[Event "Saskatoon blitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neven, Knut"]
[Black "COMPUTER Crafty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Hebert,J Harper,B Dougherty,M"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 {The simple line, transposing into a
Queen's Gambit, exchange variation. Other moves may allow various tricky Slav
positions resulting from ...dxc4.} (4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4) (4. e4 dxe4
5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+) (4. e3 f5) 4... exd5 5. Bf4 {Hebert,J:
'The most flexible developping move which keeps open options for the N/g1 (f3
or e2).'} (5. Nf3) 5... Nf6 6. e3 Be7 (6... Bf5 7. Qb3 Qb6) 7. Bd3 Bg4 {Hebert,
J: 'With the idea of exchanging white square bishops via Bh5-g6.'} (7... O-O 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O a6 12. g4 Qa5 {Avrukh-Boim, IL 2001})
8. Nge2 O-O (8... Bxe2 $5) 9. f3 Be6 $6 (9... Bh5) ({After} 9... Bh5 {(Hebert,
J) White has a choice between} 10. g4 (10. e4) 10... Bg6 11. h4 {gaining
momentum fora pawn storm or playing for space in the center with 10.e4.}) 10.
g4 {Hebert,J: 'With a stable centre this kind of pawn expansion on the king
side is quite possible.'} Na6 (10... c5 $1) (10... c5 {(Hebert,J) followed by
11...Nc6 is also quite sensible.}) 11. Ng3 (11. Qd2) (11. h4) (11. g5 {(Hebert,
J) allowing} Nh5 {would be premature.}) 11... Nd7 {Hebert,J: 'Slowing down
White's expansion and threatening to trap the B/f4.'} 12. Qc2 {'!?' Hebert,J. 
Hebert,J: 'The most enterprising continuation based on a fine tactical point.'}
(12. h4 $5 Bxh4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (13... Kh8 14. Kf2 $1) 14. g5) (12. Nf5 $5 Bh4+
13. Ke2 Bxf5 14. Bxf5) (12. Nf5 {(Hebert,J) was safe but probably somewhat
toothless.}) 12... g5 {'!?' Hebert,J.  Hebert,J: 'Other moves would be too
passive and rather weakening.'} (12... h6) (12... g6) (12... Nb4 {Hebert,J} 13.
Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Qb1 g5 {transposes into the game.}) 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be5+ Nxe5 {
Hebert,J: 'The point being that'} (14... f6 15. h4 (15. Qg6 Rf7 (15... fxe5 16.
Nh5 Rg8 (16... Bf6 17. Qh6) 17. Qh6)) (15. h4 {Hebert,J} fxe5 16. hxg5 {gives
White a winning attack.})) 15. dxe5 Qb6 (15... Qc7 16. f4 Bxg4 (16... d4)) (
15... Nb4 $1 16. Qb1 d4 $1 17. h4 (17. Nce4 d3) (17. exd4 Qxd4) 17... gxh4 18.
Nf5 dxc3 19. Nxe7 Qd2+) 16. Kf2 {Hebert,J: 'Retreats like'} (16. Nd1 {(Hebert,
J) or}) (16. Nf1 {(Hebert,J) are not too appealing.}) 16... Nb4 17. Qb1 d4 18.
h4 {'?!' Hebert,J.  Hebert,J: 'Ingenious but inadequate.'} (18. Nce4 dxe3+ 19.
Kg2 Rad8 20. h4 Nd3 21. hxg5 Nf4+ 22. Kh2 Rd2+ $1 23. Nxd2 exd2) (18. exd4 {
Hebert,J} Qxd4+ 19. Kg2 Nd5 (19... Qxe5 20. Re1 {and White maintains a small
advantage.}) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Be4 Qxe5 22. Bxd5 {again with some edge
considering the White knight's excellent outposts.}) 18... gxh4 19. Nf5 ({Now} 
19. exd4 $2 {Hebert,J} Qxd4+ (19... hxg3+ $4 20. Kxg3 {wins}) 20. Kg2 Qxe5 {is
very good for Black.}) 19... dxc3 {'?' Hebert,J.  Hebert,J: 'Black should have
seized the opportunity to cleanly pocket some material. After'} (19... Bxf5 20.
Qxf5 (20. gxf5 dxc3 (20... dxe3+ 21. Kg2 (21. Ke2 Qa6+) (21. Ke1 Nd3+ $1 22.
Qxd3 Qxb2) 21... Qd4 (21... Rg8+) 22. f6 Qxe5 23. Rxh4 Qxf6 24. Rg4) 21. f6 Nd5
(21... Bxf6 22. exf6 Nd5 23. Rxh4 Qxe3+ 24. Kg2 Nf4+) 22. Be4 Qxe3+ 23. Kf1
Nxf6 (23... Bxf6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Rxh4+ Kg7 26. Qc2 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Qf3+ 28. Qf2
(28. Kg1)) (23... Qg5 24. Qe1) 24. Rxh4+ Kg8 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Rg4+ Bg7 27. Qc2
f5 28. Re1 Qb6 (28... Qxe1+)) (20. Bxf5 dxc3 21. Rxh4+ (21. bxc3 Nd5 {and
White's attack has clearly died out.}) 21... Bxh4+) 20... dxc3 21. Qh5 (21. g5
Nd3+ 22. Qxd3 Qxb2+ 23. Qc2 Qxc2+ 24. Bxc2 Bxg5) 21... Kg7 22. g5 Nd3+ {Hebert,
J: 'Blacks looks winning.'} (22... c5) (22... c5 {Hebert,J Blacks looks
winning.}) 23. Kf1 (23. Bxd3 Qxb2+ 24. Be2 Rh8) 23... c5 24. Bxd3 (24. f4 Rh8
25. Rxh4 cxb2 (25... Qxb2 26. Qh6#) 26. Rb1 Qa6 27. Kg2) 24... Rh8 25. Qg4 Qxb2
26. Re1 h3 (26... c2)) 20. Nxe7 Qd8 ({And not} 20... cxb2 {Hebert,J} 21. Rxh4
Kg7 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. Qxf5 {and White wins.}) 21. Rxh4 Qxe7 (21... Qd2+ 22. Kg3
cxb2 23. Bg8+) 22. Rh5 (22. Qh1 Kg7 23. bxc3 (23. Bb1) (23. Bf5 {Hebert,J} Rg8
{and White's queen does not turn out to be as effective as on b1, considering
White's stunning 25th move.})) 22... Kg7 23. bxc3 (23. f4 c2 24. Bxc2 Nxc2 25.
Qxc2 Rh8) 23... Nd5 24. c4 Nc3 (24... Nb6 25. c5) 25. Qxb7 {'!!' Hebert,J. 
Hebert,J: 'A high level tactical shot that almost wins on the spot. Black's
reply is the only one to survive. '} (25. Qc2 Rh8 (25... Qb4 26. Rg5+ Kh6 (
26... Kh8 27. Rh1) 27. Rh1+ Kxg5 28. Rh5#) 26. Rah1 Qb4 27. Rh6 Qxc4 28. Rg6+
Kf8 (28... fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qf6+ $1) 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Bf5 Qxa2) 25...
Qd8 {'[]' Hebert,J.} (25... Qxb7 26. Rg5+ Kh8 (26... Kh6 27. Rh1+ Kxg5 28. Rh5#
) 27. Rh1 {Hebert,J: 'leads to mate.'}) 26. Kg3 (26. Qb4 Nd1+ (26... Qd2+ 27.
Kg3 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Qxb4 29. Rg5+ Kh6 30. Rh1+ Kxg5 31. Rh5#) 27. Kg3 Rb8 (27...
Rh8) (27... Nxe3)) (26. Qxa8 Qd2+) ({If} 26. Bd3 {Hebert,J} Rh8 {and Black is
still in the driver's seat.} (26... Qxd3 $4 27. Rg5+)) 26... Ne2+ 27. Kf2 Nc3 (
27... Qd2 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. Qe7 $1 Nd4+ (29... Nf4+ 30. Kg3 Qg2+ 31. Kxf4 Qh2+
32. Ke4 Qxh7+ 33. Kd4 Rad8+ 34. Kc5 Qh6 (34... f6 35. Qxh7+ Kxh7 36. Rh1#) 35.
Rh1 $1) 30. Kg3 Ne2+ 31. Kh4 $1) ({The appealing} 27... Nf4 {Hebert,J is a
gross blunder} 28. exf4 Qd4+ 29. Kg2 Qxa1 30. Qe7 {and mate soon.}) 28. Kg3
Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Rh8 (29... Qd2 {Hebert,J has the virtue of forcing a draw by} 30.
Rg5+ Kh8 31. Qe7 Nf4+ 32. Kg3 Qg2+ 33. Kxf4 Qh2+ 34. Ke4 Qc2+ {but Black
rightfully so is aiming at more.}) 30. Qb2 Rxh7 (30... Bxc4 31. e6+ f6 32. Qb7+
) 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qxe2 (32. Rh1+ Kg7 33. Qxe2) 32... Qa5 $1 (32... Qg5) 33.
Qc2+ (33. f4 Rd8) 33... Kg7 34. Rh1 Rh8 (34... Rd8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ke7
37. Qf6+ Kd7 38. Rd1+ Kc8 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Qxd8+ Kxd8 41. Kg3 Bxc4 42. a3)
35. Rxh8 Kxh8 {Hebert,J: 'White's three pawns for the Bishop do not mean much
in themselves. If he remains passive he will soon lose one of them on the
Q-side and then the game might be over.  White's only chance.is to use his
pawn mass on the K-side to somehow get to the enemy King.'} 36. f4 {'!' Hebert,
J.  Hebert,J: 'The only chance.'} (36. Qb2 Kh7) (36. Qe4 Qxa2+ 37. Kg3 Qxc4)
36... Bxg4 (36... Qc5 37. f5 Qxc4 38. Qb2 Qxa2) 37. Kg3 Be6 38. Kf3 {Hebert,J:
'Aiming at f4-f5.'} (38. f5 Qxe5+) 38... Qa6 {'?' Hebert,J.  Hebert,J: 'Some
time trouble may very well be an explanation for this weak and somehow
unnatural move.There was no rush to go after more pawns.'} (38... Qe1 39. e4
Qf1+ 40. Ke3 Bxc4) (38... Qe1 $1 {Hebert,J seems to be the most effective,
covering enough black squares while also attacking.}) 39. Qh2+ Kg8 40. Qh4 {
Hebert,J: 'Threatening perpetuel so Black must renounce taking c4 to prevent
it.'} Qc8 41. Qg5+ Kf8 42. e4 $1 {Hebert,J: 'The central pawns working with
the Queen have reestablish the balance.'} Bxc4 43. f5 c5 $6 (43... Qd7 44. Qh6+
Kg8 45. Qg5+ Kf8 46. Qh6+ Ke8 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. f6+ Ke6 49. Qh3+) (43... Qc7 44.
f6 (44. e6 fxe6 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. fxe6 Qe7) (44. Kf4) 44... Be6) 44. e6 {'=!'
Hebert,J.} Qe8 {Hebert,J: 'Now the game is clearly drawn but there was no way
out anymore. '} (44... fxe6 45. f6 Qc7 46. Qh6+ Kg8 47. Qg5+ {Hebert,J: 'is
perpetual.'} (47. Qg6+ {Hebert,J is perpetual.}) 47... Kh8 48. Qh6+ Qh7 49.
Qf8+) 45. Qh6+ Ke7 46. Qh4+ Kd6 (46... f6 $2 {Hebert,J would only give White
chances after} 47. e5) 47. e5+ Kxe5 (47... Kd5 48. Qe4#) 48. Qxc4 Qc6+ 49. Ke3
fxe6 50. fxe6 Qd6 (50... Qxe6 51. Qxc5+ Kf6+ 52. Kf4 Qxa2) 51. a4 Kf6 52. Kf2
a5 $2 53. Qc3+ Kxe6 54. Qxa5 Qd4+ 55. Ke2 c4 56. Qa6+ Ke5 57. Qb5+ Kd6 58. a5
c3 59. Qd3 Qxd3+ 60. Kxd3 c2 61. Kxc2 Kc5 62. Kb3 Kb5 {Hebert,J: 'A typically
modern fighting game between two very competent masters. Finding a high level
game that is not in databases in no easy tak these days, so I would guess that
this one was played in some US swiss tournament between russian emigres.'}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Brantford CA ch playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.09.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Rad8 15. Rac1 Bd6 16. Bb5 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Be2 Rd6 20. Rc5
Rfd8 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qf4 R6d7 23. b4 f6 24. h4 h5 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Qe6 27. Bf3
Kh7 28. Qd4 Nc6 29. Qd3 Ne5 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. Rd4 (31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Qb3 R5d6 (
32... Nd3 33. Rxd5 Qxd5+ (33... Rxd5) 34. Qxd5 Rxd5) 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Rxd8)
31... Nc6 32. Rf4 Ne5 33. Qc3 Rd6 34. Rc7+ R6d7 35. Rd4 Nxf3 36. Kxf3 Rxc7 37.
Qxc7+ Rd7 38. Qc2 Kf7 39. Kg2 f5 40. Qc5 Kg7 41. Qc8 Qe7 42. Qc3 Kh7 43. Qc5
Qe6 44. a4 Kg7 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Kf7 47. Ra4 Qe7 48. Qc3 Qf6 49. Qb4 Qe7 50.
Qf4 Qd6 51. Qh6 Qf8 52. Qxf8+ Kxf8 53. Kf3 Ke7 54. Kf4 Kd6 55. Kg5 Kc5 56. Kxg6
Kxb5 57. Rd4 Kc5 58. Kxh5 b5 59. Kg6 b4 60. h5 b3 61. h6 Rd8 62. h7 b2 63. Rd1
Kc4 64. Kxf5 Kc3 65. g4 Kc2 66. Rh1 Rh8 67. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2
{This is a really interesting line.In general it should be good to trade a
gpawn for a center pawn but there are king safety and co-ordination issues for
black.} g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Nxg5 d5 12. Re1 h6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3
e5 15. Qg3 {Up to here we have been following Jonkman-Van Wely [Ned-ch,
Leeuwarden]2002.Rozentalis' move improves considerably on 15 b3 of the Jonkman
game.} f5 $2 {too ambitious.} (15... Bf6 $5 16. d4 (16. Na3 $5 Be6) 16... cxd3
17. Bxd3 Be6 18. Na3 a6 19. Be3 $13) 16. d4 cxd3 17. Bxd3 Kf7 18. Nd2 Qc6 19.
Rxe5 $1 {Diagram # A very strong exchange sacrifice . Whites pieces quickly
fill up the holes in black's position.} Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qf6 21. Qf4 Qg5 (21...
Be6 22. Nf3 Nc4 23. Rb1 $1 {is horrible also.}) 22. Qh2 Bd7 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Be3
{Too many threats to hope for a defense.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{This years Montreal International was the strongest to date.The average
rating was 2503 making it a catagory 11 event.The tournement was held July
25th -August 4th at the offices of Axa insurance in the heart of downtown
Montreal. Andre Langlois and his team have worked very hard to make this a
fine event and I wish them continued success .Chances like this for our
players to play for G.M. and I .M.norms will be increasingly important over
the next 5 -10 years especially for our younger masters. This year the event
was a 12 player round robin .I.M. norm was 5.5 and G.M.7.5.The only player to
make a norm this time was Sylvain Barbeau who made his second I.M. norm in two
years i n this event.The way fide does norms now you can get one one after 9
rounds if you have a good enough score and thats what Sylvain did.
Congratulations and good chance next year Quebec will have another I.M. This
year the tournement had some really distinguished participants.The top rated
player was G.M. Lubomir Ftacnik of Slovakia rated 2602.Ftacnik is a respected
writer and editer and also prepares some fantastic databases for chessbase.He
would eventually finish in 3rd with a 2617 preformance. The second ranked
player was france's number two playerG.M. Jean Marc Degraeve .Immediately
before this event Degraeve won the Canadian open .Marc finished clear first in
the international a point ahead of the pack with a 2723 preformance that will
put him over 2600 fide.Congratulations Marc. The third seed was G.M. Vasilios
Kotronias ,2578 from Cyprus.Kotronius finished second with a 2636 preformance
and was particularly deadly against the bottom of the field scoring 4.5/5. The
next group of G.M.'s featured Rozentalis [Ltu],Barsov [Uzb]and Nogueiras of
Cuba.Some may remember Alexei Barsov when he played in Quebec many years ago
when still an I.M. I had the pleasure of running into Alexei in Hastings over
new years and he expressed interest in returning to Montreal. I also asked him
how he trained to become a G.M. and to my surprise he told me mostly just with
a computer. The Canadians in the tournement were Canadian closed and open
champion,I.M. Pascal Charbanneau.Pascal was to be the highest finishing
Canadian with a 2505 preformance.G.M.Alex Lesiege who was to have a nightmare
of a tournement.Alex lost a few games right in the opening.These are difficult
times for our former national champion and I am looking forward to seeing his
name at the top again. The field was completed by I.M.s Igor Zugic and Mark
Bluvshtein of Toronto.MarK told me he was a little burned out towards the end
of the tournement.I only mention this because he jointly won the Toronto Chess
and Math futurity starting a week after this tournement finished!Maybe he
should be burned out more often. The other two players were former Canadian
champion I.M.Jean Hebert and former quebec and Canadian junior champion F.M.
Sylvain Barbeau.Sylvain was the tournements only F.M. but to anyone who has
ever played against Sylvain ,we all know he has been I.M. strength for 15
years at least. The first round had a few quick draws but there were several
interesting wins .} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 a6 5. g3 b5 {By Far
the most common answer and Shirov's choice vs Korchnoi in 96.} 6. c5 Nbd7 {It
is possible that g6 is more accurate as I found many games in this line where
black developed this bishop at e6.} 7. Bg2 g6 8. h3 $5 {A new move perhaps.
White delays 0-0 and it works out very well.} Bg7 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 {Black
wants to play e5 so this move makes sense but I get the feeling something has
already gone wrong .} 11. Be3 e5 $2 {This doesnt work out at all.Tha tsaid it
is hard to suggest a decent move here .perhaps b4 with the idea of activatign
the bishop at a6.} (11... b4 12. Na4 a5 13. a3 Ba6 14. axb4 axb4 15. O-O Nhf6
$14) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qd2 g5 $2 {After this white's initiative
becomes unstopable.} (14... Ng7 $5 15. Bxh6 Ne6 $1 {is far from clear .The
problem is white is not obliged to capture.}) 15. h4 $1 gxh4 16. Bd4 $1 Bxd4
17. Qxd4 Qf6 18. Qxh4 Qxh4 19. Rxh4 Ng7 20. e4 $1 {Diagram # Black is
completly busted after this.} dxe4 21. Rxe4+ Kf8 22. O-O-O Ne6 23. Re5 Ra7 24.
Rd6 Rg8 25. Bxc6 b4 26. Nd5 Rg4 27. Ne3 Rg5 28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Bf3 Rd7 30. Rxd7
Bxd7 31. c6 Bc8 32. Bg4 a5 33. Nc4 Ke7 34. Nxa5 Ba6 35. Nb7 Nd4 36. Nc5 Be2 37.
Bxe2 Nxe2+ 38. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {This has become very popular of late.} Be7 4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 {This move seems to be popular amung
Armenians.} 8. O-O Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nd4 Ndxc5 11. f4 Qb6 12. N2f3 Bd7 13. a3
Ne4 $5 {An interesting pawn sac that will give black good play if accepted.
White chooses to just hold his ground.} 14. Ra2 $5 {Alexei was surprised by
this.} (14. Bxe4 $6 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Bc6 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. Nxb3 a4 19.
Nbd4 Bc5 20. c3 {is one sample variation that shows black has good
compensation for the pawn.Black ca nregain the pawn at will or play for more.})
14... Nac5 15. Be3 a4 16. Kh1 {It is sure black is doing well around here .The
two centralized knights make a nice impression.} f6 $1 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qe1
Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nc5 20. Ne2 Bb5 $2 {This is the result of a simple tactical
oversight.} (20... Qb3 21. Nc1 Qb5 {was very good for black.}) 21. Qb4 $1 Rfc8
$2 (21... Nxd3 22. Qxf8+ $1 {This is what Alexei overlooked in his
calculations.}) (21... Qa6 $5 22. Bxc5 Bxd3 23. Rf2 Bxe2 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 $14 {
Looks necessery.}) 22. Ned4 $1 Nxd3 $4 (22... Ra5 23. Rc1 {is winning.There
are too many tactical problems for black to overcome but this would have
forced white to make some good moves at least. In the game black loses a piece.
}) 23. Qxb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 Nxb2 25. Bd4 Nd3 26. g3 Ra5 27. Nd6 $18 Rc6 28. Ne8
Kf7 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. Rb1 b5 31. Rd2 Nc1 32. Bf2 Nb3 33. Rd3 Rc2 34. Kg1 Ra2
35. f5 Ra6 36. fxe6+ Rxe6 37. Rxd5 Ree2 38. Rf1 b4 39. axb4 a3 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41.
Ra7 Kd5 42. b5 Ke4 43. Ra4+ Kd3 44. b6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{Degraeve also won a nice game over Rosentalis} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4.
e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 $5 {White has been getting very little
with the calm continuations here so it is not surprising this is gaining in
popularity.} h6 8. Bd2 b6 {8...Qe7,the most often played has been taking a
beating of late.} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rg1 Qe7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O-O c5 13. Nh4 g6
14. Bxg6 {Diagram #} fxg6 15. Nxg6 Qh7 16. Nb5 $1 {This seems to improve on
Bareev -Ivanchouk Dubai , fide grand prix earlier this year.White won that one
too after 16 Nh8.} Bb8 $8 (16... Bxh2 17. Nxh8 Qxh8 18. Rh1 $18) 17. Nxh8 Qxh8
18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Ba5 $1 Qh7 {Both players felt it was necessery to trade
queens to contain whites growing initiative.The resulting ending is at best
very difficult for black and at worst just lost.} 20. Qxh7 Nxh7 21. Bc7 $5 (21.
Nc7+ Bxc7 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Bf4 Ng5 $16) 21... Ke7 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. h4 $6 (23.
f4 $1) 23... Ne5 24. f4 Nc4 $2 (24... a6 $8 25. Nc3 (25. fxe5 $2 axb5) (25. Nc7
$2 Nf3 26. Rg3 d4 27. g5 $14) 25... Nf3 26. Rg2 d4 $16 {was blacks best chance.
}) 25. b3 Nd6 26. Nc7 $6 (26. Nxd6 $1 Kxd6 27. e4 $1 $18) 26... d4 (26... Nf6
$5 27. g5 Kd7 $1 {looks liek a better try but still pretty grim.}) 27. exd4
cxd4 28. Rge1+ Kd7 29. Ne6 Rc8+ 30. Kb2 Nf6 31. Nxd4 $18 Nd5 32. Re5 Rg8 33.
Nf5 Nxf5 34. Rxf5 Ke6 35. Re5+ Kd6 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Rf8 38. Rd4 Kc5 39. Ra4
Bc6 40. Rc4+ Kd6 41. Rd4 Kc5 42. Ree4 a5 43. a3 Nc7 44. Rc4+ Kb6 45. Re5 Bd7
46. Re7 Rd8 47. Rd4 Kc6 48. f5 Nd5 49. Re5 Nb6 50. f6 Rh8 51. f7 {A nice win
for the Uzbek.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Bg5 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Qc8 14. c5 Bf8
15. Qb1 h6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. a4 Be7 19. a5 Bd8 20. Qb4 b5 21. axb6
axb6 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. cxb6 Nxb6 24. Qd6 Na4 25. Nxc6 Bf6 26. Bd2 Nb2 27. Ba6
Nc4 28. Bxc4 dxc4 29. h3 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qd1 31. Bf4 Qd3 32. Be5 Bh4 33. Bg3 Bf6
34. Be5 Bh4 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qf8 f6 37. Bg3 Bxg3+ 38. fxg3 Qxc3 39. Qd6 Qe3 40.
d5 Bf7 41. Qd7 Be8 42. Qd8 f5 43. Qc7 c3 44. Nd8 Qg5 $4 {the key moment of
this game.Blac kseems o.k. after Kg8! Now White finds a very nice way to win.}
(44... Kg8 $1 45. Ne6 Bf7 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Nf8+ Kg8 48. d6 c2 $1 49. Nd7+ Be8
$1 {Seems to hold.} (49... Qe8 $4 50. Nf6+ gxf6 51. d7)) 45. Ne6 $1 Qf6 46. Qc8
c2 47. Qxe8 c1=Q 48. Nf8+ {Diagram #} Qxf8 49. Qxf8 Qc2 50. d6 Qc5 51. Qe7 Qa3
52. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 dxc4 6. d5 Nb4 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc2+ 10. Kf1 {In Wojtkeiwitz-Yudasin N.Y.O. 91 Black drew with
Nxa1.} a6 (10... Nxa1 11. e5 a6 12. exf6 Nc2 13. d6 e6 14. Qxb7 {Is completly
winning for white so i guess there is a story to this game but have no idea
what it is.}) 11. e5 Nd4 12. Qd1 b5 (12... Nd7 13. e6 {looks equally bleak.})
13. exf6 bxc4 14. Be3 gxf6 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rc8 17. Kg2 Bg7 18. Rhe1 O-O
19. Qg4 $16 {Black never gets close to co-ordinatign his forces.The problems
are many.Slightly weakened kingside,weak epawn ,inactive b,it all spells doom
but on the bright side given Ftacniks fine technique Alex doesn't suffer long.}
Rc7 20. Rad1 Qd7 21. Qf3 f5 22. Rxe7 $1 {Diagram #} Qxe7 23. d6 Qd7 24. dxc7
Qxc7 25. Nd5 Qe5 26. Ne3 Qxb2 27. Nxf5 Qf6 28. Rd6 Qe5 29. Rxa6 Re8 30. Rc6 Qe4
31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{This was an amazing round.Every game was decisive.Kotronias'winning streak
continued moving him to 3-0 .Ftacnik won quickly when Alex misplayed a sharp
line of the english to move to 2.5/3 and Barsov and Nogurias both won to sit
at2/3.Pascal won the following nice game in a battle of the current Canadian
champion against a former Canadian champion.} 1. e4 {Hebert has been a c4 and
d4 player for as long as I lived in quebec. [14 years this time around]Lately
he has started playing e4 with mixed results to date.I am curious to see what
he plays at the olympiad.} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Rb8 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3
b5 7. O-O b4 8. Nd5 {Ne2 is more common.} d6 9. Ne3 e6 10. d3 Nge7 11. Kh1 O-O
{It is rare to find a position in master play where black wins twice as often
as white .One curious example on the database is A Fish- Hodgson , Euro cup 98.
Every fish will have his day but this wasn't it as after f5 Hodgeson simply
took the material and won .} 12. g4 {Qe1 was Godena -Ye Jiangchuan.Manila 92
olympiad.} (12. f5) (12. Qe1) 12... f5 $1 {White must not be allowed to play
f5.} 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Be6
Qc7 19. Bxf5 $2 {The White squares are just to vulnerable .} Rxf5 20. Ne3 Rxg5
$5 {Diagram # I can only assume Jean either didn't see this or just
misevaluatedit.} 21. fxg5 Bb7 22. Ng2 Nd4 23. Rf2 Nf5 24. Qg4 Re8 {Black is
perfectly co-ordinated .I dont see a playable line for White.} 25. Re2 Rxe2 26.
Qxe2 Qc6 27. Qe4 Nh4 28. Nxh4 Qd7 29. Qxb7 Qxb7+ 30. Ng2 Qf3 31. Bf4 Bxb2 32.
Re1 Bc3 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nogueiras, Jesus"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{The following game is a good example of the cuban G.M,s positional style.} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5
9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Bf5 {Nd5 and Bg4 are also played here.} 12. Nd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Rac8 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Rfc1 Na5 (15... Be4 16. Bh3 $1 $14) 16. Qb5
$5 (16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Bxb7 Rb8 (17... Bg4 18. f3 Rb8 19. Rc5) 18. Rc5 $1 Qb4
19. Rb5 Qa4 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Bc6 Qa6 22. Rcc5 {is good for white but Noguerias
choses a simpler path.}) 16... Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Nc4 (17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxc1+ 19.
Rxc1 a6 20. Nc3 $16) 18. Nxa7 $1 {Diagram #} Nxb2 19. Nxc8 Bxc8 20. Rc7 b6 21.
Rxe7 Be6 22. Rb7 Na4 $6 (22... Nc4 {The minor pieces have nothing to do
against the central pawn chain and the rooks win quickly.}) 23. Bc6 Bd5 24. Rc1
Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Nd5 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. Ne4 f5 28. Ng5 Nac3 29. Ne6 Bf8 30. Ng5 Bg7
31. Rd6 Bf6 32. Ne6 Be7 33. Rdd7 Rxa2 34. Rxe7 Nxe7 35. Rxe7 Ne4 36. d5 $1 Rd2
37. f3 Nc3 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rc7 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 {A very smooth preformance .} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{This was an incredibely complex game .Alexei has had good results with the g5
variation .The positions are very sharp and suit his active style well.} 1. e4
e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 {
I tried this against G.M.Plasket at Hastings and got rolled.Plaskett played 9
Bb5 and I failed to play sharply enough.I suspect 8...a5 is ultimately sounder
but 8..g5 is way more interesting.9dxc5 is the test.} 9. Bb1 $5 {This is
relati vely obscure ,only three games on the database but it has done well.} b6
(9... a5 10. dxc5 Nxc5) (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb3) 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. cxd4
Nb4 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Qe3 g4 14. Ne1 Bg5 15. f4 {Black has been forcing white's
moves since 10 Qe2 but after this black has to go into a retreating phase and
i think white is better.I suspect 9..b6 can be improved upon.} gxf3 16. Qxf3
Rc8 17. Nb3 Rg8 $5 {Diagram # Black sacs the hpawn for activity.This works out
well.} 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bxh7 $1 Rh8 20. Bd3 (20. Bc2 $5 Bxc1 (20... Ncxe5 21.
dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qg3 Qf6 23. h3 Qf1+ 24. Kh2 Bf6 25. Rd4 $16) 21. Raxc1 Qh4 22. h3
Rg8 23. Rd2 Rg3 24. Qf2 Ke7 25. Kh1 Rcg8 {is not so clear}) 20... Bc4 21. Bxc4
$1 (21. Bc2 $2 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 Qh4 23. h3 Ke7 $1 $44) 21... dxc4 22. Bxg5 Qxg5
23. Rac1 $1 {Here Alexei went into a long think.I thought black was in trouble
but it is messy.} Ke7 $1 24. Rc2 {This gives nothing but incredibly despite
the pawn minus and lack of concrete threats black seems to have enough
activity here to hold the balance.} (24. Rxc4 Ncxe5 25. dxe5 Rxc4 26. Rxd7+
Kxd7 27. Qd3+ Ke8 28. Qxc4 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Rxh2 30. Qc8+ Ke7 31. Qc7+ Kf8 32. Qd8+
Kg7 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qd8+ Kg7 $11 {not Kh7 Qd3+}) 24... cxb3 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26.
Qxc6 Rxh2 $2 (26... Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Qe2 28. Qf3 Qxb2 {was better.}) 27. Kxh2 $6 (
27. Qf3 $1 Qh4 28. Kf1 $1 f6 29. exf6+ Nxf6 30. Qb7+ Nd7 31. Ke2 {This is a
"comput er " variation in every sense.The position is equal but it is actually
black that has to be careful!}) 27... Qh5+ 28. Kg3 Qxd1 29. Qe4 $11 f6 $2 (
29... Qd2 30. Nd3 a5) 30. Nd3 $2 {Time presure probably.} (30. Nf3 $1) 30...
Qc2 31. Qh7+ Kd8 32. Qg8+ $2 (32. d5 $1) 32... Kc7 33. Nf4 Qxb2 $2 (33... fxe5
$1 34. Nxe6+ Kd6 35. dxe5+ Nxe5 $11) 34. Nxe6+ Kb7 35. Nd8+ $2 Kc7 36. Ne6+ Kb7
37. Qf7 (37. Qh7) 37... Qc3+ 38. Kh2 Qc8 $1 39. exf6 b2 40. Qh7 Ka6 41. Qd3+ b5
42. f7 Kb6 $5 (42... Qc6 $1 $11 43. d5 $2 Qc1) 43. Nc5 $4 {Diagram # A
horrible blunder giving black the fpawn and the game.} (43. d5 $1 Qh8+ 44. Kg1
Qe5 $11) (43. Qf5 Qc1 44. f8=Q Nxf8 45. Qxf8 b1=Q 46. Qb8+ Kc6 47. Qc7+ Kd5 48.
Nf4+ Qxf4+ 49. Qxf4 $11) 43... Qh8+ $1 44. Kg3 Qg7+ 45. Kh3 Qh8+ 46. Kg3 Qg7+
47. Kh3 Qxf7 48. Qc2 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Qg5+ 50. Kh3 Qe3+ 51. Kh2 Nf6 $1 52. Qf5 Ng4+
0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{The g.m.s where drawing with each other this round.The following game is a
nice win for our youngest I.M. over our current national champion.} 1. e4 c5 2.
c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9.
Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qg4 {This line isn't suppose
to give White much .This appears to be a new move.} h5 $5 {True to his active
style Pascal immediately strives for the initiative.} (13... Qxd4 $6 14. Qf3
$44) 14. Qg3 h4 15. Qf3 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6+ bxc6 18. Be3 h3 19. g3 Nc4
20. Na4 Nxe3 $6 {Black would never do this unless he had something very
specific in mind.} (20... Nd2 $5 21. Bxd2 (21. Rfd1 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Rh5 $1) 21...
Rxd4 22. Rfc1 Rxd2 23. Rxc6 Be7 24. Rxa6 O-O) 21. fxe3 e5 $1 {The idea behind
the exchange.Black breaks up Whites central position and activates the rest of
the pieces.Seems about equal at this point but soon the knight begins to
clearly outperform the bishop..} 22. dxe5 (22. Rae1 $5) 22... Rh5 23. Nb6 $1
Rxe5 24. Nc4 {This knight is the corner stone of whites position.} Red5 25. Kf2
{White gets a very good idea.He will paly g4 and the hpawn will be weak.} Ke7
26. Kf3 f5 27. g4 $1 Ke6 28. gxf5+ Rxf5+ 29. Kg4 Rc5 30. Rf4 Be7 31. Re4+ Kf7
32. Rf1+ Bf6 33. Kg3 $5 {Mark has played wonderfullyand could now safely
capture the pawn.It is interesting that he finds away to trade more pieces and
pick it up later while denying black even a sniff of counterplay.} (33. Kxh3 $1
Rg5 34. Rff4 $16) 33... Rg5+ 34. Rg4 Rh5 35. b3 Rd3 36. Rh4 Rxh4 37. Ne5+ Ke7
38. Nxd3 Rh8 (38... g5 39. Rc1 Kd6 40. Rc4 $1) 39. e4 Kd6 40. Rf5 Bd4 41. Rg5
Rh6 42. e5+ Kd5 43. Kf3 c5 44. Nf4+ Kc6 45. Ke4 {A very impressive endgame
preformance by I.M. Bluvstein.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{The following game was one of Alex's few bright spots.} 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3.
g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. a3 Nc7
(10... Qe8 $5) 11. Rc1 Kh8 $2 {Totally pointless,the king is just as well
placed on g8} 12. Qd3 Rb8 13. d5 a5 $5 {i have lost more than one dutch
because of a pawn on a5 like this.It often just turns into another weakness
that needs defending.There are enough weakness' in the dutch formations that
one shouldn't seek fresh ones.} (13... b5 $5) 14. Ba1 Na6 $1 15. Nd4 Nc5 16.
Qd2 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qb6 18. Rb1 Rfc8 19. h3 Qd8 20. Rfe1 Qg8 $5 {I take it back,
Kh8 had a point!} 21. Qe3 Qe8 $2 (21... Qf7) 22. b4 $1 {This leads to a
pleasent white advantage and Jean goes down quickly.} axb4 23. axb4 Nce4 24.
Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxh3 26. Bf3 Qf7 27. Ne6 $1 {Diagram #} Bxe6 28. dxe6 Qg8
29. Rbc1 Qd8 $2 (29... b5 $5) 30. Bd4 d5 31. Rcd1 Qe8 32. Kg2 $18 Qb5 33. Rh1
Rf8 34. Rh4 Kg8 35. g4 Qa4 36. Rdh1 h5 37. gxh5 Qc2 38. h6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{This was a very important round.Kotronias finally loses a game to Rozentalis
and the tournement is wide open after 5 rounds.Pascal defeats Lesiege for the
second time in 5 months and Barbeau takes a big step towards his second norm
with the following win over Zugic.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {Interesting to
note last year Barbeau was playing closed systems against the sicilian.} cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. f4 Nc6
11. Nf3 O-O-O {We have been following Bologan-Zvjaginsev 96 which continued 12
h4 and black went on to win.} 12. Qe3 $5 Qe7 (12... Kb8) 13. Na4 Be8 14. Nb6+
Kb8 15. Rd3 $6 (15. Be2) 15... d5 $1 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Rb3 exd5 (17... Qc7 $5
18. c3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Bxa6 Bc5 21. Qe2 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Bc6) (17... Qc5 $5
18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. a3 Bxb6 20. Rxb4 Bc5 21. Re4 $15) 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. a3 Ka7
20. axb4 Kxb6 21. h4 Bf6 $2 (21... Bd6 $1 22. g3 Ba4 {and black is better with
the bishops}) 22. Bd3 Ba4 23. Ra3 Bc6 24. Re1 $2 (24. Ne5 $11 Bxe5 25. fxe5
Rhe8 26. Re1) 24... Rhe8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. h5 Be7 27. c3 Bd6 28. f5 d4 $1 29.
Nxd4 Bxg2 30. Kc2 Re1 (30... Be5) 31. Ra5 Rh1 32. Bc4 Be4+ $6 (32... Rxh5 33.
Bxf7 $15) 33. Kb3 f6 34. Bf7 Rf1 35. Bg6 Be5 36. Kc4 Rf2 37. Kb3 Bxd4 38. cxd4
Rf3+ 39. Kc4 Bd3+ 40. Kd5 Bxf5 (40... Rf2 41. Ke6 Rxb2 42. d5 Rxb4 43. Ra3 Rd4
44. d6 Bb5 45. Rc3 a5 46. Ke7 {should be o.k. In the game the dpawn turns into
a monster.}) 41. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 42. Ke6 Rf2 43. d5 Kc7 {I think this indicates
Igor was still hoping to win.} (43... Re2+ 44. Kd7 Rxb2 45. d6 Rxb4 46. Ra1 Rb5
47. Rc1 Rxh5 48. Ke7 Re5+ 49. Kf7 Rd5 50. Ke6 (50. Ke7 f5 51. d7 f4 52. d8=Q+
Rxd8 53. Kxd8 a5)) (43... Rxb2 44. Rc5 Rxb4 45. Rc8 Rd4 46. d6 Re4+ 47. Kf7 Rd4
48. Ke6 $11) 44. Rc5+ Kd8 45. b5 Re2+ (45... a5 46. b6 $1 Re2+ 47. Kf7 $11) 46.
Kd6 Rxb2 47. Rc7 Rxb5 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Rxg7 Kf8 $4 (49... Rb1 $1 50. Ke6 Re1+
51. Kxf6 b5 52. Ra7 {Should be o.k. for black.}) 50. Rh7 a5 $4 (50... Kg8 $1
51. Rxh6 Kg7 52. Rg6+ Kf7 53. Rg3 Rb6+ $1 54. Kc7 Rb5 {I think black can draw
this with exact play.}) 51. Ke6 Kg8 52. Rxh6 $18 a4 53. d6 Rb2 54. d7 Rd2 55.
Rxf6 a3 56. Ke7 a2 57. Rf8+ Kg7 58. Ra8 Re2+ 59. Kd6 Rc2 60. d8=Q Rd2+ 61. Kc7
1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C31"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 $1 {A great choice .Pascal has done some wor k with F.M.Jack
Yoos ,who along with G.M. Spraggett and I.M. Day are probably the leading
experts on this opening in the country.} exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bd6
(5... Nxd5) 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 c6 8. Nc3 Bg4 (8... b5 $5) 9. Qd3 cxd5 (9... b5
10. Bb3 b4 11. Ne2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 $6 (12. Bd2 Qf6 13. Ne5 $1 {is the way.})
12... cxd5 13. Bxf4 Nc6 {Is at best slightly better for white.}) 10. Nxd5 Nxd5
11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. c3 $14 Qf6 13. Bd2 Rae8 14. Rae1 {Black has landed in a
middlegame with very poor prospects.} Bc7 15. Be4 h6 16. b4 $1 Rd8 17. d5 g5
18. Qc2 Ne5 19. c4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 g4 21. fxg4 Nxg4 22. Kh1 $1 $18 Qh4 23. Bc3 $1
(23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bc3+ f6 25. Re7 Qh3 26. Bd3 Be5 27. Qe2 Rde8 $1 {and
amazingly black is still alive.}) 23... f5 24. Bf3 Qh5 25. c5 Rde8 26. d6 Bd8
27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rg1 $2 (28. Bxg4 fxg4 29. Qb3+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxf4+ {
was very simple}) 28... Re3 $1 29. Rf1 Rxc3 30. Bxg4 Rxc2 31. Bxh5 {White is
still winning but it takes a while.} b6 32. Re1 Bh4 33. d7 bxc5 34. bxc5 Rxc5
35. Re8+ Kg7 36. d8=Q Bxd8 37. Rxd8 Kf6 38. Bd1 Rc3 39. Kg2 f3+ 40. Kf2 Ke5 41.
Rd2 Ke4 42. Rb2 a5 43. Rb3 Rc1 44. Bxf3+ Kf4 45. Ra3 Rc2+ 46. Be2 Rc5 47. Rh3
Rc2 48. Rh4+ Ke5 49. Ra4 Rc5 50. Rc4 Rd5 51. a4 f4 52. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{Rosentalis wins a big game and slows down the tournement leader .The c3
Sicilian did very well in this tournement.This was to be Kotronias'only loss.} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d6 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O g6 {This line has a miserable score but has been played by many G.
M.s and even former FIDE world champ Khalifman.} 10. b3 Bg7 11. Na3 cxb3 12.
axb3 O-O 13. d4 Bg4 14. Re1 {We have bee nfollowing a game Rosentalis-Curt
Hanssen fro mthe north sea cup.That game continued h3 and ended in a draw.} (
14. Nc4 $5) 14... Rfd8 (14... e5 $5 15. Nc4 $2 (15. Nb5 Qf6 16. Ba3 Bxf3 17.
Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rfc8 $1 19. Rad1 $11) (15. dxe5 $11) 15... Nxc4 16. bxc4
exd4 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 $15) 15. Nc4 Qf6 (15... Nxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. h3
Nxd4 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxd4 $5 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Qe4 Nxc2 21. Bf4 e5 22.
Qxc2 exf4 $13) 18. cxd4 (18. hxg4 Nb3 $13) 18... Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 e5
21. hxg4 exd4 $14) 16. Be4 $1 Nd5 $1 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Nb6 {Diagram #} Bxf3 19.
Qxf3 (19. gxf3 $5 Rxd4 $3 (19... Rg5+ 20. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Nc4 $16)
20. cxd4 Rd8 21. Nc4 Nxd4 22. Nd2 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. Nxf3 Bxa1 {All these
lines seem very favourable to white.}) 19... Rf5 20. Qg3 Rd8 21. Nc4 Rb5 22.
Rb1 h5 23. h4 Qf5 24. Bg5 Qd7 (24... f6 {is probably too ugly to think about
seriously but maybe its the right move.} 25. Be3 e5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. b4 Rd3
28. Rbc1 $14 {looks like an easier defense than the game.}) 25. b4 $1 $14 Re8
26. Rbd1 Bf8 {a sure sign that something has gone wrong.} 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Ne3
Ne5 29. Qe2 Ng4 30. Nxg4 hxg4 31. Rd3 f6 32. Bc1 Rh5 33. g3 a6 34. Re3 $16 Rc8
35. Bd2 Rc6 36. Re4 f5 (36... Rd5 $1 $14 37. Bh6 Bxh6 38. Rxe7 Qd6 39. Rxb7 Qd8
40. Qe8+ Qxe8 41. Rxe8+ Bf8 42. Rbb8 Rxc3 43. Rxf8+ Kg7 {is a strange
promising variation.}) 37. Re5 Rh7 38. d5 Rd6 39. c4 b5 40. Bg5 $2 (40. c5 $1
Rxd5 (40... Rf6 41. Bg5) 41. Rxd5 Qxd5 42. Qe6+ Qxe6 43. Rxe6 $18) 40... bxc4
41. Qxc4 Qb5 42. Qxb5 axb5 43. Rc1 {Black is completly tied up and Rosentalis
converts the point quickly.} Rd7 44. Rc5 Rb7 45. Re6 Kf7 46. Kg2 Bg7 47. Rcc6
Rh8 48. Rxg6 Bc3 49. Rge6 Bxb4 50. Re5 Bd6 51. Rxf5+ Kg6 52. Rf4 Kh5 53. Re4 b4
54. f3 gxf3+ 55. Kxf3 Rf8+ 56. Kg2 b3 57. g4+ Kg6 58. Rxe7 $1 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{This round all the games were drawn .The following endgame was amazing .Up
three pawns ,Rozentalis offered Bluvshtein a draw!} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5
Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O Be6 9. Qe2 Bxb3 10.
axb3 e6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc6 15. Rg4 {This
attemp ts to improve on an earlier Rosentalis game against Ribli last year
which went Nd2.} Bf6 16. Nd2 h5 (16... O-O 17. Ne4 Be5 18. Rh4 f5 19. Ng5 Bf6
20. Rh3 h6 $1 $11 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rfe8 23. Re3 Nd5 24. Re2 Kf7 25. Nf4
Nxf4 26. Rxe8 Nh3+ 27. gxh3 Rxe8 28. Be3 a6 {is drawish.}) 17. Rg3 h4 18. Rh3
Ke7 $2 {Very ambitious but there are too many pieces on the board still.} 19.
Ne4 Rad8 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Bc5+ Ke8 22. Qg4 Ne7 23. Re1 $1 (23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24.
Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Qb4+ Qd6 26. Qxb7+ Rd7 27. Qf3 $16) 23... Rd5 24. Bxe7 (24. Bxa7
$5 {White has more material and a better position.}) 24... Kxe7 25. Nxf6 gxf6
26. Qb4+ Qc5 27. Qxb7+ Rd7 28. Qe4 Rd2 $1 {the only hope.} 29. Rf3 h3 $1 {
Diagram #} 30. Qf4 $6 (30. b4 Qe5 (30... Qc7 31. Qf5 $1) 31. Qxe5 fxe5 32. gxh3
Rxb2 33. Rxe5 $18) 30... Qg5 $1 31. Qxg5 $2 {Incredibally it is doubtful white
can win after this.} fxg5 32. gxh3 Rxb2 33. Ra1 f5 $1 34. Rxa7+ Kf6 35. b4 Rd8
36. Ra5 Rc8 37. Ra6 f4 38. h4 Kf5 $1 39. hxg5 e5 40. Ra5 Rh8 $1 41. Rd3 {It
seems after Rh5 blacks activity compensates for the two pawns.White could even
lose if he was not analysing clearly. Ithink this is the first time I have
ever seen a kid save himself i n the endgame against a vetran G.M.Mark's
endgame is very strong for a player of his age.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{Again the standing at the top stay the same with Degraeve ,Barsov and
Kotranius all winning.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6.
O-O a6 {This line has been giving black a really hard time for a few years now.
} 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 $1 {This incredibly
crude move is proving ver ydifficult.The queen intends to swing over to h4
while the bishop will go to c2 and presto,instant mating attack.} h6 12. Bf4 {
Kramnik Anand ,Mainz 2001 is the stem game drawn but there are improvements....
} Re8 13. Rad1 Bf8 14. Ne5 $1 {Bluvshtein played the unfortunate Be5 ? earlier
in the tournement here and went on to lose.} Ne7 15. Qd3 Ned5 16. Nxd5 $1 {The
improvement,Kramnik continued 16 Bc1} Nxd5 17. Bc2 f5 18. Qg3 $1 Nxf4 19. Qxf4
$16 {Blacks position is dismal,Alex lost at least 4 games in the opening .} Bd6
20. Rfe1 a5 {Perhaps intending to defend from a6 with the rook.} 21. h4 $1 (21.
Ba4 $5) (21. Qf3) 21... a4 (21... b5 22. Rd3 Bb7 23. Rg3 Qf6 24. h5 Bd5 25. Rg6
Qf8 26. Qxh6 $16) 22. Rd3 Be7 23. h5 Bg5 24. Qf3 Ra6 25. d5 $1 {Diagram #} exd5
(25... Bf6 $5 26. Qd1 $1 (26. Ng6 $2 e5) 26... Qa5 27. Ree3 Rd8 28. dxe6 Bxe6
29. b4 Qc7 30. Ng6 $1 $16) 26. Rxd5 Qf6 27. Re2 Be6 28. Ng6 Raa8 29. Rde5 $18
Bd7 30. Qxb7 Qd6 31. Bxf5 Red8 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Re8+ $2 {Alexei told me he
somehow just missed Alex was getting two rooks for a queen. White is still
winning but he has work to do again.} Qxe8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Qd5+ Kh7 36. b4
axb3 37. axb3 Bf6 38. g3 Rab8 39. Qc6 Red8 40. Qe4 Kg8 41. Nf4 Kh8 42. Nd5 Rd6
43. Qc4 Rbd8 44. Nf4 Rd2 45. Kg2 R2d4 46. Qb5 R4d6 47. b4 Bd4 48. Ng6+ Kh7 49.
Ne7 Bf6 50. Nc6 Rd5 51. Qe2 R8d6 52. b5 Rc5 53. Qe4+ Kh8 54. Qe8+ Kh7 55. Ne7
Bxe7 56. Qxe7 Rdd5 57. Qe4+ Kh8 58. Qe8+ Kh7 59. b6 Re5 60. Qg6+ Kh8 61. b7 Rb5
62. Qc6 Rxh5 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64. b8=Q Rxb8 65. Qxb8 Rc5 66. Qd6 Rc8 67. g4 Rc3 68.
f3 Re3 69. Kf2 Re8 70. Qd7 Rb8 71. Kg3 Rf8 72. f4 Rf6 73. Qe7 Ra6 74. Qe4+ Kh8
75. Kh4 Rf6 76. Kh5 Rb6 77. g5 hxg5 78. fxg5 Rb8 79. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{Pascal remained the top Canadian after this draw but must have been very
disappointed after acheiving a completly winning position and then not winning.
} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Qe2
a5 9. a4 dxe5 {This seems to be a new move as far as chess base online is
concerned.} 10. dxe5 Na6 (10... Be6 $5 11. Ng5 Nd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. f4 Qb6+
14. Kh1 Nc5 {is a bizarre line my computer seems to think is equal.}) 11. Rd1
$14 Qc7 $6 (11... Nac7) 12. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 b6
16. Bf4 Ba6 17. Qd2 {White is up a pawn for vertually nothing .} Rad8 18. c3
Rxd5 19. Qxd5 Bb7 20. Qd4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qc6 22. Kg2 f5 23. h4 Qe6 24. Rd1 $16
Rc8 25. Qd7 Kf7 26. Qb7 Ke8 27. Rd5 Rc4 28. Rd4 Rc5 29. b4 Rxc3 30. bxa5 bxa5
31. Qa8+ Kf7 32. Qxa5 Qc6 33. Be3 Ra3 (33... Rc5 $2 34. Qxc5 Qxc5 35. e6+ Kxe6
36. Re4+ fxe4 37. Bxc5 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Bc3 $16 39. Kg4 Kd7 40. Kg5 Bf6+ 41. Kh6
Bxh4 42. f3 Kc6 43. Be3 Be1 44. Kxh7 Bb4 45. Kxg6) 34. Qb4 Rc3 35. Rd7 Bf8 36.
Qd6 $1 Qc4 37. Bg5 $2 (37. Bh6 $1 $18) 37... Qe6 38. a5 h6 39. Be3 f4 40. Bxf4
Rc4 41. Be3 Ra4 42. Qxe6+ Kxe6 43. Rd8 Bg7 44. Ra8 Bxe5 45. a6 Bd4 $1 46. a7 $1
(46. Bxd4 Rxd4 47. Rg8 Ra4 48. Rxg6+ Kf5 49. Rxh6 e6 $1 {Black should hold the
draw.}) (46. h5 $5 {Should be winning also.} Bxe3 (46... g5 47. Bxd4 Rxd4 48.
Rh8 Rd7 49. Rxh6+ Kf5 50. Rb6 Ra7 $18) 47. fxe3 gxh5 48. f4 Ra2+ (48... Kf5 $2
49. Kf3) 49. Kg3 Ra3 50. Kf3 h4 51. a7 h3 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Kg1 Kf7 54. e4 h2+
55. Kh1 $18) 46... Bxe3 47. fxe3 Kf7 (47... Ke5 48. Rg8 Rxa7 49. Rxg6 Ra2+ 50.
Kg3 Ra3 51. e4 Ra8 52. Rxh6 Rg8+ 53. Kf2 Kf4 54. Rh7 e6 55. Rh6 Rc8 56. Rf6+
Ke5 57. Rg6 Rc1 58. Kg2 Rc2+ 59. Kg3 Rc1 60. Rg5+ Kf6 {Looks winning but i am
not 100percent sure.}) 48. f4 $2 {Diagram # I can't find a win after this.I
think h5 was winning.} (48. h5 $1 g5 (48... gxh5 49. Kh3 Kg7 50. f4 Ra1 51. e4
{The idea is the e and f pawns move up and eventually make a passed pawn or
force the king on to a square where the rook can do a check.} Rh1+ 52. Kg2 Ra1
53. f5 Ra2+ 54. Kg3 Ra4 55. e5 Kf7 56. f6 h4+ 57. Kh3 $18) 49. Rh8 Rxa7 50.
Rh7+ Kf6 51. Rxh6+ Kf5 52. Kg3 {White will win the gpawn and i think that
should be enough but again i am not 100% sure.}) 48... h5 $1 49. e4 (49. Kf3
Kg7 50. Ke2 Ra3 51. Kd2 Kf7 52. Kc2 Kg7 53. e4 Kf7 54. Kb2 Ra6 55. Kb3 Ra1 56.
Kc4 Ra6 {is a lot like the game.}) 49... Ra3 50. f5 gxf5 51. exf5 Kg7 52. Kf2
Kh7 53. Ke2 Kg7 54. Kd2 Kh7 55. Kc2 Kg7 56. Kb2 Ra6 57. Kb3 Ra1 58. Kb4 Ra2 59.
Kb5 Ra1 60. Kb6 Rb1+ 61. Kc6 Ra1 62. Kd5 Ra6 63. Ke5 Kf7 64. Ke4 Kg7 65. Kd5
Ra1 66. Kc5 Ra6 67. Kb5 Ra1 68. Kc6 Ra3 69. Kb6 Rb3+ 70. Kc7 Ra3 71. Kd8 Kf8
72. Kd7+ Kf7 73. Kc7 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{Barbeau offered Bluvshtein a draw from a position of strength which secured
his second I.M. norm.The following game was perhaps the best of the tournement
and secured Degraeve a comfortable lead with two rounds to go.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4
d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 {Like many french players Alexei alternates
between this and qb6.} 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 {I have a fondness [or is it a
weakness] for Korchnoi's Ng6 line here .I think it is because the knight often
ends up on h8 .} 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Kh1 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Qxb4
13. a4 $5 {This is very rare . Only one game on the data base.
Dvoirys-Gleizerov Hoogeveen 2000 won nicely by white.} a5 $6 {A very natural
move securing the queens position and stoping the expansion.This was
Gleizorov's choice also .I think it might be the mistake that is getting black
in trouble!} (13... Bc6 $5) (13... Be7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. a5 Qd8) 14. g4 Ne7 15.
Bd2 Qb6 16. b4 $1 axb4 17. a5 Qd8 18. Bxb4 h5 19. g5 $1 $16 {White doesnt mind
surrendering f5 because non of blacks other pieces are active.White's opening
has been a big success and he enjoys a big positional advantage.} Nc6 20. Bxf8
Rxf8 21. Qd2 Ra8 22. a6 bxa6 23. Bxa6 Rb8 24. Bd3 Qe7 (24... Nb4 $5 25. Be2 Bb5
26. Bxb5+ Rxb5 $16) 25. Qe3 Kd8 26. Rfc1 Kc7 27. Ra7+ Rb7 28. Rxb7+ Kxb7 29.
Bb5 Na7 30. Be2 Ka8 31. Ra1 Rb8 32. Ne1 $1 g6 33. Nd3 Bb5 34. Nc5 Bxe2 35. Qxe2
Rb6 36. Qa2 Qc7 37. h4 Rb5 38. Qa6 $18 {Black has been helplessly tied up.} Rb6
39. Qa4 Qe7 40. Kg2 $1 Qc7 41. Qe8+ Rb8 42. Na6 $1 {Diagram #} Qc8 43. Qxf7 {
A beutiful game by the eventual tournement winner.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{This was a very nice win for Ftacnik.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7
5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. d4 c5 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Rc1 Qc7 12.
cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 {A typical hanging pawns middle game has arisen.} 14.
Qc2 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qe6 18. Bb2 Red8 19. Re1 $1 Ba6 (
19... Ne4 $5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bf1 $1 {Doesn't seem so bad.}) 20. e4 d4 21. Nc4
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 $14 Nd7 24. Rd1 Nb6 (24... Ne5 $5 25. Rcc1 $2 (25.
Ra4 $1 $14) 25... c4 $1 26. Rxd4 Nd3) 25. Rcc1 Kf8 26. Bf1 a5 27. a4 $1 Nd7 28.
Kg2 Ne5 29. h3 g5 $5 30. Bb5 h5 31. f4 $1 Ng6 32. Rf1 gxf4 33. gxf4 $16 {
White's advantage has been growing and now black trys something drastic to
contain it but it doesnt work but maybe it shouldhave!} f5 $5 34. e5 Kg7 35.
Rcd1 Rb8 36. Bc4 Rb6 37. Bc1 $1 Rdb8 38. Rd3 {Black must not be allowed to
sacrifice the exchange on b3.} Rb4 39. Bd5 Rd8 40. Be6 Rb6 41. Bc4 Rb4 42. Kh2
Rxc4 43. bxc4 Rb8 44. Rg3 Kf7 45. Rfg1 Nf8 46. Rg7+ Ke8 47. Ba3 $1 Ne6 48. Rh7
Rb3 49. Rg6 Kd7 50. Bxc5 $2 (50. Rg3 d3 51. Bc1 h4 52. Rg1 Rc3 {I am guessing
White didn't think he had realistic winning chances so tried the other line .}
53. Rd1 $1 {Still looks promising.}) 50... Nxc5 $4 (50... Rb2+ $1 51. Kg1 (51.
Kg3 h4+ 52. Kf3 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Nxc5 $11) 51... Rb1+ 52. Kf2 Nxc5 53. Rgg7 Ne4+
$11) 51. Rgg7 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Rb1+ 53. Kg2 Rb2+ 54. Kf1 Rb1+ 55. Ke2 d3+ 56. Kd2
Rb2+ 57. Ke3 d2 58. Rxe7+ Kd8 59. Ra7 $1 {Diagram #} d1=N+ 60. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{The other win this round was an interesting najdorf.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3
Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Kd8 {White has had poor
results fro mhere according to my batabase but Kotronius'move seems to be a
big improvement on previous trys.} 15. Nc6+ $1 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. Bh4 $1 Bf8
(17... Rg8 $5 18. Bc4 Nfe4 $1) 18. Bc4 Ra7 19. Bd5 a5 20. Re3 $14 Qc8 21. Rde1
Qf5 22. Bxf6+ gxf6 23. Re8+ Kc7 24. Qf3 h5 25. Kb1 Bg7 26. Rxh8 Bxh8 27. Bxf7 {
Alex has defended well and seems safe enough here.} Kb6 28. Bxh5 a4 (28... Rh7
$2 29. Be8 Rxh2 30. c7 Kxc7 31. Qc6+ $18) 29. Bg4 (29. g4 Qh7) 29... Qh7 30. c7
Rxc7 $2 (30... Qxc7 $1 31. Qd5 Qc6 32. Qd4 Ka5 33. Bf3 Qb6 $13) 31. Qd5 $1 f5
$1 (31... b3 $6 32. axb3 axb3 33. Bf5 $1 bxc2+ 34. Bxc2 Qd7 {was another try
but not to hopeful.}) 32. Qxd6+ Rc6 33. Qd8+ Qc7 34. Qxh8 (34. Qxc7+ $5 Kxc7
35. Bxf5 Rd6 36. g3 Rd2 37. Rh1 {Doesnt look easy to win.}) 34... fxg4 35. Qd4
Kb5 $2 (35... b3 $1 36. cxb3 axb3 37. Rc1 $2 Qh7+ 38. Ka1 Qc2 $3 {is very
funny,suddenly black is better!}) 36. b3 axb3 $4 (36... Qd6 $1 37. Qc4+ Ka5 38.
a3 (38. Re5) 38... Na6 39. Re5+ Qxe5 40. fxe5 Rxc4 41. bxc4 {is not worse for
black.}) 37. axb3 Qd6 38. Qc4+ Ka5 39. Re5 $18 {With the a n on this is
impossible cause of qd1 ands a3 mate!Alex played well i nthis game but it was
just not his day.} Qd1+ 40. Ka2 Qd6 41. Rd5 Qc7 42. f5 Kb6 43. Qxb4+ Ka7 44.
Qd4 {After this the players must have run out of energy and there was only one
more decisive game leaving Degraeve the winner of the 2002 Montreal
International with a fine score of 8.5/11 .Kotronias 7.5 and Ftacnik 7 ,Barsov
6.5.Charbonneau finished top Canadian with a 2505 fide preformance.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {It was expected that Ftacnik would play the
Grunfeld, but it was still not easy to prepare for this game.  Ftacnik is a
Grunfeld expert.  Being a Grunfeld player myself, when I studied this opening,
I looked at his games and read his analysis.  Fortunately I remembered that I
did not agree with his assessment of one line in ECO D, so this was a perfect
opportunity to try it against him.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3
c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 $6 (9... O-O {is more in the spirit of the opening. 
After 9....cxd4, black has to fight for equality in the endgame.}) 10. cxd4
Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 Nc6 {Ftacnik's move.  Another option is 0-0.} 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nf3
f5 14. Bc3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rf8 {Diagram [#] So far
we have been following Ftacnik's analysis in ECO D.  He evaluated the position
after 17...Rf8 as unclear, but I think that white has better chances.} 18. f3
$1 $146 {Preventing Bg4 ideas.  Also, white now has a simple plan of
strengthening his position by activating the king (Kf2-e3-d4).  The endgame is
very uncomfortable for black.} Bd7 ({Before the game I considered} 18... e5 {
as the main line.  After} 19. Kf2 Kd7 20. Bb5+ Kd6 21. Rhc1 a6 22. Ba4 g5 23.
Rc7 g4 24. Bd1 {with a winning advantage for white due to white's more active
rooks and black's weak pawns(b7,h7).}) 19. Kf2 Kd8 20. Ke3 b5 $6 {This just
creates more weaknesses.  I guess that black was under the wrong impression
about his position.  He should have  started thinking about trying to save
half a point.} 21. Bd3 Rf6 {Diagram [#]} 22. h4 $1 {With the plan of h5-xg6,
opening the h-file for the h1-rook and also creating another pawn weakness for
black on g6.} b4 23. Rc5 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. h5 Rb6 (25... Ba6 26. hxg6 hxg6
27. Bc2 (27. Bb1 $16) 27... Bc4 28. Bb3 Bxb3 29. axb3 $16) (25... g5 26. e5 $16
) 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Kd4 {Diagram [#] Black is lost.  White has much more
active pieces (centralized king and the open file for the rook) and better
pawn structure.  Black has 3 pawn islands while white has a powerful central
pawn mass.} Ba6 28. Bc2 Rf6 29. Rh8+ Kc7 30. Bd1 Bf1 31. Re8 Rf7 (31... Kd7 32.
Ba4+ $18) 32. Kc5 a6 33. Ba4 Bh3 (33... Bb5 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. Rxe7+ Rxe7 36.
d6+ Kd8 37. dxe7+ Kxe7 38. Kxb4 $18) 34. e5 {Total domination.} Bd7 35. d6+
exd6+ 36. exd6+ Kb7 37. Bxd7 Rxd7 38. Re7 Kc8 39. Kc6 Rd8 40. d7+ {(40....Kb8
41.Re8+-)} 1-0

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Meng, Fanhao"]
[Black "Wu, Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 {Bobby is a loyal supporter of this move and it does bring him
good results.} Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. exd6 e6 8. Nc3
Bxd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 (10... Nce7 $5 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gd7c6]}) 11. a3 ({I
prefer} 11. Re1 {, but Bobby usually goes for queenside play in these IQP
positions}) 11... Bf6 {suddenly the game transposed into the major theoretical
QGD line. White is doing well in this line, so I don't think Black's two move
manoeuvre Bd6-e7-f6 was really worth the time  investment} 12. Be3 ({Again,
Bobby ignores main lines:} 12. Be4 {scores well for White}) 12... g6 13. Rc1
Nxc3 14. bxc3 e5 (14... b6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. c4 Bb7 18. d5 Ne5 19.
Be4 Qd6 {was Gelfand-Van Wely, 1998. The position soon simplified to a draw:}
20. Bf4 exd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. cxd5
Rfd8 26. Rfd1 Rac8 $11) 15. Bb5 Bg4 16. d5 e4 $2 {a miscalculation} (16... Ne7
$142 $14) 17. dxc6 exf3 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bc5 $2 {typical Bobby - in a
complex position he very quickly plays one of the natural moves without too
much thinking, now Black is doing ok again} (19. cxb7 $1 $18) 19... fxg2 20.
Kxg2 bxc6 21. Bxf8 (21. Bxc6 $5 Rd3 22. Bxf8 (22. f3 Rc8 23. Be4 Rxc3 24. Rxc3
Bxc3 25. fxg4 Rxc5 26. Rc1 Bd4 $11) 22... Bh3+ 23. Kg1 Bxf1 24. Bc5 $1 Bh3 25.
Bxa7 Bxc3 26. Be4 Rd7 {and Black is ok}) 21... cxb5 22. Bc5 Rd3 $6 (22... a6
$142) 23. f3 Be6 24. Rfd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxc3 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Bxa7 Bb2 $6 (
27... b4 $5 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. Bd4+ Kh6) (27... Kf6) 28. Bd4+ $1 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 {
and White managed to win this endgame} Kf6 30. Kf2 Ke5 31. Ke3 Bb3 32. Rd7 Ke6
33. Rb7 Bc4 34. Kd4 g5 35. Kc5 h5 36. Kd4 (36. Rxb5 Bxb5 37. Kxb5 {is not more
than a draw for White} Kd6 38. Kb6 g4 39. fxg4 hxg4 40. a4 f5) 36... f6 37. Rc7
$2 (37. a4 Be2 38. Ke3 Bc4 39. axb5 {was winning on a spot}) 37... Kf5 38. Ke3
Kg6 39. Rc5 Kh6 40. Ke4 Kg6 41. h4 ({Bobby's calculation (or intuition?) is
precise:} 41. Rxc4 {here (and earlier) does not win:} bxc4 42. a4 f5+ 43. Kd4
g4 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. a5 h4 46. a6 g3 47. hxg3 hxg3 {and Black queens with check
}) 41... gxh4 (41... Be2 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Rc6+ Kg7 44. Kf5 Bxf3) 42. f4 h3 43.
Kf3 Bf1 44. Kg3 Be2 $22 (44... Kh6 45. Kh4 h2 46. Rxh5+ Kg6 47. f5+ $1 Kf7 48.
Kg3) 45. Kxh3 Kf7 46. Kh4 Ke6 47. Rc2 Bd3 48. Rc3 Bf1 49. Kxh5 Kf5 50. Rc2 Bd3
51. Rf2 Ke4 52. Kg4 f5+ (52... Ke3 53. Rf3+ Ke4 54. Rh3) 53. Kg5 Ke3 54. Rb2
Ke4 55. Rb4+ Kd5 56. Kf6 Kc6 57. Ke5 Kc5 58. Rd4 Bb1 59. Rd5+ Kc4 60. Ke6 Bd3
61. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Black "Meng, Fanhao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k2r/3n4/pq2ppn1/1p1p4/3P2P1/2N1Q3/PP4BP/1KR4R b kq - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{[#]} 27... Kf7 {In this game Bobby got lucky: having been outplayed, he is
now receiving a couple of strong blows:} (27... Kd8 $5) 28. g5 fxg5 29. Nxd5 $5
exd5 30. Bxd5+ Kg7 31. Rc6 $5 (31. Bxa8) 31... Qd8 32. Rg1 Re8 33. Qc1 $2 {A
strange decision, having conducted the attack with great energy White suddenly
retreats.} ({Winning was} 33. Qf3 $1 Rf8 34. Qh5 Rf6 35. Rxf6 Nxf6 36. Qxg5
Nxd5 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Rf1+ $18) 33... Rc8 34. Rxg5 Ndf8 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Qxc8
Rxc8 37. Bb7 Rd8 38. Rg4 Rd6 {Black consolidated and went on to win this
endgame with an extra piece.} 0-1

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Adam, Valerian"]
[Black "Meng, Fanhao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nc3
Be6 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nc5 {I think
this is Bobby's best game in the tournament: he manages to play around the
White knight on d5 and his own knights start an impressive tango: the
semi-open 'f' file, and the h2-h3 advance provide Black with good chances on
the kingside.} 14. c3 Kh8 15. Qe2 Ne7 16. a3 Ng6 17. g3 {White covered both d4
and f4, but now the Nf3 lacks support} Ne6 18. Qe3 h6 {Bobby makes sure that
White can never play Ng5, trading off a badly placed N} 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. Kh2
Rf7 21. h4 Qb5 {playing on both flanks reveals a rather mature positional
player} 22. h5 Raf8 $5 (22... Ne7 $6 23. Nxe7 Rxe7 24. Nh4 {would have allowed
the White N to get to better squares, now he has to go down..}) 23. Ng1 $6 (23.
Nd2 $5) 23... Ne7 24. b4 Nxd5 25. exd5 Ng5 {[#]Very nice! Black traded off
White's strong Nd5, and White is now left out with a passive Ng1} 26. f3 Qd7
27. Kg2 Rf6 $1 28. Qe2 Qf7 29. g4 Rf4 30. c4 Qd7 31. Rde1 Kg8 32. Kg3 Kh8 33.
Kg2 e4 $1 {Now White's pawn structure collapses} 34. fxe4 Qxg4+ (34... Rxg4+
35. Kh2 Rxf1 36. Rxf1 Rxe4 {was probably an easier way to win - perhaps a bit
typical for Bobby: if he sees a good continuation, he sometimes does not stop
to look for anything better}) 35. Qxg4 Rxg4+ 36. Kh2 Rxf1 37. Rxf1 Rxe4 38.
Rf8+ Kh7 39. c5 bxc5 40. bxc5 dxc5 41. Rc8 Re7 42. Kg2 g6 43. hxg6+ Kxg6 {and
having centralized his K, Black won without any difficulties} 0-1

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Fletcher, David"]
[Black "Adam, Valerian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b7/r2k4/p2n1p1p/NpRBp3/1P2P1P1/P4K2/7P/8 b - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{[#]We all know how important it is to control an open file, but I think here
White underestimated its significance.} 47... Bxd5 48. Rxd5 $6 ({White seems
to be able to hold this endgame after} 48. exd5 $5 Rc7 {although surely some
problems still do remain because of the weak 'd' pawn} 49. h3 Rxc5 (49... Nf7
50. h4 (50. Rc6 Rxc6 51. dxc6+ Kd6 52. h4 Nd8) 50... Kd6 51. Rxc7 Kxc7 52. Nb3
Kd6 53. Nc5 Kxd5 54. Nxa6) (49... Nc4 50. Nxc4 bxc4 51. Ke2 Kd6 52. Ra5 $11)
50. bxc5 Nc4 51. Nxc4 bxc4 52. Ke4 (52. Ke3 Kc7 53. Kd2 e4 54. h4 Kd7 55. Kc3
e3 56. Kc2 Kc7 $11) 52... Kc7 53. Ke3 {with a draw}) 48... Rc7 $15 {now the
Black rook inevitably invades, and that costs White at least a pawn} 49. Rd3 ({
too late for} 49. Rc5 $2 Rxc5 50. bxc5 Nc4 $19) 49... Ke7 50. Nb3 Rc2 51. h4
Rh2 {an active rook can do miracles in endings. Here White also has a bunch of
weak pawns and the knight on d6 is ready to help his rook} 52. Nc5 {White is
forced to go into a difficult knight and pawn endgame, but it is up to Black
to decide whether or not his advantage is enough for a win there} (52. Kg3 Re2)
52... Rh3+ 53. Kg2 (53. Ke2 $2 Rxh4 54. Nxa6 Rxg4 {and White loses the second
pawn}) 53... Rxd3 $6 (53... Rxh4 $5 54. Kg3 Rh1 55. Nxa6 Nxe4+ {would probably
give even more winning chances for Black}) 54. Nxd3 Nxe4 55. Kf3 Nd2+ 56. Ke3
Nc4+ 57. Ke4 a5 (57... Nxa3 58. Nc5) 58. bxa5 Nxa5 59. g5 $1 fxg5 {Now White
does have a draw, but both players are too tired, and we witness the comedy of
errors} 60. Nxe5 $2 (60. hxg5 $1 hxg5 61. Nxe5 {would have eliminated some of
Black's options}) 60... Nc4 $2 (60... gxh4 $1) 61. Nf3 $2 ({A draw could have
been accomplished by} 61. hxg5 $1 hxg5 (61... Nxe5 62. gxh6 Kd6 63. Kd4 Ng6 64.
Kc3 Kc5 65. Kb3 Nh8 66. a4 $11) 62. Nf3 $1 Nd6+ {the only try} (62... Kf6 63.
Nxg5 $11 {see note to move 62}) 63. Ke5 g4 64. Ne1 Nc4+ 65. Kf4 Nxa3 66. Kxg4
$11 {TB}) 61... Kf6 $2 {Black had to try something else} (61... gxh4 $1 62.
Nxh4 Kf6 {- now Black has a rook pawn left and the N traditionally has
troubles fighting the 'h' pawn} 63. Kd4 Nxa3 64. Kc5 Nc2 65. Kxb5 $19 {TB}) 62.
Kd4 $2 {White had an easy draw here:} (62. hxg5+ $1 hxg5 63. Nxg5 $1 (63. Kd4
$2 g4 64. Ne1 Nxa3 65. Kc5 Kf5 66. Kb4 Nc4 67. Kxb5 Ne5 $19 {tablebases}) 63...
Kxg5 64. Kd4 Nxa3 65. Kc5 {with a draw}) 62... g4 {Several times White had an
option of safely capturing on g5, but finally Black advances the pawn} 63. Ne1
Nxa3 64. Kc5 g3 $19 65. Ng2 Ke5 66. Kb4 Nc2+ 67. Kxb5 Ke4 68. Kc5 Ne3 69. Ne1
Nf5 70. Ng2 Kf3 71. Ne1+ Kf2 72. Nd3+ Ke3 73. Ne1 Nxh4 74. Kc4 0-1

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Maheux, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 {
Starting a new opening is always a painful process, so I felt myself really
uncomfortable about the fact that in this position I was already out of book.}
8. Qxf6 ({Theoretical} 8. Qd1 Qg6 {seemed to involve some subtleties so I
decided to go for a simple solution, even though it Black might get good
chances to equalize immediately.}) 8... Nxf6 9. Nc3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Bd3
Nfxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 {And here I got really happy about my two bishops.
In this pawn structure the control of the 'd' file is what each player strives
for to get an advantage, but for now it is blocked by 3 minor pieces, and I
decided that my chance is instead to put pressure on the e5 pawn.} Be6 14. O-O
(14. O-O-O $5) 14... O-O-O 15. Ba5 Rde8 (15... Rd7 $1) 16. Rfe1 f6 17. g3 {
preventing ...Nf4. Depriving opponent's night of outposts is a common strategy
when possessing two bishops.} Ne7 18. c3 Kb8 19. Bb6 Nc8 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Bf1
Bd5 22. f4 {Hoping to open up the position for the bishops} exf4 $2 {Black
cooperates...} 23. Bxf4+ Ka8 24. c4 Bc6 25. b4 {Now White has a large
advantage: I managed to get my pawns advance, and Black's pieces are pushed
back to the last ranks.} Rhe8 26. b5 axb5 27. cxb5 Be4 28. Bc7 {With a very
tempting idea to set up a mating net: now White just has to get a rook on the
'a' file.} (28. Re3) 28... Rd4 29. Rad1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Re7 31. b6 Bc6 {The
threat was 32. Rd8 Bf5 33.Rd5 and Ra5.} 32. Bh3 Re8 33. Rd3 Bb5 34. Ra3+ Ba6
35. Rxa6+ {I was really pleased that the game ended with this mini-combination:
the advantage of two bishops was converted in its pure form:} (35. Rxa6+ bxa6
36. Bg2+ {White uses only his bishops to deliver mate.}) 1-0

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Leblanc, Paul"]
[Black "Spears, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1k2r/ppq2pp1/2p1pP2/3p2N1/3P2n1/2PB4/PP1N1RP1/R2Q2K1 b kq - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{[#]} 16... Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Wu, Howard"]
[Black "Daswani, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/1pqbnp2/1bn2Bp1/p2p2N1/8/1N1B3P/PPP2PP1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{[#]White is completely winning, but the finishing move is neat.} 17. Qh5 $1
1-0

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Lee, Mau Seng"]
[Black "Stanford, Mike"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k3r1/p4p1p/1n5q/Bp1b2r1/8/1P3P2/P1P1QRPP/6RK w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{[#]White played} 25. Bd2 {overlooking} Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Bau, Edmund"]
[Black "Sullivan, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4np2/p1rRp1k1/4P1p1/2p2P1p/P1N3P1/1PP2K1P/8 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{[#]} 31. Nd5 $1 {The move seems to be impossible, but it is actually a very
neat way to wrap up the game: White wins the exchange.} hxg3+ 32. hxg3 Nxd5 (
32... Rxd6 33. Nxe7+ Kg7 34. exd6) 33. Rxc6 gxf4 34. gxf4 Kf5 35. Rxc4 Nxf4 36.
Kf3 Ng6 37. Rc5 Nxe5+ 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. b4 Nd7 40. Rc6 Nb8 41. Rb6 {and White won
} 1-0

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Black "Harper, Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "Orlov,G"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nd7 (4... c5) (4... e5) (4... f5) (4... Nc6
5. Nge2 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. f3 f5 8. Be3 Bh6 $1 9. Bxh6 Nxh6 10. Qd2 Nf7 11. g3
O-O 12. Bg2 c6 13. O-O cxd5 14. cxd5 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Bd7 $15 {Botvinnik-Suttles,
Belgrade 1969}) 5. f4 (5. Nf3) 5... c5 (5... e5 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. d5 Ngf6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nh3 Nh5 10. g3 f5 $5 11. exf5 Ndf6 12. Be2 Qe8 13. Bc5 gxf5 14. Nb5 f4
15. Nxc7 Qg6 $13 {Murray-Day, CA 1975}) 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ngf6 8. Bd3 b5 (
8... Qa5 9. Qb3 b5 10. cxb5 a6 11. b6 $5 Nxb6 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Bxa3 c4 14. Bc2
Bd7 15. Kd2 $1 Ba4 16. Bxa4+ Nxa4 17. Re1 {Huebner-Spassky, DE 1981}) 9. cxb5
Qa5 (9... c4 10. Bxc4 Nxe4 11. Qd4 Ndf6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O) 10. Ne2 c4 (10...
a6 $5) 11. Bc2 Nc5 (11... Qxb5 12. Nd4 Qa5 13. Qf3 $16) 12. e5 Nfd7 13. O-O (
13. exd6 exd6 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Qxc4 Re8 (15... a6 16. O-O axb5 17. Qd4) 16. O-O
Nb6 17. Qb4) 13... O-O (13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd4 Ncd7 16. Bh6 $5 f6 17.
a4) 14. exd6 (14. e6) (14. Qd4) (14. Be3) (14. a4) 14... exd6 15. f5 Bb7 16.
Bh6 Rfe8 17. Qd4 Re5 $4 (17... Ne5 $8 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Rf6 $5 Nb3 20. Bxb3
cxb3 21. c4 $1 b2 (21... bxa2 22. Rxd6) 22. Qxb2 Qc7 (22... Nxc4 $4 23. Rxg6+)
23. Qd4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Nc3) 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Bxg6 $1 (19. Qf4) (19.
Qg4) 19... fxg6 20. Qg4 Re7 (20... Kh8 21. Nf4 $1 Rg8 22. Nxg6+ Kh7 23. Be3 $1
Rxe3 24. Rf7+ Kh6 25. Qh4+ Kxg6 26. Qh7+ Kg5 27. Rf5+ Kg4 28. Qh5#) (20... Kh7
21. Rf7+ Kxh6 22. Qh4+ Rh5 23. Qf4+ g5 (23... Rg5 24. h4 Qd8 25. g4 $3) 24.
Qxd6+ Nf6 25. Qxf6#) 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Be3 Nd3 (22... Rg8 23. Bd4+ Rgg7 (23...
Ne5 24. Qxd6) 24. Bxg7+ Rxg7 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Rf3 $1) 23. Rf5 Rh7 (23... Nf8
24. Bd4+ Ne5 25. Qxd6) 24. Bd4+ N3e5 25. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "New York North America ch B12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haveles, Harry"]
[Black "Ye, Ling Feng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{This issue we will look at some games of Quebec's highest rated 11 year old ,
Ling fing Ye .Ling Fing arrived in Montreal a little over 2 years ago from
China where he had been receiving daily afterschool instruction from a master
named Yan Zhao. Young children having daily interaction with professional
trainers may go a long way to explaining China's sudden ascention in the
international arena.Ling fing placed 6th in the under eight championship of
china which is a fine acomplishment when you take into account the size of the
playing pool. Since coming to Canada he has won the Quebec under 12,and 2000
north american in Boston last year for grade four and this year placed 2end in
New York for Grade 5.His most recent success was winning $750 by sharing equal
first with a 5-0 record in u1400 at Quebecs biggest annual weekender,Trois
Rivieres. Ling Fing has the best work ethic of any kid I have worked with in
my 14years as a trainer and a good attitude toward defeat as well.This July he
will make his first appearence in the cycc in Montreal in the under 12
division.Here is his round 3 game from the north american chess challenge.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O {White is playing very
solidly.} Nc6 {The strongest players prefer 6..Qe8 here to prepare attacking
the center with e5 without being stuck in a pin on the f6 knight.The move i
nthe game is reasonable as well .Other tries were6.. Nd7 and 6..b6} 7. c4 $5 {
a surprise .White plays a system popularized by former world champion V
Smyslov.} e5 8. Nbd2 $6 {This move would make sense if there was a pawn on c3
but why not develop naturally with 8 Nc3.} exd4 9. exd4 Bf5 $6 (9... Re8 {
looks about equal}) 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qd7 (12... d5 $1 13. Rfe1
dxc4 14. Nxc4 Qd5 15. Nce5 Rfe8 $11) 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Rad1 $6 {both players
are missing the oppertunities to favourably change the pawn structure .White
could have got a space advantage by playing d5 and black should have prevented
it by playing d5 himself.Both sides are making solid building up moves.I think
for young players it is difficult to know when is the right moment to change a
pawn structure.This is usually learned by playing over many games so you
become familiar with different types of middlegames} a6 15. Ne4 $2 {Black has
a very solid position but is cramped.The last thing white should be doing is
initiating trades that improve the coordination of black's peices.} (15. d5 $14
) 15... Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Qxe4 Re8 18. Qd3 {Now black has no worries and
possibly a small advantage after d5 but if he missed it before,good chance he
will miss it again.} Qg4 $2 (18... d5 $1 19. c5 Re4 20. Be3 $15) 19. Be3 Qd7
20. d5 {finally!Sadly for White because of the misguided exchanges now it is
just equal.} Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bd4 $2 {The first really serious mistake of
the game.This hands the open file to black.} (22. b3 $11) 22... Qg4 $2 (22...
Bxd4 $1 23. Qxd4 Qa4 $1 {Diagram # Wins a pawn because of problems with whites
back rank.I cannot stress how important it is to always consider the captures
first}) 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. h3 Qf4 $2 {White has played as though scared in this
game .I get the feeling he would have been content with a draw.Here with b3 a
draw would surely have been the most likely result but for someinexplicable
reason white falls apart.} (24... Qe2) 25. Qd2 $4 Qxc4 26. b3 Qb5 27. Qd4 Qe2
28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 Kf8 {So we have a rook endgame with one extra pawn for
black.Whites dpawn is very week which will make a defense verydifficult} 30.
Rc2 $1 {usually given a choice betwee nactive defense and passive it is better
to go with active ,but not always!} Re7 (30... Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re7 {driving the
king to the side of the board was a tad more accurate}) 31. Rc4 Ke8 32. Rb4 b6
33. a4 Kd7 34. a5 $2 {This speeds up the loss considerably} bxa5 35. Rb7 Re5
36. Ra7 Rxd5 37. Rxa6 Rb5 38. Kh2 Rxb3 39. Rxa5 c5 40. Ra7+ Ke6 41. Rc7 Rc3 42.
f3 c4 43. Kg3 Rc1 44. Kf4 Rc3 45. Kg3 d5 46. Kf4 Rd3 47. g4 c3 48. h4 d4 49.
Ke4 Rd2 {0-1.A very patient game by black.When Ling Fing's tactical ability
reaches his positional sense and endgame play he should become an outstanding
player.} 0-1

[Event "Trois Rivieres op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Martin, Jean"]
[Black "Ye, Ling Feng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

{The next game is instructive on many levels, and brings up an interesting
question about whether or not young children should be allowed to compete for
large money prizes, as in this case the winner would take home $1000? My
belief is that they should, as long as they are emotionally ready to deal with
defeat and have achieved a rating of around 1200. There are many Masters who
feel that large cash prizes for begginners are absurd, and I agree that they
should not rival those in the top section. There are few things in chess more
backward than three Masters splitting first place prize money with performance
ratings in the 2500s, while a 1300 player takes home hundreds more for his
uncontested win in the U1400 Section.  But I digress. I also asked a non-chess
mother of three what she thought about children and prize money, and her
response was that "kids under fourteen have very few ways of making money, and
the sooner they learn about earning and saving the more likely it is that they
will become fiscally resposible adults".  I won my first 25 bucks in a
tournament when I was thirteen, and made enough money through High School so
that I never had to work at Macdonald's or had to move furniture to have a
little extra money. Cash prizes never detracted from my love of the game, but
merely added incentive to get better...  From a coaching point of view last
round money games are a gold mine of information. These games have laws all of
their own, and more often than not it is the player with the better nerves who
wins rather than the stronger one. I recently did some work with Quebec's
strongest Grade 3 player, who faces the serious problem of often losing these
critical last round games regardless of his opposition. We will need to work
on controlling his impulsive tendencies and not being over confident. 
Recently Ling Feng failed to win the provincial Grade 5 championship in spite
of a three hundred point rating cushion over his rivals. His comment after the
game, quite shocking when it comes from an 11-year-old, was "I failed to
control myself!"} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d3 d6 $6 ({White is playing a Closed
Sicilian, which usually implies a kingside pawn storm. So rather than handling
the Black side as though White had played an Open Sicilian, Black should
create contact in the center with} 3... d5 {in order to make it more difficult
for his opponent to find enough time for his dangerous buildup on the kingside.
}) 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nf4 $2 (
{Black 's position is very solid and his pieces are well-coordinated, but he
lacks actively possibilties for counterplay. So rather than attacking
non-existing weaknesses with pieces, White should start pushing pawns on the
kingside beginning with} 10. f4) 10... Bd7 11. Rb1 $6 {Another mysterious move,
because White can achieve little on the queenside. These errors are minor in
the sense that they haven't yet damaged White's position which is still equal.}
Rac8 $6 {The c/file is not going to open up any time soon.} 12. a3 Rfe8 13. g4
$1 {For the first time in the game we have a threat.} h6 14. Nce2 $2 {This
intended regrouping meets with a surprising answer.} g5 $1 {Normally we don
not move pawns in front of our king like this, but here Black has accurately
calculated that White's king will be more exposed than his own.} 15. Nh5 Nxh5
16. gxh5 f5 $1 {Black now has the initiative and dictates the pace of the game.
White is never able to shake this off.} 17. f4 Qd8 $6 ({More accurate is to
prepare play along the g/file immediately with} 17... Kh7 $1 {since the
exchange} 18. fxg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. exf5 exf5 21. Nc3 Be6 {is very
favorable for Black.}) 18. Qe1 $2 ({More or less equal looks} 18. Kh2 Kh7 19.
exf5 exf5 20. Qd2 Rg8 21. Bd5 Rg7 22. Rg1 Bf6 23. Rbe1) 18... Kh7 19. c3 Rg8 ({
Black plays a perfectly good building move, but there was already the tactical
} 19... gxf4 20. Nxf4 ({or} 20. Rxf4 e5 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rg8 23. Kh2 d5)
20... e5 21. Nd5 f4 22. Bf2 Rg8 23. Kh2 {with an advantage to Black.}) 20. Kh1
Qe8 21. exf5 exf5 22. Bd5 Rg7 23. Ng3 g4 $1 {Black has found a way to encircle
White's pawn/h5. When it goes the next target is White's king!} 24. hxg4 Rxg4
25. Rg1 Bh4 26. Bf3 $1 {A good try in a difficult situation.} Bxg3 27. Rxg3
Qxh5+ 28. Kg2 Rxg3+ 29. Qxg3 Qf7 30. Kh3 $2 ({More tenacious is} 30. Kh1 $1 Rg8
31. Qf2) 30... b6 $2 {A really funny mistake that changes nothing. Black
prepares a tactical finish that already works, or perhaps he hasn't seen it
yet!} 31. b4 Ne5 $1 {Here it is. The position now opens up completely, and
fatally exposes White's unhappy king.} 32. Bb7 Rg8 33. Qh4 Ng6 $2 ({
Immediately decisive is} 33... Rg4 $1) 34. Qf2 d5 35. Rf1 Ne5 $1 36. Qe2 Rg4 $1
37. Qxg4 Nxg4 38. Bg1 Bb5 39. Ba8 Bxd3 40. Re1 Qf6 41. Bb7 Qxc3 42. Re7+ Kg8
43. Kh4 Qf6+ {A really nice win for my young student, and good enough for a
perfect 5/5 and the $750 prize money for top spot in his section.  In case
readers are beginning to wonder, I absolutely promise to include material on
one or two kids outside of the Montreal or Toronto area in the next issue. I
now understand that I have to hunt this material down, since it won't fall
from the sky as I had hoped! I am also interested in discussing different
opinions on chess coaching, so I invite readers to email me at dross58980@aol.
com to offer dissenting views.} 0-1

[Event "Kingston Summer active"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dixon, Frank"]
[Black "Beauchamp, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Qe2
Ba6 $1 9. Re1 h6 10. a3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bd6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Ne5 Qc8
$1 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Re2 c5 17. Bh3 $5 Nc6 18. c3 (18. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 19. Bxe6+
Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Kxe6 21. Re1+ Kf7) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qc6 20. f3 Qxf3 $2 (20...
Nd7) (20... Kh7) 21. Bg2 $1 Qh5 22. Bxb7 Rad8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rf1 f5 25. Bf3
Qg6 26. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Guelph International Pro-Am"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitry"]
[Black "Pushkedra, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Pushkedra,F"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 (4... d5 5. c4 (5. c3)) 5. e3 O-O 6.
c3 b6 (6... d6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Qb3) 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Ne4 Bg7 9. dxc5 bxc5 (9... Bb7 10. Bd3 Na6 11. cxb6 d5 (11... axb6)) 10. Nxc5
Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 (11... d6) 12. a4 Na6 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Ra3 d6 15. Nfd4 Nc7 16.
Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. O-O Qb6 19. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Guelph International Pro-Am"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pushkedra, Frank"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "Pushkedra,F"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qa3 (8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Nc3 Nb4 (9... d5 10. exd5 (10. Bg5 d4 11. Bxf6 dxc3 12.
Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bh6 cxb2 14. Rb1) 10... Nb4 11. Bd3 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Bf5 13. O-O
Bxd3 (13... O-O 14. Bg5) 14. Re1) 10. Bd3 h6 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3
Bf5 14. Bb2 (14. Ba3) 14... Rd8) 8... Qg6 (8... Nge7 9. Nc3 Rb8) 9. Be3 Nf6 (
9... Qxe4 10. Nc3 Qb4 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 12. O-O-O) 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qxd6 Be6 12. Bd3
Rd8 13. Qa3 Nd4 14. O-O-O Qxg2 15. Rhg1 Qxh2 16. Rh1 Qg2 17. Rdg1 Qf3 18. Rh4
Ng4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 Rxd5 (20... Rd7 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Rhxg4
) 21. Bb5+ Rxb5 22. Qxf3 h5 23. Qg3 Rh6 24. f3 g5 25. Rhh1 Ne3 26. Qd6 Nc4 27.
Qb8+ Kd7 28. Rd1 Kc6 29. b3 Ne3 30. Rxd4 Rc5 1-0

[Event "Guelph International Pro-Am"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pushkedra, Frank"]
[Black "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Pushkedra,F"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.10.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2) 3... Qd6 (3... Qa5) 4. d4 Nf6
5. Nf3 (5. Nge2 a6 6. Bf4 Qd8 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. Qd2 Nbd7) (5. Bd3 a6 6.
Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Qc6 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. d5) (5. Bg5 c6 6. Bc4
Bg4 7. f3 Bf5 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. Qd2 e6 10. O-O-O) (5. Bc4 a6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Nge2
Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Bf4) 5... a6 6. h3 (6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bd3) (6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 Bg4
(7... Bf5 8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. a3 Nd5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Ne5
Nxe5 14. dxe5 c6 15. h3) 8. Ng5 e5 9. d5 Nb4 10. f3 Bf5 11. Nge4 Qd7 12. O-O-O)
(6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... Be7 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bf3 Qd6 11. g3 O-O
12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Qd2) 8. Bg5 c5 9. Bh4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bg3 Qb6 12. Nb3 O-O
13. a4) 6... e6 7. Bd3 (7. g3) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 (9... Nbd7) 10.
Ne4 (10. Rd1) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Rd1 (12. Be3 Qxb2 13. Rab1 Qa3 (
13... Qxa2 14. Bc5 Nd5 15. Bc4) (13... Qe5 14. f4 Qd5 15. c4 Qc6 (15... Qd8 16.
Ng5) 16. Bd4) 14. Bc5 Bxc5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qf6 14. c4 Bd6 (
14... Re8) 15. c5 Be7 (15... Bxc5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qc2+ Kg8 18. Qxc5 c6) 16.
Qc2 h6 (16... g6) 17. Be3 c6 18. f4 a5 19. a4 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ (20. Rf1) 20...
Bxd8 21. Rd1 Bc7 22. Qf2 (22. g4) 22... Qe7 23. Bd4 Bd7 24. Qg3 e5 (24... Qf8
25. Bxg7) (24... g5 25. Qc3 Bxf4 26. Bf6) 25. fxe5 (25. Bc3) 25... Be6 26. h4 (
26. Be3 Bb3 27. Bxh6 Bxe5) 26... Rd8 27. Kh1 b6 28. Bc2 bxc5 29. Bc3 Rxd1+ 30.
Bxd1 Bd5 31. Bc2 c4 32. Qg4 Be6 33. Qe4 g6 34. Qf4 (34. Qxc6 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1)
34... h5 35. g3 Bb6 36. Bd4 Qa7 37. Bc3 Qd7 38. Kh2 Qd5 39. Be4 Qd1 0-1

