[Event "Istanbul ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

{This game was played in the second round in our match against Georgia. 
Georgia was one of the top teams at the Olympiad; my opponent's rating was
2576.  We were very close to winning the match instead of tying it. Jack had a
very drawish rook endgame which he unfortunatelly lost.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3.
Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 (4... Bg4 {is probably stronger.}) 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. b3
(7. Qe1 Bc5 8. e4 Bh7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. b3 a5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b5 $13 {as in
Reshevsky-Sunye, Lone Pine 1977.}) 7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ne5 $5 ({Other moves
here are} 9. Qe1) (9. Re1) 9... a5 (9... Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5
Re8 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 Qb6 15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Kh1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. f4 Qc5 19.
Nb1 Rad8 20. e5 Nd7 21. Qf2 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 {1/2-1/2 Jung,H-Nickoloff,B/Ontario
1997/EXT 99 (22)}) 10. e4 Bh7 11. a3 Nbd7 (11... Na6 $5 {(=) is another
possibility, but I was not sure what I would do with the knight on a6.}) 12.
Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Qe2 Re8 {This position should be equal, but it is difficult for
both sides to come up with a good plan.} 14. Kh1 Nf8 15. f4 f6 $6 {This is the
start of the dubios plan to bring the bishop to f7.} ({Better moves are} 15...
d4 {(cuts off the diagonal for white bishop on b2)}) ({or} 15... b5 {(starts
counterplay on the queenside.)  The position would be unclear after either one
of these moves.}) 16. Nf3 Bg6 17. Qe3 Bf7 18. g4 {White is slightly better.} c5
19. a4 {Otherwise I would play a4 myself.} d4 20. Qf2 Nd7 {Making room for the
rook in case the f-file becomes open.} 21. g5 $5 {White has many possibilities
here:} (21. h4 Qc7 22. Qg3 (22. Bc1 Bd6) 22... Bd6 23. Bc1 e5 24. f5 Kf8 25. g5
hxg5 26. hxg5 Ke7 27. g6 Rh8+ 28. Bh3 Be8 29. Rf2 Nb6 $1 30. Rh2 Bc6 {is
unclear, but black should not be worse.  One possible plan for black is to
move back the knight to d7 and start play on the queenside with b5.} {If} 31.
Bg2 {then} Rag8 32. Rh7 Kd8 $13) (21. Rae1 Qc7 22. Qg3 e5) (21. e5 $5 f5 ({Or} 
21... Rf8 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Ne5 Bd6 24. Qg3 (24. Bxb7 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Nxg4 26.
Qg3 Rb8 27. Qxg4 Rxb7 {if Rg1 then Qd5+.}) 24... Bxe5 25. fxe5 Nd5 $11) 22.
gxf5 exf5 23. Bh3 Be6 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Qg3 g5 $1 26. fxg5 hxg5 {and black is
slightly better.} 27. Nxg5 {is not possible due to} Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Bd5+ 29. Bg2
Qxg5) 21... hxg5 22. fxg5 Rf8 23. Qg3 fxg5 24. Bc1 Qb8 $1 25. Nxg5 (25. Qh3 Qd6
(25... g4 26. Qxg4 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 $11) 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 e5 28. Qh4
Rae8 $11) 25... Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rae8 27. Bh3 Bxg5 28. Bxg5 Bh5 29. Rxf8+ Nxf8 30.
Rf1 b6 31. Kg2 Bf7 32. Bf4 e5 {Position is very slightly better for white, but
black should not hava any problems holding the position.} 33. Bg5 Nh7 34. Bd7
$4 {Miscalculation in mutual time trouble .} Nxg5 35. Bxe8 Bxe8 {I think that
my opponent missed that after 36.Rf5, I could defend the e5-pawn by Nf7.} 36.
g4 Bd7 37. Kg3 Be6 $2 ({Alex pointed out to me immediately after the game that
here I missed a trivial win with} 37... Nh7 $1 {followed by g5, Kg7, Nf6, and
taking on g4.} {If} 38. Kh4 {then} g5+ 39. Kh5 Kg7 {with a dealy threat-Be8. 
Since I was in time pressure, I just wanted to make it to move 40, and then
take my time figuring out a win.  After 37. ...Be6, I am still winning but the
win is not simple anymore.}) 38. Kh4 {My opponent puts up maximum resistance.}
Nf7 {Beginning a long knight journey.} 39. g5 Nd8 40. g6 Nc6 41. Rf2 Nb4 42.
Kg5 Na2 43. Rf3 Nc3 {Threatening c4.} 44. Rf1 Ne2 (44... c4 45. bxc4 Nxa4 46.
Rb1 (46. Ra1 Bd7) 46... Kf8 $1 (46... Bd7 $2 47. Kh5 {and suddenly it is
difficult to win.  If} Kf8 {then} 48. Rf1+) 47. c5 Nxc5 (47... bxc5 $2 48. Rb5)
48. Rxb6 Bd7 $19 {The reason that I did not play 44...c4 is I thought that I
had an easier win and also I was afraid of missing something in the line above.
}) 45. Rf2 Nf4 46. Rf1 Kf8 47. Rh1 Bh3 48. Kh4 Bg2 49. Rh2 Ke7 50. Kg5 ({Black
has a winning king and pawn endgame after} 50. Kg3 Bh3 $1 51. Rxh3 Nxh3 52.
Kxh3 Kf6 {Then,} 53. Kg3 Kxg6 54. Kg4 Kf6 55. Kh4 g6 56. Kg4 Kg7 57. Kg5 Kf7
58. Kg4 Kg8 59. Kh4 Kh7 60. Kg5 Kg7 61. Kh4 Kh6 62. Kg4 g5 63. Kf5 Kh5 64. Kxe5
g4 65. Kf4 (65. Kd6 g3 66. e5 g2 67. e6 g1=Q 68. e7 Qg6+ 69. Kd7 Qf5+ 70. Kc7
Qe6 71. Kd8 Qd6+ 72. Ke8 Kg6) 65... Kh4 66. e5 g3 67. e6 g2 68. e7 g1=Q 69.
e8=Q Qf2+ 70. Ke5 Qe3+ {and 71...Qxe8.}) 50... Bh3 51. Rh1 Kd6 52. Rh2 {
(Diagram)} c4 $1 {Winning move.} 53. bxc4 (53. dxc4 Ke6 54. Rh1 Bg2 55. Re1 Bf3
$19) 53... Bd7 54. Rh1 Ne6+ 55. Kf5 Nc5+ 56. Kg5 Bxa4 57. Rb1 Kc7 58. Kf5 Bxc2
59. Rh1 Bxd3 60. Rh7 Bxc4 61. Rxg7+ Kd6 {e4-pawn falls as well.  For example,
if 62.  Rh7, then Be6+ followed by Nxe4.} 0-1

[Event "Istanbul ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Cummings, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Cummings,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. g3 b6 $5 (6... Be7 $145 7.
Bg2 O-O 8. O-O f6) (6... Nde7 {St.Amand-Spraggett, Quebec 1983}) 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O Be7 9. c4 Ndb4 $1 (9... Nc7 10. d4 d5 $140 $2 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. dxc5 Bxc5
13. Bxg7) 10. d3 (10. d4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 (12. Nxe6 dxe6 13. Kxg2
Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nc2) 12... cxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O) 10... d5 11. a3 (11. exd6 Qxd6 12.
Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bc3 Nxd3) 11... Na6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. d4 O-O 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qc2
Qc8 16. Rad1 Na5 $5 (16... Rb8) 17. Ne2 Rb8 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Nf4 d4 20. Bd2 f6
21. exf6 Bxf6 $6 (21... gxf6 22. Rfe1 (22. Bh3 Ne5) 22... Bd6) 22. Nd3 Na6 23.
Bf4 $6 (23. Rfe1 $142 $14) 23... e5 (23... Ra8 $143) 24. Nfxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 $2
(25. Bxe5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qb7+ 27. Kg1 Qxb3) 25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Bxe5 $2 (26...
Qb7+ 27. Kg1 (27. Nf3 Be5 $1) 27... Qxb3 28. Qxb3 Rxb3 29. Nd7 Rd8 30. Nxf6+
gxf6 31. Rfe1 Kf7) (26... g5 27. Ng6 $140 gxf4 28. Nxf8 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 Rxf8 30.
Rfe1 fxg3 31. hxg3 Nc7 $17) 27. Bxe5 Qb7+ 28. Kg1 Qxb3 29. Qe4 Rbe8 30. Qd5+
Kh8 $2 (30... Rf7 31. Rfe1 Qf3 $15) 31. Rde1 (31. Rb1 Qf3) 31... Nb8 (31... Qf3
$140 32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Bxg7+) 32. Rb1 Qc2 33. Rb7 Rg8 34. Rfb1 $2 (34. Qxc5 Qe4
35. Re7 Rxe7 36. Qxe7 $18) 34... Nc6 (34... Nd7 $1 35. R7b2 (35. Qxd7 Rxe5) (
35. Bf4 Nb6) 35... Qc3 36. Bc7 Nb6 37. Bxb6 axb6 38. Rxb6 Qxa3 39. R6b3 Qa5 40.
Rb5 Qc3 41. Rxc5 d3) 35. Bxg7+ Rxg7 36. Qxc6 Rf8 37. R1b2 Qxc4 38. Qd6 $1 (38.
Rxg7 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qxb2) 38... Rfg8 39. Rxg7 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb2 41. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 {The immediate Ke7 may be more accurate, as white can
now try a plan with Ng5, hoping to go to e4 and harassing the black bishop. In
that case, black would be better off playing Ke8! (rather than the topical Ke7)
in order to keep a retreat square for the bishop (on e7). This plan was used
in a game Bonin-Ibragimov, which ended in a draw. Black is fighting for
equality, probably successfully so.} 10. Be2 {The bishop is redirected, often
towards the f3-square, and avoids being attacked by a b7-b5 push.} b6 {Better
than b5, which would be met by a4, provoking important weaknesses in the black
camp.} 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Ke7 13. Rfd1 Rhc8 $5 {An interesting moment, where I
had to decide how to arrange my rooks. The most natural Rhd8 comes to mind,
but d-file is hampered by two knights, and white will not trade off
immediately. The text move brings about possibilities of Bb4, which would
force a rook to c1 and major trades.} 14. Ne1 {This position does not promise
white much, but it is hard to suggest a concrete plan. Perhaps the position is
simply equal?} Bb4 $1 {Activates the pieces, and counters the intended Nd3
manoeuver.} 15. Nd3 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Ne4 17. Ba3+ (17. Bf3 {Was a tactical way to
keep the white pieces more harmoniously placed, but black is very solid and
fully equal.}) 17... Ke8 18. Rb2 a5 $5 {Intending Ba6 and sometimes b5-b4.} 19.
Nf4 g6 20. Bf1 {Here I had the feeling my position was very good, but perhaps
overestimated my chances. I began to hope to trap white's bishop on a3, but my
calculations were not fully satisfying. Nevertheless, I chose to be active.} e5
21. Nd3 f6 (21... b5 $5 22. b4 Rc3 23. Rb3 Rxb3 24. axb3 axb4 25. Bb2 Rxa1 26.
Bxa1 Nd2 27. Nxb4 {unfortunately peters out into a draw, as do many other
seemingly complicated variations.}) 22. f3 Nc3 23. Nf2 b5 $5 24. b4 Bd5 {I was
hoping to win the a2-pawn, but realized such a strong GM is hard to put down!
I believe I would have won this position against many players, but Kiril
Giorgiev, didn't even comeclose!} 25. e4 Be6 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Bb4 $1 Rxa2 28.
Raxa2 Nxa2 29. Bd2 {And now there is no way to keep my pawn or exploit the
white back rank.} b4 30. Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Rxb4 Rc1 $11 {The position is now
completely drawn. Throughout the game, Kiril gave me some strange looks that
seemed rather disrespectful. Consequently he declined my draw offer around
this point. Perhaps drawing to a youngster with white bothered him, or perhaps
he was trying to intimidate me in the hopes of my blundering. Fortunately I
held on!} 32. Nd3 Rc2 33. h4 Ke7 34. Rb7 Kd6 35. Rb1 Rd2 36. Rc1 f5 37. Nf2 Nc5
38. Re1 fxe4 39. Nxe4+ Nxe4 40. Rxe4 Rd4 41. Rxd4+ exd4 {Finally the draw
offer came, and holding my own against one of the world's 20 best certainly
made me confident for the remaining games, and although I knew I wouldn't play
board 2 again in the event, I was glad that it happened when facing such a
strong team.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Istanbul ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Jacimovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

{Pascal ofcourse played many games of higher quality than this one.  However I
must confess that my chess tastes are shallow.  I prefer games with bright
lights and loud bangs.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 {Pascal anticipated a
French for this game.  However he devoted the majority of his preperation time
to the fashionable move 3...Be7.  This move, though very playable, was more
popular in ancient times.} 4. Ngf3 Nf6 {4..dxe4 does not make as much sense
here since it will be much more difficult to develop the Black's light squared
bishop.} 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 {It may seem odd to develop the knight to the
queenside, but Nf1-g3 can be  a bit slow when black is geared to play a quick
f6.  Also the knight has  future potential on c5 and after Bb5-Bc6 on a5.} a5 (
6... Be7 {The differences in omitting a4-a5 are complex, but it is clear that
delaying ...a5 allows white more possiblities of countering ...b6 and ...Ba6
with c4 later on.} 7. Bb5 Ncb8 8. O-O (8. h4 {As in the game is also possible.}
) 8... O-O (8... b6 9. Qe2 a5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. c4 {A typical motif
in many French and Caro Kahn positions.  White responds to  the exchange of
his good bishop for Black's bad one by changing the pawn   structure.  The
break is often justified by Black's resulting underdevelopment}) 9. c3 $5 (9.
Bf4 b6 10. Qe2 a5 11. a4 Ba6 12. c4 {Again White uses the time black spent in
exchanging off the light squared  bishops to justify a bold break in the
center.  With this break White intends to alter the nature of the pawn
structure and gain the initiative.} c6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. e6 $36 {
Grunfeld-Hug, Munich zt 1987}) 9... b6 10. Ne1 {White tries a straight forward
plan of using the extra space on the  kingside to generate an initiative.  Now
f4-f5 is possible and the white  queen and possibly the rook can gain access
to the kingside.} c6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qg4 {Was Yanofsky-Portisch,
Munich 1958.  White with his space has good potential on the kingside.  Abe
eventually finished off Portisch very nicely with a sweet exchange sacrafice.})
7. a4 Be7 8. Bb5 {Exerting greater control over the center squares.  Bb5 is
not a common  development in the French, but Black's single minded set-up
geared toward f6 justifies it here.} Ncb8 {Black would have to be concerned
about his a-pawn if White got in Bxc6 and  Bd2.  Though it looks silly to
waste time like this, it can be justified since White has so far been seduced
to queenside play where Black has space.} 9. h4 $1 {Go Pascal!  Actually I
find this a more efficient method of mobilizing White's pieces for the
kingside initiative than in the Yanofsky game.  The rook will develop through
h3 and the knight can either go to g5 or h2-g4.} b6 $6 {Black is asking for
it!  Did he think Pascal was playing h4 just to be cheeky? Black had to keep
the Knight off of g5.  Now White will mobilize quickly on the kingside and it
will be hard for black to hold him off.} (9... f6 $6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Ng5 Qe7
12. f4 h6 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Bd3 {Gave White his kingside initiative in
Kiss-Topalov, Singapore 1990.}) (9... h6 {Prudent.} 10. h5 (10. c3 b6 11. h5 c6
12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Be3 Nc7 15. Nh2 {Created some dynamic
possibilities in Delaune-Seirwan, USA 1979.  However I  must admit I do not
understand why White bothered to play 10.c3 rather than just getting on with
his plan.}) 10... b6 11. Rh3 Ba6 12. Rg3 Bf8 13. Kf1 c6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Kg1 {
Played in Adams-Brooks, Sutton op 1987 was a patient approach to using White's
kingside space to generate pressure.}) 10. Ng5 $1 h6 $6 {Black must have no
sense of smell!} (10... Ba6 11. Qh5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qc8 13. Rh3 {Black has a lot
of firepower amassed along the kingside border.} h6 14. Bf4 c6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6
16. Qg4 g6 17. h5 g5 18. Bh2 Qd8 19. f4 {And White was crashing through
Black's kingside defenses in Loginov-Rustemov, Corr. 1994}) 11. Nxe6 $1 {
Yeehaw!} fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Rh3 Kg8 (13... Ba6 {Is too slow and finished
forcefully after ...} 14. Rf3+ Kg8 15. Qf7+ Kh7 16. Bxh6 $1 {Kr.
Georgiev-Borngaesser, Halhidiki 1990} Kxh6 $140 17. Rg3 $18) 14. Rf3 Bf6 $5 {
Black finds a good time to bail out and give back the material.} (14... Rh7 15.
Bd3 Nf8 16. Bxh7+ Nxh7 17. Bxh6 {Kr. Georgiev}) (14... Nf6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16.
Qg6 Kf8 17. Rxf6+ $1 $18) 15. exf6 (15. Qg6 $2 {Black has to take the material.
} Nf8) 15... Nxf6 16. Qg6 {This move signals that Pascal wants to finish the
kill.} (16. Qe5 {Intending to regroup with Qe2 where the damage already
inflicted on Black's position will just naturally show itself was suggested by
Captain Dale.}) 16... c6 {Although this chases the bishop toward the kingside,
the bishop was even more annoying on b5 aimed at the back rows.  Besides on d3
the Bishop is  limited somewhat by White's queen.  On the other hand does
black have time?} 17. Bd3 (17. Rg3 $5 {Maybe there is a knockout punch
somewhere for White around here.  Since I  live in a Fritz-free environment, I
cannot say with certainty, but this move with the idea of Bxh6 looks pretty
dangerous.}) 17... Qe7 {Black had to defend against the threat of 18.Rg3 and
19.Bxh6.} 18. Bf4 {A good move.  Pascal is trying to finish the job with
attack.  Not only is the Bishop preparing for action on the queenside, but it
has other tactical possiblitiies with its control of the h2-b8 diaganol.} Nbd7
19. Be5 $2 {Consistant but unfortunately it is a bit slow and clumsy.  Pascal
was wanting  to play Qg3, but wanted to avoid ...Nh5 first.  Instead White
should first finish his development and then land the knockout punch.} (19. Kf1
$1 {Intending Re1} c5 20. c4 $36) 19... c5 $1 $132 20. Qg3 $5 {One thing that
I like about this game is that even after Pascal blew his great position he
still managed to make the draw with some style.} c4 21. Bd6 Qd8 (21... Qe8 $2
22. Bg6) 22. Bc7 Qe7 {And the queen is perpetually attacked.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Istanbul ol f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bryskine, Marina"]
[Black "Amina, Oubaaqua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Chu,S"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1r4pp/p2qP3/2pP2R1/8/5Q2/1P1r3P/6RK w - - 0 42"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

42. Rxg7+ Rxg7 43. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 {According to our
databases, my opponent always played the Classical Sicilian. This made me
fairly happy.  For those who do not know me, I like sharp chess. Also it made
it easier to pin him down in preparation.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 {I was very
dissatisfied with the effectiveness of my opening preperation in my first
three games.  For this game I enlisted the help of our captain Dale to put in
some extra effort in preparing.  As you will see, the work paid off.} a6 (7...
Be7 8. O-O-O {Since this game was virtually decided by preperation, I will
spend a little  space about the opening.  I anticipated the line that we
actually played, but I also reviewed most of the more topical lines in the
Rauzer for this game.} Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 {Is an altenative move order.} (9... O-O
10. f4 Qa5 {Is another very popular line which I was prepared to play the
following  against} 11. Kb1 h6 $140 12. h4) 10. f4 (10. Bc4 {This idea is not
possible by the other move order, but it is probably not a serious concern for
Black.} Qc7 11. Bb3 b5 (11... Bd7 12. f4 Bc6 13. Rhe1 Rd8 14. f5 e5 15. Qg1 O-O
16. g4 $40 {Kirton-Kollar, Manitoba ch. 1996}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 Qc5 14. Qd3
Bd7 {Intending ...a5}) 10... b5 {And we have transposed to the game.}) 8. O-O-O
Be7 $5 (8... Bd7 {Is the older main line.  It has not been very popular at the
top for awhile, but it still seems fairly popular with the average player.  A
recent game I played continued.} 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 (10... Qxf6 $6 11. e5 {
xBd7}) 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 (13... b4 $140 14. Nd5) 14. f5 b4
15. Ne2 e5 (15... Bxe4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ng3 Bd5 18. Rxd5 $1 exd5 19. Nf5 $44)
16. Ng3 h5 17. h4 Bf8 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Qe2 Ke7 20. Nxh5 Qc5 21. b3 Bh6 22. Rh3
a5 23. g4 a4 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. g5+ Bxg5 26. hxg5+ Kxg5 {Provocative} 27. Rhd3
$1 {Anticpating the king's evacuation route.} Rh4 28. Qg2+ Rg4 29. Rg3 Rxg3 30.
Qxg3+ Kf6 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Rh1 Qe3 33. f6+ Kg6 34. Qh5+ {1-0 Yoos-Khassanov,
Canadian ch Brantford 1999}) (8... h6 {Is ofcourse an extremely popular line
which I have faced previously in Canada against both Yan Teplitsky and
Fletcher Baragar.} 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bd3 b5 13. Nf3 $5 {I
prepared this idea which I had gotten from Kevin Spraggett.  He seemed to be
dissatisfied with it after his game against Baragar, but I was armed with a 
new idea which I have not tested yet.} b4 14. Ne2 Na5 (14... a5 15. h3 O-O 16.
g4 a4 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Na5 $13 {K. Spraggett-Baragar, Canadian ch Toronto
1996}) 15. Bd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. e5 $1 {Yoos-Toth, Budapest
1998}) 9. f4 (9. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 10. f4 {Is a reasonable conservative option.}) (
9. f3 {Ofcourse playing ala English Attack - g4/h4 - has been very popular in
almost every line of the Rauzer lately.}) 9... Nxd4 (9... Bd7 10. Nf3 {Would
transpose back into another of the older main lines.  After 10...b5 White has
done well with both the sharp 11.e5,b4 and the typical light square squeeze
after 11.Bxf6,gxf6 with an eventual f5.}) 10. Qxd4 b5 {This line of the Rauzer
has been extremely fashionable amoung top players in recent years.  In general
once Black commits to ...b5 it is more appealing for White to double the
f-pawns by capturing on f6 due to tempi and king safety.} 11. Bxf6 (11. Be2 {
Is also a common line.  An early exchange on f6 is likely to transpose into
lines seen later on.  The main independent plan is for white to play for e5  
which is a central theme in the Rauzer when the knight is still on f6.} Qc7 12.
Bf3 Bb7 13. e5 $5) 11... gxf6 {When White doubles the f-pawns like this in the
Rauzer, the general plan is to work over the weakened light squares in the
center by an eventual f5 and the use of the light square bishop and/or the
queen hitting e6 and/or f7.} (11... Bxf6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qc5 (13. Qe4 Bd7 14.
Bxb5 axb5 15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Rd1+ Ke8 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. fxe5 $18) 13... Bd7 14.
Nxb5 Be7 (14... axb5 15. Rxd7 $18) 15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. Qxe5 $18 {Kasparov}) 12. e5
{The most agressive continuation.  Since White fixes the structure, black will
have less piece play in the center of the board, but if White cannot cash in
quickly on the light squares, Black's larger center will prove advantageous.} (
12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Qe3 Qc5 14. Qg3 $13 {Was successful in Kasparov-Kramnik,
Amsterdam 1996.  White's queen can be a  pain in the kingside, but there are
questions to whether it will be left out out of the action.  This plan does
not seem to have attracted many supporters.}) (12. Be2 {Is the main
alternative.  This line of the Rauzer has only been common at GM  level for
about five years.  When I first faced this line in 1996, this move was my
choice.  A few months later I saw Kasparov-Hracek and changed my mind.} Qc7 (
12... Bb7 13. Bh5 $5 Qa5 14. e5 b4 (14... d5 15. exf6 Bb4 16. Rhe1) 15. Ne4
Bxe4 16. Qxe4 d5 17. Qe3 f5 18. Kb1 $14 {Yoos-Chris Kuczaj, Canadian op
Calgary 1996}) (12... Qa5 13. e5 $1 fxe5 14. fxe5 d5 15. Nxd5 $1 exd5 16. e6
O-O 17. Rd3 Bg5+ 18. Kb1 Bxe6 {Shirov-Kramnik, Monaco (rapid) 1996} 19. h4 $16
{Shirov}) 13. f5 {This is typical in this pawn structure.  If the White bishop
gets to h5 with no compensatory factors, Black will find himself in a bind.} (
13. Bf3 Bb7 14. f5 h5 15. Kb1 Qc5 {And Black seems comfortable.}) 13... Qc5 (
13... h5 $2 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. e5 $1 {Intending Qe4 and Bxh5}) 14. fxe6 fxe6 (
14... Bxe6 $5) 15. Qxc5 dxc5 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. e5 f5 18. g4 b4 19. Ne2 Bg5+ 20.
Kb1 Ke7 {And black has been holding lately.  For example} 21. gxf5 exf5 22.
Rhg1 Bh6 23. Bf3 Rb8 24. Rd6 Be6 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Rxh6 Rbg8 27. Rg3 Rg4 $11)
12... d5 (12... dxe5 13. Qe4 Bd7 14. Rxd7 Kxd7 15. Bxb5+ axb5 16. Rd1+ Bd6 (
16... Ke8 $16 {Kasparov}) 17. fxe5 fxe5 18. Nxb5 $36 {Kasparov}) (12... fxe5
13. fxe5 d5 {xf7}) 13. Kb1 {This is a critical point.  Black would like to
bail out his king and castle queenside, but the queen cannot be developed
because of f6.  Relieving the tension with ...fxe5 dangerously opens the file
and f5 often runs into g4!} Bb7 {This has been the most popular continuation
so far, but after this game I  think it could be considered a mistake.} (13...
fxe5 14. fxe5 {xf7}) (13... f5 14. g4 $36) (13... Bd7 14. Qe3 {Threatening 15.
exf6 and 16.Nxd5} f5 15. g4 fxg4 16. h3 gxh3 17. Bxh3 Qc7 18. f5 $36) (13... b4
{This looks natural, but the knight only emphasizes white's strengths on the
kingside.} 14. Ne2 a5 15. Ng3 f5 16. Nh5 Rb8 17. g4 $16 fxg4 18. f5 Rg8 19.
Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 Qd6 21. Bg2 Rg5 22. Bxd5 Bd7 23. Rhe1 h6 24. fxe6 fxe6 25.
Qa7 {1-0 Kasparov-Hracek, Yerevan (ol) 1996}) (13... Rg8 $1 {This is the
critical continuation.} 14. f5 (14. Bd3 $140 f5) 14... fxe5 15. Qxe5 Qd6 $1)
14. f5 $1 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf6 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Be2 h5 (18... O-O-O
19. Bg4 h5 20. Bh3 h4 21. Qf4 Bg7 22. Rhe1 Rh6 23. a3 Rg6 24. Bxe6+ $18 {
Kasparov-Ivanchuk, Frankfurt 1998}) 19. a4 $1 $146 {Suggested by Anand in his
notes in Informant.  White tenderizes Black's queenside pawn structure before
making his move.  When attacking it is often helpful to create a few extra
distractions.} (19. Bf3 O-O-O 20. h4 $2 b4 21. Ne2 e5 $17 {Anand-Kramnik, Wijk
aan Zee 2000}) (19. Ne4 dxe4 20. Qg6+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+ Kg6 23. Rxb7
Rab8 $11) (19. Rhf1 O-O-O $15) 19... b4 (19... Qg7 20. Qh3) (19... Qb4 20. Rd3
$1) (19... bxa4 20. Rhf1 $40) 20. Ne4 $1 Bh4 $2 {The first deviation from my
opening preparation turns out to be  the losing  move.} (20... dxe4 {In my
preperation Dale and I mostly paid attention to this continuation.} 21. Qg6+
Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rd7+ Kg6 24. Rxb7 {This is certainly Black's safest
continuation and might be the best.  Although the opposite coloured bishops
provide drawing chances, White is very  comfortably on top.}) (20... O-O-O 21.
Nxf6 Qxf6 22. Rhf1 Qe7 $140 23. Qe5 $36) 21. Bxh5+ $1 Kd7 (21... Rxh5 22. Qg6+
Qf7 23. Nd6+ {I would guess that my opponent probably overlooked this fork.})
22. Qe5 {The queen is a pig.  Not only is the queen currently untouchable but
she also  makes the dark squared bishop miserable.  The intention now is to
play Bg4.} Rag8 (22... Kc6 23. Bg4 $40 dxe4 $140 24. Qxe4+ Kb6 25. Qe3+ Kc7 (
25... Qc5 26. a5+) (25... Ka5 26. Qe5+ Bd5 (26... Kxa4 27. b3+) 27. Bxe6) 26.
Qe5+ Kb6 27. a5+ $1 Ka7 28. Qd4+ $18 {Is a neat bit of triangulation pointed
out by Pascal}) 23. g3 (23. Rhf1 $5) 23... Bg5 24. Bg4 Rh6 25. Rhf1 {The last
remaining piece swings into action and finishes the job.  It is a  cliche for
a good reason.} Kc6 26. Rf7 Bf6 (26... Qxf7 27. Qd6#) (26... Qd8 27. Bxe6) 27.
Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dias, Paulo"]
[Black "Cummings, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Cummings,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 d5 8. Qe2 b6
9. e5 Qc7 10. Re1 Ba6 11. Bf4 h6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. a4 (13. Nbd2 Rdg8 14. a4 g5
15. hxg5 Ng6 16. a5 bxa5 17. Be3 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Ngxe5 19. Bf4 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qb7
21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxd3 24. Rxa5 Qc7 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Rxa7+
Kd6 27. Rxf7 c4 28. Rf6 Bf5 29. Bf3 Rg7 30. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Hort-Furman, Wijk aan
Zee 1975}) 13... g5 14. hxg5 Ng6 15. b4 $5 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Ne7 (16... cxb4 17.
cxb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 (18. Nc3 Nxd3 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nxe1 21. Qxe1 Kb7) (18.
Ra3 Kb8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Rc1 Qd7) 18... Nxd3 19. Bf1 Nc5 20. Bxa6+ Nxa6 21. a5
Nc5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Nd4 hxg5 24. Ra8+ Kd7 25. Nb5 Qc6 26. Ra7+ Ke8 27. Nd6+
Rxd6 28. exd6 d4 29. f3 Qxf3 30. Qg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Nd3) 17. a5 b5 18. bxc5
hxg5 19. fxg5 Qxc5 20. Na3 Ng6 21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Kd7 (22... Bf8) 23. Rb1 (
23. Nc2 Nf4 (23... Bf8 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. cxb4 Rc8) 24. Nb4 Bb7 25. a6 Ba8 26. d4
(26. Nd4 Rh5) (26. Nd2 d4) (26. Ra5 Rc8 27. d4 Rxc3) 26... Rh5 $44 27. Bf1 Rdh8
28. Bxb5+ Kc7 29. Kf1 Rxg5 $1 30. Ke1 (30. Ng1 Bxe5 $3 (30... Rh1 31. Rg3) 31.
dxe5 (31. Rxe5 Rg2) 31... Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 d4) 30... Ng2+ 31. Kd2 Rf5 32. Rd3 Nf4
$11 (32... Rh3 33. Rg1 Bh6+ 34. Kc2 Nf4 35. Rg8 Nxd3 36. Bxd3 Rfxf3 37. Rxa8))
23... Rb8 24. d4 (24. Nc2 Nf4 25. Nb4 Bb7 26. a6 Ba8 27. d4 Rh5 28. Nd3 Nxd3
29. Rxd3 Bf8) 24... Nf4 25. Bf1 (25. Nc2 b4) 25... Bf8 26. Nxb5 (26. Nc2 Rh5
27. Nb4 Bxb4 28. Rxb4 Rbh8 29. Bg2 $11 Rc8 30. Bf1 Rch8) 26... Be7 27. c4 dxc4
28. Bxc4 Nh3+ 29. Kf1 Nxg5 30. Rbb3 Rbc8 31. Bd3 Bb7 32. Nd2 (32. Nxg5 Bxg5 33.
Nxa7 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Bd5 35. Rh3 Rxh3 36. Bb5+ Kc7 37. Rxh3 Kb7) 32... Rc1+ 33.
Ke2 Rhh1 34. Bb1 Bd5 (34... Nh3 $1 35. Rxh3 Rce1+ 36. Kd3 Rxh3+ 37. Kc2 Be4+
38. Kb2 Rxb3+) 35. Rbc3 (35. Rb2 Nh3) 35... Rxb1 36. Nxb1 Rxb1 37. Rc7+ Ke8 (
37... Kd8 38. Rec3) 38. Nxa7 (38. Nd6+ Bxd6 39. exd6 Bf3+ 40. Kd3 Rd1+ 41. Kc4
a6 42. Kc5 Rb1) 38... Bd8 39. Rc8 Rb2+ 40. Kd3 Kd7 41. Rc5 Ra2 42. Nb5 Bxa5 43.
Nc3 Bxc3 44. Rxc3 Nf3 45. Re2 Ra4 46. Ke3 Nxd4 47. Rb2 Nf3 48. Ke2 Nxe5 49. Rg3
f5 50. Rc3 f4 51. Rcc2 f3+ 52. Kd1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Istanbul ol f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charest, Johanne"]
[Black "Mohammed, Janer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Chu,S"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

{Johanne's round 11 game against Iraq was an example of how her wins were
usually quick and convincing affairs.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6
5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Ne7 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Re1
Nf6 12. d6 Nf5 13. dxc7 Qxc7 14. Qd3 d5 15. Bb3 h6 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. h3 Be6 18.
g4 Ne7 19. Nd4 {(Include diagram after Nd4) Having outplayed her opponent out
of the opening, Johanne obtains a strong position, with both Bishops breathing
fire from the queenside. Although her opponent's choice of 19...Ng6 simply
loses a piece, there is no defense to White's threat to capture on e6 with a
decisive advantage, and the game ended shortly after.} Ng6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Qxg6 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. c4 Rac8 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Kf6
27. Bb2+ Kg6 28. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Kiik, Kalle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

{This game was important for me, as a win would secure an IM norm. Also,
Estonia did not put up their best team, and we felt very confident to beat
them. Looking up the games of my opponent was very disappointing, he seemed to
play everything...} 1. e4 Nf6 {...except the Alekhine! How to explain this? He
must have found in his database some games of mine, and admittedly I played
some goofy variations this summer, which probably appealed him to playing this
fairly rare opening.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O (6. Ng5 {
is the most aggressive way to meet this set-up, and theoretically leads to an
advantage. However, according to most sources, playing classically also
provides white with the better game, and I chose to avoid complications right
from the beginning.}) 6... Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Qe2 $5 {Not the
most common move, and played on the spur of the moment. I preferred to keep
the option of bringing the rook to the e-file.} Nd7 10. b3 Qc7 11. Re1 Bb4 {
quite possibly a major mistake, because the dark-squared bishop is much needed
as a defender for the black dark squares. During the analysis with Kevin and
Alex, we looked at Ne7, the typical play, for a long time, and an interesting
pawn sacrifice that began with Ne7 Nd2 Ng6 Nc4 b5!? Nd6+! Bxd6 exd6 Qxd6 a4!
and white certainly has compensation for the pawn. Whether this is much
stronger than the game is relevant, as the game showed black is in deep
trouble already.} 12. Bd2 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Nf4 14. Qe4 Ng6 15. Nc4 {Heading for
the important d6-square. Black would be fine here if not for white's next move.
} O-O 16. Bh5 $1 $16 {The best move I found in this whole game. By removing
the knight, white gets all the play, and can followed Bxg6 hxg6 with Nd6, Re3,
f4, with a free game and a big attack on the h-file eventually.} Ne7 {black is
now very passive, and a monster on d6 will very soon land.} 17. Rad1 Rad8 18.
Nd6 g6 19. Bg4 Nd5 20. Qd4 $1 {The tactics beginning after Nxe5 never work
because of c4 and white gains material.} c5 $6 {This provokes the weakening of
the b7 pawn and the h1-a8 diagonal which will prove lethal, but white was
threatening to play c4-c5, forcing black into total passivity.} 21. Qb2 Nb8 22.
Bf3 $1 $16 {My opponent looked disgusted at this point, and went down without
fighting. This is what happens sometimes after a positional torture: you don't
find the energy to calculate tactical resources after having been denied
counterplay for a full game.} Nc6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 f6 25. f4 fxe5 26.
fxe5 Nd4 27. Qc3 b6 $4 28. Rxd4 {Securing my first IM norm with 8 games played.
I would have had some chances for a GM norm if not for a 13th round blunder in
a much better position. However, I can only be happy of the experience I
gained in Istanbul, a lot of my draws were out of vastly superior positions. I
appreciated Dale's input, and Alex and Kevin acted as the real veterans who
knew how to help and motivate us. I hope this was my first and not last
olympiad, as the occasion to meet so many of the world's best players was a
great motivator for me, and I believe all members of the team enjoyed the
company of each other for the duration of the event.} 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

{This is one of my best games from the Istanbul olympiad.  It is far from
perfect, and some might even argue (with reason) that the result could easily
have been different.    However, chess is in the end just a game and one must
forgive oneself for being human.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 (7... Be6 8. f4 Qc7 9. g4 $1 {is known to be very
unpleasant for the black pieces}) 8. O-O O-O (8... Be6 {This is the only way
to avoid the types of positions that occur in the game.  However, I was
prepared to wage the fight in these lines also} 9. a4 Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1
Rc8 (11... O-O 12. g4 $1 {is also very dangerous for black}) 12. f5 Bc4 13. a5
O-O 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Ra4 Qc6 16. Be3 {with some ideas including g4 or first
Qf3 and g4.  The theory on this line is still uncertain, but white appears to
be having some success here}) 9. Re1 $1 {A diagram here    Geller's legacy.   
Having crushed many strong grandmasters with Be3, including Fischer and
Polugaevsky, Geller turned to this quiet move after sufficient defensive
resources were discovered for black.    Re1 hasn't yet caught on, but I think
that Geller was ahead of his time!} Be6 {The most consistent of black's
possibilities.} (9... Nbd7 10. Bf1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 14.
Bb5 $1 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Rc1 $1 {and white is better, as in
Geller-Movsziszian,K (Dortmund 92)}) (9... b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5
Ra7 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rb7 15. a5 $16) (9... b6 $5 {This was Movsziszian's
improvement (over his game with Geller) against me in Sevilha '99} 10. Bf1 Bb7
11. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bg5 13. c4 Nd7 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nd2 f5 16. Rc1 Qf6
17. Nb1 $1 g5 18. Nc3 g4 19. b4 Kh8 20. Na4 Rac8 21. Qd2 Rg8 22. Red1 Rg6 23.
c5 $1 {with a strong initiative for white, which he managed to convert into a
whole point (though not without some bumps along the way) (This position
deserves a diagram)}) 10. Bf1 Nbd7 (10... d5 $6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13.
Qxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxe5) 11. Nd5 Nxd5 (11... Rc8 12. c4 Nb6 13. Nd2 $14) (11... Nb6
12. c4) 12. exd5 Bf5 13. a4 $1 Rc8 14. c3 Bg5 (14... Bg6 $5 {has also been
played, and is just as good as the text move} 15. a5 f5 16. Ra4 Nf6 17. Rb4 Qd7
18. f3 {with a complex game, as in Geller-Lutz (Dortmund 91)}) 15. Bxg5 {I am
not certain if this move is the best that white has.} (15. a5 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf6
17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Qe3 Bg6 19. f3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. b4 Rc7 22. c4 {is clearly
better for white, as in Cuijpers-Bezemer (Holland, 95)}) 15... Qxg5 16. a5 Bg6
17. Nd2 $5 {This was a difficult decision for me to take.  Now I am of the
opinion that it is not the best move.} (17. Ra4 $1 f5 18. Rb4 Rc7 19. f4 $1 $36
) 17... f5 18. Nc4 Rf6 19. Ra4 (19. Qb3 $5 Rc7 $1 (19... Nc5 20. Qb6 f4 21.
Nxd6 f3 22. g3 Qh5 23. Nxc8 Rxb6 24. axb6) 20. Qb4 e4 $1 21. Nxd6 Ne5 $1 {and
black's attack is very strong}) 19... Nc5 20. Rb4 f4 $1 21. Rb6 {This position
deserves a diagram.    This is the critical position.} Rd8 $6 {Black can not
afford this loss of time.  It now appears that black is lost} (21... f3 22. g3
{and it is not at all obvious how black has improved his chances, given white
now has the e3 square for his knight}) (21... Bh5 $1 {This was the move that I
had spent most of my time on during the game} 22. Qd2 (22. f3 e4 $1 $17) (22.
Qc2 $5 {Maybe white has nothing better than this move, which allows a
repetition in position.} Bg6 $1 (22... Bf3 23. b4 Bxg2 24. Bxg2 Nd7 25. Rxb7
Rxc4 26. f3) 23. Qd1 Bh5 $1 $11) 22... Bf3 $1 {The only move} 23. Nxd6 (23. Kh1
$4 Rg6) (23. Rxd6 $5 Ne4 (23... Nb3 $6 24. Qc2 Rxc4 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Qxb3 Bxg2
27. h4 $1 Qg4 28. Qxb7+ Kg6 29. Qd7 $1) 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Nb6 Rd8
27. c4 {doesn't seem so clear after black's next} (27. f3 $5) 27... Qg6 28. Qc3
(28. Kh1 Bxg2+ 29. Bxg2 Qb1+)) (23. h4 Qxh4 24. gxf3 Rg6+ 25. Bg2 Qh3 26. Kf1
Rxg2 $40) 23... Rg6 (23... Rd8 $1 {Neither my opponent nor I saw this move
during the game.  Black appears to be better in all lines} 24. Nxb7 (24. h4
Qxh4 25. Nxb7 Rf5 $1 26. gxf3 Rg5+ 27. Bg2 Qh3 28. Kf1 Qxg2+ 29. Ke2 e4 {with
a crushing attack}) 24... Rxd5 25. Qc2 (25. h4 Qg4 $3 {and white is in big
trouble}) 25... Bxg2 {winning}) 24. g3 $1 (24. Nxc8 $2 Qxg2+ 25. Bxg2 Rxg2+ 26.
Kf1 Rxh2 {a diagram should be given here}) 24... fxg3 (24... Rh6 $5 25. Bg2 $3
{this complex position deserves a diagram    The only move really good move
that assures white the advantage} (25. Nxc8 fxg3 26. Qxg5 (26. Rxh6 gxf2+ 27.
Kxf2 Qxd2+) 26... gxh2#) (25. h3 Rxh3 $2 {this almost works} (25... Rf8 {with
attacking chances that must not be underestimated}) 26. Bxh3 Qh6 27. Re3 $3 (
27. Kh2 fxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Qxd2) 27... fxe3 28. Qxe3 $16) 25... Rxd6 (25... Bxg2
26. Nxc8 Rxh2 27. Rxe5 Rh1+ 28. Kxg2 f3+ 29. Kxh1 Qxd2 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Nd6+)
26. Bxf3 $1 $16) 25. Qxg5 gxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rxg5 27. Nxc8) 22. b4 $1 {The very
best move, and the only one to take advantage of black's last move.} (22. f3 $6
e4 23. b4 (23. fxe4 f3) 23... Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Rxb7 Qxd5 26. Rc7 Re6 27.
Nb6 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qe5 $1 {and the black d pawn is too strong}) 22... Bh5 (
22... Ne4 23. Qf3 Qf5 24. h4 $1 {A very hard move to find in my analysis at
the board.  Now black is paralyzed} (24. Bd3 Ng5 25. Bxf5 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Bxf5
27. Rxb7 $2 Rc8 $1 {and white is struggling to survive}) (24. Rxb7 Ng5 25. Qd1
f3 {with lots of counterplay}) 24... h6 25. Bd3 Nd2 26. Nxd2 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Bxd3
28. Rxb7 $16) 23. f3 e4 {otherwise white will just grup the pawn on b7 and
black will die without a fight} 24. bxc5 exf3 (24... Bxf3 25. Qc2) 25. Qd2 fxg2
26. Bxg2 (26. Qxg2 {I spent some time on this move: however, it is  much less
certain than the simple Bxg2} Qh4 (26... f3 27. Re8+ $1 (27. Qxg5 f2+ 28. Kg2
fxe1=Q {and black wins})) 27. Re6 $1 Rf5 28. Qe4 (28. Qf2 $5 Qg4+ 29. Bg2 $5)
28... Qg4+ 29. Qg2 Qh4 $11) 26... Qg4 (26... dxc5 27. Re5 Qg6 28. Rxb7 f3 29.
Rg5 f2+ 30. Kf1 Qh6 31. Rgxg7+ Qxg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qg5+ Bg6 34. Be4 Re8 35.
Ne5 {white should win}) 27. Rxd6 Rdxd6 28. cxd6 f3 29. Ne5 {A pleasant move to
have to play} Qh4 {everything loses} (29... Qxg2+ 30. Qxg2 fxg2 31. d7 Rd6 32.
c4 Kf8 33. Rb1 Ke7 34. Rxb7) 30. Nxf3 $1 Bxf3 31. d7 Rf8 32. Re8 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Belc, Daniela"]
[Black "Macek, Vlasta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[Annotator "Chu,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7
9. Bd3 Ne8 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15.
Qc2 f5 16. Rae1 Nf6 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Nd4 Rae8 19. a4 Kg7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
cxb5 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Rc8 24. Na7 Rc7 25. Nb5 Rc6 26. Nd4 Rcc8 27. Rb1
Rf7 28. Rb6 Kg8 29. Rfb1 Nd7 30. Rxb7 Rxc5 31. Qa4 Qd6 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Qa1 Kg8
34. Ra7 Rc7 35. Ra8+ Rf8 36. Ra6 Qe7 37. Ne6 Nc5 38. Nxc7 Nxa6 39. Nxa6 Ra8 40.
Rb8+ Rxb8 41. Nxb8 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Labib, Ibrahim Hasan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 {This quiet move was a favourite of the
late great Petrosian, as well as late great Keres.  It has the advantage of
simply 'forgetting' about theory and instead concentrating on  'just playing
chess'.} Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 (5... d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ne2 Nd7 10.
Bb2 {would be my game against the Ecuadorian player Bastidas, earlier in the
olympiad}) 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 (7... O-O $6 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
Bxd5 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qxd5 Nc6 13. Rd1 {with white having a clear positional
advantage}) 8. exd4 O-O (8... d5 $5 {This is more usual.}) 9. b3 {Here I
thought a while: should white play 9.d5 ?  According to practical results, the
immediate d5 is excellent.  However, I felt that in such an important game (as
this was the last round and would decide Canada's final classification) I
should stick with good solid moves.} (9. d5 $5 Bb4 $1 (9... exd5 $5 10. Nxd5
Nxd5 11. cxd5 Na6 $5) 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bc2 Na6 $5) 9... d5 10. Bb2
Nbd7 {More common is the immediate ...Nc6, which I have met on more than one
occasion.} (10... Nc6 11. Re1 Rc8 (11... Nb4 $5 {is an interesting try, as in
Spraggett,K-Dorfman,J (Playa do Aro, '94)}) 12. Rc1 Re8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Be4 Qh5 (15... Qd7 $2 {This position deserves a diagram} 16. Rxc6 $1
Bxc6 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kf8 19. Qh5 {With a winning attack, as in
Portisch-DeFirmian (Reggio Emilia '89)}) 16. d5 exd5 (16... Rcd8 17. dxc6 Rxd1
18. cxb7 {This position deserves a diagram.  Black has many headaches}) 17.
Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Kf8 19. h4 $1 {with a small but clear endgame advantage, as
in Spraggett,K-O'Donnell,T (zonal tournament '94)}) 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13.
Qe2 dxc4 $5 (13... Bf8 $5 14. h3 g6 {with interesting play}) 14. bxc4 {This
leads to more complex play.} (14. Bxc4 Bb4 $1 {seems like a very familiar line
of a nimzo-indian defense}) 14... Nf8 {Black intends Ng6 and Nf4, getting play
on the kingside.  With his bishop on b7, and later with his bishop on d6,
black would lead a strong attack.} 15. Ne5 $1 (15. h3 $6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxd4 {
and I don't see a refutation of black's play}) 15... Ng6 (15... Qxd4 $6 16. Ne4
Qd8 17. Ng5 $1 {snares the f7 pawn}) 16. Qe3 Bd6 (16... Nxe5 $5 17. dxe5 (17.
Qxe5 $5 Bd6 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qh4) 17... Nd7 (17... Bc5 18. Qh3) 18. Red1 h6 $5 (
18... Qc7 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxd7)) 17. Red1 (17. f4 $2 Bxe5 18.
fxe5 (18. dxe5 Ng4 {is just as strong}) 18... Ng4 $1 $19) 17... Qe7 18. Nb5 Ba8
(18... Bb8 $5) 19. Bf1 $6 (19. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 20. Bf1 Qe7 21. Nxg6 hxg6 $14 {And
white keeps a comfortable edge with his two bishops and more active position. 
However, black's position would remain playable.}) 19... Bb8 20. Ba3 Qb7 21. f3
$5 {With this move white wanted to eliminate all of the tricks along the long
diagonal.  However, it also weakens the e3 square.} (21. Nxg6 {Now this move
would be wrong} Bxh2+ $1 22. Kh1 hxg6 23. f4 Ng4 24. Qe2 f5 25. Nd6 Qe7 {with
strong attacking chances against white's king}) 21... Nh4 22. Qf2 Nf5 23. Ng4
$6 {This move invites complications and is too provocative.  However, I was
beginning to not like my position.} a6 (23... Bf4 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Re1 Bxc1
26. Bxc1 {White has some compensation, but is it enough for the exchange?}) 24.
Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Nc3 Kh8 $6 {Black had to take the exchange with Bf4.  After the
game my opponent admitted that he simply did not 'see' the Bf4 idea} 26. Ne4
$16 {Now white has a clear edge: black's kingside is very exposed.} Qc7 27. g3
Rg8 28. d5 $1 Rg6 29. d6 Qd8 30. Bg2 e5 $6 {Black weakens his position some
more.  He intends to plug up the d-line with Nd4.  Ofcourse, white can simply
let his opponent do this and then take off the knight with his rook and
maintain a huge positional advantage.  However, being short of time, white
decides recklessly to play with fire.} 31. Bh3 (31. c5 $5 bxc5 32. d7 Rc7 33.
Bh3 Rxd7 (33... Nd4 34. Bxc5 Ba7 35. Bxa7 Rxa7 36. Rc8) 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Nxc5)
31... Qd7 32. Bxf5 Qxf5 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qxb6 $2 {I didn't realize what I was
walking into with this move.} Ba7 $1 {This clever move I had not taken into
account!  When I first annotated this game I wrote''Probably the correct
result of the game now should be a draw.  However, as both players had little
time left things become very uncertain''  However, as Victoria Master Dan
Scoones later pointed out, white is infact winning!!  The game is very complex}
35. Qxa7 Qxf3 {This position deserves a diagram.} 36. Rd5 $6 {This is the
riskiest line of all.  However, with only minutes left in such a complex
position,and not wanting to play for a draw, I was willing to take risks.} (36.
Qb6 $1 Rdg8 $1 37. d8=Q $2 (37. Rd5 $3 {Dan Scoones' brilliant idea wins
immediately} Bxd5 38. cxd5 Qxe4 39. d8=Q) 37... Bxe4 {This position deserves a
diagram.  Despite having the extra queen white can do no more than draw!} 38.
Qxg8+ Rxg8 39. Rd2 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qf3+ $11) (36. Qxa8 Rxa8 37. d8=Q+ Rxd8 38.
Rxd8+ Rg8 (38... Kg7 39. Bf8+ Kh8 40. Bh6+ Rg8 41. Rcd1 $1) 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40.
Nc3 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 e4 42. c5 Qf3+ $11) 36... Qxa3 37. Rcd1 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Qc1+ 39.
Kf2 Qc2+ $2 {This move, played with only seconds left of the clock,  returns
the favour to white} (39... Qxc4 40. Qb6 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Qxe4 42. Rxf7 $44) 40.
Nd2 Qf5+ 41. Ke1 Qe6 42. Qc7 Rgg8 43. Qd6 $1 {The winning move.  Now nothing
can prevent the victorious advance of the white c-pawn.} Rg7 44. c5 e4 45. c6
e3 46. Nb3 Qe4 47. c7 {This position deserves a diagram} Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qg2+ 49.
Kxe3 Qg1+ 50. Kd3 Qb1+ 51. Kc3 {A nerve racking game.} 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Hassan, Sayed Barakat"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

{This was a last round game.  We were paired against Egypt.  My opponent was
an IM with FIDE rating around 2370.  I was very excited before the game and
felt great responsibility to win.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 {
Two major alternatives are:} (4... Bg4) (4... g6 {Alburt Variation}) 5. Nxe5 g6
(5... Nd7 {leads to a messy position after} 6. Nxf7 {(otherwise black
equalizes very easily)} Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 {This position looks good for white,
but it is actually very unclear and with the extra piece black can score an
easy point if white does not know much theory.  However, playing in the last
round with even half a point meaning 10 places, I did not even consider
playing this as it is too risky.}) 6. Bc4 c6 7. h4 $6 {I was glad to see this
move.  It is a reckless move for such an important game.  I was suprised to
find out that this position had already occured four times with white scoring
3/4.} Nd7 (7... Bg7 {was played in Djurhuus (2505)-Elsness (2350), NOR-h 1996
and in Kenworthy (2265)-Neil (2265), BCF chT2 1997.}) 8. Nf3 (8. Nxd7 Qxd7 $1
$15 ({Better than} 8... Bxd7 {as happened in Reeh (2435)-Maus(2420),
Bundesliga 1992.} {Play continued} 9. h5 Bg7 10. c3 Qc7 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. Ne4
$6 ({White should play} 12. h6 {first.} Bf6 (12... Bf8 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Qf3
$14) 13. Ne4 $14) 12... e5 $2 13. h6 Bf8 14. Bg5 $16)) (8. Nc3 {occured in
Hajnal (2185)-Varga(2390), Miskolc Avas op 1998.  After,} Nxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 ({
not} 9... Nxc3 10. Bxf7+) 10. Qf3 {black was better.} {In the game, black
played} Bg7 {and was only slightly better} ({but} 10... Nb4 $1 {gives black a
big advantage.})) (8. h5 Nxe5 (8... Bg7 $15) 9. dxe5 Bg7 $15) 8... N7f6 9. Ne5
{Maybe hoping for a move repetition?} Bg7 10. c3 Be6 {with the idea of Nd7,and
white has to watch out for a Nxc3 tactic.  Black is clearly better due to
better development.} 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Nd2 e5 14. dxe5 (14. Nc4 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 exd4 16. Nd6+ Ke7 $17) 14... Bxd3 15. Bxd3 Nxe5 16. Bc2 O-O {It is
suprisingly difficult to increase black's advantage.} ({If} 16... Nf4 {then}
17. O-O $1 {equalizes, since h4 pawn is immune because Qxh4 loses a piece
after g3.} ({It is not easy to continue even after} 17. Nf3)) 17. g3 f5 {To
discourage white from castling kingside.} 18. Nb3 Qe8 19. Qe2 f4 20. gxf4 Nxf4
21. Bxf4 Nf3+ 22. Kf1 Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2 Rxf4 {Here I thought that black was much
better, but I was wrong as white has good defensive resources.} 24. h5 Re8+ 25.
Kf1 g5 26. Rd1 {Here I realized that I am not really better, but I thought
that I had good winning chances in this unbalanced position, especially with
my opponent's big time trouble.  He had spent most of his time in the opening,
and he successfully avoided getting into a much worse position.} b6 27. Nc1 c5
28. Ne2 Rf6 29. Ng3 c4 $5 30. Be4 Ne5 31. Kg2 Bf8 32. Bd5+ Kg7 33. Rhe1 Re7 {
with Nd3 threat.} 34. Be4 Ref7 35. Re2 ({Better is} 35. h6+ Kh8 $13) 35... Bc5
36. h6+ Kf8 37. f3 $2 {For a number of moves now, my opponent had stopped
recording moves in severe time pressure which is against the rules of the
tournament.  With 30 seconds added to the clock after each move, he has no
excuse for not keeping up his scoresheet.} (37. Rdd2) 37... g4 38. fxg4 Nxg4
39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. Ra8 Ne3+ $19 {My opponent managed to make the time control,
but at this point it did not matter anymore.} 41. Rxe3 Bxe3 42. Bd5 Rf2+ 43.
Kh3 R7f6 {Now white cannot avoid heavy material losses.} 44. Rxa7+ Kd6 45. Ne4+
Kxd5 46. Nxf2 Rxf2 47. Rxh7 Rf6 48. Kg4 Rxh6 49. Re7 Re6 50. Rd7+ Ke4 51. b3
Rg6+ 52. Kh5 Rc6 53. b4 b5 54. Rb7 Rb6 0-1

[Event "Istanbul ol f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Chu, Stefanie"]
[Black "Alcivar, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "Chu,S"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 e5 {Expecting a Pirc, all of my preparation from the night before is out
the window. No problem...let's play!} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4
Bd7 6. O-O Ne5 7. f4 Ng6 {A strange journey for the Knight to end up on g6.} 8.
b3 h5 9. Bb2 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qd7 11. Qe2 {Already here I'm feeling comfortable,
as Black's kingisde appears difficult to untangle. Ideas include c4, Nc3 and
further expansion in the center or queenside, depending on where the black
King will settle.} a6 12. Nd4 O-O-O 13. c4 Nf6 14. Nc3 h4 15. Nd5 Nh5 16. b4
Re8 17. Qf3 Ne7 18. a4 f6 19. a5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rh6 21. b5 axb5 22. cxb5 Kb8 23.
b6 Rc8 {There are probably other routes to victory, but I wanted to end with
something a little cuter...} 24. Nc6+ bxc6 25. dxc6 Qf5 26. b7 Qc5+ {Still
tricks about! 27.Kh1?? leads to the rather embarassing 27...Ng3+ 28.hxg3 hxg3
and mate next move.} 27. Rf2 Re8 28. a6 Qa7 29. Qd5 (29. Bd4 Qxd4 30. a7+ Qxa7
31. Rxa7 Kxa7 32. Qa3+ {is much cleaner, although I was so caught up in my
other analysis that I failed to notice the simpler choice.}) 29... Nxf4 30. Qd4
Ne6 {Fortunately, I had this calculated before I dove into this mess, and
everything works out perfectly...} 31. Qxa7+ Kxa7 32. Re2 Rh5 33. Bd4+ Rc5 34.
Bxc5+ dxc5 35. Rae1 c4 36. Rxe6 Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Rd8 38. Re8 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Lipnowski,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

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. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Qc2 h6 15.
Bg6 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Nf4 18. Ng3 Bxg3 (18... Qb6 $1 19. Kxh2 $140
Nxd4 20. Qb1 Nxf3+ 21. Kh1 Nxh4 $19) 19. fxg3 Nxg6 20. Qxg6 Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7
{/\ 22...g5} 22. g4 Nxd4 $2 $18 (22... Bd7 {/\ ...a5, Ra6-b6}) 23. Rac1 Nc6 24.
b4 a6 25. a4 Nxb4 26. Rc7+ Kg8 27. g5 h5 (27... hxg5 $143) 28. Rfc1 Nc6 29. g6
d4 30. Bg3 d3 31. Rd1 e5 32. Rxd3 Bf5 33. Rb3 Nd4 34. Rbxb7 Ne6 35. Re7 e4 36.
Be5 e3 37. Kg2 Rc8 38. Rxg7+ Nxg7 39. Rxg7+ Kf8 40. Rf7+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jacek, Tomasz"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F Panjwani,R"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Qd2 $2 (8. O-O d5 $1 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 e6 12. Na4 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6
$11) 8... d5 $1 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Bf3 (10. d6 $142 exd6 11. O-O d5 (11... Nc6)
12. Rad1 Re8 13. Bg5 Qb6 (13... Qa5 $5) 14. a3 Nc6 15. Ndb5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Be3 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Nc7 $16 {Mecking-Pelikan, Rio Hondo zt 1966})
10... Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nb4 14. O-O-O $5 Nxa2+ $5 15.
Kb1 Nb4 (15... Qa5 16. Nb3 $1 Qa4 17. Rd4 $1 {/\ 18.Rh4}) 16. Ne6 $5 Bxe6 17.
Rxd8 Raxd8 18. g4 $6 (18. h4) 18... f5 19. g5 (19. gxf5 Bxf5 $1) 19... Rd2 20.
h4 Rc8 21. Bd1 Rcd8 22. Bf3 R8d6 (22... Ba2+ 23. Ka1 R8d6 24. b3 Bxb3 $1 25.
cxb3 Ra6+ 26. Kb1 Raa2 $19) 23. b3 Bxb3 $1 24. cxb3 R6d3 25. Bd1 Ra2 $1 26. h5
Rdd2 27. Bc2 Rdxc2 $2 (27... Raxc2 28. hxg6 Rb2+ 29. Ka1 Ra2+ 30. Kb1 Rdb2+ 31.
Kc1 Nd3+ 32. Kd1 Ra1#) 28. Rd1 $1 Rcb2+ 29. Kc1 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rodina, Nataliya"]
[Black "Tidman, Sophie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Rodina,N"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Be2 Bg5 13. O-O (13. Nc2 $142
Ne7 14. Ncb4) 13... Ne7 14. Nc2 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd1 f5 (16... d5 17. Bg4
$1) 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bf3 (18. a4) 18... Rc8 19. Bb7 Rb8 20. Qd5+ Kh8 $2 (20...
Rf7 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. Bxa6 Qb6) 21. Nb4 Qd7 22. Bxa6 Be6 $44 23. Qe4 Bc4 24. Rfd1
Qf7 $2 (24... Qa7 $1 25. Qc2 Rxf2 $1 26. Qxf2 Be3) 25. Qc2 Rb6 26. b3 Be6 27.
Qe2 Rfb8 28. Qd3 Be7 29. a4 $1 Bxb3 30. a5 $1 e4 31. Qe3 (31. Qxe4 $2 d5) 31...
Rxa6 32. Nxa6 Ra8 33. Nc7 Rc8 34. Nxb5 Bxd1 35. Rxd1 Qb3 36. Qe2 d5 37. a6 Bc5
38. a7 Qa4 39. Rxd5 Bxa7 40. Nxa7 Qxa7 41. c4 h6 42. h3 Re8 43. Qe3 Qc7 (43...
Qxe3 44. fxe3) 44. c5 Qc6 45. Rd6 Qc7 46. Qd4 Kh7 47. Rd7 Qe5 48. c6 Qg5 (48...
Qxd4 49. Rxd4 Rc8 50. Rc4) 49. c7 Rc8 50. Qxe4+ Kh8 51. Qd4 Kh7 52. Qd3+ Qg6
53. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 54. Qd7+ Qf7 55. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Black "Andreikine, Dmitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F Panjwani,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 (7. Qa4 $6
Bd7 $1 {Dixon-Williams, Kingston 1990}) (7. O-O Qd7 (7... h5 $5) 8. Nd5 Nf6 (
8... e6 $2 9. Ne3) 9. f3 $1 (9. h3 $2 Bxh3 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. Nc7+ Kf8 12. Nxa8
Ng4 $1 $19) 9... Be6 (9... Bh5 $5) 10. Nef4 $14) 7... Bd7 8. O-O e6 9. d3 Nge7
10. Nb5 $5 (10. Be3) 10... Nc8 (10... Qb8 {/\ 11...a6}) 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. Bxe5
Bxe5 (12... dxe5 13. f4 a6 14. Nbc3 Nd6 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Kh1 (16. d4 cxd4 17.
Nxd4 Qb6 $1) 16... O-O 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 b5 $1 $132 19. cxb5 (19. Nf3 Nxc4)
19... axb5 20. Nf3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nc4) 13. d4 cxd4 14. f4 $1 Bg7 15. Nbxd4 Ne7 (
15... Qb6 $5 16. Kh1 Qxb2 (16... e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nb3) 17. Qd3 $1 Qb6 18.
Rab1 Qc7 19. e5 $1 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 $16) 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. Qd2 O-O-O $6
(17... O-O $14) 18. Rac1 Kb8 19. Rc3 $1 e5 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nc2 h5 22. Nb4 {/\
23.Na6+} Ka8 23. Nd5 Rhe8 24. Rc1 Rc8 (24... Rb8 $2 25. Rb5 $1 (25. Nb6+ $1
axb6 26. Ra3+) 25... Qc8 (25... Bxb5 26. cxb5 Qf2 27. Nc7#) 26. Nb6+ axb6 27.
Ra5+ $18) 25. Rb5 $1 Bxb5 26. cxb5 Qxc1+ $2 (26... Qxb5 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 (27...
Nxc8 $4 28. Nc7+) 28. Nxe7 Rc5 29. Nc3 Qd7 30. Ned5 exf4 $1 31. gxf4 Bxc3 $1
32. Nxc3 f6 $14) 27. Nxc1 Nxd5 28. exd5 h4 29. Ne2 hxg3 30. hxg3 e4 31. Bh3 f5
32. g4 Rh8 33. Kg2 Rcg8 $1 34. Ng3 Bf6 35. g5 $1 Bg7 36. Qb4 $2 (36. Bxf5 $1
gxf5 37. Nxf5 Bf8 38. Qc2 $1 Kb8 39. Qxe4 Kc7 40. Qe6 $1) 36... Rc8 37. Nxe4
Rc2+ 38. Nf2 Re8 39. Qxd6 Bd4 40. Qxg6 Rxf2+ 41. Kg3 Re3+ 42. Kh4 (42. Kxf2 $1
Re6+ 43. Kf3 Rxg6 44. Bxf5 $13 Rg8 (44... Rd6 45. Be6 Bxb2 46. Ke4) 45. Be6 Rh8
46. b3 Kb8 47. Ke4 Bc3 48. d6 Bb4 49. Kd5) 42... Rxf4+ 43. Bg4 Rxg4+ 44. Kh5
Rh3# 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Vicol, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "Hebert,J"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 $5 4. Nc3 Bb4 (4... d5 $6 5. Bg5) 5. Qc2 O-O 6.
Bg5 (6. e4) 6... h6 7. Bd2 (7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 g4) 7... d5 8. e3 Bxc3 $6 9. bxc3
$5 Re8 10. Be2 Ne7 (10... e5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qe4 13. Qxe4 Nxe4 14. d5 Nxd2
15. Kxd2) 11. O-O c6 12. Bc1 $1 Qa5 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Bd3 (14. f4 $1) 14... Nh4 (
14... e5 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. c4 (17. Qxg6 $6 Re6 $1 18. Qc2 Qxc3
$11)) 15. f3 $6 (15. f4 Nf5 16. Re1) 15... e5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. e4 dxe4 $6 (17...
Be6 $1 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 Qh5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. f5 (21. e5 Ne4) 21... dxe4 $1
22. Be2 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 (23. gxf3 Bxf5 $3) 23... Bxb3 24. axb3 exf3) 18. fxe4 Ng4
$2 (18... Ng6 19. Bxh6 $2 (19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh6 $40) 19... Ng4 20. Bc1 exd4
21. g3 dxc3 22. Qxc3 N4e5 $15) 19. h3 Nf6 20. Qf2 Ng6 21. Bxh6 $1 Nxe4 22. Bxe4
gxh6 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. h4 (24. Rf6 Rg8 25. Raf1 $18) 24... f5 25. Rxf5 $1 Bxf5
26. Bxf5 Qf7 27. Qg4 (27. Rf1 h5 28. Be4 Qg7 29. Qg5 $18) 27... h5 28. Qxh5+
Kg7 29. Qg4 exd4 30. h5 Rf8 31. Nxd4 Rae8 32. Qxg6+ Qxg6 33. Bxg6 Re5 34. Rf1
Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Ra5 36. g4 Rxa2 37. g5 Ra5 38. Ne6+ Kh8 39. c5 Ra4 40. Bf7 b6
41. g6 Rg4 42. h6 bxc5 43. g7+ Kh7 44. g8=Q+ Rxg8 45. Bxg8+ Kxh6 46. Bf7 c4 47.
Ke2 a5 48. Kd2 a4 49. Kc2 a3 50. Kb1 c5 51. Ka2 Kh7 52. Kxa3 Kh8 53. Ka4 Kh7
54. Kb5 Kh6 55. Kxc5 Kh7 56. Kxc4 Kh6 57. Kd5 Kh7 58. c4 Kh6 59. c5 Kh7 60. c6
Kh8 61. c7 Kh7 62. c8=Q Kh6 63. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peulic, Bojan"]
[Black "Kapadia, Ronik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[Annotator "Kapadia,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Ne2 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. h5 Bh7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qc7 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Bf4 e5 $2
(14... Qb6) (14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qf4 e5) 15. Be3 O-O-O 16.
O-O-O exd4 17. Bxd4 Bd6 18. Ne4 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 c5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6 Bd6 22.
Rd3 c4 23. Rd5 Be7 24. Qf5+ Kb8 25. Nd7+ Ka8 26. Rhd1 (26. Qxf7 $4 Rxd7) 26...
f6 27. f4 Qc6 28. g4 Rhe8 29. Qh7 Qe6 30. Qxh6 $6 Qxg4 31. f5 Qe4+ 32. Ka1 Rh8
33. Qg6 Rdg8 34. Nxf6 $4 Bxf6 35. Qf7 (35. Qxf6 $2 Qxd5 $1 36. Rxd5 $4 Rg1+)
35... Qh4 36. h6 $2 Qxh6 37. Rd6 Rf8 38. Qd5 (38. Rxf6 $2 Qxf6) 38... Qh4 39.
Rd7 Rb8 40. Qe6 Rhe8 (40... Rhd8 $4 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Rxd8+ Bxd8 43. Qc8#) 41.
Qf7 Re1 42. a4 Qh1 43. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 44. Ka2 Bxc3 $2 (44... Qe8 $1) 45. Rxb7 $1 (
45. bxc3 $2 Qxc3) (45. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 (45... Bd4 $4 46. Rxb8+ Kxb8 47. Qg8+ $1
Kb7 (47... Kc7 48. Qxc4+) 48. Qd5+) (45... Qe3 46. Rxb8+ Kxb8 47. Qg8+ Kb7 48.
Qd5+) 46. Qg8+ Rb8 47. Qd5+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Costa Ferrer, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. f4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. f5 e5 (12... Nc5 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. b4
Nxd3 15. Qxd3) 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc5 $6 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bc2 Bc6 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. exd5 h6 19. Rcd1 Rd8 20. Rf3 Bd6 21. Rh3 Be7 22. g4 Nh7 23. Qd2 $6 Qd6
(23... -- 24. f6 $1 Nxf6 25. g5 Nd7 26. d6) 24. Rf1 Bf6 25. Rh5 Qe7 26. Qf2 Ng5
27. Re1 Kf8 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. h4 Nh7 30. Rh1 e4 31. g5 Be5 32. gxh6 (32. b4)
32... Nf6 33. Rg5 Rxh6 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Rhg1 Rh7 36. Qg2 Rxh4 37. Rxg7 Ke8 38.
Ba4+ b5 39. cxb5 Kd7 40. bxa6+ Kc7 41. Qd2 Bd4 $2 42. Qa5+ Kd6 $2 43. Bxd4 cxd4
(43... Kxd5) 44. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barnaure, V."]
[Black "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nb6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12. b3 Bf6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Ne4 Rd8
15. Qe1 Bb2 16. Rb1 Be5 17. f4 Bc7 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bf2 (19. Bc5 Bb6) 19... f5
20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Ne3 Ba5 22. Nc4 Bb4 23. a3 Bc5 (23... Bxa3 24. Nxa3 Qxa3 25. b4
Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nb5 Qa4 28. Nc7 Rb8 29. b5 $44) 24. Bxc5 $6 (24. h3 $142)
24... Qxc5+ 25. Qf2 $2 Nd4 26. e3 Nxb3 27. Qe2 Na5 28. Nxa5 Qxa5 29. Qc4 Bd7
30. Bxb7 $2 Rac8 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Qd4 Rxc3 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34. Rb7 Rc7 35. Rfb1
a6 36. Qd6 Rxb7 37. Rxb7 Qa4 38. Ra7 a5 39. Qd2 Qb5 40. Qe1 (40. Qxa5 Qb1+ 41.
Kg2 Kg6) (40. Rxa5 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Bc6+ 42. Kh3 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 Qf3) 40... a4 41. Qb4
Qc6 42. Rb7 Kg6 43. Qb2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Yamei"]
[Black "Machalova, Veronika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Wang,Y"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e6 (5... Nf6) 6. Nf3 Nf6 7.
Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3 (8. Be2) 8... O-O 9. O-O Qd8 (9... Qd6) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7
12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Bb1 b6 14. a3 Bb7 15. Qd3 g6 16. Ne2 (16. Rfe1) 16... Nd5 17.
Bg3 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Re8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. Qg3 Kg7 23.
Rd3 $2 Ba6 24. Rd2 Rac8 25. Rcd1 Rc7 26. Be4 Bb7 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Nf4 Qxe5 29.
Re2 Qd4 30. Nh5+ Kf8 (30... Kh7 31. Nf6+ Qxf6 32. Rxe8) 31. Qd6+ Rce7 32. Rxd4
1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gorlin, Yelena"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Anne Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {I was a bit surprised because she's a c3 sicilian
player} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 {Unusual
variation of the dragon} (8. Be3 {is more common}) 8... Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Kh1
{avoiding tricks with Qb6 after f4} Na5 11. Nxa5 (11. f4 Bc4 {Is also correct})
11... Qxa5 12. f4 Rac8 13. Bf3 Rc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 (14... Bxd5 {is also possible})
15. exd5 Bf5 16. c3 b5 17. Qd2 Qb6 (17... b4 {would have given black a lot of
counterplay for the sacrificed pawn}) 18. g4 Bc8 19. f5 {seems to give white a
lot of play for the pawn} gxf5 $2 {Black will realise this pawn was poisoned,
but luckily, white missed a very good idea} (19... a5 {is better, trying to
continue the attack on the queen side}) 20. Bh6 {Qg5 is a big theat} f6 {Forced
} 21. gxf5 Bxf5 22. Rg1 Bg6 23. Rg3 Rf7 24. Rag1 Bxh6 25. Qxh6 Rg7 26. R1g2 Qc5
(26... Qb7 27. h4 $3 e5 28. h5 Bb1 29. Qxf6) 27. Be4 (27. h4 $3 Qc4 28. Kh2 {
Black won't have checks anymore}) 27... f5 28. Bxf5 Qxd5 29. Bxg6 Qd1+ 30. Rg1
Qd5+ 31. Be4 Qxe4+ 32. R3g2 {White really wanted to win, at any cost} (32. R1g2
Qe1+ 33. Rg1 Qe4+ {Should have ended a draw, as the one who tries to win loses}
) 32... e6 {Better is Qd2, which doesn't allow black Rcf7 on a gain of time}
33. Qf6 Rcf7 34. Qd4 (34. Qd8+ Rf8 35. Qxd6 Qxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Rf1+ 37. Rg1 Rfxg1#)
34... Qxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Rf1+ 36. Qg1 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 {Black keeps
their pawn and has a winning king-pawns endgame} Kf7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Ke4 d5+
41. Kf4 e5+ 42. Kg4 Ke6 43. Kg5 d4 44. cxd4 exd4 45. Kf4 Kd5 46. Kf3 Ke5 47.
Ke2 Ke4 48. Kd2 d3 49. Ke1 Ke3 50. Kd1 d2 51. b3 b4 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.10.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Steel, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Annotator "Roussel Roozmon,T"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {The Samisch variation, my
predilection variation against the King-Indian. It's a very interesting
variation because white can attack on two sides of the board.} O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7
{6...e5 or Nc6 are more popular. The idea of this variation (with e5) is to
play Nc5 after white play d5. If white don't play g4, black can play Ne8 and
push f5, for attack the e4 pawn. After Nf6, white have to find a solution to
protect the e4 pawn.} 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5 a5 {To control b4 before play Nc5.} 9.
Qd2 Nc5 10. O-O-O {Now, white are ready to attack the king-side with g4-h4-h5
etc...} Bd7 $2 {The start of a bad plan. The black attack on the queen-side is
too slow. Black has to try to stop the white attack on the other side.} (10...
Ne8 $5 11. g4 (11. h4 $6 h5 12. g4 hxg4 13. fxg4 Bxg4 14. Bg2 a4 15. Rdg1 Nf6
$13) 11... Qh4 $1 (11... f5 $2 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Rg1 Qh4 (13... Nf6 $2 14. Bxc5
dxc5 15. Qg5 $18) 14. Ng3 f4 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Ne4
Qe7 19. Bh3 Rh5 20. Be6+ Kh8 21. Rg2 $16 {White is clearly better because
their pieces are very active and have a good coordination together.}) 12. Ng3
f6 13. g5 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Be2 $11 {The position is balanced
because the black Ne8 has difficulty to find a good square but white weak
pawns compensate the bad knight.}) 11. g4 Qb8 $2 {Continue in the bad
direction, but black is already in difficulty.} (11... h5 12. h3 h4 13. Bg5 Rb8
14. Qe1 b5 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. Nd4 Rb6 18. Nc6 $16) 12. Ng3 Na4 {
The only possibility to advance the b pawn.} 13. h4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 b5 15. c5 $1
{Typical of the Samisch. After that move, black attack is easily stopped.} dxc5
{Otherwise 16.c6 completely block the queen-side.} 16. Bxc5 Rc8 17. h5 Ne8 $2 (
17... Bh6+ $1 18. Kb1 (18. Be3 $4 c6 $1 19. d6 Nd5 $1 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bxh6
Rxc3+ 22. bxc3 Qxd6 $17) 18... Bf4 19. Ne2 b4 20. Qb3 Bg5 {was more tough.})
18. Qd2 Nd6 19. Kb1 {I'm not in a hurry ! A tranquil move to avert 19...c6
with black counter-play.} b4 20. Be3 {To win, white has to eliminate the
defenceman in g7.} Bb5 {Not very dangerous, but black is already lost.} 21. Bh6
Bh8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qg5 (23. Bf8 Kxf8 24. Rxh8+ Ke7 25. Qg5+ Kd7 26. Rxc8
Kxc8 27. Qxe5 $18) (23. Qh2 b3 24. Bg5 bxa2+ 25. Ka1 Bg7 26. Be7 f6 27. Qh7+
Kf7 28. Rh6 Rg8 29. Rxg6 $18 {are other winning possibilities.}) 23... Ba4 24.
Bf8 $1 {The final combination. Mate forced in all variations.} Ne8 (24... Kxf8
25. Rxh8+ Kg7 26. Nh5+ $1 Kxh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg7#) (24... Rxf8 25. Qh6 Bxd1
26. Qh7#) (24... Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nf5+ $1 Nxf5 27. gxf5 Qb6 28. d6 $1 {
mate forced.}) 25. Qh6 Bf6 26. Be7 $1 {Simple to calculate but nice to
conclude the game.} Bxd1 27. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charbonneau, Anne Marie"]
[Black "Van der Merwe, Reinette"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 {Smyslov's variation: Quiet variation of
the King's indian defense with which I got success in this tournament} d6 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. O-O c6 9. b4 Qc7 10. Rc1 a6 {a5 was probably
better, giving black more play} 11. Qb3 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nb6 13. c5 dxc5 14. dxc5
Nbd5 15. Nd2 {Planning to bring a knight on d6} Be6 16. Bc4 {The ideal
position in my mind was, after having traded the knights, the white squared
bishops, and the black squared bishop for the other knight, to bring the
knight on d6, or maybe b6, depending on the situation} Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nd5 18.
Qb3 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 f6 $2 21. e4 fxg5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Qf7 {
Black's pawn structure is now very weak and white's 2 pawns against one on the
queen side are very dangerous} 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6+ Rxe6 26. Ra1 {Escapes
white's possible counterplay on the a file} Rxa1 27. Rxa1 e4 28. Ra8+ Kf7 29.
Nc4 Ke7 30. Ra7 Ra6 31. Rxb7+ Kd8 32. g3 Bd4 33. Nd6 e3 34. fxe3 Bxe3+ 35. Kf1
h5 36. Rg7 Ra4 37. c6 Bb6 $2 (37... Ra7 {was forced}) 38. Rd7# 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.10.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tang, Tiffany"]
[Black "Pitonakova, Adela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[Annotator "Tang,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 c6 6. Qb3 $6 {This move stops d5
but now I cannot attack on the queen side because my queen blocks the b-pawn.}
(6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 $11) (6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O O-O $11) 6... O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
Nfd7 $6 {Moving the same piece twice in the opening.  She is not developped
yet but she probably played this because she wanted to play f5-f4 attacking on
the kingside.} 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Qc2 Nbd7 (10... a5 $1 11. a3 a4 $15 {;}) (10...
a5 11. b3 f5 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. a3 {b4 is next}) 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rb1 f5 {gaining
space and attacking on the kingside} 13. Ba3 Nf6 14. b5 c5 15. Nd2 $6 (15. e3
f4 16. exf4 exf4 17. Re2 $14) 15... Qa5 16. Bb2 Nd4 17. Qa4 Qd8 (17... Qxa4 18.
Nxa4 Nc2 19. Rec1 Nd4 20. Kf1 h6 21. e3 Ne6 22. Nc3 {followed by a4-a5-a6}) 18.
e3 {kicking the knight back} Ne6 19. Nd5 a6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. bxa6 Rxa6 22.
Qb3 Qa5 23. Bc1 Rf7 (23... Qxa2 24. Bxb7 Qxb3 25. Rxb3 Bxb7 26. Rxb7 Rf7 27.
Rb8+ Kg7 28. Rb2 Rfa7 29. Rb1 Ra2 30. Rb6 Be7 $11) 24. a3 Bd8 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26.
cxb5 Ra8 27. Nc4 Rd7 28. Bh3 {Here I want to play e4} Kf7 $2 29. e4 Nd4 30. Kg2
Ke6 31. Bb2 d5 32. exf5+ gxf5 33. Nxe5 Rg7 34. Nf3+ Kd6 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. Bxd4
Rf7 37. Rb3 (37. Rbc1 {would have been stronger.} Rxa3 38. Bc5+ {wins the rook}
) 37... Be7 38. Rc3 Kd7 39. Bc5 Bf6 $2 40. Bxf5+ Kd8 41. Bb6+ {1-0} 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.10.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Thiruchelvam, Thirmurugan"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[Annotator "Roussel Roozmon,T"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Before the game, I was checking Thiruchelvam's
games in the database to prepare my opening. Usually, he plays 3.Bc4. It's
probably to avert my preparation that he played the Ruy Lopez.} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Nxe4 {The open variation.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 {9.c3,
Qe2 and Be3 are alternatives.} Be7 (9... Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7
13. Nf1 Rd8 {is the principal variation.}) 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 (12.
exf6 Nxf6 {gives an open game with good tactical chances for each players.})
12... Qd7 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Bxg5 $6 {
Strange move. White gives his two bishops for nothing.} (17. a4 g6 18. Re1 Qc6
19. Be3 Ne6 $11 {continues in the theory.}) 17... Bxg5 18. f4 Be7 (18... Bd8 $1
19. Qf3 Bb6 20. Rad1 Rad8 $11) 19. Qf3 c4 {To activate my bishop on the
diagonal g1-a7.} 20. Rfd1 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Rad8 {Prepares the liberating advance
d4 to activate black pieces. White has to open the queen-side rapidly to hope
for an advantage.} 22. b4 $5 {This audacious move blocks queen-side black
pawns. After the bishop retreat, white can play a4 and activate the Ra1. The
disadvantage of this move is that the b4 pawn will become weak.} (22. a4 $6 b4
23. b3 a5 24. cxb4 axb4 $11 {The position is balanced because black passed
pawns are blocked. White ''a'' pawn cannot advance without risk of being
captured and the ''e'' pawn is already blocked. Neither side can progress.})
22... Bb6 23. a4 d4 24. axb5 axb5 25. cxd4 Bxd4 26. Ra5 Qb6 27. Re1 {White has
initiative. Black has to find a solution to fight against the powerfull passed
pawn.} g6 $3 {Two exclamation points for the idea !} (27... Bc5 28. Qc3 Bd4 29.
Qh3 Bf2 30. Rea1 g6 $11 {is an other possibility, but it's less original than
the text move.}) 28. e6 {My opponent didn't see the point of my idea.} Rfe8 29.
e7 Kg7 $1 {With the king in g8, white could take the Rd8, because the other
rook would be nailed and could not mate in e1.} (29... Rd7 $2 30. Ra8 $18) (
29... Rc8 $2 30. Qd5+ Kg7 31. Re6 $18) (29... Kf7 $2 30. exd8=N+ $1 $18) 30.
Bxf5 {With the idea 31.Qg3+ who protects the rook if I take the bishop. I saw
it in my calculations.} (30. Re5 $5 Rd7 31. Raxb5 (31. Rexb5 $2 Rdxe7 $1) 31...
Qd6 32. Rbd5 (32. Re1 Rdxe7 33. Rxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rb7 Qxb4 $1 $19) 32... Qxb4 33.
Rxd7 Bxe5 34. Qe3 Bf6 $17) 30... Bf6 $36 {Black has initiative. After bishop
captures pawn, white has to protect the b4 pawn, while being very careful not
to be mate. White monarch seems weaker than his black opponent, but with
opposite colors bishops and centralised rooks, black is ready for the final
assault.} 31. Be6 Bxe7 {A difficult choice, especially with just ten minutes
for the time control. The two ways were winning.} (31... Rxe7 32. f5 gxf5 33.
Qg3+ Kh8 34. Bxf5 Qd6 35. Rf1 (35. Rxe7 $2 Qxe7 36. h3 Bd4 $1 37. Rxb5 Qe2 38.
Kh2 Qf1 39. h4 Rg8 $19) 35... Qxb4 36. Ra6 Qc3 $19) 32. f5 {The best practical
chance.} (32. Re5 Bf6 33. Raxb5 Qd4 $19) 32... Bxb4 33. f6+ (33. fxg6 $2 Rf8 $1
34. Qh5 hxg6 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Rxb5 Bxe1 $19) 33... Kh8 $2 {Also wins but
permits some complications. 34.Ra8 ! isn't easy to see in time trouble.} (33...
Kf8 $1 34. Qf4 (34. Qh3 h5 $19) 34... Bd2 35. Qh4 Rxe6 $19) 34. Ra8 $1 Rxa8 (
34... Bxe1 $2 35. f7 Qxe6 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. f8=Q+ Rxf8 38. Qxf8+ Qg8 39. Qf6+
Qg7 40. Qd8+ $11) 35. f7 Rxe6 $2 {In big time trouble, I miss two wins.} (35...
Qd4 $1 36. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 37. Qc6 Rf8 38. Rb1 c3 $19) (35... Qxe6 36. fxe8=Q+
Qxe8 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $19) 36. Qxa8+ {Now, white draws with a forced variation.}
Kg7 37. Qg8+ Kf6 38. f8=Q+ Bxf8 39. Qxf8+ Kg5 40. h4+ Kh5 (40... Kxh4 $2 41.
Qh6+ Kg4 42. Qh3+ $18) 41. Qf3+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Kh5 43. Qf3+ {An heartbreak draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lipnowski, Samuel"]
[Black "Lopez, Sanchez"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "Lipnowski,S"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. O-O h6 10. a3 d6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. b4 b6 13. b5 (13. bxc5 bxc5) 13... Na5
14. Ne1 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Ng2 f5 (16... d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qb3) 17. Ne3
g5 18. Ned5 Ng6 19. a4 f4 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. a5 Nd8 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra1 Ne6 24.
Bc3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Ra6 Qd8 27. f3 Rb7 28. g4 Ne7 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Qb3
Rf7 31. Rfa1 Qd7 32. R1a4 Bf6 33. Qa2 Bd8 34. Ra8 Kg7 35. R4a6 h5 36. h3 hxg4
37. hxg4 Kg6 38. Kf2 Rh7 39. Ke1 Rh1+ 40. Kd2 Rh7 41. Qa1 Re7 42. Qh1 Rh7 43.
Qb1 Re7 44. Ra1 Rh7 45. Qa2 Rh8 46. Qa6 Rh7 47. Qxb7 $1 Qxb7 48. Rxd8 Rd7 49.
Rg8+ (49. Nxd6 Qc7 50. Rxd7 (50. Rg8+ $2 Kh7 51. Rxg5 Rxd6 52. Rh1+ Rh6) 50...
Qxd7) 49... Rg7 50. Nxd6 Qd7 $1 (50... Qc7 51. Ne8) (50... Qe7 51. Nf5) 51.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 52. Nf5+ $2 (52. Ne4 Kg6 53. Ra6 Qc7 (53... Qb7 54. Nxc5) 54. Ra8
$18) 52... Kf6 53. Rh1 Qa7 54. Rh6+ Ke5 55. Ke1 Qc7 56. Rg6 (56. Nd6 Qg7 57.
Nf5) 56... Qh7 57. Rxg5 Qh1+ 58. Kf2 Qh2+ 59. Ke1 Qg1+ 60. Kd2 Kf6 61. Rh5 Qb1
$1 62. Rh6+ Kf7 63. Nd6+ Kg7 64. Nf5+ Kf7 65. Rh7+ Kg6 66. Rh6+ Kf7 67. Nd6+
Kg7 68. g5 Qb4+ 69. Kc2 Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Erdensteg, Bactak"]
[Black "Shishkina, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Shishkina,O"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 (5. Nf3) (5. e3) 5... d6 6. Nf3
Nbd7 (6... h6) 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 e5 9. Ng5 (9. O-O-O e4) 9... Qe7 10. Nb5 (
10. O-O-O) (10. e3) 10... Nb6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Na3 e4 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Qf4 g5 15.
Qg3 f4 16. Qc3 e3 (16... Nxf2 17. Kxf2 e3+) 17. fxe3 Nxe3 18. Nc2 Bf5 19. Nxe3
fxe3 20. Nb3 O-O-O 21. O-O-O Qe4 22. Rd3 (22. Qd3 Qf4) 22... Rde8 23. Rg1 Qh4
24. g3 (24. Rxe3 Qxh2) 24... Qxh2 25. Rd1 (25. Rg2 Qh1) 25... Qxg1 26. Bh3 Qf2
27. Bxf5+ (27. Rf1 Bxh3 28. Rxf2 exf2 29. Nd2 f1=Q+) 27... Qxf5 28. c5 dxc5 29.
dxc5 Rd8 (29... Nd5) (29... Nd7) 30. Nd4 (30. cxb6 Rxd1+ 31. Kxd1 Qb1+) (30.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. cxb6 Qf1+ 32. Kc2 Qd1#) 30... Na4 31. Qxe3 $2 (31. Nxf5 Nxc3 32.
bxc3) 31... Qxc5+ 32. Kb1 Rhe8 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. Rd2 Nc3+ 35. Ka1 Rxe2 36. Qf5+
Kb8 37. Nc6+ bxc6 38. Rxd8+ Ka7 (38... Kb7 39. Qc8+) 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Seel, C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

{This is perhaps the most interesting and exciting game among those that I
played in Spain this October. Both sides fought for initiative in the opening;
the resulting complications brought success to Black. However, instead of
keeping tension in the middlegame, Seel confidently headed for a drawn endgame,
which he...did even more confidently win. This was mainly my fault: after I
got good drawing chances I relaxed and in time trouble played too many useless
moves. The plan that the German player used was obvious and yet quite
instructive...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7.
dxc5 Qa5 ({Another popular response is} 7... Ne4 {- this leads to rather quick
simplification of the position:} 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11.
Bxc4 Nd7 12. Bc7 Rf8 13. c6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Nb6 $11 {NCO}) 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4
Qxc5 10. Nb5 {[#]} (10. Bb3 {is the main line, but I chose another aggressive
move}) 10... Qb4+ (10... Be6 {is the theoretical move-it is important to close
the a2-g8 diagonal} 11. Bxe6 Qxb5 12. Bc4 (12. Bb3) 12... Qxb2 13. O-O {with
compensation}) ({The point of White's last move is clearly revealed after} 
10... Nc6 $4 11. Bxf7+ $1 $18) 11. Nd2 Ne4 12. Nc7 {a logical decision, White
just wants to win a rook and hopes that his material advantage will prevail
over Black's initiative} Bxb2 $2 ({instead of this} 12... Rd8 $5 {is
recommended by ECO}) 13. Rc2 $2 {A blunder in a very complicated position} (13.
Bd3 $1 {was the winning continuation (it was intuitively suggested by I.
Lipnowski after the game). However, it took hours of analysis and two master
players to confirm this as a best continuation. I blame myself not only for
poor calculation in this messy position, but rather for failing to have
analysed this position at home before the tournament.} Bxc1 (13... Bg4 $5 14.
f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Qa3 16. Rc2) 14. Qxc1 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 {[%csl Gb1]} Qxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 {and now} Rd8 17. Ke2 $1 {is an easy win for White}) ({White's problem
with finding the right move was that there are some many other 'logical'
continuations, each of which requires long calculation:} 13. Rb1) (13. a3) (13.
Nxa8) 13... Bc3 14. Rxc3 ({I also seriously considered} 14. O-O {but rejected
it because of the following line:} Nxd2 15. Nxa8 (15. Qc1 {is better but Black
still has an advantage}) 15... Qxc4 16. Qxd2 Qxf1+ $1 17. Kxf1 Bxd2 {and Black
retains an extra pawn}) 14... Qxc3 15. Nxa8 Nc6 $6 {now Black goes wrong;
after this I obtain good drawing chances.} ({The best move was the simple} 
15... Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxc4 17. Bxb8 (17. Qb2 $5 e5 18. Bxe5 Nc6) 17... Bg4 {and
Black wins back one of White's pieces, with the White king still stuck in the
centre} 18. Bxa7 (18. Bg3 Rxa8 19. f3 Be6 $17 (19... Rc8 $5)) 18... Rxa8 19.
Bd4 Rxa2 $19) 16. Bd5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qa1+ 18. Qd1 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rd8 {[#]This
is the point: Black wins my knight and remaines with an extra pawn in most
lines} 20. e4 e6 21. Nc7 exd5 22. exd5 $5 Nb4 23. a3 $6 (23. d6 $5 Nxa2 (23...
Nd3 24. Bg3 {and now Black cannot play} Rxd6 $2 25. Bxd6 Nxf2+ 26. Ke2 Nxh1 27.
Kf1 {winning a piece}) 24. Re1 (24. Nd5 Be6) 24... Nb4 25. Kd2 a5 26. Kc3 Nc6
27. Re8+ (27. Bg5 f6) 27... Rxe8 28. Nxe8) 23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Be6 25. Kc1 Bxd5
{[#]I think that this endgame is objectively drawn. True, there are still
rooks on the board, but it seems to me that with precise play Black should not
win.} 26. f3 $6 {As the reader could see, the opening was quite sharp. That is
why by this time I was quite low on time. Some of the moves that I played in
this endgame before move 40 are typical "time trouble" moves - the ones that
don't have any particular goal and are just made for the sake of making a move
and not dropping material.} ({it was better to play} 26. Rg1 $5 {with the idea
of later playing g2-g3}) (26. Rd1 {would drop a pawn after} Rc8+ 27. Kb2 Bxg2)
26... f6 27. Rd1 (27. h4 $5) 27... Kf7 28. Kb2 g5 29. Be3 b6 30. Rd2 Kg6 31.
Bd4 h5 32. Bc3 h4 $1 33. g3 (33. h3 $5 {was suggested by I. Lipnowski; this
was probably a better chance. Nonetheless, I don't think that with my pawns on
the dark squares I should necessarily lose; the decisive mistake must have
been made somewhere later}) 33... h3 34. Rd4 Rd7 35. f4 a5 $6 {Black
voluntarily weakens his b6 pawn} 36. fxg5 fxg5 {[#]} 37. Rd2 $2 (37. Bd2 $1 {
[%cal Gd4g4] seems to be sufficient for a draw:} Kf5 (37... Kh5 38. g4+ Kh4 $4
39. Be1#) 38. g4+ Kg6 39. Rd3 $1 Be6 40. Rxd7 Bxd7 41. Be3 b5 42. Bb6 a4 43.
Kc3 Bxg4 44. Bc7 $11 {White easily hold this typical endgame with bishops of
opposite colors}) 37... Kf5 38. Rd4 Ke6 39. Rd2 $6 {Another waiting move in
time trouble} (39. Bd2 $5 g4 $5 40. Be3 (40. Rxg4 $4 Bf3 $19) 40... Rg7 41. Rf4
Bf3 42. Bd4 Rd7 43. Kc3 Rc7+ 44. Kd2 Rd7 45. Ke3) 39... Rf7 40. Re2+ Kd6 41.
Be5+ (41. Bd2 g4 42. Bf4+ Rxf4 $2 43. gxf4 g3 44. f5 g2 (44... gxh2 45. Rxh2
Bg2 46. Kc3 Ke5 47. Kc4) (44... Bg2 45. f6 gxh2 46. f7 h1=Q 47. f8=Q+ $18) 45.
Re1 b5) 41... Kc5 42. Rd2 Rf3 43. Rc2+ Kb5 44. Rc3 Rf2+ 45. Rc2 Rf5 46. Bd4 Bf3
47. Rc3 {[#]} ({I think by this point my position has deteriorated too much
and cannot be saved now:} 47. Rf2 g4 48. Be3 Rd5 49. Bf4 (49. Kc2 Be4+ (49...
Rd1 $4 50. Rxf3) 50. Kb2 Rd3 51. Bf4 Ka4 $19 {suddenly Black wins the 'a' pawn}
) 49... Rd1 50. Rd2 Rh1 51. Be3 Bg2 {This position illustrates what is Black's
major winning plan in this endgame; I knew about this idea of bringing the
rook to h1 and blocking the 2nd rank with the bishop and yet could do nothing
about it} 52. Rd6 Rxh2 $19) 47... Bd1 48. Rd3 Rf1 49. Be3 g4 50. Rd5+ Kc6 51.
Rd2 Re1 52. Bd4 Rh1 53. Rf2 Bf3 54. Kc3 b5 55. Be5 Bg2 {[#]} 56. Rf4 Bf3 57.
Kd4 Rxh2 58. Rf6+ Kd7 {I played this game quite badly, in fact I hardly made
any strong move at all. I made all the obvious moves, but also several really
bad ones. My 13th and 37th moves were particularly poor, both showing things I
should work on: calculation and endgame technique.} 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jeffares, Simon"]
[Black "Lipnowski, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "Lipnowski,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 (4... dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7.
Qh5+ Ke6 8. Qg4+ Kf7 (8... Kd6 $2) 9. Qh5+ $11) 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O (
7. Ng5 O-O (7... e6 8. f4) 8. f4) 7... O-O 8. Bf4 (8. exd6) 8... Nc6 9. c3 (9.
h3) 9... Bg4 10. exd6 cxd6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Re1 Na5 13. Bc2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Nd5 15.
Bc1 Rc8 16. Nbd2 b5 17. Qe4 e6 18. a3 Nc4 19. Nf1 a5 20. Ne3 Ncxe3 21. fxe3 b4
$1 22. axb4 axb4 23. Qd3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 25. Qd1 Qc7 26. Re2 Rc8 27. Bd2 Rc2
28. Ne1 Rc4 29. Nd3 Nc3 30. Bxc3 Rxc3 31. Raa2 Qc4 32. Red2 Rxd3 $1 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF G14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang Yamei"]
[Black "Bianchini, Aurora"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Wang,Y"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 Bb6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 d5 8. Bb3
dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Nc4 Bc5 13. Bc2 a5 14. Ne3 Bd7 (
14... Bxe3) 15. Nh4 g6 16. Nf3 Nh5 $2 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qc4 Bf8 19. Rd1 Be6 20.
Qb5 Rb8 21. g4 Nf6 22. g5 $1 Nh5 $4 (22... Nd7 23. Nf6+) (22... hxg5 23. Bxg5
Bxd5 24. exd5 Na7 25. Qxa5) 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Rxd8 Rexd8 25. Nxh5 gxh5 26. Nxe5
Kg8 27. gxh6 Bxh3 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. h7+ Kxh7 30. Qxh5+ Kg7 31. Qxh3 Rd6 32. e5
Re6 33. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF B16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lentini, Joseph"]
[Black "Gmerdon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8.
Nge2 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Rad1 Qd7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Bxh6 Nb5 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Qh4 Qxb2 18. Nd4 Ne8 19. Rb1 Qxa2 20. Rxb7
Qa6 21. Rb5 Rb8 22. Rxb8 Bxb8 23. Nxe6 (23. Bf1 Qa4 (23... Qc8 24. Bd3 gxh6 25.
Qxh6 f5 26. Rxe6) (23... Qd6 24. Bf4) 24. Bd3 f5 (24... g6 25. Bxf8) 25. Rxe6)
23... fxe6 24. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vancouver Double Trouble"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Basanta, Gary"]
[Black "Milicevic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "Wright,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. d4 {This tournament produced a number of examples of players avoiding their
regular opening repertoires - Basanta normally plays 1.e4, whereas Milicevic
gives up his customary Leningrad Dutch in favour of the Stonewall.} d5 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 f5 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Qc2 Ne4 $6 {This seems premature,
particularly since White still has the option of playing f3; 7...O-O.} 8. Nge2
O-O 9. f3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 b6 {10...Na6!?} 11. O-O Bg5 $6 {Black incorrectly
seeks to exchange off his good bishop (and his only developed piece at that!)
- 11...Ba6 is more to the point.} 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Rae1 Nd7 {13...Ba6.} 14. e4
fxe4 {14...dxe4 15.fxe4 e5!? attempts to restrict White's bishop.} 15. fxe4
Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Ba6 17. exd5 cxd5 $6 {Black could try to confuse the issue with
17...Qe3+.} 18. Bxh7+ {18.Qe2 also gains material for White and has the
advantage of being simpler than the text continuation.} Kh8 19. Rf3 Rf8 $1 20.
Rh3 Rf6 {[#]} 21. Nxd5 $2 {Very sharp, but 21.Bd3+ is better.} exd5 22. Bf5+
Rh6 $2 {22...Kg8! 23.Bxd7 Bxc4 leaves White with problems defending some key
squares near his king.} 23. Ra3 $4 {White cracks - 23.Rxh6+ is approximately
equal.} Bxc4 24. h3 {If 24.Bxd7 Qe7 regains the extra piece due to the mate
threat on e1.} a5 $4 {Black returns the complement - 24...Nf8.} 25. Bxd7 Qe7 $2
{Shaken by his blunder, Black continues the downward spiral; 25...Rf6 retains
the queen on its active post on g5.} 26. Bf5 Qe1+ $6 {The queen is out of play
here - 26...Rf6.} 27. Kh2 Rf6 {27...Qh4.} 28. Rf3 g6 29. Bg4 Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Qe6
31. b3 Qd6+ 32. Kg1 {32.g3 intending h4.} Ba6 33. Qd2 Kg7 34. Qg5 Bb7 35. Kf2
Qf6 36. Qe5 $1 {Black will eventually be forced to exchange, leaving White
with a passed e-pawn and an excellent square for his king on d4.} Qxe5 37. dxe5
Kf7 38. Ke3 g5 39. Kd4 Ke6 40. Bg4+ Ke7 41. g3 Kf7 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Kg6 44.
Bf3 Bc8 45. Bxd5 Kh5 $2 {Hastening the end, 45...Bg4 was the only way to
prolong resistance.} 46. e6 Kxh4 47. Ke5 Kg5 48. Kd6 Kf6 49. e7 1-0

[Event "Smithers op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quinn, Micah"]
[Black "Taylor, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "1540"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
Na6 9. d4 Qe8 10. Nc3 Qh5 11. Ne5 Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c6 14. d5 Bd6
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. dxc6 Be5 17. cxd7 Rfd8 18. f4 Bf6 19. Rd6 Nc5 20. Rad1 Kf7
21. b4 Bxc3 22. bxc5 Bb4 23. c6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Ke7 25. Ba3 a5 26. Rd3+ 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lipnowski, Samuel"]
[Black "Valvo, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Lipnowski,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O (9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Qc7 {Valvo,M} (11... Rc8)) 9...
Nxd4 (9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 (12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7
$11 {Shirov-Fedorov, Wijk aan Zee Corus 2001}) 12... cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5
$1 $16 (14. Qxa8 $2 Bf5)) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 (11... Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2 (
12... Qd8 13. Nxf6+) 13. Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Rxd2) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 (12... Nxd5) 13. exd5
a5 (13... Rfc8 14. c4 (14. -- Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 17. Ka1 Qc1+
18. Rxc1 Rxc1#) 14... b5 15. cxb5 Nxd5) 14. h4 h5 15. g4 hxg4 16. fxg4 Ne4 (
16... Nxg4 17. h5 Ne5 (17... Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Ne5 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qh4 Kf7 21.
Qh7+ Ke8 22. Bb5+ Kd8 23. Qg7) 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Bh3 (19. Bd3)) 17. Qe3 Bxd4
18. Rxd4 Nf6 19. h5 Kg7 20. Bd3 (20. hxg6 Rh8 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. gxf7 Rh1 23.
Rd1 (23. Qf3 Rg1) 23... Qc4 $2 24. Qf3) 20... Rh8 21. h6+ Kf8 22. Rf1 Nd7 23.
Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Kitchener KW sim"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hergott, Deen"]
[Black "Knechtel, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Knechtel,T"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 h6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. a4 b6 11. Bf1 Bb7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd6 Ne8 $1
15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Nd6 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Be3 Nac5 19. b4 Ne6 20. Red1 Nf4
21. Kf1 f5 22. exf5 Nd5 23. b5 Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 cxb5 25. fxg6 Nc5 $1 26. Kg1 $1 (
26. axb5 $2 e4) 26... bxa4 27. e4 Rf4 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Nf7 $1 Rd3 30. N3xe5 Rxc3
31. Red1 Rxe4 $2 (31... Bxe5 $1) 32. Rd8+ Bf8 33. Rf1 $1 Ne6 34. Nxh6+ Kg7 35.
Nf5+ Kf6 36. Nd6+ $1 Rf4 37. Rxf4+ $1 Nxf4 38. Rxf8+ Kxe5 39. g7 Rg3 40. Nc4+
Ke4 41. g8=Q Rxg8 (41... Nxh3+ 42. Kf1 Rxg8 43. Rxg8 Nf4 44. Rg4 Kf5 45. Rg7
Ke6 46. Rxa7 b5 47. Na3 b4 48. Rxa4 Nd5 49. Nc2 b3 50. Nd4+) 42. Rxg8 Kd4 43.
Rg4 Kxc4 44. Rxf4+ Kb3 45. Rf3+ Kb2 46. h4 a3 47. h5 a2 48. Rf1 1-0

