[Event "Victoria op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milne, Arthur"]
[Black "Aquino, Manfrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "Milne,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 (6... Nc6) 7.
Nf3 e4 8. Nd4 Bxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd4 10. Rb1 O-O (10... Qc4 11. Ba3 $1 Qxa2 12. Rb3
Be6 13. Re3 f5 $6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qg5 Nc6 (15... Qb1+ 16. Ke2 Bc4+ 17. d3 Qxc2+
) 16. O-O) 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 $1 f5 $5 13. d3 Rd8 $2 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 Qg7
16. Qe3 Qd4 17. Qg5 Ne5 $6 18. Bb2 Nf7 19. Qd2 $6 (19. Bxd4 Nxg5 20. Bf6 $1)
19... Qc5 20. Ba1 b6 21. c4 Bb7 22. Qc3 Qf8 23. dxe4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25.
Rxe4 Re8 26. Rbe1 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Rd8 28. Kg2 c5 29. Re7 Ra8 30. Qf6 $1 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Thomas, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Sasata,R"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qh5 Qe7 11. Qxh7+ Kxh7 12. Nxf6+ Kh6 13. Neg4+ Kg5 14.
h4+ Kf4 15. g3+ Kf3 16. Be2+ Kg2 17. Rh2+ Kg1 18. Kd2# 1-0

[Event "Toronto CA ch jr f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kazakevich, Anastasia"]
[Black "Golts, Diana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Allan,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Rc1 c5 11. b3 Re8 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. bxc4 a6 14. Rb1 h6 15.
Bh4 a5 16. Rb2 Nd5 17. Bxe7 (17. cxd5 Bxh4 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. d5 Rd6 $8 20. Nxh4
Qxh4 21. e4 $16 {is a critical line which looks good for white.}) 17... Nxc3
18. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 19. Bxe2 Rexd8 20. Rc1 Be4 21. Nd2 Bc6 22. Bf3 Kf8 23. Bxc6 Rxc6
24. Kf1 Nf6 25. Nf3 Rdd6 26. Ke2 g5 27. Rd2 Ne4 28. Rd3 Rc8 29. Nd2 Nxd2 30.
Rxd2 Rcd8 31. Rcd1 Ke7 32. g3 f5 33. h3 R8d7 34. f3 Kd8 35. Rd3 Kc7 36. R1d2
Kc6 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Rg7 39. Kf3 h5 40. Rg2 Rxg2 41. Kxg2 Rd7 42. Kf3 h4
43. e4 Rxd4 44. Rxd4 cxd4 45. exf5 exf5 46. Ke2 b5 47. Kd3 b4 48. Kxd4 a4 49.
Ke3 b3 50. axb3 a3 0-1

[Event "Toronto CA ch jr f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goutor, Valentina"]
[Black "Golts, Diana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Allan,D"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nf5
Nxe4 {A clever shot, but did she consider the complications arising from 15.
Nxe4 Qxf5 16.g4 Bxg4 17.Ng3? Or simply 16.Ng3 leaves the Black Q &B awkwardly
placed.} 15. Nh6+ {Conceding the pawn on a square where it may be recovered,
while also weakening Black on the long diagonal.} (15. Nxe4 Qxf5 16. g4 (16.
Ng3) 16... Bxg4 17. Ng3) 15... gxh6 16. Nxe4 Qe6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. b3 Bh4 19.
Rfe1 Bxg3 {Playing into White's hands. Now White is at least equal because of
the dark square threats.} 20. hxg3 h5 21. Qd2 Qf5 22. Qc3 Qxc2 23. Qa1 Qf5 24.
Bh6 f6 25. g4 hxg4 26. fxg4 Qxg4 27. Qxf6 Qd7 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rf1 Qf7 30.
Qd4 Qe7 31. Qc4+ d5 32. Qxc6 Qd6 33. Qc3 d4 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Rd1 c5 36. Rf1 d3
37. Qc3+ Qd4+ 38. Qxd4+ cxd4 39. Rd1 Kg8 40. Rf1 Bf7 41. Rd1 Re6 42. Bf4 Bg6
43. Kf2 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Rxa2 45. b4 Rc2 46. Bd6 Kf7 47. Bc5 Rc4 48. Bd6 Ke6 49.
Bf8 Rc8 50. Bc5 Kd5 51. Kf2 a5 52. Ke1 Kc4 53. Rc1+ Kb5 54. Kd2 axb4 55. Bxd4
Rc2+ 56. Rxc2 dxc2 57. Kc1 b3 58. Bb2 Kc5 59. Kd2 Kc4 60. Ba1 h5 61. g3 Kd5 62.
Bb2 Ke4 63. Kc3 Bf7 64. Kd2 Kf3 65. Be5 Bg6 66. Kc1 Be4 67. Bf4 {A terrible
blunder in a dead drawn position. Probably time was a factor.} h4 68. gxh4 Kxf4
69. h5 Ke3 70. h6 Ke2 71. h7 Bxh7 72. Kb2 Kd2 73. Ka3 c1=Q+ 74. Kxb3 Bd3 75.
Kb4 Qc4+ 76. Ka3 Qb5 0-1

[Event "Toronto CA ch jr f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goutor, Valentina"]
[Black "Kazakevich, Anastasia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Allan,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. d4 c6 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. O-O Na6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb3
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bg6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Nf1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bh5 19. Ng3 Bxf3 20. Rxe8+
Nxe8 21. Qxf3 Nf6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. Qg4 {Exchanging queens at the
expense of allowing the black rook the seventh rank, which is usually worth a
pawn.24.Qf3 and 25.d5 was best.} Qxg4 25. hxg4 Re2 26. d5 cxd5 27. cxd5 Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto CA ch jr f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mogilevsky, Olga"]
[Black "Chu, Stefanie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Chu,S"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

{Notes by Stefanie Chu unless indicated otherwise} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 Nc6 {I was debating between this or 6......e5,
but eventually decided on Nc6 to steer into something similiar that I had
played a few rounds earlier.} 7. Nb3 b6 {Needed to prevent a5 which restricts
Black's development and gives White an easy game.} 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. g4
{A strategical inaccuracy, already revealing what she wants to do before Black
has castled.} O-O {Although there is nothing wrong with this, in retrospect it
might have been sneakier to play 10....h6 (to stop g5) and if 11. h4, then Nd7
pretty much forces h5, throwing White's attacking possibilities out the window.
} 11. g5 Nd7 12. f4 Re8 13. Qd2 {A curious move.More logical was either Be3 or
Qe1, continuing with the intended attack.} Qc7 {This looks normal enough, but
actually turned out to be a waste of time. More direct was simply Nc5 first.}
14. Rf3 Nc5 15. Rh3 Bb7 {To connect the rooks and eye the attractive long
diagonal.} 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. f5 exf5 {Gladly. the bishop on b7 will soon serve a
purpose.} 18. Qh4 Nf8 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Be3 {20.exf5 seems more consistent, but
after Ne5 21Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.f6 Qe6 23.fxg7 Kxg7 Black's threats of Qd5 and N\e5
g6 appear to leave her on top.(D.A.)} (20. exf5 Ne5 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. f6 Qe6
23. fxg7 Kxg7) 20... Ne5 21. Bxb6 Qd7 22. Nc7 {Although I was feeling a little
tight here,I was confident that I would have adequate compensation for the
material. After all, that's what the Sicilian is all about!} Bxe4 23. Nxe8 Qxe8
{Rxe8 does seem more natural.} 24. Bd4 Neg6 25. Qf2 {25.Qg3 Ne6 with threats
of Nef4 or Nxg5.} Bxg5 {The Black pieces are slowly emerging.} 26. Be3 Bh4 27.
Qf1 {27.Rxh4 Bxh4 28.Qxh4 Bxc2 and two White pieces are hanging.} Ne6 28. Bd3
Bxd3 29. cxd3 f4 {Here Olga was getting short of time, and simply overlooked...
} 30. Bxf4 Nexf4 31. Rxh4 Qe3+ {The unfortunate surprise.} 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Nxh4 34. Rd1 Rb8 35. Nd4 Rxb2+ 36. Kg3 Nhg6 37. Rc1 h5 38. Nf5 Ne2+ 39.
Kf3 Nxc1 0-1

[Event "Toronto CA ch jr f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lavrovsky, Alexandra"]
[Black "Shishkina, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nb3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Qd2
Qf6 15. Rad1 Nf4 16. d5 Rad8 17. Bf1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ne7 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4
Nexd5 21. Nb3 Kf8 22. Bg2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Nf4+ 25. Kg3 Nd3 26. Rd1
Ke8 27. Rd2 Nb4 28. Re2+ Kd7 29. Re4 Na6 30. Rd4+ Ke7 31. Re4+ Kf6 32. Rf4+ Ke7
33. Re4+ Kf8 34. Re2 Rd6 35. Rc2 b6 36. Kg2 c5 37. a3 Nc7 38. Nd2 Rg6+ 39. Kh2
Ne6 40. Ne4 Nd4 41. Rc3 Re6 42. Ng3 Ne2 43. Rc2 Nd4 44. Rc3 Ne2 45. Rc2 Nxg3
46. fxg3 Ke7 47. Kg2 Kd7 48. Kf2 Kc6 49. Rd2 h5 50. h4 b5 51. Rc2 a5 52. b3 Rd6
53. Ke2 Rd4 54. Rc1 c4 55. bxc4 bxc4 56. Rc3 g6 57. Ke3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Toronto CA ch jr f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rodina, Nataliya"]
[Black "Khaziyeva, Dinara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "Allan,D"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The very expressive Dinara, a photographers' favorite,
was the best prepared player, using the unfashionable 2.....Nf6 Sicilian to
draw easily with Stefanie and even win against Amanda.} 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5
5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nc6 8. a3 O-O 9. Ba2 {Dinara, like many from the
former USSR, is strong in the endgame and in most of her other games the
queens quickly came off. Here 9..... Nxc3 is good, as 10. bxc3 Bf6 will make
it hard for White to untangle the queenside, while 10.dxc3 leaves White
effectively a pawn down. Dinara may have avoided the simplification because of
the need to win, or because Nataliya had performed endgame miracles in the
first two rounds.} Bf6 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 (10. dxc3) 10... Bf6) 10. Ne4 b6 11.
c3 Bb7 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. d4 c4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rfe8 17.
Re3 Rxe3 18. Bxe3 Bc8 19. Qa4 Bf5 20. Re1 h6 21. Bd2 Qg6 22. Kh1 Be4 23. f3 Bc2
24. Qd7 Qh5 25. Re5 Qh4 26. Be1 Qf4 27. Qxd5 Rc8 28. Re7 Bg6 29. Qe5 Qc1 30.
Qe2 Bd3 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Bxd2 Kf8 33. Re3 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Kg1 Ke7 36.
Kf2 Ke6 37. Bf4 b5 38. Ke3 a5 39. Bc7 a4 40. h4 Bc2 41. Be5 g6 42. h5 gxh5 43.
Bg7 Bd3 44. Bxh6 Bf1 45. Kf2 Bd3 46. Kg3 Bf1 47. Kf2 Bd3 48. g3 Bc2 49. Ke3 Bd1
50. Ke4 Bc2+ 51. Kf4 Bd1 52. Ke3 Bc2 53. f4 f5 54. Kf2 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Qa4 {I didn't know about this move before.  9. Be2 is usually played
but after 9. ...Ne4 black has a comfortable position.} Ne4 10. Be2 $6 {This
move allows black to considerably weaken white's queenside pawns.} (10. Nxe4 {
Better is} dxe4 11. Nd2 Bxb2 12. Rc2 Bg7 13. Be2 f5 14. h3 a5 15. a3 Ne5 16.
Bxe5 Bxe5 $11 {Visier-Adorjan, Las Palmas 1977.}) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 {
Black is better now.  I am happy to exchange queens and go into the endgame. 
c5 pawn will fall shortly and then I will have a very nice play along the
c-file and against white's weak pawns.} 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. O-O (
14. Bc7 Nc6 15. O-O Rac8 {leads to the same position as in the game.}) 14...
Rac8 15. Rfd1 Rxc5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 {Forced as Nd7 was the threat.} 17. Bxe5 Bc4
18. Bd4 Rb5 $1 {Now white is forced to give up his bishops pair and enter a
very unpleasant endgame.} 19. a4 {Alternatives are worse.  For example,} (19.
Bf3 Bxa2 20. Bxa7 Ra8 21. Bd4 e5 22. c4 Bxc4 23. Bc3 Nb3 $19) (19. Bxc4 {Also,
he cannot take on c4 and then on a7 because the bishop gets trapped.} Nxc4 20.
Bxa7 Ra5 21. Rd4 (21. Bd4 e5) 21... Rc8) 19... Bxe2 (19... Rb2 {If then} 20.
Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Bc5 {and Rd7}) 20. axb5 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 {White once again has
connected pawns on the queenside but black has the advantage because white's
pawns are more vulnerable and his bishop doesn't belong on d4 and is useless.}
22. Ra1 b6 23. Kf1 Rd7 24. f3 $2 {My opponent is getting into time trouble. 
He missed black's reply and so 24. f3 just wastes a tempo.} f6 25. f4 Nc4 {
It's time to bring the knight into the action.  Notice how I have used c4
square in this game.} 26. Ra4 Rc7 27. e4 Kf7 28. e5 {White is forced to give
up a pawn.  If white doesn't play e5 black will, followed by putting the
knight on d6 and winning a pawn.} fxe5 29. fxe5 Ke6 30. Kf2 Nxe5 31. Kg3 {I
was happy that my opponent decided not to exchange minor pieces.  I enjoy
playing with a knight against a bishop in the ending, and especially when my
opponent is in big time trouble.  Even if white exchanged minor pieces, black
should still win.} Nc4 32. Kg4 Kd5 33. Kg5 e5 34. Bf2 Nd6 35. Kh6 Ke6 (35...
Nxb5 {is a normal move here, but I was trying to checkmate my opponent in his
time trouble.}) 36. Bg3 Nf5+ (36... Nf7+ {If then} 37. Kg7 $1 {is the only
move as 37. Kxh7 loses to Kf6 with the mate to follow (Ng5+ and Rh7 or Rc8
mate.  However, I didn't know how to proceed after 37.Kg7 so I played 37...
Nf5+.  I missed Kg7 when I played 35. ...Ke6.}) 37. Kg5 h6+ 38. Kg4 (38. Kxg6
$4 Rg7+ 39. Kh5 Rg5#) 38... Nd6 39. Be1 Nxb5 {Finally, I took the b5-pawn.} 40.
Bd2 Nd6 41. Bxh6 Rc4+ {After the rook exchange white cannot successfully stop
the a-pawn.  The position is easily won now.} 42. Rxc4 Nxc4 43. Bc1 a5 44. Kg5
Kf7 45. h4 a4 46. h5 gxh5 47. Kf5 a3 48. Bxa3 Nxa3 49. Kxe5 Kg6 50. Kd5 b5 51.
Kc5 Kg5 52. Kb4 Nb1 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Pinto, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 {I also play 5.b3 here, but
because of the last game where I played 5. b3 and got crushed, I felt like
playing 5.Qa4.  5. b3 is the most common move and that means that there is
less chance of my opponent knowing the best way to play against 5. Qa4.} c6 6.
Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 b5 8. Qb3 b4 $2 {This is a new move and although it is not good,
it transformed the game from a positional struggle to an interesting
unbalanced position.} (8... exd5 {Better is} 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 (10. Bg2 {was
played in Rossetto-Smyslov, Amsterdam (izt) 1964} Nbd7 11. O-O b4 12. Na4 Bxe2
13. Rfe1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Rac1 {with compensation for the pawn.}) 10...
Bxf6 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4 {and white is slightly better.}) 9. dxe6 bxc3 10.
exf7+ Ke7 11. bxc3 {Black mistakenly thought that this position is O.K. for
him.  I was pretty sure that I am winning because of black's king and the
miscoordination and lack of development of his pieces.  My opponent
miscalculated, thinking that he would be able to get f7-pawn.} Qd5 12. Bg2 $1
Qxb3 {Black doesn't have any good moves.} (12... Nbd7 13. Qa3+) (12... Qe4 13.
O-O) (12... Ne4 13. Qc2) (12... Qc4 13. O-O $18) (12... Qxf7 13. Ne5 $1 Qxb3
14. axb3 {and white is much better.  Black's c6 and a7 pawns are weak; bishop
on g2 is amazing and by carefully pushing the pawns white would force black
into resignation.}) 13. axb3 Kxf7 $4 {This loses immediately.} 14. Ne5+ {14. ..
.Kg8 15. Nxc6 Bb7 16. Ne7+; 14. ...Ke6 15. Nxc6 and Nd8+; 14. ...Ke8 15. Rxa6!
This is the move that my opponent missed when playing 8. ...b4.} 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 {4. g3 is played more often since black
cannot play e4.} h6 {Back on move 2 I decided to play the line with Bc5.  I
didn't want to play it right now because it would give white some extra
possibilities.  For example, white could play  5. e3 with the plan of not
fianchettoing the light square bishop.  4. ...h6 keeps black's options open. 
I haven't seen 4. ...h6 before the game, but it looked good so I played it.} (
4... Bc5 5. e3) 5. g3 (5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 a5 9. Qc2 d6 10. b3
Re8 $11 {was played in Ribli-I. Sokolov, Reggio Emilia 1988/89}) 5... Bc5 6.
Nxe5 {This move came as a little bit of a surprise.  I thought that my
opponent would play Bg2.} Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Nxe5 8. Bg2 c5 {This is a common idea
in this variation, not allowing white to seize the control of the centre.} (
8... Nfg4+ {isn't good because of} 9. Kg1 $1 Qf6 {(otherwise black loses two
tempi after h3)} 10. Ne4 {and white is much better.} Qb6+ 11. c5) 9. Rf1 O-O
10. Kg1 d6 11. h3 Rb8 {A useful move, getting the rook off h1-a8 diagonal as
well as defending the b7-pawn and in some lines preparing for a6 and b5 pawn
break.} 12. g4 {I don't think that this is a good move.  It weakens kingside
and gives me a target to attack.} Nh7 {Enabling f5 break and defending from
the threat 13. g5.} 13. Bf4 f5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 15. Qe1 Bxh3 $1 {This move
simplifies the position and ensures the equality.  If black didn't play this
move then after 16. Qg3 white's position would be much better, because there
isn't much that black would be able to do.} 16. Qg3 (16. Bxh3 Rxf4 17. Rxf4
Qg5+) 16... Bxg2 17. Bxh6 Qd7 18. Qxg2 {I have managed to exchange white's
awesome light square bishop and weaken his king.  However, with few careful
moves, white prevents any possible attack against his king.} Rbe8 {Threatening
Re6.} 19. Bf4 {Black cannot prevent the exchange on e5 after which there are
no real chances for either side to win.} Re6 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {The
knight has to cover f6 square.  Also black threatens Rg5.} 22. Rf1+ Kg8 23. Ne4
Qe7 24. Qg6 d5 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Rf5 Rxf5 27. Qxf5 b6 28. Qd5+ Kf8 29. a4 Nf6 {
Here I offered a draw as the position is very equal.  My opponent declined
only to offer me a draw two moves later.} 30. Qf5 Qd7 31. Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Cartagena, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 c4 {This
move was new to me.  Black usually plays c4 a move before and after Bb4, he
develops a knight to e7, not f6.  After the game my opponent told me that he
played this variation with knight development to f6 and pawn to c4 for many
years.} 8. Ne5 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 {isn't good
because of} Qa5 $1 {and black is slightly better. (12. Qxc6 Bd7 13. Qb7 Rab8
and the queen is trapped)}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f4 {White
is slightly better because of the better pawn structure and light-square
bishop.} Ne7 14. e4 {In order to open up h1-a8 diagonal and weaken c4 pawn.}
dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qa6 16. f5 $5 {A very committal move.  White puts the pawn on
the same colour square as his bishop.  It may look like a bad move, but I
don't think it is. It cramps black a little and I thought I would get the
e-file for my rooks.} (16. Qe2 Bf5 {doesn't give white enough.}) 16... f6 17.
Ng4 Bd7 18. Qf3 Rab8 19. Rae1 Qd6 20. Bxb7 Bxf5 21. Nf2 (21. Rxe7 {My opponent
thought that I should play} Qxe7 22. Nxh6+ $1 (22. Bd5+ Be6 23. Qe4 Rfe8 24.
Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6 {otherwise white gets excellent compensation for the
exchange.} 26. Qg6+ {draw}) 22... gxh6 {but that only leads to a draw after} (
22... Kh8 23. Nxf5 Qxb7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Re1 Rf7 26. Nd6 $18) 23. Bd5+ Be6 24.
Qg4+ Kf7 (24... Kh8 {is also possible, although white has the compensation for
the exchange.}) 25. Re1 Rb6 26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. Qg4+) 21... Qd7 $2
{Beginning to get into time trouble, my opponent makes a big mistake.  He
pointed out after the game that he should have played 21. ...Bg6 and than Bf7
with equal position.} 22. Ba6 $1 {The move that my opponet missed.  He was
expecting 22. Be4? after which the game is about even.} Be6 23. Qe2 Rb6 24.
Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4+ Nd5 {I am up a pawn but there are still little technical
difficulties to overcome.  Now I was looking for a way to exchange queens.} 26.
Ne4 Rb2 27. Nc5 Qf7 (27... Qh3 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Rf2) 28. Rf5 $1 Nb6 (28...
Rg2+ {If then} 29. Kh1) 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 f5 32. Re5 g6 33.
Ke2 {The easiest and quickest way to win is to bring the king to queenside and
push the connected passed pawns.} Re8 34. Rxe8 Kxe8 35. Kd3 Nd5 36. Kc4 Ne3+
37. Kb5 g5 {Black doesn't have time to grab the kingside pawns wih Nf1.} 38.
Kc6 h5 39. d5 Nc4 40. Ne6 g4 41. d6 Ne5+ 42. Kc7 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hergott, Deen"]
[Black "Rey, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Hergott,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 (7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. b4) 7... Na6 $5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe8 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. O-O Nc5 12.
Bxf6 $5 (12. b4 Ncxe4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Bd3 (15. Ng5 $5 hxg5 16.
Bxg5) 15... fxe4 16. Bxe4 Rf4 $1) 12... Bxf6 13. Nb5 (13. b4 Na4) 13... Na6 (
13... Bxb5 14. cxb5) 14. b4 $1 Qe7 15. Rb1 Bg5 (15... Bg7) 16. Nf3 Bf6 (16...
f5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Qc1 $1 Qxc1 19. Rfxc1 fxe4 20. c5 $1 Bf5 21. cxd6 e3 22.
Rb2 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 $1) 17. Nc3 Bg7 18. c5 $5 dxc5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Nd2 Bc8 (20...
Rd8) 21. Nc4 b6 22. a4 $1 (22. d6 cxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Be6) 22... Nd7
23. d6 cxd6 24. Qxd6 Qg5 (24... Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Nf6 26. Bc4 Be6 27. Bxe6 fxe6)
25. a5 (25. g3 $1 Nf6) 25... bxa5 26. Nxa5 Nf6 27. Qxc5 Be6 28. Rfd1 $2 (28.
Nc6) 28... Nd7 $6 (28... Rfc8 $1 29. Nc6 Bf8 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3) 29. Qd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Black "Bhat, Vinay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "O'Donnell,T"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 $5 (6... Bd6 7. Be2
O-O 8. O-O) 7. Be2 (7. cxd5 cxd5 (7... exd5) 8. Nb5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2
O-O 11. Nc7 $5 Rb8 12. Na6 (12. a4 $5) 12... Bxa6 13. Bxa6 b5 $5) (7. Bd3) 7...
Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 $6 (9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 (12.
Qh4)) 9... Qc7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qe3 Bf6 17. Rc2 cxd4 $2 (17... Rfd8 18. Rcd2 (18. dxc5 Qxc5 (
18... bxc5) 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Rcd2 Bxb2 21. Rxd7 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 a5
) 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 (19. Bxf3 Bg5) 19... cxd4 20. Bxd4) 18. Nxd4 Rfd8 (18...
a6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 (19... Qc6 20. Bf3 Qxe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Bxb7) 20. Qxe6+ Rf7
21. Bh5 Nf8 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxf6 Kxf6) 19. Nb5 Qc6 (19... Qb8
20. Nd6) 20. Bf1 (20. Bf3 Ne5 21. Bxc6 $2 (21. Bxe5 $2 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Qxg2#) (
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 21... Rxd1+) 20... Qe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Rcd2 (22. Bxf6 $2 Bxc2
23. Bxd8 Bxd1) 22... Bxb2 23. Rxb2 (23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 a6 (24... Bc6 25.
Rxa7 (25. Rxf7 $2 Bxb5) 25... Bxb5 26. cxb5 Rc1 (26... Rc2 $2 27. Ra8+ Kh7 28.
Bd3+)) (24... Ra8 25. Rxa7 (25. Nxa7 $1 Bb1 26. a4 Bc2 27. Rd2) 25... Rxa7 26.
Nxa7 Bb1 27. Nc8 Bxa2 28. Nxb6 Bxb3) 25. Nd6 Bc6 26. Nxc8 Bxd7 27. Nxb6) 23...
Nc5 24. Rbd2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Ra8 (25... a6 $6 26. Nd6 Ra8 (26... Rd8 $2 27. Nxe4)
27. Nxe4) 26. b4 Na6 27. a3 (27. Nd6 Bg6 28. a3) 27... Bc6 28. Nc3 Nc7 29. a4
Kf8 30. b5 Be8 31. Ra2 a6 $2 (31... a5) 32. a5 axb5 33. axb6 Rxa2 34. Nxa2 (34.
b7 $2 Ra8) 34... Na6 35. b7 (35. cxb5) 35... bxc4 (35... Ke7 36. cxb5 Nb8 37.
Nb4 Kd6 38. Na6) (35... b4 36. Nxb4) 36. Bxc4 Nb8 37. Nb4 Bc6 38. Na6 Bxb7 39.
Nxb8 Ke7 40. Na6 Kd6 41. f3 f5 42. Kf2 e5 43. Bf1 g5 44. Bd3 e4 (44... Bc8) 45.
fxe4 fxe4 46. Bf1 h5 47. Nb4 Ke5 48. Ke3 Bc8 49. Na2 h4 50. Nc3 Bf5 51. Ba6 Bd7
52. Bb7 Kf5 53. Bxe4+ Ke5 54. Ne2 Bc8 55. Nd4 Kf6 56. Nc6 Bd7 57. Kd4 Bc8 58.
Nb4 g4 59. Nd5+ Kg5 60. Ke5 Ba6 61. Nf4 Bf1 62. Ne6+ Kh5 63. Kf4 Be2 64. Ng7+
Kh6 65. Nf5+ Kh5 66. Bc6 Kg6 67. Nxh4+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lobo, Richard"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. h5 N8d7 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Rd1 Nf8 15.
Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qg7 18. g4 Kh8 19. Qg5 Bd7 20. Nh3 Red8 21. Qh4
Be8 22. d6 Bc6 23. Nhg5 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Ne6 25. Nf6 Nf8 26. g5 Rac8 27. Qe4 Rc6
28. Bb5 Rc5 29. Be2 Nbd7 30. Qe3 Rcc8 31. Ne4 Ne6 32. Qxa7 Ndc5 33. Nxc5 Rxc5
34. Qb6 Rc6 35. Qa5 Nd4 36. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "O'Donnell,T"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 (4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Nf3 (6. f3 $2
Qh4+) 6... Ne7) 4... Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O (7... g6 8. e3 Bf5
9. Qd2) 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 (9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7) 9... Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Nd2 f5 $5 12. Bc4+ Be6 $2 (12... Kh8 13. O-O-O (13. O-O Nd7 14. f3 exf3 15.
Rxf3 Nb6 16. Rc1 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Be6 18. Ne5) (13. Bb3 Nd7 (13... Na6 $5 14. a3
Be6) 14. Nc4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Be6) 13... Nd7 14. Rde1 Nb6 15. Bb3 a5 $5) 13. Qb3 $1
(13. O-O) (13. Bxe6+) 13... Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Kh8 15. h4 $5 Na6 16. a3 Qf7 $2 (
16... c5 17. d5 (17. h5 cxd4 18. exd4 Rad8 19. h6) (17. Ne5 cxd4 18. exd4 Nc5
$1 19. Qb4 (19. Qc3 Nd3+) 19... Qxe5) 17... Rab8) 17. h5 c5 18. h6 cxd4 19.
hxg7+ Qxg7 20. exd4 Rad8 21. Ne5 $1 (21. O-O-O $6 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1
Nc5 $1 24. Qb4 (24. Rxd4 $4 Nxb3+) 24... a5) (21. Rd1 $2 Qxg2) 21... Rxd4 22.
Qe6 Rf6 (22... Qf6 $2 23. Ng6+ Kg7 24. Nxf8) 23. Qc8+ $1 (23. Qe8+ Qg8 24. Qe7
Qg7 25. Qe8+) 23... Qg8 24. Qxb7 Nc5 25. Qe7 Rdd6 26. Rc1 $1 Rfe6 (26... Nd3+
$6 27. Nxd3 exd3 28. Rxh7+ (28. Qxh7+ $1 Qxh7 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rc7+ Kg6 31.
Rcxh7) 28... Qxh7 29. Rc8+ Qg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8) 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Qxa7 Nd3+ 29.
Kf1 Ra6 (29... Nxc1 30. Nxd6+ (30. Nh6+ $2 Kg6 31. Nxg8 Rd1#) 30... Kg6 (30...
Kh8 31. Nf7+ $18) (30... Kf8 31. Rxh7 $18) 31. Qe3 $1 (31. Rh3 $2 Rxd6 32. Rg3+
Kf6 33. Rxg8 Rd1#) 31... Rxd6 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Qxd6 $18) 30. Qc7 $6 (30. Qd4+
Kxf7 31. Rc7+ Re7 32. Qd5+ Rae6 33. Rxh7+ $1 Qxh7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Qb7+)
30... Qf8 (30... Nxc1 31. Nh6+) 31. Ng5+ Re7 32. Rxh7+ Kf6 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34.
Nh7+ Kf7 35. Ng5+ Kf6 36. Nh7+ Kf7 37. Qxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rc7+ Kd8 (38... Kd6 $5
39. Rc2 (39. Rb7 Rc6) 39... Rb6 40. b4 Ra6 41. Rc3 (41. Ra2 Nxb4 42. Rd2+ Nd3)
41... Ke5) 39. Rc2 Rh6 40. Ng5 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Nf4+ 42. Ke3 Nxg2+ 43. Kd4 e3 $5 (
43... Rd1+ 44. Ke5 $1 e3 45. Ne6+ Ke7 (45... Ke8 46. Rc7 Rd7 (46... exf2 47.
Kf6) 47. Rxd7 Kxd7) 46. Rc7+ Rd7 47. fxe3 Nxe3 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. Nc5+ Kc6 50.
Nd3) 44. fxe3 Rd1+ 45. Kc3 (45. Ke5 $5 Nxe3 46. Ne6+ Kd7 47. Rc7+ Ke8) 45...
Nxe3 46. Rd2+ Nd5+ 47. Kc2 Rxd2+ 48. Kxd2 Kd7 49. Kd3 Kd6 $6 (49... Kc6) 50.
Kd4 Kc6 51. Nf3 Nb6 52. Ne5+ Kb5 53. b3 f4 (53... Na4 $6 54. bxa4+ (54. Nd3)
54... Kxa4 55. Nc4 Kb3 (55... f4 56. Kc3 f3 57. Kb2 f2 58. Ne3) 56. Kc5 Ka4 (
56... f4 57. Kb5 f3 58. a4 f2 59. Ne3) 57. Kd4 Kb3) 54. Kc3 Nd5+ 55. Kd4 Nb6
56. Nc4 f3 57. Nd6+ (57. Nxb6 $2 f2) 57... Kc6 58. Ne4 Nd7 59. Ke3 Ne5 60. Nd2
Nd7 61. Kxf3 $2 (61. Nxf3 Nc5 62. Nd4+ Kd5 63. a4 Ke5 64. Nc6+ Kd5 65. Na5)
61... Nc5 62. b4 (62. Ke3 Kb5 63. Kd4 (63. b4 Na6) 63... Nxb3+ 64. Nxb3 Ka4)
62... Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 {Normal move here would be 4. g3 or 4. d3.
I felt like preventing black from playing d5.  We are both on our own now.} d6
5. h3 Be7 6. d3 f5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O $2 (9. exf5 {Much better is
when the players agreed that the position is very slightly better for white.})
9... f4 $1 {Nick takes the advantage of my mistake.  Now black is slightly
better.} 10. gxf4 {The only good move.} exf4 11. Bxf4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Rxf4 13.
Ne2 Rf7 14. Ne1 Be6 15. b3 Qd7 16. Kh2 Bf6 17. Rc1 $2 (17. Rb1 {Another
mistake. is better because after} g5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Nxf4 {there wouldn't be a
possibility of pinning the knight with Bg5.}) 17... g5 18. Nd3 $2 (18. f4 {
Here was the last chance to play f4 without losing material or worsening the
position some more.} gxf4 19. Nxf4 Raf8 (19... Bg5 20. Nxe6 (20. Qh5 Bxf4+ 21.
Rxf4 Raf8 $17) 20... Qxe6 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 $15) 20. Ned3 Nd4 $15) 18... Ne5 {
After this I am lost.  I decided to give up a pawn and then try to block it ,
hoping to keep the diagonals aimed at my king closed, but that didn't work and
I lost quickly.} 19. f4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 gxf4 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Rf3 Raf8 23. Rcf1
Qe7 24. Qd2 Qh4 25. Ng1 Bg4 26. R3f2 f3 27. Nxf3 Bxf3 {[28. Rxf3 Rxf3 29. Rxf3
Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Bd4+]} 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. Nc3 Be6 $5 (
7... e6 {is more solid.  Both Tom and I forgot theory on this line and were on
our own.}) 8. Ne4 Nc7 9. Bxe6 (9. Bb3 {is the older move.}) 9... Nxe6 10. Qf3
$5 {A very interesting, forcing, and brave move.  Tom spent over an hour for
one move calculating and evaluating the position that arose in the game after
black's seventeenth move.} f6 11. Qb3 Qd5 12. Qxb7 Qxe4+ 13. Be3 fxe5 (13...
Bg7 {was played in Godena-Vaganian, Reggio Emilia 1994/5 and the game continued
} 14. Qxa8 fxe5 15. Qxb8+ Kf7 16. Qb4 Qxg2 17. O-O-O exd4 18. Bd2 Qd5 19. Qb3
Rd8 {and black has the compensation for the exchange.}) 14. Qxa8 exd4 15. Qxb8+
Kf7 16. O-O dxe3 17. fxe3+ Kg7 18. Qxa7 {A very interesting position has
resulted.  White has a rook and two pawns for knight and a bishop, and black's
pieces are momentarily cramped.  The position is extremely hard to evaluate,
but at this moment my personal feeling was that  I didn't make any mistakes so
far, which made me confident.  After all, I have two minor pieces for the rook.
The only real threat that black has to worry about is the a-pawn.} h5 $1 {
trying to make white worried about possible h4-h3 push, making the perfect
place for the king, and enabling the completion of development.} 19. Qd7 (19.
a4 {is another possibility.  Black has to play energetically and try to
organize something quickly on the kingside.  It is very hard to find the best
moves in this position and it is very easy to make a mistake.  Black should
probably play 19. ...h4.  A sample variation is} h4 20. h3 {otherwise black
plays h3 and gets an attack.} Kh6 21. a5 Bg7 22. a6 (22. c3 Be5 23. Qxe7 {
otherwise Bd6 and Qe5.} Qxe3+ 24. Rf2 (24. Kh1 Qg3 $19) 24... Bg3 $17) 22...
Bxb2 {and black is better.}) 19... Kh6 {That variation is by no means all
forced.  There are many moves to choose from for both sides.  At this point,
Tom had to start worrying about the time left on his clock. I wanted to bring
my pieces into play as soon as possible.} 20. a4 Bg7 21. Qd3 Qe5 22. a5 $2 {
This move allows me to take the initiative.} (22. c3 Rd8 23. Qe2 Nc5 $13) 22...
Rd8 23. Qa3 Qxb2 24. Qxe7 (24. Qxb2 {If} Bxb2 {then} 25. Ra2 Be5 {followed by
putting the bishop on d6, rook on a8, and then bringing the king to the
queenside.}) 24... Qe5 25. Rab1 Rd2 {[threatening 26. ....Rxg2+ followed by
Nf4+.]  I am winning now, so I just had to be careful.} 26. Qb4 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1
Qg5 28. Rg1 Nc5 29. Rbd1 Rxc2 30. a6 Ra2 31. Qc4 Ra4 32. Qc2 Rxa6 33. Rc1 Ra5
34. Rge1 Rb5 35. Qc4 Qg4 36. Qxg4 hxg4 37. Rc4 Nd3 38. Rf1 Ne5 39. Rc3 Rd5 40.
h3 c5 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hergott, Deen"]
[Black "Lobo, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "Hergott,D"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 $5 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. d4 c5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 (12... bxc5 13. Ne1)
13. Nd4 Bf8 $2 (13... Qd7 $5) 14. b4 $1 Nce4 (14... Ne6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Nb5)
15. Ncb5 Rc8 (15... Bxb4 16. Nc7 Bc3 $5 (16... Nd2 17. Qa4) 17. Nxe8 Bxb2 18.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Rc7 $1 Bxd4 (19... Nxf2 $6 20. Qb3 $3 Bxd4 21. e3) 20. Bxe4 dxe4
21. Rxb7) 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Nxa7 Qa8 18. Ndb5 d4 $6 19. Qxd4 Nc3 (19... Nxg3 $1
20. fxg3 $1 Bxg2 21. Nc7 (21. Rxf6 $5 Rxe2 $13)) 20. Bxc3 Bxg2 21. Nc7 Qb7 $1
22. Nxe8 Nxe8 $1 (22... Bxf1 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qg4+ $1 Bg7 25. Qc8+) 23. Rd1
$6 (23. Ra1 $1 Bh3 24. f3 Qxa7 25. a4 $1) 23... Bh3 24. f3 Qxa7 25. g4 $6 h5 (
25... Qxa2 $5 26. Kf2 Qe6 27. Kg3 Qxe2) 26. Qd8 Qa4 27. Rd7 Nf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6
29. Qe8 Qxa2 30. Kf2 Qe6 (30... Qc4 31. Rd8 Qxb4 32. gxh5 $1) 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32.
Kg3 hxg4 $2 33. fxg4 Bf1 34. Kf2 Bh3 35. Kg3 Bf1 36. Kf2 Bh3 37. Rd3 $2 Bxg4
38. Rg3 f5 39. h3 Bxb4 40. hxg4 Bc5+ 41. Kf3 fxg4+ 42. Ke4 Kf7 43. Rxg4 Kf6 $6
44. Rg3 Bd6 $2 45. Rh3 Bc5 46. Rh7 $1 Bd6 47. Rd7 Bb4 $1 (47... Bc5 $2 48. Rb7
$1 e5 (48... Bg1 49. e3) (48... Kg6 49. Ke5) 49. Rh7 $1) 48. Rc7 Bd6 49. Rd7
Bb4 50. Kf4 Ba3 $2 51. Rb7 Bc5 (51... Bd6+ 52. Kf3 Bc5 53. Ke4) 52. Ke4 Bd6 53.
Rxb6 Bh2 54. Rb5 Bc7 55. Rb7 Bg3 56. Rb3 Bc7 57. Kd4 Bd6 58. Rf3+ Ke7 59. e4 $5
Ke8 60. Rh3 Kd7 61. Rh7+ Kc6 62. Rh6 Kd7 63. e5 Ba3 64. Ke4 $4 Bc5 $4 (64...
Bb2 $1) 65. Rh1 Bb4 66. Rd1+ Ke7 67. Rb1 $4 (67. Rd3 $1 Kf7 (67... Ba5 68. Kf4
Bc7 69. Rb3 $1 Kd7 70. Rb7 Kc6 71. Rxc7+ $1 Kxc7 72. Kg5 Kc6 73. Kg6 $1 Kc5 74.
Kf7 $1 Kd5 75. Kf6) 68. Kf4 Be7 69. Kg4 Kg6 70. Rf3 $1 Bd8 (70... Bg5) 71. Rf8
Be7 72. Re8 Kf7 73. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 74. Kg5 Kf7 75. Kh6) 67... Bc3 $1 68. Rb3 Ba1
69. Rb7+ Ke8 70. Rb5 Kf7 71. Kf4 Bc3 72. Rb7+ Ke8 73. Rc7 Bd4 74. Rc4 Bb2 75.
Rc5 Bd4 76. Rb5 Kf7 77. Rb7+ Ke8 78. Rc7 Bb2 79. Rc2 Bd4 80. Re2 Kf7 81. Ke4
Bc3 82. Kd3 Ba1 83. Kc4 Ke7 84. Kc5 Kd7 $1 85. Kc4 Ke7 86. Re1 Bb2 87. Kd3 Kf7
88. Ke4 Bc3 89. Rf1+ Ke7 90. Rc1 Bb2 91. Rc5 Kf7 92. Kf4 Bd4 93. Rc4 Bb2 94.
Rc7+ Ke8 95. Rc5 Bd4 96. Rb5 Kf7 97. Ke4 Bc3 98. Rb6 Ke7 99. Rxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hergott, Deen"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Hergott,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Kc7 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14.
g3 (14. Ne5 Rb8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. g3 $1 Rxb2 17. Bh3) 14... Rb8 15. Rd2 Bb4 16.
Bg2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb1+ 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Ng4 20. Ke1 $5 (20. Kd2 Rf8 (
20... Nxf2 21. Rf1 fxg3 22. hxg3 Ng4) 21. Ng5 Nxf2 22. Rf1 fxg3 23. Ke1 $1 h6
24. Ne4 Re8 25. Nxf2 gxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Be6 27. Rf4 $1) 20... Rb8 21. Be4 Be6 22.
Ng5 Bd5 23. Kf1 $1 h6 $6 (23... Rb2 $5) 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Ne6+ Kd6 26. Nxg7 $1
(26. Nxf4 $6) 26... Rb1+ 27. Kg2 Rxh1 28. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 29. Kg2 fxg3 30. hxg3 Ne4
31. Nf5+ Ke5 32. Nxh6 Nxc3 33. Kf3 Nxa2 34. Nf7+ Kf6 35. Nd6 Nc3 36. Nb7 Ke5
37. Na5 a6 38. g4 Ne4 39. Ke3 Ng5 40. Nb3 Ne6 41. Kd3 Kf4 42. g5 $5 Ke5 $1 (
42... Kxg5 $2 43. e4 $1) (42... Nxg5 $2 43. Kd4 $1) 43. g6 $1 Nf4+ 44. Kc3 Nxg6
45. Nc5 a5 46. Nb7 d4+ 47. Kb3 Nf4 48. Nxa5 Ke4 49. Kc2 Nxe2 50. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco Koltanowski tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Browne, Walter"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Zugic,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 {Here, I offered a draw.  Browne didn't have any
chances for a prize. I needed a draw to make an I.M. norm, so I thought he
might accept it... he didn't.} 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 b6 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4 e5
15. Bb2 {This was the first new move to me.  I only knew about 15. 0-0.} Qd6
16. O-O exf4 (16... f5 {would transpose into the lines that I knew.  But I
thought that I could take the advantage of 15. Bb2 by exchanging the
dark-squared bishops and being left with better light-squared bishop.}) 17.
Qxf4 Qxf4 18. Rxf4 Bd7 (18... Bxb2 {I didn't like because after} 19. Rxb2 f6 {
white would be able to attack my queenside pawns with} 20. a4 {-a5 and white
is slightly better.}) 19. Bf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf6 Kg7 {The same position with Bd3
and Rae8 thrown in has occured in Kiriakov-Svidler, Daugavpils 1990.} 21. Rd6 (
21. Rbf1 Bf5) 21... Ba4 22. Bd3 f6 (22... Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. e5 $14) 23.
Rf1 Rae8 (23... Rad8 $2 {Not} 24. Rfxf6) 24. Rf3 Re7 25. h4 h6 26. Kf2 {I
didn't like my position here.  All of a sudden it was very hard to find good
moves.  White has a small but annoying advantage.  As my opponent said after
the game, white's bishop is only seemingly worse.  The good thing was that my
opponent was getting into severe time trouble.} Re5 {I didn't see any other
decent moves.  As there isn't much that black could do, I decided to sit, 
wait and hope for the best.} (26... Be8 27. Rd8 $16 Rd7 28. Ra8 g5 29. hxg5
hxg5 30. e5 $1 fxe5 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. Bg6 $18) 27. Bb1 Re7 28. Ra3 (28. e5 $1 {
is better.  However, because of time trouble, my opponent wasn't able to
analyze all the lines, so he decided not to play it.} Rxe5 $8 29. Ra3 b5 30.
Rd7+ $1 (30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Rxa7+ Rf7 {is fine for black.}) 30... Rf7 31. Rxf7+
Kxf7 32. cxb5 Bxb5 33. Rxa7+ Kf8 (33... Re7 $2 34. Bxg6+) 34. Bxg6 Rxd5 35.
Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rc7 Rd2+ 37. Kf3 c4 {and white is better, but black should be
able to hold on.}) 28... Be8 29. Rd8 Bf7 30. Rd6 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rc6 Be8 {
I have equalized, and my opponent was in big time trouble. He had about a
minute and a half until move forty, so I offered a draw again.  I knew that it
would be hard for him to refuse at this point. This time I was right.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calgary ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuczaj, Chris"]
[Black "Lapides, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Lapides,A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/5n2/p2p1pp1/2pPp1n1/P1P1P1P1/2NB2K1/8/8 w - - 0 51"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

51. Nb5 axb5 52. a5 bxc4 53. Bc2 (53. a6 cxd3 54. a7 d2 55. a8=Q+ Kg7 56. Qa4
Nxe4+ 57. Kf3 f5) (53. Bxc4 Nxe4+) 53... Nd8 54. a6 Nge6 55. dxe6 Nc6 56. Ba4
Na7 57. Kf3 Ke7 58. Bd7 c3 59. Ke3 $2 (59. Ke2 $142) 59... c4 60. Ke2 f5 61.
exf5 gxf5 (61... g5 62. Kd1) 62. gxf5 (62. g5 f4) 62... d5 63. Ba4 e4 64. Kd1
$4 e3 $4 (64... d4 65. Bc2 (65. Ke2 d3+ 66. Ke3 c2 67. Bxc2 dxc2 68. Kd2 e3+
69. Kxc2 Nb5 70. Kc1 c3 71. Kd1 Na7) 65... d3) 65. Bc2 d4 66. Bb1 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Toronto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mitrovic, Milan"]
[Black "Filipovich, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "Filipovich,D"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Nd2
Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 (13... Re8
14. Qb3 Qd7) 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 (17. Bd2 Bc5 (17...
Be5 18. h3 Nxf2 $1 19. dxe5 Nxh3+ 20. Bxh3 Rxd2 21. Bxf5 Qxe5 22. Rf3 exf5) 18.
h3 Nxf2 $1 19. Bf4 Nxh3+ 20. Bxh3 Bxd4+) 17... Rxd6 18. d5 $1 exd5 19. cxd5 Qb6
20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rfd1 c5 $1 (21... Rfd8 $2 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc6 $1) 22. Be4
Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rd7 24. d6 f5 (24... Rfd8 $2 25. Rd5) 25. Nc3 Rfd8 26. Nb5 Nf6
27. Rd3 Kf7 28. b4 $5 (28. Rcd1 Ne8 29. Kg2 Ke6 30. Re1+ Kf7 31. Red1 Ke6 32.
Re1+) 28... cxb4 29. Rc7 $6 (29. Rcd1) 29... Ne8 30. Rxd7+ Rxd7 31. Rd4 Ke6 32.
Rxb4 Nxd6 33. Nc3 Rc7 34. Ne2 Ke5 $1 35. a4 Rc4 36. f4+ Kd5 37. Rxb6 Kc5 38. a5
Rb4 39. Kf2 Rxb6 40. axb6 Nc4 41. Kf3 Nxb6 42. g4 Nd5 43. gxf5 $2 (43. Ng3 $1)
43... Nf6 $1 44. h4 b5 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Nd4 b4 47. Nc2 Kc3 48. Nd4 (48. Nxb4
Kxb4 49. Kd4 h5 $1 $17) 48... b3 49. Ne2+ (49. Nxb3 Kxb3 50. Kd4 h5 $1 $17)
49... Kc4 50. Kd2 Ne4+ 51. Kc1 Nc3 $6 (51... Kd3 $1 52. Ng1 Ke3 53. Nh3 Kf3 54.
Ng5+ hxg5 55. fxg5 Kg4 56. f6 $1 Nxf6 $1 (56... gxf6 57. gxf6 $11)) 52. Ng3 Na4
53. Ne4 $2 (53. Kd2 Nc3 54. Kc1) 53... b2+ 54. Kc2 b1=Q+ 55. Kxb1 Nc3+ 56. Nxc3
Kxc3 57. Kc1 Kd3 58. Kd1 Ke3 59. Ke1 Kxf4 60. Kf2 Kxf5 61. Kg3 h5 0-1

[Event "Kitchener KW op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schleifer, Michael"]
[Black "Boehmer, Kris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Boehmer,K"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 b6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 (
7... Bb7 8. b4 O-O 9. e3 Ne4 10. Bb2 d6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O-O a5 14.
b5 c6 $132 {Straub-Rubingh, Leeuwarden 1993}) 8. Qc2 f5 9. e3 O-O 10. Nd2 Bb7
11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. O-O-O d6 13. Be1 Nd7 14. Be2 c5 15. Kb1 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (
16... exd5 {/\ 17...a5, 18...c4} 17. dxc5 bxc5) 17. Ba6 Qf7 18. Ka1 c4 $5 (
18... e5) 19. Qa4 b5 20. Bxb5 Nb6 21. Qa5 Qc7 {/\ 22...a6} 22. Ba6 Rf5 23. g4
$8 Rf3 24. h4 Rb8 (24... h5 $5) 25. h5 Qd7 (25... Na8 26. Qxc7 Nxc7 27. Bxc4 $1
Bxc4 28. Rc1 $16) 26. Bb5 Qc7 27. Rc1 a6 28. Ba4 (28. Bxa6 Ra8) 28... Qb7 29.
Bd1 Rf7 30. Rb1 Qc6 31. Rh2 Nc8 32. Bb4 {/\ 33.Qd8+} (32. Qd8+ Rf8) 32... Na7
33. Qc5 Qe8 34. g5 Rfb7 35. Bc3 Nb5 36. Ba4 Nxc3 $1 37. Bxe8 Nxb1 38. f3 $6 (
38. f4 $142 exf3) 38... c3 $1 $17 39. Kxb1 cxb2 {[%cal Gd5a2]} 40. Qxd5 $1 (40.
Rxb2 Rxb2+ 41. Kc1 Rb1+ 42. Kd2 R8b2+ 43. Kc3 Rc1+ 44. Kxb2 Rxc5 45. dxc5 exf3
46. c6 f2 47. c7 Bb7 48. Bc6 f1=Q 49. Bxb7 Qb5+ $19) 40... exd5 41. Bc6 Rc7 42.
Bxd5+ Kf8 43. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 44. Kxb2 exf3 45. Bxf3 Rf7 46. Be4 Re7 (46... h6 47.
gxh6 gxh6 48. Kc3 Re7 49. Kd3 $16) 47. Bxh7 Rxe3 48. Bc2 Rh3 $6 (48... Rg3) 49.
Bd1 Rd3 50. Bc2 Rxd4 51. h6 $1 gxh6 52. gxh6 Rh4 53. h7 Ke7 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Bd3
a5 56. Bf5 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scarborough sim"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Dutton, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[Annotator "Dutton,M"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {Let's get ready to rumble!} 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4
Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 11. Bb3 c6
$2 12. c4 Qe8 13. Nd6 $1 {sinking into the dark-squared weakness on d6} Qh5 14.
Bd1 Qg6 15. Re1 Bd8 {forcing Black's pieces to the back rank} 16. Be3 Ne8 17.
Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Qd2 d6 19. Bc2 Bf5 $5 {sacrificing a pawn for piece development}
20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxd6 Bf6 22. Qb4 b6 23. a4 Qc2 $1 24. Rab1 c5 25. Qb5 Rf8 26.
Rec1 Qf5 27. b4 Rae8 $1 {preparing to sacrifice the exchange in an attempt to
equalize} 28. bxc5 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Bg5 30. Qb3 Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Bxe3 32. Re1 Bxc5 33.
Qd3 Qd4 34. Qxd4 Bxd4 35. Re7 a5 36. Rbe1 h6 37. Re8 Kg8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Re6
Kf7 40. Rc6 Ke7 41. h4 Kd7 42. Rg6 Bf6 43. Kh2 Kc6 $14 44. Rg4 Kc5 45. Kg3 Bd4
46. Kf3 Kxc4 47. Ke4 Kc5 48. Kd3 Bf6 49. Rc4+ Kd5 {Draw? Kevin replied that
"there is still a lot of play in this position...play on"} 50. h5 Be5 51. g4
Bf6 52. Rc1 Be5 53. Rb1 Bd4 54. Rb3 Bf2 55. Rc3 Bc5 56. Rc4 Ke5 57. Ke2 Kd5 58.
Rf4 $1 Bd4 59. Kf3 Bf6 60. Rf5+ Kc4 61. Rb5 Bd4 62. Ke4 Bc5 63. Kf5 Bd4 64. Kg6
Kd3 65. Rd5 $1 {and black is finally "cooked"} Ke4 66. Rxd4+ Kxd4 67. Kxg7 b5
68. axb5 Kc5 69. g5 hxg5 70. h6 a4 71. h7 a3 72. h8=Q a2 73. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Scarborough sim"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Manalo, Pepin"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Lamb,B"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Qe7 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3
Nh6 9. h3 O-O 10. a4 Kh8 11. Qd2 Nf7 12. b4 b6 13. b5 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15. Qe2
Be6 16. bxc6 Nbxc6 17. Be3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Be3
Qf7 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Nb5 Rcd7 (24... Bc4 25. Nxd6) 25. Nd4 Nxd4
26. Bxd4 Rc7 27. Rd2 Bc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Ra1 Rdc8 30. c3 Qe8 31. Qd3 R8c6 32.
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Scarborough sim"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Lamb, Bryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "Lamb,B"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Nf6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. h3 Rb8 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Qc2 (12. e5 Nd5) 12... Be6 13. Bd2
Qh5 {[%cal Ge6h3]} 14. Ne2 Qb5 15. b3 Rfc8 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. Bc3 a5 18. Rab1 Rb7
19. Nd2 $1 c5 20. d5 Rcb8 (20... a4 21. bxa4 Qxa4 22. Rxb7) 21. e5 $5 Bf5 22.
Qc1 Nd7 $6 (22... Ne8) 23. exd6 Bxc3 (23... Bxb1 24. dxe7) 24. Qxc3 (24. dxe7
Bxd2 25. e8=Q+ Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Nf8) 24... exd6 25. Rbc1 a4 26. g4 $1 Qb4 $1 (
26... g5 27. Nh5) 27. Nc4 axb3 $1 (27... Qxc3 28. Rxc3 g5 29. Nxd6 Rb4 30. Nxf5
Rxf4) (27... g5 28. Nxd6) 28. axb3 (28. gxf5 b2 $1) 28... g5 29. Nh5 Qxc3 30.
Rxc3 Bg6 31. Nxd6 (31. Ree3 Bxh5 32. gxh5 Nf6 33. Nxd6 Rd7 (33... Nxd5 34. Nxb7
Nxc3 (34... Nxe3 35. Nxc5) 35. Rxc3 Rxb7 36. Rxc5 Rxb3 37. Rxg5+ Kh8)) 31...
Rxb3 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Re8+ Nf8 34. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 (34... Bxh5 35. gxh5) 35. gxf5
Rd3 (35... Rxh3 36. d6 Rd3 37. d7 Rxd7 38. Nf6+) 36. Rc8 f6 37. Rxc5 Nd7 38.
Rc7 $1 Rxh3 (38... Rxd5 39. Rxd7 Rxd7 40. Nxf6+) 39. Rxd7 $2 (39. Ng3 Ne5 40.
Ne4 g4 41. Nxf6+ Kf8 42. Nxh7+ Ke8 43. f6) 39... Rxh5 40. d6 Rh4 41. Re7 Kf8 (
41... Rd4 42. d7) 42. Re6 Kf7 43. Re7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Charlottetown PEI ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McKim, Fred"]
[Black "Howarth, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "McKim,F"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. h3
Nh5 9. Nb3 h6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Rfe1 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. e5 Re8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Qe4 Bxa2 21.
Qxf4 Bd5 22. Bc4 (22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 $11) 22... Bxc4 $11 (22... g5 $5 23.
Qg4 h5 24. Qxh5 Bxc4 25. Nxg5 Be6 $17) 23. Qxc4 a5 24. Qb5 c6 25. Qb3 a4 26.
Qc4 Ra5 27. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Ge1d1]} Bxe5 $2 $18 (27... Kh8 $142 $14) 28. Rxg6+
Kh7 29. Rg4 f5 30. Qd3 Qf7 31. Rh4 (31. Nxe5 $5 Raxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxa4
$11) 31... Bf6 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Rf4 Qe6 34. g4 Rd5 35. Qc2 b5 36. Rxf5 Rxf5 $5
$14 37. gxf5 Qd5 (37... Qd7 $14) 38. Nh2 h5 39. Nf1 c5 $16 (39... Qg8+ 40. Ng3
(40. Kh1 Qd5+) 40... h4 41. Qe2 Qg5 42. Qh5+ Qxh5 43. Nxh5 Bxc3) 40. Ng3 Kh6 $2
$18 (40... h4 $5 41. Qe2 $1 Qe5 $11) 41. Qe2 Qf7 42. Qe3+ Kh7 43. Qxc5 Qb3 (
43... Qe8 $18) 44. Qc7+ Kg8 45. Qd6 (45. Qc8+ $5 Kf7 46. Qd7+ Be7 47. Ne4 $18)
45... Kf7 (45... Bh4 $18) 46. Nxh5 Bxc3 (46... Be7 47. Qg6+ Kf8 $18) 47. Qd7+
Kf8 (47... Kg8 48. bxc3 Qxc3 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qg6+ Kh8 $18) 48. bxc3 (48. Nf4
Bb4 49. Ne6+ Qxe6 50. fxe6 $18) 48... Qf7 (48... Qxc3 49. f6 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe4+
51. Kh2 Qg6 $18) 49. Qd8+ Qe8 50. Qxe8+ (50. Qd6+ Qe7 51. Qh6+ Ke8 52. Nf6+ Kd8
53. Qh8+ Kc7 54. Nd5+ Kd6 55. Nxe7 Kxe7 56. Qg7+ Kd6 57. f6 Kd5 58. f7 Kc4 59.
Qg4+ Kxc3 60. f8=Q Kd3 61. Qa3+ Kd2 62. Qb2+ Kd3 63. Qge2#) 50... Kxe8 51. Nf6+
Kf8 52. Nd5 1-0

