[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quiring, John"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "1970"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. a3 {against such a strong opponent it is probably
better to develop quickly with  the pieces instead} (3. Nf3) (3. Qb3 $5) 3...
Bxc3 4. bxc3 Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 Ng6 (8... Bg4 9. Be3) 9.
d5 $2 {White has a reasonable position but now goes astray; this move is
neither  good nor forced} (9. h3 $1 {fortifying the centre, followed by Bishop
e3}) 9... Na5 10. Nd2 f5 11. Nb3 fxe4 $1 12. Nxa5 exd3 13. Qxd3 c6 $1 14. Nb3
Qb6 $1 15. Qc2 Bf5 $1 {white is now paying the price for his indiscretions} 16.
Qb2 cxd5 17. Be3 {a desperate try which backfires badly.  To be fair, the
white position is in ruins} (17. cxd5 Be4 (17... Qb5 $5) (17... Bd3) 18. O-O
Bxd5) 17... d4 $1 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rae8+ 20. Be3 $6 {begging a quick to
his suffering} (20. Kf1 Bd3+ 21. Kg1 Qc7 22. h4 Nf4) 20... Rxe3+ 21. fxe3 Qxe3+
22. Kd1 (22. Kf1 Bd3# {was equally painless}) 22... Bg4+ 23. Kc2 Rf2+ {White
resigns.  I am certain that it came as a great relief for him} 0-1

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Solis, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "1970"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Kh1 {Miles' specialty variation.  It has the advantage not only of
threatening  absolutely nothing but also avoiding all of that well known
'theory'that is hard to keep up with} a5 (9... Kh8 $1) 10. Bd2 h6 11. Ne1 Ne8
12. Rc1 Kh7 13. Nd3 {Miles develops his pieces in a flexible manner.  He
prepares to support the  pawn levers c5 and f4} b6 {this discourages the first
but not the other} 14. f4 $5 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qc2 e4 {Is this good or bad?
Probably both!  In any case, a tense fight ensues} 17. Nf2 Nf6 18. Ncd1 Ng6 {
I don't like the knight on this square} (18... h5 $1 19. Nh3 Rh8 20. Ng5+ Kg6 {
with unclear play}) 19. g3 Qe8 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Bc3 Qf7 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Rce1
Bc8 {One gets the impression that Black is satisfied with a waiting policy} (
23... Rh8 $5 {/\Kg8,Ph5}) 24. Bd1 Bd7 {is this the way we would expect
kasparov to play the black pieces?} 25. Nc2 Re7 26. Nd4 Rfe8 27. Re3 Kh8 28.
Bc2 Kg8 (28... h5 $1 {is still not too late}) 29. Qd1 Rc8 30. Ba4 Nf8 31. Bxd7
N6xd7 32. g4 {This was the danger of black playing too passively.  Now it is
difficult to prevent the white pieces from entering the black kingdom} fxg4 33.
Qxg4 Kh8 34. Nf5 {Now it is too late to save the game.  A good example of what
happens if one shows too much respect for his opponent} Bxc3 35. Nxe7 Bd4 36.
Rxe4 Bxf2 37. Nxc8 {This knight has quite an appetite!} Nf6 38. Qf5 Bh4 39. Rg1
N8h7 40. Ne7 Nf8 41. Ng6+ Nxg6 42. Rxg6 h5 43. Re6 {need one say anymore?} 1-0

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 (4. g3 $5 {This is best according to my
data base.}) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 b6 6. Bg5 $5 {White usually has tried e4 here,
though without achieving anything special. Larry's move is interesting.} Bb7 7.
Bxf6 gxf6 8. e3 (8. e4 $5) 8... e6 9. Be2 $5 a6 {Playing it safe} (9... Bxg2
10. Rg1 (10. Bf3 $5 Bxh1 11. Bxh1 {and it is not easy to play the black side})
10... Bb7 11. Bh5 $5 $36 {For a pawn white dominates the board} (11. Bf3 $5))
10. Bf3 Qc7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qh5 Nc5 14. e4 $5 (14. b4 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Qxe4 $13) 14... O-O-O {Cold blooded realism: the black king is safer here.
} 15. Qe2 {Larry regroups his pieces so as to conduct a new offensive} Rg8 16.
b4 Nd7 17. f4 {Space} Re8 (17... Kb8 18. b5 $36) 18. f5 $5 (18. a4 $5 {/\Pa5})
18... d5 {This has a desperate look to it.  To be fair, I can't find a better
move for Black!} 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. cxd5 Bxb4 21. Nxe6 $1 Kb8 22. Nd1 Nc5 23.
Rb1 a5 24. Rxf6 Nxe6 25. dxe6 Rg5 26. Qf3 Re5 27. Nc3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 R8xe6 {
Black is making the most of it} 29. Qxe5+ $5 {I don't know if this is the very
best move, but I must admire the confidence  of the American GM with which he
plays this part of the game.} Rxe5 30. Rfxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Rxb6+ Kc7 32. Rh6 Rxe4
33. Rxh7+ Kc6 34. Rh3 $1 {A nice game by the American} (34. Rh3 Ra4 35. Rc3+
Kb5 36. a3 Rc4 37. Rxc4 Kxc4 38. h4) 1-0

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacDonald, Jonathan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. e4 d6 {Miles plays everything, including 1...a6 (which he used to beat
Karpov in a notoriously famous encounter)} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 $5 {This is
somewhat risky.  I wanted to play this move myself several years back but was
unable to find a satisfactory line against 4.f4.  So I gave he line up} 4. a4 {
This justifies Black's little opening experiment.} (4. f4 $1 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6.
Nf3 $36 {Black has scored dismally from this position in practice.}) 4... Qa5
$1 5. Bd2 e5 6. Nd5 Qd8 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Bc3 Nd7 9. Ne2 {I think that it is
clear that white has some problems bringing his pieces  into play} g6 10. Nc1
Bg7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 $6 (13... Nc5 $5) (13... Nb6 14. Bb3
Be6 $5) 14. Nd3 {The white knight actually stands well here} b6 (14... Kh8 $5 {
/\Pf6,Rd8,Nf8}) (14... a5 $5 15. Qd2 b6) 15. Kh1 Bb7 (15... a5) 16. a5 Rab8 17.
axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 Qd8 {Can white be worse here?} 19. Bb3 (19. Ba6 $5 Bxa6 20.
Rxa6 Ra8 21. Qa1 $132) 19... Qc8 20. Qf3 (20. f4 $1 $36 {Give me white any day!
} c5 21. Bd5 (21. Ba4 $5)) 20... c5 $1 {Perhaps white underestimated this move.
} 21. Bc4 Bc6 22. Re1 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 {Now the worse is over for black} 24.
Qh3 b5 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd7 Bxe4 27. f3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 b4 29. Bd2 Rd8 {One
gets the impression that white was in time trouble.  In anycase, Miles  does
not allow the point to escape} 30. Qe2 e4 $1 31. fxe4 Bxb2 32. Bg5 Re8 33. h3
Bc3 34. Rf1 Qxe4 {ugh} 35. Qf2 Qc4 36. Qf3 Qxf1+ {ditto the last remark} 37.
Qxf1 Re1 38. Qxe1 Bxe1 39. Be3 {White fell on time (?).  The ending is
completely hopeless} (39. Be3 c4 40. Bd4 Bd2 41. g4 Bc1 42. Kg2 b3) 0-1

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Urquhart, Eddie"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 Nf6 9. c3 dxc3 10. dxc3 Bd7 11. Ng3 {Perhaps simply c4 and Nc3 is best} h5
12. h3 h4 13. Ne2 Bc6 14. Qc2 e5 15. O-O Qe7 16. f5 gxf5 $5 {I don't like this
move, and would have preferred Bh6.  That being said, a  position now arises
that is difficult to evaluate, much in the liking of the American grandmaster}
(16... Bh6 $5 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. Qd2 Rh5 {With a very unclear position}) 17.
Rxf5 Bh6 18. c4 $1 {Black's chances along the g-line are reduced by cementing
the d5 square} O-O-O 19. Nc3 Kb8 {Is this necessary?  I think that Larry was
pleased with his position and felt that sooner or later this move would have
to be played, so why not play it  while he is still happy!?} 20. Qf2 Bxc1 21.
Rxc1 Nh5 $5 {the pawn on f7 is lost anyway} 22. Rxf7 Qg5 23. Rc2 Nf4 {black
has some compensation for the pawn.  White's king is easily harrassed, and his
pieces lack harmony. On top of this black's knight is superbe. However is it
all enough compensation?} 24. Qe3 $1 Rhg8 25. Nd5 (25. Bf1 $5 Qh5 (25... Bd7
26. Kh2 Qg6 27. Rxf4 $6 Qg3+ 28. Qxg3 hxg3+ 29. Kg1 exf4) 26. Rf5) 25... Bxd5
26. exd5 $5 {Later Be4 could be an important defensive resource.} (26. cxd5 Qh5
$1 {the very best move} (26... Nxd3 $5 27. Qxd3 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rf1 {
and white is just a pawn up for next to nothing}) (26... Qg3 $2 27. Qxg3 Rxg3
28. Rcc7) (26... Rc8 $6 {White is a pawn up and has everything undercontrol. 
The question is this: what can black do?} 27. Ba6 Rxc2 28. Rxb7+ Kc8 29. Rxa7+
Kd8 30. Qb6+ Ke8 31. Bb5+ Kf8 32. Qb8+) 27. Rxf4 {forced move} (27. Rcc7 Qd1+
28. Bf1 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Qxf1+) 27... exf4 28. Qxf4 Rgf8 {and white, though
having even material, is some what worse positionally}) 26... Qh6 $5 {The idea
of this move is to allow the R to enter the game (Rg3), while at the same time
preventing the counter sac on f4.  This position was debated during the week,
with different evaluations.  I now think that white is worse} (26... Qh5 $5 27.
Rxf4 $1 exf4 28. Qxf4 Qd1+ 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Bxf1 $11 {Christiansen said later
that he felt that this ending offered no winning  chances for the black pieces.
}) 27. Qe4 $4 {This move gives up all hope of a struggle.  Apparently Ed did
not see the hidden resource in his position.} (27. c5 $3 {A brilliant resource
which both Larry and Ed had overlooked.  The American GM said that this move
only came to him while he was waiting for his opponent to move!} Qh5 $1 {now
this really is forced} (27... Rg3 $2 {This appears strong, but actually loses}
28. c6 $3 Rxe3 29. c7+ Kc8 30. Bf5+) 28. Rxf4 (28. c6 Qxf7 29. c7+ Qxc7 30.
Rxc7 Rxg2+ 31. Kh1 Kxc7 32. Qxa7 Rdg8 $19) 28... exf4 29. Qxf4 Qxd5 30. Bh7
Rgf8 $5 31. Qxh4 dxc5 32. Qg3+ Ka8 33. Kh2 {And while this position is still
very complex I would think that black  has the better chances}) 27... Nxh3+ 28.
Kh2 Ng5 {oops} 29. Rh7 Nxh7 30. Qxh7 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. h4 h5
9. Qd2 Rb8 10. Rc1 {A solid line, but hardly critical for the black pieces. 
Larry probably  wanted to avoid a theoretical debate this day...} Bd7 11. g3 b5
12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bg2 e5 14. d5 Na5 15. b3 b4 16. Nd1 c6 $5 {In some other
games from this position (except that the h pawns are on their original
squares) black has tried Bb5, and not without some success.  Danny's move is
very logical and he quickly gets lots of play} 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. O-O d5 {Danny
has achieved a good position.  This can be considered the first critical point
of the game.} (18... Qe7 $5 {/\Rfd8}) 19. Nf2 $5 (19. Bc5 $6 dxe4 20. Qxd8
Rfxd8) 19... d4 {I am not certain if I agree with this move.  As things turn
out, Black finds it difficult to do something with his passed d pawn.} (19...
dxe4 $5 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. fxe4 (21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Ng4 $132) 21... Bb5 22.
Rfe1 Nc6 {/\Nd5 unclear}) (19... Bb5 $5) (19... Ba8 $5 {/\Nc6}) 20. Bg5 Qd6 21.
f4 $5 Nd7 22. fxe5 Bxe5 (22... Nxe5 $5 23. Nxd4 Nec4 $5 24. bxc4 Qxd4 25. Qxd4
Bxd4 26. Rfd1 Bc3 $44) 23. Nd3 $5 {Christiansen invites complications.  In a
sense, he must, especially since it will only take a couple of moves for Black
to untangle his pieces on the queen side.} Bxg3 {this turns out badly.  Black
doesn't have enough pieces in play to support the Black Queen's 'invasion'
into whites flank} (23... Bg7 $6 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27.
Qxd4) (23... f6 $5 {this has to be the best move: it is so logical} 24. Nxe5
Nxe5 $13) 24. Nxg3 Qxg3 25. Bf4 Qxh4 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Nxb4 {It appears as
though Danny has overlooked this.  His position is now complete ly disorganized
} Ne5 28. Nd5 $1 {that knight over on a5 has been a spectator for too long}
Bxd5 29. exd5 Re8 $5 {Danny tries his best practical chance: a desperate king
side attack} (29... Nb7 30. Qf4 Ng4 31. Qxb8+) (29... Rf8 30. Qxa5 Ng4 31. Qc7)
30. Qxa5 Ng4 31. Qc7 f6 {what else is there?} 32. Qf4 $1 d3 {the alternative,
quite reasonable, is resigning.  Probably Danny was in time trouble here} 33.
d6 g5 34. d7 Rd8 35. Qd6 d2 36. Rc8 {A difficult game to understand} 1-0

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ramaswamy, Kishor"]
[Black "Love, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{This game contains one of the prettiest combinations of the whole tournament.
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
Bc4 d5 9. Bb3 Qa5 10. c3 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd7
15. g4 Rf8 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. d5 Bg7 19. Ng5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 {
diagram The first part of the game is uninteresting.  What follows is very
pretty.} 21. Qxf7+ $3 Rxf7 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 (22... Kf8 23. Ne6+) 23. Bxe8 Nxe8 {
Black thought that he was doing well here.  At first sight, we must agree with
him...} 24. Rd8 $3 {Beautifull!  Black is busted.} Bf6 25. Rxe8+ Kg7 26. Ne6+
1-0

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fischdick, Gisela"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 {Miles likes to play the unpopular Czech Benoni
from time to time.} 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 Na6 8. h3 {White
seems to be mixing systems.  If White wants to play h3 then the Bishop should
go to d3.} Nc7 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Nce8 {One of the things I like most about
Miles's games is the originality of his ideas.} 11. Bd3 {Better late than
never?} g6 12. Qd2 Ng7 13. g4 {So finally white decides to reveal her hand:
attack on the kingside and give mate!  Unfortunately there are two flaws to
this plan: first, white has lost  time in the opening, and second, Miles is
difficult to mate !} h5 $1 14. g5 Nh7 15. Be2 {It is hard to justify these
Bishop moves.  White simply can not afford to play like this.} Bd7 16. h4 f6 $1
17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Rg1 Be8 19. Ng5 {This move looks good but fails to achieve
anything.  I think that White has to change plans and reorganize his pieces.} (
19. O-O-O b5 $5) (19. Qc2 $5 {/\Nd2}) 19... Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Rf8 21. Qd3 Bxg5 22.
Rxg5 {It is worth drawing the position of this rook to the reader's attention.}
Qf6 {And now who has the attack?  By trading off her Bishop white has serious
problems on the dark squares.} 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Kf1 Qf4 {Tony loves playing
endgames where his opponent knows he is worse.} 25. Kg2 Qxg3+ 26. fxg3 {This
can not be best, given the present situation of the white rook.  However, I
suppose that White had some ambitious plans involving g4...} Bd7 27. a5 (27. g4
hxg4 28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Rxg4 Nh5 {might have been more consequential, but not
to White's liking}) 27... Rf7 28. Rb1 Raf8 29. b4 {Notice how the white rook
on g5 plays a role in supporting this queenside advance!?} cxb4 30. Rxb4 Bg4 $1
{and Miles neatly finishes off the game} 31. Rb2 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Bxe2 33. Rxe2
Rxe2 34. Nxe2 Rc8 {White resigns.  The harvest of white pawns is about to
begin.  (Allow me to  draw the reader's attention to that rook on g5)} 0-1

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cummings, David"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. c3 {Certainly discourages Nb4, though I doubt
if it was a real threat.} e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. b4 $5 {I am not a fan of
the way David plays the opening, but to be totally honest, he emerges from the
opening in good shape.} Bd6 8. b5 Ne7 (8... Na5 $5 9. Nb3 $5) 9. c4 Ng6 {Come
to think of it, I also don't like the way black plays the opening either. 
This is the problem with annotating other peoples' games...taste and style are
not objective!} 10. Bb2 O-O 11. O-O Ne4 12. Ne5 $5 (12. c5 $5 Be7 13. a4 $5 {
/\Pa5}) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bb4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qb3 Bc5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bd4
$1 Rfd8 (17... a6 $5 {This is how I would play the position.  I think that it
is about equal, not to say very drawish.  Perhaps Christiansen wanted more and
was willing to take risks!?}) 18. Qe3 $1 {Christiansen underestimated this move
} Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rd8 $5 (20... a6 $5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 axb5
23. Qxb7 Rxa2 24. cxb5 Qc5 $5) 21. Qe3 $5 {A question of style.  Christiansen ,
after the game, remarked that white is also better after taking the a pawn. 
Cummings, however, probably didn't want to put his queen out of play against
his famous opponent} (21. Qxa7 b6 22. a4 $1 Qc5 23. a5 Qxc4 24. axb6 cxb6 25.
Qxb6 Rd2 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. b6 Rb2 28. Qa7 $5 $36) 21... Qb4 $5 {With his e pawn
in destiny's hands, black must play actively} 22. Bxe4 Bh3 (22... Bxe4 23. Qxe4
Qxc4 24. Qxb7) 23. Bg2 $1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qxc4 25. Rc1 Qd5+ (25... Qxb5 26. Rxc7
$16) 26. Qf3 $1 {Christiansen thought highly of this move after the game.} Qxe5
27. Qxb7 Rd2 28. Rxc7 f5 $1 {curiously, in this heavy piece ending the white
king is also not so safe.} 29. Qa8+ $6 Kh7 30. Rc8 $6 {David, short of time,
starts to play very riskily.  Despite appearances, the  black king is quite
safe.  The next move emphasizes this} Qxb5 $1 {covering the e8 square} 31. Rh8+
Kg6 32. Qg8 {probably it is already too late to save the game.  Being in time
trouble doesn't help either.} Qb7+ 33. Kh3 Rxe2 34. Qh7+ Kh5 $1 35. Qg8 Rxf2 {
And just who is mating who?} 36. Rxh6+ {desperate} Kxh6 37. Qxe6+ Kh7 {An
interesting game.  It looked very much as though David was pressing his
opponent at first, only to lose his way when short of time.} 0-1

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Ochkoos, Yura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 {Miles' opening repetoire is definitely not bookish.  However,
he realizes that often the game result has nothing to do with the opening, and
if you take a look at his opening stats then you will see what I mean} c6 3. e3
Qb6 4. Qc1 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5
Bxc5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nbd4 Bg4 13. Nxc6 {Miles clearly has what he expected
from the opening: nothing.  However, as we will see, his opponent gets lured
into a false sense of security.} bxc6 14. h3 Bxf3 {Why this move?  Retreating
to h5 looks more ambitious.} (14... Bh5 $1) 15. Bxf3 O-O 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1
Bd6 18. Bxd6 Rxd6 19. c4 Rdd8 20. Rac1 Rab8 {I also don't like this.  Why not
simply a5} (20... a5 $1 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rd4 Rdb8 23. b3 h6 $11) 21. b3 h6 22.
Qc3 $5 {Black has a very solid position.  Unfortunately, it is also quite
passive. Miles' last move is one of those subtle probing moves that can often
annoy his opponent.} Qa6 23. Rc2 Qa3 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 $14
{white has a slightly better ending.  As Miles mentioned after the game, in
his vast experience he has often converted such tiny advantages.} Rbc8 27. Rdc1
Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Kf8 29. Kf1 (29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Nxd7 {and the ending is not
better for white}) 29... Ke7 30. Ke2 Rd7 31. Kd3 (31. b4 $1) 31... Rb7 32. Ra5
Kd6 33. e4 $5 Ke5 $5 {I like this move: it threatens nothing but has a certain
aesthetic appeal to it.} (33... Nxe4 34. Bxe4 dxe4+ 35. Kxe4 Rb4+ 36. Kd3 Rb7
37. h4 $36 {Though probably drawn, this ending is sure to go a full 80 moves})
34. exd5 {I would have waited a move or two before this} exd5 $1 {i think
Miles was hoping to play a rook and pawn ending} 35. g3 g5 36. Bg2 Rd7 $5 37.
b4 h5 $1 38. Rc5 h4 39. Bf3 (39. gxh4 $6 Nh5) 39... Nh7 $5 40. Rc8 (40. g4 $6
Nf8 $1 {/\Ng6,f4}) (40. a4 $1 f5 41. g4 $5 $14) 40... Re7 41. Rc1 Rb7 42. a3
Nf6 {One gets the impression that white has being making very little progress.
Infact, I am beginning to like the Black side.} 43. Rc5 Rb6 44. Ra5 Rb7 {A
tacit offer of a draw.} 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Ke3 Rd7 47. Be2 Re7 48. f4+ Kf5+ 49.
Kf3 Kg6 50. Bd3+ Kg7 51. Rc5 (51. Ra6 $6 d4 $1) 51... Re1 52. Ra5 {Miles would
not mind a draw} Rg1 $5 53. Bf5 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 Nh5 $1 55. Rxa7 Nxf4 56. b5 Kf6
57. Bc8 {Here both players agreed to a draw.  Miles later admitted that he
stood  worse.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{This strange game is difficult to understand.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6
{One of Miles favourite lines for the past 5 years.  He has scored many 
successes with it, and probably inspired Kramnik's use of it against Kasparov
last year in the match for the world title.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6
7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Curiously, Miles offered a draw at this point, and
this annoyed his opponent. Christiansen, even though one half point ahead of
Miles at this point of the tournament, simply growled 'no!' and continued.} 9.
Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 b6 12. Rad1 Kc8 13. Rd3 {Perhaps a little premature.}
(13. h3 $5) (13. Ne2 $5 c5 14. Nf4) (13. Ne4 $5) 13... Be7 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Ne2
c5 16. g4 $6 {This doesn't turn out well.  Christiansen perhaps was still
annoyed from his opponent's draw offer and was having difficulty focus.  In
anycase, black soon gets the upper hand.} (16. c4 $1 a5 17. a4 g5 (17... Kb7
18. Nf4) 18. Nd2 $132) 16... Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. h3 c4 $1 {Those bishops...}
19. R3d2 h5 $1 20. Nd4 Bg5 21. Re2 Bd5 $1 {Black is now threatening to mate
White along the h line} 22. e6 $5 {Christiansen said afterwards that this move
was desperate, even though pro- bably best!} hxg4 $4 {Incredible!  Miles
overlooks Re5, which turns the tables.  Simply ...fe6 would keep white on the
ropes} (22... fxe6 $1 $17 23. Nxe6 Bf3) 23. Re5 $1 $16 Bf6 (23... c6 24. Rxg5
Rxh3 25. Kf1) 24. Rxd5 fxe6 {Fortunately for Miles he is still in the game,
but barely.} 25. Nxe6 Bxb2 26. hxg4 cxb3 27. cxb3 Re8 (27... Kb7 28. Rd7) 28.
Rd8+ Kb7 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Rd7 Be5 31. f4 Kc6 32. Rf7 Bb2 33. Kg2 {
Christiansen is clearly better.  The black g pawn is hard to defend, and the 
black q side majority is difficult to advance.  In the meantime...Christiansen
was annoyed that there was no clear win!} Re8 $5 34. Rxc7+ (34. f5 $5) 34...
Kd6 35. Rc2 Bf6 36. Nc7 (36. f5) 36... Re3 {I like the way that Miles plays so
actively.  He realizes that his only hope is to get counterplay.} 37. Kf2 (37.
Nb5+ Kd5 38. Nxa7 Ke4) 37... Rh3 38. Ne8+ Kd5 39. Nxf6+ gxf6 40. Re2 a5 {
Probably this ending is a draw.  White experiences difficulty advancing his
extra pawn.} 41. Kg2 Rc3 42. f5 b5 43. Rf2 Ke5 44. g5 (44. g5 fxg5 45. f6 Rc8
46. Kg3 Rf8 47. f7 Ke6 48. Kg4 Rxf7 49. Rxf7 Kxf7 50. Kxg5 Ke6 51. Kf4 Kd5 52.
Ke3 Kc5 53. Kd3 Kb4 54. Kc2 Ka3 55. Kb1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 $5 {Afterwards
Christiansen was extolling the virtues of this old line.} 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7
$1 9. Re1 {It is always too dangerous to take the Bishop.} Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11.
c3 {This natural move is actually a theoretical novelty.  Other moves have
been  played, but with less than successful results.} (11. Kf1 $5) (11. dxe5
Qg6 $5 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 O-O-O 15. Re1 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17.
gxf3 Bb4 {As in some Shirov-Topalov game.}) (11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 (12. g3 $5 {
most popular here}) 12... Nxg2 $13) 11... Be7 $5 (11... Rd8 $5) 12. Re3 exd4
13. cxd4 Qg6 $6 (13... Rd8 $5 {Christiansen was later saying that this line is
almost winning for Black. I leave it to the readers to make up their own mind.
In anycase, Black is  definitely worse in the game continuation.}) 14. hxg4 {
Now Tom has no choice but to take the Bishop.  The position becomes razor
sharp, but Tom proves himself up to the challenge.} hxg4 15. Nh2 Rxh2 {what
else?} (15... Qh5 16. Ndf1 g3 17. Qxh5 gxh2+ 18. Qxh2) 16. Kxh2 O-O-O {
bringing up the flank} 17. Rg3 $1 Rh8+ 18. Kg1 f5 {At all costs Black must
avoid the exchange of queens} (18... Qh6 19. Qxg4+ Kb8 20. Rh3 $1) 19. Nf1 (19.
exf5 $4 Qh6) 19... Qh6 20. f3 Bh4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Qe1 {Cool headed.} g5 23.
fxg4 fxg4 24. Qe3 Bxg3 25. Qxg3 Qxe4 {So the smoke has cleared and Tom has an
extra piece.  That he fails to win can be explained by three things: 1.lack of
time; 2.A resourceful opponent; 3.bad luck} 26. Rd1 Kb8 27. Nh2 Rh4 28. Qe5 Qc2
29. Rf1 Qxb2 30. Qc5 b6 31. Qe5 Qxa2 32. Qxg5 Rh8 33. Nxg4 Rg8 34. Qf4 a5 35.
Qe4 Kb7 36. Ne5 Qe6 37. Rc1 Qd5 38. Qxd5 cxd5 {It is not clear that white can
win anymore.  The qeen side pawns are very dangerous} 39. Kf2 a4 40. g4 b5 41.
Ke3 Kb6 $1 42. Kd3 a3 43. Kc3 c5 $1 44. Nd7+ Ka5 45. Nxc5 b4+ 46. Kb3 Rxg4 47.
Nb7+ (47. Ne6 Rg3+ 48. Ka2 Ka4) 47... Kb6 48. Kxb4 Rxd4+ 49. Kxa3 Kxb7 50. Kb3
Kb6 51. Rc8 {The ending is a dead draw.  What to say of the game other than
the spectators got their money's worth!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4+ {This move is risky.} (5...
Be7 $5) (5... Nh5 $5) 6. Nfd2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nc3 c5 (8... d5 {In my database
I found 7 games of Miles in this line, nearly all victories!}) 9. d5 $1 {Miles
was saying afterwards that it was his good fortune that his opponent was
playing a line that he had refuted 20 years ago!} d6 (9... exd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (
10... Bxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qf3 Nc7 13. Qb7 d6 14. Nc4 Qd7 15. O-O-O {As in
Miles-Timman, 1979 (!!).  Black has big problems developing.}) 11. Qf3) 10. e4
Re8 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Qc2 Bf8 15. Rae1 {It is not that
Black's position is so bad, as it is that Black simply has no play.} a6 16. b4
e5 17. g3 $1 {Fifty years ago this type of move was considered a revelation. 
Today every King's Indian player understands this type of move.  What follows
is the  'massage': black tries to get counterplay while white invades the q
side.} Bc8 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rf2 Be7 20. Bf1 Qc8 21. Rb1 h5 22. Qd1 $1 {This is a
nice manoevre.} Bxf1 23. Qxf1 h4 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Nb3 {Threatening to go into
c6 later, as well as double rooks on the b line.} Qd8 26. Qh3 {I don't know if
this move is necessary, but it is annoying for black!} Rb8 27. Rfb2 Nh7 28. Nd1
Bg5 29. Bf2 Qf6 30. Qg4 $1 {White contains black's counterplay with ease.} Bh6
31. Ne3 Ng5 32. Nf5 {One can almost feel for the black pieces.} h3 33. Be3 Ne7
34. Nxh6+ gxh6 35. Nd2 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Ng6 37. Kf2 Nf4 {A desperate try.  Miles
handles it with ease} 38. Rb3 Ng2 39. Bxg5 Qxg5 40. Qxg5+ hxg5 41. Rb6 {And
that is how simple chess can be...} Kf8 42. Rxd6 Rb8 43. Rxa6 Rb2 44. Ke2 Ra2
45. Ra5 Ra1 46. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. d3 h6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 a5 10. Nd5 {Probably not forced.  Other moves such as Qc2, pa3,
or Rc1 are worth consider ing} (10. Qc2) (10. a3) (10. Rc1) 10... Nxd5 11. cxd5
$5 (11. Bxd5 {seems more to the point}) 11... Bxd2 12. Qxd2 c5 $5 13. d6 {A
very interesting move.  white tries to prevent Black's normal development} Rb8
$5 (13... Qb6 14. Qc3 Qxd6 15. Rfc1 $14 {recovers the pawn with advantage.}) (
13... Ra6 14. Qc3 $16) 14. Qc3 b6 15. Qxe5 Re8 16. Qc3 Ba6 {An interesting
position.  Christiansen, once again in the tournament, finds  himself down a
pawn, but has counterplay.} 17. b3 (17. a3 $5 a4 18. b4 axb3 19. Qxb3 Qf6 20.
Qa4 Bxd3 $13) (17. Rfe1 $1) 17... Re6 18. a3 Rc8 $1 19. Qb2 Qf6 $1 {
Christiansen plays each move so as to maximize the pressure on white's game}
20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. b4 $6 {This doesn't turn out well.  It is curious that in
almost all of Larry's games in this tournament his opponent loses patience
towards the end of the first session .  Such is experience...} (21. Kg2 Rxd6
22. Rfc1 Rd4 {gives black a little bit of play, but white is not really worse
here.}) 21... Bxd3 {Now black is on top} 22. bxa5 Rxf3 $1 23. exf3 Bxf1 24.
Kxf1 bxa5 25. Rb1 Rc6 26. Rb5 (26. Rb7 Rxd6 27. Rc7 Rd5 (27... Rd3 28. Rxc5
Rxa3 29. Rd5 Rxf3)) 26... a4 27. Ke2 f5 28. Ra5 Kf7 29. Rxa4 Ke6 30. Ra8 Rxd6
31. f4 c4 32. Re8+ Kd5 33. Kd2 Kd4 34. Rd8 Kc5+ 35. Kc2 Rd3 {Larry makes it
look easy} 0-1

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cummings, David"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 $5 {This is a well known line.  White
often does not win back the pawn, but gets compensation in the form of either
space or initiative.  The whole line is complex and is not to everyone's taste.
A pawn is a pawn is a pawn...} 5. Qc2 {This is not considered to be the very
best, but is quite logical anyway.} (5. Na3 $5) (5. a4 $5) (5. O-O $5) 5... Qd5
{According to my database, black has scored very well in practice from this
position.} 6. Nc3 Qf5 {most of the time the queen goes to h5 directly} 7. e4
Qa5 $1 {this must be new.  And it appears quite logical.} (7... Qh5 $6 8. Ne2
e5 $6 9. h3 $1 {and the black queen is being hunted}) 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 $5 {a
pragmatic decision} (9. Ne2 Nb6) 9... cxb3 10. Qxb3 e6 11. d4 Be7 12. Bd2 {I
don't like this.  I think the way I would play this position (assuming I had
to play it) is Bb2 followed by placing the two rooks on the e and d lines.  I
would try to play for d5 at some point.  But does white have enough comp?} (12.
Bb2 $1) 12... Qd8 13. e5 {Also a controversial decision.  The white centre
becomes blocked and the nature of white's compensation becomes very subjective.
} Nd5 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Rac1 (15. h4 $5 f5 16. Neg5 N7b6 17. a4 a5 18. Rfc1) (15.
Bg5 $5 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bh6) 15... f5 $5 {I wouldn't play this move.  It
creates weaknesses that white might have a  shot at later.  After all, what
else can white do but wait for opportunities?} (15... Re8 16. Rfe1 Nf8) 16.
exf6 gxf6 17. Rfe1 Rf7 18. Bh3 (18. Re2 $5 Nf8 19. Rce1 b6 20. Nc3 Bb7 21. h4)
18... Nf8 19. Nc5 $6 {David loses patience.  I think that it would be better
to avoid this exchange until later.  The dark square bishop does nothing, and
the white knight might be good at exploiting the weaknesses around the king
later.} Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Qd6 21. Rc2 a5 {The difficulty for white is to get play.}
22. Bh6 Nb4 23. Rce2 Qd5 $1 {a neat move, well calculated and very forceful. 
The ensuing simplifications favour black.} 24. Bxf8 Qxb3 25. axb3 Kxf8 26. Bxe6
Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Nd5 {The ending is favourable to Miles.} 28. Ra1 Re7 29. Rd6 $6
Kf7 30. Rc1 Nc7 {Now the white rook is in trouble.  David has to jettison a
pawn to salvage it} 31. d5 Nb5 $1 32. Re6 Rxe6 33. dxe6+ Kxe6 34. Rc5 Rd8 35.
Rh5 Rd3 36. Kg2 Rd7 (36... Rxb3 37. Rxh7 b6 38. Rb7 {and white is fighting;
then h4}) 37. g4 b6 38. g5 fxg5 39. Nxg5+ Kd6 40. Rh6+ Kc5 41. Ne4+ (41. Rxh7
Rxh7 42. Nxh7 Nd4 {And the Black pawns are much faster than white's
counterparts, as the reader can easily verify}) 41... Kd4 42. f3 Rc7 43. Kf2
Kd3 {Miles play is very simple.  There appears to be way to prevent black from
gobbling up the b pawn} 44. Ng5 Kc3 45. Ne6 Rd7 46. f4 Kxb3 47. f5 a4 0-1

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Kleist, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 {This line is difficult
to play, and therefore must not be recommended  against a better player. 
Statistically black scores something like 15 or  20 percent in this line.  Is
that good?} 6. Qxd4 Nxc3 7. Qxc3 Nc6 8. e4 e6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 {Inspite
of the apparent symmetry in the pawn structure, black has difficulties
completing his development.  White just has to make simple moves like Rd1 and
Bf4 to cause black to ache...} 11. a4 Qc5 {A common manoevre in this line.} 12.
Qd3 $5 {This move is more common in practice.} (12. Qe1 $5 a6 13. Be3 Qb4 14.
Bd2 Qd6 15. Be2 Be7 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. b4 $1 O-O 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Nb8 20. Bc3
f6 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Bc4 Qe8 23. Qe2 {and white was clearly on top, as in the
recent Tukmakov-Suetin, 2000, 1-0 in 35 moves}) 12... Qd6 13. Qe2 Qc7 (13...
Be7 $5 {this is more usual in practice, and in as much as it helps to develop
should take preference over the game move}) 14. a5 $5 Be7 (14... Nxa5 $2 15.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Qd2+ {oops!}) (14... a6 $1) 15. Rd1 O-O (15... a6 $1) 16. Bf4 $1
Qc8 (16... Qxf4 17. Rxd7 Bf6 18. a6 {is hard to meet}) 17. a6 {Black is busted}
e5 {As good as any, I suppose.  Black overlooked what now happens, but at
least he avoids suffering much} 18. axb7 Qxb7 19. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 {
Well, why not!?!} 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. h4 {The rest is technique.  Somewhat
surprisingly, black finds a way to resign with a clear conscious...} Rfc8 (
22... Bxh4 23. Qg4) 23. h5 h6 24. Bxh6 {Enough!  I am sure that Black got up
on the wrong side of the bed this day.} 1-0

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{This is a good example of Miles' style.  Practical, technical to the extreme,
and possessing an unlimited supply of 'sitzflesch'...a very, very difficult
opponent to meet on a day when one is less than in excellent shape.} 1. d4 d5
2. Bf4 {This seems to be Miles' latest improvement over his old flame Bg5.} Nf6
3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10.
Qe2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 O-O-O {Tom has
emerged from the opening with a fully acceptable position.} 15. Rad1 h6 $5 {
Not so bad, but I would prefer to keep my bishop.} (15... Qc7 $5) 16. Ba6 {Now
maybe Miles is a little pleased: black's king will be a little bit of a 
problem later} Qc7 (16... Qxd1 $4 17. Qxc6+) 17. Bxb7+ Qxb7 18. Ne5 $1 {The
exclamation mark is for Miles' practical decision making skills: other  moves
are completely boring.} Nxe5 19. Qxe5 {In the heavy piece ending that has
appeared, black must play accurately.  His King side pawn structure is not
very easy to defend.  On top of this, Miles  will try to get the d line.} g6
20. Rd4 $1 Qc7 (20... Rxd4 21. Qxh8+ Rd8 22. Qxh6 {and for what it is worth,
white has an extra pawn.}) (20... h5 $2 21. Rc4+) 21. Qf6 Rhe8 (21... Rxd4 22.
Qxh8+ Rd8 23. Qxh6) 22. Rfd1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rd8 $1 {Tom defends very accurately}
24. h4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 h5 26. Kf1 {Objectively this position is a draw.  However,
it is not a dead draw.  I  recall that Keres managed to win a couple of such
endings.  So did Spassky and Petrosian.  White is a little better positioned. 
But can he make progress?} (26. g3 $5) 26... Qd7 $5 {forcing the issue.  Tom
had to be sure that the pawn ending is holdable.} (26... Qc6 $5) 27. Qxd7+ Kxd7
28. Ke2 Kd6 29. Ke3 Kd5 30. b3 b5 31. Kd3 f6 32. Ke3 {I am certain that most
other grandmasters would simply offer a draw here.  However, white risks
nothing playing on.} a5 33. Kd3 e5 34. Ke3 f5 35. Kd3 {So Tom should now offer
a draw.  Instead, he gets a little bit ambitious...} b4 $6 36. Kc2 $5 {Miles
is tempting his opponent.  That he actually succeeds in winning this game is
extraordinary.} (36. c4+ Kc5 37. Ke3 {is a dead draw ofcourse.}) 36... Ke4 $6 {
What did Tom expect from this?} (36... bxc3 37. Kxc3 Kc5 38. a3 e4 39. g3 Kb5
40. b4 axb4+ 41. axb4 {and black appears to be close to losing...}) 37. cxb4
axb4 38. a4 $1 {never missing a chance!} bxa3 39. b4 $1 Kd4 40. Kb3 e4 41. g3
f4 $5 {probably as good as any at this point.} (41... Kd3 42. b5 Ke2 43. b6
Kxf2 44. b7 e3 45. b8=Q e2 46. Qf4+ Kg2 47. Qe3 Kf1 48. Qf3+ Ke1 49. Kc2) 42.
gxf4 Kd3 43. b5 Ke2 44. b6 Kxf2 45. b7 e3 46. b8=Q e2 47. Qb6+ Kf1 48. Qb5 Kf2
49. Qc5+ Kf1 50. Qc4 Kf2 51. Qd4+ Kf1 52. Qd3 Kf2 53. Qd2 (53. Qd2 Kf1 54. f5
gxf5 55. Qf4+ Kg2 56. Qe3 Kf1 57. Qf3+ Ke1 58. Kc2 a2 59. Qg2 a1=N+ 60. Kd3)
1-0

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 $1 {The exclamation mark is for two reasons:1.for courage; 2.
because this gambit is not as bad as its reputation.  I believe this opening
is extremely popular in correspondence play.  I have never had the 'pleasure'
of meeting it...} dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 (3... e5 $5 4. Nxe4 exd4 5. Bc4 {is
considered dangerous for black}) 4. Bg5 (4. f3 $5 {is more common} exf3 5. Nxf3
Bg4 6. Bc4) 4... c6 $5 (4... Bf5 $5) (4... e6 $5) 5. Bxf6 {This move renders
the entire variation harmless, and not unsurprisingly Miles quickly gets a
good game.} (5. f3 $5 {Is more in the spirit of the gambit.}) 5... exf6 6. Nxe4
Be7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O {Black has two bishops and a flexible
position.  White is counting on exploiting the doubled f pawns.  In such
positions chances favour the better player.} f5 10. N4g3 $6 {The knight seems
useless here.} (10. Nd2 $5 {/\Nf3 seems more harmonious}) 10... Nf6 11. Nf4 {
How is white supposed to play with his kights?  In this game he does not 
succeed in resolving this problem.  To be precise, Miles exploits the awk-
ward position of the knights.} (11. c3 Bd6 $5 $15) 11... Bd6 12. Qf3 g6 $1 {A
nice consolidating move.  Black is in no hurry to do anything dramatic, and
prefers to build up his position first.} 13. Rfe1 Kg7 {Ditto the last remark.}
14. h3 h5 15. Rad1 {white has completed his development.  (I don't think that
black is too concerned)} h4 16. Nf1 Ne4 17. d5 $5 {In as much as this advance
does not do as much for white as it does for black, I think that it could be
questioned.  However, I don't see better alternatives for white.} c5 $1 18. Nd3
Bd7 {Not just a development move, but also threatening b5 and c4.} 19. a4 $6 (
19. Bb3 $5 b5 20. c4 a5 {is not much, but is at least attempting to make a
fight of it.  I get the impression that Danny had already resigned himself to
losing and so plays  the last part of the game half-heartedly.}) 19... Bxa4 {
Miles not only is a very strong player, but has a well known reputation for 
pawn munching.} 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Nf4 {I think that Danny is now trying to find
a good way to sac one of his knights for attacking chances.  In the end he
sacs the knight, but has no compensation...} Ng5 $1 22. Nh5+ {what else?} Kh6
$1 {simplest.  Danny gives up.} 0-1

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry"]
[Black "Lipnowski, Irwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Ng5 $5
b4 (8... Be7 $5 9. f4 (9. Nh3 Qc7) 9... Bxg5 10. fxg5 Ne7 11. d4 $5 cxd4 12.
Qxd4 Ne5 13. b3 $1 (13. Rd1 N7c6 14. Qxd6 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Rd8 $17) 13... N7c6 14.
Qd2 O-O 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. h3 Rfd8 {As in my game with the Portuguese GM elect,
Luis Galego, is also interesting. All in all, this line is harmless for black.}
) 9. Ne2 Ngf6 10. f4 Qb6 (10... h6 $5 11. Nh3 c4 12. Nf2 cxd3 13. cxd3 e5 14.
Be3 Be7 15. d4 {is better for white, as in Zvjaginsev,V-Goldin,A 1998}) 11. Kh1
Be7 12. Ng1 $5 {It is hard to believe that white can expect anything from the
opening when he lets his knights become lame ducks.  However, this was the
last round (a morning round) and in these circumstances anything goes...} (12.
c4 $5) 12... O-O 13. b3 a5 {I think that Irwin's position is quite fine.} 14.
f5 e5 $5 (14... exf5 $5 $13 15. Rxf5 d5 (15... Rae8 $5) 16. exd5 g6 17. Rf1
Nxd5) 15. N5h3 {White hopes to advance his king side pawns and settle the game
with a king's indian type of attack.  Black can not allow this to happen...} d5
$5 (15... h6 16. g4 Nh7 17. Nf3 f6 {looks a little slow} 18. Nf2 {/\Ph4}) 16.
exd5 (16. Qe2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Ba6) 16... Bxd5 (16... Nxd5 $5 {It is hard to say
which capture is better on d5, but this one feels more logical to me.  It
would be more difficult for white to get the long diagonal in this case}) 17.
Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 a4 (18... Rad8 $5 19. Qf3 N5f6 20. g4 $6 e4 21. dxe4 Ne5 $36)
19. Qf3 N7f6 {I think that this is not as flexible as the other knight move.} (
19... N5f6 $5 {deserves serious consideration} 20. Nf2 (20. g4 e4 21. dxe4 Ne5)
20... Rae8 $5) 20. Nf2 axb3 (20... Rad8 {/\Rfe8}) 21. axb3 Qc6 {The game looks
pretty evenish to me.} 22. g4 h6 23. Ne4 (23. h4 $6 Nh7) 23... Rxa1 (23... Nh7
$5) 24. Rxa1 (24. Nxf6+ $4 Bxf6 25. Rxa1 e4) 24... Ra8 {Irwin plays very
cautiously} (24... Nxe4 $5 25. Qxe4 Qd6 {/\Nf6} 26. Nf3 Nf6 27. Qxe5 Nxg4 $6 (
27... Qc6 $5 28. Qg3 Ra8 {with some compensation}) 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. Rg1) 25.
Rxa8+ Qxa8 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qe4 Bg5 $5 (27... Qd8 $6 28. Nf3 Qd6 29. h4) 28.
Be1 (28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. Nf3 (29. Qxe5 $4 Nc3+) 29... Qa1+ 30. Ne1 Qc1) 28... Qa1
{It looks , at first sight, as though Irwin is making progress} 29. Nf3 Ne3 (
29... Nf6 $5 {with this move black places white under a lot of pressure} 30.
Qxe5 Qd1 (30... Qa8 $5 31. Qg3 Bh4 $132) 31. Kg2 Nxg4 $13) 30. Qxe5 Qd1 $4 {
This is a typical time trouble, early morning round blunder.  Irwin throws
away all of his good work.} (30... Qxe5 $13 31. Nxe5 Nxc2 32. Bf2 Be3 33. Bxe3
Nxe3 34. h3 Nd1 35. Kg2 Nb2 36. Kf3 f6 37. Nd7 Nxd3 38. Ke3 c4 39. Kd4 $5) (
30... Qa8 $5 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. dxe4 Nxc2 $36 33. Bf2 $6 c4 $1) 31. Qe8+ (31.
Qe8+ Kh7 32. Nxg5+ hxg5 33. Qxe3) 1-0

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gentes, Kevin"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ng6 13. b4 Qe7 14. Qb3 Bg4
15. Qb2 a6 16. Ne1 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nd6 18. a4 Nc4 19. Qc3 a5 20. Rb1 axb4 21.
Rxb4 Ra7 22. Nd3 Rfa8 23. Rfb1 h5 24. Nb2 Nd6 25. Qe1 Qg5 26. Qd1 Ne4 27. Nd3
Nh4 28. Ne1 Qf6 29. Nd3 Qg5 30. Ne1 Qf6 31. f3 Nd6 32. Ng3 Qg5 33. Nf1 Nhf5 34.
Qd3 Rxa4 35. e4 Rxb4 36. Rxb4 Ne7 37. e5 Nb5 38. Nc2 Ng6 39. Nfe3 Nf4 40. Qf1
h4 41. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Oszwald, Joe"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Qa4+ {An
unusual idea.  It is unlikely that white will be able to achieve anything on
the a4-e8 diaganol, but I am sure that Joe just wanted to get away from
anything theoretical.} Nc6 8. Ne5 Bd7 (8... Qa5 {Seems like an easy method of
equalizing, but I am sure Georgi wants a more complex position to create
better winning chances.}) 9. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bxc6 11. Qa3 {Black seems to
have some problems now.} dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 $1 {An excellent multi-purpose move.
} (12... Qe7 13. Qb3 {intending Ba3}) 13. Bf1 $1 {A very cool headed move by
Joe.} (13. O-O Bxg2) 13... e5 14. f3 $2 {This can't be right.  The position is
opening up and so development will be critical.} (14. Bd3 {Since now h2 is not
also hanging after ...Bxg2.} Bxg2 (14... exd4 15. O-O O-O-O 16. Qxa7 $13) 15.
Rg1 Be4 16. Bb5+ Bc6 17. Be2 exd4 {Although things are not very clear, I like
black's chances.}) (14. Be2 exd4 15. O-O Qe7 16. Re1 (16. cxd4 Qxa3 17. Bxa3
Kd7 $17) 16... Qxa3 17. Bxa3 Kd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 {An black is doing well.}) 14...
O-O-O $36 15. Kf2 exd4 16. cxd4 Rxd4 17. Qxa7 {White's lack of development is
trouble waiting to happen.} Ra4 18. Qc5 Ra5 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Bd3 Qe5 21. Rd1 {
Joe hallucinates a trap which doesn't work.  However white was already on the
edge of the cliff.} Qxa1 22. Bf5+ Re6 23. Bd2 Qd4+ 24. Kf1 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Franett, Michael"]
[Black "Yoos, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 {I recently have been enamored with the games of Morozevich,
so I thought I  would try the Chigorin this tournament.} 3. e3 e5 4. cxd5 (4.
dxe5 d4) 4... Qxd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 (7. Bxc3 exd4 8. Ne2 {Is
currently very fashionable.}) 7... Nf6 (7... Qd6 8. f3 Nf6 {Is also a
reasonable choice, but a bit passive.  I think a nice plan for white is seen
in the following} (8... Nge7 $5) 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O Be6 12. Qc1
Rad8 13. Be1 Bc8 14. Bf2 {Intending e4.  Beliavsky-Miladinovic, Belgrade 1995})
8. c4 (8. f3 {Is currently considered more critical.  White can achieve e4
without having to commit a piece to support it.} O-O 9. e4 Qd6 10. d5 Ne7 11.
c4 Nd7 12. Ne2 b6 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be2 Nc5 15. Be3 f5 16. O-O Bd7 17. a4 {And
while white had lasting pressure on the queenside black had little counterplay
on the kingside in Dautov-Miladinovic, Yerevan olympiad 1996}) 8... Qd6 9. d5
Ne7 10. Qb1 (10. f3 e4) 10... O-O 11. Bd3 {This move is a little unusual here.}
(11. Bb4 c5 12. dxc6 Qc7 {Idea of ...Rd8} 13. Qb2 Rd8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nf3
bxc6 16. Nxe5 Qd6 $36 {Yermolinsky}) (11. e4 Nd7 (11... a5 $5) 12. Bd3 Nc5 13.
Ne2 f5 $11 {Khalifman-Morozevich, Amsterdam 1995}) 11... c6 $5 {Attempting to
utilize that white has not commited to e4 yet.} 12. e4 Nd7 13. Ne2 Nc5 14. O-O
f5 15. f4 $2 {In many Chigorin positions black has given up his dark squared
bishop for a a knight and it is therefore thematic to attack the dark squares
in the  center.  However here it is not justified with white's tenuous central
pawns.} fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bg4 $1 17. Nc3 exf4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4
cxd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 $19 22. Qd3 Rad8 23. Kh1 Qe5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Qa3 Rf7 $138
26. Rae1 Qd4 {Play starts to get a little sloppy as Michael and I fall into a
time scramble.} 27. Be3 Qc4 28. Bxa7 f3 29. gxf3 Rd3 30. Qc5 Qxc5 $2 {With my
flag hanging I missed an obvious method of snaring an exchange.  Or was it so
obvious?!} (30... Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxc5 32. Rxd3 $1 {This sneaky move would have
had great swindle potential in a time scramble.} Qc6+ (32... Qxa7 $2 33. Re8+
Kh7 34. Rh3+ $132) (32... b6 $2 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Rh3+ $132) 33. Kg1 b6 34. Bb8
Qc5+ 35. Kh1 (35. Rde3 Rf3 $19) 35... Rf2 $40) 31. Bxc5 Bxf3+ 32. Kg1 Rf5 33.
Bf2 $4 {Michael misses something in the time scramble also.} (33. Be3 {And
although the opposite coloured bishops create some tricks, white should be
fine.} Rd6 (33... Rf6 34. Rf2 Rg6+ 35. Kf1 Bc6 36. Rb1) 34. Rf2 Rg6+ 35. Kf1)
33... Rd2 34. Bg3 $2 (34. h4 Rf4 (34... Rf6 35. Re5 $17) (34... Be2 35. Be3
Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Rxa2 $15 (36... Rd3 37. Rf8+ Kh7 38. Kf2)) 35. Kh2 Bc6 36. Kg3
Rf3+ $19) 34... Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Black "Yoos, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 {I was experimenting with some new openings this tournament,
but this was a questionable choice.  Considering that Georgi is a reknowned
expert in the Two Knights Tango, he would likely also be well versed in the
Chigorin.} 3. Nc3 e5 $5 {An uncommon continuation, which could prove to be
dubious.  This being the first tournament I have ever tried the Chigorin in, I
was trying to avoid sharp forcing variations.} (3... Nf6 $6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {The
e5 break will not be easy to achieve comfortably.  If black waits too long it
might not happen at all.  If it happens quickly, then black can easily fall
dangerously behind in development.} 5. Nf3 $1 {White asserts control of e5
before claiming the center.  Now black has trouble finding a good move.  If
the light squared bishop comes out, then black can run into problems with the
light squares on the queenside.} g6 (5... Bf5 6. Qb3 e6 7. e4 Nxc3 8. exf5 Nd5
9. a3 {And black has some diifficulties.}) (5... Bg4 6. e4 Nxc3 (6... Bxf3 7.
gxf3 Nxc3 (7... Nb6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bf4 $36) 8. bxc3 e5 9. Rb1 (9. Bb5)) 7. bxc3
e5 8. d5 Nb8 (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 {Intending Qg3}) 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. Nxe5 Qf6 11.
Be2 $1 $40) (5... e5 6. dxe5 Nxc3 7. Qxd8+ $16) 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 {Is a
rather passive version of the Grunfeld since the knight on c6 hinders  black
playing ...c5}) (3... e6 {While very solid, this choice is also very rigid and
commital.  White has a large selection of transpositions to the Catalan,
Queens Gambit, and Nimzo Indian to choose from, all where black is committed
to a limited set-up.} 4. a3 {Preventing a Nimzo Indian or a Ragozin Queens
Gambit is one interesting option for unique play.}) (3... dxc4 {This is the
most common continuation and can lead to a sharp struggle.  White can respond
with either 4.Nf3, 4.e3 or 4.d5.}) 4. cxd5 {It seems most testing to attack
black's tenuous position in the center immediately.} Nxd4 5. e3 Nf5 6. Nf3 (6.
e4 Nd4) 6... f6 {My intent was to develop uniquely with g6/Nh6-Nf7.  This
shores up the d6 blockade square and since black will likely break with f5,
the knight can also provide some support to g5 and e5.} (6... Bd6 7. e4 (7. Qc2
$5 Nf6 (7... a6 8. Bd3) 8. Bb5+) 7... Nfe7 {Although this line has been played
numerous times before, it seems suspicious since black is down at least one
tempo compared to similar lines arising from both the Queens Gambit Accepted
and the Chigorin with 3.Nc3,dxc4 4.e3,e5.}) 7. Qc2 $1 {A strong new idea,
which apparently Georgi had discovered a long time ago while preparing to play
the Chigorin from the black side.  A very natural  idea, white eyes c7 while
keeping open options on the b1-h7 diaganol.} (7. Bb5+ Bd7 (7... Kf7 $5) 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. e4 Nd6 10. O-O g6 11. Qc2 Nh6 12. Bd2 Nhf7 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Be3
Nc4 15. Nd1 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Nd6 17. Nd2 Rc8 {Turned out okay for black in
Kurajica-Miladinovic, Las Palmas 1994}) (7. e4 Nd6 8. Be2 g6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Nd2
Nhf7 {Is an example of what I was trying to achieve.}) 7... Nd6 $2 {A poor
reaction, which leads to a blowout.} (7... a6 8. Bd3 Ngh6 (8... Nge7 9. g4 (9.
e4) 9... Nd6 10. g5 $36) (8... g6 $5) 9. g4 Nd6 10. g5 (10. h3 $5) 10... Nhf5
11. Ne4 $36) (7... Bd6 8. Bd3 (8. Bb5+ $5) 8... Nfe7 9. e4 {Is a similar
position to the one mentioned after 6...Bd6, but black has lost even more time
with the not so useful f6.}) 8. Bd3 g6 9. h4 $1 Bg7 10. h5 f5 11. e4 $1 f4 12.
Nb5 $1 Nxb5 13. Bxb5+ $16 {Black is in big trouble the c7 square is very weak.
This is compounded since black has to keep an eye on g5 to make sure the
knight stays out.} Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Bd2 Nh6 16. Ba5 Nf7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18.
Qa4+ Ke7 19. Bb4+ Kf6 20. Qxa7 Bf8 {I should have resigned already, but the
game was so short so far and it wasn't even lunch time yet.} 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22.
Qxb7 Rb8 23. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harmon, Clark"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. h3 {Clark Harmon is a Bf4 man. 
Possibly he was not so excited about a Bf4  Grunfeld and so he was waiting for
Georgi to show his hand.} d5 {Georgi does not usually play a Grunfeld and so
this was undoubtedly played especially for Clark.} 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 {A somewhat unusual Grunfeld has been reached.  h3 has the benefit of 
preventing Bg4, but the time spent will allow black to exert greater pressure
on white's center.} (8... b6 9. Be3 Bb7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 e6 13.
O-O Nc6 {I. Ivanov-I. Rogers, Lucerne (ol) 1982}) 9. Be3 Qa5 (9... b5 $5) 10.
Qd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 {I would say that this is dubious because it does not address
white's weak center, but Clark certainly made the most out of it.  It seems
that black should be better somewhere here, but I did not find it.} (11. Bc4
cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8 14. Bd5 Bd7 15. Rab1 e6 16. Bc4 Be8 17. Kd3
Rac8 18. Rhc1 Na5 $11 {Vidmar-Alekhine, Nottingham 1936}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4
Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8 14. Kc3 $1 (14. d5 e6) (14. Kd3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Rc4 b5)
14... Be6 (14... a6 15. Bc4) (14... b6 15. Bc4 Bb7) 15. Bc4 Bxc4 (15... Rac8
16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Kb2) 16. Kxc4 a6 (16... Rac8 17. Kb3 (17. Kd3 Nb4+ 18. Kd2
Nxa2 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Ra1 Nc3 21. Rxa7 Nxe4+ 22. Kd3 Nd6) 17... Nxd4+ 18. Nxd4
Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rc7) 17. Kc5 $1 {Clark gets points for
style on this one!} Nxd4 18. Kb6 $1 (18. Nxd4 Rac8+ 19. Kb6 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxd4+
21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Kxb7 a5 {And black gets to play on.}) 18... Rab8 19. Rhd1
Rd6+ 20. Kc7 Rbd8 21. Kxb7 R8d7+ 22. Kc8 Rd8+ 23. Kb7 a5 24. e5 R8d7+ 25. Kc8
Rd8+ 26. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vancouver Keres mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harmon, Clark"]
[Black "Yoos, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Annotator "Yoos,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 d6 {I passed on the Chigorin system this time, because I wanted to try
an idea against Clark's London System which I thought up with the help of Jim 
Ferguson prior to the round.} 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nd7 5. h3 e5 {So my
idea is pretty blunt.  I want to bury alive white's dark squared bishop.  To
do this I wish to create a massive pawn wedge on the dark squares. The
drawback is a lack of development and a tenuous grip on my center.} 6. Bh2 Nh6
{Cheers to Lawrence Day.} 7. Be2 O-O 8. c4 Kh8 {Preparing ...f5, but maybe it
is not neccesary since Qd5 can be met by Nf7.} 9. Nc3 f5 {At this point I was
a little concerned about white playing Qd2 and Rd1, where it becomes awkward
for black to develop the queenside.} 10. O-O f4 {Once this was played I was
feeling a lot more comfortable with my position.} 11. c5 g5 12. dxe5 $2 {This
makes things a lot easier for black.  It does not seem advisable to me to
release the tension so soon.  For a while now white should have considered
doubling on the d-file.  At the least, white should probably play cxd6 first.}
dxe5 13. exf4 gxf4 $1 {Although it seems natural to open the bishop by
recapturing with the e-pawn, black's pawns are far more vulnerable to attack
that way.  Also the g-file and the d4 post prove to provide tremendous play
for black.} 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Rc1 Nf6 {No surprise, my pieces are starting to
head toward Clark's king.} 16. Nfd2 Nf5 17. Nxf6 Rxf6 {His light squared
bishop cannot keep both rooks off of the g-file now!} 18. Ne4 Rg6 19. Bh5 Rh6
20. Bg4 Nd4 21. f3 Be6 22. Nf2 Rd8 23. Re1 Rg6 24. Qa4 Qh4 25. Qa3 Bd5 {Now
both of white's bishops are a problem.} 26. Qd3 Rg5 {I am sure that there was
a more efficient win somewhere in the next several moves.  Considering the
position and it was the end of the tournament, I  opted to stalk him for a
while to conserve my energy and avoid time pressure.} 27. Nh1 Bc6 28. Qf1 {
Clark seemed to have the same mind set.  He was waiting for me also.} Rg6 29.
g3 Qf6 30. Rc3 Rf8 31. Kg2 Qg5 32. Nf2 {This allows the type of uncomplicated
combination I was waiting for.} fxg3 33. Bxg3 Nxf3 34. Ne4 Nxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Bxe4+
36. Qxe4 h5 37. Bh4 Qxh4 38. Qxg6 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qe1+ {With mate to follow.} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/p1p4R/1pr5/3p1pP1/P2P1P2/2P2K2/8/8 w - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{It is well known that for improving his endgame skills a chess player
generally needs to work on two aspects:   1. Understanding general rules and
principles  2. Knowing precise positions and ability to find favourable ways
of reaching them during the game  I would like to apply these two points to a
specific type of endgames - to rook endings, the most common and difficult
type of endings.    One of the most important principles is that both the rook
and the king should be active. I would like to emphasize this idea, as it is
often underestimated, no matter how obvious it is. A rook is a stronger piece
than, for example, a knight or a bishop. When it works together with the king,
they can create mating threats, especially if they both support a passed pawn.
[#]White deliberately aimed for this position} 35. Kg3 Rxc3+ 36. Kh4 Rf3 37. g6
Rxf4+ 38. Kg5 Re4 39. Kf6 {White is down two pawns, but the active position of
his pieces gives him good winning chances!} Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxc7 Re8 42.
Kxf5 Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4+ 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7+ Kg8 46. Rxa7 Rg1 47. Kxd5 {now it is
White who is up two pawns and the end is simple...} Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 Rc1
50. Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 Rxa4 52. d6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2p1k2R/2p2pp1/2P5/1P2P1P1/r6P/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{Active piece play can also be very effective when defending inferior
positions:[#]} 1... Ke5 (1... Kd7 $2 2. Rf6) 2. Rxc6 Ke4 3. Rxc5 f4 $1 4. exf4
Kf3 5. h4 Ra1+ 6. Kh2 Ra2+ 7. Kg1 ({of course, not} 7. Kh3 $4 g4#) 7... Ra1+
$11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Edmonton CYCC B18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Hacat, Kevork"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/p1R4p/4pkp1/3p4/3P4/6P1/PP3P2/6K1 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{After these classical examples I will venture to show a game of my own, in
which piece activity was a significant factor.[#]How should White play here?} {
In the game I chose} 31. Rxh7 {, which could lead to a difficult position.} (
31. b3 $5 {was apparently the best move. Not only does one have to worry about
activating his rook in this type of endings; it is also important to prevent
the opponent' pieces from becoming too active.} a5 $1 {Black continues the
strategy of activating his rook} (31... Rb4 32. Rxh7) 32. Rxh7 (32. Ra7 Rb4 33.
Rxa5 Rxd4 $15) 32... a4 33. bxa4 Ra8 34. f4 Rxa4 35. Rh2 Rxd4 {=}) (31. Rxa7
Rxb2 32. Rxh7 Rxa2 $15) 31... Rxb2 32. Rxa7 e5 $6 {my opponent simply missed
the rook check, but after} (32... Rb4 {he might even get some winning chances}
33. Kf1 $5 {White clearly has to worry about activating his king} (33. a4 Rxd4
34. a5 Ra4 35. a6 Ke5) 33... Rxd4 34. Ke2 e5 35. a4 Rb4 36. a5 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Kf5
38. Rf7+ $11) {The game continued:} 33. Ra6+ Kf5 34. dxe5 Kxe5 35. Rxg6 d4 36.
Rg8 {The rook has to be on an active position - behind the pawn.} (36. a4 $6 d3
$17 37. Rg8 d2 38. Rd8 Rb1+ $19) 36... d3 37. Rd8 Ke4 38. Kg2 ({I could also
try} 38. a4 Ra2 39. Kg2 Rxa4 40. f3+ Ke3 41. Re8+ {but after} Kd2 {both
continuations seem to lead for a draw} 42. f4 (42. Kf2 Rd4 43. g4 Kc3 44. Ke1
Rb4 45. g5 Rb1+ 46. Kf2 d2 47. Rd8 (47. Rc8+ Kd4 48. Rd8+ Kc3 49. Rc8+ $11)
47... d1=Q 48. Rxd1 Rxd1 {This is a typical situation, which arises when the
Black king supports its own pawn instead of blocking White's passers - White
has to sacrifice the rook and try to promote one of his two pawns. Usually it
is dangerous for Black, but not here, because the White's king is only on f2;
now Black at least has a draw.} 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Ke4 (50. g6 $4 Rg1 $19) 50...
Re1+ 51. Kf5 Kd5 52. g6 Rg1 53. f4 Kd6 54. Kf6 Kd7 55. Kf7 Rf1 $11) 42... Kc3 (
42... Rc4 43. Kf3 Kc2 44. Rd8 d2 45. g4 d1=Q+ 46. Rxd1 Kxd1 47. g5 Kd2 48. g6
Kd3 49. g7 Rc8 50. f5 $18) (42... Rd4 43. Kf2 Kc2 44. Rc8+) 43. Kf3 Rd4 44.
Rc8+ Kb3 45. Rb8+ $11) 38... Rxa2 {White has two passed pawns against Black's
one, but two major factors help Black:   1) his pawn is far advanced, as
opposed to White's  2) his king is much more active than White's} 39. g4 Ra4
40. g5 ({An attempt to play for a win would not give more than a draw:} 40. Kg3
Rd4 41. f3+ Ke5 42. f4+ Ke4 43. Re8+ Kd5 44. Rd8+ Kc4 {and Black is clearly
doing OK}) 40... Ra5 41. g6 Rg5+ 42. Kf1 Rxg6 43. Ke1 Ra6 44. Re8+ Kd4 45. Rd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bernstein, Ossip"]
[Black "Prins, Lodjewijk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2pR4/1p6/1r2P1k1/4K3/8/8 w - - 0 53"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{In my game we have seen that even though I was up a pawn, I had to worry a
lot about the passed pawn. This was happening mainly because my king was badly
placed. In fact, I had to give up one of my pawns to bring him to the correct
defensive position, where he would block the pawn. In this example Black
failed to do so:[#]} 53. Rg6+ $1 {Now White is in danger as his king is cut
off and the rook (because of its own pawns) has trouble fighting against the
'e' pawn.} Kh5 54. Rg1 $1 Ra4 55. e5 c5 56. e6 Ra8 (56... Ra6 57. Kf4 {and now}
Rxe6 $2 {loses because of} 58. Kf5 $18) 57. Kf4 c4 58. e7 c3 (58... Re8 59. Kf5
{same idea!} Kh4 60. Kf6 b4 61. Rc1 c3 62. Rb1 $18) 59. Kf5 Kh4 60. Rc1 b4 61.
Rb1 {I guess Black would prefer if his king was away from the board at all -
so many times its bad position allows White to gain tempos.} Rc8 (61... Rb8 62.
Rxb4+ Rxb4 63. e8=Q $18) 62. Rxb4+ Kg3 (62... Kh5 63. Rc4 $1 Rxc4 64. e8=Q+ Kh4
65. Qh8+ Kg3 66. Qg8+ Kf2 67. Qxc4 $18) 63. Rb3 Kf2 64. Rxc3 Rxc3 65. e8=Q {An
impressive play by White!} 1-0

[Event "Moscow SU ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudakovsky"]
[Black "Tolush"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/6k1/1R6/6PP/1p6/1r6/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{[#]Again, the white king does not take part in the action. As shown by
Levenfish & Smyslov, Black could have saved the game by correct play:} 1... Kg7
2. Rb6 Kh7 3. h5 Rc2 {Typical strategy - sacrificing the pawn, but achieving
the drawn Rook + two pawns Vs. Rook endgame} 4. Rxb3 Rc4 5. Rg3 Kh6 6. Kg2 Kg5
$11 {This is a well-known theoretical position} *

[Event "Zurich ct"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/3PR2p/1r4pk/8/6K1/8 w - - 0 60"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{[#] In the three previous examples we have seen the same material: rook and
two pawns vs. rook and one pawn, where the stronger side has two connected
passed pawns. Strangely enoughStrangely enough, the side with two pawns did
not win in any of these games. Is this logical? What does theory say about
these endgames? Well, theory's conclusion is that the side with 2 pawns
usually wins. Once such a general guideline is established in our heads, we
can begin to study particular positions where this principle is true, and also
those that are exceptions to the general rule.} {Those, who have read D.
Bronstein's brilliant book about the 1953 Candidates tournament, might
remember the following game. This is an example of a "normal" position of this
type of endings; Black wins without any problems:} 60. Kf2 g3+ 61. Kf3 Rb3+ 62.
Ke2 Rb2+ 63. Kf1 Rf2+ 64. Kg1 Rd2 {So now, after we have seen several endgames
of the same type, we are somewhat interested in being able to evaluate them,
but so far we only know few general concepts about them. What is the next step?
} 0-1

[Event "St.Martin op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vucic, Mladen"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/6k1/7R/6PK/7P/pr6/8 w - - 0 60"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{Note that in these theoretical positions the black rook is very passive, as
it is placed in front of the pawn. What would happen if the rook on the last
diagram had been on b2, instead of a1? As the following example shows, White
is still winning: [#]Compare it to theoretical position #2. Again the White
pawns are on h3 and g4 and this gives him a win. A GM could not save this
position, as the 'g' pawn advances before the 'h' pawn, defending the king
from horizontal checks.} 60. Ra5 Rh2 61. Ra6+ Kf7 62. g5 Rc2 63. Kh5 Kg7 64.
Ra7+ Kf8 65. h4 Rh2 66. g6 Kg8 67. Kg5 Kf8 68. h5 Rg2+ 69. Kh6 1-0

[Event "St.Petersburg m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5k2/1R6/p6P/2r5/6P1/6K1 w - - 0 40"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1893.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{However, sometimes it is possible to save the game if the rook defends the
pawn from the second rank. This example (played just a century earlier than
the game Vukic-Gurevich) shows that the question of "where to keep the rook"
is not a simple one. Even Mikhail Chigorin, one of the strongest players of
the 19th century was not able to find the correct answer:[#]} 40. Kh2 Kg6 41.
Ra5 a3 $1 42. g3 Rc2+ 43. Kh3 {[#]} Ra2 $2 {This loses} (43... a2 $1 {would
have saved the game, as shown in analysis by I. Maizelis:} 44. h5+ Kf6 45. Kh4
(45. g4 Rc5 46. Rxa2 Kg5 $11) 45... Rh2+ 46. Kg4 Rb2 47. Ra6+ Kg7 48. Kg5 (48.
Ra5 {gives nothing, as after} Rb4+ 49. Kg5 $4 {would be a disaster in view of}
Rb5+ 50. Rxb5 a1=Q $17 {This is in fact one of the major defensive ideas for
Black if his rook is defending the rook from the second rank.}) 48... Rb5+ 49.
Kh4 Rb2 50. g4 Kf7 $1 51. h6 (51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. g5+ Kf5 53. h6 Rh2+ 54. Kg3 Rh1
55. Rxa2 Kxg5 $11) 51... Rb6 $11 {again, this typical idea of sacrificing the
'a' pawn allows Black to defend successfully}) 44. Kg4 Ra1 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Kg5
a2 {It took Black too much time (3 moves) to get to the 'defensive position',
with the rook on a1 and pawn on a2. Given that White advances with tempos 
(rook checks), Black is clearly too slow} 47. g4 $1 {As we have seen, in such
positions when the pawns have time to reach the fourth rank, it usually gives
a win} Ke7 48. Ra7+ Ke8 49. h5 Kf8 50. h6 Rb1 51. Rxa2 $18 {Now it is all over}
Kg8 52. Ra8+ Kh7 53. Ra7+ Kh8 54. Rf7 Rb5+ 55. Kg6 Rb6+ 56. Rf6 Rb8 57. g5 Ra8
58. Rf5 Kg8 59. Rd5 Rb8 60. Kh5 Ra8 61. g6 Kh8 62. Rf5 Rg8 63. g7+ 1-0

[Event "Edmonton CYCC B18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3k4/8/R7/5r1p/P7/KP6/8 b - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{After a lot of suffering in the inferior endgame, I finally got to this
position with about half an hour on my clock (SD) and still hoping to make a
draw. [#]However, Black has to solve a very important problem - where to put
the rook. I understood the significance of the moment and spent quite a lot of
time here. And yet I still went wrong. The position is almost identical to the
one that Chigorin had against Tarrasch. My mistake was also very similar to
Chigorin's:} 47... Rf1 $4 {A mistake that decided the game. What was I
thinking about? I have to confess, I simply forgot about the fact that the 'b'
pawn was still on the second rank...I remembered that the pawns need to reach
the fourth rank for a win, and it seemed to me that they wouldn't have time to
do so...} (47... h3 $1 {was correct} 48. Rh5 Rf3 49. a4 Kc6 {Now White may try
slightly different ideas, but none of them seems to work:} 50. b3 {This leads
to a theoretical draw, but there is nothing better[#]} (50. b4 Rg3 {And the
white king is simply cut off} 51. a5 Rf3 52. b5+ Kb7 53. Rh7+ Kb8 54. a6 (54.
b6 Rf5 $11) (54. Kb2 Rf5) 54... Rf5 55. Rb7+ Ka8 $11) (50. a5 Kb7 (50... Rg3
51. b4) 51. Rh6 Rf5 52. b4 Rf3 {with a position very similar to the one in the
previous line.} (52... Rf2+ 53. Kb3 h2 54. Ka4 {and this looks dangerous for
black}) 53. b5 Rf5 54. Rh7+ Kb8 $11) 50... Rf2+ 51. Ka3 h2 $1 {This position
is an exact mirror of Tarrasch-Chigorin, Match (9), 1893.} (51... Rh2 $2 {
-Chigorin's move, loses}) 52. a5 Rg2 53. Ka4 Ra2+ 54. Kb4 Rg2 55. Rh6+ Kb7 56.
Kb5 Rg5+ 57. Ka4 Rg2 58. b4 Kc7 59. a6 (59. Rh7+ Kc6 60. b5+ Kc5 61. a6 Ra2+
62. Kb3 Ra1 63. Rxh2 Kxb5 $11) 59... Rg6 $11) (47... Rf3 {is also a possible
move order} 48. Rh5 h3 {transposing}) 48. Rh5 Rh1 49. a4 h3 50. Kb3 {Only now
I realized with horror that White's "b " pawn is on the second rank. Such
positions are lost because White can simply advance the pawn and the king.
When the black rook leaves h1, the h pawn (assuming it reaches h2) is going to
be lost without any compensation. This is exactly what we saw in theoretical
position # 3.} Kc6 51. Kb4 Rh2 {I have to lose two tempi because otherwise
White just leaves his pawn on b2, where it serves as a shield:} (51... h2 52.
a5 Kc7 53. Kb5 Rb1 54. Rxh2 $18 {defending b2}) 52. b3 Rh1 53. Rh6+ Kc7 (53...
Kd7 54. Kb5 h2 55. a5 $18) 54. Kb5 h2 {This is now almost an exact mirror of
theoretical position #3.} 55. b4 {I finally get what I want - the 'b' pawn has
advanced, but the pawns have reached the fourth rank - another indicator that
the position is lost} Kd7 56. a5 Kc7 57. Rh7+ Kd6 58. a6 Kd5 59. a7 Ra1 60. Kb6
{We have seen a relatively large number of examples of positions rook and two
pawns vs. rook and one pawn, where a stronger side has two connected passed
pawns. As the reader has seen, these positions tend to be rather complicated. 
(In fact, even knowing the 'critical positions' may by itself not be enough, a
player needs to have at least some basic knowledge of other sections of theory
on the rook endgames; without this bulk of knowledge some of the critical
positions may be useless). However, it is still possible to draw some
conclusions about these positions:  1) If with the black rook on a1 and pawn
on a2, White has a pawn on the second rank, he wins. Black should avoid such a
situation.  2) If with the black rook on a1 and pawn on a2, White's pawns have
reached the fourth rank, he wins.  3) White should try to keep his pawns in
such a way that they would defend his king from checks by the rook. A
configuration h3-g4 seems to be very favourable, no matter where the White
rook is - on the second rank, or on a1.    Of course, these are just brief
guidelines, every particular position has to be looked at with a lot of
attention.  Note that these guides mainly tell where to keep the rook. But the
question of where to keep the king is also very crucial. I suggest you try to
make some conclusions about this by yourself, when answering the quiz:} 1-0

[Event "Christmas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jiganchine, Roman"]
[Black "Cabanas, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/4R2p/1k4p1/p2p1p2/8/5P2/PP3P1P/1K6 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{[#]White to play. Would taking the pawn on h7 be a good decision?} 28. Kc2 $1
{Even from the first glance at the position it becomes clear that Black's king
is much more active than White's. Black's rook is, on the other hand quite
passive for now. With this manoeuvre White simultaneously activates his own
king and prevents Black's rook from becoming hyperactive.} (28. Rxh7 $2 {this
would allow Black to activate his rook and win return the material with
interest.} Re8 29. Rg7 Re1+ (29... Re2 $5 30. Rxg6+ Kc5 {and the active
position of Black's pieces clearly compensates for the 2 pawns}) 30. Kc2 Re2+
31. Kb3 Rxf2 32. Rxg6+ Kc5 33. Rg3 f4 34. Rh3 $15) 28... Kc5 (28... Ra7 29.
Rxa7 {seems to be winning for White, as he has an outside passed pawn} Kxa7 30.
Kd3 Kb6 31. Kd4 Kc6 32. b3 Kd6 33. f4 Kc6 34. a3 Kd6 35. f3 Kc6 36. h3 Kd6 37.
h4 Kc6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Kb5 40. Kxd5 Kxb4 41. Ke6 Kc3 42. Kf7 Kd3 43. Kg7
Ke3 44. Kxh7 Kxf3 45. Kxg6 Kxf4 46. h5) 29. Rxh7 Kd4 30. Rh4+ Ke5 {White is up
a pawn and eventually managed to convert it into a win.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3k4/R7/6P1/7K/pr5P/8 b - - 0 57"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{[#] Once again, the monarch is at the crossroads. 57...Ke6 is natural, but
what theoretical position are we going to achieve then - lost or drawn?} 57...
Kc6 $1 (57... Ke6 $2 58. Kg3 Kf6 59. h3 Kg6 60. Kh4 $18 {Levenfish & Smyslov.
Here, similarly to Vukic-D. Gurevich, White's pawns give the king a shelter
from the black rook}) 58. Kg3 (58. g5 Rb5 $11) 58... Kb6 59. Ra8 Kb5 60. h3 Kb4
61. Kf4 (61. Kh4 Kb3 62. g5 Rb1 63. Kh5 a1=Q 64. Rxa1 Rxa1 65. g6 Kc4 66. g7
Rg1 67. Kh6 Kd5 68. Kh7 Ke6 $11) 61... Rc2 {now Black's plan is not to win the
rook for the pawn (the Black king would then be too far from White's pawns) ,
but rather to transfer the rook on a5 or a3 with a win. Note that this was an
important defensive resource for Black  also in my game against Hacat. K.} 62.
Rb8+ Kc3 63. Ra8 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/R6p/1p4k1/5p2/4p3/2P5/PP3P1P/5K2 b - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{[#]Black is down a pawn, but Rubinstein managed to create sufficient
counterplay. How?} 32... Rd8 $1 33. Ra6 Rd2 $1 34. Rxb6+ {another pawn falls,
but...} Kg5 {Now it becomes clear that all Black's pieces and pawns (except
for the one on h7) are going to join the attack against the white monarch.
This certainly compensates for the lost material.} 35. Ke1 Rc2 36. Rb5 Kg4 37.
h3+ Kxh3 38. Rxf5 Rxb2 39. Rf4 Rxa2 40. Rxe4 h5 41. c4 Kg2 42. Rf4 Rc2 43. Rh4
Kf3 44. Kd1 Rxf2 45. c5 Ke3 46. Rxh5 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinitz, Wilhelm"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/8/3kP3/3P2p1/2K5/8/8/4R3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1894.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{[#]How should Black defend after} 1. Kd4 {? The game continued:} Ra4+ ({As
shown by Levenfish & Smyslov, the Black could defend successfully after} 1...
Rf8 $5 2. Re5 g4 3. Rg5 g3 4. Rxg3 Rf4+ 5. Kd3 Rf5 $1 $11) 2. Kd3 Ra3+ $2 (2...
Ra8 {would still give a draw, but Lasker misses his chance...}) 3. Ke4 g4 4.
Kf5 Ra8 5. e7 Re8 6. Kf6 g3 7. Kf7 Kd7 8. d6 g2 9. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6r1/8/8/3k2p1/P5R1/1P1K4/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{[#]As we have seen in the previous examples, the defending side has to decide
where to place his rook. Now the big question is "Where does the Black king
go?" Should Black bring his king to the kingside to support his own passed
pawns, or should he retreat to the queenside, to block the opponent's passed
pawns?} 1... Ke5 $2 {was played in the game, but} (1... Kc5 $1 {was the right
plan} 2. b4+ (2. Rc4+ Kd5 3. Ke3 g4 4. Kf2 Rb8 5. Rc3 Kd4 6. Rg3 Kc5 $11) 2...
Kb6 $11) 2. b4 Kf5 $2 (2... Kd5 {it is still not too late to come back}) 3. Rg1
g4 $2 (3... Ke6 $11) 4. Kc4 g3 5. Kd5 Rd8+ 6. Kc6 Rc8+ 7. Kb7 Rg8 8. a5 Rg7+ 9.
Kb6 Ke5 10. a6 Rg6+ 11. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Wch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Jiganchine,R"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/3R3P/3p4/3k1K2/8/2p5/8/8 b - - 0 59"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{[#]In most of the previous examples it was the weaker side that had to play
precisely. In this position the Challenger allowed Alekhine to escape with a
draw. Which move would guarantee a win?} 59... Rc8 $2 (59... Rh8 $1 $19 {was
winning, according to the analysis in Chessbase database:} 60. Kf6 (60. Rc7 Kd4
) (60. Kg6 Kc6 61. Rg7 (61. Ra7 d5 62. Kg7 Rxh7+ 63. Kxh7 d4 $19) 61... c2 62.
Rg8 c1=Q 63. Rxh8 Qg1+ 64. Kf5 (64. Kh6 Qh2+ 65. Kg6 Qg3+ 66. Kh6 Qh4+ 67. Kg6
Qg4+ 68. Kh6 Qe6+ $19) 64... Qf2+ 65. Ke4 Qh4+ $19) 60... Kc6) 60. Rc7 Rf8+ 61.
Kg6 Kd4 62. Kg7 Rb8 63. h8=Q Rxh8 64. Kxh8 (64. Kxh8 {and the players agreed
to a draw in view of the following line:} d5 65. Kg7 Kd3 66. Kf6 d4 67. Ke5 c2
68. Kd5 Kd2 69. Rxc2+ Kxc2 70. Kxd4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham GM Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Bluvshtein,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{I think this game was clearly the best game of the tournament. The way that
Irina Krush calculated is mafnificant, she played magnicifantly in her first
7games.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 {The regular slav accepted,
Krush's preparation knew it will  be it. Krush has had the best preparation in
the rournament, no wonder she had won her first five "normal"(not drawn before
played) games in the tournament.} 5. a4 c5 {Transposes into the isolated pawn.}
6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. exd4 {Usually, the
isolated pawn, is a pure calculation variation. This was also one of those
examples. Black has a point to play against(the d4 pawn),and a good square on
d5, but white has a great space advantage .} Nd5 $6 {Neither Nxd5 nor Bxd5
gives any advantage to white, because of the simetrical position, and because
of the weak b4 square. Also, the bishop on c8 will be free to go to g4 or f5.
I clearly think that Nb4 and then Nbd5 was a better Idea, because the Knight
on f6 is needed to deffend the king on the kingside} 12. Bd3 {Danny was
clearly looking for the attack. Now black doesn't have anything to defend with,
except for the pawns. But the pawns are sometimes very strong, for example in
this position.} Ncb4 {In these positions, the White squared bishop is very
dangerous to the black king, that's why you can't just give it away that
easily.} 13. Bb1 b6 {Finally black decides to develop the queen-side, but is
it too late? Irina proved it wasn't! As for now, White's pieces are fully
developed, and they are looking straight forward at the king. But it's not
that easy to brake through the pawns, maybe it's even impossible.} 14. Qe4 $1 {
Making another weakness for black. But even after that, Non of the players in
the tournament could see anything good for white.} g6 15. Bh6 $1 {Now black
also has to weakened f7 pawn. At this time Danny wasn't too worried, he was
pretty sure he was crushing Irina, while Irina was pretty worried but she had
other things in mind...} Re8 16. Ne5 {Now every tempo is a decider, but the
problem is that when black makes good moves he doesn't have too many worries.}
Bb7 17. Qf3 {Danny wanted to make the e6 pawn weak, but he couldn't play
against it that easily.} f5 18. Qh3 {White no longer had the space advantage,
after black pushed his pawns that far, black doesn't have the advantage
anymore either, and when Irina has the advantage, she is too dangerous to stop!
} (18. Qg3 Bh4 19. Qh3 Rc8 $13) 18... Rc8 19. Ra3 $2 {Danny was trying to lift
his rook on the 3rd rank, but Irina's plan was to exchange all of the pieces
and then to play against the d4 pawn, she did it in a hurry!} Nc6 $1 {With
this move white wants to exchange everything, plus Irina want to win the
exchange on a3. She is also thretening to take on: c3, e5 and the rook on d1
is not deffended.} 20. Nxd5 $2 {This is a very interesting move, but Irina
found the most beautiful way to deffend her position, and win.} Bxa3 21. Nxg6 {
Danny decided that he doesn't have any chances down the exchange, so he sacked
everything he could.} hxg6 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Nf4 Ne5 $3 $15 {Now white found
himself down a rook, without an attack.} 24. Bg5 Qxd4 $1 {The final string.}
25. Rf1 Bxb2 {White resigned. Irina really played this game like a player from
the elite, her preparation in the tournament was also clearly better than
anyone else's.} 0-1

[Event "Oakham GM Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitry"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Bluvshtein,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{After absolutely no preparation to the game, my only advantage was my
freshness.} 1. d4 e6 {I played e6 because on he likes playing 1... nf6 2. bg5
with a very boring game for both sides.} 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 {I was sure he was
going to play bg5, with another dead boring position. For my luck he wanted to
beat me easily.} Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 {4. Bd2 is more popular.} b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ {After
5... Be7? he plays e4 and dominates the whole center. I knew he likes a strong
center, so I decided to fight for it.} 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. g3 d5 {The struggle for
the center begins.  After the game I analysed the position, and found that
white has no advantage by now. All 4players who played this position played 8.
cxd} 8. c5 {A dengerous move for black, I now had to stop the c5 pawn from
smashing me. My next move did just that.} a5 {If white would of had a chance
to play b4, then I would of been in trouble big time! Now i can annoy the c5
pawn and get some develpment done in the same time.} 9. b3 $5 {Both Qc2, and
Bg2 were good posibilities} Qe7 10. Qc2 Ne4 {The c5 pawn was very annoying, so
I decided to make it a target.} 11. Nd2 f5 {It looks like a strange move, but
in reality, it controls a lot of important squares. It also opens the f-file.}
12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O a4 {Weakening whites light squares, also
getting control of them.} 15. b4 Nc6 16. Bb2 Qf6 17. Rad1 Ba6 18. f3 (18. cxb6
Bc4 19. bxc7 Bb3 20. Qxc6 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Qxe2 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24.
Rc1 Rac8 25. Ba1 Rxc7 26. Rg1 Qc4 {Black is now better do to the weak white
bishops.}) 18... Qh6 {The d4 pawn is well deffended, now one deffender has to
step of.} 19. Bc1 Qg6 20. fxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Bc4 $1 {This game was decided a
tempo by tempo, 1bad calculation and it would of been over. Now, I clearly
have gained the initiative of the game.} 22. Rd2 {This is clearly now the
answer, but by this move white gets a draw.} (22. Qd2 Bb3 23. Re1 Qxe4 24. e3
Bc4 25. Bg2 Qg6 $17 {Black is better do to the B on c1}) 22... Rf8 23. Bg2 Qg5
24. Qc3 Qf6 25. Qe3 $4 {White had to go for the draw, after what happened in
the game, my opponent actually oferred a draw which was declined.} dxe4 26. Bb2
Bd5 27. Bc3 Ne7 $3 {The knight is the only unactive piece in the game, now,
whites position is undefendable.} 28. Rd1 Nf5 29. Qf4 {Now my opponent offered
a draw, which was another signal he didn't like his position.} g5 $1 {In this
position, opening the king a bit can't hurt. I've got a very big space
advantage right now, and g5 makes it bigger.} 30. Qf2 Qh6 31. Rf1 e3 32. Qe1
Ne7 {After the exchange of the light squared bishops, the B/c3 is worst then a
pawn. Even the queens ending is winning for me. But he couldn't get as far as
the Queen ending.} 33. b5 g4 34. Rxf8+ {Desperate move, but he has had nothing
better.} Qxf8 35. cxb6 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 cxb6 37. Bb4 Qa8+ 38. Kg1 Nd5 {Both of us
allready knew white was absolutely lost, do to my complete domination of the
board.} 39. Bd6 Qd8 40. Be5 Qf8 {White now has to give the pawn for nothing,
which is a bit longer then resigning right away.} 41. Kg2 Qxa3 42. h3 Qf8 43.
hxg4 a3 44. Qa1 Qa8 45. Kh3 a2 46. g5 Qa3 47. Kg4 Qf8 $1 {A little nice trick
to end it. He wounded up a couple of tempi short.After this game I gained some
confidence, but still not enough.} 0-1

[Event "Oakham GM Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "McDonald, Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Bluvshtein,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 {I knew this variation up to now, but his next move
surprised the heck out of me!} Nd7 $6 11. Qh4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 {This was all
forced after Nd7. For my luck, I once saw a game with 9...Nd7.} 13. dxc5 $1 {
After the game, I saw that everybody was playing dxc5. This move relieves a
lot of the pressure off the center. If black would of played c4, His knights
would of been very dangerous as well.} e5 14. f3 Qc7 $6 {Black doesn't really
gain anything for the exchange, so maybe e4 was a must.} 15. Ne2 Qxc5 16. Qb4 {
Black can no longer stop white from castling.} Qc7 17. O-O {After this move,
my plan is to to develop my pieces and then brake through in the center with
f4, or c4.} Be6 18. Rae1 Nc6 19. Qc5 b6 20. Qe3 {I've got some pressure on e5,
but now i'm trying to prepare c4.} Re8 21. Ng3 Bd7 22. c4 $3 {After this move,
black is lost if white plays correctly, which I did.} d4 23. Qd2 {Qc1 was a
bit better, also deffending a3.} Qd6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxa3 26. f4 $1 {The
final breakthrough. Now, black's center is broken into peaces.} Qc5 27. Bd5+
Kh8 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Qf4 Qd6 30. Re4 $1 Kh7 $1 {The only chance for anything,
a trap for me to make a mistake, which unfortunately I did!} 31. Rfe1 $4 {31.
Qg3! was winning right away to the deffended queen. 31. Qg3 Qb8 32. Rfe1 Nc6
33. rxe8 bxe8 34. Qxb8 Nxb8 35. Rxe8 wins for white.} (31. Qg3 Qb8 32. Rfe1 $18
Nc6 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34. Qxb8 Nxb8 35. Rxe8) 31... Nxc4 32. Qxd6 (32. Bxc4 Qxf4
33. Rxf4 Rxe1+ $15) (32. Rxe8 Qxf4 $19) 32... Nxd6 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. Be4+ Kg8
35. Rd1 Kf7 36. Rxd4 Ke7 37. Kf2 a5 38. Ke2 {I was very dissapointed because
of this game, I couldn't get over this loss for a couple of days. Those guys
really do know how to fight for it!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sackville CYCC B18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Black "Gottlieb, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{the next game is a nice positional win by Artem over Montreal's Jon Gottlieb
who had the misfortune to lose several nice games this tournement.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5
c4 {This move use to be the favourite of Gm Lpution and is a reasonably
complicated alternative to the more frequently seen 9..cd410 Nd4 h6 where it
is not so easy to equalize.} 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 {White
immediatly breaks up the black pawn mass.The game continues to follow accepted
theory for a few more moves} Qa5 13. Na4 Rab8 $5 {Rad8 is also played with the
idea of making play in the center when the dfile eventually opens up} 14. e3
Rfc8 $2 (14... Bf5 $1 {is much better}) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nc5 Qa3 {Black heads
for a terrible ending and hopes to hang on .} 17. Qc1 {by no means bad but
even stronger was bc4 first} Qxc1 18. Rfxc1 cxb3 19. axb3 {blacks pieces have
nothing to do here and white can feast on the many pawn weakness' in blacks
position} Be7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxa7 Kf7 22. Ra6 Rxb3 23. Bh3 Bd6 24. e4 dxe4
25. Ra7+ {25 d5 won a pawn but white was probably not happy with getting his b
trapped on e6} (25. d5 Ke7 26. Ra7+ Rc7 27. Rxc7+ Bxc7 28. Rxc6 Rb1+ 29. Kg2
Bd6 30. dxe6 (30. Bxe6)) 25... Kf6 26. d5 Rb6 $2 {more stubborn was 26..c5} (
26... c5 27. dxe6 Be7 28. Ra4 e3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 {offers much better drawing
chances}) 27. dxe6 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 29. Rd1 c5 30. Rd7 {White has a winning
ending} Bd6 31. Rf7+ Kg6 32. Bf5+ Kg5 33. h4+ Kh6 34. Rd7 g6 35. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6
36. e7 gxf5 37. e8=Q Rf6 38. Qe5 Kg6 39. Qxc5 h5 40. Qe3 Rf7 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42.
Qxh5+ Kg7 43. Qg5+ Kh7 44. h5 e3 45. Qg6+ {A very nice control game by Artem}
1-0

[Event "Sackville CYCC G10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, Stephanie"]
[Black "Qako, Silvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{16384kB, TreeC00-C09.ctg. PentiumII} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 Nf6
5. d4 $1 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 $2 7. Qxd4 d6 8. e5 {White has a very good position.
} Qe7 9. Bf4 Ng4 10. Nd5 $1 dxe5 11. Qe4 $4 {11 Nxe7 ed4 12 Nd5 was winning} f5
$2 {qd6!} 12. Nxe7 {Qe2 was better} fxe4 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Be6 $1 Rd8 15. Bxg4
$2 {15 Bg5 still gave white the edge} exf4 16. O-O h5 17. Bf5 Rd4 $2 18. Rfe1
Be7 19. Bxe4 b6 20. Bg6+ Kd8 21. Re6 Rd6 22. Rae1 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Rh6 $1 24. g3
$4 {White misses the threat or she would have played Bf5 .A very complicated
and interesting game .Whithin a few years i suspect these girls will be a
class players.} Kd7 25. Bf5 Rxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kxe6 27. Kg2 {and black won
eventually} 1-0

[Event "Sackville CYCC B16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kapadia, Ronak"]
[Black "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{The u16 boys was one of the few sections that finished with the defending
champions holding thier positions.Haoyuan Wang finished first as he did in
last years u14 and Ronak Kapadia came second.Joining the group of qualifiers
was Evgeny Miller .Lets start with taking a look at the game between the 2
first place finishers} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {
The Najdorf Sicilian,a Kasparov and Fischer favorite.} 6. Be2 {White plays
very solidly.Black now has a choice between continuing in the najdorf with 6..
e6 or switching to the "short center" e6,d6 sicilian.He follows Kasparovs lead.
} e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O Qc7 9. f4 Nc6 10. a4 Rb8 $6 {this looks worse than the
usual 10... 0-0 11 Kh1 re8} 11. g4 $2 {The only game on my data base continues
11 nb3} h5 $5 {This makes me suspect g4 isdubious before black has castled} 12.
g5 (12. gxh5 $5 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Ba7 Ra8 15. Be3 Bh3 16. Rf2 Qa5 {is far
more critical}) 12... Ng4 13. Bxg4 hxg4 {Black has a comfortable game} 14. Nde2
f6 15. g6 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ng3 Na5 $2 18. Bf2 $2 {Where is the
compensation after 18 Qg4!} (18. Qxg4 $1 Nc4 (18... b4 19. Nd1 Qxc2 20. Rf2 Qc7
21. f5 Nc6 $1 $14) 19. Nd1 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Qe2 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bc5 23. Kh1
Bb7 24. Ng2+ Kf8 25. Qxb5 Rh6 $1 26. Qd3 {This line is undeniably scary
looking for white but the way the game goes allows black easy play at no
expense}) 18... b4 19. Nd5 $5 {a very interesting try.White must play this or
accept he has botched the opening and is now equal at best.Black has enough
defensive resources to deal with this.} exd5 20. Qxd5 Nc6 $1 (20... Nc4 $5) (
20... Nb7 $6) 21. Qf7+ Kd7 22. Qxg7 Qd8 23. Qf7 $6 (23. Nf5 $5 Qg8 24. Qxg8
Rxg8 25. Rfd1 Rxg6 26. Bc5 $13 {looks like a better try}) 23... Qe8 24. g7 Rg8
25. Qd5 Kc7 26. Rfe1 $4 (26. Nh5 {was absolutly forced.I suspect this was a
time trouble blunder} g3 27. Nxg3 Rxg7 28. Ra7+ Bb7 (28... Nxa7 $2 29. Qa5+ $11
)) 26... Rxg7 $19 27. e5 (27. Ra7+ $5) 27... fxe5 28. fxe5 Qg8 29. exd6+ Bxd6
30. Qh5 Rh7 31. Re8 Qg7 32. Qd5 Qh6 33. Qg2 Bb7 34. Re2 Nd4 35. Re4 Nf3+ {And
White resighned.A cool game with many ideas and tactics} 0-1

[Event "Sackville CYCC B16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lipnowski, Michael"]
[Black "Miller, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{Here is a nice win by Evgeni Miller,the 3rd qualifier over Winnipeg's Michael
Lipnowski} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 {This
scores significantly worse than 6 Qb3 or 6 cd5} Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Be3
$6 (9. O-O) 9... b6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Bc4 Nbxd5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 $15 {
White has no active play to compensate for the isolated dpawn} 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Rac1 Qd6 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Nxe3 $1 {Black has in mind an excellent
combination} 18. fxe3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Qg3+ 21. Kf1 Qxf3+ 22. Qf2
Qxh3+ 23. Qg2 Qf5+ 24. Qf2 Qe6 25. b3 $6 (25. Rec1) 25... Bf6 26. Qf3 Rd5 27.
Ke2 $4 (27. e4 Rh5 28. Rec1 Kg7 {is far from clea rthough i suspect black is a
little better}) 27... Rxd4 $1 28. Rc6 Qe5 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Rd5 $2 (30...
Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Rd2) 31. Rxa7 Qh2+ 32. Qf2 Rd2+ 33. Kxd2 Qxf2+ {And 0-1} 0-1

[Event "Sackville CYCC B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Stevens, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{The boys under 14 was won by Pretournement favourite Mark Bluvshtein who won
his first 6 games .By the time the long awaited game between last years under
12 winner Thomas Roussel -Roozman and Mark happened in round 7 Mark has
already won the tournement.The game was quickly drawn.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O Nf8
10. Qc2 Be6 11. Nf4 h6 12. Nxe6 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 c5 14. dxc5 d4 15. Ncd5
dxe3 16. fxe3 {Looks very good also}) 12... Nxe6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qb3 c5 $1 {
Blacks move order was unusual in that he left out c6.This allows him to strike
at Whites center faster} 15. Nxd5 cxd4 16. Nxf6+ (16. Rac1 $5) 16... Qxf6 17.
exd4 Qxd4 18. Bc4 Qf4 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa7 Rxb2 22. a4 Ree2 23.
a5 Ra2 24. Qc5 $4 (24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Qa8+ Kh7 26. Qd5 {was whites best chance
to win} Qa4 27. Qxf7 Qxa5 28. h4) 24... Qa4 $4 {diag,Black misses a shot} (
24... Rxf2 $1 25. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rxa1+ 27. Rf1 Rxa5 {should finish in a
draw}) 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Rab1 g6 28. Qf6 Re8 29. Rfe1 $1 Rxe1+ 30.
Rxe1 Re2 31. Qa1 Qe4 $4 (31... Ra2 $1 {is still good enough for a draw} 32. Qc3
Qb5) 32. Rf1 $2 Qc4 $2 33. Re1 Qa2 34. h4 f6 35. Qc3 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Kf7 37. g3
h5 38. Qb4 Qe6 39. Qb7+ Kg8 40. a6 {1-0The last moves looked like a time
scramble} 1-0

[Event "Sackville CYCC B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davies, Lucas"]
[Black "Predescu, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{This game allowed The winner to advance to a 3 way playoff for 2 spots.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 Nd4 $6 {this is
usually played to stop d4 but it wasn tthreatened here} 8. O-O Nec6 9. Be3 d6
10. Rb1 O-O 11. Ne2 f5 {Black does best with 11....qa5 or... nf3.In the game
black captures the least active white knight ,even so this position isnt much
for white.} 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Qc7 14. exf5 $5 exf5 $2 (14... gxf5 $1 $14)
15. Ng5 $5 (15. d4 $5) 15... h6 16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Rae8 19. Bd5
(19. Bd5 b5 $6 {missing a promising line of play}) 19... b5 $6 (19... Nb4 $1
20. Bc4 (20. Bb3 Qc6 21. Rfe1 Nd5 22. Qf2 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Re8 25.
Qf2) 20... d5 21. Bb3 d4 {19..nb4 equalizes easily}) 20. Qf2 a5 (20... Nb4 $1
21. cxb4 Rxe3) 21. Rbc1 Ne7 22. Bg2 Ng8 23. b4 Nf6 24. h3 c4 $2 (24... Nd7 $1
$11) 25. Bb6 Qf7 26. dxc4 Qxc4 27. Rc2 $2 (27. Rfd1 Ne4 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. bxa5
$14) 27... a4 $2 (27... axb4 28. cxb4 Qxb4 {looks o.k.}) 28. Rd1 d5 $2 (28...
Ne4 $1 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxd6 Rfe8 $15) 29. Bc5 $1 $16 {Diag suddenly out of
the blue blacks Queen is in trouble.Now the only hope is 29..ne4} Rf7 $4 30.
Rd4 (30. Bf1 $1) 30... Ne4 31. Bxe4 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Rxe4 33. Rxc4 dxc4 34. d5 Rd7
35. d6 Rd8 36. Qd2 Rde8 37. d7 Re1+ 38. Kf2 {1-0 .After this Roussell-Roozman,
Lucas Davies and Clement Ouillete-Leveille did a 3 way playoff where
Roussel-Roozman and Lucas Davies finished 2end and 3rd.} 1-0

[Event "Sackville CYCC B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davies, Lucas"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{This game is a credit to Thomas' tenacity as he came very close to being
mated in the open.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 d6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. O-O {I was surprised to
discover black scores surprisingly poorly from this position.} h6 12. d4 exd4
$6 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bc2 Nxg3 {15...Nh4 was played once before} 16.
fxg3 Qe7 (16... c5 17. Be3 $14) 17. Qd3 Rd8 $2 (17... Bd7 18. Re1 c5 $13) (
17... c5 18. Nh4 c4 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Qc3 $14) 18. Kh2 c5 $2 (
18... Bd7 19. a4 c5 20. Nh4 Nf8 21. Be3 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rac8) 19.
Nh4 $1 Nf8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 cxd4 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Bxh6 $1 {diag} gxh6 24.
Rf6 Ng6 25. Bxg6 Rg8 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Bxf7 Rxg4 28. hxg4 Rd8 29. e6 Bc5 30.
Rc1 Bd6 31. Kh3 Kg7 32. Kh4 (32. Rd1 $1) 32... Be7+ 33. Kh3 Bg5 34. Rd1 Bf6 35.
g5 Bxg5 36. Rxd4 Bf6 37. Rd2 d4 38. e7 $4 (38. Rd3 $1) 38... Bxe7 39. Bc4 Bg5
40. Rd3 Be3 41. Kg4 b5 42. Be6 Kf6 43. Bb3 Ke5 44. Bd1 Rc8 45. Bf3 Rc2 46. Rb3
Rc7 47. Ba8 Rd7 48. Kf3 Rf7+ 49. Ke2 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Rf6 51. Ke2 Kd6 52. Bf3 Ke5
53. Rd3 Kd6 54. Rd1 Kc5 55. Rd3 Kc4 56. Rd1 Re6 57. Kf1 d3 58. Bh5 Rf6+ 59. Bf3
Kd4 60. Ke1 Rf7 61. Kf1 Re7 62. Be2 d2 63. b3 Kc3 64. a4 Kc2 65. axb5 Rf7+ 66.
Bf3 {I cant read either score sheet but black won 0-1 within a few moves} Rxf3+
0-1

[Event "Sackville CYCC B12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deveau, Justin"]
[Black "Yu, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{The boys u12 section was perhaps the most surprising of all the groups .
Irakli Vadachkoriya Raja Panjwani had over a 300 point advantage over the
number 3 seed yet niether could win in the end.Toronto's Jonathon Yu finished
1st followed by Vadachkoriya and Justin Deveau who played many fine games. The
final round was very tense as it looked like we might have another playoff
between Irakli and Jonathon but Irakli drew for the 3rd time in a row and
Jonathon was able to defeat Justin Deveau to claim the title.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4
d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 $6 (4. exd5) 4... cxd4 5. cxd4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7
8. Be3 $2 {THe idea of playing with an isolated pawn is to put your pieces on
really active squares.It is a big mistake ot start gaurding your weak dpawn
unless there is no choice because then you have a weak pawn but no active
piece play to make up for it} (8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O {was better}) 8... Nf6 9. Bd3
b6 {it is a little risky doing this before 0-0ing} 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Bb1 $6 (12. Be4 $1) 12... Rc8 13. Be4 {too late ,black has a good game now}
O-O 14. O-O Qd7 15. Bxc6 $2 {The guy wit hthe weak dpawn should not trade
peices unless he gets something in return.Every trade brings us closer to an
endgame where the dpawn is just a weekness you get tied to defending. .} (15.
Qa4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 $11) 15... Bxc6 16. Ne5 Qd5 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19.
Qb1 Rd8 20. Rd1 Rd5 21. Qc1 Qd7 22. f4 $2 (22. Rd2 h6 23. Qc3 {is a much
better defense as nowwhite loses the weak pawn and the game}) 22... Bxd4 23.
Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Qc8+ Ke7 27. Qc7+ Qd7 28. Qxd7+ $4 {
The person who is down the pawn should avoid king endings as 99percent of the
time they are dead lost.Pawn up queen endings on the other hand are not always
so easy to win because you have to avoid perpetual check} Kxd7 29. Ke2 Kd6 30.
Kd2 f5 31. g3 e5 32. fxe5+ Kxe5 33. Ke3 g5 34. h3 f4+ 35. gxf4+ gxf4+ 36. Kf3
h5 37. h4 Kf5 38. a4 a6 39. b4 Ke5 40. b5 a5 41. Kf2 Ke4 42. Ke2 f3+ 43. Kf1
Kf4 44. Kf2 Kg4 45. Kf1 Kxh4 46. Kf2 Kg4 47. Kf1 Kg3 48. Kg1 f2+ 49. Kf1 h4 50.
Ke2 Kg2 {0-1 A nice positional win by Jonathon who showed much better
strategic understanding of the position} 0-1

[Event "Sackville CYCC B12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mathieu, Jean Phillipe"]
[Black "Vadachkoriya, Irakli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{At the same time Irakli was trying to defeat a very solid Jean Phillipe
Mathieu without success.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 (3... Nxe4 $5 4. Qh5
Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 {leads
to wild complications a little better for white according to Nunn's Chess
Openings}) 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. h3 d6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Bb3 h6 9. Nge2 d5 10.
exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Rg1 $6 {a surprising choice 0-0 was
simpler} O-O-O 14. Nc3 Qe6 15. O-O-O Ba5 16. Kb1 Nd4 17. Qe1 Bxc3 {This looks
good but doesnt seem to lead to much.Perhaps black should have just kept
strengthening his position} (17... Rhe8 $5 18. Bd2 f5 {Black controls more of
the board}) 18. bxc3 Nb5 19. c4 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qa5 Qb6+ 22. Qxb6 axb6
23. Rge1 f6 24. Re3 Rhd8 25. Rde1 $11 R8d7 26. Re4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Re7 28. Kb2
Kd7 29. Kc3 Kd6 30. Kb4 f5 31. Re3 e4 32. d4 f4 33. Re2 f3 $4 34. Re3 $4 (34.
gxf3 $1 exf3 35. c5+ $1 {actually wins for white!}) 34... fxg2 35. Rg3 e3 36.
fxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxg2 Rxh3 $2 (37... g5) 38. Rg6+ $1 $11 Kd7 39. c5 (39. Rxg7+)
39... bxc5+ 40. dxc5 Rh2 41. Rxg7+ Kc6 42. Rg6+ Kd7 43. a4 Rxc2 44. Rxh6 Rb2+
45. Kc3 Ra2 46. Kb3 Ra1 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sackville CYCC B10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Black "Davies, Noam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{The boys under 10 turned out to be one of the most interesting groups to
follow.The top 3 seeds finished top 3 but in reverse order.First plac went to
Noam Davies who won a playoff with David Hier.Pretournement favourite Shiyam
Thavandiran finished 3rd. An early sensation was Montreal's Mihn- Ly Nguyen ,
the only girl in the section.She started the tournement with 3 straight wins
including a huge upset of number 2 seed David Heir.She finished with 4 out of
7good for a preformance rating of 1553. Here is the game between the number 1
seed and the eventual winner.The first half of the game White is in charge but
after a few poor moves black takes over and finishes the game beautifully} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Bc4 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. f4 Qh4+ $6 {A strange move and probably
not too good.Black figures with whites bishop on c4 he will weaken the white
squares around the king.A very sophisticated idea for a 9 year old.The problem
is it loses too much time moving the queenaround} 6. g3 Qd8 7. d3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7
9. O-O Qc7 10. Be3 O-O-O $6 {this is incredibly risky as white is a lot closer
to the black king than the other way round} 11. Qe2 h6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5
14. Rfd1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Rxd4 Qc5 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Kf1 Nc6 19. R4d2 Nb4
{Both sides are playing well and Black's king is living a more pieceful life
than i thought he would have} 20. Na2 $2 {It is true the knight is well placed
so i can see my white wanted him out of there but it takes too long.Black
plays very energeticallynow} Nxa2 (20... d5 $5) 21. Bxa2 Qc6 22. Rd4 b5 23.
R1d3 $1 {Black's king is in big trouble again after this nice rook lift} Kb8
24. axb5 axb5 25. Rc3 Qb6 26. Rd1 $4 {Now was the time to attack,not retreat}
b4 27. Rf3 $2 f5 $1 {DiagBlack gets the attack and never stops.} 28. Ke1 $2 (
28. Rb3 {was the only hope}) 28... fxe4 29. Rf1 d5 30. Rh1 Ba6 31. Qd2 d4 32.
Bb3 e3 33. Qg2 Bb7 34. Qf1 e2 35. Kxe2 Bxh1 36. Qxh1 Qb5+ 37. Rd3 e5 38. fxe5
Qxe5+ 39. Kd1 Rhe8 40. Rd2 Rd7 41. Ba4 Ra7 42. b3 d3 43. cxd3 Qa1+ 44. Kc2 Rc8+
45. Bc6 Ra2# {A very impresive game full of ideas and tactics.It is games like
this that give me hope that we will have some very fine players i na few years
....} 0-1

[Event "Sackville CYCC B10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hier, David"]
[Black "Nguyen Mihn Ly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Ne4 Qc7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 Qb6 12. Bc3 e6 13. Qd2 Nd5 14. Be2
Nxc3 15. bxc3 O-O-O 16. O-O Bd6 17. Ne4 Bb8 18. c4 $2 Qc7 $2 {Nf6 was very
strong} (18... Nf6 $1 19. Nxf6 Rxd4 20. Qc3 gxf6 $17) 19. Ng3 Rh6 20. a4 Rdh8
21. a5 Rxh3 $4 {Diag this is terrible but it works!!} 22. gxh3 Rxh3 23. f4 $4 {
faced with the threat of mate in 3 White panicks .There are many winning moves
here.} Rxg3+ 24. Kh2 Rg5 {I love the tactics over the next 7 moves} 25. Kh3 $2
Rf5 (25... Qd8 26. Qe1 $8) 26. Bg4 Rf6 27. Ra3 g5 28. Raf3 gxf4 29. Rxf4 Rh6+
30. Kg2 g5 31. R4f2 Qg3# {To David's credit he came back and finished equal
first .He then lost a playoff to Noam Davies.I was also impressed by Justin
Macdonald and Brandon Eshelman.I hope some of these kids are eligible for the
u10 nextyear} 0-1

[Event "Sackville CYCC G12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tang, Tiffany"]
[Black "Goutor, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{The girls under 12 was won very convincingly by Valentina Goutor.She was the
highest rated and simply outclassed the field.My personal opinion is that she
might well have won the boys u12 and certainly would have been near the top.
Second place went to Megan Chi and third t o Tiffany Tang. Here is Valentina's
win over the second place finisher} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5.
d3 c6 6. Qb3 {Trying to stop d5 but putting the queen on a poor square} Na6 7.
a3 Bb6 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. Qa2 a5 $1 11. Nde4 Nfxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Bxe4 d6 14. O-O Bh3 15. Rd1 $2 Bg4 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Be3 $4 (17. e3 a4 18. Bd2 {
is better for black but playable}) 17... Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qh6 19. b3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1
f5 21. Bg2 f4 22. h3 Be6 $2 (22... Re6 {ends it immediatly}) 23. g4 d5 24. Qc2
Bf7 25. Rad1 dxc4 26. dxc4 Bg6 27. Qb2 Rad8 28. Kh2 Be4 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Rd2
Qe3 31. Red1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Qxg4+ 34. Kf2 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Rxd2 36.
Rxd2 e4 37. c5 e3 0-1

[Event "Sackville CYCC G16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charbonneau, Anne Marie"]
[Black "Kagramanov, Dina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{The girls under 14 and 16 were merged into one group so there would be enough
players to have a decent event.The winners were Anne- Marie Charbanneau ,
NAtaliya Rodina and third went to Dina Kagramanov.The under 14 girls winner
was Anastasia Kasakevich followed by Gordana Maric and Inara Aliev. There was
an unusually high percentage of draws amung the top ranked players. Lets look
at the one I could find.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. cxd5 $6 {
This is the least ambitious move available so thats why it is a little dubious.
Allowing black to develop the bishop on c8 easily rarely amounts to anything
for white.5 e3 is far more common} exd5 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rab1 a5 $1 {The choice of 2 world champions who's
last name ends in K!} 12. a3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Ra3 $4 {I
feel a little bad for Black because white scores very poorly from the position
after15.. b5 stopping the queenside play and heading for c4 with the d7 knight}
16. Nxd5 $1 {Diag ,Winning a pawn and in this position the game} Rxd3 17. Nxe7+
Kh8 18. Nf5 Nc3 19. Rb2 Ra8 20. Nd6 f6 21. Nxb7 Rb8 22. Na5 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5
24. Nc6 Rb6 25. Nfd4 N5a4 26. Rc2 h6 27. g3 Kg8 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. Ra1 Ke8 30. Ra3
Kd7 31. b5 Kc7 32. Ne2 Nxb5 33. Ncd4+ {1-0} 1-0

[Event "Sackville CYCC G14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maric, Gordana"]
[Black "Kazakevich, Anastasia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{16384kB, TreeC00-C09.ctg. PentiumII} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4
Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bd2 e6 7. Bb5+ $2 {c6 is usful to black in this opening as
it provides the queen wit h an escape route.The test of this system usually
involves h3 and g4 thrying to get at the bishop while gaining space.} c6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 $2 (10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Qb6 12. c4 {was better but
still equal}) 10... Nbd7 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd5 (
14... Nd7 $5) 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 h6 $6 (17... Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8
$11) 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 b6 20. Bb2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nc3 Nb8
24. Ne4 Nd7 25. Qd2 Nf8 26. Qxd8 Bxd8 27. Kf1 Ng6 28. g3 Kf8 29. c5 $2 (29. Ke2
{White would have a slight edge because of greater control of the board but a
draw would still be the most likly result.The move in the game puts the pawns
on the same color as the bishop and this makes it hard for the bishop to do
anything.}) 29... b5 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Nd6 f6 (31... Bc7 $5 $11) 32. f4 (32.
exf6+ gxf6 33. f3 h5) 32... Nh8 $5 {Black comes with an imaginative way to get
rid of the pesky knight on d6} 33. Nb7 f5 {Draw.Other than a few pointless but
not destructive moves on whites part a very well played game. I want to wish
everyone who makes the journey to Spain the very best of luck.Our only
realistic hopes for top 10 finishes this time around are Pascal and Mark
Bluvstein but as I found out the past 2 weeks i n Sackville our juniors are
improving.There were some very pleasent surprises and i am sure there will be
some rising stars over the next few years but I dont want to jinx anybody .....
...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sackville CYCC B18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Artem"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

{The under 18 was won with a perfect score of 7-0 by Pascal Charbaneau of
Montreal .Second was won by Artem Gurevich of Toronto.There was a playoff for
3rd between Eric Lawson and Sam Lipnowski of Winnipeg won by Sam.Here is the
game between the top 2 seeds .} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
b5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. Bf3 Qc7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qe2 Nf6 {10..Bd6 was
played in the only game i could find on my database} 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nd1 $6 {
Not a very attractive move but black has a solid position in any case.} Rd8 13.
b3 b4 14. Bb2 c5 15. Qe4 Rd7 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Qg3 Rh6 $5 {an
interesting move .Black is willing t osacrifice a pawn or two to generate some
threats around whites king.Pascal decides against it.} 19. Be4 (19. Qxg7 Bf8
20. Qg5 Rg6 21. Qh4 Nf4 $1 22. Qxf4 Bh6 23. Qc4 Bxf3 $17) 19... Nc3 20. Bf3 Ne4
$2 {diag} (20... Rg6 $1 21. Qh3 Rd4 $3 {Wit hthe threat of rh4 seems to win
for black} 22. Bxb7 Qxb7) 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Ne3 Rg6 23. Qh3 c4 {Black plays
very activly but white seemingly is just o.k} 24. Qxh5 c3 25. Bc1 Bb7 26. Ng4
Qc6 (26... Be4 27. Ne3 $11) 27. f3 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Qb5 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Nxe3 Rh6
31. Qg5 Rg6 32. Qf4 Rd2 33. Nc4 $1 {Whites turn,after this black loses quickly}
Rgxg2 34. Nd6+ Rxd6 35. Kxg2 Rd2+ 36. Rf2 Qd5 (36... Re2 $5) 37. Rxd2 cxd2 38.
Rd1 g5 39. Qe4 g4 40. Qxd5 Bxd5 41. Rxd2 Bxf3+ 42. Kg3 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "Sackville CYCC B18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lipnowski, Samuel"]
[Black "Gottlieb, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. f4
b5 {This move scores very poorly.Much safer is Be7.} 9. Bf3 e5 $5 {A new move .
It took black 2 moves to get the pawn to e5 but matters arent so clear as the
Bishop on f3 blocks the open file and seems useful only in that it supports A
later Nd5.Black was scoring very poorly after the natural 9..Bb7 10 e5! so e5
seems worth a shot.The way the game goes white plays far to slowly to get
anything} 10. fxe5 $2 {This just accelarates blacks developement.Either Nb3 or
Nf5 seems preferable} dxe5 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Kh1 Bc4 13. Rf2 Nbd7 14. Qe1 Rc8 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Rd1 O-O {Black is very comfortable here} 17. Rfd2 Bb4 18. Qg3 Kh8
19. Bg5 Be6 $2 (19... Bxc3 $1 20. bxc3 Be6 21. Rd3 {is ver ygood for black as
there are no realistic attacking chances for white and black can work on the
white pawn weekness'on the queenside}) 20. Rd3 $1 h6 21. Qh4 Kh7 $2 22. Nd5 $1
{Blacks ind ecisive play has woken white up and he plays the rest of the game
really well.} Bxd5 23. exd5 Qc4 (23... Qd6 $5) 24. Nd4 $1 {Black was short of
time so this was very practical and strong also} Ba5 $6 {Much simpler was24..
ed4} (24... exd4 $1 25. Rxd4 Qxc2 {seems playable} 26. Rxb4 Rfe8 27. Bxf6 Nxf6
28. Qd4 $14) 25. Be2 (25. Nc6 Qxh4 26. Bxh4 e4 27. Ra3 exf3 28. Rxa5 g5 $13)
25... exd4 26. Bxh6 Qxc2 27. Rh3 Kg8 $4 {Diag} (27... Qxe2 $1 {amazingly white
is just dead after this.The ke yis t oblock checks with nh5}) 28. Bxg7 $1 Qh7
29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Qxf6 Qg6 31. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Kitchener op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ward, Gerry"]
[Black "McClelland, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "McClelland"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a3 Nbd7 (7...
Be7) 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 (10... Nd5 11. Nf3 Qa5) 11. Bxg5 Bb7 (
11... Rg8 12. h4 Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 fxg6) 12. exf6 Qb6 13. b3 (13. g3 c5
14. d5 b4 $5 15. Na4) 13... cxb3 14. Qxb3 (14. Rb1) 14... Qxd4 15. Rd1 Qe5+ (
15... Qc5) 16. Be3 Bh6 $5 (16... a6) 17. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bd5 (18... Bc8
19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Bc6) 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Qb7+ Qc7 (20... Kd6 21.
Qe7+) 21. Qb5+ (21. Rxd5+ $1 exd5 22. Qxd5+ Qd6 23. Qxf7+ Kc6 24. Qc4+ (24. Ke2
Bxe3 25. fxe3 Qxa3)) 21... Qc6 22. Qd3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rhg8 24. Rg1 Rg6 25. Qd4
Rc8 26. Ke2 Qc4+ 27. Ke3 (27. Qxc4) 27... Qxd4+ 28. Rxd4 Rc3+ 29. Kf4 Rxf6+ 30.
Kg4 Rxf2 31. g3 Rxh2 32. Ra4 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "Toronto DCC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sviridovitch, Alina"]
[Black "Henderson, Fred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "Henderson,F"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2001.08.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ng5 g6 14. Rfe1 Rc8
15. Bb3 Nf5 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Nxf7 Nxb3 18. Nxd8 Nxd2 19. Nxb7 Nxc3 20. bxc3
Rxc3 21. Rxe6 Rfc8 22. Nd6 Rc1+ 23. Re1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rc2 25. Nb5 a6 26. Nd4
Rb2 27. f3 Nb1 28. Nc6 Nc3 29. a3 Rb1+ 30. Rxb1 Nxb1 31. Kf1 Nxa3 32. Ke2 Kf7
33. Kd3 Ke6 34. Kc3 Kd6 35. Nd8 Kd5 36. Nf7 a5 37. Ng5 h5 38. Nf7 Nc4 39. Nh8
b5 40. Nxg6 b4+ 41. Kb3 Nd2+ 42. Kc2 Nf1 43. Nf4+ Kc4 44. Ng6 Ne3+ 45. Kb1 Kc3
46. Nf4 b3 47. Ne2+ Kb4 48. Nc1 a4 49. Nd3+ Kc3 50. Nc5 a3 51. Ne4+ Kb4 52. Nd2
a2+ 53. Kb2 Nc4+ 54. Nxc4 Kxc4 55. g4 Kd3 0-1

