[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{This years Montreal International was the strongest yet with an average
rating of 2515.The tournement was graced with the addition of legendery Gm
Oleg Romanishin of the Ukraine . The players in order of rating were GM's1 .A
Onischuk ,now of the USA,2 .E.Rosentalis LTU 3.A.Lugovoi RUS 4Romanishin UKR 5,
I Nataf.Fra 6 A.Lesiege Can 7 A.Barsov 8R Vera Cuba9,Legky ukr 10I.Ms
Bluvshtein 11Charbonneau 12 Ross of Canada. You may be wondering how your
auther got into such a prestigious event .I was playing in KApuskasing and got
a call from organiser Andre Langlois inviting me . Apparently I was his 6th
Choice!! The 5 higher rated players infront of me were either committed or
disinterested.I couldnt beleive my good fortune.I have played little chess in
the last 5 years and had absolutely no preperation time so it was clear this
would be difficult but the thought of playing players of this level was too
much to refuse. In the end it was pretty much a two horse race between the top
two rated players with Onishchuk holding a narrow lead over Rozentalis .A late
loss by Onishchuk to Nataf allowed Rozentalis to over take him .Amazingly in
the last round the two heavyweights were paired .Rosentalis held and thus
became the 2003 Montreal open champion with 8.5/11 and a 2719 preformance.
Second went to Onischuk at 8, tpr of 2676 and 3rd -4t hwas Nataf and Legky a
point back at 7 . Top Canadian was PAscal Charbonneau at 6.5 who scored his
firsttGM norm Congratulations to the winners. Rosentalis started quickly with
a fine positional game against french G.M. Nataf.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2
cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 d4 {It is too soon to say
if this is better or worse than 14 ...Bg4.} 15. Bf4 $5 $146 {This seems to be
a Rozentalis Novelty.} Bg4 16. Qa3 Qb6 (16... Qd5 $5) 17. Rad1 Rfd8 $2 (17...
Bxf3 $5 18. gxf3 e6 {is an improvement.}) 18. Qxe7 $1 {Diagram #} Bxf3 19. gxf3
Qxb2 20. e6 Rf8 (20... fxe6 $4 21. Rb1 $1 $18) 21. Qd7 $1 Qxa2 22. e7 Rfe8 23.
Ra1 Qb3 24. Rxa7 $18 Qc3 (24... Qxf3 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Bc7 $18) 25. Rxa8 Qxe1+
26. Kg2 Rxa8 27. Qd8+ Rxd8 28. exd8=Q+ Bf8 29. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ross, Dave"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{I played my best game in round one.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4
5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 {I am so out of touch with theory that i
didn't even know this was a move.It has been played by Kramnik against KArpov
and Anand!} 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bc3 Qe7 13.
Bb4 {This surprised Alex .} Bd6 $6 (13... Qe6 $5 14. Nd2 {was my intentio n
and Alex thought white was better as did I but perhaps we were both wrong.} Re8
15. Qc2 c6 16. Nc4 Bc7 {looks about equal.}) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc3 c6 16. Rad1
Qe7 17. Rd2 Be6 18. Qf4 $1 $146 {incredibly this position has arisen before
and white played the inferior qh4} Rad8 {It is likely the other rook is more
acurate.} 19. Rfd1 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 $14 {if there was a sign for half a plus
equals thats what i would call this position.} Nd7 (20... Re8 $5) 21. h3 f6 $5
{A cool move to take out any posible benifits of a kingside advance by the
white pawns} 22. Kh2 Ne5 23. b3 a6 24. Qe3 (24. e4 Nf7 25. Qe3 $14 {was also
good.}) 24... Re8 25. Qb6 Nf7 26. e3 Bc8 27. Ne4 $14 Rd8 28. Rd4 Kf8 $2 (28...
Rxd4 29. exd4 $1 Be6 30. Nc5 Nd6 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Qa5 $14 {intending d5}) 29.
a4 $2 {we were both short of time.} (29. Nc5 $1) 29... Rxd4 30. exd4 Qd8 31.
Qc5+ Qe7 32. Qb6 (32. Qa7 $1 {is a real pleasant initiative for white.}) 32...
Qd8 33. Qc5+ {A little chicken on my part but i thought there was a very real
possibility i might get zero in this tournement and wanted to get on the score
board.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Vera, Reinaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{Rozentalis and Bluvshtein were the only winners this round allowing
Rozentalis to keep his half point lead on the pack.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5
Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 {incredibly
is already a very rare position.I found only 5 games on my data base with this.
} Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. exd6 Qxd6 (11... Bxd6) 12. Re1 $14 {White looks a
little better here.There are now 32 games with black scoring very poorly
Indeed.We have transposed into a difficult line for black.} b6 13. Ng5 $1 Bxg5
(13... h6) 14. Bxg5 Bb7 15. Qg4 $16 {White has a big advantage .A pair of
bishops and attacking chances .The weakness on the cfile is not a factor at
this point.} Ne7 $2 (15... Rfe8) 16. Bxe6 $1 {Diagram #} h5 17. Qh3 {Qg3 and
Qh4 were also possible.} fxe6 18. Rxe6 Qd7 $2 (18... Bxg2 $1 19. Rxd6 (19. Qe3
Qd5 $1) 19... Bxh3 20. Bxe7 Rf3) 19. Rxe7 Qxh3 20. gxh3 Rf7 21. Rae1 Bd5 22. a3
Rc8 {This ending is clearly very favourable for white but the presence of
opposite colour bishops makes the win difficult.It is interestiong to see how
Rozentalis pursues the whole point.} 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kh7 25. Re5 Rd7
26. f4 Kg8 27. f5 Bf7 28. Kf2 g6 (28... Rd5 {Looks like a better try.}) 29.
fxg6 Bxg6 30. Ke3 $18 {White is winning now.} Rc7 31. Kd2 Bf7 32. Be7 Rd7 33.
Rg5+ Kh7 34. Bf6 Bg6 35. Be5 Rf7 36. d5 $1 Rf2+ 37. Ke3 Rf5 38. h4 Rxg5 39.
hxg5 b5 40. Kd4 Be8 41. Kc5 Kg6 42. h4 Kf5 43. Bd4 Ke4 44. d6 Kf5 45. Kd5 a5
46. g6 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksey"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{This was a cool draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 {
The Snake rears its ugly head!} 6. Nf3 Bc7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba5 {Just a weird
nimzo after all......} 9. e3 Qb6 10. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 11. Rc1 O-O $14 {White seems
a little better here but nothing special at all.} 12. Be2 {White needs
something sharper here but i have no idea what.} Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 (13. Rxc3)
13... d6 14. O-O Nd7 $11 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. e4 Re8 17. f4 $2 Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. Rb1
Nf6 20. Bd3 Nxd5 $1 {Diagram #} 21. Qb3 {Somehow white drums up enough play
here.} Nc7 (21... Nf6 $1) 22. Qb6 Nd5 23. Qb3 Nf6 24. c4 Bd7 25. Rbe1 Bc6 26.
Bb1 Nd7 $2 {Hard to imagine what put black off b5.} (26... b5 $1 27. axb5 axb5
28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Qd3 (29. Qg3 Rb4) 29... Qd7 $19) 27. Qg3 Rbd8 {It is
possible to capture the apawn so i hope i have an accurate game score.} 28. a5
Qf6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 exf4 $2 (31... Qe6 $5) (31... Qd6 $5) 32.
Rexf4 Qe6 33. Rxf7 $1 {Diagram #} Qe3+ 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. h4 Rb3 $4 (35... b5 $1
) 36. Be4 $1 Nf6 37. Rxb7 Ra3 38. Bf3 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{Rozentalis finally caughed up a draw against Barsov while Onischuk got his
first win against Ross who misplayed the opening horribly. Without a doubt the
most interesting matchup was our two young i.m.s going head to head . Legky
won an exchange slav against Lesiege and Nataf scored a nice win in a fine
attacking game against Vera.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6
6. a3 c4 $6 (6... Bb5 {usually follows here.Mark's move order allows white a
rapid b3 break which is usually prevented by na5 so his move order looks very
innacurate to me but I am not an expert in these lines so it is possible there
is an idea i don't understand.}) 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. b3 $1 cxb3 9. Nxb3 Na5 10. Nxa5
Qxa5 11. Bd2 $14 {black scores a whopping 29percent from this position!} Qc7
12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O Ne7 14. Qe2 Nc8 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Nd2 Bc6 (16... Qxc3 {looks
incredibly risky but considering how poor blacks position is maybe it is worth
a shot.}) 17. f4 g6 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. a4 $5 {Diagram # White decides that his
lead in developement and superioir coordination will decide the game.} Nxa4 20.
c4 $1 Nb2 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bb1 Bb5 23. Qf3 $16 {White has too many threats
for black to construct a defense.} Nd3 24. Rc3 Rc8 $4 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qf1 $1
$18 Qc3 27. Rxa7 Bb4 28. Ra8+ Ke7 29. Rxh8 Nxe5 30. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Nc6 32.
Nf1 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vera, Reinaldo"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{Its games like this that make the Kings Indian so much fun to play.This win
by Nataf must have been especially sweet because Vera had beaten his k.i.d. in
Kapuskasing the week before.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O
6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13.
Rc1 Rf6 {Black has a decent score from this position so it must be White felt
the previous games could be improved .It is imperative that white play sharply
before blacks attack gets rolling .} 14. c5 $5 {This pawn sac slows black down
but i have my doubts about its soundness.} Nxc5 (14... dxc5 {might be playable
but looks wrong.}) 15. b4 Na6 {This knight looks clumsy at first but actually
slows whites play on the cfile down very effectivly.} 16. Nd3 (16. Bxa6 bxa6 {
might be playable but looks too scary.}) 16... Rh6 17. a4 Qe8 18. Kh1 Bd7 $146
{A previous game Lopez Martinez-Volokitin went 18...c6.Nataf's move looks like
an improvement.} 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Nb2 $2 (20. Bg1 $5 {might be more accurate
because then qh5 could be answered by nf2!}) 20... Qh5 21. Bg1 g4 $1 {Diagram
# Black is winning the race!} 22. fxg4 Bxg4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Nb5 Bf6 25. Nxc7
$4 (25. Nxa7 $5 {This is a typical computer move and looks very hard to
beleive.} Rg6 (25... Bh4 26. Qf3 Qg5 27. Nd3 Bg3 28. h3) (25... Rg8 26. Qf3)
26. Rc2 Rag8 {looks impressive but there is nothing concrete for black.}) 25...
Nxc7 26. Rxc7 Qe2 $17 27. Rd1 (27. Rf2) 27... Qxe4 $1 (27... Rg6 $5 28. Qc2
Rxg2 29. Qxe2 Rxe2 30. Nd3 Rxe4 $17) 28. Nc4 Nf5 29. Bf2 Bh4 30. Bxh4 Rg8 (
30... Nxh4 $1 $19) 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Rxh4 33. Rd2 (33. Rxb7 {was the only
hope but still losing after e4!}) 33... e4 34. Rf7 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Kf1
Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{Rozentalis won his 3rd game to remain in clear first place when Ross hung a
pawn in a perfectly reasonable position.Legky won his second game in a row
with a win over Bluvshtein who was clearly not having a good tournement.
Onischuk had a nice advantage when he made a miscalculation and a draw was
agreed soon after.By far the coolest game of the round was between Lesiege and
Romanishin.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7.
O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Nd2 {It makes sense to play for e4.} d6 10. e4 cxd4 11.
cxd4 e5 $1 12. f4 $5 {Very energetic.White looks better here but black defends
calmly.} Re8 (12... exd4 13. e5 $5 (13. Bb2 $2 Nc6) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Nfd7
15. Nf3 $44) 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 Nbd7 15. Nb3 Rc8 16. g4 $5 (16. Ba3 $14)
16... b5 $5 {An amazing move that almost seems sound!} (16... h6 17. g5 hxg5
18. Bxg5 Qe7 {looks a little better for white.}) 17. cxb5 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 $1 (18.
Kg2 $6 Rc3 19. Qd2 Nxd5 $3) 18... Rc3 19. h3 Rec8 20. Bb2 $2 (20. g5 $1 {Leads
to a big advantage for white in all lines.} Ne8 (20... Nh5 21. Qxh5 Rxd3 22.
Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Kg2 Qxb5 24. Ba3 Qa4 25. Raf1 Qxe4+ 26. Kh2) (20... Nc5 21. Nxc5
Qxc5 22. gxf6 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kg2 Rc3) (20... Rxd3 21.
Qxd3 Rc3 22. Qxc3 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 24. Ke1 Nxc3) 21. Qe2 Qg6 22. Bd2) 20...
Qe3 $1 {Diagram #} 21. Bxc3 Rxc3 22. Qf3 Qxd3 (22... Rxd3 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Rc2
Rxe4 25. Rc7 Bxd5 26. g5 Kf8 27. gxf6 Nxf6 {unclear was possible also.}) 23.
Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Rc2 Nxe4 25. Rc7 Bxd5 26. Rxd7 h5 27. Rxa7 Rxh3 $1 28. b6 hxg4
29. b7 Rg3+ 30. Kh2 Rh3+ 31. Kg1 Rg3+ {A great fighting draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{Rozentalis won again defeating Charbonneau when the later made a blunder in a
position where he was fighting for a draw.Lesiege won his first game of the
tourny as did Romanishin.Vera and Ross drew fairly early after Vera played
agood new move in a position that was suppose to be a little better for white.
Onishchuk started his ascent to second place this round defeating Legky.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9.
Rd1 c6 10. e3 {This was played in Witt-K. Spraggett 1980!} a6 {Black stays
flexible.} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ng5 $6 Qe7 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nc5 15. b3 $2 (
15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. e4 $11) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bg4 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Bb2 Rxd2 19.
Qxd2 Rd8 20. Qe1 Qf6 $15 21. Rc1 h5 22. Kg2 h4 23. h3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. e4
Qg5 26. Rc2 (26. Rd1 $1 $11) 26... hxg3 27. fxg3 Rd3 28. Bc1 Qd8 29. Be3 Bf8
30. Qe2 (30. Rf2 $5 Qd7 31. g4) 30... Bb4 31. h4 Kg7 32. Rc1 $4 Bc5 $1 $19 {
Diagram #} 33. Bxc5 Rd2 34. Rc2 Rxe2+ 35. Rxe2 Qd1 36. Kf2 Qh1 37. Bb4 Kh6 38.
Be7 Kh5 39. Bf6 Qa1 40. Kg2 Kg4 41. Kf2 Qc3 42. Re3 Qd2+ 43. Re2 Qd6 44. Bg5 f6
45. Rd2 Qa3 46. Be3 Qc1 47. Rd6 Qc2+ 48. Bd2 Qd1 49. Rd3 f5 50. exf5 gxf5 51.
h5 e4 52. Rd8 Qf3+ 53. Ke1 e3 54. h6 exd2+ 55. Kxd2 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksey"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 {This is the old main line of the Nimzo
Indian defense.White has tried just about everything in this position without
clearly establishing a path to advantage.The game now follows theory for a
very long time.White is always tryign to open up the game for the bishop pair
but it is really difficult as black is ver ywell co-ordinated.} e5 12. Qc2 Re8
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Re1 Bc6 18. e4 Nd5 19.
Bd2 Nf4 20. Bf1 c4 {The 5 games on my database were all drawn from this point.}
21. Be3 (21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Qf2 Qd2 {isnt much for white.}) 21... Nd3 22. Bxd3
cxd3 23. Qb2 $6 {This attempts to improve on qd2 which was played previously.}
(23. Qd2 $11) 23... Re6 $5 (23... f5 $5) 24. Bd4 (24. Bxa7 $2 Rh6 25. h3 (25.
g3 Qh5 26. Qg2 f5 $1) 25... Rxh3 $1 26. gxh3 d2 $1) 24... Qh5 $11 25. Qf2 Rh6
26. g4 Rg6 27. Kh1 Qa5 28. Red1 h5 $5 29. gxh5 Qxh5 30. Rxd3 Re8 31. Re3 a5 {
There is no really favorable way to prevent black from playing f5 which will
generate plenty of counterplay to compensate for the sacrificed pawn.} 32. Rg1
Ree6 $1 33. Ree1 f5 $1 $17 {I cant find a satisfactory defense for white.} 34.
Rxg6 Rxg6 35. Rg1 $4 {Diagram #} fxe4 36. Rxg6 Qxg6 37. h4 exf3 38. Kh2 Qf7 39.
Qg3 Bxa4 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. Qf4 Qg6+ 43. Qg4 Qxg4+ 44. Kxg4 a4 45. c4
a3 46. h5 a2 47. Kg3 b6 48. Kf2 Kh6 49. Ke3 Kxh5 50. Bxg7 Kg4 51. Be5 Be8 {A
nice game by Alex} 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bb5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bf8 10. O-O Ne7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Na3 a6 13. Bc5 {a new move in a
line that doesn't offer white much.} (13. c4) 13... Nec6 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Rfe1
Nd7 16. Qe3 h6 17. c4 $5 {Diagram # This move initiates great complications
that are difficult to evaluate.} (17. Nc2 $5) 17... Nxb4 18. Rab1 a5 19. Nb5
Qc5 (19... Qxc4 20. Nd6 Qxa2 21. Nd4 Nxe5 $1 {might be playable but seems
needlessly risky.}) 20. Nfd4 $2 (20. a3 $5 Qxe3 (20... Nc6 21. Qxc5+ Nxc5 22.
cxd5 exd5 $14) 21. Rxe3 Nc6 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nc7 Rd8 24. Nxd5 g5 $1 $14 {
Perhaps Pascal didn't want to play and endgame as Rozentalis is a fine endgame
specialist.}) 20... dxc4 21. Nd6 Kg8 22. a3 Nd3 (22... Nd5 $5) 23. Rb5 Qxa3 24.
Nxc4 Qc3 25. Nd2 N7c5 $2 (25... N7xe5 26. Rxe5 (26. Rb3 Qc5 27. Rxd3 Nxd3 28.
Qxd3 Rd8 $19) 26... Rc8 27. Rxe6 Nxe1 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxe1 {Looks very
promising.}) 26. N4b3 $1 Na4 27. Ra1 Ndb2 $2 28. Qe2 $6 (28. Qe4 $1 {And
despite the two pawn minus white may evan be a little better!}) 28... b6 $1 29.
Ne4 Qc7 30. Nd4 $2 (30. Rc1 $1 Qd7 31. Nd6 {is very unclear.}) 30... Rc8 $1 31.
h4 Qc4 32. Qd2 Nd3 33. Rxa4 $5 {a reasonable try in a difficult situation.}
Qxa4 34. Qxd3 Qc4 35. Qe3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qxe3 37. fxe3 a4 38. Rxb6 Ra8 {This
ending is very difficult for white but possibly not losing.} 39. Nc3 (39. Rb2
Kh7 40. Ra2 Rhc8 41. Nd6 Rc3 42. Nxf7 Kg6 43. Nd6 Rxe3 44. Nxe6 Rxe5 45. Nf4+
Kh7 $19) 39... a3 40. Na2 Kh7 41. Nc6 Rhc8 42. Kg3 Ra4 43. Kf3 Rxh4 44. Ra6 Rh1
45. Ncb4 Rf1+ 46. Ke2 Ra1 47. Rxa3 Rc5 48. Ra7 Kg6 $19 {Black should be
winning.} 49. Rd7 Rb1 50. Rd2 Rxe5 51. Nd3 Rg5 52. Kf2 Rf5+ 53. Kg3 Rb3 54.
Nac1 Ra3 55. Ne2 Kh7 56. e4 Rfa5 57. Kf2 Ra2 58. Rd1 g5 59. Rc1 Kg6 60. Ke3 h5
61. g3 R2a3 62. Rc8 Ra8 63. Rc5 Rd8 64. Nc3 Kf6 65. Ne5 $4 Rxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{Romanishin gets his first win of the tournement against Bluvshtein who was
clearly not at his best this tournement.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2
cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. f4 {Amazingly white has
never won a game with this move on my database.} exf4 10. gxf4 {Surprisingly
nobody has tried Bf4 here which looks playable.} g6 11. Kh1 Nc6 {
Romanishin-Ulibin 1994 continued 11..0-0 and now we are following Tischbierek
-Hracek 2000} 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd4 $146 (13. Qd2 $11 {was played previously.})
13... Qd7 $5 (13... Nxd4 $5 14. Qxd4 Ng4 15. Bg1 Bf6 16. Qb4 a5 17. Qb3 d4 18.
Nd5 Bg7 19. Rad1 $11) 14. Nxe6 {This is a little surprising as it appears to
strengthen blacks center.White is hoping the bishop pair and the possibility
of attacking blacks somewhat imobile center will compensate .} fxe6 15. Bg1
Rad8 16. e3 Bc5 17. Qe2 {Black has nothing to complain about at this point.}
Ne7 $6 (17... Bb4 $5) 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. b4 $1 Bxb4 21. e4 Bc5 $2 ({
both lines after qa6 seem preferable to what happens to black in the game.} 
21... Qa6 $1 22. c3 (22. exd5 exd5 23. c4 Nf5) 22... Ba3 23. exd5 exd5 24. Bxa7
Nf5) 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nd4 {The point,White wins back his pawn with a good
position.} Qb6 24. exd5 Nexd5 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. f5 $1 Rd6 27. fxg6 $1 {Diagram
#} hxg6 (27... Rxe6 28. gxf7+ Kf8 29. Nxe6+ Qxe6 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. Rde1 Ne3 32.
Rf3 $18) 28. Qc8+ (28. Bxd5 Rxe6 29. Bxe6 Kg7 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 $14) 28... Rd8 29.
Qh3 Ne7 $2 (29... Re7 30. Qg3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Nf5 $16) (29... Rdd7 30. c4
Nb4 31. c5 $1 $18 {no defense to the dual threats of nb5-d6 or ne6}) (29... Rd6
{might be the best try but white is clearly better.}) 30. Ne6 Rxd1 31. Rxd1
Nfd5 32. c4 Rh7 33. Qg3 Qxe6 34. cxd5 $18 Qd7 35. d6 Nf5 36. Qxg6+ Rg7 37. Bd5+
Kh8 38. Qe6 b5 39. Rd3 Nxd6 40. Rh3+ {An incredibly energetic game by
Romanishin.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vera, Reinaldo"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Ngf6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 h6 {This is rare.Most games proceed with a5.} 11. Qe1 Ne8
12. d4 $6 f5 $5 13. exd5 exd5 14. c4 (14. Qe6+) 14... Nc7 15. Qc1 Nf6 16. Ne5
Ne4 17. g4 $1 Be8 18. f3 (18. Qc2 Ne6 $1 19. gxf5 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Rxf5 21. Qd3
Rf8 22. Rae1 Nf4 $15) 18... Ng3 19. Re1 Bh4 $1 20. Nf1 fxg4 21. fxg4 Ne4 22.
Re2 Ne6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qe3 Bg5 $1 25. Qc3 c5 $1 {Whites position is going
downhill.} 26. d5 $2 (26. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 (26... Be7 $2 27. b4) 27. b4 Na4 28. Qd4
Nxb2 29. Qxb2 a5 $1 $15) 26... Nd4 27. Rxe4 Qf6 28. Ng3 Bg6 29. Rf1 (29. Nxg6
Qxg6 30. Nf5 $1 Nxf5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Rg4 $17) 29... Qxf1+ $1 {Diagram #} (
29... Bxe4 30. Rxf6 Bxf6 31. Qe3 Bxe5 32. Nxe4 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Bxb2 $19) 30. Nxf1
Bxe4 31. Qe1 Bd3 32. Ng3 Rae8 33. Kg2 Bf4 34. Nxd3 Rxe1 35. Nxe1 Re8 36. Nf3
Nxf3 37. Kxf3 Bxg3 38. Kxg3 Re2 39. Bc1 Rxa2 40. d6 Kf7 {A nice attacking game
by Pascal.} 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

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. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qxd4 16. Rb1 $146 (16. Be3 {16 Rb1 is a new move but it doesn't appear
better than the old move,Be3}) 16... Nc5 17. b4 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Nxd3 19. Rd1 Ne5
$2 {Alex must have miscalculated somewhere around here.} (19... Re1+ $5 20.
Rxe1 Nxe1 21. Bd1 $14) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxd6 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc4 23. Ra6 Re1+ 24.
Kg2 h6 25. c6 Rc8 26. h4 Nb6 27. Rxa7 Rxc6 28. Ra6 Rcxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1 30. Rxb6
Ra1 31. Rb3 h5 32. Kf3 Ra2 33. Ke3 f6 34. f4 g5 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. hxg5 Kg7 37.
Kd3 Kg6 38. Kc4 Kxg5 39. Kb5 Rf2 40. a4 Rf5+ 41. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 a5 $6 {This move has an abysmal score .Qb6 is most popular.}
10. a3 a4 11. Nd4 h6 $146 (11... d5) 12. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 13. Ndb5 Qb6 14. f4 $1
Rd8 15. Kb1 Ra5 16. h4 d5 17. exd5 exd5 $5 (17... Bxc3 $1 18. Nxc3 exd5 {
doesn't look so bad.}) 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qxd5 Be6 20. Qd3 Na7 21. Qd6 $1 Rxb5
22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qb4 Qa6 24. Qc5 Nc6 (24... b6 $5) 25. f5 Be7 26. Qf2 Bc4 27.
Rhe1 {3pieces vs rook usually favours the pieces but here Mark has an
interesting idea that makes it about equal.Black's unusual opening line has
worked well.} (27. Rd7 $4 Qb5 28. Ka1 Bf6 $1) 27... Qb5 28. Rxe7 $5 (28. Re3
Bf6 29. c3 $15) 28... Nxe7 29. g4 {Now whites king is safe and for the moment
the minor pieces are not co-ordinated.The rest of the game looks like a time
scramble to me.} h5 $6 (29... Kh7 {Black isnt worse here.}) 30. Re1 Nd5 31. g5
Qc6 32. Qg3 Kh7 $2 {This turns out to be a really unlucky square for the king.}
33. b3 $2 (33. g6+ $1 fxg6 34. Re6 Nc3+ 35. bxc3 Qb5+ 36. Kc1 Bxe6 37. Qxg6+
Kh8 38. Qxe6 $16) 33... axb3 34. cxb3 Ba6 $4 {Diagram #} (34... Be2 $1 $15) 35.
g6+ $1 $18 fxg6 36. Re6 Nc3+ 37. Ka1 Qh1+ 38. Re1 Qc6 39. fxg6+ Qxg6 40. Qxc3 {
White is winning easily and has little trouble converting the point.} Bd3 41.
Qd4 Bf5 42. a4 Qg4 43. Qf2 Bg6 44. Kb2 Qd7 45. Re2 Qd3 46. Re7 Be4 47. Qc5 Qb1+
48. Ka3 Bf3 49. Qc3 Qg6 50. Qd4 Bc6 51. Re3 Qg4 52. Qxg4 hxg4 53. Re5 g3 54.
Rh5+ Kg8 55. Rg5 g2 56. Kb4 Kh7 57. Kc5 g6 58. a5 Be4 59. b4 Kh6 60. b5 Bf3 61.
Kd4 Be2 62. b6 Bf1 63. Ke3 Kg7 64. Kf2 Kf6 65. Rxg2 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{There were many decisive games in Round 6.Rozentalis hung a pawn against
legky but hung on to draw.Onishchuk handed Romanishin his only loss of the
tournement to move into second place.PAscal took a huge step towards his first
gm norm with a nice win against Vera and Bluvshtein won a very tactical game
agaisnst Lugovoi.Nataf started a run of wins that catapolted him into 3rd
place with a technical win against Lesiege.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 {Romanishin's pet line against the nimzo.} 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2
Bxc3 8. Bxc3 c5 {This is very rare.Short got a draw against Ivanchuk with b6
back in 2000} (8... b6) 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Rc1 {White must be at least a little
better here.} a5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Ng5 $2 f5 14. O-O Nxe3 {Diagram #
Black accepts whites challenge.Really there is little choice otherwise black
is just worse.} 15. Qd3 Nxf1 16. Nxh7 Ne5 $2 (16... Kxh7 17. Qh3+ Kg8 18. Bxg7
Ng3 $3 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Bh5+ Nxh5 21. Qxh5+ Kxg7 22. Rxc5 e5 {is a fantastic
variation that looks about equal!}) (16... Rd8 $1 17. Qh3 Qe7 18. f4 (18. Rxf1
e5) 18... Nd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Ng5 g6 $17 21. Bxf1 (21. Qh6 Qg7) 21... Qg7)
17. Qh3 Ng4 (17... Ng3 18. hxg3 Ng4 19. Nxf8 $16) 18. Rxf1 Rd8 19. Ng5 $1 (19.
Bxg4 $5 $18 fxg4 20. Qxg4 Qc7 21. Ng5 e5 22. Qe4 $16) 19... Nh6 20. Qh5 e5 21.
Qg6 Ra6 22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ng8 25. Nf3 Bb7 26. Nxe5 Rd6 27.
Qh5 Nh6 28. Qg5 Qb6 29. Re1 {A tough loss for Romanishin who appeared to miss
only one move and it cost him the game.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{This was an eventful round.Onischuk gained another half point on Rozentalis
who made another draw.Nataf was completly in control of his game with Ross
when he made a serious error in a time scramble .This produced an even bigger
blunder by Ross who lost on the spot.Leseige had one of his few bright moments
with a win over Lesiege but the sensation of the round was PAscal's win over
Barsov[Alexy's only loss of the event.PAscal had been winning after some
indecisive play by Alexy but in the final position Alexy had battled back to a
draw by perpetual and started thinking about going for more. he looked down on
his clock and suddenly relised he had only 3 seconds left!HE didnt make it.. ..
.....} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4
8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 {This is called Karpov's line
in one of my nimzo books.Black is very solid but as usual white has good piece
play to compensate for the isolated pawn.} 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Ne5 {White has
tried many things here.Ba6 or Bd3 are probably better trys.} Qc7 14. Nb5 Qb8 {
Black has done very well from here.} 15. Nxd7 (15. Nxf7 $5 {was no doubt
considered and rejected by both players.It is recomended by all my analysis
engines so it is interesting in that clearly we have adisagreement between man
and machine .My guess is that the machine is overvaluing the material
advantage.} Rxf7 16. Bxe6) 15... Nxd7 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19.
Qg3 f6 20. Nd4 (20. Rfd1 $5) 20... Bd6 21. Ne6 $2 (21. Nf5 $5) 21... Rg8 $1 22.
Bb3 g5 $6 (22... Rxc1 23. Rxc1 g5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qh3 $15) 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 $2
24. Bc1 $2 {Diagram # This seems to be the turning point.} (24. Nxg5 $1 fxg5 (
24... Rg6 25. Re1 $1) (24... Rg7 25. Rd1 $1) 25. Re1 Re8 (25... Be6 26. Bxe5+
Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qc7 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. bxc3 Bxb3 30. axb3 {With chances to win the
pawn up rook endgame.This looks like blacks best shot at a draw though.}) 26.
Bxg5 {seems to win.}) 24... Ng6 (24... Ba6 $1 $19) 25. f4 Bxe6 26. Bxe6 gxf4
27. Qh3 Rd8 28. Bf5 Kg7 29. Qg4 $2 (29. Kh1 $1 {looks about equal.}) 29... Qc7
30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Bxf4 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qb4 $1 33. a3 (33. h3) 33... Qxb2 34. Rd1
Qxa3 $19 35. h4 Be7 36. Rxd8 Bxd8 37. h5 g5 38. Qf5 gxf4 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qh6+
Ke8 41. Qg6+ Kd7 42. Qf5+ Kc7 43. h6 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. O-O Rc8 11. Kh1 {curiously Alexy lost to this move last
year against Degraeve in the best game of last years tournement.} Na5 12. g4
Ne7 13. Nfe1 {We have transposed into Grischuk-Gulko North sea cup 2000,1-0.}
h5 $1 $146 {I have been looking at this game for a few days now and I am far
from sure this is a good move anymore.13..BB5 is worth looking into as well.}
14. gxh5 Nf5 (14... Bb5 $5) 15. Bg4 Nh6 $6 {Alexy thought this was the cause
of his future difficulties.} (15... Nc6 $5 {is probably an improvement.}) 16.
Bh3 Nc6 17. b3 Kd8 (17... Nb4 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Be3 Qd8 20. Nf3 $14) (17... Ne7
{could transpose to the game.}) 18. Ng2 Kc7 19. Nf4 Rd8 20. Rg1 Kb8 {I guess
the big question is ,is black's king safer on b8 than e8?Seems like the answer
should be yes but I am not so sure it was worth the 3 turns it took getting
there.} 21. Bb2 Ne7 22. Ne3 Nef5 23. Bc3 Rc8 24. Bb2 Bb4 25. Nxf5 $1 Nxf5 26.
Bxf5 exf5 $16 27. Rc1 Rcg8 28. Rg2 Qh6 29. Nxd5 Bd2 (29... Bc6 $4 30. Rxc6) 30.
Rc5 (30. Rc2) 30... Bc6 31. f3 $2 (31. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 32. Ne7) 31... Bxd5 $1 32.
Rxd5 Bf4 33. Qe2 Qxh5 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. d5 Ka8 $1 36. d6 {feels like white
should be winning but the idea used in the game is hard to stop.} (36. Rf2 Bg3)
36... Rc2 $1 {Diagram #} 37. Qxc2 Qxf3 38. Bd4 {here Alexy's flag fell.} (38.
Kg1 Be3+ 39. Rf2 Qg4+ 40. Kf1 Bxf2 41. Qxf2 f4 $1 $11) 38... Rxh2+ 39. Kg1
Rxg2+ 40. Qxg2 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 (41. Qf1 Qg4+ $11) 41... Qxd4+ $11 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Qe7 (7...
Na6 {is far more common.}) 8. Bd2 Bxc3 (8... Na6) (8... Ba6 $5) 9. Bxc3 $5 (9.
Nxc3 Bb7 10. f3 {was played by Reshevsky once.}) 9... d6 10. Ng3 Bb7 11. d5 $5
(11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 O-O {offers fewer chances for an
advantage.}) 11... Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O-O $5 (12... O-O 13. e4 (13. dxe6 Qxe6 14.
O-O Rfe8 $11) 13... Nxe4 $5 {looks promising} 14. Bxg7 (14. Nxe4 exd5 15. Ng3
d4 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. O-O $15) 14... Kxg7 15. Nxe4 exd5 16. Ng3 Kh8) 13. O-O h5
$1 14. Bf3 (14. b4 h4 15. Nh5 h3 $13) 14... e5 $2 {Diagram #} (14... Ne5 $1 {
Black is not worse.}) 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. e4 g6 17. Ne3 Ne8 18. Be2 Qe7 19. b4 Nc7
20. f4 f6 21. f5 g5 22. Bxh5 $1 Qh7 23. g4 $16 Qe7 24. Rf2 Ne8 25. a4 cxb4 26.
Bxb4 Ng7 27. a5 Nxh5 28. gxh5 g4 29. Rg2 Rxh5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Be1 Kc7 32.
Rgb2 Ra8 33. c5 $1 $18 Nxc5 (33... dxc5 34. Nc4 $1) 34. Rxb6 Ba6 (34... Ra6)
35. Rc6+ Kd7 36. Rxc5 dxc5 37. Qa4+ Kc8 38. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ross, Dave"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{A rare move from me but it seemed fitting for the ocasion} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 Bd6 $5 {Funny move order but it just would normally
transpose to a kings indian attack.I kept getting wretchedly passive positions
this tournement because i was afraid to play theory.This is the main problem
with being unprepared.} 5. c3 Bc7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. a3 a5 $1 9. b3 d5
10. Bb2 e5 $1 {This really surprised me but around here i became uncomfortable
and started using way too much time .} 11. O-O h6 12. Rfe1 d4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14.
Rec1 (14. Rac1) 14... Be6 $1 $15 {Pascal has a space advantageand better
co-ordinated pieces.All I can say positive about whites position is that it is
solid.} 15. Qd1 Qd7 16. Ne1 g6 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Bc1 $6 (18. Rac1) 18... Kg7 19.
Rb1 b5 {I am getting squished!} 20. g3 f5 21. Ng2 f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. e5 $2 {
This doesnt work but i was happy to finally get some piece play.} g5 24. Ne4
Nxe5 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. Ne4 Qd8 27. Rc5 Rab8 28. Bb2 N7g6 29. Ne1 Bb6 $2 {Finally
he makes a mistake and it is a big one.After this white has good compensation
but i had to blitz all my moves.The funny thing is the faster I played the
better my moveswere!} (29... Qd7 $1) 30. Rxb5 g4 31. Nc2 f3 32. Bf1 Qd7 33.
Rxb6 $1 Rxb6 34. Nxd4 {Love the knights!} Bd5 35. Rc1 (35. Qd2) 35... Kh7 36.
Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qd2 Ra6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Qf8 40. b5 Ra4 41. Qc2 $2 {Arggg!I
got the right idea one move too late.} (41. Nc6 $1 $44) 41... Ra7 42. Nc6 Rc7
43. Qa4 Bxc6 44. bxc6 Qf5 $1 {Diagram #} 45. Qa8 (45. Ng3 Qf6 46. Bxe5 Nxe5 47.
Qe4+ Ng6 48. Qxg4 Rxc6 49. d4 {was my best chance but i used all my time
looking for more and it wasn't there.}) 45... Rxc6 46. d4 Qxe4 47. dxe5 Nf4 $1
48. Qe8 Rg6 $1 49. e6 Nh3+ 50. Kh1 Nxf2+ 51. Kg1 Nh3+ 52. Kh1 f2+ {There was a
huge applause as i resigned and many congratulated me on putting up a fine
fight.Congratulations to Pascal for achieving his first G.M. norm.When Pascal
got his i.m .title i told him I would save the congratulations for when he got
the g.m. title and he said he was far from sure he could and as many know by
now he scored a second G.M. norm two weeks later at the continental
championships with a 2650 preformance. Confidence is an amazing thing !} 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{There were many draws this round.Onischuk picked up another half point to
move into a tie and the big news of the round was Pascal's first G.M. norm
against yours truely.The galerie was packed tonight in anticipation of the G.M.
norm and i had the best seat in the house !} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3
e6 5. Nbd2 {This variation is a little unusual but seems like a good way to
avoid the long theoretical lines. Karpov played this at least twice in 2001.}
Be7 (5... c5 $5) 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. e4 Bb7 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11.
Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 c5 {This usually equalises but this position seems to be an
exception.} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 $146 (13... bxc5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.
Qd3+ Kg8 17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bxf3 {was Onischuk-Mikhaletz 1-0,
2000}) 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bc2 Qf4 17. b4 Ne4 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3
Qxf3 19. gxf3 $14 Na6 20. a3) 18. Rd7 $1 Bc6 19. Rd4 f5 20. Rad1 $14 Rac8 21.
b5 Bb7 22. Bxe4 $1 {Diagram #} Bxe4 (22... fxe4 23. Ne1 $1 {White is better.})
23. Nd2 e5 24. Rd7 Ba8 25. Rxa7 Rcd8 26. Ra3 $1 Rd6 $2 (26... Kh8 $1 $16) 27.
Nf1 $1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 $18 Qxc4 29. Rg3+ {A very powerful game by Onischuk who
had clearly found his form!} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{Rozentalis and Onischuk kept pace by winning so with two rounds to go
Onischuk was leading by half a point.Rozentalis won a long game with Lesiege
and Charbanneau drew with Nataf.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d3 {Not better than d4.} Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nd2 $6 {This is very rare.} (
14. Qf3) 14... Nf4 $1 15. Ne4 (15. d4) 15... Nxd3 $1 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 $15 17. Be3
Qg6 $1 18. Rf1 Nxb2 {Black wins a pawn and has no trouble scoring the full
point.} 19. Qd2 Nd3 20. f4 c5 21. Bc2 Rad8 22. Rad1 c4 23. Bd4 Rfe8 24. Bxd3
cxd3 $19 25. Rde1 h5 $1 26. Rf3 h4 27. Rfe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 f6 29. a3 Re8 30.
Qa2+ Kh7 31. Qf2 h3 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. gxh3 Qh5 34. Qd2 Qxh3 35. Bf2 Qg4+ 36.
Bg3 Qf3 37. Be1 Be4 38. Bg3 Kg6 39. Be1 Kf5 40. Bg3 g6 0-1

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 Nf6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O d5 14. exd5
Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. c4 (16. Rg1 O-O-O 17. g3 {is unlikely to give white
anything.}) 16... Nb4 17. cxb5 Nxa2+ 18. Kc2 Bd5 $1 19. Bc4 (19. bxa6 Ke7 $1)
19... Bxc4 20. Nxc4 axb5 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ Ke6 23. Ng7+ Ke7 24. Nf5+ Ke6
25. g4 {this looks really strong but black finds a fantastic defense!} Nb4+ 26.
Kb3 Nd5 27. Rd2 Rag8 28. f3 h5 29. Rhd1 hxg4 $1 {forced but o.k.} 30. Ng3 gxf3
31. Rxd5 Rxg3 32. hxg3 Kf5 33. Kc3 Kg4 34. Rd7 Rh7 35. Kd3 f5 36. Ke3 Rh2 37.
R1d2 f4+ 38. gxf4 exf4+ 39. Kd3 f2 40. Rd1 Kf3 41. Rxf7 $1 (41. Ra7 Rh3 42. Kd4
(42. Raa1 Kg2+ 43. Kd2 Rb3 44. Rab1 f5 45. Rdc1 f3 46. Rf1 f4 47. Rfc1 Re3 $19)
42... Kg2 43. Raa1 Rf3 44. Rf1 Rb3 45. Ke4 Rb4+ 46. Ke5 f3 47. b3 Rxb3 48. Kd4
$11) 41... Rh3 42. Kd2 Rg3 43. Rf1 Rg4 44. b4 Rg2 45. Kd3 Rg4 46. Rf8 Rg5 47.
Kd4 Ke2 48. Rxf2+ Kxf2 49. Rxf4+ Ke2 50. Rh4 Kd2 51. Rh2+ Kc1 52. Re2 Kb1 53.
Rf2 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nataf, Igor"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{This is the game that decided the tournements top 3 finishers.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 $5 {very unusual and not
considered especially good.Does Nataf have a new idea?} Bxe3 $1 7. fxe3 Qh4+ 8.
g3 Qd8 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Qf4 d6 11. N1c3 Nge7 12. Bc4 f6 $2 (12... Ne5 $5 13. O-O
(13. Bb3 N7g6 14. Qf1 (14. Qf2 Bh3 15. O-O-O) 14... Bg4) 13... f6 14. Bb3) 13.
O-O-O Ng6 14. Qf1 Nce5 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. h3 h5 18. Nd4 $14 {White
has strong presure here.} c6 $2 {This works out badly but i have no good
suggestions for black here.} 19. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 20. exf5 Ne7 21. e4 $16 a5 22. Be6
Qc7 23. g4 g5 24. h4 $1 {Diagram # Blacks position collapses after this.} gxh4
25. Rxh4 Qb6 (25... Nxg4 26. Qh3) 26. Nd1 $1 Kg7 27. gxh5 Kh7 28. Rg2 Rhg8 29.
Rg6 $1 Qd8 30. Qf4 Qf8 31. Rh2 Rh8 32. Ne3 Re8 33. Rhg2 N5xg6 34. fxg6+ Kg7 35.
Rh2 f5 36. exf5 Nxg6 37. f6+ {Mate soon ,a fantastic game by Nataf.Meanwhile
Rozentalis won against bluvshtein to regain the lead by half a poit setting up
the last round showdown for firs tby the top two rated G.M.s.} 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{All the games were drawn this round with the exception of mine against
Lugovoi.I lost horribly again....Rozentalis needs only a draw to become the
2003 Montreal International Champion.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 {Rozentalis has played this before so it
could not have come as a surprise to Onischuk.} 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Nh3 h6
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. b4 {White is a little better but it is hard to
crack blacks position.} Bb7 14. Nf4 f5 15. Be2 Ne7 16. f3 d6 17. Kf2 c5 18.
Rhd1 Red8 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nd3 Rc8 22. Rb1 cxb4 23. axb4 Rc7
24. Ra1 Nc8 25. Ra4 Kf8 26. b5 Nd6 27. Nc1 $2 (27. Nf4 $14) 27... Bc8 $1 28.
Na2 Bd7 {black will get in a5. Congratulations to Andre Langlois and his team
for putting together a memorable event.Congrats to Pascal on his G.M. Norm and
Rozentalis on his fine victory.He won by virtue of his amazing technique
rather than any sharp opening play.I find it interesting that it is possible
in such a strong field to accomplish that. There were many interesting games
in this tournement that i left out due to space considerations and i invite
readers to check out the other games .They can be found on the fqe web site
under tim2003.Thanks again Andre,it will be hard to top this.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Wch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.05.06"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e6 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Rad1 O-O 11. d5 e5 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. g3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15.
Bd3 Bc8 16. Kg2 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nh5 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. Nh4 Bh3 21. Rg1 Bd7
22. Be3 Qe8 23. Rde1 Qf7 24. Qc2 Kh8 25. Nd2 Nf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. g4 e4 28.
gxh5 f4 {Diagram #} 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Rg1 Qe5 (30... exd3 31. Qxd3 Qxg1+ 32.
Kxg1 Rg8+ 33. Kh1 $1 fxe3 34. Qxe3 Rg5 35. Ne4 $1 Re8 36. h4 Rxh5 37. Qd4+ Ree5
38. Nf6) (30... Bg4 31. Rxg4 Qxg4 32. Bd4+ Kg8 33. Bxe4 Rf7 34. f3 Qg5 35. Bg6
Re7 36. Ne4) 31. Nf3 $3 exd3 (31... exf3 32. Bd2) 32. Nxe5 $1 (32. Qxd3 Bf5 33.
Nxe5 Bxd3 34. Bd4 dxe5 (34... Be4+ 35. Nf3+) 35. Bxe5+ Kh7 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37.
Rxc7+ Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rxa7+ Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rg3+ Kh7 42. Rxd3) 32...
dxc2 33. Bd4 $1 dxe5 34. Bxe5+ Kh7 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38.
Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Von Bardeleben, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 $6 (
7... Nxe4) 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Bxf7+ Kf8 12.
Qb3 Bxa1 13. Ba3+ Ne7 14. Re1) (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qb3) 10. Bg5 Be7
11. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 (
16. Rad1 $1 Kf7 17. Ne5+ $3 fxe5 18. dxe5) 16... c6 $6 {Diagram #} (16... Kf7
$1 17. Qxe7+ $6 (17. Qc4+ Nd5) 17... Qxe7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Rxc7+ Kd6 20. Rxb7
Rhb8) 17. d5 $3 cxd5 (17... Kf7 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Rcd1) 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6
Rhc8 (19... Nc6 20. Nc5 Qc8 21. Qb5 Rb8 (21... Nd8 22. Nd7 Nc6 23. Qxd5+ Kg6
24. g4) 22. Na6 Ra8 (22... bxa6 23. Qxd5+) 23. Qxd5+ Kg6 24. Nc5 Rd8 25. Qe4+
f5 26. Qh4) 20. Qg4 $1 g6 21. Ng5+ Ke8 {Diagram #} 22. Rxe7+ $3 (22. Nxh7 $5)
22... Kf8 $1 23. Rf7+ $1 Kg8 $1 24. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 $1 (24... Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Kxg7
26. Qxd7+) 25. Rxh7+ $3 (25. Rxh7+ $3 Kg8 26. Rg7+ $3 Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28.
Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34.
Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6#) 1-0

[Event "Erevan"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, Arshak"]
[Black "Hazai, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/q1p5/3p4/pPpPp1pp/N1P1Pp2/P4PbP/KQ4P1/8 b - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

32... Qb6 $5 33. Nxb6+ $2 (33. Qd2) 33... cxb6 34. h4 gxh4 35. Qd2 h3 $1 36.
gxh3 h4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle la Grande op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beikert, Guenther"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e5 Qe7 6. Nd2 $6 (6. c3) 6... Qb4
$5 7. Ngf3 Qxb2 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Nc4 Qc3 11. Nfd2 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qd4 13.
c3 Qd5 14. f4 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Ne7 16. Qe2 {Diagram #} b6 $3 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Be4
f5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 {Diagram #} 20. Rf3 Bb7 21. Nd2 (21. Rb1 $5 Rg8 $6 (21... a5
22. Rb5 $1) (21... Bc6 $1) 22. Na5 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Bxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Rxg2 25. Kxg2
bxa5 26. Rh4) 21... Rg8 22. Nb3 Be3 $1 23. g3 (23. Rxe3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxg2)
23... Bxf4 $1 24. gxf4 Nxf4 25. Qf1 O-O-O 26. Nc5 $1 Bc6 $1 (26... bxc5 $2 27.
Rb1 Nd5 28. Rxb7 Kxb7 29. Qb5+) 27. Nd3 Rg4 28. Re1 Rdg8 29. Nxf4 Rxf4 30. Ree3
Rgg4 31. Qh3 h5 $1 {Diagram #} 0-1

[Event "Teeside"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. O-O
e5 9. h3 Nh5 10. Kh2 Nc5 11. Be3 Ne6 12. d4 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. f4
Be6 16. f5 Bxd5 17. exd5 (17. cxd5 $5) 17... Nf6 (17... Nxf5 18. Bxc5 Nd6) 18.
g4 gxf5 19. gxf5 $6 (19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxf5) 19... Kh8 20. Nc3 e4 $1 21. Kh1
Rg8 22. Bg5 Bf8 $3 {Diagram #} 23. Nxe4 (23. Qd2 Be7) (23. Bxf6+ Qxf6 24. Nxe4
Qh4) 23... Nxe4 $1 (23... Be7 24. d6 $1) 24. Bxd8 Ng3+ 25. Kg1 Rxd8 26. Rf3 Bd6
27. Qd3 Rde8 $1 28. Raf1 $2 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kf2 Bg3+ 31. Kf3
Nd4+) 30... Ng3+ 31. Kg1 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 Rg3 33. Qd1 Reg8 34. Qh5 Rxg2 35. Qxf7
Be5 36. f6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Moscow ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Sokolov,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 a4 12. Bd3 Bd7 $5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bc2 (14.
Rae1 $2 Nxd4 $1 15. Nxd5 Bc6 16. Nb6 Ra5 $1 17. Qxa5 $4 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. h3
Qf4) 14... Ne7 15. Rae1 b6 16. Qd1 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Qd4 O-O $1 19. Re3 (
19. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Qxe7 Ra7 22. Qd6 Rd8 $1) 19... f5 $2 {
Diagram #} (19... Rfc8 20. Rh3 (20. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 21. Qh4+ Kg8 22. Qxe7 Qd8 $1)
20... Ng6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 (21... fxg6 22. Ne4 $1) 22. Qh4 f6 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rh6
$1 Rg8 25. Rxg6 Qxc5 26. Qh5 Rac8 $1) 20. Bxa4 $1 Bxa4 21. Rxe6 Ng6 22. b4 $1 (
22. Nxd5 $6 Bb3 $1) 22... Qa7 23. b5 Qa5 24. b6 Be8 25. Nxd5 $5 (25. b7 $1 Rb8
26. Rb6 $1) 25... Bf7 26. Rxg6 $1 Bxg6 (26... hxg6 $4 27. Ne7+ Kh7 28. Qh4#)
27. c6 {Diagram #} Rae8 $6 (27... Rad8 28. Rd1 $1 (28. Ne7+ $2 Kf7 29. Qh4 (29.
Qb2 $5) 29... Qxb6 30. Qc4+ Kxe7 31. Re1+ Kd6 32. c7 Rde8 $1) 28... Rfe8 29. h4
Bf7 30. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Kg7 33. c7 Qe1+ (33... Be6 34. b7
Qe1+) 34. Kh2) 28. b7 Bf7 (28... Re1 $2 29. h3 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Re8 31. Kg1) (
28... Qb5 $2 29. a4 $1 Qxc6 $2 30. b8=Q Rxb8 31. Ne7+) 29. Nb6 Be6 30. h4 $6 (
30. c7 $1 Qa7 31. c8=Q Rxc8 32. bxc8=Q Rxc8 33. Qd6) 30... Qxa3 31. Rb1 (31. c7
$6 Qa7 $1) (31. Ra1 $1) 31... Rd8 $2 {Diagram #} (31... Qa2 $1 32. Rb4 Rb8 33.
Qd6 $1) 32. Qxd8 $3 Rxd8 33. c7 Rf8 (33... Qd6 34. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 35. Nc8 Bxc8
36. b8=Q) 34. b8=Q f4 35. Re1 Qd6 36. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Ramaswamy, Kishor"]
[Black "McDonald, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{I had the pleasure of meeting Justin McDonald at the junior in Shawinigan.
Justin finished 3rd last year at the national under 12 and represented Canada
in Greece last November at the worlds.I was very impressed with his tactical
vision.Justin lives in Kitchener and currently studies chess with F.M.Hans
Jung who has clearly focused on sound middle game play,tactics,and endgame
ability.Justin's first coach, Hal bond seems to have left Justin with a desire
to lear nand an appreciation of the game that i found very refreshing in
someone so young. In the following game Justin defends well to draw a higher
rated 14 year old Kishor Ramaswamy from Montreal.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 g6
4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 {a reliable way of meeting this variation.} 7.
Bc4 $5 {a4 looks a little more accurate to me.} (7. Bd3 $5 Bb7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9.
h4 $5 {was played by the famous grandmaster Gata Kamsky who left chess after
making it all the way to the top to go to med school at age19!}) 7... Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Rfe1 (10. e4 $5) 10... Re8 11. a4 a5 $6 {It makes
sense to give the rook on c8 more power with c5!} (11... c5 $1 12. a5 cxd4 13.
exd4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qc7 {Is very unclear.}) 12. e4 $1 {White is a little better
after this.} e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. b4 Ra8 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. f4 {A
very ambitious plan to bomb black on f7!by using the newly opened f file.} Qf8
(17... exf4 18. e5 Qd7 $3 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. Bxf4 Qf5 $1 {was another possible
defense.}) 18. Rf1 $1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. fxe5 Bf5 21. Bd5 $6 (21. Bf6 $1)
21... Ra7 $6 (21... Rxe5 $5 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 $11 {the bishops are really strong
for black here and he has a pawn already.My first formal teacher F.M.Jonathon
Berry taught me when i was 15 that a bishop and a pawn were often worth a rook
if you had the other bishop and here that is certainly the case.}) 22. g4 $5
Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Rad1 $1 c5 $2 (24... Ra8 $1 25. Rd7 Bxe5 26. Rfxf7 Qxf7
27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Qd5 Rae8 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Qxa5 $14 {is better for white but
i dont think black should lose if he is careful.}) 25. Rd8 $6 (25. bxa5 $1 bxa5
26. Qb5 $1 $16 Ra8 (26... Rxe5 27. Rd8 Rxg5 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Rf4 h5 $14) 27.
Rd7 Rb8 28. Qxa5 Bxe5 29. Rdxf7 $1 $14) (25. Rxf7 $5 Qxf7 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Bh6
Rae7 $1 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 $14) 25... Re8 26. Rfd1 Ra8 $11 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. e6 $6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Qe8 {a well earned
draw .When Justin picks up a few more reliable openings and gets a little more
experience i can see him being 2000 rated very soon.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Godbout, Mathieu"]
[Black "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1266"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{This issue I will partly keep my promise to have something on kids who are
not from Montreal or Toronto.There is a Seven year old who arrived in Montreal
who simply put is the most promising talent I have ever seen.He has already
defeated many fqe aplayers and one experts in Active.His name is Nikita
Kralouchkine. Nikita's father is an fqe expert so this helps alot . Nikita
made his debut on the national stage where he was the youngest player by far
at the recently completed Cn Junior. Here he shows very deep theoretical
knowledge and an eye for tactics drawing a much higher rated player.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The Gruenfeld defense,A Kasparov favorite.Black will
surrender the center temporarily but hopes to reclaim it later on.} 4. cxd5
Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11.
cxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bxf7+ {This line was debated in one of the Karpov
Kasparov matches.Black is o.k. but needs to know some theory . Personally as a
trainer i cannot imagine teaching a 7 year old long theoretical lines but i
might reconsider!} Rxf7 14. fxg4 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qd7 {So white wins a pawn but
it is never that easy..His king is somewhat exposed and there is a general
lack of co-ordination amungs his forces.} (15... Qd6 $5) (15... e5 $5) 16. Rc1
$2 (16. g5 $5) (16. h3 $1) 16... Qxg4 {Why white would sacrifice this pawn is
a complete mystery.} 17. Qc2 $2 (17. Qd3 $1 {is a big improvement stopping the
fine plan Nikita has in mind.}) 17... Rf8+ (17... b5 $1) 18. Kg1 b5 $1 {This
shows Nikita understands the position and has not just memorised some moves.
White wil have to be very careful now not to stand worse.} 19. a4 $1 {Mathieu
is up to the job.This fine move slows black down just enough from getting all
his pieces to the desired squares.} Nc4 20. axb5 Nxe3 21. Qb3+ Nd5 $1 {how
many adults would make this cool move i wonder?The knight is lost so black
loses it on his terms.} 22. Qxd5+ e6 23. Qc4 Qxe4 24. h3 Rd8 $6 (24... Bh6 $1 {
would force Matheau to find 25 Rc3!to keep equality.}) 25. Rd1 Qd5 $1 26. Qa4
Qe4 27. Qc4 Qd5 28. Qa4 Qe4 29. Qc4 {Neither player can accomplish much here.
Simply an amazing game from a 7 year old!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Guelph Pro Am Int."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan"]
[Black "Stevens, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "MacPhail,J"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{a Veresov Attack becomes a veritable nightmare for White} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6
3. Bg5 c5 {This is interesting, but does not seem very sound.} 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5.
e4 dxe4 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd5 a6 8. Qc4 {Surely the simple 8. O-O-O is not bad.}
Nc6 9. Rd1 f5 10. Be2 {White is in trouble, and his best bet may be 10. Qa4
with hope of surviving an inferior ending.} Bg7 11. Kf1 Be6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nh3
Bxd5 14. Rxd5 e6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. c3 Ne5 17. Qb3 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Qb5+ 19. Be2
Qxb3 20. axb3 Nd7 21. g4 {Desperation, but White is lost anyway after, for
example, 21. b4 a5.} fxg4 22. Bxg4 Nxc5 23. Rg1 Kf8 24. Bh5 h6 25. f3 Nxb3 26.
fxe4 Nd2+ 27. Ke2 Nxe4 28. Rf1 Nd6 29. Nf4 Ke7 30. Nd3 Rc8 31. Bf3 Rc4 32. h3
a5 33. Rg1 Kf8 34. Ra1 b6 35. Nf2 Ke7 36. Ng4 f5 37. Ne3 Rc5 38. Rg1 Bf6 39.
Rg6 Bg5 40. Rg7+ Kf6 41. Rd7 Re5 42. Rxd6 Bxe3 43. Kd1 Bc5 44. Rc6 Kg5 45. Be2
Re3 46. Bc4 e5 47. h4+ Kxh4 48. Rxh6+ Kg3 49. Kd2 Re4 50. Rg6+ Rg4 51. Rxg4+
Kxg4 52. Be6 e4 53. Ke2 Kf4 {An impressive performance by Stevens.} 0-1

[Event "Guelph Pro Am Int."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hamilton, Robert"]
[Black "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Annotator "MacPhail,J Hamilton,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{a classical Nimzo-Indian, brilliant attack by Hamilton} 1. d4 {Hamilton,R} Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3
Ba5 {Perhaps this is a little riskier for Black than the main line, 9... Bxc3
10. bxc3 Qc7} 10. dxc5 {Small ECO prefers 10. Ba2, considers 10. Qd3 and 10.
Bd3, and does not even mention 10. dxc5. '!?' Hamilton,R.} (10. Qd3 {Hamilton,R
}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 (11... Qxd1 {Hamilton,R} 12. Rxd1 Ne4 13. a4 $1) 12.
Qe2 Qxc5 (12... Qxc3 {Hamilton,R} 13. Bb2) (12... Ne4 {Hamilton,R} 13. a4) 13.
e4 {'!' Hamilton,R.} Ne5 {'?!' Hamilton,R.} (13... Na5 14. Ba2) (13... e5 {
Hamilton,R} 14. a4) (13... b6 {Hamilton,R}) 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. f4
Qxc3 17. Bb2 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Rf3 {'!' Hamilton,R.} Bc6 (19... e5 20. Rff1
exf4 21. Rxf4 Rad8 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Rf1 f5 $15 {according to Crafty}) (19...
Rfd8 20. Rg3 Rac8 $15) 20. Rh3 h6 21. Re1 Rfd8 22. Bb1 Rac8 (22... Qd6 {trying
slow the attack at the cost of a pawn} 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. Rxh6 Qxa3
$16) 23. Rg3 Rc7 (23... h5 24. Rg5 g6 $17) 24. Bc3 b6 25. h3 Bb7 26. Bb4 {'!'
Hamilton,R.} Qd7 27. e5 Ne8 {seems to be the losing move} (27... Nd5 {seems to
draw} 28. Rxg7+ (28. Qg4 {Hamilton,R} g6) 28... Kxg7 29. Qd3 Rc5 30. Qh7+ Kf8
31. Qxh6+ $10) 28. Qh5 Qc6 (28... Qd5 29. f5 a5 30. f6 axb4 31. fxg7 f5 32.
exf6 Nxf6 33. Qxh6 $18) (28... Kh8 {Hamilton,R} 29. Bf8 f5 30. exf6 Nxf6 31.
Bxg7+) 29. f5 (29. Qxh6 {Hamilton,R} Qxg2+) 29... a5 30. f6 {'!' Hamilton,R.}
axb4 31. fxg7 f5 32. exf6 Nxf6 33. Qxh6 Qd6 34. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Guelph Pro Am Int."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Legky, Nikolay"]
[Black "Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "MacPhail,J"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{a Torre Attack gets drawish, until Legky gets over-ambitious} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 Nh5 6. e4 (6. Be5 f6 7. Qd3 fxe5 8. Qg6+ Ke7 9.
Qxh5 exd4 10. Nxg5 Qe8 11. Qh4 Bg7 {according to Small ECO}) 6... Nxg3 7. hxg3
Bg7 8. c3 d6 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qb3 b6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Qc4 Na5 14.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qe2 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5+ Qe7 18. a4 f5 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20.
O-O-O Rhe8 21. Nh2 Kf7 22. g4 fxg4 23. Nxg4 Kg6 24. Rhe1 a6 25. Kc2 h5 26. Ne3
Nb7 27. g4 h4 28. Nf5 b5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Nxh4+ Kf7 31. Nf5 Be5 32. Re2 Rh8 33.
Ne4 Rag8 34. g5 Re8 35. g6+ {Perhaps this was based on some miscalculation.}
Kxg6 36. Rg1+ {White disdains giving perpetual check with 26. Ng5+ Kf6 27.
Ne4+.} Kf7 37. Reg2 Rh5 38. Ng7 f3 39. Rf2 Rg8 40. Rxf3+ Ke7 41. Nxh5 Rxg1 42.
axb5 axb5 43. Nhg3 Rg2+ 44. Kc1 Rg1+ 45. Kc2 Rg2+ 46. Kb1 {Now he disdains
receiving perpetual check, even though now Black may stand better.} b4 47. Nf5+
Kd7 48. Ne3 Re2 49. Ng3 Bxg3 50. Rxg3 bxc3 51. bxc3 Na5 52. Nf5 Nc4 53. Rg7+
Kd8 54. Rg4 Re5 55. Ng7 {This seems to lose, whereas 55. Nh6!? seems to draw. 
(I'm looking at it without having a full set of ending tablebases installed.)}
Ne3 56. Rg5 Rxg5 57. Ne6+ Ke7 58. Nxg5 Nxd5 59. Kc2 Kf6 60. Ne4+ Ke5 61. Nd2
Nf4 62. Nc4+ Kd5 63. Nb6+ Ke4 64. Nd7 Ke3 65. Nf6 d5 66. Nd7 c4 67. Ne5 Nd3 68.
Nc6 Ne1+ 69. Kd1 Ng2 70. Nb4 Nf4 71. Kc2 Ke2 72. Kc1 {Losing instantly.} Nd3+
0-1

[Event "Guelph Pro Am Int."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stevens, Christian"]
[Black "Peredun, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "MacPhail,J Hutters,T"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{a Bellon Gambit gets crushed} 1. c4 {Hutters,Tomas} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 {
now we have a position that I do not see anywhere in Small ECO} 4. Ng5 b5 {the
Bellon Gambit '!' Hutters,Tomas.} 5. d3 {this is unpleasant for Black '!'
Hutters,Tomas.} (5. cxb5 d5 6. d3 h6 7. Nh3 $16) 5... Bb4 {'!?' Hutters,Tomas.}
({The traditional main line, which qualifies as a refutation of black's
concept, goes} 5... bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00] Hutters,Tomas} 6. dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} h6 7. Nxf7 $1 {with a clear edge for white. I really enjoyed seeing this
postion on the board, mainly beacuse of the nice scene with Bello being busy
colorizing his score sheet a few meters away, but also because it give rise to
a nice memory from back when I still had hair:} (7. Nf3 Bb4 8. e5 Ne4 9. Qd4
Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qb3 Ba5 13. Ba3 Rb8 14. Qc2 d6 15. O-O-O O-O
16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 Qf6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. e3 Nb4 {Diagram [#]} 20. Qd2 Nxa2+
21. Kc2 Qg6+ 22. Bd3 Bxc3 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Qc6 25. Qe2 Qa4+ 26. Rb3 Bxd3+
27. Qxd3 Nb4+ 28. Kxc3 Nxd3 29. Rb8+ Ke7 30. Kxd3 Qa6+ 31. Kc3 Qf1 32. Rb7+ Kf6
33. Rxa7 Qxf2 34. Ra6+ Ke7 35. Ra7+ Ke8 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kd6 38. Nd4 Qxe3+
39. Kc4 Qe4 40. Rxf7 Qd5+ {0-1, Sørensen-Hutters, Denmark 1990.})) 6. dxe4 Qe7
7. Bd2 $14 {'?' Hutters,Tomas.} (7. cxb5 h6 8. Nf3 Nxe4 9. Qd4 O-O 10. a3 $16)
(7. cxb5 $1 {Hutters,Tomas}) 7... O-O {'?' Hutters,Tomas.} (7... bxc4) (7...
bxc4 $1 {Hutters,Tomas}) 8. a3 {8. cxb5!, 8. Nxb5! '?' Hutters,Tomas.} (8. cxb5
$1 {Hutters,Tomas}) 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nxe4 {'?' Hutters,Tomas.} (9... bxc4 $14)
(9... bxc4 {Hutters,Tomas} 10. e5 Ng4 11. Nf3 Qc5 12. e3 Nc6 {is better for
white, but not clearly lost.}) 10. Nxe4 Qxe4 11. cxb5 $18 a6 12. bxa6 c5 {'?'
Hutters,Tomas.} 13. Qd6 {'!' Hutters,Tomas.} Nxa6 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Qxd7 {'!'
Hutters,Tomas.} Rab8 16. f3 Qe3 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Qd6 Qe3 19. Qe5 Qh6 20. e4 f6
21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Bxa6 Rbe8 23. Qc4 Bxe4 {Hutters,Tomas: 'Diagram [#]'} 24. O-O
{another classic demonstration by Stevens} 1-0

[Event "Guelph Pro Am Int."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikanovic, Goran"]
[Black "Legky, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Annotator "MacPhail,J"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{a Snake Benoni gets bitten} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5
Bd6 6. Nf3 Bc7 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 {10. a3!? $14,
Vladimirov--Kasimdzhanov, Namangan 2000, as cited in Small ECO} Re8 {the same
position as Lawson--Legky, from two rounds earlier} 11. h3 $15 {now Black will
get in ...b5 before White can play a5} Nbd7 12. Nd2 {perhaps an effective
anti-Snake-Benoni system might be called a Mongoose Attack, but we are not
seeing anything like that here; Black is getting in ... b5 and thus obtaining
theadvantage} Rb8 13. e4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. f4 {15. b3!? $15; now Black
obtains the c5 square for a knight} c4 16. b4 {16. Qc2!? $17} cxb3 $19 17. Bb2
Nc5 18. Kh2 b4 19. Ne2 Ba6 {allowing a rprisingly effective exchange sacrifice;
whereas 19... Nfxe4 is winning} (19... Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Nd4 Qf6 22. Re1
Qg6 23. Qxb3 f5 24. Kg1 Bb6 25. Rac1 $19) 20. Rxa6 Nxa6 21. Nd4 Rb6 22. Nc6 Qd7
23. Qxb3 Nc5 24. Qc4 b3 25. Qd4 Ra8 26. Nc4 Na4 $18 (26... Rb5 27. e5 Ne8 28.
Re1 Bd8 29. Qe3 f5 30. exd6 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Qxe4 Bf6 33. N6e5 Qb7 $14)
27. e5 Nxb2 28. Nxb6 Bxb6 29. Qxb6 Nc4 {now White has a crushing advantage} 30.
Qd4 dxe5 31. Qxc4 exf4 32. Qxb3 fxg3+ 33. Qxg3 Kh8 34. Rb1 h6 35. Rb8+ Rxb8 36.
Qxb8+ Kh7 37. Qe5 Ne8 38. Qe7 Qxe7 39. Nxe7 Nd6 40. Kg3 f6 41. Bf1 g6 42. Bd3
f5 43. Kf4 Kg7 44. Ke5 Nf7+ 45. Kd4 Kf6 46. Nc8 h5 47. Bb5 h4 48. d6 g5 49. Be2
g4 50. hxg4 fxg4 51. Bxg4 Nxd6 52. Nxd6 h3 53. Bxh3 Kg6 54. Ke5 Kg7 55. Bf5 Kf8
56. Kf6 Kg8 57. Nf7 Kf8 58. Bh7 Ke8 59. Ne5 Kf8 60. Nd7+ Ke8 61. Ke6 Kd8 62.
Kd6 Ke8 63. Bg6+ Kd8 64. Nc5 Kc8 65. Bh5 Kd8 66. Nb7+ Kc8 67. Kc6 Kb8 68. Kb6
Kc8 69. Bg4+ Kb8 70. Nc5 Ka8 71. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Guelph Pro Am Int."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Peredun, Andrew"]
[Black "Predescu, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[Annotator "MacPhail,J"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{a Sozin, comes out looking like Morphy versus Anonymous} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Qe2 {8. Qe2 does not
appear in Small ECO, which seems slightly weak on the Sozin} b5 9. Bg5 Nc5 10.
O-O-O Qc7 11. f4 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 {14... Bxe4 15.
Rhf1 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nxb3 { is about equal} 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Qxb5+ Bc6 17. Ba4 1-0

[Event "Guelph Pro Am Int."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "MacPhail,J"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{a Tartakower Defence, with Black getting a good game} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4
Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3 {the current game casts
doubt on this move; there are an unusually large number of candidates for
White's eighth: besides 8. cxd5, Small ECO considers 8. Be2, 8. Rc1, 8. Bd3, 8.
Qb3, 8. Rb1 and 8. Qc2} Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. a3 Re7 {
Small ECO treats only 12... c6} 13. Bd3 {the principal alternative is 13. Be2,
effectively disallowing 13... c5, but then Black gets good play after, for
example, 13... Qd6 14. O-O a6 15. Ne5 Nd7} (13. Be2 Qd6 (13... c5) 14. O-O a6
15. Ne5 Nd7) 13... c5 14. Bb1 {evidently Blac k has a good game after both
this and the principal alternative 14. dxc5?! d4!} (14. dxc5 d4 15. O-O bxc5 (
15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd7 17. exd4 $18) 16. Ne4 (16. Be2 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18.
exd4 Nc6 $17) 16... Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Qb7 Nc6 19. Qxc6 Qe8 20. Qxc5 dxe3
21. fxe3 Bxb2 $15) 14... Na6 15. O-O g6 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Rd2 Kg7 18. Qd1 Qe8
19. Ne2 Nc7 20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nxe6+ Rxe6 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Ba2 Rb6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5
25. Rxd5 {Black has built up a winning position, but there is still counterplay
} Bxb2 {this wastes time; and 25... Rxb2 26. Rd6 is a bit annoying; best is 25.
.. c4! 26. Re2 Rxb2 -+} (25... Rxb2 26. Rd6) (25... c4 26. Re2 Rxb2) 26. Qc2 c4
27. h4 Kg8 28. h5 Bg7 {29... Bxa3!?} 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Rc1 Rb2 {since White
can scarcely afford to continue using the queen to blockade a pawn, driving it
away may easily be a wasted move; more sensible and in fact stronger is 29...
c3!; in particular, 30. Qd3?! Qa4 -+} (30... c3 31. Qd3 Qa4) 31. Qd1 c3 32. Rd7
{now White's counterplay is really starting to amount to something; for
example, 32... c2?? 33. Rxg7+ -+} Qf8 {a computer might play 32... a5 or 32...
a6; the human solution is 32... Kh8! followed by 33... c2 with victory unsure
but likely} 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Rf7 {the normal move 34. Rxa7 gives a roughly
equal position that would almost certainly result in a draw} (34. Rxa7 c2 35.
Ne5 Qf5 36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. Ng5+ Kh8 38. Nf7+ {with a draw}) 34... Qd8 {of course
not 34... Qxa3?? 35. Rxg7! Kxg7 36. Qd7+ +-} (34... Qxa3 35. Rxg7 Kxg7 36. Qd7+
) 35. Qe4 Rb6 {35... Qd6! is a little stronger; then 36. Nd4?! Rf8 37. Rxf8+
Qxf8 retains winning chances, the more likely continuation is 36. Rxa7 c2 37.
Ne1! Rb1 38. Rxb1 c1=Q 39. Rxc1 Rxc1 40. Kf1 Qd2 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Rxg7+ with
perpetualcheck} (35... Qd6 36. Rxa7 (36. Nd4 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 36... c2 37.
Ne1 Rb1 38. Rxb1 c1=Q 39. Rxc1 Rxc1 40. Kf1 Qd2 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Rxg7+) 36. Ne5
$19 {with 36. Nd4! White would even obtain the advantage} Qd6 {36... Qd2! -+}
37. Re7 Kh7 $19 38. Nf7 Qf6 39. Rxa7 Rf8 40. Qd5 c2 {now White gets no more
chances, though it gets a bit messy at the end} 41. Rc7 Rb1 42. R7xc2 Rxc1+ 43.
Rxc1 Rxf7 44. Rc2 Qa1+ 45. Kh2 Rf5 46. Qe6 Rh5+ 47. Kg3 Rg5+ 48. Kh2 Qf1 49.
Qe4 Re5 50. Qc6 Rh5+ 51. Kg3 Rg5+ 52. Kh2 Be5+ 53. f4 Rh5+ 54. Kg3 Bg7 55. Qd6
Qe1+ 56. Kf3 Rh1 57. Rf2 Qa5 58. Kg3 Qh5 59. Qe6 Re1 60. Rf3 Re2 61. Qh3 Qa5
62. Kh2 Qxa3 63. e4 Qc1 64. e5 Re1 65. Qd7 Rh1+ 66. Kg3 Qe1+ 67. Rf2 Rf1 {67...
Qe4! was a bit quicker} 68. Qd2 Qxf2+ {68... Qxd2 69. Rxd2 g5 also wins, but
is messy too} 69. Qxf2 Rxf2 70. Kxf2 h5 71. g4 h4 72. Kg2 (72. f5 g5 73. f6)
72... Kg8 73. Kh3 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Guelph Pro Am Int."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Porper, Eduard"]
[Black "Hutters, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Hutters,T"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

{a Bogo-Indian, in which White gets crushed} 1. d4 {Hutters,Tomas} e6 2. c4
Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 {Hutters,Tomas: 'In round 6, Thomas Roussel-Roozmon
played 4. g3, but after 4.-, d5 he failed to appreciate the difference between
this position and a standard Catalan and lost after only 25 moves.'} Nf6 {
Hutters,Tomas: 'Transposing to a normal Bogo-Indian.'} 5. Nc3 b6 6. g3 {Small
ECO only consider 6. e3} Bb7 7. Bg2 Bxc3 {'!?' Hutters,Tomas.} 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9.
Rc1 {'?!' Hutters,Tomas.} Na6 {'!?' Hutters,Tomas.} 10. a3 {'?!' Hutters,Tomas.
} ({White takes black's "threat" a bit too seriously. Better was} 10. O-O {
Hutters,Tomas} Nb4 {white has a good reply in} 11. Qb3) 10... c5 {'!' Hutters,
Tomas.} 11. d5 {'!?' Hutters,Tomas.} ({Very sharp. Porper needed 11/2/2 for a
GM norm, so winning with white would be a good idea. However, he thought that
white was better in this position, a misjudgement which most probably played a
role in his eventuel defeat.} 11. dxc5 {Hutters,Tomas} Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Nxc5 {is
equalish, but the white queen side pawns can become weak.}) 11... O-O 12. Nh4
exd5 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 d6 15. O-O {Hutters,Tomas: In this Ben-Oni
structure, the absence of two minor pieces and the fact that white cannot
really stop black on the queen side, imply that black has a nice game.} b5 16.
e4 c4 {'?!' Hutters,Tomas.} ({Very sharp. Black sets up Nc5-d3 but at the same
time loses some grip in the center. The game may virtually be decided within
the next few moves as any inaccuracy comes at a high price. A more prudent
method for black was} 16... b4 {Hutters,Tomas} 17. Re3 Qf6) 17. Qd4 {'!'
Hutters,Tomas.} g6 18. Qd2 {'?' Hutters,Tomas.} ({White hesitates, or maybe he
was seduced by a king side attack which doesn't exist. Maybe both hold true.} 
18. f4 $1 {Hutters,Tomas} Nc5 19. e5 {was called for, with a very sharp game.})
18... Nc5 19. Qh6 {'?' Hutters,Tomas.} Qf6 {'!' Hutters,Tomas.} 20. Nf5 Bc8 {
'!' Hutters,Tomas.} ({Envisaging an uneven fight between Nc5 and Bg2. My
greedy chess program insists that} 20... Rfe8 {Hutters,Tomas}) 21. g4 Bxf5 22.
gxf5 Nd3 23. Rb1 Rfc8 ({White is probably lost already. For now, he relies on
the tactic} 23... Nxb2 {Hutters,Tomas} 24. Rh3 {but with due preparation, the
black queen side initiative should proove unstopable. Also, the black knight
might settle down on f4, causing new worries for the disorganized and
positionally bankrupt white position.}) 24. Bf1 b4 25. Rc2 b3 26. Rd2 {Hutters,
Tomas: 'The following sacrifice, which was prepared on move 20, gave me some
aesthetic satisfaction.'} Nxb2 {would 26... Ne5 win less messily? '!' Hutters,
Tomas.} 27. Rdxb2 a4 {Hutters,Tomas: 'In practice, white is defenseless
against the black pawn avalanche on the queen side.'} 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Bxc4 ({
Giving back the piece to get a chance to come up for air before he gets
suffocated by the passers. A funny, but maybe somewhat irrelevant line is} 29.
Qc1 {Hutters,Tomas} c3 30. Re2 c2 31. Rb2 Qxb2 {with a decisive advantage for
black.}) 29... Rxc4 30. Re2 Rac8 {Hutters,Tomas: 'Now that material is equal
again, black is just winning due to the b3 pawn, the c-file and the weak white
king.'} 31. Kg2 Rc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Qe3 Rc3 {'!' Hutters,Tomas.} 34. Qd2 (34.
Qe2 {Hutters,Tomas} Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Rc1+ 36. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 37. Kg2 b2 {was another
logical way to end the game.}) 34... Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Rc2 {Hutters,Tomas: 'White
resigned. 36. Qe3, Qxe3 37. fxe3, b2 with the "7th rank absolute" would have
been a nice tribute to Nimzowitsch. Pretentious as it may sound, I feel the
presence of the two great Danish chess teachers - Bent Larsen is the other one
- in this inspired game.'} 0-1

[Event "Guelph Pro Am Int."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alex"]
[Black "Castaneda, Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qd3 Nfd5 {Small ECO
considers only 13... Nbd5 14. Nxd5 +=} 14. Bg3 Nb4 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. a3 N4d5 17.
Ne5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Ba4 19. Ba2 Nd5 {19... Rc8!?} 20. Qf3 {now White thr eatens
31. c4 followed by 32. Qxb7, and it is not so clear what Black should do;
perhaps the most natural move is simply 20... b6, reasonable alternatives are
moving the bishop to f6 or g5, and there is the tempting but risky choice of
playing more actively with 20... Qa5} Qa5 {Now White has the obvious forcing
continuation 21. c4 Nc3 22. Qxb7 Bxa3 23. Nxf7, which will win a pawn unless
Black finds it safe to play or prepare ...Ne2+ and ...Nxd4, and provides the
hope that some unforeseen tactic will embarrass one or both of Black's bishops,
but has the disadvantages of decentralizing the White queen, leaving the
knight somewhat loose on f7, and leaving the pawns on c4 and d4 somewhat loose.
So that is a possibility, but not convincing. On the other hand, is Black
threatening anything? At the moment, both ...Bxa3 and ...Qxc3 lose a piece,
whereas ...Nxc3 allows Qxb7; so Black has no immediate threat. Thus it seems
likely that the best procedure is to find a better square for the f1 rook, but
where to put it? On c1 it will be pestered by Black's bithop, and it seems
more active on b1 than on e1 (though this last is a hard choice to get right).
Now, let us see, Moiseenko goes for the forcing continuation!} (20... b6 21. c4
Nf6 22. d5 Bc5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Ng6 Rf7 25. Bf4 Bc2 26. Ne5 $14 {according to
Crafty}) 21. c4 (21. Rfb1 b6 22. Bb3 Rac8 23. c4 Nf6 24. Bh4 Rfd8 25. Qe3 Be8
26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Re1 Bxe5 28. dxe5 $14 {according to Crafty}) (21. Rfe1 Rac8
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nc6 Rxc6 24. Rxe7 Rxc3 25. Qg4 Re8 26. Rxb7 Rc2 $14 {
according to Crafty}) (21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. c4 Bg5 23. Rcb1 Nc3 24. Rb4 Nxa2 25.
Rxa2 Be7 26. c5 b6 {according to Crafty}) 21... Nc3 22. Qxb7 Bxa3 23. Nxf7 {so
far, so forced; but now what does Black do?} Qb6 24. Qf3 Qxd4 25. Be5 Qxe5 26.
Nxe5 Rxf3 27. Nxf3 Bb2 28. Rae1 Bc2 29. Rxe6 a5 30. Rb6 Ba3 31. Ra1 Rd8 32. h4
Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Bxd1 34. Bb3 a4 35. Bxd1 Nxd1 36. Ra6 Nc3 37. Ne5 Kf8 38. Nd7+
1-0

[Event "Ottawa op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maly, Alexey"]
[Black "Al Rayyan, Mohammad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Maly,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 (4... e5) 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 (6...
Bd6) 7. Nbd2 (7. Nc3) 7... O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 (9... b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Rd2 Ba8 17.
Rfd1 Rd4 18. Bg5 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 cxd4
23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qxf7+ {1/2-1/2 Maly-Ermolaev, Kharkov Kaissa 2003}) 10. Bxe4
c5 $6 (10... Nf6) 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc5 (12... Bf6 13. Qe4 g6 14. Rb1 Qa5
15. a3 Ne5 16. b4 Qc7 17. c5 Bd7 18. Nd4 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Be3 $14 {Van
Herman-Krueger, Hamburg 1993}) 13. Qg4 $5 $146 (13. Rd1 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15.
Nb5 Be6 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Be3 $14 {Zilberman-Hansen, Oberwart 1998}) (13. Qe5 $1
b6 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 Bb7 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd4 18. b3 $14) 13... f5 $6 (
13... e5 14. Qh5 e4 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. b3 $13) 14. Qg3 Qe8 15. Bg5 $6
(15. Bf4 b6 16. Be5 Qf7 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. b4 Be4 19. bxc5 Bxc2 20. Rd7 $14)
15... Bxg5 16. Qxg5 e5 17. Qe3 Nd7 $2 (17... e4 $5 18. Qxc5 exf3 19. Rfe1 Qg6
20. Qd5+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. gxf3 $14) 18. Rad1 e4 19. Nd4 a6 (19... Qe5 20.
f3 Nf6 21. c5 Kh8 22. Qc3 Be6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. fxe4 $14) 20. f3 exf3 21. Qxf3
g6 22. Rfe1 Qf7 23. c5 Kh8 (23... Qf6 24. Bb3+ Kh8 25. Ne6 $16) 24. Ne6 Ne5 25.
Rxe5 Bxe6 26. Qc3 Kg8 (26... Bxa2 27. Ra1 Qc4 28. Rxa2 $16) 27. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Brantford op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maly, Alexey"]
[Black "Roetteler, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[Annotator "Maly,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Kh8 12. a4 Ng8 13. a5 Bh6 14. Bf2 Ngf6 15. Nd3
f4 $6 $146 (15... Nh5 16. c5 Nef6 17. b4 a6 18. Nb2 Nf4 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. Kh1 Bd7
21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Nb6 Rad8) 16. c5 g5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. a6 b6 19. Nb4 Rg8 20.
Nc6 Qd7 21. Nb5 g4 22. Nbxa7 $6 (22. Qc2 g3 23. Be1 gxh2+ (23... Qf7 24. h3 Qh5
25. Bd3 Bxh3 26. gxh3 g2 27. Rf2) 24. Kxh2 Nh5 25. Rh1 Ng3 26. Bxg3 fxg3+ 27.
Kg1 Bf4 28. Bd3 Nf6 29. Qe2) 22... Rxa7 23. Nxa7 Qxa7 24. Qb3 g3 (24... gxf3
25. Bxb6 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Ng4 27. Bxa7 Rxh2+ 28. Kg1 Rg2+) (24... Nd7 25. Qc4 gxf3
26. Bxf3 Nc7 27. b4 Nxa6 28. Be2 f3 29. Bxf3) 25. Bxb6 Qf7 $2 (25... gxh2+ 26.
Kh1 (26. Kxh2 Qg7 27. Rf2 Qg3+ 28. Kg1 Ng4) 26... Qg7 27. Rf2 Nh5 (27... Nc7
28. Qb4 Na8 29. Qxd6 Nxb6 30. Qxb6 Bg5 31. Bc4 Bh4) 28. Qc2 (28. g4 fxg3 29.
Rg2) 28... Ng3+ 29. Kxh2 Bd7 30. Kg1 Qg5) 26. h4 $1 Nc7 27. Bxc7 $6 (27. Rfc1
$1 Na8 28. Kf1 Re8 29. Bg1 Bf8 30. Qc3 Bd7 31. b4) 27... Qxc7 28. a7 Bb7 29.
Rfc1 Qe7 30. Ba6 Ba8 31. Bc8 Nxe4 $1 32. fxe4 f3 33. Rc4 (33. Qxf3 Bxc1 34.
Rxc1 Qxa7+ 35. Kf1 Qg7 36. Bf5 Rf8 37. b4 Rb8 38. Qc3) 33... Qxh4 34. Bh3 fxg2
(34... f2+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kh1 $2 Qxh3+ $1 36. gxh3 g2+ 37. Kh2 g1=Q+ 38. Rxg1
fxg1=Q#)) 35. Kxg2 Rf8 36. Qxg3 $3 Rg8 37. Ra3 $1 Rxg3+ 38. Rxg3 Bg5 39. Rg4
Qe1 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rxa8 Kh6 42. Rxg5 Qd2+ 43. Kh1 Qxg5 44. Rf8 (44. Rc8)
44... Qc1+ 45. Bf1 Qe3 46. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Montreal PQ ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Voskanyan, Vahagn"]
[Black "Maly, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Maly,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 (3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Re1 g6 14. Bh6
Re8 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Ng5 Ng4 $4 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qf3+ Nf6 19. Bb3 Bd6 20. d5
$1 Na5 21. dxe6+ Ke7 22. Nd5+ Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rf8 24. b4 {Pruess-Maly, Montreal
PQ ch 2003}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9.
Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 (13. c4 b5 $1 14. cxb5
cxb5 15. Qxb5 Rb8) 13... O-O 14. Ne5 (14. Rhe1 c5 15. Nf5 cxd4 $1 16. N3xd4 (
16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nxd4 Rfc8 $1 $15) 16... Bc5 17. Nxh6+ $5 (17. Nxe6 $6) 17...
gxh6 18. Bxh6 Re8 19. Qf3 Bf8 20. Bg5 Rc8 21. Kb1 Rc5 22. Bh4 Rxh5 $6 {
Tiviakov-Magem, Buenos Aires 1996} (22... Bg7 $1 $15)) 14... c5 15. Nxd7 (15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxh6 Qa4) 15... Qxd7 16. dxc5 Qa4 (16... Qd5 17.
Kb1 Qxc5 18. Bc3 Qc6 19. f3 Nd5 20. Bd4 b5 21. Ne4 Rfd8 22. Nc3 b4 23. Nxd5
Rxd5 24. g4 Rad8 $15 {Berezovich-Izoria, Moscow 2000}) 17. Kb1 Bxc5 (17... Rfc8
) 18. c4 $1 $146 b5 $5 19. Rh4 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Rab8 21. Bc3 Be7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23.
Rxe4 b4 24. Be5 b3 25. axb3 (25. a3 Rb7 26. Rg4 f6 27. Bc3 e5 $14) 25... Rxb3
26. Rg4 f6 27. Bc7 (27. Bc3 $14) 27... Rd7 28. c5 Qc6 $4 (28... Qb5 $1 29. Qxb5
Rxb5 30. Bd6 Bxd6 31. cxd6 Rd5 $15) 29. Bd6 Rdb7 30. Qxe6+ (30. Rc2 $14) 30...
Kh8 31. Rc2 Qb5 32. Qe2 $4 (32. Qc8+ Kh7 (32... Bd8 33. Qxd8+ Kh7 34. Be5 fxe5
35. Qd2 Qf1+ 36. Qc1 (36. Ka2 $4 Ra3+ $3)) 33. Qf5+) 32... Rxb2+ 33. Rxb2 Qxe2
34. Rxb7 Bxd6 35. cxd6 Qxg4 36. d7 Qd1+ 37. Kb2 Kh7 38. Rxa7 Qd4+ 39. Kb3 Qd5+
40. Kb4 Kg8 41. g4 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Calgary CC active"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kerr, Julia"]
[Black "Chrumka, Jeff"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1688"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[Annotator "Kerr,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. Bf4 (7. c5 Be7 8.
Bf4 b6 9. Qa4 bxc5 10. dxc5 Nh5 11. b4 Nxf4 12. Nxf4) 7... O-O 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9.
c5 Qe7 10. Nf4 Ne4 11. Nd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. e3 e5 14. Qb3 e4 15. Nf4 g5
16. Ne2 b5 17. h4 g4 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 Bb7 20. O-O Rfb8 21. Rfb1 Nf8 22. Nf4
Ne6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Bf1 Qc8 25. Qa2 Kg7 26. c4 Qe6 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Qa5 a6
29. Qc7+ Qf7 30. Qe5+ Kf8 (30... Qf6) 31. c6 (31. Bxa6) 1-0

[Event "St.John's NF op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsui, Edwin"]
[Black "Spraggett, Grant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Tsui,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Nh5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 c6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Ng7 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Qe2 e6 11. Nd1 h5 12. g4 Be7 13. Ne3 a6 14. Rg1 g5 15. Bh2
hxg4 16. Nxg4 Nf5 17. c3 Rxh3 18. O-O-O Qa5 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20. Bg3 Rdh8 21. Ne3
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Kb8 23. Bg4 R3h7 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 c5 26. Bf5 Rh5 27. Bc2 cxd4
28. cxd4 Rh3 29. Qf2 Qd8 30. Bd2 Qf8 31. Bb3 Ka7 32. Rc1 Nb8 33. Rc7 Nc6 34.
Rc1 Kb6 35. R7xc6+ bxc6 36. Ba4 Rh1 37. Be1 R8h7 38. Qe3 c5 39. Qc3 Ka7 40.
dxc5 Bxc5 41. a3 $5 (41. Bf2 $142 Rxc1+ 42. Qxc1 Qc8 43. Bxc5+ Kb7 44. b4 Rh4
45. Qd2 Rc4 46. Kb2) 41... Bb6 42. Ka1 Qb8 43. Bd7 $138 0-1

