[Event "Belgrade SU vs World"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{9/149} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 {Not exactly the most agressive
continuation.  I am sure Fischer was concerned about walking into some
elaborate preparation from the Soviet team and  therefore just wanted to play
a basic position with no bells or whistles.} Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 {It may seem
of to develop the bishops before the knights, but since the tension was
relieved so quickly, those diagnols have become prime real estate. Now black
will have to spend some time organizing to challenge for them.} Bg4 {Black
gets his bishop outside of his pawn structure and can potentially challange
white's light square bishop later after ...Bh5-g6} 7. Qb3 Na5 {This method of
defending the b7 pawn has its drawbacks.  The knight is out of  play on the
edge of the board and after white's next move black will have to waste even
more time with his light squared bishop.} (7... Qc8) (7... Qd7) 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9.
Qc2 e6 $6 {Petrosian had often made fairly passive play look brilliantly
subtle, but it was usually against lesser mortals than Fischer.  9...e6 not
only condemns   black to a bad bishop, but also gives white the keys to the
kingside.} (9... a6 {This is a nice tempo move to get black's light square
bishop back on track. White will have to defend the threat of ...Bb5 and then
black can swing the bishop back to g4 no longer having to worry about the
a4-e8 diaganol.} 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nd2 {But still what is that knight achieving
on a5?  I still think white is doing well here.}) 10. Nf3 Qb6 (10... Nc4 {An
attempt to fight for the dark squares with ...Bd6 was not very successful in
Timman-Pomar, Las Palmas 1977} 11. O-O Bd6 12. Be5 Qc7 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bxc4
dxc4 15. Nbd2 b5 16. Ne4 $16) 11. a4 {Preventing ...Bb5} Rc8 (11... Nb3 {Looks
tempting, but since black cannot hold the square, it effectively becomes an
exchange of one underdeveloped piece for an undeveloped one.} 12. Ra2 Rc8 13.
Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Be7 15. Ne5 h6 16. O-O $14 {According to ECO}) (11... Qb3 {
Does not win the a-pawn because of that pesky a4-e8 diagnol.} 12. Qe2 Bxa4 $2
13. Rxa4 Qxa4 14. Bb5+) 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Qb1 {Avoiding ...Nb4} Nh5 (13... g6 {
Makes black's castled king a little bit more cozy.  though black will likely 
still have some issues later on his kingside dark squares.}) 14. Be3 h6 (14...
f5 {Trying to stop white's contol of the light squares just makes matters
worse.} 15. g4 fxg4 16. Ng5 {And the light square disintigrate with a big
attack.}) (14... g6 {Again is a bit more solid, but it is a bit inconsistent
with 13...Nh5 since black's bishop will be going to g7.} 15. h4 $5 Nf6 16. Ng5
{With an eye towards those light squares looks spooky for black.}) 15. Ne5 Nf6
(15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. a5 Qc7 18. Nf3 {Covers all of white's loose ends
and leaves the Knight on h5 out to lunch.}) 16. h3 {Aside from stopping ...Ng4,
creates thoughts of developing the attack with g4.} Bd6 17. O-O Kf8 $6 {I can
understand that black was reluctant to castle when white owns the kingside,
but black will now be without the use of that king rook for a long time since
any attempt at a luft like ...g6 will just invite sacrafices.} (17... O-O) 18.
f4 $1 {Ironically weakening the knight on e5 is justified for tactical reasons.
The main function of this move is to peel a layer of clothing off of black's
king with f5.} Be8 (18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. a5 $18) 19. Bf2 {White is
actually not defending against the capture on e5 since the tactic of a5 is
still on.  The true intention of this move is to add another piece to  the
attack by widening the scope of the bishop.} Qc7 (19... g6 20. f5 $1 {As
advertized - creating a luft for the king just creates targets for white to
tear off the covers with a sacrifice.} gxf5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qxf5 Qd8 23. Bh4
$18) 20. Bh4 Ng8 {I don't see that this was forced by threat, but I think
black with so little control of the board and an absence of any counterplay is
just running out of functional thing to do.  Might as well duck, drop and
cover.} 21. f5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. fxe6 Bf6 24. exf7 Bxf7 25. Nf3 Bxh4 (
25... g5 {White can just redeploy the bishop to a different diagnol.} 26. Bf2
Kg7 27. Bd4 $40) 26. Nxh4 Nf6 27. Ng6+ Bxg6 28. Bxg6 Ke7 {Might as well, since
otherwise white will just eventually overwhelm black  with his extra rook.} 29.
Qf5 Kd8 30. Rae1 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Rf8 32. Qe5 Rc7 33. b4 Qc6 34. c4 dxc4 35. Bf5
Rff7 36. Rd1+ Rfd7 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. Qb8+ Ke7 (38... Qc8 39. Rxd7+ Nxd7 40. Qd6
) 39. Rde1+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade SU vs World"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{9/245} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4
15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 Nbd7 17. Qd2 c5 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. c4 b4 21. a4
Qc7 22. Nf5 Nb8 {Diagram "A creative exchange to create an attack with a
mobile pawn mass."} 23. Nxe5 $5 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. f4 Qe6 26. e5 Ne8 {
Diagram "A beautiful clearing move to commence a winning sequence."} 27. Nh4 $1
Nc6 28. Qd3 g6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Nxf5 Qg6 31. Qe2 Qg5 32. h4 Qf4 33. g3 Qxe5 34.
Qg4+ Qg7 35. Nxg7 Nf6 36. Qf4 Bxg7 37. Qc7 Rb8 38. Rd6 Ng4 39. Rxc6 Bd4+ 40.
Kf1 1-0

[Event "Belgrade SU vs World"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{9/531} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3
Qxd5 8. e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nf3 Bg7 13. O-O e6
14. Rab1 O-O 15. Nd2 f5 16. Nb3 b6 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Ba6 Rce8 19. Bb7 Nd8 20.
Rc7 Rf7 21. Ba6 Ba4 22. Rbc1 Bf8 23. R1c4 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Nc6 25. Bc4 $1 Bg7 {
Diagram ("A tidy combo to convert the advantage of white's active pieces."} 26.
Rc8 $1 Rxc8 27. Bxe6+ Kf8 28. Bxc8 Nb4 29. Nc1 Kf7 30. Bg3 Bf8 31. Bb7 Ke6 32.
Bb8 Kd7 33. Bf3 Bb5 34. Bd1 a5 35. a4 Bc4 36. g4 b5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Be5 Nc6
39. Bh8 Ba3 40. axb5 Bxc1 41. bxc6+ Kxc6 42. Ba4+ Kd5 43. Bc2 Ke6 44. Kg2 Ba3
45. Be5 Bf8 46. Bc7 Bd5+ 47. f3 Bb4 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. Be5+ Kg6 50. Kf4 Be6 51.
Ba4 Bf8 52. e4 Bh6+ 53. Kg3 fxe4 54. fxe4 Bd2 55. d5 Be1+ 56. Kf3 Bh3 57. Be8+
Kh6 58. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade SU vs World"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{9/25} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 {Larsen's pet 1.b3 system really now becomes
just an unorthodox English  With black's set-up one must consider carefully
the endless comparisons to a reversed sicilian.} Nf6 {Now black has pleasant
thoughts of playing ...d5 reaching an open Sicilian reversed since white's
early Bb2 makes developing with Nf3 vulnerable to ...e4.} 4. Nf3 $2 {Too
provocative.  White is playing something akin to a reversed version of the
Sicilian line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 where black's ...Nc6 seems more useful white's
Bb2.} e4 {White now will have a very passive set-up.} 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 $6 {
Larsen is really pushing his luck with this move.  By opening up lines, black
will now have rapid development and active piece play.  I find this
particularly reckless considering Spassky's well known attacking abilities.} (
6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. d4 exd3 11. Qxd3 Ng4 $17 {
According to ECO}) 6... dxc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O $17 {With
black's spatial advantage and huge lead in development, black is already on
the edge of a cliff.} 10. f4 $2 {Although it is hard to find a decent plan for
white here, this move simply creates an obvious lever for black to crack open
white's ill-equiped position.} Ng4 $1 {I am sure that here Spassky was
pleasantly day-dreaming of sugar coated sacrafices on e3.} 11. g3 h5 $1 {Black
is patiently applying all of his resources into the attack.  ...h4 will 
further black's breach of the dark squares while also activating black's last
undeveloped piece - his kings rook.} 12. h3 {White desperately must try to mix
things up, since castling queenside leaves a knight fork on f2.} h4 $1 {
Ofcourse with such dominant piece activity it is expected that black can part
with material to further the attack.  However the details of this sacrafice 
are no less beautiful.} 13. hxg4 (13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 hxg3 15. Rg1 Rh1 $3 {
A beautiful sacrafice with the purpose of clearing the e1-h4 diagnol for the
queen.} 16. Rxh1 g2 17. Rg1 Qh4+ {And the rest is a windmill which blows the
white king into a mating net.  The king cannot run towards the queenside
because the queen will then simply attack the defenseless rook on g1.} 18. Ke2
(18. Kd1 Qf2) 18... Qxg4+ 19. Ke1 Qg3+ 20. Ke2 Qf3+ 21. Ke1 Be7 $19 {Very
elegant!}) 13... hxg3 14. Rg1 Rh1 $3 {With the bishop on e2, the clearing
sacrafice finishes white very simply since white's king rook cannot be
protected.  Without the rook white's king gets  caught alone with black's
menacing queen.} 15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade SU vs World"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{9/19} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. h3 Nc6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qe2 a6
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qa7 17. a4 e5 18. Bg5 a5 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. h4 h6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Nc3 Be7 23. Bh3 Rc7 24. Rd3 Bb7 25. b3 Bc6 26. Rcd1 Bf8 27. Qe3 Qb7
28. Kh2 Kh8 29. h5 Kg8 30. Bf5 Qb8 31. Qf3 Re7 32. Qg4 Qc7 33. Rf3 Ree8 34. Rc1
Re7 {Diagram ("Introducing a powerful opposite coloured bishop attack.")} 35.
Nd5 $1 Bxd5 36. exd5 e4 37. Bxe4 Re5 38. Bd3 Rde8 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Rf5 Re1 41.
Rxe1 Qxe1 42. Rf3 Qe7 43. Qf5 g6 44. hxg6 f6 45. Qxf6 Bg7 46. Qf7+ Kh8 47. Qxe7
Rxe7 48. Rf4 Kg8 49. Rh4 Re5 50. Kf3 h5 51. Rf4 Re8 52. Bf5 Bf6 53. Bd7 Rf8 54.
Rf5 h4 55. gxh4 Bxh4 56. Be6+ Kg7 57. Bf7 Rh8 58. Kg4 Bf6 59. Rf3 Rh1 60. Kf5
Re1 61. Re3 Rf1 62. Ke6 Bd4 63. Kxd6 1-0

[Event "Belgrade SU vs World"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{9/266} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 {The Orthodox Ruy Lopez
was ofcourse a very popular defense at the time of the match and had been
explored extensively for a long time.} 13. dxc5 {Opening the center was
extremely popular at the time of this game.} (13. d5 {In recent times, closing
the position seems to have superceded 13.cxd5 at Grandmaster level.  White's
intention is a slow build up, kingside assault, often initiated by g4, Ng3})
13... dxc5 14. Nf1 {In typical Ruy Lopez fashion white is maneuvering his
queen knight over to the kingside.} Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Nf5 Rfe8 (
17... Bxf5 18. exf5 {Seems to help white by creating more space for his pieces
to maneuver and  increasing the scope of the light squared bishop.  Now white
should be able to use the e4 square as a springboard for dynamic play.}) 18.
Bg5 Nd7 19. Bxe7 {At the time, a new move.} (19. Nxe7+ {Smyslov had previously
defended this line.} Nxe7 20. a4 f6 21. Be3 Nc5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Red1 Ng6 $11
{Vasjukov-Smyslov, USSR ch 1969}) 19... Nxe7 20. Ng5 Ng6 $2 (20... Nf8 $142 21.
Nxe6 Nxe6 22. g3 Qc6 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rad1 Red7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rd1 Nc5 $11
{Rubinetti-Filip, Palma de Majorca (izt) 1970}) 21. g3 h6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 (22...
Rxe6 23. Red1 {Followed by b4 or Ne3-Nd5 - Reshevsky}) 23. Ne3 Nc5 (23... Nf6
24. Red1 $14 {Fischer-O'Kelly, Buenos Aires 1970}) 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8
26. b4 $1 $16 {Forcing a tough choice for black of either opening the
queenside and therefore the bishop or deactivating his pieces.} cxb3 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. axb3 Qd6 29. b4 Nd7 30. Bb3 {Now white can work over the vulnerable
fixed target.} Nf6 31. Ng4 Nxg4 32. Qxg4 Nf8 33. Qf5 $1 {Zugswang!  Now black
is left having to leave something undefended.} Qc7 34. Bxe6+ Nxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kf8
36. Qxa6 Qxc3 37. Qxb5 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qxe4+ 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. Qc5+ Ke6 41. Qc8+ Kf7
42. Qd7+ Kg8 43. b5 Qc2 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45. Kg2 e4 46. Qd4 Kg8 47. b6 Qb3 48. Qc5
Qb2 49. Qc6 Kf7 50. h4 g6 51. Qc7+ Ke6 52. Qh7 Qf6 53. Qxh6 Qf3+ 54. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Belgrade SU vs World"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{9/322} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2
Nf6 8. O-O d6 {These days it is common for black to play the bishop outside
the pawn chain with 8...Bc5.} 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 $1 {Thematic.  White forces
black to recapture with the pawn, thereby giving him a somewhat clumsy pawn
structure.  By "clumsy" I mean that movement of this structure is difficult
and risks creating weaknesses.} bxc6 (10... Bxc6 $6 11. Nd5) 11. Na4 e5 12. c4
Be7 13. c5 {Black takes the opportunity to immediately create weakness in the
black structure.  Often in this type of position, white waits and develops
with b3.} O-O (13... d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nb6 Rd8 16. Nxd5 (16. b4 a5 17. Bb2
$36) 16... Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bb5 18. Qb7 Qxc5 19. Be3 Qc8 20. Qe4 O-O 21. Qxe5 Bf6
$11) 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Qc2 {Typically the c5 square becomes a
target for action.} h6 17. Be3 Rab8 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. h3 Nh7 20. Bc5 Be8 21.
Red1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ng5 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nc5 Ne6 25. Nxe6 (25. Nxa6 $2 Rb6 26.
Bf1 Qb7 27. Nc5 Rxb2) 25... Qxe6 26. b3 $16 {Now black is left with a really
bad bishop.} Qe7 (26... a5 27. Qc5 a4 (27... Ra8 28. Rd6 Qe7 29. Rxc6) (27...
Rb5 28. Qa7 {xBe8}) 28. Qa7 Rb4 29. bxa4 Qxa2 30. Qe7 Rb8 31. Qxe5 Ra8 32. Ra1
$16) 27. Qc3 Rb4 28. h4 f6 29. Rd3 Kh7 30. Bh3 Bg6 31. Rd7 Qf8 32. Qxc6 Rxe4
33. Qxa6 Re1+ 34. Kh2 f5 35. Rd6 Bh5 36. Qd3 e4 37. Qd5 Bg4 38. Rd8 Qf6 39.
Qg8+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Bxg4 fxg4 42. Qg8+ Kg6 43. Rf8 Qe7 1-0

[Event "Belgrade SU vs World"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Ivkov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{9/373} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 {"tricky" move orders are these days more
popular than ever.  With the information boom creating never before seen
volumes of theory, it is more  important than ever, to control the stylistic
direction of the game.} Bg4 {Most often, "chameleon" move orders in the
Sicilian are directed at limiting which kind of open Sicilians black can
implement.  Presumably having been  thwarted, black tries a somewhat
unorthodox attempt to stop 4.d4.} (3... e5 {Is the most common way for black
players to shut the door on d4, but it has the drawback that white can play
Bc4 and clamp down on the light squares. White often follows this with the
maneuver Nd2-f1-e3.}) 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nc6 6. g3 $6 {This seems to justify
black's play.} (6. Bb5 {Is more consitant.  White now can either consider
justifying the queen's position with kingside expansion ala Qg3 and f4 or try
the interesting "Dayesque" idea of Rb1 & b4.}) 6... g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O h5 $2
{Provocotively black expends a couple of tempi to play ...h5-h4 to provoke 
white to play g4 to cage the light squared bishop.  Ultimately this leaves
black down too much development to take advantage of this plan.} (8... Nf6 {
With a plan of 0-0, Rb8, b5 and either Nd7 or Ne8 is more typical.}) 9. d3 h4
10. g4 e5 {Consitant black shuts down the potential of the h1-a8 diagnol.} 11.
Nd5 $1 {To highlight black's lack of development, white clears the way for a
future break with b4 or d4.} Nce7 12. Rb1 {Intending b4} Nxd5 13. exd5 a5 {
This seems somewhat passive but black is probably already in some trouble due
a lack of development.} (13... Bh6 $6 {Aiming for a good knight versus bad
bishop is consistant with the plan of  ...h5-h4, but black is too undeveloped
to get away with it here.} 14. Bxh6 Nxh6 15. b4 b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb7 O-O {
The rook is extremely strong on b7 and the knight on h6 is equally inactive as
white's bishop.}) 14. c3 Ne7 (14... Bh6 $2 15. Bxh6 Nxh6 16. d4 $36) 15. Qe2 {
Black is stuck between Sylla and Charibdis.  White is eyeing a break with 
either d4 or f4, but black cannot flee the center since 15...0-0 is met by 16.
Bg5.} f5 (15... O-O 16. Bg5) 16. f4 {Keres is opens the f-file for his rooks
to heighten the pressure on black's awkward king.} (16. Bg5 {Is also a good
try to make the most out of the two bishops.} fxg4 17. Qxg4 Qd7 18. Be4 (18.
Qe6 $5)) 16... fxg4 17. Qxg4 Qd7 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bg5 $1 {Highlighting the
awkwardness of the black knight and keeping the king front and center.} Qxg4
20. hxg4 {Now the knight on e7 is a horrible liability since it has no squares
to  develop to.} Rh7 21. Be4 Kd7 22. Rf3 (22. Bxe7 $2 {White can win a pawn,
but it would be criminal to give up such a good piece for such a bad one. 
Besides the opposite coloured bishops provide good drawing chances.}) 22... Rg8
23. Rbf1 {If a rook makes it to f7, the knight will become unbearable.} Ke8 24.
Kh1 h3 25. Rd1 {Now that black has devoted his resources to defending the
f-file Keres moves to open the c-file to add another distraction.} Kd7 26. d4
cxd4 27. cxd4 Bh8 28. Kh2 Rc8 29. Rdf1 Bxd4 30. Rf7 Be5+ 31. Kh1 Rxf7 32. Rxf7
Rc4 (32... Re8 33. Bxg6 $18 {Black is paralyzed.}) 33. Bxg6 Rd4 34. Rxe7+ Kc8
35. Bf5+ Kb8 36. Re8+ Ka7 37. Be3 1-0

[Event "Belgrade SU vs World"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{9/572} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5
8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Re1 (10. h3) 10... Ng4 11. f3 (11. h3) 11... Nge5
12. b3 Nc5 13. Be3 f5 {f3 has resulted in a weakened e-file for white.  After
inducing b3, black  is certainly now justified in striking at the center.} 14.
Qd2 (14. exf5 $2 Ned3 15. Re2 Rxe3) (14. Kh1) 14... fxe4 15. Bg5 {Simply
recapturing on e4 will run into ...Ng4.} (15. fxe4 Ng4) 15... Qd7 (15... Bf6
16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd5 (17. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 c5 $19)) (15... Nxc4 16. bxc4
Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qxg5 18. Nd5 $16) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 (18. Rxe8+
Qxe8 19. Be3 Qxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Bxd4 $19) (18. Be3 Rxe4 19. fxe4 $15) 18... Rxe4 (
18... Bxa1 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qe1 $18) 19. fxe4 Qxc6 $2 {Very optimistic!  Black
is dangerously underdeveloped.  It takes some strong nerves to walk on to the
white bishop's diagnol just to avoid blemishing the pawn structure.} (19...
bxc6 {And black has a solid position.}) (19... Bxa1 $2 20. Ne7+ Kf8 (20... Kg7
21. Qf4 Qe8 22. Nd5 Qf7 23. Nxc7) (20... Kh8 21. Qf4 Bg7 22. Qf7 $18) 21. Qf2+
Ke8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nd5 Bd4 24. Be3 $18) 20. e5 $1 {Ofcourse, white opens up
lines.} Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Be6 {Black must develop now, or otherwise white will rush
in down the f-file.} (21... Bxe5 22. Bd5+ Kg7 23. Rf1) 22. Bxb7 Rf8 23. Be3
Qxe5 24. Re1 Qc3 {Black has managed to survive white's initiative, but now his
weakened queenside will be a target.} 25. Kg2 Qxd2+ 26. Bxd2 Bd4 27. Bf4 Kf7
28. Bh6 Rb8 29. Bc6 Bf6 30. Be3 a6 31. Bd2 Rb6 32. Bf3 Rb8 33. Ba5 Bd8 (33...
Rc8 $2 34. Rxe6) 34. Rf1 Kg8 35. Bc6 Bf7 36. g4 Be7 37. Kg3 Rd8 38. Rd1 Bf6 39.
h4 Be5+ 40. Kg2 Rc8 41. g5 Kg7 {Here the position was adjourned with a
dominant position for white.  Because of the queenside weaknesses, black has
gotten tied down.  Black has made use of this vise to secure more space.  I am
sure Larsen anticipated the win.} 42. Bd7 Rd8 43. Bg4 d5 44. Bf3 h6 (44... d4
45. Re1 Re8 46. Bb4 Bf4) 45. gxh6+ Kxh6 46. Bd2+ Kg7 47. Bg5 Rd6 48. Bxd5 Bxd5+
49. Rxd5 Rxd5 50. cxd5 Kf7 51. Kf3 Ke8 52. Bf4 Bf6 53. Bxc7 Bxh4 54. b4 Kd7 55.
Bb6 Bf6 56. Bc5 Bb2 57. a4 Ba3 58. a5 $1 {White eliminates the possibility of .
..a5.} Bb2 59. Kf4 Bf6 60. Ke4 Bc3 61. b5 {White's advantage in space and far
advanced pawns will now win the game.} axb5 62. a6 Kc8 63. d6 Kb8 64. Kd5 Bf6
65. Kc6 g5 66. Kxb5 g4 67. Kc4 Ka8 68. Kd3 Be5 69. d7 Bc7 70. Ke4 g3 71. Kf3
Bd8 72. Kxg3 Ba5 73. Kg4 Bd8 74. Kf5 Ba5 75. Ke6 Bc7 76. Kf7 Ba5 77. Ke8 Bc7
78. Be7 Ba5 79. Bd8 Bd2 80. Bb6 Bg5 81. Bc5 1-0

[Event "cr Wch IV"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Olle"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Lamb,B Sommerfeld,G Vaingorten,Y"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 {Sommerfeld,G} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 (4... Ne7 5. Qg4 c5 6.
Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qxh7 (7. Qh6)) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 {Sommerfeld,G:
'%02An agressive continuation. More positional and also popular is 7.Nf3.'} O-O
{Sommerfeld,G: '%02Black could play a gambit of the g7 pawn with the more
double-edged 7...Qa5 which was played a few times in the Tal-Botvinnik matches
of 1960 and 1961.'} (7... Qc7) (7... Qa5 {Sommerfeld,G} 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7
cxd4) 8. Nf3 (8. Bh6 Nf5) 8... Nbc6 9. Bd3 f5 {'[]' Sommerfeld,G.} (9... -- 10.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 (10... Kh8 11. Qh5) 11. Qh5+ Kg8 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Qh7+ Kf8 14. Qh8+
Ng8 15. Nh7+ Ke7 16. Bg5+ f6 (16... Nf6 17. Qxg7) 17. Qxg7#) 10. exf6 {
Sommerfeld,G: '%02$7 Not taking here would satisfy Black because it would slow
White's attack.'} Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 (11... Rf8 12. Bh6 Rf7 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Ng5+ Kg8 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qxg7+ Ke8 17. Qf8+ Kd7 18. Qxd8+ Kxd8 19. dxc5) 12.
Qh4 h6 {Sommerfeld,G: '%02The alternative move 12...g6 is a mistake.'} (12...
g6 {Sommerfeld,G} 13. Bf6 Qe8 (13... Qa5 14. Ng5 Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 Nxd4+ 16. Bxd4
Qxd4 17. Qxd4 cxd4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. f4) 14. Ng5 $18) 13. Bd2 c4 {Sommerfeld,G:
'%02Deflecting White's Bishop away from the weakened King-side.'} (13... Qc7)
14. Be2 Qa5 15. Ne5 {Sommerfeld,G: '%02! I like this move. It prevents any
timely e5 break for Black.'} (15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nf5 18. Qh3
Rff8) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nf5 (16... Qc7) 17. Qh3 Bd7 18. Bh5 Rff8 19. g4 {
Sommerfeld,G: '%02 ! Very timely. Before Black can really organize any
coordinated effort to finish his development and counter-attack White pushes
this pawn in a concerted effort to open up the Black King position.'} Ne7 20.
g5 d4 {Sommerfeld,G: '%02! Following the principal that any King side attack
should be answered with a break in the centre.'} (20... Nf5 21. gxh6 gxh6) (
20... g6 21. gxh6 d4 (21... gxh5 22. Qg3+ Kf7 23. Qg7+ Ke8 24. h7 Nf5 25. Qxf8+
) 22. Be2 Qxe5) 21. gxh6 (21. cxd4 Qd5) 21... Qxe5+ {Sommerfeld,G: '%02 When I
first saw this move I was impressed with the odd nature of play. Black has
managed to bring his Queen back from a5 to defend his King and attack White's
own King via this beautiful central square.'} 22. Be2 g6 23. cxd4 {Sommerfeld,
G: '%02! Looks bad but is very good.'} Qe4 (23... Qxd4 24. h7+ Kf7 (24... Kg7 {
??} 25. Bc3 $18) 25. Bc3 (25. Bc3 {Sommerfeld,G} Qe4 26. Rg1 {%02And Black is
in big trouble.})) 24. Rg1 Kh7 25. Qe3 {Sommerfeld,G: '%02! This move shows
great poise by White. A hallmark of a great player is the ability or readiness
to trade one advantage for another. I believe that was a comment about Fischer
made by Keres in 1970. This game has that same quality. White is willing to
trade a big attack for a superior endgame. The removal of the Black Queen
would change drastically Black's chances of survival.'} Qxc2 (25... Qxe3 26.
fxe3 b5) (25... Qd5 26. Bb4) 26. Rc1 Qf5 27. Rxc4 Nd5 28. Qg3 Qb1+ 29. Rc1 Qe4
30. Kf1 {Sommerfeld,G: '%02Obviously getting out of the pin but also
threatening 31.Bd3.'} Bc6 {Sommerfeld,G: '%02! Setting a real devious trap.'}
31. Qd3 (31. Bd3 Rxf2+ 32. Qxf2 {Sommerfeld,G: '??'} (32. Kxf2 {(Sommerfeld,G)
??} Rf8+ $19) 32... Qxd3+ 33. Ke1 (33. Qe2 Rf8+ 34. Ke1 Qxd4 {%02And Black has
seized the initiative.}) 33... Qe4+ 34. Qe2 (34. Kd1 {??} Ba4+ $19) (34. Kf1 {
??} Bb5+ $19) 34... Qxd4) (31. h4 Nf4 32. Re1 Rf7 33. h5 Rg8 34. Bxf4 Rxf4 35.
Bc4) 31... Qf5 (31... Qxd3) 32. Qxf5 exf5 33. h4 {Sommerfeld,G: '%02 I think
33...f4 is worth considering but I can understand Black fearing the exposure
his g6 pawn would come under after 34.Bd3 Rf6 35.h5.'} Rg8 (33... f4 {
Sommerfeld,G} 34. Bd3 Rf6 35. h5) 34. Bc4 Rad8 35. h5 {Sommerfeld,G: '!'} gxh5
36. Rxg8 Rxg8 (36... Kxg8 37. Re1 $1 (37. Ke2) (37. Ke2 {Sommerfeld,G}) 37...
Kf7 38. Re5 Kf6 39. Bd3 Ne7 40. Rxe7 $1 Kxe7 41. Bg5+) 37. Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Rc7+
Kg6 39. Bf4 {Sommerfeld,G: '%02 ! Depriving Black of creating a flight square
on f5 by pitching his pawn with a future f4! This might be a good time to
point out that there are seperate and very different kinds of ways to win
Bishops of Opposite Colour endgames. Some you attack the other guys material
and win by some form of material advantage. Others, and this is one of them,
you attack him on his weak squares and win by some form of invasion by one of
your pieces.'} Be4 40. Kg1 {Sommerfeld,G: '%02When White can make moves like
this you can tell that zugzwang is near.'} a5 41. Kh2 b5 42. Ra7 a4 43. Rd7 b4
44. axb4 a3 45. Ra7 {Sommerfeld,G: '%02The waiting moves are over.$22'} Ra8 46.
Rg7+ (46. Rxa8 Bxa8 (46... Bxa8 {Sommerfeld,G} 47. Bc1)) 46... Kf6 47. Be5+ Ke6
48. h7 a2 49. Ra7 {Sommerfeld,G: '!'} (49. Ra7 Rxa7 (49... a1=Q {Sommerfeld,G}
50. Rxa1 Rxa1 51. h8=Q {%02Isn't much of an alternative.}) 50. h8=Q a1=Q (50...
Kd5 51. Qg8+ Kc6 52. Qc4+ Kb6 (52... Kd7 53. Qf7+) (52... Kb7 53. Qb5+) 53.
Qc5+ Kb7 (53... Ka6 54. b5+) 54. Qb5+ Kc8 55. Qb8+) 51. d5+) 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokourinski, Sergey"]
[Black "Niksic, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Nbxd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a3 a4 11. Nb1 Ra5 12. Nc3 Qa8 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Rac1 O-O
15. Rfe1 Re8 16. e3 h6 17. h3 Ne4 18. Nd2 {[#]} Nxd2 19. Bxb7 $1 {This move
seems to be losing an exchange, but...} Nb3 20. Bc6 Nxc1 21. Bxd7 Re7 22. Bc6
Nb3 23. Nc3 {[%csl Ga4,Ge7]} Qa7 24. Nxa4 {This is the point of White's
exchange sacrifice: the 'a4' pawn falls, the knight on b3 is gone and what
Black is left with is a small material advantage, disorganized pieces and the
White 'a' pawn being a potential passer. The bishop on c6 is soon going to
become a monster!} Rxa4 25. Qxb3 Ra5 26. Qc3 Rg5 27. h4 Rg6 28. b4 {[%cal
Ga3a6]} e5 29. d5 $1 {Of course, White wants to keep the position closed. The
fact that the bishop then becomes blocked is not important as from c6 the
bishop is still limiting the Black rook on e7 and is playing an important role
in the advance of the 'a' pawn} f5 30. a4 Rf6 31. a5 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. a6
Rh6 34. b5 Reh7 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Rh8 37. Bd7 Rf6 38. Qd3 e4 39. Qd4 g4 {
With seconds on his clock Black lets his position callapse} ({after} 39... Rh2
{White is probably still winning though}) 40. Bxf5 $1 {Theme: compare the
queen on a7 to the queen on a5 in Jiganchine- Niksic. By coinsidence, in both
games White wins by delivering a tactical blow on f5} Rh2 41. Qxe4 Qa8 42. Be6+
Kf8 43. Rf1 Kg7 44. Qxg4+ Kh6 45. Bc8 {The rest is simple: queen + bishop + 3
pawns are stronger than a rook. In addition, Black's king is exposed.} Rf8 46.
Qe6+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Rf7 48. Qg5+ Kh8 49. Be6 Rf8 50. e4 Qe8 51. Ke3 c6 52. bxc6
Qb8 53. Qe7 b5 54. Qxf8+ Qxf8 55. c7 Qf6 56. c8=Q+ Kh7 57. Bf5+ Kh6 58. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milicevic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/R3p2k/3p1bp1/1P6/P2p1PpP/3Pp1P1/P5K1/4B3 w - - 0 40"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{[#]} {The two top rated players, and last year's tournament winners happened
to be playing already in the first round. The game had quite a dramatic finish:
after the time trouble White's position seems to be completely winning, and
yet some miracles start to happen...} 40. b6 {Black tries his last chance:}
Rc2+ 41. Kf1 Kh6 $2 ({White's task would have been much harder after} 41... Rb2
$1 42. a5 Kh6 43. Rc7 e5 44. fxe5 (44. b7 exf4 45. a6 f3 46. a7 Rg2 47. Rc2
Rxc2 48. a8=Q Rg2 49. Bf2 Rxf2+ $11) 44... Bxe5 45. b7 Rb1 46. a6 Bxg3 47. Kg2
Bxe1 48. a7 Rb2+ 49. Kh1 g3 50. a8=Q Rh2+ 51. Kg1 Bf2+ 52. Kf1 g2+ 53. Ke2
g1=N+ 54. Kd1 e2+ 55. Kc2 Bxh4 {and even this position seems to be not so
clear, even though the fact that White has more queens gives him an advantage.}
) 42. a3 $2 {intending to block the 'b' file with the bishop. But the bishop
is needed for the defense of the king!} (42. Ra5 {,with the same idea, was
winning} Rc8 43. b7 Rb8 44. Rb5 e5 45. a5 e4 46. Ke2 $18) 42... e5 43. b7 Rb2
44. Bb4 $2 {now the game should end with a draw} ({probably still winning was} 
44. fxe5 Bxe5 (44... dxe5 45. Bb4 Rb1+ 46. Ke2 Rb2+ 47. Kd1 $18) 45. a5 Rb1 46.
a6 Bxg3 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Bxg3 $18) 44... exf4 45. gxf4 $4 {not content with a
draw, Milicevic now makes a decisive error.} (45. b8=Q Rb1+ 46. Kg2 f3+ 47. Kh2
Rb2+ 48. Kh1 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 Rb2+ {is a fairly unusual perpetual check}) 45... e2+
46. Kg1 Rxb4 $1 0-1

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Neufahrt, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O h5 7. c3 Nh6 8. Na3 Nd7
9. b3 Nf5 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ng7 13. c4 g5 14. g4 {[#]} f5 $2 (
14... hxg4 15. Bxg4 $13) 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Nxf5 $1 {simple tactics} g4 17.
Nxg7+ $2 ({I saw that I had a stronger move} 17. Bxg4 $1 {but even though I
did not see any defence for Black, I still decided not to complicate things
and remain up a pawn with a clearly winning advantage. This episode shows how
important is self confidence: I made my task much harder and it took more
mistakes by my opponent before White eventually won.}) 17... Bxg7 18. Bg2 dxc4
19. bxc4 O-O 20. Qc2 Nb6 21. Be3 c5 22. dxc5 Nd7 23. Rad1 Qe7 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25.
Qg6 Qe8 26. Qxe8 Rcxe8 27. e6 Ne5 28. Rb1 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Be5 30. Rxb7 Nxh2 31.
Rh1 Nf3 32. Rxh5+ Kg8 33. e7+ Rf7 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Bxf3 Rexe7 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37.
Bxg4 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Davies, Alex"]
[Black "Seid, Hee"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 e6 6. c3 Nxg5 7. hxg5 Qxc5 8.
Ngf3 Be7 9. Qc2 g6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. e4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Nh2 Nc4 14. Qd4 Ne5
15. f4 O-O 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. fxe5 Bxg5 18. Nf3 Be7 19. O-O-O a6 20. a4 b6 21.
Be2 Kg7 22. Rd4 Rb8 23. c4 a5 24. Kb1 Rb7 25. Ka2 Rc7 26. Rhd1 Rd8 27. R4d2 Bb7
28. Bd3 Bc6 29. Nbd4 Bxa4 30. b3 Bc6 31. Nxc6 dxc6 32. Be2 Rxd2+ 33. Rxd2 h5
34. Rd1 Kh6 35. Kb2 Rb7 36. Nd4 Rc7 37. Nf3 Rb7 38. Kc2 Rc7 39. Kb1 g5 40. Nd4
g4 41. Nc2 Kg5 42. Rf1 Bf8 43. Ne1 Kh4 44. Nd3 Rd7 45. Kc2 Kg3 46. Nf4 h4 47.
Nh5+ Kxg2 48. Nf4+ Kg3 49. Nh5+ Kg2 50. Nf6 Rd8 51. Nxg4 h3 52. Rf3 Bc5 53.
Rxf7 Rg8 54. Rh7 Kg3 55. Nf6 Rg5 56. Nh5+ Kf2 57. Nf4 Ke3 58. Rxh3+ Kxf4 59.
Rf3+ Kxe4 60. Rf7 Kxe5 61. Rc7 Kd6 62. Rc8 Kd7 63. Rh8 Rg2 64. Kd3 Rg3+ 65. Kc2
Bd4 66. Rh7+ Kd6 67. Bd3 Re3 68. Rh2 e5 69. Re2 Rg3 70. Re4 Kc5 71. Re2 Kb4 72.
Re1 Rg2+ 73. Re2 Rg1 74. Be4 Kc5 75. Kd2 Ra1 76. Bc2 Kb4 77. Re4 Ra2 78. Re2 c5
79. Kd3 Ra1 80. Rh2 Rg1 81. Rh6 {[#]In this position White is desperately
looking for his last chance of counterplay and attacked the b6 pawn. Black
recorded the move 81.Rg3 and having announced "check" played} Rg2 ({of course,
the intended} 81... Rg3+ {would have given Black great winning chances, with
one of the reasons being the fact that White had less than 2 minutes on the
clock (SD), and Black - 1.5 hour.} 82. Ke2 (82. Kd2 Be3+ {[%csl Gh6]}) (82. Ke4
Kc3 83. Bd1 Re3+ 84. Kd5 Kd2 (84... Rd3) 85. Rh1) 82... Kc3 83. Bd1 ({or} 83.
Bf5 Rg2+ 84. Kf3 Rf2+ 85. Kg4 Kxb3 86. Rxb6+ Kxc4 $19) 83... Re3+ 84. Kf1 Kd2
$19) 82. Rxb6+ Ka3 83. Rb5 $2 (83. Bd1) 83... Kb2 $2 (83... e4+ $1 84. Kxe4
Rxc2 85. Kd5 Rc3 86. Rxa5+ Kxb3 87. Rb5+ Kc2 {and Black is easily winning}) 84.
Bd1 Rg3+ 85. Ke4 Re3+ 86. Kd5 Rd3 87. Be2 Rd2 88. Bf3 Rd3 89. Be4 Rd2 90. Bf3
Bc3+ 91. Kxc5 Bb4+ 92. Rxb4 axb4 93. Kxb4 {Now despite his horrible time
pressure White heroically manages to save this ending} Rd3 (93... Rd4 $5) 94.
Bg4 Rxb3+ 95. Kc5 Rd3 96. Kb5 Kc3 97. c5 Rd4 98. Be2 Rb4+ 99. Kc6 Kd4 100. Kd6
Rb2 101. Bh5 Rh2 102. Bg4 e4 103. c6 Rc2 104. c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Niksic, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 a5 8. O-O a4
9. a3 Qa5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bg5 b6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Ng3 h5 15. Ng5
g6 16. Qf3 Nf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Rfe1 $5 {The move I was proud of during the
game. It prepares the sacrifice on f5, followed by e5-e6.} ({The immediate} 18.
Nxf5 {looked a bit risky to me, but after} exf5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 {White's
position seems to be very promising too} Kf7 21. Qxf5+ Nf6 22. Ng5+ Kg7 23.
Rae1 Rae8 24. Ne6+ Kf7 25. Nf4 Rh6 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Re1+) 18... Nf8 $2 {This
move only helps my attack, as after} 19. Nxf5 {(I cannot even call it a
sacrifice)} exf5 20. Qxf5 {Black is unable to castle long} Rh7 21. Nxh7 Nxh7
22. e6 {The black queen from a5 was never really able to join the party in
this game, as Y.Seirawan would say.} 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fullbrook, Nigel"]
[Black "Neufahrt, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. f3 h5 7. Bd3 h4 8. Nge2 Na6
9. Qd2 Nb4 10. Bb1 a5 11. O-O Nh5 12. Rd1 b6 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. a3 Na6 15. Bxf6
exf6 16. Bc2 Nc7 {[#] White manages to refute Black's dubious strategy of
pushing the 'a' and 'h' pawns and leaving the king the center} 17. b4 axb4 18.
axb4 Rxa1 ({Black might have tried to not surrender the 'a' file, but then
White is breaking through in the center!} 18... Bb7 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. c5 bxc5
21. dxc5 d5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nf4 $18 {is also very good for White}) 19. Rxa1
Ba6 20. Ba4 b5 (20... Bb7 21. d5) 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. Bb3 Bb7 23. Qd3 {A joke
that Black has more pawn islands than he has pawns seems to be quite
appropriate here!} Qd7 24. Ra7 Qc6 (24... Bc8 25. Nd5 {would not have changed
the outcome}) 25. d5 {White wins a piece after} (25. d5 Qb6+ 26. Qd4) 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milicevic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Davies, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. h3 Bh5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. c4 c6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e5 Ne8 11. g4 {[#]This game illustrates very well the
winner's style: Dragoljub Milicevic likes to push pawns that protect his own
king.} Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Nc3 d5 14. c5 $1 {Not only does White grab more
space and limits all of Black's pieces, he also makes it more difficult for
his opponent to open up the center} a5 15. a3 a4 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. Bg5 Qd8 $2 (
17... Bxg5 18. Nxg5 $14) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxa4 {A good chessplayer should be
greedy!} f6 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. cxb6 Qd8 22. Qxg6 Qxb6 23. g5 $1 {A typical
scenario in Milicevic's White games: to obtain coutnerplay Black sacrifices
some material. What now transpires is that Black's king is in fact in more
danger then his White colleague} Qxb2 (23... Qb3 $5 24. Kg2 $16) 24. gxf6 Nxf6
25. Rab1 {it is all over now} Qc2 26. Qxc2 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Fullbrook, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bd3 Na6 8. a3
Bb7 9. O-O Nac7 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. h3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 {[#]} 14. Ng5
g6 $2 (14... Bxg5 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17. Qxh8+ Kf7 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19.
Qxg6 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 $14) 15. Nxh7 $1 Rxh7 16. Bxg6+ Rf7 17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Qh7 Kf8
$2 {This allows immediate mate, but after} (18... Nd5 19. Qg8+ Qf8 20. Bxf7+ {
(that's the point of White's combination, he does return a piece back)} Ke7 21.
Qxf8+ Rxf8 22. Bh5 Nxc3 23. Be3 {White's material advantage should decide the
game}) 19. Bh6+ Bg7 (19... Ke8 20. Qg8+ Qf8 21. Qxf8#) 20. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neufahrt, Gerhard"]
[Black "Milicevic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/8/8/3r1p2/6n1/R3BKR1/2r5 b - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{[#]} 41... Re4 {Black has won a pawn in the opening and now has excellent
winning chances in this ending with two extra doubled pawns. Though Black's
pieces are placed actively, it looks like a lot of  play is still ahead. But
White fails to see the mating net that Black has created near his king} 42. Rd2
$2 (42. Kf3 $1 {was necessary}) 42... Rxe2+ $1 43. Rxe2 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fullbrook, Nigel"]
[Black "Milicevic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7r/3b2k1/1b1p2pn/1p1Pp2p/1Pp1Pp1P/2P2P2/2B2NPR/2KN4 w - - 0 40"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{[#]} 40. Kd2 {Black's advantage (space + 2 bishops) is obvious and yet it is
not quite clear how to exploit it.} Ng4 $1 {A beautiful strategic piece
sacrifice!} 41. fxg4 {forced} hxg4 42. Rh1 g3 43. Nd3 Bg4 $17 {It is
interesting that even Fritz immediately evaluates this position in Black's
favour} 44. Ne1 {f4-f3 was a threat} Rh5 {g5 is threatened and it is not clear
how White can untie his pieces} 45. Nb2 $2 Be3# {By winning this game
Dragoljub Milicevic also won the title, his 3rd in the last 5 years. However,
in 1997 and in 2000 he had to share it with M. Fuentebella and J. Berry. This
is his first clear victory. Congratulations!} 0-1

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neufahrt, Gerhard"]
[Black "Sokourinski, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. g4 Nxe5 7. gxf5 Nc4 8.
Bxc4 dxc4 9. fxe6 fxe6 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. c3 Qe8 {[#]} 13. Nxc4 $4 {
Not the biggest blunder in the tournament but, probably, the most instructive
one. It illustrates the thesis that a double blow is the most important
tactical device in chess} Qc6 $1 0-1

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Black "Seid, Hee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Re8 8. b4
a6 9. a4 b6 10. O-O a5 11. b5 Nb8 12. Qb3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. f4 Rf8 15. Rad1
Rc8 16. Qa3 c5 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. c4 Re6 20. Rf3 Rd6 21. f5 Nb8
22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Ne4 Rd7 24. Bc4 Nc6 {[#]} 25. Bxd5 $5 Rxd5 26. f6 {White has
won his struggle for the dark squares} exf6 27. Bxf6 Qc8 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. Nf6 Rdd8 31. Qc3 {This move forces a win. The combination is very
nice: domination on the dark squares is used together with a double blow} Rc8
32. d5 Ne5 (32... Nd4 33. Qxd4 Rxc1+ 34. Kf2 $18) 33. Qxe5 Rxc1+ 34. Kf2 Rc2+
35. Ke1 {A victory in the style or Kramnik!} 1-0

[Event "cr Bertl von Massow mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hertel, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Annotator "Berry,J"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. c4 {I've always been partial to pawns. Call
it a weakness.} e6 5. dxe6 Bxe6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 $6 {An inaccuracy.} ({Better
is} 7. d3 {with the same goals but in an achievable move order.}) 7... Be7 $6 (
{The vigilant Ralph Dubisch discovered} 7... Qe7 {in the 1989 BC Open. I was
unable to come up with a good reply and he beat me handily. After} 8. Be2 Bxc4
{regains the pawn with a good game.}) 8. d3 O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O $2 (10. Ng5
$1 {is strong and has some theoretical interest. I must have figured that one
move later would be just as good. Not so!} Bf5 11. g4 $1 {Good for W hite, I
don't care what Fritz says. The bishop retreats, White takes over the
e4-square, castling kingside is fine, and he doesn't have to worry about the
threat in the game.}) 10... Rad8 11. Ng5 $2 {Diagram} Bxc4 {So I should have
played 11.b3 when let's say that Black has adequate compensation for the pawn.
After White loses the pawn back, his position is a shambles. I suppose that I
could have held out for longer, but I "pushed" a bit and ended up resigning on
move 22. It had been traditional for the host federation to pay the postal
expenses of the guest grandmasters, the Germans decided that, since the top
prizes for this event were so good, they would not extend the courtesy. I
pointed out to them that even if the visiting grandmasters did well, they were
not likely to recover their postal expenses, but that did not sway them. I
didn't have the heart to resign here, but, trust me, the rest of the game is
not edifying.} 0-1

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Black "Niksic, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Berry,J"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{I noticed that in John's games against strong opponents, he would often have
a good position until late in the middle game and then tend to lose it either
in time trouble or through drifting. He plays well worked-out, closed, complex
opening schemes that he has tested in postal chess. I decided to play an
unusual variation, to put him on his own resources early and to leave him with
a more open position than he was accustomed to.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5
4. c4 {I became more interested in this pawn formation after losing a game as
Black to IM Georgi Orlov. The game began 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 e5 4.e3, and
you can see where it is going!} Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be3 $1 {I've
never played this before in tournament, but did play it in Blitz, where 7.Bg5
was not a good move. Nimzowitsch wrote that the B belongs on e3, like a mother
suckling her infant child (the soon-to-be-isolated d4-pawn). In this instance
he was right!} c6 8. h3 Bf5 {In a German hinter-league game Black played} (8...
Be6 {and won, but it was not a stellar performance. It is good news to the
innovator when the opponent thinks hard, and John had already taken 30 minutes.
}) 9. g4 $6 {Maybe there is too much Shirov going around. I wanted to tempt
his B to e4 so that his N could not go there.} (9. c5 b6 10. b4 Re8 11. Be2
Nbd7 12. O-O bxc5 13. bxc5 Rb8) (9. Rg1 Qb6 10. Qd2 Bb4) 9... Be4 10. Rg1 $6 (
10. g5 Nfd7 11. Rg1 Qb6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qxa2 15. Rxb7 $44)
10... Qa5 $6 {I expected} (10... Qb6 {(and so does Fritz)} 11. Nd2 Qxb2 12.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxb7 {and I thought I had good
compensation for the pawn, but maybe not. Probably not.} Re8) 11. Nd2 Bb4 12.
g5 Nfd7 13. Ncxe4 dxe4 {[#]} 14. Qg4 {The culmination of White's opening
strategy would be} (14. a3 $1 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 {when White has
the bishop pair with the queens off. Queens off favours the bishops. True,
Black can prepare ...c5 or ...b5, creating squares for the knights, and
White's rooks have no useful open files yet, but still the position should be
a bit better for White. Shirov doesn't mind playing the endings, why should I?}
) 14... Re8 15. h4 $2 {Everything seemed so simple. The looming h5 and g6
would make him go Nf8 and I'd be calling the shots. In fact, White's position
needs shoring up.} (15. a3 Qa4 16. Rc1 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2) (15. Be2 Qa4 16. h4 (16.
a3) (16. Kf1) 16... Qc2 17. h5 Qxb2 18. Rd1 Qxa2 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 h6 21.
Qf5 Re7 22. Bg5 hxg5 23. Rh1 Qa5 24. Qh3 $18 (24. Rh8+ Kxh8 25. Qh3+ Kg8 26.
Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8#)) 15... c5 $1 {Ouch! I had looked at this in the Queens-off
variation, but it came as a complete surprise here. Why? I can only blame
fatigue or laziness. The bishops are a static advantage, the knights need to
create squares quickly, and what could be more natural than this? After the
game, John told me a few things. First, that he *did* have a lot of experience
in the Exchange French, mostly against weaker players looking for a draw. I'd
forgotten about that. There must be a rule "If you're weak enough to think
that the Exchange French is a draw, you're weak enough to lose it with White."
Second, he could see how tied up he was, but that he decided he would not play
his normal shuffling game, but would strike out! He would not trust his
opponent's analysis, but challenge it! A good time for that has truly arisen.}
16. Rd1 $2 {I was still in shock, despite taking 10 minutes on this move. It
is a poor move, but White doesn't really have a good one. John was mystified
that I did not play} (16. d5 {He said he was going to reply} Ne5 17. Qxe4 {
(I'd kind of overlooked that this was possible) even though he did not see a
follow-up, but there is one:} Bxd2+ $1 $19 {how simple it is when the computer
plays the move!}) (16. O-O-O {is the best move, but after I reached out to put
the R on d1, I realized that I could no longer castle. What a silly rule for
games with clocks! I'm not blaming FIDE for my loss, I should have been
thinking, not adoubing, my way to victory.} cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Qxa2 {
and here's an optimistic try that fails:} 19. g6 hxg6 20. h5 Nf8 21. h6 gxh6
22. Qh4 Nc6 23. Bc3 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Rad8 25. Qxh6 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Ne5 27. Rh1 f6
28. Be2 Qa6 $19 {Fritz}) 16... cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. g6 {This is not good, but
I suppose there was always the chance that he might fall into a mate.} hxg6 19.
Qxd7 Rad8 20. Qxe8+ Rxe8 21. Be3 Ne5 {Yeah, well, we don't need to see the
rest of this one. Black is too far ahead, and he made no mistake. yadda yadda .
.. 0-1 [38]} 22. Be2 Qxa2 23. Kf1 Rd8 24. Rg3 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Qxb2
27. Bc3 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Nf3 29. Bxf3 Qxc3 30. Bxe4 Qxc4 31. Bxb7 Qxh4 32. Bd5 Qd4
33. Bb3 a5 34. Rf3 Qg4+ 35. Rg3 Qe4+ 36. Rf3 Qg4+ 37. Rg3 Qe4+ 38. Rf3 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Vancouver BC ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Berry, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Berry,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{The penultimate round. I was tied for first, but (correctly, as it turned out)
figured that I needed to win both games to stay that way.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 {
This had been played in a game Jiganchine 0-1 Basanta. The queen sortie
inhibits White from playing d2-d4. It "can't be good" to bring queenie out so
early, but let's see what happens.} 3. g3 {This has given White the best
results. He can get a kind of Big Clamp with Black having in the silly Q move.}
g6 ({In one of the great nutso games of the 1990s, two positional players
produced this:} 3... Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Ne2 h5 6. h3 h4 7. g4 Ne5 {Too
provocative, I think. I was planning to play} (7... e5) 8. d3 Qa6 9. c4 Qd6 10.
Nf4 e6 11. Nc3 a6 12. g5 Ng8 13. Bf1 Ne7 14. Ng2 N5c6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Ng6
17. Nd5 Be7 18. Be2 Nd4 19. Bh5 Nf8 20. f4 Nfe6 21. g6 f5 22. O-O exf4 23. Bxd4
Nxd4 24. exf5 O-O 25. Rxf4 Bg5 26. Re4 b5 27. Qg4 Bd8 {and White eventually
won, though there were still many adventures to enjoy.}) 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Ne2 h5 {
After the game, Roman described this as a "typical Canadian move", but I
laughed and told him that it originated in a GM level game between two
youngsters born in the former Soviet Union! Ponomariov vs. Movsesian, World
Junior, Zagan, 1997. That is what I had looked at in computer preparation that
very morning. However, the actual moves of that game are in the note following
Black's third move, above! How could I get muddled up so soon?} 6. d3 ({The
reflex (and usually good) move is} 6. h3 h4 7. g4 {when I intended} e5 {In the
calm of the morning weeks later, it looks naive. Doesn't White just play f2-f4,
and if Black castles short the h4-pawn becomes a silly weakness, and if he
doesn't, the f7-square is a target? Meantime, White can delay castling if he
thinks there is a chance he might get mated at h2.} ({Maybe} 7... Nc6 8. d3 d6
9. f4 f5 {but I'm still not sure I like Black's position.})) 6... h4 7. Be3 d6
8. Nd2 Nc6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. a4 h3 11. Bf3 Nf6 12. Nf4 e5 (12... e6 13. d4 cxd4
14. cxd4 g5 15. Nh5 Nxh5 16. Bxh5 d5 $13) (12... Bd7) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 {
[#]} Ne7 {A difficult decision. The knight is on a bad "orbit" relative to the
pawn formation. I knew that, but felt I had to apply at least nominal pressure
to White's pawn centre. In retrospect, the best move probably was} (14... Na5 {
because the N/c4 is too strong.} 15. Nd2 b6 (15... f5 16. b4 e4 17. dxe4 cxb4
18. cxb4 Qc3 19. O-O Qxb4 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. exf5 $16)) (14... Nd8 {with the idea
of f5 Nf7 was what I might normally play, but I was concerned about a quick
d3-d4 rocking me back to the stone age:} 15. Rc1 (15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 e4 17.
Bxe4 f5 18. Bf3 Bc3+ 19. Ke2 Bxa1 20. Qxa1) 15... f5 16. d4 e4 17. Be2 {I was
a bit afraid of this.}) 15. g4 {A complete surprise. A wag once told me that
the old BC chess magazine <b>Counterplay</b> was thus named because the people
who edited it did not understand the concept of <i>Play</i>. If you look at
the repeat names on the BC Championship trophy, for example Zuk, Harper,
Taylor and Basanta, all of them do include <i>play</i> in their chess armament:
play the opening well, gain an advantage, drive home the point. For too many
of BC's experts and masters, including myself, the game does not begin until
we get a bad position. <b>Then</b> we fight like tigers. The two newcomers,
Sokourinski and Jiganchine, from the old Russian school, go for play. Bad
positions hold no attraction for them. All that said, I think this is not a
good move.} f5 {This is the move that Roman thought he was preventing. I spent
17 minutes, but did I seriously consider the consistent alternative?} (15... b6
16. Rc1 Bb7 17. d4 Nxd5 {If I did look, I probably did not think this was
playable.} 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. Qxd6
Qxh1+ 23. Ke2 Qb7 24. Rd1 Qc8 {Sorry, I don't like Black's position at all!})
16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Rg1 Kf8 18. Bg5 Ng8 {This is all old Suttles stuff. Yawn!
Black's pieces defend themselves well. I want to complete development with Bd7
and then maybe Re8, or b6, a6, Rb8, b5 if White does nothing. Hah!} 19. Qe2 Bd7
20. Rg3 Nf6 $6 {Why did I play this? Maybe I looked up and saw that 9 minutes
had passed on the clock but I hadn't thought of anything. OK, part of it has
to do with wanting to play Re8, but not wanting to reply to Bh5.} (20... Re8
21. Bh5 f4 22. Rg1 Rb8) ({More logical is} 20... Bf6 21. b3 a6) ({But perhaps
most logical is} 20... b6 {when White has to take steps backwards before he
can go forwards., for example:} 21. Kd2 (21. b3 $2 e4) (21. Qf1 f4) 21... a6
22. Rag1 (22. a5 bxa5 23. Nxa5 Rb8) 22... Rh7 $13) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qf1 $2 {
Provoking .. .f4 so he can exploit the light squares, but the right way to do
it is:} (22. Bh5) 22... e4 $2 {Ill-considered. After} (22... Re8 23. Rxh3 Bh4 {
Black has a commanding position, with the R/h3 stranded and likely to be
captured} 24. Kd2 f4 25. Be4 Re7 $17) 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Bg4 (24. Bxe4 {is also
good.}) 24... Re8 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qe2 Be5 {Ah, the eternal question of the
optically bad B versus the good N that is not really close to where the action
is developing. Part of my problem was that I thought I had the advantage, even
though Black's king is exposed. Sure, it's nice in some positions to have the
P/h3, but not nice enough.} 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. O-O-O Qf5 29. Rg4 $1 Rg8 (29...
Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Rf4+ Ke8 32. Rxe4+ Kd8 {is better than the game move.})
30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. c4 $2 ({I saw the correct continuation} 31. Rg1+ Kh7 (31...
Kf7 $2 32. Qe3 Rxd5 (32... Re7 33. Qg3 $18) 33. Qh6 $18) 32. Qe3 $16 {but
fortunately, Roman did not!}) 31... Qf4+ 32. Kb1 Rg5 (32... Qxh2 33. Qg4+ Kf7
34. Rg1 $18) 33. Re1 Rg2 ({Better was} 33... Rg4 {intending Kg7 then Rg2.}) 34.
Qh5 $1 {I do have the advantage, but it is only symbolic. The game should end
in perpetual check.} Qxf2 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh6 $1 37. Qe6+ (37. Qxd6+ $2
Rg6 $19 {Now was the moment to retreat and give in to the draw, but we were
both very short of time and I thought somehow that my king would be able to
run the gauntlet.}) 37... Kg5 38. Qg8+ Kf4 39. Qf8+ Ke5 $2 40. Qh8+ $2 Kf4 $2 (
40... Kf5 41. Qxh3+ (41. Qf8+ $11) 41... Kg5 42. Qc3 (42. Qe3+ Qxe3 43. Rxe3
Kf4 $19) 42... Kf5 $11) 41. Qf6+ Kg4 42. Qg6+ {It's mate, although at least
one spectator thought we were agreeing to a draw.} 1-0

[Event "DE BL2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Michael"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Nb5 Qf8 19. Nd4 h5 20. Rd1 {After a
very calm opening white retains his minimal advantage. The black's position is
very safe but without clear counter-play.} Kh7 21. a3 Nd7 $6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 ({
I found} 22... bxc6 23. f4 {With idea Bf3 and e4-e5 very dander for me}) 23. f4
Nc5 24. Bf3 e5 25. f5 {After my unprecise 21move White has developed the
strong pressure. Another problem - I was already very close to the time
trouble, therefore I wasn't sure I could being kept this position by
positional means.} Nd7 26. Rf1 Qe7 27. Rf2 a4 $5 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxb7 Raxc4
30. fxg6+ fxg6 31. h3 Rc7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. a4 Nc5 34. a5 $138 Rb7 ({In the
calm situation I would prefer} 34... Ne6) ({or immediately} 34... Ra7) 35. Rf1
Qc7 36. Qa2 Ra7 37. Ra1 Bh6 38. Bg1 Bf4 39. Bf2 Bg5 40. Kh2 Bd8 $2 $138 {What
a move! I did my last move in time trouble, being sure that White has to
protect its pawn by 41.Be1, and then my Bishop would return back.. .} 41. Qd5
$1 Bg5 (41... Rxa5 $4 42. Rxa5 Qxa5 43. Qf7+ $18) 42. Be2 $6 (42. h4 $1 {This
move would kill all black's conter chances. The rest of the game would be very
sad for me}) 42... h4 $6 {Almost correct, I was sure, all my chances could be
on the black squeres near the white King. But I had better chance! Both I and
GM Ivanov were sure that a5 pawn is still poisonous but it isn't Truth:} (42...
Rxa5 $1 43. Rxa5 Qxa5 44. Qf7+ Kh6 45. h4 Bf4+ 46. g3 Bxg3+ $3 (46... Nxe4 47.
Qg8 Qc7 48. Bd3 $18) 47. Bxg3 (47. Kxg3 Nxe4+ 48. Kg2 Nxf2 49. Qf8+ (49. Kxf2
Qb6+ 50. Kg2 Qb2 $14) 49... Kh7 50. Kxf2 Qa7+ 51. Kf1 d5 $11) 47... Qd2 48. Qf3
Qc2 $1 {And white can't win!}) 43. Bc4 Kh6 44. a6 Qe7 45. Kh1 Qf8 46. Rf1 $6 ({
After} 46. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 47. Qxe5 Bf4 48. Qd5 Bc7 49. Rf1 {White is very close
to victory}) 46... Qb8 (46... Qa8 $2 47. Qxa8 Rxa8 48. Bxc5 dxc5 49. Ra1 Ra7
50. Kg1 $18) 47. Rd1 (47. Bxc5 $5) 47... Rc7 $8 48. Bxc5 $2 $138 {Of course,
the wost moment for this exchange. But White was already in the new time
trouble and didn't see my 49th move!} (48. Bg1 $16) 48... Rxc5 49. Qb7 Qc7 $1
50. Bd5 $2 (50. Ra1 Be3 $1 $11) (50. Qxc7 $11) 50... Be3 $2 (50... Rc1 $3 51.
Qb3 (51. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 52. Kh2 Bf4+ 53. g3 hxg3+ 54. Kg2 Rd2+ 55. Kf3 Rf2+ 56. Kg4
g2 $19) 51... Bf4 52. Qf3 (52. Be6 Qc3 53. g3 Qd2 54. Rxc1 hxg3 55. Rc2 Qe1+ $1
(55... g2+ 56. Kg1 Be3+ 57. Qxe3+ Qxe3+ 58. Rf2) 56. Kg2 Qxe4+ 57. Kg1 Be3+ 58.
Kf1 Qf3+ 59. Ke1 Bf2+ 60. Kd2 Qf4+ 61. Ke2 g2 62. Rc4 Bd4 $19) 52... Qc3 53.
Qe2 Qg3 54. Kg1 Qe3+ 55. Kf1 Rxd1+ 56. Qxd1 Bg3 $19) 51. Qxc7 (51. a7 Rc1 $17)
51... Rxc7 52. Bb7 Rc2 53. Ra1 Ba7 54. Kh2 Kg5 55. Rf1 Ra2 56. Kh1 Bc5 57. Kh2
Bd4 58. Kh1 Bc5 59. Kh2 Bd4 60. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "NL Wch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. Nc3 a6 8. O-O
Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qh4 Bb7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb6
15. b4 Be7 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Be3 Qb7 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Ng5 Qb8 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21.
Nxh7 Rc8 22. Ng5 Rc4 23. Nce4 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Qd5 25. Nc3 Qe5 $2 26. Bb2 $2 (26.
Qh8+ $1 Kxh8 27. Nxf7+) 26... Bc6 $2 27. a3 $2 (27. Qh8+) 27... Bd6 28. e3 Qf5
29. e4 Qg6 30. f3 Nd7 31. Nh3 f6 32. Nf4 Qf7 33. Qg4 Ne5 34. Qxe6 Nxf3+ 35. Kf2
Qxe6 36. Nxe6 Nd2 37. Nd4 Nxe4+ 38. Nxe4 Bxe4 39. Ke3 Bb7 40. Nf5 Bc7 41. Bd4
Kf7 42. Bc5 Kg6 43. Bd6 Bd8 44. Nd4 Bd5 45. h3 Bb6 46. Bc5 Bc7 47. Ne2 Bc4 48.
Nf4+ Kf7 49. h4 g5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. Nh3 Kf6 52. Nf2 Kf5 53. g4+ Ke6 54. Nh3
Kf6 55. Bd4+ Kg6 56. Ke4 Bf1 57. Nf2 Bg2+ 58. Kd3 Bd5 59. Nd1 Bf3 60. Nf2 Bf4
61. Be3 Bg3 62. Kd4 Bb8 63. Kd3 Be5 64. Bd4 Bf4 65. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St.Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzovich, Aaron"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 d4 19. exd4 {#} Bxh2+ $1 20.
Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxg2 $1 {Since game Lasker-Bauer, London'1889 this
combination is standard one, and I suppose, Tarrasch even didn't think a lot
about...} 22. f3 $8 (22. Kxg2 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rd5 24. Qxc5 Rh5+ 25. Qxh5 Qxh5+ 26.
Kg2 Qg5+ $19) 22... Rfe8 $1 23. Ne4 {Who may offer something better? Hiarcs7.
32 recommends} (23. Rfe1 {but this doesn't help a lot} Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25.
Kxg2 Qe2+ 26. Kg3 Rd5 27. f4 Rh5 $19) 23... Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5 (25. Rxf1
Qh2+) 25... f5 26. Qc3 {Almost mate. But black mates first!} Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Rxe4+
$1 28. fxe4 f4+ $6 (28... Qg3+ $1 {Mate in 2}) 29. Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31.
Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5# 0-1

[Event "New Orleans"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams, E."]
[Black "Torre Repetto, Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Bg5 c6 (11... h6 $5) 12. c4 cxd5 (12...
Nxd5 $5 13. cxd5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd6 $14) 13. cxd5 Re8
14. Rfe1 a5 $6 (14... h6) 15. Re2 Rc8 $2 {It difficult explain why but black
doesn't play h6! Here was the last possibility for it!} (15... h6 $142) 16.
Rae1 $1 Qd7 17. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 {# This allows the nice combination but} (17...
gxf6 {loses without chances}) 18. Qg4 $1 {The weak ground line. Adams
perfectly uses it.} Qb5 19. Qc4 $3 Qd7 20. Qc7 $3 Qb5 21. a4 $1 ({It still
wasn't difficult to loose} 21. Qxb7 $2 Qxe2 $3 22. Rxe2 Rc1+ $19) 21... Qxa4
22. Re4 $1 Qb5 23. Qxb7 $1 1-0

[Event "Latvia ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Savko, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 f6 13. Nd2 Nd5 $2 14. Bxd5 Bxd5
15. e3 Nf5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. e4 1-0

[Event "Ostende"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 a6 7. f5 Na5 8. Bg5
Nxc4 9. dxc4 b5 10. Qe2 c6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. h4 O-O-O
15. Rh3 bxc4 16. Qxc4 d5 17. Qe2 d4 18. Na4 c5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re1 Kb8 21.
Qc4 Rc8 22. Rg3 Rhg8 23. Rxg8 Rxg8 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Nxc5 Qa5 26. Rd1 Rxg2 27.
a4 Ka7 28. c3 Qb6 29. b4 Qc7 30. cxd4 Bxe4 31. Qxa6+ Kb8 32. Qb5+ Ka7 33. Rd2
Rxd2 34. Kxd2 exd4 35. Nxe4 Qf4+ 36. Kd3 Qe3+ 37. Kc4 Qxe4 38. Qd7+ Kb8 39. Kc5
d3 40. b5 Qb7 41. Qxd3 Qc7+ 42. Kb4 {#} h5 $1 43. Qd4 Qe7+ 44. Ka5 Qc7+ $3 45.
Qb6+ $4 {Both 45.b6 and 45.Kb4 are winnig easily. But Chigorin was waiting for
capitulation...} Ka8 $3 {46.Qc7 is Stalemate but 46.Ka6 Qc8 47.Ka5 Qc7! Moves
repetition. Therefore Draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oruetta"]
[Black "Sans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/pR4pk/1b6/2p5/N1p5/8/PP1r2PP/6K1 b - - 0 2"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

{#} 2... Rxb2 $3 3. Nxb2 c3 4. Rxb6 (4. Nd3 c4+ 5. Rxb6 cxd3 $19) 4... c4 $3 5.
Rb4 $8 a5 $3 6. Na4 (6. Rxc4 cxb2 $19) (6. Nd3 cxd3 $19) (6. Rb7 c2 $19) 6...
axb4 0-1

[Event "Halle sim"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Kh1 d6 8. f4
Nbd7 9. Nd2 Be7 10. N2f3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Bg5 Nxe5
$5 15. Bxe7 Nxf3 16. Rxf3 Qxe7 {# The black king isn't safe. No doubt, here is
the reason to look for the attack! Perhaps, to play quite standard - 17. Bh7
Kh7 18. Rh3 Kg8 19. Qh5? But what to do after 19...f6! Perhaps it could be
found something else?} 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Rh3+ Kg8 19. Nf5 $1 {Here it is!
White composes several standard ideas in one, and sucessfully!} Qg5 (19... Qc7
20. Qe5 $18 Qxe5 21. Ne7#) (19... Qd7 20. Nh6+ Kh7 (20... gxh6 21. Qg4+ Kh7 22.
Qg5) 21. Nxf7+ Kg8 22. Rh8+ Kxf7 23. Qf3+) 20. Qh5 $1 {And Black resigns. He
can only choose between different mates.} 1-0

[Event "Edmonton op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gardner, Robert"]
[Black "Huber, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 Be7 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Bg5 Be8
15. a3 Qb6 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Bc2 Bb5 21. Qd2
Rfd8 22. Rbd1 Be8 23. h4 g6 24. Bb1 Ba4 25. Rc1 Ne8 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Rxc8 Nxc8
28. Qf4 Qc7 29. Ba2 Qe7 30. Nxf7 Bd7 1-0

[Event "Mississauga sim blind"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jung, Hans"]
[Black "Warszywoda, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "Cohen,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Be3 O-O 11. c3 Bf5 12. Bc5 Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Qc7 14. Bd3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 h6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Nb3 Ng6 18. Nbd4 Nf4 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. Qxe8+
Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kh7 22. Re3 Qb6 23. b3 Nd8 24. Ne5 Nfe6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rae1
Qa6 27. R1e2 Qa3 28. g3 a5 29. h4 a4 30. b4 d4 31. cxd4 Qxb4 32. Re4 b5 33. h5
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 b4 35. Rf4 b3 36. axb3 Qxb3 37. Ng6 Qd5+ 38. Rf3 Qxd4 39. Re5 Qa7
40. Rf8 Nf7 41. Rb5 Qd7 42. Rfb8 (42. Rh8+ Nxh8 43. Nf8+ Kg8 44. Nxd7) 42...
Qc6+ 43. Kh2 Qf3 44. Nf8+ Kg8 45. Ng6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto CA ch jr f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shishkina, Olga"]
[Black "Kagramanov, Dina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1854"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. a4 Nc6 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 d5 6. d3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nb4 12. Bd1 Nbd5 13. Ne5 b6 14. Qg3 Bb7 15.
Bb2 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Nf6 17. Ng4 Kh8 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bf3 Rg8 21.
Qh4 Rg6 22. Rad1 Rag8 23. Rd2 Bc6 24. Rfd1 Qb7 25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 Rg5 27. Qh6
Bxf3 28. Qxf6+ R5g7 29. Rd8 Qc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rd3 Be4 32. Rg3 Rcg8 33. h4
h5 34. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Toronto CA ch jr f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benggawan, Alexandra"]
[Black "Sviridovitch, Alina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1724"]
[BlackElo "1617"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Be3 b5 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Ng3 Nd7 11. Nce2 e5 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15.
Bxf5 Nb6 16. Ng3 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Qd7 18. g4 Nd5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bc5 Rf7 21. Qe4
Nf6 22. Qg2 Nxg4 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rad1 Qe6 25. Nxc6 Bf6 26. Nxe5 Rg8 27. Nxf7+
Qxf7 28. Kh1 Qh5 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Ne3 31. Qxg8+ Kxg8 32. fxe3 Qe2 33. Rdf4
Qxe3 34. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Black "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "Schleifer,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. d4
Ne4 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 d5) 9... d5 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Rc2 Ndf6 12. dxc5
dxc4 (12... Nxc5 13. Qa1) (12... bxc5 13. cxd5) 13. c6 Bxc6 14. Nd4 Bb7 15.
Nxc4 Nd5 16. Qa1 a6 (16... Nb4) 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 b5 19. Nce5 f6 (19... b4
20. Rd1 Nec3) 20. Nd3 e5 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Qe7 (22... b4 23. Nxb4) 23. b4
Nb6 24. Nc5 Bd5 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. h3 (26. a4 bxa4 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5
29. Bc4 Rd8 30. e4 Kh8 31. Bxd5 a5 32. Nb7 Qxb7) 26... Rac8 27. Qa3 (27. Nxa6
Na4) 27... Ra8 28. Qa5 Qc7 (28... Qa7 29. e4) 29. e4 Bc4 30. Bg4 (30. Bxc4+
bxc4 31. Ne6 Rxd2 32. Nxc7 Rxd1+ 33. Kh2 c3 34. Qc5 (34. Nxa8 c2)) 30... Rxd2
31. Rxd2 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxa6 (33. Nd7 f5) 33... Qd2 34. Be6+ Bxe6 (
34... Kh8 35. Qxb6 (35. Bxc4 bxc4) 35... Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+) 35. Nxe6 Qd6 36.
Nc5 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd2 38. Qxb5 Qf4+ (38... Qxf2 39. Qxb6 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qc1+ 41.
Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kf3 Qc3+ 43. Ke2 Qc2+ 44. Ke3 Qc1+ 45. Kd3) 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Qf1
Qb2 41. Qd1 Qxb4 42. Qd8+ Kf7 (42... Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kh5 45. g4+ Kg5
46. Ne6+) 43. Qc7+ Ke8 44. Nb7 Kf8 45. Nd6 1-0

