[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Haessel, Dale"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bh4 b5 10. f4 Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Qg3 Qb8 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ncxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. Qc3 f5 18. Rhe1 Bg7 19. Nxf5+ exf5 20.
Qc5+ Kf6 21. Rd6+ Kg5 22. h4+ Kg4 23. Be2+ Kg3 24. Qe3+ Bf3 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3
O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. a4 Nb4 11. O-O c5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. cxd5 Bxe2
15. d6 Bxd1 16. dxe7 Rfe8 17. Rfxd1 Rxe7 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nd6 Ne8 20. Rac1 Nxd6
21. Rxd6 Rb7 22. Rxc5 h6 23. h3 Na2 24. Rd3 f6 25. Ba3 e5 26. Rd2 Nb4 27. e4
Re8 28. Rc4 Reb8 29. a5 Kf7 30. Rd6 Kg6 31. f3 h5 32. Bxb4 Rxb4 33. Rxb4 Rxb4
34. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gaspariants, Vladimir"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 d4 5. Nce2 Nc6 6. Bh3 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3
Nge7 9. O-O f5 10. g4 O-O 11. Ng3 Qd6 $5 12. gxf5 exf5 13. e5 Qc7 14. c4 dxc3
15. bxc3 Kh8 (15... b6 $1) 16. Ne2 Be6 (16... b6 $1 $15) 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. Ng5
Bg8 19. Rf3 Nd5 20. Kh1 Rfe8 21. Qg1 b6 22. Ba3 Na5 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Bc1 Nc7 25.
c4 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Re3 Nc6 28. a3 Nd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Rh3 Qd7 31. Bb2
Kg8 32. Qf2 Re7 33. Rhe3 Bf8 34. Bf3 Rg7 35. Rg1 b5 $1 $15 36. Bc3 bxc4 37.
dxc4 Qa4 38. Be2 Be7 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. Bxd3 Qxa3 41. Qc2 Qa6 42. Bf1 Kf7 43. Be1
Rg8 44. h4 Rb8 45. h5 Rg8 $17 46. Kh2 Qa3 47. Rg3 Qa1 48. Qf2 Qd4 49. Qf3 Rb8
50. hxg6+ hxg6 51. Rh3 Kg7 52. Bh4 Rb2+ 53. Bg2 Bxh4 54. Rxh4 Bxc4 55. Qc6 (55.
Qa8 Rxg2+ 56. Qxg2 Bd5 57. Qg1 $1 $17) 55... Qd8 $19 56. Kh3 Rb3+ 57. Bf3 Bd5
0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Na4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nc5 Nxc5
15. Rxc5 Rac8 16. Qc2 Na7 17. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Odachowski, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 {The famous Rauzer
variation} e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 {this is not the most popular
line today, most preferring Be7, but usually they all transpose} 10. f3 {On a
number of occasions I have played f4.  However, today f3 is considered more
ambitious} b5 11. Kb1 {this has been played by shabalov on a number of
occasions} (11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 $1 {is the current method, favoured by
Kasparov, Nunn etc}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. Be3 a5 15. Nc1 Qc7
16. g4 Be7 $6 (16... Bc6 $5 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $132 Nd7 19. h4 {with a
complex and dynamic position, offering relatively equal chances}) 17. h4 Rb8 {
black is playing too slowly, probably underestimating white's chances} 18. Bh3
$1 a4 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $6 (20... Nxd7 $1 21. hxg5 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 g6
23. Rh8+ Nf8 $14) 21. hxg5 Nh5 22. Nd3 $1 $16 b3 23. cxb3 axb3 24. a3 g6 25.
Nb4 $5 (25. Nxe5 {Of course i saw this, but I felt that to continue my plan
was stronger I was already confident of victory.}) 25... Rg8 26. Nd5 Bd8 27.
Rc1 f5 {A desperate attempt to break out of the bind, but as is usual in such 
positions, it just backfires} 28. gxf6 Nxf6 29. Bg5 $1 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Rf8 31.
Bxd8 {time, but black can just as well resign} (31. Bxd8 Rxd8 (31... Kxd8 32.
Rc6 Rf6 33. Rh8+) 32. Qxb3) 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ghannoum, Marc"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 g6 16. g4 Ng7 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bd4 Rac8 19. a4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 f5
21. g5 Qe7 22. h4 Nh5 23. Rac1 h6 24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. bxa3 hxg5 26. hxg5 Kf7 27.
Bb5 Ke7 28. Kg2 a6 29. Bf1 Kd7 30. Rb1 Rc7 31. Rb6 Re8 32. Reb1 Kc8 33. R1b3
Ree7 34. a5 Kd8 35. Kf3 Ke8 36. Ke3 Ng7 37. Be2 Kf7 38. Kd2 Ke8 39. Rh3 Kf7 40.
Rbb3 Re8 41. Rhc3 Ree7 42. Kd3 Ke8 43. Rc5 Kd8 44. Rb1 Re8 45. Rh1 Rg8 46. Rh7
Kd7 47. f4 Rxc5 48. dxc5 Kc6 49. Kd4 Ne8 50. Bd1 Ng7 51. Rh6 Kb5 52. Rxg6 Kxa5
53. Rf6 Kb5 54. Rf7 Kc6 55. Re7 b6 56. Ba4+ b5 57. Bd1 a5 58. Ra7 Ne8 59. Ra6+
Kd7 60. Rxa5 Nc7 61. Be2 Kc6 62. a4 b4 63. Ra7 Rb8 64. Bb5+ Nxb5+ 65. axb5+
Rxb5 66. Ra6+ Kb7 67. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ghannoum, Marc"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 Qc7 $6 (4... Nc6 5. g3 b5) 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2
b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. d3 b4 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. c4 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Be7 12. h3 (12. e5 Nd5)
12... d5 13. b3 (13. e5 Nd7 14. f5 $5 Ndxe5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 $13) 13...
dxe4 14. dxe4 Rd8 15. Bd2 Nd4 (15... O-O $1) 16. e5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18.
Rxf3 Nd5 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Rd3 $2 (21. Rff1 $1 $11) 21... O-O 22. Na4
Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8 24. Qe3 Nd4 25. Bc3 Nf5 26. Qf3 h5 $1 $17 27. Kf2 c4 $1 28.
Be1 Qa7+ 29. Kg2 cxb3 30. Bf2 b2 31. Nxb2 Rd2 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qxh5+ $2 Nh6 34.
Nd1 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Black "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. h3 d5 9. c4 Be6 10. Nd4 c5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Qb3
Na5 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rd1 b5 17. Qg4 Qd6 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. O-O Qf6 20. b4 d4 21.
cxd4 cxb4 22. d5 Qd6 23. Qe4 g6 24. Rfe1 Rf7 25. Be2 Bf6 26. Bg4 Bc3 27. Be6
Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Nb7 29. Bg5 Rdd7 30. Bh6 Rde7 31. Qd4 Re8 32. Re2 Qd8 33. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Milicevic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 h6
9. Bb2 Qe8 10. d5 c5 11. Ne1 a6 12. Nd3 g5 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Bxe4 Bh3 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Re3 Nf6 19. Bg2 Bg4 20. f3 Bf5 21. Qe2 Ng8
22. Nf2 Qg6 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Bh3 Bxh3 25. Nxh3 Rf6 26. Nf2 h5 27. Ne4 Rf5 28.
g4 Re5 29. Ng3 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 h4 31. Nf5+ Kf8 32. Qd2 e5 33. dxe6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6
Qxe6 35. Qxd6+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Ne7 37. Kf2 b5 38. h3 bxc4 39. bxc4 a5 40. Qxe7+
Qxe7 41. Nxe7 Kxe7 42. f4 Kf6 43. f5 a4 44. Ke3 Ke7 45. Kd3 Kd7 46. Kc3 Kd6 47.
Kb2 Ke5 48. Ka3 Kf4 49. f6 Kg3 50. f7 Kxh3 51. f8=Q Kxg4 52. Qxc5 h3 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yoos, Jack"]
[Black "Lipnowski, Irwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Qe2
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. h3 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. b3
Rac8 16. Bb1 Rfe8 17. g4 Nfd7 18. Ne1 Nc5 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Bg3 Qb8 21. Qe3 Ba8
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. b4 Nb7 24. a3 Nd6 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Nc4 27. Qe2 Nxa3 28.
Bd3 Rxc5 29. Bxa6 Qc7 30. Na2 Qa5 31. Bd3 Rec8 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34.
Rxd2 Nb5 35. Rc2 Nd4 36. Rxc5 Bxc5 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Nc1 Kf6 39. Ne2 Kg5 40. Ng1
h5 41. gxh5 Kxh5 42. Ngf3 Nxf3 43. Nxf3 Bd6 44. Kg2 Bc6 45. Kg3 f5 46. Nd2 Bb4
47. Nc4 Bc3 48. Nd6 Kg5 49. h4+ Kf6 50. f3 Be1+ 51. Kh3 Bb4 52. Nc4 Ba4 53. Ne3
Bd2 54. Nf1 Bf4 55. Kg2 Ke7 56. exf5 gxf5 57. Ng3 Bxg3 58. Kxg3 Kf6 59. Bc4 Bc6
60. Be2 Kg6 61. f4 exf4+ 62. Kxf4 Kf6 63. Bh5 e5+ 64. Kg3 f4+ 65. Kf2 e4 66.
Ke2 Ke5 67. Bg4 Kd4 68. h5 f3+ 69. Kd1 Ba4+ 70. Kd2 e3+ 71. Ke1 f2+ 72. Kf1 Kd3
73. h6 Kd2 74. Be2 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb3
d5 9. Re1 e6 10. h3 Qc7 11. Nf1 dxe4 12. dxe4 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Bc2 e5 15.
N3h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Gaspariants, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
c6 9. d5 c5 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. exf5 Nb6 14. Kh1 Bxf5 15.
Nf3 Kh8 16. Rg1 Nf6 17. Nh4 Bd7 18. Rg3 Qe7 19. Qg1 Rg8 20. Qg2 Bf8 21. Bg5
Rxg5 22. Rxg5 Bh6 23. Rg6 Bf4 24. Rg1 Qf8 25. Rg7 Re8 26. Bd3 e4 27. Nxe4 Bh6
1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Mikanovic, Goran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 {Last year at the Toronto International , I played d4
and got very little from the opening.  This time I decide a slightly different
approach} Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 d4 10.
Nfd2 $1 {White decides to set up a pawn structure similar to the Leningrad
Dutch, but  with colours reversed.  In the past I have had success with this
structure.} Bb7 11. f4 Qc7 12. Ne4 g6 $5 {A useful prophylaxis.  Black wants
to see how white will deploy his other minor pieces before deciding where to
put his king} 13. Nbd2 (13. Na3 $5 {is another equally valid line}) 13... a6
14. Nf3 b5 15. b3 {I was uncertain as to whether this was the best move.  And
still am today. The question is whether white has more to gain from capturing
on c4 with his d pawn or his b pawn...} (15. Bd2 $5) 15... Rb8 16. Bd2 bxc4 17.
dxc4 $5 {The dye is cast.  I now want to place a knight on d3} (17. bxc4 Ba8
18. Rab1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 O-O {then Rb8 and I don't see better than exchanging. 
Can't white do better than this}) 17... Ba8 18. Ne1 a5 19. Nd3 Nb4 (19... a4 $5
{deserves serious consideration.  It was this that I had expected.  However,
it must be admitted that Black's move is logical, if somewhat passive}) 20.
Bxb4 {I don't have to be asked twice here!  My knight on d3 offers more to
white than his dark square bishop} axb4 21. a4 $1 {There is no good reason to
delay this advance.  While white would like to play on the kingside one day,
he needs to create a second front on the queen side before doing so} bxa3 {Not
taking will simply leave white with a protected passed pawn.  While it is
difficult to say whether that would be sufficient to win, it is clear that
black would suffer a lot} 22. Rxa3 O-O 23. Rfa1 Bxe4 $2 {I consider this a
mistake.  A serious mistake.  Now black becomes very passive and will not be
able to defend his queen side.} (23... Bc6 $1 24. Ra6 $5 (24. Nd2 $5 Rb7 25.
Ra6 Bxg2 26. Qxg2 Nb8 27. Ra8 Nc6 $14 {white is only moderately better,
principally because of the long term  problems of black's bishop}) 24... Rb6 $1
(24... Rxb3 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Nf6+ {oops})) 24. Bxe4 $16 Rfc8 25. Ra7 Qd8 26.
R1a3 Rc7 27. Qa2 Nf8 28. Kf1 {I remember seeing many Petrosian games where
king manoevres played a sign- ificant role} h5 29. h4 Qc8 30. Ra8 Qd8 31. Rxb8
Qxb8 32. Ra8 Qb6 33. Qa4 {Note that the black queen has no good moves.} Kg7 34.
Ke2 {White realizes that all of the endings offer serious winning chances to
him. If he wins before then, fine, but in the meantime he simply improves his
position} Nd7 35. Kd2 Nf8 36. Kc2 Nd7 37. Ra6 Qb8 38. Bc6 Qd8 39. Bf3 {There
is no reason to rush.  Besides, black can only sit and wait} (39. Ra8 $2 Nb6 $1
) 39... Nf8 40. Ra8 Rc8 41. Rxc8 Qxc8 42. Qa7 Nd7 43. Kb2 Nf8 44. Kb1 (44. Qb7
$5 Qd8 45. Bc6 Qa5 $1 $132) 44... Kg8 45. Be4 (45. Qb7 $5 Qd8 46. Bc6 Qa5 47.
Qxe7 Qd2 48. Be4 Qe2 49. Qb7) 45... Kg7 46. Qb7 Qxb7 47. Bxb7 Nd7 48. Bc6 Nb6 {
black has no prevented white's king from breaking in via a4, but white is not
without other tries} 49. Kc2 Kf8 50. Kd2 Kg7 51. Ke2 Kf8 52. Kf3 Kg7 53. Ke4
Kf8 {Is black were ever to break with f6 he would create permanent weaknesses
on e6 and g6.  It is pleasant to play such positions with the white pieces.}
54. Bb5 Kg7 55. b4 $1 {all very predicatable.} cxb4 56. Kxd4 Na8 57. c5 Nc7 58.
Bc4 Kf8 59. Nxb4 {white's strategy has won him a pawn.  I am not certain if
the position is  a clear win for white, given the opposite colour bishops, but
in practice it is never easy to defend the black side.} Ke8 60. Bd3 Kd7 61. Kc4
Bf8 62. Be4 Be7 63. Bc6+ Kd8 64. Nd3 Bf8 65. Nf2 Ke7 66. Ne4 Bg7 67. Kb4 {
slowly white presses} f6 {Black realizes that his only hope is to do something
before it is too late} 68. exf6+ Bxf6 69. Nxf6 Kxf6 70. Be4 $1 {decisive} e5 $5
{A good practical decision.} 71. fxe5+ Kxe5 72. Bxg6 Kd4 73. c6 Kd5 74. Bxh5
Kxc6 75. Bf7 Kd6 76. g4 (76. Ka5 $1 Ke7 77. Kb6 Na8+ 78. Kb7) 76... Ke7 77. Bc4
Ne8 78. g5 Ng7 79. Be2 (79. Kc5 Nf5 80. h5 Ng3) 79... Ne6 80. Bg4 Nf4 81. Kc5
Kf7 82. Bf5 Kg7 83. Kd4 Kh8 84. Ke5 Nh5 85. Bg4 Ng7 86. h5 {And now the pawns
come to bear fruit.  Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8.
d4 e4 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. c4 d5 11. c5 $6 {This is unambitious.  It turns out
that Schlieffer is only interested in a  draw.} (11. Qc1 $5 Be6 12. Ba3 Qd7 $13
) 11... h5 $36 12. h4 Bg4 13. Qd2 Rh6 14. f3 Bf5 15. Ne2 Kf8 16. f4 {This move
is hardly forced, but reflects the mood of my opponent.} Rg6 17. Nc3 Ng4 18. b4
Kg8 19. a4 Nh6 20. O-O-O Bd7 21. a5 {this move really surprises me.  White
even allows the loss of a pawn, but  figures that the closed nature of the
position makes his losing chances slim. However, is this really the way to
play chess} Nf5 22. Qf2 Rg3 23. Rde1 Re8 (23... Rg4 24. Ne2 Rxh4 (24... Nxh4
25. g3 Nf3 26. Rxh5 Nxe1 27. Qh2 f5 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rxa8) 25. g3 Rxh1 26. Rxh1
g6 27. g4 hxg4 28. Qh2) 24. Kb1 Rg4 25. Ne2 Nxh4 26. Rh2 g6 27. Ng3 Nf5 28.
Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Reh1 Qd7 30. Bc3 f6 {And so black is a clear pawn up.  I give
the rest of the game without comment.  Under normal circumstances black should
win this position 6 times out of 10.} 31. Rg1 Kf7 32. Kb2 Rg8 33. Ka3 Ke8 34.
Kb3 Kd8 35. Ka3 Kc8 36. Kb3 Kb8 37. Ka3 Ka8 38. Kb3 Be6 39. Ka3 Bf7 40. Be1 Qf5
41. Rf1 Be8 42. g3 g5 43. fxg5 Qxg5 44. Qd2 Qh6 45. Ka4 Bd7 46. Rfh1 R4g5 47.
Rf1 Bg4 48. Rf4 Qg6 49. Rh1 Bf3 50. Rh3 Qf7 51. Qh2 Bg4 52. Rh4 R8g6 53. Kb3
Qg7 54. Kc2 Bf3 55. Rh3 Qd7 56. Rhh4 Qe6 57. Rh3 Qd7 58. Rhh4 Qc7 59. Rh3 Bg4
60. Rh4 Kb8 61. Qf2 Bf3 62. Qh2 Kc8 63. Qh3+ Bg4 64. Qh2 Kd8 65. Qf2 Ke7 66.
Qh2 Qd7 67. Qh1 Qe6 68. Qh2 Bf3 69. Rh3 Kf7 70. Rhh4 Kg7 71. Rh3 Rf5 72. Rxf5
Qxf5 73. Rh4 Bg4 74. Qf2 Qxf2+ 75. Bxf2 Rg5 76. Kd2 Rf5 77. Ke1 Rf3 78. Kf1 Kg6
79. Kg2 Rf5 80. Rh2 Bf3+ 81. Kg1 Rg5 82. Kf1 Rg4 83. Ke1 Kg5 84. Kf1 f5 85. Kg1
Kh6 86. Kf1 Bd1 87. Ke1 Ba4 88. Kd2 Bb5 89. Ke1 Kg5 90. Kd2 Kg6 91. Ke1 Kg5 92.
Kd2 h4 93. Rxh4 Rxh4 94. gxh4+ Kg4 95. h5 Kxh5 96. Bg3 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Khassanov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 Qe5+ 15.
Qe2 O-O-O 16. dxe6 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxe7 19. fxe7 Rdg8 20. h4 Rg6 21.
Nxb5 Re6+ 22. Kd2 Bxh1 23. Rxh1 a6 24. Na3 Ne5 25. Be3 Rxe7 26. Kc3 Rd8 27.
Nxc4 f6 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. h5 Kd7 30. h6 Ke6 31. Rh4 Kf7 32. Ra4 Re6 33. Rg4 Rc6
34. Kc4 Rb6 35. Rg7+ Ke6 36. b3 Rb4+ 37. Kc3 Rb5 38. Ra7 Kd5 39. a4 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hamilton, Robert"]
[Black "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qe2
Nd7 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. N1d2 Qc7 12. f4 Re8 13. Rae1 e5 14. Nc4 b5 15.
Ne3 exf4 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Nbd4 Bb7 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rxf4 d5 20. Nh6+ gxh6 21.
Rxf6 Bg7 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. e5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxf7 Re8 26. Nf3 h5 27. Qd7
Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Bc8 29. Qxd5 Bg4 30. Ng1 Rg8 31. Bf5 Re8 32. Ra7 Qg5 33. Rf7 Rd8
34. Qe6 h6 35. h3 Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Qg3 37. Qe2 h4 38. Rf3 Qd6 39. Re3 Kh7 40. Nf3
Qd1+ 41. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Nxe1 Kg6 44. Kg1 Kf5 45. Kf2 Ke4 46. Ke2
Bf6 47. Nd3 Be7 48. Nf2+ Kf4 49. Nd3+ Ke4 50. Ne1 Bg5 51. Nf3 Bf6 52. Nd2+ Kf4
53. Nb3 Be7 54. Nd4 Ke4 55. g3 Bg5 56. Nb3 Be3 57. Nd2+ Kf5 58. b3 Bc5 59. a4
Be7 60. axb5 axb5 61. c4 bxc4 62. Nxc4 Ke4 63. Nd2+ Kf5 64. Nf3 Ke4 65. Ne1 Kd4
66. Kf3 h5 67. b4 Kc4 68. b5 Kxb5 69. Nd3 Kc4 70. Nf4 Kd4 71. Nxh5 Kd3 72. Nf4+
Kd2 73. Ng6 Bd8 74. Kg4 Ke2 75. Nxh4 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Khassanov, Marat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{This move, along with h3, form the basis of the modern grandmaster's
repetoire against the Marshall variation.  White gets very little, but the
struggle can become very intense, as Kasparov has proven many times.} Rb8 {Not
so common, but quite sound.} (8... Bb7 $5 9. d3) 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3
Re8 {Black plays very solidly.  He has a satisfactory position} 12. axb5 axb5
13. c3 Bf8 14. Nf1 Be6 (14... d5 $5 {is quite possible, but my opponent
preferred to stick to his plan of building up} 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. d4 $5 $132)
15. Bc2 (15. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11) (15. d4 $6 Bxb3 16. Qxb3 exd4 {and white has
problems with his epawn}) 15... Ra8 $6 {Curiously this move is illogical.} 16.
Rxa8 Qxa8 17. d4 exd4 $2 {Black overlooks my reply.  He had to try Bd7} (17...
Bd7 $1 18. Ng3 Qc8 (18... Qb7 $6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nh5)) 18. Nxd4 $1 (18. cxd4
$2 Nb4 19. Bb1 Ba2 $132) 18... Nxd4 19. cxd4 {The fluid centre gives white an
obvious edge} c5 20. e5 Nd7 (20... dxe5 21. dxe5 Rd8 22. Qe2 Bc4 23. Qe3 Nd7 (
23... Nd5 24. Qe4 g6 25. e6) 24. Qg3 $36) 21. dxc5 (21. exd6 $5 {is also very
hard to meet} Bxd6 $2 22. d5) 21... Nxc5 (21... dxe5 22. b4) 22. exd6 Qc6 23.
Bf4 {White is now simply up a pawn.  To make matters worse, Black has very
little time left, and as a logical consequence goes down the tube quickly} Rd8
24. b4 Na4 $2 25. Qd3 Bxd6 (25... g6 26. Rxe6) 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28.
Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6 29. Qxd8 Bxf4 30. Bb3+ Kf5 31. g3 {There are many ways to win. 
I chose the simplest , over the board.} Bg5 32. Qd3+ Kf6 33. f4 Qc3 {And black
resigned while white contemplated the fastest way to give mate} 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. e5 Nef5 11. Bf2 Bd7 12. Ne4 Bc6 13. Nfd2 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bxe5
15. c3 Nb5 16. Nc4 Bg7 17. Bxc5 Ne7 18. Ned6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b6 20. Qf3 Nxd6 21.
Bxd6 b5 22. Qb7 bxc4 23. Bxe7 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Qd5+ 25. Kg1 Rxb2 26. Rf2 Bxc3 27.
dxc4 Bd4 28. cxd5 Bxa7 29. Raf1 Rc8 30. d6 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Phillips, Ray"]
[Black "Hamilton, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E22"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 Nc6 8. a3 Ba5
9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Ba6 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nb5 d5 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. b3 Bb7 15. dxc5
bxc5 16. Bb2 Bd8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Ng3 Qe6 19. Qf4 g6 20. Nf5 gxf5 21. Bxf5 Qe7
22. Rxd5 Nd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd5 25. Qg4+ Qg5 26. Bxc8 Bxc8 27. Qxc8
Nxe3 28. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Qe5 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Rd1 Qxb5 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. b4
Qb6 34. Qg4+ Qg6 35. Qd7 Bb6 36. Qe7 Rc8 37. h4 Rc4 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Qf6
40. Qxf6+ Kxf6 41. g3 Rc3 42. a4 Rb3 43. a5 Be3 44. Kg2 Rxb4 45. Rd3 Bc5 46.
Rd5 Rb5 47. a6 Ra5 48. g4 h6 49. g5+ hxg5 50. hxg5+ Ke6 51. Rd1 Bd6 52. Re1+
Kf5 53. Rd1 Rxa6 54. Rd5+ Kg6 55. Kh3 Bf4 56. Rd8 Bxg5 57. Rg8+ Kf5 58. Rg7 f6
59. Rb7 Ra3 60. Rb5+ Kf4 61. Kg2 Ra2+ 62. Kh3 Kxf3 63. Rb2 Ra1 64. Rh2 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Ba2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Qb8 14. h3 O-O 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. Qc2
Bf8 22. e4 a5 23. b5 Bc5 24. e5 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. a4 c3 27. Bc1 Qb7 28.
Rfe1 Bb6 29. Kh2 Rc4 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. bxc6 Qxc6 32. Rd6 Qc5 33. Be3 Qxe3 34.
Rxe3 Bxe3 35. Qd3 Bxf4+ 36. g3 Rcc8 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hamilton, Robert"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 $5 {The last Canadian Zonal saw me try ..b6
against Hamilton.  However, he then managed to find a way to trade all of the
major pieces off and get a much  welcomed draw.} 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5
g6 7. g3 $5 {A not very critical line for Black.  Only later did I realize
what he had in mind.} (7. h3 $5) 7... Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. h3 (9. O-O a6 10. a4
Nbd7 11. Bf4 $5 {is a more ambitious line for white.  However, as it becomes
clear, only wants to draw with me.}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nd2
Ne5 $5 {It was here that I realized that Hamilton was trying to get a draw by
entering a well known draw variation.  So after some thought I decided to
provoke him} (12... Rb8 {this is more normal, but has a slight draw back} 13.
a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Nb3 {with the idea of going into c6 via a5} Nc4 16. Nd2
Nb6 17. Nb3 $11 {as many 'friendly' draws have witnessed.  However, I was not
in such a  'friendly' mood this game}) (12... Nh5 $5 {is a more common replay
these days.}) 13. Qc2 (13. f4 $1 Ned7 14. e4 $1 {was the way to play, but
required more ambition}) 13... Nh5 14. b3 $5 f5 {The position is about equal,
but with chances for both sides.  A real fight is now hard to avoid} 15. Nc4
Rb8 (15... Nxc4 16. bxc4 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rxe2 18. Bb2 {is hardly attractive for
black, except if he wants to go home early}) 16. a5 Qe7 17. Rb1 Rf8 {in many
lines black can play ...f4 and ...f3.  However, white prevents this} 18. Bf3 $5
{Original.  If I take his bishop with my knight then I could suffer the cons-
equences of trading a good knight for a useless bishop.} Bd7 $5 {This allows
white to double his opponent's pawns, but is the best move.} 19. Bb2 (19. Bxh5
$5 gxh5 20. h4 {to stop h4} f4 $1 {with tremendous complications, all
favouring black}) 19... Bb5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Qd3 Bxb2 23. Rxb2
b4 24. e3 (24. Bxh5 $6 gxh5 25. e3 h4 $132) 24... Nf6 {Only now does black
retreat his knight.  He wants to dominate the bishop} 25. a6 bxa6 26. Ra2 Nd7
27. Rxa6 Ne5 28. Qe2 Ra8 29. Raa1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 g5 $1 31. Bg2 f4 32. exf4 gxf4
33. Qe4 fxg3 34. fxg3 (34. f4 Ng6 35. Qxe7 Nxe7 {offers little chances of
success, as the knight is superior to the bishop in this pawn structure}) 34...
Rf7 {black is now clearly better.  While white did nothing particularly wrong,
his unambitious play has boomeranged on him.  All of the endings are
structurally superior for black} 35. Ra2 Qg5 36. Kh2 Kg7 37. Re2 h6 {there is
no rush.  Besides, I still was uncertain of how to proceed.} 38. Rc2 h5 39. Ra2
(39. h4 Ng4+ {and the knight increases its value relative to the bishop.})
39... Re7 $1 40. Qb1 (40. Qf4 $5 {perhaps he should have tried this} Qxf4 41.
gxf4 Nd3 42. Kg3 Re3+) 40... h4 $1 41. gxh4 Qf4+ 42. Kh1 (42. Kg1 Qg3) 42...
Nd3 $1 {the winning move} 43. Bf1 (43. Qxd3 Re1+ 44. Bf1 Qxf1+ 45. Qxf1 Rxf1+
46. Kh2 Rd1 47. Rg2+ Kh7 48. Rg5 Rd3 {and black will get connected passed pawns
}) 43... Re1 44. Rg2+ Kf8 45. Qxd3 Rxf1+ 46. Rg1 Rf3 {mate or the win of the
queen is inevitable.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Hamilton, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Re8+ 14. Nxe8
Qxe8+ 15. Qe2 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Ba6+ 17. Kd1 Bb7 18. Re1 Na6 19. Ne4 Bxd5 20. Bg5
Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Nb4 24. a3 Nd3 25. Re2 Bxg2 26. Kd2 c4
27. h4 Nc5 28. Rbe1 Ne6 29. Re5 Rc8 30. h5 c3+ 31. Kc1 Kf8 32. hxg6 hxg6 33.
R5e3 Nf4 34. Be5 g5 35. Rg1 c2 36. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 {I decided to keep with my tournament strategy of alternating
between classical lines and lesser well known lines.} c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5.
Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 d5 8. Qe2 h6 9. h4 b6 10. e5 a5 $5 {quickly played,
and clearly indicative of excellent opening preparation} 11. a4 {This move is
normally not played, usually the white players preferring Na3 or Nbd7. 
However, I wanted to try to exploit the b5 square} Ba6 12. Na3 O-O 13. Re1 (13.
Nb5 Na7 $1) 13... Ra7 14. Bf4 Rd7 15. Qd2 d4 $1 (15... Kh7 $6 16. d4 $1 cxd4
17. Nxd4 (17. cxd4 $5) 17... Nxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Nb4 21.
Nb5 $14) 16. c4 (16. Bxh6 $6 dxc3 17. bxc3 Rxd3 18. Qc1 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nf5 20.
Qc1 Nce7 {then Nd5 with lots of play for black}) 16... Nf5 $4 {this is based
on a bad oversight} (16... Kh7 $1 {With a more or less normal position.  White
has somewhat better chances, but black has a very sound position.  White would
probably have gone on a king  walk over to b2, and then start a pawn storm on
the kingside.}) 17. g4 Nfe7 {This keeps the piece but loses a vital pawn} (
17... Nxh4 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Bxc6 {this is what Mark overlooked} Qxg4+ 20. Bg3
{and white should eventually make his extra piece count, even though it would
take a long time given the closed nature of the position.}) 18. Bxh6 Nb4 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ng5 $1 {this move signals that white has found a clear plan to
win} Rh8 21. Qf4 Nc8 22. Qg3 Rh6 23. f4 Kh8 (23... Qh8 24. Kf2 Rxh4 25. Rh1 $18
) 24. Kf2 $1 {And black resigned.  His position lacks counterplay, and he can
only wait  by passively while white plays Rh1 and cracks open the h line to
get to the  enemy king.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1874.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Howe, Henry"]
[Black "White, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Atkinson,W"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1874.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 (4. Bc4) 4... Bc5 (4... Qh4) 5. Nxc6 Qf6
6. Qe2 Qxc6 $2 (6... dxc6) 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qf3 a6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bd2
Nd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Qg3 O-O-O $5 (13... O-O) 14. Be3 (14. Qxg7) 14... Rdg8 15.
f4 Nxd3 $2 16. cxd3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 f6 18. Rac1 Kb8 19. b4 $2 (19. Nd5 Qa4 (
19... Qe8 20. Nxc7 Qd7 21. Nxa6+ bxa6 22. Qb6+ Qb7 23. Qxd6+ Ka8 24. Rc6) 20.
Rxc7 Bxd5 21. Qb6 Bc6 (21... Qb5 22. Qxd6 Rd8 23. Rd7+) 22. Rc1 Ka8 23. R1xc6)
19... Qd7 20. a4 b6 21. b5 a5 22. Ne2 Qe7 23. f5 Bd7 24. Nc3 Rc8 25. Nd5 Qd8
26. Rc3 $1 g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rfc1 g5 29. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1874.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Howe, Henry"]
[Black "Jackson, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Atkinson,W"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1874.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 (4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Bg4
(6... h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 h5 (8... Nh5 {Harding-Porter, St.John 1895}) 9. Nxg5
h4 10. Nxf7 hxg3 11. Nxd8 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. h3 Ne2+ 14. Kh1 Rxh3+ 15. gxh3
Bf3# {0-1 Ashley-Tollit, Birmingham 1923}) 7. h3 h5 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nh2 $2 g3
10. Nf3 Ng4 11. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 12. Rxf2 gxf2+ 13. Kf1 Rh1+ 14. Ke2 Rxd1 15. Nfd2
Nd4+ 16. Kxd1 Ne3+ 17. Kc1 Ne2# {Horowitz,A - Chess Opening Traps 1979}) 4...
Nf6 5. Nc3 d6) 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O $2 (5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. h4 hxg5
8. hxg5 Ng4 9. g6 Nxf2 10. Nxe5) 5... O-O $2 (5... d6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 h5 8.
hxg4 hxg4 9. Ng5 g3 10. Nxf7 Nxe4 $1) 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be6 9. Bb3 Nd4
10. h3 $2 c6 $2 (10... Qd7) 11. Nh2 Kh8 12. Qd2 $2 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nxe4 $1 14.
Nxe4 Qxh4 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Nf3 Qe7 $2 (16... Qh5) 17. Rae1 (17. Nxe5 Bxh3)
17... f6 18. Nh4 $1 Qf7 19. f4 Qh5 20. Nf3 Bd5 21. Nh2 exf4 22. Qxf4 Rfe8 23.
Qg4 Qxg4 24. Nxg4 Bf7 25. Re3 h5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nh2 Re2 28. Rf2 Re1+ 29.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 g5 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Nf1 f5 33. g3 Kf6 34. Nd2 Be6 35. Ke3 f4+
$2 (35... Bd5 36. Kf2 (36. c4 Bg2 37. h4 gxh4 38. gxh4 Ke5 39. Kf2 (39. Nf3+
Bxf3 40. Kxf3 a5) 39... Bh3 40. Nf3+ Kf4 41. Nh2 a5) (36. h4 gxh4 37. gxh4 Ke5
38. Nf1 f4+ 39. Kf2 Kd4) 36... h4 37. c4 (37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Ke5 39. c4 Be6
40. Kf3 h3 41. Nf1 Kd4) 37... hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Be6 39. Kf3 b6 40. Nf1 Ke5) 36.
gxf4 gxf4+ 37. Kxf4 Bxh3 38. Ne4+ Ke7 39. Nxc5 b6 40. Ne4 Bg4 41. Nf2 Bd7 42.
Kg5 Be8 43. Kf5 Bd7+ 44. Kg5 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ottawa"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lambert, Francois Xavier"]
[Black "Howe, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "Cherriman,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1875.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 $2 (5... Bg7) (5... Nf6) 6.
Bc4 Nh6 $2 (6... Rh7 7. d4 d6 {Morphy-McConnell, 1849}) 7. d4 d6 8. Nd3 f3 9.
gxf3 gxf3 $2 (9... Be7) 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. Qxf3 Qe7 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Qg3 Nd7 14.
O-O O-O $2 (14... O-O-O) 15. Nf4 Bg7 16. e5 $2 (16. Ng6) 16... dxe5 17. Ng6 Qb4
18. Nxf8 $2 (18. b3 Be6 19. Nxf8 Bxc4 20. Nxd7 Bxf1 21. Kxf1) 18... Qxc4 19.
Nxd7 Qxd4+ 20. Qf2 Qxd7 21. Ne4 f5 22. Ng5 a5 23. Qc5 b5 24. a4 c6 25. axb5
cxb5 26. Qb6 a4 27. Qg6 Rf8 $4 (27... Re8) 28. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Toronto ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Langen, Roger"]
[Black "Teodoro, Eduardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Langen,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/6R1/2pbr2P/pp6/8/1P2B3/7P/7K w - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

43. Bd4 $4 (43. Bd2 $1 Re2 44. Bc3 Rxh2+ 45. Kg1 Rxh6 46. Rg6+ Kh7 47. Rg7+)
43... Be5 0-1

[Event "Toronto ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaingorten, Yaaqov"]
[Black "Langen, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "Langen,R"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. e3 (4. Ng1 $1 {Kasparov,G}) 4... Nxf3+ 5.
Qxf3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. d5 d6 8. e4 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Ng4 11. Qe2 a6 $1 12.
h3 Ne5 13. Bc2 b5 $1 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Ba6 16. a4 Qa5 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. Ra3
Rab8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bd3 Qb4 21. Rb1 Nb6 22. Nc7 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 c4 24. Re3 Bd4
25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Kh1 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Nxa4 28. Qa7 c3 $5 29. Qd7 Rb8 30. Qxe7 c2
31. Rc1 Qxb2 32. f5 $1 Qd4 $2 (32... Nc3 $142) 33. Qxd6 Re8 34. Qd7 Qxe4 35.
Bh6 Nc5 36. Qc6 $2 Nd3 37. Rxc2 Nf2+ $4 (37... Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kh1 Nb4)
38. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "Toronto ch Reserves"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Black "Langen, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "Langen,R"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Bb6 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Nc2 Rae8 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. e5 Qh6 14. exd6 Nf5
15. Qf3 Nxd6 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. Ne3 Nef5 18. Ng4 Qh4 19. Ne5 Bc6 20. Qf2 Qxf2 21.
Rxf2 Be4 22. Nd2 f6 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 fxe5 25. Bxb7 Ne3 26. f5 Rxf5 27.
Re2 Ng4 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Kg1 Nf6 30. Bc6 Re7 31. Rae1 h5 32. b4 g5 33. a4 g4
34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 e4 36. Ra1 Rc5 37. Bb7 Ree5 38. Rea2 e3 39. a6 Nd7 40. a7
Nb6 41. Ra6 Re8 42. Rxb6 cxb6 43. a8=Q Rxa8 44. Rxa8+ Kg7 45. Rc8 Re5 46. Kf1
e2+ 47. Ke1 b5 48. Ba6 h4 49. Rb8 Re3 50. Rxb5 g3 51. hxg3 Rxg3 52. Rh5 Rxc3
53. Rxh4 Rg3 54. Bb7 Re3 55. Bf3 Kf6 56. Rh5 Re7 57. Bxe2 Kg6 58. Rb5 Kg7 59.
Rb6 Re5 60. Kf2 Ra5 61. Bf3 Rc5 62. Kg3 Ra5 63. Kf4 Rc5 64. Bg4 Ra5 65. Bf5
Ra4+ 66. Kg5 Ra7 67. g4 1-0

[Event "Toronto ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Langen, Roger"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Annotator "Langen,R"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 $2 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qg4 Qd4 7. Nf3 Qb6 8.
Qxe4 Bc5 9. d4 Bb4+ 10. Kd1 $1 Nc6 $6 11. c5 Qa5 12. a3 Bd7 13. Rb1 $1 Bxc5 14.
dxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bd3 O-O-O 17. Ke2 f5 18. Qc4 $1 f4 $6 19. Bxf4 Rhf8
20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Qb5 $4 (22. b4 Qxa3 23. Bc1 Qa4 24. Bc2 Qa6 25.
Qxa6 bxa6 26. Bd3) 22... Nd4+ (22... Qxb5 23. Bxb5 Nxe5 24. Bxd7+ Nxd7 25. Ng5)
0-1

[Event "Bury Easter Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Webb, Robert"]
[Black "Garside, Raymond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

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

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Lange, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1859.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

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

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vucko, Ignac"]
[Black "Webb, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1856"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

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

[Event "Smiths Falls op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Allan, Denis"]
[Black "Webb, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

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

[Event "Ottawa"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hubley, Roger"]
[Black "Webb, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1696"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

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

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chen, Chin Hua"]
[Black "Webb, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "1773"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

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

[Event "cr GB"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charlton, K."]
[Black "Hawes, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "Webb,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

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

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mikanovic, Goran"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "234"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{This is a very strange game full of some wonderful moves and some complete
gafs.The finale is a complete mystery!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2
O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nh3 $5 {This is preperation for f3
which if played immediatly would fail to Qh4+} Nc6 9. e3 d6 10. f3 Nf6 11. Be2
e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nf2 a5 $1 {Black has more space and this fights for even
more territory on the queenside.The game will revolve around whether white can
activate the bishop pair.} 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Rfe1 $6 (17.
b3 $5) 17... a4 $1 {This makes it hard for white to fight for space on the
queen side because b4 is well met by ab e.p. weakening whites queenside
structure.Black has won the opening battle but white is still very solid.} 18.
Bf1 Nc5 19. Rad1 e4 20. f4 (20. fxe4 $5 fxe4 21. Bb4 Nxb4 22. axb4 Na6 23. Qxe4
Nxb4 24. Qxb7 {might be better.}) 20... Qf7 21. Bb4 $1 b6 (21... Nxb4 22. axb4
Nb3 {looks reasonable as well}) 22. Be2 h6 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rb1 Na5 25. Rbc1
$2 (25. Qxa4 $1 Bxc4 $1 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 (26... Nxc4 27. Qc2 $14) 27. Qd7 $1 Rf7
28. Qd1 Qe6 29. g4 {looks a touch better for white}) 25... Rfb8 26. g4 Rb3 27.
gxf5 Bxf5 28. Qd2 Kh7 29. Rc3 g5 $5 30. fxg5 Rg8 31. Rxb3 (31. Qd5 $6 Rxg5+ 32.
Kh1 Qe7 33. Rxb3 Bh3 $1) (31. Kh1 Rxg5 32. Rcc1 Nc6 $1) 31... Nxb3 32. Qd5
Rxg5+ 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. h4 $4 {This can only be explained by severe time
preasure.} (34. Rg1 $1 $11) 34... Rg6 $4 (34... c6 $3 {wins instantly} 35. Qxc6
Rg3) 35. Qxf5 Qxh4+ 36. Qh3 Qxf2 37. Rf1 Qg3 38. Qd7+ Rg7 39. Qf5+ Qg6 40. Bg4
Nd2 $1 {Black heads for a very favourable endgame.Both sides have weak pawns
but black has the jump capturing them} 41. Rf2 Nf3 $6 {A very deeply
calculated move.It must have been better to play nc4.It looks like black is
doing well in what happens but i think there is a defense on move 45} (41...
Nxc4 42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. Bf5+ Kf6 44. Bxe4+ Ke5 45. Bc6 Rg6 46. Bxa4 Rb6 $17 {
looks promising} 47. b3 Nxe3) 42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. Bxf3 exf3 44. Rxf3 Rd7 45. Kg2
$2 {It is strange but this is actually a big waste of time.The right idea is
to start hoovering up pawns as rapidly as possible.} (45. Rf8 $1 Rd2 46. Rc8
Kg5 (46... Rc2 47. Rxc7 Rxc4 48. Kg2) (46... Rxb2 47. Rxc7 Rb3 48. Rxc5 Rxe3
49. Rc6+ Kg5 50. Ra6 Rxa3 51. c5 Kf4 52. Rxh6 (52. c6 $4 Kg3) 52... Rc3 53. Ra6
a3 54. Kg2 Ke5 55. Kf2 Rh3 56. Kg2) 47. Rxc7 Kg4 48. Kg1 Kg3 49. Kf1 Kf3 50.
Ke1 Rxb2 51. Rxc5 Kxe3 52. Re5+ {I think White is hanging on here but i am not
sure.It is very close either way.}) 45... Rd2+ 46. Kg3 (46. Rf2 Rxf2+ 47. Kxf2
Kf5 {is an easy win}) 46... Rxb2 47. Kf4 Rb3 48. Rg3+ Kh7 49. Ke5 Rxa3 50. Kf6
Rd3 51. Rg7+ Kh8 52. Rxc7 Rd6+ 53. Ke5 Ra6 54. Rb7 a3 55. Rb1 a2 56. Ra1 h5 57.
Kd5 Ra5 58. Kc6 h4 59. Kb6 Ra3 60. Kxc5 h3 61. Kb4 Ra8 62. c5 Rb8+ 63. Ka5 h2
64. c6 Kg7 65. c7 Rh8 66. Rh1 Ra8+ 67. Kb6 a1=Q 68. Rxa1 Rxa1 69. c8=Q Rb1+ 70.
Ka5 h1=Q 71. Qg4+ Kf6 72. Qf4+ Ke6 73. Qg4+ Kd6 74. Qf4+ Kc6 75. Qf6+ Kc7 $4 {
Diag Amazingly this move throws away the win.} (75... Kb7 $1 $19 {There is no
perpetual here.Pascal told me he thought anything would win here.It just goes
to show you it really isnt over until its over even in chess.}) 76. Qe7+ Kb8
77. Qd6+ Kc8 78. Qe6+ Kc7 79. Qe7+ Kc6 80. Qf6+ Kd5 81. Qd4+ Ke6 82. Qg4+ Kf6
83. Qf4+ Kg6 84. Qg4+ Kh6 85. Qf4+ Kh5 86. Qf5+ Kh4 87. Qf2+ Kh3 88. Qf5+ Kg3
89. Qf4+ Kg2 90. Qe4+ Kf2 91. Qc2+ Kxe3 92. Qc3+ Ke4 93. Qc2+ Ke5 94. Qc3+ Kd6
95. Qf6+ Kd7 96. Qf7+ Kc6 97. Qe8+ Kc5 (97... Kb7 98. Qd7+ Ka8 99. Qc8+ Ka7
100. Qa6+ Kb8 101. Qd6+ Kb7 $11) 98. Qe3+ Kc4 99. Qe2+ Kd4 100. Qd2+ Ke4 101.
Qe2+ Kf4 102. Qd2+ Ke4 103. Qe2+ Kd5 104. Qd3+ Kc6 105. Qc4+ Kb7 106. Qf7+ Kc6
107. Qe6+ Kc5 108. Qe3+ Kd5 109. Qd3+ Ke5 110. Qc3+ Ke4 111. Qc2+ Kf4 112. Qd2+
Kf3 113. Qd3+ Kg2 114. Qe4+ Kh2 115. Qf4+ Kg1 116. Qe3+ Kf1 117. Qd3+ Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{Round 2 was a quiet afair wit hthe gms drawing each other.The tournement was
graced with the preasance of Irina Crush in search of her second G.M.norm.Here
she is outprepared and out played by Olympic team member Pascal Charbaneau.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O
Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. f5 Qc5 15.
Bd3 {Black has an absolutly dismal score from this position.Black hopes to
either attack whites king or survive long enough for the bishops to get active
.Niether plan works out.} a5 16. Ne2 e5 17. Qg3 Kf8 18. Qh4 h6 19. Rhf1 a4 20.
c3 $1 a3 (20... d5 $5 21. a3 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Qc4 23. Ng3 Bxa3 24. bxa3 Qb3+ 25.
Kc1 Qxa3+ 26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27. Bd3 Rd6 28. Ne4 {is good for white}) 21. b3 Rd8 22.
Qf2 Rg8 23. Qf3 b4 24. Bc4 Rb8 25. Ka1 Rg7 26. Rd3 Bd8 27. Bd5 Be8 28. c4 Bb6
29. Qh3 Rh7 30. Ng3 Bc6 31. Nh5 Bd8 32. Qg3 Be7 33. Rfd1 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Qa7 35.
Kb1 Rc8 36. Kc2 Rc5 37. R5d3 Rc8 38. Kd2 Qb7 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{Round two had some very long draws and a nice miniature from Canadian
champion G.M. Alex Lesiege over olympic team mate I.M. Igor Zugic of Toronto.
First lets look at how F.M. Danny Goldenberg comes very close to scoring a
major upset against visiting Czeck G.M.Thomas Oral} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 $5 {This move doesn't have a great reputation but
maybe it is o.k.} Qb8 6. Bd3 g6 $5 {By far the least common move throwing
Danny on his own resources as early as possible.6..e6 is the solid move} 7. O-O
Bg7 8. f4 {I think the mass appeal of the sicilian by higher rated players
partly has to do with the fact there are just so many choices facing white.
Consider this position .The first question is should White play c4 or
not?Second would come were does the Bc1 belong?Third might be should you use a
tempo to put the king on h1 .Questions questions questions .Maybe the right
idea is to just pick one method and play it quickly and be confident some
tactical oppertunity will arise!} d6 9. Qe1 Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 a6 12. Nc3
b5 13. h3 Nb4 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Be4 Bb7 17. a3 Nc6 18. e6 $1 {
White's inventive play has achieved a definate initiative and I have no idea
where black might have played an inacurracy I find it inconceivable that black
has "wasted any moves here so even though white presses forward Black must be
fine here.} Nc5 19. Ng5 (19. exf7+ $6 Rxf7 20. Bd5 e6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Qxe6
Qc8 {Looks like good value for the pawn}) 19... fxe6 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Be3
Nxe4 22. Ncxe4 {I would be curious to know what Danny had in mind after 22..Bb2
} Nd4 {This looks like a safety first move.Every time black could have tried
to blow White off the board he retreated so I guess Oral was just not
ambitious this game.} (22... Bxb2 23. Qh4 (23. Nxe6) 23... Qg7 24. Rf1 Nd8 25.
Nc5 Bd5 26. Nxh7 Nf7) 23. c3 Bxe4 $4 (23... Nc2 $1 {Seems to win or come very
close at least.Perhaps black lacked the time to calculate the critical
variations which all seem very favourable.} 24. Qh4 h6 25. Rf1 (25. Nxe6 Qf7
26. Nxg7 Qxg7 27. Nc5 g5 28. Qg4 Qg6 29. Nxb7 Nxa1) 25... Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Nxe3+
27. Kg1 Nf5 28. Qe1 hxg5 29. Nc5 Bd5 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 $19) 24. cxd4
$2 (24. Bxd4 $1 Bxd4+ 25. cxd4 Bd5 26. Qh4 Qg7 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 28. Qe4 Rd8 29.
Qxe6+ $11) 24... Bd5 25. Qh4 Bh6 $2 {After this the game burns out to a draw} (
25... h6 $1 26. Nf3 (26. Ne4 g5 27. Qg4 h5 $1) 26... Bxf3 27. Rf1 (27. gxf3
Qxf3) 27... Bf6 $19) 26. Rf1 Qg7 27. Kh2 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Kg1 Bc4 30. Kh2
Bd5 31. Kg1 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 Qf6 33. Qe5 Kf7 34. Bh6 Bc4 35. Kh2 Qxe5+ 36. dxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{Irina Crush didn't have too many happy moments this tournement but here she
plays a great game to slowly strangle the former Canadian champion.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 {There is a school of
thought that believes the Benoni is only o.k. when there is already a knight
on f3 so as to cut out the f4 lines.I am inclined to agree as the games I have
seen where black has been successful he [she]has had to play like a genious.}
Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Bd3 (9. a4 {is more common}) 9... Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 {This
scores considerably less well than qe7 but I am sure Hebert had his reasons....
} 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Na6 13. Re1 (13. Kg2 {was played in the only other game
i could find like this}) 13... Re8 14. Bf1 b6 $6 (14... Nc7 $142) 15. Nb5 $1
Nf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nxd5 18. Nd6 Ndc7 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Nxe8 Qxe8 21. Bf6 {
The rest of the game is Jean trying very hard to make Irina work hard for the
point but she has no great difficulty converting the exchange up position} Ne6
22. Bg2 Bb7 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 (23... Kxg7) 24. Qe2 Nb4 25. Red1 Rb8 26. a3 Nc6 27.
Rf1 Ne6 28. Rf2 Qe7 29. Raf1 Rf8 30. Qe3 Ncd4 31. Nd2 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Kg7 (32...
Nf5 33. Qe2 Ned4 34. Qe4 {was more stubborn}) 33. Ne4 Nd8 34. Nd6 N4c6 35. Re1
Qe6 36. Qf4 Nd4 37. Qe4 N8c6 38. Qf4 Kg8 39. Ne4 Kg7 40. Nd6 Ne7 41. Qf6+ Kg8
42. Ref1 Nd5 43. Qxe6 Ne3+ 44. Kg1 Nxe6 45. Re1 Ng4 46. Rf3 Ng5 47. Rff1 h5 48.
Kg2 Ne6 49. h3 Nh6 50. Rf6 Nd4 51. e6 $1 fxe6 52. Rxg6+ Kh7 53. Rg5 Rf3 54. Rf1
Rb3 55. Rf2 h4 56. gxh4 Nhf5 57. Nxf5 Nxf5 58. Kh2 a5 59. Rfg2 Kh6 60. Rg6+ Kh5
61. Rxe6 Nxh4 62. Rf2 Nf3+ 63. Kg2 Nh4+ 64. Kf1 Nf3 65. Rf6 Ng5 66. Rg2 Nh7 67.
Rf5+ Kh6 68. h4 Rh3 69. Re5 Rf3+ 70. Rf2 Rb3 71. Rg2 Rf3+ 72. Ke2 Rf6 73. h5
Nf8 74. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{This game has a certain historical aspect in it marks the first meeting of a
current Canadian junior champion and a past champion.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3.
g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 {This is a difficult system to get much
against.} 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6 $6 {This can't be right in that many times after
the exchange of bishops black will play e5 eve n if the pawn is on e6.} Bxh6 9.
Qxh6 Nd4 10. Qd2 {White rightly realises he has no attacking chances and
brings the queen back to the middle.} Qa5 11. f4 $6 (11. Nge2 Bg4 12. Nxd4 cxd4
13. Nb1 Qb6 14. c4 dxc3 15. Nxc3 O-O 16. O-O {looks more sensible in the sense
that White would avoid the serious trouble he could have got into by playing
f4.On the down side it would be completly renouncing any chance to try to win
by playing this way}) 11... O-O (11... exf4 12. gxf4 Bg4 $1 {is surprisingly
difficult to meet.White cant develope smoothly and h3 Bh5 doesnt help.The
bishop stands wonderfully on this diagonal .It stops 0-0-0 and might take a
knight if it sets up a good knight [d4] vs bad bishop [g2 situation].}) 12. Nf3
f5 $6 (12... Bg4 13. O-O exf4 14. gxf4 f5 $15) 13. O-O {White is out of danger
now} exf4 14. gxf4 Bd7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Qf2 $1 {I
like thi s move.It allows mights nc3 t omove again and prepares to regroup
very favourably.} Kg7 19. Re3 Ng8 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21. h3 Qc7 {It makes sense to
bring the queen back as she cannot cause any trouble to White on the queen side
} 22. Nc4 $6 {I think white was figuring after a trade on c4 he would get an
outpost on d5 and black wouldnt get one on d4 because of an eventual c3 but it
seems there is a concrete variation that shows there isn't time for this.} Bf7
(22... Bxc4 $5 23. dxc4 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Qd7 25. Nd5 $2 (25. Re5 b6 26. Nd5 Nc6
27. Re3 Ne4 $1 {Again gives black a decent position}) 25... Ne4 $1) 23. a4 b6
24. Ne5 a6 25. Kh2 Bg8 (25... b5 $5) 26. Nd1 Ne6 27. Nc3 {Perhaps a silent
draw offer} Qd6 28. Bc6 Re7 29. Bh1 Rfe8 30. Nc6 Rc7 31. Ne5 Nd4 32. Nd1 Rce7
$2 (32... Bd5 $1) (32... b5 $5) 33. c3 Ne6 34. Bc6 Rc8 35. Bf3 Nd5 36. Bxd5
Qxd5 37. Qg3 Rce8 38. h4 Kf8 (38... Kh8 {looks safer}) 39. R1e2 $1 {Tempting
black to win a poisened pawn} (39. h5 $5 gxh5 40. Qh4 Rg7 41. Rg1 Bf7 $1) 39...
Qb3 40. Nf2 Qxa4 $4 {??diag It was time to play defensivly but by now both
players were very short of time.} 41. Nh3 Ng7 42. Qg5 Re6 $2 (42... Be6 {was a
tougher defense but still losing} 43. b3 Qb5 44. Qh6 Kg8 45. Ng5 $18) 43. b3 $1
h6 44. Qxh6 Rxe5 45. bxa4 Rxe3 46. Rxe3 Rxe3 47. Qxg6 {A great win for Barbeau
that started him on his way to his first I.M. norm} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Kosyrev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{Round four found Alex sitting alone in first place with twohalf out of three.
Here he chooses to play a variation that became popular in the second half of
the 90's.White forgoes the Minority attack in favour of a flexible setup that
aims to expand in the center with e4.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Nf8 {The commentators
at the tournement were wondering if black was delaying c6 so as to play c5 in
one turn} 10. Qc2 Ng6 {Now the Bg5 cannot escape} 11. Rad1 Be6 12. f3 c6 13. e4
$2 (13. Ng3 $1 {Has a fantastic score here.Alex's move is straight to the
point but there is a tactical problem as we shall see.}) 13... dxe4 14. fxe4
Qb6 $5 (14... Ng4 $5 {was what we were expecting in the analysis room.} 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd2 c5 $5 17. d5 {gives the e5 square to the black knights}) 15.
Kh1 (15. h3 $5 {would avoid what follows but black is comfortable in any case})
15... Ng4 $1 16. Bxe7 Qc7 $3 {incredibaly white is losing material!diag} 17. e5
Qxe7 18. Qd2 (18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qe4 Qh4 20. Qf4 g5 $19) 18... Qh4 19. h3 Nf2+
20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Ne4 Qh4 22. Nd6 {The rest of the game is a good example of
how hard you have to work to beat a strong player even after you get the
"winning position"} Re7 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Kh2 Rd7 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Nc3 Qe7 27.
Qf4 Bd5 28. Qg3 Qe6 29. Rf2 b5 30. a3 Rxd6 $5 {This is of course not necessery
here but it is necessery to consider the fast time control and I think it was
a very practical decision.Absolutly no losing chances and an extra pawn} 31.
exd6 Rd8 32. Re2 Qxd6 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Qxd6 Rxd6 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. Rc8 Rd6 37.
b4 {So Alex has decided to make his stand in a pawn down rook ending hoping
the old cliche "All rook endings are drawn!"Kosyrev's technique to bring home
the point is a thing of beauty.} g5 38. Rc7 Kg6 39. Kg3 f6 40. Kf2 Rxd4 41.
Rxa7 Rc4 42. g4 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 f5 45. gxf5+ Kxf5 46. Rf7+ Kg6 47.
Rc7 Rc4 48. Kg3 Kh5 49. Rc8 (49. Rxg7 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Rxa3 {was no better}) 49...
Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Rxa3 51. Rxc6 Rb3 52. Rc7 Kh6 53. Rc6+ g6 54. Rc7 Rxb4 55. Kg3
Rb3+ 56. Kg4 Rb1 57. Rb7 Rb4+ 58. Kg3 g4 $1 {It is necesse ry to play this
with the rook on b4.We tried advancing the bpawn too fast in the analysis room
and it didnt work at all.} 59. h4 g5 60. Rb8 gxh4+ 61. Kxh4 Kg7 62. Rb6 Kf7 63.
Kg3 Ke7 64. Rc6 Rc4 {The tournement became wide open after this.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oral, Tomas"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{There was another gm-gm encouter that was decisive in round 4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 $5 {An interesting move simply
developing and happily accepting doubled pawns to get the black knight out of
e4} Nxe5 7. dxe5 Bb4 8. O-O $1 {Without this move whites opening wouldn't work}
Bxc3 (8... Nxc3 $2 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 (10. Ba3 {have all been successful.
White has an incredible 7-0 score on my data base from here})) 9. bxc3 Nc5 $6 {
This is an attempt to improve on 0-0 but it fails} 10. Ba3 b6 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12.
c4 $1 {I cannot find a satisfactory variation here.} d4 (12... Be6 13. cxd5
Qxd5 14. Qe2 $16) 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Qd5 O-O 15. Qxc5 Be6 16. Be4 Rb8 17. f4 Re8
18. f5 Bc8 19. f6 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Rad1 Rb6 22. Rxd4 Qc8 23. h3 Qe6 24.
Qxc7 Rc6 25. Qd7 g6 26. Rfd1 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Rce6 28. R1d5 h6 29. c5 g5 30. Rxa7
Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. c6 Rc5 33. c7 Kh7 34. a4 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{Maxim Turov finished the tournement half a point back of the group at seven.
He was very solid winning 3 ,losing zero and drawing 7.Here he wins a nice
game from F.M.Barbeau} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6.
Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 h6
{Both sides have played the recommended moves that have been played at the
very top many times.We are following Topolov -Karpov Linares,95 there are
reasonable alternatives to Ne5} 13. Ne5 (13. Bd2 $5) (13. h4) (13. a3) 13...
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf5 15. Be3 Nxe3 {Karpov played 15...a5!? here} 16. Rxe3 $6 {
This seems a dubious attemp to improve on Qe3 or fe3} (16. fxe3 Rb8) (16. Qxe3
Qb6) 16... Qb6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Red3 Bd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Qd2 {It was time to
admit failure and bail into a very drawish position with 20 Qb3} (20. Qb3)
20... Qd6 21. d5 e5 {The danger here is black will activate his 4-3 pawn
majority while whites past dpawn is not going anywhere.} 22. Rc3 (22. g3 $5)
22... Bg5 23. Qc2 g6 24. Qa4 Bd8 25. Qa3 Bb6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. g4 $1 Rf8 28.
Kg2 Kg7 29. Bc2 Rfd8 30. Bb3 (30. Be4) 30... e4 31. Rdc1 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33.
Rg3+ Kf6 34. f4 $2 R6d7 35. h3 Bc7 36. Rf1 Rg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Kg3 Kf6 {This
ending is sheer pain for White.} 39. Kh4 Bd6 40. Kg3 Rg8+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. Bc4 h4
43. a4 Rg3 44. a5 Ke7 45. Rf2 a6 46. Rf1 Bc7 47. d6+ Kxd6 48. b4 Rc3 49. Bg8
Rd3 50. Rg1 Ke7 51. Rg7+ Kd8 52. Be6 Bxf4+ 53. Kg2 Rd2+ 54. Kf1 Bg3 55. Rxb7 f4
{A fine technical game.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{This was not a good tournement for former Canadian champion I.M.Jean Hebert
who won only two games.Jean certainly doesn't need me or anyone else to make
excuses for him but it was known he was writing during the days and trying to
play at night and that is just too difficult.Here he loses a well played game
to the talented Toronto I.M. Igor Zugic} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6
5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 (8... Ne4 $5) 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O
Rc8 11. Re1 {getting out of the Ba6's line of fire and preparing e4} c5 12. Rc1
O-O {Black has equalized without any difficulty.} 13. cxd5 exd5 $5 {Indicates
a fighting spirit!To Jean's credit he consistently chose the more complex and
interesting paths knowing full well he wasn't at his best.} (13... Nxd5 $5 14.
Bb2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 {Looks fine}) 14. Bb2 Re8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 {White will have
to pay attention to tactics around f2} 16. Bh3 Rc7 17. a3 $1 Bf8 $5 {This
retreat seems rather co-operative but I can't find anything better} (17... Ne4
$5 18. e3 Ndf6 19. b4 Be7 $14) (17... Bd6 $5) 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Qb1
{Black appears to have enough activity to compensate the weakness on d5} Qd8
21. Rd1 Bc5 22. e3 Bd3 23. Qa1 Bf8 $6 (23... Ne4 $5) 24. Ne6 $5 {I am not s
ure this is any better than a calm move like Bg2 or Rc1 Because it strengthens
blacks central pawn structure.The positive thing from Whites point of view is
it is easier t ofind moves aimed at blacks new weakness at e6 .I believe this
position is equal but easier for white to play.} fxe6 25. Bxe5 a5 (25... Bd6
26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Qc3 Ba6 $14) 26. Rc1 Bc5 27. Qc3 Bb5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Bd6
30. Qd4 Kf7 $2 {This is the move that gets Black into real trouble} (30... Bxe5
31. Qxe5 Qe7 32. Rc7 (32. Rc8 $5 Qxb4) 32... Qxb4 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 34. Qg5 Re7 35.
Rxe7 Qxe7 {Should hold}) 31. f4 Re7 32. e4 $1 {White finds a way to force a
near winning ending.} Bxe5 33. fxe5 Ne8 34. Nf3 h6 35. exd5 Qxd5 36. Qxd5 exd5
37. Nd4 Bc4 38. Re1 g6 39. Bd7 Nf6 (39... Ng7 40. e6+ Kf6 41. Re3 $1) 40. Be6+
Rxe6 41. Nxe6 Kxe6 42. exf6+ Kxf6 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Ke3 Kg4 45. Kd4 h5 46. Re6 g5
47. Rxb6 Kh3 48. Rh6 Be2 49. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{Round 4 saw Oral and Kosyrev pull into the lead with 3.5/5.The following game
was Montreal fm Danny Goldenberg's best game as he plays a fine attack to
defeat I.M.Irina Crush} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6.
Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. c5
f4 {So the race is on .Looks to me like white should get there first but the
reason these lines are popular is even if white does there are always plenty
of tactics around whites king.} 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Qc2 g5 16. Nf2 Ng6 {This is
following a game B Christiansen-s Petersen from Aalborg in 1992 won by white}
17. Nb5 {The first new move} Ne8 18. Rfc1 Rf7 19. a4 Bf8 20. a5 h5 21. Ra3 $1 {
I like this move .Rooks on a3 are often very useful in defending the other
side of the board} Nh4 22. Nxa7 Bd7 23. Nb5 g4 {So the classic attack is
unleashed .White has grabbed a pawn but of course it takes time to do this .Is
black's attack strong enough?} 24. fxg4 f3 $8 25. gxf3 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Nxf3+ 27.
Kg2 (27. Rxf3 $5 Rxf3 28. g5 {would have been my choice.Ever since I read the
two volume set on Petrosian's games I have been a sucker for these kind of
exchange sacs.Irina's move looks fine to}) 27... Nd4 28. Qc4 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2
Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Nf6 $5 (30... Qxg4+ 31. Rg3 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Nxd2 33. Rxg4 Nxc4 34.
Rg5 $18) 31. Be1 Qxg4+ 32. Rg3 Qf4 33. Rd1 h4 34. Rg2 Ng4 35. Rxd4 $5 Qe3+ 36.
Kh1 h3 37. Rd1 $4 {Diag.Typical,White is pretty much winning all game but
makes one mistake and suddenly the tables turn completly} (37. Rg3 $1 Qxe1+ 38.
Qf1 Qxf1+ 39. Bxf1 exd4 40. Rxg4 Rxa5 41. Rg3 $16) 37... hxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qf4 39.
Bg3 Ne3+ 40. Kg1 Qf3 41. Qe2 Qxe2 42. Bxe2 Nxd1 43. Bxd1 Rxa5 44. Kf1 Ra2 45.
b3 Rb2 46. h4 Be7 47. Bf2 Kg7 48. Bg3 Bd8 49. Bf2 Kg6 50. Ke1 Ba5+ 51. Kf1 Bc3
52. h5+ Kg7 53. Be3 Rh2 54. Bg4 Bd2 55. Bb6 Kh6 56. Bc7 Kg5 57. Bf5 Bb4 58.
Bd8+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{Round 7 saw Alex finally catch up to Kosyrev and Oral. Hebert scored a nice
win to seriously damage Charbaneau's chances of an IM. norm.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3
Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2
Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ng5 dxe5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh4 {I am not sure if
this is a dubious novelty or a typo.14 Qh3 is always played here} (14. Qh3)
14... Be7 15. Rae1 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f5 17. Qh6 Kf7 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qh3 $2 (19.
Bf4 Ng4 20. Bxc7 Nxh6 21. Bc4 {was probably a better try but still very bleak.}
) 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 h6 21. Bf4 Qc6 22. Qh3 Ba6 23. c4 Bxc4 24. Rc1 Qe4 25.
Qg3 g5 26. Be5 Bxf1 27. Rc7+ Kg6 28. Rg7+ Kh5 29. Qh3+ Qh4 30. Qb3 Qg4 31. Kxf1
Rhc8 32. Bc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Rd8 34. f3 Qf4 35. Rc4 Qd2 36. g4+ Kh4 37. gxf5+ Kh3
38. fxe6 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 Qd2+ 40. Kf1 Qg2+ 41. Ke1 Qg1+ 42. Ke2 Qxh2+ 43. Ke1 Qd2+
44. Kf1 Rd3 {A smooth win by Hebert} 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikanovic, Goran"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{Here is the second of Alex's Three consecutive wins that catapolted him to
the top against Makanovic who tried a variation of the Catalan gambit that
scores pathetically.The only reason I Ican think of that would justify trying
this would be Alex scored a huge win on the white side of this against Henkin
and maybe Goran was hoping it would upset him to play against one of his own
lines.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. O-O b5
8. Ne5 $6 {A very unusual move and not a great one.The only other example saw
veteran G.M. Bisguir drawing cfc master Dave Herder.8 e4 looks best} Nxe5 9.
dxe5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Bb7 11. a4 a6 {I wonder if black has time for h6 here.} 12.
Bg5 (12. Qd4 $5) 12... Qb6 13. a5 Qa7 14. Nd6+ $1 {A Good try.} Bxd6 15. exd6
h6 16. Bc1 (16. Bd2 $5 c5 17. e4 Nf6 18. Re1 $13) 16... O-O-O {This might not
be best but blacks king needed a home so is understandable.} (16... f5 $2 17.
e4 $1 fxe4 18. Qg4) (16... c5 $5 17. e4 Nf6 18. Re1 {and it is time to decide
which side to put the king on.} O-O (18... O-O-O 19. Qc2) 19. e5 Nd7 20. Qg4
Kh7 {Maybe they are both a little better for black!}) 17. e4 Nf6 18. e5 (18.
Be3 $5 c5 $2 (18... Qb8 $1 19. e5 Nd7 20. Qg4 {gives white good compensation
for the pawn}) 19. f3 Bc6 20. b3 cxb3 21. Qxb3 Nd7 22. Rac1 $14 {looks
promising}) 18... Nd7 19. Re1 $6 (19. Qh5 $1) 19... c5 20. f3 Bd5 21. Bd2 Qb7 {
Black looks more co-ordinated now.White's compensation is becoming more
nebulous.} 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. Rac1 Kb7 24. Rf1 h5 (24... f6 $1) 25. Rf2 h4 26. g4
f6 $1 {diag. After this white's position falls apart} 27. f4 Bxg2 28. Rxg2 fxe5
29. fxe5 Rdf8 30. Re1 Rf3 31. Bg5 $4 h3 32. Rf2 Rxf2 33. Qxf2 Rf8 34. Qc2 Nxe5
0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{G.M.Rozantalis of Lithuania came into the tournement as the highest rated
contestant at 2588.The loss to Oral stopped him from catching up to Lesiage
but he did finish with 3/4 to come =2-4th.Here he wins a nice positional game
with Barbeau who needed 1.5 out of his last 4 to score the I.M.norm} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. d3 {A very modest move .4 c3 is the only critical
test of 3..Bc5.} Nd4 {There is not a lot of theory on this position.What there
is suggests 4...nge7 might be the best move but there are not enough games to
be sure.} 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. Nd2 c6 7. Ba4 d6 8. Nf3 Bb6 9. h3 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11.
c3 Ng6 12. d4 {Black has equalised} h6 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Bb3 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4
16. a4 a5 $6 {This doesn't seem necessery here} (16... exd4 $5 17. a5 Bc5 18.
cxd4 Bb4 19. Re3 (19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rexc1 Bd7) 19... Bd7 20. Ra4 c5 21. Ra1) 17.
Bc4 Qf6 18. Re3 Re8 $2 (18... Bc7 19. Qb3 Ra7 $14) (18... Be6 $5 19. Bxe6 Qxe6)
19. Qb3 (19. Nxe5 $5 dxe5 20. Rf3 Qd8 21. Bxf7+ Kh7 22. Bxe8 Qxe8) 19... Ba7
20. Rd1 (20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Rf3 Qd8 22. Bxf7+ Kh7 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. d5 {and it
is hard to see how the b's will get active}) 20... Qe7 21. Red3 Rf8 $5 {Blacks
re8-f8 has givin white time to take over the d file.} 22. Re1 Rb8 (22... exd4
$5 23. cxd4 (23. Nxd4 $4 d5) 23... Bd7 {improves}) 23. Qd1 Bb6 (23... b5 $5 24.
axb5 cxb5 25. Bd5 Bd7 {doesn't seem so bad}) 24. Qd2 Bc7 25. b4 Kh8 26. b5 Bb6
$2 {Its rapidly downhill after this.} (26... f5 $1 27. dxe5 (27. Rde3 fxe4 28.
Rxe4 Bxh3 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. gxh3 Qd6 31. b6 $1 Bxb6 32. Rxe5) (27. exf5 e4 28.
d5 cxb5 29. Bxb5 Qf6 30. Rxe4 Bxf5 31. Rf4 g5 32. Rxf5 Qxf5 33. Re3 $13) 27...
dxe5 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rde3 Bb6 30. R3e2 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Bxh3) 27. bxc6 bxc6 28.
dxe5 dxe5 29. Rd6 Kh7 30. Rxc6 Rd8 31. Bd5 Bd7 32. Rc4 f6 (32... Qf6 33. Qe2)
33. Qc2 g5 34. Nh2 Bc5 35. Qe2 Kg6 $4 36. Rxc5 $1 {Diag} Qxc5 37. Qh5+ Kh7 (
37... Kxh5 $4 38. Bf7+ Kh4 39. Nf3#) 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qxf6+ Kh7 40. Nf3 Rf8 41.
Qxe5 Rbc8 42. Rb1 Rfe8 43. Qf6 (43. Nxg5+ hxg5 44. Qxg5 Qd6 45. Rb7 $18) 43...
Rf8 44. Qa6 Qxc3 45. Qd6 Qc7 46. Qe7+ Kh8 47. Ne5 {A very nice finish.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{Here is the game that clinched Barbeau's first I.M. norm.He was also the
highest finishing Canadian after Alex .In the following game Crush presses
hard for the win but comes up short.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6
5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 Qf6 7. d3 Nge7 (7... Bxf3 $6 8. Qxf3 Qxf3 9. gxf3 {looks bad
as white can force f4 and has the bishop pair}) 8. Nbd2 g5 9. h3 {perhaps a
new move in an obscure position} h5 {consistent but not to worrysome to white}
10. hxg4 hxg4 11. Re1 gxf3 12. Qxf3 {White's king is completly safe and pawn
structure good.The hfile offers some counterplay but whitemust be better here.}
Qg6 13. Bd1 (13. Nf1 $6 g4 14. Qg3 Qh7 15. Qh2 Qg8 16. Qg3 Qh7 $11) 13... Nd8
14. g3 Ne6 15. Nc4 O-O-O 16. Ne3 Bg7 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. Qf5 Qh6 20.
Kf1 {The fact whites king can just stroll away while retaining the bpair and
healthy structure is why I prefer white.} Kb8 21. Bg4 Ng7 22. Qf3 (22. Qxf7 $5
Bf6 23. Qd5 {To stop d5} Qh2 24. Be3 Nh5 25. Ke2 Nxg3+ 26. Kd2 $16 {Looks very
promising for white}) 22... d5 $1 23. Be3 Qg6 24. Kg2 Rhf8 25. Bf5 Nxf5 26.
Qxf5 Qxf5 27. exf5 f6 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. Kf3 Kc8 30. Kg4 Kd7 31. c4 d4 32. Bd2
Rdg8 33. b4 c6 34. a4 Ra8 35. Rab1 Bd6 (35... b5 $5) 36. Kf3 Be7 37. Ra1 Bd6
38. Kg4 Be7 39. Rac1 Rac8 40. Kf3 Ra8 41. Ke4 Bd6 42. Rb1 Rac8 43. b5 cxb5 44.
Rxh8 Rxh8 45. axb5 axb5 46. cxb5 Bc5 47. Kd5 Bb6 48. Bb4 g4 49. Ra1 Rh5 50. Ke4
Rh2 51. Ra2 Rh1 52. Rb2 Rd1 53. Bd2 Rf1 54. Bb4 Rd1 {In retrospect looks like
white's only real chance was on move 22.The ending looked fine for black.
Congratulations Sylvain} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 $5 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 $6 (3... Nf6 $1 {Black has done well from
here}) 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 {0-0 is more popular here} Nd4
$146 {I can't find any examples of this. Blac kis already behimd in
developement so it looks suspicious to move a developed piece again.} 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Ne4 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. c4 $5 (12. b3 $5) 12... dxc3
13. dxc3 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Be3 {This position is very uncomfortable for
black.White has the better pawn structure and there are some potential safety
issues wit h the black king.} e5 $6 16. O-O Bh6 17. Rf3 (17. Rae1 $5) 17...
Rhe8 18. Rd1+ Kc6 19. Kf2 Re7 20. Rh3 $1 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Rxh7 Rg8 23.
Rh4 Rge8 24. Rxf4 Re2+ 25. Kf1 Rxb2 26. Rxf6+ Kc5 27. Rf2 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 {With
a winning position as black is helpless t ostop the advance of whites h pawn}
Re7 29. Rd4 b5 30. h4 Re6 31. Rf4 Ra6 32. Rxf7 Rxa2+ 33. Kg1 a5 34. h5 a4 35.
h6 Re2 36. h7 Re8 37. g4 a3 38. g5 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{In Spite of playing very inconsistantly Pascal could still make an I.M.norm
by winning in the last round.It is interesting to see how Rozentalis nullifies
Pascal's attempts to attack him. .} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7
5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8. Bxe4 c6 {This is like a caro kann . White
should be a little better with the bishop pair and a bit more space but it is
hard to crack blacks shell.} 9. c4 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 13.
Qe2 Rfe8 14. Ne5 Nf8 15. h4 c5 $1 {Black strikes in the center before white's
initiative can develope} 16. h5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 N8d7 $1 {Trading off potentail
attackers.} 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Rad1 Be5 20. Qe4 $2 (20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rfe1 Nc6
22. h6 g6 {Looks more promising.}) 20... f5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qf4 Qb8 23. c5 (
23. Rfe1 $5) 23... Nf7 24. Qc4 (24. Qxb8 Raxb8 25. b4) 24... Ne5 25. Qc3 Qc7 {
After this black seems o.k.From here on in Rozental's technique takes over the
game.} 26. b4 Rac8 27. Bb3 Ng4 28. Qh3 Qf4 29. a3 Re7 30. Rd6 Kf7 31. Bd1 $6 (
31. Rd3) 31... Nf6 32. Qe3 $2 Qxe3 33. fxe3 g6 34. hxg6+ hxg6 35. Bf3 Rcc7 36.
Rfd1 Nd7 37. Kf2 (37. Bxb7 Nxc5 38. Bf3) 37... Ne5 38. Be2 Kf6 39. Rh1 Red7 40.
Rhd1 Rxd6 41. Rxd6 Ke7 42. Bb5 $4 b6 $1 43. Be2 bxc5 44. bxc5 a5 45. Ra6 Rxc5
46. a4 g5 47. Rb6 Rc2 48. Ke1 Nc4 49. Rb3 Rc1+ 50. Kf2 Nd6 51. Bf3 g4 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{Going into the final round Lesiege sat at 7.5 and Oral at 7.Both G.M.s played
the black pieces and were unable to win.Here Hebert plays a solid game to stop
Oral from catching up to Lesiege who comes clear first.} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3.
Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rb1
d6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Qc1 Nc6 13. a3 a5 14. e3 Be6 15. h3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Kh7 17. Qc2
f5 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Qa4 exf4 20. gxf4 g5 21. Nf3 gxf4 22. exf4 Nd4 23. Qd1 Bf7
24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Rbe1 Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Qh4 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Nb5 Qe7 29. Rf2 b6
30. a4 Qd8 31. Re2 Bf6 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 33. Qe2 Bxb5 34. axb5 Qe7 35. Qxe7+ Bxe7 {
A quick look at the crosstable will reveal there were very few decisive games
between the gm's .This makes sense statistacally as they are all about the
same rating. This tournement was really two tournements in one.The race
between the g.m.s to see who could rack up the most points against the non g.m.
s and a shot at norms for everyone else.The G.M.norm at 8 was way out of reach
for any of the I.M.'s and only Barbeau scored an I.M. norm so from this point
of view the tournement was a limited success. In time our players will be
strong enough to score G.M. norms in events like this but not any time soon.I
thin kthere will be plenty of I.M. norms to come in future years.The
tournement was enjoyed by the players and everyone who made the nightly trip
downtown to watch.Thanks again to all who made this possible.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Coburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Black "Forgacz"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kopec,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/5kp1/3pR2p/2pP1K1P/2P3P1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{R+P Position 21  WHITE TO MOVE [#]} 1. g5 hxg5 2. Kxg5 Rd7 3. h6 gxh6+ 4. Rxh6
Kg7 5. Rg6+ Kf7 6. Kf5 Ra7 (6... Rd8 7. Rh6 Kg7 8. Rf6 Rd7 9. Ke6 Ra7 (9... Rd8
10. Rf7+ Kg6 11. Rd7 $18) 10. Rf4 Ra6 11. Rf7+ Kg6 12. Rc7 Ra4 (12... Rb6 13.
Rc6 Rb4 14. Kxd6 Rxc4 15. Rxc5 $18) 13. Kxd6 Rxc4 14. Rxc5) 7. Rh6 Kg7 8. Rxd6
Ra4 9. Ke6 Rxc4 10. Rc6 *

[Event "Barmen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kopec,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5kpp/p4p2/1p6/2rP1P2/P3K1P1/1R5P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{R+P Position 12  BLACK TO MOVE [#]} 1... Ke6 $1 (1... Rc3+ 2. Ke4 Rxa3 3. Kd5)
*

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1896.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"]
[Black "Janowski, David"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kopec,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p6p/6r1/4Rp2/2pk1P2/P4KP1/7P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1896.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{R + P Position 13  BLACK TO MOVE [#]} 1... Ra6 $1 (1... Rc6 2. Ke2 c3 3. Kd1)
*

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finegold, J."]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kopec,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/p1k1p1p1/7p/PK3P2/2P2rP1/4R2P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{R+P Position 28  BLACK TO MOVE [#]} 1... h4 $1 2. Rg2 h3 3. Rd2 (3. Rg1 Rf2)
3... Rf1 *

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kopec,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p3kp2/1pr3p1/7p/8/2P1P3/PP5P/1K4R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{R+P Position 16  BLACK TO MOVE [#]} 1... Re6 *

[Event "New York NY ch active"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bierkens"]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Kopec,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

{The following game is noteworthy primarily because it illustrates that we
practice what we preach.  True, White could well have resigned, some 10 moves
earlier with no doubt in the outcome, but he obviously had not read our
theories.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 {One of my strategies against the
c3-Sicilizn is that the control of the  d5 square will be to Black's advantage
in the long term.} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9.
O-O $5 {White voluntarily falls for a little combination, but maybe he has a
trap in mind.} Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 ({If} 10... Bxb5 11. Nxf7 $1 {and White has
some play because of the exposed position of the Black King.}) 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7
12. dxe5 {The general belief in positions such as this which may also arise
from the Alekhine's Defense is that White's pawn on e5 is somewhat overexposed.
I  plan to prove this in the ensuing ending.} Qxd1 13. Rxd1 e6 14. Nc3 {I
wanted to play 14. ...Bb4 so that on 15.Ne4 Ke7 16.a3 a6 but wasn't sure how
good this position would be for Black.  The motivation behind 14. ...Bb4 would
be to gain full, permanent control of the d5 square.} Rc8 15. Be3 Nc4 {Now I
was prepared for 16.Bxa7 Nxb2 17.Rb1 Nd3 18.Bd4 etc., but I could also play 17.
...Rxc3 18.Rxb2 Rc7  with a pretty equal game.} 16. Bd4 Bc5 $1 {Black
continues his strategy of trading off pieces to reduce White's attack (he was
banging out every one of his moves) and emphasizes the weaknesses on b2 and e5.
} 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nd6+ Nxd6 19. exd6 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Kd7 {Black has a won ending
due since he controls the only open file, his King is active and the White
d-pawn is weak and blockaded.} 21. Rb4 b5 22. a4 {White played these last few
moves quickly. I instantly hit back with Rc4 to show that I had not been
surprised!} Rc4 {Now if 23. Rb3 b4 is strong for Black.} 23. Rxc4 bxc4 {
Through the structural transformations which have occurred White's b-pawn is
weak (backward) in addition to his over-exposed d-pawn.  So now we are in
Category 3: better Pawns and King for Black.} 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Kf1 Kxd6 $5 {
More accurate here may have been 25. ...Rc6! to prevent 26.b3.  Now if 26.b3 I
was completely prepared to play 26...Rb8 27.bxc4 Kc5 28.Rc1 Rb7 etc. which is
results in an ending very simiilar to the ending (with the same material and
pawn structure) against Finegold (1975) shown earlier in this article.} 26. Ke2
Rc7 27. Kd2 Kc5 28. Kc3 Rb7 {Again I was completely prepared for White's
attempts at activity -- they are very typical.  It helps that Black is a pawn
up which is an extra bargaining chip!} 29. Rd1 Rb3+ 30. Kc2 Rd3 $1 {The
resulting K+P ending would offer White no hope. It helps to know your K+P
endings when playing other endings.} 31. Re1 Kb4 32. Re4 Kc5 33. Re5+ Rd5 34.
Re4 a5 {Temporizing to emphasize White's helplessness. The b-pawn is backward
and the a-pawn is a goner.} 35. Kc3 Rd3+ 36. Kc2 Kd5 37. Rg4 g6 38. Rg5+ e5 {
So the only question which remains are: we in Category 1?  Recall that is
better R, P, and K.  Well my King is better, I have an extra pawn, and White's
a-pawn is weak.  My rook is also somewhat better positioned as a thorn in
White's position on d3.   So we must do something about the Rook activity to
convince White that he should resign.} 39. h4 h6 {Suddenly White's Rook
doesn't have a lot of moves.} 40. Rg4 Rd4 {And certainly White cannot trade
R's here.} 41. Rg3 {And now White would like to be "blessed" with 41. ...Rxh4,
but I have much more cruel and deadly move planned.  He could just resign
since I now have Category 1 and he is down 10 minutes plus on the clock and I
have more than 15 minutes left.} Rf4 $1 {If moves could talk, without banging
the pieces, this would be one of them.   This move simply says to my opponent
"Come on, be a sport, resign. I have Category 1 and I am a pawn up, soon to be
2 and you can't do anything about it."   But my opponent would simply not
listen.} 42. f3 Rxh4 43. Kc3 g5 44. b4 cxb3 45. Kxb3 f5 {Now the threat is f4
--- but White will not give up.} 46. f4 Rxf4 47. Rd3+ Rd4 48. Rc3 Rb4+ 49. Ka3
e4 50. Rc8 e3 51. Ra8 Re4 52. Rxa5+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "New York Paige mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Black "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Schleifer,M"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rr4k1/3n1pp1/4bq1p/3p4/p1p2N2/Q3P3/PPR1BPPP/5RK1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

21... d4 $2 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 dxe3 24. fxe3 Qxb2 $4 25. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 26.
Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Rxa8 1-0

[Event "New York Paige mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solomon, Kenneth"]
[Black "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "Schleifer,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
Nf3 a5 9. Bg5 h6 $5 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6) 10... a4 11. Nd2 d6
12. e3 e5 13. f3 O-O 14. Be2 Be6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. O-O Qe7 17. f4 $2 exf4 18.
exf4 Bf5 19. Bf3 Rfe8 20. g4 $6 Bd3 21. Rf2 Qe3 22. f5 Re5 23. Rd1 Ra6 $5 24.
Kg2 Rb6 25. Bd5 Re8 26. Nf3 Rb3 27. Qd4 Be2 28. Rd2 Bxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Nd3 30. Qxe3
Rxe3 31. Rf1 Ne1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Rxd6 Rxb2+ 34. Kg3 Rb3 35. Kf2 Re7 36. Rd8+
Kh7 37. Bd5 Rxa3 38. Rf8 Rb3 39. c5 Rb2+ 40. Kf3 a3 41. Ra8 Rd7 42. Ke4 Re7+
43. Kd4 Rd7 44. Ke4 Re2+ 45. Kf3 Rxh2 46. c6 bxc6 47. Bc4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "New York Paige mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Colding, Ernest"]
[Black "Morrison, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Qb3 b6 13. Ng5 Nf7 14. Ne6 Nd8
15. Nxd8 Qxd8 16. Nc4 Bf7 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Qd1 Qg6 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4
O-O-O 21. Rfe1 Rd3 22. f3 a5 23. g5 a4 24. a3 Rhd8 25. Kf2 Kb7 26. Rh1 Bg8 27.
Rae1 Ka6 28. g3 Kb5 29. f4 Kc4 30. Kf3 Kb3 31. Rh2 Rd1 32. Ree2 Rf1+ 33. Kg4
Rdd1 34. Kf5 Rd8 35. Kg4 Rdd1 36. f5 c5 37. Rd2 Rde1 38. Bf2 Rd1 39. Be3 g6 40.
Rxd1 Rxd1 41. f6 Rf1 42. Bf2 Kxb2 43. Kf3 Kxa3 44. Rxh7 Kb2 45. Rg7 Bc4 46. Rd7
a3 47. Rd5 Bxd5 48. exd5 Rh1 0-1

[Event "New York Paige mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Muhammad, Stephen"]
[Black "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4
Nh5 9. Bh2 e5 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Re1 f5 12. Bf1 Kh8 13. Rc1 b6 14. b4 Bb7 15. c5
dxc5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. dxe5 f4 18. e6 Nb6 19. exf4 Nxf4 20. Ne5 Nxe6 21. Qg4
Rae8 22. Ne4 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Bxe5 24. Bxe5+ Qxe5 25. Nxc5 Qf6 26. Rxe8 Qxf2+ 27.
Kh1 Rxe8 28. Nxb7 Nd5 29. Nd6 Re3 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. Qxc6 Nf4 32. Qd7+ Kf6 33.
Qf7+ Kg5 34. Rc5+ Kh4 35. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Guelph Summer ProAm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gillanders, Bob"]
[Black "Knechtel, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Nge2 f5 8. f3 f4
9. Bf2 b6 10. Nc1 Nf6 11. a3 g5 12. Rb1 h5 13. b4 Ng6 14. c5 g4 15. Bb5+ Kf7
16. Bc6 Rb8 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nd3 h4 19. Kd2 Bh6 20. a4 g3 21. Be1 h3 22. Qe2
hxg2 23. Qxg2 Nh4 24. Qe2 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Bg4 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 27. hxg3 f3+ 28. Kc2
Be3 29. Bd2 Bxd2 30. Kxd2 Qg5+ 31. Kc2 Rh2+ 32. Kb3 Rbh8 33. Rhf1 Qe3 34. Rbd1
f2 35. Nb2 Qxg3 36. Nc4 Ke7 37. Bb5 R8h3 38. Rc1 Qf4 39. Kb2 Ne3 40. Nxe3 Qxe3
41. Be2 Qd4 42. b5 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto CA ch f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baltgailis, Vesma"]
[Black "Starr, Nava"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1965"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
e4 9. Nf4 d6 10. b3 Qe8 11. h4 a6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nce2 h6 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nd4
Nfg4 16. Rb1 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nfe6 Qh5 19. Re1 Bxe6 20. Nxe6 Qh2+ 21. Kf1
Nf3 22. Bxg7 Qg1+ 23. Ke2 Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "Kingston sim"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sibbald, Peter"]
[Black "Ross, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Sibbald,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. f4
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. O-O dxc3 13. Bxc3 (13. Nxc3 Nxe5)
13... b6 14. Rf3 Nf5 15. Rh3 Nce7 16. Bb4 Qd7 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19.
Rxh7 Qc7 20. Nd4 Qc5 21. Rd1 Ke8 22. Kh1 Nxd4 23. Qxg7 Kd7 (23... Qe7) 24.
Qxf7+ Kc6 25. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Unamaki op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mayo, Alvah"]
[Black "Cooper, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[Annotator "Cooper,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. fxe4 Bg6 8.
Bb5 Bb4 9. Qd3 Qe7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nd5 Qd6 12. Qc4 Ba5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6
Rfe8 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Nf3 Bxe4 17. Nf4 Rac8 18. c3 d5 19. Kd2 Bc7 20. Nd3 Bd6
21. Rhf1 g5 22. g3 Kg7 23. Nfe1 Kg6 24. b4 h5 25. Nc5 Rh8 26. Rf2 h4 27. g4 h3
28. Nd7 Bf4+ 29. Rxf4 gxf4 30. Nc5 Kg5 31. c4 Rhe8 32. Nxe4+ Rxe4 33. c5 Rxd4+
34. Nd3 Re8 35. Rc1 Re3 36. Rc3 Rexd3+ 37. Rxd3 Rxb4 38. Rxd5+ Kxg4 39. Kc3 Rb1
40. Rd4 Kf3 41. Rc4 Ke3 42. Kc2 Rb7 43. Rc3+ Ke2 44. Rxh3 f3 45. Rh6 Rc7 46.
Rxf6 Rxc5+ 47. Kb3 f2 48. Kb4 Re5 49. Rxf7 f1=Q 0-1

