[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Black "Haynes, Nic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 (9... Nbd7) (9... Bg6) 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. e4 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Rc8 {Beliavsky-Ivanchuk, Munich 1994} 13. Bd2 Qa5 14. Bf1 e5 $11 {Beliavsky})
11... Bxf3 $6 (11... Qe7 12. e5 Nd5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ne4 f5 15. exf6 N7xf6 16.
Ng3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $16 {Golod-Postny, Rishon le Zion 1998}) 12. Qxf3 e5 13. d5 (
13. dxe5) (13. Bg5 exd4 14. Rxd4 (14. Qg3 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 Nxe4) 14... Ne5 $1
15. Qd1 Qe7 $36) 13... Qc7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bg5 h6 $2 16. Be3 Rab8 (16... Bc5
17. a5 $1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rab8 19. b3) 17. Rd2 $6 (17. Ne2 $1 Bc5 18. Bc1 $36)
17... Qa5 18. Rc2 Rb7 (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc5 20. Bxh6 Ncxe4 21. Be3) (18...
Ne8 $2 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Qg4+) 19. Ne2 $1 Ne8 $6 20. Ng3 Nd6 21. Nf5 Nxf5 (
21... Nxc4 22. Qg4) 22. Qxf5 Bc5 $2 (22... Qd8 $2 23. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 24. Qg6+ Kh8
25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Ra3 $3 Bxa3 27. Rc3 $18) (22... Kh8 23. Rd1 $1 Nb6 (23... Qc7
24. Ba6 $18) 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qf6+ Kh7 26. Rd3 $18) 23. Bxh6 $1 Be7 (23...
gxh6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Rc3 $18) 24. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. Rc3 Nf6 26.
Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rh3+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hua, Lefong"]
[Black "Gottlieb, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bb3 (11. Ba2 b5 12. d5 $5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. Qxd5 Bb7 15. Bg5 $1 $16) 11... b5 12. Bg5 (12. d5 $5) 12... Bb7 13. Rc1 b4
(13... Rc8 14. Qd3 (14. Qd2 Na5) 14... b4 15. axb4 Nxb4) 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Ne5
Rc8 16. Qe2 Qa5 (16... Nbd5) (16... Nfd5) (16... Qxd4 $2 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Qxe6
Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Kh8 (20... Rxc1 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Ng6+ Kg8 23. Qe8#
) 21. Be3 $18) 17. Bh4 (17. Nxf7 $2) 17... Nbd5 $6 (17... Qd8 $1) 18. Bxf6 $1
gxf6 (18... Bxf6 19. Nd7 Bxd4 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Nxd5) (18... Nxf6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7
20. Qxe6 Rcf8 21. Qxe7 $18) 19. Bxd5 exd5 (19... Bxd5 20. Nxd5 $1 Qxd5 21. Qg4+
Kh8 22. Nxf7+ $3) 20. Ng4 Bd8 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Qh5 (22. Qg4 $3) 22... Qb6 23.
Nxf7+ Kg7 24. Nh6 f5 25. Nxf5+ Kh8 26. Ne7 Qf6 27. Nxc8 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Bxc8 29.
Qxd5 Bc7 30. Qe4 (30. Ne4 Qh4 (30... Qf4 31. Ng3) 31. Nd6) 30... Bf5 31. Qe2
Qh4 32. g3 Bxg3 33. Rf1 Bxh2 $3 34. Qxh2 Be4+ 35. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 36. Qg2 Qh4+ 37.
Qh2 Qe4+ 38. Qg2 Qh4+ 39. Qh2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Vaingorten, Yaaqov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau,P Vaingorten,Y"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bd3 $5 (12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5
Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O (14... Kf8) 15. Nxg7 $5 Rd8 $1 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18.
c3 Nd5 $6 (18... Nh5) 19. Rad1 $3 f5 20. Bc1 Bd6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5) 12...
Bd6 13. Nf5 $6 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Kf8 $5 (14... O-O 15. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 (15... Rd8) 16.
Qd2 (16. Qf3) 16... Ng8 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qh4) (14... h5 15. g3 Kf8 16. Bf4 Qb6
17. Bd6+ Ke8 18. Nxg7+ Kd7 19. Be5 $40) 15. Nxg7 $6 (15. g3 exf5 16. Bf4 Qc6+
17. Kxh2) 15... Kxg7 16. Qd2 h6 $1 17. g3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 (18. Rg1 $5 Qc6+ 19.
Rg2 b5 20. Kg1 Nh5 $1) 18... b5 19. Qe2 $2 Qxg3 $1 20. Be4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bb7 $1
22. Qxb7 Qxe1+ 23. Kh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg2 Qg4+ 25. Kf2 Qf5+ 26. Ke2 Rad8 27. Be3
Qxc2+ 28. Kf3 Qf5+ 29. Ke2 Qh5+ 30. Kf2 Qf5+ 31. Ke2 Qc2+ 32. Kf3 Rd1 33. Bd4+
Rxd4 34. Rg1+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raheb, David"]
[Black "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "Raheb,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {I had specifically prepared the
classical variation of the nimzo-indian for this event.} c5 {This move and 4 ..
. 0-0 are the normal moves for black. In Informant #79, a few top players
including Leko and Short have tried 4 ... d5 which can lead to sharp games.} 5.
dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. Bd3 {(8. b3 .. a6 9. Bb2 .. b6 10. Bd3 ..Bb7
11. Ne4 .. Be7 12. 0-0 .. d6 13. Nxf6 .. Bxf6) Led to a slight advantage for
white in Yakovich-M. Gurevich, Moscow 1992} (8. b3 a6 9. Bb2 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11.
Ne4 Be7 12. O-O d6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6) 8... a6 9. O-O b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12.
e5 {If black had been able to play d6 he would have had a perfectly playable
game.} Ng4 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Bf4 f5 {This move seems to give white no problems
at all. 14 .. f6 was interesting.} 15. h3 Nh6 16. b4 Na7 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Nd4
Nf7 19. Rfd1 Qb8 {My opponent's last few moves seemed mysterious to me. He has
allowed me to build up an initiative in the centre and let me place my pieces
on optimum squares. My next move is just inviting itself to be played.} 20.
Bxf5 Nc6 21. Be4 {I now feel 21. Bxe6! was a more appropriate move, offering
the bishop for the second move in a row! For example} (21. Bxe6 dxe6 22. Nxe6
Bc8 23. Nxg7+ Kf8 24. Qf3 Qb7 25. Nh5 {when the weakness of black's king and
inactivity of his pieces cause him many problems.}) 21... Nxd4 22. Rxd4 a5 23.
Rcd1 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 axb4 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Nb5 O-O 27. Rxd7 {At around this
point, I was quite confident in my game. White's pieces are superbly
coordinated while black lacks good squares for his pieces (especially the Nf7).
Fritz 5.32 gives white an advantage of almost two pawns.} Bc5 28. Nc7 Ra2 29.
Nxe6 Bxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qa8 31. Rxf7 {This is where white begins to go wrong. I
suppose I had hoped to mate my opponent in some spectacular fashion, and this
is why I rejected the obvious 31 Qxa6 .. Rfxa8 32 Nc7 when white's e-pawn will
cost black at least a piece.} (31. Qxa8 Rfxa8 32. Nc7) 31... Kxf7 32. Qf5+ Kg8
33. Qxf8+ {I was in slight time-pressure, but 33. Qg5! leaves black with some
problems. eg 33 .. Qb7 34. Rd8! Although the text leads into a slightly better
endgame for white, my time-pressure begins to take it's toll...} (33. Qg5 $1
Qb7 34. Rd8 $1) 33... Qxf8 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Rd7 Re2 36. Rb7 Re4 37. Bg3 {Now
black is slightly better! How the tables have turned.} Bc5 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39.
Rb7+ Kg6 40. Rd7 h5 41. e6 Rxe6 42. Rd5 Re4 43. Bc7 Kf7 {If 43 .. Rxc4 then 44.
Bxb6 where white obtains a draw} 44. Rxh5 Rxc4 45. Rd5 b5 {Black should delay
this advance due to white's next move. Fritz gives a good line for black} (
45... Ke6 46. Re5+ Kd7 47. Bb8 Bd4 48. Rd5+ Kc6 49. Rd8 b5 50. Rc8+ Kd5 51.
Rd8+ Ke4 52. Re8+ Kd3 53. Be5 Bxe5+ 54. Rxe5 $19) 46. Bd6 Bxd6+ 47. Rxd6 Ke7
48. Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Henson, Joshua"]
[Black "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O (5. c4) 5... Nc6 6. c3 Nf6
7. Re1 e6 (7... e5) (7... g6) 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Be7 12.
Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Rec1 Na5 16. Nf3 $6 (16. Qg4 Rxc1+ 17.
Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8) 16... Nc4 17. b3 $5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Ba3 19. Rd1 Rc6 20.
Ne1 Rfc8 21. Rd3 Qc7 22. Rad1 Qa5 23. Kf1 b5 (23... Bb4 24. a4) 24. g4 Bb4 25.
Qe2 Bxe1 26. Qxe1 (26. Rxe1 Rc2) 26... Qxa2 27. Qb4 Qa6 28. Kg2 Qb6 29. Ra1 a6
30. Rd2 Qd8 31. Rd3 (31. Rda2 Qh4 32. h3 (32. f3 Rc2+) 32... Rc3 33. Rh1 h6 34.
Rxa6 Rc2 35. Qe1 R8c3) 31... Qg5 32. h3 h6 33. Re3 R8c7 34. Kg3 Qg6 35. Rf3 Qc2
36. Kg2 Qb2 37. Ra5 $2 (37. Qe1) 37... Qb1 38. Re3 Rc1 39. Qd2 R7c2 40. Qd3 Rh1
41. Qxc2 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bachand Fleurent, Julien"]
[Black "Henson, Joshua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[Annotator "Henson,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 (5... Bxc3+) 6. Qg4 $5 (6. b4
cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Bxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbc6 12. Bd3 Bb6
13. O-O a6 14. Bd2 g6 15. g4 Qc7 16. Qe1) 6... Ne7 7. Bd2 (7. dxc5) (7. b4)
7... cxd4 8. Nb5 Bc7 $6 (8... Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Nbc6) 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10.
Qxh7 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Rh8 12. Qd3 Nbc6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxd4 N7c6 15. Qc5 b6 (
15... Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. Bc3 Rh4) 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Nxc8+ $2 (
18. Nb5 Ba6 (18... a6 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. Na4 Rab8 21. Bf4 Rhg8 22. O-O-O Kd6 23.
Be3 Kc7) 19. f4 $1 Ng4 (19... Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Nd4 21. Bb4+ Kd8 22. Ba4 Nc4 23.
Bc3) 20. h3 Nf6) 18... Raxc8 19. O-O-O (19. Rd1 Nc4 20. Bc1 b5 21. b3 Nd6 22.
h4 $16) 19... Ng4 20. Be1 Rxh2 21. Rxh2 Nxh2 22. Bb5 (22. Be2 Rg8 23. g3 Ng4)
22... Ng4 23. Bxc6 $4 (23. b3) 23... Rxc6 $11 24. Rd4 Ne5 25. Bb4+ Kd7 26. b3
Rc8 27. Kd2 $2 Rg8 28. Rf4 f5 (28... Rxg2 29. Bc3 Kd6 30. Bxe5+ Kxe5 31. Rxf7)
29. Bc3 Nc6 30. g3 Rg4 $5 31. Rxg4 fxg4 32. Bg7 e5 33. c3 Ke6 34. b4 b5 35. Bh6
Kf5 $6 (35... d4 $1 36. Ke2 (36. cxd4 exd4 37. Kd3 Kd5) (36. Bg5 Kd5 37. cxd4
exd4 38. Ke2 Ke4) 36... Kd5 37. cxd4 exd4 38. f4 Ne7) 36. Kd3 a6 37. Be3 e4+ $6
38. Kc2 Ne5 39. Kb3 Nc4 40. a4 Ke6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kc2 Kf5 43. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne5 (6. Qc2 Bc6 7. Qxc4
Bd5 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bb2
$11) 6... Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. e3 Bb4+ (8... Qd7 9. O-O Rb8 10. Qe2 b5 11. b3
cxb3 12. axb3 Rb6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rxa7 Bd6 15. Ba3 Rb8 $14) 9. Bd2 Nd5 10.
Qc2 $6 $146 (10. O-O O-O 11. Bxb4 Ncxb4 12. Na3 c5 13. e4 $5 Nc7 14. dxc5 {
Horvath-Lukacs, Magyarorszag ch 1989}) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 b5 12. a3 O-O 13.
O-O Nce7 14. Ne4 Rb8 15. h4 Nf5 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Nc5 Nd7 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. a4 $1
a6 20. Nc5 Rb6 $2 (20... Qd6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra7) 21. a5 $1 Rd6 22. Nb7 $6 (
22. Bb7 $5) 22... Qc8 23. Nxd6 $2 (23. b3 $5) 23... cxd6 24. d5 exd5 25. Rad1 (
25. Bh3 Ne4 26. Rad1 Qe6 $17) 25... Ne7 26. e4 Nc6 $1 27. exd5 Nxa5 28. Re7 Qc5
29. Ra1 $2 $17 (29. Qf5 Nb3 30. g4 b4 31. g5 Nh5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hua, Lefong"]
[Black "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "Hua,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4
Bf5 9. Qd2 (9. Qb3 Qb6) 9... Na6 10. e3 Nc7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bg6 13. Bg3 Nf5
14. Rfc1 Re8 15. Bd3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Nd6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 g5 19. Nd2 Ne6 20.
Rab1 Qe7 21. Na4 Rac8 22. Rc2 g4 23. Rbc1 Kf7 24. Nc5 Rh8 25. Qb3 Rh7 26. Nxe6
Qxe6 27. Kf1 Re8 $2 (27... Rh2 $5) 28. Ke2 Re7 29. Qd3 f5 30. Ra1 Ne4 31. Nxe4
fxe4 32. Qa3 a6 33. Rcc1 Re8 34. Rh1 Reh8 35. Rxh7 Rxh7 36. Qb4 Qe7 37. Qb6 Rh2
38. Rg1 g6 39. b4 Kf6 40. a3 Ke6 41. Qa7 Qf7 42. Qb8 $1 Rxg2 43. Rxg2 Qf3+ 44.
Ke1 Qxg2 45. Qxb7 Qg1+ 46. Ke2 Qc1 47. Qxa6 Qc2+ $2 (47... Kd6 48. a4) 48. Kf1
Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Qf3+ 50. Kg1 Qd1+ 51. Qf1 Qa4 52. Qc1 Kd7 53. Kg2 Kc7 54. Qc5 Qd1
(54... Qxa3) 55. Qa7+ Kd6 56. Qf7 g5 57. Qf5 Kc7 58. a4 Kb6 59. Qxg5 Qf3+ 60.
Kg1 Qd1+ 61. Kh2 Qe2 62. Kg2 Qd1 63. Qf5 Ka6 64. Qc8+ Kb6 65. Qb8+ Ka6 66. a5
1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Henson, Joshua"]
[Black "Robichaud, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2136"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[Annotator "Henson,J"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. O-O Bd7 9. Be3 Nd5 10. c4 Nxe3 11. fxe3 cxd4 12. Ne5 $1 f5 (12... Qg5 13.
Nxf7 Qxe3+ 14. Kh1) (12... f6 $5 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Ng6+ hxg6 15. Qxh8 dxe3 16.
Bxg6 Qb6) 13. Bc2 $6 (13. Qh5+ g6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qxh8 dxe3 16. Rf3 $3 (16.
Rae1 Qb6 17. Qf6 e2+ 18. Rf2 Bc5 19. Rexe2 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rc8 21. Qxg6+) 16...
Qb6 (16... Qg5 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. Qe5 Bc6 19. Qxe6+ Kb8 20. Rg3) 17. Qf6 Be7 18.
Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Qg8+ Be8 20. Qg7 Bc5 21. Be2) 13... Bc6 $1 14. Ba4 $2 (14. exd4
Qh4 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Re2 O-O 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rxe6 Rf6 19. g3 $16) 14... Qc7
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 (16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. Rad1) 16... Rc8
$2 (16... O-O-O $5 17. Bxc6 dxe3 18. Rfe1 f4) 17. exd4 Kf7 $5 18. Kh1 (18. d5
cxd5 19. cxd5 Qc5+) (18. Rae1 Bd6 19. Qh5+ g6 20. Qh6) 18... g6 19. Rad1 (19.
d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 e5 21. Rae1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vaingorten, Yaaqov"]
[Black "Raheb, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[Annotator "Vaingorten,Y"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 Be7 $6 (5... d5) 6. d5 $1 O-O 7.
e4 d6 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 $5) 8... e5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne8 11. Nd2 g6 12. Nb3 Ng7
13. Be3 f5 14. f3 h5 (14... Bg5 15. Qd2 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 f4 17. Qf2) 15. c5 Bc8 (
15... dxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb1) 16. Rc1 Bg5 17.
Bxg5 (17. Qd2) 17... Qxg5 18. Nb5 Ne8 19. cxd6 (19. Qd2) 19... cxd6 20. f4 (20.
exf5 gxf5 21. f4) 20... exf4 21. exf5 Ne5 22. Qd2 Rxf5 $2 (22... Qxf5 23. N3d4
Qe4 24. Nc3 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 fxe3 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Nd1 a5 $1) 23. N3d4 Rf6 24.
Nc3 Bf5 25. Ne6 Bxe6 $2 (25... Qh6) 26. Ne4 $1 Qf5 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. dxe6 Qxe6
29. Qxf4 Ng7 30. Rc7 Rc8 31. Rxa7 Nc6 32. Qf7+ Qxf7 33. Raxf7 Nf5 34. Bc4 Kh8
35. Be6 Ra8 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. R7xf5 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Black "Mitrovic, Bojana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 (4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 $8) 4... d6 (4... d5)
5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bh6 e5 $1 $132 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bxg7 (10.
h4 b4 11. Ne2 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Ng4 $17) 10... Kxg7 11. h4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Nb6 $2 (
12... h5) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. h5 $1 (14. Nxe5 $4 b4) 14... b4 $4 (14... Nxh5 $2
15. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17. Qxh5 Nd7 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Qh6 Qd8 20. Rh1 $18)
(14... Bg4 15. Nh4 $1 Nxh5 (15... Bxd1 16. Nf5+ Kg8 (16... gxf5 17. Qg5+ Kh8
18. Qxf6+ Kg8 19. h6) 17. Qh6 Nxh5 18. Rxh5) (15... Bxh5 $2 16. f3 $18) (15...
gxh5 $2 16. Qg5+) 16. f3 Be6 17. g4 Nf4 18. Nf5+) 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh6+ Kf7 (
16... Kg8 17. Ng5) 17. Ng5+ Ke8 18. Nxh7 Nxh7 19. Qxg6+ Kd8 20. Rxh7 Nd7 21.
Qxc6 Rb8 22. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Kingston op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cote, Jacques"]
[Black "Dutton, Warren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C32"]
[Annotator "Allan,D Bluvshtein,M Cote,J Ottosen,D"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 (4. d3 Qxd5 (4... Nf6) 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2
Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne7 8. dxe4 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2) 4... f5 $5 (4... Nf6) 5. Bb5+ (5. d3
exd3 (5... Nf6 6. dxe4 fxe4 7. Qd4 (7. Be3 Bb4 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Ng4 10. Qd2))
6. Bxd3) (5. Bc4) 5... Bd7 6. Qe2 Nf6 (6... a6 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nh3 (8. Nxe4
fxe4 9. Qh5+ g6) 8... Be7) 7. Nh3 $1 (7. d4) 7... Bc5 (7... a6 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
9. Ng5 Bd6 10. Ne6 Nf8) 8. Ng5 Qe7 9. Ne6 $1 Bb6 10. Qc4 (10. Bc4 Nxd5 (10...
Bxe6 11. dxe6 Nc6) 11. Nxd5 Qxe6 12. Nxc7+) (10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. d3 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 (12. Nxg7+ Qxg7 13. Nxd5 Ba5+) 12... Qxe6 13. dxe4 Qxe4 (13... fxe4 14.
Qc4 O-O-O 15. Be3) 14. Qxe4+ fxe4 15. Ke2) 10... c6 11. Ba4 Kf7 $2 (11... Bxe6
12. dxe6 Qc5 $1 (12... O-O) 13. Qxc5 Bxc5) (11... Nxd5 $1 12. Nxd5 (12. Nxg7+
Qxg7 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qc8+ Ke7 15. Qxb7 Kd6 $1) 12... Qxe6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14.
Bb3 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 b5) 12. Ng5+ Kg6 $5 13. d6 $1 Qf8 (13... Qe8 14. Bb3 Rf8 15.
Na4 Na6 16. Nxb6 axb6) 14. Bb3 Be8 15. Qe6 $16 (15. h4 $2 Qxd6 16. Nf7 Bxf7 17.
Qxf7+ Kh6 18. Qxb7 (18. Rh3 Na6 19. Rg3 $2 Bf2+ $1 20. Kxf2 Qxf4+) 18... Nbd7)
15... h6 $2 (15... Bd7 16. Qe7) (15... h5 16. Ncxe4 fxe4 17. d4) (15... Na6) (
15... Nbd7) 16. g4 $1 (16. Qxf5+ Kxf5 17. Be6+ Kg6 18. h4 hxg5 19. f5+ Kh5 20.
hxg5+ Kxg5 21. d4+ Kg4) 16... fxg4 17. Ngxe4 $2 (17. f5+ $3) (17. Ncxe4 hxg5
18. fxg5 (18. f5+ Kh5 (18... Kh7 19. h4) (18... Kh6 19. h4 $1) 19. h4 $1 g3 20.
hxg5+ Kg4 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qe4+ Kxg5 23. d4#) 18... Bd7 19. Qe5 Nxe4 20.
Qxe4+ Bf5) (17. h4 hxg5 (17... Kh5 18. Ne2) (17... h5 18. d4 Bd7 19. f5+ Kh6
20. Ncxe4) (17... gxh3 18. Nxh3 Rg8 19. Ng5 $1 (19. Nxe4 Nbd7 20. Nhg5 $1)
19... Bd7 20. f5+ Kxg5 21. Nxe4+) 18. f5+) 17... Bd7 (17... Kh7) 18. Qe5 (18.
f5+ Kh5 (18... Kh7 19. h4 $1 Bxe6 20. Ng5+ hxg5 21. hxg5+ Kg8 22. Bxe6+) 19. h4
$1 g3 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qe2#) 18... Na6 19. Rf1 (19. f5+ Bxf5 20. Rf1 Nxe4) (
19. Nxf6) (19. Qe7) 19... Re8 $1 (19... Nxe4 20. Qxe4+ (20. Nxe4 Re8 21. f5+
Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Rxe5) (20. f5+ Bxf5 21. Be6 Nxd6 (21... Bxe6 22. Rxf8 Rhxf8 23.
Qxe6+ Nf6) 22. Ne4 Re8 (22... Bxe4 23. Rxf8 Rhxf8 24. Qxd6 Kh7)) 20... Bf5) 20.
f5+ $1 Kh7 21. Be6 Qf7 $1 (21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Bxe6
$1) 22. Bxf7 Rxe5 23. Bg6+ $1 Kg8 24. d3 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 (25. dxe4 Ba5) 25... Nb4
$5 26. Kd1 (26. Bf4 $1 Rxe4+ 27. dxe4 Nxc2+ 28. Kd2 Nxa1 29. Rxa1) 26... Nd5
27. c4 $1 (27. Bf4 $1 Nxf4 (27... Ne3+ 28. Ke2) 28. Rxf4 h5 29. Kd2) 27... Ne3+
28. Bxe3 Bxe3 29. b4 (29. f6) (29. Kc2) 29... Bd4 30. Rb1 $16 Be8 $6 (30... b6)
(30... h5 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Bc8 33. d7 (33. Rxb7 $1)) 31. Rf4 (31. Nc5 $1
Bxc5 32. bxc5) 31... h5 32. d7 $2 (32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. c5 $1 (33. Nc5 Be5 34. d7
Rd8 35. Re4 Bd6 36. Nxb7 Rxd7 37. Nxd6 Rxd6 38. Kd2)) (32. Nc5 Be3 33. Re4 Rxe4
34. dxe4) 32... Bxd7 33. Nd6 $5 c5 $3 34. Nf7 (34. b5) 34... Ba4+ $1 35. Rb3
Bxb3+ 36. axb3 Re3 $1 37. Kd2 (37. Nxh8 Rxd3+ 38. Kc2 Rc3+ 39. Kd2 Kxh8 40. Re4
) (37. bxc5 $1 Rxd3+ (37... Bxc5) 38. Kc2 Rc3+ 39. Kd2 Bf6 40. Re4) 37... Re7
$1 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Nxh8 Kxh8 (39... h4 $1 40. Nf7 g3 41. hxg3 h3 $3 42. Bh5
Rxf7) 40. Bxh5 g3 (40... Re5 $1 41. Bxg4 Kg8) 41. hxg3 Re3 $1 42. g4 Rg3 43. c5
Rg2+ $1 $15 44. Kc1 Re2 $2 (44... Kg8 $1) (44... a6 $1) 45. b5 (45. Bf7 Re5)
45... Re5 46. b4 a5 47. bxa6 bxa6 48. c6 Re7 49. g5 Rc7 50. Bf3 (50. Be8 Kg8
51. f6 (51. Bd7)) 50... Kg8 51. Kb2 (51. Bd5+ Kf8 (51... Kh7) 52. f6) 51... Kf8
52. Kb3 Ke7 53. Kc4 Kd6 54. Kxd4 $16 Re7 55. Be4 Rf7 56. Ke3 Rf8 57. Kd4 (57.
d4 $1 $138) (57. Kf4 Rb8 58. f6 gxf6 59. gxf6 Rxb4 60. Kg5 Rb8 61. Kg6 a5 62.
Kg7 a4 63. c7 Kxc7 64. Bd5 Kd6 65. Bc4 a3 66. f7 Ke5 67. f8=Q Rxf8 68. Kxf8 Kd4
69. Ke7 a2 70. Bxa2 Kxd3) 57... Rf7 58. Kc4 Ra7 59. Bd5 Re7 60. f6 (60. g6 $1)
60... gxf6 61. gxf6 (61. g6 $1 Rg7 62. Be4 Rc7 63. d4 Rg7 64. d5 Rc7 (64... Ke5
65. Bc2 f5 66. Kc5 Rxg6 67. c7 Rg8 68. Bxf5 Kxf5 69. Kc6 Ke5 70. d6) 65. Kd4
Rg7 66. Bf5 Rc7 67. Be6 Rg7 68. Bf7) 61... Re1 62. f7 Rc1+ 63. Kd4 Rf1 64. Kc4
Rf4+ 65. d4 Rf1 66. Be4 (66. b5 axb5+ 67. Kxb5 Kxd5 (67... Kc7 68. Bc4) 68. c7
Rb1+ 69. Ka6 Ra1+ 70. Kb7 Rb1+) 66... Rxf7 67. d5 Rf4 68. Kd4 Rf2 69. Bd3 Rg2
70. Kc3 (70. Bxa6) 70... Ra2 71. Kb3 Ra1 72. Kb2 Ra4 73. Kb3 Ra1 74. Kb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.05.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Black "Yoos, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

{I moved to Vancouver a little over a year ago.  In the Pacific Northwest, IM
Georgi Orlov is clearly the toughest guy who plays in the neighbourhood.  This
was the first game I ever played against him.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 {I used to play only 7...Na6, but
switched for my match with Yan Teplitsky a few months prior to this.} 8. d5 Ne7
9. Ne1 {This was a complete surprise. I was expecting a Petrosian System.} Nd7
10. Be3 {The most agressive placement of the Bishop.  The Bishop will at the
same have greater strengths and weaknesses on this diaganol.} f5 11. f3 f4 12.
Bf2 g5 13. a4 {At the time this line, favoured by Korchnoi, was the most
popular.  The idea of a4-a5 eliminates any defensive motifs involving ...b6.} (
{It seems that lately, the following has been extremely popular.} 13. Rc1 Ng6
14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4) 13... Ng6 14. a5 Kh8 {I played 14...Rf7 in my third match
game against Yan. Now I prefer to avoid positions arising from} (14... Rf7 15.
c5 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Bc4) 15. Nb5 {This is a very agressive line.} (15.
Nd3 {Played by Korchnoi, seems more safe.}) 15... Nf6 (15... a6 {saves the
pawn, but loses the valuableBishop, which is vital for the attack on White's
King.}) 16. Nxa7 g4 (16... Bd7 {Is the latest Informant move.  However, I
don't see why} 17. Nb5 g4 18. g3 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Bh3 {Is better than the line I
played.  Is the knight worse on b5 than a7?}) 17. g3 $1 {This is an important
improvement.} (17. Nxc8 $2 {Similar to my game against Yan allows a vicious
attack.} g3 18. hxg3 Nh5 $1 19. gxf4 (19. g4 Ng3) 19... exf4 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21.
Nd3 Qg5 {With the intention of ...Ng3 and ...Qh4 will be hard to defend
against.}) 17... gxf3 18. Bxf3 Bh3 19. Ng2 Bh6 {This is an important move
order. Black needs to open up the g7 square for the Queen immediately for
issues of tempi.} 20. a6 {There might be an improvement here.} bxa6 21. Rxa6
Qd7 {To keep the pin.} 22. c5 fxg3 23. hxg3 Rg8 {I have to get through the
pawn on g3 at all cost. My plan is to aim as many pieces at it and then
sacrifice something.} 24. Qa4 {Georgi suggested Qe2!? as a strong alternative
in his notes for Informant.} Qg7 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Nb5 Rxa6 27. Qxa6 {White is
at the gates. It is time to act.} Nh4 $1 28. Nxh4 Be3 $1 29. Qxd6 $2 {White
had to play 29,Nxd6 where he can reach some very complicated but seemigly
favourable endings after} (29. Nxd6 Qxg3+ 30. Bg2 (30. Ng2 Qxf3 $17) (30. Kh1
Bxf2 31. Ndf5 Nh5 $1 $17) 30... Nxe4 $1 31. Nf7+ (31. Nxe4 Qxh4 $19) 31... Kg7
32. Qh6+ $1 (32. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qxf2 35. Qh6+ Kxf7 36. Qxh7+
Rg7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Qe8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Bxh3 Rh7 41. Ng6+ Kg7 42. Nxe5
Rxh3+ 43. Kg2 Rh5 $11) (32. Nf5+ Bxf5 33. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Kh2 Qg3+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+
$11) 32... Bxh6 33. Bxg3 Nxg3 $13 {This seems complicated enough to be an
endgame study.} 34. Nxh6 (34. Rf3 $5) (34. Bxh3 $5) (34. Ra1) (34. Nxe5 $6))
29... Qxg3+ $138 30. Kh1 Nh5 $2 {As a friend of mine used to say:" I got too
fancy for my own dance." Winning was 30,...Qf4.} 31. Ng6+ (31. Bxg3 $2 Nxg3+
32. Kh2 Nxf1+ 33. Kxh3 (33. Kh1 Rg1#) 33... Rg3#) 31... Rxg6 32. Bxg3 Nxg3+ 33.
Kh2 Nxf1+ 34. Kxh3 Rxd6 35. Nxd6 {The smoke had cleared and I was in trouble.
Surprisingly Georgi tried to rush me in my time pressure and let me off the
hook.} Nd2 36. Bh5 Bc5 37. Nf7+ Kg7 38. d6 Nxe4 39. d7 Be7 40. Nxe5 $2 {Of
course White should queen the pawn and hope he can hold on to his lone b pawn.}
Ng5+ 41. Kg4 Kf6 42. Nc6 Ne6 43. Kf3 Nd8 44. Na5 Ke6 45. Bg4+ Kd5 46. Ke3 Bb4
47. Nb3 Kc4 48. Nc1 Kd5 49. Kd3 Be7 50. Ne2 Nc6 51. Nc3+ Kd6 52. Ke4 Nb8 53.
Nb5+ Kc6 54. Nd4+ Kc7 55. Nf5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brantford CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Duong, Than Nha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C38"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

{The following game was very stimulating to play.  The latter part of the game
I was in horrible time pressure and after a certain point it was either I
checkmate him or I lose on time.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d4
g5 6. h4 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c3 Qe7 9. a4 $1 (9. b4 Bg4 10. b5 $140 Bxf3 $1) (9.
Qd3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 O-O-O 11. b4 Nf6 {And black is faster than White in the race.}
) (9. Qb3 Nf6 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Nxd4 $1 $17) 9... Bd7 10. a5 a6 {A new
idea.} ({Prior to this game, the latest theory in this line was..} 10... O-O-O
11. b4 Nf6 12. b5 Nb8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ba3 Qe8 15. b6 $36 {Anderssen-Riemann,
Breslau 1874}) 11. Qd3 {Aiming at the a6 pawn.} Nd8 ({Now if} 11... O-O-O $4
12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Qxa6+ Kb8 14. Ra3 {and Black gets checkmated.}) 12. b3 $5 Ne6
13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Ba3 Qd8 15. Re1 $6 ({In hindsight I prefer misplacing
Black's pieces by} 15. d5) 15... g4 (15... exd4 $2 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. Rxe6+) 16.
Nxe5 Qxh4 17. Nd2 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 O-O-O {It is best to get the king out of the
center before launching the attack.} (18... f3 19. Bxe6 (19. gxf3 Qg3+) (19.
Nxf3 gxf3 20. Qxf3 O-O-O 21. Bxa6 c6 $17) 19... f2+ 20. Kf1 Bxe6 21. Rxe6+ fxe6
22. Qg6+ Kd7 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kxf2 Qxa1 (24... Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Re8 26. Nc5+ $40)
25. Nc5+ Kd8 (25... Kc6 26. Qxe6+ Kb5 27. c4+ Kxa5 28. Nxb7#) (25... Ke7 26.
Qg7+ Ke8 27. Qd7+ Kf8 28. Nxe6#) 26. Nxe6+ Kd7 27. Qf7+ Kc6 28. Qxc7+ Kd5 29.
Nf4+ Ke4 30. Qe5#) 19. Ne4 $4 {I was getting low on time and in my haste to
make a decision, I simply forgot that my knight on d2 was serving a very
important function.} (19. Bxa6 {Best to get right to the point.  In the
resulting positions, I am not sure who has the better attack.  However if I
had to make a wager, I would put my chips on black on the roulette wheel.} f3 (
19... bxa6 $2 20. Qxa6+ Kb8 21. Rxe6 $1 {And Bc5 wins.}) (19... Bc6 20. d5 $13)
20. Ne4 $13) 19... g3 {Oops, I forgot about that threat.} 20. Bxa6 Qh2+ 21. Kf1
Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Qxa1 $4 {I got lucky on this last move.  Now I am back in the
game.  In sympathy with my opponent, I am sure he probably thought he was
winning either way and simply over looked my 24th move.} (22... Qxg2+ 23. Kd1
Bc6 $19) 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 (23... Kb8 {Is also very messy.  Here are some lines.}
24. Bd5 (24. Rb5 $4 f3+ 25. Kxf3 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Qxc3+ 27. Nxc3 Nxd4+ $19) (24.
Qa6 $4 Nxd4+ $1 25. cxd4 Bg4+ 26. Kd2 Rxd4+ 27. Kc2 Bd1#) 24... Qxa3 (24...
Qa2+ 25. Kd1 Qxa3 26. Qa6 $40) (24... Ng5 25. Nc5 $40) (24... Ng7 25. Nc5 $40)
(24... c6 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qa6 Qa2+ 28. Nd2 f3+ 29. gxf3 Rh7 30.
Qb6+ Kc8 31. Qxc6+ Rc7 32. Qxe6+ Rdd7 33. Qxg8+ Kb7 34. Bb4 $13) 25. Qa6 $40)
24. Rxe6 Ra8 $4 {This was the losing move.} (24... Qxa3 {With the idea of 25.
Nc5 Qxc5! can achieve a draw.} 25. Qa6+ Kb8 26. Rb6+ cxb6 27. Qxb6+ Kc8 28.
Qa6+ $11) (24... fxe6 {This seems to be Black's only chance to play for more
than a draw.} 25. Nc5+ Kb8 26. Nxd7+ Kc8 (26... Rxd7 27. Qb5+ Kc8 28. Qa6+ Kb8
29. Qb5+ $11) 27. Nc5 Rd6 (27... Re8 28. Qa6+ Kd8 29. Qc6 Ke7 $2 (29... Qa2+
$11) 30. Qd7+ Kf6 31. Ne4+ Kf5 32. Qxe8 $18) 28. Qe4 Qa2+ 29. Kd1 c6 30. Qe5
Qxg2 (30... Qxa3 31. Qxd6 Qa1+ 32. Kc2 Qa2+ 33. Kc1 $11) 31. Qxd6 Qd5 $13) (
24... c6 $4 25. Nc5+ Kc7 26. Qa6 Qa2+ (26... fxe6 27. Qb6+ Kd6 28. Nb7+ Kd5 29.
Qc5+ Ke4 30. Nd6#) 27. Kd1 fxe6 28. Qb6+ Kd6 29. Nb7+ Kd5 30. Qc5+ Ke4 31. Qe5+
Kd3 32. Nc5+ Kxc3 33. d5#) (24... Bxe6 {Also only seems to be a draw.} 25. Nc5+
Kc6 26. Qa6+ Kd5 27. Qc4+ Kd6 28. Na6+ Qxa3 29. Qxc7+ Kd5 30. Qb7+ Kd6 31. Qc7+
) 25. Nc5+ Kb8 (25... Kc8 26. Qe4 $1 $18 {And black cannot stop two different
back rank mate threats.}) 26. Nxd7+ Kc8 (26... Kb7 27. Qb5+ {Will mate}) 27.
Nb6+ Kb8 (27... Kd8 28. Re8+ Kxe8 29. Qe4+ Kd8 30. Qxa8#) (27... cxb6 28. Qc4+
Kd8 (28... Kb7 29. Rxb6+ Ka7 30. Qc7#) 29. Qd5+ Kc8 30. Qc6+ Kb8 31. Re8+ Ka7
32. Rxa8#) (27... Kb7 28. Qe4+ c6 29. Qxc6+ Ka6 30. Qxa8+ Kb5 31. c4#) 28. Qb5
Qa2+ (28... f3+ 29. gxf3 {Leads nowhere.}) 29. Kd1 Nf6 30. Nxa8+ Kc8 31. Qa6+
Kb8 (31... Kd8 32. Be7+ Kd7 (32... Ke8 33. Qc8#) 33. Qc6+ Kc8 34. Qxc7#) 32.
Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Vancouver"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.04.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hallam, John"]
[Black "Yoos, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

{This final round game won me my first tournament in Vancouver.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7
10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 h5 $6 {This is dubious, but I wanted to race.} (
12... f4 13. g4 $1) (12... Kh8 $5) 13. c5 (13. exf5 $142 gxf5 14. f4 $16) 13...
f4 14. Qc2 g5 15. Rfc1 Ne8 $2 {This retreat costs me two tempi over the
regular book lines.} (15... Bd7 $5) (15... g4) 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Qd1 Ng6 18. a4
Rf7 19. h3 Bf8 20. a5 ({Maybe white should put a heavy on the third rank for
defense...} 20. Nf2 Nh4 21. Ra3) 20... Nh4 21. Nf2 Rg7 22. Nb5 a6 23. Na3 Nf6
24. Nc4 g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Nxg4 28. Nxg4 (28. Bxg4 Bxg4
29. Qxg4 {With the white pawn on a4 rather than a5 this position was reached
in Yuferov-Kasparov, Minsk 1978.  The game continued...} Rxg4+ 30. Nxg4 Rc8 $1
{This prevents the Rook on c1 from going to the kingside to defend.} 31. Nh2
Qh4 32. Rc3 Rc7 33. Rg1 Rg7+ 34. Kh1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qh7 $17) 28... Bxg4 29.
Bxg4 Qh4 30. Qh1 (30. Kf1 Rxg4 31. Ke2 Rg3 32. Qh1 Qg4+ 33. Kf2 {Transposes})
30... Rxg4+ 31. Kf3 Rg3+ 32. Ke2 Qg4+ 33. Kf2 Be7 34. Ra3 Bh4 35. Rxg3 Rf8 $5 {
Stylish but unneccesary.  35....Bg3 36.Kf1 is the exact same.} 36. Kg1 Bxg3 37.
Kf1 Rc8 $1 {If I had not wasted those tempi in the opening and the pawn was
still on a4 as it was in the Kasparov game, then this would be a winning move.
If the pawn is on a4, then 38.b3 is met by 38...b5.  As it is 37...Rc8 is just
a good try.} 38. b3 (38. Nxd6 $2 Rxc1+ 39. Bxc1 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 f3+) (38. Be1 Kg7
39. Qg2 (39. Nxe5 Rxc1 40. Nxg4 Rxe1+ 41. Kg2 f3+) 39... Rh8 40. Ne3 $1 $18)
38... Kg7 39. Rc3 $2 (39. Be1 {This was the last chance to play the winning
motif.} Rh8 40. Qg2 {And now with the g3 bishop tied down, black is missing a
breakthrough.} Rh2 41. Ne3 $1 $18) (39. Ne3 $2 {This one backfires.} fxe3 $1
40. Rxc8 e2+ 41. Kg1 Be1+ 42. Qg2 Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Bxd2) (39. Qg2 $2 f3) 39...
Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Hartman, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C38"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

{In the summer of 1998 I spent some time touring around Europe on holiday. 
This game was played in a tournament which I just happened my way into by
visiting a chess club by where I was staying.  My IM opponent had prepared for
my Kings Gambit based on a game I played against GM Hjartarson, Which
Hjartarson had annotated for Chessbase magazine.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6
4. Bc4 h6 (4... g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 $40 Nh6 7. d4 f6 8. Bxf4 $1 {Is an old trap.
}) 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7 7. O-O Nf6 8. hxg5 Nh5 (8... Nxe4 9. Bd5 $1) 9. g6 $1
fxg6 10. c3 {10. Nh2 is the more precise move order since it prevents 10...g5.}
Nc6 11. Nh2 $1 {White temporarily gains time by paralizing the movement of
Black's king side pawns and Knight.} (11. Nbd2 $6 Bg4 $1) 11... Rf8 12. b4 (12.
Be2 $2 {I almost fell for this the first time I played this position against
Hjartarson a few years prior to this.} Ng3 13. Rxf4 Nxd4 $1) 12... Qh4 (12...
a6 13. a4 Bd7 {was Yoos-Hjartarsson, Reykjavik 1996. In hindsightI think that
14.Ra2 intending b5 was correct in that game.}) 13. b5 $2 {Preferrable was 13.
Re1 or 13.Nf3.} Ne7 14. Nd2 Ng3 15. Re1 g5 16. Ba3 g4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Ndf3 $1 {
I suspect that this does not work, but once I played b5? I was on this path.
On the bright side, this is not easy to defend.} gxf3 19. Nxf3 Qh5 (19... Qh1+
20. Kf2 Qh5 {is not so significant, since I intend to exchange Queens anyway.})
20. Nxe5 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 {The Queens are off and White is down a piece, but
Black has some big problems to solve. White's Bishops are raking and 22,Ng6 is
looming.} Ngf5 $2 {21...Kd8 was necessary.} 22. Ng6 Rf7 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nxe7
Ne3 25. Rxe3 $6 {My opponent pointed out to me after the game that} (25. Rd2
Nc4 26. Rf2 $1 {wins immediately.}) 25... fxe3 26. Rf1+ Ke6 27. Re1 Bf8 28.
Rxe3+ Kd7 29. c4 a6 30. b6 Bxe7 31. Rxe7+ Kc6 32. bxc7 {Also good is 32.Rh7}
Bd7 33. Bc1 Kxc7 34. Bxh6 Re8 35. Bf4+ Kd8 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. c5 Bf7 38. a3 Kd7
39. Kf2 Kc6 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Be5 Kc4 $2 {This made things easier.} 42. Kf4 Bd5
43. g4 a5 44. g5 a4 45. g6 Kb3 46. Bd6 1-0

[Event "San Francisco "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Shipman, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

{Like some other Canadian players, I got invited to play at an IM norm
tournament in SanFransico in the spring of 1999.  I started the tournament
well winning my first three out of four.  However in the fifth round I ran out
of steam and blundered away a promising game.  Being only at +1 in the
preliminary section, I decided not to make a return trip for the final section.
Here was my most enjoyable game.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 {I do
not care for the "Rosentreter" move order since the following favours Black.} (
4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4 (5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. g3 fxg3 7. Qxg4 Qxg4 8. Nxg4 d5) 5... gxf3 6.
Qxf3 Nc6 (6... d5 7. Be5 $1 $40) (6... d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 $1 $13)) 4... g4 {
These days few Kings Gambit players wish to see a Muzio Gambit. However, even
fewer Black players want to defend against it.} 5. O-O $1 {I'am always happy
to see a Muzio. If White is well prepared, it is no more risky than a Poisoned
Pawn Najdorf. However, if Black is underprepared it virtually means a quick
check mate! All games I have played in it so far have been the latter.} Qe7 $6
{Walter Shipman is the only OTB IM that I know of that repeatedly accepts this
Muzio. This seems to be his patented move. He also plays it by the mobe order
5,..gf3 6,Qf3 Qe7. In my opinion playing 6,..Qe7 is one of the better lines
for Black in the Muzio. 7,d4 can be met by 7,...Nc6 intending either Nxd4 or
Ne5. My opponent had previously won many games by playing this. During the
game my intention was to play solidly with 7,d3. However I think now I would
try an idea of my friend, Muzio Expert Dr. Thomas Stock: 7,Nc3!? Qc5 8,Kh1 Qc4
9,b3! It looks odd but here is a "bath tub" variation to illustrate it's
entertainment value:} (5... gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 (7. d4 Nc6) (7. d3) 7...
Qc5+ 8. Kh1 Qxc4 9. b3 Qe6 10. Nd5 Na6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Nxf4 Qf7 13. e5 c6 14.
exf6 Kd8 15. Rae1 $1 Kc7 16. Qg3 d6 17. Qg7 $3 $16 {As far as the move order
in the game, I can't say I understand it merits. It seems to transpose to 6,..
Qe7 and allow some other options along the way. Against my opponent, GM
Arnason once tried 6,Ne5 Qe5 7,d4. After studying that game I felt that with a
few improvements White would be lacking enough compensation. I instead had
another idea.}) 6. d4 gxf3 7. Nc3 {I believe that this is probably a
refutation.} c6 {Passive, but what else.} (7... fxg2 8. Rxf4) (7... Nc6 8. Nd5
Qd8 9. Qxf3 d6 (9... Nxd4 10. Qxf4 $18) 10. Qxf4 $40 f6 (10... Be6 11. Nxc7+
Qxc7 12. Bxe6 $44) 11. Qh4 $5 Nxd4 (11... h5 12. Rxf6 $1 Be7 (12... Nxf6 13.
Nxf6+ Ke7 14. Nxh5+ Ke8 15. Nf6+) 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxg8 Rxg8 15. Qxh5+ Kd8 16.
Bg5) (11... Be6 12. Rxf6 $1 Nxd4 (12... Nxf6 13. Nxf6+ Kf7 14. Qh5+) 13. Rxf8+
$5 Kxf8 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Qf2+ Nf5 16. Nxc7 $1 Qxc7 17. Bxe6 Qc5 18. Rf1 Kg7 19.
Qxc5 dxc5 20. Rxf5 $16) 12. Qh5+ Kd7 13. Be3 $5 Nxc2 (13... Ne6 14. Qf7+ Be7
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qxe6+ Kc6 17. Rf5 $1) (13... c5 14. Qf7+ Kc6 (14... Be7 15.
Bxd4 cxd4 16. Bb5#) 15. a4 a6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Bb5+ axb5 18. axb5+ Kxb5 19.
Rxa8) 14. Rfc1 c6 (14... Nxe3 15. Qf7+ Be7 16. Nxf6+ Kc6 17. Bd3+ Kb6 18. Qb3+
Ka5 19. Qb5#) (14... Qe8 15. Qxe8+ Kxe8 16. Rxc2 Kd8 17. Nxc7 $16) 15. Rxc2
cxd5 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. Rc7+ $1) 8. Qxf3 b5 $5 {Again, what else. In comparison
with normal Muzio Variations White has far superior development.} (8... d6 9.
Bxf4 Be6 10. d5 {is similar to an old Morphy massacre, except White is even
better deveoped here.}) 9. Bxb5 Ba6 (9... cxb5 $2 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Bxf4 {is
murderous.}) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Bxf4 O-O-O {Run!} 12. e5 {I hated to close off
my Bishop like this, but I was having trouble finding a better plan. I could
not see any progress after} (12. Qe2 Kb7 (12... Nc7 13. Bxc7 Kxc7 14. Qc4 $36)
{However...} 13. Nd5 $1 {Now looks Promising.} Qe6 (13... cxd5 14. Qb5+ Ka8 15.
Qxd5#) 14. Be5 f6 15. Nxf6 d6 16. Nd5 cxd5 (16... dxe5 17. Qxa6+ $1) 17. Qb5+
Kc7 (17... Ka8 18. Qc6+ Kb8 19. Rxf8) 18. Qxa6) 12... Nc7 13. Ne4 Qe6 14. Qd3 {
Intending c4, Rad1, d5} Kb7 15. c4 Nh6 $6 {This gives me a tactic.} 16. Bg5 Be7
17. Rf6 Qg4 (17... Bxf6 18. Nc5+) 18. h3 Bxf6 19. hxg4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Rdg8 21.
Ne4 {Aiming for Nf6 to make sure nothing happens on the g-file.} Rxg4 22. Nf6
Rg6 23. Rf1 {Maybe not necessary, but after the early chaos simple moves are
somewhat attractive.} Rd8 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 d6 26. Qb3+ Kc8 27. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Balinas, Rosendo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

{The following game was my first win over a Grandmaster.  Unfortunately Mr.
Balinas has now passed away.  I have heard that he was quite an acomplished
person, outside of chess also.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {Among us cave men this and the english attack seem to be the
most popular choices.} e6 7. Qd3 $6 {I used to play this because I was too
lazy to study up on the imensely complex poisoned pawn variation.} (7. f4 Qb6
8. Qd2 Qxb2) 7... b5 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Bb7 $6 {For some reason this line
keeps getting positive coverage in the books. Preferrable is 9,...Qc7 or 9,...
b4.} 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Qg3 Qb8 $6 {This move is probably losing.
However the alternative 12,...Ned7 does not seem to be particularily rosy
either} (12... Ned7 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bc8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rd3 Ra7 17.
Rhd1 Qa5 18. a4 {Intending Ne4,Qh4.}) 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5+ Nc6 {
Alternatives are particularily embarrassing. If 14,..Nfd7 15,Qe5! or 14,...Bc6
15,Qe5!} 15. Qf3 Qc8 {15,...Qc7 would give White an extra tempo later if Nd5
happens.} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 {According to my sources this was the first
new move. The books give} (17. Ne4 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 O-O 19. Nd6 {as winning for
White.}) 17... Rg8 18. Rhf1 Rg7 19. Nd5 {This is very hard to meet since after
White plays Qe5 Nf6 and Qd6# will be threatened.} exd5 20. Rxd5 $1 {Keeping
the Black King boxed in.} Qe6 21. Re5 Kd7 {Black gives up his Queen since
White has already invested greatly. However because of the weakness of Black's
King, he will have to give up more.} 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qd4+ {With the threat
of Rf8 and Qg7.} Ke8 24. Bxc6+ Bxc6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qd6+ Re7 27. Qxc6 Rxa2 (
27... Rae8 28. Qf3+ Kg7 29. Qe3 {with the idea of running the a & b pawns. The
pawns on g2 and c2 make it difficult to remove the blockading Queen. Whereas
the connected a&b pawns with one eye kept on them by the Queen should be
unstoppable.}) 28. b4 Ra1+ 29. Kd2 e5 30. b5 Rb1 31. c4 e4 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. b6
{With Black's unsheltered King, the Black Rooks must act timidlyfor fear of
being snared.} e3+ 34. Ke2 Rb3 35. c5 Rb4 36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Qc3 Rf4 38. c6+ Kd6
39. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "Vernon Silver Star"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.11.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stockhausen, Peter"]
[Black "Kindret, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "1725"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

{I have included a game I witnessed my friend Peter Stockhausen play to show
that masters don't have the monopoly on sacrafices.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3
g5 4. Bc4 Nf6 $5 {This is an odd mix of systems, but it may not be as bad as
it first appears.} 5. e5 {A natural response.  The obvious 5.Ng5 seems not so
clear after 5...d5 6.ed5,Rg8!  Ofcourse white can also play solidly with 6.Nc3.
In my opinion 6.Bxf7,Kxf7 7.Ng5 intending e5 looks like the most entertaining.}
Ng4 {This is quite ambitious.} (5... Nh5 {Reaching a form of Schallops Defense
should also be considered.}) 6. O-O Bc5+ $6 {Aside from giving up a tempo,
Black misplaces his bishop away fro the action.} (6... d5) 7. d4 Bb6 8. Kh1 $5
{Maybe this is not entirely neccesary at this moment, but it is nice to have
any distractions out of the way for when the action starts.} O-O 9. Nc3 c6 (
9... d6 {Is more active.}) 10. Ne4 ({I prefer...} 10. h3 Nh6 11. Ne4) 10... h6
({Black misses a good opportunity for counterplay.} 10... d5 11. exd6 h6 12.
Ne5 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. g3 Bf5) 11. h3 ({I prefer putting black in a head
lock by...} 11. Nd6) 11... Ne3 {Now White is winning.} ({Again black does well
with...} 11... d5 12. exd6 Nf6) 12. Bxe3 fxe3 ({Black can again try...} 12...
d5 {But it seems to late} 13. Nf6+ $40) 13. Nf6+ Kg7 14. Nxg5 $1 {This
sacrafice is the start of a sweet finish.} hxg5 15. Qh5 Rh8 16. Qxf7+ Kh6 17.
Ng4# 1-0

[Event "Toronto "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Livshits, Ron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Bluvshtein,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 (6. Bg5) 6... e6 (
6... e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Bd3) 7. Be3 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3
Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Qe2 Rc8 (12... Nc5 13. Bf2 d5) 13. g4 Nc5 14. Bf2 g6 (
14... O-O) 15. g5 Nfd7 16. b4 $1 Nd3 (16... Nb3 17. Nxb3 Qxc3 18. Bd4) 17. Nd5
(17. cxd3 Qxc3) 17... exd5 $2 (17... Bxd5 18. cxd3 (18. exd5 Nxf4) 18... Bb7)
18. cxd3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 $4 (19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 O-O) 20. Bf5 $3 Kf8 (20...
gxf5 21. Nxf5 Nf8 (21... Nb8) 22. Bd4 (22. Bxb6 Qd7 (22... Qxb6+) 23. Ng7#))
21. Be6 Re8 22. Qg4 Bxb4 (22... Nb8 23. f5) 23. Bxd7 Re7 24. Be6 Qd6 (24...
fxe6 25. Nxe6+) 25. Bc8 h5 26. Qh3 Ba8 27. f5 Bc5 28. fxg6 Qxg6 29. Ne6+ $3 Ke8
30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Bxc5 Qxg5+ 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rc7 34. Rae1+ Kd8 35. Bd4
Rg8 36. Bf5 Rxg3+ 37. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Livshits, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "Bluvshtein,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2
{The same as in the first game but i'm changed it on the next move for safety.}
Qc7 9. O-O {I let black get a counterplay but he has to make a hard desicion
to castle or not I think castle is the best for black now.} b5 {this move
starts a variation that I calculated until the 19th move and I was sure it's
good.  and I was right.} 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 {Black could of
took on d4 and e3 with the pawn and be down Exchange for a pawn but white is
still much better.} (12... exd4 13. Bxa8 dxe3) 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Qg4 $1 {Just
like in the first game the black king is under attack and black is playing g6.}
g6 {only move if Rg8 then N:e6.} (14... Rg8 15. Nxe6 $1) 15. Nxe6 $3 {if not
this then why Qg4 and it just makes the position intresting for me this is why
I don't like playing strategy position as much as tactic positions.} fxe6 {
There was 15... N:e5 16. Ng7+ Kf8 17. Ne6+ Ke8 the only change in the position
is that black cannot castle.if 16... Kd8 then 17. Qd4+  Nbd7 18. Rad1 and
white has the crushing position for nothing in the game black struggled for a
peace not for nothing.} (15... Nxe5 16. Ng7+ Kf8 (16... Kd8 17. Qd4+ Nbd7 18.
Rad1) 17. Ne6+ Ke8) 16. Qxe6 Qc6 (16... Nc6 17. Nd5) 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Nd5 Bc5
19. e6 Bxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Qc5 21. Rad1 $3 (21. Rfe1 Rf8) 21... Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Kc7 $1
23. Rfe1 Qc5 24. e7 Qf5 25. e8=Q $2 (25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. e8=Q) 25... Rxe8 26.
Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Livshits, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "Bluvshtein,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Bf3 {I accidentally did this move instead of planned castle. The move
done is not bad but I just didn't know the variations after it. I should of
castled or played a4 like in the first game.} Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 {After an unknown variation for me I'm
sacrificing a pawn.  if 14... Qb6+ 15. Be3 Q:b2 16. Qd2 and it's risky for
black.} Be6 (14... Qb6+ 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Qd2) 15. Nd5 $6 {Blocking my own
bishop to the end of the game and now the Intiative is on black's side.} Bxd5
16. exd5 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Nd7 {Now black is trying to: 1. exchange bishops. 2. put
the knight on e5 or c5 where the bishop can't get the knight. 3. control the
a7-g1 diagonal with the queen.  If Black does that then white is on the way
down very fast.} 18. c3 Bf6 19. Rae1 Be5 20. Be4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 {Bishops
exchanged and the knight is free but my bishop is stuck.} g6 22. h3 Re7 23. Rf2
Rae8 24. Rfe2 Ne5 $2 {Qb6 or Qc5 would of not gave me any chances to do
somthing right away.} 25. Qd4 f5 26. Bd3 f4 27. Be4 Rf7 28. Bf3 h5 29. c4 Rf5
30. b4 {I'm trying to give a pawn for exchanging knight on bishop and believe
me his knight costs more then that.} Rc8 31. c5 {This end game is not lost but
it is very hard to save a draw here with black playing best.} dxc5 32. bxc5
Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Rxc5 35. d6 {Every thing is stapaled.} Rcd5 36.
Re8+ Kg7 37. R1e7+ Rf7 38. Rd8 Kf6 39. Rdd7 $2 {A mistake in the worst time h4
should of gave me a draw but This end game is lost!} (39. h4) 39... Rxe7 $1 40.
dxe7 Re5 41. Rxb7 Rxe7 42. Rb4 Kf5 $4 {Every thing after 39. Rdd7 was forced
and Livshits thought Kf5 was forced to but if he would of played Kg5! I should
resign.} 43. Ra4 Re6 {This is a draw with the correct moves.} 44. h4 Rd6 45.
Kf1 Rc6 46. a3 Rd6 47. Kf2 Re6 48. Kg2 Re2+ 49. Kg1 g5 50. Ra5+ Re5 51. Rxe5+ {
The game is decided it's a draw.} Kxe5 52. hxg5 Kf5 53. Kg2 Kxg5 54. Kh3 a5 55.
a4 $1 Kf5 56. Kh4 Kg6 57. Kh3 Kg5 58. Kg2 Kf5 59. Kh3 Ke5 60. Kh4 Kd4 61. Kxh5
Kd3 $2 {He was now hoping for Kg4.  But if he would of played Kc4 it would of
been a draw with the right move.   Livshits told me that he missed calculated.
He didn't saw my next move.  Even if 61... Kc4 62. Kg4 Kb4 63. K:f4 K:a4 64.
Kg5!(Kg3 loses because of Kb5 and the same thing that happened in the game but
here it's tempi by tempi) 64... Kb5 65. f4 a5 66. f5 a3 67. f6 a2 68. f7 a1Q
69. f8Q and it's a dead draw.} (61... Kc4 62. Kg4 Kb4 63. Kxf4 Kxa4 64. Kg5 $1
(64. Kg3 Kb5 65. Kg4 Kc6 66. Kg5 Kd7 67. Kg6 Ke7 68. Kg7 a4 69. f4 a3 70. f5 a2
71. f6+ Ke6 72. f7 a1=Q+) 64... Kb5 65. f4 a4 66. f5 a3 67. f6 a2 68. f7 a1=Q
69. f8=Q) 62. Kg5 (62. Kg4 Ke3) 62... Kc4 63. Kxf4 Kb4 64. Kg3 $4 {I couldn't
find a worst move. Kg5, Ke5, Ke3 or any other move was just giving me a draw
without any fight. I found the worst move out of 7 possible. Now every tempo
is important.} Kxa4 65. f4 Kb5 66. Kg4 Kc6 67. Kg5 Kd6 68. Kg6 Ke7 69. Kg7 Ke6
70. Kg6 Ke7 71. Kg7 {I was saved tempo by tempo.  This shows how Livshits was
fighting when it was pawn VS pawn and I just offered a draw in a completely
won endgame in the previous game. But this is the power of an IM to fight 6
hours in a dead draw position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kingston op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Djerkovic, Miladin"]
[Black "Kirby, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 (
8. a4 Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Qe2 Re8
15. Nf3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nb3 17. Bxb3 Rxb3 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxd4
$44 {Anand-Karpov, Lausanne FIDE Wch (2), 1998}) 8... Bb6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Be3
Bg4 (10... Rb8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. h3 Bd7 13. d5 Ne7 14. a4 c5 15. c4 Ba5 16. Qc2
Ne8 $11 {Apicella-Piket, FR tt 1998}) 11. d5 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Ne7 13. a4 (13. Nbd2
h6 14. a4 Ng6 15. c4 b4 16. c5 dxc5 17. Qc2 Qd6 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. h3 Bxf3 20.
Rxf3 a5 $11 {Labib-Kazhgaliev, Istanbul ol 2000}) 13... Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Nbd2 Nd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Nc5 18. Bc2 b4 19. Nc4 b3 $1 20. Bd3 f5 $1 21.
Re3 (21. exf5 $2 e4) 21... f4 $1 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Be2 Kh8 24. Bg4 Qb5 25. Be2 f3
$1 26. gxf3 Qd7 27. Kh2 Ng6 28. Rg1 Nf4 29. Bf1 Rf6 30. Rg3 Rh6 $44 31. Ra5 Qe8
32. Ra7 Qd7 33. Qa1 Ncd3 34. Qa5 Rc8 35. Nb6 $1 cxb6 36. Qa6 $1 Qe8 37. Bxd3
Nh5 38. Rg5 Rb8 39. Qb5 Qd8 40. Rg4 Qf8 41. Be2 Nf4 42. Rg3 Nh5 43. Rg4 Nf4 44.
Rg3 (44. Bf1 Nxh3 $1 45. Bxh3 Qxf3 46. Rg3 (46. Qf1 $2 Qxg4) 46... Qxf2+ 47.
Rg2 Qf4+ 48. Rg3 Rf8 49. Qd7 $2 Rg6 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kitchener op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vucko, Ignac"]
[Black "Wilson Grange, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "Wilson Grange,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Bd4 e5 11. Be3 Nxe3 (11... f5) 12. fxe3 O-O (12... Qb6 13.
Qxd6 Qxe3+ 14. Ne2 Qxe4) 13. Rb1 Kh8 14. Be2 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qe7 16. O-O Bh3 17.
Rf2 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Rxf5 gxf5 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Qg5 22. Re1 Rf8 23.
Qg2 e4 24. Qd2 Be5 25. Ne2 Rg8 26. Nf4 h5 27. Kh1 h4 28. Rg1 (28. gxh4) 28...
Qg4 29. Qf2 (29. Qg2) 29... h3 30. Rf1 Rb8 31. a3 Bc3 32. Ne2 Be5 33. Nd4 Bxd4
34. exd4 Rf8 35. Qe3 Kg7 36. d5 cxd5 37. cxd5 (37. Qxa7+ Kg6) 37... Rf7 38. Kg1
Rc7 39. Qd2 Re7 40. Rf4 Qg5 41. Qe3 Rc7 42. Qd2 Qf6 $5 43. Rh4 $2 (43. Rf1)
43... e3 $3 44. Qd1 (44. Qxe3 Qa1+ 45. Kf2 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 Rc3) 44... Qb2 45. Rh7+
Kg8 46. Rh8+ Qxh8 0-1

