[Event "New York MCC Jack Collins"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 ({I wanted to enter the position after} 8... Qa5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. cxd4
Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Bb5 $5 {as Lesiege with white played against me in an
active game (Montreal, March 1999).  I was not able to find a good
continuation over the board and I lost the game. During my game against
Kreiman I decided that this line was worth a try.}) 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 {10.
Rd1 is slightly more accurate.} Bg4 11. Rd1 Bxf3 $146 12. gxf3 O-O 13. d5 Ne5
14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O Qd7 {Black has completely equalized.} 16. Kg2 Nc4 {
Otherwise white plays Rc1 followed by f4.} 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rc1 ({I did not
like} 18. Bxa7 {because of} f5 $1 {and black is better.} 19. Qe2 fxe4 20. fxe4
Qa4) 18... b5 ({Black could also play} 18... Rfc8 19. Bxa7 Rxe4 $11) 19. Rxc4
bxc4 20. Bd4 {I was not happy with the result of the opening.  My opponent
equalized too easily and it was even me who had to be more careful.  Now I aim
to exchange my opponent's powerful dark-squared bishop and at the same time
centralize my queen.} Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Qa4 23. e5 {I tried to get a
passed pawn.} Qb5 24. Rc3 ({Also possible is} 24. d6 exd6 25. exd6 Qg5+ 26. Qg4
$11) 24... Rd8 (24... Rc5 25. f4 Rxd5 26. Qxc4 $11) 25. d6 exd6 26. exd6 Qc6
27. Rxc4 Qxd6 $2 {This is clearly a mistake.  Black either let his guard down
or overlooked my 29th move.} (27... Rxd6 {leads to a dead drawn ending} 28.
Qxa7 Qxc4 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qxd6 Qxa2 $11) 28. Qxa7 Qd5 {Here my opponent
offered a draw.  I spent about 10 minutes thinking whether or not to accept it.
I found a way to play for a win so the game continued.} 29. Qe7 $1 {The only
way to keep fighting for a win.} (29. Qc5 $6 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Ra8 31. Rc2 Ra3 {
should be an easy draw.}) 29... Ra8 (29... Qxc4 {is bad due to} 30. Qxd8+ Kg7
31. Qa5 {with a4, Qb5, a5-a6 to follow.}) 30. Rc2 h5 (30... Rxa2 {looses to}
31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rd8 $1 {For example} Qf5 (32... Qc4 33. Qe5+ Kh6 (33... f6 34.
Rd7+ Kh6 35. Qxf6 $18) 34. Rd4 $18) 33. Qf8+ Kf6 34. Rd6+ Kg5 35. Qd8+ Kh6 36.
Rd5 Qe6 37. Qf8#) 31. h4 {In order to free my queen by preventing check on g5.
[Diagram]:  The doubled f-pawns are actually not a weakness, but a strength. 
They provide excellent shelter for the white king.} Kh7 32. Qe4 Qd8 $6 {Better
option was exchanging the queens.  My opponent was probably hoping for some
perpetual check, so he decided to keep the queens on board.} ({After} 32...
Qxe4 33. fxe4 Ra3 {the rook ending should still be drawn.}) 33. a4 {I think
that now black is lost.} Ra5 34. Rb2 $1 Ra7 35. Rb5 Re7 $2 {Speeds up the
deafeat.} 36. Rxh5+ Kg8 37. Rd5 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Qb4 Kh7 40. a5 Qd3 41.
Qb7 Qc4 42. a6 Qxh4 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qc5 Qd8 46. a7 Kh6 47. Qb5 (
47. Qc6 {leads to a quicker win.}) 47... Kh7 48. Qe5 ({Or} 48. Qb7+ Kh6 49. f4
Qh4 50. Qf3) 48... Kh6 49. Qb8 Qg5+ 50. Kh1 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Qd2 52. Qh8+ Kg5 53.
Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "New York MCC Jack Collins"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Gross, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {I did not expect a Grunfeld from my opponent. 
In the database, I only found that he played the King's Indian. He probably
decided to play the Grunfeld after seeing how I played against it in the first
round.  Fortunatelly for me, after the first round I analyzed the game and 
looked up where I could have imroved.  There are actually two David Gross in
the World, one from Germany (my opponent) and one from Czeckoslovakia. Later
in the tournament I heard some players complain how they were preparing for
the wrong person.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {Since my opponent did not play Grunfeld
before or at least he started playing it recently, I was tempted to play 5.Na4.
} 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 {This move avoids the line that
Kreiman played against me in the first round.  Black's best reply is to go
into the endgame like he did in the game.} Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11.
Bxd2 ({After} 11. Kxd2 {black should be able to equalize.} O-O 12. Bb5 $5 Rd8
13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. Rc7 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rxe7 Bxd4 18. Rxb7 Rac8
$11 {Petronic-Kapetanovic, Jugoslavija 1992 (ECO)}) 11... O-O 12. Nf3 e6 13.
Bb5 a6 $2 {My opponent already spent one hour and ten minutes.  He was
probably trying to rush a little bit and so it is understandable that he made
a mistake.} ({Correct move is} 13... Nc6 {as given by the ECO.} 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Bb4 Rfd8 17. Bc5 f6 18. Nc4 Ba6 $13 {V. Lazarev-Ernst,
Oberwart 1991.}) 14. Bb4 $1 {Winning an exchange.} axb5 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Rxc8
Rxa2 17. O-O ({I spent ten minutes looking at giving back the exchange with
Rxb8, but then I decided that there is no reason to do that.} 17. Rxb8 Ra1+ 18.
Ke2 (18. Kd2 Rxh1 19. Ne5 Kg7 20. Rxb7 Rxh2 21. Nxf7 Kg8 22. Nd8 $14) 18...
Rxh1 19. Ne5 b4 20. Nd7 b3 21. Nxf8 Kg7 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Rxb7+ Kf6 24. Rxb3
Rxh2 25. Rb6 $18) 17... Na6 18. Ne5 {Even though it is an endgame, I was
playing for the attack.} Kg7 19. Nd7 Ba3 20. e5 b4 ({I was more concerned about
} 20... Rd2 {although I am still winning.} 21. Nf6 Bf8 (21... Rxd4 22. g4 $16
Be7 23. Rg8+ Kh6 24. f4) 22. Ne8+ Kh6 (22... Kg8 23. Rfc1 Rxd4 24. Kf1 b4 25.
Nf6+ Kg7 26. Rxf8 Kxf8 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. g4 $18) 23. f4) 21. Nf6 b3 22. Rg8+ Kh6
{Here I found a beautiful win.} 23. h4 {As soon as I played 23. h4, I noticed
that there was a much easier win with} (23. f4 Be7 24. Rf3 {and mate with Rh3
cannot be stopped.  Still, even if I saw this before I played 23.h4, I am not
sure that I would have played it.}) 23... Be7 24. g4 Bxf6 25. exf6 b2 26. f3
Ra1 27. Rg7 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 29. Kg2 {[Diagram]:  Black got a new queen,
but not for a long time.  The only way that black can stop the mate (g5+ and
Rxh7mate) is by giving up the queen.} Qc1 30. g5+ Qxg5+ 31. hxg5+ Kxg5 32. Rxf7
Kf5 33. d5 $1 {and black resigned since} exd5 34. Rxb7 Kxf6 35. Rb6+ {leaves
me up a rook.  After this game, I felt that no matter what happens in the rest
of the tournament, I fullfilled my part.} 1-0

[Event "New York MCC Jack Collins"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bonin, Jay"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {I wanted to show that the Grunfeld is not a bad
opening.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ {A rare line
which my oponnent has successfully employed earlier.  He beat some strong IMs
with this line, Maurice Ashley and J. Ady.} Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11.
Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qd2 (14. Rxc6 {is another try.  Then the
game Sokolov,I-Leko, P, Sarajevo 1999 continued} Qxa2 15. Rc7 Qe6 16. h3 Qd6
17. Rc5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 a5 19. e5 Qd7 20. Ra1 a4 21. Qd1 Ra7 22. f4 Rfa8 23. d5
Ra5 24. Qc2 a3 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Qd3 Qxd5 {1/2:1/2}) 14... Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Rfd8
16. Nb3 a5 17. Rxc6 (17. e5 Be6 18. Rxc6 a4 19. Nc5 Bxa2 20. Ra1 {was played
in Bonin, J-Ady, J, New York 1999.  Black continued} Rdb8 ({Much better what I
would have played:} 20... Bd5 21. Rc7 a3 22. Rxe7 a2 $17) 21. h3 Rb1+ $2 22.
Rxb1 Bxb1 23. Nxa4 Bxe5 $4 24. Nb6 Be4 25. Rc1 {1-0  My opponent taught for
almost ten minutes and decided not to repeat 17. e5.}) 17... a4 18. Nc5 Be2 $1
(18... Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. f3 Bc8 21. Rc7 $14) 19. Re1 Bxd4 {My opponent
took a walk after he made his 19th move and as he was getting back into his
chair he offered me a draw which I accepted.  All of this has been played
before.  The game Razuvaev, Y-Tseshkovsky, V/ Minsk USSR (ch) 1979 continued
20. Rxe2 Bxc5 21. g3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd2 23.a3 Rb8 24.Rc4 Rbb2 25.Rf3 Rb3 1/2:1/2
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York MCC Jack Collins"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Young, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Bd6 {I
did not know about this move before.  It must be worse than the usual Be7.} 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O-O {Since black has weakened his kingside
by playing h6, I wanted to try and exploit this by castling queenside and
launching an attack on kingside.} (11. g4 {immediately is interesting.}) 11...
Qa5 12. Kb1 {Useful prophylactic move.} b5 13. g4 {It is necessary to act fast
and launch an attack as soon as possible.} b4 (13... Nxg4 14. Rhg1 Nxh2 (14...
Ngf6 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. Bxg3 $44) 15. Nxh2 Bxh2 16. Rg2 Bd6 17. Nxd5
cxd5 18. Qc6 Qc7 19. Rdg1 $18) 14. Ne2 ({If} 14. Na4 {then} Nb6) 14... Ne4 (
14... Nxg4 15. Qxc6 $16) 15. Qxc6 {Here I thought I was close to winning, but
it turned out that it was not the case.} Rb8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 ({I did not
like} 17. Qxd6 {because of} exf3 18. Nc1 Re6 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qf5 Rb5) 17... Qb6
{My opponent was already getting into time trouble.  In the second round, he
lost a winning position against Jay Bonin due to time trouble.} 18. Qc2 ({
Black has a lot of activity and compensation for a pawn after the queen
exchange.} 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. h3 Ba6 20. Nc1 Nd5) 18... Ba6 19. Nc4 b3 $1 {I
did not seriously consider this move.  Who would have thought that black would
want to exchange queens and go into a pawn down ending.} 20. axb3 Bxc4 21. Qxc4
Qxb3 22. Qxb3 Rxb3 {It turns out that black has an anoying pressure along the
b-file.} 23. Rd2 Nb6 24. Rc2 Rb8 25. Nc1 $2 ({I missed an easy win with} 25.
Bg3 Bxg3 26. Nxg3 {If} Na4 27. Ka2 $18) 25... Rb5 26. Bg3 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Nd5 ({
Here black had an amazing saving resource. However, being extremely short of
time (around 1and a half minutes to reach move 40), it is no wonder that he
was not able to find it.} 27... Nc4 $3 28. Rxc4 Rxb2+ 29. Ka1 Rb1+ 30. Ka2
R8b2+ 31. Ka3 Rb6 32. Ka2 ({Instead of repeating moves, I could try 32.Rh5 or
32.Rh2, since it would not run any risks of losing.} 32. Rh5 Ra6+ 33. Ra4 Ra1+
34. Na2 Rxa4+ 35. Kxa4 Rxa2+ 36. Kb4 Rxf2 37. Re5) (32. Rh2 Ra6+ 33. Ra4) 32...
R6b2+ 33. Ka3 Rb6 $11) 28. Na2 (28. Rh5 {immediately is also good.}) 28... a5
29. Kc1 a4 30. Rh5 $1 g5 $2 {Black's position due to time trouble quickly goes
from worse to lost.} 31. Rxh6 a3 32. Rhc6 (32. bxa3 Rb1+ 33. Kd2 Rf1 34. Rh2
Nf6 35. Ke2 Rbb1) 32... axb2+ ({Better is} 32... Rxb2 33. Rxb2 Rxb2 34. Rc2 $16
) 33. Kb1 Rb3 34. Rc8+ Kg7 $2 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rxb2 Rh8 37. Rb5 Nf6 38. Rxg5+
Kh6 39. Rf5 Kg6 40. Nc3 Nxg4 {My opponent has somehow managed to make the time
control, although it makes no difference now.  He could have resigned here
with a clear conscience, but he decides to prolong the game some more.} 41. Rf4
f5 42. Nxe4 Rh2 43. Kc1 Rh1+ 44. Kd2 Rb1 45. Nd6 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Rb1+ 47. Ke2 Rb2+
48. Kf1 Nh6 49. Nc4 Ra2 50. Ne5+ Kg5 51. Kg2 Ra5 52. Rh4 Ra2 53. d5 1-0

[Event "New York MCC Jack Collins"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 {A rare move.  More popular options
for black are 4....c5, 4....0-0, and 4...d5.} 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 Qe7
8. Nf3 {I think that 8.Bd3 followed by Nge2 and a3 is a better try.} b6 9. Be2
Bb7 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 g5 12. Bg3 h5 {Even though I thought that black is
better here and that it was easier to play this position for a win than in the
next stage score an extra 1/2 playing GMs, I offered a draw to make sure that
I qualify for the GM stage without having to go through play-off.  Kreiman
forfeited his game against IM Jay Bonin.  So if I had lost this game, there
would have been a three-way tie with 3.5/5, and the play-off would be next day.
If my opponent had refused a draw, he would have put the pressure on himself
to play for a win from a worse position.  With this draw he still had an
excellent chance to obtain an IM norm in the Category 6 tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York MCC Jack Collins"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 {Our game from the Toronto
International Open 1998 went...} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 {This came a bit as a
surprise to me.  I expected my opponent to play 6...Bf5.  GM Stripunsky gives
a line in the ECO} (6... Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 Nd7 10. Kd2 Qa5 11.
Nh4 Bg6 12. Bd3 b5 13. a4 Bxd3 14. Kxd3 b4 15. Ne2 Rd8 {(Gretarsson-Stripunsky,
Wijk aan Zee 1996.) and now Stripunsky recommends} 16. Rhc1 {(with the plan of
playing Kd2-e1) and evaluates the position as slightly better for white.} {
However, after 16.Rac1 there is  a simple} c5 {and the black is better.  Of
course, I would not have followed the lines given by my opponent.  I prepared
a deviation from the lines given in the ECO, and maybe I will use it sometime
in the future.}) 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4 {is more common.  7. Bxf6 is little-known
sideline. (change)}) 7... Qxf6 8. Qb3 Bd6 9. e3 O-O {Another way to play is to
delay castling and wait for  white's intentions  by playing Qe7, Nd7-f6, Be6
and then either 0-0-0 or 0-0.} 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O-O {Castling kingside is
safer, but then it would be hard to imagine that someone would lose the game. 
Castling queenside is riskier but also more entertaining.} Be6 12. Rhg1 Na6 13.
g4 g6 (13... Qf6 14. Be2) 14. Bxa6 {I could not see any other viable
alternative.} bxa6 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. Qe2 Rab8 17. Nd2 $2 {This is truly a
horrible move.  I wanted to move the knight to the queenside to protect the
king, but this passive move is just not in the spirit of my earlier play.} (17.
g5 $1 {is much stonger and after} hxg5 18. Nxg5 {with h4 to follow, white's
attack comes first.} {If 18...} Bxh2 {then} 19. Rg2 Bd6 20. Rh1 {with a
dangerous attack.}) 17... c5 {Here, I was very mad at myself for not playing
g5 on the previous move.  Instead of attacking, now I am forced to defend.} 18.
dxc5 Be5 $6 ({I was a lot more concerned about the simple} 18... Bxc5 19. Nb3
Bb4 20. Rd4 Rfc8 21. Kb1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rxc3 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kxc1) 19. Nb3
Bxc3 20. bxc3 d4 $5 (20... Qxc3+ 21. Qc2 Qe5 $13) 21. exd4 (21. Nxd4 Qe5 {or
Rfc8 is better for black.}) (21. cxd4 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3 {and after Rfb8 white
king cannot find a safe haven.}) 21... Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Kc2 Rb7 (23...
Rfb8 24. Rb1 {is winning for white.}) 24. Rge1 {Taking control of the e-file. 
At this point, both of us were getting into mild time trouble.} Qc6 25. Qc4 (
25. Rb1 {was probably stonger.  After} Rfb8 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. Qd2 $1 {white is
better.  It is very difficult to calculate all the variations and correctly
evaluate the position.}) 25... Rfb8 26. d5 (26. Rb1 {is bad as after} Rxb1 27.
Rxb1 Qe4+ 28. Qd3 Qxd3+ 29. Kxd3 Rxb1 30. c6 Rb8 31. d5 Rc8 {white is lost.})
26... Rb2+ 27. Kd3 {Even though my king is in the center with all  the heavy
piesces on board, white king has sufficient protection;.} Qf6 28. f4 Qh4 29. d6
Qf2 30. Qd5 Qc2+ 31. Kd4 Qf2+ (31... R8b4+ 32. cxb4 Rxb4+ 33. Ke5 Qc3+ 34. Rd4
Qxe1+ (34... Rxd4 35. Qxd4 Qxe1+ 36. Qe4 Qc3+ 37. Kd5 {is also winning for
white.}) 35. Kf6 Qh4+ 36. g5 {and white wins.}) 32. Re3 Re8 $2 {This is the
only real mistake on black's part.  However, at this point it was a big time
scramble.  My opponent had about 1 minute to reach move 40, and I had about 2
minutes.} ({Black had a draw by a perpetual check with} 32... Rd2+ 33. Rxd2
Qxd2+ 34. Rd3 Qf2+ 35. Kc4 Qa2+ $11) 33. Qf3 {Now it's an easy win for white.}
Rd2+ 34. Kc4 Rxe3 35. Qxf2 Re4+ (35... Rxf2 36. d7) 36. Qd4 $1 {[Diagram:]} 1-0

[Event "New York MCC Jack Collins"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 Qb6 {Black has the option of transposing
the game into a line of a Queen's gambit accepted after 4....dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5,
or into the Catalan after 4...e6 5.g3.} 5. Qc2 {This move has only been seen
twice (Fedorowicz-Zaremba, Manhattan CC-ch 1999 and Chernuschevich(2380)
-Kludacz(2035), Sollentuna op. 1995).   5.Nc3 and 5. c5 are usual  moves in
this position..} g6 {American junior Andrei Zaremba played 5....Nbd7 and
managed to draw.  The point of my move is to gain tempo for development.  
After only five moves, both of us are on our own.} 6. cxd5 Bf5 7. Qa4 $1 Nxd5 {
Here I offered a draw because I wanted to see if Fedorowicz was in a fighting
mood as the position now I felt could not be worse for black.  I needed only 1/
3 for the GM norm, so a draw with black is quite all right.} ({Black does not
have enough compensation for the pawn after} 7... Bg7 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. e3 O-O
10. Na3) 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nc4 Qd8
14. Qb4 {Here Fedorowicz offered a draw which I of course accepted.  The final
position is completely equal, for example} Nb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York MCC Jack Collins"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {GM Serper plays many different lines
against the Slav, so I did not really know what to expect.  Against IM (now GM
elect) Barcenilla he played the exchange variation and the game was drawn in
less than ten moves.  I knew that he would not play the exchange variation
against me because he had to play for a top prize.} Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 {
Already at this point, I forgot the theory} 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 ({Idid not
like} 8... Qc7 {because of Bd2 and Rc1 when the black queen is misplaced on
the c-file.}) 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qxb3 12. axb3 Bd6 13. h3
O-O-O {New move.} 14. Kc2 a6 {Just the type of positional game that I expected.
I wanted to bide time and wait to see what my opponent planned to do.  I
played a6 because if I decided to play c5 he would not have a Nb5 reply.} 15.
g4 Bc7 16. Bd3 Ng8 {It is obvious that white wants to try to break trough on
the kingside with the plan of h4, Rh3, Rdh1, h5.} 17. h4 Ne7 18. Rh3 f5 (18...
e5 {leads to complete equality after} 19. cxd5 exd4 20. exd4 Nf6 21. dxc6 Nxc6
{.  I did not play e5 because I did not wish to open up the position since my
opponent has the bishop's pair.}) 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Be1 Nh5 22. Ne2
(22. Rxg6 f4 $1 (22... Nxg6 23. Bxf5+ Kb8 24. Bxg6 $11) 23. Rg5 fxe3 24. Ne2
Rde8 {is slightly better for black.}) 22... Kd7 $6 (22... Rhe8 {is better since
} 23. e4 {is bad for white after} dxe4 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Nf5 26. Bxf5+
gxf5) 23. e4 Ke8 24. Bb4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Nf4 26. Nxf4 Bxf4 {The dubious king
manouver made my position critical.} 27. Bxe7 $6 {GM Serper had less than 10
minutes to reach move 40 at this point.  Going into the opposite colour bishop
ending makes defensive task easier.} ({I was much more worried about} 27. exf5
{although after} g5 {black should be able to salvage a draw.} {For example} 28.
Kc3 Rd7 29. Bxe7 (29. Rhh1 Rxh4 30. Rxh4 gxh4 31. Rxg7 Nd5+) 29... Rxe7 $14)
27... Kxe7 28. Rxg6 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxd4 30. Rxg7+ Kf6 31. Rg6+ Kf7 32. Rg4 Rd2+
(32... Rxe4 33. Rf3 $16) 33. Kc3 Rf2 34. Rf3 Rxf3+ 35. Bxf3 Be5+ 36. Kb4 Bf6 {
Here I was very happy as I worked out that the game is a dead draw now.  This
inspired me to take extra time making each move just to make sure that I do
not overlook anything.  I thought about sitting on my hands, but then decided
that just taking my time is enough and bizarre measures were not required.} 37.
Kc5 Rxh4 38. Rxh4 Bxh4 39. Kb6 Ke7 40. c5 Bf2 41. b4 Be1 42. Kxb7 Bxb4 43. Kxc6
Kd8 44. Kb6 a5 45. Bg4 Bd2 46. c6 Bf4 47. Kxa5 Kc7 {and after Be3 the position
could not be any more drawn.  [Diagram]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York MCC Jack Collins"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

{I already had enough points for the GM norm before this game, but I would not
have been able to get the norm if my last round opponent did not show up.  The
reason was that I would need to play nine games.  The only time that I was
worried in this game was before my opponent made any moves as he was 30
minutes late for the game.} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
Be2 (6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4) 6... O-O 7. O-O e6 8. dxe6 $5 {A normal move here
would be Nd2.  I decided to try to make the game  more interesting but
unfortunately it backfired.} Bxe6 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. f4 Nd4 11. Nxe6 $6 ({I should
have opted for more interesting} 11. f5 $5 gxf5 12. Bd3 Bd7 (12... fxe4 13.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 h6 15. Qh5 $13) 13. exf5 $13) 11... fxe6 12. Be3 {At this
point the position is equal.} Qb6 13. Rb1 Qc6 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nd5 (15...
Ng4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nxe5 19. Qe3 $11) 16. Qc4 $2 {After
this move I am slightly worse.} ({Much better is} 16. e5 Rxf4 17. Nxd5 Rxd4 18.
Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. exd6 Rxd6 $11) 16... Nxf4 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Bf3 Rab8
19. Na4 Be5 20. b3 Kg7 21. g3 $6 (21. Nb2 {is the best alternative} Bd4+ 22.
Kh1 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 $11) (21. Rfd1 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Ng5 23. Ke2 Bxh2 $19) (21. Rbd1
$15 {leaves Na4 stranded as there is no more possibility of Nb2.}) 21... Nh3+
22. Kg2 Ng5 23. Nb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 {Black has an undisputable advantage in the
endgame as the knight is better than the bishop.  With good defense, white can
draw but in praxis black has bigger chances of winning than white of drawing.}
c5 25. c3 a5 26. Rd2 Rb6 27. h4 Nf7 28. Bg4 Re8 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Rfd1 Rd8 31.
Kf2 Kf6 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Rf1 Ra8 34. Rb1 h6 35. Rdb2 a4 36. bxa4 (36. b4 a3 37.
Rd2 $15) 36... Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Rxa4 $17 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Rb6 $2 {A blunder in
time pressure.} (39. Rb2 {offers decent chances of survival.}) 39... Rxa2 40.
Rxd6 Rc2 {Now black wins a pawn.  I could have resinged here with a clear
conscience.} 41. Rd8 (41. c4 Rc3+ 42. Kf2 (42. Kd2 Rxc4 $19) 42... Nxc4 43.
Bxc4 Rxc4 44. Rc6 Ke5 $19) 41... Rxc3+ 42. Kf2 h5 43. Rf8+ Ke7 44. Ra8 Rb3 45.
Bd1 Rb2+ 46. Ke3 Rg2 47. Kf4 Nd3+ 48. Kf3 Rb2 49. Ke3 Ne5 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Rf8+
Nf7 52. Rc8 Rd2 53. Bf3 Rd3 54. e5+ Nxe5 55. Be4 Rd4 56. Rf8+ Ke7 57. Rg8 Nc4
58. Rg7+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Nurnberg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Charousek, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 {Diagram} d5 $2 7. e5
Ne8 $6 8. Be3 e6 9. h4 $1 {Black is already unable to stop opponent's attack}
Nc6 10. h5 Ne7 11. g4 f5 12. hxg6 Nxg6 13. Bd3 h6 14. g5 Kh7 15. Qe2 Rh8 16.
Qg2 c5 17. gxh6 1-0

[Event "DE BL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nd6 ({Kramnik plays
} 6... Nc6) 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c3 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Nf8 12. Qc2 c6
13. h3 g6 14. Bf4 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Re2 Ne6 17. Bh2 Bd6 18. Rae1 Qc7 19.
Ng5 {After 19...Neg7 20.Re8 Re8 21.Re8 Ne8 remains no material to play with}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 {Indeed,
sacrifice must be correct} Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. c4 (8. Qg4+ Kf7 9. Qh5+ $11) (8.
g3 b5 9. a4 $5 {Tal}) 8... N5f6 9. d5+ Kd6 10. Qf7 Ne5 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nc3 a6 {
Diagram} 13. O-O-O $4 {Much better 13.b4! with strong attack for the knight} g6
14. Bxe5+ (14. Re1 Bh6 $19) 14... Kxe5 15. d6 Bh6+ 16. Kc2 Qe8 $19 17. Rd5+
Nxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kf6 19. Bd3 exd6 20. Qxd6+ Kf7 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Qe5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "New York m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "COMPUTER Deep Blue"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 h6 $6 {
Forcing to sacrifice} 8. Nxe6 Qe7 (8... fxe6 9. Bg6+ Ke7) 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+
Kd8 11. Bf4 b5 $6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Re1 Nd5 ({Doesn't help} 13... b4 14. c4 bxc3
15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. Qb3 Qb4 18. Qxe6 {as well}) 14. Bg3 Kc8 $6 ({
Maybe a bit better was} 14... Nc7) 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qd3 Bc6 (16... Qb4 17. c3
Qc4 18. Rxe6) 17. Bf5 exf5 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19. c4 {after 19...Nb4 20.Qf5 bc4 21.
Ne5 black has no chances} 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 d5 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 {Diagram} dxc4 $1 $146 ({This line was
evaluated in advantage of white} 11... Rd8 12. cxd5 Qe5 13. g3 Bh3 14. Re1 Bb4
15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Qc1 cxd5 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. a3 Ba5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Nxd5 {Keene
-Janson, Haifa,1976. The Novelty changes the line's evaluation} Nxd5 21. e4)
12. bxc4 ({Very danger was} 12. Bxc4 {because of} Ng4 ({or even} 12... Bxh2+ $5
)) 12... Rb8 $1 13. Qc1 Ng4 14. g3 $6 ({Perhaps better was} 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15.
Re1 Rb4 {but black retains the initiative}) 14... Re8 15. Nd1 Nxh2 $1 16. c5 ({
Only chance. Quite simple loses} 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg2 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 Bxg3 19.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Re4 21. Rf4 Bh3) 16... Nxf1 17. cxd6 Nxg3 $3 {The end.
Black gains material and preserves attack} 18. fxg3 Qxd6 19. Kf2 Qh6 20. Bd4
Qh2+ 21. Ke1 Qxg3+ 22. Kd2 Qg2 23. Nb2 Ba6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 Rbd8 26. Bf1
Qe4+ 27. Kc3 c5 28. Bxc5 Qc6 29. Kb3 Rb8+ 30. Ka3 Re5 31. Bb4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O c5 $6 {Actually, it's too
early. Common way is Qc7 following with long castle} 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. d5 $1
Nxd5 15. Rxe6 $5 ({Provocation was successful. White could attack without
sacrifices} 15. Nf5 O-O (15... N7f6 16. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Ne5+ Kc8
19. Nxe6) 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Bxh6 Nf6 18. Qa3 Qc7 19. Be3 {with initiative})
15... fxe6 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. Qxe6 Nc7 $8 18. Qf5+ Nf6 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Ng6+ $6 (
20. Qf3 $5) 20... Kf7 21. Nxh8+ Qxh8 22. Re1 (22. Bc3 $5) 22... Re8 23. Qd3 b5
(23... Kf8) 24. Nf5 Qh7 25. g4 a6 (25... Bf8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Ba5) 26. c4 Bf8
27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Qf3 $2 (28. Ba5 $1) 28... Qg8 $19 29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. Ba5 Qxc4+
31. Kb1 Qe4+ 32. Qxe4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Hilversum m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Nc5 13. h4 g4 14. Nd4 Qf6 15.
O-O Nxd3 16. Qxd3 e5 17. Nxf5 Bc8 {Diagram} 18. Nd4 $5 ({[Nothing special
gives "normal way"} 18. e4 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd7 20. f4 gxf3 21. Qxf3 O-O-O 22. a4
a5 $1 23. Ra2 Rdg8 24. Bf2 h5 $1 {And black s tays much better 
(Miles-Timman'1986) but later was found 18.f4! Move, which makes great
problems for black. In the current game white sacrifices the Knight for
betterment its pawn structure!}) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 Qf5 20. e4 Qg6 21. Qc3 O-O
22. Rfe1 Nd7 23. e5 {and white's center pawns were stronger then black's
knight.} Bb7 24. Re3 b5 25. Qa5 Nb6 26. Qxb5 Qc2 27. exd6 cxd6 28. Re7 Rf7 29.
Rxf7 Kxf7 30. c5 Qc4 31. Qb1 Qxd5 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qxh6+ Kf7 34. Qf4+ Kg8 35.
Qxg4+ Kh7 36. Bf4 Bc8 37. Qg3 dxc5 38. Re1 Qf7 39. Qg5 Nd5 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Re5
1-0

[Event "Erevan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 7. g3 f5 8. e4
f4 9. dxe6 fxg3 10. Qd5 g2 {Diagram; What a position! Seems, that both
opponents (Grandmasters!) forgot the main chess principles (developing etc.)}
11. Qxh5+ $3 {Dreadful knock. White allows the opponent to get the second
queen...} ({after natural} 11. Bxg2 Nf6 12. Qxc5 d6 {black would be OK}) 11...
g6 12. Qe5 Qh4+ 13. Ke2 gxh1=Q 14. Qxh8+ Ke7 15. Qg7+ Kxe6 (15... Ke8 16. Qf7+
Kd8 17. Qf8+ Kc7 18. Bf4+ $18) 16. Bh3+ Kd6 17. Qf8+ Kc7 18. Bf4+ Qxf4 {Black
must return back one of its Queens} ({Even worse was} 18... Kb6 19. Rb1+ Ka6
20. Qxc8) 19. Qxf4+ d6 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Qxd6+ Kb6 22. Qg3 h5 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24.
Nh3 h4 25. Qf2 {Nice, black lost its second Queen too!} 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 $6 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nh6 $5 {I don't
like this move but idea is nice} 7. Ngf3 Nf5 8. g3 Ne3 9. fxe3 dxe3 10. a3 $5
$146 (10. Bg2 exd2+ 11. Bxd2 Bb4 {follows to small advantage white}) 10... Bf5
$6 {That's what I called too optimistic. I would prefer 10...Be6!?} 11. Bg2 Bc5
$2 {Diagram; Well, black is very near by its target but...} 12. b4 $1 {Pretty.
Black must follow the stream, which scours them away} Bxb4 13. axb4 Qxa1 14.
O-O exd2 15. Qxd2 O-O 16. Bb2 Qa6 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. e6 $1 $18 {theoretically,
black has an extra exchange but its Queen Side never comes in play} f6 19. e7
Re8 20. Bh3 Qb6+ 21. c5 Qc7 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Nd7 24. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Linares"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Rxe3 $5 {Black
positional sacrifices the exchange} 14. Qxe3 Qf8 15. Ncb5 ({After} 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Nd1 $5 {white has chance to realize its material advantage}) 15...
Qxc5 16. Rac1 (16. Qf2 $5) 16... Qb6 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. Rfd1 (18. Nb3 Bh6 19. Rc3
Re8 $44) 18... Re8 19. Bf1 Bh6 20. Rc3 Nb4 21. Nc2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Nxc2 23. Rxc2
Be3+ 24. Ke1 Bf4+ 25. Kf2 Be3+ 26. Ke1 Bg1+ 27. Kd2 Bxh2 {World Champion
declined the moves repetition. Two pawns and Bishop are a bit stronger than
Rook in this position. Then Kasparov overplayed hisopponent} 28. Re1 Rd8 29.
Kd1 Bf4 30. Nd4 a6 31. Bd3 h5 32. Rc3 h4 33. Bc2 Bg3 34. Re2 Kg7 35. Rb3 Rb8
36. Rd2 b5 37. Ra3 Rb6 38. b4 Bd6 39. Rb3 Nh5 40. Ne2 Be6 41. a3 g5 42. Nd4 Kf6
43. Nxe6 fxe6 44. Bd3 Nf4 45. Rc3 d4 46. Rc8 Nd5 47. Ke2 Bf4 48. Rdc2 Ne3 49.
Kf2 Bg3+ 50. Kg1 Nxc2 {and black won.} 51. Rxc2 g4 52. fxg4 Kg5 53. Kf1 e5 54.
Ke2 Kxg4 55. Rc8 Rf6 56. Be4 Rf2+ 57. Kd3 Bf4 58. Rg8+ Kh5 59. Bd5 Bg5 60. Ke4
Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Raetsky, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr3r/p1p3pp/q2b1p2/2pN1b2/3Q4/1R1P1B2/P4PPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. Bg4 $1 $18 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Starostits, I."]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1pp2qp1/4pn2/4p1Q1/3bP3/6R1/3N1PPP/r1B2R1K b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

{10192kB, f5book.ctg} 24... Bb2 $3 {Others possibilities doesn't follow to the
Target:} (24... Bxf2 25. Rf3) (24... Nh5 25. Rf3 Nf4 26. Nb3) (24... Ra2 25.
Rh3 Rxd2 26. Qh4 $1) 25. Bxb2 $8 Rxf1+ 26. Nxf1 Nxe4 27. Qc1 $8 (27. Qe3 Nxf2+
28. Kg1 Nh3+) 27... Nxf2+ 28. Kg1 Nd3 $1 $19 {and white resigned soon} 0-1

[Event "Samara"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zakharevich, I."]
[Black "Popov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k5r/5p2/5q2/1Np3b1/2pp4/5bP1/PP3P1P/R3QRK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1... Bd2 $3 (1... Rxh2 2. Qe8+ Kb7 3. Qd7+ Kb6 4. Kxh2 $18) 2. Qxd2 Rxh2 $19
0-1

[Event "Samara"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ionov, S."]
[Black "Yashtylov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/pp3ppp/5b2/5P2/3p1P2/Q7/qPPB3P/2KR1B1R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1... Rxc2+ $1 2. Kxc2 Rc8+ 3. Bc4 (3. Kd3 Qc4+ 4. Ke4 Qc6+) 3... d3+ $1 4. Kxd3
$8 Qxc4+ 5. Ke3 Re8+ 6. Kf3 Qe2+ 7. Kg3 h5 $3 $19 8. Rhe1 (8. Rhg1 Qg4+ 9. Kf2
Bh4+) (8. Qf3 Bh4+) 8... Bh4+ {Mate in one} 0-1

[Event "DE BL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanov, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1Qq5/P2p2pk/2rBp1b1/4P2p/7P/6P1/3R3K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1... Rc1 $1 ({Black didn't find the victory during the game. After} 1... Be3 $2
2. Qxc7 Rxc7 {game was drawn}) 2. Qb3 (2. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 3. Kh2 Bf4+ 4. g3 hxg3+ 5.
Kg2 Rd2+ 6. Kf3 Rf2+ 7. Kg4 g2 $19) 2... Bf4 $1 $19 {White can't prevent 3...
Qc3. For instance,} 3. Qf3 ({Or} 3. a7 Qc3 4. a8=Q Qe1+) 3... Qc3 4. Qe2 Qg3 5.
Kg1 Qe3+ 6. Kf1 Rxd1+ 7. Qxd1 Bg3 *

[Event "FR"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schwicker, F."]
[Black "Boudre, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/2qn2k1/pp3ppr/3p1P2/P3B1R1/8/1PPQ2PP/R6K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. Qxh6+ $1 Kxh6 2. Rxg6+ Kh7 (2... Kh5 3. Bf3+ Kh4 4. g3+) 3. Ra3 $3 $18 1-0

[Event "Petropolis"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Tan, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/pRp2p2/6pQ/5b2/2B5/2qP2P1/P6P/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 2. Rxc7+ Qxc7 3. Qh7+ Ke6 4. Qxc7 {And white realized its
material advantage} 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1883.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes"]
[Black "Englisch, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/p1P3p1/2q1np1p/3N4/8/1Q3PP1/6KP/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1883.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 2. c8=Q+ Kf7 3. Qxe6+ $1 Kxe6 4. Nc7+ Ke5 5. Nxb5 $18 1-0

[Event "Bury Easter Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Webb, Robert"]
[Black "Garside, Raymond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 $6 4. Bc4 b5 $6 (4... Bc5 $5) 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.
Nxd4 Qh4 (6... exd4 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qd5+) 7. Qf3+ (7. Ne2 $5 Qxe4 8. O-O) 7...
Nf6 8. Nxb5 Bc5 9. N5c3 Rf8 10. d3 Kg8 11. Qg3 Qh5 12. O-O Ng4 13. Nd1 (13. Be3
$142) 13... Nxf2 14. Be3 Nh3+ 15. gxh3 Rxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Qxd1+ 17. Kg2 Bxe3 18.
Qxe3 Qxc2+ 19. Nd2 Qxb2 20. Rf1 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Lange, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. e5 $2 (6. d3) 6... d5
7. Bb3 Bg4 8. f3 Ne4 9. O-O d3 $1 {This move is the forerunner to the
absolutely marvellous attack to come. No doubt other moves deserve some
exclams but without this move they would not have come to pass} 10. fxg4 Bc5+
11. Kh1 Ng3+ 12. hxg3 Qg5 13. Rf5 h5 14. gxh5 Qxf5 15. g4 Rxh5+ 16. gxh5 Qe4
17. Qf3 Qh4+ (17... Qe1+ 18. Kh2 Bg1+ 19. Kh3) 18. Qh3 Qe1+ (18... Qe1+ 19. Kh2
Bg1+ 20. Kh1 Bf2+ 21. Kh2 Qg1# {One scintillating move after another}) 0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vucko, Ignac"]
[Black "Webb, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1856"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 $1 5. Nxe5 $2 Qg5 $1 6. Ng4 (6. Bxf7+
Ke7 $19) (6. Nxf7 Qxg2 7. Rf1 {Anything else loses by mate or material
concessions, for example:} (7. Nxh8 Nxc2+ 8. Ke2 Qxe4+ 9. Kf1 Qxh1+ 10. Ke2
Nd4+ 11. Kd3 Qxd1 12. Bf7+ Kf8 $19) 7... Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Nf3# $1 {A pretty mate
that Blackburne is said to have brought off so many times for money that it
was known as "Blackburne's Shilling Game."}) 6... Nh6 $4 {The double query is
for the fact that I knew full-well how to play this position} (6... d5 $1 7. h3
(7. Be2 Nxe2 8. Qxe2 Bxg4 9. Qb5+ Bd7 10. Qxc5 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Bh3 12. Qb5+ c6 {
and Black wins an exchange}) (7. Bxd5 Bxg4 8. f3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Qh4+ 10. Ke2
Qf2+ 11. Kd3 Bxf3 12. Qf1 Qd4# {0-1 Britton,R-McMahon,D/Sheffield 1996/EXT 97 
(12)}) 7... dxc4 8. c3 h5 $1 (8... Bxg4 9. hxg4 Qe5 (9... Nc6 10. d4 Qe7 11.
dxc5 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 O-O-O) 10. cxd4 Bxd4 $17) 9. cxd4 Bxd4 10.
Ne3 (10. d3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 $19 {[%cal Rd4f2,Rh5g4,Rb6b2]}) 10... Bxe3 11.
dxe3 (11. fxe3 {keeps the Nd2 bottled-up}) 11... Qxg2 12. Rf1 (12. Ke2 Bxh3)
12... Bxh3 13. Nd2 O-O-O $19) 7. Ne3 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. d3 Nxe2 10. Qxe2 Bxe3 11.
Bxe3 Qxg2 12. Qf1 Qxf1+ 13. Rxf1 {there was no need for Black to lose this,
but he allowed his error on move 6 to cloud his judgement} 1-0

[Event "cr GB"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charlton, K."]
[Black "Hawes, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

{At the last minute, I traced this game in an old issue of "Chess." It is a
fine example of Black's play with Bird's favourite line} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O h5 $6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nd2 c6 8. Bc4 (8. Ba4 d6 9. Nf3
$14) 8... d5 $1 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. Qe1+ Ne7 12. Ba4+ Kf8 13. f3 Bf5
14. Rf2 b5 15. Nb3 $5 (15. Bb3 Qd7 $11) 15... Bd6 16. Bxb5 Qb8 17. Qa5 Bxh2+
18. Kf1 h4 19. Nxd4 h3 20. Nxf5 Bc7 21. Qb4 h2 22. Qxe7+ Kg8 23. Bc6 h1=Q+ 24.
Ke2 Ba5 25. c3 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "Smiths Falls op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Allan, Denis"]
[Black "Webb, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 $6 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Re1 d6
8. d3 $1 {Had I know that IM Denis Allan played the Bird himself I would never
have gone in for it. He has assumed that I am primed with all the 
[then-current] theoretical  recipes so avoids them with this simple move} (8.
c3) 8... Ng4 (8... Be7 $1 {Allan}) 9. h3 h5 $2 {If this were any good a Master
would never have allowed it in the first place} 10. hxg4 hxg4 11. g3 Qf6 12. c3
g5 13. cxd4 Qh6 14. Kf1 Qh1+ 15. Ke2 Qf3+ 16. Kd2 Qxf2+ 17. Re2 $16 1-0

[Event "Ottawa"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hubley, Roger"]
[Black "Webb, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 $6 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Re1 d6
8. c3 Ng4 9. h3 Ne5 10. d3 $1 (10. Bf1 $6 d3 11. f4 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 h5 13. fxe5
Bg4 14. Qb3 Qf2 {is good for Black}) 10... Nxc4 11. dxc4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Be7 13.
Be3 (13. Bf4 $142 {with pressure on d6}) 13... Be6 {Drawn shortly thereafter. 
Reconstructed from memory, but no doubt correct in all essential details. Sad
to say the full score has been mislaid} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chen, Chin Hua"]
[Black "Webb, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 $6 4. Bc4 Bc5 $1 (4... b5 $6) 5. c3 (5. Nxe5 Qg5
) 5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Qe2 (7. d3 d6 8. Be3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6
{1/2-1/2 Elson,J-Bird,H/Philadelphia 1876/HCL 35 (38)}) (7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8. d3 d6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bc1 c6 {1-0 Small,V-Knecht,A/Philadelphia 1990/EXT 90op (40)}) (
7. Qg3 Ne7 8. d3 d6 9. f4 Qg6 10. f5 Qxg3+ 11. hxg3 {1-0 Sielaff,M-Kirchhoff,U/
OLNO 1992/BIG 90 (41)}) 7... Ne7 8. d3 O-O $11 9. O-O d6 10. Be3 Ng6 11. Nd2
Nf4 12. Qf3 g5 13. g3 g4 14. Qd1 Nh3+ 15. Kg2 Kh8 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. d4 Qg6 18.
Bd3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nc1 Be4+ 21. f3 Bxf3+ 22. Rxf3 gxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Rxf3 (
23... Rxf3 24. Bxg6 Rxe3 25. Bf5 Ng5 26. h4 Rf8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Charlottetown FIDE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MacDonald, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bogle, Bill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O O-O-O 6. Re1 Nf6 7. b4 Nxb4
8. Bb2 e6 9. d4 Qf5 10. Na3 Nbd5 11. Nc4 Nf4 12. Ne3 Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 Qh5 14.
Nxg4 Nxg4 15. h3 Nf6 16. c4 Bd6 17. c5 Bf4 18. Qa4 Nd5 19. Qxa7 Qf5 20. Ba3 Qd3
21. Rb2 Qa6 22. Qxa6 bxa6 23. g3 Bh6 24. Ne5 Rhf8 25. Rab1 1-0

[Event "Charlottetown FIDE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Horton, Joe"]
[Black "Reddy, Tyler"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. exd5 Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 Nxd5 11. Ne5 Be7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14.
Nxg6 Nf6 15. Qh6 Rg8 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Bg5 Rxg5 18. Qxg5 Kf7 19. Rad1 Bd7 20.
Qe5 Rg8 21. Rfe1 Qc6 22. g3 h5 23. h4 Qb5 24. Qc7 Nd5 25. Qe5 Nf6 26. Qf4 Rg4
27. Qc7 Qc6 28. Qe5 Qb5 29. b3 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Bc6 31. Kf1 Bd5 32. Ke2 Ke7 33.
Rc1 Kd6 34. Rg5 Rd4 35. f3 Bc6 36. Rg1 e5 37. g4 Bb5+ 38. Ke1 Rd3 39. f4 Re3+
40. Kd2 Re2+ 41. Kc3 Nd5# 0-1

[Event "Charlottetown FIDE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Urquhart, Eddie"]
[Black "Eldridge, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qxc3+ 7. Bd2 Qxc5
8. Nf3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. e5 Nd5 12. c4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Na6 14. Bh6 Nc5
15. Qc3 Nba4 16. Qd4 Ne6 17. Qh4 Re8 18. Be4 Nac5 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. Rfe1 b6 21.
Re3 Bb7 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 d6 25. Qh6 f5 26. e6 Ne4 27. Rh3
Nf6 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Bxf6 exf6 30. Rc6 Rbd8 31. Rhc3 Rc8 32. Qc1 Rxc6 33. Rxc6
Rd8 34. h3 b5 35. Rc7 Qb6 36. Rf7 Qd4 37. Qh6 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. g3 1-0

[Event "Charlottetown FIDE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Langen, Roger"]
[Black "Hua, Lefong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "Langen,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Bf3 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. h3 Rb8 12. b4 Bb6 13. c4 Ne5 14. Be2 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qb3 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rbc8 19. Rac1 e5 20. a3 Be6 21.
Qd3 a5 22. Rb1 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 24. Rb2 Ra4 25. Reb1 Qc6 26. Bd1 Ra7 27. Qe3
Rfa8 28. Kh2 Ra3 29. Qe2 Rc8 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. Bb3 Qb6 32. Ba2 Nc5 33. Nb1 Nd3 {#
} 34. Rcc2 Nf4 35. Qf1 Ra4 36. c5 dxc5 37. Bxe6 Nxe6 38. bxc5 Qc6 39. Qb5 (39.
Nc3 $1 Ra7 40. Nd5 $1) 39... Qxb5 40. Rxb5 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Charlottetown FIDE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Langen, Roger"]
[Black "Hua, Lefong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "Langen,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Bf3 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. h3 Rb8 12. b4 Bb6 13. c4 Ne5 14. Be2 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qb3 Bd7 18. Rfe1 Rbc8 19. Rac1 e5 20. a3 Be6 21.
Qd3 a5 22. Rb1 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 24. Rb2 Ra4 25. Reb1 Qc6 26. Bd1 Ra7 27. Qe3
Rfa8 28. Kh2 Ra3 29. Qe2 Rc8 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. Bb3 Qb6 32. Ba2 Nc5 33. Nb1 Nd3 {#
} 34. Rcc2 Nf4 35. Qf1 Ra4 36. c5 dxc5 37. Bxe6 Nxe6 38. bxc5 Qc6 39. Qb5 (39.
Nc3 $1 Ra7 40. Nd5 $1) 39... Qxb5 40. Rxb5 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Charlottetown FIDE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hua, Lefong"]
[Black "Mayo, Alvah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Qc2 d6 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. e3 Ngf6 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. Nd2 Ne5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Bf4 Nd3
15. Bh6 Rg8 {#} 16. f3 exf3 17. e4 f2+ 18. Kh1 Ne1 19. Qb2 Bc8 20. Nb3 Qd8 21.
Qxf2 Nd3 22. Qf7+ Kd7 23. Bf8 Rxf8 24. Qxf8 Qxf8 25. Rxf8 Ne5 26. Nd2 b6 27.
Rh8 h5 28. Rf1 Bb7 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Rf8 Bb7 31. Rg8 a5 32. Nf3 Nxf3 33. gxf3
Ba6 34. Rxg6 Bxc4 35. a3 b5 36. Rg8 Be2 37. Kg2 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. cxb4 c4
40. Kf2 Bd1 41. Rg1 Bb3 42. Ke3 c3 43. Ra1 e5 44. Ra3 c2 45. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Charlottetown FIDE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mayo, Alvah"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Langen,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 a6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. d3 Nf6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. h3 e6 12. f5 Nd7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15.
Qh4 Re8 16. e5 {#} dxe5 17. Ne4 Nf8 18. Bf6 b6 19. Nfg5 Ra7 {#} 20. Rf2 (20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 (20... Qxg7 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Nxe8 Qe7 23. Qh6 Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25.
Nd5) 21. Rxf8 Kxf8 22. Rf1+ Kg8 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Ngxh7+ Qxh7 25. Nxh7+) 20...
Kh8 21. Raf1 Bxf6 22. Nxf6 Rd8 23. Nfxh7 Nxh7 24. Nxh7 Bb7 25. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Charlottetown FIDE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Langen, Roger"]
[Black "Gulati, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "Langen,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Qb8 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Bb3 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Rad8 14. Qe2 h6
15. Be3 c5 16. Rab1 Bf8 17. Qf3 Qa6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Be6 20. Qe2 Qa4 21.
c4 Bc8 22. Qf3 Qd7 23. e5 Rxe5 24. Red1 Qf5 25. Bf4 Ree8 26. g4 Qf6 {#} 27. Qg3
Be6 28. Bc6 Bd7 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. b3 Re2 31. Bd2 Qg6 32. Ra1 h5 33. Bf3 Re7 34.
Kg2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Qc2 36. Ba5 Bc8 37. Rh1 g6 $2 (37... g5) 38. Qh4 f5 39. Bd5+
Be6 40. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Charlottetown FIDE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "MacDonald, Jonathan"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "O'Donnell,T"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 d5 $1) 2... d6 3. b4 $6 cxb4 4. Bc4 (4. d4
Nf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 d5 8. e5 Nfd7) 4... Nf6 (4... Bg4 $2 5. Bxf7+
Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Ke8 7. Qxg4) 5. Qe2 Bg4 $5 (5... Nc6) (5... e6) 6. e5 Bxf3 (6...
d5 7. exf6 (7. Bb3 $1 Bxf3 (7... Nh5 8. h3 $5 (8. Qb5+ Qd7 9. Qxd5 e6) 8... Nf4
) (7... Ne4 8. Qb5+ Qd7 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxd5 Nc5 11. d4 e6 12. Bc4) 8. Qxf3
Ne4 9. d3) 7... dxc4 8. Bb2 (8. Qxc4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 exf6) (8. fxe7 Qxe7) 8...
gxf6 9. Bxf6 Rg8) 7. Qxf3 dxe5 8. Qxb7 Nbd7 9. a3 (9. d4 exd4 10. Bg5 Rc8 (
10... Qc8)) (9. Qxb4 e6 10. Qa4) 9... e6 10. axb4 Rb8 11. Qxa7 Bxb4 12. Ba3 (
12. Bb2 O-O (12... Bxd2+ $6 13. Nxd2 Rxb2 14. Bb3) 13. O-O) 12... O-O 13. O-O
Qc8 14. Bb3 Nc5 15. Bxb4 Rxb4 16. Qa5 (16. Ba4 $5 Nd5) 16... Nxb3 (16... Rxb3
17. cxb3 Nxb3 18. Qa3 Nxa1 19. Qxa1) 17. cxb3 Qb8 18. Re1 Rb5 19. Qa4 Rxb3 20.
Nc3 (20. Rxe5 $2 Qxe5 21. Qxb3 Qe1#) 20... Rd8 21. h3 (21. Rxe5 $2 Rxc3 22.
dxc3 Qxe5) 21... h6 $6 (21... g6) (21... Rxd2 22. Qxb3) 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4
Rd5 24. Re3 Rb2 (24... Rb4 $5 25. Ra8 $5 Qxa8 26. Qxb4 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qd4 28.
Qb8+ Kh7) 25. Rea3 Rd4 26. Qe3 (26. Qxd4 $2 exd4 27. Ra8 Qxa8 28. Rxa8+ Kh7 29.
d3 Rb3 $19) 26... Rb1+ 27. Kh2 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qd6 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Ra7 e4+ 31.
g3 $8 (31. Kg1 Rxd2 32. Qxe4+ $140 $2 f5) (31. Qg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Kg6) 31... f6
(31... f5 32. Qc3 e5 33. Qc8 Qf6) 32. Kg2 (32. Ra6 Qxa6 (32... Qd5 33. Rxe6)
33. Qxd4 Qe2 (33... Qd3 34. Qxd3 exd3 35. Kg2 Kg6 36. Kf3) (33... Qc6 34. d3)
34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. dxe3 Kg6 36. Kg2 Kf5 37. Kf1 Ke5 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd2 Kc4 40.
Kc2 e5) 32... Qd5 33. Ra5 Qxa5 34. Qxd4 Qd5 35. Qe3 Kg6 36. h4 $6 h5 37. Qb6 $2
$19 (37. Kg1 Qd3 38. Qxd3 exd3 39. Kg2 Kf5 40. Kf3 g5) 37... e3+ 38. Kf1 (38.
Kg1 exd2 39. Qb1+ Kh6 40. Qd1 $19) 38... Qd3+ 39. Kg2 exd2 40. Qxe6 d1=Q 41.
Kh2 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Charlottetown FIDE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Black "Urquhart, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "O'Donnell,T"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 (4... Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6) 5. Bc4 Ngf6
6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 (8... Qxd4 $2 9. N1f3) 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. O-O (13. Bd2 $2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qxe5
16. Qxe5 Ng4+) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 O-O 15. Bf4 (15. Ng4 $5) 15... Bd6 16. Rad1
b6 17. Bg3 Bb7 18. Nd7 $5 (18. Ng4 Ne8) 18... Qxd7 (18... Nxd7 $6 19. Bxd6 Qc6
20. f3 Rfe8 (20... Rfd8 $2 21. Bb5 Qc8 22. Be7) 21. Bb5) (18... Bxg3 19. Nxf6+
(19. Nxf8 $2 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Rxf8) 19... gxf6 20. hxg3 (20. fxg3 $5 Qc5+ (20...
f5 21. g4) 21. Kh1 Qg5) 20... Rfd8 21. Be4) 19. Bxd6 Rfd8 20. Be5 Qc6 21. f3
Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nd5 23. Be4 (23. c3 Ne3 24. Bd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Qg5 26. Qd2 (26. f4
Qxg2+ (26... Bxg2+)) 26... Nxf1 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Bxf1 Rc8) 23... f5 $2 (23...
Ne3 24. Bxb7) (23... Qe3 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Bxb7 Nxf1 (25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nxd1
27. Bxa8) (25... Nxd1 26. Bxa8)) 24. Bd4 $1 (24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. b3 b5) 24... Qe7
25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. c4 Rd7 27. Bc3 Rad8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Re1 (29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.
Qxd1 e5) 29... Bc8 30. h3 Rd8 31. Qe5 Qf7 32. a4 Rd3 33. a5 Qd7 34. Qb8 bxa5 (
34... Qb7 35. Qxb7 Bxb7 36. axb6 axb6 37. Rxe6 b5 38. Rb6 $18) 35. Bxa5 Kh7 36.
Bc3 a6 37. Qg3 Rd1 $2 38. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd7 40. Qe5 Bb7 41. Kg3 Kg8 42.
Kf2 Bc6 43. Ke3 Kf8 44. Bd4 h5 45. Kd3 $2 Ba4 46. Kc3 (46. b3 Bxb3 $5 47. Qb8+
Kf7 48. Qxb3 e5 49. Qb6 exd4 50. Qxa6) 46... Qb7 47. Bc5+ (47. b4) 47... Kf7
48. Bb4 Qd7 49. b3 Qd1 $5 50. Qc7+ Bd7 (50... Kg6 51. bxa4 Qe1+ 52. Kd4 (52.
Kb3 Qb1+ 53. Kc3) 52... Qxb4 53. a5) (50... Qd7 51. Qxd7+ (51. Qb6 Bxb3 $5 52.
Kxb3 Qd1+ 53. Kb2 Qe2+ 54. Kc3 Qe1+ 55. Kc2 Qe2+ 56. Bd2 Qxc4+ 57. Bc3 Qe2+ 58.
Kb3 Qxg2) 51... Bxd7 52. Bd6 Ke8 53. Kb4 Bc8 54. Ka5 Kd7 55. Be5 Kc6 (55... g6
56. Kb6) 56. Bxg7 e5 $5 (56... -- 57. Be5 $18 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 57. Bxe5 Kb7) 51.
Kb2 Ke8 (51... Qe2+ 52. Ka3 Qd1 53. Bc3) 52. Qe5 Qd3 (52... g6 53. Qf6) 53.
Qxg7 Kd8 54. Ba5+ Kc8 55. Qe5 Kb7 56. Ka3 (56. Qc7+ Ka8 57. Bb6 (57. Qd8+ Kb7
58. Qb6+ Ka8 59. Qxa6+) 57... Qd2+ 58. Ka3 Qc1+ 59. Kb4) 56... Qd1 57. Qc7+ Ka8
58. Bb6 Qa1+ 59. Kb4 a5+ 60. Bxa5 (60. Kc5) 60... Qe1+ 61. Kc5 Qe3+ 62. Kd6
Qd4+ 63. Ke7 Qg7+ 64. Kd8 Qf7 65. Qxd7 Qf8+ 66. Kc7 Qb8+ 67. Kc6 Qxb3 68. Qd8+
Ka7 1-0

[Event "cr internet"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Hartman, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Hartman,B"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/pPk5/P7/8/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. Ke2 Kd4 (1... Kb3 2. b5 Kxa3 3. b6 Ka2 4. b7 a3 5. b8=Q Ka1 6. Kd2 a2 7. Qc7
Kb2 8. Qc3+ Kb1 9. Qc1#) 2. Kd2 Kc4 3. Ke3 Kd5 4. Kd3 Kc6 5. Kc4 $6 (5. Kd4 $1
Kb5 6. Kd5 $1 Kb6 7. Kc4 $1 Kc6 (7... Ka6 8. Kc5) 8. b5+ Kb6 9. Kb4) 5... Kb6
6. b5 $4 Ka5 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winnipeg op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khedkar, Jay"]
[Black "Xia Yanchong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be3 a6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Qa3 f5 13. f3 Rf6 14. Rd1 Nd7 15.
Bg5 Rg6 16. Be3 Bh4+ 17. g3 f4 18. Bf2 Be7 19. Bd3 Rh6 20. Ke2 Nf6 21. Nc3 Bd7
22. b4 Qc8 23. Qb3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. c5 e4 26. Rd4 0-1

[Event "Toronto DCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vadachkoriya, Irakli"]
[Black "Sherman, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[Annotator "Sherman,R"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nd5 Bxd5 8.
Bxd5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bg3 Rb8 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. O-O h5 14. h3 g4
15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nh2 Qf8 17. c3 Qh6 18. Re1 Nh5 19. Qxg4 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Ke7 21.
Qh3 Qf4 22. Qf3 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 Rh4 24. d4 Rf4 25. Qe3 exd4 26. cxd4 Bb4 27. Red1
Rg8 28. Ke2 Rxg2 29. Rf1 Qh5+ 30. Kd3 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Toronto International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cummings, David"]
[Black "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qb6 7. Nb3 a5 8. d3 a4
9. N3d2 Bc5 10. O-O Bxf2+ 11. Rxf2 e3 12. Rxf6 exd2+ 13. Rf2 dxc1=R 14. Qxc1
O-O 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. h3 Be6 19. Rb1 f6 20. Qf4 Rfb8
21. d4 Nc4 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Qc5 24. Nc7 Bf5 25. Nxa8 1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alcaide, Florante"]
[Black "Teodoro, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Lamb,B"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Bg5
Na6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. b4 c6 12. b5 cxd5 13. bxa6 dxc4 14. Nd2 Rb8
15. Nxc4 b5 16. Na5 Bxa6 17. Nc6 Rb6 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. d5 e5 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Nxa7
e4 22. a4 Qa8 23. Nxb5 Bxd5 24. Qd1 Bg8 25. Nc7 Qa5 26. Nb5 Ra8 27. e3 Qxa4 28.
Qxa4 Rxa4 29. Nc3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rb2 31. Rc8 Kg7 32. h4 Raa2 33. Rfc1 Rxf2 34.
R1c7+ Kh6 35. Bf1 Rf3 36. Rxg8 Ra1 37. Rgg7 Raxf1+ 38. Kg2 R3f2+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Meng, Ang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d6 6. Nxd4 Ne5 7. Bb3 Bg4 8.
f3 Bh5 9. Qe1 Qd7 10. f4 Neg4 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 O-O-O 14. Nc3
Re8 15. Rd3 Kb8 16. Be3 a6 17. e5 Nh5 18. Ba4 b5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Qa5 c6 21.
Bxb5 Nf5 22. Ba6 Nxe3 23. Rb3+ Ka8 24. Bb7+ Kb8 25. Bxc6+ Kc8 26. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Fredericton Chess Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carr, Terry"]
[Black "Comeau, Georges"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "Comeau,G"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qd3 Qb6
15. Be3 Qc6 16. Nd2 d5 17. Bg5 c4 18. Qf3 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Nxd2 20. Qf4 Nxb3 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 (21... Nxa1 22. Bxg7 (22. Bd6 -- 23. Re7)) 22. Rad1 Nc5 23. Re7 Nd3
24. Qf3 Qd6 25. Re2 Rd8 26. Qe3 Kf8 27. Qd4 f6 28. b4 $1 Rd7 29. Ra1 Nf4 30.
Rea2 Ne6 $2 (30... Re7) 31. Qe3 Nc7 32. Qd4 Qe5 33. Rd1 Qxd4 34. cxd4 $2 Re7
35. f3 $2 Re3 36. Rb2 f5 $2 37. f4 $2 Ke7 $2 (37... Ne6) 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. Re1+
Kd6 40. Re3 $2 Rxe3 $2 (40... Ra4) 41. Kxe3 Kc6 42. g4 g6 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Rg2
a5 45. bxa5 b4 46. Rg7 b3 47. Kd2 $4 (47. Rxh7 b2 48. Rh6+ $18) 47... b2 $4 (
47... Nb5 $19) 48. Kc2 c3 (48... c3 49. Rxh7 (49. a6 $1 Nxa6 (49... Nb5 50. a7
Na3+ 51. Kxc3 b1=Q 52. a8=Q+ $18) 50. Rg1) 49... Nb5 50. Rh6+ Kc7 51. Rb6 Na3+
52. Kxc3 b1=Q 53. Rxb1 Nxb1+ $18) 0-1

[Event "Halifax op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Black "Klapstein, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "O'Donnell,T"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Kb1 Re8
15. g4 h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. Nb3 Nf8 18. Nd5 Be6 19. Bxa7 Nd7 20. Bd4 Ne5 21. Rhf1
Bxd5 22. exd5 Qc7 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. f5 Ne5 26. fxg6 Nxg6 27. Nd4 e6
28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Halifax op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Black "Saunders, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[Annotator "O'Donnell,T"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 Qa5 12. hxg5 Nc6 13. Nb3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qxc3+
15. Qd2 Qg7 16. f3 Nge5 17. Bf2 Be6 18. Nd4 Bc4 19. Rb1 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 b5 21.
Nf5 Qh7 22. g4 Nxf3 23. Kxf3 hxg4+ 24. Kg2 Qg8 25. Qd5 Kd7 26. Qxc6+ 1-0

