 22. Bc5 Qg5 23. e6 O-O-O 24.
exd7+ Kb8 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 27. Qb6+ Ka8 28. Qxa6+ Kb8 29. Qc8+ {
1-0 Guo-Buss, Windsor 1999}) (12... g6 $5 13. f4 a6 14. Be3 Qd8 15. g4 $2 Rg8
$2 16. Qf2 $1 Nc6 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. f5 gxf5 19. Bxf5 $1 Ne7 20. Bg6 $3 {1-0
Guo-Pechisker, Winnipeg CCCC 1996}) 13. f4 g6 $6 (13... a6 $142) 14. Be3 Qa5 $2
(14... d4 15. Bg1) 15. a3 $1 Nc6 16. b4 Qc7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Na7+
Kc7 20. Nb5+ Kc8 21. Na7+ Kc7 22. b5 (22. Qf2 b5 $1) 22... axb5 23. Nxb5+ Kc8
24. Na7+ Kc7 25. Nb5+ Kc8 26. Qb2 $3 (26. Qf2 Be8 $8 27. Na7+ Kc7 28. Bb6+)
26... Be8 27. Na7+ Kd7 28. Bb5 Ke7 29. Qb4+ $1 Kd7 (29... Nxb4 30. Bc5+) 30.
Nxc6 Bxb4 31. Nxb4+ $1 Ke7 32. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ramaswamy, Kishor"]
[Black "Masse, Hugue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 c6 8. Qc2
Qe8 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. h3 $2 Be6 14. b5 (14.
Rad1 Qe7) (14. Rfd1) 14... Nd7 $2 (14... Qf7 $1) 15. Rfd1 Qf7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17.
Rd6 Rfc8 (17... c5 $6 18. e4 $14) 18. Rad1 Rc7 19. Qa4 Nb6 20. Qa6 e4 $2 21.
Nd4 Bxd4 22. R1xd4 c5 $4 23. Rd1 $2 (23. Rxb6 $1 cxd4 24. Rxe6 dxc3 25. Rxg6+
$18) 23... Rf8 24. a4 (24. Nb5 $1) 24... Kg7 25. a5 Bxc4 26. axb6 $5 (26. Bxc4
Nxc4 27. Re6) 26... Bxa6 27. bxc7 Bc8 28. Nd5 Bb7 $4 (28... g5 $5 29. Rd8 $1)
29. Nf4 Re8 30. Rxg6+ Kf8 31. Rdd6 Ke7 32. Rge6+ Kf8 33. Rf6 Rc8 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7
35. Nd5 a5 36. Nb6 Rxc7 37. Rd7+ Rxd7 38. Nxd7 Bc6 39. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lawson, Eric"]
[Black "Reddy, Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 (
8. O-O) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. a3 (12. Nc3) 12...
O-O 13. b4 e5 $1 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Be3 $1 (16. Ra2 Ng4 17. Ng3
Bd4) 16... Qd8 $6 (16... Qc7 $1 17. Rc1 (17. h3 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 $44 {
Stolz-Schmid, Helsinki ol 1952}) 17... Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Qe5 19. g3 Ng4 {
Hanasz-Siefert, PL ch 1986} (19... Bg4 $1 $19)) (16... Qd6) (16... Bxh2+ 17.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Rf3 Qe5+ 21. Kf2 Bg4 22. Qh1 $1 h6
23. Rd1 $13) 17. Bc5 $1 Rf7 (17... Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg3 h5 20. f4) (
17... Bxa1 18. Bxf8 $14) 18. Ra2 $2 (18. Rc1 $1 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg3 h5
21. f4 h4+ 22. Kf3 Nh2+ 23. Kf2 Nxf1 24. Kxf1) 18... b6 $2 (18... Bxh2+ $1 19.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg3 b6 21. Bd4 (21. Rh1 $1 h6 22. Bg6 Rf6 23. Nf4 Rxf4 24. Re2
Ne3 $1 25. Bxe3 Rg4+ 26. Kh2 Rxg6) 21... Qg5 22. f4 Rxf4 23. Nxf4 Ne3+ 24. Kh2
Nxd1 $19) 19. f4 $1 Bxf4 (19... Bc7 20. Bd4 Ne4 21. Rc2) 20. Nxf4 bxc5 21. bxc5
Qe7 $2 (21... Qc7 $1 22. Rc2 Bg4 23. Qa1) 22. Qc1 Bd7 23. Re2 Qf8 24. Re5 Re8
25. Rg5 Bc6 26. Bg6 h6 27. Bxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rg3 Qe7 29. Ng6 Qe4 30. Rxf6 $1 gxf6
31. Ne7+ Kf7 32. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gushuliak, Justin"]
[Black "Egorov, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[Annotator "Gushuliak,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 d5 {From this point on I did not know any
theory, and ended up spending a full hour on my first ten moves.} 5. Nxe5 Qg5 {
A very interesting position, that forced me to spend a lot of time calculating
my way into a good middlegame position.} 6. d4 Qxg2 7. Qf3 Qxf3 8. Nxf3 dxe4 9.
Ng5 Bd6 $6 {My opponent and I agreed after the game that 9...Be7 is a little
bit stronger here, since White no longer has the option of trading his knight
for the bishop.} 10. Nxe4 {At this point I was quite satisfied with my
position, although Black's position is still a hard nut to crack.} Nge7 11.
Nxd6+ {White decides to remove his opponent's bishop and subsequently
centralize his remaining knight. The game so far has actually followed an
earlier contest between two GMs!} cxd6 12. Bf4 d5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. O-O-O O-O 15.
Rde1 Rac8 16. Kb1 (16. Nb3 {is also possible.}) 16... Bf5+ 17. Ka1 {The
placement of White's king in the corner makes for interesting complications
later in the game.} f6 18. Bd6 {White wants to clear the a2-g8 diagonal for
his bishop and tries to complicate the position in an effort to accomplish
this. However, this is easier said than done.} Rfe8 19. Re3 Kf7 {Black has the
right idea for his setup, and succeeds in luring White into committing a
terrible mistake.} 20. Nb3 $4 Be4 {Black has gained access to square-e4 just
long enough to establish his bishop on an outpost.} 21. Rxe4 {The downside to
Black's maneuver is that he temporarily becomes very weak on the light squares.
} ({On} 21. Rhe1 Nf5 {wins material, and so White is virtually forced to
sacrifice.}) 21... dxe4 22. Bc4+ Kg6 (22... Kf8 {is much too risky after} 23.
Nc5) 23. Be6 b6 24. Rg1+ ({Here Black is up material after} 24. d5 Rcd8 25. Bc7
Nxd5 26. Bxd8 Rxd8) 24... Kh6 25. h4 {White tries to exploit his opponent's
king as much as possible.} g5 26. hxg5+ fxg5 27. Bxc8 {I couldn't find
anything better than this, and with only five minutes remaining on the clock
decided to recover the material while this is still possible.} Nxc8 28. d5 {
This is probably the wrong idea, and an indication of my nerves in time
trouble.} Nxd6 29. dxc6 Nf5 30. Nd2 Rc8 31. Nxe4 Rxc6 32. Nxg5 Rg6 33. f4 {
Allowing a knight ending loses for White because of Black's passed h/pawn and
the distant White king.} Kg7 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. Rg1 {Here my opponent accepted my
draw offer, made with only two minutes left on the clock.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitry"]
[Black "Xu Sheng Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5qbp/p2p2n1/P1pP1p2/1r3P2/4B1RP/3NQ1PK/8 b - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

{A difficult game I had already in the third round against young and talanted
Canadian player, and he was close even to beat me in this game.   Passing the
mutual time-trouble, I found my position worse, and I decided to make my 41st
move very quickly, keeping  my flag up. My opponent decided to make the same
to be sure about making time control moves, although he signed all his moves
on the scoresheet in the time-trouble.} 41... Nxf4 $4 {Black has missed an
easy way to get an advantage by:} (41... Rb5 {threatening to play Ne7, and
protecting a-pawn. White pawns "a" and "d" are weak, and I don't have a way to
create a counterplay.}) 42. Bxf4 {destroying the main defender of black's
position. Black king becomes vulnerable.} Rxf4 43. Qxa6 Qf8 {just protecting
d-pawn.} 44. Nc4 Rd4 {The only way to protect d-pawn was:} (44... Rh4 45. Nb6 {
and white should win this game.} (45. Nxd6 Rh6 $1)) 45. Nxd6 Kh8 {White pawn
d5 is tactically protected:} (45... Rxd5 46. Rxg7+ Kxg7 (46... Qxg7 47. Qa8+)
47. Qb7+) 46. Qb7 $1 Ra4 (46... Rb4 47. Qd7 $18) (46... f4 47. Rxg7 Qxg7 48.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. Nf5+ Kf6 50. Nxd4 cxd4 51. Kg1 $18) 47. Nf7+ Kg8 48. Nh6+ Kh8 {
And now the final blow:} 49. Rxg7 $1 1-0

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zubac, Marius"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 $1 {The way to
avoid simetrical pawn structure, and to play for a win in Slav Exchange
variation.} 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 {The position became semilar to
the Grunfeld Defense.} 10. h4 ({The normal way to play in this position is:} 
10. O-O O-O 11. c4 {and white gets the pawn advantage in the center.}) 10... h5
({Another way to prevent h4-h5 move was:} 10... Bg4 $5) (10... O-O 11. h5 {was
looking dangerous for me.}) 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ng5 Qe8 $1 {Black creates a strong
positional threat, which is e7-e5, and actually it forces white to make a
following sacrifice.} 13. Nxf7 $5 {This is such typical play going on for the
Exchange Slav Variation, already on the early stage of the game. And of course,
I was happy about it!} Qxf7 14. Bxg6 Qf6 (14... Qe6 $5 {/\Rxf4} 15. O-O $6 Qg4
{/\Bf5}) 15. Bxh5 e5 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. O-O (17. Qg6 $5 {was an interesting try
to play an unusual ending, instead of complicated position,  but I believe
that black is still better there.}) 17... Bf5 18. Qe2 Rac8 {Black rook can
create a pressure on c3, and also can be moved to the kingside by 7th rank.}
19. Rad1 exd4 (19... Rc7 20. dxe5 $1 {and pawn d5 is vulnerable.}) 20. exd4 (
20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Rd2 Rc3 $17 {black begins an activity on the queenside, on
the other hand white bishops are blocked up on the kingside and can not create
even a threat.}) 20... Bh6 $1 {Black doesn't have to think about the defense
anymore, and black needs open files on the kingside to create an attack by
itself.} 21. c4 $2 {This move enters black knight to the play.} (21. Qe3 Bxg5
22. Qxg5+ (22. hxg5 Rc7 $17) 22... Kh8 {/\Rc7}) 21... Bxg5 22. hxg5 dxc4 23.
Qxc4+ Be6 $1 {Some calculations were reqiured before making this move.} 24. d5
(24. Qc2 Bd5 $17) 24... Ne5 25. Qd4 {Missing, actually, the last chance.} (25.
dxe6 $142 $1 Nxc4 26. Rxd6 Nxd6 27. Rd1 $1 {and white has few drawing chances.}
) 25... Rc4 $1 26. Qxa7 {Now white has 4 pawns for a piece, and black has just
one pawn left. I was really warried to get some ending, even with the piece up!
} Bg4 27. Bxg4 Nxg4 28. g3 Rc3 $1 {This move I had to find and to evaluate
while playing 22...dxc4! Fortunately my calculations were correct.} 29. Kg2 (
29. Rd2 Nxf2 30. Rdxf2 Qxg3+ $19 {mating in few moves.}) 29... Nxf2 $1 {The
final break!} 30. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ $1 {It was worse to win a queen for
a rook, because black is mating now!} (31... Rxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rf3 33. Qxf3 Qxf3+
34. Ke1 {and there is a long game yet.}) 32. Ke2 (32. Ke1 Re8+ 33. Re2 Qg3+ 34.
Qf2 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Rc2+ $19) 32... Re8+ (32... Re8+ 33. Kd2 Qd3#) 0-1

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Niksic, John"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/pb2qppp/1p6/2ppN3/Pn1Pn3/1PN1P1P1/5PBP/2RQR1K1 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

19. Nd3 cxd4 20. Nxe4 $2 {Looking for unnecessary complications.} (20. exd4
Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qb4 {and the game is close to the balance.}) 20... Rxc1 21. Nxc1
dxe3 $1 22. Nd2 {That is an only to continue the fight.} (22. Rxe3 dxe4 $19) (
22. Nf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxe3 d4 $1 $19) 22... exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qc5+ 24. Kf3 (24. Re3
Re8 25. Nf1 Rxe3 26. Nxe3 Qxc1 27. Qxc1 Nd3+ 28. Kg1 Nxc1 $19) (24. Ke2 Nc2 $1
$19) 24... d4+ $6 {Here Kevin could go better way. After Kevin's move, white
king moves out of the center.} (24... Nc2 $142 $1 $19 {It keeps white king in
the dangerous zone, and black gets decisive attack.}) 25. Kf2 d3+ 26. Kf1 Bxg2+
27. Kxg2 Nc2 28. Nxd3 $4 {After the crushing attack, White didn't stand a
pressure and blundered in one move. White had few possibilities to go on,but
in all cases black gets an advantage, having the correlation of rook and two
pawns against the pair of knights.} (28. Nf3 Nxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Qd5+ 30. Nf3 $17) (
28. Nc4 Nxe1+ 29. Qxe1 $17) 28... Qd5+ 29. Qf3 $2 {White doesn't want to
continue this game!} (29. Kg1 Qxd3 30. Re2 Nd4 {White is pawn down and still
is under attack. No chance can be for white in this position, especcially
against Kevin!}) 29... Nxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ottosen, David"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1k2r/1b1n1ppp/p2qp3/2p3Pn/1p1P4/2B1PN2/PPQ1BP1P/1K1R3R w k - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

{David Ottosen was one of the main persons in organizing this event, and was
the man, who invite me to play in Edmonton. Suddenly, I found him as a good
chessplayer!} 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxd7 $1 {Canadian beauty!} Kxd7 $2 {Now black
has two big problems-the king, and the knight, cutted out on h5. White
decisively enters all his pieces to attack in few moves.} ({The better defense
was to capture other pieces of white, but not the rook.} 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3
bxc3 (19... Kxd7 20. Qa4+ Qb5 21. Qxb5+ axb5 22. Rd1+ $1 (22. Bd4 g6 $16) 22...
Ke8 23. Bxb4 g6 24. Be2 Rb8 25. Bd6 $18) 20. Rb7 $1 {Covering b-file, and
protecting the king.} (20. Qa4 O-O 21. Bxh5 cxb2 $40 {Black gets a dangerous
attack.}) (20. Bxh5 Kxd7 {and black king will be safe on e7.}) 20... O-O 21. h4
$13 {White king is open, but white pieces are very active, and probably white
gets an advantage this way.} (21. Bxh5 $2 Qd5)) 19. Qa4+ Bc6 (19... Kc7 20.
Be5+ Kd8 21. Rd1+ Bd5 22. e4 Qc1+ {Last chance!} 23. Rxc1 Bxe4+ 24. Rc2 $18)
20. Ne5+ Kc7 {The last chance for black was to capture the knight. Now
everything is finished.} (20... Qxe5 21. Rd1+ Ke8 22. Qxc6+ Rxc6 23. Bxe5 $16)
21. Nxc6 bxc3 (21... Qxc6 22. Be5+ Kb7 23. Qxc6+ Rxc6 24. Bxh5 $18) 22. Rc1
Qf5+ 23. Ka1 Qxf2 24. Rxc3 Qe1+ 25. Bd1 $1 {Black king will be mated in few
moves.  Unfortunately David couldn't save an energy untill the end of the
tournament (nobody can not be the organizer and the player of the tournament
in the same time) and even forfeited after the 8th round, but was really
successfull on the organizing ground.} 1-0

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ross, David"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1b1q1pb1/6pp/8/p3Pp2/1r1P4/Q3BPPP/1N1R2K1 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

{Despite of balanced material, black has a big advantage: passed a-pawn, pair
of bishops, active pieces. Rowson broke the defense very impressive way.} 27.
Rd2 {The threat was Rb3-b2.} f3 $5 {It wasn't even neccesary to break such a
hard way, but 27...f3 is very strong.} (27... Qb5 28. Na3 Qb4 29. Nc4 Rb1+ 30.
Bf1 Ba6 $19) 28. gxf3 (28. Bxf3 Qb5 (28... Rxd3 29. Qc2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Qd4 $19)
29. Rd1 (29. Na3 Qb4 30. Nc4 Rb2 $1 $19) 29... Rb2 30. Qa1 Rd2 $5 31. Qxg7+
Kxg7 32. Nxd2 Qxd3 $19 {White will give up a rook for a-pawn.}) 28... Qb5 29.
Na3 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 (30. Kh1 Rxa3 31. Qxa3 Qxd2 $19) 30... Bc8 $1 {The last touch.
The exponent of a strong player is the ability to make strongest moves even in
completely winning positions!} (30... Bc8 31. Rc2 Bh3+ 32. Ke1 Bf8 $1 {/\Ba3, /
\Bb4}) (30... Rxa3 31. Qxa3 Qxd2 32. Qxa4 $17) 0-1

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schulte, Oliver"]
[Black "Ross, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 c5 $6 {Black delays the development and gets a punishment for it.} (8...
Be7 {was safe and logical way to finish the development.}) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd3
$1 {White prepares the castle to the queenside, and threatens Qb5+.} a6 11.
O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 g6 {intending Bh6 and castle.  After 12...Be7 black should
spend another move on protecting pawn h7, to make the castle.} (12... Qxf2 13.
Rhf1 Qh4 14. Nf5 Qg5+ (14... exf5 15. Bc6+ bxc6 16. Rfe1+ {mating.}) 15. Kb1 {
and no defense from thr threat h2-h4.}) (12... Be7 13. Nc6 h6 14. h4 O-O 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. g4 {and white begins an attack, using the pawn h6, and breaks
by g4-g5..}) 13. Kb1 Bg7 (13... Be7 14. Nc6 $1 O-O 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. h4 $16 {
Whiite gets an immediate attack, break the kingside by h4-h5.}) 14. Qa3 $1 {
preventing the castle again.} Qf4 $2 {Missing the following blow.} (14... h5
15. Rhe1 $16 (15. Nc6 Bd7 16. Na5 (16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Rd1+ Ke8 18. Qb4 Qxb2+ 19.
Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Kxb2 bxc6 {and black is still in the game.}) 16... Qe7 $1)) (
14... Bd7 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bxa6 $16) (14... Qe7 15. Nc6 $1) 15. Bxb7 $1 Bxb7
16. Qa4+ Bc6 (16... Ke7 17. Nc6+) (16... Kf8 17. Nxe6+) 17. Qxc6+ Ke7 {White
is winning, of course, but Schulte has found a way to crash black's position.
He was really hungry for chess, missing it for 10 years!} 18. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 19.
Rd7+ Kf6 20. Qc3+ e5 21. Qc6+ Kg5 22. Rxg7 Qxf2 23. Re7 Rac8 24. Rxe5+ Kh6 25.
Qe4 Rhd8 26. Rc1 Rd2 27. g3 $1 {intending Qh4.} Rcd8 (27... Rcd8 28. Qh4+ Kg7
29. Re7+) 1-0

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Lipnowski, Irwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/pp2qp1p/4pnpQ/3b4/3P2N1/2P4R/P4PPP/1B2R1K1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

{Everything is prepared for the final break, all pieces are activated, so how
to get in? 25.Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxh7 is certainly not enough for such a great
position.} 25. c4 $1 {The point is that white needs f3-square.} Bxc4 (25... Bc6
26. d5 $18) 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Rf3 {Now everything
is working.} Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bd5 31. Rc1 Rac8 32. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Campbell, Brett"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O-O Qc7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 {Very usefull setup on this opening scheme of black- white gets
a streight attack on black king out of the opening.} Re8 10. Kb1 a6 11. g4 {
The threat is Bxf6 and g4-g5, winning h-pawn. Black reacted the wrong way.} h6
{It seriously weakens the kingside. White will open a g-file for his rooks
thanks to this move.} (11... Nf8 {was more accurate reply, without creating
weaknesses.}) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 $1 {Consiquences of h7-h6 move.} hxg5 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxg5 Bg4 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Rdg1 Qd7 18. f3 {White's attack
develops by itself.} Be6 19. Qg2 g6 20. Bxg6 $1 {Crushing the castle of black
king!} fxg6 21. Nxe6+ Qxe6 22. Qxg6 Red8 23. Ne4 {White enters another piece
to attack, and it becomes decisive.} Qf7 $2 {Black isn't standing a pressure.}
({The only defense was:} 23... c5 {planning to bring the rook  to the defense
by Ra8-c8-c6} 24. h4 {Probably the best thing for white is just to run with
the h-pawn to the queen! I didn't find a clear way for black how to stop it.} (
{It was too early for white to gain some material:} 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Rg6 Qxc4
$132) (24. Ng5 $6 Qxc4) (24. b3 $5 Rac8 25. Ng5 Qg8 26. Qf5 Rc6 {and white
doesn't have anything decisive.}) 24... Rac8 25. h5 Rc6 26. h6 Nxe4 27. Qxe4
Bf6 28. h7 Bh8 (28... Ke7 29. h8=Q $1) 29. Rg8+ Ke7 30. Rhg1 $18) (23... b5 24.
Ka1 $3 (24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Rg6 Qxc4 $132) {with the idea} 24... bxc4 25. Qh6+ Ke8
26. Rg6 $18) 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Rg7 Nxe4 (25... Qe6 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Ng5 Qxc4 28.
Rf7+ Ke8 29. Rxf6+ $18) 26. Rxf7 Nd2+ 27. Kc2 Kxf7 {Black has a great material
for the queen- rook and two light pieces, but within few moves he loses some
of them.} 28. Rg1 Nxc4 $2 {missing white's threat.} (28... Bf6 29. Rg6 Rd6 30.
Qh7+ Ke6 31. Qg7 $18) (28... Bf8 29. Qh5+ $18) 29. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huber, Gregory"]
[Black "Boehmer, Kris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1qr1k1/3bn1bp/3p1ppB/1p1PpP2/1P2B1P1/2P3NP/8/R1Q2RK1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

{In the following ephisode white finished the game by crushing attack!} 25.
Bxg7 Kxg7 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 $1 {First sacrifice!} Kxg6 28. Rxf6+ {and
second!} Kxf6 29. Qh6+ {White has enough pieces to finish the attack.} (29.
Qh6+ Kf7 30. Rf1+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Rf7 {mating.}) 1-0

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schmitz, Andreas"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4b3/8/p7/P3pk2/7p/P3K3/7B/8 b - - 0 46"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

{The ending with opposite bishops has always tendency to be drawn. In this
ending black has actually two pawns up, but this is not enough to win white
bishops for those pawns, because the colour of convertion of a-pawn is
opposite to black bishop. That's why black should be very carefull.} 46... Ke6
47. Kf3 Bh5+ 48. Ke4 Bg6+ 49. Kf3 Bf5 50. Ke3 Kd5 {Black king can not break
through the kingside, and it has to go to the queenside.} 51. Bg1 Be4 52. Bh2
Bg2 {The wanted setup is Bg2,h3 and e4, and then to move the king. G2 is the
only square for my bishop to protect both pawn.In case of black bishop is on
f5, white places his pieces  Bg3 and Kf4, and threatens to capture the bishop.
In that case black doesn't have a time to convert  one of the pawns.} 53. Kf2
h3 54. Ke3 e4 55. Bg3 Kc4 56. Bc7 Kb3 57. Kf2 Kc2 58. Bf4 Kd3 59. Bg5 Bf3 60.
Bf4 Kc4 {Still it wasn't a time to break-black has to destroy one of white
a-pawns first.} 61. Kg3 Bg2 62. Kf2 Kb3 63. Bd6 Ka4 64. Bc7 Kxa3 65. Bd6+ Ka4
66. Bc7 Kb3 67. Bd6 Kc2 68. Bc7 {White can not prevent black king of coming to
d3, because of zugzwang:} (68. Ke3 Kd1 69. Bg3 Bf3 {zugzwang!} 70. Kf2 Kd2 {
and I get wanted position.}) 68... Kd2 69. Bf4+ Kd3 70. Bg5 Bf3 71. Kg3 Bg4 $1
72. Kf2 Bf5 {Black bishop should stand on this diagonal.To understand why is
it-see forthcoming pawn ending.} 73. Bf4 e3+ $1 74. Bxe3 (74. Ke1 Ke4 {and Kf3
easily winning.}) 74... h2 75. Kg2 Kxe3 76. Kxh2 Kd4 {Now black destroyes
a-pawn, and comes with the king to b3 exactly in time. White king doesn't get
saving corner a1!} 77. Kg3 Kc5 78. Kf4 (78. Kf4 Kb5 79. Ke3 (79. Kxf5 Kxa5 80.
Ke4 Kb4 81. Kd3 Kb3 82. Kd2 Kb2 83. Kd3 a5 84. Kc4 a4 85. Kb4 a3) 79... Kxa5
80. Kd2 Kb4 81. Kc1 Kc3 $19 {Exactly in time!}) 0-1

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Yoos, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr3/5k1p/4p1p1/q1p1Pp2/3p4/1PnR2P1/P1PQ1PBP/R5K1 b - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

{It was one of the top games of the 9th round. Benjamin had about 1 minute on
his clock to complete 40 moves, and his opponent- about 10.} 31... Qa3 {
Missing a good chance to destroy annoying pawn e5.} (31... c4 $1 32. bxc4 Qxe5
$132 {Black has excellent knight on c3, and dreams about his pawn on e4!}) 32.
Bc6 Rf8 33. h4 {The queenside is blocked, and white's chance is to create an
attack on the kingside.} Kg7 34. h5 f4 $2 {Nervious move. Black destroyes his
position at once.} (34... Qb2 35. Re1 Qxa2 36. Qg5 Qa7 37. Kg2 Qc7 {and black
looks not worse.}) 35. gxf4 Rf5 $4 {Black has collapsed in opponent's
time-trouble. I don't know if the last move of black is a blunder or just a
wrong calculation, but anyway it leads to the losing position.} (35... Qb2 36.
Re1 Qxa2 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. f5 exf5 39. e6 Ne4 40. Bxe4 fxe4 41. Rh3 $1 $18) 36.
Rxc3 $1 Rc8 37. Be4 Qb2 38. Rd1 Qxc3 39. Qxc3 dxc3 40. Bxf5 gxf5 41. Rd3 {The
time-trouble is over and the rook ending is hopeless for black- he loses both
of his c-pawns.} Kh6 42. Rxc3 Kxh5 43. Kg2 (43. Kg2 Kg4 44. Rc4 {and then f3+,
and a2-a4, b3-b4 and so on.}) 1-0

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

{Wells was sharing the first place before the last round with Spraggett and
Benjamin, and could try to ger a clear first, after the quick draw between two
others.On the other hand, Rowson, had half a point less, and actually had
nothing to lose in this game!} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. h3
Bh5 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c3 O-O 9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 {White intends to
move the knight-d2 to g3 via f1,getting rid of unpleasant pin of the other
knight. White position looks very safe and stable.} c5 $1 {Only chance to get
a counterplay.} 11. dxc5 (11. Nf1 $6 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qb6 $36) 11...
Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 {Black has got a good isolated pawn on d5. Black pieces can
be entered to the game very comfortable.} 13. Bg5 ({White could try to trade
black square bishops, but it wasn't so successfull:} 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6
15. g4 (15. Be2 Rfe8 $15) 15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nfd4 a5 $132 {and white
has a number of pawn weaknesses all over.}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 Qxg6 17. Qxd5 Nc6 $44 {White's position is vulnerable.}) 14...
Nc6 15. Bf5 (15. g4 Bg6 {intending Qd8-d6, and then entering the knight to e4.}
) 15... g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 $1 {The great positional sacrifice. Suddenly white gets
worse position.} 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 f5 19. Re6 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 f4 21. Bh2 {
The point of the sacrifice is that bishop on h2 completely blocked by black
pawns, and can not be entered to the game in the close future.} Rad8 $1 {Black
doesn't spend a time on protection of h-pawn, and enters pieces to the game as
fast as it possible.  The first rank is another weakness of white's position,
and it was probably better for white to avoid exchange of pair of rooks.} 22.
Rxd8 (22. Rde1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Kg7 24. h4 $15) 22... Rxd8 23. Nfd2 (23. Nbd2 Bf7
24. Re1 (24. Rxh6 Kg7 $17) 24... Bxa2 25. b3 Na5 $17) 23... Bf7 24. Re2 Bc4 $1
25. Re1 Ne5 $1 {White even doesn' have a time to think about g2-g3 break-
every move of black creates an immediate threat.} 26. Nxc4 (26. Rxe5 Bxb3 $17)
26... Nxc4 27. Kf1 (27. g3 Nd2 $1 $17) 27... Nxb2 28. g3 f3 $1 {No one chance
for that bishop!} 29. g4 Bxf2 $1 30. Kxf2 (30. Re7 Bh4 31. Nd4 Rxd4 32. cxd4
Nc4 $19) 30... Nd3+ 31. Kf1 Nxe1 32. Kxe1 Re8+ 33. Kf1 Re2 34. Bg3 {Finally
white can move out the bishop but it is too late.} (34. Bd6 Rxa2 35. Nd4 a5 36.
Nxf3 a4 37. Nd4 a3 38. Nb5 Ra1+ {and a3-a2.}) 34... Rxa2 35. Nd4 a5 $1 36. Nxf3
a4 {The only way to stop a-pawn is to give a bishop for it, but that ending
will be totaly hopeless for white.} 0-1

[Event "Edmonton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Novikov, Igor"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/p3r1k1/2q3p1/1pPRbpNp/7P/P7/2Q2PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

{This ephisode is from last round game. Both players had 7 points, and in case
of win one could join the winners. Novikov pressured during all the game, but
now missed an easy win. What is the pressure of the last round!} 34. Nf3 $2 (
34. Rxe5 $1 {You don't have to be a strong grandmaster to find this
combination!} Rxe5 35. Qb2 Rfe8 36. Rd6 $1 (36. f4 Qxc5+ 37. Kh2 Qc4 38. fxe5
Qxh4+ 39. Nh3 $18) 36... Qc8 (36... Qxc5 37. Ne6+ R8xe6 38. Rxe6 $18) 37. Rd5
$18) 34... Bf6 35. Rd6 Qe4 36. Qb3 Qc4 {and the game was drawn on 60th move.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cummings, David"]
[Black "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "Schleifer,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 {No, this is not a drawing line! I played this
variation hoping to surprise my opponent.} 4. e3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 g6 6. b3 {At
the time, this move surprised me a little bit, but I can't remember why. In
retrospect it looks like a perfectly natural continuation.} Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. h3
Rb8 {White has disguised his intentions well, so Black in  turn decides to
bide his time with this useful waiting move.} 9. Bd3 e5 ({Also interesting is} 
9... e6 {followed by} 10. -- Ne7) 10. g4 $5 {Finally David shows his true
intentions; he wants to win!} Ne7 11. h4 h5 {Black presents his opponent with
a choice; either block the kingside or exchange and risk losing the h-pawn.}
12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. O-O-O Nf5 {Black decides to go after the h-pawn, but I must
say that I was somewhat apprehensive about taking it in view of Nd5 followed
by f4 and White generates counterplay.} 14. Bxf5 {I didn't like this move
initially, but have grown to appreciate it more in my post-game analysis.} ({
Another possibility is} 14. Nd5 {and although David was worried about his
h-pawn, after} Rxh4 ({similarly, after} 14... Nxh4 15. Qe2 {Black's pieces
aren't too well placed, and White is threatening with} -- 16. f4 {next.}) 15.
Rxh4 Nxh4 16. Qh1 $1 {it seems to me that White has some compensation. The
sacrifice may well not be 100% sound, but anything can happen while the clock
is ticking away mercilessly.}) 14... Bxf5 15. Ne4 Qd7 {Black combines attack
with defense.} 16. Qg2 Qc6 17. d3 Bxe4 {I didn't want to play this, but
thought that I would be foreced to take the knight after 18.f3 in any case,
because White is threatening 19.Ng3. By not delaying the capture, Black
prevents the opening of the f-file with gxf3.} 18. dxe4 b5 19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. f4
c4 $1 21. f5 $5 {White offers three pawns, which Black wisely declines.
Instead Black forces an advantageous endgame.} cxb3+ 22. Kb1 Qc2+ ({After} 
22... bxa2+ 23. Ka1 Rxf5 24. h5 {White has all the fun!}) 23. Qxc2 bxc2+ 24.
Kxc2 gxf5 $2 (24... Bf8 {offered better winning chances. David now has little
trouble forcing the draw.}) 25. Rxd6 fxe4 26. Rhd1 Rb8 27. R6d5 $1 Rxh4 28.
Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5+ Kf8 30. Rd7 Rh2+ 31. Kc3 Rxa2 32. Rf5 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Black "Tipu, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "Schleifer,M"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 b5 {This is the first time I have had this line played
against me in a slow game, and since this was the critical last round
encounter I was pleased to see that my opponent was in an aggressive mood.} 3.
Nd2 Bb7 4. Ngf3 h6 $6 {I don't like this move. Vincent plays very aggressively,
claims the two bishops, but in exchange gives White a structural and space
advantage.} 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. e4 Rg8 7. g3 ({This is ok, but} 7. Bxb5 Rxg2 8. Qe2
{looks more promising.}) 7... a6 8. Bg2 e6 9. Qe2 d5 10. c3 {White safeguards
square d4, and in some cases plans to advance with a4 to open the position to
his advantage.} c5 $2 {Vincent continues to play with fire; but it is
difficult to suggest moves for him, since it is already unclear where he
should put his king.} ({For example} 10... Nd7 11. a4 $1 b4 12. c4 {is good
for White.}) 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. O-O c4 {Black has sensed the danger and tries
to prevent the opening of any further lines.} 13. b3 $1 {All of White's pieces
are ready, and it's time to open the position.} Qc7 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Nh4 {
White removes his opponent's best piece.} Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Nd7 17. d5 $1 {Going
after Black's king is stronger than grabbing for pawns.} Qe5 ({After} 17... e5
18. Ne3 {there won't be too many volunteers ready to defend Black's position.})
18. Ne3 $1 Qxc3 (18... exd5 19. Qf3 Nb6 20. Nexc4 {does not look very
appealing, so Vincent decides to die with his boots on.}) 19. dxe6 Ne5 $4 ({On
} 19... fxe6 {follows} 20. Nd5) 20. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Sarnia Chemical Valley op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jackson, David"]
[Black "Phillips, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 Nb8 5. Nxe4 e6 6. c4 exd5 7. cxd5 Bf5 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. O-O
Rd8 15. Qb3 Bd6 16. f4 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 Bb6 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. f5 Na6 20. f6 Bd4 21.
fxg7 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxd5 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Rad1 1-0

[Event "Kingston ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Coppin, Wayne"]
[Black "Dixon, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 (10... a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 $5
Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 Nd5 $11 {NCO})
11. Nb5 $5 (11. c3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5+ Ke7 15. g3 a6 16. Ba4
Rhd8 17. Qf3 h6 18. Bb3 Rab8 $14 {Ivanchuk-Ehlvest, Manila ol 1992}) 11... Qc5
(11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rc8 13. b3 a6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Rxd6 O-O (15... Bb5 16.
Bxb5+ axb5 17. Rb6 O-O 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Rxb7 Rxc2 $11 20. Rxb5 $4 Rxa2 $1 {0-1
Peterman-Badestein, cr 1993})) (11... Qb8) 12. Qe2 a6 (12... Rc8 13. Bd3 a6 14.
Be3 Qe5 15. f4 Qh5 16. Qxh5 Nxh5 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Kh1 O-O $11 {
Karovich-Glek, cr SU ch 1988}) 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Nd4 (14. f4 $5 Qb8 15. Nd4 b5
16. Bb3 Be7 17. f5 $1 e5 18. Nf3 O-O 19. Rad1 Qc7 $14) 14... b5 15. Bb3 Qc7 16.
Rfe1 (16. Rad1 $142 $14) 16... Bd6 17. Nf5 $5 Bxh2+ (17... exf5 $4 18. Bb6+)
18. Kh1 O-O 19. Nxg7 $6 Kxg7 20. Bg5 (20. g3 $2 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3 $1 22. Rg1
Bc6+ $1 $19) 20... Bc6 $1 21. Qd2 Ng8 $2 (21... Ne4 $1 22. Qe3 (22. Qd4+ Be5 $1
23. Qe3 Kh8 $1) (22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. Bh6+ Kh8 $1 (23... Kg8 $5 24. Qg5+ Bg6 25.
Qf6 Be5 $1 {Panjwani,R}) 24. Qg5 f6 $1 25. Qh4 $5 Bxg2+ $1 (25... Rf7 26. Qxe4
Re8 27. g3 Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qxg3 $17) (25... Be5 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Qxe4 Qd6 28. c3
f5 $15) 26. Kxg2 Rg8+ $1 27. Kh3 (27. Kh1 $4 Qc6+ 28. Kxh2 Qg2#) (27. Kf1 $4
Rg1+ 28. Ke2 Qe5+ $1) 27... Be5 $1 (27... Qe5 $2 28. Re1 $1) 28. Bxe6 Rge8)
22... Kh8 $1 (22... Nxg5 $2 23. Qxg5+ $11) 23. f3 $4 Ng3+ $1 24. Kxh2 Nf1+) 22.
Bh6+ $1 Nxh6 (22... Kh8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 $15) 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ $1 Kg8 25.
Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Halifax op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kenney, Jason"]
[Black "Gulati, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.08.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. e5 Nxd4 7. exf6 Nxe2 8.
fxg7 Rg8 9. Ngxe2 Rxg7 10. Bh6 Rg8 11. O-O-O c6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Rhe1 Bf5 14.
Ndb5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 Rc8 16. Nxc7+ Rxc7 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Be3 b6 19. b3 Kd7 20. Bg5
Rgc8 21. Bb5+ 1-0

