[Event "Winnipeg CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lipnowski, Michael"]
[Black "Raheb, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "1799"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[Annotator "Poitras,L"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Re8 (9... b5 $1) 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Bf4 c4 13. Bc2 Nc5 14.
Nc3 Nh5 15. Bh2 Qb6 16. Ra2 Be5 17. Bxe5 (17. Nxe5) 17... dxe5 18. Nd2 Qb4 19.
Qe2 Nd3 20. Rb1 (20. Bxd3 Nf4) 20... Nhf4 21. Qe3 Bd7 22. a5 $1 Rac8 23. Ba4
Bb5 $1 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Qb6 Ne2+ $2 (25... Qe7 $1 26. Qxb5 $2 Qg5) 26. Nxe2
Qxd2 27. d6 $1 Red8 28. Nc3 Nb4 29. Rd1 Qg5 $2 (29... Qc2) 30. Raa1 Nd3 31. Nd5
Kg7 32. Qxb7 Nxb2 (32... Qh4 33. f3) 33. Qe7 Qxe7 34. dxe7 Re8 35. Rd2 Nd3 36.
a6 Nc5 (36... b4 37. Nb6) 37. Nb6 c3 38. Rc2 b4 39. Nxc8 Rxc8 40. a7 Ra8 41.
e8=Q Rxe8 42. a8=Q Rxa8 43. Rxa8 Ne6 44. Rb8 Nd4 45. Rxb4 Nxc2 46. Rc4 Nd4 47.
f4 c2 48. Kf2 exf4 49. e5 g5 50. Ke1 Kg6 51. Kd2 c1=Q+ 52. Kxc1 Ne6 53. Ra4 Nc5
54. Ra3 Kf5 55. Rc3 Ne6 56. Rc8 h5 57. Rh8 Kg6 58. Kd2 g4 59. Kd3 Ng5 60. h4
Ne6 61. Ke4 g3 62. Rg8+ Kh7 63. Re8 Kg7 64. Re7 Kg6 65. Rxe6+ fxe6 66. Kxf4 Kh6
67. Kxg3 Kg6 68. Kf4 Kh6 69. g4 Kg6 70. gxh5+ Kxh5 71. Kg3 Kh6 72. Kg4 Kg6 73.
h5+ Kh6 74. Kh4 Kh7 75. Kg5 Kg7 76. h6+ Kh7 77. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Lipnowski, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[Annotator "Poitras,L"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3) 3... Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 $2 (5... e6
) 6. h3 Bh5 7. c4 Qd6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O-O 12.
Nc3 a6 13. Re1 Rg8 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. a4 Qf5 17. g4 Qd7 18. Nb5 $1 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Poitras,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Be3 Nd4
9. Qd2 Qd7 10. O-O f5 11. Rae1 Nh6 $2 12. Bxd4 $1 cxd4 13. Ne2 fxe4 14. dxe4
O-O $1 (14... Bxe4) 15. Nexd4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Bh3 Nf7 19. Qd7
Qxd7 20. Bxd7 Nd6 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 e4 24. Nfd4 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1
Re8 26. c3 $2 (26. Ne6 Bxb2 27. Nd2 Rc8 $1 (27... Bc3 $2 28. Nxe4) 28. Nxe4
Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxc2) 26... a5 $2 (26... Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Re5) 27. Ne6 Be5 28. Nd2
1-0

[Event "Winnipeg CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gushuliak, Justin"]
[Black "Moskvitch, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Poitras,L"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bc2 Nc6 (6... d4) 7. d4 b6
8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Ba6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd2 b5 14.
Rac1 Qb6 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Kh1 Rc7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 O-O 19. Nhf4 (19. f4) 19...
Rfc8 20. Nh5 Bf8 21. f4 Nb4 (21... g6) 22. Rxc7 Nxd3 $2 23. Rxc8 Nxb2 24. Bb4
Nc4 25. f5 $2 (25. Rf3) 25... exf5 26. Nhf4 Qb7 27. Re8 a5 28. Be7 Qc6 29. e6
$2 fxe6 30. Bxf8 (30. Ng6 Kf7) 30... Nxf8 31. Rd8 Kf7 32. Nxd5 $1 Nd7 33. Ndf4
g5 (33... Nf6 $1) 34. d5 $1 exd5 35. Nd4 Qf6 $2 (35... Qb7) 36. Rxd7+ (36. Nfe6
) 36... Ke8 37. Rxd5 gxf4 38. Re1+ $2 (38. Rxf4) 38... Ne3 39. Nxf5 Kf8 40.
Nxe3 fxe3 41. Rxb5 $2 (41. Rd3 Qf2 42. Rdxe3 Qxa2 43. Rf3+ Kg7 44. Rg3+) 41...
e2 42. Rbb1 Qf2 43. Rec1 h5 44. Re1 h4 45. h3 Ke7 46. Rbd1 Ke6 47. Kh2 Ke5 48.
Kh1 Ke4 49. Kh2 a4 50. Kh1 a3 51. Kh2 Ke3 52. Kh1 Qg3 53. Kg1 Qf4 54. Kh1 Kf2
55. Rb1 Qd2 56. Rg1 Qxa2 57. Rb8 Qf7 58. Rbb1 a2 59. Ra1 Qd5 60. Rac1 Qd2 61.
Rc8 e1=Q 62. Rf8+ Ke2 63. Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Black "Raheb, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[Annotator "Poitras,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O (7...
d4) 8. O-O (8. d4) 8... d4 9. Ne4 Nbd7 (9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7) 10. Nf4 Rb8 11.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nh5 $2 (12. c3) 12... Nxh5 13. Qxh5 b5 14. Bf4 Rb6 15. Rfe1 g6
16. Qe2 Re8 17. Qd2 Re6 18. Rxe6 Bxe6 19. Bc6 $6 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qa5 (21.
Re1) 21... Bd8 $1 22. Qa3 $4 g5 23. Bd2 Re2 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. Be1 Bb6 26. Qb3 c4
27. dxc4 d3 28. Qxd3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Qxe1+ 31. Kg2 Qf2+ 32. Kh3
bxc4 33. Qxc4 h5 34. Qd3 Be3 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Davies, Noam"]
[Black "Strub, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[Annotator "Poitras,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 (9. Be2) 9... Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 (12. Ne5)
12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 c6 $2 (13... Be6) 14. Bh6 $1 (14. Bg5) 14... gxh6 15. Re5
Qd7 16. Rae1 Be6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Qxh8+ Bf8 20. Qf6 Be7 21. Rxe6
Rc8 22. Re1 Kd8 23. Qh8+ Kc7 24. Qxh7 Bb4 25. Rc1+ Kd6 26. Qxh6+ Ke7 27. Qg7+
Kd6 28. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Raheb, David"]
[Black "Moskvitch, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Poitras,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 c5 (9... Ne4) 10. Ne5 (10. Bd3) 10... Bb7 11. Bd3 (11. Be2) 11...
Nbd7 12. Nxd7 (12. f4) 12... Qxd7 13. O-O c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. f3 Rfe8 16. Qc2 g6
17. Ne2 $2 Ng4 18. fxg4 (18. Bf2 Nxf2 19. Rxf2) 18... Bxh4 19. Rf3 Bg5 20. Rcf1
Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Re7 22. h3 Rae8 23. Nf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Re1 25. Qf2 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1
Qe7 27. Kh2 Kg7 28. Qf3 Qd6 29. Qg3 Re6 30. g5 hxg5 31. Qxg5 Rf6 32. Kg3 b4 33.
h4 Bc6 34. Qxf6+ Qxf6 35. Rxf6 Kxf6 36. Kf4 Ba4 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. Bc2 Bf5 39. Ba4
Bb1 40. a3 c3 41. axb4 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Moskvitch, Andrei"]
[Black "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Poitras,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 (4... e6) 5. Nf3 $5 (5. c3 e5) 5...
Nb4 6. Nc3 Nxd3+ 7. Qxd3 e6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. O-O (10. c4 Bb4+) 10...
d6 (10... f5) 11. c4 Bb7 12. d5 $2 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14. Re1 $2 (14. Qe2 $1)
14... O-O 15. dxe6 $4 Bxe5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. e7 Rd7 18. Bf4 f6 19. Bxe5 fxe5
20. Rxe5 Re8 21. Rae1 Kf7 22. Rf5+ Kg6 23. Rf8 Rexe7 0-1

[Event "Winnipeg CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Lipnowski, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

{We often read in chess books about "positional exchange sacrifices", and if a
grandmaster gives up his rook on c3 for a knight in Sicilian, we make wise
"knowing smiles" and don't think of this as anything special. However, as I
must admit, in the following game my opponent's positional sacrifice came as a
total shock for me. Even if there was a refutation, I could not think normally,
and decided to escape with a draw offer.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3
O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 Re8 (8... c6 {is the most popular
choice.}) 9. Re1 c6 10. h3 Qc7 11. b3 a6 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 {is another
option}) 12. Bb2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. a4 b4 {A
positionally dangerous move, as now White has a protected a4 pawn, c4 outpost
and pressure along 'c' file. Michael, however, had a creative idea in mind...
? !} (16... bxa4 17. Nxa4 $14) 17. Nb1 Ra5 18. Nbd2 Rc5 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Bf1 Qb8
21. Qd2 {? the strange rook on c5 played its role: I fail to find the right
way:} (21. Bc1 {!} Bxc4 (21... Nb6 22. Be3 Rxc4 23. bxc4) 22. Bxc4 Ra5 23. Be3
{would bring White a solid positional advantage.}) 21... Bxc4 22. Bxc4 {%09DB}
(22. bxc4 Ra5 {is fine for Black}) 22... Rxc4 {Objectively, I believe the
sacrifice was not fully correct: for the exchange Black gets a great square
for his knight on c5, and a dangerous 'b' pawn. Everything depends on whether
or not Black will manage to activate the rest of his pieces and prevents me
from pushing the 'a' pawn. ! ?} 23. bxc4 Nc5 24. Qc2 Nfd7 ({Being a
materialist by nature, I expected} 24... b3 {!? If White plays incorrectly,
Black gains powerful initiative. For example:} 25. Qd2 {? !} (25. Qb1 $14 {!
is best; now because the weak e5 pawn Black has problems}) 25... Nfxe4 26. Qa5
Nxf2 27. Qxc5 Nd3 28. Qa3 e4) 25. Nd2 h5 {!? Black's last several moves had a
strong psychological effect on me: instead of trying to get material back, he
plays moves that pursue purely positional long term goals: for example,
weakening my king.} 26. Nb3 {? rather pointless, because the exchange of
knights favours Black. Better was} (26. a5 {and if} Na6 27. Nb3) 26... h4 27.
Nxc5 (27. a5) 27... Nxc5 28. Bc1 {?} ({after} 28. gxh4 {! ?} Qd8 {Black wins
the pawn back and gets his queen activated. Besides, I did not want to
surrender an important 'f4' square. However,} (28... Bh6 29. h5 {! ?} gxh5 {? !
} 30. Qd1) 29. Qd1 Qxh4 30. Qg4 {forces Black to retreat.}) 28... hxg3 29. fxg3
Rd8 30. Kg2 {!? being upset about the course of the game (I have to defend!)
and now not being able to find ways to consolidate (I missed them!), I offered
a draw, which my opponent accepted. The position is already unclear.  While
the game got no logical conclusion, Black's creative idea was clearly
successful!} ({Here is a possible variation:} 30. Kg2 b3 31. Qe2 Rd4 32. Be3
Rxe4 33. Rab1 Bh6 34. Qf3 Bxe3 35. Rxe3 Rxc4 36. Rf1 Rc2+ 37. Kh1 f5 38. Qxc6
Kh7 $15) (30. Rf1 Rd3 31. Qf2 Qf8 {and Black has counterplay:} 32. Re1 Rc3 $13)
(30. a5 {?} Rd3 31. Be3 Rc3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winnipeg CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moskvitch, Andrei"]
[Black "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[Annotator "Moskvitch,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 {In games bef'united
pawns're R'united pawns'man played 5...Nc6 and had g'united pawns''united
pawns'd results. H'united pawns'wever, he th'united pawns'ught that I was
prepared f'united pawns'r him s'united pawns' he wanted t'united pawns'
suprise me.} 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... Nc6 {$2$1} 7. c5 {%05gives white an edge
f'united pawns'r e'weak point'amle} b6 8. Bb5 {and the white squares 'united
pawns'n the queen side are t'united pawns''united pawns' weak} Bd7 9. Qa4 Rc8)
(6... Bb4 {$1$2  this m'united pawns've has bec'united pawns'me very p'united
pawns'pular resently} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2
Nf6 {with an interesting game, and white still have t'united pawns' pr'united
pawns''united pawns've that they have en'united pawns'ugh play f'united
pawns'r the is'united pawns'lated pawn.}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 (7... exd5 {$1$2}) 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Nxc3 (10... b6 {$2$1 is c'united pawns'nsidered
t'united pawns' give an advantage t'united pawns' white after} 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Bb5 {h'united pawns'wever, it is n'united pawns't easy f'united pawns'r
white t'united pawns' pr'united pawns''united pawns've that it's en'united
pawns'ugh t'united pawns' win due t'united pawns' alm'united pawns'st perfect
symmetry 'united pawns'f the pawn structure}) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. h4 $1
{Actually this m'united pawns've d'united pawns'esn't need an e'weak
point'clamati'united pawns'n mark because it's just the'united pawns'ry.
N'united pawns'w black has a few c'united pawns'ntinuati'united pawns'ns
t'united pawns' ch'united pawns''united pawns'se fr'united pawns'm.} Rc8 (13...
Bxh4 {the m'united pawns'st played. White is d'united pawns'wn a pawn f'united
pawns'r an attack, but black has g'united pawns''united pawns'd defencive
ress'united pawns'urces. H'united pawns'wever, game statistic sh'united
pawns'ws that white has better chances.} 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 g6 16. Rg3 {
with a danger'united pawns'us attack. F'united pawns'r e'weak point'ample,} Qf6
17. Bg5 Qg7 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Qf4 e5 20. Qh4 h5 21. Bf6 Qh7 22. d5 Nd8 23. Bb5
Rf8 24. Rd1 {Seelman T-Nai.M 2'double pawns''double pawns''double pawns'  $16})
(13... Qd5 {with the idea 'united pawns'f st'united pawns'ping white's attack
with an active queen in the center and the p'united pawns'ssibility 'united
pawns'f rapidely placing the r'united pawns''united pawns'ks 'united pawns'n
the 'd' and 'c' files. It als'united pawns' pins the knight 'united pawns'n
'f3' due t'united pawns' the threat 'united pawns'f mate 'united pawns'n g2
after reatreating the knight fr'united pawns'm c6. Yet, black's plans fail due
t'united pawns' an interesting maner 'united pawns'f white's r'united
pawns''united pawns'k.} 14. Rb1 $1 Rac8 15. Rb5 Qd6 16. d5 Ba6 17. dxc6 Rfd8
18. Qa4 Qxd3 19. Qxa6 Rxc6 20. Be3 {+- Anand V.-Timman J. 1992}) (13... Bf6 {
the m'united pawns'st s'united pawns'lid c'united pawns'ntinuati'united
pawns'n. But it's just t'united pawns''united pawns' sl'united pawns'w. White
easily gets g'united pawns''united pawns'd piece play 'united pawns'n the king
side and in the center.} 14. Ng5 g6 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Ba3 Re8 {$2$2} (
17... Qd7 18. Re3 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qd6 Rxe3 22. Qxd7 Rxe1+
23. Kh2 Bxg5 24. Qxb7 Bf4+ 25. g3 $16) 18. Nxe6 {$1+-  with a winning attack
Mikhalishin-Adrian 1989}) 14. Ng5 Bxg5 {$2$1} (14... g6 $2 15. Nxh7 Kxh7 16.
Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Re4 {+-} Ne5 20. Rxe5 Rf5 21. Qh6+ Kg8
22. Qxe6+ {+-}) (14... h6 {%05Black must play}) 15. Bxg5 $16 f6 $2 {all'united
pawns'ws white t'united pawns' have an attack that ends in a technically
w'united pawns'n endgame} (15... Ne7 {Black must bring their pieces t'united
pawns' the king side as s'united pawns''united pawns'n as p'united
pawns'ssible. The m'united pawns've in the game weakens the square 'g6' and
all'united pawns'ws white a sacrifice that c'united pawns'mpletely 'united
pawns'pens black's king.}) 16. Qh5 g6 17. Bxg6 $1 Qd7 {everything else
l'united pawns''united pawns'ses right away} (17... hxg6 $2 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19.
Rxe6 fxg5 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Rg6+ Kf7 22. Re1 {+-  winning}) 18. Bh6 hxg6 19.
Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Bxf8 (20. Rxe6 {$2$1  leads t'united pawns' a c'united
pawns'mple'weak point' p'united pawns'siti'united pawns'n where back have
g'united pawns''united pawns'd chances 'united pawns'f equalizing while
keeping the e'weak point'tra piece against three pawns} Qf7 21. h5 Ne7 22. Rxe7
Qxe7 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Re1 Bd5 $10) 20... Rxf8 21. Re3 (21. Qh6+ {$1$2  may be
much better. F'united pawns'r e'weak point'ample'separated pawns'} Kg8 22. Re3
Rf7 (22... Kf7 $2 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. d5 {+-}) 23. Rg3+ Rg7 24. Qxf6 Rxg3 25. fxg3
Qf7 26. Rf1 Qxf6 27. Rxf6 Nd8 28. c4 {+- and the tw'united pawns' pieces are
usless against a r'united pawns''united pawns'k and f'united pawns'ur pawns in
this p'united pawns'siti'united pawns'n s'united pawns' black has n'united
pawns' c'united pawns'unterplay whats'united pawns'ever.}) 21... Qg7 22. Qh5+
Qh7 23. Qxh7+ {%05 In this p'united pawns'siti'united pawns'n I put my hand
'united pawns'ver white's r'united pawns''united pawns'k 'united pawns'n 'e3'.
I'm guess R'united pawns'man alm'united pawns'st had a heart attack'separated
pawns' he c'united pawns'uld n'united pawns't believe that I'm blundering the
queen. But I had t'united pawns' dissap'united pawns'int him, s'united pawns'
I played  H'united pawns'wever, this small psyc'united pawns'l'united
pawns'gical trick payed 'united pawns'ff, as he wasted a few minutes getting
back t'united pawns' the game.} Kxh7 24. Rxe6 Kg6 {this p'united
pawns'siti'united pawns'n is thecnically w'united pawns'n f'united pawns'r
white, yet they have t'united pawns' be very carful, because black has
straight f'united pawns'rward c'united pawns'unterplay, which is, putting the
knight in d5, bish'united pawns'p 'united pawns'n a6 'united pawns'r c4 and
attacking white's c3 pawn 'united pawns'r bl'united pawns'cking the m'united
pawns'vement 'united pawns'f white's pawns 'united pawns'n the kingside with
the r'united pawns''united pawns'k and the king.} 25. Rae1 {the m'united
pawns'st natural m'united pawns've in this p'united pawns'siti'united pawns'n.
White are planning t'united pawns' play f2-f4, g2-g4-g5 and create c'united
pawns'nnected passed pawns.} (25. d5 {$1$2  seems intersting with the idea
'united pawns'f e'weak point'changing the pawn 'united pawns'n d5 with the
pawn 'united pawns'n a7} Ne5 26. Re7 Bxd5 27. Rxa7 {and then trying t'united
pawns' make a pass pawn 'united pawns'n 'a' 'united pawns'r 'c' file. But
black may have the time t'united pawns' capture the pawn 'united pawns'n c3
which will make the p'united pawns'siti'united pawns'n a draw.}) (25. Rd1 {
with the idea 'united pawns'f pushing the 'd' pawn als'united pawns' l'united
pawns''united pawns'ks g'united pawns''united pawns'd.}) 25... Rd8 26. Re8 {
$2$1} (26. g4 {is better, treatening g5 with creati'united pawns'n 'united
pawns'f c'united pawns'nnected passed pawns}) 26... Rd5 {$2$1  wasting time.
Black sh'united pawns'uld stick t'united pawns' their plan, i.e'separated
pawns' Rd7, Kf7, Ne7. H'united pawns'wever, it's still l'united pawns''united
pawns'sing because white's pawns m'united pawns've faster, f'united pawns'r
e'weak point'ample'separated pawns' 26)...Rd7 27)g4 Kf7 28)Rh8 Kg7 29)Ree8 Ne7
3'double pawns')h5 f'united pawns'll'united pawns'wed by h6-h7} (26... Rxe8 $2
{e'weak point'changing the r'united pawns''united pawns'ks will be a murder
f'united pawns'r black because white w'united pawns'uld just have t'united
pawns' push their kingside pawns f'united pawns'rward and queen}) (26... Rd7
27. g4 Kf7 28. Rh8 Kg7 29. Ree8 Ne7) 27. g4 {Here I calculated a line that I
th'united pawns'ught gives me an easy win, but I missed the very last black's
m'united pawns've which gave R'united pawns'man a g'united pawns''united
pawns'd p'united pawns'siti'united pawns'n.} Rd7 (27... Ra5 {$1$2} 28. h5+ Kf7
29. Rh8 Kg7 30. Ree8 {+-  and h6-h7 winning}) 28. f4 Kf7 29. R8e3 {$2$1  here
is the white's first mistake} (29. h5 $1 {%05Winning is} Ne5 30. fxe5 Kxe8 31.
exf6+ Kf8 32. g5 Rd5 33. Re5 {and black's e'weak point'tra bish'united pawns'p
cann'united pawns't st'united pawns'p the white's far advanced pawns}) 29...
Ne7 30. c4 $2 {an'united pawns'ther mistake f'united pawns'r white. Yet, in my
calculati'united pawns'n that was the punch-m'united pawns've. I wanted
t'united pawns' sacrifice the 'c' pawn t'united pawns' be able t'united pawns'
win a few temp'united pawns's f'united pawns'r advancing the pawn 'united
pawns'n 'h' file. But it d'united pawns'esn't w'united pawns'rk as the game
sh'united pawns'ws.} (30. g5 {%05much better is} Nd5 31. Re6 {and white is
still d'united pawns'minating.}) 30... Ba6 31. h5 $2 (31. c5 {is the 'united
pawns'nly way t'united pawns' keep s'united pawns'me advantage} Nd5 (31... Nc6
32. cxb6 axb6 33. Kf2 Rxd4 34. Kg3 {%02$16\+$10}) 32. Ra3 Bb5 33. f5 $16 {
(Fritz)}) 31... Bxc4 32. h6 Nd5 33. h7 Kg7 34. Rh3 Rd8 $1 {This is the
m'united pawns've that I missed while starting this line. N'united pawns'w the
p'united pawns'siti'united pawns'n is at least equal because white l'united
pawns''united pawns'ses his king side pawns.} 35. g5 (35. Kf2 {l'united
pawns''united pawns'ks interesting but I didn't even c'united pawns'nsider it,
becuse R'united pawns'man was in s'united pawns'me time tr'united pawns'uble
s'united pawns' I had t'united pawns' make s'united pawns'me c'united
pawns'mplicati'united pawns'ns desperately waiting f'united pawns'r his
mistake, which he made the ne'weak point't m'united pawns've.}) 35... Nxf4 {
$2$2  Here it is'separated pawns' 'united pawns'ne 'united pawns'f the few
l'united pawns''united pawns'sing m'united pawns'ves in this p'united
pawns'siti'united pawns'n.} (35... fxg5 36. fxg5 Rh8 {at least equalizes.
N'united pawns'w, h'united pawns'wever, everything is 'united pawns'ver
f'united pawns'r black.}) 36. h8=Q+ Rxh8 37. gxf6+ Kxf6 38. Rxh8 Ne2+ 39. Kf2 {
Black resigns.} 1-0

[Event "New York SmartChess"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Shahade, Greg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. h4 {I could not find any
games with this move.  Greg knows a lot of theory, so from early on I wanted
to get an original position on the board and put him into unkown ground.} Nge7
{Black tries to counter my attack on the kingside with a break in the center. 
This is usually a good strategy, but in this case it has a flaw.} ({With black
I would prefer} 6... h5 {although after} 7. Bg2 {white is slightly better}) 7.
h5 d5 $2 {Overlooking white's reply.} 8. Bg5 $1 h6 {Otherwise, I would have
pushed my pawn to h6, moved the bishop to f6, and black would be lost.} ({If} 
8... d4 9. Ne4 f5 10. h6 fxe4 11. hxg7 Rg8 12. Nd2 $16 e3 13. fxe3 Rxg7 14. Ne4
{and white is much better.}) 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5
({There was an interesting alternative here.} 12. Qa4+ Bd7 (12... Kf8 13. Qc4
$16) 13. Qe4 Nxc3 14. Qxg6+ (14. bxc3 Qf6 {with Bc6 next, and black has
counterplay.}) 14... Kf8 15. bxc3 e4 {and here I did not see during the game}
16. Nd2 Bxc3 17. Rh4 $1 $16 Be5 (17... Bxa1 18. Rf4+) 18. Rxe4 $16) 12... Qxd5
13. Bg2 $16 {Black has a bishops' pair, but that is not a factor here.  White
is much better due to a better pawn structure and a powerful bishop on g2.} e4
{Black tries to get some counterplay, as opposed to being squeezed to death.}
14. Nh4 Bxb2 15. Bxe4 Qe6 16. Nxg6 $1 (16. Bxg6+ Kd8 17. Rb1 Qxa2 {and white
would lose some of his advantage.}) 16... Bxa1 (16... Bc3+ 17. Kf1 {does not
make a difference.}) 17. Qxa1 Rg8 18. Rh5 {The most forcing continuation. 
Black is forced into a lost endgame.} Rxg6 19. Re5 Kd8 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Qc3 {
Picking up another pawn.  White is now winning easily.} Bd7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23.
Bd5 Rb1+ 24. Kd2 Reb6 25. Qxc5 R1b2+ 26. Ke3 R2b5 27. Qf8+ Kc7 28. Qf4+ Kd8 29.
Bc4 Rf5 30. Qd4 Kc7 31. f4 h5 32. Kd2 1-0

[Event "New York SmartChess"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2q4k/ppr3r1/4p3/P1Pp1p2/3P1P1p/1R2P1p1/6PP/1R2Q1K1 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 34. h3 $2 ({Ishould have played} 34. a6 b6 35. cxb6 axb6 36. Rxb6
Kh7 37. Rb7 $1 Rxb7 38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. axb7 Qxb7 40. hxg3 hxg3 41. Qxg3 $16 {I
saw this line but was afraid of miscalculating.  In the endgame, white has
much better chances for victory than black for drawing.} Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qe4 43.
Kh3 $18) 34... Kh7 35. Kf1 Kg6 36. Qe2 Rc6 37. Rb5 Qd7 38. Qb2 Rc7 39. Ke1 Qc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York SmartChess"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Bf8 $5 {Interesting system.  It
must be sound since Ivanchuk used it to beat Kasparov in classical chess 
(Horgen 1995; instead of 5.Bd2, Kasparov played 5.a3, but that makes no
significant difference.)} 6. Nf3 {Early h4 (either on this move or the next)
is the only way to fight for the advantage.} Ne7 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Nb5 Nc8 {
preparing c6.  All the games were being transmitted live on ICC.  I later
found out, that this unusual game attracted interesting comments questioning
if the moves are presented correctly.} 9. Be2 $6 {White plays very safe, but
black has a good position anyway.  Black's usual problem with the
light-squared bishop is solved through exchange.} (9. Ng5 Qd7 (9... c6 10. Qh5
g6 11. Qf3 Qd7 12. Qf6 Rg8 13. Nc3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 h5 $13) 10. Qh5 (10. Qf3 c6)
10... g6 11. Qf3 Bg7 $11) 9... c6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. c4
c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Be7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ned4 O-O 18. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York SmartChess"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Cela, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rrk1/pppqnpb1/7p/3Pp3/2P1B1b1/1P1N4/PB1Q3P/R4RK1 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 21. Bxe5 $2 {does not pose enough difficulties for black.  My
opponent was in time trouble, and I wanted to keep more pieces on the board.} (
{However, much better is} 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 (21... Qc8 22. d6 cxd6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7
24. Nxg4 $16) 22. Bxe5 Ng6 23. Qxh6 Rxe5 24. Bxg6 f5 25. h3 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7
27. hxg4 Kxg6 28. Rxf5 Rfxf5 29. gxf5+ Kxf5 30. Rf1+ Kg6 31. Kf2 $18 {with Re1,
Ke3-d4 coming up next.  Since black cannot trade rooks,the white king marches
first to the queenside after which I should win without much difficulty.}) {
Game was drawn after} 21... Ng6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rae1 f5 24. Bg2 b6 25. h3 Bh5
26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qd6 29. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York SmartChess"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 {Interesting response.  A few months earlier, at the
Montreal International, I used the Grand Prix attack (1.e4 c5 2.f4) to
surprise my opponent (the game is in the October issue of En Passant), and now
Irina was trying to get even with the same system.  Surprisingly, after 2...f5,
theory does not show a clear way for white to obtain advantage.} 3. e3 Nf6 4.
d4 Nc6 5. Nge2 {I did not play Nf3, because I figured that she would
eventually play e4, after which I would lose a move retreating the knight. 
Also, after she plays e4, my knight on e2 has a nice square on f4.} d6 6. g3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O ({Other options are} 8. b4 O-O 9. Rb1 $14 (9. b5 Na5 10. Qa4
c5 $13)) (8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. b3 {and white is
slightly better, but I did not feel like this position would offer enough
winning chances.}) 8... O-O 9. Rb1 e4 10. f3 (10. b4 d5 $11) 10... exf3 11.
Bxf3 a5 12. Nf4 g5 $5 13. Nfe2 Ne7 14. d5 $14 {Gaining space and making room
on the d4 square for the knight.} Ng6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bg2 ({After} 16. Be2 Ne4
$1 {black is fine as the following variation illustrates.} 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18.
bxc3 Qe7 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. Qxf5 Rf8 22. Qe6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 b6)
16... Nxc4 17. Nxf5 Ne5 ({After} 17... Bxf5 18. Rxf5 h6 19. e4 {white has
better chances due to black's weakness on light squares.} ({or} 19. Qe2 Ne5 20.
e4)) 18. e4 Nfg4 19. Nxg7 (19. h3 Nh6 (19... Bxf5 20. exf5 Nh6 21. g4 Nhf7 22.
Ne4 $16) 20. Nxg7 (20. g4 Nhf7) 20... Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Kxg7 {transposes into the
game.}) 19... Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Kxg7 21. h3 Nh6 22. Be3 c5 $1 23. dxc6 {I have to
try to make the position as open as possible for the bishops.} bxc6 24. Rd1 Qe7
25. Ne2 Ba6 26. Qe1 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Nhf7 28. Bd4 {Here I thought that the
position was unclear, while Irina thought that I was slightly better.  While
analyzing this game, I realized she was right.} a4 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. a3 Rb8 31.
Bf3 Kg8 32. Bh5 Qc4 33. Qd2 h6 34. Rc1 {At this point we were both in mild
time trouble.} Qe6 35. Qe2 c5 36. Bc3 Rf8 37. Rf1 Nd8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qb5 $2
(39. Qa6 $1 {is more accurate because from a6 the queen also attacks d6 pawn.}
{If} g4 40. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 41. hxg4 $16) 39... g4 40. hxg4 Nf3+ $2 {It is her turn
to make a mistake.} ({After} 40... Nxg4+ 41. Bxg4 Qxg4 42. e5 $1 {white is
still better, but black has good chances for a draw.} (42. Qxa4 $2 Qe2+ 43. Kg1
Qe3+ 44. Kf1 Qf3+ 45. Ke1 Qxg3+ 46. Kd2 Qf2+ 47. Kc1 $11)) 41. Kg2 Ng5 ({
Earlier, she was counting on} 41... Qxe4 {but missed that it loses a piece to}
42. Qf1) 42. Qxa4 Nxe4 43. Qd1 $1 {White is better, but still an excellent
technique is required to win the game.  White's main asset is the passed
a-pawn.} d5 (43... Nxc3 44. Qf3+ (44. bxc3 Qa2+ 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Qe2+ $16) 44...
Kg8 45. bxc3 $18 d5 46. Qf5 Qe2+ 47. Kh3) 44. Qf3+ Kg8 45. Qf5 {The exchange
of queens is forced, after which white has bishops pair and a dangerous a-pawn.
There is also an extra pawn, even though it is doubled.} d4 46. Ba5 Nd6 47.
Qxe6+ Nxe6 48. b3 Kg7 49. a4 c4 50. bxc4 Nxc4 51. Bb4 Kf6 52. a5 {Passed pawns
should be pushed as far as possible.} (52. Kf2 $2 Nb2 53. a5 $4 Nd3+) 52... d3
53. g5+ $1 {Making room for the light-squared bishop to help escort the a-pawn
to the eighth rank.} hxg5 (53... Kxg5 54. Bf7 Kf6 55. Bxe6 Kxe6 56. a6 Kd5 57.
a7 Nb6 58. Ba5 Na8 59. g4 Kc6 (59... Ke4 60. Kg3 Ke3 61. Kh4 d2 (61... Ke2 62.
Kh5 Kf3 63. Bd2 $18) 62. Bxd2+ Kxd2 63. Kh5 $18) 60. Kf3 Kb7 61. Ke3 Kxa7 62.
Kxd3 Kb7 63. Ke4 Kc6 64. Kf5 {with an easy win for white.}) 54. a6 $18 {a-pawn
costs black a piece.} Nc7 55. a7 Ke5 56. Bc3+ Kd6 57. Kf2 Kc5 58. Bf3 Nb6 59.
Ba5 Nba8 60. Bxc7 Nxc7 61. a8=Q Nxa8 62. Bxa8 Kd4 63. Bf3 d2 64. g4 {Fritz
agrees that my technique was flawless in the endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Rayner, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

{There are many juniors in Quebec who are not so well known in the rest of
Canada.The current Quebec junior champion is Thomas Roussel -Roozmon who will
celebrate his 14th birthday early in the new year. Tom has already many fine
accomplishments in chess but in my mind the two most impressive are finishing
in the top ten at the world championship in the under 12 in Spain in 2000 and
becoming a quebec master at age 13 . Over the Christmas holidays Tom and I
journied to England to participate in the Hastings challengers tournement.This
tournement proved to be a breakthrough for Tom as he drew with his first grand
master and finished with a preformance rating of over 2300fide. I have choosen
two games to analyse both illustrating the need for good preperation and
patience above all.One of the great misconceptions a trainer encounters is the
idea that a player must be always doing something We shall see many times
nothing could be further from the truth.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2
{This is a very solid move. White avoids doubled pawns on c3.The downside is
that black gets a lead in development .} O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 $5 {This
is less poplar than 6. .b6There is also a pawn sacrifice 6...b5 which while
almost certainly not good is very complicated.} 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nf3 b6 9. g3 $6 {
This move is dubious only in the sense that it gives black time to get all his
pieces to the best squares and achieve a roughly equal position.A more
aggresive approach is needed to challenge black's setup.} Bb7 10. Bg2 c5 11.
O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 {This is a very nice looking position
but in reality white has a potentially weak bpawn and black has more pawns in
the middle of the board.} Rab8 15. Rad1 Rfd8 {Tom told me he played this just
to open the bishop on g2.} 16. Ne5 d6 (16... Nd4 $5 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 $6 (
18. b4 Qf6 19. Nf3 e5 20. e3 dxe3 21. fxe3 Qh6 22. Qd3 {is a little better for
white after Nd2}) 18... Qc5 $1 19. Nf3 Qxa3) 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ba1 $5 {Here we
have it .White puts the bishop on a square where it is gaurded and it is
easier to cover the weekness on b3.A less patient move would be f3 expelling
the strong black night.} (18. f3 Nf6 19. e3 Rb6 20. Qd3 Ne8 21. Ba1 Rdb8 22.
Rb1 $11) 18... Rb6 19. Rd3 Qb7 20. Rfd1 $6 (20. f3 $5 Ng5 (20... Nf6 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Rfd1 Qe7 $14) 21. Bc3 $1 Rb8 (21... Rxb3 $2 22. Bf6 $1 {is a very
hard to see taactic that wins material for white})) 20... Qe7 (20... Ng5 $5)
21. Be5 $1 {Diagram #} Rd7 22. Bf4 e5 23. Be3 Ra6 {Black starts to missplace
his pieces .} 24. Qb2 h6 25. b4 $1 cxb4 26. axb4 Ng5 $4 27. b5 Bxg2 28. bxa6
Be4 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Rxd6 $1 {,1-0.Why did white win this game?Mostly because
he was able to make waiting moves better than his opponent.Patience was the
key!} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thipsay, Praveen"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

{This next game is of historical value because it is Tom's first draw against
a grandmaster.Playing black against a gm is a very difficult task.When a
strong player gets control of a game it is very difficult to contain thier
initiative.The other problem is usually they are very well prepared. I
convinced Tom to try an obscure variation of the open Lopez that worked for me
when I was a kid playing in my first Ontario Championships.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 $5 {Here it is.7..d5
is almost always played.} 8. dxe5 O-O 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Bd5 Nc5 11. Nc3 {Black is
solid but very cramped.There are no pawn weekness so it is up to white to make
something out of his space advantage .Black's task is clear but difficult.He
must trade some pieces .} Qc8 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Be4 $1 {This frees d5 for the
knight} Rd8 $6 {I think it is better to keep d8 free for the bishop} (13... Re8
$5 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Na5 16. Nd5 Nc4 17. Qc3 Bd8 18. Bf4 c6 19. Ne3 d5 $11)
14. Nd5 d6 {Black is sticking to the plan of freeing his game thru exchanges.
This means it is critical white finds the right moves now or it will be too
late.} 15. Qc3 $2 {Diagram #} (15. Ng5 $1 {The strong Indian Gm Harikrishna
suggested this as a strong improvement.Indeed it seems to refute black's idea
begining with13..Rd8} Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nxg5 17. Qxg5 h6 18. Qh5 $1 {Is very
uncomfortable for black}) 15... Bf8 16. exd6 Rxd6 17. Nf4 (17. Rad1 $5) 17...
Ne7 $1 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nxe6 {Here the veteran Indian g.m. offered Tom a draw.
In my experience it is a good idea never to offer a higher rated player a draw
if you want one.Show no fear!} Rxe6 20. Ng5 Rg6 21. Qb3 Nd5 {is fine for black
so half-half.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "216"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qb2 d5 10. c5 d4 11. e3 e5 12. exd4 exd4 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ne2 b6 15.
cxb6 Qxb6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rd1 Bg4 18. Re1 Bf5 19. Qb1 Ng4 20. Ng3 Nc3 21. Qc2
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qf6 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Nf6 25. Bd2 a5 (25... Rac8 26. Nf5 Kf8
27. Rac1 Nb5 28. a4) 26. Bxc3 dxc3 27. Rac1 axb4 28. axb4 Rac8 29. Rc2 Rd3 30.
Ne4 Nd5 31. Rec1 Rxf3 32. b5 Rf4 33. Rd1 Rg4+ 34. Kf1 Rxe4 35. Rxd5 g6 36. b6
Rb4 37. Rd3 Rc6 38. Rdxc3 Rcxb6 39. Rc4 Rb1+ 40. Rc1 Kg7 41. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 42. Kg2
{Diagram #} Rb3 {After being completly outplayed in the middle game Tom has
survived to a theoretically drawn rook ending but contrary to popular belief
it is very hard to draw these kind of endings especially in sudden death which
the concluding phase was played in. The key here is again to be patient and
look for oppertunities to simplify.The fewer pawns the easeir the defense.} 43.
Rc7 Rd3 44. Ra7 Kf6 45. Rb7 Kg7 46. Ra7 Rd4 47. Kg3 g5 48. Ra6 f6 49. h3 Kg6
50. Ra3 f5 51. Ra6+ Kh5 52. Ra3 {Tom decides this is the best defensive
position} f4+ 53. Kg2 Rd6 54. Rb3 h6 55. Ra3 Kh4 56. Rb3 Rf6 57. Rb4 Rc6 58.
Rb3 Rc2 59. Ra3 h5 60. Rf3 Ra2 {Black has to go g4 to make progress.Notice how
black is in no hurry.He is hoping to run whites clock down before he commits
to his winning try.} 61. Kh2 Ra4 62. Rb3 Ra2 63. Rf3 Rb2 64. Kg2 Rc2 65. Kh2
Rc8 66. Ra3 Rc2 67. Rf3 Rc4 68. Ra3 g4 {Finally} 69. hxg4 hxg4 70. Ra2 {The
rook takes up a new defensive position on the second rank.As we shall see this
is temporary.} Re4 71. Ra8 Re2 72. Kg1 Rd2 73. Rb8 Kg5 74. Rb5+ Kh4 75. Rb8 f3
{This is the only try because after g3 the positions are all book draws that
all players over 2000 should be able to play in their sleep.} 76. Ra8 Kg5 77.
Ra4 Kf5 78. Rb4 Ra2 79. Rc4 Re2 80. Ra4 Re4 81. Ra8 Re2 82. Ra4 Rb2 83. Rc4
Rb1+ 84. Kh2 Rf1 {Diagram #} 85. Rc2 {This still holds the draw but thier was
an immediate draw ,Try to find it.} (85. Rf4+ $3 $11 {Stalemate to the rescue}
Kg5 86. Rxg4+ $3) 85... Kf4 86. Rc4+ Kf5 87. Rc2 Ke4 88. Rc4+ Kd3 89. Rxg4 Ke2
90. Ra4 {Finally we are at the end of this .White still needs to make all the
right moves t oget the draw and to make matters worse was under 10 minutes.}
Rxf2+ 91. Kh1 Rf1+ 92. Kh2 Rd1 93. Ra2+ Rd2 94. Ra1 Kf2 (94... f2 95. Kg2 $11)
95. Rb1 Re2 96. Ra1 Rb2 97. Ra8 $1 {The rook can check from either the side or
the back .This is important in holding up the pawn} Ke3+ 98. Kg3 Rg2+ 99. Kh3
Rd2 100. Kg3 Rg2+ 101. Kh3 Rg7 102. Ra3+ Kf4 103. Ra4+ Ke5 104. Ra5+ Ke4 105.
Ra4+ Kd3 106. Ra3+ Ke2 107. Ra2+ Kd1 {Finally wit hthe clocks showing 3
minutes to 1 berg gives up trying to win.A great triumph of patient defense.}
108. Rf2 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar Wch G14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mezioud, A."]
[Black "Kazakevich, Anastasia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "Kazakevich,A"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. c3 O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 Nd7 (12... Rc8 $142 13.
Rfe1 h6 14. Bh4 a6) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Rab8 15. Rf2 Ndxe5 16. fxe5 b5 17. b4
Rfc8 18. Nb3 Rb6 19. Nc5 a5 20. a3 Ra8 21. Raf1 Nd8 22. Qg4 axb4 23. axb4 Ra3
24. Rf3 Rb8 25. Rh3 Rba8 26. Qh5 h6 27. Rg3 Kh8 28. Qg4 Qg5 29. Qf3 Qd2 30. Nd7
Ra1 31. h4 Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Qb2 33. Qf3 (33. Qxb5 $2 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Qb1 35. Kh3 h5
36. Rf3 Qe4 37. Qf1 Qg4+ 38. Kh2 Rxf1 39. Rxf1 Qxh4+) 33... Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Qc1
35. Kh3 Qh1+ 36. Kg4 Re1 (36... Rf1 $1 37. Qe3 g5 38. Rh3 (38. hxg5 h5#) 38...
Qxg2+ 39. Kh5 Rf4 40. Nf6 Qc2 41. Qxf4 gxf4 $19) 37. Nf6 Rf1 38. Qe3 Rf5 39.
Nh5 Qd1+ 40. Rf3 Rxf3 41. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 g6 43. Nf6 Nc6 44. Ne8 Na7 45.
Nd6 Kg7 46. Kf4 Kf8 47. Nb7 Kg7 48. Nc5 Nc8 49. Nb7 Na7 50. Nc5 Nc8 51. Nd7 Na7
52. Nf6 Nc8 53. Ne8+ Kf8 54. Nd6 $2 Nxd6 55. exd6 f6 56. g4 Ke8 57. g5 hxg5+
58. hxg5 f5 59. Ke5 Kd7 60. Kf6 f4 61. Kxg6 f3 62. Kh7 f2 63. g6 f1=Q 64. g7
Qh3+ 65. Kg6 Qg4+ 66. Kh7 Kxd6 67. g8=Q Qxg8+ 68. Kxg8 e5 69. dxe5+ Kxe5 70.
Kf7 d4 71. cxd4+ Kxd4 72. Ke6 Kc4 73. Ke5 Kxb4 74. Kd4 Ka3 75. Kc3 b4+ 76. Kc2
Ka2 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zavgorodny, Sergiy"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Bluvshtein,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 {I didn't want to play anything else, maybe should of, he was
prepared for this. But this is the best chance for black to win, or at least
get equality.} 2. Nf3 d6 {usually I play 2... e6, but he has very boring
variations, that are way too safe for him.} 3. d4 {I was surprised from this
move, I was waiting for 3.bb5, I have seen about 10 games of him playing that,
I was happy and surprised, because this is not as boring as that.} cxd4 4. Qxd4
$5 {4.Nxd4 is usual of course, but this is also important to know.} a6 {Nc6 is
the main variation, but I don't like the Queen on d4, so I get reed of it by
gaining a tempo. I like this move better than Nc6, I didn't study for this
opening, so I played this quiet move.} 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 {Best spot for the
queen. Because white's bishops are going to e2, and b2. while the knight is
going to c3. White also might castle Q-side in some case. The d1 spot is also
needed for the rook.} g6 {It is better developing the bishop to g7 in those
variations, because after e6, the d6 pawn is very weak, sometimes even
unprotectable. While on g7 the bishop is taking the whole diagonal.} 7. b3 {
Has to do this right away, or else the bishop will never go to b2, also
challenges the whole long diagonal.} Bg7 8. Nc3 $1 {8.bb2 wasn't as good
because of: 8...bxb2 9.Qxb2 Qa5+ 10.Nbd2 Nf6 and the position is pretty much
equal. White needs to keep as many pieces on the board as possible, because
black's pawn structure is better, but white has more space. Black needs to
exchange pieces, especially the stupid Bishop on c8.} (8. Bb2 Bxb2 9. Qxb2 Qa5+
10. Nbd2 Nf6) 8... Bg4 $1 {getting rid of this stupid bishop in a hury.} 9. Be2
Nf6 {Threatening Nxe4} 10. Bb2 O-O {My development is now pretty much finished,
now I need to make some pressure, on the e4 pawn, by pressuring the only
defendor of it, which is the N.} 11. O-O Qa5 {Starting the pressure on e4, now
also threatening b5 at some point.} 12. h3 $4 {My bishop on g4 is very
annoying, so he decides to exchange it quickly, and try to use his 2 B's.} Bxf3
$4 {No point in keeping the useless bishop, while his knight is pretty good,
keeping some squares. But actually, after the game, I found a winning move, 12.
..Nxe4 is winning a pawn!!! 12...Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qxd2 14.Nfxd2 Bxe2 -+ I don't
believe I missed this, terrible blunder by him, and usually I find those kind
of moves.} (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxd2 14. Nexd2 (14. Nfxd2 Bxe2) 14... Bxb2) 13.
Bxf3 Rfc8 $4 {This move doesn't look as bad as it really is. Now my long
diagonal is very weak, my rook will always get in trouble after I push b5. 13..
.Rac8 was the right move! I made this move automatically, because I got used
to the dragon, where you move this rook. But the difference is that he has 2
bishops, which don't look good for now, but later, are very dangerous. I
pretty much had to suffer for 40 moves because of this huge mistake. That's
what IM's do to people.} 14. a3 b5 $6 {An unclear move, but if I don't make
this move, I slowly get crushed after b4(not right away), maybe Be2 and f4.}
15. e5 $3 {Excellent move that I did not expect. First, I wanted to play 15...
Nxe5!? sacking  an exchange for a pawn. But in the end, I realized that I give
an exchange up for just a pawn, and he has the 2 on 1 on the Q-side. My only
other choice is just taking the pawn with the pawn. Doesn't look too bad, but
actually it is. For example, 15...Nxe5 16.Bxa8 Rxa8 17.cxb5 axb5 18.a4! +-.
Another possible move is Ne8, but it is too defensive, especially after white
pushes b4.} dxe5 (15... Ne8 16. b4 Qb6 17. exd6 exd6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Rac1 Ra7
20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Bg4 f5 23. Be2 Rxa3 24. Bxb5) (15... Nxe5 16.
Bxa8 Rxa8 17. cxb5 axb5 18. a4) 16. b4 {Getting space, and a huge passed pawn.
While his bishops are now opening up, my bishop is stuck doing nothing.} Qb6 {
Only move, otherwise he would take my b5 pawn and will have 2 passers.} 17. c5
{Just look at this position for 2 minutes. I have an extra pawn. That's all I
have. He has 2 bishops, 2 strong long diagonals, the d file, 3 on 2 on the
Q-side, much more space, e5 pawn to attack, not letting my knights move
anywhere. Think about that, and you decide who is better.} Qc7 18. Qe3 {
Threatening to take on c6 and e5 and get the pawn back. Here, I decided to not
give up my extra pawn for anything, it's the only thing I have.} Qb8 {Doesn't
look too well, but actually, an excelent move. Defending e5, threatening a5 to
gain space, threatening to move my rook through a8-a7-d7. Not so clear, but
black is definitely worst.} 19. Rad1 {Controlling the d-file for now, 19.Rfe1
was better, continuing the pressure on e5. But on that I would of played Ra7
and tried to get the d file eventually.} (19. Rfe1 Ra7 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Qxe5
Qxe5 22. Rxe5) 19... Ra7 {Finally getting my rook out of this enormous
diagonal, now threatening Nd4! and if I get that, I can't be worse.} 20. Bxc6
$1 {Sergiy understood that his bishop can't be stronger than my knight when my
knight gets to d4, and makes a brave exchange.} Rxc6 21. Nd5 {Threatening to
take the pawn, and I can't take because than he doubles up on the d file and
quickly beats me. But guess what I did? I followed my plan.} Re6 {Following my
plan, not giving up this important pawn, doesn't matter what.} 22. Nb6 {
getting prepared to double up on the d file, now I can't challenge the file
because his knight is controling everything.} h5 $1 {An escape for my king, so
that my king will be safe.} 23. Rfe1 e4 {Never give this pawn away. Only thing
that I have.} 24. Qd2 Kh7 {Not letting my opponent exchange my beautiful queen,
which does everything for me.} 25. Qc2 {Threatening to take on f6 and then e4.}
Qf4 {Finally I get some space, but he saw all of this, and has some tricks.}
26. Bxf6 exf6 {Threatening to play f5, and try to win.} 27. Nd5 Qe5 {Still
protecting my pawn, and my pieces aren't as bad as they used to be.} 28. f4 $5
{c6 is the other possible move, after which he gets an exchange for 2 pawns,
but my bishop is going to pressure the f2 pawn, and my king is going to be
very safe, so not clear.} Qb8 {I finally gave up the pawn, but now for a
normal position, his 2 B's are gone, my pieces are normally placed, and his
king isn't too safe, but still he has the passer, which gives him the upper
hand.} 29. Rxe4 f5 {Opening my bishop at last, his f4 pawn is a weakness now,
and the worst is behind me. A lot of good moves got me out, but when I think
of it, my position just looked bad, I defended well, and he attacked well, and
now he is just a bit better. Though this took a lot of time away from me, now
I have had about 5 minutes, while he has had 10 minutes, which is a pretty big
difference in this position.} 30. Re2 $1 {30.Re1 would of already given me the
upper hand after 30...Bd4+ 31.Kh1 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Rd7, and white's f4 pawn is
extremely weak, while the knight is getting no supported squares.} Qc8 $4 {
After a lot of good moves, and the feeling that black got out of trouble, I
make a terrible move! The time pressure also affected this move, as I made it
in about 15 seconds. 30...Qe8 was a great move, which quickly equalizes the
game without a problem. Because the knight is than kicked out. But black
always had to consider white's breakthrough with c6-c7.} 31. Nb6 {At first I
had an allusination that I could take on b6 and than take on c2, because
before I calcualted variations like this after:30.Ree1. But then I realized,
that my last move was a terrible mistake, and now I had to go back. I jump
back into the enormous problems. This time in time trouble.} Qb8 32. Rxe6 fxe6
33. Rd6 {My rook is still stuck at no where. And now I am pretty much lost, as
he will soon push the c-pawn.} e5 {I have to open the position quickly, and
this does it, but not so easy.} 34. Nd7 $1 {Now getting rid of my good bishop,
while his knight turned to a problem.} Qe8 35. Nxe5 Bxe5 36. fxe5 Qxe5 {White
is winning in this position, but only exact moves will win.} 37. Qd2 Re7 $6 {
Giving up an important pawn, which luckily he didn't take.} 38. c6 $4 {Forces
a draw, the rest of the game was good endgame skills by black. But 38.Rxa6 was
winning, because it's an extra pawn, and black can't go too far with his
pieces.} Qe1+ $1 39. Qxe1 {Kh2 would of been followed by Qe5+and the Queen
keeps on checking.} Rxe1+ 40. Kf2 Rc1 {Best position for black's rook, in
front of the pawn.} 41. Rd7+ Kh6 {Only move, doesn't let white caught off the
king, and now black's king gets out.} 42. c7 {The pawn just needs to go one
more square to queen, but I wasn't too scared.} Kg5 43. Ke3 Rc4 $1 {My rook is
now controlling the rook, pawn, and the king, just because it's infront of the
pawn.} 44. Kd3 Kf6 $3 {Only move! both 44...Kf4/Kh4 would of fell to Rd4+.
While 44...f4 would of fell to Rd5+ and then Rc5.} 45. Rd6+ $1 {White
understand he cannot break through with the pawn, and now gives it up. Only
chance to win.} Ke5 46. Rxa6 {Either pawn you take would draw. But taking this
pawn first is better, because in the end the rook defends the g pawn.} Rxc7 47.
Rxg6 Ra7 48. Rb6 Rxa3+ 49. Ke2 {This is now a draw, but still lots of tricks
to come.} Ra2+ 50. Kf3 Ra3+ {Have to continue checking his king as he has no
shelter.} 51. Kf2 Kf4 $1 {Good positioning of the king for black. with some
mate threats. 51...Ra2 52.Kg1 Kf4 53.Kh2! would of lost for black because
there is no way for the king to break through.} 52. Rxb5 Ra2+ 53. Kf1 Ra1+ $1 {
53...Kg3 would of lost to Rxf2 and than Rxh5, and black is down 2 pawns.} 54.
Kf2 Ra2+ 55. Kg1 Kg3 $1 {Beautiful king, this endgame could some day get into
a book.} 56. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 57. Kf1 Rb2 {If I take that pawn, white has no chance
at all.} 58. b5 h4 $3 {Finally a draw. As white will no longer have anything
extra after I take the h3 pawn. I only drew this amazing endgame, because of
the active king and rook I had, without either one, I would of probably lost,
this endgame was well deserving. In the opening I made a mistake with the rook,
and I had to suffer the whole game because of that. IM's sure can be annoying.
I defended very well, and didn't give him anything easy, only in time trouble
he had a chance to win. Great game by both players, and deservingly a draw.
Ukrainian Champion surely deserves the IM Title from what I saw. Though this
wasn't a good game by either of us, it wasn't bad. In the opening we both
didn't play too well, I was winning, but didn't see the nice combination. In
the Queen and rook endgame, White was winning, but I defended well, and he
didn't use his chance. As an advice, after your game, write a conclusion about
the game, in your words, it will help you.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[Annotator "Bluvshtein,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 {I chose a boring opening, I already won 3 games
like that in the tournament, no chances to lose. I know that Evgeni is a pure
tactic, and his variations against Nc3 are crazy!} exd5 4. Nc3 Be7 {Not the
best option, c6 leads to quick equality.} 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 {I was prepared
for this position, and I have played it a few times.} {Very agressive.} 7. g4
$1 {Most active option, and that's what I like. He likes attacking, but not
getting attacked.} Be6 8. Bd3 Nd7 {I need to defend the pawn, for my knight to
come out.} 9. h3 Nf8 {Interesting move, the idea is to play Ng6 and Nh4, but
he didn't do that. Black's position is very flexible, hard to break through
even when his pieces are that passive.} 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 N6d7 {Black wants
to trade as many pieces as possible, to guarantee a draw.} 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 f6 14. Bg3 Qd7 15. O-O-O {it is safe now, as black also has to castle
Q-side} O-O-O {isn't too safe, but my opponent wasn't at his best at the time,
everybody was tired. But not too easy to prove the move is bad. Kb1 is the
best move here, and then Rc1, and play on the C-file/} 16. Qf4 {Too safe! Kb1
is better, waiting for him to do something. at some moment push h4. I was very
tired after the first 10 games, and decided to get an easier position, not as
good. I also knew Evgeni's weak point is ending, so I am getting there.} Bd6
17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 {Interesting endgame, white a bit better, but very
hard to prove.} 19. b4 {getting the minority attack. Some needed space too.}
Kb8 {Getting of the dangerous C-file, Rd6, and a6 are also good possibilities.}
20. Kd2 Nd7 {on b5, planning c5! also not black can get the c4 square with
Nb6-c4. I chose this endgame, because I can always start play on both sides,
which I did much later in the game, and there isn't really any risk of losing
with black.} 21. a4 {Threatening with b5, but I am not really planning it, a5
is an option, to follow up with Na4-c5. Hard to break through in this position,
I wasted quite a lot of time before making this move, I also thought of f4,
but then decided that there isn't a lof of play on the kingside. I decided to
first close the Q-side with some advantages for me, and then play on the
K-side.} h6 {h5 is not good, because of the excellent move:22. g5!! fxg5 23.
Rdg1 g4 hxg4 and whites pieces are well positioned in any of those variations.
Black has to first get his rooks out, on the e-file probably. and then try to
break through on the K-side, but white's position is too flexible.} (21... h5
22. g5 fxg5 23. Rdg1 g4 24. hxg4) 22. a5 {Probably too safe again! Rb1, and
Rc1 first would of been better, and then even b5! But this is a typical move,
block everything on the Q-side, and then with the small advantage on the
K-side break through.} Rf8 {Threatening f5, and now I have to do something on
the K-side.} 23. f4 {Gaining space, but not promising black any moves, doesn't
show a clear plan. Now Evgeni got a bit scared, I have play on both sides at
any time, and he has no play on either side.} Re8 24. Rb1 {Preparing Rhc1, and
than b5.} Bf7 25. Rhc1 {Now b5 is finally a threat, he has to play a6.} a6 {
The Q-side is officially closed, but he has no space. I can always get on b6
or c5. I can attack his b7 pawn. It's very hard, but slowly. My position is
getting better and better.} 26. Na4 {First of all, I need to put my pieces in
good positions, then I am going to push my pawns at him, a very stragetic
position. I have to do everything slowly, every quick move can cost me the
game.} Rde6 {Got his rook out of the miserable stop of d6. But this has a cost,
he losses his important knight, and then there is no opponent to my knight on
c5.} 27. Bf5 {A risk, but after 27...Re3 28. Bd7 Re2+ 29. Kd1!(Kc3 R8e3x!)29...
R8e3 30. Rb2, and White is quickly winning.} R6e7 (27... Rxe3 28. Bxd7 Re2+ 29.
Kd1 (29. Kc3 R8e3#) 29... R8e3 30. Rb2) 28. Rg1 $1 {Gaining an important tempo,
also making him play g6, and another weakness is made.} g6 {Nf8 wouldn't make
too much sense, because I just play Rbe1 and then stick my knight on c5
forever. Too passive for black. Be6 doesn't do anything either because I just
go back to d3.} 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Nc5 Rde7 {His bishop doesn't do anything
anymore, my only problem might be if I open the position too quickly, and then
his Bishop gets very active because of my weak white squares. I have to avoid
any activeness by his Bishop.} 31. Rbe1 Kc7 {Black is wasting some time. Has
nothing better to do, Kc8 would be a bit more flexible, so that the rook is
controlling the 7th rank.} 32. h4 {Preparing g5, and f5, still not showing
what I am gonna do next, he has to be prepare to both, and to some waiting
move like Rgf1.} Rh8 {Black wants to push h5, and block the whole position.}
33. f5 $3 {The first break through. By now, most games were already finished,
and I was tired of playing this boring position, i'm not risking anything. I
knew, that if I win, I get top 10.} gxf5 {He was happy to open the position a
bit, his bishop now has the h5 Square, and now f5 is a weakness.} 34. gxf5 Rg8
{My opponent offered me a draw, but I knew, that I will always have a way to
run off with an easy draw. I am kind of playing with an extra pawn, his 4
pawns on the Q-side, are no better than my 3 pawns. and my 3 pawns on the
K-side, are controlling him, and he is always scared of e4.} 35. Kd3 $3 {
Excellent move! preparing e4, and wasting a move. If I exchange rooks, he
would easily play against my weak f5 pawn, by moving his Bishop to h7.} (35.
Rxg8 Bxg8 36. Rg1 Bh7) 35... Ree8 {Has nothing better to do, now Rxg1 followed
by Rg8 is a threat.} 36. e4 $1 {A big advantage for white, but still, very
hard. Only exact moves will win.} Re7 $2 {He had another interesting variation:
36...dxe4+ 37.Nxe4 Rxg1 38.Rxg1 Bc4+ 39.Kxc4 Rxe4 40.h5 Rf4 41. Rg6 Rxf5 42.
Rxh6 Rg5 43.Rh8 With a big advantage for white, but not so clear. Though in
that variation, black's king is stuck to the B pawn, because if that pawn is
lost, than the A pawn is also lost.} (36... dxe4+ 37. Nxe4 Rxg1 38. Rxg1 Bc4+
39. Kxc4 Rxe4 40. h5 Rf4 41. Rg6 Rxf5 42. Rxh6 Rg5 43. Rh8) 37. exd5 {37. e5
does not work because black exchanges rooks and takes on e5.} Rxe1 38. d6+ {
Might not be best! Rxe1 was better! and when black's rook checks stop, white's
rook gets on the 7th rank.} Kxd6 39. Rxe1 Rb8 {Here I found a nice plan, I
looked at the position, and thought: Where will my knight harm him the most?}
40. Ne4+ {And the square is g4! From g4, my knight attacks both pawn, and only
the king can defend them, so the E-file will be open.} Ke7 {Has to defend the
pawn.} 41. Nf2+ Kf8 {Also a must, because the king has to get to g7 so that he
can defend the 2 pawns.} 42. Ng4 {The answer to the question earlier.} Kg7 43.
Re7 {And my rook is finally active, now my threat is Nxh6, winning a pawn, and
the game.} h5 {Only move that doesn't give anything up} 44. Nh6 Rf8 {
Threatening to take the knight.} 45. Nxf7 {A must, because my knight doesn't
have any other squares.} Rxf7 46. Re8 Rf8 {His only chance was to play: 46...
Rd6 47.Kc4 Kh7 48.Rc8 Kg7 49.Rb8 Kh7 50. Kc5 Rd5+ 51.Kb6 Rxd4 52.Rxb7+ Kh6 53.
Kxa6 Which is winning for white. But black can still struggle.} (46... Rd7 47.
Kc4 Kh7 48. Rc8 Kg7 49. Rb8 Kh7 50. Kc5 Rd5+ 51. Kb6 Rxd4 52. Rxb7+ Kh6 53.
Kxa6) 47. Re6 {Here I calculated the rest of the game. His last chance was to
play 47...Rf7 48.Rd6 and my king easily gets to b6.} Kf7 48. d5 $3 cxd5 {He
could also play 48...Rd8 49.d6! and my king again gets to b6 without a problem.
} 49. Rb6 {Compleetely winning now.} Rb8 50. b5 $1 Ra8 {He could play: 50...
axb5 51.a6 Ke8 52. Rxb7 Ra8 53.a7 and my pawn queens after Rb8+} 51. Rxb7+ Ke8
52. Rh7 $3 {A beautiful finishing move, now, it's officially over. The game
was a hard one, and the last one. It was also a bit pressuring, but to tell
you the truth, I expected more from him. The opening was pretty boring, where
I got a slight edge. Then, he compleetely sufficated. He doesn't play quiet
positions well enough. He is a pure tactic. He calculates too much, after the
game, he showed me variations that were too desperate to be calculated. He
wastes too much energy on variations he should not need to calculate, which
happens a lot to juniors those days. The game was pretty boring, until I was
ready and sure that my pieces were on good squares. This is an advice to young
chess players, be more passiont, and don't force too much, unless you are sure.
A couple of years ago, I was a pure tactic, in this tournament I won 5 games
because of my well improved positional game.} 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gutierrez, N."]
[Black "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 Qc7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Qg3 Rfe8
15. Bg5 Kh8 16. Rad1 b5 17. a3 Rac8 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Kh1 $2 (19. Be3) 19... Rxc3
20. Qxc3 Nxe4 21. Qe1 $2 (21. Qe3 Nxg5 (21... Bxg5 22. Qxe4) 22. h4 Nc4 23.
Bxc4 Bxc4 24. hxg5 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qd8 (25... Kg8 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Qb3+) 26. Nc6
Bxg5 $1 (26... Qd7 27. Rxf7 Qxc6 28. Qxe7 $1) 27. Nxd8 Bxe3 28. Nxf7+) 21...
Bxg5 22. Nxe6 (22. Bxb5) 22... Rxe6 23. Bxb5 Ng4 24. g3 0-1

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antognini, Francesco"]
[Black "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 b5 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. Na5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Qxa5 16. a4 Qc7 17. axb5 Nf6 18. Qd2 axb5 19. Bxb5 d5 20. c3 Bc5 21.
Bd3 Rad8 $2 (21... e4 $1 22. Be2 (22. fxe4 Ng4 $1) (22. Bb5 Qb6) (22. Bc2 Rxa1
(22... exf3 23. Bd4) 23. Rxa1 Qf4 24. Re1 (24. Kf2 Ng4+) 24... exf3 25. g3 Qh6
26. Kh1 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qh5) (22. Ba6 Qf4 23. Rfe1 exf3 24. g3 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3
Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rfb8) (22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bb1 Qf4 24. Re1 Ra1) 22... Rxa1 23.
Rxa1 Qf4 $1) 22. Kh1 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Poobesh, Anand"]
[Black "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Qc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 d6 13. e4 h6 14. Nd2 Qc8 15.
f4 Rd8 16. d5 Ne7 17. Qf3 Ng6 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Rfe1 exd5 20. cxd5 Qg4 21. Qxg4
Nxg4 22. g3 f5 23. c4 Nf6 24. exf5 Ne7 25. Bb2 Nxf5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Ne4 Kg7
28. g4 Nd4 29. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Nxe1 32. Kxe1 Kg6 33. Kf2 h5
34. f5+ Kg7 35. gxh5 Rd8 36. Ne4 Rh8 37. Ng3 Kf7 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Kf4 a6 40. Ke3
Kd6 41. Kf4 Ke7 42. h4 Rh7 43. Kf3 Kd6 44. Kf4 Ke7 45. Kg4 Rg7+ 46. Kf3 Rh7 47.
Kf4 Rh8 48. Ne4 Rxh5 49. d6+ Kf7 50. Kg4 Rh8 51. Nc3 Rd8 52. Ne4 Rh8 53. h5 Re8
54. Kf4 Rh8 55. Kg4 Re8 56. Kf3 Rh8 57. a5 bxa5 58. Nxc5 Rd8 (58... Rc8 59. Ne6
Rxc4 60. d7) 59. Ne4 a4 60. c5 a3 61. c6 (61. Nc3 Rc8 62. d7 Rh8) 61... a2 62.
c7 Rg8 63. d7 a1=Q 64. c8=Q Qd1+ 65. Ke3 Qd5 $4 66. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Oropesa del Mar WYCF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "Wang,H"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 d6 8.
Nc4 e5 9. Rb1 Ne7 10. a3 O-O 11. Re1 Kh8 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 f5 16. exf5 Qc7 17. Bg5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 Rf7 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Qd2 Raf8 21.
Nd1 Rf5 22. c3 Ne6 23. Be3 Ra8 $2 24. Ra1 d5 25. Qa2 Qd7 26. Re2 Nf4 27. Bxf4
Rxf4 28. Qb3 h6 29. Ra5 Qf5 30. c4 Rd4 31. Ne3 Qf7 (31... Qxd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3
33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Nxd5) 32. cxd5 Bf8 33. Nc2 Rf4 (33... Rxd5 34. Rxd5 (34. Rxe5
Rxa5 $1) 34... Qxd5 35. Qxd5 cxd5 36. Rxe5) 34. Qc3 cxd5 35. Qxe5+ Kg8 36. b5
$2 (36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxb4 38. Nxb4 Rxb4 39. Re6 Rb6 (39... a5 40. Rxg6+
Kh7 41. Re6 a4 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Ree7 a3 44. Ra7 Ra4 45. Rxa8+ Rxa8 46. Re1 a2
47. Ra1) 40. Rxb6 axb6 41. Rd6) 36... Bc5 37. d4 Bb6 38. Ra3 Rf8 39. f3 Rc8 40.
Rd3 Rf6 41. Qe3 Kh7 42. Nb4 Qg7 43. Nc6 Rff8 44. Qe7 Rf7 45. Qe6 Rcc7 46. Qxd5
Rfd7 47. Qc4 Rd6 48. Kh2 a6 49. d5 axb5 50. Qb4 Rcd7 51. Qxb5 Bc7 52. g3 Qf6
53. Qc4 h5 54. h4 Rg7 55. f4 Qf5 56. Qe4 Qf6 57. Ne5 Re7 58. Qc4 (58. Ng4 $1)
58... Rb6 59. Rde3 Bd6 60. Qd4 Rb4 61. Qd3 Rg7 62. Re4 Rb1 1-0

[Event "Edmonton op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hughey, Micah"]
[Black "Huber, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Hughey,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 a6 5. Nf3 c5 6. c3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 d6
9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bg3 g6 15.
Qd3 Kxh7 (15... Nf6 $5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6) 16. Qxd5 Qd7 $2 (16... Qb6) 17.
Ne4 Rad8 18. Bxd6 $1 f6 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Qxc5 Bxe4 21. Bxe7 Qg4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4
23. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Toronto DCC Christmas op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harkes, Lewis"]
[Black "Yee, Lorne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[Annotator "Yee,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

{This game has theoretical value.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 {This is
the first time I played this move in tournament chess. About one week before
the tournament, I brought some chess books including Melts "Scandinavian
Defence The Dynamic 3...Qd6" ISBN: 1-888690-11-9.} 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 a6 6. Nf3
b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Ng6 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxh8 Bxg2 13.
Rg1 (13. O-O-O $6 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Bxh1 15. Rxh1 Bd6 $17) 13... Nf3+ 14. Ke2 Nd4+
{Melts gives two !! for this move} 15. Kd1 {This move is not even mention in
the book. Book only mentions Kd3 Rd8 or Ke3 Bc5.     Not knowing I was in the
running for prizes, I offered my opponent a draw. He refused and ended up
losing. The "real" game starts here. Black has used about 12 minutes. White
used up about 50 minutes.} ({We were following Game 27 in Melts book. That
game went} 15. Ke1 Nf3+ 16. Ke2 Nd4+ 17. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 Tzermiadianos-Georgiev,
GR 1992. The players probably don't want to take risks and want to prepare for
the next time.}) (15. Kd3 $2 Rd8 {idea: Nb3 and Na1} 16. Bxc7 Rd7 17. Ke3 (17.
Bd5 Nxd5 18. Kxd4 Rxc7 (18... Nxc7+ 19. Ke3 Bd5 $19) 19. Rxg2 Rc4+ 20. Kd3 Nf4+
$19) 17... Bc5 18. Rad1 Nxb3+ 19. Kf4 Nd4 (19... Rxc7 20. axb3 Bb7 21. Rd3 (21.
Rxg7 Nh5+ $19) 21... Ke7 $19) 20. Rxg2 Rxc7 $15) (15. Ke3 {Better than Kd3} Bc5
16. Rad1 (16. Kd2 $1 {White get out of discovery check and planning to play
Ra-d1 and Kc1.} Nf3+ (16... Rd8 17. Kc1 b4 18. Rxg2 bxc3 19. Bc4 $18 {Stopping
Ne2+. white is better.}) 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Kd1 Bf3+ 19. Kc1 (19. Ke1 {The king
is better here than here than c1. White can try to remove the bishop from f3
and free his rook by moving a1 to d1.} Ke7 20. Nxf7 (20. Rxg7 Rxh8 21. Bxc7 Bh5
22. Rg3 Rc8 23. Bf4 a5 24. a4 b4 25. Nb5 {White is an exchange up, but the
black pieces are very active} (25. Nd1 Ne2 26. Bg5 Nxg3 27. fxg3 Bd4 $15) 25...
Ne4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rh3 Bxb2 28. Rxh5 Bxa1 29. Rxa5 Bd4 30. f3 Nc3 $14) 20...
Kxf7 21. Bxc7 Bb7 22. Kf1 Nf3 23. Rd1 (23. Rg2 Nd2+ 24. Kg1 Rc8 25. Bf4 Nxb3
26. axb3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rc6 $11) 23... Nxg1 24. Kxg1 Rc8 25. Bg3 $11) 19... Ke7
$1 20. Rxg7 Rxh8 21. Be5 (21. Rg5 Bd6 22. Bxd6+ cxd6 23. Rg3 (23. Rg1 b4 24.
Na4 Ne2+ $19) 23... b4 $19) (21. Bxc7 $2 Ne8 22. Rg5 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Bxf2 24.
Bf4 (24. Bg3 $2 Be3+ $19) 24... f6 $17) 21... b4 (21... Nf5 22. Rg1 Bxf2 23.
Rf1 Be3+ 24. Kb1 Bg2 25. Re1 c5 $15) 22. Nd1 (22. Na4 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Bxf2 24.
Kb1 $19 (24. Bxc7 $2 Ne8 25. Rg3 Bxg3 26. Bxg3 $15)) 22... Rd8 23. Bxd4 Rxd4
24. c3 bxc3 25. Nxc3 Bd6 26. h3 Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Ne4 $19) 16... Nxb3+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+
18. Rxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxg2 Bxc3 (19... Ke7 20. Rxg7 Rxh8 {Black is a pawn up.
White cannot take the c7 pawn.} 21. Bxc7 $2 Ne8 $19) 20. bxc3 Ke7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7
22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Be5 Rc4 24. Kd3 Ra4 $19) 15... Bf3+ (15... Rd8 16. Bxc7 Rd7
17. Kc1 Ne4 18. a4 (18. a3 Rxc7 19. Rxg2 Nxb3+ 20. cxb3 g6 21. Kc2 (21. Kd1)
21... Bg7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rb1 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3+ 25. Kd1 Be5 $11) 18... Rxc7
19. Rxg2 b4 20. Nxe4 (20. Rg4 f5 $11) 20... Nxb3+ 21. Kb1 Nxa1 22. Kxa1 Rxc2
23. Kb1 Re2 24. Ng5 (24. Ng3 Re1+ 25. Ka2 g6 $19) 24... b3 25. Kc1 Bb4 26. Rg1
Rxf2 {Black's chances are not worse}) 16. Kc1 (16. Ke1 $1 {This is probably
better than Kc1 because its makes easier to activate the white rook at a1.} c5
17. Be5 Rd8 {Threatening c4} 18. Bxd4 (18. a3) (18. a4) 18... cxd4 19. Ne2 g6
20. Rd1 Bg7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rxd4 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd2 (24. Rf4+ Kg8 25.
b3 Rc8 26. c3 Be5 27. Rh4 Bxc3+ 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Kd2 Rf3 30. Ke2 Rc3 31. Rd4
Rh3 $11) 24... Rc8 (24... Bxb2 $2 25. c4 $18) 25. c3 Bxa2 (25... Be5 26. f4 Bc7
27. a3 $16) 26. Rd7+ Kg8 27. Rg3 Bc4 28. h4 (28. Ra7 b4) 28... e5 29. h5 Rc6
$14 {White has a small plus in this line. I don't expect the readers to follow
all these lines. The work is given here to show the complications. White can
get a advantage if he can go through the maze.}) 16... c5 17. Be5 (17. Be3 Rd8
(17... Nf5 18. a4 c4 19. Ba2 b4 20. Nb1 Rc8 21. Nd2 Bd5 22. Bg5 Nh5 23. Rg4 b3
24. Bb1 g6 25. c3 Bg7 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Rg1 Nf6 29. Re1+ Kd7 $11)
(17... g6 18. Rg3 Bh5 19. Rg5 Rd8 20. Bf4 Bh6 (20... c4) 21. Kb1 c4 $19 (21...
Bxg5 $2 22. Bxg5 $18)) 18. Rg3 Bh5 {Renewing the threat of c4} 19. a3 g6 20.
Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rd3 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Bg7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 {Black has the bishop pair
plus a pawn versus a rook and a minor piece. But white's pieces are all tied
up. This position has to be better for black.}) 17... Nc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. a4
(19. Rg3 Nd4 20. Rh3 h5 21. a4 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 b4 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Rxf3 Nxf3 25.
Bxd5 Nd2+ 26. Ka2 Ra7 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Bc6 f5 (28... Re7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Bd5
c4 31. Nxf7 Bf4 32. h4 f5 33. Nh8 Be5 34. Ng6+ Kd6 35. Nxe5 Kxd5 {Black is
winning because his king is more active than white's}) 29. Re8+ Kg7 {Black is
better because the white knight at h8 is out of play.}) 19... b4 $11 {Fritz 6
evaluates the position is about level here.} 20. Nd1 Bh6+ 21. Ne3 Ke7 22. Bc4
Ne5 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bf1 $2 {Both players have played well up to here. Now
white is under time pressure and he cracks.} ({A better try is} 24. b3 {to
activate the rook at a1. But after} Nxc4 25. bxc4 Rd8 26. Rb1 Bf4 27. h3 Rd4
28. Rb3 Rxc4 29. Kb1 {Black is still on top.}) 24... Bf4 $1 $19 {Threatening
to win white's rook. White loses material.} 25. Bh3 Bxh2 26. Re1 Rd8 27. b3 Bf4
28. a5 $5 {White makes the best of his chances by fixing and winning black's a
pawn and bank hope on advancing his 'a' pawn.} h5 29. Kb2 Ng4 (29... Rd2 30.
Bf1 Rd6 {Also wins for black.}) 30. Nxg4 (30. Bxg4 Be5+ 31. Kc1 Bxg4 32. Ra2
Bf3 {Is hopeless for white.}) 30... hxg4 31. Bf1 Be5+ $2 {A careless error
that makes Black work harder for the win. Black was not under time pressure
and should have played Bd2 winning outright.} ({Better is} 31... Bd2 $1 $19 32.
Bxa6 Bc3+ 33. Ka2 Ra8 {White is finished.}) 32. Rxe5 fxe5 33. Bxa6 Rd2 34. Bc8
Ke7 (34... Be4 35. Rc1 Rxf2 36. a6 Ke7 37. Bb7 Bxb7 38. axb7 Rf8 39. Rg1 Rb8
40. Rxg4 Kd6 41. Rg7 Kc6 42. Rg5 Rxb7 43. Rxe5 Kd6 44. Re2 e5 $17) 35. a6 Rd8
36. Bb7 Bxb7 37. axb7 Rb8 38. Rh1 ({White was under time pressure when he
played 38 Rh1 hoping for a cheapo with 38...Rb7 39 Rh7+. Another try is 38 Rg1
leaving black with the double pawns.} 38. Rg1 Rxb7 39. Rxg4 Kd6 40. c3 bxc3+
41. Kxc3 Rf7 42. Rg2 Kd5 43. Kd2 Rf3 44. Kc2 {White's pieces are all tied up.
Black moves his king to b4 and capture white's b pawn.} e4 $19 45. Kb2 Kc6 46.
Kc2 Kb5 47. Kd2 Rxb3 48. Rg4 Rd3+ 49. Ke2 Rd4 50. Rg6 c4 51. Ke3 (51. Rxe6 c3
52. Rh6 c2 53. Rh1 Kb4 54. Rc1 Kb3 $19) 51... Rd6 52. Kxe4 c3 53. Rg1 Kb4 {
Black promotes the c pawn and win white's rook.}) 38... Kd6 39. Rh7 Kc6 40. Rh5
(40. Rg7 Rxb7 41. Rxg4 Rf7 42. Rg2 Kd5 $19 43. Kc1 (43. c3 bxc3+ 44. Kxc3 Rf3+
45. Kc2 e4 {Similiar to previous analysis.}) 43... e4 44. Kd2 Kd4 {Black's
pieces are aggressively posted. Typical play could continue.....} 45. Kc1 Kc3
46. Rg5 Rf5 47. Rg3+ (47. Rg6) 47... Rf3 48. Rg5 e5 49. Rxe5 Kd4 50. Rh5 Rxf2
51. Rh3 e3 52. Rh4+ Kd5 53. Rh5+ Ke4 54. Kd1 (54. Rxc5 Rf1+ 55. Kb2 e2 $19)
54... Rd2+ 55. Kc1 {White gets his king cutted off and black advances his e
pawn.} Rd5 $19) 40... Rxb7 41. Rxe5 Kd6 42. Re2 Kd5 43. c4+ bxc3+ 44. Kxc3 Rb4
{Black's winning procedure is advance his e pawn, capture or exchange white's
f pawn and advance his king side pawn(s).} 45. Rd2+ Rd4 46. Re2 e5 47. Re3 Rf4
48. Rd3+ (48. Rg3 Rf3+ 49. Rxf3 gxf3 50. Kd3 e4+ 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kd2 Kd4 $19)
48... Ke4 49. Re3+ Kf5 50. Re2 Rd4 51. Ra2 Rf4 (51... Kf4 52. Ra5 (52. Ra6)
52... Rd1 53. Rxc5 (53. Kc2 Rf1 54. Rxc5 Rxf2+ 55. Kd1 g3 56. Ke1 e4 57. Rc8 e3
58. Rf8+ Ke4 59. Re8+ Kd3 60. Rd8+ Kc2 61. Rc8+ Kb2 62. Rg8 g2 63. b4 Rf1+ 64.
Ke2 g1=Q 65. Rxg1 Rxg1 66. Kxe3 Rg5 67. Kd4 Kb3 $19) 53... Rc1+ 54. Kb4 Rxc5
55. Kxc5 {In this position, Fritz 6 gives Black to mate in 46 moves. Generally,
Q vs Q with a center pawn is a draw, but this assumes the king is far away
from the centre.}) 52. Re2 (52. Ra5 Rxf2 53. Rxc5 g3 54. Rc8 Rf4 55. Rg8 Rg4
56. Rf8+ Ke4 $19) 52... Re4 {Tempo} 53. Ra2 ({The foot race to queening wins
for black.} 53. Rxe4 Kxe4 54. Kc4 Kf3 55. Kxc5 Kxf2 56. b4 g3 57. b5 g2 58. b6
g1=Q $19) 53... Kf4 54. Kd3 ({What else can white do?} 54. Ra5 Kf3 55. Rxc5
Kxf2 56. b4 g3 57. Rc6 g2 58. Rg6 Re3+ 59. Kd2 Rg3 60. Rf6+ Rf3 61. Rg6 e4 $19)
54... Rb4 55. Kc3 Kf3 56. Rc2 e4 57. Ra2 Rd4 58. Ra5 Kxf2 59. Rxc5 Rd3+ 60. Kc4
g3 {I have mixed results for this tournament. My standing is respectable, but
I have not played anyone who is rated higher than myself. My play was
relatively good, but I made careless errors like 31...Be5+ which could have
been costly. The same thing happened in round 3. After achieving a winning
position I started to relaxed. My best effort was in round 1. I played a
relatively error free game. My flag fell while I was determining which is the
best line of winning. This also happened in the Toronto International Open a
few years back.} 0-1

[Event "Kingston Whig-Standard"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serdula, Jay"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Serdula Dixon"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 Bb4 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bd3 f5 8. Nd2 (
8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg5+ (10... Bd6 11. f4 Qh4 12. Qe2 O-O 13.
Kh1 Rf6 14. Rg1 Rh6 15. Rg2 Qh3 16. Bd2 Kh8) 11. Kh1 Bd6 12. f4 Qh6 13. Rg1 O-O
) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qg5 $6 (9... Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Qh4 11. O-O-O Bxg2 12. Rhg1 Bf3
13. Rde1 O-O 14. Rg3 Be4 15. Reg1 Rf7) (9... d5 10. f3 $6 Qh4+ 11. g3 Nxg3) 10.
Nxe4 Qxg2 $2 (10... fxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. e4) 11. Ng3 $1 h5 (11...
Qh3 12. e4) 12. h4 (12. Bf1 $1 Qf3 (12... Qxh1 13. Nxh1 Bxh1) 13. Rg1 Qc6 14.
h4 $1) 12... g5 $5 13. hxg5 h4 14. Ba3 $1 h3 15. Bf1 Qxh1 $1 16. Nxh1 Bxh1 17.
Bxh3 $1 (17. O-O-O h2 18. Be2 Be4 $1) (17. Qe2 h2 18. f3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 h1=Q 20.
Qxh1 Rxh1) 17... Rxh3 18. O-O-O Be4 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. d5 $1 exd5 21. cxd5 Ne5 22.
Qd4 $1 d6 (22... Nf3 $2 23. Qf6 $1 Rh7 24. g6) 23. f4 $5 (23. Qa4+) 23... Rh2
$1 24. Qa4+ b5 $5 (24... Nd7) 25. Qxb5+ c6 $1 26. Qa4 (26. dxc6 $2 Rc2+ 27. Kb1
Rd2+ 28. Ka1 $2 Rxd1+ 29. Kb2 Rb1#) (26. Qb3 Bc2 27. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2) 26...
Rb8 $1 (26... Nd3+ $2 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 28. Qxc6+) 27. Bb4 $1 a5 $1 28. fxe5 $1 (
28. Qxa5 $2 Rc2+ 29. Kb1 Rd2+ 30. Ka1 $2 Rxd1+ 31. Kb2 Rb1+ 32. Ka3 Nc4+ 33.
Ka4 Bc2#) 28... Rc2+ (28... axb4 $5 29. Qxc6+ $2 Kd8 30. Qxd6+ Kc8 31. Qc6+ Kd8
32. e6 $4 Rc2+ 33. Kb1 Rxc3+) 29. Qxc2 Bxc2 30. Kxc2 axb4 31. dxc6 bxc3 (31...
dxe5 32. c7 Rc8 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 35. cxb4) 32. exd6 1-0

[Event "Kingston Fall Active"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Black "Dixon, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 (4... Nb6) 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bf4 (6. Bg5)
6... Bg7 7. Nf3 (7. d5 $6 O-O 8. Be2 c6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. O-O e5 12.
Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rad1 Be6 18. b3
f5) 7... O-O 8. Qd2 (8. Be2 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nb6 11. b3 Nfd7 12. Qc2 c5
13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. d5 Ne5) 8... c5 (8... Bg4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5
$5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Re8 14. O-O-O Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Rxe5 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. f4
Rc5 18. Ba6 g5 19. fxg5 Nh5 $2 20. Nd5 $1 c6 21. b4 $1) 9. d5 (9. dxc5 Qxd2+
10. Nxd2 Na6 11. Nb3 (11. Be3 Ng4 12. Nb3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bf5)
11... Bf5) (9. O-O-O $1 Bg4 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 $1 Nbd7 13.
Rhe1 e5 $6 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Ng4 $5 16. Qg3 $1 (16. Qf4 Bh6) 16... Bxd4 $2
17. Qxg4 $1) 9... Qa5 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. g4
a6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 $1 17. f4 (17. a4 $1 e6 $5) 17... b5 18. Ne4 Qc7
19. d6 $1 exd6 (19... Qc6 20. dxe7 Rfe8 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. O-O-O $1 (22. Nxe8 $2
Qxh1+ 23. Bf1 Bh3 24. Qf2 Rxe8 25. O-O-O Bxf1 26. Rd8 Bxc4+ 27. Kd2 Qc6) (22.
Be4 $2 Rxe7 23. Qe2 Rxe4 $1 24. Nxe4 Re8 25. O-O-O Bf5) 22... Rxe7 23. Be4 $1
Rxe4 24. Nxe4 (24. Qxd7 Rxc4+ 25. Kb1 Qxd7 (25... Qg2 $4 26. Qd8+ $1 Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Ne8 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29. Rg8#) 26. Rxd7 Rf8) 24... Qxe4 25. Qxd7 Qxc4+ (
25... Qxf4+ 26. Kb1 Ne6 27. Rhf1 $1) 26. Kb1 Rf8 27. Rhf1) 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. h4
(21. O-O-O bxc4 (21... Bc6 22. Rhe1 (22. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 23. cxd5 c4 $1) 22... Rad8
) 22. Bxc4 Bf5 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6) 21... bxc4 22. h5 $5 (22. Bxc4 Bf5 $1
23. Bd5 Rab8) (22. Bc2) (22. Be4) 22... Rae8+ $1 23. Kf2 $2 (23. Nxe8 Rxe8+ 24.
Be2 Bg4 25. Rh2 Nxh5 26. O-O-O Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Nxf4 29. Qxc4 d5 $1
30. Qxa6 Qe7 31. Qf6+ Qxf6 32. gxf6 d4 33. a4 Nd5) (23. Kd1 Ba4+ 24. Kc1 (24.
b3 cxb3 25. hxg6 b2+ 26. Bc2 bxa1=Q+ 27. Qc1 Bxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Qxc1+ 29. Kxc1 h5
$1) 24... cxd3 25. Qh2 $5 Nxh5 26. Nxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 f5 $1) (23. Kf1 cxd3 24.
hxg6 (24. Qh2 Re2 $1 25. Qh4 Nxh5 $1 (25... Bf5 $2 26. hxg6 Bxg6 27. Qxh7+ $1
Bxh7 28. Rxh7#) 26. Rd1 (26. Nxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 Bf5) 26... Bf5) 24... h5 $1 25.
Nxh5 $1 (25. Qxd3 $4 Bb5 $1) (25. gxh6) 25... Nxh5 26. Rxh5+ Kg7 27. Qc3+ $1)
23... cxd3 $1 24. hxg6 h5 $1 (24... Re2+ $4 25. Qxe2 $1) 25. gxh6 (25. Qxd3 Bf5
$1 26. Rxh5+ (26. Qxf5 Nxf5 27. Rxh5+ Kg7) 26... Nxh5 27. Qxf5 Re2+ $3 28. Kg1
(28. Kxe2 Ng3+) (28. Kf1 Ng3+) (28. Kf3 Qc6+ 29. Nd5 (29. Kg4 Qg2+ 30. Kxh5
Qf3+ 31. Ng4 Rh2#) 29... Rd2) 28... fxg6 (28... Qc6 $4 29. g7+ Kxg7 30. Qh7#)
29. Qxg6 Nxf6 $1 30. gxf6 (30. Qh6+ Nh7 31. g6 Qg7) 30... Rg8 $1) 25... Re2+
26. Qxe2 dxe2 27. hxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nd5 Qb8 (28... Qb7 $1 29. Nc3 Qxb2 30. Nxe2
Re8 31. Rae1 Bg4) 29. Rh7+ Kxg6 30. Rah1 Qxb2 $1 31. R1h5 Re8 (31... e1=Q+ $1
32. Kxe1 Re8+ 33. Kf1 Bb5+ 34. Kg1 Re1#) 32. R7h6+ Kg7 33. Rh7+ Kg6 34. R7h6+
Kg7 35. Rh7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto Thanksgiving op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitry"]
[Black "Rakhinshteyn, Fima"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Nd7 8. b4
a6 9. b5 cxb5 10. Nxb5 Rc8 11. Nc3 Ngf6 12. b4 Be7 13. e3 O-O 14. Bb2 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Be2 Nb8 18. O-O Nc6 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. f4 g5 21. g4 Be4
22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. f5 Ne7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Bd1 Nd5 26. Bd2 e5 27. Bb3 Rcd8 28.
Rf5 Kg7 29. dxe5 Be7 30. Raf1 a5 31. e6 Nf6 32. Bc3 Rd3 33. Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Bc4
Rxe3 35. Rxf6 Bxf6 36. e7 Bxe7 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Rxe7 axb4 39. Rxb7 Re1+ 40. Kf2
1-0

[Event "Outaoauis op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hergott, Deen"]
[Black "Leutschaft, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Hergott,D"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1R6/1P4k1/6p1/1r6/5PKP/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. h5 $1 gxh5+ (1... Rxh5 2. Rg8+ Kxg8 3. b8=Q+) 2. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Outaouais op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bannon, Eric"]
[Black "Hergott, Deen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Hergott,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 $5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5
8. exd5 O-O $5 9. O-O (9. dxc6) 9... cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 (11. Ne2) (11. Qf3
) 11... Qd6 $5 (11... h6) (11... Bd6) 12. h3 $6 (12. Qf3) (12. Bh4) 12... Ba5
13. Be3 $2 (13. Bxf6) (13. Bh4 Qf4 $1) 13... Bc7 14. f4 d4 15. Bd2 c5 16. b3
Bb7 17. Be2 Ne4 $1 18. Bf3 Rae8 19. Bc1 Re7 20. Nb2 Nc3 $2 (20... Rfe8) 21. Qd3
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Rfe8 24. Bd2 g5 $5 25. Nd3 $6 (25. g3) 25... Nxf4
26. Nxf4 Re2 $1 27. Rae1 (27. Rf2 $2 Rxd2 $1) (27. Qg4 Rxd2 28. Qxg5+ Qg6 $1)
27... Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. Bxe1 Qxf4+ 30. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 31. g3 Bd6 $6 (31... Bc7
$1) 32. Kg2 f5 33. g4 Kf7 $1 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. Ba5 $1 Be7 36. Bd2 $6 (36. Bc7)
36... h5 37. Bc1 $2 fxg4+ $1 38. hxg4 h4 39. Bd2 Kf6 40. Ba5 Ke6 41. Bd2 (41.
Bc7 Bd6 42. Bd8 Bf4) 41... Kd5 42. Bc1 h3 $1 43. Kg3 Ke4 44. Kxh3 Kf3 45. Bb2
Ke2 $1 0-1

